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PROOKYttI.E, FRAIVKEIIY COTIY, IXMAXA, SATURDAY, VS:TIBEiri,T837
THE TI.TIES.
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From the St. Louis Republican. THE FLORIDA WAR.
'V to our Indian Allies-
-Infamou? cott
due: or me. zecntarv of It nr
x
If, at tae tunc cf tne reception ofoi tiers for
t!io employment ol oar northern Indians to
jissit in piling an end to the Seminole war,
spolceot the measure as disgraceful to the
n.ilic!i. and as calling for the strongest cen
c ire.it i very certain that these denunciations
ncre j'iiv deserved, I hey have, indeed,
!:t en r iiMKi. lm me unanimous voice of the
American people. Strange ns it mav seem in
-.Vis day of servility, not even thi lowest penirior of "the government'' has dared to sn
:i3 wora in (Science ol tne measure. But, if
irh wa the reception which that inhuman ami outrageous act met with every where, we are ;i!!e to state one of a more humiliating rh-incler, and which will call forth deeper
n'lnciauon, n is Known mat the war De
partment ordered the proper officers in this .unrierto procure the services of one thous-
irf Indians, to he employed in the Florida
campaign. 1 he terms upon which they
lploytl wore distinctly slated in the
xerc ei
vera'i orders to the military and civil officers.
uley wre lo receive forty-five dollar per iri'li frn period of six months, and rations id transportation. Under this positive a-rwH-nl wiUi the agents of the government, LVl.iw.irvs and Shawnee? furnished about ii 5iundivJ men, who were received into
-rni'-e a:id have actually left this nnrt for lh
oat of war. We now learn that since that another order hns been received from r. Secretary Poinsett. The Secretary alin this order that a MISTAKE "nw
: uv m lwx of the Department in relation M the pay cf the Indians. That, instead of
T'.Vrt IltWDTlED AND SEVENTY dollar?, tllC iUITl
i-u.ii-.eu to he paid lor thesis months service.
ic only intended to allow them seventy dollars
for that period a sm a ix mistake on the part
tho clerks, ot two hundred dollars to each m! That in case the services of the Inare procured, the officers lo whom this
r !( r was directed, was instructed, to notify them of the mislakf, and, if they were not
niiing to accept of the new terms, he was in'ructcd to disband them! Wc understand, iioreover.tiial Lieutenant Pooi.e, into whose h.vge the Indians were committed, on their
embarkation at Jefferson Barracks, has been
utructcd to infbim the Dolawares and Shaw-
ices efihfc facts which wc have stated. and of
iKcniative which is presented to them:
:hcy must either serve for the seventy dollars ir return to their homes! It is at all times
ii;uoml to get at the precise import of official r.'-.rc I. .it c I I
... ciM.ii u.nu strong anu unequ:-0C-! evidence for believing, is the tenor f
ne communication from the War Department.
The order making the correction, was directed to Gen. Atkinson, and was received here
alee the departure of (hclnd i.ms for Florida.
Wc learn that a special messenger, chnrwil
T-th a despatch from Gen. Atkinson to Lieut.
icolc, was sent on board the steamboat Alton, which left for New Orleans on Sunday last; !ut it is not probable that the message will be i!)!e to overtake the Indians until they arrive
t.i r ior:;ia.
Mr. Secretary Poinsett attributes this ex
traordinary error to a mistake of a subordinate
i i!e Department. If, indeed, such was the
;'d. isit not strange that the different orders -eceived by the military and Indian depart-
uks nere, although written by different
, as we are told, should be precisely the
iiiie tenor? Can it be possible, than an error, involving the United States in an expenditure of many thousands of dollars, should Cfcape the attention of the host of eagle-cved onicer nt lV-d
J all? Is it not more likely, that Mr. Poin-
erT became nlarmed nt the effect which a
knowledge of the enormous pay given lo the J:(linis, when compared to the. pitiful sum alfl,rcd to the American volunteers, was likely o .iave upon the popularity o the Admmistra-
Docs tb SprrpJ
: iat litis pitiful pica of n clerical mistake, will aligfy u)e Indians for Ihe infamous fraud "j'icli has been practised upon them? With ';it feelings must Capt. Bean, who etated to ,,,e Indians the terms upon w hich they were -niploved, be prepared to meet them on their Return ? How can he persuade them, that j-lschood nnd fraud was not contemplated by ;tle government in the very onset, and that he
a not an instrument for this purpose? And
"l m-.lSt hf lh rnn. I nil llo nirnnl f
has lied to the red men, not only in payin-r them for their land, but also in this affair I he Delawares, we are told, have given their
roi .ur mis service. In many cases.they contracted considerable debts in order to leave their families comforfkblr. Thrv did so upon the faith of their contract with'the Government What must be their feelings, then, when far from home, to be told tbnf t ';., '
t tnutak in a clerk of the War Department, the contract with them must be annulled-a fraction only of the stipulated sum paid for 11 u!X,: r"!115 P'gn-or, that they!
...-v uCUls.rgc at once Irom the service?
frVTI I o.
v . u oi uers oi tne Secretary cf War. for the employment cf the Indians, were sent to Major Cummins, to the Indian Department, and we presume to the Commanding officer of the Western Department. They arc said to be precisely alike in their tenor. That to Major Cummins, which we publish to-day, shows that thee could uol have been a mistake as to the pay of the warriors, unless the context wns also changed. The charge against uJu ,TaS nt,aAcr bought, suggested probably by the fact that it was not politic to give the Indians more than dht timet as much pay as was granted by law "to the Missouri I olvnleers.
by that champion of freedom, in the Wrest. July -Kh, 1837. It will be given ns soon as the elecion .is over. If ever there was an address delivered in the United States, frautjh I with sentiment explanatorv of the pas: and
present times.it is that. It does credit to the head and heart of the brave General; and
goes unecjui vocally lo prove, that his fjualifi-l cations ns a statesman. ;irc nllncpil'orcini-.Mni
for that exalted station, to which he will soon f rrilini,iil1S ' !i,irT:s 0,5 (,, deposit hanks
be called by the united voice of his coimfrv-l nas rcc,Vl'" ,rom ,,!e with two anr.end-
mcn. It would be well if every Van Buren-I , ex r"ainS limf:s ol paying the ite in the country would procure a cr.v f,fii ! t,:'Te I!lsl:,!triCIlts hom lllt' han.';s, from the
nnd read it cnrelul.'v. thai :(s snii if n-nv inri,o!
seme mental vision, nroner fn be snn.U.' !'? I0 Jl"-V nest Jwr? Ib3l, nnd July.
. . i 7 , f V'J 1
Imkeriner. will accumulate to the amount of
I'll I 1 MILLIOAS before two years have expired. JY. Y. Star. . x "' . IN SENATE.
Saturday, Oct. I -J. IS3T. TK LATE DKPOSITE HANKS. The hill providing for the adiusfrnenf of inn
heated br aves shall return? He, we are in
formed, s
thei
pent ten or twelve days in riding over
(XT That the full extent of the duplicity cf
.. v " " uic nnionunale Jn nl'iDe r- a . ,
V'7 .i ' ceR" nna ,,iat ,!is ntlompt to shtlt the responsibility fromhimselfto his Clerk
m.i, ue apparent, we give a copy ofhisorder. One thing l9 very certain: if the Secretary will suffer orders of this magnitude, involving an expenditure of nearly a million of dollars, to pass through his office without
nation, he is gmlly of official negligence, for
s-V ii "., De impeacneu t.y Congress. Shall the people of this government be told, that tne boys about the office of the Secretary, may issue orders, for ibn nU.tn,at r
thousand Indians, without the supervision or correction of the head of Ihf Donari
With such mistaket ns fhi. nnrl r,,,U
.. . , - ...... ii mi iuv.il unlimited permission fivfn in t, j
. - e--" -" niivs tiiiu boys about the establishment, it i noi ,liiT,rW
w dccouni lor I lie immense expenditure of
...w.wj uie war in riorida has already ccs.. If Mr. Wise showed rtinor.ir ir,.
vestigation, he has yet great reason for it.
"War Department, July 22, 1837. 'JMr-- It havinir been deemed .iMoi.u Dm.
ploy a body of friendly Ii dians to aid in the operations against the Scminoles of Florida during the next campaign, you ere required to endeavor to en
gage lor this service four hundred Shawnees. two
hundred Delaware?, and 100 Kickapoos, to be selected from the most intelligent of f!inK h. r.
fected towards the United States. You will renre-
Fent to thetn that they will he divided into hands
of 50 each, including the individual who niaj have tho command of each band, and who will be selected by those composing the bands, out of their own number. The compensation of these Indians for six months' service will be divined ns Connive: to
the chief of each band lour hundred and seventpen
dollars, and to nil others, each two hundred and seventy dollars. Desides this pay. thev will be
subsisted at the expense of tLe Government; and it may be proper to assure them that every effort will be made to give them, should they desire, the same kind of ration which they now receive; and that should any of the Indians thus engaged, die or be
Rilled wuiie in tho service of the Government, the amount of pay that may be due them for the 6ix
month s service will be given to their families. These Indians will be armed with their own rifles
and implements, so far as they possess them, and those who may not have them of their own will be furnished by the U. States, the cost of which to be deducted from their nav. Kach band Will Rplpft
its own interpreter, who will be enrolled, and will
compose one of the fifty. The compensation of each interpreter, for the ei'x months" service, wi'lbe three hundred and fifty dollars.
It is ofgrcat importance that tho enrollment and
organization of this force should bo completed suf
ficiently early to admit of its transportation to Tampa Hay, Florida, by the middle of October next at latest. In the duty of enrolling and organizing, you will bo assisted by one or more officers of the army, who will join you at the proper time for the purpose, and who, when this duty shall hive been completed, will take charge of the Indians, and conduct the in transports on their way to Florida. Very respectfully, your most ob't servant. J. It. POINSF.TT. Alaj.R. W. Cux.vi.ib, Fort Lavenworth, Mo." This order has been justlj-pronounced by many of the eastern papers, as a cold-blooded
and extraordinary document, but its face does not present a tythe of the fraud which the whole transaction will show. The truth is,
what we have said upon this subject has been reiterated from one end ef'.he Union to the other; the Secretary 1ms seen the measure every where condemned, nnd now to escape from the obloquy, and to bolder up what must be conceded to be an illegal net, he now nttempts to throw offupon a clerk of'the Department. But wc trust that lie vrill not be suffered thus to escape. Every independent editor of the country should contribute lo Isold his conduct up lo the public gnze. Gen eh al Harrison. The speech of our fellow citizen, at the opening of the canal in
Miami county on the 4lh July last, has rc
before their eyes daily that thev mav see them-'
empt from the indiscriminate denunciation of that Senator. The people of the State have fu.I confidence that.the banks will finally redeem every dollar of their Daner. and hA
no doubt that such would be the case; time, however, was rcquiud to enable the People w.io were indebted to tht banks to pay up. J he money due the Government is safe, and
me lime is a relief measure foi
the People, nnd lie hoped ted bv the Senale.
r tne benefit of
would be gran
The
k i e.Mucnt
tme
selves ns they icnlivnre.and blush wiihsh
tremble, end repent, while thev darealtempt fo
partv now or here
ittl
in tics
.1 . . . .
uirow UCO tlio ii.-nri
I - - ...... ...... . v. , .
nlicr, the blame of the maladministration acts; . M", r' sPoe " M ""sj.iie of the l'rosMrnf. r .,... . i?ion, but to detain the Sena
eved that tLe Senate conrui
fits''
Who
PLAGIARISM
WOUld have thoilvht lliat mir nrrn! :"th-it ll-.n l,-.l.r n.frfi l,, 1
J " At. tii li IU HIV Lllllt.3 ill
nmondment of the House. Smith, of Indiana, said he did
hour of the sesc a single mo-
jment, while he read a letter he hud received j since lie addressed the Senate, from tlie Caslijiercf the State Bank of Indiana on this sub-
It will be perceived (said Mr. Smith)
I ject.
lowed the
i resiaem, me inienled nnd erudite Martin banks by Hie bill ns it came from the conan kuren, the ihustnous author of the let-mittee on finance of the Senate. The bill ter to Sacirod V iliiams,' would have been! was amended while in this bedv; but still he guilty of plagiarism in his. first official com-! thou-ht the lime allowed was" not sufficient
uornmanuer-iii-clnel of ail (he soldiers in pursuit of Occola in Florida, i said lo exceed all
ms predecessors in the magnit-cience of his dinners, bupprr?, ;,nd ball display?. SIDutch -nuici.-iiis played i.'.o 'shades of KindcrhookV at tiie lirst Levre of his roynl hihncss. How princely the Washinglon' fo!ks"aref 1'erisli credit perish comme'ree break merchants starve families starve poor man no mailerwe, your officers, will live well. A most righteous government have we, and the conduct of our rulers are in most perfect harmony .Mid unison with the groat principlo of locofocoisrn nnd levelling demociai y. a: o. luvuyunc.
mumcation to
whom he has seems that Mr.
over j to enable the People to close this matter with- j What ;a I.irE? There
the American Peon I
1ci.ii laueu to preside? it .out producing too much distress. an Euren is determined not! the nmendmr-r-r cf thn Hnntc .
is
only to follow in the fnistrps of his immediate
eloouence of
. r .1.11. . ...
lie hoped i.iougni a- w en as ol language ui the followiviiig longerjing paragraph from rnott's Elements of 1'hv-
prcceccssor, but to adopt ns his ow n the offi- fully concurred w ith the w riter of cial Stale papers of the great Tho. Jcirfrsoii.!(vh"o was w ell acquainted with the Ihe latter issued a Proclamation in lS07,of the bank?,) that w hatevcr mi"ht
rnnvpninir an rvlrc Knc. nn f ('.. i .- i.i. . r-.
b " " ui vunii-ss urn in oi me viDiciiimfiir, so
luiiner is.5ueu a i rociamation in Io.7 for a similarpurpr.se. V'e place them below, in jaxtaposilion, that the reader may observe the very close affinity they bear lo each other. Which of the two has borrowed from the other? -Reader, can you tell?- Pof. Beacon.
By th? President ofthABh the
U. S. of America. A PROCLAMATION-. WHEREAS great nnd weighty matters claiming the considera
tion of the Congress nfl the banks at this time to Dress their debtors' in
the U.S. form an extra-1 self-defence, would be productive of the most ordinary occasion for j051"'1''6 consequences to the citizens of his convening them, I do j e. Mr. S. then read the following letter
timewomu be sustained hy tiie Senate. lic!s:
of the letter.' '-The finn-lions ,rl;.-K i..i
- - - '-J "linn LIU. ililtlf ini tnju t concerns; assumes foreign matters from around .ui.l rr.n-
ii ne taepoi-j verts (hem into his ow n substance, is little in-
U. S. of America.
A PROCLAMATION
W'hereas great nnd
weighty matters claim
ing tne consideration of the Congress of the
U.o. form an extraor a: - -
uuiiiij occasion l r
convening them, I do i... .
ui niese presents, ap
point the first Monday
of September next, for
their meeting at the
city of Washington;
hereby requiring the respective Senators & Representatives then nnd there to assemble
in Congress, in order to receive such communi-
cations ag may then be
made to tfcem, and to
consult nnd determine on such measures as in
their wisdom may be deemed meet for the welfare of the United States.
In testimony where-
ol, i have caused the seal of the United States to be herel. s.jVinto affixed, and
i-igned the same
with my hand.
Uone at the cilv oflDonc
Y nshington. the fif
teenth day of May in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirtyseven, an I cf the In
dependence of thf
far as the banks vitinf in snmo of its i'i-.;i. i.ni (,! ji
... j - -- .mil.-, wm. iii.ii.it hi i ij.
wtie concerned, tne question is one ot relief . gether is one of the most wonderful subject to the people. The corporations cannot wf- which can engage the human attention. It
ei, oui i:ie L copic can, and must, u ihe banks j points directly to the curious and vet unan
mi, u. r.uu isul'u lo ue swerco question. Whatislife?
cicrtn uuueiMoou ne am not stand here as ot nature mav analyze with all
me advocate ol any hank, not even those in his own state, beyond the interest of the Pcople;and the moment he became satisfied that their interest required the suspension of the corporate powers of those institution?, he would say, refuse to renew them; but he was satisfied that a course cf policy, rcouirine of
a " C?
tober
meeting at the city of
tviiSiungton; hereby
requiring the respective Senators & Repre
sentatives to assemble!
of I seal
wisuoni may
deemed meet for the welfare of the United
States.
In testimony wherc-
have caused the of the United States lo be here
unto -affixed and!
signed the same with my hand, j
at the. City of
Washington, the thir-;
tcenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seven; and in the thirty-second rear of the In-
United States the six-I dependence of the A". I
ty-first.
m. vat; Brno:. By the Pretidcnl: JOHN FORSYTH, Scr'y of S'.ate.
United States.
Til! JEFFERSON. Ru the J'rcsident: JAMES MADISON. Scc'y oSlale.
eir country, collecting the tribe together: j ceived the commendation of the Whig press, ' ' when convened explained the amount I w herever it has been noticed, ns an address
".mire ni liieir pay, and assured them of ac honorable and liberal intentions of the
ernment. In fact, we are well nssured.
, al' one of the ci eatest inducements thev had
engage, was the urgent solicitations of their gent. Upon their return, disappointed nnd nortihed ns they must be, if his life is not jeoBrdized, his situation will at least be very i?V??Mnt IIe wil1 bc compelled to admit iat the Great Father is forked tongued and
of unusual eloquence, patriotism, nnd sound
practical views, as lo national affairs. The Mifflin town (IV.) Heralk and Democrat, speaks of it as follows: "As every thing that comes from Ihe pen or lips of the Hero Harrison, is sought afler and w ith eagerness,
uy an impartial, and grateful majority of the
American people, we are clad we have in our
possession, (and will lay before our readers.) DEBT, which taking into view the reduction iivery sound and eloquent speech, delivered 1 of the revenue, nnd t he result of Government
by these presents an-!'l'om James M. Ray, Esq., Cashier of the
point Mondav tb.cjfnlc Lniiic oflndiana: twenty-sxlh day of Or-! State Bank of Indiana,
next, for their, Indianapolis, Sept. 23, 183"r.
Hon. O. II. rMiTn: Dear Sir: To give you a full apprehension of Ihe propriety of the" terms, in Mr. Wright's settlement bill of debts of the depositc banks, I ronv fnr vnn anmlrarl r. f lf r. Wr.l I.
m Congress, in orucr to :iei(er of instructions on being appointed a dereceivesuch communi-!r,oeii, b-inl-.
cations ns may then be r. . .
made to them, and to! r 1 k hephtmlst, Jan. xj,
consult and determine 'xyivc iM err ill, Lsq.. Pres. &c. on such measures as in 4In selecting your institution as one of the
their wisdom mav i0i "gents of the Government, I not only
reiy on its solidity ns affording a sufficient 'guaranty for the safety of the public, money! 'intrusted to its keeping, but I confide also in ! 'its disposition to adopt the most liberal course 'which circumstances will admit towards oth4er institutions. The HcposiUs of the public 'money w iil enable you to afford increased fa-
i'cilities lo the commercial and other classes
'of the community; and the Department anticipates from you the adoption of suvh a 'course respecting your accommodations a? 'will prove acceptable to the people and safe 'to the Government. 'I remain, very respectfully, your obedient servant, LEVI WOODBURY, "Secretary of the Treasury." We have done so; we have accommodated the public, and are now paying two per cent, to the United Sts.tes, for the means of doing the same; & are paying the pensioners at 10 difierc nt places of payment in the Slate, fcc. without charge. And now, as far as lies in the power of Congress, it would seem, we are to be crushed unless we screw out of the com
munity, during these times, about $700,000 depositc money loaned out, and pay the same up in 2, 5, and 8 months; and that I suppose in specie. It is plain, if such a settlement is required, thai I he interests r,nd the rigidly extreme interest of the United States Govern
ment are only regarded, while the interests of the People of the State of Indiana, in half of
our bank stock indirectly, are left lo the
winds. Our banks can stand any thing that any bank can stand, but the prospect is thai wc w II be nil left so prostrated on such term?, that we cannot lift a finger to furnish means of conveying our a surplus produce, or add
any tiling to the facilities of tiie people. If wc Jose the fourth instalment, and have such terms of settlement required of us, the People of this Slate must inevitably suffer severely, 'i here is no possible remedy. The means of paying, as w ell as the most of the means of icsurning specie payments, must come from Ihcm; and you may well apprehend that thev are not w ell prepared to meet
such calls. Yours, truly, JAMES M. RAY. Mr. Smith said he did not intend to trouble the Senate but n 'moment in additional remarks, whatever justification he might find
in Ihe remarks ol the senator Irom Missouri, against the Banks of his Stated he w as satislied that thefe banks were entirely solvent nnd good, and should fit lenst lmre been ex-
The student
lis art thote
minute portions of matter called seeds, and which he knows to be the rudiments of future creatures, and the links by w hich endless generations of living creatures hang to existence but he cannot disentangle and display apart their mysterious life! That something under the influence of w hich each little rcrm in due time swells out to fill an invisible mould of maturity w hich determine its forms nnd proportions. One such substance thus becomes a beauteous rose bush; another a noble oak; a third an eagle; a fourth an Elephant yet in the same way out of the rudest materials of broken seeds and roofs, and leaves of plants and pits of animal flesh, is built up the human frame itself, whether of the active male combining gracefulness of strength, or of the gentler w oman w ith beauty around her as light. How passing strange that such should bc the origin of the bright human eye, whose glance pierces nsifthe invisible soul were shot with i(;oflhe lips which pour fourth sweetest eloquence; of the lannx which, by vibrating, fills the surrounding 'air w ith music; and more wonderful than ail that mass shut up within the bony fortress of the skull, whose delicate texture" is the abode of tho soul, with its reason which contemplates, and its sensibility which delights, in these and endless other miracles of creation !"'
Tnnsur Bank. The die is cast the
plot to destroy the United Slates Bank and bankrupt the State Institutions hns succeeded. Mr. Van Buren is authorised by Congress to
is3uc Ircasurif Afsinals, nfter the fashion of
Ihe F rench Directory. The gold humbug, soJ
succcsslully practised upon (he people, has been abandoned, and Government Rag Bank is to be substituted. The amount, it is true, if limited to ten millions, but twenty millions will not meet the present indebtedness of Ihe Government in the Florida war and other contingencies, nnd the Administration will goon, hi defiance of limitation, nnd flood the country with Trc.iEtiry notes, bearing interest, which the people have to pay, nnd which will be hoarded by men of capital for investment, or buried in the vaults of the banks. Every attempt was made in the House to make Ihe bill less objectionable. Mr. Curtis, of this city, ably sustained Mr. Underwood's amendment to purchase the United States
Bank, and was in favor of Treasury notes without interest. Various amendments were offered nnd rejected, and the bill from the Senate finally passed to a third rending Yens
123, Noes OS. This larce vote may be at
tributed to Ihe fact that the Treasury is bankrupt, and something in the shape of money mut be provided for the public creditors; but
It is the re commencement of a NATIONAL
Authenticity cr the Bible. The follow -ing passage from Simpson contains an interesting outline of the Divine Inspiration of the scriptures: "There are four grand arguments of Ihe truth of the Bible. The 1st is the miracles on record; 2d. the prophesies; 3d. the goodness of the doctrine; 4th, the moral character of the pensman. The miracles flow from divine power; the prophesies from divine understanding; the excellence of the doctrine from di vine goodness; and the moral character cf the pensman from divine purity. Thus Christianity is built upon these four immoveable pillars, the power the understanding, the goodness, and the puiity of God. The bible must be the invention of good men or angels, for they neither would or could make a book and tell lies all the time, they were writing it saying: "Thus saith the Lord," when it was their own invention. It em.ld not be the invention of bad men or devils, for I hey would not make a book which commands ail duty, forbids all sin, nnd condemns their souls to all eternity. 1 therefore draw this conclusion the Bible must be given by divine inspiration.
Most Melancholy Disaster.
- H 'reck oj York, end
the Steam-packet Home, of Jezc
.incty fnc Ltives Lost! Baltimore. Oct. 15. I5y the" steamboat from Norfolk, nriivcd this morning, we have the trulv hcart-rendir.g intelligence that the steam packet Home, Captain While, from N. Y. for C iarlcstcn, whence she sailed en Saturday, the Tt Ii insl. sprung a leak or! Monday, the O'.h, w hen oil Cape llattcras, and run ashoio six miles north of Ocracoke, in order to save the liis of those onboard. The Home had on board ninety passengers, of whom Seventy FEnisiirn, nnd of her crew of forty-five, twenty-five were lost making a total loss of xinety-fivf. lives.
There was one Reuben M. Whitney of infamous noloiiety, closely connected with the operations of the Treasury last w inter, who appears to be among the missing nt this crisis. Can any one say w hat has become of this fellow, lias he realized a sufficiency of plunder, nnd retired to the hermitage with the "greatest nnd beet." .V. . Statesman.