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io'tin* scheme hiquestion, th'J evil intention
of Saiau is the crowning excellence of the
act."
"T lis theory, ifcarried out i::t?? its legitin
;t?> cons ai unices. leads to ur.ivrrsalisin,
to inii.lclcv, aiul to atheism. J h\ Tyler
maintains mar (iod can secure the holiness
and h ij>|>iu >>9 of all his moral creatures. It
toll?\rs, tncroforc, that God will .secure the
Holiness and litt|?jMncss of aii his mora!
c ream res. Of c??urs . all men will he saved.
Hut iiiis is do: all. AccorJmg :o thisschemc
tin) divine authority of the ] is subverted.
This book co ilnsscd'v abounds in the
inov unquahti :d declarations of the future,
endless misery of multitudes of die human
nine. Hut how can a hook which so explicitly
and abundantly con'radiats (lemon.
i_. ?. Iw* I I'^nnfvtliV
^.rsyiCj uiiuhii iiui.i, u- >u< mv . ..... .
how can a book pretend to claim an Omnipotent
anil benevolent God lor i:s author,
which cxlilUits biin as creating my nails ol
bring*, h-causo be prolcrs 0:1 the whole,
iheir si:i ami everlasting misery to their perivvt
liobuess Oc happiness ! As an Omni no.
tent Being, lie can .according to Or. Tyler,
prevent such a result. As a benevolent being,l?e
must be disposed to prevent it. But aecording
to Dr. Tyler the Scriptures clearly
tench. that God will not s -cure the perfect
holiness and happiness of nis morai creation,
when be can secure it. IIow then can a
book which belies every at ributc of a porlect
God, pretend lo claim h:s authority:
Apply now the principles of Dr. Tyler in
another form, and atheism is t!ir? conso<|iicncc.
Dr. Tyler wiii admit, Dint God is
<i is pose-J ;o prevent ail evil in i'sHf considered,
throughout his creation. The argiimen',
then lur atheism furnished by this the.
<?ry, nr-y be thus staled. If there were a
Go 1, that is, a being of infinite power and
goo luess, he could prevent, and would be
iIk*)05C(I, and therefore would :n fact, prevent
all rvii throughout |,is creation. Hut
evil exists. Therefore, there is not a being
of infinite power and goodness?-there is no
God.'* ''Wo admit the fact, llint the
foregoing reasoning is that of the univer%
sails', tiie infiJel, and the atheist. liut we
ash, wlio furnishes and sustains its j remises;
and what conclusions, when the premises
arc admitted, are more unanswerable ?
^ We cannot but say, what we believe in the
integrity ofour heart, that suprahpsarian
Calvinisis furnisli the grand principle on
which these conclusions r st; and combining
their powers of argument in its defence,
with all th'-ir means of influencing the faith
of others, give to if, and to the conclusions
founded on it, a delusive and (earful infdlibili'
v in the minds of thousands. 'Clio principle
is, l ha' a v Omni potent God by tiie
mere dint^of power, can secure the uni- '
versal holiness of his moral crf.a*
tcres." "Sure wo arc, that a very
limited acquaintance with fac's, would show
ilrat the principle advanced by Dr. Tyler
and others, is the very same, which in the
bands of T oh aire and o .her enemies of the
Gospel, has spread infidctity ft!id atheism to
such a fearful extent throughout lSurop-,
and is in fact the basis of all that latitudinariaiiism,
which rejects Christianity, and
calmly reposes 011 false and undefined notions
of the power and goodness of God."
M 'i'--!--? 1.1 ? ,1,o.
" "II ur. i vier Siiuum s>uv? mi*. ?.~
utterly denies that sin is a goo I tiling?we
answer, we arc fully aware of this, and regard
it as a peculiarly grateful fact. I>ut
then, Or Tyler also asserts that sin is a good
thing. And is a man to he allowed without
correction, to say that which is not true half
the time, because he says that which is true,
the other half! Now it is this happy inconsistency
which saves those who main,
tain this theory, from being the very worst
of hsbctics." "Nothing woree can
be imputed to the worst of men than the theory
under consideration, imputes to God.
Aocordingto this theory, God purposes sin,
not fori sown sake, or in itself considcrd,
but as the means of good, i. e. on account
ofcertain advantages resulting from if. Now
the same things are true in every substantinl'rwwiwt
of the assassin." 'Dr.
Tyler according to his principles cannot
show, tliat acts of assassination have not
hocn, and may not be, perpetrated from the
same motives as those with which, he
represent God as, on the whole, prcfering
sin to hol'mCsSf viz. a desire to promote the
general good/"?^~"if Dr. Tyler siiould
My, tljat the objections which we have
brought against this theory, arc the same as
jhoso u hsch the enemies of sou.**4 doctrine
commonly charge on the doctrine of the
divinepurpose respecting sin, wc ans>*er,
th t tlh3ts more easily said than proved. *'
is indeed readily confessed, that these objections
have been often charged on that
form of the docirinc which is taught by
supra lapsarian Calvanis.'s; viz. the theory
that Clod prefers the existence of sin rather
than holiness in its stead. l?ut it admits of
a question, whether these objections were
ever ailedgfid against the true existence of
sin. Who among Arminians, or even Uni-'
t 9 .
tnrians, at least, in this age, would deny the
iniwr.cilrfv of (rods providential govern
avnU and purposes. as the ptasis of confiiiuoccand
submission under all evil."
These extracts arc a specimen of the sentiment,
style and spirit of this Review. You
.can now judge whether the jangv.age of Dr.
Dorter in reference- to it is too severe,
That Armihi.-tiis and L'nitanians do not
.vhjoct to Dr. Taylor's views o( tins subject
lis very true. But whether this is a recommendation
of his views is a point about which
.different opinions will be entertained.
Immediately aficrthe publication of this
Review, Dr. Tyler wrote to the Editor inquiring
whether he might be permitted toreply
to it m the Christian Spectator, and was
informed that no reply could be admitted,
unless it was a short letter of a pajje or two,
;<> i)o accompanied by such remarks as the
editor might sec lit to append to it. Oi'thie
act, I)r. Rortcr speaks in severe terms, in
one of his letter*, he says, "Within a day or
two, the Mirror catne to hand, in which the
,ppworth / subtcrfygc-of.tbe E Jitor in refusing
any reply, nt least any adequate one, is
reprehended, That fact ought to be generally
know#. It shows 3 systematic, party
*. n* "Tm'"**l t
> -.i i<? too Li) jiub.ii'.; and that couid
hardly have been tolerated until ibis time,
it it bad been unders'ood.' In another lettor
be says, "J.)r. Tavlor should Imve a joy
I as to occupying the Spirit of the Pilgrims,
: while theSpec'ln'or has been so closely shut
: 11 j? against one sentence in opposition to bis
views, except as ?;uoted by its own writers
i for comment. i\o work in our covin ry lias
been so tiurowlv conducted.
Yours, very atii.'ctionately,
On the ?tii isist. at IViuehiH, Maine a most
; extraordinary sj>octacle was wi nossed , a
! sliip coming out ?d' the country on dry land.
, A vessel of 7g tons burthen, built by a number
of the fanners at the distance of three
. and a half m:!.s from salt water, was mov|
ed by the powo?* of men and oxen into her
I destined elcTiicnf. The vessel was placed
, upon a sled made for the purjio.se, about 30
! In Vt.tl. .... I O I',.,.* ... I11.A.I1I ll flM.l on
j 1WI ill C? I *J L' I UJ i-Si v>\ivii 1?*iiu w?
i V(;koof o\?:ii and r>00 men and boys were
J required to mow: the huge mass. The
j whole company dined <>.i the road, and the
j oxen were habited, which necessarily took
, it;) considerable time ; but iu si:: hours from
j the first move, she was safely landed on the
! ice some distance from the wharf. Tiiis is
certainly the most extraordinary launch
I ever hoard of.?Metroplitun.
The Star says that the Now England
i Institute for the blind at Boston under the
I care of Dr. llowc, is in a highly flourishj
inir condition. The nnmbci' of pupils in
j January, 19:30, was 19, and they enjoy the
| best of health. The upper classes of boys
j and girls arc versed in English grammar
t.wvrr.mliv ?.n.! nrit'imnUrv natural nllilosO
" i
phy, astronomy, natural history and coin|
position : some in algebra, geometry, and
! rrencli language. Nearly ail have been
taught .o read spell, cipher, write, tVc. Music
also is a principal study. Besides an
! organ, there are thiitcen piano fortes in the
I Institution, which are kept in constant nc?
lion. tSome of t!ie pupils arc al.cady fitted
J ro become church organists. They are
! also taught handicraft work, as making
| mattresses, cushions, and the females sew;
ing, knitting and housework.?The work
i shop l as yielded 81000 nett profit during
j the past yar.
I SCENES IN WASHINGTON.
)
| Correspondence ff,the Xcir York Daily Express.
Washington, 23d March, 1837.
I have been somewhat surprised, that no
j no'icc has been taken by any ofthenumerj
ous let'ers written from this place, of a vorv
I cxci'ing scene which took place a few days
j previous to the adjournment ofthc lastConi
gross, m the Committee appointed to cx!
amine into tlic corruptions of the Executive
' Departments. The majori.y of that Com'
mittce, consisting " of wliolc hog" thorough
; bred " Royalists" brought into the Com|
mitte room and read a report, reflecting
| wi.ii great severity upon the conduct and
' tlin rx-i'Mv \\ |?
| cuursv wi mo iiimutMj j . ?r
C&ipfyvll and Lincoln, Lincoln, who is a
( Yankee and a very mild, prudent matt, was
roused by the outrageous and personal rcj
(lections thrown out against himself and
! Messrs. Campbell and Wise, in the report
I of the Royalist majority. Ho rose from
: his seat and addressed (iillctf, who
! had been the most scurrilous amongst them,
' and demanded upon the spot that he should
I retract every thing he had said or written
j against the minori'y of the Committee*
j (jillctt trembled and shook like an aspen
i leaf, and protested that he did not write the
I report. Mr. Campbell, of S. C., feeling
j equally indignant, locked the door of the
mfrv |>|o
I committee room, pimmg mv n.c> miu u,.~>
j " breeches pocket," and avowed his deter.
' mination to hold each member ofthc major*
' ity of the Committee personally responsible,
; unless the offensive language of the report
; was immediately stricken out?whereupon
each member of the majority denied having
! written the report; when Mr. Lincoln comi
polled Mr. Gillett and Mr. Abijah Mann,
who had before' " fathered the report' lo
! give u[) the name of the author?when lo
and behold ! it turns out to be llcubcn M.
j Whitney. It is scarcely necessary forme
.to say that the offensive part of the report
was stricken onf. But even more than this
: was done ;?Mr. Pierce, a royalist, offered
; the following resolution, which was unnni'
motislv adopted :
} ' Ixcsoired unanimously. That notwith.
standing the highly exciting topics of disi
cussion which have come before this Com
mittce, and their frequent and animating dc.
bates, the Hon. Henry A. Wise, as their
j chairman, has at ail times so conducted as
to entitle him to their thanks, which are herej
by accorded to him.*'
1 * .
?
1 rr:.rt r omcTrrtjire of Xew York has at last
1 X lit- li
; been induced to pass an act on the subject
j of pilots, conformable in some degree, to
! the demands of the public. It vests the ?p.
I pointmontofthe pilots in five commissioners,
j wbo arc allowod the small sum of $*200 per
annum compensation ; so that the pay will
not tempt many aspirants. It requires that
the present pilots, as well as the other ap1
plicants, shall be examined as to ski!, competency,
and temperate habits, before they
can be licensed. It leaves the number of
I pilots unlimited- the increase to be from
lime to time, at the discretion of the cot.imis!
sloncrs, and only giving a preference, other
things being alike, to apprentices wbo have
served three years. It prohibits, under
penalty of forfeiture of license, all division
; of earnings among the pilots of different pi;
Jot boats. A clause in this bill absurdly is
! made to clash with the late act of Congress
I subjecting to fin? or imprisonment, as
j for a inisdemanonr. any person not having
I a licence from the State of New York, who
shall undertake to pilot a vessel into b'anJv
I Hook. This is, ofcours, a dead letter.
{ The American, from which weget.tbose
' particulars of the bill, proposes, in order to
I render competittiou still more active, that
i fast sailing boats should be built by the
1 New York merchants, and let to the Now
, Jersy pilots, who are poor, and without
i some such aid, will, it is said, have di/fi
' in r'rcrc"<intz th'-ir v<"va*v?>.
! CHE RAW GAZETTE.
\Vi:i)\ES?.lV, 18, 1S37*
| Cotton.?It will bcjscen by reference to the
! Prices Current that there is a still farther decline
iu this article. Accounts froui Liverpool
I as late as March 11th state a further decline
iu that market of from to per pound.
The agricultural reader will take much ini
tercst in the article 0:1 our tirst page, mrela.
tion to the improvement of Indian corn.?
i 4
Cannot every farmer and planter improve his
; wheat, oats and rye in like manner 1 Let the
; lamest cars he chosen from vcar to year and
J J
5 T ? r\i tlio cQtnn
: SOWCU apart irum uiiil-i ?,i?>u mv
! kind, nnd beyond doubt, in the course of some
years (perhaps it would require from iialf doi
/en to a dozen) a new and greatly improved
j variety would be produced,
i Might not Cotton be also greatly improved
i by selecting seed from the most productive
: stocks and from the boicls which first open!
j We one? saw an account of an early variety
of peas produced by selecting for several
years that which ripened earliest. Why could
j not this he done with cotton as well as with
; peas ! If it could, the productiveness of the
crop would he proportionately increased; for
,! however early in the season cotton begins to
j bear, it continues to grow and hear till killed
i by frost.
Southern* Agriculturist.?We liaverc.
ccivcd the April Xo. of this valuable periodical,
.1 tlin toldn At /*/\nfnnte
iiIIU Midi! |7UXlll^li lliu IUUIC KJi CUUiUiUW
i week. For contents of March No. see first
i pa^c.
! Tennessee Farmer.?This well conducted
work has been greatly improved. It is the pur;
pose of its able editor to devote his time to it
i henceforth, which will greatly enhance its
! value.
|
JoNEsBonofuii Republican.?This paper,
i formerly conducted by Judge Etnmerson, the
i Editor of the Tennessee Farmer, has passed
| into the hands of Mr. Mason R. Lyon, for
merly the Editor of a paper in this town. We
{ wish him success.
i
I Wo siiall in future publish our paper in
j time for the Chesterfield M.iil.
1 ~ ~~
] The following arrangements of the mails will
j be observed between Cheraw and Salisbury
j from and after the first of April next. i
Leave Cheraw and Salisbury every Monday,
i Wednesday and Friday.
' Arrive at Cheraw and Salisbury every Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday any time before 8
: o'clook, P. M.
B. BR VAX, P M.
j March 31, 02 thj
RAIL ROAD MEETING.
? i* i r* r n t
At a meeting 01 the umzens 01 anient
1 County, Sumter District, held at Bishopville
j on the 27th March 1S37, to consider of the
' steps necessary to ensure success to the
| subscription of the Sumter and Darlington
j Rail Road, Dr. Johxatiian Miller was
j called to the Chair, and C. C. Campbell,
j Esq. appointed Secretary.
The following Resolution was then of!
fered by Capr. \V. II. Bo wen :
llcsolced, That this meeting seeing the
' urgent necessity both to Blunter and Mer!
chant of a Rail Road betwen Sumter and
Darlington, as a link in the great chain of
| Rail Road about to run from the Roanoke
I to the Savannah, will atFord every aid to
! carry the same into effect.
The above resolution being road, Col. G.
j O 7
; S. C. Deschamps rose and advocatod it at
j some length in a very lucid and eloqueut
I address, and was followed by John Watson
! Esq. whose remarks on this occasion fully
( satisfied the meeting of 1 lie practicability &
! importance of the work. Mr. G. L. Cham,
j pion also addressed the meeting in support
j of the Resolution, which being submitted
j was unanimously carried.
I It was then on motion, Ordered that the
; proceedings be published in theChcraw Ga'
zettc and the Charleston papers.
| JONATHAN MILLER, Chairman.
j C. C. Campbefl, Secretary.
Raleigh and Columbia Rail Road.?
I ^ f
| We have been favored with a copy of Mr.
| Garnctt's Report of his Reconnoisancc of
; the route for the above Rail Road, leading
j through Havwood, Cartilage, Rockingham,
! Ciieraw, and Camden. The ground is re.
i presented as being very favorable. The
1 distance, it is said, can in no event exceed
! 120 miles. [The Stage Road from Rij
leigh to Columbia, by way of Fayettevillc,
! is onhj 112 miles.] The estimate of the
; cost is SI0,000 per mile, and 8200,000 f<?
| Locomotives, &-c. making 83,400,000 in
: all. Mr. Garnett thinks thut not less than
j 50 passengers would pass each way daily;
1 but setting it down at 35 each way, at ft
j cents per mile, he calculates the receipts
from inik source, at 8337,2G0, and from
the mail, at 8200 per mile, at 844,000?
making an aggregate of 8381,260, exclusive
of produce. From this he deducts
8600 per mile for annual repairs and expenses,
amounting to 8132,000, and it
j leaves a net income of 8249,260, or 10 1-2
i per cent, on the cost.?Finjettcvillc Obscr|
ccr.
Rapid Travelling.?A gentleman arriI
ved in this town on Monday morning las',
? who had left New York on Thursday af,
tcrnoon previous,?being just three and-a
i half days from New York to Faycttcville.
He came by the Day line from Bal imorc
to Norfolk, and thence to Halifax.?Ibid.
j The price of dinner on board of the steamboats
between New York and Philadelphia
has been advanced from fifty to seventy-iivc
' .ecu's.
j Mr. Cowan's Steam Saw Mill, at Wilming
v/. \ C., was lately "ensured by fire
( '.U.'UJi:* ?S.nlt.Uiy .l/i./*. \ Jil.
| GLORIOUS XEWS ! !
\\V have ju>t received the following highly
| important and gratifving intelligence, audi
; hasten to lay it before otir readers. '
To l!i': Editors cf th? Columbus Siir.'iurl.
litwiNTON, March 'doth, 1SVT. ?
i Gentlemen:?Information has just reached J
j here ot a glorious victory achieved by the !
! persevering Wellborn and a portion ot the?
brave volunteers under his command over the .
; Indians in l'ea river swamp, yesterday (Fri- I
j dav.) I have had a conversation with sever-!
t al Gentlemen, citizens of this place, who were ,
! in the engagement, and learn the following ,
I particulars: Wellborn had been informed by [
| express a day or t wo previous that a large bo-1
i dy of Indians were encamped somewhere in j
I the swamp near Ilobly's bridge, from which
j they issued to commit depredation in the:
| neighborhood. With that promptness that ;
I characterises all his movements he started in i
i pursuit, and 0:1 Tuesday evening received a j
! report troin ids scouts that the encampment j
I li:?il hoon discovered immediately upon the >
: bank ol" Pea river, completely surrounded by 1
' water, and that to get to it an almost impen-,
etrable swamp had to bo traversed. I To J
made bis arrangements for an attack early j
i the next morning; lie then b'ing on the side J
j opposite tlie f ndians, he divided iiis troops into j
i bodies, assigning the command of one, of a- i
j bout one hundred men, to (.'apt. Harrell, or- i
dcring liim to inarch up the river opposite the ;
encampment, for the purpose of cutting olF;
{ their retreat when driven out and forced to j
cross. Wellborn with the balance croscd be- j
I low at thebridgf, and marched up. Just be- j
fore he reached the entrance into the swamp '
opposite the camp he heard firing, and think-!
ing ilarrcll had engaged the enemy, he rush- j
ed in, not doubting but that they would be j
; driven to his side of the river. The ditiicul-1
! ties that opposed his progress were almost in- i
surmountable; many lakes and lagoons, beyond
a man's depth, and no means of crossing |
j t)Uc !iy swimming. Put the ardor and dcteruiirjition
of his men were unconquerable. By
' wading, stvnii3lnip? railing and'jumping for
! half an hour, over ana tkr?ugn nmd, mire and
j water, during which time 20 or muskets j
J were rendered useless by being wet, tnt?" J
came in sight of the Indians in full charge, i
j yelling like so many tigers about pouncing
I .1?11;*a lmr> ums iniinndiainlv ;
| Upon Ultra jjit-jr. jiw .j
' formed, and a well directed and incessant fire
checked the savage enemy, and completely
disappointed their hopes of an easy victory.
For three hours the Indians fought with a
courage and desperation exceeded only by
that of the gallant fellows opposed to them,
and appeared to be determined " to conquer
i or to die." Wellborn finding he could gain
nothing by a standing fight, ordered a charge,
which was made in tne best manner possible, i
J The Indians fled to the encampment to carry i
! off their children, ?Sc there scattered in every di-:
I rection, many swimming the river. The fire t
of our trodps alter the Indians commenced I
retreating was very destructive. Twenty- j
three were found dead from where they com-1
mtneed running to where they crossed the
river, and many were kiiicd on the battle ;
ground and others in crossing; and it !3 well I
ascertained that from forty to fifty were k.'jled/ j
1 The loss on the part of our friends was one
| killed, (Mr. James M. Ilolloway,) and Madi-1
J son Grady mortally wounded; Hart well Ball, 1
*.? \ f llrvoCAn f f\k i
! (sheriff or our county,; vtc-ui
I the firm of Fulton &. (ileason of this place.) j
j Crowley, and it is thought two of the ;
I Georgia volunteers, badly though not dangerouslv
wounded,
j The Franklin Volunteers from your State j
: were in the engagement, and nobly and j
bravely did they bear themselves. They have J
! won for themselves a reputation that may be i
' envied by the victors of any field. Their;
deeds of noble daring is the theme of their :
associates in arms, and I assure you it is no
small commendation to say of them they were
not behind the rest of the brave fellows, either
in the march, the swimming, or thecharge.
An incident that occurred during the charge
is worthy of note: one of the Franklin Volunteers
was in hot pursuit of an Indian, who
finding that he must fall into the hands of his
pursuer, attempted to save himself by running
into the midst of the women, two of whom
seized the voluijteer; he used every exertion
to disengage himself from them, but they
made a furious and deadly assault upon him
with their knives, and in self-defence he drew j
his Bowie Knife and with two blows killed i
them both. One woman was taken prisoner,
who says that the number of warriors in the
engagement was about one hundred andtwen(
ty-five, and about sixty women who fought
with as much desperation and courage as the
men.
This is certainly the most decisive blow
that has been struck since the commencement
of hostilities, and Wellborn has been long
seeking an opportunity to strike it. All that
j skill and valour could accomplish, he has done.
The limits of this communication are too
) confined to do ampie justice to this indefati|
gable officer, who has thus stopped the mur;
derous savage in his hitherto unchecked ca-:
" ^ 1 ll 1 .1 1 |
I recr ot devastation ana uxuuuauo-u, diiU |
I brave untiring volunteers under his comra and j
j Suffice it to say they were not appalled by
I dangers, nor stayed by difficulties, all obstaj
cles vanished before their determined spirits.!
j They stayed not lor brake, they stopped not lor !
stone,
i They swam the lagoons, where ford there was
none.
\ Their leader had told them the thing must
j be done, and it has been done, and well done,
j and could not have been better done. They
! went into the held with from seventy to eighty
j effective men, (I forgot to mention belore,
that the detachment under Harrell ffed, after
receiving one tire from the Indians, leaving, it
i is said, two dead upon the field,) against an
enemy, who had put more than that number to
I flight, and who fought under all the advantages
which recent victory naturally secures, j
But men who had overcome as many difficul- j
; ties as they had to get their enemy, were not
i to be defeated, they accomplished the object
I thev went for in a masterly manner.
Wellborn is still-in pursuit of those who es- i
I caped, and there is no doubt but that he will j
soon rid us of the last of these disturbers of
our peace. i
In haste, vours,
GEO. L. BARRY. I
j P. S. I have just heard Grady is dead.
The hist survivor.?A resolution has passed
the Massachusetts Legislature, by a unanimous
J vote, granting: to Ilenry Gates, the last surviring
jsoldier who was wounded at the battle
J of Bunker Hill, an annuity of two hundred dollars
during the remainder of his life, to be continued
to his wife if she survive him. He is
now upwards of ?0 years of age.
I
Great Decline in Wheat.?A largo quantity
of German red wheat, which was bought in
New York, some weeks ago at :20tl cents, was
sold on the 1st instant, by auction, at 1:28
cents!!
j Disastrous Occurrence?The Steam packet
' S v'h C'vni'uur. on .her way down from
JST.iuiioro to Xorujik, on Thursday night tiio i
30th u!t. about 1U o'clock (being off .Annapolis,)
she ran foul of a schooner of about IX) tons
laden with wood, by which the schooner was
sunk, and the South (Carolina was so much in- ;
jured by the concussion, (having her bows I
shivered and h^ovc in almost to the water's |
edge) that she was compelled to put back to \
Baltimore, after taking off the crew of the)
schooner.?< 'luxrlcston Courier.
TIIE PRESSURE IN T1IE NEW YORK
MONEY MARKET.
The following letter was written by Mr.
Riddle, in reply to a letter from the Chairman
of a large meetir^ of the most eminent merchants
and others:?
Mew Yurir, 29th March, 1837.
John A. Stevens, Esq. Chairman:
Sir?I had this day the honor of receiving t
your communication of the 28th inst. accompanied
by the signatures of many highly rcspcctablecitizcns
of New York, requesting the
interposition of the Rank of the United States,
to assist in removing the existing embarrassment
of the commercial community. The i
Board of Directors, on learning from a com- |
mittcc of your fellow citizens, the existence of I
those difficulties, directed me to visit N. York ;
for the purpose of ascertaining the nature, and j
the most, effectual mode by which the Bank !
could be useful. All the suggestions for that
purpose contained in your letter, will accord- [
ingly be presented to "the Board of Directors, |
from whom they will receive the most respectful
and early attention.
In the mean time what my own observation
suggests as the cause of these troubles,
is that recent events in the south and Europe,
have, in concurrence with reasons of an earlier
date, produced a paralysis of private credit
which deranges the whole system of our
foreign and domestic exchanges. For this the
appropriate remedy seems to be, to substitute
for the private credit of individuals the more
known and established credit of the bank, until
public confidence in private stability, has
time to revive. To the foreign exchanges I
would apply that restorative by issuing the engagements
of the bank, payable in London,
L?iria nml Amstnr/!am. tn hp rnmitted in lieu I
of piiyatc bills. These will be ready for
the next packet, and they will enable the
country to make without injury* ail early pro-1
vision "for the adjustment of foreign exchanges
by tiie natural operation of remitting its produce
and its coin. A similar operation I shall
recommend to the Board in respect to the domestic
exchanges, by an enlarged and immediate
purchase of bills of exchange on the distant
sections of the Union.
These are the two measures which seem
to be the best adapted for the present emergency.
They are proposed with the sincercst
desire that they may be useful, and with a
clear conviction', that, aided by the spirit and
intelligence which belong to this community,
they will carry it triumphantly through its
present temporary difficulties. The surest
ground of confidence for others is confidence
ourselves; and I have seen this community
bear up against calamities which would have
| broken the spirit of a less free and generous j
people. I have known them surmount obsta- I
e'es far more alarming than any now before I
Us-?nor will I permit myself to doubt that this j
city wii.' preserve its high character before the !
world, by an," temporary sacrifices which may j
bo necessary to sustain its credit and its j
tame.
With great respect, yd!UV, &e.
S. BIDDLE. i
President of the Bank of the 17. States. |
1
From the Correspondence of the National Lilci'!
ligencer.
New York, March .30.
The agitation, the panic, may call it, of this i
city yesterday, even after J wrote you, no pen i
can properly describe. A meeting of mer- ,
chants was called in the evening, which was j
attended by the most respectable and powerful
business men of this city. Groups of merchants
continued in Wall street until 8 o'clock
in the evening1, at which hour this street so
tlirnnired bv <Tav. is usually quite deserted at |
night.
The letter of Mr. Biddlc, with the good feeling
pervading it, gives great satisfaction to all
parties here. It is humiliating that the great
city of New York should be compelled to go
a hogging to Philadelphia; but the favor is
conferred with such a grace that the huniilia- i
tion is forgotten
The usury question is now much discussed
in this city. The hoarding of money gives
great offence at this time, but nevertheless almost
all the bankers, and very many of the
merchants, wish a repeal of all the usury laws.
The feeling at Albany is entirely changed.
The disposition there now is to fix the strongeat
penalties upon usury.
Three o'clock.?The banks have discounted
with great liberality to-day; but the demand
for money is also very great. There is a
much better feeling than there was yesterday.
IT ? ? r. niUT Tllnpp o'rT.flf'Tk
JL iAl^r I'AOI vResult
of the Meeting.
At a meeting of delegates of banks of the
citv of New York, htdd on 30th of March,
1637?
It was unanimously resolved that the said
banks, according to the wishes of the committee
of Merchants, and impressed with the
peculiar exigences of the moment, wilt forthwith
increase their discounts, in the aggregate,
to the extent of ONE MILIONFIVE HUN.
DRE1) THOUSAND DOLLARS.
ALBERT GALLATIN, Chairman.
John Fleming, Secretary.
The Manhattan Bank agrees to issue a million
of bonds payable in London, and another
million here.
The Girard Bank, of Philadelphia, agrees
to issue one hundred thousand pounds sterling
1 1 - m t nn/lnn
in DOnus, puyauiu uj
IT The Bank of America has made an arrangement
with the Morris Canal Company to
issue a million of dollars of the bonds of that
company, payable in London, at ten, twelve,
and fourteen months, bearing interest at six
per cent, .per annum. These bonds will be
indorsed and guarantied by the Bank of America.
1 IT The Bank of America will also draw
their bills on the Rothschilds, of Paris, for upwards
of a million francs.
New York, March 13.
The bonds of the United States Bank alluded
to in our lately published correspondence
are now in this city. The Bank issues them
j payable in London, Paris, and Amsterdam, in
| twelve months.
Payable in London. In Paris.
In cash at. 7 per cent. prem. 5 35
;W) day notes 7? 5 32
GO do 8 5 30
00 do 5 25
14 months 9 5 25
Drafts and notes are taken in the South in
I payment of the above as follows :
j * On Philadelphia, $ per cent, discount. I
Boston, I " *'
Baltimore. 1 44 44
Richmond, lb 44 44
Savannah. 0 " '
Charleston, 2 " *
N. Orleans, 3 44 44
These arrangements, and others about ;
which I wrote you yesterday, have restored
confidence in a great degree. Stocks, that
index of feeling, all jumped up. Seventy
shares of U. S. Bank were sold at 119.?
Things all look better and brighter. The
agony of the three days past notie but thoae
who have suffered by it can adequately describe.
As to the ultimate result of tfiesc important
arrangements, the banks differ. The best
security is wisdom, and practical experience of
the men who made them. Merchants heri?
say, what Nicholas Riddle says is iccfl, must
he well, such is the confidence they have i?'
U,\~ n : ?
nun as 11 aiiuuciur.
'i'hcrc were no failures yesterday. The
failure of Morgan ?Sc Ce. was day before yesterday.
It was a serious failure. VVe have
promises of a resumption of payment. There
is a talk that the Josephs will resume. It
ipay be, but it is hardly to be expected.
April 3, 1837.
Notwithstanding the very discouraging
news which came upon us yesterday from
New Orleans, things have gone off very well
to-day. I have heard of no failures. 'There
is a good spirit among business men.
From the Xew York Daily Express.
M.ISSACHUBERTS ON SLAVERY.?The following
resolutions were recently passed in the
Massachusetts House of Representatives by a
vote of 378 to 10. *?
Whereas, the House of Representatives of
the Lnited states, in the month cf January,
in the year of our I^ord one thousand eight
hundred and thirty-seven, did adopt a resolution
whereby it was ordered that all petitions,
memorials, resolutions, propositions, or papers,
relating in any way, or to any extent whatever,
to the subject of slavery, or the abolition of
slavery, without being eitlier printed or referred,
shall be laid on the table, and that no further
action whatever should be had thereon ;
and whereas by the resolution aforesaid, which
is adopted as a standing rule of the present
House of Representatives, the petition of a
large number of the people of this commonwealth,
praying for the removal of a great
moral and political evil, have been slighted and
condemned: therefore,
Resolved. That the resolution above named
is an assumption of power and authority, at
variance witn the spirit ana mteni 01 the constitution
of the United States, and injurious to
the cause of freedom and free institutions: that
it does violence to the inherant and inalienable
rights of man ; and that it tends essentially
to impair those fundamental principles of natural
justice, and natural law, which are antecedent
to any written constitutions of government
independent of them all, and essential to
the security of freedom in a State.
Resolved, That our Senators and Representatives
in Congress, in maintaining and advocating
the full right of petition have entitled
themselves to the cordial approbation of the
people of this Commonwealth.
Resolved, That Congress having exclusive
legislation, in the District of Columbia, possesses
the right to abolish slavery in the said
District, and that its exercise should be only
restrained by a regard to the public good.
In the Senate.?To the surprise of ever}'
one present, says the Boston Gazette?even
the leaders of the abolition party of this city?
the Senate adopted the follow ing resolutions,
after a long debate?the first unanimously, and
the second by only one dissenting voice !
Resolved, That Congress having exclusive
legislation in the District of Columbia, possesses
the right to abolish slavery and the slave
trade therein; and that the earlv exercise of
such right is demanded by the enlightened sentiment
of the civilized world, by the principles
of the Revolution, and by humanity.
Resolved, That slavery, being an admitted
moral and political evil, whose continuance,
wherever it exists, is vindicated mainly on the
ground of necessity, it should be circumscribed
within the limits of the States where it has
been already established; and that no nev
State should hereafter be admitted into the
Union whose constitution of gevernment shall
sanction or permit the existence of domestic
slavery. t
C*4 - ? ? 1 * i A 4l,A ofj&Awv . 9
OlUillllUUill HCtVilift lUj/uild iiiak uic otcaiu'
boat Fancy, hence with a full cargo, took fire
on the night of the 25th, 10 miles below Bay- ,
ou, JSara, and burnt to the waters edge ; cargo
lost, and a colored woman drowned.?.V. O.
Bee, 27 ih ult.
New Orleans April 1.
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT AND L08S OF LIVES.
Wo learn from Capt. Grice, and some of the
passengers of the steamboat lone, that on her
trip down from Manchester, to this pfaeev shetook
fire about 50 miles above N. Orleans, and
notwithstanding every exertion of the officers
and crew, was totally consumed in less than a
quarter of an hour from the first discovery.
The wind was very high at the time and the
cargo consisting principally of 1100 bales cottori
which had been under shed for somv time,,
and consequently very dry, burned with unexampled
rapidity.
Capt. Grice with the utmost difficulty sucseeded
in saving his wife, and with the assistance
of Mr. Miller, the pilot, his youngest
child; his two other cliildren a girl and ooy
were preserved from the devouring element,
one by Mr. Grice a cousin of the captain's,
and the other by a colored man the steward of
the boat, who at the eminent risk of his life
' ' - ? . -*.t- L: J -1
plUngeil inio me water wim mm, anu Miiux
reached the shore when bis strength fading
him he was obliged togivo up his little charge*,
but was immediately relieved by the mate of
the boat, Air. Morris, and both, were safely
landed.
Such was the progress of the flames fhaf not
an individual was able to save a single irtiek%
Bulletin.
The Negro Girl accnsed of making three
several attempts to fire the building on the
premises lately belonging to Judge Pbioleav,
at the lower end of Church-6treet, was tried
yesterday. The Court found her guilty of
high misdemeanor, and sentenced her to receive
twenty lashes on the three first Friday's of
three successive months, and to remain two
hours in the 6tocks each rime; then to remain
live years in solitary confinement?the owner
being privileged, if so disposed, to remove her *
from the State after the expiration of the first
year.?Ch. Courier.
Mr. Eaton our Minister to the Court of Madrid
has presented an energetic protest against
the proposal of the Spanish Government to
pawn Cupa to England, as security for a loan;
declaring that the United States would never
permit England to hold tthat Island?JV. Y.
Merc. Journal.
Extract of a letter, dated Tampico, March 18,
1837. .
" The French Minister at Mexico had received
orders from bts Government, by tfjc
last English packet, to insist upon the reimbursement
of all the first loans imposed on the
French citizens and. in case of refusal, demand
his passports.