New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-04-14

A FRESH HIGK0RY.- When Gen. jackson vetoed
the National bank bill and it was passed over his
head he very fatty declared that his duty as Pres
| ident was to execute such laws as he believed to
be constitutional, and that his oath prevented him
from carrying into effect measaresw which appeared
to him plainly violative of the Constitution Hence
he ordered the government deposits to be removed
from the National Bank, and when his Secretary of
the Treasury declined to do so, he appointed an
other, who carried out his wishes. The conse
quence was that the bank collapsed for want of
funds, after the government pap was taken away.
If the civil rights bill becomes a law, notwith-
standing the veto. President johnson still has it,
in his power to prevent its operation. All he has
to do is to declare peace, restore the writ Of
habeas corpus and let the act go before the courts
for adjudication. The decision of the Supreme
Court must be against its consttutionality for its
aud the Supreme Court has already shown that
Chief Justice Chase is not the court.
1t is said that Andrew Johnson has a portrait Of
Andrew Jackson in his reception room, lately
hung up, with a fresh cord and a bran new frame.
Andrew johnson is evidently pleased to walk par.
| allel with old Hickory, andappears to have enough
courage to rival his great predecessor, if
occasion arise, in fighting against a working ma
jorty in Congress, and in finally coming ont VIC
torous, with the plaudits Of the people from Maine
| to Louisiana.
1 The radicals are in most deadly earnest. There
can be doubt that the President is. If they
pass unconstitutional laws over his veto, he will
not feel bound to execute them Jefferson long
| ago taught that the executive department must
interpret the Constitution for itself in matters per
tanning to its own functions. Jackson repeatedly
acted on that maxim. The President is sworn to
4 support the Constitution When any law clearly
conflicts with it, he must, of necessity, elect be.
tween the two. The inferior must yield to the
superior II MONTGOMERY NAL:
A GOLD DISCOVERY NEAR HoME.-The great
excitement created by the discovery of rich
4 deposits of gold.bearng quartz and auriferous
! pyrites on the Potomac, this side of the Great
Falls, has eliminated in the formation OF a com
pany in this city with capital Of 1915 900 for tht
purpose of fully developing the valuable tract O
owned by the company. The land is situated
fourteen miles west Of Georgetown, d. g, On
there are gold-bearing quartz ledges and the com
!, pany, which is entitled the Maryland Mining Com
pany, is confident Of reaping the most abundan
returns for the Investment of its stockholders.
A powerful engine with the necessary apparatu
for quartz crushing and sublimating the eore is Of
( the ground, a quartz mill erected and Corns
miners, under the direction of competent eng
neer, engaged in penetrating the rich leges of th
property. The surface rock exhibited at the con
pany's office in this city, shows free gold in larg
quantities, the mint essay of which yields SIG pc
y ton OF two Thousand pounds. The sulphurets are
: excess of that. Judging by the specimens exhih
: ted by the company which by the way, are pr,
! nounced by miners equal in richness to any pr
= duced in California or Neyada-great anticipation
are entertained to the result of the labors of Il
u company, which, as we have said, have alreat
J. commenced and being SO near can be readi
:, inspected by those interested in such matters.
y An assay of such rock as is exhibited at Il
= office OF the company, it is estimated would vie
satisfy even the most exorbitant desires of any on
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