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FRIDAY,' JUNE 3, 1829.
No administration ever camc into power,
in the wltolc history of this republic, which
had a higher destiny to fulfil, thnn that oi
< lateral Jackson. Thin Illustrious citiscn
1ms been cnllttl from the shade* of retire*
Micnt to the high duties of his exulted sta
i ion, by mkIi mi expression of popular opin
ion us stumps upon hU character n mark ot
t tic most honorable distinction which can be
conferred or rcceivcd,and which leaves him
to be most emphatically, the President of
t.'ie AiiHun. The best interests of the coun
try rcfjutgc most imperiously Just such a
President, lie has been preceded by an
administration, which has done all that ex
ecutive influence could eflfcct, to foster ami
sustain a system of measures so notoriouily
*cctlouut in their nature, so partial ami op
pressive in their opepttions, ns to have
drawn the line orthographical division, and
threatened Upufturl the banner of ofsuKloK.
It is no longer the Federal and Republican
parties of 1801?each embracing members
i onflned to no one state and no one section?
the majority of each being honestly desirous
?'.f promoting the interests of the country at
large, advocating principles at lcatt of gen~
i ral application, for goo<| <fr ff>r bad ; but the
.state of parties now is essentially dissimilar,
uad they have assumed nn attitude of more
ominous presage than at any former period
of our history. It is now u tyranny of arc
tional combination. It is such an organiza
tion of political power which must mingle in
its purposes the worst passions of nature, on
the one hand, and call forth the deepest and
Tiiout feat fill resentment, on the other.
It i.s such n combination which wi!l most
surely rise superior to thf restraints of any
^institution?m?d set at defiauce tho reason
-*iblc and necessary responsibility of the rep
resentative principle. It is such a political
arrangement in congress which is eminently
dangerous to the liberties of this country,
mid w ill moot speedily and certainly unmoor
us from the unchorage of the constitution
It is such an angry war of political elements
which (jeti. Juc.kson has had to survey, up
on nv:cuding the presidential chair: It was
congenial to the nature of Ilenry Clay, and
his embarrassing circumstances invited^, to
rule amidst the whirlwind of party strife.
It was by manaffrmrnt and desperate liaz
aids that power was to be maintained. No
i?ody knows better than fJcncral Jackson,
' that he j? a bold, powerful, cunning, and
reckless leader, who will Fcizc upon thv
flood of any tide that promises to lead on to
fortune. It must now be mat ife st to Gen*
oral Jackson and the whole nation, that the
great fulcrum of his aich enemy, Mr. Clay,
is the ?? American Sjstcm," more properly
denominated ;vt this tl.ty tlic " Clay system:"
that system which is daily covering the land
v* itls misery and desolation: that system,
which, if persevered in, will bring this un
ion to a premature dissolution : that system,
"v'./ich Gen. Jackson well knows lists not only
been ruinous in its practical operation upon
'?nhc very interest which it wn> intended to
fo?tvr inordinately, hut which sprung from
designs ol deep Iniquity, of anti-republican
? hnracter, on the part of Mr. Clay particu
larly. lie did design that the " American
.?ystcin," alia* the ?? Clay System" should
work the total depreciation oi slave* and
j lave labour, (?>f ttate it aa a fiotitivr fuel,
tnfiahlc of /iron/,) he did design that It
.should raise up in this country a mettled ar
*:tocracy, which wm even strong enough
in 1828 to pass the Tariff Hill : these
effects it Ins hud to an alarming extent,
lie docs now design to uttcmpt a successful
' unvan for the presidency upon this, hi*
avowed hohby. Where in c>ne of bis ad
vocates who is not violent for the tariff and
internal improvement; a system which has"
positively converted this government into a
galling scourge upon that section ??f the
union, which has nlways administered in< re
to the general prosperity, not le?s to the
),oner nnd glory, of the nation, than any oth
er. Is not the whole federal party in Vir
i,1rii.x rallied around the tariff* and devoted to
Mr. Clay ns their candidate for the presi
dency? Tb'is is an index of that sort of poli?
iy nnd political organization, which has un
furled the standard of terminus wurfarc in
advance, against Oen. Jackson. In truth*
who can wonder that the president should
he set down by the Clay party, and the
?#holeNcw fcngland manufacturing nionopn
ly, n* inimical to the taiiff* and the consoli
dating doctrine* which hchmg to it and it*
advot ntcs? IIow can lie be otherwise, nnd
retain consistency of character? Has he
not ul way* been a devoted republican of the
Jeff- :?*?! school* Has he ever proved him
self the enemy ol the old constitution of 1787*
I I-is he ever abandoned the democratic prin
ciples of 180J ? Can Mich n mnn wield his
influence or give his advice for the annihila
tion ol state rights* Doej lie wish to dls
turb tiie equilibrium of the'confcderacy ? Is
he ignorant of the rotten foundation of the
prohibitory policy? Doee tie not know that
it has been expressly designed to foster one
interest nt the expense of every other?
That It is ruinous to the commerce, the
>evcnne, the pet**, ?nd morals of the re
publ'.t..* l ii#Vt ccntuiiii tVa gcroi of civil'
discord and foreign war? That it la, in short*
the fatal harbinger of '* war, pcstllence and
famine?"
We rejoice to perceive, *thxt the utmost
al.um is scattered thro' tho ranks of the
manufacturers, lest the present administra
tion will set its lace against the outrageous
doctrines of the last. We have strong rea
sons to believe that there are good grounds
for this apprehension. We cannot believe
Jhat Gen. Jackson goes into tho executive
chair, to Wield his powers, his patronage, oil
the Influence of himself and of his cabinet to
sustain a tariff* and its odious adjunct, a par
tial, stock-jobbing, corrupting, unconstitu
tional system of internal Improvement, ns his
predecessors have done. Gen. Jackson is
untrammelled, lie finds the south oppres
sed to a point which freemen could not thtu
long have borne, without a consoling hope,
that when an honest, a patriotic, an indc
fiendent president obtained the reins of gov
ernment, he would look to the constitution
of his country, seek to restrict the sphere of
federal usurpation, set his face against the
ingulphing system of modem-construction,
listen to the complaints of his fellow>oitizens
of the south, regard their rights. Mid so fnj
as lie could effect it, unite his efforts to re
move the oppressions which are calculated,
nnd we believe designed by Henry Clay, to
i;?tad 'is on to a dangerous and unpleasant is
sue. He occupics an elevation, from which
he may contemplate, with calm composure
and with the philosophic spirit of an honest
patriot, the troubled elements around: he
(incite himself based upon the firm foundation
of general confidence; nnd a glorious immor
tality awaits him, if he directs his energies
not only to the purification of the subordi
nate departments of the public service from
the infection ot faithless stewards, but to the
much more illustrious and elevated objects
of purging the constitution of the corruption
which envelopes it, of directing his eye, in
the true intent and meaning ot the constitu
tion, t.i the general welfare.
We have been favored with a copy of the
following letter from the Attorney General,
embracing the official opinion of that officer
upon a question, which we have hod occnsion
to know is one of no slight consequence to
the community. We are persuaded that ihc
liberality of that gentleman will excuse us
for soliciting the opportunity of laying be_
fore the public his reply to a question pro.
pr.unded to him by the Governor, and also
for appending a few remarks of our own,
j which, with gvcut deference, we propose to
I make.
Vharlnton, May III, IP29.
Pi: in flu?I lu?*o to aiknou ledge your ItMlci
of Ilia 14ln iiiM iiii)i|ii inf whether n pcrvui uliu
Sim* been tdulcnced to ttaud coiniuillid till the
fine nuii nn!i *ro paid, can be rtliuved linni
itn;ni5 >itint-it( under ??*?>' ol tlie piovitioiit uiude
t<ir in^ilwnl d?litor-/
The insolvent ili'tttor* mi'i prison hotimb net *'??
nut teem to r? late to |H.nom imprisoned tur fine*.
Hut tin* net of 1787, |>. I 430, lias a lienrin^ on
?iicli nei?on?, for it dirrtft that where nuy fine
?liall In' iiiiposcil, it' tin* party whtill full to pay
down tlir miiiv,i A. fa. jiIiiiIi anJ if tin- slier
Itrieturn cm oaili ilmt Ilia offender has no pioper
tv or tint MJllirient to *atl?ly 1 lie Aiim uud cottr,
I ficit ii ?'.a. ?a ?hull ??fur, whereby lie sli a 11 !#?? irn
primmed >111111 tint forieitura, i:o*t? una < Imr^rs arc
paid, entitled however to the privilege of intol
i vent debtor#
I am nut uivtire of any nllirr net on tlir subject;
and it doe* not appear to tue. that tin* art. HI
lend* to llio i-.ufit x?hrre ho ?!fcnd?r it imprison
ed liy tlm order of th" judge to stand committed
till llio finti is paid; for in inch cum there if no
need of any A. fa. or ca. ?a. and it tin: act of 1787
be considered ni a general regulation fot nil rain
of misdeim-tnors, it would take away from Din
judgn tint power of imprisoning nt nil. Uul such
does not nppenr to l?e llio intention. In caies
when* the sentence U to stand committed till tlifl
Ann ii paid, the imprisonment appear* to If hu
iutetrnl pint of tin* puuitiiuit'ut; and it so, the in*
solvency ol the prisoner lias nothing to do with it
It llw sentence wer# to pay tlie fine and Ite Im
prisoned linen months. tliu inability to pay the
linn would Iim no groupd to shorten tlie term of
linen month* confinement, and il doe%nol appear
to me, Ilmt the m?M uncertainty ol the term Mill
tiioky any difference.
/1 am <li'?r ilr,
Very respectfully and truly,
Your obedient serv'l.
J l. PKTir.nv.
Hit Ki. f?ov. Mn.t.rN, Camden, 3 ('.
An individual in fined and imprisoned for
nsnault ifud battery, for instance, and the
judge hiiiicxch the additional penalty, that
the convict ?tan<l commuted until theJine
be duchnrffttl'. Is this law* Am! doc* the
statute of 17JJ7 which the Attorney CJcncral
h-iH construed a* above afford no relief?
We have bestowed some ref vetion upon
thie subject, and we are constrained to sayt
that we believe the nnnexntion of a sentence,
to stand committed till a fine be satisfied, is
not good law, for the reason, that it appears
to us tocouflict ns well with the statue above,
hi with the principles of the com mop law,
the general humane spirit of all our legal in
stitution*, and the still higher authority
of the constitution of the state.
The Attorney (Jenerul supposes that the
act of 17717 does not apply to persons impris
oned for fines by nnlcr of the coutt, because
in this case, there is no need of the prices*
of ft. fa. and en. an. whit h that act directs.
We understand that the executive does not
entirely concur with this view of the subject,
hut ent e rt ains the opinion t h at th is act accords
to all persons, committed until payment of
fine, the privilege of the insolvent debtors'
and prison bounds act. Nor does lie rcga rd
this construction as exciudir.gthe right of the
circuit judges to imprison until the payment
of fiikt and ca*b, provided 4bch order be con
sidered, In intent* and operation, m a sub
stitute foe the process provided by the act
of 1797. In all cam, therefore, where the
party, thus committed, ia refuted the privi
lege of the Insolvent debtor*' and prison
bounds act, we are authorised to say, that
the Governor will Interpose, the executive
prerogative. /* ' *1
We believe thla construction to be alto
gether tenable. Why is not the act of 1787,
quoted by Mr. Petigru, genera! in its appli
cation ? Ia not the language broad ana com
prehensive f "In every case where any
fine shall be irti/ioeed by,or recovered for the
use of the state In any district court," &c.
What can he more universal than this ? The
Attorney General says, IT it be general In its
application to all misdemeanors, it will take
away from the judge the power of imprison
ing at nil. Surely not, we think. The judge
can still imprison ,as the common law directs,
for the offence?and he can, moreover, im
prisou for the fine?but upon the condition
prescribed in the act of '8r~-teaving the
party " entitled to the privilege ?/insolvent
debtors." Where is the Illegality?-where
the impolicy of this construction ? It may
qualify the tyrannical doctrine of incarcera
ting a party for iifc^ in a very summary way,
not for the crime for which he was arraign
ed, though that itself may be dubious and
trivial, but for the crime ol being unable to
/mi, tbe fine. We cannot discover the poli
cy oi this doctrine, and its justice is equally
obscure to us. Suppose A. and H. convicted
ol an assuult and batter)', each equally guil
ty. Each is imprisoned tiirce months and
fined one hundred dollars, to stand commit
ted until the sentence be satisfied. A hap
pens to hnve some cash in his possession and
terminates his expiation at the end of three
months 11 has none and no means of pio
curing it?where ia he to be found ten or
twenty years afterwards ? In goaj, accor
ding to the doctrine of the above letter, and
we believe the practice of the^ourt. If the
statute of '87 is to effect any good purpose
whatever, we know not why its application
is prohibited here. The subjects of the
court of sessions, every lawyer knows, are,
in perhaps a plurality of cases of assault and
battery and lighter misdemeanors, also the
subjects of penury, and arc totally unable to
satisfy the fine and the costs. Where is the
hmnitnity of consigning them to merciless
bondage ; or the policy of inflicting judicially
on the public treasury the incubus of goal
pauperism *
Why should this be an integral part of
the punishment for misdemeanors ? Is not
the penalty of the common law, fcr this
class of offences, fine and imprisonment, nnd
where is the authority for the superadded
punishment of imprisonment until fine and
costs be paid ? Is it a crime in a purty to be
unable to pay the fine of the court, any
more tlun it is a crime in a debtor to be un
| able to satisfy the judgment of the court up
on a note of hand A party commits a
breach of the pcaee and violatea the pel son
. J rights of his fellow citizcn?he ia impris
oned one month?he is too poor to pay a fine
of five, ten, or fifteen dollars for the above
offence, and tor this he is imprisoned for
life ! It is to this absurdity that the doc
trine leads us. If the law be the " perfec
tion of reason," this cannot be law.
Our opinion and the determination of the
Executive, ore strongly fortified, we think,
by the constitution of the state. In article
IX, section 4, it is thus ordained :
M Excessive bail shall not be required, nor
excessive fines imposed, nor cruel /iunls/i~
menfs inflicted."
In another placc it is provided, that the
Governor shall " tnkc chic that the laws be
faithfully executed in mercy."
Is it any thing less than cruelty, that a
party in ease of n light offence, shall Maud
committed without limitation, fur not paying
what he has no means to pay ? Is this con
sistent with the humanepurposeof the above
constitutional provision* ? Is it not in reality
n punishment, nrrf*r/punishment, of fiovcr*
tu nnd not of crime ? We never imugined
this to be the government where a man's
rights of personal liberty were to be judicially
i measured according to the ratio of his dollars
nnd cents, nor do we admit it as the law of
the land. If it be, there is, in our judgment,
no meaning in the maxim, that the rights of
he poor are as sacred as those of the rich.
Where an offence is committed, the judge,
in the dlM-hargc of his duty, ought to lm-r
pose such a sentence as he think* would
satisfy public justice, if he has in the case
unqualified discretion ; but in no cane, such
a sentence, as calls for the.rcform of the
governor, dependent upon the contingent y
of the defendant's fortune. If A commit an
assault and battery, the question It, how
much shall he pay, bow long be Imprisoned
for this offence. But to order him to pay a
fine, and to require the additional atonement
of lying in goal until he raises the wind, looks
like using the right to imprison for the real
offence, for a new and incidental purpose,
via. the raising of revenue, and seems to us
to be not very unlike the congressional prac
tice of transforming the right to tax for rev*
enue Into the right to tax for prohibition.
We trust we shall be understood as freely
Admitting the doctrie* of imprisonment to
the utmoit limit of discretion, if the Judge
choose, tot the offcjce which U i**d upoa
? ptrty?but we agnln repeat that to Imprtr
oa Indefinitely because the party dot* not
pay, U to punleh poverty and ?o*tl?ecrtaie.
Wc shall hear, with ? great deal of plea
ure, any argument to the contrary, and are
?ore that If thla subject provoke any discus
sion, the community wilt not be theloeer.
COLUMBIA CAHAL.
The following statement of the trade on
this canal Is taken from the Lock-keeper's
Boolta and publUhedfor public Information!
From she It/ Oct. 1836 to let Oct. 1827.
Total amount of cotton* 45.613 bale*,
do. of boats, up 8c down, 969
do. of tolls collected, 53,993 08
From the it Oct. 1827 to Ut Oct. 1838.
Total amount of cotton, 39,504 bale*,
do. ' of boats, op 0c down, 717
do. of tolls collected, ?3,245 57
From the It. Oct. 1838 to Ut June 1839.
Total amount of cotton, 48,930 bale*,
do. of boats, tip 8c down, 995
do. . of tolls collected, f 3,161 88
From the best information We can obtain,
we have no doubt, that 10,000 bales ought to
be added to the above account for 1826, '29*
as the amount shipped from Granby, which
never passed thro* the canal. The quantity
of cotton purchased in this market during
the present season, iu not short of 60,000
bales.
Wo learn (ruin (ho UaltiOMHe l'ulriot that Mr.
Cloy has very gracefully ntcs a very gre*t din
ner, urar Lexington, Kentucky, in the i>reseuc?of
stout 4,000 eyes, and that he hu tickled a* many
ear* with tho BHilody of a ?|>?ciineu of rhetoric,
beyond any thiug with which ho hod over favored
Kmluckj. There waa upwardi of an hour of
talking no bloody not**, nor broken shins.
A'oflA *ayr, in relation to the Junction of tho
Knquircr and Morning Courier ** oar friend" (tho
I'tnL wo itippoie) w it aUonisbcd st the unit?n of
the two papers. It would aatonidi him lo a great'
er degree, if ho wai com|>elled to raise the wind
iu Wall Street to the tuoo of tir Unndrtd dollar*
|?er uttk to pay fur |>n|>er,couipotilor?, and devils.
1 he liutineta of overtrading in uewtpaperr, a? in
oouime/ue and inaaufuclarert, i? regulating it
?elf."
Wc publish to day the Prospectus of
the "Irkhman," a paper printed in Charles
ton, of which wc have netcivcd two Nos.
The typographical execution is neat, nnd
there is an abundance of original matter.
Wc offer our best wishes to our new brother
of the corps editorial.
Tlio manufacturer* are jvttin; ii?!o bn) odour
about Boston ?having lull tlieir credit. We
iu{gcil ? remedy: We learn from the manufac
turer*, dial they have ousted the Britbh from
the market of South Amerky Why nut import
Spccie, tho Tariff don't prohibit it, and be in'
dependent of Bank corporations?
The Mutton Cornier complaint of tho treatment
which the Mimufacturing Interest meet* with in
B?fton- 'Wo have It (.ays the Courier,) frim
authuiity on which we place the fullest reliance,
that a gentleman recently offered a note for dis
couut at one of the neighboring bank*, which wai
douicd for no other reason than that one o.' tho
uamea wa# that of one concerned iu manufactur
ing. On r^niouttraliog with the President upon
thiseaclusit* decision?'Sir, (laid the President)
reasoning and remoot'.ranee aro useless; the board
of directors have formally voted that they will
UiMonnl no piece of paper having on it the name
of a manufacturer.*
The people in several counties have come,
we are informed, to (he determination,to vole
for Mr. Gilmer at the election itt October
next, under tlje belief, that although he de
clines being a candidate for re-election, he
will not refuse to nerve, if clected. In pub
lic or private life, no purer man can he found
and the loss of his services in Congress
would not he easily replaced. His sterling,
unbending integrity, n6t less than tils indusr
try nud talents, make hlm.n most valuable
public man. This it not merely our opinion
?it is the prevailing sentiment of the peo
ple throughout the state.?Southern Recor
der.
We can very truly add, that a sense of
Mr. (?timer's worth is l?y no means confin
ed to his own Hate. We sincerely hope,
that his political life will not be suffered to
terminate so prematurely. We believe he
is too much of a patriot to refuse to obey the
call of his country if it be made hy his re
election?for it would he an honorable mark
ot confidence, which he might carry with
him to Congress as a proud testimonial of his
position iu the estimation ot those who com
mit to their representative* at this particu*
tur juncture most important trusts.
It will bf *e?n by the following letter, addremd
l<y tho Covet nor lathe couusel o( the convict,
that Shadrach Jacobs has not obtained thf
interposition of tho Kioonlivr, for which he ap
plied.
Columbia, 3rd June, 1429.
Dkar Him?I have considered yourletter,
enclosing a copy of the indictment, convic
tion, ana recommendation by the jury to
mercy, of Shadrack Jacobs, for the murder
of Andrew Feasier?together with the re
port of the presiding judge, aud a tetter from
the convict. It appears that no Important
legal questions were involved in this case > it
was a question of fact, who killed Feasterf
Which being established wasclearly murder
in that person. The evidence was fairly
submitted, liberally and humanely comment
ed on by the presidingludge. The evidence
as to the agent in this bloody deed, was suffi
cient to satisfy the iury j it was sufficient
to satisfy mii enlightened court, accus
tomed to consider and weigh its force ami
effect?one, not less distinguished for Its
learning, than its indc|>endcrite and humani
ty in reVU wing criminal trials.
In the application to this department for a
pardon, ttw principal reliance Is upon the
recommendation of the jury, who tried the
coqvict.f Thf recomraenditioii In sych a
UN, whtt* V'prom their raMlbtNk av
?Mil. thews how little their judgments, a*,
dispensers of justice, were In ftueocedthereby.
Knowing, that thoee who pronounce the
Uat ond moot dreadful oentence upon life,
cannot but feel tho'responsibility to bo great,
?ml have their sensibilities awakened to thn
highest pitch ol human kindness, 1 mwik?
respect a recommendation from them as
much, as if they had boon indifferent specta
tor* at the trial. Indeed* I should consider
it ae extremely impolitic, to permit the pub
lic to believe, that the recommendation of
to mercy, without stating the pre
? # ?. a * ? ? a V* ?
tire. However salutary In ? patkulnr ease
such a recommendation might prove, I can
net but regard it as ultimately hazarding thn
rights of the accused*
- Such is the humanitr of our law, thatlf any
one man e| the jury does hot assent to the -
prisoner's guilt, he la acquitted. If a re
commendation to mercy could benanlcd
as likely to have an authoritative influence.
It would be readily substituted as a compro
mite ofa doubtiulcase*
In the case now before me, the prisoner
urges this consideration. I do not know,
nor can I assume, that such waa*?ho fact
here. The jury ought nOt to have supposed.
In a case of great enormity, If they establish
ed the identity of the criminal, that the
course of justice would be arrested by ex
ecutive mercy.
In refusing to interfere In the case of this
unfortunate old man, I have derived a con
solation from the knowledge, that he has a
higher tribunal to which he must appeal?
one, where there are nodoobta in the judge
ment, and where mercy 1* thb darling attri
bute; to which tribunal he b remitted.
Vrry respectfully, yours fee.
STEPHEN D. MILLER.
Capt. Jas. O'Hanlon, Columbia.
We lay before our reader* a summary ot the
proceeding* at Wellington City, In the case of
Tobias Watkins. Mis counsel have put in a gen
eral dtmurrte, denying that (be o&titou charged
I* indictable al com mo* law?and denying that
there is si.y comm<m law for the United States.
The Richmond Whig Utlnks that the coert will
sustain the defendant ? the flew York Commercial
Advertiser thinks that Watkins will be convicted
on both praientments. Being both of thesams
kidney, ws balance the opinion of one sgalnst
that of tho other
But who will deny that lid* is a virtualand un
questionable cenfesiion of guilt by Watkins.* Sup
pose he escapes upon n quibbling technicality of
law?will not tho univenal opinion of the pnblio.
nail open btm t be charge.'
COMMUNICATIONS.
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At a stated Ordination, held at St. Paul's
Church, Charleston, un Sunday, 24th May,
1839, by the /it. Rev. Diuho/t Bovten, the
Rev. William 8. WUton wasadmitted to the
holy order of Priests. Divine Krvicc on
the oecasioo, was performed hy the Hev.
Dr. Adam* ; \he candidate was presented
by the Hev. Alston Gibbs, and an appropri
ate discourse delivered by the He v. Chr'n.
Uanchell. ' *
Mr. Editor?I wan much turpii?cd b/
a statement given in your paper ot the 15th
ult. by Dr. James Davis, tfint the cost ot the
Lunatic Asylum was so much leu than 1 had
been informed by several representatives,
who said that more than g 100,000 had been
appropriated lor the crectiug of that build
ing; ui?d I have observed to very many stran
ger*, that the building cost upwards of
*100,000. I And, however, that Dr. Davis
is also incorrect, at which 1 wonder very
much, "as an easy reference to the nublu.
acts of our legislature within the last e or
six years, would have enabled him to havu
arrived at the truth of the fact*" Instead
| of the whole appropriation being less than
; ?75,000, it Is J8 9.500, and the treasurers
I Cunningham and Harrison, have paid out
I of the treasury ?84496 61? leaving In the
| treasury f 3,003 39. An act to erect an Asy
I lum In 1821, appropriated f30,00Of in 1822.
?16,500 was appropriated for the tamplrtlny;
f the building; In 1823, 55*000 was appro
priated for carrying on the work) lit 1821,
319,000 was appropriated for the same pur
pose; in 1825 the legislature refused to make
any appropriation} Til 1828, f 12?0ft was ap
propriated to complete the work) and in
1827, $li000 was appropriated to carry into
operation the whole work.
As regards the certificate of the treatu
rer, it was given in haste without any idea of
its going to the press, and he had reforencn
to what had been paid by the treasurers anM
not to the appropriations.
A CAROLINIAN.
?BawnHMMSJ
FOREIGN NEW8.
(From the New Yoifc MorningCourier]
FROM KNOI.AND.
Hy the arrival (below) yesterday of the
p icket ship Napoleon, Cspt. Smith, from
Liverpool, whence she sailed on the 24th
April, we have received our regular files of
l<ondon papers to the 23d, Liverpool to 24t1i,
Glasgow and Greenock to 22d April, all In
clusive! which with Lloyd's and other ship
ping lists to 22d, and our correspondents let
I tern, put us in possession o? information to
| the latest hour.
We find on a hasty glance of our papers
no news of the least Importance from tho
seat of war, the continent, or the Meditera
nean, and the Rngllsh Parliament having
been adjourned from 15th to 98th April, our
foreign extracts this morning are unusually
uninteresting.
The London journals of 21st, 22d and 23d,
April, contain copious extracts from New
York unpen in relation to the case of Ron -
land Stephenson. r.
A large nubile meeting was held In Dub
lin, the object ot which was the prevention
of any illumination or other manifestation of
triumph on thesucceseof the catholic relict
bill, which might lead to the exasperation of
party feeling. This Is a course worthy of
emancipated catholics.
The subject of the Rnst India monopoly
is the canoe of much discussion in the Rng
lish journal*. Public meetings have been
held at various commercial towns, on thr