IT'^IM1 V9'1*1!*!! 0r KNQLAhD. w foi*tytts%m? Ujh Bank of I^JpSflanU with speak under pretence of y leKefing the embnrA^smenls of the mer r wiant* ?f New York,- is worthy of the | ' great genius who presides over their dcs- [ tinies. It is eminently calculated to drain the specie from the United States at this moment, and to provide for period- , ical drains in future. It is equally calculated to produce recurrence of pressure aud panics. It places the merchants at the mercy of the hank, whenever its | bonds shall become due, and what is never lost sight of by that institution, it b.itigs in somewhere about two hundred per cent, a month interest for the loan of its credit. In addition to this, jt gains for Mr. llid'lle the applause of the gontle .1 1: I i* . .1:0: I... illt> iiius renevcu inini present uuucuii) , i at the cost of future ruin, and the character of a great public benefactor besides. There can be no doubt that there is at this moment, an understanding, not to call it a conspiracy, between the Bank of the foiled States and the Bank of En gland, to filch from us the specie acquired by the wise measures of Gen. Jackson.? Thev are kindred institutions, ami equally c uubining the?incoiigriioii8 and incompu- . tilde characters of a commercial body, and a political engine. So long as the 1 Bank of the foiled States wields such an enormous capital, under any administration, we shall have nothing but a miserable succession of contractions and expansions, redundant excess of issue, and < sud.leu withdiawals of credit, panics, i pressures, and all the long train of evils we have endured ever since the people and Government of the United States refu-o-d to fall down and worship the Paper Calf, gilt with gold. - _ * .1. n . i t ? i i in i.it* management 01 tne nana 01 me Untied States Mr. Biddleis now little bet- | ter than the tool of the British Bank, the .British bankers, and the British arisi cracy. He is their representative here: their proxy in voting in his own directois, antl himself as president. The Barings, alone, ure proprietors of millions of the stock ot this Bank, and their support is imiispensible to i?s very existence, for, if they . were to sell out, and withdrew their funds, j iho institution could no longer sustain itself. It would become bankrupt. With regard to the connection of the IJank of the U. S. with the Bank of England, it is one of a close affinity of \ i?*u s, interests and conduct. Each js equally interested in keeping up the abuses of its monopoly, each has e qu.illy expanded lis loans anu issues until botJi are loitering on the verge of bank- j Tuple*; it tit! i ai'h is equally interested in > keeping up this spurious substitute tor , re d value, to the entire exclusion, if posB'ireuhitioti hut that of its 'urrher than iIim* the Bank ?, hv means of its puirngreat houses in L? ndon, to engross nearly all the iicss, not only of the Unitize Indies. s of the hank, l^r drawn re business int their bands, lieily diffused thronuh the mnuiiiity of Great Britain. lie great mon - po Iy lias hcgntton , Iter great monopoly, ami thus it is ; /monopolies engender and perpetuate ; ^ k other. ft /he Bank of the United States, in like /oner, has its agents of monopoly here W I in England. The Messrs. Middles in W i / 'udelphia, and others in the di/lcren; ' .t commercial cities. I have heard i that the former have at this 010f mcol the inanugeme t of one half the capital of this hank, and that they are inventing it in eonl mines and other speetiJa.ions of enormous magnitude. \Vho- j ovr is the agent ol this institution of f inusi of necessity, with the j Vast mans at his disposal, greatly influ* enro, if ho does not entirely control, the, rate of .lock, hill of exchnnte, and other business transactions. II- will, in addi- 1 1 i t t flito I iti a Itlo lik cnnln. tt'iflk ii Itiii.. sc.I ii ureal j> ?rlif tl?<* federal organs, bank orainvs, olid bank dependents. One says, ' "The determination of the Hank of England, and the British capitalists, is to farce (lie return of the prcci^is metals back into England from the Unit* d Si.iifvs jyid thev tyilJ succeed. The importation Er i ^ " . *s?j" :, of specie into the United States has been' forced i>. disregard 'f the laws and wail's of commerce, and ai a heavy loss. It was not wanted here." No doubt "they will succeed** if the Bank of the United Slates and the federal organs can give them success. Ano her organ affirms that "very large sums of the precious metuls were brought here where they were not wanten.** And a third denounces the specie, most especially "because it prevents specie returning to this city.** For what, think vou, reader? ''preparatory to its shipment to Europe." ' All these, and hundreds more, who may I.? .. I e i - _ . I ut-uiwiiys mi 11 ii(i in opposition 10 mt; line-; rests ?f their country when they conic in conflict with those of England, harmoniously unite in denouncing specie. One might suppose that, literally interpreting the scriptures, they really held money to be the root of all evil, did not their uniform conduct f irbid such ? conclusion.? They laboi under u hydrophobia of specie, and doubtless not one of them would reccive.payment f ?r an advertisement in the precious metals, unless be could get nothing else. Thus, the Hank of England, the Rank of the united States, the hritish bankers, their agents here, the poor bamboozled Amereau merchants, the federal orators in and out of Congress together with the bank newspapers, all harmoniously unite in denouncingtheonlv currency contemplated by the fratners of the Constitution. There is a general conspiracy to place the power of paper money in perpetual despotism o'er the < people of both countries? -to substituterag barons in plaee of the federal nobility to fasten around us the ancient chain of dependence on England, b^ making us the mere footballs of its banks a ?d hank- j crs. to whose tender mercies we have been I surrendered by the late benevolent ar-j rangement ?f Mr. Riddle, fur il?o relief ?>I the commercial community. \M*RRTC\Nrs. NEW YoKK, April 12. Fugitive M,avk.? Yesterday the 1?^ corder's office was crowded to excess, on account ol the arrest 'if a colored ma n med Dixo <, claimed to be a fugitive stave. The claimant is a Doctor AllanJer, of Baltimore, who says the real name of the accused is Jacob Ellis. Mr D?-e.sser, counsel to the Abolitionist Society, appeared en behalf of the prisoner, and contended that he was not the man al lodged in have nhsroniliil. So v 11 ?ii avail, for a powerful negress seized 1 i? legs and ...i i .... ?i.? _:i.? ?..?i IMUV IMIII ??ll lilt IIUT* III Mini ?| lllilll* nrr as to compp] liim to relinquish his hold. Dixon ihrn made good his escape and ran down Duane street, followed hy his friends. Th officer* retreated into the police office, dragging with them several persons who had assisted in the res cno. Among mom wore if. i waluroii, F,sq. a member c?f iho liar of this citv.? Mr. Wnlilron flip officer, charged liiin with having horn very active in assisting the prisoner to escape, in doing which ho lore his (NValdron's) coat nearly off his hack. Owing to the dense crowd we di 1 , not hear the gentleman's defence, lie offered to give hail to answer the charge ? INlr. Bloodgood said he would not take hail for a less sum than ten thousand dollars. Bail to the amount of 5,000 was offered and refused. The gentleman eventually procured hail to the amount reqtiir ed. A number of colored people wen then committed on a similar charge. Ha 'ino ''is posed of these, the m a >.> m -1 tralc assembled the officers, and despatch ? cd them to rtcapltwe frixon if lie could be \ * found in the city. Officers Merrit, liomant, sparks, Itowper and others, prodee- " ded to the lower part of Duane street; . where it, was said, Dixon was <:oncealed. After a long search they succeeded in ferreting him out. He was concealed in ( a coal hold in the yard of Mr. Arthur, a i jeweller, who, however had no know- ( ledge of the fact. Dixon made no resistance, and was reconducted to prison.-? The excitement during this scene was unparralleled and it is a great wonder that no !iives wer?- " ran Telegraph. t HitLiE, April 27. 1 Some of the effects.?A highly respectable gentlemun from Virginia, was in this city a day or two since, on his way home from Mississippi, and gave some facts in r'dation to the money affairs which were well worthy of serious considers- 1 Hon. lie is well known here hv irenile | men from his neighborhood in Virginia, 1 j to hr worth about Si 1.000.000. Ife had'< I been to Mississippi to purchase a planta- i lion. He su?v some sliange things there. A planter had about 30 negroes taken by | the Sherill" and sold at auction. There was a crowd assembled?hut one or two bidders were found. The 30 negroes were knocked off for a little more than four thousand dollars. The crowd gathered about the purchaser and warned him not to pay fr them, and actually had to apply to the Virginia gentlemen for a loan of money to pay l is hoard bill with. He s'.w t Vieksburg some negroes up at auction?ens', sale. A likely looking 4\. 11 L: I r - i ^ n-11ou wore niiereit. Not another bid could lie had. Thr o\v- ? n< r thro stepped up and changed tin 1 terms of sale from rasli to twelve months t cedt, tvith ample security. The bidling raised 'ike electricity. The same fellow was knocked off at #1(525. The it nib man arrived at New Orleans in company uit'? a f llmv Virginian, and there the) got out of cash. The genthuiHii tried to dispose of a draft on the bank at Alexandria, for a few hundred d liars to carry him home, and showed a certificate from its cashier, that h<* had x #12000 deposited in its vaults. But all ' lo no p'ti jnise, he could raise no money v in New O' learns in that way. Well, he a and his friend came to Mobile. They found a friend ' err who knew them well. r and that friend undertook to get the re (piisite sum ef money for them to go home I wiih, for a draft on the Alexandria hank. | He woiked like a silk" worm for hours, and was about s?i''ini? tin in desmiir. wli. n I ? - ^ I I * fortunately he IGtiiit! another Virginian < who wished t?? make a remittance to Al- c r?x:?? ?!ria. and had deposited a few lum- I dred dollars in li e Branch tin* State J j Flank here to purchase a draft with The j s business was d ne and Mobile money was ^ obtain d. Hut then, as Mobile money j would not answer to travel wi'li out nl ,S Alahaina, the yet lien.an was anxious to yet in st of it exchanged f ir Georgia ('arolina or fT11it ?>? 1 States pitonev F( r i 'his exchange, a way went his frientl here 1 upon the doa trot all net town I'm huairs. \ offering tw ' . three and four per cent, for ? toe kinds o inonev wanted. \t last ' i s teeeeded in procuring enough to beyi ( the journey with, and the Virginia mil , H< naire has left us. I **-'m a ? T e following is oxtrne- , ted from ? report -ot tt.o proceeding > ot the ' ouse of Assi tubly of this S ate on Thurs 1 day list. SM LI. BILLS. Mr. Robin-on. from the Bank committee, to which was referred the Gill to repeal t'e ( I It I - . f ? un proionn ng " < nrcitiauoil of Daillt notes j < ot a less denomination than $?>, reported < that the commit woe unanimously of opinio that it ought not ?o In come a law? and th< toil went on .lie general orders \v hat will become o' us if suc'i excessive stupidity l>. liiianiiuo sly erseve ed in? A measure which nugh- snie-uhai palliate our present distres es. "The comuii tee are unanimously o opinion, ought not to he a 11 law." 'I' e tint is fast approaching, nay, is j arrived, w en those le. islators will see tliei' best commentary on their conduct, in the tn-'Si abject misery in their consti-uents. , We have never heard, cither here or in England, the suppression of the small note) circulation justified, on any other ground,' than that it compelled the Hanks issuing large notes, to keep a c rtcin amount o' sp cie, wi i h served as a basis, and made the redemption of the latter more secure. Now we ask what kind of a basis is that which at one moment will not hear the w< ight of a feath r, as at present? When specie is inor? valuable than hank notes. !... !!! I. I ii win no (leomrnJefl, ami ns long as tins lasts, no anionnt of specie, r^liort of tho amount of notes. is n sufficient Insis. When the reverse is the case, any or no specie is a sufficient basis, for it w ill not be wan e-!. 'Puis basis has been written about and talked about, " without those using the teiins taking the 1 trouble to give to it in their own minds, any definite meaning Another attempt will, however he made, to indue the Legislature to allow the Hanks J o issue a credit currency ui such amounts as they may find the c itizens of this >tate will ng to receive and exchange among themselves And a petition to tins effect is now Iving m the Mercii nils' Fvchange and at the i !\ ii office <>f ibis paper, for signatures.?A\ V. Cour. and En^jr. / I r / (tommrvcial (touricr. CAMDEN, S. C. MAY G, 1837. T? the public* Our citizens has for some time been subjected to much inconvenience for the want of a public channel of communication which is so essentially necessary iiv* community like ours, almost altogether Commercial. Trusting therefore to their wants and willingness to sustain a PAVER for this purpose, Mr Jones & Co. became the purchasers of the CAMDEN JOURNAL PRESS, from which will now be issued The Camden Commercial Courier, devoted exclusively to Commerce, Agriculture and Amusement. In order to ensure satisfaction, no ex|>ei>?e or trouble has been spared in obtaining steady and competent workmen. We therefore trust, that a liberal public will afford that patronage which,the Proprietors,by their undivided attention, will endeavor to merit. The first No. of the COURIER will be sent to all the patrons of the Journal, which if not return !?d will be considered subscribers, and the Paper regularly sent to them. , Tim ncrnnnln nf llm lOTTReJAI. nrp InA in ntir land* lor collection Those indebted are therefore | requested to call and settle the same, or forwaid at )uk bisk, the amount due by Mail. Tlie pressure* The pressuie in the money market is beginning lobe felt in every portion of the country and by ill classes, every branch ot businss seems to be nore or less impeded, and the state of things growng worse every day?we are glad, however in :iuies like these, to have it in our power to say that ' tot withstanding the amount of Cotton purchased it high prices in our town the present season, and he very heavy slocks of goods yet on hand, bur Mercantile community will still continue to sustain | hat character for commercial integrity for which t is so well known and to which it is so justly entitled. At a meeting of the Stockholders of the Bank >f 1 amden, S. ? ., held at their Hanking House on Monday last, the following Gentlemen were elect d Directors lor the ensuing year, viz? Col. Mc WILL IE. Esq. Col JOHN CI J ESN UT, J. M Df.SAUSSI'RI:, Esq. HALL T McGEE Esq. P \ UL F. VILLEPI UE, JOHN WORKMAN, and WILLIAM ANDERSON. We are informed that the Stockholders, were veil satisfied with the condition and management >f the Rank?of which they have given the best vidence, by a resolution, which we see they have dopted to increase the present capital $(100,000 Tlin Onvnr.,?r ......I., . .... 11 ~ I Jlfc.. .......V ...V ...JJ arrn^i nenls "or litis District, viz : Jnlm Smart, Ksq. Justice of the Quorum. James II. M'Kaiu. Justice of the Peace. William 11. Young, Coroner. The Machinery for Lang, Douglas & Anderson's ,'utton Factory is received and w ill -cominetico >peiati'>ns in a few weeks with a thousand spindles, t is beautifully situa'ed about a half mile from tit# own on as fine a ntrcain as anv in the State, preenting, of a mile in length one ot the hamlsomest tonds in the southern country. We hope itmfhy trove to our enterprising citizens a profitable mi ret Our readers u I: timl in another column an advertisement for workmen, for the pur ose of mating the neces ary iinptnveme ts in our River^ vhieh, ull. a meeting of the Merchants of Sew York was held, to take into consideration lie causes of tlie present pressure, and to devise inch measures of reliel as may be thought most expedient. A Committee of fifty was appointed to proceed , forthwith to W shingtnn. to submit to the Presiient the proceedings of the meeting which is i jontained in the folio * ing proposition : 1st A repeal of the Treasury Circular. 2nd A suspension of suits upon Custom House Bonds, till January next. 3d. The early convocation of Congress. It is stajod in one of the Freneli Papers, that Piince ' ictro (son of Lucien) Bonaparte, whose lenience ol death has lately been commuted by the Pope to banishment, had on the Jlth February, sailed for America. A communication by steam boats has bcpn opened between Rotterdam and Havre which is connected with the line from Havre to New-York, atfoiding at the same time an opportunity of going from Rotterdam to Paris in forty hours. The me i beis o? the Carmelite Convent at Baltimore received the proceeds of the late Fair which amounted to Three Thousand Four Hundred Dollars, which we cannot but consider a tair iif.mu NtKATIOft. Wo havo rocoivod tlio April number of the Southern Literary Messenger ol 04 panes, containing selections of the most chaste and entertaining mat* ter. We h .ve not as yet been able to give it that perusal that we wish, and therefore have laid it by for a leisure moment,when we will be better able to appreciate its merits. A copy will always be kept open at our office for inspection. A slip Ikom the New Orleans Commercin' Bulletin, (by Kxpress) informs us that a large majority of the Mississinni Lpoislainr at Slate will Ho mtirh jftwartls re-establishing order It is bid enough for those who hava laid themselves under heavy liabilities, to suffer from the consequences of one of those sudden reverses in the prosperity of a State, which must occasionally take I place, without entailing by legal enacttnenls, a similar misfortune upon all whom have, under a firm belief in the validity of contractors, become creditors for large amounts to the unfortunate. If men will go in debt they should make up their minilti Id riiii rial; nf roiispniinnrcH. xnrl for the ciril authorities, because they have unexpectedly met with disastrous results,* to screen them from the obligations im? posed on all debtors, is to encourage fraud, dishonesty and injustice. What is right , or proper in the case of a portion of tilt citizens of ^ State should always be so it) the rase of an individual, in order tlut the laws may be equal, yet were any Stall: to grant a special privilege to an individ? unI to go free from the poymeut of hit liabilities for a particular period, on ih4 plea that he had been un.'ortunale and hid' net, while involving himself, anticipated the occurrence of dilHicuhies which would prevent the fultilmenl of his engagements?"* the measure would be spurned at b\ the public at large as unjust in the extreme, and well calculated to bring all legislative authority into contempt. There can bo no circumstances which in our opinion will justify a State in ljHping her citizens from the faithful exec^^fetffcf their contracts. Contracts should as sacred and binding by governments as the very principles upon which those governments aro based, and the moment a different sentiment begins to pFevnil, the stability of civil institutions becomes questionable. Were the question property investigated, wed ubt v? ry much whether st< ict scrurity would not place it beyond tne power of anv legislature to ai.tful and in.difv exist in# coinl arts. JSucli power we regnr * as being more properly ^yiveste-' in the pe pie themselves, and t* 4>^exe'c'se s lely by n convention. f-om#M?ia\ argue it is true, thai r? lief laws d not m reality, impair contracts, and being intended for tin advantage of citizens, are among the adiuissable acts of a legislature, wli se duty is to make laws for the benefit o1' the citizens, of a State. Hut it shou d be renu mbered that an\ alteration ?f a contract, however slight in jls nature, implies a power to in 111 the fact that no benefit may result fr?rs barricuted, and each one wit l' e m st fatal coldness waited the signal f r pillage. Horses, carriages, sellars, peaceably persons, all had disappeared to give room to a wild population, vomited forih hy the fauxhourgs! i I e government exhibited a great d? al of viuor: in a moment the great square was covered with troops, who drove back the people from all quarters. Numerous p.trols were pi ced in all dir. ctions, and the unfortunate people, ign. rant ot their great f rcc were driven, chased away without obtaining the le-.sl s.ifacion or iustiee. , ' Y u cuimo conceive to what a state of misery this beautiful city is reduced. 'I ho government do not p y any thing, do not even to the army which defend* it lie s Idler, die employe, the pensioned widow, are all dy ng with hunger ! The more the public distress augments, the high r is tho price <>f provisions; and a sack of con. is sold at 815, which is more than three times its vaiue. Another gri? vancc not less dreadful, is jjie abuse -?f the copper coin. 'I ho repul lie is flooded with ( ttai tillus. It seems ^ tlieie are no more ollars, at least they have disappeai .'d to so great an extent that mcrcha ts lose 40 per ce I upon the change in copper, it was to reined; this evil that the sage and wise ep> ties in t