Columbia telescope. (Columbia, S.C.) 1819-1821, August 17, 1827, Image 2
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IT. <?W.
We publish to-day the letter of General
production, and If he tas not
refdvedtoenllat himself eodcr the
I*#** Ctny.rfcftroe writhe
owledgetluct k tea vl<toty o?er
bjtfchln ImK These booth**
\ ^conftnn.ui In the belief that
Of corruption awl ill ttth^
thafrbnre been alledged against Mr. Clay,
ore true as gospel writ.
^respondent over the signature of
t,*h*rS In the Charleston Courier
10th inft. after giving a brief biogr*
I sketch of Lord Bacon, Shakspeare,
I Sir Isaac Newton, venture* upon that of
Clay.. The following are hU cooclo
* Him Cui/t'Tbk aua't iWnioUr U very
niw^ji write* with ?hufflin*,
cC mipr. Tke organ of
iiairost'lag,aad waat of pander. The org am of
flnHnwa MMt he eery stteegty davolonad ia
firhaad. . it heenwW?t, ho# a mu of Clay's
fVOat of Intallaet, should have b<cocno to diMtii
n1ili?4 la |*0of of his ptevqrkatleg and ?qni
Vocatfag, ?? itfW to hi, bit speech Mon hi*
?anIUwnM la Ksatoafcy. A ouaefgTaat ro?
epadahtUiy Mid om that a ?HnlaKuiihr4 momlM-r
of CoogiM* told bita that lloory Clay wn never
tuowo to look ? au ?alllatf* face.
* JtH* Q*Kt Silver," intendedthe above In
ddkul?, we think he has minsetl hb point.
If we have a right to spend an opinion on the
fttbject, we would unquestionably'think the
C&nricature well and appropriately drawn,
and iu suitable as if seriously Intended.
4 At* of thn MeUi
4tl Society of 8i>alS Cnrollim, held on the Ut
JiM. Dr. Juan \Va?i?ra, tvasimsnimmidy
?Pmtjmor. of. fmiholofcicnl and Surftcnl Anatomy
|a (lut Modlctil Cnllfi.it of (bit city.
We have been mu?h pleased to notice the
above appointment. The rcputntion of Dr.
^yjAQUKMi Whom wc understand has receiv
ed his professional education immediately
? nmler the famous surgeon Sit* Astlcy Coop*
*cr, mutt add weight and popularity to the
new school of Qharlvkton, where* wc have
no doubt as good n Medical and Surgical
^education can be obtained by the students of
the fcouth, as by running off to the north and
'carrying (here what little means the tariff
has left us afloat here. It is time when the
people of the south ahould endeavor to retain
What little ha* bean left them by the sync in
of national filundir now in operation.
A report Is in circulation that Mr. Thos.
' f. Randolph has been offered loo,000 dollars
by a gentleman of Boston, for the maim
*acriptfx>f the late Mr, Jkrt KRso.M. Wc do
c?ot believe the report to be correct.
., .It la rumored, upon what authority' wc,
1 know uoc, that the Ems sloop of war now
*fltt!ng put with all expedition at New York,
Will carry out dispatches to the commanding'
officer of the Welt India station, directing
, him to order from the harbor of Key Wtut
our exiled and gallant countryman tonrao
dot c Ports a. We arc not at all sur^i^M
? Ut this movq; and have hot 'the least deubt
rthat the present malignant hostility and
? that which haa so long existed on the part
? of our magnanimoui chief magistrate J. Q.
Adams, has prompted .this measure. We
^pUve heard somethfeg in relation tua pn?
?te? oa the part of the Spanish. Minister
Washington touching this matter. Had
such protest been entered, which we dout?
MShaf a9n??opportunity presented to remind
.)Mtov'iaNrteiitbter of the corfdoct ok the ttya
jpish authorities ?f Florida who gloried in
nflbrding the British' naval force that waeoo
jamr coast, during thelate war, an asylum
^whenever an opportunity presented.
? We sflre well convinced, however, that
'such ia the hostility at Washington to com
modore F. thi t the slightest pretext would
a be all sufficient to ahtti'iiito measures to rui
*der his prospects as hopeless as possible.?
.We hope' Mr. Adams will at least have
fellow feeling enough to assemble a sufficient
fbroe to keep commodore Labordc in suffi
cient subjection and not suffer him to pro
ceed after the little squadron until tlie num
ber of hours allotted by the laws ot nations
t thall type expired.
? We are happy to find that the com mo
' dare's friends are .still so numerous. Thi*
?urns never better exemplified in any instance
'fhan by htoreeeptlonon on his arrival at New,
.Orleans, the eitiaene of which place nsani- (
testing their gratitude /or his distinguished
services by every demonstration of respect
J^pnd a public dinner. i
.' Our Colambia readers, no doubt, have
isead with astonishment, "A Bulletin from
North Carolina** which was printed in a
? Jband bill and industriously circulated in our
town by a few ef the advocates of the Tariff,
sycophants of the administration and ene
mies to southern rights residing amongst n*.
4fhts fam<M? bulletin Istakenfrom the Cn
^ttmtial of the 31st July.
g Wndiomfenafceeessarytn make any com
the ungenerous interference of
it In giving circulatlen to
mid''matured m a neigh
bouring Mate, against a kigh-minded, onndid,
and t?uly weetby cMaen of onr own, for ex
mmimhk mmImbu odmi# ?* hu^iv ?t<
4 fwMIe mtstlig, upon n wMm
WMtnbwhHn. * *?,' ;*/?
f; Ai thonge odHarof the
id m IMjr upon Washington's
addreae, ?? would tila the liberty of aakfcC
WlM? where wes thle In^ttimiblo addreae
when Ma Yankee brethren of the Hertford
Convention were sitting In eenclavedfc plot
ting and devising scheme* to sell their
try to the ttiitlshtatd milking open declara
tions thut a treaty with lvi jlaml could not be
effected during the republican adiuinUtre
t ion of Mr. Mndlaonl
Did the chaplain of that augu?t assembly
ever take lib text from Washington's
farewell address? We would advise you
Mr. Editor, in future, to py attention to the
concern* of your own utate, and we will
niHiM.se our*. ;
, [COMMUNICATIONS. ]
Mtir*. Kriitor*?1 observe thut the very
moderate and cousidurate convention of
manufactures who met lately at Harrislwrgh,
proiiuM! ax u substitute fur the woollen* bill
which was brought forward at the hut Con
grate, the following duties. My authority
m, the National Intelligencer of Monday
August 6, 1827. r
All woollen go?MU between AO und J8JQ
centa to be rated ut 250 cent*. ?
A dutv on theae goods of 40 per cent,
to be gradually cncrca*ed to 50 per ceut.
Suppose a planter lurui*hcs Ills ncgroca
annually (an the case i?) with at least five and
a half yawl* of wonllcu plain* averaged at h0
centa per yard invoice price, these are to
be valued at thu custom li?use at 250 cents
per yard. Forty per cent, on 250 cent*,
amount* to 10U cents: nod this multiplied by
five and a half will make the duty now re*
commended live dollar* and a half on each 1
negro, bevidci his blanket* and hat.
uy the rejected biUof^ust y ear, the pro
posed tax wns two dollar* a head, It i? now
pro|>oscd to be IcsKcnvd to five dollar:, und a
halt.
Whetc i . the mistake in this calculation?
C.
j Ah sat. Sir any <S Minn.?] *ent y<m some
i time ago, s?>me calculations ;/.i the amount of
t.ix itinii which the projected woollens hill
would tnijios" oiiShiUi Carolina. Not being
satisfied to trust my own judgment, 1 sent to
u northern merchant, u dealer in such arti
cles, the following qnciie?:
1st. Suppose n negro is furnished w ith five
VurtU ami u h.ilf of coarse woollen for cloth
inc. every y.cnr, at .Occnts per yard, whole
sale price, what amount of taxution will the
proposed woollen*bill, conn-1>, per head'
2. Suppose a negu> is turn.shed with a
four-point blanket ofgood 'jualiiy every > ear,
what additional price will the w<>oller.? hill
be likely to lay on this article.'
The answer is as follows:
riiiciiiii liinuis uimiiIk livivfc 1 }JLr/, ?6vu, ?
sterling the yard, the average would he 17|
pcucc per running yard, 'JU inches wide;
which would be equal to 'J2J pence sterling
per square yard; or a fraction ov??r forty one
cents. Now, as all good* over 4<J emits are
by that prcjcr.tcd hill to be valued at 150
cents, if under the existing law 41 cents
would pay (.?* it actuaPv doc* by our in nle
of calculating the duly, tna| is by addir;; ten
per cento 37A per eent tliis, nnder the pro- 1
poaed valuation would lie eucreiised, to 135
per cent, making a difference ot *J.'4 (near I'M)
per cent.) on the value of the article. O i
5| yards of average ouality of plains, this
would be an merruatStar of ubuut two tlA
Jar* on each iir/fro.
1 cannot get satisfactory information about
blankets. 1'his information and indeed that .
about plains too, I should think you could
get more ueciirately from*'Charleston: you
can at least get infurmatio.i there, wlifther '
my calculation* are coriect. 1 am fee."
80 far my corresitoudent. 1 submit this
extract to the consideration of ull the mid
dling class of people who wear woollen
plains, as well us to the planters who hold
negroes.
P. S. I had just written thus far, when a !
friend of mine, a planter, came in, and I read '
it to him. Tite following dialogue took
placet?>
, Si- How ipuch state tax do you pay on your
hiouse, plantation and negroes?
P. My state tax, poor tax, and road tax
altogether, amount to /150 a year, of which,
each negro is assessed at 75 cent*. 1
C. How much according to the forcing '
statement, will tite tax laid on you by the :
woolle;i manufacturers amount to'? i
P. To 1200 dollars a year, calculating 54
yards of plaius annually to each negro;
besides hat and blankets.
C. Then the woollen manufacturer* alone, j
propose to tax you fifty dollars a year for
their exclusive benefit beyond all the amount
of roar state taxc* of every description?
P. Yea. Rat all this is to no purposes for
who oan hetteve that such a bill will ever
bu sanctioned by Congress?
Why not? Did not this very Mil past the ,
1 house of representatives triumphantly last
year, and was postponed in tlwi senate hy one
vote ontyf it will be brought forward at next
Congress with greater force, and a more de
termined spirit. All the manufacturers are
Mw confederated and combined together, to
| assist each other to tax the south in every way
for their own benefit. Is itot this the ax
object of the H irrtsburgh meeting? They
come on in one solid Column, Jvsolvcd to
bear down all opposition, ami what they
cannot force down our throats owe session, is
brought on again the nexV ?"r battle will
never be ended while wc thus fi;;ht in detail:
t mast insikt on the miMciM.* being
abandoned; or their perseverance and man
agement will s-a rely conquer lit the Cdd.
- P. But can th* buyers and consumers be
persuaded that it is for their Interest to give
a-northern manufacturer two dollars for an
Article that has hkherto betfn imported for
-i
C. Yea they art In fact so persuadwd hi this
moat enlightened nation upon earth! The
lawspast, sermstobrpastbythe representa
tives of the manufacturing interest, and the
consumers cheated by the wofds Jmeritan
90%m, are quite In love with the patriot
sm of tM men, who are eomhlned to rob
Plttt aa H wm In the beginning, H la
tohUa*Whchca*inf thlm
wtifflllsftwrS
? eonthron into hbowo pocket, and persaade
the *outhron that it b for hU benefit.
CmnMww. A word applied to that lan
?nd that conduct which b uniformly
by selMntofttti so that K i* quite
1c to uiuay * to-morrow what you
y declare to-day, protided It bo your
Interest to do ex
F The planters will begin to feel thee?
nppreukiM end then they will takeafr^
C. Ayei when the steed b stolen, shut the
door. When the wealth of the eoathJb
drained away to edd atrenfth and power
the north, you will take your stand too Ifta.
The yoke will be fixed on your neck, and
the msnacles on your hinds. You have uo
time to lose Object to t>o protecting duty in
detail. Object to the firlnct/tUj and inlbt on
iu ubaolute abandonment. If yofc ask for
lets, you give up your cause. Thee* who
persuade you to be content with less, are
not your friends bat your enemies. C.
/Vom Mr London Courier Jan. 91.
INDIGO. , '
A? the article of ladljo ?|H*art ?o attract eon*
tuk-rahla attention Ml this tint?, Km following ac
con til of tba *? pulili*h?d In the CalcutM
G*srtte, in llu, year* below stated, ui*V b? inter
cftlnf u> our rvadi-r*. I. tlinuld lie niMlcfd, how
ever, Unit lb* quantity ?Ut?d intbn f*mr ISM mutt
only bn ctwi?W?Ti d tt? tbe estimated growth of the
year, (be latetl Account* wbioh have irriftd in
tbla coentry, and which Wftnehliebed on Saturday,
being dated about the middle of August last, n pa.
rlod too early Ity nearly thrro loontbf, for any ne
curate eitlmatr to b* made, na ninny cirR*i(n*tnn>
eet may operM' in favor of the crop within (bnt
limn. Wo ?l?o give tlii atoek in lbs lUit India
CimqiattyT warehouses iu tbo middle of eeeb
year;
Tbe crop in cberit Stock in cbests
fna raeh year. io each jrnnr.
1?I8 W.7W 20,800
WW 1 t?,730 ltf,7M
WIT 4, 17*3u 81,132
IHI8 v 17,400 IV,140
18IQ 5H.7:*i 10,730
1820 14,876 11,008
IH2I 2I.H%0 11,724
1822 ?*,W? ft,1132
1823 1*,42* ft, 1*1
IH2t J4.488 8,407
lH2i 31,403 1V930
I82<l, evtiinuti-d at
aUoiit I7;K?? itocb 15,703
Mture. Editor*?I tind front late informa
tion Out the failure of the Indigo crop in Cal
cutta has been more extensive than was ex
pected. Dyer* in London, Manchester, irtul
Yorkshire, :irc sending; yarn to the l?ut
Indie* M he dvrd lainv in the li juor ua drawn
<nT from the fiTinentvi Indign, and the good*
so d)X'd are ta be relumed t*> England, or
sent to C iiitn.i.
Vim fjji'jwion, n:.tca of experiments on In
digo may affml vmic hint* to thoc who
mean to rcojmmcncclhe culture of that ar
ticle: ?
I took this vcir j!?nut 2lh. of wild Ii.iligo
cut about theUbt week of June. I covered it
with water, keeping it under by u weight.
The weather out of door* then ranged from
eighty-two to cightv-ftve. In four day*,
tit it room about eighty of tUc tlirr nomc:
ter, bubblea ascended iu ?butidtutce and
the liquor hegaa to have a strong odour.
I poured off one half into toup-platcs, and 1
one half into a stone ware vessel about 10
inchcsdeep. The shallow liquor iu the soup-1
plates gradually formed and deposited a cop
per coloured scam of fine Indigo, which
when broken and stirred tell to the bottom.
The deep vessel made little or no deposit for
upwards of a month, though the top exhibit
ed a fine skin of copper-coloured Indigo.
The liquor in the soup-plates in three tlavs
became of h yellowish crown colou.*: in tne
deep vfcsscl, it continued great for five weeks.
It did not smell offensively though the ther
mometer daring thia last month, ranged from
83 to 90. tjiie Ave hundredth part of oil of
*Hrlo^a4dtd to the liquor will do good rath
er than harm to the litdigo, and will prevent
the liquor running Into tne putrid fomenta
tion if it shnuld he desirable to preserve it for
tome days. In St. Domlrfgr tne wild Indi
go, Indigo maron, is considered as affording
the best coloured sediment.
I took ftve grains of common Bengal Indi
go, and exposed K to a red heat on a thin
plate of copper by means of a spirit lamp.
The residuum that would not burn,and which
therefore was earthy dmee* amounted to one
grain and a half, or thirty per cent.
1 took a favorable specimen of South Caro
lina Indigo, and on exposing it in like man
ner to a red heat till all the real Indigo, waa
burnt away, the dross amounted to three
grains out of flvei of which three gruins, one
half was lime stone earth.
I took Ave grains of Flora Indigo, which
when burnt, left two grain* of incombustible
dross, or forty per cent.
I took another parcel of wild Indigo; fer
mented it, and dyed-somo cotton with hi this
process is easy because the liquor is drawn
from the Indigo plant when fermented, ex
actly la the state necessary for dying. The
country people rail this, mud-dying: and it
is heyon.t all doubt the most economical way
of using the Indigo plant. Hat whether it
would be worth the while of a planter to buy
yam, or the muslins which when dyed blue,
are usually sold iu the African market as
Hue guinea* in prodigious quantities, I can
not tell. All I know is, that to tiring the In
digo of the market into the Mate iu which H
is, when dissolved In the liquor drawn off
from the fermented Indigo plant, Is a troub
lesome and expensive process, that might be
saved if the Indigo-maker was a dyer.
T. C. Columbia.
flfr?*ro Editor*.?1 find the new fashioned,
patent LcgVdatnrs at Harrisburg, aru met,
and have let out some of their precious con
fessions. Avery tMng ntm% Is to be taxed}
the manufacturing Millenium it done at
handj and the consumers art to pour their
wOalth into the pocket* of the mannfact
rers. I thought atone time, that great m
Matthew Carey waa the greatest man In tl
world, tor ho publish* a folio every year
hie own <? ' *
among th
man than
Wren of the north can make
hgS
his own competition 1 bnt they have mft
s sfcsS
1 3c
sSlmwmhh mon'mustboll
Tench Coxe, Esq. who ?u regarded at
publishing one solitary quarto volume of ma-1
SSL1ta&tttsffig
to fifty folio* per annum I The jjfttod of *
man is bewildered, ana benighted
this magnificent protect of the luminous,
>. ktepkSia. Wa wSld fain ask, if we
dared, whether Mr. Hopkins mean* to put
fbith also a now edition of Baron Manchau>
urn** travel#? And whether Matthew Carry.
Esq. Is to have vlve monopoly of printing
these indispensable woriuMn sober serious*
nets, are Mcse the men qualified to instruct
our national Legislature? Can wiedom he the I
legitimate offspring of this palpable Idetoyf
Q in the corner.
PumMng the human etomaeh.
Mew* Editor*.-*-The instrument for
pumping poisonous substances from the sto
mach was used last week, We understand, by
the physicians of this town with tho most
complete success. ? ft'
It was employed on a gentleman who hod
swallowed a prodigious dose of murlat of
mercury or corrosive subtymate and JhadW
num, and that too. four hours after thrnoi
son had been swallowed, and after he nod
been to a state of convulsions and total ihsen
sibility for at least two hours. He was In a
deep state of insensibility when the tube was
totroduoed into the stomach. A pintanda half
of lime water (the antidote to the poipoh) was
first injected, and it was pleasing to witness
the immedlste good effects. It was suffered
to remain a few minutes; and even beroro It
was withdrawn from the stomach the convul
sions had ceased and the patient articulated
several words as distinctly as the apparatus
in the mouth would permit, and rationally.
The lime water injected was as limpid and
as pure as lime water always is; but when it
was pnmped out, it had assumed tho orange
colour testing the presence of the muriate of
mercury. This test, however; was unneces
sary, as a quantity of the poison that had not
been swallowed proved the nature' of-'tt.
Wo are happy to state that the patient has
recovered from the effects of th|s dose.
We the more readily publish this esse be*
cause we are rather inclined to Uelieve that
this may have been the first instance in which
the instrument has been employed in this
state. And as we understand that the ope
ration is so easy both to the operator and the
patient, we cannot but think it very impor*
taut thutthe employmentof it should be wide*
ly extended. Melancholy Instances of portion
ing are hut too frequent. The action of pol
son* are often so speedy, and the discovery of
having Hwidlowcnitieni is frequently so fite
as totally to preclude all reliefoy swallowing
remedies, in consequence of the insensibility
of the patient. This operation Is then the
only resource left; And It ,is consolatory to
know that it is so very practicable and 40 ef
ficacious. . . .' "*f Citizen.
Metre. Editor*?l*ermitmo through your
columns tosay ta "Amicus Candidas," that he
has given in his last the declaration that was
wanted ylz: a full aud.publfc diAii^l of the
holy tcrUiture*, which stdUt "he that be*
lievcHi shall bo saved, and liu thatbelieveth
.not icc." I now. bid, him farewell a* I am
not disposed to cost pearl 'before
Hod Mvr the ttate.
> PAUL.
PUBLIC MEETING.
At a numerous and respectable meeting of
the citizens of Darlington, 011 the 6tlt of Au
gust, 1837, t?> protect against the bill cbm
nienly eallcd the " woollen* bilk" Introduc
ed at the 2nd teuton of the 19th Congress.
Timothy D*rgun Esq. *a* appointed chuir
man, and J. C. Dubose nominated secretary.
After some prefatory remarks stating the
objecf of the meeting, Mr. George W. Dar
gan submitted the following resolution*,
which were unanimously adopted?
1. Rnolved, That this meeting regards
it as the unalienable richt of osao, as well as
the chartered privileag* of American citi
sens, to remonstrate against any aggression
upon their rights.bjr government.
2. Rfitved, That this meeting enter*
tains an undiminished attachment for the
government ot the United '-itAtcs, as confin
ed to the limits and objects ined by tht con
vention of 1787, but, thit it entertains feel
ings of jealousy and alarm on aocooftt of the
extraordinary powers assumed of late hy the
general government} /lowers, no where eon
ceded to the constitution, and which can only
be clldmedby s mode of construction which
tends to render that muniment of state rights
a fttblc end v>ortMn* protection.
3. Revolved, That among the power*
thus claimed and exercised, there is none
more odious and oppressive than tV?t of
regtdsting the revenue law of the CMt-try,
with the avowed object of protecting domes
tic manufacture*.
4. Hetolved, That this meeting is friend
ly to domestic manufactures when conduct
ed upon the responsibility of those who em
bark in the system, and who teap the pro
tits, but can see no propriety in the law that
would tsx tho consumer to Wire the im<l
l>rudent speculation* of tho?e who embark in
uhe system before the country is mature
for it. W - I
J. Renotved, That it is thr sense of this
meeting that the " woollens bill" is not
only unconstitutional but unjust and oppicit
sive in a high degree in its operation*?that
it weighs with i>cculiur harddtip upon tile
southern status which suffer all the tnemi
venlenee and the loss, but rccelve none of it*
benefits.
6. Revived, That this measure is at war
?WU?o best established maxims of political
economy, sod should be discarded from the
ery libetul and enlightened gov
whlle the most enlightened ns
are throwing aside the shack
of prs^ndioe and ignorance
upon them??lt is hamiliatlng
our government is destined to
course.
a!l branches of honest
Jndws*y are equally entHd-d to protection,
and that every attempt to tax one tor the
l>olley oVev
tor and cSnwbla p* Wkl
**"1pSS&j&W
i^i"bi'?shs!E?
c?r<7tliMMhrnota3<?lM?cfltel.t<>rapoK
nt ?? adjourned meeting on' the 3rd Tuesday
in OctoScr. T. DiUUJAtf, Chairman."
? ?Jp. Dusosk, Secretory.
PUBLIC MEETING.
At a meeting of the inhabitant* ot Oratige
bnrgh and it* vicinity this day, Monday the
Cthof Auttu*t 1827", Gen. Wm. Howe w.18
the chair, und Banders Glover ap
called to tho chair.
i ?!?R??Se5t!f3the
? the meeting wan explained
!Z A"' cf"lr' .'ft'. ^?w*s?-?
on tne proposed urar in woollens.Upon
motion of John M. Feldcr, Esq. the following
resolution wn? adopted. t
Jietolved, That a committee bo appoint
ed to draft ameraortal expressing the sense
of thccititctttof till* district, ropecting the
proposed tariff on woolleob, and,report said
memorial to an hdjournedmOitlna of the citi
zen* on the 1st Monday in September next,
and that said committee do take soch stops
as will ensure a general meeting on said day.
The following gentlemen were appointed ?
committee:??&. Glover, J. M. Fewer, T,
W. Glover, Dr. E. 1. Folder, Joseph Pou,
Donald Howe, and Wok. Munrowc.
Adjourned to thO first Monday in Septem
ber next.
WM. ROWS, Chairman. ?
8. Glover,'Secretary.
. From the ? MuhviJfe Rthublican.
' *ro THE'PUBLIC.
A letter add rented by me to Mr. Carter
Beverley, of Virginia, lias lately* without
any conscnt, agency, or with on my part,
found it* way into the newspaper*, accom
panied by u statement over tne signature of
H. Clay, contradicting and denying, not any
thing I have written, but that which he him
self makes me to say. It Is not the interpcr
tation given by him to my letter, but toy own
language and own statement, that 1 am called
upon to defend^ and expeet to vindicate,
To explain the manner lp which my opin
ions have found their war into the Journals of
the day, seems, in the first place, to be due
both to the public and myself. Mr. Be v er
ity, being on a viait at my house, requested
to know of me, other gentlemen being pre
sent, whether the overtures heretofore im
puted to Mr. Clay were well founded, and if
I had a knowledge of any of the facta myself.
I answered him candidlyi being unable, as
well ua unwilling, to refuse telling thing* I
had heard, and knew to be tf^i-A letter
detailing our conversation shortly afterwards
obtaiuivd publicity In the "North-Carolina
Journal," printed at Feyettevttlev?-On the
ISth of. May last, from Irtultrille* Kentucky
a communication was addressed to me w
Mr. Beverley, statin* what Willi I hi*
not known, that he was the Writer of this
Fayettevllle letter. He explained the rea
sons for his having repeated the conversation,
and requested to be informed tf in any thing
he had misquoted or misconceived my mean?
ing. Under secheircusftstances, concealment
and silence might have teemed mere aflbota
tion, or indeed something of a different and
eren wort* ohsractor> < ? Publicity having
been given to the oenversetion, and en ap
peal made to i
be dee to M*
on the Cth of
Mfc
are already iiassttted. How, and by to<
meant, It found itt way Into the columns eta
newspaper, Mr. Beycrieyhiaf explained* he
states to me that he fare It Into tne handa of
Mr. Noek Zane, ofWheeling, Virginia, at
hit earnest request, for perusal, under, a
pledge of Honour that it should be returned;
and wKn no expectation that any oony of K
wat to be rttamtdj that on hit applying for,
and demanding the letter, K was refused to
be restored until two copies should be made.
He proceeds to say t?
"Mr.Zane. an old and most repectabic
KcnOgmin, naked the loen of your letter as a
tavSen and, contrary to all custom and pr?v
prietir In such cases, he, In oonknetion with
Mr. Clay and his friends, took copies of H,
without my knowledge or privity In any ?ray?
and without asking my leare to do so. Boon
at 1 understood that suck was the use tliey
were making of U? I demanded of Mr. $ane
tho letter, and remonstrated against the
unprecedented course they were taking. He
refused to rertore It to n?t, most peremp
tiriiy, until they had satisfted themselves by
furnishing to Mr. Clay one copy, and retort
ing na?* her Ibr their own use/*
The original conversation referred to, and
tho above extract of a letter from Mr. Bev
erley, at Wheeling, dated 9fth of May, ere
presented to show that I have not,at is charg
ed, "placed myself ill the attitude of a pub
lic accuser," and that whatever publicity
haabeen given to this transaction, has arWn
from no agency or procurement of mine} and
that Mr. Ctaf. in fnet* has himself held the
matter up to public due. In doing thin he
should have quoted what I had written
accurately and fc" *
his commentary1
accurately and fairly jforthnt, the text and
f would have suited together j
at present, his contradiction Is a .something
suggested by hijusclf, and Is not conte)nod in
my letter. ,
fho statement contained In my letter to
Mr. Beverley is thisi That, in January,
Itai, a member of Congress of high rtep*? -
tahilky, viettodmc one morning and Observed
^?he had bem informed hv the friends el