,~O~T ~'lu~~Sa. . . Me Cabinet wrecked—The t‘ Unit" erughed ! MR. INGHAM: TO GEN. .IACKiiON. • WASIIINOTi IN, 21st June, The President of tht United States: lenvo tho.eity, it seems to be due to the Government that I should per. form a painful duty, imposed upon me 1)V the events of the last fUrtv-eighthours. It is not necessary f ` or pie now to - detail the circumstances which have convinced me of the existence of vindictive personal hostility to me among some oft he officersof the Gov ernment,- near your person, and .supposed to ho in your special confidence, which has been particularly developid within the last two weeks and has finally displayed itself in an attempt to way-lay inc on my way to . the office yesterday, as I have reason to be . lievc, for the purpose of assassination. If you have not already been apprised of ;. these movements, you may : perhaps be.rinr , prised to learn that the persons concerned in them are the late Secretary of War and the Acting Secretary of War: and that the Se send Auditor of the Trea * sury,. Register of the Treasury, and the Treasurer of the U. States,were in their company; arid the Treas . urer's and Register's rooms, in the lower part of the building of the Treasury Depart ment,- and also a grocery store between my 4 • • lodgings and the office, were alternatively occupied as their rendezvous while lying in wait;__ the former affording the best-opportU nity fo - r --- Wserving my approach. Apprised of these movements on-my refian from tak trg leave of some of myfriends, I found my - self obliged to arm, and, accompanied by my son and some other friends, I repaired to the office, to finish the business of the day, after which I returned to my lodgings in the same ; company. t-1,-propert6state r that the principle per _r_sons who had been thus employed for seve ral hours retired from the Department soon _ after 1 entered my room, and that I receiv ed no molestation from them either at my ingress or egress. But, having recruited an additional force in the evening, they pa raded until a lato hour on the streets near my lodgings, heavily armed threatening an, assault on the dwelling I reside I do not present these facts to your notice - kor the purpose of invoking your protection. So far as an individual may rely on his own personal efforts I arn.Willing to meet this 1 1 ,1 77= ---- uns an assaU ThThy num, rs have found an aniple assurance of protectiorr in the generous tender of personal service from the citizens of Washington. Bilt they arecommumrated to you as the Chief Magistrate of the United States, and most especially of the District of Columbia, 'whose duties in maintaining good order a mong its inhabitants, and protecting the of beers of the Government in the discharge el their duties, cannot be unknoiva to you. I have only to add, that, so far as'l am informed, all. the persons engaged in giving countenance to this business aro officers of the Government, except the- late Secretary of War.. I have the herb* to bo, respectfully., your obedient servant, LETTER FROM GENERAL JACKSON. Imo 22d, 1831. Messrs.- Col. Campbtll,- rfreasnrer - ;' Major Smith, Register; Doctor Randolph, Act ing Secretary of War; and Major Lewis, --Auditon OENCFLEMEN.=-4 have this moment re ceivedii4e enclosed* letter from Mr. Ingham dated the 21st iust. and having immediate. ly, on its receipt, sent to ask an interview with him, I find that he left the city before it reached me. I wish you to state to me, if you, oreither of you,.have had any agen- Cy or partieiprition, and if any, to what ex 'tent, in the alleged misconduct imputed his letter here-with enclosed'. I surely hive beea deceived in your char acters if yo are capable of so far forgetting the responsibilities of your stations as to par ticipate in, the reprehensible conduct charg ed. To the serious charges contained in Mr: Inghant's letter, which gave. me the first' information that I have had upon the failiject,ef his tricui ies, , I wish you to give —a:Vrotn ewomo ptliM ankwer. i R tay • • ANDREW JACKSON. . [An answer was received from these gentlemen, denying totally any participation in the affair charged upon them by Mr. 'lngham} ATTORNEY S,INERAL'S RESIGNATIGN. WASHINGTON, 15th.. June, 1831. Snl.—.l herewith • tender to you •my re signation of the office of Attorney General of the United States. Taro ''considerations restrained me freak taking this step at tho moment when your communication to the Secretary of the Treasury, announcing your diaermination to re-organize your cabinet, first met •nV eye. There was nothing in the retirement of the Secretaries of State and of War,•Or, in the distinct and -personal considerations which they had assigned for this measure, which made it obligatory upon or even proper for me to adopt a similar ... course. ! Suoba step, with any reference to • thatnocurenc, could only become so, eu my rt, as an act of conformity to your will., ou had felt this, and had announced yoirr wishea . ,tio the Secretarie s of the Treasury and of Navy, irpectively. I had a' lightto OxpeCt a Similar,c,oniinunieation of them, And cnnfOrnied • to'the wishes and o- Oialoo4 of my fellow Citizens. of Georgia: •Vbeilki.determinoato await it. 1. • &additional considerat ion wt4resented • % the Riet.that charged, I - A 7 8 1 ... :11 11 41 . _ SON C STAR - ANI9 REPRITHLICAN S. D. INGHAM. nionient of my departure-from thisAtei, with the performance. of certain plibliii • tie which were yet . .untinished. Ata t l if (r y report Conc,3rning‘which you did not exp 0 to receive until my return. 1 was gratiii;(l to learn from yourself that you, had mho the samii view of this subject, having pct: poned the corntramieatilin of your wishes fn me until my arrival at this place, vitlicint expecting in themean time, any coinnliitli catioll, from MC. - It is muse to, tilVelf 10- ther to state, that, from the moment when 1 saw the communication referred to, I have considered my official relation to you as terminated, or ns subsisting only until my return to the city should enaldo me to con form to your wishes by the fiirmal surren der of my office, which it is . the purpose of this note to make. A . . I retire, then, Sir, with cheerfulness from the - station to which your confidence had called me, because I have the consciousness of having endeavored to discharge its duties with fidelity to yourself and to tho country. lininfluaneed by those considerations which have been avowed by that portion of my colleagues who have voluntarily separated thc►aselves from you, totally ignorant (irony want of harmony in your cabinet, which either his, or ought to have impeded the operations of your administration, I perform this act simply in obedience to your will. I have not the slightest disposition to dis cuss the question of its propriety. It is true that in a government like ours, power is but a trust to be used for the benefit of those who have delegated it.; and that circumstan ces might exist in which the necessity of self-vjpdication would justify such an inqui ry. The first - consideration belongs to ' to whom we are both and equally accounta ble. From the influence of the second you -have relieved me by your own explicit de claration that no complaint affecting either my official or individual conduct has at any time reached you. You have assured me that the confidence which induced you originally to confer the appointment upon mo remains unshaken and undiminished, and have been pleased to ex press the regret which you feel at the sera ! ration, which circumstances have, in your view of the subject, rendered unavoidable., You have kindly added the assurance of your continued good wishes for my welfare. You will not, therefore, refuse to mo the gratification ofexpressing my earnest hope, tlmt; under the influence, of better counsels, your own and the interests of our common you have anticipated from the change of your confidential advisers. A• very few days will suffice to enable me to put my of fice in a condition for the reception of my liudceSser, and - 1 will advise you of the fact a.s,soon as its arrangement is complete. 1 am, respectfully, Sir, your obd't. sev't. JNO. MACPHERSON BERRIEN. To the PRESIDENT Of the United States. WASHINGTON, JUHO 15, 1831. Sin: I have received your letter resign. ing the office of Attorney General. In the conversation which I held with you, the day betbre yesterday, upon this subject, it was my desire to present to you the considerations upon which I acted in accepting the resignation of the other mem bets of the cabinet, and to assure you, in regard to yourself, as well as to them, that they imply no dissatigaction with the man ner in which the duties ot . tho respective departments have been'performed. It al- Ibrds me great ploisure to find that you have not misconceived thoellaucier oft hose considerations, and that you do justice to the personal feefings-with which they are unconnected. I will only add, that the determination of change: in my cabinet was dictated by imperious sense of public duty, and a tho rough, though painfUl conviction, that the stewardship of power, fvith which I am clothed, called for it as a measure - of justice to those who had been alike invited to main tain near me the relation of confidential ad visers. Perceiving that the harmony in feeling so necessary to an efficient adminis tration had tailed, in a considerable degree, to — Mark the course of this; andliaving as sented, on this accceunt, to the. voluntary retirement , of the Secretaries of State and War, - Yo alternative was left me but to give this assent a latitude co-extensive with the embarrassments which it recognized, and the duty which I owed to each member of the cabinet. In accepting your resignation as Attor ney general, I take pleasure in oNpressing my approbation of the zeal and efficiency with which its duties have been performed, and in assuring you that you , carry with you my best wishes for our prosperity and hap piness. I am, very respectfully, your obe li:tient servant, - ANDREW JACKSON.. JOHN M. Rrantfm, Esq. P. S. You will please to continue to dis charge the duties of the office of Attorney General until you rnako all those arrange ments which you May deem necessary, Which when coMplisted, and I am notified thereof by you, a,successor will b appoint ed. p A. J. WASILMGTON, June 22: 1831.. Sin: In conformity to the s,uggesttoe contained - in my . note of the I.sth instant,' have to ititotTO7you that the arrangements necessaroii`iput the office of the Attorney General in a c,ondition.. for the reception of my successor are now complete. The miarepresenta.tions which .are lated in the nespapors on the t.itibiect of my Tetirenietit . from office, make it propef that this correspondenceishOttld I siihroitted to , the public, tts • 11,11, act. of.P.Litice both to, you , mlin myself-- - v arni.reeetrnily.; your obedient servant, • • 'NO. NI ACTITERSON 131.:11RIEN. To the l'ltErilioner (if the Unitt , tl Stales. WasniNtrroN, Jane 22, IH3I. SIR: Your note of this day is received, advising me, "in conformity to the sugges tions contained in my (vout) note of the ) 15th inst. I (you) have; to inform you (toe) that the arrangements necessary to put the office of the Attorney General in a Cf M11111( . 111 for' tho reception of my successor ate HOW complete." For reasons assigned in Your note, you further observe "make it proper that this correspondence should be tAibmitted - to the public, as art act of justice both to you and myself:" I ant sure I can have,no opiection to your submittinff them as void propose, as you. believe this t(7) be necessary - . I ant, re spectfully; your obedient servant, A - N DREW JACKSON. • JOHN M. BERRIEN. Front the Herkimer; N. Y. Free Press. OUR GOVERNMENT. 'Fho present attitude of the general gov ernment is altogether unique, and would portend unspeakable danger. to our free in stitutions, were there any prospect that our present rulers would continue in power, or that ant imasonry would possibly fail of a triumph. But the wonderful ravages that disunion has made and is now making, have left the dothintmt party in the condition °fa crumbling fabric, loosely and hastily put together at first, cemented with untempor ed mortar, and now, in disjointed fragments, whirled about by the gusts of passion. The great hazard to our freedom whiCh the ele • ments drat now compoSe the administration might portend, wero,,they,in a more healthy state, is Comparatively removed by the feuds that have banished the "ministry" from Court, and rendered, the strong arm of party power nerveless.. Still; however, the ele ments of danger are there, and wo now see a powerful effort making to revive them from their languishing state. It behooves us all to stand at our posts and watch the results of measures. Let 113 not, at this in. Wresting criis, be taken oil' from our guard. The general government, like our state regency, halve most unwisely linked them selves to the principles and fortunes of ma sonry. As Americans, as republican citi zens of the United States, we regret. this with all our souls. We stand before the mont. It is a stain and a libel open our nationariMiciples. W hnt fellowship hatli light with darkness? What affinity does plain, unostentatious republicanism boar to a government of kings, high priests and sovereigns? Why should the broad, open principles of Equal. Rights be entrusted to tho guidance of secret intrigues? Those who administer our.government aro amena ble to the laws of Masonry. They are sworn subjects of the Masonic Government. The masonry of this country is amenable to that of G reat Britain. Our lodges received their chapter from that of England . , and are to this day. under oath-bound allegiance to it. The President of the United States occupies a rank in the Order which enables him to eonimand the support of the fraternity, in dependent of all other party considerations. ks Grand Master of "one of the States, ho possesses nut only an influence but an au thority among the fraternity which is de structive (f the elective frati'Mse. To this filet ho may owe much of the support which he received in 182.3.'-- At all events, there 's-not-it-shade . w:ofdoabt that this 'avail is now used to its utmost extent for the pur poses of future need. It is not long since the papers contained his reply. to an invita tion to attend n masonic celebration at W ash ington, in which ho declared himeelfao ad heiing mason. Ho, now holds upon his ma sonic power, in vain hope that it Will stand him in hand when other resources fail.— For his_ own saki?, as well as for the henor of the country, we most ._heartily wish he had done otherwise; we wish ho had fairly and honorably thrown himself upon the country, without grieving his best friends by invoking- a forced assistance upon prin ciples so utterly repugnant to all our love of liberty and our sense of republicanism. It is one of the greatest errort of his life that ho did not do it. It is an error which, aE: it is persevered M, will be fatal to his pros pects, inasmuch as it must entirely alienate from him the attachment of the honorable ~ and republican portion of tie tim*, who go for "the country, ,the whole country, and ' nothing but , the . country." If any evidence were wanting of the truth elan that we have said of the connection of Masonry. with the Head of the Government, we find it too fearfully corroborated in the appointment of Edward Livingston, of . Lbuisiana, GENERAL GRAND HIGH PRIEST or run GENERAL GRAND ROYAL ARCH' CHAPTER OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA„ as Secretary of State, it place of Martin Van Buren, who' has been so unceremoniously driven from that post, by the force of opiniOn. Here we see the Whole power and cuergivrof thehighest officer in the ,U- Men brought in to Airport and enforce the. Masonic claims of the . Grand Master of Ten nessee. What but Masonic considerations .could have brought Priest 'Livingston' into thalirst pinch it the cabinet? Other circumstances were :tertainly agaihst him. By taking him. from t i oN . ..A. Senate, where he. now. has.a seat, lepsittrifiee . Oe vote there, tiS.LeuiSjana h now in the oppositioh and will'surely his plate with An - 00pOS1-• tion marl. Finally; in all - respects but his • inasourV,- he be-as Van liiiren was, a deadweight !Ton Nit ponAlarity of the. kte- Iltit with tly /rate rnit;y.7n opera--. that is, with adiri'Fivy, ma I 4 power is potent. Nis raa-sunie titles are the magic which a great retinue of support is in-, tended to be :lit raeted. Vain delusion! The sequel %WI show, that .his tines posses re ptiki ye as %veil as attractive properties. The "iteck or nothing" masons mar follow the saeredotal mitre, and robes and observation shows that it is not the intimt years alone that is "Plo nso l with a raid°, tiokietl with a straw." . • But republicans will look with jealousy upon such:imoAL, exhibitions, and will kel themselves driven by conscience and patri otism fro:n the cause that has made an alli ance with such a !molting coalition of inon ,archy and hierarchy. ! - !ence we see, even now, that the active partimns of Jackson, and especially t h e tww converts to Jae kson isino are principally confined to the ranks of adhering mason:,. Let every man look at home, in his own town, and his own county, and see if it is not so. Who aro leaders— the suh-regents—of what, in vile mockery, is called the republican party? Who have recently been turned out of office, and who _put in, by the General & State GoVernments, in your neig,lrberhood We put the ques tion to every reader. In this gathering and fortifying of a grand masonic political party, wei have a lull view of the pressing demand for a politi cal Anti-masonic party—one that can meat tho evil on its own ground, and defeat it.— Nothing else will do. No other organiza tion will answer the purpose. It must he purely Anti ; masonic in every principle and every measure. To such a party genuine. republicans will flock, to. Rave our country and our country's institutions from the burn ing rind fatal disgrace of giving to mason ' ry the control of the political Mower. !lore is a real principle to stand upon—no visioti ary basis—no charm of wordy—a principle . of -immense importance--{t principle that, in its Ulterior, if not its- immediate efli:cts, is one of LIFE OR DEATH TO THE 11EPI'llide. Tzm Irtrnzannin.lo mi\T=i Fruttt tiro Fredvrick-t(Tn Examirwr, Juuo 2J THE EXt:CUTION. "John Markley was executed on Friday last, the 21th inst. at 11 o'clock, according to his sentence, in a field adjoining "The Barracks" in the suburbs of the city. Ito was carried from the Snit to the place of ex ecution in a carryall, which also contained the Sheriulof the county, and the Rev. Mr. cladhr, who has„ most zeeleusly acted as his spiritual gaud) from-the me of his con viction. Having arrived at l 'Apa gallows, the criminal ascended the ladder which led to the plat-form, with a firm and undaunted step. After a hymn had been sung, the Reverend Mr. Scharer feelingly addressed . the itnmenso crowd which had assembled . , on the destructive consequences of vice, and tho Rev. Mr. Clark of the Methodist Church invoked the pardon of God for the wretched criminal, and the deliverance of mankind from their besetting sins. The religious services having been con cluded, Mr. Schleifer, in the most earnest and solemn manner, entreated Markley,-if ho had any knowledge of the murder either directly or intrectly, to divulge the cir cumstances as the last duty he could render mankind, and for the relief of his own con science. But to those entreaties ho pro tested, as he has again and again, that he (lid not murder Artwey and his firmily, and was entirely iA, , norant by whom the crime was perpetrated In a short time after, the criminal was laced on the drop, the liital noose at piste( , an t m cap t rawn over us fitce—and while in this situation lie was a gain solicited to divulge the circumstances of his crime; but ho reiterated his innocence —and was then launched itito eternity.— rising of His struggles were brief—the rising one leg, and the quick heaving of the chest being the only indications of agony." • In addition to tho above information from the Herald, we have been favoured with the following statement by the Reverend (ler irYmen who had attended the wretched cul prit. ~ in his confinement. We trust that no one will bo perStraded, by the protestations of this malefactor., into- a belief that he was innocent of the monstrous Aare for which ho has strtibred. Neither of the 'reverend , oentlethen as we learn from themselves, gentlemen, entertaintimy doubt of his guilt; anti, intioed• his simple asseveration ought--to have itl' •weight in opposition to the overwhelming and conclusive'' estimony which was win. cod on his trial. A chain of circumstances, atinrding evidence 'stronger and more unda iniabld than positive proof, point him out as the perpetrator of the-deed,- . with as unerr ing aim and certainly as if the assenWod population of the county had lOoked on and beheld' tht bloody murder andcenflagrat ion. To the Public, relative to John. Markley. ... We, the undersigned, being called, in the Providerice of God, to attend John Markley, during the periottof his imprisonment, from the day of his being sentenced to die to the day efliu,execution, do certify to tho pub lic/ at ril. 0, that w the ild criminal, though ropeated y and- faithfully urged to do' so,_ never m de any confes.4ion or disclosure whatever,- relative: to the btoody deed for which he suffered the,ponalty of:the law. Even a moment before ho was launched in to eternity,..-Mr. Sehmifer seleninfy intorre dated hind upon the subject, adding thelbe meir _Warnings against the Vital conwquen .cei offaltiely denying the charge, but with Out effect. it is true that he has loft a his- Ory Of hisitfe„nearly in his own language,_ in the hands of Mr. Scluelihr,(whO detected t hinun a v. ri9ty of contradictory storiesj - iut without admitting admitting his IminVledgii of,. fir iparticipatiot it', the murt4lr oPolui,Nowgy andlimaiv, . ' • •' j •• , ) . ' - . ' - lb ' , • liS history has not been given to the public, nor i$ ill it he for the ptesilit, if ever. It represeot4 the said Markley to have been rritiltv' oh ;lmost Sorts •of vices, except that of Murder.. It wintlik if published, on lv be a momentary warning to all gamblers, sabbitt 11:brea ers, cock-lighters, whoremon gers, (kr,(l. lisi 1101011 Wati a terrilile com ment on those and kindred sins. have jteert induced to make this state ment, that the, contnmity may nut' tleir ti lt: ea by- pettny-catehers, ho are too . lazy tri betalii) themselves to useltil tt.vr en by tho s e who are' as ready to publidi hes tts any thing else, for their own seltidt purposes. 1)1VID F. SCILF,FFER, .TAMES G. ITAMNEIt. Jun" 27, IsBl. ANTI-MASONIC. TO THE PUBLIC. The undersigned called seine time ago at the °dice of the National Gaulte, and ask ed William Frey whether he had any oh ject ion, and inlet, whether he would publish Richard Rush's letter in his paper. Ile paused for a time. Anticipating that lie might expect compengation for it, I asked him whether he would make a charge for it, and how much? His answer, after look ing it over was, that it would cost from 30 to 85 . dollars, for three times, rind half that amount for one insertion. I told him he asked too much, that I would not pay it, and that they published much in - their pa oiless importance than Richard Rusies--7- letter. There was another gentleman, t suppose his clerk, present. I make this statement because, I understand, Robert Walsh, the editor, has deniot that any such ipte4itatizati asked ; or proposition for mo. my to publish it, made. William Frey said he would inform Robert Walsh of what I proposed, and let him act as he thought hest. The denial ofßobert Walsh must - have been made with the knowledgeof William Frey; and the proposed to W. Frey must have been known to It. Walsh. To the truth or thet hove statement I am to give testi. moi iy; and illy relnarks have a V been made in consequence of It. 1V:11,11's denial. HENRY WILLIS. fimo. 18th, UirTho gentleman who li signed the above certificate, (says the Philadelphia SAO is u re spectable member of the Society of Friends, and a man whose statement Mr. Walsh's best etlint4 wt no inva ta ok • o Tavelinsoroc tho and shifts mots will rotrt to, whon thoy aro diitdrtiffi'dt,t4 4. . as well a'a allutio thorn.. A RENUNCIATION Fiom tho Troy Watchman. Mr. Editor.--If you think the following will be of any public bendfa, you may give it a place in your paper—and when a more convenient opportunity oilers I will give you a detailed account of certain cireunistanceB relating to the fate of William Iltorgan. JOIIN PRICE. I, the subscriller, John Price, of the town of Ledvantinl . ) tow o AO city of Troyof lawful age say that I was made a mason in Friendship Lodge in On. - tn.rio county, aud have been honored with the Royal Arch Degree, ifit may be.called honor. As far as I ion acquainted with masonry, I believe the institution to be cor rupt and dangerous to our free republican government and often pervertive ofjustico. I have every reason to believe they are bound to-carr into elliwt all the b of the institution, oven if it is to take the life of a mason who exposes the secrets or ma- sonry Troy, May 80, 1 ANOTHER ! ! . From tho American ‘Vbig. To the Master, ITrardcns, and Meonbcrs. ()1 Grecn illoantain Lodge:— The undemigned liviiag within the juris, die tiea of said Lodge, respectfully represent_ that we have caretnlly and impartially in vestigated t h e principles of Spe- Freemasonry, and are fully of or o t to be laid aside, and that man cannot receive benefits ad - cc tuna emient4e;ofeentinuin,g - . mein:bet! o klf the Insti• We therefore, hereby mak( Lodge, that we no longer crr connected With' the I nsti. ever he happy to meet hr. btu monthOrs'orthi:l,.or ► friends and neighbours , . JA HE. (. P. JOH SEC , .41..? - AND .• a • PRQ4 • • Mr: - /-tentemeay--. . paper my name pub:_ mason, with a large dents in 'town, • :; So far tia form yoii and the pi: .• sidor myself a mem-- having several Ins6it Lion. Respei • Massachusetts, i, k, ~ ,t • '' ' ' ' ' - . = Jersey have appointtli ~ -. ~., ." I _ftnd NOSI National Conventiot ' ; ' Ns ' ' : ZP i e 2 .6 ~.1 /( convention Was ho c , ~ , 1 • ,in.oept. tn. verhill, N. iri" and ''' ' ' ‘ .l ' all ' . at Ha : state will a l so 1, 9 li t 1 ,•,: , t ~ the gran& MI JOHN NUM ."'d 1831, n your la 4 rig a Free ' "them resi. wish to in lo not con: Fraternity; - ndonpd, the .1 4