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forts made, the body o f only one—Mr.Tuttle—has yet been found. Measures were at oncg taken tq search for them, and on Monday, the one m e t-

The People's Candidate fo r President. ! ‘io" 811 was U was examined by the eoro.C i e i l . W i l l i a m I I . H a i * r i s © I i . or' w *lose ^ec,fii°n was in accordance with the= - - • = = . . .................— — - = = ■ - - = . facts abovestated,—and was then conveyed tothe

M ad Dogs. Yesterday, a report became enr- village, where it will be kept until his friends are rentthat adog or dogs afflicted with hydrophobia heard- from or arrive. Yesterday the search had been seen in this place, and had bitten mi indi- fias coi.tinued, and every means adopted which victual or two, together with several of their own was thought advisable, but without effect, species. Asto the truth o f the story, we are un-J Tit cy are spoken o f as young gentlemen of far able to give an opinion, nor should we at this I mnre q,*n ordinary talents, whose conduct as tone allude to it, were it not to nd vise persons c o m -! Christians, students, or citizens, is alike worthy o f ing to the village to lea ve all d..gs al liome whose 1 resp re t ; and has secured to them an endearing services they wish to retain ; as it will be observed remembrance from atl who were so fortunate as by reference to the next page, that at the meeting of | to (inj ov tf,e;r acquaintance, the Trustees last evening, it was thought ad visa-j Thus suddenly have perished four young men ble to outlaw any dog found at large within the ( 0f ta |ent, piety, and worth; and no doubt the village limits, as well as to offer a trifling bouri- | general remark will be, that “ it was the wind ty for his head. Already the owners o f these j tjJat occasioned it;'* but should it not also be re- auimals appear to be doing their duty, as there j inK„,beret) that there is One whose power is above i«, even at this time, comparatively speaking, ,jie winds, snd in whofc hands it is to decide upon

their doings? In the beautiful “ Song o f the flu id s ,” from tbe pen of Miss Gould, they aro made to ?ay—

“ Ye mink, a* we vary our fom* of powet,And fell the forest, or fan the flower,"Whei; the hare-bells move, and tho rush is bent,When the tower's o’erthrnwn, and the oak is lent,As we waft tlie bark o’er the slumbering wave,Or hurry its crew to a watery grave ;Anil ye say it is we ! but can ye tiace The wandering Winds to their secret place 3

* * * * * * *“ riiir dwelling is in the Almighty’s hand-;

We come and go at Ins command ;Though joy or sorrow is in our track,His will is our guide, and wo look not nnctr !And if in our wrath ye would turn away,Or win us in gentlest airs to play,Then lift vp your hearts to Him who binds Ot frees ut his will the obedient winds.”

Here is .pourtrayed a beauty and richness of sentiment which should bo at all times remem-

scarcely“ A dog or puppy, w help or houud,

Or cur of low degree,’’to be seen within the streets. Therefore, even had the report of the existence of the above dis­ease been well founded, no danger can jttow be anticipated, as the evil is fully removed by this precautionary measure ofthe Trustees; and should it have been without foundation, but little evil can result from the destruct’on o f a great portion o f the most useless of these animals.

, i Sketch o r a Thrilling- In c id en t, ■ A distant simile

Pimm’d th«*cfo«r slicet—it darken’d, and it drew Nearer. The w a n : -s lake was seen lo rise In feathery curls, ami soon it met thu Imat,Anl a breeze stiuck bei !” Petcival.

Perhaps among the numberks&slieets of waterwhich are to delightfully located throughout Western New-York, scarcely another cati be found which, forthe beauty and variety o f its scenery," the clearness and transparency o f its waters, as well as for tlie richness and fertility of the soil hy which it is surrounded, can bear a comparison with our own lake— the Owasco. To ourselves, this sheet possesses an additional charm. In other years,before the cares and anxi­eties o f business had taken full possession of our minds, we loved to wander in company with the friends ofthose times along its shores,—to bathe in its refreshing waters,—and in the fragile boat, “ shapcn from theforest b ee ,’’ to sail upon its sur­face. Here among its hills and its waves, have v e passed many of tlio3e hours upon which memory dwells with the purest satisfaztion.— until nearly its every hillock is enlivened with tho recollection o f scenes thus enjoyed, and nearly every wave sparkles to tho memory of friends who participated in and enhanced those enjoyments, but who have now gone, some to one point and some to ano­ther,—some to seek their fortunes in the west, the south, the north, or the east,—but by far the greater portion of them to slumber thus early in the narrow house o f death.

The Owasco Lake is situated a little southeast of this village,—its foot being at about two nnd a half miles distanco, and then stretching still off in a southern direction to the length of not for from thirteen or fourteen miles. At ils lower extremity it3 banks are low and gradual; butas you proceed towards its head, they increase h- height and steepness, until at length they present themselves in abrupt hills and cliffs. The water is from one to three miles in breadih,—and whether you behold it between tlie towering banks o f forests and of rocks which are yet frowning upon its surface, or at a position where the ridges of sand gradually slope away from its borders, it still presents a scene on which the eye rests with delight,— o f which the memory will loDg retain a deep and thrilling impression.. It may not be amiss here to remark that this sheet of water abounds with the finest fish, and thus becomes the scene of many an angler’s sk il l ; while uumberlcss others are constantly seeking, in bathing in, and in sail­ing upon its wave?, to reanimate their exhausted natures, ami to give to life new elasticity and vigor.

• » * * * * * ■ #T in beauti'ul Owasco, of which vve have above

spoken as a scene so much calculated to charm the eye and improve the health, as well as the mind, lias within the last few days become an object of still deeper Interest—an interest which is melan­choly, abiding, and thrilling: and long will the st.anger, as be looks upon the depp blue water, and feels the gentle breeze invigorating his nerves, listen with sad attention to a recital of tbe painful incident that has there occurred. The circum­stances are these :—

On Saturday afternoon last, the^follovving gen­tlemen, all members of tlie j inior class of the Theological Seminary of this place, went to tlie lake, for the purpose of spending a shorttime in sailing:------ II. Smith, o f Johnson;William P. Tuttle, of Newark, N. J . ; William Woodbridgo, o f Sti ckbridgo, Mass.; and Simeon

bored,— but which at tho present moment, and under the present peculiar circumstances^ calls with renewed force upon our attention.

T k e F o u r t h is n o t , w e b e l iev e , to b e c e l e ­b ra te d th e p r e s e n t y e a r in th e customary m a n n e rby our citizens. Well,—we are not quite sure ihat at a time of official depravity and individual distress like the present, more good may not re. suit from each individual’s celebrating this N a­tional jubilee according to the serious" dictates of his own heart, than by joining in the usual festivi­ties and rejoicings.

B o n f ir e s have long been considered by the boys of this viilage as “ one o f the demonstra­tions of joy” to be exhibited by them on the approach of the National anniversary. On the evening o f lhe 3.1, therefore, every box, barrel, cesIv, board, or slab which they have been en­abled to pilfer and stow away for weeks pre­ceding, is brought ou'—placed in huge piles in our principal street—and the torch applied. In this way has the peace o f our citizens constantly been broksn,—Iheir property endangered. Last year, owing to the efficient measures of the Pre- si.lent of die village, this custom vvas effectually checked; and from the vote which passed the Board of Trustees last evening, it is to be hoped that the good example then set will be carried out tlie present season. By that vote, the Com­mittee on Police and License were empowered to_engage at least eight watchmen, whose duty it shall be to keep order on the evenings o f the 3d and 4th. To that Committee our citizens will look for a full and thorough discharge ofits duty.

S In our course towards correspondents, it is our desire to be liberal, so far as is at all consistent with propriety. W e, therefore, frequently give place to articles with all the positions o f which we do not fully agree, rather than by continued alterations or annotations to load down sentiments in pointing out every particular in which we dis­agree with them. W e adopt this course, in order that our readers may not be confined to the sen*- tfments of a single person; and also for the pur­pose o f encouraging our correspondents to speak as become palriots and freemen. In pursuance o f this course, we published a fortnight since a communication signed “ P . ,” in which the writer condemned the policy o f making an early nomi­nation, or o f seeking thus early to place any can­didate for President before the people. Here, we supposed our ovvn course would show that we did not agree w i t h “ F . t h a t in putting the name ofHARRisotv at the head o f our columns vve had fully expressed an opinion against him; but should we on that account refuse him a place ? or take the pains to prefix remarks showing our disagreement, when the fact that such must be the case would be self-evident to every person of ordinary intellect who has looked at the head of our columns for the past half year 1 W e thought not,—and on this account our neighbor of the Patriot lias been lost in a fog. T he Whigs, as a party, on some questions of policy think they have a right to differ; while in tlie Regency school, it is a primary part o f their creed that no man must hold any place among them who does not in every particular th ink as well as act ac­cording to the ever-varying sentiments o f the mouthpiece o f the “ party” in Albany. This is the difference,— and therefore the wonderment o f our neighbor.____________ __________

It is stated in the New-York Commercial Ad­vertiser, that more money is spent in that city for oignrs than for flour! I t has long been asserted that the people of Gotham lived on puffs and puffing; but we had hardly supposed tho asser­tion to be so well founded.

In speaking o f the vast variety of P e n s , which are at this time in use, the Philadelphia Ledger renia rks : The only pens fit for writing, are thosemanufactured by Messrs. Goose, G a n d e r& C o .”

Them's our sentiments, as near as may be.— No other arlists seem to give so firm a body and so true a finish as the manufacturers above allud­ed to. _______________

Thos. B. Benton, the Prince of Humbugs, says that the nation owes a debt of gratitude to Gen. Jackson for “ his accumulation o fe :ghtv millions o f specie.” This accumulation is mostly in the pet banks. A part of it was deposited in the Dry Dock bank, which is uow bankrupt. W ith all this accumulation, the banks have suspended spe­cie payments, the people are without a circulating medium, and the government, without a dollar in specie, is literally bankrupt. This is truly a shin plaster administration. S pr in g p o r t .

C ircus. —By reference to the next page, it will be seen that the Baltimore Circus is to make an exhibition in this place on the 3d and 4th of next month.

The Pa‘rj,ot editor was terribly chagrined on seeing the overflowing Whig meeting at the Ex­change on the 30th. He pretends that those who attended were not Whigs; but were people o f no particular party, brought together in order to put in a claim for a share of the surplus. No doubt but many friends o f the administration were in town that day for the purpose of" securing’a por­tion of that money ; but we consider that it is by no means unfair to suppose that those who went into the room at the time o f the meeting, took seats as members, concurred and even took part in the proceedings, were favorably disposed to­wards tiie general principles o f those present. But we will not quarrel with you on this head, neigh­bor. One tiling is certain, i f any present were not Whigs, they were enabled, by being there, to glean m ote foe s and correct sentiments from even the sliatt time occupied by the meeting, lhan can be gleaned from a ’l '.hey ean find in the Patriot for years. Much good may those facts'do thetnl

Joe Smith, the Mormon prophet, who was taken up a short time since on the charge o f in­ducing two of his followers to take the life o f a Mr. Newell, lias been acquitted.

The loss' and destruction of property by the Boston riot was $8000. T o exhibit the extreme

T o ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.— Persons wIlO have inadvertently or by any means fallen into the dangerous habit of intemperance, ®and vvbo are desirous to recover themselves out ofit , will find it may bo done with safety and success by the free use of camomile tea. In cases where intem­perance has exceedingly weakened tlie system, and even where it! has caused fits or tremens, it will entirely restore, not only the strength, but the cheerfulness o f tho individual. This the writer has seen, and being desirous to give publi. city to the simple fact, takes this opportunity o f doing so. W hether wormwood tea is equally good the writer does not know, but would men­tion that this also, in a vast number o f cases, has prevented delirium tremens on leaving off the use o f th e intoxicating draught. The effects ofcamo­mile seem to be merely to restore the system to a healthy state. M.

haYO been constructed,—mills and manufactories have teen built,—cities and a thousand villages have sprung up as i f by the magic of enchant­ment : and now, while viewing with pride and exultation the grandeur and peaceful loveliness of his own native land, he sees^a commotion among her happy inhabitanfs. i t i s the fourth o f J u ly !— Every city, every village, every town raises aloft and shakes om upon the wind the star-spangled banner; and simultaneously from Maine to Loui­siana, from the Atlantic to theK ocky Mountains, the iron-throated cannon proclaim, in a voica of ih under, “ We arc .free !” and the multitude raise their voices in a n universal shout, '• Huzza I huzza 1 we are free I” And now he rises; and, as lie lifts his cap aloft to mingle his own voice with his fellow freemen’s, twang—twang—booms upon his e&r from.the bell of St. Peter*9 church. The spell is brokeni the wanderer aw akes;—and instead of his own peaceful, lovely country, he stands, lonely and gloomy, amid the wreck and ruinous magnificence oF the once proud empress of the world. X.

An unfounded prejudice against a U. S. Bank, and the senseless clamor ofthe ad­ministration press about a hard money currency, contributed much to tbe eleva­tion of Martin Yan Buren. Tho people were told and induced to believe that the paper currency under Yan Buren’s admi­nistration would be destroyed, provided the United States Bank was annihilated ! Unfortunately, a Bank which had fur­nished a sound circulating medium was not re-chartered ; and, as a substitute, hundreds of political, non-specie paying state bank*? have sprung up. Instead of being opposed to banks, the Regency of this State have been the advocates of a corrupt banking system ,—our legislation has for years been governed by a set of men who are largely interested in banks, and the whole banking system has been directed with a view to the benefit of poli­tical bank speculators. Individuals have been benetitied, but the people as a body are now suffering the effects ot our. vaunt­ed Safety Fund system. In 1S30, the amount of the banking capital in the U, S. was $101,154,535 ; at present it is $378,719,168. In 1821, previous to theadoption of the amended constituiion, the banking capital of this State was $ ’23,061,- OOO. In 1832, the amount was $24,133,- 460— being an increase of about one mil­lion in eleven years. Since 1832, the Jackson and Van Buren party have had a strong majority in the Legislature. D u ­ring the same year in which Gen. Jackson vetoed the U. S. Bank, the Regency of this State by a two-third vote chartered eleven new banks; and from 1832 to 1836, a period of four years, the banking capital o f this State was increased to $37,601,460,— being an increase of morethan fifty per cent., or $13,467,000 in fotn

O^T The Florida war has broken out afresh.— Gen. Jessup now' writes that nothing remains but to “ exterminate the Seminoles.” The Indians will not emi­grate. Savages, as they are, they love their H o m e s . They want to live and die where their Fathers lived and died. And for this, they must be “ extermina­tedv” Such is the humane policy of our enlightened, civilized, philanthropic, Christian Government, inwards the origi­nal owners o fth e so il! W e say to the Indians, “ remove, or die.”

Our own people were the aggressors in the'Florida war* The Indians were wronged, even by the agents .of the Gov­ernment. The Administration disregar - ded the sufferings c f Florida, until startled by the massacre o f Maj. Dade’e com­mand. And then one of its first acts was to supercede Gen. C l i n c h , the offi­cer best qualified of all others to conduct the war. From that moment until the present, every thing relatihg to this ill-o­mened, disastrous and inglorious war, has been wretchedly mismanaged.-—The squander of money and the sacrifice of life, has been most profuse. The spirit of the Army and its Officers has been broker. Our best'officers, disgusted with the indignities cast upon the Army, have resigned. All has gone, and is still going> wrong. After two years fighting, the In­dians proposed to negotia.te. The Gov­ernment, instead o f offering to protect them in the peacable possession of their corn-fields and their everglades, required them to abandon both and remove beyond the r o c k y Mountains. This proposition, after gaining time to recruit, and obtain­ing clothes and rations from Gen. Jes-sup, was rejected by the Indians, They have determined let live or die upon their own so il; and G en.Jessup has now commenced his war of ik extermination.’*

In the mean time, the Government, between its war with the Seminoles and its war upon the currency, is likely to have full employment ; the People, un­fortunately, have to bear the expenses of both wars.— M b. Jour.

[From the N ational Intelligencer.']. B A D N E W S FROM F L O R ID A .

It was only yesterday that we congra­tulated ourselves upon being able to say, from the most respectable authority, underdate of Tampa Bay, May 24, that the Indians were rapidly coming in, and would no doubt all emigrate in the course of the

plantations, will not awaken the energies o f those charged with the termination o f this horrid warfare— w h a t w i l l 1

At a meeting of Delegates from the Banks o f Western N ew York, held at the villageof Auburn the twentieth day of June, 1837, Joh n U . B ea ch was called to the chair, and F . M . H a i g h t appointed secretary.

From the following- Banks the delegates named opposite to each Bank appeared :—

Banks. D elegates.Chautauque Co. Bank, T . W . Patchen,City Bank of Buffalo, D . Ballard,Bank of Rochester, J es. Seymour,Rochester City B a Dk, F . M. Haight,Bank of Munroe, A.M.Scherroerhorn Bank of Genesee, John S . Granson,Bank o f Lyons, Wm. H . Lacy,Yates County Bank, Wm. M . Oliver,Steuben County Bank, John Magee,Chemung Canal Bank, Wm. H. Maxwell, 11 Avoid this question— let the GovernmentBank of Oswego, Edmund Ivnower, j take the responsibility, and crush all theBank of Orleans, Freeman Clark, j banks, if it can, and if it dare; we can doBank of Ithaca, A. St. John, j without any of them as well as the otherJefferson County Bank, O. B. Brainard," j p a r ty . I f the leaders o f the administra-Bank of O w e g o , Harman Pum pelly,; tion choose to destroy the credit system,

The W higs and the Banks.— The fol­lowing caution is from a late Albany Dai­ly Advertiser.

“ To the W higs o f the S ta te and Union. — Be hot caught in the trap— keep out of the snare! There is strong reason to be­lieve that it is tbe game of the administra­tion to make .the ensuing election turn upon the hanking question, and to beguile the Whsgs into a p a r t i s a n s u p p o r t of the ■State Banks. . The unfortunate posit'on of affairs has made the local banks un­popular with a considerable portion of the community, who do not see deeply into the great machinery of causes and effects^ These prejudices will be played upon; and if the W higs urge tho establishment of a National Bank, or make the support of the State Banks a p a r ty measure, they will be again defeated, as they were When they made the re-charter o f the United States Bank their leading political object.

summer.Our fears, however, expressed only a

years. These are facts which cannot be j few days before, of a different termination denied, and they show clearly that the pre- of the existing suspense on the subject, wesent dominant party are advocates and sup­porters of all banks from which its adhe­rents can derive any profit. That the stock of these political banks has been fraudulently distributed as a reward for political subserviency, is also a fact which cannot be controverted. Banks have been multiplied to an unreasonable extent,— they have been allowed to keep up aq un­warrantable circulation, and their discounts have been too much regulated by favorit­ism. T o the great increase of banks and their excessive issues, the spirit of over­trading and speculation, one of the causes ofthe present unexampled distress, is di­rectly attributable. The facilities which the banks have furnished for obtaining money, have induced many to engage in wild and visionary speculations, which have resulted in their entire ruin. A banking system properly organized, fur­nishing ample security to the bill holders, and judiciously managed, would be matterof convenience and substantial accommo-

‘ A looker on in Venice,” and not *‘a looker ! dation to the people. Most .of the banks

S. Johnson, o f Sweden, Monroe county. TI.e bo t ° f rioU 33 3 ,natter ° f it is rnen-ovas procured, and li .i mg in company a lad aboutfifteen Years of ace, son of IL C. Witlierell,•< © *Esq., they put from shore. For a short time every thing \va3 pleasant. Above, the horizon was scarcely spotted by a cloud,—around, all was mild as the zephyr whicli gently filled their s iil ,— and beneath reposed the peaceful water, its sur­face scar.-ely rippled by tlie Lire-, ze.

In a scene like this, wiiat heart could fail to beat in uni on ?—what eye could withhold its kindred sparklings when all around was thus ex­hilarating,— thus calculated to draw forth tlie finer feelings, aud to carry the sentiments of the creature, instinctively as it were, to life very throne of tlie Creator? But, alas !

“ T he eye to-dny that "dances bright, To-morrow morn mnv fadr ;

And with it perish each delight That its own beam had made

and the lake which is now slumbering so calmly’ is soon to be tossed in billows by the storm. For. hark ! a no'ue is heard,—it sounds like a distant r imbling among the hiTls. Itgrows louder,— the wind is increasing. Alar off in the -outli a little speck o f black cloud is seen,—it enlarges, in­creases in blackness, and the wind tmians still louder. An attempt is now made to turn the boat before the wind—die h'ast sttik-'s the sail at a broadside—-the boat reels,—the bow dips deep in the water,—the ballast, which is moveable, all settles in the forepx t o f tlie biat,—it sinks—and ils passengers are, one and a l1, forced into the water of the lake. They were, at the time o f this occurrence, about half a mile from the shore. Tlie lad informs us that from the time the boat pitched, he saw only three of his companions, and that even these he saw but for a moment. They were then near the boat. Tie, by the aid of the oars and rudder, which he used to buoy himself up, suc­ceeded in making so near the shore as to be heard — hut as tlie people who heard him, could not trace, amidst the raging of the storm, the somce o f his cries, it niu-t have been nearly an hour that he remained in this situation before be­ing rescued. He now looked around for his companions, bat they were n<>t to seen. T he w ater was a waste, and their forms were already slumbering, lifeless and uu-

tioned, that of the whole number of persons in­jured by this outrageous proceeding, a large por­tion o f them knew nothing of the funeial or the disturbance which followed, until they themselves were attacked. It is said that no fewer than 122 innocent persons suffered by tins disgraceful riot, some of them losing all they possessed. Of this number, 79 are women and children.

Kendall has come out with a “ boiling hot” answer to the letfer of Robert YVickliffe, which we inserted a week or two since in the Journal. This letter of Kendall’s \va« set forth in most glowing colors in the last Fatriot, the editor of which wishes to know whether “ il (the Journal) will have the honesty aod magnanimity to com­ply with the request of the Postmaster General, and publish his reply.'’ Now, as to either honesty or magnanimity in a case like this, we consider they have but very little to do with the matter. W e never have been able to discover that species o{ “ honesty” which would compel a public print to fi'l its columns with the exculpa­tory addresses and last -dying speeches o f every blackguard who is called upon to expiate his crimes either upon the gallows, or (after the man­ner o f Mr. Kendall) at tlie bar of public opinion ; but as the editor shows not a little feeling on this point, we will make him a proposition. As he has not yet published Wickliffe’s letter, but has made room fir Kendall’s answer to it, if he will neW at this time publish the former, we will pledge ourselves to give place to the latter. Here is a chance for you, neighbor,— and one, too, which we should improve with pleasure, as we feel confident our readers would gladly put up with a few columns o f government trash, for the sake of knowing that by that means those of the Patriot were secured about the same amount of good sense and verily. W hat say you, neighbor'? Do you go il ?

P. S. Should you conclude to close with our offer, by your letting us know o f such conclusion to-morrow, you will ensure its insertion in our next.

on iri Vienna,” is the true reading o f the text.— JY. Y. Star.

I f your text is taken from Billy Shakspoare, you will please stand corrected, Major Noah. In the play o f “ Measure fbr Measure,’’ Vincentlo, Duke of Vienna, replies to Esealusas follows:—

“ My business in this StateMade me a looker-on here in Vienna,W here I have seen corruption boil and bubble,T ill it o’errun the stew.”

Do you give it up, Majoi Noah?__________ Corrector.

For the Auburn Journal.T H E LOVE OF COUNTRY.

There is an-universal principle in our nature which makes us cling to the place o f our birlli: however bleak and! barren it may be. yet still it is our home, and is the dearest and most delightful land in the universe.

In Switzerland, high upon the barren side of the cold, bleak mountain, the hardy chamois hunter has built his cottage There, amid the roar of the xvarring elements, he spends his days. The awful thunder-storm which vents its fury •against the breast of his native mountain, and the still more dreadful avalanche which threatens daily to overwhelm his abode with tho accumula­ted snows of a thousand years, have no terrors to him. It is his home, the scene of his boyish sports; and as his young ideas budded forth, they were a?sociated with the immense, rugged cliffB of the mountain, whose rocky breast is bared to the fury of the wind, and whose hoary bead is whitened by the snows of many centuries. Andifby necessity he is driven from his birthplace,__and should his wandering steps lead him to the brightest and happiest land on earth.—still he sighs for home, “ sweet hom e;” still he pines for the exhilarating air of his own dear, dear native hills.

The American who is a wanderer abroad in the eastern nations ofthe earth, will be amused while curiosity is gratified by witnessing their wealth, splendor of architecture, and the luxury and pomp of kings; but when his active mind has ran over all which is interesting’jn these pompous nations, and after witnessing the show and magnificence o f a still older world lying in confused ruin at his feet, he finds no consolation here. Melan­choly has taken possession of his once cheerful heart, and he feelsi that he is a wanderer in the land o f strangers.

W e have seen some fine lithographic portraits of the President. Vice President, Col. Benton, and the Hon. Eli Moore, o f the House of Repre­sentatives. They a ie from well executed pov-conscious, beneath its surface,—and their spirits)

, . , , , , ,, . | uiucu imm mo, during me iasi wimcr, uywinging their course to that world where ail is ;VJr Fendwick. The rikenesses are w el| pre'-peace, imity, and adoration. J hey had gone,— served.— Globe..ad eiosed thus suddenly their earthly career; W e should like to see portraits o f these same

amPofull tv h iso lately weie sailing together in individuals,“ taken from fife,” somewhere with- *he loat, but a single one,— the la.J above spoken j iu the past month or two. I t may be, however, of,-—had been spared lo tell ihe tile ! The res: | that they have other business to attend to than the had d ?appoarcd,'anl nutwithstandi ig a'l the ef. s tting fo Kkerics es

are now mere political machines, created by party voles and for party purposes.— Instead of accommodating the public, they have proved a curse to the people. At present they supply a very unsatisfactory circulating medium, and the whole coun­try is flooded with shin-plasters, many of them issued by irresponsible men, and ut­terly worthless. Yan Buren is the father ofthe Safety Fund system,— most o f the banks have been chartered under that system,— and Yan Buren and his adhe­rents are responsible to the people for the great increase of the banking capital o f this State. Unless this gigantic money power is checked,— unless this shin-plaster ad­ministration is broken down, property will be insecure,— the laborer will find but | little employ, and very poor pay.

S p r i n g p o r t .

When is the Surplus Revenue appor­tioned to this county to be distributed ? It was distributed in Albany several weeks since. Are the c o m m is s io n e rs d i la to ry ? or cannot the clerks make the n e c e s s a ry searches ? or is it inconvenient for the banks holding the" deposites to pay over just now ? QjJiERE.

O ’ W e have received frorn D. K . Minor, E-q., of New-York, the two first numbers of the T ransactions of t h e I nstitution of C iv il E n g in e e r s of G reat B ritain. It is a work which should be in the hands o f every person engaged in engineering, ns it treats in a ma=terly manner of most of the important matters connect­ed with this important subject. I t is a reprint of an English work, the price of which when in tro ­duced into this country was ten dollars a set. The whole is now furnished by Mr. Minor lor three dollars. I t is embeliished also with about forty engravings, neatly done in wood.

Although gazing at Rome as she is,—although sealed upon

} ” T he Coliseum’s wall,’Midst the chief relics o f almighty R om e ” __

ho sees not *“ The gladiators’ blood} circus .stands

A noble wreck in ruinous perfection !While Csesar’s chambers and the Amuistine Grovel on eartli in indistinct decay!” °£ha!ls

but, wrapped in reverie, his thoughts are absent,— they have wandered over the wide Atlantic to tbe land of his nativity. I„ the rapid flight o f im a-i nation over the troubled bosom o f tho ocean, l ie sees the broadI,fertilesho.es ofhis native country spread out before him. There the vast Mississippi*?"*n l\%lnc T r? Waters of a l,ur)dred r.vers to the Gulf of Mexico, and no longer controlled bv banks and harriers, expands and rushes fearlessly out into tlie ocean, spending its fury io the eter­nal circuit and gambols o f the gulf stream. Here the majestic Hudson glides beneath the frownio" battlements of the highlands, and in its onward course laves the feet ofthe city which is destined to be the emporium of the world. The immense lakes ofthe far west roll their concentrated waters to the Niagara, and there, as i f in exultation of their strength, and in scorn of their narrow limi's leap into a cataract the mo-t magnificent on earth!

Now his imagination leaves the works of na! ture, and is carried back the course of time to other days, to the days of the revolution, the struggle of his fathers for liberty. He sees that rmmorta! band of patriots arming jij tbe cause of freedom. He witnesses their bravery . - th e i r patient suffering in that protracted struggle, the issue of which is liberty or death Thev have triumphed ! - T h e y are free! Now thefi bloody implements o f warfare are laid aside, or nre con­verted into the more peaceful instruments of a p i ­culture; and now, unfettered, their spirit o f en­terprise is developed, and as the tide of time rolls on,- the dark fore?t gives way before them ; and now tbat vast region which was once a howlim* wilderness, inhabited by beasts o f prey, and tlie still more savage aborigines, waves with the ripen­ing products of agriculture,—canals aud railroads

Huzza fo r Jackson /’ ’ was the cry. W e have had him.

‘‘ Retrenchment and Reform , as / understand it! was the shout. We have tried them ,— and they more than doubled, or nearly trebled the expenses of the National Government.

“ Jackson G lsry V ’ was echoed from every Jacksonian’s mouth. The nation is at this very moment basking in it.

“ Jackson Currency'1' was lo be the grand cure for all trouble. W e now see what was meant by the expression. W e see it in the shape c f shin- P,asters which are now flooding the Union.

“ Down with the B a n k !” The Bank is now down. The Pet Banks are unable to pay back the funds belonging to the G o v e rn m en t ; and the Government, although at this moment enjoying a surplus of many millions, is still unable to pay its debts I

A r i g h t c l e v e r H i t upon “ M y E x p e r im e n t upon THE C u r re n c y .—The last number o f the Marshall (Michigan) Times, in an excellent ar­ticle upon the currency, and lhe impropriety of our rulers dabbling in continual “ experiments” relating to it, has the following- I t i s truth, so­lemn, settled truth, asthe occurrences oftlte past few months most folly attest.

“ The currency jg a delicate subject for legisla­tive action. It is sensitive under legal restraint— it shrinks at the touch, and recoils from a contact which disturbs its natural position. It will best perform its office when left free to take care of itself The course of trade alone can regulate it,— trade is not regulated by it,—it is only pressed into its service.”

The mail last week accomplished the distance from New-York to Buffalo in 6ft hours,—a speed never before attained.

already learn, were more prophetic than the wishes o f the respectable officer upon whose authority our yesterday’s annuncia­tion was made.

Information has reached the city since Saturday, of twelve days’ later date than that which we published yesterday. Gen. Jesup has written, to a correspondent here, under date of 6 th inst. fiom Tampa Bay, that a large party o f hostile Indians had enteied the camp of the party assembled and willing to emigrate, and had taken off Micanopy and Jumpo (commonly called Jumper.)

The General says, nothing now remains bufextermination to the whole race. H e vvas about discharging the transports as­sembled at Tampa Bay for the emigration of the Seminole Indians. H e had, o f course, given up all the hope of the Indi­ans keeping-their faith. They have been paltering with the Government agents. Their Trealy (termed a capitulation) ap­pears to have been nothing more than an artifice to gain time for recruiting their strength at the cost of the Government, an artifice which, we apprehend, lias been but too completely successful.

[From the Globe of yesterday .]From Florida .— Official jeports to the

5th of June have been received from Tam­pa Bay.— These reports state that on the night of the 2 d inst. the M i c a u s a u k ie s , about two hundred in number, surrounded the camp of Micanopy, Jumper, and Cloud, and forced them away.— The orders from Sam Jones and Oceola were not to inalest any white man. Micanopy refused to go, saying that he had signed a treaty, and should hold to if.

He was answered that if he diJ not go his blood would be spilt. His reply was to kill him there, and do it quickly ; they however forced him on his horse, ancl carried him off. Jumper h iving sold all his horses they forced him to walk. The sincerity of Micanopy and Jumper can­not be doubted. Cloud, however, was always a traitor, and was the only one who had been warned of what was to take place.

Gen. Jesup states that the scheme of emigration has entirely failed, and that he shall immediately discharge the vessels which had been employed to carry the Indians. H e does not anticipate a renewal of hostilites. Measures haye been taken to place the troops in position so as to cov­er the country. ______________

[ From ihe S t. Jlugustine Herald.] T H E WAR.

Letters, it is said, have been written by Gon. Jessup to the commanders of posts, ordering them to be on the alert, and rec­ommending them to -advise the inhabi­tants to abandon Iheir crops and retire upon the posts.

Our cunning enemy has again foiled us, and hassholvn himself as successful in the cabinet as in the field. During their protracted negotiation they were enabled to supply themselves with provisions, clothing and ammunition ; they brought in large droves of cattle, the captured property of our citzens, which they sold to the govrenment, and received certifi­cates there for at a certain valuation ; these were taken by traders as so much money, and were thus enabled to pur­chase supplies. They obtained ammu­nition from the Creek volunteers, who received it from the ordnance officers for the purposes of hunting.

Nearly two out of Powell’s threatened five years in which he would fight the whites, have elapsed, and judging from the progress made on our part towards con­quering him, it seems likely that he will be enabled to hold out the remainder of the time. But the distress, anxiety and hardships to be eedured by our inhabi­tants are easier Celt than described. The troops are to retire to summer quar­ters, and nothing will be done till fall be­yond protecting our frontiers. The last four months have been w’asted in nego­tiating, and the Indians have become re­cruited from the fatigues of the last cam­paigns. The people have become tired, and their patience is well nigh exhausted with heart sickening deferred hopes. It is not our habit to complain. Complaints avail but little. J f the blood o f our mur­dered fellow citizens, which calls aloud fo r vengeance; the ashes o f consumed i.dwellings ; aud the sight o f our ra yag td

Jacob Ten Eyck, Walter U . Conkey, A. G . Story,David II. Little.

Tompkins Co. Bank, N . T . Williams,Bank of Geneva, Henry Dwight,Seneca County Bank, Wtn. Y. J . Mercer,n n i I "E* Hills,Cayuga Co, Bank, J QeQ B Thr00p>■a , c A . I John H. Beach,Bank ot Auburn, J j . S . SeymoUr>Onondaga Co. Bank, M. S. Marsh)

{Ashbel Kellogg, Miles VV. Bennett, L. H, Redfield,

Com. Bk. of Oswego, L . Jones,Bank of Otsegoj Henry Scott*O n e id a B a n k , B. B . L a n s in g ,U t i c a B r a n c h B a n k , W . S . P h i lp o t ,Madison Co. Bank, " “ ~Bank of Chenango,Herkimer Co. Bank,Central Bank,

The following resolutions,-reported by a commitee consisting of H . D «■ ight, J. Seymour, F . M. Haight, A. M. Sohermer horn, A. St. John, John Magee, Geo. B. Throop and Wm. M. Oliver, were adopt­ed :—

Resoloed, That the Banks represented in this Convention accept the proposition made by C. W. Lawrence, Wm. M. Ver- milye and F . W. Edmonds, as a commit­tee on behalf o f the Banks in the city of New York to the banks in the country, dated May 22d, 1837, of which the fol­lowing is a copy :

( C i r c u l a r . )Neiv York, M a y 2 2 d , 1837.

The undersigned, in behalf of the Banks o f the city of N ew Yoi k, beg leave to call your attention to th e annexed proposition to receive at par in this city the bills ofthe Banks of the State.

By a recent act o f the Legislature, the Banks are required to receive in payment of debts the bills o f all other solvent and unenjoined Banks subject to the same law. A sa literal compliance wi:h the provisions of the act, on this p a r t i c u la r po in t , would be extremely partial in its (fleet and em­barrassing in its application, it was deemed advisable by the Bank Commissioners that measures should be adopted which would make it o f a more general aod less objec­tionable character.

With this view, the Bank Commission ers submitted to the Banks of this city the annexed proposition, which we believe will be agreed to, provided the Bank? through'1 out the State will redeem the r notes with­in the time therein stated.

The main .features of this proposition are, that the City Banks should receive at par, in deposite and in payment of discount­ed and collection notes, tlie bills of the country Banks, and seal them up for re­demption, and advise the cnunPy Banks of the amount so sealed up. The country Banks are to redeem in this city the bills so sealed up, in Nevv Yoik lund.^ within the number of d.tys specified below, and after such redemption the packages are to b 5 subject to the order ot tha Banks to which they may belong.

P r o p o s i t i o n .

1S{— Banks on the Hudson River (o Wa­terford, 7 days.

2 d— Banks in Schenecada, Herkimer, and Utica, 10 days.

3d— Montgomery, Central, Otsego, White­hall, Chenango, Madison, Rome, Syra­cuse,Salina, Auburn, Waterloo,Geneva, Canandaigua, and Rochester Banks, 15 days.

4th — Lewis, Jefferson, Oswego, Wayne, Lyons, Yates, Ithaca, Steuben and Buf­falo, 18 days,

5th— Chemung, Owego, Broome, Living­ston, Genesee and- Orleans, 20 days.

6 lh— Ogdensburg,Chautauque, E ssex and Clinton, 25 days.Collection lo be made fo r City Banks.

Tw o first classes of Banks at 15 days or | per cent.

Four last classes, do. 30 days ̂ per cent.You will ob lige ms by l a y in g th e s a m e

before your Board, aud ad vise us of the result as soon as possible.

Respectfully, your obt. serv’ts.C. W. L A W R E N C E , )Wm. M. YER MI LYE, \ C om m ittee . F. W. E D M O N D S , j

We recommend to the country Banks the adoption o f the above propositions, as being in our opinion fair and just between the parties.

C . S T E B B I N S , \ j y i n ,G. R. DA V IS. \ Ban1cComS-

Resolved, Tbat Messrs. Schermerhorn, St. John, Oliver, Magee, Conkey and Maxwell be a committee, to go to New York and c o n c lu d e the a r r a n g e m e n t as proposed.

The following preamble and resolution, introduced by A. St. John, was passed unanimously;—

Jt having been represented that the City Banks doubted about closing the arrange­ment proposed by them, under a fear that the country Banks will raise money for re­mittance by exchanging their notes with each other for that purpose—

Resoloed, Tbat, in our opinion, individ­ually and collectively, such apprehension is unfounded, and that a practice by any Bank of remitting to their credit any bills except those received . in their regular business would be unjustifiable and dis­tinctly censured by this Convention.

J . H . BEA C H , CFn.F . M. H a ig h t, Sec’ry.

which has built up this country, let them have all the f ig h t to themselves j be their's the g lo ry—be their*s the responsibility, (and it is an awful one)—and be their’s the reward .”

A man who was bitten by a rattle snake in Vermont, was cured, when his life was despaired of, by administering do­ses of new rnm and arsenic.

A slaver under the Portuguese flag, had been captured by H . M. brig Wanderer, and carried into Nassau, P . P . T he small pox and starvation had killed 70 out of 470 slaves on board.

E x tra o rd in a ry Phenom enon.—-On the 28th April, a hill 100 feet high at Ko- eslin in Prussia, on the Balfjc sea, sunk suddenly into the earth, leaving an abyss 200 feet wide.

ff/^ T h e Comptroller has addressed cir­culars to the Safety Eund Banks, urging ihe payment of a portion of the C-anap Fund i» specie■. This is done, we sup­pose, to keep up an appearance of adher­ing to the “ Co n s t i t u t i o n a l c u r r e n c y . ” But what right has the Comptroller to de­mand specie from the Banks ? Is the state a preferred creditor? Shull the Banks,while refusing specie to the ordinary hol­der of iheir notes, pay the Comptroller’s drafts in specie? It vvas deemed important by the legislature that the banks should i etain their gold and silver with a view tor an early resumption of specie payments; But if Mr.Flagg is to draw it out of their vaults for the purpose of keeping his hum­bug alive, the people may whistle for their gold and silver currency.— Mb. Jour.

W andering Piper .— From a statement in the Baltimore paper it appears that this eccentric individual, since he Commenced his tour in the U . States and British Amer­ica, has traversed 9259 miles by water, 4015 by stages, 758 by railroads, and 8769 with a horse and carriage— making in all, 22,798 miles, besides crossing the At­lantic, and drives of pleasure, which

'must amount to a very considerable dis­tance, during a period of nearly four years; His collections have amounted to$27,000, of which he was given $ 12,000 to chari­table institutions. His travelling and other expenses have amounted to $15,600, leaving him minus $600. He is soon to take his'departure for Europe;

Houston.— This city, in Texas, was laid out in December la st; about the 20th Jan­uary the first house Was built. There aro now in this place four hotels and boarding houses-^13 retail stores or shops, and one wholesale establishment—and about 200 houses, and from 2 to 3,000 people now in town ; part, however, transient visitors; One steamboat, two schooners, and two' sloops, ply regularly b e tw e e n this pla^e' and Galveston, which last is destined to be the great commercial depot fur all the country east of the Brassor.

The Plague .— Tho plague tho Iasf accounts vvas making great ravages in the' Barbary states, except Tunis, and caused great alarm in Spain, Italy, and the olher European kingdoms bordering on the Mediterranean. A cordon of 3000 mrrt had been drawn around Tunis, to prevent all communication With T r ip o li, where tho pestilence was most active. Neve; tlieless, the authorities of Gibraltar had prohibited' the entrance of vessels from Tunis if,ro the bay. The Gibraltar Chronicle ofthe 10th of May says, that similar measures had beun taken at Malaga, and geneially along the shore of the Mediterranean.

The last number of the Portland Orion mentions that “ several ladies of Portland are setting fhe praiseworthy example, Iri these hard times, o f clothing their children with the bishop sleeves of rejected dresses.’ This speaks volumes in favour o f their economy and their affeolion.

The Experiment.”— Operationson ther Lexington and Ohio Rail Road, adjoining Frankfort, have been suspended, in con­sequence of an official notice that the State would be unable to pay up their in­stalments, predicated o h the belief that tbe United States cannot pay over the surplus due the State.— JY. Y .Star.

There is at Paris a regular hospital fot dogs, cats, birds, &c,

A light house is to be built at Hender­son, Jeff. Co. cn Lake Ontario.

The Hon. Dan’l. W ebster is expected at Detroit July 1st.

There is not a prisoner in Columbia county jail at Hudson..

Benton’s Gold Humbug. —The St. Louis Republican says, that a draft vvas presented from the Post office Depart­ment, for forty dollars on the Commercial' Bank Agency of that city, and payment irr specie refused !

F a m i n e D o w n E a s t . —The Eastport Sentinel says that a scarcity of provision? in that quai ter is severely felt— many fam­ilies are in a state bordering on starvation^ and have been compelled to dig their seed potatoes from the ground to sustain l i fe . .

There were forty applications for di­vorce at the last term of the Supreme" C o u r t o f Ohio.

g^»Wejunders(and that the injunction against the three Banks in Buffalo, viz. City .Bank, Commercial Bank, and Bank of Buffalo, vvas dissolved on the 23d inst. afler a full hearing before the Chancellor^ — M b. Jour.

W hat constitutes an Apprentice.— ? Oner of the Coutts of N ew Hampshire decides that a boy may be an apprentice without indentures. The decision is that the ap­prentice is under tho direction and con­trol o f the master, whether bound by writ­ten indenture or not, and that no parent or guardian can interfere to the injury of tbe master, ejther by taking the ap­prentice home, or placing him under nevv master, without rendering himsel£ liable for damages. If any other person* employs an apprentice without consenf from the master, he is not only liable for' damages, but for the fhe arnings of the apprentice for the time of his employ.* ment.

L e g is la t iv e W isdjm .—The wheat bounty offered by lhe state of Maine, will, it is said, cause a tax on the state o f $ 2 0 0 ,0 0 0 / — N o a h .

The Gold Millenium o f Vail Buren , Blair 4 Co.— The corporation of Anna­polis (Ind.)have issued small notes to the amount of $5000,

O f three hundred boats on the Erie Ca­nal, one hundred are said to be ** tied pp?” There is no pressure,’* &c.