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BMC*7fr*£f!3fcS =” —“lcBMHIHMIII .•«?a » ^ H k m rwal an® graferttiser AUBURN, MAY 31, 1837. TA« People's Candidate f o r President. den. W illiasa H. aarrisen . We perceive that the naw#papers of tho day 1 rather than rebel against the laws, made to go-- continue, when alluding to the existing condition '■ ern t h e m ; it is indeed ai presentation to mankind of the currency, to mingle, politics with the dis- ] . 83 it ia digraceful. The remedy is cusflion, and thus add to the excitement that au » ^ t _______ thpmaelvea: T b * M e e t i n g held yesterday at the Exchange (the proceedings of which are given in to-day’s paper) was in every way one of which the Whig* may well be proud. It com prised a larger nom* ber o f people than we have ever before seen con gregated upon any similar occasion,—and a very Ifcree proportion of these were farmer* and agri culturalists. Tbe true worth, the bone and sinew ofthe country, was there fully represented ; and it must have done good to each one present to witness the coolness, the forbearance, as well as th 8 manly determination of having “ righted what is now wrong,’’ which was evinced a 9 well fay the countenance of each, as by the whole tone of tlie proceedings. There was nothing like “ panic” (of which our opponents have been so much afraid)—nothing like a desire to spread “ distrust and disorder” —but every sentiment advanced was intended to soothe the Pa?t and present excited tone of public feeling. Some very few years since the nation was prosperous and happy. The administration that then came into power, began to make “ experiments” —and now, as the neces. *ary result of those experiments, tbe nation is suf fering all the distress of disorder and of ruin. Now in this case, what is to be done? The ad. ministration party have the p o w e r : Of them, and from them, the people demand a remedy for the evils which their own madness, their own folly has brought upon the country. Yea, the people. demand this at their hands. If it be accomplished, timely and fully accomplished—well : But if not the people still retain in their own hands a full and complete remedy fbr this-as well as all other usurpations. This can only he applied through tke ballol-l oxes. _____________ A Q u a u d a r y . —In the £:h section of the act of 30lh June, J836 “ to regulate tfie depositing of public money,” it is enacted, among other things, ■that no bank shall be selected or continued as a .place of deposite of the public moneys, which shall not redeem its notes and bills on demand in specie.” Now as there is scarcely a Bank in the Union which can continue to redeem its botes in specie, upon whom is the keeping of the public treasure to fall ? with whom is it to be de posited ? But perhaps all this difficulty will be got along with by the public treasure itself com ing up among the missing! Before being too much barrassed to devise what is to be done with it, it might not be amiss in the first place to find out where it is. ready exists upon the subject, between the two great political paities of the times. Can this course be considered either wise or patriotic ? All admit the evil under which we are laboring.— Would ti not he better, ther fore, in. the first f plaee to attempt ta restore the patient and remove ' the disease, before entering into a quarrel as to the cause'' By no means, neighbor—the first movement should be in all such cases, to “ remove the cause ofthe disease,” and then the work is accomplish ed. This mode of tinkering with diseases with out first inquiring as to their nature and origin bats been tbe ruin of thousands. T he S o u t h e r n L iterary M e s s e n g e r con tinues to serve up a rich repast, in tho most taste ful manner possible. It is edited with true tact —and is most beautifully printed. N e e d any thing more be said in its favor,? T h e K nickerbocker still goes on improving, and as a natural consequence, extending its cir culation. It now issues over 4000 copies month ly, and with the next volume is to be greatly enlarged and otherwise improved. T he L adies C ompanion for May, is the be ginning of a new volume. The literary contents are altogether original, and many of them op great merit. The embellishments are a view of only in the people, they must right themselves they must not think because it is a free country, anybody however ignorant they may ha, elected by mere party strife, will answer the purposes intended by our free constitutions. W e have now the proof, that ignorance by mere love of office ami of power, have got into all the highest ponsi'ole places; that from one unlawful act to another, from the allurements practiced by can ning party men, without knowledge sufficient to pass laws for the good of the whole, and so ig- norant as not to oppose bad laws proposed merely for party purposes; finally to cap the climax of folly, the government has directly interfered a* gainst\ law and common sense in deranging all the monied concerns ofthe country. If the peo ple could be suffered to be let alone, to pursue their varied concerns as common sense anil inter* est pointed the w a y ; such as was always practiced by all our former Presidents, the earth would soon know her sabbath again. All sane minds well acquainted with the nature of trade, now see that all our woes and troubles arise from the want o f experience in our public coundfls. Ignorance, ambition and passion, have been the order of the day since Gen. Jackson and Mr. Van Buren came into power. The people have had a sad lessen indeed. It is paying dear for by every principle of patriotism and jus- tice. Resolved, That the public good, in tbe preservation of the public faith and confi dence, ih the maintenance of the public currency, and in the support of the consti tution and laW9, shall continue to be objects of our unceasing regard. Resolved, That the last legislature, in failing to pass a general banking law, and refusing to restore the circulation of small bills, afterauthorizing the banks to suspend specie payments, wilfully set at defiance the expressed will of tbe people, 'and have otherwise proved themselves unworthy, faithless and unfit servants of the people. Resolved, That, as the d e r a n g e m e n t of the currency, the principal cause of the existing embarrassment, is justly attribu table to the unwise, obstinate, and ruinous policy of the administration, we hold it re sponsible in a great degree for the c a l a m i t y which ’has come upon us, and blighted the prosperity of our.counlfy. R e s o l v e d , That the remedy for these evils, and one w h i c h alone will afford per [From the N. Y. Evening Star.)- LA T E A N D IM P O R T A N T FROM T E X A S — SPEEC H OF P R E S I D E N T H O U S T O N — SU P P O S E D C A P T U R E OF C O L O N E L W HAR T O N BY T H E M E X ICAN F L E E T — M UTINY IN T H E T E X IA N CAMP. By the arrivals from Texas at N e w Or leans, we learn that the Mexican fleet abandoned the blockade in ihe beginning of this month and returned to Tampico and Matamoras— having.first captured four or five American merchant vessels, inclu ding the Champion and Julius, and also the Texian schooner e f war Independence, on board of which was Col. Wharton, late minister to Washington, and whose safe arrival at Galveston has been erroneously reported. Every endeavor was making by the Texians to fit out properly their little fleet for sea, which was ready to sail the 15th inst. from Galveston. The schr. Flash was still on shore, and the Sam Houston had been hauled off without injury. Most of the Mexican officers that were detained the falls of Catakill, elegantly engraved by Inman from Cole’s fine painting—and the work is got up j knowledge, but there is no other way but for the in a manner highly credidabte to the proprietors The *’ Help one Another” System o f Insuring works to admiration in almost every place where it has been tried. By tbe first annual report of the Ontario and Livingston Mutual Insurance Co. we learn the following facts :— The Company commenced issuing Policies on the second Wednesday of May in the year 1836. During the past year there have been issued 1221 Policies. Amount o f property insured $1,486 571,59 Amount of premium notes, 124.507,52 5 per cent, on same, as paid, 6.228,31 There have been surrendered du ring the past year, Policies cov ering property insured to 6 100,00 Amount o f premium notes thereon, 581,00 Leaving now Iusured, 1,480,471,50 Amount of premium notes now in force, 123,936,52 During the same period M l a single dollar has heen paid for losses! The incidental expenses of the Company have been $1,022.37-*'Which de ducted from the 5 per cent, on hand and due leaves a balance on hand to pay future losses, of $5,205-94! This is certainly a very pleasant commentary upon the Mutual Insurance principle. A S elf M oving M achine , or perpetual mo tion , is at length discovered—-and as will be seen by an advertisement in other columns, is soon to be exhibited at the Western Exchange. The discoverer is a Mr. Charles Boss, a young me chanic, to whose skill the public are indebted for this great yet simple invention—the whole being demonstrable on scientific principles. Let the doubting go—see it—ar.d be convinced. T h e N fav -Y o r k M ir r o r of Saturday week, was enriched with t. beautiful portrait of N. P. Willis, E~q. engraved by Parker, from a painting by Harding, of London. It is an excellent en graving; and. wiiich is better still, a good hke- ne«s, of an admired writer. The articles in that No. of the Mirfor are entirely original, many of them the works of our b»st writers. It should oof be forgotten that early in July a n e w volume of the Mirror will be commenced. B. R. Peck, at the Postoffice, is agent for tho above works. The editor o f the Patriot expresses a vast deal of wonderment at the fact that several Whig pa pers come out openly and make known their wishes with regard to the man to be supported by the Whigs as the next President. Some are for W ebster— others for Clay —and others still, for Harrison— while others, again, think the pre sentation of either premature. To him, it un doubtedly appears to be singular that men dare raise a voice in favor or against any man for of fice until after he has received his cue from the Regency; until after the degraded and degrading members o fthe kitchen cabinet haye made known who is to be supported, and who to be opposed* Until such orders are received by the regency press, ali are m u m : But no sooner have they come to hand, than every quill is turned to the recording of the virtues of the designated candi date—to extol his skill, talents, &c. &c. and to wind up by assuring their readers that no other being on earth could have combined so many ap propriate traits of character. L ike a set o f span* iola they raise not their voices until iheir masters command, and like the same spaniels they are then ready to howl, bark or growl against, or purr for whomsoever and whatsoever their mas ters may desire. 'W e 'have received the “ V ictim of L ove — a rural tale” —which we are somewhat inclined to believe is rather too soft, soothing, melancholy and pathetic for these times of embarrassment. But, Wljen leisure offers, we will endeavor to look at it again. W e have countless other matters on hand which are only watting until tho “ pressure5’ o f other matters is somewhat removed to receive all due attention. A fe tv days since the Washington Globe and Argus made a call upon all the political papers of the country, in the present emergency, to forget ** party,” and to work together purely for die good of the country. But strange to say, for al most every day since that call was made both of tho«e papers have teemed forth with even an extra amount of political cant and balderdash. T h e GlofcE (a paper which has from its com merfcement been wallowing in the lowest depths of political filth) now has the audacity to come out and request the f • press, of whatever side in politics, to forget party warfare!” If principle had nothing to do with the warfare that is waging, this request, even from this quarter, might possi bly he complied w i t h ; but as it is, it is the daty of all connected with the press, to point out thq, evils as they exisi—the course of conduct which has given them rise—as well as that by -which they can be eradicated. whole people to arise, combine and by one mighty effort throw off the men, to break the chains which party virulence and baleful rule have forged ; let them cast aside all ignorant preten ders and choose men well educated, honest and experienced, and the national ship may be yet saved. _____________ JogV H ANCOCK. The government cannot employ workmen about the Navy Yards, or other public works, unless it can dicker with them for something else than gold and silver. The workmen at tbe Phil- adelphta navy yard recently determined not to work unless they were paid according to ali for- mer usage—The government officers gave them to understand that this would be impossible—and SO, after some little palaver, the workmen con sented to go on ns usual, and receive their pay in paper rags.” _______ Blair, ol the lalobe, a few days since called upon the pet banks to resume specie payments, or give up their trusts. Since then even the gov ernment pets at Washington, have been compel led to withhold specie payments—Wonder how Blair thinks ofthe matter now. Would it not be well for the officers of the general Government, (whose course of ignorance has been mainly in strumental in bringing things to this wretched state) either to commence specie payment at once from the national treasury—or “ give up their trusts” and acknowledge that they are incapable of managing the affairs ofthe country ? manent relief, c a n be applied by the peo. at Libertad, have been liberated by the pie; that it is resistance against the po- generosity of President Hruston. licy of measures o f t ie administration, j Congress met the 15th instant at the open, bold, manly, and effectual resistance, town o f Houston. The Texan volunteers through the ballot b oxes,-That as freemen at La Bacca, or Mavidad, have been very attached to our constitution and govern ment, and jealous ofthe liberty guaranteed to us, we pledge ourselves to u?e every honorable effort to secure the election of legislators who will conform to the will of the people, consult their interests, and pro mote the public good, and of executive officers who will regard the expressed will of the representative branch of our gov ernment. R e s o f v e d , T h a t th e p r o c e e d i n g s o f t h e m e e t ing be signed by the officers, and p u b lished in the A u b u r n J o u r n a l , A l b a n y E v e n i n g J o u r n a l , and A l b a n y A d v e r t i s e r . HIRAM RATHBUN, President. J. A. C l a r k e , ? S tephen W ooden , j Secretaries. An Omnibus Line has been commenced be tween Albany and Troy—fare on'y one shilling. T h e M a i l s . —Mr. Sherwood, we learn, has again taken the contracts fqr carrying the U. S. mails in this section.—T o commence with June. M essrs . E d i t o r s , — Allow me to suggest, as a means of relieving the present pressure, that the Legislature should be speedily convened, nnd the following measures adopted : The Stockholders of the Banks to be liable in their personal property; the Banks to isrne twice the amount of their capital, to be allowed to issue small note3, and to suspend specie payments for one year. These measures united, it is believed, would bring all necessary aid—and do all that the-state can do. towards bringing about a better state ol things. Q. T h e motto of tlie Van Buren paper at Wash ington, is—“ The woyld is governed loo much \ — as to the truth of which, at least so far as this country may be taken as a specimen, we have had proof sufficient within a few months past to satisfy the most skeptical. The last Marshall (Michigan) Times—a Van Bilren paper, conduct ed by a violent Jackson man— in speaking upon the above motto of tbe Globe, has the following palpable and clever hit at the meddlings of the general government with the interests o f trade, &c. “ Trade should be left, in a great measure, to regulate itself. Too much interference by govern ment in Us general operations produces conse quences, directly the rei'erse o f those which it was intended to avoid. Indeed, every pub'ic in terest would best prosper under the influence of a few plain, simple laws applicable to i t ; and when, at any time, it should become a little de pressed and enibarrassed, it would be more likely to regain its usual elasticity by its own energies, than by governmental tampering with the common pursuits of its subjects. It is true, that it is the duty of government to encourage and promote the interests o f Agriculture, Commerce and Man ufacture*. and to subserve the cause of Science Literature and general education. But each of these national oLjec»s must necessarily depend Upon the ability and industry o f those immediate ly concerned in them, rather than upon leg-d con trol and legislative provisions. They will not flourish, with all the pecuniary aid government can bestow, without judicious management on the part of those who act in the sevetal pursuits they have chosen for themselves. But there is a mu tual responsibility attached to rulers and tiie gov erned ; and neither should usurp the province o f tke other .” ___________________ A late Van Bufefl paper says— '* Onr ptublic servants have to obey, not make the laws.” — Right glad are we that the Van Buren men are fast coming down to this simple truth : This was evidently the intent of tbe founders o f the gov* eminent, and had the Van Buren men as a party acknowledged it for the past eight yeafs, our country would already have been saved a vast -deal o f misery. Economy and retrenchment, roared Genera Jackson. The yellow boys shall flow up the Mississippi and every man shall have a silk purse full of the Benton mint drops, thundered Jupiter Tonanp. Down with Biddle and lhe Bank, we shall have a better currency, shouted the Globe. All hail! glory and reform, cries the Richmond Enquirer. Van Buren is a dear little man and tho favorite son of the democracy, doles out sim pering Miss Croswell, of the Argus. The re trenchment consists in increasing the expenses of the government from thirteen to tHiRTY two millions ” ot dollars. The Yellow Boys are con fined in the pet banks. The Regency are wel come to the glory, the National brnk has been destroyed and the better currency is exhibited in the flood of old fashioned shin plasters. Van Buren is at Washington very complacent’y en joying his salury of twenty five thousand dollars per year, determined to do all tbe mis chief he can in four years, well satisfied that the people will elect his successor. E xpung e . A traveller who ha* beau somewhat conver sant with the western rivers, says (m tbe N. Y American) that a large portion of the horrible accidents which there continually befal steam boats, may be traced to intenipei ance 1 Ho statis that on board one boat, tt barrel of whiskey on tup, was kept .on the wheel guard, and the Stew ard drew from it in a large vessel constantly for crew, who were mo rt o f the time intoxicated. , S.,,\.1 »’B T ‘ . .,,')■■!iU Economy and Reform l-'-R is stated in the Alexandria Phenix that preparations are now going cm “ to furnish the President's House in' a new and costly style o f magnificence, which wifi eclipse even the fortnef gorgeousness which was exhibited in tome of the rooms o f that mansion.” Is npt thi* * well-chosen time—now when ever the Government ia unable|to pay its debts,—for such extravagance and /idly ? Fur the Auburn Journal. We as a nation, present tho most novel, as wel* as the most awful spectacle the world ever saw. no History gives us any thing resembling our situation. W e may be considered by all mankind the most frdfe, most enlightened in the mass. W h e re there aro more people, who by industry of various kinds, produce something to add to the common stock o f wealth —Where thei-e i* a great! r field for human exertion, where land is cheapest and to which men are from the old world, of the most able bodied, continually en d ' grating and bringing with them means to buy with their own money, a country—where com merce flourishes beyond all example, where tlie mechanic arts aro promoted nnd flourish without interruption, Where learning is encouraged and supported be} ond any other peop’e, where we have the inestimable privilege o f frequent elec tions, to appoint tnen of our free choice to make la ws for our necessities, otfr prosperity; a country where man is more free to pursue his own intcr- e»t, apply his own energies beyond any other: where amidst all these and other countless bless ings, such as religion and morals, and all the virtues which adorn otfr nature; where for the support of the great scheme of trade and of cred- it, we have more o f the precious metals, for the true bast* o f confidence for the support of curren cy, the life and soul of credit so imltspensible for a Nation’s w e a l ; yet astonishing as these facts are, this Nation has suddenly become bankrupt; a spectacle unparrelleled in the annals of the world. An event, if the causes which have pro duced it, had occurred m arty o f the most despotic governments o f Europe, no: King or Emperor could remain on his throne; a general outbreak ing would be the result; society would be thrown into convulsions. All experience evinces this course of events. Nothing is more no'nvinding to the world, of the love of order in the pbople of the United States, that they know that all disorders against law and human rights, increases the e v ils; they therefore endure less o f property, reputation, and all' the blessings of industry At a meeting of the Whins of the county of Cayuga, hpJd at the 1 Exchange in the village of Auburn the 30th dav of May 1837. pursuant to a special call from thie Town Commiitee?— Mosely Hutchinson, was called to the Chair, and Theron Hamilton was chosen Secretary protem. Warren T. Worden. David‘White, William Richardson. Albert Crane and T . Hamilton were appointed a commiitee to report officers. Mr. Hiram Rathbun was appointed President. Isaac Turner ancl Elias Manchester, were chosen Vice Presidents, and J. A. Clarke anJ Stephen Wooden, were appointed Secretaries. The meeting having been organized, Mr. Hutchinson stated the object of the meeting, and Messrs. Morgan, Richardson, Manchester and Worden, addressed the Convention. Christopher Morgan, William- Richardson, Mosely Hu'ehinson, Warren T . Worden, B. Franklin Comstock, were appointed a committee to report resolutions.. The Committee reported the following resolu tions which were unanimously adopted. Resolved, That we deeply deplore the present alarming crisis in our State and National affairs, and the embarrassments in business which, have brought ruin and distress on a large portion of the American people; and that tve are desirous to allay the distrust, agitation and alarm which per vades the whole community. Resolved, That the evils arising from the scarcity of money', and the pressure of the times, fall with great severity on the industrious and laboring classes of society, who are compelled to make great sacri fices to provide for their daily payments, while capitalists are deriving great profit from the increased value of money. Resolved, That the operations of the farmer, merchant, manufacturer and me chanic, have been checked, and the em ployment and wages of the laborer conse quently lessened ; and that, if the pressure on the money market is not relieved, pro perfy will become depreciated to a degree that will prove utterly ruinous to many of the most enterprising and useful members of the community. Resolved, That the existing embarrass ments and panic among all classes are mainly attributable to the derangement of the currency and the specie circular, anc iu a degree to the spirit of speculation anc overtrading encouraged by the rapid in crease of political State banks, and the consequent facilities for obtaining money. Resolved, That the “ Experiment” has been fully tested, and has proved disas trous to the interests and prosperity of the American people. Resolved, 1 hat we view the preseni, state o f things as the natural and legitimate fruit of the late experiment upon - the cur. rency of tbe country, and that to place the country in a state of safety and soundness is but for our rulers to abandon their schemes upon the currency or the occupa tions of its citizens—return to the lights o experience and wisdom— leave the citizens to prosecute individual enterprize and for tune—the government o f the country con fine itself to its legitimate functions anc our country may yet escape the desolations of revolution. Resolved, That the “ better and har( currency” promised the people, as a sub stitute for a sound, established and uniform national currency, has resulted in an unre gulated, uncontrolled, shin -plaster cur rency. Resolved, That the Treasury order re quiring payments of public lands in specie has been productive of incalculable mis chief;- and, inasmuch as both houses of Congress almost unanimously voted to re An editorial article, in tlie Patriot of last week, for impudence and effrontery fairly rivals the unblushing falsehoods of the Globe. The Whigs, says the Patriot, “ gloat upon the. misfortunes and embar rassments of the country, because it furnishes them a pretext to find fault with the Government. Instead of endeavour ing to allay excitement and mitigate dis tress, they are striving to increase them. Whig politicians do not rely upon their own merits, or the justice of their cause for success ; but upon the embarrassments of the country.” A more shameless attack upon the Whigs, or one more destitute of even the semblance of truth, was never penned by the Editor of lhe Patriot. The Whigs need no pretext for finding fault with the Government. They have abun dant cause for complaint in (hose measures of the Government which have heen per sisted in against the light of experience — the warnings of statesmen— the votes of C o n g r e s s — and in defiance of the ex pressed will of the people; measures which have obviously brought the present distress on the country. Is it true that tlie Whigs ** gloat upon the misfortunes and embarassments of the country?” No man paying a decent regard to truth would utter so vile a calumny. The present calamity is confined to no class or party ; high and low, rich and poor are all brought under its influence. Thousands of honest and industrious men, Whigs and Yan Buren men, have been prostrated by the pressure of the times ; and, surely, they cannot rejoice in a public calamity which has brought ruin upon themselves. Every effort has been put forth by the Whig press and the party to avert this awful crisis, and since it has come upon us, none have strived more zealously to allay excitement and mitigate distress than have ihe 'N bigs. ie power to afford relief h a s been in the lands of the administration — they have turned adeaf ear to the distress of the peo ple, and tho responsibility must rest wiih them. We are told by the Patriot, that their fthe Whigs) only hope of success is based upon the extent of the calamity, and the prevalence of the belief that it is ustly chargeable upon the measures ofthe administration.” That such a belief pre vails very generally is unquestionably true, and all lhe glaring charges of a pensioned press cannot shake that belief. The peo ple are satisfied that the gold and better currency is all a humbug— that the safety fund is all a deception— that the specie order has worked incalculable mischief— that the self styled democracy are not the exclusive friends of tho poor. They enow that the last legislature, composed hnost entirely of the friends of the admi nistration, was a pack of political gamblers, trampling on the rights of the public, rt obedience to the edicts of the Albany Regency—and they will avail themselves of the first opportunity to substitute better and more honest men. They know that Yan Buren by a fawning subserviency to General Jackson, has acled the part of a traitor to hi3 country, and the people will rejoice when they have the privilege of electing a successor. F R A N K L IN . - Re^. G. B. Cheever, of Salem, now travelling in Spain, writes to the New York Observer, on the stale of temperance in that country. Ho says th it cold water is carried about the principal streets of the cities and towns in Spain, “ in large vases of porous cl.iy, or wheeled around in por table fountains wiih large glass goblets, for the refreshment ofthe purchasers.” Mr. C. says, that the Spaniards have a prov erb, “that drinking water neither makes a man sick, nor in debt, nor his wife a wid- dissatisfied at remaining inactive, wishing to advance or be discharged. The army by constant arrivals how a- mounts to 2400, in the best order and dis cipline, but they suffer for want of provis ions and pay. Ou the 5th of May some unwillingness was manifested by a number of the volunteers lo attend to their duties, on the pretence o f the government not hav ing performed their promises. The fol lowing day a number were put in irons. T h e sam e night five hundred a r m e d with muskets went to the guard tent and de manded the release of the prisoners, whieh being refused, they forcibly effected the same by knocking off the irons. Gen. Johnson, the commander, though confined to his tent, mounted his horse, called out the artillery corps, loaded the pieces with grape and Cannister, directing them to fire on the mutineers if they did not immedi ately return to duty, which they sullenly did. [Quere? Has some of Bustamen- te’s or ins New Orleans agents’ gold been at work in the Texan Ca mp ? There are always desperadoes in our country unfor tunately who, stimulated by the corrupt example of our own kitchen cabinet gov ernment, look upon bribery and treason ns honorable virtues.] Gen. Johnson is still most of the time confined to his tent, and has written to President Houston to be relieved. General F. Houston has by this time arrived. It was credibly reported at Velasco May 11 th, that Santa Anna had been restored to command in Mexico. The Carmikavvay Indians, according to the Velasco Herald April 27th, have been at the head quarters of the Texian ai mv, and formed a treaty of alliance with them. The army, it is believed, will shortly en camp on (he Nueces', to be more accessi ble to suppliss of provisions. Besides the 240o or 2500 it n ow numbers, there are 51)0 moro at the posts of Bexar, Co- i):ono. & c . From the restlessness they manifest, and desire to advance, we have scarcely a doubt that they will shortly make a dash at the nearest Mexican tow n s , Matamoras and Tampico. They cannot be dismissed, for the army, President Houston knows, is the Government ; and it is not owing to the humanity but to the cowardice of the Mexicans (hat th6 coun try has not been invaded. Why not strengthen pow e r f u l l y the navy, and take possession of Matamoras? They mighl in that event, however, be considered too ambitious of conquest, and lose some of the sympathies of their countrymen here. Forty men, chit fly seamen, bed heen draft ed fiom the army to man the vessel at Gal veston. The engagement in which Colo nel Wharton is supposed to have been captured, was seen from G a l v e s t o n , April 17ih, between two brigs and a schooner, which after the firing ceased, all bore away. The fine arts are flourishing in the capital of Texas. Mr. Wright’s Gal lery of Paintings is much applauded.— The schr. Byron, Capt. Pearsall arrived at Houston, May 7'h, being the first Amer ican merchant vessel that ever visited ihat place. It is believed the Texian Congress will do something for the improvement of the roads, which is much wanted ; partic ularly for the flood of emigrants daily ar riving by sea, and which also are on their way in droves by land. SPEC IE. The last Globe says in reference to pay ing hands employed in lhe Navy Yard in specie, “ if the government by the sudden failure of the Banks is prevented from paying specie to all, it shall be done in the end.’’ The stoppage of specie payments in every section of the Union, almost simul taneously, has produced the greatest em barrassments in all kinds of mercantile transactions and productive labor— has produced terror ancl alarm in every direc tion— the Banks suspend— the govern ment suspends— the whole affairs of the country are deranged, and the poor cry out for specie— for hard money, and the official paper at Washington says we can - not pay you specie / Why not? Where is the seventy millions in specie which the government boasted\ o f having collected by its prudent measures and wise precau tions ? Where is the gold and silver im- ported under the French indemnity?— Where are the showersof gold which were to fall on this land, according to Benton, Jackson, and the Globe? Let the people ask these questions. - The administration has it or ought to have it. Resume specie payments theu we say— Let the Govern ment take the lead—they have collected all the gold and silver in the land— the Banks have it not— it must he somewhere — where is it ? It is u s e l e s s therefore for the people to complain when they have the remedy in their own hands, or allow the Globe to abuse the merchants and the Batiks to cover tlieir own defalcations. Where is the seventy m i l l i o n s of gold and silver avowedly collected and held. Under the S p e c i e Circular? C eilainlyit is not h, the Banks, for the Banks could not redeem their paper. It is notin tlie navy yards J it will spile the old watch, but I tv or custom houses, for the administration will not pay in gold and silver. Let the hard money collected by the government, and secreted som where, he accounted for, before the people agree to s-uriam rulers S') corrupt and incompetent.— N. V. Slav. [JFVom t/ie N. Y, Evening Star.] TIMES PAST AND TIMES PRESENT. * We have had occasion frequently lo recur to writings and sayings of various individuals, who wrote and spoke of events thiit were to follow, in the event of such and such courses being adopted as were urged at the period when they thus wrote or spoke. But we have rarely met with any production that seems to cover so much ground, in the shape of prophecy, as the following extract of a letter written by M a jor Downing to his old friend, “ the gineral,” as long ago as September, 18-33, now nearly four years ago. The Major it seems had come on to New York ft om Washington, to ascertain fur” the gineral” how things would work in case the deposites were taken way from the U. S. Bank. H e fell in with his old friend Zekel Bigelow, arid they together entered into the enquiry, and the Major thus writes : “ Zekel says there is just about so much hard money all the while, and it keeps goin round and all about creation, and they get the most on’t and keep it, win, are the most industrious and cute in in. ventin things. He says that paper mon ey is jist as good, and a leetie better than hard money, if folks don’t shell out too much on’t; and it is the natur of'paper money makers to gitoffas much as they can ; and if it warn’t for somethin to check it, it would soon be as bad as old conti- nenUil times. “Zekel says, on the hull, that money matters, and banks and trade, aie all as\ cuiious as one of Peleg Bissel’s clocks and folks handn’t ought to meddle or be ultorin on’t without knowing ail about it. now,” says he, “ Major, I’m of no vv ant to And rood mind to give you a notion ; 1 k A Mational'Currency. — The New Ha ven Register, one of the organs of Democ racy, so caked, in Connecticut, contains a communication on the subject of the currency, which w<-> wnuld fain hopeexpre— ses the view ot the Editors. The writer says:— Things are discouiaging enough for the present ; the currency of the c o u n t r y is in confusion; vve have no general currency for the whale country, and th it is a great evil in all tho business operations at this time : it operates hard upon the working classes of the community. If a man has money due to him inNevv Orleans, Mo. bile, or any reroute part of the Union, or even as far as Utica, he must sacrifice a large part of ali his year’s business to avail himself of it. We cannot go aud bring specie without a ruinous expense,and tlie bills of their banks are trulr rags here — subject to S, 1 0 oi 15 per cent, discount. show you my notion why I think trouble will come, if the Gineral insists on knock ing down the U. States Bank.’’ Z«kel is one of them sort of folks and alvva^s was, who are determined “lo make, a spoon or spile a horn,” and with that he out with his old watch, nigh upon as big as a tea cup, auri wound her up, and then clnpt her to his ear, and then to mine. “ She is as true,\’ says he “ as the tides.” lie then opened her. “ N o w ,” says ho, “ Major do you sec lhat ere big chain pul ling all the while ? and then do you see a grist of little wheels and springs and screws ? Well then, look here ; on top is a big tuheel, that is all the while goiri round one way and back again, and jist so fast and no faster—that (says lie) is what I call tlie klicker , arid if it waru’t for that you would see trouble in it ;right off, and I’ll show you ; but I know it will send the old watch all to smash.” However, he tw.tched out the klicker , or balance wneel, and the old watch did whiz for a speil 1 tell you. Some of them little wheels went so fast you couldn’t see no thing on e/n for a spell. One at last keel led up, and another got its teeth knocked out. fc?he stup’d a spoil, then a spring ,M ___ _______ i nop'd and she w h i z 'd again, and the If he w ishes to travel f r o m one part o f the country to another, he cannot fill his pock-! splinters flew, and by find by the hull et wilh specie; it \Vould neither he safe (scrape on etn stup’d. Zekel slick’d his nor convenient ; aim it he take tiie bills o f : ken- don n and f oke 1 at me, and says he our own local banks, by the time he puts Major, we have spilt the old watch, but up for the riighf, he has got to submit to a shave on the money in his pocket ; and he has to repeat that operation daily, ( as he travels,) to the end of\ his journev—and returning he has to go over ihe same pro. cess again. There is no mistake about it— vve must have some general currency for the whole country ; and it must be a paper currency founded on sp e c i e hnsi-u we must have currency which will be just as good at New Orleans, St. Louis, or Buffalo, as it is at New Haven and Hart ford, and pass jnst as freely from hand to } I dont v,;!ly the loss on’t-an attorn, seeing lhat you have got a notion by it.” And wiih that he scraped it together and wiapped it up in the Washington Globe. “ There,” says he, “ Major, do you send that to lhe Government , and tell ihe Gine ral there is more there than some folks think on who want to meddle with Banks and anoney matters without ' knowing all about ’em ; and with that we took a glass of sivitchel and went to bed. Your be-f friend.. J. D O W N IN G , Major, Dowr.ingvii lo MiJiiia, 2d Biigade. hand without discount. State institutions * can never furnish such cu. rency— the ex- ! ~~\ - --------- : periment has been sufficiently tried, and is ' these p ^ ^ e s and assertions be now an acknowledged failure. There is compared with fuels as they have occur- no hope from that source. Nothing short j n a,K^ nrP f*a'0T transpiring : ofa Nation-1 institution, with powerful! Mr' Secretary Taney said ofth e de- restrictions, can accomplish i t ; that can ; ; l,osite hanliS in iS 33 By agreements it has done it, and it can mrain. ’ : among themselves to honor each other’s ___ _____ ___ _ note's and drafts, they are providing a gen- Sugar Plums for Good Boys. — On tlie eraI cllrren(;y atl^ast as sound as that of last day of the session of the Legislature, dm J3\iuk of the United States. ’ just before, the adjournment, the Speaker Gen. Jacksop. in lus message ot 1.^34, announced the receipt of the followin'*1 im- ohseives • ^ he State banks aie found poitant communication from the Calhier fA ly adequate tothe performance of all of the Mechanics’ Bank of Albany. services wbu-h uere required of the Bank ow. peal it, its immediate repeal is demanded «$-c. Caterpillars .—We have seen it stated in an old paper, that a simple and effectu al mode of preventing any injury to fruit trees from caterpillars, is by placing a fresh turf in the crotch of a tree. This is said to have the effect of making them quita tree on which they have already commen ced depredations, and the efficacy of tbe prescription may be easily tested. Mental Fever .— Of the causes of dis ease, anxiety of mind is one of the most frequent and important. When we walk in the streets oflatge commercial towns, we can scarcely fail to remark the hur ried gait and care-worn features of the well dressed passengers. Some young men ineeed, we may see with countenan ces possessing natural cheerfulness and color, but these appearances rarely sur vive the age of manhood. Culver closes an eloquent description of animal exis tence and change with tho conclusion that “ life is a state offeree.”— What lie would urge is a moral. Civilization has changed our character of mind as well as body.— We live in a state of unnatural excitement— unna tial, irregular and excessive. Our mus cles waste for want of action; our ner vous system is worn out by excess of ac tion.— Thackrah' on the Effects of Arts, The “ Experiments” of the Govern ment have s i^^lly failed—its predictions are falsified-^Ps humbugs exposed— its measures have inflicted bankruptcy and ruin upon us and have brought Commerce and Credit to an untimely end, Our own Safiy Fund bubble has exploded-the marts of business are deserted—our Ca nal boats gone to winter quarters and our Canals have become in truth a solitude. Ami<I the pause of anxrous suspense which has followed this utter desolation, the Government organ, in this city, forces a whistle to keep up its courage, and ef fects to “ have no fear that the administra tion will not be sustained by an intelligent people.” Doubtless it will be — The People are not yet satiated with Glory and Reform. * T h e “ intelligent people” will fly with alacrify to the support of so precious au administration. If such be the fruits of “ intelligence,” then blessed be ignorance— that honest sturdy ignor ance which is yet to taught to kiss the foot that trample™ofi its neck. If an “ intelligent people\’ evince such abject and patient servility, then they deserve al! and even worse than they have yet su ffered. It cannot be. This affectation of se curity deceives no one. The signs of the times are too manifest for mistake. The Architects of ruin stand in fear and perplexitv amidst fhe wreck they have made. They have reason for it.—There is a deep, an irrepressible feeling of in dignation against them among all who have a stake in society. It cannot be restrained. In its mutterings which are daily becoming more audible, they may read the sentence of sure ancMust ret- ribution.— Alb. Jour. _______ Wm L a z y r i c h G i r l s .— The editor o f the Orian, says “ lazy rich girls make rich men poor, and industrious poor girls make poor men rich.” He does not mean by flattery to sacrifice truth. _____ ; uf the U. S. quite as promptly, and with ; the same cheapness .” “ Sir— 1 venture, in speaking for our. selves to anlicipale the cordial approbalion , h|s me; of j g 35 Ge„. j a(.kson- ot ou f sister institutions, in saying that it r .i i •n cr i .u l i r i , farther observes : will atiord the banks of this city much pea- 1 ah t . c , c y , * “ All the wants of the community, m sure to furnish the legislature with som e ,1 i , . > n u n r? p v n v , i #, , • Gelation to exchange and OUKaG.N'G i specie cnange as thev are about leaving ’ . a r .. ■ ^ • are supplied as well as Iheii have ever been I hat gentleman may a»k for it ■ - 1 — ■ ]cfore.'' “ We shal! soon gain in the place of the Bank of the United States A PRACTICAL REFORM IN TH E WHOLE PAPER SYSTEM OF TH E C O U N T R Y .” “ The attainment of tlie city. with entire freedom, you are at liberty to make this announcement to the house. V e r y respectfully, & c . T h o s . \V. O l c o t t .” H m v noble ami Ihis r will fe l u c n lax on the p . . i O' n l r . W ■ o . c m , , iv|i|i.,| n||r p A i . K R S Y S T E M baa so iVndWitn what uHUtlrirabU* fneUnDjs of itude and adm i r a t ion must the. Van B u r e n m e m b e r s have received this anriounce- rneot, that the Regency Bank was u uhag i burpS£ncjr the public money, says that the to reward, with small change, their invnlua- ^ G E N E R A L C U R R E N C Y of the hie services ! They no doubt thought that ' coun(rJ ha8 ^really improved, instead of long p.ilj cted fro n the earnings of labor. Mr Secretary Woodbury,(in his report , of December, 1S3J, on the system of dis- 'ne era so long predicted hy Jackson, Ben ton and Blair had come, and each probably provided himself *.ifh a “green silk purse,” wherein to deposit the prechus sixpences and fen cent pieces; and lest they might have some delicacy about availing them selves of such unheard-of generosity, the Speaker w a s authorised to announce .that members might ask for the small change “ with entire freedom.” How flittering to the Speaker to be selected as lhe organ through which this announcement was made to the House .— Buffalo Patriot. Assertion . —“ The deposite hanks are performing the exchanges of the country on as favorable terms as tbe Bank of tbe United S t a t e s . ” —Report of ihe Secretary of the Treasury , 1S37. _ ___ Proof .— A merchant of this city held turarbecause it is par- last week a certificate of deposite of the Poughkeepsie bank, for which he had to pay one per cent, to realize the cash at one of our hanks. Distance from Troy to Poughkeepsie about 80 m iles!! HurrA for the better currency! 11-—Troy W h ig . A n A ct r e l a t i v e to u n c l a i m e d T r u n k s a n d B a g g a g e , was passed by the Legislature of this state. It provides that the proprietors of stages, boats, rail road companies, taverns, <fpc., shall enter the same in a book and notify the owner by mail, if they can find out who he is ; and then after thirty days to advertise a description in the State papar. £ixty days after this, the baggage is to be opened be fore a magistrate, when the magistrate must notify the owner if he can find out who he is; and if not, sell it at public auc tion, the proceeds, after deducting the ex penses to be given to the overseers of the poor.— M. Y. Express. The Government still persists in de. manding specie from its debtors , while it in solently refuses' to pay. its creditors in any thir.g but depreciated Bank Paper. On Thursday last, the crew of the J o h n A d am s was paid off at the Navy Yard, and when they refused to take any thing but specie they wefe shewn 1he order of the Secretary to pay them in Bank Notes ! ! __ JV. Y . CoUrri er. d e t e r i o r a t e d . ” In his repart of 1835, the Secretary further observes. “ In Mississippi and Illinois it is understood that bills under $5 have not recently been issued. The g r e a t b e n e f i t which have already resul ted to Ihe general condition o f the cur rency, ” &c. &c. In the report o f 1836, of the sam e s a g a cious Secretary, it is stated that —u Th e pro^pct on the subject of the currency i s therefore on the whole becoming m o r e - s a t i s f a c t o r y , even without further legis lation.” PU B L IC O P IN IO N 'Fhe Columbia, South Carolina, T e le scope, of May 13th, says: Is there in these United States a single man who would be willing to trust hia mouey tn the keeping of Benton, Blair or Kerdall ? Can a schoolboy be found who dose not understand arithmetick bet ter than Mr. Woodbury? Would any planter peimit him tn be his overseer? Certainly not. Yet in the hands of- these men is placed the great and diffi cult and hazardous and tempting business of the government! What can the nation expect, but to be made bankrupt ? Symptoms of Comsumptions .—It is st i* ted that over one hundred pair of corsets wpre sold at a cheap store rn Philadelphia, during one day. The ladies are de- termined to be in a straightened condition as well as the men. A newly invented cradling and thresh ing machine by Mr. More, is highly spo ken of at Rochester. It cradles and threshes with from 4 to S horses and 3 men, 25 acres of wheat in twelve hours. Hurricane. — There was a violent hur ricane at Warren, Pa. on the 5tli inst which unroofed several houses, lifted a hoy bodily in the air for some distance,— turned one house entirely around, blew down fences, and broke the arm-ofa wo man by means of a rail thrown violently upon her.— Alb.Jbur, I Dil leviec count aequt Bank| 0 0 0 ,1 more| c h a n t the ot from I reigr BILEI A [ ris, the He and not behi| fee in anl disa| the a s t o | h i s \vltl| the had .GolJ k e e j i irudil per ally O VO!| • M r . K u j A 2 S t | O k II sh )| she! m o ] Vd I dej] phi ret] I’pcl Thi obtl ancl viil dec] the] of lhe| pre kn<| pos I iiel er. /J chJ clo| IV) . sto| at Ol Bal ke<[ edl set! his ?ur| h)r| ehf of] pr] thi ok sail iof
