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J i iMlLX r'- i. i Ir.f X.: 1 i if- 14: ec "f'l 3s tit -t-'.-il- :."-St - I 1. U ! 'i ' !' 'S irMlflJAiS'Tji , pecreeof the Court, ? V vlhvhv' WW County. will sell,' it jm It ifcWConrt House in Mocksvilfr. I uCl ,,;T .LVfeSih :f June next, a Tract if 1 .S3 itoot loot: ""ui iB:tvaiucr ij j'wh'stic oftDutchman Crefk, ccntainmg vi-' ; f 1 . s . : 1! 4,Uvip? lDlli i?'r3pf Cites P, Mmnford, cvrc. irli.t 171 aSout '1B0 fafcreS of botiom land, all Jelt'ilrlaea fe.Wp akd much of it r suitable StllclieidlilhtpIaoiJ hare beer; cWalr 4 vlti mi r rl t Fi e 1I6 a n!a em e n t o the late Rti&ia.' iilrit&4!fcrnfljrd,t this 1 was considered tUlfeli BfW;k Farms In the western part jJtpirc mi ih t e rest from ;t he time posset UiiWio&heHyl of sale. ;! :;" ' flIRpJrJjifefs take this method of in sI4ill ifT fiends1 and j the ciiizenl of ifif iiirfoMriWPgf, (Country , final tney have just Summer Goods. fHplfFtSHp!ponsist of al rreat varidtv of ihwroccries yif Jt llji ibtng. commonly kepi by rthivti qlapartp( tHe" Country; -r.i-. j jt?& -fftt HvlnS btFn selected witli the :fMlt$ifel earei by one of the fi rm 1 they y i.. .i .. .. . . . j . land see, and judge fur them ; ffPI l't-'H;r.:'.-:.V O Off iroMaa relomr their most unfeigned arf a forf 4 1 rer libeVal patronage heretiofore j!irriVfti)d i.hobe by Htrict attention to '4eir Jd?defsJ:ip nerit tiJcontinuaiice. ). ,fSr3e1lilir!-iirieft anirl tprm a iirt a will ttifiiiwletia? times,t which ts certainly a vpfimmmto iiiiu.ouonij'.o receive oue encour II !l:lT::i J . 'r-PAUTEE. t. f. !i-fl:fTT:i 'I ! 5; ' tnttcsmlt- JV. ' H. he has removed bsb1nan,d, to b'fa new buUdiriS 4 ji!pl)C!jfjOqK7e, inj-tlief 'JTuwo of:Aoeks- wl)tfleHVil conlihue fp.keep.a i j ijtif felf: js rnbmy arid .commodious; aitach tlilkSiXOMFQIlTABLE OF- riCEfliir keoilemen of the Bar. all cunven- : : ii s. i 1. - i 1 - r 1 ' t 1 pirt pi otf se; 1 1 h e -su bscj ice 1 jpledg i;ihelmosl diligent exertions, to irivn jpis&(.ijp;suh''8s may call on him. MR STABLES are provi 5piinne that the country will 3 is4iiriBui.''aH 'may.; call" on him. it is ided in afford, x i i'Rian s n rfl inn n n i Tt nn nmm ni. PHSJMG NEW nooT 'SHOE shop: i'Ludiber most respectfullf inferos iViJjiji'da.htl-th 'pjiib'lic' . tbai he is qow n oft!ia'aliive, bttsines in a room j toJf .ry'a'Tiifoi Shop, in Mr; C01 'llfHv 'i-.Me.Nh'cits public favor. f just Cow- mihlin fflvnr ! in 'Hllilfl's!dutyo urge the neces- f Am mtnmi for woik. af t mx tnenta tor woi k, 1 le cannot ar- it mil hi SttSM-Viil be! reduced for cash, but !.WL V .?rS1 VlV" heretofore paid if he JAS. GLOVER, JMarchi3j iko-SmSit rrr i 1 f it sdllSlct &i SUMMER ::'l'l4tl i;:."t S ift. i ... 'f- If. inarms his friends and ill carries on the TAl- j" i U3l,Wfl ai iiisoiu sianaon min ?NJW4"iir to iihe fAiohecaty Store. He reailyuo executejhe ordersof his custom W sj ! and, manner riot surpassed by any ;'kt$io.in he'jVestern pait of ihe Jtate. He !u H )$kh feeepi pi of 1 he ft t es r Lbrdun-i nd Tlf f US4SiHlpN& ?nd .prepared to ac- :rt?JFaUr.iit lasits of the fashionable at al twjifcqj: girments Vf all kinds attended WClH tnftthe latest Fashions furnished U ttTlbb in ...... l.lA.'.j . J instructions $mink"pmapc Tear,) I mm thereby SlVen tadril'ir.niipnt Sub- &rsjo tliWiStock of lht Uank. that tmt WW payment he made on or oefiire ih I, Jn nxtaH be unpaid ahares will ffPo?ed;to bablic sale at auction. aorpoahlti tn S!Kr tbeAt of Assembly toameokl w mm 'I T)l;id;ffutpy; I art ;d 3 0NE&, President? i POETICAL. M 1 I -, AFATHERS.WELCPMET0KI1I8 AVID- - r- r WED DAUGHTER: ; j; . I Come to thjhorce, thy cKjldhood home; j l-.-J My pifgriinit Jprm and broken ilieartedH , JIere1lt,t.thy fooisipps, cease to roim, j h Grief hath been: on thee ciocewe parted j. 1 1 f Bring in, bring rij thf light haire'd boj, vi Biinf injihy jyoongept bloe ieyed blossom ; if ark I tis thyj mothers gentle otce, Calling the tremblers to her bosom, v No rest thee, love, check, now the leafs , ; Down thy pale pheek each other chasing ; rFor jwell 1 knoW; that brightef dajss : Tlhy busy t&oaghts are astjretia?og 'Gems sparkled once on thy.falr bfowt; Thy sonny jocks with care- wejebraileaY i l hna wert a happy bride, but now ; Thy matron! brow is thinly shaded. Thoo thinkest on: that manW-form That stood that morn in love beside thee. The tot ce iha Vowed ihrongh every strm i :' nt e..t. ..J is fU. tL'-uiA tnj'.u.U i)iiili JI IU1UII? U B1IICIU iiu :uiug 1-V That voice is hushed, that form is coldjH Ti9 this prplonjs thy bitter weeping, To think that ojce of beadties mould, In the dark grave is silent sleeping. 1 Vet cheer thee, lovp, look on thy boys. Blight not their bloom with early sorrow, fU IaI lkm k'Ar' lliAiv iviAlAra IrnlnA I Greet them fic' tuviii iai. 111711 tuui iici 9 vr-r j with words of hope) to-mfrrow Tell them that He who kindly hears j The raens! from ihelr rocky dwtllinff, Witt guide afi'd guard their orphan yeais. And soothe thy heart wiih anguish stvtelling. - - -r K- . : I i : . I -I : Then cheef thee in thy childhcxnl's home, - My pilg'rimi lone and broken hearted J : H-re let thjy footsteps cese ii roam, Grief hath been on thee 6ince we parted. THE BARBERS GIOST- j A FACT. ! . i- - : . ! ! - A gcntlernan travelling 9ome years since; in the tipper partjof this State, called at a taverp, and requested entertainment for the night. The landlord informed him that it was put of hisj power to accommbdaje htm as his house wasialready full. lie persist ted in staying,j ag'he, aawe asj his horse,, were almost exhausted with travelling. Aftef jnuchi solicitation, he landlord con sented to his stopping, provided he Ivouhl sleep in a certain room that had remained unoccupied fori a long time, in consequence of a belief that iljwas hannted by thejghost of a harberj who 'was tepoited to have been murdered in that room some! tears heforei Very well,n ;snys the man, "Fm not afraid of gfipsts; take cure of my- horse atid get me $ome ?upper,, Alter havirig rffrefhed himself, he enquired of the: landlord howi and in what manner the room in which he was to lodge;, was haunted ? Thej lnd ord. replied, that these who had lodged in the room, stated ithat shortly aftet they had retired to rest Jan unknown voice wsslheard in a.trcmbling: and protracted accent, say. jpgWdo ySouj Wa-a-nt lo beshi-a.vel I , replied i the man. if he comes, he may shave me.1'; He then requested to be 6hown to the japartment, in going to which, he was conducted through a , large iroom, where were seated a great number or per sons at a gambliug table. Feeling a cufiosty, which almost every one possesses, alter hav ing jheard ghdst 9ioiis, he carefullv sjearch- ed eveiv corner; of his room, but could dis cover nothing but the usual furnititre of the japartment; tile then laid; dpwh, but did. not close his eyes to sleep immediate ly, ana in a tew minutes tie iniagmec ue heard a voice saying, "do you tea a ntto be sliaa ved t" ' He-arose from his bed, and seaiched every bait of the room, but! could discover nothing. He again went ir bed, bet; no sooner: had he began to compose himself to sleep, than the question was a- gain repeated He, again; aros0 abdj went to the window, the sound appearing to pro-, ceed from thai quarter, and stood for a -while. silent alter a lew moments ot anxious sus pense, he again' heard the sound distinctly. and convinced that it was from without, he opened the window, when the question was repeateu lull tojnts ear, wnicii startieu nim not, a little. jUpon a minute - examication, however, he Jobserved that ithel limb of a large china tree which stood under his win dow, projected so near the houseas Ion ev ery breath of jwmd, to grate j against the shingles, creating a sound to a .lively imag ination, resembling the interrogation, "Do you tra-a lit tp be sha a ved 1 Having satisfied himself that thu ghost was nothing more or less tharlhe limb of a tree coming ih contact with the house, he agkin went io bed, and attempted lq get i sleep ;L but was now interrupted I bt neals of fatighter,! arid an occasional volley; of oatns ana corses, from the room whre the era were assembled. Thinking he conld turn the late discovery tri bis own ad vantage, he topk a sheet from the bed, and wrapped II round him, and taking the wash batin in. his band, and throwing towel over his arm, proceeded to thej eamblers, and suddenly throwi w .. .. ;i.8. : ii room of he ng the door open, stalked in, exclatmtng lone voire, iBo low wa-a-nt in -a iremu to 6esAa-o- r?' Terrified at this sodden appearance of the ghost the gasiblers were thrown; in to jthe greatest confusion in attempting jlo escape frorn the room, some jumping ihfouthihei'windoYffS, and others tumbling "1 t --.:.- 1 1 1 ; head and heels over others down the stalls; Our ghost taking advantage of a dearborn tel ibera tel v s we p t a 1 a r ge a m 60 n tot mnrey ffpa the tble into his , basin, and retired qneen to his room. ; i- -.a v jThe next morning he found the hotisejip t ie utmost contusion. He was irnmC4e- y, asked if ho rested well. He rcilied in the ' afllrra alive Wei I, :no w o n de r isa id the landlord, for the ghost, instes'd of I go- ipg to his own room, .made a mistakeand Carrie to ours, frightened qs all out o( ihe rpoin,and took away every dollar of, ,bur money.1 The guest, without beihg ir jtlie !ltsx suspected, quietly ate his breakjfat arid departed, many hundreds of: dollars .ILL I. .l . ! ';' j i f: upucr, ior iuis auvuiaurc. . - Iv; : FANNY ELSSLER. H I :j I Thai in plain Republican America ware doing our best to imitate the follies, ifasri- ijins, ana vices 01 continental tjurop, is tim true to oiako a joke of. Who won hi llvehonght, a,few years1 ainccif iltai!fan Opera dancer, Whose whole accomplish nients consist in an active Use ani inijeeepl xp6sureof her limbs and per son, ! "jd ave-been the engtossing object of tho at gnion and civilities of the besl socielv n an American City. Yet it is nevertheless true. Fanny ESssler, a German. 0jeia Dancer, is now uthe obser ?vd of'all observ ers' in the goodly citViOf Gotham. I She iytjeig n ingjoastjl "trrrs ytjtfiMd. fun ch eTd I lieT"a n d f ea d from one' e'4 ;5f tile city to the other. The old; lni Ithe young", the grave and the gay, are vieing with each other in doing her honor, and to Have seen her face or topehed her band, seems to "be glory enough" to lss t the Go thamites the rest of their days. To crown the whole, she has been received with great honours on board the United States ship of the line, North . Carolina! Can; any one tell us what description of 5u'c was jfired on the occasion ? We should like to lnow f I? "r? TtvV"f T oVni nriA iennlitifr a Kit ril '6t n'fet p'ol (and if the pure virgins and chaste matron pi iew lorK, can nigntiy witness an exioi- ytipn in which the person of one of.theirown sex is as much exposed as it can be with out being mked. why we can't help it, tSal's all.Pef. InU !! i L I MR. BKNTON'jS OFF. j I The rof, condemnation - has been; placed by Mr. Bentoi himself. On - Friday last, he afked leave of the Senate that the Coinibittee pa .1ilifary Affairs should be discharged from tfie further consideration of so much bf.thejPres i dent's 1S3 ge as recoromeuds ihe rernirt Itir. Pioinsett to the consideiation of Congress. This is, indeed, 14 the onkindest cpl of all? The P res ident ifi his Jlessaye saya, I can nu tf . too strongly recomtnenii 10 ine con9 deration 01 duIlres the plan vt the Secretary ; of Waf to organize. the .iilitia." Jltt. fjitr4 says, the plan of the Administration is not on'y'unM oihy a5 report from' the commiitee, but'w ;Ksli'.;telv unworthy of their .consideration-. Winchester Z'P- . . jV:.ii:- j Dr. John Siearhtpuf Nfw York is lectu ring in. the. Knickerbocker, on a newjiheo y of t ne.m ind. It upsets Lork, and rosists that the mind and soul in man are distinct faculties, and that brutes have mind. ! The American Fur Company lmve cnl lected 8100.000 worth of fnrs, at Icanf- port Indiana,) during the past! season Here are all sorts of raw hides, from the grizzly bear to the weazle. Tltie population of the Union in? j 1836, Was 806,920 j that at the present time is rougtiiy estimateu ai aooui seventeen millions aud a q-tarter. i j j . Wm. M. Price has been arrested at the shit of the U States, and liberated i on bail 16 the amount of 82000. He s;ys- the Government owes turn, and not he the tov- . . ' . ; J ! ! ! I : ! ernment. ' ' l liu-i "-i" Marine.-. -V issels not exceeding 00 tons ran be repaired at Vahing40rt;i C anew Marine Rail way having been put up. It is saic to be on tne mosi irnproveuj piau, is capable of accommodating aslniauy as four vessels. ;i I Proposals are issued for publishing a Harrison paper in the town of Columbia, (S. C.) to be called the Southern Cnipnip cle.-.! - H J" ' : - i - The Fice Presidency, A Van Bnreni Con vention is called, to meet in Raleigh on the 9th ltd Jolv nex. to nominate a candidate to run Iii this Stale for ihe Vice Presidency j We are loo modest to intertere. boi would rnprey Suggest that a nomination of this sort cof terred Ithon Gen. Saunders would be excellent! fid him t0 cool off upon. Gnehsbovoush Patriot j ATTrTTSON ! Salisbury Guarrti. T7oti are hereby , commanded to L parade at the Court House in the Town of Salisbury, oh Satur day, the '4ih of July nextt 9 ' o'clock, f . ,V equipped fi a the uniform of the Company. iKd; with "six rounds of catridge, fur Compa ny mosterf-vv r- 4 , if .1 Bv-iurderof ihe Cahtaini I JOHN H.WEANT, 0.1 S. Sailisbury, Juue. 5, l840;5w45; T. A N 1711 E if ATTji EC m,r :,v.i!f it i 1 IS, 14 Ur! ANOTHER LOCOFOCO ::f NAILED: FALSEHOOD 4- k ;m : : j! The following extract of a letter from Washington to the editor of the Richmond "' . " . 4 ' - j , lilt ' j- i j: Coquirer accompnniied with comments tra tended to exhibit General Harrisari m Ihe light of a defaulter, s now goirig '.he rotintl of the Van Buren Press : j I . t If ' It is a fact no less astounding than tru. and the atchtvesofj the Government will place iir beyond a critrnversy(that jj; S . j Harrison, the sop of Gen. Harrison anl t frcCr , puo.ic money ai j v jncennef, in1l;90wn ,-in-he-be caned on as in Indiana, was rem wed by Prtdt Jat. j8ecorily io paf a dollar until tfiexpiration TACr "SC hC w"a!lf.f8tt,?r araoNl Mjthe IS years, and then only irrtbe con of $25,000 to Ihe povernment, ijnmwrtlj. ltrjUCncy, which i not even probable ! that standing Gen. I tosbh wis hislsecmity. Ui estad of j. C. St Harrison-will not be .tir p lU?.'Cu! J lbei nfWrm,t Slsufccient toia, the debt. J. a S. Harri tration I Behold thg barbinger of Harnsoji json's estate corisists of the 200 acres alreadv ana Reform !" f u 'In . 1 r .1 . rp,. r... , .-I . ! . . t It mentioned s received from the executors of the rittsburg iMercarv tri stvinc curre'l- ".1 . u 1 i i ? . -nri r .u v i 1 ' l,,ir-l the agrnt before alluded to, 4J00 acres of cy to the above slander, savs. m an phi- . . 1 j . . .,. - J0 .1. .. Tl!" .."ri, rs ,a,R ,and J,,?t opposite to Vincenne?, V- ----- m-I'm i.ep c0t Genera Harrison 15.000. Trr.ln yrtTMvW GeneralHa,riso Listed tipon a lien Treasury ; and further, that he abitf kejn rclained b tIie Government upon ihe profuse expend. mure which he Upght h s pr0 ert of lis son, and ihe provisions of son have probably done much more to m i tlj ien will be seen in the snnnxed law him a nscu ator than the nrerpnf nf iWAfi.pv. - 1 1. 1 . r General could -efXec 1 re 4 1 T T to keep htm out . of crzme." It is lhas that the despicable hacks of thje Government curry fjvot with their emp!?)- era. The party thin bel Gen. Harrison ; v it good polfcy to jf- the Locofoco Federal leaders commence the wamo on1 thW fWr! Af n ' .. , 1 - , , I j, iceunes, the following credits,, to take date from Congress lit the columns of the Globe, a;njl the re9pective tiiaeTke money was paid or the straightway a thousand mercenary pens hia services rendered by said receiver, viz. one in motion to prove tat the man, ivhase iL thousand fire hundred dollars fur bringing op . .. j. I , ... ii ... ?,f, the biks f Nathaniel Ewing, his nredtcesstir; tcgritij in civil life, knd skill ml the JiejL lvo u.ousand and fifteen dollars and four cents have become prov.crvial, is a knave and la Ini oot uodet a deed of trust from the Bank of coward. The edilol of the PiitsWg mU- VSieenne.with coatmisslon on the same.amonnl , . . it. ..." . : , II . fing to thirty-five dollars and nfiy one cents : cury, whether s!imlated oy the hopejf ant lhe s3ld acCouning officers are hereby au some extraordinary mark of favour frofn fthoriscd to settle and adjust any other claims of his patrons, or by ht&own inherent vileneiUi la'e feiver1rMcg from ihe discharge of 1 . . , . 1 1 ,lhi9 ofifial duty upon the principles of justice and we cannot say, not fatisfied with insin jvqili,vanfJ t0 crP(jii the amount thereof. ting that the venerable patriot $&icindm, 1 i"ee. i.- Jlnd be H further enacted, That, goes a Iilllelurlher, nd broadly hints lilt ftf,Pr ,he nnal addjustment of .said accounts, the 7. , .1, 1 , . . j.J ircreiaiy of ihe treasury is hereby authorised nis example raaoe pus son a flue. W speaK 01 tnese things not in anger, bu in t . V . . ( m Tr sorrow, bo lar as regards the subject of t slanders, we should lather iejojce, for ty only serve to disgust the honest mernbm of the Van Buren prty, and to; make pros elytes to the good cause ; bnt we are over whelmed with shaml when wej reflect lllit 1 these foul aspersers ire Americans v 1 .. t i L..i i.-i j ! If We have already Published some of tie particulars of the trinsactioii referred to an n the above extract ; but for the) purpose thoroughly exposing the black-hearted ns- oguny which wguiu impart to an act 01 iiie purest benevolence the aspect of crime, we transfer to our columns the subjoined state - m tin irwn uie unniinau ikepuoucan : , J C. S. Ilirruson. the eldest son of Geli Harrison became a defaulter tq the Govf nv ment as Keceiver of IPublic Mone? at Vilt- cennes. 1 ne manner in wnicii ne necame involved exonerates! his metnbrv from an? unworthy imputatioh . tie was prevauo upon by such insurances and evidences as ' any honorable man iighl coniljJe in, to i i- jj vance, tor a Iste Ifxtyan Agent,! tn ; Indiam. ! some $5,500. He was led tpnhelieve 1 the agent had the authority id : driw 1 jthe Department at .IVashing'tpn.JjTUte'l) mount, and, it so, tpe uoverf;ment woo be accommadated brhaving the funds de ; posited at VVasLington rather than L'nif- vine, u, tins sutn,iio wmcu; was anneojp large amount paid by young Harrison m nign inteipsi, ue received trom tne agfpt only 1,500 ; and since his death hisxe utors have spcured 1$ the estate of J. Cj Harrison 200 acres df land brr .White river J as the sole indemnity for the advance These things oqenrred, and J. C. Harrison died, just fter Gen, Harrison turned from the puhc service j abroad. South America. Hefsoon repaired to Wash ington, and urged uon UongreFS the p pn-ty of granting scjfrne indulgence to estate of J. C. S. Hairison, for the de which, instead of beine JS25.000. does rift exceed $6,000 or $7,000 reswtation of another high officer in vvli.rn the Government coiifided, married the oa v child of the heroiclPike-. who fell in tlie I arms of Victory at "tork, in Upper yna. i This chivalric Pikelwas the Son cf M'-Jir Zebulon Pike, of the Revolution; and cf tl ancestry of young I arrison lel'tbe eloque srieech of the callant Col. R.M. Johnsf rieech of the callarjt Col. R. 51. Johnspp testify. as it was opob this occasion, he an sveredthe questionj-' Who is General iM nsoo ?' I- -'.!- ;'- I I As an evidenced the tiighjeslimatiWl in whicbJ.C S. Harrison was held at V4 cennes, we pan' state! that his (jeath creafef an unexampled sensation at that; place, an the prominent citizens of both tpblitical j ties met and adopted resolutions ofjrond' lence which were difected to be' forwarded; widow and to his father ' Mr. Elthq I 7PU! the Editor of fine 'Western Sun, tl I ,! ? en 'tne je leadtnf! Jiaksotf fsspr, and now claim upon the-manantmity pr justice ff i?.'riai ed ftS X Viroinia Member of Con- 1 since I came into pooiic ne, - 1 Congas r.,i,Wd o .uktji, 4 !fgnss k;,S,ieir .0 P.;..lrh .h j one. JrC.SymmesIfornson.whohadbecoiTe ;!prpnrted to bethe whole of a letter from , f' m(icfh coeQce to the South. a defaulter through fthe fault and misrp- j (;en. Hrrison, but which was in reality a j , inulll.d io lh ephemeral iho vtuh t porting Mr. Van Baren, took an active part ' I ho petition ot airs Harrison, onlv child of Pike, was refened to a committee. of which JJr. Clay, the present Senator from Alabama, was one, and who advoca ted the propriety of relinquishing the f debt aUpgethet iii consideration of the claims of fOlen. Pike. The sense of Coneressiwas finally obtained, by a. resolution diretting that the estate of J. C. S Harrison should be entitled to an indulgence for 13 year?,' tO of which have et to rutn and that without interest. Thus the matter stands - PUI ioress, approFi;u oy iiiarewjaciisnn. ' AX ACT for the relief of Misi Clarissa B (t f I arrienn Be il enacted hj the, Senate and Ilmtse of Uepramtahves of the United states of Jlnitri- pcuontinor uffi-ersof theTrestsurv beaotherized & fdiriecied to allow the representatives of J. C. S. Harrison, late receiver of public money at Yin- Vtrtf,How iuthe legal representatives and heirs of piid receiver the-period of eighteen years to pay (tie amount viiich shall be found due from said receiver, icithovt interest, upon such terms as to -,ihe Seerciary of the Treasury shall be deemed .reasonable and eqnitahle by taking a lien hn the estate of said receiver, or soch other security as in his opinion will murH tl debt. I Approved, March 1S3L ' It is due tn the subject to state thatGe lneral Howard, now in Congress, from In- fdiana. and the Van Buren candidate Ar t.ovmor, was the U. States Attorney in the I Indiana to value the estate of J. C. S. Ilar trion, who reported that the 200 and G00 , inj 11 . u-.... ...v. .ww K ,...i.WM ! niTPij nf land were an smn!i indpmnitv fni the debt. I the mean time General How- ard has given authority to General Harrison to sell the house and lot in Vincennes, to go AO the support of the grjand children of the immortal Pike, who have been reared and ffJiirnfffd h tlift bounty nf Gt-n. Marii;on fa sacred duty which "the nation ought- to .,vft discharged. Truly, old Tippecanoe .La uuA nht il,o m, u ,a r.ibhoH itbe arinter hter he shints P GEN II A BR (SON'S II E F US A L TO A NSW KB QUESTIONS. The ; Van Buren Federalists are straw- V nerve i.,;tnake pot.ucal capital iing every d lout of Geo. Harrisoii's refusal lo answer sh hundred itumsand letters which are ad- ;dres?ed tiHttm with the professed purpose j0f geekino inronnutun concerning his pc i(caj npinions. Now it is well understood that General Harrisoii's opinions, upon all the great political questions which interest the people of this country, are well known. iThey have been fully expressed time after time', and have been 'frequently referred to by him as giving .an exposition of the opin- Ana ifl!mr.tfrtamPff jV lln. OUCH UCIItg : the case, is it surprising that he should re- tose to senu iuswnuie ... letiers which are written ny enemies disguise, for the purpose 01 treacnerous.j toriiiring the answersagamsl him. We have recently, had an instance of W11.W PTtrnrl.k i li-ji how do ttiese Jackson-Van,Buren Federalists make such an outcry against Ann lit evefia 'hi.u... ;r,. M.7a opinions nave been It Pen Harrison, wiith tl icridol. Gen.Jark. , ay -son, from hose feel they have licked the J , abure.aU the syopi- liUSl. UaS pUISUCU A Bllllliai -wu,v .,i . It. Aritl K. ? The following is an extract from a yr wr;Ue bv Gen. Jackson to teUoven.- 0j in(jiana r ! Ieii5tage, Feb, 29. 1023.. 1, Sir tI have had the honor to receive yrir excellency's letter 01 .j.-T.ici it aonears. with a view of ascertaining my opiciona on certain politi cal tnpsrs. The reject."' which I entertain for the r .... .1 1 1 v p nd Senate o your Mate, ex- r hides fr m toy nitnd the idea that unfriend iv dispotiiiun dictated the luterrogitones :y -From the Charleston, Courier TOTIIE CITIZENS OF CHARLETO:;j WHO COMTOSED THE MEETING 03 0th" I.; 7. FeUovCtii:ens.n the address &r A I ? you at the late meeting', you rvneured in sn n ; of injustice to me, which I am pt'rsy" ' !, r,: suited entirely from the haste and neccs? iry lI senee of scrutiny, incident to soch tHcasi r.s and In'rcgaid to which, my sgre at rff prr. f : yon and, perfect knowledge that yon u S r ' : w il (i n'y coo n teas nee a ny n nm er i e J i t p . t 4 lion upon tne. prompts me to, undceeivo yr.i. I refer id the following passage : ; s ' So close is the intimacy between the 0; sirion an.1 the-Abolitionists thai evrn in . Halls cf Congres!?, when the clearest and 1 r vers?lly acknowledged rights of the Sou;h z: under discussion, the pnolic servants ef ths cr:z -try are found silently deserting their to r -void a feclaraiior) tif onduiihied rijht, tV '. mght offend their Aboliiin Confp ierate. Nay, So powerful seem the ifcflaerca of this a!;;:: and so closely does it appear InWnvoten n it : hostility to H'utherq IrKStitn''ins, that cpe i v quest ion of vital importance lo the South, i:: onr own Senators it missmj fioin hi pfacn, z. one' half the constitutional voice of the isat : : ? lost tj'herIscpport.,,;r-'ijl.':. -r" - On the occasion alTndedto I vas accrer-!5.!!; a?d unintentionally absent from rry sat in ;f Senate, having fully intended at)d ijciitc J : j L v present .' -. This unrquivncal declaration -m'tt rclirx ? me from funner remarks o'jxm thii subject, b it I trbstyoQ will pardon tne fotedding a few '. servaiions, nhich, if,tbe circoms'anccs o( '--meet inn had permitted jroa tj 'eorsidt r, 1 wc-u'-.l fiave been relieved from the necessity of nr..!; ing No one can doubt how I would have vc'.f ! had I boen present therefore no one could hav.v been deceived or conciliated by my abst-nc. The address insinuates thl 1 declined to ir. cord my vote, under Ihe influence " of an al!l ance calculated to produce hostilitv lo; Mouther ri institutions and fo avoid giving offence to A1.- - lition confederates., I tie question under cr, russioi. instated to be one ot the V clearest nr. ! universally ticlsnmeledspd rights of the Sou ' h ona of " ufttfon&fecf ,righi.''v -These epithet 3 a r t most correctly applied-the pTopvsition, rn the clrorcst," universally "actoiotfkJrreuV' and wtdvnbted"-9.td' being so I eou!d f -. , . have feared tn assVrljhetn Nothing won!.! t gained in an qnarr by declining to assert ecc-'i-Troths"; and my State cannot, have suffered a r y mateital Ufrs" by the" absence of Dne vote on piopositio'ns carried unanimously; ; A moment's rt fleet ion; would have satH." I you, fellow citizens, how vain, jf I hnd I rr n weak enough to desire it, would, hare been s paltry ad e v ieeC t o ob t ni ri fur ra e t h $ f i v o r ti h y opinion otViheAbalittopts ISIy course in re ference; U them hasisnol been cquivjcal or cu-' knqwn. U is n,5itinkqown, the winsiderattun! in which-1 Iwld lhem, of they hold rne. Pat! !j Sn eonseqnenee.of an exWgg"fated acniiunt of dec larations, made, I hate been Jhe subject of ihf 1 r bitter and continued vi tube rat i-j in - all btir yt pers and public proceedfns. It were an ihsiarc of greater weakness, than I thinlcvyon -i!l ut tribute to me, to expect to tnitigats neh a (V 1 in; by declining to assert twdotifci nd undis puted truths. ; ! That I could have done so: in obedience to any. party connection or purjxme, i disjinct'v nn i conclusively negatived by Ihefact that Cx v. O.ittendek, Ciwiyton, Dixon, Ilr.NDF.r.s and AJF-aracK. weie present and votel. Io v -can supp.'se that I could have a party purp'-:: drrTerent from andopjosed to these" rgentteroe;;1, that I could void or could wish to avoid a r ' reaponaibilitjTwhicli lhse gentlemen tf.o-,-. nt to assume. With these notorion f ets standing all z'm this transaction, it is obvicmsly impossible t f eonld have been iiifluenced by the .motive juriously assigned to me. I 1 do not. fellow citizeosi arid I hare no o complain of (however much 1 may refct) ' Cf'iiurp 01 my -punncai " ..n acconut of suh, would Jnol have irono rc v -.villi this address, but the imputation of a 1 i n sed avoiding of my duty, from soch iricr ?-' - i motives, docs not only autrioi ze Duioemaf a " p j I sbould repel it, in ihe mot cmphaiie tern j brivz ottorly without foundation, p!aai.!.i!ii v j P')?sibiliv. I am a Southern man, a ! er.a South Carolina Senator, p!etgfd by ev $ j r t ntercst. bv every public duty, by a!) t! j ;fnJpuMJ t,. loan un-r.;-' Hi-zing waregaiost .this wickid , fanartf irt t- iherefore.if it were true or -had. tne sria1-" ' truth that, for any purpose - whatever, I hn.j fr .m the rebuke of it whenever it cunld be r. ked, I should be gmtty or ft delinquency no candid man will.deliberately attnhuie to r I well know to what extent, the binetness of? -ly spirit will believe, ' '.assert ihe exhumr -) ! wHke-l purpose in the booms of it advisin u but my respect for the honor and intelltf r, and characterise generosity of the ciiiz: s ' Charleston, will nl allow' m to suppose t! : they can put such a construction cpon my duct. '' - ' ! -" . ! And here, gentlemen, I mht rest this rnM- . . . ... -oof DrofdiD hsve imphca J'M wlt!l a re general charge of hicb ihi.ih m snmesoM a s pencation. Ijbiyoonodu'g-ncr-, i l.ile I say a word in regard to this u:cre ge - i rai topic. ' ' ; - - j i.j hn n bpiitfo puipn'so .! f- lar I ..,cc;n nf i,htical ttrngfflef X or lo bftrr i j ca!ch word, oferopy ftoie, flung backwardi j f,;ard. itb 1 and JHl t hies and purposes of party ; union 00 this suj ject, so ail importanr. can only ba prescrreu My admitted and rerosoiied differences in pcHi M. fall into i ninent danger, when .jerm.t our.Ues 10 suppose lhat a portion oftte voutr, ho differ with us on the Presidential-e ccu- n, are therefore -h-fils t Sootbern n Thesilety of thie insiiiutiuns is a pararn.u-t eorJideratioo with all theraeans uf ice; Pf.,hio- hat saiety are ihe legitimate suhjpct u d fferme ef opinion eo which difference.-tn va ries degree, muit, io th; nature of r ,st Vu, fellow-cititens i.fa decured jcc? . fr tt.la irrMt inierest : otner c;ti- ... .. slave-holding state of Virginia W, m Us bi,. mil -il:i:l- I I" -;. ?g I " . -. v? rl l:-:i r 1 ,a-.: 1 :
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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