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"Gaston Rail Iload rot !ell fu'rj rn tuuicijni 19 utscnarrro an mu mammies . . . . - j i ii .t. . i i. tt'.t J I- 'Incurrcd.ty the state, under tho Act of Jantjj 11778 U, entitled fin Act to secure -the state "r o'Jr,it any end every liability incurred jfci- the Raleigh and Gaston Rail Road Company nnd for the relief of 'the lame ; or should tho Governor purchase the same 00 behalf of the! . State) then it shall oe the duty-of'thej Govern j :cr To -lake s-ich' measures under the Act) of i: 18C3-33, and January, i8it'a any in 'ty Judgment LesJ secure the -othc? liabilities J!" ;tntf state: The bill was further amended, on .no.non of -Mr.,Thomp?cja, of Bertie,' byVS the following ecction v' . t I -,'. ,r . ' th-il cr; thu the prccVa of ;iJ Roac " 1 . : I ' .ir.t to keep eaioad irp repair; pv JAu.ii exp-'iiY rafljifjcsamej 'then it shall be thvu'aty i tba'Goviwor, to 1 r.!I rxmt' nri tad. " ' The ! ..it..en jpasK- ' j's'.cgnd, riding c i'.j--;.ie votc't-j rcc : a.mer.dfp.c rfpro. posed "by Mr.. Camcn . ; "jj.-' !' ' Tho'Vi'I wss tl p put upon it3 third rzzh in-., . Mr. Frar:.V moved an amenjir.cr.t U the 4th sectKi b striking out. allafier the wod Stat tie 4th' line. , r.r. J if inserting' " tach pnVas hi and his Council ray.dccm , advisa upon a full jnTcstiguiiGnli' into ; thej 4 volnijof said Rntd, bo far as they may been. cb.Vd to osccrtairj tho same,' having a due -re-j gtrd to the amount of principal. anjj interest,' to which the stole; is now liable as tyell tut the! value of said Rood, ascertained Jn'Utc manner; herein prescribed." Rejected, i ! . j , . , Whereupon tho.bill passed its lhjrd;read.j , in3uy ll" casting rote-:of the Spcjakeiy 'thcj . Senatu voting as on it second reading, with tho' exception of Mr. Francis, w ho did not .vote . . v ; HOOSG OF COMMONS :, - ! .U. Ellis, from the.Commitlceon Privileges , tsnd Elections, reported, unfavorably on the . till to repeal a pari of ihe 10th section of thq L7rA Chapter1 of, tho, Revised Statutes, ehtii tied an Act concerning the General ; Assemi b!y, and to amend the same, when said bill was read the second time and rcjccle.d. ''., The engrossed bill in. favor iif Poor Debt? ors, passed its third reading, and was order . t 11 1 rir mi - m'j ! . co to do enroncu. 1 1 iiu uui czemp;s -iro iAccution, irj addition to .tho property no by law exempted 'nfier tha first day of Jul r.cxt, the necessary farming took for one lat b ircr, occ bed, bedstead and covering for cvej. t ry two members of the family, fourhogs, and . tlljhe necessaty household and. kitchen fun r.iturc, not to exceed C50in valuei: .f;- '. Report ,V? 7f " Of the Committee on JLlie Penitentiary. ,j; The Committee on so much of -the Gov error's Message as .relates to a Pcnitentia.ry, respectfully submit the following report ; (j The subject of the penitentiary system ,i not a new one io North Carolina. 1 has been frcaucntlv and earnestly nciiatcd and discus! cd amongst tho people, and in th3 Ijegisli- ( - turc. Tho current of ,. public .opinion hqa rccmcd to run in its favor; but your commit- tee are not advised that has ever, freen pr$- Issnled in so distinct arid tangible a form, as to elicit a clear manifestation of the public .will, cither for or against its adoption. , I Nor 1 have they the . means of knowing what that will nowjs in- relation -o'this subject., i . It s - much to bo regretted, that this, most impor tant question has never been presented, to disconnected from all subjects involving local and political excitement, and accompanied . with such explanations touching its probable cost its annual expense and production its cfTucls enon the progress of crimo and re formatioa of cciminalsi, as rnii'ht enable tho pullis to arrive at a clear understanding jo its : ?rhs, acd a definite conclusion as to th rx, 'rr.cy .fsf its adoption in -this stale. 'It - wi. j i!;2 purpose, of your Committee to f jr nis! ,uc! dtiiils and statistics, gleaned from the scanty sJok of materials 'within1 their . . , . . ... 1 reach, ns may - contribute in some degree ijto the gincrnl information."- Without going into an elaborate argument; a few observations p the general question of expediency may loot bo deemed inappropriate' ' .' The'experience of other, states, both foreign - . and domestic,, which'hdve given the peniten tiarv svstem a thoroush trial, furnish suS : .cisnt data fur arriving at a safe conclusions to it3 beneficial operation. lis hi.tury in cur own country has been most' favorc' 'e to th American penitentiary system. Itic siveiy si.own to have chcckeJ, it it t.-t L, - .materially diminished,; the commission if c. ' crime even arr:idst'a population unparal! ! . for its ropiJ increase and heterogeneous char acter. 1 Vtj abrogating the barbarous punish r.:cnts impos.j by feudal limeswhich have rot beeri' touched by tho' ameliorating injflo j . .ccs of a r,, ,.3 civilized ac wc' should, but iconfurm to, und sanction those just and-be. uevolcnl coJerations which 1 - the prcFer.'.:3 than tho punUh:. . moJlo;;a reformation than t! ;tu;.a retormatioa than tl.j jl...;.:i- ir.::.l c! Cf.;;,-al ,hicli teck to teirper j-:t!ce rgore as a merciful ju-'s, than a ruth. l i cid.sav2g.T aver,. r. The punishments of wh-j 4-ing, cjrcpp;;,gf and branding, sanctioned by our laws, aro considered as noonly Sm pclitic, tn view cf their 'elTccts upod-lhe pre. version of crime nnd the reformEfiltm orf 6f. '( ' rr, butas ur.eon :ial to the spirit of "the ctJ , --d revoking to hu.--r.it What ptp la liV.'j what hope is lr: . : iiasLccorr.j thovictir. !ut t!:3 maniwho .h tcrturing pn. - ishracnt.'nub'.'y infi.ct 1 i t'.j orc:cnce of crowds vscaliy attracted' such rvoltinjiex fiibilions, ever zri7Z or can, risVaave that rojjdiiivn cf deen nd irretrjevahle' dia." tion n'tu; which he iflnk brinIamou a punishment ! Ileo- lai the brand of Cam is upon himih besfs upn his per Jon tBdiVibleecdldninf-" jprcof c f his lir.famy. He ii forr J cl eft' . cir-" - of the ret::siicg influences rz:sj-'? tl9t an a P c fut u rVresf clab1! - Ao impassable -fca rrier sep"atcj bim from all respectahlc asscc" 0 zLl?:?? ?J1 ' J J1 2 cither 1 : nks into .ne Joalh'Ujme, imbecility", cf d: : icrncss or into a fe, career of crirr.?. V'hatever pal. liation or excuse he rr'..l find in the sudden irrpulics of. a hasty terrier in the ungovern able exasperation for great personal injury or insult or in the frighiful sufferings of nenurr ! ana want no mailer now much ta better impulses! of nisnatare and thcfriJs "of a once honest narnj?ighttir:it3 Lir. to re. gain a respectable pbiilion in society, he: is yet. ensued beneath 1 1!.2 ccr.cicusaes3 thr.t trb cfe no oblivious waters in public' scnti r:er.t that can r.zih cut,ihc scars of ; his' hzz rated fiesh-no panacea in public yrr"".! y that can heal the wounds o'f.his mutih'.: J pr son. These u nha ppy consequences do n ct to frcquantly or so necessarily result from the .llder better' graduated, and Icsj infamous punishments of a penitentiary code. Solita. ry. confinement tndurcs a communion with conscience; active employment gives a 1.- -T:y actwri. and beneficial t direction to tl - The convict ts-cut off from the tc;.- - . anil oprrtbnliiea of c.til 'association ; Lj i.c qoircs a habit of, so'jer in'-try during n. cnglhcncd.cohfincmcr.l; .Le Cr.Js in -a profit able trade an additional security nagainst tho temptations ithich iniht otherwise assail him ujkju ins uiscuarge, ioj seeK ine means 01 liv ing by his wits, bys theft, robbery or murder; and pot utifrequentlyJa conviction pf the very pxaclical trihh, that " honesty is the bost poli. cy,"" is fastened upon his conscience and his . ' ! - - ; - - 1 1 . ! t- -r 1 - I'Vlifmrnf . vi ... . .' lament. ";On the score of economy, your Committee believe trie argument is in favor of. a peniten- u ry, , in ine siaiejoj r,iiew. nampsmrp. iissiclu sitts, Vermont, pnd New Jersey, where penitentiaries are established, thearn- ins 01 1 no con vicis e.ceea me expenses. in Connecticut, tho agrfgate, pnfits. for .12 years,4 up to 1839 were, 803,020 . 12., - In Iver.turky, to the sam1 period, ihey nm junted to,090,847 32. In Ohio, fir ihe years 1837, 1933,. 1839; to $59,232 CV'-In Louisiana', for the rears 1837 'S3, to 810.714 94. The profits of ihe Aub'ufpJ penitentiary for the years 1939 39,'Were 03,490 25 ; arid of the Sing Sing Slate Prison"; Ni Y., .for the years 1837, "39, '39r were 839,007 90. In Ten nessce, fiir 1833, 37,'the profits were Gl4. 430 41.! It is to be regretted that' we have no statistical reports, from the Georgia peniten. tiary,from which t! as! from those of Tennes. see and Kentucky, we might hazird some safe an'ilogrcat l deductions. !Bul whilst the penitentiaries above; enumerated ' have been profitable, .those' at: Philadelphia," Pittsburg Baltimore, Washington Cityj and in Michi gan ITave not paid eScpenses the deficiencies ranging from; C3,7p0 to; 018,378, annually Viewing this subject in its mOst unfavbrable aspect, as'to the. question" of economy, and granting that a penitentiary would-be an an nual charge to the state of 310,003, (which sum is inuch above the average annual charge 1 1 1 of the five penitentiaries above-enumerated) we will now enquire, whether lhi3 wculd nut , : ,i " .1 , be the cheaper planof punishmont; to 'say nothing of its reformatory tendencies. -. From the few one) imperfect rcturr.3 made to the Executive department,' under the Aci of 1833-39, the Committee have becn,nl!e to collate some facti which miy be useful in this connexion, as enabling ihem to arrivo c conclusions, noi auogemer conjociurai. : lie turns from thirty. five counties show that the number of prosecutions for the year prior to Juqb 1st,'; 1840, forj, crime's and misdemcan. ors, was ono thousand three .hundred and fifty -eight.' , Of " tins number,- seventy. nine were crimes of various grades, from petit lar ceny to murdier, pf !which there ,vrere thirty, two convictions, " twenty -ono ; acquittals, and twenty-two nol tried.. , ( We will here renr!:, en passant, thit these returns also e!iov t!:il in these thTrty.fivc countic-i, t! ?re '.vere two hundred and 'fjrty. nine lunni;3 z- ! ''z:-.) Taking it fjr granted that the remtinir; t'.ir- ty.five counties u M have furnish? J r.n c .1 calender of cri;:.jj .j lave fur that year, two thonsar: ? ?vcn Y.vr 1:: d and sixteen pros ecuUjna cr.jl.j - ! : J c:.J .". " r i"htof which would be included in a r . y coc!?. Of thi3r.Mn-.Ler, iisly-f ""ti'-.s, forty-tr.-o were acquittal.?, c . - '"T- From our' 'own obserr..; . f c 1 1 "1 . !. ! !:! t.ny we not conclude tl.-it cf l!.'. - ... 1 - . ijrty-i r.cc'.Hua.j, many escaped conviction on rr -wU.-t cf t!. rrvrl'y rf the punishment nr. 1 humanity cf vy j-jry I Thne returns further "show that in ten counties, 'the sum -iiJ for the prosecution cf -insolver.i t rh. "n. a!s and their maintenance in j til, for ISC), :?J amounted to the surn of 04.110 D7, whirli u an average for each county, of, 04 1 1 10. We may assume' that half of this sum was incurred int!.? prosecution cf State prison of fences', and that' is a fair avenge of each county.' From tiit to data, then we have the sum of 015,CCDC3 cr.ndally expended in the 1 state" of North .Carolina- for the pro: region and maintenance, in jail, of inrDlvct'clirr.!.-:. a?3, charged with the C9mmission of peniten- liary offences. . Assuming, i!. .n,lhat a peni tentiary would be "jt public charge cf'ClO;,. POO 00 annuslly (which it probably would not be,) it. would tbe a: saying of expense in the administraiion of 'the criminal Iaw.;i'-, As to iheeostof construction, t;:3 commiti 1 dJ i:Pf55" informatics to 3 to en able them to make any tstimatewhich litey can confidently rectr ,-jnd tz beir. : correct.' It rccc-.riH "rpend pen . ?'-xt-. t tte worir, ar ! is u--ally es:ir.",, I by V..3 cell. :fM..;;e4 t-llt crn the Aubcr' teni aragamirally preferred for their ccapoess, zs trcll artheirintrrcalTrfnt- :...raoJ"iu neric'r disci .-'i: , iLM -inni cmund )fthe-JIaic rr.iry cost' Cn'J,CC3, wUbths Auburn c nurriber of cells i.aI nown-' ' 1 The'cc-.tcf the Cherry 'Hilt Penile-1! try. e . ' f.t t i.ilidelphia, was 0I.C13 crcell 1 .:tsburg, do C.arlestown, Masdo ' 253 Sing Sing; N;Y., do' ' ? 200 VVeathersfii'lJ.Ct.; do ' 1&0 ' Baltimore. Ud' ' di: 140 v it it From tV.cse facts we may conclude with orn? crrtair.ty that ike cost of such, a build, in in this slate , would, , not exceed. OopO et ctHand would probably fall much short of it. But we will put it down nt five hundred dol- lars. We have shown above,, the probable average number of conviction for State rn soq ohinccs, annually, tu 1 be about sixty.four. The number of prisoners, in the year 1839, in ihe Q!.Io Ft ni tenter, 7 "was"435 in Blti. mors, in K ckyt 157-in Wash- i.,' j.) C..;iGi'u Tennessee, in 1837, it v.-r.i i V Na' statistical' information on the ..i 1 matters C'v.iUjfreo minis repon,oi a later date 'than UC9, are" within the, reach of i'this'commitu . M.v we rot assume. then, as a baii o' ' .-elation, that a building with two hundred t , 'is would be sufficiently extensive for t!.!3 st' Ti.o hundred cells at j8500 per cell, f., . 2 cost of the work at Cico,n::3. . The qut-siion now c; 3 up, of the. .ways and means. How shall iIst funds bo raised? answer, by direct laxaii - - Thij is the source, and the only source from hich they cap Come, without' inter ferine wi:' ar- rangpmeiA cf, aiiJ divcrtivg. from in rt"t and patriotic purpooj, 0 :r Coir.'-ja ! ;.l Fund. Your commiitec wuu!J m.ist earnest. y protest against uch appropriation. "of. lhat fujid. 1 Can tins' sum of ono hundred thousand dollars be raised by taxation without distress. ing the ' people ? , ;Wc thir'i so. Th-.1 time ni-cessary for arrrir;' the f!m jsp J con structing 11 nccesnry huildin;, wfuhl prob ably bo four y Ti:i r-'-i, therefore, could be eollcctcfl in four annual instalments, that is to sry, G25030 ppr year.' By toe Comptroller's and Treasurer's Reports,' made td ihe present session of the General Assem bfy, the land and town property tax for the year 1843, nmounti-d to G31, 722 30, raiftd by a tax of six cents' on the hundred ifol'ars v iluation : and the'poll tax amounted to C J I 6S3 C3, raised by a tax. of twenty cents on tlio poll rnaliin tho rsrt "U" ?i'n r,t' f 'J;, Co3 C3. . Tlie calculition,' then, is a very simple one, that nn additional tax cf thrtt cents on hud and eight cent3 on the poll f;r four years' would produce a -sum sufficient to build a Penilrntiary at thecot eti m-itcd above." And it should be borne in mir.J th-.t after, the building is in a slate of forward ' r". p C J the convicts themselves can be made lo do the work und make such additions: from time to lime as may bo reed"4. . I 't it r.'.t to for gotten, that this cdditi .r. .1 i.xif three a: 1 eight cenri, is less th.r. ii rr- '-,.'!y p-;J !y our citizens to defray Cl"! ; re -v.:: " , " under the existing laws, a. t: jun by a pre. ceding part of this report. , There areyarbu ruhj?c!3 involved in th? consideration of ths Penitentiary system not now rccermry to r.J verted to, c:. ' will more appropriately, become qucsti ..... j of 3 1 it shall bo deci led that z Lvild a Peniten tiary. T! ritl-jn nrv rri. :(!,:.. !Ly e tin c'iicct whom is t!, -t t-j ! - .:? swe'r by tho pcepb t''.err-clvcsf ly warranted, ur. ler t.!.? :c- : ' ; embarrassments in tl n f.- - r r ' in recommr: Jir;; l! "t t " present Ger.r::! A-- ' ' r a Pcn;tcr.l:-iry, in l! ' : " oeal and Cc-' : c will en th? j-'J :!. Y i::-r :' '1 cf 1' - t' ' " . ; for ctl: -r p- ' " - : ' - - f f ; :! t n i-.tion (ft! ; ' . - T - '-f - :': " ' - sin, Iit t ' " f t! j.L-.-.ldture. L!i" 1 end t! in-puL'.:-j sympuhy . Their ..misfor-; 1 ir h'r!;-!c.-;sco3--r.: i:r;'u!;esf:t ' -s cf rvAi: ' :::y! - and tho tu-s.tl. 'Nliv: " -rr t ) "s re.T -Ti merit t The hn4 h ive iTt'iro t' dr-'s 1. ' i.r.ih :rr-:3 ? "i a:;J ti s .S. hi. ' been 1 1 vi. ;J I . r.cc cf . e hr.." , ' cor Iltiort of i. tho.. 2 whose orm c - :ri:;ei J U r : li r.. , :.;'m il ex. ! moral ... l -xirl iry Riji t "iven that inleltectu :1 o ir:"d, n!.r"h enables t' conlte-il c' end'nc. t ' tv and t ) find source s cf harp:.::? in stores c f i - " ments The committee, t: -r-invoke escli' Ive rst.::.:io:i t ieclcom;;:i;t-d t j t. :r i.. postpor.irg & c... :."3, c ;t constderctian, L. t . : it..! J i.ty - '"a i great importance, cc J i!.3 1 uud necessity o! ftunitt!, ri,resi;.o ot jubu- TbeC " :cel port, and askth4t t' y . f itjtot.!r7which . -nce and comparison:. C hiuiiir" r.eriurnber i ' ijihij i rl r . r r. : 1 r .r!..J A, ix iCli l-r t! crlr:..i cr.ncxed, ia r:h year, d-r! . li )trst'as UVroTroIIi .et!ogtste tf t.. Au. -urnPriwa, !i.Y t 1. 1 uihf r, cwku-l V, xhibhing the ., Progress of Crifnein iL.- k.iwrjCl. fn,.., ;:-xiCv,( T. .t ' R. j c 1 arious states inclulett therein. . j ,,y .jj-, : . cr J i.Vi -:: Co:v...: .i n . i, Thai the views cP thp iVrnmittce,. as M iuIfJ . -yTl ,j!u.j i;J .,ov. f , , various s forth in this ueprt,5mn.y b.carnea out, j j nm instructed to repofttrle Bccompanyin L"..! and recommend it pswslige, and. ask Jo le dlschartd from the furtacr consideration of the suljecL . - Respectfully ; submit ted, ! n elliott, 'H '' ' Chn Vr:; '':,v CV.T.n.Vre. J11GIH 1 Mt Kct, bp Elizb lhion, T-n.. is no Ion- cr authoriz?d receive and rrcHpt for money ducj thi sonre.: Those indebted to us'nt that placo c-;i r?.ake payment to the Post Maser,vho . . ! c :crf-!!y remit money when s o requested. ; j j j n.m'i f:i?l hi mad t' ' . " which will be fouud o.ijLuf firt p ge It is full of "interest to every' citizen of Wotern . .p. 1 . Koith Carolina. ! Next week we wil commence . publishing the Captions of the cls passed by ; the Leg islature at its session! ju-st closed. ' . ''s' .If;, ;:,,: 1 ' .! 1 11 Jf 111 " " '" Mr. R.N. Divis, formerly cf Prince EI. ward C. II-, Va.,can hear someth'r I advantage by informing tho editor cf j per cf hij whereaboulsj p-) pid. ; riorc lifter.". ; 'The Hon. Henry fllubb:.td : r:: :. ly sent to. New 0(lt-ao by the state cf !I.ii-J. chusetts for the same purpse for which Mr. Hoar was sent to S-)utfi Cirolina. to ' wit: to look nfier the interests of her colored citizens visiting tho state of Lu :Min, t!.re lr-:rg in that Mule a la W similar to t!i onjcom;.! n'r.ed of in South Carolina, j But it Eccms t!. :t h met with m etler'reck'piioo than Mr, Hoir did, being coin pel fed to return home in con. sequence of, ihe1 excitement created among iho people when his business became known. ..I not do the northern f.fites mu-t fc.-:e t! is intermeddling with u'nt is no encern of lheir's ! Cl.ivery i n ct'i Mi-m that cornivs hoTO to the interests cf tiio iiouthcrn peoph; too strong lo bi; trilled with. Wc belirve that the law in question does not trouble Massachusetts half us much as : . ; would make "the world believe ; but that it ii only juade a cloak to cover her j more in. fiinous designs against the Southern people. We believe, that it is the design of tho ab.Ii tionists to gel the slave population agitated rpen tho subject and completely aroused and ripe for revolution, so that when the favorable moment arrives all rmy bs in readiness to strike for the gcnersul emancipation of the African race. ! Gov. Graham has appointed the following gentlemen as i.i3 Aids-dc-Camp," -with ihe rank el Colonel : Joseph J. Crwin , of Burke; Re!.: Ml T. im:e, cf Chn-.van ; A. S. Yancy, of Caswell ; and John W. Car::eron, of Rich. m3nd. :tcr from tndiar.- jam, ruLaal.cu in ' tue . : " .:. ,f " n -;f f.U ujil will : . . : :.t: If.Ji.'r.a (cc.i Lzr . , ' .:. Giio Vi the 'i.irly notn. ' Vi::;... . J Seott, .and Indi. r rrnjority to lO.CO'J for . i s I . . h tr'uu IL nry Clay, person, ally, v.t.s defeated in Indiana, but not the t'j WI-' r-jn as t' -ir r.didafo; ,prcvidedl he i of thy true crit, and in noway rtltted to Joliu Tyler. If the Lx;ofocos would only consent to manag;things honestly, 'we wouM La much oh!; ri d to them, for the sake of our common country ; but we expect tobeat them in -I J, cr.j Lo:?, f r the old adage of " givt a L.-g rt;pe eno'jii," Ice. , we doulit not will ! r: -!jd i:i l!:o nw Administration. I: s . r '-. ord-V we predict that the people ,. , cr-'jh r:f P;!a Dcrr jcracy in four yc " : j l ) t!.:-r.i fr t!,3 rext century. We notice in the Tuscaloosa (Ala.) Jinn itor tho death of R. C. Bunting, Esq , a Re. -"-.T-t:ve in the Legislature af tliat state. ."Ir. 2. '.v:.3 fjr many years'a citizen cf-Rub-CL .n r.our.tv. in this state.- - '-'' '1 .3 Locofocos of Connecticut nre.goicg t ! 'i a State Conventional Hartfurd, on the I'-'; rl February.' ,- 1 . Wc re. i;.form'jJ by G W. C mdler, Esq , th-t I.j kiih.d .h a few days nce, a Utile ii jr two yenrs ld and raised by himself, i, ! lh . 'htd fiur ijndred and thirteen ' 'j! T'..Vr-osl can't b beat in Bun- 1 . ,1 . . ! - !;: i Hesolutions protesting against 1jh nnnx tion of Tt-sr.j !..; j L.t;i parsed in ihe Leg' uturj ci u.-.j. r,?r .ntq Trotn .frxlco C f-U of V : , rCaaf a it -U;a! , CT; rl ...i. :i:;.,;oit .; iniw! .:s,Trotn Mci'.cjv. j lro;. tho lien Oil-'.. R , jbilcar. As every thir ; from this c, met--J cou: try ii r. i v.i:h ii:frc--:f we r'vu-t!-4 riicte, entire t :, J : Dy V- "TxU 1 l.U p ;rt vS.J. r l. --t the sfiho-jn-r Vt i;iur:, from Yen Cuz, are rut m P'X.-vi a'.:.i:i ul l... 1. ; 5iti.,tU)- ,: nr!, rr j j.;s inr.jli:iS. ' i r 'I i r : '. ! - r s 1. . ".c !i 1.3 ve n r. Oo ihe 3rd instant, a decre f r tl.u o ... L'io:i l-th" C 1-rs was i J..s!. J i.i v tJobvCi-t' ly onrer if oir.t:i Aum. uho was Lt Q . .vtaro with some J u n 0:1 his ir. rc!i ; iirsi Pa rede; TU; t xciu fncnl caused ia Mexicuby this decree was im-m'-nse, r.:: J 1!.- Cumbers m id- three pr;t a s and r proclamation to the inhabitants of the Republic, which were about being j uhlUhc J, wheti by an order from Ctnallr i, 1.'! u.j prh.t ing oGres io Mexico "were closed, a r.d nil publications of any class 'forbidden, with t!. exception of that infanvius organ of thely rant, the D:ari dt I Goliefr.us." , This was adding f oa 1 to the fire, und the excite ment became so great and so general ia every class of society, th Canaliz assembled t.'S his tnmps, iib-j'jt J3 i.4 :v. ::;bcr, within t!:. r ' ' ' : hiir.;.'; 1 v,;ih tlicin aJ L ' g "f" the Cth, public feeling bur. . . ! . u cr..:il ri;?, r.r.d all ,f.i3 rrJ:'. respectable pan cf t!.j ir.r.Ij community pre. sented themselves, crrr.j a ! :. t;' -ther with the lower populace, at th -i-f C:. Francisco,, where the Congress h idnsieni. 1 !ed, aHcr having been driven from tha Cham 1 crs,and from thence marched up ei viasse t j 1!.- palace ar. J derr.nJcJ the surrender ol C-ir.a!ir.-, givirt; I.hn tv. o hours to refect L.' f.ire tl:?y corr.:r:er.c J . .iliiij. C i:; .!:r. 1, fr fro..i L, ir.g willing lo listen to rc ,.1, j re; - . J Ij r.-.-.h-j a torti j l. th j !.: - ! lo Iblhiw i... ..f i. ..'.,... 1 j : tlial ho Us l!;j L..!Jijr cf r,o tyrar.t, hjt 1 f the nation, nnd shouted ' Vive cl Coi!'rt st!" which was 'echoed throughout the ranks. Cizlizo,l:r.:; ! ' ; I r::-- ! in consternation to 1.'. ; ; i ! i" ; " i ;ei:.b!ed I. hi . ii::: :.-r., l . hJ !: , t' P'ipuiiicc and the troups, i.'w ui.iied, v :'..r;t-ts for his owniife and th tt ot his Ministers. To this it was replied that 1;: .houM ieecie only th" gmrai. tee cf a tii.l; u; . :i wf.'.-h, fir: ! . ; :' it :. ' b tU reuuhl L. Mirr . 1 ! h..:.-t !i" I . .-. s j 1 n I 1 ., 3 -r r.r. re-'t, ! :.Jnwicf l.Is t..i:,:-:rr.-. .. .'i.:-- tt-ri.I" whir ar. ) Cir ilej t.i h i :. ; t Tin populace then proceeded to th town houi", and ti.k ihe p.nr..it at f:n.. 1 Arr.i from the Ayuvamienlo, and ilr.igg.'d it thro' thesfree's, makirg ten thousand pict'vsof it, that each o:;e m;hi l.avn a piece us n trt;r!iy. They then overthrew the famous statue of him whim has been erected in the mid.ihj c:f the public square, and nfier h;:vin dernpita. led it; dragged the "trunk in triumph' through th- streets. This done, they proceed d to the Pantheon of St: Fernando, where Suita An. iri's leg ivi.3 interred with so much ceremony . I ht monument containing it was deMrnw-d in tho twinkling of an eye, itud i!jo embihn ed leg was dr;'j-d forth und kicked ihroujh .the streets. " ' ' '' ' ' r In Puebhi, Lis portrait and statue very fouii disnrpeared L.frt t!;o fury cf the popul ice. ; In Vrera Cruz, on the morning of thj fth, Coloi.el Centyhio pronour.j, j in hivortjfC 1. gres-, nbout six miles from this place, with ab.iul one th-jusauj J.irochos. A deputation was in. i.edidlely .sent to tho Governor ol Ve. ra Cruz in the nitr.j of Cetiohio an I ihe 'Pun. l: th.t p t J c. u.J ih-.t I; either pronounce or give up iho command. Ho t.k tha former alternative, and decided in fivor of tho Congress. - The populace which then filled the' Piazi to overil iwirg commenced hV.ir rej iit-ir The portrait of Santa Anna was thrown from the bilcony into "tho square,4 torn tj r!:c. and then the fragments consumed in a bon. fire.. Then the populace commenced the shouts death to Gonzalez, Ar-..hra, Ten lei, Escobar, -A scorn!, nr. 1 : t!,3 friends of Sitita Anni, A r.?tiA r..j nude toward the residences of th:.:.; citizens, arJ the populace was only kept at bay by t!.3 n; Kpectable part of the citizens, who I.J pro hibited to 1 be Com. General the introductijn of a hingle soldier in the square. The peo ple were only appeased by the promise cf thj Commandant, that all the obnoxious persons shou! J t-3 expt !k-d from Vera Cruz. Tha ex. citement lasted lill 10 at night, when ju:yt was restored. - It is frarcd thatCar.ta Anna will endeavor to force hi way ito Vera Cruz,' and 'conae. qu-.r.ily, ti cry . .jxican citiz.:i !i-i3 er.h,,:ud himself in the militia; and taken up arr.is to dcCjrJ the tttun. Col. Ccnohh r;,.jc!.. : town .the oay followiflg with CCJ cjvlry.- Tho people feel that ihey rr.ut fight i;j.v, i.ot merely (or their liberty, Lut fjr th. ;f and acting under such feelings, 'th.-y r.. j ,t U- jtucressfuh ' . -The Castle cf Perote pronounced for ihe (Jintfrs- 'Toe new government has rein -. irrd.Qtiij ni and pot G. n. Joto in hi place. I ' Snta Anna, by last accounu, Was "still at Qui-retaro; The faree-ion ii, that in a verji few day his hea d w iirfaW. ' He is hemrrv d infjy rfetitrmined enemies, who Will nnl er wit him to CsCaoo. ' " "' ' ..' Girnor i'w4.r, i; 1 ' i. .' ji- th Lg)3ljture cf Pcr.ni; !v.; the present TarhT lius,"ty3: twpiriy nn lhi qv r i t:i I that party w r.: . . lib ... . .n . 1 1 . .-. r n mn.. h .vt'i. f r. l.-s T: - Av d. -, . CJ, lle kin f'.Verir. nt. il-n-'i-iwr m: HMwnwell, vS C.ir.nec; Lp, of Dhar. , do , J.lcllvaini", of Oliio. do . Clnsc, of. Illinois.- . o'tni, o f Vir do do Smith, of Kentucky. Frc n , "r f, A r !. - r.. -:. f L ijtilsni Ti. c: !Y- C ) t. -1 l! .: -, If t )t' J(l.v ' r.L1 "It f t' viz: Ii ' M.'--' . of Ten.; r.rl IV ; fr-i t! f-clcT . 0;i ! rd nk, mi:t el him ;".n!ty it m t' of t' - rf r- :.! ! rr,:!:-r.- Cro!ir- j 1 ? T. : n 1 - is : : -ny f 1 ' ! i::-t -th-irV for the purpose of deciding on tho 1 to be pronounced. According to the Can:!n ( ' " p-iperof 1 :3th o!t ) the d "! " 1 : f r i " V , rc-!u -cl to " ! ' - 1 ns-cnting to it. ;. ll i th.-n t" ! r - ! to l' - ptrV r und t. i n ..'1 itt'Iv f )'uwed by f vrJess b f.'r t!," sentence is pro? 1 n'soi sltow cans f iller 'r in i' riiv of the C urt,'fir n rf,-I -ri-1 - iy r c! to Ii? heard in -7 -:iiion.'l' hii ollences, after ver" ' i'iT t!-n sentence. . - . We n- ed n l sa lhat v.' 3 r " ! ' of thetriiil with, deep p tin nl i vr tlnlwo l ii-ve it trror'-i 1 " sho'ill livf b en occasion fjr - . h nj at nil. TnCi."rc!j mourn- v. ! --1 ( 1 is Cirivict(-d of offence- t i Lit n th'f ! '-ih ennr:1; i - ' of frail ho t 1 : :':, it c ' ti;):i fr ' .1 t" ' rf t -"vi : : - ! ri t.i lirs t 1 ! " " '-, w!'" li "1 ! inadi! mmiiVf, 14 to ypiral'j it rt e 1! - t - - ! 1 . ty. Tl.'-' n.itiorv in thi cr.:s iic.'"' ao'no f thf? r.,--tnt:' n:i-t lerrr'-' ttUhop-j ar 1 t' f ict 1 f "t1 e; renep with tlieir denire in lb- C wholi er.-M There ,ir", t-rati.jr 1 if. of vcrcey ; I t ret!:rtn, v,-i!I t - I C-'l tVf'J c .7 :r : 1: ! . .. . re'itr. c! tO 1"! f- - the Chore!! : own deli' -this p-iir.f..!, ' o r: Mr. J. ;' i l:-.-'- ' f x irnination, of t' r 1 t irr"ortTrt v : :::n:;;e tv' ever this r ., t :i v I i.-: cr-." tr n. r.r a t : - , m. . llnllomanjMrtlbcd. .Their:-: ' ' ! cf Po!.'-? i -j'.-d hi Warrar.t nel rr.;:.ir:g i Lewis Dunning (late of Onr") and llz:.z:r Johnson, of this City. A.Vr enferoir- ' -f ."-sr.';ir:ii;on, thy ccr" i ' 'i t.i 1 ':! fer V appparar.ee at th-; C'.frior Court rf ",'-. v to ansv, r t! c.'.-.r" r f 'l rr 1 I' with inter t to Ki.l, i '.'-r lo !ve v. -ere f!!y cr : -' T a r.e-.v r - ! :r-. er Ci:.j-.jri::g l.J L..n Hi !'.' i t-r "?1 tion,' by the death' cf v. ? t :' 0 fin"-1, r ' :. hirely r.r; f -t, it c e-:, t j r- h ' - ' j fore deal!) istervencd. We hue j r -!- ed the folio" ir-; Letter rem n fr: - i H J- ' -. Aton,d.it;d Jif-- iry 10, r ' : . - , " Djeak J:is:"0.ir worthy lj.fr;--. !tJ . '--'j IIo!: irr.an, 13 r3 rrrff. f' 1" : ; ah 10 o'clock, perfectly -' (!.. .".I from t!:e iviy.::h rrcpi. ' ' 1 ,it u-e''i 1 est vcf k. I i" Inq"' 'M held over him, to.d i v. ! . n-:.i"T;-.--'Co:-r-c:L. hs fun:rr.Mr:ed. his 0u;.iht.. r.n lQ:h r.f T h with him io t!.e nppilntrr.' r.t cf i 1 he - Literary e r.J Ir.tc-rr..! I. '.Yoti' rv n r-:per r us - f
Highland Messenger (Asheville, N.C.)
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Jan. 24, 1845, edition 1
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