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the officers and erw were compelled to abandon the I JIOTICE, as you, and who together are stronger than you, swear BLANKS, PAPER AND TWINE." The following ode was written for the Tory celebra SPEECH OF OQDEN HOFFMAN, the Great Whig Milling iNc York on Ttsdaylait. "Fellow-Citixens: For theee marks of your kind-, anticipating what I am about to toy, I want words express my gratitude. They are soothing to mo indeed, on this occasion, when I am about to take a step more important than any which has marked my political life. A step from which, if private friendships or the force of long cherished feelings could aught avail, kk If hnarover. in the course obedience to you, if you maintain our rights, if not, not" But he has not maintained our rights, and onr allegiance is dissolved.

If we have departed from our allegiance, it is as the Barons of Runymede departed from theirs when they forced from the hands or the leluctant John, the magna charta of England as Hampden Sydney, and Russell did when they asserted English liberty on the field and on the scaffold as the patriots of the revo lutionas Hancock did when the arbitrary measures of the British King, and his crowd of office-holders com pelled them to declare him unworthy to be the ruler of free people, and themselves to be free and indepen dent I now declare myself free and independent i i owe no allegiance but to my country, her constitution, and her laws. Under the banner on winch inai con stitution and those laws are inscribed, I enrol myself; and whether in the battle soon to be fought between the usurpations of Executive power, and the principles becoming American citizens, that banner shall droop in defeat or wave in tnumnh. before my Uod 1 shall leei that I have done my duty to my country. 4. 9 From the National Intelligencer.

"Tn ExpaamaiiT." -The following ststement shows, in the clearest light, the ruinous effects of the President's "Experiment upon the commerce ot tne country, and proves the unsoundness of the estimate fur nished from the Treasury as to the receipts from duties on imports within the residue of the current year; From the JVete Fork Mercantile Mvertiser. THE SHIPPING INTEREST. To the Editors: Annexed I hand you an accurate statement of the outward and inward freights of many of our first packet ships, taken from their freight lists, FREIGHTS OUT. 1833. Dec 1834.

Jan. Feb. 8, Silas Richsrds, 10, Samson, 8, Roscoe, Liverpool, 375 London, 334 Liverpool, 677 London. 233 9 7 13 7 8 11 4 19 8 17 1 15 11 19 16 10 6 8 8 Ontario, 8, George Washington, Liverpool, 393 22, Oneida, do. 665 March 8, Napoleon, do.

616 7, Canada, London, 363 11, Hannibal, do. 713 April 8, Silas Richards, Liverpool, 507 Msy Samson, London, 627 8, Roscoe, Liverpool, 291 June 1, Ontario, London, 658 8, George Washington, Liverpool, 448 8, Napoleon, do. 226 July 1, Canada, London, 283 Aug. Hannabal, do. 341 6, Ocean, fine ship, 8, Independence, (new,) Liverpool, 256 FREIGHTS INWARD.

1833. Dec. 20, Samson, London, 444 24, Roscoe, Liverpool, 673 25, Ontario, London, 472 1834. Jan. IS, George Washington, Liverpool, 804 4 4 10 3 19 3 13 11 14 15 11 3 4 4 0 11 15 13 15 11 4 Feb.

8, Nspoleon, do. 1101 24, Canada, March 1, Hsnnibal, 6, Silas Richards, 29, Samson, 31, Roscoe, April 11, Columbia, May 5, George Washington, 7, Ontario, 22, Oneida, 22, Napoleon, June 12, Canada, 19, Silas Richards, July 10, Hannibal, 12, Renown, 26, Roscoe, 26, Samson, London, 405 do. 420 Liverpool, 631 London, 649 Liverpool, 946 do. 168 do. 624 London, 495 Liverpool, 115 do.

377 London, 259 Liverpool, 172 London, 253 Havre, 112 Liverpool, 648 London, 340 Transient These ships are of the first class, and cost from $45,000 to 866,000 the average cost may be about $50,000 each: the expense of each ship for a voyage is from $4,000 to $4,500, net including' wear and tear and in-ttrett on the cost, but the actual run of the ship, as it is called. In the above list of ships, you will observe one transient ship, called the Ocean, a very fine Hamburg vessel, and her freight out was 210. 8.t. 3d. The owner said it was ruinous to send ships here, as his loss would be great The new ship Independence, which vessel sails this dsy for Liverpool, has a freight of only 256 8s.

3d. but the experiment works well in another way the ship is full of steerage passengers, the consignees say that at least 300 have applied for passages home, but the can only take her lawfid number. Times are so brisk in America, they feel fearful of working themselves to death, snd choose returning home. A list of the other lines of ships will be had in a few days, with their im mense freight, which will be handed in for publication. Yours, etc.

Neptune. N. B. Will the Editors of the Evening Post, Albany Argus, Globe, and Richmond Enquirer, publish the above statement? Icy This list comprises the packet ships that come to one house in this city. In regard to the amount of foreign imports, our Jack son folks will find the quantity at least one-third, if not half, less than last year; but when our custom house makes up this quarter's return of duties, we shall see the glory.

It will fall upon us like a copious shower. Who will be able to itand 7 The amount of duties on the cargo of the packet ship John Jay, on her last arrival, did not exceed (en thou sand dollars. Some of her tormer cargoes have paid $150,000 duty. A number of honest people became alarmed at what they considered the extravagance of J. Adams' ad ministration, and as the Jackson presses said that the General would practise economy, these honest people aforesaid believed the tale, and supported the military Chieftain for President Instead however of being more economical, the present administration has been vastly more extravagant, as the following statement of the expences of the two will show The Freemen of Carteret Countv who most i ine Uourt- House, in the town of Beaufort, on Monday, the I5tk day of September next, at 2 o'clock, P.

M. for the Bu? pose of selecting three delegates to represent them in District Convention, to be held at Caswell, in Lenoir County, at such time as shall be designated hereafter The object of this Convention will be to nominate a Candidate for tho next Congressional Election W. r- respectfully invite our friends in Craven, Jones. Lenni, i-enoir, Wayne, Johnston, and Greene Counties, to select each three delegates at their ensuing County Courts. MANY VOTERS.

Beaufort N.C., July 19th, 1834. CONTENTS OF THE $uvmvSt tQtSttV, NO. Ill, Ol. 7 ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. On the discovery of Green Sand the "New Jeru.

marl" in the calcareous deposits of Eastern Viroini. nn Ka nritknhlA Oviat.nna rF tkia uuoiance in tx. innnivA hnHi not (ha isvoat rv I imifa ai i bl101 vi iivmi siiw w. vi ia iniuig vi VUT OFQIfi.br' 12aOpinions on salt and the carbonate nf I aI a9 manures, 137 Comparative estimate of buckwhr-. 11 T1 I ana ciover as green manures nusnanory ot the Valley of Virginia, 138 On the effects of gypsum near salt water, nonois.iis lacnuies ior commerce cos-trasted with those of Wilmington, 150 Beaufort S.

C. its erection into a naval depot, 152 Domed ticated fish, 153 Wild onion Gypsum Legislative farming, 153 Calcareous rock in Prince Edward, 154 Remarks on the discovery of calcareous rock in Prince Edward, and of the green sand in the low counties, 154 Amherst Agricultural Society, 155 Qi tne necessity oi legislative aia in agriculture, continued No. 3. On farming apprenticeships, 161 The skinless oat, 161 Irish potatoes as food for sheep, 162 Causes spelt and cheat in wheat, 162-On the supposed un.m OI wueu io c.ica and gain, lbG Error in Daintinir houses. IfiBiUnntnlv rv cial report, 181 Diary of the weather for April.

Miv 188-Seiaon and crops, 189-Improvement ofwnrn land, 190-On discontinuances of subscriptions, mj-uu wcorresponoe.irs ana suoscnoers, 132. SELECTIONS. cheap and useful water cart, 132 On reaping with the scythe, 132 Greenhouse plants, 139 Improved raw gUgarj i40The Golenosoak, 140 Apparatus for extracting gelatine, 140 Richmond 141 A few days at Holkham, 142 On the curing of clover hiv 148 Experiments proposed 143 On hay making, 149 Fertilization of old lavas, 155 On hilling corn, 15j A good crop ol tobacco trom Nottoway, 156 Myrtle, a remedy against the depredations of weevil. 156 () the excretory powers of plants, 157 To prevent the sprouting of store onions during winter, 163 On tho live and dead weights of cattle, 163 Extensive suit of live stock in England, 165 New method of destroying rats, loo tsreaa macninery, it3 Agriculture in liuvu-ria its improvement by the policy of government, 16i I'nces of improved short horn cattle in 170 New plants, 170 On the culture of clover, 170 Loss of weight in cooking animal food, 171 Coniupat aiicciioii ui a siiiirK, wi uu animals oi tne Illinois, 171 On the foreign orn trade, 173 Fire-side reflec tions of a Buckingham farmer, 177 Comparithe mortality in different places, ISI Preservation of fruit trees from hares, 131 Un the prairies of Alahams, 182 Speculations on rail roads, 184 Boat brigdes for rail roads, Uoad making on Macadam's plan. 185 Bone dust for manure, 166 Habits of eels, 187 To freo fruit trees from moss and insects, 137 Habits of the mole, 137 Feeding Stock, 189 To restore frosted potatoes, 191 Planaris, 191.

WASHIITGTOIT HOTEL FOR SALE. npiIE SUBSCRIBER having Jeterminel lo remove JL from the State, wishes to sell this commodious and extensive establishment It is pleasantly siliiHtcd in the cenlre of the town, contiguous to the Market snd Court House, and has always been extensively Iron ire d. The buildings have recently been greatly improved and enlarged, and they now offer every comfort to travellers and boarders. The public end private parlours are large commodious, the bedrooms airy and pleasnni, and (he stables and carrisge houses are sufficiently A general Singe Office is attached to lire estah'tshmenl, snd all the stages srrive at and derxirt from the Hotel. The Subscriber likewise offers for iaf, A choice Lot, No.

255, at the intersection of Broad and Hancock streets, immediately adjoining (lis Hotel: A Dwelling House, and Lot 252, Middle street, a few yards north of the Court House a very desirable residence for a private family One half of Lot No. 253, adjoining theabove An improvr Plantation, on Neuse road, ubuut two mrles from town, containing nearly WK) acres A corner Lot in Trenton, near the Court House tSO ncrea of Land on Bay River 100 acres on Trent Road, nine miles from Newbern, extending from the main road towards tl river, And 216 acres of piney pocosin Land, joining Dover Road, about twenty miles from Newbern. Purchasers will find the terms accommodating. JOSEPH BELL. Newbern 15th Aug.

1834. '11 vis VALUABLE LANDS, FOR SALE. INTENDING to remove from the State, the subscriber wishe to sell his Lands in Hyde Countv, Iconsisting of about 4000 acres, pait improved. As those who intend lo purchase will judge of their value from a personal inspection, he considers a description of the land and improvements unnecessary He also wishes to sell 'his Dwellin? House in Newbern, ihe lot, No. 127, un which it stands, at the intersection of Union and Graves streets, the adioininr lot No.

126, third of lot Nn. 19.1 street, and th unimproved lot No. 303, at the intersection Craven and New streets. SPYERS S. SMITH.

Newbern 8th August, 1834. 310 vt. of NOTICE. pursuance of the requisitions of a Deed Trust, the undersigned will sell tt publ' I sale, to tlie highrst bidder, on Monday the of August next, at the Court-House in Newbern, the well known and elegant residence of the John Stanly, in that place, now in the accu-pationof Mrs. Cletherall.

It comprehends IM four tia I iIia nlnn r( ilia cniri tOWll '7 the numbers two hundred and eighty, two hundred and eighty-one, two hundred and and iwo hundred and eighty-three. The will be on a credit of six months, and boD and approved sureties required. JAMES YV. BRYAN, Ttusttts. EDWARD E.

GRAHAM, Qih.TnnP.1RS4. 302 ids. Q7 The above Sale Is postponed til the second Monday in September neiN un vessel and take the boat, without aaving any thing, Easts txsrrsss Wis intended to -run reguianjr ueiwecn inn pori aim i Columbia. Frm the National lnlelligenttr AuGtisT 1 1th, 1834. The second edition of the New York Journal of Com.

merce of Friday last, under date of 3 o'clock, declares it to be beyond doubt that the Asiatic Cholera exists in thatcitv though as vet the cases are few. "Last night inai cuy, inougns ju wo and this morning," says the same paper, we nave heard of eight or ten cases, most or all of which have terminated fatally. About the same numoer, wo learn, i have renorted to the Board of Health. They are in all parts of the city, proving thatthedisease was not caught, as the expression is. but that it was endemic.

On the contiary, there are two or three cases which appear to have followed the laws of contagion." ine journal then states several cases, supposed to be Cholera, ad ding that "there is ino doubt a good deal of epunous Cholera." The other New York papers of Friday af ternoon do not mention the subject. BOARD OF HEALTH, (N. August 14, 183412 o'clock noon. The Board ot Health report that since yesterday at 12 o'clock, there havebeen reported by physicians iu the city gene- rally, and at the Duane street Hospital, ele- vem deaths and twenty-four cases by Cholera. J.

MORTON, Secretary. TWO DAYS LATER FROM LONDON. The ship President from London, arrived at New York, furnishes dates to the 4th ol juiy. contain nf interest is annexed. ll i The Editor of the Morning Post has been discharged from custody bv the House of Lords, after having occu- pied the House live days, fans dates to me isi r.

nnlininpg hv which the Chambers are called to meet for the despatch of business on the 31st July, instead of the 30th August fi i he meeting will De one oi mere lorra, anu mo wui- i. La Tl. cauBe of this change is said to be the intended visit of the King to the South of France in August. The Temps as- sures its readers of the appointment of the Duke del Cazes as Governor of Algiers, with lOO.OOCf. salary, and per annum for secret service money.

1 he Spanish Government are to employ an army oi 40,000 men to crush the insurrectionary movements in tne nonnern provinces tne nominal iuu given to Infant Don Francisco de Paulo, while Gen, Rodil will direct its movements. The appearance of Cholera at Gibraltar was official ly communicated at Madrid. It is said the Sultan is about to despatch an ambas- in demand from tne French the restitution of A I triers. By accounts from Java it appears an earthquake had been exDerienccd at Java and bumatra. 1 lie lo tal number of Dersons who were destroyed a mounted to 90.

At Hungary millions of beetles locusts are devour ing the crops and tillage. CONTENTS OF THE TURF REGISTER, AND AUGUST NUMBER. Memoir of Sir Lovell, Common method of raising Horses, Age and true parentage of (sir Archy, The principal Racecourses in England, The Royal Stud recent sales from, in England, Leonidas some account of. Goliah, Flying Dutchman, Dolly Dixon and Moy Day, Terms generally made use ol to denote me parts oi horse, with an illustrative engraving, The proportions of a horse. Camaiicha Chief, not an Indian or wild Horse from the prairies, TliumDs in Horses innuiry and answer as to their cause, and remedy for.

Scratches and Yellow Water in florscs effectual cure for, New method of Castrating Horses, Foxhunting in Baltimore county, Sagacity of the Newfoundland Dog, Method of killing Soia by night, The Game Cock, his origin, breeding, training for bat- tie, and rules of fighting, Arabian horse, on his character and qualities, Huntsman what constitutes a guod one, The good old Maryland stock, Contruct correction, SrORTING INTELLIGENCE. The dam of Annette, Epsom (England) Races, Catalogue of Stallions for 1834, Banter Georgia against the United States, Progress of the red Fox to the south, Racino Calandar Races at St. Catharine's Course, Miss. Adam's county, Miss. Mississippi Association, Lafayette, Augusta, Geo.

Columbus, Georgia, Alexander, Lou. Nashville, Tenn. Washington city, D. C. Trotting Reports Over the Union Course, L.

I. Eagle Course, Trenton, N. J. Hunting Park Course, Philadelphia, Harlem Trotting Park, N. Y.

Turf Register Pedigrees. Embellishment Engraving showing the proportions of the Horse. FLO UK. A it wnuie ana nan narreis uanal lour, fF.ur ii liiri i fresli round, received this ilny per Schr. Select, for sale by G.

BRADFORD. Newbern, 5th August, 1834. 310 Notice. IN accordnnce with llie last Will and Testament of MARY A. LANE, the Subscriber will offer at publick vendue, at the Courl House in Newbern, un Monday the 15lli dny of September next, part of Lots No.

288 nnd 289, corner of New and Melcalf-strecls, (the late residence of the deceased,) with the impiovemtnts thereon. Terms of sale Notes with two approved sureties, at 6 and 12 months, with interest from date. WM. HOLLISTER, Ezr. 14th Aue.

1834. lltf In Overseer Wanted THE subscriber wishes to employ a person who i3 skilled in the management of a farm, as an Overseer. To a man thus qualified, and properly recommended, fuir wages will be paid. SPYERS S. SMITH.

Newbern, 8th August, 1834. 310 vl. Notice. THE Suhscriher having, at the last term of Craven County Coutt of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, qualified as Executor of the last Will and Testament of MARY A. LANE, requests all persons having demands against said estate, to present the same, properly attested, within'the time limited by law.

WM. IIOLLISTER, Ez'r. 14th Aug. 1834. lltf 1 I I tion in Boston on the Fourth of July 1834.

There are other latitudes to which it is squally well adapted Tunc Hail to the Chitlain! Ninety-nine cheers for the hot-headed hero Ninety-nine more for Van Buren, his squire! Who sit at their leisure, and fiddle like Nero, Enjoying the frolic, while Rome is on fire. Hurrah for Hickory I None but old Nick, or he Could help us poor fellows to dine I We are all collar men Anarchy come again Hurrah for Jackson Blanks, Paper and Twine If you ne'er drive a loom, nor catch a codfish again Think of his olort, and shut up your tongue. Did he not shoot half a dozen miliatia men Were not Ambrister and Arbuthnot hung! Did he not shut a judge for a little grudge I Down with the monster, and give us pet banks, Now we are in for it. Who cares a pin for it! Hurrah for Jackson Twine, Paper and Blanks Fill for the Hero, who never like Sawney, Went "aoca gin," having utter'd his mind Fill for the chief puppet, Treasurer Taney, Who being rejected, most wisely resigned. Fill us a brimmer then, Health to the skimmer men, Diving in kitchens with Kendall to dine Pennsions and slavery Collars and knavery I Hurrah for Jackson Blanks Paper and Twine A bumper for him, but the tale is so sad, oh The pledge in his pocket stowed snugly away The dog lost the meat, while, he Bnap'd at the shadow! The ass was perplexed, 'twixt the bundles of ha) The Senate's a stumper Then fill us a bumper Of strong Congress water; there's nothing so fins.

or a stomach neglected, Of Statesman rejected. Hurrah for the Hero! Blanks, Paper and Twine! When the whiskey runs taper, 'tis painful to tarry, But the world is so prosperous, who can be sad Let us drink up the dregs then to sweet Major Barry The dearest Postmaster, that ever we had. 'Tis an era of merriment! Happy experiment! Barry deserves every editor's thanks. Like a Burgundy plaster, Let's stick to our master! Hurrah for the Hero I Twine, Paper and Blanks. SUPREME COURT.

5th August, 1834. Thomas N. Herndon, of Lincolnton, has been ad mittcd to the practice of the Law in the County Courts Opinions have been delivered since our last, in the following cases Rufmk, Chief Justice, delivered the Opinion of the Court in the case of Leigh v. Williams, Adm'r. from Pasquotank, reversing the judgment below and order int? a new trial.

Also, in the case of Featherstone Mills, from Buncombe, reversing the judgment below and rendering a judgment lor the Defendant. Also, in the case of Den dem. Avery v. Rose, from Burke, re versing the judgment below and rendering judgment for the Defendant Also, in the case ol Latllejohn v. Isier, from Granville, overruling the exception taken to the Commissioner's Report and making a final decree, Daniel, Judge, delivered the Opinion of the Cour in the case of Crow t.

Holland's heirs, from Haywood reversing the judgment below and rendering a judg' mentin favor of the defendant Also, in the case of Bradlev v. Souther, from Rutherford, reversing the judgment below, and rendering a judgment in favor the Defendant Also, in the case of Greenlee e. Tate' heirs, from Burke, reversing the judgment below and rendering a judgment for the Defendant. Also, in the case of Braghill v. Win.

W. Welborn, from Wilkes, affirming the judgment below. Also in the esse of Daniel Shipman r. Jonathan Mears and others from Bladen, affirming the judgment below. Also, in th case of Hardy Bryan r.

Washington and al. from Jones, affirming the judgment below. Gaston, Judge, delivered the Opinion of the Court against the prayer in the petition of the Defendant, in the case of Nathan Lhailin v. John A. Chafiin, to re verse the interlocutory order for a sequestration, and to deliver up the bond executed in pursuance thereof.

Kaletgn Kegisler, Dreadful and Fatal Accident. The Courier and In quirer of this morning gives the particulars of a most melancholy casualty. Un Saturday night, between the hours of 12 and 1, Mr. John Signer, grocer, of 161 Anthony street, having closed his store, took a small lamp which was burning, to replenish it with that highly dangerous and inflammable liquor composed of alcohol and spirits of turpentine. Having unscrewed the top of the lamp, he laid the wick still burning on the counter, and brought the can containing nearly a gallon of the compound, from which he attempted to pour a quantity into the lamp.

In an instant the flame from the wick communicated with the liquor, which caused the can to explode, and covered the unfortunate man with its burning contents. His wife, on hearing his cries, hastened to his assistance, and in a moment was als wrapt in flames from head to foot A young woman living with them, named Eliza Reynolds, was in the store at the moment of the explosion, and endeavored to extinguish the flames, but her own dress having caught fire, she was so badly burnt that she will probably lose the use of one of her eyes. Except two infant children, there were no other persons in the house, and the whole family would have been burned to death had not a young man named James, a pilot, who was pas sing at the time and heard the shrieks of the sufferers, burst open the door, and rushing in, smothered the blaze on the dress of the servant girl. Mrs. Signer ran into the street with her clothes burning, and fell down screaming on the sidewalk.

One or two persons came to her assistance, and wrapped a blanket and other bed coverings about her person, all of which were literally burned through before the flames were completely extinguished. Mr. Signer, maddened with agony, ran to a water butt at the back of the yard into which he plunged. During all the time he was in flames, he never uttered a groan, until his clothes were torn off his body, and the fire smothered. He then sunk down, exclaiming, "OGod! Iam a done man." The poor sufferers were taken and laid on a bed, where they received every attention that medical skill could devise.

They lingered in the greatest possible agony for some hours, until death put a period to their misery. The injury they sustained was almost too shocking for description. Their hair, eyebrows and lashes, were entirely singed off, and the whole surface of their body was a complete blister. After death, decomposition proceeded so rapidly, that it was deemed advisable to bury them as soon as possible and by half past eleven o'clock they were both laid in the grave. New York, August 8.

Another affecting and distressing death caused by Spirit Gas. John Hitchcock, Esq. a most estimable citizen, lost his daughter, about 13 years of age, in a most distressing manner. The child undertook to arrange a lamp filled with this most dangerous fluid, when it took fire, and immediately enveloped her in flames, which so burnt her that she died in a few cours, in the most excruciating agony. Surely a material so dangerous to human life, made, as we are told, of turpentine and spirits of wine, the most inflammable of all things, ought not to be used in any dwelling.

Charleston, August 7, 1834. Steam Boat Burnt The schr. Rice Plant, Capt. Corson, arrived yesterday, from Georgetown, having on board, as passengers, Capt Gardner and crew, ten in number, of the steam boat Walter Raleigh, from Elizabeth City, bound to this port, which vessel was discovered to be on fire in the hold, on Teusday night last sbout 8 o'clock, Georgetown Light bearing S. by distance 12 miles.

In about five minutes after the fire was first observed the flames had spread so rapidly, that 1 IUVUIU IUIUHK V- I now adopt, 1 wanted aught to cheer me on, besides the kindlv demonstrations presence here has called forth, I should find it in the example of the venerable man who has iust addressed you. (Here Mr. Hoffman poiuted to General Boot.) He is identified with my earliest recollections of the old republican party and, fellow-citixens. it is a proud consolation to me to reflect, that if I am einninz against consistency, I am sinning with him who has been regarded as a patriarch of that party. That I have turned with him from the trammels of that party to the support of our constitution and laws.

Permit me for it does not become to stir up your minds to a mutiny of rsge to slate calmly and deliberately the motives which govern me in the step I have taken. And you will pardon me for this allu sion to myself, for it is the first publick occasion I have I .1 I .1 II I nao, ana 11 IS pernapi mo onij one i auaii nave, i lade to the subject I stand before you as an office holder, and slander has already been busy with my I hold not my office from a Whig majority. It is known to yon, that besides the Aldermen, all the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, form the ap-nointin. cower to the office which I fill. Of these a majority are Jackson men.

I turn, therefore, from those whose power might harm me, to those who cannot. Why then, thus situated, am I found a stranger among you 1 the answer is at hand my conscience would not let me remain with a party whose principles I could not aDDrove. I was an early supporter of Andrew Jackson, too early perhaps, for I supported his pretensions at a time when it was as much treason to the party to be his friend as it is now treason to doubt the wisdom of single measure he has sdopted. I believed that his ele vation to power would ahed a lustre over the land he had so gloyiously defended. I hailed with joy the late demonstrations of respect which greeted him on every side.

But when I ssw that in the midst of those demon strations, and when the gratitude of thousands was as it were, poured liked a flood around his course, he had determined to gratify his personal hostility loan institution, bv a step in violation of the Constitution when I found that a Secretary acting under a conscientious sense of duty, was rudely thrust from office, to make room for a more pliant tool, through whose agency a removal of the publick treasury from the hands in which the people had placed it, was effected seeing all thin, I pondered, I could not support him and so I told my party and when the memorial approving of the rtmoval of the publick treasury, came tome from those to whom I owed so much. I told them that I owed allegiance to no party who might require me to do what my con science did not approve, and 1 believed the removal un wise, unnecessary, and inexpedient I would not, and I did not sizn it But still I hesitated. I still believed that the groans of a people suffering under the effects of his policy would reach the palace, that Andrew Jackson would discard from his confidence those who had used him for their selfish purposes. Do not mistake me. I felt no sympathy for the Bank.

I owned none of its stock and I wanted and expected nothing from it. I was deed opposed to all monied monopolies, but I found that the avowed enemies ot the United states Bank were surrounding this State with a cordon of Banks, and the Bank Commissioners were selected for party purposes and with a view to political ends. I inclined to distrust the motives of their avowed hostility. I was opposed to Banks, but not to the good they effected. So far they were accessary to nerve the arm of enterprise, and contributed to swell the flowing canvass of commerce so far I was willing to support them, but no farther.

But rrry feelings were entirely independent of the United States Bank. I looked only to the violated laws of the country, and to the breach of that faith which had been plighted to the bank at its creation. I thought the bank entitled to the same justice as the humblest individual prosecuted in your crimnal courts that should have a fuir trial that the jury should be an im partial one and not packed. When fairly condemned, awsy with it but the rights given to it by the people, and identified with the venerable name of Madison were sacred and should remain untouched. I should exhaust myself and you by dwelling further on the various motives which presented themselves but I may add that when I found the Senate of the United States throwing themselves into the breach that body, which Martin Van Buren, in 1898, declared to be the guardian of the rights of the states, and in a spirit of prophecy, foretold to be the only obstacles to executive encroachments when I found that body wantonly assailed for the performance of their duty; when I heard it said that it was a useless impediment to the operations of government, and dark hints were thrown out of dispensing with its ten ices, I began indeed to tremble for the safety of (tie Constitution and what I feared was openly spoken in the protest When the doctrine was avowed that one roan was alone re sponsible for all the acts of the Executive, and the same hand which held the sword might also snatch the purse, I might well fancy that I lived under a monarchy less limited than that of England.

I believed if such principles should take root, and be nurtured by the approval of the people, that at some future day, and under the energies of some younger man, they would grow up to a despotism whose branches would overspread the land. I then knew no alternative between attachment to An drew Jackson and love to my country. I could not hesitate; I buckled on my armor; and here, in your cause I am ready to fight; and here I throw myself among you. (Loud and repeated cheering.) Fellow-citizens. I do not forget thst the protest was followed up by a supplementary document, endeavoring to explain away its obnoxious features.

But what care I if the weapon aimed at my breast be turned aside from its mark by accident or from repentance? It is the attempt and not the deed confounds me." it is not necessary to trespass tanner on your pa tience. The usurpations of the Executive, and the at tempt to substitute bis arbitrary will for the voice of the people, are, in one word, the causes which nave roused me. Of General Jackson I will no, I cannot speak unkindly. I deeply lament that his laurels have been tarnished by listening to the advice of false friends. I would not tear one leaffrom his brow.

I am willing that the glory he squired in his country's defence should adorn the brightest page in the military annals of our country; but I am unwilling that that glory should play upon the free institutions of our country, like the rays of the sun en a palace of ice, melting and wasting it away while it beautifies and illumines it. I am willing that on the eighth of January, the brilliant achievement of New Orleans should be held up to the enthusiasm and admiration of his country, but I am more willing that on the fourth of March, the Constitution should be subeti tuted as alone worthy of the homage of an independent people. I am aware, fellow citizens, that for this step. I shall be a mark for the obloquy of the party I have left or rather, I should say, the party who have left me. I believe, that that party has pure and disinterested men in its ranks.

I leave among them warm, ardent and sin cere friends. If there be a Jackson man present, would ask him to ponder on these things. 1 would ask kin whether the principles here complained of may not be visited upon bis children's children. They shrink from the charge of deserting the party but when is this devotion to party to cease A re they blindly to follow the steps of a man whose course they may have approved, though they lead to a precipice. If they now continue on, and like him who reared on the ruins of the French republick, a splendid despotism, he noma aectsre himself Consul for life, will it then not be aeaenioq to leave him 7 Or, if in progress of ambition, he should convert the highest earthly honor the Pre- lucuu.i tnr mio a throne or his power, will it then to be treason to abandon "him 7 When then, is the time to lesve him When you believe his mea-sures are calculated to destroy the liberties of the land, or are you to wait till his power is resistless But we have never sworn allegianee to Andrew Jackson we have sworn allegiance to the principles which raised him to power.

Or if we have sworn, at least we may be allowed to insert the proviso io the oath of the proud Arragonese of the 15th century, in swearing allegiance a Spanish monracb. We, each of whom is as good a Years. Total Expenditures. 1825, 23,585,807 72 1826, 24,103,898 46 1827, 22,656,764 04 1S23, 25,459,479 52 1329, 25,014,358 40 1830, 24,585,231 55 1831, 30,038,436 12 1832, 34,356,698 06 Adams. Jackson.

The increase of expenditures under the first four years of Jacksonisin is eighteen millions of dollars, from which deduct ten millions more of the publick debt paid off than during Adams' term, will still leave an increase ol EIGHT MILUONS OF DOLLARS II So mnch for "Glory," Reform," Economy," Retrenchment," and all that sort of thing. ADMINISTRATION PRINCIPLES. The following brilliant collection of maxims, illustrate the principles of the present Tory administration "All who are speculating upon borrowed capital, ought to break." Andrew Jackson. "If the people want relief, let them go to Nic. Biddlc," Andrew Jackson.

"The Merchants have ever been found arrayed on the eide of the enemies of the country." Government Globe. Almost the entire business of this State, and the whole country, ia founded on a Gigantic System of vrcuiv lw. Li, ftiarcy's Message. "Perish Credit Perish Commerce Perish the State Institutions." Hon. Mr.

Bcardsley.J "I am opposed to all Banks, from the South Sea Bubble, up," Andrew Jackson. "I am opposed to the United States Bank, for some of its stock is owned by Europeans." Andrew Jackson. I've got my foot upon the neck of the Monster, and I'll crush it" Andrew Jackson. Independent Democrat. Curious Verdict.

A pauper in the Southamton poor house cut his throat last week, snd the verdict of toe coroner's Jury was that he died of consumption. ing the 8th day of the month..

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