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POLITICAL,.
[From the Richmond Enquirer.]
REMOVALS.
We have not "buttoned up our opinions
in our Doublets lH We have laid down tlie
rule which we should have preferred, but
In applying that rule to each special caae,
the difficulty is to possess ourselves of the
re aeon* whtet dictated the removal. It is
j not an agreeable task for the government
to lay open all the eases, and perhaps to
takeaway the reputation aa well as the of
fice of the incumbent. We think it proba
ble that we shoulddisapproveof some of the
removals at Washington, after hearing of
all the circumstances ,? But the develope
menu now going on should teach us caution,
against any precipitate judgments > We
ought first to hear the facts, and then de-f
How many of the 400 clerks have been
turned out ?? How many of those who have
experienced this melsncholy fate, have
been removed for good cause?for neglect
of duty, tbo want of qualification, mischiev
ous irregularities or worte.and the conceal
ment of them in others? We have heard of
several such cases which have not been
brought before the public.?Who supposed
that Tobias Wntklns was a defaulter f
Whocouldhave suspected that Mr.Nnursc,
whose feelings we should be loth to wound,
had been guilty of any irregularity in office,
find yet it Is said that even fie is a defaulter,
and that he has failed to comply with one
<>f the most important requisitions of our
laws in relation to the disbursements of
money s that the warranta which he ought
to hsve certified, he has sometimes permit
ted his Clerks to do lor him.
Time is to shed its light upon such trans
actions ; but this general view strikes us
with great force. A new administration
has come into power. The public voice
calls upon it to reform all abuses. These
are strongly suspected to exist, in conse
quence of the character and acts of the
last Administration. What better things
could have been cxpected from them f The
President was m eloset man, talented, with
high literary pretensions, but scarcely ac
quainted with men except "through the
spectacle of books"? He was engrged in
writing?His first minister was playing the
orator and the manager. The Secretary
at War was any thing, except a man of busi
ness?And the Department of the Navy,
is already sufficiently distinguished bv the
defalcations of Tobias Watkins. With
such heads of Departments, whRt was the
nation to expect.' Remissness of expendi
ture, n e^lect of duty; I ittl e attention to every
?lay business; but enough of management,
intrigue and extravagance. Ilence it be
comes necessary to sound every depsrtinent,
tothe bottom, and ascertain all the shallow*
and depths of corruption?to anal lie the
past expenditures, and prevent the repeti
tion of every abuse. This process is going
on.? The Administration enterw upon the
work with every advantage in getting hold
of all the |iapers?and employing every ne
cessary agent, even to the dark spot of the
Secret Service Fund, who is calculated to
discover the mischief, if there be any.
But to do this effectually,,they must be per
mitted to examine the acts of every clerk
in the departments ; and to substitute those,
who are dishonest and incompetent, by
more capable, enterprising and scrupulous
agents l With these impressions, we are
not prepared to cry out at every removal'
that we hear of,??Crucify A. Jackson ! he
is a tyrant and a monster;** but we arewll-1
ling to hear the reasons and then judge for
ourselves.
Even upon the removals, that are made I
of subordinate officers, at a distance. It
would be very rash topass judgment hastily.
Some errors msy be committed ; but who
will say in how msny cases were the old offi
cerswrongfully removed? Some time, then,
ought to be allowed for those, who remove
subordinate officers at a distance, to explain
the reasons. We should wait, for the facts,
before we decide. Every day's experi
ence satisfies us on this point. The N. In
stancy gave the other day a list
of Post Masters who had been removed in
? ??,e JMWn*. The last evening's
mall bring* us the remarks of the Portland
Argus on the Lamentations of the Intelli
gtneer.?It shows why two of the principal
of these officers were turned out?We shall
submit these remarks in our next?ami
they convince us, how unjust it frequently
'* to etrlke before you hear.
We give them time to be heard j without
committing ourselves to condem or approve
in the gross. We would not punish the de
cent exercise of opinion. We would not
reward the abandoned partisan. Cer
Sir W" rVf,ln no officer in the
publlo service. We would strike with
regret at the veteran officer, who
Js every way incompetent?Even the revo
lutionary services of a Glent worth should
not protect him?that gentleman, over
whom so many tears have been shed, was
,6?t. H of the Port of
Philadelphia) because, it is said, that he
was utterly unqualified for the office, and It
was owing pretty much to his remissness,
that the U.S. sustained such a heavy loss
in the ease of the teas, fraudulently with
drawn from the public warehouse.
We know, that a new doctrine b now to
begot up, that the President has no power
to re movet without the consent of'the Sen
ate?and the debates of the first Congress
sre referred to for proofs of the position.
But, whatever were the Debates, tne ques
tion wss decided in both Houses in favor of
the power?and from that day to thM, H has
'aercised oy every Administration.?
Gen. WashiMteu recalled Mr. Monroe -
Mr. John Adsms put out and put In?Mr.
Jefferson was heaflly complained of, for
fc! U now to be cruified for
WJowlng their example?Do hie vetv foe
?*?*<* to tWn Dr.
WiMklns, until he csn convene the Senate?
And must that body be in constant session,
tu pin upon the case of every publio officer,
who is suspected of dishonesty, or charged
with luctpsckjf f
Whether there ought not to be some other
Check on the Executive Power of Remo
val and Appointment, then what the Con
stitution has provided, the law has enacted,
or custom has sanctioned, we are not now
prepared to say. We entertain great jeal
ousy ot the Executive power at all times
ana feel disposed to watch its exercise with
the meet sleepless vigilance.?The theory
of our government, the rights ot the States,
and the freedom ot the people demand it.
While we weald, therefore, guard the ex
ercise of the power of removal, with the ut
most vigilance; while we would restrict H
to cases which the public iatereos pre
scribe, we cannot fly to extremes, and de
ny its existence in any case whatsoever.
'I here are, perhaps, latltudinarlans on both
sides?those, who would leave very few lu
cumbents in oAcc, and those who would
leHveall. The former, would enlarge the
Executive Discretion, at the risk of the
rights of ths people?while the latter would
leave the Public Treasury at the mercy of
th? fraudulent, and the public offices in the
hands of unprincipled knaves and incompe
tent idlers, sots, and blockheads.
The people expect and demsnd of Gen.
Jackson the reform of all abutet, to swesp
nway nil the filth of the Augesn Stable
which has been accumulating for some time
?with every bad officer who is quartered
upon the public crib. He has the necessa
ry energy to execute the task?to look into
every case himself, and judge according to
its merits, upon juttanu firofier ftrlnei/ilet.
His ft lends call upon him to discharge it
nnd his countrymen will support him.
It is a singular fact, that the same system
of reform is going on at the same time in
England and the U. States, as appears from
the following item brought by tne very last
nrrivtl :
"A general revision of public ofliccs is go
ing on in England conformably to the pledge
of the Chancellor of the Exchequer," that
U was intended to institute a particular in
quiry into the itate of each acid every pub
lic (fenartment." Local commissions have
been formed, with instructions to institute a
riKid examination of the mode in which the
business is transacted, the competency of
the persons employed, 4cc. with a view to
a reduction in th"ir numbers which it :s ex
pected will bu effected to a very considera
ble extent between this and the next ses
sion of Parliament. Twelve clerks it is
said are to be dismissed from the Navy Of
fice in Somerset House, who will retire
upon a ouperannuatcd allowance propor
tioned to their length of service." (Of
course, wc have no such annuitants in the
U.S.)
[Front the Georgia Journal J ,
THE UNION. '
The artirlc we publish from the Chris
tian Examiner, respecting the Union, we
nrc glad to perceive, has attracted the at
tention of the people of the United
In the south especially, where an ardent af
fret inn for that Union has been always
manifested, the article in question seemt to
he read with pleasure, ana with the fond
hope, that it may assist in strengthening the
bond which freedom, interest, self preser
vation and national pride, have formed for
the mutual good of'.he contracting parties.
The writer of the article declares that,
if the federal party, or the north, have
shown at times, unfriendly dispositions to
the Union, the same accusation can be al
leged against the democratic party* or the
south; and he citea for examples, in sup
port of this allegation, the proceedings in
Virginia in regard to the Alien and Hedi
tlon laws, the declaratlbns of Georgia in
respect to the Indians, and the debate* and
resolutions of South Carolina upon the Ta
riff.
We shall not attempt, at present, to vindi
cate the south from the accusation of hav
ing, at any time, manifested a disposition
unfriendly to the Union. We may hereaf
ter take up the subject, and enter fully into
It. Wesfial! content ourselves with * few
remark* only, whleh, if they are found
worthy the attention ot Dr. Cnannlng, may
induce him to give hi* ideas and opinions
upon the subject in view, which would no
doubt be read with as much avidity as the
nrtkle on the Union.
The writer of" Union," recommends to
the federal government, in the adoption of
legislative measures, simplicity and impar
tiality ? Thia i* precisely what the south
em states, ever since the confederation of
the states, have practised, when they had
the power in the General Government, and
what they demand and contend for, now
that they are in the minority. We will ask
Dr. Channlng to tell us, what measure was
adopted, during the presidencies of Messrs.
Jefferson, Madison and Monroe, which
was partial, which benefitted one section
of the country to the detriment o1 another.
We have repeatedly put this question
to our opponents, and not one of thtm
ha* as yet hud the candour to give u*
a plain and categnrica! answer. We may
be mistaken In our assertion; but we ven
ture to asaert. that, during the administra
tion of the three gentlemen above named,
when the democratic party, or the south,
had the majority in Congre*s, no public
measure waa adopted which favoured the
south more than the other sections of the
Union. On the contrary, it was with plea
sure that the South witnessed and support
ed any plan devised by the General Gov ?
ernment. lor the advancement and pros
perity of the north and west. It was with*
out jealousy, that the south witnessed the
increase of the trade, commerce, and
wealth, of the north, and the increase of
population, wealth, and intuence, of the
we*t. It waa the south, against the whole
strength ot the north, and of the federal
party, which enabled Mr. leflbraon to pur
chase Louisiana, and to Insure to the w(M'
ern st ate* a r*?e* of deposit* for the lm
men*e quantity of their agricultural pro
ducts. It was the south, which supported
Mr. Monroe In the purchase of the Flori
da*, and in obtanlng satisfaction for spollt
tIon* committed by Spate en property be
longing elmoet exclusively to eniaen* of the
United At?tftre*Mia| In the north. In the
and the Florida*,
were th* southern
purchase of Louisiana
what Immediate benefit
states to derive ? It wu to benefit the
whole Union; it wee to beoefit partkular
ly the w?it end northern merchants.
To the disinterested conduct of the aooth,
whet has the north to produce to oompari*
?on? The north* in numberless instances
has endeavoured to injure the south, by
recommending end supporting measures,
partial aud arbitrary in their nature, and
highly oppressive in their effects on the
southern suites. Tho south has never
meddled with the local coeoerns of the
north. The north has constantly meddled
1 with the local interests of the south, and
endeavoured to paralyse her resources, end
prevent her progress in weelth, population,
and influence. In danger, in embarrass
ments, in misfortune, the south stood firm
and undaunted, supported the Union with
all her might, lavished her treasures and
the blood of her sons, in defence ol the
rights, reputation, and soil of the common
country, nnd resented with the pride be
coming freemen the insults offered to the
American flag.
To the disinterested conduct of the south,
what has the north to produce in compari
son f Can the Missouri question be forgot
ten ? Csn the system of Internal Improve
ment, undertaken by the General Govern
ment exclusively for the benefit of the
north, be a matter ol perfcct indifference to
the south f Csn the tarifft of 1834 and 1838,
adopted for the exclusive benefit of a few
individuals to the Injury ot a Urge portion
of the Union, be viewed without resent
ment, when misery and ruin accompany
them ? Can Georgia, In particular, look
with a placid eye, on their nothern breth
ren, when those northern brethren are in
sidiously endeavouring to prevent Georgia
from obtaining the entire control and enjoy
ment of all the land within her limits, and
especially after the northern Mutes them
selves have succeeded in driving away the
Indians from their territories, or after they
have been annihilated by the compression
of the white population ? Do the northern
States believe that Georgia has already too
much wealth, population, and power, and
that an accession of territory would in
crease that wealth, and that power 7 II in
deed Georgia were to advance in wealth
and power, by the enlargement of her teri
tory, has ?he ever made a bad use of her
influence, when in the majority with the
democratic party *
These remarks nro made not in a spirit
of anger, nor with feelings of resentment.
They are made to show, that the South has
never once departed from the fundamental
principles of the American confederation as
set forth by Dr. Chsnning, and that at all
times,when in the minority, and in prosper
ity, when in the minority, and oppressed by
the majority, she wss determined to stand
by the Union, with tho anticipation of bet
ter times, and of more liberality, as well as
friendly and brotherly dispositions from
our fellow citizens in tho north and west.
At nil times Georgia has supported and
will still support, in the measures of the
General Governmentaimfilicity and Imfiar
tlality.
THIS TARirr.
Various account* from New-England,
" concur in representing the condition of
the manufacturea a* extremely deplorable."
Thia in preciitely what the enemies of the
Tariff predicted. It shows tho mad nemt?
tho utter inij>olicy?the rank injuatice of at
tempting, by legislation,to foater cme branch
of industry at the expense of the rcaLm
The proaj>erity of a nation depends on a
thousand contingencies, which legislation
can neither foreaee, nor control; but to
which, individual enterprise, jumI individu
al foresight, if left Dree, have scarcely ever
proved unequal. Legal enactments, it in
true, create an artificial atate of thing*,
which for a time, may benefit a part, but
which, in tho end, must provo an injury to
all. The truth ofthis remark, ia moat for
cible exemplified, in thepresent depressed
condition of tho New-Eiijzlnnd Manufac
turer*. Ir the year 1818, the manufacturer
protected against foreign competition by the
laws of theland, waa in a moat flourishing
condition. Thousands who knew nothing
about the business, embarked their capital
in it, and it was overdone by excessive
competition. Of course the business de
clined, and the manufacturer waa visited by
a sad and sudden reverse. Congress was
petitioned for additional protection?the ag
riculturists, suffering under heavy exact
ions on their industry, met them at the bar
of their common country: but the voice of
their grievances was not heard. The Ta
riff or 1824 waa pasaed by a majority of
Five! Life and activity were again restor
ed to tho manufacturing business, and larg*
additional investments were made. Butit
soon began again to decline, and the manu
fatturer, encouraged by his success hereto
fore, determined to apply once more to Con
gress. The commercial and agricultural
community, taxed almost to the last dollar
of their income, again remonstrated against
the injustice of the measure, and waa again
answered by additional burdens. The fa
riff of 1898 was passed?which being pro
duced by the same cause ss the Tariff of
1891, is rapidly bringing about the same re
sults. While it is severely onerous to its
opponents, it haa failed to produce tho ef
fects anticipated bv its friends. Legislation is
the order of the day; nothing can now be i
done without legialation. Wo do, in our
consciences believe, we arc approaching
that point in improvident legislation, from
which we cannot recede with aafety. and
cannot advance without ruin. Let ua learn
wisdom, if not from the experience of other
nations, at least from the experience of our
own. Let us scatter the cloud* which are
gathering in the south, and which threaten
to produce a storm, tho violence and Airy
of which, this union may not be strong
enough to resist.?Jrjfrrtnninn Ht/tub titan.
The Intelligencer, of Tuesday, speaks of
the removal of Mr. Nourae, as follows:
" Joanna Novae* is removed from the
oAce of Register of the Treasury, 'i his
venerable citixen, distinguished for the pie
ty and excellence of his personal character,
has been an example to publle servante of
irreproachable Adelity and eomctnees for
more than fifty yaws. Mr. Nourae enter*
ed the pubtfo service aa Secretary to
CttAaLFS Lr.n, and was with that c
?Gen.
officer
at Fort Moultrie, in the harbor of Chart?
too, when it wasbeaiegcdby the British.?
Ha continued with General Lm until tho
battle of Monmouth, after which he wan
appointed under the Old Oongtew, Decem
ber K>, 1776, Assistant Clerk to the Board of
War. June 17.1777. Deputy Secretary to
the Board of War, February 12, 1778, Se
cretary of Ordnance, and Pavmaster to the
Board of War. May 10, 1779, Aaaiatant
Auditor General. September 19,1781, Re
he was reappointed, September 13, 1788,
Register of the Treasury, in which office he
has remained to the present time. Wo can
not imagine any thing like a justification of
this reaeoval, or eVon a single circumstance
to qualify it"
The Journal, of yosterday .follows up the
subject by threatening tho President with
am impeachment! I We do not deny that
Mr. Nourse has filled tho offices here named
and received the talary attached thereto, for
the terms above stated. The dates arc giv
en with such a punctilious exactitude, as to
leave no doubt that tho statement was made
upon a careful inspection of tho commis
mods, and proceeded, for auartit we know,
from Mr. Nourse himself. The Intelligen
cer and Journal are licenced coinplaincrs,
but we again caution their country coadjutor*
against following their example. If U
dHiuld appear that, in addiUon to the
large sums received by Mr. Nourao on
account of his salary, ho has improperly
used other large sums of public money, for
which he must hereafter account to the gov
ernment, tho clamor about his removal must
re-acton the coalition. We lc\rn that Mr.
Nourse admits the fket of his indchtednett to
the government; tho fircclte amount is not |
yet ascertained.
For this indebtedness, there can bo no a
poloary. Mr. Nourso was the Register of
tho Treasury, and the sum passing through
his hand, has been chiefly lor contingencies
of his department.
Wo can only repeat to our readors, that I
tho work of reform goes steadily on. That
tho President himself examines into all the |
causes of removal with great care; that, al
though ait these causes are not laid before I
tho |>coplo at tho firetent time, no removal
is made without such cause an is called for by
tho public interest?and that tho develop
ments which must take an official shape bo
fore the next Congress, will call IWtli tho|
gratitude of the naUon towards the incorrup
Uble statesman and patriot, who will have I
rendered more service in expelling tho a
gents of corruption from office, than ho did
in vatiquiidiing a foreign enemy.?17. ti.
Telrgra/ih.
Tit 12 triumph OAMPI.RTK?It is pecu
liarly gratifying to th??so who adhered to
CJov. Troup, throughout the Georgia con
troversy, to And that his doctrine*, for Uie
mfcintenace of which he wan branded am a
taitor, by tho parasites of tho lato adminix
tration of the United States Government,
have at length become the leading doctrines
of that same government under u now ad
ministration. It is now a common romark
among tho peoplo that Jackson and Eaton,
must have taken Troup's writings as their
text, in their late talks to tho Creeks and
Cherokee*.
Since the late fall and explicit declaration
of the views of tho President, in relation to
our Indian affairs, in recurring to the histo
ry of Troup's administration, we have been
frequently remindedoftheokl Spanish max
im which says, that when God desires to
bring any virtue from the shadow by which
it is obscured, into open day, he raises a
gainst it an host of enemies by whose envy,
hatred and malignant persecution its beau
ty and its excellence may be made manifest
to the whole world.
May not tho xamo thing, without any
violation of propriety, be said of the princi
ples of which Troup was an advocate so
powerful and unyielding*?and in regard
to them, has not the verisimilitude or t In*
maxim ooen established in every Jot and ti
tlo of it!?Geo. Jour.
M ISCEL.L. AN EOI7B.
Sprcimknhok Amkrican Poktry.
Wo have ?Mn a a copy of a work hint pub
lished S. O. Goodrich fc Co. of Boston,
containing specimens of tho writings of the
Poeta of tikis country, from the earliest day
to the present. We had not time to ex
amine it thoroughly, and have confined
our reading to the criticisms and *|>ocimeiis
of aomo of tho older poeta, and those whom
we felt personally acquainted with.
The public are under obligation* to the
publisher, and editor for bringing to light
many name* hot before known, and for
collecting piece* of composition almost or
quite forgotten. The young men who have
been now first introduced by name to the
literary world, ought also to feel grate
All for the circumstance, a* in every ca*e
they appear to advantage. The celebrity
of a poet i* generally very transient, and
it is no very uncommon thing for a good
writer to flourish for a season, and receive
the flattery of the world in which he move*
without being remembered, except by a
few, longer than while his productions sre
going the round* of the newspapers. The
worn wo now speak of has at least this ad
vantage, H. makes os acquainted with a few
we never knew before, and presents us
with tho best works of others unshackled
by inferior piecea of com position. In the
editor's prefkee he saya he has been actua
ted by a desire to do something for Amert*
can Literature.?How for he has succeed
ed, tho voico of his countrymen must de
termine, and for our part we are diaposed
to award him considerable merit, as wall
as to say thathis labor has not been useless.
We are strongly attached to our country, j
to Ha institutions, anditaliteraturo, in par
ticular, has atwavs been re guarded by us
I with anxiety. We have read a great ma
ny works by Americans that we thought
fiiolieh, and many others that we (elt proud
of, and it waa on theae tatter occasions that
we experienoedaosaeofour happiest sensa
tions. The selections made by Mr. Ket
teit do credit 16 his own industry, and sre
a great acquisition to the libraries of oar
reeding community. It is not long since
an American writer could not obtain an op
portunity to be re%d oat of tho circles of
hb acquaintance, ami a poet of all other*
2?* ** .r?ro M literary fiarx>enen of
Kngtand b common; but now Uio nemo I*
changed, and if it borer again aaked" who
reads an American Book'* we can turn to
thia and answer "who would not."?A/vr.
Herald.
Ti?? 8tatm or Trnnkhhkb ? Few
aectiooa of the Union poawaa neater nat
ural advantages than those enjoyed by the
State of Tenneaaee, and few hare made lea*
progress in phyaical and intellectual im
Krovement We hare a aensible and intel
gent population of at leaat 700,000?a soil
of surpassing fertility?and navigable
streams to convey to a ready market tlie
rich and varied production* of every quar
ter of theState. The local aituation of Ten
nessee ia a peculiar one. She can compoto
avwww.w.vi aivtAwnivii lvt|Ulir9nilU tttll
turn herattention advantageously and pro
fitably to manubctu rot*. Her mineral trea
aurea are inexhaustible, and in the manufac
ture of iron ahe will vary ahortly be enabled
to rival any of her abterstatcs. She ia en
tirely free from pecuniary embarrassment*,
and possesses a fund of ?1,000,000 which can
l?e devoted to any purpoaea the Legisla
ture may think proper to designate.?Add
to all these, tho roputation acquired through
the valor of her son* during the last war,
and the political importance recentlv deri
ved from having furniahed to the Union a
president, and a member of the cabinet.?
With all these ad van ta gesjand incitementa to
enterprise and improvement, it ia with feel
ingsakintoshame we confer, that there haa
not been a road of any value constructed in
tho atate?not a canal ojpened?no system of
commonachoola established?Uiat our Col
lege* and Universities languish for want of
Legialative patronage?and that altlio'
public opinion ia decidedly favorable to a re
formation in our penal code, the bah and the
brand are yet in uae! How long is this atate
of apathy to continue! Will Tennessee ne
ver enter upon that career of improvement,
which has shed such wealth prosperity and
glory upon New-York! Where are our
public men, that they witness with the most
aupine indifference this perfect stagnation of
enterprise and public spirit. Are they de
siroua of political dbtinctionl Here then ia
a field for their labors, amnio as the most
unlMHinded ambition could covet, from
which they can reap without difficulty a
rich harvest of popular favor. What ia
the public press of thia atate about! Slum
bering like her politiciana in the moat un
pardonable inactivity. Their influence is
extensive. Will they notexercise ill All
that is necessary j is, that tin* people should
be brought to think aeriously on the sub
ject. Let them once be awakened?let the
impulse once be given, and there will then
bo no obstacle to impede the progress of ra
pid and extensivo improvement. For the
last five or aix yearn, the thoughta and feel
inga of the people of Tennessee have Wen
absorbed in the heated and tho all-exciting
discussion of the Presidential question. That
question is now settled?and our distin
guished fellow citizen has received the re
ward of his virtues and his talents. It is
high time that tho |>oopto should turn their
attention to home affair*?it is high time.
that they should begin to improve thv
great natural advantages which thoUod/R
nature haa bestowed upon them.
Deeply senaiblo of tho vital importance
of thia subject, we design devoting much
of our timo and attention to the considera
tion of the local affair* of this state. In this
task, we hopo to obtain valuable aid and co
operation from our editorial brethren
tn t nighout the atate. Information of every
description, and well written communica
tiona relating to the subject, will be gladly
received from whaboever quarter derived.
?Aathville. Jte/iutican.
Oovkrnoii IIoumtojr.?Tho Into mys
terious conduct of this gentleman, in resign
ing hid office, and leaving bin family, kc.
haslieoii a Huhjcct of much animadversion.
Public curiosity ha* bocn aroused, ami va
rious rumours and evil surmising set afloat.
Any thing, therefore, in relation to tho mot
tor, in which confidence can be placed, will
not fail to be interesting. A Letter to ono
of the Editor* of this paper, from a gentle
man of respectability in Covington Ten
nessee, dated I4th May, nay*, "Governor
Houston paaseddownOie Mississippi a few
days wince in the steamer Hed Rover, for
the Cherokee nation of Indiana, in the Ar
kansas Territory. He aaya ho Hover wish
es to aee the fare of a white man again?
that when he got* to Red River, hia eloth
coat, which h? now wears, ia tobedestroy
ed, and tie assumes the Indian coatuine
throughout, lie is taking on a parcel of
riflca, and my* hi* policy will bo, by exam
ple, to inculcate peace ami civilisation
among the Indiana, and dhuiuode them from
warring against one another, and particu
larly bring about a peace between tho Cher
okee* and Ullage*: that he will endeavour
to cultivate a friendly feeling amorist them
toward* the United States. The cause,
orcauae* which have produced the unhap
py separation of the Governor from hi* la
dy, and resignation of office of Governor,
art* a profound necrot, not known to hia
most intimate friends. They ars, by sol
emn agreement of himself andlady, never to
be divulged. This information come* from
a gentleman of the first veracity, and who
passed in the same boat front Nashville as
far as hero with tho Governor, and who ha*
long reaided in Nashville, and who is well
acquainted with tho whole affair. The
Governor, wan, many years ago, when
agent of the Cherokeca, adopted by a cele
brated chief of the nation. Jolly, aa hia aon.
To him he will repair, and no doubt bo well
received."?-Ha/elf? h hilar,
W ?4fcM of revolutionary oflicera we igh -
ed at West Point, August 19th, 1783.
(Jen. Washington, 'MO lb*.
Gen. Idncoin, !2SI
Gen. Knox, !W0
Gen. Huntingdon, 132
Gen. t .?*ton, 1M
Co(. fwMt, 910
Col. Michael Jackson, 262
Col. Henry Jackson, 9HH
iiei. Col. HtnMki||iloQi flS' .
Kmi Cel. Mb,
Lieut. Col. Ifumphrew, v*p ?
The average weight ixSWIM^
Daring attempt to ret the Frankl
at South J}'*ton.?Ott Monday night?
daring attempt was tnede to rob the Pf
lin Bank, in relation to which we ha*
lectcd the following particulars, from I
tleman of South Boston.
?? During the dajr( a person
dressed, who appeared to be an J
called upon Mr. Whiting the Caahl,
with hU family lives in the banking 1
and who U at present confined!' bis
her bv sickness. The stranger slat*
a failure \\?- about to take place In t
of a person who Imd money initial
that he wished to sreure it for ana..
Mr. Whiting informed him that l
sun alluded to hud no money in.'"
and he retired. Just l>efore dm
turned, stating that he had taken J
the pi evident of the hank, who had I
that the person in question hadi
and after further conversation
lu this way he gained such inforr
regard to localities, &(-. ns would
hWfuture operations. He also ttkCfj
man in employ of Dr. Stevens I
nxkod him if he hud rang the belt*
calmly of the weather, and mai
quirks in relation to Mr. W's illnCSA,
In the night :>b?ut half past el?v(
robhrr camc to the door, aud obtal]
mittancc t?y stating that he had
v?ne medicine f?r Mr. Whiting,
admitted by Mrs. W. and itnmedM
turned and loeked the door, present!
pistol at Mrs. W. who is a very chi
genus woman, declaring that If she attejM
c<l to make the le .st noise, he wopl^j
out her brains, lie tlien inquired hO#J
ny persons there were in the house^
her husband was, and if t
Mrs. W. immediately went up slat
robber following p:\itof the way, bt
ing a nuist made by Mr. Whiting's
and Mrs. W* sister getting up and
down un upper flight of stairs, he I,
alarmed, turucd about and wentdowi
watch dog about this time made
noise and broke his chain, probably 1
some accomplish entering at the bac
Mm. W. met her sister at the hi
stairs and both descended. They I
front door ajar, and immediately
Mi*. W. then \v? m up stairs, rat
window, aud gn>e the alarm.
She sow three men on horsebfl
from the bank down the turnpike
the city; but the night being (lark <
lost sight of them. They pro! ably
hut a shoit distance, and soon after Wi
on hoisehack returned, nccompanja
two on f< ot, who asked the cause ufJ
She answered that she wanted to rtm
neighbors, as robbers hud attacks
bank. They told her&he had alrcad.M
noise enough to alarm the whole cittl
they were watchmen; that tli?y would
tect her ; and asked admittance. Bhe
cd them why they did not spring tb
tics if they were watchmen; to whT
made no icnly, except snapping n ij
her, and then went off. 800**21^
watchmen approached, rattljng, and
neiglUu.rs flocked araWCntttt nothing
be discovered of the twffers. In Wit
versation among the crowd, one
f d to dftuht that there had been
empt to rob; hut iu the i-onfi
undertook to Krutlolze him.
learn that any tracts oi the rpbb
been found."
rhom Kky Wkst.?The rcvc.ac(
Captain Jackson, arrived yesterday, I
day* from Key West. An alfrir o
Ht tluit place on th? l'6th ult. betwc
liarn A. M'Hca, Esq. district ?ttoi
Capt. C. E. Hawkins, formerly
Mexican brig Hcrmlonc, in which tt
mer wb? killed. The follow)
pait'cnlarsof this melancholy
which we have heen favored with ?
It appear* that thefe gentlemen bad I
been at vai iancc, nr'iHinp; from aQ lUlcf
teicourse between M'Hea and the #|
Captain Hawkins. Previous to ?<
of this, Capt. Hawkins had empl
M'Rea as counsel" In vimt very I
law eaten then and Mill pending in 1
at Key West. After Captain H. dl
ed M'Ru'i intimacy with his Wt
envied,which resulted, (after the <
of four shot*,) in M'Kea'a receiving
in bin thigh. Cuptain II, thev lei
Weit for Mexico, and had been
four month*, when on hit return I
that hia wife had been ?etit to her
by the friend*of Capt. II., on aceetiftt.o
renewal of her intercourse trlth M'l
and that McRea had stated publicly!
imprcper conduct of Mr*. II. M'lteal
turther nggravutcd I law kin*, by recet
n fee and appearing a-< counsel for then
nent* of Hawkioa, in the pending law i
after hat iitg been feed bv Hawkins, an
in possession of all the fact* necessary in 1
half of II.
Thus incenscd, Hawkins, in nn unf
natc moment, loaded n double bar
gun with buck shot, and aa M'Hea
the wi.idow where Hawkins was, he
both barrel*. M'Hea fell, and exp
few hour* after. Hawkins immediate!
rendered him telf to the civil autht
consequence of the great excitemt
vailing at Key West, the marshal tl
proper to carry the prisoner to fitv /
tine, lie wu* placed on ln>ard Ike *<
cutter Marlon, captain Jackson, under
charge of the marshal, whorietifere'"
to the proper luthoritiea at At. Align
He wilt bo returned to Key West in
vemhtr next, to stand hi* trial for mof
The excitement at Key West %
Ereat, in consequence of the death t
f'Kea, that on the arrival of the
Marion, a letter was addressed to
Jack*on from Judge Wrbb, district
desiring him to remait. t.? port until tl
citement had sulialdid. '1 he friendM
parties w?r?! armed, and a very %erb.tt<
coutre was for aomc tune appttl'ended.
happily was quieted, when captain llaUki
waa placed'?'i !? rd 'he t niter, v
Dog stealing and umbrella pilfering ?W p>
the l?*hionabl.> erimea of the oajr. Theeo
article* are aaid to lie common property, j
(To the a bore may he atfcM >n ,
th? caao of which and umbrella*, we kav*
suffered to a eoatljr tune. There Miglit?
be enacted an e*i?re** statute auttenl
fr*c*fe*r crime*.] <