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From the New )?brl- Earning Pott. MR. MITCHELL'S FORGERIES. Wall silent was alive this morning will runors of forgeries said l<> have beer committed to a large amount by a la It member of Congress. It turns out thai the forgeries were made on drafts purport lng to be drawn hv the Hank of Orleans at Albion, on the City Hank at Albany, am that the person by wlioin they were nejjo tinted was Cfrn*. F. Mitchell. He went into. Wall street oh Tuesday, and was introdueed to several brokers, whom he perBtiaderJ. to discount the drafts* which t/" * otfnninti were endorsed Oy rurnscti. e the drafts.Jtfe re]" returned from Albany, af for<rerle^l:iftid Mtv Mitchell not being found at"?his 'longings, it was. presumed that hethaff absconded, . About tbe sarr.c lime, letters were rccei.ved from Philadelphia, ' containing "fcuversi forged drafts, made by .the .same bank of Orleans on the Merclf:Yni*3 batik of~tfrb~city., antl endorsed by Mitchell. The drafts in both cases, were for 'various amounts, from three ])tindred>lo two thousand dollars. This Mitchell was a member of the lasl Congressf-firorn-'l'fre-'Niagara District, hi his State, antl- for the last eight years has been a resident of Lockport. He was cxtensirefv fcngfiged in the flour-mill buisi" ness, when be was elected to Congress in 1836, and're-elected in 1839. During the last session he was one of the candidates presented to General Harrison for the appointment of Navy Agent to this port.? Failing to succeed in this, he became an applicant for a place in the custom house. Mr. Mitchell has been strongly supported in his applications by the Whig party. We are told that Mitchell relinquished his claims to the office of Navy Agent on the ground that he should be appointed to the auditorship in the custom house. The following letter has been uddressed by the "honorable genilpman" to the Editor of the Courier: "Sir: As the circumstances connected with my name, together with the public station I have held, will give rise to a good deal of comment, I deern it not improper to make a brief statement of facts r?leaving each one to form such opinion respecting them as he shall choose. "It always has been the case, so it will be a train, that as soon as public reproach attaches to the name of an individual who had been deemed respectable before, instances are sought and fabulously pointed out in bis previous history, to show thai ' ho has always been an unworthy member of society; I cannot hope to be un exception to this pervading rule; and I dare to say, that there will be found plenty^of persons ready to swear that I had always been a very considerable,rascal. Now, I own, that up to this day, never in the whole course of my life, have 1 done an act with the intentiou of injuring any human being, or wronging any man out of one cent. I have committed some very great errors?partly my own, partly through others,?but never, never before to-day, a crime. How nuini persons have been benefited by my good offices-it is not for mc to say. But I might appeal to the whole population of the county of my late residence to bear testimony to my fair and honorable dealing, to my liberality, and to my uniformjtioitft'ess to all who I was brought ioto contact with. I went to Lockport twelve years ago; when I arrived there, I did not know a human soul in the county; I was just out of my minority; I carved out my own path; was successful in business, made money rapidly; had regiments of friends?that is, when I was making money very fast; rose to distinction among my fellow men, and in about eight years after my arrival in the district. I was elected a representative lo Congress, and under circumstances peculiarly gratifying.In my persona! vanity; for whilst I received a majority of over pne hundred, not another person on the samt? ticket received ..any majority at allincluding fcfth counties. 1 am willing lo admit that there is a shocking sight of humbug in this world, and especially at this day and date?But whether the people of 33d CongressipauJ. district were humbuged in electing me lo:Cohgress when I was not worthy, is for them lo decide: 1 have been accused by my enemies of being a great intrigiier-^of being a great schemer in politics, and I suppose now that I have sehemedin other matters they will take npbn themselves no doubt great credit for their sagacity, in thus early characterizing mc.- : U1 might tell a tale that Would be very interesting to a great many people, but i have'nt time no\v to-do it?'I Bm to that region where l/?xpect to find many just as good as mysfclfi and quite as good as them I leave behinrd>me. "t write this calmly, eaHy in the morning, after a sleepless night; What my feelings are n,a onq can imagine. I have before me a path environed with imminent peril. I shall be a wanderer all the days of my life in an unknown land, leaving behind me fiiends and kindred that are nearer and ilearfir to me than my own heart's blood, who .must nil share in the disgrace which attaches to me. I leave behind me my wife and -children! May God throw his protecting arm around them, is alt that I can sa)v Arti 1 not pUn* ished sufficiently severe for all that I have done? Why, death to me were ubsolute relief, but i cannot embrace it. I have . canvassed the whole ground over careful Jy. There were three alternatives presented te me: "To remain and meet my fate in the eyes of all who know me, to commit sui ?* . lri(lc, or to flee the COttntry. 1 hove dgciil~ed iijio'ii the (alter, and f.?r the single ffiS son that I may possibly yet live to rescile my name.from every sttgma which feats, I or may rest upon it. > C. F. MITCHELL. , ' "N. B. I shall .not be brought back; for if I were overtaken 1 have provided myI self with two contingent friends, either of which will spare me the mortification * of being brought back like a felon. Death I | were, under any circumstances, prefera ble to t/iat." I Singular Case.?A French paper call ( "" a > ed the Audience, contains a letter from n i private correspondent, dated Gibralter, 1 the 28th Feb. wliich states that an opulent f OrliisH m'erchatit, 'flamed ' JanterBolcvvell, : long resident there, had been tried and I convicted of the murder of his daughter, ' on circumstancial evidence, and that on the way to execution the convict saw in > the crowd an >ther Englishman,. named : Johh Keats,?who-had been extremely-ac live in collecting evidence against hirn. ? , The convict expressed a desire to die in ' peace with all mankind, and to pardon this person, whom he had considered his greatt est enemy. When the convict reached HThe scaffold, the executioner was prepar& ing to excute' "the sentence of the law, i when a voice was heard in the crowd ex claiming?"It is I that am guilty, and not i the convict." This exclamation was made :: by John Keats. He confessed that it was " * ~ w ^ - |% 1 he who carried off James tjoxwen suaiigtiler; lhal he had cut off her hair during her sleep, ami stolen one of her dresses, which he steeped in 'blood; and that the generous pardon granted to him by his victim had caused him to reflect on the enormity of his crime. Tho ixeculioner immediately withdrew the rope from the convict's neck, and the cap from his face, when it was discovered that he was dead from the .'ffects of terror. The atrocious John Keats was conducted to prison amidst the execrations of the populace, who wished to tear him to pieces. That's a Fact?Speaking of the pickpockels hanging about the United States Banks, the New York Herald shrewdly adds: "but after all, the depredations caused by the pickpockets' outside the banks, cannot begin to compare with the depredations that have for months been committed by the pickpockets within the bank, $50,000 would probably cover the amount stolen by the former, whereas the latter have within the last three years, picked the pockets of tin* community of from $20,000,000 to $50,000,000, and jt is useless to offer a reward for its recovery." "* " I The Kentucky Slave Law.?We learn from the Lexington, (Ky.) Observer, that on ihe 31st uli. Judge Woolley pronounced the law of 1833, which prohibits the introduction of staves into the CommonI wealth, unconstitutional. Since this decision, it is stated, several prosecutions, which had recently been instituted, have b. en abandoned, ft is suggested that judge Woolley, who is said to hive displayed "great ability and prof'tind constitutional research" on the occasion, write out ard publish his opinion; and this it is to be hoped he may do, that the Court of Appeal niHy have before them, in a shape which cannot be misunderstood, the grounds of a decision which will create very general surprise bulh in and out of Kentucky. Tough Meat story.-^-The editor of Kr? Rirm flaTPitf? sacs, he has an uncle whose grandfather knew a neighbor who had a cow that broke her leg, so that amputation became necessary. The operalion look place and the operator succeeded in replacing the leg with one of wood. After the operation the cow recovered her health, gave birth to a ralf and yielded her milk ue usual. The mi!k, however, tasted fur some lime of the wood, but this ' flavor at length ceased. When killed, the i wooden leg made as good stakes as any i other, though hardly as juicy* Xt- i ?? ! Machinery of the Human FhamE.? Very few, even to mechanics, are aware how much machinery there is in their bodies. Not only are there joints and hinges in the bones, but there are valves in the veins, a forcing pump in the heart, and various other a curiosities. One of the muscles of the eye, forms a real pulley. The bones which support the body are made precisely in that form, which has been calculated by malhemalicans, to be strongest for pillars and supporting columns; that of cylinders. This form combines the greatest.Jightness with the greatest strength. "'Of this form are the quills of birds' wings, where these requisites are necessary. Gen. Jackson in Pecuniary Distress.? The following paragraph, from a late number of the Louisville Journal, will be feat! with pain:?"A ,few weeks ago we saw a very long letter from Gen. Jackson, to a gentleman who had drawn on him for one hundred dollurs; He acknowledged that the money was due; but stated that he was so miserably embarrassed by his seem ruy UCU15 U5> vu UC uucnv uunuiu VII laioc the small sum necessary to meet the draft. He said he had some blooded stuck which he was. willing to give up to the drawer of 1 the draft, but that $100 in money was out 1 of the question." k Jefferson said, 'Bankers receive a profit on what they owe, from those whom they owe, and for a thing within itself of no Intrinsic value.' ? r < '? # I Corrthe Charleston Courier. ! . ^Washington, April 13. We learn that the system of removals from office is soon id go fapidljr on, undei the principles declared in President Ty> ler's Inaugural, a complete change in the revenue officers of the port of Philadcl phia, has taken place. Four or five of.the subordinate officers, of the Philadelphia post office have received notice to quit, on the first of the next month. Several changes in Consular and othei "* : :? ?511 announced very foreign agencies ????. soon. The extra session of Congress will soon bring political questions to an issue, There is increasing and manifest indiffer ence as to the result, even among those 'who were heietofore clamorous for a National Bank, and a distribution of the proceeds of the sale of the public lands So tar as the President is concerned, il may be considered as certain, that he will not oppose any banking machine for giving effect to the bowers of the government, that may be agreed on by Congress. But, in the absence of any recommendation of a specific scheme, except what ma) come from the Secretary of the Treasury and in the absence of any executive influence, in its support, it is not very pro k-.,kl? tbat Congress will be able to agret upon the details of any banking system. First, we arc met tyith the practica difficulties of obtaining such confidence and credit for n National Bank, as would ensure subscriptions from private capitalists, at home or abroad, to its stock Without the aid of government credit, in some form, the capital could not be obtained. The form of a funded debt would be the most convenient. But, if I understand the Inaugural correctly, a resort tc a debt in the lime of peace, is specially de precated by the President; and he recommends the adoption of such a system ol revenue and expenditure as will enable us to avoid the necessity of a debt. Bui there are many other difficulties to be mcl in settling the details of a bank. The mode of securing an honest administration of a bank is not the least of these difficulties. Some propose to take it out ol the control of speculators and business men?whether of Wall street or Chestnut street--and appoint Directors through the agency of Congress, who shall be responsible to Congress. But, are we sure that men w.lio deal in politics are less easily tempted than those who deal in cotton, in ' -J ! 1 slocks, coal, lanus. ana groceries* Suppose a bank of deposite and issue, without the power of borrowing money, be proposed. It would answer the purposes of a fiscal agent of the Government;?but it is ohjpcted to this plan that it would do no good?make money no pleutier?and be of no profit to stockholders. The Senate will stand 27 to 25 on the abstract question of a National Bank.? Should any one of the 27 prove impracticable in regard to details, the measure will be lost;?for their is no longer any Vice President to give- a casting vole. The President,/?ro tempore will vote as a Senator. I see little or no chance, therefore, of the passage of a bank charter at the special session. The Sub-Treasury will, however, be repealed, and we shall fall back upon a despotic system,?making use of specie paying banks, as fiscal agents, wherever- they ran be found. The revenue will then be paid, under a law enacted For the purpose, either in Treasury notes, in specie, or in the notes of banks payable and paid in specie. This will pnrouratre and assist the iocal banks to resume, and maintain resumption of, specie payments: and will drive the broken banks into liquidation. Fro/n the New York Journal of Commerce. The Position of New York-?Wc hear from Philadelphia and other places at the South, that the banks of New York will speedially suspend specie payment.? This report has been so confidently circulated, that it has, at least in some small degree, embarrassed exchanges in the city. The citizens of New York suffer less from such an error than those at a distance who deal with us, yet the injury is general, nnd should not be be inflicted without at lenst some plausible ground to support it. But we do not expect to prevent the repetition. VVe have no doubt many men are very sincere in believing that the New York banks must soon suspend. Perhaps the fact that we write this article, and so show that we care something about the matter, will confirm their opinion. Those vho choose to believe us, will have the benefit of the truth. There is nothing in the slate of things at present which has the least tendency to produce suspension here. Specie is flowing in from all quarters; the exchanges of the whole world are in our favor, with the exception, it may be, of CubaV the paper held by our L-II ciT if mnr/?;?nliln hlinpr uuiiivr* 10 aiiuuok an wi * ? n?v. j ?, , given for actual purchases, and will be paid at maturity, and very little of it has more than ninety days to rum The merchants are so independent in their circumstances, that the whole loans of the banks might be paid without producing any very great distress. Specie is as plenty as pa pert What then is the cause ol suspension? We shall not break because Philadelphia breaks, or Baltimore, or any other city. Their course imposes no ne< cessity upon us, but rather brings u.? strengths The uncertainly about South ern currency is making New York, more rapidly than before, the settling house o the whole Atlantic coast. Indeed, wt understand that it is no uncommon thinj for transactions in Philadelphia to be made payable in New York, though neither ol | the parlies rcjsiile hera? and some the leading houses in Philadelphia and further i South, have found it convenient to open accounts with Wall street banks, artjj keep their surplus funds hero Bills ol t exchange drawn in foreign ports on any place upon our Atlantic coast, are now ! very extensively made payable in New i York. So, taking it all in all, those whc , look for the dishonor of New York, ivil find the result they anticipate, receding further and further from their grasp. GEN JACKSON AND THE BIDDLI [ BANK. The time has come when Europe anc America will do justice to General Jack ! son, in relation to the Bank of the Unitei i States?when his sagacity, his courage i his incorruptibility, in relation to that in . stitulion, and his saving the public monej t in it?will be the ihemc ot universal ap I plause, and of unbounded national grati lude. He, eight .years ago, took tlx , ground that.the institution was CORRUPT , and INSOLVENT; and, acting upon tha . belief, he interposed his great measures? r the vetc?the removal of the deposites, the specie circular?the law against thi . circulation of the old note's?the sale o - the United States stock in the institution These measures huve saved the Unitei States stock, and got for it $118 on th> I share, which is now selling for 815 a share : they saved the deposiles, amounting ti I many millio.ns; they stopped the receipt o the notes at the land offices and customs . and saved millions more: they stopped th< i issue of the old dead notes, and suvet millions again: above all, they slopped tin I existence of the Bunk, and thereby pu an end to the dominion of the most COR ? RUPT and CORRUPTING instituiioi which the world ever beheld?a fountair of corrupiton which spared nothing pub f lie nor private, and poured its bribes inte ( the hands of every functionary that woule I lake them. If it had not been for Jack . son, that vast colossus of crime and foun t lain of corruption would now be in ful i life, sustaining itself on the credit and re sources of the United States?taxing tin people to fill its vaults?and emptying it; i vaults to enrich its favorites and to subsi [ dize members of Congress, and to pen s sion as many as were necessary tosustaii it. For these acts, which saved the coun ; try, the Bank had the patriot Piesiden condemned by a Senate, many of wbon i were its debtors, attorneys, and retainers the people expunged that infamous sen tence; and now it is to be revived by ex punging the expunging resolution. More the very men who devoured that .Bank, are demanding a new one! The same men, and the same party, after eviscera lion a thirty-fivu million Bank, elemanc another of fifty or one hundred millions and these men, by a freak of fortune, are i now in the ascendant in American politics. Lenving out Mr. Tyler, the President. and the Diddle Bank men are now me masters of the Government, dispensing the favors and shaping the legislation, to reward, enrich, and establish in power the CORRUPTING and CORRUPTED whicli plundered the Isle Bank, and sent its bribes into the hands of every public man that would take them. Washington Globe. Ge.v. Harrison:?A writer in the Na tional Intelligencer mentions the follow ing incident which occurred at Pittsburg while General Harrison was there on hi: way to Washington, whicli further illus trates the constancy with which he rccog nised his duties as an accountablebeing: At the hotel where General Harrisor lodged, a child, in which he manifcstec a very strong interest, was ill, and a wel known medical gentleman of Pitlsburj was brought about 0 o'clock in the eve ning to see the little patient. The visi concluded, Dr. was notified tha Gen Harrison had desired to be informec of the condition of the little sufferer, am would be anxious to hear his report. Pro ceeding to the Generul's chamber, Dr. found him deeply occupied with the Bible so intent upon the page before him, tha it was not until accosted he withdrew lils eye from the sacred volume. Bpgging pardon for the seeming discourtesy, tin consequence of a moment's abstraction be listened to the report of his little fiicnd': case; that slated, Dr. was about t( withdraw, but General Harrison invitcc him to lafce a chair, and to the Doctor': expression of supprise that ho should b< occupied reading when he must need re pose, after the fatigues and annoyances o an entire day devoted to receiving am shaking hands with crowds that seemed t< increase as he met them, he replied, "I has grown to be a fixed habit with me now to read a portion of the Scriptures even night. I am never so late retiring or si weary as to intermit that piactice. It has been my habit for twenty years?at first < as a natter of duty, but it has now become a pleasure. I read the Bible every ! night." i The Wheat Crops, in this region oj country, are said to look quite promising . since the late inins. We have heard in r mention made of the appearance of th< . !?v? or chince-bvg. The Lynchburg (Va.) Republican of lh( . 8th instant snys: ''Waving travelled ovet ; this and several of the adjoining counties - and conversed with persons from othei ? sections of the State, we are sorry to say f that the growing crop of Wheat is tin ? promising, though we are in hopes lha: r the recent fine rains and good weather will ? much improve it." f Mecklenburg Jeffersonian: I CAMDEN. S. CAROLINA, : ?? ?^ , WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 28, 1841. r '? - SamS .. \ A week's absence fromi'the editorial choir, ond il? ( duties makes Uio scat, ncfcr 'a 'vwry one, j j rather more unploasant than usual. After luxuriotr ing on the beauties of Nature which adorn ffiecSan. ' try between this and "tho old Nortli 8tatc," W? foci very little inclination'for the performance of the , drudgery of our vocation. ' . n. ,v Whoever, ,at this season of flowers, takes, a,tfip" to I tho country, and does not feel the foil force ef that emphatic and truthful sentiment of Cow/cr I "God made tire country, and man made the town,* J9* 11 ' *f ' / J, iTyfiJ nn4l?!fA a*i(k no An at. I ? o.a J CdllllUk TTiku UO VII VUI iciUHl WU1U UIP-' . tie, dust and smoke with which wo arc surrounded.- * r Whoover does not delight in roaming at early Spring, - through Nature's flower garden, admiring the. Dog-> wood, the Jessamine, the Woodbine,, and the Hooeyi suckle, togethor with numerous other less pretending ? but scarcely less beautiful flowers, now in bloom, and t inspecting tho buds of the Virgin's Bower, and other - later plants, just ready to burst forth in all thoir beauty - and loveliness, cannot, wc again say, sympathize; R with us.' f Businc**, during the last wock, ealled ns 16 the beautiful littlu town of Charlotte, N. Carolina, rtfnil dered famous from the stern and indomitable spirit of c patriotism which cl.a acterizcd its citiiona dcringour Revolutionary sirugglo, and for their Declaration of D Independence on the 20th May, ; 1775, more.than; a f year before all tho Colonics followed their noble ex. ample. A spirit which indufced a British officer, c during llioso days, to designate tho villago as &. 1 hornets' nest. . . 2 Charlotte, within the last twelve or fifteen years, t has improved rap'dly in wealth and population. It is now one of tho handsomest villages with which 1 n-n nr/> nrntitlnfoi!? Atlfl U'cll XVltVl Cpfinolp. 1 especially for females. Tho Femalo Academy is a * very neat building1, and in a delightful'ideation, ' Tho Branch Mint 13 a most beautiful structure, 1 and does credit to tho architect who superintended * its erection. The grounds about it ore tastefully cul' tivated by the supcrinteiidcnt, Col. VVincELE*. when) ' we think deserves great credit for the fine taste and " skill which he has displayed in combining the usei ful witli the beautiful, while ornamenting and adorn3 .'nj tho cnclosu.e Mr. Stanly's speech on the ex' penditures. at tho Mint, will have very little influerco ' on any one who will visit the spot, and remember that 1 it jg^ublic property, and that the public character ' is concerned, to some extent, for its appeaience. Wo 1 found all the officers polite and obliging?ready 11 1 all times, when not engaged in their official duties, : to gratify the curiosity of visiters. There aro other public buildings in the vfllagr, well worthy of notice, but we must omit them,? " We cannot, howovcr, well avoid saying a word in 1 relation to tbe Court House. This building, like most of the Court Houses in "the old North State,n . stands in the centre of tho street, and we think.ihe citizens will agree with us, lhaf it is no ornament to ' tho village. It is in a very dilapidated condition, ' either without window shutter*, or they are Mlt tpta ' to tho mercy of the winds. The boys, us boys will ' do every where, have amused themselves by breaking tho window glass, until tliorc is fcarcely a who'o pane loft. We trust that tho subject, which tve ' heard was to bo brought before the Court, which sits tho present week, was successfully attended to,, and | that a scat of justico, in uuison with its other phblic edifices, will soon add its bcavty to the village* j4{ ' We said the citizens of this place were remarkable for their consistent and indomitablo patrioticmr dor. ing our Revolutionary struggle; and wo doubt not,but the same spirit animates thcii sons. At all c\epts, whatever they do, they do it as though they were in " earnest. Tho almost universal expression of sor row for the death of the President! struck us as pe. 5 culiarly appropriate. At a public meeting, tho pco" pic had rcso! ved to wear tho usual badge of mb'fipi* " ing, and, unlike as in some other places whole simitar resolutions were adopted, they were carried out; 1 even the ladies, (always foremost in their synrpa. ^ thies,) a great number of them, we observed, partook ? ' of the general feeling, and added tho badge to' their 5 dress. '>> We must not omit to say before we stop, that thpir 1 generous hospitality is now, and always bos been, in ' perfect unison with all the other excellent trails " ? " .?? oi cnaracicr, jor vviiicu uio cmiciu ui viwumu h<" so well known, and appreciated. i> . , .? MR. BRAHAM'S CONCERTS. ' On Satuid ly.and Monday evening last oar citizens 1 enjoyed a rich and rare treat, from the visit of Mr. ' Bkaiiam, Mr. and Mrs. Watson. Seldom have, wo : witnessed larger, more intelligent, or more delighted " audiences than greeted these accomplished vocalists. ' expectation had been raised to it* highest point, ' from tho fame which preceded them, and the most ! fastidious, wo believe, were completely gratified. Mr. Biiaham's "All tho Blue Bonnets are over the Bor5 dcr,n "The last words of Marmion," and "The Bay " of Biscay," ivcrc master pieces. Never, til! we heard " Mr. Braham, did wo have an idea of the compass , and flexibility of the human voice. Mrs. Watson ' gave the most comploto satisfaction. lier manner * upon the stage is perfectly captivating, and her 1 voico is as sweet and melodious as can be imagined. : "My beautiful Rhine," "John Anderson my Jo," "Oh! shnll we go a sailing," and "She wore a wreath, of Roses," by Mrs. Watson, wero most exquisitely performed, and her Comic songs, "The lords of creation," and "Mamma, mamma! why don't the, men propose," were received with the most rapturous applause Thero wero other pieces by both, which we doubt not will be thought, by othors equally W9rthy of notice, but our loisure will not permit us to f extend our remarks. We must, however, mention, [ in uddition to those we have named, the celebrated Bird Duet, by Mrs. Watson and Mr. Bkaiiam, and - ? r>\? ?.T*t ' trie LOmic vrit-c, "iiirce i/ruws jii a tunwiu, vi, the doatli of the imprudent young Crow," by Mrs. > Watson, Mr. Braham and Mr. Watson, both of r which wero most exquisitely performed. Mr. Wat. , son's accompaniments 011 the Piano were finely ox. cculed, and in the most perfect harmony. i ~ Bank of the United Stateb ?Wc haro devoted t considerable space in our paper to-day, to tho publi. I cation of the Report of the Committee of Stock, holders, appointed some time since to examine into tho affairs of this institution. It is unnecessary for