SATURDAY, NOV. 4. 1837.
We hflve received from W.
R. Gales, Esq. and Mr. Win. F.
Daucy, pamphlet copies of the
Address delivered before the two
Literary Societies of the Univer
sity of this State, by Hon. Robert
Strange in June last. The Ad
dress fully sustains the reputation
of Judge Strange as the ripe
scholar, as well as the profound ju
rist, the able statesman. It em
bodies principally some reflections
on the Imagination, and may be
truly said lo mingle instruction
with entertainment. We extract
the following paragraph, deeply
regretting our inability to publish
the Address entire :
" But, as a moral being, the do
main of Imagination overman, as
sumes more importance. If she
does not form, she hi least keeps
bright aiid preserves from rupture
the golden links by which sociely
is held together. What beauty
does she not imparl to the rela
tionships of life f Ever stirring
with her wand the fountains of the
affections, she keeps their streams
open, and causes them to flow in
continual freshness. Truly may
it be said, our happiness or misery
in this life depend more upon the
Male of our own hearts, than upon
any extraneous circumstance what
soever. (Jut it is seldom, as this
life is concerned, that the reward
of virtue and the punishment of
vice are in such immediate attend
ance, as to make their connection
palpible to the careless observer.
Unless then, Imagination were to
anticipate the flowers which bloom
along the path of virtue, and point
to us the thorns thickly strewed
upon the broad road of vice, we
sliould winder like the blind, un-1
conscious whither we were going,
and consequently, regardless of
the way we were treading. Let
us consider a youth coming into
life, beset wilh all live temptations
incident to thai interesting but
dangerous period of existence.
Eros urges, and Erato lures him
with her bewitching fascinations,
and were he to regard alone the
impulses of nature, he would cer
tainly plunge headlong into de
structive vices. But faithful Im
agination points to the frowning or
averted countenances of parents
and friends; to the spectacle of
some hapless victim, dragging out
a wretched existence covered with
unseemly scars diseased and mu
tilated loathsome to himself and
scorned of athers to the crushed
and bleeding heart of ruined inno
cence to he" pallid countenance;
her tearful eye, and her dishev
elled locks; and bids him listen to
accents of despair, which startle
conscience from her guilty slum
bers. The wine givetlr its colour
in the cup, and dissolute compan
ions urge him to slake a preter
natural thirst, created by former
indulgences. Bui Imagination
shews him the wreathed serpent in
the bowl; she points sorrowfully
and scornfully to Reason, the
boast of liis nature, cast from his
throne aud wallowing like the
brute amid filth and vomit. She
reminds him of a ruined estate,
aud a constitution destroyed, re
putation lost, and in the prospec
tive a heart broken wife, and a
beggared offspring. She points
to a black catalogue of crime
headed by intemperance, and then
to the prison and the gallows. The
card table is spread before him,
and he hears tjie enchanting rattle
o, the dice box, and as quick as
the lightning's flash, Imagination
presents him with that train of
frightful consequences lo which
they are associated wasted
time ruined fortune blasted re
putation exhausted health tor
tured family insanity, and sui
cide. But if, heedless of her warri-
tug portraitures, youth
having
passttt through scenes vT vi e. ar- j as by tins means they may be used
l ives with manhood ai the regions Us a medium for distant remitlan
of crime, vet mindful of her benefi- j ces, instead of being laid aside for
rent office, she is ever representing j investments, as would undoubted
lo him the dangers which environ) iy be the case if the rale of inter-
f ruin anrit
destruction interspersed through
out them. Ste causes the prison
key to grate upon his ear the
fingers of the hangman are about
his neck, and, in fancy, Ire dies a
felon's death, beneath the shame
ful gallows, &l there hangs, a war
ning of horror to every paSi- r by."
T?-The last Raleigh Standard
appears in an enlarged dress. We
hail this as indubitable evidence
that the utility and importance of
this truly democratic journal is
duly appreciated by the democra
cy of this State. We trust its tal
ented and worthy Editor, Mr. Lo
riug, will receive that patronage
to which he is so justly entitled by
his enterprise, industry and perse
verance. 07 Ephraim 11. Foster,
(Whig) of Nashville, Tennessee,
has been elected a Senator of the
United Stales for that Slate fox
six years, t commence on the 4th
March, 1839, in place of Mr.
Grundy, (Hep.) The contending
candidates were, .Mr. Foster ami
Gen. Carroll ; the former received
G5, the latter 33 votes.
In dian Treaties According to
the notice given in this paper on
Friday eveniug, treaties were
signed on Saturday last, with the
Sacs ami Foxes of the Mississippi,
the bands of the same name from
the Missouri, and the Yankton
Sioux. These treaties were ne
gotiated, on the part of the United
States, by C. A. Harris. Esq.
Commissioner of Indian Affairs.,
and signed by him at his house,
to which he was confined by indis
position, in the presence of the
agents, and part of the delega
tions. At the hours appointed,
the Secretary of War met the lat
ter, wIu ji they completed the sign
ing in his presence. Before the
opening of the General Council,
Keokuck requested that a boy
and a girl, belonging to his na
tion, who had been earned off,
might be restored, which the Sec
retary promised should be done.
After the Winnebagoes had taken
their seats, medals were present
ed, not only to the Chiefs who had
signed the treaties, but to the
loways, who had not acceded to
the propositions of the Govern
ment. The treaties concluded with the
Indians of the Missouri river, do
not provide for the purchase of
land, but for the extinguishment
of qualified interests retained by
them in lands ceded by former
treaties. And in negotiating
with the Sacs and Foxes, the oc
casion was embraced to commute
their cfaims under existing trea
ties, and to substitute a new one,
for die purpose of securing them
permanent benefits by the invest
ment of the consideration stipula
ted to be paid to them.
The treaty with the Sacs and
Foxes of the Mississippi extin
guish their title to 1,250,000 acres
west and adjoining the cession
made by ihem in IS32. For this
quantity of land, they are lo re
ceive $375,000 ; a part of which
is to be applied, for their bent fit,
in the education of their children,
the cultivation of their soil, and
the balance to be invested, to se
cure them a permanent income.
Globe.
Treasury Notes.. We are in
formed that the Secretary of the
Treasury has obtained engraved
blanks of the Treasury notes au
thorized by law, and they are now
issuing in proper cases for dis
bursement and in exchange for
specie.
We understand that the present
emission bears an interest of two
per cent., and is chiefly in notes
of fifty H,,d one hundred dollars
each. It will probably be most
convenient lu the public lo issue
them at first in these denomina
tions, and at a low rate of interest,
est onon them was fixed at or
near the maximum allowed by
law. We have seen - a spe
cimen of them. The devi
ces are appropriate, and we con
sider them finely engraved, and
particularly well guarded against
counterfeiting. ib.
From ihe Globe.
Treasury Department, ")
Oct. VMk, 1837. 5
Congress has, by an act ap
proved on the I2th iwst., author
ized the issue of Treasury Notes,
to the amount of ten millions of
dollars, iu denominations not less
than $50 each, receivable in all
payments to the United States, and
bearing interest at a rate not ex
ceeding six per cent, per annum.
The undersigned, for the purpose
of effecting payments to such ofj
the public creditors as may not
choose to recei.e said notes, in
viles offers for the exchange or
loan of them for the legal curren
cy of the United Slates.
The proposals will stale the
place where the money will be de
posited, aud the lowest rale of in
terest to be bur;; a by notes when
taken at par.
Those who receive no reply,
will consider it as sufficient evi
dence that their offers are nol ac
cepted. LEVI WOODBURY,
Secretary of the Treasury,
Resumption of Specie Payments.
The convention of Delegates from
the several Slate Banks will meet
in the l ily of New York ou the
27lh of next month. We learn
that the Bank of the Stale of
North Carolina will send a Dele
gate; that institution being prepar
ed to resume at any moment when
a concert of action can be accom
plished, as it is as strong in specie
funds, in proportion to its capital,
as the strongest in the Union. We
believe the Bank of Cape Fear
will also be able to rank with its
peers in the coming crisis.
Raleigh Slandard.
Southern Telescope. Mr. E.
S. Zvely, has disposed of his in
terest in the Greensboro "Teles
cope," to John L Clancy, Esq..i"6.
Unfortunate Affair. We learn
that at a Shooting Match, near
Chalk Level iu Granville county,
a few days since, a controversy
arose between Mr. Bufus Butler,
recently of this City, and Mr. John
Wiggins, which resulted in a fight,
aud terminated in the speedy death
of Mr. Wiggins from a Gun Shot
wound by Mr. Butler. We have
not heard the particulars, but pre-
u'".e ' , m M,Y I , -.. I
r . i c . r m i r .i i
uccu -uumicu iu ua, u.aii
mere are some exienuaunir cir-
are
cumstauces iu his favor.
-
Raleigh Register.
Halifax Superior Court. The
Fall Term of Halifax Superior:
Court was held last week. Judee
Sej
Nash presided. The most impor
taut case tried, was that of the
Stale against Pink Broom, for the
murder of James Ford. He was
put upon his trial on Tuesdaj',
and the Jury acquitted him with
out leaving the box.-IIalifax Adv.
C Since the loss of the Steam
Packet Home," the travel
through our town, by way of the
Bail Koad has been immense.
We notice the arrival of passen
gers on one night in particular.
We are credibly informed that on
Saturday night there were 43
in number. This is no bad omen.
Those engaged on the Wilmington
Koad should strain every nerve
towards a speedy completion of
it and as the facilities increase,
travelling will increase also. ib.
The Home. The excitement of
public interest in behalf of the fin
fortunate beings who perished on
our coast from the wreck of the
Steamer Home, has led to minute
inquiry respecting every circum
stance attending on, or in any way
connected with, the- disaster. It
thai'
U not suinriVuiir. llieietoic.
some, in their eagerness to gve
information, should repeat state
ments which are wholly unsubstan
tiated by facts. In ihe New York
Journal of Commerce, of the 24lh
inst., we find the following edito
rial -which should udt be permitted
to pass without notice :
" Worse' than Savage, In the
schooner Alias, Captain Curtis,
arrived yesterday from Washiog
lun, N. C. came passengers Mr.
John Mather, of this city, a passen
ger on board the Home, and Con
rad Hilton of Albany, a waiter on
board that vessel. Our news col
lector sent us up the following
memorandum: 'Both were saved
on a spar and one of the ladies
who was saved was lashed lo the
same spar. Captain Curtis and
the above passengers mform us,
that the passengers s-tved were
robbed of every lining by the peo
ple on shore. All the trunks
which drifted on shore, more than
a hundred in all. were broken
open, cut to pieces, and rifled of
their contents. 1 he dead bodies
were robbed, and from one were
taken five sovereigns aud a gold
watch. One of the ladies aud
gentlemen went to a house and
claimed their trunks, lil were
abused with curses. The lady
begged for her clothes, as she had
none excepv those in which she
floated on the shore; but ihe free
booters were deaf to her entreat
ies, and drove her from the
house." These things demand in
vestigation by the local authori
ties. The Southern papers are
loud in their chorus of wrong
doings on the part of responsible
persons, and they call on New
Yorkers, for the honor of their
city, to investigate the subject,
and find out the causes of this most
awful calamity. If what they say
is true, and if the statements in the
mouths of many of our citizens
acquainted with such subjects are
true, the silence of ninety of our
fellow beings stretched in death on
the beach of North Carolina, calls
for retribution. In no other way
than by a judicial investigation
can the truth be brought out."
It is evidently the intention of
this article to induce a belief that
these robberies, at the time allu
ded to, were committed by the in
habitants of our coast. It is our
purpose to shield the innocent, and
pehaps in doing so, the guilty
may appear. One of ihe passen
gers saved, complained while here,
that the body of his wife had been
robbed on the beach; but so far
from implicating any of ihe inhabi
tants of the coast in such villauy,
he stated expressly that the gold
watch taken from the body was
afterwards seen in the possession
of one of the crew of the Home.
He complained also that the
j trunk which came on shore were
,iflttJ f valuable conlenls-
by lhe of q(
.i n- , t
IIJC uasstMlLTtrrs. I lie MPr hiraliims
are entitled lo full confidence; and
as he spoke favorably of lhe treat
ment received from the inhabitants
of the coast, we nronuunce ih
cl broogl ,
,iio i .bfr..fa r i
the Journal of Commerce false and
calumnious. We know not the
individuals referred lo as passen
gers on board the Atlas : can the
Journal of Commerce acquit them
of all piulicipaliun in these robbe
ries i
This is not the first lime that
the inhabitants of our sea-board
have unjustly received the epithets
of "freebooters" aud "land pi
rales" from thj northern presses.
Such was the hue ami cry against
them, as our readers will recollect,
when the Steamer William Gib
bous was lost, some monjh-s since.
When the truth was then sifted out
by judicial investigation, who
were lhe culprits ? Let our State
calendar answer the question.
Should a judicial investigation be
instituted respecting the "Home"
robberies, we have no fears lor the
result. Washington Whig.
C? VVe find the following Card
in the Charleston Mercury of
Tuesday last : ib.
A CARD.
The Subscriber, would, for him
self and in behalf of Madam La
Coste aud Mrs. Schroeder, the
ivvo only surviving Ladies from
ihe wreck of the Steam racket
Home, express his heartfelt thanks
to the inhabitants of Washington,
(N. C.) aud lo the following
named Gentlemen who represent
ed them, viz: Col. Joshua Tayloe,
Eli Hoyt, Lsq. Abner I . INeale,
Esq. Dr. D. C. Freeman and t)r.
Norcurn, for the very kind and
hospitable manner iu which they
tendered their sympathies and as
sistance.
He would be sorry that any of
those individuals win came lo
proffer their assistance at the va
rious places through which he
passed, should suppose he had for-
rotten thir kind acts.
So much hospitality and kind
ness cannot be erased from the
memory of their obliged friend.
B. B. HUSSEY.
From the Wilmington Advertiser.
A CAKD.
We, the undersigned, passen
gers on Board the Steamer Bos
ton, from the wreck of the Honre,
feel ourselves bound by a strong
sense of gratitude, thus publicly
o make our acknowledgements of
obligation to Gen. Owen, Agent
of the Boston, and to Capt. Ivy,
for their kind, courteous aud gen
tlemanly coudur? towards us, iu
voluntarily tendering us a convey
ance iu their vessel, and l heir refu
sing acceptance of any remunera
tion. We also feel that it is our
duty thus publicly to recommend
the Boston as a saf- , comfortable,
and commodious boat; and Capt.
Ivy, her commander, an expert
.... 1 i s. , i
rillCJ tfUU MVIIIUJ SCtlUJcKJ. MU
genllemau every way worthy t he
esteem anu commence oi me puo i?.. .,.i ,i " . r.i c L
,. ... , , r Lurope and the ports of the Souih
lie. We must also be permitted ' i c ....i . c.
to return our thanks in Joint Lit-
. . , ,.
tlrjohu, Iwi. ol Ldenlon, for his
. . , . , ' .
kiiki attention, anu tne aid ana re-
.- rt- r i ii r;
I let he ;i Honied us by the roan of;
money, anu procuring conveyance
likewise to Mr. William Howard,
lor Ins trouble and care in inferr
ing those who unfortunately per
ished, and were washed ashore,
and other favours extended lo us
while on ibis hospitable shore.
And we take too this opportunity
to say, that the remembrance of
iheir generous offices, shall live
with our loveliest, latest and
proudest recollections. To the
following gentlemen of N'cubem,
we are equally indebted for the
many services they were pleased
to render us, in our distressed sit
uation, and their like refusal of
any compensation.
George S. Attmore of New
bern,f.. C ) Mathias K. Man
ley, Adrian Van Bokkell'nr, D. M.
Bnkkellin, John W. Bryan, Gen.
Juo. J. Pasteur, Uobt. G. Moore,
W. K. Culler, A. V. Thompson,
O.J. Harrison, Dr. E. K.Hub
bard, F. Naisted, Jacob Gooding,
Col. W. G. Bryan, Joseph W.
Wiihington, and other citizens of
Newbern, whose names are not re
membered, but whose friendly aid
is gratefully acknowledged, aud
will never be forgotten.
They also lake pleasure to add
the kindness they received from Mr.
Hardy Bryan," at Trenton, (N.
C.) and lo the Town Council of
Wilmington, (N. C.) for their kind
offer of assistance.
Andrew A. Louegrecn,
John Salter.
Alfred IJill,
Charles Drayton, Jr.,
Darius C7oc.v,
Cyril C. Cadyt
Wm. S. Read,
John Bishop,
James Johnson, Jr.
We fullyuufie iu the above
statement, but are unwilling to add !
our natnes, without including the
o uapi. jorm iJi!ie ajd
lauy, ol Oracock, from whom we
received the utmost hospitality.
I. B. HUSSEY.
J. S. CO HEM.
Oct. 19th, 1837.
1 iracy at our Doors. The
Packet Ship Susquehanna sailed
from Philadelphia for Liverpool
on Friday last, with a cargo, in
cluding .$350,000 in specie, and
near sixty cabin and steerage pas
sengers. '
A'slip from the New Castle Ga
oi Monday, states that
express bid reached ili;vU;u ,
Lewes, (near dp
bringing mlormatiou ,j ';
was captured on S.u,ir,aV 1h P
thirl v ih'iIh f J' ..,ll"n
..... , j t..,ui.u,ii s nootier.
An
aimiavu oi me lact
W as in i
two pilots at Lewes.
The Susquehanna is one f
Imeot packets which belong
believe, to a company of
(qnakers,) who entertain reli1
objections , to bearing aims. '
consequently their ships tar',
armament. We presume, ier'
fore, that the S.isq ieh;,,, Jc'
destitute of any means of
and was liable lo lw,,..i e'
ol any armed picaroon.
The following is a list 0f bCr
caoiu passengers.
May Humphrey, lady, two cl,i!.
(Ken anu servant, Ann R:iar
.Mary II. Bawl., Uachel ,
Henry e. Coibit, Henry MarljJ
-up,
ivJward rieasanl,ot rluladelnln.
HiMiifrr iioppm, oi rrovKJence II
isianu; mary Ann ;1ik1 4mil
Keilly, of Cincinnati ; nu
Gray, of Norfolk, Virginia; Jain
aui.oi iNew ur leans; Henry Foj
of Bristol, England; William It'
McC'one, of New Castle, Dt!a.
ware; and 40 in the steerage.
Southern Mercantile Comn
'Pi...
nun- t iic woir .-rutin i mpi
Augusta on the 1 7ti inst., Kei.
Bovce, Lsq , of Charleston, wj;
appointed Chairman. A Com.
mittee was appointed, of
Mr. McDuffie was (diairman.il)
report upon the grand object ui
l ,1, ... . 1 ,.
j nda(ve l() ffl diret.t ,ade
ern and
. tvi. i ici
On Wednesday, the I&ili, Jh.
vi..n .k,a i i -
! McUutne presented the report ot
juiiui-MruMerii oiaie.
port
ri..V:t t
Hie Lomnuttee, bu
i.. i . i i
h was unani'
a raaslerr Vrodocrion, as migh;
be supposed, beiuir the nioJuc
lion of Mr. McDidlie. Several
resolutions were udopleu, u
which, the following are il;e him
important :
1. That an Address be prepir
ed, to the Southern and South
western States, urging combined
action iu relation to a direct trade
with Europe.
2. That tley be recommeiidei
among the means of drawing pri
vate capital into this channel, tlie
passage ofa law allowing Limited
Partnerships' and
3. That the p . pie of each
Congressional District, in those
States, beeruie:ted to meet, ani
give effect lo ihese recommenda
tions, by memorializing their re
spective Legislatures, and ap
pointing Delegates to rn;et again,
in Augusta on lhe 1st of April
ensuing. .
At 4 o'clock, P. M., die Con
vention adjourned to ineft aC1B
on the 1st April next. I'ct. h
Rank Convention. The Ne
York Herald of the 21st ult. says-
" Messrs. n:LLiuii. NevvboU,
White, aud several others, in c0
jui.ction wilh a few bankers froi"
lhe countrv. hae come to the
termination to make a dtcide'
movement at lasi and yesterday
notices were issued to all the lead
ing banks of this State requesting
them to hold a Convention m t:
city ou the Tib November, fan1
purpose of resuming specie pa;
ments in conjunction, or r.ea"
rotemporaneous, wilh the issue t'l
treasury drafts. It is n'c"'
probable, but we have nut yet as
certained the fuels, that the invita
tion will be extended to the Phila
delphia, Bostuu, and IJa.'mw
j Banks.
INDIAN WAR.
Official notice has been
through a French paper puLUse
in New York, that the Govern
ment of the United States
to employ two companies, 01
men each, of Fiench and Cerinau
volunteers, for sei vice in die IU
ing campaign in Florida.
FOREIGN.
Late from Enghr
packet ship Oxford',
v ... i ii a
..I lf V
to
):!)
an
brings Liern.ol daas