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lishmcnt s«, we' ehere, at this moment, iu lurli (
contusion, as to require the labor ol many month*,
before it can bo properly arranged. These Iscts,
<T themselves, are fully sufficient to justify hi*
removal; hut who doe* not know that Mr. Wattcr
Mon was one ol the most «crvilc ol the tool* ol
the coalition, and ono of tho main prompter*, il
not contributors to tho ** lire the People" bla- k
guard ism? Nay, so conscious »j» the cx-Ubra
1 tan of hi* deserts, that the Executive hail not
been in Washington many days, till he was inun
dated with ben oc solicitations to retain I
\ra* actually luruishud^vuh cei1 .hratc* in his ta
xor from the most violent calumniators ol the peo
ple and ihcir r esident.
The second objection made to hi* removal is, in
feapect of its b'ing “ a . ** outrage on the
iighte of Congress." The columns ol the .Tour
uni were tilled a fuw d.ix - «ilia the most im
pudent abuse of the representatives of the people
•—they were directly charge l with dishonesty and
xvant of principle— their committee* were “a
larce”—their procet lings te*ai:e-l *’ a huiu’'*:g on
popular credulity”—“ .« w..;' i !' time J(ij no
nr}*.” It now turns :< iti l.nml ,u it -nils its
purpose, hpdi’. tbs Congress with i mi e as fulson. ,
a« Its recent •londei w .s foul. Ifthe i • mot ul be a:i
outrage on ‘.he rights of Cotij*r«>s, we will think
the Journal to explain, and in parte ;dar, to paint
o’jt what right is xiolatod by the act of flic Pr- m
ceni iu whom the sole j ower, without control, o!
appointing a librarian, is vestod. As to want ol
due respect, there ore im nieinbi.rs id Conrres sil
ly enough *o entertain the thought, much le- ■ tu
quarrel with tint Pre*ui«i>l Mr the exercise ofhi
raght, whon it vreut to displace an obnoxious and
unpopular officer, unfit and personally disagreeable
to those obliged to sulj'er intercourse with him, and
to put in hi* place a gentleman eminently qualifi
ed for iu duties: well known lo members ol Con
gress, and 10 whom noobjection whatever, peisou-1
nl or i.olitical, could he made.
The ex-librarian’s third objection, that hi* rc-1
moral is cm open violation of the law, i* partly
answered in our preceding remarks. We do so
completely by quoting the law itself, from which
thu public will judge how !ar this charge is sus
tained, and how lar the President has exceeded
his powers in appointing the present incumbent.
By the act, 26tn January, lS02.it is provided, that
“A librarian, to be appointed by the President
of the U. S. sold}-, shall take charge of the said
library, who, previous to entering upon the duties
of his office, shall give bond, payable lo the U.
States, to such a sum, and with such security, as
the President of the Senate and Speaker of the
Hou«c of Representative*, for theliine being, may
deem sufficient, for the sale keeping of such hooks,
maps, and furniture, as may he confided to his rare,
and the faithtul discharge of his trust according to
such regulations is may be, from lime to time, es
tablished for the government of the '-.aid library;
»vhirh said bond shall h« deposited in the office of
the Secretary of the Senate.”
In Mr. Watters:on’s saco' ? aitemp' he insists
that he did given bond for th»* due perform-mcc of
the duties oi his office. There was, indeed, an
instrument-in existence, purporting to be a deed
of this description; but so far from it* being a le
gal bond, il was inchoate; i< h id in lact never been
properly executed, and won no better than a mere
piece of waste paper. It is not only entirely de
ficient in legal validity, hut h is been actually null
for many j ear*. One ol the securities ha* been
dead for a length of time, and what is more, i(
bears no approval either from the President of the
Senate oi Speaker of the House ol Representa
tives; and was, in j-hort, of ah .ut a* much securi
ty to the people, as Mr. W ’.* services were valu
able to them. Should it lie necessary to call on
the late incumbent to answer for the damage the
library may have sustained in the I j--* or dec ruc
tion of any part of the property c minified to his
charge. Ins security will have no difficulty in
evading the obligations oftlic pretended bond. Ii
is rather odd to hear an objection raised hy Mr. j
Waticrslon, who has been librarian (or fourteen
years, with no security tnhatreer, againM Mr, I
Meelinn’* bond, which i> perfectly unexceptiona- j
hie on this point; has received the approval
< ! the President of tile Senate, and undergone all j
ur -fWe legal solemnities. The amount,- also, is
objected to, with equally bad grare. It is for
the sum' sum that Mr. W’s. own piece oi infor
mality boie—and tli.r was nut thought insufficient
by .Mr. (Patterson, till after his dismissal.
We ha\e now disposed of the ex-librarian, and
nre sorry that we should have been obliged to trou
ble our readers at such length, about an affair, in
i(self so trilling. But Mr. Watterston'* case tuav
verve lo show, how groundless, in general, the
complaints are, on which live loudest outcrie* uic
attempted to be raised. [/&,
T11E OTliEU SIDE!
The following is the Keply of Mr. Wattorsfnn— ;
end we cannot hut regret that ive 1 ive to lay be- j
fore our reader.* an article teeming ivith such [
abusive expressions. Hu liu n<> scmpIc in using
such epithets, as liar, blackguard, iic. More 1
moderation and dignity would have I . tier pro .
moted Mr. W't cause. Such langu ig« scarcely j
ever fails to operate against the -id-.-, in which ii
ii enlisted: [Editors Enquirer.
[From the JYatiow.il Journal.] t
The low ncurr.lily of the vulgar conduc'or of .>
print th it lias become infamous for its falsehoods
and malignity, would scarcely deserve attention it
some of the charges which this pensioned tool,
with his characteristic cfl'.ontcry and impudence,
ln.s thrown out against me, did not d-tnand roinc
notice. It is notorious to every one, tl. it this man
lias labored in his dirty vocation till alt sense of
decency, and every feeling of honor, are entirely
annihilated or disregarded. He has wantonly and
maliciously assailed .ill that i- virlmni-, respectable,
nr honorable in » o country; and has rendered j
himself, by his deliberate falsehoods and low bit- j
lingsgale, so infamous that delicacy almost shud-!
i'sts at the name of the receptacle of his tilth. '
livery where ha* he been stamped with the char* ’
nclcr ol a blackguard and a-liar. j
It is surely not for such a n.on to prate about the
manners of another; lie i» as incompetent to judge
of them as the rude savage would he to form a cor-!
rect estimate of the polish of a French courtier.
If my manners were at any time •“supercilious,*’
it was found necessary to assume them to get rid
of such impertinent and vulgar intruders as he and
h;S satellites, and to save the books from being pur- ]
loined.
n is laise irm me j.mrary na ever ecen m a
date of derangement, ait I it it he n-iw "in conju
fion,” as he asserts, the confusion lias been pictu
red by the person tvho has been thrust into the
office contrary to law. That it will require the
labai of many months before he can even under
• !• • the. anangement, is unquestionably true; lor
. • lientitac one, an ignorant
no.. u.i«.i.* a;-<i man, like the vulgar slang-whan
ger Of the Telegraph and his agent, would be ut
terly at a loss to comprehend it. To any man of
ordinary capacity, information, and taste, the Li
brary ivhcn lejt by me, must have appeared, as it
actually was, in a state of order and beauty. It is
r»y pride to say, and the fact is known to every
one who has been in the habit of vi-itiug this lit
erary establishment,that f have labored lor years to
perfect the arrangement, and to rend< r the Library
an object of utility and beauty, and I have every
reason to believe that my efforts have met with the
entire approbation of all who are capable of judg- j
ing, and especially of those for whose exclusive
■ onvenicnce and benefit it was established. I have
ho arranged and catalogued every volur „ , that i
'here is no book that f could not find instantly hid
without difficulty, and with the contents of
which 1 was not obliged to be in some manner
r.cquainted.
Very few books have been lost, in the course ot;
iny long superintendence, that have not been, o<
that cannot be, accounted for, (except one, taken
out by the very man who makes this hazardous a«
rertion ) and if they cannot he found according to
the catalogues, it is r.ot my fault; lam not to be
; nstverable for the ignorance or stupidity of those
who have been put into a situation for which they
may he wholly unfit.
The next charge which I shall notice, is one that
it true, f should care very liule about; but it h ip
pans to have (he Telegraphic curse upon \’,—fal»e
hood. That I was one of the main prompters, it
not contributor* to, “We flip People,” has been
j roved by Ibe written declaration af the publisher
i .“that sheet to be utterly untrue, and it is in *lt;
characteristic style of impudence and effrontery of
the vulgat and p»nstofl»e Telegraph »|re1.ri to reit
rjHii
'• • ■■ iv*. loo::.. *ij« made to thj laeculive it
•ny behalf, they were made by his aud my friend*,
in Congress, who w ere apprised ot the base and]
iiprinripled fllbft> which the hungry officinu g*t»•
fni.n, who were inundating the City, would m it.
M displace all the mort uselul and efficient office -
' ot the Government, no matter by what mean*.
, l‘h;s was one of the lahrica'icti* got up by Duff j
, I. <*..|i .f'nl bis coterie, to inpire me; anti, like the
j Inijui-i'ivn, it was only necessary to lodge secret
i tnformation to consign the victim to the stake, or to j
f* ' him out to the auto tic fe. Such is the pre-1
<cnf deplorable rouditien of our country, a co*.di-1
It *n which every patii it must l.uuent end resist, j
it he \vi->Uos to save its fair fame from pollution, and i
its hbcr'ics from ties'*ur.tion. Hut it would seem !
that against the express desire of those for whose I
; special benefit the Library was created, the Ex 1
; ocutive has undertaken, upon the gross misrepre-1
j sentations aud falsehoods ot such a creature as1
: Green, to put one of his foremen into an office i
lover which llto President ought not to have, if!
! delicacy did tint prevent him horn now having,any i
j pos-ihle control. |
| I deem it unnecessary to notice the. paltry and 1
, contemptible quibble about my bond. It is on at
par with every thing he has asserted, and nhow>l
'o w nat dcspeiate cHoits the slanderer is driven j
e. .o'li pushed,and deserves no lm llier remark than 1
tl».it it is nonsensical ,md afwmd. The perfectly I
“unexceptionable bond,” as he term* it, which has!
been given by Mr. Meehan, is, in fact, no bond at
a l, because it has not the necessary legal formal
it.e- lias not the sanction of either the President
ol the Senate of the Speaker ol the House of Rep
resentatives, and is, therefore, of no more validity
titan a piece ol bl ink paper. The amount ol liisl
security, ii security it ran be called, is the same j
which 1 gave when the Library was estimated at!
$20,000, and yet property to the amount ot *
$.10,000 has been illegally put under the charge
ot a man wholly* irresponsible, on the bare word
o! a pensioned calumniator, wnhoutdecency and
without truth.
Another power will yet determine upon the le
gality ot this proceeding, and no d mill take such
steps as their insulted rights demand. 1 atn my
self indifferent as to the result, aud should not now
have obtruded on the public attention with these
remarks, if the insufferable arrogance and false
hood of the minion who has assailed me, had not
rendered it indispensable. Leery one who known i
him must know, that
E*il ii avail p»« crrn, i< »>ir*it »t« on«.uin.’*
GKOHGli WAITERS TON. j
Rejoinder.— I lie following is tin* Reply of the!
United States Telegraph ot the 16th.— It is time I
to shut the scene upon this controversy:
THE EX-LIBRARIAN.
Poor Mr. \V utleiston ivas yesterday literally .
foaming at the mouth. The very Editors ol the j
.dsylum were ashamed of him; and in place of ad
mitting his distressed article into the editorial co.!
tumrs, as heretofore^ they not only placed it in the
most ohsourc comer, hut before undertaking to
publish it at all, actually obliged him to add his
name, at full length, that it might not be mista
ken, by its resemblance, for a bona fide lucubra
tion ol either Mr. Pend.ill or Mr. Agg. A more
ludicrous ebullition ol frenzy has seldom been ex
hibited; and lor unadulterated billingsgate, even
the gifted thirty-six must yield the palm to Mr.
Watterston. So great indeed is the extent of vi
tuperative talent displayed, that we are inclined
to suspect, that it is actually one of his own best
papers in "lit the people" resuscitated. To read
his abuse with any tol crable degree of gravity, is i
is much more difficult than Uo auswer be -o it y
objection to the legality ol his successor’s appoint
ment, in which ho still persists.
e quote his own language,a* a tolerable spe
cimen of his style—mid larts. The classical ac
quit n ments ol which he dikes occasion to boast,
as a proof of his fitness fornlfice, may be estima
ted from tin- circumstance, thal of die three quo
tations in liis tirade—the lirsl is in bad Latin, ‘the
second in bad Spanish, and (he third in bad
French !
“ 1 deem it unnecessary, Sic. (See letter it
self. Editors Enquirer.)
An effectual, and to all but Mr. VVatterston, a|
conclusive an wer to the above statement, is to he j
found in the following extrart from the receipt by :
Mr. L iwrio lor Air. Meehtni’s Bond, and the ap
provul of the same by the President ot the Senate.
“ I he said Bond is accompanied by a letter from !
the Hon. Samuel Smith, President «>( the Senate,i
pro tan , dated the 2d instant, in which is stated i
that he approves of the said securities, an.I of the 1
sms of two thousand dollar-, the amount slated in ;
the Bond. WALTER LOW 111E, j
See: Senate."
This very document, v. sometime ago,put in
to the hands of (he cs-librarian, and read by him.
Will lie agan ss-eit “that Mr. Median has given
no Hand— that it has nut the sanction of cither
the President of the Senate, or the Speaker of the
House of Representative-, and that it is of nomore
onli lit'/ than o piece of blank paper?" Will lie
deny, at the same tuno, that his Bond was invalid
—that it never bore tha approval of cither of the
officers required by law? Will he tell us, what
the nominal amount of his own bond tv as at the
period of Ins dismissal, that we may compare it
with the sum of Mr. Meehan’s; and say, in con
clusion, if he is prepared to make good the lost
and damaged book-, for which Hut bond was!
granted?
But the cx-librari u.'s case has broke down so fair- j
!y on hi-own shewing, that we f--el it unneces
sary to follow him farther through the in-anc vu!- j
gnrity of his yesterday’.* effusion, in order tosatis- I
ty the people of the strict propriety of his dismis- j
sal. He has admitted his “supercilious conduct;*’ |
and we have shetfu his utter unworthiness, a- \
well as his mental and physical unfitness, for such '
a trust. Wo therefore leave fii'u to reflect on hi- i
past conduct, with perfect liberty in future, to be j
as abusive as he may choose. SiTould his clas-i-!
cal reminiscences be -canty ns reported, he m y '
have forgot tlm saying of the poet, though he can- j
not now avoid feeling its hath.
Rtro nnirede item tcelatn771
JJescntti pmdt ptrnu cl undo.
e give Mr. Watterston, this parting recom
mendation—to lead hi- lnt lucubration in the
Journal, whenever lie wishes to he particularly
self-satisfied,dignified, or supercilious—and should
a perusal not ensure ported complacency, let him
re cal the affair of the burning of the Library itself;
a low ol the choicest ami most chaste passages in
tint delicate production of his pen—the L. Family
in Washington; and believe, that whatever his
own situation may be—the people are not blind,
and can see farther than either himself or his
friends of the Asylum will admit, f If. £. Tel
We are indebted to a corre.spondent, for the fol
lowing extiacl from Mr. IVatterston’s favorite
work.
In the L. Family at Washington, page 26, we
find an account ol a hall at which the family were
present. The following is an extract from the
succeeding page :
" Dickey was as merry as a cricket and as busy
as a tumble bug: hed.mred with a Jew, fat, squab
of a woman, the merchant’s daughter, who sprawl
ed through the cotilliou like a mass of flesh with
out form or pressure, and ogled and leered at hro
thcr (Dickey) like a cat at a mou«e hole, till I
thought lie would have fainted. After the dance
he led her to a seat near me, and sailed about the
room, bowing to and complimenting the ladies so
charmingly,(hat I was really proud of bping his
sister. He at last catnc up to his fat dulrinea,
who sat panting and blowing like a blacksmith’s
bellows, and after complimenting her in such a
strain as to make the porpoise blush, like a full or
hid moon at her first rising, he turned round (o
ob«erve the company, and placed his back in front
ol the sweet creature lip had been dancing with :
“he, seeing brother's white handkerchief project
ing out at some dWtatire behind his coatee, and
feaiing, as was reasonable,he might loose ft in the
dance, gave it a sudden jerk to remove it from his
pocket, hut found to her and hi* Infinite mortifica
tion, that in-tea I ot a handkerchief, it wn* part of
Dickey's linen that had unfortunately worked it
self through a rent in hi- breeches.” Dickey af
terward* said, ” I must have looked devilish cute
n he sure, with a long strip of coarse linen dang
ling Irorn my small clothes, like an eel out of a
beggar’s >• .diet—a secretary legation to he «een
in such a predicament—but its all owing to dad
dy’s sfingyness.”
Let me ask if the writer of such dirty trash a«
•his is fit to be Librarian to Congre«»> Mr. Wat*
tefitafi I* the author.
,A
fri»u(soTu.\, 3d June, 1329.
&!'•' A* a removal tram office has a tendency
inr» or less to affect the character o( the individual
•moved, particularly since the assertion found in
•* Telegraph of Monday evening last, you wiM
a«e publish Mr. Kendall** letter, and the ground
>ii which that letter was predicated.
Respectfully, ORRIS S. PAINE.
Mr. Pr.rnr. Foncr.
IV a«h < ncton; May 30th, 132ft.
Sir I have road the aever»l papers which yon
handed me relative to your character and qualiti
•• itions for office, and herewith return them to you.
I am persuaded, that in the transaction in which
vour name is connected with that of the late 4th i
Auditor, your motives were pure anil honest. Ig
noraut at that time of the mode of doing husinos*
in the public offices, you wire actuate I sol dy hy
a desire to oblige those in whom you had confi
dence, without the least intent to defraud ihe go
vernment yourself or auy suspicion that such a de
-ign was entertained by others.
Vet, Sir, there *vu« an obvious impropriety in
suffering your name to be used lor the purpose ot
drawing money from the Treasury when you
knew yourself not to be a public creditor, and not
assigned (o any public duty which required an ad
vance ol funds. Every nun must be responsible
for his own errors. II lie err inuocently, public jus-'
lice will not punish him; but public policy will
not reward him with office nud emoluments.
Had I taken warning from the examples before!
me, I should have dismissed you fioin this office
without a avoid of explanation. Hut wishing to j
discharge toy public duty with the least possible!
injury to private character and private interests, |
aud viewing your si'uation as peculiarly unfortu
nate, 1 felt it an imperative duty to state my belief
in the putily of your motive*, regardless of the
use which u.ay be made oT this act of justice in
relation to myself. Itgivesiue pleasure to add,
tint mv partial acqujiutane.; with you ha« impress
ed mo with a favorable opinion both of your head
and bout. *
I have only to infarm you further, with the ap
probation ot the*Secretary oftiie Treasury .that your
official connection with t!ii« office will be diisolv
ed from lh>* end of this mouth.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
AMOS KEN U ALL.
I*. S. lly calling on the Chief Cleik on Monday
atterimou, you will receive the balance of the sal
ary due to you.
Mr. Omits S. Pa ink.
To the Editors of the National Intelligencer.
(iu.vtl.kmen: S'ou will oblige me by uliowing
me to prevent, or correct, the trromous impres
sion which your notice respecting my removal
Irjm the Patent Office appears to ine likely to
make at a distance. It is altogether unnecessary
for me to state the circumstances which led to the
recent change, as the result renders it manifest
that it was unconnected with any objections to me
personally. After a free conversation with the Pre
sident and with the Secretary of State, by each of
whom I was treated with marked kindness, 1 con
sented to be Iransfctred to the Bureau ot Consular
Correspondence, in the Department of State,which
office I now hold.
1 am, very respectfully, your obedient servant.
Til OS. I*. JONES.
JTashington, June IG.
Under the head of “Reform,” the U. S. Tele
eraph of Tuesday, has gone into a long investiga
ti >n of the circumstances relative to tho purchase
of tlie Navy Hospital land in the rear of Fort Nel
son, and the manner in which the money was oh
tained to pay for it: We are only led to no
tice this article from seeing in it an allusion to
this paper, in which tho writer is pleased to say
that it is “supposed to be under the influence
of Mr. Newton.” This is somewhat tookiudIBut
we inu-'t beg leave to decline the compli
ment. True, if we felt the necessity of leaning
upon any man's “infltienre” for support, we should
deem it no discredit to adopt that of the virtuous 8c
honorable citizen whom the Telegraph has gratu
itously designated. We are thankful, however,
that the Herald has never yet been reduced to the
extremity of striking the flag of its independence
to the influence of any man. But what right has
'lie Telegraph to suppose this paper i-*, or ever
was, under the influence of Mr Newton? The
tact is denied and the supposition denounced as ut
terly unfounded. [Norfolk Herald.
It is with more than common pleasure that we
announce in our paper to-day the appointment ol
the Hon. William I*. Preble as l-'uvoy Kstraordi
nary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Nether
lands. We are convinced that no appointment
could be made so satisfactory to this State as this.
A large majority of those who are (politically op
posed to Judge Preble prefer him to any other per
son, no’ only hecmsc he is thoroughly acquainted
with tiie whole controversy, but from the just
confidence which i* felt in his zeal, bis industry,
liisidevotion to the interest* of the country, & in hi*
distinguished talents. To the republican party
his appointment is on every account peculiarly
gratifying. [Portland Argus.
State Coxvk.vtioiC.— The Convention,bold
ed at Augusta on Wednesday last for the purpose
of designating a candidate lor the office of Gover
nor of this State, was organized by the appoint- ]
merit of Col. Isaac Lane of York as Chairman,
and Edward Kavanagh, Esq of tflncoln, and Dr.!
Theodore Ingalls of Cumberland, as Secretaries.
After (he examination of credentials, the Conren- i
tion proceeded to ballot for a candidate for Govor-1
nor, when it appeared that Samuel. E. Smith I
Esq. of Wise asset, had 1S1 out ot 2(1 rotes cast. !
[ft- J
The • urnor relative to the removal ol Dr. Jones '
from the patent office has been converted into \
fact.—The Doctor has been transferred to a clerk
ship under Mr. Van Boron, and the vacancy in
Ihe patent office filled by Mr Craig of Baltimore.
fBalt. Republican.
We learn from Washington that Ihe President
Ins appointed Mr. John D. Craig formerly of Bal
timore, Superintendent of the Patent Office. — Mr.
C. is advantageously known in this City as a Lee
lurer on Natural Philosophy and Mathematics,
2nd no one, we apprehend, could better fill the
p.03t, whether in regard to industry or talent.
(Balt. Amer.
The President of the United States, we learn,
fsavs the Norfolk Beacon,) will probably visit Old
Point Comfort on Thursday if nothing impor
tant should occur to prevent it.
It is stated in the Norfolk Beacon of Friday la«t,
(says the National Intelligencer,) and we have
reason to believe it to be true, that the President
of the United States intends visiting Old Point
Comfort during the present or neat week.
Appointments by the Canal Commissioners.
The following ppoint uen*B have been made by
the Canal Commissioners, in addition to those here
tofore announced.
IVm. Dickson of Brie county, to be Superinten
dant on tbe French Creek Feeder.
James Ferguson, Principal Engineer Do.
Slyvester IVelsh and Muncure Robinson, Prin
cipal Engineers on the western division, and the
Portage Rail Road over the Allegheny mountain
Alexander C. Running, Principal Engineer on
the Juniata Division, in the room of Dewitt Clin
ton, resigned. [Phil. D. A Jo.
A public dinner was given at Nashville, Ten
nessee, on the 2d inst., " by a respectable number
of citizens of ail political parties,” to the Hon. Ed
ward Everett, ol Boston, “ in testimony of their
respect for his high character as a scholar, a states
man and a gentleman.” Felix Grundy was at the
head of lire committee.
Rai.timore, June 12.—His Excellency John
Quincy Ada ms, accompanied by his son, Mr.
John Adams, arrived in our city yesterday, and
will leave here this morning, in the Citizen’s
Line for Philadelphia, on his way to Quincy —
He carries with him to his retirement the fond as
pirations of patriot hearts for his health and happi
ness; and the gratitude of his countrymen for those
splendid services by which he has elevated the
reputation of the nation at home and abroad.
Mr Adams w-as waited upon by a number of
our citizens, who desired that he might remain a
lay or two for the purpose of receiving the civili
ties of his friends; such,however, were his previ
ous arrangements and peculiar circumstances, that
whiles h- irknowf-'g A the kin-1 leering manifest
ed toward* lain, he was compelled to decline any
public token of respect. [ Chronicle.
John Quincy Adams arrived here on Saturday
evening, in the Steamboat Swan, on hi* way to
Massachusetts. Mr. Adams yesterday performed
the melancholy office of visitiug the grave of his
*>*n. lately deceased, who was imterred *at East
Chester. [.A*. y. Knq.
Alexander t ainphell, who recently engaged
Mr. Owen of New Lauatk, iu rehgious controver
sy, *1 Cincinnati, has been elected a .member of
tho Convention in Virginia, to revise the Constitu
tion of that Stale. Ilo belongs to the sect of Re -
ligiouict*. rolled 1 ndep it.lent u ipti*ts, chiefly con
lined, we believe, to the N. Western parts of Vir
ginia, and il we are not misinformed. Mr. Camp
bell himself, is thfir founder. He is we learn \
Scotsman, and a man of extensive erudition and
unquestioned talent. [Lynchburg Virginian.
Sanies D. W estcott, jr. of New Jersey, Ins been
appointed by the President Secretary ol the Ter
ritory of Florida, vice William N. M’Carty, re
moved.
William White ol Vergennes, has been appoint
ed Pension Agent for the Stale of Vermont, vice
llob’t Temple removed.
Falling off in the Revenue.—The duties se
cured at the Custom House in New York and
Boston, on imported merchandise, for the flm»
quarter of the present year, shows a dkcrea.sk,
when compared with me co< responding quarter ot
ISSH.of more than TWO MILLIONS & TWEN
TY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS! This will
be a bitter pill for Mrs»rs. Hczeki.ih Nile* and
Mathew Carey, the advocates of the “American
System,’’to swalloW. [2Josf. Com. Gas.
English Shce.p.—Mr. Pickering, passenger in
the Mary Howland, from Liverpool, has brought
out two rains and two ewes, ot the Lincolnshire
long wool breed of sheep, one of which wasshorn
on the passage,anil yielded the extraordinary fleece
of nineteen poutiils. He has also three rams, six
ewes and six lamb*, ol tho Leicester Cowling flee
ce*, bred by Samuel Wiley, e*q. at Gransby, near
York. Mr. r. is to take them to Albion, state of
Illinois. [AT. Y. Mer. Adv.
CASE OF TOBIAS WATKINS.
On the opening of tho Court this morning. Judge
Morsell announced that he hid received a letter
from Chief Judge Cranch, stating his inability to
attend, on account of continued indisposition; he
hoped that his health would allow him to resume
hi* seat on Wednesday, hut it was probable that his
absence would be prolonged beyond that d*y. The
arguments on the expected motions, of which no
I tice wa* given on Saturday, were not, therefore,
taken up. The Court adjourned the petit and
grand juries until Monday next; and requested'
the bar to prepare such of their cases as were up
. pn the Chancery docket, for consideration in the
interim.
We understand that letters were dispatched by
j the counsel lor the U. States, to Mr. Southard, at
I Trenton, by yesterday’s mail, requesting his early
! attendance.. [(J. S. Tel., June 15.
I __
Creek Indians.—The steamboat Virginia,
| arrived at Columbus on the 25lh ult. fiotn Mobile,
with a cargo ol groceries, Slc. The Cslumbu*
I Enquirer gives the following information:
■** We hare been told that the owner of the Vir
ginia i* about contracting with the Agent, Col.
Ciowell, to transport nearly a thousand of the
emigrating Creeks to the Arkansas. He is willing
to land them at Little Itock for $7 per head, fur
nishing the necessary provisions himself, or lor
$5 if the Agent find the supplies.”
[MillctigeviUe Journal.
j Harvard University.—Yesterday, at an
adjourned meeting of the Hoard of Overseers, of
Harvard University, in the Senate Chamber, the
I nominations of Judgo S ory as Dane Professor of
i I,aw, of John If. Ashman, Esq. as Itoyal Profes
sor of Law, and of Rev. Henry Ware.jr. as Pro
fessor and Superintendent in the Theological
School, were confirmed.
APPOINTMENT HY THE PRESIDENT.
We take pleasure in announcing to our readers,
the appointment of our townsman Caleb Atwater,
! esq. as a commissioner on Hie part of the U. States,
| in conjunction with Geu. M’Neil and Col. Mena-d,
I of tue army, to hold a treaty, on the waters of the
| Mississippi, with a number ol the Indian tribes,
i We understand one of (lie primary object* of the
| mission is to purchase from the Indian3, the right
j of soil'for the territory south of the Ouisconsin riv
I cr, and especially the regin of the Lead Mines.
[CircleviUe Olive Branch.
[We learn that in addition to the apppointinent
mentioned above,Mr. Atwater has been directed by
the President to examine the Minerals of the coun
try lying between the Mississippi river (com
mencing at St. Louis;) and the base ol the Rocky
Mountains. Mr. A. is a gentleman every way
competent to the task, and will perform the duly
with great deliberation and judgment.]
[Chilicothe Gazelle.
At a public meeting of the British Medico Bo
tanical Society, held in London in April last, Mr.
Barbour [the American Minister] spoke as fol
lows:—
“He was requested to return thanks for his
brother Ministers, the representatives of foreign
Courts, from no merit of his own, but from the
circumstance of his speaking with facility the En
glish language—a facility which he possessed from
enjoying a common origin with Englishmen.
[Hear ! hear ! J Though distance might sepa
rate England Iroiu America—though the wide
waste oi the waters rolled between them—yet it
should be remembered that they used the same
language, and their origin was derived from the
same source. In the language of adaptation U9ed
by one of their most eloquent orators, lie would say
—“ Our people are your people, and our God is
your God” [cheers]. He would further, in the
same spirit, say—“ May riches cet upon your
right and your left hand; may your ways
he ways ot pleasantness, and your paths be
the patli3 of peace. These were his sentiments
towards the English nation—sentiments which
he had no doubt were fully shared by
his countrymen (applause.) As to the Medico
Botanical Society, he had stated when he first be
came a member of it, that he thought his office
might enable him to facilitate the discovery of some
ot the hidden merits of the various vegetable pro
ductions of his country. He was still impressed
with the desire of being ns useful as his opportu
nities would enable him ts be, and in conclusion '
he would assure the Society that there was no j
person more impressed with the utility of the So- |
ciety, or more desirous to promote its salutary ob- *
jects, than was the individual, in whatever situation
lie might be placed, who now addressed them (up
plause.’’)
Extract oi a letter from Major Taliaferro, United
States’ Indian Agent, at St. Paters, to a gentle
man in St. Louis, dated March 20, 1820.
“We have nothing new here. The informa
tion, however, inay not prove uninteresting to
you, that, from the 2d ot February to the 17th of
this month, the thermometer ranged between 19
and Gl degrees below zero. Thirty lodges of the i
Yanctons and Wappetons and others of the Sioux,
after eating their last horse and their last buffalo
robe, died from starvation and cold.”
[A lodge contains from five to six souls; conse
quently. upwards of 150 of these Indians must
have perished in this miserable manner.]
[8f. Louis Beacon.
Major Wilson, Engineer of the Pennsylvania
Kail Hoad, and Colonel Dewitt Clinton, Engineer
ot the Julata Canal, have resigned their offices.
TAKE pleasure in injormihg niy clients in the
* Comt of Appeals and Court of Chancery, that
my friend John Robertson, esq. has consented to
attend to my causes in Ihvse courts. To those of
them who may not be acquainted with Mr. Ro
bertson, f beg leave to say that his talents, profes
sional skill, and attention to whatever he under
takes, cannot fail to render the change advantage
ous for them. With a view to save him trouble,
as far as possible, all papers not filed in the suits,
will be left with my brother David May of Peters
burg, who will give anv information in his power1
respecting them
JOHN F. MAY.
.fftnv fh i ITtf ♦
4
HIOHMONP, JUNE 19
MR. INGHAM—AND DU. WATKINS.
A liberal Correspondent of the Norfolk Heacou
gives a short sketch, to tlie 10tl» June.of the I»io
eeedings ot the Ohio and Chesapeake Canal Com
pany,—and ot the case of “Dr. Watkins.”
Speaking of the 1st, he say,, “i pr^,eut (;tt
the Meeting) and was highly delighted with the
plain, honest sense and manly simplicity which
distinguished the speech ot the new Secretary of
the Treasury—there was no mystification_no
cumbersome load of figures of rhetoric—no vacan
cy of ideas, which requires to be hidden by orna
ment—no circumlocutory phrases and paraphrases
—hut all was plain, simple, intelligible and
straight torward. I am much mistaken if our li
nancial affairs, the very nature of which terrifies
tire uninitiated, will not become familiar to all_
he is not the man to make a complicated matter
still more complex.”
[All the accounts we have of Mr. Ingham tally
with the above Description—As to the 2d point,
the writer says:J
He (Dr. Watkins) is still in prison, and of
course,during tlie argument on (he validity of the
indictments, does not appear personally in Court.
Our District Attorney, Mr. Swaqr has conducted
the case with great ability—his a/gincent was re
plete with the soundest reasoning. Mr. F. S.
Key, I presume, yon know; you cannot, however,
but have heard ol his reputation. I need otilv say
that on this occasion, lie was every waj worthy ol
himself. 1 have heard idany of the most eminent
pleaders and advocates at the English har, and 1
may venture to say and risk my small pretensions
to taste upon it, that a moie brilliant display of fo
rensic oratory upon dry points of law is seldom in
deed to he witnessed in any Court. Gen. Jones,
tlie principal counsel for the accused, was, as ho
always is, eloquent and ingenious; hut evidently
hampered by the nature of the catise he had to de
fend. Mr. Caxe was his associate counsel.”
1 iic A avy Hospital again!—It has beens^',
that the “ .Vory Commissioners,’’ inspected tlie
situation of the ground at Norfolk, and that sure
ly we were not better judges “ than were Mr.
Southard and the JVavy Commissioners,of a proper
site for the Navy Hospital, and wh .t that site was
worth to the Government.”—Surely not; aud we
should have bowed to their superior judgment in
such a case; but what is the fact? A Correspondent
ot the National Intelligencer, whose acquaintance
with the subject is admitted by its Editors, gives
the following correction of the preceding state
ment :
“ It ** presumed that the intention was to
refer to the Commissioners of JVavy Hospitals—
□ otto the Commissioners of the JVavy. it was
the official duty of tlie former to decide upon tlie
location, the price to be given, and every other
particular relating to Hospitals—but the Commis
sioners of the Navy have no recognizance whate
ver of the subject. They may havo been asked
their opinion as to the location, and they may have
expressed the opinion that tlie one. selected would
answer for a Navy Hospital. They were never,
I understand, asked to give an opinion as to the
/•rice of the land purchased troin Mr. Newton.—
It is believed they were asked what quantity of
land would be sufficient, and that they give the
opinion that twenty to twenty-five acres would be
ample for all the purposes of a Hospital.”—Hu! in
stead of twenty or twenty-five acres of wretched
land, the Secretary of the Navy consented to buy
sixty acres.
FOREIGN MINISTERS.
We understand, that Mr. Rive*, our minister to
France, is now in Washington, waiting for his des
patches, and expecting to be in tbe City of New
York by the time the Constellation can be ready
arid lea^li that port.—She will take out Mr. Me
Eaue t<r*l-ondon, and Messrs. Rives and Harper
(the Secretary ot Legation) with their families to
France.—A paragraph in the N. York American
induces us to add, that the Consul General ol Al
giers with his family will reach his destination by
some other conveyance.—We understand, that no
private Secretary is to be allowed Mr. Rives; and
probably noue to Mr. AIcLane.
'▼c hare finished the Panama Document to day
—The “ condiments," as the N. Intelligencer
calls them, may come hereafter.—Does that pa
per still think that Mr. Clay is the author of the
long document? He probably wrote the short
Dispatch—but, the labored instructions bear the
impress and superscription of Mr. Adams’* pen.—
Mr. Clay's forte is speaking, not writing—Ho
shines more as a Table-Orator, than 29 a Secretary
of State.—There is not a distinguished state-paper
before the public, which emanated from bis pen
during the four years of the Coalition.
The Baltimore Chronicle chooses to borrow
frotn another paper a j>roposition which we
never made—It moreover does not understand the
only /act it proposes to state—and betwixt a mis
talien fact and a mistated proposition it blun— |
ders in its attempt to make out a variation be
tween our profession and our practice. 1st, As
to the proposition—we never did say, that‘‘Vir
ginians would not take an office out of which
the incumbent was to be removed to make way for
them. Now, our proposition was,there were few in
Va., who wished to turn others out, (in Virginia,)
to get into their places.—(\Ve made this remark,
to show why it was, that there was so little talk
of Removals,and perhaps so few of them in Virgi
nia )—We have no doubt there are some of this de
scription, though we did not know one at the time
we wrote.— We have since heard ol two or
three.—Now, as to his recent and notorious
fact"—we know he is entirely mistaken. Mr.
Campbell did not seek to turn Mr. Clarke out. He
did not know that Mr .Clarke waste# be removed; he
had not any idea of becoming Treasurer. When
he was told, Mr. Clarke is certainly'to go out_
will you accept the appointment? The mo t fa-ti
dious delicy could not take exception at die pro
position. Wc know this to be the, fact.—Now,
does the Chronicle call this trying to oust one
man to get into his place?—We must beg the
Chronicle to deal fairly by us. W.e shall respect
fully try to do so by that paper.
,;Th« Court have decided (hat the iodlctr-.enff again'! Or.
Walkioa ate nut tulficirnl, m they charge no criminal . ffenct!
He ia comeijuently ac<;uit(«d o' crime.”
(Cineinao/i Gat
[He gets otfon a point of into,and i- therefore
innocent! He does not meet the charge on the
fact itself; and therefore he is to be acquitted of
all breach of trust, fraudulent proceedings, or im
morality. Is this what you mean, Sir? Is this what
you call logic?]
W e shall have it in our power to make more
copious Extracts from the “ American Farmer,"
in two or three weeks, as soon as wc enlarge our
paper. We shall regularly devote a portion of it to
<he great business of Agriculture.—The contents
of the •• Amer. Farmer” are worthy of the distin
guished merits of Its Editor, J. I,. Skinner of Bal
timore. It is a great National Work, which de
serves the support of an enlightened people. It
treat* of processe* of farming, which belong to
every State. It visits all of them in turn, and the
information with which it is fraught, should make
it a welcome guest in all.—But its sources of intel
ligence are not solely confined to American expe
riment* an I writer*. It draw* freely on the funds
of Great Britain and France—and one of the most
valuable treatises, which it ha* ever published, on
Wool and Sheep, is translated for tho Farmer
from the French.—We recommend this instructive
Journal to our readers.
Rkwovai.s— Extract of a letter from a Virgi
n an who has recently visited Washington,
dated June 15.—( Communicated )
“ I know something of most of the Removals
that have been .made at Washington, and I am
'hoioughly p»r*iM<ied, that in every in«fance ng(,.
^'7^ Tf
lie.^uiy.,toJ.U,# *HlWic ‘“•ore»t demanded, and
w * juiUfy, (k« icte of the Executive Magi*tr«td.
u ow too the shameless attempts ol inairy men
'trice to cooceal the expenditures ol the last
\dmuilstration, and while that Administration
was tn bong; and that some of the detection* of
abuse were accidentally made, and against the
active resistance of clerks and chiefs of Bureaus
— Bely on it, that General Jackson’s conduct will
"I «,OM. illustrate his farther claim* to public
gratitude.” v
Convention Election in Charlotte D. (corrected!
. Il'fii.g CT — — - - r
John Randolph 880
William Leigh 393
Richard I.o.'jit 883
Ric’-l N. Venable 158
Win. It. Banks 303
James Htuco 233
Dr. Rice 154
Gen. Carrington 143
R-iil RoaiU.— A committee of the Legislature
of Massachusetts reported a hill to authorize the
construction of a Rail Road from Boston to the
western line of the State, and another from Boston
to Providence or to the navigable waters of Tatro
•»!»\/'Ver’ hill authorised a capital stock of
3.300,000 dollars for the first, and of 380,000 dol
a,'s,r l^e "ec°nd of those enterprises, In shve*
ot 100 dollars, the Common wealth to subscribe ft>C
°??r.,hlrW,of e,ch 8tork' under the provisions
ot the bill, the remaining two thirds to be taken by
individuals and corporations.—This Report was
not acted upon, during the late sosaion, for the
want of time. It was postponod till the next ses
sion.
>
FOR THE EJYQU1RER.
BANKS.NO. 12.
Every peculating mind must plainly see, thal,
there is nothing in prospect, which can promt-;?
any profit to the Hank* within the next twenty
years. The Bank ot Virginia commenced opera*
bons in lSiM. and when the present extended
Charter shall expire, will have been in operation
thirty-three years. This is a great space of thn-e,
and will have embraced as many good y -ars fog
business as will, in all probability, be found in any
succeding time of the same measure. The Bank
had the advantage too, of beginning with a fresh
Capital, and free from all embarrassments; and at
(be end of the thirty three years, what will prob
ably be her condition? Able, I will admit, tn all
probability, t0 pay her debts; but without any
thing to giv** to the Stockholders, and in many re
spects, greatly perplexed in her annual operation*,
ir tins Bank begins a new business under a new
Charter, in I33.J, I ask if there be any hopeful
prospect before it?
If, with a fresh Capital in 1304, without com
petition, with all the Country its friend*, thi*
Hank has been so unfortunate as to lose its whole
Capital Stock, after 30. year* of active busincM,
IS it probable that in 1S38, without Capital, with
great and overwhelming competition, and with
many enemies, it will probably do better than it '
had done before? Or, is it not much more proba
ble, that if thirty years operations have swept
away its Capital, thirty more, in succession, will
sweej) away whatever remains? Those are ques
jionsjjf grave and interesting character, and it
becomes the people, in every quarter of the Com
monwealth, to take them into (heir most sorious
consideration.
I do not think it wonderful, that the true eonsli*
tinn of Hanks when ruined, should, by all plausi
ble mean*, ''e concealed from the public—not eve'll
when tlie Commonwealth is deeply involved as a
partner—because those who manage them, are hut
human beings, with all the infirmities of their
nature; ami, in all past time, man ha* been found
clinging to (lie last hop© of relief, and the last l»opo
never comes until explosion is a! hand. On the
paM of tiiose, therefore, who manage these Insti
tution", it need not be expected, that anv admis
sion of danger will ever he made; th-v will insisl
«o tlie last, that they can,recover themselvesJroia
die perils, bv which they ar«* surrounded, and that
they eau save the ship from sinking, though th©
pumps are all choked. Nor will that e1a*sof poli
ticians, who luve aided in the establishment of
i Hanks, ever unite in any scheme, which will lead
to a developement of the real condition of t1r«
Hank*, or any one of them That false pride of
opinion, which has wrecked go many men, and «<»
many countries, will he adhered to, though alt
around shall be one wide spread ruin—They rea
son thus to themselves; “I desire to pass for a 4
profound politician; I have advocated these Hanks,
and aided in their creation; I have spoken of the
benefits which they will produce to th© Country*
and I have told die people, that they would find in
Hanks every thing which wonld make them hap
py, &e. See. Hut, in these things I have been
deceived; and, in place of blessings, *hey have
produced curses; yet, if I acknowledge diets
lin ts, I shall lose my popularity, and lose my in
fluence—therefore,I will conceal the things which
I know, and condone these Banks, though ! be
lieve they will bankrupt the Coun'ry.”— Hence,
it will be seen, that there is no hope of aid to bo
derived, either from those who manage the Banks,
or tho-e who created them; hy which aid, such air
investigation can he made, as will develop© the
true condition of the Banks.—From whom, then,
i* it expected, that efforts will ha made to mako
tlio true condition of th© Banks known to Ike
world. Certainty from those who have opposed
their creation, a« well upon principle a© expedien
cy- ,** •rue, that so extensive is tho influence
ot Hanks at this day, that he who runs against
u'"'« ,nay '»• sacrificed; perhaps, there is no
chance of escape. Vet, if I shall b* sacrificed, I
will say, as was once said hy a distinguished man,
M * siull c:!ory in (lie pacritice—for i( will ba
made, whilst defending tho cau-e of my Couo
try.” Nor do [ wish to do anv injury to these In
stilutions, whilst they have a lawful existence. I
ain prompted hy no such unworthy motive. Mv
whole object is, to purify tho Code of the Country,
hv striking from the Statute Book, at the proper
tiinc, the laws which sanction the principle of
hanking, and which I verily believe, have so can- *
kered the human heart, ns to make man what he
was not, and to have produced an extent of human
misery, utterly unknown in past times.
1 he evils which Banking Institutions have pro
duced in this Common wealth, are so numerous
and so various, that no mind can count them, nor
pourtray those which may he counted in colors
sufficiently gloomy : Suffice it to say, that there
ars but Tew thing* connected with human con
cerns, which have not been touched by Banks~~
and nothing which they hav touched, has es
caped disease, and perhaps death. AmoDgst other
things, Banks are becoming thy owners of all fhe
property, as well in the country around the towns,
a» in the towns th«-m«elvc.s. This is an evil of so
high a magnitude, that if rsnnot fail to be hereaf
ter both fell and acknowledged; but, alas! the
time tnay bp loo late, and all remedy will be Io*t,
Nay, tho Banks themselves will, as I believe,
not only feel the effects of their own measures’
but lupsft measures may involve them in one com
mon ruin with tho people.—When (ho lauds be.
yond (he mountains, and even on the East of (he
mountains, h-donged exclusively (o the Common
wealth, suppose she had Said, we will hold thr-e
lands, and part with them only upon leasehof'l,
does any body believe that the country would ever
have been settled? Or, suppose the Common
wealth should authorize the Treasurer to buy up
every estate, which may be sold at a reduced ~
price, under deeds of trust, &c. what effect would
these principle* probably have upon the popula
tion of thy Country? Why, there c-in be no rea
sonable doubt,hut that in the case of the lands,
held hy the State, they would never have been
settled to this dav; for, (be free men of this coun
try have, at all t.me* since the revolution, dis
dained (o ' -.Id their lands Upon'principles partak
ing of the English feudal system, and in the last
suppo-ed case, the effect of such a policy would,
inevitably, lead fo depopulation; for such specu
lations would, very justly, become odious, and the
last owners of the property sold, would soon seek
new fortunes inf the wild woods of the West_
! he«e would probably have been the effects pro
duced upon the Country, if the government had
adopted the policy which the Banks are now pur
suing; and now, let u* enquire, what will be tho
probable effect* of the same policy, when pursu
ed by (he Banks? I do not pretend, that thn mis
chial of this policy, when pursued by Banks, wilt
be as extensive, s* when pursued by the State’ be
cause the sphere of action will be smaller; tut! F
do contend, that within the silrcrc in n j. -fi f