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r t -4 - r -1 . 'p. t -I Sinuhr: PJienomenaVurins the last - . t . . . - Ji few veeks various singular j appearand 11 have oeeniK omercni nines visiuje iuhc heavens. About a fortnight ago. a star belonging to. that class of physical pheno mena generally known.; Dy tne name 1 v Kind fracmen r esling at all limes, to watel lena of the celestial sphere, r.-ii th circumstance that so tar asrmooern . rf ilpfprminpfl ihpv 'pTprriw science has )ctdetermidhe ,(W ,vvMTy--: . j ! opeptions of lheJrrrcstriaI-Uorl(J. WitH mn ioc penuu ui Buy- istry called info the field . to indulge our isianu urtiu u tuciKBuvuiii ifa- c.ih- speculations respecting comets, aurora be- reans, snooxing 5iars, anu various omqr appearances of a singular and remarka- Die nature, ana u vfs juage irom ine im- mecliAte nast. thpV will reauire in ordcrtb ; exercise their ingenuity, to keep awakfe during the night for a considerable time S further. On Saturday evening last, or ra , J therfearly on Sunday morning, anotBet ' j phenomena made its appearance in the ! sk;, if . possible more strange than any i which have of late preceded it. A globe of pre, apparently of the dimensions of of gooa-sizca oauoon, was ODserveu loniove about from position to position, making itaj i appearance now; in one place, now in an-j other. . It might be. seen at one moments blazing with all the crimson lustre of the sun as it sets in an autumnal sky, in ano ther shining vyith a full, clear, andburn ished light, irradiating the whole ajrial vault. Sometimes stationary, it would all of a sudden change its position, and locatej jitseit upon a spot at a consiaera.Die ais anee. iHere acain it Would rcmainora few minutes, when, as if tired of the quar j Iters ii t Fad chosen, migrate without fur her ceremony to another. Alternately v (he! subject of these appearances, it re- mape'd for nearly an hour,.when, in a se Cond, becoming detached from the spot on which it was fixedit flew withA tremen dous S;efocity through the. sky, and took Refuge behind a dark and murky cloud. -T. ''.': r';'--i- Jersey Times Sore Throat. We have known sever al instances in, which this distressing com- pilaint, even in its worst stages, has been immediately alleviated, jand speedily Cur eid by the following remedy, Mix a pen nyworth of pounded camphor with a wine glass full of brandy, pour a small quantity oti a lump of sugar, and allow it to dis solve in the mouth every hour. The third orpurlh'generally enables the patient to swallow with ease. So says an exchange paper. , ' ' " 1: The effects of Schtsm. Bishop Soule says; that there has been a decrease of I 45,435 members in the northern section of the JMethodist church the past year, and an increase of 0,703 in the Southern sec tion' while the total increase of the prece- year was id,ovv. iieaescrioes u to . the contention and strifes that have rent J'jtHe hurcb': - -- X;: 'Vatawbal County. The Superior Court f adjourned on Tuesday evening, without tanceV..-.' ' ' ' .. ' he fown i of JCewton seems to) improve rabidly,! as well in the number as the com modious arrangement of its buildings." So soon as their houses are painted, and the Jail and Court House completed, the peo ple, pL Catawba may boast a very-pretty town, and enterprising citizens. Besides, I Jtsj-excellent water, its contiguity to Wil lfojigs, and other Springsrender it very agreeable as a summer residence. All bit- .i terness on local matters tpwarchy Lincoln 1 ton seems to have given wny to better : feelings, and to lead the candid to indulge j a belief, that ere a twelve-month elapses, 1 all will be settled to the general satisfac- . tion,' and the people be united as of old, if j not in one or two counties, at least in one ' interest. . ' Wo take no part, editorially, in the lo t cal differences that have existed, and ful- l lyjaccbrd the use of our columns to all. 1 Lincoln Courier, j .Church Music. The New York True srSn says that Dr. Ilodgcs, an English or 1 ganist and music doctor, is training 10 boys in singing for the Episcopal Church ! esreicht for Trlnitv. and four enrh for laiiing pitinciSf ,, , f j Ai Trv Koch, aid which is called the remains Chief Justice ot inepwiw.juren.n?.u.i thejnlhts ofSt. Heliera, and after Jfa gi gantic serpent, is pronouncedly holds. - -" , caerin the anatomists of boston to'have belonged vord about Mr. jrf minuteSr it was observed to descend rii-, X rt nriA nnimfil in 4The fewer we praise in this world the better. Sdly lo'thfc Vartb. bning into a,. hop. SMhti.'feliS: MnDKuUjH'iW.f? n?i iliif niTnlf ts. It is curious and 4intet- J"il "rl "i ; :i " fu- firmness his unbendiug aanerence 10 wnat ae StT PaulV and St. John's to sing sopranoi TV r Ven Per80nal ntercourse. Hence and, alto. men. bf course, sinmncr thi-K.1 tor1hP non-intercourse ensued between these '.J- -A" ' ' 0 0 "r"" i t Female singers are to be entirely dis I Insed witb. ;This is in imitation of the cathedrals of the Church of England. d. Broke his heck. .A I rprson county, was thrown from his horse , ,. -.' - , . . vt - on Saturday night last and tilled. Harris was' returning home from Roxborough, .. -and was drunk, as usual; was riding very -I sta?mosen do when they have t purrs m the headland waslhrown or i iterally.tumblcd ofT his horse; his head 1 - hitting a tree which brdke his skull or i neck, perhaps both Drunkards! behold u iuu ciise anoiner warning midorf bloody catalogue of intemperance ! But yorWon't be warned 1 Then go ahead 1 Milton Chronicle. ' - " DCTWe have been for some time )m. Pressed with the conviction that the sys- Kf- ayvertingwpeculia J e beheveo the Americahiressl-is full 0USbt t0 entirely aboU ished. It works great injury to publish ers, and impairs the vigor and value of newspapers to an extpn? : J those yvh tun to it. It isthis system which enlarges the newspapers, Without, ealatgin thei f.Y" luwcoonig mcir imerestr an ef- .if--f iwuk ..-.in ; j-i- . may wni uc cuinparea to drorv- "! H caicuiaiea wunout nis host, whea he VI:L":a.nd ils abolition wopld be alike beL u!f0ea he bad got an incumbent in the Treas . Cla our fopinionao -publishers and t'aiCrW -; the public,; whether eaors-or adyertis-lcotS St11 lbat flowed. Mr. Duane pr We invite the attention of the pro-" 2 hetaI-xwl Nrff en fim thepbsi. htesiori ta the Wbject.-?tVA, Wmes; exffiAeii; Jackson Wed th" I. '. . . J VCXfpent,i vain., netold him,iaoneofhii 3 Tf. I.. lTvtTinr ITlcr:tA WiK.' l&her of the Midnicht Crv" in N; York; and the founder ol the - Miller Taberna- ti, i t3sAti 1 !o nntir i ini,,. tar w ir Hailowell andits Vicinity preaching that t th Second Advent w l! L in 1847. -. . "r. -- -- - - - - The Great Ibssil Skeleton exhibited by 1 bc'"1 namiai next npmoerex ineir proceeuingsa luu&ccouni cf the nrocesi by vhich it would" seem that f lTvArnrhr" h Up onn,fr,.fprl ml Exhumalion of an Ancient Skeleton. A . i friend just from Kentucky, informs the iN. xprn rtiinoi, inav agemieman in urging a ivell on his plantation 900 feet Above xne ivemucKy river, iounu at me uisiauuc ofilO feetbelow tho surface, beneath a sbIvfng rock, the entire skeleton of a man. evidently. not of the Indian race. This we conceive another argument in favor of the thejbry that this country was peopled long before the time of Columbus, with a race did i net from the Indian, and by whom probably the mounds, so common all through the South and West, were con- sirycicu. J be last patent medicine "got up." is called "Fairfowrs California Vegetable Pi Irs." -Another is in preparation, not quide out yet, to be called the Ichaboe Guanoriai Lozenges," designed for dwarfs andmnder-srzed men and women, posses- sing extraordinary powers in prouuem growth. o SCRAP OF POLITICAL HISTORY. Correspondence of the National Intelligencer. New York, October 8, 1845; I said, in my last, that the springing of a mine ibe( under the city could not have aston the people of Washtngton more than the sudden return home of General "Jackson. He had outstripped thc mail in his journey, and letters or newspaper had heralded his move. ments. The inquiry there, as well as every where else, was, what has brought the Presi- iidentlback ? Mr. Duane asked the Question of Mr. IIcLane. Mr. McLane asked it of Mr. Duarie. The Cabinet were ignorant. All s - that yas known was the art that the Presi- ficju fvus uuch. ourmises were rue ; out wnen it was known that Mr. Van Buren had return ed w;th him, those who kaew the General's phobia on tho subject of removing the Depos ites feared the worst. What was surmised soon became reality. Me. Van Buren was himself thefirst to an tiounco to the members of the Cabinet what the Pi-esident had returned for, and that he him seJt had yielded to the measures. AH that passed between Mr. Van Buren and his friends oh that occasion cannot be known ; but it is khow l that from that day the ties ofVfriendsbip whicl had bound him and Mr. McLane togeth- ur were severea, ana ijom mat interview, it his always been understood, dated Mr. Mc Lane p determination to quit the Cabinet. No man in the Cabinet commanded more of Gen. Jackspn'd sincere regard and respect than Mr. McLane. Gen. Jackson did not hesitate to say sq himself, and to declare that nothing gave hfm more pain than to find Mr. McLane differ nK from him in opinion. No man had more urifoinly lauded Mr. McLane than Mr. Van Dlireii; but the iron will of General Jackson roust je gratified, and, whoever else might be crushed by resisting 4t, Mr. Van Buren meant tofstajid out of the way, and sacrifice principle and previously.settled opinions and friends, rath-er- than jeopard the good opinion of Gen. Jack, son. - Jit vas stated in the Executive organ at the tirie hat Mr. Duane was the only member of thf Cjabinet opposed to The removal of the de pojsites ; and a conspiracy was formed, in which Mf. McLane had reason to believe Mr. Van Bijre jt was concerned, to draw him into an ac quiescence in the correctness of that statement, which would have been not only at variance with Jhe truth, hut false to his own honor, and to h4 colleague, Mr. Duane. Of thL act of in. fidf lify on tho part of his trusted and intimate frienq, Mr. McLane has never made any secret, any rpore than of the fact that it had placed be- t e s - - IUIUI V iwpn inem an impassaoie barrier to ail futu sworn In Orn friends, which n suhaennont itmn f thej Vice President could overcome. Of their absolute alienation the public is not now to be infirrnAft Dn iC tl t i de$j the substantial . TT v" "v " uvio ue any, woo may tionfbe. the burden of showino- th trtIA fallen of the rupture between them. f its . . . ' a - But this will not be authoritatively denied. lier was oneman in Washington whom the President's sudden return filled with regret, but not, jvit h dismay ; who was deeply interested in the cause of his return whn LnmnJ t, of h j - uku mc vAuse s return ; who learned the cause with sor but wilh unflinching firmness and resolu. That man was William J. Duane. row, tion retary of the Treasury. Long before his ap. poirameni to tbe Treasury, he had been inti. mat! with Mr.McLaue. They were, of course, rotjdu topther while the President was absent, andicould not fail to have conversed ranch on jnjfereat question of that time, the removal of mLT8' ey perfectly agreed in senti. Sion nr,VCilhe rac" unlawful, an in. SEf tW h o and in every re Pf1l nSnd disastrous. J tSliSf!"0 hia Pinion on Principle, l tlVr m" amazement, that a y Huipn .oughtm intmiew wilh Mr-Dbin "f HttU caicuiaieu wunout nis !.!Lt:iti ut lner ingenious arrangement gives the specially from k-w.,iif Be,.a. H - i oyucaiauw m 111c wmwio u t aactciuu ui I rnmrnnniixilinnc. that If he iWOuld Yield tO his wishes it would be one of the happiest day of nje. uui m r. " rrv I nles and fell bv themJ : He was ejected from Me'Su General, was put in his plce.; He obeyed the i Pr.Mni'fl nrrier. and remoyea me oeposns. He was afterwards rewarded with the place of considered bis official duty anby principle : his resistance ot me seauciiTe inuuence or power and Datronaee r hi& rehisal to listen to toe earn est and personal emreaues oi wncrai wac- LOIlr have placed himi in the opinion of his . w rriends, Mas much aoove an praise as ; is above the need of it."! He! has earned by his Jntriiir th rnmiintioW of an honest man : and the dav will come, it is hoped, woe n nis coun trvme wimi j0 him iusHce. , i ' s - . ice. . - I LM OBSERVER. r w a CAL3 THE CAROLINA WATCHMAN. salisburyTnTcJ 5The attention of Postmastej-s is respect- fully called to the letter below, frohi the second Assistant Postmaster General to Col. Philo White, formerly of this place, but I now Editor of the Racine Advocate: i ! Post Office Department, (copy Appointment OfJicctSept. '18, 1845. Sib : In jeply to A-our letter of the 3d inst., you are informed that it is the duty of a Post master to inform Publishers when their papers or pamphlets are not taken out of his office : and he is authorized to frank the letter, it being strictly on the business of bis office. Very respectfully your ob't. iserv't. W. MEDILL, 2d Asst. P. M. Genl Philo "White, Esq. Racine, Wis. Ter'y. COME TO THE RESCUE. At the suggestion of several good citi zens, we give notice that on Thursday of November Court, the 6th day of the month. there will be a meeting held at the Court House, in Salisbury, forf the purpose of making a public expression on the subject of Candidates treating before elections. lmS ,Sttmmier m wuicn ail gOOU Clll- zens should take a hand, of whatever par- ty, or distinction. Nay, these things should not even occur to the mind, when it is pro- f 7 v v ouvu uiagiiuuw, an evu irom wnicn nows no good to any ft P !! .. candidate, or to anvcommunit v. but which all Mnrlilv nAmit c r : j vi. iw auuuS aim wnicn 11 hepiup must prove dangerous to liberty itself. Gentlemen. Lawvers. Doctors. Maoris- trates, Merchants, Mechanics 'tis not ne- cessarj' to multiply words about a thing wnicn every nody in their cool judgment ii r . k i condemn? Let's meet oh Thursday next. and give the practice a mark, and be done with it it hasdisgraced Rowan long enough. 0"The Editor of tne Wilmington Chroni- etc, in his paper of the 22d savs. that as soon as arrangements can be made, he will issue the Chronicle twice a weeki A! weekly paper will also be printed as is now the case. A gentle, man of ability will be associated with the pre. sent Editor in the new undertaking. Success we say to our Whig frieads bf the Chronicle. May they be amply rewarded for their trouble and expense. I he Ruling Passion, Jacor Cotton. whose love of whiskey,1 according to his own confession, led him to the gallows, we under- stand went off in an intoxicated state. The doggeries lost a customer vhen he died not oejore. lie took several heavy drinks in the ,cw uuur8Ju uexore nanging, and u' lh v .l,nL j j i - -.v? cuuug,. io siano, aroppea into eternity having previously recanted the whole confession published jin our last, and sta ted what every body believes to be false, that he alone committed the cr mes for which ho died. j WELL DONE OHIO ! We have not yet received complete returns rom the late elections in this State, but from those already received, we are perfectly safe in saying that ihe Whigs of the Buckeye State have gained a great triumph over Locofocoism and every other ism. The Ohio State Journal says : In the Senate the majority will not be ess than six, and in the House it will not be less than ten, and may reach sixteen or eighteen ! Last year our majority was sixteen on joint bal- ot ; the year previous there was a small Wbi majority in one House only; and for many years previous to that time, With a single Exception, there was a Locofoco majority in both branch. es of the Legislature. Our progress is onward ! Ohio is Whig throughout all her borders, from river to lake. We have gained in tbe popular vote in nearly every county, and if there was a contest for President next week, with the roan of our choice to lead the;noblo. Whig legions, we should count our majorities by tens qfthous. ands I Honor, honor to the trail nt tin A unfit t terina 'Whin rof Ohio!" I ' - ' 3 Floridai iTaUM the 14th contains returns frbm! nearly nil the differ. ent counties, which shew a fallinV off in the Locofoco vote of over a thousand. : Taking this statement asan Index? to' what is tq follow; it appears almost certain that AlrCabilU.Whig, has defeated,Brockenbrough, Loco. The lif. ference, however, either way," can; be but a small number bf votes, sajKeae hundred or less. & " rrUE TEXIAN ARMY AND NAVY. - -f There is some spectdation i going on as to the provision to be made for' the Officers of the Ar my land Navy f.TexasTIt i3 contended that it Would beunjust to turn adrift men who'had by ithefr valor "obtained J such Ian Recession of Territory :to" our Union. rA Washington corres-: pondent of the Journal ot Commerce says J.-r la.m that the ifficer of the Texian Na vy will probably be taken into the service of the United States, f x nis, t unueruiau is uv wwu tion of the President. - Of course, tha nomina on bv the Senate. -'- Commo do Moore - wilL it is believed, bo nominated. either as Post Captain, or for a lieutenant, which rank he held when he resigned, tor tne purpose of entering the Texan service." We should bo glad to know says the Peters burg Intelligencer, if Commodore Moore's rank is to be of the date when he left our service, and if so. what will be said by officers who have remained in their country's service to be ingi thus outranked and thrown back by one who voluntarily, and for the purposes of his own am bition, left his country's service to engage, in thai of a Foreign Nation ? v When Commodore Moore joined the Texan Navy, Texas was to us a Foreign nation, and we lean conceive of no claim that he or his friends can prefer to enjoy the benefit of a com mission which he voluntarily threw up, and to j claim precedence over meritorious officers, who havje remained faithful to their country's ser vice, and who were cor&fcnt to work their way to high rank. Oi"The subjoined letter, published in the Philadelphia U. S. Gazette, contains statements which will be read with concern. It is under date of ! Washington, Oct. 18, 1845. I hear a good deal of gossip, much more than I th)nk it worth while to write to you, and some which may be interesting to you and your read ers-U not that 1 can vouch fat any Cabinet mat ters, but can assure you that what I tell you I hear from, what I call, good authority. You lemember that about the time Mr. Mc Lane was starting for England, the Globe took occasion to say that he war not a special min ister, but was to take Mr. Everett's place. 1 bis, then, led to the inquiry ' where would be the place ! of negotiation between the British and American agents !' At Washington. Why, then, should Mr. McLane be in London, if he was to be identified with the negotiation at Washington ? It would be better, it is said, r ljum ; his influence with the British Minis er in London would be more effective, than mucll fo lha nnH-H.Icinfr -.nnw for lh nrn. Lgress. Mr. McLane has more than once ask. ted permission to return. Why ? Among oth- - i 1 1 . ' 1 ! V f""5 OPCause n; 'not emrusieo wnn in- ihe most imnortant nart of his m s nn ? nnr if 1. . r is thought that means have been used, or are to be Used, to induce him to leave London. The means belong to the administration. What are - r n....k r., - j l opposed to he reduction of duties, especially those on iron. The President and Mr. Walker 13 for turmoil, and for a reduction of duties. If 2 1 "ocl,iian.c" l,e.nt,Posea . nt to the SiinrAmA Hpnh ho will mpn ns trnnl.lo tn. tk Cabinet in its arrangement of the tariff, and he ..i i v will not be in the way to force out of the annu al messa2e of 'he President, any thing which .W.' 5,! that soon after the opening of Congress, some administrationmember will propose a series of resolutions which shall smack pretty strongly f f1 determination on the part of this Govern- ulcf 1 lo ,nssl " 18 u,m?sl cia,ms In ugon territory, and to insist on them in such terms, and with such fervor, as shall (the resolutions havinir befn adopted,) close the negotiation.! ! If any body should say (tho Union far exam. pie) that these events will not happen, I can on ly feply nous vcrrons with regard to the future, but tces vari with regard to tbe past. I have not a doubt that what I say of the intention of this administration is strictly correct ; that Mr. McLane hAs written home, asfl say; that Mr. Buchanan has been seriously urged to retire to the; Bench ; that bad feeKngs relative to Oregon are desired, and the means I have stated really purposed. But it may be that something will transpire to prevent such results, but no thanks to the powers that be.' OT" Potomac," the Washington correspon- de. of lhe.R.IlimArw P:lf , . utm . , 1 ' " " VMV V, 20th inst., says : l fThe glorious Whig triumph in Georgia, and tliet present prospect of a most thorough route of locofocoism in Ohio, operate like shower bajhs upon the administration ! Still it is go ing on with its schemes to re-establish the odi ous sub-Treasury, which James K. Polk used to denounce so severely in Congress, and break down the present admirable tariff. Well, let the work be consummated ! Why should not the majority have their own way 1 For one, I rejoice that James K. Polk bids fair at last to come out on the tariff and let the whole peo ple see precisely where he stands ! ? It is foreshadowed that he and Mr. Walker will recommend a horizontal 20 per cent, ad va lorem Tariff. Good ! Let it beadopted, and let the people see how it iciU icork. Let the Pennsylvania Locofocos feel Us advantiges, while it is destroying the business of the iron workers of that State, and yielding to the Gov ernment not more than from thirteen to sixteen millions of revenue a little more than half enough perhaps to meet the nation's current ex. peases ? The chief regret is, that the working classes should be compelled to suffer in conse quent of this Locofoco revolution of one of tbe best and most fortunate measures for the busi ness of the country that the wisdom of our law. givers ever devised." A Washington letter states that a caul cus of the Tennessee Legislature is to be held, for the purpose of addressing a letter to the Pre. ident, requesting him to offer himself for a te condjennjjf this TU jso, it will give MrPolk an opportunity to state explicitly that he will not be a candidate. " ' ' ; ' I ) Forty fee 'IIundred.The prosecution of Puncan and Underwood, i for the Vurder ,cf Peden orPevton. -we 'understand, mtt TVilU -iT-f county forty-fire hundreddollars,' . 4 W ' J WWW 'V V " f The subjoined paragranlv taken'frorrt; i no v. y aauingion Correspondence f;ot tne Jpornatofoi some interest, not to the' slaveholding! portion of the United States only, but ta all the freemen who compose the opula-: tion of our" country. We do not doubt the" authencity .of this information T knrfTif the. writer has any.j further br more Jpar- Mvuai Miiwiiuatiuituu ouujecv, we in vite him to reveal itNaU IniZ , Correspondence of the. Jour, of Commerce. -I ..Washington, October 20, i 845. Mr. Calhoun, towards the close of the late Administration, despatched an agent to the island of St. Domingo, for what par ticular objects itwas not known. He was paid out of the secret service fund. This agent (Mr. Hogan) has returned, and made a voluminous, and, as I understand, an interesting report, which will, probably! at some time, see the light. It is conjec tured that it relates? chiefly to the condi tion of the Spanish portion of the island, and the situation and prospects of the Do minicans ; their war with the Haytiens ; the policy of the English and French Go vernments in regard to them, and to the slaveholding portion of the West India is lands generally, &c. It has been suppos ed that the British Government, and per haps the Government of France also, will take such a course as will aid the entire abolition of slaverv in this island, and. in. y - - deed, in all tle Spanish and French is lands. The subject is one of some inter est to the slaveholding portion of the Uni ted States. FAT PICKING. A New York letter, published in the Nation- aL Intelligencer, makes the following extraordi nary statements : Whenever, in the opinion -i . the appraisers, an invoice is ten per cent, he low the value of the goods, the act of 1842 "lev. ies an adililional duty of fifty per cent, over and above the regular duty. Now, what do you suppose becomes of that fifty percent, duty when collected ? I presume you will answer, Why, it goes into the Treasury !" Not so. According to the construction given to the law, it becomes the property of a joint.stocfcj&mpa. y, viz : I7nce Sam one. half, the Collector, Na. val Officer, and Surveyor the other one-half, which half is divided equally among the three. The next question is, do these duties, thus levied, amount to much money ? -According to returns in the last quarter, they were about $20,000, and may be estimated at seventy thousand dol lars a year, unless the system be in some way changed. lou will observe that in assessing this addi tional duty of 50 cent., tbe Collector has but lit. tie to say or do except collect, and see that the sum total is fairly and honestly distributed among the parties interested, not one of whom has any labor to perform. READING HIM OUT. The Washington Union of the 22d ult., says : The southern press, as well as our private cor respondence from South Carolina, protest a gainst the course of the Charleston Mercury." They deny, positively, that the journal in ques tion is the true exponent of the democracy of South Carolina. We have two letters from that State, which explicitly declare the prevailing sentiment ill South Carolina to be aiiabiding confidence in the course of the President. We understand that Mr. Calhoun expresses a simil ar feeling; andthatnone but a few fiery and restless spirits pretend to entertain the slightest gouois aoout ttio course ot the rresident ! In fact, we see but one press, which pretends to be republican, that seems to countenance these un worthy and unfounded suspicions about Mr Polk, or about this paper; and that press is the S. Carolinian," published at Columbia, whose ed- J itor whilst in Washington, and whose Washing. ion correspondent, nave bcenjnlected by the sin ister inffuenpe of tho same miserable cabal which has misled the councils and ruled the co lumns of the 44Charleston Mercury. As for our selves we can assure these worthies that their designs will fail of accomplishment. UNION AND HARMONY. While the Washington ' Union," tbe organ of the entire Democratic party of the nation, is proclaiming war against the Tariff of 1842, the Harrisburg "Union," as the organ of the Democracy of Pennsylvania, is active in itsde fence. The last number of the latter "Union" says: "The public voice is speaking through the columns of the press in many portions of the State in .favor, of j holding a Convention at this place, on the 10th of next month, to take into consideration the! important subject of the Tariff. We like the idea much, and, as citi sens of Pennsylvania, feel anxious that it shall he carried into effect, eertairr that much imtiA would flow from it." Nat. Intelligencer. p. ' ; : 1 . - -f Mike Walsh, in his last "Subterrane an," remarks that anf eminent Locofoco holding fvo good offices is now pushing fbrjlegister, andddslj " Three such offices at a time wouldn't be very bad to take. If such grasping and insatiable avarice can be called democra cy,! would like to know what, in the name of heaven, they consider federal ism.' Rather green that question, Mike! A man who works steadily, lives prudently, sleeps contentedly, envies no man, reads what is going on regularly, sends his chil dren to good schools week-days and takes them to church Sundays, never wishing for office, and always :j voting just as he thinks best for the country, is pretty cer tain to be branded a Federalist. It is not a bad name, however, '. if you liave sense enough to understand it. Tribune. A New Feature inr Cattle Shows. At the, recent Agricultural Fair' in Burling ton, Vt.; Mr.; L. Chase presented for pre mium three pretty! female children, two and a half years' old, born at a birth 1---The Committee on iJfyusehol(fcMdriufac tures awarded him 14whichwas volun tarily; contri buted byihe; pldl bachelors present; who said they considefed him a legitimate object of charityi 5: 'Ji h i TIIEORV OF rREE TnXnt- pyrites to a friend in the United Rf!S?en? compJainsTat fteelrade is not advocJl i ' in this country with snffi.;... aicj and vehemence. s An extract of hiTt ter is published in the Charleston itr ry, a3 follows : . r As res'pects the actual tcmAu r 1 J ' public mind in the U.StaBsZMh ft' tion of free trader fear your acco65 too true. , And most discouraging are find ayoung people who hare eaJ kingsstate-churches, and hereditaWi islators, should have retained theiT stance of despotism in the midst lr .1 . forms of republicanism bv elinl!th?p old monopoly system of Europe inLl!j! worst features. 5 The ' AmirJ,, "s !cpy atures-Tfae American, ufV? S1 ineir iorm oi ; government- h4 fhey,h5ve to n thattrue iVeedom is unknown in a country where indastrvl not free. Switzerland is after all the on ly really free country, custom-houses tW being unknown, From what I have see! of your free-trade orators, I fear the souJ faith which we are preachinghai notbS promulgated in the Ui a&Mr.CairSr party are evidently the most thorough ti ing free-traders, but even they appear to sanctionprotection by the incidence of rev enue duties, if they do not exceed 20 tU f-cent. Now this is wronfr- Th- pie of protection could be attacked, ani the free traders ought to repudiate every protective duty. The public mind eav not be roused to enthusiasm -upon "tmy thing short of a simple and easily defiaed principle. No foreign artkle, which is al so the product of the United States, jKouId be subject to a duty, unless the same iit of duty was levied upon the home grow article. For instance. Tea. CoffeA I at! of I Wines m5Sht, be xed because they ntQ i tint nrrkniil at Krvrri Itnf nnt ! Woollen JManulactures, which are also home product ions. j Anyr thing short of this is monopoly ; and, in his almost revolution ary speeches, is after all the advocate of a moderated system of monopoly. There will be little enthusiasm in favor of free trade until the principle be better unde stood."" ' ;it"' :- -."'a In publishing this the Mercury approves of the doctrineit lays down, and says :-7 "The writer is undoubtedly correct in his definition of free tradef but tp carry odIV his. idea we must give up our system of supporting the Government, exclusively by taxes on commerce. . We. must resort to direct taxation and ;' that we fear is impossible. Hence wo are content to de fine a revenue duty, as that whichis most -productive 10 the treasury withjeast op- pression to the people," It is well enough that the relative posi tions of the two extreme sections of the Administration party, on the subject of the tariff, should be correctly ascertained. The Calhounites are quite explicit. They would prefer the system of direct taxa tion, if they could have their: entire will, and abrogate the system of duties. The very fact that American industry' was en i gaged in the production of an article would be, in their view, a sufficient reason to re move all duties from such articles. . 0th- ers of the party, the followers of Benton, ; Buchanan, and Silas Wright, are seeking; to make a compromise of the free trade 7 and the protective principle. They talk of incidental protection. They would lay duties for revenue ; bul the would so hj them as to let them operate for protection.: They would select for revenue duties such articles as domestic industry is engaged upon, and suffer them to be protected to 7 the extent of the revenue duty. ' In this mongrel creed it is evident that both principles are violated. A rei'enue. duty contemplates no impediment if im portations. With no other purpose bat revenue in view, all purposes being deem- t ed unconstitutionalrhow can there be ais-: crimination in the selection of this article orthat upon which to lay Hutiesi Hoy can tea and coffee be let in free w hile iron and sugar are taxed ? r The CharlestorTorgan of the free tra ders denounces these incidental protec tionists. It declares It will have no com promise with them. They must go for free trade fully and thoroughly or be ranked v amongst its opponents. They musrhe one thing or another " To compromise j with a majority " says the Mercury,4 is al ways to be cheated and defeated. It will -be, it can be only a temporaiy withhold-J ing of power, the better afterwards to maintain and exercise it." T But the free traders themselves are grasp- T ing at a vague thing when they seek to lay hold of a definite revenue standard. ; In the end they will be obliged, if tbejf would be jponsistent, to go agaihstduties Baltimore America Extension of the Magnetic Telegraph. 1 The Journal . of Commerce states that ., the large subscription alreadymade to the stock of the projected line between ht York and Boston justifies tliet immediate . prosecution of the work;' Tbe company intend to commence erecting psts at the New York end of the line on Monday next, and to complete' the .work to Haven in twenty days thereaften Tbil ' a corresponding energy will be manile j ted at the other terminus is obvious from the spirited resolutions adopted at a nie ' ing in Boston last Monday evening. Front Ne wJIaven to Boston the wireswill stretched over tne rail way tracks throPg Hartford,5 Springfield, andlWescesteyv, Tbe whole linewill probably be cornple- ted and in operation in sixty days. : - OCT The Horn W'ashingtpn Poe has resigns his seat as a mernber of Congress from the 5j Congressional district of Georgia. - ' "' '
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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