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COLUMBIA* SOUTH CAROLINA, JULY IT, 1830.
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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*.