Litchfield enquirer., 1830-01-21


SO sudderIa change in his mind. The Presi.
dent seened, for TIME, to be left without the
| power TO assign any reasons. In the course
| Of the conversation, Mr.. Gerry, alluding to
| the previous interview, mentioned that the
President had giVen him 10 understand that
he should be continued in the office. The
President Immediately became imprisoned,
and said il there was no other reason it was
J sufficient he had told n faIeshoOd; and re-
quested him to leave the room. The Presi-
dent was so bOistrrUus, and exhibited n cOun.
tenance SO fierce. that the Hon. Mr.. Hayne,
FROM South Carolina, who was present, anti
| cipating that something serious might grow
out Of the controversy, remarked to Mr..
Gerry, he thought he had better consider the
Presidents reply rs conclusive, and retire. as
required. Mr.. Gerry, however, conscious
that the charge Of falsGhUOd was not imputa-
BILE to him, was not disposed 10 take Mr.
Haynes advice. nor to comply with tn"
Presidents request. He renewed the cun-
| vrrsation, and was told by the President to
leave the room. Mr.. Gerry was anxious that
an explanation should be had, in the presence
of those who had heard him charged with
faIsehood, and was still disposed to remain,
and justify himself. He commenced relating
the conversation that had previously been
held between them, when the President, in
fit of rage, threw himself back in his chair
and Mr.. Gerry, as well from sense of pro-
prIcty. as by the entreaty of Mr.. Hayne, left
the room.
This is the conduct of the chief magistrate
Of this nation, who is compared to the i'm
mortal Washington, and said Ito have filed
the measure of his country's glory "Oh !!
Tell it not in Gath, nor publish it in the streets
Of Askelon.'-N. Y. Daily Adv.
Mr.. E0tOn.-In our last, we published
card from Mr.. Secretary Eaton, denouncing
4 IN bitter terms the authors of d statement
| which was going the rounds of the papers,
but without denying the truth of it. Some
of our readers having requested to see the ar
ticle which brought out the Secretary's mani
festo, we this day publish it, or the one to
which we suppose he aIludes. 1t fplows, as
published by the U. S. Gazette:
There is a subject which, at this moment,
when General Jackson and his administration,
are SO keen on the scent after abuses, recon-
mends itself not only to his notice, but to the
notice OF every one. 1t appears that in the
examination of the accounts of the late Pur-
ser Timberlake. the former husband of Mrs.
Eaton. the disconnected portions of cores
pOndence between the Purscr and Mr.. Ea-
ton were discovered. BY what accident,
TINS private correspondence came among the
papers. rumOur has not told us. From these
letters 1t would seem that the Purser, who is
? a detauIter to very heavy amount, was in
the practice of renting sums of money
from the Mediterranean, to Mr.. Eaton, which
were acknOw lodged by Mr.. Eaton, and were
invested in houses n this city, formerly be-
longing to the father of Mrs. Eaton, and now
standing in the name Of Mr.. Eaton. The
correspondence, as have said, is imperfect.
, IS SAID that great pains have been taken to
get n0!d OF and suppress the letters, as far
as practicable. AS soon as it was known
that this correspondence was in the Office of
the Fourth Auditor, gentleman, knowing
me terms on which Mr.. Eaton and Mr..
| branch stand In relation to each other, went
10 the latter, and made him acquainted with
the circumstances. recommending to him to
demand the papers as public property, and
to secure them by placing them on the files
OF the Department. Upon this hint the Sec.
| rotary acted. demanded the papers. obtained
Them, and. as it is said. went with them to
the President, and laid them before him, but
took care to bring them away, at the close of
the interview, concerning which we have no
information to be repeated. But the facts
u"sc 6oe dOTOdu winch nave stated and II
rs further said that the Rev. Mr.. Campbell
has in his possession copies of the letters,
which he threatens to bring before the public
eye should sufficient provocaton be offered.
l know not what he may deem sufficient
hut Is we'll known that his name and charac
ter have been assailet, in consequence of the
part he took in some recent disputes, and ru-
mours say that Mr.. Eaton himself used Ian
guage towards him of very insulting nature.
Copies OF the correspondence ha>i ing been
under the inspection of several individuals. if
not IN their possession, it is not to be expect.
ed that the contents can long remain secret
from the world. have no authority for as.
serting that any positive abuse was intended.
surprising even that the statements are accu
rate precisely in the form in which rumour
has conveyed them to me but Purser Tim
berlake having died public defaulter, suspi.
cl0n may find in that fact something 10 feed
upon. 1t may be inferred that the public
money was directed into this unlaw ful chan.
mel, and 1t may become a question whether
the public have not right to be refunded out
OF this property as FAR as it goes. At all
events, 1t Is to be expected that rs General
jackson affects So sincere and deep an indig-
nation against public abuses. he will not per.
init the private friendship which exists be-
tween him and Mr.. Eaton to prevent him
rom Causing "A nPaAnNs NJ and IhOrnallh