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t S I- 1..-. frc- Ml- j f :xt r. i 3:n Tl,3 Ir.'c.l' citt -po Rio" o.:J(Vo.)iJ errr, on frtiori ct i!.- .!m,fril tv r ll'i.-. liii C Crrr; ' ' Ri-t:: Cf ' I tiA .s f Ll. ,:er; c., 15. ' f r " i : of o It I . J I i mid 3 I' C t:.-' nr....' . hi i oft n i. an fQ' Lrr.-,' c:.l u'.l tr I.- fjct.-r': a Co:;ia. fo-T d.." r. j r-Los cf ' &u in t: i;- J,Zi.l ll.vi , il t the i u i .vi.ja i - " t. I Mi: ihC If 3 0 C. in il. art:.:.;.t cf American jnJdvtr. f Nc-i town ari fo'ol rveral rare pccim;iij tfminrraf and precious ttones, viz: the Amethyst, the Ajgite, a fmo Pix moni, tfce Furmalin or Slnrcn, tne Ctl'.u Ur Qjarlz, ' the TesuJomorphU Qu.rtz, tho ' Nickl?, in a formation ood ft very cyrijua- crystal qairtz, ci(ecij tran?partrrt, cf rariouj shtpes and sizes, , rd cuntiiijin pjrj water on the insiJe. These. nie.dj out of a branch near the loWo,ualtho great wonJer is, how the .water imda us way to ilia centre ofo bard and fllntjr fjrmation. It c6u!J not be by alijrplion, otherwiss . ii- wou'J evaporato through lh3 pojea of the rock Sanation) i j found near : this, place, con. -: : ..i r i .lL -.J:r ferent colors. ; A i specits of Cubault is ulwlnfound near town. ' . ' Therew ant ore near here, tho f brown IIydro'ate, which is alaiost all gold. This oro is liulys singular, inasmuch na nciJ will not act upon the gilJ iq bringing ii out. Tho aciJ seem to have an atHni ty for tho iron contained in (ho ore, and lavc the1 g )!d untouched. . This experi ment presents a1 new feature in mineralogy. ; Within threa miles of Ruiherforilton, I frfuntl nn immense budy fPlumoao Mica, occurring inohhque rhombic prism', per. ftcily translucent and beautifully variegn- i-as Lfilso found bear here ariy qmntity ;of "Talc;1 and alFelipar," 1 The mcntnpor'.Jint gold mine near this j)Uco is owned by Mr. Idler, an iutelligent 'ut)d practical miner Psiw at Mr. ls .specimens of one (black and brown hydro dates) which wouidyidd 81 80 per bush, el. Ore oT a very prepossessi'jg charac ter U -found here,t levels varying from five td fifty focu Th 'veins are generally very small 'Some are only an. inch on q surfice,' bat at tho twenty1 feet level hey Widen to fifieen inches or more!-; : .Siiould theso minor veins forma conjj i'nee'' with the main vein at various levetaJ llw mine will become exceedingly rich; Yor there are a great number of . these u?nll veins. . . ? ; , " There is a large' tract of land inMc. . Powell county, near ' Bracket ToWo," with a great number of veins upon it which huvo'becn partially worked.- I made a close .examination here and feel fully con vir.ccd, that by giving the proper ducciion to capital, a fine business migrn'bfi realiz ed.' Much iias bt?en done here inthe way ' '. surfico arid, dep wit mining, but the 4 veins tvnvo carce!y been touched." :; , -At ijanu' Town' and 'Drind!e Town1' here hre a grctii number ot goto veins ' which-have' never yet been touched. Al( riW mining done here has beeu ul the sur face and deposit character which has gen cfallv been found quite profitable; tho out. lay ia gelling rcaily being very inconsid cr.tlOf . - Tho "Slu flier mine," in Burke county, on Upper CrVi k, promises to hb extremely rtcn. injj mine is justi in, us intancy; " no excavations. to any extent having beeni 'made. "The surface indication a,re sulli-: ' cienlly' metallic to authorize the-bvlief :hat a largo biisi'ies'h may. be done in lirrWMo come. ' I found here gold1, silver,, tead ahd copper drc; and the whole vein' is skirted Uy a strong 4 'Ealo" furmntion ' .. , I' visited the mine in vCdIdweH . county, near, tie ,Jaker' mine." i. This iniu is owned by several gentlemen, viz: Stewart, .Willis, Calletl and MelCesspn.' This is doubtless an. invaluable .'property, :and il properly worneu , wm grcuuy ennen , me owners. A klnfl" has recently, been sunk and a tunnel drova sixty feet, , which an. iwers th double purjHise of ventilating "the shift and drawing otl the water, The t surfoee indications here are of ih mst JbAA anJproi-inrnt kindaoi ooexcava-. ling to tlit; tueniy toot W"c9 a lonnation composed ol jjeipcn'ine, decompo$ed slate, and brown and black axbes'to skirls the cniiro Vein; The one which, contains tlm gold is of an iolimf.ial form of lead, arid n species otblack Talc or sluje, -doubtless colored bv the' miganesV. which abounds in this" section.. There are also found lic're vellow oehTe and the murtu. of kad" . and antimony, t'arlicles otoiu nave pcen tuen in the' vein, weight upwards- of fivo pennyweights. 'R-U vein has already been traoed, htea miles in Ungih. A fine wate-po ixr is . within ihree rnilei of this vein. , , My next visit in compnny with a gen tlennn ho uiderstooJ tho couniry, was t"a neciion of the Stite knowo about here us 4,l!rowns.Wojf.ta. Ttds mountain tir!i Uercciainivof B,nk' and CildwHL It contains tlu; Vn st bold and. ..powerful surface itniicaltn-i for mineral : wealth that I havo met w'uli ;n nil my IraveU ilk ivib C irolini. . Steci.nens.f guhl, siverl-us , carbonate of zinc, ph.wphaio fc h ad, nhui "il f oriri .f 1ti I, eaibn-tp ijfcotH per, C.J.lv of Urns, and srriull par!::les wf t"n ore, arc found in vuioJ par:s-ef this mjuntain. : lle whole mountain is ina rcrf ctlv- virgin state: not a rpadj h"s b-en .1 ii w.i j --j -rf t.ti i " ild imu'J be loond in Crowd c juutain It llhy f'laura. 'Je rttl ctinn, riu ibink lbn a portion i)l wh.Vi'v unfit for agricultural and . :nrinuial ournos.es. should pever- Lk possess mineral aitr'Ctions sup-J T - 3r: rcfc 3 It ii i : :r o. ..j;. ; -A forward t j t!. Jiy :u!.rn Wet. rrlhCjr' 'i , form V. a '-rr:i I ern t-c1 re: ari.t :? cf 'czl tl :ro ii mir?r:.r.J ere;; nor;?: C'rtai'ilv. n t ra il ih-j erti:!?j cf Cirn csg t jhad fr I v 3 ccr.ts per tus'jel, f a half or jwo crn' c'.I 2T :b t2 rih!) i:i lii:: r r- c! -?.;kr.-twt cr If.'enirV' ar:J K tf :"jrcne a: per no-J" r!t proper L corcrsnlj.i a i!iy ortwd aji wi.!i o a gcnt!e: aa who hai hved eleven years 'arncr z ti.-a mines ofSo jva America, and was constantly engaged in mining, I asked him Lf South' America, with all her wonted boasting in this department of industry, could "oiler ric!)er or better minerals, or ia more "abundance, , than. coulJ be found in Western North Carolina! , ILs em phatic an! prompt reply was, that ho con. sidered the mines of North Carolina equal to any hs had seen during his elVtn years1 experience ia mining in South Am erica ' . - . - You aro fully aware of the fact, that the impression .universally ' obtainH that this portion of North Carolina is scarcely wor thy the attention of men of talent or capi tal; end here" permit meinall I frankness to say, that if I had never visited this cdua. try, I too Would . have remained wedded to this belief. ,Butt sir1, tho tide with me has changed the spell is broken. My ignorance of this country' and . its advan tages has been driven ' away, . like chaff before the wind, and my firm and abiding impression is, that a quarter of'd century will not pass away er Western North Carolina will stand Iorth "redeemed, re generated and disenthralled,! presenting tho pleasing spectacle of a dense; .and in. telligenl population,: with diversified pur suits reaping the rich reward of their la bors, t . BEAUMONT. a ' From the If. O. Cwamercial Ttnut, Dec 3. Grand Entry o Geii Xaj;Ior Into .''1H'' m'"'. w Orleans, x V ' : TLq eventful day has al length, arrivvJ, when tho HE HO whose fame has for mi. y long months filled the Republic, makes his triumphant eritry into the c'tcl city of the State which is proud to poin: to Urn as her most distinguished citizen. On this, day, a greater jubilee will bo; he'J by hII ronk, than'has ever 'occurred here. t except on two memorable occasions, when Lafayette and Jackson, the' guests of New Orleans, held all eyes pe!l bound, in rec; ulWction- of - their brilliant deeds. 5 i Gen- Taylor has nobly won the honors ihat awai hi-. From the n d P to Aim, to the crowning triumph of Buena Vista, he has exhibited aUnost every, attribute o( a rswutdjy chief, that is forced to lead embafjted tresis- to oswed vistory. Pro found as a strategist Ihe choice of the ex- pungable poshioi of Jjaena YistJh a proof fertile in resourres-ih'e march from and return to rort Brown, we take for an .1 r' .... example; unsurpassea lor a muitarv coup a , ccw we triumphantly cite the opera, rations at the siege of Monterey: and ten acious nod indomitable, tst!iti'Bj!l dog,11 when the assailant of which tho route of the foe on the sanguinary fiJd of Res ecu at id ralma is cviJenctS the most conclusive; our Hero is ihe cynosure of the warlike among; his 'fellow citizens whom we can shawcaith equal ptd$ to our Irupndti ftnd our foes. , " There is only one quality cf a rencral that the veteran has not vet iiad art oppor luiniy oi uispiaymg 10 ine worio; dui as wrat r j: ... i-.t 11 i : ' embraces a word which for sona vears has been erased from the'mtlitarv vocab ulary of the United States, its absence here is rather cause ot trumc.Y tl.r: re"rtt--tt is- sU!l a-& rtl'rtal. Miy it V.ecr L2 p; in requisition among the force cf tl.j iU public 4 on Ijnd or at sea! Simply adding thai, from meteorologic al Mgns. 'observable last evening, every thing promises a clear s!y and u dry at loosniierr. su inn me ttioujanci ol our population may, in folio wwrg jlao yrocrs' srin, unite physical pleasure, w'ith tL6 hoa est glow of 'triumphant patriotism u e ep pnd the programmcof the ccrimor.'rs: rraiicnicnls of thotrrrc Ic:i 1. 4 fw sleam bont .Mary 'unJ, Capt- Pavis, wilt be tiesp&tc!. . J ;.t U o'cloci this day, with the Comrmttt 1 ' tl. j Mj nicipal Council, 10 present to Ctr.-ral Ty. lor the letter from the Mayor,. ,.v to become the gues of the city conduct him and 'suited to the c'ny.' 2- The Geueral .will land oppo; JPldce d1 ' Armes and be . received miluarvv On hi landing, a k Uut j J to j tho f the ; of or., hundred guns will be fired from thd public squares. Place T Ar. fiyeite and Washington. T1.2 Uf bo' accompanied from the l.ir.J, Committee of the Councils to tl.o the P kited Arms, w hero hi v cetvedby ih? Mayor and H C'C.l CI ra ?c;.lra of 113 ro. fs." and will fc welcomed by tha '!iu,r c"s city gu? st; fier whkh.a ; of rj one guns will b Cred-fr izzh squares. .. - . Hie er.:y f t & 1 nenee iur.oencr-;i wt. 1 procec J Uiiti the iJayor, uccorders an looiticr. cj'.y au jfh'riiics to llie Citht-dral, u!.?Te hs uil! be received and will In r J !rcsr,ej ly t!;; I'Jght .R -verml H.hcT B ancc: sfier which V. ch i'r, i .0 ,n" . 4 t: c " irgcor..,:.;. farmeJ ia. ll. . d..cctiun t f t' It'. C. j'.r r " Ve on:ii 1 Procession,.':' remarking t'. I ..'I. L i sjng by o fSA i" Iru -r.ml ti'.Cn: rJriiL-- . : ',;:i sill ihca ts Or ion. 1.. j ia c! 1. '? Order of feijtl -form, -rrrd Shields Ge and Stall, t.nj :i p and" Staff," U 124 prograrr.rr.a. Li. C i a vj-r v. - . . - , br r- 's' i.IIJ'' -:v 7, i.ii "v . r-- : ' i f. i tl Vp ; f r ; r i t i. Cl.ar.cs' IL-J, t'-j r i ' -j a f t' -Ger.:ralri'l I t i L ' '. " . - .'. Wl :? f'oC - r I r. . -i t c :-st iiftl, j city, th .!ij,t, n:;:rJjfi trJ carnmlttccj cf iSe Qj-z'.'s will JLa pre.rrt 'djrir-lhi rr.orclrj cf each day, at uoh hours as my suit tt:a Genarr.!' cc.veri rrjee, f T.l' - rccep'tl and istrcij:ti ('f cltizecs. ' - , By oxdir cf the Committee. A. D. CROSJMAN, Mayor J . , ; i '.KcceptloEi of Grm .Taylor, llEADQUABTKH 1ST PlVlMoM Lul'UUNl ) Miutia. N. Orleans, Nov. 27, IS 17. J Special Orders, ro.7 1. The arrival of Maj. Gen. Taylor bg. ing hoorly expected in this City, the flili tia cf th? First PivUion wi'l to prepared to pay him, the highest military honors, lion. 2. For this purrofa ihs commaniors cf volunteer troops will hold their r"" .'" :ve commands ready to turn out, f ' j t ; "t- ped, oo the shortest notice. 3. The Brigadier Gecerr'- cc the several ; brigades of lh;3 i';bion, arc Charged ,whh the execution cf '.'.'a order, in so far as it corrr: .zxt rejctive commands, and will I .'J t?. err..-: Irs sub ject to farther ord?:j fr:m h-: iiirters. 4. The cheers rfl .j c:i.r.ja pet in commx.4 of unifo rr::.'J corp3 ara eipectcd to turn out in lS crv. ' ' . Bv order rf J. LP. WIS - ' " Maijr-General. . ., a nJir-j First Division. G iT stay:: G -sin, Aid de.Camp. Yaritlics. General Taxi " a baroucha drawn by six horses.. nhe (Toccsiion. Thft s,ord. voted to hina by the Legislature, will ba presented on Sat. or-ay ct p. m., jn the reception room of th 3 Hi. Claries, TImj steamers now at the Leveare exacted o so en masse to the Darracks, ' with 'the B)ary Kingslaod to brie;; the Hero to ther Lee, where the whole are expected to arrive at .11 o'cloek. In the evening, General Taylor will visit St. Charles, Ih&'Americaii, and the Orleans Theatres. :. Some choice music, composed in' honor, and commemoration of-bis ex ploits, wtft be executed at. the last named place of amusement.. He will dine, as the guest of cofporation, at the St. Charles Hotel; the company met at 6 o clock. Tle entertaiament as a matter of course, wl be 00 the most sumptuous scaler t" General Quitmanmei with t most enrtw siaslic reception at Natchez, (Miss) on Afonday; last. The Free Trader says that thoinanda of ladies and gentlemen and chil dren crowded Maig-street, opposite the Cny EIoielr before which tb cere wo py of reception-took ptace; indeed the street was completely blocked up by an avalanche of numan oeings, anq ine tames above, like presiding angels over human destiny, crowded evey window and 'balcony. ; TIms Attacks 011. il r. Cla y . ThehatrecV b( Mr. Clay,. whieh-J felt by the Lodofoco prsa, almost without ex- ception, is as undying as it is malignant. 1 hey , lose no occasions icvabgse htm; they rejoice on every opportunity they, s, hate'for ir.'.srepresenting himv-: Iror.some time they had to go out of their way to gratify their natural bent rn this respect,' so fariiad Mr. Clay, been removed from' connection . wiih public affair; in his retreat at . home.---' "rr - fL. their abusoand inisreprr.sentawon of him t.ovf representing . . ... t 1 him as ambitiousiobej elected President, now as lending his in f.xnc9 t advance -another's interests, jealous of this nTancad- fearful of anoiu er, and ell the time jattaehing improper motives U his,m9vemeBts il.be moved t his qu!et, if he remained - at home, to J silence if he was silent, and now that H has spoken, areubusing and miarvpre--senting his speech, even before (ley know what he has said! -v - ; Never was public , man-tnoe severely tried than was,IIinry Clay whilst be was in public life never,. Was private - citizen mure wronged for bis opinions that he is,' since he has been, in private life. H etond up before all the malignera whilst he f,!!jd public stations, and they aever failed u ihnnk aba&he'd fr om. his presence. . He stands up now, before the American peo. pie, thesamd Henry Clay that he was when- he declared' "that he would rather L a riI t lhan to be President ,"1 and those who .most abuse him, tWa wbo hate iiim; locauseho L-aa scorned and defied ihem, us well as thos? who envy hira, for- his gri-t virtues as a citizen and a statesman, all have to acknowledge that he is -the L rcmU statesman of h c;e, and to unite is the ccntu voico cf the, people which proclaims thai is indeeda ixnxt"'- It is t'Jb fate ol thoe who rse to- the th:v.cst station, by tie force of their' own latv-ntsan J thtir cwn virtues, tq.be follow ed by the envy cf thuW whom they have iurpased.;.: Mr. Clay"ji i whole life is an e sa c:pl e of th'u truth , a nd of hiin per ha ps tr.if than f any oiber public f man 'this Cv'-ntry evee produced, ii maj be said, llt he. altogether unmoved, , ' ' "Xts down tfrsx l.r bte ef tas below. He o' es this row, privite citizei as be i?, thv.-g1! siandlrg cLjre- them all, end 1 2 3 ; i Ij 0 w n fn h i s fi c e r, t ' speech ; that oei. thcr the fear of power which tias so often Letrayed -other men nor the epprebension cf r:usr'epresecntir)Q hich ; be knows has so often been resorted 10 his prejudice nor the egge$tion of, prudence,-which counsels silence, where so much is rbked - by, a frwk trovaUfnorxUaoSa-caa iaor,9 'i civ. i ire ii; r t I -try t--s ry . r : ! l t' if a v. f : 1 r; f.O.v, Wc Uyz'-' 1 rts-'re l r. - Tl.is, v.! ;h" ness, has r.l I Loecfo-a prec . !:! if i!j el. sketch cf tho in cxter.-ed c ihey would, I " demoliil." I r.'l mer.ts, c t L .' They v .:: L-.rJ jn f '- - ( - " t -t i: . i. . -;vj tc:n, 1"Jj as Li "wter.cr.s tni crj-j-oi. . -a cd'.r.j tp l.J! y Ijc3 succmfil, even -'is, r.I.ca ihcyida r-t r j t:::y tcrrre, fall before their ,r3- 1 t. ''!.' Tlte administration pst now afs rVcs4 tltir a to el what they shall def with Mex ico, row they ore in a fair way ta ret it. Variour recommendationf trre made in diCerenl qjarters but one . .which strikes madeby Ihe New Orleans Mercury. The Mercury calculate 'that 6-1,000 men can bold Mexico; theso may be sup ported by the inhabitants ''.And Iheo'"' it say "m a finishing stroke, our Govern ment should give freelj efihe Mexican dv main to es many of our citizens as . itoull emigrate, ,This would, soon . fill up the country ' with ; armed Americans, , -.who would not only complete tfye subjugation, but the civilization of Mexico., .il ' .The .National Intelligence (good au thority on such subjects) says there are no government lands ("Public domain") in Mexico kits whole surface long ago has been appropriated. The, meaning must be, then, to take the property of the Mex icans, and give it to our - citizens., "This would not only contemplate the subjuga. tionr bui the civilization of Mexico-." . The process of civilizing Mexico, by redodng them to beggary is. a new idea in political WUtVU . ktltf VILIIT'-iVIIIIUVIII If economy f worthy of the glorrous sub treas- ory oimnisirauoa 01 mese unueo otaies. It is of a piece, too, with the Christianizing process going on in Mexico . under Mr. Polk directions . . . Six barrelled revolvers are' said to be the most effectual instruments of Mr. polk a Christianity, just now; but under the civil izing era if n- rbobht the bowie knife will ans-wer me purpose, tlappy Mexico; to have failen under the neighborly re of the glorious Mr. Polk, who looks with such fatherly sohciiudo to both yoyr spiritual ana temporal lnierests. rrmctlon Whig. Tfie War and the Ousiixcffof XXtc "' Couutryv rrt . rr. 1 ne mercantile, i imes, a new paper, published in New York, devoted to" the interests of the mercantile community, hai in ine lasinumDer a leader, under the a bovehead, which' lakes a practical, com mon sense yievFr of the effects of the Mex ican, wartipon the business of the country mwiii uiv;u rtj rnaxe ine loiiowinjj ex tracts. In "an article which we pub-lihed a day- or twosinceon the condition of llw money market,-we adverted to i this sub ject, w are glad .lo see so aWyi Uken up by the Times-? ' . 41 Po mercaqtife rweav imagine that we canmuc,h longer endure jbfrdrih upon,'the treasure 01 1 tie country witnoui feeHnxthai the very life Wood of trade is ebbin wav! ... . 1 iv n-iiauc u'j iiiKuiur KceuiiKSS oi Vision 1 . i - -w . ... f.. 'in,1tkm lKhon: . - - o see that while this war continues, the couniry u becoming poorer, at jthe'rateof something tike a muiioii Pi dollarsia we2, at a low. estimate! The .hard cash which we have been earning "in our late profita, ble trade is wending its way to ihe enemy 's country lo be spent there, at least for the prpseat'.. The more auccedsful ihe war, the more territory wo seize, the. greater the expense of holding it; and thai expense must be met from our- resources- resour Cfs which il is-every day becomrng more important to the mercantile inrerest to hus. band, in uew of the altered rate of foreign exchanges, and the disturbed condttion .of Fwigland.' i ' , - Much has been said about making the Mexicans support the war, but we think such reliance ira little ; better than a pleasant fiction. All the- customs ai ihe enemy's ports; all' the forced con-' Irbuiions oLGerv Scott,', will not- pay a tithe of the current expenses of occupancy, tior sensibly diminiah the pressure upoa ourselves.1 We believe thafnot six moothsr irl pass away "before the mercttams of this city and country, will: writhe tfader the mischievous effects of ihe contest, -unless they arise in their micht and throw their .influence againsl its continuance. Con. gres is aoon to meet. Tbe war question will occupy its early, attention.. -Let tb voice of the merchants be heard in behalf of peace, in arrest of that train of mischiefs which war Inevitably ' involves, and fcl ihough the evil already accomplished can; out be undonr,be plague may be stayed and iheaccuduWiioiiiof new troubles a verted.'!, - ." (-.'"; - - The above be tfreir-embered, is iho ex presstoa of opinion on the 'pari of an ably conducted cewipaper.-neutral' in oolitics: but devoted exclusively to the interests t ne mercantile communit.;.'ji' Jlur. nh r ,', , ;'''"., - ; A( la rge Lfco-foco meeting wi.$ held in Philadelohia ona!: Wdnr?W Uront ! Preside ncj' -wnicn r. uaiwa Boramtcfor the ... -j, which tl.vulJ t.-i I j . ' . I r:t,l!.it tl.ey er.har.ccd t'.. t. " -t.";- ; -.. CTcry x.I.:rc in"ti.:lr vi. " :'. :" -:. cf 1 a ' y. ifzzy he 1 ; ' "j " ' 7 '-cJ ct tha Hail. , i r .: . !. fj ior:h Carolina i - ' - . - ' . . i : i nJ j . .c J icmlj.r.tsr, tar ' ...... i lit -I ; , li -o cr.crc-cu-It ..v!d c-t down f wru!J .:o r ..ts. eft! ..-.-y t!:.!r ul!; I?j wsa n.iJj cc- 1 a rc;,: i ul.j Lad clcc t.cnccrcJ c .m.t 'tr.o uoaj, year ti.r.r r year and had actually tcca elected to the Legislature, ori lh strecth of his ct position to tho pmjcct.Iut tlffi char ter was gran!cd,and this very man, in the course el'conversation, admitted that since tha Road wss opened, and he had found a market cl Wilmictoo, kshii made more moniy bvsellirT his hens, and chickens, and eri', than h ? I cforo derived from the entire proiuco cf Lis whole plantation. So much for one instace of increase of pro-, perty, caused by a Rail Road. Again, Rail Koads .served la connect men and societies logcther.' Eve rjr Road thai was built, did much In thai respccL In a' pecuniary sense it : was . advantageous, but ia this sense it was of still greater importance. All these enterprises farmed bands of Indi vid tftf. social and 'political unicrn between the people and the States, and the mora of them there were, the more would sucn tics bo strengthened. 'They broke down the barriers of dirt a nee between persons and Corfrmttihrcj, fey promoted intercou'rse bs? tweetf man and man; they bru&'gh( about more Imfcttte fnd mcye fcst sotlal rela. turns the trtito basiy of just polfffcff! rela-- lions. ; When we fotrnd men alike In char acter, following sufrsfatitiatty the . same pursuits, closely connected,' frVcTiVidirally. and socially, we should there find the true foundation and basis 'of political ' union such a union 89 alone ran be tho salvation of the f Slates of ; this . country. (Loud UMcrt.). ! : ' : Frlglitf nl Accident. Burning of Jht tPropellcr Phahix on Lake Michigan 200 Lives Lost! j - PlTTSBoYo. Nov. 26. Rews hes just reached here by way of tho laes, of a sad catastrophe which hsp petted oh Lake Michigan, by which near ly two bundrod human beings have been hurried into an untimely tfrave. On Sunday morning' last 'the Propeller Phoenix, bound up the lakes,- was discover ed to be.on firefc' when wiihfo 1 9 mires of Shebovgnir. The five broke wn under the deck r and a fresh vind prerailir?g, spread with fearful rapidity, Ine utmost con sternaliorr preffrnted' among , the passen gcrs; and it was imposible, amidst the exf citerncrrf whrtrh followed, to make Ihe pro per efforts lostay the flames and save the boat. . - j , . ! -' There were over twri. hundred pasSn gerson board, and the scene was heart rending in the extreme. Mothers crying in frantic-4 madness- for their 'children , wives dipn to tneiusbands,1 and cry ing1 aloud for mercy from above. Sbrne.in desperation plunged into the lake others iff fheir Wild delirium rush lieadlorig'into the flames.. . ' ' It was? a harrowim -spectacle, and hu ma nit y shudders at the recital of it. ' Some of the passenger succeeded in escaping in the boats, and the rest either peris Hed in the flames or were drowned. ' I ' Movements In tSonth Carol lira. L 1 M C V s l - aroUDa' 1 Mr. Black cfeTed' ihe folloWini?- nmnosi-l In the Legislature of Sooth Carolina, lResoti( That in th'o event' of the a doptid'o by the Congress of the United States of any law or resolution by wliich the citizens nfsUve holding Sfiaterare to be excluded from a full, perfect and equal enjoyment of all the rights and privilages in anv teriiorv which mi v be acauired from Mexico,-or .ftny other power by the prohibition of the introduction of Slave property into such lerritony, thai the trov. ernor . of j' this. State, for lhe time being, convene immediately the Legislature there of, that they may lake such action as thry may deem necessary, and becoming. AYid hat lit Excellency be further desir ed and rcauested. durinff the interval' be. tween the summoning and the assembling "of the . Legi.laturej4o c&rrespond and'con- suit wiiii tiie coosuiureu auiooriiies oi oilier Statesr with a view to hsrmoriidCrS' action on this important subjtct. -. I ' Tnfe Last Lettbk: In a recent letter to a gentleman in Ma rv land, Gen. Tailor ; ' ".' r. ''rcanoot but fear that in entering at my advanced age upon a walk of life en tirely new to me, I would disappotnuyour high expectations." , ' 4 . 1ereis no doob'r iKat if ever, the Gen jeral iarcaHedio'the Presidential Chair, f he will have to-'disappoiot the '.high expecta 'lions" oa reat many office seektrsi i The Choler a op 1832V Wtajrtve this week been informed of a parf -pursued to check- the chole ra in 1 632, which may be useful-irr a I quarters, should thi; disease visit .this cpuntry. When the cholera ap. pearedin the"year mentioned, il was very prevalent in the House of Correction i at Wakefield As a remedial, measure, Mr. Shepherd, tlje governor, io all the- narrow and confined parts had large bonfires roade. Thus a enrrent of t air was created, and from that ' lime the firSl really effectual check was.gtven io the rrialignant malady in ihe pTweo. Lrrd Mercury. : , .! , ... : tt M TT. O. Tiswa, t2:l i! isscn.llcdia tn-U-V-r in front cf i,"r.1 . ,' --s'cutrance,) ' t!tirhd,tndnTsV Ji i, it' . -.r v.- i -ni.auirs merer'.,. I I ir nari)cy,.i.T wt.csa rirticlilar K- .1 II . cbmphmhitwaspiJ. pJriE, nn T of cessation on tho .-. - a vm in F of tha reus-ru. tl.3 ostrrIy callid tJot! f, ,,".. ance of those eminent r..- so tkVrT scrt in ft the b"1" K-err tow car issued from all part, 0f the immc bodyiin front of them. GeneraJ Quitman rava rfw.A feelings ir( the fotloWrng ; maonef.VA on ta ft tJemen.: tr my. ooblo compar.toA ia General Shield., for myself,. tca (or;of int. Kni .rmy.now on the plains of Meai'-o VctUfnr jo nwst gratfefal and Utrtfilf lian,k f! Intifneotrs fcurit of b ' , .V.linii'airi win' then giveri su'ccetiivetyfot Generals Quit." ! t PitK slhn intr plwhed I , Cvlooel was unfortunately ibseni from the jlotel. oo the occasion, tndlWi factwas duly announced from ihe Ulcocy by one of his friends; Healih, woildfjq and eternal honor be thfe irrf rt w.V. lant men! men? " .' -. . . Senatcj -A CorrriporidMV of the ii. anecdote c . t ... ' r .... ,v ttJIs the JulIowisT 11 i.iis extinguished Wbig, thicti ,0 me uegis-rsays is irueexcrpl as UuHa amount of t!,? Lm?, which isxaggeratcd:-" ( Judge Dadge r, as a Criminal Lawyer is probaWyf cotinfsrior to aoy 'n tho U cnaief, and lew are his, equals.1 When any one gets! into a scrape, Badger pretty surtj of i pelting r a fee, and hiifecf are not Kgrjt. 'Various antrcdotea, are told of his ecceitriciiy and independenct. bus Sunday nrjfnrng-strffn'carled on :a and tojd him jflial it waS afuWtely nccet- sary that hjs sbbdd Frave sm'edegal adrics that day,-as he Could nut possibly remtirfV till Monday.' After aomb hesuation, heald his, case, and gare-liimiV advice. lis culorner asked : the fee, irvf was told thai he made no charge fur aJ. ice given that day.- rny meororjf"' serves mo jtorrcclly, : the Matranger,, then en . route for lho North, having is charge another roan wife. 0e that as Jt may, be gave his Counicllor a ff iff S200. The Judge'went to the EhistfWI Church that morntnjr, of. whichr he is a member acid a regular attendant, and Vc the contribution ptate came roucd, h laid on il jthe identical 6200 bill " iccttte Irom hisunday customer.- Who' i3t pretend to iaay thut be did not ,maks god use of hi money? . .. NeM (oyB.foK-. The - last Hallfiit Republican expresses its; -.preference fr Col. A"ndrejw Aiyner, as the WhigCia diJate fr- jGovernor; and says: :,."Ht W arr unffinching Whig, patriotic in feeling strong in h7ind,sound in judgrneat, aMt possessipg) all tho qualities essential lor I that high jippoictment. NotwitliiiaTilinl our picdilqctioris fur him,' we pledgs" ourselves io go for tHo nominee uf iht Convention!, heart and souf,- and care Dot tern man; su that he be a sterling Whiff avaiidDie," acvotca io VAinsuiuiioiiai ertyj upon the side of the People egaicst : Executive t buses, and the darjng. .streVs of power. his is all wcjTU desire." 1 ' . Why, here is the r&ht spirit fViclory- inlit. .:Beevcry, Whig in Homy..-. Cjarolina saythe same, and the'conteatii endcdl 'ere ibegun. jv. C. Times t " Mexicans ALBEAWr voting! If we w nnnexe noj part of Mexico toihe Unurf Stau s yet, at seems, -by a slateinent ia ibi .Matamorasj Plag-.-tnal we have apneicfl some of her I citiif ns. An electioafoolf place in. Tjxasarfew days since fur State Officers; tm& the Flag tella us that atlhr precinci. opposite Maiamora.i u t. had 139otit of 153. votes for (Jorefoor,.; that Young received the whole number for 1 Lieut tnnr? in rl thai 147 v. en given to Gen, Larliar'as lieprewentauw !-. ."-f H . . - ;- , . most of the voters, tb Flag sajV bein' Mexicans! Richmond Whig. Florida Bloviuff. The Apa achicol Adveriiser-urges M propnety of unitine the waters pi W Gulf with Ihose of the i Ailantic by rneaMj; bf a canar- across the Peninsula o I ,rida. The route-( proposed is by VViihia'cocee Rtver",v wliicrf empties , the 0ulf,40di tbel&i., &hr; rtf into the Atlantic Ocean: bctweetriW navigable waterj-of lacoochee to 'Silver Springs;- the higher point of navigation oil the St.-Jonni, K that'directionf; ii reported to be only se teen' miles. J The expense of the wort Climated at only half a million of Mj .The writer claimnhai the .profit w JJ. almost incalculable. A, vessel "V"' Gull carrying a thousand I bales of cow tiat to pay irottHhFee to five hunured to lars insurance, more than a vessel clcarra 'from the port of Cliarlestott or Savant, . . i . 'I . . i 1 Atn rate! t his channel wouia ormg insurance; and receive from two w w ihousana : of cotton passing through U.&ulMr American Bar ELoquEcE -- ' please ihe honorable geutlernen ' Ai ihe defenaaut in this case, wiltu7 maliciously with llhlerr.fre7 a roaring V, and strength hej did there and - then hi shirt!" li . . . " - Ocr.eralj.'Quiur.cn atj rcCi ) loiao wiahea cf their fcllowcHi-nV, "j..4 thowed ihcmnelveffon tT.'o talcony U' rc?rectivjty d?sisicd by namo; tv J
Highland Messenger (Asheville, N.C.)
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