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Opposite the Post umee. ;
LAW NOTICE, v i ;
rnHN OVERALL will derote himself ex.
'asivc'y to the practice of Law in the inferior
3J superior couns, wu uuiniauj uu s-
dooosly attend to all business submitted to
'i care, urace in we isourc-nouse opposite
e Probate office. . . -
KOMSTOCK'3 VERMIFUGE'
rHIS remedy for worms is one of the most
extraordinary ever used. It effectually
.iiticates worms of all sorts, from children
jd adults.
FOR sale wholesale end retail by Comstock
Snmser 25. Magazine St. New Orleans and
A N. JONES and GREEA'E HILL Colum-
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NOTICE,
r TTERiS of Administration having been
i rranted to the undersigned this 3rd: d
7 l 1S1. b th Hon. 'fhoma. Aal
Z"rf the Probate. trOrS'
i of John L. Clark Dec'd.of said County
IStaie.'
Notice is hereby given to all persons indeb
to. said Estate to come forward and make
mediate payment, and all those having claims
inst said Estate to present them in the
e prescribed by law, or they will be forever
led.
T.J.CLARK,
olumbus Miss. April3, 1844. Adm.
ttHOOPING Cough, Influenza, Spitting
I of Blood, and'all affections of tLe Lungs,
lively can be cured by Carpenter's Com.
y Syrup of Liverwort.
saleby A. N. J ONE S & Co. Druggist
larch 28 1644.
j BOOTS & SHOES.
0 PACKAGES Boots & Shoes, various
qualities for sale low by
TAYLOR HALE &. MURDOCH.
k 8,1 1844. , .
T1CE TO BUSINESS MEN.
HE daily Remembrancer for 1844, with
time and interest tables complete, it or
oi business this will be found the most
and convenient article of the kind ever
ihed, being ao larger than a pocket wal
t sale at
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CONNER'S
UNITED STATES,
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Ml OF NASSAU AND ANN STREETS,
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bdereigned respectfu'Iy inform the Old
of the Type and Stereotype Foundry,
a ly known as James Conkeb's, and more
:ly as Conker 8c Cooke's, and the Pub
feneral. that they are prepared to exe
fders for
t PRINTING TYPES.
Chases, Cases, Imposing stones,
Ink, Frames.
ery other article necessary to lorm
ete Printing Establishments, on as fa
te terms, and ol as good a quality as
ser establishment in the United States.
Type cast at this Establishment, is
the style of Face, and the material of
it is made, particularly adapted for ser
t N. wspaper Printing, i
& mad oi oiereoiypiug lurnisneu 10 w
JAMES CONNER & SON
Ufaf s inralaable' Ointment. .
FOR THE CURE OP
1ITE SWELLINGS, Scrofulous and
iher tumour?, Ulcers, Sore Legs, old
!sb Wounds, Sprains and .Bruises,
s and infiumatjons. Scald Head, Wo
Me Breasts, Rheumatic Pains, Tet.
Vuptions, Chilblains, Whitlows, Biles,
porns,Snike bVje Spider bite, bie of
og, anj external diseases generally.
erou 3 testimonials are in the possession
sroprietor, of the efficacy of this Oint
lut its known reputation does not re
aeir publication". For sale by
I . -,. GREENE HILL,
AI8-50tf. j Agent.
pRAMES.H. TATE
?ULt) respectfully inform tbe citizens
I Columbus and vicinity, that feeling
permanently settled,' in Columbus,' he
pd to continue the practice of his pro
f and promises diligent attention to
fjomay request hirfseicesl ' '
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tesns tiEmc&ti baths
I now open for the season".'. The public
f respectfully invUcd 10 participate in
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PRICES REDUCxtLV.
n Tickets $8
;Ticaetfor - 5
i 37J cents each, J
f number, 50 cents each.
'"nririlj ejrpectea.'or old p'ices will be
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FRESH . '
AW MEDipiNES
iVofesaJe arid n'ftai,
- GREENE HILL.
I. 18441
HAT REPAIRING.;
PAKAMA and LEGHORN
'HATS renaired' and cleaned in
the rieaest style,'' at the Colpm-
busHoieVbv - i
Columbus'March 21, 1844. ;,
(Jj 'of a 'Deed iritTrust mlde and Ex
;?the 8 day of May 1838 and re
iJeeof tbeCleFkjoMhePro.
Z2t? Court; House-f Lowndes
Tie South half of Section
lateen EaM r .Contalauur 'S20
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I cJL ituatelly mz a&4 beiusr m
i.v AB'M.liHRBOCK;
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&S.!lPm rr. tt ' ant!
Uills.rbrthkysar, e'.tuatsd
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'.'jr.P. JACK; & A. TwbiTEK,
(PublMhcd ly Ceqneat.) - -
Our roby Up., an Spariiin. e r
Oor cheek, which .ham. the tlashiiiy rose.
Oar neck, which vie with winter .now,, ; (; ;
Oar inelung words, osr witching smile,
Whieh.evetj sorrow ead . VgnUes. s
Oar bosom, fair, oar lotel j iVeaetsY , f ' V
Where Ahjelt might desire to rest! .
Since we this year, oneensured mrt - 1
To yon eotri. "marked attention" pay. ' . " i
Or even visit rou andV-woo! .
And pop the qaestion" to yoa too. ,
Wo Uke ibis opportunity; ,
To tell yoa most respectfully t
Ourselves and all our winning charms, -
Are waiting only for your arms!
The ruby lips yon spoke of now,
Will breathe with you the marriage vowj
The eyes wbcee thrilling glance yod praise(
w iu wiea on you weir fondest rays.
Our lovely neeks and breasts of now.
A husband's fond embrace would know.
Envcnuiijr our inmost soul, z.
always own his sweet control.
Old Baehelort! though cold and chill,
For you, we have some phv still.
For ah! we know your wretched life.
Without a kind and loving wife.
Make some amends for errors past.
By wedding ere the year be passed,
And thus aeeute some bliss, hafiu-
Your earthly journey shall be o'er.
Ye Widower.! but we need nnt Mil
We see you're courtiner. one inrf ll.
And thus proclaim you lik'd the state
in which you lived so very late.
We know indeed you want a spouse.
To mind the children mnd the house
Let each one therefore choose some staid.
Sedate, sweet-tempered, smart old maid.'
Then, gentlemen, if you be wise,
Come on at once and take a prize,
Or soon perhaps you'll woo in vain.
As we'll put on our airs again.
Ana suu ii coia old bachelors
Prefer their blankets and their furs,
Why, coldly let them live and die.
Unwept for, and unhonored lie.
I hate tiirht laeinz and loose conrerna linn-
Abundant gab and little information!
The fool who sines in bed and snores in mMiinir
Who laughs while talking, A talks while eating.
These things I hate yet more I hate to see,
The Printer cheated of his hard earned fee.
Written for the Philadelphia Saturday Courier
THE GRAVE OF HALE.
"But where lie tbe remains of tbe unfortn
nate Hale? The place of his seDutchre in un
known. No marble column tells his storv to
his countrymen. The gallant soldier, the devo
ted patriot, the noble Christian, rests almost
forgotten and unknown." Saturday Courier
o October 29, 1842.
No honor'd sod, worn by seeluded fe t,
Marks the lone grave of Freedom's noble son;
Ifo vine and willow, in communion sweet.
Blend their dark foliage o'er the herald stone;
Yet nature's hand, perchance, hath idly strown
l ne red wild rose, witn daisy intertwin'd,
Or solitary thistle, sweetly sown,'
Its feathery germs the sport of every wind.
To deck the spot unknown, where that young
chief is shrin'd.
AIsr! and hath no grateful, honouring hand,"
But that of Nature's, deck'd his tomb with
flow'rsT
We laud the heroes of some storied land,
And leave a cold and barren grave to ours;
Hath nobler spirits, from Achaian bowers
Or Roman villas, dared the ciimson strife?
E'er gave to Freedom more devoted powers,
Or breath d the ofPring of a prouder life.
Than his, by death's wing'd dart, or gleaming
. battle knife?
Go, where Ambition's honor'd votaries sleep.
And weave for them your idle chaplei's there;
But leave the wild and careless weeds to creep
O'er holier dust, ye deem beneath your care.
A country's shame! O, God! if ye can bt ar
That curse lo linger o'er a martyr's dut,
Unraov'd; cast off the glittering bkde ye wear
For her defence, to canker np wilh rust;
Ye cannot so behold her unregarded trust.
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Columbut, Slits.
DE3IOCR A TIC" OPINIONS OF THE
"DEMOCRATIC" NOMINATIONS.
From the Raleigh Independent, a neutral
paper, edited by Mr Loring, formerly of tbe
Raleigh Standard.
We look upon the nomination of Colonel
Polk of Tennessee, as tbe democratic candi
date for President, as a virtual abandonment
of the contest. Every marf under which the
party could have made head, is abandoned, and
one selected, who though a man of talents and
of much private worth, we believe has not
been sufSciently distinguished, to warrant his
The democrats have evefl deprived tbem-
selves of tbe opportbnity of making up a hum
bug for the party. aa jonnson or at uweu
selected they might have dec uimea aooui
" J Than mirrhf
war, ano viciory, n u ;
bave said, or sang1, ? r
"General Cass, he is the man, .
Tb lead the sons of freedom on."
And in tbe ease of the Colonel,' they could
hate emitted
4 4 jmpsey Durapsey,
6dIonel Johnson killed Tecumsehl
- Burthe jig is up. For though Polk wiU
t: eAtfn! wnrds. ha lacks tbe muita.
I rv cUrmeter, necessary to makeup the battle
Hsonff. PoBk will rhyme with IIf.bowe,
but Whether it S rem,Slfc' after
the people,timb will show. -Welhmk after
all, 5oJtewiU belbewordi Thus
Our most Ei.RMCroxTs, grand: Convention,
Nominated Colonel folk; .: J : ; ,
Not with any grave mienuon, J ;
Bat merely just to crack a joke, ;
" nfr -'revolutiOnaTy times
leaSI Ol W B4Mvnniw , ; -
L tS has put a very large party in ,4 very small
ticScmnce'Verely, by fa.nng to adopt
the nominations of Plata wbw
nresamin? too much upon its ?V
the P6cpl .1 l YU,tJjJ& V
From 51. M: nean's paper, '
i Disappomtment trthl
nvail amon maty of the old inenof the
p?n7;pa&lytbV? T?;
rl 3 tZ it. r!ar " who remember hint as the
ifrf &lwwi negotiator of an
SSfi0IaSidIw Speaker.
u'';r," rt em! a Democrat m ine
pessson f1fht-T;rSrated'o
old school : ApiW ' foiZet tbe
vauuvs
f?SJ'VZZ Snorter
.r w. cir.la.i.: tiki . las- mtvu'i -"ir .' -
4mtrmnce of -tfcfwi .Umeav the result ot
HItors.--.
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nany cspocratic vote v while it will beyond
a doubt, keep maay old men ol that party from
Us poLi m ffovember next. . We have much
tosay tereafleT,a this subject.
Mr VriTht; as was expected, decKnes serv
"IT on tie ticket with Colonel Polk, and Mr
S-uPfitrIvani fciS bee3 nominated.
Votk is at last presented with the cold
Moufda from the South very well, gentle
men; we shall see tow this will work by the
resqlt. Whenever the 2 1st rule comes up in
Congress, count upon our ardent support, vou
are worth fighting for your gratitude is over-
yttiiiiiy
From the Madisonian. ,
-We are convinced that Polk wifl lose New
York bylO.000, and Pennsylvania by 5,000
votes. We believe he will nt Rt T..n...
see, nor any State in the Union, unless it ha
perhaps, New Hampshire." .
, The New York Evening Post, a leading De
mocratic journal, makes no eom9lmim r
aisiuie at tne sudden abandenmentby the par
Ty of its old principles and its old men. for the
fakejQf the "new lasuea" and the new meo.
It thus refer to the resolutions by the Nom
inating Convention in connection .with the
prominence given to the question of annex
tiom
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As te the re-annexation of Texas, "at the
earliest practicable period," we have no ob
jection to it, if the persons who are now so
hot in the pursuit of that object will wait till
such period arrives. We take it for granted
that by practicable" here is meant,not mere
ly convenient for speculators, but in accord
ance with. tbe dictates of honesty and faith.
The Convention have resolved that "it is in
expedient and dangerous to exercise doubtful
constitutional powers,'' and we hope this Will
be borne in mind when we are called upon to
decide on the "practicability" of re-annexing
Texas. It has resolved that tbe Constitution
deas not confer authority on the Federal Gov
ernment, directly or indirectly,' to assume the
debts of the several States, and we hope that
this too will be borne in mind, when we are
called upon to decide whether it is "practica-
oie - to assume trie ten million debt of the six
prospective states to be formed out of the
Texas. The Convention resolves that Con
gress has no power "to interfere wtth or con
trol the domestic institutions of the several
States," and we hope this will not be for
gotten when Congress is invited to extend
and perpetuate those "institutions" by the for
mai esiaoiif nment oi some nan dozen more
of these precious slaveholding- communities.
All these unequivocal and long established
principles of democracy, we repeat, ought to
be remembered when abjudicating the "practi
cability" of appropriating the territory of Mex
ico.
Gek. THOMPSON, SANTA ANNA.AND
THE MEXICANS.
A public dinner was recently given by tbe
citizens of Greenville, South Carolina,to Gen.
Waddy Thompson, in honor of his return
from his mission to Mexico. So numerous was
the assemblage that the tables filled the p az
za of the Mansion House, as well as the dining
room. In his speech responsive to a toasc in
his honor. Gen. Thompson spoke of Gen. San--ta
Anna, and related many anecdotes of him,
greatly to bis honor. His career had been re
markable from bis boyhood. He had risen
from the rank of ensign,unaided but by his own
courage and talents, both of which Gen. T.
thinks he possesses in an eminent degree.
His whole career has been marked by inci
dents showing a mind always fruitful in resour
ces, and a courage, moral and physical, that
shrinks from nothing. He was a man of high
impulses, strong feelings, and at times, of stor
my passions, which had sometimes led him to
the commission of acts which cannot oe justi
fied or excused. But his natural disposition is
not only not cruel, but kind and benevolent.
Gen. T. mentioned many anecdotes to prove
this, and emphaticaliy that he had on no occa
sion allowed an opportunity la pass unimprov
ed of doing a generous action, when be could
with propriety have done it.
He also spoke of the Mexicans as a polite,
kind,warm-hearted people. He had met with
nothing at their hands but politeness and kind
ness, although the circumstances under which
he first went to Mexieo had induced him to
anticipate a different reception. He should
be ungrateful not to bear testimony to their
many amiable qualities, and said that there
was no other foreign people n whose prosper
ity and advances in the great career of civil
liberty be felt an equal interest. Mexico was
the first-born of our revolution, and nobly and
gallantly had she struggled for the establish
ment of institutions of which ours was the mod
el. Her advances had already oeen great,
and she possessed the elements ot a great
people. There was no country with which he
would so much regret to see ours involved in
a wat: every consideration of duty and policy
and humanity forbade it-, arid he added, that at
though the Texian .war had caused a good
deal of exasperation against us, were was a
very strong disposition to ciltivate friendly re
lations with us; of this she had given repeat
ed proofs.
At tbe great State Whig Convention of
New Jersey held" in Trenton oh Wednesday,
May 29.h, the following resolution was adopt
ed -'t?,vJimL
That we tender to the Whigs of
the Union our warmest and sincerestthan
for the nomination, 01 ititL.uuvtj rac
I INGHUYSEN a man so pure, so virtu
ous, so incorruptible, so honestly devoted to
1 A"n..-n r-4 s-nan
whatever principles ne pivicooco,
need fear to pledge his lifethat he will never
hM tha confidence of his countryand a
Statesman whose talents and genius have ne
ver been called to any st a; top, however lofiy,
which they have no aoorneu. .......
COL. RICHARD M. JOHNSON'S OPIN
ION OF .HENRY CLAY
I have been id public life for forty jeare.
and in that time bavs oeen sssw -
the CTfiat men of tne .country,
Leaving out
Madison and Ga!latin,wno were oia u
r
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-T firat steDoed noon
Dned noon ins weawo v
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Hestet
WUUi. - ir, .n tha
. im, IrrrvBcOK FI KMX. ABAC
Cut.
He is a perfect Mereu
.. ..naitnm hnGiaD nature;
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Some
W'f, himrin a sinrrle auality-for in-
.Webster may be greW a fogic.at-or
Km?mav be renownd Sr deep researcbes--
huttake Clay all in all, he, has not an equai m
SXioo either in the North of in theSouth
theeast or the west. . In moral courage, in
Kt-1I Snra-e; in oratory, ja patriotism, and
WHiit Ctor"nt YiKGraii.-The
1 a t5 4ria Gazette of tbe 7lh Instant, says the
:wneat m proipect of a fine harvest
and a gQoa V1?.,. ; fmrr oe Ave dgyg.
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- From the Philadelphia ForunC "
THE HE VISED CHARGE OPBAR.
; GAIN" AND SAI.E AGAINST MS.
TbdPenasylanranof we I3tb; contained
weionowmg.aructe, Which wo copy entirer'
THE BARGAINIAND SALE AN-
: i DREW JACILSON. .
.We find the following in tbe Nashville Un
ion, and it deserevsf the- .attention of tbe
American people as shewing wbat Andrew
Jaexson continues to think of the Bargain and
Sale of 1825, How his straightforward man-
uness crushes in the bod all trickery and eva
sion npon this subject, proving too that bis
nonesiana energetic spirit, burns as brightly
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; From the NashvHte Union, May 4th.
FALSEHOOD CORRECTED.
vve8toptbe press to make room for the
following card, which came to .hand since our
paper went to press, It at once and forever
puts. a. quietus to tbe defence set up by the
whig papers of this city, and especially bv
-The Spirit of 76" for Messrs. Clay add Ad
ams, ior meir irnpateo corruption in the pres
idential flection of 1824-5, founded upon a
lalsely allegated recantation o' that charge
V n : j . - ... . o
-j ci-rreaiuem jacKSon, in a letter to lieu.
Hamilton of South Carolina. It perfectly es
tabliehes the falsehood of every allegation and
insinuation that Gen. Jackson had ever writ
ten such a letter or changed any opinion
which be bad ever formed on the subject. The
card, howeyer, needs no commentary it is
plain and explicit, and opens the door wide for
the admission of any fact General Hamilton
or the whigs may have it in their power to
disclose. Will Mr. Clay dare to give the
same permission in regard to all the fetters
one letter in particular which he wrote to
the present editor of the Globe, pending the
same presidential election"? We aie fully sat
isfied that he will noldareto give such per.
mission.
A CARD,
To the Editors of the Nashville tJnioti,
Gentlemen: My attention ha been cal
led to various newspjr articles referring to a
letter said 10 have been written by me to Gen.
Hamilton, recanting the charge of bargain
made against Mr. Clay when he voted for Mr.
Adams in 1825.
To put an end to all such rumors, I feel it to.
be due to myoelf to state, that 1 have no recoU
lection of eve? having written such a letter,
and do not believe there is a letter from me to
Gen. Hamilton, or any one else, that wrll bear
such a construction. Ot the charges brought
against both Mr. Adams and Mr. Clay at that
time, I formed my opinion as the country at
Urge did from facts and circumstances that
were indisputable and conclusive, and, I
may add, that this opinion has undergone no
chancre.
If General Hamilton, or any one else, has a
letter from me on this subject, which the
friends of Mr. Clay Jesire to be made public,
all they have to do is to apply to him for it
As for myself, I have no secrets, and do not
fear the publication of all that I hae ever writ
ten on this or any other subject.
ANDREW JACKSON,
Hermitage, May 3, 1844.
The Pennsylvania n may consider this letter
as a piece of "straight-forward manliness,"but
we consider it rather a piece of "trickery and
evasion. ucn. Jackson says tie tormed his
opinion "from facts and circumstances that are
indisputable and conclusive." JYbw it is wcli
known that James Buchanan was the person
with whom this charge originated, and that
Gen. Jackson repeated it on Mr. Buchanan's
authority, and what grounds were there for
Gen. Jackson to predicate even a suspicion?
Mr, Buchanan, in letter dated August 8, 1827
to the Lancaster Jourral, said:
"I called upon Gen. Jackson on the occa-
sion wmcn 1 nave mentioned, souiy as Ms
friend, upon my own individual responsibility;.
and nor as tne agent Mr. day er any oiner
person, I never have been the political friend
tf Mr. Clay, since he became a candidate for
1 he othiie ot President, as you very well Know
Until 1 ta jv Gen. Jackson's letter to Mr. Bev
erly of the 5 h ultimo, and at the same time
was informed bv a letter tromtne editor Or. he
U. S. Telegraph, that 1 wa9 the person to
whom he allu ied, the conception never entered
my mind that he believed ms to have been
the agent of Mr Clay and nis mends, or that
I intended to propose terms of ant kind for
them, or that he could have supposed me ca
pable of expressing an "opinion that it was
right to figi it such intriguers with their own
weaoons."
tad no authority from Mr. Clay or,his
friends to propose any terms to General Jack,
son in relation lo their votes. NO 22 DID I
EVER MAKE ANY SUCH PROPOSI.
TION; and I trust I would be as incapable of
becoming a messenger upon such an occasion,
as it was known Gen. Jackson would be to re
ceive such a message." ' f ,
It would" be well before the leaders of the lo
cofocoism revive this charge, which, has long
since been exploded, to look at the cotempo-
raneous opinion, of its oreihreu, wnen me
transactions were fresh in recollection and af
ter a committee of Congress had fully inves
tigated the facts. Mr. JJixcHiEwbo in com
mon with others, has revived this slander for
want ol mbre substantial and honorable wea
pons against Mr. C11T, thus.spcke of the
transaction at the time it was frein all men's
minds: . -From
the Richmond Enquirer of Feb. lO,
"As to the other questions rMa which we
nnhhsh thi dav such copious debates, we do
not hesitate to say ihat Afr. Clay has met the
charge as a raanougniio meei nis -earless
promptitude and open defiance are the
surest indications 01 ms innocence, xm,
combined with avowals from almost all quar
ters of the House, aid the uuiform informa
tion in the last letters from' that citycan : leave
no doubt of the result of the investigation, nor
does Air, Kremer shrink but we suspect he
will seek to escape by a sort 01 special pieaa-mff-suchas
Afr iUcDuffie haa thrown into bis
amendment. Be it as, it may, the inquiry is
beoua and it ought tone prosecuteo wua en
ergy; the whole, matter should be probed to tbe
bottom; no loop bole ought to be left to hang
asin"le doubt on, for in times like; these ths
people ill expect their Representatives not
only to be chaste, but free horn all suspicion.
Mr Clay is innocent of thts charge. , We are
fully prepared to see tbe committee acquit bim
of Ujts imputation "of bartering his vote, .for .an
offlce.'" ... ; I ' .
Two or three weeks ago, it- will be remem
bered, the subject was debated in Congress;
at that time, Mr; .White, of Kentucky, most
trolvaod-eloquently remarked, that, the. ao
tnenUbal charge had been announced, who
was at that time. Speaker of the iibuse, con.
scious of his own innocencend noaest man as
he came frora' the hands of bis God, tbrewinto
the teeth of bis enemies, a denial of the charge
and challenged, before tbe Congress of the
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United States, a fuU investigation of the -matter.
. That a committee was appointed,1 with
iilr.. Barbour, a distinguished Virginian, at its
head; that this charge had been referred to that
committee; that the individual who had first
made the charge had been brangrht before th
committee, and tbe record that not a word oi
evidence was produced, and that the commit
tee reported tbe innocence of Mr. Clay.
The proofs that Afr. Clay had made an his
mind to vote for Mr. Adams in preference to
uenerai JacRson, lonsr before Congress mads
a choice, are many and conclusive. Mr. Ben
ton, in the following extract of a latter written
by him, offers proof more strong than anr that
can be advanced at this late day: 1 1
Washington Uecember 7, 1827. ;
"Sin You: lettexof the 19th ultimo, cov
enng the. Jjexinzton iVirmnia Intelligencer
of that date, has been duly received, and in an
swer to the inquiries you put - to me, I have to
state, that tbe article to which- voa invite mv
attention is substantially, not verbally correct.
so tar as it represents me as saying that I was
informed .by JWr.CJay, in the fore part of De
comber, 1821, that be intended to vote for Afr.
Adams. There is no mistake in the date, as a
visit which I made to your 'part of Virsrmia
about that time enables me to fix it with cer
tainty." . . . . . -
is aster Beverly, it is well known receiv.
ed this charge from Afr. Buchanan and circu-
ated it most conclusive!? against Mr. Clav--
but Carter Beverly, before his death, denied
and refuted the charge he had made and wrote
thus to Mr. Clay:
"It will be no doubt matter of some aston
ishment to you in receiving from roe the pre
sent address, I will not preface it with any
kind of apology, because in doinjr itl justify
my mind in the discharge of an act of con
science, and a duty that 1 feel , the utmost
pleasure in performing.
Although the time is far gone since I be
came very innocently instrumental in circula
ting throughout the country a very' great at
tack on your character and virtue as a gentle
man, and certainly a very heavy o no as a pub
lic man, I feel de&irous to relieve you, as far
as I can, from the slander, and my own feel
ings from.the severecompunction that is with
in me, on having been though neither directly
nor indirectly, your personal accuser, yet that
I was drawn directly into the representation
of an attack upon you
1 again say, that I am most thoroughly con
vinced that you were most untruthfully, and
therefore, unjustly treated; for I have never
seen any evidence to substantiate at all the
charge. .
CARTER BEVERLY.
Cen. Lafayette, whoe testimony cannot
be questioned; who was free trom party pre
judices, who had no motive to vindicate, no in
terest in condemning, thus spoke of his recol
lection of Mr. Clay's position. ' ; v
"My remembrance concurs with your own
on this point: that in tbe latter end of Decem
ber, either before or after ray visit to Annap
olis, you being oqt of fhe Presidential candida
ture, and after having expressed my above
mentioned motives of forbearance,"!, by way of
confidential exception, allowed myself to put a
simple, unqualified question respecting your
electioneering gues and intended vote. Your
answer was that in your opinion the actual
health of Mr. Crawford, had limited the con
teat to a choice between Mr. Adams and Gen.
Jackson, that a claim founded on military
achivevements did not meet your preference,
nd that you had concluded to vote for Mr Ad
ams." John Quincy Apams, the venerab'e patri
ot and sage, whose purity and veracity have
never been doubted even by. the most ribald
partizan, has most distinctly met and denied
this charge! In hia letter to a New Jersey
committee, after he retired from the Presiden
tial chair, he 6aid:
"Upon htm (Mr. Clav) the foulest slanders
have been showered. Lonf known and ap
preciated, as successively a member of. both
Houses of your National Legislature, as the
unrivalled Speaker, and at the same time most
efficient leader of debates in one of them; as
an able aud successful negotiator for your own
interests, In war and in pence, with foreign
Powers, and as a powerful candidate for the
highest of your trusts the Department of j
State itself was a station which, by Us bestow
al could confer neither profit nor honor upon
him, but upon which he has shed-unfading
honor by the manner in which he discharged
his duties. Prejudice and passion have char
ged him with obtaining that office by bargain
and corruption. Before you fellow citlzens,in
the presence of your country and of Heaven, I
PRONOUNCE. THAT CHARGE TOTAIXY UNFOUN
DED. ..This tribute of justice is due from me
to him, and I seize with pleasure the opportu
nity offered me by your letter of discharging
the obligation.'
And on a more recent occasion, when trav
elling through the west, he received the spon
taneous tribute of thousands of . bis country.
men, elicited by h-s high moral worth and
statesmanlike services, be again spoke of this
charge, as follows: . i
"1 thank you, sir, lor the ooportunny yon
have given me of speaking of the great states
man who was associated with me in the ad
ministration of the General Government, at my
earnest solicitation who belongs not to Ken
tucky alone, but to the whole Union; and- is
not only an honor to this State, and this Na
tion, but to mankind. The charges to which
you refer, 1 have, after my term of eervice had
expired, and it was proper ior me. 10 speax, de
nied before tbe whole country; and I here
reiterate and reaffirm that denial; , znd as 1 ex
pect shortly to appear before my God, to an
swer for the conduct of my whole , life, should
these charges hate found their way to (he Throne
of. Eternal Justice, I will, , rtf the presence
of Omnipotence, pronounce them False.'
We could multiply evidences of this kind
from the lips or pens of distinguished men of
all political parties, not one of .whom attached
any credence to the charges, brought by ' ma
lignity, but crushed by-the force 01 input
Those persons who, to gratify1 personal vin-
dictiveness and when, in a long li fe has Gen.,
Jackson, ever been known to omit an oppor
tunity for such gratification? Tbeee persons
will find digging cp Ine graves w torgotten
slanders to heap uppn tbe head of Henry Clay,
will recoil with terrible power upon them f
When age and jnnrmsties brotrght i-arter
Beverly to a review of hiapast life, one of the
noblest evidences of. his christian spirit -was
the refutation of tbe false, charges; which the
warmth of his opposition had induced bm to
raake:vWe hape in al charitythat the vic
tor 01 New Orleans may yet ceenaoiea 10 a
chieve his greatest conquest; to forget his per.
gonal animosi ties and d justice taone, wpoee
feulr, if viewed in the calm solitude of the clos
et at the Hermitage, mpst be confessed," by
Geo Jackson himself, to resolve itself into his
firm, eonscfencioas apd uncompromising jp
position to lis elevation to we MrresmvuQj.
Navatt. The U. S.ship Plymbutli, Cora
mander Henry, horn Boston, was at Gibralter
3d ult.-all well. . -
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:SAJ,IUEL::3)AtIS, frintcrjand Proprietor.
i . -a i
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10 LK; AND: TlIE -TARIFF
Awhile the Locofoco nominee forthePreai.
dency is tbe advocate F JVee'TrWe, aad'the
unconrpromising opponent of the Protectitr
poley, so, for .as it relates to the comn&n ar
ticles of wear, used by the poor ' and laboring"
classes, he is, as he afwaysjhas, been, lor tax.
ingXEA and COFFEE at such 4 rate, as .to
place it oeyond tne power pf tft? poor, to pur.
chase these indispensiblei, Mr. Pol was. a
member of the Committee of Ways and
nicauD,ni um h'hiw vi xteprraeniauves, in
1832, and signed a Report ; which bears dit
Kf.n- (, tt... r T ' ' ...- w
of December 23 of 'hat year, which says : 3 -
; The committee perceiving no-soIScieatrcai
son why the consumers of foreign luxuries
should py their shares of the public burthens.
propose to raise the rajes of duties upon s.la
nearer to the average rites of duties imposed
by the bill, than they now are tinder the act of
1832.' They also propose to fix a moderate
specific duty, equal 10 ab-nt 20 per cent On
ihe value upon TE. S, and also upon COF-FEEr-whicJf
were maJe wholly free of cnty
by ibe artist the last summer." , 1,
' . Mr. Polk and a. Bank', , t
WheaTyiers-etoed the Bank Bib, lS4i.it
Hsn delighted the Locofoco nominee for t'.ic
Presidency, that he almost turned to be a Ty
lerite. 'The following is an extract from his
speech at the Nashville Inn, as reported in the
Rashviiie union, uct Zotu, io4l; .
No National; Bank was chartered and tbe
President is entitled. lo the lasting gratitude
of his country, which as one of her citizens , J
cheerfully accord to him, for . arresting , the do
minant majorily in Congress from their mai
career, and saving his country from the domin
ion and political ncubus of the money, power
in the form of a National Bank.', - . ' j
. Mr. roue ana the Stale Uanks.
From the report of the Committee of Ways
and Means, of which Mr. Polk was Chairman
made in Afarch, 1834, we give the following
quotation, asking the reader, to compare the
past history of State Banks, with wbat this
Locofoco Presidential candidate says: ,
'The Committee are satisfied that tbe
State Bank are fully competent to perform all .
tbe services which the General Government
ought 10 require in the collection and disburse
ment of the revenue, and to afford also all fa.
cilities to the internal .commerce and EX
CHANGES of the country, which have
been derived from the Bank of the United
States."
And again, in a speech delivered in Con
gress, on the 2(hh of June, 1834, Mr. Polk thus
concludes ao argument in favor of &tate
Banks for Depositories of tha Public monies:
4I have thus briefly . considered the two
principal points of objection the alledged n-
safely of State Banks as public Depositories
and their tnconpetency to perform .all the du
ties required of them as agents of Government.
As regards t'.e first, it has been my object to
show, from well attested facts, that they are as
safe as any ot her description of agency could
be. That occasional losses, during their em
ployment for a long period of time, may , bo
' -.1 - . ...i r.. i.
possioie, is not comruvencu. . xjul quvuivi
these occur, (as is not anticipated,) it should
be remembered that such losses are incident
to all orodit, and is not likely to be .greater.
Nor indeed, under the many guar Js . contained
in this bill f or thjt public security? So great, as,
that whtch might reasonably be expected from
this empU-yment of. any other description of
agents,1' "As regards the
second objection the al'edged incompetency
of these Banks as fiscal agents the manner
in which they have performed, and are per
forming these duties, must remote all doubts
which may have existed on that point. It is
no loiiger a question of doubf whether they
can. with facility and promptness, transfer the
public funds to the most distant points for, dis.
bursement, and perform all other duties tohkh
as fiscal agents, they may be required to per
form.1
Mr. Polk and the Svb. Treasury.
While Mr. Polk was canvassing fof.tbe of
fice of Governor 1 1 this htate, last, summer,
the Locofocos of Memphis addressed him a
long string of Questions, to which he replied at
length. One question asked hini was.-,Are
you in favor ofthe Sub-Treasury System paes.
- . . " - . .njn , 1 1
ea oy congress in iou, ana repeaiea in
1841?" To this the little, man replies:' ,. v- - .,
''Ianswer that I am. . X fully submit 10 ypji
Gentlemen, whether such a Treasury bt plan
m - . 1 - I . t
01 nscai agency (as mat proposes vjmrt
Clay's Bank bill,) is one which you can ap
pro e, or which you prefer to the Indepen
dent Treasury System, under which Govern
ment kept control of its own money by placing
it in a Treasury in fact, and not In theory only,
under the care and , control of responsible
agents, selected by the people according to the
constitution and laws." '
Mr. Polk and Sterling Bonds. 4 ,
The Locofoco candidate for the Presidency,
is opposed to a National Bank, because. Far.
eigners will become the owners, in part,at
least, of the stock of such an.- Institution;' but
he is decidedly in, favor of Foreigners owing
stock in our State Banks Seethe following
extract from bis Message to the Legislature ol
Tennessee, in 1639, p. 6: : -. '
"It is respectfully submitted, that if the mil
lion and a half of State Bonds authorized by
the. act and r emaining unsold, be now sold,lhat
the Bank Would be enabled by the increase of
her available roetalic capital, safely to afibrd
such additional facilities as would be required
to relieve the immediate pressure, until Jbe
proceedings o( the preaentcrap will afibrd
more solid and durable rebel. If in the pres
ent sti te of tbe money market in tbe U. States
ihey cannot be sold at psr with the interest
payable as at present authorized, within the
United, States, it is worthy of consideration,
whether if they were made sterling bends,
Lwrth tbe interest payable and without any in(
crease of tbe rate of interest, toey may not in
a short time be sold at par, if not for a premium.
It would be a matter of no greater inconven
ience to the Bank to pay the semi annual in
terest abroad than St tne - Eastern cities, spd
in order 1 1 make the bonds available at an ear
ly day ii is recprnrnended hat they be author (
edto talce that form."; ''.", ,',f-; slitm
& Mr. Polk and Internal Improvements,; f j j
The question of incorpdting the fJprfrcs
boro' Turnpike- Company,' came before tbe -Tennessee
Legislature, in J824,; on the 22
!of September, at which lime Mr.' Polk is 're
ported in we debate, to haye Mid; I?;;-?;
' "lie spoke of the propriety of such works
bemg constructed by tbe State or the Ctener
al Gwrment-said the question; with re
gard to- the powers, of the goyernrnent to
make Internal InproTe"w"snta bad been SET
TLED at the last . see ion .0 Congress, and
he tbougW it likely that the attention- of; gov
ernment m'"gbt be directed to the object4ofei
tepdmg .;.tha HiUuryiKoad from"' New Or
leans." . , 1
; In a circular eVti addressed to his con.
stituents, and dated May tbe 10th, 1825
I (printed copies of which are yet extant)
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trover 'i?;0JT
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MENTM OP
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orn uir;r internal i- . .::);. -
MEN'iu. 1, u.;aui::jTioNnD: i. :
onthec;ti'i;onftlOVVEii tLatdji.Lt J '.
arisen.." .TL-y.are njcnlated , to rrcr'3 t"
igric1.!?ur-V coim rcial and raanufaci-!::'
iacrct-o.r t:.i t;ntrr; tt,-?y add to 1
wealthy rror; c;';jjr"tncf convenience cf t '
great brdy rf t- -t people by dimin'shing t! s
expenses, s u J i' roving ihe facility fr t:
ir&asportskoq cf tur surplus products to rjiar
ket, jid fcTtLL:. tn iv and rhrei r.Hvt
of 4h?l?, pr-??.,!-ic8 rcduired for mr. eon-
europtvo, A j !icious system of Internal, tb
proyement' within the power?, delected p
, the.XJenerjJ Government, 1 therefore Ar-
5i?1.- MrPoT and Dlatributunu, t , ,
Prom Mr Po!k1i speech delivered at Jack,
son, Tenn.tbs.Sd of April, 1843, printed i.i
pamphlet form, and wr.t'en out by him elt, in
reply to Jutge.Brown, we give jlhe fol!owirg
extract, Ff-tgXirth hia hostility to hutribu
tion and Prptetim declarations be will w ih
he bad never tzzis before be is six months
oWe?. .t v-;, , ......
.... fl'be,d,nirence hetween.the conmn cf t j'a
political party -with which be (Mr iliJtoa
Crown) et, end myself is, wbikt they kj
the A U.V OC ATE3 of distributioa and apro-v1-
tariff measures which I consider
iulTiOUS lo the interests of the country,
and cr pee tally li the interests oft the rntir-.
Slates I-HAVE STEADILY , ANJ A'i
ALL TIMES OPPOSED BOTH."
, Polk An South' Carolina. The following
communicated article,. which, we cut from tha
Charleston Courier, expresses in ouno-cnt Ln.
goaga the, Universal feeling of the country in
relation to the nomination : of onoof tho fee.
blest absolutely one of tbe very fcebjist
men intheTTninn far i)iak;k f,rf.. r t :
, rv -.r-ii.nuu'ju vwiva vi j Resi
dent, of the. Uiijted Stales., It is written for
the meridian of South Caroline,, but .ia tho
phraseology of the, Almanac, wijl answer
without much variation for all. parts of tha
country. - It is equally just, true and .to tho
purpcf e, m. most particulars, in every quarter,"
and .wi;h every party. vWe venture to say
that tbe fame ideas have suggested tlfm
selves and the same feeliB?rs been uenermost
in nearjy every rational mind j fr.om Maine to
Mississippi. New York Enquirer. , ,
How lias the nomination of Mr Folk
been received tn South Carolina?
support , will it receive?
By Mr Calhoun's particular friends, with
exultation as a triumph over Van Buren.
By Mr Van Buret's friends, with tho cold
ness or hostility, which the displacement of
their ablest man, by a man of straw, could not
cut excite. . . ,
v By the mass of the people of bob parties,
with llieque6,tion:..-Yvho is Polk!". Tyler
certainly would, have excited, moru enthusi
asm for he has both done and suffered .on. the
Texas question the life of the cause and
had won in South Carolina . some, pro'rtve
popularity, by identification with Texas and
Calhoun. . .. ,, , (i
What support wjJJ it receive! It . will re
ceiyo the support that party discipline can be
brought to give, to. a man of whom the people
know nothing. The politicians. of, the Cal
bounsoctfWill folow the example of Mr El
more, and give Mr Polk the same hearty em
brace, arrdgsasp hm as the stick that broke
Mr Van Buren's head!" But there will not
be a particle of generous enthiwijism not one
bosom in the State will kindle at his nam?
not one heart leaps at the, thought of his ele
vation. .The prospect of his success brings no
gladness to patriotic pride. No one, in the
State or country could feel that. ;n. hi, ejec
tion great services had met a proper reward
great talent a. fitting theatre for action. Mr
Polk has had no career of his. own and
distinguished by absolute, u6.servitu&tf"-ior
thoep portions of the career of Jackson and
Van Buren, wbinh brought down the hottest
indignation of, the country, and South Caro
lina. . It rs not a question, that he is the small
est spirjt the country has ever had presented to
it for its suffrages. If Mr Van Buren's nomi
nation for the Presidency struck the country
originally as a declension from the great men
who bad preceded him, is there not a preci-
fice between Mr Polk and Mr Van Burden!
le possesses none of those grand qualities
like Jackson, which command the admiration
of all men. None of those nointa f career
f and character like arrison and Jobcson
naif nero, nan gocp jeiiow which command
the hearts tff the .people. . None c that ex
perioncs in affairs, .and quiet wisdom, which
compels tbe respect of po'iticians, and the
confidence in safe administration, whiri dui
tinguiebed Mr Van. Buren, -lit -Vo'X is a
mere naked politician his came pcrrs. to 1:3
with .none pf the glorious vestjenfi cf tla
orator nqn.e fit the,, brilliant' dtst'sctios cf
the hero nona of .the steady, full tj".v- c!
the Patriot statesman A measureless partizan
be is nothing out of party- and has achieved
nothing which has commanded the hs,tj,33 cr,
gratitude of the const ry. , Hit is not a nation
sinauie. Mr follf will copscqueotly, receive
m Kouth uaroima .a mere party support
soothed by the defeat' of tlr Vsa r;-rn i.i
tho Union, a bare party snrporf, cblj.'cd.by the
poverty, of bis. cliExar ter and career, and tha
displacement of 'Mr -Vat, . Buren, V-3, all the
great names. of, the J)emocrat;o Party.. As it
is certain his meri's would not have,' won Mm
ihe distinction of tti.-.-j' r:inatefi si Vt:a
President - on 'any ticket cf his party, vwhich
would embody the. strength tt Lis par y just
. . -. . - a- . 1
so ceruin is Jt, wat ntsnoETtma-uon ior nm
Presidency, is to empty distinction, and tlr
Polk will fulfil his mission and the hopes cf Ir
party, in proving the hero of an on-aa:.c:cj
defeat .-. Af Ui.3i.is.vt.i5..
J ' 1-.
KOBTEX THE ABf?C0NDI3 riNAKCI3. TL 3
New York Tribune says:
,Iietters have been recjyrd frorp Kr l! a
abscondUig financier from Georg-ajvto ia taw
in Switzerlaud, in which.be prcposcs .that c'.l
bis creditors shall send dclejitci t l'.urvn
whom be will pay over tterr.::;..tcfl - r t-
ton which has been sold, cmc-ji.i-.-j;
(KX). lie absconded for t Y e r " rr-o. cf": I-
in?? the. embarrassment cf r." . ! ' 1
creditors, the JfaQ of cotton . l avr j r
a serious loss ;ib his rperatia. 4 1.3
amount,' it is supposed, will 17 a.:t I )
cent, ofthe claims," , , r
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TSKiJnTKT NoTEi.--The trr:-5sr.t cf lf.
ury notes outstai.dir-f? cm t
daily slated at G s I .
on'.-tub .rorrtTAr:-3.
mountain, opposite. Brattlet
(Vr.)
T f. : t
-
on fire a few erenins ao, givj
of Erattleboro', be a;..-.;." J ,
a t "I
' : 1
ior onenrt cwj ucrtiij
was dastfoed bytfee n.
,i :.-'-f'
,, .r . , -ft-ian wac3
subject cf tl.3 , . 1
witfi.tiQ follow in .7 para "tt -
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"in ne meantime. v,a t
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patriotic efibrts to tcnT
there ia tha lcst ck:,: :;: ;
ft
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