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ARE now receiving and will in a few days have ?>iu store the following articles ? and respectful ly solicit their customers and the public generally to call and examine ? consisting in part of Urjf Goods, vis, Mackinaw, Whitney and London Duffle and Rose ~ ^ Blanket*, >? -^ V ? ???. Very superior and -heavy servants cloths, limey, eassinetsartd Kentucky Jeans, Red- Flannels, merino*. Circassians, -? 'Calicoes, brown and bleached shirtings, Sahsca Osnahurgs, ^ Bed Tickings, aotne 6-4 wide, Apron checks, cotton and worsted hosiery, Fur and seal skin caps, - ? * Wool hats, fur hats, usually low. Servants shoes, hrogans lined and bound, .Russet brogans, very heavy. Alio, I A cases heavy and well Blade clothing, consisting of suits, bang-up coats, great coats, &c. Ladies, gentlemen and misses cloaks. Sundries . ? 500 Sacks Salt, &c. &c. . 28 hhds. fine sugars, ?1 Destino and Victoria ? * 10- hhds. West India Molasses, rjr'/ 10 Sbk. superior crashed sugars, ?? K) >>? do. New Orleans Molasses, r* -8 Boxes common and superipr loaf sugar, . , 2C Bags choice green coffee, lOOTbagx various qualities do. * Gunpowdet, Hyson,' Pbushong and Black ^ Teas, in boxes and caddys. 120 bbls. Mew Mackerel, No's 1, 2 and 3, ' . , 30 bbfe. do. -Pickled' Sahnon, v 25 Boxes sperm candles, 4's, 5's and 6's, - 50 Boxes Turpentine and vanegated soap, .^50 Boxes Cheese, * , 4tf half 4>bls. Northern crackers, 10 Kegs prime Goshen Butter. ; ? ~ OILS. , Flasks and bottles best Sallad fHL Winter "trained sperm; Unseed and train oils, by the gaRon or barrel. ? --v LIQFORS. .. Champagne and Congpac Brandy, '^Holland Gin of the most approved brands, .Whiskey, N. E. Rum. Ginand^ Apple Brandy. Champagne, anchor brard. Choice old Madeira, Cherry and Tennerifie, ^^"corSulI; ? Maracbino, Cnraso^ Orange, Perfect Love, Cinna mon, \nniseea, Mint, Raspberry, Lile of Man, &e.*&c. ? ?*?' ' ? T; GLASS WARE. * An assortment of ri-h setts cut Decanters, Cham pagnes. Ceileries, Goblets. Tumblers, Jellies. &c. with a few dozen Decanters and Tumblers, very Wot made expiressly for tfte use of hotels CROCKERY WARE , an assortment. . : WOODEN" WARE. Painted Pails, iron bound Tubs in nests, brass bound ? Buckets, Wire Sifters. Straw bonnets, &c. ?>??>. ? *.** -Also, Avery large invoice of HAVANNA and f&INCIPIE SEGARSy selected ex - j . ? u ? jomstde^for this Market. In addiuooto-the above, we expect daily to receive % supohr of ftlih. West India Preserves, Raisins* Currants, ftnift^ Figs, Almonds and Nuts. ?*. And a variety ef other articles which have been purchased^* anction in the Northern cities low for cash. Purchasers are therefore respectfully solicited to call and examine our stock before purchasing else ' *? ,""1 " 42 tf October IS, *? v Wanted to Hire ' '? WEGRQ GIRL, 12 or 15 years old, to wait Jnm. about tie House. Enquire of . i. ; ' v 1. i>. MORDECAI. Feb 2 v 5 tf x- , , . for Sale. FVtHE HOCSR aiid LOTef Two Acres, former JLjy the residence of the (aptly of the Rev. RO B$Kg:4RANS. It is commodious, and worthy the attention of those who are dispoie^toporcftase. Also?The small House. fwmetiay Mr Veal's, near ark's. ft haa sis rooms, and woa*d suit a Mtfffiu*3y. The lot contains an acre and a hal? ? ' J^paquire of j J V " V, DR. R.W. GIBBES. ' Feb 9 ' ' 6 6t v -? ^ : r~"T ? . Fop Sale, #1|IHL House and Lot on Camden street, formerly Jt* owned by Dr. Becket. The House it very Jarre and commodious. Apply to John W. Clark. WILLIAM HOLMES. 0?ofaBr^ 41 tf W 'gons, Wfagons. JVfE FOUR HORSE and two TWO HORSE WAGONS, made in North Carolina of the best ameriala, just received and for sale low, by DDLIN & MICKLE. Feb 9 ' ' 6 tf AC ARB. FB1HE Subscriber* having parchased the entire -M. Stock ofGoods of Robert Waddell, would re ?*pectfuly inform their friends, and the public in gen -^iral, that they will continue the business at his old ?srtH At ituder the firm ef Bales, Phillips & Co They -pledge themselves to the friends and customers of -theformer proprietor, to fill their orders, on the same <enos -heretofore given. They intend keepii ^ con -etantly oarhand, a general assortment of Dry Goods, Hard ware, and Groceries, suitable to the town and icbitntry trade. They respectfully solicit a share of public patron -age JESSE BATES, JAMES C. PHILLIPS. JOHN WADDELL. " Jan 2&. 4 It Ten Dollars Reward. RUNAWAY from the subscriber about the 1st December last, a Negro Man named BOB ; Bob is about 50 years old, dark complexion, five feet 8 or 9.inches high. Bob formerly belonged to Dr Samuel 'Green, and stayed at his plantation on Little River, FairSeid district. I have no doubt he will pass from Litite River to Columbia, as !?eis well acquainted in Colombia, and with most of the . egroes from Little Xiver to Colombia, and will visit the plantations, .^ihere any of the negroes, formerly belonging to Dr. Green, re?de. ? ' ^The above reward, and all reasonable charges, wHl be grs^?i? the delivery of said negro to mesix miles South of Winnsborough. FnirfieW district, or the if 1** in ?y m m SA(n.H ' Ttirt ?' ; t tf Trf-Weekly Stage line Between Columbia and Branchville. BESIDE a daily stage to Branchville, there is now running a tri-weekly stage ; leaving Columbia on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, at 8 o'clock in the morning, and arriving at Orangeburg that night, and next day at Branchville in time for the cars go ing to Charleston or Augusta. In returning, it leaves Branchville on Monday, Wednesday and Fri day, after the arrival of the care from Charleston or Augusta, and arrives that evening at Orangeburg, where it stops for the night, and next dav comes to Columbia ? thus avoiding all night travelling. Q. STALKER. Jan. 26 4 tf ADVERTISE TIE PVT. THE subscriber offers for sale at the store of D. & J. EWART & cot the following, viz: ; 3 Horses, a Two Horse Wagon and a Cart, j 41 Feather Beds as good as new, both single and doable. 50 Double and Single Bedsteads, ; 50 Mattrasses, single and double, made of cotton and moss, .50 Dozen empty quart and pint bottles, Earthen and glass ware dish covers, and a very large plated coffee urn, as good as new, Setts plated table castors, shovels, looking-glasses, carxHe-stieks, ramps, blankets, table-cloths, bed spreads, coffee pots, bake pans, frying' pans, fea ther pillows and bolsters, . 6 Dozen Windsor chaire, 50 wash stands, ^ 50 toilet tables, basins, pitchers, &c. Andirons, cast inpn and brass feeders, shovels, tongs &c. with many-vticles of household and kitchen furniture, which wiH be sold in quantities to suit purchasers. Ewart's Hotel to rent. Enquire of DAVID EWART or D. & J. EWART & Co. Jan 26 4 tf Notice to Tanners. TH E subscriber respectfully informs the public that he has a tan-yard in operation at Rich, ardsonvilfe, Edgefield district, S. C. ; his taner being about to leave him, he desires to obtain anotner ? He has a negro man who is a guod taner. A first rate tanner will find his interest in taking charge of my tan yard <fc negro, as the situation will be per manent A married man would he preferable, as there is a good dwelling house attached to the yard. The applicant will beeipected to produce a recommenda tion. DAVID RICHARDSON, Jan. 26 4' 2m. THE BOTANIC PRACTICE OF ITCecficine and Dentistry. DR. JOHN CHAMBERS respectfully informs the citizens of Columbia and its vicinity, that he has located himself a few doors above the Far mers' Hotel, and nearly opposite Mr. R. Sondley's, where he may be found at all times, unless absent on professional business. Feb y ;? 6 tf Parker's Corn Shelter, Improved ! CAPABLE OF SHELLING 20 BUSHELS IN ONE HOUR / / / rBuiE subscribers have on hand a tew o. the JL above Machine#, which they unhesitatingly re commend as the most simple as well as the most ef fectual Corn Shelters now in use Persons desirous of seeing them in operation, can do so by calling at Mr. Felix Meetze'a store, on the coraer below the golden horse. GREEN & ANDERSON. Dec 15, ' 54 6m Stolen or strayed, rLOM the subscriber, a brown-bay mare, 16 hands high, without ^ white, heavy with foal ? about 10 years old- A suitable reward will be paid to any one who will deliver her, at my plantation below Columbia. V. T. TAYLOR. Feb 23 8 tf Look at this. BLACKSMITH Ac WAGON-MAKING. THE subscriber has taken the SHOP formerly occupied by Cleverly & Miller, as a Blacksmith, shop, in the u per end of Columbia, in order to carry on the above business in all its various branches. His Blacksmith is inferior to none in this place, as any kind of work in the above business ; a superior hand at cast steel work, alsj, superior at horse shoeing ? equally so in aJl other kinds of work in the above bu siness. HewiUshoeas low for cash or approved credit, as aay one can do in this place. AJ1 work done by him warranted inferior to none in the State. The subscriber will make and repair wagons, and re gigs and sulkies, plain paint and varnish as low as it wn be done in this place. Allor iers from town or country will be attended to with neatness and dis patch. The subscriber hopes that having furnished himself with good stock and ra-Uerials for the- above business will be able to give general satisfaction to all whe please to favor him with their patronage. JOHN A. PARIS. Feb 16 7 tf Notice. I HAVE appointed JAxMES D. TRADEWELL, Esq. ray attorney for the settlement of my bu siness, and request all my creditors to furnish him as early as may be convenient, with a statement of their demaj.ds. ' S. W. RIVES. Feb 9, 1839 6 ' tf According to the above notice f am readv to re ceive* statement of the demands of the creditors of Mr. S W Rives, and request that the same be han dec to me as soon as practicable JAMES D. TRADEWELL, Attorney. Feb 9 V ? 6 iW APS. 1WB" APS of the State of South Carolina can be had at a very reduced price, by applying at the Treasury Office in Columbia. JO?. BLACK Tiwsarer. March 5, 1886 40 STANZAS TO AN OLD FRIEND. Come, he re 's a health to thee and thine ! Trust me, whate'er we may be told, Few things are better than old wine, When tasted with a friend that's old. We're happy yet: and in our track ? New pleasures if w? may not find, There is a charm in looking back \ On sunny prospects left behind. Like that famed lull in western clime, j Through gaudy noontide dark and bare, That tinges still, at vesper time, With purple gleam the evening air ; So there's a joy in former dayR, s In times, and scenes, and thoughts gone by. , As beautiful their heads they raise, Bright in Imagination's sky. * 1 Time's glass is fill'd with varied sand, With fleeting joy and transient grief; We'll turn, and with no sparing hand, O'er many a strange fantasti* leaf ; And fear not? but, 'mid many a blot, There are some pages written fair, ' A nd flowers that time can wither not, Preserved, still faintly fragrant, there. As the hush'd night glides gentlieron, Our music shall break forth its strain, And tell of pleasures that are gone, And heighten those that yet remain ; And that creative breath divine Shall waken many a slumbering thrill, And call forth mnny a mystic line Of faded joys remembered still. Again, the moments shall she bring, When youth was in his freshest prime ; We'll pluck the roses that shall spring Upon the grave of buried Time. There '8 magic in the olden song ; Yea. e'en ecstatic are the tears Which steal adown, our smiles among, Roused by the sounds of other years. And, as the mariner can find Wild pleasure in the voiced roar Even of the <nen-dreaded wind, That wreek'd his every hope before; If there's a pang that lurks beneath ? For youth had pan^;s ? oh ! let it rise ! 'Tis sweet to feel the poet breathe The spirit of out former sighs. We'll hear the strains we heard so oft In life's first, warm.lmpa^ione'd hours, | That fell on our young hearts as soft As summer dews on summer flowers! And as the stream, where'er it Iries Steals something in its purest flow, Those strains shall taste of ec Maries O'er which they floated long ago. Even in our morn, when fancy's eye Glanced, sparkling o'er a world of bliss, When joy was young, and hope was high, We could not feel much more than this; Howe'er, then, time our day devours. Why should our smiles be overcast? Why should we grieve for fleeting hours? We'll find a future in tae past. PETER FRANCISCO, THE' STRONG MAN, vs. THE IRISH GIANT. Hearing ih t a Gaint is in the city of Columbus, I am reminded of my old acquain tance, Peter Francisco, who was a citizen of Buckingham county, Virginia. Peter, I ven* ture to affirm, whs as great a curiosity in person, as this Giant; y t with a dignified mnnliness,'coinpntible with his vast person age and hugeness of frame, he deigned not to exhibit himself for his bits of money to public gaze. He contented himself to live on a farm and enjoy the comforts of the sim ple husbandman. Peter Francisco was remarkable for strenth ; a large double jointed man, nearly seven feet in height without any surplus flesh, yet so corpulent aud so propoi tinned like other tiien, that few would notice his uncommon hei?ht. His weight was three hundred and thirty to three hundred and fif ty pounds! Still he was of such a stature that you would say he was rawbone. As to Peter's strength, he informed me that in the army of the Revolution, while fed, on blue beef r t 18years of age and wrest ling with hrs fellows in the camp, he first discovered his strength ; that he could then hold down two of the strongest men, by placing a hand on each. He could after wards, as is well known to his old neighbors, set a common size man in the palm of e3ch hand, apd lifting them up, bump their heads against the joists or ceiling above. He could lake between his teeth, a common eight leg dining table, (of walnut or mahogany,) and without the aid of either hand or foot, lift it up and set it on the opposite side of the room. He never hit but two men in his life, (for he was too magnanimous to be quarrel some,) the first blow on the first man ? broke his jaw bone in two pJaces, and the second received only one blow and got three ribs broken? the third man being a friend of the two first, insisted on fighting ; but Peter [fearing further havock] gently laid hands upon him, and lifting him aloft, bore him through the gazing multitude, [by the nap of the neck and the seat of his breeches,] and threw him over the fence ! Peter then told him if he would go home and take care of his wife and children, as he had advised his two unfortunate friends, .ie would throw his horse over also ? the man agreed? and Peter actually threw his horse over the fence ! Peter Francisco was taken prisoner by the British during the Revolution, conveyed to a tavern, and seven troopers placed over him as a guard. He at early day, got possession of one of theirswords, cut down three guards in succession, took the other four prisoners, and marchedthew into the American camp. This last affair was denied during the late war in a newspaper comroversey, which re sulted in the taking of many depositions of then living witnesses, showing the truth of the whole story ; and thus has become a historical matter. Fearing the above statement [that Peter threw the horse over the fence] may be too much for human credulity, I will further state, that Peter told me himself, when I doubted his assertion, that " the horse was not large, and near a low fence, which reached about midway his sides ; that Jfctc pressed him ujr fo tlfti ^ijc^ind^feacbed under his belly,- seized- his oppoSit&JegA ?D^ raising; him up a little from ;th*. grotomch* turned him a summerset." 1 Many other feats of strength . might 1>e ' told of Peter Francisco.? -He died a &W-. years past, while acting as Sergeant-at-Arms in the Virginia House of Delegates. A Native of Virginia. - EXTRACTS From, the Speech of Mr. F rlENTISS, of Mis sissippi , on defalcations of Government offi cers. After quoting a number of letters from the Secretary of the Treasury to W. P. Harris, receiver of public money at Columbus, Miss. *nd a defaulter to the amount of $100,000, Mr. P. proceeds. ~ The next default er-^ham, I shall mention was Boyd the successor of Harris, a "fofiow er in the footsteps." In little bet1 er than six months after he had been in office, we find the following account of his fidelity. It is extracted from the report of one V. M. Ga resche, who was sent out by the Secretary to examine the condition of the land offices. It is dated 14th June, 1837. In relation to Boyd, he says: "The account of the receiver, which I have made out and transmit herewith, pre sents .against him a balance of $o5,965 54. His own accounts makes it $53,272 73 it is also annexed. His assets, of which I also send you the list, amount to $61,549 98 ra ting the land at Si 25 only, but might proba bly realize double the amount. The man seems really penitent; and I am inclined to think, in common with his frieous, that he is honest , and has been led away from his duty by the example of his predecessor , and a cer tain looseness in the code of morality which here doss not inovein so lirfiited a circle as it does with us at home. Another receiver would probably follow in. the footsteps of the two. Vou will not therefore be surprised if I re commend his being retained ?, in preference to another appointment ; for he has his hands full now, and will not be disposed to speculate any more. He will have his T)ond signed by the sa ne sweties , and forwarded in a few days to W;ishington ; this speaks favorably. He has moreover, pledged /?s word that, if retained, he will strictly obey the law, and receive nothing but specie in payment for lands. ? He tells me that he is about selling a great portion of his lands; that and some other ne gotiation will enable him to discharge a large portion of his debt to the United States fore the expiration of the present quarter. ? Lenity towards him, therefore, might stimu late him to exertions which severity might perhaps paralyze. I have in the mean time, enjoined the closing of the land office until the bund is completed and returned. No land has been sold since the 29th ultimo. Sir, who but a profligate pander could have written the above? Who but a polit ical bawd could have received it without in dignation and contempt? , u You will not be surprised if I recommend h:s being retained ," '?for he has his hands full now ." No ; I presume the Secretary was not sur prised, though any honest man would have been, at the corrupt and wicked proposi tion* . The licentious familarity of this, as well as other of the reports and letters to the Secretary cannot fail of arousing in the breast every pure minded man sentiments of scorn icd disgust. But, says this polypus feeler . of Levi Woodbury, "the man seems really penitent ; and I am inclined to think in common with his friends that he is honesU and has been led away from his duty by the example of his predecessor, and a certain looseness in the code of morality which here does not more in so limited a circle as it does with us at home." ? Now, sir, a more infamous slander was nev er promulgated against an intelligent and moral community ; for a more upright, intel ligeni, and moral community cannot be found iu the Republic than that which is the sub ject of this vile libel. Why, sir, I do not believe there is a citizen of that community who would not spurn, with honest and in dignant scorn, the profligate sentiments of this self constituted 4 4 censor morwm." No, sir; it was that looseness of political morality which marks the party in power, which more especially illustrates the official conduct of the Secretary of the Treasury, that induced Boyd to embezzle the public property. And he did it with a vengeance. His ac counts exhibit his defalcation as of some $50,000 or 60,000 in money. But it was a more splendid robfcery than this: it was of some 28,000 acres of the public domair which, by virtue of his office, he transfers i to himself, without even paying for it a sii. gle dollar. Sir, this was a bold operation ; most of the appropriators of other peoples property prefer personal chattels? something which can be concealed, and if necessary taken across the waters. Bur 44there be ! land rats as well as water rats ; and Boyd, it seems was a land rat. What a huge slice he I cut from the public loaf! ? 28,000 acres of land! Why, it is more than a German principality. The Norman Robber when he divided out the broad lands of merry En gland, gave not to his haughty barons such wide extent of wood and field. Who would not be the feudatory of this Administration, when the tenure is so easy and the reward would constitute materials for a dukedom ? Sir, the Secretary deserves impeachment for this case alone. Why has he not pro ceeded to set aside the illegal and false titles to these lands? The receiver never had a shadow of right to them. Yet his pretended title has been recognised, and portions of the land are now being sold by the officers of the Government, as the property of the de linquent. After this extensive jand piracy, what does the Secretary do ? Does he, with virtuous indignation, turn him out of office. No, sir, he permits him to resign at his leisure. Two months after Garesche's report, he writes him as follows : 1 , " ? ? V ? * Treasury DEPAjmrtrrtvAuo. 8, 1837. Sir, I am happy tQrhffr* the frank and honorable course proposed 1|r y?ur 'etter ?f the 24th ultimo. It wouid iie convenient to llSfre the bond and resignation arrive here by life early pari September, * . .... . I am, . ; 1, LRWtWOODBURY. Secretary of the Treasury. ' - G. D. Boyd, Esq. Receiver of the Public Monep, Columbus, Mi. Yes, sir; according too ther morality of the Secretary, resigning, afterjH>bbing the Gov-, ernraent of 20,000 or 30,W)0 acres of land is "very ' frank and honorable" Sir, if a thief is detected and compelled to disgorge the subject of its larceny, does it relieve the . rogue and his accomplice from guilt ? does it extinguish thecrifbe? Upon the answer to this question depepds the va lidity of the Secretary's excuse-/ : ' It is also urged in its favor, that defalca tions fcave qptcurred UoderotfcerAdministra JiOB^tWrtfie-puWic mone'flfiKfcbeen stolen before. This plea I feel compelled to allow to its whole extent. ''Brave men lived . be fore Agamemnon," and great rogues before Levi Woodbury. In justice to the Secreta ry, I cannnot deny that his pets are not the fiist thieves on record; and I give him joy of the able defence wh ch his friends have ex tracted from this remarkable circumstance. And now, Mr. Chairman, what do ,you think of this Secretary of the Treasury ? of his epistolatary talent ! of his capacity and fitness for the station he occupies ! He re sembles much, both in manner and morality, that worthy old lady who lived at "The Mug," in Bnlwer's "Paul Clifford,? and rejoiced in the name of "Mrs. Margery Lobkins," more familiarly called "Peggy Lot." His correspondence wuh-his subalterns cannot fail of calling to your recollection the exquisite admonitions of honest "Peggy to "LeetlePaul." v . Thus moralized, not Levi, but the kind hearted dame: ? - * -v ? ??-' "Mind thv kitfychism, child, and rever ence old age. Never steal !- -'specially when any one be in the way. Be modest, ? Paili* and stick, to your sitivation in life. . Read your bible and talk like a pious1 un...Peo ple goes by your words more thanyour -4c lions. If you wants wh: t i* not your own, try and do without it ; and if you cannot do without it, take it away by insinivatwn not bluster. They as swindles does moie and risks less than they as robstig' ^. , . / Yes, sir, "people goes more by your word# than by your actions." Well has t?ie Pru dent studied this maxim, and cunpirigjy flja he practise upon it when he. recommended that defalcation should be mafle a penitentia ry offence. Peggy Lob placed, in leeW Paul's band the sum ot five half-pence and; one farthing. "There boy," quoth ebe,atai she stroked his head fondly when she spoke, (just as Levi caresses his subordinates,). l*yoU does right not .to play for nothing, it's^toss of lime ; but play with thpsf a? & less Jhau yourself, ancTthen you cungofor^tobeaC em It they says you go for to cheat." , , . Ay, and it has not been long since this was the doctrine of those in power; and to go for to beat those who say you go for to cheaf?: became the watchword of the party.^.l .re collect well, and my honorable friend wh.o sits near npe Mr. Wise, recollects still better than I do, those days of teiror, when he had ta legislate, as he told us the other^qay, " harness on when the best pr^un^ent was the pistol, and the only law was club law.? It was the time when "Hurrah for lackson" constituted the " Open Sesame" of power, which gained at once ^admittance Into the robber's cave, and participation in the plun der. i:., ... ,v Then General Jackson had but to whistle, and v. i * : . " Instant from copse and heath arose w Bonnets, and spears, and bended, bows.' His followers, like those of Roderick Dhu started up in every direction, ready and eager to perform his bidding. He had but to point his finger, and his fierce blood-hounds buried their muzzles in the unfortunate victim of theii wrath. Then were the saturnalia of the office-hqldr ers; and, like the locusts of Egypt* they plagued the land. Few dared to whisper of corruptions or defalcations; and a bold man was he who proposed to investigate them, for it was sure to hring down upon his head the rage which never relented, and the anger which nothing but furious persecution could assuage. - Sir, the office-holders in this country form an oligarchy too powerful to be resisted. Why was not Spencer removed ? Why was not Harris? Why not Lion and Boyd ? I will tell you. The Administration did not dare to remove them, even had it wished to d > so; like Pachas they had become too pow erful for the Sultan, and would not have hes itated in twisting the bowstring around the neck of the messenger who presented it. ? Since the avowal of that unprincipled and barbarian motto, that "to the victors belong the spoils," office, which was intended for the ? use and benefit of the People, has become but the plunder of party. Patro nage is waved like a huge magnet over the land, and demagogues, like irotr filings, at tracted by a law of their "nature, gather and cluster around its poles. Never yet lived the demagogue who would not take office. The whole frame of our Government, the whole institutions of the country, are-wiot prostituted to the uses of party. I express my candid opinion when .1 aver that I do not believe a single office of importance within the control of the Executive has, for the last five years, been filed with any other view, or upon any other consideration, than of party effect; and if good appointments have in any instances been made, and ben efit accrued to - the country, it has been an accidental, and not a voluntary result. Of fice is conferred as the reward of partisan service; and what is the consequeocc?? Why. the office-holders are not content with the pitiful salaries which afford only small, compensation for present labors, but do notj in their estimation, constitute any adequate reward to their previous political services. This reward they persuade themselves, it is perfectly nght to retain from whatever pass es through their hands. Being taught that | all moneys in ihier possession belong not to the People, bnt to the party, it requires but shiall exertion of casuistry to bring them to the conclusion tl a they! ave a right to retaH what they may conceit* to be the value of their political services; just as a lawyer holds back his commissions. The Ad ministration countenances all this; winks at itaakmg as possible; and when public exposure is inev itable, generally gives the bloated plunderer full warning and time to escape' with his 8poils.- ^ . ^ Do you not see the eagerness with which even Governors, Senators, and Representa tives in Congress, grasp the most trivial appointments? the most insignificant emolu ments? Well do these soar of the horse leech know that theife termor* blood in the body than what mantles io the check, and more profit in an office than is exhibited by the salary. ^ ? Sir, I have given you but three *r four cases of defalcations; would time permit, I could give- yoo a hundred. Like the fair Softaoa- of iTr, ^cKkfcji or for a thousand and one nights ; a an even" as in those Eas ern stories, stf in the~?hronw cles of theoffice-hoJderB, the tale wofl^ Mer be of heaps of gold, massive ingofe, unco* nt* ed riches. . Why, sir, Aladdin's lamp wa? nothing to it. They seem to possess the identicaLcap ofjFortunatus; some wish for $50,000, some for 3100,000, some fcr.a mil lion ; and behold, it liea^iu glittenng heaps before them. Not even i*ji Q* ' The georgeons Eo*t, with riche* haitfL 1 L - Showen on ber kinfa barbaric pearl and>oJdn ~ c in such lavish abundance as does this A<T' ministration Upton its followers. Pizarro hela not forth more dazzling lures to hid robber band when he led thiem to the conquest of the Children of the Sun. V .* i And now, Mr. "Chairman, have re deemed my promise ? HareJ not shown, that the President is but a bypoirfte in hisf pre tended horrorat defalcation ; that the Secre tary is much worse ? a conniver, * weak becile particept s crimtniil Let bis dtfen&ft reconcile his conduct id the case of Harris' with his official duty wfth the 'dictates of common honesty, if they can ;V1 dare tffeihv to the trial. Let diem reconcile his licenti ous correspondence with Spencer, Hendricks, and more especially Garesche, with the principles of common defeenty. Mr. Chairman* it is not my iotaiHjdtr td examine minutely the case of Stfstfrtwout. 1 know not why the President should have selected it out of so many as the subjeef of special communication. There is, however, one carious matter connected ject,, which I shall notice? , ^ha PfeaWenU the Secretary, and the party all profess* to: unite in th$ jjelief ^at J^e Swattwoot. P-rice, add I otheta afford W?l possible argument in favor of.,4he sub-Trea sury scheme. BJost^thesadefiJcati? they, occurred Duller the (Jeposite and, therefore, to that system these ,, re tdrs, public uini w bank, But retained in the h? ? cer. If yoo wiH look into tHe cases < and Boyd, too wUtaee that their M could not bate taken place had t"" ry not iwtnngea them iti a ~ habitual violation of thw du depositee. But the proposition its ly absdred. R r_ running away of sub- treasurers with large amounts of tlie public money is proolP'cffwB safety of th'esttn-treasury wordfe; stealing is proof of honesty. /; Hi* tfc* holding of the moqeyiif ,'fhe hands eftlftfc officer, which J^rdduces' the temptation to peculate. By having it in fife cus^y/by continual viewing and cpunting, hi comes, at length, to look upon and use If as hi* owir. ? . The.systerh is corrupt in its experience saysUio. The firtti since the Christian era wa# Ju he carried the Ifog ; and" it jras much "by his' disposition" to ap contents to his own private use the thirty pieces. of silver, that h< ed to betray his Master. But I understand the Executive goes still further ; and, pointing^** tto#wiy (WUc^ tions, demands and additional hand of officers to watch the rest, and prevent them from walking * in- the footsteps oC-their predated sors. So Pisistratus gashed himself with unseemly wounda, and, telling thef pjpople they had been inflicted by hfe enemies, asked for an additional guard to protect him. His request was granted; fifty men weregfren him, with whom be immediately seijsed apon the citadel* and become tyrant of Athens. Let the lesson not, be lost,: when you are asked to ^increase the number of the office* holders.:: i' - iUj t* '* ? No, sir; these defalcations teach another lesson, and one well worth the. cost* if we will but profit by its admonitions. ^They teach, that the the sub-Treasury system ja- but the hot-bed of temptation and <^ime* They teach that the public treasury cannot be safe ly confided to individual custody. S:r, this Government, may jaetermina to watch, like Turks, with jealous care, its gol den harem; but it will seek in vain foe . the financial eunuchs who have the power to guard without the wish^oepjoy,^ ?v;i Mr. Chainnao. the amount of wong we have lost, great as itvis, presents a question of but little comparative importance. If this whole Administration would take passage Ja the Great .Western, and, with the treasury in their pockets, follow after Swartwqiit and Price, I doubt not the country aM cjy 44 quits," andthink it a happy riddance. ?ut it is a deep and a vital question, hoy such things are to be preveated in foture ; how this running sore is to be healed; now this system of negligeoce sjbd corruption is to be stopped, and the action of the Govermaent brought back fo its ori^ba! pu'iiMivw^*^ *?'. Give us the tighJ sort or<rcoaBmhter ;? one that will go throi%h '# Van Tromp swept through the tfrHlsh chan nel, with a broom at the mast-h^d^ and something, perhaps may be done. Ba^ far my own part, I look for no perunftf^ut^gaod except in a cban^Ot nrftrs. Thi^A^m^isSafioh ^as conceived hf sia