-A. , M
V
hare
ITi'Ttlston about the begin.
regu-
j- next w0. r--- . vr, on
krif "V -.L,L.n on the Brazos will
A I PI""1" ,r,n!k.nrll
ibak of cotton 01 -""-""'
'"j . I tha assistance
-e? L in addition aireaoy
lands h"l" . , . , f Com. Can Lou-
S-issippUliow anything to equal
Sersare, perhaps, not aware thai
Ourr""' ' aBVStetn of
lhMbeen instituted in Texas.
?.TV half of one per cent is imposed
B?f rtJ of citizen., and one pw
non-resident Theatre.,
wk race borsea, atorea, borsea,
"slaves, clocks, watches, jewelry,
vi'ned at interest, trades,' profes
rTc. V -areall tased. We
Tm 1- k,,,, this system will work.
Houston has receded authority
, oTertment to raise .ixteen bun-
Caw for the defence of he frontier,
"L..!h:- nn them to Volunteer. ;
w, thao profitless discussion. , ' .
Jooner Hornet, CaPL Toby ar.
nd bst night from G.i1veston,-ijich
Ssbelcftonthe 10th inst CapU Tob,
informs as that be Ictl at Aransas iwy we
Miiicao Federal schooner Cornelia, Capt.
Surj who was about to take on board 200
Hiiro,"'" . nAtua. ; niUition
troops loT Maiouiyi"",
.1 i 000 men of thc Federalist army,
amped at Corpus Christ! Bay , under the
eOTmandof Canaks, were ready to march
thither in order to make a simultaneous at
tnJT&y caand land, on' that city.
fFrom lb Fsyslteviua Observer. ' r
r. it, EJitor of" the FawUevillc Observer
ivar Sir Will-voii do the friends of
Temperance the favour oi puuusuuig w
cacUed memorial, with anarnest request
ball Editors ot newspapers w uiu omc,
ftiendfv to the cause of Temperance, to
give it at ktst one insertion in their respec-
1 Our ob'iect in making thui request, i to
I giia tvery pl"lthrhpist"in niir SviU; tlie
roorfuaity of copying this memorial, and
nhiaininif iubscribers to be forwarded toJ
our text Legislature. .Now. we ask all our
eoostderatiejelloW Citizens, whether aoim;?
thing ought not to be done to put an end to
the traffic which is the fruitful source of so
many evils! If there were no grog shops
oor peddling wagons permitted to retail the
Eroicious bevemge, many crimes would
prevented, and the tremendous evil of
drunkenness would be almost banished
from our countrf. If the traffic is contin
ued, it should not be licensed by law; but
one continued against every law of. God
and man...: ' ' ' ' "
SAMT PAISLEY,
WAr SHAW, 1
JOHN OATS,
CmmUtu of the Union Temperance Society,
Moore county, N. C, Oct 22, 1840.
T the Legislature of North Carolina, in
Senate and House of Commons convened:
Your petitioners, electors and citieeus of
your Slate, would respestfully say to bur
representatives, that the evils resulting to
tbt wbok community from the sale of into,
kating drinks are immense. Facts have
inxa spread before our fellow citizens,
which are accessible to all, proving beyond
contradiction that by far the largest half of
.11 ... "t-.JL'Jit- j
mu (mupciuni, crime uuu wiuuif,
fiICrud oppress our country, ar
oppress our country, are occa-1
iwtd by intoxicating drinks, while a large
mount uf insanity may be traced to thc
We bolj the following truths undeniable :
1. Tkat the morals of no free people will
ke better tban their laws ; aud.therclore our
!; ikmld not sauction the saleNf tliat
bich, b. yund all doubt,, is one of the
jrlest causes of immorality. --
1 That the object of legislation should
bs to promote 'and secure the greatest
mount of bappioess, for the longest time,
M nery citizen, with the least rxwsible
ttendantevil ; and therefore our legsla-
uod, relative to the sale and use of intoxi
cating liquorr, to bo used for an ordinary
"nus.snouia be. such as to encourage and
trengtBen tlie efforts now mokinir hv . tlie
elf-denying and patriotic, to lessen and
prevent the iiidiyidualianulyjwdaland
public misery and woe. confcaafulltf
ioned by the use of such liquors ', i
I That
tO lit CunMUmmntirt trrainof flluk lam
u-T . ; and tllcrefore patriotism and
philaiithroplikejwnd thaidl laws,
J?riarji
would be repealwl , 'V V
4. That anv busiiif. k ...,i .n,i.,r.
, . 1 .ia u-iuui H.uuV'n
crime, taxation and insanitv. should never
e licensed. I
Your memorialists therefore pray your
Jonorable body, that the existing laws, re.
- iiiiuiicaunff liquors, ue
piaied; audtliat
wttnaye as will consist . with the laws of
vmm btats,and mwrded with auita-
sanctioM, be passed by-the-pment
rXla,ure. prohibiting entirely the retail
"jwc la alcoholic drinks c t:
006 d the arts. 77'
And your
petitioners will ever pray, Aic.
oMwFwBnu-Tbe "Gainer Foster,
(aT !Jra7tTived last evenins from Flor-
anlnJ- wforms as that therenwas
nwian news ormvmnwnui.1. r .u..
except what we bavealready noticed.
Hf nTTrer fcrn from nim, that the schr.
S". Case, of New York,
7 "atomore, bound to Pilatki, with Gov.
stores, wa, wrecked on St John's
carmi. ,-n- -n(i ' - i .
tofcl r-' wcu vessel
1 lfromGalvrtc- nare
, 3 .1V ' t , ,
THE MESSENGER.
P. Pu M 'ANALLY & J, ROBERTS, EDITORS.
raftiWtttTOBLSLaa SIaBa
Friday Morning Noyember 13, 1 840.
i .Tfce last Card. v'r
Much has been said about the last card
which the Van Buren party had to play off
just on the eve of the election, and thereby
save, if possible, Uie sinking fortunes cf tlie
present Administration ; and. the .Whigs
have been warned again and again to be on
their guard, and prepare ihemsclvcw for
some desperate effort oa the part of tbeir
opponents. We confess that hitherto wie
have looked upon this matter with rather
indifferent feelings disposed to regard it as
the fears of some excited Whig,, rather than
suppose any set of men in our country,
holding high and responsible stations,
would be guilty of such abominable crimes
as recent events have brought to light
' In New York, a most foul conspiracy,
gotten up, it seems, by some of tlie most
prominent Administration men, arid impli
cating some of the most active .and worpiy
Whiga'of the city and State, has been for.
tunately detected and exposed in a manner
that cannot fail to recoil upon the heads of
the perpetrators. ; -
In Georgia, we learn that spurious copies
of the Emancipator, an Abolition paper,
published,! perheps, in New York, were
circulated just before the "election.
In Tennessee, report hm circulated
JJOt:GxnJIanisi)av1as dcadijYidjve see
it stated Uia the same report was current
in Pennsylvania, and that juirioua copies
of tlie Cincinnati papers were put in mourn
ng, and sent out among the voters It has
turned out most fortunately, however, that
in every case the fraud has been detected,
and made to recoil upn the pirty.that ori
ginjftd it. We make these statements on
the authority of our'e'xchange papers the
tfruttt ofTitelirwirdgii
and lay them before our readers without
comment. All boriest men of Hi political
partiesr-will regrrt to learn ihatThcrelire
men inourTcountry capable of descending
to such unhallowed means to secure their
ends and effect their vile purposes.
Aye, truly, the times aro hard, very
hard, indeed '.little money, little credit,
and much complaining. But whst's the
use of so much -growling, and grumbling,
and fretting, and whining about hard times!
Will that make 'them any better t Will
the' blowing of demagogues, the scribbling
of editors, or the dunning of creditors,
make money more plenty ! We trow not.
It is not so much our . intention, at the
present to enquire into the cause of the
hard times, as into the remedy. We care
not who is Prcsidentof these United States,
provided he does what we think is right,
nor do we care how many Banks there are,
provided theyransact their business hon
estly. . It has been tlie course of the politi
cal parties of the day to denounce in most
r b . ---"--""' .... .
ins ouminisirauon, or me uanKs ana tneir
supposed influence, and attribute all, our
pecuniary distresses to the one or the other.
But the honest truth is neither th Prsi,
dent, nor the Banks, nor any other power
on earth, can prevent hard times among
an idle, extravagant set of people. What
would Kvan7me"hafr;6rtlarTOliticaI rant
ers of the present day, if there were, a
sound, specie-paying bank iq every village
in the country! or, if there were no banks
at all !. We will probably r be answered
that in the former case they could borrow
money and pay their debts. Would this
make then) any richer ! To contract a
debt in one place to meet a debt in another !
Bank are unquestionably useful ; and the
banking institution is one of soundest poli
cy in a'couritryT But 16wBbm are Banks
useful 1 Not to tlie idle spendthrift but
to the man of industry and economy. ' The
great secret of our hard times is to be
sought for in the fact that too many of us
have been trying .to live without work. If
money were to flood our country, it would
do us no good, except we had something to
give in exchange And what have wc, or
what can V we have without industry and
economy ! r
So then, gentlemen, one and all, leave
off your grumbling and go to work be
more economical ; and as it is more than
probablgyejiaye a rowfiggidenrjreylU
no doubt in a short time experience quite a
change of times, and be able to feel some
change in our pockets. . ,
QGr Gen. Howaed, the, defeated candi
date for Governor of Indiana, has been
appinted Goyernorof Iowa Territory,
vice Gov. Lucas, whose term of service
has expired.
1 QuEtx Is there' a place provided for
Judge Saunders of this State ! '
v - -;
- 03r The death of Jois S. Spesce, U.
S. Senator, from Maryland is announced in
the fjatorn papers. f "
- IMffattr! the I
- We see a great deal said in our excliange
papers ubout die tlignit j of the press,"
" prostitution of the press," and such like,
and as is usually the case, those deepest in
the mire cry the, loudest. . For our own
part,wr write just what we please t and let
others do tlxtsame. Some of our cotcrn.
porarics publish a great many tilings that
we would not do, and perhaps we publish
things they would not -cadi one has his
own views of dignity and, propriety, and
acts accordingly. We will write nothing
that we would hesitate as gentlemen to de
clare any place we are chained to no car
of p'arty-end whether we think correctly
or incorrectlj one thing is certain, we
think for ourselyca--we ,will support no
man or set of men further than we believe
Uitm right, at all times reserving to our-,
selves the privilege of judging as to thc
correctness, of their, principles and jrac.
ticca. . ...,i.,i:,J..--;Jt:-i.v' i
Our brethren of the press may do just
as they please, and answer to their country
and their patrons for it-Hind so will we.
(KT As the session of oor Legislature
draws' near, we hope' our wants in these
parts will not , be forgotten-particularly
our McAdamized rood. . ; -
1 Old Bancosabo, ibrercr!
ifnnntfirnrL-ii!' rii.fln. ThoS. T. PaT-
7 " " e w '
TOX, nsi. sent us additional specimens of
the product of his highly culiivated farm,
consisting of pompiopsi potatoes hndicorn,
of various kinds. The pompions are fine
' 1; ' .ui ..r 5.1. ir.r,o tinH'
specilliciu,, wuugii fan n iww'f"
The lamest one Veielis 64 lbs. x.
Thc corn constats of-whaTieJcrtl8;4he
Cook corn, the improved Surry corn, and
Uic Xlunalreo cortu Uoeearrroeasures
nine incliea and a quarter in circumference,
ten inches and five-eighths in length, and
has on, it 1100 grains. . One ear or the
Surrey corn measures one foot in length
one stalk of the China tree corn has six
ears. There are also specimens of tlie
common corn improved, which contain fotir
a rice to the China corn. Of the improved
Surrey corn eleven 'cars were taken from
oW4iillTlbTpotetoes q the bTue, or
black, one weighing 3 1-2 lbs., the mock
Rohan, weighing 3 lbs; the white, round
early potato 11-2 lbs. nine of these were
taken from one hill.weigliing together 7 1-2
pounds. . v :: " , ( ":
A few farms in a county, improved .and
cultivated intlio manner which Mr. Patton's
is, would be of great service, not only to
the owners,-but to. the citizens, generally,
by exciting others to similar exertions. We
have little doubt but that with proper culti
vation, the farms in thisv county, on an
avorage," -would yield double the profiu
which are now realized from thenv
. We doubt whether there is a man in the
western part of the State that farms it as
profitly as Mr. Patton. He succeeds be.
cause he makesa business of it does no
farm as a mere ma&e-shijl a kind cf apol.
on for living but scientifically and ays.
tematically, as every man must, if he ex-
nects to succeed
One great object is to procure the proper
' 1 " i
seeds, andk then see thai they aro properly
planted, or sowed, on ground that has been
well improved, and then with the necessary
attention a good crop will always be the re
suit' . - . - : -- '
. We are glad to find that the fforts of
Mr.. Patton are giving an impetus to the
farmers of the cou1ftry,.Mi
expect to see considerable iniprovemcnts in
that most healthy,- most independent and
useful occupation. ' j
OiTlIon. W. S. Ramsey, member of
Congress from Pennsylvania, recently com
milted auicide in Baltimore. -
: s Popular Vote ! Maine.
The Governor and Council , of Maine
have counted and declared tho popular vote
ofjhat State, polled in September last, to
give n majority for the Whigsof 1wo hvn
dred and thirty-seven, which is a-clear
Whig gain in the State since 1839, of six
thousand even'httndred and thirty-four.
, ' '
Close calculation.
A Democrat writing from Barnstable
county", Mass. 7 some tiit Ix fore the late
election; compl'iiiied-tlwt tin: Whigs were
making trtm;rtfou3i -.t.rti-jns, ' but he
thought that Morton wouki b;; "elected gov.
ernor perhaps, tliough byji' icduced nicjor-
ity. Now it .happened that Inst year Mor.
ton's trmjoritjrwas precisely two votes, and
it must rwvejrequired yeryckealculatHMi
to ascertain that Be was" to be elected 1y a
reduced, majority, Such are the unenvi-
able attitudes in which violent partizans are
not unfrequently placed in their efforts to
give effect abroad- .
Orphans.-Tliere are few situations
more solitary, more painful, jnoremoving
than that of an orphan. 1 remember a
schoolfellow who had many friends who
were kind to him and fond of him ; but he
aid to me one day, in speaking of his hoh
day sports. " I. you know, have no father
nor mother. Andy there was a took of
thoughtful melancholy in his face, and a
tone of desolation in bis voice, which struck
me strangely, even young as I thf n wns
- " ' - '
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION,
Pennsylvania.
The accounts from tlus State are some.
what contradictory and uncertain. They
all seem to concur in the opinion that the
vote has been a very close 000." The Na.
tional Gazette and National Intelligencer,
fromj the returns received, allowing the re
maining counties to vote as they did for
Congress on the 17th ult.". eive the vote of
the State to Harrison, by a majority of be
tween oho andt two thousand ; while the
Sentinel, a. Van Buren pnperi reduces the
major:ty, upon tlie same principle ofclacu-
lation, to five or six hundred, t "
(&" Wo are informed by a passenger,
direct from Washington, that tho general
opinion there is, ' that the State has gone
for Harrison, by a majority of about 800.
Virginia.' J
We have not received sufficient informal
tion from this State to justify us in giving
any opinion as to tlie result of the election.
So fur as heard from, the majorities for liar.
risonhave been considerably over those of
1836. v.-. 3 - v-'-, ' ... ;. V.;
: Ohio. .
, . In this State;, Harrison is running large.
ly ahead of the vote given for Governor a
short time since. .
. It is believed his majority in the State
will not be less than 25,000.
. . . Georgia, v i -
? The vote in favor of Harrison in Georgia
is, so far as heard from, larger than ihe
vote-Jbr tlie WWgxandiilates'loiikihgress
given in October. The papers in that State
calculate Harris jn's-majority at 7,00CTor
8,000
We have received returns from all the
counties in East Tenbessee but 5., which
give Harrison 'a pfyorityfnB,839 votes,
We have also been informed W-a traveller
tliat the vote in ten counties in Midulc-Teu
nessce had been heard from, which ga
Harrison a majority of upwards of 4,000
uluch would make bis maioiTi v. so far ;
as heard from, about 11,000 ! .. .
Connecticut.
- This State has given her vote for Ilnrri.
son and Tyler by a majority of upwards of
6,000 ! '. ' ' , : '
The States have now all cast their votes
except South Carolina. We expect to be
ableJin out pcxtlo give information suffi.
cicnt to be satisfactory as to the general
result. "' , -
- - " Times" Qirict , Kn oxville,
J ' Saturday, Nov. .7.
The People hare triumphed I
"OLD TIP" goes over the mountain with t
1 majority ( SIX THOUSAND; ! ! ,
From the table of returns which we pub.
lish below, from all but' five counties in 11
Tennessee, it will be seen that Gen. Harri
son's majority so far is 6-,829. -.Two of the
remaining counties are Whig Bnd three
Van Buren. Tlie present majority cannot
we think, be reduced as low as 6,000, and
be less than 10,000 r and may 15,000!
The Whigs of East Tennessee deserve en.
during honor. .In the hour of tlieir" coun
try's suffering and danger, they have rallied
to her rescue with- unexampled energy am
zcal, and most nobly have they triumphed !
So far we have gained in every county.
Where all have contended so gallantly, it
.wimM. Jte-fairidiou8.,iQ- .beswu particular
praise. '. The honors of the victory should
be shared alike. ,Tbe blessings which will
follow, belong to the People !
ELECTION RETURNS.
Harrison V. Buren.
425Trnaj.f 1
-1198 - 640
330 maj.
. 500 "
632 . 733
-5y rr 7-
Anderson,
Blount,' j.
Bradley,
Bledsoe,"
Claiborne,
Campbell,
Cocke,
Carter, ...
..Grainger,-
Greene,
Hawkins,
.Jefferson, ":
Johnson,
Knox,
Mc.Minn,
Monroe,
Morgan,
. itoane,
Sullivan, '.
S:"vicr,
- Washingtbn,'
917
837
646
. 1032
1811
398
2098
..1055
923
-"57
1047
328
, 882
891
eo.
99
1559
198
131
49
314
924
928
545
1386
1081
alO.NET MATTERS, THE RESUMPTION:
ThePhiladtlphia lnqiiireiof yesterday says
that tho arrangement between the lianks
of Philadelphia was finally Ynadc on Friday
night.: 1 he sum to be loaned to the Bank
of the' United States is five millions, and a
committee has been appointed to proceed to
the cistern cities, and endeavor to make a
satisfactory arrangement there. ,
Jt is stated that Mr. A lsbp and M r. Brown ,
two directors of the Um"tcdrStatcsJJBank;
will accompany Mr. Jaiidon to" Europe in
the steamship President. Baltimore Amer.
ican. .! i -
Two hundred English Mormons arrived
in, Newj Y'ork a day or two ago, from )Liv.
erpool , Two thousand mne are expjcted
in the spring; .Most of them are said to be
members of the total abstinence society.
DKiAtciTioM ci FiA2ic 3Ir Walsh.
in one of his lute letters to the Editors of
the National Intelligencer, gives the follow.
ins instance as a specunine of the ruror
with which defalcation is treated in France;
" Having treated of juries mod trials, I
will improve the occasion to mention a
criminal case which occurred at the Court
Assizes of the Seine. It is that of a Mr.
Durand, collector of the direct taxes of the
first district of Paris, charged with having
appropriated to his own use, or embezzled
the public money to the; amount of thirty
thousand franca, six thousand dollars. : He
is about sixty yeats of age and bad borne
an excellent character. He appeared at
the bar with the decoration of the Legion of
Honor which the (Jluet Judge, though it
was duly obtained for old public services,
compelled him to withdraw at once, as the
law suspends all the civil rights of one or
raighec for crime. The embezzlement be.
can in 1 823 , and proceeded by annual sams
of from 2,000 to 3,000, 4, 000 5,000
francs portions being replaced from tuno.to
time ; unlucky scculauons out ot otlice be.
trayed him into thc peculation. He show.
ed tliat he and his family expended for their
subsistence only three Urausand frapes per
annum;. a number of witnesses' attested
tlui general morality and respectability, of
et His We. the lawyers exerted" them
selves pro and con -three hundred and six
ty qikst ions or points were submitted to the
jury, whoj, after three hours of deliberation
muiiv in ui iwu o ciocfc 111 me inoriiiug, a
verdict of guilty against Durand but acquit
ted his' Clerk, ulso a member of tho Legion
of Honor, (included in the indictment,) on
Tlie grouna 01 non-panicipaun in uiffioe
sign or object of fulsifying entries, 4s
The Court scoteuced Durand to eight years
of hard labor! in the galleys, exposition on
tlie pillory, a fine of .lour thousand francs,
and an additional twelvemonth of imprison
mcnt if the fine was not paid. Tho Presi
dent or Chief Judge finished by this address
toltiint-liYou have bocju
I pronounce in thc name of the Legion of
Honor that you have nowceascd tabo a
member thereof. ' I cite this case to show
how drfalcotum Is treated iu Fraiicc. The
advaiicbiTage, the moral repute, the do
mestic frugality, tho old public service of
Durand, entitled him to all toe lenity com
patible withthe law and public weal. In
the United States, thc public exchequer has
been ever since tho administration . of
Ulasliington rublieJ L v- ouU ic functjoiia.
ric, juiiothcrs3diroctly wlw Tvallowed
in luxurj', with impunity such as to form the
strpnfrest contrast; Umler your newt Sub-
Treasury systerrwtou wUUia venore recejv.
ers or pUbfie hioiiey than heretofore. You
must thiulrof thc salutary rigor exercised
in this monarc
Amebica! coppekt-A rate number of
the Wisconsin Kiiquirersnys that Mes
srs. W. Alfordand P. W. TiibqiXs, of New
Boltimore, in that Territory bave nut
with complete success in their experiments
in 8miltiiig,copperore. They constructed
a very simple furnace, which cost only ten
dollars, in which they smelted, on thu28lh
of September last, 2,500 pounds of ore,
from which they obtained nearly 700 lbs1.
of good pig copper, pronounced bv com
potent judges to be superior to the South
Ajncricnn pig copper. 1 ho time occupied
in procuring from tho ore thc above amount
of copper was only nine hours. Neither
Mr. Alford nor Mr. Thomas had any ex
perience.in smelting, add the result is justly
deemed a matter of great consequence to
that territory, which abounds in rich cop.
per ore." . ,
. .1
"NobtbT Carolina. From tho official
returns furnished the Raleigh Star, by the
Secretary of State, Mr. HilI7 Gov. Morc-
ltnil'a PYArt mninrilv nvpr.- S;iiinilira ' ia
flic fo
jllowine is the vote :
Morehead,
Saunders,
34,508
'20,428
8,080
Wisconsin Tobacco. Tlie resources of
thc west are continually developing ; new
articles of commerce and of domestic use.
are constantly adding jtoTFie jv'caltli antf
means of the country. We are informed
that a number of inhabitants n Rock Ri v.
er, whoso granaries have been filled to
overflowing for the last two years, and who
have found it convenient to dispose of their
surplus products, have'rcsolvcd to direct
their attention to other means of obtaining
profits from thc products of the "soil. Ac
cordingly tho experiment of raising tobac
co has been tried thc past summer, and has
been found to succeed beyond expectation.
The growth of the. plants was astonishing
ly rapid, and they .were brought to - perfect
maturity, and completely ripcjuH, about the
middli of August lust. MKny.ofhc leaves
menrfun d t!)nM' fcrt in IchgthjitL 'enty
incln s iii wi!th. Southport Til.
' MARRIED,,,
On the 10th InoUaJie Rev, O. B. M'Anally,
Mr. Ai.rRr.o M. A lex an dk ,4o M iss Sian Fa ns
wotTH, all of thi eountvrt V 'r . -
In Yancey county Hy Rev. J. B. McMahan,' on
thc 5tli inst., Mr. Jackkox (Iahdner to MImXam
cv Yoi'no, dnughtrr of Geo. Young.
Rates or Exchange, Ac.
AUGt'STA, GA.
Savannah Banks, .
Columbus Ininirance Bank,
t'omincrcial Bank. Maeoi,
1 per ct. prcm.
1 1J
1U "
M:chunica AuffusU, 3
Aflcncf Brunswick, 3
y - ' 1"
Plantrre' and Mechanics' Bank
ColumbiM, . 5
Central Bank, 10
MillcdgeviHo Bank, 8
Ocmulgee Bank, 10
Monroe -Rail Road Bank, -12 1-2
disc'nt.
Hawkirwvillc Bank, 10
C hattahoochie R.R-&. B Co. 5 - '
Daricn Bank, 25 , - " '
Bank of Rome, 25 . "
Merchants' &, Flanten'Bank,
St Josephs, Florida, 5 " "
Union Bank, . 50 " "
Southern Trurf Co. " 30 '
AD other Banks now doing bun'nem, at par.
SrsriE Patiko Baxks. Mechanics' Bank, Insu
rance Bask of Columbus, Commercial Bank of
Maeon, and, Bronssriek Ajpofy this eity.
OiT By a gentleman direct from the
Western District, who passed through this
flice yesterday, we learn that the Whii
majority there was about four thousand , and
the entre Whig majority in the State was
estimated at more than 19,000 ! !
OT As our paper goes to press, the elec
tion in this State or Electors for President
and Vice President is going bp--it will be
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mpossi Die lor us 10 give any returns until!
next week. We have", however, little to
fear as to the result. , .?
Dreadfxtl Eakthquakk. The account
of the falling of a part of Mount Ararat,
shaken down by an earthquake, with a ter
rible destruction of human life, is confirmed.
The St. Petersburg Abeille de Nord, of,
September lltb, publisheb the following,
letter, dated Tifilis, August 18th 1 " .
tYou have, doubtless, heard of the
terrible earthquako of Mount Ararat, which
has totally destroyed the town of Makitcbe
man, damaged all the buildings at Erivan,
and dc-astutcd the two districts of Sharour
and Sourrnate, in Armenia. All the villa
ges in those aTstricts have been destroyed.
The earth is rent in such a manner, that
all tlie cotton and rice plantations have per.
ished. for want of water. But the roost
lawful event has taken place in the neigh.
Dorhoou ot .Mount Ararat. A considerable
rock was loosened from the mountain, and
destroyed every thing in1 its way for" the
distance of seven wrests, (nearly five Eng.
lish miles.) ... wd, ,
AnKJiig others, tlie great village ofJUu
to4)f;IJtQuUVbaiiud tho late of Herculaneum and
Pompeii. ,'4Dove one thousand inhabitants
were buried under. heaps of rock. A thick
fluid, which "afterward: became a river, ran
from the interior of the mountain which 1
was opened, and following the same direc-
tion. -sweat over the ruins, and carried with
it-trieorpseTcTThe-unfortunntc inhabitants
of Akhpuli, thc dend animals, tec. The
shock continued to be felt every day in the
above mentioned districts, for several days,
and entirely laid therrr waster then the
shocks l'aiiio kaaJrequent - Ararat w ,
not yet quiet ; the day before yesterday I
was awakened by two violent subterraneous
commotions." . ;.i - .
" Distressing shipwreck and loss or
life. The schr. Sailor's Venture Capt.
Brown, which left this port on Friday after
noon last, for the wreck of the brig Alvira,
13 miles south of Cape Henry, was cap-si7x-d
in a heavy squall from N. Wf on the
following morning at 3 A. M. south.of Cape
Henry and about 6 miles from the land.
Thc crew rcmrujicd on thc wreck until 0
A. M., Vhon the iiiaiiirout wu rarripH
from its step, which forced the deck; up and -the
vessel went to pieces; two of the crew
were drowned when the schr. capsized.
Capt. Brown and one of the crew succeeded
in getting hold of a few planks from the
quarter deck, on which they held until
nearly sundown, and on approaching the
shore, tlie seaman was drowned. " Captain
Brown, the only survivor, - reached here
yesterday, from whom we received tho-
loregoing account. JSotJolb Beacon.
Union ot the Danube and the Rhine.
-Tbe- grand project frequently contempla
ted by Napoleon, of uniting the Rhine and
the Danube by a canal, is nearly accom
plished. The works will bring it this year
from Bamberg' to Nuremberg, and the
whole length will be finished in 1842. A
portion of the line will be opened next year.
ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES OF THE MAILS,
- - At and from Asheville, N. C.
AKKIVALS.
OCPASTUaCS.
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SontheTn.Mondayi',
i liunulays & aaturduys.
Sundays, it 4 o'clock,
A. If.
by 10 o'clock, i. m.
Western,' via Warm
Wednesdays, Fridays
SnringSj&c.Tuesday,
and Mondays, at 4 oclkt
1 liursdays . Saturdays,
8,r.. j
Western, via Franklin,
to Ga Wednesdays, 7,
T.U.
Kastern.via Morgan ton
H. .
Fridays, 5 oclock, a. .
Tuesdavi and Satnr.
ju:-Mdndays 4, Fridays,
days, 5 a. m.
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. Eastern, via Ruthcr.
Mondays, Thursdays,
finltn, &c.--Siinilays,
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Eastern, via Burnsvillc,
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STATE OF SOUTH CARUL1M,
, :... Bonfombe Connlr.
'Superior Court of aw, Fall Term, 1840.
fr' Mav Towxsexo, ; )
- v w. I PETITION FOR DIVORCE,
TV. A: TWxsend. J . ,
ST appearing to the satisfaction of the Court,
jlbat the dtirndunL, Win. A. Townaend, is not
an inhabitant of this State It Was ordered that
publir.111 be made for six weeks in the Highland
Mcwrnprjl published at Ashevillc, N.Carolina,
for tlie rpi Wm. A. Townsend,to aplar at tba
n( jt SuiW'rldr Court of Law, to be heM for the
county of Buncombe, at tlie court housn in Asno.
vilfc, on tho3d Monday'afler the 4th Monday in
March ne)0V then und there to plead, answer, ot.
demur to the Petition filed agrainst him by tho
said Mary To nsend, or thc same will be takea
pre confesm, and set for hearing tx part.
A true copy from the minutes of said court,
' J. ROBERTS. CI.
Nov. 13. 1840. &50. 6w23
Job Printing.
CIRCULARS. Iland.bills, Cards, Labels, at
kinds, of Blanks, and every description of
Printing, nt atly executed at this office on moderate
terms. : : .. L
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JUST rinted, and for sale at the " Mease ncer
OtTiee, a new assortment of BLANKS
among which are Constables' Warrants, with
Judgements and' Executions, Superior and County
Court Solicitors' Indictments Cor Affray. Assault.',
Ate-, tec.
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attended to.
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