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bb cUhtiite aader his own eye in habit*
eCjfcagSlihf sod vtifea. heaoM kill land* i*
ww^u>|y^|^ apcrot^oMib wc^.dor ?**
?ki?M*DereW of V'.r, Li tmT go
nom^Mt an enthu*;?ti jn Catlle, bee*,
Wtlh his long stick ia hand,
MMstride as long, he move* ahead, talk.
^jpgaUthe time, now oa a beautiful theo?3F.
?f agriculture, thon on a practical
raauU-T-down ia the corn field, up oa the
|P0#WI? round the potato patch, through
t^p *yo lot?here b a bubbling spring,
there a prospect?turn the bull into the
future, bailee to the poultry-woman, see
. the grafts on iho apple tiwe*, hivo thoeo
has*. U a hapless neophyte in these agifgultoraloperation*
?b left any aense,
alter mx houri ot Mrd driving, he
win decline further courtesy and take tho
shortest cut home. Or mount horses with
hiss, he sdways insisting on taking the
hMtlssf.goi.ng? and see his marvellous endurance-ef
pommelling, under a hard jog.
?4 s'rtksstapparently feeling ita dislocation*
-whilst prying round and round,
ksgina directions, hastens operations,
aadNsam ever tho whole farm, talking
cod acting us if he had never thought of
W practised anything else but the busissw
pf a farmer. It has been by such
kmittM and industry, that he has estabfished
ftie reputation of being tho most
prectioel anJ successful farmer in the
ukjAir country*, and at the samo time has
ported we'll, and educated hia family.
Idke ftcrieics, he Jias never increased nor
dimmi*l>?d*his Tortone- The gold mine
of which So much ha^ been said in the
fmpera,'tie became pas*"****! of, by an act
rf parental kindness. .His son bought
the lands', and despairing Ok"making them
profitable, the father took off his
htfridk. Ho affords a rare spccu'n-*5" in our
country, of one conteht throughout life
withU competency in a cheap country,
and has therefore avoided thoso tomatotiops
pod speculations which hnve wrecked
tho fortunes and happiness of so
men/millions or our countrymon. TJie
truth is, he has too clear and practieaf a
' head, not to know the true value of alt
us cn?t?r the door, at -Fort Hfft"
end eoe the roa *> in his domestic habits.
Hj%etj4e of living F,wn"
Although no aeeatic,* i*? "?j !?
perceive, that for ti;o mo* efficient work.
?ng and, improvement ^ lfc* ? *
b?4yn>?,t be subjected; ?he ?xceseiscindulgeoce
in the gr?*^ appetites,
aspst soon lead to decay, sou not only
reppjMfee virtues, but impede the ' h,*hc?t
growth of. the i?telleetool powers. He
therefore habitually * wetor drinker, ml*
though no member of * temperance eoeit %j
ty, end eats, anything, apparently but
little regardful of the quality of his food, 1
presided it ie wholesome. A traveller J
once visited him nt hie (hrm, for a few 'i
days. Boon after hie arrival, he was invited
in to dinner, whieh consisted of ba>
cost and He usual accompaniment* of veg- 1
eUblee, white corn bread and beautiful
butter. -Yoo.eeV he observed, "I am
no epicure {indeed, I am a barbarian, 1
according to the theory of civilization by
soma FVencb philosophers, that it consists 1
in whs b we eat. But tomorrow, for your
eaks, we wiU do better." Accordingly,
the next day brought a sumptuous feast. 1
Bat it is wot merely in discipli ning himself <
to fee strictest habits of sobriety, that his
virtues-consist. Self denial is powerful,
probably en indispensable auxiliary to
virlw; but it to not necessarily virtue.
Activity in good, as well as abstinence
from Ovil, is ciasaptial, in all our concep.
tioneof tike highest excellence in charae- i
ter. Such, at least, is the opinion of this
distinguished man, speaking through his
life. Wa have been informed, by one
who hns tived many years together in his
family, and therefore in daily and hourly
codrimmicatiea with him, that he never
saW'in him the slightest emotion of anger,
or heard from him a harsh expression to a
single creature beneath his roof. Always
naff possessed, patient, and hind, his gentle
klmd affectionate nature mingles itself
with - the existence of all around
him. 'He joya in the instruction, plea
aures, and amusements of all; by his
presence, chastening, yet by his cheer,
fulness, heightening end exhilirafing
their happiness. 'Hint equanimity and
bunyhriey. of temper, which is so remark,
able in his public, equally shines out in
his priveto life. Yet his is nottheequa.
nimity of the stoic?a well trained indifference
; nor that of tho epicurean?the
result nf a refined and ea louts! ing selfish,
mess ; but it is the calm of an abiding consciousness
of duty performed, of confidence
in fruth, and trust in God.
Standing one day on the esplanade of
thd Capitol at Washington, and convcr.
sing with a friend on the subject of a ape.
f ?J Pror?denee, he cast his eyee down on
the ?r?.ranJcnt ? .' see that stone," said he,
M meek the curious varieties of that spot
opmm tha utumP of ,he Diety,
forMMiieeertv*'nP,trpo*?' uin
r fminrse*** .."Doty is ours, events
Monti. God," h? ?!*
ood <Zmt trying MM*.'1*!" ! * , !*?
on. who might h.T.?o? ?n,y "V1"'
Sonntn.in tUllorc* Kob e ?a"'
pmMr, Mwn, tum ?">'<!
fmtHf unpw thai he weald sit UP ";J
night wvthr* child in hie amen, cr car?#v (t
all dey bdftore hint aw his saddle into Dw^
field*, or Sis so familiar with Ma children I
asldcaet himself down, when returning
weaijr firem the Senate, end place his head
inhss.daaghtdr's lap, bidding her tall himr)
ofsfrtfcitinnrmwdisappoint mcnl? of
the dt^/?(i|?irrilh?g That t?bt
frestirilhtle thieg* ie fWe*e?bi*My to be
contemptible, m*f fee fhe reflection of a
stern, cold-blooded philosophy ; hat is nol
g route* groatoess thai which ministers
fpw to t|Jo happiness of others f The
of gteel eventhonly is like the sword,
*Hic'.i n?J rust away in iteacabbard ; but
the ev'jfy day contributor to the happiness
?f Vtiose around him, is like the homely
sickle, whose edge grows sharper by use,
and feeds the world.
In his intercourse with men, Mr- Calhoun's
manners are thoee of hie clime and
section?warm, simple,. frank f^nd impressive.
Of that politeness, which
consists in leaving falae impressions that
men may bo pleased with us, becauso he
can make them pleased with themselves,
he has none. His direct truthfulness
loaves no room for hypocrisy. Hence although
all admire, but fow, on a transient
intercourse, love him. He speaks too
much to the head. He seems in his eon.
versation to be surrounded with an atmosphere
?>f lucid thought, like a clear sky of
a frosty night, and often in proportion as
tho head is pressed with truth the heart is
chilled. Indeed ho can hardly be said to
converse, because conversation implies an
interchange of ideas. He discourses rn
Iher, pouring out his riches of original
thought in such close language, that the
attention of his hearers is often wearied
and the comprehension at fault. Whilst
rapidly stringing his conscquonces, link
after link, to a member of Congross
and seeing hesitation in his eyo, he put
in his usual quick enquiry with which his
conversation is intersporsed, "You under,
stand?" "No," replied the member, relieving
himself with a long sigh, "I don't
understand, nor can I ever understand
while you talk so closely." He once
messed with a Senator in Washington,
and so incessant was the operation of his
mind, and so laborious the attention necossary
to keop up with and comprehend
his thoughts, that thn Senator changed his
lodgings. On being aeked why he had
removed, ho replied " to escape thought
and Mr. Calhoun.'* Of course he has no
wit in conversation. Wit. if not falsehood,
is too often truth in travesty or ex*
nggeration; and'the essence of things
presses too heavily On such a mind, to admit
of trifling on its grave realities. He
can also possess no poetry in his composition
; at least, n;::ie such as men in books
call poetry. Yet there is a cheerful hope,
fulness?a burning enthusiasm for tho
high destinies of men, especially as conjiected
with our forms of free Govcrnmont
w hich never wearies in its flight through
time and nature, looking ever upward and
rejoicing in its anticipated consumntion,
of "peace on earth and good will towards
men." It is this enthusiasm?this inton.
sity in every thing connected with our
Government, which has occasioned tho
sneer, that with him, every turn of pub*
lie aflsits, is a "crisis." Ho looks to futurity,
as if it word present; and con.
OAlAlia nf Uia ? ? ? "?? ??? - **
jmwcispcunn as n j
he grasped it. Events and the quostiona
they evolrttf press more weightily ttpon
^hitn, than other men, because he sees
ft 'fiber iate theirconssquences. Ilia zeal
for, 4?uth ^hia long experience in govern*
mont, *hich teachee him that every
moveme nt complex machinery is big
with indei.^Bate a^er re?ultef cannot bo
estimated or wwlerstood by shallow pojitical
foplings, t? * <uoP',incipled charlatans.
The quoation w? l',em is often merely- j
s personal one,?-h> hall I be afiectod V
?"what shall lga?:n for ?? i? question,
of immediate effect o.**'y? immedmte and
remote; for they cK.n ace. no f? fiber.
But with him, the quest* the contra,
ry, and what is its whole etTecr, immediate
and rontote?but especially Jts remoto
which, iihe the ocean's wave i'often moat
fatal and violent in its recoil. This intensity
and self-abandonment in p ublic affairs,
has also rendered him obnox i ?"* to
to the chaige of being f?o indiffer< 'f?t to
results, when fatal to his friends. When
standing according to his conception, in
the way of his public duty, ha rides o*.*r
them remorselessly; and great public
measures seem to absorb all his private
sympathies. The charge is not without
truth. No man who enjoys his friendship,
need ozpect that his private eateem and affection
will controul his public course;
but it is not true, whatever mav ba exter. '
nal appearances, that ho does not deeply t <
deplore the loss or fall of friends. He *
has seemed unmoved because he has felt ?
himself to be the victim; and the altar at *
which he served, required a cheerful sac. <
rifico; and to see it broken at a blow, by ?
one Irorce current of political events; I
dashing into collision and strife thoeo who *
once "look sweet counsel together," is '
indeed the most wretched of all life's ex. <
perienccs; but can it be avoided, if the '
supreme principle is the country's good ? <
The ties of friendship?the esteem of all 1
men?life itself, wo doubt not, are noth* 1
ing in Mr. Calhoun's estimation of the j
great principles of free government,
through the mighty experiment of our '
Federal Constitution, for whicb he has 1
lived and struggled for more than a quarter \
of a century. Wo havo heard him say so ]
with mi eye so bright and calm, and lips
no firm and pale?-not in crowda or in the
Senate chamber, but in the solitude of
personal communion?that to doubt him,
were to outrage nature and wrong our being.
He has ahown too often the spirit
of the martyr, in hia many reverses in
public life, for any one to question his
possessing it; and when he saw that the
way was dark and perilous, there are many
who can testify to the oarnestness with
which he implored hia friends, if consis.
tent with their own views of duty, to a.
a J i.: I l!A L! A- - J 'A
Mnoon nun, gnu permit mm 10 ircaa II t
I alone. Most assuredly, ho ha* not hcon
w**oro reckless of others, than of himself,
in u ' "areor.
If p no* rsijhC?distinction not
usefulness M *>**? >? ?im. who doubts, |
that long siu c.n he would have obtained
all that popularly could have bestowed
in a Republia T J* tit the ?tr???glo of his
life has boon, not k? ? ? our system of
I Government, or lift bifctfelf 1>y M? abuses,
i .1 wuiiijBfcu.iji i siimlamiuisni n
but t?M*? the system, by reforming it*
a buna , end correcting itn dangerous end
disable! ng tcndencien. In pursuing this
end, he He* been etern to hie friends end
foes; end the former here probably con.
tributed as littlo as the latter, in swaying
his pbtiey. ' Hed be been otherwise, how*
ever, he might have had troops of friends,
(who long since abandoned him,) while
falling into tho "aero and yellow leaf' of
ago, and havo revelled in honors; but he
would not have been what he is?a man,
in the midst of political profligacy and cor.
ruption, JU to reform and save a great Re.
public.
Our readers will easily infer from what
we have said, that Mr. Calhoun is no politician,
in tho sense the term is genorally
used. He neither understands how to
string the wires, nor to pull them. Dospining
indirection and trickery of all
kinds, ho wields but ono weapon for success
in his measures and ascendancy in
his councils, and that is?-outright, downright,
naked truth. Yet it might have
been fortunate for him, if only for tho
purposes 6fdefence, had he possessed more
or that art, which in pubKc affairs, producos
results, whilst affecting to be indifferent
or opposed to them, secretly instigates
and combines instruments and causes,
and when the effect is produced, cries out
?"Behold the people!" All art and
concealment in conducting the affairs of
a Republic are contrary to its genius and
spirit. Dissembling and artifice are the
mean resorts of conscious unworthinoss or
meditated treachery to the people, and
may suit courts or harems; but ore not
favorable to that just appreciation by the
poopla, of public men and public measures,
which are absolutely necessary for their
proper control, lie who loves them, and
confides in their capacity for self govern*
ment, wiU deal openly and fairly with
them. He will plant himself on the great
principles of truth and liberty, and if he
fails to convince the people that these require
his policy to prevail, he will doubt
his own ability to cnforce them, or deprocats
the unworthy sophistries which
obscure them from their eyes, hut he will
not doubt the people. Ho will wait in
hopo? in palionce he will possess his soul.
Ho will go down, if necessary, beneath
the people's wrath ; confident that their
senso of justice and correct appreciation
of their interests and honor, will ere long,
lift him up again, and oven for his humiliations
they will remember him. This is
statesmanship. This is true patriotism.
To serve the people when the people serve
you?to magnify them when they exalt
you?to laud their omnipotence when their
omnipotence isyoui glory, and their favor
your crown ; is on easy task that repays
sweetly in the performance. But to dare
to be right when the people are wrong,
and to face them in frowns?to servo on
when your services are alightod or scorned?to
feel their power pressing down to
your ruin, whilst bad men and bad counsels
hurry them on in a career of folly
and iniquity?to see that purest roward
of a high ambition, (" that Inst infirmity
of nohlo minds,") your good noran, belied,
trampled on and cursed?and yet to hold
on?calmly, chocrfully, and hopefully to
hold on to the truth?and hold it up and
push it on, inch by inch, until it movos
and spreads and flames in the popular
mind, and saves the land. This is statesmuiiship;
this is true patriotism. The
politician knows nothing of it and perhaps
despises it. He laughs in his sleeve st
the simplicity and folly of those whom,
by hi> intrigues and measures, ho may
havo o'.rivcn into such desperate experiments
ov? the popular intelligence. Person
a I succ ess is his principle, and expediency
in all measures (excepting where
professions o\" principle pre expedient,) is
his unscrupulous instrument to win his
way. Tho statesman stands on great
principles of liberty and government, and
knows no succoss but in their ascendancy,
and no reward but in tho blessings
they impart to llie country. Need we
say to our readers, that the statesman, ns
we havo depicted him in character and
f;\te, is John C. Calhoun.
Such is the man wo uphold for the first
oflw-'e in the gift of tho people of those
fjnit-d States, whom he has served for
.birty-oneyears consecutively in the countt.hr
of the Union. Of these services, alhoirgh
affording a brilliant chapter for hitgraphy*
we propose to say nothing. Thoy
>xteno oven rang ap<inti, mrougn mo mosi
rying iiWdents, and stirring public events
?from l.he last war, the declaration of
which ho pftfi.uod, to his splendid career
[or tho last ten y?srs in the Senate of the
United States. During so long s coumc
if public services, of course he has com* t
mitted errors ; and ?"* is possiblo that we |
tre so feminine in our attachment as to (
love him the more for theso very errors. (
They bring him nearer on n level with us j
in our common nature, whilst his moral |
excellencies draw him warmly toour hearts. ,
We uphold him for the Presidency, not |
merely because we aduiiro the statesman, (
but because we lovo tho man. No one (
who has occupied, or protended to occupy
the Presidential chair, if our conception of
his character is correct, can approach him
in his domestic traits. Washington, in
his personal dignity and pure moral gran.
j ... i t:< ,i !.? ? - .i?
uouii nuuu >imi ma wmarjr oagie on ine
mountain peak. Tho clouds of human
tenderness and passion, moved far below
him. Madison was correct, amiable and
kind. Monroe was blunt yet considerate
and honorable. But neither Washington,
Madison nor Monroe had childron-?and
the hidden but gushing streams of parental
love never flowed over and softoned their
natures. Of other living men who linve
occupied or aspired to the Presidency, we
will say nothing, although we might suy
a |ivui ii^ai tvi i fMiiiiiciiuauuii* no Willi
to M4 in Iho While Hoimo iho wimo virtues
which msko the cottage happy. We
wish to soein the Presidency those principles
of morality, which bring order and
poaco, every where actively bearing on all
I
tliw. Oi (hew ffiopiplw,
iness, but the liberties of tHf people
nd. Without them, ii! tho high plsceai
are* and dominion, the rig\Ht?*hd interests
of the people ere rendered Suboc^'neioto
tho ambition of unprincipled aspirants.;?end
to gamble them away?to
profess, and falsify professions?to seem
to 'do, yet not to do-to have measure*
without principles, and abuses without
correction, and expediency in everything,
anil clear decided honesty in nothing?
becomes the model of statesmanship, and
tho habitual but contemptible practices of
public men. Republics nro built on the
higher virtues, and the pooplo must have
thsm actively engaged in tho administration
of their affairs, or their liberties must
fall. Give us honesty in our government,
and give us energy and courage to make
honesty rulo without being duped, and ef.
factual in all its departments, without re.
garrf to consequonces. Then if orrors are
committed, errors will correct themselves.
Good measures will produce all their good;
and bad ones he bereft of half their evil.
Confidence, now long lost, will once more
retufcrn amongst us; confidence in our rulers'
will give us confidence in each other;
find an abiding sense that truth, justice,
and the fear of God, reign in our national
councils, will bring ropose and peaco to
our distracted and suffering country.
REPUBLICAN OR WHIG DEPARTMENT.
TITK BANK CBUSADH.
After all the "blood and thunder"
threatened by the Locos, not a singlo Act
or Resolution was ndopted by the Legislature,
in relation to tbo Ranks 1 The
batch of Bills, reported by Mr. Biggs, of
Martin, in tho House, and Mr. Brown, of
Caswell, in the Sennte, were all "snowed
under." The Resolutions which were
transmitted to the Senate from the House,
in relation to the Bank of tho State, were
" consigned to the tomb of theCnpulets
and those which went from the Senate to
tho House, wero laid upan the table with,
out dap. And last though not least, it
will bo recollected, that when the Loco
Focos took the back track, and reconsidered
their Resolution to investigate tho
condition of tho Banks, on the ground
that it could not be done whilo tho Legislature
was in session, Mr. Jones, of Orange,
introduced a fresh set of Resolutions
providing for an examination after
the Legislature should adjourn I Will it
bo believed, that these Resolutions were
never even called up 7 Yet such is the
fact ! And to cap tho climax of inconsis- ,
teney and folly, on tho last day but one
of tho Session, a bill was introduced (by
_ ? r a. ? *
? liocoiocoj (o exempt the Banks from
the legal ponalty of suspension now prescribed
by the Charter I [This bill was
opposed by Mr. Barringcr, Whig, and
defeated.]
One good effect at least will result, wo
trust, from the impotent efforts of the Loco
Foco lenders to crush our Banks.?
The eyes of the People will bo openod to
the vnlue of those Institutions, and Public
opinion, which has been vitiated on this
i uhject by the clamor of Demagogues will
ugain bo restorod to a sound and healthy
one.
niontv important.
The General Meeting of the Stockholders
of the Bank of the State, which nsssmbled
on the 2d inst. has boon continued
open by adjournment, from day to
< ay, until yesterday, when it ndjnurned
i ine die. It will be seen by the following
Insolation, adopted by the Stockholders
i nnnimouely, that the Legislature having
i djotirned without doing any thing to re*
I eve the people, the Prosident and Direcior*
of the Bank, are requested to extend
i uch accommodation to the public, as may
lie consistent with the interests of the In.
titution. This little Resolution of the
i'ockholders of an Institution, which has
een so violently ossailed by demagogues,
vill do moro to restore conffdeuce, and
alleviate the embarrassments ot tho community,
than all the Acts and Resolutions
of the General Assembly :
" Tho General Assembly of this State,
hnving adjourned on the 28th inst. sine
die, without having taken any action on
the Resoltnfbn, unanimously adopted by
tho individual Stockholders of this Rank
pn the 2d inst. and trnnsmittcp to that bo.
dy his Excellency, the Governor?The
Stockholders, although believing that as a
matter of pecuniary consideration alone,
it would be their interest to wind up the
affairs of the Bank under the Chatter, and
divido the Capitals yet, aa the General
Assembly have forbone to express any
opinion on the subject when respectfully
;ovitcd to do so, the Stockholders decline
tji.'thcr action on it at this time, leaving
Iht/ subject open for the consideration af
i fulu're General Meoting?recommendng
to- the President and Directors of the
Bank, to administer its nffairs in the mean
time, with as liberal accommodation to tho
People of the State and indulgence to its
Jebtors, as may be consistent with the
afety ana1 intorests of tho Bank."
Correspondence N. Y. Commercial Advertiser.
THK CUBBKKCT AMD PUBLIC CHBDIT.
Washington City, Feb. 10.
Mr. Everett** Plan for the Beat oration
f Public Credit, and for a Currency.
I have already apprised you that Mr.
Horaco Everett, of Vermont, has introdured
into tho llouso of Representatives a
hill which he enlis a hill to revive and
establish tho public credit." This, he de.
clures, it is his intention to offer as a substituto
for the Exchequer project of Mr.
Cushing's select committee, which will
probably soon he considered by the House.
It is a composite affair, partaking of Mr.
Cost Johnson's great scheme, in some
degree. or a United States Rank And of
nn Exchequer. Tho first eight seel inns
provide fur tho issue of $ 100,000,000 of
Government stock, with tho hinds pledged
for its payment, distributable, j>ro raid,
among Ike atate?~?the inuiag of scrip I
from the treasury, therefore,?-the iasuo f
or |ft,000.000 treasury eotca, from $5 <
to #1000, tho appointment of tne Sec re- .
tary of the Treasury, and tho Treasurer ?
(jf the United Slates for six yenre, re- .
movai?'? by impeachment, or by the Pres. '
idenf, on gddress of two thirds of tho *
House of Representatives?the establish- (
rnent of o fiscal agency, (with powers
strictlyguarded, and. made responsible to
Congress, like those of a Nation?' Bank,) J
for receiving, keeping, end disbursing the '
revenue, to be under the Trensurer'ssuper- *
intence, under certain specified reguln- t
lions, given in tho body of the bill ; and F
that this section is repenluble, under cer- v
tain provisions and conditions, which are n
given at longth. a
These aro the p-ovisions of the first ?
eight sections of the bill. Tho ninth, be- ^
ing the last, seems to be, in the present c
stnte of things, rather the most important
of the wholo, being n provision for the
reception, safe-keeping and disbursement
of tho public revenue, "until such agency ''
shall go into operation." And for this "
section Mr. Everett acknowledges himself,
on the first page of his bill, indebted v
to "iHr. U., or New York," by which int.
tial your readers are to underRtand Mr. *
Davit (of the firm of Davis & Brooks,) P
of your city, to be intended. v
I give you this section at length, and ?
beg for it the readers careful considera- P
tion. It seems to me exactly the inter. 11
mediate measure between our present c
slip shod fiscal position and the establish. ?
ment of some permanent institution for v
the objects it aims at temporarily. I re- v
main, very truly, Y. W. C.
[Instead of giving these provisions, v
verbatum, as they ore very long, we pre- !
sent the substance of them, in straight. '
forward English.] "
The first subdivision authorises the Sec*
rotary of thoTroarury to borrow 015,000,
000 from spccie-paying banks, at 6 per p
cent, interest; not more than one quartor
of its actual paid up capital to be loaned n
by any one bank. S
Second, this amount of $15,000,000 to t
be deducted from the amount of Treasury n
notes authorised to bo issued by the 5th v
section of tho Bill. t
Third, an equal amount of the notes of s
the lending hnnks, five dollars and upwurd, s
to bo stamped, undor the direction of the
Secretory, with the words, " this note will
be received in payment of Government
dues, according to act of Congress," Ace., j
tho said stump to be countersigned by (
a propor officer. These stamped notes te .
he given to the Bnnks on their paying into
the Treasury tho amount thereof in gold
or silver.
Fourth, by ivrittcn agreement to he en- G
tcrcd into between the hnnks and Secro j
tary of the Treasury, the banks are to for.
I'eit accruing interest on the money ^
l<?nned, and tho stamped notos, as they
nro received at tho Treasury in pnyment ^
of dues, arc to be returned to the banks in
payment of the loan?if tho said hanks
fuil to redeem any of the stamped notes in
gold or silver on demnnd. v
| Fifth, by tho same agreement the Sec- c
retary is to be at liberty to pay off*, or 0
roduco the loan, at any time, by returning r
and cancelling the stamped notes, due 0
notice being given, and the reduction r
being made equally among the banks as n
far as possible. 0
Sixth, nny of tho banks may at any 1
time, on giving a stipulated notice, recall 8
the whole or nny part of its lonn hy can- 0
celling nn equal amount of its stamped c
notes ; the Secretary being at liberty to fl
pay either in effective money or Treasury ''
bonds, at 6 per cent, redeemable in ten h
years. *
Seventh, provides for the appointment j
of the stamping officer, dec. *
Eighth, directs copies of the bill to be 1
circulated among all tho apecie.pnying 1
banks in the United States, with proposals
to mnke part of the lonn, dec. and in excepting
offers the Secretary is to equalize the c
loan as much as possible. r
Ninth, makes existing laws to prevent
or punish forgery, applicable to tbe (
stamps proposed by this bill. (
Tenth, the Secretary to publish quar- '
terly accounts of his doings under this t
bill. i
Eleventh, that the public revenues shall 1
be deposited in tho loaning banks. I
8
Tho Editor of the Philadelphia U. S. Gazette 1
writes homo from Washington as follows : '
?? Walking nut rather early this morning,
I wan struck by the earnestness with t
which certain laborers were pulling down j.
tin old fence, and opening drains. They i
seemed to he under the guidunco of an t
overseer, who was also an aid, ns ho t
plied head and shoulders in tho work, t
transferring to his coat, hnt, and pnntn- j
loons, the remaining whitewash of the f
bonrd*, and a sample of the earth removed c
' from the drains. {
>Vhen tho job was finished, tho princi- f
pal lahi.rer rnisod himself to depart. I '
looked closeiy nt him?it was the Prosi- 1
dent of tho United States. Long mny | )
the head of the nation bo a working man,
and long inny he aid and assist the work- f
ing man. c
Half a dozen witticisms suggest tlmm- t
selves about the whitewash, tho mud, &c.? t
hut nono that would ropay for tho plea- c
euro I had in seoing tho chief magistrate t
of tho nation thus employed in what may >
ho called hi* leisure hours. Mr. Tyler I i
hear, is personally popular in Washing- '
ton. That has nothing to do with his ex- 1
ocutivo duties ns President?nothing to '
do with his veto or his exchequer?hut J
simply with his courteous bonring as n (
gentleman, his personal civilities, his j
liberality, as a Cliri?tinn man, and those ,
other qualities which go to make a good .
name, without rofcrcnco to political rein- t
tions. He yields to inuny whom lie j 1
mow* to l>e no friends, ?nd. suffers 1fce?*
lypocrny to pan* unrebukod. Rut he
Mm afford that; he is on the full tide of
irOsperity?above altr and directing all;
ind what has ho to fear f. He ma^ well
lardon much. But will he be equally
ridding, equally kind, equally charitable,
vhcn timo hIiuII have sent these crowds
>f suitors who flutter and obey him now,
o some new holder of power and dinner
of fuvnrsT Wdl he, when not com.
orted hy the cousciousncas of e6tftjfc be
squally yielding to those who may chance
o stand in his light, as they do newt
'orhaps not; though, perhaps, he will
rill show as inudi true magnanimity as
;ny one. But none are as pliable in the
ibsenco of power and favor, ns when they
'assessed both; and, perhaps, the best
icnrts are those which grow a litllo I
rubbed from jealousy in their adversity* '
J . i w ? - -
vHAnvE ruR A, 1jAWIUIT.? lhl folDwing
singular advertisement appears in.
Lynn, (Mass.) paper:?"Whereas, Mr.
oacph Johnson, Jri of Nahant, contracted
rith tho subscriber to convey him to Lynn
nd back again to Nahant, for the sura of
!5 cents; but having driven into too close
iroximity with a poet, whereby the wagon
hafts were scve/ed from the body, thus
bliging mo to incur tho expenses ot supor
and lodging at Lynn Hotel: this is
hercfore to notify Mr. Johnson that I shall
ontinuo to board at the said hotel at his
xponse until he shall provide me a conoynnce
to Nahant in somo convenient
ehicle agreeable to his contract. Signed
Lbner Hood." This will form the ground
/ork fer a capital law auit; in tne mean
ime, saystlie Salem Gazette, " Mr. Hood
) feeding fat his grudge," and "nursing
lis wrath to keep it warm."
Dea m in the T*a Spoon.?Many
crsons are in the habit of using German
Silver Ton and Table Spoons without bong
aware of their poisonous composition,
lome friend of hurnnnity has announced,
hat Gejman Silver is composed of copper,
rsonic nnd nickel, and that it oxydizcs
cry rapidly in contact with any acid, nnd
hat small particles are taken into the
tomnch, which imperceptibly act as a
low but sure poison..
a man dying witi1 the glanders.
In Chester county. Pa., last week,
lunry Gorman, a resident of Ridley
nwnship. died from glanders produced by
Jeeding a horse owned by him, which
rns afflicted with tho disease. At the
ime of bleeding the animal, he had a cut
in one of his fingers, into which the poionous
virus of tho disease was transmited
to the system, and in a short time
nndo itself manife-t throughout his whole
romo. Mortification ensued, and death
>ut an end to his sufferings in about three
I. . L
vvjctvs uiicr no wns attacked.
A Leap for Lire.?One day daring the tut
rock, a party of gentlemen went on a nesting excursion
to the lleughs% near Slains Castle, and
ipproaching " Dunbuy," an insulated precipitoua
ock, well known as a favorite resort for sea fowl,
me of tho boldest of the party, enamoured of its
ich treasures, ventured to ascend its rugged anil
Imost perpendicular crags, amid the vetoing erica
f its reclaiming occupants, which 44 hovered about
ho enemy," seemingly disposed to enter their disents.
in the shape of sundry pounces on his face
nd hands; but heedless of alt, the dating intruder
Umbered up to the alarming height of 80 or 90
act, when accidentally laying hold of a piece of
jose ruck, which gave way with hiro, ho lest his
>a!ancc, but had the presence of mind to mako
udden leap from the face of the rook, mueb to
he satisfaction of bis winged neighbors, who reoiced
at his exit. He fell into the water, and to
bo great joy and surprise of his friends, escaped
inhurt.?Glasgow Courier.
Jooolino.?The London Spectator thus speaks
if the tricks performed by a celebrated juggler
low in that metropolis :
Among other incomprehensible doings, he boib
bur plucked pigeons in a kettle full of water austended
over a fire, and perfectly isolated, and out
!y four living birds from an empty veasel; he reurns
to their owners a score of handkerchiefs,
vashed and ironed, that a moment before lay
oeking wet in a pail { and he prod uses no end of
wuqucts out of an old hat that be stamps upon,
ind turns inside out, each pressure or sqoeese of
ho hand being followed by a fresh supply of
lunches of sweet-smelling flowers from tho old
tattered hit. A young Udy near ue lent her
traw bonnet, and was horrified at seeing it crushed
ip into a ball; but to her great relief, it appeared
tanging at the top of the proscenium ; and being
nought down by a pistol shot, she found it quito
indamaged. A handful of gold watches is flung
o the hack of tho stago and presently re-appear
langing from the branches of a plant that bad
ust been watered and pUccd under a heated cover
or producing this sort of golden fruit. Bunches
>f keys, that seem not to bo out of sight, are
ound attached to the roots of a plant in a flower
lot; and a head with goggclc eyes, at the sumnons
of a pistol shot, thrusts out a bunch of rings
it the tip of its tongue and stares with two gold
vatchcs for eye-balls, though one could have sworn
10th rings and watches were under certain covers.
But perhaps ono of tho completest puzzles is tlio
muring successively of black and red wine, and
teaming champagne, from tho idontieal black
mttle that we Imd i"?' ?"?J1 -:'1 ?
? j?? ?v p?v?i iuiou witn w?cr.
This, and tho dipping for boaqucta in the
dd hat, arc done in the very facce of tho specta.
ore; and tho bottle, when emptied of ita content#,
a broken, and n silk handkerchief ia found in it.?
V couple of lemons are handed to the company,
ind one of them, on being cut, ia found to eontain
in egg, which being broken, yields a wa'nut, that
ivhen cracked, disc loses a ring belonging to one of
lie audience. If those fonts seem wondrous in
lolling, they arc far uiorc inexplicable in the doing*
for you feel what cannot bo indicated sufficiently
in a brief description?the scenting impossibility of
Ihrm. The illusion is perfect; you see things
vanish under your ryes, and behold them in another
place while yet they appear to be where they wer$
before.