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POSTSCRIPT. Thursday MORNING, 2 O'CLOCK. THIS MORNING'S MAIL. BY Jan. 1, Abolition 1840 WASHINGTON CITY Anti- District Columbia-Messr's Mr. Caucus-Bunks Van Buren's and Currency Clayar Calhoun in the at the Pa- of lace. Both Houses of Congress to the are out President's of session Palace, today; Van all and Buren, the shaken city Captain hands has been General, with up his United Commander Excellency States, in and Martin Chief a of great the Army and and buxom Van Baren, has grasped soft and delicate Mr. of hands today. f om the down to the admirer Navy pretty of girls the widows and clasped hard all a kinds the lass of blushing fifteen, ever wallowed most in one of of the vilest locofoco callised that palm of the paw and the slippery but and generation. / stew, whig of this day and bachelors; in Old men, old women, without and and men office holders men mercenary of standing, men in backram; old maids standing; and sinners, men broadcloth and doctors, saints seekers; lawyers. locofocos and whigs, office of all ranks and degrees; and devils. christians in loafers sinners, angels without breeches saints and and petticoats, and a common breeches have all met today on blessed him level, and or a petticoats, with the President, wished him shook cursed hands him, year, and many when in of all them sincerity have they in their happy wished new him at the devil. has that hearts The President has endured with all the commendable affliction race been heaped on and him, if he has not caught the small he pox, has and patience. tch or the measles, by Mr. the Jefferson, operation, it is said, been or the singularly a cutaneous fortunate. disease, on levee Jay, from which contracted he neverfully a caucus is recovered. to be held some by way the to representa- putastop tives Tonight from the south, of to abolition devise petitions. Mr. Calhoun the to the presentation and it is said that he will caucus, through whip medium is to preside, of the machinery of tonight's into the traces, and , all compelthem the southern to as walk re far resentatives into as he his supports path, and it, and to or support the prospects. prepare a administration for their future political hopes very heavy game Mr. grave John C. Calhoun is playing from a the slaveholding about this period, and the his man schemes, and set up down for . states, himself, who may dares as well oppose as otherwise Calhoun and set hims Benton no direct as a lost outbreak man! election will Between or of can the take next place, antumn. till for After after the that the presidential in the field, candidates be mur- preP they will and both the be war between them will hot. this moment, a local There is, at of Columbia, in relation banks to its here derous sidency, District of its considerable feeling cur- are in the rency and the District condition six banks, viz. president, The Pank and of now, in the John P. Van Ness, $500,000 The the Bank Richard Metropolis. of Washingten, mith. cashier cashier ; William capital, capital, Gunton, $400,000. president, The PaJames triotic Adams, Bank of Washington, William cashier A Bradley, capital, , president, Pysche Farmers' Thompson, Bank of Alexandria. John $250,000 John Hoff, cashier cac. Vowel. in. Bank of Potomac, W. C capital paid president, The president, Alexandria, $310,000 George- Page, pital $400.000, P. Jenny, Mechanics' Bank of cashier. Farmers' $500,000, and John Kurtz, president, and town, capital By an act of Congress, the charters of all these that time, they all petiJohn J. Stull, Prior cashier to banks expired in and the in year 1838. renewal of their charters; extentioned for a asserted that if a renewal or their an efforts , sion their were prayers not given them, they stockholders would in to heavy to close up, subject of the their utter impossibility of their losses, within the period prescribed th of the representations y sums closing consideration by reason by law. made, In consequence of their loaning large they maand in notes 10 Members of Congress, from of their act of extension rtwo years, The naged to of 1838, passed in their the of the act, however, were the that the act denomination provided conditions 4th get July, an should be void. behalf. limited, unless and issui g notes of a less 1838 banks ceased and after the 31st day of May, their than $5, also on required them to redeem all or silver, notes The act denomination than $5 in gold to of a less after the 1st of August, the first from and payments in full, on or were sume specie 1839 All of these January, conditions 1838, before months and since, reof with, and the banks, a few of their complied confidently anticipated a renewal Bank of the most but in October when the and ( charters; United States failed, they suspended payment, thus lost the all act claim of Congress for a renewal. of the 21 of March, these banks, 1821, for By the expressly regulation provided and establishment that, if they of suspend 12 per specie cent. it is the bill holders shall receive the way of damage; and Congress may to revoke their of their effects and close take interest, payments, possession by charters and appoint a commissioner p their business intention of Col. Benton, I understand, into effect to It is the a bill. at an early day, to carry be done, and the 2d of March, 1821. If this should the law bill of as Mr. Benton may introduce, of District a of Columbia will be scheme is such introduce the destitute Banks. pass, now In anticipation of charter such an for event, a District a Bank, so to on foot to obtain with a a capital of $1,500,000, to and be located be called, with branches at Georgetown this city, What success may attend the andria. to be told Columbia schemeremains has Alex- forbank in the district of with Every charter time, since the year 1836, that feited the exception its of the bank of the metropolis, and has done the deed 1837, only they once. all suspended with the exIn the of year the Bank of the Metropolis, and it was and ception the time, that they did so, at the instance aid at command of Mr. Nicholas Biddle. Mr. resc- Leo. at the Jarvis of Maine, a locofeco, introduced a had the effect of which would to take away the charters of the de but Mr Ben Harding, of the Bank linquents; nard been lution, adopted, have include been, Kentucky the it moved an amendment to that of delegation, the Metropolis in an investigation; and as reBank was the pet 01 the government. the House and fused to actone way or the other on the subject, the Banks escaped with impunity. They are all engaged, it is reported currently here, at this moment, in buying up their circulation re-charat 10 per cent discount. They will not be tered Mr. Clay and Mr. Calhoun were both at Mr Van Buren's today Would you be surprised if they formed a coalition with Mr Van Buren, to ge against Tippecanoe? Such a coalition would be equal to Mr. that between Charles James Fox and Lord North. Yours respectfully TOBIAS TROTT. are No mail south of Washington this morning