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or. VK Oi> 50 3 O'* 00 0): 0*^ Our fello«-cH«‘-'’S will'pcrceivc Pics.dont H.-/ r; j- “ nmvi.k'.l wi'Ji “ Gujnlcncr. I Hoy wiU . col- that the stump orators aud presses tbout Mr Van- JSureii’s Gakrexer. Is not tl.i- ii,,t -,a>.’->nosl capital hun.b.ig? Th^ whi^s ” cyynig out rcioiii-■ •• n'forni! ” This is “ reform ^vitll n v( mm « >il)i MECKLENBUR6 JEFFEBSONIAN l*c’o t£-o^ Tuesilay :Slori»ln?* 3I«rcii 23, I S 8 I Democratic Republican Xomination Jar Con-:rrcys: GREEN W. CALDWKLL, OF >iKCKLi:xBrncj. TANDIDATKS FOR CLKRKS. Wo art' r. qu sit'd by a lur.ulu r ol' oiii'/.- ii^ iVoni all pnrt.-^ II ihe C'oiiniy to announce- CIIAKLV'.S T. AIjI'XANDF.R, Jr., G candidufi- at tho luxt Auj;ust t Icvt.i ji, lor tiif oliico o! ('U rk of Mt'ckK n!nirg County (-'ourt. We ii.ivc alsi) hrcn t;iniilar!y rcqu-sted to annoiinro JEX- XlXdS B. KKRR, l\sq., a I’rindidat ' at tli ' tiaio I'or r -rl( ?*;on *•■> oftiiv of OKtU of the Sunerior Court. I: LE \'EX T11 COXO n E S S i ox AL D1 ST iUC T. Till' Ft'dtT.;! press in p.ll ci tlit* Stiit-.' sooni T'j bt* oonccntriitliig tlk ir urtiilt ry upon this Cou- :(rcsiion:il I')istrict. This.it stiilcrs iis, is rntirt^ly • if th ir cnndidalt', Col. B.'.riiixgi;!!, ho r ailv greal a man as they -crack liim up'’ lo V-'. anil ix liis ^iiooi is so sure ns tht y woui.l world believe. One of the Colon. I's oul.'gists •t^:ol nnis. that •* lie will run like blazrs wlu-r- h* IS known;’’—another tliat ••lie is a pe:f ct in !!itcil' >‘t—the very man to use up I'cufocoisin — r.-l (Uioiht r. iV'.a* “hi' the abl- ;t man of hi? j.: th-' Stat*-.’' p-)ss*ssinj^ “i^reat tab, r.t/' >kc. They Siiy too, that ?ilr. Cihe I'Vm- u Tatic candibite, (1)'s Jiot }'h;!S“ t!i‘ ^t l.'ncohi, and. intlced. is not ev‘tj the iavoriteof nbur;^'’! Ideally, vvirli all tlu sr- :idvanta;;- s. ii' tl.f Fed'^ralists of th-.- Di.'trict do not suco- ul in Col. Ixirring* r. their cause must be ;i bad n*- in I.-‘ ii ■ B’it all this b-ra^adcfio c-f tho Fed- ral press, iii :ind out of t:i** nistrict. an^.ounts onlv to tiiis—llir-',' Jut so in the way of it List summer, that the oM !ia]>it y-t reiy-ns in th ir bvsovi is. nnd it tli*. n sue- ‘ d'd so w» lb that tlii v hopv to prosppv by it a'j'ain They know very well that Col. Barrini^er >Vinis no ciiance uf an eh ction I y th' freemen '••f this Di.':*rit't, and if they would consult him, lie v.’ould. WO are oonfid nt. so .i.cll th:'U5. Vr»- es^^i-m B. as a bimil, courteous ■man. but hi; is :! VcilnraJht^ and thnt is f >r th-'* ['>. :noi'rats v't' tins T>:^-tri?r to know to iivb.ico tbcni lo vote :t^;niist luiu. IL' is opposed to Slate for a Vation»iI 15.ink—Intf rnal Improvements r,*y tlif }-’.,d-.rai ri.iVcinmtiJ, nnd in favor of squanderii:£r t;ic proce(d.' oi thePubd;-' Lands to have a pretext for another hi{.Th Tariff Is tliis the man fjr the Democrats of the 11th District ? Is ho lit to rtpre- nt us in Cimgress at sucii a time as the pres- nt. wiien Federalism lias just tak» n possession of the 'iovernment. aiid tlir.‘ut..iis tbe ovciihrow of ev; ry Democratic f* ntur»' in our fif-c institutions ? I' is not i:nprol,;d 1' that t!ie eI ction will co:n‘ on durin!:;’ the e usuinLT montli of April;—the-n l.t the IX-mocra^s - a' the District be up and a-loinl^ I t the subj* ct be* stirred in ev ry nook rnrl c orner of ’he District.*and r’v:ry D- inocrat f:>il nit to at- f-'nd the polls, and vt't'- bis principbs. and ?>Ir. (.\vLDv»'KLi.’s eIv;ction is as sur»^ as that the s’ui will rise to-morrow. puFFisa:' If the Editor of the •• TJab igh Star ” do( s not ouit his extravag;mt and indiscriminate pulling of ^///V and member of the FidTal party v.dio makes a speech, or is a candid;ite for ollice, some- f)ody should sen'lon to Washington and ol.t.n’n ^or him from the new .\(bnini^t;■t!tion the otfice of Puller-General of the State.'" 'bhe Editor of ilic 1^7(7r is doubtless not aware of how mufdi be* ••md liow ludicrous he rrmbas some of his f/iends. by the e*xtravag.anteule)gifS he* lavislies upon tlipm— itiakmg out each, in his turn, tlie niost gifted, clo- OjU' nb nnd patriotic man that ever has or ever Vv ill atloni t!i" ^’*ate In his paper of the* ]7th instant, he spends a vast dt'al ot this kind of sairdcr^^ upon Cob liAKRiNGKii, the F’e'deral candidate for Congress in this Di.'^trict. Now, as our fririui of the Liincoln Krpublican remarks, “ Cob Barringer may be a ve*ry rlpver young man,” and of respectable attain- Ta- nts. but the People of this District woui^l like to know, V. e prestnne, in what way he has ever sig- naliz' il himself as a very great man. It is true, that in tin- last Legislature of this State, he assisted, by his speeches an l votes, in squandering between ^('cen and ei.sht hundred thousand dollars oi the People's men^-y upon objects tliat will never profit 'he' Stat-:' at large a copper. lie voted to give to the ihnington Rail Road the credit of the State for c.f'-hundred thousand dolla.rs, and to the Raleigh and (]>oad a like sum, when, at the time ol passing tuo gtyck of the Litter was not ''O^^h iiveyihj rents i/i the dollar. He also as in favor of squandering two or three hundred thousana dollars to make u mud turnjylke through the(.‘-n';e of the Slate, to tho great detriment of our pre-riuit gofjd roads, lb-also, after perambulating .ill \\ estein Xorth Carolina last summer, abusing Mr. A an Linen fur his splrudjj style of living, ^oteei It,I appropriation of near six thousand eo//6'r5to rurnisb more splendidly the Governor’s t'-» buy FrrnrJi bif'bsteads, scar- iet fcilk curtains, toiccis, soap, C'£c. Ccc., for tiie us^* ol John M. Moiii:iii:ad, contrary to^.4ov. M.’s wish es, and regardless of his great horror of such ex travagance, as exprcssenl in his speeches before the People last summer. r>Ir. Caldwell, who was also in the Legisla ture, spoke and voted against this extravagance and waste of the People-’s money ; yet he is denounced by these new-fashioned ‘■economists and reformers,’’ who arc striving to manufacture a great man of Col. Barringer. The Pc'oph*, we liope, v/ill not fiil to examine minutely the course of the two candidate's for Con gress in this Distiict, v.diilc in tho Legislature They will then b(.' able understandingly to pro nounce. b»y their votes at the hallotd.'ox, wliich v^ oubl be the most safe guardian of their rights and inti-r- esis in the more extended and important suition of a member of Cemg’ress. PPxACTICE AXI) I’ROEE?SIOX. 'riie regal spl« ndor v/ith wlii -htlie Presiileiit's House at ‘W'ashington Vv'as fiu:ii:he'd, and tlie spbn- dor of ?»Ir. ^'an Buren’s styL' of living, wt-re the gre^it themes upon which the l’\'d('ral orators dwelt bt'lbre tlie people last summer, and about which the Ft di ral prt ss poured out tlieir bitter Avrath u])on the liead of our Democratic President. Who !:ut re collects ••( >glf's speeeh,' so industriously circulat*'d by every l-’ed■ ralist in ilie land, in v/hidi a dis- gustingl}'dL'tailed af-’ount was given of all th-' ar ticles in tlie Presid('ufs soicndi lly fuinislied ]):ir- lors and bed-roonis. a.nd even the articb s in lii' kitchen .- AVere all these things true tlun? If they W( re'—if tin* i'rcsiib nt's House was furnished in so co.-'tlv a s'vle :is to jiU'tify the b’'edi'rali>ts in all they said about i". aivl their abuse of IMr. A'an Bu rt n. for whese us.“ no paiticb' ot it wa.'^ pui'chastd wdi.U Vv ill the L^iopL' s ty to the approjiriution ( f six th;y’; i:: ! doHars t ) f.irnish it ,',7'>rc sple:id'u!hi f>r tli(' us ‘ of ( V n. Hanison ? ()h. y*' dup* d P. o- ple'—You v\- re in i !''to b. li 've that Mr. \’aii Bu- THK CJOLD t-PUOX HUMBBG. When the bill came up in the -House of Repre sentative s to appropriate six tho jsand dollars to buy nev/ finery^ for the president’s House, the follow ing proceedings occurrcd: “ Mr Alford moved the. k)llowing substitute: 'i’liat. lor rurniture.tor the Presidcnt’H House, the President elect shall be authorized to sell the gold s])oons ar.d other surh furniture as lie may deCm ex travagant and mmiM-essary anel ptirchase with the ].roceeds of the ealc' thereof suedi furniture as he may deem proper and useful. ‘•Mr. Duncan. 1 desire to be informed if there a.re any gold spoons’' ia the President'.-i House? I’ho following sensible and apprcpriale re mark's arc from tlie “ Grecnsborougli Patriot,” a v,-arm Federal paper. Such sentiments from that quarter is a bright specimen of good sense and can dor in these times of party phrenzy: PansKNTi^ TO THE PnnsiDENT—A fvplendid coach, maneifactured in Baltimore, has boon presented lo Pres ident Harrison. On t!ie day of his inauguration a]\Ir. Isaac Xcwton, of Pennsylvania, presented him a “latted calf,” preserv'ed in ice; it vv'as five moathti old and weighed 3S4 pounds. He vras also prescnte^d with a walking cane, ricldy mounted, made of part of the coach of Gen. AV^ashington. It was stated a ftnv weeks ago tliat somebody of tho state of New ‘•Mr. Lincoln e::plainc*d tliat he did not UnoAv tfK'rr j Vork had a |>rescnt tor him on the way, to wit: a were any such articles as gold ppoons a;*iong the | mammotii lioi^.—The making of all thcpe presents President's lurniture.’’ i are ]>crhaps proper enough.as mere rnanif(‘statioris ot' In addition to this, th-' following ceifiricate v.as ; respect; i)ut betv»-een you and curselvs, Mr. reader, re:vi to the House ; •• i do Iiere])v ceriitV tliat tl J v.'e doubt the propriety and good taste ol' the thing, i It is Vv'ell • nougli, we dar“ say, for lliose Vv ho have, le largt' elegant gilt t!ie abilitx' ar.d disposition,— to give their things to tract from the inveii- ory of t'urniture in tlie Fresideul’s Hou.s\ taken by In* (‘ommi.'-'sioner c*' j’ubhc Biuiduig.s. March 21, Plateau named in the above extract from the inven tor tlie s ame which is nou' in use at the Pre.-i deut’.s Houf'-e. and that’t . other has bern purclias('d for tile blot^se f:ince thatIate. I tlo also cer'iiV that it a}tp’ars j’rom the inventory of furniture in the P:-v‘si(!(';'.t's House takc'U hy tlie Second Auditor and ('onipussiont'r of Public I^uildings on the 3d March, Ity order of Presid* at Jackson, tlu're v/'*re tv. elve «!o:'en fr ilver-gilt de.-:ert knives and ibrks, three dozen silver-gilt desert spoons, and seventv-one sil- V(‘f-jvi!t tea-spoons. And I ln lurllier eertil'y that no nild or silver-gilt k!ii\cs, or fork.^, or spoons or plate ot'any der.criptifin has b*u*n purchas(*d I'or tiie Presi- ileat's House since Mr. V'an Be.ren became ihe (^hiei' Maristrati' of the nation. W. XOLAXD, (\ P. D.” Xow, it v.as positively asserted List snimm r by the j^rvfddent; but you and Ave, i'riend reader, ii’Ave sliould happen to have Konio triHn to trive away, Avould ])etf.er frratil'y t!ie benevolent wishes ot’his ex- (•(‘llc'cy tiie Presi(]»'nt, (if he sliould tin 1 it out) by "ivinf; to the yicpdij. It strikes us that a better rc)iird, too, Avould be secured to us by this course. More, there i.s a eertai.i ostentation ia makiiig presents to the l^resident, v.'hich doift look exactly proper. Se condly, it i.s rather than otherv.Mse taken I'or granted that a giver ot'git'ts to a great man raiirht be ]ir^*- vaiiefl u])on, in all liuniility. to accept some triHe— an ollice, for instance, that might chance to lit—in return. Tvlaking jiresent.-- to private iadividualrf i.s aItog;.-l!ier a ditf'Tent thing. For instance, tJiere could be no A’iolation of propriety or tastt? in making a present to Mr. Van l^ure.n Tlie £2;ift of a small qua!itity o\ consolation migiit provt; highly accejHa- bU*. just i!Ov*'. W'e had thought of forwarding some trilk* for Mr. Van Buren'.s acceptance;—but to Cion. Harrison. Avhile President. w(! siiall frive r.othinar— 'ov. M>Tehead, and othe r I* tderal orators, that | (hatinir his salary) we' don't care if he never * I'-ets any tlninr—except a liearty co-operation in all liii v.'as b\hij; Lkc a l.in^-. r.nd that tuin him out and put in th'. •• loj;--c ibin' h'To—the ••poor man's li'i nd.’’ ivii. Il i"i-;.> ii, a.nd In* a\;''u11 stdl all th.- finery ol tie W h:!** H )’is •. and livr in pliin. sim ple. Uepn.! lic -.n £'yl .-:—but b- f>ie his iiiauguvation, V' e.. h. i'.als. t’.Mt in ,ddition lo all the finery kt pt by Mr. \ .01 Bur 11 ),>: coul.l n>»t ke*-p luaise Avith- (!Ut v.'.r fho^ts'ind Avoith ol Frtneh he-dsti-ad.';. Mirrors. B u.-.'' Is cai p» ts. Avith Lnen and croo!:- V\' a scoiciung ccanmentary ery l >r se-rvant' upi n all the hutrbii .f })Ut forth by llie I- l-.ist summer upon t.iis subji c* In additi'vH io ih's aj jir piiaiii n ( i to liuy "linery'■ f)v ti>o PiTsitb nt's Hou.s 1 :■: two ad- i Ufionai appi!.;pr!ati';ii' w; r** nri'tc—ton-* of ^7.o82 ,10, 1; r •• Ciaid-'ii: r's s:il:iry, l.iinp-lig iting, d^e^;^ing pLmts, tScc . tjcc . an 1 aiu'tln r (d ‘ f jr r> pairs ot tlie Pi'csilt rit s lJ~tust“.'' vVc., tanking in all. tiie turn of si o.."»0/ ' 1 >r hr^'nnitn^^ ! At this rate, this *• retren*hmeiit a.nd relbrm ” Admini.-tra- tion Avill co?t the eoimtry, in lour years, b* sid s the Prrsi.lint's saia,y. lb''n at little sum of .vi.r///- frro thoysti.r' end *'-' fiti/-i:>nht d'dlars! L'ttiie read r .x:m;ine the li.st of aricles pur-j cluisf d lor th" nev.' Presid'-nt. which he will find copictl in anoi’ncr cobniin lioui 'he Raleigh Stan- davel. aiiel l\i« n say if iiih is tlu* •• ll>'form and lir- trrnckmrnf" avc Aven‘ promised by the n v.- adniin- i.-^tration L'f>ri'geuiiig into power VniKr VIEWS OK THE IXAl'OI'RAL. 'I'he -V :r York JL'rr’!, a ze.nlous "Whig" paper, best iv.'S the fallowing comment? upon the Inaugural A-I Iress of G.'n. H irrison. We are rl id to set' that at least on*" A^'hig p.i])'*r has the* iii.lent iKk'njc to sneak it.s i:ensi!ne!its of this djcu- X m*-nt ; *• The add.ress i.^ one of the mo'*^ n;ieA-; nlv com- y^os* vl and written dociun Mits that ev»'r came from tlie brain or p n o;\i pui)ii.j f iuctionary. Parts ot it are excei'v'Ut, and othi r [*arts are most tra 'hy. Tiie bi St parts ot' it cotit tin s,»mi' of th(.‘ souadest and purest dorti'ia**': that v.ere ever conceived ; l>ut they are A'(*ry. A'er\' liard t > liv**. up to. Many other pa.rts are unworiliy th“ tyro at colljjre, or liis, rir.^t attempt at compo^ ition. “ livery detinite statein''nt in th^ addr-^ss might haA'c been j;ive:i in on-* t'ourrh the space whidi the message oc'-upie.'-. 'IMiere are too many Avords ; it deal.'* too te.tich in geuv'ralilics. 'I’h'r ■ is too much said about nothing. The rem irl.s about one term. Avere :*dl u::n;“',‘es.sar\'; that ]> nut v,a' i'l tlie con- iract ; those relative to the inN^rferi-nce of ollice- iiolders in elections ar-* just, a.nd just wl.at tliey should be. I'ltt in reiation to the veto and executive poAver. there is too much tv.'addle ; all the points coidd have b»ien.gi\ en in a dozen lines. ‘‘Tlu! nonserise about " an exclusive metalic cur rency” is a croch' t of iiis own brain ; a .sort ut’slnit- tiecock v.’hich iie stuck up aail knocked down I'or amusement tlirL'e time; in one paragrajdi. The re marks al out th^ District ot' Columbia are miserably Avrittiui ; llie si*ntences are involved, complicated, and tortuou.s ; tlw^y t^iay he construed to mean any thing or nothing. 'I’Ik* baldi rdash about OliA er Cromwell, C'lrj.sar, and Boliver. will eievate the President in the e'ves of no one. He docti not im- derstandthe character of eitlu'r. The clumsy allusions to (Jreece and Rome, re peated again and again, n.iay be tl’.ought classic by some, but it would bt; liHicult t.o prove tlunn so, ‘•As to th'* statement al»out no Republic ever merging into an aristocracy. (General Harrisonouglit to ha\ e* read the history oL \ enice, iind one or two Hepuldics Ave could name, ]>elore he made the sweep ing assertions Ave lin I in bis niessagt*. The miserable manner in which the subject of abolition, and especially the subject of our foreifirn relatioiisare slurred over, is sufHcient to stamp tlic inaugural witli reproach from all.” A Ruse.—Democrats, sec to it!—The Federal ists, Avhere the facts of the case are not knoAA'n. arc stHvingto create the imprc'ssion, that Dr. liVTLE, Avho Inis b‘ en announced as a candielat'* for Con gress in this District, belongs to the Dv mocratic party. This is deine to decrive the uninformrd,-and those Democrats who do not knoAv Dr. L. and Avhat his position is, and by that means “divide and conquci ” us. But this will not do—it as too palpable. Dr. Lytlk is no Democrat; for, the last vote he CA'er gaA'e AA*as AAUth the Fedt'ralists—at the late I’residential Election. We Avould, hoAv- ever, probably come nearer ths* mark to say that Dr. L. .cntertauis no political doctrines m paitic- ular behig first Avith one party, and then Avith the other. The Democrats haA*c but one candielate—Mr. Caldwell—for him they will vote, and leave Dr. Lytle to the mercy ot his Icderal friemk« Mr. \'an Buren had s nt all the A\'ay to France y*' l.Oi)0 of the Peopl ‘ S money to buy a rroLlen l^laN’Jiu to set upon Ills fable—and it was a.bo ;is- S'nted,. that lu’ ate from gol b n pl tt witli ,g dl ".1 IcnivfS and fork’s and spe>ans anl in slioit, livi'i iii all the .spl: n lor of a king. 'A'as such the tn'^li'’ Mr. LiNe-oLN, a zealv)us Wltig, says it Avas fdse. an 1 the TiCa.surer (if ihiblic Bin'Idings, Avhi) h:ts ill ciiet'l tlie PreSid nl’s House, say.s it was fal.M-; Avhat. lih n. Avill a d ip. il .ni 1 insult* 1 IN-ople say to such fils, howds and their authors? Wiiat nuut be ih- morals of such a "party anl will tin y be' Iw- lii vl(1 in any t!.i»>g tin y a jain say ^ i.ll^“"The *• W'tern Carolinian.” of tin rJt'a in... slates tliat th;' Hon. G|[.\ui,rs Fisiir.n will not be c'ui iid;it(‘ for rf-edfction to (^oncrrfss iVom the* Sali.^bury Dis'ric* d'he loss of jklr. l^'s servic(*s in Congit f will be dci ply ngre tied by ( very friend ()t D' moi'racy in the Slate. Joine'd to tab.iits e>f a iugh order. Mr. Fisln r {)0SS 'SSS a av 11 d;.'>-iplin( d mii'i l richly .-rtor? d with ac-*urate infoiinaai'.'n upon all ."ubj-cts of national at:! st'it.* aliairs, Avith habits of laborious in b fati:jaMe- industry AAhich emin'iitly (jti.ilify iiiin for a scat in Congre.s:?, He is tjo, a R>'“publican of the oi l .''jb.O(d. 'The L ss of such intn in our national councils, at a time like-the pre- s. nt. is a mattt r of no little cons« pn nee t(j the count y Mr E . in jii.s retirena nt. Avill carry with hiin tlu.' good Avisln s of all avIio admire a geod man and a I'aithlnl public serA'ant. The Florida U'trr—NGthwitbsi.anding the great inroads lately mrab* upon tiKj fttMnrasf s ;f the In. diinis in the l^verglades of Florida by our ^-allam t.oops. the A\ar stdl se-'^ms to be no nearer a t. r- n:i.'r:*ie>n tlian i^ av.^:! live ye'ars ago Several se vere- skirmish-> Irive lately takvii jdaee, -v acce.Miui of Avhicdi Ave annex: • A T'orporal out hunting Avas killed ; some of his comrades who escapc'd, rcj)orted t» Lt. .-Mburtis that tlie Indians, ia force*, Avere near him. 'J’aking Avith liim Is men, he .-allied out. leaving the r:'st of his company in the V)lork hou>i\ wiili orders in case they were atta(d(*d not to yit Id. Lt. Alburtis, in a lew moments, fell in with the Indians, and an action commenced which Listed upwards of an hour. (,)ur hraA'e nu.ai Averi* forced to retrent, but did so in good order. ke( ping up a continu.ctl fire until tlu'ir ammu nition Avas exiiausted. Beiag cut otV iVom their oavu post, they retired to Fort liusse'd. (^apt. Barnum. with a 1 n^cre f)rct\ immediatt ly startiMl in pursuit. A command of fifty meti from Fort Holmes were also out toL^'ether witii H'H dnag0f)ns from Pilatka. The soldier f'rom Avhoin the above is!eri\'cd. pays lie be'liev('s but otu; mati Avas killed fi\o or six Avound«*d. A number of were seen to f.dl durin'j tk.e nction.” An e'\\a from the of.i*'' of the St. Augustine A'’da*--d March r*ii. Mntai:i. the' fjile>wing later new^^ • “ Int'ormation residied here I ist eveninrr. that an express arrived at Pilatka,'Vom l"’ort Pussfdkon the night of the 1th. bri iijiniT int(d'i-ence that (’apt. Ijarmnn, with one jiuriitrcd mt*n, (inebuiinir nme mountt.'d.) cajiii- uj> wiih tlie Indi ins. (\’v hom Lt. Al- I urtis liad lx;en comueHetl to retrt at t'roni, on ac count ol‘ tlie smrdlness oi' liis Ibrce.) at the lu*ad of Orange I^ake, and commeiieed an attack upon them, (h’pt. P». had placed the nine mounted men in am bush, as a 7-e.srnv. and led on the oth(*rs ; but finding the Indians in siich a hodA'j he made ii signal for the mounted men to come u}>. No sooner Avas the sig nal mad(', than the I idiaii!^, having cut oil thef>e men from the main body, tired upon them, killing six, anl the other three 'retreated to the Fort, beinir AA'onnded. 'Fhe express immediately sent oil' to Pilafk.a, Avithout knoAvin^"anythinfurth«*r. The vvounded men state that C^ipt. B. vA'as still lighting. ‘‘ Capt. Carr, 2d dragoons, with one hundred men, Ava.s sent out from Pilatka a few daj's }>reviou,s, and returned shortly after the express had arri\'ed from Fort Russell. lie immediately supplied Ids men wiih jirovisions, and started for Capt. P».'s battle £Tround. It is impossible to ffiA C tlic particulars im- der such a circumstance. There is no knowing t!ie loss, as yet, that Capt. P>. has met with. Lieut. Al burtis laid lost six or seven ni'.'n the day before, in his skirmish Avith the lnliatts, and Avas forced to retreat on account of their number. This looks A’cry much like “ ['ea.ce.” Brttf.^h preparations for War.—It is stated by the Canadian papers that a large number of troops, the floAA’er of the British army, have been recently stationed in the Canaelas by the British GoA'crn- ment. The Montreal Herald has the folloAving ;— Our Government is carefullj^ preparing for the Avorst, and displaying itnusutil activity in all the departments connectcd Avith the military and naval affair. Besides the steam frigates of the largest class, noAv building in this city and in Kingston, Ave have been informed that tAVo aditional ones Avill be plticed on the ste>cks at the current St. Mary, with out delay, one to be kept in pieces so as to put her up in ten days. It is probable that this steamer is hi- tende*d for Lake Champlain Avhen hostilities com mence, and it Avould not only maintain possession of tho Lake Avithout difficulty, but prcA*ent the Ameri cans occupy in? he* fjrts on its banks bis Avell advise endeavors to ;• hniniste-r the goA'urn- me::1 prosperously aiivl hapjuly to tliis confiding peo- l' .'e Pro:^^r'lptioa—Tho new Administration has al- r ad V c.o n n a>' d proscribing fi.>r opinion's salre. Mr. ( Jooe'H,tlie Post-.naster at Richmond, Va., has be n turned out to make rejom f- »r a greedy partizan by the name (if Peytea.i. Dr. M.mitix, dii'f Clerk in the Sta!“ D'-part- An,at}oer Member of Congress appoi/fled to office.— I’hc President has appointed OGncN IIorrMAN, Member of Congress from .New York City, Dis trict Attorne}” of the United-States for the Southern District of Ncav York, in place of Mr. Butler. number who had their pocke ts emptied in this wa^'; Avas very large. clergyman was robbed in open day, Avhile performifig diA'inc service on Sunday.— Those Avho escaped the more uncivil land-priv'atcerc^ wore hosvitafed out of their cash by the Washing ton Landlord. Among tlir chargcs said • to have*, been made by the kind hosi.s, were 61 for elccpiug tAVo hoeirs (ai a sofa : and from $2 50 to ^5 for a night's lodging. Tln^ National litelligcncer prorji- lyed the people th^iy shouLi be well taken care of if they wc]it to see the “Hanison glorificetion.” The^ promises of that veritable print Avcre fulfilled. The Washington folks took great carc of the visiters, and rf lieyed them of any little inconv'cnience they mi.4ht tc(d on account of “specie humbugs,” or plaster aA’ailables.”—Raleigh Standard. siiin • A correspondent of the Boston Transcript, \vd:o AA’rites from Naples, under date of January 18, says: “ Grcenough has finished his statue of Wai^h- ington, which is of colossal .■size*, and a b.-autiful AA’ork. He is repn sented in Greciam costume, seat ed, holding a sheathed sword extended, with the handle forward in the left hand, expressive of re-- signing to tho people his military command, Avhils» the right hand is elevated, and the finger pointe-d upwards, to signify that to Heav'eii they arc indebt ed for success in the use of it. The statue Avill be sent fo America next summer, as soon a.s a ship ol' Avar shall arrive to receive it.” 'Fhc Times—The Banks.—V\'c beg otir r-.nd> rs to keep in remeiabrance the promises made'ol ••bet ter times,” cii the flection of Gen. Harrison. P. in vain for the b'ederalists to say that they have- not yet liad time te> put things in order, for the promis was tlait the \( \ y prospect of his election wotiLl re store cemfidence and give a ne-w impulscto Im.vine.s.^ 'i'hings liavc turned out as \A'as expccted. , V\'e .stated to our readers our belief that the banks vv'ouLl not ( xpand thedr issm s meredy to \'erify the^ i;.='?or- tions Ol })ohticiaijS. 'I'luy have not donese>: but ment at WashiuiTton. was turned out onthedayaft th: in iUTuratio!!. t ■ irialru room for LXuiiel b^. Wi b- { ‘h has been the mauai/'vmt nt of pcditical ba.nk.t; s .^trr. son ol' tlio S. c.'. !,ir.- uf isoutliiri, banks, and our? .lo.N'.vs SiBLi'v, I.J. S. Mii'shal f.>r the Th.'tricl 'f Massachu.?.t's, has br-en su[)t''rce;kd bv .Salomon i 1; th ihe number, have been oblig.d to curtail th-.i/ I'ui I la ss au 1 aiaitn suspeii»d paymeiits. I -r 1' .-I .. iiue ohi an evils ed Avliich tiie ccm.muuiti* com 1 Hk.aion Low.nv. I . s. Mirshal for ■ pi i-n a'id be remedied. I* is hard to tell. 7’wo the Dis'.iict of \’ermont. Ija' Willi.un BarroAv. 'I'he {{ il 'gb Standard has also been pr(Scri'o(d hy the 'J’le'asuvy T'- partm* lit, and orden.d to be discontinued. 'Plus proscription avjis the work of l.ut one day, and s’hows Avhat Ave are to expect from ibis pro scription-hating Administration. Tiif L-.nv-locing •• Reformers'^—By act of Con gress. ii i^ made the duty of both the Senate and Hotise of liepresenta’ives, at the close of each Con- ’•u hig’ Jii-gisLitur* s have ])assed by without Ix- .Su.'Wino- any aftriition to this impoitant iriatter W iien the sun of Deme>cracy sliall a.'rain aris« up on our councils, aa'c may th( n hope that the clouds and d.'.rknrss that noAv overshadow us may be d:s- j)‘Hod. We hav'e no hopes of the Whiggery- the Federal AVhiggery.—Raleigh Standard. Tiie charter election wa^ held in I'tica, N. Y , on the 2d inst., and resulted in a D-iinocratic triumph 'i'he Democratic Re*publicans elccted 7 of the P; Aldermen. A\diich gives tliem the power of the city So T’ti.'.a is reHle*cmed. 'I'he Federal Mayor was Ib. gre.'^s to elect a Public Prins-r f)r tlm succxHlinof i only. se.«sion Accordingly, this duty Avas })erf-irme-d by the Senate at the cleu^e of tlie last .\)ngrc‘=;s in tb.e t b clion ofBi.AiR& Rives of the Ctlobe. But the ne\y Senate. Avhich met in extra s '.’ision rn the lih instant, Avore so anxious to reAvard their lamgry partiza.iiS. that tii- y went so fir as to violate tlie l iAA-, annul the ( h ction. and bestOAV the (•ril-.-o ed'j settled an l t>ermancnt fa*oylies. Public Printer upon anolhe-r individual Their ex cuse for this violation of law AA'as, tiiat the* Fiditors of the Gi.obf. had said hard thhigs about son'ic of the honorable S».natjvs! ’ad‘' in Alahima.—A bill ha? pa?.s.-d the legisLiture of Alabama, providing, “tliat in ad dilion the property now exempted by- 1 uv; from executieins. thr*re' shall be e'xempted from exf-cutiofi upon till debts bereufter t j be contracted, ft)r the ttsa '.'t eA'evy lainiiy in thi.-^ State, forty acrcs of land. whi(di snail b*:' anu enin^e to the uso and benefit of The Hon. J. R. J. Danitl. late Attorney-Gene ral of this State, has been nominated as the Demo cratic C'andidate for (.'ongress in the Halifax Dis- tri't, in place of the Hon. .Tesse A. Bynum, avIio de clines rumiing. He is opposed by ’W. W. Clierry. of Bertie county, as the Fe'deral candidal-*. I\Ir. (jRAHAAi, in the Mountain Fhstrict. and ]\Ir. Williams, in the Surry District, are again Can didates for re-ekction. so far Avitliout oppositiem tl:at we haA’C heard of The Hon. Jonx Hill, in the Stokes Distric^ declines a re-election. No other Caaididate bas y;t been nominated by either party. flrtra Sfand'.^rd.—We have received tha first No. of :: handsome shc( t under the ab(>vc title, to bo issued semi-monthly from the ofiice ed the Rab'igh Standtird AVe hope its Editor, Mr. Louixc. Avill find this neAV efibrt to serA*e tli^cause of Dentocracy abutid intly successfid The Extra Stan bird is a n"at quarto sh-et.—tel scrijtion price Jii'l in ad- A'ance. The Preispectus shall appear hi our next. The Washington correspond- nt of the PhiLidel- phia North American, under date March 8th, says; “ It is rumored. Avith much appcarancc of truth, to-day. that .Mr. E’ox has made demand for the re lease of McLeod, or for his passports, in t. n days. 1 f this be so, and if McLeod should not be giA'en up, the British armie*s in the Canad.is an-l Noav BrimsAvick Avill be in our territories in less than tern days aOer Mr. Fox’s departure', and it is not unlikely that Brit ish naA'al squadrons, Avith steam ships of Avar, are ‘ at this moment under Avay to bo in readiness for sitch action as may be re({uired on their arrival.— are liable*, in so brief a time, to a AA'ar de'clarf'd at the cannon’s inouth Avith a lighted match! ’ We sec nothing of this in the Washington pap:rs Raleisrh Star. Ha mo nit y of Gen. ./uekson.—^l)uriii^ the Creek Avar, alter one 01 tJie battles.an Indian ciiiFd AA'as found sucl.'ing tiie breast of his dead motlier ! I’he scene was truly afiecting, and dictated the course he, AAdiei has been chargee! by the tongue of calumny, as pos sessing a soul of iron, and a tiger’s disposition, should pursue. At firstf ho endeavored to procure a squaAv to relieve the Avrctchcd infant, but all to wliom ho applied refused, Avith this excuse, that as his relations were kilL''!, it AVould be better to knock him in the. head! Further application being in vain, he took the little orphan tmdtr his immediate prote'ction. #md after tlie campaign, brought him home, introduced him into his family, and educated him. The folloAving article from the NeAV York Her ald., a Federal paper, comes in verification of the assertions of the Democratic Press. Vv\=* advise our readers to shoAv it to their “ whig " neighbors, and let them see hoAV soon after Harrison’s election the humbug bubble is burst. The true sourse of the dis ease Avhich affects the business affairs of the country is pointed out—as it was, long ago, by Mr. Van Bu ren and his friends: “ The stnall degree of confidence created bp the change of Goverment is already gone. The public begin to discover, that if the banking syste/ni had been sound, the action of the Federal Govern- AA'iXCr removed tlieir stock of Goods to the country, and declined business in Cliariotte. the uadert'igned earnesdy request all per.sons ovA'int: tiiem, cither by note or account, immediately to cafl and make settleiuent. WjLLIAAI ALEXANDER Avili remain in Charlotte to close the business of the late concern, and it is hoped those indebted Avill not disn'gard this notice;—at any rate, all arc re quested to cail and see )iim e^n tho subject, and sucli as oAve accounts and cannot uoav pay, can close thenx by note. The subscribers Avill keep constantly on hand q large anti Avell selected stock of '\nd CA-ery other article in the mercantile line, at their stand at CLEAR CREEK in this County, AvJierc they Avill be pleased to see and accommodate all who maA' favor them with a call. ALEXAXDER & BROTHERS. rharlotte, March 23, ISll. 3-r 22Fi'ntam ?ijaxrav Si: ©0. Type and Stereotype Founilry, 71 Fulton, Corner of Gold Street, Nciv-York IIE Subscribers take tin’s metliod of atmounc' L ing to thi'ir friend.s and the public generally, that; having purcha.sed tiie exteut;ive anel vvell knoAv'n ijjic formerly owned by Messrs. Conner and Cooke. the-\ liave removed the same to t’u'ir i.re.sent central pej- sition. Haying made exiensivi* revisions, addition.s. anl alterations, they arc noAV jirepared to cxecutc* orjer.s ot any magnitude they may be. favored witli, Avifh promptnes.^^, and on as taA’orable terms as at any other t otmelry in America. To th'*ir nevr Spe cimen Book, Avhich has Iteen rccurllv exfensiveiy circulated, they vA’ould respectfulh- reler. All articles manufactured by tlicia sliall be of a material equal, if not superior to any manufactured in this country—and undergo a thorough examina tion as to appearance, ranging, dressing, and proper ly assorting. All articles exhibited in the Specinicn Book, formerly isfjucd by Conner and Cooke, toge- me.nt could nM have afftcAed it. and bemg unmmd. | toFont/soU l.y them, can'nowln- iho nnirpr nf i h.P % rnvPVYi.wp.nt to Tt^sfnrn n .• —.:^i . i i it is beyond the power of ihe Government to restore it. Tiie miserable mismanagement and lolly ex hibited ill the array of fancy stocks displayed b}-. the United States Bank, as its as.scts, gi^-es the lie completely to tho assertion that it Avas the measures of the Federal Exe cutiA'c that produced the revul sion. We haA’C noAv nearly reached the close of affairs; and the public is beginning to turn in dis gust from the miserable humbuggery of tho?o party b-aders, that are .attempting to res^c*re it” furnished from tliis Foundry A\ithout delav, with manv since added. VvILLIAM HAGAR & CO. are agents for the sale of the Napier, Washington, and Smith Presses, VA’hich, together AA'itli Chases, Casi's, Composing Sticks, Furniture, Ink, and every article used in the^ printing business, will be kept on liand, and furnished at manutacturers’ prices. X. B.—Xo machine ca.;i Type manufactured at tliis Foundry. Xew-York, Febraarv'S'». ISii ?-3tn
Mecklenburg Jeffersonian (Charlotte, N.C.)
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March 23, 1841, edition 1
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