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with two boJls uioi «*lv of a cnritinod iti ' i, uni Hath- 1 • nf; in aid of 111; uuljvrt'ul enterpii/.o. • Im lettri Tito. A. <'Jail‘oun', E.-q. to (Jen. \\ . kniaou ilccUri a "that Burr 11• I AiUir rm'hi'd Nashviib- about the middle «>i" Deo.; they lodged at the sain house and •veruph ! ■ i letl Nashville in h " days .' each other. (• r,. Adair ly laud, and Col. Wuirhy iv.i'rr,” If •:. « fetior, which is to he ( to iiul in tlm Kuipni cr ol tho 2'jih oi May IS0?,HI'‘i turth Iji’ti, Ihi* various ls-erlions,ol the run tim'd i nssoci.ition of Durr ^ I .ick-mi a' Jaek..on's residcul‘o J oi • gratuitous and tint'uuiit,-d. Ttie plan* of Itiiir wcr.* rooc-.ilctl in iiij own I bosom; th * < •ovci iimaiit h.< I indicated m cvprew- { ion ol Its 01 -t| IS -ts, uni ini to tht: pi i in 1, the ptlb- ; irk mind w h enveloped m Oonht and itticcvtain- i tv. Mr. J* IffiMjrt'a priici.uii.ilioti i the 27th id! Taov. «li“ju tied the pn*t ilbi.-tun and l. voiled (lie J mischievous li u.lciirim ol tin- *'tji l.i w lul ciiler-I prize.” fhc N.it. lutt-Higi ncor ol ii.idJ.iit. 1>i)7. . iu ili.-i iuMO); t!,< latest authentic mloi iiiadoa U|s>n ; this topic wy>, tliiii, "H'irr'appc.n s to lure left j ISiish\ ilje two. or tiniv days i.efoio the nnival] <d the i’residi nt’s prut! imation; Hie clfects oi l which were here, is they have invariably | I’eeu in every o'lier put uf the Viiion—dcci-, >ivc. A general .«• whiten* ol indignation am) hut - i tor instantly arose—and in the evening of the day on which the Alessage .u lived Hurt was tmint in elfigy.” i ho 1 nttdligeiieei, id the ith Febt u.try, renuiks, “ that iheleitcts horn Nashvillc contain nothing material, relative to Butt’s conspiracy, ex cept the universal execution, in whii h the Con vpirar y audits auihoisarc In-Id in the State of Ten nessee.” In a public meeting of the Citixen* of ]• rjiikliii County, of which M.ij. IS ely is (.'hair man, and I lies. ii. Benton is Secretary,resolutions are adopted, expressingtlmir attachment to the U Jiinti, gratitude to Mr. .letfer-nn, .n»d pledging the jiat: io tc devotion of the Sian- ol Tennessee." 111 times Irnitlul of accusation, when the haired id crime i.. apt to w,up the judgment into convic tions ol guilt, npiiglil minds wiil be slow to be lieve iu the criminality ol others. But the instant ! that Mr. Jelluryon's piiivlamation gave (jcn. Jack eon tho basis iip.iu whh'li ho could act, he seems to i iiiivc tletermuitMl that In; would surmount cvrry j obstacle, which might u-taul ihc hand of |u*lice. I lie collected forces, marched two volunteer com- i puuiusto the mouth oJ Cumberland Kivcr, ordered I Id other companies to hold themselves in rrailiucis ^ lor instant service, and despatched a confidential messenger (.Mm Murrill) to Fort Ma-.-ac, w ith or ders lor (the U. Stales’ oliiccr) Capt. llusull at that post. At the same time, he gent fut(herorders to lion. Johnson and Col. Cheatham, olficers of his division, commanding within the scope of expected danger, lie infused his anlour into all around him, the old men of the Revolution were animated nidi his kindling entlm-ia-m, they flock- d to hi - stand ard, and tendered tlirou..li him, and under him, to devote their liv* ■, to maintain tin; Vnion an*l its laws, and to ptmi-li attempt* at tlm infraction o! ei ther. Among the distinguished tn n of this r.la-s, were f<eri. llohcrtsoii and Gen. Overton, who e past services gave ample pledge ol their I: .Hit) to tiioCountiy, and who-.; voluntary oiler to h led by Jackson to its pivsi rv.it.o:s, is com lu-ive piool'ot tlieir confidence in his viitries, and of his devotion to his duties. Cnpt. I’i-s.ll had been directed to obey the orders of Jackson; his reply to Jackson's Setter by Murrill, is dated Fort Massac, Jan. 5Ui, 1807, mid dispels all serious apprehensions ol fu turc disquietude. It is received hv Gen. Jackson in Nashv ille, the 8th of January, and his despatch-: e# to Mr. JetH-rson, ate instantly si :;t o.T to VYa-h. ingtou City. There papers are communicated ! y the Pres:-: dent to Cotigicss, the 28th Jjn. IS 17. and may he seen in the volumes of public documents foi that Session. —In the Richmond Enquirer ci t>(fi Fell. 1807, is an - Extract ol a letter Irom a genll -in in of the highcri lospcetability, to a Member of Con gress, dated Nashville, January Kill, l*f 7”—(no ticing Jackson’■■ in attires as fodovv-:) ‘*Tli . (jel)(.. ral knowing his duty was di u rmined to act, anil it prool could be obtained, to step all boats with war- j like stores or i nlilaiy preparations. He ordered 12 companies with General -, £_c ” “ The vol-j unteers on this occasion, did honor to themselves! and to their Country, f igure to yourself General | It. as Captain of such men a- GeneralO-, Mr.j. ’f-,ktc. &.<•., all old Veterans, and over fifty, tendering their services to their General, and their Country,” 6tt. Jkc. • Mr. JefTer-on’s Mrs-age of the 22.; January,un folding Hul l ’s plans to Congress, sp- ak« of the Or ders ol the 1‘Jth ol Dec. dispatched io Jar«-#on._ 'i ho Nashville ‘Impartial Review* of the. 10th Jan. alludes (o these orders of the War Depart ment, and announces “ that the Militia were to be reviewed on that lay, by the Maj. i G.nera!',[J«rk souj and that there is an auionr, characteristic cf! patriotism, and pledge to our Atlantic bu lkier,, (h it our lives and property are ready to be sacrificed for the interests of our common Country.’* We. have •seen, says the National Intelligencer, of Feb. 18')7, ** a Nash Villa paper of the 17th ol January, con taining an account of the the dismission of the Ten nessee Millitia, raised by General Jack-ion; under the iinpressfon that no danger existed for their con tinuing embodied."—“ '1’luse pu.et oiiii^s (add the Editors) unprt:s.-Zrr’y Manifest the pufrivtism ol the Stab.* ol Tennessee.” T here is an extract f:«;n the -In iile Revievv, of the 17th January, in the Richmond Enquiierof the next mouth, in ,his language—“ We cannot hut express our satisfaction, at the promptness with which the rendezvous was a* ended;- and the I»a- 1 •ruiOTisM OK Till: Major Gj:.% kua n—likewise mo-ig.iuii r in-iiwai. i ne tinny cl aen'uneiit I which pervaded every hi east on (iii- occasion, ami ■ llie general tl.ime ol indignation which burst Ibrlli oil all side*, is t passing memento,” fic. I have i designed, in t! i.i rapid and desultory sketch of pa*! j itveiitj, (opoise** the public with an accutate de tail of facts,faithfully extracted train the host sour <-es of inlrlltgence, an 1 to leave to its unbiassed judgment, i’s own irr«;.*isii! I t conclusions And in •lose pursuit of this intention, it i* time to offer the conclusive testimony ol Mr. Ji-tfcrson, and termi nals this inquiry, f ew men had inore of the milk of human kindness, than this good n an and illus trious patriot—yet future history rnay record it, as 1 a "nobis Infirmity” of nature, (hat tie vi-itcd with j uufparing resentment this conspiracy, its plotters, I aiders and abettors. His passions we re so strongly I eiilisted, that good men were in danger, and had I ones practised upor. his excitement. Wilkin- i nan availed himself of this visible infirmity, ] while Barnabas Bidwell, and anolher distin- j IJUislicd renegade i from hi- party, *ei/.ed tlieoc-1 i .ision, to pledge their n.-w f urn zeal,in a reck-j less effort to "suspend the precious pi i vilrge of the j writ of Habeas Corpus.” <s.-e Mr, Kandolph’s speech of the 26th January 1H07, in icply to Bid-' well.) Hence too, the report of one of these wor- I tides, in the United States’ Senate, upon the case I < ! John Smith ol Ohio, that invades in its doctrine, I every principle of civ il liboity, for which our trans atlantic ancestors, a< weil as our immediate foi e- ! fathers, lic.J in ages of glory, combatted •■oppips. j cion in the fv'iiat j nnJ withstood it in the held.” I 'J he Constitution v (lie sactitire that Hypocri sy brought to the al'ar of Jhiiriotisr, With the indignation tiiat fills me, in leading Of this attempt, 1 upon the most holy provision in the charter of our liberties, is mingled a -ciitiment of exulting pude. I that this fclofi-l ill, ha ! scarce defiled the tables ol i the Hou*e, when the representative fiorn this i <t.strict, (Phil. K. Thompson) demanded for (ho! lelon’s file—iti in !.ml rejection. Mr. Jifferson had looked through all the mui* s of Burr’scoti- ' *piracy. Disgust had seized fast hi Id o! hisjudg- ' ii'Cnt. .Suspicion alone w m sufficient (o vex arnJ stimulate liis hostile repulse: in the most peiiiott* had doubtful hour of it* progro**, Cen. J.irk*on held hi* unlimited confidence. In hi* letter to Wil kifison of the SdJaiiuuy Jso7, he thus cxpic*-es himself: "lie assured that '1 ctin* ssee and parlicu i irly lien. Jackmn *"• I'ithlul.” As some ques tion has hern mi cd of the genuineness ol thi* idler, 1 refer !•» the Hr-quirer of the ItJlh Octo ber 1*»*7. an 1 to fh<-re|iort of the Committee be fore alluded to, of February 26th ISJJ. liiade rlgnale.t m itoconent number 160 in that report. siilh.it report (Doe. IM) is the h-tUiof the Sec retary .It War iiirS f dam ,fih 21'January 1807 Wilkinson with this langu .ge—.“tJcfi. Jackson <.f Nashville, vebo has biu-iitiy Butr'aetviiisnr]r*s, very ffrijtirnlly ruentior .-d a- h.ivir * ' : g • 1 in thu project with two regiments, i« ncvi i tin less <oufid.il in. mid ha* i.r-t,.-• to socur v ill boa's, provisions or person*, which may appear to bed - s '•ned for the cofi*j irac"." f f* *> <*. h. I cor O D-ii# esponded wit', Mr. JeflVr*on uponllorr'smovc- J iipii’s ill Nov. 1800, and h id livru answered (lit* J 5d December billowing.—The Kiclnnoiid tluquiror j jf the 19th M.iy, 1807, publi-lirt the following let- ! lei, anil su'joined remarks : '• W/*siiiNiiTorr, .March dl, 1807. j Gtii. Jlmirrw Juckaon, >ih—In iny ! *ttB' of December Srd, answering j yr,ur«, which ij|ln«l the "urvice of a coi |»s» ol vol unteers—1 informed you that the Legislature had under consideration in what way they would au under con-ider itiun til wliat way they would au . thorisn tho executive to excepv those pattiolie ten-] tiers. They accordingly passed au act, of which, I ! now enclose von a copy. “ Although l ho present state of things on the! western side ol tho Missidppidors not threaten any immediate collision with our neighbours in that quarter, and it is with our wish they should re main undisturbed until an amicable adjustment may take place; yet as this docs not depend on our selvea alone, it is prmlent to he prepared to meet any movements which may occur. The law of a tm iner session ol Congress lor keeping a body of lUU.OOO Militia in'readiness for service »t a mo iii' iit’s warning, is still in force : but by tho act now enclosed, tho service of voluidetrs may be accepted, which will of couise render a resort to ihe limner act unnecessary. In consequence, therefore, of the patriotic 7.'Ml which prompted your former ofler, I now solicit your best endea vors tow aids carrying this act into execution.— The persons who shall engage, will not be called from their homes until some aggression committed, or intended,, shall render it necessary. When called into action, it will not be lor a lounging but for au active and perhaps distant service. 1 know the effect of this consideration in kindling that ardour which prevails for this service, aud i fount on it lor lilting up the numbers tequi-dte without delay. To yourselves i am sure it must be as desirable as it is to me, to transfer this ser vice fiom the great mass of the Militia under your charge to that portion of them to whose habits and BiitnI'liic, active ami distant service is uio?t con ge«:i d. “ With respect to tho or*;.nii?ing and officering those who sli.dl be engaged within yotirstate, the act itself will be your guide, and as’it is desirable we should lie kept informed of til c progress ol this business, I must pray you to report (lie same from lime, to time to the Secretary at War, who will correspond with you on all tho details arising out ofit. Accept my salutation* and assurance of great t*§ teem ami rc«pect, THOMAS JEFFERSON.” 1 lie F.ilitor ol tho Eiupiircr subjoin* these re tnstks: ‘‘(Here follow* the address of (General Jackson, Major General 2J Division, Tennessee, ami commander of the Invincible Greys (as they appropriately called themselves,J all tiio hoary ; patriots oi 71?, m ho lately united to deletul tlicit I country? against the meditated dangers ol Hurr’s ' cxpedr ion. In inis -address, Gen. Jackson exhorts i the olnccrs ol the different brigade* to volunteer ' their services to the 1'rrsidcnt, to complete the volunteer companies that are deticient; and to pay the stiictest attention to military discipline.)” I lad the lightest shade ot doubt passed over Mr. Jefferson’* mind, of Jackson's tidehty in this affair, vvouhl lit have invited his soixire?, in the m-n peril?, with which ihe country was then as soiled? I here c.iii he hut one answer to tin rjue— lion, and that alone is sufficient to repress all cavil, and to shut up torever further iti'juiiy. Mon* ie- j cently Mr. Jefferson spoke of Gen.-ial Jackson as ; *’ •*«! (;reat benefactor,” possessing more of that | Roman virtue which in country lorgefs self than ! •my other liviug man;’ that it was fortunate for ! these States that he yet lived and was capable of! service; for in him »vus our best hope:' and yetthis :s the man that the selfish hut fleeting interests ol me day, would have us believe is stained with treason, cruelty and blood—When Cataline fled : notii the Senate Cliamher, before the indignant scowl of patriot virtue, he imprecated the cmrses: ol lilts Gods upon his country. How-strikingly is; tlii imprecation contrasted with the prayer ol the \ gallant and noble Camillus. He had driven out t tier Gauls, saved Rome, rescued its “ Beauty and '. 1- ■aty from the tutlilcs* grasp of barbarian invn 1 sion, and in humble and fervent supplication to j Heaven, lie implored the God*, it their vengeance I eonlJ only he appeased by a signal calamity, that1 the weight of puuishment might fall upon him I alone, and that his country might be spared, if a recent invocation ol W ar, and Famine, anti 1’esti-1 lento upon tho country, do not picscnt us with a j parallel--it -hould at least warn us against thede-i I tiding visions ol a bewildered and impassioned en-' (Iniai.tsm, inflamed with selfish excitement, and' driven to desperation by an uiichastencd ambition. THE UNDATED LETTER <?As:ir 11.1.1:, Sept. tin.—On the li?;li of Scp '< mbei, Djct. AI’Nuiry published a communica tion, the purpose oi which was to show that An drew Jack-on in 1800 was associated with Aaron I Uurr. Every Hung stated l.y him has been met j ana refuted by the unanswerable proofs and ar-! gumenU of the Nashville Committee, recently 1 published in our paper. Some importance has' b; t n attached to n letter ol Geuend Jackson con* fameti in th.* Do tor’s publication, which it is our object row particularly to notice: It is as follows: ” Dear Friend — I send you live hundred dol la:s. It appears to me, I said I would send you ;;<1000. Rut when I came to myself, I found there wvto appropriation* mule that I knew nothing of. ills I learnt at the store, and two journeys to ! perform, asd expenses to be borne, that my recol lection did not serve me with at the moment_To- ' morrow, when you come up, arrangements shall 1 In: made, SO A* to accommodate as far as I can. — 1 My near *ir, do not tail to come up to-inurrow; at! ten o clock 1 will meet you at my house: 1 have to j see Gen. Smith in the morning at his house— | Ihe boats—I think you «aul five in number—and ! aomo pork, you would furnish—these must be uuue against the 20:h of December nsxt—but) more ol this to-it w. k on must set out in a I very few days; . ill furnish the needful. The cash now sent is. m p.,tt, for the boats—the hal- 1 ru.o* on delivery—Father in bank bills, or a draft on New Orleans, the Af.DC'tl being all the cash that can be furnisher!; this must be appropriated to! t te b st possible advantage—and fo the last shil ling will be pul hi your way, if you can furnish tho lxv.il* and pork, except so nmch as will meet I (lie engagements already entered inio. I send you 1 twenty *2u bill-and ten $10 bills—which I wi«l. sale to hand, ant!beget you not to fail comeing un ' lo-inorrow. I wish ta *tart a messenger on Mon- j uay.nett—Updish and respect, " | ANDREW JACKSON.” Before the Nashville Committee made their ad dre'** 10 the public, the nature ol this letter wan «tndcr.«tood: the Committee, however, thought oro per not to notice it. VV« have forborne to do no horn a calculation we ha.! made, that U, M’Nairv irofenstri* to be an honorable man. might and .vmil.Cnne out, conlc.sj the truth, and randidly f'V t'l ,t lhc ,0‘>*,'-ha.) no sort of reference to L°!’rJ . rr* OI! ,0“T,y 01 h>* huainew. are satisfied that the Doctor is as vveii apprised of this tact as wo ourselves are; and judging Irom hi ; ‘ocuutra.hctit.aiid Die statements o! Wm. I Anderson, of which he rat,not be ignorant we are authore d to conclude, that even at the time he publishedlit to the world, he well knew it did norrHale to Col. Burr, or any business of his hut ‘V different mutter altogether. If ,.d ho volunta rily come forward to e*p>-tn the matter, and to admit the mistake into which hr had lallcn the public might hav.« acquitted him ol any intention to impose on them, ami to misrepresent fort*; as it is, they cannot under all the circumstances we shall shew, hut he readily convinced, that his ob ject w as to deceive Often :i< applied lo.Docf. M’Nniry has refused to known to whom »i «- ler-r w.w addresser!. ' Cl. Marshall of this place, arid Muj. Abraham 1’. .YJauryof V\ illiatnsou county, hoth called, and u« prorrmad, . . In-'pecion of the letter v,*as afford ml; " ,(VV '0,!‘ ,! had been writ-on Was carefully con rhfo • wl ,V 7J U 11 'VHhOUf 1 t *ver f"'' «-n*. we know no*, o'' ! 'jr'7 in"’ >r;f !>T" ,ye not ro ignorant of rhemu"!. cC,, as , ot to kfo-w the facility with Which wnlniic can be rvi-ufod from im >er 1r the eodres, I hoc,. known, ,»„.n ,'j, \J.; fo-en prar ticable to trace tV letter up. „„l ,Pl!n^ "very thin* respecho- it j i,j. fo,ie7 .. W:, ,. Oone but positively refused. Thus,While the ffoC. for >*as closely locking in his own p„ hrt and in hi- own breast, bM knowledge by wrneh, when m . s*o-d. *o Innocent a circumstance could he readily etplained away, bfhold one of bis readjutors in * t «»“ ■»",lr,.'fr4»-»Sf-.. e,,i, EoiunAinicaiton to die Lduoisui t'ue Hoc lies ter 1 «• lc|(r<;iiil io wh»'in ill*- leMer was in tact written.* Tuts much spoken ot, and clotty concealed let ter,then, as appears by the disclosure of one of the party, mas written to Win. P. Anderson; and as wc ■ exported at the time of its publication, ami as he Ha* asserted since, i ela .es to adiilerunt mattei alto gcher. It is without allusion, releieuro to, or connection with Col. llurr, or any ofiiis btisin. *s. Col. Anderson has said so, in the presence of the uiost respectable persons; arrd being a personal and political loc of Geueral Jackson, Iris woid we pre sume will not he questioned by them. Weeny then, that Col. W. P. Anderson is the person to whom this letter was addressed; and that, to use his oh n languiige.it relates not to Col. Burr, but lias reference to a diOeruut matter altogether. It does not relate to Col. llurr; and cannot, because its proper date is Nov. ISOS, before Col. Burr ever was in tho western rouatry. Iu support of our assertion, that Col. Anderson has denied (bat ittias any allusion to Col. llurr, or any of his business, we annex a statement hereto,of l-ucius J.l'ulk.ot Mauiy county, formerly of North Carolina: WILLS GROVE, Sept. 7th, 1323. Dcnr Sir—In answer to your L-t;cr ol this date, in relation to the remarks of Col. Win. P. Ander son, on the subject of Get). Jackson's connexion with the treasonable views of Col. Iluir, ^jave to remark—that between the 15th and 20 h otAugud last. Col. Anderson, with several other gentlemen, were at my house at the time the Whig tk. Banner came to hand, which contained Dr. Sovd M’Nairy’s publication ou that subject. I reniaik ed, on opening the paper, that it contained a new charge against G n. J ickson; that Dr. M’Naiiy was attempting to connuect him with Aaron hurt. Col. Anderson expressed some suiprice at the pub lication, and observed, that G--i». Jackson had m connexion with Hut r iu that fransartton. lie lai therremarked, that Dr. ^fT?l^ailJ• had much bcticr havo omitted saying any thing on that suiijei t.for he knew that he could not sustaiu himself in lh> , accusation, lie said,(at the same time) laying in huger on the letter without • ate or address (ahou boat?, Ike.) thatth.it letter had reference tout) en tirely diflereut object, as he believed, and that it had no reference to Muir's conspiracy. I would further remark, that Col. Anderson is a triend to the present Administration, and made the al'ovo rein ii ks in the presence of myself and sove • | ral other gendetuen, without reserve, i have no doubt,.sir, if you w ill call on Col. Anderson, that the ol-jeci ol this letter will be subserved. I aiu, very respectfully, your ob’t cerv’t LUCIUS J. POLK. Tire. lion. Jzmt& A'. 1‘ulk. Col. Dickens, 01 the county of Madi>on, of this s'alc, lonncrly a i< jin tentative in Congress, from Nordi C. rolina, was also present, anil heard what Amler-ou .said.—Laying his hand significantly up on tin- letter, he remarked, *• this letter refers to •i different bci'iuess altogether.” Col. Wm. Polk, ol Raleigh, North Carolina, tvas also present and heard the declaration. Here then, is the man to whom it was addre-sed, adoo-ting and declaring it to be up<in a ditfei ent matter altogether—and yet i1 is kept before the public,and pressed upon the pub lic, (without magitaniiniiy enough in it- author- to letiuci it,) as evidence o» Jackson's association and connexion with Butr. We will tell Dr. M’N’airy. or lather the public, to what it does relate; aliho’ lrom all the circum.stai.ces, we cunuot hut believe, that lie knows now, and did even when he made his publication, all and everv thing respecting it. I'he Louisiana ticaty,while lfurr was Vice Pres ideut, and before lie ever came to T.-nnesse , was concluded in 1903, in consequence of which it became necessary to carry troops Irom tins state >o take possession ol tlie country. Hy order of the Secretary ol war, (Dearborne,) General Jackson was instructed to have boats built and in readuit lor a descent down the Mississippi by the 2ut . DA V OF DECEMBER of that year. The ordei was received here on the-day of November, ISOd, and is as follows:— •WAR DEPARTMENT, Oct 31, 1803. “Sir.—It having been deemed expedient (.is .i precautionary measure for securing th“ porse B'on of Louisiana) to orga i&> .* ■ ou.-iJarable >o. y the miiitia of the w- stern country, and to provide for conveying thorn down (he river, it such in.ive nient should be necessary, I have therclorc to request, that you will uridei lake to procure boats ol the least expensive kind, sufficient to convey ( 1000 men iroui Tennessee, lobe ready by the 20th December at farthest. The above troops will be divided into 3 regiments ot eight compa | nics each—the boats should be sufficiently large \ to carry a company each, and each regiment should be furnished with two boats to transport llic pi o visions for said regiments. Y ou will procure them on tlie ino»t cconornic.il terms in your power. For the expense thereof you will please draw on me at ten days sigh!. Your compensation will be such as shell De reasonable and adequate to your services. j ‘*1 atn respectfully, your humble eerv’t, ”11 DEARBORN E “Gen. Akd'iv Jackson.” The letter bear* date the 31st of Oct. 1803, ,>n.l in the ordinary course of-nail may he suppo* d to have reached Nashvilc by the middle ol Novem ber. There was, consequently, but fouroi five weeks Jolt for the building of thirty boats,'h ii is one for each of the 21 companies, and two for < ach ol the three Regiments, the .Secretary’* order re i quired. Besides , as the haste and hurry thus I necessarially produced, (for every thing was n j quired to !>c in readiness by th- 20th of D -c -,n J a farthest) -Gen. Jackson had, as fir as was prac J ticable, to visit upon review such counties as tic J could, and to lorvv.>rd expres«e- to othei s, ih.v . c troops might he prepared ami in readiness by ihc 1 require i p iiod, Ibr a descent to New Orleans,I their place of dc< ination. We have evidence before us to show, that in. j this assigned duty by the Secretary of War «1 draft lor $3300 was drawn hy Andrew J ickson >,u ! the Department in favor ot the firm of Deaderick | and Tatum, Merchants, then in business at Nash j At that period o' time Jack-mu was a militia gen cirl ol (he state, auil YVtll.im P. Anderson was one of his aids. • With these fart.i we have a clue by which to argue upon,and to explain the whole transaction, with abundant more accuracy than a thousand o'hcr eiicuui- nnces of more tiian twenty year*’1 standing could he explained. He have the well proven declaration of Col." Anderson, the aid and friend of the General at Hint lime, anil to whom Ihr Utter u-ar written, that it relates to a different matter [than Col. Burr] ultof*ethtr. The undated letter shews that Anderson had; contracted to furnish five of the boats, and some provisions, a matter which eveu yet is, we believe, susceptible of proof, ai.d which, we feci satisfied, the Colonel will himself not deny. Five hundred dollars, lh-n, »s the letter states, being sent to him, and 5(3500 IteiftK the amount ol the draft dtawn in favor of Deaderirk &. Tatum, on the War De partment, explain- the meaning of the expression in the letter, “3000 dollars being all the rash fl at ‘•an be advanced”—that being the balance of the amount drawn for, after the payment of the ,>500 remitted. The boats, he remark-, must he don by tin 20th nf Oeceinbei. which comports exact ly with the time required by the order cl the Sec retary of War, Col. Anderson h»ing th<j aid ofjickson expb.in the desire manifested, at coming lo his iiou«e. the neat day; and of Ins setting out "in a very few days." to rarty the despatches, no doubt, for rais ing the necessary troops for the occasion. Again, m conclusion of the letter, he expresses a “wish to star, a messenger on Monday next,” doubtless, tor the purpose of distiibuting orders to llie differil I -rides of troops, which could be niched in no i otli'-r way, there being at that time no mails Ira versing the country. Aga.n. -aiy . the rvtlfer, “ I have f« <f(: (’„ n. r'mith in the morning at Ins home.”—Why see Gen yuiitli? Why go to Ills house1 Ceminly * VV e have been favored with a ciny of the f>t- 1 lowing letter from ;• distinguished citizen cf Ten I uesse-e, to a gentleman C-f thi- village. If it ,’0 not ' throw addition;.I light upon (he mysterious commc ! ty ti between ft* rr : nd J jrV«-rm, It nevertheless fix-j es lire truth of that connection and proves the an- j Ihenficity of the letters from Jack sun (o Major Atr'cg >n Tint Jac!'»on was an associate of hurt j >'i In- adventure of IH'Jti, is now placed beyond a ! donut, and his conduct can only be egem-ed by such evidence as shall completely exonerate iiurr, /'.•"a . **>->-:tation of treason. * .' r • Srf-' ffv:e(~0«h. not to consult about Col. bu;r or i,w LoMaew, be* causo when the su|»|>osed treason of Col. Burr v» a» tirnt conjectured iu Tennessee,in Novaiubei, 1304>, Gen. Smith, then a Senator in Congress from thi« state,was not at home, iu a letter ot Gen. Jack wu's, written to G W. Camptiell in January 1307.' lie employs this language: “From the coloring-j he [BunJ had held out to me, Gens. Robertson | a oil Overtoil,mid the hospitality 1 had aliewn him, j 1 viewed it as base conduct to us all, and height onod the baseness of his intended aims, it he really teas about to become a traitor. 1 sat down anti wrote to Gen. Smith and Dr Dickson 1 ‘wrote to Cor. Claiborne to put his cilulel in a state of de fence," fee. Here we are shewn to whom Jack son gave the iiist intelligence ot his suspicious a gamst Burr, soon as he had ascertained them, to wit*, to Smith, Dickson aud Gov. Claiborne. Ilis letters to the two first named gentlemen have not been found; meat likely as the commit tee suggest, both being at the time members of Congress, they were handed to Mr. JelFar.son, aud by him retained. Tito letter, however, to Gov ernor Claiborne, has been already published to the world, and bears date on the 12th of November 13W>. Most clearly then does it appear, that at and about the time of the buildtug ot' boats lor Burr, General Smith could not have beeuinthe Country, and of consequence, it could not have beeu at that period, or upon that business, that Gen.. Jack-on had to “see Gen. Smith iu the morning at his house." Bui again! Geuernt Smith iiaving been elect ed to the S'uate, to su|>ply the vacancy occasion ed by the resignation ot General Jackson in 17SM, had in March 19t)8 returned to private file and 1 had become a private citizen. In Nov. 1903 then, he was »: home, being that year not a member. Previous to I9iW he was again elected, and con ! scquHiitly in Nov of that year, wheu the suspect ed treason and boat building of Colonel Burr took place, he must have departed lor Washington,— it- could not have been at home,—for at that ear ly period it will bo recollected, neither steam boats nor stages were in use, and that the only mode ot transportation was on horseback, which to per forin the journey required a no less time than twenty-two or live days; of courso wheu Jackson declares, as he docs in this undated letter, that he must “soo Gen. Smith in the nioi ning at his [Gen. Smith J house,” it shows clearly that it must have been in the fail of 1303, and at uo after period cer tainly nut in November IStHS, when Gen. Smith evidently was on his way to the Federal City, whole it was necessary he should be by the com mencing u! Congress the 1st of December But it i- ol»j. cted, it this letter be in reference j to boats ordered to be built lor the U. States, why -ay, as the letter does say—“ The cash now sent <11 |wiu"i me iaoau>; me ii ti.mcf on delivery, j either in bank bill* or A DRAFT on New Or I leans, the $3000 being all the cash that can be ad J vanced." 1 !»*■ answer appears a very plain and j lalional one. Tlie boats were to be built in a few : weeks. They were to be ready by the 20th De ! ceiuber, and all was hurry. It became necessa j ry to divide out, and to place them in different . hands, tor the purpose ol greater expedition. Be* j side this, provisions were to be obuiued, from dif i ferenl places, and from different owners. It would I not do to be drawing various drafts and for small J amounts on the Secretary of War Accordingly it is a lair uUerence, sanctioned by constant prac tice, that some mercantile house should take the whole drait ol $3300, witii an unders'auding that tlie money should ho furnished as desired, or bills drawn upon some poiut (or the particular sums wanted. The amount paid, by the shewing of this letter, being $500; and the draft in favor of Deaderick&. Tatum Doing tor $3,500, shews that the $3000 spoken of was all the rush that could be advanced for and on accbun. of lhat bu-iuess. Tlie letter does not convey the idea sought to be impressed, that all ilie created claims were to be adjusted by drafts drawn generally on New Orleans: it expres ses no such idea. It proceeds ujiou the ground that the person to whom it wa- written (Col An demon) had agreed to furnish fire boats and some port;; and says lhai for th. n the halanoo of his contract wouM he met to him “in hank hi.'Is or a drat- upon New Orleans.” Meaning and sayin tliisumi r.o more—when your work is done, Dvad° rick &. Tatum, in whose favor the draft will bo drawn, will advance the balance of your claim, or giv>‘ you a bill ou New Orleans, as may comport with their ability, or as may suit your concern dice at the time; for it may mean the one just as clearly as it does the other. And i- not this reasoning, and these inferences, .-v; it regards the words. **a draft upon New Or leans,” ju,t as fair a- that it should he adduced a- a circumstance standing in connexion with Co!. Burr ar.d his business? It is cat pretended, at lea<t nothing has been adduced io shew, that Col. Burr had any funds at New Orleans. Indeed one ol the “trifles light a« air,” brought forth, fc urged against Gen. Jackson, as ground of his par ticipation is, that he endorsed a draft for Col. lluri in tlie lull of 1406, drawn upon tin-City of New V ork. It was but an act ol irieud ship to a str.ui ger, and a distinguished man, at a time when no suspicion abided j gains Burr, and which iu soci ety, one .mail, and one stranger, indeed, not nn* frequently performs for another. Bui if Burr had funds in New Oi leans, why w'Cre they no; remit ted to Irian, for it seems he needed them so much, as to ho under tlie necessity of ncgociating a draft here for $500: and ii he had them there in such abundance as to place $3000 or more iu the hands of a Mi.gl • associate, why <hant u >on New Yoik, ■ii.d *sk that same aieaciutc io endorse, where by the subsequent protest ami non-payment o> the bill, i evidently appear* he had none? 7'aking (he is hole argument—the references and the facts of the case together, and we are satisfied it can not be questioned, but that this perverted and mis represented matter, relates atone, and exclusive ly to (he order of the Sect etary of War of the 31st ol Oct. 1803. With this matter wp arc done, believing we lave said end shewn enough, in satisfy any one not absolutely incredulous. [JVa*h Hrpub I iu lic JAi!c cf valuable Hare florses, Broodmare/, Colt# fy Bill eye. W [I,L be •",<l hy public auction at Treehill house, on Thursday next, the day on which he Jockey cluh purge will be run for, the follow in'; valuable horses: Hay Coll 3 years old (now in training,) by Vir ginian, dam, the ceh-bi s«erl itroo<l mare Coquet *‘Npy yf-'ra old. (now in training,) by virginiun, du:nf the celebrated lirood mare Bet Bounce. Sorrel Gelding 4 year* old. (now in training,) by Virginian, dam, by Jack Andrew*, dam I.ady Dareall, by DaredcOii.G. G.ilatn by Clockfast, the dam of Hi utus. Bay 1- illey 2 years old (the winner of the 2 year old colt slake at New-Market on Tuaday last, eight started,; by Virginian, dam by Precipitate, G. dam Pill Bov, the dam of Chanticleer Bay Fill, y I year old, by Sir Archie, dam Bet Bounce. Bay Colt, toalcd last spring, by Sir Archie, dam Bet Bounce. •Sarrel Mir», by Jack Andrews, dnm Lady! Dareai!, &c. supposed to be in foal by Hotspur. 1 Sorrel Coif, foaled last spring, by Hotspur, dam 1 the J,<rk Andrews mare. Sorrel Colt,foal«d last spring, by Contention, dam the Precipitate marc. Sale to commence at 10 o’clock. Terms six L 12 months, Bond-with approved wr«r»-y JOHN Ml NOE. O. * 17 47—2t j\‘OTlCti. \UV]’ T"° 7'""* having enlarged fcer Board ^ ing I -MMlthment, 1 y the addition of a com moJioits and « -II finished Brick Tenement on the oppo«ito -tdc of the Sheet, will be prepared to ac commodate Iror.i 1.', to 20 Gentlemen and Ladies, during the session of the legislature. Gentlemen wishing it, can havo Uicir Carriages and Horscj taken In. -°T: {’’• _ 47—HslM. Dec. NOTICE A I EXIT;ON will he presented to the next Ge« iicrrsl Assembly of Virginia, praying for the passage of i law, to authorise the proiirictor of 1 rent s Bridge torrert > bridge across the lit in of ill.- James Kiver Comjr.ny, In the direction cf 8fh Street in the City of ISichinond: nt>on the -.iiac term* as we, . ^rar.t,-,' fklw'd W. Trent >'a l.y tliS act passed thr 7' i»'-’ k moHUaouD, oot 17. ton tuk LWQLrrnEu TH E LAS r VIA \ U-IU V HE! The Lite advei tisement front the Treasury I)e part mcnt which announ-es an Intern tod payment, three month-) hence, to the public debt, nr*rc**ari attracts attention It bear* te'-t •* Richard Ku^h Secretary ofthe Treasury,” who.to this com pellaiion, unite* tiic larther and impo-ing one of candidate for th Vice Prc*i<)ency of the United State*.” In the National intelligence, ofthe 2d, -ith and 9th in-lant*, ,„.,y i,„ ,|le |JUj.,(urv and satirical remarks which indicate beyond all question of doubt, the chief purpose, intended to be compassed by «hi- notice. The assurance that “ this prodigal administration is prodigal enough, ■ “ pay «>H'the debts contracted by other aumini ta “ bona.’ and that this paym* tit is “ unpreccdcut e.d in the acts of government lor s-veril year-,” i, holding to ua a language which cannot bo mi.-un derstood. 1 lie charge so seriously presented, and conclusively maintained, at the last session of Congress. ol an uttei want ol all tin ill iti the rare ol iho public treasure (not to ay shameless pro tiigary in its expenditures) is now rebuked in the ridicule of parli/.an editors, and in the deceptions notice ot an interested Secretary. The trick me rit* exposure, and it might be welt for those in power, if the host ol leatimony eontit tiling tin charge of waste and mismanagement iu thrii stewardship, could he “ put to thgb with sneer.” Why did Messrs. Sergeant and Everett in their counter re|>ori upon retrenchment, seek to defeud, with all the art of their able and ingeni ous dexterity, the increased disbursement* from the Treasury, it these were unfounded in irulh — A plain contradiction, If the fact were s •, would have touched the public inind with more assuasivc effect, than all the arts ot the 44 most ready reckon er” or the most expert logician. II 1 could perceive in this late act, a returning sense to the obligations of public dtt(y,aud ator-g i? fuluess of the low art* of-elfish ambition, I should greet it with satisfaction, and congratulate the Country, that the recent develop.-meut* of public abuse ami the popular execration which followed them, had wrought a wh desome ch mge in tin* men, who by 44 hook and by tvook-’ have posscs-cd themselves with the management ol ou. concerns. Out this isnot the case; and I mu pained to believe •hat this step was taken in the agony of alarm which ha* seized upon the cabinet at Washington, and that they arc tilled with th hope ot .raping s? lull harvest in the Hceting season ol deitnion— This is the evr ofthe election, and bold and re k less men gather up 4 resolution in despair.” >iu gular and extraordinary coincidence* may some time* occur, but ttu-ie is too much apparent eipec tution, from the operation ol cause and effect in •hi* thing, lor us to attribute it to any other inliu ence. ; Early in the month of March last, the Sena'c »t , tlie United State- upon Mr. ii -uton’s motion adopt ; various-rcsolu :i..ns ..I instruction, to it- Commit ; tee ot Finance, tor the purposo ol git fug a more active capacity to the up ration* ot the sinking fund, antJ especially to -tunulate the tardy step-ot the S. c.etaiy in applying the national’ le.w.urces in discharge ot til** national engagements Mr. Ken ion sustained and nntolded In- vi- *v- in an able ti. lucid argument; demolish utiug, ih.it Loin three ic live millions in addition might annually in* paid to the debt ol the United St . ea. and which pun. was now suffered to lit- nil.- in the vaults ol the Hank. He was resist.-d ny Mr. J. hii->on ol Louisiana, tt-hose printed (pamphlet) spe di no doubt -peaks, the voice of the Administration—It was theuoppo, ed as impracticable without bazar.: to the public interest audio ih. public credit—Mr. Kush take up •he propo-itiun oi Mr. B-iuo.i.aud lii- letter ol the iasi ol Ma.cn, vwitu.n with ii... and caution, is evidently intended as a reply to Mr.' K*s -pcecli iu the tsenate—the Honorable Secretary discusses the question in its beat in*, upon the operations ol the I’rcusuiv, and In- a; nculs to a rosp. cted au.Po lity, in his zeal to resist this mo.-me. —lie as-crls ttiai our rev.uiuc d< iiv. d liom foreign commerce, ,n,V'tilt *MI limes he precauoua, ” that u is me part ol _« prudent governin' nt, no: to ext>ose it- one ” radons unneces-.ii ily , to any iucieased hazard, “ or indeed, to any hazaid for tiie prospect ot an inconsiderable advantage’’—L>-: mo here ob serve that one of the tesolulions of Mr. Ii. „ton, embodied 11 farther instruction to the C ommittee to’ re|>ort, -• within ulint nme the present debt of the •• United States may probably be paid off” flic venerable and intelligent chairman ..i that t om inillee, ((sen. •’ninth ot Alai yland,) ie-pon.lc.! to (his instninion, by giving to the Senate (on the 10th day of April;” ..statement Iron, he Treasury l)c pariment,”—which looked no turiit. r ihuu 10 the simple operation of the sinking lund, unaided l.y a,)y thing else than the annual appropriation of ten millions of dollars—This •• s atetne.it” from the department” contemplates no other payment in January, 1829, than the sum cl one million tight hundred and seventy one thousand nine hundred and litleen dollars and seventy-six cents, ol princi pal, which with the I mere-t men 10 in- pah and the payments intended in July, both ol |»ri..«ipal and interest, make ihe sum (and xliaust the entire appropriation) of :en millions ol dollars Did Ids Statement in April give the candid view-, au did it iairly open the intentions ot the Secretary.’ Nei ther he nor his friends will say oth- rwi-e.' What then has produced this change of determination, so as now t" coerce the government, in so short a time, to make a payment so much taru.r principal alone, as to exceed Jour null ion* ,J dot lam?—The amount tee ms even to have startled tin editor* of the Intelligeuecr.uml to have driven them into nii-conccption. It i* appa.cnt that rti.-y r0n ceivcd and intended to say, that nine million'' was the entire payment, until thev were Letter inlormed; and in their paper of the 4th Oc’ob. . ear reel themselves, and derlare that .■ ?Um between twelve and thirteen million- will have hecn u id at the close of the year—What causes,I dem .ml („. • in so shod a time produced so great a change in the stun intended to be applied last .Ipril to tins object,*nd that now pnnnmed ot the eve o/ the t lectiwi?--Ha* it resulted from an ini lease iu on. “ precarious revenue”;—This inuy imh •"occnrre'V and yet 1 hazard nothing in a .-erlincr."'hat tl i. augmentation ol the income, has n„t by any means kept pace with Hie increased appropn* i onsot the last Session of Congics I he thing may not be entirely inexplicable. Mr. Ilcnton esti mates the lund always on deposit in the Lh S Hank at from three to live million,—tin- Senator os ing hi# view# Htimitfi ir to he thivc nviflions—-an the Secretary of the Treasury without telling t',r committee of finance whai it now i,. say/ tltat it average, (or the last ten ycars.has been suiiiething j lose than three millions : This depo-it will unrucsli-1 onably enahlo the Sec’, y to meet the promise ol lii-s1 ia:<- advertisement; but ,t is a Inch not only un worthy uj a government thai ncta upon prinn I plat oj honour and justice, hut in fin* instance it t>eom the murk* of a double /niurl. Fikst, upon the Committee and tin- i ounti) in the d«t. p tion endeavoured to be piaciiv-d in Aprtl I.-i ... d SecoNony, iti the act that depiivr* Mr H.-nton ot his tair claims to public gratitude, by first re pelling hi* suggestions in tb fat.-, ol the Senate, auti then adopting them in private d 'liberations lm lempoiary and s.dtish design*. The publication in th intelltgcnr. r of the !)li. Orlobei h.-ars th.-oliicial stamp too visibly imp . - od upon it to b- mistaken—The pr- tut condition ol the Treasury i- not only di/clo I to tM, but tiu. precis.- balance tu the liitorc t, on h ol January. «von (oa cent, U giv.-n o the puSli Treadni'p then as official, what arc we ro think o; the <ie coney of the assertion, •• that thi idiuinl«tration is ‘ paying ofl the debts contrar ted l.y I ineradm . “ Istrstionn. wit'o unprecedented i.«p.o|iy.5'*—}k:if. prai-c and implied ccn are, blemlc.l in the srne arrogant pretension—The savin,; \ irtu „ oi the I rent Kxecutivo, are row expiating Jackson'* lance for tho deeds .*#' the “ glornma eighth ** m paying of! the costs nod charge* oi on’ vn'lori Yhcse unprecedented payments,*' to the N.». •iiai •'>(, O't-'ni .*i lii «pp!i-- itiiiu ol $25,847, S) i 'o In- puipoec, oi lour year* i il this is exclusively principal—wiiile oilier pay m.!nn, I readily admit, have been wade in satiafac ■on ol the accruing interest.—Now, in (he yea: I»17, Mi. Craw lord paid ,0 tlie public debt a iar ger amouut, nun-ly $25, (2d,Odd 12; in iho yc:i MIS, he paid likewise $2t,2M»,2UI G2; and in M-4, lie paid a further sum ol $It».5tiS,:iys 78.— I'liese payments wore in acquittance bodiof pi if ip»l and interest; audit is but lair that this shouij dislinc tly understood. Tiiey make an aggre. ,.ate oi xo.i.MT.tidl 51*, paid in tliree years, whilg Mr. Kush and Ins colleagues, in llinr whole tent I mane the “unprecedented payment" uf ^25,S47,27.i j M-'J, and exhibiting ,i comparative delicit of nearly thirty-eight millions of dollars in money, with tb j ulvantago of a thiid in lime for payment. Uut.s i«i*re ure ebbs and t'oods in the Treasury tide? md less payment* were made in otiior years, that I even the annual appropriation, let us luok through a succession ot yea s, lor the lesultsuf the com parison, and thus test ih« accuracy of this claim, to superior providence and economy From -lanuarv IS17, -o Januu-y, IM25, enibiacing Mr. MouroeV | Administration, ibeie « us |K»id, iu discharge of the pii'ilic debt, $107.4iil,436 Ol). 1'hc force of i)gtir> s, in the application of tin -iuijdcat i ub-s ol Arithmetic, will settle this pre tension wi'hont further rein irk. Kut, ilia suit', that Mr Adams, and liis administration, (and to give it a more imposing aspect, it is prated in cap-'i i ds) “ have actually gained to the good people of the trnitcil Slates, upwards of twenty-eight millions,’' Ifcc — Now, if wo had been iniorrued, that this car.- taking ant sapient Administration, hail actually r- eeived from these a.-ine good people j ol the United States, something like one bundled millions ot the hard earnings at their labour, and h id lelurned them but twenty-eight million*, for any common ami pervading ti-nelit, il -vouid have expressed more justly ibe truth of the case. The 6li day of F.brmuy, 18iil>, Mr. McLanoc! Delaware, limn the Committee ol W«ysAt Means, in the II. ol K. mad- i Report upon the Finances, mid upon the re lempli hi of the > 'ertiricate-' c; l,ublir Oeb'. This State paper is distinguished by | great ability, and a very accurate knowledge c.f our I liscal concerns. 1 might add, that il there be any | thing for which it is moie distinguished, tlrau i: - accurate views of liie receipts and obligations of the i're isut y, it is in the clearness with which it demonstrates, that if Mr. Hush be fitted for any i -itfiee, il is yet in bo ascertained u ih-renewed - tavor and experiments ol the government. For.it ■ m mi • Report, tnatne shews a single • rrnrofthj i See re-ary, that equalled m-nriy live millionsnf dol* j lars The Committee ol Ways L Means, then act j injj ui>od these Impor’ant inter -t-, wasappoiuteti : l»y Mr Speaker 1 >»ylor of New \ oik, and cannot, I eon-oquemly, lie suspected of lacking in loy alty t i j h~ Administration; anil this Report, though pre* jp ir. iltiy Mr. McLane, must necessarily have re • • !• hi. '.m. The payment to the public , deli lor 1825, bad already been made; and we nre I v mid, that it amounted to$7,725,031 88, audio t making aii estimate of the means of the Treasury i ’o disch.itgo (lie debt iu 1826—’7 L. ’8, Mi. Me i Lane presents these several views, in stateintfiiu i numerically designated 1,2, a. That which is ic j dic.ued is number f, shews the -urns that may In j paid upon the ha-us presented by Mr. Kush, in ; 1826, and supposing the means of the Treasuiy to continue the same in the years 1327 and 1828 Iu ih- first year there was an inconsiderable deficiip h -croud is rouli-i"iit|y h-lieved (and is admitted t>v tlie Secretary) to yi. Id an incretnrnt upon that ol the preceding y ir—•Adopting this estimate a.s the scale by whi< h we may impar'i.illy and accu , ’ai’-ly test the economy of the Ti e isury, aud its : tid elity to the national obligations, we are present* • etl with tin- result: I That in July, 1S26, there should i have been paid to the public debt ! In July, 1927, In Oct. 1823, Total, j Actually paid, and expected to be paid in January n» xt, alter d. ducting the payment in 1825 j And thi* exhibits a deficit iu payment of j ^r* Me Lane's Report looks to the t ayment of the . above sum, in di-charge of the principal only, and , which is in addition to the entire payment .d the I ; .icc.ruing intercut, an i he e-timau-stii.it ther«-will! still remain in tlie Treasury, on the 1st day of Jan 182!), $6,104,495 57. 3 I appears, then, that tiie debt ol the U. Stater, has not been discharged to the extent of the just expectations id the Commit Ipo in 1826,—while the | c-timated m-an- ot tlie Treasury have not bceu deficient. I he natui.d and pressing enquiry is, how have these trea-ures been dispensed?_ .Mi Rives of \ irginia, in debate upon the floor of | r0ngi es«,declar- d that the increase of the ordiua j ry expenses of government, under the present ad ■ mii.i-diation, compared with a curic-ponding period j of h la t administration, amounted to an annual j sum ul between 2 and 3 millions of money; am] : Mr. J S. Barbour also asserted, (as he said upon I the authority of the Treasury Reports) that tills ; increased expenditure, for the three last years,was I con-iiierably beyond eight millions of dollars; aud | I think lie estimated, that the aggregate amount cl , this augmentation w ould, at the close of the pros I '• ;,f .V_o:ir« very largely exceed 11 millions. If these I v.-w he accurate, anil they seem in !i»v 'with I -nod the atti nip’s made to r. fun them, there is a | ' orioboi ating coincidence in tin- supposed ability of j the I reasury. (as anticipated in 1826) to extinguish ; a considerable portion of the public d. bt, au<i | in ( ii! rfdililion i! cx|H.*ni- y of (no government. w lnrh have suh-c^uently consumed the public i means and diverted them Irom a faithful apuJica | Hen tothcnadon.il ‘fgigcments. I am inform d, that it is usual tor ilw, $ 5,035,539 in 11.235,198 08 13,096,542 00 $29,367,340 14 17,622,201 05 $11,745,139 09 is« ;t(N of iJt’partirieuU, io irainmif estimate* to t-o.igress, of (he expected demands lor each year, ati . supplies are given by law, in confo-mity W! 1.those cstirnKm, and in practico (hat it in ve ry rare for th•• disbuitieincnts to exce-d theappro p iannnn I know that the Constitution of h-IT. i> at i provide», “that no money shall be drawu horn the I res*ury, hut io cousequcnce of appro I" latton* in.iili- by law;*’ ami in the spirit of this excellent provision, tin- Act of May, 182H, require;! i at tin- xp.nded balances of appropriation*, “after tho rdnect of appropriation has been effected,” shall be rallied lo the surplus fund, where it b“ c. I... v sac rod to (he Public Debt. In glancin Mi rough t lie documents that shew the appropriations in oin- column, and the money paid out in another, I perceive that for the year 1827, the expenditure .•xr. ,-ded tiie appropii-tion, a fraction less than a mi Hon c dollars. - This rxcc« will be Ibund in tho ol owing i' mi.s of specific appropriation: Public IJim lint.-. Mint Establishment, Light House-, Marino IIo-pit.il, Relief of Individuals Prop -rtyil stroyd. Purchase ..ml Su.voysof Lan1, and Pay ol Registers and Receivers, J’orij h. 'ttons, Arsenals. Military Ac .demy, Pay of lu dlan Agents .„„| Huh-Agenfs, holding and carry ing into eff jrt Indian Treaties, Eraig.alion of In ntuir, Navy proper, and Gradual Incicase nod [in. piovi m.-rit ol the Navy.-The nnexp-tided bal m "" of former appropriation*, may po«.«ibly aceouut -u Mine neasuut, for this excrs>; bn. even those are not sufficient to cover and pallu-e th- dWbursc m utr.i tins aggregate . it cess — K„ ihe purchase ' ivr ' n an^ f >y of Hcgiators amt l. ceivers, the appropriation made was ijjcty^a |j ,n' .'LT corre-pomlcnt eapenditure, $01,148 81 ; iV-nrn,!: ,u.,1l,i< 'in!tl'’ *'* «»*’<-” "f nearly U,'7" aro again inlormed of the I »IM Meg condition of our fi cal affairs, and (ha b v . .-suits of Mr Adams’ Administration, I Should b< glad io learn, whether it was from this «t»t»*Op. it ion. fiat Mr. Srotf of Mi isouii was paid tor inspecting the land offices within the past year. I could propound O'hcr enqniii-s upon sinul.r -m i ef-, hut | have no tune to carry out further tnv stlgations to the results that they might yield. I am fhotougf'ly persuaded, that the public ex pcr.('itur' ,“|iii- increased. Is increasing, and ought to hoiltiuinish d; tint the vice of our system fsr» !ov‘“ ^ ,w,,r0«* '•’7d,ir,n !"«*•«») is excessive dis biirscme1hat (he best means of resisting ite in , :'n irreparable tendency, will be to hnn/hae mfo .),<■ AdirUnisfufion, ,he har<J lf. " 4of frugality and eronomy-thaf lies |,avo VlMMi U.llils'i.t I lit lk« i. 'I I i . .v u ii- t- a rr'V'J — iwwm navo been ha..-sl.e.l ... the frail hope, that patronage ^ai.su^iuj iu.4 Ua.JJ / 4 j’.ar scnutii