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* uu it ;.i.:i;. no ?.':!? o j cfirn vo:i' iv'IOVN <,!, i I -i<s. ??; i Oner ill'! 0!)l\' ' 'i.rti u::v its on'uiv, is t!.o liifil- , rtl.tV i:; ? , <?! r i? \ j. I i .r? ' -> ? * m.' lo , iuv>, j\>;? -t;;iJjiv. lil.Jt on :s wrv immIv obviu'ed. *vlt \ >>il -ay ii| l.U' illiiit'i'l V o! CO. Ic "Mill t-'ic I ; ivc tou.nl to bo exue-iv tr?c. J u'k i!iy not, i neroiore, to coiit ct sec.!; Ir.i K l ?'i u:-j?; ..no dig over the snn n o of ti.c col lo cover toe seed \v':oro il ui.iv n.iir.cn to li . i.i -i:v Sar.ni followII ft mg i ii i ! :t eoiii's iij) Mick; an J taking a* v.ionise . a inoisi ?iav, 1 t :!o? no iii-' young .nants, a.e! s t 'eeiti o'l! v.iieiv I want l.i in t > reel on. T.i- V ;uv so e nnr oils i ,.s o <> ,?.i no lot's ;n iraMsyinnti n?w i.'.o Ii r :no ?e < ! ;t.on | it l?**I?i't t ;c:c>>. 1 nine Uj> t!i" oal nunc n <s earn : i !..c <p. in_r. ..n! d.v: ' Ilsem; and ?il out t.u (,-;s as > ;m: u . \i led ...iJ & : -.i i :) ??iJ i !i;,vc i liai l.icy jjiii'V A?;;.oJi any diftictiity. I have taken nil a sai^ie b'.ii.i ii, one st.ar old, that wmni ti.v:*Jc?i in .srr/ji'v plan's. la eiilier of these isj.? J -s, ndy p'.irsu *.1, t ,< ru ?s rmdy no d.kieulty of p:vp'. nation iocomplain ol; when we coasid r di?' vtv great value of the tilings when i?* i> (!o;ie; and t ie \ ?*i y ^r-at durum; ty: as you may easily ptovc i.y figures. An acre set 2 In" 2 feet, \v"i! contain abou' ll.OvM plains. Pappose a bunc : out*year olw uen alien up aiiJ divided, gives oaly 30. last a 1 ol seventy Clise.s. To pi.su. an aero tiio second year, vou have to b-gin with 3 3'o plants. Taking bota mo J-s tog' ther; lii.it is, dividing the roo s. and taking up what comes i;p from the seed, ami had mat number ol plants would be enough ;<? beg.n With. 13m sup J pose it required double til - numb I think tardiness of propagation should not to be - .. ?. .I.. ... i 1 - , 1 v* ;i< ;ill rtiM'n a >l w?e tin uw: v y? v.M.t , %%.. ???. w v..x^ planted will -as; a his iilL- ;i n , most probably. As to Juration, the only inioima'ion I have is derived I o;n a gentleman of Alabama, who sta'es tin; nineteen years ago !i t iiclosed a lot (h i*, as he found it growing on his land; an J that now i; is be ter, anil yields a great r crop than when he enclosed i\ I have ascertained satisli ctonly, tint! thirty thous nil pounds of green grass to ?he ST", is a mo 1 va c c.' cp. Car .fully dried, the !os? is as IT to 5;.Int is, 17 ponuls of green grass will give 5 pounds of go-en grass Wiil give 5 pounds ofwell-cimd nay. No man who h >s the sligh.est regard for the iuJepcnd nee of las own a.c, or tor his own cotnlorf, should iose u mometi/s time in ge ting a lew acres well set \vi:h grass. l oi* tnv, or green loj'i, or soin <g. uum id case cfcult.v .lion mii :n vu!u.\ it is as fur above the clover ;i;iJ timothy of the u Tib, as ourco'tou is above their onion crops; ami the or.ly thing ;h.v can prevent its universal cnl ivauon here, w iiI he our over propitious climate; adding mo !?er to the many facts already existing, going io estahiish t!?o truth, that where nature is over bountiful man is almost a spoilt child. If the hints 1 nave given shall be of any service to vou, I s tail be particularly gran* lied. Very respec fully, JAMES CAMAK. From tki London Cjurt Journal. llliMl NATURALS.' Amongst the many very excellent papers in the Monthly Magazine, is one by M. C. G rat tan, entitled 'Sketches of Irish Tools.' To me it was peculiarly interesting, as bringing :o my remembrance many ancc- j do es of, and circumstances connected with ! this unhappy, yet in Ireland, highly favored class of beings. Perhaps a few of my re collections might be welcome to you, as forming, * Addenda' to the article to which I have referred. The Turks, we have j heard, consider .heir madmen inspired, and suffer iliein to go about unmolested, but r.o: uncared fur. t )ne wotild suppose that the Irish entertain ti.e same feelings, fur as ^ Grottan observes, * Ireland is more fertile than any other couu'rv in what is generally called fully.' I confess my belief, that many of those called * born Naturals ' may l?-? Ix-Ani r'r /I iiiiWOinnffi'l * 11< U'l I UV/ liJiHW |?i V|? 4 > uv.iiwiiiii?uk\ u i? Knaves.' One I particularly remember, who used to haunt our house, our poul ry yard, our orchard, to the manifest destruction of our eggs and apples. 11(3 was known by the sobriquet of 4 Boiled Jack,' from the fact of las having, in Ids childhood, fallen into a brewing copper; how he escaped with life is a marvel, hut his left arm and the left portion of his face were woefully distorted: but for this he would have been a tall, handsome fellow; as it was, he had something rather comical than disagreeable in his aspect, and certainly made his one arm do the business ol two. 4 Boiled Jack ' was invariably assiduous i i his attention to the cook, the hen-wife, the gardener; but to the hen-wife in particular, constantly assisting her in mixing the potatoes lor the pou.try-yard, until us she says, 4the fowls, the cruythurs. were as iond of 4 Boiled Jack,' as of herself.' lit the housekeeper's room, and in the parlor, however, there was a pcrpe.ua! cry for eggs?more eggs?fresh eggs. The cry continued, day after day, morning after morning, but no eggs came; the nest was searched,?the hen-wife scolded,?the pour woman declared the hens were good for nothing?1< d and fat liiey were, and yet they would lay no eggs. This was very provoking; the cook could make no puddings, tiltiv was an outcry throughout the house. W iiat is an Irish house without plenty of even -tiling, hm above all, plenty of i ggs ? 'llow fat * Doiled Jack grows*/ sail the cook. 4 i>o ho does/ echoed the but or. 4 A d sings like a nightingale/ exclaimed the k.t nien maid. 4 bucking eggs niak s sweet voices/ cliimcd in Tommy Furio'.ig. ti;c bare-legged whipper-in of all work in the establishment. 4 i?o:led Jack' was sit'ing in :lie chimney corner, and his eves gleamed upon poor little Tommy with animal ferocity, hut for a inomen'. the next saw him sitting m die same position, rock.' ' ? > inn ? ? i' j ? p^.'wn '.tmt. .M m ? ing backward and forward, as if no lung' h id d:stui b-d him. 1 To. nine's hint, however. was not lost r|> mi the mrck-wi ti-J Irish woman : partly j b?'threats, and j?.i: l'y hy largo bribes?ml. jvc s!:".po of huge pieces <>i 4 while btvad ? and ir-.si bafcr*?Tommy was induced !o i ; !! al1: that !?o:!ed Jack had succeeded in ] earn.if.ng i portion of the fou ].iiou.se : trial : lie r ?bbed the n- s's every morning at day- ( break?that die hens, who knew lain, made j' no noise, ; n 1 that, carefully replacing the j s.'ntes, iie proceeded ui.h his prize to a sort ', d' v.'en lie ha ! termed in the turtrick, and 1 ] t <ero sat ?piict!y sucking sonic two or three 1< dozen of i:is delicate favorites, invariably j < cut'i ig die slick's, to prevent detection. ! bided .1 sck was watched ; tlie statement ' was lound Jo ho correct, and i'oded Jack was h r ndden hy all the servants 4 o dark en tin* doors wid his ugly carcase any j mere. .Mo.vIjs passed, the liens behaved < as wed !' .! hens and Tommy took ; iioi'o I Jack's place, increasing in fnvt r wad meicns ng years: but 4 The Natural hail ji>; forgotten his denouncer, and one morning w.jen poor Tom was helping the . siicp'i t i to u.idi his sheep, the idiot sprang upon him tVom the banks of t!ie river, and i l.old.ng ;h; hoy's head underwater, kept i singing.>;i?Sticking eggs mak's sweet 1 vo'ces?Ah ! ah Sucking eggs makes sweet 1 voces?Aii! ah! ah!' i is cor ain that Toimm's singing days woi i I have been soon ended, had not the ' shepherd < x'ricatej the unfortunate boy;. Iron i the grasp of :!ie re vengeful idio\ i In t;ie retired village of Ihdlymitty, there ;! lived a iKJor widow whose name was Jacob. ' i Sue v. us decern, sober and industrious 1 much b loved by her neighbors, and universally respected by the higher orders of : society. This woman had three sons? ail "bom Naturals''?'handsome fellows; ih y were, singularly well made, and finely , 1 propor.ioucJ, good tempered, gentle, and, 11 what was veiy distressing, painfully alive to i dicir infirmity. Tney had been sent lo school, hut had not the power of acquiring j either i"' ading or writing. One of them j had a tas e for, or rat liar a love of drawing: and would set for hours on his moth- ! ; er's neatly sanded floor, sketching with a ! j piece of sdel; trees and rivers?but, above j ail, Angels. Whenevci lis mother wasp sick, he would draw iior, w ith a monstrous i( pair of w ings, tliat she might, he said, 4 the easier fly to God;' indeed, all his ideas! and f clings were directed heavuiward; iiti would s;t outside llio doors for hours on a . inoonligh night, calling the moon, 4 God's big candle,' and the s.ars, * God's little I caudle.' Another, the vo ingest, I believe, was cclebiu'cd all over the country as a j stoiie-mason ; he had picked lip the bu>i- j :it ss Without receiving any ins ruction ; and i wlu never lie could be go; to work would ! do wonders, but uoear.hiy poucr could in.: ducehim to be industrious lor more than a fortnight at a time. 4 Larry?I wain you to build mo a wall.' i ?4 How big, yer honor V?41 wili toil you j when you come.'?4 Can't build lite wall j ; unless it's done in a fortnight, ycr honor, j i Can't work for more ; all the brains go out I ! of my iicad every foruiigh'/?4And yo'ii j give me a now blanket for my mother, ycr I j honor V?'Yes, Larry, and a new gown.'! i'Ah, all! God bless yer honor; a new | green gown without a taste cf orange in it. | ; Thank yer honor?God bless yer honor:? j j may he never want a blanket nor a new ' gown.' Then lie would rush into his I i mother's cabin, dance overall the pictures ! his brother had been sketching on the sandi ed floor, hurra, jump, give loo e to ail noi- ; ! sy demonstrations of jov, kiss his poor pu- [ rent, tell her of the treasures he had secured. go off the next morning to his work. tj m m O _ * { , remain fixed at :t for tiic exact fortnight, receive the stipulated clothes as payment,: only excepting two pence in money to buy i "imrerbread : he set oll'to the country town | O O ' * # to purchase h:s cakes the next morning,1 amltl.cn rambled almost wi,hout covering, through the woods and tlic mountains for, i about a week : he would then return home,' ; and he quite ready for another fortnight's | employment. Those three young men were singularly ' attached to their mother. >She would of.cn I say, My poor foolish boys are better to | I me limn many wise children; they never j cross or contradict me in any tiling; they j bring me ail they go*, and have wit enough to do tie good and keep from the bad.'i This was all true. ]>nt sorrow cuue upon ; them. Ti'.c wiJow died, j.i.d was buried.' i Some lime after, there was great cunstcr-' r,alien in the neighborhood ; lor the sancti-. 1 tv of the grave had been violated?The j widow's dead body had been stolen. No, trace of it could be discovered, and thej occurrence was nearly forgotten, when poor Larry, who never either sung or worked | after his mother's death, soon refused food, 1 and took his bed ; and the artist brother was often occupied in sketching his head, with , j huge wings at the back, a sort of prosenti-; i ment of his death appeared to occupy the j j inind of this young man, lor, when not j u rawing, no wouiu sit opposite barry. now worn to a skeleton, and hum some of the wild ha.lads they used to sing together. Ma* i ? uv of the poor n -ighbors, with the cnarac-. i teristic humanity of their country, used to : visit and attend to the comfort of the poor sonemason, who was every where a favor| ire; at last ho was given over, and theparj ish priest paid him a visit. ' \ ouV not go; in' to take mc from my mother V said Lar' ry,feebly, ''lake ye from your mother!! | On! no! uiy poor fellow. Xo! you are ! going to her, I hope.' 41 know 1 am,' rc-1 , plied the natural, J y.vi hi mc alone ; but.' I you put h?T in holy ground, irkcre you 1i {would vol put {he lev! ! And tiie fool < I ! knew that, and stole his mother away, and j i 1 put her under the old beech tree in the hoi- i : lew, where she is hot, md where Jemmy J j hil put his poor brother Larry.' It was h i all true : the remains of the widow Jacob j < I had been stolen away by her afiectionatc j i j son wlio labored under ihe impression that, j I i because he was a fool, they would not bury j' | him in consecrated ground. This trait of I < tilhal ahectiou is something Lke the one re- 1 corded by Mr. Llrattan. '< From I't V. Y. M-.r a i'Hc Advertiser. i r.reat mkctinf; at masonic hall to ile- s n:ivi; TJir; report or tiii> merchants ; COMMITTEE. . At half past T o'clock Lot evcnmg, l!io time tppoin'rd lor the meeting, Masonic Hull was ;)crowded thatsta tding room could hardly b? 1 vocured. The m -eta:.; was evidently com- 1 ;;osed, not only of merchants, but oi' mechanics ' jnd operat ives?of t he bone and sinew of the I roun'ry. It was uncommonly decorous, and I nil attempt at excitement was ucprecafed and ( disavowed. We have only time and space at | arescnt to state, that t!?e meeting was adlressed by Isaac S. JI me and Hryan, Psqrs. in support oft he resolutions, which were 1 adopted with great unanimity. Wc shall 1 comment upon the proceedings hereafter. > The second and last resolutions were warmly 1 applauded, and a second reading called for. i After which the meeting quietly adjourned. , On motion of Shepherd lvnapp, Phillip ', [loxr, lis:;, was appointed President, and the 11 ol'owing gontL men were apjiointcd Vice Pros- j it'll!.* ; Nathaniel Weed, Benjamin Lender, Shephard Knipp, Charles 11 al.se v, < Thomas Tileston, M. B. Benjamin, : George S. Bobbin?, John W. Leavitt. < Stephen Crocker and Thomas Denny were ( appointed bVcretarics. I Isaac S. Ilono, I'sfj. then read the Report of . the Committee appointed to proceed to Washington and remonstrate with *ho President cn 1 ihe subject of the present distresses el" the * country, winch was as follows :? KEPGJtT OF TliC COMMITTEE, i Appointed at the Meeting of Merchants, at Ma- ! sonie'I lail 0111 hetioth of April, 1S-3T- ; This Committee liaving been convened upon , t!io day af.cr its appointment, we ascertained that a large majority of our number could not leave the city without serious inconvenience & . . . 1 1 loss, aiul we tliorerore appointed a suo-coinnniteo oflo to repair to Washington anil present ? to t'le Executive the remonstrance of the Mer- ? chants of New York. In the interval between ; the nomination of this Committee and the day ; fixed for its departure, several of the Mem- ( hers found that the increasing difficulties by which they were surrounded, made their presence at home indispensable and accordingly I only nine were able to enter upon their duty 1 with which itr wore originally charged. < These gentlemen reached the Capitol on the < evening of the thl inst., and on the following j morning their Chairman addressed the follow- j ingnoteto the IVesidunt.? To Martan Van Iiuren, President of tlie United States. Sir ?I have the honor to inform you that a ( Committee lias been .appointed by a meeting ' of the iMerchants of N \v York, for the pur | pose of addressing the Executive upon the i present distressed condition of that city. , With profound respect, Your most obedient scrvnn\ ISAACS. IIONE, Chairman. Gadbv's Hotel, May 3, 0 o'clock. * I l liC reply Jo tins note was as follows : Washington, May .'5, iclJT. Sir:?I have received your letter, informing ; me that a committee had been appointed by a nice in oftlK'm rci a itsofAew York, tor the purpose of addressing tnc upon the present distressed condition of that city, and requesting an audience at as early an J-our asmv con- < venience will admit. i I will receive the committee at two o'clock , to-day, and will, at that, or any cthor time, ( more agreeable to them, be pleased to receive ( any communication which they may desire to present to inc. To avoid the misapprehensions to which oral communications are liable, ' and also to avoid the errors which." with the I best intentions are so apt to occur on both ( sides, in giving account of such interviews, I ( think it most proper that the representation of the committee be made in writing. In that form, I shall be happy to receive it, and when ' so received, it shall be respectfully considered, 1 and answered in uie same manner. 1 I am, sir, very respectfully, Your obedient servant, < M. VAN BUREX. , To Isaac S. Ilone, Esq. Chairman, &c. j Washington City May 3,1837. j To Martan Van Bi rev, Presidentofthe U. S. , Sir:?I have the honor to inform you that f the committee will wait upon yon at 2 o'clock, and present a written communication, in ac- 1 cordancc with tiie suggestion expressed in ( your note. I have the honor to be, your most i obedient servant, i ISAAC S. IIONE, Chairman. i At the appointed, t ime, they presented them- ] selves, were courteously received by the Prcsident, with whom they found the Secretaries of State and Treasury Departments, and read the following address : To M. Van Bur en, President of the U. S. " Sir:?We have tiie honor of informing you that a verv numerous meeting of the mcrchan s of New York was held on the 2oth of April, for the purpose of consider- ' ing the present distressed condition of the ' city, and delibera'icg upon the means of ' relief. It was called by more than three ' hundred firms, and was attended bv a lame ] i I JI" ! I ?_-iJ 'jw> I I II iijwwwwct idopted by trio recir arluiii.istnt.on, and I pe, ;us aisied by the \ r sen*, is founded in error p > md threatens the diMruc'ion ol" every do I tie jariui' nt of indesiry. : sec Our merchants, manufacturers and inc. ; ev haui.-s, have repeated!y predicted t!ie fitai \ as ssu2 of th it policy.? *Wlint was prophecy, ex ?;ts now become Ins orvp' and tun reality wcj ar exceeds our most gloomy anticipations, co L'nder a deep impression of the propriety of dc joi.lining our declarations within n odcrate su! units, we affirm that the value of our real an .'state, has within the last six months, dc- for iiiru-o limn ihrfv millions: thai I lio Jit.".* KUV^U ItltStw intiu ?w. 7 >vi:hin tiie last two months, there have been 1 nore thaw two hundred ami tit* y lailuros of! of jouse.s engaged in extensive business; that ter A'ithiii tiie same period, a dec line of twenty int nilhons of dollars has occurred in our local en stocks, including these Railroad and (.'anal dit ncorpc rations, whicli, though chartered in foi >ther .States, depend upon Now York lor ex he sale* that the imimnso amount of mer-1 art :handi/.e in our warehouses, has wi Jim the mi same period fallen in value at least thirty per i to lent thai within a few weeks, not less than j ins twenty thousand individuals depending upon ! wi :hcir daily labor for their daily bread, have { sic t>cen disc barged by their employers because ! bu he means of reiaininglheni were exhaus ed | ?a d iiar a complete hi giit lias fallen upon j ca i community heretofore so active, enter- j rej arising and prosperous?the error of our j ni( ulers has produced a wider desolation than 1 pr< - i.i I _4? hcpcsuletico wiuch nepopuiaieu our sireeas ; ?? ir the conflagration which iaid them in \vl w | i>lrs. i sir We believe that it is unjust to attribute ' of hose cv i!s to any excessive clevelopemeut j isf jf mercantile cnterpiiso, and that they re- c;i i!lv flow from that unwise system which fci limed a; the substitution of a metallic lor j i paper currency?the system which gave j "o [lie first shock to the fabric of our commcr- j frc :iai prosperity, by removing the public do- }110 posits from the United Suites Bank, which j (V 'akened every part of the edifice by the j rC: destruction of that useful and efficient in- j ,ri< r.iluiioa, and now threatens to crumble it } slt into a mass ol ruins under the operation of J re; the Specie Circular, which withdrew the j m< [p>ld and silver of the country from the j *ul channels in which it could be profitably employed. We assert that the Experiment lias had a fair, n liberal trial, and the disap pointmont and iruscJiicl arc visible in an its results?that the promise of regulated currency and equalized exchanges has been broken, the currencv totallv disor- , * V Jered, and internal exchanges almost entirely discontinued. Wo therefore make our earnest appeal to the Executive, and ask whether it s not time to interpo-e the '10 parental authority of the Government, and ! c} abandon the policy which is beggaring the |t,l< ':co',,c- ' Q Amid all the distress of our condition \vc , ' have been gratified by a view of the gen- ) v\ erous and li?rbcaring spirit which has al- j 0l most invariably marked the conduct; of the an ? 7 | Jq creditor towards the debtor. A genera! i , disposition has been mnnirestcd to indulge to l tlie debtor with ample time for the arrange- j ^ ment of his business and collection of his I ' debts, and we would respectfully suggest ! ...... fc... i OU LUJ example ior uiu lmnuuuu ui uiu uuv ; jrnmont?Theombarrasmcnt and distress t| af the merchants would be more readily J jj relieved by the suspending ofsuits upon un- |. paid Roods, un il a future day, when the L wisdom of Congress may grant some measure of relief. C(J Feeling as we do that we have reached a ' j crisis which requires that exercise of all the j f wisdom and energy of the Country to heal the wounds which have been inflicted upon j J( ts Commerce and Productive Industry, we would respectfully and earnestly urge upon t he Executive the propriety of calling an ixtra session of Congress to deliberate up- I p an the unprecedented and alarming embar '' rassmcnts in which we are involved The . members coming directly from their consti- i'. " . i v|< tuenfs, will have had the opportunity of ! 1 knowing and appreciating the extent of the , distress which exists, and are convinced that ,u an their collected opinions will fully sustain those which wo have expressed?and their "J! ctfimony indicate an amount of sufliring of 0 which wc cannot believe that you, Sir, have heretofore been aware. We persuade ourselves that the reprcscn- ' i. i ?.... ?< ?i... ?? ....i r 1 uiiuiis wux'ii wu hum; ui uit: a?: uui condition of our affairs, wil! induce you to Joubt the expediency of the policy which lias been recently pursued, and we trust to jvour intellignce lor such a change of measures as will revive the hopes arid stimulate r < :he energies of the merchants of New . ? York. b0 , cc ISAAC S. IIOXE, JAMES \Y. BR VAX, BEXJAM1X LODER, ^ ALEX. B. McALPIX, th JOHN A. UNDERWOOD, wI THOMAS TILLESTON, MEIGS D. BEXJAMIX, c.\ ELISIIA LEWIS, an SIMEON DRAPER, Jim. Washing on, May 3, 1837. pb tin After the address had been read to him, lie President in brief and emphatic terms | t issured the committee of his sympathy i ivitSi the distresses of his (Mlow citizens jjj'. 5f Xew York, and of his desire to do every j (r ' thing in his power for their relief, consistmt with views of his official duty, and said j ie woul I answer the address in the manner ^ ndicated in his note. ^ On the atternoon or mo 4111 tne commirco received the following reply to their ad- c0 Iress, ami deemed it so explicit as to leave j 10 opening lor anv further communica1 0 - mi ,oa' _ ca Washington, May 4, 1S37. aK (j'entlemen,?1 have bestowed on your ?, :onirnunication the attentive considerat on vluch is due to the opinions, wishes, and ntorests of the respectable portion of my gis eliow citizens in whose hchalf you act. stit In the correctness of the judgment which, lit n the exercise of undoubted right you have iuc 11 such general terms, pronounced upon wf )art;cular points in the policy of the late fro m l nres-mt admini.s'ntion. vott ertnno4 ex- ca1 ' U proportion of .hose merchants who are con- : nectcd with the internal trade of the coun- j try, and who have all especial and direct interest in the state of JJomestic Exchanges. A committee was appointed to repair to Washington, and remonstrate with the Executtve against the continuance of the Specie Circular, and to ask that instructions may be given to prevent the commencing ofsu is in anvof the collection districts O upon unpaid Bonds, until after the iirst day of January next, and to urge upon the Executive the propriety of calling ail extra session of Congress at as early a day as passi hie. In obedience, sir. to those instructiens, we i present ourselves before you, and ask your < deep and solemn attention to the unhappy 1 condition of thai city winch has hitherto l)cen the promoter and the indexofour national prosperity, an J whoso la!l will include the ruin of thousands in every region of our territory. We do not tell a fictitious talc of woe; we have no selfish orparizuu views to sustain, when we assure you that the noble- city which we represent, lies pros(rate in despair, its credit bhgnud, its indust.y paiahzed, and without a hope beaming throughthe darkness of the future, unless th government of our country can be induced to relinquish the measures to which we a t ibate our distress. Wc fuiiy c appreciate the respect winch is due to \ our (Chief Magistrate, and disclaim eve- i rv intention inconsistent with that feeling; f but we speak in behalf of a community which trembles upon the brink of ruin, which i Jecnis itself an adequate judge of all ques- i hons connected with the trade and currency \ >f th" "ountrv. an J believes that tip nolicv c r: mo o conour. My op.uioiis on. those | ;u s ? c d stincty announced 10ti/o Am -'1 an people be lore my election, and I li;? vo i ;n no reason to change thorn. But howrtr much 1 may ddli.r with you upon them, 1 well as in respect to the causes cf the ; 1 is: hi" evils vou may he assured of the ! irm interest I shall ever feel, in whatever j ncerns the mercantile community, ol'iny j L'p sympathy with these w!io are now lie ring Iron) the pressure of the times, j 1 d of my readiness to adopt any measures j their relief, consistent with my eonvic- j ns of duty. The propriety of giving to the Collectors j1 the Customs, instructions of the charac- 1 desired, necessarily involves inquiries o the extent of the power of the Exe- J1 live over t!?c subject, the present con- i; ion of the Treasury, and expenditures J ' the remainner of the year, These j' animations have he< n diiee'od, and i in progress and the result will be com- J inicared in' liic Secretary of tlie Treasury 1 the Collector at Xe'.v \ork, wiio will be j1 ;tractcd to give it publicity. A few days j: il be required to arrive at a safe conclu- 1 in upon some parts of the investigation, j 1 t there shall be no unnecessary delay. ' < 'The other subjects to which you have ' lied my attention, arc, first, an immediate ' peal of the order requiring specie in pay- nt on sales of public lands, issued by my ' sdecessor, for tlie purpose ofeniorcing a ] ict execution of t!:e Act of Congress, ' iieh forbids the allowance of credit on 1 ch sales ; and secondly, an extra session 5 Congress. 1 have not been able to sat- i? y myself tiiat I otigiif, under existing cir- 1 instances, to interfere with the order re- j ( red to. h \ on must be aware of the cbs'.aeles to an ; 1 mediate convocation of Congress arising I 1 )tn the imperfect s'ate of the representa-1* n in one branch of that body. Several i 1 the States nave not) et chosen their Ilep- ' sentatives, and are not lo do so for some ' - t i j _ r i iniiis 10 come. lnuopcnueni 01 m.u ion- * leration, I do not sec at present, sufficient,j isons to justity me in requiring an earlier j J jcting than that appointed by the cotisti. | 1 ion. ; I am, gentlemen, very respectfully, ' Your obedient servant. ! M. Y.\N" Ul'RE.W I' j Messrs. Isaac S. Hone, Jas. W. Bry- j an, Benj. Loder, Alex. B. McAlpin, Jno. i A. Underwood, Thomas Tileslon, Meigs [ I). Benjamin. Elisha Lewis, ai.d b'ime-! on Draper, Committee, &c. From this correspondence it is obvious, j' low.citizens, that we must abandon alt j' pe that either the justice of our claims I the severity of our sufferings will induce ' e Executive to abandon or relax li.c p?;l- i ir which lias produced such desolating lects?and it remains tor us to consider | , lia: more is to be done in this awful crisis our affairs,our first duty under hopes | d distresses which we have endured is j cherish with religious care the blessings ] J lich wo yet c.?joy, and which can bo pro- ' cted only by a strict observance o? the '' ws upon which society depends ior secuv and happiness. W e do not disguise j' r opinion that the pages of history record, j! imerous instances of popular insurrection, 1 c provocation to which was less severe i' an the evils of which we complain. But \ 1 these cases, die outraged and oppressed ' d no oilier means of redress. Our case is different, if we can sliced iu an effort to bring public opinion j to sympathy with the views which we j tertain, the Executive wdi abandon the j iicv which oppresses instead of protect- i r the people?do not despair because the ^ .% rv . a. It /*U I 'ii. I > O I \ i \ f I W ? V f~**\ %\ s i** i -Wk a UU ill ?ll UU1IVI UKJ.\ w?u (. AVI L15U healing influence appears so remote? ! ;; sagacity of the practiced politician Will ' rceue the change in public sentiment l-c- \ re you are aware of its approach. But i' j effort to produce this change must be j porous and untiring.. Omit a.l appeals | ( popular prejudice, in wi.ich demagogues j vo lound their strengtn and their success, d address your arguments and your rc- j , Diistrances to the intelligence and virtue ' 1 the people?tell them that the principle j on which Mr. Van Buren has umlbriuly | cd, and uniformly succeeded, is this? nt the poor na.urally hate the rich, and j o. o them that if this r l!y te the j , it is time tna. they s.iouid he con- i iced of their error?avow our belief tiiat |, a great majority of cases the possession j property is the proof of merit; be- j '{ use in a country of free laws and equal \ pits, property, as a general rule, cannot i acquired without industry, skill and onomy. Human sagacity may err in its caleulains: disease may interrupt our labors, J, e dispensations of Providence may over Itilll U3 nnuvwiwiiiiMj'ii ?? "UOL VIUVIIKI* ent bring us to ruin?but there are lew , ceptions to the rule that Temperance, ; ,d Industry, and Economy, lead to Prop, j, tv. Tell them that the perverse and isiinate adherence of the President to | 3 existing system, after all its dangers and I ( y ors have been developed, arises from j j b lief that ins bes: chance for populariconsists in affording nutriment to his ; rnicious principles?with a firm faith j xl the many will follow the wise and the ; od, call upon the men of sound morals, j intelligence and of industrv throughout, i 3 nation, to forget all the distracting top. 1 ; which have agitated if, and unite in de- , ice of the insi anions, without which , mir.crcial socio v cannot exes'?convince 1 ni that the abundant resources for our i ppiness and enjoyment, with w h cii a be- ] juant Providence has blessed our land, j) nnot be brought into action without the 1 of commerce, and that the security and Dspoiity ot merchants cannot be sustain, j without a National Bank. , It* they reply that our present Chief Ma. i urate and his predecessor deny the con. utionality of a Bank, remind them that imiltoa was the autnor of the law wiiich torporated such an institution in 1791, icn the sages of our revolution, fresh mi all its struggles, were alive to all the 1 ition whHi a vigilant jealousy could leach; that \\ aslmigton, tiftcr a careful consid"ia ion, gave n his approval; l"al in t o i. s:u!.i:cs, the tiuprcuo Court twve unanimously allinned liie coustitututionidlty of a Bank; and ask thorn bv what sanctions Constitutional law can be sustained, if the laws of Congress, i.i 1701, approved by Washington, and in 1S16 approved by Ma lison, and forty years acquiescence by the People, are inadequate to its support ? Convince tiiein, loo, that when you assert the necessity of National Bank, you are not under the influence of an uttacament to any particular institution, but regard only the public good. Appeal to our brethren of the South for their generous co-operation, and promise llicm that those who believe that the possession of property is an evidence of merit, will be tnelusi to interfere uidi property of any kind?discourage every ciiort to awaken an excitement; llie bare idea of which should make every husband ami father shudder with horror?remembering tuat it is their peculiar piide tiiat they have sho w n an early and unceasing care of the constitution, remind them that the alterations in our conditio.) since its adoption, ind the innovations to which it has recently been exposed, demand the attention )f every true friend oI his country. The arbi.rury use of the Veto, the destroying of hills by neglect to return them ivithin the prescribed period, the excessive, f not illegal exercise of the power of refiioval from ollicc, and the President's assumption of a control over the Treasury, ire evils which suggest in the most forcible iianncr the necessity of maintaining the consti'.u ion as expounded bv its authors, md finally, endeavor to give such a direcion to public opinion, as will inspire the p.embers of the Cabinet witii the proud sense of independence which should murk heir eminent stations, and which should back them to resist tho usurpation of the ^ President, or to resign office, if their opin- 3 ons upon questions of V;tal importance, ire disregarded by him, even when a muority of liis cabinet believes that Ins mcasires are injurious to the public interest. We trust that by a strict adherence to a :;ced founded upon these rccomendations, md by the exercise of those virtues of which adversity is an apt inspector, you will soon be placed in a position from which you will be able le perceive that the Dppression which arouses a lice people, and excites them to new vigilance in the guardianship ot their rights, is like tho tempest winch prostrated the lofy tower md destroys the humble cottage, out purifies the atmosphere, and gives a new impulse to the energies of na ure. ISAAC S. HONE, Chairman. Win. A. Lawrence, Secretary. Tne following are the Resolutions referred to: Resolved, That a strict construction of the act of I $20, the only act which could lave been referred to in the President's luswer, was unknown during the administration of Mr. Monroe and Mr. Adams, md fn (ionfr;;! .Iiii?L?oo dimmr thr? fircf seven years of his uuinmistiat.on ; that the necessity for such construction is not assigned in the Specie Circular as one of the reasons for issuing it, and we consider the distinction mate by the Pres'dent between :hc notes of so!vent Banks and specie, dei gnatmg the former as credit, iu be erro. neous, and at variance with the true interests of the country. lit-solved, Tnut we dwell with satisfacion upon the fact mentioned by the President, that several of the JS.ates have not yet chosen R- pretC ita.ivcs, and we trust that a protecting Providence will direct the people of those fSta.es to tiie choice of Repicsentativcs wno hare wisdom to perceive, and virtue to pursue tlic best interests of the :ountry. Resolved, That we \ ielJ our hearty assent to ti;e preamble ot the act incorporaling the first Bank of the United States, ivhicti declares such an lnsjtution to be 'conducive to the successful conducting 0 w. :ho national finances, and productive of zonsidernble advantages io trade and indusry in general." Resolved, That the interests of thecaciialists, merchants, manufacturers, mechanics and industrious ciusses, are dependent an each other, and any measures of the government wlucn prostrate the active business men of die community, will also Jepnvc i.unes industry of its reward, and ao call upon ail our iellow c.tizens to unite with us in removing from power those who peis st in a system tiiat is destroying the prosperity of our country. Resolved, That the chief causes of the existing distress are die d?-leat ot Air. Ciay's Land Bill, the rcmovul of the public i epos ites, the refusal to rcchar.cr die Bai.k of the United States, and tiic issue of the Specie Circdlar. The L,und Bill was passed by the People's Representatives, and vetoed by the President. The People's Representatives declared by a solemn resolution, that the public deposites were safe in the United Suites Bank; within a few weeks their a her, the President removed the public deposttcs. I he People's Representatives passed a bill rescinding the Specie Circular: liic Presidoiu destroyed it by omitting to return it withiii the limitted time?and in answer to our address, President Van Buren declares that the Specie Circular was issued by his predecessor, Draining all notice of the Secretary of the Treasury, who is amenable directly to Congress, and charged by the act creating his department with the superintendence of the Finances, and who signed the order, We therefore Resolve, That all these circumstances indicate an in inlhs.'on of monarchal principles into our system, which demands the prompt and regular action of every patriot. MEXICO AND T1IE U. STATES. We learn from the New Orleans Bulletin that news to the throwing effect had been received in that city. The Mexicans ha i captured and carried