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o ore man
u hxv.-riiig on abolition, and proving as
he ir-v r'neis that every or.e who owns
i slave is worse than an infidel anoth
er, trying U convince the world that alt
human.governmcG's are founded in un
tig!itvioi!ir.c i'j and tltat self-defence, in
every sens,: of lb expression is a clear
violation it V..2 divine law-a tUrd pre
lcr.ilr.2? U v.j.rk "miracles,' fend? vainly
cr.do-avorir ts call down Ere frcci hea-''
,cn ia attestation of his extraordinary
attainments a fourth is, going about
the country, .an.h.with aU tee mcin and
, mcjcyfy ot an inspired prophet is pro
VSairciastlic e;J ot the w orld in 1813!!!
'Verily ocr New England neighbors are!
cubing w i ivtiy pass.- cucn inuecu,
;l;as cccrc$r..c eitrcrao. excitability of
the public mind, in 'that quarter.4, and
' mjcti the fondness fbf novelty, and ex
cess, that it would ecem that no scheme
caa bo broached how silly or ridiculous
soever, which will not have ity f adher
ents; and that no ad Jleheadcd or crack
cd brrin straprgler can pass through tne
land without collecting his crowds of
followers and ladmireis. ' The person
t:amcd in the following article, who has
!::cly beconio so excessively iiluraiaated
: , we believe, a baptist minister. 5 " 1
. ' ' liiblicat Recorder ''
M It was stated ia your paper some
.or.h since," that a man in Troy, N. Y.
.33 endeavoring to prove that "the con
' ration of tlie work! : would occur In
1 i I earn tbat the same man is
j ropogatir;: tho same opinion In Ver-
rrxnt, and that he has rcccntJr delivered
lectures on tho subject - at Montpclicn
His name is Miller. It is said that ma
Cy go to hear him, and that aumc are
inclined to adopt hit sentiments. : I am
informed that his pinions. are founded
3n some passages in t lie prophet Daniel
end the Ilevelatiori of-John, "on those
I suppose that contain the prophetic
numbers, as 2.3000 fyv 130 days
days 4'4 rr.jntns a time, times
nod a haifj&c Every person: who has
. paid much attention to the wTiters on
proj hcey knows that the "numbers in
Daniel and Kevelauon may to so com
puted and combined by ingenious men,
as to show that the commencement of
the ciillcnium, or the restoration "of the
Jzvs, or the destruction of the world,
or 8t?y other important event, will, tap
reo inwcha year as they choose to se-
; lact. - - J "" U
1 f Tlie IcHcf Uiat the end of the world
ttas at hand has been prorogated ,manv
times since the Christian1 era. I, w3
iiitiee one or two' instanres. : In the
IC.h intury, a few years before A. D.
J(X)0, the priests and monks propbgated
tfcelnibilthatllajribf jndznoetit and
the end of lias world would le in the
year 1000. Tlis " ojiinicn threw the
world into the deepesr consternation,
nd prodiked'dreacTut terror atid dis
may in many couhtrie' Prodigious
numbers of tho pe-p!e pare their lauds
end treasures to ih churches or mon--asteries,
and ; festened to 1 Palestine to
witcess the descent of Qirist from Itea
veni O.hers devoted tliemselverf to the
service of the hurchesvrciverts and
pics; hood, vhdse slaves they beeanM;
tn llys amt ri-orous sense of that word,
performing daily their hear? tasks, and
imagining that the Ftreme Judge would
look morelavorably juponUera, beeati
they fiad medo themselvea slaves of his
ministers, AVhi'ihet-was t:Wibfo
eclipse of the sun or moon, the; dies
were deserted, and the inhabitants ncd
for refuge to caverns, rocks, ami mouo-
taincT Jo that ignorant '.irad aupcrsti
41 tious age, Iho nef ts and taouks, swho
were generally corrupt and ftcentiouJ,
j! K-d imuicnsa wea nU-by-tlto-terror
, ti:ey bdcited. .(aMosheiro.);
: intclligcat men, in more erJigb-
Ictiud I? ''c3, havo eutertsiiicd tho belief
that the end of -tlx woiU was not fr
distant. Lord Napier,, the celebrated
inverilorof Varitlims,- awtan of learn
ing en J a T n.dnf.A mallicinatician, pub-
JtheJ, in 13, a "Pia in discovery of
whole Ucvtbtkin f 6w John," in
I Mi he proved to his ow n satisfaction
tk -latter day would fall between
ICJ tr.d X7U0, and that tlw world, at
the latest, viUd not survive tho year
17C0.' lie had devoted much attention
to '1.3 nl-yxt aud his book passed thro'
many editions, and ' waa translated into
iriostora liiiripaa lauguagesj but
tho vWtdouiIiied the .year 1700, and
LorJjNapiCf verifi'iJ the remark of L
riiu.'jnMhe buf-k of jot, "ereatmni are
int always w ue." -UamptMre Gaz. '
It is srud u.nt mottcy is so cace in
Jfcw" Orleans, that w hen two dollars
rc they are su h stratigcrs that their
t v. nt:rs lave to ittfeduce t!:em to each
'Ml
.1 L. liters, co.nmur.icatv'J to
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IIou:3 f Representatives ca
Thursday the SSth nit.
PREFATORY ttCMAnilS OP THE
committee;: report.
The Select Committee, chosen by the
House of (Representatives on the 17th
and I9lh ultimo, to -investigate the do
lalcatidns of Samuel SwartwpuV late
collector of the customs," at the port of
New York, and of other officers, have
devcted to the faithful discharge' of tho
duties assigned them life limited time al
lowed for tho purpose by the shortness
of the present session of Congress., 7."'""
It was most obvious, nowevcr, that
ih tvfinlA firl.t n( innnirv rrft.vntorf bv
the resolutiqn appointing the Committee,
could not oc property iraycrseq w. re,
nort Uieredn, eithef satisfactorily to the
country, or to tlie Committee, during the
short remainder, of the present pesogrcsa.
This impressed upon the Committee at
once a resolution, w hich has been rigid
ly adhered to, of limiting the investiga
lion to such, branches of tho subjects re
ferred to them as had most deeply exci
ted public anxiety and alarm, and to
undertake .only so much ol ihsse us
rntghrba thoroughly exhausted within
the allotted period of the Committee's
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researches, uui ina important resuus
which have been attained, notwithstand"
ing the disadvantages adverted to, can
not fail to inspire the, country with a
confident hope, that tlie hizh obligation
which will, rest upon the successors ot
the present iongress in ine i-cgisiaiurc
of the nation, to resume and complete
the great work of Investigation- and re
form cf the alar micg condition and c bu
ses of tho Executive departments ot tho
Government, from the highest to the
lowest, and from the nearest to the re
motest functionaries, will engage the
prompt and efficient attention which its
magnitude demands. 'I,'1 . i.t :
Guided solely by the character of the
developments which the investigation
impeded upon them by 'J ha House has
eluciJated, the Committee cannot resist
the conviction, that at no period in the
history of the Federal Government has
there been deeper or better, founded
cause than exists at the present moment,
for every , patriot heart to desire, a
prompt consummation of .that signal
"ttuk of rtfvrm" tchick public senti
ment many art tt net tntcnbcU m
the litt of Executive, duties, in char
aclert too legible to be vertao&eig re
quiring, " particularly, the correctiooi of
those- abuses that 'havo brought the
patronage of the Federal Government
into conflict with ,the freedom ol clee-
tions, and the counteraction of tkme
causei icbich have , disturbed the
rightful 'wptj-bjitrutyM-nd
here piocti or continued power in
-UNFAITHFUL Oil INCOMPE--TOT
HANDS. . : . .
' - Thd hrst prwedureof the Committee,
after organizing itself, jor business, was
to visit the city of New York, to inspect
there, in person, the original records and
papers of the customhouse, ia eonjuc
tion with the examination of such wit.
nesscs as might be supposed capable of
shedding light upon the, inquiry involved
bv the defalcations of Mr. SwartwoUL
Tlienceforward tfis branch of the jnves
tigainn was conducted pursuant to the
resolution f tlie Ilouse, viztlo ascer
tain the causes" and extent of ibose
defalcations; the lfaj$Jfj?Mtthe
hate existed ; the correctness of the ru
turns which bave tbeco made by Mr.
Swartwoat, and by the naval officer at
New York, and:bjr other officers con
nected with tlie , adjustment of his ac
counts. H ' '
'.Concurrently with the i nvestigation
of MrrSwartwoufs dcfalat ions,- ttiose
of William M. Price, late district attor
ney jir New York, were likewise kept
in view t and the fullest practical!;) ex
tent of Information respecting" U.Ciu has
been obtained, and will be adrcitcd to
in the sequel ol this report. i
i The cotfcctncsa of thectttrns which
fsave been made fey the collector of cus
toms and the na val officcr al the port
of New York, w as also soght to be ex
amined by tlie Committee, while in that
citv. Considering that rho customs
collected at New York cquaf nearly
two tliirds of the whole 'amdent in all
tho Unite J States," as stated in the spe
cial report of the Secrctaty ofthd Trea
sury on Mr. Swartwout's .defalcations.
(House docv lVp. (h of the present ses
sioft,) the Committee did not sonpose
that they should fa it Molly discharge
thei duty to tlie House, or pay a pro
per deference to that patriotic distrost
which pervades the country at tlie pros
cnttime in regard to tho alfairs of the
Inaugural add resiof Pcrsidcnt Jack
son, Marc b if ISiSl. , , ,
3, 1.0 t ) t! -3
tl.o f;r.
, cf even
J tJ t!.3 FO-
v.rv.. P'.:t,
eurity of tho rau..
i r
hi tho execution If is n.Lli cf t!.:s psrt
re t related t o tV
ent collector of Kw Yprk, 't!iey '.cr;
compelled to cr center most unexpec
ted obstacles, irtctposcd by the collec
tor himself, and 'setting at .dcOance the
authority dcleg?te4 to tho ComrMttco
by tho Hou? t,Tie. facts, connrciod
with the baffled endeavours of the Com
mittcc to obtain hformation " for t'je
House and country from this officer of
tno Ciccuiivg Drnncn oi we vovvrn
mcniwho is an ininiediate char? ,f
and control pict public; moneys "tal
t7fl .learfo tw'htnrds of the whole
amount" collected from customs ll,in
all the. United State.n will to'ifhht
specialy detaijed io a subsequent or
tion of this report. ! 'Vm
The : Committee will remark . here,
that, in tho onset of the investigation
they have made, they supposed' it both
proper and safe to pljoe themselves
somewnatconndngijjp-iucr.ino.
ance""oT.tha scvcial special reports
which had been made to the House
upon the subject of Mr.lSwartwoui's
dcfalcatKxis, by the Treasury olliCers,
previous-to the, sppointmcrti ol the Committee-
combining, in 1 thfc viev, re
ports iroai th Secretary of the Treasu
ry, the First Comptroller, tlie Solicitor,
and First Auditor of the TVeasurv. as
exhibited in the House dotoment 13.
It, however, very soon becaate evident
that those reports were not bo impli
citly relied on as auxilliaries in finding
out either the law or the tacts oi the
cse ; and that; on the contwry, tliey
L. .ashed but a oblique of both
the causes and duration of Bfr. Jwar-
iWout's defalcations; as also of the law
and many tnacrial facts hich "de
velop the true cJaracterof those defalcations.-
Ol necessity, tljerefore, these
reports, although emanating : from Mho
highest orders of official functionaries
employed in the collection and d.burse-
mcnt of the pubjis "refennea, became the
suDccts ot as cautious ana cniicai ex
amination as any other portions of 'evi
dence which tbe case presented, and as
such it will be obligatory upin tho Com
mittee to treat thera in tlij rcpjrt. ,
In reviewina the details of theit la
bbrs, so that the progress and resuls of
them may he presented in the simllest
form, the Committee propose' to Ion
aider ; ' "
Part 1. The ' defalcations tf Hr.
Swartwout. ' " ",1 '
Part IL Tlie defalcations of r.
Price."7- 1 " ;''- 5.' 4-
, Part HI- Tlie Correctness of,the re-
turns which have been made by tlie pri
sent conecior oi uie port oi ew i or
respcctivelv. ( v" ,
. M M M ., .
. 1'art IV l be dc'aications among n
cei vers of the public money. - -
. Part V. The , facts" connected with
the foreffoinsf defalcations, are deemctl
material to develope tltcir true charac-1
' Each of the divisions Thus proposed
will properly involve the law appertain
ing to it, as tbe appropriate adjunct of
facts, : And &$ tm language of the law
itself will in eachinstance beite d ia
detail, that its authority and injunction
may be correctly understood by every
one, so the language of the individual
testimony relied s on in each ' instanre
will be adduced, , that its; import and
force may be left neither to uncertain
construction or doubtful inferenee-1
Tbe increased fidelity of their rCftort; in
the estimation of the Committee, , wdl
btyby this modeaaampleLoCkt-io its
consequent enlargement. '
" Before proceeding to the genenal to
pics of this report, as already laid down
it may be proper "here to expiess-the
deep sense of disappintment and re
gret which the Committee Icel, in not
being able to communicate to the house
one document which was called for at
an early day, regarded as having an
important and , interestina- influence up
on tbe judgment which the house might
form on the subjoct of defalcations ) a
moni pul.bc officers, and the causes
wbidi have led to their multiicatioi s.
It will be perceived from the foilowui?
letter, that tbe Committee availed it self
of the earliest period after their organ
ization to make a caU upon he Presi
dent to furnish a list of the defalcations
that have taken placo among collectors,
receivers, and ditbuoing officers of pub
lic money, and other public officers,
since the 4th ol March, 1829, showing
the amount of each, fitc,
More than four weeks bave nowe
lapsed since -that call was made upon
..'.it.
scrs, v." ' .? ?, r.: ;.!i r.
cccr.try t . i '. ::z: t v
mcr, ar..l,r.ts' -y r,
mora imtr.u.. .rt v,.
the Prcsidcnt,and lhj only infjrmatioa
; i.
brr -wzr l' ) c: ''. IV ;t" ' "5 cc: :r to t!;c Government, as appears by ,
r!..3 crj c; .: J'.. 1 ' V io.n returns, as adjusted from time j
for, ti'f ; Jt'rr.o ct tho Trcrtr.,rv D:-; r.rtmr:.r, 1
lit. ''ii.-ttl-J t;: and rcccrilj t! 6u:n of or.o r.:;:l;csi two hurj.1
rft'iir-v -d D.; ar...;ents, in g'.-ralanj twenty-five t! :?s;.r! f
u. ; ij i;iCvn:r!cto and defective s i Rotldrcd and five dollars end
to cxnicti,, w iwoui grcai . i -
lav. iho true relations of colleciv , r!
ccivifrs, and disbursers of the f ' -2
money, and of other officers of t!
ernment, as to distinguish debtor n
defaulters, and creditors from bc'.h. '
" Sly. ThAt theumbcr of dc alters
have niultijJicd so rapidly sines' 18C0,
under the ystcm of accountability pur
sued towards collectors, receivers, and
disburscr of the public moncj, and oth
er officers, as to preclude the; practica
bly of receiving an. account urrcU
of i.:ci defalcations' with 'all the cleri
cal lorce et the command of those De
partments, under existing laws and ap
propriations. ' , "y
If either inference be just, (snd none
other of equal weight seems to be fairly
doduciblo from the letter of the Secre
tary of tlw:iTrc.i
laxny oi aaminisirauou wnieu uumanu
the earliest application of suitable rem
edies1 within the reach of Congrcs or
the country. ' . - -
r or the papers, ixos. 1 and i rclcr-
red to in the subjoined letter, reference
is respectfully made to the journal oi
iuu vuiiuiimic, jj. ttv aim uuwaiu. : -
, Tremury Department, -February
lbih, 18S0..J;
Siri,fhe President, on the 23d uftl
mu, referred to this Department the fol
lowing resolution, passed by the Investi
gating t'omuiittee: . . '
"Huohtd, That the President of the
United Stales be requested to cause' this
committee to be furnished by the prop
er Executive Dejparuncnt with a table
showing the, "defalcations which bave
occured among the collectors, receiv
ers, and disburscr of Uie public money,
and other public officers, since the 4th
day of March, 189 the names of the
defaulters ; the amount df each defalca
tion i I when each case occurred ( the
length of tune each caso lias 'existed;
what Stcjs have been taken by the prop
er departments or officers to prosecute
the defaulters and to. secure the United
States, in. each case and what defaul
ters are retained in the same offices in
which tley became defaulters, or, have
been appointed to other offices. t.
He accompanied nwith a request
that ail tho informatioa d sired should
be procured early as practicable, and
submitted by roe to the committee.
Accordingly, oa the same day, ;I en
closed copies of it to the other Depart
ments, and also to the proper bureaus
in the Treasury Department, and desi
red that replies might bo furnished, to
far as in their power, and soon as in
their , power, to the severs I inquiries
made. 1 further requested the bureaus
connected with this Department to em
ploy any extra assistance that would
be advantageously applied in hastening
tbeir, answers. " ' ; v V !
1 would now inform the committee
that great progress has been made m
onnecfed with the Registers office, and
II which could be made, consistent with
e, difficulty and extent of tbe lalwr,
H me third Auditors oJhe. Dit it is
fared that or. accnant'of this labor, and
the great mass of previotM calls by com
mittees and by the two Houses of Gm-
gress, which are also Jo be answered.
besides transacting thf current business
of the different bureaus, the whole do
tail and the tabular statement required
rannoi beTomplctcd orinjihenksi(Tfi;
Evirjreffirt, however, which under all
the circumstances can lj made, is txs
licyd to be ejccrtod ia meet the call at
the tar -it dav oracttcab c.
Iok.cytotbe last branch of ' the
resolution, asking M what defaulters are
retained in i the same "offices in' which
they became "defaulters or have been
appointed to other offices, I am able to
orcsent the renort of the Roffttrr. frnm
his oflice,; which exhibits such names as
are on1 his books connected with tlie
State and Treasury 'Departments. It
is annexed, and contains no names as to
this, and but one as to the State Depart
ment. . i hat one is Commodore V. Poi
ter j and by the corrosjndencd annex
cd, it will be seen that he docs pot con
sider hitnielf a defaulter, thoush be
stands charged on the Rt cistcr's b(k
for a considerable, sum on account of
pnz money, as explained in the papers
(Nos. I and 2.) Respectfully, '
TV. LEVI WOODRUUV.'
Secretary of the Treasury,
Hon. James Harlan, , ;
-y Chairman of fnrnf. IfViw.
Coif':'' T rf t'- C '-itfet
1st. That lit. liuartwLt is a defa;.
CVCS : J 1
sixty-r;:!1
ccnts.-
J. Tliat t!.!iaaio;:r.f.f indcbtedw;
Dvpartmcct,.witbout . thoomission; o.
any of cither items, d ;lit nf credit tlrt!
on, until it became ca absolute-dcfaW
tiotV X - -r .-.'f7r-ff,-;; j
. 2. Tlio duration of Jlr Swartwouiv
Defalcations. - V .
Concfusinnsq' the Committee
1st That all monera received by Mr
Swartwout as collector prior to 1S37,
wrro regularly accounted ,for by hir.
in Ms quarterly returns to the Treasury
Department u ' t
' '2d. That so much of all moneys rt-
ccived by Mr. Swartwout prior to 183:.
anu accounicu iur iu uiu tiunsury ia
partment in-bii quarterly Tcti;rns,"a
were not paid by him into tlie Trfasurv,
were retained by, him under, the tac
acquiescence ol the, accounting oDccn
of the Treasury ; and regularly, carrit
lowsnw ocoucj io nimseu injnc ta,
lance of cach-subsequ'ent,quartcr)y ac
cent n ndered by him to tlw Trcasurj
Department to the cIojc of the term c'"
his office; " . i " v;t ;;;V '
81 Tliali bis omission to 'carry a de-
bit to himself ' of the 'moneys received
by him from the Treasury, or from V
ther sourees, prior io 1837, to the r Iok
of accounts kept only at the 'custom
house, called his cash ' account, and
his carrying a debit to himself of any
such items tQapyVother, class' of ac
counts kent onu at Ike. custopi-houit.
cajiico suspense ana ufsriiiea ae
rount,or by any other name, would
not operator a - a eqpeeatment; Irnorti'.
or frsudii'ent, from the TrcasuryD
partoicnU of the true roA balance in
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his bands. First, because ntitlier h.i
rasa account, nor his sustenseaa un
settled account. Winy' other Subordi
nate account, kept' at the custom-bousr,
was ever exhibited to, or formed the ba
sts of any quarterly settlement made by
him with the accounting officers of the!
Treasury. Secondly because In hh
quarterly accounts Settled at the Trca
sury Department, the a ggrcgate awf
true balance of all his subordinate ac
counts kept at', the custom house, inclu
ding both his cash account and suspense
account, was uniformly prior to 1837,
cameo: into his quarterly account under
the Ucra. of "fasA,-and-unsettled-ac
counts.
4th. That the defalcations of Mr
Swartwout, by means of fraud and false
returns, commenced in 1837, and not
sooner, and have existence since that
pen d and the " defalcations thus ac
cruing,' added to the moneys previous
ly retained bv him. according to his re
turns' totha Treasury Department, arJ
by the silent acquJesccace pfthb officer
r( llin Ilnni.lm.AI l.nli) tli nf It'll
(cfilcations at tho present period, -
MATCIILliSS S V NATIVE.
'VWEi subscriber inftrms the pobKr,
that ho hat recently accepted of so
agency for the sole of this r 7 " 1
f Incomparable Medicine.
Heas a supply now on hand , and wiS
give prompt and careful attention to all
applications and orJcrs-both far aod
near. . JOSEPH SMALL,
Pittsboro, Cliathain, Post Master.
C-. January,-1839. yV'
(3 I tUa have on hand a variety d
- - Garden Seeds: trrr "
which I shall bo happy to furnish' to
such as may apply.? '
tf. . V.. A J. SMALL
ANOTHER AGENCY
for the sale of tht ;
MATCHLESS SANATIvh ;
RORERT WOODY P. W.'- at MbJ
Lick.P. t) Chatham county, N C an
nounces to the public that be lias accept
ed of an agency for the sale of the above
named medicine. Injustice . to its effi
cacy, ho says, that fur ' tho past fix
months he has sold cnns'tderablo of the
medicine; and he believe that In every
instance where It has been taken, it ha
had iho desired cficct., . . 1. ... ;
FRESH SUPPLY, jus received &
l for sale, by ROIiEUT WOODY.
' November 2J, 1SC3. .t-".'
has accumuluJ upon the face of ,
q'jirtcrly accounts regularly .rctur
bv I.i:;i t'r aJiusrmcnt'at ho - TreasL
:.0.MDEX.8MDS,&e.';.
FOIt SALC AT TIlI'l OFFICD
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