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/ ami tkc Out:-' Jjr.i.'tc'i.
a tali: that is vim/.:.
A short tune since I wrts invited btr a
frond ;o accompany him to Hospital to
witness an operation wi.ioh was to be per.
toruttU thai Jay. , I couseuivh, not, taut i
wfttiie l a> look upon a soldering n;:u:? bat
rather that I might have ai opport in v of
seeiwg bo a* opera ions v.*;-;-; conducted in
these dwellings of me aiihcted. L seated
imvself by die side of my fri'vid, whilA my
i vu Wandered about the room, tnrrving on
knives, sows, and other instrnmerVs \vni;h
lay upon the table before m; fntn;.: to
my imagination the scenes ofrmiv.isk which
these WiJls lia I wimess -d, re; i exciting in
?Vty heart pity for these poor sufferers who
were from day to day ex.ended 0:1 that shceed
able. As { was meditat.ng i:: >.a the,
* many ills w i.eh fLsh is heir to." lite door
ooened. and upon a board was brought a
niatiexhaus t/J with dtsvas? and worn out
with [tain. Ho was laid upon dee abie and
the ins rum ai.s of amputation read 'y propared,
'f.ie bloodless face r.r, 1 trembling
f >rm told us ,!iat ;ne suff rer was conscious
of his situ ition and dreaded tire :a:n ho was
? ** . . * . 1 t
about to endure. rcrtinp?, tj: J, as 1
looked upon the mortified and deadened
limb, perhaps that nun is a f dker, who has
a wife and children to mourn* over h;s m
firtunes and friends to min st: r !o his wm.ts,
?hat now none are with hint, he is to hear
his pains alone. The saw followed the
knife, an ' soon the !!n:i> wus taken oil*. As
lite surgeon was taking ia? :!.e arteries, cu3
<? I
riftsity led m * to inquire the cause of the
disease, and my foeimys wer 4 indescribable
when I was told?vrh.de i.i a state of
intoxication, for want of a bi i.e.- shei.er heslept
in a barn and froze his feci! ' I vras
faint and sick with the sight and rose to
leave the room. The hand of u.y friend
held mo by the shoulder while he asked if
I did not intend to see the whole opera*ion "
Is it not already done ?*' 1 inquired. 'hXo
t]ie olktr is to bo taken off!" I hastened
rrnm tlu> cim' mtm n to fi ? t* ?Tl*? DOOM JUT.
41 VIM I ' IV/ U| ' V J ? vv* M v ?? y j
and relieve my ear and it i from the cries
of the unfortunate man.
!f I have listened unmoved to Temperance
Lectures and Temperance Addresses,
the e!o pjortcc of thru place converted
me.
But the man who provided him with
the ruin ! I would that lie were there, and
if the groans of that sulteiing man could
not reform h:m, ti vo'ce iiout the tomb
would fail to do i1.
INVENTION* OF PRINTING.
" Ilaerlem claims the invention of the
art of printing. It .s attributed to Lawrence
Kostcr, an alderman of that city, in 1-1-11);
wliose house is vet standing in the marketplace,
opj)osite tne church. Amusing himself
one day in the neighboring wood with
cutting the hark of lives into the le:ters that
formed the iniiials ol his name, he is said to
have laid them 011 paper, and failing asleep
when he awoke, observed, that from die dew
their form was i:i.pressed on the paper.
This accident induced iiitii to make further
cxpeiiment; he next cut Ins letters in wood,
and, dipping them in u glutinous liqwiJ, isupressed
them on paper, which lie luund an
improvement ; and, soon alter, substituting
leaden and pewter letters, erected a pi ess
in iiis house ; thus laying the foundation of
this noble art, wh.ca has thence gradually
risen to iu preseut excellence. The art, it
i^said, was stolen from him by h.s servant,
John Faustus, who conveyed it to Montz
uud, from the novelty of the discovery, soon
acquired the title of Doctor and Conjurer.
The original specimens are now shown at
the library in the Town Hall. Tnc first
is on a leaf of parchment, and the second
and third ou paper, printed only 0:1 one
side, ami tiie corner left blank tor capitals.
At the top are wooden cu;s, representing
the creation, and, as it is called. Lucifer's
Fail." '
TELEGRAPHIC FRAUDS I.N* FRANCE.
The following statement, which wc copy
(rem the London Miming Chronicle of
March 17, dis loses a very extraordinary
practice.
"The trial of certain persons which is
now bending at Tours, for having been
concerned in using the telegraph lor improper
purposes, has caused groat sensation
in France, and will serve to show to tiie
l ?i i*- . l i i.,..., i;.,u .1,.......
JDrmsn puOIIC, II is liupeu, uuw lime 1.
d?nce can be placed on these government
communications. For a long time past, it
has been notorious that the intelligence
conveyed in this manner, has been often
wade public in a very garbled state, but
until now it was not known that individuals
could tamper with them. The parties
i gainst whom the action is brought, are
Messrs. Bianc, brothers, merchants at Bordeaux
; M. Guibot, the manager of the telegraph
at Tours ; and M. Renaud, the manager
at Bordeaux*. Parcels, it appears,
were sent, from Paris to M. Guibout, by
the mail, whenever any fluctuation occurred
in the French Rentes, consisting of
gloves, stockings, each pair denoting
a ehange of 25 centimes, and the colors the
rise and fail. Guibot then inserted an erroneous
signal in wha? ever official communication
he was making between t!ie two
places, but which was of course unclers'ood
at Bordeaux, wt::le it passe d unnoticed at
the different intermediate stations.
" This plan comnv^ced in August, 1634,
and continued undiscovered urA I the close
of lost year. During this time Messrs.
Blauc, admitted they had made ah'er paying
all expenses, 105,000 fa ucs (JL.V0OU,)
but from me evidence whicid was ?"iven
against them by the brokers of Bordeaux,
it is evident that the amount falls .far shov't
of the actual profits. Tiiree geademeii
deposed that they hud each paid the iirru
upwards of 150,000 francs, which wo.u'd
be ?19,000, anil it was also shown t!.\t
they seldom lost more than trifling sums.,
Guibout received 120 francs per month, i
and 25 francs l'ur every signal. Messrs.
Blanc contended in their defence that thev 1
only did what others were still doing not j
only at Bordeaux but elsewhere; among
many persons they cited the late Mr. Roths-'
< h:iJ as having had recourse to these means .
for snjevative purp> ses. A" tl.o witness
1 CiT*)oth tin' and against s;>o!;o in strong
.(. mis of Messrs. JJ.'aue n> in *a of business;
as well as their 'upright and straight for:
war 1 c >:;*iuct in u.l cuniin ircinl and hnan!
c;.ti t.\i!.>ac:ip!;<. 'iV.c Tr:al is s:..i goauj
j Go.
j Children and some ignorant misers are ,
tL'ii'iiir-'ti with sil*% ? :* anti gold prices. Men
Olis- liso : :vf r L'non bank bids.
| a,
! lionin;.!: Atj\::xtui:k with a P::
r.?[ ivKirac! of a letter from a i rime,
mar 1'(Ja.'y >ih, l*th?. j Tu?; wri-.
U [ bavin;.; ii i n ont shooting. toy down to
rest linker a tree, when ynddoniv b.; was
' aroused by thy fhrions baying oflnsclo^s.? i
On turning round, i bein-fii a snake of the .
cobra da eapci/u specttef. directing ids
*#?nr?i' M a nOIML tiliLt U'finld num-ovim-i?"
. vvrv upon my position: i:? anN instant
I was i m siiv feel. Tiiy moment ti e rr-ptile !
ii-v.umn: ?ic i my presence, i:i nstuical!
phraseology i: bo!<J!y brought to, with expan-1
dau hood, eyes sparkling, and neck beau-1
tituily nreir-d, and the beau raised nearly j
two i'-et tV;wn the ground, and oscillating!
fio n side to side, in. a manner p-aiuiy idica-:
live of a resentful I"'''''. I seized the near- i
est weapon a short, bamboo, left bv eno of
i 7
the iKvtte-.-s, and hurled it at my opponent's :
!n*ad; I vais fortunate enough to iiit it be-'
jvatis t' i'V The reptile immediately
.. anu i i"" iijij'iintiit 'i' etc. ess. itiiout u
mom ait's rejection, ! sibzed it a hide he
!o\v the head, honied it beneath the shelter
of the tree. an ! verv c.'udv sat down to ox
amine: lito month for the poisoned fangs, of
which naturalists speak so much. W'iiile
in rii-'i net of forcing the mouth open with
a stalk, I Felt the head sliding through my i
hand, and to i;iv utter astonishment became i
1* f * 1 !
aware mat! nad now to contend against the
most deadly of reptiles in his fail strength ;
and vigor. I tightened my hold of the:
throat, its body become wreathed round my
; neck and arm. If the reader is aware of.
the universal dread in which the cobra de
capel'a is hel l tlironghottt India, and thcal-'
most instant death which invariably follows
.its bite, he will iu some degree be able to I
imagim what my feelings were at the mo1
men:; :t fan4, kind of disgusting sickness'
pervaded my whole frame, as I felt the J
i clammy fold of the reptile tightening round
my nocJc. 1 st.Ii hoM the throat but to hold
it much longer woitl! be impossible. Immediately
beneath my grasp there was an j
_ inward working and creeping of the skin,
i which s coined to be assisted by t!ie firmness
with which I held it?my hand was gloved, j
, Finding, in defiance of my cllbrts, that mv
hand was each instant forced closer to my
face an idea struck me.that were n m in v now
. , , i
er to transnx tne moutn w mi some sharp instrument,
it would prevent tiic reptile from '
j u>ing his fangs should it escape my hold. (
| My gun lay at my feet, the ramrod a; peared
the very thing required, which, wilu some
difficulty, I succeeded in drawing out liav-j
iug only one arm disengaged. My right
arm was now trembling from overexertion,'
i and rny hold becoming less firm, when I j
! happily succeeded i;i passing the rod}
through the lower jaw up to its centre. It j
' was not without considerable hesitation that
j I let go my hold of the throat, and seizing;
' the ro J in both hands, at the same time, by j
bringing them over my head with a sudden t
?jerk, i disengaged the fold from my neck j
! which had lately become almost tight
? .1
; enough to produce strangulation. There t
was then little difficulty in freeing my right
arm, ami ultimately to throw the reptile
from me to the earth, where it continued to i
. twist and writhe itself into a thousand contortions
of rage and agonv. To run to a
! neighboring stream, to lave my neck,1
; hands and face in its cooiing waters, was j
; my first act after despatching my formula- j
hie enemy. Tins concludes^ true, though t
plainly told tide. Asa moral.it may prove that j
. when a man is possessed of determination,
; coolness and energy, combined with reason
i he will generally come off triumphant
i though he mav have to circumvent the sub. |
^ I
j lety of the snake, or combat the ferocity !
; of the tiger.?[Madras Herald.]
I Valuable Improvisiest.?We Itave
; been pleased in the examination of a high-.
iy important improvement of the pump, in?
vented by Mr. Albert Cissbec, and manu
factured by .Mr. Oliver Cd wards, median;
ic of the north part of the city. It is a :
1 double acting suction and force pump, of:
i wonderful power; with a cvlender two in- j
ches i:i diameter and seven inch stroke. It?
is worked like a common pump, and by its
! double action, throws a continual stream.;
i It has capacity for discharging fifieen ml-!
j Ions per minute, and with a pipe attached,1
! will force water upward o i seventy Jive feet \
! 'perpendicular. Its struciure is very neat,'
j we may say beautiful. The valves are less 1
; liable to get out of order than in any other!
pump, and when disordered, its construction:
is so simple that the merest tyro in median, i
.i ics can take it to pieces.
| It can be fitted for any well, and is adtni-'
> rally calculated for factories, hotels and'
| other large buildings. With itieading hose j
| water can be conveyed into every room in ;
| a house, be it ever so extensive, and in case 1
of lire, in sufficient quantity to prevent many j
. times a terrible conllagation. What a safe- j
j guard it would be?, attached to any building j
: especially in a large and compactly built?
! city, where fires are so frequent. No buil- j
ding ought to be considered complete with- j
1 out it. It is so well adapted for a garden i
; or lire engine; none other with which we !
are acquaited combines so many advunta-'
. * . i
1 gns. it is with pleasure that we chronicle |
tiiis invention; nod call the attention of our I
citizens to it. Wo believe that the benefits i
? accruing to the city, by its general introduc-;
j t*on, will lie very great. A destructive fire j
x often sweeps away ether buildings and thou- i
| vnds ofproperty, when a timely and stea'
dapplication of water at its first out-break1\r['T
would have saved them.
cy .
Thv pump may be seen ana further ex.
plaineu* d'c Agricultural Warehouse, 51,
North toNrfcct st.?Olive Branch, Boston.
THE ^TEROSEES IN ARKANSAS.
Ji frot:%& Sketch of the Chcrokces. j
written I>v slu oSheer of the Army serving |
in the West.
Tho Cttcroke v.js arc;'a people ot' good
', are aetivo mid ath -ic ie. and have been
a verv warlike piople: and would now, if
armed win su'ui.llo rmcs, make as good
light troops as miy 0:1 this continent.?
Some years ago t hey carried on, bv small
detachments, a marauding course of wartare
against the (lamanches and fawnees
of the West; but t.key are, at this tiinc, at
peace and amity v#itb a!! the world, and are
most pardcularly ?o wit!) tiie people of the
United S'-'tes, to whom, in point of interest,
and even kindred, they are closely allied, a
great many of tin an being crossed in blood
with the whites of North Carolina, Tennessee,
and other Suites of the Union. Happily
for the Chcrcikees. ilwy have no disposition
to go !o w; r with any nation or poopie;
their main object is to improve their
condition at horn being now in a country
which is :o he the ir own so long as the -'grass
continues to grcv, or the waters to run;
and nothing sho ol'tlic; most aggravating
causes could induce them into a war. It
is, however, to i frequently the case with
some of the peo; lie of the United State s, particuiarlv
those c f'the frotvier, to express apprehensions
of Indian war upon their borders.
Tins is much to be regretted, and
no doubt arisen from the want ct a true
knowledge of the people residing on their
frontier; for if they were acquainted with
their true condition and feeling, they would
very clearly see that their apprehensions
wore groundless, particularly so far as relates
to those immediately on their borders.
The Cherokees have not the most remote
idea of ever making war uven the whites,
and nothing b: r the most provoking and
__ J .. .1 ? r. i ""..i.:
outrageous con juci on me purr 01 rue wanes
towards them could induce it. Let the
whites at all times act towards them as they
should do, and they will have nothing to
apprehend from them; and the necessity of
a proper circu: nspectiorr on the [.-art of the
whites towards them, it is to he presumed
no one will pretend to deny.
It must be apparent to any one acquainted
with the Indians, who will allow himself
to reflect for one moment on the subject,
that the tribes bordering on the frontier
States, particularly Arkansas, arc sufficiently
intelligent to know that thoy could not
expect to gain nnv thing by conquest, in a
war with the United Slates, and might loose
that which in their present unsettled coiukt
on,would be ruinous to them: therefore, ih'-y
could have no inducement to go to war unless
it would he to revenge outrages that
might, but which, it is hoped, never will be
practiced upon them; and so far are they
from entertaining any thing like a warlike
feeling towards tAc whites, that insinuations
to that effect are mortifying to their feelings,
and produce in them a contempt for those
who entertain them. They dislike to be
suspected of entertaining warlike feelings,
j i : - \
UlIU ills Ip'-JU!V IllljllU JCT 111 illl\ OI 1.10 WIU.US
to doubt t.Va'r fide without having better
reasons lor it than joy can at present assign.
Many of them feci great interest in fiie
affairs of the Gorenment of the U. States,
particularly sucli as the election of the President,
for whom they entertain much respect
and veneration, and hail him as their great
father, and actually look to him for the exercise
of a parental care over their future
destiny as a nation. They also feel a deep
interest in the appointment of the Secretary
of War; that officer being required, in the
course of his official ditties, to have a supervision
over the affairs of the Indian tribes,
connected with the Government of the United
States. Many oft.hem take newspapers,
from which they are enabled to ascertain
i r* i f* /? i
nc reelings or many oi the most conspieuous
members of Congress towards them, as
well as their views of Indian matters generally;
and to such of the members as they
consider to be friendly to the Indian interest,
they feel a most sincere gratitude, and becomeenthusias:icin
theirpraises; bu'tothose
who, from their acts on the floor of Congress,
appear to be unfriendly to the interest
and welfare of the lndiuns, they feel a bitter
indignation; and they are slow to forge,
either an injury or a benefit.
Many of the Chcrokccs wish, according
to a provision of some of the existing treaties
between them and the United States, to
send a delegate from their nation to the
Congress of the United States, in order that
their interest might be the more fully represented
on that floor. Others of them, how.
ever, object to such, a course, being dubious
or suspicious that it would be preparing the
way for the enroachmcnt upon thern of the
"white people's laws," which they say they
are neither prepared for nor willing to receive.
That objection, however, is grounded
in ignorance, and their having a delegate
in Congress would not necessarily produce"
the result they seem to anticipate in
Such a measure would no doubt be of ben
cftt to them. It would at least be a source
of much satisfaction to them to know that
the) were represented by one of their own
nation at the very fountain head of the Genal
Government. They heve the right under
treaty stipulations, to send a delegate
as above mentioned; but by the treaty, the
time at which they are to be allowed to send
such delegate is to he hereafter anpointed
by the Congress of the United States.?
They have men among them, at this time,
who are not only able ' to represent them if
sent to Washington city, hut who would
shfae, in point ability; as second or third
rate in the Hail Congress.?Arkansas Ga.
LATEST FROM TEXAS.
New Orleans, Afiul 2-1.
By die schooner W m. Bryan, we have received
our regular files of the Telegraph
to the 11th inst. These papers corroborate
the intelligence of the schr. Champion.?
further state, that information has bieen received
from Matagorda oi the arrival of the
schr. Bonnv-Boar. Capt Thompson reports
that off Velasco, within sight of land,
lie was hove to by a Mexican brig mounting
10 guns. At this time, there were
two other brigs in sight. After being detained
for some time, and receiving six passengers
from the schr. Louisana, which
was captured at the same time, he was a1.
lowed to proceed on his voyage, having no
articles contraband of war on board; ami
arrived yesterday in Matagorda, ('apt. T.
was informed by Davis, the commander ol
the Mexican squadron, that lie had prcviousiy
captured the schr. Champion, laden
with provisions, arms, ammunition, and emigrants,
which he l>:ul sent to the westward.
Davis also informed him that the Mexican
army iccrc at or near San 1'utricio, advancing
towards Texas. It will be remembered
that, according to the latest account|
from Metauioras, the movement of the Mex
! icon troops was placed entirely out o! the
question.
From a letter published in the Telegraph,
addressed to the Secretary of War, (Mr.
Fisher,) by Deaf Smith, it appears there has
becn a' skirmish between him and a party
1 of .Mexican horsemen. The lbrco under
him consisted only of twenty men, and it
seems lie nas proceeding towards Loredo.
for tiro purpose ot placing the flag of liberty
mi tin: stiii'e of tlie church ni that nlace.?
This Deaf Smith, as liic reader doubtless'is
aware is a celebrated spy,something akin tu
the famous fetch of the American Revolution*
When he discovered the enemy they
werae boLtamiie distant,and were advanci.ig
towards him in line order, lie suffered
j them to approach within fifty yards, when
| he gave the order to fire charging evjry man
! to be shure of his aim. The engagement
j lasted about forty-live minutes when the
j Mexicans retreated, leaving ten killed and
i taking oii'as many wounded. Their force
| consisted of forty men, all mounted.?
I Twenty of their horses were captured; and
1 Smith would have pursued them, if lie had
not been informed that a force vastly superoir
to liis own were iuuhe neighborhood.?
lie returned, therefore, to Ilejar, where the
inhabitants plainly evidenced their sympathies
were with the enemy.
From the \aiiorial InlelligKKcr.
editors correspondence.
Xitw York, April 19.
Another week is over, and such a week,
again and again! The suffering, menta
and bodily, of this unhappy city is beyond
description. Men removed from i\ and
above it, may laugh at it, but what amuses
them is deat.'i to us.
An order was received this morning from
' the Department at Washington to enforce
j the collection of a!; bounds unpaid tit the
Custom-house of suspended merchants,
I without delay.
| More Results from the Pressure.?The
j Great Canal threatened.?The gentlemen
' who had undertaken to build the new ac!
qucduct across the Cenessee, have as we
1 learn front the Rochester Democrat of April
j 21st, given up their contract and stopped
| tiie work. No money is to be hf.d. On
i the li-rh, li.e Forwarders at the same place,
! representing the sixteen regular lines of'cai
nal loats, resolved not to start a boat on
, the canal unto the banks gave substantial
I financial aid. They cannot get along with
I\ ten (lay discounts.?-V. Y. Stsr.
MOBILE, APRIL 27.
Some or the effects.?A highly respectable
gentleman from Virginia, was in this
city a day or two since, on his way from
Mississippi, and gave some facts in relation
to the money affairs which were well worthy
of serious consideration, lie is well
known here by gentlemen from his neighborhood
in Virginia, to be worth about 81,000000.
He had been to Mississippi to purchase
a plantation, he saw some strange
Ulnrr? llw?rr> \ rvloufni1 ! *"?/! nkon4 %\r\
I iiuu uuvnu c/e/ uv*
j groes taken by the $.icrifF and sold at ancI
lion. There was a crowd assembled?but
j one or tw o bidders were Found. The 30
! negroes,were knocked off fur a little more
than four thousand dollars. The crowd
gathered about tiie purchaser and warned
him not to pay for the negroes, lor he should
not have them?their neighbor's property
should not be thus sacrificed. The con1
sequence was the negroes went back to their
master. At Vicksburg, lie found au acI
quaiutuncc with 20 or 30 negroes for sale.
Ti.e man could get no money for them, and
actually had to apply to the Virginia gentleman
for a loan of money to pay his board
bill with. He saw at Vicksburg, seme tiegroes
up at auction?cash sale. A likely
looking fellow was bid for until $350 were
offered. Not another bid could be had.
The owner then stepped up and changed the
terms of sale from cash to twelve months
credit, with ample security. The bidding
1 raised like electricity. The same fellow
w as knocked off at $1025.
New Orleans, April 26.
The news from Mississippi is of the most
i disheartening description. Letters from
; gentlemen ofthc highest standing i:i variI
r? o
I ot:s quarters of that Statu. foil of things that
I would not have been dreamed oftwo months
j ago. We shall endeavor to give an abstract
of the information now in our possession,
in order that tiie real state of things
I may be known.
Negroes that three months ago cost $1200
to S1500 each, can be bought in any pari
of Mississippi lor $250 to S500 cash. The
description of property, whoso increased
valuo depended entirely upon the late exhorbtant
prices of cotton, has there come
down'o a level with the present depreciated
rates of the grea^staple, leaving the unfor.
ttinate purchaser minus thousands. The
loss on this kind ofpro'perty is alone cnougf
to bankrupt the & ate. 13ut t.he misfortune
does hot stop hero.
| The plantain had anticipated their crops
I and received and expended three fourths o
j their value months ago. On the delivery
i of the cotton so bought and paid lor, the)
; naturally came forward and expected ic
mortgage their labor, capitol and time foi
t.:e next twelve months, in order to procur<
sufficient of the necessaries of life for tiiC
support of their negroes, and to get means
for carrying on their plantations, pitchiu:
their crops, &c-. Arc. To their surprise, t hi
j 4th of March and its attendant destructioi
came upon all their expectations, and crush.
| ed them in an instant. Thcv are now lef
1 without provisions, and the means of living
and usin" then* industrv. tor *'!' oresTt
' | ear. In this dilemma. j>!aritf*rs? whose
! crops have been from 101) m 700 bales,
! find themselves forced to sacrifice many of
1 ' their slaves in order to get the common lie'
j cessarivs ofhfu lor the support of them.
1 selves and the rest ot their negroes, hi
' one ins ance, u small planter, whose hopes
' ' ran high hist winter, and who owned twen'v
1 two slaves, sold three of his best men. for
' ' which ho had actually paid 83200, lor ?850,
' ! to buy perk and corn for the remainder.
* i In many pieces, heavy planters compel
! their slaves to lis!) for the means of subsis*
' j tence, rather than sell them at such ruinous
i rates. There nre'cU this moment thousands
'.'of slavc.v in .Mississippi, that kiiC'' not
where their next morsti is ;o come from.
' The master must be,ruined to save the
wretches from being starved.
The currency ofthe folate is in the worst [
1 :: ? w** c*r> tlu> Ranks re. I
j pOSSIUiU COllUiilOii. >? c sw. in- f
| iusin^ lo pay silver, and propo-ing to shave j
! their own paper. A gentleman the other '
day ,v Natchez, having 8300 of the Plan- i
! sers'Bank, demanded the specie for the
' j tamo. It was refused. LT. States paper
' I at 1 percent premium, or English sovereign
j valued at So and current for 84 87, were
' offered.
| I
1 j Our Louisville correspondent wriie* that
1 the Lank of Kentucky has made an ar1
rangerr.ent to take at par the notes of tlx; '
Planters' Bank of Tennessee, payable at i
1 i the Bank of Louisiana. A singular cir'
j cumstance connected with tiie step on the
1 1 part of the Bank of Kentucky, wiil show how
' j apt men are to step beyond the rules of
| propriety in evil times. A merchant of high
! standing bought up .icarly 810,000 of the
I Tennessee paper at a heavy discount, *i day
' j or two before the declatation of the rcsolu!
| tion by the Bank of Kentucky to fake it at
' j part One of the firm to which ^his gentle
| man was attached, was a director in tlic
1 said Bank,'and so soon as thq detcrmina;
tion was made known, the soiled of the Ten- j
miceafi ftinnrenv tlm nhif>rt nf the niirchusor. '
and ruin, at the anticipation of which the
heart sickness, must follow in the long
train of evil's which are assuredly before \
us. Where then?where then, 1 demand )
to know, sir, is the remedy to save us?" j
Tiie authors of the present evils cannot [
| plead that they were not fully forewarned j
! of the mischiefs they were about to bring ;
upon tiie country by their mad and wick. ;
j cd Experiment upon its currency and busi. '
) ness. Not only were they admonished |
I by Whig statesmen of tht^ inevitable ruin j
j which would result from tneir war against j
j the Bank of the United Slates, but they had j
< the benefit of the wisest of all teachers? ;
i Experience. In 1811, Congress refused
1 to re-cliarler the old Bank of the United J
States, the immediate effect of which was a
numerous creation of State banks to supply
j the vacuum, as ?t was said. The States rar.
: wild?forty new banks were created by the j
1 Slate of Pennsylvania in oue batch?the i
i mania spread far and wide, and to supply
' the vacuum caused by the withdrawal often
! millions, at leas' fifty millions of new bank
! canital was created. The consequence
T *
! was an immense expansion of paper money,
! and irs inevitable attendants, over-trading
;! and speculation ; then a loss of all confii
deuce in banks, a ruinous depreciation of ;
1 the currency, a stoppage of specie pay-!
;! mcnts, and finally bankruptcy and wide- j
I spread ruin. All who member the period
11 between 1811 and 1817 will recognise the
; i truth of tliis description. We are running
t tiie same race now ; the events of the last
I j live years are but a transcript of the scenes
. ! which occurred more than twenty years
i; ago. " Experiment" is running a race
[ 1 against Experience ; and, in such acontes ,
, | there can be no doubt of the result. Man
;! is the same animal now that he was twenty
t j years ago, and the same ciicumstances op;
{ crating upon him must produce similar re;
suits.
,' The Bank of:he United States had restor1
j ed specie payments, and by its salutary
r j control, combined with the lessons of the
r! past, had suppressed the banking mania, re>!
stored perfect order in the currency, ex.
-1 changes, and business of the country ; and,
?j when General Jackson came inro power,
;! there never was a more prosperous country
j! than this, or one whose prosperity was fi.uur
I ded upon a more solid basis. He has over.
;! turned it all ; the power which was given to
i him by a confiding People for their protec.
tion and benefit, he has wantonly and wickt;
edlv perverted to their ruin. Wantonly
r j and wickedly, we sav, because he did it in
) > " .
r r ''art'*" cf ev^r'ence?a r.-.urt \vh oh
, ,j . ,
' A groat evcitement prevailed,?so much so !
I as to call forth from the Bank Director a
j disclaimer of any knowledge of tiie affair,
I and to produce a prompt refunding of the
I i Tennessee pancr so purchased. When
. | public opinion can thus put down unfairness j
1 and treachery, it is in a wholesome state, i
j We hope the people of Louisville wi;l scape t
,} the ravages of the present storm. They
, i deserve an exemption.
' Wood used for steamboats along the river j
j has fallen to three dollars per cord; but there i
i will shortly be no boats to purchase it at!
: i even at that price. When the largest class j
boats are daily bringing down from 50 to >
100 tons of freight only, the prospect is in. |
i! deed gloomy.
Such are some of the princ'pul items of!
| [ news from the interior.
i Flton Tiir. jsELAWARK STATE JOURNAL. I
i What v:as then Dropiiecv is now ;
! Histokv.?In the debate ia the Senate of
i the United States, en flie lldi of July,
I 1832, on the veto of General Jackson of j
j the hill lor re-chartering the Hank of the :
United States, .Mr. Clayton, the Senator |
j of Delaware, in his speech on that occu- :
sion, said:
" The. loss of confidence among men, the I
tttal derangement of that admirable system j
of exchanges which is now acknowledged to I
he letter than exists in any other county on j
the globe, over-trading and speculation on j
false capital in every part of the country!!
that rapid fluctuation in the standard of
value fur money, which, like the unseen,
pestilence, withers all the efforts of industry,
i while the sufferer is in utter ignorance of
! the cause of his destruction : bankruptcies
' never deceives-?.md of lite- warning voice
; of the eminent statesmen ia Congress, wiu> ^
i wore opposed to his measure**, a?nJ, hko
! .Mr. Clayton proclaimed with unerring fore
! sight *\r<1 wisdom the mischief which woul?*
1 spring liom them. The veto of 133li
! broke up ail the salutary elieclts jind res|
irain:s against excessive hanking, and its
I concomitants?excessive speculation and
over-trading- I he cry ways immediately
i raised, ' Wc must have new bauks to supply
the place of the Dank of the United
.States."' The Administration, "through its
: otlieia! organ, the Globe, .stimulated the
| mania, called upon lite States to make new
I banks; Jacksou tS ates and Jackson Lcgis|
iatnres went to work, and, in the space of
1 three years, nearly two hundred millions of
| additional bank capital was created to sun
j ply the withdrawal of thirty-five millions !
| Here is the cause ol the immense specula
I ions and over-trading of ou hist two years
a sudden and immensct influx of paper mon
| ey ; and when we are told by the Globe that
these speculations and overtrading are the
causes of the present calamitous state of
tlungs, we say that ti?ey tire the natural and
inevitable consequences, of the " Expert,
mcnt"?consequences which a wise and
parental Government should have foreseen,
and from which it was bound to protect die
People. The gold humbug which was in-vented
two years after the veio, and the,
present clamor against hanks and bank paper,
were pure afterthoughts?devices got
up afler the removal of lite deposites had
given us the first foretaste of the evils of the
Experiment, and thrown out, like tubs to a
whale, to gull and dupe th ; People whom
they had betrayed and ruined. The removal
of the deposites, the substitution of the
State banks as public depositories, the gclil
bill, anil the Treasury circular, arc aggravations
of the original mischiefs, irritating tuid
festering the wounds inflicted on the community
by their acts.
hags.
The annexed paragraph will show the
extent of the trade can ned on by England
ane America in this seemingly worthless
article. The consumption of rugs by Franco
alone must be great, and when we add the
rest of Europe, u here paper making and
paper printing are carried on \crv largely,
\vc can form some idea of the vast quantity
of rag3 necessary to supply the demand
for their consumption.
Trade in Rags.?Though rngs arc apt
to bo despised and scofled at, they are nevertheless
a most important article of commerce,
and one without which, in this present
enlightened, book making, and newspapcria!
age, it would be exceedingly difficult,
to get along, in fact, were it not for rags,
we should neither have the wherein to write
this paragraph, nor the whereon to print it.
Tho English trade in rags is very extensive.
Their importation from the continent
on a:i average for the last eight years
lias been 33,009 bales. These are brought
chiefly from Germany, Hungary, Scicily,
and Italy. The places of cxporiure Ham-,
hnrg, Bremen, Rostock, Trieste, Leghorn,
Palermo, and Messina.
Besides the imports of rags into Great
Britain, an amount twice as large is collected
in the three kingdoms : where from 800
to 900 papermills are in operation?manufacturing
in all, one hundred and fifteen
;housand pounds weight of rags per day.'
America has, of late years, entered into
considerable competition with Great Britain,
in the importation of rags from the continent
ot' Europe. Our importation, for nearly
three years preceding 1836 averaged nearly
13,000 bales. For the first half year ot*
J 336, it was 9000 bales. Each bale is estimated
at 4 cwt.
Owing to this American competition in
the rug trade, the British paper manufacturers
have been forced to liic use of substitutes,
such as the refuse of flax and cotton
mills, and of cotton bagging to a considerable
extent; and the price of rags had increased
in England during the last six
months to the amount of 13 per cent. If
the use of-paper goes on increasing for a
few years to come, as it Iras for a few years
past, we know not v. hither the materials for
its manufacture are to come from. Peo
pie must wear out more clothes than they
have done, or be more careful in saving the
rags of such as are worn out of fustiion,
which, for many years past, have been of
great service in supplying the paper makers.?X.
Y. Transcript..
TEXAS. *
The following is partj of a letter from
Texas, published in the Raymond (Miss.)
Times, and dated Brazona, Texas, March
14,1637:
It is the general impression with the pcoh/'TV?
tint flio*.' *? !!! nrroirkKi.
|/iw IIWIV) IIIW ??*!? tlV'VI ugutitvw
disturbed by the Mexicans, and that Texas
will either becombe an Independent
Republic, or be annexed to the United
States; in either of which events, their
lands will become valuable. Impressed
with this belief, land holders are not anxious
to sell; and but little is offered for sale,
considering the large quantity owned by
prvate persons, and thus it is, that as much
as ^0, 30, and 50 dollars per acre is asked
iter land. But necessity compels many to
, sell, and purchases have been effected at
Irom 1 to 3 dollars cash per acre for located
I lands. Unlocuted lands are selling at little
or nothing. If the planters are permitted
: to make a crop this year, land will rise at
least two or three hunerod per cent., and
now is certaiujy the most favorable time to
purchase. If I was the owner of lands in
. Hinds, I would no; hesitate a moment to
i exchange them acre tor acre, for the rich
alluvial lands on the Brasos, or for lands
| on the San Bernard, Colorado, or Gauda,
loupe; and wero you here, you would
I come to the same conclusion. The tim*
bered land on the Brasos commences about
ten miles from the mouth of the river j consists
of Live Oak, Peach, &c., and extends
from the river for ten or fifteen miles,
and has not been overflowed but oncejn
the lust fifteen years. The river is navi-'
<rab!e for SIopps for about 30 ni'les, ar. i