seia mmmmwm JIALEICyi, N C "WEDNESDAY,. MAJICJI 13, J.S30. a a THOS. J. LCWAF, - SoasceiFTrw'f, three dollars per annum toe half in artvauee. erTPersoos reslwf without he 6t '! , mired tm rf 0BBt ol the year's ...ha.rinine in advance.- Slim Of ADVERTISING. 0,r every squire (not esceedin; 14 lines this - si type) hr' insertion, one dollar) each sub- ir I'be a-lverlitrmeirts of Ulerks and Sheriff, trill be eli irired 23 per cent, higher; and a dr. duetinn of .Vlj par cent, will be made from he refill ir prieea Inr advertisers by the year. Inciters tu the K'luur mull he ml-iaid Stain of North C'arolina, CoVXTY OK FuAMtLIN. Court of VI- mid Quarter Sessions, uiieul insertion, iwenivme ttnn Dettmber 7V.w, 1 638. Ivlelrxttey Jeko, Imdsey Vp- tliurth and vile l-nyiw, KqIm-iI Junes, Josiah Jones, W hitman '.....es. U.llmai It. W, and j for Thomas ,. J-M.es ! ,ecnull, ,J AreOn!! ii. imii num. n K.iale ol Naiier Jsckton, dee'd, 3 1 .Ivbann, IVmihi Jarkaun i tk - a , . i ....... nil division. MJ-JV ,jon awl I he cliil-ieu I III MefJankaoiij dae'd. J lathis ease, it appearing InYhe taiTifiction of tncTIouit that the rirleiidams, Ira Jaessfm, Pey- inn .lackton and Mary Jackson, and the ehddrea iJi ll.-rry Jackn, retide betnnd the limits ol hii Stale, an ilrai ike ordinary pioei sa ol litis enuii Cannot reach Ihemi ll it therefore ordered lliat publication he made in the Kaleigh Star, lor tu iiicefftsiie weeks, Inr them to appear before the Juviicei nl our Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions t h held lur the enunty ol Franklin, vi (he t'.nuil Home in I jiu lattn r)5, on the Seconal Monday in March next; then ami there to an iwer the said Petition, or judgment pro epnlesso will be taken as to them, and a final decree en IcreJ according to the prater nf IVliiion. . Allot S. PATTEItsON. C. C C. 6 6 Tnee adv. $5 6.' tj A HIGHLY 1MPOK TAN T CAUTION, Tu THE WHIM: "Cave me titubei." . DOCTUK EVANS. 100 tbatbam street, asks (he present opportunity of tendering his most unfeigned acknowledgements to the i.u- inerous patrons (afflicted itlf the various forms ofdisease incident to b"manitO -who have committed themselves to his rare, and he I s- the satisfaction of km wing from many living evidences, that he ItS't removed or le- lieveil their respective mastlies as far ssties within the compaiaof btiman means. How UitlreasiiigMo me amncted IS IIYfKPSIA or INDICES T10.N ! ninaoiiiiitr all the sources of er,i" ment, and leading in many instances to the miseries of hypncomlri.om. Long as it has been the subject of inquiry by medical snthoitrenmved, ty. Jandice, Diarrhoea, Cholera and Chohc, oi the above comnlaititl. by remedies drawn trom-ieaearches of the moat eminent phvsi- InVumiM. cians in r.nrojw. . , .,,. He has alao id vast eipenence and success throughout the tnhqlefam ly of delicau disea- aes, ail of which are fur the moat part eggra-. MKW,Spm9fHwj-YWW9'wjf'n v w anil lor the most part H times Tl been singtiVrlv sdc6eafo1.nnneeVm vated by or rooted in the cons) itution by the street, between Stanton and Houston Ms. afilieled CONbPIKAClES of MEKCUKIvl- MCK- or ten years with the following distressing symp DV'.KEUS. UNPKlNiCIPLaEU. UNEDUCA- toins: Acid eructations daily siiasmodie pains TED AND UNPItACT ICED in any eit trih.i ,.l .iimiI. o- i l..l ,h -iv. I, .Ui a en the road to ruin. Dr. Evan's office is supplied will choicest V , i ren.ed;sl.oml..re.giim-'keta,dcosnponn- ded on the most acietitificpiiiiciples. A physician isalwaya in auciidauce, and all those ose wliu come therein the hour of weed, go nil' reiuirinir Ur Wm. Evans' Medical Office, 100 Chat ham a(rfl. NjVtv Yurk 03- .WHK CO.YCL USIVE PR O O FS ot the extraordinary efficacy ot Jr. nt. Zr.l.YSr celebrated CAMOMILE and ,.iPERlE.VI' AA'I'l HUMUS Pll.tS Mlleviating afflicted mankind. Mr. Itobeit Cameron, 101 Bowerv, Disease Chronic Dys- c...ery. ur .u.y Symptoms: unuasual flatulency in the bowel severe griping, frequent indication to go to stool, tenesmus, loss of appru e, nausea, vom- iling, frequency of pulse, and a frequent d-a- alia i ife of a peculiarly foetid matter mixed . with blood, great debility, sense of burning heat, with an intolerable bearing down of the parts. Mr. 'Cameron is enjoying prtfect health, and returns his sincere thanks for the extraordinary benefit he bad received, v . " ' A PRRfECT CUIIB OK ASTHMA, FIFTY FOUK YEAHS 61 an dim;. j Effected by the treatment ol Dr. Wm. Evans. This la lo entity thai 1 waa attacked with the Asthma in the ninth tear uf my age, and from . that time uhiiI the present ) ear, a teriod of filly , lour j cart, I have li. ea subject lo that disease, i For Ibe last fit years, I have bad it almost in- ' cettauily, exit heaif exempt hom it more than iweuiy-liHir biHira at any onetime. nail con sulted the moa skillul phj tiaiant and tried many remedies ttitboa! any relief. In June last I com inenee using Dr, Win Evans ' v, gelable medi- erne. &U . e.pecttn ot emcuug a cure. Inr I harTa t, A w, mi hmiftleaa ami mv aliauilu. .n--.r1 ,ouj -' ""I - .-.." n..i... .a. rnl.rejy rel.e.1. and I have not . been at- . laek.l WHh l si..ee. I can now say I hat I am 1rletly eured of the diae,. nil confidently j I.An. n . n tlT It 111 all arhfl I1u V u. Ial!l..lu.l .ill. . . . . . , . .1 mat aisircauiig eonipiaii'i. SARAH SIMMONS. Aug'Ut 18, 1S3S THREE VJJVV. TEARS' ST.1JS' Mr,-' Itobert Monroe. SchoykiiL afflicted with the above distressing malady. Symp tarns: Great languor, flatulency, disturbed rest, nervous headache, difficulty uf brea thiny, tightness and stricture across the brea.t, diiiineaa, nervous itiitabiiity and restleasnesa, - eould wot lie i a buuimUid poitipi)4 is Ubout the sensation of impending sufrocatioh, pal prtation of the lieart, 4ttressing c.hikIi, eov tiveness, pain of the stomach, drowsiness, great debility, and deficiency of the nervous energy. Mr. Monroe gave up every thought of. recovery, and dire despair sat on the countenance uf every person interested in bis existence or happiness, till by ccident, J ne noticed in a pttDiic paper some cures enec ted.by DR. WM. EVANS' MEDICINE in his complaint. Which Induced him to purchase a package of tire Pills, which resulted in tm- .. bUtprlw ,BinnH mrrv avmbtoill- ofhis die tase;-- wishes to stry" hisiirebve-forttiif declaration is, Hat those amicted with the same or any symptoms similar to tbose from x'.iicli be is happily restored, may likewise receive the same inestimable benefit. CO" LIVER COMPLY AT. TFJV rFRH. STMVDLXG-Vin. 1IANNAU iiltOWNE, wife of Joaeph. Tlroiriter Korth st.,Villiamibiirgh, afflicted the hut ten years withjheij iv uaiiu inruugn sue treatment oi ur, 'vr as. F.VAN8; Symptoms: tUbilual constipation oc the bowels, total loss ol appetite, exem- c latin jr pain af the epigastric region, great de pretsion of -spirits, languor, nl other aymp tomi of extreme debility, (tiaturbed sleep, inordinate flow uf the menses, pain in the right side, could not lie on tier left aide with out an ajfirravation of the pain, urine high coloured, with o'her symptom, indicating great derangement in the functions of the liver. . Mrs. Browne waj attended lr three of the first physician, but received but little relief from their medicine, till Mr llrune procured noineofDr. Win. Evans, invaluable prepara tion, which etfectually relieved her of the a- bove ditreaing symptom, with olh rs, which it is not so essential to intimate. , JOSEPH BROWNE. Ci y and County ot New-York, a. Joseph Urowne, Williamabnrgh. Lone; Isl land, htir.g duly sworn, did depone and say that the facts ss set forth in the within state ment, to which he has subscribed his name, are just anal true, JOSEPH IIKOWN'E, Husband of the said Hannah Urowne. Sworn before me. this 4th day of January, 1837 PE I KK PINCKNEY, Com. of Deeds, .fit exliui)diHnri) Curt, performed by Dr. WmTEvaiw,' of 100 Chatham street." TC-'Y ' Mr. rW, W. uf tOO Eldridge itritl u laboring under s disease, which was by many physicians considered incurable, and could n:id'iio reliel from any so-trce whatever, un td he made application to Dr. EranaV and placed himself under hi suecesful eottrae of treatment, from which he begin to find im meuiate relief, ana ins lew weeks was per icciiy curcu. C.iSE OF TIC D0I.0REUX. Mrs. J. E. Johnson, wife of Capt. Joseph Johnson, of Lynn, Mas, was severely afflicted for ten years with Tic Dolureux, violent pain in her head, and vomiting, with burning heat in the stomach, and unable to leave her room, She could find no relief from the advice ol several physicians, nor from medicines of auy kind, until after she hail commenced uing Ur. Lvsns' medicine, ot 100 Chatham street and from that time she- began t-o amend, and feels satisfied if she continues the medicine a few days longer, will be perfectly Cured. Kefeernce can be bad as to the truth of the above, by calling at Sirs. Johnson's daughters' store, Joy unutd street, N. " - - PARLYTIC RltEU WATISM A pcrfeet " ' efleeted by the treatment ol lr. TV. EV NS. Mr. John Gibson, of North Found stWit'ianisbnrgti, afflicted Ttth-nSe above . P'"' 'o"re J' s and nine mootbs, durmj whM,h Xm9 10 '"".c,,.e' u ''' .kig;r,,a,i0.0f.a pams towards iiiahi; Iron, ealernat er. rtor the benefit of those afflwled in a similar "'. Mr. Cibaon eooeeives It meet lo aay that the paina have entirely SeaaeU, and that bu folnta have completely recovered their statural return, his ordinary . ,.' ... ASNEF. KENNY. No. 115. Louis in the head, loss ol appetite, palpitaiioo of her heart, riddinesa and diwness ol nrhl, could. not ,ie her ,iuV- d'urbe,, 0Uer 'fb.''ijy of tw a-jr ""' cuurare. tomclirnes a tuiorwrr ipe-i 01 m veer ,Mto jj .-whimsical .terswnW partieelar persons and places irvnndlesa appre- ieaMoot of personal danger and poverty, an irk- anmraett and weariness ol life, discontented dil ouieiaifle on every slicht occasion. ute conceived led, desponded, nd thoughl she led a most mis- sue couiu cciincr me nor n,, "i" i. mett Tk7uZZ one so bad, w rui ire- NMlions. Mr Kenny had the advice ol several eminent pt.yaicians, and had recourse to numerous med icines, ImiI could not obtain "even temporary alle viation of her digesting state, till her butl.and persuaded htr to make trial ul my mode of treat roenl. 8he ia now quite relieved; and finds her f not only oapaU; ol allendii.g to her dome owt ahe'enjoy.a. gmnl hnUk , u ,y peripd ot her eiirtenee n ' J. KENNY,husbanit of I he afortsairl Anne Keniy Swonrbeforeme.lhia lih dv of December 1SS4 PETE It PINCKNEY, Com, of Deeds. AGENTS. Wm. M. Mason. & Co. Raleighf S. Hall, Newbeini J M ttedmond, Tarbomoglit II. I) Mechen, Wathhigtoni F. S. Manhalt, Halifax, bpoltwood t Itoberston, Prtersburgi C. Hall, Norfolk; A. Duval, Hichmond, lewia Johnson, Wathingtim,, D. Cj Menimer K Mawbtay, llaliimore. rr LOOK AT THIS! The Printing Etiabli.hment ot the Miltoa Spectator is offered lor sale on accommodating terms To a practical printer with a small fam ily, the situation it a very desirable one. Pro fessional and Other, engagements,, demanding at present, Ibe wlmle of tuy lime, alone ref em lue Urn again assuming the Edi.orial chair, whkh, a " .. B , , v ' of p,e,wi.? ,d profit. There fs, Mrhapa. no f w . establiabment nf ths kind, N j paLUKIt Milten, N. C January 8lst'lR9 6 0 - wuh SWaPSTJip gasjuuuvnv) s,.s . s SB SVUI China, GlnststV I'nrtlien Ware. TIMOTHY T. KISMM Co. China, Glass and. Iiurlhen If are Deal' ers, Would iaform their friends and customers, that they have removed to No. i Hurling Slip (neat lathe corner of Pearl Streel) where they have on hand an extensive assortment of articles in their line, (suitable fr the country trade,) of ctimnritmr All the latest Hylv. and Patterns, whfeh thef Witt setftir the pscksle, WTeMck ti-om the shelves, low lor Ciuh, or approved pa- EW YOtlK, Fek.t, IS39 . S Sm faa i IC" ine irfinerator (uarnson's pa per) republtsnes wf, . vtay '.a , Speech, and lollows it up witn me uiobeVat- tack, which philippic; is approved by the Abolitionists, ints is an item lwftrth.trajurjnxofl In order that our readers mav tee the furious spirit of the Abolition organ towards Mr. Clay, we -copy its . re marks on the Speech. HENRY CLAY. The extreme length of the speech of this desperate politician, proHigste 't tateiman, tn J impudent slave-driver addition to other articles .Which we htve in tjpe. nd cannot easiljr omit renders all comment in our pre sent Dumber impracticable. Ili so phistry is as contemptible as its moral ity is licentious and its spirit base. It is now certain that he can never be the nrrsident of the United States! () the ineH'able meanness, the trancen - d.tnt impietj, the horrid inhumanity J ing a strong itiflumc in putting the of that enemy of God and 'of his race.'tquestien to rent; althougli no tuemtiVr As fur the exultation of that other of the puiiiical - hartr to whili Mr manmonster, John C. Calhoun, over '.his speech, can any thing be more ludicrous or delusive? We can assure that man that his joy will be turned , into crief very shortly! The speech! or Mr. Clay will bring the largest a mnunt of arist into, the abolition milt that we have ground for a longtime! From flu London Observer. AN IMPORTANT DISCOVRY CO.WECTBD WITH HAIL ROADS. During the last month or six weeks crowd of persons, evidently of a sup erior class of socTeiy, liaVe to the great surpi'rse of the inhabitants of the quiet neighborhood of Soho been seen bend- tnz towards, and inuuirinz th-.ir way to an obscure house, No. 6 Carlisle street, near Soho square. In the course of the past week the excitement has greatly increased by a fast assemblage nf the nobility, members of the admin istration, fellows of colleges and of scientific institutions, eminent engin eers, naval architects.surveyors, railroad directors, painters, snd a whole host of the patrons of the arts ami sciences, all of whom were (as we found ' out by following ithe wske) attracted thither byhe exhibition of a model of a ' lo- conuitne -steam engine, which with other new and apparently simple in ventions acting and harmonising there with, are destined to work the follow ing wondrous changes and improve ments in lhi'rfn.Lfjtcmritiiid.. carriage conveyance a tiesuleratum and a "consummation devoutly to be I he ens rtesand (nans cannot pos sibly go off the railway if upset. "They can run on any required curve with speed, saie:y, anu a min- . Iff.'.: imum tiegree 01 inciiun. : weight rendered necessary by the pre sent system, and are no heavier than is required to bear the load ot goods and passengers. "The carriage bodies and will be almost on the ground. weight "They will be less expensive than those at present in use; any the im mense expenditure of tunnelling, em bankments, buttings, &c, will be en tirely avoided. "The repairs of the railwsy, the 'wear and tear' of the engines and trains, will be much less expensive than those now in use. .'The inconvenience and enormous ou tlay of cutting through parks or other peculiarly- situated property is avoid ed by the power of giving the line any desired direction. The ingenious inventor and paten tee of this new system, which he il lustrates .with great clearness, is a Mr Kollman, a gentleman well known and much respected and admired in tne. arientinc circles- lie attends in Car- hsle street .three days a week, Tor the ways, with speed and convenience. My jealousy, or personal consiileiattolitm r hev are relieved of all the dead ou re?J lu co-operate in measures are paid, or whether the collector doe. purpose of exhibiting his models and JVice at the period of his appointment engine, the latter of which has been and re-appointment, ami during his en beautifully menufactured at an expense tire terms of office, and to thecojitin ot 300; and is on tne scale of one ' Ued neglect of a proper and efficient and half inch-to afoot-. It is worked discharge of duties at the office of So by steam,, and performs various and licitor of the Treasury by the late and speedy evolutions upon a, motlel rail-? present incumbents of that office, way, formed in the shape of the figure Part III. The correctness of the 8, which demonstrates practically its returns which have been made by capability of moving round a circle of the present Collector and Naval fourteen feet radius, besides its won... derlul power ot-sjceniljos a. UUI ot.pnf . mile in fourteen, acclivity This rev.ri nlution is effected br an additional ; fore wheel on , either side' of samller. tor of customs at the port of New York diameter, and concentric with the large have not been correct, as they have not driving wheel, the tire of which is at all times embraced, a paid into the roughened to give it necessary hold on public Treasury, the money! received the surface of the rail, which ii e!eva-:by him for unascertained duties, ami ted at the commencement of the ac- at no time fur duties paid under pro clivity, so at for th smaller weel to test. . art upon it. Being also just sufficient- 2d. That said collector,, in bis re ly elevated to raise the larger wheel turns, has violated the instructions of from the line of rail on which it pre- tSe Treasury Department; has nut at viously acted. To prevent the' pos- defiance the duties assigned him by -the sibilitv of the engine being diverted Secretary of the Treasury; has repu from its course, there is a centre rail diated the official decision of the re with two horizontal wheels in front of sponsible law-officer of the Executive tneengirrerhichacts-aa pole to; the departments and 4 -guilty of a44Wgaf carriage, and makes its direction com- retention and use of the public money, ptetely subservient Jo. theinid.dlevqr ija the amount therr held by him fur centre rail the outward wheels running prbiesfahJ unascertained duties. upon a plain and unconfined surface 3d. That the Committee has been of iron. But description is almost prevented from ascertaining what is the super8uous-it must be seen to be prop-, extent of the illegal retention and use ptrly appreciated, an havinsr protected his invention by takr lector f thtrt:lelYorkv"aik1tt' inr out letters patent in this and other . in countries, is too liberal a mindedmsn ,t wjthkoldny.b to enliven and elevate the human mind, aal to exhibit his own book of cash de and too much of a philanthropist to posities in bank, or to permit the banks refuse to elucidate a system, which, nr. used, by him as depositories to exhibit eording to present appearances, will .their accounts of his deposites. be destined to confer permanent ad- 4th. That the public moneys recei vantage any improvement on the pre- red by said collector are mingled with sent snd future generations. " his own moneys on1 depoiiteanrj are r C7" From the extraqts ol Con gressional proceeuiQgs wuicn we give this week, it wilt be seen that Mr. L'lav has lately come out with an expres sion of his sentiments on the subject of Abolition, and in bold clear condem nation of the schemes f its mad and fanatical agitators. Motit heartily Ure we rt'jotceU tu see tins oioteiue.il, ul Uordiiiir. as it doe, the urusnect uf hav- Clay belongs, nor particular. y pai tan .:i tu himself, we are rejdy and (tee at all times to render him and" all o hers we hope the praise to which he is juatly entitled: in this case, he has .tlistiur ed his duty tu the South, and the t'.nuu try, and is deserving of honur so noins. ve are not inctuieti in seatt loinz. ve are not inctiiieti m seat:tll for the motives of this movi iniiiit, but rest satisfied in the anticipation of the good effects which it is our hupe, will result from the act; standing ready tu co operate with any and all in what w believe to be coriect jiriiicijjles, we bail gladly the ajiauce olAl r. Clay and his . partr,iiiresisiing lite I ni- Uus antl unlawful course ol l.inalicisni; it is sulhcient for us that the movement i in defence of our rights, we care not to look farther; whether by 'Whig" or ''Democrat" is of no consequence: we are the patisans of no man, or set of men; anil according to the dictates vf an unpretending judgment, shall al ways approve without respect tu pir ties, what'we consider just,- and tron- demn with equal freenes what we re gard as unconstitutional, i nd contrary to our principles. . e have beheld with high gratifica tion another proof, in the coume f Mr. Calhoun Jn this instance, of the high minded, and patriotic spirit which looks . to his country, and principle without descending to the indulgence of personal or party animosities: it is precisely the course which we should have expectfd trrc 'him - adopts -one that will most eRectuatly. silenve and refute jhe ung.encrouaa4id unjust ac cusations of violent patisatis, hereto fore heaped on .him, for commending what he believed to be right in the con duct of a political opponent; lh'-y now see in the prompt approval rendered lor tne puuuc goou vun.Air. uray or Mr. Van Duren. We believe that he endavors to do justice to all parties, in the conscientious discharge of his duty, and whether his motives are misrepresented . "ttr misunderstood by . such as condemn, he - will enjoy the best approbation, that of a mind conscious of the rectitude of its own intetnion; ami hereafter when the excitement of political strife shall gjve place, to the action of impartial judg ment his effort in defence of the Con stitution will have an appreciation and reward. West. dir. Further Enracta from the Report of the taves- vestigsttog Committee, -- - Part It. THE DEFALCATIONS OF VILLIAM M. PRICE. Csncfuticnt f the Cimmillee. 1st. i hat William iw. I'nce, as district attorner. is a defaulter to the Government in a large sum. 2d. That his defalcations are at- (ribu table to the notorious irresnonsi- bilify and want of character of safd Officer of the Port of New York, , ..mpeclixelja... ,(. CouttuiiaMi iht Ctrnmillet. 1st- That iheVefurns bf the-xollet- funds collecied under protest, or tar unascertained duties, or in other funds . . . - . . I A. all V. r I. .L ' I : J . - V ... I a . I -. . s s a not kept bj him, nor by his banks of for that purpose. He is also atliiritt deposit, distinct and separate from the d to prescribe sot h turther regiilst individual moneys of the-cnlletor and tiuns tn the tnanner id kerptnw bms -of his 'professional clients)" and his '.and accounts bj the several otli.ers returns cannot, therefore, be fonn.led in the Untr- offices as to him upon them as a separate and ihdepen-J m'tij appear nerrsssrv and pro ilent fund, belonging to Goverunient, pfr. It is made his j'u(y, at leant thiitish in hi keeiiinsr. i onre in every, ri ar, to cauae the biHika 5 ili. I lint a appears by the letter ("I the officers or the land office ti be ofGorlnm A. Vurth, the cashier rtf' examined, and lhe balance of public the City Hank, the present collector has j money in the hands of Hie several re deposited public moneys in his liamU crivirs to be ascertained. " - wiih a bink which could not. under the! The foregoing aynotikis of the law ' i . -. ... . . , i w tirtiiiiotiing me selection ol -any bank as a drniiMtory which has isciird notes tinder the denominniiun of five tlullais, be selected by the Secretary f Hie I rrasury himsell as a depository of moneys ranied to the credit of the j IVeasunr .of the United States. Otn. nat ine moiie ailnpietl ami practised by the said collector, uf kee ping and tuukiiig returns of the public mmiey collected by him for unascertain ed duties flinl antler protest, in the Inn guage of the present Attorney General tif the United States, "could never have b-'en tb AAJjejnMtin. .pf,. Conste-ssi'.. and being "luleiaied,,' it has made il, in the langu.tge of the same high oincer, "the interest of the collector to post pone the ascertainment of ihties, as in the mean lime he would have the un controlled ue of the money." It has, also, in fulfilment of the reasoning nl the Atturrey General, increased "the danger of laithlessness in the collector, by permitting large amounts r money to rem tin with Into, and under his injh. vidu.nl control , iimlead of bing in the Treasury of the IJnitetl Statesi" rth. That, in the language of the Attorney General, "the tenor and spir it nf alt our revenue la ws seem to in culcate I he idea that the inten tion pi Congress ha, at all times, been, i hat money collected fur revenue should be prouyitly placed in the Treasury, aitd not be permitted to remain in the hands of the collector." - -8Ttv. jrhar theTetnms :ofiheiava officer in New York, have not been cor rect, wit is found in the -testimony f the preset deputy naval otucer ? that the naval oflicer, umltriit existing ei is not enabled, either to deierinine what amount of bonds has been, taken by the ollector for duties in any quar or dues nut account truly fur such bonds." ' Part IV. DEFALCATIONS A MONG RECEIVERS OF PUbLIC MONEYS. The Committee, in lulfilment of that portion of ihc duly assigned them, by which they were directed to inquire into "any defalcations among receivers, &c. which mayipow exist," report to the House, that the limited period which they had for a thorough invest!, gation of "the subjects with which they were charged, and (lie time necessarily consumed in the exami-t'inn of the cases of the late collector a"" tlistrirt attorney of New York, have prevented a minute investigation of the extent, nature, and causes of the defalcations of receivers of public moneys, arising from the sales of public lands. Tne Committee have, however", prepared, from' reports made by the Secretary of tne treasury at the last and present session of Congress, a tabular statement exhibiting the names of such defaulters, the amount due front each. whfii due; and th; penalties ot their official bunds, respectively J hlsu, the Corrfsftofidene had between the Treasury Department and fifteen of the -individuals wlmse names appear on said statement ihu Committee having called for, and been j furnished by the Department, with the answers of the receivers to the letters ol trie feecret.iry ot lho Arcisury; as contained ul Mouse document No. 97. These fifteen cases are reported spe cially, as examples merely of the man ner in which The President of ihe-UnK ted State -.'iid.-4ks.ecreta.,.ti.L!lh.c, 1 reasurv have executed the laws h re spectv to the public money anil other property of thtr United. Stales in the hands of this class-of public officers, ami in respect tn (heir oftii isl duty. . The. la provides for the appoint ment bf the Executive, with the con currence ni the Senate, ot a receiver of public moneys at each of. the places respectively where the- public and private sales of . the : lands are . to be made, vhn shall give bond,, with ap proved security, for the faithful dis charge of his trust; who shall trans mi , with iO0urtydaya,ia case tif pub lic sale, and ('uarterly in case of private sale, an account of all the public mon ey i i by Iti m' received, Iff the " St'C retary of the Treasury and to the registers vf the land offices, as the eae may be.. dollars per annum, and a ; commission prjirt'ireiertTu reivetlj but his salary for any one ytar shall pot exceed 83)00. 'l ive Stc, retaTT' of the TTeiwtrrr io'SrlWw:s to the severs l receivers of the public ttwtv ey at tne several land -Aliice.-- rea sonable compensation for transporting to and depositing such moneys ie,T- any bank or any ether place . of deposite tnat may Irom time to lime be designa ted by thraeewtaryr'f thtTTreaearj ,'PPr j 'r "r " me parties tofaiu bonus i...... . ... relative to lanu receivers, anu wie c r- j respomlence with a poi iinii of times I who have proved dtfuuliere ami fsih less to t eir trusts, are submitted, vtiih-' out further comment than that the facts and circuniitance here exhibited show such a dereliction of duty on lie part or the Executive department as calls loudly for searching examination into this ui anclt of the public Set vice, and for a thorough reform. The pructiie which the foregoing correspondence exhibits, of retaining men in office after gross and repeated violations of law in keeping ami tiaiug the "public tiou, and ihe character of the tanet-.;. pondonce Itself, but too dearly point to the inference that suth oflictrs were retained in place because they pSM-i.-. etl exreiisivejolitical iiiilueme, ami weie useful ajuT active partialis Whether such tnul-adniiiiitiaii.in i on stitutes olhcml corruption in those up crior o!tic'rs vf the lixeiuiive tlej ai t titents who knew nf and pcrttiitted in their subordinates the conduct which has been relet red lo, is a quviiiri which ihe Committee submit to th's House and the Country to tlecido. Vjcht . Y.- Facts cpttiiected . wiih . the lureg ing defalcations, 'and neemtd ' material to develop"their tree Cliir-" actcr. lr conclusion, the . CotnmiiUe (n not forbear remarking, that, tttrrin llieir wlule investigation, they huvtout fouitd t.Ue-i ase fowhicU lite lawastbty . already exist, do not apply, or iu whicit , ijiey'ielectiveilhe provisions of die taws constitute emj necesaary check - upon collectors, r cei vers, and disbursers of public won v ey; and the checks which, by law, ' have beep Ttl irtaf b?"cf l"ett; 1 lfitl iarr-' -discretion of the Executive, have only 4&6iMtluil4l to s-Ddlaiiidied : . lit thoKi . execution of the laws, to eiiaure lanh. fulness, and delect dereliction in pub lie officers. Indeed, in all the new recommend,!, tiuns which have -been piopoed by the President "or the Secretary of tW .Treasury, iho Committee lias tun ml either what already , e ists. r wi.af might have always been prescribed and' enforced in the lorin id IVeasury ik. ulations, and which, ifenfoned, Huutd have prevented the late delaicatiuiis; slid these new rec.ouiineiiUii iii can, indeed, rrgarJeii as so many pitior of" what rrguiatious in respect to the late defaulting collectors, leceiters, -c., have been hitherto wholly iitgleitm by the present Executive -and heid of Ueparimeuts. - Paaj VI.- Mrs- !Ipkins's speeinl eon currence in the report T the Com mittee, appended thereto by.vuie ol the Cotnmiitee. I have not fisd the rerjuiaits line for sci utinir.inj the report of i lie Com J ' mittee witn- that cart and adenimn which i:s leng hand iinp.utance ,i. serve, and which I would Have detri dj and 1 should have -preferred, fur this reasiin.to Have presented ihe 1ouiiial .il' the Committee, without coin iiie.it, the Muuae of Representafisesv Uui as conflicting opinions prevail in the Com' mittee, and are to bo submitted iu the country iu the shape of loruial lepm is.; 1 coiiswlcr.il ,ny duly to fay'' the 1 concur with the Cuiimiiitee in all ihe conclusion- at wliwjir tliey lisve anive.i. So far as those tyuclusious apply in t.ie extent and character.of the lt-lalii,nia . of Samuel Swart wout and William SI. JJ J '"" ' ":l:7r,r,," -""w -rtswfssrAn9-r -. wt?sece?s ;ax-j. f-;. - j: -ji. '"-I lMta..iJej ii'py .fjujyi'snj do violence to the most oncienii us convictions of the judgmeiif, , il. Ulid not also declare my enure cihk urreuc in those conclusions of the Committee' ...wJi.iek.rc.U.J.Uh naval officer of f lie cuntpm-hpuse t New Yoi k, to; the late and pient Solicitor of the Treasury ; tuv the Sec., retary and accounting offii ers ofj the . Treasury Department includ ng the laie Coinpirollrr of. that'. Department; and in that part of the report whih Ve tiews the conduct of J. Ilovi. the Pre. sent collector ol the customs at the taurt .. v.- v.i. . CEO. W. HOPKINS- - ., Jlrmter of tte Commit ttt 'i' Front the National Intelligencer. '-'f t-i To tjis Epitohs. ; . " Washington, February, 1 859. ' GeNTLatMfcii: Ott thr fiOthtinrarif.r my Bttention ws eslld-4v-s publes tiwn in the -Olob, signerl -hi. Dttn can, in which . 1 am abused and de duuticed, ia laiiguag altuoat as -i.4ot Ijllih peopreof th Sou thern Srates have been iy .the same TndivideslZiriJ This commanicntlon hss c reatei) s"' other sensations with me than those uf inefTable disgust and homilrathn dis. gust, to sea such n article paraded , oQtofe tbt werl4f ia the eOclal ppv, WtiS. ba.at .W.fir' it I: i i I -I .--. t ft 'if. a.; J . ;gr-WJi is . aji mss v- - -- ,

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