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3 3 - HI f : . l-.I '1 '-. V i hi - ;-. 1 I l rv.i-r-i'W'T -v. 'I- 1 f-vT-,: '4 , :; .u V ' '! -r - 7T; ;- : : ; I tr- ' ' f J .4 , V- JVoih the Motional Intelligencer. : - HORHIBLk RAILROAD ACCIDENT. ? AVdo not remember a more distressing acci 'deat than thai of -yhich the sunned isnc " . . i mp m ornich mere count. A vv e nave y " : - r. . ma a greater Wf life, bt surely none which ippel mw trugly la the sjmpathiesur WaVcaloUti tumatke adeeper impression up on 1 the senses. -V ' .- i 1 -: ' . a ' t Correspondence Bf th Bdtuaore Patriot. ' StL A MBU AT 0 6 LU MBU3 , Aug tl 2 ,,1 837 .... ; T Aii 'rkioi acdUi:thai " oeurreJ in. EasHTN VklU since my recollectwti, happeo ;-. ed on tiTmuotb and Roanoke Rail road .one . .ir,niM. iV.m Suffjlk. vwterday, between 9 r,t ia V:kftk. A'cu-npany s?si;ng rf about inataqt;;Wn h' ,ih? yie wf -.rMMi jngpori f Wi,0 pvtfcrb whuA. aa they bate reach- natt ilii On ihnr Mum. al .lh iunt a'ta aoJ plaCHabove BiwolioiieJ. tliy rant a Iteumx t i v s and iraifi U burden cars, and, horriblti lo re late, ib two ran grnui .m anorher, while" go iog at ihe rate oi H) r 12 mifs an hour, A messenger Was sent - to .Sutflk for some physiciaa in the place ti co ne oni iminediueiy , an J I oirfg accideiialiy m tha twu.f repiiired jto ihe plac of accide;,t. writh the bop, uf oemg able u render some a-wsiauce to the wounued. The m.st heart-rending scene presenied U- aelt tuat I ever tvimsed ; erry .t ontioin sides or ihe road which offe led the least protec i tion trom the sun, was4 "cotered with the dead, dyin and wounded. Three y ung la'dies sit ! ting tojeiher on thu front seat or ihe second car were killed, neither living longer than fifteen mtnuie.4; another lady, an infant, and a negro girl were ho oiuch 'injured that they died before 3 o'clock, and ten or n I teen ladled and gntte mtn besides, sustained injury of one kind or an orher, very likely to prove fatal to four or five of them . I he confusion attending an Occident vher sd many wtre presen'.the inai.gled . corpses laid o'lt on ihn side of the ro-id, ih oi(an-4 nt the tion, presented a spt:tacle which defitw descrip lnn, 'Every jswsible attention a paid to the aurfererj by the phytclun and hospitable rin zeui of J5utf.dk, but the bilualion where it hap- OHued. and the x?SKi v heal ot the dav. added l-HJU'lj 0 HIU IIULIIJIIJ UI men TTTTrrrnrj3 t shall not attempt to assign any cause f.rthis pitoful occurrence, as the matter will prohably undergo a luorough investigation before a court of justice. AN EYE WITNESS. FURTHER PARTICULARS. V- When the, Inuoui'itive of the passenger can had reached the curve, and while the whole tram wa on the embankment, which at that place is at a greater elevation than at any other . on the whole line, being 85 leet jtgh,) the lum der train suddenly appeared in sight, sweeping : down the curve ! The engineer of the passeti -' ger train promptly stnpped the loc'Huntivt ; but tie of the liisnner tTatn vas either enable (owing to its being on a deseri) to stop his, or did not see the danger in lima, for his engine drove fu rious on against the p-issenger tram, lorcinj h hick upon the first cur, which was driven a gaiust the spc ii.I, the second against sthe third, and the two lat-erwere crushed to pieces in the dreadfull concussiuit. The great havoc, bowev er, was in the second car, the ti r.-t having lifted I run the rails and propelled, over it, rakiogjt a? it were, fore and aft, and crushing to death ur .hTirrihly inaimi'g the passengers who remained itt.'itj AVj uiiisl leave it to the im-iginatioi . ollXhe reader lajdefuct h- r- 1'yifr.g- rmrror of .thV li w tul twainaati j-mitti f lh aoo wlitetn en'v Tnuea l - Vljiy vUo ww jiiang lHd tcut lepi from ihe ar 4 rol W down the eiuyankment.at t he J ti iiird of Ittejor lunb A gentlem-m who was equally eeatd next lo a young lady in the se - eood car. saw the coming death, and warnttl his ! leilo-passengers ol It .pe eo.'Hu do jio mor - then. sprang tloA'ii the en.h:ntki:jent. As spinas j ' tie rts ujwm his fVt he-' looked op ; it was ali over, and she. who sat beside htm within the pas- sirtg tuouiett', Jay ; niaoglejj corpses, upon Hie seat winch be hadjett ! : - Fivw- minu'es more would have amply snf fi.wd lo hate brought the lumber "train to the uf ttdk -'turn-out ; had the passage cars, therefore, have he en detained nly thai brief space, nothing, -would have happened. N i y , a btngle intntile, either later or earlier, would doubtless have prevented either tram to have cleared the curve, . stithat each coujd ha vebeen apprized in time of the other8approach. It is worthy of remark, too, llit at no Other pjini on the road could such ait acc.dent have occurred uhleKS, inoeed tiuo'igh ihe intention ot neglect ol one of the en iners. . Those killed were Miss Elizabeth McClenny, dauguter of Jona. JdcClenny, of Nanemond, iMiis .lrgaret R nerts. dauoter of Divia Rd berfs.of Isle of Wight, ami Alts Jemima E'y, daagbterof Mrs. .uartha Ely, ot the same cuun ty, wto herself was dreadiully hurt. Aiuo'tg t'hoe ho were dangerously wounded wire Mrs. Ely, Wiley iVaikiu?, his lte.mtar.t etiild, and mud servant, hV h Diughlry.! Miss Mitrih aod AIi Elat Huiiaod. Virs Atereduli Watkms, Mis McClenny, ahe yiunger, Mrs. Story; .Mr Reese Phelps. Mr James M. Hol land , - i. ' i The accident occurred within one hundred yards of 'the residence of Mrl Richard Goodwin, where the dead and wounded were carried. From this kind and hospitable family , as well as from the ladies of ufTikj the unfortunate sufferers received evety attention that could be bestowd. ANOTHER FATAL ACCIDENT, : Wrhen the directors and physicians left the - engine, it returned lo Suffolk ;'f-ir wood and wa ter, propeLliog befre it the coach in which they - had come up. The night was dark, and n heavy I raiu falling, a that no look.-out could be kpton the road. When within one hundred Yards of the watering place, the etiach and engine passed over Mr. James Wuodwaid and Richard Oliver, two ci'nwns of the oeihbuihotxi, who were walking on the track, aod o mangled ;hem that, the former died immediately, and the latter is su uauijf iiijmru tnai 110 caiMixi jw5iuiy recover. This iccideut was wholly miaviodable ; the en gineer could not see, through the darknes. (hav ing a lartre passenrer coa-. before him . ) : ibat the Qtiforluuale men were in his way ; and they, by the same cause', together with the pattering of a. heavy abnwpf of ram lalltug at the time, wre reodeted uncensctuus .the approach uf ihe - train; ontil they were struck down. 'Ihe day's disasters are stated as follows: 4 . killed,J3 severely wounded, 25 or 30 slight ly. - An inquest was held on the three deceased young ladies," and another on. Mr. Woodward, whose verdict are subjoined. ' C VERDICTS OF T;HE I QUESTS. - 1 VV, the jury, are of opinion that the deceas ed caqae to their deaih on the P R Ji R oear Good WtnV landing, an the county of Nausemond, bet ween the hours "nf 9 and 10 o'clock A M on Friday the 1 1th of August, 137, by the violent concussion of the lamber train coming in contact yith lhe regular train, which concussion waa occisivaed by the wilful mismanagement aod igS of 'J'wiU the lumoer iram, uoiueus.ii.uB -liams. by running down a S rapid descent on a i-. j nitu Trat, velocity, at a time fiir Vf tit uaiu iimu ti - i . i.M TnpcteJ tu I When tney m.gnt .a,c .r-r- FV' ll'i Jtbli therdeceased tn hi death accidentally on e ruiw'"""" i came to his aeatn awuru j . jnriflV a beavv ram. by a car ana engine - t w r I bis body: That we entirely exonerate Cuiperier. who had charge of the engine, from any and a:I charge oi oim "iru .r. managemtnt o hisart w.iutso-r v -5 SHOCKING; ACClDEN.p J " . ' PHII.ADEJLFHI-, ACQITST Uj t-,'.!.-to learn that. 'last ' evening. -. fi-ii k a J..i.-r .if the H n. George M '.i.i ii nt. j L'liu.i'nga mp'fiftHfrmy rrtaSiiW. os are tltese : - iiri. , La-ias wa iih in!, after nightfall, in a carriage from the coun try, accompanied by Mrs Alexander Campbell,; jhn in iisiir ihrouuh Sniwn street, the. bur ses atta-th! in the vehicle tojk fright, and-ran away. The breaking of 'some of the! harness brought a piece oi Wood conncted with i it n ( Curtlac, ,ilP ,epi3 ur ,ue hores.aad inoieas ed tMr pruj,rwH , the topmost peed. ! At this j KmcUire tt.e timorous driver sprang from bis j aftt, a aviiir the horses to! their own guidance j anti u,.,,. The furiou animals sept along! tne mittttt 0lJfOn cmnig either in conUct with obsiaeleor. lurnin? a oirner. the carnare f wa, .,, and onH if .,. .fT.mhted it- was partly upset. mates dashed hemllong upn the pavement- Mr. Campbell was the lady thrown out, and we are gratified to hear that she was saved,, as by a miracle, all hough it pains us to add that she wks seveiely bruised1 and wounded, and, it i greatly feared, may not servive. Mrs. Dallas remained in the carriaje, if we mistake not until the horses were arrested in their n ht lirtino take?) into auouse,u6 was scarcely ante to i sjeak, and uierwly o:np!ained of the oppression of her dtea, winch prevented hr from, breaih ing Ireely. A gioinor two ensued, and the fa menu d lady had coased io live. There wa no external injury upon her person, except an in considerable bruise uputi her arm ; and it is be lieved siie died t apjplesy , i result iog froTi ex- AaaSamaarrir ! t li ol.ftl iff I J rtit 1 rn : . . .'- r, kIa t it 4 the discovery of so7n Vteroal hurt might fuil Iron ar ih orough post mortem examination - 5- TERRIBLE STAfiE ACCIDENT, Clear Spring, Md., Aug. 8. A dreadful catastrophe happened last mght at Millstone Pointy between this place and Hancock One of the ReJiance line of stages from Frederick to the West, passed through be after dark list evening," im its way to Cuttw btfrland. About 10 o'clock the ill-fated coach reached a small spur of the moun tain, running to the Potomac, and between this place and llaniock, termed Millstone Point, where the driver mistaking the . track (tt being very dark night) reined his horses too near the edge of the precipice; where tn the twinkling of an eye, coach horses driver and passengers, were precipitated upwards of 33 feet on to a bed of rock oe low; 4he coach was dashed) to pieces, and two of the horses killed -literally smash ed. AVwiatT''tlty;-?taf3f "r htait, -cif r;ObRKBr f LiiatUrt K.rntnrtrri'Tintl" a negro child, was crushed to death. And a man was so dreadfully mangled that life is flu kering on his lips only. His face was beateo to a intiinmy. The other passengers and the driver wofully bruised, but is sup posed they are out of danger. They were seven in number. 1 cannot gather thl any blame was at tached to the driver Jtjs said he was per fect!) sober, hut lie and his horses were ne w to this road, and the night was foggy and very dark. - j t ' Six lives have been thrown atcny in this vicinity within two weeks, to wit: A man beaten to death, a tnau murdered, . out) thrown frrom his horse and these three deal lis. I P S.2 oy clock. Mail at the door. Mrs Clare's daughter was along.. She has her shoulder dislocated, poor unfortunate girl! and the man is not yet dead, but senseless, and cold in the extremities. His name lias not transpired. - JVaf Intelligencer. JIUteorie Showers. On Wednesday evening last 'from hall past 9 P. M. until 2 A. M., we observed, says the New Yotk Mercantile Adver user ot Auif. II, abnluant display of shooting stars, alnost equalling, in number; the famous shower of November 11th, 1833, They appear ed mostly to emanate from one fountain, in direc tion from IS. or r.by E. 'Many exhibited long brilliant trains, which continued luminous sever al seconds. At intervals, the heavens were en tightened by heat lightning. The evening was beautiful, and the stars shone resplendent the early part of 1 Ve evening ; and a boot 1 1 o'clock, a few dark clouds arose, through which the fie ry trains of meteor? were occasionally noticed, with as much distinctness as lhe trains of rockets viewed at three or four miles distance. We can scarcely believe that an illumination so general as this, .can have escaped the vigi lance of" the wise men of the East," and we shall in a day or two look for some interesting narrative of the sublime phenomenon from thence. BALTIMORE, August 9. The Hon. Virgil Maxcy, recently appointed Minister to Beltum, arrived in town a few days, since, and left thtscnv on Monday nrorning for New Voik, whence he will sail for Europe without delay. " ' 4Vf .-. -'-. This geut4einan,it is said, has it in special ehartft to negotiate a more favorable footing for the Tobacco Trade of this country, the low state of which, as well as its vast importance, has at- ira-ied the special notice uf Congress, and the President. Mr. Maxcy is universally acknow ledgetl tube not only a man of fine talents, but eminently a practical man of great business tact His long residence r at V ashington.. and the laithful discharge of an important office, render ed sv mainly by his admirable discipline and in dustry, have made him intimately acquaiuted wiui me resources oi the country, ueing a tu bacco plahtei himself, his appointment has met l with general approbation, and our owo State be- ing deeply interested in tfais obiect of his mis- S sioo, weseem to be more specially called on to wish him prosperous gales and complete success iqis negou ! :- y Jprcm tt HcLy , A EW PoBTKAlT OF TUC The fjouUifcrit J r . . . . net. miss.. wnicuuw ..;,, letipr from air. mw - - ;it;i.na Ilad.sgnt,! hoUd iended huuh. puauo uiuhci. ; y ri.;-k ct-.A.! in ihe MM- ta?f , e A n.iiA as ran mm v P- H-T.r. juL"u0 seated r motherakheir sonal Ir en U add epenjlentaj AJUMaj '.. ) riiiueut i t - .1 ..rmwxf M 'Vril!t in tt- operatiuos upon mc l?"g!vvfy" i B.ntimerl. whirremedy wii th iiirationtaWr t jWhat will thl min- "t t re ; commend to the caileo session ui j Can the author of; the Ijetter upnerru reeomuiead a Nauocal Uant f i J mo . J They were understot to bS eodt'ift'-TGeoV Jackaon. n, sod 'of icourso iealouslyi4iir' bT I Kendall, Blair, at.d the rtotof j JBent k dy-1 nasty;: They jhad eot jthe -Genera) bioolrff for hard money -and po credit haoos ptfawdj rriaiiejj oown anu ne cu.arg-eu4ujon me; paper nirrtncy and credit system oftn$ country., as hedi-djupim the Indians at' the fiorse'shoe, and he has! left come w hat is io be done t iviji tn tiener al leave Col. B-jhion " solitary and A or de- hold out for iheold humbug ? pends Mr. Vai Buren'a fate. Upob ins Ben tM backed by Gen. Jack4n' 's name,,ie cannot jeouhter. r rum me stunt oi me times, I pieaicutut it k r . ' , 't ' I U I . I he aijjnt of the iime9, I piedicunJLt there a 8ub8itute for th United f5u4Dank, Jen Jackson's sanction, j But f vJia :wj11- will be with Gen become of Col Benton? Let no if ceive himself a to suppose there v. gie tear shed over him; thev wor so far' c'W- 1- tfj' ) t,e hnu thrown overboard with hi 1 . n renoy about rvi9 nek,; where if is the rag mouey ouc was' J jund. " the Cotonwl exhibiteihis first f ar expunging, as wtrllasj hi a money, from ibis earlysoeb ? give him his quietus, it is Geo. J vckson to withdraw repudite his crude! nr. "currerVcy, and return : JhViJeu'efrlmu he wiUdo. H. alwaj if he canmit mske.circu There has, and very p. vail, a great erroras.U sum . uf Andrew Jackson's chara. once declare that nd man con j any act of bis life that was rash, i ws policy;' I have been often rti. declaiation. his a key to ibis ci L 1 U'i. , .IS He sracttt owes his success in life to it. ; lb isjltauch shrewder and more sagacious man tharjs suc cessor. 1 1f a man Was lo be woo by curUity.ui secured by a favur.or taken'by aiorui, jtjnerer failed to secure him' If all Ibesn tailed, L would fly into a rage al the discovery of some treach erous design denounce himjin the hiy -Ways "And where his frown of I liWtreddlTlfell, Hope withering fled, and ileircy taigill Fare well" 4 . j ;-:4.-f .. He would, thus excite other men to dAhat at which they would be astonished in ttidr calm and ratioual momem Trt world wilj scarcely give bun credit tor ihe tact and sagacity which he has ever possess He b as not bin mote remarkable lor boldness than lor caution. He has ever possessed, in an eminent ieiree.Uhe pleii-ua-ori aim one wing had otvrt way, m great d.ttder,' and UUI in ifruot 1 u It J. t'm.v.i all Ihe efiwits of his inisi- intrepid aheeri-tu forai them into line, proved j uiia v aihhg .J&TTn General Jackson came himsei':, rartfj- Uk the ocean. . The affrighted militiamen changed situ a ot the trees behind which they were biding, ex posing their backs to the bullets j I the! etieuay, as less tobo feared than the uenjeral 111 a iage tie ordered the first oliieer he mil 10 charge; o ver the creek and drive the Indians from their position. He declared that his men wjiuid not go. 'It is because you wilt not show them the way,' said the General, and , turning-m Col. Elliott ot Teniiessee,lieexcauiied, Gcorge cuu'l you dtargef Tne answer; was a t a put to me Aaie.i, Aiiu every mau.ai hi back. And i; has ever been iho case, that w h i ie tie ca me' ot. ly to the brtuk liioiseil, from whence he couidi rally according to mrcumsiances, he vjould make oih er uien lake th-e plunge. 60.il vf ill be( now 'he occupies a p jsit iuu ujaon paper, jvhich vtl e pa bie him lu accommodate himself tu the question ot a bank'. When Mt. llayijie of , Sou ill -Carolina mane his celebrated speecn on Fooi'i jesoJu tion, Gen." Jackeun eulogised' H io?. si. eh terms as to induce Grundy, polk and Johnson nessee, all ot whom are remarkable Lr nfTen- - ir ea'u mm anu timidity, to espouse ooctrirus 5 ; ficatoiu ; but when it came to' the' found themselves left without t' countenance. In like manner, v the most of Col Benldri, be be; of his party in the Senate who tleman per 01 der, he has etil" maimer which has led the before r men. wiin many others, to acapt t; . , 5 doctnues of a gold currency, & to co.r1;..lt il.r.i- selves against a Bankas being -equal! uncon stitutional and inexpedient as the H.ir t t.f tha United States, and to declare lor hard u ney as a - a . the true democratic currency. J hese nere, to be sure, the Geueral's views too io .conversation, when it was important to break down Juhn Bell ot lennessee, bui that humhu.r ha, nsl a- way, and he now begini to reliriq his vto mes sage foi his views in relation to a - bank- aid I much question if his non-com nittafsiiccesr is not more deeply committed on that subject 'than he is. lf the General should beeimeHa lank mani which I have no doubt he will d!ti,itt'hat will become of yuur hard money -Ben tod demo crats? Whai will they do with their conscien ces, and constriutional scruples? 1 suppose, how evei, that they are sworn to support the Constt tution as he .understands it. ' The party' being a unit, it follows that the General's is. t tie only conscience which belongs to it, and they have used and abused that, ootil it has become as tough and hard as a negro's heel, who cm ruin down a flint hill without raising a stouebruiseL I - predict that the party will dedajt ihva Bank in his name, aod! with! his appf(ihatioti. There was a rumor in Nashville, lvheit that city a few weeks ago, comin? from which seemed to be authentic, that he ,w ready a baok-an. Andrew Jackson the man, will startle many a good! fellow wjh longs ,io the democratecy,' fas one of them clared the other .day, but the lest of genu jneness is, their willingness to uke the Constitution as he understands it. ! : j j " ' . j .-.'"' .J. " A drcumsiancs which would j sef mt i Vire plausibility to this rurnoris that a high cl5er of the government, jhe yieej President ;of the United States, paid a viiit "to! ashvillaj baut that time, and appeVred tu f-ef tb we -hi of g- vernment resting heavily va his sht claringthat soooelhing ought ito tr posted off to the Hermitage where iy una eight, reuunad tu the ctty . l t t i rFbeflri 1 them in pretty mueh the same ipiaagtedj and pro irate condition 'And' although at kempprary success folloe,hH disastrous h1 Vt'i ! has (left slarce bank de r;iy-i; ?!VrSv t jn tage. Of coarse nanne -pc&t-: ew tb til'iect f hi extratrdinarv mw - ' ( lt ;wah;ttfaV sjippose thai the" Vice rresidehts M-uitu ak permission of the Er- PfesioItif the I'roidm of the United States to relax hi jl.licy, and 'adupt suma measure of f relief. J,i.mld rWDertiul!y so?estl whetlrer it 1 -tt4 HrtKftTn!enhfctr he. Pfeaidrcl t41iate a resident miokter near the llermiiage; Geneti JacLsD lias auinorized the Bank ,tun darJ.'iubiaid jlajibts nameyiti uiaj look out w a iana-anaioiiyuruTiing. sore ijanddiHne follow in the: footsteps of the lat ifh ma ny of plrtiemSers Oiiiimttted ganist a j Bank ? Is it rvtj to bft 'feared jmerWift patch up soriie thing liicfi.Uj stre no other end but to in 'ronag-of ihe, -"government ?V It 1 V.1 1 1 I-a I cmn rCfitb f na-t n f l. . .1 . . f mere will.be a suiyirf .r the Umird Siatts 5 , f'tT1" i,a lur "irncTaey are aniung iratik: )Durfwhal kmd of "ob.utttH$ cantbe lofl a plan h (;..rrnrr.ent fr, m expected ftom ihia adiiitatstratii.n. pledred as it 1 ?' rlraiiuf,s of ail kinds, tocullrci iheetenoe, sWmst TTiOlw, fri-nds of a NaUonat Bank J cv?ll$ ?M dsbUrsed by the Govejnn ent in 7-b4se; genilemeD wTio have no doubt as to the nd 1,1 8 n ndeviatmg me- powerof Congress over the subject should act j c CQrreReJ. prevent hreaf-er ov it trading; wuh gjreat dijiberatioii and caution. They nd fP-" all brant -he of buinrts ; should remember that the citizens of a larwe I Hh,,sX b nks nd ,he c.mmrcial eemma sectihAf the United Statesand I conffss that! n,'y lHl to m''ge ,lHr cxchaigts. I am a4nngst that a umber feel oreat constitu- i od al,mu's bet net-n I tu,. m their way. I tional djffieutiies on this subject.0 No occasion ; hpe and trust than he whole dem-mcy the has prentd iuelf so favorable as the present, 1 wholeUaioo will unne in aduii.g ihee Wf.is. fonbefiual s-ttleraent of this vexed question j res, and the demwracy of i.iuiibeis will neter Congress will continue io session from Sclera- unUl w,,h ,he "swacy of beruntil July, at iu next meetinir.durins which ! lh.e. .'ew arvd lhelt paper "d:i aysiem. upon time that body, as well as the State LerisU. lores, en definitely act upon the subject, by an express and indispdtable errant of power Now is the lime In put finally to rest a question which has, and otherwise will, continue to agitate the country.! From the Baltimore Chronicle. MORE OF THE NEW EXPERIMENT. " The Globe received yesterday, devotes twu columns !to the currency and introduces no less a personage than the Old Hero" himself, as the dictator juf the New Experiment. The watch word is given: Down with the Banks!" aod it will henceforth be the war cry of the Destrue ns.' We know that in this warfare against institutions of the country they will meet Tenuous opposition from many of those h heretofore acted with the party. The o-: i rf such inen viill be disregarded .- twft-for tSpnHf-d uattewlth irvadve'VVbig artj of the conn - - mtetfng tne Desiructives at once, o niy, bojdly and with the fearlessness of free men. wrest from them the power thy now hold iu the Government and drive from offiee the ex citers and promoters of this . I ackobmical spirit. In the workdays of the French revolution uu more- malrcTnant feelm? airatnst Darticulai class.es was encouraged by the leaders of that age of anarchy, than is attempted to be excited oj in ese last letters from the nermiia?e Tne Merchants are denounced in undisguised terms, and the deposite hanks marked out as es pecial objects of hate. The officers .t these in stitutions are charged with a conspiracy "to de grade, embarrass, and ruin, if thevcould, their own country?"' What say you to this, you Van Btiren Presidents and officers of Pel Banks? Ate yon guilty of the charge? Will yuu allow and old and as we would fain hope for the.of fice he once held, an insane man to make these charges against you, without, forsake ot your selves and yiiur children, meeting them on the threshold and repelling a calumny worthy u lv of -the infuriate sans culotle of (he days of Ho bespiene? We w ill see. The reading of these letters from Gon. Jack their nec ihar si vie iniaiiiiriia.: iiotiii iniia4 I nrl I i . . . 1. . n Il,u iaK'"j;'5.paovc 1.01 luey rent-el the views of Mr. Van Bureo, and are the prinetpifcfi. Jipun w hich he will act. ' The ti:m was not chen without reason. The election in all the Stais, but one, whre mfmeis of Cooijrss were lo be chosen, were oyer, or would be held nn the v iy day on which these ktiers were issued by the Globe. i They conl l have, therefore no effect on such elections, ar-d yet it the election result favora bly to the Van liuren parly, will be held to be conclusive in favor ot those very measures The letters are introduced too in connection with Judge While' comseon the Presidential ques tion, by way ! showing that the people under 8'loud.-Mr. Van Bnren to tv their advocate when a candidate f r the office be holds, and the very words of the letter indicate that he has now ta ken strong ground in their favor. "I am proud to see," says one of the letters, "the firm and no ble stand taken by the Executive Government on this oo-asion . The time has indeed arrived when it be comes -necessary for the people to take ground on these questions, and in the lan guage of the New York Times, 4to otgan ize on the great conservative basis, between despotism on the one hand and monarchy on t';e other. ! T. tract. I. of a letter from General Jack . a to the Editor of the Globe dated HERMITAGE. July, 9, 1837. 'Now is the time to separate the Govern ! isnt.from all banks receive and disburse the retrenue in nothing but gold and silver colli, and the circulation of our coin thro' all pubiic disbursements will regulate the currency forever hereafter keep the Gov ernment free from all embarrssment,whilst it leaves the commercial community to trade upon its own capital, and the banks to ac commodate it with such exchange and cred it as best suits their own interests both be ing money-making concerns, devoid of pa triotism, looking alone lo their own inter ests, regards less of other. It has been arid ever will be a curse to the Government to have any entanglement or interest with eith er, or mote than a general superintending care of all But the commercial commu nity hitherto has been fostered by the Gov ernment, to the great injury of the labor of thecountrj. until the mercantile aristocra cy, combined with the banks, have assum ed Hie fght to control and man Age the Go vernment as their particular interest requires, reiratriless of the rights of the gieatdempc- I rrv f numbers, who tbev believe oUffht - J ' w 57 to be, and they are determined they shall be, hewers of "wood and drawers of water. I repeat, thai I am proud to see the firm and noble stand taken by the Executive Go vernment on this occasion. The people, are with it, and will support it triumphantly, i The history of the world never has re corded such base treachery and Krfility as bas ben committed by the dejosite banks j against the Government.and purely with the ; view of oratifting Biddle and the Barings, and by the suspension of specie payments, t i . ! Wr..Tr,t. omtarra.. and ruin, it tbev could, tlstiOwn country, for the selfish views mBkingIarge proisbyrowing out mil lions ofiiJpreeiijttdfpaKrupon the people semug tni-ir ?iecie at large premiums, &, buying up their pn ,,1 per at diseotinls of "orn 25 lo 50 per cent and looking forward la b Midulgecl it) ihef of filiations- for yeari to come, before they resume specie pay tneoU " ' PHITATE . IIRR.MITAt.E. . 1837. My Dar Jiir-J hae Jut recnteti the Globe Of Ihtf 13Ul Hid m DlfSSed li, ii.,vr fr.:m alne can secure afrty to our revf-uuel and on ttol over issues of paper by theiate bunks. The rtvenue, reduced to the real wantsof the Gov erament, payaVe in cold and MlvVr o. fno I l'lth lhev LPreul ,?, lu ru,e lhe ' ,r 1 Dt Vf ! , reafurJ ,s I hope do Treasury note will be issued. Mh conM,- upon actual deposites are iiouai, ano ao not pariaxe m paper credits as Treasury notes, whch are suojHt to deprtcta tion by the merchants and banks, and shavus and brokers ; and will be, if issued, and the gov. ernment cannot avoid it DiflVrent must it be to the Treasury drafts, drawn upon actual depo sits, and from the conduct of the banks and the a.. m . r i mprchnnla thatr ilixrta nn limia frnm the Government, which they have attempted to disgrace, and to destroy its credit, both al home and abroad. It is the great working class that deserves protection flora the frauds ol banks, r From an article std vi Plain Democrat; e3, in the Richmond Enquirer. 'But, Mr Kditor, we know the banks cannot be put down (or ome thirty years, without a civ li revolution and and Air. Gouge's, scheme work tige'.l.er. Ihe appreciated curietn-y of Treasury medium, would be raised in value ny the trammels throw n round the piymenl of pubiic dors' without ad ding one cent to its value. The arbitrary will i of Government wnulu alone create this addition- al nctitions value ; and in a tree tjruvernn ent it could not be consniered as having any a'jidiocr sanction farther than the uiieresis ot li e lew could be made m predominate ver those ot the many. The price which the oeboof Gov ernment, would bt't ompelled to pay fot Treasury medium, would be charged like ihe iuiieaur other debts upon the people w itt. w horn ihe debtors of Gnv rmnenl deal. 1 lius the i'ei ple of ihe V ndeJ Stale?, afie be ng taxtd VFral mdli- ns nt dollars to build, perhaps, mai.y sob treasuries j as v e havt toils and ars-nai.s, ami toitlicer and guard them p fp.-inaily atr-a expense, w nuld Lie iaXed agalii Hi the ptiicliase o .hhIs in en able tne metchanis io buy Treasmy niMiinin, to puyduttes fyc. Aler arrivu at this f,ni, it woulu h:ir!l rqu;ie lhe shnipness t.f a G"i;ge, .r he anj'-Hion I a Bo' apn iImv- d in the cilities ii'-ver oetore thouht uf. By a simple ord-r jir om 1 1 e r i i h o ry I w,..- lii.t-ni (iiucor.g he" suF .leusuries i ir --tTr f-prfie on de posite, anil issue Treasiiiy nedium, we shouiij tiave tin Treasury . in- I'mteu tates cm. vertei intii bank ot deposits ,:8 it woiinl ulr a (Ijf be tak of :itculji,.i ; and whether 11 would require an art il toin loenabU- lite Treasury suii ire;isnries i loan out. money, and do It'e hai.kint; linsilie.S: of each Nate, i.d ot the L nileC Slates, wnulo n -nd i:pon me fact whether n ttiat day there wouid exiti one spark at dnmoc racy , or vhe:htr lhe leai -' tioenf S'ale rights would have suivived Ihe ie vaniatirg hand of Federal usuipdiion. Con vert the postmasters info bunk messer gets, and thr business of the nation might be dune like that of a single city ! 'I conjure the democracy oi Virginia to he more vigilant than ever; to watch over the rights of Ihe Slates and the principles of our Gotern ment with the most anxous solicitude. Let not lhe scheme of Mr. Gouge- betray us,' &c. From the Richmond Whig. PLAILNLM AS A COIN. i To the Congress of th United totalis: The desire is universal ihronuhout our coon try, to increase ihe amount of metallic money, as well as for convenience in effecting exchanges, as for the purpose ot securing the community a gainst those evils resulting from the banking sys tem; arising ir a great degree from the steal dis proportion between the specie and bank notes current amongst us. A small fraction seem dis jtosed lo dispense with the banking system alio getber, but the great majority regarding -such a measure as an eutopean scheme thai cannot be lealized, are in favor of continuing the banking system, but orgunized upon a greater specie basis than htretofore. If Ihen, any mode can be deviled, whereby the amount of the ma:ailic money may be ma terially increased, it will surely niint ihe sup-, port olall" for it is apparent thai banks cannot be dispensed with, unless a sufficient q ianiity of specie be substituted both tor comsumpiive circulation Hid mercantile t ego. utlior.s ; htiri it is equally clear, that the s-tti- basis ot the banking system cannot be sir. i.' neu withoui diminishing the amount of fa-!til c mirny. How Ihen can the amount ot 'ueihiln nn ney o increased? By the iittrodncUoii of pUtinum m lo the currency As this prei-iou ii.f tai is very little known, except to Chemists and a lew clashes of ar.;z:ifi, a short history ot its discovery and urh of its Chemical and physical habitudes Ji rela e to its use as a co.n. may hoi be improper. I'launa.&s it was called previous to the late reforir aiim in chemical nomenclature, is a diminutive oj plata (silve and was so named fmro ils resemblance trTsilver. It was first bnoht to the notice of the paolic by Don L'lloa, one of the party who went to Peru io dett-rmtne the fijjire f the Earth, who ascertained ihe existence of such a metal in l73i. But the hi.rLor of Us discovery more generally awarded to Mr. Wood., assay master of Jamaica. 'hcoh h;s ubervtiinrs were not published u i ii I741)-j0 It is found in Suth America, in St. Dorninoo, tn Spam, throohiUt tlie Urahan Mountains in Sioerta, and other parts ot Russia, and in various other localities. Platinum ts the heaviest body known its density being about L2lt while gold is 19. and silver only 10. When pure it is so soft as to be iinp,esil le with the finger nail, bin a small portion ol alloy renders it snujcienlly hart: lor .... . . lhe nurre nt ciin. Its colour is fieautilul of silvery while. It is very maileable, duetila and hrrp ana cipure n, bv tht-ir own nnl. Thia II hardly carVbe expected that t rt. vi Jf:. - ' ' w Mr,ehe man for that. ke htm u , - t on b own plain and we are to have depre- T f of J 1 dated currency f. ,r the IV. ple, or ral,r an ap- . , GinB1enlpt,fT;ri precrated curtency for nffhers and creditors of; , ,, , ,, . . ... , , . '.' Ul 'S fi it . j w 1 .11 L . I-'1 'o ihat b4J to coin any m-ia hti, 0 .1 the United Siai-s, as nnu as he iiae banks , J 1 '.! g a,i Iiminabb; percf. cfr.stfeulV ?ai is susceptible oi a very bth tU,h K 'fIv expooaieio the u,li.r K..t,... . . ; r itold, and tr.det d ns lanalttaUiiiy & Jloi js?ed by.ny siiWiai ce whatever lV h rq.iivalenu.uu.riei OS, (U4,ld beiag un imp.sioility of succissiully oM-r.t, tiUt V f I peculiarly riccommenutd it iVrrninsg. iV v collar proiHit.et, give it an intrmslc m'.1" Its use in the ars,o that it a!ue is ,, t J,""U and independent uf any tend Goven llirilitig its ue for coiiiage. lu its ti!Up . " luieruiediaie U-wern eold and silver, N,r f bout one third as valuable as gold.aiij fit th. " as iniich so as silver. It would L,,r,. . inatiotts, from one to five dollan ; ai.d. -'"HI 1' ri to have been designed - by nature fill lin llii tllllufi n rtA cin.nlta - m dfictei.cyaJ.orculrenry. It wijj u- . - intra bly i all the condiiu n bid 0 lttical iTTn Jn wtt r"rti nltil iu fit nir lhal tr 19 well caicuiairU t0 r nnrt.a nt Mii!n 1 alcji tkai rial.,- - ""e ihB iK. i .1. ci r m i e t o li -. . -. r Dr. Sillijnau says it uhi br eicHleci ivi1; I Mr. Paiks sayb'it weuidte tf uUibWiX' labricatiub tf cotjis and metals, ep cu!) a8 t ' not irjured by achis: atid" woia adijin , V most delicate iajprrsi ns thai a cie ctnjld bly impart. The Russians hav alrtajv if'j : themselves of this metal for coiutj-,iit lsrK, ties; tl is fair lo presume that ibey iit?tiR' either -t ihe other pteru us n;eia!,ii i 5' are ctmverung platinum into mivey, itt i Si.Peirs&l.Pattlaie.i.Ilt. WHh silver bullion 'I he I0:h sretion of the Iff art!r?e r( ,l. I'..... ...i t , v' i! arjjuiutnt againsi me use ci tci$ rr.e'al Ps,a tn. CUiri; a nat sec. j U'U.otis u.e ciaies In a U i n V- lliii.. Kill .ta.l.l c ri ft Lllcr. . .... j "sg a- ment of debTs.' 'U is evident, however ,J. th:s clause was adopted in reterer.ces.iWS3 tutta ! P'"" neials, tbn. in use, & iihtuueit1l.ed . U'A no doubt in entire ignorance .f ihe,,li!fliie I of aU : ul',tr w;q3 btu , ac.p,,d,-lM j Jlfc,s w t-oin. But it is not pn.p,t0 i,!t; I gatd this clause 01 the Consul um.n in ihfn, ,u I''T f no ,n, Vur sj i Art 1 a 1 U 5 nta vltV. 1 lv . f . " ' r-'-".'" "giflai have ower lo coin meney at.d teguLtf the te thencjf, and tt loreign cmns.' o ttai d.l' is not the it me limitation tHn the pifr I fr. i . ... . . . 1 1 .. . t nnnvn . iA i. . I . . . .. . j , ... a uu,;1,n dtr. Aai. Congress has Hwer 'to reg'Lii valued foietgn coins Platinum is ilrdy a foreign coin, and in course rt trade w 1,1 fl(, doubt find us way ajwongst us (m ttet 1 f a - & . ready seen sume ot it. and a true beauiittic.-ta 1 never beheld.) and it is the dity ol lucra to regulate w value.' And surely it wise, when it is evident t hat t a.etal will nr. culate ?s coin amongsi us; to o-m u onrs.ivs thereby regulating us dr-noutinaiiuD anJ $emr.rv us pr Ins io turs-elves, as w ts cn'tm.g new artune ot ummerce fplatiitum buii; iu oursrlves insuad ul y leltiing all lo o hersould tlif lu-l. sc. uf art. 1st, 'prehthiiiha v,,ui n n. n akii u any thing bui giJt r,d KilUr' aie-' ji.i ii n. r ' he the sligl.tfs: rfiect uiii. ing tie vj.Il it pli.iii.uin asacot.n, vtini iv is j.iovn; t y at l oi Conoress ll tl it nil! if re eetveo n. ojmni! el all duts tu the Fdfral Govenuun ? No me w hi rn.dns l,,r j iin'D.ent He SiO or 3d mi If ions ul uupdt annu ally panl by our merchants, the .. i: t-r iiO ii-ilm ns yarly ihmhi) t. i rublic bi.iin t m e anu crcoti, it.re w t-st i im in ehanoe the r'tisf ut tti d.r.tti--ojiit.ii hbove retured to. Sli iiid.H)lHj nn i s perieiice, however, den onstiait- any -neh ticift- siiy.it mifjbt leauily be duiij inUen.Mip re i-cr.tPU ty ilibt nsliumi-nt, w .t tn ul touilurg lj inl'M tiatuie therein. '1 hee i .n.B'ks r 6ubmit'ef ",iherefcrr,iih wiv hno tie liOpe, that lhe wisdiWlt of Cnt freiuav ' !pply itself to Ihe constdfrnt n nf ibs out metallic circulhiing inen' t in, and tl.af nsr1-"-lii eiaiioiis may n bull in such measnre-s uiii place ihe property and businvs of our rmroirr on a "more olid. secure iri! penuareir Dn than it has been their good erj y. liri ufie litre! fiur io A I B. AliLM. ON THE " L'N'I RIKD EXPKDIKNT." Wtiat did Mr. Senator ' right say f tU; : State hank., on ihe J(th ot January, s3l? " , 'I he Senator frurn Mas3?tchuettR ba.. -ked ' ItjoH will not rectiarter the tank.r ppimv-M new bank, w hat will yoo d ? !- (Mr ' lH' would answer as an indivicnal, expressing men sentiments that lie wren id snppnii il, hi tct'Tivt 1Jkpartmkt -t ihe Coverpmenr , bj all ihe law ful means in 1h jwer, in the &t-. tempt r ow maklig to svlst dutt the Style frr the United Slat, s H'-iMn ved ibm Jectly and completely compettitt to the wfii and he waxtrtoly umfwttd ty .he alarms ifcai had laten soundeu .u ilsrir ttiscc-u id le danger that were to be a ppr henri ffttrn the change. He held that the step- already i'n to effect thei hject in v;eM' ere H irrrrrardfd by the Constitution and lam rf the. iad, Ij was his firm opm.on ihfct-ine p-w hieh i.;ad been taken would redound ' the tmnpr and best interest ot the country , laum to be sustained by the People and lheir II eprs ntatives In conelus on, Mr V i .ght ot- rved : He would th rely .prno nree his opinion 'hat the country would sustain if Kxecutive-arm ) the Government in li e l..i.ei; ment n w maKirj to sut)NlMu'e the State 1 1 1 s t - a.. ' 1 1 . i s for me pai . i tu of ll.o I'niltf? S ntfU li f d Lbe T7K'.f a e tntirt coi'jidtne ij lht full and 1 ctn.'f.ee success rj iU cxperimttit I hi w thr ro:fid i t Jarnniasein nhuh Mr. Wv:glf H,ke ol .he S'ale bink and tli- KxecuHvi Eper--,er I in f.-."J4. . llree y'fs have er -f o. a-.- d pr hec f Ad.il! ri i'is tie now sat I ti V I-;-, r It . i. ne v. a- t lav. ice f .inic I:s're.- rided and se ined He it Iy Mr Vr'gbf his asS4inies h i bus cbrm.M led by I the lra Senntor as lii nrv : " ll . -1 Uttdr ihi" l?w, f'he det'p w'!n miiVKiim ir.rorrv r!rl th it. all 'he exiting ce Hite bwiks accnu .t iheir t'lcb T'M Lrum l . . i rr. r rwi , I tgi ru-j.nu- i.f'lif ( U !l t f V . Std ceive-H s-i.n- forty ir, i T tK pub1 c treasure ; and et. u ,f.? y Ufo, t a si-'-'Je tirt'te tn,. th had fms-r'i a c -'.i-Wy a.' njitt to pJ gold and stiver or t!r tctts w-rv.and Jinther i,U tcors- . they evm iffn?c to pay to the (ttrtemmetit nnu thine -hut thir -wn iirnhf vi able bank nole tht-e u w I b 'he iav abjve meniioned prl ibinwh- fii ers f (iovernroent frm either receiving payngun'. lor the millions imritied to tl.eir We keepinf. Still further the druhts ol their Treasurer nf ; the United Slate, dra wn utn a r,-pn-ne h'k for a mere trosi funil. b-l.-ngirg o indiidal ciiizens. which fund ws by the Governmpt imported Irom abroad in g!J and silver. - arul in rruld and silver piare.1 in that b.r k for We Krep ma. imre i,rrn titsJioiw rra anu rti""- Ir,,mr ilf hold, r ' f O'f ("'"." . a. i 1 . . A -r-i. t vouli not receive thr-Mr nd tmwblc bus $ ' ' hank in any utisfaclk'n . . 1 li
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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