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VOLiUME Q. CHARIjOTTE, O-, 0"XJISrES 3., 1853. INTTJIVIBESSL 18, II !VC"J .in a i.f ,.f' HOLtfON & WILLIAMSON, Editors ash l'ltoriutTOHs. TERMS: The Nurth-Carolinu Whiif will be afforded to iuliamlKTi tt TWO llOl.l.AlllS in uiiv..iiic, i,r TWO tiol.l.AKS AND J-'lr'TY t'KNTS il pi.y. incut bu Uel..ycu for three moiitlm, ami TIII.I.K I.AKS l Ihe ciiil ul' the year. No i.dpiT will bo uiauiiiiUnucil until ul I urrcrujji -a uru p.-iaJ,ij. 'i it ul the option ul' thu KaJitora. Ailvirtim-ii.t-nU iimertid at One Dollar per aqu..re linra or li , this nixed typi ) lor the lirl inrr. tiun, mill u'.i cciilH for ciioh colli i ii uii in c. Court ual TrrtiM'iiii'nU awl Sin-rill''" N.ila chargi-d -'5 cr cent. Iiidlior ; aind a drum t.a.ni.1' 33J per cant, will hi' made from the ra-igul.r priceu, liir jalviTtimra liy tin- year. Advcrtmciiii'iiU inncrled iimi.thly or quarterly, nt $1 par aaiuari! for cnth tiiim. Semi inoiitlily 75 eci.U per iuare lor each time. IT All letter, on buiuni-aa muni lie directed to the Kililom. Letter", iiumt be ot.iicl or tin y will not lie attended to. 01" ifaymentii can be mndr to either. 1 j t'oaUnuntcra are aullioriied lo act aa agent.. (. 1 4.1 or irn. Take Wo Homa- ( ih t ikr tnr ho in- lo die ! Vnr I rnnot breuth vur nir; I drt Jim Hyi; ut" mjr JJwo! ri.t, Aiii ihc jfrc ii tre-. wmf; Iherc. lii my f.tlhrf'ii hrow t t.h.n)r, Aim! my Mitht-r'i tUrk rvn eJiru, I Win n a I'-nr m goiif fruin Itio liimwrhuld bnnd, C'nautitinjr thu n-jj-r liyrnu. : Oh ! brar me hnmr to die ! j I woulil U-r bt'tit..Ul tlif Bltniip j Of the ro-tlti'j; h tinit Ni-un'd like fri' ruN, Wht n 1 bci(alli tliLin jl j y tl. 0!i ! tw.ir rue to tlum now, I I.t t me ht.r Ihe S t wind nioin, j Thr-iii(jti trie Jfjfy ainU i of the ('(.r it gtv n, ( V;Ui jd projJu Uc t'liit. I wnuld h-ar the wati ri fa, ! From mir own nmmm tnxrti ri rnrk : Y'iu Ircain rlw cirar u-r tltrir prbhly iKiJf,' Hut tn y ny Nil Urkri mork. Oh ! hi' me hnir to dir. Kr I w.!thl in rt hiin, I.t t rot :,y praytr be vain J F'r my weary hpiirt "trinjN hrr:ik. And &ni of Uh run h-w ; Hit! tt riir lok ujMiii thf tfti, 0.i-c tuurr, Ik lure 1 go ! Moms 4. lilisfcliaiicous. FPEAK KINDLY. In our daily intereoura with those we live in our family relations as husbaiials and wive-, psm-nt and a hlblrcn, brothers and Msti'M a constant watehfulnass ought to be maintained ova-r our worls anal ac ti in, in ordi-r to avoid inflia ting uuna'ces-a-ry pain. Ilow freajui. nt'y does it occur, that a word unkindly done to tho-e We once loveil, but who have bea n since removed by the hand of death, will haunt o ir memory 1 ng afterwards, like an avenging demon, ( :iu-ing us p -'ilgnant and vain rcprcta ! cars after the circuinMaiire has passed out nf our own minds and the mind of the fria nd - inny have gria vcal or wronged, if S'Oiii; fjMeu calamity bi fa'" him, or souk- um x-pi-eted omiriioh- calls him away from earth an I ra iiiovc-s him from the scope of our al ility to make redress, will the awakem d memory of the unkind act or word cloud the iiiilaiieholy ra-fleetions, when we have partial in uiikindnes-i Iroui some one con nected with us by tin: teuderest tics ; and th. n no opportunity occurs to t fleet a re cutia ilialion, the pa rs on we have, injureal is ri nioveil from us suildenly by death. Then eon."s the period of vain regra ts and un availing self-ri proaeh. What would w c ii ve f ir a moment, of time to ask and obtain aim: word of forgiva ness from that loved one we l.ave wronged! but, alas! too late! too : i.te! Tin: experience of an acipiaintanee, re 1 nta 1 by himself not lung ano, illustrates j 'a i-t f.ireildy the above paisition. lie bad lie. ii living, be said, away from home for i veral months, and was on a visit of a week i or two, nt Ins father's houe. The fatba-r j as a iniiii of the ino-t uiii'omproinisiug in ; tegrity, ami cherished strong, though honest ; pri-iinlKu: against all li-lit or transient 1 eniscment. I f o hail never alloweal his ' rhihlrcn, while under bis control, to attend dana-iiig partiais or shows, or to mingle iu the ( "ports which most men regard as uuol.jee : tioii.ilile, or at least not altogether to be con j inni'd. Thai conseiii'na e w -, that the i rliil lren, as is usii il undiT similar cireuui- ''aii.es, vaerc foml of indulging iu the iu ' ta-nlietcil ph asura's, and witc apt, when an 0I P' rt n ni ay did occur, t carry tha'tii too f-T. They felt that tha-ir father was prompt- "I by a sinccro convieti n of, ami a alcsira: ; 1 ' 'hsi luirge the alutieaof a parent who feels i Hie Wright of his responsibility tolioil ; but ; "ey hit, nlso ho was unnecessarily I "riiigi-nt iu his interpretation of what lie ,l1ii-iileri'd right or wroug. As a rouse 'flue, thpy not hesitate, when circuui i ".nia-es favored it, to cvaale thadr fatha r's ' ""'elates upon the subja'i't, ami even, whi'ii . tin y alitrcd, to set them at ilclianec ; " I shall never forget," naial thu narrator, 'or cca.se to regret the ini'ialciits f my l ist j '-it lionie during uiy father's life. There j to hat a ball at a iia'ij-hboriug tavern, i J " meaiis a ra'putabln pdaee, and it was j''1 ran,,,. f t, ,.v,.jj, ha-forc I was to re i ' um to my employment in a distant town j leading iny,.I cmani'ipateil from paternal ;l ,,,tro, (for 1 hml jit reached iny uiajori- ;o nun prilling mysadf upon the nlea that as n,,w muster of my own actions, I ''s'ailicd my intention to be present. My t 'ilier, as usual, forbaalu my attendance. I j ansr,.n. j t IT( ; mintr, Ktating that his au ;'""rity over ino was henceforth ended ; that j"'' had treated inn like a boy, ami I had : 'usi-ttted like a boy until now ; but eiuug I had reached the age at which the law permitted 111c to think and act for myself, I was determined to assert my lights. I even went ho fur, and w as so unjust to my father, as to intimate that a desire existed on hi part to tyrannise over us, from a love of paternal authority, lie was a man of strong and naturally irritahle feelings, hut his mo tives were always of the purest kind ; und my conscience tmotc me a. I uttered the Heiitiinent which my pride would not permit mc to recall. l.w ' nance at suel, an unusual reception of hisi cointnandH,but he checked himself iiistauta lieously und answered with unusual mild ness : ' Charles, I may have erred in many ! ,ai,'"(-'. '1"-' 'Suly hc lll""os ot' Maximi points toui hing the covcrnment of my chil- j "us' I'10th'tian, and Cuii-tantine. Jiy this, dren, hut I have endeavored to do my duty 1 t'!"-lorc, we have a clue to their date. U ho as a parent and as a man. The time may i tLc M'""""" was, we are not able to do coino when vou will be sorry for what you I 'riullR' as thcre werc "lul,y Kinperors of have utt4riJ to-day!1 "And that time did como more pprodil than even ho anticipated, 'l in y were pro phetic words, and even ut thi.s late day they haunt mc in my dreams. i went to tho hull, lut I did not enjoy myKelf; I w as jovial, and full of ejec ; uty its, but it was all frined and hollow-heart- i associates thought mc in unusual pooiipir ca as a sepulchre. I liarles, tlic tune may . come when you will be borry for what you j have utt. red to-day . run-in n.y ears. I ' nr mor !,. me pany broke up and I returm-.l home, jaded in ypint, eihau-ted in physical encry, and won, . ,,, w,tb excitement. 1 went to bed Hid fell into a troubled slrep, which lasted till near noon When I aro-c a liiie - - and pain in the h, ad ineapactatcd me from iiM-ntal ex.;,t,ii, sdll I ball revdved ere I L I Ul.Ki II. tka nll..KHr... a., a- fault to mv father. I met him at the din lier table, but no allusion was made by either of us to the incident of the previous day i and when we arose, from the table, it was near the hour nt which it was necessa ry fir me to take the roach. I followed my father into our little parlor, whither he had jfone as if desiroun ol n Sordini; me an op portunity to hpcnk with bim alone; but I was ashamed to confess that I was wron-, and merely .aid I must bid him good bye, ' as the coach wa- conm,-. ! ' llavcyounothingmoretosay.diarlca? j heimpnred. 1 "No I answered, and we parted. I took ' tho coach for the scene of my labors, dis- pleased and n?ry with myself but now .eiH.. ii. , mm i,r s ari't siieee..ui,L. nai in.iustnoi.siy cmp!----: ... my vocation, ha-; ving allowed the unpleasant circumstance to pass out of my mind, when an express came rcapimug my immediate presence at home, for it was stated that my lather, in a slate of perfect and florid health had been strieken down by an apopl -rt.c lit. ' " Although still alive w ha-n the m' s,:nga r left, he was insensible, and was not expect- cal to survive. Then indeed , I felt the full force of tin: ominous prealiclion, 'the time may couie when you will be sorry for what you have uttereal to-day. 1 hastened home lull of anxia'ty and grief, only to find my fatha r at the point of death, lie never pave a token of recognition of mv presince, ami resigned his spirit into the haiels of doil, amid the grief of a sorrowing hotie h"ld, of whom mine w :i inhiiitel v tha1 mo-t hitler. (Iin a indeed, before 11 1 v arrival, hi' rallied sulhcii iitly to iniuira' if I had come, and on In ing answereal iu th" m-galive, re lapsed into a state nf iiiseiisil,ility , and licva r spoke again. As I Mood besiile his bed, and gaied up -n the lifeless features of one of the best of fathers, whose every com mand it was mv aliity to have obeyeal, (anal which as a general thing I alial obey,) the thought nf the last act of iliobei!i.nec and uiikinalness torturaal mo like an avenging bend ; ami I felt as if a word of forgiveness Iron, tho-e cold lips would have been re- caived more joyfully than a welcome ad mission to the bliss ait heavt-ii. I A S1IAUP GIBL. I A fa w years ago, ama.ng the r- igniug ba-lla s in New Orb-ans, was a young lady from up the river, who was universally known by the not n r fcmiiiiiia- nami! of, I he ire it U a s tern." (hi. fair lu-roine was as remarkable for her witty and cullivata-al conversation, j as she was lor her very great personal at tractions. I One evening, when she was standing in a ball-room, surroumla d by a bevy of admir ing ba'aux. un inipeltim nt scion of chivalry ilom (t 1 speak a la Willis) a.skeal her very abruptly I ' I 'ray. Miss ' (ireat est. in Wll- are '" " ' 1 " lia allv, sir," was the ready and caustic ' ra ply, " I cannot tell, unless it is because 1 have so many Hats in tow!'' I It is needless to say that the inquiring youth was not the only ii-tiiu hit by this, well-aima-il ra'va.iver I I pon another occasion, the same lady nu t I at the foot of the Mairs, as she was return- ; ing from a walk, a person who had just b. en !tocalluponher,and,ywl,o,as,thappei,ed, sne w as v no means auecieu. "'"'' M',S : T',- t'x':hl!" ' . r' gr.'tso much that I did not tind you at home I left my card however. H will .10 jusi as w. 11, s.r, was ,.: very expected answer which he received. MEN OF THE BEVOLUTION. fien. (irea-ne, in his despata-hes, nftcr the battle of Eutaw, snys: " Hundreds of my -.. were naka-al as tl.a-y wa-re born." .lualge Johnson, in bis life of ireein-, says: " I'os- ta-rity will scarcely believe that the hare loius was (10 obligation of an oath, and where he of many men who carried death into the en-. noubl go if he told a lie. lie said he sup a'li.y's ranks, nt the Eutaw, were palled by! -,M.t he would go where all the lawyers their cartoiia li l.oxes, w h.le a tohl al a rag or a tuft of moss protected the shoulder from tin' same injury from the musket." Can. Creeiin says, in his letters to the Secretary nf War. " We have three hundred iin u with out arms, and more than one hundred so: naked that they can be put am duty only on j cases of a desperate nature. ( ur difficulties, are ho numerous, and out wants ho pressing, 1 .!... 1 l...n not a moments relief from the most painful anxieties. 1 have ir -.-re embar rassment than it is proper to disclose to the world." INTERESTING DISCOVK11V AT OLD 1 A NAM A OK COINS NEARLY lOOo YE ARS OLD. It will be remembered that in tho Daily Echo of March 9, a short paragraph an nounecd the discovery of an earlhcnwara. vessel containing copper coins, at Old 1'an aiu:i. Yesterday we were favored with a r .i : . . p . , . , . carciui inspection 01 mese relics ot old times l'J J""- Au'hcineith, of this city, into whoso possession they have now come. Not professing to be a nusitnatoloLdst. wo rn ?' co'irse unable to read and interpret the inscriptions, but it is evident that they are mini lioman origin, many ol them eon- that Li unif In liic ihiru ui.u fourth et .iiui ; but from being associated with the coins of Diocletian, it is perhaps po.vibl; that In; was the one who ruled jointly with that Km peror between the years A. I. " 4 and iino. nioeletian is well known a.s one of the mo.-t violent persecutors of the early Christians. Iim kttu!i' fu ry KWord Wo'l"';'ri1;7y 08 "'c l,l!1,l'-''"e : ll"'n w" Alt Kntl ind's lirst martyr." Constantino is remarkable as having beon proclaimed Kmperor at York in 3.0, by ., X im j,, 5rit.lia . ,, tIl011 ,, , UU lille tta ,;r,t COIlirillj to ,, j ,.,.,, ; fu aufhoritv ol.,.r ,;au, Spain ; , IJrjt.liu Mm ; ot),r B..lirailn fr the tin one, he at last he-I ' calHC so!u Kmp-ror of the Itoman Umpire, 1 , ,, j l.llbra(.(!1 Hiritianitv, and re- I We, tle ,,at 0f .ovcinmuit from limine to 1 .. . , 1 he coins of these three Kiiipcrors are: well known to antiquarians m hunpo, and arc constantly found at all the old Roman Matimis, and sometimes in ron.-iilerablo uaiititiea. The nio-t interesting ipn-.-tiou is, how tliey found their way to (ihl I'ana ma ? 1'crhaps some adventiiri-r from Spain brought them over with him some old an- ,;,,,.; u , rnrr;f.,i ;,i1 !,;, ,n ,l. worl(1 1(.s(. n,lics of tll(. oU j.j ,,,' v er f;lll illt0 the ,lal,(!s o( lle bua-t-aiti.-a.-i new v- rs, wllQj filidi th(,m to lc Ill,u,a.r or ,lire,T t,,m aay j,, j;, ; or M the owner, v:,'uin-tin m more thru the rich- tl,at s,.rr0un.led him, hid them in the .rull,l from the i;ra.-p of the plunderers? Tlll.e ....estioiis must, we fear, remain for- CVi.r Unanswered. Tllu?e ar,.t we l,,;,., the Gist Roman c,-,ills ,.ver discovered upon the continent of America, and as such, and from the locality ; tll(.y h.lvl, b,,L.n lroU;.lt to JT tll(,y wiU (loul,tlcss possess much interest iu ti, (.y,.s f thol, t-tlri--i in sneh matter., althoh their intrinsic value i- probably ,,, w,,, lllf)ru tl,au tll.,t of tU(. oill r tin y c rl.iiu POLIT 1'NKS, BETWEEN BU'lTHEES AND Sl.SiKKS. By en h-avoruig to ae(uirc a habit of po-lita-iiess, it will soon bi-coma. familiar, and sit on you with ease, if lnt with adegance. Let it never be forgotten that gi-nuine poiite-hes-, is a great fo-terer of family love ; it allays iii'i'idental irritation, by preventing liar I. retorts and ritdcftitraali.-ti"h; it sof tens th. boisterous, and by (..inning a habit of i-on-idi. ration for others, harmonizes the whole. Politeness begets politeie'-s, and brothers may easily be won by it to 1. aw olf the rude way tiiev, bring home from sadtool or college. Sisters ought neva r to rn-eive any little attention without thanking them for it, never to a-k a f ivr of tlum but i "i courteous terms, never to re; ly to their aiiiestiotis in monosylbibb's, and thevwill 1,0 a;1,a"""1 l" 'lj ,l'';"c .s, t, s. J.l t, .II,., , ., .ll.'l' V'Ullfc I', be laid under contribution, to conv ince tin 111 1 that no one can have really good manners , abroad w ho is not habitually petite at home. A MOUSE STOllY. A correspondent sends us the foiiovvinj: Hanging from the centre of the (-idling in my shaqiing npai tmeiit, is a cage with sev a ral Canary birds in it. A string was ut taa l.ed from the corin r of the cage to the dour liulcl near the top to keep it from vi brating or turning around. On several oc-a-a.-ious in the 11. on. ing I found this string cut, goi.a-r.iHy about six in. n's from tha cage, which i could not account for, but sup plied its phice with a in vv and stroii-. r .me. This was cut the en,ui..g evening iu the same manner. I then replai-ca! it with wire, and during the next night while partly ah'ep, 111 y atti'iitiou was attraeta'il to the cage by the tHaii.ing of the win1, ami as tho nionii shone through the window, 1 s nv a mou-e walking unili-rneath the horizontal wire, uuil.tr i'.iliinn Tiii u ftriif t : a- Tins tliell wus ()(, sout;,m pt . IM..v,,rv ()f t. strn.g cut- ,;,,. . il,llm.lUat).v it the lamp and' look- (i( c.v, ,,',,.,.. W!H . .1S ,u . catil ,H.,0(1 ,, rllM . . ( .v. , ,,,,, ,j ,t j ,v ,1:,. ,0 j,,,,,,,,.,! , , he floor. He had got'to the mrol.j alimb- in vcr eont lU that wore hanging I there. I do not, of course, know what idea , , , ,rI1!will,r ,e string oil. but no doubt. be inteiiilcd to h't tin' cage fall. This you cati assure your readers is perfectly true. SH VUP WIT. An Indian paper says, that during atrial in Lawrence court, a young lad who was call ed as a witness, wus iiskeal if lie khevv what went. A GOOD REGULATION, since the disaster at . jv.valk, all the trains are required to make a fan I stop on approaching any of the drawbrialg. s upon the route of the New Haven road. After ull the suggestions about Paf. ty-sigi.ab, tiirn- tables, ami closed gates, the ahove regulation are the simplest, and the 01 ly a ertainsecurity against tho train being pitched through an opOliod draablid.a!. From the Kew York Repress. SUBTREASURY OPERATIONS. The nmoui't of money in ull the Sub treasuries May 1st Wit' r.l ,?(!!) ,(101 ; and in New GDI. York, ou Saturu y last, was It will tlius bo scenlhat the aopumulation of ,-,,1,1 in l, .,.:.... I I... r.. 1 . 1 " " v v v t -u 1 V. 'J It LI II tit;. "t i Ul irge, with but lilt 0 prospects of li.inr ili iiiinished until the 1st of July, when about 8'i,l00,(M) of the LViteJ States five per cent, stock becomes redeemable, and will be 1'" ' ' 011 ngri'cnuie ti,a notice already published by the lie.- ury Department. Upwards of ?I,0()(l,()(',i fr the semi-aunual interest on the public eht will also be pay able in this city at th vime time, and near ly as much mora? for t,i samo object at liostou, rhiladelihia ..u other points. A considerable portiot'1 't. .. above five per cent.;, nr-'owu-jd A ,.', nd a lare -hare of the July dividend that is payable here is also for Kuropenn account ; and the remittances for both of these objects will no doubt have the c fleet of advsncini; the rate of exchange, especially as tt that period the supply of Southern Kuror.uan bills will have been pretty nearly cxhaa-ted. 'Ihe present Secretary of tie Treasury, it is understood, intends to tdhcre to the plan of making all transfers of public funds at the expense ami risk of the Treasury, by the actual transmission of (oiu to those points where it may be required for public purpose. '1 his is not only in opposition to the mode :id..t "d under the Subtrcaury law by all his predecessors, ineliiding r. Walker, but is ci'iaily in oppo.-ition t.j the views and opinions of our host informed and mo.-t ex perienced financial and banking houses, and, we may add, of the entire commercial com munity. I lie Subtreasury systcu, when there is a . ' ' lar'e balance on hand, works a verselv to i i no i ireresr ni in iiumnu , .- we consider it not onlv Kistitinl,!,. loo' also i as tin: actual duty of ti,t' Treasure I), part- 1,lllv",U1,lI, nrc employed for tho transfer of n.cnt, to relieve the public from the onerous 'umls "r",u ,lie 1 n,t,'d f;tatos a,'u employed, pressure of the xv-tem. when-vcr it can be flk',-v llI'0U tmr 0K" Ton-A security, done legitimately "and with perfect safety to i lur,J"?h ' '"fdium of bills of exchange the Treasury. purchased from tlicni by the Treasury and The views of Mr. Guthri- on this aubi.ct ' otl"'r 1,lT"r " ol" the (iovernmciit, and (ana! his practice thus far ias been in con- j or t!lC Pt,llctll!il pajuieut of which bills the l.irmitv) are, that when ilk' Treasury re- I Go ''crl'"ie"t lias "a security but the re a,.iires funds at New Orleans, St. Louis or ' SI01'' a,tacI""S t0 tha capital and at other points, and it if. neossary to trans- of tljc '!rawt:rs. We can sec noobli- fer the amount from the Subtreasury at f-':l,lons ""posed by the Subtreesury law as Bo.-ton or New York, the only legitimate i ,0 t!' m,'ie of trans'''-'"'inJf pubbc funds to and legal mode of doing it is "to p ,.k the I m0(, Mia fsptuditurcs, from New York coin in l,n.. nr l-e..s !,,, i , . or Boston to M. Louis or New Orleans. charge of a clerk of th'e Department or some ! othiT inalivialu-il. as:he Pluv ial ai'erit of the Treasury, to the designated point, without any regard to the wants of commerce, even if the rate of ry li:i".. at the -iiue time is such that individual are, from the high piciiiium fill bills, .-.bilged twill ...bl from the same point bai l to liot m or New York, and when probably the identical coin thus tr. nsferred by t!ie (loverimieiit at a heavy expense and no little ri-k would be immedi ..te!y retiiriii il by i'elividuuls to the same point li en wlieh it had be. -i 1 . riui-ht. An ii.-tanco of this kind has but recently occurred, wl.a-re thu Tre.is.iry has sent from this city to St. Louis goll ..'"nil p. gold, at an cxjieii-e, as was stated by one of our coiitcinporaria-s, of $i',-o!l, at'the very mo m. iit whan the nieri'liaiits ..' St. Louis, iu c.ii-equence of the aiarcity of lv-teril cx a bange and the premium iiju it, Wore ship ping gold to New York to pay lor their new piiri hasesi or to liqu.alate th.ir previous in debtedness. llow mui h more advaiitageov.j would it have lia-en to the Iroasurv and the 011111111- nity hail this a.nou.it 1 han-ls of a capitalist or ell :ie. ;I i:i the a iik r of this eity 1 1 have made the transfer through the ordi nary channels of busi,vs '.' This'they would have done by directing th ir c-irr.-sjoiideiits at St. La. lis to draw upon N-w York for the needful amount, by vhia-h the merchants of that place would have born supji'dcd with A.V.iO.iHMI of East rn exchange at a re duced premium, or perhaps at par ; the p..UO,(i((,l of pobl witldrawu here from the Subtreasury would have at once gone into the channels of trade, affording increased pecuniary f-i..-i'.iti.'s to the bu-incss commu nity of this city; no m necessary movement of coin woubl have taken ph.ee ; all parties would have been benefitted, none woulil have been injureal, and the transaction would have been n.ore aalvantageous as well as safer for the Treasury, for the parties who might have been employed would have de-po-itcal United States or other equally good stoa k with the Depart-.. lent as collateral se cuiity, until the whole amount was paid ; go. to the Subtreasury nt St. Louis, and his ivccipt produced therefor. ' As tho case now Man-Is, this Sot)i,ll(Hi in gold has lia-eii sent from New York, where it is wanted, to St. Louis, where it is not requira il by the wants of commerce, and it w as probably crossed on the way by an equal amount sent by the m. -radiants ol St. Louis to New Ya.rk, when, by the other and com- i niuu-sei.se moile of making tha-se transfers, I tho practical lvsult would have been that : the SoOilt(HK of gold belonging to ti.e nier- chants of St. Louis would have been paial I into the Subtreasury tln'ro iu exchange for 1 an equal amount withdrawn from the Sub- I treasury at New York, and not a dollar nf: coin Waiiibl have bea n moved from cither city, and tha- mercantile interests of both j places would have ba'en facilitata d and be- ! iicfittea', iusta-aal of, as is now the case, be ing ciiii.arrasseil by tuc operation. 'J'he Secretary, it is i-aid, avers that he ; has no legal authority to place the public funds in the hands of individuals to be thus 1 transferred to other places; but when lie appoints a clerk of the Department, or any other individual, to take charge of u trans- fcr in con, or coufida's it to one of the Ex- prcss houses tor transportation, aloes he not iilaa-e puldiu funds in the hands of iiniiv idil- als, and trust to their honesty lor the sal ...1 .... 1 ...... i..M,nt... a ... . ..... alelivery T When he give one of these parties tho draft of the Treasurer of the Unit-d States upon the Subtreasurcr at N. York for $10,1,0,10, or 8"lH,0ai(, or Sl,OI.O,. 00,i, what is to prevent such party, after drawing the mom y, from appropriating it to hi- own use, if lie I e ali-lionest'.y inclined, aud IcviLUag it by a dopirhi:g slU" nier for Europe? And what remedy and what security would the Depurti.ieiit have if he did ho ? Would it not be equally within both the letter and spirit of the Sub treasury law for the Secretary to appoint as tho agent of t!ie Treasury an individual of known capital and of high credit and standing, all ot which would be pledge f .. .1 i 1 . iw me lailhlul performance of the dutv. and who, in addition, would deposito with the Treasurer the full amount entrusted to him in stocks of the United States, so as to guard against any possible and remote con tingency of loss; and when, in addition to all this, the Treasury would besides avoid thu expa nse of transporting the (xold, and, what is Mill more important, the risk of losing the w hole amount by robbery, explo sions, lire, snags, and sawyers. It ma v w-H happen that, in the many millions which tho Treasury is auuually o bliged io transfer betneeii dhlcr-nt p untH, one of these transfers in coin for half a million or a million of dollars may be lost from some one of the above causes, in which case the Secretary would probably find it rather difficult to convince the public that ho had ado. ted the most safe and advisable plan for making such transfers, particularly as it was in opposition to the mode which had been invariably followed under the Subtreasury law by all his predecessors, Democrats as well as Whigs. Iiut if the Secretary is correct in his in terpretation of the Subtreasury law in this respect, why does he not carry out the prin ciple to its full extent? Why does he not pack up coin in kegs, and thip it to the -Mediterranean for the needful expenditure of our squadron in that sea ? Why aloes he not adopt the same mode for the expense of the squadron on the Drazil station and in the I'acilie ? Why does he not send an ai'ent with gold coin to the bankers of the il'ltiteil Slntev !. 1 n. 1, ,,-l., 11 , ,. , "' i ue aiipiomaiic agents ot the I luteal States '" Furope are paid In all the above cases , 'iv1 wiU .not l'TlalIy an-1 as forcibly ap- ply iu making transfers for the same purpose from New York to the Mediterranean, Kio ale Jaili'irO- Y.-ll-mri-s., nr l.r,r.r!nn- .(! If the foriin r, in or.ler to comply with the law, ' requires the actual transfer of com under the special care of a Treasury ..ficnt, and at the risk and umler a heavy expense to the Treasury, so does the latter; and the State, Treasury, and Navy Departments should at oiia-e aliscontinue the purchase of bills of exchange, by which they make an actual ndvani e of public money 1 0 individu als on nothing but personal security, and beforo tha'y aleposite the amount with the iovernini'iit agents abroad, and should re sort to the present Treasury mode of pack ing the actual coin iu kegs, and shipping it umler the charge of a special agent by the mail steamers to Liverpool, and by national or merchant vessels to the Mediterranean, Bio do Janeiro, Valpariso, Japan, and Shanghai. Let the Government nt least act consis tently on the subject, and not adopt such a one-sided and incomplete mode, by making, so far as domestic transfers are concerneal, ifr onerous pnrth-n of the Subtreasurv svs-ti-m still more so upon the whole of the bu siness community, and rcfusiiw the relief o,,, (n,. t .1... it :. I .....1 a ; ra ais 0 f I, ! " w , e' leeitiinat, iv evf...l,.,l W it.tnr... I vvhil-t for the forei 'ii cvi.ei.ditiires ilirect.lv the opposite course is ndonted. and o.,.. which the same parties assumed to be ille- gal as regards home transactions. We advocate no plan which would be nt- I tended with the b ast risk to tho public money; but, on the contrary, we contend that, no matter what may be the capital, ' credit, resources, or stamJuijr ot the parties who might be employed in making transfers, they shoubl in all cases be required to ale posite security in the form of United States or other stocks, t.v the satisfaction of the Treasury Department, to an amount which would at all times product; in twi-iitv-four hours the full sum in gold which may have been entrusted to them, so that in no pro- linl. e i-oiitiiicrencv the. 1v.1s1.rv rm. Id surfer. The mode at present adopted by the Sec retary for making these transfers is uni versally disapproved of by all the commu nity; and we cannot but hope that, for the ' convenience of commerce as well as tor the haj, sol,i llis copIer miIle t0 a Nc w-York com adv antage of the public interest, on further y for 51; 5 0t.ll reserving also an interest reflection, Mr. Cuthno may be induced to ; f : .- : tI ronertvT Dr. Tallaf. rra. L-haiige it. We have jronc more at length into this l'a anie 1mp011a1.ee .0 uie uusiu.-ss comiuumiy, and one in which a great dlPI 1, 111. lill 111 taTa'St Is felt. The Washington correspondent of the Journal of Commerce makes the following remarks en the sunn subject : ' The Treasury gies on bravely with the new mode of making transfers of the public niaii.ev. A regular Civrps of agents has been established for the purpose of escoriing the moi. a y from place to place. "The obi gentleman who has one of the iol.s hoaste.l at St. Louis that he was paving 't10 ( ;0Veriinient a vast deal of money, and ; preventing the bankers and brokers from j ,.,;;;, ny thing; out of the (iovcrnmcnt. j a.(.m-iling"ti- hisaceount he took five hun- ; dred thousand dollars from New 1 ork, ' i,.,. rl-. al 1'iiiteil States muskets. to ... , St. JiOUis, Htm nt a very considerable ex pense, whiio any i.anKcr would nave mane the transfer free of expense to the Govern ment, and evn have allowed the Govern ment some premium for the job. The same Cerberus, with his musket-marked boxes, is to take a large sum down to N. Orleans. " The impracticability of the strict eoa- StractjaD cf tho sul.jeet than we otlierw.s... shoupi have done, I imj,ar interest of oiiceigbth. The opera as we consider it a matter of very consialer- ,jou , ))l0 m;n,,s hve thus far given prom- bo demonstrated, and the next Congress : MlifJICALSOCIfiTYOFTIlE STATE OF will aH'ord a remedy, by modifying the act, j X UlTH CAROLINA, according to the recommendations maile j This body which convened in this tow n some time ago by Mi H. J. Walker, and 0n Tua-sday last, adjourned after an intcres rcsista'd by the Whigs, on the cround that'tim? and harmonious session of two da vs. A they would prevent the repeal of the Sub- j treasury act and force the Government to ; resort to a National liitnk." THE CHINESE REBELLION'. The extraordinary events now occurring iu China give cause to much speculation in the iircss of EiiL'land. Accordin-r to the China Mail, of the 'Joth of February, the I rebels were threatening Shanghai with a Anions; other contrii.utions we are m forcc of ftO,0(H) men. Sha-Kwyng-Tsin, in 'formed that excellent reports wa re made of command of tho imperial troopsf' had at-! " and diseases, by Drs. Owen llaalley, tacked the rebel army, been worsted and f Uiehmoml county, W. II. McKee, of Hal killed some say fallen by his own band. j'''gh, and Lewis L. Holmes, of Chatham The young Emperor was energetic in en- J county. deavors to meet the emergency, and had1 J'r. JamcH H. Dickson dadivered a loam issued aa edict culling ipon the people to CJ. Ad draws on Hospiratiou, at the Baptist unite in his behalf, and detailing the milita- U'iniiili ou Wednesday. The fhiirc. i.s ry defensive operation to be pursued; fun! crowded by an intellectual audience of la he had levied a tax on opium, to replenish amI K' l'tlcma n. The address will be the treasury, and promised favors and re- publi-hed, and will no doubt add to the high ward to those who should aid him with mo- reputation of this distinguished Physician, ncy to supply-the sinews of war. The Friend 'he following members Were elected a of China urges that it is for the interest of officer of the Society for the ensuing year, Kiirniinnii nnwniu . pnui.t trt flin rf4eiin nf 12 ! the Emperor. It is urged that were the present dynasty subverted, and a ftate of anarchy to ensue, tho preservation of quiet on her frontier would afford Russia plausi ble grounds for interference, if not for an nexation. Forty thousand Russian troops could probably hold China Proper more easily than the same number of English hold lliudostan. The London Times thinks no European intervention is desirable to maintain the Emperor, inasmuch as no change of dynasty at Nankin could affect the commercial relations of China ami Eu rope. The political design of the rebellion is involved iu obscurity. The ab'throiie ment of the rcii'iiinf Emncror. howi'ver. is , w vs..- .w. . now :he avowed obicct. He helomra to the .Mantehoo J artan dynasty, which subdued the Chinese two hundred years ago, and has held the throne ever since. Some pretend er who or what he is, aloes not appear is among the insurgents, and he is to be made king, not emperor, in case of success. DIRECT FOREIGN COTTON TRADE. We have been shown an importaut letter addressed to C. Ci. Baylor, Esq , Into U. S. Consul at Amstcrda 11, and Editor of the Cotton Plant, by the President of a power- ful and wealthy European Company. This letter is in conclusion of a corresponda'iicc which has been going on for some time be- tweeu Mr. Baylor and European influences 111 regard to the importance ot a l.ontinrn- iJrjwl for cotton rroui the language and tone of the h ttter before us the most favorable disposition is manifested, and the Hie uledictory Address ol' the late President lias notified Mr. Baylor that one President, Dr. James E. Williamson, of of the company was to sail for America in Caswell, on having the Chair, was very ini time to be at the Mcmphit Convention. pressive and eloajua'ht, and highly ciedita At Memphis the plan of a tour will be agreed bio t' the head and heart of that able phy upon. His tour is to enable this gentleman, sician and excellent man. as the confidential friend and agent of the The next meeting of the Society will bo European Company, to inform them of tho held at Baleigh on the second Tuesday in condition of the cotton-growers, and their May, lro.'l. i'aycttcrilk Utseivcr. disposition to participate in any general! movement such as is contemplated5 by irc:t I". ?. LTflUT ARTILLERY. trade. The object will also be to give cer-1 The St. Louis Ka publican of the 14th iu tain assurances to the planters of the deter-; stant, says : Yesterday a number of gen mination of European capital to co-operate tlctnen from this city had the pleasure of in the formation of a Continental Depot of , witnessing the exercise of target shooting. Cotton. This tour must prove interesting, at Jefferson Barracks, by Captain Brown's not only on account of the opportunity it company of Light Artillery. It was a test will give intelligent European society to of w hat is called, iu the army service, the judge of our Southern friends, but also in " spherical eased shot," an improvement up-ra-gard to a change in the destination of on '' t'chrspucH's" enseal .-hot. The prinei that portion of the cotton crop which now pie is this : An iron case like a bombshell, goes circuitously to the manufacturers of is loadea with mu.-ket b.ilU, aid ju-t suffi the continent. Sational Intelligencer. Jcietit powder in the sha ll to ex). lode it The j aperture is closed by a metallic fuse, which A CORRECT IDEA OF LIBERTY Burke's idea of liberty is capital. lie saj'S : "Men arc qualified for civil liberty in exact proportion to their disposition to put cnains upon iueir own appeiues, 111 propor- '10" as t'l,'ir lov ot J'lM"-'L' ls atl0ve tl,cir rapacity ; iu proportion as their soundness aJ sobri.'ty of understanding is above their vanity and presumption; iu proportion as .1 .1: 1 - r. i. ",v "lu """" ul'l"'":u lu -"'"".enemy. Mien the sln-il exploited, it would counsels 01 me wise ana goou, iu preiercnce to the flattery of knaves. Society cannot cxisi unless couiroiiiig power aq.011 aaic v.111 and appetite is placed somewhere, and the less ot it thcre is within, the more there must be of it without. It is ordained, in the ! et.'inal constitution of things, that meu ofitant arm of the serv intemperate minds cannot be free. Passious ' ere Inve undcr t, ! lorget their letters. SALE OF VIRGINIA COPPER MINES, We learn from the Warr.'titon (Ya.) Flag ili.it. Mr TlnmiasS Hall, of I'anouier county. w ho owns a copper miue 011 contiguous laud, ! ,:,.,. ...ii f,,P ss nlll. r' ,,..;,, , ; ;s0 of rith yiollls auJ proUt;il.lo results. , . ,. e - L'.1,R .V , , . i , 1 1. 1 ' : - 1 v v 1 olulu, l ebruary l-, arrived at New o yesterday having made the passage in scv- cnty-nine days, the shortest on record. I he baraiuc .Messenger Bird, which arrived at New London Feb. "J t 111 alc the passage in ill days, the shortest, up to that time, ever known ; but the Sovcreigu of the Seas has made it iu 1 days less time. What renders her passage more remarkable are tho facts, that she is the largest clipper ship now a float, and had a crew of ouly 31 hands, all told, though her complement outward bound H Wa-S lb t-eeilis in aa-a.ia.n , . .-,... 1 . 1.1s. T ;.......,.!,, al.nl m cl... larger than a first class frigate, and sprcail ing nearly as much canvass as a line-of-bat-tle ship, shoubl have made such an extraor dinary passage, with so few men. Boston Atlus, 13th. " Now many sons has the mother of pearl! Hartford Times. Jem and Ruby are all we know at pros- very respectable number of Physicians wa in atteudanec from different p'arts of the State. Some tlinty or more manners and delegates from the different county auxil iary societies attended. Valuable commu nications, oral and written, were submitted i and scientific discussions of a practical a harai'ter occupied a large portion of the l"f f mel tings Dr. James II. Diokson, of Wilmington, President. For Yice Presidents: Drs. N. T. Pittnian, of Edgecombe, J. B. Jones, of Chapel Hill, J. ii. Ii. Myers, of Washington, and Wil liam G. Hill, of Baleigh. For Coi rcspoiiiling and Recording Secre tary : Dr. S. S. Satcliwell, of New Hanover. Fair Treasurer : Dr. Daniel Dul'rc, of Wilmington. Dr. J. B. Jor.cs, of Chapel Hill, was elec ted as Orator for the next annual meeting. Committees wa-ra. appointed, con.-i.-ting of Physicians in various portions of the State, to report at the next meet ing, on Surgery, Practice of Medicine, Obstetrics, and Epi demics of North Carolina. The proceedings will be published in pnmphli t form, and will no dubt a.bl much to the interest of tin' Profession, and ho aal vantageous to the cause of Medical Science. The Society numbers eighty permanent members, anal is in a prosperous conditiou. This was the fourth annual meeting. I The Society has done much good already, and T.rouiisi's to do much mere. It shoubl re- ccive the warm support of every physician, and the encouragement of every good citi- zen. Its objects are explaim'd in the iol- lowing extract from the Constitution, viz : " The Obja cts of this Socia ty shall be the advancement of medical knowledge, the el- evation of prajfa-ssional character, and the promotion of ull measures of a professional nature that are aalapteal to the relict ot suf- fermg human. tv, and to improve the health and protect the lives of the comiiinnity.'' is sograaical that it may no in.i.le tocxplo le at any given time, from the instant of tiriug the canuon. Wha n it exploda-s, the projec tile force canics the balls within it one and two hundred yards further, almost in a hor- iZOntal line, and with a force equal to tho discharge from a musket. To illustrate , If the artillery werc a mile in front of au cu- eniV) tlll.y woul(i ,iirow spherical shot, i ca'clllatiU;; the time and distance, so that it , woj!ll c.x,,l0Je fitty yards in front of the 1 !,.. .... ; scnd ln,-,re nju,k,.t halls through the enemy a ; r;uij;s tiau a whole company of infantry wolli,i do, ami with an ciiual or greater frce. lt is a death-dealing iuventiou, and i vCIl hrou-ht to more experienced use will m..k the Lioht Artillery the most imnor- ice. The experiments :ie surpervision of Col. Bragg, and witnessc'l by a number of offi cers of the army. The shots were fired from a howitzer ami from a six pounder, at the several distances of toO, 7"-0 and Soil yards, at a comparatively small target, and it was completely ri IJIed by the musket balls, of tin It was a most gratifying exhibition accuracy with which the artillery guns can be directed. Capt. Brown's com pany is now full, ami the army cannot, we presume, boast of a more efficient ami bet ter disciplined commmd. From the Mchnnn,! Whip. I v asil.llltotl eoi I sa-.-o-ieiaa. a.i a.ue.scw- t -...!.: - 1 ... r .u . v Vork Courier transmits by telegraph the fol- I lowing iton : s,luWkh Ma.N, lying in the track of , . (,;(U; ,r,lia l-h-a ,,, A,lstra. . .. , , . , ' . , , ,n . ' macv. aa. is ues.i;iicu apiHtui a comuiif- si ma r ot aiistuiction ami aMI.ty to these is. la. nis, w ith instructions not to re false tli-j offer of cession which was made to Presi.ii ut Fill more, if that offer should be rcp-jtcd. In short, the acquisition of these i-iau Is will be one of the measure of the a l.iiini-tration. Mr. Angel, of New-York, his been appointed. Consul ti the principal port ot tue group. GEN. HARRISON'S TOMB. A correspondent of the Cincinnati Times gives tho following melancholy account of the desecration of the de.i patriot of Nortli Bend : The evergreens are often broken ami carried off, the toc.b defaced, card-playing and ilauciiig are carr'n-d on within the enclo sure, and even the very doors of the yauh 'fcaJ iMTn bWicu dcvii.'
North Carolina Whig (Charlotte, N.C.)
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