... , -I-'.'" . 1 ' aaaaaaaaa "Onrs are t lie plans of fair delightful peace, uuwarp'd by party rage, to live like brother." VOIr NO. 14, MONDAY,.. F JEBIiU AR Y 4, 1 S39. 1 JOSEPH GALES $ SOX, BD1T0RS AND PROPRIETORS. millions he was not too full handed to be touched by-the rude hands of the tipstaff- he was not a defaulter of the great derooc- . : ! racy, and, poor fellow, he suffered for being TERMS, 1 a gentleman. By the by, sir, that word ftuuocuir-riox, lira dollars pr annum--n reminds me ofihe fact that it Was during, or half in advnuce. f" Persona reaiJliig without the Slat will be rauuirrtt to pay the whoi.k amount of tin vtfar-'a j " aubacriptioti in advance.; Forercry 16 lines (this size type) first insertion no dollar ; each subsequent insertion 25 cents. Court Orders and JWicial Advertisements will le charged 25 per cent, higlier ; and a deduclrn f 33i per cent, will he made from the regular nces, tr auvertisers ij tneyaar. CJ" f..TTKis to the Fdhor must I e fioj-t-i EXTRACT From the Speech of Hex ht A. VVisk, in the House of Representatives, December 21, IS3S. not until the past summer, your party first discovered that your President was a gen tleman. T he discovery, was made first, I think, by grannie Ritchie. That venerable gentleman took me to task for finding some gentlemen in Petersburg, and as a set off, it boasted that President Van Buren too was actually a gentleman 1 Very strange! that a made President, the successor of the 1 illustrious in 1837, they did not find , out to be a gentleman until the summer of ' 1838! They must surely have been trying to make him out a Whig. For-myself, I always knew he was, in the ordinary sense, a gentleman ; and it was mortifying to me to see that the Enquirer, by implication at , least, had supposed until lately, that the President of the United States could be banks-no; come the explosions, one after oll,er. th a gUeman judging, I mean, another, in quick succession of the Sub- from iast ot the suddei discovery; but Treasurers who were, or are to be, substi- m' colleague there, (Mr. Droueoole) will tilled for Banks, and I will show you that "O however, recogtiize Mr. Riiclue as a thev nrovc all 1 ever rharired to be true. .genuine uocu .ocucuuur. r. ij-rymgouie 1 said that in December, 1836, when Gen. Jackson cave his certificate that all in. the hands of the Executive of the Feder al Government; when every new State is raised, nurtured into very being and exist ence upon Executive pap and, patronage ! Look at every new State on .your iron tier, and count their Executive force in the Senate. This is the domain corruption, which buys and secures States the o'.her sources of patronage, offices and money, retain men. Men and States will render the President omnipotent! I call on all the patriotic of this land to drop currency, tfauks, finance every minor consideration and topic-- and to devote themselves wholly pily terminated It is not denied, indeed, that there were many loose, irreligious, ami vicious men engaged in the cause. Yet, happily for them, and for us, they felt the diffusive and powerful influence of religious principle, ud wcie ,thus preserved from bringing disgrace on themselves, and doing mischief to their country. Had the inte- of til adorned this, or perhaps any other nation, we will add an example or two" from-the biography o Kim to whom alt hearts were turned in the hour of extremity ; who is re garded by the world as an ornament to his country and to Jiis species ; and who has bequeathed, as one of his best legsciesv an why ' have you not :13th. "Mr, Harris, vour returns aWstil behind. Do write," 14th. "Mr. Harris, 1 5 th ." Mr. Harris, I am sorry to Kelt that your returns are not received. You are a very naughty man, very indeed; and I shall rests ot the btatc, and the riirhts ot toe peo pie been committed to the protection of a tie res ting scene ever exhibited on this conti corrupt population, and unprincipled lead- ! nent, -the resignation of the supreme com ers ; instead of rejoieing, as we do, under j maud over the armies of the United States, the genial influences of rational liberty, our i Washington, addressing the I3 resident Revolution would have been terminated, us iof Ceuffress, declared that 44 he accented of to the great work of resisting and reducing others have done before, in an iron-hearted the office with diffidence in himself, but with this Dagon Executive to come up to our despotism ; and we should now be 44 hew- confidence in the Patronage of Heaven ; helpto come soon, or we will be power- (crs of wood and drawers of water" to a j anil that his gratitude for the interposition less to resist! May an overruling Provi-j privileged race of royal and noble tyrants. of Providence increased, with every view of dence prevent the reduction of our strength Some fierce and daring spirit, raised . by the the momentous contest." Towards the to a minority, before this very session ex-; storm which t! en agitated us, would have close of this address, he used the following pi res ! The President has but a short' set down on a throne, and swayed his seep-1 words, "lconsider it an indispensable du time to 44 fatigue us into compliance," but treover the land or foreign enemies would j iv to close the last solemn act of my official lithe "lavonte .measure be passed, no have nrevailed : and he whose -memorv is fife, bv commending the interests nf oni example for the instruction of Generals, be grieved and pained if necessity compels Statesmen, and citizens. In the most in-! ine to write to you again about the balances luiigue can leu uie nornoie results to this now, venerated as the iatlier of his, country, natlon- 1 I would have been stigmatized and punished It will surely re-elect him to n second' as a traitor. term; aiid who will succeed himl That is i :.i i. :.. .:.. ni is a cheering consideration connected with filler 1 o nf tru fli rr rT t t g 1 r rv I m ? t was well, honest, fair, this vgry leg-treasu- i1!"0 y " rer. Swartwout, at New-York, f u-S in de- !jlon Press Alls lhe raen which fault $336,718. Well, sir, now it appears 'h Jjred for years of Mr. Van Buren s ih,t in tvnlvn mnntli . wn, iv An. I downfall. Yes, sir, that .cry of 'gentleman nun bv lus menus wm unisn fault to the tune of $1,016,755 ! and, three j "I?0" I months after that time, was i defaulter in line still larger sum of 61,225,705 79 ! ! Previous to my tUtempt at investigation, lie had been stealing public money at the I rate of $56,000 per annum, sifter the cat ws belled, he stole ,111 one year $680,236 63, and in the next three months $208, 780.37. Yes, sir, after the President hud given him certificate of honesty, and you, sir, and the House, and the committee, and the Executive, had shielded him from all I scrutiuv, he stole in one year the sum in $780,236-65, and in the next three months at the rate of more than $600,000 per an turn his defalcation averaging, throughout his official career, the' sum of more than $170,000 per annum, for seven years 'and this, too," ice art told, without the least suspicion! 44 A jew4nay believe it but 4 I iWiit" ' f rejoice in the public losses and calamities. though I confessed I did (eel a thrill ot tri- t Vi umph at having gained a victory for truth. I The pet bank system and die sub-treasurers I have exploded, as I said they would, and exposed their hidden enormities, concealed until they could be concealed ' no longer; but I do not rejoice at it.' I made me no booth to sit and watch for the destruction of corrupt.Nineveh. j But, sir. there is one poor human being on this earth alone now in the world-wreckd in reputation blas ted slighted by men hot 'half as worthy as he is whose sOul at scenes like these, does rejoice, must exult. Who and where is he I Sir, if. you Will go down Peunsyl vuma avenue to the comer of Four-and-a ! half street beneath Mrs. Peyton's boardinu house, you will find a gray-headed man, ftrfeken in years: his name is ToWias Wat kins! That man, for borrowing money of public officers, funds in their hatids, not con verting funds in liis own hands to his own use, was imprisoned 'on the 14th of August, 1829, and tried on three several indictments, on all which he was convicted and fined, on one in the sum of $750, on another $300, and on the third $3000. He was sentenc ed to be imprisoned three months on each indictment, in all nine months ; and though imprisoned in August 1829, he was not re leased until March 1033. Kept in jail three jears and six months for a rea or fictitious defalcation of $3,000 ! Where are now the. defaulters of this reform administration? Where is Swartwout, after embezzling public money for eight years in succession, till he had taken and carried.away a million and a quarter ? Where is Price?' Where 1-1 is Gratiot ? How long since their carriage wheels proudly hurled the Olympic dust of the fashionable streets and avenues of your metropolis of court and of fashion? No marshal at their heels no district attorneys prosecuting against them triple indictments; they rail away, or walked a way, unforbidden, and none to hinder them! Where is Boyd ? that land office defaulter, who appealed to 44 the mixfor tunes of pcc ulalion," to elect him in the Senate of his State, Mississippi? These'are all innocent and unfortunate or. escaping defaulters J These are full handed public plunderers, pet plunderers, and go 4un-whipped of jus tice.". Sir, so was Tobias Watkins unfor tunate. He was born and bred a gentle mrm dazzled by the tinsel glare of. this ?1 metropolis of 4splendid miserv. and shabbv t 'I SDlcnrifir ftiait i i truth and beauty, described by the uneqaal ed orator of Virginia, John Randolph ol liberal mind and habits too, he lavished some three thousand, improvidently, think ing in his heart, that he should be able to replace that sum, and more, and 'make all strait,' and he was imprisoned for his im prudence for nearly four years aiid tnade to bear a felon's brand AJd .sir, but he was a gentleman-he belonged to etlliUe decen cy, to the silk stocking gentry'- he was Pot on? of your Loco-fow defaulters he "ui unfortunate to the amount of him r- they It is a certain prognostic that he is goiug down. with the party which supports him might as well have cried 4mad dog!' the last great question. Let me tell certain gentlemen of the South particularly, no matter what may be their hopes and their calculations for their man, there is one nothinir Succession as he sun ly deserves ; but. ignominv and disgrace that monster is J homas II. JJenlon ! The Speaker. Not in order. Mr. WifJP. Tll lli'in esC Miecnnr! then : and who e:m hear thn thnncrht? t resting snhjlSCt dearest country to the protection of Almigh ty God; and those who have the superin tendance of these, to his holy keeping.1 The President of Congress, in his t answer, re-echoed the seniiments of the illustrious Soldier, in terms deeply affecting. On en tering upon a new office, that of President of the United States, in his address to the . enaie anu uouse ot icepresentatives, lie ! offered 44 his ferrent supplications to the j Almighty Being, whose providential a d can iFrora the hour, that father Ritchie made that fatal discovery, the man's doom was sealed. But. sir. the tie u tie man defaulter. I Watkrns. as I was saying, met his fate; and now thafie nas oecn purtneu oy the tires of the law, we may be permitted to do him justice, and to make hun the instrument of retribution. 1 call him up, 1 invoke his t Yvrriiiorc lira n flVrinirR hi? ininriA hi t- V a w J v h mf v a h .j m m y mm mm v m pialion, to rise in judgment against his persecutors to condemn! them. Where is he now ? In a station where he is, , no doubt, far happier than n his day of precari ous and terror haunteel show when he toiled as a boor slave inlone of the stalls of your document factories called Departments. He is now an humble apothecary; and here I will say, for the benefit of all who would be honest, and who wish to be clean, that he keeps for sale the very best of 'palm soap,1 and chloride of lime, and other chemi cal compositions, to takeoff the spots of ioco- focoism, and to cleanse from. all corruption! I recommend to certain sub-Treasury gen tlemen to go and buy; but what if they be once washed as white as snow, they will like the hog, return to the wallowing in the mire. Should any one deny the justness of these remarks, it will be incumbent on him to ac count, on sufficient causes, for the event under consideration. The facts which we i i.i i i i... ,!., t v nave auuuceu, arc auuuuanuy sup wurieu uv whom I cannot call a man, who is as sure , . . , . , , . 1 , i r r ,i' i i i nisipricai evroence. a vuiuiuc wuuiu uc ol the Succession as he sun Iv deserves1 v - .- .. . . necessary lor the oetan. t e can nere 111 v. ll l lull uuii ii- " ifuiuvuimsi , utiu uioi,- , , p .-.t t' ... r- ... T.;r- fw.rW k.r .!.-- u.. supply every human defect, that his bene Wm. Wirt, for evidence on this "very iute- j JlclI.n consecrate to the liberties and We much regret, that the! 1 . A . . . . , V -t . i .i r l : . i i 4 infill iiiamuLtu uv wiciiisui vun ux uiU9C caa hold the horrible rdsult up to the American - - seRtiaI p0rpSC8. These are a few of rcoplc, as Uie last, worst result: the ch- ... , 1 . . , . , 4 ri . i . . , familiarly acquainted with the private sen-! Ill ! A III lllll I III mmma ILIIIS-IIII-avilll-IIIrillll IILa . ' nasty! When that happens, I will follow i the examples of Swartwout and Price, and take passage for England ! COMMUNICATION. FOR THE UCS 1ST ER. Sentiments of our Forefathers. No. 1. The American Revolution is distinguish ed from any other event of similar kind re corded in history, bv a number of particu lars which deserve serious consideration. It originated, not from any violent and many expressions, made by the father ef ! u: rt r: timcnts, and inmost feelings, of that illus- ",s lu F1""8 ";c"' weiin. trious Virginian. We should have been ! Am).we ?11 ,k"ow, that Washington matle most highfy gratified by the publication of nP lheatr4 display; no parade of profes cn,hUi.P1.4 !1, iLi: ',ru..eA i t.i l?lon? n? annunciation of seniiments, which t I t ftil nnt Anfnrlnni 'c If c itavt:, innvuvcr, in uie iii due the department.' 16th. 4Mr. Harris, 3'ou are in debt to the department, aiid must pay what you owe," or be removed." 17th. 44Mr. Harris, you have not settled your accounts'! . 1 18th. 44Mr. Harris, I have received your letter of resignation," -? Ail this correspondence the eighteen letters from tlie Secrretary ot the Treasury to Harris consumed two years and alx montlis of the lalter part of Uie administra tion of Gen. Jackson. The Secretary of the Treasury swears in February, 1837, that he knows, of, no defalcations! Early in 1838, the Secretary "publishes two hundred and: sixty letter, embodied in a report, more than two hundred of which complain of violations ofi duty on the part of the officers of the General Government ! Let the friends of Mr. Woodbury reconcile iijcoc i4iH9 ii wvy can. daliorhtet. I Wr 1 1 lint Car rifrrr oil i n r 11 i-rrt vn'iirlimilc inrv nf 1 ho man. enoiifr i or oilr nresent w . ' -I'"" 7 "- r,nrB Uokp. it i rvi,!nf iU-,t h nd th attention of your readers, we couhl was strongly under the influence of religion; and that he made use of this religious feel ing on the people for the purpose of pro ducing the most powerful effects of his or atory. The wr.ter of this article, has often heard the venerable compeer of that won derful man, assert that he very frequently made appeals to the Deity, and quotations transient effervescence of feeling, but from ' from the Scriptures : but not, as is too com principle. The war which arose from op position to the claims and pretensions of the British Government, was a civil War ; yet its annals are not stained with the record of that exasperated hostility which has usu ally characterized wars of this description. The people were for a considerable time free from the restraints of law; yet they liv ed, save When assaulted by the enemy, mbn now, with levity, and abortive attempts to be witty. On the contfary, he never adverted to' these awful subjects, without indicating in the whole expression of his countenance, and in his tones of voice, the go farther into detail ; we could easily show that Hancock, and Adams, aftd Jay, and, in general, the worthies oT that day, cherished the same deep sense of religion. We are verily persuaded that, taksour revolutiona ry patriots all in all, tire record of his tory do not exhibit such another constella tion of worthies. Their talents, their firm ness, their puiity, and their willing sacri fices to the honour and interest of their country, place them, ' Above nil Greek, above all Roman fume." In all the ardour of war; in the midst of Elizabeth City, JV..C7., Jan. 22. Destructive Fire. It becomes our pain ful duty to record one of the most destruc tive' fires with which this place -has ever been, visited. On 'Sunday evening, the 20fh inst., at about 6 o'clock, a fire broke out in the Jewelry Store of Mr. George Story, on Main St., and such was the violence of the devouring element, that before the Fire men could gel the upprhand Of it it had des troyed all the buildings between Market 9t. and North St., with the exception of the National Hotel which was, by the exertions of the firemen, saved. It was. with the ut most difficulty that the fire was kept from ! crossing the street, Vnd had it but done so, in all probability some six or eight build ings mores including the new three story 1 1 otel kept by Abner Williams, and the City Hotel kept br James S. Relf, would have been cOnsurmed. v The principal sufferers are Geo. Storey, house & Jewelry, - $ 2,000 The following' passage we commend to the earnest attention of those who regard the country's fume. If coming events cast their shadows before them, then will T. H. Benton'. 3 election to the Presidency be shadowed forth by the passage of the Sub-Treasury Bill, and the consequent re election of Martin Van Buren. Are the American people prepared for this? Are they prepared-to see Thomas H. Benton succeed Martin Van Buren! If they are not, let , them begin in time, and lake mea sures to prcveut 4a consummation" so "de voutly" to be deprecated. Let them, as the first great step of precaution, again de feat a measure which they have repeatedly rejected, but which the Executive is de termined, if possible, to force upon them. .That now is the issue : Shall the People or the President prevail ? The contest is no longer about measures. The Sub Treasury may be proved to be the best sys tem which the wisdom of man could de-? vise; but, sir, the President and his minions have dared to force it upon us have arro gantly proclaimed it shall be the law, notwithstanding the lamentations here or elsewhere!" The measure has been thrice . rejected it is again presented, and if pass ed, will prove that the President is too strong for the People. In this issue, I can no longer debate its policy or expediency. Another consideration is paramount. I op pose jit now because it is an executive measure. Prove it to be the best, I wOuld have iray arm chopped off, my tongue pul led out, before I will he farced to vote for it by, the will of one man. I will no.t have 4 pudding itself stuffed down my throat!" There was a majority of fourteen against it last winter : now, I fear, a much smaller majority. Some have gone overt No wonder. The President, notwithstanding the manifestations of public sentiment, lias all the odds agaiust the People. He haE 100,000 office holders to do his biddings stationed at every out-post spies, inform- efs, throughcut the country He lias the press. He has the public money where with to pay 44the bounty" unprotected by law, in hands of partizans, placed where he pleases. He has the public lands. -This is the great source of patronage and; poyv er. - Sir, how .can. States-rights .men support this mammoth Executive ? How expect a large portion of the1 States to - be :V free and independent, and to stand upon their reserved rights against power consolidated more securely than under most regular gov ernments. I he leaders, both civil and.mil ilary. entertained no designs of ambition I hostile to the liberties of their country ; and ! when their great object was accomplished, retired to the scenes of private life. And finally, after solemn and mature delibera tion, a Constitution was adopted, by which equal rights are secured to every citizen. No intelligent person can compare this event, or rather this scries of events with the revolutions in eitlier ancient or modern times, and not be struck with the difference. We need not enter into particulars. An able dissertation on the causes of these va riations, would be a very acceptable pre sent to the public. We hope, that some competent hand will undertake this work. Neither our tithe, nor the nature of our pur suits, will allow us to engage in political investigations, even had the qourse of our studies prepared us for them. . Yet we have our opinions on some points involved in this enquiry, which it may be well to offer to tlie consideration of your readers. Whatever might have been the spirit of some adventurers who C3me to thiscounti y, shortly after its discovery, the great body of settlers were not enticed hither by the the fiercest flames of civif discern! ; and in deepest solemnity. So powerful, indeed, ! the triumphs of victory, they remembered was this exhibition of feeling, that all among ; that lhe Most High rcigneth among the na l.is'Auditors, who had in their bosoms' any j lions. ' This sustained them in difficulties elements on which the orator could operate, 1 and defeats; and restrained them in lhe were made to sympathize with him ; and ! hour of success. When danger stared qve were subdued and awed, and overwhelmed , ry one in the face, and the holy cruise to bv the majesty and glory of the divine at- i which they were devoted, seemed to be tiibutes, momentarily at least recognized by threatened with ruin ; they remembered its ! justice, looked up to Heaven, and took them. i a a But this is not a solitary case. The same : courage ; anu when the trumpet sounded tone of feeling was general. Of this we 1 ine noles r triumph, tne tcaroi Uou inspir- have decisive evidence in the writings and j mouerauon, anu prcvemeu excess, u speeches of the day. If we thought that j was 11,1,8 u iheY .las the ioundtiair.lpr ds, fur whom we mainl y "ie ,ur auu ""iM"v oi mvir cuumry,- our young friends, write, were as conversant with these sub jects as they should be, we would let the matter rest on this gen -ral assertion. But much of the very v cry little time that i3 employed in reading, is wasted in whim pering over scenes of fictitious dis:rcss, ir in studying characters as they are exagger ated and distorted in the novels of thenlay ; instead of -being devoted to the study of the particular history of our own country. In confirmation of our assertion then, we would refer to the Declaration of Independence. In the begiuning.of that instrument, an ap peal is made to the God of nature. And it concludes with these remarkable words:: 44 And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our Let Statesmen of the present day study their character, and imbibe their sentiments, and imitate their example. CURIOUS FACTS. love of gold, and the hope of wealth. They ' sacred honour." A year before the pub- sought, in the cew world, an asvlum from intolerance and oppression; where thev might worship God according to the dic tates of conscience, without incurring fini s and forfeitures; or sunenug by the iniqui tous practices $)i the Star-chamber, 3nd the villainy of informers 44 If," as has been said, 44 our Adam and Eve came out of Newgate' it was because the tyrants of the day had crowded that prison with the best men of their nation. As might have been expected, our forefathers brought their principles with them ; and transmitted them as a' most precious legacy to their children ; and they to theirs, in successive genera tions. It was the descendants of these men, who accomplished the glorious work of the Revolution. They had learned, through principle, to obey the la ws of their country; and of course, needed not the pomp of Executive dignity, and the power of a strong Government to preserve domes tic, peace. They had been disciplinedi un der the influence of religion; into habits of sejt-control ; had learned to lay restraints on those passions which mislead men from the paths ol virtue and true honour ; and were able to resist temptations which would have been too strong for the vicious and ir religious;. r . , These facts serve to account for those events which distinguish our Revolution from all others ; and show the reasons why it was so honourably conducted, and so hap lishing of this Declaration, the Old Congress Mr. Prentiss, in his Speech on the abuses in the Treasury Department, referred to the fact, that the Secretary swore before the In vestigation Committee, in Februaryt-1837, that he knew of no defalcations. Mr. Prentiss then read a; Correspondence, proving that Mr. Woodbury did know of defalcations which took place as long since as 1834. This Correspondence between YV'm. D. Harris (a Receiver of Public mo ney in Mississippi, and a defaulter to the amount of 60 or.70,000) and the Secretary of the Treasury, occurred during two years and a half, and ended, it is believed, in 1836. The letters read, written bv Mr. honoured be its memory! appointed a! Woodbury in regard to Harris ease, were day ot humi ration, tasting, and prayer to Almighty God, 44 that the Colonies might be ever under the care and protection of a kind Providence, and be prospered in all their interests ; that America might soon behold a gracious interpositi- n of Heaven for the redress of her many grievances, &c." On this subject, Ramsay-, one of the best of our historians, has remarked that, 44 Since the fast of the Nmevites recorded in sacred writ, perhaps there has not been one, which was more generally kept, with suitable dis positions, than that of the twentieth of July, 1775. It was no formal service. The whole body of the people felt the impor tance, the weight, and danger of the une qual contest in which they were " about to engage; that every thing dear to them was at stake, and that a divine blessing only, could carry them through it successfully. This blessing they implored with their whole souls, poured forth in ardent suppli cations, issuing from hearts deeply pene trated with a sense of their un worthiness, their dependance, and danger; and at the same time, impressed with an humble con fidence in the mercies and goodness of that Being, who had planted and preserved them hitherto, amid many dangers in the wil derness of a new world." To this speci men of the feelings and sentiments of the most illustrious body of men that ever eighteen in number. The summing up of Mr. P. was amusing, and was done in a manner somethinglike the following: Letter first, from Mr. Woodbnry to Mr. Harris: "Mr. Harris, do letuie hear from you." ' 2d. 4Mr. Hanis, I am pained to hear from you." - 3d. "Mr.-Harris. What is the matter." 4th. 4 Mr. Harris you must send .your monthly return to the Treasury Department. 5th. "Mr. Harris, your returns are not satisfactory." 6th. "Mr. Harris I am grieved and pain ed to hear from you," . . . 7th. "Mr. Harris, your returns ought to have been received. They aTe minus the receipts in your department, thousands of dollais.". 8th., "Mr. Harris, your returns should have been received long ere this. : A settle ment is -necessary... Your: return are in complete, and show a deficiency, pf tens of thousands, of dollars, ; v 9th. "Mr. Harris, we most haw a set tlement." ' , ... . 10th. VMr Harris do send your returns. fFhy can't you, now? If you do not I shall be grieved." . - i .... '.--jv . ' LI th. 44Mr.Harrjs,you have done wrong f 12th. "Mr. Harris, don't do so any more; that s a good man. John A. Gambr.l, - - -- -- -- - 1,500 Dr.MatlhcAvs, 2 buildings, ------ 500 S. Jackson, 3 buildings, ------- 700 Wm. Laboyteaux, goods & fur niture, - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1,000 Mat hew Chvff, 1 building, - - - - - - 800 Misses Gallop's Millinery, - - - - - 300 Juo T. Keeling, loss of tock of Leather and Boots and -Shoes, ----- - - - - - - - - - -100 RolH-.rt Elliott, Tailor, - - - - - - - - 100 Thomas White, who occupied the house opposite to where the fire commenced had all his Uiinjrs removed, but as is usual in ! such cases, not more than half can bt found, Several persons who boarded at his; house ha'e also suffered considerably. '.-"-. -.-' -The Editor of this paper has lost part of a valuable Library, which hecaniiot re place most probably under four or five years,. ! and perhaps not Uien, as there were many ancteut C lassies, which are now entirely out of print, and it is, therefore, very diffi cult to obtain them. He had commenced I moving over from the office now occupied by him, to the upper part-of Mr. Storey house, and when the fire was discovered such was the greatness of the smoke that no one could get to the roonv where die books were; the value of them waft about $600. V r' Several persons who occupied jrooras in the National Hotel have also experienced severe losses. Mr. Geo. W Charles,Coi lector of Oils port, lost about $300, We should think that the whole of the losses incurred will amount to nearly- twelve thousand dollars, and, as far as we cart a ceTtain, there -was no insurance on any of the property destroyed. Phamix. The Public Domain.yFrom indications already given, there cannot be a doubt that the Legislature will give a decided expres sion against the vile system of plunder at tempted to be enforced by'the new States and by aome of the demagogues of the day. The graduation bill 'will meet : with no favor ; and we arf g'ad to find that all par ties seem to coiicor in the propriety of spee dy action against that iniquitous measure. At a meeting of the Select Committee on the subject, a few days since. Gov. -vTtxjcr was requested, as its chairman, to prepare a strong report against the swindling pro cess by which the Old States were about to be plundered of their just -proportion of the public domain. 7?icAmon PFhig. AnecdoleDiTnz Mr. Duncan' 4ate speech in the House of Representatives, a ustener was struct witn me nomeiy remark of - a countryman,, who was standing near aiso listening wuu ximi tuvuuuu- w w speech; " What's the name of that ferrentlemaa in the white vest,' whoV makihj o ' ronch noise !" said he:. : r , Thaf, sir,' i Mr.tDancan oOhlot,,K v - Dnnean is it! Well, Kve heam tell of him. Why ihe' got, brass enougbia his forehead to maM a belHneiiHafcik let!" ' "

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