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KWIOVY. Jt'LV 10. IHitf
PiuHAtUJC?Uudtr Appointments
l/y ?Jir'Oovernor," at published In our last,
JTlMeil I of JDanul Af'ivlfttoy/r, read, Japxi
f. ; ?
i. Wc are miuuited by the iutendent ct
i' iblatoMy to our Correspondent of
w?rk (A Contributor) (bat it is not bU
-. ? t? reply to anonymous eentmv.uica*
?ik, nod that if ** A Contributor" will
? |Mm blnt.be will exhibit to him alet
.< knowlcdgeinf the reeclpt of the do
) t "HO< outcltiieosto Augu?ttt. 'l
'?' ip Foi it rii or July eweebbnted
... ?i t (ownonSaturday last*ith theusu
: monstrstion* of public gratitude end
iug. Our Own feelings upou tliis day
itionai festivity weie not precisely
as we could have wished them to be.
?1 f woro-uiingled in spitif of us with the
re sliades of the present time; mortiA
the reflection, that the brilliant pic
of national glory, which reflected up
ie world tiio image of this republic, at
?iod the holiest in tlie political annals
unkind?the purest in spirit and the
<st in triumph?should, in little more
half a century, bo made to present to
*wn vision thu least fading of lustre or
rtion of features. How could wo dis
. ect the year 18*29, with those of 1770
17891 And yet, how could they Ik* asso
'<tl, in tho mind of a South Carolinian,
? >out forcing upon hi* judgment and his
t a deep sense of tlio most disgusting
.ghance * lie found in one group of his
filiation, tho muitiplie<l and huiuilia
oppressions of his own stato~-tho uni
?al and'bitter sufferings of tho whole
itry?the deep ami dangerous dissen
s of internal Strife nud of sectional w ar
?mingled with the unanimous, lolly,
.alrous manifesto of 177ti, sanctified by
blood which flowed to sustain it?and
worthy concomitant, the great and ven
? ted charter of 1789 ! lly those who
?se to recur to our anniversary with more
?nthnsiiism and hypocrisy than wisdom
. 1 candor, may be chided for these re
turns ; and bo told they are unsuited tr>
holy a day. Ihi tliis our reply : 'tis not
it wo lovo the occasion less, but our coun
? ntoro.
IV appro.ieh of the nation's l?irt*>i day
is announced by tl??* firing of a national
Into at midnight. The morn wasushcr
in by another national salute and the
?ging of the town and rluirch bells. At
i early hour the militia paraded under
ipt. O'llanlon, and proceeded t-> pay
fir respects to tin1 venerable patriarch 01
town and a distinguished relict ot the
?volution, Col. Tiiom asTay i.nn, Ken'r.
At H i) i lock the citizens assembled at the
IcthodiM . Itarrlt, where a prayer was of
rod uj> to tiic- Throne of (J race bv the Itev.
fr. K e?ri"dy, th" Declaration ofIndepen
'?iico Vas read by W. C. Chiton, Ksq. and
highly creditable. oration pronounced by
oiin Ramhav David,Ks<|.lur(JivFruiik
n Debating Club.
At 10 o'clock, a procession moved from
? tic Town Hall to the Prcsby tcrian church,
vhere, after a prayer by the Rev. Mr. Ren
ie, the Declaration of Independence wua
cad by Mr. Isaac W. Hayne, nnd an ora
ipn creditable to the orator and satisfactory
?> tho audience, wan delivered by Jamks
'I. Hammomi, F.iq. before the Town
t'ouncil, the Military, and a numerous as
?lemblage of (. itizens.
The volunteer companies under the cmn
laud of Captains Maxcy and Coiikx,
Mimed out in honor of the occasion, and
Hncd, by invitation of the Town Council,
be procession of the citizen*.
At 3 o'clock in the evening, between 30
ind 40 private gentlemen s.it clown to a
.ifoftiso and sumptuous entertainment, pre
pared in his best style, by Mr. I.kvv ; and
*e can very truly suy, after si?me little ex
.icrience, that we have rarely, if over,
*'itne*scd, hero or elsewhere, a more grat
fying display of gastronomic art an<l per
fection, whether wo regard the |>erfor
inanco of the host, or that of his guest*.
Bvery man could rcflecf, and each seemed
to realize it, that if he did not sit under his
own " vine and fig tree," he was at least
beneath the shade of hi* own oaks and do
mestic arbor, and thoro were none to make
hiin afraid; with the rich treasures of his
own soil and clime before him, agreeably
displayed af> avo um/ue art Muta?even
from th<l pig, the front, and the mutton, to
the phunh-puddintr nnd the^ watermelon.
There w as nothing to regret but the pres
ence of the tarilf, which crushed in embryo
all propensity to toost making, and the ab
sent* of chnmpaigne, which would un
doubtedly have revived it.
The ceremonies ??f the day were conclu;
ded by a national salute, and a display of
Ftnw Works.
There was tho utmost unanimity and
harmony of filing pervading all rank*,
nnd we are happy to add, that the pleasures
of the day were not marred by the slight
est accident.
Tke Morning Herald, (X. Y.) professes
to harnbeen infcroied by somebody recent
ly from the Houth, that public opinion was
fait changing here in relation to the prohi
bltory policy, since it was beginning to be
ascertained, that it advanced our interests,
by means of increasing the price of slave* to
supply the demand of the sugar growing
roiri*n??many of whom had Wen void at
a greatly improved rate.
I low many slaves have been thus advan
togedusly wild, we know not-~hut have
Mver heard it mentioned, by any man
among us, as an object of public interest, in
v\
of no nun engaged in p?iHn?iii|fdiVM for
lh& sugar plantations.
Many of uurmoMt valuililo citizens have
left the state on account of tho pressure of
the times ; lower for the auger growing
climo than for other portion* of the new
Mate*. In fact, it in only a man of consid
erable wealth who can possibly attempt
the manufacture of sugar, with the least
prospect of suoccas. Large capital U re
quired to be veated In the purchase of land,
machinery, and labourers; and, a* one of
ocur most wealthy, and moet experienced
citisena In this buaineas, lately remarked,
a sugar plantation, properly managed, re
quires the scientific arrangement of military
operations, fhen mutt be a centre, a
right wing and a left wing; allowing a
concentration of forces, according to the cx
igeucios of the crop. Small capitalists can
not succeed. Men, who, during more proa
porous times, wqre independent livers, are
unable to profit by the culture of the cane.
The state of South Carolina neither has re
ceived nor wilt she receive, any benefit
from this quarter. And if nnv Southern
state is benefitted by the protection of the
sugar manufacturers, it does not render it
more just, if it should bo more agreeable,
to compel us to yield our tribute to it. If
ono cifiaen sell a negro for a few dollars
more, both he and hundreds of his follow
citizens with him, pay an extremely dis
proportionate bounty upon the sugur which
their futilities require. It docs not even
amount to the safe, hut profitless employ
ment, of robbing one pocket to fill the other.
(A* to a change of public sentiment in fu
vor of the tariff scheme, it is false ami pre
posterous. If we were to discover such an
advancement of our pecuniary interest as
tho informant of the Herald pretends to
have discovered, we assure them l>oth that
we are not sufficiently venal?wo have not
so scrupulously copied their example, as to
consent to sell our consciences and our
country tor gold.
The Morning Herald. (S. Y ) of June
27, contains an advertisement ofthe" .Ime
riran Institute," of Ilia! city, rotating to the
.-clchratiou ofthe 4tli of July, in which the
"friend* of the Amrriran tiyhtem in thin
city, and in Pattern?n, Newark, ami other
places, are respectfully invited to attend,"
and the Herald hopes that " Uie example
of tin* Institute in reference to national in-,
duntry, in?y be followed in other parts of
| the country."
| Surely is there singular wisdom of pur
pose and great contirteney of /irincl/ile, in
I pointing with one linger at the examph;
ioi the revolution? an example of determin
ed :,nd successful rebellion against the in
I (alit efforts ofencroarlnnent upon the lil?er
Itics of thin people by unjust taxutio-i?and
with the other, designating to the repub
lic a course identical in /irinci/ile, and more
(jdioun in firaetice ! The tax upon tea was
an extremely lenient application of that
tyranny and oppression, which has gaiued
greater boldness and more signal success,
, in these latter days of wild ex|>erimoiit?
lnr>r were the king and |*arliament of (Jreat
! Britain pledged to a constitution of limited
powers, of equal und republican principles.
Surely havo the" American Institute" and
the " Morning llenild" chosen an extreme
ly appropriate occasion to bind upon the
necks of the American people a yoke, the
|*lijfht chafing of which had driven our
| fathers, within the memory of man, to im
mortaliM! the day, which these, their wor
1 thy children, profem thus to honor and con
secrate ! It is such conduct as this which
begets and cherishes an alienation of feeling
between the different portions of this con
federacy. It is this perversion of a nation
al fowtiv*! to the vile purposcx of party
measures and sectional interests, which
destroys all community of feeling in the
republic?which evinces an inordinate and
odious /.eal in avaricious designs, on the
one hand, and a morbid and feverish sense
of oppression, on the other.
" Great exertions (rptoth the Herald,)
have been made to prejudice the public
mind, preparatory loan effort to repeal our
protecting laws, and we dc?ire that it may
l?e made manifest onthecoming 4th of July,
that the good sense of the nation is hereaf
ter to triumph.
" We shall be greatly disappointed, if the
soeeches, toasts, fcc. do not breathe a spir
it friendly to the American system, and a
determination to sustain it. It is mockery
to talk of independence, if We are compel
led to rely ii|M>n foreign industry fir mate
rials to cover our liodies during our-incle
inent seasons. We ought to call up afresh
that memorable period in the last war,
when the fate of our army deluded on a
few blankets?and we <sigbt resolutely to
determine that a crisis so disgraceful shall
never again occur."
The llrrald then chatters al>out our nbil
I., ipaki' clothes, aliout mir enterpri'Ae
iin<l imliiHtry, and h*Uh " if we shall iiiIi
mit in the language of the nuthor of (ho
(Ire hi rati on of lndej>endence; to ? nn eter
nal vas?talnge to fitrelgn nations* to /(ratify
the cupidity of a few trading adventurer*."
A very Hat taring designation truly, thin
las*, of the American merchant*! C(?rte
oin md rwpwtflil indeed, toward* the
I'Mnnwtriit intomt, on the pert of a paper
published in the heart of the mo*t com
mercial H?y in the Union, and especially
dependant upon that patronage for prospe
rity and existence I The tommertlal inte
rest of the country synonimous with " the
cupidity of a ftw trading adventurerii!"
Verily iff ?hta a wine instructor of the pub
????' A moat profound and truth-loving
political economist I
We published noma time ago a para
graph which first appeared In the Milled ge
ville Recorder, but had reached the
view of giving theJittoria opportunity of I
knowing that u explanation was required, j
Ho hM.ui?de that explanation, and thro'!
mere inadvertence we have, until now,.
omitted to My, that we regard it as excul
patory.
It is not eatiaflMtory, It?cma, to the Re
corder, which euppoees that there waa fcr
norunce and inhumanity in the transaction;
the former in the eaae of the Phyaiclan and
both in the caeeof the Sheriff. Theee Ne
groea may have diefl under the poiaonou*
effects of white Lead* for aught we know.
But vh do not eee sufficient evidence for
the visitation of such eevore censure upon
the parties concerned aa the Recorder ap
pears tO do. , '' . v
An anti-tariff Wolf was recently ahot by
a hunting party in Msmachuaetts, which
liad, in the last eighteen montha, destroyed
one thounand sheep, in the two towns of
Sandwich and Barnstable.?Buff. Journal
Wo And thu above in the National Intel
ligencer. There are huge gangs of anti
tariff wolvea prowling about in the moat
civilhted part* of South Carolina every dav.
They whet their tooth moat ferociously, in
the true spirit of "blood and carnage" for
tlie throats of manufacturers. There would
be some fine hunting here?and we remem
ber, that during the last Rummer Messrs.
Gale* Ic Seaton flourished their trumpets
and rained a tremendous howl in the train
ed pack* about Baltimore and ljoxington,
eager for a lively chase among us.?Are
they still ready for a wolf-hunt 1?
" In consequenco of not a single bid be
iuu made in Philadelphia, on Saturday
last, for the Pennsylvania state canal loan
offered at auction on lluit day. the Phila
delphia Inquirer says: the legislature must
he reassembled, or tile state improvements
be entirely suspended."
Q&* (Jail upon Uncle Sam?tho sooner
the bctU'r, as his purse is getting a little
limber, according to the progress of his
commercial affairs about New-York, Bos
ton, Charleston, &c.
It U tail) thai the celebrated Authorm
Mrs. Ann Hoy ail, bus been verv nilgai
lantly presented as a Nuisancc by the grand
jury of the District of Columbia.
What barbarians, to sin thus against ic
male helplessness, and the chosen repre
sentative of literary taste!
Mrs. Ann is entitled to the chivalrous
protection of our friend Mr. Noah?having
graced his paper with admirable specimen*
! of epistolary composition.
Mrs. Ann is said to believe in FallstafTs
notion of valoi?and has given the Mm shall
f t'?e District !rf(-buH.
\\ t i,uve had the pleasure of seeing bet
perionn the operation of slapping a man's
face?which was done energetically?ac
ttompnincd by appropriate Hashes of passion
?and thunders ot Kloquencc?Wc would
w, soon encounter a Tiger.
It is said, 'hat rotation in office has an in
jurious effeei, because it puts in men who
are unfit, being unaccustomed to officc?and
turns out men who are d>Mp?alified foi oth
er pursuits. The public, as well as individ
uals, must, therefore, suffer.
The proposition is untrue in both re
spects. A A the intricacies of Clerkships,
l?ost Offices, und the system of revenue
collection, such, that nothing but the advan
tages of long experience and of regular ap
prenticeship can qualify the incumbent to
comprehend them? V. e had thought the
simplicity of our institutions had brought
them down to a level with the abilities ul
men of good talents and good intelligence.
If this is not the case, it is high time it
should be. And if a Clerk at Washing
ton, a Host-Master, or a Revenue Officer
must have the fee simple, so to speak, of
office, on these account*?the argument
applies with irresistible force to the Pre
sidency kself?and therefore Messrs. Ad
ams and Clay Might to have been kept in
officc indefinitely, and then their doctrine
of "$afr /ircctdenl" would have suited the
circumstances of Mr. Clay admirably.
If moreover, dismissed officers arc ffett'
erolly disqualified for other pursuits, the
argument does not apply to Rditort, who
will ceriainly be better fitted for their
duties, after n familiar acquaintance with
all the niysteries'of government; more es
pecially il they keep up the old habit ol
writing paragraph* for newspapers occa
sionally According, therefore, to this fa
vorite, Coalition doctrine, our fraternity
has a very strong rlaim to a complete
monopoly of governmental patronage.
Answer us, John Agg, of Piccadilly.
COMMlfUC'ATlONH.
\|k. Emto* ? On the rrturn of nnother
Fourth of July, when the air is filled with
acclamation, when joy and festivhy is uni
versal, and our r./ator* are descanting In
glowing terms on our past,our present, and
our future glory, I deeply lament that 1 can
not Join with my countrymen in the unmittg
led exultation which the occasion seems
to inspire. It i? not because I differ from
them in opinion at to the character of the
day itself} for except that wtrrch saw the
birth of the Redeemer of mankind, I believe
K to be the brightest that ever dawned op-1
on the world. It should be afct apart aa sa
cred and memorable to the end of timti and
therefore it h ft day whleh, degraded as we
now are, we are no* worthy to celebrate.
Ho# dart we expect that the Ooldese of
Liberty will a (kept the offer ings which we
bring to her shrine, when we approach It
with fettera on onr limbs, ftnd dishonor on
?ur names? Are wt net slaves t Do we not
pay tribete f Are we not tmxtd our
contnt > An ancient people, wbea led ***
distant captivity, considered fctha
. -1 _ - ' -?
d it theplpi
tlKIt An mjili
which commemorated the valor of their an
cestors aad the former greatnaas of their
country?"the thoughts of glory pest and
promt shame," ttiua awakened, oeiog to
proud and aeasitivji minds the keenest of
?11 suffering. Therefore it eeems to me
that at present the pompous observance of
this anniversary, by
Briafiegjto oar rsmsmbranco (iron whst stats
wafsd,.
How gloiioss ones, v.'
should impress us with a feeling of shame
and humiliation, rather than of joy and tri
umph. To be sure, it is pleasant to vaunt
of the achievements of our ancestors, and
by parades and dinners and toaste and
speeches, annually to cajole ourselves Into
the belief that because we once were, we
still are, free. How have we preserved
that liberty which we pretend so highly to
value ? Year after year we submitted to the
moat grievous oppression, with occasionally
an humble protest against it. And when
ht last it became so intolerable as scarcely
to leave us an alternative between rests*
tancc or destruction, and in our Legislature
s few noble spirits endeavoured to arouse us
to the performance of that duty, which our
country demanded from up, what was the
result f Most ol the talent, and sll of the
generous feeling which the discussion call- ]
ed forth, was exerted in vain. It was in j
vain that the Speaker threw upon the sub
ject the whole light of his vast and logics!
mind. It was in vain that the descendant
of Patric Henry poured fourth the full tide
of his patriotic heart, with an eloquence
which might almost "have waked the
slumbering dead to hear." Reason and
eloquence botii failed. The councils of the
timorous prevailed, and we again protested.
We proved that we arc the booh of our fa
thers, we defended our prosperity and our
ficcdom, we vindicated our wrongs, our
honor, and our country's violated constitu
tion, by nnother firotett. And here we
now ure, exulting in the remembrance of
all (list we have done, when it would better
become us "to poke about tind find our
selves dishonorable graves" wherein to
hide our shame and degradation. N"
we should blush to pretend toctlcbiate the
glorious festival of our ancestors. Let us
not again do so until we iinvr redeemed our
loM fame. Let us destroy the tariff*; let
us restore to its purity our federal constitu
tion ; let us pluck up our drowned honor
from tin* deep s<-a in which it is burled;
..nd then, in the face ol rarth and heaven,
wc may proclaim that we art-"again free."
VALMONSEK.
Mr. P. Thomi'sok and Mr Chas.Grant
it>okc to tlu- winic effect. The former cnvc
uic following remarkable illustration of re
strictions on commerce:??? Do gentlemen,
who mnke no difficulty respecting the im
pnrtntion of raw silk (whatever they may
of thrown,) know that Italy rigidly ex
cludes all our manufacture# from her ports; i
and yet we take from her annunlly the val
ue ol jL2.000.000 sterling* liow do we pay
for it then? Her custom-houses are shut to
our produce, and the objects of our industry
are as strictly prohibited ah the works of
Voltaire or of Gibbon. 1 Ijavo had. the
curiosity to endeavour to trace this, and
what will the house think of the resulti
Upon a careful examination of the bill*
which nre drawn from Italy in payment of
this silk, by several houses in tne trade, at
least three-fourths of them are remittances
from Austria and the German States, which
have been made to Manchester and Glas
gow for British manufacture.?-It is hope*
less, then, for any nation^ 3 attempt to ex
elude the production* of' another. They
may injure their own subject* by enhfencing
the price, but exclude they cannot. But
the advantage to a country in first adopting
the principle of free trade* is not merely
relative, but positive. Under a system of
restriction with us, other nations may make
and uphold corresponding restrictions; but
if we set the example of free intercourse,
they tuay make, but 1 defy them to uphold
them.
Mr. Thompson has It: perhaps he may
by and bye inform us what amount of Bills
of Exchange is remitted to England to pay
for goods that arc smuggled Into the United
States through Canada: this accounts for
the very small amount of duties, secured in
Charleston, which has astonished the peo
ple at the north. Free trade would bene
fit the state more than a thousand rail roads;
I without the former the latter cannot suc
|ceed?and 'twere better by far if the mem
I bers of the metropolis, instead of amusing
I the buck woods folks about Patent Car*, 4cc.
would stick to the main chance and endeav
our in fall on some plan to secure a repeal
i of the Tariff.- Give us a good price for our
irotton, nature has furnished an easy good
old fashioned mode of transportation.
A PLANTER.
'iii ii ?(MM?g
POLITICAL
National Policy.?We knnw not
what we shall be,M said one who bitterly
repented what he had been, and rejoiced in
what he was, at the time of expressing his
doubts as to bis future state. *1 he sentiment
with him was one arising from in Anxious so
licitude as to hit condition in a future state,
nut it seems to have since been the offspring
of those craven or dnetile or vaccinating
spirit* that wish to float la the upper hea
vrus of popularity, and know not on what
cloud to mount, to attain their wished for
elevation. Among these nre thnee polhi
elans, or would-be-thought abjurnrs of all
doctrine* inconsistent with tnelr avowed
seal for the public good, who revolt at the
idea of being thought " partisans * hi any
warfare, and therefore hang as a sort of gu
erIUm band cm the flank* of contending par
tie*, Increasing Instead of allaying the
fterrnes* of comber, and wihlngtng Instead
of establishing the portals of the political
cMadel. There are many such, but in the
course of our observations, we have met
WK fcw, who knowing and arm*
dther designedly or
?ltt^We nave
hat we defy both the friends and the foe#
f Ike writer w find an cxcuse for their
they Mem to
head of the
_ sentiments of tht,
cho)ar who hastens been th? editor of that
taper?of the Merchant whose experience
la* more than once forced the truth from
tlm in relation to ourgreat national interest
?of the man who has more than once ex
ilbited a hardihood of attack on public men
tnd measures, that few would have fully
unified.?We are at a Iota to account for
be miserable ethic* by which he adrlaea
he people of this union to suffer patiently
inder what he pronounces H bad in iueif,
?under what he, on a former occasion,
>ronounced to be " bad enoogh, unwise and
nexpedient." The New York Americm)
in the course of a 1oqg contest tor the Pres
idency* was the avowed friend of Mr Ad
uns ; to this no man could object, who be*
lievad that the acts of the administration
were thought by its conductor to be in nc
cordance with the great and paramount
Interests of the country t but no political
leolot, however ardent, would juatify the
laerifice of those interest* to pre-contract
ed personal partialities. Yet such appear*
to have been the (act in rcft-rcncc to the
American. Not a word so far us we re
member, was said against the Tariff law or
the American system, in Unit paper, during
the agitation of the question in Congress ;
nor, until all hope of the re-election of Mr.
Adams was abandoned.
Then we found expressions like the fol
lowing, in the American:??' To s?y truth,
we, the individual wr, of the New York
American, think the tariff law bad cnnugli,
unwise and inexpedient; and that tlic
American system it founded in error, which
time and more diffused information will
correct." Even this might have been pass
ed over a* an evidence of n return to a cor
rect courne, especially as the editor subse
quently dci lured that It? had forever taken
leave of " partisan" politic*; but when we
find such an article as the one below, in the
*ame paper, within a brief inlnuti nlmuxt
of the latter, a"d a short hour of tin- former
declaration, we are constr.iined to exet i'uit
?wr kit'jw not what wr thall be and fitly
that we thould thut proclaim a hut wr are!
A', Y. Mcr. Adv.
[Krom the JV Y. AairtVan nf 24i!. io?t J
An effort we perceive is making in va
rious quarters to agitate anew, at the next
Congress, the tariff question. On the part
of the free trade advocate! it isallcKid,
that existing duties are fatal to the inter
ests '?f agrieulturc and commerce which arc
sacvified to pamper manufactures, while,
on the part of the manufacturers, it is in
sisted that, owing to the imperfect execu
tion of Unlaws a* they are, the proteetiim
which they purport to afford to the home
made fabrics, iu not realized. Thus, be
tween the two par ties, the out complaining
of excessive dutie*, and the other that the)
are inoperative, tin* exciting and irritating
discussion is. it is to he feared, abtait to he
renewed. We hope not. It is, .is it seem*
to uh, for the real and lasting interest of all
parties, that the experiment now making
should be fairly tested by experience wlitcli
is the only effectual instructor of men or na
tion*. it i*, we admit, a monstrous and
most costly experiment; but ?? is in the
course of being proved; we aie content that
it should be proved. As yet it has not had,
it cannot have had, any percentlble influ
ence, either upon the manufacturing ?ir
agricultural states: those who enacted it,
therefore?and there was an ignoble strife
what party should have the merit of a mea
sure that, if adopted at all, should only have
been adopu-d on public and general ground*
?cannot as ) et reap either the applause or
censure, which their measures, on th'i
head, deserve. The tariff in itself, we think
i?ad; but much worse, much more mjuriou*
to the character?in comparison with
which, mere pecuuiary interests, however
great, are a trifle?do we deem the policy
which actuated many member* of Congresi
to vote, from mere party considerations, foi
a measure which their judgements and con
sciences so entirely disapproved and disown
ed. It was an unworthy propitiation ol
popular error; and, therefore, it In, we could
desire, thut those who were capable of sue I
dereliction of duty, should be made to feel
that the flatter en of the people are not al
ways the favorites of the people. Again,
therefore, we express the hope, that th<
tariff may be fairly and fully tested.
"The CamhbeUtare coming, Oho'. Oho!"
As fhc principle* of the present administru
tion continue to clevclopc themselves, we
find the most jntf/riomol thccoalition prints
preparing to yield to it (hut support whieh,
En their consciences, they feel it deserves.?
The National InttUigrnctr hits of late open
ed it* eye* to the merit* nl certain measure
of the government, and is "easing on its
?heet*,'"preparatory to ?'filling ?*?>" i>n a
new course. They have been " standing
close on the wind" for such a length of time,
that we have no doubt but they will find,
in a short run, with '? tour point* free," a
quiet and agreeable change. Home tinn
will elapse before they can be admitted to
full fellowship; but, in the mrau time, we
will endeavour to make their probation
?y term as comfortable as possible.
Speaking of Mr. Van Burrn** letter, .on
.the subject of French Spoliations, the Intel
ligencer says
"We are glad to see, by the letter of Mr.
Secretary van Bureii, that the Kxeeutivc
Is not disposed to haxard the |>eace of the
country by following rash counsels in re
gard to the claims of our merchant* on the
government of France." *
" Th<*reply ??f Mr. Van Buren seem* to
u* to be just what it ought to be, both in sub
stance and form."
In Tuesday's Intelligencer we find the
following remark in relation to a circular
of the Secretary of the Treasury to the
bank* employed a* depositer* of public mo
neys?
41 The reader will see, In the inttnt* tion*
from the treaanry department, published In
a preceding column,evidence ofa very prop
er attention to the security of the public
funds in the hands of the Treasurer of the
United *ates."
Aoaix.?Appointment* by the Prnkient.
George H. Brent,to be Collector of the Cus
toms for the port of Alexandria* vitt Hum
phrey Peake, resigned,
[The Ategandria Gasette say*: Mr.
Brent's character a* a gentleman and a
merchant, ensures him the respect and **?
teem of all who know him?and his admin
1st rat Ion of the affairs of the Custom House
wBt no doubt give general sattsfartwm.?
The President has mad i a most excellent
?ljudicious appointment.]
Mr. Brent is to enter on the duties of his
1st of Jttly.
"jW
kkt* of the fects and aofltt of the fkating
rumoura ul the day.?They Usually am
widely diaproportioned, perphapa one of
the fonuer to ten or ten thouaandof the let
ter; Imt in the preeeut instance I can give
fon two facts and mean to rive you only
mm report.?Two new indictments against
Dr. Watkinc were to-day found by the
Grand Jury?the An* fbrobtaining fraudu
lently and by directly fslse representations
to Mr. S. Secretary of the Navy, 000 on
aoeountof alleged drafts of Mr Uambteton
the Purser on tlio Pensacola Station. Th<>
whole of which statement were gratuitous
end unauthorised, and are denied, on oath,
by Mr. Hambleton; the ha* ia foe obtaining
by deceitAil practices the sum of ?800 thro'
!?lu.ld^R,Uthe?NaY A|Snt ]Vol*
Now fortne report the truth of which I
oannot confirm, and who can authenticate
the dying statements of tin* dayl?but it is
rumoured that a few days will witness the
sending of Watkin'aoaaa to a Petit Jury.
I mention this without expressing an' opin
ion. This rumour may be merely a straw
thrown up to show which way the wind
blows..
The President, you will of course per
ceiveby the public prints, has been on an
excursion down the Potomac a* fer a*
Mount Vernon on board of your'auperb
boat the Colvmma, Capt. Mitchell. I
conversed to day with a gentleman who
was present, and who informs me that no
thing could exceed the enthualasm mani
fested in favor him who m at once the chief
ob
dears him to all who approach him.
How do you<'ulcbrate the 4th 1 Here tho
day is selected to lay the corncr stone of
one of tho Eastern Locks of the Chesa
peake and Ohio Canal Company in George
town, near the proposed termination of
that great work. The President, Heads of
Deportment, Foreign Ministers, and nu
merous other distinguished personages am
expected to lie present on tnis occasion?
a splendid ceremonial is preparing. Tho
Rirticulani I may ptrhap* give you on ano
ier day, as I promise myself the nloasuro
of witnessing a spectacle which will be at
tended with so many interesting associa
tions. ___________________
Cate of Toblat Hat A int.?The opinion
of the Court on motion of the District At
torney, that the Grand Jury should be in
Htrnrtcd that the facts charged against the
accused, and found by them, amounted to
forgery, was not delivered to day. The
bill l>iid before the Grand Jury yesteiday,
in consequence of the presentment made by
them the preceedinguay, upon the'testimo
ny of Mr. Southard xnd Mr. Hambleton,
wnntlm miming returned true.
'l'he Mtbst.?n<c of the indictment we un
htand to be, that on tiic 6th of March, 1827,
he obtained, by t-.dse and deceitful means,
and with intent to defraud the United Statea,
the ?um of two thousand dollars, aud ap
plied the s-ime to his own usejlahely repre -
senting to the then Secretary ot the Navy
that the money wiih required on account of
the public service, b> Mr. Hambleton, Pur
ser on the PeoMcoU iuti?n, wehercas
no such application had been made by that
person.
A second indictment was subsequently
found by the Grand Jury, in respect to the
draft upon M?. I'uulding for three hundred
dollirra, sold to Mr Fowler. False and de
ceitful practices are, we learn, specifically
averred in it. The Grand Jury i* adjourned
tu-nl Monday next ? C/. ?V. Weltgrg/ih.
FOREIGN*
from ihr Aim 1forv Uazettr, June 39.
FftOM l UHKBY The brig Autumn,
Captain Turner, which arrived at this port
on Siturdav, willed from Samns ??n the uth
of Previous to leaving that port, let
ter! from Smyrna to the 19th of April were
received there, in which it waa Mated that
commercial affair* were in n very dUtrci
ted state, in consequence of the leisure, by
order oi the Sultan, of nil camels bringing
produce to mm ket, for the purpose of con
veying grain to Constantinople. When the
camels were seised, they were immediate
ly unladen, and the pnxlucc left on the road
exposed to the weather. It was expected,
howc\er, that these arbitrary proceedings
would not be of long continuance when bu
siness would reyive. Upwards of 10,000
camels were employed in carrying grain to
the capital. Those measures on the part
of ?he Sultan left the Turks in the interior
entirely destitute of colonial produce, Mich
as coffee, ?u>;ar, &c.
The latest accounts from Constantinople
represent the Sultan a* very determined and
resolute. He had assumed his military cos
tume, and walked the streets the name as a
European General. A ftrmsn had recent
ly been reeeiscd ir. Smyrna from the capi
tal forbidding the Turks wearing all article*
of luxury, such hs furs, cashmere shawls,
kc. On its receipt the Pacha waa the first
to observe obedience to the order of the ?ut
t in, by dtscardihg his turban, and substitut
ing a common red cap. As he was in dclicatn
health his physician advised him to wear
ii'imething besides the cap, as he might
take cold, but he resolutely refused, saying
that It was the will of thf Sultan, which
must and should be obeyed. All the Turk
ish nobility had followed the example of the
Pacha.
It was re|M>rted at Smyrna that the Rus
sians were making rapid advances towards
the capital, but the tumor was not credited
and no fears were entertsined of their being
able to reach Constantinople. The pre
.sent force of the l urks Is represented hs
being much greater than U generally sup
posed.
A letter froci Const mtinople states th.v.
there atw at least 600,000 Mussulmen under
arms In and abmit the capital, and in the
event of th?5 Russians making any attempt
upon the city, they would meet with a ve
ry warm reception. The greatest tranquil
ity prevailed in the city, and the police was
very effective. a
The Sultan had recently been on a tour
of inflection In an English steamboat, aleng
the shores and down the coast to the Dar
danelles and <}atltno*l,-~He visited all tho
principle (unifications, and gaee orders for
certain improvements. On Ills return hr
expressed himself much (ratified with tho
excursion, and made the English captain n
very handsome present of shawl*, fee. as to
ken of regard. .?, ?
The Autumn sailed ftnm Malta on tbs
99th <?f April, at which time the Koglfch
and French Ambassador* were daily ex
pected from Naples, on their rlturn to
Constantinople, when, It Waa hoped, snann
satisfactory arrangements w?etd bf effect -
tetters from Malta, received by the