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THE GAZETTE:1
By EDGAR SNOWDEN.
Terms.
Daily paper - - - - $8 per annum.
Country paper 5 per annum..
The ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE for the coun
try is printed on Tuesday, Thursday, and
Saturday. . !
All advertisements appear in both papers, ana
are inserted at the usual rates. _
APPOINTMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT,
By and with the adoice and consent of the Se
nate.
Edward Livingston to be Envoy Extraordina
ry and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of
His Majesty the King of the French.
Thomas Pennant Barton to be Secretary of
the Legation of the United State at Paris.
Arthur Middleton, to be Secretary of the
Legation of the United States at Madrid, in the i
place of Charles S. Walsh, removed.
Joseph S. Cabot to be Commissioner under
the law to carry into effect the Convention be
tween the United States and his Majesty the
King of the Two Sicilies, concluded on the 14th
of October 1832, in the place of Peter V. Daniel, i
resigned.
Romulus M. Saunders to be Commissioner
under the law to carry into effect the Con- i
vention between the United States and His
Majesty the King of the French, concluded on
the 4th of July, 1831, in the place of Thomas H. ■
Williams, resigned.
John J. W. Overton to be Clerk to the Com
mission under the law to carry into effect the
Convention aforesaid, between the United States
and His Majesty the King of the Two Sicilies,
in the place of George Breathitt, deceased.
James Collins worth to be Attorney of the
United States for the Western District of Ten
nessee. Re-appointed.
John Patterson to be Marshal of the United
RtatPs: for the District of Ohio. Rp-appointed.
Correspondence oj the Philadelphia Gazette.
Harrisburg, March 1st.
Dear Sir—The able report of the committee
of Ways and Means, (and an able document it
really is) was presented this morning, by the
chairman, Mr. Keating, its author. Its reading
occupied one hour and a half. The principal
topics are, the cause of the present distress,
which is, after the exhibition of a great many
facts, and a review of the financial operations
of the country, its trade, business, specie, stocks,
&c. for a series ot years past, attributed to the
removal of the deposites and the unrelenting
hostility of the President to the Bank of the
United States.
The report next discusses the expediency of
the Legislature of Pennsylvania, granting the
Bank a charter—and after suggesting many
considerations in favor of it, and some objec
tions to it, on the ground that it would not con
fer all the advantages to be desired by a Bank,
to regulate the currency of the country—con
cludes by saying, that at present no action is ad
visable, especially as the Bank has not itself yet
made application, though it is a matter deserv
ing to be held under serious consideration, and
that both Pennsylvania and the Bank as an al
ternative, may hereafter deem such a course ad
visable.
The report lastly notices the recommendation
of the Governor to call on the State Banks for
the five per cent, they are obligated to loan the
commonwealth. It shews the inexpediency of
such a step at this time—the manner it would
effect the Banks, and more particularly their
customers, the trading community generally.—
The committee say, however, they report a bill
agreeable to the Governor’s suggestion, the bet
ter to test the seilse of the House.
The report gives a gloomy account of the si
tuation of the commonwealth, but the commit
tee express their willingness to report a bill rais
ing money by taxes—the only alternative left
since the loans in market are not taken. The
credit of the commonwealth they say must be
sustained at all hazard.
The report in discussing the deposite question
speaks out pretty plain, and the movements that
followed shewed that the friends of Jackson re
lished it very little.
Mr. Morris moved to print the usual number
(150 copies.) Mr. Donnel moved to postpone
the question for the present—he regarded the
document as a very dangerous one. Mr. Ber
tel seconded Mr. D.’s motion and agreed with
him—besides the House was not full, he wished
time to be given for the other members to be
present. After an animated discussion by j
Messrs. McCreary, Stevens, Wallace, and La-1
.cock, Mr. Donnel withdrew his motion.
Mr. Dunlop then moved to amend, by printing j
3000 in English, and 1000 in German. Mr. D.
addressed the House at some length, denounc
ing the administration in warm terms. Mr.
Thompson justified the President, and condemn- ;
ed the course of the Bank. Messrs. Holcomb ,
and Dunlop rose to reply, the former gave way
and Mr. D. spoke very much at length and very
eloquently in defending the Bank. On calling
uie ayes turn nays mey sioou ayes fii, nays **o.
Mr. Stevens then moved to print 2000 in En
glish, and 900 in German, and was addressing
the House when it adjourned. ,
To the Majority of the Legislature.—We re
commend to your attention, the suggestions of
“ a Whig,” a voice from one who was active on
the right side in ’98.
The minor.ty of the Legislature who have sus
tained the Administration in its recent desper
ate courses, are alleged to be preparing an ad
dress to the people of the Commonwealth, justi
fying themselves and it. Is it not imcumbent on
the majority to follow the example?
The resolutions on federal measures were put
forth without, as at another great epoch, a Re
port and argument to sustain them.
It is not too lute to do this. The supporters of
power are active, and are resolved upon a vio
lent struggle at the polls, in April. W ill the sup
porters of the laws, the constitution and its prin
ciples, as they believe themselves to be in the
great existing controversy, be less active, less
solicitous to justify themselves to the People,
less resolved to conquer at the polls, by ail fair
and honorable means?—Rich. Whig.
The Fire of Adversity!—It was related of the
celebrated phrenologist, Dr.Spurzheim,who died
in Boston a few months since, that in selecting a
laci v fur his wife he made choice of one who had
seen much trouble and had passed through un
common scenes of calamity. His theory was
that great mental suffering was necessary in the
formation of the human character, to develope
the highest and purest qualities of the soul.
We need not say how well this corresponds
with that sacred declaration—“ E very soil whom
he loveth, therefore, he chastened*.”
From the New York Gazette.
The arrival of the packet ship North America,'
Capt. Macy from Liverpool, puts us in possession
of our English files of papers, which enables us
to add a few items not before received, together
with back ship news.
In our last London paper, we find news from
Constantinople to the 19th of December. It is
stated, that the American frigate United States
sailed from Constantinople on the 23d Novem
ber, for Smyrna and Mahon. Previous to her
departure Commodore Patterson, accompanied
by his Flag-Captain and the American Charge
d’A(fairs, were admitted to an interview with
the Sultan, on which occasion his highness was
very gracious, but neither party had anything
particular to say. The next day a large party
of Americans, ladies included, were permitted
to go over the splendid new Palace at Stavros,
on the Bosphorus, where an infinity of musical
clocks were set to play for their amusement.—
Republicans, it is added, have their privileges
even with despots, and the very»sailors who
manned the various boats of the frigate entered
with the crowd into the Palace, to examine and
admire as freely as the best of them.
It is stated in an article from Smyrna, of Nov.
21 there were then in that Bay, the Austrian,
British, French and American squadrons. In
addition to the United States and Constellation
frigate, the Delaware.
Lord Grenville, who acted such a conspicuous
part in the Pitt administration during the French
Revolution, died in England on the 12th of Jan.
in his 75th year. *
They talk in England of fonndinga commer
cial society, in which the Cotton Manufacturers,
the Bank and the Government will take part.
Our letters of the 16th state that the Kensing
ton is in the same position. 733 bags have been
discharged into flats: the vessel is scuttled, cot
ton wet and much damaged.
Some of the London papers express the ut
most astonishment that the President of the U.
States should, by his hostility to the Bank, reduce
the country to so much distress as is observable
in the-American journals. (And well they may.)
The King of England was to open Parlia
ment, Feb. 4, and remain in London 4 days.
From Noah's New York Star.
The untimely and melancholy death of 0. 0.
Cohen, the chemist, produced a great sensa
tion generally, but more particularly among
those who knew him; and we are gratified to
learn that the liberality of his friends will enable
his widow and children to return with comfort
to their home and family.
Mr. Cohen, though quite a young man, was
an excellent practical chemist and his readings
generally were varied, scientific, and full of in
terest; but in matters of religion, he took a sin
gular and extraordinary turn, and from being
well educated in the Jewish faith, he became an
atheist; and we think we can safely say, almost
the only one of that persuasion who, in any
change of religion, utterly abandoned and sur
rendered all belie! in a first great cause. Mr.
Cohen joined the society of Free Enquirers, and
preached atheistical doctrines, and was a cor
respondent and contributor to their paper; and
we now notice this fact, to relate a singular cir
cumstance connected with his writings and
death.
It is known that the Rev. Abner Kneeland,
was recently tried and convicted, in Boston, of
atheism, and before sentence he published a kind
of explanation of his creed, which, in a great
measure, softened, if it did not entirely do away,
with the belief that he was an atheist. This re
cantation gave great offence to the Free Enqui
rers generally, but particularly to Mr. Cohen,
who assailed him for so doing in the columns of
the Free Enquirer, published in this city. The
words of Mr. Kneeland were—
“ Hence I am not an atheist, but a pantheist;
that is, ihstead of believing there is no God, I
believe, in the abstract, that all is God, and that
all power that is, is God, and that there is no
power except that which proceeds from God.”
In an article, which he signs with his name,
Mr. Cohen assails such “jargon,” as he called
it, and makes this emphatic remark:
“ For my own part. I should say, I can attach
no idea to the word God, and cannot, consequent
ly, believe in him.”
This was printed on Saturday, February 16,
although the paper issues on Sunday and on Sa
turday, on the very day that such an avowal
was made, under the deliberate sanction of his
name, he was blown to pieces in his laboratory,
while making fulminating powder. His head,
we learn, by an understanding among the Free
Enquirers, was given to the society for phreno
logical studies; his arm, which was blown otF,
has not since, as we are told, been found. Thus,
his body has gone one way, his head another,
and his limb another—scattered, we may say,
to the winds. Now, philosophers may smile,
free-thinkers may laugh, and atheists may ridi
cule the idea of divine interposition or divine
vengeance—all have a right to make their com
ment. We only state the fact, and, say what
they may, it is a singular coincidence of pro
fession and catastrophe. We never have ap
plied the word infidel to an Atheist;—he who
Hops nnt hpliprp rm mattpr in what mips nf
faith, is an infidel. We are all infidels in some
things, but an Atheist believes in nothing. Our
laws, even in this free country, punish certain
offences against religion, such as blasphemy,
profanity, indecent railings—they punish, be
causethese are offences against society—against
public feeling; they are contra bonos mores: but
we assume the fact that no law should punish
a man for being an Atheist, because no human
tribunal should assume the power of punish
ment on a point which belongs to God himself.
Besides, ff there is danger from infidelity—from
open revilings of religion—there is non<* from
Atheism; for converts are seldom made to doc
trines against which all Nature cries aloud.
We intend ilo reflection on free inquirers by
; these observations. We know many of them
| personally, and know them as worthy men,
whom we would trust, who have good feelings,
and moral principles; and while we look with
surprize and regret at their infatuation on this
point we would not abridge a single right which
they possess, as citizens, to believe in what
they please, so that society and good go
vernment are not thereby injured. Poor Co
hen was a Jew, a well-educated Jew—of all na
tions on earth the last to renounce their God—
his chosenjfa vored people—he who brought them
out of the land of Egypt—from captivity and
bondage—who was their cloud by day, andjtheir
pillar of fire by night—who gave into their'safe
keeping the great moral law which now governs
every civilized nation—he who even now keeps
them together as a distinct and separate nation
for great objects hereafter. To disclaim and
renounce and deny that God is a most rare and
extraordinary instance indeed! To so live
without faith, and die without hope!—to openly
deny the existence of God, and in the same mo
ment, as it were, be hurried into his presence!
If men cannot believe, will not believe, let
them be silent, and not proclaim to the world
their heresy with the view of making converts.
Virgina.—Public meetings have been held in
various parts of the State, and the following *
counties have sustained the course of the ad
minstration: Albermarle, Louisa, Lancaster,
and Madison. Those towns and counties which
have condemned the conduct of the Adminis
tration in the most decided and indignant lan
guage, are: the city of Richmond, Norfolk Bo
rough, Petersburg, Lynchburg, Suffolk, Danvil
le, the counties of Spottsylvania, King and
Queen, Fluvanna, Orange, Nelson, Kanawha,
Hampshire, Westmoreland, Fauquier, Augusta,
Amherst, Bedford, Jefferson, Charles City, Ca
roline, Loudoun, Monroe, Richmond, Wythe,
Gloucester, Culpeper, Henry, Ohio King George,
Franklin, and Henrico.
Let it not be said, that these counties have al
: ways been opposed to the administration a i
i majority of them to wit: Spottsylvania, King j
and Queen, Orange, Nelson, Kanawha, Hamp-1
i shire, Westmoreland, Fauqier, Amherst, Charles
City. Bedford, Caroline, Wythe, Gloucester,
; Culpeper, Henry, Franklin, Henrico, and Flu
1 vanna, gave majorities to Jackson in the Piesi-,
dentiai election, and except in one or two instan-;
ces, very heavy majorities. In the last named
county, Jackson got every vote but cne.
Norfolk Ihrald.
In the course of a debate in the Senate, a few j
days ago, Mr. Forsyth took occasion to say that
Elihu Chauncey, Esq., the.Chairman of the
Philadelphia Committee who lately made a re-1
port of their interview with the President, was j
one of the most bitter and. cantankerous politi
cians that ever existed. The epithet was mis
understood by Mr. Clayton, who called Mr.
Forsyth to account for terming Mr. Chauncey a
cankered or rancorous politician. Mr. Forsyth
replied that the gentleman had grossly misrep
resented him: that cankered was a very strong
phrase, and he had not employed it. The ex
pression which lie had employed was that
made use of by Tony Lumpkin to his sweetheart
i —he had said that Mr. Chauncey was a cantan
! kemus politician. He had known Mr. Cliaun
; ccy for many years, and knew that no man w$s
j more amiable in private life. Nevertheless, lie
was a cantankerous politician.
It seems, therefore, that cantankerous is a
word which a man may apply to Ins sweet
heart” or to an old and amiable friend without
intending any offence.— Bali. Gaz.
Some da)rs ago, we requested our friends of
! the National Intelligencer to furnish us with a
■rough estimate of the amount of notes of the
j Corporation of Washington now in circulation,
j or ofthe amount annually issued, and the pro
: portion which the Corporation could redeem in
specie or the notes ofspecie paying banks. Pro -
bably they are not at leisure, now, to give us an
answer.
Upon examining the report of the Secretary
of the Treasury to Congress, exhibiting the con
dition of the Banks of the District of Columbia
at the close ofthe year 1S33. we find that they
are tolerably well provided with a specie basis.
Exclusive of the Bank ofthe Metropolis in Wash
ington, which is now a Depository of the Gov
ernment funds, the w hole circulation of the Dis
trict Banks amounted to $948,105, and the spe
cie in their vaults to $212,552, or more than a
fifth of their circulation. The circulation ofthe
Bank of the Metropolis was $100 283, and its
specie $209,524 90, or nearly $50,000 more in
specie than in circulation. The Government
Deposites, however, amounted to $370,687.
The Bank of Alexandria had Government De
posites to the amount of$21.570, notes in circu
lation, to the amount of $78,742, and $13,278 in
specie.—Balt. Gaz.
Gardner Furnis, of Lancaster county, whom
the Globe styles a “ wealthy Republican Qua
ker of Pennsylvania,” is now at Washington,
and has turned in to assist the culinary de
partment in cooking lip articles for the Globe.
That paper of this morning contains dish the
first, of this “Republican Quaker.” It seems a
little strange that a Republican Quaker—a far
mer by his own account—should leave his farm
ing affairs in Lancaster county, and go all the
way to Washington, with a view of enlighten
ing the people and government, on the Bank
question, through the columns of the Kitchen
Cabinet official. But so it is. What other ob
ject this Republican Quaker may have, in tar
rying at Washington, we suppose time will
show. lie is not seeking office or reward, of
course. That would be too anti-“ Republican.”
Balt. Put.
The nickname of the Rip Van Winkle State
has lately been given to North Carolina, on ac
count of its slow progress in improvement, and
the alleged sluggishness and want of enterprise
of its population.
It will soon be found out, we are afraid, that
there is another Rip Van Winkle in the confede
racy. In fact, if the ratio ofthe increase of po
pulation is in any degree a criterion ofthe ad
vance in wealth and prosperity, Maryland is
even more sluggish than North Carolina. The
increase in the latter State from 1820 to 1830
was 15 per cent.: in Maryland, for (he same pe
riod, it was only 7 per cent; less than half of the
rate in North Carolina. The rate ofincrease in
population has been greater in every State in the
Union than in Maryland, with the exception of
Connecticut and Delaware—and yet there is no
state which surpasses it in geographical position
and configuration. Its soil and climate are cer
tainly not to be complained of. it abounds in wa
ter power, and is rich in mines of coal and iron.
Yet the rate of increase has been greater even
in Vermont, an inland State, with a rugged sto
ny soil and a climate almost Siberian.
Balt. Gaz.
Awful Effect of Intemperance.—On Saturday
night a female named Margaret Maguire was
taken to the Western Watch House, at the re
quest of her husband, in a state of intoxication;
the evening being cold, the lieutenant of the
watch had a fire made for her comfort. After
he retired, she attempted to make her escape
through the stove pipe hole, which was cut
through a board partition, the stove being fixed
j so as to build a fire from the entry. She succeed
, ed in getting her body through, but could not
get her arms and head to pass, and the fire be
ing directly under her, she was suffocated, as
is supposed, in a few minutes. When found her
hands and face were severely burnt.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
I Hannah More.—The celibacy of this excellent
lady, which gave her so much time to bend the
; powers of humanity, has been a subject of sur
| prise. A writer in a recent Scottish periodical
relates as authentic the following circumstances:
She was early engaged to be married to a gen
tleman of family and fortune. The wedding
day was fixed. The bride and her party moved
off gaily to the church, where the ceremony
was to be performed, and the groom was to
make his appearance. The lady was first upon
the ground. Her lover was not there. “ The
laggard comes late,” thougnt the attendants.
! They miscalculated. He never came at ali. A
horseman rode up to the church door, and hand
ed Miss More a letter, written by her faithless
swain, declaring, with many apologies he could
not “ take the responsibility” of making her
his bride. At the same time, he offered her any
pecuniary remuneration in his power! Whe
ther the lady fainted or only pouted, is not men
tioned; but the male relatives followed the bu
siness up with such promptness and spirit, that
the “ dastard in love” made a settlement upon
the slighted lady of £400 sterling a year, for
life.—Albany Adv.
Every body knows that “money is scarce,”
that is, every body who is any body—and those
who do not know it, are in a fair way to learn,
if the pressure continues. We were much amu
sed last Saturday at the ready wit of a poor
devil, who had his thousands to meet on the
Monday following. He was loitering along the
walk in a brown study, his profile making a
right angle with his body, and his eyes any
where but where they would be of service to him.
As such a method of carrying one’s self in the
street is not the surest guaranty against collision
with passengers, our hero made not a few unin
tentional assaults upon the persons of those who,
unaware of his reverie, imagined him capable
of keeping clear of them. At length he encoun
tered a customer who could not brook assault,
and was roused with the following threat—
“ Look’ee, ship mate, just steer clear of me, or
I’ll knock you into the middle of next week!”—
“ Will you?—do it, friend, and I’ll be much
obliged, for dam’me if I know.how 1 can get
over Monday, without some lift of the kind.”
Boston Galaxy.
Novel method of defeating an act of Parlia
ment.—Last week, at Q,ueen’s square Police of
fice, the drivers of two Hammersmith omnibus
es were fined 40s., or one months imprisonment,
for obstructing the carriageway by stopping in
the road. It appears that by the act of Parlia
ment any constable or peace officer has the
power to take into custody the driverof any pub
lic vehicle who refuses to remove while obstruct
ing the high road, without taking the trouble of
siimmnninfr them. The drivers in the above
mentioned cases were taken off their boxes and
conveyed to the station house and convicted
the next morning. On Saturday evening an
omnibus was obstructing the road at Knights
bridge, and the driver refused to move on wiien
desired by the constable, who was about to take
him to the station house, when he found that
the driver was chained on the box, and fasten
tened by a huge padlock. The attempt to re
move him was useless. Several other omni
busses came along at the same time, stopped as
long as they pleased, and the drivers, who were
all fastened to their boxes, shook their chans at
the police, and defied them to take them into
enstodv—London Paper.
DBA WS THIS DA Y
Literature Lottery of the State of Delaware,
Class No. 10 for 1834,
To be drawn at Wilmington, Thursday, Mar 6
CAPITAL PRIZE $10,000.
Tickets $4 00; halves2 00; quarters 1 00
Virginia State Lottery,
For Bit belief l of the Dismal Swamp Canal Co.
Class No. 5 for 1834,
To be drawn at Alexandria, Va. on Saturday,
March 8
SPLENDID SCHEME:
1 prize of $20,000 1 prize of $5,000
1 do of 10,000 1 prize of 3,000
100 prizes of $1,000! &c. &c.
Tickets 10; halves 5 00; qurs. 2 50,-eighths 1 25
On sale in great variety by
J AS. KIOKDAX.
H3* Uncurrent Notes and Foreign Gold pur
chased.
DBA WS THIS DAY
Literature Lottery of the State of Delaware,
Class No. 10 for 1834,
To be drawn at Wilmington, Thursday, Mar 6
HIGHEST PRIZE $10,000.
Tickets $4 00; halves 2 00; quarters 1 00
DBA WS ON SA TURD A Y
Virginia State Lottery,
For the benefit oj the Dismal Swamp Canal Co.
Class No. 5 for 1834.
To he drawn at Catts’ Tavern, West End, on
Saturday, March 8
SPLENDID CAPITALS:
1 prize of $20,000 1 prize of $5,000
1 do of 10.000 1 prize of 3,000
100 Capital Prizes of $1,000! &c. &c.
Ticket' $10; halves 5 00; qrs. 2 50; eighths 1 25
To be had in a variety of numbers of
J. €OKSE,
Lottery <£ Exchange Broker. Alexandria.
DBA WS THIS 1)A Y
Literature Lottery of the State of Delaware,
Class No. 10 for 1834,
Will hr» drawn in Wi I min
- -- - - * uuiouuvi
March 6
HIGHEST PRIZE $10,000.
Tickets $4 00; halves 2 00; quarters 1 00
Virginia State Lottery,
For the benefit of the Dismal Sicamp Canal Co.
Class No. 5 for 1834,
Will be drawn at Catts’ Tavern, West End, on
Saturday, March 8
scheme:
1 prize of $20,000 1 prize of $5,000
1 do of 10.000 l do of 3.000
100 Capital Prizes of $].000! &c
Tickets 10; halves 5 00; qrs. 2 50; eighths 1 25
To be had in a variety of numbers at
J. W. VIOLETT A
Lucky Lottery Office,
Upper end King Sreet, near the Diagonal Pump.
ECj* Orders from the country, enclosing the
cash or prize tickets, promptly attended to.
Virginia Real Estate Brokerage arid Ge
neral Agency Office,
Fourteenth street, (a few doors from Main street,) near
Byrd’s Warehouse, RICHMOND, Va.
\N Office under the above title has been recently
established, and is now open, in Richmond, Va ,
in connection with the Emigrant Agency Office, New
York, for the purpose of making purchases, effecting
sales and leases of and loans on Real Estate and other
property * also attending to a General Brokerage and
Agency Business Also connected with an established :
Agency Office in the City of New Orleans, La., for mak- j
ing purchases and effecting sales of NEGROES (male
and female ) Therefore, owners who have Slaves cal
culated for a Southern market, comprising stout, heal
thy, and active Mechanics, Field Hands, General La
borers, House Servants, and Family Domestics, from
10 to 25 years of age, can, through the medium of this
Office, find 9peedy ca-h 9ales.
N B. All personal or written applications will meet
with due attention
P S No letters or communications taken from the
Post Office unless post paid.
JAMES McFALL St Co.
dec 10 3xn Richmond} Va. 1
ALEXANDRIA**
THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH
REPORT OF THE COMMITTeFoT"
WAYS AND MEANS.
In the House of Representatives, on Tuesd
Mr. Polk presented, from the Committee y
Ways and Means, a report and resolution
founded upon the letter of the Secretary 0f
Treasury in relation to the deposites, and !
sundry memorials referred to them. He sa:d he
was instructed by the committee to move th'7
the further consideration of the report should 7
postponed until Wednesday in the next week
and in the mean time, that the report and ac
companying documents be printed.
The report is a very long one, and conclude
with the following resolutions:
1. Resolved, That the Bank of the i> ,
States ought not to be rechartered.
2. Resolved, That the public deposites o- f,
not to be restored to the Bank of the* LV?
States.
3. Resolved, That the State Banks onm
be continued as the places of deposite re -
public money, and that it is expedient for ° ,
gress to make further provision by Jaw * 77 V
bing the mode of selection, the securities to^
taken, and the manner and terms on whiHi!
are to be employed. «'»ch they
4. Resolved, That, for the purpose of a ^
taining, as far as practicable, the cause of 7
commercial embarrassment and dUtre^ c ;
plained of by numerous citizens of the U 7
States, in sundry memorials which have ' ,.7
presented to Congress at the present sessioo-7
of inquiring whether the charter of the Bar k 7
the United States has been violated, and7 7
what corruptions and abuses have existed 7 7
management; whether it has used its coi j,r,, a7
power, or money, to control the press, to 777
fere in politics, or influence elections; and u-7
ther it has h;id nnv n^ptin- ftimtirrh .. . .
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merit, or money, in producing the existing pie
sure—a Select Committee be appointed to in
spect the books, and examine into the proce/]
ings of the said Bank; who shall report wfeii ei
the provisions of the charter have been violate
or not; and also what abuses or malpractice;
have existed in the management of said E ini
and that the said committee be authorized t
send for persons and papers, and to suinmo..
and examine witnesses on oath, and to examm
into the affairs of the said bank and branches,
and that they are further authorized to visit i c
principal Bank, or any of its branches, for the
purpose inspecting the hooks, correspondence,
accounts, and other papers connected with its
management or business; and that the said
committee be required to report the result oi
such investigation, together with the evidence
they may take, at as early a day as practicable.
15,000 copies of the Report were ordered to
be printed, and Mr. Binxey immediately pre
sented a counter report from the minority of:/
Committee.
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W m. C. Rives is spoken of as a candidate f\
the next General Assembly of Virginia fir..
Albemarle, and Chapman Johnson from Ric
mond. _ _
We learn, says the Fredericksburg Aren
that three of the Virginia Delegation have r
plied to the communication of Gov. Floyd, co
vering the resolutions of the Legislature. T
letters will probably be transmitted to bo:
Houses. The same paper informs us that die
minority of the Legislature are about to puLi>h
a manifesto, in regard to their course about the
Deposites. The majority held a meeting, o;
Saturday evening last, to prepare a counter a:
dress to the people.
From the Legislature of Massachusetts, w
learn that the Resolves, fourteen in number, re
spectingthe Public Deposites, the Currency, anc
the Powers exercised or claimed by the Pres:
dent of the United States, which passed the he
nate of that State with only one dissenting vote
passed the House of Representatives, on Frida}
last, by a vote of 307 to 125. The following re
solution, from among the number, bears n os'
directly on the questions now under discuss;oi
in Congress and in the nation:
“ Krsolvedj That the Senators of this Cor.
mon wealth in Congress be instructed, and t.b
Representatives requested, to use their influence
for the purpose of procuring the restoration o:
the deposites of public money to the Bank
the United States, and of continuing to the P?"
pie the advantages resulting from a Nati« ‘ ri
Rant hir ronmi.al r\f thp nre.se:
— • -7 J * vnvy M Ui VI u I v vi:ui IV* v» ••• - I
one, or in some other way.”
The Tobacco Factory of Messrs. W. F. & H
Bowe, in Petersburg, was destroyed one rag
during the past week. The building was
brick, covered with tile, and detached nv
others: no doubt exists of its being the work oi
an incendiary. The loss was a total one, ex
cepting the presses and iron found among * ’
ruins. The stock and fixtures were insured b\
the yEtna Insurance Company in Richmond
A man named Minors Cannon, formerly <l
sistant engineer of the steamboats Poeako
and Potomac, was found dead, in Little
street, Norfolk, on Friday morning last. T. ■ • ■
was a severe wound on the body of the decp>1
ed, inflicted by some sharp instrument; and t.■■
testimony before the jury of inquest was sue.-,
as to warrant the commitment of two im’ivi *1
als, Win. Taylor and Abraham Houseman,
the supposed perpetrators of the act.
The Pittsburg Advocate states that Oenero*
Houston, formerly Governor of Tennessee an
now a citizen of Texas, passed through dn«t
city a day or two ago, on his way to Washing
ton. __
Mr. Senator Southard is in Trenton, on an •
ness. The citizens have invited him to a f11
lie dinner, which he declines.
The Montreal Gazette complains of the
Office Department of the United States, ^
negligence with regard to the original dipPa
from the British Government to Captain a £
which it undertook to forward from New 0