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*BY ^ 8lMS> STATE PRINTER. COLUMBIA* SOUTH CAROLINA, JULY IT, 1830. I. Stecwj-.. * VOLUME XV?NUMBER M. EVERY FRIDAY MORNING. w Unr Mlm^fiNa?iUi?^ TiSKMEJVTS inttrltd it the v malraltt POLITICAL. {From Un B*lllm?ic Rp|Hiblkan.] LETTER III Wathington, June 26/A, 1829. Sift?The ftoxt fraud committed by Dr. WatUaa* through tho Navy Agent at Now York, wax commenced by the following ** IWuury Depcrtmtnl, 4th AmJiUr't OJJUt, [rj, ?? October 8th, 1827. I have thia day drawn on ynu in favor of Chaa. S. Fowler, for three hundred dollars, which you will please to charge to' ? arrear age* pnov to 1827," under which head a remittance will be made to you inunediate onthe Secretary'* return toUieCity. In time be pleaved to pay the draft X out at any unexpended balanco in your hand*, to Be replaced on tho receipt of the Treasurer'* remittance. I am Sir, very respectfully, Your obedient aervant, T. WATKIMK J. It. Pudding, K#\. ? Navy Agent, Now York. Thift draft wan sold to Mr. Fowler wlioix a broker in thi* City, wan forwarded to New York, and paid by Mr. Paulding on (he 11th October. An ho did not roceivo the promised remittance, Uie Agent'* re turn for that month, exhibited an overpay* meat of $300 under tho head of arrearages. In conaoquence of thia, ho wrote to Dr. Watkina, urging the remittance under that ?4, according toprotniae. Watkina plead ptfulnean in hia reply, aa an excuae for negligence, and on the 0th November procured a reouiaition from tho Navy De partment for $300 chargeablo to arrearage*, in puntuance of which that auni waa trans mitted to tho agent. I At the dose of the quarter. Mr. Paulding returned the draft with an aostrart, setting forth thin payment, to tho 4th Auditor^ Office. Neither of these paper* waa over aeen by the examining clerk, nor haa either of them made its appearance in that office to this day. The item waa Mtspendsd in tho settlement of the account, and a atate tnsnt was made out and recorded in the office, purporting to have been went to Paulding, which gave him notice of tho auHpension. That ppper and two or throe others of like import ami Rutwcqent date, never reached their domination. Noither tho letter of ad vice, nor the letter of apolo gy is recordod in tnat office. It in notori ous, that Dr. Watkins withhold from re cord his own letters, took out the draft and New York. I Thia is (ho cano on which tho third in -dictroont wan prevented bv the grand Jury. It was an plain a case r? mud art tho mont positive proof could exhibit. All the fheta herein detailed were recapitulated in the indictment. Vet althffiglk tho Court ad mitted that Watkins had got the affedged tram of public money and applied it toltl* own taae, they dccidrd that we very Mi**-1 jMBti on which they predicated that/i?u 1 were not ao clear and eurijeit a* to ?i an inference of fraud: /***> v,"7 which they and evag^her man H aenae drew *em .*tethcta aa aet I decidod was authonxed by the alWf^on?ofthelndi?uiarnM No man rould help drawing the Ixmnmco of fraud from the Ms atated. !hu C?"1 decide tUtthe Seta atatg?re not efficient to authorise such a* infctwico. I read that dedikm with ?atoniahin?nt. I am unwil taHHik Kw Judgotdisthoneat, and yrt [tof*? toh*vo Inon frtbcwilder u jargon or inveterato preju HRigard common -ptwe and ,AW. What aro the MM J Dr. j could never lawftiUy handle of public money except hi* nala > get MOOout of tne Trfranu tohMnwnuM). What ran . _ Ihfci but a fraudl Yet, nay the drawing uf the draft, (he 'the letter, lie. tie. art all act* ht innocently do. and, there - _j it in notorious that bjr ttnme Hm, he detrauded tin- treasury out of $800, they are not nuflicient to authorise an inf<? rence of fraud! Thin is law witltin the Dis trict of Coluittbia? Thin in the tribunal w'aom duty it hi to punish depredations upon the people's Treasury! The lent eaw of fraud committed by Watkimi through Mr. Paulding, was ush ered hi by the Mowing letter: M TrmtHttf D*pmrtmt*t, Mh .huHltr't Offit*, January 16M, 1829. 8im#? I have thin day drawn on yon fiir aovcn hundred *1)4 Afty 4ollm in favor of O. 8. to moot which, :4 rcmttteftoe will be rnado to yoa by th? Tidmow of the United Mate*. ?o noon u the requMtion can pmm through tho form* of oftce, under the heed of arrearage* kf to IMT," of tho like turn, and to thin \jm wiU be ideeeed to clurgn the Jtwfcen paid. Tho draft hi made el one r'a tight that tiino may be allowed ft>r > remittance to reach yon in doe eaeaon. but atolld any thin* occur to nfevent thie, vou will fie ptwtMed to. pay it out of any wdJain your hand*, ami make the no ?ma*5tran*fer on the receipt of the Tree I am, reapeetfully, J. K. rauniii*, Km). N?rjr A??H, Now York, 11 M tMppMMd; tlMt Oft tho W4y this Mtor ?M WffttOO, Mr. F?uM? wrote to tho f (IIMMI 10 U -?? - -* ** 1m a1 which the fTfflO ?u remitted, thin lot tor was found on (ilo in tlio Wur Do ptrtapt. With these wcrds interline*! uipe&oU below the test Uew, hut above tho footing, vis: " Arrearages prior 1897 per onler 4th Auditor $780. V A rcouinition was consequently issued for $12,889 19, being ju?t $780 more than the agent had called Air. The following * * en to Mr. Paulding, ' ire tho Grand Jury. Dkpartmkxti \9lh January, 1828. letter was written to Mr. Paulding, which ho produced before tho Grand Jury. Navy Dkpahtmkkt, > Sin? I have complied with your requisition of tho 16th inst. and lisvo added $780 under " arrearages prior to 1897," at tno request ufthe 4th Auditor. Very rosnoctfollv. Iw SAML. L. SOUTHARD. Thi'i wan the money remitted to meet Dr. Watkin*' draft, which had been sold to Mr. Fowler, wax forwarded and |?aid. The original draft with an ubstract referring to it, waa forwarded to the 4th Auditor'* of fice, with Paulding'* account*; but it never reached the hand* of the examining Clerk, and ha* never yot been found. There wan the name intercepting of corrcNpondence, management and concealment in tliia case ax in the two proceeding; the amount wan suspended in the Kettlemcnt of Mr. Pauld ing# account, of which he never wax in formed until the accession of the present Auditor. Thin caftn (lifter* from the other* only in the existence ol' positive proof, that tho Secretary of tho Navy tnuumitted the roo-| Hey to meet Dr. Watkina' (trail at hit re guest. It doe* not follow as a matter of course, that ho knew for what object this request wan made. But was it not his buslnMMto knowl How da rod ho transmit hundreds and thousands of public money to government agents at the simple request of an Auditor, without knowing that the pubik} service re qu i re 11 it! Did he ftuppofto there were any arrearages to be paid off in Now Yofkl If he did, it only kIiowh how ignorant he won of the business of I lis de partment. Neither the agent at New York or Beaton ever paid a dollar under that head, except tho drafts of Dr. Wat kina. There ii another fact which makes tin remittance of Hiim money Dim more Htirpris ing. It in Haiti that Mr. Soutliard had do ciaod. that all Iho arrearage* which the $90,000 appropriated by Gongreaa wan d?> Higned to moet, nhould bo nettled and paid atWurdiington; and that in fact, not a dol lar of the appropriation wan ever forwards! to any agent, except for tho purpose of meeting l)r. Watkinn' fraudulent draft*! Why did the Secretary diaponao with hid own regulation In therm carnal \Vould not hit determination not to ruinit any of thif money have made him thamttajnutoAll to ^itojofcarirr ? ? no nol Mr. Southard was an accomplice. 01 ^ Watkina; hut the circunwtanre* ol tM*cj?e are auch tliat ho owe* it to hi* own <d?a?c argument couiu nave inuuc^? mm to trans mit considerable kuim 4 public money without any other ay*ority than the n? qoNt of a man wh^only object wan tp ap propriate it to own uto. Did tho Se cretary knov ?f lho una for which it was intendadi " not, why did he transmit itl One i^tho Ant indictments found by the Grai^ Jury waa upon this enw; but the Cyrtt in their wisdom decided that the 'fait%e firetencet' were not net forth with cuffidoftt certainty, and quashed it. After hearing Mr. 8outhard'? testimony yester day, the jury found another indictment on thfiicaae, which I think it will defy thn in genuity of the Court to overturn. The amount procured by Watkinn frr>m the Treasury through Mr. Paulding, in ns follow*: Requisition of July 6th, 1827, $1000 Nov.6?h, do. 300 Jan. 18th, 1?28, 7fi0 Total 20 V) ' In my next, I will Net forth the frauds committed by him through Richard 1>. Flarris, Navy Agent at Btwton. LETTER IV. Wahiiiikiton, Juno 27th, 1$2U. 8m, While Dr. Wtttkin'H wan practising the fraud* on tho Treasury through the Navy Agent at N. York, which I have enumer ated, he wai< playing the name game through the Agent at Ikmton.?The lnt Mop tn tho latter <'u?! wan tho following " Treatury Department, Atfi Auditor'? Ojffttr. Sih t lth AuguM, IK27 I havo thin day drawn orf you in favor of V. 8. Fowler at ten ilnyn x'ight for three hundred dot tarn, which you will l?e plea?ed and charge when tald to tho ap i for arrearage*. No noon a* the of tho Navy tdiall return to which will ho in a few day* ? remittance will be nu?d? to you under thai head, Kuflkient to rover the draft men tioned* a* well ?n Home other* that it may I >o found convenient to mako on yon. 1 have made the draft at ten daya, that you may reetve the renimittanuo befitre pay ment ia made. I am Air. very respectfully, Ym?r obedient aervant, tTwatkinh" RicN'd F> II arhi*, Navy Ac cut, llonton. The draft dktdod to wiui|?nid by lliirria on the Aral of Hepteintar. In the mean time. Dr. Watkin* had procured the mo* ney to lie forwarded to meet, not only this draft, but auch other*a? it might lw? "found "ennvttttnti*' to draw! The mean* by whieH thie Waa*erompli?hrd, are partially developed in the following letter. "4th Au4Hor%o Offltc, 27th Augunt 1HST7. Rill, I wWOumh jrmtti miN to homitto tith rd I). Harris, Navy Agritt, ?t BciMon two UmummI (lolbnt under th? h?*d ui ' ArHMKMM prior In IW, Tho Hon. ftocratary of ftw Navy. Mr. Southard wan not backward to cnti tlo himself to the Doctor'* thank*, imi therefore issued his miuinition, by virtue of which ttOOOof public money was trans mitted to Mr. Ham* for the w?lo purpose of mooting fraudulent drafts! I do not say that tht* was the purpone of Mr. Southard, but it isamaxing, that upon the simple re quest of 4th Auditor or any other man, without a word of explanation to show thu objects to which tbo money wss to l>o ap plied, he should thus drain the Treasury of its contents. Dr. Watkinsdid not Miller this money to remain long in the hands of Mr. Harris. The following letter* and extracts from him to Mr. Harris, shew how draft succeeded draft, until the fond wax exhausted. "JVeatury Department, 4th Auditor**'Of fice, 4th 8cptcmbeffl?ffr? Kin. 1 have thin day drawn on you Chorh*S. Fowler, for five liu| law, to ho rharp il to "arri'aii 1827." Not having received oft ho Trea*un>r'n remittance Hand do Hum under that head, tho draft at three days night, F tancu might not reach you no "19th Se/ite* I have thin day drawn on y< Charles S. Fowler, tor tivohui due under head of '-arreuragctt ? 1827," to which appropriation yoO?,will Iks pleased tn charge it in your accdbrit." . "2d Octotifcr 1827. 1 have this day drftwn on you in"favor of1 Thos. B. 1'ottiOKcr fSr 8700, in tU<i drafts, one of A100 aifTthe other of $800, which you will hu pleased to charge to arrearages prior to 1827.wj It will I Hi perreived that tho aggregate amount of all tjfem ikaftiTi* precisely $2,000: hut irecrtlMiuence of paying oneof them them beft^ it Became due, Mr. Ilar rix procured a deduction of tho interest, which made tho amount paid hy him ftl.Oftu m Tint tliroo first draft* wcrn return?! a* voucher* id his accounts for the quarter ending H?>pl. 30th 1827, with an abstract in which then! w?>ro the following entries un der the head of ".arrearage# prior to 18*27:" "167 Sent. 1 T. WaWn*' draft 0300 IUS 10 do of #500 499 W 109 22 ^ do fiOO ! r- $.1201)60" The figure* on the left h*tul r?Ur to the draft* or voucltent, these were never ween by the examining Clerk in the 4th Audi tor'* office, nor are thoy now fmind. The w<*tli? **T' Walkint draft" |?ave Insert enuied from the abstract with a knife, no a* to ho iltagiibV*. . , The two last of thwe draft* were return <-d as vouchor* in Mr. Hvrb'N account for the quarter ending Dec. Slut 1897. with an abrttaai.on whieR were the foHowi.^ on ttiee nndor the head * "Jmearajwijrtor tft few. Neither did the** two 4r|Aa ever < into ttehandaofttto< the abstract ia defaeedl after which a pen win run several times thro,s?J& ISf*"#** ?&* ?urn* of *400, 100 aud TOO. The clerk who nettled tho account* teatifien, thnt the ab stract* cane into hi* hand* In the mutilated state in which they now appear, unacom natiied by tho draft*; that no took them to Dr. Watkina, informed him there went no voucher*, and asked him what he ahoulddo with thoso item*: and tint tho Doctor told him toaoapend them, for thero wan an un demtanding between him an the Secretary of the navy about them. Tliey were ac cordingly su*pended, and that ?uiM|trn>(on was noted in a statement <>f the account pre|>ared tobe aent to Mr. Ilarri*, and in several other statement* ofnulMequont date not one of which, although they were all recorded in the 4th Auditor'* office an ha ving been ibrwardod, wan over received. Nor wrro one of WatltinK' li tter* to him in relation to the draft* and tho remittance, though purporting to lx> official, recorded in the office. Every tlunc wax kept from tho record* and Ale* which mm Id convoy any knowledge of the transaction to the clerk* arvl tlw word* "T. Watkina' draft" won* craned from th?; (detract with the vamo object. All Matement* and letter* prepared in thn office for Mr, llarri* which could liavo apprincd him of the condition of hi? account, w?r6 NUppre**ed, nudhe knew nothing of the mttpennion* for the 3d and 4th quarter* of 1817, until informed l>y the present 1th Auditor, Kxcept the letter of Watkiu* to Mr Southard which Iwh been recently found in the Navy Department, the whole evidence hem prc*entwl and referred to, wan <?ul?mit tedtothetjrand Jury. They nnanimou*ly 1 indented Dr. Watkim for a fraud on the ?nite.d Htate*rM in the firxt cane of I'siul ding; hut the indictment preferred upon it haw met with Urn common late. From extreme caution the jury would not find umui lit proper lorm, or iroin rxirrint' utii- , ideality the Court would not Hi*tain them. ! It wm decided, in Kuhtfant''', that he h uh |ainM)ftblent rommon law, hut that there wu no way to puni*h him! It will be uhnerved, that llm two la*t j drafts are drawn in favor of Thoma* R i Pol linger, who waaa clerk in the Ath Au ditor'* nlliin It wsut xuppoaed that he might give mime information of th?* purpo aealbr Which they were drawn and the ob tain to which the motley waa applied, and lio wan celled on for explanation*. He mud lie hvl totally forgotten the whole transaction, and wan *> earnest to b? he lie ved, thai he voluntarily went Itefore a mi|(istrato, and mad" an affidavit, which he re(|tieatedldiodld la? taidhefare the Pre* ident, in which lien wore/'I have not the leant recollection Of mirlt draft* havingheen presented to, or endorsed hy me: and fur ther, I am positive in declaring, that I ne 1 did, atany time nogoofete or sell any of the Raid Wjukfo* on tho at Ronton, of jawlve the mo flrom Mr. rwritr Of any convanNMf and in ^Tlhow it t Ida nadbfifeftnot on mJm to renc*, ifho ?Ud'ftot <nfrctly be ever hod endorsed. All who in or road hie affidavit und ia their own minds whetl argu tho suggestion, that Mr. PoUjHof? moat might bo a forgery, WSon lo' ttingcr conies out In the newspapers irtsthat ho never suspeoted, or in I to insinuato, such ft thing in relation "unfortunate friend," Watkins, end i doubt that If hie uaino wee on the ) put it there himself! . jfion this incident ee a part of the r of the times, m well u a remark* 'snceofaman'e total at would cast although ho I ordinary way# Ye a deep and' *" V and at ? that ? known jjfrd not name! jin nr. Watkins. I am... the general belief .in, tt >4hl etidor*o the drafts, a) innto (Head" ought not < wantjuf memory. , next I shall detail the circmnatan \e two renaming I'ramlatMJppoeed U n committed hy Dr. urser S. lliiinblvtoi yesterday. 1 u tide rata t drawing drafts on J)r. any letter requesting hitu to tlMIV 00 ftt?u? the dP|k?iairy on his aor vuiNT. or any other ram. Mr, Southard, r aj#iit#Id, states tlmt ho ifteuqA* thereouini i ii I ion the Dtaiamvnt oftl)r. WutUins ' "be had iti a letter a nuiuest from Mr. r bleton to that ufluct. This preftelit* a plaiti case in which then; in no ovaaumtf It wi!l?o before the Grand Jury agmuMun Mofnay, ami :is the fal?e*firetenct? wITno fully proved, there is no doubt of sueluan hulrttnient as no sophistry or?|uibblingcan overturn. I.1VTTKR V. il'unhini't'ju, June 29th 1829. Sit, There arc two other ouch of mure re cenXdate, implicating Dr. Wntkins which although not fully developed, in conte qufehoc nf the ahscnr.c of the gentlemen to pvlioui the money is charged, are un tedly ?>f the suinc fraudulent char v . If appears, that on the fith Sept. last, a lisition issued in fuvor of Orris8. l'alne ^00, which was charged in (he 4th ?rN Office to Edward N. Cox, a pur ple Navy, then and now in the PaciAc Mr. l'atae was lately a clerk In h Auditor's Office, and at there ftp I to be no authority for charging this . fc*. u?k culled on far an cx k|ef clerk in the Wavy ilcpar(ih<w? who assured him thete was no impropriety u |Lptransaction to suffer tiis namo tohe ?\ Wfltkifti. ; 1 understand that Mr. Southard disavowa all know ledge of this requisition, and Mr, Hay produces as his authority the following memorandum, without a name but in DrJ Watkins* hand writing. " Please to issue A requisition for JJOO, charge to E. N. Cox,Pura??,forPay Afloat nmde payable to mc at hit rcqueat, for the purpose of answering order* which he hai given on me, and pleaM* also to let acting Purser Cooper have #1.10, His accounts are not vet closcd, but the clerk who is settling them says there will he u much lar ger Mtm than that due to him?Charge to pay Marine C.orp's. . What was Mr. Hay's mqtivc iu procur ing Mr. Paine to suffer his name to be put in the requisition instead of that of I)r. Watkins, docs not appear. Mr. Paine, however, produces the following receipt* to shew that he only acted for l)r. Wutkins in that matter: ?'ll'atfiintflon Rr/i Sf/itcmbcr 1828. Received of Orris l*nino, f.vj. five hun dred dollar* on account of Kdward N. Cox, Purser, U. S. Ship Hrandywine, which 1 nrotwi'ic *'? account fur to said Cox. t. wAtkins. Mr. Hay doc* not pretend, that he ever inw any order* from Cox and Watkin*, or thut any authority existed for the itstic ot the t equation except the Iooho nienio randuin copied above, which he dhf not deeni ?.f sufficient lmi>ortanre to file it in | the Navy l)ej>artment. Nor arc any Mich i order*! or any other authority for charging ' the moncv to Cox now to he found in th? : Navy or Treasury Department, nor is there, ' the slightest ground to believe that uny cy. '? istcd. On the 1 ilh of December IfCrt, rcquHi- j tlon for S7.M) wan issued, payable to Dr. j Watkini, pretending to ho by order ofHila* llutler, ? purser in the Navy, then nnd now in the Mediterranean. Noauthovltv i? to be found in the Navy DeptrttacnA for the ii?ue of thia requisition, nor l? th/ere any flii the 4?h Auditor'). Office for ch irginp 't to Purser Hutltr. The only intormutior> ob tained on the ?ubjeit is from the requiti* tion clerk in tlir Navy Dcpartmrnt. who v\rs lie whi dircctco to umte it hy Mr. C.litirlcR llay. Doubtle**, t'ni? vino wn* done upon the representation*,, ?,f f >r. Wat kin*, who received the tnonty and applied it to hi* own use. The evidence herein referred' .o, rvlntive I to theac two ca??s vwbro Hted to the Krand Jury, who retuard to pre*.tit them tit>-1 on the prcnumiitlon that i>r. W atkin* might have hud authority for 'ftla t.rt*. I have already ?hewn that tu'Ch 0 preemption was contrary to reeaon and In w, if no author ity for the ifMic of a rtonUf tion relating to the naval service can be rout id in the Navy or Treasury Depart nvsnt, tb .e only legal and reasonable presumption la, that none cxlata, and it becomes at once tko duty of the Se cretary and 4th Auditor t?- shew their au thority. In thea??Mtc^ I> r. Watklna with nut any authority appearie g on the public Ale* or records,tfoetrad tr <?m the Treasury f 1,340 of the pnbllemonejr., and charged Kte distant Pursers. He IMM left nothing be hind hha to sustain tfcoaa e barge?|U?e Infer ence therefore it, Wat the y were unauthor This wis sufficient to make it tl?e duty of the Grand Jury to indict Hid authority, it would then * * it before cams of fraud oothoXMijgpUrliia the years IWfl Tho amounts ?Tuubllc mo |ney thus obtained Watkrns are as folluwh: * It cijuikitiou charged to Hambleton Ut do torauUlltigw ,v ' . . m*' du , do 3d do do do to Karris < i do to Cox do to Batler *7300 n.^ v.vu viic*c iraudt, aa extensive *nd thamelcts aa they were* are believed not to Itavebecu the tnoet corrupt and dangeroai Kirt of Dr. WatUwt' conduct. He made roteU the debtor pC many oAcert whovs accounts he had to Mttle, by borrowing monev from ?K.?? I ry little disposition to pay. traordinary allowances made daring Mu jast two years, it-it inferred J' [?dto MktUfy tlioeaowlHors ty intUe MiUlemMBWUueiM mind it struck with dismay at the content " ?tion of the extent to which corruption pt(l have been carricd l>y the fcontinu :e of sucha man inoftice. ~ iireet frauds, ho would a? fi ive made every man his ct I accounts he had toeettie* with i standing that ho wasto pay thum by allow* ing such charges n*> they mighty disposed 1 to make! In,time, the whole Nuvy would 1 have bccomc Contaminated, aiUtahat which has shed so much ginty on air country, would have become its reproach. Had Mr. Adams been re-clectc<l( it is said and hilievcd that this man was to have been Treasurer or Postmaster General. What would then have been the fate of our coun try ? The people of the United States have cause of thankfulne**. ?? ??? /?t- ? " v? <MI good, that they hnv&Been enabled to place one at the head of their government who haa the virtue and the courage to remove cor rupt men, and restore our institutions to their pristine purity. As they learn in de tail the conduct or the principal men who lately swayed the sceptre of nuthority, they will bid the old soldier Godspeed in the work of reform, regardless of the clamors raised by peculators and defaulters, and their accomplices and associates. Should I remain here until utter the Cocrt has disposed of these eases, I may give you some curious particulars rclatix c to the con duct of Watkius'counsel and defenders.? It the country ure astonished at the frauds already disclosed, they will be more so at the unprincipled eflbrtsto scrcen the culprit from trial and from punishment. i r. Ju -U?! meantime, 1 shall detail to you I J ami:* P at h?7k , 15*. """TT'VTi* from the ?Nwt ofl.ee at New Hhdinh^.hia " MrH Catharine A. t anfield appointed m bisplaor- Mf. Patrickthu* humourously announce hi* diamiHual: o think the rostnuiKtor t.eturru lor Snf( us ofl mo handsomely. While iy of our brethren of tho letter Imps v?i been bttrled out of office, and unjiei - led to surrender their papers, map* and mail key*, to aurlf looking fellows of <?p poaito politic*, we politely ate n aside to make way for a My. Here there were no Hour look* between the officer turned out, and the officer put in. while in other I>lar<*, tho newly appointed Postmaster tai entered the office of hi* predecessor insultingly exclaiming, " Give me up your , kern and letters instantly?il is our tiiiM> to I rule now *??iand ha* been indignantly re i plied to in audi Word* as "there they are and lied- -d to you!"?our case ban been entirely diflerent. h pretty young widow outer* tho oflke *fith a |*>ltte c?*irt*ey : " Sir I am appointed Postmaster, and will accept it." " I reprice to hear it madam, I and am rcmly to (lelivcr you the pa|ter*." " tkm tliat finely coloured map Iwlong to th? office*, #ir V* " Ym madam, it Iwlotiga to the omre." ?? I am alad of that *ir?I will p*it it in my hair" " it will look much better there, madam, than in my cab in." " Yott ran let mo have tho map and papriw at any time V* " Certainly madam, with any Instrurtionn yon may require." A imhI without n>?mi|c,Heem?d to nay, Your service* arc not wanted; I have a ooputy! [From th* N. Y. Rnqiilrer *nil Com let ] I.KVANT TRADE. The failure on the putt of the United Slate* to make a preliminary arrangement with the Ottoman Porte, for the passage of tlio Dardanelles nnd the trad* of the Black Sea, isgeucrall)' known abroad. An Kng Ush paper notices the object a? follows: " The American Government hat failed in its negociation* with the Porter the great object of which was to obtain a free naviga tion of the Black Sea, and the cmlon of an island in the Mediterranean, for th?s purpose ot convening it into a station for American tliipt, ttngland teeaid, and justly we pro mime, to have beenthe power w'nose repre sentations to the Porte had the effect of pre vent in* Jonathan from realixin/j these dar ling objects of hie ambition." Honest Hull Is rather at faMlt in his cal culations. Jonathan was m* thwarted In roiiftrauence of the interference of Hnglend in the matter, from the thnnle fnrt, thnt ] when Commodore Crane -and Mr. Connd I OfHejr vistttd Constantinople, K did mi hap* !ifii, that the Kngllah lejy had leftPera tor dome month*, and rj, Interference was nWnred on the part of any of the Chrhti* I ail powcra then rtpre*u ited at Conntaifc'.no j?lc. There could exi *t no caiine ot Inter I terrnee m the matter. for the Levant trnic ha* been a? fnlljr enjo ycTTyTT^TT Htate* a* any othef w ig for nearly A century, ami our fthto ? have cone i'?t IMar.k Seaj btit we wff ?h to enjoy thto 1 a* a right, end not a* a aufj not comport with th? dignftPB ilk, to t?c placed utv Jer the (woted England, or France* J* Iwel* J*?j power may be moet, % favor of the Ss^SisassRss I but a mUtakeit rmUfli gf economy, w hlefc no other nation, however poor, cherishes, pre vented our having had n treaty with the QnoMiHeliAor manf /ear ago. tne psrtoi toose HMtrustea witn tiic power pi making prppotals, H has arisen from some niiimniiifniaafj.. for tbdt?Drrr was a more propitiousMMientioprewthls sub * ject uj>oo the Divaa, Vftn|MW>ed in a pro per, or rather appropriate manner. We are the only Christian power, so called by the Porte, which is not rcgardel wkh tome suspicion aaA.dUtrust by the Sultan, and at a moment tfjpttt exigency, when friendly counsel and rececnlaance la required, it in Impouiblc to be disregarded, if appieaebea ire made according to custom. A formal mission to the Porte at thie time would wX |>C DOlltlr.) ?li?" " ? IIIMIJ VUHMOCIlUOnl rendering it inexpedient. A siml-officlul m>saion, consisting of the Commodore of n Mitwdron, and a re?klcnt Consul, lone uudrr 1 urklnh protection, wu calculatrdtojgf? cite m much attention and produceldWef feet. A private individual with power.-, aad operating through the proper channel*, la more Hkely to succeed in procuring tho recognition of the principle, and following it up at a more suitable time with the for mula of a treaty. It it very desirable for ut to procure the free trnle of tha.Levant and tbe Datdun eilest sffkirs are assuming an aspect in that neighborhood which requires that we should be officially Known and acknowledg ed, and nothing is more easy than to effect the object, it properly approached* On this head some communications of interest 2^jnj?m2deto?ovei2menti^i>BMi_Biia^ ? The xchooncr Hannah, at Philadelphia from Africa linn brought (ho official account of tho taut battle at Elmtaa, between tho Dutch forceH and tho Africans, from which we extract the following lawtfiriii:? The combined forces o| tho Juntccs and Hassan's army who lately fought against tho King of the Aahautees, attacked tho abovementioned castle (belonging totbu Dutcli) on the 9d October, 182b, with about 8000 well armed men,on tho westsidejuf tko catitlc: Colonel Lust, tho Dutch Governor in-Chief, who had several redoubts erected around the head rustle, and was prepared to meet bin enemies, received tliem with much ArmncM; sksoou as bo had them un der reach of the guns he unmasked the baft* torien and attacked their right and IHt wings, which in about two hours, after an obxtinato combat, were repulsed uudfprccd to retreat in ttrent diHonlrr. uii the 19th Oct. a miundanble body amounting to upward* of 20,000 men under t h?* command of the kin# of l)ink{ra, march ed in four division#, and u general attack t<H>k plat e. Col. Kir Frederick Laid, who*o forci* ilnl not exceed 7000 mu^Lcta, acjfld? cautiously, and retreated for thj^^i* lirihR liin' enemies under, lur^ 4ki'iv# ,iW nrTTpVrti*rft' tKankfl and three lull hour* fighting the whole amy wn* obliged to r? treat, leaving a pre at Inxly killed and wounded on the Held of battle, and an immenur quantity of provi*> ion*, &.r. In the went, north nnd caKtetrly camps, which all fell into the hand* of tho Dutch; the whole Watt reduced to ulw* the Kiino night. The Dutch purmied tho enemy for the difttance of two mile*, when Sir Frederick brought l?ck hi* army to their respective intrnnchmenta, being afraid to encamp in the Bu*h, from remembrance of the fatal diwotter which ovcrrome the late Sir Clinrlc*McArthy,tho British Gover nor of Cape t'oant in 1824.?Boti. Com, Crntiu of York District,?Vtotft tlenmn who took tlin census of ' * we learn that it contain* M22 MSB female*?total 10,#fi0. tho of m?le*i it will be *een, i* M Advocate, Crn?u? of flcuiifort DUtrkt.?Hy tl)a KilitonoMH <5f llm ucntlmwnwbohM liken o cotutan of our Didtrict, we aru enblcaU to prcnont tho result: _ *T^Vpe Haint Hcltma Pariuli, 100(4v 1 Saint Luk<>'H Parixli, OlWfV Prim* William's, " Saint Poter'* Parinh, a 741 of tiiix number Br au fort. Tho increa?e for tho taut ten yean in \m ?lcr four hundred. W? am informed that there Iiun been curaddoruhle enier*|k|i ftom the upper pall of the DiMrkt to AU Imma, Miwowoppi anil Florid#. , Tfit Southern Nevlrw.?Wo I ram with ret rut that tho trtrtronnge extended to Hii* valuable mriwlcdii far from bei cient U? defray tho e?pen?e of it a pal and that aenoo* apprehciMionti ar tainedj leal from thw carnw the proprietor* may be compelled to reiinouiali their under taking. The literary character of tho patronage, will reflect nonreditontHeeoan niunityfrom which it wai entitled to ex pert mipfNitt. In raw it |n? duuontin?ed, JliSTV?? V^wVi fJSthAw ? permanent M*?*l m|4 5!it^ry JouWb, ItogB33 viewH. 1lH.Jorr.^rw?iW Q*e| pendent <m th? l??w jJmA an for it* nmnu&ctur**.?'.MmA. Tli? late foreifpt medieal journal* eta to that M. Cutter,* French ?irgeon of nmt inniMKN, ?ko hM devoted hm iUmiImmi to (he fubjeet of animal noiatma, haadieeovor oil that chlorine h?< the wottdevfhl power wine and dewtroyinx the potaon itedhy (he bite oft rabid animal fog iatho mode of application:? a atmng waeh by diaaolvin* two table niKx.nfcil of the Chlonirrt of iJnte in half a itint of water, *nd Inxtantly and to peatedlr hatho the i*rt Mtton. Tlw | willinwiawat lie <weompoae4. ? It haa pro ved mi? ee?aAil when applied within tie hour* a0er the annual Um been bitten ? Qnrgia*.