Semi-Weekly Journal, Volume 3, Number 256, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 September 1841 — Page 2

SKITCI-WEEKLY JOURNAL. INDIANAPOLIS:

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1811.

We are requested to say (says the National Intelligencer of the 14th) that Mr. Webster will remain at the head of the new organization of the Cabinet, equally in compliance with the wishes of the President and the unanimous reuommendation of his (Mr.

. w. sj private mends. Read Mr. Ewing's Letter of resignation. It is a scathing statement of facts in relation to the history of the Fiscal Corporation bill.

"WHO KEPT JOHN WOOD?" The last Sentinel asks this question. We will answer it for him. John Woods' nephew brought to this place $15,000 in Gallipolis paper to loan out. Woods had not sufficient financial knowledge, or was not

in a situation to undertake the operation. Hence

a gentleman of the FallstafT kind, and who is now an Indianapolis merchant, was entrusted with the patriotic and praiseworthy business of pushing into circulation in Marion county, $15,000 of the most worthless trash. With this operation and its profits John Woods commenced banking. "Who kept John Wood?" The night before his bank exploded, he was "kepi" all night at the Broker's office, a few doors east of Messrs. Hares' tavern. What transpired there we are not able to say. All we know is that those brokers lost nothing by his blow out, while the people have suffered much. . "Who kept John Wood?" After his bank broke, the aforementioned FalstafF merchant went his bail on every judgment given against him until Woods made good his escape from the officers of Justice. V'Who kept John Wood?" He was in the "keeping" of the Van Buren leaders, while his shinplaster concern was in operation, and he escaped from their keeping in a vehicle belonging

to a supporter of Mr. West.

Let it be understood that all engaged in any

way in "keeping" John Wood, whether in a stable or in an Exchange and Broker's office, were warm supporters of Mr West, and belong to the "Dunghill Clique." Vermont. The Whig triumph is complete

save for Governor. Their candidate has a plu

MR. WEBSTER'S LETTERS. Washington, Sept. 11, 1841. Mr Dear Siu: I thank you for your kind and friendly letter. You will have learned that Messsrs. Ewing, Bell, Badger, and Crittenden, have resigned their respective offices. Probably Mr. Granger may feel kound to follow the example. This occurrence can hardly cause you the same degree of regret, which it has occasioned me; as they are not only friends, but persons with whom I have had, for some time, a daily official intercourse. I could not partake in this movement. ' ". . ' '.' ". ' . '" " ' It is supposed to be justified, I presume, by the differences which have arisen bet ween the President and Congress, upon the menus of establishing a proper

fiscal agency, and restoring a sound state of the currency, and collateral matters, growing out of these differences. 1 regret these differences as deeply ns any man; but I have not been able to see in what manner the resignation of the Cabinet was likely either to remove or mitigate the evils produced by them.. On the contrary, my only reliance for a remedy for those evils has been, anil is, on the union, concilia' tion and perseverance of the whole Whig party, and I by no means despair of seeing yet accomplished, by these means, all that we desire. It may render us

more patient, under disappointment, in regard to one

measure, to recollect, as is justly stated by the I'resi dent in his last mesunge, how great a number of im portant measures have been already successfully car

ried through. I hardly know when such a mass of business has been despatched in a single session of

Congress... ;V.;r '''" The annual winter session is now near at liand; the same Congress is again soon to- assemble, and feeling as deeply as I ever did, tin; indispensable necessity of some suitable provision for the koepjng of the public money, for aid to the operation of the Treasury, and to the high public interests of currency and exchange. I am not in haste to believe that the party, which has now the predominance, wi!l not, in all these respects, yet fulfil the expectations uf the country. If it shall not, then our condition is forlorn indeed. But for one, I will not give up the hope. My particular connection with the administration, however, is with another department. I think very humbly none can think more humbly of the value of the services which Ism able to render to the public, in that post. But as there is, so far as 1 know, on all subjects affecting our foreign relations, a concurrence in opinion between the President and my

self; and as there is nothing to distnrb the harmony

or our iruercourse, 1 have not telt it consistent with the duty which I owe to the country, to run the risk, by any sudden or abrubt proceeding, of embarsassing

the Executive, in regard to subjects and ques tions now immediately pending, and which intl

matelv affect the preservation of the peace of the

country.

I am, dear sir, with constant regard Yours, &.c, &.c. (Signed) DAN'L WEBSTER. II. Ketchum, Esq., New York.

est regret, because of its throwing a strong shade of doubt upon the probability of future agreement between those Departments, not upon this point alone, but upon other questions concerning home affairs which may hereafter present themselves for their joint action. Notwithstanding all which, we repeat, the session

has been a highly important one, having resulted in a body of most salutary and beneficent legislation. From the Madisonian. EXISTING LAWS OF THE TREASURY. Since the repeal of the. SuU-treusiiry-act -of-1840, and the Deposit act of ltMG, the Executive Departments of the Government, under the direction of the President, have conformed their administration of the public funds to the state of tlm law as it is loft now existing upon the statute bowk. The .repeal of the laws above mentioned leaves in force the act of 1739 establishing the Treasury Department, and tho uct of IS'2'2, which repeals .and amends other acts. The Treasury, by the law sf '89, is the reciever and keeper of the public moneys, which are at all times sub

ject to the inspection of the Secretary of the Treasury and the Comptroller, and as he reports to Congress and

not to the President, he is to be regarded, though ay

From the Quern City a Neutral Paper . MECHANICS AND THEIR RIGHTS. It is our Determination, as we have before stated to advocate to the best of our abilities, the interests of the mechanics, and working classes. It is very true that if the mechanics wish to effect uny thing, they must act for themselves. Not that we would be understood as saying that they must form a distinct party at first,, but that they must know for whom they are voting, when they exercise that glorious privilege the right of choosing their own Legislators in the councils of the state and nation, -whether they are true men. -Not merely the uncompromising advocates -of this party question or that, or the unswerving opponents of any other dogma: but those who understand the interests and have ever acted for the good of the laboring man, whether in or out of offiucarfi the men to whom important political trusts should be confided. If a man takes pride in being called a Whig or Democrat, and is averse to separating from a party to which he has been long attached, let him still continue to be so called. Composing the great mass of our population, as the working men every where .!, !t ..,,t;,t .)...:.. . , ., - .

I IV-., ii, t.T cumuli wiimu uiuir power, wneuior ueiongj ing to one or the other of the , two great parties into which the American people are divided, to nflW nnv

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pwuiLtu ami i ciiiuvuiiom y um i rcsiut'iu, us u sun, tn i uujuct or euu -mat seems to tliern proper. Tliev need

vilitir rf vnioa kint qb it I'pnuiniQ a mainritv nf nil

the votes given to make a choice there will be no election. The Whig candidate will of course be chosen by the Legislature which assembles in a few weeks. In 131 towns Paine (Whig) has 15,571, Smilie (Opposition) 15,343, and Hutchison (Abolitionist) 2,189. The Legislature, as far as heard, stands: Senate, 20 Whigs and 7 Opposition; House, 111 Whigs and 71 Opposi-

"If we should learn from any authentic source that that certain broker, or any other person, is misusing

or converting the money of one of our public institu

tions to purposes calculated to do the people at large

an injury, we shall no; witnnoia our strictures." Sentinel

Well, sir, you may learn, if you wish, from an

"authentic source" that that "certain broker" has

circulated at par three thousand dollars of

worthless institution of a neighboring state among

the people of Marion county. You, will learn after a while, from your shavers' bank note list,

that that same "certain broker" will be buying

op those same fraudulent issues at from 20 to 50 per cent! discount. Who will be injured by this

operation! The people at large? Undoubtedly they will be; so let us have your strictures. The organ of the "Dunghill Clique" is still harping upon that doctor accommodation. He has done more lying in relation to that matter than would be necessary to entitle him to the appellation of Father of Lies. Milton Gregg, Esq., editor of the Lawrenceburgh Beacon, has been appointed, by the Governor, Sheriff of Dearborn county, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Mr. Weaver the late Sheriff. The Opposition have formed a Junto of their own in this place, called the "Dunghill Clique." It derives its name from the fact of having adopt, ed the lord of the dunghill as their coat of arms. The members are Tim, Sjuil, FalstafF, Squeers, & Co. The editor of the Sentinel is door keeper, and when there is a hydraulic operation per formed he officiates as knight of the floor cloth. "Tbe State Sentinel, published at Indianapolis, has

been pilfering language Front the Louisville Advertiser m order to misrepresented abuse us." Vincennes Gazette. Do let the fellow pilfer. Stop him from stealing and lying, and you stop the existence of the Sentinel. f The dunghill fovd that edits it is not capable per ie' of making a passable sheet of it. Tbe Journal must think us as green as young gquashes. Sentinel. We feel glad to think that the soft editor has for once told the truth; but in one tiling, we wish to correct him- He says that we think he is green, we know it.

Washington, Sept. 13, 1841. To Messrs. Gales & Sealon: Gentlemen: Lest any misapprehension should

exist, as to the reasons which have led me to diner

from the course pursued by my late colleagues, I wish

to. say that I remain in my place, first, because I have seen no sufficient reasons for the dissolution of the late Cabinet, by the voluntary act of its own members. I am perfectly persuaded of the absolute necessity of an institution, under tbe authority of Congress, to aid revenue and financial operations, and to give the cauntry the blessings of a good currency and cheap exchanges. Notwithstanding what has passed, I have confidence that the President will co-operate with the Legislature in overcoming all difficulties in the attainment .of these objects; and it is to the union of the Whig party by which I mean the whole party, the Whig President, the Whig Congress, and the Whig People that I look for a realization of our wishes. I can look no where else. In the second place, if I had seen reasons to resign my office, I should not have done su without giving the President reasonable notice, and affording him

time to select the hands to which he should confide the delicate and important affairs now pending in this Department. I am, gentlemen, respectfully, your obedient servant. DANIEL WEBSTER.

OFFICII L . APPOINTMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT. By and with the advice and eonscnt of the Senate Walter Forward, of Pennsylvania, Secretary of the Treasury. John McLean, of Ohio, Secretary of War. A. P. UrsHUK, of Virginia, Secretary of the Navy. Hugh S. Legare, of South Carolina, Attorney General.

Charles A. Wickliffe, of Kentucky, Postmaster

ueneral. James D. Doty, Governor of Wiskonsin.

Robert M. Walsh, of Pennsylvania, Secretary of

.Legation ot the U. t. to .Brazil.

Isaac Roach, of Pennsylvania, Treasurer of the

Mint of the United States, at Philadelphia.

Samuel W. Carmack, Judge of the United States

for the Apalachicola District, Florida.

William H. Brockenbrough, Judge of the United

States for the Middle District of Florida.

semi-congressional officer. No money, however, can be taken from tho Treasury by him or any other offi

cer of the Government, high or low,. except upon warrants issued by the Secretary of the Treasury, in pcrsuanco of appropriations by law, and countersigned and registered. The following is the .sections of the law of 1 79, which relates to the duties of the Treasurer: "Sec 4. That it shall be the duty of the treasurer to receive and keep the moneys of tne United States, and to disburse tlie same upon warrants drawn by the Secretary of the Treasury, countersigned by the Comptroller, recorded by the Register, and not otherwise; he shall take receipts for all moneys paid by him, and all receipts for moneys received by him shall be endorsed upon warrants signed by the Secretary of the Treasury, without, which warrant, so signed, no acknowledgement fur money received into the Public Treasury shall be valid. And tho said Treasurer shall render his accounts to the Comptroller quarterly, (or oftener if required,) and shall transmit a copy thereof, when settled, to the Secretaty of the TrcasuTF 111 .1 . i " i . i n

ry. tie snan, moreover, on me tmru tiny ot every

session ot Congress, lay before the senate and House

of Representatives, fair and accurate copies ofuli ac

counts by him, from tune to time, rendered to, and settled with, the comptroller as aforesaid, as, also, a

true and perfect accout of the state of the Treasury. He shall, at all times, submit to the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Comptroller, or either of them, the inspection of tho moneys in his hands; and shall, prior to the entering upon the duties of his office, give bond, with sufficient sureties, to be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury and Comptroller, in the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, payable to the United States, with conditions for the faithful performance of the duties of his office, and for the fidelity of the persons to be by him employed, which bond shall be lodged in the office of the Comptroller of the Treasury of the United States." The following is the amenditory act of 13'J2: Sec. 1. Be it enacted, tyc. That the second section of the act, entitled "An act making alterations in the treasury and war departments," passed the eighth day of May, seventeen hundred and ninety-two; the second section of the act entitled "An act to alter and amend the several acts for the establishment and regulation of the treasury, war, and navy, departments," passed the sixteenth day of July, seventeen hundred and ninety-eiirht: and the seventh section of the act,

entitled "An act to provide for the prompt settlement of public accounts," passed the third day of March,

eighteen hundred and seventeen, be, and hereby are.

repealed, from and after the the third day of June,

eighteen hundred and twenty-two.

bec. z. lhal on the day and year hist aforesaid, all

moneys which may remain in the hands of the treas

urer of the United States, as agent of the war and navy departments, shall under the direction of the secretaries of those departments, respectively, be repaid into the treasury, and carried to the credit of the proper department upon the books of tlie treasury.

Sec. o. That all moneys appropriated for the use of

the war and navy departments shall, from and after

the day and year last aforesaid, be drawn from the treasury, by warrants of the secretary of the treasury, upon the requisitions of the secretaries of those de

partments, respectively, countersigned by the second

coirmtroller of the treasury, and registered by the

proper auditor.

Sec. 4. That so much of the said act of the third day of March, eighteen hundred and seventeen, as is

repugnant to the foregoing provisions, be and is here

by, repealed, from and after the thirtieth day of June eighteen hundred and twenty two. Approved, May 7,

not submit to the humbugs and false nrumixns uf nnv

set of men cull them by .what name you will whose only aim is self-aggrandizement, the obtaining of office and its emoluments regardless of; the. interests , of any other individual or .class of people. It is well known to every one the least conversant with history, that in all former ages, when'titles and wealt h w ere looked upon as the only standards of excellence, and without, which, even talent the most superior was often forced to remain unnoticed and go unrequited, the working population were looked upon as an entirely inferior class so much so, that it wus not considered important, or rather it was considered impolitic, to provide for their education or advancement in the scale of intellectual being and moral worth. Hence, no doubt originated tho custom of inserting in the indentures between master and apprentice a clause requiring the former to give tho latter a school education barely sufficient to enable him to pros-jcute his business. Consequently, had the rights of a free country, been granted them, even were they to rise to iiillucnce, they would be unfitted to hold the reins of government, or to frame laws for thrir fallow

men. Thus were they kept in ignorance and in moral slavery with here and there an instance, where one, possessing a mind more vigorous and an ambition more restless than those of his fellows would rise to eminence, and even to power, in despite of all obstacles. In the formation of our government, equal rights was one of the cardinal doctrines we may say the cardinal principle introduced into the constitution, and under its fostering influence the character and standing of the working class have been immeasurably advanced; and what our constitution was incapable of effecting, is being rapidly supplied, in a great measure, by the system of common schools now so justly popular throughout the union. Still much depends upon the will and action of the most interested. What they determine upon doing, they can always effect, whether they reject the political, moral or social. It seems, then, entirely unbecoming to them, in their present exalted character, to complain long of being oppressed by wrongs, a remedy for which is so entirely within their power. Union and concert of action is all that is required, to teach those in power who may attempt to trample upon their rights, or in any way abridge their privileges, the unsafe ground upon which they stand.

From the National Intelligencer of the 14th inst. THE END OF THE SESSION. The two Houses of Congress adjourned last even

ing, according to previous resolution, after one of the

most laborious and fruitful sessions that has ever been held. Except in the First Congress, beginning

in March, 1789, and ending in March, 1791, and the Session of 1811-12, no other Session has given birth to measures, taken together, of equal importance, (or

which promise so abundant a harvest of blessing to

the present and future generations,) as that which has just closed.

One measure only is wanting to complete a great

system ot policy which we could contemplate with unmixed pride and pleasure. That measure the reader will of course understand to be the establishment of a Fiscal Agency, to substitute the repealed subTreasury, and, directly or indirectly, to regulate the currency, and facilitate, if not to equalize, the exchanges between different parts of the country. That measure has failed, notwithstanding the unwearied efforts of the Whigs in both Houses of Congress to accomplish it. If the postponement for a few months of the adoption of some measure of that sort were the only consequence of the failure to pass it at this Session, the evil would be more tolerable, as it would be alleviated by the hope of success hereafter. But the schism which has grown out of this subject (hav-j ing its root however much deeper than that) between the Executive and Congress is a subject of the grav-

AN ELOQUENT PASSAGE. Towards the close

of his speech in favor of the Distribution of the public

Lands, Mr. Rayner, of North Carolina, made some

very eloquent remarks: "Put," said he, "this beautiful, this harmonious sys

tem into operation, and no one can estimate the blessings that will result from it; no one can foresee the rich harvest of prosperity, that future generations will reap from our present labors. Establish a system, which is so well calculated to develope the physical and intellectual resources of a great people, and the heart swells with the very poetry of feeling, as it contemplates our future destiny. Can the mind dwell upon a sublimer spectacle than that of this vast continent, tenanted by fifty millions of beings, divided into separate and independent communities, all bound together by the strongest interests and affections the abode of intelligence, refinement, and free institutions; after these shall have been swallowed up by the tumult and faction, which are undermining the governments of the old world. I believe that the great principles of Anglo-America civilization are not to be confined to the present limits of our Republic. I believe that this resistless current will continue to roll on, till it shall sweep over this western world, fum Greenland to

Cape Horn. And it will not stop even here. It will

subdue from savage dominion, the Islands that dot

the surface of the vast Pacific; it will ultimately reach

the shoresof Japan and China; it will ascend the steeps of the Himalay and Caucasian Mountains; it will ultimately reach the forests of Germany, whence it sprang, to redeem its parent soil, from the grasp

of despotism and decay. I wish no higher honor,

than to give an impetus to this mighty movement. I wish no greater fame, than to aid in laying one stone

in this mighty fabric beneath which, millions will repose in peace and happiness, long after we shall have departed, end our names shall be forgotten.

A River on Fire. It can no lonrmr hp rlm,Mn,i

that the Alabamians are waking up, as it will appear by the following article, that they have succeeded in setting their principal river on fire: The Tombigbee River on Fire. While Mr. J. M. Cooper was prosecuting the removal of M'Grew's Shoals, after boring to the depth of 375 feet, his augur suddenly dropped and entirely disappeared. In the space of some several moments a deep hollow sound was heard resembling the rumbling noise of distant thunder from the chasm below, and at the same instant gushed forth from the shaft, thus made a clear, transparent, oleaginous substance or liquid, which boils up very near to the effervescence of a boiling pot; which owing to the sluggishness of the current, has gradually diffused itself over tho whole surface of the river. A quantity has been collected, and upon application of fire, it is found to burn equal '

to i no sperm on. To gratify curiosity and make further tests, fire has been applied to the oil on tho water, and the whole surface of the river is now burning, emitting a flame of the most beautiful appearance, about sixlnches high, and has already extended about half way down to Fort Stoddart; the reflection of which upon the horison at night, presents a most sublime spectacle, far surpassing in grandeur and beauty of appearance the aurora borealis. Mobile Journal.

A very witty man walked up to an ovster stand

which bore upon it as a sign, "Oysters, tyc," and laid down ninepence, saying he would take that money's worth in the "and-so-forlh." Upon this the

keeper of tlie stand very quietly pocketed the cash

and couuted out the joker 12 empty shells, observing that the oysters had been eaten, and these are the "and'So-Jorths.'" j

AGOARMAND IN ECTACY. After the soup, we had what I do not hesitate tocall the very best beefsteakf lever ate in my life. By the shade of Heliogabalus? as I write about it now, a week after I have eaten it, the old, rich, sweet, piquant, juicy , taste comes smacking on my lips again; and I feel something of that exnuisit.o snn-

sation I then had. I am ashamed of the delight which the eating of that niece of meat caused rnn. fi

end I had quarrelled about the soup (I said so, and dont wish to return to that subject;) but when we began on the steak we looked at each other and loved each other. We did not speak our hearts were too full for that; but we took a bit, and laid down our forks, and looked at one another, and understood each other. . ...

There were no two individuals on this wide "earth no two lovers billing in the shade no mnrhpr

clasping baby to her heart, more supremely happy than we. Every now and then we had a glass of honest, firm, generous, Burguudy, that nobly supported the meat. As you may fancy we did not leave n sin.

gle morsel of the steak; but when it was done, we

put uits ot Dread into the silver dish, and wistfully sopped up the gravy. I suppose I shall never in this world taste any thing so good again. But what then? What if I did like it excessively? Was my liking unjust or unmanly? Is my regret now puling or un worthy? No, " Laudo manente?n!" ' as Titmotiso says. When it is eaten I resign myself, and can eat a two franc dinner at Richard's without ill-humor, and without a pang. Fraser't Magazine.

REMITTANCES BY MAIL FROM THE POSTMASTER GENERAL. "A postmaster may enclose money in a letter to the pulilisht r of a newspaper, to pay the suliscriplion of a third person, and frank the letter, if urilten by himself: " . . Note. Some subscribers may not be aware of the

above regulation. 'It will be seen that, by requesting any postmaster to frank their letters containing money, he will do so upon being satisfied that the letters coutain nothing but what refers to the subscrip-