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GENERAL 'JACKSON'S LETTERS.
Wc republish tlio following letters, from Gener
al Jackson to tho editors of tho Waohington Globe.
Iermitaok, July l)j 1837.
Now is the lime to separate tho gdvem
merit from all hanks receive and "disburse
the revenue in nothing but -gold anil silver
coin, and the circulationofourcoin through
all publip disbursements will regulate tho
currency forevdr licrcafter keep "the gov
ernment free froth all embarrassment, while
it leaves the ebirimercial community to trade
upon its own capital, and the banks lo ac
commodate it with such exchange and cred
it as best suits their' own interests both
being money makirig concerns, devoid of
patriotism, looking alone to their own in
terests, regardless of all others. It has
Tjeen, and ever will be, a curse to the gov
ernment, to have any entanglement or in
tcfest with either, or more than a general
superintending care of all.
, lBut the commercial community hitherto
has been fostered by the Government, to
the great injury of the labor of the country,
until the mercantile aristocracy, combined
with the banks, have assumed the right to
"control and manage tho Government, as
'their particular interest requires, regardless
of the rights of the great democracy of
numbers, who they believe ought to be, arid
they are determined thfey shall be, hewers
"of wood and drawers of water. I repeat,
that I am proud to see the firm and noble
stahd taken by the Executive Government
on this occasion. Tho people are with it
and will support it triumphantly.
""The history of the world neverhas re
corded such base treachery and perfidy as
has been committed by the deposito banks
against the Governmenl, anil purely with
the view of gratifying Biddle and the Bar
ings, and by the suspension of spjeeic.pay
mcnts, degrade, embarrass, and ruin if they
could, their own country, for the selfish
views of making large profits by throwing
o'lit millions of depreciated paper upon the
'people selling their specie at large premi
ums, and buying up their own paper at
discounts or from 25 to 50 per cent, and
now looking forward to bo indulged in these
speculations for years to coma before they
resume specie payments.
Hermitage, July 23, 1837.
Iy Dear Sir: I have just received the
Globe of the 13th, and am pleased to dis
cover fiom it and other papers that the de
mocracy are uniting upon the plan of separ
ating the Government from corporations of
all kinds, and to collect the revenue, keep
and disburse it, by their own agentsi 'Phis
alone can secure safety to our revenue, and
control over issues of papci1 by the State
Tjanks. The Tevcnue, reduced to the real
Vants of the Government, payable in gold
'and silver cbin, (ho credits,) to bo disbursed
1jy the Government in gold and silver, will
give us an undeviating metallic currency;
prevent hereafter overtrading, and give
prosperity to all branches of business,
whilst the hanks and the commercial com
munity will be left to manage their exchar
ges, and all matters between them, in their
own way. I hope and trust that the whole
democracy of the whole Union will unite in
adopting these measures, and the democra
cy of numbers will never have another con
test with the aristocracy of the few and their
paper credit system, Upon which they at
present rely to rule the country.
I hope no Treasury notes will bo issued.
The Treasury drafts upon actual deposilcs
are constitutional, and do not partake of pa
per credits as Treasury notes, which aic
subject to depreciation by the merchants
and banks, and shavers and brokers; and
will be, if issued, and the Government
cannot avoid it. Different must it be with
Treasury drafts, drawn upon actual depos
its; and from the conduct of the banks and
the merchants, they deserve no favors from
the Government, which they have attempt
ed to disgrace, and to destroy its credit both
at home and abroad. It is the great work
ing class that deserves protection from the
frauds of tho banks.
BANK OF THE UNITED STATES
More than ninety days have elapsed since
the Bank of the United States stopped pay
ment, and what is more, it continues to
refuse to make the monthly returns requi
red by its charter. What will our wise
and patriotic Governor do in this case?
"Will ho fulfil the promise so boastfully
Tn ad c in his proclamation, and sec that the
laws are faithfully complied with, or will
he continue to bow iri meek submision to
the will and behest of Mr. Biddle? "We
assert, without fear, that he will not dare to
take any steps by which the interests of the
Mammoth Bank may bo compromittcd or
jeopardised. He was elected by the-influence
of the Bank, and in return has Sold
'himself to be one of the veriest slaves that
moves upon live carlh. Poor Pcnnsylva
-nia, how art fhou degraded!
A WHITE NEGRESS.
There is a female slave, aged 1 1 , belong
ing to Mr. John Craig, on" Keowee river,
Pickens District, S C. descended from full
blooded African parents, and who has been
iuce tho aee of seven gradually undergoing
a change from black to while. On her
neck, breast, anu enouuiers, says me Co
lumbia Times, it is perfect, of a soft, deli
cate, transparent, and healthy appearance,
unlike the Albino, nor arte her eyes pink
like1 those of an Albino, but natural. I'liis
Is nof the first case of the Ethiopian chan-
THE CREDIT SYSTEM.
We copy the following article upon'this
subject from the tochestcr( 'iV. lr.)ftepub
lican. It embraces 'many sound views, and
combats, successfully, the declarations of
the whigs, that the designs of the democrat
ic party is to "destroy the credit system of
the United States" by tlic establishment of
an exclusive metallic tiifrcncy.
Tho universal whig currency party, in
conjunction with many pseudo-democrats,
have commenced the joint shout of "Great
is the credit system 6fthc United Stales,
and death to the agrarians that would de
stroy ill" This clarnor reminds us of one
certain Ephesiaiis of old who adopted the
same style tfargummt when they suppo
sed their craft in danger from the brcachihg
of a noted Reformer of that age, and the
whigs and their co-workers of this, is per
fect both acting from sordid motives. To
have presented the matters in dispute fairly
before the peoplcj wolild have been death
to tho craftsmen of Ephcsus so also
would it be to the schemes of those who are
so loud in the praise of "the credit system;"
and as the other resorted to clamor for pro
tection against the force of truth, so do the
latter for the preservation and perpetuation
of a corrupt and useless banking system.
It is important in all contests that the
combattants be well informed as to the
matter in controversy: else, after the fray,
they may have the mortification to find that
they have given and received blows on the
wrong side that they have dealt to their
friends, what should have been awarded to
their enemies. The whigs and their abet
tors say that the friends of the Administra
tion are aiming to destroy uthe credit sys
tem" of the U. S. by which is meant the
Bank system, by the establishment of an
"exclusive metallic currency." It is ori
this ground that the shout is raised, of
"great is the credit (that is, the present
banking) system of the United States, and
in which the people are invited to join.
But before they do this, let them be well
assured that thdy are rtttl deceived by the
craftiness of the Bank craftsmen. The
REAL DEMOCRAT seeks NOT the
destruction of credit, but rather its
ENFRANCHISEMENT from legislative
thraldom, whereby it is now made siibser
vieni to tlld views of the schemcing arid cor
rupt. He neither wishes for nor seeks the
establishment of an exclusive metallic cur
rency, but wishes, so long as it is the only
currency recoonized dy the Constitu
tiom of ins country, that laws should not
be framed calculated to entomb it in the
vaults of bank3j while its place is supplied
by a depreciated paper representative the
certain reSult of the soimuch-vaunted cred
it SYSTEM WHILE SIIA6KLED BY INJUDICIOUS
laws. This is the common sense View of
the subject, and let it be fairly presented to
the people and justice will triumph in spite
of the concentrated efibrts of bank monopo
lists, though backed by the labors of a legion
of political missionaries like Daniel Webster.
It is true, the nation is just emerging
from a pecuniary embarrassment of no Or
dinary character, & many look to the estab
lishment of a National Bank as the only
remedy for the present disease, and as the
only obstacle to its recurrence in future.
Those who thus reason, arc "mis-t-a-k-e-n-"
The EMANCIPATION of credit will do both
but a National Bank neither
"The regulaton of the currency" is a
cant phrase with whig politicians, yeto
adopt Mr. lobster's plan of doing it,
would be to dnriihilate every State
Bank in the Union, as well as the power
to charter such institutions! Short 6f the
exercise of such power, the "regulator"
would do little towards the execution of its
office; with it, the people of the United
States would become the victims of a bank
despotism of the most odious character.
That Congress possesses the exclusive pow
er of "regulating the currency of the coun
try," is readily granted, but this power is
derived from that claiise of the Constitution
which declares that congress shall have
power to coin money arid to regulate or fix
Smark the phrasei) the value thereof. It
loes not say congress shall reoulatd the
"credit s3'stcnv" according to the doctrines
of Daniel Webster and his worshippers.
The Constitution knows no other currency
but a mctalic one, and it is that, and that on
ly, which congress has power to regulate.
The "credit system" and the constitutional
currency are not identical a fact which the
whigs and monopolist, seem arixious to for
get or condeal. The true method toobviato
tho pTCsentand avoid future difficulties is,
to unshackle the credit or bank system,
thereby effecting a complete divorcement
of tank and stale a conjunction which
has brought much evil oil Our Coilntry
THE NEXT SENATE
There are many reasons to believe that,
notwithstanding the gerrymanderirtgprocess
carried on by the whigs and anti-masons,
during the seslon of 1835 0, the democrat
ic party will, at tho next election, succeed
irt regenerating Our State Senate, and secure
a flint and decisive majority in that body.
Our political frends are alive to the impor
tance of this object, and it is not, we think
Calculating too much upon their exertions
to predict, that sound and incorruptible
dcmOcrrfts will, at the next Session fill the
places which were last year Occupied by
such arch-traitors and anoslates as Dickev.
! Penrose, MiddlecofT", Fore and Cunning-
num. oiiuuiu pucii uc uiu resuii, anu lucre
is good reason to hopo it will bo, the event
will bo welcomed with joy from one extrem
ity of the stato to tho otlwr.
TEXAN CHIVALRY.
The Washington Globe' pbhtains thcTol
lowing lettcr'from Richard Pollard, Charge
d'Affaircs of the United Stales to the Re
public of Chili.
Santiago, dc Chili, April 25, 1837.
Gentlemen: I have had a soil 'murdered
in Texas by a Texan officer, with a cruelty
unparale'lled. I have called upon President
Houston for the punishment of the murder
er of my s'om As every thing relating to
Texas seems, to be so interesting to the
people of the United States, as public jus
tide is the concern of all, I send you here
with a copy of my letter to President Hous
ton and ask tho favor of you to give it an
insertion in your paper.
Is it not strange, that so great an outrage
has passed so long unnoticed by those in
Texas authorized to take cognizance of it?
If such a murder had been committed by
a Mexican upon a Texan, how great would
have been its publicity, and how loud would
have been the cry of our papers against the
atrocity. But how much worse is this,
when a Texan has taken the life of a Tex
an, and without provocation; where no
other motive could have prompted than a
malignant feeling, which, dcvclopes more
the attributes of a devil than a man. He
who sheds the blood of an enemy unne
cessarily, offends against civilization, na
ture, and Heaven. But he who takes the
blod, the life of a brother, wantonly and
cruelly, as in this case, makes tho ofTcnce
a hundred fold more damnatory; I rely
upon the press of my country to vindidate
the claims of humanitv. so much outraged
in this case, ahd the demands of justice so
urgently balled for by it.
I am, most respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
RICHARD POLLARD.
To the Publishers Of the Globe.
After this letter, follows a copy of the
letter lo Presidf nt Houston above alluded
to. It contains a minute account of the
barbarous torture inflicted upon the son of
Mr. Pollard, by one Lieutenant Heath of
the Texan Army, which resulted in his
death. At the time of the murder, young
roilard; wno was a sergeant m the I exan
strniy, was cntierly disabled by il wound he
had received in a previous duel. The letter
is too long for insertion in our columns
Tho case which it details is truly lamenta
ble, and is sufficient to show what sort of
materials the Texan army and the Texan
population are composed of. It is evident
that the father has no hopes of everobtain
ing, at the hands of Texan Justice, the pun-
ishmcnt of his son's murderer; and it is
doubtless the despair of this, whidh has in
duced him to appeal, through the prcssi to
the sympathy of his fellow citizens. He
has ours fully. From the bottom of our
heart wc pity all those unfortunate fathers,
who have sons in Texas. Boston Jltlas
fX fill .
vjonsfiracy. i no speculators ol our
country are a discerning and cautious body
of men. They have, through all their
transgressions, thus far, been able to Coriceal
their intentions and their means, from the
Argus-eye of tho public. Gifted to a great
extent with the power of dissimulation, it is
nut natural they should be able to deceive
upon a large and successful scale: But, a
late occurrence, which took place in New
York btatc, reveals their cupidity arid
power.
Under the head of 'AlarmingFloui Com
hmatton! we find a discovery of one of the
most hellish plots against the people: and
although it may be greater than is tepresen
ted, it cannot exceed the fears and the opin-
iiiiib uu umurinincii previous to the an
nouncement. It appears that the speculators
and Hanks have been detected in the most
criminal intercourse the most illicit com
panionship the former cheating the peo
pie wifh means furnished by the latter,
The Buffalo Journal, savs:
wc could name we believe, a single
bank for inatanr'n. noin-or,! r ., ...i.H.i.
within a few days has engaged to make dis
counts to the amount of at least SI ..inn nnn
to three individuals, for the purchase of
wheat,' and tho agents of which individuals
have already passed though this city & gone
"j'31 ' iuiuuusu wneat oi tno new crops
Wc could also name an association of indi
viduals m another part of our state, who al
ready own ono barik ih Michirran .mil .mntl,.
er in the valley of the Scioto, Ohio, if not
uiuui-u mncr nanus, whose agenlsare in the
iiuiu uiuKing purcnases.
bhoulil institutions like these exist?' Are
the people to starve, while the warehouses
oi i nese men are tiled with the stable com
uiuuuy m mo countryf We are not the
advocates of any rash measure wc respect
... ..... . , Lummy; nut wo could sec
such moil and such Institutions consigned
to a bitterer fate than the ordinary modes
of punishment can furnish. There is no
p som none orthc fief feelings
of man in tho wretch, who Could look on
r.
dread purpose of his ambition, while many
. . ' - iiu yiveii mm lo alle
viate the scarcity, He is, it is true, human
Sr!!rT U -18 friP1" arctheprinci
ItiLl imon.slonablo"P idity; the impulse
of those who know no God save Mammon'
lAincaster Intelligencer. iamnon.
r r0K'nn&rf "S"'1 had ,,i8 Wo Insured
for 80,000, that is 838-1.000.
the distress and wan Yh cl, p ZatedZkT , K tho b,af Blri,ck
community last winter, unmK t tJ0 .e well, and at
TWENTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
We nave seen several statements pub
lished, purporting to give the political com
plexion of the House of Representatives of
the 25th Congress. As an mat wc nave
seen are erroneous, wc have thought it
would.be both interesting and useful to the
public "to publish a correctstatcment.
Ailrnin. Opp. Itcsult not known.
Maine, Q 4
New Hampshire, G
Massachusetts, 2 10
Rhode Island; 2
Connecticut, 0
Vermont, 1 4
New York, 30 i"
New Jersey, 0
Pennsylvania, 17 H
Delaware, 1
Maryland( 4 4
Virginia, 15 6
North Carolina, 5 7 1
South Carollila, 2" 7
Georgia, 8 1
Kentucky; 1 10 2
Tennessee!; 3 10
Ohio, 8 11
Indiana, 1 4 ' 2
Louisiana; 4 Z
Mississippi; 2
Illinois, 3
Alabama, 11 3
Missouri, 2 ,
Arkansas, 1
124 107 11
Jlcmarks upon the column headed ilJle
sxdt not knotun,"
Rhode Island.' The election in this
State is by general ticket, and is to take
place next week. At the Presidential elec
tion in November last, the Van Bilrcn elec
tors obtained a majority of 251 votes ill the
State.
North Carolina. The district in which
the result is not known, is the one repre
sented in the lasi Congress by W. B. Shep
ard, (whig,) and Lynn Boyd, (adm ) Wil
liams's disirict gave a small majority against
the administration, and Boyd s an over:
whelming majority in favor of it, at the last
1'rcsidential election .
Indiana. These districts were' rcprc
sented in the last congress by the Hon
John JF. Davis aud the Hon. E: Jl. Hen-
negan, both friends of the administration
Each of these districts crave about a thou
sand majority against the administration at
the last Presidential election. It is proba-
nie, inerciore, that whigs will be returned
irom mem.
Alabama. Messrs. 6iamnan and Mar
tint (administration,) arid Lawler, (whig,)
represented these districts in the last Con
gress. The administration majority in
Messrs. Chapman's and Martin's districts
is very large. In Mr. Lawler's the par
ues are supposed to DC about equal in num
tiers.
iMicmoAN. The election takes place
next week. The administration majority
in ims oiaie, at tnc late Presidential clec
tion, Was 3,280.
Sncctc nauin Bunk. Tim Mnniinifnn
Company, (says the N. Y. Express) com
menced paying specie for their notes ori
Friday, having refused until they have near
ly got in their circulation; and they are
now enabled to resume" the payment of their
bills, but not of their deposits. Why this
distinction wc are unable to say. They
have made no publick announcement of
their intentions. The suits of Isaac Bron
son, for the payment of their bills, we pre
sume will now be settled. By the laws of
the United Stales, the deposits of the reve
nues must be placed in the nearest specie
paying banks, Under this law, wc pre
sume tho deposits wiil be removed from
tho Brooklyn to the Manhattan Barik
The following from the Liridlay (Han
cock county, (Ohio) Courier, of August Sid,
is certainly the most remarkable pheno
mennn we remember ever' having read of.
The country, for miles around presents near
ly a dead level.
STRANGE PHENOMENON.
On Saturday the 29th ult, Mr. Richard
Vaile, Jr. was engaged in digging a well on
his premises, about 4 miles south ofLindlay
after having dug down something like 18
feet, the appearance of water was evident.
Mr. Wade being anxious to obtain water,
seized a crowbar, which was standing near,
and made several strokes near the centre
whereupon the water gushed out in vivid
orrents. Had ifot Mr. Wado bcert extreme
ly active m attempting to escape, he would
have perished almost instantly. At the
time the water gnshed forth, a continued
roaring ensued similar to a loud clap of
thunder, which shook the earth violently
.ur verai nours. By an application of a
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...v-utauu iu inn vlir. it
.i V "V "lu puueaeon mat
lay on the top of the well. The water still
continues to boil
ctfnomy.-A neighbor of ours informs
us that wood does further, when left out of
doors, than when well housed. Rnmn ri.T
,' b bu,,u upwards ot a
mile in one night!
Il 5tVI!tft fTin, .. - ' 1 'IO
quarter of a
thnBing on for a Hangman's Office.
noo of the western counties of fiSaa
,cs5th-cadidatcsSa;he
SINGULAR OCCURRENCE
The fblloving singular ntcideiit occur J
atKonigsburjr, in the north of Prussia, sob, 1
snuii Hum suiku. ii uuiuc oi water lin
UtVIl JIUt.lU UJWt! IIIU Oil, UI il WlnUOW (J
.0
ly
posed to the sun, which was.shi,iinfrSirM,
upon it. 'I ho vessel was so placed ik
he
ic water reiractcd and cohccntrntn.i ,v.
rays of the heat like a convex elnm ...
directed their focal force upon a nnn nf,v.
window frame, which in a little while w
set on file. No serious damage wasuW
for tho firing was soon perceived; but thu
oopurrence, collated with many clriiuinshj.
nna ef n llnslrtlniil'A firn M'liinl. 1
that place on the 14th Juno, 1811, is though
to explain the causes of that conflagration,'?;,
. .. ... utturrcun
which nave iiuuunu remained a niv
l!t. t I i - ! t a "
sicrj,
Eloneihcnl! Jlmuliramalion!-I.mr
ing! Wo learn from tho last Carlisle Ifo
publicait,(it being the only paper in tl(
place that throws any light on the tub
jeet, tho others obsciving a dark and
mysterious silence V) that a colored rnu
by the name of Johnson, who 1ms acct
ored wife and family residing there, vis
Lynched on the evening of Sunday wort
for the alleged offence of eloping wu
white young girl ! It appears from il
we can learn, that, about two weeks aga .
tho young girl, who was in a iklhtit
situation, and the negro Johnson, lef
Carlisle about the same time, aild in sue'
manner as to create tho belief that thn
had left the place together. Johnson tt
turned in a few days, and it then beam
known that he had taken her away, hict
aroused the just indignation ofanurabe
of Individuals, who were determined t
wreak their vengeance upon him. Heir
ing of this the negro left town quietly o:
Sunday evening, but was overtaken u.
short time by about three hundred citizen".
who stripped him entirely, tarred kz
all over, and then rolled him in the dor.
Some of the party were for rcsortmsu
other extremities, so iriconacd wetcib
at the outrage of the negro ; but the c
tencrencc of others, and his own sunph
tions for mercy, Induced thcrrt to iKtlitm p ,
on conditions that he would lcae t!
place entirely. The girl has since bee'
taken home by some of her relatives, and
is said that Johnson nad been hired by.
white married man td convoy her awav
The abolitionists, wc learn, "have induce
Johnson to return again, and to proserc.
some of the principal persons who hi'
Lynched him ! Should this be the a
wc may expect to hear of something vorj, al
than simply Lynching wo may expf -M
'war to the knifi-.' Tint nilrli nn llm far !-'9
of abolitionism, which threatens to drli.:
our peaceful and prosperous land with
blood of its citizens: Ifafrisbtlrg Ciw
MILITARY,
A Court Martial was recently held
Union, I-ayetle county President, ('
William Ilcdrick, for tlie trial of Co;
Sumuel Snider, of the Oth Company
the general charge of misbehaviour. T'
specifications were, that on a training d
he appeared as a 'fanta.stical"-his
blacked and his person otherwise rWic:
lously, shamefully; and unoflicer-like at
coutrcd;" and thai lie countenanced a?
permitted three oilier persons disguised sr
accoutred in the like rldiculmls manner t
appear on parade at the same time."
On all the specifications he was feme
guilty, and the Court sentenced him to t--cashiered
and rendered incapable of hot
ing a commission for the lerfn of 7 years.
Brigadier General James C. Cumminu'
confirmed the sentence of the Court anddf
clarcd the Captaincy of the Oth Compant
vacant.
This is right. The details of our .Mi'''
tia System are defective and ought to t
improved, but those engaged in bringm;
tho whole system into disrepute, should tt
punished whenever the law can reach ihcu
The Great Lakes. Relative extent, el
evation, &c. The Ontario is 180 md
lonfr. 40 miles wiiln. Sfin fl ilnnn nnil 111
surface is computed at 231 feet clevatice
abovh the tide waters at tho Three Riven, lr
270 miles below Cape St. Vincent.
The Erie is 270 miles long, 00 mite,
Wide, 120 feet deep, and its surface is as- w
ceftained to bo hear 505 feet above tide w ft
tor at Albany.
The Huron is 250 miles long, 100 mile'
average breadth, 000 feet deep, and its soi
face is ijear 585 feet above tido walcr.
Tho Michigan is401 miles long, GOmilfl
wide, depth and elevation the same as Hu
ron. G'recn Bay is about 100 miles long, j
20 miles wide, depth unknown; clevatiot
the same as Huron and Michigan.
Lake Superior is 480 miles long, If1,
miles average width, 000 feet deep, and if I
surface is 010 feet above tide walcr.
The Tomato, The valuable nualitie
of this excellent vegetable a're being' grad
ually developed; and its use must, ere Ion?,
bo very general. A respceted friend la
week informed us, that, in addition to
value as an esculent, it was accidental
discovered in his family, that the Tom"
will instantly remove from liften the stai
of ink, and what is generally termed , c
rust." We do not remember to have seer
this mentioned before; and wo have felt
a duty to appriso our femalo friends of twvjj
fact. Mams Sentinel.
A Stage Driver has been committed, t
Nashville on tho chargo of robbing the
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