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t« published serui-ircekly, (every Monday and Thursday,) at
Four Dollars per annum : payable in advance. Xo subsn ip
lion will be received for n shorter period than six months : and
no paper teilf be discontinued, (except at the discretion of the
Editors.) until nil arrearages arc paid.
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or less.) for the first insertion, and 37 J cents for every subse
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Rowand’s Tonic Mixture,
.i.Vli
TONIC MIXTURE FILLS,
"^MTARRANTED a perfect and lasting cure for Ague nnd
v v Fever,and a valuable remedy in Jaundice, Dysentery, I
Heart-Hum, etc.—
From Or. Anion R. Smith, Northern Liberties, Fhilnd.
Dear Sir,—1 congratulate you on vuiir good fortune in i
presenting to the use of the victims of Fever und Ague, -mb
a blessing as your Tonic Mixture lias most fully proved it
self. It is speedily becoming the favorite remedy with all
who appreciate its usefulness, mol ere long, will be esteemed
as one of the most important discoveries of the age. Fever
nnd Ague has hitherto bullied the skill of the most eminent
of Practitioners, and even now thev deem it presumption to
promise morn than temporary aid. Your Tonic mixture, how* !
ever, seems to have a io-vv and peculiar power to arrest the ,
disease, and to revive nnd re-establish the balance of harmo
ny and health. I hope you will persevere to extend the in* j
dnonce of the medicine, and that the public will cstimulcyour ;
generosity. Yours, respectfully.
A. it. SMITH, M. D. i
Extract of a Letter from Or. Stevens, Itnrks f'o. Fa. ,
Hir,—I brought home with me during the autumn of 1331,
the first quantity■ of your Mixture, which 1 heard highly ex
tolled as a permanent cure for Fever nnd Ague; a disease,
which ut that period prevailed very extensively in our coun
try. My neighbors nnd patients hud become so accustom- i
ed to the use of Harks and Quinine, Are. that they censed to
render them any service, and they readily consented to make •
A trial of your medicine. I believe that there is at this time, I
hundreds who would cordially testily to the benefit 4 they
have received from ^ts employment, and would gladly aid to
spread a knowledge of it* peculiar v irtues. There has been
very little of the Ague in the neighborhood since the introdiic- i
tion ut the Ionic Mixture, which is maitilv attributed to the
very general use of this medicine. J'. I. STEVENS.
ALSO,
Rf^Walrr, for inflammations, Ac of the Eyes.
. ■nopal piibl« l>«‘tiiifricc, a valuable article
for the I eeth and Gum*.
JUivvand's Aiiinioidntnl Hmbrorniinn, for Quinsy,
AQfchwmiv^im, Snrninn, Ac. of high standing.
wtuil'x .Altemiitc fc.'xtriirlM, for Liver diseases, |
Jaundice, Scurvy, Mercurial diseases, etc.
Mewitiiri** IliibusiwT Pon tliT, for beautifying und sof
tening the complexion.
R*waNd’i Vermifuge or Worm Drolroycr, a cele
brated und populur remedy.
For sale by TIOWEL DAVIES, Agent.
July 30 wl2m
8i,ooo i* it u mini:
f/« « /.VI. I «. /. Wl»,s o.v,
Or 91,000 Premium Vegetable l'«r the eure of
s\'t9nti.t$:
inspire the suffering with < onfidenre in this restorer of
. * • diseased eysieiu, it is onlv necessary to say that sueh
is its reputation that the transactions of one Druggist in
Kielimoml, in less than twelve months, have been fire hundred
dullars, besides what other dealers have sold, and Phvsi
cmn* used. The recovery of Mr. S. K. Thompson ul Kieh
,,lon»li whoso sufferings for five years had brought him ns
°hrn to the brink of tin* grave, and who had finally given Imn
*®lf up to die, after having lost the palate, roof of Ins mouth
and part of bis nose. In this state lie was persuaded by a
I Iiyw’cinn to use the Sampson, and to his great sup
Pr,se, as well as that of the community, In* gained twentv
w° pounds in one mouth ; and one and a half papers in ado ;
* perfect cure of him. Mr. T. has given a history of his i
ease. J5ee hand-bills of other case*. Price $10 00. For
alr.b£ HOWEL DAVIES, Agent.
-tv " , J*e nhove is ncqiiiring a high character for the cure '
of King’s Evil or Scrofula. !
_Ju‘>aQ__ wl2m
Vlh.C:!.NlA—At rules held in the 1’lerk‘s office of Atn
centhcr 0,1 Monday the third dav of !>«•
N*Sr‘"J'""“'reil and «hir.y-ei^l.,
* Plaintiff.
... ci Gainst,
Antlerson Ware mid Pvi.n.,. u* m i ■ > r .
Lc. H. Rucker and Poll v? h L w ? ''{ C‘ ,1'lhl> B»rf,;nl uu,
widow ol' George 11. Uiuiurd Z'i ,.WT P"llv li"r,nrd'
D unnora, dec d. andUulvin Bennett,
T ,, Defendants.
Lt Chancery.
The defendants Anderson W ure mi,ii'un.i • , • ., n,
Rurfordand I-..- II. Rnek," and Poll, his wii'3 Ij',"'i1’
Uurfhrd. widow of Uenree II. Burford iIctpi.J ,'i , 1 '
of \da and itivoi. accuritv acceding in "in’ act
ofAaaeinhly.aml the rules ,,1,1,1., ... nnil „ * "1
Mtaluetory evidence, tlmt they are ,,„t inhabitant,, of \u&
Pear'hcre'on ih' *,V-,8| <m' elj*i ,l,“* i!1? Fu,,‘ ‘«clendu„ls
K. h ll nf nl pi c r "','"; nexl, and anawo,
whk L hf Pl,UIUl,r' nni1 thalnoopvoftlii.or.ler be f„r,h
r , , pubNaliod ill the tow,, of
MUKI,burg lor two months aucceaaivcly, and polled at ilia
frontdoor <rflhecourtlm.se of thia couilty. *
A Com—Tesic.
D€c> ,0 SAMUEL M. GARLAND, Ck.
w2m
J®* CRliVTIlVt; Kxccuietl at this Office with
unparalleled reputation w hieh Peters's Pills Imvc
■ acquired as a Ifedfat/ Rlettoratfoe, i- the moat iinquea*
tiouabla proof llmt cun be given, of their immense importance
to the ailbcn*il, in almost every class of diseases. The num
ber of letters received from Paticnls recovered through their
means, is really prodigious, mid the complaints which they
have cured are almost as vuried as they an* numerous. Hut
Mill there arc some in which thev an* more especiullv bene
ficial than in others ; and among dio.se may he named the too
often fatal complaints of the stomach and bowels, such as
( hotic. Flatulence and Indu'cation, for which they arc not
only a certain, hut uii immediate care.
It is well known that from the disarrangement of the
stomach and bowels, urises lime-tenths of all the maladies of
adult uml declining life : that this is the foundation of
flatulency, apnamodie patns, tn/li treat ton, Iona of appetite, \e.
ami that tiiose in their tin n give birth to Ihopny, Liter t'om
plaint. ('onaumption and habitant lotcncaa of apinta ; there
lore Peters' Pills heiiig the very lu st medicine which has
ever been discovered for the incipient diseases of the intes
tines, are necessarily the surest pivv entaliv ch of those dread
ful, ami also general disorders which embitter mature life
iml drag so many millions to untimely graves.
In speaking thus, Dr. Peters arrogates nothing to himself
that bus not been conceded by the public, lie is no needy
(pun k or unknown speculator, who conics before the world
ns Ids own herald and witness , hut is placed in a responsi
bility of situation by the patronage w hich ho has enjoyed for
v. ars. and is increasing to an extent unprecedented in the
annals of medn in**, that makes him enroful to assert noth
ing which is not borne out by the most infallible proof, nml
hen c he does not four to Is put to the tctmaiiv thing which
hi* has promised respecting his Pills.
Dr. Peters is most happy to la* able to stole on the nu
ihnrtty of« great number of regular I'llvsicimis, iliuf when v«*r
Ins vegetable Pills have been introduced, they have iiIiiiom
superseded tin adoption id mercurial 1 xpeiimcnls, for their
peculiar faculty* in swet toning the blood, and stimulating it lo
expel all noxious juices, and giving strength and tone to tin*
nerve-, prevents disease from in quiring that strength which
must be got under, if at all, In dangerous remedies.
Prepared by JOS. PKIESLt PETERS, M. D. No. 120
Vibertv street, New York. Each box contains 10 Pills. Price
.*)(> cents.
if #’ lie careful and enquire for Peters’ Vegi table Pills.
'J'liey are for rule in In m hburg, ut the 1 >rug Stores of
It. S I \ HI.ER,
D. It. I.\ MAN. mid
HOW El. D Y \ IPS.
A Kent a
October 1 oaf 12 m
I) ERSONS wishing to u>e Samuel Howdy's Pn
■ tent Saw Mill in Bedford, ( amphell, Bucking
ham, Hoc-bridge, Augusta, Amherst, Charlotte and
Pittsylvania, in the state ofVa., " ill please apply to
the subscriber, residing in Liberty, Bedford boun
ty. Va. who is authorized to s** 11 rights and to re
ceive pay lor <dl in use in the above counties. All
persons are hereby lortvanied using this right ille
gally. LINDSEY SHOEMAKER.
Agent for'Julius W. Hatcher.
I )i'r £ w 1 in
PiicotiDige your own lliiiiiihiffiiiTs!
Dollars may be saved and the
A1 A N C K ACT HR ES of your town encoura
ged, by buying your 11 ATS. ol the subsenbrr.
Every Hat we sell, being Alanufactured by our
selves, in the town of Lynchburg, shall uni be infe
rior to any;—and being determined tn sell low, for
cash, we hope, thereloie, the advantage we oiler to
our customers, will be appreciated by the public;
and as there will be no credit in our business, good
Customers will not have to pay foi bad ones. We
have just received a good Stock of
11ATT E R’S A1A T E RIA L S,
Which will lie made np in the neatest manner, by
first rate workmen. We are also receiving a gujd
assortment of ladies’ami gentlemen’s Shoes, men’s j
and boy’s li ** Eur Cloth and Hair Seal Caps, some !
af a superior quality. AH ofwhicli will be sold low 1
for cash only. ' DINKLEcV KCMBOUHlf. |
P. S. We are agents for the sale ol Alotrison’s |
Hygcan Pills. D. iV R.
Nov. 2D w ts I
4 T Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery
J. m. continued and held for Nelson county, at th j
Courthouse, on'i iiursday the 4ili day ol October j
1838 .
Nathan LofTtus, Lee W. Harris and Wilson Re-i
ti-rs. merchants and partners, trading under the firm
of Nathan LofTtus & Co. and Jacob Yost, RIts.
against
Klisha Rider, Charles C. Ritteson, John Bothell
and Will tarn. C. Johnson. Dfis.
It appearing to the Court, that Lee W. llatris,
one of the Plaintiffs in this cause, is dead, it is or
dered that the same be certified on the record ; and
thereupon, this cause came on this day to bo heard,
upon the bill, answer, exhibits, and examinations ol
witnesses, and was argued by counsel; on consider
ation whereof the Court doth adjudge, order and de
cree that one of the commissioners of the Court do
ex tmine, state and settle the accounts between tlie
creditors nan cd in the several deeds ol trust referred
to in the plaintiff's bill, A. B. C. I); and the defen
dant Rider stating seen as have been paid, ami such
as as remain due, and the amount paid out of the
trust property ; that he take an account of the val
ue of the trust property conveyed in said deeds,
which has been wasted, destroyed, or disposed of,
by sale or otherwise ; and that he state what proper
ty remains on hand, with its value, together with any
liter deemed pertinent by himself, or required by
the parties to be stated, ami make report to this
Court. A Copy—Teste,
RO. C. CUTLER, clk.
Commissioner’n Office, ?
Lovingston, Dec. 17th 1838. $
The parties interested in the foregoing decree will
be pleased to take notice, that 1 have appointed
Tue>d.iv the 5th day of Fedrury next, to commence
t he taking the accounts therein directed, on which
day by ten o’clock in the morning, they are reques
ted to attend at my office in Lovingston, with iheir
books, papers and voucheis, and copies ol Court
papers, piepared for settlement.
SROTSWOOD GARLAND, Com’r.
Dec. 34 *4*
Dr. JAMES l’ANKEY returns his grateful 1
acknowledgments to the public, for their pa- |
trooage, since lie has been engaged in t he practice ;
of medicine, and informs them, that as he intends to
give Ins attention more exclusively to agiiriilture,
lie will nut in future, attend to any calls in his pro
Cession.
Campbell. December 21 ill 1838. "3w
A olive.
ipilE CORNER TENEMENT, now occupied
I. by Cobbs & Armistead, commonly called
•• Kvlc’s corner,” is for rout—possession to be given
on the 1st January. 1839. Persons desirous to rent
are requested to call oil Charles 1,. Mosby, who is
aull unsed to manage and control tile same lor me.
HARRIET IvlEE.
Dec. 10- _la -
JTOTiCE*
* PETITION Will lie presented to the next
: J\ Assembly, praying for a new county to be form
, sd out of parts of the counties of Buckingham, Prince
' Edward. Charlotie and Campbell.
Dec. 13
4'ominissioiicr's Sale of l.aml In
1 a in iifull € 'oun ft/.
PURSUANT to the provisions of a decree pro
nounced by the Circuit Superior Court of Law
and Chancery tor th« town ot Lynchburg, at the
Mav term. lH.'trt, in the rase of "Patterson vs. Win
ston <Y al,” therein depending, the undersigned, a
ommissioner appointed for the purpose, will proceed,
on Friday the Hih day of February, 1839, at the
town ot Hrook-Neal, in said county, i«» sell, by way
01 public auction, to the highest bidder,
«f Tract of lannl,
mentioned m aaid decree, containing about
Highimi Hinulmi
being a part of the real es ite whereof Patrick Hen
ry, the elder, died sei/.ed. This Land lira in the
county of Campbell, near to Hrook-Neal, on both
sides of Big F ilhng River—it abounds in line tim
ber, particularly pine, and is conveniently situated
to several saw and nitintifariuring nulls. It is well
suited to the growth of Corn, Wheat and Tobacco,
and a part ofthetmet has
i'amforiabir intpi ommu i.% upon •/.
The Land w ill be sold in a body, or in lots to suit
purchasers. Persons desirous to purchase are re
quested to go and examine the Lind, which will he
shown by .Mr. John Henry or Mr. P 11. Scott, resi
ding in the immediate neighborhood.
Tei’iiiK»Six, twelve and eighteen months cred
it for equal part* of the purchase money, the pin
chaser giving bond with approved personal sectimy.
ami the title retained as an additional security. The
title is believed to be unquestionably good but the
uudeisigned will convey such only as he is oidered
to do by the decree aforesaid.
HFNRY 1MJNNINGTON, Com’r.
Dec. 10. wtds
ri'lli: rrlelmttnl Knee HoisM AKO
I I.IM.W by Old Sir \rchy, will make. Ins
next season, at my stable m tins place. Pedigree,
Performance* ami othei particular*, in doe season.
MKLYTLLK TALBOT.
r>cc. it. wt»
I nsli Imported 111') Wood*.
r 1111 K subs( i ib(*r, grateful for tlie patronage ox
-I tended to the linn ol Robinson A Klhott, and
respeelfully soliciting a coutmiiaoce, announces to
In* hlends and the public, (he arrival ol an extra
new stock, purchased within the last tlnee weeks, in
tin* Northern cities, under the most favorable cir
cumstances :
Blue black A fancy coi’d. Cloths, supr. quality,
do do do ( ass mu* res, sty le entirely new,
Kxtra superfine London (i l Merinos, veiv cheap,
A beautiful assortmeal ol Calicoes, patterns most
nre,
4-4, fig'd. A twilled, style entirely new,
Rich glossy Black Italian LiilesnngN,
Superfine plain A fig'd. Swiss .AI uslm,
10 bales A cases of Domestic Goods, comprising
tin* best assortment 1 have ever had.
W ith a large additional supply daily looked for,
wliii h will make my assortment complete. It new,
cheap and desirable Goods will induce a call, 1 can
with safety say my friends and the public will not he
disappointed. A. C. KLLlOTT.
Oct. ts
OVXI& ««lUAIti;, Hi. 13, 1N3N.
‘2ml Supply of II 'inter Hoods.
K II W K.IUST UKCIUVKP ;ii our CASH
v? STORK, Bank Square, a second supply ol
ii'i.VTin: aoons,
which, in connexion with the first, makes our as
sortimnt very extensive and complete,comprising al
ii ott every arti< le in t tir ST AI ’ LI . A FANCY DRY
GOODS line, together with a lull assortment ol all
kinds of G ROC FRIES, at less than tlm market pri
ces, for cash. loom ie< cut visit to i In* Not them i
trinkets, we were mdtieed, by lire exirim- low
prices ofthe Goods, to buy a much heavier stock
than we are in the habit ol doing; consequently we
are very desirous of reducing it before the season is
too lar advanced. To effect our object we are deler
mined to offer our Goods at a very small advance
upon the original cost, thereby holding out greater
inducements than have ever been offered in this mar
ket for tnc same descnption of (foods. We only
ask a call Irom those wishing t«» buy, to prove the a
hove. The following are a few of the articles, with
the prices annexed, besides many others, equally de
sirable and cheap.
Colhs, Blue, Blk. A Fancy coi’d, from $J to the fi
nest quality,
Cassimeits plain, libb’d, strip’d A; Victoria, very
cheap,
Vestings, a good assortment very low,
Cassinetts, plain A striped, all col's and at all puces,
Flannels all col’s some at Jo cts.
Blankets, all kinds Rose, Whitney, Mackinaw and
Duffel, from Si up,
Napt Cottons, Wilson's make,
bbps Fulled cloth Irom 374 cts, up to a very supe
rior article,
Tibet cloths, a first rate article,
( ircassi ms, a very large A cheap lot,
French Merino*, a handsome assortment, low,
Mouslin de Lames, some satined stup’d, a new
article,
Capes and Collar-*, I* rench woik, some very rich,
Thread Edging A Inserting*,
Muslin do do.
Silk, all col’s very cheap,
Blk. Silk 3-4. 7-8. 4-1. A (» 4 very low,
Scarfs a new article,
Cloves all kinds and qualities,
Blk, A While Silk tlose.
Merino do do.
Mohair do do.
i ashmere do do.
Worsted all kinds,
Blk. A While Cotton do at 05 cts. worth 50 c's.
300 pieces Bruits Irom 10$ c»s. to Is A 05 cts.
(jy 100 pieces do at (»i ct«. worth cts.
3000 yards Cotton cloth at M r,i«.
0000 “ do do ai b cis.
13 bales Cotton Oznaburgs Iro n I2i cts. to No. 1,
Wool 11 ns at 25 cts.
4U0 pair llubbaid A Gardner’s heavy Shoes,
Kaw Cotton.
100 Sacks Salt, and more expected.
(] '/* Bale Cotton at $1 25.
IlOKNER A WATSON.
N. B. Bcrsons buying to sell again, will do wull
to give us a call, as vve \ui.i. sia.ir upon nccoimnodii
t,„g terms. HORNER. A WATSON.
No*. IS lft*
Die. ItliA NIIKl/I'll*S IJBNl'INE
tremble Unlvrraal Fill-, established in
England, 1761. For sale al the llonkstore of
s .1. K. MARTIN,
j Nov. 29 *»
j 1000 PA,R YA?>NnSOCKS’
3000 yd-. Yuri, Jeans uml Binscjs, (or
I which (lie highest market price will be p od.
BURTON iV ROUES.
Nov. 19 19
SOTICI.
\ PETITION will be presented to the next Gen
eral Assembly of Virginia, praying the passage
! of a law divorcing Martha C. ilemmiogs from her
husband John G. Ilermmng.. ■
MAKTII \ E. IIEMMINGS.
( Btdfnrd fouuiy, Va. 22d Nnv. l'-"3. « 'M
COUKRMNIA.1U.
L\tr ref point etu't outfit tft ittimore Patriot.
W \s||| \uTON, Pec. J’J, 1HJIH.
Tin*: M.w srn tkkasvky svihcmk.
The authorized organs of tho administration arc
j oeuily ready with their leading financial measure,
j The Sr it Ttu \si>Rr S ystkm is to be pressed with
! a pertinacity which scorns to have gathered strength
limit defeat, and to have been made more resolute
by the unei|iiivoeal opposition w hich has been pie
sented by all classes of i iti/cn* in every quailer id
the Vnion. The power ol discipline re again to
be tried against the known will of the people. Mr.
V \> I'rni n intends to put to the rest tiro nuoNtion
whether the obligaiionsol patriotism, of public prill
ciple, and private honor, and the duty which so
many profess to regard, of obedience to tin* people’s
w ill, arc stronger than party lidchty, and submission
to the dictates ol him who is the fountain of that
patronage, and those official profits to which the
ryes of spoilsmen are turned with the must ardent
and cinphaticul aspirations.
'The Committee of Way* and Means ol tin1 House
have hefoie them a Sub treasury bill, which lor the
most pail is the lull without the sperm » hinge. The
principal additions air the following:
It provides that heavy penalties shall he inflicted
on every receiver, collector, or agent of the govern
ment who shall apply ilm public money to his pii
1 vale uses ; underrates a set ol officers comely new
in Custom houses, such as cashiers, telleis, A e. A c.,
I for the purpose of being cheeks on the collector,
and aHoiding additional security against drfaltu
I lions.
It trquiie* nlllai gr sum* (*» be deposited hi Hanks
(on Hl'K lM, ia I'usi n ,) subject nnly to the «11 alls
of the Treasurer, and tlie Banks arc lo receive not
mote than one eighth i»l nun per cent, lor keeping
ill** funds ; small* I sums may leitiam in the custody
ofrulledois and tcceivcrs. The exact amount above
which all mu ms must be deposited in Bunk, and
i below- winch they n»av lie in the hand* ol govern
ment nfiii cim. has not yet him fixed.
II ilh rt card to the hind of funds receivable in pay
ment of debts to the government by the Collector and
licceirer, ilie bill is vv not t.v sti.i >r; but it provides
t Ilf* t AM. I > r POSITI-' S OK II III. H MONEY IN Tllr
Hank* shai.i. tu- >nni oni.v in I hi am n y Norr*
I O H Sl*| C If.
ISueh is the general c li.iiact-i of the plivdogno
mv ol this new government IMonsti u. 1 will lake
occasion to pirsenf it to youi readeis belore very
long with some expansion of detail.
The sitting of the Senate, to-day, was short and qui
et. The most important thing that occtnred was a
movement hv Mr. Kivi . in calling on the Nrrreia
rv of t lie Tre.nurv, I»x resolution. Ini mini mill mil re
sprctingllies.de ol the ihinl bond ol the United
States Bunk, and other matter* connected tlicirwith,
under the following beads:
1. I'ha peiiod at which the tliiid hood of (hr Uni
ted Slates Bunk, sold to that institution, amounting
to $2,254,^71 HS. w as placed to the cirdit of the '1’rea
surer on tiie book* ol the Bank—the terms on winch
it wa* nrgoriatrd—the person acting on belisll ol
the Bank, with whom, the negorintion was made—
the painetdars ol any undrrMaiidteg or agreement
if any li.is taken place, inspecting the hem lit winch
might accrue to the Bank in ihr transfer <>l rimtiey
it should make to distant plat rs on uccouot ol the
(ioveminent.
2. 'l’lie period when the sum ol >1,1100.000. in
part payment of the second bond ol the Bank ol ilie
United Slat*** was placed to I lie credit of the Ttcasu
rei by that Bunk, and tin nature oft he agreement
or understanding had in icfeieiic© to the payment ol
a part ol said bond belore, nod of another part ol it
after it became due.
;|. Whether any sum or sums ol (he public money
have been deposited in the Bank ol the United
States, other than there have hern deposited liom
the payment of sale of its bonds—il so, the amount i
and date of ra. li deposit** and by whom and by whose
authority and diiectiou they were made.
4. The aggregate balance standing weekly to the
credit of the Treasurer, in the United State* Bank,
its bran* lies or agencies ; whether subject to draft or
not, as well a* ih*1 weekly aggregate balance til the
Treasury from the gme the deposit© was made.
f>. A Iim of all branches anil agencies of the said
United Slates Bank on which the Treasury Depart
ment hasdtawn diaft*—the amount of the public
moneys directed to be placed at each, and ol the
drafts severally drawn on them, and the rates ol ex
change between Philadelphia and each of the places
to which sums were ordried to be tiansfctred.
0. The amount so far as it can be conveniently
ascertained that has been drawn from the B. S. B ink,
its branches or agencies, in notes of said Bank, lot
paying Indian annuities, or orther demand* ol Indians
on the lioverument, or for defraying the expense* *1
tending the removal ol the. Indians, and in general the
nature ol the “ arrangements,’' it any, made foi the
more distant public disbursements in the notes ol
the Bank, together with all the correspondence, a
grecnicnis and instructions given or entered into,
connected with any or all the heads of inquiry above
stated.
Also that he communicate the nature of the ar
rangements made with him by the Bank* in which,
according to Ins Keport of the 2d instant, portions ol
the public money have been k> placed to the credit
of the Treasurer on special dc|K»sile,*' the kind ol
monev in which the said special dcposilcs weic 1
made, whether the identical money* deposited were
continued to bo held by the Banks, whether the
draft* of the Treasury Depnitment tint* have been
drawn, or those deposites have been paid m the spe
cified moneys deposited, and whether th© balance*
are part and parcel of the very moneys oiignaliy
deposited*
ll will Or seen mil ItlC inquiries me vriy mmiiir,
and if ilie Secretary auwsers them wuli any fullness,
there will some miiuikahlc revelations.
Mr. Tai.i.m \m.i: signified his intention of moving
in a measure called lor by every considetation »»l jus
ticenml humanity. He will, tomorrow, introduce a
bill to nbotisli imprisonment for debt.
Mr. lit < hanan offered a resolution to instruct tin*
Column tee Ol) naval affairs to inquire into the expe
diency of constructing one or more steam vessels to
be employed as vessels of war.
Mr. Buchanan urged with great earnestness the
adoption of this resolution. He expressed Ins re
gret that the Secretary of War had not. in hisvei v
lucid and nble report, touched upon thestibjrpt whit Ii
was occupying the minds ol ail men interested hi na
val and military affairs, in Kuglaml ami I tanee.
Those two grcai n itions .ire emulous to outstrip each
oilier in converting steam vessels to the greatest *cr
vice. The use. ol them must work a material change
m the mode of naval warfare; and we would certainly
subject ourselves to great hazard, were we to engage
m war with either ol those powerful nations hi ill
I possession of the advantages derived from such ves
sels, while we were without them. Mr. Buchanan
thought it would be u severe reflection upon our
national character, if alter being the first to make a
successful application of steam m propelling vessels,
we should now tail behind the improvement of the age.
Mr. Benton seemed to think these very sensible
remarks of Mr. Buchanan would tak*the wind out
of the sails of die Military < 'ommiite, who so nc time
ago.did make arc port.—n deed 1 believe on two differ
ent occasions.—m favor of employing floating bntic ries
propelled b) steam for coast defence. He isCliair
inuu of that Committee; and h:s feat of Mr. Bn u
anan taking all the glory of this rnovment made him
bounce up veiy piomptly and remind die Senate of
what the Military Committee had done.
Mr. Buchanan with his characteristic courtesy,
admitted very freely all that was claimed for the Mil
I it try Committee.—There w.»s something more to
be done besides the construction of steam
^ h.utcr'b *, for the defence rf out long line of toast.
NVe must also have steam vessels ol war, to :'ri ,,n
! the broad ocetin—we want officers trained sn«l disci
» plined to the navigation and manigroicnt of them.
It was i» these tilings lie « mhrd to duert tlieatten
toiool thoSouate and of tlie eoiiniiv.
Viler Nome observations of Mr. l>A\i*ol Mass., in
support ol tlie rssolution, the question was taken and
earned in the allii mative.
Private hills, ami other measures of an nnimpor
iRti* character occupied the remniodei ol the day.
The House of Knpreseniatives tvnsagain oerupii'd
I for a eonsulerable time witli Pennsylvania Aflairs.
; The following Mkssaoi w,i« received hum the Pres
dent:
7 r» the lioiar of Ucyrnuntativrs of the Vniteil Stale* .*
| I transmit the aeeompanying document*, marked
from one to (We, in reply to a resolution of yestwdny's
date, calling for eopies ol eorrespondeneo between
the executive of the (ieneial (lovrnmient and the
! Governor ol I'eensvIvama. in ielation to “ a call of the
latter lot an armed (turn of United States troops since
ihe present session of f’ougrrss," and requiring in
I iormsiion •* whether any officer of the United States
instigated or participated” in the riotous prut ceilings
referred to in ihe resolution, ami •* w hat measures,
if any, the Pirmd nt has taken to investigate and
i punish the said acts, and whether any such officer
still remains in the service of the United Slates."
INI. N AN III IlKN.
W’asiiimit»»>, Dec. lfi, 1KIH,
| The " nr« ompanving documents" ere very vo
luminous. The reply nl Mr. Senrt.iry Poinsf.TT
to the i« c|tiisition of (lovrrnor Hitnkii, I perceive,
hasb'cm published in some ol ilie Pennsylvania pa
per*.
Mr. Nay Mm moved to refer ilrem all lo the
Committee nl llte Whole; ami ipolte at some length,
w iih great force nml niiinintion in snppotl of his
motion Mr. I’omn replied also with warmth.—
The I louse, however, exhibited on deposition lo
have this Pennsylvania w nr continued lu*io; and at
i lie suggestion of Mr. V X OKnWOoii, of Kentucky,
the whole subject was laid on the table, alter the
message and other due nine ills had been ordered to he
printed.
The petition lot the establishment of international
1 relations with I lavti, upon which were renewed the
valueless discussions about abolition, right ol pelt
tiou, A1*., was disposed ol this moi ning. The House
j de'eiuiitied to teeme it ; and it was Icrlhwiih Mi nt
to the Committee on Fningn Allans. Mi. Sinn
lion Williams endeavoured to cany n proposition
to moend the ink* so a* to icquirc every <|tiesiinn a
bout the receptiort of’a pel it ion to lie derided without
debate ; but the House lelmod to ronsider if.
Tlie motion ol IMi. ( Amiiio i.r mi to refer tin ic
poi ts ol tbo Seciriary of the T»e *siny, relative |.i
i lie rh la leal 10 ii* at New Voi k to a Seleri ('on unit tee,
was taken up towards the close ol the sitting. Mr.
Wisi moved lo ieler the reports lo the < oiiitnittee
. o| 11 to Whole ; and spoke, at length, in suppmt ol
Ins motion, lie had not finished In* remark* on
the subject, when he gave way to a motion for ad
' join miicnt.
The reference will be made to a Select Commit
j tec. I believe ; and, it ts hoped, that Committee will
be appointed by the lieu**, not by the SriAKtn.
SUN ATM.
I ll ritspA i I)« c. 28ih.
Mi. Hives’s icsolutinns turning up lor coiisidera
: ion.
Mr It I \ KS said lie would strhitiit some of the
trasoiis for oficiing tin in, more in detail than he
had at first intended. The resolutions have sprnal
reference to errtHiii tiansatlioiis which have been
lately alleged lo have taken place bet w cell the brad of
tho Treasury Department and the President ol ihr
Bank ol the United States. For some nine pu t.
notwithstanding the long and arduous snuggle be
tween the Administration and this institution, m
mors have been pievaleni|t hat an art augvtnfttr 'bin brim
entered into by which it ha* practifnllv become the
fiscal agent ol iho (government. Dora not the whole
country recollect that the piescnt President took an
early occasion, soon after the Bank had received Ms
charter from the Ucgiabituic ol Pchhisv Ivatiia, to say
that it was the same in diameter and effect ns the
formri Bank f Did not the honorable Senator from
Pennsylvania [Mr. BrriiA.\Anj assert that it was the
same vast monopoly that had convulsed tho country
—the same thirty-five millions of capital—the same
ptesidenl — the same direciors—the same stoeklml
ders 1 We all recollect tho zeal of the honorable
Senator from South Carolina, [Mr. Calhoun,] who
has taken so diming wished a part in supporting the
fiscal schemes of the piCHcnt Administration, on the
same subject. 'I'he honorable Senator from Mishoij
i i. [Mi. Benton, ] in rcler i ing to tins instil til ion, said
that it was mote powerful that) the former Bank, and
more wicked as well as more powerful. Now, taking
the views ol the head and great pillars ofihe Admin*
istiation party into consideration, it is surptisiug that
this denounced instilmion, limic wicked and more
powerful, was ieinstated in all it.* fiscal iclatioua with
the Hovcrnuiriit. From tin* prevalence of those
report*, at the assembling of Congress, we all looked
to the report of the Secretary of the Treasury to
clear tip these subjects ; but, sir in this document,
on this matter, there appeared to he a premeditated
reserve and studied ambiguity. (longress, at it* pre
vrotis session, had authorized 11 if* sale ol (woof the
bonds nl thc United States held by the Uovernmcnt.
The Secretary should have clearly stated to Con
gress the manner in which her bad executed the
special trust confided to him ; hut it was with the
utmost difficulty, after the most minute scrutiny, that
we can find a few lines informing us that the Secre
tary has executed this duty iti accordance with the
provisions n( the law.
I» the list ol banks denominated spcci.il deposi
torics of ' Government, we aie told that spe
cial depogites are made in the Bank of the United
Stales, derived from debts due (tom banks hul liom
what banks the debts arc due, or on what
conditions the deposited aie made, the Serre
taiy is wholly silent. Ife thought tiiat am bi
gtiny of phraseology had been designedly used to
conceal Bus transaction. The public have lately
had a letter from the President ofthe Bank, in which
he comes out in bold language, w ith the air of a man
who has achieved a triumph. He tells us that ar
rangements hav»* been entered into, by which the
Government has been brought into efficient coope
ration with the Batik of tho l 'nited States ! Thai the
more distant disbursements of the Government had
been made in the notes ol the Bank — these rags, this
miserable Hash, as they have been designated by the
honorable Senator from Missouri. New, let us
confront the statements of the two high contracting
parlies. The Secretary does not led you to whom
tins hoiid was sold: the President of the Bank says
it was disposed ol to the Bank, and paid lot by tile
‘ credit to the Tie.murer ul Ihr l u« d Stairs on the
books ol the Bank. Til* Secretary ofthe Treasury
8a\ s u is a special deposit* on the books ol the B.iuU.
All these it.alters require explanation, nod the Soc
tetaiy should be glad 1 have given him the oppor
i tuoiiy.
VV.cs this a mere sale of bonds, or was it not a
scheme to reinstate the Bank in its character of fiscal
agent ol the Government ? Was not the sale a
mere form lor covering the transaction? These are
questions that concern ill* honor of the nation ; and
lull and unequivocal answer is expected. The
! public have a right in know on what terms the co
alition between the Government turd the Bank has
t.iken place—who furnishes the auxiliaries, and who
| lurm-du h the subsidies; whether the Rank has ab
cheated the throne, that it may be the power behind
the throne, gienter than the throne itself.
Mr. II. gave extracts foin the Baltimore Chronicle,
1 and other Whig papers, to prove that by an insensi
ble process, already commenced, the Bank ol the
' I nited States would, without the concurrence ol
I Congress, become llio fiscal agent nf lire flnvarn
j moot. Why, sir, this would bn a National Hank.
[ and n National Hank in it* worst form—closely allied
I " Ith tiio Khc'ciiIivo ; a Stale institution, irresponsible!
to C'migiess, ami it raspooathlr to the people. I say, if
iliis insensible proersa, already eommonced. is to bn
' consummated, it will form that vast concentration of
ilio moneyed pownr. which the President, in his
late Message speaks of with so milch alarm. If this
insensible process is to go mi, if this coalition be
tween llie (liiveinmeiit ami the Hank it to lie com
pleted, 1 will say—ns w as said til woollier •oalilton in
amithei t iniiiliy — in the iiame of my euuulry, I for
bid the bans.
Notwithstanding the many homilies we hare re
ined nil llie nrcrsMiy nl seeming all connection
between thr fiscal alfsirs ,d ihe tiovernmeni and the
blinks, llie PioiiImu and Secretary have given the
; most tinrquiviif.il piuiif, by ibrir example and prac
‘ tier, nf till Stipe.. and aluinst indispensable ne.
eeksiivof bunk agency in conducting the affairs nf
I ilie (Iovrroim'nt. Ami the rniiiirqtion with banka
Is attempted In be gul over hv dubbing sixieen banks
is special il piisdinics. Where sin these special
' depositories ! Hanks employed at (lie will ami plea
sme id the Kxeeniive—making ilimn suleiv I’.xrcu
liivr agents and Kxeeuiivu msli ua enls. While ilia
| Kxrr.utivo is preaching ngainsl llie system nf bunk
agency, Il is icrnmuiciidrd ihot an nccasiunal use
inay be made nf them, i> lien u is deemed eonvr
, "lent and piiipi i. Wlm is In lie the judge of tins
priipiiely 1 Why. tlie I xeciiiim : their hands
! "'Hal utd bo f. lime,I by the legislation id Congress ;
thry must employ ilirni at tlioir own will ami plea
suie, thus making tins immense money pnwrr Slth
■"'"ini! In 1 \r, time vims. All admit that, with
the expetience id the last few inmilha, banks lire in
fmii' ly s.ifi r a,genis limn sub-lieasurers | bill the
Sub Treasury will be held up fur pally purposes,
ami perhaps bn llie rxtfliixmu id Kxee ,'ive natron-'
.Ig< aim Iitmif'tit-i m* /V*funnutfrAUon meant to
employ banks, and the only question it, whnher we
" ill have lheir employ mftnt legalised, or subject
tln tn entirely to l.xertilivr discretion, The tune
Ins come when i v*iv paiimt should w.»t(h with
d, ep anxiety mid sr.hciiml.* the indications nf Kx
rent ive policy. Il this money nl power is to be mih
p rted to Kxccuf ivc will, n u ill destroy the liberties
.ofthe country, ami make I’.xecutive power nnern
: dant over rveiy thu g. I le would also aljude to the
j unpi('eedeuti d and iinunnstiiiiiiotittf icrommendn
tiou ol tin 1'iexideiil to {ippotui a committee of Unn
! cress to w atc h his sub li chmih is, mid report the
• IcTaullrts lo him for iriinrv.il. Mr hoped he would
not live* to see this dcgiaduf inn ol (,'oiigte»s appoint
ing mquiMioi i ,i I» on.m»t lees to watch the I .'xeciitive'i
' sub-tir.iatin'is. The IWnJent says that recent e
j vents have eonviuc nl him mote and more ol the p o
pric ty of Iris Sub Treasury MH«m. Ubnliur tlirse
leceni events? The d'lalc.itiou of public ofhceis
lot immense sums, and (lying the countiy, ]\iu c
| vrii the sin me ol the national honor lias been sacred
| (Vo in this humiliation: I mean the army. The er
; mine ol the law has been stained with dishonor.
Tlicxe defamations • ! public niliccm, though hu
oidialing, are providential evils, in c oritnlitJting to
j del it a system, tho iiiHulion m'which upon the
country! derm Would be a *ui>e. C.iulioi v r de
I vote one mxsioii ol < <»ngn>s lo hiuditig up tbe
wntimlsc f out bleeding country, mstrad ol wasting
the tune III party conflicts and dying for paiiv |M.
j umphs !
Mi. WJHGI1T l to say ti lew words in »cply
to I|t«; lionotable gentleman liom \ nginin. J|c ,|,,|
j not line now lot the purpose ofen'entig into any
debate oil the qucslbm of the .Sub-Treasury. or of
the b ink deposiu.:*. believing ih.it any argument on
these ijitcH ions would now he mil ol place. He Im
ped and believed, notwitnsinriding the ,Senator's re
in nk. tli.it he was :o lie pci muted to congratulate
himself and thefoutiny that the Senator had at Inst
become aware ol the dangeis and uiischiela arising
from a connection between the ltoveniuietit and t)i«
Hank*. He was glad lev hear the Sen ifor's remarks,
so far as they were connected with the facts, and the
only drawback to In* pleasure wan, that the gentle
man had not waited lor (acts liefoio lie drew his i .
leteners. Another remark with which lie would
now trouble the Senator, lie well remembered at
the* extra session, and at the last annual sc sunn. lie
w as repeatedly told by se veral members, that when
we utidetfnok to talk ol the dimgcis of this Uermsyl
Vania Bank ol the l S., we weie attempting to raise
a phantom ; that the Bank <d the I'.S. was dead
anil gone, and that it was an imposition on the coun
try to say tii.it there was longer any danger from that
ipi tn.'i. lie lumembcied that observations rujIi us
these tell from the Senator from Virginia liimscK,
and he was happy to find that the gentleman had
c hanged his opinions. He never was hlnitell delu
ded for a moment with legat'd to that institution;
tlie opinions that he now entertained of it were tho
same that he had always held. The Senator then
would until rally nsk, did he approve ol this connec
tion ? He would answer that lie did not know.—
He was exceedingly glad thill the Senator had of
lercd Ins resolutions of inquiry, and wished the Sen
ate and country to be put in possession of the infor
mation it called for. When that information came,
lie would be able to form n correct opinion on the
subject. He had licar‘d4 that, under the legislation
ol the last winter, the Secretary hud sold one of tho
bonds given by the Bank of the United Stales, to the
Bank itself, lie presumed* therefore, that tlietnn
necfion, as he had heard on report, gitw exclu
sivcly out of that transaction, fl tins connection
had gone further, it had been without It is knowledge,
Hud should l>e without his approbation, lie did not
undertake to say tb.it he approved of the manner io
which the bond was transferred, but he had heard
tli.it no other purchaser ot the bond w as to be found.
Il* had heard that means were found wanting to pay
the public debt, and (or tins purpose, the sale was
made in the manner it hu I been. Solar he was wil
ling to test until th« Secretary gave them the facts ;
and lie should have been much better pleased if the
Senator from Vugim.i had peimilted the call to be
answered, and the lads to be laid before them, be
fore lie dirw Ins inferences. lie was not so touch
sinptised at that course of the Senator, as at the next
step lie took; and what was that ? Why, it was to
interpret to the Senate and the country, not only tile
cause of action, hut the views and opinions of tire
President of the United States, and the Secretary of
the Tieasury,together with the policy ofthe Govern
ment, from the letter ol Nicholas Biddle, w ho has
not hitherto bet n the authority from which the ac
tion of these g* nilcmeu has been accustomed to be
judged. Il might have become authority with the
gentleman now ; but if it had, tire gentleman had
information which lie [Mr. \V.] did uot possessi
But in the heat of remark, the letter referred td
was not enough, and the comments of the Opposi
tion newspapers were ruudfe the authority for the o
pinions and policy of tin* Administration, by tlMft
honorable Senator from Vugiuta. iJo would only
observe that, when the nets and opinions of the Ad
I ministration are to be judged o( by him, it should
' not be from the comments ofthe Baltimore Chroui
1 cle.
11 did »enn to him tii.it the natural course would
I have been to have let these inquiries go lo the Sec
: retai v. and to have received his answer before com*
| mg to any conclusion with regards tolactsyet lobe
I known. If the tacts which shall be given by the
! Secretary should ptove unsatisfactory, there will be
! abundant opportunity for the Senate to express its
'disapproval; and they should do this from the facts
; before them, and not from such sources as the letter
| of Nicholas Biddle, and the comments of Opposi
i lion newspapers. In the course of his remarks, tile
Senator thought proper to refer to that portion of
I the Message of the President in which he reeem
! mended the appointment o! a committee of Congress
j to examine into the conduct ol the disbursing agents
oftlic Ciovetumeot. lie had uot the message be