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ot Georgia by Mr. Adams,) representing me at ene
•* of-the Swiss of State, who coulil tac* to tlic or to
the left at the bidding of the commander— but yesterday
Invoking th® per.im ol war to protect th® invaded eove.
relgnty ol the Staten, if a pedantic President talked ol a
"euperadded obligation—to day numbing tinder the can
non’s month, and pointing it< thnmtrra against the tame
States,”—and a good desl more in the •nine etrain. I need
not recall to yon the mIIuno; 1 ■•• exceptionable «nd
not leas obviously appearing from the context In be inti nd
ed (or me, about seljith ambition, seeking office, betray
ing fiiend and country, he., in a number ot Ihick-km,
which appeared in tho A Ivocate only the d*y before the
date of your le'ter, complaining ol me lor doubting vour
friendship.
Now, I appe.d to your Candour, *o s.iv, hotv it w ••
p®wil*l® l°c me, under all these circumstances, however
confiding, to avoid entertaining some doubts of y.jiu h ieud
»hlp for mi.’
While oil the subject of the es-av« of llurkskin. 1 will
nieidiouth.it I have liennl with gre.it stirpii-e, that you
consider me as having piinripsl agency in my brother’s
controversy under tl»u -ivotliir* of “A Young Attorney,”
and as a contributor loihc Chronicle, with your-ell m Hie
character ol llurkskin. Oi.ginatitig, a* this rnidinvers\
did, and conducted as it has been, on gioumN personal to
yourselves, it seems to me most extraordinuy, indeed,
that I should be identified with and dragged into i*. With
out intending either to censure or to vindicate the conduct
of my brother in tho nfl.iir, who all-ges that ho was the
party assailed, 1 wl’l only say (hat I have had nothing to
do with it, finding in iny various pursuits at home ample
occupation lor all my* time. Mis pieces have been written
and sent to the press without ever having been seen by !
me. and without any consultation or advice with me, or
even knowledge tin my par', that he intended to wiite on
tho subjeet ol them. A single exception, and that a pure
ly accidental one, occurred on my return from Staunton,
when, spending a night at his hou«e. he shewed me the
article id Buckskin containing the personal allusions to
him, anil the draft ol a «hort card for the Advocate, from
him in reply. 1 advised him to reply with all the mode
ration which he thought the rircumstanres of the ease ad
mitted; and he did, in cou<cqucnro of this suggestion,
materially mitigate the tone of his first draught. Mis other I
pieres were never «een, or Ifk.ird of by me, ’till 1 met
with them in (lie Charlottesville papers.
Shortly after my return from Staunton, in pursuance ofi
your request and my promise to do so, I wrote to Mt
Ritchie, representing to him your wish, as well as my own, I
that ho would send me the original Charlottesville com- i
tnunication intended fur the Enquirer, which I had seen 1
in Richmoinl in the month of December. Me has recent
ly done so; and I will c.irry it tip with me for your inspec
tion on Monday next, when you will acknowledge, from
the extraordinary and identical resemblance of the hand
writing, concurring with internal evidence, that 1 could
not then hut have supposed it to ho yours, however sin
cerely glad I now am to learn that it had another otigin. |
There are several topics and remarks in your letter
which might furnish matter for much comment from nm :
in reply. But sincerely disposed as lam to restore Hie i
relations of goo I understanding and friendship which have !
existed between us, and truly desiring to live in peace 1
and harmony with all the world, notwithstanding the nn
ptecedentcd virulence of the denunciations to which I 1
have been subjected, tor the honest discharge of what I
doomed my duty to my country, I pass them over.
Yours. &c. \Y. C. RIVES.
T. W. hiLMiR, Esq.
Charlottesville, 2<Uh June, 1833. 1
My Dkar Sir: I have just received yoursof the 2-lth.!
I am glad ill At you ha»o been thus (rank in disclosing the
ground* on which it seems your suspicions with regard to j
me have been, (anil tor aught which appears iff yotir let- j
. ter still inay he) founded.—I supposed that I had a tight to '
^ expect a different answer from you, and that alter you it ere
satisfied of the injustice done mo in reltti >n <o the commit
nication for the (inquirer, you would line made some I
atonement lor llto pam I so naturally felt under such an
imputation. Yon arc content, however, to say, that you 1
are “glad to learn" that I am not so base a« the imputation, i
If true, would have made me. In addition to this, you |
allude to other circumstances which you seem to think I
justify your suspicions of me. You mistake our positions
very much, if you suppose that I am endeavoring to ar- 1
quit myself of the unworthy and dishonorable course which 1
has been ascribed to me. I informed von in Staunton, that I
this was a task which I could not condescend to undertake, i
Yon have alleged the suspicion that I wrote the cornmuni
cation for (he Enquirer, as calculated to create your distrust
ol me, and though you have ample proof, that another per-1
son wrote that communication, without my knowledge, you j
do not offer any apology to my feelings for the injustice '
you had done me.—Sir, you cannot ho unaware, that
the first suspicion of this sort, alter the prominent and de- I
cidetl part which I had taken belore the public in your!
olection to the Senate, was an insult. I must have been J
the veriest hypocrite and dissembler, if I could have wiit
«<*n such a communication a» you describe this to have
been, and then after our subsequent correspondence have
nominated or even voted lor you to the Senate. What
then, was the course which liietuUhip or candour dictated,!
whun tho suspicion was first breathed to yon, or now,’ j
when you aro satisfied that it was utterly groundless? In
stead, however, of frankly confessing that you and your
secret informant had done me injustice, and making somo
reparation for it, hy admitting it, you labour in a long let
ter to vindicate yourselt and your suspicions, and to cii '
minate me. I will not, I repent it for the third time to
you—1 will not degrade mysell by answering to an acctt-1
satiou which implies so much turpitude. I wish yon, how- :
ever, if you think that nothing is due lo our ancient f’licml
ahip, to do me the justice as a man, which I have a right i
to expect. I would n^k you, how it was possible, for you j
to feel the sentiments ol warm and apparently enthusiastic '
friendship for me, which your letters of a subsequent dale
. speak, it you really entertained the suspicions ol which
you now complain? I h ive turned to our correspondence
and traced this continued assurance of your entire and'
cordial friendship down almost to the peiiod when you first
intimated that unfavorable impressions had been long
making on your mitxl towards me. I leave you to reron- !
rile the expression of such feelings, with such suspicions.
You remember, that during our interview at St.mnlon,
after you declined to give me the names of the busy-bo-’ '
dies whose letters ami communications you referred to, or
the facts communicated, I inquired whether the evidences !
of my unfriendly spirit were discovered before or alter
Sour vote lor what has been familiarly termed ihe “ Force
ill." You have now quoted from the letter ol someone
who you say was a member ol the last Legislature, an ex
pression, putting you on your guard against me as being
“ actively opposed to you hy indirect means.'' I should
have bocu gratified, it you had been mote communica
tive with regard to this letter ami the writer—I should
.IRC IU niiuw nncinor H waj wnttcn before or after
your unexpected course on flic Force Bill and Prod a
motion. I feci some curiosity, loo, certainly that
is no concern of mine,) to know to whose good offices we
see indebted for it* hiving been written. Certainly, you
have nut to learn for the first time, that I have always,
both as a constituent and friend, condemned your recent
course in the Senate of the United States. I have mado
no secret of this. On the contrary. I believe I have «po
ken with more freedom on this subject to you (hut I have
ever done to others. But I regarded this ns a political,
coriamly not as a personal difference. 1 littlo thought,1
that because I could not conscientiously or con*i urnlly
approve your course in the Senate last winter, my oppo
sition to doctrines which I have always opposed (and
which 1 believe you once condemned ns much as I) was
to bo pi iced to tbe account of personal hostility. It this
be so, then wo need not multiply words, for I have free
ly con temned your public conduct as a Virginia Senator,
and I shall continue to do «n. But there has been, there
will be, no indirection in this. You need not have wait
ed to be informed by secret letters ol my opinions on ibis
subject. Mad yotr referred to my own letters, or to my
vo'es on the proposition of Mr. Knox, for instructions, you
would have perceived, that while I could not forget my
public duty, I was .till mindful of w hat was due to my
f lend on such an occasion. You had then only made
jour perch, in which you indicated a pin pose to vo'e lor
the Force Bill. This circumstance and the laudatory
comments of Mr. Webster, induced me, with many others
who had supported you, and who were still your friends, <
to apprehend that you would pursue a course which, of j
nil others, wa> to us least expected. Still you had only spo
ken—you had not voted lor the Force Bill. At this in- 1
terval, the instructions were moved. I supported a mo 1
fion to lay them on the table, with a view (h it we might
hear farther from you, declaring that I desired to do "//it/
iluh/ to miff, tend at well ns to my country." This mo- j
ion failed, and I then voted against the postponement of .
iie instructions. You remember (hat I tben wrote to you,'
sn.l f also desired a mutual fiend* to wiite, who Informed I
me that tie did so f hua, yon mint have perceived from
my public conduct, (even in (lie absence of the several
letter* which I wrote yon,) what my opinions ami my
feelings were.
I had no idea, that identity of poliliml opinion was in
dwpeiissble to friendship—or, that to ho counted your
J items, I mint be devoted to your public advancement,
even at the expense of my own convictions of truth and
duty. If such be the conditions of modern friendships, 1
«Je“tre few friends.
Von allude to my being 'be reputed author of s S' ties
of essays, which have appeared lh the Virginia Advocate,
over the signature of "Buckskin”—and complain of the
unfriendly chancier of those essay*. j« tni(, ,|ia, |
write tho e communications, and that they were wri'ten
for the purpose rd exposing the pernicious tendencies of Ihr
ultra federal doctrines which are contained in the Procla
mation and the Force Bill. This was apparent to all who
read them. But, so fsr fro n bring dicta'cd by * w.-nt ol
frien*NMp or kiiHlrie*** for you, I hav#» rrptfdinH by
dial very friendship (which yon arc rise tncx-f w truing.)
from exposing whit I deemed the glaring iiffonsistenrics
of your course under Hie admimitrafions ol J Q Adams
and A. Jackson. I have forborne often (o write whstwss
atrny pen s point, because I feared it might give psin lo
«... * Mt Bliflnil* of Pride* Ororf*
t friend. with whom it was my foiluns fo differ so widely.
IImv* you any tight to complain of me, for having written
or said, (if atich had been mv comae,) that you “voted in
the Senate aide by aide with Daniel Webster?” You ought
rattier to complain ol yourse//-lor having tliua voted. But the
truth is, that I liave only spoken collectively of the federal
party, with whom you had been recently classed, not bj?
my tongue or pen, but by your own official conduct. But
I for your extreme sensitiveness on ltd* subject, you would
I rot liave thought of giving my general arguments against a
| party, a personal apptira’ion toyomaelf.
\ on have leln red 'o aome nxpremioni lined in a card
I of Buckskin, winch appeared last Friday, in reply to the
| coarse, personal vituperation ol your brother and Dr. Blu-t
I teriuartn. a« being let c|l<ul at you. Really, you mttst ho
unusually sensitive it you regard every allusion of this
<ort ns aimed at yourself. You have disclaimed any con
nection with the attacks of a personal character which
have been »o repeatedly made upon rue, of late, by your
brother. I will contc-s frankly, that I had become almost
persuaded hy the lore* of circumstances, that you had gi
ven your countenance to these attacks. When you re
view these circumstances you will admit, that my suspi
cion* (had I yielded to mere suspicions as readily ns you
seem to have done) w*-re hotter founded. Permit me to
recall to vour in.. a few incidents :
When I came home from the la«t session of the Assem
bly, I found that an animated and active canvass for the
House of Delegates had been commenced, before I reach
ed the county. It was confidently asserted on all hands,
that my defeat av is inevitable, and no pains were spared
to make good tins assertion. M any charges had been in
dustriously circulated to my prejudice among my formn
Iriends. Having staked myself, in the House of IH-le
gates, for your election to the Senate, and having (as I
informed you hy letter Irotn Richmond) incurred the
harshest censure of many of my oldest and best friends
there, after you failed to luHil liie expectations, which, in
common with your other Iriends, I entertained, I thought
I had a right to hope, that though we were known to
differ on the loading political questions of the day, yet you
and your immediate friends would at least not lend your
influence to aiil in the attempt to put me down. I went
through the canvass with this belief* which was certainly
justified, as well by our long intimacy as by the part which
I liad ao recently home in your election ‘to the Senate.
You may judge then of my su-priso and mortification,
when *»i» the morning of the election, it was announced
that a poll would he hr Id for your brother, and when I
perceived that hy this stratagem, more than one hundred
and fifty vote* were cast singly on one of my competitors.
I heard that you had staid the night previous to the elec
tion at this biother's house. You did not vote either for
or against me, in the election, although it was a close one.
The election over, I found myself personally assailed by
this satne brother, in the cditoiial columns of a newspaper
hut recently established here by Doctor Bltettcrmann ol
the University and others, ami after both the doctor and
your brother had gone together a distance of fifteen miles
to vour house, as was supposed for the purpose of consul
tation. You admit, that you were consulted hy your bro
ther as to one of the ar'iclc* which lie published against
me. Notwithstanding all these appearances, I visited you
Mil .11 y .I.'MMI, y UII IlilVO HOI DCeil
ill my house sinee your return fioin abroad. In addition
•o (hi*, I have heard that you said, that I was induced by
policy and not any preference for you, to sii'tain your
election to the Senate. I was unwilling' to yielll to
Hupiciont, in rupturing .1 friendship such as ours. I
wrote to you in April, (I think.) informing you of my
dc<iro to have an interview, that we might converse
freely and understand each other more perfectly. Your
'newer, which is now helore me, was couched in such kind
phrases, that it dispelled the cloud of suspicion w hich had
hegaii to gather around me; as to your fiiendshin, I thought
no more of it till our interview at Staunton. W hy did you
not write to me, or see me at Richmond, and inform mo
of the manuscript which seems su much to have excited
your misgivings in December,—and, if you allowed that
circumstance to wiigh in the scales ol our regards, why
did yon make to me afterw ards so many professions of de
voted friendship?
I, too, have been frank, as you perceive. I have no
thing to cone al trom you or others. ! do rot write again
to deprecate your ho« ility, or to court a reluctant friend
ship. I feel that 1 have been injured hy the imputations,
which, while you professed youisoll my triend, you not on
ly failed ei'her to resent or even to communicate to me, hut
wdiich you now allege as reasons for your own distrust
I remarked to you in our last conversation, that although
I could not he identified with (lie new political relations
you had ‘assumed, yet I desiicd that w e might continue
friend*, though we should probably belong to different
parties. I am not one of those who think that there can
lie no personal worth or integrity in the members ol a po
liiiril party, because I do not admire or adopt its tenets.
I have always had (he pleasure to recognize many ol my
best friends among those who did not agree with me in po
litics. Fr>« are no stranger to the feelings with which I
entered public life, and w hich I have steadfastly chetished.
I had occasion not long since to express to you, in our
correspondence, the distrust w ith which I regarded politi
cal liic, on account of its tendencies to aggravate the sum
of human anxiety and misery. These have been and still
are my feelings. Flow keenly have they been touched by
recent even's, which have almost induced me to exclaim
11 And whnl is friendship hut a name l"
You ascribe tome, language and sentiments with regard
to yon, which I never Iclt or uttered. I have spoken freely
in condemnation ot your recent public course, but 1 am
not conscious of ever having imputed to you any tiling
which could alfcct your personal character. It is true,
that I have been caused to feci sensibly on my own ac
count, the effects of your course in the Senate. You ran
account lor this, when you recollect the pertinacity with
w hich 1 urged your nomination at the time of your elec
tion, when most, it not all your liicnds bad consented not
to nominate you Ifim. V on iiny remember the circum
stances—(I shall never forget them) of that election—
how I was particularly appealed lo by those w ho doubted
then your political oithodoxy, and how l declared that I
felt authorized hy a long intimacy, as well as the letter
you wrote lo M -jor Yancey and myself, to give the as
surance that these suspicions against you were unfounded.
Judge, then, of ilia relation in which I stood totho<e who
heard these assurances, when in a few short weeks after
your election, you declared your purpose ol voting for the
f'orre Bill. I have been taunt 'd more than once, with
having abused the confidence of those who lialened to my
appeal in your behalf. For, it was presumed, that from
our long intimacy, I knew you belter titan it seems 1 did.
I was patient under these denunciations, because I was
conscious ol the rectitude of my own conduct. Little,
however, very little, did I expert to be charged by you or
your friemh with tltiplitUy. That charge lias been made i
—and I must now appeal directly to you to acquit ine of]
it, and to make some reparation for its gross injustice.
I had made my arrangements to leave home on Friday
next for Lewishurg, where I am compelled to attend the
session of the Court of Appeal*; but as you express a de
sire to have an interview with me, I will postpone my de
parture till the latest possible moment, so as to meet you
here on Monday, if you cannot let me hear s.itUfaetoVilv
Iroin you sootier.
I am, very respectfully, yours, kr.
THOMAS W. GILMER.
Cattle Hill, June 29th, 1S33.
Sin: I received your letter of 26th instant, last even
ing. Il tLere were doubts before, concerning your sen
timent* toward* me, there can be none now, for the whole
tone, spirit and language of your letter are nlterly irrecon
cilable with »ny profession of friendship. It is, therefore,
entirely useless again to discuss (hat matter. My purpose
i* simply to correct one or two misapprehensions into
which yon seem to have lallen. Yoti write as if you
thought my' doubt* had been founded ptincipally, if not
exclusively, on the manuscript communication to the En
quirer. This is, however, « great mistake. Il was but
on«, ami by no means the strongest one, among numerous
other cati«cs of distrust, which forced themselves upon
my unwilling reflection*. In regard to that, I freely ad
mit an,l regret that F was led into eiror in supposing you
to have been the author; but I was so by a force of intrin
sic evidence which, I must still believe, would have led
your most intimate friend into the same error. This, how
ever, will best appear from an examination of the manu
script itself.
In relation to your conduct and proceedings in other re
spects, I confess my total inability to reconcile them with
any sentiments of resl friendship. I am the last person in
the woilt to complain of a friend for diflering with me in
opinion upon liolitiral or other subjects. Hut when these
differences of opinion occur between friends, they are
urged with openness, fairness and candour, ami not in a
spirit of bitterness, exaggeration and revenge. Il Hie
course pursued toward* me can lie reconciled with the
relations of personal friendship, it must he by a system of
ethic* and casuistry, to which I have been, and hope to
remain a stranger.
You filer to your vote for laying Mr. Knox’s resold
tion-i on the table as evidence of your delicacy towards me,
and ol your anxiety to discharge "your duly to your
friend, as well as to your country.” Hut, sir, you cannot
have forgotten, (or 1 have been rery much misinformed,)
that you li*d actually prepared similar resolutions your
self, and declared your purpose “lomeve them, if no body
else would.” 7
I'hf-re is one point which recur* so frequently in your
letter* and conversations that I de-ire, once for all, to be
understood upon it. You Intimate that I sin indebted
to you lor my election to the Senate. Now, sir, I cannot
admit this without totally forgetting not only what is due
to myself alier seventeen years of public service, end
•till more wlift! is due lo the character of the Legisla
ture, which doubtless, eel* upon it* own competent and
well-informed judgment in such matters, but also the
I concurring testimony of numerous letters received from
members of lire Legislature at the time, all of them,
(your own among the number) representing my election
a* being from the first, certain and beyond dispute. It
! ** lr,,e y™ nominated me; but it cannot lie necessary
I ,or rn* -f |° jou Ihst, according to the usages of the
l Legislature, it has always been considered a* a mailer
jot course for a delegate of fhe county, of which rlie no
min** to a mlilnt, t« bring Min Corwin) to (ho notice
ol lli* House, unlew he intenda to vote against him.
On ihie subject it may not be without Ita uie to give you
the following extract from a letter of a moat honorable
and upright, aa well aa intelligent ntan, equally your
friend and mine, written the day or the election, aa it haa
mote than one hearing on matter* treated of l>v you: “Mr.
; Gilmer then called on Maj. Yancey to satisfy the House
| on the subject ol the Taritr, remarking, at the nine time,
that he had not yet seen the man who was or rould be
piepared to ray what course should he pursued towards
! South Cstolina, and he took it lor granted that you, who
. had scarcely reached your home alter a long absence from
the rountiy, must he entirtly unprepared to decide upon
j ')*e measures which should be adop'ed in so novel anil tltf.
lirtilt a crisis in our afl.iirs. The old Major trail your let*
| ,rr "i'h (treat gravity limn the beginning to the end, anil
* I "tu well assured that it was of more set vie* to yon, than
I nomination speech w Iticli could have been made.”
I have never been in the habit of eonsideting the fiiend
ship as a matter ol debit or credit brtwren the partirs;
hut II it be so treated between us, I think I might appeal,
with perfect confidence, to all who know any thing ol our
relations, to say if I am not, at least, as Ijtge a creditor aa
, tleh'or in the concern.
Rut it is wholly useless, after the unfriendly spirit so ob
viously manifested in your letter, to pursue this matter
: any further. I have neither the disposition nor the lime
h»r a controversy, however ready ami Htiiiudant the mate*
; 'i'd l°r refutation anil reply on the topics you have so sedu
lously brought lot ward. I do not complain that you are
not my friend. You have a perfect right not to he so. I
only tlc-dre that wc should truly understand otir positions
towards each other, wliirh, I presume, both ol ns now do.
Respectfully, yours, W. C. RIVES.
T. IV, Gilmer, E*q.
i Resolution of Instruction prepared by Mr. Gilmer during
•ha last session ol the House ol Delegates, alluded to in
Mr. Rives’letter ol June 29th.
" hereas—This Grneral Assembly is eneouraged to
believe that the proper authorities of South Carolina will
suspend their Ordinance of Nullification recently adopted
by that State, so that no collision is likely to occur bet ween
the citizen* thereof and (he Government of the U. States,
in the collection of imposts;—wheieas such suspension o|
said ordinance has been urged by the assurance of a confi
dent belie) on tho part of Ibis Assembly, that Congress
would speedily and effectually reduce the duties imposed
on foreign merchandise, with a view to protect domes'ic
industry;—whereas this Assembly ha* seen with much
satisfaction, that a proposition has been submitted in the
Senate of the United States, designed and calculated (it I*
hoped) to quiet the angry excitements which unhappily
exist at present, and to restore harmony to our distracted
country, by settling the policy of the Federal Government
with regard to impost duties, on principles ol just and mu
tual concession;—and, whereas, a perseverance on the
part of the Federal Government under these circum
stances, in measures ol a hostile or military character
against the citizens of (he State of South Carolina, it is ap
bum nmiin uxrur anti rxa^ppraip
local and dangerous animosities among (lie citizens of these
United State*, and tj frustrate all hope of a pscifie and
amicable adjustment of the prevent difficulties—therefore
Resolved by the General Assembly of lrirginia. That
our Senator* in Congress be, and tin y are hereby intrud
ed. and the Representatives front this State are rcspeclltilly
and rttrneatly requested, to promote by all the means in
their power, the passage of the Bill now pending in the
Senate of the United Stales, providing for a gradual re
duetion ol the duties on foreign merchandise to the stand
ard of neressary revenue, or ol some bill of similar im
port,—and to oppose all military enactment* or hostile pre
! paration* on the part of the Federal Government against
the citizens of South Carolina.
Castle Bill, Dee. 13. 1888.
Hear OiLwra : It is only to-day, that I have had the
pleasure to rereive your letter of the 10th instant, though
i the result of the election reached us yesterday by the way
of Evcrettsville. I nerd not say to you, my friend with
what sensibility I have seen the warm and generous zeal
with which you have espoused my pretensions. To me,
you did more than justice, I am sure—if to yourself, hot
less than justice, all of us have reason lobe proudly satis
fied. I receive this mark ol the confidence of oirr mo
ther State with profound gratitude, and 1 hope I am not
insensible of the weight of the high obligations it impo
se*. You shall not be deceived in supposing that I will
i look steadily to the great ends of public justice and our
j country’s good.
I hope very soon to see you, and to be able to talk
over all tho«e matters of high public concernment, with
which the limes are rile. In a crisis ol to much difficul
ty, I feel the necessity of penetrating mysell thoroughly
w ith the enlightened and patriotic views of tho«e who have
honored mo with their confidence; and for this purpose,'
as well as to enjoy the satisfaction ol taking my old Iriends
and acquaintances by the hand, 1 propose to take Rich
mond in my way to Washington. I liopo to be with you
ay lbs middle of next week, and to that opportunity, I must
adjourn those free and unreserved communication* w hich
I desire to have with you on all the interesting topic*
to which you refer. At present, I write surrounded by
(hose kind neighbors, who, day alter day, have come to
welcome us bark to their friendly communion, and from
whose hearty converse I have snatched a lew moments
to acknowledge the receipt of your loiter, and to assure
you anew ol the warmth and sinceiity with which I am
truly yum friend. \V. C. RIVES.
T. W. Gilmer, Esq.
Extract from first letter received from Vr. Rives after his
arrival at \\ ashington, and taking his seat in the U. S.
.venate, without date. Af’er speaking ol some private
business Mr. R. concludes thus—
“ I write in great haste, and have only time to assure you
ol the lueudship and regard ol Yotus truly,
VV. c R YES.’*
hxtract from a letter of W. C. Rives to Thomas W. Gil
mer, dated,
Washington. February 15th, 1833.
Dear Gilmer: I have just received your letter o'
12th instant, and have hut a moment to reply. You say
jou wonder I do not write about iny views ol (he pending
crisis. I have writien to eveiyone who Ins written to me,
though my time has been inoic unpleasantly occupied
with every vaiiety of business, than it ever was in my
hfe. 1 have iiad no time to do more than that, without
utterly neglecting the very important and painful duties
you have assigned me here. 1 am sorrj that you should
have been subjected to any embarrassing responsibility on
my account.”
This letter concludes by giving son e account ol the
speech which Mr. K. had just delivered on the Force
Bill, and promi-ed to send a copy to me soon, lie then
adds: “ l write in great haste, and remain,
Very truly, yours,
W. C. RIVES.”
Extract of a letter from Mr. Rives to Mr. Gilmer.
“ DtarGilmer: I hope, if you cannot come and see
us on your way to the Fluvanna court, you will do so soon,
and bring Mrs. Gilmer with you, when, out of our do
mestic and personal sympathies, we shall find more con
genial and refreshing topics to talk about, than nullities
tion, secession or the Force Hill, though on some of these
matters, I have been encouraged to believe by so much
of your exposition as I heard on Monday, that the differen
ces between ua are not very radical.
Truly and cordially yours,
T. W. Gilmer, Esq. W. C. HIVES.”
Cattle Hill, May 1st, 1833.
Dear Gilmer: I had the pleasure of receiving a
few days ago, your letter of the 24th ult. which the com
pany of friends ami some less agreeable occupations, have
left me without the leisure to acknowledge till now. 1
am sorry that you have ramified your piolessional opera
tions so widely as to leave to your friends so little oppor
tunity of seeing you, even in the inteivalsol your public
duties. Knowing, however, and appreciating the solid
benefits which this extended range ot industry has
brought you, 1 ought rather to regret that you do not shew
the same enterprise in social matters, by snatching any
little moment of leisure, which may now and then occur
in the busiest lile, to visit your friends. I (car, from the
quantity of work you have laid out for yourself before
you come to to see us.it may yet he a long lime before we
shall enjoy the pleasure—one which, 1 need not repeat,
would be most gratifying to me, while it would aflord us,
in the Ireedom and stillness of country life, the most ad
vantageous opportunity of discoursing at large, ol the ma
ny interesting topics which the lapse of lour years has
accumulated tor an interchange ot friendly communica
tion. I assure you, I reripmeate very cordially the desire
you express to talk over all these matters fieely and un
reservedly, snd w hatever else may be iritcreatiiig to either
of us. I’olitirs have never yet gotten such possession of
my heart, anil I trust never will, as to deaden its sensibi
lity to the purer, as well ss more solid, satisfactions of
friendship and the domestic affections. My share irfthein,
, indeed, 1 tiave always regarded as the rpiinde of the dra
ma, while (he main action of the piece has been direct
ed to the hearth and altar of domestic happiness; nor
, should I consider any man torse who permits Ins leeltngs
; to be so far engaged in the “changes snd chances” ot po
lities, as not to find at sll times, a welcome retreat from
them in (lie bosom of private life. Hut I am running in
to a homily, when my object was simply to ss«ure you
1 how happy I shall he to talk over with you all the inter
esting concerns ol the past and the present, whether ol a
, public or private nature; for which, if you will not aflord
me an opportunity here, 1 hepe w* shall nevertheless,
; have one as soon as I shall go up to court on Monday, and
I intend certainly to call to see you and Mrs. Gilmer, to
whom you must present the joint and cordial aalutaiions ol
my wile and myself. In the meen time, believe me to be,
very sincerely, your*, W. C. RIVES,
T. Vi. Gilmer, Esq.
Richmond, 7th July, 1833.
Pear Am : During my ebsenee from home a few
dsys since, your letter of the 1st in*t. was rereived, in
You ask me to state what I know of your course towards
j ^r' Rive* la»t winter, both before and after hi* election to
the Senate ol the U. S.—and alsoiu regard to Mr. Knot’s
, resolutions to instruct our Senators on the subject ol the
j Force Bill. In various conversations which passed betweeji
us previous to the election, you uniformly declared your
j sell peisonally and politically the friend ol Mr. K., and (as
11* well known) you aherwarda nominated him, and advo
’ catrd at length Ins claim* lo t|ie appointment. Subsequent
| >y <0 (lie election and late in the session. 1 hcaid you ex
i ptess your regret at the rumours which reached us re- i
sprc'iug Mr. K.’s iprcch on tlisr Force Bill, ami I well re- I
member yrwir having voted for laying Mr Knox’s resolu
tion on the table, a* you thought it piomature to act on
ibe subject while we were ignorant ol the modifications
which the boice Bill had undergone, and before we had
seen an authentic copy of Mr. R.’s speech, which had not
then readied u«, but was daily expected.
Although you may have intended it,1 do not remember
lhat you ever shewed me the resolutions which you say
you "had written anil designed to oiler, il Mr. R’s. speech
should verily the rumour* we had of it .’’—Nor can I now !
icrollect, whether .you or any person in particular “ en- |
deavoured to dissuade Mr. Knox Irom moving hi*iustruc- i
lions when he did.” But l certainly heard that he had i
been so advised,—and that many member* who wcie op
posed to the Force Bill, comklered the resolution ill tinted,
and regretted that it bad been nth red.
Being as yet ignorant ol the particular* of your con
tioversy with Mr. tt. and ol the correspondence between
you, to w hich you allude, I have only to add. that 1 par- '
heipatc with you most'cordially in the regret you have ex
piessed at this unfortunate occurrence, and leuiain.
Dear sir, yours truly,
JOHN RUTHERFOORD.
i nos. M . Gilmkr, Esq.
White Sulphur Springs, July 10, 1833.
My Dear Sir : 1 received your note this morning, in
which you requrst as a particular lavor, an answarin writing
to this interrogatory—"have you ever observed or heard
of any act or word on my part, denoting the least unfiietid
ly feeling toward* Air. Wm. C. Hives?”
I sorted w ith you in the last House of Delegates of Vir
ginia, and had frequent opportunities ol seeing and judg
ing of your political course and private feelings, as they
related to Mr. Rives—and I stale with pleasure, that I ne
ver observed or heard of any set or word on your part indi
cating an unfriendly disposition towards him. On the con
trary I regarded you as having furnished the most une
quivocal proofs of a warm friendship.
I am, very tiuly, yours,
F. B. MILLER.
i nos. »» . tJiLMEit, tnq., 1'resent.
White Sulptthr Springt, July 8lh, 1833.
Mv Dear Sir: 1 received your note ol 111it morning,
requeuing me lo answer Oit* following question*:
Whether Muring oor public or private intercourse,
hail at any time observed, or heard of any unfriendly act,
or word, on your part, towards Win. C. Hives?
2d. Wheftier 1 did not know, that in consequence of the
'cry active part which you took in the election of Air.
Hives to the Senate last winter, and his subsequent unex
pected course on the Force Bill, you were not regarded
! with distrust by many of the members cl the Assembly,
whose good opinion \ou had previously enjoyed ?
In answer to the first question—1 never did, during our
public or private intercourse, observe any thing in your
conduct: nor did I ever hear of you doing any act, or
using any language, calculated to induce a belie! that you
wero not Mr. Rives’ personal friend.
In answer to the second question—I know that yon took
a very active part in favor of (be election of Mr. Hives to
the Senate of the United States. At the very moment you
were nominating him in the House ot Delegates, I thought
you were actuated more by motives ot private friendship,
than public duty. When Mr. Rives’ unexpected course
on the Force Bill was first known in Richmond, a momen
tary doubt passed through my mind, whether you your
self did not hold one opinion and profess another ; but I
instantly dismissed the thought, as unwoithy of you, and
concluded you had been misled by your attachment to the
man. I have reason to believe, that several members ol
the (General Assembly did, alter the course of Mr. Hives
w as know n, regard you with distiust, in consequence ol
the very active part which you took in his election. Yours,
with sentiments of respect and esteem,
DAVID M’COMAS.
T. W. Gilmer, Present.
University of Virginia, July 151 A, 1833.
Dear Sir: In reply to your communication requesting I
me to state #*wliat I may have observed ol your course to
wards the lion. Win. C. Rivos during the last session of
the Legislature ol Virginia, ami particularly whelhei dur
ing our public or private intercourse, I bad, on any occa
sion, known or heard of any thing unfriendly to him on
your part—and whether your active participation in his
nomination when elected Senator, had not, when his sub
sequent course in relation lo the Proclamation and Force
Bill became different Irom what many ol his friends had
expected, rendered you obnoxious to the complaints and
distrusts ol many of the members.” I have to reply that I
boarded with you during (he la>t winter, and had several
conversations with you previous to the election ol Senator,
! touching the nomination of Mr. Rives. That subsequent
! ly •«> (bat event, and during the remainder of the session,
! we olien conversed on the political questions which then
1 divided the country, and especially as to Mr. R.’s course «s
to which both of us, in common with many others, lelt much
| dissatisfaction; and that during all (his time, I heard nothing
j in the slightest degree inconsistent with s high degree ol
; personal friendship on your part to Mr. K. Your nomina
I tion ol him was a very zealous, animated, and as 1 thought
successful one. Your representation ol his political opiu
j ions, I know, satisht d many who were not entirely sa is
| lied by Mr Hives’ le ter lo Maj. Yancey, which they
thought did not go far enough, but was somewhat equivo
cal, although it might not have been intended to be so._
And it is certainly true, that when Mr Hives’ subsequent
political course became iiiconsi-leni, in the opinion ol
seveial ol the members, with ti e plpdges which you had
| given, they expressed much distiust ol you, and seemed
j o believe (hat you had permitted your piivate friendship lor j
[ Mr. Hives, and pioximity of residence to him,lo carry you
too far in sustaining lus pre'eiisions, and pledging his
| opinions. It was frequently a topic of private conv«-i»a
j tion, with which some bitterness was mingled. Your
j public course on Mr. Knox’s resolution* is before the j
country lour piivate conversations, so tsr as I heaid 1
| 'Inin or heard ol them as to what step it might be pioper :
1 lor the Legislature lo lake, pointed exclusively io Mr.
i Hives' public and political course and indicated no personal !
| hostility whatever. 1 deeply regret (hat any ocruricnce
should have arisen to make the former fiirnd.-hip te
I tween you questionable. I am, dear sir, yours very truly i
j WM. II. BRODNAX. I
P. S. On reflection, perhapa I ought to say diet you
concurred with me in I lie expression of a wish that Knot's !
resolutions should not be brought forward at the time they j
were oflered, as we had not then seen a report of Mr. It.’s :
speech, nor the precise features ot the Force Rill.
w. ii. n.
Moon's Mount, July 12/A, 1833.
Mr Dear Sir — I received yours of the 1st inst. a lew
I days ago from the Post office at (lie Bowling IJrrcn, at the
, moment ol the account of your conflict with Mr. Hives :
I being road in the Whig. I waa in the act of acquitting 1
I you Irom the charge ol duplicity towards Mr. Hives, as far
a» my observation extended, when upon opening your let- I
' ter 1 discovered that its object was to obtain by a letter to
j you for your defence against the imputation, that which j
1 1 happened at the moment to he doing unsolicited.
In performing an act of justice, I must premise the ex
; pression of my regret at hearing that such old and intimate
| friends had permitted llieir political difference to lead to
a deadly quarrel and a personal rencontre.—Regarding
! you both with none but kind feelings, I may be permitted
l to express the pain which the intelligence gave me. And
, knowing the disposition of both, I can account for the un
wonted violence of mutual exasperation upon no other j
ground than that of busy mischief-making, that is ever ac- i
| live and at work in times of political excitement, like those !
through which we have recently passed, and which un- 1
j happily arrayed even father and son, brother and brother j
| against each other.
You ask me to speak to the point of your course during
: tire last session of our Legislature, both public and private, j
in reference to your quondam friend, lire Hon. \Vn>. C. j
Hives, ami make the call rrpon me, not only as a member
! of the Legislature, friendly to Mr. Hives' election,but as |
a mess-male throughout the session, and in relation to Mr. I
Rives especially, intimate and confidential.
It affords me pleasure to be able to clear you of the
charge of duplicity or any unfriendly remarks about Mr. !
Hives,so far as tny recolleclion serve* me. I recollect that
in the commencement of the session we agreed in sup- •
porting our friend Hives against all others spoken of, and
I that you were most active in his behalf. That is so noto
, lions that it is useless to be particular, and it was this noto
| riety which placed you in Ihe uncomfortable predicament
! ol being made the scape-goat to bear the principal hlarae
! lor his election, when his course in the Senate proved
! that he was not (in our estimation) the disciple of Mr.
Jefferson, which you so earnestly asserted him to be, and
which from hi* political cour*e arid hi* great inrimary wiih
Mr. Jefferson, we were, almost all or us, of Ihe republi
can parly in the House, so easily persuaded that he really
was, notwithstanding the just ground* of criticism con
tained in hip letter to Maj. Yancey. I think there can
be no doubt that but for your efforts fn resisting the po»t
| ponernent of Ihe election, that it would have been post
poned two weeks, by which time, Mr. Hives’ new liair
• plitiing State Right notion*, or at least his advocacy of
ihe proclamation, would have been known, end then
j hi* election would have been, what Ihe Federalists and
j American System party have claimed it to be, a triumph
of Jacksonism and F ederalisrn over the State Right* party
i 'n Virginia. Hut, if I knew any thing a* certain, I think
II can say that it is certain, that In »uch an election, you
and 1, with o»«r fifty more, would not haft voted as wo did
—principle must have trluihphed over the fooliogtof
friendship. Title you avowed, to the beet ot my recollac
lion, without reserve) but still, when Mr. Knox in his ini
patience at the rumoureof Mr. Hives'couraeon the Foice
or Hloody Hill, as It was callnl, tpoke of moving instruc
tions you claimed delay, that Mr. Hives' Speech naif(ht be
seen before any step should be taken, expressing your re
gret at hla course, if rumour was ti ue;*but avowing your
design to move in the subject upon ascertaining the charges
to be true, wInch could alone bn done officially by the pub
lication ot his speech.
So much lor your public course. As lo your private
course, I have to altlrin, that when you saw, beyond »
question, that Mr. Hives' course had disappointed us, and
thereby caused us to be olteu tnunted, by llio-e especially
that w anted time to have thrir doubts solved, tho only re
marks I ever beard you make, were to the effect, that
you had been disappointed by relying upon the unchang
ed opinions and principles of your Iriend, without hating
bad the least ground to suspect his firmness in any crisis.
From our intimacy and the confidential communion be
tween us, touching this subject, equally regretted by both,
I have come to the conclusion that it must have been a
prejudiced ear that construed any remarks of your* in
private about Mr. Hives, as being personally unfriendly to
him. II such leelings had dwelt in vour bosom, they
would have been as likely to have lound utterance in my
hearing us any member ol the Assembly. 1 can add, llmt
in my lice and familiar intercourse with the members, I
never heard it liiiilcd that you had ever said any thing
personally injurious to Mr. Hives. It was known to all,
alter he defended the proclamation that you were sore up
on the subject of bis election, and the cottise you bad,
from proper motives been led. You had publicly pledged
for an absent fiieiul, and his course soon after pioved that
it was not to be received. You felt the painful responsi
bility, and naturally complained ol your disappointment.
I think you have received an ill requital from that friend,
il lie has suffered misrepresentation or bis own prejudice,
springing from a split in political views, to carry him to
the extremity ol charging you with duplicity towards him.
My reguul lor you both constrains me to hope that tho
unhappy difference may be adjusted, and tho relations of
friendship and confidence restored. The forcible lessons
which you have imbibed in the invaluable little book you
recommended to me last winter must have qualified you
to stand above the frailty of malice ; I hope my friend
Hives is too replete with philosophy lo remain its victim af
ter a moment's calm reflection.
1 remain, willi sympathy and kindly regard, your friend,
JNO. DICKINSON.
j^rzuigion, y a., jury i:wi, 1833.
Dear Sin: I liaveju.it now receiveil your letterof the
8th inst , and hasten to respond to the interrogation!* it con
tains. The first is in these words, viz: “Did you «ver
during our public or private intercourse, ob«erve or hear
ol my saying or doing any thing of an unfiiendly nature
towards Win. C. Hives?”
My answer to this question is, that I never did, at any
time, or under any circumstances, observe or hear or your
saying or doing any thing of an unfriendly nature towards
Mr. Hives.
Your second interrogatory is in these words, viz.—“ Do
you or not, know, that I was very much censured by some
ol the members of th« last Assembly, after the active part
I took in Mr. Hives’ election to the Senate, ami his course
in the Senate ol the U. S. on the Force Hill?”
My answer to this question is, that I believe you were
very much censured towards the close of the last session,
by those who were dissatisfied with the course ol Mr.
Hives, on what they called the Force Hill, for the active
part you had taken in his election. I think I heard sever
al of them express great dissatisfaction with you for advo
cating the election ol Mr. Hives, on the ground of his being
a State Rights man.
Haring answered the questions asked me, I will ineroly
add in general terms, that although we have been lofig
upon terms ol reserved intimacy, I do not recollect of any
thing ever having occurred to induce me to doubt the sin
ceiity of your friendship lor Mr. K., and I am under the
impression that you have spoken of him to me, in terms of
friendship, more than once.
W ith much esteem, 1 remain your oh’t. serv’t.
SAMUEL M’D. MOORE.
Thomas W. Gilmf.h, Esq.
I have written to o'her members of the Inst Assembly,
on this subject, but have received no answer. It is possi
ble my letters were improperly directed.— I could appeal
fearlessly to all my associates last winter, to acquit ine of
the groundless accusations ol my nameless accusers.
T. W. G.
^ Esc a PE or Joei. Clough !—We learn from the U.
S. Gazette ol yesterday, that this individual, now under
sentence ol death for the murder of Mrs. Hamilton, made
his escape horn the jail in Mount Holly, N. J., sometime
during Saturday night. He by some means liberated him
sell ol his letters except a part supposed to he remaining
on one ol his legs, forced the bars of the window ol his
cell which led into the prison yard, from which lie escaped
by scaling the walls; this he effected by placing some
scantling lying in the yard against the wall. Clough is
about 5 leet 10 inches in height, was dressed in a daik
green summer cloth coat, brown pantaloons, light vest,
ami pumps; officers were yesterday in search ol him in
this city. One Hundred Dollars rewaid is offered by the
SberifTol Burlington county, for his apprehension. Fri
day next was the day fixed tor his execution.— Baltimore
Cazette.
Clough Retakis.—Since the above was in type, we
have understood by a gentleman, direct horn Mount Hol
ly, that Clough was retaken last night, between 10 and If
o’clock, about two miles from the prison. He was found
in a lielil, with part of his shackles n/nuining on, and, on
being discovered, laid down and made no resistance._
Phil. Intriligeiicer.
_
LATEST FROM FKANl E.
The packet-hip Sully, at New York from Havre, brines
Paris papers to the 3d June.
Under date the 31»t May, the. correspondent of the Jour
nal du Havre writes as follows :
“It is not without cause that the governments of Gcr.
many and Italy fear a general explosion in their respec
tive coontiies. The administiatiotis there, instead ol ex
erting themselves to allay tire general ferment that exists,
and acting up to the opinions of the age, seek only, in a
system ol persecution, the means ol suppressing that revo
lution which is ready to break out. A traveller who has
just traversed all the countries bordering on the Rhine,
has given us some details on this subject, whic h show the
height public discontent has attained. The ideas of inde
pendence prevailing among the people, and even the
peasants, are inanilest in the election ol members of the
liberal party lor the legislative bodies now again called to
gethcr. I he parliamentary opposition expected by the
High Diet from this source is considered so dangerous
that deliberations have already been held at Frankfort lor
the purpose ol considering on the means of giving military
aid to Baden and Wurtemburg, in case those governments
should think it necessary to dissolve (he Chambers which
are now in session. In that case the Diet w ill issue a de
cree, not ordering, it is true, an unlimited suspension ol
the Constitutional Legislature ol (lie different German
states, hut giving each government the power to adjourn
that action of the national representatives now so much re
quired hy the interest ol those countries. This project, be
fore being presented at Frankfort, has been discussed at
Vienna and Berlin, and the High Diet will take it into
consideration on the return of M. Munch Bcllinghaiisrn.
" ^ situation ol the Indian peninsula appears more
precarious even than that ol Germany; for, judging by the
discontent which prevails in Savoy, a general explosion
will shortly take place. In that rountiy, no excuse hav
ing yet bren found for the introduction of Austrian troops,
King Albert has hitherto had to depend on his own re
sources alone, and he has managed, so to displease the ar
my. that a general mutiny has occurred in the Sardinian
regiments. In ronseqqcnce of this military conspiracy,
numerous arrests have heen made without any inter fer
enee on the part of the people; but the last letters Irotn
Chambery and Turin, announce that the inhabitants aie
in motion, and some citizens have been arrested by the
Sardinian police.— I he court of Turin, alarmed by the
turn things have taken, would love no objection to receive
some Austrian auxiliaries in the country ; but (he French
cabinet having received information that negotiations were
on foot lor this purpose, had strongly opposed it snd de
clared that fiance would semi into the Sardinian territo
ry as many troop, as they received therefrom Austria.”
We add all the items ol interest we find in the Faria
Journals.
FRANCE.
A very serious disturbance took place a few days ago
at Boves, near Amiens. On the morning of the 23d ult.
• rontiaerable mob tvsn formed with a tiatv fo oppose I lie
removal of Hie rector of Hint ttho had been de
nouneed to the Archbishop. The rector himself hail suc
ceeded in indtiring the crowd lo disperse, when a nation
al guard suddenly made his appearance in aims. He wa«
soon lol owed by some others. The mob wag again form
ed sml a struggle endued, which was neither long nor
bloody, hut the National Guards were compi lied to yield.
I owards the middle of the day, the Gend’arines, which
had been sent (or by the Mayor, arrived from Amiens; and
at about 8 in the evening live persons who had been ar
rested were sent off for Amiens with handcuffs. At the
sight of the irons, the indignation ol the populace io«e to
its highest pitch. The escort was assailed by a shower
of stones, the leader ol (he squsdioti was struck on the
head ami thrown from his hor«e, ami even some of the
prisoners were hurl. The Geml'armes were obliged to
yield lo numbers and abandon their charge. In me night,
Moves was surrounded by a detachment of the garrison of
Amiens, and at day break, 12 prisoners were secured with
out resistance.
ITALY.
A letter from Chambery, dated the 20th ult. says:—
“An order of the, day has been posted lip at all the milita
ry stations announcing the existence of a plot fora general
insurrection throughout Piedmont, and a republican con
spiracy of Avignon, Lyons, and Grenoble It is *|»o ru
tnorad, that th* Polish rcbneu who hivt emigrated l*U
BwllatrloiHl wcrt Co support Ibo commotion, oiul that
Chambery wii to bo (ho centre ol a revolutionary govern*
merit, which woa to art simultaneously on the'Sardinian
Stutea, France, aiul the French parts ol Switzerland. All
letters, journals and book* are intercepted on their en
trance into Sardinia. On Sunday last the troops attended
hum, with their knapsacks on their back*, and their inus
ke(» loaded. The corpa of Pompiers, established by the
late King of Sardinia, has been disarmed, in pursuance of
i “n or,u‘r *»oi»» King Charles Albert; sll the posts are
I doubled, and the police ia extremely active. A moveable
column haa been sent to the banks ol the Rhone and (ho
((titers, w here a great number of lugitives aie concealed
i w stcliing lor a Uvuiirstde moment to enter Franco. Every
.lay prisoners are brought in bound. During the last lew
day* it lias been repotted that an Austro Sardinian camp is
about to be formed on the plains ol Verccii, so that (ho
troops ol which it is composed may be in a position to
move either towards Mouut Cenis, the Maritime Alp*, or
the Simp Ion.”
The Piedmont Gazette announces that the differences
which had aii'en between the Government of Sardinia
I and the Regency ol Tunis, have heen brought to e con*
i elusion hy the energetic demonstrations of the ships sent
' by (lie King ol Sardinia. The Uey at length sent his
j cbiel Minister to announce his accession to the ultimatum,
| the conditions ol which are <”Thc Commandant of the
i Guard ol the Palace shall bo sent to-morrow , to the Con
sulate of bis Sardinian Majesty, and there declare IK the
j presence ol the Admiral aud officers of the Royal rquad
ioii, ol (he Consular body, and of lour merchants, repre
senting the nation ol Saidinia, that the Hey disapproves
entiruly of the conduct of the Governor ol Porto Furnia_
who is now confined by illness—in msking sn illegal visit
10 Sardinian vessels without the intervention ol the Con
sul; that the subaltern agents who maltresled Captain Fi
gjrllo shall be publicly and severely punished ; that the
Captain shall be amply compensated tor all loss and incon
venience he n ay have sustained either in his person or in
j "** merchandise ; that his ship shall be restored to him,
and finally, that on his sailing out of the port, he shall be
j saluted with 21 guns bom Fort Colletta.”
New York, July 2a.
RIGHT DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
Hy Hie new packet ship Virginia, which sailed liotn Li
verpool on the 9;h June, we have received our files ol
Liverpool papers to the 8th, and London papers, Shipping
Lists, fee., to the 7ili. Hy the packet ship Sully, which
left Havre on the 5th June, we have also received papers
to the latest date.
Cotton in Liverpool had risen Ihrce-eighthsof a penny,
and upwards ol forty-seven thousand bags bad been rolil dur
ing the week.
Tito sdi ices from Don Pedro at Oporto were less favo
rable. T he affairs ol Holland and Belgium excite but lit
tie attention. The peace between the Ottomans and the
Egyptian Government is confirmed.
‘ J h® proceedings in Parliament are highly interesting.
Tho Duke ol Wellington bail brought forward a motion lor
an address to the King, calling on his majesty to enforce a
a sliict neutrality in relation to Portugal, and charging
the ministers, ever since they had (then secure in their
places, of pursuing a course most injurious to the country.
Alter a long debate the motion was carried.
Contents, gg
Non-Conte nts, gg
Majority against the Ministers, 20
The reply of the King to the address of the Lords was
presented to the King hy the Marquis ol Wellesley, Lord
i ol His Majesty’s household, who reported to the
Lords as follows:—
■‘1 have presented lo His Majesty the address agreed
.by y°ur lordships on Monday list, and to that address
Mis Majesty has been pleased to return this gracious an*
“I had already taken all such measures as appeared lo
mo to he necessary lor maintaining the neutrality which
I have determined to observe in the contest now carrying
on in Portugal.” ' •
I he two legislative bodies are thus again at varianco,
and the Ministerial papers threaten, that if the Lords con
tinue to oppose the measures of Ministers, they will resort
to a large creation ol new Peers. Whether the King
Iik questioned; |>nrlicnIhi I v, if ilie aversion lie evinced to it,
in the cane of the Reform Bill, he considered.
The discussion in the Lords gave rise to a most interest*
ing dehate in the House ol Commons A motion was im
mediately brought forward by Col. Davis, that an address
should be presented to His Majesty, expressive of the
qualified acknowledgments of the House, lor the conduct
pursued by his Majesty’s ministers with respect to the af
fairs of that country. A debate followed ol great length,
and of the most interesting character. Lord Palmerston
declared that while Ministers held their seats, they would
not depart from the course hitherto pursued.
On the night of the 6th, alter a most fiery debate, in
which both sides spoke several hours, the motion was car
ried, viz:—
For the motion, 361
Agaiust it, 93
Majority for Ministers 263
The London Journals were filled with comments on
the subject.
The discussion on the Slave question came up In the
House ol Commons on the 3d. Mr. (PConnell opened the
debate, mid spoke at grent length in favor ol immediate
emancipation. Loid Sandon followed, and for the purpose
ol haruiQiiising was also in lavor ol immediate emancipa
tion; but oliered an amendment, increasing the grant to
the Proprietors of Slaves to twenty millions, and a loan of
10 millions. The Chancellor thought the sum too large.
Alter mnoli discussion, Mr. Stanley said, he congratula
ted the country and the world that the fiat had gone forth;
that tfie abolition ol slavery was inevitable; arid that the
matter was now reduced to the matter of compensation.
The fust revolution was then put and carried; and as Lord
Sandon did not press his motion, the Committee tose and
ha I leave to sit again.
Duiing this discussion. Lord Sandon said, that the Vftil
India body would not oppose the (lovernment plan, provid
ed they had compensation to the amount of twenty millions
of pounds sterling, with a loan ol len millions lo be se
cured upon (heir propel ty. The plan ol the ministry for
the extinction ol slavery was supported and opposed by
vsi ions speakers. Sir Robot I Peel warned the House
against legi-l iting hastily on a subject of such immense im
portance. The discussion terminated in the unanimous
adoption ol Mr. Stanley’s fust resolution, “That it is the
opinion of this Committee, that immediate and «ffcrlual
measures be taken lor (lie entire abolition of slavery
throughout (lie Colonies, under such provisions for regu
laiing the condition ol the negroes as may combine their
welfare with (lie interests of the propiietors.” Sir Robert
Peel made an ineffectual attempt to have the word " im
mediate” omitted, and to substitute “ultimate” for “en
tire.” I lie papers opposed lo emancipation contend that
nothing has been gained by the adoption ol Ibis resolution
—that it is nothing more than the expression of the opinion
that slavery ought to be abolished; that it says nothing
about the how or when; that it does not say immediate
obolition shall take plaro, bat that immediate nieasuret
shall he taken lo secure abolition, al some lime or other.
There can he no doubt, it will pass the Commons, and
pet haps in a still more injurious form lo the interest of
tli» planters, than that originally pioposed by Ministers.
I'» late in the house of Lords, is lar more doubtful, as (he
Duke of IVellini'ton ami Ids mtiv u ill it
1 he fund* had ri«en and money wan plenty in London.
Another important measure, that in relation to Hi. re
; n*w«l Hi" charter ot tin- Bank of Endian.t, has been dll
! posed of.— (The Charter is extruded to 20 year.*, with the
privilege on the part of the Government to atop it at the
end of 10.)
IRELAND.
The country people at Mageesh*,'having resisted the
( serving of lithe notices, were summoned together hy fire»
on the hills, when an engagement took place between
I them and llio troops, and a soldier was killed hy an acci
I dental shot of one of the police. The troops were with
drawn, amid the shouts and defiance of Ihr people, and it
is added, “the whole country is tip and the utmost alarm
prevail ; large re inforcement* ol troops have been sent off
from Cork, nndovery precaution which such a lamentable
and no lets alarming state of things suggested Ins been
adopted. A London paper in giving an account of the af
fair says:—
“ Fiie people hat e at length been goaded into a .‘ate of
'esiful exasperation and determined resi-tance. Blood
has he. n split and lives lost. Cod only knows v. heie ih®
matter w ill terminate.”
FRANCE.
The Cliamlier of Deputies has male consideralde pro
gress with the Budget, and proroga'ion is spoken of. We
expected lo see that the nppropria'I ti tor the indemnity to
tie paid this conn'ry had been brought before them, but a*
yet have been disappointed.
London, June 7.— I he P-ri* journals of Wednesday
have been irreived this morning. A -erious dispute aros®
near the Milita<y School, Paris, on Vonday between
some art Hery soldier* arid carbineers cn the one side, and
of he 33 h regiment on the o'her. The riot originated,
it was reported, in some allusions lo the conduct ol th®
35th regiment, when engaged In suppressing the riot at
Grenoble, in the spring of 1831.
ITALY.
A n insurrection has broken out in Italy, having for Its
object a republican government. At vignon, Grenoble,
and Lynns were the cities most excited. The centre of
operations was to lie Chamber/, and tlie revolutionists wer®
j to he assisted hy the refugee Pole*. The whole were to
I act simultaneously on the Sardinian States, France, and
the French parts ot Switzerland.
BELGIUM AND HOLLAND.
The elections in Belgium have terminated in favor of
the Catholic party.
TURKEY.
A telegraphic despatch from Toulon has announced that,
on the 9ih of May, tire Viceroy of Egypt sent orders to
Ibrahim Pacha lo retire immediately, with all bis »rmy
| behind the T aurus