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1V.ANCH MINT IN NOHTtl CAROLINA..
The following copy of a letter from the
Superintendent of the . North Carolina
Branch Mint, gives the gratifying intelli
gence of the commencement of the gold
coinage at that establishment. We hope
soon lo have the gratification to publish
similar information, from the New Orleans
and Georgia branches. These three mints,
and probably one or two more, were es
sential parts of "the wise and patriotic plan1
of General Jackson and his friends for re
forming the currency, by suppressing all
paper currency under twenty dollars, and
substituting gold and silver in the place of
small notes, to serve, for all thcNrommon
and ordinary dealings of the community.
This was the plan of General Jackson and
his friend; in return for which they have
been accused of a design to destroy all
credit and all banks, and to impose an ex
clusive metallic, currency upon the coun
try. This falsehood has had its run. and
taken its place in all ,the publications of
the Federal bank organs, according to Mr.
Kiddle's letter to Mr. J. Q. Adams, in
which the calumny first appeared. In the
mean time, this bank and its confederates
have actually succeeded in their plan,
which is to .impose an exclusive paper
money currency upon the country, down to
ihe smallest and filthiest shin-plaster.
We understand that the new branch
mints will be instructed to make an ample
coinage of the several pieces of gold and
silver most proper for common circulation,
viz: quarter eagles in gold, and t went -five
cent, ten cent, and five cent pieces in silver.
United States Branch JWint, )
Charlotte, 8:h December, 237 . )
Sir: By the circular under, you will
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successful operation. I
Kivcitc mat uia uitiiiv.ii vi luv. iiitiii a in
i . i ti , nnft .
v e received this week about 20, 000 in
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gold bullion, and much more is expected.
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J he insulated situation ol this place, niul
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the necessity of procuring every article al
most from Philadelphia, together with the
difficulties.-and -delays of transportation,
have much retarded my progress; but I
congratulate myself that I w as enabled to
commence cotemporaneously with the ses
sion of Congress.
You will perceive the great facility that
the commercial interest of this section is
afforded, and that too without the aid of
any bank, by the accompanied arrange
ment of the circular. For iheir bullion
here they receive, if they prefer, a bullion
certificate for its value, payable in gold in
Philadelphia; thus the rate of exchange is
saved, and the premium on their gold is se
cured to them.
1 have the honor to be,
T" Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JSO. II. WHEELER.
Branch Mint of the United States,
Charlotte, A. C. Dec. 4, 1837.
The undersigned has the satisfaction to
announce that the erection of the machine
ry, fixtures, Zzc. of the mint has so far pro
gressed, that he is prepared to receive gold
vidlion, and issue certificates for the same,
which certificates will be redeemed with
gold coin at this mint, or at the mint in
Philadelphia, as the depositor may prefer;
or the value of the deposite will be paid
here, the'moment that the quality of the
bullion is ascertained by asay.
The act of Congress-authorizes the re
fusalof all deposites of less value than one
hundred. dollars. ,
JOHN II, WHEELER,
Superintendent.
Prospect of a National Bank.- About
two thirds of Ihe Senate, and a majority of
about forty in the House of Representa
tives, are opposed to a national bank, as
shown by their yoles at the late extra ses
sion. A correspondent of the Journal of
Commerce, writing from Washington, on
the 12th inst. presents the following addi
tional obstacle, viz :
"There is not the least doubt that a
large majority of the present Supreme
ourt would unite in opposition to the uni
orm decision of their predecesa-.rs, in de
claring a national bank unconstitutional,
ihis unlooked for obstacle to a recurrence
;o and successful system established
unglon, and re-established bv
Madis
which a,Vtn L & - - lU0Se
ncn die to be overcome' .
aiauison. i urn i ... -
Though deemed not only
inexnedieni
out unconstitutional by the President, lv
ihe Senate, by the House of Representa'
tives, and by the Supreme Court, the Fe
deralists are determined ta agitate and
agitate, with Mr. Biddle to aid them, until
they force a national bank upon a con
(Iue,;ed Government and people !- ib.
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The M
ewYork Bards.: All L
counts that we get of the late Bank Con
vention in the city of New York, go- to
show that the banks of that city and Stale
are nearly ready to resume specie payments
now; that they will be fully ready by Feb
ruary or March; and that they have no
idea of delaying the resumption beyond the
first of May. The first of May seems to
be peremptorily resolved upon by the best
banks in New York, and that upon the
double ground that they will be fully ready
before that lime, and because the one year
allowed them by an act of the State Legis
lature for the terni of their suspension will
expire about the 9th of May. Hence the
condition enforced by the "New .York banks,
that the convention shall meet again on
ihe second Wednesday in April, and make
another eiTort for a general resumption on
the first of May. If the convention will
not agree, it is believed the New York
banks will resume alone, with such others
as will join them, and will endeavor to sus
tain themselves against the hostility and
piratical depredations of the I itlsh bank
in Philadelphia, and its satellites and para
sites. I his institution will r.ot resume,!
oor suffer any one to resume thai it can
prevent, and will destroy everv one that
does resume, if able to do so; and certainly
she has a crreat ability for mischief.
exerts that ability in a way lo show ib.it
she-is the destroyer, and not ihe regulator.
of the currency. The fu st of May next
may then be considered as the time when
the honest and solvent banks mran to re
sume; and the favor, suppoit, and encour
agement of ihe whole Union is due lo
them. ib.
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vcacrai i,nfrtc. we frequently hear it
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I at?i iuu uiai me eariy prosperity 01 I lie
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Italian Republics was owing to the exis-
, t . ?. . m i i
tence ol banks. J heir utmty when pro-
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IhpiIv nrfm n ulp rpr uu -iro m. Ii.t,...,.I
question. We would merely' observe,
however, in justice lo historical truth, that
the banks of Venice, Genoa, etc. wort
binks of deposit, not of circulation. The
Bank of Venice, which was established in
the twelfth century, we believe, did indeed
issue, for a short period, some kind of pa
per, for the purpose of exchange. In the
fifteenth century, however, this was prohi
bited, and it was enacted that exchange
should be paid in cash only, under heavy
penalties. We were not a iTttle amused
at reading, in a late report of the proceed
ings of the Pennsylvania convention, the
remarks of one of the bank orators, who
staled lhat formerly in Italy husbands and
wivfseatovtofthe same plate, with knives
without handles, etc. and all for the want of
paper money. How the existence of paper
money could compel husbands and wives
to eat of different plates, and clothe their
knives with handles, we are very much at
a loss to imagine. ib.
Jlndrew Jackson. The extraordinary
career of this favorite of Fortune, it is uni
versally admitted, has made a deep and
abiding impression upon the Government
and people of the United States; but thai
the hand of Nature had stamped his image
in the solid and disemboweled rock of the
land, is a circumstance not generally
known. Nevertheless, such is the fact.
A recent discovery in geology has rendered
his memory immortal, even if his extraor
dinary actions have failed lo secure lhat
boon for him, and wedded his corporeal
proportions and facial lineaments lo stone,
as effectually as could the chisel of Gree
nough, Powers, or Clevinger.
This is no joke, much as the relation
may wear the outward garb and habit of
one. In rounding and polishing one of
the beautiful stone columns which, orna
ment the front of the Franklin Rank of this
city, on High street, a very striking full
length likeness of General Jackson was
developed, composed -of impressions made
by the oxydeof iron, and plainly imprinted
by the hand of nature on the third column
north, of the four front columns. It is noi
a mere fancied likeness, to perceive which
it is necessary to call up the imagination;
but one remarkably striking and perfect,
particularly in the, general cast of the
countenance, and the position of the hair,
the latter so peculiar in all likenesses of
the General, and never mistaken.
This likeness can be recognized from
by Wash
lanv nnrt nfl, nnnn,it. ll .u
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P0' ' 'lei,t of a l9'e sqiirire; but it
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can be
seen to most advantage from the pavement
of our friend Kussel, almost immediately
opposite the bank. The beautiful column
w hich presents this singular, phenomenon
was taken from the stone quarry at Waver
ly, on the Ohio1 Canal, about sixty miles
south of this city.
Columbus (O.) Political Reg. :
General Washington. The remains of
this illustrious man, the Father and the
Saviour of his country, were recently
placed in the sarcophagus made by, Mr.
Struthers of this city, from whom we learn,
that w hen the vault and cofiin were opened,
"where they had laid him," the sacred
form of Washington was discovered in a
wonderful state of preservation. The
high pale brow wore a calm and serene
expression; and the , lips, pressed still
together, had a grave and solemn smile,
such as they doubtless wore, when the
First President gave up his blameless mor
tal life, for an immortal existence
"When his soft breath, with pain,
Was yielded to the elements again."
The impressive aspect of the great Depart
ed, overpowered the man whose lot it was!
to transfer the hallowed dust to its last
tenement, and he was unable to conceal his
emotions. He placed his hand upon the
ample forehead, once highest in the ranks
of battle, or throbbing with thecares of an
infant Empire; and he lamented, w:e doubt
not, that the voice of fame, could not pro
voke that silent clay lo life again, or pour
its tones of revival into the dull, cold ear
of Death. The, late acts of patriotic se
pulture were thus consummated; ami the
figure, which we can scarcely dissociate
from apotheosis consigned to its low, dim
mansion, to be seen no more until mortal
j : shall put on immortality, and the vesture
! (,f decay be changed to the bright garments
of endless incorruptioiu Phil. Gaz.
Jin Abolition Trick. For effect, or as
a feeler, a pompous correspondence was
lately going ihe rounds of ihe newspapers,
purporting to be an offer of Mr. Carter
Rraxton, of Virginia, to Mr. Smith, the
abolitionist of New York, to liberate the
slaves of the former upon due compensa
tion. The whole appears to have been a
wicked imposition. Mr. Rraxton in his
letter says :
"Ji is repugnant to every wish, inclina
tion, an:! intention, lhat ever entered my
bosom, to hold any manner of communica
tion, directly or indirectly, with any of the
family of the abolitionists; and I no more
thought, or even dreamt, of my making an
oiler of my servants to an abolitionist, than
of my children.
"Of one fict, I am certain and positive;
never in any way, that ihe wit of man can
devise, to have any thing to do with an
abolitionist sooner than with an assassin;
:s i look on them as being on a level in
every respect from both of whom, I as in
stinctively shrink as from the touch of the
viper." jV. Y. Star.
Steamboat Collision. The steam-packet
Pulaski, from Norfolk for Charleston,
came in contact with the North Carolina
steamer off Charleston Light, between 8
and 9 V. M. on Thursday night, by which
the Pulaski had her larboard bow stove in
almost to the water's edge by the prow of
iio iv n rvr f i i
j. x uc ii. j. was on uer regular
trip to VVilmington, but immediately put
back and accompanied " the Pulaski to
Charleston. ib.
The railroad accident near the Roanoke,
we are pleased to learn, has not proved fa
tal to any of the others wounded. Except
Mrs. Rochelle and Miss Blow, whose
deaths have been mentioned, all the other
ladies, servants, &ic. are rapidly recover
ing. Even those who were most severely
injured, Miss Simmons, Miss Kane, and
Messrs. Bryant and Crockett are now out
of danger. ib.
Banks. From a statement appended to
the annual Treasury Report says the Nat.
Int. we learn , lhat the whole number of
Banks in the United .. States (country
branches as well as Principal Banks,) was,
on the 1st of January, 183G, seven hundred
and thirteen; and on or near the 1st of
July, 1837, seven hundred and ninety
four : aggregate of "capital paid in" at the
latter period being slated at three hundred
millions, with a fraction of about 30,000
dollars. ,
Revised Statutes. -The publication of
the revised and consolidated Public Statute
Law of North Carolina, authorized by
the last Legislature, has been completed
and is now ready for delivery; and whilst
we protest against the printing of the work
out of the State, we, must confess" we have
rarely seen a mor,. beautiful specimen ol
typography than it presents. It was print
ed at Boston, by :Messrs. Tuttle, Dennett
&s Chisholm, under the suoeriutendence of
James t Iredell and William H.; Battle,
Ksqrs. So far as we are competent to
judge, 'the Commissioners .have " fulfilled
the duly assigned them by the Legislature
in a faithful and masterly manner; and the
whole body of our law is now so simplified,
that he who runs may read and understand.
By an Act of the last Legislature, every!
lnciioQ nfiim t .t, c. Ji
me a. cauc in iiiu tjuue upwarus
of 3,000) is to bi supplied with a copy at
the public expense a provision which,
while it reflects great credit on the liberali
ty of that body, will, we trust, stimujate
our Magistrates lo the acquision of such j
a knowledge of the law as will enable
them fitly to discharge the obligations im
posed upon them by the acceptance of their
Judicial Oflice. Hal. Rig.
OC? We perceive by the Star, that the
citizens of Granville county are getting tip
a petition to Congress, in favor of the an
nexation of Texas to the United Stales.
We have no doubt but the subject will be
brought before Congress at its present ses
sion. Ral. Standard.
01?" Capt. Bryant, who was reported in
our last, as having died from wounds re
ceived by the late accident on the Norfolk
and Portsmouth Rail Road, is not dead,
but much better. All the wounded are
rapidly recovering. Miss Simmons and
Miss Kane are better. ib.
Pennsylvania. In the House of Repre
sentatives of Pennsylvania, on the 14th
inst., a Resolution was adopted, 55 yeas,
to 42 nays, in the following words :
"Thai the Committee on Hanks be in
structed to inquire into ihe expediency of
bringing in a Bill compelling the Banks of
this Commonwealth to'resume ihe pay
ment of their notes, in specie, on or before
the first Monday in February next; the
same Bill to provide for such restrictions
upon the present system of Banking, in
this Slate, as may promote the interests of
the State and the happiness of the commu
nity." The Reform Convention of Pennsylva
nia was still engaged on the subject of
Banks. A committee has reported that
it is expedient to establish a Court of Chan -
eery. lO.
South Carolina. Mr. Calhoun has been
sustained by the Legislature of his native
State, on the. subject of the Snb-ueasury
system. The House of Representatives of
South Carolina, by an almost unanimous
vote, approved of the divorce of govern
ment fr om banking; and we learn that the
Senate has come lo the same decision,
with equal unanimity. The Charleston
Mercury says "The truth is, there never
was a great public measure so unanimously
popular in South Carolina h the South. ib.
Florida. Late accounts state that Gen.
Jesnphas held a council with Micanopy
and a representative of Sam Jones and five
other chiefs; at which they agreed to the
terms laid down by the General, and have
sent out runners lo ihe different tribes, with
instructions to come in forthwith. The
accounts stale that it 'may be safely said
thai ihe war is now over.'
Wealth of Emigrants. The editor of
the Cleveland Advertiser states, that he
has been favored with the perusal of a let
ter from Mount Carmel, Wabash co. Illi
nois, which states that "twenty-five fami
lies have arrived from Switzerland, and
have brought with them two millions of
dollars in gold and silver."
Consolation for 'Letter Writers. The
following astounding fact is mentioned in
the report of the Postmaster General,
namely that the numberof dead fetters
returned to the General Post Office, is
900,000 annually.
Rise and fall of Families. Every
young man should start in life determined
to act upon the motto, Nil Desperandum,
or don't give up the ship. Let him, on
commencing life, look around him and see
who are the courted and respected of so
ciety, and ask from whence they sprang.
In ninety-nine cases out of a hundred he
will find them to be those who, at his age,
possessed as little of the world's gear, as
litlleofaid extraneous, as he himself pos-
sesses; men who commenced the vvotld
with nothing, and whose advancement in
life solely depended upon their own hus
bandry, frugality, integrity, "and strict at
tention to business. , , -Most
young men' .consider it a
-fortune ,o e born poor, or not to W
capital enough to establish themselves at
once: in, good business; this is a very mis-'
taken notion,, for, so far from poverty
facing a misfortune to him. If we may j.jdrQ
Irom that we every day behold, it is realty
a blessing;; for the chance is more than ten
to one in favor of the success of such a
young man over one who starts with plenty
of money. Look back twenty years and
see who commenced business at that time
wilh abundance ol means, and trace them,
down to the present day. How many of
them can now boast of "wealth and stand
ing I On the contrary, "how many have
become poor, lost their standing in socie
ty, and are' parsed by their once boon
companions with a look which
says, I know y on not.
plainly
. In tni.s country, the. wheel of fortune is
constantly "turning, and he who is at zenith
this year, may be at-nadir next, and excite
no surprise. It is sefdom . that the third,
or even the fourth generation enjoy s pro
perly or station in society which was woo.
b37 the industry of the first. This constant
change is the natural result of causes in
continual operation. The first general ion
starts in life poor, but industrious and hon
est, he rcsolvcss to acquire property, and,
al the same timo, sustain a character lhat
hall command respect. IJy dint of long
perseverance in business, and Ihe attain
ment oi a high character for integrity and
lair dealing, Jie succeeds, (such a man
never fails,) and becomes wealthy. His
sruis succeed him, pet haps maintain the
character of their father, and add lo the
wealth he left them; they were educated tc.
business, and know how the property
they enjoy was acquired. But their son? V
grow up, and from infancy find themselves
m the lap of luxury, and rocked in the
cradle of ease; their minds are never turned '
on business lhat is beneath them thev
arc engrossed in important nothings; scorn
labor; run the rounds ef foily; marry "
light-headed and fashionable ladies, who
have as sovereign a .contempt for laborers,
and the useful things of this life, as them
selves; dash away a few years in their car
riages; lose their parents; divide the pro
perly ; at(empl to carry on Lusiness; aio
incapable of managing it; fail struggle lo
keep up appearances and their nlaccs m
lasnionabJe
life are obliged
to
retire
wietcned and miserable at homeand get
ihrough the world as they car-, Carrying
alwaj's the appearance of shabby genI.
men, and being looked at askar.ce by their
lorrr.er companions. Their children aro
even more miserable than tiipmsflvrs-
1 ucinS brought up wilh Ihe idea thai labcr
is degrading, and that they are a superior
order, while necessity compels ihem to re
sort to some means of getting a i i v i n ;
pride. and poverty" are at war Villi Ihem,
and they drudge out a miserable and nrc-
.i carious life. American Magazine.
Lynching in Kentucky. A fellow wni
most unmercifully lynched recently nrar
Wasren, Ky., for beating his wife. We
are opposed to ther decisions of -Judge
Lynch on any subject whatever hut if
any thing could justify the exercise of his
power it would be the deep enormity of
ihe crime he thus attempted to punish.!
Foreign. -By an arrival at New York
from France, intelligence is received that
Constanlinc has been taken by the French
army. In the assault, Gen. Damremont
was killed" by a cannon ball." The carnao
was dreadful. The Arabs lost C000, Iho
French 3000 men. .
The late operations of the Bank of Eng;
land have caused a redundancy of money
in the British market. It is offered freely
at.from 2 1-2 to 3 percent, and can hardly
be employed at. any reasonable rale cf in
terest. . o
Li verpool dates to the 3rd of November
have also been rrepivprl at Mn.w"Vnr!.-
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XNeivs from the manufacturing dhlricl3
continued favorable. Sales of cotton at
Liverpool had been large and atan ad
vance of 1 8 to 3 Sd per pound.
From Texas. By the sfeam packet
Columbia, at New Orleans, the Houston
'telegraph has been received to Dec. 2d.
The Texians are stated lo be making pre
parations for a new conflict with the Mexi
cans. ? Deaf Smith, the Harvey Birch
of Texas, is dead, and the Houston Tele
graph is in mourning for him. General
Houston's health Is much impaired by a
wound received at the battle of San Jaein
lo, and which is yet unhealed, disabling
him fronvsigning official papers. . Provi
sions are 'exorbitantly Jiigh. The two
houses of Gongress have by joint resolu
tions, Nov. 2d and 4th, concurred with
ihe President in recommending letters of
marque and reprisal against Mexico. An
ofilcer of the Government is said lo have
gambled away S3000 of the public fund?.
In the new tariff proposed, books are taxed,
and coffee is free! Large numbers of emi
grants are daily arriving, most cf them
with good rifles, an indispensable article;
which is regretted.