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Uie^u^ gift£?nar> s of those oversy.^— t, in order and arolina is less some le may be thcfd iLive party ru se, I Jaro et lo post- ark at pre- enliinent if sur**.s than ilishonorud ty leailers, ceive llieni, r any po^ju- RLAND. r H Mi J I C., >. IS I cvillc* OS' iUet 1»1 Xf e for rn- MTatif lii'pub* I VVhiii. 'ocs I'or t (inni and I luuu of for ihi vho !:> for the wiird^. .KY. hifling, liis- iuns as tho •cS3. Thu 11 no great all by bar- isti>. The uri-s passci^ t-3. Tlicio to Dislribu- jtato of’ ihu 1 principle, leir head,) tics Cl - IllcJ J lixeJ by t. But the ellin^ them u-y thouM d by in-'iT* ih;il if tho >i;Uibuiion •tiut;s pas:i- l;--iil feigned ■aud iight leiiiporiiry ■ thu clutic3' GoDgl'L^S, irr Sysleoi eii'cct, tho to extend the ist of DisirihiL- aitspRUilcd .nl.l What •lit ^iid get icular pro- ’ioUle the ^ It \%’A3 ition Law nsefpienca ex|irnded he publi^v meet th? distribute KOKKOW^ e amount ike grasp stated in f the first ) was one bis paltry lid threo is bank- ih'j ino- is repeal t Whi^ iiist the qucncea c cur;- bate anti In tho and o voted States, y at all e could own the down to 65,000,- ct tJreu: ^ 9peratioa of t\ri3'. It w.\5 woli tinowi tint Tihere were three ‘lasses of articles imported throafjti our cufilom-houFos—those paying dutiee ad valorem, IfiJdS paying specific duties,and a large class which ■^vere entered fre •. This l:i«t class he would em brace in a tariti’ aaJ thus enlarge ihe number of dutia ble articles. There was another view of the question—-a view f 10, which could be carried. lie hoped it would be • 3or they were strousr enough to jcarryit,\\'they \vould ouly co-operate and show their strenrih now. There were many men in the House willing to vote for a tirin greater than 20 per cent., and llms protect the niiuiutacturers. Many were thus situated, and were wi h:i^ to help the gentleman from Massachusetts S with his tariif, on the condition that land money for ihemselves. ?• this: it the House should refuse to tais bill, with the proviso by which the disiribu - Jion ;ict would be secured, it would prove that tiie Kcc-irade, anti-protective interest had the ascenden- 'V, iuid intended to adhere to their policy. He ^hould regard the votes givcii on the question. As lacy ^'^ted on it, so would they show their hands. M". Wise, alter a lew remarks^ observed that if he S^ntleinan Ironi Kentucky correctly, itis ti.-st object was to increa.se tiie duties above tvven.y per cent.,and to proviile what he considered projuT profeciion, and alsy to repeal tlie 20 per cent. «.iau.^f' 1(1 the distribution bill—tiiat is, to liold on to distrijuuon and protection both. The gentle-nan’s second propositiou was equally important. He un- ijOstood him to proclaim to tho jirotection interest, iasidr )f this House and out of it, that if they would not give him the repeal of the 20 pei cent, clause— tlicy would not give him distribution, he would not give them duties above 20 per cent. [Mr. Un derwood. That is right.l Then the gentleman will not rcduce tlie expemli- iies ol' tho Government, and tuj: tea ami cojree, in or- t-cr to hold on to distribution. That v.as precisely wliat he lieiti out to his constituents and others to be r.ie policy to he pursued, not by the gentleman from Kentucky alone, l»ut by the nuijority of tiie House ; ‘'•”^d the genriemau now avowed it. Now (saii Mr. v».) we understand the votes that hav'c been given this session. Sink the the navy, sink tho army, ,ink protection, and every Crovernment estabhsh- ment every industrial interest is to be sacrificed lor ■ •ue man’s hobby—distribution. The people are to b’ ta,r;d to distvibiita ; the Government is to borrow iij distribute ; the navy, the ri^ht arm of our defence, ^he army the left arm, are to be sacrificed ; and those V. ho have heretotore prolessedjto be par excellence tlie friends of protection, are now to be its worst en- Mnies. New Kngland, Pennsylvania, aa»d everj^ juanulacturing State, are to be tolii that they are to luive no protection, unless they will "ive awny the proceeds ol the public lands. They liave announced to them that the main dilliculty in tiieir wav, uow iIkU protection—which is incidental to a revenue ta- ri!l‘, and a large revenue, too—is required for the wants ot the (Jovernment-—that the only bugbeur in he way is tijc laml distribution bill. Tliis Avas .ivowed—honestly avowed—by the gentleman from Kentucky; and lie would hold him to it. Mr. Fill more th('n said, inasmuch as it was irnpor- t.uU to have speedy action upon this bill, he desired oiler a resolution for taking the bill out of commit- lae v.'ithin one half hour's time !! ! Here we have a spccimea of Whig legislation. Faction No. 1, is opposed lo distribution and iu fa vor of u protective tarilf; faction No. 2, is opposed to protection and in favor of distrbution; the latter says to the first, you must vote for distribution or we M’ill not vote for protection. Under this threat the two i'aciions come together and pass their measures. I-^^lnbmion creates the necessity for a high prolec- livc tariil, ani this Tariff raisto taxes from the peo- ^ lo for distribution ! This is a plain stalenicnt of the facts of the case, i' it ^ucfi legfsiaiion as was promised the people h}' the Whigs before they got into otiice? Is there in either honesty, justice, or even decency ? Will .40 honest peo])le support such a party? Let them answer these questions at the ballot-box in August }M\\t. Gov. Jlorc/ieud and the leading Whigs of North Carolina are as a much committed in favor of these abuses as the inembers of Congress, for they :i]'.plaud and support them iu it—all go hand in ii uid for tlie same system, and all siiould sluuu or )'-il by the same tests. More Rtlren:km-:nt a/id —The Whiggery promised the people in iS iO, to abolish vt’l useless oili^es, and cuitail all unnecessary sala- U' S. A fact leaked out in the I '. S. Senate the "itiicr day wiiieh ^how.'• liow they have redeemed this promise. A AVhig Senator moved that the \-esident of the Senate, (Mr. Manguni,) be autho- ..-icd to employ a clerk, to assist him in the dis- v.!iarge of his duties—said clerk to be paid a salary ■ lit of the public treasury. And iu the debate, it v/as stated that Mr. Southard, the v/hole time irj was President of the Senate, had his own soil tlius employed, at a salary of ^500 per annum, paid out of the treasu.y without law or authority! ?Jr. Calmoun, who was u long number of years Pro- : ident of the Senate, stated that the only difliculty with him was, that he had not as much business as he could do himscir, and Mr. Kinia, who was also in the oliice several years, m;jiie the same statement. The proposition, through the opposition of tho De- liiocratic Senator?, was defeated ; yet the above facts shov/ what sort of “Retrenchment and Reform” the country is to expect from the Ftdt ral Whigs. They promise fairl;'^ when ou‘ of oiiioe; but p ;: ihein in ofilce, ani they g') for '-the spoikv’ and care iiut a lig for the people or their interests. The Federal jmners of this State say the people ought not lo vote for *\Ir. IIj:niiy for Gov ernor, because he was a Federalist in early life, but quit their party many }Tars ago and joined the Re publicans, ill whose ranks he has been ever since. These same papers say the people ought to re-elect Gov. Moreiiead, who was a Democrat once, but is now and has been for several years an outre Fe deralist. We don’t wonder at this reasoning of the Federal editors ;—but v. Inch will the j/eoplc choose, I\Ir. IIexry, who, seeing the error of his way, leit the Federalists and joined the Republicans, or Gov. Moueiiead, who quit the Republicans and joined the Federalists? Old Lincoln.—We understand the Democrats of Lincoln have out the following ticket for the Leg islature; Senate, Thomas Ward^ Esq. Commons, harkin, Stowe, Wesley IK Mvndai/, John Kil lian, and O. IV. Holland, Esqs. There is con siderable agitation in Lincoln, on the subject of a division of the County, and there may yet be other candidates in the field ; though we hope our friends in this Democratic stronghold will not suffer internal dissensions to weaken their strehglh at this iiilportant CHARIT V. Charily is a most ennobiing tiriue. It a Jraii in the character of a true chiistain whicii shirvea pre-eminently bright among all oibcrs. Indeed, without this virtiw*, pare and unsullied, the profes sion of lefigion is but empty hypocrisy. W'hat, then, can be said of the conductor of a public jour nal, who, professing religion—nay, probably on the sabbath sitting around the Lord’s Table, par taking oi the Holy Sacrament, and then on Monday morning issuing his paper teeming with coarse per sonal abuse and malicious slandeis of a oeighbor attempting to blacken the reputation of one who never did him a personal injurj'-, and whose fair fame, perhaps, is all he has to bear him through the world ? Can such a man be a Christian % And if he wili act the hypocrite in so serious and sacred j y mattci us religion, what may be expected of him in morals or politics ? The avowed infidel is far less dangerous than such a man. We admire a bold, independent press—one that will openly approve, or os openly condemn, accor ding to the dictates of reason under the guidance of principle. The bitterness of party conflicts in this country ma^' naturally be expected to induce a cor responding bitterness and asperity in the tone and language of the party press ;—but there is—there can be, no excuse for political Editors deseuding from the field of political warfare, and, to gratify a personal picjne, prostitute the press to the base pur poses of personal detraction aud slander. Every intelligent observer sees that the moral tone of tiie public press has been greatly lowered within a few years, and its inliuence gradually on the decline; and ii is owing to this single fact of its prostitution as above stated. Aud these baleful influences have been more particularly produced by those Editors who profess great sanctity and extreme piety in pri vate life, but who, as public journalists, disregard all the courtesics and decencies of social society and the laws of politeness that govern gentlemen, and deal in personal defamation and language more suited to the frequenters of a brothel or a crowd of rowdies. These are the men who are destroying the influence and usefulness of the public press and scat tering moral pollution over the land. Wherever you see flourishing a press undei the inliuence of such an Editor, there you will find tht) moral atmosphere tainted and religion on the decline. The press has been called “ the tyrant’s foe—the people’s friend but this maxim would soon become a question, if ail the presses in the country Nvere controlled by such men as some Editors w'e could name. THE ISSUE MADE UP. The approaching August elccuons will decide which the people of North Carolina are in favor of-—a pTotective tariff, or the old Republican doctrine oi free trade and light taxes. All the Whig pa pers of the State, without an exception so far as we have seen, are openly advocating a protective tariff. They say it is one of their party measures, which, together with an “ old fashioned National Bank,” such as the Liddle concern, is to restore prosperity to the country. xVre the people ready to follow the lead of these ^ ariffites ? Are they willing to be loaded down with taxes to increase the private gains of a few weahhy manufacturers? If they are, let them support the Whig leaders, and they will soon have ta.cc$ upon taxes to their hearts’ content. The Democrats are opposed to this protective system; because they believe—1st. That it is un constitutional. Congress has power under the Con stitution to “ lay duties and collect revenue for the support of Covert;ment.” Any act of Congress, therefore, going beyond this grant of pouer—to wit: laying duties, not only to raise revenue for support of Government, but also to protcct domestic manu factures, or increase tiie profits of manufacturers, is an infraction of the ConstituUoi^, an invasion of the rights of the mass of the people, and ought not to be tolerated, 2d. Even admitting that Congress bad the con stitutional power to lay protective duties, the Demo crats maintain that it is not right to tax cne class of citizens to increase the wealth of another class— to tax tho great body of the people, tho laborers and producers, more than is actually necessary to sup port the Government, merely that a fev/ wealthy manufacturers may grow more v.eulihy and fare more sumptuously. In short, the Whigs go for taxes'on the people to build up monopolies and increase the monied power of the few rich : while the Democrats go for free trade, lor cnual privileges to every citizen, for light taxes, just suillcientto support the Government economically admmiatered, and for knocking olfail burdens upon the labor, enterprize and industry of the country. Let the peoj>le recollect theso facts whenthe^i go to the polls to vote in Au^^ust. The Weath^r^Tox the past ten days, we have been visited almost daily with heavy rains. Previously, the croj» had suffered from drought; but now our farmers cannot eomplam, unless it is that latterly they have had'toamuch rain. There is danger, wfr fear,'that some-of out farmcis may have their wheat and oats crops much dainaged, as there is a large portion yet staridiijg- in the fields. Oh, Whiggenj !~ ‘ThQ Wcstwn Carolinian says that Mr. Lord, one of the Whig candidates fot the Legislature in Rowan, comes out'in his speeches before the people against nearly all tho incas^irLS adopted by his part J*'at ti>« E-xtra Session. What a party ! Their leaders at Congress pass laws : their leaders in this State in solemn Convention (of which i\Ir. Lord himself \va3 a member) proclaim their approbation of them, and then when they go before the people for ofiico, renounce them as no party measures! 'I'hey surely think the people are fools. The Cabinet.—The northern newspapers arc filled with rumors of approaching ahanges in the Cabinet. The most creditable statement on the subject is to this amount; The President has determined to veto the provisional TarilF repealing that proviso iii the Distribution Law by which its operations are sus- peiided if the duties are raised above 20 per cent. And that, despairing ot administering the Govern ment successfully with liis, present Cabinet ubout him, the President ia determined to throw himself upon the Democratic party for suppo.*'! by I’orming in part a new' Cabinet—Mr. i^Uevcnso7i of Virginia, iiemarftahle Shtffiiess.—Died, in W'orccster, 23i, Mr. Samuel Harrington, aged 58 years; and on the same day, Nancy, hia wife, afjed 56 years. Tiic circumstances attending the death of these two per sons, are very remarkable in their character; and we have endeavored to collect them with some ac curacy. Mr. Harrington was the undertaker, or sex ton of the town. On the l?3d of April,'thirty-five days previoufrto his death, he buried a person, who died of erysipelas—a very bad and malignant case While adjusting the }u*ad of tlie c-orpse in the colHn he got some of the matter from the deceased j.ers-jn into a slighr cut in the hall of one of his thumbs made with glass a lev/ days j)revioiis.—Shortly at- tcrwards, he experienced a sensation ot heat and smarting ia the wourd. Very soon, erysipelas dis tinctly manifested itselt' about he cut. The wound began to inilame and the hand to swell—the swell- injor extending up tlu* ;u ni to the shoulder—and the patient in the mean time suii’cring great pai\i. And the arm soon commenced discharging prolusely, and continvied so to dischuri^e to the time of his death ; when nearly the whole of the cellular mem brane ot the arm had slo»ighed away through large openings in the skin. Airs. Harriniiton took care of her husband till the 0th ot May, when she was con" finod to her bod by sickness. She had at first a slight fever. In the course of two or three days, a disease, sinailar to tfiat with, wl'.ich her husband was all'ected, manifested itself on oneT^f her ankles, and soon involved the whole of the low'vr part of that hmb; find about the same time there was similar manifestations of disease upon f;er wrist, which soon involved nearly the whole of tlie arm to the elbow. Wlule sufie.rini' under the disease, she di4tl. In the case ot Mrs. Harrington, no fractures of the skin were discovered on the places, where the disease first manitested itself. Aiter tho confinement of tlie mother by sicknesp, a^daughter took care of the father. On the 15th ot Ma_v, she experienced a sensation of heat and smart ing, similar lo that firjit experienced by her father, in a slighVecratcl). which she tiiscoveied neai* the first jomt, on the inside of one of her fingers. The dis to be Secretary of State in place of Mr, Webster ; Ex-Gov. Marcy of New York, Secretary of War in ! extenJcci itsell, as did her father’s, to the arm ; placo of Mr. Spencer, tmd Mr. Cushwg of Mass.,' I’,!'} remedies, y ’ the prorrress of the disease is a;ma7T.‘i//y arrested : oecietary ol the Navy m place of ^Ir. Lpshur, who and siie is beiieved now to be out of danger. Whether this disease is contagious, that is, wheth er it may be communicated by touch or inocculation, or whether ii is infoctious, that is, whethec it may be Covvtiiii,' ckickcns too soon.—The Raleigh Regis- conmiunicateil by being in. or breiithing the air ex- , j" 1 ■ r 1- J 1- * • ,^1 posed to the influence ot the disease, or, whether it ir already claims a majority of federalists m tiie i i . I „ J J J Id both contag-ious and iniectious, are questions goes out ds Minister to Franco to succeed Gen. Cass. “A Giio.-is MiHKEPiinsENTATiON.—The Mecklen burg Jeffersonian founds a long article on the pro ceedings of the Bank Investigating Committee of our last l^egislature, on the following well known misstatement of fact; “ Of this Committee, Mr. Hoke was made Chair man ; but, before the investigations were tiiirly com- menceil, be was called home by sickness in his fam ily, and did not return before the adjournment.— Consequently, Mr. B. F. Moore of Halifax, (Whig.) was made Chairman of the Committee, and a report m:uh‘. on the ^ ® ivhig report, we would invite attention.” “Now the fact is, that all the questions were pro pounded by Mr. Hoke; all the testimony taken be fore he went homo; and every step in tho investiga tion taken that he wished. AVhen he went home he sent the jiapers to Mr. Moore, with a request that he would write out the report. “ What a shameful deception is thus attempted by the Jetrersoiiian.’' "We are not yet satisfied that what the Observer is pleased to call “ a gross misrepresentation,” in the above paragraph, is any such thing. The in- vcstigatioirinay have been concluded, so far as it teas prosccutcd. when Col. Hoke left the Legisla ture ; but we are under the impression, from a con versation with him on the subject some time since, that he informed us t!ie investigation was barely comtnenccd as he intended to carry it out. But when the Whig Chairman, Mr. Mooui;, tooli the matter in hand, the investigation went no farther. But even aJmiuing that the investigation loas con- eluded by Mr. IJoia;, it was not that wo w’ere bailed to the Counter.—The F'ederal papers of this State have been busy in circulating a charge against ^Ir. Henry, to the amount, that while act ing as Commissioner for the settlement of claims under the Spanish Treaty, he made an enorinous charge upon Government, and then had the draft in which he was paid protested, and thus pocketed 8300, which was paid from the public Treasurjv This w'as the chargo; and a friend of Mr. Hen ry in Washington seeing it, applied at the porper Department and got a certificate from the disburs ing officer, stating that Mr. IlEMiv had never re ceived a farthing more than his salary, which was fixed by law. He also learned that .Mr, IIenrv never received damages on a protested draft. The '.raft was protested, and then being receivable in payment of dues to Govermno'^'-; ^old it for a premium, which ne nau a viglu to do. Govern ment paid none of the premium. Yet the Federal pa pers, after scattering the charge far and v/ide over the State, have not the magnanimity, a single one of them, to make the correction v/b.tn the proof is pos- tive us to the falsity of the charge. Shame—shame upon such unfairness and illiberality ! The Differcnce—There is an essential difierence between the Whigs—the prominent leaders of the part}', we mean—of the present day, and the Whigs of ’76. Those of ’76, fought for liberty and their country against British aristocracy and oppression: The W'hig leaders of the preseot day are laboring for Great Britain, her aristocracy and bankers, against their own country This is the difference between the two sets of 'Whigs, and u’c think it a very important one. Meadenburg Stock.—We understand Mr. Lev.’- is Dinkins of this County, has a Durham calf ter next Legi."laturc ; and the Editor even goes on to name the Counties from wdiich this majority is to come. To make it out, he claims tho whole ticket in Halifax, Oriinge, Rowan, Stokes, Yancey, and Sur ry, with other heretofore doubtful counties. If such expectations form the reliance of Whiggery for a ma jority in tho Legislature, woo be umo them. comrneuting upon so much as t’le Report made bj’^ | ''hich, at two months old, weighed ::iG/ pounds | The Democratic Convention which met at Mil- ledgeville on the 20th ultimo, nominated the follow ing ticket to represent Georgia in the next Congress, to wit ; Hdward J. Black, Mark A. Cooper, Hug.h A. Ilarraho/i, John B. Lamar, John Millcn, John IL Lu inpkiii, Ilowell Cobb, and Wmia?n IL Stiles. The committee also adopted tho following ftrong and patriotic Resolutions: “ Whereas the preceding action of Congress, i i relation to tho proposed modification of the taritT, distinctly avowd the protective policy in express violation of the compromise act, which the parly in power promised to the South in 1840, to main tain inviolate, and whereas, no good reason exists fora dejMirture from the provisions of that aet, but on the contrary, the strongest obligation lo observe it; and whereas, in order to create an apparent necessity to increase the duty on imports, ihey both of the constitution of the United States, and the several deeds of cession, by which those lauds were ceded to the general government; and where as, from recent demonsrtatinos, we are led to be lieve, that the distribution act was passed, not only with a view to cre*ite an apparent necessity for in creased duties, but also as the commennement of a system of legislation, designed lo conciliate Brit ish capitalists, by an assumption of State debts: Be it therefore resolved. That w*e regard any increase of duties on imporis, at this time, uncalled tor, and oppressive, and that the distribution of the proceeds of the public lands, under any circumstan ces, but more particularly tor the purposes above al luded to, is subversive of the intention for which those lands w’ere ceded, and positively a violation, of the constitution of the United States. lie.-^olved. That the purpose of concentrating tho ! decided opposition, w'hich undoubtedly exists in thi. Slate, as in the south generally, to such a systsm of legislation, we recommend to the people of Georgia, to call forthwith, in their respective counties, meet- inirs ot the anti-tariff parly, regardless of former political distinctions, and that such measures be adopted at those meetings, as may be best cal culated lo unite the people of this State in op2)osi- tion to a common oppression.” upon which physi; ia::s have entertained opposite opinions. "Wiiile tloclor.> tire disagreeing and en- deavoriiiir to niaint.iin ihvorite theories, tiiose who have not the liirlu of mc;iical science to guide them, will be v6ry ii!:t*’y on b\ich facts as these, to come to tho conclusion that, tlie disease may be communica ted by rnncidation. at ieiist. And if this opinion sliould so fiir ])revail. as to exercise, aprojier cautiou, while tjikino; care of thoKO aiTecteJ with the disease, no mischief can result iVom it even if the opinion sliould not be well founded.— Fro/rc ySgis. The Duel.—We learn from a Kontleman '?^'ho rr- rived in the crrra this afternoon from Philadelpbin, that the duel between Messrs. Marshall and Webb took place tliis morning, at liaif past tour o’clock, about a mile and a hall' from Marcus Hook, on the line between Pennsylvania and Delav/are. Thev exchanged lv,-o sliots. 0;i the first fire neither was injured. On the second fire Col. V/ebb was struck in the leg, below the kiiee, which prevented any fiir- ther pi rjcucdings. I\Ir. Marshall returned t«i this city in tho cars. The wound of Col. Webb is sa:d not to be dangerous, though very ]>ainful. JJu11i'lnore Patriot. Death bj! Drowniiig.—An inquest was iield last Monday on the body of Harinan, iuarnheart, late of this town, which was found in Grant’s Creek. I’he deceasrd had been subject to periodical fits of insanity, and was deranged when he left home last weeK. tmco u nicn t;mo"ne nas been missing. Ho started on Friday moring, and was not heard of un til hie dead body was found. lie was attempting to cross the Creek, no doubt, when drowned. TT c6tcY7i Carolinian. Enngrnflon p-nj/i the United States.—A very extensive emigration has taken place this season from the neigboring Republic into Canada, of per- s'ons natives of Great Britain, but who had resided for some years in that countrtv Several thousands of thtse people have arrived in Canada west since the opening of navigation.—Kingston Chronicle. 31ai*ried, ^ On the 21st ultimo, in Concord, N. C.,by the Kev. l^lijah Morri.son, Mr. XMUlavr 1\ Taylor, of Peter?- burg, Va,. to Miss Eleanor M. Alderrnonir, of Con cord. the Whig Chairman. The Observer knew this, but indeavond to get rid of tho true i.ssue, by catching up an ununportant matter about which there might be dis[>ute. ^'7hy did not the Observer come out like a man and defend the Report of his brother Whig, Mr. Mooue? W’as tho Editor afraid of that pa;?sage in it where the suspension of the Banks is justified, and the assersion made that the Banks “ought not to pay out specie for their notes, even if they had a dollar in specie for every dolhtr they had in circulation”? Was the Observ er afraid or ashamed to endorse this genuine Whig doctrine of the supremacy of the Banks over the laws and the people? Come out, Mr. Observer, or swallow the chargo of dodging the question at issue. The reign of black-cockade Federalism of old brought the alien and sedition laws—(the latter to gag the press and silence the freedom of speech)— direct taxes, n bankrupt Government, and a bank rupt law: tho reign of coon-skin Federalism has brought the gag into Congress to silence th e free dom of debate, enormous tariff taxes, a bankrupt Government, and a bankrupt law. Our Republi can forefathers hurled black-cockade Federalism from power the moment they could be reached by the ballet-box : arc the present generation less Re publican, less intelligent, or less patriotic, thal they should not servo coon-skin Federalism in the same ^ Deaths among Congressmen.—Tha Hon. Sam uel L. Southard, Senator in Congress from the State of New Jersey, and lale President of the Senate, di ed at Fredericksburg, Va., on the 26th ultimo.— And the Hon. William S. Hastings, member of the [louse from IMassachusetts, died at Washington on the same day. We learn from Washington that the Presi dent has signed the Apportionment Law. This looks like “ throwing himsc-lf upon the L\'mocratic parU” fpr ^tippoTl.” having increased in weight at the rate of nearly 100 pounds per month, 'fliis calf is the produce of stock owned by TJr. D. He also has a pair of twin calves, of the same stock, which, at 8 months old, weighed each tho ris‘ f 400 pounds. We think these specimens of Mecklenburg stock will be hard to beat. Mr. Dinkins deserves great credit and the thanks of every farmer for his enterprizing endeavors to improve the breed of stock in our com munity. Wo have no doubt our farmers generally would ficd it greatly to their advantage to pursue a similar course, not only in the article of Cattle, but also of Hogs, Sheej), &c. No changes, eh!—A prominent Whig from Stan ly County was in this Town a few days since ; and in speaking on the subject ofiho approaching elec tions, said—He thought the vote between Henry and Moreiiead would be nearly tne same aS'that be tween Saunders and ?,Iorchead ;—though some changes had taken place. He knew eleven who had deserted Whiggery and would vote the Demo cratic ticket this year—he did not think the change would be greater than this. What does the Raleigh Register think of this? No changes, eh ! When you can get a Whig leader to admit that he knows of eleven changes against his party, the actual num ber may readily be set down at ten times that num ber; and where would this place Whiggery in this State ? — J President Tyler has wTitlen a letter to the Editor of a Cincinnati paper, in which he gives the leaders of the Federal Whig party in Congress the follow ing severe rub: “Personal abuse of myself has entered largely in to the discussions in and out of Congress. This an y man, who may be in this office, may be ready to ex pect ; but I should be mosi ready to compromise with my most bitter assailants in Congress by seeing con ceded to them any portion they may choose of eve ry day, for the display of their unsurpassed eloquence ii^ abijse of me, if the residue of their time could be criven to the public good. Is tliis great end to be sacrificed to gratify a small clique of mousing politi cians, who think that their petty £*-hemes of hatred or ambition are of nlore consequence than the con- sidcT'Ttian of m.c^sivcs designed f:>r general relief • RHODE ISLAND. The General Assembly is now in session at New port. It is supposed ihai measures wili bo taken to submit another Constitution to the j)eoj)le. The Providence Journal of tho 20th, says : •• An unsuccessful attempt was made last Saturday night to lake the field pieces in the possessiou of tho Warren artillery. Four horses with harnesses, were sent down from this city understood to have come from Hiddin’s stable, early in the ovenin;];-; and about midnight information was received that from 15 to 25 men had left the city in the direction of Warren. K^presSes were instantly despatched by different roads, and arrived at Warren soon af ter the marauding party. They had broken open two buildings, in search of the guns; one an engine house, and the other a house in which a horse is kept—when tU® alarm was given by sounding a bugle. In ten minutes, fifty men with muskets were asiembled, and in ten more, ihe alarm having been ;iven by one of the church bells, about 200 arrived, all armed and ready. Owing to the dark ness, tho assailants escaped,” Tlic Annual Kxamiiiatioa of The Pupils of the Charlotte Female Academr, will be held at the Presbyterian Church on the fJ5th and 26th instant, riio Parents and Guardians of the Pupils and all j olbf'r fr:.'‘nds o>f l!ie Institution, are vory respectially ' "•uliciied to attend, S. D. NYE HUTCHISON, Principul. July -hh, IS 12. The Journal, will please insert lhoabovo3 weeks. fiidepeiulent Grays. YOU are hereby notified to parade at the usual parade ground, on Saturday, the 9th instant. Armed and equipt according to the Constitution of the Company, lor the purpose of drill. July 4, 1S12. JOHN RIGLER. O. S. THE GAG WITH A VENGEANCE. The twelve line tariff bill underwent an essen tial change in the Senate. The change w’as to strike out a proviso inserted by the House, which prevented the postponement of the distribution itself of the proceeds of the public lands, or the payment of them, and to insert another proviso instead of that, which, it was professed, postponed the pay ment, but when in reality, as Mr. Woodbury cx- plained, postponed tho distribution itself; and hence the right to it by the States during July. When this amendment (which, in either view, introduced a new regulation) went down to the House, nobody was permitted even to explain it, much less discuss it; and, in a body boasting to be deliberative, the gng was at once applied by the Whigs, and the amendment adopted, without allowing a single per son to s^QdXi.—-Globe. ^25 more for that horse.—Governor Morehead in 1840 promised if Harrison was made President, that a horse then selling for S75 should soon bring §100. Do the sheriffs and constables get more per head for the horses they are constantly selling, or do they get $25—yes $50 less ? We call the Whiggery to the bar for a strait answer to the question. Have you told the truth, or have you ? fs t€7 jr Caret ini o. ns Davidson College. The x“\nnual Commencement of Davidson Col lege will be on Tlairsda,y, the 28th of July, and the examination of the under graduates will be held on the three days j»rec«^dm;jf the Commencement. The Trust«ies of iiie College will meet according to the Constitution on 'Wednesday the 27th. June .20, 1812, GO,.. To Uic Cliiirclies m itiiiii tlie bounds or THE Jp IB IJ! 21 “S’ 1? IE “S’ ® Q; © IE 2D 0 At the last stated meeting of the Puesbyterv o-r Concord, held at Steel Creek Church, it vi’as litsoh'cd, That the second Saturday of July ticxt, be observed as a day of fasting, humiliation and prayer, in view of the low state of religion in all our Churchcs. STEPHEN FKONTIS, Stated Clerk. June 21, 1842. LAST CALL—MistaAc ! All persons indebted to the late firm of Nor- mcnt and Sandry, and also to Wni. Sundry, ei ther by note or book account contraeted previou.s tr ibe commencement of 1812, are again inform • that payment is earnestly demanded. Tliose vh do not pay up their notes and accounts with tri.^ cash before or during the ensuing July Court, may certainly count on paying cost. WILLLUI SANDRY, ChtTricitf'. I'l--151'-,.
Mecklenburg Jeffersonian (Charlotte, N.C.)
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