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Columbia giving ii its location here. To this
you assented. That they might authorize such
bank to rstablisb o ffices "ol discouut and deposite
in the several Stales, .with the assent of the
States. To this you replifd, "DoiCt name dis
counts: they hare been the source. of the most a
bominable corruptions, and are wholly unneces
sary to enable the bank to discharge its duties
to the country and the Government."
Thrice, then, the President emphatically
abjures a Bank of discount first in his veto,
then spread before the country, and twice in his
private Cabinet councils, and yet these Cabinet
Ministers stick into Mr. Clay's original Bank
bill the sixteenth fundamental section, authoriz
ing the corporation to deal in exchanges, mere
ly dropping the discount of notes, and, under
this disguise, assuming to meet the President's
objections, they pledge him to their friends in
Congress to sanction the bill !
No man in either House of Congress ventur
ed to deny that the charter sent in by the Cabi
net established a Bank of discount a Bank
which could embark not only i's own capitol,
but the whole revenue of the Union, with which
it was to be entrusted, in discounts, liable to all
the objections ever taken to discounts in any
form. It was indeed through the Exchange
Committee, as it was called, that the most shock
ing abuses of the late Bank of the United States
were introduced. The loans to bribe members
of Congress, editors, and others, were, for the
most part, worked through this channel. The
worst traffic, whether in politics in real estate
or mercantile speculation, or usurious extortion,
was managed through the exchange discounts.
We are, however, relieved from pointing out
the particulars in which this last Bank of dis
count was obnoxious to all the President's ob
jections, by the very able, sarcastic, sifting speech
of Mr. Buchanan, in this day's paper, to which
we refer the reader. The strong hand of the
Senator from Pennsylvania t-ars the mask from
the odious features of this Bank of discount for
bills of exchange. Whether the President
was duped to consent to this new scheme, violat
ing all his principles by the assunnces of his
Secretaries that it obviated all his objections, we
have no means of knowing. It is certain, how
ever, that they knew what his objections were,
and that, in pretending to provide him with a
plan liable to none of them, they furnished one!
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obnoxious to every constitutional, moral, poiiti-1
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cai exception, ever launi ui any time, ui uy any
body, to the establishment of a Bn.k. If the
President did net discover this when the pro
position was first suggested, he did immediately
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after, and before he h id received the views of i
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the Secretaries, which he asked to eulighten j
him in making a final decision. Mr. Ewing ;
says, in his published letter to the President:
"You asked Mr. Webster and myself each lo
prepare and present you. with an argument touch'
ing the constitutionality of the bill ; and before
those arguments could be prepired and read by
you, you declared, as I heard and believe, lo gen
tlemen, members of the House, that you would cut
off your right hand rather than approve it. Af
ter this new resolution was taken, you asked and
earnestly urged the members of your Cabinet to
postpone the bill; but you would neither give
yourself, nor suffer them to give, any assurance
of your future course, in case of such postpone
ment." Mr. Bell fixes more precisely the moment
when the President had his eyes open to their
circumvention.
He met the Pre-ident the next morning af
ter the veto on the first Bank the Cabinet
meeting, at which the substitute was suggested.
Mr. Bell says the President then (that is, on
the 17ih of August) "requested me to draw a
brief statement of my views upon the subject,
showing the practical advantages and necessity
of such a fiscal institution as he had thought of
proposing. Such information as I could hastily
collect from the heads of the principal disburs
ing bureaus of the D-partment. I handed to
HIM ON THE EVENING OF THE SAME DAY,
KNOWING THAT TIME WAS OF THE UTMOST
IMPORTANCE IN THE STATE IN WHICH THE
QUESTION THEN WAS. He RECEIVED THE
STATEMENT I GAVE HIM WITH MANIFEST IN
DIFFERENCE. AND ALARMED ME BY REMARK
ING THAT HE BEGAN TO DOUBT WHETHER HE
would give his assent (as I understood him)
to any Bank."
From Mr. Bell's showing, then, the Presi
dent, the next day after he had vetoed the first
Bank, speaking of the substitute recommended
to him by his Cabinet, declared that he doubted
"whether he could give his assent to
any Bank;" and, according to Mr. Ewing.
before he and Mr. Webster could prepare an
argument on the plan proposed, the President
said he "would cut off his right hand rather
than approve it;" and, notwithstanding this
change in the President's mind, fixed by Mr.
Bell to have been as early as the 17th of Au
gust, Mr. Sergeant brings into the House the
Cabinet contrived charter for a Fiscal Corpora
tion, on Friday the 20th of August 1 And to
this measure, which was not fully prepared until
three days after the President had declared
his doubts about signing any bill, he is pledg
ed to the Whigs to approve what was not yet
eoncocted for him or submitted by Mr. Ser-
OEANT !
Does not this simple narrative, drawn from the
ex parte testimony of the ex-Secretaries, prove
conclusively that from the first they had conspi
red with Mr. Bott's to "head" him? Mr. Bell
shows that he thought the Cabinet had sufficient
eause to abandon the President before his
course on the Bank had given them offence
They then undertook to advise him, and, as all
the world most see, counsel him to do that which
wonld have disgraced bim, by setting his first
veto, and all it solemn protestations, at nought.
They-undertake to pledge him in advance to this
course, while he was still in communication
with them as to what should be his final reoolu-
tion; and having, as they supposed gotten him
fairly on the hip, they refuse to allow even a
postponement of the measure to which they had
committed him, unless, to use the language of
Mr. Ewino, he would give "assurance" that he
would sanction the measure at the next session,
and not use the delay as a means of making
"hostile movements." The submission thus de
manded not being nnde, the malcontent Secre
taries unite with the Whigs in Congress in press-
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ing the measure on tne i'residejh, huu, wuch
he resists it with his veto, these gentlemen, who
had previous cause for abandoning him, (which,
however they have not divulged,) seize the occa
sion to plunge him down the gulf prepared for
him by themselves to denounce him in Cabinet
anathemas to the public, they turn their backs
upon him, in what they consider a prosit ate con
dition. FROM THE NEW YORK HERALD.
THE CASE OF MARY ROGERS.
And the place of the Murder.
The late investigations and discoveries in re
lation to the murder of this unfortunate girl have
settled two important points. First, the place
where she was last seen alive ; secondly the place
where she was murdered.
The former place is the little wooden tavern
close at the foot of Weehawken Hill, formerly
known as "Mick Moore's House." This tavern,
on a Sunday in fine weather, is visited by num
beis of ladies and gentlemen from New York,
who usually come therein parties of two and
four; no lady ever coming without a gentleman
to accompany her. At this house the visitors
usually stay for half an hour, to rest and refresh
themselves with wine, lemonade, cold cuts. &c,
before they ascend the Weehiwken Hill, or
stroll along the lower road towards Bull's Fer
ry, or Hamilton's Monument, at the Dwelling
Ground.
Half way between the Elysian Fields and
Nick Moore's House there is a small wooden
shanty, on the mud bank, where liq ior is sold,
and where almost every Sunday, crowds of row
dies, armed with sticks, arrive in boats (which
they can moor close up to the house,) drink,
swear, fight, and s'lly forth towards the Wee
hawken Hill frequently insulting and beating all
they meet on their way, besides eating and drink
ing wherever they can, and then, by reason of
their numbers and their weapons, refusing to pay
for any thing.
In the a Her noon of the fatal Sundiy on which
Mary Rogers was murdered, she was seen to ar-
rive at Huboken, about 6 o clock, by the lrry
noai. Auam .inf. stage unrr or .ur. van
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recogn zed her as she left the boat, and mace a
remark to that effect at the time. She was then
in rnm-i.iiiv with s dirk comnlexioned voun?
m nd. as they left the ferry, they took the
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ver, also saw the body when found nt-ar the
Sybil's C ive. and recogniz-d it at once so
that there shoul-J seem lo be no mistake about
this.
On the s.imt- Sund iy afternoon the day of
the murder Mrs. Lss, (a hnp, intelligent.
good looking lady, about thirty years of age, and
of German descent,) who now keeps the tavern
formerly kept by Nick Moore, states that amng
many others who came to her house, was a
young lady about the age and exact appearance
of Mary R gers, and dresseu precisely as Mary
Rogers was said to have been dressed. This
young lady reached her house about 4 o'clock,
in company with a dark complexioned young
man. Mrs. Loss siys that she was very affable
and modest in her behavior. Mrs. Li. took sev
eral glasses of liquor into the parlor, where the
company (five or six ladies and as many gentle
men) were sitting: Miss Rogers was sitting on
the settee the young gentleman rose to hand
her a glasi of liquor, when she said, "I'll take
lemonade." Soon after this she took the arm of
the young man, and walked out towards the hill,
bowing to Mrs. L. as she went out. Mrs. L.
was induced to notice her dress (a light, peculiar
striped one) particularly, and observed to her
eldest bey, "that's a very pretty young lady, and
has got a dress on exact'y like that your aunt
had, when she last came here before she died."
This was the Jast that Mrs. Loss ever saw of
the unfortunate Mary Rogers. And now, to be
correct in the order of time, we may here state
that on that Sunday afternoon, there was a much
larger number of fire rowdier, butcher boys,
soap-locks, and all sorts of riotous miscreants
over Weehawken, ind almost all of them armed
with slicks. A great many came in row boats
to the rum hv le on the mud bank ; ar.d two boats
in particular, (one with six and the other with
nine desperadoes in them,) landed their contents
at the little wharf on Mr. King's property, not
far from L'idlow's place. These scoundels came
up to the little shanty by the road side, next to
Nick Moor's house, and there called for drink,
seized all the cakes, &c, and ate them, refused to
pay any thing, and threatened to beat every body
that interfered with them. All these had clubs.
They then went towards the hill, and remained
prowling about till after dtrk, when the two
boats in question-left in a great hurry.
The poor girl, Mary Rogers, it is said by
those who assert they saw her, went up the
Wwekawken Hill ; strolled nearly a mile beyond
the hotel on the top, in company with the young
man already mentioned. The rain came on and
she took shelter in a small house or tavern near
the roadside. Here also a parcel of the rowdies
came, drank, and were very insolent. Mary
and her companion, detained by the rain, did
not leave the house till near or after dark, when
they descended the hill; and when near the foot
of it another shower came on : it is believed
they then took shelter under some bushes in the
side of the hill, between the two roads ; and there
it is also believed blh were murdered, and the
poor girl violated. In confirmation of this, Mrs.
Loss says, that she sent her little boy, Oscar.
soon after dark, to drive a bull down the lower
road to Ludlow's. Some tune after he left, she
heard what sh calls a frightful screaming as
of a young girl in great distress, partly choked,
and calling for assistance, and sounded like "oh!
oh 1 God 1" uttered in great agony. So loud,
were the screams that her other son heard them
down in the cellar. She thought the bull had
tossed her boy, and rushed out in terror, calling
nis name aown tne road to Ludiow s. As soon
as she called out, there was a noise as of strug
gling, & a stifled, suffering scream, and then all
was still. She reached Ludlow's passing the
very scene of the murder, found her. boy safe,
and returned to the house. And as there had
been several noisy fights that day, she thought
no more of the screaming.
Time passed on, until the 25th of last month.
On that day her boys were out collecting sassa
fras bark, and chanced to penetrate the small
thicket between the two roads on the side of the
hill where the murder was committed. Here
there are three or four large stones, forming a
kind of seat with back and . footstool to it. The
boughs and briar bushes are twined thickly
around it, and . there is not room scarcely to
stand unnVht in it. In fact, it is a nlace fit for
a
such a murder, and one from which the unfor
lunate girl could not have escaped without viola
tion, iferer she was forced into it. On the up
per stone lay a white garment. The little boy
exclamed, "Halloo 1 here s somebody has le
their shirt." The big boy picked it up, and
found it was a woman's petticoat. On the second
stone lay the identical silk scarf (all crumpled
up, as it torn off forcibly) which was worn by
the young lady who was at Mrs. Los s house
and which has been identified as Mary Rogers
scarf. The petticoat had been darned in a hurry
and that has been identified. In a little hollow
between the seat stone and a trunk of a srral
tree, lay Mary Rogers' parasol and pocket
handkerchief, with her name. A little furthe
off lay her gloves turned inside out, as if they
had been forcibly drawn from her hands in a
hurry. And on one of the brier bushes, hung
two pieces of her dress, which had evidently
been torn oot as she was dragged through thi
horrid place, one piece of the dress was so
doubled as to have u thorn three times through
it. The place around was stamped about, and
the branches were broken and roots bruised and
mashed, all betokening that it had been the scene
of a very violent struggle. The marks of
high-heeled boot were very plain ;and it appear
ed from the position of the articles, as if the un
fortunate" girl had been placed upon the middle
broad stone, her head held forcibly back, and
then and there horribly violated by several row
dies, and uhimately strangled. The spot is not
far from the river the access to the water easy
and the rails between it and the river were
all found taken down, as if the bodies of Mary
Rogers and the young man had both been carri
ed thence from the scene of the murder.
HORRIBLE MURDER.
Our readers will remember a paragraph
wnicn appeared in most or tne city papers last
week, announcing the sudden and mysterious
disappearance at Mr. Samuel Adams, printer,
ui no. oj uroiu street, u nas since ni-en as
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certained that he was murdered by J. C. Colt, in
the granite building un the corner of Chambers
street and Broadway.
Mr. Adams left his office about noon on Fri
day, the 17th instant, far the purpose of collect
ing some dtbts which were due him in different
parts of the city. He first called at a bookseller
in Canal street, but not finding him at home, re
turned as far a Ghamoers street, and went into
the room of Mr. J. C. Colt, a book-keeper, who
owed him about two hundred dollars on account
of a work on book-keeping, which, some time
since, he had published for Colt. Whether hi
got into a dispute with Colt, because of a refusal
to pay his claim, or whether he was attacked by
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Coii iii coiu niooo, is not known : but it is certain
that a scuffle took place between them, in which
Ad-tms was killed.
The discovery of the murder was madethro'
the instrumentality of Mr. Wheeler, a teacher of
penmanship, occupying a room adjoining that of
Oolt, About four o clock P. Al. Mr. Wheeler
thought he heard an unusual noise in Colt's room
and was induced to go to the door and rap.
oi receiving an answer, he looked through tht
key hole, and saw two hats standing upon a tx
ble, and Colt kneeling upon the floor, as if scrub
bing it. After wailing a little while, Mr. Wheeler
peeped into the key hole again, and saw Colt still
engaged in the same operation. This excited
his suspicions, and he caused a person to watch
at tne door all nignt. In the morninff this ner
son saw Coll take a box, about fur feet long and
nw iiiy, uuwii cue amirs. i ne dox was
directed to somebody in St. Louis, via New Or
leans.
Not longafter, Mr. Wheeler going into Colt's
room while he was out. discovered that his look
ing-glass was shattered, and that the floor had
the appearance of having been recently washed
ana scraped. Here and there upon the walls
and floor, there were large- spots of ink, which
seemed lo have been recently put. A hatchet
was also found, with the hano'le scraped and
cuvereu over wun inic. Air. vv heeler, proceeded
immediately to the polire office, and communi-
cited what he knew to the Mayor.
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"'jrui, wiiii me us-sisrince oi omcers
laylor and A. M. C. Smith, and Mr. Godfrey,
the superintendent oi cirts. set themselves to
work, to find in what way the box which Colt
had taken from his room, had been disposed of.
In the course of this search, thev found a car:
man who testified to have carried a box from the
corner of Chambers street and Broadway, on
board the sh:p K-ilanurno. The ship was
searched, and the box found, containing the body
of Mr. Adiims, wrapped up in sail cloth, and
sprinkled with salt and chloride of lime.
Colt is a young man. apparently about twenty-
seven years of a?e. of fine nrsnnal nnr.unrn1
and respectably connected. For several years
past he has taught book-keeping in various At
lantic and western cities.
Doings i?i Texas.-More Wholesale Lynch-
tnjsr.
A week or two ago, says the Natchitoches
Herald, we gave an account of the irial nf
Jackson, in Harrison rnumv TV.v
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der; of the manner in which he was trief. hovw
he was acquitted, and how he and some of his
friends then seized the county Judrp. MrrlMnr
and brought him into Natchitoches, where he is
now in jail,-awaiting his trial, under an indict
ment for carrying off negroes from that parish.
It now appears that when Jackson ntnmpH in
Texas, he was attacked and killed by four or
uyc iriruus oi isnenry; and they, in their
turn, have been captured and hung, without any
ceremony, Dy the iriends of Jackson. Where
is this bloody tragedy to end ?
iV". O. Picayune.
From the Philadelphia Spirit of theTimea.
m T T""t S"V T rfc r -m a iwtmm
msu vjut-HAJNS' PROCESSION THE
c AiN iMrjtis THE x BORE THE PLUN
DERERS OF THE ORPHAN REBUK
E D.
The procession of the Orphan Boys on Satur
spectacle; imposing from the contemnlatinn nf
J i"vwn i.ioiiuiv an ii nus snr .tnimn
the wrongs they have suffered at the hands of
me wicicea robbers of their inheritance.
The procession formed in the State House
Yard, between the houis of two and three
o'clock. The boys were of all ages from twelve
to six years, and were many hundreds in num-
oer. jacn lad wore crape on one of his arms,
as a mourning token in memory of Girard and'
the loss to the poor orphans of their munificent
bequest. After the procession had organized,
it marched through the principal streets to low
and mournful music, which called up melan
choly associations, and added interest to the pa
geant. The banners for the most part were
.plain white muslin, trimmed with black, and
lettered -with important and emphatic sentences
such as
"Freemen come to the rescue of the Orphan, and
punish the spoilers of their inheritance."
"The Girard Orphan Boys will rememher those
who robbed them to fatten upon the spoils."
"Banish from our city the rulers who have been
guilty of defrauding the Orphan Boy."
"Our benefactor cries aloud from his grave for
vengeance upon the violaters of his trust."
"We mourn for the loss of the bequest of Steph
en Girard, but much more that of mental im
provement." A beautiful blue silk banner, red and black
ribbon, and wreathed with roses, contained the
following lettering, wrought by the needle of a
benevolent and accomplished lady of the North
ern Liberties :
7th
Ward,
N. L.
we
Lament
our
loss."
Another beautiful banner, contained a repre
sentation of house, and an oak tree oversha
dowing it, and the motto, "Great oaks from lit
tle acorns grow."
In the procession, we noticed a very hand
some model of the "plain and substantial"
college intended by Girard for the orphans.
It was an object of much curiosity, and ws
borne upon the shoulders of four fmall boys,
who were relieved at intervals by four others,
who walked by their side. The model was let
tered " The college as intended by Girard, not
the Grecian Temple of the plunderers."
The procession was directed by a very in
telligent looking lad, mounted on a black poney
with a baton in his h ind, and a badge of "Mar
shall" in gold letters on his hat.
Many of the boys in the procession plainly
spoke by their appearance their wants of a father
for ragged and patched garments, and feet with
out shoes and stockings "have tongues of most
miraculous organ," they spoke a tale of poverty
ignorance and misery, and plainly revealed
how much they had been wronged by the high
born villians who have squandered away and
feasted and rioted upon their most sacred inheri
tance.
From the National Intelligencer.
OFFICIAL.
To the Hon. S. R. Hobbie,
Acting Postmastcr-GeneraL
Sir Information having been received in a form
entitled to attention, that the Postmaster at
Pennsylvania, and J Ohio, have so far violat
ed the obligations which they impliedly assumed
on taking office under my Administration, of ab
staining from any active partisanship, or in any
way connecting the othces with party politics, or
usin; them for party purposes, 1 have lo request
that inquiries shall be instantly instituted into their
conduct, and that if the charges against them be
found to be true, thev be immediately turned out of
othce, and citizens appointed in their places who
will otherwise conduct themselves.
The Post Office Department, in all its operations,
should be conducted for the single purpose of ac
complishing the important objects for which it was
established. It should in an especial manner, so
far as is practicable, be disconnected from party
politics. It was established for specified purposes
of equal importance to every citizen To cbnvert
u into an engine of party, to be used tor party pur
poses, is to make it a fruitful source of the most a
larming evils. Ramified as it is, and extended to
every neighborhood, the purity of its administra
tion, and necessarily of its agents, should be par
ticularly guarded. For a Deputy Postmaster to use
his franking privilege (a privilege bestowed upon
him for the sole purpose of exonerating bim from
oppressive charges in the necessary correspond
ence oF hisolnce) in scattering over the country
pamphlets, newspapers, and proceedings to influ
ence elections, is lo outrage ali propriety, and must
not for a day be tolerated. Let this be left to the
politicians. I should be happy if one or two exam
ples shall be found sufficient to correct an evil
which has so extensively prevailed.
1 will take this occasion, also, to add tor your in
struction, that the appointment to, and continuance
in the office of postmaster of fcnv one editinsr a po
litical newspaper is in the highest degree objection-j
able. It involves most of ihe consequences above
stated, introduces politics into the post office, di
minishes revenue, and confers privileges on one
editor which all cannot enjoy. In a word, it is my
fixed purpose, as far as in me lies, to separate the
Post Othce Department from politics, and bring a
bout that reform which the country has so loudly
demanded.
September 2Sth, 1311. JOHN TYLER.
Correspondence of the New Era.
Utica, Sept. 25, 1841.
THE McLEOD CASE AS IT STANDS.
Dear Sir: You can hardly imagine the deep
excitement which prevails here in reference to
the anticipated trial of McLeod. I should not
be surprised if before the matter is got along
with there should be some disgraceful affair en
acted here, which will redound only to the dis
credit of our country. The course pursued by
those who claim to be of the peace party seems
to'be directed to such a result and none other.
These good people set themselves up in every
nook and corner, from which they proclaim Mc-
eod s innocence. They say "that, although
he did boast that he was with the party who dest
royed the steamer Caroline, and murdered a
number of our peaceable citizens, yet he was
not there. This creates an idea in the minds
of those who entertain a notion of McLeod's
guilt, that there is a connivance on foot to effect
his acquittal by fraud and they threaten to give
him lynch law. 1 he numbers of your paper.
and other journals, in which have been publish
ed articles relating to the trial, have been care-
ully suppressed from the files in the 'Younjr
Men's Reading Room," while such articles as
the N. Y. Courier and Enquirer affords have
been allowed lo keep their places. This has
offended many of the young men of the place,
and tends much to increase the excitement. It
is made evident that there is a disposition abroad
fo affect the trial b' an improper influence not
to convict McLeod but to acquit him, and the
continued accusations made against the Cana
dian refugees, is in itself, an incitement to the
performance of those acts which the peace men
profess to be exerting themselves to prevent.
This state of things gives currency to a thou
sand idle reports, which keeps the timid in a
continued state of alarm. The report has been
in circulation for a long time that the patriots
were concerting a plan to assassinate McLeod
before his trial. This story I think has no foun
dation in fact and has been put in circulation for
no other purpose than to harrass the mind of
McLeod, of whom it is said, by those who have
seen him, "that he has been treated with more
indulgence than his case entitled him to ;" and
hence the wags have resolved to make him un
easy. List evening a report was in circulation
that the mayor of the city had discovered a nlot
for blowing up the Court House during the
trial, and had seized twenty-one kegs of powder
which had been procured for the purpose; and
it was given in another story that the powder
house near the Mohawk had been broken open
and a large quantity of the powder taken away,
which the fearful imagined was to be put under
the Court House to blow it up. But these
stories, like many others which have been and
which will be put afloat, I apprehend to be
sheer fabrications.
From all this you will perceive there is but
little reason to fear a storm, though a cloud does
hang over Utica which may break into one.
Should the "Governor's troops" be brought down
here with McLeod, to guard his person during
the trial, I should not be disappointed if it lead to
a most disgraceful disturbance, as an armed
guard would seem so much like a British ar
rangement the people would regard it as an in
sult, nnd would not brook it. But let the truly
peaceful men act as the conservators of the peace,
and let the armed guard be dispensed with, and
let the properly constituted officers of the court
do their duty in the ordinary manner, and there
will be no disturbance. Such is my opinion.
lam sir.
With his consideration,
Your ob't servant,
JOHN LONGHORNE.
THE STANDARD.
Wednesday, October 6, 1841.
MORE OF THE CABINET.
We give the Letter of Mr. Beil, and another
from Mr. Webster, in to-day's Standard. We al
so copy some remarks from The Globe, on the late
foul conspiracy of the President's Cabinet, to which
we invite attention.
The letter of Mr. Bell carries with it internal
evidence of misrepresentation. He says that Mr.
Tyler asked two gentlemen of the Cabinet to fur
nish him with their views and arguments in favor
of a Fiscal Agent. If Mr. Tyler had made up his
mind to sign the bill, as this "whig" trio would
have us believe, the "time for argument had gone
by ;" and it would surely have been a very silly
move to present a man with reasons for doing
what he had already determined to do. It is true
Mr. Bell says the President wanted them for fu
ture occasions ; but this is a mere inference. He
does not say the President said so.
Some of the "whigs" will pretend to be shocked
al the imputations against Ewing, Badger and
Bell, of having conspired to blast the reputation of
the President, by political misrepresentations.
But let us see how such a course is in keeping
with the precious conduct of these gentlemen.
We ask the people, then, who heard ihem and
know what they said, whether they did not pre
tend, in their electioneering speeches, that they
did not want a National Bank if they so pretend
ed, they knew they were stating a falsehood. Did
they accuse Mr. Van Bur en of wanting to raise a
standing army ? They knew this' to be untrue.
Did they speak of extravagance in the President's
furniture? They knew this to be false. And the
Ilooe case extravagance of the Government the
Census the union of purse and the sword through
the Sub-Treasury all of them, they knew to be
vile cheats and humbugs, as presented to the peo
ple by them. They also knew that they were ma
king political misrepresentations in stating that
Harrison was a log-cahin Farmer that they de
sired retrenchment and reform, and no proscription
for opinion's sake.
If Messrs. Ewing, Badger and Bell could sane
tion these vile impositions, sustained by the gross
est immoralities, are they too good, do the people
think, to misrepresent the President? If they
could pursue so shameful a course to deteat one of
the most pure and upright statesmen of the age,
Mr. Van Bur en, and elect a man they expected to
be a mere tool to work out their iniquitous plans, it
requires no great stretch of conscience for ihem to
conspire against Mr. Tyler, whose honesty has
disappointed their ambition.
"WHIG" VERACITY.
The disclosures made by the late Secretaries have
brought to light a little matter which shows eiiher
the value of their veracity or that of Mr. Clay's.
Mr. Ewing, and Mr. Bell say that Messrs. Ber
rien $ Sargeant consulted with President Tyler,
on "behalf of the "whigs" of the two Houses, to
endeavor to strike out some measure which should
be generally acceptable." When the Bank bill
came up in the Senate, Mr. Clay solemnly denied
that any member of his party in the Senate had ev
er waited on the President to ascertain his views in
regard to the new Bank bill, which had been intro
duced after the veto of the first. Mr. Berrien is
of Mr. CI ay s parly and of the Senate ; so either
Clay or Ewing f Bell have asserted a falsehood.
The whiggery may take the horn of the dilemma
that suits then best. Mr. Cavalso. on the debate
on the first veto, professed great horror at any con
sultations with the President, by members. Here,
again, the whiggery may eulogize his sincerity and
political honesty u they think proper. None who
love truth and candor can do it.
JXI-The Office of the Receiver of Public Mon
eys, in Chicago, Illinois, was entered on Saturday
or Sunday night, (the 11th or 12th ult.) the Sub-
Treasury safe opened by false keys, and the fol
lowing amounts stolen, viz : $1,838 in gold, 300
in silver, $400 in Treasury Notes, $100 Military
Land Script, and one $50 note, Bank of North Ad
ams, Mass. The Receiver offers a reward of $ 1000
for the recovery of the money, and $500 for the rob
ber. JCf- The stock of the U. States Bank of Penn
sylvania was down to $5 per share of $100, at the
last advices. And yet the "whigs" are desirous to
establish another Bank of the sort, that the country
may again witness it3 rottenness, its bribery, and
the shameful yillany of its managers and the ruin
of thousands of families, who placed their all in the
power of the. Fiscal Corporation !
ti"In Tennessee, the hn
Democracy is 9,000.
CLAY CLUBS.
The Federalists are forming Clay Clubs, and
some of them have adopted the motto, "For our
country and Henry Clay It should be niorl
properly "For a National Bank and Henry Clay
We have as yet heard of no particular hunibu
Some recommend a pack of cards for a device 0
the "whig" standards. They will be at no loss for
devices, however, though so many have Jatej
failed them. What share of a "generous cortf
dence" they may expect, after having so gros.
abused the public confidence, none but a bard-cid
ite can tell. We suppose Clay, who is the candid!
ate for the next Presidency will make some devel"
opments to "meet the public eye j" but if he mata
known all his designs he will appear in quite a new
character. It is now too late to keep the National
Bank ''under the rose j" they will, therefore, come
out boldly for a National institution of the sort at
tempting to soften its character by calling it a Fij.
cal Agency just the same as they have done by
cloaking the hydra of Federalism under the name
of "whig." We think the Clay clubs and whi.
gery will be "no go." The people know their be
trayers, and the parties must contest upon the is
sue of Bank or no Bank and severally take their
stands as Republicans and Federalists; and this is
the true character of the parties.
DEFINING A POSITION.
The following from the Boston Post, seems to
define the position of the "whig" party to the life;
"A prominent democrat, in Washington, last
week asked an equally prominent whiff, in a on,l
humored way "How are you getting alon now-n.
dayfs?" "I can hardly tell," said the whig, "for
the Lord has got our President, the locos our Vice
President, and I believe ihe devil will have the rest
of us!"
This "whig" is to be respected for his candor,
and the open confession, which is a mark of an in
genuous mind. It is a pity, with these qualities,
that he should continue in the coon-skin and hard
cider "delusion" parly.
John S. Moring has removed from Bain
bridge, Georgia, without notice to us or settling his
dues for the Standard, $7 75, and 25 Cents post
age. We hope thi notice will meet his eye, and
that he will enable us, by remitting ftS, to stare that
there was no criminal intention in his neglect.
FROM THE FRONTIER.
It is slated that British volunteer troops, station
ed at Missisque Bay, on a river which rises in Can
ada and unites with lake Champlain, and not far
from St. Albans, Vermont, are in the habit of dis
turbing the quiet of the frontier neighborhood. On
Sunday, the 19th of last month, twelve or more of
these volunteers crossed the line, invaded the
American territory, and forcibly seized and carried
into Canada one Col. Grogan. They came by
night, and by stealth, two miles into the township
of Alburgh, and bound him and hurried him away
to Montreal. Col. Grogan formerly resided in
Canada, and took part with the patriots. His pro
perty was destroyed and himself driven from his
home into the United States. It is reported that
he has retaliated and burned buildings on the Bri
tish side of the line. Be this true or not, to seize
a man within the territory of the United State;,
and without trial or examination to force himolfto
a foreign jail, is an outrage to which our Govern
ment cannot submit without disgrace.
On the other hand it appears that many persons
on the frontier, near Buffalo, are endeavoring to
embioil the two countries in war, by depreda
tions on the Canadians. An attempt was made to
blowup two British steamboats, lying at anchor
en the Niagara river, near Chippewa. It is said
that an armed force, consisting of several thou
sand men, has been for some time organized in the
State of New York, for the purpose of co-operating
with the Canadian Patriots in another attempt
at revolt. The editor of the Troy Whig says:
" We are informed, on good authority, that the
organization of these men within our territory wa
never so complete as it is at present ; and thai it
comprises a body of fifty or sixty thousand per
sons, who are ready to march at a moment's warn
ing across the frontier, and lo carry fire and sword
into the heart of the Canadas. W hcther the Uni-
ttA Rtatp Hnvirnmnt is nwnrp nf ihis iilnrmin?
state of affairs, we are unable lo say ; or whether
General Scott in his recent visit to Buffalo and De
troit succeeded in discovering what was actually
going on in tne vicinity oi inose piaces. ii is vi
i.t l
ry evident, however, to observing men who reside
near the Canadian frontier, that unusual prepara
tions have been making for some time past among
those who are friendly to the cause of ihe patriots,
and the most disastrous consequences are appre
hended unless this conspiracy against a nation
with whom we are at peace, is broken up in time.
The recent robberies of powder ai.d arms were
doubtless committed by persons in the employment
of the conspirators, and similar seizures will be at
tempted by them hereafter, from time to time."
There is no doubt a large number of people on
both sides of the line, anxious to commence hostil
ities. Our citizens were justly incensed at the at
tack on the Caroline, and the cold-blooded murder
then committed by British subjects. But we fear
there are others, prompted by the love of n.iscbief
and the hope of plunder, who will bring us into in
extricable difficulties with the British Governnie"'-
The Proclamation of the President, which we pub-
Ibh to-day, indicates a state of things alarmin; to
the peace of the two nations.
d" Congestive fever prevails to an alarming
extent on the coast, between Bayou Sara and Ke"
Orleans.
Ed The Greensboro' Patriot, speaking of t
Maine election, calls Gov. Fairfield the ' loco-foW
abolitionist." Does not the editor know that he
deceiving his readers, and that Gov. Fairfield J'
no abolitionist? The abolition strength in Maine
is on the "whig" side. Mr. Thomas was beaten
in one of the Districts, at a former election, because
he voted for Alherton's Resolutions, and a "whig
abolitionist (Mr. Eaton) elected in his place. VV e
do not recollect whether Kent, the defeated "whig
candidate, is an abolitionist or no't ; but think it
very likely, as the "whigs" always falsely charge
their own sins to their opponents.
d The "whig" papers are now coming out tc
favor of a National Bank, "with proper checks and
modifications," when they know very well that ro
checks or modifications can have any influence
over such an institution.
In Alabama, the change in favor of the De'
mocracy is 6,000.