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Génerals Jackson ¥& Scott.—It is truly | ‘vainful to fiditwo of the most disti . g! ~ States engaged in an open controversy i the newspapers, the language and arga- ments of which are by no meaas calcula: ted to increase their reputations. | The origin and progress of the qu % i between the generals Jackson ands are bricfly as follows: % topog raphica engineer, two ov three go, Was detached by the Sccretary of War, from general Juckson’s com nand to survey and make reporCofa portion of. e north western part of the anton of ro United States. This office “pe n the service with fi seliy and in- _ teliigences obtained. permi issiafl fon the heal of ths war of ¢ to fur nigh a copy of bis re published i in the N won Register. When “the report mst the eye of general Jackson, he became inflam=d, chic fly, we presume, th: officer hal been detached ht bis vivity and sanction’: whereup - 0 eneral Jackson issued a gonerd! ides, sited much WR at 1ch as it implied a ‘censure ! the war departm ant, which was vir- A v ya censure. of the Presid ent of thel U- fa Genoa Bott it now appears 2 Bes; had spoken freely on L ; the subject a the order ‘to be i 6 mutin General Jackson at length the truth. under the authority, and indeed in the words, of governor Clinton, trea's general Scott with infinite scorn and contempt ; and the governor himsclf is quite as unceremo- ulous. mous letter, governor Clinton utterly dis- claims it. of the parties does it do any credit ; al own vindication. eral Scott X rod offi-ers of the army of the United 3 A dist guished 0 port fr puslication, anl it was first | Mr. Pell, speaking dvowedly As to the authorship of the anony- We do not load our pages with this al- ercation. It is a private feud, with a little f an electioneering complexion. To none hough we think governor Clinton may be ‘| fairly said to have been gragged out in his What appears laughable i in this alfiit' is, ‘he very i manner in wh ch gen nilitary men from « 1 am Vo worse wider the stots of the specifics clled the Bank of the United: S ates, did forthwith proceed to execrat: all banks as most villainous impositions Bat if the Banks were all put down; would that amend our condition ? Not in the Our imports exceed our exports— the people ef the United States will use the manufactures and luxuries of other coun trics, when they might do without, by ma king use of their own produce and manu factures.. Onthe other hand, the peopl: of other countries prefer, and their gov’ ernments protect their own produce an’ manufactiires ; ‘and no other will be used when they can ‘possibly be dispensed with. Put down this mania for forcign manufae- least. tures and luxuries, and our condition will ; mee amended. ave a great many shrewd calcula- fuses among us, who can prove| | oy er watfare, if these fall int i p tia carry them , having 12 of tiem may be a little softened. General Jacksoh writes pretty much a8 he s— impetuous and fierce. His letters to gen- eral Scott have very litle of the tender ness of a billet-doux in them. : The fame of both Jackson and Seont When their dis-|, pute is read there what will be thought of them ? stands high in Europe. place. DULL TIMES. The dullness of the times and the dis. Heard ik opinion f general Scott's, as the former says throu h the medium of an! s nonymous letter; and) thereupon geniral] Tacks wrote to eweneral Scott, who made frank avowal of his opinion; which drew from 8 neral Jackson a sharp an! acrimos- 5 nious retort, in the nature ofan insult and a challenye. This General Seott decliped—a ind we think very proper- ly. But general Scott goes further. He alludes to a conversation he had with gov- ernor Clinton, of New Yok, respecting the and more than insinuates challenge generals order ; that govarnor Clinton either wrote, or cau- sed to ba written, the anonymous I=tter to general Jackson. This drawn from governor Clinton, indirectly under the signature of «« Ferris Pell,” and also directly, under his own sighature, a disavowal of ever havi ment derogatory to the character of gen eral Ia kson, and a broad intimation that Scott has at least exaggerated the allegation has ng uftered a senti tresses of the country have been, for a long time, common place topics throughout the United States, and our brethren of the type have found ample room for a display of their ingenuity in determining the can- ses whence these evils proceed. For a while, the unequal value of the circulating currency had the vogue, as the chief cause of our calamities; and it was confidently pronounced that, for the cure of this, the establishment of a National Bank, would The Bank was established, but the anticipated relief di be an infallible specific. not follow ; and, as a man who has labored under some tormenting malady, for the cute whereof he purchases one of those in- lalliable specifics that we see advertised inthe newspapers, applies itin the man ner prescribed, but firds himself in ten. fold torm:nt, and setsto cursing all specif- 'cs and nostrums as damnable quackeries; 50 the good people of the United States, when they found their situation every day 3 ; ‘ne is paid for them, it de arts the countr these squabblesyor r at any rate dy i the ? : ys For the honor of the aimy we] lament that any thing of the kind has taken | ‘Jting any in, it is certainly a losing business ; u that the apparel we wear cannot be factured in this country as cheap as is imported ; because labor is higher| than in the old countries. This is onstrated to Us too by the diffrence tween what we pay for imported fabrics, 1d what the actual €ost is it we manufac- them of an equal quality onrs-lves gothen to the shopkeeper and pure he foreign fabric ; but where is the to come from with which we are ¢ payment ? ? From the sale of our Ice at foreign payment ? From the of our produce at foreign markets. world is at peace, and foreign stand in. no Teed of fot profes: hore, or run our} takes a rise ; be don oods aie purchased, and if trendy mo- (if they are got upon credit, the purchaser fincs the produce, on the rise ol which he depended to make payment becoming still lower: in the first case the one who made payment finds that he cannot replen sh his coffe rs, and in the other the purchase: finds himself unable to make papment a: all. Yet it would be difficult to persuad: cither, that he had better have manitfac tured the articles himself. If we are paying out money and not get- and soit is with our depending upon foreigq markets for articles of fiod and clothing If we raise preduce and can get nothing for it, where is the advantage of labour ? Would not somic of the hands thus employ. ed be coing a better business; by engaye- ment at manufacturcs of some kind or other! Foreign countries will not take our surplus precduce, for what we have been! accusiomed to receive of theirs ¢ ag our money is departing to foreign countries, and rione returning, we find the times dull and. the country in distress ; and this state of things will continue, urtil we manufac. ture for ourselves and dispense with im- ported luxuries. The understanding of every one teaches that he cannot sit idle. and maintain himself hones'ly. The same ~eason teaches, that we cannot purchase foreign manufactures, when we dispose of our own surplus produce. cannot oO what use then is the labor applied to pro- duce this surplus ? It is positively thrown mote the comfort of the laborer and the in dependence of the country. ~ There is little money going, credit is becoming precarious ; while the world is it peace, there is no pros ect of a diffir- ent state of things in this country. and an- less the people see their own interest. by manufacturing fir themselves, or using the manufactures of their own country, the lulness of the times and the distrisses of the country will get worse Axp WORSE. 4. Chiron, m—t. AN ACT. To encourage more effectually the & SLT UC tion of Wolves and Poin Sect. 1. That from and after the passing -~ of this act any person or perso 8 who shall kill any wolf or wolves, panther or panthers within the | bounds of any county within this commonwealth, and who shall produce the head or heads thereof before any justice of the peace in and fie any cou ily as afore said, it shall be the duty for such justice to examine sach Person or persons, on oath or affirmation, tnuching the time when and lace where such wolf or wolves, panther v panthers was or were taken and killed 3 and if the place of such taking and killing shall be found to be within the bounds of the county in which he has jurisdiction, it shall be the du'y of such justice to give the Person or persons a certificate of the facts to the commissioners of the p oper county; together with the scalp or scalps taken from the head or heads aloresaid, and the {said commissioners, upon the r. ceipt there= “{ofy shall immediately have such scalp or “scalps destroyed, and thereupon draw their ‘warrant on the county treasurer, if or the scalp of a full grown panther or a wolf for $12 each, an if for the scalp of a panther or wolf puppy, $5 fir each and every scalp so produced as afores~id ; and it shall be the duty of such treasurer, and he is hereby directed to pay the amount of the said order. Sect. 2. That if any person shall for the purpose of enhancing the value of 4 head or heads, breed orrear avy wolf or panther until full grown, befor: he presents the head or heads of any wolf or panther. for the purpose of receiving the price awarded by this act such person, on conviction ba- fore a court of quarter sessions, shall te liable to a fie of not less than 816 nor more than $100, at the discretion of ihe court ; which fine, when it shall have beén recovered, shall be paid to the treasurer of the proper county; to be applied as other county funds are applied. Sect. 3. That the act entitled, « Ap act to encourage the killin passed the 10th of March, act entit g of wolves,”” 1806, and an led « An act to enconrage the kill- ing of panthers,” pissed the 12(h of Janu- ary, 1807, be and the same are hereby re- pealed. [Approved—16'h March, 1819.) S—— MR. JEFFERSON'S RESIDENCE, One of the Pavilions in the north wing “f Monticello House, lately cauohe fire, but happily its ravages were enon checked by the neighbors who rushed to the spot, and assisted in pu'ting out the firs by throwing in ice from the ice house — The main dwelling itsell was saved by away without a prospect of return ; while if] it was given to manufactures, it would pre great exertion from impending destructien. Mr. Jefferson received a Bh personat injury during the scenes’
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