Southern telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1834-1838, 1837-08-15
from lte Nalional Inlellgenel.

From he National fatchgMef.
We give below an article ofpregnanl IN
tcrest from citizen Of the parcst character
and one who is not mpyel in this business
by any impulse but that of patriotism He
discloses fact which will be new to the
public, one which will serve to place in a
strong light the present ANONYMOUS coadi-
ton into which the Affairs of this suffering
country has been plunged. Ii is not that
the m ISIS Of the mertorious persons who
labor in the public Offices here should re-
ceve chance addition to their hardened
slippends; it is NJ, to this that we object.
But cin the country submit patiently TO
state of things which, while il takes from
the pocket ofhim who owes Government a
tenth or twelfth more than the amount of
his debt, puts into the pocket of the Of
flee holder-pcradyenure the very one
who may have conceived AMI contrye the
train Of me lsuras winch led ID sa,h mi lst-
tcc-a corresponding gain. such, in fact,
is the pass that things have cumeto, ncred-
ible as il may seem TO the great body ofonr
ciiiZcus, and contrary as il may be 10 all
their IDEAS of retributiye Justice.
cnt the circulating medium Of the Govern.
men', by means of which It's debts
and the salaries of lis officers are paid
BY order from the Secretary of the Tfeasu-
~ and the sanction of the President, these
are made receivable for all public dues,
and put on footing with the notes Of the
u. States Bank, as fixed bv the charter.
la other times 1t required the force of law 10
fix the currency of the country; but since
the Government has been reduced to sim.
p.s ii:''aiaa. i! is amaz ng To consider how
mach his been gained by dispensing with
the ncumbrance, Of legal enacmcnts -
Only observe the advantage il this one case
Specie is at premium Of ten percent over
the notes of the Bunk of the Matr polls the
Treasury drafts, receivable by tic Govern,
moni, are also at pr2mia.n. Now sup
pose Air KcnlAll, Post Muster General,
with a salary Of s 1000 per annan, to re-
ceiyo his quarters pay, am)nning to ST.
500 in warrant which he shall put into
market at this rates he obtains thereby
SlJ0, or the rate of s 800 year in addition
10 his salary. A very pretty operation,
this! BIT as our city does MT afford the
mast abun hnt supply Of the precious met
ais, nor the best part for this improved cur
rencv. suppose Mr. K. to despatch an agent
with warrant for his own AMI his clerks
sllarics for the quarter, say Si1 900, to n.
York, and to sell it for profit OF 8 per cent 1,
or &i,l29; which would give them the sam
of s 1850 0 be adlod, in dde proportions,
TO the salaries of the pIStm lister General
and his clerks for The ye1r. Who would
not be in the employ of Ulclo SIM, with
such c,n'i5en' advantages? SRct an 0pc-
ration, am toll, AcrUALV TO TX PLACE.
Let il not be said that these are times OF
uaircrsaI distress. M; amidst the general
gloom, here is n bright gliding Of light;
though hligh'ed hope has spread a desert
all around US. yet here green and sunny
spot is found where the favored live at ease,
and the faithful have no fear--but for their
places.
Bat at whose expense are these men OF
silaries ftveral? Wh) pays this increase
to their salaries? The country, the armar,
the mechanic, the laboring man--every
man who buys foreign sugar, or wears for
cipn 81 hhs. The Executive Government
as on its own, "rosponsihllity," regulated
the currency. paying in protested drafts,
and damqn1ing pay in specie on these same
drafts, which thus hecone an article OF lrat-
fic. The merchant in order to pay his duty
bonds,must buy them evcnata premium, but
The consumer his goods must pay, and tho
promlm goes into the pockets Of the sall-
ried officers of the Government. THIS IL
the "bolter currency" with which we arc
blessed