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The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1837-12-28
THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT OF
LOCO FOCOISM.

From The Albany Argus, All Dec.
"Uaqualifed and incorporating hostility 10 Bank
notes and paper money, as circulating medium De-
cause gold and silrer IS The only safe and eonstitu-
tional currency"
CAN 1T BE KEPT?
The question is whether the people will have vir-
tue enough to keep this very mild, temperate, bene-
VIOLENT, patriotic philanthropic and Christian COM
mandment1 Such is the degeneracy of the age, that
we fear they will not. Only consider their tempta-
ton to break it. Take for example
PENNSYLVANIA,
with population of l,34S,OOO, and bank capital of
S59, 65S, 4S2. With circulation last May of S2l
millions, and last November Of $l4 millions paying
the following revenue to the State:
Premiums on bank charters, received by the
Treasurer Of Pennsylvania.
Bank of the U. States Sl,l0OOoO 90
Girard Bank $4,000 90
Berks County Bank 10000 90
Bank of Penn Township 1880 90
Towanda Bank 1850 90
Franklin Bank of Washington 1900 %
Manufacturers & Mechanics
~ Bank of the N Liberties 10000 90
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1837-12-28

others think it untenable- well, we find
no fault on that account. We only ask one
thing, viz: that those who think the Republic
can party cannot exist distinct" from the
Loco Foco destructives and Calhoun Multi
fers, need neither drag us into the foul ANAL
gamation, which they seem 10 seek, nor any
longer lay claim to the character Of Republic
cans. Loco Focos and Nullifers are not
Republicans they are Disorganizers.
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1837-12-28

nANAS MINERALoGY in one octave volume con.
- tanning 400 engrayings is Just published ana or sac
tie app cation Of Chemistry and Mathematics to the same
subject, &c. a.,r-n,c.Y mn VIM, :.
i;~ahio 70 geological and Mining Plans: by I. Sop
with. Mine Surveyor volume cngravings.
Eastman's Typographical Drawing An.
Morton ON Fossil Organic Remains.
How 10 observe Geology, by De la Bache.
G;riers Mechasics and Engineers Pocket Dictionary
,nJ one, vols not enumerated the same subject.
a A collection Of valuable books on Conchoogy, now
on the way are daily expected aeczi
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1837-12-28

The Charleston Mercury says-"We understand
that the Bank Of Charleston has made an arrange
ment with one of the first Banking Institutions in
England, to keep direct account with them, and is
prepared TO buy Sterling and Foreign Exchange
from purchasers Of produce and also to supply Ser-
first arrangement of this character ever made by
bank in this city, and we consider il a highly i'm
Portant step towards opening direct trade with
EurOpe s..#
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1837-12-28

In THE SENATE, yesterday, Mr.. CALHOUN,
Of South Carolina, introduced series of re-
solutions deprecating the interference by
Congress, or by one, or a portion of the
States, with the domestic institutions Of the
South. The resolutions lie over till to-day,
and were ordered to be printed. ."
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1837-12-28
GEORGIA.

understand that the Senate Of this St ate
have passed resolutions disappearing Of the
Sub-Treasury scheme, by vote Of 40 to 80.
A motion to reconsider was lost by S or
majority. 1t is stated that the House of Re-
personalities will probably concur in the vote
of the Senate.
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1837-12-28

Cotton Crops.-It is computed that the Cotton
crop in Mississippi will turn out 900 bales more
prices-say $4,000 bales--I6, 100000 dollars
Louis. COur. ss.~
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DRETENS IoN.-A Novel, by Miss Stckney,is just
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ID COATS
q pieces Beaver Cloths, Brown and Green
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ALSO.
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100 do Velvet, silk, and other vestngs
100 do Lambs Wool Drawers and Shirts
SO dozen Woolen Socks for boots.
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Also. 50 dozen gentemen's Evening Stoves
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TINE CITY OF THE SULTAN-By Miss PAR
i DOE; and Vandalism. or Animal Magnetism, no.
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F. Taylor or for circulation among the subscribers 10
he Waverv Circulating Library dec26
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of the principles Of manufactures the opera
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present state Of pre- with views Of their effects
on the Population, Wealth and Revenue OF the British
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Also MCullocks Statistics of the British Empire, in
octave volumes, London 1887, and variety Of the
works Of the same and Of other classes OF Literature and
Science (too many enumerae,) recently imported at
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The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1837-12-28

The Mobile Register has passed from the hands
Of Messrs. Sanford & Wilson into the charge Of
Messrs. Forsyth Kiby.
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1837-12-28

The Sabine River is now rendered navigable for
boats Of light draught for 200 miles, as far as the
town Of Sabine in Texas Trne American.
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1837-12-28
Our New York correspondent is awake to the dan
gers Of the Special Deposite scheme.

"The goodness Of the roads, the feetness Of the
cattle, and MORE ALL, the system Of credits have
rendered highwaymen and footpads, almost unknown
in England" Gleanings in Europe, byan American.
The author Of the above will be considered
good authority, we presume, provided we an
nounce that the Globe claimed him few
days since as one of the ornaments of the
Democratic party. The discovery, however,
even at this hour, will, no doubt, consign Mr..
Cooper to the ranks of the +" Conservatives"
the Federal Wings" and the various other
denominations designated by the Globe and
its partisans, as "the common Places Of all
who favor well regulated system Of credits"
five should have happened into England,
after hearing Mr.. Cooper's assertion, and wit
messed such a clamor as is raised here
against the credit system, we should have
been Mortified by the conclusion, that it was
raised by footpads and highwaymen," be-
cause it interfered with their immunities.
But we are not authorized to make any
such inference in regard to the clamor against
the credit system here. We are far from
suspecting that the collection Of the revenues
exclusively in specie, and its exposure " to be
plundered by an hundred hands where one
cannot now reach it," would be favored at all
by footpads and highwaymen. If under that
anti-credit system we should hear of robberies
Of country post Offices, defalcations of receiv-
ers, and embarrassments Of collectors, &c.
we should scarcely presume to speak Of an
increase Of I" footpads and highwaymen," but
adopt the fashionable method of attributing all
to the great Bohon Upas Of the present hour,
Bank Influence.
We should regret, however, very much to
see our country plunged into the condition of
Spain, Algiers, Turkey, or Russia. The con-
dition Of those countries is incompatible with
system Of credits. Their financial systems
are mainly the prototypes Of the Sub-Trca-
sury scheme, and " footpads and highway
men" hover about their financial operations,
like harpies around caravan. Heaven de-
fend us from the Sub-treasury plot, its con-
comitants, and consequences, LEAD us not
into temptation, but deliver US from evil"
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1837-12-28

EMBASSY TO THE EASTERN COURTS OF
T. CoCHIN-CHINA, SIAM, AND MUSCAT-By
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The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1837-12-28
STATEMENTS OF THE NEW YORK BANKS
AND THOSE OF PENNSYLVANIA

We publish below statement Of the con ition of
the New York Banks on the LIST of December, and a
statement of the condition of the Banks of our own
State on the LIST of November last. II will not require
pair Of "double million magnifying spectacles" to
see which are in the best condition for resumption
of specie payments.
Ne1r York Banks Pennsylvania Banks
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1837-12-28

Valsrins Pnblias gives some startling hints, and
promises some important statistical details.
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1837-12-28

But the Madisonian has taken the ultra ground
Of total severance from the democratic party
"lfobilc Com Adr." quoted by the Globe.
We have taken no such ground, and have
said nothing to justify even an inference Of
that sort. We took the ground Of total
severance from the Loco Foco destruc,iUes and
Calhoun NuliiGers, now and forever, and we
shall continue to stand upon the ground we
have taken. The Mobile paper, and some
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1837-12-28

ScHooLs-The number of school children I'm
Massachusetts, between the ages Of and l6, In 1887,
was follows In the several counties with the pro-
portion of the school fund
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In THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE ESSENTIAL, LET THEIRS
DE uSIrY--iS Nos-EssEEriALs, LIBERTY, AND IN ALI
THINGS cHARITY-Angusnn.
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Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1837-05-18
from The Ne,p Iork EXPRESS.


The public announcement This morn.
ing OF the suspension of specie payments
at all the banks of the city, had the effect
as 1t was natural 10 expect, of creating a
great excitement among all classes of our
CUE rs. AT ali early hour this morning.
wall street was thronged with peopIe
who appeared to have collected together
merely 10 ascertain what was going on.
Preparations had been made by the ney
mayor to meet every emergency which
might arise, by calling out large BODY
OF the military. the city watch aud mar
shals. who were Kept upon duty during
the greater part OF the day aud last night
From what we could observe. however
throughout the city yesterday this mea.
sure was entirely unnecessary. The cit.
izens have too much good sense and pat
riotisn TO need the intimidation of an
armed so!diery in order 10 deter them
from the commission of hot and outrage.
The contrary was the fact men of eve.
ry grade chetrfulIy acquiesced in the
measures adopted by the Banks, and
seemed 10 look upon it as the harbineer
OF a better state OF things. In the Police
oiflce yesterday, there was not single
complaint of disorderly conduct, which
Is an extraordinary circumstance.
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1837-05-18

CoNTAuIoN.-The following remarks-
bic story is related Of the plague that is
now raging in Turkey, An individual
retired to the country near Adrianople
tor the purpose of being removed 10 a
distance from the contsgicn of the disease
which prevailed in the city He had
remained more than two months in his
retreat, when one day he took q fancy
10 shoot crow which was passing over
his head. His children picked up the
crow and played some time with it. Next
day, three of his children were success
sively seized with the plague, and in
the space of eight days the house was
entirely deserted. all its inhabitants hay
ing fallen victims to the fatei disease. 1t
was supposed that the crow had belong
ed TO one of the bands of those ravenous
birds which had fed on the carcasses of
some peasants who had persisted of the
disease, and had been abandoned in the
fields. If the story be true. it affords q
singula: proof OF the contagiousness and
turbulence Of the disease.
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1837-05-18
The Morris County Bank, Morris.own
NJ. has stopped payment.

We learn from the New York papers
that the following is the result of the
mission of the Committee of the Mer.
chants OF that city to Washington -
The answer OF The President reserve
the subject Of the suits upon bonds for
consideration. In respect to the with.
drawal OF the specie circular, and an iu-
mediate convoca.ion of Congress- he has
gwen decided refusal"
Another meeting of the New York
merchants was held on Monday evening
the Sth instant, to receive the report OF
the committee, at which the followine
resolutions were adopted:
Resolcsd, That the chief causes of the ex
Is'ihS distress are the defeat of Mr.. Claws
Lana ni'i, the removal of the public delos.
,,eS, 'ne refusal 10 rccharter the Bank of tho
united States, aud the issuing OF the s,ecie
Circular. The Land Bill was passed by The
Peoples Representatives, and vetoed he ,he
rresidea'--ihe bill recharterinr the Ba,k
was passed 10y the Peoples Representatives.
and vetoed by The President psopl.'.
representatives declared by solemn resoIu.
'ioh, thal The public depoSites were safe m
ne United States Bank within a few w.el,.
thereafter, the President removed the nu,lir
dep"sites: The Peoples Representatives. os
sea bill resembling the Specie Circui,,
me PRESIDENT destroyed il by emitting TO re-
'nr" IL within the limited period-and in an.
Swer 10 our address, President Van Huren
declares That The Specie Circular was issued
ey his predecessor, emitting all notice of The
Secretary OF the Treasury, who is anenable
directly TO Congress, and charged by tho sc,
creating his department., with the suneriotcn a..
dence OF the Finances, and mho signed the
order. We therefore. WV
Resolve, That all these circumstances in.
;'c"'e an infusion OF monarchcal principles
. amd our system WHICH demands the prbmp,
ana regular action Of every patrlDt.
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1837-05-18
MISSISSIPPI

The Natchez Free Trader gives in
formation that the Mississippi Legisla.
ture has a majority opposed to the enact.
mept of "stop laws" for invalidating ex.
isting contracts. The New Orleans BuI.
fetin halls this as good omen, and an.
ticiPates chat the wisdom Of the lepisla.
tive body of that State, will do much to.
wards re>establisbing order and conf
dehce among the citizens. besides proyi-
ding some safe and honorable plan Tor af.
iordiHg gradual relief to the public dis.
tress, without the necessity of resorting
to 50 injurious aud unjust measure as
The creation OF Relief Law"
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1837-05-18

The New York Board ofTrade, at n
meeting held on the 10th inst. declare
The conviction that the establishment of
NATIONAL BANK is the only perma-
nent and cffectual remedy for the en-
harrassment and arrangement in which
the exchanges. the currency, and the
business of the country, are at present
involved. An able letter from Dennis
A. Smith, Esq. near Baltimore, has been
addressed to DIR. John Brockenbrougb
President Of The Bank of Virginia, a.
rowiag the same opinion. ITO this
complexion we must come at last"
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1837-05-18

"What's thrown up must come down.
Lei every man take care Of his crown.''
We find the following in one of on,
exchange papers:
It is said that Gen. Jackson is a severe
sufferer by the failure of the great Ten
nessee house oF Yeatman, Woods &, Co, 4
and that he had also loaned his nam. r.,
relation, closely connected with Land
sPecuiations, to the amount Of $500 0O0 VI
VIII the Globe still say that there is no
pressure which "any honest man" need
care about VIII it still abuse the LAND
spectators" as The primary cause Of ,bd
pressure, when Gen. Jackson himself he.
gwen to one Of those spectators such
enormous facilitiesa
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1837-05-18

In the discussion OF Mr.. Talimadge's
resolution, in the Senate Of New York
requesting the President TO repeal the
Treasury Order, Mr.. Beardsley, n devo-
ted disciple Of the Albany Regency, re-
marked:
with regard to the Specie Circular,
he had no sort OF doubt that lis opera
tion had been to create cmbarrassmcnts
IN commercial affairs, and when the cur.
rency bill passed both houses of Congress,
by SO strong vote, he INDUCED hope
that II would have been repealed. Of
the same opinion he believed, were a
majority of the present cabinet, at w ash
ington. Perhaps, however, the time
has gone by, when any relief could have
been obtained from the repeal. The
storm had burst upon US, aud we must
now weather it as well as we can"
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1837-05-18
General Intelligence.
INTEGRITY OF THE UNION.

We have heretofore stated that Convcn
tion Of the friends Of the Integrity of the I'm
ion, assembled at Harrisburg Pa. on Monday
last; as also, that nearly every county in |
tho Keystone State was represented in this
body. After becoming organized by the |
appointmen! OF Judge BAIRD, OF Washing |
ton county, as President Twelve Vice
Presidents, and four Secretaries the Con.
vention proceeded TO the business before il.
"A committee was appointed, accordingly TO
prepare and present for consideration an at-
dress anu resolutions, expressive of it's opin-
IONS. On Tuesday JOHN X. KANE. ESQ
the chairman Of this committee, repor,cd
with suitable preamble, the following re-
solutions, which were read and adopted-
alter which the Convention adjourned sine
die Bali. Pat
Resolued. That the Government of tho
United States, has no constitutional mower
whatever, over the relation of master and
slave, in any OF the States If the Union.
Nesoired, That whether Congress does or
docs mol possess the right of legislatinp ON
The subject OF the abolition of slavery within
the District OF Columbia, il would be I'M.
wise and impolitic in the extreme To- assert
or exercise such right as any attempt to do
SO would impair the harmony and mutual
confluence OF The States, il not peril The ill.,
tegrity Of che Union.
sive right under the constitution, TO Judge
OF, establish, and maintain, within it's own
borders, lis own sy stem oil domestic relation
and domestic policy and that every attempt
ny the citizens of one State TO denounce or
Invaiidale the established institutions of a.
mother, is unwarranted by The constitution
and hostile TO the peace aud harmony of the
Union. ~ ''
Resolved, That no State could he Justly
al,
Constitutional compact Of the States. a inca
sure WHICH should violate lis internal secu
rIty aud peace, or abroga;e the lights of pro
perry OF its citizens and we pledge ourselves
10 untte with the people of The other States,
IN opposing such infractiuns al the constitu>
lion, and In maintaining the domestic rrt,ose
ofevery member OF this confederation
ResofceG, That the project. of colonizing
on the coast Of Africa, free persons of color
and manumitied slaves, 10 be carried thither
win their own consent, docs hold out 10 the
patriot and philanthiopiSt, the hope Of the
ultimate abolition of slavery the elevation al
The African race 10 q state of equality with
the rest of the human family, the extension
OF the blessings OF civilization and self gov
eminent, and the diffusion of the PRINCIPLES
OF the Sacred Gospel of Pesce within that
Denighted region and that the pruisewoifhy
enorta OF The colonization societies 10 bring
about these most desirable results, ara en-,
Titled 10 the best wishes and hearty CO uner-
alton OF all the friends of the peace, order.
harmony and integrity Of the Union of these.
States.
Resolced, That copy of these nrocesa
ings be forwarded 10 the President Of The
United States. the Governors of the several
States, and the members Of The Senate and
rouse OF Representatives of tbs United
States.