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f; TtJESDAY. JUXE 1, 1824; 1
Congress. This body Agreeably, to
arrangement, adjourned on Thursday
t i&tsinedU. On Tuesday, the select
committee of the House of Representa
tives, to whom wasreferrep! the memo-
I rial of .Mr. Edwards, late Senator from
Illinois,' impeaching the administration
of tKe fiscal concerns of the Govern-
r ment, made their report,, which" is wb-
joined and which the reader will see,
entirely . exonerates the distinguished
heaaVof the Treasury Department from
the charges preferred againsthim. Thus
then has this persecuted man triumph
ed over his enemies, ,m three" several
investigations. . In private life and - in
ordinary business, no man can be tried
more than once, for the same offence
but here is an innocent; unoffending in
dividual tried three times upon-ground-less
accusations, exhibited against him
by the most violent and vindictive ca
lumniator. - Will, not that magnani
mous spirit, that sense of justice inhe
rent in the bosoms of the-American
people, exclaim that such persecution
1 is unjust, is 1 intolerable ? and . while
u the glow "of honest indignation mantles
V-, "that Heaven. ;;;
- Would put in every honest hand a whip,
To lash the slanderer naked through the
. - ' world. '
J:, The report is in the following words :
'' That, immediately on their appointment,
as thVuoilse has already been informed, they
communicated a copy of this address to the
Secretary of the Treasury, and they also orT
dfred the attendance of Sir. Edwards, to be
examined before them, as a witness, touching
the various charges i.f the : nlVmorial.' For,
sdthough in that address, he reliers to papers
and documents, accessible to the committee
without his presence, as.the main supports
of his charges, yet the committee were of
opiruon, mu uiese enarges were no; sucu u
should be either. .lightly made,' or superficially
cxaminedt And that it ought not to content
; itself h any investigation short of .one in
vhich the accuser should have an opportuni
ty.of being personally present, the better, to
JU5iaLnuie uiarges nxuiey. were cpmc m
beine- sustained, or to oear'the proper res-
t ponsibility, if failing to sustain them, he should
tbnn thus positive and imposinc from per-
sonal and improper motives, or upon frivolous
pretexts. And the committee is still ot , opi-
xiico,' that this investigation- ought not to be
finally closed, without the personal examina
,tion of Mr.' Edwards j and, in- proceeding fo
..make any report n Jthe subject, at the pX
fcent time, and before s$ch .an examination is
had, the committee acts crfy from the necesl
sity imposed upon it by the approaching close
of the session, and by a .sense, of duty which
dictates that it ought not to postpone, to
distant dayj; all communication to the House
n a subject so interesting to the government;
and so nearly affecting the honor and integri
ty of one of its highest officers, j ' - -
.Under the influence of these motives, the
committee make this report, as the result, of
Its examination of the papers referred to in
the address, and suchf other proofs' as the
ccnimittce could Command;' vVhatsu?ver is
here said.. therefore,, 'must be1 received whh
the quafificatiori, tha V although the commit
ee do not kftovg. that. .Mr Edwards, if pre
sent, could commlmigatp any fact likely to
be important; they do hot know on the other
hand. -that' he might not do, so and he has
had no opportunity to be eaamhjdy or to
give any reply rb the answer, of the Secretary
rhlch the committee has received, and which
has aheady been prinledi . by order of the
bouse.' V--'-rt.r'.v.'w."" '' i
. (Herd follow eleven paea of the pamphlet
IJcport And then, it concludes as follows : !
Anotlky charee of suppression incidentally
made, but which the committee deem it pro
per to notice,, rebates to C report made. by
the Secretary in obedience. to a. resolution
of the House of the 31st betenber,.1819,
calling tor sUcb informabott as-be .possessed,
in relation to the introduction cf slaves into
the .United; States. ' ' On this . pointy the
cpmmittee addressed n : inquiry to . the Se-
' tretarjyand received fr' ni-hira the 'answer
; auneicd to this report, jnarted E... ;
"Although' they are of opinion that 'there
were, papers in the Department " containing
iribrnution called Cox bv the' molutivhj end
which ought to .haye oeen'conmianicated
yet, judging from the sUtement made, by the
.Secretary, in his answer; connected with thf
lct, that the papers in question were coza-
municatedto the Attorney General, It is' the
opmion of we committeethat the omisswn
was not causea oy a aesign to screen tae
person implicated from punishment or blameJ
As to the other eases in which the Secre-
4W t Vi !n f Va i A J csrfK ri4inn
suppressed or withheld - papers" . or informa -
tiou called for. by the. Houses of Congress,
the tpmmittee is of opinion, .that ' although
papers coming within the scope of the .reso
lution, or- call, were not, in some instances,"
communicated, , such omissions were either
the result of accident, or of a belief on the
part of the Secretary, or of the - persons ne
cessarily employed by him on such occa
sions, that the papers so . omitted, were not
called for, or were not material ; and the
committee have seen no evidence' that any
documents or information has been withheld
from the Hoase, from' the operatic'n of any
improper .motive or design. ' v
Referring to what ha3 been said in the in
troduction to this report, and repeating that
Mr .Edwards has not ; had an opportunity of
supporting his charges py his presence and
testimony, the result of the facts which have
appeare I to the committee, thus far, in this
investigation, .and 'of their deduct. ons from
them, when applied to the recapitulation of
charges, as stited at the end ot the address,
-First, That the evidence referred, to and
examined, doe9 . not ; support the charge of
having ' mismanaged the public funds.
"Second, TTiat tne. uncurrent notes, men
tioned in the second charge, appear, by evi
dence satisfactory to the committee, to have
been received and deposited by the Public
Receivers, at a time when they were receiv
able under, the' resolution ot Congress of
1816 ; that,' in the principal case, that of the
Bank of Missouri, the Bank did not make it
self responsible for such notes as cash, and, ;
therefore, the Secretary was bound to re
ceive them from the Bank : tiValthoutrh
the Bank-of Tombeckbe and Kdwardsviile
were liable to account for such deposites, as ;
cash, if the construction which the commit
tee gives to their contracts be correct, yet
that both the Secretary and the Dinks ex-
pressea a amereni opinion as to tne meaning
of those contracts $ and that the Secretary,
in receiving' b ia,wu ji om tne r one, ana
720,000 from the other of those" Banks, ap
pears to have acted according to what-he
supposed to be the tights of' the parties, and
with a proper regard to the interest ot the
United States, under the circumstances which
then existed. - -
Third, That ho intentional misstatement
had been made to the House of the amount
of uncurrent bTTf received from the B nks,
although "a sum vf 8280 of such bills was
omitted through mistake. ' :
Fourth, That although the Secretary may
have " misconstrued the effect of some of the
contracts with the Banks to the extent before i
men'.ipnedj the committee find no grounds for
the charge that he has misrepresented themi
inasmuch as the contracts themselves were
submitted with his report to the House. viv
Fifth, That the Secretary did omit to cflm-
municate to Congres the reasons which led
; tKA th Woi TtnnV nfrwiurnthA-rini!
cinnarli and Louisville, where the Bank of
tne umieu siaiesuau urancues ; dui tcereis
no reason, for supposing that any -conceal
ment was intended, or that the omission was
occasioned by design. , ' ;
I Sixth, That," in some instances,; papers,
called for by resolutions of the House, have
not been communicated with other papers
sent in answer to such calls, but that these
omissions have happened "either from acci
dent or from a' belief that jthe papers,' so
Omitted, were immaterial, of not called for ;
and that there is no evidence that "any docu
ment or information has been withheld from
improper motives: " '
. Having already expressed the opinion that
this investigation ought not to be terminated,
until the person pressing the charges shall
have been examined, and regretting the cir
cumstances which render such an examina.
impracticable, during the j -resent session of
Congress, and tlunkmgthat Mr. Edwards mav
b'e expected ;at Washington within a few
days, the Committee feel it their duty to" re?
conjjnend to the Ho ise that they may be re
quired o sit, after the adjournment," for the
purpose of taking Iiis examination if an'op
portanity shall be presented, " ' V . .
Newspapers r themselves are silent
advocates for the, men or measures,
their editors approve but like the wnt
teni.ordersjn the field of battle,, they
call others to the combat ; The din
of politics now distract, every, part of
the country, and we are al most tempt
ed to wishV vthaf sthe days of Carthu
sian seclusion had returnedi or that
the rionks' of La Tnippe stil I conti
nuedi to enforce silence fion their con
verts. ; Voltaire says, u they lived a
life ' of tranquility amidst the general
tumults which Uistorbed the rest of the
world,, of which tbey hardly-h eard . the
rumours, and knew nothing of the migh
ty rulerja hv$jVAUE?. and then only
to rait roa.tHM. " ? In these days of
turbulence of conduct, diversity of opi
nion and discordance n, judgment; as
respects our rclers; w wondeF to
learn that people ever . Ii veil -who felt
no interest in these things. ' ' Vv
i ? Taz 'New Tari F.ler'8
heat . on the. opposite pageY Jviir be
ioupd the. law just passed; imposing aii
ditional d u ties on im ports " To enable
? our readers to discover at a' single
ianrft the disc'reDancY between the
e z, . r" I . . ' ' . .
uTiEs of tle prospective and presenf
tariff system,' we also insert the provi-
1 sions of the existing bill. - By this ar-
i raDKement, they pan discern with great
er accuracy and convenience, than by
any other mode, the increased protec
tion which is given to manufactures. ;
" The U. States' frigate Constitution,
Cap t. Jacob Jones, arrived'at New
York on Thursday, from Gibraltar,
whence she sailed on the, 10th ult
The Constitution has been absent more
than three years, having left Boston on
the 12th of Nov. 1821, during which
time she has sailed 35150 miles. The
U. States' ship Cyane, Capt. CnEiGn-
ton, arriveu ai omraitar on tne ytn,
from New -York, via France all well.
The yidow of our Consul Sttth arid
family,, have returned home in the Con
stitution, i -. '
1 ! .
Postmasters. We; publish for ge
neral information the following 'extract
of a letter from the Postmaster Gene
ral dated S7th April, 1824. .
In all cases hereafter, when Post
masters fail tb give notice (of dead pa
pers) to Editors they shall account for
the 'postage, besides beinj; held respon
sible to the department for violation of
official duty.' V ;
The revenue arising from the New
York Carials1 already ' promises to be
immense. The Collector at Albany
has taken upwards of SrOOO for toll in
a single week. In one instance a sin
gle boat paid: 8200. From 40 to 60
boats pass the lock at Albany J daily.
On Saturday afternoon, more than 100
flags were flying at the Albany docks
from boats that had descended the Wes
tern Canal, with the rich products , of
the interior, t
i, '
The Journeymen Carpenters at New
York have turned out for higher wages
They now get a dollar and a quarter a
dav. They, insist upon .121 cents
more, lne masters resist ana so no
work is doinff at a busy sealon of the
year. : ' ; . -
Tiie National Intelligencer, gives
the following particulars of the pro
ceedings of the Senate, upon the Con
vention lately concluded, between the
United States and Great Britain, pro
posing certain arrangements for the
further suppression of the,, slave trade!
The injunction of secrecy on the pro
ceedings has not, been remoVed by the
Senate, and the particulars given were
obtained by ! the Editors of tiie Intelli
gencer from; oral report. f
Tiie Convention was concluded and
signed, on the '13th March', behveen
our. Minister, Richard Rush, on the
part of the'j United'. States, and, on the
part of Great Britain, by the Righi
Honorable William Huskisson'and'the
Right Honorable Sb'atford panning, j
t The Convention comprises ten arti
cles; -; i - .' : .
Article 1st, authorises commanders and o
tber commissioned officers of the two na
tions, duly authorized to cruise cn the Coasts
of Africa,, of Amtrica, and the West Indies,
for the suppression of the Slave Trade, un.
der conditions ' subsequently specified, to
seaich, detain, capture, and send into the
proper country of the captured; vessel, any
vessel, of either nation concerned in un
lawful traffic in Slaves-the vessel so carried
in to be tried by the ibuuala. of the Country
to which they belong. . f ' '
; Article 26 applies the same rule, to vessels
cliartered by citizens of either nation, though
not hearing the flag bftnat . nation, nor own
ed by individual belonging, to it, ItcvJ '
Article 3dV requires; that, mallcses, where
ariy .vessel of either patty shall be, boarded by
any naval ofScer of -the other 'partyoit sus
picidh of beirigconcernecl inthe Slave Trade,
tho officer shall deliver to the Captain of the
vessel so boarded,'1 a certificate in writing,
signed by the naval officet. 7 sp ecifyinp. Ms
rawkj &c.; and Tthe object of his. visif ; and
makes some! other "provisions for;the delivery
of ships' papers, when captured under this
Couventittn.
'v Article 4,r limli tUe. right of .-searn recog
nised b this Convention to such as shall be'
necessary td the ascertainment of, the fact
whether, said . vessel is, or is not engaged in
the 41aye;rride
Article" 5;' makes it tthe .duty of comman
ders, ol'eithcr oationj having captured a ves
sel of tbe other; under this Treaty, toite -
ceiveomo nis cusxoay vnc vessel capiurea,
required, in' every which caset triplicate de
- r .'t.-t. .'
cioraxions are 10 De signea, etc. occ. - t :
"Article 6, provides that in" cases of cap
turo b vithe ofticers of either- party, under
this convention, "where' no national vesse of
the nation of the captured vessel is cruizing,
the captor shall either send or Carry his prize
to some convement port ot its own country.
or of its own dependencies,1foc adjudica-
- Article 7, provides that the commanders
and crews of these captured vessels shall be
proceeded against in the countries into which
th:y are brought, as pirates, See. sac. -Article
8, confines the right of search, un
der this treaty, to such officers of both par
ties, as ai-e specially instructed to execute
the laws of their respective countries In rela
tion to the slave trade Fo" every vexatious
and abusive exercise of this right, officer!,
are to bjJrsonally liable, in costs and dama
ges, &c and prescribes other proceedings to
be had in such cases. ; I r Ci'3-
Article 9, provides that the government of
either nation will mature into tne . abuses oi
this Convention,' and the laws of .each-country,
by the officers thereof, respectively, and
inflict on the officers complained of j ade
quate punishment. - .
Article 10, declares, that the ngnt, reci
procally conceded by this Treaty,' is wholly
and exclusive!? founded cn the two nations
having, by their laws, made the slave trade
piracy, and is hot to be taken to atiect,- jn
any other way,- the rights of the parties &c.
and engages that each power shall use its in
fluence with All civilized powers, to procure
from them the acknowledgment of the slave
trade being piracy under the law of nations.;
Article 11 provides that the ratifications of
the Treaty shall be exchanged at London,
within twelve months, or as much sooner
thereafter as possible. ' . j ; .;
The above paragraphs contain a synopsis
of the Convention, as laid before the Senate.
It was ratified by the Senate,, with certain
conditions, one of which limited the duration
of the pleasure of the parties, 'and another
limited the right of search to j the African
Seas. Of these conditions, the grounds of
objection to the Treaty, and. the votes upon
it, if not presented to the public jn an omcial
form, we shall hereafter, present a further
account to our leaders. ; U ! f .
An extract of a Leter.from the foreman of
the; Grand Jury of Chatham County in N.
Carolina,rApril 13th, 1824. t
Dear Sia : Acting as foreman of the Grand
Jury of the Superior Court I received your
communication intended for that. body. I
invited most of the respectable citizens of
tne county aunngtne mwihtoj tne Tirana-
jury, and requested they would peruse them.
Alter reaamg your communication tne jury
was almost unanimous. At thef close of the
Court, Mr. Chawfoud lost but two or three
votes out of the whole Jury and a number of
respectable citizens. J
HEN It Y MO OK E .
Hon. John Loire. j
v. To the Hon. John Long.
' Sih i The Grand dury of the county of Ran
dolph, have the honor to acknowledge the
receipt of your favor of the 26ihof Aprii, with
its enclosures ; and are highly gratified to
find, that" your ideas and our own ate in uni
son on two of the most Important biljs which
they conceive have been before Congress du
ring the present session f namely, On the ge
neral system of Internal Improvement, and
the revision of the Tariff. . The operation of
both, we believe, would be unequal, and con
sequently unjust ; and f a've a'serious "effect
on the interests of those1 States engaged in
agricultural pursuits. , ; . I i v - 1
On the question, who shall be our next
Presktentj there is but little diversity if opin
ion amohgst the People of this county. We
all fetl sentiments of gratitude toward Gen.
Jackson, and delierht to honor him for the"
important services he has rendered to his
countrj , as a military : character ; ' But ' we
are. induced to believe, that he has not had
the advantages of experience .in the eivil de
partment of our government, that ome of
the other., candidates have i and therefort-j
not so well qualified to discbarge tiie impor
t ant duties of that office. This Grand Juryi
fiom. the knowledge they liave of the charac
ter jof Wm. II. Cba wrb a d, believe it to be a
duty they owe to themselves and their coun
try, to give him their support,-- lie. has been
long in the councils of our nation ; is a man
whose talents and integrity entitle him. to
the highest confidence : and whose native
genius, and intrinsic merit, without the aid
of friends or wealth, have raised him to that
high and important station which he at pre
sent occupies in. the National Cabinet,, . r ;
The Grand Jury, id making this expression
of their sentiments, are confident that in so
doing, they express the opinion of an over
whelming majority of the;.citizens of their
county:.
AVith the bjghest respect, ... .:
-Mich'I Ramsour, Forematii ,'Jas Carter,'
- Levi Alfred,
Wa Chnrness,
Godfrey Ludier'.
; 4Wi)lianj Laughhn;
Aaron Uuth, . T ,
jRofSert Uarker,
.John Lewis,.
; Jesse Atledge .' '
John Cox,' i
. Vm. Morly, - '
John PressneU,
Win: Cox,
Benj. Saunders..
r nox Tat WASHurexoir cxrx oaiettx.
A too a APOi.dGi.A Petersbu rg, Va.
paper," admitting thigiitfrance of Oen.
Jackson, as'displajeH
Mr-;Mbnr6e WSiere in he iays heivoiild
have;hun inl virttectbe sepudtec.
tion of the act es 7JiisiurjinUtoiles
and t Regulations the Hireepiiiciparlead
ersv of j the 'Hartford CpniU6
fers Is the!bnlyt aloarwas
i in Oeneoal jAcksoni-a hrtsHt xl)rM-
-in. and wonhl not Ip. nnnrovpil hv his
I virv mhtfnl. with u. whpfhr . flip.
uenerai is capable : ot exercising hts ?
jtidgnient, (&t anytime1 with dehberaW
j - . ... . . . . -i , -. - .....
tion and .caimnesj. uut .supposing-;.
hinvtoi)03sess thatcapabilitVbccasiou-
alij, of "what availt ould 'tnat be in"ta
ewe o hanging been in con;
niand oftthe .'northern military division ;
arid ungashesays he Avmiid have done, (
Mr Otis and two otiier .what satisfac
tion vvoaldit . have been to them, or
what 'atonement to the:ryiplaieklaw of
Im country", ''that riys'youlu
not have approved ; of his jwn conduct ?
lt is the I siiscptiiltty bf . Ja'eksua ,S1.
tuj such vientrhooftlat;f hefly
rejndershim an uutitpeiion to discharge .
tlielduties of.i'resident. I ? v
By late arrivals , from-Endantl, it
appears that the British Govcrnrnent
has brought in a bill tq eiiaMe the'Ca-
tholics of $ hgland to .yote at el ections,:
as in Ireland. 1 " ' i
The 'InvestijratioTL-Tiie rcpbrt.was
yesterday, taken un in the, House of lie
presenranyes, ana tne resolution ?yitn
which it concluded, was asreed.to, with
ainendmen ts, which require" th'elreport
oi me commiuee, wmcn is to siijuurin":
the recess,. to be published. This pro d
tee was recommendeii a.d agreed' to ''
abpareu tly, without distinction bfpei-
sonal feelins . toward s the accuser: 6r
imc dttoscu iu una lose u -aiuic ,
result of an nopression, on the one hand;
that as Mr. iEdwards has 'tween sent
fo, it vis duetto ' consistency J that ho
snoulu, on his arrival here, be hcayd byt ,H
the Loinmittee ot the House, as . tne
Tfnnp rannnt irttplf. ivith anu rrmvpnU
enceremairi in i Session jto await his : ;
nnri'ht' in hi IpfK in ' fh'ivhrst snpmr ff -
the Secretary of, the Treasu ry,! il lie
haveauy, for saying that a report had ;
been made favorable tb Mr. CttAWFOnb. 4
without affording his accuser an oppor
tunity in person to sustain his charges.
In what passed yesterday, on i .ub-t
t, b f wh icli apaf ti cu larvae cbuii t is
necessarily deferred, it was gratifviiig
TfV rt rioofiTi tn (fTiDotiA ; IAT trntotlATi'
vvi uuoci iii& 4ii,iitv ui ,iii a ta vitx
and the general di pbsition to pay en- ;
tifa pugr,arr tn" f no 'tnntifrkd a wait i
tile acts of the Committee " ' -0,r
:'; i. Nat. Int. VMay 57...
A t the i A Henrv fi . ' IViHiama. iRsrt? In
Warren county, on the56duilt. Mark Pett"
wky, Esq. SherifT of Halifax county," to Miss
Marina; Williams. .y,,ur.:Y' r " . '":'r
i jln Salisbury, nn the 24th ult.'.Mw. WargiV
ret Ferrand, wife .of Doct,' Stephen JCJ. Fer-
rair.dj and - daughter bf the Jate Gen. J ohn
Steele. 't ' "fV:'"v. .
GANbe h?4 t the -house ofTtlie subscri
ber, every warm, froqi ten ,p4ciOclc -ins
the; moi ning untif nine , in the evening..'
Also," Ice by the poUnd, bushel, or. season .
the ice' has been made, all of pureprjng '
waiter, and is, t hereforei ' Very (cJea, Tb d
suhacriber has, also", Quantity fc6f excelleiit
Cbrdials ohhand, wl ' . wilk bc, sold at six
ty cents per bottle, i: akes van Ue had St A
any time, fresh", made of ihe hest material:
June 1, 1824.
57 3t.
llsVriLL be kent bv the Subscriber.. dnMs'"
f ? the ensuing Snnjmerand Fall Months .
at fluntsville. "eight mi 1 south of Warrenton.'
and immediately : between ' the Shocco aha! '
Sulphur Spriogs. :The medicinal (jualitier .
of the latter (which is of recent discoverr)
are valuable having Ueen fully-; proved the,
last seasons .v- y. --r-fK '-f ' ;
Having added several rooms to In j dwelling
house, he ill be able to accommodate" from ,, ..
forty to; fifty Boarders with convenience; '4 r p '
' Price of Boardings bne Ubllar per dayt ''
Dollars 12$ cents' per week; Cliildrtn arU tf
servantshalf pTic. Horses,'' fifly cents tcrV
day. v ' - VM; Ki KEARNEYS y
-;iMy:17.-. .latrtljy;;
i . r yuo i Jl u.m ajlo aica -, .
ifoST U B?p0tferbp Cases
Arrued and dfiJerrmwfi, m . the 'Sanreme
C The j Quhsnbers to :ih7-- XVcik wjl ") '
fcaye: jir.coieaimnediatei'f Ycru urde4--
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