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lit' . i ';' . .f ' : :: .i- I "Or, ! . !'rt. t.1: lq. PI. 1... b.l rd. 13. Hi nr. ;' V farm bt the i Watchman. ir Lripr .r. Two not paiM auu fifiVetsJwili be charged " !V ' -JL .J';....r, i rr the first, and 25cts lit inSPrilOn. vuun uiurn tujro than these totes. A liberal deduc- adveftifMf by the year. f,r each taWq tionr to Ihose, yn T ' . . .. r i ,liTTE o the Gdiidrs must be postpaid. 11 C,W Lm note ratification of the Treaty. ,The WIT II From lb cans arrived having sailed IioJdj n A OAil TO a -w i i i a nrvn" MAN LATER FROM MEXICO. left Mexico for New York Inquiry adjourned and New Orleans Probable N. O. ricnySinr. May 8. States Meamer New Or BRUNER & JAMES, Editors 4 Proprietors. I 1 " KtEf A CHECK UPOX ALL TOCR Rulers. Do this, and Liberty is safe.' '"Gen'MZam'teii. NEW SERIES, VOLUME V, NUMBER 4. SALISBURY, N. CI, THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1848. "Lieut. O'SuHivan I have already spoken of as having resigned his commission in the 3d Ititautry and gone to Queretaro to An Sunday from Vera Cruz, join theenemy. He is not a legal deserter, Ihence on the 3d inst. i hut all the dishonor of moral guilt will general 'Jcfft arid suite left the city of ) ever attaqh itself to his name. he 30th. H? immediately i Queretaro until the 29th or 30th instant. Mexico on the Vera Ouzon rtilmrkeU ot) tne.hrig f terfchurj; lor j In the meantime, the troops which are to Npy'YbrkJtin lcr a salute from Fort Con- j form the escort are being prepared to prevention- Hd Ans waited upon by the ; sent a fln6 appearance, in point of cloth CommanUer o' the fleet andeceived a ing and equipments. SaKlte from th j flag ship Cutttherland. j The trial of Lieut. Hare, of the Penn On Mob day, the 1st int., theKt. Peters- sylvania legiment, for burglary and mur burg kus towi d .to sea by the propeller ! der, was Concluded, but the result was not .Thorn rtaoW I i passing the store ship Re- j known. j nolle prosequi had been enter li if 'anil frigat Cumberland their rigging ', cd in the tnse of Lieut. JMathison. of the on this continent. This, with certain sug gestions as to the occupancy of Yucatan, gave such a color to the interference, as brought it within the circle of those ob jections that have been urged against fresh acquisitions' of Mexican territory and additional warlike expenditures. Jf we were to take possession of Yucatan after the lapse of such a length of time as to have allowed our humanity to be come cool and calculating. the;impression of the whole civilized world Would be in derogation of our claim to benevolent im pulses. Charleston News. wh mikniied ajnd three cheers given the same regiment, and he was remanded to ixchantcdi! vi its with Com. Perry and W iS SHjuU'd bj the;flag ship Cumberland. I Amoig the mssengers on the New Or le ins, vetraGt n. Pillow and staff, Gen. TowkoA, Gen. Pushing and staff. Colonel Bilk nap, Ool.lChilds. Col. Duncan, Col. . Witherk;'ahd t. number of officers. f po desperat at one time was thought thfi chance of pringing1 together a quorum i. I w; i r v prison. Meut. Uuttons trial was next to come on. 'Lieut. Tilden, 2d Infantry, has also been implicated by the State's evi dence, andparrested. The letjer from Queretaro, referred to, gives an extract from a Government or der, calling for a forced loan of $150,000 to 82OO,O0j), to pay the expenses of Mem bers of Congress, and urging it on the ground of the shortness of time for rati- tat the' President had de- j lying the treaty, which should be ratified ITV ort Pillow i IGen. 22d ijJsUntJ w litounteid MenJ " hd ,wass irvnaj It ht it u jefrnintW to exclude the vStates of New MeXicoL Cluhuhhua and Yucatan, in esti- esentation. so that a small er punjberj may constitute a quorum. Si.bMeqw'pt epnts led him to believe lhat a juorunij coud be obtained, and the Pre tic eflt re-co'nsillered his determination. Spe cil Corjespondence of the Picayune. r cr Anril Oft lftift left! here on Sunday, the th an escort of Louisiana Tlie hinht before he left lied l)y the splendid band of : and the next morning a large number of officers accompanied him Some' dljstnnce upon tne roau. 1 tie Uourt 6H Inquiry left on tho 24th. an mrfait I tter 1 stated that General JDvitler Vasi to 'review the volunteers in thp city oh ih22d inst. The review was lap more extensive than I was informed it would be a!"nd came off on the plain front ing IMqlinay dtir Key. 1 he divisions ol d Pillow, the former con regiments of Infantry of bquaUron of horse, and Col. ry, jnavv commanded by id the latter of the sixre-ituclh-. T vunessee. and In- diiina. volunteers, were reviewed, and the litld when qxulnded Was over a mile in length.! This Is thj? largest review that JiH been ijuriilg the warand all present confessed, it: wajs the most magnificent mil- Gin. Worth at silting 'of five th! old line, a fDpncatiV 'halt lJeu. Huiji, a Eijnenta ol K e ittiry d splay mrlttiicholviint by the 15jn May, at the latest, to reach Washington by the 2d June. It concludes as follows1 ! His Excellency the President thinks that the salvation of the Republic impe ratively demands the prompt flieeting of Congress.lAnd in order not to incur the terrible responsibility of losing the nation ality of the country, the .Executive will dictate extraordinary measures, which he never would have adopted if circumstan ces were hot so very difficult and danger ous The priest Sanchez, the clergy's organ, in one of hp sermons, at which the great er part ofjjhe members of the Adminis tration and of Congress were present, said: "Gentlemen: The only way to save the Republic, and in pardoning the in- i t mm juries you; have received to prove your selves Christians, is to make peace." 1 1 Queretaro, April 25, 1818 .Few of the Deputies are wanting for a quorum. iQueretaro presents a most ani mated aspect, and nothing is talked of but peace; j The most vehement party for war, is without doubt, the army, but it has fallen jio low in public estimation, and is so numerically weak that it is doubtful if they cahjget up a pronunciamento, as it was publicly rumored here within the last few days they would. hev had ever beheld. A irest was added to the spec tacle, by'Um display of the torn and tat tefejd colbrof ihc 4th, 5th, and Gih regi- menu pirinianirv, as mev marched ny ueneri-iii-eruei. xju uj; i;in, tne the line division oil The Court of Inquiry. The court of inquiry met at the St. Charles Hotel in this' city this morning with closed doors and adjourned until to-morrow morning, when variolis witnesses in this city will be examined. We understand that the I members of the court will leave the city I line letterollyour tTif, olithd, 23'd ins full ibf interest! and tKia 19 3, is i n port a Gen. Smith was reviewed ! on the lOihjor 11th by the way of the riv- t I . I 1 1 il i m m i it i IX f bv the General-in chief and its manocuv erpig eiicueu tne aumirauon oi every mil itary manjpres jnt. I These reviews were inrahticjpation of the possibility of a for- ykn mbvemcijt being soon required. Queretaro correspon ., which I send you, is some of his informa- The extracts from the it. cr to hold ;a session in Frederick, IVld., where theyjjwill adjourn about 29th inst., unless something '-unexpected should turn up in the meantime, N. O. Picayune. FROM CALIFORNIA. rnsage of Roka to the members of Con i Cress nti w; at Ciueretaro, show that Pena y Peha fully realizes the dangerous posi V Intelligence from California as late as 20th Marcl) has been received. It con firms what' has been before, stated, that Lieut, llayvood, who was hemmed in by T lit r ri I Im rft Sm It T ii line K a r 11 rlioi'orl natioMality of the country. y ;he crexjof the C yine, alter an e n-age-Vitv not he ratilied in season i ' ... .i .1 m r . j i :4 i iiii'iii iii ifn p ii j yh'm nu vi nnrpii and also shoUs an energetic determma- , t 1 i ni n o U . ' I i " -. -MM tin 1 II I 'N r I i r 1 . I III. I 1 11 III . Ml. 1111 I Jose, had received a reinforcement of one ! hundred ankl fifty men from Upper Cali i fbrnia fronithe New York regiment, and i had marched upon San Antonio, taken j the place, killing- a number of the ene my, and taking many prisoners; also re taking the American officers and men I cViftnlil flirt P,'. lion iumkuu iiujrwon if tirmg uooui peace. ,! f. Thn n:iJvH (T ill t.lir rritipl nviitn nf tln mn. jg. g , fyf-' I r xyw..B-wi. till J I sage, l .presume reters to the intention! ot 1 A the Prefiident lo decree that, in cortse- l Hi , .i quencc plj tne condition. ot i ucatan, and other Sliatej;. a isiug from the war.a cer tain nurnbejr (I ts thah the constitutional qu'oruni j lit improbable he will have to . . . .n eonfihpmpnt fnP mnnths. resort -14 ths fura as ,t is understood ! Thoge re,se(, wele Prfsspd Midshipman here MiAti-eial Congressmen, who are DuncRrif 0f) Ohio, and Midshipman War not will ng to Appose the treaty by a di- j ... c..ii. ..:.u u.. i! r. . I . , ,. i i . r ui nuuui uaiuuim, wuu inu men un- VOip,intei U to ue.eat u oy oreau.ng ; der ,h;,m Report savs that Co 1 r'.rect. PLANK ROADS.; The rapid increase of number, and great popularity, of this kind of Roads. at the North, will justify a frequent refer encc to them, especially in a part of the country, like this, where the population is not sufficiently dense, nor the produce and wealth sufficiently abundant, to justify the construction of a great number of Rail Roads. ji We are indebted to the lion. D. M. Barringer for a copy of a Report made to the Legislature of Wisconson by Philo White, Esq. (formerly of this State,) who, as Chairman of a Committee, has embo died a great deal of information derived from Reports to the N. Y. Legislature by Engineers and others. From this, main ly, we collect the following facts and views. Plank Roads have been in use in Rus sia for many years. They were ficst in troduced in America by Lord Sydenham, who had seen and appreciated them in Russia; and who, when appointed Gov ernor of Canada, determined to improve the highways there by introducing these Roads.. Accordingly, less than ten years ago be commenced the first plank road in America As soon as its advantages were seen, others were projected, until about fifteen of them, of about the aggregate length of 4 or 500 miles, are tither finish ed or in progress of construction, in Can ada. I In New York the first planklroad char ter was obtained in 18 44. Since that time, 20 such roads have been; or are be ing constructed ; and a number of others are projected. The length of the whole being about GOO miles. On a single track road the plank is best 8 feet long. On a double track two sep arate planks 8 feet wide each. All over 8 feet is found to be, for all practical pur poses useless. Ordinarily one track, with a good side road for a tjarn out, is found to be sufficient. The plank should be 3 or 4 inches thick, and 8 to 15 inches wide. Two sleepers, 4 inches square, are had L lengthwise of the road, for an 8 feet track. In some roads, however,! sleepers are not used, but the plank lai( directly on the earth. When used, they should be placed so as to be under the wheels,! and should hbe sunk in the ground so as to leave the upper surface visible merely. They will last as long as two or three plankings, if properly bedded. SideT ditches and cross culverts are in dispensably necessary to the durability of the road, by carrying off the water. The plank' should be laid close, tight, and firm on the. surface of the earth. The grading required is not often great ; an ascent of one foot in ten being perfectly admissible on a plank road. It is ascertained that a plank road will last from seven to twelve years. The wear of the first year is equal to that of the next seven ; and the repairs of the first year double those of any succeeding year until it is required to replank. Mr. Geddes. the engineer, made the fol lowing estimate of the average cost per mile of the Salina Road : Sills, 4 by 4 inch scant ling, 14,080 ft Plank, 8ft long, 4 inches Uhick lG8,920ft ' v 1 es, and owners patience, un a goou plank road the load of the same team would be C000 lbs. the distance travelled (with more ease) probably 30 miles. A trip to and from Salisbury on such a road would occupy eight days. Now it takes twelve. Here would be a saving of four days to drivers and horses. The freight received for hauling a load of 3000 lbs. is now, at 75, $22 50. A load of G000 lbs. at the same, rate, would produce S45. But probably the price of hauling would be reduced one-half. In either event the difference would be saved. A load of Corn is now about 40 or 50 bushels. On such a road 80 or 100 bushels mjght be brought. Now, Corn is not worth haul ing from any great distance. With plank roads, it would be well worth hauling from even beyond Salisbury; and we might hope to see the produce of that rich section of our State meet the produce of Ohio in the Wilmongton market, and drive it back, freeing our agricultural State from the reproach of buying its food from Ohio. Fay. Observer. From the Richmond Whig. HOW CEN. TAYLOR CAME TO CROSS THE NEUCES. Notwithstanding the pertinacity with which the supporters of lh Polk administration have defended the order given to Gen. Taylor to march to the Rio Grande, on the false and flim sy pretext, as admitted by themselves in various official acts, that that river, from its source to its mouth, constituted the true boundary between Texas and Mexico an assumption, which, if it had been well founded, would not only have justified the order in question, but rendered it imperative they have nevertheless impliedly confessed that it was a great blunder, by en deavoring to divide the responsibility of that act between the Administration and Gen. Tay. lor which they would never have done hud the act itself been a defensible one. For this purpose they seized, in the first place, upon an expression iu one of Gen. Taylor's letters to the War Department, to the efFect that the ar my ought promptly to take its position at some eligible point on the Rio Grande, if he Presi dent had determined to insist, as a sine qua non, upon that river as tho boundary. But this per version ot a suggestion founded upon a contin gency over which the President alone had con trol, into a positive recommendation, Is mani- ing large discretionary powers, he preferred to take a position on undeniably American soil rather than infringe upou disputed territory. He therefore made his head quarters at Corpus Christi, a place that, beyend 'its being within the acknowledged boundary of Texas, was in convenient, and in no way favorable for an en cainpment still General Taylor prepared to suffer every evil incident to his situation, rather than in any waycompromit his government. After General Taylor had been some timeat Corpus Christi, Maj. Donaldson, the represen tative of the United States government in Tex as, came to Taylor's camp for tho especial pur pose of advising General Taylor sot to cross thk Necces, lest he should involve the gov. crnment in a war with Mexico; Gen. Taylor in the mean time having been informed by the government" that it wished him to confer with Maj. Donaldson. . In the course of events, Maj. Donaldson left Gen. Taylor's camp, and there came on from Washington hitters to Gen. Tay- lor, inloiming him that he should move part of his force we of the Neuces. Gen. Taylor not wishing to divide his small command and the government having relieved him of the re sponsihi'iily of crossing the Nueces, he took his w hole force over, as he could by so doing, readily obtain a good camping ground, and a depot convenient for his military stores. The events that followed this movement on the part of Gen. Taylor are familiar to the world. The above is a true statement of the preliminaries that led to the advance of our aimy on Mata moras. The main facts can be gathered, as I have stated, from tha "public documents" al ready published, containing the correspondence j of Gen. laylor with the war department, pre vious to the battles of the 8th and 0th of May. Oiher facts stated can be proved if denied. The most superficial observer must perceive, that Gen. Taylor has never been inconsistent, and that charges made against him, whether fi ivolous or of weight, when examined into, only cause his prudence and strict "obeying of or ders" to be more and more admired. The statement made iu Congress that some individ ual from Mississippi bad called on General Tay.. lor at Baton Rouge, and that in a long conver sation he had with General Taylor, the Gene ral admitted he took the responsibility of mov ing across the Neuces, caused me to write you this letter. The publication of an admitted pri vate conversation that never took tlace, it amounts to the committal of the most offensive falsehood. If ever a party shoLhl f forth its energies, it js t!. and at this time. How rr. v wc shall havc.if thelictnti now prevails be enduring country, no man can tell, state of Europe, no man en. we may be involved. : If tl. er had its war, we doubt r would be called on to la'., revolutionary struggle r.c Europe. The leading m; :. have for a long time been hearts of the people for war they have given tbem- a t . the Mexican struggle, wi. where it is to end ? ; We object not to symp tions. We rejoice in the al principles as much as a: we thmk we discover a some of the Locofocp lead : tlutn mere sympathyin fir:'. country in u European v;r. the wisdom and popularity ington to keep the country war in the first French r we now need some tnan the Government who can dom steer the ship of Stat . But, whether we shall !. or not, we have an acco w: the party in power for the sisting, and for which this . to pay an amount yet un!;:. tainly enough to entail u; mense national tlebtj whic! have to discharge at last, so unnecessary, 4ind whic manship might have guar party in power are respc: time is near at hand whc:. bil'tty is to be tested! befc,: Let the Whigs but be firm , wc shall once more win like that of 1840. Kcnluc From the Richmond Whig. fugitive" slaves. Our readers are aware that the Legislatures of most of the non-slaveholding States have, within a few years past, enacted laws, the a vowed design of which is to prevent the en forcement of the constitutional provision, and festly so preposterous and absurd that ithas ' of the law of Congress passed in conformity been abandoned except by a few ot the more unscrupulous party hacks, who, like the witness that had testified that a certain horse in dispute was fourteen feet, instead of fourteen hands high, refused, as he had once sworn to it, to retract his declaration. More recently, however, a convenient witness against General Taylor up- thereto, in regard to the recovery ol abscond. ing slaves finding refuge within their respective limits. To this end all btate othcers are lor bidden, under heavy penalties, from acting un der tho law of Congress, either in arresting or imprisoning such slaves. And so difficult and hazardous, indeed, has it become, to seize upon an absconding slave within the limits of one of Delegates to the Con vc n t Convention fortheSth Co: trict, at Hillsborough on appointed Edwin Gi Heat:, son county, Delegate to Convention, and Calvin Ii. of Granville, Alternate. pressing the opinion that was the choice of tlie Ditt: ' ted, - there being isomc opinion among the Dele; .' is the first choice of the I V Gen. Taylor or Mr. Clay." cheerfully to abide by the i National Convention, and c port its nomination,! was ; mously. c- ! The 8th Congressional I) tion appointed a delegate I s ty to the National ponvci. ward Stanly.of Beaufort ; l of Hyde ; Josiah Collins, c . Charles Pettigrew,! of T : Washington, of Craven; J. of Wayne ; Wm. Fpy, of J Jones, of Carteret ; Churl Greene ; F. B. Sattrthwai: John C. Washington, of Convention pledgtdj itself t al support to the nominees al Convention.- ay. Ob. on this point was found in one Dr. Rimmell, of J - , . ' ' , , , i , ' r an finrf ia nnw rarpiv mane to receiver him. itil - - - v aw " " - - J - - - - - - - - - - i me quofu , ii th CI f. lit 1'J ri ft 1 made ll' the S V whenever the question is put. , Joncg iU(.ns faki b ordrs e naraiminh in tne letter relative to evnm rmr n,Wmmnf r,mmn.,t,.. st. I ,, .. J i"- , , , i ."in uui jwh llllliuiili VUllllllllllUl,! UH- the sernfidn of flic Padre Sanchez is at thjs. fridire has sailed for th United States. ratimentt very itnpoitant. It was supposed, that in jc onsen he nee of the amendments mate of the United States Yucatan, In the Senate debate on the i to the clauses ht the treaty relating to the bill to occupy Yucatan, Messrs. Clayton recogniiion of jthe Mexican church, in the ; and Crittenden said the bill, was in viola- territory hropoked-to be ceded to us. tfiat tion of the treaty of - peace with Mexico. uie clergy wo nu uppo-se mu auiicmioii i nis position was laKen uy us.ai ine inst of .;tlie ti'eaty. c j at least require that the blush of thej afiair, and we are glad to clause t ej re inserted. Not so, however, see lhat ouri views are sustained by such Yciur ctirrespo ulent isi right in represent-j gOod authority. Mr. Clayton observed ing tlie Padre Sanchez as the organ of i that during!the armistice and the penden ' clergy, ant a great majority of them cy of the treaty we could not take pos- Vvbr the! rati! cation of the treaty as it session of any part of the territory of Iex ttands. 'the lergy of this city, fearing ico unless ie obtained her consent. On ' the inability o Pena y .Pena to raise the ! the first communication of the fact that forced Jdan o' 8150,000 to $200,000 in the white I population of Yucatan was Queretaro, for Jthe piirpose of assembling , threatened-fwith extermination, the hu- -I - . i L f . 1 1 P . I IT T . ipporung me uovernmem, inane instincts oi me people oi ine unueu translated, means lor the states wefe for extending assistence in bin'g the relractory Con- the mode suggested by the President or in ii.).jhelr meetings and resolved any other jtWode, but a more calm consid- le money from the funds of era! ion olf the circumstances has modified .understand the whole sum i those lee lings, i o employ the fsaval lor- At $5 per M, 183.000ft Laying and grading, $1 pr rod, Engineering, superintendence, &c. at 10 per cent., Gates and gate houses, Sluices, bridges and contingencies, 8914 320 102 100 G3 Aggregate cost per mile, 81,500 This was the estimate ; the actual cost of the road, as we learn from the Super intendent, was only 81,487 per mile. Persons who have travelled in England, say that there is not as good! a road in that country as this Salinii road. Two horse light wagons, with five or Hinds county, Mississippi, who transmitted to one of the representatives of that State in Con gress a fabulous narrative of a conversation be tween Gen. Taylor and himself, in which the General was made to assume the entire respon sibility of bringing on the war with Mexico, by the movement of his army from the Neuces to the Rio Grande, and cntiiely to exculpate Mr. Polk from all censure in respect to it ! Even if the fact were so, we are at a loss to conceive why the friends of the Adminis tration . should in one breath contend that all the territory between the Neuces and the Rio Grande belonged to Texas, and there fore that the President was bound to take pos session of it, while they assert in the next that he would not have discharged this high and so- lemn obligation had he not been prompted so to do by Gen. Taylor's advice ! They hetray, by this mode of argument, ;their own conviction, that the order to Gen. Taylor to advance from Corpus Christi was unjustifiable in itself. Oth erwise ihey would place the President's vindi cation upon the impregnable ground of right and duty, instead of endeavoring to show that itUvas necessary that he should be instigated to its performance by Gen. Taylor's recom mendation. The New Orleans National throws addition, al light on the subject, by the publication of the following letter from Baton Rouge. (Gen. Tay- howevcr boldly he may exhibit himself, and however clear may e the proof of his identity. It has been thought proper, therefore, by some that there should be additional and more efll cient legislation on the part of Congress, in or der to render the constitutional provision some thing more than a form of words ; and we are informed by the Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Sun that a bill was reported lo the Senate, on the 3d inst.; from the Judiciary Committee, which gives lo the owner of ihe fugitive slave the right to assert his claim be fore any postmaster, collector, or any United States officer, and thereupon procure a warrant, addressed to the United States marshal, whose duly it is made to arrest the fugitive and deliver him up lo the owner or his agent ; and any person who may hinder the marshal or rescue or conceal the slave is subjected to a penalty. But we doubt whether this law, even if it should pass, of which there is not much proba. bilily, would render the constitutional provision a whit less a nullity than it is now. The laws of the non-slaveholding States, by which both the constitution and the act of Congress passed iu pursuance thereof have been nullified by ihe anti-nuliifying Legislatures of the North, much more effectually lhan the tariff was by the or dinance of the South Carolina Convention, are unquestionably ihe embodiment and reflex of the almost unanimous public sentiment of that region. And it is scarcely possible that men who have gone so far as to abrogate one law of Congress, by forbidding iheir own officers to execute it, would fail to find means of prevent inf the execution of a similar law by the offi cers of ihe United States, should any one of SUJIUY. This being the regular v County Court, eachj party the occasion, in accordanc to hold political meetings. On Tuesday the fc)cmoc; which was addressed by 1 Esq., in a speech marked v strong partizan feelings. I '. evidently well satisfied wi mittee of twenty-five, ap; chairman. (H. M. Wat:; ., the following nomination , lature, to wit: for the Sen try, of Ashe ; for the Com::. McLean, Charles jWhith Sheek. These nominees i decli l r. e Congress and s! inch, lyben urposd ti hi gressme upon I oil tilt) g t the church. 1 .1 It '! by a gentleman acquainted with the facts, (not improbably by Major Bliss.) It not only exonerates Gen. Taylor from all agency in ad visins lhat act of war, but shows that he would not even cross the Neuces until he had re ceived positive instructions from the War De- six passengers, travel irom o lo iu miles partment : an hour with ease on plank roads. Two horses usually haul 4000 lbs., br 16 bbls. nfriM.,n nt And thesirt roads arp Editor of the Evening National : The Na- in iiiui lib - ivrtivs - t - not affected by good or bad weather. j tional Intelligencer of the The travel in winter is about as good as the proceedings of ihe I lor's place of residence,) written, it informs us, I Jhem be courajreous enough lo attempt its en forcement in ihe teelh of ihe universal opposi mally accepted or tions. On Wednesday the V meeting, which was ably John A. Gilmer, Esq. Ar Col. A. B. McMillan, of A nated for the Senate. A for the Commons, it was ry Whig in the County h delegate to a general co:. held on Tuesday of June , the Superior CourtJ when t could be brought forward. Williams, Esq. was propc gate to the National h alternate, Hon. N. Hoyden. Baton Rogue, April 27, 1949. will be sent tp Queretaro to-morrow. ces of theUnited States in removing such These fKcts', toj my mind, settle the qucs- lion as to whelher; the treaty will be rati fied or noti in Ihe affirmative. I fi : i 1 , ! - I i .1 . i -ino inuiviuuai reierreu io as navmsr portions Of the distressed people as are Ueeing from massacre, fulfils every dic tate of humfinity. without committing us to unknoyvnliazards of intervention. The simple proposition of humane interposition been bantised U-ith an much namn at Que retaro, a-tul wlfo had the honorv.of having j was mixf d lip in the President's message Vena v Pena stand at the bantismal font I with the 'inapplicable abstractions of Mr. is, his gbdlathdr, is, without a doubt, the Monroe, iagainst European colonization m i l ? . . . J II I i : . . in summer. l ne uisiance iraveneu may be nearly double, vith double the load, usual on our common roads. The tolls charged on the plank road at the North are from 1 to 2 cents per mile for each two horse vehicle. With such tolls the Salina road has paid dividends of 12 2 per cent, per annum, and accumula ted a surplus fund. It will be seen at a glance what a change such roads would worli in North Carolina. A four horse wagon, loaded with perhaps 3000 lbs., now struggles a long at the rate of 20 miles a day, with great wear and tear of wagon and hors- 8th instant contains lower House of Con- gress of the previous day; ihe spirit of which is, to force the impression on tne people of the country, that Gen. Taylor originated the order, and marched on to Matamoras by his own will and judgment. Thai any member of Congress should be so unscrupulous or so ignorant of the true history of General Taylor's movements, is a matter of surprise, as docnmenls already pub lished by tho War Department " give ihe out lines, if not the particulars, relative to the sub ject, so clearly, that there need be no justifiable cause of misrepresentation. When Gen. Taylor was ordered to Mexico, he was instructed lo take up a position xbar the Rio Grande, Point Isabel being named tion of his neighbors. hether the South ought not to devise and enforce some remedy for this outrage at once upon the Constitution j and upon the right for the protection of which this provision of it was intended, is a question well worthy of grave consideration. But we are satisfied, lhat any new act of Congress on ihe subject will be as perfectly a dead letter as that already on ihe laiuie-book ; and we can see no wisdom in urging ils adoption therefore, which, if ever effected at all, must lead to an exciting and irritating discussion just such an one us we of the South have always professed to deprecate, and which the fanatics delight to engage in. ; A8 A fbopek place, but in consequence of bar- ! reporting against it. A locomotive named the- " Lightning," an 8 wheel engine, with 8 feetldriving wheel, made a trip recently in England of 53 al the rale of 75 miles an hour. The pngine was perfectly steady at the highest speed. ' . Wh'Uneys Rad- Road. i-The Committee of the U. S. House of Representatives appointed to examine into lbs merit! of Whitney', project for a Railroad to the Pacific, have reported fa- 1 vorabl?. only one of ihe Committee, Mr. maciay. ; w 0 DEMOCRATIC, MOV i: A DemocralicDi itrictCa:, assembled at Fincfistle en t consisted, says the Valley V. dozen delegates from the c tourt, and but three others Twelve or thirteen countir vited to send delegates. Hi es were of course fie liven I Letcher, of Rockbridge, wi defend the course of the Ilr Botts, and another y Mr. 1 1 gomery. who shoyyed mc as he thought, that Mr. C strongest man among the nnnLl In tin nnminnfPli 1)V 1 UUltfc ..N,... ...... .' tional Covcntion.--KcA. V "If- TiTnnln in Tfidr. Vi a gentleman in Hyde, that for Governor met his appo; and bad a very large numb' ties. No man, it H said, h produced in that County, a : impression.'. Both parties t to the captivating influence and. it is believed that, in his majority will bo about t si re' -'ever obtainedj in the im fn thn finest he:.!: and is most industriously c duties of the canva.-1-' ' 4 r ft !i; i i A ) .. U:f.;.'- -.llL.i1 !f;