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THE STEALING PROPENSITY.
• AcauUitiveness’ is the name given by the
Phrenologists, not to the propensity to steal,
which if we understand them, they do not be
lieve to be in any case constitutional-but to the
propensity to acquirer accumulate, for the mere
sake of acquisition or accumulation, and not
for the sake of any benefit beyond. This they
suppose to be one.of the innate human faculties
existing, in various degrees, and different sta
ges of development, in every man s mind. * “f
focultv in itself is considered not only innocent,
bit indt^nsable. As George Combe says, in
his system of Phrenology, “ it: prompt* the
bandinan, the artist, the manufacturer, the me -
chant to activity in their several vocations; and
fnstead of being necessarily the parent only of
• miserable and degraded appetite, it is one of
^u?ces when properly directed, of the com
Its regular ac.ivI
£d*,‘" gui.be. civiliied man Iro.n the savage.
7heir regular, ur merely instmct.ve and reck
less use of it—that is, the abuse or neglect of it
—is quite another thing—and upon that we pur
oose now to offer some comment, suggested as
our readers well perceive, by a transaction of a
remarkable character, which has recently tak
en place in a Southern city. . .
Aladv in highly respectable standing, has it
«ms,b^n convicted,or is likely to be,of stealing
from the dwelling of a female acquaintance,
probably of the same respectability as to repu
tation with herself—the offender having been
heretofore esteemed, by aU who knew her as
an exemplary character. How can such an af
fair be explained? Does it imply a radically
and universally depraved mind? or does it indi
eate insanity, and would a plea of insanity be
“c' ved by any Court of Justice, or ought ,t to
^ as a sufficient answer to the accusation of
th^ft—supposing either that there is not, and
that there can or cannot he'proved, an apparent
propensity and an actual habit, in the indi
vidual. under the same circumstances, to do the
thing? Or if it be not legal insanily, is it mor
al? * And what allowance in reason ought cha
rity to make lor such a habit? These are que
ries of some interest, if not of some importance;
, and perhaps there is no better way of throwing
light over the subject to which they relate, .ban
by furnishing other well authenticated facts of
-a similar description, attended in some cases
with circumstances which may answer in some
sort the purpose of an explanation. #
A gentleman, rather advanced in life, ot hign
respectable character and good family, was
2, the custom of frequenting a grocery in the
neighborhood of his dwelling noose—being a
maa of large property—sometimes for commer
cial and sometimes ostensibly for social purpo
ses.’ The trader, after some time, accidentally
discovered that his oranges in a certain re
tired portion of his shop, were disappearing be
yond his means of accounting for. I his put him
at length on the alert, and the result was, that
his wealthy and respectable customer, whom the
breath of slander never had assailed, proved to be
the author of the loss; he was in the habit, as it
turned out. of regularly taking a certain nun*'
her of them every day, unless accidentally pre
sented; and on the last day o the week, double
the usual number, (with the view of a supply for
the Sabbath.) The owner deeply shocked, but
Uncledto make the best of the case went pn
jSSjto a relative of the offender and commu
thpcp facts.
‘Well. Sir,’ said the gentleman, having pa
tiently heard the statement. ‘ that isn’t the worst
of it; be is in the habit of stealing his bread
which he eats every day for his living.
The result was, that the grocer concluded to
sav nothing of the circumstances to any other
than the relative, and the lat.ernledeed
hi honor to pay all the expenses of the offen
der’s habit, both for the past and the future.
We mi^ht mention numerous other instances
of this kind, but do not wish to incur the hazard
of wounding the feelings of those who might,
however unreasonably, suppose themselves or
their friends to be gratuitously brought into no
tice But our readers must all have met with
•uch cases, and both the medical and moral au
thorities are full ot them. , ._
Combe says that Drs. Gall and Spurzheim
saw in the prison of Berne, a ricketty child, 12
vears old who “could not refrain from steal
fng” and'who, with his pockets full of bread,
purloined tha. of other,. That lh» boy" coo d
refrain ’ by the way, is much more l.ke y
Ih2n the other case cited above, since the child
£«JuSiSy .uied lo have been no. only ricket.
i bit‘‘badly organized,” and perhaps was
in’ consequence partly insane to all intents, or
essentially non compos. Such being the case,
however ^he Propensity-we do not mean the
habit—would seem to be the more naturally at
tributed to original constitution, accoiding to
the theory of the Phrenologists, and according
o the theory also, we should observe of Lord
KainVs and several other distinguished philoso
phers who never heard of that science.
P same propensity, observed in some per
Js^niy du?inj intervals of to-WJ.
Uid to the same conclusion. T he celebrated ri
nel so highly esteemed as a medical authority
in France says-11 could mention several in
stances of insane persons, of known integrity
and honesty during their intervals of c®ln™®*s’
who had an irresistible propensity to cheat or
•teal, upon the accession of maniacal parox
ysms.’ Spurzheim had in his own possession
the skull of such a person, who died at Prague
in Bohemia. Gall was acquainted with two ci
tizens of Vienna, who having led irreproacha
ble lives in their sanity, were in madness disttn
Sshed for an extraordinary, and, no doubt in
ir case, irresistible inclination to steal. They
wandered over the hospital continually, when
permitted, picking up whatever they could lav
their hands upon—straw, rags, clothes, wood,
Ac a striking exemplification of what is meant
bv acauisitivene-s in its naked state, and without
•bat direction of reason, or that counteraction of
oiher propensities, which, in sane minds, very
^nJrallv prove sufficient, as they are intnnsi
rn^ni in all cases, to prevent the ex
ee^fr abu^’ol the disposition of which we
£ Similar illustrations are Inrmshed by
the steal in Cpropensity which has been generally
SSliSldln respectable lemales during certain
periods of-physical and mental diseases, or un
°°?S0i,ufSewas observed by the celebra
ted Esquirol at the Saltpetriere in Paris, ip a
Koifht of w^°» ^rom exces9,?c in<^'
•ence in some naa practices, auu uuui u»«f
jointed love, had become “ weak in intellect,
riolenl tempered, and finally a thief. On his
iray to the Asylum just named, he contrived to
deal spoons, carvers, and other things from the
[nn at which he dined. He afterwards frequent
'd different cafes in the city, (attended by a ser
vant) and was in the habit of putting cups, sau
cers, spoons and all into his pockets, and car
rying them off In other respects his conduct
was sane, and the stealing propensity was final
ly cured, probably by medical treatment; though
it does not appear that he entirely recovered the
strength of his mind.
The Governor of the Prison at Prague com
municated to both Gall and Spurzheiro the his
tory of the wife of a rich merchant in that cUy,
who was continually stealing from her husband.
She practised with great adroitness, till they
were compelled at length to confine her in a
House of Correction three several times. Here
she renewed her operations stealing every thing
that she could find, till finally she seems to have
been frightened out of the habit by the discharge
of a spring gun, which was set to a strong box
kept by her in the stove that heated the room.
COURT OF REQUESTS — Tragedy in Tri
bulation.—Mrs. Margery Watkins, a short squab
figure,with face Aarmsas blue as bilberries, wad
died up to the bench to make good her claim to
17s. 9J for the hebdomadal ablution of the bo
dy linen of Mister Kemble Macrcady Walde
grave, ati foot aspirant to histironic honors, and
a well known star at one of the amateur minor
theatres.
The appearance of the defendant created
some merriment, his nether limbs displaying the
theatrical “sock and buskin,” which strangely
contrasted with a blue body-coat, buttoned close
up to his chin. He had evidently been captur
ed just as he was preparing to “ cork” for a
dress rehearsal of (Jthrllo.
The complainant set lorth the mode in which
the defendant had contrived to get into her debt.
She declared she had undertaken to k^ep him
in clean linen for 9d. a-week; but having from
repeated washings, reduced his entire stock to
one shirt and a couple of tails, she presented her
bill, and was faithfully promised the full pay
ment out of the first money to be received at a
forthcoming “benefit.” The benefit, however,
proved unproductive, and no cash consequently
being forthcoming, the complainant summoned
him for the debt.
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man her demand?
Defendant.—“ The very head and front of my
offending hath this extent no more.” This
woman hath despoiled me of my best linen shirt
and silk handkerchief.
Complainant.—Oh, goodness gracious! your
best shirt? Why, my Lord, he never had more
than one good one, which he’s got on; and Mr.
Jones has told me he always lent him one of his
dickies while it went to the wash.
Defendant.—" He told a lie, a d-d lie, upon
my soul a wicked lie.”
Complainant—I’ll be on my oath it’s true, your
Lordship. His other shirt is in such a state that
if it goes into the copper agin, it must be put
into a cabbage-net, or I shan’t get out all the
pieces I’m sure. Here, Betty (calling to an old
woman not unlike one of Macbeth’s witches),
show the shirt to the gentlefolks.
Betty advanced with a bundle.
Defendant.—" How now, ye secret, black, and
midnight hags, what is’t ye do?”
Betty disengaged the shirt, spread it out, and
held it up to the Court.
It presented just such an appearance as might
be supposed to have been produced, had it re
ceived a point-blank discharge from a grape
and-canister-loaded eight-and-forty-pounder.
Complainant.—There that’s his shirt; and on
ly see, my lord, how it’s darned, which I never
charged him nothing for. Did I Betty.
Defendant.—" Rumble your belly full, spit
fire, crack your cheeks; I tax ye not with un
kindness; 1 never gave ye kingdoms.”
Petty,—You give us kingdoms! Why, you
shabby scrub, you never stood the price of a
quartern all the time we’ve washed for you.
‘ Defendant'.—“Aroint thee,ronion, for a rump
fed witch.”
Hnlu IScfan irnttr f nrrlahtn* tf’c
quite awful to hear the heaps of wickedness that
comes from his mouth.
Defendant.—But where’s the handkerchief?—
“ To lose’t or give’t away wore such perdition
as nothing else could match.”
Complainant—It hasn’t been sent to the wash
these three weeks, you nasty feller.
Defendant.—“ The handkerchief!”
Complainant.—I havn’t set eyes on it, nor has
Betty.
Defendant.—“ The handkerchief!”
Complainant.—Don’t bullock me, it wasn’t
sent, I say.
Defendant—“Away!”
The Commissioner here interfered, and
begged the theatrical hero would conde
scend to give a direct answer to the Court—
namely, whether he could find means to satisfy
the complainant before extremities were res
orted to.
The defendant threw himselfintoan“imposing
attitude,” then, as if a sudden thought had struck
him, asked and obtained 24 hours grace. The
defendant then folded his arms, stalked slowly
out of court, and as he cast a glance at the
sleeves of his coat, ejaculated, “ Oh! my pro
phetic soul, my MTic/e!”—London paper.
THE ROTHSCHILDS.
The following information concerning the
House of Kothechild, is given in the London
Metropolitan for last month.
“ The financial business of the house of Roth
schild began to assume importance, in conse
quence of its first loan often millions of florins,
to the court of Denmark. In 1812, Mayer An
selmo Rothschild, the father was attacked by a
mortal illness. Aware of his approaching end,
he had his ten children called to his bedside,
gave them his dying benediction,and made them
promise never to cnange their religion, and al
ways to remain united among themselves on
’Cnange. These promises have been religious
ly kept, and amply has the fable of the bundle of
sticks been verified by the five brothers. When
ever they are about to undertake an affair of im
portance, all the united brethren invoke the
memory of their father, which is venerated by
them in a manner highly honorable to their fil
ial feelings. Their great political operations
commenced in 1813. and up to the present time it
Is computed their house has negotiated in loans,
subsidies, &c. upwardaof 160,000 millions sler
ling, principally for the different monarchies of
Europe; their profits have, of course been im
mense. Their long and uninterrupted success
was owing to their unanimity, and^ommunity of
interests. Every proposition is decided b^r mu
tual deliberation. Each operation, of major or
minor importance, is conducted upon a concert
ed and common plan; and all their individual,
and combined energies, employed tocommapd
success. Although, for several years they
have resided at a distance from each other,
that circumstance has by no means caused a
listaace or discord amongst them; on tne
contrary, it has proved a great advantage,
in contributing towards the prosperity of their
immense undertakings, by thus making them
OU courant of the state of the principal money
markets in Europe,though a continualexchange
of couriers, which generally precede the go
vernment messages; in this manner, each o
the five brothers,! from the point where be l
placed, possesses a great facility for preparing
and negociating different affairs for the centra!
establishment. _ _.
“ The statistique of the Wondrous Five is as
“Amscheor Anselmo, resides at Fjrankfort
surle-Malne. He is the senior, and chlelor ne
family, aged sixty-one years. At this house tne
general inventory is made out, from private in
ventories furnished by the other four banks, it
is there, also, that the congresses of the frater
nity are generally held.
“ Solomon, the second brother, born Septem
ber 9th 1774, has passed his professional time,
the last eighteen years, between Berlin and Vi
enna, chiefly at the latter.
“Nathan, the third brother, is in his fifty sev
enth year. He is the London Rothschild..
“Charles the fourth of the five bankers, is tor
ty-six years old he has been established at Na
ples since 1821.
“'Jacob, the youngest, in years, was born in
May 5th, 1792. His consort, the baroness, is the
daughter of his second brother, the Baron Solo
mon. Jacob has carried on his business since
Anno Domini 1812, at Paris. ”
DR A WS TO-MORRO W
Literature Lottery of the State of Delaware,
Class No. 48 for 1831,
To be drawn at Wilmington, Del. on Thursday,
November 27
HIGHEST PRIZE $12,000.
Tickets $4 00; halves 2 00; quarters 1 00.
To be had in a variety of numbers of
J. CORSE,
Lottery <f Exchange Broker. Alexandria.
~~ DRAWS TOMORROW
Literature Lottery of the State of Delaware,
Class No. 43 for 1834,
To be drawn in Wilmington. Del. on Thursday
November 27
HIGHEST PRIZE $12,000.
Tickets $4 00; halves 2 00; quarters 1 00
On sale in great variety by
JAS. KIORDAN.
Uncurrent Notes and Foreign Gold pur
chased. ___
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Literature Lottery ot the State of Delaware,
Class No. 48, for 1834.
To be drawn at Wilmington, Del. on Thursday,
November 27
HIGHEST PRIZE $12,000
Tickets $4 00; halves 2 00; quarters 1 00
For sale, as usual, in great variety, by
JOS. HI. ( LAIIKE,
(Sign of the Flag of Scarlet and Gold,) King st
Alexandria, D. C._
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Literature Lottery of the State of Delaware,
Class No. 48 for 1834.
To be drawn in Wilmington, Del. on Thursday,
•. Noveml>er 27
CAPITAL PRIZE $12,000,
Tickets $4 00; halves 2 00; quarters 1 00
To be had in a variety of numbers of
J. \V. VIOI.F.TT,
Lottery and Exchange Broker,
Near the corner of King and Fayette Streets,
_ Alexandria. D. C.
JAMES S. GUNNELL, M. D.
DENTIST,
RESPECTFULLY informs the citizens and
visitors of Alexandria that he may be con
sulted at Mr. A. Newton’s Hotel on the third
Wednesday in every month, from 9 o’clock
A. M. until 4 P. M. All letters addressed to Dr.
G. at his Office, between the United States*
Bank and the President’s House, Washington
City, or left at Mr. Newton’s Hotel, Alexandria,
will De punctually attended to.
jan 2—eWedti
DAVID ArrlUH
HAS the pleasure to announce to his custom
ers and the public, that he has received a
fresh assortment of CONFECTIONARY, fc.
which he offers, wholesale or retail, at as low
prices as they can reasonably be had. He con
tinues to vend his merchandise at the house on
King-street, five doors from Washington street,
where he is ready to furnish—
Oranges, Lemons, Grapes, Almonds
Dates, Filberts, Madeira Nuts
Currants, Figs, Trimes, Rock Candies
Shelled Almonds, Tamarinds
Liquorice, Ground Nuts. Lime Juice
Green Ginger, Citron, Guava Jelly
Currant Jelly, Cordial, Cigars
Confectionaries
Bordeaux Pickles, Capers and Olives
French Confectionaries, by the late arrivals
WINES, white and red—first qualities
Cranberries
German TOYS, French do., of the choicest
kinds
He flatters himself that, by assiduity and care,
lie will merit patronage.nov 24—eo3t
WAS COMMITTED
TO the Jail for the County of Alexandria,
District of Columbia, on the 2d of October,
1833, as a runaway, a yellow woman, who say
her name is REBECCA SMITH. She appear
to be about 35 years of age, 5 feet 6 inches high,
stout and well made. She says that she belongs
to a Mr. Freeman, a negro trader from the
South. The owner is therefore requested to
come forward, prove property, pay charges,
and take her away; otherwise she will be sold
out to the highest bidder, on the 2d day of De
cember, 1834, in front of the Court House door,
os the owner has been notified before this ac
cardingto law. D. MINOR,
Deputy Marshal, and Jailer for the County of
sept 12—2awt2dDec Alexandria, D. C.
Valuable Farms and Merchant Mills For Sale.
BEING desirous to remove to the west, the
subscriber offers for sale the FARM on
which he lives, on Apple Pie Ridge, four miles
north of Winchester, containing 250 acres —
The improvements consist of a two story brick
Adwelling house, barn, stable, and all neces
sary out-houses. A never failing stream of
water funs through it, and the fences are in
good order.
Also—A farm of 140 acres lying near the
mountain, 6 miles from Winchester, a good ta
vern stand, and now occupied as such by
Patrick Molon.
Also, the STONE MILL lying on Babb’s Run,
within half a mile of the last farm, and two
miles of the first, with between 70 or 80 acres of
land. All communications by mail (post paid)
will be attended to. JOEL LUPTON.
Frederick county, nov 18—eotf
ALEXANDRIA:
WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOV. 26, 1834.
AFFAIRS OF THE STATES.
NORTH CAROLINA.
Notwithstanding the confident predictions ol
the Whig presses in North Carolina, and the
honest opinion entertained by thousands out of
that State as well as in it, that the Legislature
was Anti-Jackson, it appears that the Hon. Bed
ford Brown, a thorough Jackson Van Buren
man, has been re-elected to the Senate of the
United States. The Globe says:—
“It gives us great pleasure to announce the re
election of the Hon. Bedford Brownf by a ma
jority of 32 votes.
The vote stood—for Brown, - - 113
Settle. - - 60
Scattering, - 21
We understand th it Gov. Swain was nomi
nated in opposition to Mr. Brown, and with
drawn—that Mr. Branch was also nominated
and withdrawn—and, finally, that Mr. Settle
(once a friend, but now an opponent, of the
Administration) was settled upon. Mr. Branch
made, we learn, a most imploring speech, and
deprecated the haste with which the Assembly
advanced to immolate the liberties of the coun
try.”
MISSISSIPPI.
A great Jackson Convention has recently
been held in this State. A letter from Jackson,
(Mississippi,) dated the 5th instant, immediate
ly alter the close of the Convention, gives a
brief account of its proceedings. It was fully
attended, about 130 delegates being present.
The letter states that “ Martin Van Buren was
unanimously nominated lor the Presidency, and
Thomas H. Benton for Vice President:”—we
presume subject to the confirmation of the
“National Convention.” Robert J. Walker,
Esq. was nominated for the Senate in the place
of Poindexter, and Col. Claiborne and Judge
Wright for Representatives.
lLLIIVUlo.
Gov. Reynolds has been elected to fill the va
cancy occasioned by the death of the Hon.
Charles Slade. Gov. Reynolds, it will be re
membered, is the Representative elect to the
next Congress fiom the same district in Illinois.
Mr. May has also been elected to succeed
Gov. Duncan in his district, as well for the
fraction of his term as for the next term.
Gov. Reynolds, we learn, has had the misfor
tune to lose his amiable wife, who died at Belle
ville, Illinois, on the 5th of this month.
VERMONT.
We are glad to be able now to announce the
re-election of Heman Alien, as representative
in Congress from Vermont. The representa
tion of that State in the next Congress will con
sist, then, of the following gentlemen, all Whigs:
Hiland Hall, William Slade, Horace Everett,
Heman Allen, Henry F. Janes.
GEORGIA.
It is confidently asserted that Mr. King will
be re-elected Senator from Georgia, and that
Alfred Cuthbert will be elected to fill the place
vacated by Mr. Forsyth, for the Department of
State. Col. Geo. M. Troup is spoken of as most
likely to be the next Governor of Georgia.
A smart run has been made on the “Columbus
Bank” ir. Georgia, but it held out, and confi
dence was restored.
MAINE.
We lay before our readers a letter from Mr.
Sprague, in which he concisely announces his
intention of resigning his seat in the Senate, as
soon as the members of the Legislature can as
semble to fill the vacancy, and in which he sums
up his reasons for so doing. We are not sorry
to see Mr. Sprague take the position he has
taken, though his loss in the Senate is such as
cannot easily be made up—but we arc glad to
see him draw the strong distinction he does be
tween the instructions of a packed caucus in a
legislature, and the strong voice of the people,
when a direct appeal is made.
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE OF MAINE.
Gentlemen:—Deeming it proper to give to ap
propriate agents, whom the people have desig
nated for that service, an opportunity to fill the
seat 1 now hold in the Senate of the United
States, at the earliest practicable moment, I
take this mode of apprising you that the Legis
lature will, on the firstday ol its session, receive
my resignation of the office of Senator. I do so
in order that you may be prepared for immedi
ate action upon that import..nt subject.
When, at a former period, the Legislature ar
rogated to itself a right to demand the surrender
ofmy office, I thought myselfbnund, by the high
est and most solemn obligations, to resist that
high handed assumption of power which, if sub
mitted to. would entirely abrogate an express |
and important provision of the Con>tituiion ofi
the United States, changing the tenure of the
office of Senator from six years, as therein dis
tinctly prescribed, to the precarious pleasure of
the Legislature for the time being, which that in
strument so emphatically repels. I have so long
and so unequivocally withstood that assumption
that it cannot be supposed to be in any degree
sanctioned by me should I soon yield to my in
clination to retire, especially as my situation
has been so materially changed. 1 have recent
ly by my own consent, been brought directly be
fore the whole People of the State as a candi
date for the office of their Chief Magistrate.
The contest was a vigorous one, and turned
upon political questions in which I had been and
might again be called upon to take part. Pecu
liar circumstances, which preceded and attend
ed the canvass, gave it the character of an ap
peal to the great primary source of all power—
:he People. Their decision has been pronounced;
snd I cannot now perceive that my considera
tions of public duty require me to sacrifice my
reelings and wishes, by continuing in office, a 1
moment longer than is necessary to give to the j
Legislature an opportunity to elect another in 1
my stead. The precedent cannot be danger-]
jus. There can rarely be such a coincidence
jf circumstances, and never without the volun
ary consent of the Senator himself to be plac-1
ed directly before the whole people as a
date for their suffrages. ndl‘
l am, very respectfully,
Your ob’t serv't
TELEG SPRAGUP
Hallo well, November 17, 1834.
PENNSYLVANIA.
The Pennsylvanian says, the Commissioner,
of Pennsylvania, James Buchanan, Joseph
Burke, and Roberts Vaux, Esqrs. in conjunction
with General Wall, Dr. Stryker, and Wm.Sher
red of New Jersey, were in session last week jQ
this city, and we understand have brought th*
important negrociation entrusted to them, t0a
satisfactory conclusion. These gentlemen were
charged with the difficult duty of fixing the U*,
of the waters of the Delaware for canal pUr.
poses, and for removing obstructions from that
river—objects of vast interest to the people
the respective States. We trust their labors will
prove acceptable to the citizens o! New Jersey
and Pennsylvania, to whose legislative bodies
the arrangements must be submitted for ratifi.
cation.
LOUISIANA.
Charles Derbigny. Esq. President of the ?e.
nate of Louisiana, has consented to become a
candidate for the United States Senate. Mr
Waggaman, the present Senator, will probable
also he a candidate.
The permanent population of New Orleans
does not exceed 50,000, from which the black
population -being deducted, the number of
the white population wili not exceed 20,000.
Of these 15.000 are Catholics, and the remaind
er Protestants.
By the latest accounts which we have receiv
ed from the Washington Rail Road it appear
that the disorderly spirit had not ceased, al
though there has been no further bloodshed.
On Saturday night the rioters forcibly enter
ed a tavern kept by Mrs. Harrison, 18 miles on
the Washington turnpike usually called the half
w ay, of which they kept possession, appropria
ting to their own use every w hich they wished.
Another party broke into Mr. Wheelock’sstore,
one mile this side of Mrs Harrison’s, and took
away all the goods which they could find,the
larger quantity having been previously remor.
ed by the owner.
The citizens of Anne Arundel county have
met at Waterloo, and have established a guard
to assist in keeping the peace, which, with the
efforts of private individuals and other measures
now in progress, it is thought w iil restore tran
quillity.-—_
Correspondence of the Baltimore Patriot.
Louihviu.e, (Ky.) Nov. 13.
In August last, the Secreturv ol the Treasury
issued a “circular” to the Receivers and Dis
bursing Officers of Public money, of a most ex
traordinary character. It authorized the
c hecks of the latter, on any Deposite Bank, to
be received by the former in payment of all
public dues, and thus, without authority of law,
or any other than executive responsibility, a
currency is no doubt contemplated to supply the
place of that issued by the U. S. Bank. But
this is not all—the circular alluded to, points to
no limits. Some of said checks are issued for
one dollar, and every or any amount found to
be due to laborers employed upon the public
works in the West—and the superintendents are
all military men—subject only to the orders ol
the proper department. Let it be known that
the appropriations of the last session, are no
longer expended as heretofore under contracts
In Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, the chiel super
intendent on the National Road has superseded
the former commissioners, hnd changed them
tire system. He has appointed a sub-superin
tendent for each ten miles of the road, who
employs hands to labor on daily wages—
and thus has increased the number of officers,
and, of course, the political influence they may
be expected to exercise. The circular alluded
to does not stop at the creation of an unlimited
courrency of checks of all denominations and
amounts, issued by subordinate government of
ficers— it assumes the power to appropriate
these cheeks at its discretion, in as much as the
Receivers ami holders of public money are by
j the same circular, authorized to pay on demand
I such claims against the government, liquidated
i or unliquidated, as may be presented by men
| thought to be safe, and showing vouchers <h
I satisfactory character to the officer of whom
1 payment may be so demanded. Auditors, and
j Treasurers, and Legislators, and all other re
straints upon the party, may hereafter be dis
carded.”
‘ . . • I •_I nnlieac
One ol me mostcurious .
we have seen is that of a ceilain Stephen Mc
Guire, a Heafand dumb mute, who recently diefl,
according to the Huntingdon (N. J.) Gazette, *
Mobile. He was educated in the Deaf and Uumo
Institution in this city, and a native of * «'w >r
sev, and went to Mobile lor his health and to
practice medicine. He had exlnhitcd ta en n
a high and marked order—was enanioure
early lifeof the character of Napoleon-vimiiq
France while yet a boy, and partook P'1 an
intlie glories of the trois jours—reciossei
Atlantic—plunged into the western «after s
and bravelv fought against the savages i
wars with Black Hawk, receiving the palm w
honor for bis bravery on that occasion lr<
fair Indies of Galena. His shoit ca •
humble ns his origin was, and atfecte s
was with the most grievous and distressing
firmity, admirably proves the truth ol
beautiful lines of Gray, which might * a
his epitaph:
“ Pehold in this neglected spot is laid.
A Youth once pregnant wilh celestial nre
Hands that a rod of empire might haven*") ,
Or waked to ecstacy the living lyr*y
Reprieve.—We learn that Otis, onder&cn
tenceof death at the Leverett street J •
being concerned in the murder °f .i,e
James Crosby, has received a reprieve
President of the United States, for fi'e . ’
to give time for an enquiry into all ti*e
stances of the case, on the part of the h ^
when it is not unlikely that a I ardon
granted.— Boston Jour. __
Breach of Trcst.—We learn that: ■ >J“rnf
man about twenty-two years of age, wno ^
few weeks past has been in the em, y’ _ |*.
assistant mail guard, of the mail con 1
tween this city and New York, J’as0!?. k hr0'.
last entrusted by several of the New > orMJJ,
kers, with a package containing about
bank-notes of varions denominations, a
Structed to hand it to three of our city Moiter
The money was not received in due time, a*
has since been ascertained that the ,ndt
has decamped with the package. It is suppv
ed that he has gone West.—Juq.