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" ri Vi :f-TitiiitVi FOIiZTZCi&Zi, The "malign influence." 'That ear readers mayunderstand the alleged causes which led to the following correspondence, as well as that which appeared in our last paper, we ex tract the following paragraphs from an article in the Washington Tele graph, of the 24th ult. "We will postpone for the .present a further notice of the letter addressed by the Presi dent to the persons implicated in Mr. Ingham's letter to him, under date of the 21st inst. When Mr. I. shall have been requested by the President to furnish the proofs upon which lie made the statement, contain ed in his letter, they will be sa tisfactorily given. It is not for us to anticipate him. We a gain say, that Mr. Ingham has not gone so far as to affect in a fly wise the proceedings in this case. "What is the true state of this question! Before Mr. Eaton was appointed Secretary of War, certain ladies had refus- ed to associate with his wife. I After it was understood that he was selected, and before his name was announced, he was informed that his elevation would work no change in her favor; and was advised not to provoke the consequences. lie then protested that a refusal to associate with his family would not be cause ., of personal dif ference with any one. By de grees he found his power in creased, lie obtained control of the President's will, and made an acquiescence with his demand the condition upon which Iiis colleagues were to remain in office. They refus ed the cabinet was dissolved; and the Philadelphia Inquirer, devoted to Mr. Eaton, and the favored press of Major Lewis, charged, as a justification for the removal of her husband, that Mrs. Ingham had refused to associate with Mrs. Eaton. Many weeks thereafter the same fact is stated in the Tele graph; Maj. Eaton then de mands of Mr. Ingham to disa vow the fact, under pain of be ing held personally responsible, and by way of provocation, slanders Mr. Ingham's wife. "But has the President re moved every discontented fad ing from his councils! lie has not. He is yet surrounded by an irresponsible cabal, who use the malign influence as the means of control! ing the power and patronage of the Govern ment. It becomes the Ameri can people to know the whole truth. The threats of personal violence shall not intimidate us; and, as it is our duty, we will expose it to them. Our returning health shall be devo ted to this unpleasant duty." Washington, 2lstJune, 1831. The President of the United Stales. Sir: Before I leave the ci ty, it seems to be due to the Government that 1 should oer- form a painful duty, imposed upon me by the events of the last torty-cight hours. It is not necessary for me now to detail the circumstances which have convinced me of the existence of vindictive personal hostility to me among some of the offi cers of the Government near your person, and supposed to oe in your special confidence which has been particularly de Kciuycu wiuiiu me last two weeks, and has finally display editselfin an attempt to way lay me on my way to the oft! yesterday, as I have reason to Dclicve, tor the purpose of as sassination. if you nave nol I already been apprised of these movements, you may perhaps be surprised to learn that the persons concerned in them are the late Secretary of War and the Acting Secretary of War; and that the Second Auditor of the Treasury, Register of the Treasury, and the Treasurers! the United States, were in their company; and that the Treasu rer's and Register's rooms, in the lower part of the building of the Treasury Department, and also a grocery store between my lodgings and the office, were alternately occupied as their rendezvous while lying in wait; the former affording the best opportunity for observing rny approach. Apprised of these movements on my return from taking leave of some of my friends, I found myself obli ged to arm, and accompanied by my son and some other friends, I repaired to the office, to finish th'e business of the day, after which 1 returned to my lodgings in the same company It improper to state, that the principal persons who had been thus eninloved for several t j hours retired from the Depart ment soon after I entered my room, and that I received no molestation from them cither at trfy ingress or egress. But, having recruited an additional force in the evening, they para ded until a late hour on the streets near my lodgings, hea vily arnid, threatening an as sault on the dwelling! resided in. I do not present these facts to your notice for the purpose of invoking your protection So far as an individual may rely on his own personal efTorts I am willing to meet this peril; and against an assault by numbers I have found an ample assu rance of protection in the gene rous tender of personal serv ice from the citizens of Washing ton. But they are communica ted to you as the Chief Magis trate of the United States, and most especially of the District of Columbia, whose duties in maintaining good order among its inhabitants and protecting the officers of the Government in the discharge of their duties, cannot be unknown to you. 1 have only to add that, so 'ar as I am informed all the )ersons engaged in giving countenance to this business are officers of the Government, except the late Secretary of War. I have the honor to be res pectfully, your obedient servant, S. D. INGHAM. J unc 22d, 1831. Messrs. Col. Cam obeli. Ti easurer: Maj. Smith, Register; Dr. Ran dolph, Acting Secretary of War; and Major Lewis, 2d Auditor. Gentlemen: I have this moment received the enclosed letter from Mr. Ingham, dated the 21st inst. and having imme diately, on its receipt, sent to ask an interview with him. 1 find that he left the city before it reached me. I wish vou to state to me, if you, or either of you, have had any agency or participation, ana it any, to what extent in the alleged mis conduct imputed in his letter herewith enclosed. I surely have been deceived in your characters if you are capable of so far forgetting the responsibilities of your stations as to participate in the repre hensible conduct charged. To the serious charges contained in Mr. Ingham's letter, which gave me the first information that I have had upon tho sub ject of his difficulties, I wish you to give a prompt and cxpli- cit answer. Itespecuuny, ANDREW JACKSON. fOn the receiDt of the above, these gentlemen replied severally, pleading nol guilty to the charges preferred a gainst them by Mr. Ingham. '1 he Globe of the 24th, also contains mc following letter from Mr. Katon. June 23, 1831. Mr. Blair: I owe it to my self and to tho cause of truth to solicit the favor of offering a few explanations through the Globe. A strange letter of Mr. Ing ham is published in your paper this morning. It charges me with a design to assassinate him; and in having organized a conspiracy to accomplish it. Why did I not organize this band from the War, rather than the Treasury, Department for most of the gentlemen charged are of the latter? The public will not, I presume, give credit to such an accusation, coining from such a source. Wantonly insulted by Mr. Ingham, with a view, as I believed, to pro voke an adjustment of our dif ference in an honorable way, I adopted the course which evi dently seemed to be invited by my adversary; and which np poared to be the only nherna live that was left to me. I nlcad not iruiltv to this charge of conspiracy and me ditated assassination. From the moment I perceived that Mr. Ingham was incapable of acting as became a man, I res ti olved to pursue that course, which was suited to the char acter of one who had sought difiicullies, and shunned all ho norablc accountability. 1 bar bored no design upon the hear of one who had shown himself so heartless. Having ascertai ned that his sensibilities were to be found ouly upon the sur face, I meant to make the pro per application. On the 19th I notified him, that unless the call I had made upon him, was promptly and properly answered, he might expect such treatment as 1 thought his conduct deserved. My note of the 2Uth also advis ed him of my intention. Ac cordingly it appeared matter of duty for me, to dissolve all con nexion with the administration of the Government. How then can Mr. Ingham suppose that I would involve those gentlemen in a disgraceful conspiracy a gainst him one in which, as public officers, -they could not engage even if inclination had sanctioned? Their own charac ters are a sufficient answer to the accusation, unaided bv their positive denial of its truth. 1 did endeavor to meet Mr. Inn- ham, and to settle our differ ence. Unattended by any one, I sought after, and awaited his appearance, during the accus tomed hours for business, op enly and at places where he daily passed to his office. He was not to be found! I passed by, but at no time stopped at, or attempted to enter his house, nor to besiege it by day or by night. I offer no statement here that is not susceptible of the clearest proof. My note of the 20th was written with indignant feelings, and under strong excitement; hence the reason why any ref erence was made to a female. 1 regret it; although the letter was a mere private notice to Mr. Ingham, and was so inten ded. By me, it never was de signed to meet, nor ever would have met the public eye. Respectfully, &c. J. 11. EATON. mo TUESDAY, JULY 5, 1831. CANDIDATES. For the 3d Congressional district Dr. Taos. H. hall. .TnsrPII R. Lloyd, r-?q. Edgecombe County General 2s- semoiy oeuc. Gen. Louis D. Wilson. House of Commons. Mr. Hardy Flowers, Gray Little, Redding Pittman, William D. Hopkins. The "Poor Indians." The pub ic are at length put in possession of some iaci, "tnui jjiwwuw.j the moving cause for the excessive sympathy recently manifested by some of the most ariieni legal ana re ligious advocates for the rights ot the ''poor Indians," as they so ieeiingiy characterized tnem. The Washington Globe states, that some persons seem exceedingly in censed, that the President should hive refused to rive the annuity pro vided by Congress for the whole of the Cherokees, to two or three of the Head men of the nation, who were desirous to put it in the pocket of xlesrs. Wirt and Sergeant, who re cently argued the cause for them in the Supreme Courtthat the Presi dent told Kidge, and the Head men who claimed a right to the money, that it bflonged to the individuals who compose the nation, and not al together to the wealthy men of the tribe, by whom it had before always been engrossed and that hereafter the annuity should be equally divi ded among the whole tribe. From the documents accompanying the last annual report of the Secretary of War, it appears that there is now annually paid to different Indian tribes, the sum of $254,870 of wnich the Cherokees receive 12,000. In addition to the above, Congress has made an annual annronnation of Si 0,000, for the civilization of the Indians of the latter sum, 6,693 were remitted in the three first quar ters of the last vcar to several reli gious societies,' (principally the Am. Board Com. roreign Missions,) who have schools established among the Indians. The case of the Cherokees, (and we presume it is generally so with the other tribes,) shows that their tea chers have inculcated to some pur pose the arts of civilization the most prominent of which apparently is, to enable the fexo to engross the benefits, and to compel the many to bear the burdens ot the commu ... . . i . . t nity. e irusi mat me ensuing Congress will apply the "searching operation " to the Indian department, and endeavor to shield the "poor In dians" from the depredations of pre tended friends as well as others. (QWe cannot refrain from ex pressing our deep regret and mortifi cation at the humiliating scenes exhi biting at Washington, ''in the Farce now acting before the American peo pie" a description of which will be found in the preceding columns. The President's letter, however, gives as durance that he will not be wanting in duty to himself or his country, if the charges preferred by Mr. Ingham are suosiantiaied. The Baltimore papers speak of a correspondence between JMaior Eaton and Mr. Berrien, and of its beine ...m.uu r .u if 1 . wiiuiiciu noui mo puDiic oy intent: rence irom a high quarter. The Washington papers are silent on the subject. OTThe President of the Uni ted States left thecity of Wash ington on the 27th ult. on a vi sit to Old Point Comfort. Mr. Berrien has resigned his office of Attorney General. Iiis letters and those of the Pre sident, for which we have not room, are couched in terms the most friendly. R. B. Taney, Esq. of Balti more has been appointed U. S. Attorney General. Mr. Ingham ceased to act as Secretary of the Treasury on Monday the 20ih isla Asbury Dickens, Chief v ' of the Treasury Depart will, it is expected, f, JeJ ficc of Secretary, until tl,e aJ irn rvf lf U,U land. tlT. O Masonic At the AnniH Convocation of the Grand Ch tcr of North-Carolina, hefoT this town on Friday, the 94a inst. the following Officers elected for the present year M.E. Robert Strange, Fay'c G II p M. L. Wiggins, Enfield, Dnp IVm.Kerr, Greensborou rj v' J. A. LillitiglonV'ihmnL r ' J. R.Lloyd, TaihoGa E. B. Freeman, Halifax, G. Sec'r Rev. Colin McIver,Yd' g fv E. George Blair, G. M. ' The next Convocation win be held at Tarhorouoh, on ill 23d Jane, 1832. Fayd. Ofe Destruction oj the Capita It is now generally believed that tiie fire originated from thsj carelessness of one of (he work men engaged in soldering i!la roof. He very improperlvcar ried up a coal of fire through two shingles, which were in a blaze before he reached the top; and in passing through the garret, a draft of air from the door leading out unon the nW 'U,J it is thought, blew a spark into some combustible matter be tween the roof and ceili which kindled while the hands were at breakfast. Since the fire, the greater portion of the old wails has tumbled down, and the re mainder is in a tottering condi tion. The two wings, howe ver, on the east and west, which were, only a few years ago, ad ded to ttie building, remaia firm. It is the onipion of tho most experienced and intelli gent gentlemen who have visit ed the ruins of that splendid ed ifice, that, without the support of those wings, the building would not have stood to meet its destruction by fire; and, e ven with their support, it is be lieved by many that such was the weakness of the old walls, and the rotten, crumbling stata of the bricks, they must even tually have given way, probably at no distant period, and brought the whole fabric to tha ground. The facts developed certainly prove that they wen? very weak and insecure. Hal. Star. University of North Caro lina. The examination of the Junior Classes of this institu tion began on Monday tlie 13th instant, and ended on Wednes day the22d. The Seniors had been examined three weeks be fore bv the Faculty. On Mon day, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, deelamationsbymem bers of the three Junior Classes. On Wednesday morning, Rev. Mr. Green, pursuant to appointment, delivered a'litera ry Oration "tho influence the Christain religion upon ite happiness of nations" an elo quent and well written compo sition, which the feeble beau" of the speaker prevented delivering with his warmth and animation.--" are gratified to learn that it be published. In tho afternoon, a conven tion of teachers and gentleme!I interested in the subject of e' ucation, for improving the stat of instruction in institutions 0 every grade, from the Universi ty to the primary school, con vened; but we have not under stood what proceedings tolk place on the occasion.
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