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ays I. "when one wants thing in a hurry.

avs I. "when one wants thing in hurry.
Now" saws |, II only keep one pocket;
and 60, that notion" says !. from SQUIRE
Blddle, for he keeps envy most every thing
IN one pocket. and he can tell in mint
pretty much all about cny thing"
The Gncral kept all the while feclin and
iurnin his pockets inside out, bu, no spec
lacles. Saws he, "Moior. ] reckon them
ere spec,acles are somewhere in one OF
these pockets, and III find 'cm," said he.
'rf have to take my shirt off" and at i,
he went, and he off coat and jacket, and III
the while shokin EN- to find the spcctac'es
by and.bv see hole in his pantaloons-
pocket I'm on track now," says !,
"Glnoral, here's hole:" and, sure enuii,
when he came TO take off his boots, there
was his hest gold rim, specs, and oil broke
to finders. and it we hadn't been lookln
for 'em, and if | hadn't seen that ere hole,
you never would say they ever bad been
specs, for they were all jamb'd to no'hn'
There was curious notion then jest
come into my head, and stood stock still,
holdn the Glncral's pan,noons in one hand
and his right boot upside down in tolher
aud there Law the spccks on the floor, (oi
VIVA, there was left on 'em y and the Cine
raj stood lookn at me with eny most moth
| NO on hlm,and the Message and the Treas
ury Counts and my slate lay on the table,
| here warn't word said for more than ter
mlnu,es--an awful time to stand so.
SO to rights the Glnera he spoke, AM
says he. Major, what are you thnkin on ?
"Whv," says |. "Glneral, was thinkln.'
says | if you had kept your specacles il
your side breast pocket, they would be OF
your nose now; but" said |, "lhat amt 'h
worst ont, I'm afeard," says |. "Glncral
ne ne got Too many pockets for oar money
and chen 1ce ,cnnt IL ire haU hare TO com
10 our shirts and boots before ice find IT,"
The Gineral got as horncly as all natur
at this; and SAYS he, "Alajor, wish no,
you was only Calhoun, or Bddle, or Clay
or NJ Duflee or Don Prdro,or Black Hawk
or any one but Major Downng--for fec
as il should like to give some one thrash
ing" why" says /, "Gineral you ain
mad nor no,hln, be you' for am too,
says ]; "and every time look at tn
counts says |, 81 feel as # | would Ink
to get hold Of some one, and thrash 'er
too. land so we stomped about spell
cussln and dsscussn most 'hings till we &C
cool agin-.5 it was considerable Of a storI
tell you. Your friend,
], DowNING, Major.
Downingvile Militia, ID Brigade
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The four first periods, 2-lS0l-lS05 and
1917 cover the whole duration Of The first Uni.
ted States Bank. The charter of tina, institution
expired in 1871 and there were then SO Stale
Banks. The second u. S. Bank WAS chartered
under Mr.. Madison, 1876 In The five years that
interviewed, between the expiration Of the first
Bank and the chartering Of The second ; The State
Banks had increased from SO 10 246-being 1852
From 1916, The date of the second u. 5 Bank
to 1880 when Gen. Jackson had commenced his
rigorous attacks upon it-being period Of IA
| years--'he State Banks increased only from PIG TO
329 -heing So average Of only sic year.
From 1880 to The present time -sepen yenrs-,he
State Banks have increased 49i from 329 10 S23)
being an annual average Of more than seventy.
Take another view. From the Revolutionary
War to the year 1880. the number Of State Banks
created was 329; from 1880 to 1887, The number
created was 4S4, In other words, the policy Of
Gen. Jackson and Mr.. Van Buren, has given TO the
country more State Banks than existed in the
whole preceding period of our hstory-yea, more
by l65.
We beg the reader TO examine the foregoing Off.
cia table. furnished by the Government. leisurely,
and TO draw his own conclusion. Let him not ice
the fact. that in 1880, there were but 329 banks,
and that there are now S23 and then let him won.
Her. il lie can, at the condition which the country
is now in
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ION, when his country dcmau0Sd exer-
N, and. judging from present eppcaran'
ut the end Of his four ysars, will be
nd to have gone 10 tie rear. where be
II be left, aud reported among the mis-
=.
Bu, our Counlry--IIcavcn bless hcr--
suffers when her children suffer; hor
! ctionnre, Industrious, valued children.
SO will mourn over them. But If the vlgor
her constitution has not OcCn broken by
Treatments land firmly believe it has
t--lcl he Constitution have fair play.
.miss he qnacks with their poisonous
s'rums bring in the homes, aud intelligent
visets who havc been displaced, and,
iii little moment to recover from PAIN
excitement, she will come forth again
all her beauty and strength, n she Wa
he morning of her davs, when her glory
10 blended with the glory of 8shington,
i both were soilcned and chaslcned by
bmjssivn reverence TO the Constitution
ID Laws,
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One Of the Persian emperors married his
own sister, but having some doubt of the
propre'y or legality of such connection,
he referred the question to the judges of
the kingdom, and asked their advice in the
premises. After a very grave consultation.
they finally reported to his majesty, that
there was, to be sure, no law Of PERSIAN
which permitted brother to marry his sis
ter, but there was one which permitted the
"KINes OF PERSIA TO no WHATEVER
THEY THOUGHT PROPER"
This is the law which General Jackson
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Rochester, July 3.-7he Oneida Bank
RotJers.-We learn from Capt. Su,her
land of the Traveller. that in answer to a
rrqnlSiton from Gov. Marcy, Sir Francis
Is. Head has authorised the removal of
Harvey to this State. But as n civil capias
was served upon him before this order was
issued by the Governor, his removal Is pro
h'b'ed for the present. The debt alleged
Is fer real estate purchased for which
Harvey stipulated to pay $4,000
His arrest produced as the arrest of oil
great Williams produces-a good deal of ex
element. lie had in his employ great
many aborers, who openly proclaim their
determination to llberate him if his reno
val is attempted. But as John Bull has a
very expressive mode of queIIlng riots. It
is doubtful whether these threats will be
put into execution,
1t is SAID that an accomplice of Har.
vey's has been dlscovered-- but not arrest.
cd. His name-or one of his names-is
MOrgan; aud all who are DESTROYS of doing
something to secure the execution of JUS
tice. will be on the look out for man with
part OF one Of his ears chopped off.
Harvey maintained a sulen silence. Al
his arrest, he threw pocket book away
which contained some five or six thousand
dollars on the Bank of Rome. All who
have seen the man, and heard his examine
ton, are confident of his guilt. democrat
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New YoRK, July 9.

NEW 1ORK, JULY =
Some days ago I wrote you that great
political movements were gong on in this
great State, which would in time affect the
whole Union. Every days observation
develops more of these movements. The
Albany Regency has been battling it loud
and long, but conclusion is reached at
last, ind it appears 10 the Albany Argus
Of Saturday morning, in the form Of an
Address from the Albany General Repub.
ican committee. can now announce
that the Regency at Albany land the Re-
gcncy Of Albany now hold empire in the
Capitol of our common country)have aban-
doned Col BENTON, abandoned the Ex.
pertinent" abandoned the humbugs Of the
Specie Circular, 1.-THE Mint Drops" "thc
Yellow Boys" "the sken purses, with the
gold peepiug out of the inters,ices;" all.
EACH and ALL, are abandoned This I'D
dress denounces the exclusive metallic cur.
rency, as the Wings have denouced it, and
in the very language, rs return 10 barba
r,sm. It upbolds tho CREDIT SYSTEM
think of that, we of the Globe--,he State
Banks-- The suspension law; and it denoun
ces, and cuts loose from the Rad Gals, the
hard.money Democrats, The Loco Focos
and the Jacobins of tie day.
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Jacksonism has reduced us from the
best and most equal currency the world
ever saw, to nothing better than ire.
deemable bank paper. We invite our
readers to witness the progress Of Jack.
sonism, in the following article from the
Spring field Republican. which is worthy Of
attentive perusal:
Banks. We have taken some pains to collec,
accurate details upon the subject Of Banking In.
sliIurions. We have already stated the number Of
Banks in The country. We now give below some
further views, in tabular form, from Secretary
Voodbury's Report, 10 wit, the number of Banks,
and The amount of Banking Capital at certain pc
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BWMH YN@YQ NC
FRIDAY MORNIN LYl4.
COUNTY CONVENTION.

WV ~ WV hA> iOANs
Agreeable to the call of the committee,
a Convention of the Wings Of Chttenden
County assembled at WilIiston on the 10th
instant, and organized by appointing JOHN
JOHNSON Chairman, and AsAHEL NASH
Secretary. On motion, a committee of
one from each town was appointed to pre-
sent nomination of Senators to the Con.
vention, and a committee Of eight to pre-.
pare business &c.
The committee of nomination retired,
and aftera brief consultation, came in and
reported to the meeting the names Of
JOHN VAN SIcKLEN, Jr. and
Harry MILLER,
as suitable candidates for the Office Of Sen.
a,or for the ensuing year--which report
was accepted and said nomination unanl.
mously concurred in.
The committee on business reported The
following resolutions, which, after some
remarks from Messrs. Ileman Allen, ]. N.
Pomeroy and VIM. P. Briggs, were unani.
mously adopted.
Resoiued, That every days experience
adds strength to the conviction that we
should act under the influence of the same
conscientious regard to duty in politics as
In other matters, and that in proportion TO
our departure from this great principle do
we endauger our republican form of gov
eminent.
Resolped. That the present alarming
distress of the community, arising from
the dcranged state of the currency, is as.
cribabe to the experiment Of the Execu-
tive, conceived from his cnmity to the
Bank of the United States, because its
integrity was too stern to be made the in.
strumen,al OF politica influence for The
support of parlizan policy.
RESOLVED, That sound and uniform
currency can never be created by State
corporations, but can alone be secured by
national bank, organized with proper
guards and securities, with sufficient cap
nal to overcome local pressure and en-
barrnssment and check and control the
over issues of The state institutions.
Resolued, That we disclaim, as a SLAM
der, the appe'a'ion of blank party"
and that it will b. found on examination,
that to our opponents is to be attributed
the creation of great majority OF the
banking capital OF the country.
Resolued, That banks, to a certain ex.
tent, are public convenience, and that
we approve Of such institutions just go far
as they are productive of public benefits
but that we consider them odous, when
created and used as private engines for
for accommodating wealth and power.
Resolved, That in as much as the pc.
ltical quacks of currency have docsored us
out af an entire Drop Of Cotton and Wool.
our only hope of relief must now be in ad,
ministering to them the lobelia Of the
ballot box.
Resolved, That we cannot but congratu.
late our fellow citizens of Vermont on the IL
success in maintaining her integrity
through the past political struggle, and on
the encouraging prospects which open
upon us for the future,
Hon. Heman Allen submitted the fol.
lowing resolutions, which were unanimous
ly adopted.
Resolved, That we will use all honor
able exertions TO ensure the reelection
Of John Van Sicklcn jr. and Harry Miller
as Senators for the County Of Chttenden
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UNITED STATES BANK The article
which we published on Tuesday from the
New York Journal Of Commerce, in re-
ference to the reported speedy resumption
Of specie payments by the UnInted States
Bank, It appears is not correct. We have
ascerlained from correct source that at
present The bank has no such intention.
lis situation is saiG to be precisely thus
For every dollar of notes in circulation, il
has an equal amount of specie in It's vaults
that is, four or five millions.
Were the bank to resume payment be-
fore measures is generally adopted, 1t would
be drawn upon by every moneyed instl'u-
ton and individual holding its notes, and
the inevitable consequence would be that in
afew days i, would have neither clrula'ion
nor pece, Whereas, by retaining its five
millions of coin, it possesses a basis on
which to issue twenty million with safety,
whenever specie payments become gener
al. We further learn that the eifectua
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CoUNTERTE TER "A fellow calling him.
self Marque, and haIling from springfield,
Mass. was arrested by S. R. Brown, Esq.
on Monday, for passing counterfeit mon.
ey, and after examination committed for
trial at the August term. The Counter
feits are upon the following Banks:--
Eagle Bank, Boston, 81; Bank Of Bal'i-
more. $40; Amherst Bank Mass. s.;
Farmers Bank, of Reading, Pa. s.; Bank
of Pennsylvania, $40; Charles River Bank,
s.; Bank Of Ithica. S.; Lansingburgh
Bank, s.. About $4,000 of this money
was found upon him.
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BACKING OUT.
From the n. Y. Journal of Commerce

FROM the ". L. journal OF Commerce.
The Van Buren, men are hauling off
from the Loco Foco doctrine, mo Rag
Money-give us gold and silver" They
find that lis no 20 The Globe formally
has declared that "ncithcr President Jack
son, President Van Buren,, Col. Benton,
O. nor any other person holding posi-
ton TO give weight to his views as repre-
sentng those Of the Democracy, (meanlng
the Van Buren, parly.) ever proposed n
curre;.cy exclusively metahiic." The Alba
nv Argus echoes the voice of the Globe
from the North, and the Richmond En-
quirer from the South. The last mentions
ed paper, speaking of the course of the
Van Buren, men in the Virginia Legisla-
ture a, its late session, says, mo mem.
hers avowcd any disposition to crush the
banks. Even the hard-money members
came forward ct the first sitting of the
F1ouSe and displayed the most liberia desire
to cherish our hampercd institutions"
Who are he "hard-money men, that the
Enquirer speaks OFF Are they not men hol
ding precisely the doctrine that the Globe
regulates? Aud how many Of them are
here How soon do they cxpec, TO COM
mand majorily' How tar does the pre-
| presen: Adm nlstratlon intend TO yield 10
them ? Are we to have 500 bills, or only
SlOOO's; The Enquirer can perhaps Gu
tighten US.
Our own opinion is, that without the aid
Of bills under s., i, will be extremely diff
cult, If not impossible, TO resume specie
payments. The amount of specie nccccS-
sary to supply the clrnIaion under s.
| 1 l
ably not less than $40 OoO, 900 or $50 900
900. Deduct this from the whole amount
in the coun,ry-not above SO 900 600
and the residue will not constitute verv
broad basls'' for bank issues certainly
) not basis equal to the exlgcncles of 600
or 700 banks on resumlng specie payments.
But It is to be further observed that the
, specie in the country is constantly dimln-
lshlng expectation, manufacture, and wear
so hat It is doubtful whether, when we
are otherwise ready 10 resume, we shall
: have more than specie enough to supply
] the circulation under S.. There will then
r. be nothing left for the banks a pretty
9 condition truly in which to Commence spe
c Gle payments But by a general issue OF
. small bills. specie payments conld be re.
sumed as soon as our foreign debt is can.
5 celIed, which will probably be not longer
than 8 to 10 months. The true doctrine
} respecting specie is as follows:
IL profess To be a bulliunIst, ~ the usua
and accepted sense of that word. ] ar
for specie basis for our clculation, and fol
specie as part of circulation so far As il
may be practicable and convenient. | am
, for Ulvinp no value TO DaDcr merel,
as Taper abhor laper; that is tc
saw, Irredeemabe paper-paper that may
not converted into gold and silver at the
will oflhe holder. - Daniel Webster.
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measures have been adopted to prevent
a contingency occurring which would en-
able the Executive or Legislative authors
" of Pennsylvania to annual its charter
BaH, american.
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New ON BOAT THE HUDsoN.-- Bur
den, of Troy. has built and launched new
boat designed for the navigation Of the
Hudson River. The hull is 800 feet in
length, and Of the ordinary width of mod
ern built steamboats, Of the larger class
and quite sharp at either end. Its pecu-
liariiy consists in its being entirely fiat at
the bottom--having upright sides. framed
with light timber, fastened together cross
wise, forming at once substantial frame
work for the outer covering, and support
for the machinery and the upper deck. It's
expense is trIllngn comparison with ordi-
nary steam boats, and has all the room be
low generally wasted in symmetry OF con-
struction. 1t was launched sideways. its
broatsde taking the full force of its pas
sage into the water, and draws only IL
inches water.
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MORE RoTArIoN,--N B. Haswel and
Truman Chittenden have been nominated
as Van Buren, candidates for Senators in
this county.
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the excellent citizen-the honest man. No
one ever more completely realized the ele.
waited character Of the Roman poet. "Jus-
tum ct tcnacem propositi vlrum." But we
forbear- leave it to abler pens to do
justice 10 Nathaniel Macon.
He was the bosom friend OF Jefferson
and of Madson-no one was more devoted
to him. than John Randolph no one had
formed lottier opinion of him, than he
did upon The most intimate acquaintance.
In the paper which he wrote for his last
will in January, 1882, he leaves the follow.
ing memorable tribute in honor Of bis
friend;
ITO Nathaniel Macon I give and be
quoa'h my oldest high silver candesticks,
my silver punch ladle with whalcbone han
die, pair Of silver cans with handles, and
my crest engraved thereon, my hard meta
dishes that have my crest Of J. X. in old
English letters engraved thereon. also the
plates with the same engraving, the choice
of four of my best young mares and gel
dings, and the gold watch by RoskeII. that
was Tudors with the gold chain; and may
every blessing attend him, the best and
purest and wisest man I ever knew"
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New Orleans dates are to the Cd inst
News had just been received from Havan.
"a, that Governor Lacon had been ordered
to Spain, but the people were opposed to
it, and that they are on the eve of revo-
luton. The dates from the city of Mex.
CO are to the Goth May. The Mexican
government has issued the following order:
Art. LIST. The Government is hereby
authorised 10 compromise The claim which
the Government Of the United States has
instituted, or may hereafter inst'ute-and
those in which they cannot agree may be
submitted to he decision of friendly pow
err, the United States Of America agreeing
thereto
Act. Cd. The Government is further
hereby authorised that in case the United
States of America should refuse to give
he satisfaction which on our part is due
beyond The term according to The treaty,
or in case the open aggression should con-
tinue, which have been commenced, to
close our ports to the Commerce of said
nation; to prohibit the introduction and
the use of manufactures; to point out
period to consume or export those already
| in the county, and to adopt all the neces.
sary means to effect said measures, and the
safety of the Republic.
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FROM FLORIDA.

ohN hNNhHs
We learn from gentleman who left
Jacksonville on Saturday last, that o re.
port prevailed there that Sam Jones and
Powell, who, it is said, are now at the
head Of the Mcasukles, held Council re.
Gently near Lake Monroe, and condemned
Micanopy to death. for having signed the
Treaty with Gen. Jesup.
Micanopy was. pursuant to the sentence,
hcwed to pieces by the savages.
The sub chiefs, Cloud, Alligator, Tiger.
tail and Wild Cat had all been deprived
Of their rank, for signing the Treaty, and
reduced to common Warriors.
We learn also that n party Of seven In
dams had visited the plantations Of Messrs.
Clark and Rollins within seven miles of
Newnansvile and commenced. cutting
down the crops of those gentlemen, who
being there alone, lheir families being for
tuna'ely abscnt,) Immediately proceeded
TO Newmansvlle.
We fear that this is but the prelude to
another disastrous summer to be encoun-
tered by the inhabitants of bleeding Florida
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MAINE.--The boundary difficulty on our
Eastern border is assuming a mcnacing
aspect. An agent of the State of Maine
was lately sent into the disputed territory
for the purpose of taking census of the
inhabitants, when he was forthwith arrest
ed by the British authorities and com
mtted to prison. In consequence Of this
high handed act, the Governor of Maine
has issued a military order requiring
every citizen TO hold himself in readiness
to obey such orders as the public security
may require.
So it seems that after all Gen. Jackson's
buster about this question, it remains just
where it did in 1928, when Mr. Adams was
turned out of Office for even treating it us a
subject for negotiation. But in this, as in
the West India trade, and all the other
leading measures on which that election
turned, the people have been humbucged,
and are now recompensed with a glori-
Gus experiment.
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Resolued, That we have full confidence
in the ability, political integrity and moral
worth ofour present Governor, 1t. Gov
ernor and Treasurer, and do therefore, as
the sentiment Of this convention recon-
mend TO the members Of the state con
vcn,ion to be convened at Montpelier on
the 18th inst. their nomination as candi-
dates for reelection to the Offices which
they now respectively fill.
On motion voted that the proceedings
of the convention be published.
JOHN JOHNSON, Chairman
AsAHEL NASH, Secretary.
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AsAHEL NASH. Secretary.

FrRE.-A small tenement, near the
Lake, owned by Capt. G. Lathrop, and
occupied by two Irish families, was burned
down on Monday night. No insurance.
nor any loss; as a desirable lot is thus
freed oea very serious incumbrnncc, and
a publication effected which nothing short
of fire could accomplish. James Southland
in the days of his glory, when he controlled
the elections IN this town, owned and oc.
cupied the premises.