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the enemy by; tUc.bravc Lbnitiaua ?olttn
,m mm reVnlarsr nnder ipv; command
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demands of Jilsiice Vo-accordapce
known law of war laws which oujrfit j to
f be extended & ike. to- the tro add tne
f-i r obff--to the Seminolean, ato thfr-
J But U guard kgainst the Pftil5rS?F
:e any authority from the President. pUged my
hS laot cooipsoioM in arm. nder .tte, copmand
- Lit to be in Kaeioa ofa heart and Wh.
: dliW to 'cooperate with me add whd aided
tb?ti braV ro!?nteera from Geprjia under (ap
luiIUjbeftaoaknd Bode., and of Florida under
ir at.u UiiAm and Ui I." wim ana ess1""
under -Majors i parston ano uiu.
.:ti. ma far a verv restricted
did cu p-
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erateVitn me aa lar at very teatrwteaj means
wuuld allow. lioweTer mucn me omw
j 4 bile, in thcr unanimous and generous reswuuw,.
and Jou gentlemen,jn your acoorapaujiM k
eover estimaiea raj pemw
in tnese
on.
'Jr mar hare
ft without egotism be wrmitted to say,
jf frank testimonials oi tnetrana your
rtivc and my efforts bare been truly appre-
when the. disasters opt the jf"111"
reported to me, I not only deemed it to be
il,tnymottoe
ciated
worA rrvr
( idt1 dutv promptly to act as I have acted fearless
of the consequences, aoa wunoui iwwns
ceremony of special order but I felt, as 1 f till
. i .nr... mvMlf at the: time, thati
should deem myself: utWDorOi the high honors
conferred on me by my counlryydunnp raore
than thirty years in successioitietrcj tapabUt
of Hesitating or pausing to estimate tke copse
quences to myself individually t or to count the
number of time opposed to me, of any color or of
i oU 'colors, whilst the fteUe and the hetylessjf
all ages were suffering the massacres and con-flagration-
of an exasperated and savage foe I
JlJating when a jouto, made a pieoge umw wiu
and ttiion hunor.!" to bear true iaim anus a,
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anceto the United Slates of America, and to serve
them honestly and faithfully, againt their ene-
mies and oppressors, to whomsoever.' fl could;
not aliow myself to sit still and eat the bread of
idleoess, while any portion of the peoplej wiihin
the limits of the: militarv command assigned to
me, were suffering under a marauding foe. 1 was
well aarare that the spirit of party might be
brought to operate upon the bearing of eyep this
as its votaries have bVen wont to 'seize upon any
abd lever eruting or excitable; tot of sj
public nature, but I bad flattered myself pat the
virtouus and wiae of al! parties : woold occur inf
viewing the branch of the natural defence of
1 which ! am a member, as belongiog to the Uni
ted States and not to a party and whjeh war
occurs it .becomes the duty of all who bekr arrmi
to unite in (promptly terminating Jhe war,, by;
seeking for and finding the enemy in the khortestj
possible period of time. I have indeed peard-ol
rival parlies having gotten op a war forfa?rty pur
poses- but do most fervently hope an l trust,
that this awful indication of corruption has not
and may never-never exhibit vithtn trfe limiu
of our beloved country I - !K
I am under orders to proceed without Mtlay to
the Texas Frontier, lam compelled therefore
to deny my self the pleasure of ilamiHg ao earljf
day to meet voulat the festive board, agreeably
ii ' to your kind invjtatiuri, which however, accept
witlv much pleasure, and shall apprise ya of my
( j t return to this place, which I think 1 may5 calcu
' V late bo in the course of abouLiwo month.
; j . 1; With affectionate respect I have the honor to
I ; "be your old: neighbor aod faithful friend. j
i EDWARD PENDLETON GAINES.
k 2 General Event t, Mayor. Colonel IfValtori,
a.idthe other pi embers of the , Committee of
i f ine sutztns oy Aiooue.
: S IMPORTANT FROM TEXS.
From the: Fordattd Advertiser.
JONNY BEEDLE, AGIX-
Dn . Vlngley iht JURtor tftht htwspa-
J'i S perjn i J?6r&nd.
' Mr. Edwardses, Your last letter makes
tt ail straight. Lord I knew bow the cat
would jump -Folks intermedliog all so
plaqgy friend) asd talking of snake aogs
aod wolf traps. - You know I told you I etas
not easily ecaied. As you are so very aoja;
ious to bear the story of the three fat Raw
son girls,l will' give you that at once,kcdn
eider about engaging in your corresponden'ce
afterwards. 1 tbooght you must have
heardlill about! if , it bappeoed so long kr
go. , j ' - . ;1' . .
Well, Simon Rawsonfs three daughters
Peggy, Jtnnyand Sally smart, jolly girlsf
fat, freckled and saucy, bad been to see
their grandmother, Granny Golding, on the
plains, and were going borne in a shay to
gether. . V . I
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It happened to be training day, and wnen
tbey arrived upon t ha meetinghouse com
mon, there stood our company all in battle
array. This was a sight to charm the Raw
son girls, and when tbey got their eyes fas
tened upon it, tbeie was no taking them off.
Tbey forgot this horse that earned them,
and old Bouypart, as Simon's black was
called,waa allowed to go trudging aion? with
his bead and tail lopped down, and looking
as if be felt sorry, while the girU kept
scratching and j twisting their necks more
and more at each step.
'Do took, gals,' raid Jiony. (Jf there aint
Ike Runnels, standing right in the middle
on'era. Who's be laughing and squinting
at? I snore, bej thinks he's dreadful cun
ning.' ; i ;!
i see him,' says Sal, 'and there id Dolp
Daniels standing at bis elbow. - Do eec!
bow stiff and warlikt he holds up his head
scowling) as if be thinks to scare folks, ; I;
wonderl .j 1
That's becanse he's a corporal,' says Peg
gy, 'but gl' me Cipt. Peter Thompson.
Don't be hollar, as if be was driving an ox
team? He tries dreadful bard Iro n looking
this way, and 1 see his big onion eye rolling
about under the coruer of that ''ere great
cocked up hat.' f
So they kept running on, till Tom Stone
the drummer thinking himself entitled to
some noticeset to pounding his drum all of
a sudden, as hard as be could lay on. Now
the old horse was'nt used to music, and I it
put the very skipper into him. He thought
it was the meetinghouse tumbliqg down a
bout his ears. 1 He fetched an almighty
torn" unwarda into; the
went Bonny rejoicing
! gutter VJin<xnj
a heap, .frightened tof death ail .buti'Fpr
whatithey could' do? Jump cut of the
sluy .and breakT-itheiir4u ecks?; r fTbui they
were read to do for the bad Josybeir its;
but help appeared when the least thought
of it. .Tbey soon arrived at the crotcb where
tbeoTd and new rbadiome; together nd
passing the pound, wfro should they meet
but Jack Robinson? e comingldoffn, the
road, armed and equi edas tbela.w directs;
and blazing in Iental5f TgoinJ tolate
to training. His name ;was
on the
roll already. " Tbe gvlsjaye a scfeam.nd
in a moment Jack! planted bim?f in the
middle of the way, with a charge bagnet;
and a Joud whofwaj 1 1 ' I : . j ! j .!
At the sight of this . warlike figure, 1 the
old horse stocilike arafiiL Ie neither
dared go onward or stop; abd whit does he
da but fetch a whirl Clear round on jfthe
spot, and run back again, j The wntr! was
so qiiir-k, that Jack thought it a miracle that
the shay was not upset and broke all to
splinters, and the girls mashed into mince
meet. And a miracle ft would have j been,
but for one reason, and no sooner were
they turned tail to, than Jack saw it.' It
was a two bushel bag full of meal,! laid; o
ver and lashed to thSaleltree. T0 reason
was ballast. - j ' ! j I 1 1-
It was not there wtfiyonr good will and
consent. Miss : Sally , and Jiith. Two
genteel, by half to cajrr iheal-bas; What
are we coming to? May be I don't kiiow
how you pouted and jturUed up your! nose
at your father's lat words 'Tell your gran
ny that eggs are nine'pebce; and atop at the
mill and bring home the grist.'--rAnd did
you not all agree to forget it? Answer me
that till Andrew Ivelley came ?ont of ; his
mill and called! to ycjuj j So civiljhe was
cutting off a piece of his wtfe's clones line
and lashing it On tight land no thanks to
you, though be bad Such a rafer for Ibis
pains, to sing to slee fver night; for a fort
night after, j ' J J ;; j i 1 :.
Back again : went Bony at his! prettiest'
gait, out not the samel way ho come; this
time he chose: the 6!d;road for;a" change.
Here was a long dotirnhiII, not Isteep, but
one bed of loose stones, from top to bottom,
and halt way down these lay oen Legg s
harrow, teeth upwards; (Ben iras ; dread
fully sorry that he had left it there, but you
can't think bow he was worried and pushed
to get off to training,) and it there was room
to pass between it and the stone wall,
there was none to spare. Mr Robinson
thinks not. 'Old Bony,' said he, went rat-
and.
ew:
says f to myself, was'iil balf an hour tx
he earns down to the shipj; Yod you yo
cheated me, says he. ! h'avnt, says II
here ths Captain put ,hh finger on his nose
wiokpJ yoo dan't fleece me :! Jew or r.o J
The next mom h i went back to tha same olaes
on ' the same erramf-fKiody ! woold "buy the
gloves, as I hoped-except(ibat son ofa'guri of
an Aminadab, arid he took 'em u before, below
cos and was off; ? You're trapped my ; otd rat
before
you've
says I "xou
have, says he, f those gloves are all of one hand.
J know it says 1. 'and 1 1 could have told you
so afore you took 'em if you'd a thought to ask
'You must takef 'era hack cried he I'll be
if I do, answered 'It'll ruiome,' sni
velled j be. So much the better, said I. 'I
know yon youvillam, and you've brought your
goods' tof a bad market, if you thiok luwuasel me
now give me i ' , (I named a round sum,
I tell ye) 'and I'll let you have the mates.' He
bad! to do it ed I out with the mates and got
thje money from;) he snivelling Aoiiriadib, who
looked as dumb foundered as a cow with her tail
cut ofP"
to pay a thousand dollars in New Orleans, a good
draft for a ' ikousiod on that city is j semewUat
beiterl than lold or silver. t I -
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i Address pirepdrtd
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1 horning' tia Trtasvry OffUe at Washuxg
fonlWe poblbbed iy ester Jay .'exclusively;! an
account of th arrest of a person saspected of bav
insrbeeo concerned in setting fire to the Treasury
05ce about hree years sgo. Since his appre
hension, we enderstaad, his wife has also been
arrested in Sussex county. (N.J.) on a warrant
granied hy Judge Baldwin, at Philadelphia, to
whielt city she has been conveyed for examina
lion tdochingher knowledge ot i he affair- i Three
months since;! we were inf trawd uf all the circum
s lances connected wiih thk hosiuess, but undrr
an injunction! of secrecy which prevenled our ri
ing them to the public, and as the injunction has
not yet been entirely removed, we are otdy ' now
at liberty to state, trial ihree persons were cin
crned in the crime, to which they were insiiga
ted by an individual jfiiiio? a hit;h station in so-
cirty, Judid T.nip!, whom, our readers may
recollect, commitltt Suicide by shooting himself
at hisjresidence real Montplier, Veruio.il, in
consequence -of a diivery having been made
that he had defrauded the United States Tre
ury hi an immense amount by means of forged
claims for resolutions iy persiims. Kimlino that
his fraod mqst ioeviiably be dicovertt. he en
gaged these !persort utMler a pnmiise ,t a U'g
reward, to comruit ths arson, tn the hnpe tlmt
the fire woujd destroy evry trace ot his guilt.
In this, however, he was disappointed; the muit
valuable papers aud fvituchers of the Tit-asury
Dftpartment were rescued fnwn the flimestnd
amongst them the . proofs uf his delinquency.
. Upwards 'of a year ago one of the incendia-
ues was arrested at Syracuse, in this stale, by
3. r men, a ponce omcer oi iMewaiK. di. j. - ,-., wn:nnm. . .
ii .! 1 ' . . . , I rv anu conquest ruinous to naimn. rr
mree oi tue , . . . , 4 , r-"v'"ar,hl
Vhen Mr. (jeorge, Whitfield was in the ie
nith of; his popularity, Lord Clare, who knew
that his. influence was considerable, applied to
him by letter, requesting his interest at Bristol,
at the ensuing general election. To this request
Mr. Whitfield replied, that m general elections
he never interfered; but he won Id earnestly ex
hort his lordship to j use diligence to make his
particular calling and election sure.".
Dr. Thompson, a celebrated physician, and a
remarkable slovenly person, could not endure the
sight of muflins.! At breakfast, one morning, a
plate of muffin being introduced, the doctor
grew outrageous; and called out Take away
the muffins!" fNo, no, said Garrick, seizing
the plate take away the raamuffios."
A traveller was talking of having seen, abroad',
buys so large arid powerful, that two of them
would drain a mkn's blood in a nigh Sir, John
Dayle,j to whom this was addressed,- replied,
')y good sir we have the same animals in Ire
land, where thejr are called num-begs"
When Dr. Johnson visited the University of
at; Andrew's, a famous placa for bestowing aca
demical honours without much discrimination,
he! took occasion to inquire of one of the profes
sors into the state of their funds, and; being told
they Were not eu affluent a? manv of their neiah-
hours. "No matter." said the doctor, drvlv. currence: for the present the above statement must
persevere in the plan you have formed, and you sumce. ou. y &nq.
hcdelirereA hrfnTm & rr?i.
osophical Societu of r..l . v
RcrUBLICAX SYSTKM OF GoWr!?
OH LlTEJUTCRK AXD THE dII
Orj CHARACTER. !Vr
fAnotlier advantage which it uvfti
present, as growing out of thai Mll
our people, which a mere Mamu-p!
the magnitude and resources f 0. Mb
and by !ie immense distance nf aj Wk
politic of great power and amhiiionfi1 '
onr bordeis, ngainst foreisn inva.i'M
foreign interference in domestic col
1 shall not here dwell upon th.il
qtient exemption of our country fnitlff
migniy engines ci - despotism. 0er
navies ano armies, anuilie celeteritS- 2
fluerice which thes piAi,t;.,ii ?
ary establishments exercise ifer the
anu euergy 01 man. i shall merely S&4 I
advert to some of the effects whirl? .r? :
cuniy 01 inuiviauais ami stales aai,yf
eign aggression is calculated ipgi
oni individual enternrise ami .... k0
tlOtl. - iff'
Mr
on a chargebf forgery committed on
banks. arPhiladelphia; but on his way to that city
he contrived to elode the vigilence of the officer
and made his escape. Knowing, however, that
ne roust eventually be retaken, ne made, a virtue
of necessity and vulonurily surrendered himself
under. the hope of pardon, to secure which; be
communicated to the police all the circumstances
in relation to the burning of the 1 reasory otnee
at Washington, admitung that he was
criminis, and through bis exertions, the actual
incendiary and his other accomplice have been ap
prehended, and are now on their way to Washing
ton. ! ' f !
When we are permitted by our informant, we
shall give a more circumstanstial detail of the oc
Since thegovernmenls of the woriji- '
become more regular and stable i'? 1
great expense 01 war nas made eveiy?,'
ry anu conquest ruinous to nations
are beziiininz to look to ihe iIpv.i
of internal resources of their 7
more than to foreign conquest and nJS
spoliations. The great svsiem nf
imrrtTimMf in nit it hr-nr.hn .14?
. 7 " . " 19 TKfrn,
will gel rich by degrees.
Three reasons for JVot Lending. -"Helloa,
Din iena us your penanirei" "i can't 1 haven t
got any! Besides I want to nse it myself"
til a l saasao avr viw ar""ii w- Mf
spring, jerked the rains of gintiy's hands- Ui down the bin i.ke ; thunder; and When
Ihov Full ulimit nia noola ami o tuu. h crn m 1 . j If'!.. -' . . .
t I
Fall of San Antonio, and Massacre of th
! I -lextan lyoops!
The last New Orleans Bulletin jcontatns
a letter from Gen Houston giving the par
ti culars ot the above horrid tragedy.
; Tbe Fort was attacked on the 6jr March,
"about midnight, by Santa Anna in; person
with 2000 men. They were repulsed with
the loss of 500 to 80Q men! ) In tho mor!
; ntng the Texians, 15 0 io nurtioer, were call
ed on to surrender unconditionally which
they refused-r but proposed to surrender ap
; prisoners of war; which was agreec to. Bit
; nb sooner had; they marched out and stack!
led their arms, than a general ; fire wis openj
: ed upon them by the whole' Mexican force j!
They attempted to escape, but only threie
succeeded, one of whom was Col. Jobn
on. i , i
One woman, Mrs. Dickinson, and a ne
gro, were the only persons whose lives were
spared. We regret to find the names of Col
.David Crockett, Col. Jesse Benton; and
; Col; Bonharn, of S, C. among tbjse who
r perished. Gen. Bowie was .; murdered in
bis bed, sick and helpless, f fJten.jCos, on
I finding the dead body of &L Trairis, drejv
. bis sword and mangled the face and limbs
it ith the malignant feelings of . a savage.
The bodies of the dead were thrown in
to i heap and burned, i j j
The effect of these horrible atrocities up.
on the Texians was electrical. Eyery man
who could use a rifle was oh the tparch for
4 the seat of war. It was believed that 4000
: riflemen were; on their way to the srmy, de-
termined to abandon all other pursuits until
Hi they had exterminated the monstetl Gen
Houston was at Collorada with about look)
men, and Col! Fanning at Goliad with 500.
they fell about his heels, and away be scam
pered up the road like smoke. Bonny had
been a famous trotter in bis youth a ten
miler and he. now shew'd that he had not
forgot to poke the dirt about, a few. The
girls tbey screamed the old shny rattled,
and all the boys and all the dogs on the
commons set off in the chaso together, haw
ling and barking, and hooting a,nd hollaring
Stop the horsel stop the horse!'
Jonny Beedle and I were sitting and chat
ting together upon the horse block. I was
there to certify and excuse him front train -ing,
by reason he was troubled with the nose
bleed. Before I could cry what's that,'
my whip was twitched out of my hand: and
the next thing; 1 saw Mr. Beedle was on
he come to the narrow, horse and shay to
gether made a clean leap oversea slick as
a fox over a steel trjapj j Mind I give you
Mr. Kob in son's, word for this, not mine.
He was there, and ii was noUf As! for the
girls, they shut their yes and. held their
. mm- -m a m . m . m
breatn, and now tney reacnea the oottom
of the bill right end upward, they cannot
tell. I
But more help was it hand.
(Stop that horse!1 The boys had been
left far behind in the race,and when the shay
reached the crotch they were just passing
John Hatha way's. They had run! them
selves out into a long string, the biggest in
front, and tapering off! with a full tail grow
ing smaller and smaller down to nothing
; From the Portsmouth (JV. H.) Journal.
, HARD MONEY
Of all the humbugs in this era of humbugs, no
greater one has been devised than the pretence
mat it is possible or desirable to make the corren
cy of this great trading community a metallic cur
rency, entirety ,ox chiefly
; 1 he pretence was set up by designing men for
selfish purposes. Old Hickory was tickled with
the conceit, and, being duped by it himself, has
been made the instrument of duping others. The
various movements which have been made to
bring about so great a matter hare been all ridi
culous, though some of them have been also dis
astrous; as a
THE BUliNT DISTRICT.
Upwardaof two hundred buildings are now ri
sing from the ashes of the great conflagration.,
aod every fair day adds some ten ot a dozen
the list. Many of them have their cellar
op, some the first story walls and granite fronts:
some; the Umber of the second flour, &c. Tbr
district resembles for activity the surface uf an
ant hill oni a summer's day, As soon as indus
try can accomplish it, all the destroyed stores will
be replaced, and with edifices far more beautiful
and convenient than the old ones. Ihe streets
will be much better, and on the whole, we have
no doubt that business will be more flimly fasten
ed to this;! section of the city, than it woold have
been if tuenre had never occurred. IS. x. Jour.
NiSHVILLE, March 17. Burning of
the slsam boat Handol-oh . A bou t S o'clock es-
wvuKvy pisy"g gunpowuwr terjay evening, as this large and splendid boat
and main, tq coax her into a canter, and
then it was thrash and canter, and thrash
all the. way tilt tbey were fairly hid in a
cloud of dust; and when I could see noth
ing else, I saw the cowskin playing up and
down, above the cloud.
top of my mare, thrashing with all his might hooting and hollaring )n all sorts of voices;
hoarse and, rough fat Jhe big: end, running
down to a squeal behind clear away out of
hearing. When the foremost boy saw ; the
turn things had taken at the srotch be was
stuch with a lucky thought. lt was only to
take a snort cut across Ben Legg s meadow,
Bony part. bad sense enough in bis fright aRd strike the new course in; the; sand be-
to know tne shortest way borne, and instead tween yegg's and widow Bean's, it was a
oi taki ig the old country road, away round thought and a jump, l and he:was over the
' . . . I m mm t a aj f i mm mm
by Carter's tavern, he steeied straight up lence, calling 'this ay boys,; bet d him oit v
the new one! by the blacksmith's shoo. And all the boys, one after another took up
Ralph Staples was there shoeing a horse, and the cry and jumped lover tool . '
v nen me gins openeo their eyes at the toot ot
Stony Hill ihe meadow was swarming with tow
heads bobbing up fy ddwn among the butter cups
and bachelors buttons! it was long legged Zaeh
Taft thai came first, j He was In time and I had
only to get over the stone wail to save the three
Kawson ffirls. Uot there - was gthe rubb. 1 he
wall stMd so slender and ticklish, that; it was
dangerous for a bird to light on it, let alone Zach
Taft. The moiuent bemoanied it crumbled un
der hims perch or more, and! down he came
sprawling oh his belly in-the midst, and swim
minor into the middle ot the road upon an ocean
I 4 THE TAM PICO AFFRAY.
V - . . w,,cauo "w oi tne ist mat. says.
f We are informed that the United Stalls District
I Attorney, Mr. Carleton, has instituted la suit I-
f EfT1 v? Jo8e Anluo1? ia- (pronounced
r MehieJfor fitting out and ibf warding ab expedi
4 two timra this pott to Tampico, againstlthe Ale
I lean GoTernmentand that thelatterihas been
It fur tni Dresent liberated on triwlnn . iw j Ti. i.
hail for his appearance in the j.Feberal Distiict
nere, oa tne mira mooday m May next"
I fen.
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'41 GREAT LAW SUIT.
hv nw vne&as u nion oi tne uad; nit. vo
fThe suit te Ions oendinir between tba ffnirXI
States and thU City hat at length been termik-
wj .Ma vtctMwj tag supreme uourt at
Waihingtoo. axrainat the claims tof the Grl.
nnV wnaequeqoes of this decision to the
V&Z?r!. mvp . natorfc!-; Thb r aom.. jof
5i,ouu,uw me proceeds of the sale of the lots on
inT J T 1? w",Cft oont is now ip the Ci-
iy Ttno vouimerciai Banks, will beeomelthe prop-
uutB xrran -tuiscient to
pay the wholejdebt of the city.and thss reraoTes
-.one w mo wsiuhib oojfc:ion8 to trm' Kit hf
Aioermaq Moatut uifiaipg tne city; into three
was stooping at this moment, with bis head
downwards, and clenching the nails Hear
.1 ill?.. . . 1
ing tno noise oenina mm, ne iook a peep
between bis legs, and could hardly believe
fits, own eyes when he saw old Bony in such
a gale. He dropped his tools in less than
no time; ran to two places at once for bis
hat without finding it; then wiped his face
witn his leather apron and sallied out bare
headed. He was just too late to get bold
oi the bridle, but in time to show his aood
will; and then jail he could do was to fall in
behind, and join in the cry of the boys
&top trie horse,7 as loud as be could
bawl. j ! ' . j.
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Xv ever mind, here comes more help. It
was Jonny Beedle and the mare. She was
a clipper, I tell you for a short race. I
swapt her away for old White face and a
pinchback watch, and two dollars to boot
But she lacked wind, and by the time she
came up by the offside of the shay, she was
pumng. tsui as tne girls saw Mr. Beedle,
they set up such a pitiful cry as went to the
oouom 01 his neart,and put fresh grease in
iu ins etuow. i it was just about this time
. t. . 1 t-: . t .. .
mat oe woraea tne cowskin in earnest.
may. cut ridiculous capers, aod yet blow his own
er's house to atoms, lodeed. those intelligent
men who pretend to think it a great affair, must
laugh in their sleeves at the fooleries with which
the flais are gulled.
! An entire metallic currency in this or any oth
er large tiauing country is impossible, tn the na
tare ot things. : In some countries, to be sure, the
tjrovernmeut emus no bills or credit; and ou banks
send out bank notes. But if any credit is given
by one man to another.fbr goods, or for land, o: for
any thing whatever, there is an inroad made up
on the hard money system; tor the debtor's note.
or the creditor's chaige against him, is not hard
money it is only the evidence of so much pro
perty in his hand; and if the note be taken op, or
the bill paid, even it in other goods, it was good
paper money; u not, it was Dao.
' Illustration.-Mr. Smith is a grocer, rich and
liberal, and Mr Greenfield a farmer, owning a
good place, temperate and industrious, but short
ot cash. He buys suerar. and molasses, and tea.
in the spring; and gives his note to S., on interest
for the pay He hauls in his potatoes in the tall,
aod torn them in to b. and takes up his note.
1 i i . ...
nere was no nam money- n is note was pa
per money, and it answered just as well as gold,
lor his purpose, and tor d. also, out suppose a
to be short of money also, and let him sell Gs.
note to a neighbor, and we have banking, as well
as paper money.
Another. A and B are two merchants. A
boys a cargo of flour of B, and is to pay specie
fur it; but he does out keep $5,000 in specie in hia
breeches pocket, oe cause it would be cumbersome;
nor yet in his counting-room, because thieves
might break in and steal it; but deposites it in
the bank tor sale-keeping. It would be useless
for him to take! it out and pay it over to A. be-
doubt one of the most powerfully eJJ.
means which can be devised to Imrlse'
plrticrp Ttlhe cumulation of weaitb,a4i
.i. .! on the progress of civilization. This
and the rail road, the steam boat anfeL
car, the water power and steam powtCf y
suiute in lacr tne great ana character i.
powers oi tne nineieemn ceniuryr-tfj
the mighty civilizers of the age in'-Kv
we Itye. They bind together Li hfA
and concord the discordant imeresisH"!
tions, and like the vascular &vsAerhf&
human frame, they produce a whcS I
: i . . -i i" . . fis V-.
Uion; circuiauiMi, anu a vivuyingana fUis
sen to action throughout the whole body to jfi
walls These great improvements in'djfjf:
ronts; country, with but few excentiol?fail
those well defined, ought to beelijjf
solely by states and individuals. Bc:if
er states -nor individuals would
those necessary workswuhout9ccurtpfi'
ioterrnptioo and tuvasnin, 4' conseqioatMiih
in trie enjoy muHT" oi me pronis uDKsiiift
might yield. WHiai wealthy, indf?
in our own state, for example, wouirw
a costly bridge across one of our rifeB,
embark his capital in the censtructielofi
canal or rail road, if foe or friend fbiift
blow up his bridge during the next
or a war might interrupt trade, anu
a treaiy oi peace mijnt cene tue c
rail way to a different state?
Of all the nations in Europe, En
the one which has been most exeuri
foreign invasion, and wo find in.thaj
try that individual enterprise Jias aifeffj
more in the cau&e of inWnalhmphSian.
man in anv outer nation in c.urorci sjv.
the prosperity and real greatness m 1 -t
gland are no doubt due in a great 0Mi
to the enerpv and enterprise of herrMitii.
in tne continental nations we nnu w-
stant liability to invasion e?ery hei
and states. One of the mosf skilfully
eers of France tells i us that itt-fotycf
thrnnrrh some of theT frontier DroilR?!'
o-- : " r ..m ;
that country, he every where bemsj Pt
most mournful evidences of the
both national and! individual euterprjs
miscrab'e roads.in decavedor fallen
in the absence of canals and :turnj)fe
manufactures, commerce, and even fefaf
culture itself, in rainy almost deed)t
gtous. Paris, the second city 10 rs?
in nmn t nf nilmlipn ahfl Wfaltll. ffiJ:
was approach ing this city from New-Orleans sbe
was discovered to be on me. 1 be fire commen
ced in ihi vicinity of the boilers. She contin
ued to run soom half mile after the fire was vi-
, J? ! a aa m .
eibie, in order we presume, to anord those on
board a better chance of landing safe. However
wnen sue aiu ianu sne was enveloped in names
which ootwithstandjng the exertions of our citi
zens; and, fire companies, could not be extinguish
ed. We learn that a negro woman was drown
eu, aod a negro man wounded, who has since
diedj in attempting their escape.
1 he Randolph belonged to the Messrs. Yeat
mans, and was insured in this city to the a
mount o 17, oOO. We have not been able to
ascertain what portion of the cargo was insured,
very near all of which was consumed. VVe
have heard the entire lues estimated at three
hundred thousand dollars. What portion of this
loss is Indemnified by insurance, we have no
meabr of ascertaining-. VVe believe the Clerk,
witn heroic intrepidity, succeeded in securing
the casji, and most valuable books and papers.
i: WHO tS MR. THORN?
Some rich nabob who claims to be ao Ameri
can, is creating a great sensation at Pans, from
his lavish expenditures and the cos lioess and ex
tiuyaganceoi ms estaDiisnment. ins name is
Thorn.- In noticing bim a Paris account says. I capital of the nation hitherto most
pptaji
1 nd
Bfr
hvffi
of rollin stones. Bony parte give a wide sheer, 1 cause he keeps his money in the same bank and
and escaped with the!-frightif But he had no can take it when he pleases. He therefore writes
time to bra? it was nowf touch land go by with I a billet to the banker, desiring him to pay the
. . w , .s, ir-i . m -m , 1 . m. im r- . .r. a
him, for every rod that he went a tresh bolting I specie to a. A floes not want tne money to-day,
over the wall by his side with a hollar fslop that I and so he keeps the billet (or, if yon please, the
horse, stop that horse!' till he came to the wid-1 Check; till to moirow; and, wanting to pay a
uw Bean's; and hereto put a finishing stroke to like sum to U ion that day, he hands it over to
his fright, stood the widow at ne door, shaking I him; and thus J) a check becomes paper money.
her table cloth in thejair, and calling the chick- without his getting a charter to issue it. some-
.a e w m - m w m - m u w - w w m i 1
ens to eat tne crumos -pidoy-Diauy-Dia- i tning iiks mis is uone every uay, row; ano it
iy!" s t r; t Li
By this time, squash corner was all in an op-
roar. Women squalhner,, boys shoouog, aogs
barkinsr from all Quarters.1 The men were all
gone to training. Bat every body now ran to
gether towards Carter's tavern and ;the soldiers
gruuuaea tneir arms rwiin.ouqi mccora,; aim iu
1 all behind
r.tpri 1 1 r-K irun. ann laii i,a m . I i . . . . .
" w-y v.w, v. no ouuv uuuil life I ant niMilnni I arl.l. Arn ha thnf rfnwn in.
old mare's bide, and she reared and pitch- Barbary road and was soon out; of sight. The
ea as u a nornei s nest was tied to her tail, road ran down a hill that was both burn and
Would be done ten limes more, if there were no
bank bills, and if specie alone occupied the
vaults.
a a mm a
Again: specie currency is no better than any
other currency that is sound.
i Money is, in itself, good for nothing. Ihe
hen on the dunghill preferred a grain of barley to
a ; diamond ring: aod a starving passenger, in a
disabled ship, would give a bag ot dollars lor a
crust of bread.!
But old Bony heard the rumpus behind him
and knew what it meant. He had heard
the crack of a whin before, and thft more
Jonny Beedle
he went- , If
pushed the mare, the faster
ever be handled a snitefnl nil, in tK. m nA A n kmL-f s. am f in
r . . . I I buiii iu U.WWV.W uiww, 17.4 .u
Mvwt, (4 ra3 uuw: xviu iu toe nignway sut
fer? I said be troted before, hill I llPrlkA
j mm-mwmm W
to trot. The mare nnahot
him hardand all the way from Staple's barn
to Jonas Uatbaway's it was neck or noth-
. . l . -
n..!i ' A . . . ...
our ii was tne luck of my old mare, if
nere was ever a bole or a rolling stone any
wuere witnm reach-to findit out. And Mr. Tth would &um JLrmJ
Nobody but a fool desires money, whether of
steep, and at the bottom vou come to a muddy I gold or paper, for its own sake, but-for the sake
i i . ' . . : ' . I r " :if I 4 - ft t
oroov anu a Drioge tnat always nao one rotten i oi wnat u wiu ouy. a negro man in nay u ouys
plank io it to say no more. . As soon as it; was a hat for himselt,and a shawl for his wile, of a
known thai the horse had, gone the Barbary i road I yankee captain, for which he is to pay 10 dollars
the cry was raised. fThe Hawsua girls will be I but the yankee knows that the 10 dollars will
tne mnoay i buy iuu ids. oi couee. I ne conee is am curren
cy and it answers the purpose just as well as
gold. : ihe conee has an intrinsic value, but its
coneenunee as currency does not depend on that,
brook, jus t as sartin
O misery! I mast break; right off here comes
Joe Bowers all in a catastrophy, and 1 know
what he is after," his wife,! thought so- and
no lime to chat I am sorry -but whew .
natnaway h carried the drain of his cellar there bat the devil of a glove coald I get any
mi iuau.
He meant to have
U br all means. Kn it bit
.ug uay, you see,' and there it wasJ So
covered it up.
but on the fact that it is current.
In some parts of Asia shells are current as mon-;
ey, under the name of cow lies, and bags filled
with these, sealed, and marked on the ouUide
with the amount are paid and received by the
merchants., bis is a kind of bard money, but
Well, I got it is not gold nor silver; and no one will pretend
that there is any rear value in s purse of little
At last -came a snetkly, long-bar- shells; yet, as they will, by common consent.
The xanKce ana the Jew tie told me a
trick of bis the other day. Said hej'ioncs took
out an adventure of gloves Cb where I
bodr to takeJ
ded. snivelling Jew, and offered me a sum below buy food and i raiment, and every thing people
cost, and rather than carry the jrloves back again, I want; they are money, and we see not why they I Jobb Russell. Elrxabeth Rogers
'On the day on which Mr. Tborn gave this ball
he sent two bills of a thousand francs to each of
the twelve mayors of the frencb capital, with di-
m- -a "a t
reciions that the money should be distributed ;o
the ppor. Thus charity and munificence went
hand in hand. The splendour of Mr. Thorns
entertainments has never been equalled by .those
of any foreign resident in trans, except by I ho-
mas Hope. I be ball above roenUoned has been
decidedly the most brilliant of the present Pari
sian season, a he dresses and jewels of the la
dies were superb. The Duchess of Sutherland,
in particular, wore a most costly parore of dia
monds." ;
Again we ask who is this Mr. Thorn? merely
however for lnlorroaiioo as we feel a little curi
ous about one who cuts so splendid a figure and
seems determined to make himself conspicuous.
c ' ' t Saturday Courier.
1 A LIST OF LETTERS "
Demaining in the Post Office at Concord N.
i0 G.on the 1st day of April, 1836.
A-Benjamin Alexander, Abram F Alexan
der, M D. 1
B-i-A B B Bfoon 2, John Barbie, Joho L
Beard, Moses Birger, David Bradford, John
Barnhart 2. Mai D M Barrinoer j
- - .T-
D-Robert H Crawford, Christopher Crim
minger, Jacob Coleman, Robert Carrtgan, iirs
Ann Crawford, James Carrigan, John Cline
Di-Barnett Ddwese, Dr George W Dun lap
Fi-John Forr f
G-N W Groner, Rev'd Henry Graeber, Na
than! Green, Henry B Groner
Hr-Franklin Hndson, mis Jane Houston,
Greenbury Holebrooks
KKobert Kirkpatnck, Alexander Kimmtos
Lr-John Lowder, Joho Long, J F M Leop-
pard John Lowder or Mr Freesland
; M Herman Meyers, Joseph McHany, Allied
McGrau, Joseph Walis McNulty, Paul Misen
hamer, Sidney McKmly, Susannah McGraw,
Christopher Melcbor ,
K Wm Nichelson, Henry M Neisler, Paul
Nueeman !
OPhibpOcbler
REzkiel Pry, John Petry, Briton Page
H Marun Rendlemao, .loses Kamer, Capt
in the beat of the r,M u - I let him have 'em but I thought it plaoo v stractre are not as good as any.
ing it, inch bv inch LftiJ t 8 1 that nobody else would buy. Before I left, though. If any body; wants money to bury in the earth,
her feet into HatW..? j P,anPe I smeltthe rat. That Amioaeab had gone rucTod orito lay up ia a wtpkia, silver, or gold,or' l.d,
ua j -; " . Ir?,nf mo canted to tn lhe merchants, iarranged it with them to or;tin is best fur the purpose. But it it is wanted
r",M: H"w. over Her head, throwing et him bay at a discount! and! share the goods. I as currency, any thing that trill pass is money to I
rfonny Beedle into the air, and herself hot- 'Not as yon knows on boy thinks I to myself all intents and purposes. And if a man wuhes
Martin Shive. Geonr Stogt.er, Elder Sol-
omofi Snyder, John Suther, Philip Shive
T Seneca Torn-r
VVMoaes W Wilo, S.loroon Weaver.
I R. W. iLU8(XX,p. m.
April 9 5wS8
fulon the continent, has not yet mw1
nf rAtr onI nlornriai. rnntrucled tnW
w. ..w . i ,
canal or rail road to the ocean, or
anv intermediate point. If our U
system contained within iu bordergf
thus wealthy and populous, ana t
situated. Can there be a doubt thai ii
long ere-thisTfcave sent its rail roads jgaf
nals not only to the ocean, but in a''
ability to the Rhine and the Danube f
Rhone, the Garonne, and the Med
an,
i This spirit of improvement,
hitherto beniirn nrotection bf our
ment, is already abroad in the laDd-
Vrt ami Penn-vlvania have alreslf'
cuted works which rival in PJeri(8
arnndeur the boasted monuraeoH ol
Rome or China, and far excel cmf
south and west too are moving on U
same noble career. And ooro0:fi
ia, the Old Dominion at j3Wiy
ed from her inglorious repose, andMu
ing forward with vigor her greaij m
improvement, destined soon, i
Blue Ridge and Alleghany fef fi
tains, and thus to realize tKej lf
tiquity, which represented tHe sim
driving their herds to pasture! on w
tains. - iifM
Omne cum Proteus perns
. vr. ' rrv ltlE?5r5
V lCic 'M i ? hi L
One certain efTertofour 'frm
it must be me i
i t,rtnt our cov
cities
of iirmrovement must De rIi
.1 L.it 1IT CWT-J
larsre towns i
Irnnw full well that great
,Y,. nrat
with great vices. m " rfp
nf the human characien oa,tJfc4
gorgeous, thoughtless S3iM
wefind, at the same
most virtuous specimens
same busy, bustling theatre.
time, wip " l-- wif
ofotirracrmi
same busy, ensuing m- - - j-jnfr
hets opinuuecv "- "i .ft
.i . nf anotberp,M .-X
mi
T U U k' ,
.u ...nnr ofanotne
find all the great .P
here. It is the cjties
!
'."el.
mi-
r