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another subject uiiiuiaieiy auci,.d wiitii ilia preceding oiu the currency of the country. ! it is apparent, from the whole context of the couiUtuuoa, well as tne history of the unics that gave bind tu it, that it i js the purpose of the convention to establish a currency coasiunj of the precious uieiais. These, from their peculiar properties, which rendered them the siandara of value m all other countries, ware

adopted in tins, as wed to establish its commercial standard, .in refi.reiiei to forein countries, by a permanent rule, as to

exclude the use of a mutable mod turn of

exchange, such as of certain agricultural commodities, recognised by the statutes of some Stales, a a lender lor debts, or the still more pernicious expedient cf a n;.jur currency." ' anaolencss trust ever be th characteristic of a currcrcy of which the precious metals ara not the chief ingredient, or which cm bd expanded or contracted witliuti'. rugurd to tho principles that regulate the value of those metals as a standard in tho general trade of the world. V, il!i us, ban', issues constitute such ?. curtency, and must ever Jo so, until they am made dependent on those jes'jptopoi'iions of p!d and silver a a cireula.ui medium.

which experience has proved tub

1 1

try, ana piuoc U on a lmuur inundation, i inent ol the commerce and business of the

It is comklently believed that the country .country and placed in the vaults of another will find, in the motives which induced sul of banks in the interior, forming only

tuat order, ami ttia liappy consequences i those hank credits to tne Ooverument up-

u Inch hav

ensued, muen to commend,

and nohunjj to eondemn. it is seen that he aatn falls the atten-

plj

... ...II II " I

on wuien r resilient Jj.cU.tou slight a value.

Finally, when Oeneral Jackson was

lion of Congress to llie currency of thojabout to retire from the cares of govern- ..!... ... . . ". . .. . . i i .

, uu""i .uiL-ui-a ..ii. .i w a t i uit.iii, ue lavoreu nis countrymen vvim a horn the whole context of the eonsliui- j fare well address. The soiemnity of the lion, as we!i as the history ol the times joecaSiou inves to any opinions which he

that ave birth it, lhal it was ihe purpwoe i has expressed in that document a claim to

01 tne convention to esiauasn a sound peculiar attention

d peennar attention. It will ho seen on pe

currency consisting o me jtrect jus mclms; 'rasing it, that he denounces, more emphatimputes variableness and a liabtli y lo inor-; ieah v then in any of his pravious address-

liC-

ccssary, not only m l..i, but la aii otner t ouiineicial countries. Where those por-

uoiu ate not i; ilo nut control

raut vary acccordal to the tide

i .i

.-.cd into c ; rcuLtnia, and it is man. If si that prices

of bank

issues, a'uu i.io vaiue aiv.. s-.al-iiuY -1 prop

el tv mtiot stand exposed to all tho uncertainty which attends the '.ministration cf institutions thril are constantly liable to the temptation, oi an interest distinct Ironi that of the community in which they au ( sla!)lishc J." "Uut although various dangers to our Republican institutions have been obviated by the failure of that bank to extort fiom the (.ovcrament a renewal of its charter, i! is oi ions that l.ttio has been accomplished, cxKept a sulut.try change ol public opinion towards restoiirg t tha country '.tie .-ouud ouireticy provd;d lot in the i

Consl.tut'.on. In the acts of several ol j l no States, prohibitiii tlie ciicu'.uio.a oil

-: . . . . i . i i

aui.T.e eontiacinin una expansion to tne e, tlie uanl; papt-r oi the country, corpo-

exisiiiiy papcr.yslm,anii ilenoutices uauiv i rations, and what he cboee

tlie spirit o: inonopolv. T

issues as boin an uncertain standard, ii e Icheitales hiniseil uihui the dangers whicii have been obviated by the overti.ro w of die Hank of the United States, but ueclares that little has vet been done, excent to prod. ice a salutary change of public opinion towards restoring to the country the sound currency j'roi!.!c.l for in .''.!' c i.-:-'iii'.'i.jti. 1 will here fay, m 'as-

-i i i 'T , thai all this outcry

cioi.j i.ic.uis, i;oiii, una t..o coiiMiuitionui ptivmt'iit oi the pu;iie tlui

c.ii i p;c v , I. people, aud :iu inMruiiji

to nomiiialu le senate will

indulge me in calling Us attention to certain parts of that address, in the following extracts: The Constitution of the United States i:ni-iicstion:ibly intended to secure to the people a i'i; cul.itinif indium oi' gold and silver. l!ut the establishment of a nation

hau k ,

u.i.it the pre-jot issuing paper

I i

i oct n put tortii to i,

t Use the j'iccnilis no-;'...'. Ml to break do '.vii l!ie ban

e tne lortunute coiirsc s as i i;d States ii'iou

institutions ol

the w ay lr the ulliuiate u

a !ri-:i! t . .n . . ,1 ' . .

d to

Us pa e

nun

cut

He:

aU '.' u I ; c c , 4 riute rl.t t oiulition of

pres-

1 1 . ..

d in t

VV O!

and intercourse lions i f the vror

t l.i! to i;e;..;se List

! i.ltud States shoi

eiii.j.'i

In the

'. :i :.'.aiioll, l.l l!i

coiiiiileico id ti;e

ic ai.ttiei relations ol trade hi twicii the dilfi. tent na

il is periect. v eom.'iier-

i.-oiu -t

eiirii'iiey , and iu its p't.a e.

iiiischu-

y ConiM'css, wiiii u.e priviie-re

money receivable m

and the. uu-

le;isla.ioii in li.e scves.:i.i( suhiect, i.rove

nl eiieiibilion the eoiin'.ituiioiial

tt'.eu cue :il paper

The ;,!. .!

i the ni'iiie vc.l interest

urrein' mt.iiit M.rivih

Hinirs iioni t.ie power

j... i ires ironi e to cotilrol;

.Mil UUil.), V I

t;c, wl.icii they have sue-

they are an; e ol eorpoi'i

in i..e

Iron: tiie Jaclv ton,

oaii

Ciirrencv ol tne

d consist exclusively.

)ai!v, ol the p.ccious n.et.ds. uotations which 1 have m.ide hl annil.il i;sa.'e of tieueral

Ml 01

, 1

a ei",rr from thi i-xciusiv

ceeiiedi in obtaining in ihe diii.renl States, am; winch are employed ahoi ther fur their bencbt; and unless you beemue mote watchful in jour Stales, and rhe.k tl,i.-

spiriioi inoiiiipmy aim tnlist t.il' exclusive

privileges, von wnl, in the euil, hud that

tne mot i rit

ic .-.if. in oi in e cviiii.-Mii oi iiie 1 1 1 o i i in o a 1 1 a n c , io v e rs o l v i o v eminent

cietuis, a.iij t::e ov ei -is.-ues oi win ;ave ot eii eivcu or harlf reu awav. am: tna

paper, tabic optr't'.JOiis uiou th salts ot ; coiitn! r1.r your devest iuttresis

pu.uie uiSus. t;i Ins message i-i omv tnti t pa.-sri! into the hands ci

preceding j'ear, tiie vhst amount if tiios,: ; iio;i;."

sales ha.l bet-n dw elt urion . it:i ticeii.i.ir I ' th.t it in rrvih-p sir:n!

I' Ol.'l m.:i S .1 11 1 -I !1 M;i:.:i'il;'!ir ll.- i .j '

prosperity of if

has

por

null holes, and the auxiliary cu:i.:n. n'.s j id s-.i

the v.'isdni of now thai which !

is d. :.;e

I'Slit'l'j

as piiiol o

iiiuatralin I

countr)', i.i.d

os ho mm is! ration, .r.l t -f : c 1 1 anuour.eed a .'.ted as a c.damitv

tit Canercss at th? iait session, Ijibuh 'diiir r-.etfn'.ion or payment on public

country

)ortion ol toe shall her

. ount, tlie true policy oi t: but;', a.ivanced, and a large

jiicmus metals intuseu into our iiivdiuiu. These measures v. i be followed tip in due lime bv

n.tiit of State laws, hanishing fioia circulation bank notes ol stili hih.er denomination; and the object may be materia!! v

. o w

014 in1itii'v th:

IllS o

eel lielM' hi assail liiii

i':e;is of the States, and to j.is-il fatal Treasury order, which I 1

id C. r havt; oeeaMOii to notit

bahk-

ex presses

.1 procaine lliJCl-

proiiiote

d by l

aer a'.

is of Ci

ui re.

ire n ex

usion ol tlie iiar.jrcr

;oscd i.f losing lie'

mil pesevcr-

nit; i'xi i nuns on vnur part to mi yourselves

ul tiii- i:i;.jiiit;es and luischiefs of tue paper system, eirj t.i chock the spirit ot monopoly and olhci' aliuses which hai e spi uu J u p w i:h it and ol w hich it is the ina-u support. So many inteivsia. are united to lesisl ul!

i oil i. ns s'umcc!, t.'ii.i oil must not

le'pe t : a tue eouilii't will be a shorr one,

llOl su

to w Men we are exposc.l i.l losing tin-, oi li.e i'o.'iA (' ci;'.-'. He de.-aibes minutely the tutiona ... . ....... i

p..u.ic doi;:a n.ai.d get'in miiiiiu lor it on; I'ncular privess 1 1 v which lite mc.es of the

ei ss easy. .! y hnuibl ; cd'orts have a spareo, du. iti n:y .-.diiiitiistratiou iov i riiiiiei.t, lo restote the cons.i-

cc.rrenev of

lorluudiny; t.ie biiiploj'meiit.as

Oi sue

iisc.il a 'cuts,

:h banks as issue notes ol luW ue-

i.oiiitn jlicns, a:id throw impediiiienis in the way of the circulation cf cold and silver. The- effects of an extension of .'o'er 'Us raid over-isJ.ies ot bank paper have i btCil strikingly illustrated in the Salt's of

the uub::c u:uls. i ro:n tho return-' made

by the various leisters and receives

th'j early part of last summer, it was

perceived lhat the receipts

!-i!e

form b - r e COilCi to th jmhl, ' ill:

s pii-SL't: o

...... I : , i ,

, aim returned a id Cl Cults to t tli.it air. Seer le tiie p.-ople i.l e t'aiiu;;' measli i i

ccj-osiies, ; exercise of

oi Joans. lie

i ol t.'.osc lii.-libilioi: i f .:

mn cease oi li.c

lite

in j message, that

rising trom

i h ci iaiCs la riub.io lauds were increasiu '

liiil:

n all v, ref the be:

l.l T . I ,

t ) ',ui unprecedentcu ai.iouat. i.l unci, i tt.e co;n.

i:i:.-n,'h IciV id

the interests el int

aired that tliese t:o

ks SilOll

isi.lll O

1,1

however, these i

.t,

ipts

nat

s I

:,: b not:

uore than credits m bamis. 1 :.:; i-a

lii.t cut their notes f speculators; the ,,iii ri paid lo the ri'caivrrs, and i..imed.atcly returned to tiie b.u.ks, to Le lent out

ajaia end aiii, Le.n lr.re ii.s'.i e u.eii :.- to tr insier to speeulatois the most v.i.u.1.!..public land, ami pay the Coverumciit h ,i credit on tlie books of the hanks. Tiiose credits on tho bonks ol sointj ol th Western batiks, usually called depositcs, were uireadv ereu'dy beyoiid t:i-.:r f inniedinte means of paj iner.t, :.fd were rapidly increasing. Indetd, each speculation furhishecl means for t-nothcr; tor no booner had one individual or company paid in the notes, than they were imme

diately lent to anotner lor a and the banks v ere extend

t fss ttnl their issues-so iar-relv as lo alarm

aire

hj cheeked, and the tm' he lands

arrest;

eoeu ami .-ii .er, anu

)me.i.iur, 1 trust has been done towards .e iieeompii-limeiit of this most desirable

to he j object, 'hit enough j ei remains to rrquire -ul.iiciidl your en-ray u;.d perseverance. The

power, Imv. ev ei-, j, i.i your hands, and the remedy muM ami will be applied, if you .ieie i mine h."' The :.!.:.-!. is i:i?w thrown ofi", and he boldly sa s that the t.oi-istia.tion of the

inii'Uf sli.:ha-''!f intended to due a circulating inedmiii id

in tJiatle.idd and suvii. Jnev have not e:doy-

thc ptiblie jfcd. lie says, that he..eilt, because of the psdple j;kii- I cslahiisliineiit of a national bank, un.i 1,'ie io us issues unr.irtit.-aUc ir:,oe ' I. j-ija'iu.i in I he

bit I n.s

an to t.icm 1 1 o vera m iary Taney

the United S

is tire ol removmif

ad stimid.ited tiie hanks i 1 mleti St iles ... .1

;reat tiaeraut- in tne i scenic tue pe

I f it

us.

, I

: . ii'

s .i nil bis m

I I : - Is w

v- r . i lac

iirpnse: r bjsi-

.lii.v creni.s snot

isure to aceeii.iilish th

hat famous Treiisury order.

already i.d'.; rt..u to. I.ct lis pause ht-ie lor a mo.neni, and ecu '.t inj !,. te the eircums lances under which il was issued. The

f-rmci p.e ol the oruer bad been

and ik.M i:.-sc. I in Col.,;. ess. ilulom. ator. as lar as I know, in this biau tiie J,. .'is hit arc, and im-t a solitary me within my know ledc, in the IIou i'eprcseulaiiv es, was in favor it. An

ttiat i A.Cf I'tlt. ' into j eond :m

-:'ii'u. lie does not

rtion of l!,e past policy to ihe lech.Tai t ovcriniii

i oposeu lie Sebmch oi

he had just ceased t he the chief.

but he extends il to the States, also, as if

tuey were incompetent to june t interests ol their respective citizens.

Mr. an llurwn announces ihal he was

the JionoreJ instrument selected by

the friends of the present administra

tion, to carry out its principles and policy.

the honored instrument: 1 hat word, according to the most approved definition, means tool. He was, then, the honored tool to do what? to promote the honor, and advance tlie welfare, of the people of the United States, and to add to the glory

of his country? IV o, no; his country was

not in his thoughts. Party, party, tilled

the place in his bosom which country

should have occupied, lie was the hon

ored tool to carry out the principles and

policy ol deneral Jackson s Administra

tion; and if elected, he should, as well

noui inclination as from dit'u, endeavor.

acnerallv, to tread in the loot steps of

fieneral Jackson happy if he should be

able lo pei feet the work which lie had so

irioriotislv bc-nin. Duty to whom' to the

country, to the whole people of the Uni

ted states.' TVo such tiling; but duty to

the friends of the then administration

and that duty required him to tread in the

iootsteps of his illustrious predecessor, and

to perhet tlie work which he had befrun

.xow, the Senate will bear in mind that die most ilisiiuipihhed features of Ceneral Jackson's administration related to the

euireney; that he bail denounced the bank

mg institutions of the country; that lie

bad overthrown tue bank of the United Slides; thai he had declared, when that

ooject was accomplished, only one half of

ihe work was completed; that he then

conuneiVced war against the State bank

in order to linish ihe other Iialf! that he

constantly persevered in, and never aban doiied, his favorite project of a great Gov etnnieut Treasuiy bank; and that he re

tired from the oilice of Chief Magistral

pouring out, in his farewell address, ana

tueiiias against paper rnonej-, corporations

and tiie spirit ol monopoly. When a

these things are recollected, it is impos sible not to comprehend clearly what Mr

an Liurcn means bv carrviiK' out the

principles and policy of the late admini

traiiou. INo one can mistake that those

principles and that poliry rc-ijuire him to

break uowu the local institutions of the States, and to discredit and destroy the paper medium which they issue. IVo one

can be at a loss to understand that, in fol

lowing in the foot-steps of President Jack

son, :aid in perfecting the work which lie

began, .Mr. an Huren means to continue attacking systematically, the banks of the States, and to erect on their ruins that

Great Government bank, begun bv his

predecessor, and which lie is ihe honored instrument selected to complete. The

next proof which I shall offer is supplied

y .ai'. an buren s inaugural address,

from which I request permission of the

enate to read tha following extract: "In receiving from the people the sacred trust tw ice confided to mv illustrious predeces

sor, and which he lias discharged so faith

shall have means and opportunities, pro-lPiiKV of Washington, Davicaa coiii.lv, cure specimens of books and courses of Indiana, a native of the City of Cork,

study, plans of rooms and turniture, ap-1 Ireland.

paratus. Ate. for the inspection of the! In his death his family mourn a tru-

Hoard of Lxamination; and copies of thelly affectionaiu husband, a kind father; and

Education publications of our country his adopted Country, a useful and worthy

tens us ta.it t.iu liiisehiei

T.k

ii.cci.iiiiite"( - as .11 l.l. oi ii. anu ll.

in ii.uiit a week alter the adjournment oi

t Oil'

with

considerate men, and render it doubtful

whether Ui 'ic !ut:ik crenUi, ij pmtunit

he of

l lie

accitiu!a'e, tcou'J v.llitr.

the Covirnrnnif.

tid

spirit ol expansion and speculation was not confined, to t'aa deposits banks, but

porvaded the whole multituue cf banks hroughout tha Union, and was giving rise to new institutions to aggravate the evil. Titi safety of the public funds, and the interest of the People generally, required rh.it these operations should be checked; and it became tha duty of our branch of :!ia General and Siate Government lo adopt all legitimate and proper means to produce that salutary effect. I nder this view of try duty, I directed tho issuing of tha order, which will be laid before

you by the Secretary of the Treasury, requiring paymcr.tcf tiie public lan.lj sold to be mule in specie, with an exception until th lath of the present in.v.ith, in favor of actual settlors. Tics measure has produced many salutarj- consequences. It checked the career of tha Western

ress, i!ic principle, which met

no countenance iiont the legislative authority, was embodied ia the lorn) of a Treasury etetiii, and pr.nmt'a'.cii under the executive authority, t' tlie astonishment of the people cf the United States! ii wo r-os -csst-d no other evidence v. hatever of the l.os.ilitv of President Jackson

to t!;e State bmks of the United States.

the lie

pi iilgs from the

power w.aeh ton moneyed interest de

nies liom a paper currency, u bieh thev are able to con.i'o!, and the multitude of

i.is: :.:i'J he sain;, laics the people

to become more watchltd in their several St. ti. s, to check this spirn oi monopoly. To iiivi.irata their fortitude, he telis the people that it will icqinre steady and persevering exei tions on their part, lo rid themselves of the i.ii.faliit . and misehiefs oi the paper system, ami to check the spirit of monopoly. Thev must not

that oidc,

won

'"l

Hank notes, l ank issues.

piv conclusive proo:.

credits,

hope mat t:ie cunhict win be a short one, nor fcuceess easy. His humble eli'mls have not been seared during his administration, to restore tue constitutional cur

rency oi gold ana silver; and a:l!iongii be has been able to do something towards

were distrusted and denounced bv hi.n. It was proclaimed to the people that thev were unworthy ot confidence. The Government could no longer trust ia their security. And ai a moment when the banking operations were extended, and stretch

ed lo their utmost tension; when ihev were! whie

a!;n jst all tottering and ready to fa!!, fort not si;

ihe aceomphsJisr.eiil oi U.:.t uojeei v.-t'tfw

.;i;;.'ii to require ml

.e peop!

per-ev t ranee ol t

Such

and the argument on which t.iblish the second mid third

h 1 have been considerii

the

CC:

fully maintained? Is it

n roofs

rely to es:ro:iosihous Aie they

possio.e

ihe want ol that metahe basis on

they all rested, ihe executive announces its distrust, i-.-ues the Treasury order, and

enters the market lor specie, by a de

mand for an extraordinary amount to sup

ply the in cans of purchasing public lands.

tne sales had continued in the same la-

tio they had been inn-ie during the pievious year, that is, at about the rate of t wenfour millions, per i;:,v7this unprecedent

ed demand created 1-y Government lor jam! periect them.

wioeii that :iuv tiling co...d be more conclusive

on such a subject. 1 pass lo the consideration of the fourth proposition. 1. That tlie present administration, by arkr.ow lodgments emanating Ir.sui the highest and most authentic source, has succeeded, to the principles, plan-, and policy of the preceeihng administration.

fully and so well, I know that I canuol expect to perform the arduous task with equal ability and success. lint, united as 1 have been in his commits, a daily witness of his exclusive and unsurpassed devotion to bis country's wefare, agreeing u-ili him in sentiments which Ins countrymen have warmly supported, and permitted to partake large!; of bis confidence, I may hope that somewhat of the same cheering, approbation will be found to at

tend upon my path." Here we find Mr. Van liurcn distinctly avowing, what the American people well knew before, that he had been united in the councils of General Jackson; that he had agreed with him in sentiments, and that he had partaken largely of Ids

confluence. i Ins intimacy and coftfiden

tial cntercourse could not have existe

without the concurrence of Mr. Van Uu

ren in all those leading and prominent

measures ol his lriend, which related to

the establishment of a government bank

the overthrow of the Dank of the United

States, the attack upon the State institu

, . ? , - ...

nous, ana tne denunciation ol the paper

currency, the spirit of monopoly, and

corporations. Is it credible to believ

that General Jackson should have aimed

at the accomplishment of all those objects

and tnieriain all these sentiments, without

.Mr. Van Duren's participation? TO llLi C:i.C1.I DRD IX Ol'R NEXT.

and request our county editors to publish

from them or other sources, articles on education. That for the expenses of postage, periodicals, books, &C. donations be solicited from the friends of the cause. Jlcsulced, Also, that the Seercury address a circular to Trustees and Committees of Schools, requesting their co-operation, and that they propose a person in

their several districts, as correspondent

with the Secretary ol the Association.

The Doard of llxumination consists of

S. Hill, Esq. Doctors T. V. Oll'utt and

W. W. Hiit, Rev. T. Alexander and S. L. Crosby. S. I,. Crosby (and such others as may hereafter be associated with him, if any

such shall be appointed) is to visit the Schools in the county and report thereon

at the September meeting ol ihe Association. Respecting these two last appoint

menls, see the Constitution, Article 7lh.

citizen. Hospitality, generovitv', devotion

to lriends, and many other virtues marked his character. To him nijiy justly be applied the words of the Poet "Ah honest man's the noblest'' work of GW." On Tuesday ihe oOth inst. in this place, Mr. David Harper.

STiCAM-BOAT KK-:iSYi:i:.

The whig ft.-tir'il lit lialtiinorr. This fesliva

liven in honor ul the- evv York whis, took

pliicc on aturitav. As might have imc-n untirijia ted, itvva an element all.iir, mi l i-onvsnin!ed will

the reputation ul the Maryland metropolis for i-vp

ry thiin; that t-mi hrs the elegancies of life, or vvliHt

belongs to the courtesies ul" a vvuri.i-hcai id and

ijenrroiis liL'Si'ittilitv.

The Itnltiiuore whi'Jt t!o well to keep ;i!ie am

cement those strong ligaments ot trieiiiUhiii in the

-peat Democratic whig party, which at thi, event

fill crisis of a despotic power ihroatenirn; lo eriuli

tne liberties oi the country are imperiously- re

(Uiired, to be clamped mill "liouks ol teci t.i sav the vessel of state from shipwreck.

Mr. Kennedy (the anther niioke with great pow

er. Hesaid:j I'pon a recent occasion, in the City of Xi

York, lie had drank a toast to "Harry of the

vrst,"li t me now so cordially drink a toast t-

"Daniel of the North. I lm lu-.t was received

with nine cheers, and drunk stuiejintr. Cleneral Harrison was thi ll cniniilirnentcd. an

toasted as the "hero t-f the w est and of the -orth-

West.'' The toast was received with three chc and drunk UuJilig. Lou. City CiutiU.

ni-

,i ...

Sati kiuy, ?.IiirchTsM, 1838.

rou i,iThsi!)r..'T, WILLIAM "HEMBY HARRISON,

ami btamt son inuiy p

jjjed lo complete

specie must :,ave cxaaustetl the vaults oi iuot of tha banks, ;.nd produced much

oanks, and gavs the add. lional strength in sooner the catastrophe which occurred in

anticipation ol the pressure wmcU has since pervaded our Kastern, as well as thw European commercial cities. By preventing tiie expansion of tha credit system, it measurably cut o-:7 the means of speculation and rstarded-ks progress in monopolising the most valuable of the public lands. It has tended la save the new States from a non-resident proprietorship ona of the greatest obstacles to tho advancement of anew country, and the prosperity ttf an old one. It 'h-os tenritd to keep open tiie public lands for entry hv emigrants at Government prices, instead of their being compelled to purchase ol speculators at double or treble prices And it is conveying inUthe interior Urjn sum in silver aad goto, there to entur permanently into tha currcnev cd" the conn-

H r . I . 1 -

rua iasi. ,inj, weal is most cxtraoroi

nary, this wanton demand, for specie, up

on all the baniis oi tlie commercial capitals, and in the busy and thickly peopled portions of the country, was that il might be transported into ti.e wilderness, and after having bctn used in the purchase of public lands deposited to the credit of the Government i.i the books of western banks, in some of which, according to the message, there were already credits to tho Government "greatly beyond their i n;neliate minus of payment." Government, therefore, did not iuelf receive, or rather, did not retain, the very specie which u professed to demand as the only medium worthy of the public lands. The specie, which was so uselessly exacted, was trans-, tertcd from cr.c set cf bank, to the derange-'

I h p roots on t.us subject are oritl; out thev arc clear, direct, and plenary. It is

lor an v unbiased ni i :id to doubt

tor

moment aoout t.ie:

prise. I

when I sii.'.U

Yon, sir, will array them be

ne st:;

fore v oa, at their irresistible force.

first that I shall .fiVr is an extract from Mr. V.iii r.ureii's letter of ;i"eeptarice of the nomic.r.tion of the i'.iltimore convention, dated .May ".'Id, lS-'io. In that letter lie says: "I content myself, on this occasion, with saying that I consider myself the honored instrument, selected by tlie lriends of the present administration.

to carry out its principles anil policy; and that, as well from inclination as from u'c'ii 1 shall, if honored with the choice of the American people, endeavor eenerally to foilow in the footsteps of President Jackson liappy if 1 shall be able to

perfect the work which he ha so "lori-

ouslv fg?!i."

In consequence of the extreme length

of Mr. (-lay's Speech, we are unable to

its any editorial matter this week. e e

Wo are authorised to announce Elijah Thorn as a candidate for Constable at the

approaching April election.

We are authorised to announce A. L. Cornoyea as a candidate for Constable at the ensuing April election. We are authorised to announce Francis Thorn r-son as a candidate for Constable at the ensuing April election.

At a meeting of the Prudential Committee of Knox county School Association. March 17. 1S3S,

JlcsclccJ, That the Secretary ascertain

as nearly as practicable, how many anu in what situations. Teachers are wanted in the county, and on what terms they would be employed; and that he correspond with persons abroad as he shall judge expedient for the purpose of getting Teachers to come into this county as candidates for employment. And also, that he, as he

I.ettms found about the person of yn-.im Drown and Kathborn. recently committed in I. or ilin county, (Ohio) for passing counterfeit mmiry

disclose some of the plans and oprr.ilions of an

extensive league uf villains. The hand (says

the ltultimore .American) extends from the 1 atk s

to Floiida, and the letters speak ot the sti ainlio its

belonging to the company .and a urand meeting

of the clan to be held at .St. I.ouii net spuny. One principal bunk lot the company it ap

pears is located at or in the v iciniK of M.ns lUes, Indiana, the residence uf a certain Mr. l,.Ct.i. ol

counterfeiting notoriety on the reeie. The bills obtained of lirown and Kathborn, were '10's on the statii bank uf Indiana, ball's mer 'li.inl i' bank X. Y. and Id's Mxch'inL'f bunk, 1'illsbii i li.

Amount -4.(100 fresh from tlie western bank. Drown is scarcely and a son of J.-ai-v- Hn-wii

of Akron. Ilijt. linumr.

I'rorn the im.niVyii.'.'ic..'. DEPLOHACLE CATASTKOrri It becomes our painful duty to lecoxi 1

mentalile deatli or one i-l" our ino-t -ietl

teemed citizens. Duct. J.M'OU flAiii.Y, who

lied on Saturday niqht l i.-t. ol' a mortal wound

indicted bv Henry Ii. Tiuett. As Mr. Truett is

now confined in jail n-.vaitinj; bis ti il lor the awl-al

deed, we are unwilliin-: to sav an', tl-imr th it would

tend to increase tlie excitement that peivades Ihe

community. Or that could by p.issibiity l.irestjil

luhlic opinion ami pivvvnt a ralui, dispii-sionatu

mid fair investigation by mi iuipaiiial tnbuiml.

but the nielanclioly ail'uir hai.iu not mlo the

public prints in other parts of the state, it will be

xpeetcd of us to (jive a bnet outciie i.l toe tacts . . . i -. - i i t . i .. 1.-. i..

as tliev occured. VJH i -iiie'ii :iv ia-1 in. rainy

had been out on the r-iil ro.nl line, and at lii-'l. t

returned to Col. JSpottswood's Hotel, where be usually stopped when in town, lie was seated in

chair in the sitting room, rcadnnr when I ruett

entered, ilm room and took a seat upon the settee on the opposite snleof the fire place, and fixed i.is eve on the Dr. who did not tn-m to notice him.

Thev remained in this situation until all the teu

telmen present, ten or twelve in lumber left ti

room but one, when I ruett rising to bis loet, a

dressing himself to the Doctor, inquired if 1

was the author of a resolution passed at I'eoria

disapproving of his (Yructt's) nomination as lie

gister of the Land Oilice at Oalena, and addin

that he was informed that he was. In reply th

Doctor astod Truett who was his informant, to

which Truett replied he was not at liberty to tell

Doct. Early then informed I ruett that he decline

saving whether he was or was not the author ol

the resolution, hut that he Would do so, as soon

as he, Truett, would inform him who was his in

formitiit. Truett then pronounced ihe Dr. a d i

liar and scoiuiderl, &c. To w hich the Dot t

replied that lie wanted no ilulu tilly wilti l.nu inn

oul.l not listen to his abuse. I ruett aaiii re

rieated the above, and added the epithets if

coward, hypocrite, etc. Doctor Marly then ros

from his seat and took up a chair. Truett iin

mediately stepped to the onposto siJe of the room

passing round the Doctor, and he followed hi

with the ohair before mm, when 1 ruett turned

. ... , I :.l.

ami sliot mm in ine leu sine wnu a no

pistol, dropped the pistol upon the floor and es

from thf house. The ball entered the left side ol

Dr. Early, passed throuah the lower part of the

stomach and the liver, and was tnken out on th

riiiht side'nearly opposite where it rntertd. Thi

curred about 8 o clock on W eilnesdav eveninc

the 7lh inst. and the doctor endured his suiitrinns

with rhri-stian firmness and fortitude until

o'clock on Saturday nuht the 10th iii.it. when he

lied with linn reliance upon the merry of the

Redeemer. Such is a brief sketch of thi' tin

fortunato occurrence, which has throw n a gloom

over this community, and terminated in the untimely death of a valuable citizen, an allectionati

Disband and kind father.

Deeply as we regret this melancholy affair, and

much as we sympathise with the friends of the

leceased. we hope that no undue excitement will

prevail, that our citizens will refrain from the expression of their feelings and opinions,and let the

laws of the country have their course, and justice

dniinistered accordingly.

W e have deamcd it necessary to say thus much

to satisfy the expectation of the public, am! to

correct the rumors and reports that are afloat, and

are so well calculated to deceive. On Sunday we attended the funeral; it was a so! inn occasion. Thernw asan unusually large

ccricourse of People. Sjirinz- Juiir.

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ARRIVALS. March iy. Native liom J-Amisville, Tide from Ten e Haute, Logausport from Cincinnati Othello from Lafayette,

Snndusky from 1'iitsbutgh, Monroe from Louisville, Tennesseean from

Tide from mouth ol Wabash 'Z'i Native from Terra ILmte Troy from l'iitsburh, 23 Camden from Lafuyefo, DEPAKTtRK.S March 18, Native for Terre Haute, Tide for mouth of Wabash IiOgansport for Lognsport Othello for r,ouis die

Sandusky for L-.faveittf Monroe for Teniipsseean for ports above Tide for ports ahove Native for L'vansvillc Trov for Lo-jniisriort c I Camden tor Cincinnati,

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The Wash River is hitrh and risirj; fat.

: T. 43 P. ft, WATSON. & CO, Have Just Hccived per Stcaru Ecat Native. .1 t .;,? o.,cii., , ;.vrt:.v, 'r1' wbi.-h they would in i i!e tin- aiieniion . . B ol their cuslo-iiers. i.ii,: thers. whu are liciiious .f Ustiti'4 tli.n wi.j. h is COill. ''

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Oil i-.n-i-ts an 1 i. ail id.i i-ts ,r (1 ratty boxes id half cheats and j Iinj C-l catty box- s S (..') bbls. .No. M and .u. '. fill ciew (bieans tJU baas Pepper; ." do Pimento; 1 .5 do Iirnzii A uls: 15 do Filberts; 10 Jo Alniomis; f cases Iiii'ijo;

6 casks Vet Hull '. 10 do fop era-; EOOO lbs. Ciniiain.-n 1

O (jross blailiiii-j; -0 bbU- (oound ( iinpei : A I. SOSO pipes and lull-pipe- -A lVllevoisiii, Hian.iy ; I 0 pipes II. ('iii. 'i i. v. a Vi

20 hhds. N. lb Kitm; ID do. Jamaica and is-, ('i-.i.v Iium; 1 J pipct Port int-; 1 0 ijr. caks do; .ri() do. Madeira .:

i do. .'.Mtt 100 boxes Claret fO lia.skfts C'bamr

ALSO "0 Ii.ne ir-;iiii;i sweei sceiit-

4 0 canisters do do do do, 100 kegs kcntiu ky Tobacco; 40 boxes do. do; lo.OOO .Spanish ('ijiais :00.mn) ('oiTiumn do; MU) bo.ten Melee do; U'O j.u s?nuli; ,SO 50 bbh-. Pra. h Hr-mdv; 30 tin "Id Moimiii-HhW'i !,i-!.rv, iinij fl full anil ji-ri-r.i! assortment ol Pomenc Wines, (.'in, Uran-lv, Cordial-., Uoiiiiceb, Ac, Ar. Tlie above will he sold in qn.tii'iti. U suit purhasers. .March li, li5:iS!3-nt. C nriuin ti (,'az, tie.

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Just received and for -sale I-w for r -i-h. bv K. V. C.I)iI.(.i i .. Vmrerrirs. M.-r- li SO If !:!-!!'.

UUUVO I'HACIIL'.S.

COMMIMCATED. " DIldD on the morning of Monday tlie 19th inst. of Appoplexy, in the 4'.h year of his age in this place, Mb. John Mi k-

fJl ST receiwd a-idf-rsilc 10 Ibis. Urt i, I'oe.l IV.i.hes. Timii.v it TK.vcy. IV-'iCf r!Ji. -Vjmi So, ls-'S I -

DLAMii? OF ALL KLN'iJS.