The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1838-03-02

tions OIL the Wings relative 10 .he amount
OF public money in the Commonwealth Bank
ai the time ofiis failure and for that purpose
he wrote TO his constituents 10 Orange, that
:" he had made it his business to examine
into the facts, and found that less than S40,.
QUO was in that Bank, at the time when il
failed and for that SUN, there is bond, on
good personal security, for $685. 600" The
person to whom this letter was addressed,
10 an evil hour handed il TO the Editor Of
the Recorder for publication. That veie.
ran Wing nails the base CON to the coun.
ter, by showing, from Tie Report of the
Secretary Of the Treasury, that the sum was
1899 ,537, as follows -
lsi' The sum standing TO The credit of the
Treasurer Of the United States, S39, 500.
The Doctor says, " less than $4,000" and
were VIC to stop here IL would seem that he was
correct. Blu, he appears suddenly 10 have closed
his eyes, as If unwilling to read the next line This
sudden blindness Is net uncommon; we have known
many instances Of 1t in our day. None SO bnd
as those who will no, see.n Bo, let us go on.
I'd. sam reported as standing 10 the credit of the
Collector, lpnblic money also, is Il not y S65,94l
Sd. Amount 10 the credit OF the late Pension A.
gency. public money again. sl5i,846.
4in. Amount standing 10 tho credit of the Com
missioBers for building the Custom house, public
money also,l $4,000.
5th. Amount to the credit OF Major Craig. Ord
vance Department tpublc money too. Slll9.
9th. Amount to the credit Of the Post Office De.
parmen', talso public money! s7,6l4 and
7ih. Amount TO the creon OF the Psymaster
General, 1916.
Add these sums together, and i, will appear tina,
there were deposited IN ,h,s bank. al the Time of its
failure, 1899 537 dollars OF " the peoples gold and
silver.'-FGyeti.riiie Observer.
A Merited Rebuke. few days since,
IN the Senate Of the United States, Mr..
Tallmadgc, Of \. Y. having referred TO Mr..
Van Ruren's Message, in which he con-.
ments upon the local Elections of tina, State,
took occasion to repel the SANDER on his
constituents. Mr.. Clay rose and thanked
MIR. /. for his Jus, structures. What right,
what decent authority, (said Mr.. Clay had
The President for assigulng causes-diShoa
ordbie Causes for the glorious triumph 10
New York; say dishoaordbie, because no
man can read his Message deliberately, and
not believe there was an intention To mpute
corrupt influence. And, SIR, added Mr..
Clay, If the Chief Magistrate had dared to
cast smtlarlnputation on the people ot Ken
lucky, not an hour-not an huu- should have
passed in spite Of all your expunging, before
! would have introduced a Resolution re-.
I pretending, reprimandlng the Executive for
so unwarraulable an interference with the
Concerns Of the State. so fragrant an outras &c,
on lis dignity and honor lie had expect d
some notice would have been taken Of it,
and he was highly gfa,lfed at the notice
coming from such quarter. believe Che
exclamed) # ever there was an Instance oil
a great aud high spirited people, moved by
princlple and an enlightened re ard for the
prosperity OF their county, spontaneous
and general rlslng Of f'eemen IN defence of
Their rights, against the madness, aad folly,
and wlukedness u their rulers, such an 10.
stance was exhibited BY the citizens Of New
! ofk, when ihey moved IN concert and
marched to the Polls 10 November. Reg.
Nomination Of Henry Clay BY Rhode Is.
land. AT meeting of The members OF the
Rhode Island General Assembly, held for
the purpose Of taking into consideration the
le1ped'ency at nominating candidate for
/ the Presidency, the following, among other
resolutions, was unanimously adopted
! Resolpsd, That philc we cordially apprnvr of a
4 Na.i9usl Convention, and announce our detcrmina
lion most cheeriully 10 abide BY It's decision, ee
bold !, proper and e1peditut for the Wings, in
different quarters of the Uni0n To declare their
sentiments and therefore we present as a suiia
bic candidate for President OF Tux uslrrD
STATES, HENRY CLAY, OF kENrucKY /; tine tried
and consistent patriot the eulirhteaed statesman
the uncqualled orator whose tame is The proper.
| y Of the American people, and whose principles
should be their guide,
:" A Rotrland for their Olirer. Our
friends olthe Salisbury papers have establish.
ed correspondence at Cheraw for the pur.
pose Of furnishing their papers with a weekly
account otthe market nj that place. Though
We think We could point our brother Editors
TO a Correspondence that would be little
more patriotic than this, yet il is not our
purpose To quarrel with them about il. We
merely wish TO notice a remark IN one OF the
letters of last weeks papers. The writer
says that Cotton has been brought TO Che.
raw from the neighborhood of Fayetteville
and Of Camden. This is no doubt true. But
the instances of Cotton coming to tins place
/ from points nearer to Cheraw than 10 this
place, are so frequent as no. to excite notice !;
and on Saturday last two wagon loads came