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them by the Whig party. That polic;
had been brought to the consideration o
the country ihrough out a routes
of nearly twelve Vears's duti'ton
maintained with unexampled devotion
and its principles were illustrate*
the precepts and practice of the mos
eminent and patriotic of our citixcns it
cverv Pww% 1iv which th'*y were able t<
address themselves to the intelligence o
the Pecple* No one misnpprehendei
these principles; they were identified wit!
the labors of that great party whose tin
paraded success was both the token ant
lite reward of the general confidence ol
the nation* They promised reform?
1st* In the restraint of Executive
jwwer mid patronage;
*4-1. In the wholesome regulation of the
currency and the advancement of the interests
of industry; and
3d. In the establishment of an econotnical
administration of the finances.
Tliev proposed toaccompish the firsl
of these objects by limiting the service ol
the President to a single term ; by forbid
ding allollicers of the Government from
C*
interfering in elections; and by a volun.
tary sclf.di nial, on the part of the Ciiie
. Magistrate, in that exces>ive use of th?
Veto |o\er which had recen'ly become
so offensive to the country us an instru
ment of party supremacy.
'I' ey hoped to aciieive their next ob.
je'ct by the establishment of a Nationa
Hank ; by an adjustment of the system ol
duties upon a mod rate and permanent
scale, adapted as nearly as practicable- tr
the interest, and conformable with the
views of. every portion of the Uuion ; by
the establishment of a uniform sy stem ol
bankruptcy ; and by the distribution oi
the proceeds of the public lauds amongsl
the States?a measure recommended nol
only by consideration of justice to the
Stales themselves, hut also by a sad experience
of the embarrassment produced
in the currency resulting from the ad'ministration
of a fund of such variable
amount as an item in the ordinary reventics
ol the Government, The establish,
ment of an economical administration of
the financs* they expected. to attain by
cutting down all useless offices: by en.
forcing a strict accountability of the pub.
lie agents; and, more conspicuously, by
* making exact and adequate provision for
the ascertainment and eventual liquidu.
tton of that public debt which the past
Administration had created bv permitting
their expenditures to overrun their rc?
. ccipfs, and which they had conceaicd
from public observation by the easy device
of repeated issues of Government notes,
Tntfse were the prominent points to
' which the policy ofthe Whig party had
been directed, and which constituted the
great issues before the country in the re.
cent Presidential election. We are aware
lh.it our adversaries in that contest now
deny these issues, founding their denial
chiefly uj>o:i the fact that no formal manifesto
was put forth to declare the terms
upon which we insisted. We chose ra.
titer to appeal to the widely-diffused know,
ledge of our principles which had been
impressed upon every man's mind in that
1 .~..u u :.t.
iwir^ ui >cars gunc IIv ; wiui
which one party had been identified, and
of winch its vc.rv name was an exponent.
It need not he said that, in a representation
spread over a territory of such exlent
as that comprehended by onr Union,
and exhibiting interests so diversified,
- what might be called the characteristic
principles of the Whig party, throughout
tiiis wide sphere, should be subject to occasional
modifications, dependent upon
local influences; and that it-was incumbent,
therefore, upon the party to move
. together in a spirit of mutual concession
and accommodation of sectional differ,
ences of opinion. It need not be told
that, in the system of measures which
we have enumerated, conflicting views
' might naturally exist between the Rcpresent
;vcs of distant portions of our Repub
.and that only by the yielding of
minor interest to the establishment of
the general good, entire harmony was to
he obtained in the action of Congress.?
U'no n'jtnrol o kn nvnit/ktA^
t uii? n uo iifiiuicvi* a.iiu in lie c\|ieeiru."^"
hut we felt a proud consciousness that in
the putrotism of the party ah such difficulties
would vanish, and that the demands
of an enlarged welfare would he
met and fulfilled, though the virtue of that
* o
spirit of compromise and forbearance, that
liberal and comprehensive sentiments o!
self-denial and concession, which r<s s at
the heart of our confederacy, and which
constitutes the living principal of our
union. Before the appointed day arrived
or the meeting of Congress, and at the
expiration of hut one short month from
the date of his inuguration, our beloved
President was snatched from us by the
grasp of death: too soon for the happines>
of his country, but not loo soon to awn.
:ken in our bosoms a deep and awful sense
of the irreparable loss which wo have
susrainea in tne deprivation or a great anc
g'od man?not ton soon to convince us
how long and how bitterly our country is
-doomed to deplore this heavy misfortune.
In this our calamity, we hoped tp find
consolation in the character and princi
pies of him whom the Constitution had
designated to fill the office of the departed
chief. It is true, that towards that individua
I, even at the moment of his selcc
lion for the Vice Presidency, no very ear
nest public attention had been directed
and it is equally true that but a passing
regard was bestowed upon 'he current o
his previous life and opinions. We onh
knew him as one professing to be a mom
berof the Whig party? and as seeking t<
^ identify himself with those great leaden
of that party whose opinions and princi
pics were deeply engraved in the mos
conspicuous acts of our political history
x
v and were read and understood- by every
f | citizen in the land. In this connection,
t | where he had sought to be prominent, we
i, j discerned what we conceived, and what
; doubtless he meant, 4o be a pledge of
J faithful adherence to tho cardinal doct
trines for which we straggled, and with
p which the hopes of the country were in0
dissolubly hound up. We hoped to find
fj consolation also in the fact that his acj
f cession to the Presidency brought him
into communion and intimate political
1 j fellowship with the chosen vanguard < f
J j the Whig p?rty??the first selection made
J by General Haruison of a Cabinet, dis1
| tinguished for its paramount ability, inte.
j grity, and fidelity to the glorious cause in
!' which we had conquered?-a Cabinet eini.
nrnflv rrnwnprl wifh th? nnhlin rnnfi. !
! " J . I .
j denca, in whom all men tiustad as in the
., very embodiment of the principles of the
i party to which they belonged : who were
, | inseparably associated with its glory, and
j in whose generous and honorable relation
11 to the President we had the security of
I*: wise and prosperous counsels, and he the
j pledge of a cooperation which should en.
1 nhle him to accomplish all that the nation
1 ; desired. These hopes were still further
' enlivened by the encouraging tone in
' I which the President referred, in his first
address to the nation, to the "evergloriJ:
nus example" afforded him by the Fathers
of the great Republican school, and the
i declaration of his determination to walk
. in the path which they pointed out.
I In the indulgence of these hopes, Conr
2ress entered upon its labors. By adopt,
t! ing rules for the despatch of business con.
II formable to the emergency of an extra
i session, and in view of the great amount
' of legislation which the times required,
we have been enabled to achieve all, and
even more than all, that our constituents
; could have demanded nt our hands. The
1 leading and great measures of this session
1 i have been under discussion, in Congress j
J; and out of it, for many years past, and j
i little remained to bo said beyond a repeti- j
I tition of former debates. There was j
. nothing in the circumstances or position ,
. of either party in Congress to require, or
, even to Justify* protracted discussions;
and the majority, therefore, felt them
selves entitled to give to the extra ses. j
sion the character of a Congress of action f
and decision, rather than one of debate; f I
and we feel assured that in this effort we ! I
I have done no more than respond to the I
just expectations of the People. <
First in urgency amongst the hills pass- I
ed during the session, and that to which ; <
i ihrt nnhlif rnmrrmrwl mnut irrmerativelV I I
i f 7 ? "i j I
; j drew the notice of Congress, was he repeal
of the sub Treasury Law. -Our
I next care was the enactment of the Land
Bill. This whs followed by an act con- j
verting the Debt which tho preceding Ad- j
ministration had entailed upon the coun- j
try into a Loan of twelve millions of do|.
i I?r?. which is limited for its redemption to j
j a period of three years. Associated with
< this measure was the Revenue Bill, rendered
necessary not only as a provision
towards the extinguishment of the loam
hut also us indispensable for the supply of
means to meet tho ordinary and necessary
appropriations - of the year. The
| Ban rapt Act, so earnestly and so long so*
licited by a largo and meritorious class
of our citizens, has been parsed under cir- I
| cumstanccs which cannot but reflect the
! highest honor upon the Representatives I
j of many sections of the country. As a t
; measure-standing alone, it might perhaps t
j have been destined to a further delay; t
! hut being brought, as it was, into that c
series of measures which were supposed t
to embrace the scheme of relief which t
i the nation at large required, it met from' j
! a whig Congress that support of which I
! the chief argument and highest value are i
; derived from the respect which every one t
felt to be duo to a comprehensive poli. i
I cy, whose scope should include every in- (
terest in the nation. It is a trial for the <
benefit of the country, and remains to be i
altered or improved, as the public wants \
may hereafter be found to require. The <
ini|>ortarice, iu the present posture of our |
affairs, of attending to the national do- i
fences suggested the measures of estah- i
jlishing a Home Squadron, of repairing i
land arming the Fortifications, of pro. ?
viding for the defence of the Lakes; and I
of bringing the tuition at large iuto a state t
of readiness against hostile aggression? J
j in regard to which measures, as great
I unanimity prevailed in Congress, we may
j safely assure ourselves they will meet the }
, undivided approbation of r> ir constituents
throughout the whole Union.
This rapid review, fellow-citizens, will j
exhibit what we have done. What we j
' have failed to do remains to be told. :
{Concluded on fourth Page.) J
From the National Intelligence!*.
J O
: Messrs. Gales & Skaton : I deem it
11 proper to offer a public explanation of
' some of the reasons which led to my re.
signation, on the 11th instant, of the
* office of Secretary of the Navy, and, for
' that purpose, ask a small space in the
5 National Intelligencer.
At the Cabinet meeting held on the
' 18th of August last, [the Attorney Gen.
' eral and the Postmaster General being j
' absent, [ the subject of an Exchange Bank, \ i
or institution, was brought forward by the !
' President himself, and was fully consid. 1
ered. Into the particulars of what passed 1
' I do not propose now to enter. It will f
' be sufficient to say that it was then dis- i
' fiuctly stated and understood that such i
' an institution met the approbation of the <
" President, and was deemed by him free of f
' constitutional objections; that he desired
\ [if Congress should deein it necessary 10
' act upon the subject during the session] <
' that su?h an institution should be adopted <
by that body, and that the members of his i
1 Cabinet should aid in bringing about that
5 result ; and Messrs. Webster and Ewing
" were specialiy requested by the President
1 te have a communication upon the subject
with certain members of Congress. The i
' - ' - ' 1 1 5institution
then spoken of was to be located
in the District of Columbia; to be authorized
to establish agencies in the States
and Territories with power to deal in bills
of exchange between the United States
and foreign countries, sod bills of exchange
drawn in another State or Territory
and the exescise of this power was
not to depend on any a*>a$iitr expressed,or;
implied, of the States within which .such
agencies might b* established. In
consequence of what passed at this
meeting, I saw such friends in Congress
as I deemed it proper to approach, and urgcd
upon them the passage of a bill toes,
tablish such an institution, assuring them
that I did not doubt it would, receive the
approbation of the President.
The bill was passed, as the Public know,
and was met by the Veto. Now, if the
President, after the meeting of the 18th
August* had changed h s mind as to the
constitutional (lower of Congress, *nd
had come to doubt or deny what ho tod
admitted in that meeting, [which is ,tii? 1
- e i-i- .l,. l.A I I
most rovorume interpretation tnai unit w i
put upon his conduct.] it waft, in my op* 1
inion, a plain duty on hi* part to have |
made known to the gentlemen concerned
this change of sentiment?to hive offered I
thein an apology for the unpleasant situa- '
tion in which they were placed by bis a<
gency?or, at least, to have |foftened, by i
a full explanation .of his motives, bis' in. i
tended Veto of a measure in promoting 4
the success of which fhey, at his request,
had rendered their assistance; Hut this I
the President did not do. Never, from I
the moment of my leaving his house on
tha 18th, did he open his lips to ine oil <
the subject. It was only from the newspapers,
from rumor, from hchrsay, I les.r- i
ned that he had denied the constitutionality
of the proposed institution, and had i
made the mast solemn asseverations that
he would never approve a measure which I
I knew was suggested by himself, and
which had been, at his own instance, in. <
truduced into Congress. It was still in the
President w j?<;.v?;r. by a proper statement f
in tf?e mes."i!?*? containing his objections c
to the bill, to Ik;/n supplied those omissions; '
and in some decree at least to have re; t
paired his furrier neglect; but when that'
paper came to be read, it was found that *
so far from saying frankly that he once .
favored and had been willing to sanction" t
the hill, but had been led [4f such was the* p
fact] by subsequent reflection to adopt ^
different views upon the subject, he treat- g
ted the measure as one evidently inconlistent
with his previously expressed opinions,
and which it ought not to have been j
supposed for a moment he could approve.
Whether this conduct of the President
is susceptible of just defence or reasonable e
sxcuse it is not necessary now to inquire. a
I have not heard, nor can I imagine auy v
ground for either. Whether an explana- "
tion of it has been offered to any orfe of: he
gentlemen conceflMd I know*-not, p
)ut none was at any-time offered to (be ;
ind while I forbear to make theLrcmrtrks; r
obvious anrd painful as they are, which", i
lie transaction" * suggests, F declare a
he conviction that this conduct. .
>f the President, standing with- c
>ut known defence, excuse, or explanation ;>
instituted [if no other reasons had pxis- -J
edj ample ground for a withdrawal from
lis Cabinet without delay.
It is scarcely necessary to say tfiat I
lave not supposed, and do not now sup- *
>ose, that a difference merely between Ji
he President and his Cabinet, either as j<
0 the constitutionality or the expediency b
>f a bank, necessarily interposes any ob- v
dacle to a full cordial co operation be- n
ween them in the general conduct of his d
Administration ; and therefore deeply as ,
1 regretted the veto of the first bill, I did
lot feel myself at liberty to retire cji that
iccounl from my situation. But the facts
ittending the initiation and disapproval
)f the last bill made a base totally differ- 0
jnt from that?one it is believed without e
i parallel in the history of our Cabinets ; 0
iresent ing, to say noth ing more, a measure
;mhruced and then repudiated?efforts *
irompted and then disowned?services *
endore. and then treated with scorn or c
icglect. Such a case required, h
n my judgement, upon consid* ii
jrationi, private. and public, that tl
he official relations subsisting between h
he President and myself should be immediate. t|
y dissolved. ' ,
GEO. E. BADGER. . P
Washington, Sept. 18, 1841. P
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EXTRACT OF A LETTKR FROM AW OFFICES
IN FLOim**
41 In my last hurried note to you I men. .
ioned having witnessed a scene here a
"ew days before, which* in my humble ?
udgenrient, put the famed story of Damvt "
md Pythias quite in the shade. I will c
low give you some of the particulars. b
A party of Indians was recently djscoir. e
jred by some of our troops, who succeed*J ji
ii capturing three of their warriors; the tl
- ? * - - ?-i! r it
est ot tnc parry, consisting 01 mreo men, k
tnd women and children, numbering in a
ill about twenty, fled. The captives jj
were brought to this place, where they
were interrogated by the Colonel, (Colon*
A Worth,) during which it was discov*
jred that two of them had been concern* 0
y\ h killing nn?l burning a mail.rider 0
# me limn in Mr'di last. They were P
old that, f?.r :'" s crue! act of theirs, they
tvoui i he h tng in fifteen day?, unless P
within that time the rest of their people e
diould come in. Tney were then placed tl
in chains, and were permitted to send out w
the third man of their party, with a talk, w
to bring in the re*t of their people, while ?
they were committed to the guard; The \
?i? ??? i:... j i
[Hull uius sciii uui icuii Htu in live uuvs, g
bringing with him a warrior by the name
of Holate Fixico and some women and
children, among whom wore the mother
and sister of one of the prisoners, whose a
name is Talof Hadjo. The scene whieh 0
followed may be dramntizod thus: 8
Scene, an open court in front of the $
Gommanding Officer's quarters?Indians I1
are discovered seated under (hi trees, o
4". X
rnionjjf thorn Holate Fxxiro, (Pythias,) on
the grass, in the Indian posture*~-Talof *
Hadjo, (Damon,) in chitim*, on a bench,
hid head resting against the trunk of a
tree, looking, towards the heavens, with a
countenance indicative of resignation? c
his mother and sister lying upon the grass a
at his feet, the mother weeping at the fate ft
which nw^ite her son?the Colonel and M
other officers are discovered at a distance ri
from the group of Indians. n
Colonel to Holate Yirico.?Where are
the rest of the people sent for?
Holate.?They have separated and can.
not be found. Your troops have scattered P
them, and they have taken different a
paths.* * 8
Colonel.?Know you not that, unless
they are brought in, these men (pointing a
to the prisoners) will be hung ? ( V panes, b
The Indians disconsolate, but apparently
resigned.) If I send you out for the peo.
pie.- will you bring thern in, in time to save
their lives ? . . .
Holate.?They have gone off, and I .
know not where to look for them. Like "
iIia /ficrKl?ni>rl rlonr llmv hiVA florl llio
presence of your troops. "
Colonel.?Ipdian cfn find Indian. If
they are not here in ten days, these men jy
trill nurely die. . . ^
Hulatei--The track of the Indian is ^
covered ; lis path is hidden ? nnd cannot ^
tie found in ten suns. .
Colonel to Talof.?Have you a wife ? "
Tolof.?My wife and child are with
the people. I wish them here, that I may
take leave of them before I die. 01
Colonel*?Do you love your wife and ^
child? uj
Talof?The dog is fond of its kind ;
ind I love my own blood.
Colonel.?Could yov. find the people that ti<
ire out ? di
Talof?They are scattered, and may
lot be found. w
Colonel.?Do you desire your free. .
lorn? '
Talof.?I see the people going to and
Vo, ii nd wish to be with them. I am tired
>f my chains. ro
Colonel.?If I release you, will yon
irint; in the people within the time fixed 1 st<
Talof.?You will not trust me. Yet I se
rould try. tei
Colonel.?If flolate Fixico will consent ^
o take your chains and be hung in your ^
dace .f you should not return, you may ^
ro. (A long pause. Talof continues
hroughout the scene with his eyes fixed
in the heavens?his mother and sister ^
low cast imploring looks towards Hoate,
who, during the last few questions, Gi
las struggled to maintain his composure, ni|
Lw .1.. ? C LJ_ mi
nuuiug. uj 11ic iiuuviiig ?ii ins urrusi zu
trttl hi* gasping*, as though the rope th
vtefe already about his neck, that he is ill pe
t ease?all eyes are turned towards him ca
?he recovers, and, with the utmost coin, pa
osure and firmness, replies?) bn
Holatc.?I have no wife, or child, or otl
pother. It is more fit that he should live
ban Irr?I consent to'- take hhi chains,'
nd abide his fate. Let him go.
Colond.?Be it so. But do not de. nQ
eive yourselves. SosurS as Tulof Hada
brings not in the people within ten days ca
folate dies the death of a dog.
With the utmost solemnity the two In- B;
liars were then marched to the armory, Br
rhere the chains were transferred, and in Yc
ifteen minutes after Talof was on his pi(
r>urney. Yesterdav a messenger arrived ye
ringing intelligence that Talof Ifadjo
fas on his way in, with his people, and
"iglit be expected here to-morrow or next * '
ay. ?h?
There is more truth than poetry in the
oregoing. And what makes it more renarkable,
when compared with the story
f Damon and Pythias, is, that in the
ne case a strong and devoted friendship
xisted between the parties, while in the
ther there appears no such feeling, hut 1
he sacrifice offered by Holate arose from
purely noble and disinterested motive; le(3
desire to save the life of one whom he '
onuidered of more consequence than ca
,. i f ' n it'l _ _i J . i._ i ? ^ M I
irnseir. ryi.nian piacea iqe uimosi iann the
n the. promise of his friend to return at SpC
fie appointed time. The noble Holate ;ec
ad ho such assurance given him. On w;|
ie contraryf he well knew it was barely 2
rotable that Talof would return with his fra
eople in time to save his life." g0,
\ From the National Intelligencer. cor
New York* Sept. 21. we
The McLeod casei in anticipation of me
ie trial on Monday next, is exciting a ,
reat deal of interest in the community,
x>m the fact that a fever is brewing to PJ"
hfl
rente more excitement than could well
e aroused without some extraordinary wc
Sort to excite the public mind The wa
iry is empannelled for the trial, and ten
leir names published. All of them arc
nown as good men and true, and ro prc
ne doubts that the trial will be impnr- q0
ial. The evidence, however, it is prob- age
ble from present appearances, will be
A ? If ?
f a very conflicting character. A Board I
f Commission is now in session in Tor. Ra
nto, Upper Canada, for the purpose of ha>
roving an alibi. Others will endeavor hoc
) make good the charge that he was VVi
resent upon the occasion, and seen to ab<
nter the hoats at Chippewa on the night am
ie "Caroline" was burnt. The trial ityoil
excite great interest, and the town onl
rill be crowdeo upon the occasion. The len
oiinsel, as you know, are very able.? his
Willis Hall for the State and Joshua 1
ly encer for the prisoner.
Of local news, there is but a little stir. J
ing in the city to-day. In fancy stocks, mo
moderate business was done. The sale Wa
f State stocks was large. . Flour for
hipment to Liverpool to-day sold for1 _
Ifl S7 1.2. The recent news from Eng.
i i4t.so far from improving pricey has e
a ide t:.e market heavy* : '
<_ * p ^ ',,>v V/
CHERAW GAZETTE.
WEDNESDAY,September 29, 1841
Ofthefe* cases of fever which have reently
occurred in town, two or three were of
decidedly congestive type We state the
ict as a caution to those who may be attacked
rith symptoms of fever,. to loose no time in
esorting to proper treatment, A single day's
eglect, or mismar\agtmr.nt may prove a fatal
rror, as well as jn other respects, bad economy.
On this latter poiilt. however, most
ersons are competent to judge for, themselves;
nd should they err the question is not one of
fe or doath.
Our country friends are not to inrer from the
i .i al_ * _ _ _all ? mi
uove mai me town is sicsiy. mere nas;
ecn, and in, but little sickness.
The New Cabinet.
The Charleston Mercury states, on the
uthopty of a letter from Washington,
lat all the gentlemen appointed to places
i the new Cabinet have accepted, ex.
cpt Judge McLean, who had not been
enrd from.
Elections.?The state election in
[uine has resulted in favor of the Dem.
prats bv a large majority, The Whigs
ad a small majority last vear. In New
[ampsllire the Democratic majority is
irger than last year. In Vermont the. |
^higs have the majority, but owing to. I
iree candidates having been run for Gov.
rnor, no one has a majority of votes for |
i it office. The election will devolve
ion the Legislature.
The statement of Mr. Badger in relaan
to the causes which led to the late
ssolution of the President's Cabinet will
i found in another column. It will he
en that it fully corroborates Mr. Ewing's
iteinent. Mr. Bell has hIso published
statement of the facts which were |
lown to himself, which for want of
oni we must postpone till next week.
John Sergeant, of Philadelphia; who
K)d at the Head of trie House of Rcpre. ^
ntafives, for talents, weight of charac- f
r, and usefulness, has resigned his seaf. ^
necessity of devoting his time exclu. r
rely to his private business is said to be ! n
b cause. tl
The trial of McLcod was to take place ?
is week. ,j
The cars on the Georgi.i railroad, near |>
reensborough, ran off the track, on the? v
ght of the 15th making a plunge of about n
i feet into a chasm caused by a wash in n
e embankment. A passenger who bap. o
ned to be at the time in the baggage
r, was so scalded tln^t his life was des- n
ired of. The engineer had a limb ?
aken and a fireman was bruised. The ^
lier passengers esca[>ed unhurt. ^
New Agricultural Periodical. . "
A prospectus has been issued for a a
w periodical to be called "The Amerin
Farmers' Companion, and New York ^
ate Agricultural Magazine." J. T.
kilky, editor; Spooner 6c Co., of
ooklyn, and Dayton 6c Saxon of Now
i.i!?i? ? u
)TK CIlJj |)UUU5iirrSi a u uc puuiioircu
>nthly, the firat No. on the lat. of No. j'
mber. j|
Tho Prince dk Joinvillk, son of the <>
ng of France, arrived in New York on j;
i 20th. His intention is to make the v
lr of the U. State's. e
P
In the progress of the English harvest fo
i weather became so favorable that the t!
leat sustained no great damage. t!
u
Sir Robert Peel is the head of the new ^
itisli Ministry, as was generally expec* a<
I would be the case. te
?. . Ix
The impression made on the British
binet by the stand of Mr. Webster in
> McLeod case will be seen in the
CI
sech of Lord Palmerston, on the sub. c{
t at the opening of Parliament, which
II be found in another column. Here w
i signal instance of the good resulting
. (* iL .
m placing in the department 01 ine r
rernment which conducts its foreign fc
respondencc, a man o( discretion, as re
II as of superior intellect and attain, if
nts. c *
The river at Augusta rose 20 feet in w
i night last week. The streers in rn
imburg and some parts of Augusta in
re covered to a considerable depth with th
ter, but the damage was not very ex- O
sivo. n<
< wl
Among the recent appointments by 'he L<
jsident and Senate, was that of ex- m
v. Butler of this state to be Indian of
?nt for the Cherokees. th
wl
Col. E. II. Winoatk, Cashier of the yc
leigh branch of the Cape Fear Bank, re
i resigned and David W. Stone has ab
m appointed to succeed him. Col. wl
ngate is a defaulter to the amount of he
>ut $10,000; that is, hns used that
ount of the hank's cash without author. ^
II? Karl nrnviouslv sustained not r?
..w , J ,
y an unblemished, but a most excel.
t character. The loss will fall upon ^ 1
securities.
ac
Tiib Vkto Poweb.
of
\ public meeting was held in Balti. cc
re, which delegated a committee to
it on Mr. Clay in Washington to astain
from him at what time he would ?'
ive in Baltimore, that measures might f<f
taken for "signalizing" his visit. The jCj
nmittee addressed to Mr. Clay a high- wl
ly complimentary letter, making the in.
quiry directed by their constituent?,
copy b<dow the reply of Mr. Clay, be*
cause his opinions as to the course which
the party with which he is connected!
ought now to pursue, is looked to with in *
tcrest by nil of efery party.
. Washixoto*, 14th S*rr. If41.
CxirrLSScn: In the rfiidat of proper*.
tions for my departure to tny home, I havr
reciered, by the bahds ofthier gentlenetir
who have done me the honor to wait upon
me, your obliging communication bearing
date this day, transmitting a resolution ad#
opted at a public meeting held in Bait?*
more, yesterday, by which it is propose,i
to distingnish my expected visit to that
city by signal public demonstrations, &
pray you gentlemen, and those who con#
stituted that meeting, to accept my gtate#
ful and respectful acknowledgements for
this new and gratifying proof of attach*
ment and confidence. I should embrace
with pleasure the opportunity, of visiting
your city at this time, but jaded as I aai
by the arduous labors of the Session of
Congress just closed, arid sharing, with
the companions of my journey,'on eager
anxiety to terminate it withofti delay, f
regret that E must postponed'Visit to your
yty to some future day. . 1 *
If, gentlemen, all has not been accont*
ilished at the late Session of Congress
that the public interests demanded, more
nuch more, has been, eifected than I an*
icipated at its compicncpme.nt. If we have
icen greatly disappointed in the failure of'
'cpeated attempts to establish a sound cur*
ency, regulate exchanges, and separate;
he purse from the sword,, what American*
:itizon, what Whig will, on that accouot
mrrender himself to the sentiments of an
guoble dispnir? Who will not say that
ive will persevere, with redoubled courage ^
intil every remaining ohject.of the gleri*
>us revolution of November last shall be
completely consummated? Shall we be dis*
couraged because one man presumes to
letup his individual :will .against the
vilf of the nation? On the contrary, let
is superadd to the previous duties which
ve lay under to our cou.11try tijat plucking
rom the Constitution this sign of arbitrary
lower, the odious but absolute vesige oT
oval pregative. Let us, by a suitable a.
nendment totlhat instrument, declare that
he Vetothat parent and fruit fulscotirce of
II our public ills?shall itself he overruled
y majorities in the Houses of Congress*
lie would pursuadc us that it is harmta*
eoause its office is preventive or conser*
ativc!?as if a nation might not he an
luch injured by the arrest of the anact*
lent of good laws as by the promulgation
f bad ones!
I am. gentlemen, greatly deceived*
otwithstanding the astounding develop.
.t 'e .1 iIT I
lenrs rcceniry inaae, <i " uig causo
i not stronger than ever,it rwas. Res.
ng, asit does. upon truth, and sound poliv,
and enlightened patriotism, its volar,
es must be false and faithless if it does
ot gloriously triumph, notwithstanding
ny teinpornty disappointment.
Accept, gentlemen, assurance* of tho
i^h regard and <st;eui of your friend
nd obedient servant,
H. CLAY.
Messrs. Robert Gilmob, dec. dec.
We copy the following ecfttorihl front
be Boston Courier, a Whig paper devo
3d to the interest'of Mr. Webster, Ibr
be purpose of shewing the present state
f feeling in some quarters in New Eng. ind
towards the members of the Cabinet
dto have resigned. They themselvesXpressly
say that a difference with tho
resident on ihe bankquestion would not
c n sufficient cause of resignation, and
int they would not have resigned for
lat cause; yet the censure of ihe Bos.
>n Courier is based exclusively- .on thislleged
motive, which they expressly din.
row. Their true reasons are not adverd
to at all. Why/ E very one knows
sen use they could not he answered.
From the Boston Courier.
If the head of nn executive department
innot perform the duties of Lis office, be- ,
luse the President docs not feet bound
> consult him on a point in regard to
hich the constitution has made the Present
alone responsible, or be rrailse the
resident, having consulted bird does not
illow his advice,?ho certainly ought to
sign, and the President would be Qnwise
he did not promptly and cheerfully ac*
;pt the resignation. ;
We are not among the number c/tfNMt
ho think the country in a worse pfedicaent
or beset with prospects more Alarm*
g to the true patriot, in consequence of
e resignations that have taken "place,
f the gentlemen whom the President ha#
>minated to the deserted departments,
e know but little. Except' Judge Mc
ean, none of them haare ever filled any
ore important office than that of member
' (ka II (visa fvP Pai\Hu.ntati va. na tjf"
B,v VI A%V|/I V9WIIHIII V V0) Uliv v?
eir peculiar fitness for the offices to
bicb they are nominated, the public liavo
tt had no testimonials. But even is this
spect they may perhaps compare favor*
>ly with their predecessors?one of
horn, at least, we believe had never been
ard of beyond the boundaries of his oa*
re state, till be was mentioned as a candate
for the office which he has now
signed. Another of the Great ResignI
belonged to the Duff Green and N. P.
allmadge school?fought like a blood'
>und for jJackson and against Adamsid
Clay, and probably would have deserd
Harrison as he has Tyler, if thedeatla
Harrison had not saved him from thoimmission
of an act ol treachery*
? * i? ?* -t ...:n i* il.
Whether JUCIgC Iiicjucan will icuto hiv
nch of the Supreme Court for a seat in
e new cabinet is rather doubtful, ffoan
able man, and has manifested in va*
>us important offices, a~ degree of polit.
il and moral integrity, which is soine~
lat rare among politicians, an J which,