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iiTTrv J. LEWA1', u ,T OR At rHOrKIETOB, TERMS, icsseeirrio. b. dollars per sonem-on "r' Slt -iA'-t i ' Hvrtl toff ib ' n,ou"t ol ,h" J' ill bo ear's ""kaTks" : aiiVertising. tor every TMr ( 16 '" irii) isertion, onedollan each sutii. LCTt insertion, twenty-five " -phe a.Weftisrments ot Clerks and Sheriffs be ee.rH Pr "!; J'K'"rs .n.tion of J.n P ,H ro,de from 'he reetil.r prices ,nr advertisers by the year, kilters lo Ihe Editor molt be post-paid ' i I I the rAK.ncirs adocatje, flicellnncoin Keporler. tmCtUw' JjteralHr, Saenrt, ami Ihe Me J chinKcai .lit,, Ihe fuinrj'r Hap, ami nalion't lueutik. ..,hhtan.llni: the extensive isriety of new. ' , prriwliuili. published throughout Ihe Llisirr, awl h diversity ot subjects thereto abraeed, il is obius 10 every ratiot,al anl re. mini .that llie eomluotors of Ihrue pow rftii sod Hrtuhl'ly X'tided, thttM salutary sehj- . J(Jf l.fcrti.tiiii, sasisafctesi trar generally aotii cJl Vt esrfy slivesi and ttiat political contests iTf Wencsn"lH to Mich an alarming extent, a ,rrie'i T ''solution tf oar a.ible iasti.u while iubjccu relating to ArlvUr, Ut arstsre, Science, anil llie Mechanical Artsj those istests immediately eonneeled with our be jaterests. and which would eventually plaee ui an mdepen lent lilua ioo, bavki measurably re (Hl unnoticed Aoinated, therefore hy these views, the sub ntfrintw..) publishing in Jamestown, N I neriadieal under, and eoiriiOrlinj wilb the ,s 'i't'i 'I'e eietulinn of which, he designs iathe oral plsce, 10 ule- " laudable exertions in --pwtrmg - diweiujnaUOS pmei ieal. informa liofl, essential In the interests, and calculated to . . ihe dirniiv of Ihe farmer. Secondly. Kdiiraiion, and the literary institu tions of ihe country, will find in hit columns a arm and Irienclly 'support. , Thirdlr. Science, ami the Mechanical Ails, will alto be subjects of discussion, and invariably rttrite a libeml ihre of atientiun. Kouriblf- Due alien) ion will be paid to tub jccti calculated lo promote the came of virtue and religion. r'Uililr. A brirl notice will alto bo take of notinr errnn, of aa important and interesting atfirr, both foreign and domestic; excluding H pMitMul aa'"" auhjeclt calculated to ere t pjny taini' lily. Iii tnin, no wn, .aici, flic Adrocate a valuable and interesting visiter in tterf lamilf, and to rrery virtuous and iutel li tem class cd the comruiinity. In order tbei-efiirer ths more eflVetuilly to proaKiite our purpnse, we respectliilly solicit llie friendly aid of every intrlli;cnl farmer, Mav chmic, litmry and auieniifia genllrmen, who wit hare talent and inclination, to enmnmnivate hi as such discoveries and praeti al hints, On sthjecU within our prorinue, AS m eajtich our toluiTiMt, and b a reciprocul interchange ol tbmhls, beeome, mltiHule source of iulorma-Don- CommunieHtk)n also on subjects either Udieious or Moral, will be tbanklully received. - TKKM4. The Adfflcale will he published in monthly numbers, consisting of thirty-two oelaso paces, (two sheets) neatly printed . on good paper, Md Hland stitched, and promptly mailed to subacri Wth makiag n a year, a neat volume of 384 pa in, sad furnished wills title pa ! olet jt, IS per year, in ad vane. Aay person by torwanling I0, free from sharg", will t entitled to ten copies. ' In confluence of lh difficiillies and losses, j ' iararMbly attending the collection of small sums its dstsnee, no order for the paper will b l Its led p, until the subscription price is forward ed, or the payment secured by some known r spiMsible person. All letters, communications, Ice to the publish er, must some free from posuge, or they cao sst be attended to. As we intend eomnseoolng the publication same time in the month of August next, all per sons holding subscriptions ar requested lo for ward them ss esrly as possible. All editors favorable lo our designs, and those no may feel disposed to exchange wilb d as s favor bv giving our prospectus inser liM. JS() siujRWOOIJ. J.miMlown, N C. June, M.tH. 8 Southern Literary Mcsciiger. Sew term for Ike pretent Volume only. la consequence id repeated appliettications for .the M&stfc.io'H for lss period than an en liic year, the Publisher has concluded to alter tk: wind i i i, .in, fur the prcient year tnly, so lr 10 riotive new su'jsci ibcrs forth i remainder" Tftbrt volume lu-mmauc9-wilb.either the lliy or July number : the lijOMT numbers TrStt ma (JS4iibe six numbers, (or half year, J f5u. The heavy expense, which the publication of the Messenger in its present style renders una , voiilable, and be wish of the Proprietor still Urlberto improve it, makes il absolutely neeea sir; thai be should hereafter receive all subscrip tions iNDurKiff'y m ailvuitce. Appeal alter appeal Ins been made lo delio ms, ana still many withhold their just tfues. Why ibis is so, cannot be conceived, since it is acknowledged, on all hands, that the Ml j is ratbly worth llie amount charged for it i no J bittrv evidence uf lnch need be mentioned than be fact Ihxt the subscription price is known 'O bate been Irrqurull) paid lor old votisseav h heavv divfis bava it-eentlv belts ma4e on be Proprietor, for expenses iucurredjn establish- "(M coniluetnig tlie Mt)n, Hnopen, - W subscribers hfffetlt1u irferrsrvnlt "adintely band in or remit the amounts they . ""'''"""r si which, though small when ""esresl separately, jt, taken ie the aggregate fr""t,su amount of considerable mpoilanee. "wast, If tne half the amount due kwi could be Wiaed. the Proprietor would be enabled todia-Jr-' every claim against his publication at once; If a h "oul'1 br'n oot be next volume Ihe Messenger in a new dress, and improve il tsmany other resieots. .(."kcf transmitting subscriptions by mail, ""I ssisuined by the Proprietor. But every tii2r" 'rsnsmhling payment, la request f bestdes taxing proef evidence of the fact, "T "ig, to retain a memorandum of . oersad pai ticolir marks of the note senl. - ,ADVEUTISE!IENT. ae Uapatsibilny of carrying on the Wmb. ""?. eugbt lo be conducted while absent on r"""", exprnliiiona, and the impossibility of Magtr sluing wilbout the large amount due me Z?t ,Mr of ,,bor' b,,,0 determined me to mIL wt?1 hmeB' ,be !Bd of ,h Pre"' eTiL i whMr'P,io" I'M s ahoot SOO, and iZ; fV the job printing and ndver H good lor at least tve hundred dollara a ' skTr L ,rtlm," of 'ents and a sound whig 'swwlJ,M!''',?,..,',M!-ra,h" mnH l,brl terms. I ,2 . 9'MWf let it g o imo any MUt aer- application is rrquesteil. jtl. C. JOXKS, Ed. k Proprietor. f , COMMITTED 1 . . H"hrnM"1 "'?. C. on the rUia sW? Tim;n wh0 " WmselfTom. s is ve fe. tomche. high, slender built, dark rexn.., and .bont t years of age, and says -? iT J"V ""Per. of Fairfield district. braT. J- "Mr " feeated lo tnme forward. pay charges, an I take him away. RAT.EIGH, OUONOKA TOBACCO For Sate at BROWN k SNOWS. St' A Sept. IS, t3J CominUsion luint-a AT HENDEIISON. 1 he obsrrilr having permanently located al lendersoo Depot, 0 the Kaleigh and f.aetMS lUlroa.1. two miles south of Chalk Uvcl, wUI attend te the receiving, forwarding, and selling sll kinds of produce that may be consign! lo bun, and will pay fur the produce that mai be entriute.1 to Ins care, t his ofliceat Henderson, ssssuon aa a return esn be had; or will make librral adtatices on i-s reeeptioa wbeu required, lie will also attend to Ihe forwarding of mer ahkudize lUa may leave the Kailroad allien dersoii. Pioas his rxtenslra am,,,.,.. i.-.l. ,i. touiy and Northern markets, he flatters l.im- i.i ..... .... ...... ...KeB m ousiness will not be trsnsceiided. His particular and uudiviiled at leutiou my berchedou. D. fi. YOUNG. rSTF.rnx.v. MaoitK, Millsboro'. References. -J l(icuan I Smith. Milton. tSTxruax M. Iicxi.v, Hoxboro'. Ilcndersoa, liraosille Co. N. C. July 46. IS38. s M tf f Halrigh Register till fmjiKI, U. K. Y. ' H A .UW A V From the Subscriber, residing in (iraniille county, N, C. on the .KJtli iUy ol August last, a ne-1 gro man by the name of JOIt L)AN, snd his wife J ANK. I Jordan is a eoniiaon sixs lei-1 low, light black, lai ve lull rses. has a down look when sLcn to. the I h finger on his right hand has gr0.licruikt ed, by means of a cut. He earned va ills him w ei ing apparel and bed clothes among ihera is a suit of dark yarn jeans homespun cloth. He wore off a pair ol lined and bound i i(l.t and lelt shoes, nearly nei- The woman is a little under common size, and is in a pregnant state. She csriied with her a purple eireassioa dress, a while dress, a dark grounded calico dress, and some home made clothes. I believe Ihe said nc gites were seduced off by some inl.recus ehsr. acler, and they will attempt lo pass lor free ne groes. I wdl give ten dollars for their delivery or confinement in Jail, in Granville or Wake, or twenty dollara, if out of said cauntirs, snd thirty dollars for the detection ami conviction ol anv white person who has assisted them in grtling otl CLEMENT WILKIN. Sept. 10. 138 SI 3 lost on toi,i;n, A note ol l.autt girrn by -Ilrnj. I). lingers te the subscriber for 95 dollars, Uinl about Ihe 1st ol Sept. instant, with all the rest ol my valuable pspers, receipt', accounts, ke. 'I bis, is there, fore to lore am all persons from trading for said papers, or any of tlii-m. and the mid licnj. 1). Ilogrrs, and all others bound by said papers from p)ing the same, except to myself, or properly suthuritcd agcul. WRir.HT I..- HARP. Wake county, Sept. 9, 18.18. 38 Iw Ktocco Luutlfor Sale. The subscriber being about to remove to lisaiatmm. ,.ff-. his present resilrnae lor sale. 1$ It is on Ihe Stage road 10 miles "BaS r vw r. -. isburg, and three hum the Shocco Springs, and contains S200 acres ol cood land. Asa healthy and pleasant residence it lias but few e quals. - JAMES CORDOV. - Sept. 8, 1J38 38 4 w DANCIX. SCHOOL. Iflons. Ponce BI. Nitchtcrn ResieclluMy inlorms the cilisens of Kaleigh and its vicinity, that he will return iu Octuber next, to open Schools gain, and resume the ex ercises. June 30 2S tf COACHES, BAROIICHES 3 AND BUGGIES. The Subscriber hss oai baud an assortment if theove Carriages, oiue very richly finished, which will, he thinks, bear e om pnrison-with. nay manulaelured elsewhere. The work is ar rai.led to be faithfully executed, and will be sold on as favorable terms as can be afforded. Those wishing to supply themseltes, will please call and judge for themselves. 1 IIOS. CORHS. Raleigh, May 31, 1838 3 tl " I,AX1 foil SALE. J 1 now offer lor sale s valuable tract ol land in Ihe County of lnoir, known as ihe "Collier place," situated on the north sideof Me.fse River, 33 miles above Newbern, and ft miles east ol K Hi st on, containing one thousand tour hundred and eleven acres; about one thousand of which are still uncleared and covered with Oak, Hickory and I )n j wood growth, indicating fertility rf soil not to btf surnaased in its vicinity. The plantation cxtemrs fur two miles on the publie-road, and the same distance on the river, where I here is good seine beach, boat landing, ke. ' The lerma may be known by pplieation'to.niy friend Louis C. Desmond, Ksq. ot lennir, Also, lot So. 70 in the town ol Kinston. I si so offer lor sale, Iwo or three blooded hor ses of the moat fashionable stock in the United Stites They may be seta at Oak Forest, the residence oi my father, in ihe County nl Nssh. SAMLKL C. BELLAMY. August , 1838. ' 33 11. Register and Standard. L 1 TIBER roil SALE. The Subscriber baa now on hand, at his Mills, (late lllake's) 17 wiles East of Kaleigh, IUO.000 feet of chiiiee Lumber, of esery description, sawed out of Lnng Leaf Pine, Ihe peeoliet ex cellence of which is too well known to need any puff. Persons desiring to purchase will please nuke application lo Mr. Will mm Heck, Raleigh, or lo Henry Mortn.i, a the Mills. The prise at Ihe Mills will be $1 per hundred; "bnt, if a large i)uantity ke bought, even less than that will be taken. - PRTER FOSTER. Wake en.. May 81. 1838 9 tf )(. XV. W. iWAItSII ALL'S Ointment for (lie Itliiid Pile. This invaluable remedy baa been several years before the public) Its virtue end efficacy bave been well sealed, and, in numerous insisn ses.in Ihe moat aggravated forms of the disease. In not i solitary ease has it bean known lo fsil n effeitinga cure. Many very respectable per sons hi ve borne testimony to its rffirnryi among whom is ihe Ke. Wm. A. Smith, Of the M. E. Church, and Editor of ibe Conference Journal, who, trom liis own experience. conSdently re commends it to the public ss "s oars, aaaxss am, sns wntint xixf. It mav be had at the Store of B. TI CKER, Agent, Bslig 2. C. e XJ.O. WEDtJESDsAi CEMElt Al. OHDEUS. Ileiisi. QmurtsBrsv--- vv ABB EST TOST. N. C. JbI 18. 1838. S OSoera aocamaadg the different Hegitneats -'rw inn usHviuea rs, sj. Mllllsl: bave year regime nis formed on tost Visual ground of parade. b-be hour of 13 e'nlosk. tor r.L... ion are neteny stotiOot and aoenmanded to iM.l ..ays ana piaeca, namely: 1 he 9thJ Beiimevafe Louisburr. en Catnrday Ibe Wud SepicmbcrTTne tb and 36lh Regiments on ihe foil, --rinys end places, namely: The tm uaicign, on nioiioay me Tee Wnd Kegimetit in Nashville, on Wednesday the 86th. The 81 si Regiment at tlridges's. in Edgecombe county, oo Friday the 8lh. Tbo SOih Urgiment in tbe town of Tarborough, on Saturday the IWth of September next. Tbe 13th Regiment in Ihe town of Williamston, on Monday Ihe 1st October. Tbo lSth Regiment in Jackson, ea Wednesday tbe 3rd. The 14lh ami 15ib Uesi- menta in Ihe towns ol Halifax, on Thursday tbe t. And the 23rd Regiment in the town of v arrenton, on Saturday Ibe Sth of October next The commissioned officers and snuiiaiana of each regiment must be drilled on days preceding ""V" .r ""'ear, acaording to law and military U.HI. I'm. By order of General M. -T. H AWKIXS. SAM'U E. I'HILLIPS, Aid. July 18, 1838. 31 C7 Much excitement H-pa'ed in N. Vork in consequence of the arrest of two Frenchmen bj some ot the Po lice Officers of that city, and their cpn treyance and imprisonment on board the French ship of war Dido, about noon as she was dropping down to the Narrows, without any trial or arraign raent be fore the civil authority. This was rightly regarded an insult to the constituted authorities and contempt ol the laws of the land. There is a good deal of mystery about the aRisir. Jhe. prisoners are said lo be deserter from the French ship AUiandre, which ar rived some time ago at Newport. One of them, MarsaudTSRie ioi-diimn cap-1 tain of that ship. He, it will bej well recollected was lately bailed out by the French Consul General af ter the crime of piracy was proved at IWdraux upon him and the crew. The Consul paid the officers SI 00 apiece for their services. Justice Bloodgoud repaired lo the Battery as soon as the aRYir cot to his ears; but the ship was! out of hi jurisdiction. The subject wit t be carried before the Mayor for a thoroagh investigation. IKc. 11' !'. - C7 Th Kincasile Detm u ha f recently twitted the F.ditor of the in quirer with his Bank debts, Iroia which it deduced the inference, alt Ice unchar itable and absurd, that the hostility of the Knquirer to the sub-treasury sys tem is the consequence oi that indebt edness, the Charlottesville JcfiVrsonian delends the Enquirer, by showing that debtors to banks are under no greater obligations to such institutions, and can be no more corruptly influenced, than debtors to indivuraaht. And who it not sometimes compelled to resort to the credit system? The Charlottesville paper then "carrier the war into Afri ca." It says: "The Globe at Wash ington was established by contributions from office-holders: And the Constel lation, of Petersburg, was got up in the same manner." And then it asks the very pertinent and significant ques tion, " If all those editors who owe the Banks a dollar are bank-bought, what are they who were established by money from men in office, and are up held by the money of the government?" The inference in the latter case is prettyjcle not establish and keep alive a Journal, unless the editor supports their inter ests and that those interests are not the interests of the people is clear. Cmm the fact that they desire to estab! sh two currencies, specie for themselves, and nank-ras4or-Ueir-jnaaters Lynch. T'irg. AN INVITATION TO DINNER It was observed that a certain covetous rich man never invited one to dine with him. "I'll lay a wagtsr," snia a wag, "I (ret an in vitation from him." The warrer being accep ted, he goes the next daj to the rich man's house about the time he was to dine, and tells the servant he must speak with his master immediately, for be can savo him a thousand pounds. "Sir," H&id the servant to his master, "here is a man tn a great hurry to speak with you, who says he can save you a thonsand . J. V.. . U n M.Ma,A "What is that, air; that you can save met thousand!" " "Yes, sir, I ean; but I see you are at din ner; I will go myself and dine and call a giun." " ' "? O, pray, sir, come in snd take dinner with mo." "I shall be troublesome." "Not at all." The invitation was accepted. As soon as dinner was over, and the family retired, "Well, sir," said the man of the house, "now to your business. Pray let- me know how I am to save a thousand pounds." "Why sir," said tbe other, "I hear you hare a daughter to -dispose of in marri age." "I have air." . "And that you intend to portion her with ten thousand pounds." "Idoso." "Why, then, sir, let me have her, and I will take her with nine thousaiTO.", The master of the house rose in a passion, and turned him out of doors." A knotty fiin Caleb Wbitefprd, of pun ning memory, once observing a young? lady rery earnestly engaged at work knotting fringe, asked her what she was doing, "Knot ting, sir," replied nhe. "Pray Mr. Whittv ford can you knot!" "I can isof," answered he. Tom do tou know French! 'Yen, very well by sight but have no tptdcing acquaint ance witn it." i ol parade, bi-e hour of 13 'lock, for Aview1twou'a rePa7 0" nd eipcnsd of SEPTEMBER 19, 1C30. Z . , w-.t.x- Froa tbo Correspoadent of the New Vork. K.V rkfaaa . ""KIaoara. To iee Niagara river itself. i worth a journey from the Rocky Mountains, and a sight of the Falls and the Ranid. 1 a - t I a voyaze around the world. Think for a moment, from whence comesf file vast waters that here tumble over (lie rocky clilft across the Niagara and from both the American and Canadian shores. Waters tint have their source more than twele hundred miles in the distance, here find their outlet. The miiillt, lit tiim. O , I IlITA" .. off .Th. M- i b q , ,e" "t "''lufeeldiep, magntticent Lakes, in themselves al most vast seas, with all of the innumer able rivers that empty themselves into these great Lakes, covering together, a space of a hundred and forty or fifty thousand miles of water, here End their passage way, and throw tlieirvast waters over the magnificent Falls. Half of the fresh water of the Ulobe Sows here, an eternity of waters that seems without beginning ami to have no end. Alone, as I was, when first 1 saw ihe fall of waters, I fell and utter ed to nit self ha'f s (flighted: .. " ... look back.!. To where it comes like an eternity, As if to sweep down alt things in its track, Charming the eye with dreaJ, a match - ls cataract. Horribly beautiful!' Next to the magnificent waterfall. the rapids present the most attraction to the visiter. I he river at the mouth of Lake Erie or the head of the Niag ara, is about three quarters of a mile wide. A mile or two in the. instance ss you approach Navy and Grand Islands, the middle ol the river ex pands to seven or eight miles. The contraction of the water as it ap proaches the Falls, gives intttme vebcity to the streams. The noise ol llie waters is heard a you approach llie rapid, faintly at 6rt, but sooa swell ing into a loud and unceasing roar. Never shall I forget the sublime sight the Rapids presented, as I first gaxed upon them from one of the boldest posi tions where travellers can find a firm foothold. Tbe sound was "a the noise of many waters', "loud, deep toned, like the bellowing of the thun der, or the noise of ihe hurricane. I have rent! thiy traveller's comparison, both of the. Rapids and ot the Falls, but tbe most effective painting and the most glowing description gives you a faint and imperfect ider of the gtan d e a t feat i zed wh e 11 on e " se e a n d h e a is fur himself. Have you been at sea in a Storm, the billows heaving your frail bark noiV high' above the level of the ocean, and anna far beneath, the wide waste or waters around you whi tened with foam the spray throwing its mist like rain drops all around you, far and near, lashing thcinseUes to gether as ifmaddened with fury, when all was wild and terrific? Have you seen the sea thus in the storm and tem pest? If so, you have een a poor picture of the rapids near. the FalU! Through sparkling spray in thundering . clash, The liijIitninKs of tha water flash. In awfu) whiteness o'er the shore That shines and shakes beneath the roar." The mist ascends in columns from the Rapids, and in a clear day may Tiineen-nMles- ami-miles iu - the-dis-tance. In the sunshine the scene surpasses tlecription. The spray sparkles as stars in the sky of a clear night, and the whole air appears in the rich colors of the rainbow. Still more striking perhaps is the appear ance of the mist ascending in heavy masses from the waters, as they tum ble over in heaps, as it were from the rocks into the chasm brlow. No man who has stood at the top uf the stone tower, more than forty feet high which overhangs the waterfall, it seems to me can ever long banish from his mind the almost appalling sight which lies in view. I stood alone there at day dawn, at mid day ami at night. Whichever way Tturned my eyes all was beauty and grandeur, and the oflencr I came and the longer I looked, the more wonderful did the scene appear, and the more reluctant ly I left. In the morning, through ihe mist, the sk earth and water seemed to be encompassed with gorgeous bows, Whosw arches srere refraction, whoso key stone the sun; -A payillion they seem'd with Deity graced, And justice & mercy wet thsrs and embraced." The second visit I made the bridge and tower, the Terrapin Bridge and Tower as they are called, the rain was descending in floods, the mist went up in mountains,-and met and united themselves in the' clouds above, the winds' were Whistling through the trees birds were occasionally seen bathing themselves in the mist bcrow and some reeling there in the, Career ing brerxe' were carried far beneath the chasm to rise no more. Poor fellows, I Had almost been' envious of their sport, until I saw their danger. I bad seen Niagara) by sunlight, but 111 til C lllfl.l 111 I it si llllltr. Allil llalsl'a.1. r...i--:. i i. .i head was Sim Pale h s jtnnrHnr; tin loi'ty rivers, here has its mouth. 1 he t . i.. . ,,,,r ,i - t vtSii si... c ni .1 ii .i P'ace. Aeolua s Cave, K0 feet hiwli, Erie, that ff. Clair, the IIuimii. the sari. - i -mi -i M;it... . ,- ,u li i 120 aerus, and leet wi e, was up- Mtcliigin, wti the feupeimr. these t. , - , ., - 1 wr-.wH 1 .! i Mi! s.w . n 0 aMawnsW I aTinag n u . . .- i n si si raw xa.. . a. when the Tlea vena.were.Uxk-d the clouds were Dourint? forth torrents of rain the contrast, was truly grand and striking. I left my position for one more than two hundred feet below, and in the heaviest of the storm passed down below the bank. Iris Island and behind the two main sheets of water I descended what is called the Biddle stair cane, (Oh! Nick, byheway, I have found in my ramble iHiTii1v5ent, duing good to all and in a'l placesTp There is heft a spiral stiir case of ninety steps, en closed in a buildinj erected in a hex- ... agonal form. At the foot f the stair ,,,, inttfrtf,tin. Sw, ;,, all. there- other Kpace, anil a free and safe ingress behind 1ho "American vvu, the water rearing ami pmiritig over our heads. I he patli to Die lelt led me to what u railed the Crescent Fall. 1 bathed myself freely in the spray, and returned, afier a raii.ble uf three hours to' enjoy the Itixttrirs of a good diuner and a change of clothing. Seemingly a mermaid never swam in deeper-wit-ter than 1 li;uf been in during ihu rain torm, and no man, 1 am sure, was ever more hungry ihan myself. I saw Ihe falls hut oiae again, and then under tfi. in ot fa volatile crrcum- stances. The storm hud ceased, the clou Is had dispersed, and a br'g'tt sun again broke forth.' The most beau teum sun 1 had ever seen was from Ihe Terrapin tower and I tarried till the mo in rose, the see I believe, a siq;ht which is to be seen in but few places in the world, a lunar bow arching two of the waterfalls, anil painting the moonlit sky in the richest colors "Hung on the curling mist the moonliglit hmv. Arched the perilous river." But I must close, for in my enthusi asm I have forgot ten, both that the reader will, i. e. must, see for himself; and also that it has been pronounced profanation to 'woo Niagara to tbe t;t blet of a song,' and scarce confine ' to tint its glorious le.ttures with our pen cil's point.' Yours. E. Ii. From the Southern Herald. n'lfUFFIG'SOPIXIlix) 0N"THE BANK AM) SU1S-TRKAS- UllY. Marion, Pebht Co., Ala. July 18th, 1838. Dear Sir I learn by a private letter that you purpose setting out shortly for Europe, and as much speculation prevails, in relation to your opinions concerning the. Sub-Treasury, as it is commonly railed, may liask of your kindness, before your departure" to enable me to imorm the public correct ly what are jour views on that subject? W-ttli an tliftvrence lor your , better judgment, should vu think otherwise, it would seem to me that you owe it to your friends and the public also hajc in; so long been in the service of both to speak out. The discorded state of the currency, and ihe universal de sire for the adoption of some stable and wise planfor thecol.leclioa- and dis bursement of the public revenue, has converted almost every individual in the Governmeutinto.a specuUtm!.Ju nancier, and, as, the most of us have only light enough to make "darkness visible," and know what we believe nvofeuaiiianer fiifalttrthan of trroAvt edge, you cannot be suffrised to learn that I hitar your name frequently used as authority both to denounce and sus tain the Sub-Treasury scheme. Ah friends knowing me to have once beeti y en one of your constituents aud'uniformly, in my humble way, your political inend and supprter, frequently refer the moot question to my decision, ant! I feel regret tint I cannot solve their doubts.- , Should it comport with your conception of duty to yourself to ena ble me to do so, you will, sir, doubt less, much oblige the public, as alio the writer, who has the honor to sub scribe himsell, most respectfully, I our ob t servant. SAMIL A. TOWNES. Gen. Geo. McDvrriE. CuERRT-IIat, July 2Jth, 1838. My. Dear Sir I have received your friendly letter, expressing a desire to know mv opinion on the questions which now -agitate the country, rela tive lo the custody of the public money of the United States, and regulation of the general currency and exchanges. As I never had a political opinion which I was unwilling to disclose, I have no hesitation in answering your inquires. I have regretted to per ceive, what you state, that contradicto ry versions of my opinions, have pre vailed in different quarters, owing I presume to the fact that I do not con cur entirely with either of the politi cal parties, recently .oganized upon the basis of these question. It is deeply to be regretted, indeed, that these, questions bave been ' made the I ou ml at ton of a political organization of the ere at political parties conten- ding for the Presidency, though I ad mit that the result could scarcely w1 wti ntu iu'ii. .senium iiim cave ie bti- VOL. ZXIZ IIO 39 avwdedr-Strch lw brganliit ceedingly unpropitious to the cause of truth, and almost entirely precludes the possibility pf a discriminating judg ment. You mast take the whole, or rejeot the whole, by the practical . can nons of party discipline.. . Almost un. fortunate cnange hai been the conse quence of the whole subject of Bank ing, and of Hie connection of the Gov ernment with the Banks. ' , You art no doubt aware that during all the strug gles of the late Bank of the United Slates, against the warfare urged a gainst it by the Federal- FxecutiveVl steadily sustained that institution on the grounds both of its extensive useful ness and its constitutionality, and I will atltl that there is no part" of . my public life to which I look .acV with more satisfaction than this. I still be lieve a Hank ot the Unted States to be constitutional, and am as confident aa reason and experience can make me on aNyTihHar question, that -It is thar b'.'st practicablejneani of maintaining uniform currency .and a low and uni form rate of exchanges, over the . whole United States, so long as paper monev constitutes the larger portion of our actual currency. Hut I a in constrained to say that in the exiraordinary disjuclion and con junction tif political . parties - which have recently taken place, I am left almost as "solitary and i. lone," on the subject of a Bank of the. United States, as Mr. lientnn -warAvhen he " put his celebrated ball in motion. I alwars supported such an institution as an an tagonist no er to the State Banks, and as a means of retraining their extrav agant issues. Its utility consists al most entirely, in my opinion, in the exercise of this salutary control over such State Banks as were inclined to run into excess. Such were then the opinions of those with whom I acted But now t ie state of opinions is entire Iv changed, as well as the relations of tlie Banks. The present advocates of a Bank of the United States maintain practically if not in terms that as Bank credit is the most potent of all the a genU for producing wealth, the more we have or it ihe better; and they seem to regard him as an old fashioned po litical economist who should doubt that the issue of every additional hun dred millions of Bank paper,added just that much wealth to the country. In fact the party now urging the es tab ishment of a Bank of the U. S. are the open apologists and advocates of the pef bank system, which they concur red with me in denouncing, as a moat fearful and stupendous system of cor ruption and of despotic power in the hands of the federal executive. I was perfectly sincere when I said that it. woultl be easier to' mist a President at ihe head of 50,(100 regular troops; tbtfl one who wielded such a confederacy of Banks. Yet after (his system has ut terly failed, those who denounced it yhcn it was a mere experiment, have now adopted it as a stepping stone to a Bank of the United Slates, with a cap ital 50,000,000, to be located in the city f New Yoi k! I confess that with my jyiinjnns wholly unchanged on the ccneraTsubjef t,I should regard a bank established under such auspices, thus nested and witl-sdch a capital, as an institution eminently daftgerouslo the liberties of the country. I will not disguise my opinion, that a.' Bank of United States established under the most favorable circumstances, however perfect as a regulator of the currency is liable to become a very dangerous irrsiluttofl in the hands of 4be-Federal Executive, llie old Bank of the3 U nited Slates scrupulously abstained from politics until forced "in self-defence, to abandon, in some degree, its neutral position. I regarded this aa one of its great merits, 'But what would necessarily be the character of a bank of 50 millions established in New York, .under the nres nt circumstan ces of the country? iBank or no Bank is clearly and distinctly the issue which is to decide the next Presiden tial election, ant) to be decided by it. Suctt Bgpnli would be unavoidably a mere engine in the hands of the disccu- dar,t party, a tremendous instrument of power and mischief, thus created and . thus wielded. You may recollect that in my last speech on the deposit? ques tion, 1 stated as a reason for support ing the existing bank that its over throw would produce precisely such a state, of anarchy as we now have in the currency and exchanges; that to extri cate themselves from such a condition. " the people would My Into the arms e ven of a Government Bank, upon the principle that men will seek refsg from anarchy even in the worst form of' n despotism. I fear my prediction baa ' been very nearly fulfilled. For the chati ' ees are that any bank established under the prevailing auspices, would be in " fact a Government Bank, whatever it might be in form. And here l am ie minded of the extraordinary speech of -Mr. Clay, in which he maintains that ' the proposed organization of the Treasury, making it independent of Banks, s in lact a government bank. Whatever, other obtectiona. tnsr bt - urged against this treasury Scheme, ' it is certainly free ' from this.. It ha,. not one ol the tnt- would . A
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