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Kro:n the correspondence of the National Intel::-: j
gencer. . Ni:\v
Yolk. July 2. !
Some days a50 I wrote you that great J
poiiiical movements were going on in this
great States, which would ill time affect the j'
whole Tnion. Kvcry day's observation!
develops more of these movements. The j'
Albany Regency has been battling it loud i
and long, but a conclusion is reached at j
last, and it appears in the Albany Argus of;
Saturday morning, in the form of an Ad-1
dn*ss from the Albany Genercal Rcpub- j
lican Committee. I can now announce
that the Regency at Albany (and the Re-!
gency of Albany now hold empire in the i
Capitol of our common country) have
abandoned Col, Denton, abandoned the;
humbugs of the Specie Circular, ' the Mint j
Prop," "the Yellow Boys,""the Iongj
silken purses, with the gold peeping out of 1
the interstices all, each and all, are j
abandoned ! This Address denounces the
exclusive-metallic currency, as the Whigs!
iurind in the verv language.
f * * Iivuwvv? ... .
os a return to barbarism. It upholds the'
credit system?think of that, ye of the;
Globe?the State Banks?:lie suspension
law ; and it denounces, and cuts loose from i
the Radicals, the hard-money-Democrats, j
the LocoFocos, and the Jacobins of the day, j.
Governor MarcT has wrought t!ie great- !
rr part of this revolution. The X. V. j
State Binks, witii the whole safety fundi
power arc at his side. The land specula*'
tors who dabbled deeply in the lands of
Illinois and Michigan, and who stimulated
the Treasury Circuler, by which they believed
they would throw their own lands
into market, and keep the Government out, j
are at his hack, his a curious fact that (
the New York Van Buren party is made ;
up of the two extremes of society?the very I
rich and the very poor. The very rich j
have now cut loose from the very poor; !
and this addressofwhich I speak denounces I
their " radicalism'' at length.
Now, a word to the Whigs?to Mr. (
Clay, to Mr. Webster, and to Mr. Cal- t
hols, and to rdi the other big Whig guns. '
Get up on the fence, and, with your spy.1
glases in hand, look around sharply and see j
what is going on. These New York Re-j
r.-nev people li ?ve cnpitula'ed their princi-!
** * 1 * :
pis ; but they put their foot down and say j
ill* v will m>ke i:o National Bank'! Very |
Weil! Who c ucs ? Thcv expect us to
* J
make o: e ?>r them, and they will lend us
44 doughface" votes enough to make one, j
and then ruin us for doing it. Now, when
you get up there on the fence, please s'av ;
tiiere, an i look on. The Regency People, j
with their blockhead measures, have put j
themselves in a condition in which they,!
not we, must, make a National Bank ; I
assure them, and 1 know, that unless the
curre ncy is restored by the agency of a
National Rank, two thirds of the li'tle great j
men, who hold the empire of this great);
State, wiil be bankrupted men ; and he who j
knows aught of New York Reg* ncy men,:
hr.C.H.'j'Ll.l"11 ':'a: ll"'iri'niR'i:'l's a'nj.heir
MR. MAXCY AND MR. KENDALL, i;
Twelve columnsol the Lito&e ot weenies- j
day night are filled with an address from |
Virgil Maxcy, late Solicitor of die Treas-1,
ury, iu reply to Mr. Kendall's exposition j
of his reason for refusing to pay or credit ,
Stockton & Stokes with the amount al- j
leged to be due to them by the award of ,
the Solicitor. The high opinion we had j;
before entertained of Mr. Marcfs talents :<
has been much enhanced by this paper,; (
which, in point of clearness, vigor and j j
spirit, is a model of its kind. We copy ; 1
the letter addressed to the Editors of the,,
Globe, introducing the Report to the Pre-; ]
sident, and shall so review the latter as to <
render the subject intelligible.?Bait-more [
Chronicle.
To the Editors of the Globe: I
WASHINGTON, June 23, 1S37.
Sirs : I have just read in the Glob'*,;
of last night, " An Exposition of the
ground on which the Post Master General ,
declined executing a part of the award of;.
S,?U/?!?ai. nf flir> Trpn^nrv in favor nf;
t * IV? l^VilVI'VI VI w ? r - ~ . v. v. J
Messrs. Stockton and S:okes, and others." |,
The nature of that exposition, which is (
similar in substance to a report made by the .
same officer to the late President oi' the;
United States, compels me to ask you to j
publish such parts as are now called for ofmv
reply to that report, made also to the
late ? esident. and sent with it to the So-,
note of the United Stctes, at its last session, j j
My Reply embraces as far as I can judge,1J
from a hasty perusal of the " Exposition,"
a full answer to it. Whether this be so or
not, however, I am perfectly willing to: [
leave to the decision of the public, in whom '1
the Post Master General has thought pro-!
per to make an appeal from the Senate of
the Uniied States, who were satislicd with
it.
1 Jo not conceive it necessary to add j
any thing to that reply, upon the merits of i i
the award ; but, as the Postmaster Gene- t
kie with n rlpr?lnrtinn
1 Ul l??0 JL*%,Kfwvw* II III. ?.? v.v..kw.
that," the reason why he refused to exe- .
cute a part of the award of the Solicitor of
the Treasury in favor of Messrs. Soclon f,
and Smokes and others was, that in that!.
award, the Solicitor of the Treasury had! j
allowed claims which he was not authorized > (
to allow by the act of Congress from which ,
he derived his authority," it is proper that;.
I should state, that when he denied the ju. j j
risdiction of the Solicitor over claims pro- .
sented for services between the 1st of; j
April and 31st December, 1833, I referred (
the question to the Attorney Geneual of the; (
Uuite.d Sta'es, and he sustained my juris.! ?
diction. ! ]
As, notwithstanding the opinion of the : t
A'torncy General, the Postmaster General I \
refused to pay a part of the award, the j j
CI limants thought proper to seek redress by !
petition to Congress. Their petition was j I
: referred to the Judiciary Committee of the i
Senate, who, after examining the case, say 11
that " they have not discovered that any a!, ? ]
owance has been made hy the Solicitor;'
:.a case* witbm his juried G. ?
I C? ?
ion and that the " conclusion at which ta
hey iiad arrived is, that the whole amount in
lecided to be due and owing to the pcti-c<
ioners, bv the Solicitor of the Treasure, ' ui
. n *
Dughttobe paid out of the funds ofthcjrr
Post Office Department, according to the ' k
iirectians of the act entitled "An act for ! a
[he relief of William I>. S.okes, Richard i In
C. Stocton, Lucius W.Stockton, and Dan-1 o
id Moore and that no further action of r<
Congress is necessary. i o
Hearing that this was the result at which 1 h
o t 1
the committee had arrived after a careful j a
oxaminaion, the Postmaster General ap- | ti
plied to them to be heard against the juris- j tl
diction of the Solicitor, &c. before they i ri
made their report. This they decline, and I
inform him, tluit had any doubt existed as j 3
to their construction of the act, " resort tl
would have been had to the Aitorney Ge- j it
neral of the United States, who was the i o
proper ofriccr to be applied to, where the j b
legal interpretation or construction ot an : b
vponirrt<6? rrav be reouircd.?* They , b
.11.1 VI VV'l.jjlvxv J , _ .
make their report to the Senate, and i y
conclude bv recommending the adoption of j ti
the following resolution : a
" Resolved, That the Postmaster Gene- li
ral is fully warranted in paying, and ought i:
to pav, *o William B. Stokes and others,
^^Tci-nvrry xrr^ -nrrr n m mmr tjf rrrc rrwrtrd T
of the Solicitor of the Treasury.1' fc
Notwithstanding this, the Postmaster I r
General perseveres in his opposition, and i
makes a report against the award of the j I
Solicitor of the Treasury, substantially j s
the same with the Expositon" in the Globe \
of yesterday, to the President, and re.; I
miosis him to send it to Congress, whose j ti
further action (the law already passed hav.
ing already and explicitly pointed out his i ii
duty) the committee of the Senate had al- ; r
ready re nor ed to be unnecessary. j a
The President, before complying with \ t
his request, had sent this report to. the So- j o
licifor of tiic Treasury for his comments, j n
which are contained in the reply now sent! tl
von for publication. Both the reoort and | ii
the reply, with remarks on the latter by the j n
Postmaster General. were af. or wards trans- v
mined by the President to the Sena'c, and ti
rr ferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, j c
who reexamined the whole matter : and (ii
having deliberately considered the objec- I
tionstotbe Postmaster General to the So-} d
Kcior's award, conclude their report by ! c
saying thatu they had considered the doc- [
umcnts communicated, and cannot discos- v
erany cause for changing their opinion up. v
on any of the principles advanced in their d
former report upon the subject, nor the cor. p
1:?,u:? r
reotncss .01 Ilieir uppii;;auu(i ?j una L'ISP. j IJ
They therefore recommend the adoption 1 a
of the resolution heretofore reported by the J
committee." That resolution, which is v
above recited, was two or three days after- tl
wards taken up in the Sena'c, and adopted (
without a dissenting voice. I 0
Notwithstanding the above mentioned u
opinion of the Attorney General, sustain- 0
ing the jurisdiction of the Solicitor?not- U
. 1
withstanding both the reports of the com- j'
HMf dt1" iWyi'i'st'irrlitvIsro'
award, and notwithstanding, afterwards, the J n
unanimous adoption by the Senate, of the r'
resolution declaring that " he ought to pay 0
the full amount of that award," the Post- 0
master General still sets upon his own cpin- s
on against alf these high authorities, de- d
dines the fulfilment of an existing law, s:
[die existence of which rendered, in *he j ti
-minion of the iiuliniarv Committee of the I &
Senate, the 44 further notion of the Con- o
jress unnecessary.) and has .now appeal3(1
to the tribunal of public opinion, and
aid before it the reasons of his conduct. !
IVith the above brief statement, I submit I
n v reasons also, which are contained in a | 0]
etter to the late President of the United j jt
States, which I now send Vi-u, and cheer- J a
ully await the decision ot that tribunal.
I am. respectfully, f
Your obedient servant,
V. MAXCY.
Late Solicitor of the Treasury. |
I
The Solicitor commences his letter to i
he Pr 'sident by vindicating his rialr, un-' g
ler the act of-Congress, to adjust the claims |
eferied to, which he established beyond all i ?
louht, Loth by reference to the act and the
'oncurrent opinion of the Attorney' Cicner- v
After then citing the evidence upon which j
to made the awards, ho proceeds :
This mass of evidence produced entire | L
conviction in my own mind, and acting j
udically, I felt myself bound by it. notwith- !
landing the new rule of evidence iniica- 1 i\
ed in the following sentence which so con- ;
ained in the Postmaster General's letter
)f the 20th September 1836, marked C. i
inO is in the following words.
" I informed you, that the Department?
vas not aware, by any evidence beibre it, j
hose services were continued from the 1st 1
if April to the 31st December, 1823, and .
his from a Department xchich claims to tin- j
ierstand its own business was considered j
ij/mc tantamount to a direct assertion that |
he services had not been performed
1 have a high opinion of the laborious in- j
lustry and attentive supervision of the Post- 1
Master uenerui over all branches of busi- ;
jess under his charge ; but I could not. J
icting in a judicial capacity, reverse ail the
mown rules of evidence,admit a declaration j
>fa want of information respecting a ser- j
, ice under his superintendence to set aside
positive evidence, given under oath, by tin- \
mpeached witnesses, many of them person-!
lily known to myself to be highly respecta)!?*,
without allowing to the Postmaster:
jrcneral the attribute of omniscience. The '
brce of testimoncy, which would arise from
;uch an attribute, can only be given by an
ict of Congress, making a negative declara- Q
ion.of the Postmaster Genera! to outweigh
he affirmative testimoney of the most res- j P
xtctable witnesses under oath.
The Postmaster General, by his report, i s
ias endeavored to make on your mind the j
repression that I violated the law, and dis- j S
yarded a!i reason in my action on the facts.
iie hasj weakened the high authority by ! ?
ivhich my construction of the act of Conrress
was suvatned. f?v an'v.touedod irrmu
tion of unfairness in the manner of a
ig the Attorney General's opinion, ;
uncealed from vou the ample tesiimc
Piuer oath on which my decisions w
lade, all of which was laid before, i
nown to him. I will not imitate this
mple of injustice. I decline, sir, whil
iv before you the positive proof on
ath of unimpcnchcd witnesses, utterly
;concilab!e witli the positive declarath
f the Postmaster General, leaving you
iformed of the manner, perfectly sin:
nd obvions to me, by which these declc
ons may be reconciled with sinccr
tough not with accuracy, at least so fai
aspects " increased speed*"
It will be seen from the conclusion
Ir. Maxcys's letter, which we subji
mt Mr. Kendall did not rely entirely u
is powers of persuasion to induce l
fficer to render such nn award as mi
e agreeable to him. He resorted to a 1
allying upon the occasion, and pretty pi;
i? i?-itir?,ntnf? tn Air. Mavev that it wouci
1 v ^ .
rell to receive Mr. Kendall's mere deck
ion in preference to the oaths of witnc<
nd clear written testimony. Mr. Ma:
lowever, was insensible to his threats,
5, no longer Solicitor of the Treasury.
" I have now, sir, finished the detenc
cZl i orma m-makc of the award, which
teen u isparingly denounced by the P
na^tir General.
In this defence I have endeavored,
trust successfully, to place beside
tatements of fact the evidence which c
inccd my own understanding, and wl
confidently believe will satisfy ajl im{
ial minds.
On assuming the judical fur, ons t
mposed, I was not insensible to the delicr
esponsibiiitv and danger of my situat
nd in executing the duty of deciding
ween the claimants and the principal h
ifa Department, T endeavored to purge
nind of all prejudice against the claims
he former, all apprehension ofccnsequc
rom the latter?the last, a sentiment '
niphf, had I been of a timed temper, h
rell been inspired by tiic pregnant into
ion, received in the midst of my task,;
ontained in the Postmaster General's ictt
i which he says :" I informed you that
Department was not aware, by any '
lence furnished if, that those services w
ontinued from the 1st April, to the ?'
)cc. 1835. This, from a Departn
rhich claims to understand its own busii
?ms considered by me tantamount t(
ircct assertion, that the services were'
Wlmt iM? niv sunrise tliei
'c;i iwi iiii'U* ? i*v%w ?? v%.^ ---J 1
md on my table the next morning v
ward of allowances lor those services ?:
Notwithstanding this menacing intimat
diich was calculated to induce mo to al
he negative assertions of the Postma:
ileneral to countervail the affirmative c
silions of unimpeached witnesses, I h.'
ndcr the high obligations of my offi
ath, discharged my duty firmly and imj
Ially; and I fearlessly court flic scrutiny
ic Senate to which you intimated y
vention to send the Postmaster Gener
UHW mm ?? ? - - - | ,
iy report to Congress, I am willing
est my reputation for a proper discho
f offioial dutv, and fidelity to the inter
f the country, (which interests well utu
tood, can never be consistent with
enial of justice to its citizens,) and
[and or fall as a public officer before
ibunal which will have the patience to m
thorough investigation. I have the h
r, &c.
V; MAXCY, Solicitor of the Treasi
PAY OF THE. NAVY.
The following table of the pay of offic
f the Navy, compiled for this paper, n
is supposed, be useful and acceptable
number of our readers .?Nat. Intel.
A TABLE.
f the pay of the officers of the Navy,
1-?/-?
cording iu tin (ill l?/ ^suiigrtax, emu
" An act to regulate the p iy of the Urn
States navy,'1 approved March 3, 18
RANKS. PER YE
enior Captain, in servic e, $4,50(
on leave, 3,50(
aptains, of Squadrons, 4.00(
on other duty, 3,~)0(
[aster Commandants, in service, 2,50(
at Navy Yards, or on
other duty, 2.10(
on leave, &c. 1,80(
lieutenants, commanding, 1,80(
on other duty, l^OC
waitinsr orders, 1,20(
.ssistant Surgeons, waiting orders, 6o(
at sea, . 95f
after passing, &c. 85C
at sea, after passing, l,20l
at Navy Yards, &c. 95C
after passing, at N. Yards,
&c. 1.15C
urgeon, 1st 5 years afterdate
i nnr
at Navy Yards, 1.25C
in sea service, 1,332
of the fleet, 1,50(
second 5 years, 1,'20C
at Navy Yards, 1,30C
in sea service, 1,60(
of the fleet, J,80(
third 5 years, 1,40C
at Navy Yards, 1,75C
in sea service, 1,86(
of the fleet, 2,10(
fourth 3 years. ' l,60f
at the Navv Yards, 2,00C
in sea service, 2,132
of the fleet, 2,40C
20 years and upwards, 2,80C
at Navy Yards, 2,25C
in sea service, 2,50C
of the fleer, 2,70C
Inplains in sea service, 1,20C
on leave, " 80(
rofessor of Mathematics, in in sea serv
or at yard, 1,20C
ccretaries to commanders of squadrc
commanding in chief, 1,00C
ecretaries to commanders of squadr<
net commanding in chief, OOt
adincmastcr of a ship of the line at
sea, 1,1 Of
on other duty, 1,00'
sk-1 011 leave, &c. 750
ind { Second Muster, in .sea service 750
3iiy | on other duty, 500
ere j on leave, vVc. 400
md | Passed Midshipmen, on duty, 750
ex- waiting orders, 600
e 1! Warranted Master's Mates, at sea or Navy
the Yards, 450
ir- on leave, &c. 300
oris Midshipmen, in sea service, 400
un- on other duty, 350
iple on kave, &e. 300
ira- Clerk of a Yard, or of a commandant of a
ity, Yard, 900
as 2d, to commandant of a Yard, 750
to commanders of squadrons,
of' captains of fleets, and conjoin,
| manders of vessels 500
pon ! Boatswains, Gunners, Saiimakers and Car:hat
j penters, of a ship of the line, 750
ght j of a frigate, 600
itile j on other duty, 500
ain-1 on leave &e. 360
I be j
ira-1 Notes.?Hospital money at the rate o*
- - . ? i r .. 1
>sos I cts. per month to do aeaucieu.
tcv,
aacj Another new theory in regard to Amtri.
ca.?A pnpor has boon read before tiie
:e, I Geological Society of London, by Mr. Roy,
has m which he advances the opinion that
0st. there existed in former times on the continent
of America an immense inland sea
and bounded on \he West by the Rocky Mounmy
tains from the table land of Mexico, to the
:on- parrallel of47 degrees oflatitude; on the
jich North bv the barriers seperating the head
iar- waters of the Lakes from those of the Northern
rivers and extending below Quebec;
pus and on the East by the Alleghany Moun?cy,
tains extending to the Gulf of Mexico.?
jon, I The area of this vast sea was 930,000
be. J square miles,
cad |
my, Rhode Island Banks?The Legislature
0f I of Rhode Island was in session the last
nee ! wepk, and had before it a bill to compel the
that i banks of that state to pay specie for their
ave i notes in circulation. The subject gave rise
ma. | to a very warm debate, and it was discevan(j
| ered that a large majority were opposed to
I <1. A... ah T k (?>nn rtolis.1 l ?-?
ers. 1 IliUII 2>US|H?*iKIlU|M;iauuu? li ? lO oidiuu 111
t|)G | the course of the debate that one bank of the
cvj. state, at the time the suspension of specie
ere payments took place, had a circulation of
)ls* thirty six thousand dollars and only one dolicnt
ailL^ twenty six cents of specie in its vaults
less ^ tvas said however, that the bank was
, a known to be perfectly solvent and could
not comply with all its obligations !!
I MEXICO.
" ! We extract tiie following from a letter, pub
ion,; lished in the New Orleans Bulletin. There
low J may be some cxagfcration; yet the statements
" ' . i . .. v 1 A.-* ? Tl...
sier i arc prouaoiy rounacuon uui. x ut ttc*
'eI}- i is dated Mexico, 5th June, 1S3T :
lVCj A battle was faught on the 26th ult., be.
c tween the government troops and the Revolu)ar*
tionary party at San Luis* the latter were
7 of defeated, and the Chief, Gen. Moctezuma kilour
led. He was hower taken by surprise, while
ai's (foraging his cavalry. Attacked with a large
?? ' nt pa**nil in&iyiirx" hrfaro ti?
j() tune to paractilaiKl form his troops?Hie troops
from Metainoras had not arrived. I hear that
r?- Government have sent orders to have all the
^ sts prisoners shot?this was the most r1 arming
J?r- insurrection that has occourrcd for some time,
tlie i and threatened the overthrow of the governto
i ncnt. It i? supposed by some persons, that
any ] tie master spirit of these popular excitements,
ak'G, is the hero of Tampico, San Jacinto, &c. who
ion-! appears quiet at Mana de Clova. It seems
mn cir nf hut little rnnscnuoneo. which
, ^ 7 "i
I jarty is in power in this country. It is but a
?y- j system of legal robing by oil the authorities
{\Tliile they can keep in power?as to patri-1
ousra in this country ; it is a thing unknown?
in, j tie revolution you hear of as speaks of liber- |
^'s|t> which arc occasionaly blown mto a flame
bv some daring spirit, are schemes of robbe
to ! r,r and pillage. Ask Gen. Santa Anna how
j 1e amassed his millions. He must tell you
but the history of his life, by public pillage?
j a more inhuman demon the word hardly ever
ac' j produced. Ask the merchants here of the
[fed | character of the Cofro Administration, who i
'ted ! lorrowed money of them for more than two
35. nillions, for which they gave orders on the Customhouse,
and by the time the deluded mer- j
'! thant got his scrip in the hands of his agent
) it the port, an order would arrive at the Cus- J
) omhouse, suspending it, and when no more ,
) money could bo raisd by ihis swindling sys)
tern, the merchants were convened at the |
) palace, and told by his Excellency the Presi- j
lent, that the government had no money to J
. aay the troops, and if they did not furnish it, J
' he government could not be accountable for j
' .he consequences, &c. On one occason, the j
1 President said there had been no money in ,
) the treasury for several weeks. One of the :
) gentlemen rose and said, that he had paid in>
i to the Treasury twelve thousand dollars, and j
j [several others more or less, making more than !
twenty thousand dollars. The Minister of j
1 Haciendo who was by, was called on. He i
* said he had not seen it. Such barefaced rob- j
) bery as this is practised with impunity?there
j is no accountability?while the country is get-!
) ! ting poorer, the men in office get rich, 'fell |
j the advocates for Mexican chivalry and honI
or, to learn more of Mexican character, for
in these people there is neither virtue nor intelligence
in the republic for civil and religious
' 2 liberty, nor any hopes of it, without some pro*
vidential interposition. A curse certainly rests
1 upon the country now. Snch a population
) does not disgrace any other part of the earth.
) I An army of Monks, Friers, Padres, and
) : robbers, own or control nearly this whole
, i republic, while millions of miserable lepros
i and poor Indians, slaves, barely exist, in
| I grass and mud huts, from the birth to the j
' | grave, and the streets of the capital swarm i
1 with the most loathsome beggars, lame, mai)
med, blind and revolting to the pnssengers
1 who are crowded oil* the walks by them, and
|2 on all this misery these holy fathers, with
18 their millions of gold and silver hoarded up, ad.
minister not.
It is rumoured that Gen. Bustamente is to
! J head the next campaign against Texas, with
* j a formidable army?recover it, and sell it to
) Mother England?this is the calculation of
) this vain people, with a few exceptions, and
) they calculate on foreign aid, and have some
jco assurance of it, and you may rest assured that
v Mr. Pokenham's visit to England has some
bearing on this question, as well as with your
,ns' country, and as regards your citizens' claims,
they will be paid when the screw is applied,
" ns i.id strongly turned, and rot before, Sir.
* : The present products of the mints are :
Zaeatecas, - - $6,000,000
5 ! Guanajuato, . . 2,000,000
1 j s';m f.rvs Potest. ."0O.W0!
I Guaadalajara, - - 600,0
Mexico, - - 1.000,0
Durango, &c. - - 1,000,0
11,500,0
Add bars and silver exported secretly,
- - 1,000,0
$12,100,0
Exports last year, and two or three millic
of other articles.
The imports about the same amount, h
of which is smuggled in by bribes to the a
thorities.
All is quiet as far as hoard from. Sai
Anna's influence is lost. It is said that
Gen. Bustarnente should attempt to adopt a
liberal measures, by which the church is
any way to be affected by such policy, tl
the padres and abbes will make overtures
the Prince of Devils, Santa Anna to est*
lish a" despotic government. They have soi
I apprehensions of Gen. Bustarnente, and
j deed, unless the government take the chui
property, it cannot long hold together.
Bustamentc is too honest to live by robbe
like the last administration. I learn that
contemplates abolishing the internal custor
a most disgraceful and iniquitions impost, ft
an article, from a coyo down to the patl
prosait of the poor Indian, can pass the g;
isa without paying an enormous tax. If t
old Spanish law is abolished, it will be o
step towards reformation in the present s]
tern of robbing, and let us at least hope tf
it will commence and progress until tnis fi
i country is rescued from Cler'cal Despotism a
I Rodbers. It has within itself more natu
] advantages and climates, than any part of t
G.obe.
Yours, &c.
j Agrarianitm.?A large political meeti
j was lately held in New York, from the noti
of whose proceedings in the N. Y. Evem
Post, we copy the following:
"Mr. H. E. R. then presented a series
resolutions, declaring, in substance, that t
banking system was at war with the interes
of society and the Constitution; that a IN
tional Bank was not a proper remedy for t
evils of paper money system; that the 1<
suspension act is ex-post facto, and impa
, the obligations of contracts; that the Govi
j nor be requested to call the Legislature '
' gether; that a State Convention be called,
| assemble at Utica next September; that
\ne.io Constitution be proposed,, one oft
I /Oancnc nf sliould be. that actual settU
J might occupy from eighty to two hundred ac,
each of the public lands; that the banks out.
to assist poor persons in effecting a settlemi
on the public domain; that Congress ought
pass a bill icith those provisions; that t
meeting would sustain the President in c
forcing the payment of specie, and in 1
pledged hostility to piper money; that t
greatest evils of paper money are its v;
fluctuations; that ail connexion between Ba
and State ought to be dissolved; and tl
all candidates for public offices should be i
quired to sign a pledge to support the abc
principles.
i "The resolutions were adopted without <
j sent
i . " 1 ! *
The resignation of the "Hon. Louis a.
j Lane, as President of the Morris Canal a
i Banking Company, some time ago indicat
j took place a few days ago. The Hon. Sa
' uel L. Southard was, on Friday, una
i rrnnslv elected to sunnJv his nine
j The eirecfion of Mr. Southard for ti
trust is a very judicious one on the part
the Company. Finance is a science in whi
Mr. S. is well schooled, having, whilst he w
a member of the Cabinet under the Admin
j tration of Mr. Monroe, and afterwards unt
j that of Mr. Adams, devoted a good deal
i attention to it, and especially whilst occupyi
I the position of Acting Secretary of the Tret
' - - - t-.i_ ? ?i
j ury. it is iortunaie, mcanwniie, u& uiwc u
| pears to be no incompatibiiity between ]
; present station (in the Senate of the Unit'
! States) and his new engagement, that t
i country (and most especially the Navy, who
j interests he thoroughly understands) will n
j lose the benefit of his services in the Nation
j Councils.
Mr. McLake has, we observe," arrived
Baltimore, for the purpose of entering up<
the duties of his new and honorable station
President of the Baltimore and Ohio Railrai
Company.?Xalional Intelligencer.
BANKS.
We have taken some pains to collect acc
rate details upon the subject of banking ins
tutions. We have already stated the numb
01 banks in the country. We now give belc
some further views, in a tabular form, fro
Secretary Woodbury's report, to wit, tl
number of banks, and the amount ofbankir
capital, at certain periods of our historv:
xr t?
l oars. uuiifts. vopum,
1782 11 88,935,000
1901 32 22,550,000
1905 75 40,493,000
1911 88 42,610,000
1815 208 82,259,599
1816 246 89,822,422
1820 307 * 102,210,611
1830 329 111,192,268
0-1834 506 170,123,788
Oia35 678 193,584,361
(D'1836 689 316,875,295
01837 823 378,421,168
The four first periods (1792, 1801, 18C
and 1811) cover the whole duration of t
first United States Bank. The chart?r
that institution expired in 1811; and the
were then 88 State banks. The second Unit
States Bank chartered under Mr. Madisc
in 1916. In the five years that intervene
between the expiration of the first bank ai
the chartering ofthe second, the State ban
hadiucreased from 88 to 246, being 152.
From 1816, the date of the second Unit
States Bank, to 1830, when General Jacks*
had commenced his attacks upon it?being
neriod of fourteen verrs?the State banks i
creased only from 246 to 628, being 83?J
average of six a year. From 1837 to tl
present time?seven years?the State ban
have increased 494 (from'329 to 823) beii
an annual average of more thin seventy.
Take another view. From the Revo'utio
| ary war to the year 1630. the number of S'a
banks created was 329, from 1830 to lf?3
the number created was 491. In o:h
words, the policy of General Jackson and M
| Van Buren has given to the coun'ry mo
State Banks than existed in the whole prec
ding period of our history; yes, more by 16
We beg the reader to examine the foreg
ing official table, furnished by the Gover
ment, leisurely, and to draw his own concl
sions. Let him notice the fact, that in 181
there were but 329 banks, and that there a
now 823; and then let him wonder, if he ca
at the condition which the country is now-i
?Boston Courier.
A man lias been imprisoned by one of t
Courts of Massachusetts for maltreating
oy.
00 j Giraffes come at last.?By the Champion
IK) | Captain Pearson, just arrived from Cape
00 Town, Messrs. Macomber, Welsh & Co. have
? i received advices from their hunting parties in
CO the interior of Africa. Mr. Clayton, their
! principle agent, had arrived at Cape To*n, at
00 the head of one of their largest expeditions,
? : with four splendid Caineleopards or Giraffes,
00 ' an Eland, a White Rhinoceros, an Elephant,
;ns | &.c. The Giraffes were taken young, and
j were brought down slowly and with great
alf | care. The two eldest, fourteen months old,
lu- i were 11 feet high; another, ten months old,
, was 9 1-2 feet high. They are fed upon oatita
hav, bran, punkins, carrots, apples, peas, and
it dried peaches.
ny i Arrangements are already made to ship
in to this country forthwith, two of these beautiiat
| fal animals, and in case any accident befall
to them, the others will be ordered out immeditb.
1 ately.?Boston Traveller.
mC i ? ;
jn. ; From the New York Gazette.
>ch Mr. McKain, a young friend of ours from
Mobile, on a visit to this city, met some days
j since a negro servant in the streets, who had
jlc' j been enticed from home by a set of blackns,
1 leSs' an(J uPon accosting him, found the seri
vant sick of the few days of "freedom and
.us ! equality" he had experienced among the pec:
pie of his own color here. He told his young
jje 1 master, that the New York negroes were not
ne , what they had been "cracked up to be," and
-s. i expressed a strong desire to go back to Mo|al
J bile. Mr. McKain .accordingly took him unnc
j der his protection, after Lewis, his man, had
n(j ! gone voluntarily before the Recorder, and acraj
knowledged his master's ownership. The
}10 " philanthropists," however, found means to
spirit Lewis away, and it was not without
great difficuly that he was found again in a
place'where he was concealed against his will,
n(T j in Vandewater street.
? j Judge Oakley at the instance of Mr. Sedge
wick, who appears to act as Attorney lieneng
ral for the abolitionists, and Chancellor in particular
for every runaway negro from the
0f South, issued a habeas corpus upon which the
he J slave was brought before the court. Lewis
3ts | acknowledged that he belonged to Mr. Mc[a?
j Kane, which with the abundant evidence of
jie i other witnesses, to the fact, appeared to be
lte j pretty sufficient; but Mr. Sedgewic'* was of
jrs j a different opinion. lie rose and made cer
i tain motions as the Counsel for the negro; but
ji0_ i vet Lewis himself told this very officious phit0
; lanthropist, that he was mistaken?that he
a | wanted none of his counsel?that he had seen
he j enough of New York negroes, and that he?
,rs ; (Mr. Counsellor Sedgewick,) had better mind
'rcs his own business. The learned and excellent
.t, i Counsellor, and his very virtuous clients, may
^ : as well, therefore, look upon their d.saater, as
t0 1 a " misfortune in business," and say no more
j about it. Lewis, we can tell them, for their
1 comfort and his own, is going back to Mo^,
Lis!biK
he
ist
By a report read to the Convention of Pennnk
svlvania, we gather the following items of
iat , interest, relative to the financial situation of
re. t that great State :
)ve | The whole amount of revenue, as reported
| by the Aditor General, for the last financial
| year, $3,804,642 54.
From which deduct the premium of tl.e
Bank of the United States, applied to im,
provements, &c. &c. and the balance to the
Ic* j credit of the State Treasury stands, ?1,782,"d
i165 60.
e"> i The whole amount of expenditures for the
*" last year were ?3,675,638 11.
ni" Total amount of premiums for bank char.
. iris received, ?3,302,536 18.
Ill!l Amount recciv ible, ?-4,1*5,016 67.
. '< Tax on Bank dividends paid into the Trea;cfl
sury. ?785,804 69.
'.as j Public Debt amounts to $24,731,343 55.
1S* ! Public propertv, Bank Stock, ?2,108,700,erJ
00, &c. &c.
Total, including Bank Stock, 831,Oil,011nS
! 01.
1S": TJic taxes of the State amount to $621,P"
I 463 74.?Metropolitan.
us
ed I LATEST FROM FLORIDA.
; c are indebted to the politeness of Capt.
j Curry, of the steam boat Cincinnati, arrived
?. ; yesterday, for the St. Augustine Heraldy of
i Thursday last, from which paper we copy the
. . following:
111 St. Augustine, June 22.
on i Our Indian A ffairs.?We have but little to
| communicate in relation to our Indian affairs
this week. Nothing has been heard from
General Jessup for several days.
Fort Mellon has been abandoned on account
of the unhealthiness of the Post. Col. flaru
ney who Commanded there has arrived here
fi- ...WJ. /.rtnirrfonit nf nhnilt 4.(10 Hr?frnOI1S who
| nun ilw tuimiiiwu v. " o
er | are stationed at Fort Marion. Coa-cooch
?w | (Philip's son) was at Fort Mellon when Col.
m ; Harney left with about 20 Indians. They exic
I pressed the most pacific intentions it the whites
ig ; did not molest them, and promised not to burn
; the Fort. They expressed a desire to visit
j Col. Harney in St. Augustine.
( LA TER.?Report of the Murder of Micanopy.?More
Indian Depredations.?Since the
| above was in type, an express has arrived
bringing information from the interior of considerable
importance. A letter from Fort
King states that information had reached that
I post that the Seminoles, after obtaining pos.
session of Micanopy had murdered him, and
J cut him to pieces. It is supposed that the
I cause for this act was his friendly disposition
' ti-.wnrrta tvh.tes. his continued aversion to
J the war, an J his good faith in attempting to
5, : fulfil the late treaty. This act is taken as a
be i decided evidence of their continued hostility,
of and that they will not now go off until they
re ; are entirely subdued, and their pride and arroed
ganco humbled.
>n, It is not precisely known how this informaid,
' tion was received at Fort King, it is doubted
nd by the officers of the army here; but if the ue?
ks giro tale be true, that he was deposed some
time since and Sam Jorics elected in his stead,
ed i it would doubtless be the object of Sam Jones
an ; to get rid of him to save trouble. Charley
a J O'Mathla was served the same fate for his
n- friendly feeling towards us.
in The garrison at Fort King are represented
lie to be very healthy. Out of six companies,
ks there were bur seven m.-n on the sick report at
ig the last advices.
' The troops at Micanopv are also in good *
n-; health.
tc j Indian fires have been seen opposite to Pi>6,
colata on the St. Johns river. Gen. Jesup is
er expected here in a few days and will probably
[r. establish his head quarters here,
re ' A portion of tiic e reek regiment are to be
e- | stationed at Picolata for the present. We
4. j understand that they will be ordered to Micano
opy ami Fort King.
n- The remainder will be stationed at or near
u- Tampa Bay, until their term of service expire
!30 | which will be shortly, when they will be disre
' charged. They are tired of the war and have
in, | been anxious to bo discharged since February
in. ; last. Norn have been discharged since they
i volunteered, except the sick, who have been
' sent to Mobile Point,
he ; Two companies of Dragoons have been oran
deredto take post at Picolata. They will sail
to-day in the cte1mboat Camden