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money. Their menus would bo-l ited to their salary, whia' ho felt In the co1n eryret wonlil be the caf wit a4i olfleers. and stockholders of te banks. " They, 'ofr -al persons, are by fia- the most influential in the comnmunity. A greater number depend on them for accommnodation and favor, and the success of iheir business n'hd prospects in lift-, than any other elass in society; and this would be especially true of the'banks connceced with the Government. It .only remnins now to compare the ex. Snjof thej control that may be exercised by tle.Government over the two,. On order to conilplete tie comparison ; and'.here again the preponderance will be found to be strik ingly on the saine side. The whole amount of*-ependittre under thefhill wouki not ex 'eeed $30.00) Sr $10,000 annuilly at the very fatohest; od tis constitutes the whole amout of control which the Government can exercise. There would lie no perquis'. iies, no contracts, jobs or incidental gains. The oifices and salaries Would be all. To that extent, those who mny hout tlem, would be dependent otn the Government, and thus far they inay he controlled. low sinds the-account on the other side I What value shall he put on the public deposites in the banks? What ont the receivability of their it*t*s, as cash, by the Government? What otn their connection with the Govern tmtetit, as their -iscal agent, which would give so gront a control over the exchanges and bitsiness of the country? [ow Inanty nmillions shall these be estimated at, alid how insignifientit must the -paltry stim of .Q,30,000 or .540,000 appenr to those conn less iniUions held under the provisions of the substitute at the pleasure of the G'ov ment! lIlIaving now finished the comparison as tn the relative patioiage of the two menasutres, I hiatll next compare them as fiscal agetntsol the Government; atnd here let me say, at the outet, that the disetissinn has corrected nti error, which I once entertained. I hadt supiosedli that the hazard of keepin2 thr plit e to montey under the custody of ollicer 4tf flte Governttment, would be greater, than in hank. The Senators frot N. lilamp at;re and ConItecticut, (Messrs. Hubblyd atd Nilev) bave proved fi'om the record, that tlie hazard-is ott the other side; and thatwe have lost more by the banks, than by the collecting and disbursing oflicers comibilited. Whtat can be done to incroase the security by judicious selection of officers, and toper or;anization, is strongly illus traed by the fnet slated by the ehairman (Mr. Wriglt.) in hisopening speceb;-tthat in the \Var Department, there has been no loss for 15 years,'-fromn '211 to '3i,-on ati expenditure certainly not less than $100,. 000,000. 1 take somie pffle in this restlt of an orgaization, w. hich I originnted and eq tablished whet Se rerary of Waa aginst the imost ihrnmidable opposition. As to the.relative expense of the two a gcncics, that of the bill, as small as it is, if we are to judg v the appearances, is the greatest; but if by fIcts, the substitute would ie ntch the miost so, provided we charge it with all the advantages, which the lianks would derive from the connection with the Coverntnent, as ought in fairness to be done, ndvantage as fiscal agents. They would be lhe more convenient. To this they are en titled, and I wish to withihold from thei no credit Which they ttmay justly Claim. TI*e Senator from Virginia (Mr. Rives) apinred to have great apprehension, that the collection of tho public duc itt specie mti'~lht leatd to htoarditng. lie nity dismniss htis fears on that head. It is not thte gentius ofC muodernt and civilized Goverinmetnts to honrdl; atnd if it we re, thte banks. wilr' take care, that itere shatll be no extraordinary neeunmulation of cash itn the Tlreasmry. P'ass the bill, and I. under-wr'ite, that wse shalh never hav'e agaitt to complain of' a surpltts. It woul rarely, it' ever int peace untd settled titmes, exceed three or fouru titillions att the outside. .Nor is his apprehecltnsiona that that btoardihag aifspiecie wsoul comie to wvar, less grountdless. The dhanger is in atnother qutar tetr. War is the harveqt of biatnks, w'hen they are cotnnected with Goveranent. Th'le vnst intctreae of reCvemttc and expendi tuores, anid thle etnormotns putbl ie lintns,whicht niec'ssarily entire mainly to their' advantage, swell thieitr prtonfts in watr to thle ttumst lim-) its. Untt separate themi ftrom Govrntment, andI war wotuhl then lie to them, a state of fannute, for r'easonis wh'li 1 must he~ nppatrent tafter wshtat hats beent saidl,which wotld tharows teir wveighat ott the side of peace against war: jtust as crtaintly, as I htave shownt, that the separationn would throw it on the side of tax pnyers, atnd againtst the tax con sttmers., I cotme now to the cotmparisoni of the ef feets of' the two measu.res gin the curtreney of' t he coutiry. Int this respect, the Senator front '*irgitiia (Mtr. flives) seemed to thtinkc, thtat hiissttbstittute wsonhl hlure a greatt supe nionity over the bill; but his reaisotns wrae to me .wholly untattisfacetory. If we are to jutdi,; frotm experience, it onght to be prm nouncttted as the worst possibile measure. It hats been itt operationt but twice (each for' bta few year.< sitnce the comcrnnttotett of thme Governmtaent; atnd it hams so htappentedl that thte otly two explo~iions of the curren cy. occutrred dutrinig those periodls. Utt wnithout rely ing on these d isastriotus occrt tectes, we htave seen enugh to satisfy the miost incredulous t hat therte are greatt antd radical det'ects in our biatnk cirenlattiont,whtiech nio retmiedy hieretolore applied. hans beetn abile to retmove. it origitntes in thte exess of patper, compared to specie, and the only eleetive cttre is to mierease the hatter ant'h rcetuec the ftarmrer; and this the stthstitto itselfipiehdly ackntowledges, by proposing a retmedy that woutld prove wvholly inopera tire. It. proposes that, afte~r a certain pe riod, mentionied, tiotne of the batnks to be se. lected, to) inuernotes tinder 10 dlollarm. The eeets would cleatrhy be, ttotat dimnintutioni ot ttt ciretationa of stmalh notes, but a tnew division of the~ batnking buiness,~q itt wh ich the isstue of large notes wsould full to the lot of the selected bank. atnd the statll to the oithers, withotut restrieting', itt thte least, the aggregatc samounat of paper circulation. Butt whiat thec suibstitute would foil to do, thte hl would effectually remedy. Nonte dlonht, bt time separation frotm the bantks wvould gteatly itncreaqo thte proportiott of spei('i to p~aper; buat the Senaitor' from Va. (Mtr. Itivos) apprehendls, Itat its opmerationI wonil hn too powerful; soe much . itn hmte, that specio would always be at a premium, i that.it would be impossible for the -bpnks t?,o bplpessongavithut was the.cpe." His r4arrerounad loss. What' he- drads voulkt, be but-4 temporary evil. Ther-very fact, that specie wiould boar a pre imium would have the double effect, to di minish paper ciretation, and increase the importation of specie, till an equilibrium between the two will be restored, when they would be at par. At what poiat this would be effected. is a little uncertain; but the fear is that with our decreasing revenue, in stead of the speeie being incrensed to excess, it would not be increased snficiently to give the desired stability to the currency. In this.connection, the Senator urged an objection against the bill, which I regarn as wholly grouillcss. ilesaid, that the pay mn'mt of the dues of the Governmenr.t in spe cie, woutl cremie a double detnand; a do me-tic, as well as foreign; the eli-cts of which would he to increase greatly. its flue ttingio; atid so deeply was ie impressed with the iden. that lie drew a vivid picture of its alternate flow from tihe coast to the in. terior, and from North itn Smth anid alinck ngain- All this is the work of imaguinnion. The efTeet woull he directly the reverse. The more nunerois the deimonda , the less the fluctuation ; so much so, tlat tie great est stability woul be. where it exclimvelv performed the ftmetion of- circulatim, nn'd whwro each individual musi keep a portion to mcet his dlaily demlaitnls. This is so ob vious. that I shall not nudertake to illus. trate it. But the superiority of the hill over the glibstituto would not be limited only to n more favourite proportion betweei'i scpcic and paper. It would lanve namtlier imnor tant advantage ttit Clot he well ive'-es. timated; it woutld unke a practieal dis tinction between eurrency mid eirentation. -between the cnriency of country. nml private and local ebenlationt. noltler- " lir I head hank paper would he ncotpreheoled, The effect would be, to render a general explosionl of the circulation alhost imttpos. sible. Wliatever derangemet might oc. eur, would be lonal and confiined to some one particnlar commercial sphere ; 1nml even, wiitin its limits, there would lIe .n sound currency to fall haek oni, tint partak. ing of the shock, anad which wontl greatly diminish the intensitv and duration (of the distress. In the uneai time, the genieral business and finnuees of thie country .wontthl proceed, alost without feeling the deracc ment. With a few remarks on the comparativc eliects of the two meaures on the iidustry and business of the country, I shall con ide their comparison. Wh lat has been said of their relative efi-ets on the eurrency goes far to decide thie question of their reln live efflects on btnsiniess and inlustry. I hold a sound and stable currency to hc .among the greatest encouragements to in dustry and husiness generally. atid an tn sound and fluctuatingy one, now expanding nand now contracting, so tint no honest 1an enn tell what to do, ns among the greatesi discourngemcnts. The dollar and the en gle are the merisure of value, as the vard and tle bushel ire of guantity ; and what.Iaa would we think or the incorporation 01 companies to regulate the latter-to ex - - - anmwrgf TO seli by tle conmtractcd or shortened, atI li y b, tho ex panded or lengthened? Is it not seen a at it w-oild plIce thie whole indlstry and husiness of lie cotuitry tuider the control of such comipanies! 11tt it would not more certainly ellect it. thian a similar control possessed by the moeoy-ed institutions of the country, over the value of meaure. -But 1. go furalher, and neert confideantly, thait the excess of paper einrrency, as w.ellf as its untstendiness, is un tfav.outrable to the idust ry and business olt lie countr-y. It raises the price of every thling, andl conse' ,gently iinerens~es thae price (of piroductionu and constump~tion; atnd is, in the end, hostile to every brainch of inaduistry. I hohj that specie andim paper have each their firoper sphecre; the latter for large and( distatnt tranisnetionas, anid tihe fitarmer for all oters ; mnal liat the tnarer our eirem-au titnapproachtes gold atwl -if'.er, coinsistentt ly w'.ithm coniv.enienice, the better fior thle in dluttry antd busi ness aif ii:.n tatntry. Th'e -mnore speciat thme bet ter, till thait piniit is reachledl. When natainled, it w.mialh ombine~i mi the greatest possile degree..e, soninfes amid fiscilitry, anad wvuld hIIe fa vou rab le to lhe produet i'e einlsses genierally; I mnn mien oft buness, pilaniters, itmat t, amlr imiann fheturer-s, ns well as opert~tive. Ii wouldf be partuintarly favottrablle to lie Soumth. Ou)ar great smaples :are* cnsh arieales ever-y w..here', :nnd it wvas wevll reilimarke by lte Senator fr-omn.Missisippi, (Mdr Walkeia.) nt the extra sessiontat we sidhl at en.h pricies, anid bontght at papler piCces: that is, s'mhl low andia botight highi a.The i ma niufnetmn commniere-ini anal naigaiting~ interests, wonma!d atlso fir-I its benettfic-ial 'si'etsr. It would chn eat prodnaetiont. annil hcla tnnmanufnetir ers in lie-i, of a lotec-tivea twaill'. its ef fietls womndl be to enale thena tie meiet for eiren cosutioni, not by ralising Prices bay haigh dtieis, but b'y etialingr to sell ats ebenap or eeper tan the forc-iier-, wh' Iish w.oul hiarmonize every interes t, anal phace our manuafaca mres on time most solidl basis, ft is laht only amode by whtich the fo reigni marke-t enni ever he cotmmaamleda; atnd commnandaed it wonld he, withI a souinl and mnoderately (expmalet'Id enrrentev. Outtr inigeminaity, invent tiomi, amid miniftr tyre egnmial to anmy peoptle; tandi all our lmlaiturers wanit, ia na samil e-nrmrency anal an evet ebmaner, to mieet co slimptioni willh success any w..here, at home nodia a broad., limt wvithi n bloateda a flne atntinig patper circuilam ion, this wvill be iam- a paosibile. Amaong~st its draawbaeks, it levies nn enomoents tax mim thme conatatuntity. I htave nelremtly statedl thait the comni-it niuty is estioteditt tom havto been indebhtedl to thme banaks $475,000,(I00 at tha suspenisioni of specie paytmen-ts. Th~e inlterest oni this seam, if estiiimtedl at six per a-emit, (it oughat to hae higher,) w.oulkt give ant tanimml income to those instiltttitin of tupwlads of thirty maullions; and1 this is thme sum ydarly paiml by the conmluity foi-rm an necomnodaa tionst, to) the excess of whaich we own orr blanted and tamstable ciretalationi. Never-i was a cirenlbam on so worathless, furanished at so dlear a rate. Ilow. mtchm of ti vast itt comeia nmy ie conisiadered as initerast ona real enpfirtl , it is dilhienit to estimate; but it w.ommhm, I siupplose, bt aimp ,le to set doawni ten imiliois to that head, wichmil wenahd leave atpwarnls -of wenaty mnillionis nmunly, as the proufits derived fromt banking pirivileges over andi abovo a fair enmmeati.,;,.. r~ th caplital invcsted,- which somne bodr itaIt pay, whidh must ultimately fall on the in dustrf Pnd'husiu qof the cuntury, But this enormous ex asoam of the -systegma not nstomsihing ; so great is the stinulus ap plied to its grow th. Ingenious nen of other Pags, devoted themselves in vain to discover tie art of converting the baser motall4nto gold and silver; but we have conferred on a portion of the community, an art still higher-of converting paper to all intents and purposes, iuto tihe precioms metals; and otght we to be surprised that an article so cheap to the na actuirers. and so dear to tihi rest of time commnunity, should be so greatly over supplied, ad withouit any re terence to the interebts, or to the wants of tIe coamnnataity ? If we are to believe the Senator fron Virginia, and others on the same side, we owe: almaost ail our improvements and pros perity to our banking systemi-and if it shmold fall, tie age of 'barbarism would again rettrn. I hadl supposed that tihe basis ofotir porsperity were oumr liee inmmtitutions; ile wide spreamd and fertile regions 1e or cupy, amid the heredimry intelligence amnd enerlly of time stock. from whichii we are desceemled ; but it seem 1, ht II all tse g 1;ar notihlag, and that the b1 ak1s are evei-v thing. I make no war n themm. All I inl Sist onl is, that the Goibernmeit sil .sep. a raie frotm aihem, which I hlelieve to be in dispensable, for the ecgsons I have assignlel, both now and formerly. lint I erannnot cona cur inl attribming to them otur improve amcnits anad prosperity. Th~at they contri buted to give i strong amimplIse to industry and enterpriso in time early stages of their operation, I doublt not. Nothing is more stimulating than an expandinag and depre eiatini currency. It eretes a delusive ap pearance of' properity, which puts every tlimng im mnotioma. Eery onea feeis as if lie was growing ricHer, na pricesr aIld tha he has it in his pover, by fore--ight anad ex ertionl, to namake his fortune. But it is time nmture of smtimlts. inoral as well as phtysi cal, to geite nt first, and to frepress after warde(. The drauagit whiulh at first causes unimnatuir-al excitemalent a1nd eergy is sure t terminate in correpondiig depression antd weakness: inor is it less ceain that tle stimuluamias of, a enrrency, expanading baeyomd ia- proper imits, follolws the same law. We have had time exhailarnion. and time dle pession has succeeded. We laive hall time pleasure or geming domnk, atl n1o1w expe rience the ptain of becouming solber. Thie good is gone and tle evil has sncceeded, am-i on a fair ealctlation, the litter will la round to be greatet than time former. Wiat ever ianpulsc time banking system was cal culated to give to our improvement and prosperity, has alrendy been ;iven; andl time reverse ei'ect will hereafter f-llow, unless the system shoulti unidergo great andl radi cal chanices; ime first stei towards wihicha, would le the adoption of time measure pro posed by this bill. I have, ar. President, finished what I inateiled to say. I have lng tanticipated tie present crisis, himt didl not expect its ar rival ina imy time. Whena I saw its approach, I resolved to do0 lmiy duly, be th conse queces mo me what they might, an-I o'ea: my tmianks to ime Atior of my that I ias given ile ti e tesoblninai 1 to ln twit ml uty oil tilts great stliject. How the a<luestiona will lie dcciled, is ae knowledged to be dolhitimi,so ienrly are tIme td ol asms suapposed tm libe dh ided; but what evel amiy be its flte noe. I have tie most perlet confideece in its , fi triumph. The iuiblic attettison a isrouscul. The subhet will be thoroughly investi-mtcl, and I have no fe-ars bumt timn simle I Suippora, wvili prove to be time udme of truthi, julsticem, I lberty-, eivilizationa ntod nommral anal intelileeluni excelcence. , , hcrL.::nc; :vILr.:. M~iarch 13. T he followinmg letter from Capt. Daiwsonm tin the edlitoar, cotnveys the distressitng intaelli gence athat our g~maiut fell- eitizena, Col. I .ister (commadinglim thme second rcegiment oaf Georg-ia vohmiteers, hcas been s~eerel wuounidedl. IIt'tnT C~td scir, 1i dlh Fe.k 1c38. ea .co- r:-i~inm a good oppocrtuniiy <h-emp youm ca hame. I Sjince I wrote yom last, vae have sc am-ca Ih W a Valkamsas-c-e, :mtai fininlg thmat time la dlias land left that lamrt maf the eamunatry, we rahed tom fort Clinch-, andm afte-r reting 2 days, paroceeded tom Waoo Swatmp, wichei wem lpene-tae nat thme point wheirte teeral Call tough~lt theam lat campaigna. It is cer icainaly am ter-rile hmammoak- We caampedl im it one night, anda mihe next dacy passed enm tirel-y alhrmughm wu-ahout di scovering~ unmm comn sidabl e sagna of time enmeamy- I caraed my haece ofamruilier-y alontg,andim pmassedi it tharnulm pincmes wvhere artillery certaitaly neve-r wtis before, andm paroblably will nev-er lae againa. Prmm thmence we amov-ed tam I'rt IDade,bmy thae way oaf IDcade's battle groundma. Themire hmave been so many dlescriptionas givenm of thaat tragie spot that it woulid lbe usele-ss fair me to iartemmnyt one nowa. It banseblangedc fmuch smece .I saw it first, shortly after time tmmagledi bodaies aifaour mumrderedl contirymen hmad beena butriedi lby Genm. Gaines. It then presentaed all athe appearanoce of a desperate andlbloody confheat, hut at as so mno longecr. Nowv, time great aiitamry r-oal comes wmmd ing alonig the pimec barren, time water faiwi sk iams blithmeiy necro's time ad lacent poamd,andl I tart Arn.mstronag, niow mtagarrisoned, rises to time distanmt via-aw. Thie aneatiy paled graves of time oftheers on one sidec of time ra.n, anmd thme privactes n Lime othaer-,ad time ain tmerous hperiirationms of bumllets, ina theo adja cent trees, came tall thmat re'mmainm o tmark theC spona .wher-e rest tihe gallant Dadie andi his ba-rvce mpimmmns. U poni our arrival att F'ort Dade, fimimimmg buat little provismimns or fortage, aaurm wzaons wvere decspaticed to Tanpa, canda we set ot on Chiuchi's trail, to scur -ime Ennataliga andl black hanmmaock-s. (On arriv-imn anear oled fort Cooaper, Col. Poster with is comn maanad wais sent tam the~ lainek hamamoek,andt thie first regimenmt anal bacttaliotn movedl ona Scamtt's roaad to thme Enmttalimga. No Indaians we-re founmd ma either; anda after mneeting togethmer, ad bietmgijoinead by our vagonas. we amarcd faor Cigystali river. Scoutts wuerae senat Ouat on eachm e-ide, uandi evecry hami am'ock air iinmg pulace that comul conmieeal anm iamdian wvas trcaversedi. Oaa the 7thm, Coh. IFoster wuas senat toa ourm left amal durm-in time inay adiscovered! amnsidecr alie ignms oif imbmians ; anad after fiooinag the trail for saoam. distancee, a warrinr canda sonic womnen wa-re- seenm ini the waoodsl. A paursuit wuas imamtarivl commen.., l. ed by the coloiel, who called repeatedly to tho Iidian to stop, instead of doing which, finding ho wonld be overtaken, he threw himstolf bchind o tree, and gave Gol. Foster the contents of his rifle, iniieting a severe and I am afraid, dangerous wound in his breast. lie then hlebi tip his hands and cried enotigh, which lie soon receivedi, for he land scarcely tttered the word, before a haif dozetn bullets brought him to the ground. The squaaws were taken, from which we have received some important in formation, which will probably govern our next expedition, the reanit o!f which, I will g9iv ol in may next. With respect. &c. J. W. II. DA WSON. Commandant of Artillery. P*rom the Cha.retoin Courirr, March 19. IMontti INaIAN Ml tao.:ns.---Ve leain from Capt. Wriien of the sehir. ilryet ta Ityan, it rived at isii port sine Saturlay last, from Key Hiiscaine, that, on the 5)tit imstamt 'apt. liigginms a1tt1l the hiead en gi neer 11f lie steamer A lhab ma, left their re spective I ese. ls. and wenlit pt lite ri6cr in at ia 11bnut fs lliles I -om t. I he enieaing nent of tlme threes stationed inl that <inarter, for tme purpose of nini , anid wer both killed by a party ofl stragAini idiis A niegro who accomip:mmmyed t heu, inaile his escanpe by netling- the boat to ill( oppm~ile side tith le river, after aivin1mg ben) wounmd. (1 twice. As son -is tIme intelligence of iurder reachei the icampmt, a 141rio of the troops were sent iin searel of the liont, it retuirned witionit liltvitng s:'een aiy thing of her. Col. Pierce arrivtedl at New Itiver on the fifth inst. with his co mma and would leave in a day or two for For i)allas, oi tihe 31inmi River, A heter from Capt. Sisson, of time selconier lExit, dated it atmeior (i' Hlisenine, I lim .larch, to the lditors or thi., pap1ier. gives sonie achlitional partienlars ofthis atlir. It ietrirrel on lie (;hi inst.. at New IRiver abont -2 nuiles nrth of Iiscaine. William lRedding was the natmle of time Enigineer and the negro belonged to Win. F..1tglish i'hc creek In in hieh the party were was abont thirty yards wide. aul they were fired upon by ten or twelve Indianis. Cp:il. Ilialms was standing inl ti'e bow of the boat, atid tell over hoard wiei lie was shot. Itcding fieI ill the l'it. Joe, tie neiC.ro, was wounded ill the left hip and ini the right shouier. Ani English harque from I iavana, homid to London, hnd been on shore near Key \' aCUs, Imit was got ()IT ly Ile wlrechers aiil taken to Key West. The .,hip O(emiaihgme. Capit. James fron N. York homed to N. Or leans, got oi time Reef, ;ind was got oil' liy a revenue catter, Caipt. Cui, and talenl to Key We.st for repairs. The light hioiseoni lBiscaiie, nattally Cal led Cap Florida, has the samlile appen'ictrn im the day, from sea as if it had u-ver been btrnt. Copy of iI leterfropm the *eeri tar of Iar. to .1 ,. (ien. Jun, dald * LEPAR) 1:i'ENTi or Wn, Ma;lrch 1, I'"8. Sra: I have the loior to acknowil-d-vah the receipt of yom Coimine 1unicationi of the I th of February, which was delivered o me by your abl-de-camI...*mnt m a,,l ive ivefn t) it the most dlligenit aw.l re speci tal consideration. In tihe present stage (of our reintimis with le Inditns residiimg within the States ill Tlerritories east of the 314iissiil)i, iiehtulitig tihe Senttioles, it is useless to rencur to mim priticiplesct& motives whifi iinidneed4i thIe Go vernment to determine their remani t.i the West. The acts of' the I-:xacentive a'ndal h laws of Congrcss, evince a dieiermmina~tionam to ':arry otit the mnisare, amid mt is to lie re gardedI as time settled policy~ of hei 41 cutryv. InI puir~aunnee .)f tis policy, thea treaty of Paiyne's Ladtlinig was mn'die wth time Se~imi nobes, and the chatratcte'r of the' oileere iem played oni time part of thme ( iovermnent, it a gunnranimy ofi the pe-rfectly tair attanner itn which mthat nlegomiatian wtas condnem(tedm tai conindedtl~t. WVhethier mie (overnmalenit 4o hitt niot to have waited unmtil thme Seanmiles were pressedl upon4 by mhe whaime Pprmlatioi, andi~ their Ilands bieoame necesstm-v to time :eri - cnltm-al wants of the "omm ni tiy, is not ai qtaeston for the E~Sectij '' "iow tam cmnsidet-r. 'I'hew trenty' has been, rui.nai, anmd is thei la of' the land, and tile c'n.,tismiiai 41tyo thme Presient rei aires mthat iin.,,bonmi. canti' iti to' e'xcenatedl. I annot d'mt~i,, there n- . thotr~zo ansy arran 1n4-n with ttm..-..eainialh.' by wichel they wi ;be:rmit tedl to remaini. or a-sign them maay i~ potin ft thlie Te4-i-it of Flo-inia a1. their fiturmar, idaece. - .The .Deptm nt aii ndi megad t lie imaipe, thm at w ithm the e'xtenisvle tnn-miti placeda at youamr dlisposlai, the wair, by ta iaimongit.mn-1'o-hm ii be brought toi a cloe' thmi - inp aai. I', however, you tirie Of aap iteiom n t, frm'i tihe nmatumre of the couentry, nanda ahe ebiar-ater oif time enemny, sneh a re.ulit is imp)~racft nic, and that it is ndvisabl~e toi ama mke na tempim.~ ry arranmgement wiamth lie Sei d-iia',13 whlich time .safety ofilhe settb-mieattmdai posts5 wli lie seenred4a abirin:.bontt mu,- smat tmer, yon tare at liiett 14 la ..,-io. int evenit, youi Ilill estali ~h psts ait 'iTminm I andl~ on tie luntert Shmore, ma u- herev-m elue they aret, ill yourt oinmjin, anees,i to preserve the peace oft time counimtrv: and'il wsouild suggest the paroplri(ety ofleainig Cmii. Zatdock Taylor. of tihe First Inmfantrty, itn cromand of them. in mlevmi nio-ritvt yotir forcs.youm ttay maiakae similair arrtange mnents with the, ither hanmunds- I deeim it, however, of grcat itmpourtancme tht everv - exlertioni shotil be matmia to chastise th~e miariimling~ Inians, Vi~ t ', wh have e tmi4' i ulh-prendatiouas auponl them inamit ats of 3 Aid-i. tile Florida. I bmeg youa wvii aaidss vanrit <vlf'to Col. .fonmes Ga:mnhmten for' inmforima'tion i on this subhject; andm youa miiay, ilf oti thiinki a proper. yaeldl to ii4 sugtgestjoii (I a iig c~, a battallioni for the pirotection of time peaoplie ini that nmeighaborho.di. It is hoed-, how ver, that yona will lie able ton put it ouit of ' the power of these inadianas toi doc anmy fartih tr mischief. They tiughlt to, be caipturmed or i iestroyed. As soon as iti youir oilion, it a enna be donec with safety, you will ieduce mime l'rc of mnointcme from Ge'orgia,. Ala.. atti, timd 'Tnnesser. Very respeclfully. yur mo.,it ob''. serv't. a Co.na'g Arrnr r.of thme 'oth, F'ort .Jupiter, FlIoriae. Thie Rlight liev. Wm. Stonme, Blishopaj of si lie P'rotestanmt lF picopial (Chumeb, ofl the. ii riocess oaf 31 naryland n, dliedl, at hiis residetine, p etcir Salisbhrv, Somerset countv. otn 23 t..t. e rra. thc Correpondcnrc if Charsletn Urcary. Was:iiiNo .os, Marel 15. Mr. Carter, a member of the Ioiause of Represeinativesi frum tie State of Muine, lied last evening, after anl illness of some weeks. MIr. (arter was a very amiable m1:1n, abomt ihirt years of ;uge. lie aS the personal and political frietnd of tle late Mr. Cilley, and is fellow lodger. h'lle ef eet which the catastroili hazId upo)n his nervous s stein, greatly aggravatedi the die rrder un er wihich at tihe timle lie was snuf turing, and gave it a fattal directiorn. ''lhe death of Mr. Carter wa% annonnieed to the House ly his enlleagne, ir. Evalq, atl the lloulse, after adojing the nnal Reso. luiions in .honor of the :ienioary cof tie de !ensel, ad.iourned to Situday noon, when the fuineral will take place, In the Sense, to-day, several memorinms inl oppositim to the Sif-Treasuiry sdmchme, w: !. other meisorial; im favor of it, were presetead. Mr. ftielincanan presented the Memorial and Resointioi5 of the great Democratic Mceing lately licl in hila dleilbhia, im fla Vor (of a separation of the GO verimentt fiomn Ihe ihanks, atad of'ra restora - tion, inl all transactionis of Government, of tle coustitti 1onal etnrrenev. Thi re is scarce a d Tol that a great !nait'iry oi the people of Peisylv ania are in la vorif the IndependemTreasttry scheme, opposed to tlie biatiking system, aid anxious to restrict, without destloying it. They Lave always Su.1pported tejise lrinciples, hit as soon their Representatives get togegher in the lailIs of legislation, they (etermine to stupport fie Banks, and to extend amid to es tablishl their influences. The present mis cal led pank of ta United States, has obtaimed a complete mastery over thc State, iunwotmmelh that the opinions of tie people go ti"' 'othing ut all, anil are of so sort of avail. 'Io the imflinemce of that ove, shadowin,, aMaid tcnopoizilig institlution, innst be at rilati ted the defeat of the Sub-Trtensnrv ilill, if it is defeated: itu1 also rhe delay an, dili cnlty which will attend the resinmptionl and mllamntenianee of spreie gaymetnats. The New York aBanks will make the attempt to resitne inl May next. The Hank of tie UTitel States has detei'trminied to emb.arrass ai defevat tie attempt. It will neer re sonme itself, & it will effleetually prevent any resimjptioi by the Northern and Westeri lainks. The estabiisiment ofsneh a lank, with much powers and privileges, by any oite Sin te of the Union, with a vicw to con trol tihe hn mess of .he country for tle an grandizemncut of that State aid of the ill diviial corporatioms, iand fur tle oppressiona, embarrassment, and plunder of thc other Sties, is a gross violation of the principles of the Federal comp:aet; and i itishes aderinate eause for any retaliatory measures that tihe other States, acting either, or sepa rately. nia2lt choose to resort to. This lank las5 ai irrevocalle Charier for thirty years; a capital of thirty-five naillions; and liberty to deal inl stocks and mrercaudize. Such anI iistittion was never befuore known ofin time worli. lin twenaty % ears time, it will subjnm:;te the whole comutry. It has, io aduiitiomi to all these powers and facilities, enmverted to its uses eli credit of the late National Bank of tle United States, and issues as currency, the promissorv notes and not 'outiai to 11e14et, nd tever -ill met, i specie. They, moireover, ill addition to tihe powers givenm to thetm by their Charte.. as .te maCil tlie privilege of refsing to pII. lheir mote.s iii 'lpreie, awm1l Ii.t i-e det-riailmedi as the mnot pirofithle. 'ourse fAr themielves. to 4make their 5usponiin of splecit. payImeits perpemtfil. libtwi'een sch a llnk and .a trl. .\tioal lank, tn man nl be.itate to eboois'. It binm ten Ihousatndlti tmes miore evil5 m"pona the conatrv than any .\'a itnatt bank couili d dlo, with Ia' m haltrter, thiat Conugmris wonli granit. ...; liar fm.oim ha-in ildtimntistreda, ats ai.:e Naioal1 llank wo'i Id lie, liar thle publ1ie' beir'it. it is condultcted tiya,', thme prioe ip les id ad i vidal mI selltishntess and etipidity. It will ma/xk :noneq, tno mastter' at whoiase exp~eise, or mi wl-a W~m.. WVtae enyvan iam Le"kIiara: uinder lIr. Dliii lIe's thu tamh, thme ('narter' is a cartmbanh to do whi:at lie pleasi's. Tlhe Sermate, aufter thme auimmtionii oaf Mir. C arte'r's demhi I, adljem mt,.d' to s .im'd.~ Scoturse thliee will hbe no, inmore bisitm'ss 'lonem athis wi ee'k lr. I hentn mi vil I ('onind i hl' iis 'peecla uit llanidt amex t, ini siipporit of thlE I )ivorme luili. Alr. Cauulhnn will hproale follia,v ma replyii to. .. \\'ebaster. I learim thatt it is t. ' : iintenmtiin to retmort persomdyi~ 31i.. <t*a hister s Ititus t amd sarmca;sms a oni n. 'a lbonmi's l'oiliil can',l'iin'y aind biS l'dgehiehl krier'. ".irS .Ti'r*v 3ieh I !l MIr. WVia pre'senitedl i .Alemiaiiil I'mott a .iibter (It pe'rs ams, slimng that theay nm ere iza'is of' the Sm iles eaf lkentck ail i i T esee, awmil purayinag dhat as t[me iteo erimonmm haIud, rema n,tramiatedh agaiai te ata exaStin of ii Iexas, ran time groundmi that it mm as Slhave S t:ate, a ie:gociataiou hec olie~med withi dlexico l.a exchangme Vermonoit for Texas. Im l ape':ker udec'ided' thmti, undeh;r thei R e olintuim of' 2 [ t, I iiemer, the maemoriail unstit lie oni time table ,IDreadlim 1 Accident freon (;::np'oedr. ,etweeni 2 and :3 o'clock man Stamday tioerna uag, a dlre'adf'ul acciet front fmtun powdher aappenedl im .Jersey C'ity', at am house ini ler eni Street, Crie d bIly a umlib'r of iri~sh iunihles. At t amched'm toa ithe rea r uf' lie botmse bitS a r'onigh maubliin. nsed Iazs a sleeping paartumen't bay onie of uthe fmnmiliis uiuimu *loonaey, im wicha Iiodgedi a dlautghtea' of' IJoonecy aboutt ten y'ears nobl, wimh a yonung Hoi~muaf 18 oar "(t. In th ie r'ooma wnitha the eid was a ('hest cotntainaing lbed c'lthes, ie.;m n it was a keg whniicha cotainied bout ponndu ais of' ipowde'r; for thle purpose f get timig umoere bed elihles, it ise siuppose'd,at ie above hiour, the, little girl left her hedl mai wenmt to time chest with am lighmied caindle 'iom the wick'l iof ni hiieb, it is stipponsedl, a park i'ell imto thle lmowder tanda ignaitedu it; aii me whlea exploiidedl. The unformtimae lit e..athtlir of' thme easnaly wias killm'e o the p)ot,anad time y'ounga wvoman who~ lodgeil i t i er, wats s) ilreadufttlly btii'neid, timat hier life mi .jeopardy. Tlm shed was balownm to loms, all the doors amid wimmiows of i hm wner part ofthe hou~ise wecre bliowna aant,ai lbed m wihic'h a wvomamnandl herchilh were' eeing, wias, wmiilh its itimiates, hd -a iii. ,etly thronaaih (lie of' its wvin ~ ai mdge'd mi the stre'et wimhiotmt itnitm-v tio tia. ce pers. Th~e stairs to thle tlplver p--'t oif ae haomae wmere alIso blon maay, ami every'v art of' thei bniblhaing. wi hich w 'itft wiooagm i's ! uatte'r',. Frtatelv, bwm ..'~~' 1'.. . .~ a malny nait, 20 weiret the tia.j: itn It, 41 ' lte house, the two girls were the onily U.18.4 who were seriously -hurt.-..Xut. 1'rmn: the sliingon Ic. MRn.CAL t ANou D Alln. Cty --lavinsg visited youtr city a ew dye ;,go. I us.e otecIurse,, yll to te caititl; adil whil tiil re, I had putit inito my hands, by diierenlit itnli vinals, no paAliphlets; tnle cliglaitsjing 1h0 report of a speech xnade by Mr. nilhoust, aijd tle other by5 Mr. 'Iv . put theI miIll) mhy pocket, '.% l till iitlentioii of read Ing thesu boti n ith attenstion, n-. hen I :-. tsarned homet an. I bs.e done so. 1hs firt thing, however, to) n hieb my attention was drawn on taki ofrtlhe enve'lope m hieh covered each, was the brier, plain, simplo .and14 modest title page 'of IIth, olne, and-thi great lengtii. pomp and cmblazoniry of Olo other, alihough both were made ton tim idlentieni same subjiect. Snenil matters like these sometimes deserve our attention), as serving to shfow the benlt Of Alens' mitimid'-, thecir parlietlar objects ii view,ete. ssume times stra ws show ms %. hich 1% av the wimnel llows. We may frequently glean, from litle tIhingts like these, w'hether an auihor be realy initent onl giving correct infbrsation to his reaiers, or % ilthier his tiru t oreet he not to throw sand in their eyes. 'l3ut let us to our p.gnlIel, Iy placing the title pages oif the siecebes of tl'se two distil gnished gettlemen in juxtaposition. Ilere they are: Sperieh uf Mr. Cul. '"Speech ofithe hoinir houn o' Smtl Caroli. IIe Iltinrv Clav, ol'Ken: n3a, ton tih susb:rrea. tucky, est'ahlisI'ig a di -ury bill." lilberate design, on the part or the pre'sent anri !ate Executive of tite t'. States to uni:.I nOWN -r? rr '.-:w or.t: nIY . NG SYS. -rrl:' [these are the :ai. thr's own calitals) of the UInited States, Com.ie :u:ncing with the Baik of the '. Statles. and ter mlinaiting- with thle State Illks, aail to Cn:Ar: os r icift ViNS A Gov nN I:F.%T Tut:.AnY BANK., uinder the exclisive con. trol of the Exentie,. and in reply to the Sieech ot' Nthe on. John1 C. Cal. ionn, of South Carolin-i, SuiIorting that Treusu ry Dank I. " Frain the Chark son Me'crcury. La1- CiLiv'S TITrt. & S':-es-T e (if our readers who hanve not read M%1 r. CluN Ion- speech munibus rebus el qauibun isii, niay spare thomselves the Irouble. if they desire to get only at its sslistaice. We gn.'Ie it to then in the long litle. which ocenitel it oolly portion of a colitmn of yesterday's paper. There is as nmch arg.ument ini the title as there is in the speech, and it prorcs or -'estblilishes" )ot1 as titci. Somehing, however, about halliioois and Clayton, illl. aeronaut, nid other amusing matters, lwill perhaps repay the general render for a cur sory pertsal of the columns of verbinge into which the title page is diluted. Fmh Me Aeic York 1I'hig .Ma rch9. S.MALL POX AMONG TIE IND.'NS.-WO ,idi' .Trelta ;;hn'i7 etailiq a letter dated Fort Uuioni, November, 27 J"37, gavilm ai full e1147cotIt of the ter rible ravages whieb have beeni made amon-r the Indians, y wa-lt the writer clls the smal-ll p1ox. The disease, however, bears a strong resembilince it) the black death whicl spread deesolation over Italy a fuev years * sim(.e. 01' l.i0 Matids, there arc bit thirty lve left' l ahve,. lt-upplears thn:i the smasll po was. on3 bem on ie of lhe trmiling steam.. hxoat., wvhich w.enat ny tihe M issoulri latst sums mler, lie Ondhteioured to preven'Clt its bein.' "Oftmminted~3i to lhe 15ml1ians ht~j inlvain.-. W hen it br'oke ont amtiong tile M~atanlana, it ;assstnned a ditiisernt and mlo st hsorrible up.. The lin iataireet or Cress Toutfres, livina near the Mandas i, nttmbering abont51 onsc thosnd t, werse abomsi sine ihalfA de ad. TVhe .\r. ick arees amlosuting to, :l,00, wern aboultt one hlf~lt diead. It i pirobiabIle thev h3 ae becen reneeii'd itn proplortion to the 3Man' The, .ssnaois, a1 powe'.r fui sribe alont 9.000 stronsg, are literally nnnliilated.-. Ilheir erioieial hradle was1, at l-'otr Union - monthl~l of the l'ellow'. Store. 'The Crows, simnherseing 3,000 asre nearlv asll eh-struoyed. 'The gre'at rnation, callel lilckfeet, dliviled insto lb-sis-l'ie": u ('reis \'n enine<, liloud Insdtrans, and Ilack teet, amllountt hg ill all to fi Iv ' or siy thoti seI, have deep'hl% sifered-~ OneC tiOIsandle lodge, sit limilies hav'.e bleen3 desuroived, mel1 3thei shese was rapt~idly spreadling asmonig thes ditl'erent hanisd,. 'The av'.erage unmbsier an Is, lode is from: six to eighlt pe'rsonts. 'Ilie Iniants throw nto blamel I upont the wiites. On the contirarv, "'Pipe Stess.' ii rea Illtaekfeiot chief, ''hen d inu~g, calIled isis people abont himn, anud eba~rid them to love thle tradlers. Thes disease is describ~ed as [ttascktinlg tihe head nsasl loins~ with '.in' Iient pans, iand in a few.'. hioirs the~ paltieslt iismediately, anad swxells thre'e timelts its ord'si naary. ssze. horeable, u enconsvey hot at faint ideai if the scene3 ofi de'soin whi~ichti 0siountry niow. piresenlts. Jo ' nhaitever diretions v.on tutr, no(thmisg buti siad na reciks of moliouhty meiet thse eye-lodges stasnd ons every. hail. hist 53mt a streek of' ssmoke o lie seestnrisinie Inrism them't--not a3 tsumi ennt lhe hseardl to bireak the aswosl sstillness, save.' the omi insos creak of' rav'en,, ands the mlou)rnful hsowl. oI' ua'a54'ves, fatteins oni the hiumi;an caren.l'e0 that lie strs'eed a round i. It seein as if the very')'geniuss ofe desiibions had sralk'ed 5hrosgah lthe prasiries. sts a'. nre'aked hsis venigance eels ev.er'y thmiig bear'ing the shape of' humnusit v.' 1' rr 1'':n S-.m.Is 11.1 -Thie Xc'-. m-i7 Jonraal of Ce'ononaeree', says:! We easrn that ifthe I - S. 1hanis beh),15 in)11 '.nrop~i e, i s hie pre',nt pric'e eof thse shasre, ina Liond ees :0y1' a goiod proist onl 5 Is price liere, nms ti1 a1st Oe'esste fromi iah're wa.:rranted thep e'\ niseatuit' : fis lnehtr :savance, it is prlel abe liat at goode port'ionl e't wa'.ttstill reins:::,s , 1ere', will be' walis iing ofl' TU:e IIar..--'.e have~' nos tiew.', d.s \rmuy tIs~ week. We are' ir. firmniss' ths e"!poirtatnt di'.piatche st ave atrrivn!, hou - dI a.shin52to ' (or me 0. . 'd . Io~. '.o