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r; From the Nctiinr 7 Intelligencer. N O TIT I A 07 WIXILi: II. WASHINGTON. HIS I.N'AUGt RAT10X. would steal away from his family,' and vi3it' GEN. HARRISON DEAD AND LIVING da vs nrevious to his Inauguration, : cordial raetei vot;d friend. ma LriAin; ullv vt;n. Harrison, dead, wbo-i v iin inisoriei nouce oi passingcvcms, we mey pursued with the most reieorse'ess " The Mr. Per. .si dent c The United States bavin? that the additional reduction of 'Mwfintv or' -EirTTn-v -Wc have have notliins definite t s, iu;muuuiii; ,ve .i suuuemy deprived ot its supreme head, twenty-live per cent." was asked. itino has invested vou w ith the timates of "this branch of the service, t,r r ,1 - " - '"iiswucy oi mo i niun. ? tn secretary in us note to me e lairman a Jr.. lCss are very much disposed to The Diplomatic Corns has the honor tn an-' tho Committer of Wars and Means. "'trPth- m lpite of the criminal apathy of the Whig par ItU Hv- near before VOU. Mr. Prosif'.pnt. for thp nnrnpco cr wiih nil nthprs. wrf nttpnl irl v nnncid trri1 tV ill Yir-rinii : 1 I .k v.f K . 7 " JV . . ' v. . . - . . . . . . . . . . . V llviVli - V. , V I J Mill IH'liI H.IIH I It'S lit L 1 II i V - - - - -. - - The Globe and its follmv diahfy and generous good feeling so fchar- ;the most depraved band of political brind! the Constite teistic of the warm-hearted soldier and de- that ever afflicted a country or abus-d the lib- Cli'r ' M-"jit es says from KsxTccKr. e t !i.. uonirary. io our ex pcciauvu, uuu s . nfi.Tai ia v .tsiungton, were mostly -$orne to tne closing scene ot tae rnelaacitoiy iruuuciion. -Iheir abuse havm liifd to im .1 tli'e ?J;msio'ii o.f the Mayor of the city, ; drama. On Thursday, the 25th of March, in pair the reputation of the Hvhc7 patriot, thev !sa,rc.ecived at all hours of the day the j a short interview with him, he complained of have commence d against bis u'jnorv V mere S.i:v;-5 friends and fellow-citizens. The beininuiteun'eli; and this indisposition con- formidable warfare "of pr i 'tVpv f -U 'tut v ins iiriniiL-ra, yin-u-ucui -uu uann.- unuea io increase until ine exposure 01 iu vuiiimeiiajuon? are cont i t r.ti.-n in t'i wmeh 'lie .received tne conjrratnia- person- in the raornm walk ot Saturday ej es or the great bod.v brfore you. Mr. President, for the purpose e r with all oil cprrssu:- through me. its orjran, its con- bv meTand v of f-el niiation m the Uieir ceuutrvrnen, lion; o. ins irienas, ueeuiy- inijiiusseu uu im- . Drought on. a severe cam ana lever, wnicn me eir inannai.t uir. ..i!tv b-, struck out partial and iiis'nterested persons at the Cap- best'rnedical skill could not arrest. No ha- the surest Way oT df-tr.1cti1.2r ' from the fame of hoi v. iL.i i.i-j tvuaju.k uv3ui,iviv ma-, m-- man pov. cr coutU stay use ra dra ui ins uauisun, una rr..'Ui ht tii ir h trrd 1 r wr;s.'al;aut.'t3 enteff upon the hih oCifja, to ' e3$0. . The community nenerallv, in this city, the Chief, who nntru u-d tV- MTlf-hohlintf rt -ex corn m unrxpr-ct( t:s'? hone ploihatie vov.-s. Mr may all the exi. fonstnt in: c-d Stjt. s. t!.e mt'lancliolv t-v'nt w hich has :d!v rf moved Ct nral Harri- tt, American l'f-'nle. T:i be distintriiislied tir:-j so "m Di- its nt. that your Aun;inistr.'.::;n v the maintt n-.i.--- of v :i very citn.n!rrc y thev were sent lo the Treasury 1 01 in Corps h-.?st-.fns also . Pre to olli-r Vi i. 1 c 13 S1 "T 'V TUVltSDAY :;OIiMJ.MAYlJ. 1. . c . utrtuiL lsiatare and our congressional ticket' In the Senate the Whi-have a majority of two. In the House WO hive last 1 in ! mlnftl mem- hers fricndlv rtlatioiss. ,1 1. reuse in tae prosperity ot the t. nit .? 1 vi;: 'A T:i t! Tlie Diplqniritie Crjrps cmhraces tliis oppor- Ir. 1 an cat tallen e. to arr upon bv the vou 1. 1 uebires to merit rnur cot: .-nr teem. 1 THE ritES!I)!ENT"S REPLY Mr. Minister: In Ins v eljaraetpr its car aid es- t i if .111 -.1 il . . . . - - . , . - winch ho m-i oQ.a cauaa, wim asin.e neart; vrithoat distmetion ot party, manifested much regions, by posthumous Lu. "purpo33 to dtsciiarire and laithruily exe-; anxiety, for his recovery, and in sreat numbers A singular device has is-. a impGrtintrust. 1 daily and hourly called at his residence with t-e angry .spirits of the Gh: ivuineroas grangers, from almost every .sec- anxious' inquiries respecting his sickness and prog-ess ot Ifflbrm. Tut device is to repre iticn of this wide .spread Uepa'. lie, for days ."its probable result. Its vio'ent and exciting sent Gen. Harrison in .his dying moments, and weeks preceding the 4th of March, had ; char.eteT seemed, in the opinion of his ph'yVi-;.when his mind in its wanderings disclosed the been rushing into the Metropolis till the crowd ; cians, to forbid the usual religious services yi j secrets of his heart, as remonstrating against had become immense almost beyond calcula-, his sick room, lest they might produce an un-j removals ! Nay, the author of this'jTwarfraud tion. Every hotel and boarding-house 'was j favorable effect. insinuates that remorse for what he had done rilled. to ovcrll owing, and almost every private ; On Saturday cveninor, the 3d instant, about! in that respect, poisoned his last hours - end lyjiiivi.v .v. j . . , u.e.iueiv, uu aj yi u...iiin oioii-vjv-v., ... i --0 - uiuio niiaiiiuiiij uuu uur- liie uereavement wnicn tins country 11 :s so re- modaticn. . j strength appeared to be rapidly filling, and ing imposition was probably never attempted, cently sustained in the death of its late lament- tii.ji.j.Ji.viii.ji ..iiiwiuiuiivii aj wmu ui i: uu unuu ot-.t-i.i.iM"i'" 7. j " j'iouuai n ieuu ui vjien. tui una liiusinous 1 resident i take occasion iiaiusuu 111 l:ie iauonaI Into inrencpr at t hp snmu timu tr rr-rt f - . ...... mm. , w - t . V. I 1 I V uoouiuiiv t 1 . 1 vt L (-'i.N: est Til : N . . n :., tmin'". i; : .-. V. s;uv ss of Chief Magistrate of the Unjtod States, and in the name of the People tiiereof, 1 have t return to the Diplomatic Cerps, whom on this occa sion you represent, my acknowledgments for their expression of condolence on account of The aniiULil pal Church, i-o vester i j v. hv the 11 t.:a r. i ' N -t . . i;v c: : k i i . i ; .1 ;ii va!.: i . v :: i:.:.r I; T!V n ! : ; The 'lVtcrshur Intelligencer' of Tuesday. sa "It seems now f he rcdurel to a certainty that the V. lu will h ue at least a majority of four (it may. proha' iv rend' six) on joint ballot in the next Le gislature. TlnwiU ka'ki Jidc W' majori ty, pure from every ta'ir.t of iuipractieul-i'itv, and i:u Episoo- rrpParrtl t0 ,5 t5u,'r dutv to their country without i y Ti! j it r ; n.::'Ar .iv.-: ::r. fn in : a T li TT!:i:. C T1IS .c Pro: r- !i in tui- town on i Miee-1 ir-i si Piie co:tVt'titi ,n . sermon v.-as delivered S i:e. t.irv. Bl!V.- Thursdav. -1 lie wiiht. luew wiiii sue:i '. soienee on as to threaten the d trurtion of all the timber, staves, shingles, tar and turpentine exposed to its action. ' The river i.u imnv places was covered with drift timber, and we learn. loO barrels of -tar were lost from one raft. To sneak hvperb.dhv'lv. "the wind ed in baautllul order, and. as it nassed along roenvprv. a f;w of bis friends united with me the streets and avenues to the Capitol, the luthis bedside in that "commendatory prayer for throrigingrnaUitu.de. p'ressingag.iinst eacli oth-- a sick person at the' point of departure" to an cr, scenud to move cn like the ocean wave, ! other world, set forth in the service of the and '.with the "noise of many waters." church, to which he appeared to listen wi h The spontaneous expression of iov an'd glad- silent nttention and approbation. About 3.0 i . . i . t it ness wiiien. ever and anon burst forth from niinutcs before 1 o'clock, by the watch held young and old, even from the aged matron and ; jn my band, on the morning of the 4th of t!ie. blooming maiden, together with the wav-j April, die o-ently breathed his departing spirit ing sA bandkerchiels irom tho. crowded win-; mto the hands ot las God and saviour, ana t'.ov.s, proclnimcd to the war-worn veteran a welcome to the highest honors of his country. After taking the oath of office, and having.de dolivercd his Inaugural Address, he returned horn the Capitol to the President's Mansion the increased acclamations ot nearly tor- re. i a ty thousand of his admiring countrymen, who there tendered ' him thrir cordial congratula tions. Thus passed s.way this joyou3 day of his political triuinph, none suspecting tha in o;.'- ::h-;rhn:;i;!ti tlie whole scene would be chang 'cd;. t'iat.(ioD was' preparing to summon him e.'.vay from the 'hei!lt of his earthly, glory, we. trust to a more exalted station at his right hand. . ins iviiLicious chaijacteij: The next morning (the 5th of March) Gen. Harrison walked down on tne avenuoana pur- chas1 Pra directed vhero I iher- r. a 0art:Uib!f) and Jlook of Common carried homo with' him, and ::i, to dace in bis bed-room, tit ser tli. an cn tho -n'nnit of his death- i n dy Jr-r the rule of his faith and guide L'i.er that lie had chosen that of us hie i.i th rust ce'mmittei ? execution of to his charge. the important This liible he was seen reading every morning and late eve ry evening. In hi.--, first letters to Mrs. Harrison,' after his fmuguratien, he had returned from-the Capitol to tlie President's Mansion, as soon as he could command any time, ho retired to his room and fell down upon his knees before hi.; ..Maker, th inking him for all his mercies, r. el supplieatin f his gracious guidance in the high i.illh.ul d station to On Sa ;e eiroo ot t he duties oi nis-- ;is coimtry and his God. .'to-. niorniivy tne oia, uenjcimin of Virginia, at the request of t'.ic llrcsiJent, called at my house, desiring to 1-iiia v.- whether he could be accommodated with n now for himself and family for that .Harrison, .Esq SUIltt. IO lC&l 11IIUUU tllU liiUVl.lllt.il Ul wi"- cle of his countenance, a struggle or a groan. Thus, after one short month's elevated to the highest station and honours which earth can bestow, he lias passed away from all the trou bles, sorrows, and trials of mortality, I trust and believe, to the possession and enjoyment of ah unfading crown of glory in the realms of Eternal Day. For, whatever may have been his character and conduct in former years, of late an evident change had been ob served by his friends in favor of true religion. On Sunday evening I saw- him in his win-dino--shcet with a countenance mild and -pla- TO cid as when he expired. The next day, after being placed in his cof fin, the public were permitted a final, farewell look of the Chief Magistrate of this great Re public, the Presidentof nearly twenty millions Gen. ot April 21 : issura nee my most earnest desire, as his constitutional successor, will be to maintain and cherish the ub. ' THE DEATH BED OF rev. tt apptx- A personal friend of the late President, rrlcn(5l-v roations which now so happily shocked, as everv bod u mnt i,Q i sist between our respective coun'tries. ' J j auow UL5 Ull UlllU cious publication in the Globe newspaper, res pecting the death-bed of the lamented Ilarri Xi . . .....i. L...-utu ili'iis nuuil lln e. .,. ), . ..... .1. : . . . .V jS- '. .m j mum u.-M-ryi nuicuie on irguua U-g- islation' ' 'The Whiii party will in truth be in better con ditio!! this winter than thev were in the last. "Tlie nau' is theirs, and tlircltx The People of the United States regard their own prosperity as intimately connected with seemed hive b and the ahn-st a temp. we are certain it would a call'' 1 a tempe-u in Sr.tt 'i C ir,i.'ia.) j water a turhu'eiit ocean. son, has condescended to notice and reprobate ' tl!;;t.1 .the entIr family ot nations, and the ...t . uuuii ii i.ic hl iiiiio ui mutual i iiiit i'.j it in tne annexed article. We should have thought, until we saw the Globe of the ,2d. that party ferocity would have relented on ap proaching a scene hallowed by the regrets of a whole nation, and would not have dared so revolting an outrage on truth and decency. Communicated for the Nutional Intelligencer. SHOCKING DEPRAVITY OF A PRESS. Inthe leading editoriaFarticle of the Globe of 15th inst., among many other gross and wicked untruths, is the following shocking falsification of'" the death-bed scene" of Gem Harrison.: "The scene of his death-bed, however, showed in the most affecting manner, the state of his feelings in regard to the matter that had engrossed them from'the moment he had en tered office. From persons who nursed and watched by him, it is known that whenever his mind began to wander, he gave utterance of people. It is said that not less than ten j to the secret thoughts that oppressed him ; and day, . i . ii. - .and expressing a wish to oaiam ine one recently occupied by Mrs. .Madison wiiic.ti the owner accorded to him. In the public ' .worship of the church ha conformed to all her rituals in the' audible responses of the service, . ... . . ... 1 - r. witsi th.:t humility so expressive ot de- - - , an-'i Vuat ng d ie uc votion, bowed him- :sef on his knees before the Majesty of Heav eii, an.i supplication'. that mercy, of which as a cinuer, however highly exalted his station, he stood so much in need. Tims following the ex amp us of tho pious rulers of Israel and the jilustrious men in every age who have adorned th doctrine of God their Saviour. The- foirowir.g day ha purchased the pew, and regularly "attended the service of. the chure'i cvery Sunday morning, until prevented by his List fatal sickness. His high regard for tho Sabbath was such, that, of late years, he always avoided travel ling on that. holy 'day, unless from absolute ne ccolsity; and during the short period ho occu pied tlie President's Mansion, carefully avoid ed all comhanv on that day, and jiincd at an early hcut, that he might attend public wor . ship" in the afternoon with his family, some 15 of whom belonged to the communion of the .'Presbyterian Church. His high estimation for the"people cf God was niost nobly shown in kindness to his Min ister. On a recent occasion, he said to a broth er clergyman of mine, with whom hehadtteen for; some time acquainted, whom ill health wre - vented from the performance of his clerical qu- tio: "ni-id nn vvlmm if lind w-illiin n ffiWAVPPk'S- conferred a vacant clerkship until his health wcuhl enable him to resume the duties of his ministerial office: "I see no company on Sun day, end dine in a plain way; but I shall al- oo nappy 10 see youyai my luoie, 101 x . love to have the Clergy wih me on Sunday." , In this connexion it may 'be proper to state that, at his pwh hospitable mansion at North lend, when the infirm health of Mrs. Harri son would not allow her to attend public wor ship elsewhere, Gen. H. would often obtain the services of a clergyman for the day, and remunerate him liberally. It has also been stated to me by a member of the family that, some years since, lie accidentally became ac quainted with a young Minister of the Metho dist Church.ln indigent circumstances, whose native talents and powers of mind ' promised i extensive useUilness if properly cultivated. Gen. II. kindly invite ' him tobecomea mem ber of his family, and offered him. the use of jus iror.iry uniu wen prepared ior me cxer- cise of his ministry. This young clergyman is now a distinguished and successfully la- borer i:i the vineyard of our Lord. Of late years, notwithstanding his havino- erected, '.mostly' at his own expense, a. church in liis immediate vicinity, et, net being able support a clergyman for tlie regular servi ces cf the church, he was in the habit of leaving home on 'Saturday afternoon for the sole purpose of attending thelehurch in Cincin- nati, el which the Rev. J. T. llrookc is Rec- ; -a . .. L .1 ' - i ti. .1.. r a. xor, iwicc or lunce a uay. lie uiso lrequem- thousand paid their respects to his lifenessre mains. Tlie sadness and gloom, so obviously mark ed on all countenances now spoke the silent language of grief.1 The. victim of death the eminent personage who so recently occupied the first place in the gift of his country, whis pers in the voice of solemn stillness that the Great Destroyer lias come among us, that the mighty conqueror of man in every age, for nearly six thousand years, has winged his flight hither, and felled to the, earth one ,who had been distinguished in arms, in the coun cils cf his country, and in all .the excellencies of private life. How exalted theMnark ! How distinguish ed the object! How fatal the blow! The ar row was sped by -the arm of Omnipotence : the victim fell: he lies beneath the cold earth, to rise no more until the voice of the Archan gel and the trump of God. on the morning of the resurrection shall call his reposing dust into spiritual life. For "the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised, incorrup tible, and we shall be changed," and summon ed to the final judgment. . In anticipation of this coming event, and of the awfully momentous consequences involv ed in its our deeply lamented departed friend was not unmindful of the needful preparation. It has come to my knowledge that, for some years past, his mind has been deeply impress ed With the important concerns of eternity, and that he had frequently expressed diis con fident faith and hopes in the . Gospel of the Son of God, and had been for some time desi rous of uniting himself in colnmunion with the church, and intended doing so as soon as the recent political excitement should have passed away, whether it terminated favorably to bis elevation to the Presidential office or otherwisc.'This holy purpose, it is under stood, had he survived, was intended to be consummated oi Easter Sunday, but was de nied him by the interposing hand of Gon, in wuom he had. placed his trust. " Life makes the soul dependent on the dust; Death gives her wings to mount above the spheres. Life is the triumph of our mouldering clay ; Death of the Spirit infinite, divine! His God sustains him in his final hour ! , iJis final hour brings glory to his God ! Man's lory Hca'vn ouchsafes to call her own." The great number of commmunications received from iiJEfer?nt parts of the country, requesting information on the subject of the late President, rendering it cut -of my power to answer them all in a manner either satis factory to them or to myself, has induced this comunication for the information of the clergy and the public at lajge. In preparing the above statement, it has been my object to collect all he incidents and facts that have come to my knowledge respec ting the late President while in Wasington no one of which, singly, would be Isufficient importance to establish his Christian charac ter; yet, when combined, they agreeably har monize in manifesting the bent of his mind, and the ruling desires of his heart. May Gon, in mercy to the nation, overrule the best mode cf advancing that important end I sincerely desire that the residence of the Diplomatic Corps near this Government may prove every .way agreeable to them ; to accom plish which nothing shall be wanting on my ingly einced noon the own part. All wha attended the tire on Monday morning must have b.eu stria -k v'u!-i the utter inelli-'iency of our fire department under its present organiza tion. The protection alTr.led by trees was also strik- si.ne occasion. check-making s wi:cn has heretofore so often arrested the action of the Whig majVnty in the lower House i thus re nvned." ' , Tho counties heard from, return fiT.Whijs and o Loeos to the House, and th election of L other members remains to be heard from li., at vear Loco. Ot thes. ) ih VI,: ' " "i-1 I Ajl l I HI. elect one from Mason and Jackson, winch an strong Whig counties, but were lost at the last election bv party divj.-ms. should this bo "so, the i lug- Will i. Th minuton IT II AS LEFT THE COUNTRY DEFENCELESS. A very small fraction of the wealth we have lost by the destructive career of our National Administration, would, it is plain and clear. have put the country in a formidable posture , Gau ot detence on our tour great lines of frontier, lirt o; V..t, M AT W. The ceiehrnted lv the il oiunteers tv target lio-tmg m injf their 10th anniversary. pr:?e pitcher was awarded lo Mr. Tho 'ic dinner it b a p ali as lave a majority ot two good 'and true men in t!u L.a-e. aod two in tin- Snnic 'a hao rdso a clear Lrain of two members of Congress. It 4s cu'rontly rumoured m Washington, that the Uritish .Minister is tliinkiiig more about demanding, a lnarria-e-iieense than his passport. . It is said ta at lie 1- tow n. as marksman of the dav. and in maritime armaments. It would have he continually recurred to the distressing scenes he had recently passed through. Sometimes he would say ' My dear madam, I did nut di rect that your husband should be turned out. I did not know it. I tried to prevent it.1 On other occasions, he would say, in broken sen tences : ' It is wrons won't consent'' 'tis unjust.' - Again: 4 These applications, will they never cease?' From different and unquestion able sources, we are informed that the malady of his heart, which broke-out into expression in his partial delirium, or when his mind was abstracted in a sort of slumber, half awakened by his anguish, constantly manifested itself by uttering some snatches of sentences like those we have quoted." Now, however much party, spirit may be indulged in the official abuse of Gen. Harri son that was published against him living, there can be no excuse of, nor palliation, for, such gross inventions as these after he is dead. What is here said is not only not true, but not even approximating a truth ; and all these sayings imputed to Gen. Harrison are the ma licious inventions of the writer for. the Globe. The Globe is again guilty! of a gross untruth in saying that as to removals from office, Gen. Harrison's Cabinet differed; in opinion from ;the President by a vote of four for removals, and two against, and that this majority voted down the President. This s all sheer inven tion, for it was not only impossible to remove executive officers without tli'e President's con sent, but Gen. Harrison presided over and di rected every Cabinet meeting. Tho first re moval made which settled the principle of ac tion, was that of the Collector of New "York, in which President Harrison concurred with every member of his Cabinet. . The utmost union and harmony existed be tween General Harrison and his Cabinet, not withstanding all the Globe insinuates to the contrary. The General expressed to his friends repeatedly his gratification that he had been able to rally around him so able and unit ed a body of constitutional advisers. The attempt of the Globe to extol (Jen. Har rison dead, after its innumerable personal at tacks made upon him as a citizen, as a soldier, as a statesman, will pass for what it is worth; but the assertion there that he intended to keep his Iticnds -proscribed by keeping in office the menryvho for twelve years had monopolized all 'the. honors and emoluments of the country, who were to have 'nothing, while his enemies had every thing, cr that he intended to sanc tion, by a continuance in office, the conduct of the men who had prostituted the power and purse of their places to keep their monopoly up, is all pure fiction, which he himself pro nounced so in the many removals he himself marit and was making up to the hour of his illness. I took mv uen. however, not. to discuss a . . . J r , . -. . made us impregnable on every side,and launclf ed upon the deep a naval power which no na tion -not even Great Britain, with all her su periority in maritime forces would willingly encounter. Then we should-have been safe from insult and wrong from any quarter. JJoes not every one know with what case!j ht ou( !v tUo Cm.ut aim rapiuuy we liquidated and finally extin- i y frill dd rnr nati Annl slr.Kr tli 4V.. ..-..I ' e regret that circumstances prevented us Irom joining the Company at the dinner table. oiUM'c.l to Miss WiMianis. of C or r- sister to the Russian Minister's wife. . UKASfnv .or.s outstanding dm I'l.- lvt .,1 , . - - v May Ni'iiii.iiyu si ,.ts. - T: The Hon. Iohk:st St:iav;k has been appoint ed by Judge Dick, Solicitor for this judicial district. We regard the appointment as an. excellent one. guisneu our national dent, and men lound a surplus revenue accumulating upon our hands, which became a subject of alarm, simply as a surplus? We challenge the world to tell us wdiat reason but bad government can possibly be found why the national wealth should not have gone on still accumulating, even in in creased proportions, in a time of such general peace, and with such fruitful seasons as we have enjoyed 1 When the people of this country are pros perous, the revenues of the Government will be large, as is proved by our past history abundantly large, not only for its own support, but for the creation of all those national defen ces which are required as a preparation for war. Within a few years past, the Govern ment has repeatedly called upon the Engineer, Ordnance, and Navy Departments, for such estimates as they might judge necessary, in their respective branches of the service, to put the country in a complete state of defence, which calls have been responded to with great care and fidelity. But scarcely any' thing has been done to execute the plans proposed. The great and criminal neglect of the na tional defences, by the late Administration, stands in striking and impressive contrast to their professions of favor towards this great national interest, and merits consideration. Ever" since the year 183G, they have been mak ing the loudest protestations and strongestde morstrations as being about to augment and strengthen the national defences, and ever since that time, with all power in their hands, they have uniformly refused to make any ap propriations to advance them in any consider able degree, beyond the statu quo. To show that we are not speaking at ran dom here, we will support what we say with facts. In November, 1839, the Chief Engi neer, in obedience to the requirements of the Secretary of War, sent in an estimate of Sl- 108,872 for the repairs and improvements of lorty-three several fortifications, which amount Was deemed important and necessary to be ap plied in the several sums specified for each. The Secretary of WTar, before sending it to Congress, cut down this estimate to $300,000, and the Committee of Ways and Means in the House of Representatives reduced it to $-290,- 000, that is to say, to less than one-fourth of the amount estimated for! " Finding," says an official communication from the Chief Engineer to the Secretary of War, dated January 25, 1840, " that there was no probability that the sums necessary, in the opinion of this Department, for the judicious progress ot the works would be allowed by Um gress, and faring that the works mig We give to-day further .extracts West .tii. ork for England on the. 1st. Can't our town be from Slv the loft news New It was reported m .New York on the 2d, thai McLe.td would arrivejlure on the 3d to stand his trial in that city. If trm it is at bis request. A H:i: iu iiMtiiv, The Now York Sun sa s, the present bead of the Navy Department in tends to put in active service a large home- squad ron, suitable to the roat extent of coast to le pro t cietl. burnt into the beii. Hook and Ladder Company p.re essentia sary to a proper organization of the Tire mcnt 1 i:i.it a D. The Houston Telegraph denies that Texas has agreed to i. iv 'hi r!and. as her part of the Mexican l1'1' t 11, ,i f ri mvi mill 1.11. .1 -. .'f ui-iii, m- t-um ui jii',-in),uuv, uho aaus iiiai 11 any, Addison has truly said that of all the seasons there is none that can vie with the spring for beau ty and delightfulness, and that God has printed so many smiles on nature, that it is impossible for a mind not sunk in gross and sensual delights, to survey them without secret sensations of pleasure. Yes, there are evenings at this season, w hen the very "forest leaves seem stiri'd with prayer" and the heart of man melts in silent adoration as he wan ders through the solitudes of the pine-forest, and drinks in beauty from 'the rosy air.' It is now that we find "tongues in trees, books in the running brook, sermons in stones, and good in every thing." CoGi!Ess!OJfAL. We perceive that Dr. Wat son has been induced to become the Loeofoco can- didato in. the Craven District, in opposition to Mr. Washington. The Dr. has published a synopsis of his opinions which are of little consequence to the public as he will not probably be called from the shades of 'Pinevjille.' Mr. Mcrchisox is again a candidate in Lewis Williams' District, in opposition to that veteran. And some one, we really know nrt whom, has bad the temerity to oppose tlie lion. K. Ivayner. La ward McCaUum opposes Mr. Deberry in tne Cumberland District. The elections take place this day xveek. TIOKE CRIME? Tha New Orleans Crescent City of the 27th, says : The recent appalling overdrafts at the State Bank have excited an investigation at the Bank of Louisiana, by which it is found that about $80,000, some say $160,000, are found missing. The search was first induced by the Cashier, Mr. Leverich, when it was found that Mr. Collston, who is said to have been o'erdrawn $20,000 at the State Bank, was tho discount Clerk at the Bank of Louisiana. We are not able to say ifany' dircrcpancy occurs in Mr. C's books, but it is certain that he and the receiving teller of the Bank of Louisiana have ab- such stipulation was made, it 'must have beeh in secret session, and could not have transpired. Wc learn from an article in th e National Intel ligencer, that, during the first four months of the first year of General Jackson's administration, there were removed Fifteen Ministers Plenipotentiary-, (marges d' A ffaircs, and Secretaries of Legation. Nine Marshals and fifteen United States Attor neys, i Forty-eight Collectors and Principal Ib wiiue Officers. Nine Indian Agents and Navy Agents, Twenty-six Receivers end Registers of Land Offices. Twenty-one Consuls for foreign ports. Four hundred and nmctv-one Postmasters, lie sides a host of secondary officers, such as ' Clerks, Inspectors of the Customs, 6ic. ,- Mr. Jviii.ii Si'uiks, the historian, returned fro iff in the Columbia, arrived at Boston last week. The second visit of ,Mr., Sparks to Lurojie, 1it thr rcfr u-na linlnri olrr.n fur lVwi .... .. -- . iivn . t.i.v. il J . 1 ill,; UIJHIi III making farther researches in the public offices and libraries of France and England, connected with the history of the United States. We learn that every facility was afforded him in regard to the manuscripts in the British Museum, and also in tlie Royal Library of France. The rcsujt basbeen a great acquisition" of original and authentic mate- E u rone rials for thc:annalils of our country NeW;YoIUC -N. Y.S pec. principle,' but to express my abhorrence of the jJ.o"ress. conduct of an Editor wiiOjWas not satisned ; n pvl .!. .,,, fir!;t jnmn m... (LiLU1 X k.7 It A i V-- ltty i viuilf VllV vsuakaa sconded. The latter has pocketed, it is stated' 1 t b 1 ft abUt $80'000' rcccivC(1 ijl tu' depositcs on Friday 15 "'. . J n i I otiH S-jtni-.l-.n7 laat ' (tne n-nnl lem.i ri on r ridav dc- without anv means, the estimates were reauc- ed to the lowest amounts compatible with Me: posited $30,000, and on Saturday a well known preservation (the simple preservation') of - the ! firm here deposited $50,000, Jneither of which sums .' . . , -. il 1 7 . i ' -,r ! . r- - ... system ot operations, ana wun any sensioie , appcar on tjle scratcher," Of the receiving teller, "attempting to pass goods as free which are subject ) i iriese estimates me ioiiuwui ,. , . . ,. a .... c . io a neavy .uniy : anu which aioue marh.b uis res-pimsiuiimi-s iui uir , rr, - The NeWork Custom House If the charges made against this establishment be true, it must be the most abominable sink of iniquity ever heard of. Swartwout succeeded in robbing it, of $1,250,000, whilst he was Collector, and it was proved that other officers under him knew of his roguery whilst it was in progress. Hoyt, who succeeded him, did not pocket more than from one to two hundred thousand of the public funds. But an officer who addresses tho present Secretary of the Treasury through the New York Express, asking a full investigation, savs it can bo proved, -' That thefts f goods from the public stores have been committed with the knowledge of some ol the bfiieeis. : That the same kind of goods have paid not less than two different rates of duties on the same dav some free and some dutiable, and that this was done for corrupt purjxjses : That some of the Officers have detected othere in ni. ... - - . - i - . i m s i hx . i h tiL i uiu uu si um- I i iiai iiToss lrieom ueieriev rre v:i i s i n rrt a 1 n t .1 rtw with representing a great and OOd man, while ! jno. the sums asked as necessary to " any sen- These sums, as a matter of course were en- of tle appraising. department, and the grossest par- sible progress" of these works, and the second tcred in,the bank books of the two depositors, but tiahty in relation to passing goods ; the question cage" " under keepers,' alive, a3 in a " gabbling to the geese and turkeys" of the the North Bend, but who now makes and in vents " scenes" for his death-bed shockingly -.11 . r .! , r I " anu sanctity tins paintui dispensation oi nis . fa,se To pray upon the Hvin? may be in an providence to the welfare and prosperity Qf i eao-le's sphere, but to prey upon the dead is "', V ' 4iiU rau. . ir 1 -v' S for the vampire or the worm. cbiauusnment ol ins kingdom among men : j personal friend of Gen Harrison, iri 11 nvr fV J J V .M. IlAVVlilj I, Hector -of St. John's Church. Washington, April 19, 1811. The Mercury and Mr. Tvler. The Mer- "If ever there was a Virginian who is bound by his own repeated hnd enthusiastic declara tions, to vindicate the rights of the States, to ; construe the constitution,-, strictly to strive i the sums graided .-) Ashed. Granted. I For Fort Calhoun, $100,000 $15,000 ! Fort Adams, 150,000 10,000 Fort Monroe, 100.000 10.000 Fort Warren, 15.000 40.000 Fort Pulaski, 150,000 15,000 Fort Schuyler, 100.000 10,000 Fort Caswell, 5,000 5,000 Fort Independence, 75.000 25,000 On Fester's Bank, 5,000 5,000 At New London, 50,000 5,000 t.y uuiub .Mr. l v'ler pledged, by his former ; a(Tainst a monstrous National Bank, then we ,u t,s a,m sPeches, against a national banky with all due respect to the man and the but seems quite in a tog, as to what Mr. Tv- j ofg John Tyler is the man." Enquirer. ler will actually do. We can enlighten the : ' y Vercuru and n,n-n . ui a u frnm' Very different was the language held by -ut,.ury, una rcnexe its troubled bosom from ,. ' . , ? 5? T , -1 the incnhiK nf mmr.,,;... i i this same print previous to the election. John .... vj.y,,,,,. uouuis. iur. i . i l : i i lt ler will sign a bill chartering a national bank, A er ,wa Lluen. d" dr,?u, "T,a" ' " x- behind " any sensible p ;laim it necessa- lUl e lca B""s". " ' Again, in another cor Tho amount of the first column is $860,000, and' that of the second S140,000; so that in gandists b v. .shooting thirty-two. the difference between the two, that is 8720, 'appeared only in the pocket of the teller, whose "eS 'not as to their rail value, but as to whom name we learn is Daunois. Hopes are entertained .J,0" ' ... , , . , . . , , , . 1 nat charges of bnbary are oienlv made in the of thejr b, nig taken, but wc do not learn en what pubiic. Store by officers to other officers, and the grounds. i time, .circumstances and so forth, am matters of - perfect notoriety in that department : Dates from Cl h to the loth of April, state, j That the. grossest oppression has been practiced that , sixty of lueen Victoria's 'black subjects , in the rate of storage and cartage chargrd to the had landed on the South side of the Island, with merchants, and that in one case amongst a thous ..... . . . . and instances, the sum of four dollars has been it- t the view of inciting its sable population to rebel- , on a singlc anJ thb WM. , lion, but that the lords of the soil had signified . rather' than. t have trouble, and further that this their disapprobation of the views of the propa. 1 and other abuses were reported to the late Collector ; ana sunerea io pass wiuioui riouce : 000, we have the exact measure of the distance at which these works, conjointly, werr- kept regress. pimmr.nication of Alarch Dpinocr it of the modern school would touen ! That the lafvirers nominaltv ittnnti.l iV.n r.u . , -a j . -j v. v v. yjt v l ll JULT" A destructive fire signalized by loss of life, oc- lie store have been for a long time employed in curred in New Orleans on the 23L digging cellars, making gardens, and performing other services lor certain officers of the Customs, IS 10, on the same subject, we have the re- , The Legislature of Maine adjourned on Saturday . wm e mey were jaid Irom the public funds. . the 24th, after a stsTion of upwards of three monL'.s. The Express says that the author of these" as soon as Cougress shall nrocl . i . ry ior tae best interests nf tlio oh in so dninrr hn -,ii ii, .i, :n .1 ' him with a ten foot pole. ' Col. Dick Johnson iu -,f ArnnoA au- tV ('nmmittw r.mn, tr.nt !, un nummtP,! T,v the Whiir charges may be fully relied on. Wetrustthat v- ii i iuuo ine 111 List rlflllS f V - . . . , T ? llldl ftauiv; uicli vou in"- . uvviuvi . r .1 rr - ample of that republican patriot and sage the nk, Tariff and Interna, improvemeni of Ways and Means in the House of Repre- mcmhet for another term, and has consented to be j 1 f 'T7 Wl11 Probe to iliuVS :?VS: MAOddiaroTineX s the politician after their hearts.-- , . -UiU v" - yf. "7 ; ? sistency than did that virtuous talesman who To his standard they rallied and they did an his invariable prtiec to rise with the d awn j fi J k!":1' ho, in their newer to eleviate him to the second StaSSStS of the government They failed, and fac VSn fr end or !SCtlon' a constitutional means" " necesst the man whom they then vilified and traduced "in ry andPrPer" to carry out the granted powers is now the Chief Magistrate of the Republic I t1":, " '. Lt i?nd great ends of the general lovernment.- -and they have the affrontery to come for- l,n,1.i,,.,uuUM,luli; inn. "1 wulT'"' Mr 'Virni L.":. ., P.n . ,r,rJ nft,irf ,n,l in nll fh Ftl With tlPlf Dr313 i c i - " uui iiie inviTi in v p n nn to nrtxr uw t uuu - ---- i sentatives had condescended to implore, to be seech the head of this branch of the service to cut down certain other estimates 4 twenty orj twenty-five per cent a candidate. the bottom. FaytttevilleJbserver. The New York Courier alludes to the para graph statating that the American Consul at "i- : il . ' . : . - - . ii ucc;.irK,T:u.ny,ii ior amomrni oisi noageu irom ... . . .. - j " v T , en0.imen nf thpir cm- i- i" ; i i i .i e ?., i i uliat is requisite for his country hprnv es' In this, we have a specimen or tneir can his o,acial duties, and the press of, visiters, he laugh tQ 4 dor, their independence1, and their love of 1 .I am authorized from unquestionable authori-! w.ho?ert its very incarna- principle -VVhig. tv tj'sav, that the closing part of hL Inaugural 1 a"u.w us' " lolo ine tather of a national ship Buildin A.lures; especially that part of which he so reve- k' ?n wo.;!d because the change suits a competent soi reiillv cxpress-s his regard for the Christian I "ton. was r t mud bv lum in the room in which Government has ordered the , transportation cf after they also had been iQ 42 pounden and 24 32 pounders, and other j LiveTPo1 had left in 2n assumed name, and with any sensible progress. The answer is a llr ordnance to Fort4McHenry, near Baltimore, ; t4 We are authorised by Mr. Schuyler, our dignified, eloquent,and powerful remonstrance, irom tne vasnmgwn reiw. and conveys a rebuke which it may be hoped ... - , . . , , Z ... . , , w . , j , J . f. Tr We are mdebted to the Hos. William A. was duly felt. It concludes by saying: "If it can certainly be forseen that long years of , G a ah am for Documents. peace yet await us, then the progress of the Wh caBCOUiein an,, .hrit , ,nMn rloliKoMfo Rnt this I ll- I ' ' Ji comDetent source that there are now bein partment has no right to rest its estimates on " "ojecx io our article on Uossipmg because permission to return had been asked on the Consul at Liverpool, to state that though his passage was "booked in an assumed name," (that of his son-in-law) it was for t$e purpose of securing a berth, and to avoid attracting at tention to his departure until it should be sanc tioned by our Minister at London ; from whom --- l.ott 1- ,.;,, . . . a CUIIIOCUJHV source, Uiai lUClC die nu "--, i . I Wi better I political fortunes and exigencies, de- built fthe port of Quebec and other places on any such views of the future. , , nounce it as unconstitutional. Courier. ?ul niwr fit So chin,!wiVh an ar- It is remarkable that thes i-i.-f ble i .1 - and where he had often kneeled be- We learn that the Bank the River St. Lawrence, 39 ships with an ag- It is remarkable that these very estimates we reply in the words of the play: was published in this paper twelve months ago, ground of urgent private business. His de- i . .i , . . z. ... ;k- nr. ,t.:.. of England appro- greo-ate tonnage of 21,905, and calculated to which the Committee of Ways and -Means re im as" an averatre emrTloy 2985 men. This return does not in- quested might be reduc, had previously been was upon tne oasis oi tne pucicwi a luuueuou o: e i Wiio e:irn.i: i .ueereo ine nriaies jt:.4U.iuiti opt annum, na n i. i Heaven on lus future hie. ,, . amount for forgeries committed on that insti- elude several steamers, and many river crafts, reduced by the Secretary of war, ana mat it. ' ' tut-on. I Tiirf.-nors , 'Let rae see wherein My tongue hath wrong'd lam : if it do him right,. Then he hath wronged himself; if h2 be free, W hy then my taxing liKe a wild ges: llis, Lucidua'd by auy man.' parture was neither "secret nor mysterious, and of course in no way. connected with the relations between the two1 countries, a3 the London Times and other papers in England have been pleased to consider it."
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