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VasiIixctox. Jan. 15.
TilC STVLD OF SPEXl-FKS IS TJIE
1 11 ixHe f oratory I as varied! as the
tiiif g of men, hrvl mrlivrrifi-J Bi'CiMigre.-,
1 than aiiUg any legislat'iv IhkIj in iljej world,
; Te besi l yt- i here.' awl the: worsWrmuch
t ' ... ' ft. n ii lionrrl in the UVUliih
Pailiimem, whett I hi heardihe beMspetfk.
in u iiniii rirmnnnnir win
i t 1rtiiirl nearancc cf I ne
lie ineiiibcrs of the two
l-V Houses ofCunrcM. wiihn.oropean legida.
lire assembly, nn American will be proud of
- he iiepresenia'"1" i'wi .hmj. -1"
The heads ate god, the countenances marke'd,
t' and llie physical development by" no means dk
ntSniiiir. ' 'PlinMiolo!v or Physiognomy, with
I ill their scteriiies and excesses of ciiiicism,
ould say thu much of any Congress I have
seen, takihg'lhein as a whole,
1Tbe great extent and- W adlh ol I he country,
4ii difference of climate aiid'iiiniitiiia'n. all dif.
I ferentlv nfieelioi; iho lumper and uprfi of
-'X Wtnf," OnFiljtiies. la'rgly jo this variety of tAale j
Kwidi character. (There m the , J)emosihenei j
school of orators, as I line m the school of Cice-
Tr T, and ai
- Ihc echtiol M Salhiil ajrid JLi vy
tmon
r ivrlrura tn(rh(B who nut to pane r t
. 1 llbe7Wafc; Tl'ero I. a ..yle labial
' 4: na .1 'l'-: ' V -j L.i...i Li .C i,..!.;
i'i'J oquencei o$ it naveen" tailed, and tfve ityje
; i oroeakinir uhicfeinks deep into and prjng
. fonvthe,itmach THicre; is the eloqttence of
; ll I vbice merely Itox dtl pwlerea nihil. land the
'? i i; ejoqnence of thouyhta springing frojn a:mind of
' '"-t'l poweri and iadorncd in alU theWanlifiil colors
.. : i C E pure and riCIl imaginaiioil. I iirtrryTrrew
'4'- I tat and phyicar -weakne,;nnd in contrast longs
i ot brain, Vvlijfeh cnd t ihoi earonly thoUones of
K v3 alouatlin2 brass and' a liiMng cymluJ;
I r"; ; . )Jl hare beJn.amuied, ; af-ryou may ivell be,
) v iijeh somf oftheipeaing rfeculiarhieaofspak
"V. Yt$ irt Concresi, aliPud you a picture 'or I wo
vt' lt f.f.m-ihn iiatA rtiJnliri wilh a. nromia of
' f more anouj ..... .A .
IMr. Tootebf Mississippi, who won to much
toriety here as soon as Ijic was warm irr his
, . , seat ha a -style all his own. He speaks with
; : ' the left hand' in rTis pocket and the right mov.
jjingall the whife in a regular circuit between
l 'lhi right leg and the orgari'offirrnnes?. Words
, . floivr apiice, and in common place - quofat ions,
J after te fashion of )ick STwivellor. Latin and
. Kaglisb, law; and-politicsrure sprinkled every
',, 1 where to elongate his speeches. lie: is like
vfopio birds with the least music, delighted with
. ; ' his own! voiced In the Senate,. he is as hot as
. gipger.al the least provocation and yust as
I ready to give 'an insult as to resent a seeming
..affront. Upon the memorable last night, or
rajher Sunday morning, of the last session, when
thp Oregon bill was kicked to and fro like a
' foot ball, all doubtful where it would Iqde, and
whose shins would be the sorest from thffbruiscs
tafcen and given he was as! fierce as la whole
i menagerie oi wua neasis ana annosi cDaueng.
x vtt the Senate in a body. Senator Houston, of
j yTexas, irame in for a share of bis fury, and turn
u "Mnr t lum ai twa o'clock iu lhe morning he said
i. raujibly enough for the galleries, You fought
fl , lh rattle of San Jacinto,! but, sir, you shant
j i trample 'upon my right I" lj The Senate upon
l- Hhat occasion put. him down, voted him down
; i uppr. the yeas anaVnays, and he has beep a more
7 I htjjnble j inati ever since j 11 this all and
; I wormwood, bowever, is only an incident of do
k bate." ;Senators, messengjers,, acquaintances,
' f friends, all -pronounce him, untamed aialion in
. i dicusiion, very amiable actd gentle ir private
I life. Even Mr. Hale, ivbiin he wmilkhang in
Mississippi, he takes by the band here; and they
j tak rnost lovingly togelherj I believe lie would
i'now even be secu.riiy ih Mississippi to save the
1 bna tor from New Hampshire from the hang-.
j inr bf Judge Lynch, which a year since he
I threatened him with,- if-he- should venture to
rross tle threshold fhi awn commrnwealth.
s Air. F.'UofsmaH stature, light complexion, arrd
wear a very bad wig. j
::..Ahdl 'apropos of 'Mr. Uale, opposition has
'. made him a free, easy, andibohl,- but jnot a pjl.
i lsbcd speaker. He has al;l the fvelih Ji without
I any of the traces of the orator. The7e is more
. i cjf passion than judgment in what he lays, and
I ;a frankness wKicl commands attentitti('and be
! speaks sinceiily. file hasl a quick perception,
, gfrat readiness, anjl a good nature not lo be'dis
tUfbed by the bile of those jwho may a ;$all him.
There is nothing like pridle of station! in the
' inin. j ppon the highway ;hc would be taken
7 ifor a. down-east lumber merchant, ma 'ilhg sale
( of his timber, and in thelcuuntry town, for the
I Caleb.Qu0tem.4f the village. In the i Senate,
j hei it very popullr with all; those wh do not
allowjKe temver of the politician to njurp the
.heart of the truman. Air. Halo is tall, full,
, cf a red amJ .nWy countenance, and looks
ffcsh as ft 'May morning. I
- j'Mr. Niles'is anot.hr 1 of the peculiaif orators
11 is appearance is
! liat of J ohy Lumpkin in tli, play, and'from the
jgniieries hriooksa li-nire offtm, Ili3j
gestures
his pro.
irlre awkwaid beyond descfiption, and
jnunciaiiou 1 of words as antiquated, at
t)e early settlement ol Ni w Iiiilund
least, as
When
and fall
bis : feeling are arouseil. his irms rise
I ril if thry were, at aeach f'erk. hini?ed!
and un-
'1jg;Uiroiii,their sockets. They full dead upon
;;biside, iiit upon the right a tub I licit, upon the
j -l V,n,"rr',,,ound a hi bandscome in contact
' yt his ,jn Hi voice is as husky as the
s rreaUinir of hearr .pnM.wh,.l
t - . . v. i - f' - rr ;
k CfotmjJ, and makes very mimh si
. x Ibit hi nnner is hard New Englr
such ; music.
land sense, and
J hTre tc iMjt lew men who can. as Sam Web
I lT sayt, incklo him in argument. Hjs words,
bo, ari Wrll chosen, and hi mind acute - not
I tmU to det.ct, but expo.e a HilJcy. This is
jjjjha last i.t his Senatorial career; and with all
; hl J, HicHl iins and eccentiicitKs, the Senate
( itpuhi Uiiyr spare some other man. i
i
1 " Winner of speaking, there is but one Sen.
V -iV ,!n2'l,,,lJr ,liao atorNiles. This
Jlr. IJowns. of Louisiana. It h fun lo $ee
Idm in bo full t ide of debate The valers of
Ine Clririla 4vMilrt U,A i; . . . .
n
id contort ions ofiodv. , Ktr rv -r i ...j
r, - .v. ...u.j -.ri nun 111 meir antics
nn d
and nrms hi. full play, and the man, if he
' napping, UHtMlje enchanted knight.
0
' 'www " i t ii ntinirpn mm . r i .
i. . " -in our oi mese ohj.
,. i,-vi u hllllflrnri I.. r.I . ,
t-s, arm e jtnding over hi head !...
hrid a
U-IJ at -ihe knre., and ftt ihi hips, would
i ;VVt V coij. lux ihete h a fervent
a ervent
V V rV:n5 ""Sr ? ho,h not
U.'vrrr lU-hle-fl ih li! .J r,
Vp-ks b.,t .dom, and never HttWtii;
. ;r.UU'.nd .cry, good looking. I ' r
n nrt 1. -1 .
which I will note hereafter.
" wiuw llUS
FliOLTR at Pittsburg on the 1 1th vva
MoW knji! at $1,
1 r . I . : I.. '-
At Aew York on
', n. jan s were very (
lor aou'thern.
oil ai 85 to S5
Postmaster GcllCrai Il?pbrl for lS48
Thti document hns not jet.appearjetl in
any 'pWpW inlWs cUy.Vbvt :ve KfvjBTte;
ni-t iL in our exchange papers from
New York, from which ve have prepared
the following synopsis, innding to
lish thu report entire as soon as we
venifnlly can :
ThrJ9 annual iransnortation of the
pub-
con-
mail
during the last fiscal year Vas 41.012.679
miles, ccjifinj: 82,448,7UU j loreign man
servicelOO.&OO. The transportation br
railroads costs twice as much lor the same
distance as by steajmrrs, and three times
as much as by coaches.
The number of mail contractors during
the last year was 4,017. 1
The steamer Hermann performs month
ly trinirijetween New Yort and Bremen,
carrying the mail.
The steamer IsaUel runs between
Charleston and Havana, making semi
monthly trips. c " A
The qcean stealers California, Pana
ma, and Oregon, have sailed from New
York far Panamathe California to lave
Panama for Oregon on the 1st Jaiibary
next. ''- , v :' ' ; t'
. r .. . --.-t
the Falcon on t tie . me oetween
avana and Chasrres : so that in future
there Wi I be a recular montblVTna
Charleston. byriavaha.Xhagn's, and Pa-"
nama, to Oregon. ' ,1
The Ocean Steam Navigation Compa
ny have not yet complied with their jcon
tract Tor service between New York and
Hemen, two vessels only having been
completed the. Hermann and the Wash
ington. Two mgre are tobe built; ; . j;
. Jne number ot past omces on me ties receives precisely the same 'amount
of 4uly last was.10 150, being an increaseor chool ; mortev But Jcfefe at, life differ-
.1 I" , Jl I . 'I Kn TrVTV f 1
establishvll was ',300 ; lle numbrftlis-
,uri XM A 7 - ;
continued, 29G. I j
,T THe number of postmasfters appointed
during the year"was 4,221 ; 2.169 t fill
vacancies by resignation, 1,309 for .new
offices. 197 by removals, the remainder
by death, &c, occ.
1
fll 1 . ' . !.. .1 i ji it-
1
i ne leuer postage arm unieu ioiv iue
year to 8350,3p 4-exceed,ng that of the
preceding year 8295.791,1 being an in
crease of more than nine per cent.
The newspaper postage for the year
was 8707,334, being an increase of S12,
17419 per cent, and a fraction.
The estimated surplus revenue of the
Department on the 30th of June, 1849, is
$428,336. '' .. !
On the first of July, 1845, the old oebts
due the Department amounted to 8319,
880. Of this sum there has been collect
ed within the year 810,809. Of the bal
ance it is supposed a large proportion will
be lost. I
Tb- present rates of postage afford
ample means to meet the
annual expen-
diture and probable increase of the ser
vice.
The number of paying
letters which
passed through the Post Office for the year
ending the 30th of June, J847, is estima
ted at 52,153.480 ; .for tne last year at
58,069,075 ; of which 14.3b3.753 paid at
the rate of ten cents. j
The Postmaster Genernl is of opinion
that inland letter postage lean be safely
reduced to a uniform rate of five cents for
each letter weighingone half oun0e or
less ; foreign letters to pay fifteen cents.
It is recommended to charge newspa
pers according to weight-lone Cent per
ounce and for fractions under an oiihee
nu, oiuer prinieu matter oi every Kino to
be rated with double newspaper postage.
Letters containing articles of value o be
charged with triple letter postage.
It is recommended tha the franking
privilege be abolished, which is4 regarded
as indispensable," should the proposed
reductions take place. From the sixth to
the twelfth of August last, there passed
daily through tliejCity postjoffice at VVash-
tngton 5.078 pounds oi frep matter.
t. .tT i.f ni,.u i
1st ot-October Insf. thorn ivppp ,Pnt t,nm
the two Houses of Congress about five
millions of copies of speeches and Other
matter of weighing under two ounces,
and about one hundred and twentv-se,ven
'fthousand public documents, besides the
icurrat wruien oy me memners ot the
House of Representatives! and there re
mained to be forwarded more than lone
half of the public documents ordered to be
printed wt the last session
The Postmaster General suggests whe
ther it be not well worthy of considera
tion that that Officer should be appointed
for a term of years, not to! belong to the
Cabinet, and not to be removable from
office, unless by impeachment ; and that
he .should have the appointment of the
principal subordinate officers for like
term of years; and that they shall not he
sulject to removal but for good1 and suffi
cient cause, to be reported to each session
of the Senate. Weekly Globe. ! -
Population of California.--Thc jopu -
i . r n i-r j - t -
lation ol California is destined to increase
- ' i . - i
at an unprecedented rate. A Philadel
phia cotemporary says : j
The number of passengers who
have
sail-
already sailed, or are on the point ol
ing from Boston to Calilbrnia, is three hun
dred and seventy. The Boston Journal
says there are now between Uveqti and
thirty vessels at Boston for California! most
of w hich will carry out a greater or a less
number of passengers, ohundred and t d lhe eIection. Tbe RQm .J
ninety two passengers left New York on The Senate carry everything .heir own ay
Saturday in two ships, and some fifty; more olv 34 out of ih fifi T.,f momi.i.r .i.
are ready to follow. Throughout
West parties are forminglto go to the gold
i land ; so that California will soon have a
nt , numerous population, w ho will bu Id un
'"fi! rlouris?"ng t0XVns "pon the Pacific, and
expedite the period wheal the East India
and China trade Avill tak this course.
Treasury ;notes.sold nt 81 10 for the
dollar at New York on the 13th in$t.
COTTON was of dull gale in New
fork on Jhe 15th, and prices inclined to
droop, !
.the
25.
P,om the Grtensliorough. Paiript.J ;
MODE OF "DISTRIBUTING- THE
i COMMON SCHOOL ONE. bf
When the bill to consolidate the sever
al acts relating to Common Schools was !
before the Senate, on the 11th, Mr. M ti
mer offered an amendment providing that
the distribution of the Liternry Fund shall
hereafterH)e made according toAiipppjl
uiauoninsieau oi leuerai popuimiuii,
at present.) The amendment was oppos
ed by Mr. Smith, of Hertford, land sup-
porteu Dy iur. vtoouuo, ui buiuihwi -will
be with a feelingpf mortifujaioh and
deep regret that the inbabitarlts of the
western part.pt the State, (wnere ionn
Carolina's strength of souls anl sinews
lies.) will refer to the large mayorityVhy
which the Senate refused to chjange4 the
present most inequitable 'mode pf distri
bution. These Senatorial representatives
of the Property of the State, who nave
by this and kindred acts withheld justice
from the children of tJie people, deserve to
be marked for future consideration, when
they shall ''again ask for popular favors ;
while those who have stood up' for the
popular rights and the just cljairrs of the
whitei children of the State, deserve bur
thanks aud our grateful remembrance in
time to come. f Y
We have heretofore Utust rated jhe mon
strous inequality of the present Imode of
distribution, and consider the present a
proper time and occasion again to call the
public attention to a few iHustra-tive ex
amples. :'
The federal population of Rowan and
New Hanover, for instance, is . precisely
Mpqu'al ; consequently each of thejse coun
enceit the mjfnberst ofvtbetr white popu-
V . . - ... J -3 .. . .
4attotvf s ThehitVuiaJidn ofl llowiin
exceeds that of New -H4anover two thou
sand two hundred and seventy fpe ; and
the number of white children between the
ages of 5 and 20 years (the class for
whose benefit the Literary Fund was In
tended) iniowan exceeds the nupiber in
Hew Hanover eleveh hundred an fifty.
Pasquqtan and Mhe have each nearly
tne same lederal population, andireceive
nearly equal amounts of money ?the for
mer having a little the advantagfe. Yet
the white population of Ashe exceeds that
Of Pasquotank two thousand three hundred
and sixty two, and the number of school
children in Ashe exceeds the number in
Pasquotank one thousand seventy four.
Halifax and Rutherford (as it .was in
1840) are nearly on the same footing in
federal population and receipts of school
money. let tne white population! Ku
therlbrd, as it is put 'down in the census
table, exceeds that of Halifax ten thousand
two hundred and forty two, and exceeds in
white school children four thousand three
hundred andeventeen.
Guilford county has a federal Popula
tion ot 18,117. 1 he three couhties ot
Carte rret, Hyde and Onslow togetbfer have
a population of 18,056, entitling them, to
an aggregate amount only some six or
seven dollars less than Guilford. Yet
these three counties have only 5044 white
children, while Guilford has 6112-4-or one
thousand and sixty eight children more to
educate with the same amount of hioney.
uuiiiora . county does not reciive as
much under the present mode by more
than jive hundred dollars a year as she
would if distribution were made accord
ing to white population. !
hese illustrations are based upon the
censuspl 1840 : the inequality has been
increasing ever since. A f
There is absolutely no excuse, for this
state of things. It is both absurd and un
just. The people of the East, it is true,
pay the largest amount of State tax : but
the Literary Fund has been raised: with
out the payment of one cent of pbpular
tax., Neither the East nor the West has
any peculiar claims to it on that score.-
F" ny. portion ojc ass has any peculiar
claim to it. sureljMt must be the? white
children of the State. The original in
tention, as expressed by the act of 1825
creating the Literary Fund, was thjat the
proceeds should u be divided among the
several counties, in proportion to tHe free
w hite population of each." This vvise in
tension was only changed by an unright
eous use ot power among those who rep
resent a minority of the people. We find
sycophants to that power in the Wjest as
well as in the East. Among the 1 latter
therq is the excuse of self-interest. Among
the former there is no excuse at all. fThese
tilings will not continue forever, I
P. Ip. Since the above was written we
have jbeen informed by our Raleigh cor
respondent that the measure was ((efeat
ed in the House of Commons by onjy one
'vote. ; The House of Commons js not
quite the House of tfte people, (as it will be
; undera new constitution-securing freesuf-
fragejand equal representation,) dr this
! Sef.t? VyoU,d no.l.havc been in lhf way
f or this just proposition. t
i
, .
LaJir from Michigan. -The Detroit papers
1 contain later accounts from Lansing. iThere
I , I J t -7 ,De 7 mu r
iu. .imiui uau buws.ucu among ine members.
The House went into an election for U. S. Sen
ator on ihe 9th, which resulted as follows :
Lewis Cass, 34 ; Epaphroditus Ransom, Loco,
11 ; Edwin Lawrence, Whig 15 ; Joseph R.
iWilliains, F. S, 1 ; and Dewftt C. Lawrence,
C C 1 TU Q . .i. i. ;.. J:.i..
the ) tended the Legislative caucus on the 6tb ins!.,
at which Cass" was nominated. The indefinite
postponement by the Senate of the Senatorial
question is considered a great victory py the
Ransom men. The telegraphic announcement
of lhe unanimous nomination of Gen. Css was
caused by the adoption in caucus of 34 Mem
bers, of a motion declaring Cass unanvmously
nominated. L ' i ; j
So Mr. Cass cannot le made even dSepa.
tor of now.-iYei Xorh Express. I
The Ohio river was closed wifh
above Wheeling.
Of the Federal Population, State Debt, Debt per Head for each Inhabitant, Value of Real
'4 Personal Property taxed, "Annual Revenue, arid number of mUes of Rail Road and
Canal in each, of the several States, . '
! jaT ....
4,PopnlaUoa.Statc.l)ebt iPerncaM Property. U RcTcnne. Road & Canal.
pAnn !rnU n 1.724.033 840.103.976 825
a I - I ' i -
New York,
2,428.921
17.054,963 7
V.
irguua, .
Ohio,
Massachusetts,
Tennessee,
Kentucky, f
Maryland, ;
Louisiana,
Alabama,
Mississippi,
Indiana,
Illinois,
Missouri,
Arkansas,
Michigan,
Georgia,
Maine,
North Carolina,
South Carolina,
Florida,
Delaware,
Hampshire,
Vermont,
New' Jersey,
Iowa,
Texas,
Connecticut,
Wisconsin,
Rhode Island,
1,233.706s
1,510.464
737,699
82,210
779,828
470,019
352.411
7.880 3037 9
12,019,850T 8
5,000,000
3,617.225
4 35
6 00
32 00
56 50
23 75
4,608.735
15,080,000;
19,735.000,
13,582,000
13,882,000
10,064,000
590,756
590,756
476,83
383,702
97,574
84,574
691,392
501.793
753,419
594,398
95,000
78,085
284,948
291,949
373 376
43,112
143 205
309 978
v 220,803
108,880
33 75
14 75
11,772,000
24 25
6 75
33 00
2,500,000
3,100,000
5,340,000
18 75
75
500,000
1,554,976
076,000
5,753,770
54,477
55,000
13,164,256
34,000
By examining this table for a short time, it will show the great secret of prosperity in oth.
er States, and why it is ibat North darolina lies now slumbering in the dust of humility, Rip
Van Winkle like.
FREN C H CON ST1T UTION S.
Tie constitution rTeeutty established in
France is the eleventh in the series of
French constitutions since the rneeting of
the States General in 1789. Eleven con
stitutions within sixty years !
The first constitution, according to the-
list of the Courier des Etats Unis, is that
of November, 1791. This Was of short
duration, and soon gave way to the con
stitutional Monarchy of Louis XVI. The
Constituent Assembly, in which Mirabeau
figured, presented that as the final result
of its labors. The acceptance of this
constitution by the King was celebrated
with great rejoicings. Harmony seemed
re-established between King and People,
and all promised well. Lafayette believ
ed that the great work was finished.
Within a year afterwards a new con
stitution declared the abrogation of royal
ty and proclaimed the republic one and
indivisible. Then followed the execution
of the King and the reign of terror that
terrible epoch; France vas then govern
ed by committees and cliibs, ruled over
by such men as Danton, Marat, and Ro
bespierre. ;r
The next constitution was that of 1795,
or of the year III, according to the revo
lutionary idiom. By this constitution the
Directory was established.
On the thirteenth of December, 1799, or
the year VIII, the Directory having been
overthrown, an elective consular govern
ment was established, at the head of which '
Was j Napoleon Bonaparte. Three con
suls were elected for ten years.
The sixth constitution, declaring a conT
sulate for life, and fixing it in the person
of Napoleon Bonaparte, was submitted to
the people and decreed by the popular
vote in 1802. Next came the empire in
1804. Here the republic disappears en
tirely, and a hereditary government is es
tablished in the family of Napoleon, Em
peror of the French.
Three several constitutions have marked
different periods since the restoration of
tlje Bourbons. One pronounced ihe de
cree of forfeiture against the Emperor,
and was but temporary in its duration.
Then followed the charter of Louis XVIII,
which was granted in 1814. It contin
ued In fprce for sixteen years, when,in
1830, the charter under which Lous Phil
lippe governed was established.
Thus ten distinct constitutions have pre
ceded that of November, 1818. Within
sixty years France has twice abrogated
royally, and twice it has been restored
once in the person of Napoleon, and again
in the return of the Bourbons. But it is
to be noted that the royalty of Napoleon
and that of the old
rVimp in widelv
different in the essential particular of their
origin, une was the creation ot the peo
pie, who accepted the empire of their i
own free will ; the other claimed to rule i
by right of inheritance. Napoleon, until
lie sought to ally himself with the House
of Austria, and thus to claim affinity with
the principle of Legitimacy, was in fact
the representative of democracy, as de
mocracy existed in FrancesHis whole
career was one of warfare against the
hereditary despotism of Europe, which j phenomenon described by our correspon
France bad mortally offended by casting : Upnt and as hc has described it. At the
out her own hereditary despots. hour "f 1 1 o'clock, p. m. it may be seen.
Tbft nPW rnivslllntinn r,f Pmn f'Tis WOllderful !
tains much that has been embodied be- :
fore in her constitutions and decrees.1 Murder. We understand that a man
Whether these be any better guarantees
au of permanance now, than those which ac
rnmhAni'p,! nrpnnne .Ulomtmn. nf win.
stituiional principles, it is for those to say
v. wt.ivui -i.k.i .i.iui
who can venture to speak with confidence
uu.l!"u l'u,uu . ll ,"P nu ,K"
gained gained beyond the risk ot any
and every contingency : France has vin
dicated the right to govern herself, with
out the danger of having an expelled line
of Kings forced bach urton her bu the orw,
! onets of ultied despots. The restoration
of 1814 can never be repeated. The sov
: c c u u .
maintain themselves on their own thrones.
They cannot afford to undertake crusades
abroad. Bait. American.
GEN. McQUEEN has been elected to
fill the unexpired term of Hon. A. D. Sims,
and also the term of the 3lst Congress,
from the Georgetown district. S. C. His
majority appears to be small.
He x a democrat, and was opposed by
Robert Monro, Esq., dein.
ice
STATEMENT ; h
in.
50 8350.000.000 83 977.02O yf . IWZV
,w-.- - i
50 1,120,000,000 4.843.603 605
16Q9
559
847
504
164
96
393
194
353
83
312
131
00
508.000.000 1,503.745 54$
740,d07,OO0i 2,654,785 25?
340,000,00 51,985- 42f
380,000.000 374,660 54?
343.000,0005 419,143 4G
193.000,000) 1.374,903 93
00
6 88
188,000.000
230,580 13
291,024 67
379.735 19j
335,302 67
145,645 57j
196,976 73
185.134 56
51,918 42j
350,523 24
276,000.000
t 256,000,000
334.000.000;
293,000.000
240,000.000
609,600,000V
148.Q00.000)
320,000,000)
240.000,000!
306,000,000
242,000.000
30,000,000?
33.000,000
120.000.000)
120,800,000
166,400,000)
52,000.000;
56.000.0001,
132.000,0005
86,000.000'
131
636 "
61
263
254
12
33
32
2.
336
2 30
501,102 10
89.644 40
329 633 32
1 20
10 50
73 0(W
40.000 00
80,754 415
134,434 21
104,974 85
184,711 84
19,750 50l
77,268 18
117,934 94!
ooo.ooo oo;
80,818 00
1 10
94 00
242
90
52,000,000
86
s-
,f)r-
A NEW PRINTING PRESS.
. A LnndonNioWnolPnt of: the NiW
York Herald notices -A new printing press
which lias been. introduced into the Times
uince, anu wnicn is capaoie oi worwing
8000 impressions per hour, with a proba-
bilitV that it will ultimately be increased'
toM2,000. Col. Hoe's plan of building
the types round a cylinder has been adopt- j
ed. His cylinder revolves horizontally
on its axis, whilst that ot the limes re
volves vertically, and is of considerable
diameter. A gallery of some 25 feet di
ameter surrounds it, and 8 other cylinders,
that impinage on the type or centre
cylinder, and produce the impression
in its revolution. In this gallery are eight
corresponding feeding or" putting on" ta
bles. The grand difficulty, which was
at last overcome, was to change the hori
zontal position of that paper, as laid on
the table, tothe vertical one required to
meet the faces of the type. This is ac
complished by an arrangement of tapes.
The centre or type cylinder has a consid
erable space uncovered, which is devoted
To the inking apparatus, which imparts
ink to rollers placed on the external frame,
which they in their turn, transfer to the
face of the types. The vertical cylinder
! was adopted that gravity might not ag
i gravate the effects of centrifugal force.
! The forms weighs thre quarters of a ton.
Arrangements are made on the cylinder
j by wbich lhe rules 6r coiamn 5rasseSf
which are. levelled, are screwed to its face
to seeure the adhesion of the form. The
speed seems small in comparison with
that of Col. Hoe's presses, though nothing
can exceed the beauty and evenness of
the impression. From the account given
the idea seems to be conveyed That no
hopes need be entertained of more than
12,000 copies an hour being produced.
The machine is the work of Mr. Augus
tus Applegalh, who made the old one,
which has been in use for the last twen
ty years in Printing House Square.
REMARLABLE PHENOMENON.
find the following notice in
Athens Banner ;
AT, ... a .
the following communication from one of
the most respectable and intelligent citi
zens of this place, to which we invite the
public attention. Not having observed
11;' 1 . . . ; t . I l
the Heavens minutely at the hour men
tioned in the communication, we are at
the first of the strange appearance men
tioned in it :
Mr. Editor Are you or your readers
aware that a strange phenomenon is to
)e seen every night alout half past 10
I o'clock, in the South? It seems at first
- "i". n n.uio
pearance. liut Iook a moment and you
will see it blazing up and then the light
dying away. It is constantly moving,
sometimes in an upward direction and
sometimes in a circle. It' moves west
ward, and is seen for several hours. Is it
a planet on fire, or what is it ? H.
P. S. 2 o'clock, at night. We stop
; by the name ol' Datus Nelson was mur
- ; dered ih Robeson county, two weeks ago.
!. U;. k.-tU. T.a, Xlc ,U:i
i iy iii3 iiiuuici. 'iiii i"ii, -ijiic uiiijci
the influence of liquor. The, circumstan
j cea are as follows :
13 ltnnPrSthtlUrW natnpl.
, , : " ' " .
, owu, ii uu .luiiit 1 1 lhj i ! n inuoc v.inu
brother John wanted. Datus shut him
Se,f UP In lhe house ( Pvnt his broth
; . m , . . .
entering, when a scuffle ensued, in which
l..U ... l.l 1 l-ii: l- i?
- i Mrtuc" aiu' K.u.1,ng mm meui.
: ately. He has made his escape. I .
Fay. Camlinian.
S40.. The Highland Messenger says j The bill to establish a Plank Rtl UoX.
that .a party of half a dozen were out on j etteville to Salisbury passed its 2nd reao y.
a Dear hunt on lMantnanaia river,
Christmas day, and that as Oapt. Mundy
and bis nephew. John Brooks, were riding
tfgethr, Capt. M's gun accidentally dis-
oVi m rrrort its Inn rt intn ftio t Vi I r ti rC .io n.
phew, from which he died on the follow
ing Monday.
CAROLINA) WATCHMAN J';
Salisbury, IT. C. -
THURSDAY EVENINGKJANDARY -
THE TKliLl!ivUx!ULfU4iO
From the momenUhese Sooth CaroVinj
abstractions oQIivteeIe, of Richnioi
in the shape of Resolutions, were int
duced into the House: of Commons, "t
purposely abstained from making any r.
marks on them, Dot have from tirniL
time given such accounts of their pj
gress, as came to4 hand, by .the. Rale
papers, only. This we did that all raW
form their own opinions "of 4he proprieV
oi otanT egiMaiures meddling wjtnlbhig,'
properly belonging to the NattonaK1Sii
lature, especially,, when there was no h$
for objects to legislate about of more j&
mediate and pressingirrtportance to-iae
Slate. We know there; are those
think it the duty of State Legislatures a
j make such expressions of opinion as
contained in these Resolutions, and thos
j who think that it is entirely foreign.' We
j are of "those who .believe that it is oot
place, and that the time and money
.have been spent-in discussiner this fir
brand could have been put to a much bet-
! . OTi . - J . . 'it t
ipp rmmrten nar inne xvifr h.... t'
riTlirPn so ,0UlJ,y 9P ine SUDjecf, mjeg.
!1y cleable with a culpablenv8tlctf
business of great importance to the intrr.
j nal wellare ot the otate and lhalitrM
scizpd unon bv the Locofocds to adv.
,-.. i c t i i-
interests alone. Such has been our
Pniori from the moment Mr. Steele intro-
! duced his resolutions ; and we were astoa. ?
ished that a member coming from sucbt
staunch Whijg county as Richmond, would I
have been led away by the hue and try
of South Carolina. Upon this question
seems to think alone depends the perp.
tuity of the Union, and upon this qurstioa
alone does she advocate a Southern Coa
vention, for the purpose of taking itfo
considrraiion what should be done. Whe
ther the South ought to secede and fona
a Southern Confederacy or not All this,
we are opposed to, and therefore deprf.
cate the introduction of any setofresou
tions into our Legislature, which' might
in the least, create the impression abroad.
that our hitherto calm and dispassionate
manner of meeting such question? haJ
given way for that bombastic style ofocr
more Southern neighbor. When4he:tin1e
arrives or when aggressions have reafiy
been made, we are for prompt and deci-
sive action, and not a mere nourish of
words which are only intended to give the
author some little notoriety At a distance;
and but for w-hicb, he would undoubtedly
never have been known out of bis owa
county
If the members of the Legislature had
looked at the depressed condition of our
State and then at the prosperity of Ma?
sachusetts arid New York, we think m
time would have beep given to the dis-j
cussion of such unprofitable business.
the! Strangers. We notice a large addition
i to the ordinary number of sojourners at
i nnp ITntntc far n lnv rr t vi-r nnvt- CftUSed
, V U L , - , aw. . ..... vr. . W 1 ' . - ,
by persons from abroad attending the sale
of fhe estate of the late Hon. JosephTear
son. Judging from the amount of money
brought here to be invested in negroes, we
should say the times are not, in realHy.W
hard as they are said to be ; and espe
cially when the pricey, which were palm
are taken in the account. We have'bearl
but one universal complaint in relation to
this sale, and that was, that the negnx
(the only property disposed oT yet.) -o'5
too high. Some ascribe the high prices
to the rise in Cotton; others to the pre
liminary arrangements and tlc coorteoBSi
fTpntlnmanl v hfarinf of the a"ent,
O j o : o
Mallet ; but we ascribed them to the fact
that the salf in the first place, was ad
vertised in the Watchman ; and in tie
second place, was tried by our T.oWS'
man Mr. Samuel Reeves; and we a-vl5C
all persons having large estates to dose
up, just to get the Watchman and Mr.
Reeves to work on them, and if the thing
ainl "done brown" it will be because
there is no money in the-land. ,
!
1T, r.-.;- Tk. lA- lvin
eff a
- ; new Count? br.ibe name of Williams, ea06.
neiiuiH(e, , no uiw n
as the special order of the night session
! IW nf H. n 1B. in.Uftt
Mr.
V. , 7. , ' . -Ariofii
ma iiicimosii nuurrsseu iue nous- m fyr '
- na4;ao- (.f Kill - hut ihe nuestionon Hr
- j vvas decided in the negative.
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Tbe engrossed bill to provide lor T" V
Turnpike Road from Salisbury West, to J
Georgia line, passed its 3rd and last read'0?
the House on the night of the 13ih inu r
Aves 82. Noes 21.
. . . . r . L 1 n J
on ; in the House, on the 18ih instant
, Or
The contested Jeat in the Senate, v"
ange County, has not yet beendeciJed, a
think ;therc is no proUbility that the
- 1 wiI1 he, finally disposed of before the a
j ment of the Legislature.
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