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chamber, where she is fcsure of nut being disturbed. "On days when the cloths from the wockIv wash arc ironed, she goes early to the . 7 v J ironing room, puts Ic-r tlatirons to the fire, unicss it has been done by a not!'.or, selects her own cioi.hs from the mass, belonging perhaps to one hundred and thirty or tony persons, and never fails to get every ar"Tick\ I lor manner is, to examine each article by fueling, but to decide upon it by the senses of smell; and in regard to her own things slie never errs. As it r spcets those of others, her power of disemninntion is very remarkable: for instance,, she will, if desired, select and separate the I stockings of the boys from 'those ot the j girls; she will get every .article belonging j to a particular individual; and it is the j matron's opinion, that she com .1 in ih;.s way j distinguish the respective articles oi every i female pupil oi the institution. It s-iOulJ be recollected that these articles are clean '? '"? ?>'ioK? nnd v<?t_ *i?,r*J? is f' ?? JiCil'G. jiUitJ ntwii) ui<^ . ncss of her stncil, that she can discriminate with almost unerring accuracy. She irons slowly, but very well, and sometimes for the family as well as for herself. At one time she chose to wash the smaller articles of her apparel, sucli as capes, handkerchief?, and white stockings, and never failed to get tiiem clean, changing the wator of.cn, and using soap in abundance; at present she allows this to be done for her. "Julia performs the entire work of knhting^H^btocking without assistance; * shapes it properly, narrowing, widening, ] etc. She is apt, however, to err in mak-1 - - - "dw\t]?nr frnm u intr her own ion mimh, huvuki desire to exhibit a very trioi foot and ancle, | or for other reasons, docs not appear. She ' has been known, on examining the knit- j ting work ofa litde girl, to discover i's defects with surprising readiness, and after j condemning them in str .ng terms, to pull | out the needles, unravel the work till she had removed all its imperfect par s, and hen taking up the s'i'ches, return the fab. ric to i s owner to be finished. "She is slow and careful in all her movements, and especially about her sewing; j still she has often made a sheet in a day, j and one instance is recollected in which j she made a half a dozen of towels in the same time. She threads her needle by means of her fingers and tongue, but the I precise manner of doing it cannot be seen, j \Y e see her put the needle and thread to her i lips, and soon remove them prepared for! use. "It has been intimated that our means! of intercourse with Julia are limited to, rtKi(v?tQ and actions as are cognizable j OUV.li ? by the senses of feeling, tas'e, and smell, j l;er destitu'ion of the superior senses of! sight and hearing being apparently coinplete. It is even doubtful whether, through any sensation produced by light upon her organs, she can distinguish dav from night, Loil tluicc is no doubt of her b .iug par finely j (leaf. We have also excepted abstract ideas from the number of those about which ' we can satisfactorily communicate with her. So far however, as certain very j general abstractions are concerned, we j have reason to suppose tnat she does understand us: for instance, the general ideas conveyed to her mind by the signs ex f ?nnmKninii nr dismnrobaiioi). prcssivu Ol , , health or sickness, pleasure or sorrow, are I in all probability sucli as we design to com. I municate; tlie evidence that it is so being often quiet satisfactory. This, 'aowcuer, is as yet the extent of our intercourse on such subjects. We cannot sptnk to her j of the mind, or of spiritual existence in any form; and if wo should attempt it successfully, she might not have the ability to make us aware of our success. '1 he following experiment has lately been tried. Her attention was called to a great variety of artificial objects, and she was told that Miss C. made this, Mr. S. that, and a man one. a woman ano her, rrnJ so 011. The i lea of making is familiar, for she makes some things herself. Then, a number of natural objects were presented to her, such as minerals, fruits, flowers, plants, vegetahies; and she was told that neither this friend nor that acquaintance made any of them; that neither men nor women made them. The hope was cntertuided that her curiosity would be excited, and that a way might be discovered to convey to her mind the great idea of the Almigh'y Creator. ,rU 1 1 |!,/v,inrli L [1C U tempi Wiia uui iii) iiii i l several time repeated, has not as yet resulted in exciting her nund, fixing her attention, or giving us any encouraging indications." The report also contains notices of two other cases of a similar description, though neither of those persons was connected with the asylum. One was a boy of New ilamshire, who lost his sight and hearing by violent inflammation of the head at the age of two years, and ceased to speak a lew weeks a forwards. His senses of smell and feeling became very acute, and enabled him to identify and remember objects. - - . . i . . lie was very ingenious and cunning in his pranks of mischief and amusement, eviden'ly distinguisho ! 'he rights of property, was submissive to authori y, sensible of the return of certain days of the week, and in other ways gave clear indications of the activity of his imprisoned mind. lie died in his seventeenth year. 44 A little time previous to his death, whitest he was languishing under the effects oi his disease, be went volun arilv and brought forward several ar ieles which hehad for seme time previous kept secreted, and delivered them up: the next day he took his bed, and shor iy afier died." lie hud, before tin's event, with the same disease lost two sist rs. It is conjectured that he might have acquired some know lodged of his sisters' deaths, and have had some presentment of ins own, from his ' ?-n feeble state." A third instance is m mtioned of a child of seven years, living in New Hampshire, no lost hearing and speech at the age of t\o years, and who has only power of > *.i; -o notice the nr-'svue? of strong o - *-* 1 without capacity to discern objects. The | j sense of smcil, in this ease appears also ' to be defective. She knits and sews, is ! | fond of chess and society, and is kind and i aiieclionatu in Iter disposition. To the report are appended sonic speci- j ; mens of uncorrected original compositions j ' of tr,.c pupils from 13 to 22 years of age, and j ; who have been at the institution from eleven j j months to eight yfrirs. They prove how j fully every kind of useful instrution may j be communicated to the mind by the excelj lent system now pursued in the several < | deaf and dumb schools of the country, and j should induce .every parent of children thus j I afflicted to avail themselves of the Vucans j now so generally accessible, of removing | the heaviest part of ihe calamity. We | subjoin some of the definitions of one of | the older pupils: i etiame is a quick sense of mortification, 1 produced by the commuting of faults or er rors. Fear 4s an uneasy emotion of the heart, j raised at the sight of a thing hurtful, widi j ; a strong desire to avoid it. | Experience is the medicine of tho mind; ; a practical knowiedeu which springs from | a constant observation of the circumstances i of life. Taste is the .'Mica eiy sensible faculty j by which we relish the beauties of any : work with pleasure, and feci the blemishes j with dislike. It's the power of receiving pleasure from the beauties of both nature j and art; also an exquisite relish or dislike of thes.veet or unpleasant qualities of food, perceived by the organs of taste. North Eastern Boundary.?The Govcr; nor of the State of Maine has issued the following general order : STATE OE MAINE. Head Quarters, > Augns'n, Juno 27 1837. . ? GENERAL ORDER, No. 57. Feilow-Soldicrs.?The soil of our Slate has been invaded One of our citizen* while j i in the performance of duly required bv law, i was arrested within the territory of Maine, | and carried to no adjacent foreign province, where he now remains incarcreatcd within the walls of a prison. This is but a repetition of former acts of injustice committed against our border inhabitants, by Officers acting under the authority of the British province of New-Brunswick. The integrity of the S:ate must he perservod. Maine looks to the General Government for redress. Our citizens must be secure within our limits, and it may be found ncessary to brine foith military power to give that pro tection to which they are entitled. The commander in chief, therefore, calls upon the militia to hold themselves in read, iness to obey such orders as the security of our citizens and the honor of the State may require. By the Commander-in-Chief. A. B. Thompson, Adjutant-general. r P11 r t 11 a 1 Hi^ "Tj"' - ti'lnnh if ?m!1 collected, have given rise to this order, were ! the arrest by Capf. McLaughlin, the agent J for the British Orown Lands, of an Ameri. j can citizen of the name of E. J. Greely at | Madawaska, where he was acting under an authority give him by the state of Maine. The northeastern boundary,?Events which have recently occurred in the dispu. ted territory on our northeastern frontier, will probably render the last debates on this question, which have taken place in the ! British parliament interesting, anil we there| fore copy them. Sir II. Peel availed himself of that op. j poriuni'y to ask the noble Secretary for i Foreign Affairs in what position our difler ' cnccs wcro wilh the United States, as to the ' i northern frontier. Ho wished to know' whether the differences were adjusted, or' ; whether any progress had been made to; wards their adjustment ? I ; Lord Pa'merston, in reply said that a i great many communications had passed, t between the two governments on the sub- ! i jeet, and that each government was equally I animated bv a sincere desire to an adjust- j , ment of the differences at present existing. | He must do that justice to the government of the United States, and particularly to | the late President Andrew Jackson. The ! | central government ol"the United States la ; boured, however,under some difficulty with : rsl tn iififrntin mnc frir itc rlio^ro- ! J IV,i^??v. ^ -----, tion was limited by a certain independent! ' vgion on the parr of the province of Maine, i Ofiate there had been no written communiI cations between the two governments. I Ie i had communicated verbally on the subject ' with the American Minister in this country, ! and Mr. Fox. our Minister in America, had \ done the same with the* American authori. I ties in the U. States. The whole corres. j pondence which had taken place on the ! subject had been published by order of Congress, and from the publication of those j i official communications the right hon baro- ; j not would see that the negotiations were; : not likely to lead, he was sorry to say it, to ! the prospect of an immediate arrangement. Mr. Hume wished to know whether there j would he any objection to lay before Parkament the papers which had already been laid before the Co gress of the United j ; States. Sir It. Peel.?Is the province of Maine J in the occupation of any part of the disputed territory. Lord Palmerston.?Tiie disputed terri-1 tory, or at any rate the greater part of it, is i in our occupation at present, upon the un-! 1 del-standing that neither we for any other j party shall exercise any of the rights be.; I longinging to permanent territorial sov; ereigntv. j Sir II. Peel.?I do not see how any ar- j ran.gr men! of that sorr can be made. The j land must be occupied by one party or the 0 her. Is it occupied entirely by British | subjects ? Lord Palmerston.?It is not settled at all at present : it i.s'oecupied bv vast fores's ot j wood, and :r is understood that neither par; tv is to cut th.e wood nut: 1 the differences are 1 settled in one way or ;he other. \Vi:h re[ gnr.i to the question put to me bv the Hon. j member iur Middlesex, I have only to ob r-vc. that '.it re v .!: '"5 . V* I upon the table the pa; crs w!i c!i have already 1 | beer, pnttished by order of Congress. It ! is a departure from our ordinary rules to c I lay on the table of the house papers which j I relate to negotiations not yet terminated ; j at the same time I don't see any objection 11 to the production of these papers. Mr. Roebuck reminded the noble lord, that the state of Maine had passed some 15 severe regulations respecting the destitute condition of the citizens of the L .,r;ed S a'cs * inhabiting the disputed territory* and that it { had cornmunicatcfi those resolutions to Con. j gress, Yhc truth was, that there was a t [targe number of persons employed incut- t I ting down tress in the disputed territory, and c i in clearing and peopling the land, and those s I persons called themselves citizens of the * Cnied States. Refugees from botli coun- ? tries had fled info that territory, it had be- j [ come a harbor for all the rogues and vaga- I r ? i _:i._ - r* .1. _ i .1 i;.wv I. j Doillls OH DO II SUlCb CM mi; uouiiuai V iimi.-, j t i and it was time that the nuisance which this t I occasioned should be abated. {c Lord Palmcrston thought that the lion, j j and learned member for Hath was referring j j to occurrences which had taken place on | the boundary line of another of the s'atos (we did not catch the name), and not of j t Maine. \ Rail Road Post Office.?A corrcspon- ( dent of the New York Commercial Adver- t tiser, who writes from U.tca, X. V. furnishes the following notice of the Rail Road jc \ Post 0dice whicli is in operation on the 1 j route between Albany and Utica : Perhaps as great a public convenience is ( now to be found on the rail road between i Albany and U:icn,as can be met within any e country. It is the establishment of a travelling post Olfice on the rail road?a regular distribution Office, and for this great con- | vemence, I am told, the public are indebted , to Mr. Davidson, of Saratoga Springs, the general agent of the rail road company. |r Two post masters, or post Office agon's, Mr Kendall, Jr., and the junior Mr. Elliott, z of Albany, are employed constantly between 1 those cities, and thev rn-dre up a mail for every Office on the route. The cars stop E but for a moment, while a messenger, who is in attendance, receives the mail in a small e bag. and gives one in return. i: This mail car is about the size of the large baggage car, painted green, with J windows and doors, and the interior fitted 1 up with boxes for distribution. On either | side of the car is painted, in large letters, } ? United S ates Mail Oar," and on both, s sides there are letter boxes, into which \ let'ers, &c. car> be deposited until the last ? moment previous to the departure of the train ; this gives those who have correspondence, one hour more than can be allowed at the post Office in this city, and the respective towns on the route. t I am persuaded that Mr. Kendall would j' do an essential service to the public, by t sending an agent with the mail on every . important route, both bv the cars and steam boats." Those who have travelled on the ! Hudson, must have been convinced of the r necessity of such an agent to take charge of all the mails and attend to the distribution. It cannot be expected that the cap- j tains of steam boats will make that a prima- j ry concern?hence the frequency of mails j t being carried over, or wrong on s sent j ( ashore. ? KEY WEST, JULY 1. !c To the Editors of the Charleston Couicr? i " Gentlemen-Ii is with much regret I ja have to announce another instance of the j f ? f - -i i w. i 1 Driraniy o: uiose uesperaie auu iijiiuumik.- Indians. ' " On the morning of tlic 20th ult., Cap- , * fain John Whalton, with his crew of four j men, left the light ship, for the purpose of; s procuring wood, on K *y Largo, a distance i * of about six miles, at which place lie had j t cultivated a garden for some years past. J s The Indians. s x in number, seeing them 11 unarmed, secreted themselves behind some j a bushes and barrels on the shore, waited do-j i liberately until they landed, at which tinm j \ they fired, and killed Captain \Viiat.ton. j v The man next him gave the alarm, and the j c four men ran for the boat, three of whom j t succeeded in getting on board ; the other j r man was shot down in the water. Two of i the men in the boat were slighty wounded, c and had not the Indians pursued them so t far in the water as to wet their rifles, there [ is no doubt they would have accomplished j t their object 01 muruermg tue whole party. | " The circumstance of this inhuman i murder is peculiarly distressing Cupt. Whalton was the keeper of the light sliip, j in which capaci'y he has given satisfaction, for years, not only to the government, but | to the commercial world. He has been j inhumanely, murdered, and left a disconso- | late widow and large family to lament his \ loss, at a time, too, wh'-n \fe had every: reason to believe hostilities had ceased with ! this inhumane race. ! " We are now situated without troops, not even a cu ter or vessel of war to pro teet us, and should those wretches know of our situation, they would, in all probability, make an attack on us here. They were not satisfied with murdering, butchering, scalping, and stripping th^m of their clonics, but rhcy cut oil the lingers ot(Japf. j ^ Whalton for (lis rings. " Too captains and crows of several of 11 the wrecking vessels, on hearing of tills melancholy event, proceeded in search of the bodies, which tiiey found as before- tie- {" scribed, they were removed to Mataconi- ! ba Key, and there interred. SAVANNAH, July 8. 1( FROM FLORIDA.?We learn from a gen- j tleman who came as passenger in the steam , i packet Florida, t'apt. Hubbard, from St. | ; Johns, tint Gen. Jesup and Staff arrived at , Black Creek on the 3d instant, on a tour of! i inspection, and it was supposed that two posts | would be estabiisiied on the Suwanne, and j ' one on Lake George, at Silver Spring. j t The Indians were still peaceable and exhib- ! < it no evident disposition to renew hostilities. ! 1 | About ten days since, a party consisting of; . I ("apt. Hanson's mounted Florida volunteers, j and a company oi United States Dragoons, - . ! under Lieut. May, were on a scout ironi St-j j Augustine to Palatka. hree Indians and a negro in a small canu: I'lic Indians were raptured. The negro cs :apecl. The Indians stated that the party consiste* if II Indians and 2 negroes. Tim other In lians were out cutting down *> bee tree, am he negro who escaped gave the alarm an* >revt>nted their capture. The tlirce Indians captured, were taken t< lit. Augustine. About the same date a party of Unite* States soldiers, under command of Capt. A1 en, were on a scout from Tampa Day. The; ook Fori Foster (for some time abandonc* n consequence of its unhealthy position, vventy miles from Tampa, in the route wher* hey came across Old Dow Legs, a descen iantof a celebrated SemincI-3 Chief of th* ;ame name, quietly seated in the desertc; ?ort. The old fellow in finding his forme mcmies approaching, thought it better to de lend on his heels for security. A regular rac* _-i- J.n u-nc run dmvn like a tire* UUft fJiacv, a lilt ..v- ...... . .... .... accr. On being captured, he solicited vcr itrongly not to be taken to Tampa Bay, bu he command being from that post, lie wa onducted there without further parley. He, lie Chief, (as well as the Indians found noa ?alatka) was detained, as he was north of tin ine specified on their late Treaty. Gen. Jesup is on his way to St. Augustine The statement made that Micanopy ha< ieen executed is, we are informed, total); vithout foundation. We would not however be surprised to hea >re long, that. Micanopy has fallen beneatl he knife of liis ambitious Chieftains. Indians although characterized for ferocity 'herish the same which often prompts tin vhite, sooner to "reign in hell, than serve ii .leaven." Since the above was in type, we have re teived from a correspondent the following ontradictorv of reports heretofore publish ia: Black Creek (Fa.) July 3,1837. " Sir: The information published in you >aper of the 29th ult. is incorrect. I regre o find that vou entertain fears with regard t< t renewal of hostilities. " Micanopy has not been put to death, a e ported. " Cloud, Aligator, &c. retain their rank tnd no Indians have been seen near thi dantatioii of Messrs. Clark and Rollins. "It is asking too much to request you to ab tain from publishing the many contridictor; iccounts that are current! "I will endeavor to keep you apprised c wery thing which may occur, worth commu licating. "Gen. Jcsup reached here this mornin? rom Tampa Bay, on a tour of reconnoisance lis object is to insuect the posts, to ascertaii he resources of the country, &c. and to at end to the comfort of the troops, whose healtl ic considers paramount to every other con ideration, at present; and he is determine! vith all the means in his power, to protect an< juard them from disease." j - i i. ii. il hi ttmt i iii! | m i vrj, o Froin the N. Y. Courier and EJquiricr nnrv^t p vpt * v ia niU.M An ariival at Boston furnishes us wit! wo davs later intelligence from London.Flic state of the money Market there, and o he Cotton Market at Livetpoo! seems im jrovcing. Accounts liad however, no Specie payments here, and we look witl nuch anxiety for the effect which the re :cipt of intelligence of that event will pro luce. The Ministerial majority on tho sccom eading ofthe Church Kate Bill is so small hat if the precedents of former adminis rations arc regarded, the disolution of th )resent Cabinet would follows as a nature :onsequence. By the ship Partheon, Capt. Thonia irrived at Boston on Sunday from Liver )ool dates to the 26th and 27th, two day atcr have been received. They havi urnished but little intelligence of impor ance. The London Times of the 25th insi ;ays: "The abaundance of money at th Stock Exchange induces the apprehensioi hat we mav have a nev/ influx of forei^i ? ecuritics, and the exchanges be once mor timed against us. The remedy is eas; md obvious enough, but it is not easy t< nduce those who have the power to ap >iy It. The bank should bring the deai veight to market. This is so clear a poli y, under present circumstances, that wen he Directors not deterred by the para ttinm nf kppn nouni consiuci?inun miu n( ng up the amount of the dividend, then :ou!d not be no doubt of their willingnes o resort to it without delay, especially )Ound as they are to give all the assistant hat may be required to the America! louses. They cannot make money scarc< >y any management out of doors tha vould not be a breach of such implied en pigement on their part, and they coult lot reach the stock exchange by any oth ?r process whatever except that of snllinj jublic securities. At a fair price, tin lead weight annuity would find read; Mirchasers, and its introduction wouh dieck at once the influx of foreign stock irobably in some degree of Americai lank paper." At Liverpool, the statu of business \va 'in _ f, |_ at her more tavorauie. i ue news ui uu suspension of specie payments in thi :ountrv had not readied England. Soim olerably large sales of cotton had takei )lace at Liverpool, chiefly of Americai lescription, and at previous quotations mt they observe that without some ini Movement in the prices of cotton, the Jarg< jolders will experience considerable dilli :ulty in meeting their obligations. It i itated as a curious fact, that East Indi; :otton has been sol 1 in Liverpool for ex lortation to Canton. At the present pri :es it costs less to send it from England l Canton, than Iroin India. The bill for the abolition of tiie chore ate was read a second time, on the -oi md was carried by a majority o{Jive, onl .vliich was considered so smail a niajorit or the ministerial measure, as to amouti 0 an indication that the present adminis .ation was near its end; it had even bee currently reported, that Lord Melhouru tad tendered his resignation, but this iva 1 ft e r wa rd s contradicted. The State 15.il! at St. James's Palace, i lonoroflhe Princess Victoria's JSth hiith lay, took place on the IMtb. but ueifhc t> % i;ii" 'Juet,ri Tvr" ' !ri *.. ?. I The Princess is heiress presumptive to the i j ' Pritish throne and realms, and Ministers, i i were making arrangements for allowing. ! Imr an outfit and establishment suited to 1 1 | her exalted destination, nwv tli.it site Iras: J ! become of age. ' j The French papers were much occu- j 3 | pied with the preparations for the approach- ' . ing marriage of the Duke of Orleans.? ' \ r t I lie intended bride had arrived at I'otz- ! ~ J dam on the 16th, where she was received i i ] j by the King of Prussia with expressions ? ) > of much satisfaction at her union with the i ? i j 2 j royal family of France. - j Accounts from the Mauritius of Feb. 19. i1 3 ! state that a tremendous hurricane had been j r ! felt in that island, which had done much i injury to the crop*. , 5 Mad Dogs. Cows, 4*c.?In Plymouth,! 1 Mass. there is great excitement upon this j | i subject, and several town me etings, have j< 1 * ' ? i ^ \ I 1 neen lately caneu in consequence. 5 belonging to Mr. Icliabod Moray was sup-1 , ' posed to have been hi.ten by a rapid dog. | ^ r. Solomon Sylvester gives tlie following j description of her appearance and death. |. "The cow acted very strangely, and it j 1 having been supposed that she might have | [ i been bitten by a dog which came on shore ! from the brig Solon, which has bitten a ; r " ; C number of other dogs, fears were enter-j: 1 tained that the cow was math I thought j j it might be the horn ai!, and adopted the i 2 | usual remedy in such cases, by cutting eft , j i her tail, boring her horns &c. I offered ; her water and she became infuria'ed and : - tore the bucket tc peices without drinking. ;, ? She had a prosperity to bite things wiihin j ( her reach. The remecids proposed had I. no favourable effect. She continued the j ( r next day in the same situation, and abou4 ' t eleven o'clock that night she became most j j 3 furious and broke out of the barn, bellowing j, and raving; first attacking a wheelbarrow, t1 s which she threw about, and then ran to aj barrel of water, which she turned over and j * tossed about until it was out ot" her reach, j < She continued to bellow and roar, attack- j j . in? every thing in her way, until she finaliy f fell dead in the greatest agony. I was , unwilling to believe her mad un'il Wednes- ! ( * day night. The people in the house were j. so mucli alarmed with her violence that j, y they fled into the chamber for fear of her | ' breaking into the lower part of the house, j | i I became fully satisfied, as was the case I j - believe with a great majority of all who saw j ] i her in those ravings of Ik r sickness, al- j ( - though water was frequently ofF red her and , * its sight increased her fury. She frothed j | at the mouth, and discharged three buckets j, full, as I should think in the course of the { day. After she broke out of the barn, no J j person had the courage to enter the enclo- ; j sure where she was. The whole neighbour. ; ( 11 hoo i were in a sta'e of alarm, and her' | - belSowings were heard a great distance. I< f ? -1 N E WOK L E A MS July 12. r t j By the Cumnncbe, arrived yes erday, 9 ( ? " * * ? . i is f j >?*> rcnrji hiti V?J/? r |i ) tain Wheel right, of the Independence, and '' . j his surgeon have escaped from prison. 11 . ! We also understand that the notorious; | Thompson, has deserted the Mexican ser- \ ] i vice and gone to offer his aid to the Tox I ian cause. If s>:h be the case, and that , . he is received in the navy of that republic, j ' L. we trust the executive will bo can ious j ( about placing too much confid -'nee in iheir j ^ new ally. Every thing remained quiet in j t s Mntamoras. j ( TheCumnnche brings 630,901 in specie,; s consigned to different houses iti this eitv. j, Pu'I",:n* i! e l-u ; i Fall in the piiice of Specie.?Wo feel i( great pleasure in informing our readers that'1 r' the premium on specie has within the last e day or two, fallen from 23 to 20 per ct. to j l] ( 15 ! Nay, we have even heard of it being I II I sold less.?We are. however, cognisant of' e -Si,000 being sold for 15 ! The prospect j j y before us is about to brighten. Let the ;' 0 Municipalities bestir themselves in the issue I ! " j of their paper, that it may assume the place j' ^ of the present debased small currency, and I ere long that incubus will be removed rom I { e the community, and specie held at its prop- j " er value. i Ibid. | { s The following language of Mr. Key, j j the Counsel for lite Postmaster General, . - may perhaps, startle the republicanism of!, 1 many a good citizen. Pretensions so ex- j - orbitant might grace the theatre of Has- j, 1 tern despotism, but are certainly out of! - place at Washington. ^ J j "Suppose the laws require a specific act j of the President himself, involving private ;. I rights, which he refuses to perform. The { - courts have as tnuch law for issuing a man- !. damus against him as against any of his j j ^ subordinates in a lik case. It is a case,:. -.o r,111/. 11 tliat nf vvliirli tlip Cnnvf h:i? :?1 7 ; U ^ 111 H.U u.? niui v. . ... , , 1 ready* assumed jurisdiction. The Presi- I | dent disobeys their mandamus, and they :, s send an attachment. By whom do they send j< 3 , it? Bv a Marshal, holding his office at the : ( s j will of the President, who can* strike c ' THEIR PROCESS DEAD IN IIIS HANDS, ilf dis- j 1 1 ! missing him on the spot. This fact proves j, ' the ahsuridity of the power assumed.? ! | I ; And that which the President can legally < "' do to protect himself he can do to protect i e | any of his agents, being always responsible " j to his country for the proper exercise of i s : his power." 1 a : The bold assumption was promptly met j " ; by Mr. Coxe, the opposite Counsel, who j ( " j read to the astonishment and confusion of i o i Mr. Key, an act of Congress, authorizing,; i | the Marshal or his Deputy to execute all ! < h | process that may be in his hands at the i i h time of his removal from office. The stat- j I y | ute was explicit.?Portsmouth Tims. j < it! From the Detroit Daily Advertiser. - 1 National Convention.?There is now no n i doubt that the whigs of the Union will unite i e 1 their strength on the most prominent men j s of the parly. The little bickerings, which | , recently bid fair ?o create permanent divis- j t: :ons among us, have died away, and one j - \oicc is beginning to pervade mo entire < r :.ig .. otnmiuiiiy. Ail our friends, as far ' ' " ' P'V ' * " ' ,( i crs wli.oli wo r ,e< ive, seem disposed to oft r the i o liiiKitiun oi a presidential canlidate to the deliberation ot'a national cor> mention. W e rejoice at the prospect which his ui:i\crsal disposition picsents for ul:inato succ 'ss. iKMEDY FOR TIIG PRESENT DERANGEMENT OF THE CURRENCY. Mr. Samutl Smith, for many years commissioner of the Treasury has published in he X;.ti mal In c hancer an article on this 3abject which fills eight columns in small :ypc of that paper. f Ti'- nrwlartnhpc Ui cE/?w 1. That thd'establishment of a sound currency is exclusively a national object. 2. That it is utterly impracticable, in the I nited States, to make the precious metals the sole currency. 4 3. That whatever other currency is devised must be based on the precious metals, ind be exchangeable for litem. 4. That, to give effect to the most im. porlant piovisionsof the Constitution, it is ndispensable that there should be a uniform egislation respecting the currency that shall )ervade the whole Union, which Congress tan alone exercise, to the exclusion of all ntcrfering State legislation ; and that, in the .vords of the Constitution, Congress have lower i; to make all laws which shall be accessary and proper" for carrying these provisions into eff.ct. 5. That the establishment of a Bank of he United Spates is a tried expedient for :lm accomplishment of this object; but that, is insurmountable difficulties may arise in creating such an institution. G. A plan is there propounded, answer* in# most, if not all, the ends of a bank, whos i constitutionality cannot be impugned by the opponents of a bank. The following is the plan. 1. A loan, to be opened by the United Slates, for fifty millions of dollars, payable in specie, at one prescribed time. 2. The existing solvent banks, in the ratio of their capitals paid in, to have in the first instance the preference of subscribing, anJ, in case such subscriptions do not timount to fifty millions, any of the banks having the ability to be authorized to make further subscriptions. 3. If this amount shall not be made up by the subscriptions of the banks, citizens if the United States to be authorized to make up the deficiency, and any deficiency :hen remaining to be supplied by the sub' scriptions of foreigners. 4. Each bank so subscribing to receive from the Government promissory obligaions payable on demand in specie to bearer, in sums of various denominations suited :o a currency, to an amount equal to its subscription, and to an additional amount jqual to one hundred and fifty per centum >n such subscription, for which additional subscription it shall stipulate to pay two jcr con um annually. 5. The terms of such subscriptions by he banks shall be as follows : That they shall pay their notes and cohoshes in soecie or Government oblijjafons. I _ w 11 the manner an 1 at the times that may bo irc.'iCi'ibcilt That at th ; expiration of their chafers. >r on winding up their atfies, :h y shall v.ako restitution of their additional sub; crijy ions in the Government promissory no es, or in specie. That they shall abstain, alh r the plan . joes into opera'ion, or alter a prescribed .ime from the issue of any notes of their )\vn, including those already issued, that ,hey may receive on drposite, or in pay ncnt of their debts. That they shall render to the Govern, nent a monthly statement of their affairs. G. That the like provisions shull be applied :o all banks that may be hereafter inttorporatcd, and the loan of specie be aug mcntcii under prescribed mocJitications and uDilalioiis. 7. That u!i bank notes issued, or in exster.ee, a tier a prescribed time, be subject o a stamp duty of fifty per centum on their lominal amounts. 9. That in case of subscriptions made yy individuals, specie shall be [.aid to tlu: Jovernmont, either to the same amount as he promissory notes given in exchange for t, or at a moderate premium ; or, what may >c better, that the loan he taken of those vho after sufficient public notice, shall offer lie best terms. 9. Tii.it tho specie loaned as above shall ic placed in the custody, of, and under the lircction of a commission of five individulis, who shall receive adequate compensator, and shall be so selected as to insure lie highest respectabiiiiy and integrity, and je so protected from Gov ernmental or other sinister influence as to secure the greatest ittainable independence. They shall also be charged with the fab. ieation, distribution, redemption, and reissues of the above promissory obligations of he United States. in Tl.fi nrnmissovv obliLration of tiie , . . c United States shall be paid m specie on de. nand ; and they shall* be received in pay. ncntof all taxes other public dues, and be jiven in discharge of a!! debts due by the lJoveninicn\ 11. In case an exigency should arise? ivhicli is, however, scarcely possible?in A'hich there shall not be specie enough to Day the obligations demanded, Congress, jrthe President in their recess, may autho. rizc a suspension of specie payments ; bur, ;? sucli an event, and while the suspension continues, the holder of such obligations may fund the same in stock of the United S;a:es bearing an annual interest of six per centum, redeemable at the pleasure of the United States. 12. The commissioners shall be cmpowered, from time to time, to exchange the United States obligations that may be redeemed by them for specie; so that any one may exchange specie for United States note:, or United S;ate> notes lor specie. 13. The amount of no United States obiica ions to bo fixe.I by ('engross. !a i.ius'rating "the operation and benefits l* this p'?-n for rs'Jvb '-iijirg a r \:,d staaV