« Not for himself, but for his country.”
BIONDAY Mar 24, 1824.
Se sa ——
ARE BRS a
Be
Ei ARTA
A commnunication signed 4 SxypER,” relative
ta the dispute between the President and Mr.
Lowrie, bas been received and will appear 1
cur next,
ad
On motion of Thomas Burnside, Esq. Mr.
SAMUEL J. PACKER, of Sunbury, and Mr.
CROUTHERS, of Carlisle, were admitted to
practice as attornics in the several Courts of
Ceatre County.
§ ———
GREAT MFN QUARRELING ABOUT
SMALL THINGS.
We refrained from publishing any thing here-
tofore relative to the dispute between Mr, Low-
RIE, ¥pited States’ Senator from Pennsylvania,
and Mr. MoxRrog, President of the United States,
as to the letter said 10 be written by General
Jackson to the Jatter, advising him to appoint
“men of all parties” to office, because we
thought our readers would feel but little interest
in it. I'be affair, however, has assumed a more
* serious cast, and it is to be left to the American
people to determine whether Mr, Lowrie pub-
lished a falsehood in the first instance, or Mr.
Moxror denied the truth when be authorised
Mr. ktiay to say that General Jackson had writ-
ten no such lctter to him as Mr. LowRIE alleg-
ed. The correspondence between Mr, MONROE
and Generel Jackson, apart from its icading
features, certainly establishes any thing but that
Mr, Lowrie has been guilty of asserting a
Jalsehood. We think he has shownythat altho’
General Jackson did not write the precise words
with which he was charged, yet that the sub-
stance wes the same; and the contemptible
quibble about words, which Mr. Hay set up,
was intended by bim to acquit Jackson in toto
of the charge. We learn that Hay is a lawyer,
and such prevarication is worthy of him.
Although there can be ne doubt but that Gen.
Jackson wrote the letter to Mr. Monroe, 2s Mr.
Lowrie sajd, and that we believe it is through
his influence that we are cursed with so many
federal postmasters, yet we are nevertheless
disposed to adhere to the Harrisburg nomina-
tion ; and for this reason alone, that none other
of the candidates now named would pursue a
different policy. If Mr. Crawford, Mr. Clay
or Mr. Adams would completely ¢ clean out
the filthy stable,” we think they would find a
host of friends in Pennsylvania ; but of this we
dave no assurance, and we may, therefore, as
well have General Jackson as any other man.
He is In every other respect more deserving.
One word as to Mr. Lowrie. The outrage-
ous attack upon him by Hay will not operate to
his disadvantage with sober-minded reflecting
men. It may with some, bat they are the few-
er pumber. Every man who has the pleasure
of an acquaintance with him, knows that beis as
respectable as Mr. Ifay can be ; nor is it going
too far tosay that he is as worthy of credit as
Mr. Monroe himself. Every Pennsylvanian
must feel indignant at the grossness ofthe abuse
which Hay has gratoitously lavished upon him.
From the National Intelligencer.
Messrs. GALes & SeaToNn—1 have address:
ed 10 General Jackson a letter on the subject
of Mr, Lowrie’s Communicatfon which appear-
ed in your paper of the 5th instant. The Gen-
eral has returned me an answer, and I have ob.
tained his permission to publish it. With a
view, therefore, to bring the matter fully before
the public, I send you my letter, and the Gener-
ri’s answer, with a request that you will insert
them in the Intelligencer. Respectfully yours,
&c. G. KREMER,
May 6, 1824.
Washington, May 5th, 1824
Dar GeverAaL—DMr. Lowrie has again
made his appearance in the Intelligencer, and
endeavors to prove his charge in relation to the
letter, said to have been written by you to the
President, and read by the President to him
The President, on a for pccasion, informed
me he had pever read sucha letter to Mr, Low-
rie ; and Mr. Findlay, whois said to have been,
at the time, present, has stated to me, that no
such letter was ever read to him. Haviog
rommunicated to the editor of the Democratic
Press the information I had received, I was
led to believe that we would hear no more of
thas Jetter. Subsequent events, however, show
$hat I was mistaken. Mr. Lowrie, in his publi-
cation, says, speaking of the letter, « Why does
Mr. Hay adopt the expression used in the
newspapers, rather than in my letter, viz. two
federalists and two democrags !* By this, he
¢vidently intended to convey the opinion, that he,
Mr. Lowrie, had not made use of this express-
Jon. This, in fact, was the charge made— this
was the question put by me to the President,
and to this question was his answer given, and
— <4
with you for wikLholding the contents of any
letter you ever wrote, I therefore respectfully
ask you, in order that the public may be cor-
rectly informed, to communicate to me whether
you ever did write such a letter or not.
Aceept the assurance of my high considera
tion and regard. Very respectlully, your fellow
citizen,
G. KREMER.
Gen. ANDREW JACKSON.
City of Washington,
Dear sir : I have received your letter of
yesterday ; and, with much cheerfulness znd
candour, shall reply to your inquiry.
It has been repeatedly pressed before the
public, that I had written a letter to Mr. Moa-
roe, recommending him to select for his cabinet,
guished federalists ;” aod that to Mr. Lowrie
and Mr. Findlay, senators from the state of
Pennsylvania, the letter had been read. I have
not been able to persuade myself, that the fact
wus so, inasmuch as our correspondence was
private & confidential : because Mr Findlay, wha
was present, ims no recollection of it—because
no such letter was ever written by me—and, be-
cause the President denies that he read any such
letter, or, indeed, any letter at all. 1 regret
that Mr. Lowrie, in presenting this matter,
should not recollect one material circumstance —|
When first it was spoken ol, he stated to me,
and to others, that a letter purporting, and de-
clared to be mine, had been read to himself
and Mr. Findlay, by the President, which adv:
sed that his Cabinet should be formed of % two
distinguished republicans, & 2 distinguished fed
eralists.” My reply to him was, that no such
letter had ever been written by me; that so far
as I could recollect, only one person, Col.
Drayton, of South Carolina, had been recom-
mended to him, that 1 had suggested to the
President the propriety of appointing him Sec-
retary of War; for the reason that he was a
man of high and bonourable feclings, honest,
virtuous, and of energetic character, Personal.
ly, I knew not Col. Drayton ; byt, from infor-
could do more to correct the feuds which un-
happily prevailed in the army, than any other
man of whom I had any knowledge. The con:
tents of my letter, as read to him by the Presi-
dent, that two distinguished federalists, and two
distinguished republicans, should be selected,
was not only stated by Mr. Lowrie to me, but
and to others.
He has changed, bowever, his ground, and
DOW says, it was a recommendation to the Presi
ent, to form his Cabinet from the two great
leading parties of the country. Both state-
ments are alike unfounded ; no such letter was
ever written by me ; on the contrary, my ad-
tion, not of a party ; that he should have around
him the best talents the country could afford,
without regard
should, in his selection, seek after men of prob
ty, virtue, capacity, and firmness; aad, in this
way, he would go far to eradicate those feelings,
which, on former occasions, threw so many ob-
stacles in the way of government ; and be ena
bled, perhaps,to unite a people heretofore po-
litically divided. I gave it as my opinion, that
the best evidence of devotion to the government,
its constitution and laws, which any could af
ford, was, when these were assailed, to venture
forth in their defence, and maintain them amidst
privations, and at the sacrifice of domestic quiet.
That names were mere bubles; and he who
would, as Colonel Drayton had done, abandon
tinue in the defence aad protection of his coun:
try, through the war, merited the confidence of
government, let him bear what name of party
he might : such a man I did recommend to
Mr. Monroe ; he was one 1 had never seen ; yet
one whose conduct, character and good quali
ties, entitled him to any and evefy confidence
As well might the conclusion be adduced, that I
had recommended a selection exclusively from
one or other of the parties, as that the cabinet,
from a motive of policy should be kept equally
poised, by appointing two of each, for my advice
was, to select men of probity virtue and talents,
WITHOUT REGARD TO PARTY.
The voice of Washington in his farewell ad-
was not to be encouraged, because it was cal-
culated to distract the public councils, and en-
feeble the public administration ;”’ and, with his,
the voice of every patriot will accord. Virtue
being the main pillar of a republican govern-
ment, unless virtuous men shall be drawn into
its administration, the fabric must tremble.
Designing and corrupt men may cover their
intrigues under a pretended love for virtue and
patriotism ; but a truly pure man will be with-
out disguise, verifying, as he passes along, the
old adage, that the tree is best known by its
fruit, \
My letters have, by the President, and with
my consent, been placed in the hands of 2 mu.
tual friend, Mr. Eaton, with permission to pub
lish them whenever he pleases to do so. I
care not when it is done, for I am without con-
cealment of any kind. My opinions and se nti-
pressed at any time, each and every one are at
all times welcome to. In public or in private
letters, I but breath the sentiments feel, and
which my reason sanctions ; and no disposition
will ever be entertained by me, either to dis
that letter ? It that is inconvenient, send me this
« two distinguished republicans and two distin-|
4 p
mation of his general character, felt satisfied hej
to yourself, and to Mr. Eaton, of the Senate,
vice to the President was, that in the selection
of his Cabinet, he should act upon principles
like these : consider himself the bead of a ns:
to sectional divisions ; and)
his fire-side and the comforts of home, and con
dress to the nation was, that party apimosity|
ments, such gs they have been written, or ex-
eral Jackson and Mr. Morro, relative to the
letter on the subject cf lorming a cabinet, in!
1817. A copy of the entire cormsspondence
will, probably, in a day or two, be laid before
the public, through the columos of the Intelli-|
gencer,
City of Washington, January 16, 1824.
Sin : Having written a letter in answer to one
from you, I think, in the early part of 1817,
givitg my opinion of certain characters which
you Lad named, and who had been recommended
to you for your executive council, and heads of
departments ; and not having any copy here, will
you have the goodness to furnish me a copy of
evening, if you please, the ariginal, which shall
be returned to you, as soon as I take a copy.
Your compliance will oblige me.
I am, very respectfully,
Your friend,
ANDREW JACKSON.
James MoNRoE, President of the United States .
Washington, January 16, 1824.
Dear Sir : Since the receipt of yours of this
day asking for your letter addressed to me about
the time 1 came into this office, { have been en-
gaged in searching for it among my papers, but
have not yet found it. I very well recollect the
letter, 28 well as my answer to it,and well know
that I have both, and that the difficulty experi-
enced in finding them proceeds from my having
taken too good care ol them. I will continue
my search to-morroy, and I hope with better
success, unless I may have left them in the
country. Your letter did you honor. Itex-
pressed noble and manly sentiments, haying for
their object the preservation of our republican
government, by a generous exercise of power,
by the republican party, ina way to inspire gen-
eral confidence, and draw the union together.
[ lope, however, to find your letter to-morrow,
in whish event I will send it to you.
With great respect,
and sincere regard,
yours,
JAMES MONROZEL.
General ANDREW JACKSON.
Washtgtony February 22, 1824.
Sir : The four private letters heretofore ad-
dressed to you by me, to wit, of the 23d of Oc-
tober, and November 12, 1816 ; January 6, and
{March 18, 1817,and which were last evening
banded me by Mr. Hay, are returned to you
should have handed them to you myself, as re-
quested by Mr. Hay, and promised by me.
Mr. Hay shewed me Mr. lLowrie’s note, 1
could not discover from it the date of your let-
ter that he had obtained. I have to request that
these private letters of mine to you be safely pre-
The day is too inclement for me to go out, or 1}.
was, MM CERTAIN MEMBERS OF IT, Q mouare
cal ome, uliveyand give it force.
Vith sincere regard,
1 am, dear sir, yours,
JAMES MONROE.
General ANDREW JACKSON. A
ei
FROM THE NEW YORK GAZETTE, MAY 13.
-
COILOMBIAN NAVAL VICTORY,
By the trig Pantbea, from Savaupab, we have
received, papers to the 7th instant. They con
tain the following official account of the recent |
capture of the Spanish frigate Ceres, by the
Ceiombian sloops of war, Boyaca and Bolivary
as furnished by lieutenant Booth, of the lates
vessel @
¢ On Sunday, April 4, 1824, the Bolivar,ona
cruize from Porto Cabello, in company with th
Boyaca, being off Havana, at 12 o'clock meridi=
an discovered a large ship to windward and
made sail towards her. At 2 o'clock made her
out to be the Spanish corvette Ceres. At this | :
time the Boyaea was two miles astern, and be= =
ing under a heavy press of sail, she carried away
her jibboom ; we bore up to give her assistanges’
At 3 o'clock both ships again made ali sail in
chase ; the Spanish vessel bore up for ITavanna
with studding sails sct lower and aloft. At
both ships coming op with the chase, within -
half pistol shot, the Boyaca, being to the lee-
ward of the Bolivar, and the Ceres keeping
away, brought her into action in very handsome |
iA
&
style, with a well directed broadside, and a liea=
feed
3
vy fire of musketry, which she returned for
Bolivar into action on her iarboard sie.
giving her two broadsides, and first starboard 3
ig Ceres struck to the Bolivar, being complete-
ly cut up, with scarce a rope standing, and have
ing several dangerous shots in her hull. The
ves mounted 36 long Persian 18 pounders and
The Bolivar, commodore Bejuche, captain”
Clark, carned 22 32 pound carronades, and one.
‘ong 12 pounder, with 156 men. Sh
The Boyaca, captain Brown, bad twenty thi
¥
"
‘wo peund gunnades,and 140 men.
The Ceres had thirty men killed and sixty
wounded, of whom thirty bave since died of
their wounds. hl
wounded, among whom were commopdore Bea
luche and lieutenant Boothe, comman :
vines, both very slightly. The Boyaca had none
killed, and but one wounded, { 2
In addition to the above, a letter from ap offi
cer, received in Savannah, says that Gicy short
served, as it may become necessary for me to ask
lor a certified copy of them. I bave not a dis-
tinct recollection of the substance of your seve-
ral letters, to which mine are answers. If you
know the date of your letter to me that Vir, Low-
rie is possessed of, I will thank you to advise me
that I may write home for the original.
I am, sir, with due respect, your most obedi-
ept servant,
ANDREW JACKSON.
JarMEs MoNROE, President of the United States.
Washington, February 22, 1824.
Dear Sir: I have no knowledge of the date
of the letter to which Mr. Lowrie refers, nor
can I imagine in what manper any letter of mine
to you or anyother friend shouid have got into
the possession of any one. At the time that I
nicated freely with some members of congress,
who had co-operated with me in the war, and in
whom I had perfect confidence. I also corres-
ponded with some other friends at a distance.
It was natural, at that time, that I should com.
municate to those near me the opinions of dis.
tinguished characters at a distance, a8 having
weight tn my decision, as to the arrangement.
But I have no recollection of giving aby copy of
my views on the subject to any one. The copy
in question, if correct, must be resorted to for
unfriendly purposes, and in breach of confidence
and has probably been PURILOINED. 1 re-
carred with you in the great result, that the
sult could only be brought about by time, con-
sidering the circumstances in which we were
that such men as Colonel Drayton, who had
the cause of his country, ought to be consider-
repiubkicans. The copy of this letter I have not
been able to find, nor do I recollect ever secing
since the year 1817.
was about to form an administration, I commu- |
ly expect to have a hurd and bloody «tion wit
the Spanish fleet which is out after. thir, Fie
adds, « the day before we captured the Cut
we fell in with the Colombian schoongr Se
dero, captain Chase, who informed ud he had an
engagement with the Centellain a dirk night
taking her to be an enemy ; and that during the
action, captain Hopner received a musket ball
la struck, and bailing the schocner, found out
the mistake. Captain Hopuer was expecigd to
recover.” )
The editor of the Pensacola Gazette speaks of
the good treatment which the Spanish officees
received from the Colombians, and says they ap<
peared to be treated more like guests than pri-
soners.
RIOT.—Our Correspondent in Perth, Upper
Canada, writes to us as follows :— I regret to
have occasion to communicate a disagreeable
ccurrence which occupies much of the public
attention in this neighborhood. The Irish Emi
,grants who arriived in this settlement last seo.
son under the auspices of Government, and su-
perintendance of the Honorable Peter Robinson,
are carrying their outrages to such extremes
as almost to beflle the efforts of the civil aun-
thoritics to keep them in check. On the 23d ot
April His Majesty’s Birth day, a part of one of
the Militia Regiments assembled for training at
Murphy’s falls in the township of Ramsay, when
collect writing you a letter, in answer to yours(such scenes of outrage took place 2s would re
recommending Colonel Drayton, in which I con. [quire an abler pen than mine to describe : while
a party, principally Scots, were drinking His
President ought to be the head of this nation,|Majesty’s health in the bouse of Mr. Alexan-
rather than of a party, but thought that that re. der Morris, they were attacked by the Rallygib-
inets, as the Irish emigrants term themselves,
the windows stove in and the floor and walls lit-
then placed. —By perusitg your letters, I find erally washed with blood. A gun wes forcibly
that you essentially concurred with me in that taken from ove cf the party in Morris’ house,
sentiment, although vou inclined to the opinion and the person who carried it off was wounded
by a shot fired at him when making bLis retreat
given such proofs of patriotism and devotion, to{With the prize. Since the 23d fresh outizages
ave been committed ; a captain Glendinning of
ed as having a just claim to the confidence offthe 4th Carlton Militia, has almost been mur.
the government, and, in facts to be considerea as(d¢red, and the house of Mr, Morris, who rom
personal dread had left it, was on Monday Jast
rcibly entered but it is not yet ascertained
it, or your letters till within a few days past,|'What the extent of damage and pillage may
amount to.
A meeting of the Magistrates took
To Mr. Lowrie’s note I have given no answer, (Place here this day (28 April) when it was de-
dent which must DISHONOR THE PARTY GUILTY
oF sECH AcTs, Ido not think that there is any
thing in your letters which can injure you, nor
in mine, in reply to them ; but the contrary.
nor shall I. Let him take his course ; we stand|t€¥Mined that the under Sheriff with a strong
where we did. my confidence, given at the[2¥med party, should forthwith proceed to appre-
time referred to, has been in any manner abused, hend all those against whom warrants had been
or the letter been PURLOINED, that is an inci-(1%80ed.—~Maantreal Herald,
ep | Pee
FROM THE RICHMOND COMPILER, MAY 4.
A GUNPOWDER PLOT.
Deriance, by reserve and silence, is what the
A scheme was fortunately discovered on Fri-
a
about 12 minutes, when the boyaca dropped’
astern ; the wind favoring a litte, brought the
After.
division with vollies of musketry, which she 1g=
turned, a constant roar of cannon was kept up
on all sides, until 50 minutes past seven, when
ial
Wid
Moro light was distant three leagnes. The Ce
two chasers, and had a compliment of 326 mens
Sha
fain
ty-two pound carronades, and two short thirty~
§
go mae
&
through his body ; soon after which the Centel-
The Bolivar had none killed, anc only tour a
5
¥
which Mr. Lowrie did tell me, on more than
one occasion, that he would prove. Although
1 am petfectly clear, in my opinion, that neither
f-lly nor wickedness can be a sufficient reason
ty ransadk bureaus, and drag forth the private
gorrespondence of any man, yet, inasmuch as I
have been frequently called upon by my constit-
uents, for juformatoen in relation to this letter,
and fecling gonlident that no motiye can exist
a ; : : day night, which if brought to maturity would
guise or 10, Suppress them. he transaction AND ALL CONNECTED WITH THE have destroyed a worth ri unghie no Dy
3am, very respectfully, your most obedient preEsENT MOVEMENT merit. |probably left to Gaara the Shue ob Vis
servant, I have done what I could to moderate and put ang}
SExy . : put death. Mr. Lyon was employed val
) : ; r ib b : LY0} ployed up the canal
Ta Katia EOE W JACKSON. {down party spirit, believing that, by so dping, Tin completing a cantract Byes I Te
3 TGs gave the best support in my power to our repub- with the James River Company. He wassicep-
fican government, It can only be put down by ing in a small cabin and about’ three in 11%
| the republican fiarty, and while that party is in morning, he was roused bya negio who deli
J ks Te fiolicy. Persecutionlered him a small box, saying it was from Mr
. cep the federa hi i Tn a find
| P theyederal pqriy, which, at one thme,la friend; who begged him to tke tare. of &
PROM PHD NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, MAY 7.
MR. MONROE AND GEN. JACKSON.
The following if the corgespondence of Gen