The Wabash Courier, Volume 10, Number 35, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 7 May 1842 — Page 2

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POLITICAL*

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From the Report of the Committee on public expenditures, as made to the Hou» of ReprlLmtatives we take the following extracts.

They exhibit

great

extravagance there-

inovaf of the Chickasaw Indians, a® well as Strange conduct on the part of certain public

MARCH

Mr.

17,1842.1

Stuart, of Illinois, from the Committee on Public Expenditures, submitted the follow-

'^he^Committee on Public Expenditures, whose duty it is made, by the rule of the House," to examine into the stale of the several public Departments, and particularly into }aws making appropriations of mOney, and to report whether the moneys have been dis

bursed

conformably with such laws," would respectfully report

That in the performance of that duty, and in the very limited time permitted by a proper attention to their duties in the House, thdy have examined some of the disbursments in the Indian Department, and would submit the following facts os the result of that examina

ll°They

find that, in carrying into effect trea

ties with the Chickasaw Indians, (articlc 20 W»1 1836) a contract was entered into by'the Government with Copt. Simeon Buckner: %, li appears, from the papers on file in the office of the Second Auditor, that after the dav of the date of this contract, Oapt. Buck-, ner proceeded in the execution of this contract, and before the 9th of March, 1838, he had transported in boats, from Memphis to Little Rock and Fort Coffee, 3,001 Chickas iw Indians. For this service he was paid, by the proper disbursing officers, tho sum of owe hundred and eight tftpusend Jive hundred and forty-four dollars and fifty cents rV

An examination of tho vouchers on file will show thut the only evidence upon which this largo sum of money was paid by thedisbursing ngent consists, first of receipts given

quiilly extravagant with that for baggage. The charge for demurrngc or detention of the bonis is almost equal to tho value of a steambo t, and, when divided among the four boaU, (which number only, of right, wns cni'ployed,) would make the demurrage of thirty,five daya to each bout at 8100 per day, and amounting, in the whole, to a tletentiou of «more than four months. The price paid for trahf()ortation o%hesa4,001 Indionn, composed of wnrrlorf, squaws, and children,^ fi^m

Memphis to Little Rock and Fort Coflee, is, "beyond doubt, more than ample. SupjHjse the Government had bought the four boats, each nt $20,000. To have hired hands, bought all the fuel, and puid all other expenses of running these boats, esliiniitit^g those expenccs at $100 per day, and the time •jomployed in removing the Indians at 30d »ys, •'would" have required the further sum of $12,000. This mode mode of effecting the removal ujLjhesa Indians would have cost tho GovernriWit $92,0'0,being $16,574 50 less than wndjjtoid to Captain Buckner, "hot counting the bants, which would hftvo belonged to tho

Government, Suppose, again, The GoverrfmMifhhtt'ftdopt«d another mode, and hired these four boats each at $200 per day, and that SO days w6uld Jmvo been required to remove the Indians from Memphis* to Fort Coflbe: tlie ex|enseto tho Government by this mode wotfld have been $24,000.' -4

M,h,

nyhnjito

CerS

by tho conductors of the Indians, as to tliej smiles of Locofocoism, which beguiles him number of Indians and the amount of bug*i with a hypocritical^ leer, and then laughs at giige and, second, the cirtificatcs of the clerks his manifold tergiversations and ridiculous of the steamboats as to the time the different pretensions! he consents to commit this unparboats were detained. The comm}Uee are not

prepared to say that it thqgeneml practice the number and absurdity of his antics, and of the disbursing agents of the Government to bring upon himself tho contempt (indig&ato make payments nf tho public moricy upon tion is too^ exalted a sf'ntimeut) of both friends evidence so' little to be relied on but, as it and foos,:for his shuffling dishonesty and pitihns been done in more cases than this one, ful revalidation. In the eagerness ofa.narthe suggestion may be worthy of considerur' rdW and exquisitely selfish soul to grasp a tion, whether, in all similar cases, higher #vtr visionary baton of..authority,, he would undence should not be required than tho con-^ scrupulously wrong every StJte in the Union, science of an Indian conductor or steamboat which upon the firm conviction of weeiving clerk.

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In view of these facts, if tony well strike others with equal surprise, as the committee (bit when the fact was disclosed, that lor tlwsc same services, and under tho*snme-'Contract. Capt. Buckner Was allowed by the accounting officers of the Treasury, and on the 2d of July, 1810, was paid, the further sum of $87,749! It may be well asked, upon what ground? The committee will attempt to tsxplain it. 7*

By the treaty of Pontotoc,(20th April, 1836) the Chickasaw Indians stipulated to remove west of the Mississippi river, and the General

river,

and tho General

Government to furnish them with the means of doing so. To carry into effect this stipulation. the above contract was mode with Capt. Buckner. When the Chickasaws assembled at Memphis, the point of embarkation, only 3,001 could be persuaded to go by the boats the balance of the tribe refused to do so, and travelled by land to the country allotted to them west of the Mississippi. For all these Indians who thus went by land,

Captain Buckner charged the same price for transportation as if they had gone in his boats and for this he was allowed and paid, as stated, the sum of $37,749: in other words, he was paid for transporting on boats Indians who had travelled through by land. That the ground of his claim is correctly stated will be seen by reference to the deposition of Capt.

All tho tes^imonr jn thtease

a croan.-eXnm««ati«». flui^||g^rohti} would,

The claim

was strictiy an equitable claim fo*

damages]

sustained, (i tlie duty »»f the accominng

not their province to aisp€o«i tws cqtnt) «the, .. .. ..

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The objections which existed to its payment then, and which were sufficient for them to refuse to recognize illegitimacy, existed subsequently, and applied wuh all their foice to its allowance by the accoiyiting,|ji6cers of the Treasury. The assumption that he ought \0 be paid tut transi^N^ all tribe, and the,mode pf arriving at this numbers constituting the trimL are "remarkable.

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Prom a thorough irifcesti^gatidn of this cifse, the committee are constrained to say,-there was no evidence to justify the accounting of ficers of the Treasury in allowing this large sum of money. The testimony of Captain Buckner states that he was introduced by Col. Rrichard M. Johnson, whoattended with hi in almost daily, until the requisition was ob tained. There is some reason to believe that. these daily visits of a popular Vice President had a more persuasive influence With the accounting officers in passing this claifii than the strength of the testimony by which it was sustained. «.

The whole amount thus paid to Captain Buckner was 8146.293 50 of this Amount, the sum of 837,749 was beyond doubt improperly paid. If the committee have been correct in the view they have taken of this case, the Chickasaw fund lias sustained a Io3S of 8122,243 50, attributable to the want of prudent economy and faithfulness on the, part of those connected with its disbursment and the accounting officers. All of wh.ch is respectfally submitted.- wV

TYLER vs. DISTRIBUTION#- r, The powerful editor of the New Orleans Bee thus notices Mr. Tyler's message proposing the repeal of the distribution bill:

Furthermore, Mr. Tyler, himself recommended, in urgent and decided terms, the passage of the very act which he now endeavors vo get repealed^. His message at-the extra session, before insane ambition had utterly perverted every honest principle, was perfectly explicit on this head. But, with a treachery, inconsistency, and vacillation-spe-cially characteristic of the man, he now determines to abandon this, in .common with

every other whig doctrine. To court the

(donab'.e

political crime—to rival Jim Crow in

'mm-. iits equitable share of the proceeds of the sales i0f the public land, has either predicated a

.'A liko examination of the other items of system of internal improvements, or provided .this account will prove them upon a scale e-1 for the extension of public education, or

frained from onerous taxation, otherwise needed for the payment of its debts. Thanks to the whigs in Congress, justice has not yet succotnbed to the requisitions of imbecility and treason. .Both, branches of Congress have refused to disturb the great principle, settled at the extra session, that the public lands are tin? sources of a common fund for the benefit of the States, as States."

Tliey overlook tlie fact that our public debt is half as great as that of-tho Union, and that our means aje not more than as 1 to 50. They are great State Rights men in the

STRACT—-upon

Urge?

Oovemment, unless authori^d to do so by a I "f I™*** »g-*n sum j«»» of Congress.

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paper, in, protests and resolu

tions—but they can't feel for the Slate and its rights, in a matter- practical and important to its welfare. They have no dread of increased direct taxes at home—rthey have no fears for the honor of the Old Dominion—no, no, all their-sympathies and solicitude are appropriated to the Federal Government! Their's is an expanded, disinterested patriotism, which consults the good of nil the rest of the world, before that of their neighbors and themselves!^ Possihly, if the veil cquld be li fled, there Would ppea r, nde this, grca show o£disinterestedness, a proper amount of selfishness. It might be found, that they are enamored wiih the honest and economical mode in which tho Federal Government disburses its revenues—a few hundred thousand to this favorite, and as much to that ^nd the Qther—and without this fund, some, and they would obtain no portion pf

among the rest ... the spoils! It is not to be .disused, that the thought just as Gen. Jackson punished it

ti,

not have taa iftcwvof 8y ^^stice of the republican'paroer. dissolved, fo to sustain a judgment ISf

ortc

SiKtes not yet adopted this judicious and popu? punishes it ih Jthe only way In Which he can lur play of disbursing their revenues aud to punish it. He acknowledges the right of-citf-this c.ausn, in |art» may be: refenf|pd the hos- •, aerts to think independently but if they dnre tihty of thesc gentlemen to tlie States receiv-1 exorcise that right, he shuts them out from ing their own money. all |articipatinn in the patronage of Govern-

But should not this reason, which thus op- ment. Yon may think as-you please/* says er tes on the dependents of the Federal Go- to the fieople "but, unless you will convermmut, produce a diff|M"|i| eflecj ujon the tb think that I was right in betraying the peoj)1e^t

Jtey wll.noi^_ke*wot^ u^of «.«)• ?:,,j Loco focwio

c^Mii^rf»J^mldi^tio.Moco^rate^thvo^,S#pth

much test would higher tribtmal hhyet ,i^ ilV.TJfTTAriiaa '^^^^ni«nelil»i*/or^^ie, ne*tv -tlntec awarded a j^nt *.*q?49 44. [|tfce

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natural

TTIKHN VNNA# IFLV

Penn, that most inveterate and deep-dyed

«Ket letter of t^f few fcttd ttacotoet *1t )s LR^t '9? "Tund% When vii^iiia acquires^U1® /inaneteri^g» then, »ijkJ ©ot till then,

eiitiitvkfihe boast frem the Pf«sident*s olSetiiTovgan, we

ftOR, WEAK, VAI* M.«N I

What a sad mistake for himself, as for the the country, did John Tyler make, when he supposed he had character enough^io 'tweak

vWe

SVMPA-

(ilLAITD MONEY~fE!)l!RAI THJSKItS, To the just c|aim of Virginia for her. quota of tho Laud Money, the pensioners upon Federal bounty objectThe General Government is in need of the money, and can't spare it—you will ruin tl#.credit of the country? Theise eSJimable and patriotic gentlemen never consider that our own State is mofe jn want of our own moneyilmn the .Federal Government -.-mid that wo are too poor now to be gener-

up the party that had rai$^ 1uaN|t|'w place makeone for himself upon^itsU-uinskiWin the Loti||foc(& and rife into power as successor tc^^is^1 disregard of Mnciple arij|ociaf taitlftp foal rfcekles&hess otfis great yin|r"Of'^S40, t^gu41he«ountlry in-gfch peril! What presumpt dn to set fitmarttiip to dictate and control Congress What infatuation to jhro disregard the counsels of „hi& own chosen Cabinet, as well as of that selected by General Harrison, in the most important measures of Government! For we cannot believe, that lie has not had to surmount there^ monstrances of'those who new $urrou6ff hwh,

And all this to gain a selfish end, ^hicth no humnn bqing drcams of as praCticable but himself! **1^''''"''

have fallen on an extraordinary conjuncture.—True WhigiW"

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J.ti'u* ..., WHO DID IT?Extract from the' North Carolina Wh'g Convention Address.

In 1830 t^iere were in the United States 330 batiks, with an aggregate capital of $145,000,000,. (in round numbers.) In 1832 the bank bill was vetoed, and in 1833 the depos* ites were removed. In 1835, the ^number of banks had increased to 558, with au aggregate .capitalof $331,000,000 and in December, 1837, they had, still'further augmented to 709 in numl^er, with an aggregate capita} of 8440,000.000. Now, whodid it? The Whigs are called the bank party—the papermoqey party. And yet it turns out that five States, which were then under Locotoco control, to wit: Maine, Pennsylvania, Alabama, Mississippi, and Missouri, during the period of severt years, increased their number of banks from-56 to 129. a-id their aggregate capital from $18,500,000 to $ 134.500,000 being an addition of upwards of $105,000,000 to the banking capital of the country—nearly, onehiilf of the whole increase of banking capital in the Union during that period! Why, if tfye other States had imitated these Lncofoco anti-bank folks, the increased banking capital would not have less, in that period, than five hundred millions ©f dollars! And now these gentlemen turn round, {tnd with most unnatural malignity denounce their own offspring, and would even impute thfeir paternity toothets, who had no agency in calling them into life!" *w

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l". TIIK TYLER FACTION"Ever since the commencement of the Extra Session, or soon thereafter, a small band of about half a dozen member.* of the House of Representatives, corrtmonly called the "Corporal's Guard," have sustained a uniform factious opposition to the vvljigs of Congress. It has been s:iid of Mr. Wise, to whom, we believe, is awarded the rank of leader of this corps, that he never voted with the whigs on a sing'e question at the Extra Session. The a

When in attempt is made to re-esta the one hour rule, or to take business out of the Commi tee of the Whole by a majority, or in any other way to expedite acthjn, Mr. Wise~a'nd his corps uniformly oppose ahd defeat it. Every bill or measure of consequehce, that has been before Congress this Session, not excepting those acts called for by the urgent necessities of the Administration to enable it to carry on the Government, has been opposed and embarrassed, directly or' indirectly, by vexalioys amendments, or some either mode pf factious oj»oration, originating with one or more, of the "Qu rd," and generally sustained by their united front. They, and they only, have, hindered the business of Congress.

That these systematic and uniform attempts Jo embarrass and defeat the action of a Whig Congress, by a half dozen of the special friends of the. acting President, entitles them to tho name of a

MUI

Th»t worn ohjeetk«s In iV^nsIw had full notice, Own the f«ct that two y€*rs *S*V, f" t)^tnb^ionJcnoles ^mefanchpij? Hkd elapwd sinea ft was made, and the oBtupon a pr wjth ahouW have a^ked themselves why Capl. ,t J, »j^»r^bca«on of» ceruio Seoaior. thpt As it at uhe

|l*tve*be mutclrfess amfr aitreciow i^iideiKJe e' ih^' ejajnple of Mis^stif»pi

•1

rhilfipa or Opt, Collins did rrt* nay it at the «Yoo don't pes# hers** as tbe cocnter said I public mora'b would not be corroded tqr tfej tkm when he. wMjpatd the turn df #108,000.»to

the ted shilling. receipt of ^jnwy^RUkmmd Wkig

msite

FACTION,

They wnopay the taxes,: ^wrty which elected' me, and in vetoing the

and ,d©Sire an honest Government, have a hAifk bilt which myself had ursr^ll^'rcqiiestdoubie moti\-e io demanding the receipt of the my blhet to get through Congress, you money. Their taxes will he thereby dhnio-1 ^all have neither part nor lot in ni*y of the ished. and the m^ans of cormptio^*. fo. thai at the disposal of my Adex\oiit, will at the same time be wri^ted from mii)is^«ttioh Jtmjiutfc tW Federal Government. Judging by tbiHyr«af •'& paKthe&Mw The loan bid Ima pass(dTheSeiMtAbya rots lliB roonev than Ho Fedoral OoTCrnmeot.^ gg ,^1, Whrg4

4» sguandering A upon^ Vaoch min^lefa^ ers, ^ranspqrt|il«oo oHj^sby LbcaFoco^i

we think,

will hardly be questioned. And if it shall appear, that they have nn understanding with the acting President himself, and are prompted by him, (ofwnich, we believe, there is little doubt,) then it is a

TVLER

FACTTOS.

Consequently, we arr-ve at the result, that a TYLKR FACTION, organized in thfe House »f Representatives of the United States.has been engnged niost nssiduOusly,' 1. Tq defeat the action of a whig fcongrdss: And To make a whig Congress responsible before the country for their owii acts.

It is a "deep game," as the Honorable Chaireran of tho corrimitteis' of ways and means,, intimated 5" but It is an obvious mq."— True Wh ig.

•atffry

,«i FREEDOM OF SPEECH.,^ President Tyler punishes the freedom of He

I,rt0affir.natiye,«n!l

in, and aye ex«

lia.e prev*i!ed,l^Q honor acred

more or«nno(v that,^nd, and it is not certain but the_V have been

sides, w?ex|eci.io the Pre-

Loco

ipi is exposed to Distriaranf .ojooeyJJShfr

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flAKHYOrTHBWEST.

in the capacity of advisers. What madness ^n imovrMwu Wflt' tfid he should Ife tw wnip canaiconfoundihg the policy,-^ which constituted the, platform on which he came into power!

The Editor of the Qumcy (1H.) Whigplace* Henry Clay at the head of his columns, aod

As this number commences time of thte Whig, weimve conclude* to commem^lte ^e tbfc name HARRY OF

T,"

and affections of the whig party,

ehliven

THp

as our onoico for the next Presided* rttbn. In doing, this*

thai we W echo the seitftaientsT of tfirparty tall this section. In almost every Circle— where politics are discussed—lb® ereat man's name is suggested as the one, and the only one, whose energies

eaual to the task of steering the Ship oFb*ate

With American vessels, whatever be their destination, British cruisers have no pretention in any manner to interfere. Such vessels must be permitted to Engage in it, to en-, joy a monopoly of the slave trade but the British Government, concludes Lord Aberdeen, wjll nev^r endure that the fraudulent use of the American flag shall extend the iniquity to other nations, by whom it is abhorred, and who have entered into solemn treaties \yith this country for its entire suppression."

From the National InltWgtncer

and

abilmesnre

r.—KI-9

date and throughout the West*

which are

safely through tbesea of troubtei ^ast|»ht-rin( aronfnd~her and! It seems to be in un3e

rstdbd matter—one thai admits of no j^-thSt he should lib t# wliig candi

,s"^

ing more'than justice for his eminent pobrtc services in aid ,of their cause, thai the wbigs should nomi»iate hini as their candidate and never tire until he occupies the high^station for which he is so-eminently quaUfied. we were early taught to respect him as one o. the first statesmen of the age,and this respect has increased to veneration, gratitude and

Jove?

"and we consider it a duty, as a true whig, to pledge our journal in his behalf, and give our feeble aid to the advancement of his cause in die coming struggle believing au the same •time, that his country owes him a debtor gratitude for past services, •and the only way to cancel it is by choosing him the uext President of the United States. The party, after the treachery of Mr- Tyler, are lookingiothis great man with "hope and pride—-he is one .on whom the people may rely in any emergenbyj and if the signs of the times are an index or" the popular current, we predict that the most heart-cheering activity and enthusiasm will

thewhigsfivery where in his sup*

ind be the means of placing him tri-

umphantly at the head of the nationi^^ I hen Will a hew era begin—a .change take-place.-— embarrassments be removed—ond prosjjei'ity and! Wealth crown the labors of the husbandmani the mechanic, the merchant and^iear-

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FREE /TRADE.'

In recent patriotic fipeech in the Senate, 41 r. Rives, of Va. thus expressed himself "I believed free trade to be,the true policy of all nations, and I cannot doubt that each

Would find its highest advantage in "i/ aU ktoould adapL it. But, while a large majority of the nations of earth seek to build up the jjeculiar interests of their own national labor and productions, by regulations of restriction, and exclusion, othertiations must shape their policy, in a greater or less degree, so as to {shield themselves from the effects of this selfish and anti-social syste.m. If other nations •shut us from their market at home." This is exactly what the American system has always aimed at,and of which the whole Country will sooner or latter see the wisdom aod necessity.—Atex. Gaz.

TIIE RIGHT OF SEARCH.

Thte London Times, the organ of the present British Ministry, of the 30th ult., contains kord iAberdeen1* reply to Mr. Stevenson's note on the right of search, and remarks —"Lord Aberdeen begins by disclaiming all responsibility fdr any expressions used by his predecessor Lord Palmerston —he then explicitly repeats his former renunciation, on the part of this country, of all claims'to aright of search over American vessels in time of peace and observes that When a vessel is bhee ascertained to be American, the British cruisers are ordered to abstain from 11 interferanee with her, be she slaver or otherwise.

AT THE^

GRAND OFFICIAL DINNER RUSSIAN MINISTER'S It is not the habit of this paper to introduce into its columns allusions to the affairs of pri* Vdtelffe but perhaps we may, without improjierly invading the privacy of socinl intercourse," so far depart from this reserve as t6 tnake mention of nn entertainment which we understand was given by the hospitable and respected Minister of Russia, which was remarkable no less for its splendor than for the distinguished character of the guests, and .the Jronorable motives which may be supposed to have prompted the assembling at the Sam6 thble of such a company. To do honor to the Minister of f^eace from England, and tobrm^ ground the same social bo trd with him the leading men of all of our political parties, together with the Representatives of Foreign rowers, is presumed to have been the motive $ir »naarked an assemblage. Our readers jrill appreciate and pardon the liberty1 of this ooticer when we enumerate the guests who, we ieara, graced the feast, the names of ExPresident Adams, the Secretary of State and t*h«r ipembctp- of the Cabinet, Mr. Clay, Mr» Spenker White,Senators Calhoun,Crittenden, Preston, Benton^ Barrow, Wright, Rives% King, and the General-in-Chief of the Army*

We may hope that aH the good fueling winch it wa*.the purpose of tbe generoushost to promote among his guests^ will be found to tve flowed froa) the meeting. •.?*•.m*. :":t

HAJSBOU DEPENCBS.—Gen. Wool Commandan' pf the Eastern-Department, has arrived tn N. i. and |ake| iodgmis at BankerV fle |i engaged putting our h«rbor io af Vpopef #od during the last week mounted upwards of two hundred guns in the different fottg^tjgML We lesrn tfeit in a «ery few days#he|e wi|i be moiihted at the Jiafrows, and Ktfis'i Isl»

At, upward dfTour buadred pieces of. heavy ^*»haance,co®(|itogof'44^ aod JTbe works on ^nibw'b khusi (Port Wood.y «r« aadfergoinga thoraagli i®pwfS-4-HT* Y~ fii i.' v. *4

FjMBradBU GAIT-—We like to »ee a k. as thouo^ Hbe

yoong lady watt as though was Jn)^| foseiosting. her. is"so ioseiosting. She is jewt the ^rh fi?r the dandy wb lilte aa oped ewer a bed of hoc

tost pnot^h fKr tne dandy wtc po- Iringsd tnr^ey traveling ukrjaabes*

Yoo're too hard t^ion me** as the corn sand to the tight boot:

FKOM INDIA.

The English have bafeo befeated in Affgha rihtan, having lost six thosand soldiers and most of the invading army. The news, which ww£ brought by the Lndia mai! of J'eb'Uary l^^itl be found embodied feitonent of tl^ LondqriTimes ^|b|ur conte«ipo^aries give a still mo tr6i& account than wei can ourselves

it of- the fate of our troops at Qir omr interview with Akhbar Khan, the leader of in&ui^enls, and, by the hand of that Chief, there i% onfortunutely, uo doubt. It is further said that the remainder of our 5,400 men set Out in despair frbm Cabool, in the"desperate hope of figntiug their way* 90 miles through a country, iu itself alinoel inpassable, under the attacks of enemy comjputed at about 40,0GN). The lasJ authentic lEiiropean jntelUannortneed' this intended departure and tlfe pativd reports, which1 are xid a I-

Another latter describes the 44th and Queen's, when "last seen," as reduced -to I50,"'but struggling'through'the*snow still in a body. The hopelessness of such effort would seem only le-s than the hopelessness of remaining where they were, or than that of preserving their lives bv any capitulation. The fate of the envoy, coupled with :ho bittor demand that'"they should lay down arms, leave tneir Vromeri, and 6o march cut, would show them that they had little choice except between dying with or without arms in their hands. They choose, it seems, the latter, a choice becoming British soldiers whose duty to their country calls upon them so to full, if fall they must, or to show their enemies what manner of men, they have deal with, as victims now* as avengers, perhaps, hereafter.^ Even more melancholly than the fate of our countrvmen, however, would be tliat of the faithful native troops, who would have head involved in their defeat and dest-ruitibn. The Eeglisbmen knows he is sacrrfioingiiimself for- his country'—hb is supporting the honor and advancing the power of a name in which he -shares the Sepoy is fulling at the bidding of his master in a quarrel in which he has no interest and from whidi he and his will reap no national honor. Yet have these men certainly shown themselves not less firmly faithful, even to the last extremity of hopelessness, than our own brave fellows.

We cannot, lioweyert yet believe the account which is put forward, It is too terrible. It seems pot an eveut of the English empire in the-nineteenth century, but a hideous dream, a horrible tale, when we read of 0,00CT men massacreed almost in cold blood,a British Envoy treacherously murdered, and sixteen of our countrywomen (as is asserted) carried off by an army ofsavage enemies, with sickening details, which we could scarcely beai»to writer feeling, as we do, that there are those Tn England to whom such particulars are not, as lo ouraelves, mere frightful barbarities a fearful page of history brought nearer, bat piercing apjieaIs to their own pfiih sonalrecollections and.ftl!eetion,f.

We are indebted lo the Hon. J. A, Pearce,* of the House of Representatives, for a copy of a Report from the, Secretary oflthe Navy in in compliance with a resolution of the Senate in relation to. the purchase of domestic water rotted hemp for the use of the navy.

Mr. Upshur states that an agent has been appointed to visit the hemp-growing region for the puyjose of examining specimens of d.o? mestic hemp, and of making contracts for cer-, tain quantities to be: used for experiment^ to test the quality of the article. The agent is authorised to give $280 per ton of 2,280 pounds, which is considerbly above tfie price paid for Riga hemp and itiTis further instructed to give all the information in hn power upon tlie subject of growing and properly prepairing hemp Jar.the Navy.

this

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owing

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of our own despatches, went on to say that that departure had taken ace, with the result to which, probably, the men themselves had made up tbeir minds—their total destruction. To these reports our own correspondent, whose letter our readers- will peruse with much interest, refers incredulously* mentioning their circulation, but adding that they "met with but little credit." Two papers however profess to give the intelligenCe on the authority.of & survivor,, who saw with his own eyes seven of his brother officers fuil.

pfgfn fa Balimort American*, WATER ROTTED IIEJft1.

Upshur concludes by saying! These intructions are, it is believed," as favorable to the hemp-growers, as tl I)c-

partment can sifeJy, make them at this time^ It seems to be their wish that positive cotfc, tracls should be rfrade in the hemp-growing country, and 1 shall be ready to gratify them, in this wish, whenever, it car. be done with justice to the Department. It is with this view that the agent has been directed to report as to the best landings for shipping the article, and other similar matters, which must enter into the arrangements ofthe Department, if purchases are to be made in the hemp-growing country. At present 1 have ho warehouses for storage, no place of der po»ite, no agency for shipping or taking care of the article, no pieuns of testing its quality and neither money nor authority provide any such faciltirs. All these things are necessary tp enable the Department to purchase upon- fair terms in the bemp-growing country and I respectfully submit that further legist tion upon -(|Ms subject is necessary, io order to effiact that object. Desirous to provide all the maUriaX of the navy from the resources of our own eountry, 1 shall be happy to jCarrv out the views of Congress in relation to

Prom Magsachusett*-—Jas. C. Alvord. From ?few tbfk—-Anwu Brown. Frbm Penrrsylvania—William W. Potter, Ertos CharlesCWef Wm. 3. Ramsey, Hennr Black Davis Oimmock, Jr., and Joseph Lawrence.

important subject, in the manner most

acceptable to them. r{ -.1

Sp«M*r

JfORTAl ITY HI eONORTEwi

irhe tflobb furnished the foMowing li* of members who have died since the commencement ofthe27th Congress. Pennsylvania bai suffered severely.

Frohi fSfoth. Carol'mat—tewts Wilffoms. From fTentocky—Simeon H. AndersoitL From Miasousri—Albert G. HarrisrtfjTwrive }nnmuber.?

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Nrjteiki Fatis.—Prtswteiit Dwfgfrt, of flew HmTen, efctimaJcs the qt«ntf!y "of water precffntated over the Falls, at 11,209,3?5 tons per hoof and Tferby cnlctilates the mass tn mnke l^T2,704,00(^ cuWc

lEirrtm.

The question dkipured for ji loog time in relation to the fraudolent stOof of tids Bank ismed by its ageot in -Philadelphia has heea^ finally.settled, the Kentucky, Bank recognjj^ ing, and righfully, all the atpek in the hands of the innocent holders.

The President and Directors of the Bank have passod the following resofutions. 1st. Any undivicted earnings of the Bank, '7 ftp to the 1st January, 1842, and any earnfnga subsequent to that date, over & percent. per anmum, and all sums recovered from theSchuylkill Bank and other sources, onaccoubt nf the said fraudulent issue, are set apart tb cover any lossf ***•*'*^'2^ 2d. Said fund shall Be styled"vfffe""

3d. The {^resident and Dirocters will acknowledge over issues in the hands of imio- [V cent persons, and ..wilt enlarge the capital 'T of the Bank, not te exceed €(1,000.000. 4th. The new ^tock books shall be kept' at the principal Banks in Louisville.

5th. Any bon+jide holder of stock may present the same, fo^,recognition to the President and Directors, giving his affidavit that he bought it for a valuable consideration, without knowing ofthe fraud by the Schuyl1IH

P»tnlr nleA tvilK (KA sfli/tnvil nf iko k«*.

kill Bank also with the affidavit of the broker of whom he bought it that he acted in good faith also transferring all claims of$f the holder against the Schuvlkill Bank to the Kentucky Bank/ if ».** 6th. All applications so ninde/ will be Tald LS before the Board within twenty days, and if the same are granted* the applicant wilt receive credit on the new Stock Book. 7th. Where there are moiQ than one, tho stock stands in the name of one owner, while-J-affidavits shall be made each one scperalely where a corporation is the owner the affidavit shull be made by the chief officer. 8th. The stock Books will be opened on (he 15th April.—N.

Y, American*

From tk* North American. ,-),f BRANCH MINTS.

ossibly the brighsat idea, which has shone in the political firmanent for the last ten years was that their co-adjutors, that the establish-' ment of Branch Mints, would increase the nmoun£.of the specie currency in the country, It was satisfactorily proved, when this project wn»f first agitated, that the Philadelphia Mint was more than equal to the business of coining the gold and silver which hsdr been at any time furnished, or wanted for cohverrfion into a circulating medium. But itjoi^ned a. part of the mefinorable golden humbug scheme^ through the o|eration of whiqh American feagles were to flow in a constant tide up the Mississippi, from the Now Orleans Branch—and were to glitter through the interstices of every pauper's sijk* en purse. The opposition party of that day cried fudge to all these crazy dreams. 'But their exclamations liko their arguments availed nothing. Humbug wos triumphant and asccndant. Its results are now apart of our political history* and if th6 impression of them is lost upon-the people' it is in vain that experience tetCehes, or the fore-warning voice of wisdom is bnredjir 'j

Among the Reports, which life fndustrious and honest members of the present Congress have prepared, with a view of showing from official documents the actual mode of doing business by the Ihte administration Is thatlof Mr. Green, from the CommitteOn Public Expenditures, giving an accotit of the rise and progress of the pranch Mints. The figures in this Report,r—and fortunataly there are fig* ures which require no argument to elucidate them and the mighty force of which no explanation can diminish,—Exhibit a series of profligate expenditures for utterly worthless objects to which even the jobs iu Florida scarcely afford a parallel, the Washington correspondents of several papers have made extracts from the Report on ihe Bmnch

Mints,of which we here make use Thqre were three Branch Mints establish ed one at New Orleans, one at Charlotte, North Carolina, and one at Dahlonega, Georgia. Under the contracts for the buidling and machinery of the New Orleans Branch, the cost was to be $186,000, and it was expressly stipulated thut "nocompeosation should be all owed for extra work, materials or job work Notwithstanding this contract and stipulation, the Van Buren administation allowed 9326,000 lobe paid for this work. The current expenses of the. concern were in the splendid rotip, making in the total, the cost of this Branch up to the year 1841, upwards of half a million of dollars. The North Carolina and Georgia Branches, were not quite so liberally provided forr but putting tho three together toe government has paid for

them as follows Branch Mintat N. Orleans, .,« 0554,570 Co«t of Brtth^h? at Cliurlotte,BF f^rj|38,278 Cost of Branch at Dahlonega," 129,700^

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feet per hour

while aoother anthority Picken, makes the qoantfty to be 119^10^)00 gallons, or 18,-

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#822,450

The current expenses of it*© two latter branches' are not include* S" Thusalready, well upon a milh'oh of dollafs has been expendisd upon these grand Jackson and Benion gold and silver producing establishments, exclusive of the expenses of two of them and what hare they done for their neighborhoods W far the country in return 1

There hair beort coined in thwft during th| five or six years of their existence, just abdur two millions of dollars, wfilch could have been coined at tb© Mint In this city, f°r trifling sum of for four thousand. In other the coinage at lhe^ southern Branches has cost more than two hundred times the turn m# which the same work could have been ex% cuted in Philadelphia. We do not fo have sear statements in any loco-fcx» jooroaU Ta publish tbem would bo' an loi fringemet of the grand system of humbug which theyvstill pursue. There hpwever not a*day which 'thfail tif abuse the I Wing imjority Congress, for crcating loan to pey off thi tMH, Ineorred by these and similar reckless and corrupt squaderings of the natkMial teeasury rJ -tm if •«?.' iw.-nm Rmn^—If the following so cop tit of: Cttird be true, it may. be called a duH, bul caoaot be flsid to be a dry place. The N- Qf Picayune wys^onthe authority of ajteambdat traveler

water is UMMHll five feet deep all

amvnd the Hoow, and the froga ate trying to find iqaps lositopon, that tbey have stopped croaking entirely^

JPhe boat he was

on, hailed one of the houses in the evening," thinking it was steamboat. The pik* Wlok tho wind^wa for 'stern lights.* On finding he was right "iu town with his steamboat, and

would nake a good tempewnoe town now, tit there'm ptenty af water." -rr_