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SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 1838.
JOn Monday last, Dr. Ephraim
Dicken was elected Magistrate of Police,
and Messrs. Randolph Colten, Henry
Johnston, John Lawrence, Nathaniel M.
Terrell, and Robert II. Austin, Com mis
sioncrs for this town, the ensuing year.
Vc arc indebted to the Hon.
Edw. Stanly, the Hon. J. A. 13y
num, and the Ron. Wm. Montgome
ry for several important documents
for which we tender our thanks.
CONGRESS.
In the Senate, the hill graduating
the sale of the public lands, is the
principal subject under considcra
tion.
In the House of Representatives,
the memorial of Arkansas relative
to the boundary on Texas excited
much discussion. Texas it seems
claims a considerable portion of Ar
kansas. The resolution granting public
lands to the old States for the purpo
ses of education, was referred to the
committee of the whole when on the
subject of graduating public lands.
The Army Appropriation 15ill was
passed to a third reading.
1 he Navy Appropriation Bill was
discussed. Mr. Montgomery moved
to strike out the portion providing
lor the Exploring Expedition. He
was for exploring our own coasts and
against going to Symmes?s Hole.
Mr. Wise was of the same opinion,
but the appropriation could not be
lessened whether the expedition sail
ed or not. Mr. Cambreleng was in
favor of reduction, and thought the
Pacific was a better school than the
Mediterranean. The question was
not taken.
Independent Treasury Bill.
This bill passed the Senate cm Mon
day, the 2Gth ult. by the same vote
as on its passage to a third reading.
On Tuesday, w hen the bill was pre
sented in the House of Representa
tives, it was, on a motion by Mr.
Patton laid on the table by a vote
oflOGto 93. All the Democratic
members from this State voted
against laying the bill on the table
the Whigs, with the exception of
Mr. Rencher, who was absent, vo
ting in favor of the motion. Accor
ing to a statement in the Globe,
there w ere 32 members absent w hen
the vote was taken to lay the bill on
the table, 22 of whom w ere friends,
and 10 opponents of the bill. Be
sides which, there were 2 absent
from Mississippi, 2 Vacancies in
Maine, and 1 absent from Louisiana,
and the Speaker who did not vote,
making 6; (all of which the Globe
claims,) and Mr. Gray, who voted
to lay on the table, in order to ob
tain thereby the, privilege of moving
a reconsideration, and who is a
friend to the bill, is 7. According
to this shewing the Globe calculates I
that on a vote of the entire number
of the Representatives, if all could
be present when the question is put
on the bill, the result would be for
the bill, 127; against it, 115. The
Globe, says, when the absent mem
bers return, the bill will be called up.
We copy the following, from an
article in the Globe, on this sub
ject: The Independent Treasury bill, the no
tices already given will apprize our read
ers, has been transmitted by the Senate to
the House without the rlatise which provi
ded for the gradual exclusion of bank pa
per from the receipts of the Government.
The biil no leaves tills matter to the laws
as they stood before the suspension of spe
cie payments. They permitted the recep
tion of bank notes at the discretion of the
Treasury Department, but those only
could be received which were convertible
immediately into specie ile laws requir
ing that bunk notes should not even be
tendered to a public creditor, unless "con
vertible on the spot" into gold or silver.
The Independent Treasury bill, as it
passed from the Senate to the House, puts
the government precisely in the relation to
the Slate institutions in which the United
States Bank stood, when it received and
disbursed the revenues for the Treasury.
That bank received the issues of State
banks, located where it had offices or
brandies, and was thus enabled to tiavej
weekly settlements, and payment of the
balances due in specie, its own notes, or an
equivalent. It was in this way tuai tne
nresident of the Hank of the United States
held that coutrol over the State banks
which subtecied their issues to hi discre
tion, and enabled him to boast, in his let
ter to the State committee, that ihey were
very few Slat institutions which he could
not destroy.
The reception of the notes of specie pay
ing banks by the Treasury, with the inci
dental power ol cashing tiiem at pleasure,
certainly invests the Secretary with a fa
culty which may be used for salutary pur-
noses, or abused to produce great mis
chief. At such a juncture as the present,
it may be beneficially exerted to aid the
banks in the resumption el specie pay
ments by giving credit to their issues
opening a channel of circulation now
dosed and, by thus restoring public con
fidence, the press upon the banks, afier re
sumption, for specie, will be diminished.
When the solvent banks shall have been
again established in credit, and in the ex
ercise of their regular functions, the coin-
m md which the Treasury may have over
their issues, through the sums paid in fur
revenue, will enable it to hold the banks
in check by the sl-iled settlements to which
they must be called, litis, as was the
case during the time when the I5.nk o( the
United Stales adjusted the balances arising
in favor of the Government bom the re
ceipt of the State bank notes, would have
ihe effect to prevent over issues.
Hut the niesti u lor the statesman is,
whether these collateral advantages, grow
ing out of the commerce between die Slate
institutions and the General Government,
ire not greatly overbal jnced by the mis
chief which must ultimately come bom as
sociating Government with bank poiveif
Our opinion is decidedly ag ai..sl the con
nection in the remotest degree. The pow
er of the Federal Government over the
banks will inevitably be abused under
some Administration of the Federal Go
vernment to political objects. The tin i -tedpmverof
the banks and the Govern
ment, reaching to the minutest fibres ol in
terest throughout the Union, and which,
like the secretly accumulated electric lluid,
can at any moment be made to sink, tin
chord of ambition and avarice in the bo
som of every iullutntial man on the couti
mmt, must be omnipotent. The associa
tion of the m mey-unking power with the
political power, is, in a word4 utterly
against the genius of the invitations ol
this country. It is an adulterous connec
tion, and vitiate both. The union l tints
the Government through ut with corrup
tion, and in bringing the all-sw a v ing in
fluence of politics into moueved and com
mercial pursuits the banks are swayed
from all the maxims of sound pol'n y, on
which alone they can stand, and they be
come the instruments of politic-il and pe
cuniary speculations combined. I'mdimcc
and probity in dealing is abandoned by
them the public confidence forfeited
and the system, beginning in prostitution,
ends in bankruptcy.
Our settled conviction is, therefore, that
an absolute separation between the banks
and the Government should take place. It
is indispensable able, in our view, to the
interests of the people, the Government,
and the banks. The diuT uhies in which
all are involved at this moment, and which
have repeatedly occurred during the un
happy blending of the business and inter
ests and issues of banks with Government,
give to the call for reform, which is ivow
heard, the force of universal and suffering
experience. Every man's voice is raiset
for reform ours is for thai which will re
medy forever the cause of the public dis
order. The Government must cease to
bank, and the bank to govern.
fJJAgain the painful task is ours to
announce the decease of a Member of
Congress in this city. The Honorable
Isaac McKim, one of the Representatives
of the State of Maryland, died at his lodg
ings yesterday, after an illness of only a
few days,
Mr. McKim was a wealthy and spirited
merchant of the city of Baltimore, of ex
emplary private character, benevolent dis
position, and urbane manners. lie
first elected to Congress about fifteen rears"
nanners. lie was'i.i i r ' . .
no-n nrwl lm tw M..l r . i. II ,
tv "'v wo a lucmiier ui uie iionse
of Representatives during the greater part
of the intervening time
Nat. Int.
Superior Court. The Superior Court
is now in session in this city, his honor
Judge Pearson presiding. Geo. W. Dai
ley, of Richmond, Va. was arraigned yes
terday, and confessed the larceny, com
mitted at Guion's Hotel, in January last
and received 39 lashes in the afternoon
pursuant to the sentence of the Court.
Raleigh Standard.
(7We have a very interesting Report
of Charles B.Shaw, Esq. Engineer of the
Literary Board of this Stale, on the drain
ing of the Swamp Lands of North Caroli
na, which will be published entire in our
next. ib.
The Branch Mint. We learn, from the
Charlotte Journal, that the Branch Mint
at lhat place bas commenced coining.
The coin resembles that issued in 1834,
with the exception of a letter C. to distin
guish ihe place of coinage. There are
large quantities of bullion, in the mint, and
ihese are daily increasing from deposites
from various mines in litis Slate and
Soulh Carolina. The Gazette further
says that a mine has been discovered in
Mecklenburg Co. yielding nearly pure
silver. ib.
The Cherokecs. The Western Geor
gian, pi inted at Rome, has some informa
tion respecting the designs of the Chero
Itees, that is somewhat interesting at this
time. While the Cherokee Delegation,
who recently visited Washington City,
where at Macon, Franklin co. in this State,
on their return-home, they were interroga
led a; to their intentions. They said lhat
Mr. Moss told them to go home, and go to
work and not to think of removing.
That the treaty of 1835, was not made by
him, and no other person or assemblage of
persons, had a right lo make a lreaty to
cede the land of the Cherokees and il
! fraudulent and void. The
destiny of the Indians now remains in the
hands of Ross, who should be held ac
countable for ihe result. ib
The Cherokees. A peremptory requi
sition has been made by the General Go
vernment an G iv. Dudley for four Com
panies of Infantry, to be in immediate
readiness, in the event of their services
being needed to aid in the removal of ihe
Chereokee Indians. Should, therefore,
the recent ufiV-r for Volunteers not prove
successful, a Draft will become necessary.
Hal lltg.
Our University. V e are gratified to
hear constant art o.iuts of the flourishing
condition of our University. The num
ber of Students, al presriit. is about 150.
The new Professor, Fetter, we understand,
gives great satisfaction both to Faculty
and Students. i').-
' 'ape Fear jV.iici. The Branch of
the liak ol Cape Frar,. located in this
City, couuneiiivd operations on Tuesday
last, which d), hereafter, will be the re
gular Discount day. We are pleased to
learn that il i- the intention of the Branch
to a fiord such relief lo ihe community, in
the way of Loans, as nny be compatible
with its interests. E. W. Wingate, Esq.
late of Wilmington, is Cashier, and the
following gentlemen constitute the Direc
tory, viz: Ueveily Daniel, Kiehard
Sumh, Bernard Dopuy, Seth Jones, Wil
liam C. Tucker and Parker ttatnji There
has been no appointment of President, as
yet, but Gen. Daniel presides as Chairman
of the Board. ib.
Bunk Convention. The adjourned
meeting of the Bank Convention will be
held in New York on the 1 ltu iust. for the
purpose of fixing on a day, if practicable
for the resumption of Specie Payments.
We understand that our Banks w ill be rep
resented. ih.
A Narrow Escape The Steam Packet
Wptutie, from Charleston, bound to New
York, came near meeting the melancholy
lateoflhe Home, during her exposure to
tiie storm ol Saturday the 17lh ult. Tne
Passengers slate, that for twenty-two hours,
all onboard were momentarily awaiting
the destruction lhat seemed inevitable.
She was off the Capes of Delaware during
the greatest seventy of tne tempest, and
such was the agitation of the sea lhat her
hull was sometimes elevated to an angle of
forty-live degrees. Although one of her
stove pipes was blown over-board ; and
two of tier small boats stove to pieces, the
Neptune sustained im material damage
Siie put buck to Norfolk, where she arriv
ed in safely. ib.
U. S Prisoners. few days since,
James Snerridan and John S. Crocker,
Seamen, were brought to the Jail of this
City from New York, charged with hav
ing maliciously destroyed the Schr. Auro
ra, within the waters of North Carolina, in
the mouth of June last. I'uev will ihn
i n ied, doubtless, at ihe next 1 HIm fC mii
m , , l vmcn commences on the
UI OI V- 10.
(Stephen Henderson, Esq., of New
Orleans, well known by a Uie visiters, of
late years, at ihe White Sulphur Springs,
Who rl Iffl I'Ul'Diil III I..C .. .. - . I.
'hih;, icu un estate ol two
minimi ol dollars, must of which he dis
tributed among various Charitable Asso
ciations Amongst the bequests was one
of $2000 per annum, to be distributed
amongst ihe poor of his native town in
Scotland. ib.
0C?Ve are indebted to a friend at Log
House Lauding, in this county, for the
following particulars of a most melancholy
circumstance which happened it, that
District on Monday, the 26th ultimo
"Mr. Benjamin Eborn, JunV., was en
gaged in getting slaves with two of his
"egroes: about 10 o'clock, one of ihe nel
Broei rjnio lhjorjohn Clark's, (an un
cle of AJr. Ebon,,) and informed him that
a ITmb had fallen upon his master and
killed him. Mr. Clark immediately went
to the plaCe in the Woods, and found Mr.
Eborn lying dead upon ihlr earth his
head mashed and the ground covered
with blood and brains. iMr. Clark had
the deceased removed to his house, where
he was dressed in the robe of death. After
which, Mr. Clark, in reflecting upon the
circumstances, became suspicious that ht
was murdered by his negroes and called
to assist him a magistrate and some of his
11P10 hbonrs. who went to the place of hi
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death, and made such examination asjus
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tilled the magistrate in committing
negroes to jail to await their trial at
iipsi Snnerior Court
the
ihe
Mr. Eborn was about 2G years of age.
His very agreeable and generous uisposi
tion had endeared him to a large numl e
of young companions, and his sudden and
unexpected death has left an aged lati
and very many near and dear relations
mourn his early death.
Washington
Whig.
Prophecy Fulfilled. Since our last pub
lication the 111. ilev. Dr. Ives hasdelighted
and edified our community by the contin
uation of his discourses on Chi istian truth.
The Bishop made one observation in
support of Christianity, which deserves to
be more generally known. He stated that
he h id diligently inquired in Europe and
in this country, and hi had never known
a single instance of a Christian, one whose
life exemplified his professions, being an
inm ile of a poor house. How literal a
fulfilment of the words of David is here
afforded us where he says, 4I have been
young and now am old, anJ yet saw I
never ihe righteous forsaken, nor his seed
begging their bread. '
Vil vx in crion Adv.
Colly Shingle Factory. Messrs. Dick
inson Morris, of our town, have ererted
at Colly a fine two story building, 50 by
liO feet, for the purpose of manufacturing
Cypress Shingles.- This factory is situa
ted 23 miles from Wilmington. This ma
chinery is new, and is propelled by water
power. There are now eight machines in
operation, which number will be increased
to ten. When all these are in successful
operation they will rive from 25.000 to
30,000 singles per day. About 100,000
have already been brought to our market,
and from their uniform thickness and ex
actness in size, we doubt not they are ad
mirably adapted for making a tighl and
beautiful roof and will req iire less labour
and expense lo work them.
The supply of limber about the factory
is said to be abundant; we hope it will soon
yield a rich reward for the enterprise and
expense which have been incurred in the
establishment. ib.
A nrac.liml. rnmmpntnrn nn
j j S lUVUIIVIIIjllt
On Saturday, a breach of the laws of Vir-
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UHlia. lUVOlVinr ip cprpipu npn.ilf.T i..
her whoie criminal code, (short of capital
punishment) was charged against Cap
lain Charles Hubert, of the British mer
chant brig Charily. This vessel arrived
at our port about six weeks ago, and was
on the eve of departure for Barbados with
a cargo of staves. She dropped down to
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iiampiuii ixoaus on inursday. i he Cap
lain, and the owner, Mr. Win, McCamion
of St. Johns. (N. B reninint-fl in tf.in
intending to join her the next da; but
wu. yji w,c view uaviug aeserted on l hurs
day night, their slay was-involuntarily pro
iracteu, to apprehend the deserters. Thev
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eoSaBeu omcers oi the police lo aid ihem
but very imprudently took the responsi
bility themselves of making a fnrriM o
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try al night, into a sailor lodging house in
Water streei, where they supposed them to
oe, put without fiuding them there. The
ponce however succeeded in capturing one
of ihe runaways, mid Imrp dim ,fr i. ;.;i
Oil Saturday mornintr Mr. Mi P ..,..,,..
not a little chagrined lo find himself in the
custody of the Sergeant at the suit of the
.uiiuuiiu, uu an action oi damages lor ihe
.u.viuic euiry,, me ivight previous, on his
premises. From this perplexity Mr. MtC
released himself on p .yiug SU2, by way
of compromise.
Iu the mean time, the sailor who was
apprehended the day before, gave informa
tion to the Sergeant lhat theie was secre
ted on board the brig a runaway slave be
longing to Mr. Hunter's shipyard; upon
which a posse of the police was sent down
to the brig, with authority to search for
ni but before ihey reached her, the
cook o the brig (a free colored man) had
wade the same disclosure to Mr. James
bkinner pilot on board and pointed oui
to htm ihe place whe.,e the fugitive w iS
ecreted which was among ihe slaves in
ihe hold and to all appearance had bee
e pectally prepared for his concealmen
'II ihe vessel could get to sea. Mr. S. be
heve lhat no se.rrl, ..t.i i ..... .
it wi,K " ,,u,,c "reeled
".imuui uie removal ol the rr,
negro was sneedilv oxtrrto. r '
The
his
covert and bronchi
the
"- -veu .u o custody and committed
iu uie bounty iai in I nrlcm.iMil. ... .. i
his trial. ., iu Mauu
It should also be stntnrl t.. .i
i r .i i ' l,,u u" l,,e ar
rival o! the bnir at thia r.. r ...
does, the four seamen who deserted on
Thursday night, were immcd;!..
lail bv the Captain, and lo r,, .i fU
ihe vessel dronned rlnm. U!i,l
when they were sent down to her.
The slave is ihe property 0f !e
of the late Isaac Talbot, Esq is said
a prime ship carpenter, aoiuig nvM
of course, very valuab.e. :ar'
This is a most unfortunate occur
for ihe Captain, and also for the 0kt
the vessel whose 'property is liahlp r tfc
!due execution of the law in thjs r,lc ":
penalties of which are, 1st a fine of :
recoverable by any person h0
for ihe same; 2d, ihe value of the slave5
the action of the owner in which a '
ihe vessel is liable lo attachment tu ;
swer the verdict of the jury, no ma'titf3
whom she belongs; 3d, a fine of $ 1 50 f
the benefit of the Literary Fund.
lastly, ihe master of such vessel, is M
to a prosecution and 3 years iupiiS( lut,:
in the Penitentiary if the slave shall t,
found on board after the vessel leaves i
port, whether he knew the slave was '
board or not. t3
An attachment against ihe brig ttJ.
made oul and served on Saturday, ami .!
is now in the custody of the Sheriff!
await a judicial decision, unless seno
shall be given for her release, lo ille!'
amount of the penalties and costs i;itj".
case.
The rigorous features of the law -
justly chargeable to the abolitionists; Uli
their undisguised warfare against i:
righls, the properly, and the peace of
Soulh, it exacted only a fine of six IttwdrJ
dollars; and it was not till then that i',
now existing penalties 'were enacted, i ',
the benevolent hope lhat they would, h
ihe very fact of their extraordinary s-tveif.
ty, effectually prevent any attempt t vie
late the law, and lhat no case would
occur requiring them to be enforced.
Norfolk Herald.
Trade of the Dismal Swamp Canal-
The following facts prove more clearly li;
business of ihjs important improvem;.
and its real usefulness to the trade of iU
port, than a volume of declamation.
rassed the Soulh Locks bound inward
full cargoes, in the month of March, IS3?.
VI2?
74 Schooners,
18 Lighters,
6 Hoats,
I Raft 23 pieces Navy Yard.
Passed the Soulh Locks bound cu ;
wards, partially laden, during the sans;
month, viz :
42 Schooners, j
18 Lighters,
1 Sloop,
5 Boats. ib.
Mysterious Affair About the 1st oi
March last, a lady by the name of
, the wife of an English creutlemm1
by the name of . became ac
quainted with a young man who callti
himself George Hunt. A friendly correi
pondence took place between these par
lies, and George Hunt was commission
by the lady to procure her lodgings in i
genteel part of ihe cily, which ufSrefc
undertook to perform, and recommend
her lo a fashionable boarding house ic
Varick street, where he was in ihe liabitc:
visiting. Having acquired the unlimiifi
confidence of the lady, but whether iu
the approbation of her husband or n '
did not transpire, Hunt invited ihe lady ol:
a riding one afternoon, leaving her at i
house somewhere up town from whirls
hurried back to her lodgings iu Vaiii
street, where he broke open her buretf.
and stole all her jewellery and a variej
of other finery, together with a trunk coi,
taming various other valuables, with wLi :
he made his escape. Nothing further
heard ol the cavalier until Thursday a
lernoon, when as Mr and li'
wife were walking along the street, thef.r-'
mer having accidentally observed one ci
his gold breastpins in the bosom of another
man's shirt, he seized hold of him and iu
the assistance of another citizen broi! i
m before the police. The unfortunai
lady made several ineffectual attempts w
laint, but finding her husband's attend
entirely engrossed iu bringing the robber
to justice, she postponed that verv inf
esting ceremony for the time being.' Mean
while my gentleman was walked into il
backroom lo undergo the usual prorcs
l a magisterial mo.,;:,:,... ti,0
beincr examiopfl con,..i.i.. i . , !w
Justice Bloodgood, said nothing, ;
7u,Bf num was discovered, very sons
allerhis appearance at the Police, to ht
no other than ihe notorious Reuben D
owift. He was committed for a further
am,ahon.-,V. Y. Express.
CC7r A ry'.J
Al , 'busius livens, oi uin'u
Alabama, was killH o,ueof
. .i.ui llic c II I " - -
ine race course in rl.r.k.. r?.. the
th ult. by a man named Fox. There
au oeen a personal renconire betwecu UlS
Parties immediately previous, in
"wens was ihe victor. Fox finding 1
self badly beaten, drew a pistol and shel
,ns agonist dead on the spot.
Well Counterfeited naf
j iic u au
possession a day or iw n..o ,!rtIIaf
note of the Virginia Bank at Norfolk,