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i i f W hole No. 073 The Titrborouh I'rcss, BY HEOIUJE HOWAim, ) published WToMy at 7V Dollars ami Fifty 4''- yu-r year, if paid in advance or, TUnc V '.'"" at 1 1 hi expiration of tho subscription year. ,-r auj period less than a year, Twcuty-fiir ..trn!t per month. Subscribers are at liberty to i,c ;i!i:iue at any tim", on giving notice thereof P'l pnyia-' arrears th.e residing at. u distance 3cit invariably p.y iii a.lvanec, or give a respon s;ilc reference in ibis vicinity. AdverfioPme'Us no? exceeding a square will be ir-srtea ;t One Dollar w first insertion, and 23 cents for every continuance. ljonrT advertis" rsrt.ts in like proportion, Court Orders and Ju die'nl advertisements -J3 percent. hirher. A1 yr rfisements must be marked the num'oer of in sertions repiir.-tl, or t'ley will be continued until theiwise ordereil and charged accerJialy. letters ad.lressed to the I'M i tor must be post jnii-.l or they inar not be attended to. REMARKS OF MR. STRANGE. I :i ihe Sen ile, on the 17th ult. Mr. Web fter sitbiitteil a resolution, requesting the Secretary of ihe Treasury to obtain infor tniti n and lay lite sanv before ttie public, re-peetm4 the p-ivuijuis ol pensions, or or Ji;".i-i bounties, recently mule by the Collector at Boston, in bills of the Co m moir.veahh Rank of that city; oti which !JJr. VY. made a lengthy speech vvhen I Mr. SrilAXoE said that, had the Se nator from Massachusetts (Air. Webster) introduced his resolution unaccompanied iby any remark, he would have cheerfully Jvoted for it, ami opposed the amendment f ollered by the Senator from C mnectieut, ,(Mr. N lies,) as well as every other amend ment calculated to emb.irrass the original : resolution. The Senator ftom Misstchu '' setts had professed a grMt unwillingness, Sand indeed a determined purpose, not toj 'anticipate the debate upon the most impor tant measure likely to engage the attention I of Congress at its present session. 1 leave motives, said Mr. S. to the great Searcher of Hearts: but of the conduct of men, f which is immediately before me, I have a I l ight to judge, and to speak of its tenden Jty. The resolution of the Senator from Massachusetts proposes an inquiry, and I yet, in anticipation of the answer to his iu I epiiry, he furnishes us with ex parte slate 1 incuts of acts, upon which he makes his I own comments, answering in advance the very inquiry which he makes. Now, I might appeal tothe Senator himself wheth- Icr, whatever may be his motives, he doe not believe the (acts he has disclosed, and the comments he has made upon them, are calculated to make an impression upon the mind allVcling the great question which lias been for sonic; mouths before the coun- iiry ? The answer, I know, must be aliir mativc; and I, for one, cannot consent that these facts -and comments should go forth ; unaccompanied by commeu'.o frotn another " quarter. livery one k'lo.vs that the Se nator from Massachusetls is in favor of a United States Rank; that he is opposed to t the present Administration, and both to the Sub-Treasury system, as it u called, and ' the svstem of deprsites with the Slate banks; and he doubtless supposes that the facts he Ins disclosed have a tendency to convince the country of the necessity of a United St iles Rank. Now, sir, believing as I do, that they lead to a very different conclusion, (admitting the facts staled to be true, and I am now disposed to question them,) I feel it my duly to say so. I must, however, in the first place, en deavor to show that the charge of illegal conduct so -suddenly brought against the Collector of the port of Boston, and w hich the Senator from Massachusetts seems to think he has triumphantly made out, is al together groundless. Allowing the fact assumed by the Senator from Massachu setts, that the Collector bad paid out to Government creditors the notes -of the Commonwealth Bank of Boston, to be true, l inust admit the conduct of the Col lector to be in collision with the act ol Mih April, lS3G;but the proof adduced by the Senator from Massai husctts does not support the existence of that fact. Now, sir, I have no information upon the subject except that derived from the letter lead by the gentleman himself; and it is plain, that although both the gentleman liimsclf and his correspondent have jumped to the conclusion, that the collector of the port of Boston had -paid-out Common wealth Rank notes to Government credi lors, the fact is otherwise. The Collec tor it is true his given checks upon the Commonwealth Rank, but has not paid otn a dollar of its notes; and the two thing? ar in my judgment, altogether different. The act of April, 183G, prohibits the dis bursing officers of the Government from Pv'n'g out the notes of any bank which are not equivalent to sperie. The pay ttsat of the notes of the Commoawcalti' " TWIM ll Il'wi ML.W..1W w IN! ..rTr, IMM MMM"! - , . , , , ,,1 . , ,,, i Tiinorniiui i Rank to a public creditor, would be a vio lation of this act. But the Collector has not paid out the notes of the Common wealth Bank, and therefore has not in that respect violated th law. But he has given checks on the Commonwealth Bank. 1 rue, and where is the law prohibiting his doing so? On the contrary, is he not in so doing, acting in direct conformity with the law ? Your deposite act require? all public officers to deposite the public moneys with Stale banks to be selected. The Commonwealth Bank was one of those selected, and consequently it was the duty of the Collector to make his deposites there. Being made, what was to become "fthem? When a public creditor applies for his money, what can the disbursing of ficer do, but give him a check upon the de posite bank f This check, when present ed, is redeemable in specie; ami when so presented, and not redeemed, who as to blame, the officer or the bank? If the cre ditor, who has a right to make his own ar rangements with the bank, chooses, rather than protest the check and look to the Government for indemnity, to take the hank's ow n notes in payment, of whom has he a right to complain ? not of ihe Go vernment surely or its officers. I have thus noticed as briefly as possible this charge of illegal conduct against the olli cer. A few words now upon the main subject. The Senator from Massachusetts say there should be one common medium for the payment of all public creditors from l!ie highest to the lowest from Maine to t'loritla. In this I fully agree with him. The Senator doubtless thinks that a Uni ted Slates Bank only can furnish this com mon medium, and to this conclusion he wishes the public mind to comic, in this I do not agree with him. Gold and silver, in my opinion, are the only things which, by the law s of nature, can be this common and immutable medium. I admit the ar gument is so far in (avor of a United Stales Bank, as its notes will approximate this great standard more nearly than the notes of local banks. But the argument does not stop there; it leads us irresistibly past a United States Bank to that standard sanctioned by nature, lime, and' universal usage, by which ail vulms must be tested, the precious metals. Upon this broad foundation the Sub-Treasury is based, supported as it is by the facts, admissions and comments, just luruisked by the Sena tor from Massachusetts. A sort of dia logue has taken place between the Senator from Massachusetls and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Bayard,) in which it has been brought out that the ofiieers of the Government, or some of them, are in some way connected with ti t; Commonwealth Bank, either as stoc kholders, or t.fiicers, or both. For what purpose these things have been thus dramatically brought for ward every one must judge for himself; but if these things be so, they furnish a strong argument for a dissolution of all connection between the Government and the banks. As has been said by the Sena tor from Connecticut, human nature is hu man nature, and banks are banks. As long as the public offiecrs may be connec ted with the banks and there is no law prohibiting their being so jt is natural that they should think most favorably, and be most anxious for the prosperity, of the banks with which they are so connected, and thus a most subtle and corrupting ap peal is made to their hearts to mould their official conduct conformably to the best interests of those bank-. The Sub-Treasury system cuts us off from this source of corruption, and thus improves our political condition. Having thus shown, as he con ceived, that two strong arguments were furnished by the facts disclosed by the Se nator from Massachusetts in favor- of the Sub-Tressury system, and that the public officer at Boston, so far as yet appeared, had not transgressed ihe law, he would not longer detain the Setiate. Mr. Webster, with a view to prevent further debate, read the whole of the letter from which he had chiefly derived the facts which he stated. Mr. W. also repelled ihe imputation of having any indirect ob ject whatever in view. Mr. Strange rejoined that this was no personal ahVir between him and the Sena tor from Massachusetts, but a matter of great public concern, He had been anx ious, therefore, that the present transac tion might go before the country in its true light. The ( fleet of the Senator.' remaiks, w hatever micht be his object, was to impugn ihe ronduct of the collector of jmI of Bcston, and to show that nothing could save us from dishonesty in our fiscal deal ings, and corruption in the administration of our revenue, but the establishment of a U. S. Raid;. Believing that the charge against the officer was groundless, he (Mr. S.) had offered a few words in his vindica tion, showing that payment in the notes of Tarborough, (Edgecombe County, X. C.) a bank, and giving checks thereon, had been improperly confounded; that while one was illegal and the other not, the offi cer had done that only which was legal; thai if the creditor had received any notes in payment of the check, it vvas a volun tary arrangement between him and the bank. In farther illustration of which, he would refer to the practice which had been adopted from the necessities of the Govern ment, produced by the infidelity of the banks, of issuing warrants, which being protested, were put forth in lieu of other modes of payment. The public ofiicers having no mode of payment but checks on the deposite banks were not only justified, but would have been guilty of a breach ol dutj', had they hesitated in giving these checks, and when given, it was for the cre ditor either to receive payment from the banks in what they might ofijr, or protest them, and look to the Government. Upon the other branch of the subject, Mr. S. had endeavored to show that the facts disclosed by the Senator from Massachuseets, in ead of proving the necessity of a United Slates Bank, showed fully llul nothing could render us just as debtors, and free us from corruption in our fiscal administra tion, but a total disconnection with all banks, and the receipt and disbursement of our revenue in gold and silver. The Chcrokres. Messrs. Kennedy and Wilson, United Stales Commisionei s, and Col. Smilli, Superintendent of Cherokee Removal, have issued an address to the Chiefs, Headmen, and people of the Che rokee Nation. This comes to us in the form of an Extra, from the office of the Athens Courier. The object of this ad dress is to disabuse the minds of the Che rokees, of ihe misrepresentations made to them 1)3' the Cherokee Delegation at Wash ington and by Mr. Roland to assure them that the treaty w ill be enforced for such is the unalterable determination ol ihe government of the United States. Ross had led these deluded people to believe, that he would get back fur them so much of the Cherokee country as is situated in the St ites of North Carolina, Tennessee, and Alabama, and that they would be re quired to uive up such land- only as are within the State of Georgia. But the mat ter is so clearly explained to them by the Agents above mentioned, that there can be mistake. They must remove before the 23d of May, lir38, or be driven by force from the country. Hal. Standard. fXT A base attempt was made tole?!rov "r greatly injure ihe printing office of ihe Khzaheth City Phceuix, in the early part ol ihe present month. The editor savs the attempt was made by putting a piece of wood in the stove, filled with nearly a pound of gunpowder. The publication of the Phcenix was suspended lor one week, on account of the it jury the office sustained by ibis atrocious contrivance. Fortunately, no person was in the office at the lime of the explosion. ib. State Sovereignty. Two citizens of the State of Maine have been accused, in Georgia, of the felonious abduction-of a Slave from that State. The Legislature of Georgia, after staling the refusal of the Governor of Maine to deliver up the ac cused, have resolved unanimously, that alter a bill of indictment has been found, a second demand shall be made, agreeably to the Constitution of the United Stales that if the Executive of Alaine rpfosps again to comply, the. Governor of Georgia shall transmit a copy of the Resolutions to tue Legislatures of all the States, to the President, and to the Senators and Rep reseutatives in Congress, from Georgia, to be laid before that body. If the Legis lature of Maine, at the next session after, neglect to redress the grievances com plained of, it shall be "the duty of the Ex ecutive of Georgia to pronounce the same by Proclamation, and call upon the peo ple to elect under like restrictions and re gulations as in the election of members of the Legislature, a number of delegates equal to the number of Senators and Rep resentatives to which they are entitled in the General Assembly, to meet in Conven tion, on a day to be fixed in said Procla mation at the seat of Government, to take into consideration, the state of the Com monwealth of Georgia, and to devise the course of her future policy, and provide all necessary safeguards for the protection ol the rights of her people. Hal. ttez. Steam Dredging Machine.- An intelli gent and esteemed friend lias kindly sup plied us vvith a statement, showing, the re sults of an experiment which has been made with one of the two Steam Dredging Boats built for the purpose of deepening Ocracock to Core Sound, on the Coast of Nirlh Carolina, the launching of which Friday, February 3, 1838 I I W IW i I III! i nil IIIMi mi tJL was noticed in the American a short time since. In the trial which has hern made, the dredging apparatus was fixed on one side only, consequently it will be proper in estimating the extent of effect of which the boat is capable, to double the amount actually performed. The buckets used on the occasion referred to contain six cubic feel each, and the dredging was done in first instance, in a depth of thirteen feet, and afterwards in six feet water, in each case eight buckets were filled and dis charged in a minute, thus excavating forty-eight cubic feet within- that short space of time, or at very nearly the rate of one hundred and seven cubic yards per hour. Of course it is fair to anticipate that when in full operation, w ith both sides at work, the machine will excavate more than two hundred cubic yards of mud or sand per hour. The engine, which is thirty right horse power, and also the entire machine ry for the dredging part were constructed by our enterprising fellow citizens, Messrs Watch nan and Rratt, whose reputation h their business has been too long and l- well established to require anv eulogism -t our hands. Independently of the grati fixation attendant on complete success, w feel additional pleasure in knowing th:o thv ingenuity and excellent workmanship of Baltimoie mechanics will in the pres cut, as they have been in many previom instances, become the subjects ol remark in a distant part of the Union, and that n our steam boats have become ihe admira lion of all beholders, so will the nsefid ma chinery of which we have here spoken, con fer upon workmen the credit they to just!;, merit. Bait. Anr. Spccc Payments. The Bank of Alba ny, ami the Commercial Bank of that city, having announced their resumption of spe cie payments, all of the Albany Banks have now resumed ihe redemption of their notes in specie. A. Y. i'ar. Remarkable Phenomenon. The Hemp stead, (Long Island) Inquirer, of the 13th, gives on almost supernatural narration of the corps of a young lady which was ex humed a few days since in that ullage for j re-inlerment in another snot. The coffin was in a good slate of preservation and on examination of the corpse, which yet presented its original shape, there were found to be growing from its surface a ve getable subitanre, in the shape of filaments of grass, but of a whitish color, with a small bud on the end of carh one. These spires of grass had risen from various parts of the face, the forehead, upper lips, and cheeks. Several were plucked, and are now in the possession of the ppmlfmnn i - i - ;who informed us of this remarkable fact. and who has promised us an inspection of iliem. It is well known that in all dry, gravelly soils like that of llem-tead plains, the body undergoes little or no decomposition rven after the lap? cf centuries. Under the towe r of the liindi of St. Michael, at Bor deaux, (the famous grave or gradh coun try which raises the choice wines,) bodies are shown thnt are dried into mummies, and are several hundred years old their features, expression, he. still remaining. jThe same, we believe, exists in a church (at Palermo, as described so graphically in jone of N. P. Willis' letters. In the above case, how ever, the fluids of the body ap ipar to have been preserved, and to have j afforded nutriment to the visible germs of i some of those cry ptogamous plants whose propagation is but little understood. ib. Something j"cw. The robbers in New Orleans have invented a new method of effecting their object. It consists in pas sing a cord across the street on a dark night, waiting gently till some way farer approaches, tripping him up dexterously, and then under pretext ol helping him on his feet, make way vvith every valuable he has about him. ib. Mysterious Affair. On Saturday night last, (the 9ih inst.) at 10 o'clock, a stran ger on horseback, called at tlje Central House in the borough of North East, in this county, and inquired for the residences of two brothers. Doctors James and Eph raim Smedley. After received directions from the landlord, he proceeded in the di rection of their houses, and after being gone fifteen or tw enty minutes, long enough to have found them and had an interview with their proprietors he was seen to ride back past the Central House towards the West. He wa? gone in this direction long enough to have ridden perhaps a quarter of a mile and back, when he returned ac companied by another person on horse back, and followed .by the carriage and horses oi a prominent citizen of this coun ty, uow, we believe, President of the Erie county Abolition Society. The curtains Vol. XIV No. 5. of the carriage were lW;ci;pd flown rinse all around, a man diiviug upon the out side. The whole circumstances naturally exciting some curiosity, one or two citi zens who happened to be in the Central uoostf, loilowed the carnage down street, when it was driven into the backyard of ivoci. James Smedley, and six blacks were unloaded 'me negio man, two wenches. and three negro boys. The negro was a very large and athletic man. The Drs. Smedley were then seen to hurry and call the Uev. Mr. Adair, pastor ol the Presby terian church, Capt. Truman Tuttle, and a numoer nl other citizens, who were seen hurrying from all directions, to the house of Dr. .fas. Smedley. The horses were oon changed in the carriage. The Rev. Mr. Adair was seen to bring one or two horses on the ground, and a number of ther horses were brought from different quarters. Several persons gathered around the carnage armed with clubs, and thus u'coutred, with six or eight n:en on horse- t k, surrounding the carriage, ih whole moved off to the East with ihe blatksin i.losrd in the carriage as before. Little more is knvvn of, or concerning he transaction, except that it was stated by fne of the parties most actively ft, gaged, that the blacks were runaway slaves from ;i!cbmoud. Virginia, ar.d that they were iding in their escape. Eric (Pa.) Observer. Frcm the Louisville Ky. Journal, Jan. 6. Horrible Tragedy. Yesterday, at about half past 2 oVlncK, P. M., Mr.'ll. S. Ju !i in, the Treasurer of the Mechanics' Sa vings Institution, on returning frr-m his dinner, found the door of the Bni king itouse fastened. He soon succeeded in forcing it, and, on entering, saw Captain Clarendon E. Dix standing before him with the cancelling hammer of the Bank in his hand. Dix instantly rushed upon Julian and struck him two or three times on the head with the hammer, but the latter w renched the instrument frcm his hand and rushed out of the doer, and immediately afterwards, heard the report of a pistol. The alarm was of course given, and se veral citizens entered the Bank, and found that Dix had shot himself through the head, afte r having, prior to the entrance of Juli an, murdered the Clerk, Mr. Owen Par ker, by striking him on the head with the hammer and crushed in a dreadful man ner, the whole of one side of his skull. Parker was struggling in the last agonies of death when he was discovered. We saw Dix at about 4 o'clock yesterday, when he was still breathing, but he died about an half an hour afterwards. Seve ral quarts of blood had streamed from the dead and the dying. Mr. Julian's wound?, it is feared are dangerous, but strong hopes are entertained that they are not so. The money-drawer of the Bank v.as found open, and there is lilile doubt, that Copt. Dix entered the Bank for the pur pose of committing robbery. He had lived in this city for several years, und hss ge nerally been esteemed a respectable young gentleman, although we are informed that suspicion attached to him two or three years ago in the affair of the robbery on board the steamboat Philadelphia, lie was recently married, and has a highly re spectable mother living in Wheeling. Mr. Parker, his victim, was a gentleman of high standing in this city, and lias left a wife and several small children. Dix and Parker had been regarded as intimate friends. The Red River. The New Orleans Bulletin of the Clh has the following : Shrevrport, Dec. 24. " Capt. Shreve's snag-boat passed here a few days since, for the purpose of re moving the remainder of the Great Red River Raft, which it is supposed vViii be accomplished in some few weeks. We will then have an uninterrupted navigation above this town, on the Red River, of 1500 miles on the Sulphur Fork, 200 on Little Rivert200 on the Blue River, 150 on the False Washita, 300, making 2300 miles of navigable waters above this place, though, probably, the finest country in the globe. The imigralion to the coun try in the vicinity of this town is enor mous, so much so, that provisions of all de scriptions command excessive prices, and were it not for supplies, brought by the boats running in the trade between this and Natchez, much inconvenience would be experienced by the movers. Corn sells at two and half dollars the bushel, and many fbt-boat loads have been contracted for, from above, at that price. "Persons moving up from New Orleans, ! would do well to lay in tlreir supplies be- low, for notwithstanding the large crops ttCie, tr.C CUmiU ivi a qwanvi plied'
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