Indiana Palladium, Volume 7, Number 30, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 30 July 1831 — Page 1

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From the Globe. Washington, June 23, 1031.

Sir: I received a letter of the 21st, nt 9 o'clock on the 22d, through the City Post Office, charging several officers of the Government with a conspiracy to assassinate you. They were immediately furnished by me with a copy of your letter; and 1 herewith enclose, for your information, copies of the replies which they have given, denying the charges preferred against them by you. A copy of my letter is ni?o enclosed. I am, very respectfully, Your obedient servant. (Signed) ANDREW JACKSON. S. D. Ingham, Ecq. P. S. 1 would have preferred that this matter should have been examined into face to face, and for that purpose sent my messenger for you, but was informed you had left too City at 4 o'clock, A.M. Letter of JIr. Ingham to the President, New Hor,June 30, 1831. Sir 1 had the honor to receive, by way of Doylestown, your letter of the 23d inst. with its enclosure?, viz: copies of a circular letter from you to the acting Secretary of War, Treasurer of the United State?, Register and Second Auditor of the Treasury, and of their respective answers, the copy of your circular being in print; the others I had also seen in the newspapers some days before your letter reached me. In your letter to me above referred to, you speak of my having charged several officers of the government with a conspiracy, and state that they havo denied (he charge preferred against them by me. I must be permitted to say that I have- not charged those officers with any specific offence ia the form suggested by you. I have stated that the late Secretary of War and acting Secretary of War t were lying iD wait for the purpose of making an assault upoo me, on my way to the office, as I believed with an intent to assassinate. I also stated that a grocery store between my lodging and the office, and the rooms of the Tresurer and Register were alternately occupied by them as a pUco 0 rendezvous while so employed. I further stated that the Treasurer, Register and Se cond Auditor were in their company 1 also stated that the principal persons thus engaged, viz: JL,aton ana uan dolfii. with a recruited force, threa lened an assault on the dwelling I resi ded in the 6ame night until a late hour; and I now 6tate, that this threatening was continued until a late hour on the following night. The officers who have denied the charge a3 irameu oy vou. admit having been in company with Mr. Elton during the time referred to. but thev deny having been in his company the whole time; this was never intended to have been alleged oy rnp. The admissions, equivocations and palpable reservations in their letters are abundant proof of all the material facts asserted by me, so far as they are concerned, but if any doubt remains, it should be observed, that my letter of the 21st was addressed to you especial Iv as Chief Magistrate of the District of Columbia, in which capacity jour powers must bo ample to direct the proper officer of the Government to institute a legal investigation of this transaction before a tribunal, having power to examine and compel the at tendance of witnesses. Whenever this shall be done, 1 will, without delay, re turn to the seat of government, and render all the aid in mv power to such 4 officer in the discharge of his duty. It must, however, be distinctly understood, that the investigation eball begin with the principals, and before I furnish a list of witnesses that an assurance of protection shall be given to those who hold offices that they shall suffer no unary in consequence of giving tes timony. This hastbeccme necessary bv reason of the declaration of Mr. Evans, the brother-in-law of Mr. Eaton, that "the President would turn every clerk out of office who took my part in this business, and of other facts which have since come to mv knowledge. Altho' I do not assume that this declaration was authorized bv vou. vet it is indis j j 1- - nensable to Justice, that no aonrehension of this nature should rest on the mmd3 of witnesses. 1 have the honor to be, very respect luny, yours, ccc. S. D. INGHAM. Tne President of the U, States, Washington. Jufu 7. 1 831 .

j - - 7 - Sir: Tut President, on his return

j tt-Jay, from the Rip Raps, has recehed your'letter of the 30lb ult. In reply to

your renewed call upon him, "as Chief Magistrate of the District of Columbia," I am directed to inform you that he does not consider the fact of certain officers "having been in company with Maj. E iton," during office hours, and in their offices, where it is their duty to be, and where every individual has a right to go, as supporting the charge that those offices were used "as places of rendezvous" by a parly lying in wait to assassinate you; nor us constituting "probable'cause" to justify the subjection of citiz2iis of lair churacter, all solemnly denying your imputations, to arraicrnment before a court of criminal jurisdiction; That if "a legal investiga tion of this transaction before a tribunal having power to examine and compel the attendance of witnesses" be, by you , deemed necessary, be assures you of adequate protection in the Cuy of Washington, where you have the right, a3 prosecutor before the grand jury, to present the supposed offender, or to summon them before any magistrate of the District: Also, that "an assurance of protection shall be given to those who hold offices, that they shall suffer no injury in consequence of giving testimony" an assurance, however, not to be construed as affjrdiag impunity for any misconduct which the investigation may unfold. The President directs me to inform you, also, that should any persons connected with the Government be found implicated in having formed part of "a recruited force," to engage in hostilities of any kind within the precincts of the Departments, or elsewhere within the District jof Columbia, or in having armed and associated together, to the disturbance and alarm of its peaceful citizens, he will feel it his duty, in addition to the penalties of the law, forthwith to dismiss the offenders from the public service. He directs me further sir, and in conclusion, to state that, from the enquiry he has made, your charges to that effect against the Acting Secretary of, War, and others, do not appear to be founded id fact; and that he cannot but ascriha tbem to a reliance on false statements or vague surmises, or to the workings of an over excited imagination. I am, Sir, very respectfully, Your obedient servant , N. P. TR1ST. Samuel D. Ingham, Esq. Doylestown, Bucks county, Penn. NEW ORLEANS MARKET June 25. GENERAL REMARKS. Our mar ket has been unusually dull during the past week. The business of the season appears to bo near a close, ana me ac tive speculators who are in me naoit of visiting us one a year, have generallv left, which already has had its ef fect on commerce. The levee oppo site the shipping, steam boats, flat boats, &c. &c. is quiet compared with the general bustle that prevailed in the hrst part of the present month. The weather has been very waim, otherwise, favorable for out door business. The Mississippi 13 falling slowly, and was yesterday noon, at lour tect below op dinary high water mark. Sugar and Molasses are rarely enquired for and afford nothing to remark respecting any change in demand or price, on the plantation or in the city. Tobacco (leal,) has met a lair demand this week at our former quotations of 1 3-4 a 2, 2 3-4 a 4 cts. tor crossed, seconds and firsts. The Sales are esti mated at full 700 hhds. Flour continues plenty and maybe fairly considered a heavy article, and has sold since our last at various prices, from 84 up to 84 1-2 according to oualitv and reputation of the brand. Wo quote as before at 4 a; Si 1-4. There is a large amount in store 1 among many holders, bour we under stand, is occasionally enquired for; at present we are unable to state its value. Pork, Good merchantable mess and prime inspected, (full brand.) has improved this week botti in price and demand. Pork, mess, inspected, bbl. 14: do, prime, do, do, 11 sales do, cargo, do, do, 3 1-2 plenty. Com, on the cob and shelled in the sack i3 plenty, and rather dull than otherwise at our quotations. iorn in ear?, bbl. 37 1-2 plenty do shelled in sacks, bush. 37 1-2 plenty do, meal, kiln dried, bbl. $2 1-2 tor fresh. rw? Upwards of 1500 dogs have been killed in New York, under the operation of their dog law.

From the Baltimore Republican.

Jfacksosi and Union. Below will be found the correspondence which took phce between the committee of the "Union and State Rights" party of Charleston, S. C. end the President of the United States, on the occasion of their inviting him to join iu their celebration of the fourth of July. We need not invite for it an attentive perusal ; sure we arc that every citizen will read it with deep and absorbing interest; and but for the detestable spirit of factious vituperation with which every act of the President i3 met by the opposition party, we would add that no man will rise from the perusal without revercecing the deep seated love of Union, and devotion to his country, which flows from the full heart of the venerable patriot. To his Excellency Andrew Jackson', President of the United States, Charleston, Juno 5. Sir: The undersigned on behalf of their fellow citizens of the Union and State Rights party, have the honor to invite you to a dinner to be given on the approaching 4th of July, in celebration of the Anniversary of Independence. Had wo regarded this return of the birth day of our nation, as an era of merely ordinary import, we should not perhaps have taken the liberty 10 present ourselves to you but me case is far otherwise. As a native of the State of S)Uth Carolina, and one whom she has always delighted to honor, we do not doubt, sir, that you have felt such interest in the expressions of sentiment and opinion, which have been dieted during the progress of affairs amon us, as to be fully aware of the great line of distinction drawn between the several parties in this state as well as of the portentious omen?, which threaten is with civic convulsion. It is well known to you, and to the world, that the political discussions and events have tended to loosen those bonds of fraternal affection, which once united the remotest parts of our great empire. Geographical limits, are familiaily referred to as connected with foparato and di:jointed interests: and too many of our youth aro growing up, as we fear and deeply lament, in the dangerous belief that these interests are ioccpoparfible and contrasted. We conceive it, Sir, io be a matter of infinite importance to our country, that these fatal errors should be promptly corrected, and the feelings which they engender, thoroughly eradicated; that the ancient ties of friendship may once more rivet closely together, the several members of our happy confederacy. It is our special aim to revive in its full force, the benign spirit of Union to renew tlfe mutual confidence in each others good will aad patriotism, without which the law3 and statutes, and form3 of Government of those States will exist in vain. We disclaim from the bottom of our hearts, all political or party purposes, of a local nature, or of circumscribed extent. u e esteem as brethren and associates, all who cor dially unite with us in devotion to our common country, nod in the turn reso lution to defeud her institutions, ana transmit them, unimpaired to the geneiations that shall succeed us. lour sentiments in relation to this subject, are well known, and have been repea tedly announced, and wo ar proud to regard you, Sir, as one of our fathers and leaders. In this spirit, and Tvith these views, we request the honor r-f your presence with us, on the approaching occasion. The citizens of Charleston havo flattered themselves with the hope, that you would be able without inconvenience, to comply with the invitation ured some time since through the mu nicipal authorities. May wo be per mitted to indicate the period of your visit, so far as, that it shall include the Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. With the most respectful consideration. Sir, we have the honor to be, Your Excellency's ob't servants, John Stoney, Geo. W. Cross, Rene Godard, Francis I. Porcher, Jno. Slrohecker, Jas. Moultrie, jr. Dennis Kane, Jas. Archer, Saml. A. Dickeon, Jno. H. Read, Wm. Kunhardt, Jno. Wagner, Edwin P. Starr. The following is the answer of the President, which for vigor of sentiment and unconquered patriotism, is worthy of the spirit of the father of our country. It substantially confirms his previous declaration haying do cuiivcaicut

equivoque, by which its true meaning may be explained away by cunning interpreters. The Union muit and shall be preserved. The letter was read from the centre right by Col. Cross, from the left by Capt. E. P. Star, aod from the extent of the Hall and the assemblage, it not having been heard at the extreme ends, it was there read, severally by the Hon. Thos. Lee,audthe Hon. Thos. Grimke.

"Washington City, June 11, 1C31. "Gentlemen It would afford me much pleasure, could I at the same timo accept your invitation of the 5th inst. and that with which I whs before honored by the: municipal authorities of Charleston. A necessary attention to the dutIt-3 of my office, must deprive mo of the gratification 1 should have had .in paying, under each circumstances, a visit to the state of which I feel a pride in callingmyself aa citizen bv birth. "Could I accept your invitation, it would bo with the hope that all parties all the men of talent, exalted patriotism, and private worth, who have been divided in the manner you describe, might be found united before the ultar of their country on the day set apart for the solemn celebration of its independence independence which can not exist without union, una with it is eternal. "Every enlightened citizen must know, that a separation cculd it be effected, would begin with civil discord, and end in colonial dependence on a foreign power, and obliteration from the list of nations. Rut he should also see that high and sacred duties which must and will, at all hazards, be performed, present and insurmountable barrier to any plan of disorganization, by whatever patriotic name it may be arrayed for its support. The force of these evident truths, tho effect they must have upon the minds of those who seem for a moment to have disregarded them, make mo cherish the belie! 1 have expressed, that could I have been present at your celebration, 1 should havo found all parties concurring to promote the object of your association. Vou have distinctly txpit ssed that object "to revive ia its full force ibe benign spirit of Union, and to renew the mutual confidence in each other' good will and patriotism." Such endeavours, calmly and firmly preserved in, cannot fail of fuccesa. Such senti ments are appropriate to the celebration of that high festival, which com memorates tho timultaneoua declara tion of Union and Independence and when on tho return of that day, we annually renew the iltdge that our heroic fathers made, of life, of fortune, and of sacred honor, let us never forget that it was given to s ustain us as a united) not less than an Independent people. "Knowing as I do, the nrivate'worth and public virtues of distinguished citizens to whom declarations inconsistent with an attachment to the Union havo been ascribed, I cannot but hope, that if accurately reported, they were the effect of momentary excitement, not deliberate design; and that such men can never have formed the pioject of pursuing a course of redress through any other than constitutional means; but if 1 am not mistaken in this charitable hope, then in tho language of tho father of our country, I would conjuro them to estimate properly "the immense value of ycur national Union to your collectivo and individual happiness ;" to cherish "a cordial, habitual and immovable attachment to it; accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as the Palladium of your political safety and prosperity, watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety ; discountenancing whatever may suggest even ,a suspicion that it can, in any event, be abandoned; and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our country from the rest, or to enfeeble the sacred ties which now liuk together the variuus pans. "Your patriotic endeavors, Gentlemen, to lessen the violence of party dissention, connot be forwarded more effectually than by inculcating a reliance on the justice of our National councils, and pointing to the fast approachicg extinction of the public debt, as an event which must necessarily produce modifications in the Revenue System, by which all interests, under a spirit of mutual accommodation and succession, wilt be probably protected. "The grave subjects introduced in your letter of invitation, have drawn

from me the frank exposition ofopin" ions, which I have neither iuterestjnor inclination to conceal. "Grateful for the kindness you have)' personally expressed, 1 renew my expressions of regret that it is not in my power to accept your kind invitation; and have the honor to be with great respect, t4Your ob't and humble servant, (Signed) "ANDREW JACKSON." We invito the attentiou of our readers to the following extract from tho speech of Mr. Hendricks, of Indiana, a friend of the lute administration, and one of the committee, who investigate the affairs of the Post oflice Department last winter. It speak volumeslafavor of Major Dairy, and his Department. It is taken from the Globe of the 29th June, as publised in the National Intelligencer. This statement, made by one who was appointed for the purpose, with access to allthe bureaus of tha Department, gives the 'lie direct" to the statements of James Clarke of Kentucky, Mr. Chambers t of Mary land, Scc, After the close cf the examination of

all the facts that had been presented last winter to the committee, Mr. Hendricks of Indiana, who had sustained the Adams administration with an honest real, came forward and declared in the Senate, "that there wa3 no testimony BEFORE THE COMMITTEE TO CRIMINATE THE TOSTMASTER GENERAL." He said that "he had, at the instance of the Chairman, (Jlr, tiayfon,) voted interrcga' tories, based on the allegations of persons unknown and ttnnamed to the committee; hs had sanctioned questions which did not appear to him very necessary , because other members cf the committee thought them so9 and it teas prcper jor him to sat that this course rvas notbased 07 anv testimony GIVEN TO THE COMMITTEE OF EXISTING MAL-ADMINISTRATION IN THE DEPARTMENT, but was taken int order to give free and expanded scope io the examination THAT MISDEMEANOR, IT IT EXISTED, MIGHT be ferretted out, or that rumor tvith her hundred iuiiguesmighi bejtushed to suence. Monxefana. i Sirrn. It is said that e gentleman in New-York having six pl Monkeys, amused the good people in the vicinity of St. John'e Park, on the 1th inat. by a scrub race of the animals. Ho had previously labelled them with the names of six supposed candidates for the Presidency, 10 wit: Andrew Jackson, M. Van Ruren, J. C. Calhoun, Henry Clay, Richard Rush, and Daniel Webster. They started fair and even ; but in a few bounds, Gen. Jackson got far in advance of his competitors, and came out "a great heap" a head. Rush wa3 a clumsy animal; and happening to stumble at the instant he was a few inches ahead of Clay, the latter turned a somerset over his prostrate body, and ctinued rolling till the rival candidates had completed the course and stood chatteriDg and laughing at his awkward predicament. When ho dicovered his ludicrous situation he sneaked eff; and when last seen, wa dodging among the shrubbery to avoid the tantalizing gibes of a parcel of boys who were hotly "poking fun at him." JV. J. Chronicle. From tho following it will be seen that reformation is sometimes voluntar) ! What an example this for tho gentlemen of the Black List!!! Globe. The Acting Secretary of the Treasury acknowledges the receipt by this day' mail, of one hundred dollars transmitted anonymously, from New York, with the following request: "The, 100 dollars enclosed you will put into the Treasury for balance due them." Treasury Department, July 7, 1C31. Information has been re'eeived at the Department of Sfate, that on the representation of Mr. McLane, our Minister at the Court of London, the discriminating duty of tonnage exacted from the brig Rodney, of New Yoik, at Turks Island, was ordered to be refunded, and that the imposition of such duty at that place on American vessels has been directed by the British Government to be discontinued. The jXew York Journal of Commerce says, "Within the last eight days we have recorded the death of four married women in this city and Brooklyn, all of whom, there is reason to believe, perished by the hands of their ovn Auj-LanJi.'!!!!!!!!