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currency sufficient w.iiun.t being rc.lun- ( danr, (contiucs the writer) the cardinal consideration is, that such a currency can have no other basis than the precious metals, ; into which it can at any moment be con- , \ ver.eJ. This result this scheme ellectoaiiv secures, anu I ?anj not aware of any other ? . 1 U by which it can be secured. ! To do this it is indispensable that spec;c : should bo obtained in sufficient quantity. n and that there sliouidbe a proper limitation 11 to paper issues. Under the existing state " of things, the banks are the great (ieposito-. P ries of specie, and t!ie sole inauu aciuror.s a of paper money. They exist under the au- i: thoriiy, and are maintained by the power of a the States. The whole nation has adopted , tl them as necessary to the welfare of the j r community, and ti.ey are tco intimately ; a connected with the concerns of every man ' n in active life to bo dispensed wi;h. Any,1' feasible scheme, therefore, to be success- , 11 ' ful, must, to a reasonable extent, be ad- j ? dressed to liicir interests, wiiich are, in- ' J? deed, in a certain sense, the? interests o! the j 11 whole community. I no secrctury 01 t:u- j Treasury, in his report of December G, j 183G, estimates the sp -cie in i!:c country j ^ at seven'v three millions, of which forty- , ^ live millions were in banks. This amount , has been since reduced ; but there can be no doubt that the banks s.iii possess, t r have P the means of chaining, two-thirds of the specie in the United States, and, it may be, i w of obtaining fresh supplies from Europe. , t! While their payments in specie are suspeti- ' b ded, it must remain locked up, and cannot v be reached by ordinary means. This plan holds out an inducement to them to part j with their specie by giving them an cquiva- j ler.t for it; some may think more than an j i: equivalent. According lo it, when in full : p operation, tlie United States will possess . t a fund of fifty millions of specie, for which Jp ihcv will have absolu elv given tii; banks ^ ** " . their promissory notes, payable 0:1 demand ; ^ in specie, to the amount of fifty millions., and loaned them at two per centum per annum a further sum of such notes to the j . - i% ?t-U 111 n< 1 ^ UtMOUUl Ot JSV\<J:J' \ *u\ui;iih_mi;?. i , United Sta'cs no'es will eventually consti- js tute tlio sole currency of the country, the t hanks bdng iuhihi'cd from issuing any i c other. Computing their present circulation c at one hundred millions, and their deposites c at a like amount, they must retain in their ^ vaults a suftieioat amount of tin United a States notes to meet any demand that may j .t he made upon them. Fifty millions will' c fullv answer this end. Snoull a ran at' - *5 any tune be made upon thorn to a larger j j amount, it can be readily met by a curtail j of discounts that cannot fall short of four J hundred and fifty millions. Let us took at the reciprocal benefits as j to strict moneyed interest of this plan, to jv the banks, and to the nation as represented ; a by the Government. : c no trv I K?in!*C j JL II Oij MO 1 \J fcllV UUlltVs?* , They now hold the greater part of die . specie o!" tho country, which gives them ; ;:n imnn r.su power over its moneyed a!" ( fairs. ! 1 They possess ihe sole po wer of making i ' paper money at present the on'y c .rr mey s in existence. / By this plan they surrender bxh these j c to the United States. : p They receive in r- turn fifty m liious of j ij paper for a like sum in specie, so far giving j s tnuch more than they receive. They also receive on loan seventy.five ; r millions of paper, for which they will pay r annually two per cen urn filtered, making : 0 the difference be ween it and a fair rate of. 0 interest without risk, which may be cum- * putetl at five per centum, which will yield i v annually two and a quarter millions, fur 11 whijh they surrender a!i benefit from their t existing current notes of one honored mil- 1 lions, tiiat may l>; considered on the like c compilation as yielding them five millions ,1 annually. Secondly as to the ( overnmont. , ^ .1 * '? J I d if Wiil OO SUHjCl'UU m :;u jn.\.u n.?; > , j, bur Jen but the expense a tending the com- | f mission for the care mid management ofja the specie fund, and the emission of i s . r notes, wiiiie it vv.il receive annually from the ' t banks the sum of one m.iilon and a half, 1 \ ielding a clear gain of at least one million i J three hundred thousand dollars. ; ^ It will gain annually such increment as : ^ from time to time shall be made to its notes tJ af.er deducting a due proportion of specie n retained as its basis, arising from the aug- d mented demands of the coun'ry. ; ti It wit secure the pavmeut of ail its due s * i * , i 1 t* in specie, or the equivalent oi specie, am! discharge ail its obligations in the same p way. Taxes will bo uniform in fact as vw-ii as :n name. When the value, of all these if- v foots shall be duly estimate J, In which such v great benefits are secured, not only at no .1 pecuniiry sacritiee, but accompanied by a }: .'ibernl nreniiiun. it must be admitted thai , " ' he preponderating gain is much in lavcr y of the Government and the nation. Pos- ? slbly it may bo too much so. If this shall j be the genera! opinion, better term.-; for the banks may, under the same a stern, bo of- fj ibrcd; for rec.'pro ity of interest as to aii c concerned should b : the foundation oi'unv e yian that may bo adopted. v ff this lift a correct view of the relative , eiiocts ot this plan. .a a s'r.et mo.V'Vcd v sense, 0:1 tlx* sever.;', interests c-f the banks and t:so nation, how much bolder does tiic v.cw becoine, and disproportionate the effects, when the immense benefits of a sound t: stable currency to the nation are duly a p. c predated? The banks may gain something > by this ; but how infinitely greater wiil bo ^ the gain of the whole nation! Property will have a fixed value, enterprise will be quick. v ened, witlio'Jt its attendant evil of excessive P speculation, industry will become indispcri- ll sab'e virtue, commerce and manufactures c will be encouraged without being inflated. c real estate will wihent difficulty command n its just value, end she country will be exempt i b from those dreadful transitions tlsat alt-rr- t< uately depress and elevate ?-vi rv th.iug be-! v yorid its h.st value. : t; A man tv ' ivv1 mast r;sceari- <e. 1 ' i-rh * ar-i. ' o -vr<avrtt*. ?* *.r ? j 10 ?, .* 1 5 J |'*?) ? \?r / 1 \ v :irr'n 5, > ! 1Lh f i A \ v v u v/i Li i ,i b: \Vi:tiM:SS>AV. .5C3.Y, 1:?, IS:J7. TriuKijih rf Order.?Wo have copied, at I r.jftli, from the Charleston Courier, iho rirli- j !e imdt r this head. giving1 an account ci an 1 ttempt by a man profit*ivg to be <: Minister | f the (>ospel of peace, to get up an excite- ; lent, and peri taps a riot against the Banks iri : nt city. The result must make every in- \ ?lligent and virtuous Carolinian fti l more j ^ I roud)of the Southern character. We fully j grec with the Courier in the opinion that the istitution of slavery, (we are Hot, squeamish bout the u>e of the term,) exempts our Sou- i hern cities from the dangers cf agrarian i tobs, to which cities, an 3 towns at the North, nd in some part? of Europe, are so much ex- j osed. From the very nature of the case, it j mst be that the number of vicious and do- j raded vagabonds will be less in a slavehold- ' lg community than in any other, so long as j ?>-if i,-r? nniltlin itissi it'ltioUS of SOcietV ! lijil Hi il .uuivy vt.v ontinue what they are. Persons holding notes 011 the old State j tank of X. Carolina, and tiio Rank of Xew- . ern, are cautioned against retaining them. ; 'hey will now be received, we undersand, in i ayment of taxes in that state. Rut after j u first Monday in November. the Banks | ;i!t be extinct, and the lands divided among i lie stockholders, so that bills not redeemed j efore that time can never be redeemed, and \ rill ot course be an entire loss to the holders. J The extra session of the Legislature of llabama his adjourned, after passing what 5 called a relief law. It sanctions the sus. j ension of specie payments by the Ranks till j he loth June, 1S40; provided they will grant j ruluhrence to their debtors as folluws, viz: lor! j !o per cent on the amount due lor one year,; !7<s per cent, two years, and 37$ percent, nrce years; and provided also that if the ! iank of Alabama shall resume specie pa}*- j nents earlier, the other banks shall also do I o, or forfeit their charters. The Legislature. ;as also authorised the emission ol -So,000,000 if State bonds, to bear an interest of (3 per j ent. per annum, redeemable at the pleasure | if the State, after two, four and six years; to ! >e sold, not under par, for specie or its equiv- ! lent; to be divided among the branches of { he State Bank; one half of the share of ach banK to be deposited in N. York as a i pccio fund, subject to the drafts of the ' iank. The D inks are also authorised to issue small i .ills, A number of other bills were passed, among ; vhich is one to divorce a discontented pair, ,nd to authorize the citizens of Cahawba to , iect a Constable. Western Indians.?Most abominable | fraud by a government agent. The following is an extract from a letter to ' lie editor of the New Orleans Bulletin, dated Htrewinr? (Red River.) J uric 11th. If the coundrelreferred to in it, who acts as Indian I igent, had been detected in stealing a horse, , r ^ cow, and cot.ld escape the gallows and j enitentiary, lie would still, ever afterwards,; e an outcast from human society, and con- j idercd a fit companion onlv for thieves and . 1 obbers and prostitute?, and their degraded ( ssociates. But although he has been guilty f a crime a thousand times mere flagrant, and | nc proving, to say the least, an equal desti- ! ion uf principle, it is doubtful whether he j fill suffer any other punishment or privation, han mere dismission from office, perhaps not! tint i For some time post apprehension* have j x is ted on the part of the settlers in Texas, j lear the line, that the Caddo Indians were infriendly, and from circumstances of the ate Indian agent, having in a payment on ! ccount of the United States, passed on tliein, ustead of ten thousand dollar^ in cash, some ifteen hundred dollars worth of goods, such j .s guns, powder and lead; they may have i eason for apprelienslon. The Indians sold j heir land in good faith, and when informed > D ^ | hat half dozen boxes of goods was their pay, . ,nd all that they would get, supposed them- j elves compelled to take them or get nothing, t gentleman informs mo that the whole transition has been brought to the notice of the roper department at Washington; if it has j ot, it should be, and see What this may pro- ! uce; Indians incensed: wronged they know ; hey have been; they cannot uncerstand that le individual, the agent, is the only one in wit; they charge it to the white men,and will robably wreak on the frontier settlers their enganca; and we forsooth, must turn out! nd exterminate them. It was bad enough o take from them their country, but the man ; vlio would deprive them of the paltry sum i vhich was called payment, and give them ustead, a fu'.v guns, powder and lead mnst be mfit for a goverincnt agent. It is not aston smug tuat the l ex as executive should ex- . ircss surprise at the United States giving ! nunitions of war to a tribe of Indians prover- j dally hostile! Yours &c. j ? ? . j When Mr. \\ inrton, who on ins return j rem this country, was captured by the Mcxi- j ens, was iirst confined in Matamoras, he ash. j :i for a pair of razors to shave himself; which ! rare refused by Gen. Amador, under the pre- j ext that he might cut his throat. Gen. Bra- | o (who was absent from Matamoras at the! une,) granted the request on his return. A St. Louis (Mo.) paper states that a depu- j ation of the Sac and Fox Indians are in that { itylolook after their annuity amounting to! <00,000 due from the Government. They I rcre willing to take bills, or any thing that i ,-ould pay their debts to the traders and buy ' rovisions. But the officers of Government :id no money of any kind for them and could ' ommand none at that place. Huzza for the j xperiment! The government bv its childish I 4 o ltcrference with the currency of the country as disabled itself from transmitting ils funds o pay even the starving Indians so much of ,-hat is due to them as will buy bread for j hemseives and children. The State of O.Y.<>, in paving the interest' ivoii4".'brrrew o. : obliged t>. pa" ''ink ?, '? imiiwi-swrag?- -anal imbpiw..^ ji>? i bins, but paid the prcm'um on specie, viz. V w per cent; lliat is, for every $100, sho paid n 8100. Will Uncle Saw, or his servants at j ^ Washington be as honestThe Oration of Mr. Adams on the fourth of - ci July in Xewburyporf, is spoken of in terms of; w high praise. The subject was the Declaration j rf Imlcpendjncc; which was treated oT in | ^ view of its bearing upon the civil institutions J of society throughout the world, and through j * future ages. He alluded to the present state | *' of tiie countrvT onlv. as cloud ra sed bv the ol errors ot our rulers which the breath ol en-! , I lightened opinion must soon blow a .vay. ; As usual, after the anniversaries of tiie j declaration of Independence, wo see in our 'll exchange papers, notices of injuries and jai deaths caused bv tiie bursting of cannons. 1. -I j 11] Arguments in fiwr of a reformed system (fair- j tJ( rency; by a pritatc gentleman to a member of j m Congress, in 1S54;and t\c outlines oj atyt-1 ci tcr.iproposed. j in We have received a copy of a pamphlet of - is 10 pages with the above tittle, published in ^ Columbia, and printed by Samuel Weir.? f!1 The subject is one which occupies more of; ' the public attention at this time than any j =' other; and which the present experience of the country proves to bear with incalculable ; importance upon the interests ofsociety. We ( have not yet been able to read the pamphlet, j v When we find time to do so, we shall notice it : r). again. It was originally published in numbers h in the Southern Times and State Gazette, j h The following is the Introduction which ex- j c< hibits to the reader the plan and object of the i v writer. ; 'I In the series of letters we are about to j c' publish, the object of the wri or has been . ^ to establish tin* lour loitowing vies. ? First. Tiiat the precious metals arc !l totally inaJccua'o and utterly unlit to form j the circuhiing currency of a commercial!" country. . j ' Second. Tiiat all paper money of the jlr existing banking systems, based upon the P precious metals as a security for i s validity \ " and soundness, is not only more inadcqua.c ; s< for forming a circulating currency, than the j " precious metals themselves, but it is a gross 1 n fraud uj.on the public: and a scourge of:11 indescribable severi'y and oppression upon ^ the whole commercial world. | d Third. That paper is the true and leg:-' j( titivate materia!* for money. And all tiiat, ? is required to render it perfect, and every !l' way competent to fulfil all the offices of;l* money, is the exercise of sovereign pow-1 ? er, and the regulating hand of the sovereign j I authority. j11 Fourth. Tiiat the sovereign authority; a is altogether competent to the crea'ion, and j *1 J.,.. !,,, > nmnpr innnntarv SVS'Oin : ! t! iCw 1 V'^tlltUlV/4i li J/t Vj/*. a , . and to give to it that permanency and in-1 c invariability, and every other essential re- j c rpiisi:o lor a circulating currency. : r The belter currency.?Copy of bill circula ting in Bangor, (Me.) "Good far a share. J v E. Caduus, Agent." 1 h The Western Express mail from Wash-:? ington to Cincinnati has gone into opera- a lion. 11| Triumph vf Order.?An attempt was}!made, o:i Saturday last, to get up an ex. j ? citeicent, in this city, against the Hanks,! ^ but wo arc happy and proud to say, that it1 ' failed most signally, and has only served I * to bring th? scorn and indignation of our I' . a enlightened and orderlveornmunitv on the! head of its author. Early that morning, J j placards were found posted at the corners s of our streets, couched in the most inflam- ' 17 !/,?. ? IV?M !." o fi c rn I ukuurv klll^ u^uii 101 iii>; lt .un^i ,w ii,- i . sponsible for the commercial distress of the ! country, and calling a meeting of citizens 11 at the Ci'.y Hal!, at 8 o'clock, r. 31., to do- i a vise means of relief, Terms, too, were im. j u pertinently introduced into the call, impli- i P eating the mechanics of the city?than P whom there docs not exist any where a more orderly and patriotic class of ci{iz -ns ji; ?in the contemplated movement. Ah j P though the cail was entirely irresponsible,the : S( citizens, by general consent and with one j11 accord, resolved to a tend the meeting en sl masse, m order to present an overwhelming s,( front of opposition to any tiling like disor- w der or violence. The call, as was gener- P ly believed, and, as the seqir i proved, ema-1 f na'ed from one thkopiiilvs fisk, a Univcr- h; snlist Preacher, who has thought proper to f attempt the part of political demagogue in j <-'< n'.ir oomniunitv. Possess', d ol considcra- ' s| ble talent and high powers of oratory am! j I? declamation, lie lias for some time past been . I drawing large crowds *o hear !ii:n discuss i fu t!ic tenets of his religious fai.h, and utter! n; ebullitions of bitterness and wratii against: ti the regular clergy. On the late Anniver- tl sarv of National Independence, bv self- i in . 4 . appointment, wc believe, he delivered an m Oration, at the Theatre, Queen.street, to a ' very numerous and respee able audience, tj and made a delibera e attempt to turn popu- v>. uk'.r indignation against the Banks. Tnc | i i in oration, we learn trom several quarters, was j ^ distinguished by a great ability and e!o ; quence ami this tact may a fiord some apolo- j gv (for apology is certainly needed) for the i>; great applause which he is reported to have, c: " J t >-? ..nrlitili,.,, | ' Oi rt'L'L'IVt'U il'O.li i?;o iiuuikiiwi iu.v.>>< with his suet; ss .-j!) tiiat occasion, he, doub- j :n iless thought himself qualified to play the | rc pari of a great political ami popular leader; j p5 and hence, we presume, the mad attempt ; U] which has exposed him to the almost uni- I 0| versal reprobation of the community.? ! jj( We scarcely believe that the creation of a! mob. with a view to mischief and spolia- j C( tion, such as that which has left its endu-! r,, ring stigma on the fame ofBaltimore, was; w within the purpose of this mis-guided man; j but that his course had that direct and oh- { vious tendency, is too plain to be doubted. ^ His call to the citizens was "to devise j4 suitable means of relieving the rommuni-: fy from the ponderous evils which aro;n< crushing then: to the earth/' and earnest- i al ly invited all to attend "who are opposed p? ir" ! re.pat" - ":rreiH'v\ a; iiieii is producing such disastrous effects | pon tliu prosperity of the country, its j lighting, withering and palsying influence j poll individual industry and the public lorals; '?and the watch-words, or war ry which his demageguism suggested ere?4,The {Jankers have spoken?let s now hear the voice of the People.? ,et the mechanics shew the world that ' ley have rights,and dare maintain them." j dthough, therefore, his object may have i con the acquisition of the notoriety and! ersonal influence, and the establishment ; ftliat "independent press" (with himself j 1 \ * - * II! I 1 1. . ] I : its noaoju; wnicnms piacaruspeuKs,<tuu i hich he lull's to lie so touch needed in : lis community, yet "we have a right to j aid him respoiisiidj tor that mob spirit, j inl mob violence, which his mischievous ; jurse, in the present crisis of real sutler- ; ig and disress, was calculated to engen- j rr. Any one, wiio attempts to create a ioh spirit or a mob action in this quiet i itv, is justly to he regarded as a moral I icendiarv, a groat criminal: and self-exile i ' 3 * j the only lit atonement that can be made j ir thu outrage. liut tu the resumption ! ti J continuation of our narrative. At t! e i ppointed hour, the citizens assembled in i reat numbers, and of ail classes. A call j as made on the Mayor to take the Chair, j hich was objected to by Mr. Fisk, who j anted another individual, but we feel well ; 5Stired, without t!ie authority of that indiidual, w!io, we believe, was not at the meting. The Mayor stated repeatedly 1 is disinclination to take the chair, as the j iceting was an irregular one; but lie was j unstrained to yield to the overwhelming ! otd of the meeting. The nomination of i .i . ,t,? ic ciiairman was nn: ucvi>i>e icai ui mc , liaracter of the meeting?the friends of, rder were, with few exceptions, its entire ! Diistitunnry. The agitator then made an j ttempt to speak, hut was interrupted with ! isses, and cries of "turn hint out," and a laniiest disinclination to hear hiiu soon j roiHit him to a conclusion. Out distance om liirn, and the great noise and tuiWlt , revented its from hearing what he said, j ut wc understand that it was chiefly per- { )nal, and explanatory of his origin, and j is purpose of settling among us. lie was j ot a Xullifier, but came here most disin- i restodlv and gallantly to aid us against j reclamation and the Force IJiil; and, | onbtless, also to enlighten us on the sub^ I cts of universalism and banking, and J pen our eyes to grievances and uhomina- j ons which we have been hitherto too blind 1 ) see, or too pusillnninous to resist.? \ he.n ho had concluded, Mr. IIknky J. Iarby, one of our worthy mechanics, rose i reply, in a very spirited and apprnpritc speech demanded by what authority be name of the mechanics, was used on bis occasion, and vidicatcd them from ti c alumny implied against them in the plaard. James Marsh Esq., another highly espectable mechanic, spoke to the same j ffcct. The I Ion. Alfcrcd Hugher deliv- j red an admirable speech, in which he | indicated the right of every man to be j card, but with cutting sarcasm made < very sentence tell against the agitator.? j Io declared that if tiiere was a stranger | mong us,w ho believed we were oppressedbat there were chains and manacles about s,which were too senseless or degraded to ;el, lie, for oim, would give him the wiest charter of the speech. The discomted agitator made no effort, however, to* mil himself of the opportunity, which j lr. Ilugrr's speech had opened for him; 1 nd, on motion of J. L. Pctigru, Idscj., 1 fter a few pungent remarks, in wiiich he eclared himself perfectly satisfied witji , onth Carolina as she is, and willing to >rcgo all foreign aid and volunteer tiinion ; i lessons of chivalry and honour, the mee. j ng adjourned, with few dissenting voices; J ml tli?. riiizt>ii? having achieved the good ' 4,V* %,#V * C7 | oik of pence, after an excellent and ap- : ropriate address from the Mayor, uis- ' erseil to their respective homes. This silly attempt of a stranger among j >, to Mis6 ilie banner of discontent and rob able mischief, been signally and do- | jrvodly rebuked; nid we doubtless owe inch in this matter, to that domestic in- I ittition, which strangers and foreigners ; > unwisely condemn and stigmatize, but j hich certainly saves us from that sort of j npulation, which furnisltes the materials; ir mobs, and is the prolilTic source of popu- | r misrule and violence. We are glad that the meeting was call- ; .1?were pleased with results. It has ' joken a lesson and a warning, that will mg he remembered with salutary effect. 1 'he onlv regret we feel is caused by the ict, that a blow was inllictcd, in a molent of unguarded excitement, on the an- , inr of the meeting?we are sure, ton, j, tat the individual who thus forgot himself i i the indulgence of honest and just indig- . i I [ition, participates in our regret. The person refered to in the above artie, as having been nominated for Chairman, as Mr. Pinckncy. He publishes a stateent of the facts over his own name in the ourier, from which it appears that he had ?en applied to to attend the meeting and ( eside; and that he, at flrst, doubted wheth it was not Ids duty to do so, for the purpose ^ ' discountenancing any illegal or disorderly j easure which might be proposed; but, upon : election, determined that it would be most j oper not to attend the meeting at all. He lost unequivocally declares himsef a friend " the law and of the great principles of pub-,, : order and tranquility. From the character of Mr. Pinckney, we I mid not believe otherwise, without positive j ud irresistible proof to the contrary. Indeed I e could hardly believe it upon any proof j ithout believing at the same time that he j as insane. And yet there is something un- i Icasant in the reflection that a man of his j (laracter was even thought of, and requested j1 3t only to attend, but also to preside on such I a occasion. The circumstance is not ex- i, aincd in his own published statement, nor in j v -.tly r nab:: -V live sef,r.. As ' | v.'j re id his statement wo could not hut regr?.t1 that we did not find in it some expression of j ? reprobation of the very movement of calling L a meeting which he apprehended might result j u in disorder, if that was not the vo?y purpose i ;j of it. The fact that ho is a candidate fur the j ^ oliice of Mayor in the city, probably made P him careful not to use language calculated to olfend any of t!ie voters at the election. But c such a consideration ought not to have re- tl strained a good man and a good citizen (and " Mr. Pincknev is both) from speaking out hold- j ^ % [ tt ly, and reproving tiki movers 111 a transaction ?g so very reprehensible and unprincipled. fc MEXICO. 3, Th'- following decree of the? Mexican Re-j j, public, we cony from the New Orleans Bui-1 si let in: 5 The President of the Mexican Republic, to its inhabitants. Know ye, that the General l '.inn-rue* has rlnrri-ed as follows : ai vwi.^.vw - ' " r Acf. 1. The Government is hereby aufno- fa rized to compromise the claims .which the Go- f. vernment of tlie United States lias instituted, or inay hereafter institute, and those in which they cannot agree, may be submitted to the ct drosion of a friendly power, the United States j11 of Aim rica agreeing thereto. Art.'2d. The Government is farther hereby " authorised, that in case the United States UI of Ainorica should refuse to give the satisfac- Cl tion. which on our part we have a right to domand, according to the treaty, or in case the ol open aggressions should continue, which have t?l been commenced, to close our ports to the ai commerce of s.tid nation, to prohibit the in'ro- '.l duct ion and the use of its manufactures, to jIr point out a derion to consume or export those i already in the co; n ry, and to adopt all the j t: necessary cvans toeilectsaid measures and \ ti the safety of the Republic. j fl MICHAEL VALENTIN*, Tres't. cs T i a so Vic jo, Rep. and Sect'ry. ) d< R\mail Montalvo, Rep. and Sect'rv. | 1 Ther-iforc I command the same to be prin- i Ji ted, published, promulgated, and duly complied t tl wiflu Gove rumen'. Ikdace at Mex. 'J'JLh Mav,t ! , ANASTA.SIO BL'STAMENTE. i j To Don huxs Gonzaua Ccevas. Wiiicli I cominunicate to your Kxcelloncy j r< for information and corresponding effect. | 0 God and Liberty / ? s Mexico, I'Oth May 1W < ' ii cn:v.\>\ ! t] Two enormous black bears are employed in ! ^ the American Museum. New York, in propel-j . liny machinery for m 'kir f carriage wheels,1 &c. " " |u t n Softy Padlock.?The ingenious German," whose novel safety door lock wc recently no- j u ticed, has now produced a still more intricate ' s and curious contrivance in the shape of a pad- i u lock. This lock is much stronger, and more I a substantial than any padlock we have seen, j 0 though it is not larger than seme that are in * use; and the most ingenious would llnd it; hard studdy to open it, even with the proper j n key. We do not know tint more than one j 5 of two individuals amoncr the number who | have exercised their ingenuity upen it, have ! f succeeded. {<; There is in the first place a fine slide, cr ' f more properly, lid over the key-hole, to be re-! j moved only by an ingenious contrivance, con- J r coaled from ordinary observation, before the j c key can be applied at all; and when the key ' v hole is thus laid open, the proper use of the ! t key is a dcs.deratum not easily discovered.!? The lock is so strong, that we believe no in-j ( strument which could be made to bear on it, when fastened to a door, could break it. [Albany Daily Advertiser, j (I'(intents rf the Southern Agriculturist for I ! July, 18157. ' i 1 Part I.?Original Communications. [ On manures, by "D.Remarks by the EJ-; 1 iter; TJie value of Irish potatoes, as food fori ' cows; On Rats; Figs, grapes, and fig-eaters, 11 by '* experiment On the influence of burnt j(earth on the quantity of spirits in wine ; trans- j Jlated from the French cf M. Jules Pagezy, by i ^ N. Ilerbcmont, with notes by the translator; | A report on the subject of the Epidemic gencr- i j. ally dt nominated Asiatic Cholera, or Cholera j j, Asphyxia, read before St. Andrew's Agricul-. j. tural and Police Socit-fv, at their Anniversa- j rv, by appointment, by R. Lobby, M. J).: The j errors of a cultivator of the vine, by an "tip- I nr>r nnimtrv ! i Part II?Selection's. ; Culture of silk in America; A prairie on' j fire ; The means of making largo quantities j of manure, and tlie proper manner of apply- j * ingit; The Mount Vernon Fanner; Proper I ^ form and shape of cattle; Introduction of J turnip husbandry in England; General re ! 0 marks 011 the improvements and prospects of 0 British Agriculture ; .Salt marshes and mala- J ria: The wheat crop; Remarks on marsh i Eliluvia ; Trenching on hillsides; Use of gar-1 get in diseases of Sheep. p Part III?Miscellaneous Intelligence, j j> Opening of a vast Lead Mine in Wisconsin j R Territory; Green golden pumpkin ; Toads,; S Cotton seed oil; East Boston sugar Retinerv ; j Method of burning lime without Kilns ; Paint-: ing on glass ; A method of preventing iron j ^ and steel from rusting, after being newly . uround ; Machine Ur sowing clover seed : A ,v>! curiosity; Chicago; A lady tailor. A Cud for Abolitionists to chew.?A j ,j, negro belonging to a gen 1 >man of this p!nc~, returned to his muster, on Sunday evening T last, after an absence of twelve years*. ^ Restates that he was enticed away by a j white nnn, who carried him to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he has been living ever since t 8( as a freeman and in a most miserable con- = d.tion ; and he has now voluntarily returned to his owner fully s:i idled of h : hurnJ>ug. j f Z?rtj oj Abolitionists' declarations. J I |,i The Ban1,: Convention.?While the proposi- fii tion of General Hamilton, in relation to the j ui re-organizatlon of the Bank of the United I N States, has excited inquiry and discussion, his | ti'i suggestion with regard to a Convention of all the Banks, seems to meet with universal favor. The New York American says: " To j _ the proposed Convention for consultation,! however, of delegates from the Banks of the Union, to bo held on the second Monday of August in Philadelphia, there can, to far as we perceive, be no rejection. Union and concert of action amo lg those institutions, if fj by any means to be brought about, could not J fail of an immediately beneficial influence up- ig on the affairs and currency of the country? pi even though thev should, as we think they c< could not, bring about as early as Gov. Ham- :l1 iltou seems to calculate, a resumption of spe- ^ cie payments.?Baltimore Chronicle. Texas.?A new paper has been issued a* N acogdoches. From the N. Y. Mercantile Advertiser ;ix DAYS LATER FROM ENGLAXD. The last sailing packet ship Oxford, Kaihorn, arrived at this purt car.y yesterday tnop.irgfroin Liverpool, whence she sailed on tlie .1 ultimo, to which dale the Editors of the iercantile Advertiser have received tlie pacts ol tiiat citv, and London papers of the ad Jane We learn from a passenger, that the news arried out hy the ship Roscoc, had cauie 1 lie Directors i f the Bank of England to ro;se all further aid to the American merchants. Jreat excitement prevailed in London an 1 nd Liverpool, and every thing wore a very loomv appearance, and little or no demand >r cotton. The Oxford was detained from the 1st to the J of June, to hear what the llank of England ad done, or would do?and after a protacti.il ;ssion of several da\s, the Directors refused ranting any further relief to the American auscs. In consequence of the Banks docling ot id the American houses, two of them have iied, namely: Wilson, &, Co., and Wiggins , Co. The English papers are not sparing in their jmmcats on our Executive; and although as tildly and courteously expressed as could have >en anticipated, it is evident tint they atibute to their ignorant and partizan mearres the evil wiiich is prostrating before it ev y thing connected with American interrg's. s we have some lime since said, the severity f the storin will be upon the American Bank's and merchants, an J American produce, :;J, collaterally, upon the Manufacturing Disicts which derived so much employment om orders, for American account. Loivhm, May 30.?A considerable sensa011 was produced on Change, in the course of ic day, by the announcement of the failure of le firm of Drapsr, Todd, & Co. an Ameri. m commercial banking house at Paris, of a Dscriptic*)*similar to the large houses here, 'heir liabilities arc estimated at from 4 to 1500,000, which is suspected will fall upon ic silk and cotiou districts. Prom the Opo!ou<a>(Lu.) Gazette. A few days since while occupied i.i our ailing, wc hud the pleasure of seeing in it* hands of Mr. Bilbo, an old and li'guly fspectablc citizen of this Pariah, a Pearl f the size of a common pea, and poss.?? ing in an eminent degree, all the csseniais "of the lVarls of Ind." Mr. B. states bat the Pearl before mentioned was accicntly discover d by his little daughter while ashing on Lake Culcasieu, in the body of muscle, wliicii is peculiar to and very bundant in that Lake. Its presence in lie muscle was indicated bv a white spot n the surface, and lie says, that hisdaugh:?r informed him that she had seen many imilar, which no doubt on examination ,'ould be found to contain the same valu- i ble substance. We congratulate the J? entleman wlio has recently purchased the locus in quo" and hope that this beautiful nd salubrious spot may prove to hint in ruth a pearl of great price. Mr: Randolph's Will.?This long contest. dcase has at length been decided. The Special Court of Appeals, on Monday, affirmed the judgement of the General Court? udges Brockeahrouglr and Mason concuring, and Judge Cabell dissenting. This deisioti establishes the will of 1821, with the arious codicils up to August, 1831, by which he slaves of Mr. Randolph are cmancipaed.?Southern Churchman. COMMERCIAL record PRICK CURENT. JULY 18. U'cfiu market, lb | 5 i G lacon fron? wagons, I!) 01) 12$ by retail, lv- 12$ Juttrr " io 20 25 Iccswax lb 20 2'i lugging var?l 18 2."> laic rope lb 12 14 loficc lb i 12$ 10 'ot fon 100lbs 7 ' 9 lorn bushel 1 I 112$ 'lour Country, brl 700 800 Northern, brl 10 12$ 'cathers from waggons lb 40 45 'odder. ' 12 5 150 liJcs green lb j 5 ilry lb i 01 ron 1001b* j 5 00 ,.. 050 ndigo lb 75/ 2j0 ,lm(! cask 04 1 4 50 n\ 111 !' > I 1'? outlier sole lb | 25 | 2* iOa:l bar lb j j 10 .OgWOod lb | 10 j 12$ Masses gnl | 45 55 fails cut assorted Jb ! 8$ 0 wrought lb j 20 fats bushel | 40 j 50 ill curriers gai j 75 j 100 lutn'i j 125 I linseed J 120 | J37| aiuts white lead keg I 3:J" 425 Spanish brown lb j 8 12$ casf j S7$ I'M* urk I Mil* 800 000 ice lOOlbs 400 50O hot, Bag - 225 250 . lb 12$ agar lb 10 12$ ill sack 300 325 salt bush 87$ 100 :?e! American lb * 10 10/ English lb 14 Herman lb 12 14 allow lb 10 _ 12$ ea imperial lh 125 137$ hyson Ih | 1011 125 ohacco manufactured lb j 1(1 1?> rindow glass 8 x 1<> 5011 325 350 10 x 12 1 350 375 Frie." of cotton merely nominal very little is >1(1 at any price; but parcels of good quality oulil command 9 cents. i\ oticc. rill' Copartnership heretofore existing of K. Bennett ?Se Co. has this day been dissolved f mutual consent. All those indebted to said nn will make payment, and those to whom they c indebted will present their claims to John . Williams, who alone is authorised to scttre ie business o'*tl,o Company. JXO. N. WILLIAMS, K. BEXNE'PT. July 11, 15*37. 35 3mo Steam Boat OSEOLA. (CAPT. J. II. CHRISTIAN.) rll IS now and elegant Boat, which has proven herself ho well adapted to tiro nav. Tition of the Pee Die Rivtr, is now in comleto order, and is only waiting, Freight to immencj her regular trips between Cheraw rid Georgetown, hor up Freight, apply to isnj.itnin King,. Agent at G.org town?for awn freight to . W. n. WINGATE, Agent at C.'utrw Ju'y 19. 183" ic" V