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TO THE PSOPLK OP IXD1ANA.
FgLuwr-CrriH.xfc -Having consented t
late period of the canvass, to become a candidate
for Governor of the Slate, it will not be in my pow
er to visit overy part; but if time had pemmtea,
thould certainly nave done so. In this respect
my opponents will have the advantage bavin ta
ken the fiold at an earlier date, and already had
many opportunities of personally meeting with
and addressing the people.
We all know that candidates have seldom cre
dit for sincerity when avoiding a disinclination
tor office, but as for myself my friends w ill know that
uch was the fret; and I did not consent to Invc
my nimo announced till a late period, 1 intend to
visit as many portions of the state as will be
found practicable; to the rosi.Iiic I can oulyppcak
through the medium of the prcsa.
It will of course be expected that I should state
my opinions relative to important interests; and
mm to the policy which will be proper and neces
sary for the state to pcraue for the coming three
years. An J ncre, l wmn it to ikj uisuncuy un-
A late number of the New Era contains the fol
lowing curious &cts. It is well perhaps for us
that Caligula and Mr Locke, of the Era, are contem
poraneous, for had the idea been suggested to the
Emperor, and the battery constructed, none but
they would have survived the shock:
News fob Cauccla, or how to destroy the
whole human race in one moment. The small
space into which the whole human family might
stand without being crowded, appears very re
markable upon calculation. A square mile con
tains 3,097,000 square yards, and at the rate of
four persons, large and small, to a square yard,
VZJayOAOO human beings. Thus the swarming
population of the United States could be crow
ded, without inconvenience, into a square mile,
and could be walked round in an hour. - In like
manner the host of Xerxes, of which the Gre
cian represent ono end as seeing the sun rise, and
the other as seeing him at the same instant set,
could have been ranged in close order on a field of
all beared the
It had already become a subject of legal inqui
ry, of deposition from office, etc. when the chem
ist appease tl the anger of the prefect and the fears
of his agcnts,by explaining the means which he
had used to remove the writing. One of the first
hankers of the canital maintained that the act of
washing alone, by the means of which a written
paper should be returned to its virgin whiteness
would have some marks by which it could be de
tected. The same chemist who was in epistola
ry correspondence with this banker, took a letter
which he had fbrmerlv received from him, remov
ed the writing by this composition except the sig
nature, wrote above it an acceptance tor a nuu
dred francs, payable to the bearer. This ac
ceptance was presented to the cashier, who paid
it immediately, and the banker was convinced that
he himself should have taken it. Tho public
treasury has suffered bv this discovery, la fact,
the sale of stamped paper is not near so large
THE MOT MllKET. I aTT
MAM
The Money Market lOecidedlv easier in this
city; that is to say, money can be obtained at
much lower rates tnan formerly, provided tne
security be unquestioned. For example, United
States Bank Bonds sold at the close of last week.
at acre per cent per ansmm, or one per cent, pre
mium only, beyond tne legal rate ot interest,
Business, however, is exceedingly du!l,and the in
crease in the price of money, may be attributed
material! v if not wholly to tne cause. 1 he ;cw
York Daily Express savs: "There has been
great change in the money market; within the
last ten days. Tne period ot snaving and usury
has passed money is no longer employed to buy
notes. During the week, money has been loaned
with tolerable freedom on Manhattan and L. S.
Post notes, and also favorite Rail Road Stock at 7
percent per annum. This is a state of things that
New York has not seen before within a year past.
Some of the Banks are discounting with tolera-
n Some of the
while others are holding up and draw-
a hundred acres, and could have
dcrstood. that I am bv no moms opposed to in-! voice of tlio -speaker. The inhabitants of the;
tcrnal improvements. On the contrary, I think J whole earth, about 1)00,000,000, would not fill a
that public works judiciously located, can an J circle of ten miles diameter; they might therefore
should always bo carrie J on in such a m inner as be riJdcn round in an hour, and might hear a bell
to advance the general good, and without irnpo- place I in the centre. The whole race of man
sing too heavy burthens upon the people ;but when : kind might thus be swallowed up in one earthquake,
this cannot be done, such undertakings would be ! and not one be left alive to record it in a newspa-
worae than unless. If tbo credit of the State and ' por, or any body but himself to rcid it if he were,
such other aid as the legislature can prudent-' Every h'iman being upon the fice of the earth
I v give, aided by tbo assistance of that portion of, might not only stand but sleep within the bounda
the ewanaunity directly benefited, be not suffi- rics of London, and have plenty of room to kick
cient to construct and furnish o :r roods and canals, j his neighbour out of bed. And tuo whole ciulti
suund discretion would naturally suggest tho ex- 1 tide of m inkiiiJ, thus standing within a circle
pediency of finishing first, throe of the most im- ; teu miles in diameter, and holding bands, might
portance, and which will give the greatest reve- j be struck dead in an instant,by a single shock from
nue, lor by tno aid oi tins revenuo wc can men ; a galvanic batten . nat a ocautiiui experiment
as before, for any one may restore, by means
lu f r blooey is also beginning to be offered on
pers which are no longer of any use. Se. tji,' nttvfWIv. The business
ai cnemisis are now occupica in preparing an t, i . ? u "a- . " :..t. : i.. .ru
,L:.k.k.n i....i.,:.jI..u Jit! 1,3 J city has fallen off astonishingly. The
- - 7 .7 Ko nnl mrtmlhnn nn tourtn I ho turner
k:..u ,i..ii i. ...r . u;. .:u s nave not
. "T ?: .V:V"rered thev had six months ago.
scovcry. in iu im-au wmu iruvcniiueui , , i ., .. r . , .
ooiu ana silver cuauaue in ueuwna , mumi iurj
are now looked upon only as articles of mench&n-
a
discovery. In the mean time government
changed its stamp. The new ones bear the cy
phers of the year, and must all be renewed on the
first of January.
wc can then
nniih those works next in importance.
Tbo Wbash and Erie canal, aided by a large
and liberal grant of public I inds from Congress,
is now for advanced, and will soon be finished
without costing the state much money.
for Caligula!
Another Example or Cueating at Cabds.
-In addition to the anecdotes which have been
Certain-! recently published on the subject of cheating at
ly of this prospect of the early completion oi this i cards m high society, tne following trait is related,
important work, other portions of the state cannot j About twenty year ago, a gentleman, known as
justly complain for,without increasing their bur- : the Baron dcAIor t, became prominently in the
tbens. a revenue will be realized from it at an fashionable cisrlcs of the Chaussee d'Antin, who
early dato, to aid in finishing other works of im
portance.
I am well aware thit tne-present system oi in-
was observed to live at tho rate of four or five
thousand a year, without any known source of in
come. The Baron gave excellent dinner?, splen-
fernal improvement is c writing apprehension and did balls, and, possessed of a handsome person and
nlinn an th manrtj ' tl ntlf f'lt'flIi 1 llf V foal frmwl nitkiiQ r-a liAfarvi n I n l V 4 r 1 1 ffUvirifp II V
that tho burthens impose 1 will be m ich beyond the degrees he made his way to the very best society ! ours is done for you command the outlet.
n.n.inu.x.nhn at. r nn l f liit tho. lirat fTPntlirv Oi ill Pir a I1CM ouuuuicu nines VUUIOUU1-
The LeTTrvo. The letting of the Wabash
and Erie canal, from Fort Wayne to the State Line
closed on the evening of the 1st inst. We have
yet been unable to learn the precise result, but
sufficient is known to warrant the conclusion
that the whole distance is let, and at prices which,
taking into consideration the high price of labor
and provision, are quite reasonable. We had
feared that the latter circumstance would deter
contractors from offering proposals, or induce
them to propose at so high prices, that the Acting
commissioner would not feel authorized to allow
them ; but we are happy to learn that our appre
hensions were groundless. The work will be
commenced forthwith, and in less than two years
will be completed. We regret to learn that at the
Maumee letting, on the 15th ult. the work was
put under contract only to the head of the Rapids.
The reason we understand was, that the "line
teas not ready."" For shame, gentlemen, what
have you been about ? You know that the Indiana
portion of the canal is comparatively useless un
our political existence as a mti n, is to bo mark- About five years ago, however, the Baron was
cd by tho bankruptcy of a state. I myself am of observed to drop his opera box, then an equipage,
the opinion, that the system is byl-ir too burthen-j and at length his costly dinner parties; and just
some, and will result in embarrassments. But, as these circumstances were beginning to excite
follow citizens, h morand patriotism require at unsatisfactory surmises, he was found one morning
our bands, that wo give the friends of the system dead in his bed. The Commissary of Police was
bearing not by being told on the stump 'how immediately called in, and, as is usual in such
millions can be paid by the results of a little mar- cases, an inventory of the effects of the deceased
keting but by an investigation most minute and 1 tnado out when, lo! in tho Baron's bed-room
thor.tigh, made by the semte and houso of reprc- were discovered two large cases of packs of cards,
eentatives of Indiani, ascertaining me extent oi all of which proved to bo slightly marked on the
the undertaking, its ultimate cost, and tho time back with aqua fort'ts. On examination and in
necessary to complete, with all tho additional tax- quiry, it appeared that tho confidcntal valet de
ca required, to pay tho interest on the money btr- chambrc of Monsicr de M. was in the habit of ma
rowed. Figures will not deceive. If tho friends king acquaintance with the valets of the opulent
oi tho system believe it a practicable one, tnuy , families whose parties were frequented by his
urcly will not shrink from such an investigation ; ' mister- You furnish the cards for lady's soi-
nd ifit turns out to bo within tho resources of. ricsf he used to inquire "how much do you pay
ana side arc now nearly completed, and; that the
whole route would have been navigable, before
this time, only for waiting on your ;tardy move-
. V ... I " .1 . I i: . -i
infill?, luunuuw inui niuiaui rawv ne means
to construct it, and that after Japse of years,
you have not yet "broke ground," come, hurra!
w ith your "million of freeemcn,' go ahead, and
finish the canal like men. Don't let your,younger
sister have further cause to reproach you with
requesting her generosity with neglect and in
gratitude. Fort Waync Scntincl.
dize. as all debts are paid in Bank Notes. Sil
ver is worth about eight per cent and goldaiac.
They will no doubt continue to rise for some time
to come, as not a packet goes out to Europe that
does not carry a largo amount.
Ihpobtaxt Decision. The National Intelli
gencer of Wednesday contains the opinion of the
Circuit Court of the " United States for the Dis
trict of Columbia, delivered by Chief Justice
Cranch, on the motion for a mandamus to the
Postmaster General, in the case of the United
States re Stockton & Stokes, Relators. The
document is of considerable length, and concludes
as follows:
"The Court will order a writ of mandamus to
issue, commanding the Postmaster General to cre
dit the relators with the balance remaining due
to them, according to the award and report of
the Solicitor, unless the Postmaster General shall
show cause to the contrary, on or before the
day of
"The question whether a mandamus shall is
sue, commanding him to pay the balance, may
be reserved for further consideration, when the
result of the mandamus to credit the balance shall
be ascertained
SATTKDAT MORX15TCI, JCJtC 94, SST
OUR TERMS. Since th enlargement of oar paper, it
bacotnes iadiapnsably necessary that the different prices,
according to the time of payment, should be strictly cm
plied with. Two dollars in three months after subscribing
$2,50 within the year and $3,00 if payment bo delayed
unlil the rear expire. This is as lew as wo can possibly
afford to publish a sheet of the present size, and wo feel as
sured that oar readers will not expect us to work for less than
a liTing recompense. Our agents ill please attend to this.
HO.V. JONATHAN KVARTY,
Will address the citizeas of Richmond and vicinity on
Saturday the 34th inst. at 4 o'clock P. M.
fJVe invite the attention of air readers to the sreech
of Mr. WEBSTER, delivered at aadisoa in this stats, on
the lit inst which may be found oi the first page of this
paper.
Tne Hoax. We were complefcly hoaxed by an article
which we published last week eodeataing the dissolution of
the Cabinet. It was well gotten up. The concluding re
marks bear every feature of the slang of the Globe, and were
worthy of the "source from whence" they were said to have
emanated. The only improbable expression that we no
ticed was the remark said to have been used by Mr. Van
Bureo in replying to the threat of Mr. Forsyth to resign;
that it would give him pleasure to receive their resigna
tions under any circumstances." Martin an Buren has
not the necessary courage to address Forsyth in such style ;
but we knew the retpontible editor of the Globe had impu
dence enough to say that wb ich Martin Van Buren dare not
utter.
NATIONAL EXK.
Modi speculation is abroad, and mm
a to the probable course the EaecsMir win
the ensuing special assail of Cnngrsw. In the
wkcmi vpwoae. oar view must ail be mwleil.
were to take the past hiseory of our country as a .
judge from, we could bat coate to the rTaii lusi 111 iT
nal Bank of same kind would bo osMMishod. Wae-L 3
opinion, and mere opinion it is, that a kok -'- - 4
that alluded to by Gen. Jackson in hioveto L.. TH :
,rUl he teeoauneaded. la that until a u t
KoWthe United States, competent to all douse aJ I
requuea oy the goreraaient, aright be so
"tifrin ow delegated powers, e, the
rigbtsof tfc,8u . .7 ,
ed upon to rW:. . . T 1
" . . "".7 piyjci o sucn an Institution, fat
would have beet-w..,, r . ' "l r
the state, we will all cheerfully lend our aid to pact?" PJftwin iraman TT ITs;owlistnntl I can
sustain and finish thoworkn at an oeu-lydatw. Bat let you have as rainy as you like for too. My
if it shall appear, upon fill investigation of all brother is foreman of a card manufactory, and has
tho facts, that 20 to 311 millions are necessary, the aright to those slightly damaged so slightly,
consequence will be, thtt soma change must ccr- that it is scarcely discernible." By these means
tainly be mtdc, and a proper one will bo classifi- the Biron M. came to furnish cards to all the par
1 1 now declare, if classification be found i tics and balls he frequented, from the rcarfeta-
aecessary,aa I think will be the case, that I have bles of which he was in tho habit of carrying home
uch confiJenco in the people of Indiana, and their j two or three thousand francs a night. The death
patriotic and honorable motives, as to lie sure that ' of his accomplice gave the first blow to his system
selfishness will never prevent a classification of. of fraud, and before he bad time to find another
the works, when they find it 15 calculated to pro- rogue fitted lor bis purpose, tiie pressure ot sudden
We find the following piece of advice in an ex
change paper. It desorves to be the motto of ev
ery respectable journalist in the country.
"Never stoop to answer a falsehood of a dis
graced and dishonored man. And though his ca
lumnies be often reiterated Jw sure to remember.
that if the nroe steaders, repeatedly directed to-
wuw uiners, nerve rot j 1", , ,,t i , , j i
ttvkf a I ho irnnnril nnmncritV of OUf StatO,
We feel already the burthen of our taxes, and
they must annually increase in amount for soma
years ta come. Let us go on, then, with such
works as can be finished without too much op
pressing the people. When these arc finishe J, go
on with others as our means increase. In this way
all will be sure at last to be finished. By this
node of procedure, the public works bear their
own burthens, instead of the people.
Tho present time, in particular, must admon
ish us all to be prudent and economical. A time
of unprecedented prosperity has stimulated the
banking system of tho United States and England
to go too far, a toanul reaction nas taKcn piacc,
difficulties overpowered him, and he died of a fit
of apoplexy.
A PLAIN STATEMENT. :
Is tho Jackson Van Buren administration op
posed to a paper currency, and really in favor of
gold and silver, except for the office holders f Let
facts be submitted to a candid world. When
President Jackson camo into power and com
menced bis experiment on tho currency, there
were three hundred and twenty banks in the U
nited States. When he closed bis -humbIe ef
forts" anJ when out of office, there were six hun
dred and seventy seven banks in the United States?
Ttif tlirfA tiunrlrtfni and twnntv banks which he
and our funds provided to pay tne laoor on our pua- fiHlnA ;n operation, at the commencement ot bis
lie works for this season, arc not altogether free tcrm 0f0fl-,ce were the growth and product of for-
from danger, in tho place of deposite in the cast, j Tr yCars The three hundred and fifty seven ad-
. Every way we turn we find powerful admoni- ditionnj banks, now in cxistonce, are the growth
tions to be prudent. The idea of levelling moun-, nm;i,l(.nf hi. kicht vears term of office
. iir it i-: . I i . J . . . . . . " . i .
tarns, uuing up vaiieys, mwiug u.ruin.uu
eease to animate and excite, and are lost at once,
when the tax-gatherer calls, and wc reflect on the
probability that each successive year will increase
our burthens, unless we classify and introduce the
most severe economy into every branch of our
publie expenditure.
As a public m in or a private citizen, I sh ill al
ways feel a deep interest in the cause of educa
tion. We must guard, with a constant and jeal
ous watchfulness, its privileges; for this is the
great and powerful good, which, above all others,
lends its aid to secure the blessings of civil and
religious liberty, and every thing beneficial to
our race. High schools and colleges arc in the
hands of a class who can, and will no doubt, sus
tain them, but our common schools need the fos
tering caro of tbo State. Wherever in other
States this has been given, we see its good ef
fects. We have an excellent basis for common
schools. Each township has from Congress a
grant of a section of land; and as soon as is prac
ticable, it would be good policy to raise upon this
basis1; .superstructure of durable and of inestim
able value. It is my opinion, that the whole ad
vantage and benefit of the income, accruing from
. ... a i T II I
th.- Irrrititnto nnrl fitrctold rCSUHS Ot blS Wanton
oTiwrCnnnt nnnn the currency and revenues of
tho country. Thus then, the forty years, embra
cing the official terms of Washington, Adams, Jef
ferson, Madison, Monroe and J. Q. Adams, gave
to the United States three hundred and twenty
banks. While tho eight year term of Andrew
Jackson, the pretended opponent of paper curren
cy, gave us three hundred and fifty seven addi
tional banks! The administrations of all his pre
decessors in office created 320 banks. If the ad
ministration of his six predecessors in office had
been equally prolific of bank creations, with that
of Jackson, there would have been nearly thres
thousand, instead of C77 banks, now in opera
tion. Whom then of all our Presidents, should
be deemed tho banks,' and "paper currency1
President? Jackson, who created 357 banks in
eisht j cars, or his six predecessors who created
j 3J0 banks in forty years? Let every honest citi
zen make answer to this question, as thall seem
true and just, and let him then make up his mind,
as towhat gratitude and confidence he owes to the
-successor of Gen. Jackson the "author of
the letter to Sherrod Williams' who promises
to walk in his footsteps. It is a maxim of etcr-
disdain, they deserve nothing more from yourself.
Preserve always, your self respect. Remember
that there are sources from which truth only
would be a novelty. Be cool. Be prudent. Be
not too generous. It has warmed many a worm
into life. Be brief- in all but your leading arti
cles. Put much in little. Allow no advertise
ments in your sheet, of a personal character
Shun collisions with outcasts, of every descrip
tion. iever publish articles with oaths in them.
Be at peace with yoursels. So shall you sail
smoothly, and have comfort always."
The Bex Sherrod. Cp. Castleus of the
Bcn Sherrod, has published a vindication of his
conduct in the Louisville Journal af the 10th.
The following is tho postcript of his letter.
".Merely to show how things will be exaggera
ted, and not that it can alter in any way the cir
cumstances, I would mention that the number of
persons on board the Ben Sherrod at the time that
she was burnt did not exceed from 150 to 160. I
think 150 would probably come the nearest to it in
cluding the crew, children, servants and all ; and
from all I could learn before I led New Orleans,
and at Natchez on my way up, I do not think there
was more than 60 or 65 lost instead of from 100 to
200 as is stated in so many different reports. I
myself clung to the hope of getting the boat
ashore and saving all until it was too late to save
my own family, and thereby lost my father and
my two children, and got my wife out, burnt so
badly that she was not expected to rIive. I was
burnt myself slightly; one child burnt to death
and in my wife's arms when I got hold of her,
and the other drowned."
Givk me Specie. Give me hard money for this
note, said a mechanic to the pavmsr teller ot tho
Bank. "Here it is my friend." Off he goes
jingling the half dollars. "Oha!" said he, "this is
the thing: something' to touch something to feel.
How bright and shiny these halt dollars look!
Jackson and hard money forever !" Home he goes
with his silver on Saturday evening, spread it on
the table and makes quite a display of it. "John"
says the wife, "we owe four dollars to the grocer
for the last week's supply." "Here it is." "A
half dollar to the milkman twelve shillings for
half a load of wood ten shillings for the baker
a dollar for a pair of shoes for Bob, and a piece
of beef on Sunday. Now John, what is left?"
"Not much ; I believe about four shillings." Here
is the end oT the sroldauKl oilvor humbug.
The mechanic is advised to t wr note
Iia mnv receive for labor to the Bank and get hard
'iimilj iur it , ug uura u, nuu iu a, lew uuuuici ni
ter he receives this specie it finds its way into
the till of the grocer, and into the pocket of the
baker, butcher, milkman, &c., who in return pay
away that silver to their customers, and finally it
is again deposited in the Banks for new issues ;
and it is made to perform certain services which
a bank note in good credit can just as well per
form. Gold and stiver may be admired very
handsome to the sight ; but can you keep iti In
one moment it is in j our hand, in the next it pas
ses to your creditors for family supplies. t hy
will the laboring classes reduce themselves to
misery and want snepport- the silly policy of a
elfish prty T lou cut on the band ot the me
chanic when you bankrupt the merchant. Where
there are neb people, poor people may obtain em
ployment and bread, but when the people are all
poor, how are they to help each other ? The only
two countries on earth, where gold and silver cir
culates, and banks are unknown, are Spain and
Italy, two miserable poor countries, without com
merce and without employment for tho laboring
class, as the 10,000 Lazzaroni of Naples can tes
tify. The two greatest commercial, prosperous,
flourishing countries on earth were England and
America, until crippled for a while by the con
temptible experiment of Andrew Jackson and the
hard money systcm.N. Y. Star.
SPECIE PAYMENT.
This morning, June 14, the Ohio Life &. Trust
Company, of this city, resumed the payment of
specie, for its notes and deposits. As the insti
tution is managed by men well acquainted with
their business, the just deduction, from their re
sumption of specie payment, is, that they are
well assured of their ability to continue thus to
pay, without further interruption. Considering
it a duty imposed upon me, as an editor, I have
made inquiry as to the actual state of the Com
pany's accounts. I am entirely persuaded that
they are abundantly prepared to meet and dis
charge, in specie,or in preferable funds, the whole
amount of their liabilities. This statement is
made, after an actual inspection of their affairs
The principal object of this notice, is, to advise
our portion of the surplus ol revenue, should do af :ust;c0 to iudire the tree bv its fruits." And by
devoted to the cause of coram jn schools; and this j j--. gt-njaxd. ; reference to the bank and currcn-
d is position of it will finally be worth far more to
the people of Indiana than to any other use to
which it could be applied.
GAM'L. TAYLOR.
cy questions, how can our late and present rulers
escape condemnation, from a long suneringand
abused people !
Sa-Jtso.xABLK Hists. Many of the enemies ofj
the svstem of internal improvement are resort-;
tog to the most descrptivo misstatements for the
purpose of rendering it unpopular with the people.
They even go so far as to say we arc now tad
ffleen percent, and that, in the course of a few
years, it will require a tax of Jfiy per rent, to
sustain the system. An unsuspecting individual
(who had been misled by one of these croakers,)
was lately heard to say that be was willing to pay
33 per cent, but, before he would pay 50 percent,
he would take up arms and rebel ! On being in
formed, however, that 13 per cent, was $15 on
theft 100: and that, instead of being taxed at that
... . i i
tale, or even as nign as tne sum ne exprctwu n
williagnees ekerrfuUy to pay, the tax was only
the sue hundredth nart of 15 percent., he was per
fectly utoniahedat his mistake. The idea of
people making a fuss about so small a tax as 35
cents oa the 0100 to secure so great benefit as
Coed roads nod canals wtoU confer upan them, be
comsderod very unreasonable; and, in despite of
Qe temporary delusions of demagogues, tne peo
ple will soon discover tint it will cost them far
more to preserve the roads and lines of intercom
liraaicatioa between different points in their pres
ent deplorable condition, than it would to intersect j
ike State with good ro-sds ane canals at a tax ofj
sTven SO cents on the fllOO. Wabash Courier. '
Tbarulatiin from the Literateur Francoin.
Important U.iemical iJiseovery. e are, in
France, on the eve of anew kind of revolution,
which will, without doubt, make the tour of tho
world. . Chemists 'have just discovered a pro
cess by which they can remove writing from a
ny paper without leaving the slightest mark which
might lead to the suspicion of fraud. No ink can
resist the oowerof this composition, and no kind
of paper can retain the character it bears. That
the government aaight be satisfied of the danger
ous nature of this discovery, a chemist went to
the prefecture of police, and requested anasport
for a stranger, which was granted immediately.
The next day the same chemist went to the house
of the perfecture himself and shewed him a passs
port in blank, signed with his own hand. "It was
only yesterday," said he, "that this passport was gi
ven me at you rofiice : and if this is the way the po
lice conducts, no wonder that Don Carlos conld
traverse from one end of France to the other in
order to reach Spain!" The perfect, astonished,
sent for all the agents of bis office. All denied
that they ever delivered the unfortunate passport;
but they finally agreed that it was certainly the
signature of the prefect which it bore, the partic
ular kind of paper which was used in the office
of police, and the royal stamp with which it was
impressed.
Paddy axd theEcuo. Patrick! where have
you been thi hour or more ? You must not ab
sent yourself without my permission.
Och, niver more will I do the like, sir.'
Well, give an account of yourself, you seem
out of breath.'
Fath, the same I am, sir; I niver was in sich
fear since I come to Amenity' I'll tell ye all a
boot it, sir, when I get breath wonst agin!'
'I heard ye telling the gintleman of the won- the holders of Trust Company notes, throughout
dcrful hecho, sir, over in the wood, behind the the country, to retain them with entire confi-
big hill. I thocht by what ye said uv it that it dence, and make no sacrifice upon them, to the
bate all the hechocsuv ould Ireland, sir: and so specie speculators, who will be out in search of
it doese, by the powers ! Well, I jist run over to them, seeking to buy them up, as a means of ob
the place you was spakin uv, to converse a bit taining specie for exportation abroad, or for sba-
witn the womiertul cratur. So said I'Hillo, hillo, ving at home.
hillo? and sure enough the hecho said, "Hillo, It is a subject of gratification to the country,
hillo, hillo!' you noisy rascal!" I thocht that that this institution has placed itself in a condi
was very quare, sir, and I said HilloP again, j tion to preserve its charter, and thus prevent the
Hillo yorselfT said the hecho, vou begun it first.' ' devastating consequences of its forfeiture. Had
What are you made uv V said I. Shut up your j that forfeiture taken place, the immediate consc
mouth' said the echo. So said I, ye blathern ; quence must have been, a proceeding against it,
scoundrel,if ye was flesh and blood, like an honest j in the Supreme court, followed up by a forced
man that ye isn't I'd hommer ye till the mother collection of the debts due to it, throughout the
uv ye would t know her impedent son.' And j whole state, and in some of the adjacent states,
whaht do you think the echo said to that, sir? A large portion of the most valuable real estate
Scamper ye baste of a Paddy ' said he. or fath af 1 1 must have been brought into market, for sacri-
catch you I'll break every bone in vour uglv bod- j fice, in a very short time, which could not but
A I l.-l z.t - . rt. . J t . Tl i-
LOCAL CURRENCY.
The effort being made by the leaders of the administra
tion to induce the belief that the Whigs bare created the
present s currency of the country, is as false as it is dis
honorable. We invite the attention of our readers to the
following extract from the message of Geu. Jackson, in
1830.
"It is thought practicable to organize such a bank with
the necessary officers, as a BRANCH OF TIIE TREAS
URY DEPARTMENT. The States would be strenethen
ed by having in their hands the means of ftirninhinr the IX )-
tAL rArbK CURRENCY THROUGH THE MED1
I'M OF THEIR OWN BANKS."
Thus has Gen. Jackson recommended the rag currency ;
and the party acting on his recommendation hare created
35i new banks, and added 179 millions to the capital of
those already chartered, which has increased the circula
tion of paper money to the enormous amount of one hun
dred and twenty-three millions five hundred thousand dol
lars, and extended the Joans three hundred and ninety-eight
millions.
The Whig party instead of recommending the establish
ment of local .institutions have ever opposed tltem. It ifor
that, that they opposed the measures of the late administra
tion. It is for their creation that some men, not peculiarly
chaste in their expressions, have tuned Gen. Jackson. For
ourselves, we disclaim the charge of being advocates of the
eeaUoe: a stem whan fantwhi donna tn mlrailuat ....
rf ' 1
W. think it p,. yM
?'h ' Pn fci. institution. aUS
" ' " "J1 s Executive L
holding oa to the gold and silv,.w.. u.
horded up U for the basis of the Wi-.;
onamemliM . .
. . -" prooaorr eras the soaras i '
lar .ssued-for this, it is paired LpmJZ
in gold and silver. This blt.tt foe uT-Janl i
in fact the Treasury-th. Sector, of the Ttea
the biddable preaident thereof; te
sriruisksM tak. uum I m
drafts and warrants, and its different w w T!?? f
overy land office and custom houss ia theeoun. .... "5!
trresponsbU, Pinaster in the government aJtf
teller of th.s Bank, which would indd be a ajljl
V henever our representatives become AA "
wonted high .Kate as to giro, r Law, the tu, mT f
. un, enure control of one man, then renibft
will indeed be nu
From the intimations and tone of tbo Oloa. i ,v: .
settled that wo sua to have an "iad.nM.4. t-
Treason . To prepare the party for this, this eLato
ciog m no measured terms tbo merchants asj
the banks. Aatributine la than. il .l
fairs, brought about by the ignorance or design of the Exec-
otive, tbey have become "necessary evils." We are in fa
vor of a circulating medium, permanently based on gold and
silver. An institution sufficiently extensive to be at par, or
in other words redeemable id specie in every stats in the
Union; capable of conducting the domestic exchanges of
the country at a nominal per centum, and to be received in
payment for the public lands and other revenues of the gov
ernment. But distinctly separate and apart from the con
trol of the Executive of the general government. His efforts
to give us a "bettor currency" have brought our commercial
citizens to the embarrassed state they are in ; therefore, tho
sooner its control is taken from his bungling hands ths bdtlar
it will be for our country.
and thus endeavoring to excite the public against these, saa
when our country is rivea to the brink of deeolaUoaft.
will propose their "salutary check upo the inftatioa efZ
per currency." The golden hamboc is arreadv dead. &
intelligent man, eeen ofthepsHy, pretends to believe mj
it was ever intended to be carried la to effect. They taii
is impracticable, and only used it as a hobby on which h
ride tho deluded and blinded devotees of party. A kf
number of the Globe contains the following yairsgrspht, f
an expose of the "great and weighty saostei," which a K-
occupy the attention at the approaching extra sestiea m v
Congress: , ; , fci
"The Treasury of the failed States, with a lew mumm)
and responsible public officers at tho great emperieass ettl
commercial intercourse, is amply stsfficieat to carrr oa ska W
transactions required by the publie service. ; t J
Such an arrangement will operate as the mast sarokaf -
check upon the inflations of paper currency which hasahaa
so prejudicial to the industry and actual wealth of the cess
try in years past. If the debts to the United Stawt h) i
paid, when they are paid, either ia actual cash or IhsosV ,
deuces of claims vuoa tbo Tremsurr. there will be sat aaaa
itnMrtainii nf anf.ia mtmitiill U'hl.r .ftu SVm. i
uaiuiii m.j - van ... i uw inn llll A wi ninl, j.
cognised by the Constitution of the United States will sat f
be deteriorated. The United States have aa ioda Deadest i
Legislature an independent Judiciary anJ why a
dent Treasury ? The whole of the connection with
from its commencement, has been corrupting and iajeriesl t .
to the general wellare." ;
t
BANK OF THE UNITED STATES.
Vi e have noticed an article goiitg the rounds of the Van
Buren pres3 of Ohio, stating that this institution is insolv
ent itc. We believe a more base and unblushing falsehood
has but seldom appeared even in tbo Globe. The first
charge that Gen. Jackson made against the lata bank was,
that it was insolvent, and unable to pay the stockholders at
the expiration of iu charter. He recommended the then
government to sell their stock immediately to prevent
loss. He was driven from this contemptible position by the
bank agreeing to pay $115 50 per share of $100 of govern
ment stock. The article to which we refer states that the
bank is indebted to the general govornnont the stirn of se
ven or eight millions. Soch is not the case; at least, there
is nothing due the government from the bank until Septem
ber next, when all dues will no doubt, be paid ; and it is said
and believed, that the government has been compelled to so
licit payment, or an advance of four hundred thousand dol
lars, alroady three months before it is due. Truly, did
the Vao Buren wiseacres prophecy, when they said there
would be no rurplut revenue. Farther, that the foreign
stockholders will demandspecie for tleirstock. Foolishness!
Of whom would they demand specie! Of themselves .They
are apart of the bank! They are inlsrested in its success,
.Vest roil Qfiee Department. A Mr. Hale of the cicj f j
of New York, prop eats a aaaat by eaocial messsngers letter fcl
pop snore pmtlly mint ettmmply aaMu sba aM ejatatv 1
lishment does: and monover hm mi to ul Knk
instead of demanding specie. Amos has come out ia sh
Globe, and declares that the project is illegal, and lareat
eni to prosecute all those concerned ia iu execution.
Hale haa taken tho advice of eminent counsel, who atnuo
him that the present post office law does not prohibit the ftm
ecutioa of his scheme ; at least he ia determined to has it
tried, and of course will sjbtnit to the decisions of the
stitutional tribunal.
. Jim (Jrowana. It is said npon good authority that Gsa.
Jackson declares himself in favor of a National Bank. Both
as he recommended to Congress in 183J.
"So I whoel about I turn about, and do just so.
rn about I jump Jim Crow."
Ami ,
y. An7 it hit my bead with a stone, sir. that
was nigh knocking the poor brains out of me. So
I ran as fast as iver I could ; and, praised be all the
saints, I'm here to tell you uv it, sir.'
NaTioJiai. CojtvEjmow. The Young Men of the city of
New York lately held a large meeting, to consult oa the ex
pediency of holding a National Convention, for the purposs
of seleciing a candidal; for the Presidency in opposition lo
Martin Van Buren. The resolutions recommending a Con
vention were strong ajl forcible. In ordinary circumstan
ces we are opposed lo Conventions ; but at the present cri
sis UNITY alons can rid our country of the misrule which
has governed it for the last eight years. At the proper
time a Convention will no doubt be held.
Mb. Res-tot, axd his Mitt Daors. The St.
Louis Republican tells a good anecdote of Mr.
Benton, on his taking passage in the Royal Han
na steam-boat, a short time since, from that port.
Mr. Benton offered payment for his fare, in Illi
nois money. The can tain of the boat objected.
. J t rwwt - t
urmg ruin upon eery QCOIOT. 1 ne SacnnCCS r-t we have heretofore
T 1 -1 . ... I - v w. -
umuc, tjy iuc vjuijiiu , to save tneir aeoiors, aa
well as their charter, entitle them, if not to the
thanks, at least to the candid consideration, of
their revilers. Cm. Gazette,
W. D. Doxaldso Has been appointed an Indian A-
gentbjrtbe President. The Wheeling Times says: "jhis
is a good appointment Li one ease, for where Donaldson is,
the Indian will get no whiskey." "He became the pos
sessor of a rope that a man was hung with, at this place, a
few months sine, sold it by piece meals, and got drunk on
the proceeds." Happy appointment indeed.
FaeU tpeak lander than tcord. A fiw days since, a
mercnant of this place having occasion for some United
States money, called on a neighbor of Van Buren politics
and offered him specie for bis U. States bank bill", but the
holder of the notes refused to take less than five per cent,
premium, and that ia specie. He called upon another who
made the same reply. Such farti are stronger arguments ia
said in relation to this
bank than a whole column of denunciation from a partisan
press.
Cm. Jackso.h Has published a response to the dsposi.
tion of Judge White, mads before the committee of Congress
appointed to inquire into the freedom of elections. It woal4
occupy more space than our entire sheet, and tho editor of
the Cincinnati Gazette says he leaves the case jut when
be found it. Sic trantit gloria mundi.
THE BETTER CURRENCY AGAIN.
Our readers will recollect the boast made by Amos Ken
dall, in bis proposals for carrying the mails, that payment
would be made in cold and silveb. The following frost
the Baltimore Chronicle will show how easily be can equiv
ocal?, and bow far hs has gone beyond a reasonable oatrath.:
We have before us a Warrant issued by the Department
of which the f-Jlowuig is a copy t
Ppsr Orrrca DcrAKTSJCsrr.
WARRANT No. 3055.
To thc Tftcasuftea or thk V. rWPay to William
Watt twenty-two dollars and ninety-four rams, out of the ;
Post Office Department, agreeably to Auditor's report Vev
2349.
$12 94-109 AM03 KENDALL, .
Postmaster GensssC "':
Registered and charged.
C.IC GARDNER, Auditor P.O. Dope -
Upon the back is endorsed ;
The Cashier of the Franklin Bank, Baltiasore, pay
within Warrant.
JOHN CAMPBEIX,Tresmsmtv, '
This is the kind of Currency in which Mr. Kendall fya
his contractors and other creditors. Now let us see what it
is worth. A gentleman into whose hands this warrant came,
having a debt to discharge at the Post Office, carried the
warrant to that office in toll city and tendered it m pay
m- if. Mmind for tenlv that the Poet snaator
Sivea pI iaatxuetioas that tbsso
i
An honest old Dutchman came on a visit to
this village, and was quietly smoking his pipe in
full view of the Mowhawk valley, without know
ing that a rail road ran through it. The night was
dark with the appearances of rain, which absorbed
and the prince of humbuggers was informed, that the old man's conjectures, when suddenly a train
noining not tne real '-metallic currency71 could
be taken. Mr. Benton went in nursuit of some
oi his "drops,7' but did not arrive until after the
boat had left the wharf. Cin. Whig.
in the rear. Suddenly dropping his pipe the aston-
The LegJature of New York at this late ses-
, passed an act prohibitum the killinsr of quails
in the counties ofNew York. Kings, Queens, and
Westchester, between the fifth of Januarv, and
25th of October under penalty of $5 for each of
fence. .
St
The late aaonth of March in England, wa col
der by 5 degrees than for 21 year.
isnea citizen exclaimed, " eu it xonc state is
not the tyfel for improvments ! Dey hang lanterns
to dere tunder clouds dat people may see dem and
get out of de way Conajokarrie Radii.
Young Louis Bonaparte, who has been residing
in New York for some months past, took passage
in the George Washington yesterday for Europe.
His mother, the Ex-Queen of Holland, was danger
ously ill at the last dates.
Flour was selling at Houston. Texas. Ma? 2d
at 515 to -20 a barrel. Corn 2 per bosbel.
As far as we have received papers from editors who were
not in attendance at the editorial Convention, they have v-
niformlv expressed their decided approbation of the ssnii-
ments of the resolutions passed and the prices adopted.
We have received the bill of prices, and find but a slight
advance on our former rates.
Liarr. GovEajsoa. It it said that A. C. Pcrrxa hade
c lined being a candidate for Lieutenant Governor as the en
suing election. Cot Davnt Ilixus is the only candidate
before the people for that office.
Ecososjt. It is said that the President is furnishing the
"white house" in a stylo of magoiocenee,
heretofore un
known in this coon try. Any thing to prevent the distribu
tion of the earplus revenue aesong the people, from whence
it camo. The people pay $130 a year for a garden for
Mr. Van Buren! Hurrah for Democracy:
MARRIED On Thursday the 1 5th inst. by J. C. Rib
by Esq., Mr. Ptrrea H. Watoarr to Misi CaTHAaiMeMt
STT, all of this plac-.
Garel " J
m should net p-
be received. e ? L .
Ourreaders will bear witnes t'aat it has been, at all ?, .
times oor sincere and earnest desire to allay rather than os- r
cite the public mind ia the midst of the distresses which , -have
been brought upon the country by the unexpected PTt it
fidy and villainy of our rulers. But we scarcely know beer
to speak with patience of a transaction iitvataat jew
corded. If aa individual were to inn fcts own P"7"
able oa demand, and then refuse to receive sem in satis
factioa of debts doe to him, k would be0 obuct
uoiversa! detestation and scora. U rfntilar cooduct oa the
part of a Department of the Gow r""J wim
great forbearance! Why "
objected to iu exaction e pecio for postage, ia the place
of bank notes. But lMl il should refiue its own warrant
the very coin in w PT debt-whilst gold
and silver are f"ia& iu eoSers from every other "
it past endoace- Il a renaement ia abseJotism whit
requires - ."area spirit of a party slave ilsar.
:.iteelimr the iadicnaat blood rush ia a srarmer car.
.to ths bean nar without meditating opoa-
a the capricious dictatorship, which loads oa srish
wi helnli tinfuM and then requires us to vam
gata which we bare labored tarn, to gratify iw
pidity.
!
A destructive fire occurred in New Yorko"
third instant, in the public store
Washington street, consuming a stock v
valued at OlrSOOs000- Tha amount tf mTZl
was about tlOOflOQ. The fire b supyoaesl to mwm
been the work of an incend iary - r1""'
longing to the fire company was killed, and w
other most dangerously nurt.
In marriaire. mental asAwripIishrncnt fhoadJte
preferred to those which arc txlerior. . t