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f ' m e i( liJSMJ wjO mIWJ -v '.ISra & vJ' 3 $ Q fcrS fc- - 'igLj51itH-Jii Aagy,t.. iifcp;S. x-p- T.vLu Jity-iy ta-.t sij V-n lift nrJi(i ' igaLj?,? , ; '"HE I'CONSrrriTTION. AND tfE tJNICfX 1 Ol'THi: STATES UV.r.'THJlY "fMUST BET tRESEHVED. 93 th?e dollars ipi&Ammitf. " i VITOR r TERMS bi" THK :fJ?v' Three cM$ : Jti.;llut it will eflecesry of those fiv- i n distance, or put of jhe State, to pay w itire ear dranAubswbcr, yenuticft of Uese to, discontinue at the ex rhtioti of th? period, for which .fee may.have. paid, ill he toiisldtyred as haying subscribed anew, and e paper continued, at the option of. the Editor, itiV ordered to he stopped; but no paper will'be seontinued Until all arrearages are. paid. iJetters to the Editor mast come free pf postage, r they may not be attendedto 4 & "-'4 ; Adterti?emets -wtH be inserted at,theraiCof ie dollar persqnare for threeinsertions. Alibe. j discount will be made to those who ndyertCee r die year. Those sendlnaverliinents fit be rood enough to- iark the' ndniber ' of mes they tinsh them inserted r : h the President of 'the. Ukkkd. Sties . t : t Sin: TheJReport sWhich l had .the, honor to alffuce due trom this Department on the;isl 'j 1833, beyond thelwhole amount of its availa le:frinds, of 8195,208.4 1 ; ' ; The exprnsea for the transportation of the mail .ecewarilyt continued undiminished till tHe close, f the year 1833. prior to Which date the retrench, lents stated in that Report cohld not take effeci ; onsequentTy the balance of debt against the de ariment continued to augment till that period. , The gross amount jof postage was, from July to Dec. 3liJtto. ,y,i.o- mnensation toiPost masrers,, including , the contingent ex- ; ' penses of their' of- j fices during the . . r same period,, "a -. L mounted to , $431,628 8 ficidenlal expenses of the Department j during the same i i time, amounted to 47r797 29 ; be expenses for transportatien of the mail from Ju- j ly 1 to 31 Decem ber, 1833. wa , 1,013,402 68 tlakinghe total ox- ; peases of the De- , -rn rt merit fi.r that t1"' l" ' ' t halt year - $1,495,828.86 This sum, after deducting the gros& amount" )ata2e for that period, leaves a, detiat Kr Ue irtnomh endins 31st December, . - 1833, of : - f $120,S9r50 Pt this sum add the deficit existing on the 1st July, 1833; ' 195,208 40 ind the"balance f the deht against ; the Department beyond the a mount ri its avaUable funds was, n the 1st day of Jan. 1834, 8315,599 98 Fjromihe-lst of January, 1834,. the retrench aent in the iraasporlatn C thrnailated in uv report oLlasi yeaiybegan to take ffect r and rom that period. th-revenues of the Depart ment have exceeded its expenses, fhe cross amount-of ptaees was .from Jan. 1 to June 30, 1834, $1,448,269 69 Compensation to Postmasters, in cdudinglhe contingent expenses of their offices, withip the same period amounted to $461,433 64 fncjdental expenses of j the Department for J, the same time, a mqunted to - Ihe transjiortation of the mail from Jan. 1 to June 30,. 1831, amounted 10 . Making the total ex penses of the De--partment for the half Year ending the 30th of June, 1831, 30,300 38 909,028-43- ? ' $1,490,76 45 This sum deducted from the gross amount of postages' tot that pe riod, leaves a revenue' beyond the. mount of expenses for the half yearlffrom January 1 to June 30, 1834$ of ; Fh'is sum deducted from the defi cit existing Jan. 1 1834, " ; 47,507 24 1 i 315,59? 98 deduces the balance of debt which ; existed against the Department on the 1st July, 1834, to $268,092 74 1 Such was the financial condition of the De tartmePt on the 1st day of July last. The amount f this df bt has been continually diminishing to the preseat time, and it. continues, to dimmish in ail mv.icascu lauu. , - i un ine lsi nay ouuiy, me oaiance. pi the asecount with Banks was $398,616 99 against the Department,1 consisting of loans,. $275,000 and over checks to the amount of $123,616 99 j. In this statement, the difference between loans and over-cnecKs js rathec nominal than essential. ! "When over-cheqks are; mutually agreed upon to a certain definite amount as a standing order they are called loans , but when they vary mde finitely as to time and amount, they are called, over-checks. In euherase ; they are debts due from the "Department to Banks, , . This amount-of balance against' the Depart Inent hat been considerably reduced since the first day of July last. ' V- j On the 1st day of the present month it stood as ft)llowsj . -.-."j- ; - Amountldue for loans from Banks.- $275,000 00 Amount of over-checks,- Noyem-.', her I,a834, ; ' h ; . 5,969,09 Mahing together the sum of . ; $330,969 09 va tne same day the balances oi l Wifc depositesin-lavor of the De ; ; tewot''cw 9$ hisd; amount k'ma iiu.u.u, iLuiiat ii ill l n rr irtm n $82,031 ii Making the aefua) balance of the - - j accounts, wufc ; Banks, aRuiost ; ; ; tha , pepanoMmt M , the it of , oyIb3V;-f r , "j 24837 73 , in eontraci for tne outnern seciion, includ ing the States.:of:yi ripia, Norfh 'Carolina, s. Carolina and Geprgia.,ajBd thj6jTerritnry.pf JElp. iidsu.which Willi xhirefwith thp current- year, havjrbeen: renewed, lx take effect, from the- lit of January next 0a suck rterW ajf wilf effee sin annual, saving; from , the' amount noi? paid "for jransponaiion m mat section, of about su,uuu. I' ! Additional retrenchments have also been made iji the exnease of transportation ubequen) to my last , report, to tha,nhual ittmount of About . V From the-' savings effected rjtoget her -Vith me carreoi'.'oix ukYcnnc m p vavor.pi iue Depjttn meat, Hmay oc. sately jcaiyulited, tljat withohtl any, reliance upon an; increase in -the rQSs?faniouni',.6f posfages, the tevenues of'jthe Department yrifl exceed. its eJtpenditurstlftfrng the Vnsuing calender ea. -fa. ,the ) amount of .., Frptc aarefule5ltptate,rt may be anticipated witb.jfntire confidencerthat-before the? close of inear xcoa, me wjiuie waiancepr TieDi agaiqsi the Department will be extlhsuLsnea -No' rart of this debt aij contracted optf the-Credit fine Treasu rynon upon anyother ccedtt oriuthonty than that ot the Department alone ft fH. ; ii was never legaruea oy jiner oi toe parties in" the character of adebt of the fcovernfoeCbut a mere expedient to anticiptihC Vesources of the Department, based upon the credit of those resources alone. ' 1 ' I i - The means pt its liquidation within a reason able time wre always wuhin the legal control of the head- of the, fJepartment, and ho other meant baVe at any time tieen sowght prdesired by the"-Department.' 4 ' r '.- m In my Report of November, 1833, ihe expense for transporting , the mail, , and for, incidentals, from July I to December 31, 1833, was estimat ed at $1,0(?I,6'71 The actual expense for' that peri- iii ; od was i V : ; 1,06149997 Varying.from the estimate, only , The nett proceeds of ptiages. $4474 " for the year ending 30th tJutify! v v. j i834,uwere then estimated at 82,037,410 81 The actuaVnett; proceeds' off posta.; j . ges for tnar year wer i ,;? iiSlLoH 44 Falling below the estimate hrihe M sum "f :'-l;r . .1109,766 37 Thusit appeirt that the expenses-of ! the De partment hayeiot essentially varied from the estimates; but the nett . revetfue arising from pos' ages has fajlen short of the estimates then maie, more than a hundred thousand dollars. This is believed to'be, in a very considerable de gree, attributable to the great increase of tree lelteis. j The progressive increase of population naturally brings with it an accumulation ot busi ness i the Executive offices, which., tends, in some measure, to increase their correspondence and in addition to this, a law passed in March, 1833, extending to members of Congress the pri vilege pf franking during the whole recess. Eve ry othef ear, j the session of Congress is pro tracted to a much greatrr length than in the al ternate year, when a Congress terminates. The expenses for the delivery of free letters at two cenits each,jhave always amounted to amuch greateri9um during the year hen the session is protracted, thaii during the alternate year. To make ai fair comparison between the amount of free' letters beftire and.aftec the extension of the franking privilege, it is necessary to take two en tire years. Thus: The'allowance to Postmas ters fori; the delivery oi iree leuers ipr tue two ! years ending July 30, 1832, (before the extension r) was - For the two years ending July 1, 1834, after the extension, waa Making since the crease of ' ! extension, an in- $13,601 99 Or payment for the delivery of 680,099 free let-1 tera more. than idrere delivered ihe tw crecedin rr rr' r .- . vearswt JJut na' alloVance i made for the deliv ery of ! free letter at post offices where the ,Pst mastersicommisio"ns exceed '$ 500 a iquarter. If the Same proportion of free letters is delivr ered at oni- es where no allowances for them are made to Postmasters, as at the smaller offices, then the increase since the. franking privilege was extended, is; equal to 960,000 free letters morethan what were delivered? withih, the same period of time pnor to that extension.! The post age on each of these letters if not free, would be from. six cents to two dollars, i he average it is believed, would not be less than twenty-five cents each, exclusive of the Postmasters commissions. If estimated at this average, they would amount to : - ; $240,000 To this add the allowance actually J- made for their delivery, l3.odl U9 i i " ' .i ;r i And !the increase of free letters ' j. . within the last two years has ac- tually cost the Department ' ; $253,601 99 which is more.than equal to the balance of debt at this time existing against the Department. Estimates have been obtained trom several of the Executive offices, of the amount their of ficial correspobdence carried on through the pot office establishment under the franking privile ges of the officers by whom it is conducted, and it appears that. from the Departments of State, Treasury, War and Navy, the official corres pondence by mail, on which no postage is paid, is estimated to be equal to 2,785,235 single free letters in a year, and that by far the greater pro portion of them are sent :the full - distance for which the, highest rate of postage would be chargeable. Tht: average postage on those let-- ters if hoi free, it is believed would, be not less than181 cents each, which would; amount to $503,481 56. i 1 - h This estimare is exclusive of ihe offices of the Attorney General, Adjutant General, Commissai ry uenerai, inspector ueneratr quarter Masterj General, Pjayoiaster General and' Superintend ent df the Patent Office, all of whom have . the! privilege of tran king-. It is also estimated that the number Pf free letters passing; under the frank of members of Congress, amounts to 6S000 a day dufing the session. ' If the correspondence of the offices above mentioned, which are not embraced in the esti mate, and the postage fairly estimated which would be chargeable on j the correspondence of memperspi, ongress, u ?poi iree, snoaia oe aaa ed to! the, statement, it is believed that the annua! amount of tree letters' Would not fall short of a! million of doilars, exclusive "of the. 'correspond- Hence of the Post Office Department itself s This is an anaual contribution .b4lhe Depart ment to the Government. . . . Though! the amount df revenue" arising fromj postages; for the year ending June 30 . 1834, did noi eqoaiii.nweju mate, yet there was a conside rablp m crease , above the amount of the trec ding year- The gross amount of postages for the! year eouing une ou . was $2.616,53 27: For the year ending June 30. 1834: ; . 'j j - ! increase. ri.akingan in the gross l ampupli 44- ,207468-70 :1J The nett 'amtirit;' of pof tagesr' her4MuVin;i cotanjnMsiDS: the'coingepl 4 (!ts expense or iheir otacea, war tor the year ending JuuejSfh. I833j-t'., 3:f ?f;kte' :$li790,23465 For he yiar cndiiig Juh 30834 il it jWas i?..0,t Making ah increasein Ahellif li'SK.'4." "L6f p r 5 - " fy $137389 79Jficiently. employTid!m i f-he finances of the department tontinued tp 'v;est Indies, pn the Coast of Brazil,", and in' the be lh an iraprovine condiUnrv. nA tlia solicitnrf nifir. Ocean. Itat nresem mnit in nil of 12 whifj'h hal bee;n4shown to PbtainThail' contracts, the reduced rates, at which thev have been tain j""!" e tv.tv.u.. oiuiuaioaimjiacu lutwuuiucuoecnon, ana: me zeal vita ZpgW tlt&WHPi f1?9?- ' JvWjr&'.:coBinictor pneralljr pewercrcr in' tteir services to the '; Department," fUraish amplefrflaid: up for repairs,' (which wilt os $1,360,000) monstratioa tnat its credit ts dminpaifed, 1 i The. number of the post,' offieea ih ihe, United 6tates,. was, on the.arst of July, last, 10,693, ,ba ing n increase of 566 over the'number'reporled lasfyear: " ', . " . . ' The annual amount ot i transportation has been but slightly varied ? sinee mv last report i. -The mail is now carried in jstagea and steam boats about 16,900000: iniles a ear; and pn horse back, and.jp .sulk) 6b, about ' Pj6000,000 miles making together abuV 25,5QOfJ00 !mire iCVf. TMitclikrity ' bF-hjf -marF should always be equal. to" the most rapid transition of the travel ler; and that which shortens the time of com munication, ..and facilitates the intercourse be tween distant places, is like bringing thera' hear together. JVhile it affords ifphvehience tp men of business, it tends to Counteract local preju dice, by enlarging thesphere of acquaintance. , It perpetuates distant friendships, and creates hew opes, by which the bonds of union are strengthened, and thei happiness or society pro moted7 These considerations have always had their ':f Weighp'y Tmihd in making im pnvem,eitsj.ni!ratiqna', U : rTh '.iilt)ip$ff crai'l ..road4 Jn different part? of ithe tficjtry pro.n ise within a fe w years: $f yv;'giretapiciirti the movements of trav efrers7ahd St 'shbject worthy of enquiry, wjhelher0y;i6iires may hoi now be taken' toser cureilhe trahsportatipn pf the mail upon them Already havpthe mail roads between French (own, in Maryland, and Newcastle, in Delaware, ithd between Camden and Amboy, in New Jer, sey,. afforded great and important facilities to the iransmrssiou of the .great Eastern snail. The rail road between this city and Bah i more will sbon be completed and the distance, from thejhaye been paid, and $1.320 80 cents are yet due. I post office 6f thislple.to that of Baltimore, will not be materially "vsaried from the present road.rposes Similes. :: . . From Baltimore by Port Depositee in Mary-. land, to Coatesville, iu Pennsylvania, the line for a; rail road is located, and the stock subscribed . tor its completion s and from Coatesville to Phi- S ladelphia a rail road is made and in operation. . Of the appropriation, fif4he suppression of The distance between Baltimore andPhiladel-lthe Slave TradeA there still remains a' balance paia, on this road, will be 117 miles? about 18 of $14,213 02 cents, making an increase at pre miles greater than the present land rPute. From 'sent unnecessary. Philadelphia to Trenton bridge about 28 miles, The purchase of a Lithographic Press for the the rail road is neariy completed, and from Nw f use of the Department in preparing Maps, Charts Brunswick, in New Jersey, to Jersey city,)h (and Surveys, is considered proper, the west side of the Hudson River, opposite the; Tbe Survey of the Coast has been diligently City of New York, 30 miles, the rail road is in a prosecuted " during the past session, and will be t - - - ' . . . i t.1 i f i - i , ! ' . x A oa rrr state OT progress Ween these worts snail De completed, the 6nly interval will be hetween Trenton and New Brunswick, about 26 miles, to complete an entire rail joad between this place and the City.of New York; and it1 cannot be supposed that the enterprising State of New Jersey will long delay to perfect a communica tion of such great importance, passing through most of her largest and most nourishing towns. When this shall be done,' the whole distance be- Itweenthis city and New York, on a continuous I rait roaa, win not exceed icw mites; ana in.e ijourney maybe performed at all times with cer tainty, allowing ample time lor stopping at un $40,555 89 Ipbrtant places on the road, in 16 hours, ard ordi f inarily in a shorter period. 54.158 88 1 ; If provisiotfean be made to secure the regular transportation ot the mail upou this, and upon pther rail roads, which are constructing, andjin some instances already finished, it .will be of great utility to the public ; otherwise, these cor iporations may become exorbitant in their e- mands, and prove eventually io be dangeroos monopolies. ! I have the honor to be, most respectfully, your humble servant, W. T. BAKKY REPORT of the SECRETARY OF WAR. i The army is at present in a good condition, and sufficiently large to answer aU (hp purposes for which it is designed.. During the past year no military movement of much importance has been deemed necessary, save that against the predatory tribes of Indians West of the Arkansas and Missouri, who have lor a time been trouble some to some portions of our citizens. The bare appearance of a smalt military force among them was sufficient to bring them to terms without the effusion of blood. By the prudent manage ment of Col. D dge, the leader of the expedition, an amicable arrangement was efFecied, which is hoped will be faithlully observed. The satisfac tion resulting from a friendly settlement of this difficulty, is however attended with sorrow for the death of Brigadier General Laven worth, who fell a victim in the discharge pt pis duty. The .various duties of the .Lngineer and To pographical Corps, have been faithfully perform ed. It is considered necessary in order that their usefulness may be increased, and rendered equal to a perfect discharge of all that may be require ed of them, that they should be increased and newly organized. An appropriation of $100,000 for the Delaware Breakwater is recommended. It appears that a deposiie of sand is gradually forming beside this work, by which the depth of water in the harbor is already materially decreased. Competent persons are engaged in making observations upon the tides and current with a vie to remedy the difficulty. : ' A further extension of the: act of 1829, regu lating the mode of supplying the army is recom mended. , ; f Some modification of the laws relating to pfr motions is judged necessary, as well as of the Pension lan s. The lands appropriated for the Indians "WestJ of the Mississippi, have been duly apportioned amonged -them by the Commissioner appointed tor the purpose. A council has been held at Fort Gibson, at which amicable relations were established with several Indian tribes. ' Arrange: ments are in progress, t nd will probably succeed. uy wuiui iaigc iia.t.13 ui vaiuauie lauu iu iiuuma and Indiana, will be exchanged- The. Wyandotte have not yet consoled to selt their possessidihs inOhiOi An appropriation is asked for the re moval of the Sendnoltt. according to. the Treaty the Creekt are gradually re mo ving--aS are also the Cherokee. A uew treaty was concluded with the Chkkasaioi in May lpst, making ( provision for such ofthem as 'choose, to become citizens of ; , The lands reserved io the Indian Tribes con tain more than 100 millions of acres, which has been..dividedf and distributed to them in due on pontons, auu uppn wnicnf anout zu,uuu are now settled, "and obligations entered into for the settle ment of 50,000 more; The necessity of Legis lation for the purpose of ; preserving peace and reguiaimg me intercourse oetween tnem, is sug gested. ; -5V .-, .. ! The estimates for the Indian (Department du rihg the next year $159,800: The expenses of thts department nave been reduced more than one half. - ;BalemIf.J.yuMx ti; tDuring. thV past yeiar ouc NaVy has' been eA Ships of the line, 13 Frigates; 14 Sloops i of war, and 6" SchoonerSrof which 6 shin and 7 Frieates are unnnisneCji requiring i,Da)4U. ior, ineir !eombIetlcnJ5 'ship, frigates, and 6 sloops -ard 1 ship, 4 frigateSy 8 sloops and 6 schooners m service- ineie areaiso materials on nana ior 5.ships, 11 frigates, 7 sloops, and tvto schooners struct two or three heavy Steam Batteries for the protection -of' our 'coaife and harboririii time ofjeS ragtkinSt 4he Otwcrhrnent war. ii m aiso reporamenaea iu rreci auuuier Dry Dock at New X brkw These already, built, have been fouDd, upon trial, to answer the htgh est expectation' formed rifheir usefulness-; 1 The whole" force? eitJoyeirf he ; Nary-oo5- sftts of 735d persons. SfKri , The pay ot Naval ; Officers pUPrefgil kSjly where courtesy, custprht land the'natwnahhoauiir require the interchange l"of civilities yith otbr htfon, is considered too'Smalf . Itf is also jco& sidered necessary to irioreaee the salaries'of some of the subordinated officers, and servants o( the Department. . ' 1 , r . ; : r 1 The separation of the Marine Barracks, from the Navy Yards proper, is recommended as a means of preventing the conflicts and 'diffieuh ties, so apt to occur,1 between "Seamen and Ma rines,, when together, .jv - The number of invalid Pensioners is 287 re quiriugf .if all claim, $23,321 ps annum. The whole number of widow' Fensloners, including those admitted, under the act of June last, is 109, requiring for their payment (including the 5 years allowance) $24,023, making the charge agajnst the Pension Fundi 47,204. The iueome of this fund is about $70,000 more than enough, to nieet ail the demands against it, while the surplus of the next year is expected to be suffi cient to meet all extraordinary expenses for seve ral years to come. . v . Under the Privateer Pension act-11.995 20 xnis iuuu is also, ampiy sumciem lor us pur The Navy Hospital Fund has a credit. of 33,559 04, with an inereaseof $16,000 per an nuin ; while the expenditures kte not more than $ 13,000. The investment of the surplus, in productive stocks is recommended. wnunuea, ior wmcnan appropriauoa oi ou,yuu is deemed necessary. The care and economy observed in the Depart ment, haying enabled it to meet its own coming ent expenses, no- appropriation for that-purpose is requested. , lb. Mr. WOODBURY and Mr. BIDDLR The Secretary of the Treasury says the MiudletoWn. Con. Sentinel) has had a correspondente with the President of the Bank ot the united btates, in reia tion to ) he retaining by the Bankt nut of the dividends ot the stock owned , by the .United Slates, about 160,000, which the Bank claims as an indemnity on the pro tested bill, drawn by our Uoverpment on that of France, for the fist payment of the sum stipulated, to be paid by the' I at ter for spoliations on' our commerce. The Bnk proposes to th Secretary to go to Saw," . e to tee lawyers to the tune of some thousands, in order to test the justness of the claim thus set up by the Bank. This the Secretary declines, o ing, on the ground that it is not the pro per course -the Bank, if it had any claim, saving the same remedy that all others have against the United States, namely, an application to Congress for an appro priation for that specific object . The Secretary n his letter, bears hard on the United States Bank we have room, however, only for the folloving ex tracts : The Bank sets Up a claim against the United States It is presented and dis allowed by the accounting officers, be cause considered in itself neither equita ble nor legal $ because it had never re ceived the sanction of the U. States bv an appropriation and because, if just, no branch of the tfovernment, except Con gress, had any constitutional power to authorize its payment 't hereupon, the Bank, instead of re sorting to Congress for that sanction, pro ceeded without it, and without any legal precept, to seize on the dividends belong ing to the United States and to convert them to its private use.' The vital error of the Bank on this subject, appears to have been, in supposing that the lreasu- ry ana its accompting omcers were any l .. thing but mere agents of Congress to su perintend the settleinerttof what has been appropriated, it on tne solicitation oi tne oauK, or any inoiviuuar, ngwever power ful, they allvyed or settled any thing else than what had been sanctioned oy an ap propriation, it would manifestly be con -niving at speculation, or a misapplication of the public money. It must be well known to the Bank, that the first and pro per inquiry at the Treasure to every ap Plicant is. where is the appropriation to pay me claim r Ana next, wnere is tne evidence of its correctness, under the ap propriation r It seems rather unreason able to insist, that the Treasury possesses almost unlimited power when the Bank l. i a. " . . ? . I II warns lavorsj out to ueny to u aunosiau power when apprehendingdanger Irom it, Af ter these objections, and when the common, the equitable, and constitution al tribunal of Congress was, and still is for the Bank, as tor air other claimants the Government similarly situ ated; open for a resort to obtain damages it is lamented, that the IBank was so iDConsiderately advised j as to appeal to this other course, so novel, dangerons, and unnecessary, of seizing upon the pub lic revenue, as being in your opinion 'the bet-f, it not oily course of. settling the question.; : Yon slate further, that this has been done by the' Bank only to V in - dicate its rights," when' ho case is beliey- ed to exisf where a person not receiving money as an omccr orconctor;or ine Governments or money not breTiousJy granted by Copress undeibrhy srciad or general apprnpration, (in'M Inch .node th Bank UU pot receive these dividend's) has ever been able to "vindicate hi sup posed righfs,'1 itj retaining the 'money to meet any claims, however well tounu i and when appticatton by the Bank for relief in this case, had never been presented : to Con gress, and refused, so as to furnish the slightest apology fur being obliged, in or der to proenre ; redress, "to resort to this unVuai iVtnedy ! r !" ' " 'Atter committing that aggression, and still withholding in its possession the tuo ney of the United S tales the Bank then ana hot till then, invited" this Depart, meat to bfihg the subject of the-damages in some' way before the courts, and thusi indirectly! to sanction he appeal ot the authority of Uongress river thia matter, and to acquiesce, till adjusted by litiga tion, in the! Bank's unprecedented; and ruinous course as to the public nrenue a course ihydlvihg a principle Which, un der a4l tircumstahe! adopted. t iglf Uiorze $ih$W I ectibtis " by the; set tare Sf theiny (wiihpu.r legal precept, under one pretence or ano ther, and, as previdnsljrekplaihed, place ?v.eh our disbursements, so far as the pub lic funds consist of the ,Unitcdf States Ban k notes,' at the sole mercy of an irri tated and unscrupulous corporation. But fhu the Department could hottintioft however 'urgently ' invitetVithout proving faithless to every principleof pub lic duty and public safe'ty. " Late as even that invitation, it is remarkable that ydiir letters expressed nothing about the mo ney ntseli ' being an object ol itidilier-r ence to Uie oank,7 or that it would in stahtly have released the money tn any arrangement with the Toeasury lo bring the ca&e betore the courts." On the con trary, though some persons may for some time have apprehended from certain cir cumstances, that money was " an object of indifference to the" Bank" in comparu son with some other objects yet it is dif ficult to discover what rights'the Bank then sought to ' vindicate,' except its rights to the money, and why it should be so tenacious ot its rights to tne money) anu so indifferent to the money itself. By your correspondence at that lime, the mo hey appears to have been withheld With the express view to force "the Depart ment into a consent to pay the contro verted damages claimed) without any sanction by Congress, or into come ar rangement to submit to the judiciary fur! aecision, a question wrucn, unuer tne constitution and the circumstances of the case, belongs to Con!s alonei arid f - ter that decision, and not till thetv-ifa- favorabTeto make a restoration of the dt vidends, the Bank so unexpectedly seiz ed, in derogation of its laws. It was not "until the time had passed for the repeti tion of a similar appeal from the laws by tne Bank to cover its other intimated claim for damages, on account of the re moval ot the deuosites with any Dtoba hie hope of public approbation m favor pfl its new mode ot -aiding the fiscal opert tions of the Government) and not till al l ter those "elections" to which you refer, may, in your opinion have terminated so disastrously to its hopes) that the bank professed a perfect indiffV:rence,' about the money and a willingness to release it in case an arrangement was effected for a suit at law. How a suit Could still proceed) and the money be first released or renaid. must be left td the Bank for further explanation, as it is incomprehensible to this Depart ment, unless e fleeted through some ficti tious case) to. b agreed on, in order to de prive Congress hi its constitutional pow er ovtr appropriations to settle contested claims against tne unnea states, ana which agreement, you may rest assured that this Department has as little inclina tion as it has legitimate power to make. It may be proper then to state further and distinctly, that the submission of the wnoie case to the wisuom anu auinortty of Congress appears to the 'Treasury to be the only suitable course and . that it canhttt enter into any arrangernent in re lation to the subject, except to receive, as requested in its communication to the iBank in July last the dividends' due' io the united states, and to refer the Bank, as is done with other claimants in similar cases, to the justice of "Congress for an v damages demanded on the bill of exchange beyond the actual expenses and costs in curred." 'J. f"7; : ' ::i IMPORTANT FROM MNGLANi) Frotn London papers to 23d Nov. and Liverpool to 24th, received at New York by the packet ship Geo. Washington. The news is important, both politically and commercially. Since the date of our previous advices, there had been a rise in cotton, amounting to fulr three farthings per pound. A Tory Ministry bos rn part been formed in England, with Lord Wel lington at its head. T; A new French Ministry has been form ed, with the Duke de Treviso (Marshal Mortier) at its bead, and embracing rnost of the members of the Cabinet as it exist ed -previous to... the appointment of the j TlnlP nf Ka9tin " Mnv w -. m mmm ttw . . i . " jr The British Parliament ; has been fur- tber prorogued from the 25tb. of Novem Jber to. tbe 1 8th of December. It is stated in a Liverooot baner. that on the news of the formatidri of the Bassano Ministry reaching Tallerand, ; he immedi ately sent iti his resignation as Ambassa dor lo the Court of London. There is no news of 'importance eitBe' i from Spain or Portugal: ,f :-J' The plaguej continued its ravages . ait Constaniiiioplej j J, ;( ; -On; Monday the king atpe to St James' Palace and deceived the formal resigns- lions of ms late servanm; tne Unite of Wellington iraa'-Bwor'bj!aaecKift for. the Home- Dspariffijapiofd waa amomr rn issioned by His . Majesty jto . cppdgt the business of the 'btbeFjrifTcjjMrdein:' of the State; with the assistance of the Under-secretaries, tfntll, tpQ7 definite afr rangements are entered irtov' On Friday t ne-4urtner recei vea, tne Seals ot ttte aecret ,i tarv of War, paymaster. of the . Forces , and First Commissiober jof .Woods and f Forests, t .. The; Duke u is, , therefore dt& I tempore First Lord of ahe .Tfeasurv, Se ' Cretary tf the pome Foreign and Colo . nial Departments, First Lofd ot the Ad tniralty, President of , th Board of Con trolfc SfCfetary.aijWar, si1ineo:tbrJkVoods addi .Fbrestslill wui cqminuf act ; tnese manuoia ca pacitiep,' an in an othel We presume tha& may be, deemed necSaryf;uriUI : Sifl RtfU ben PeeU who aade.tQttaJymaros' f The choice of. any. otneo in the Govern rhent, including: the Premiership, isreser-,? ed or that aU important personage. It vitill probably be a fortnight before be can ar . 2- . iJ -LX .:n it- rive LQ Xiiigiauu, aim micik, iu icasi, iko, k puke will remain the. : jsole responsible s Minister of the Empire TtYis state of things 3f we believe, unprecedented, ir .1 1. I out it is. aououui wnat arrangements will finally be made. Conjecture has .bced : ' Dusy wfthhe names of those wha are like lyOr take 5mce. f reraising, tnereiqrevi , that nothing certain is knownt; wet jjiayj 4 mention that it is rnmoured ami almost ex. , pected, that , i t Lord Lyndhurst will be. Lord Chancellor. Sir James Scarlet Lord phief Baron (wfih . Sir Charles M.-Sttttoh ir Robert Peel Vv Home Secretary. ! ' Chancellor; of the' fix chequer j and Litader of? ; theH. of "Comuioalf, .j v Foreign Secretary. J First Lord of the Admi- . alty. ' .'r FreaMeat pi - the Board bf Control - ;T Lord LieoL of .IrelaaoV 1 Secretary of Iretiad. j' Lord Chancellor of. Ire Lord Elleuborodgh. Marquis of Chandos Lord' Cowley ! Earl of ItoBsiyri. ! ' Sir Henry Ardinge Sir C. Wetherell krl of Aberdeen Ambassaddr tdf France Lord Stuart de Roth- ) Governor General pf Ia say or ' Ixird JMunster ) dia. " , j Lord Maryborough , Master of th .Hoe' Sir Edward Sugden - Attorney General: 1 Mr. JJollettdr MrlPol-) SolicitorfGeneraJi' , 14? rMr Goalbtlrn is to be the candidate' for the Speaker's ' chair ; and the Standard in timates) that if the reformed House of Commons should refuse to instal him. a tbe-Duke's word of Command, ari'imme' diate. dissolution will be the consequentei. the KW 'f Rfeirdtt MtSistiti. 4r JjOndOii. Nov. 22. The Paris -na rLwsL rf the 10th chavd otifhaA tr on A T.U w ' relve the orHclali announcement of th Nevv Ministry. The wllowinff poiritmenti appeared id a Royal Qrdinanca publisqed In the Moniteur oftirataay S jr. President of the Council and Ministetjfj War-- "The Duke of revisoMarthal Mortier.Y " Minister fflnteriory . M. Thiers ! 1 r Minister of Foreign - A fairs . Admiral de Rigny MihisterofPublicIastruction M. Guizot. . X Minister of Commerce i- ,M Duchatei. , i . Minister of Justice j IJBersif, L' K. Minister of Finance 1 yMHuman, ? From .the above list f Vvil be seen that the Cabinet is in fact a rrestdratidff of thft V old Minstry, 'with' the substitdtion of the D4ce of Treviso for M; Gerardf t.TbC struggle between Gui2ot add' Thiers tot supremacy wjll therefore : doubt nOU be again reneiwed, and may;, and indeed probably will, at no yeryt distant period, again produce a dissolution i of the Cabi net. :M. Hurnahn. has, although, as it is as-', 4; serted with very great reluctance, under- taken the labors of Minister of Fihantew The office ofiMinister of Maribe still con tihttea vacant! . 1 rlf; .i. ..LivfiayooiiitlrNov i VThe sales of Cotton foHhe week ending ioaithe h ?lst. inst , reached 31,B2a bales; including T p-V j ll,f530 Uplands at 8aVlOd;: o,uiv vmcwis.ai a. ax ; iu ai li , su ai it 5,750 AJabatnA a 8fa lOf :r f A iu oea isiana at?i a lap i r,. i -r iy. 16 Stainedldo, atl6., , w. r-.-A.-A -4,200 jull a U. ; A ; . Jn the early ?axt of the week the. Market -was quiet, and the account of tbe King's dismissal of oib mmisien appearen oa mondajr; t naye a parahzing effect ; bat the advices received thajt day by the York packet of 24th ultimo ,-as tdH " the injtfry donetv the crop and that hat little-wai ' ; expected to; come forward for some; weeks, ; ittjT daced speculators towafds the close of the day tof renew, their operations, which' they continued IhrrtUgh the week ; their purchases are etiniatei at 17,000 bales of American, ad 25u So rats, ea tabushing an aavance in. pncea of td perb.- Tne imports 91 the, week were 2049 bale?. 1 Delicate iWorkmxinsiip.Ti& 4 S. (Rifl.) Gazette says, that a yaam man itr the molovtiirjrX6f Messrsi Skyes & Son; Sheffield? Kng. has nflad4 ; a ' steam engine, which weigos seTen ' , oniicesT: Jt s irfectthat tnth a!pirit, . lamfi and two table rnluUswatev it will go at 'thev.te:lr4.alhpttsa; strokes a; minute, .anu micqv workuutii alrSst Jtejas -T i i
The Weekly Standard (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Jan. 9, 1835, edition 1
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