THkl PUBLIC GOOD SHOULD EVER BE PREFERRED TO PRIVATE ADVANTAGE.' 5pT 'T ' Volume 3. Lincolnton, North Carols a, , Saturday, January 16, 1847 'v : ' ' . Dumber 5:d. , i i u PRINTED AND PUBLISHED WEEKLY. BY THOMAS J. UCCLES. ..Teimi. Two dollars pei annum, pavable in advance ; $2 50 if pavment he delayed 3 .nonths. No tmbsrription received for less than a year. .. oOro CLUB-i Three papers will "be sent to any one Post office for G and seven to any di rections, for $10, if paid in advarte. Advertisements will be conspicuously inserted, at $1 00 pel quare (12 lines) for the tirst, and S- cents for each subsequent insertion. jjfSo Communication attended to unless the ostage is paid. LAVtcvln ihmhuss hirectovy. Court Officers Superior Court - F. A. Hon, vt ik. Equ.ty ni. WilnhmsMi, cleik. Coumy court Kobe rt Willian. eon, ctt-1 k. hach ol thee offices in the ,Couit Houe. V . Lander, Solicitor, law office on the main street, al i.f 1 1, public square. H. N. Gaston, Sheriff; Paul Kistler, Deputy. Hegister, U .J. Wilson; Deputy, C- C. Henderson. County durveym, Isaac Hoi land: County Procession r 1. H. Holland. Coroner, W n, It Id lluiiii. Lawyers U ay vh. a W (iuion, nam st. one door east. L. E. 'I h'.ini,son, mam m. eat, 3d square. V . Land r.main si. e-t, 2d -.quart-. V. A. McBee, and , W .i ha inaon. offices at McBee's building, main 81. 2d s-quare, east. Physicians S. P. Simpson, main street, wesi. D. W. Schenck, (iina Ap.ifier..r, mam at. wo dMrs -asi. Klim Caldwell) aiaui-iret, r doors en si. Z. i un, offi. ee opposite vtrs ' lotz's hoiel. A. Kamaour . ci'iiii st. west. Merchant ni Hoke,north on qtiar -, Gasi' comei. B. S. Johnson, north n -quart west corner. J. A Uamsour. on quaie, nonh west coruei. t. C. Heudf s. u, on equ ire, (post office) .south. J. Kanis ur dj Si-ii, mam at,, 5 doors went. JiniiMn & Reed, on qure .south west corner mam Academic Ma; , B. Sumnri; Fun. It-, unter the cuijj- of Mr. Sumn r ai..; icm d r.ee main st. 5tti comer south east ol the Coiit house Hotels Mrs Motz, 8. w. comer of ma a st. and square U m. fciode, mam s . 2o C irner east ol sq jure. A. A. -cL. lie, 2 Corn-r, west, u: main t. B. 8. Johnson, north west, on square. Groc r G. I'ienell, man. 4 d- ott east ol squire. H m. K. Kd .rdf, soum weir qud'. I ft h.u, -.j,,,.. ConnT i qouie. Tailors - l)ane & Seayle, u an t. on or west ol qure. Al'e- Auxand-i, on square, h. b v. -i..e. Mo Y 4i t otiti. on square, north wet t-ori.er. Watch Maker and Jeweller ( harlrs Schmidt, maiu 4 ioi rs Saddle and Hatness Makers J. T. Ai ex uidei, main at. 2d corner east ot quaie. R. M. 6c F. J. Jetton, on qume, north by west. J. A. Jetton & Co., mam wen. Printers T. 3. Krcles, C -uner othc rnnin nt east end, boutb east corner ol iht Ch irlorte road. Hook Binder F. A. Hoke, o ain st. on 3d -q m'e wel of rouri house. Painter H. S. Hicks, nei to F. A. Hoke, Cft. Coach Factories Samuel Lander, main et. eaif on 2d -quare Irom Court Houe. Abner McKov, nnin St. east, on 3d square. S. P. 3imon, sireet north ot mam, and o. w. o e.mri houie. Iiiaac Krwm, main St.. w'st. on 2-1 -quare A. & R. Garner, on D)4lo 91. east ''(id. north sole. Blacksmiths Jacob Ru.v, n am ft. 5th Corner ea o co.iri hous . M. Jac U. main hmi od. a. De4 n. main m. nei Cai' en-l. J. lit Sanger, O .ck h. north of puni.e "quare. J - W. Pnysour, we.-t end. ' Cabinet Makers ThounPew. & Son, Dlioi i. east, -u 4ih quare. Carpenters, 4c. 1 .me. Shulord, main af., est. 6th corner from -quare. Jameti rT-..l. ....... uiit.. ...... . .ijjioii, uiniii mi. n ttt-r. m '"ipuinti laac Hotl5eT."Min sr. Wrt end- Jamev 't-Ji.o, tntlii i . wri ( square. Brick Hatons - vVnlo, prrk, (and pin lurer; uiai e mt,4th comer from qure. r- er l.ii-er, On Past a Ot sreel north Oi" squ ire. Tin Plate Worker and t apper Smith Toos. R S.Hjfoiu, .;an t. ei, oo s.ouii fide ! 2d "qui re Shoe linkers nn Muggins, on back t., i tf -qore. An xi F ri V C.i. o itn went corner Charlotte roao mho mod Hi. eail rori. Timers -iaat Kistlor, n-am st. wtst end. J. RniH ?ur bur k .it.. nor;b rast of eqre. F & . L H.kr. 3.-4 nn'e wn o I to a n, mn r.-rtd. '' Hit lamfactorits io n" Cin e, fiortb rV i-n public ..qiiarf-, 2 Vloors,' west aide of m". I hn Butts A; Hon.oft square. i..uth lode, Oil Mill-rVrtri and 3r K Hoke, I mile outn west of town. Yrk rad. ' Piper Factory ii. 6i R. Mode ler, 4 III'- utn ca' oici uii hue. Cotton Factory John Hoite A; L. I), h'ld-. 2 mien nouih of court house. Li-nr Kiln Daniel Shuford and other, 'III if MHiih. . . " A ' "A youth of about 16 yeari age as an apprentice i the Printing bu ii. Apply at this office. - The Angel'a Wins;.'. BY 8AMUEL LOVER: There is a German Fupersiition, thst when a sudden silence take place in com pany, an angel at that moment makrs a cir cle around ibeni, and the first person that break? the silence is tipp... d to have been touched by the win? of the era;h. For the purpose of poetry, I thong' i two per -mo prehraWe in many, in illustrating tt.is ery beauu'ul superftinou. hen by the eveniiig's quiet light 'lbere sit two silent lowers, They say, while in such tranquil plight, An angel round them hovers . And farther still olo legenos tell The first wbu breaks the silent spell. To say a soft and pleasing thing. Hath felt the passing angel's wing; Thu a musing minstreljstray 'd By the sururner ocean, Gsiing on a lovely maid, VYoh a bard's devotion : Yet his love he never spoke, Till now the silent spell h broke, The hidden fire u flnuedid i.pririg, Kinn'd by the passing angel's wing ! I have loved thee well and loi g, Will, love if hiaven's uvtn ruaki'ig ! This is mil a poet's siieg1. But a truf hea t's speaking ; I will love thee, still untiird ! He ff It he spoke v one inspired The words did from Truth' fnunain spring, Ln wakened by the angel's wmf Silenc o'er the mtiden fell, Her beauty lovelier making ; And by her blush, he knew full well Thedan of love was bieaking. It came like sunshine o er his ht art ! He felt that they tdiotih never i, art, Hespoke andoh ! the lvlv t ing Had felt tlo p.ibsiig aiigel s wu g. Pleuse to atop my Paper. "I am fcomu to Atop tn pj.ei.'said a miserly bUbxcnher to a newspaper, In urn i l hi neighbors, I cannot af.rd to take "inat is me price vr it per yeair omu u e fimer. Three dollar.",'' was the replv. 14 And can't you ifllird ihree dollr a eai! Ihmk f it t tui v . three doll, rs A yeur iw a long time. IV h.p. u na?e only a lew uch to soend hue oi earth. A year! whole year! and onl linee dollars! A iafe, cioely print. U, ue ui ineei; U'Tioc you the news ot the wtk, and a iate amount t imsceilint on i dn. a d you car. I cfloro tiure dot i.tih ior such a p.iper whole vai. el declare neighbor, you IbIk like an xpt riei.ced man I ire. thouvi I it in ibis Ugh be'me. It is only it. it. dolUrs, ii.dyet ike paper coo. en u mt- eve. iy w tk, and I i ve to reaa r; 1 -.wat fin something in it that ir.ieie. a o e. Ana moreover, on a eecmid in ihi.l jerce vt that, alter all, t tood new up-i is ui (he cneapeei thing a man can hav-. ti gets more rending ior hut money than it any other way." True, neighbor, and this xhows, tha what I have always said, is true , newtpd pern seem to have been designed exciu wiv-lv for the benefit of the pc-or. No man too poor to take a good espaper be c use u it. the cheapest thing he can have Here both the speakers jlnd aim k id : Bussed are the editors, for thev feed the poor with know ledge;' and they sepa rated with looks of hih satisfaction. Intelligence. Wp ieni tiom ineSuni!' (8. i'.) Ban nery ih4i the ('onrt ot Appei, a u extra sr-uin in Auijt last, decided, in th ch- if I :ii, Adm'r, vs. Baikl.-v d 'athcatt rtial Wrr a prommt.ory ' t rs payable wnn u. terms', at a fulnre d w r.en it !all ue the toieist becofneH pro C-al, and H out p'd, the wb- e kiwoui.t n en draws in n re. for the lu'nre.' Thu, it a note for a l 'ii.ti.ri iio la - be o.ade ptiy b.e one ven rt m da; , w uh tatt-res' from d'te, tt n end.cMbe yesr th? amotin doe will b $li 70, ard that an oui t, i impair, hp: bar iMeieMt tor th fu'Ufe. The stn t p'tin ipte will, o cour-e, apply to b- ndii: ail mhf: win ten r'niraci, w here ii,ter- o paya'hle at a fixed time. 'I he practice, we under.Hiand,n hi Mil j-ct. ha? n.t ben nmioiui in out Stat, but thu decision will ettle it liereaftei." ' ". 2n' Iftdepfttdent Treasvry Law. It will he rr.i.eiiibt-reu that atttr ihe hrsi da ot January , 1R47. th Indepndmi Treafu ry law requires all posiaife;. at tbe different oflices throngl'oui thecountr to be paiJ in g'Md und silver and that the Postmasters are cr.ti pelled to, demand and to rrcrtve nothing 1st u.an go;d or silver lor postage of tetters , papers, &. Later from IVcxico. We received yesterday papers from the city o! Mexico to the I7tb of November fully two weeks later than- our previous dvices from the capital. One of the firt things we notice in the papers is a correspondence between Gen ay lor and feania Anna in relation to the termination of the anionic. Out of tins correspondence proceeded the release of even American prisoners, who were with the Mexican army at Suit Luts. This cor re-pot. dence is interesting and important. It will be found below. Attention is verv much engrossed by the pfeparations for the meetm? of the Con- giess, which has ere this cssemhled in trie I i r...... . I ia)nai. nimuiimiy orUlirs Were in ttlC nty on thr 17th ultiuio, and we note a re quest Irom the Neeretarv of State that they should enrol their names. &c, that thev might be summoned for the preparatory meetings soon a a quorum should be present. In an urgent appeal ts the ne Congress, made from San Lum, the deputes are en treated .. entrusi ania Anna with dtciato- iu! pontr lot the pioatt utiou of me war. Above all, they are solicited not o barter away the rights ofiheir posterity to Secure present reiiet ; but the rather -if succumb itiey mul "like ancient Rome, o tne pow c ol tin invasion of tha barbarian ot the Norm" to bequeath their inpreseripuble rights to another generation, which, "like, the nandful of heroes who took refuge in the mountains of the Asunas, . may some da succeed iu xwrivuuitng their unjust invadeis' Ofihe advance of our troops upon Tam pico the Mexicans entertained no doubi as lar back as the 1st of November, nor are a.-y measures suggested fur retaking it. - l)n me 10th of N.ivcmber Gen. Santa Am a traiiKUiitied to the Secretary of War, fro u an Lu.s Potosi, his correspondence wiih Gen, -Xay l?r, I'-Utoig- lb the teronna turn f the armistice. x Ti, first letter i lioui the Governor of t'oai uila covrrmg Gen.Tay lr's It iter lot t ardea by tt.ehaiui ot Majot (iranam. VVe aiiouid not l such injustice to Gen. Tavlr 'en r a to translate it from the Spanish, into w hid we t&ud it rendered, vere it not necea to lender nuellig ble and more pointed tttV repl) o; Santa Anna: HeacQi srtersol ttn Army olOcrupation, ionore), Nv. 6. I8b J Sir : In the rm v mn ti agieed upon . thr 24 n ol Setn b i. ii wa coiuedei tliHi Hie An ern an Ion r i rhould not pao a stipulated line hume the expuatn.n l eg. i werks, m uioii ti.ey should receivt orders oV iiiniiMi-tions tiom their Ciovem oient. In c.ilMisiity therewith 1 tue honoi of apprising you l' ai n (tivin mem I ai d-iec etJ n e to trrmil.ale iht au'y peiisioti of houliie, and accordingly 1 consider myseit ai liberty to pan il(. ignaieU Ime after inr 13m tnsi., by wmcn date I presume tins coaimuuicatin win have reached your hands at San Luis po toSI. 1 have been informed that several Ame ricans, who, were taken prisoner at t in naand other points, are now at San Luis, detained as such. I trust you will deem it an act ol justice to release these men and allow them to rjuu the forces under my command. Wrien the convention was entered into to Inch 1 have rcened. 1 eu eiuiued the hope that the terms in winch u a con ceived would open the way tr it e two re public to agree upon an lionorabie pece ; and. acting upon this convinjon, 1 at once released ihe airifiier of war wi. were in my pow er, an.oi.g slioru were three offi cers. At that iime Id id not know that itiere were any Ameiican prifne wm nal barn seat into the inter nr. I rust itat roy comiuci will be soH,ci-n. Krounc to justify fii , yitidiUK to itua itquesi m to the die an of huuiaiiity towauis t' r A nericau prisoners who I am told are a; Sau Luis. In rase mjnr raham, the bearer of this communication, if ache your ht-ao qu-rers. 1 Uke ti e lib riy to ci inn euu him to y ur courtey, ami 1 -i.aii b p esed lorective b huii your tepiv iw this comuunicall n. whatever H may he. I iae Ihe liuiun o be Willi the greatest respect, Yur obedient servant, Z. 1 A V LOR, Maj. Gen. of the Army of tt,e States. lo Gka. I). Antonio l. plz dk Santa Anna, Ci-mmsnder in-Chit. LiBERATINO HlPlBLrt'AN ARMY. ? San Luif Foifi., N. iO, ltA6. S Senot General At 10 tins morning, by an official communication of the Go veuior of Coabuila ol the 6tti mt. X if reived your letter .f the 5m, ap'pril,ini: n,c of o..r .n.ent.on. by order .f Vour Cnv- ernn.eni, fbreabinp theennvenoon ..,i I upon at Monterey, on ihe24ih of Septem er last, and passing on the 13ih of the presini month the line therein designated, by which date y.u supposed I should re ceive your communication Believing that the terms stipulated in said convention shoutd he rehfiously ob served by b th parties 1 had taken no step which s'.ould tend to vacate it ; hut in view ol the obligation you tleen. imposed upon von by the orders of yojr Government. I confine ivpe bv replying, that you can, w-hen it pleases yon, commence hostilities, to which I snail correspond accordingly. In regard to the Amenean prisoners, let tne say that there are only seven of them at this post, a list of whom is aunexsd ; nnd, relying upon your representation in regard to the release of s-vnal Mexicans, I have deiermmnd to respond to vour cenerns ny by do.ng the fame n the seven referred to, whom the Commissary of this army will supply with S:o for their sustenance upon the road. You remark that when the convention was entered mm at iontere. you enter tained the tmpe that the terms in which ii w a conceived would open the way for the two Republics to ajjree upon an honorable peace. Laying out of the question wheih er that convention wan the reult of uecesnt V r of the nvMe view now declined by you, I cnn-eni my celt with siying, that from me sp rit ami decision manifested by an viexicans, you should banish all idea of peace while a sniffle North American in arms treads upon the territory oi this Re. puniic.ami mere remains in front of its ports the squadrons which make war upon them. Nevertheless, the extraordinary Congress il assemble in the capital towards the end ol the present year, and this august bdy wnl determine what i; shall junge most suitable for the honor am the interests of tne nation. Major Graham has not arrived at my quarters. ' Had he done so, he would have reen received in tne manner due to his rank and employment, snd in conformity with the wishes exprtssed to me in his be fiall by y.m. I nave ihe honor of offering you the as xuranceof my distinguished considerations, tiod and Liberty. AM ONIO LOPEZ DE SANTA ANNA.'---CKM'R s k (.tiNKUAi, I a v i.r, ( General -in l 'hiei of the Army ol the l.inedStates of the Norih. Pi-ize Il4fney to the Army." Un o on of lr Beiitoo, it ban he n a in ihe Senate. t- give increased v to tat.k and file td regulart. and voluu ers, to giant three months extr'n pay o. t !; who erve till the end ol the war, ! ;lovy prze money m aon e cases. .to thear as wil 8h ihe navy, and, to make nr. qiinto proviMon for the widows nd chil dren ot those who miy be killed or die in erv:e ." Some prj ci ot the sort ought tie? and will bet ad-ipte.l (x.th parties be ng in favor of it. Mr Benton remarked hat we ought to avail ourselves of the '.f-sent popularity of tha army to do jus u e to it. "The value of publi store, munitiuiis, vc taken bv our troops at Monterev, fsa been stored at hall a million of dollars There seems to be no reason why son c prize mone)' should not be paid to the troops, out of these spoils." The Armistice. It is a fact, notorn ui in itself, that the term of Ihe arinitc a' Monterey have ten the Mirj-.-ci ol verv general discussion. Sone have contended that ihe surrender h ulii have en unconHinor.al otners that they were dictated by wisdom and hu rn-nttv. W ear onc6 state our innbiliiv to form an opinion on tho question. Others, less reserved, give their. The Houston leleyrsph, lor itnlanre, inclines to throw the responsibility of the terms of capitnla tior npon ihe three CnniiiiMioners, excusing liei-. T.i vi- rupoii the ground that "he wan t injeii-d lo sanction 'hen , wlu.e he was oisained with ihe trrm.i. Ihe Austin Democrat ridicules u h an apolo , as ma king the autrority of the commander-in cnief ihU-ilor lo subordiridte officers. The Editor of the Democrat then gives the fol lowing extract of a letter fiom.Gen. Hen dersoo to himself, dated Monterey, Oct. 4, which, tor t e fiist nsne, gives the impor tant information, that these terms were' dictated b Gpi:. Taylor himself, and that the Commi sioners only obeyed his intruc fions Here is the extiac : V. 0 Delta. 1 hrtve nni tio e now to snd you a copy, of the treaty olYapitula Inn, but will leave lor Au.-tin in a rew days and bring ri copy with me for publication. I did not at. thai time, nor do 1 sti!J like the term", but --cted as one of the commis sioners with Gen. VV'orttl and Col. Davis, to carry out Gen. Tuylors instructions. We ought, and could have made (hem slir , t , d,,,"rn, and so I t.ld (J ,HV,or buf e nd all the regular offir 0 offic ra were content with the term fixed ii,h,i,, u. d I shll not condemn ih m. Gen. tHlor' first instructed m lo demand r surrender'1 'f t he city, fortifications, all. their .rn , and all othr public property, snd that the officer, nrfj n)en 6houid be pet milled to rcttre without parole, (to which I readily' sssented in mv own mind.'i but ihe Wi. cans declined.or rather begged GenTn vlor to save their honor by allowing 'hem lo , carry off their arms, and h finailv agreed . to do so, snd instructed us accordingly. INTERESTING ITFMS FROM THE Seat of War. TampicoAttackedttepulse oftheMex icons We learn from a passenger y ar 1 rived from Tampico, on the schooner IT. M.Jolmson. and who come un to the ntv from th South-west Pas, on the stempr Fashion, thtt on the I itn nit., Tanov.co had been attacked by 7000 Mexican c;.vaU ' r, thinking to carry the place by a coup de main ; our troops, however, were tr ihe alert, and on their approach, opened on them a brisk fire ol artillery, when iiy broke and fled. The Mexicans are making giat exer tions to raise troops in all the small Mexi can towns on the Rio Grande, and with some since. About the fifteenth ult., Capt. Sl'irie, with a detachment of 70 men, proceeded to a rancho up the Rio San Joan, a distance of Ihirtyseven utiles, where ho . found about 200 Mexicans collected, and among ihem Capt. Cantooa, who was tho particular onjecl ot his search. Uapr U. was captured, and the mu'erro of his comp.Tnv, and letters of tustructioos from ueus. Anipudiaand "areries, wnha qiian tity of blankets, 50 stands of arms, em-nu- nitinn, etc., were apcured. Capt. t am- oa was carried to Camargo, and put in prison. On the evening of the 16th ult.. a Mexi can was taken by Ihe guards at Camarjio, having made an entry in'o the powder mag , nzine, with a design, it is supposed, of blow ing it up. Some indication would announce tho probability of Herrera again being at the neaa ot anair. At I arnpico it was bo Iteved that he would be elected President, and peace' would soon follow. Santa An Tia, it is said, would, in such case march to the City of Mexico and depose him, by a: nw revolutRin." Ill kitd of rumor sire current at Tampico some that Santa is out of favor wtlh the troop; others that he is looked upon with enthusiasm. General Woofs Division Gen. Wool w ei camped within two miles ol tbe city ot Paras, his force amounted, by the held reports, to 2,$00 men. He "is ord :red there fo established a depot, and to levy upon all supplies; belonging to the Mexican tiovrnmeti.!. Fie has already taken targe 'quantities ol flonr, wheat and corn. . t "l. -Marshall iwcouhned inconsequence t injuries received m tailing from bis In.rso but was fast recovering. An express hd reached Gen. Patterson, to the effect that Santa Ann was advancing upon San Luis Potosi and Saltillo, for ihe purpose of cutting off Gen. Worth. Gen. Worth was at Saltillo in command ol 15o0 men, and thnVommand of Mooie ry has been assigned to Gen. Butler, with 2000 men to garrison i'. Gen. Twiggs and Gen. P. H. Smith, wih their iefiwi v- commands, were at .Victoria, and Geti. Quitman, wiih hi-. Bri gade left Monterey ior Victoria, on the 14ir.,uit. Gen. Taylor, with a squadron ot I ra goons, also left for Victoria, m the 15th ult. Gen. Paiterson was to have left i the 22nd ult., accompanied h the 7Viineeo Kgtnent of Cavalry., for Tampico via Victoria. The following was the number oftrsop in service Dec. 5tn: . REGULARS. In the field, officers and men including gen era! staff, 6,615 Troops at sea, and under orders to join the army, 1,098 Recruits en route for the seat of war. 762 Aggregate regulars in campaign, 8,475 VOLUNTEERS. In the field, 16,745 At sea, for California, 766 Aggregate volunteers in campaign, 16.514 This makes the total force at that time within a fraction of 25.000. Of these, we lean from the Union, that Major General Taylor has 18,332 under his commsnd ; General Wool. 2.6150. arid General V;ar ney. 3.992. Add to these the nine addition' regiments recently called into service and it swells the whole amount to more than 30,000. South Carolina Legislature. This bo tlv adjourned on the I8rh inst., after a ses stun of near six Weeks. We see lhat a bill incorporating ihe Charlotte and South Carolina Rail Road CjOmany has beer, passed .-. 1