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SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 1340. JJewocratic llepnhlican State Mights Nominations. i-oil PREMbEXT, MARTIN VAX iUJREN. rOK GOVERNOR. ROMULUS JL SAUMtmiS. iTT'We learn that much excitement f!X- jsts at Washington City, in consequent 6f the threatening aspect which the bounda ry controversy with Great Britain has tpcptitlv niimi!- It annears that the British troops have possession of the di puted territory, and avow a determination to retain it. It is hoped however that this unpleasant affair may be still adjusted amicably. fTPWe will publish in our next, the de fails of a most extraordinary sitting of the House of Representatives, while th( Treasury Note bill was under consider ation, which commenced at 12 o'clock on Tuesday, and continued without iritermis $ion until Wednesday evening, 5 o'clock. CONGRESS. In the Senate, on the 30ih ult. the Trea Anrv Note bill was read a third time and mssfid aves 25. navs S. The Treasury Note bill, authorizing the issumgof five millions ot dollars, nnaiiy pas aA Ua f Imito nfRnnrpspntatives. 1 1 5 to 76 ObU UIV uvuow w. - - I' at half past 10 o'clock, in the evening ol the 28th ult. and the House then acijoui neo to Monday. EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE. Washington City, March 22d, 1S40. Mr. Editor: Sir, The New Jersey case having been pretty much settled, leaves the whigs but little to go upon; I have said Settled, because the lawful members have got' their seats and will keep them, there being more illegal votes found to have been cast for the whig ticket than the democratic. The House was yesterday (Saturday) on private bills, and which is Considered by the opposition the smallest business it can be engaged in, to give poor individual claimants their just dues, there beingbut a small chance to raise any Harri son capital out of it; consequently they had an earlier adjournment than usual. The most part of the week, after the morn ing hour, was taken up in the discussion of the Treasury note bill, and the most of the Speeches have been made on the side of the Whigs; and with one exception have been of a piece with all their speeches; ranting and tearing against abuses in the Gov ernment that were never known to ex ist, nor could not by any possibility under the present system. I have made an exception, and as he is an able de bater, a learned man, and perfect gentleman; one who never descends to party slang for argument, but avoids it on all occasions and deprecates it in others; speaks to his sub ject and that with ability, it is due him and but justice that I should name him; it is Mr. Caleb Cushing of Massachusetts, to Whom I allude. I am somewhat inclir ned to think that this gentleman is rather democratic in his notions; that he is pretty liberal cannot be denied. The whigs you know are very strict constructionists in the acts of others, and do almost what you will the act is unconstilu- al, unlawful or a usurpation of all usage of power, &c. &c. ; but let it touch their par ty movements disadvantageously in any way by an officer's following a sirictly law ful course, and then it is that he can't be too great a latitudinarian for them. I have a case directly in point, in a circular issued by the Clerk of the House in regard to his franking privilege, and the best way of proving the fact will be lor me to send it to yoU to publish with this letter; inform ing you at the same time however, that the tvhigs contend that it is a party move in the Clerk to keep back then speeches, &c. It is true, the whigs have no doubt fifty packages to be transmitted by the mail to one on the other side', but the Clerk's hot unlawfully franking tlieni does not prevent their being sent, as they can easily have them put up in small packages to Suit their own lawjul trankms; privilege. And moreover, if it was intended as a party move in the Clerk, it must be acknowledged to have been a very singular one, as it affects alike his own party and which too is in the rni'prity. However, I think his circular will he sufficicut to satisfy the people that he is a "law loving man," as has his course in the New Jersey case fully proved him to be a people's loving man, as well as a just and firm one in standing unflinch ingly by their rights against the threats C?' leveled at him by the whole '.opposition battery, and hot-fire kept up a- I - - . . . oavoi"il irainst him without cessauu v.,wa. wppkq together. 1 think 1 might truly say of Mr. Gar land in regard to the New Jersey case, whai Mr. Wise said of Mr. Adams when he was called to the Chair,to create more disorder than already prevailed or ever did prevail in any Legislative body before and is to hp honed ever will again, lie said, "that althou di the chairman had held many dis- . i i i ii i .i i . : i i tinguished places, nan nneu me inguesi office wilhin the gift of man as he consid ered iuhe Presidency of the United States; vet, were it ho who had been called to the Chair on that particular occasion, notwith standing- nil thnsp distinguished honors heretofore enjoyed, he would look upon ii as the proudest moment of his life." I would ask, what honor can be conferred on a man by the people that should distin guish him more in their own view than the act of his stedfastly standing by their ritrlitfi should. AH Hunh A.Garland did in the New Jersey case? To-morrow is resolution dav, and if the whigs should not be afraid of running too boldly against the law, you may look out for one touching the Clerk in this matter of franking. They will not be able to rest unless they can manage to raise a little cap ital out of it, law or no law. CORRESPONDENCE. Office House oj Represcnta lives U. S. March 18, IS 10. Sir: In consequence of the abuses prac tised under my name, as. disclosed in the correspondence, I am con strained, respectfully, to decline franking any package for members of Congress Yours, etc. II. A. G An LAIN 1 J, Clerk Hou-e of Representatives U. S. Post Office Depart meat, March 11, 1S40. Sir: I deem it as much my duty to you to the public, to apprise you of the un warranted use made of your name, as dis closed in t he enclosed copy of a letter from the postmaster at Hartford, Connecticut. Whether your name in this c ase be a forgpry, or whether you were induced to write it by any misrepresentation, 1 beg your aid in ferreting out the real responsible cqlprit, that he may be punished, or at leist held up for the public scorn. V cry respectfully, Your obedient servant. AMOS KENDALL. Hugh Garland, Esq. Clerk of the House ot Representatives. Office House of Representatives U.S. March 12, 1840. Sir: I have received your letter of yes terday, enclosing one from the post master of Hartford, Connecticut, in which he states: "A gross abuse in relation to frank ing exists among the members of Congress; in addition to bushels of newspapers and peeches, daily received Irom our mem bers of Congress, loading down the mails, there are large packages franked 'Hugh Garland, Clerk,' which packages consist of blank franks, and arc intended to cheat and defraud the revenue." If the packages as he states, are endor sed "Hugh Garland, Clerk," they were certainly not sent by me, for I never sign my name in that way. I am in the habit of franking packages for members of Congress, under a construc tion of the law of 1S27, which I found pre vailing when I came into onice. Under the law of 1825, section 27, the privilege of the Clerk of the House of Re presentatives, was limited to two ounces. n 1S27, it was extended so as to be only united by a general law which prohibits postmasters Irom mailing any packages that shall exceed three pounds, except pub ic documents. My own impression is,tbatthis privilege was intended for the official business'of the Clerk's office, and not for the use of mem bers of Congress. Hut finding a different interpretation of the law prevailing, and learning that it had been so construed from the beginning, 1 have yielded to it. If, however, the Post Offife Department does not concur in this interpretation of the law, 1 shall be pleased to know, for the information of the mem bers of Congress, and for the regulation of ny own conduct in future. Yours respectfully, H. A1. GARLAND,. Clerk of the House of Reps. U.S. Hon. lmos Kendall, Postmaster General. Post Office Department, March 18, 1840. Sir: I duly received your letter of the 12th, in reply to mine of the 11 ih instant and have re-examined the laws having re ference to the franking privilege of the Clerk of the House. Thd Department is now for the first tirtle appriscdsthat the act of 1827, extend ing his franking privilege, had been con strued to authorise him to frank nackag-es lor members ot . Congress. 'I'Urt n n t lone C 1 l 4 iic dti ui loiii conierrea on mm, in Common with members of Congre?s, the privilege ot hanking letters and packets not exceeding two ounces in weight, except doeumentsprinled by order of eilherllouse. anu so iar irom authorising the one to frank for the other, imposed on every per son possessing the franking privilege, who should frank "any letter or letters other tnan those written by himself, or by his order, on the business of his office," penalty often dollars, from which no one hut hpflris o Denartments arerin any uv;.i case exempt. The only change in the law made by the act of 1S27, was to romr.rp Ihp. limitation of two ounce on the Clerk's frank, so that he may send and receive by mail, packets not ex ceeding three pounds in weight. There appears to be not the least ground of con struptincr this act as authorising him to rrork lattpr nr napkp.ts for members of nana - - - Congress, whether they weigh more or less than two ounces; and it he now put nis frank on "letters not written by himself. or by his order, on the business of his of fice," he is unquestionably as much liable to the penalty of ten dollars in each case as if the act of 1827 had never passed. I am gratified to find, that your view of the law does not differ from that entertained by the Department, and that you are ready, on ascertaining this coincidence, to aban don a practice entailed upon you by your predecessors. 1 here seems to be some thing insatiable in "special privilege," whiph is p.vrr striving to enlarge itself by all sorts of subterfuges and evasions It is no less the duty ot those connected with the. legislation of the country, than - Q - - -- with those, entrusted with the execution of its laws, to give every grant of privilege which can only be enjoyed at the expenee of the people, a strict construction, and mnfine. its exercise to the narrowest hounds. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, AMOS KENDALL. Hugh fi. Garland, Esq. Clerk of the House of Representatives. This Ruined Country. In a recent debate in the British Parliament, Mr. Colnuhoun, an Opposition member, admit ted that the trade of England, and the nroirressot the trade ot trance, ana me H ade of the United States, showed some p.iinmis resu ts. ll a noeareu mai me; 1 . A 1 ll. 1 . 1- French trade between 1830 and 1S35 had advanced 45 per cent. The trade of the United States had advanced 64 per cent. The trade of Great Britain had advanced only 24 per cent.; and during the last year, to the accounts of which he had ac cess, British trade has fallen 10 per cent." Vet, while our trade, increased liity per cent, more than that of France, and one hundred percent, more than that of Eng land, the Opposition here constantly exclai med, that Gen. Jackson was ruining com merce and the country. Gljbe. Curtailing. The Globe says that the public expenditures in 1839 were six mil lions less than in 1333; and those proposed in 1840 arc five millions less than the expenses of 1839; showing, a decrease of eleven millions in favor of the present year. Nineteen clerks have been discontinued in one bureau alone in the Treasury Depart ment, and all this has been reported to Congress and printed during the present session. Halifax Dem. The Revenue. The New-York Express says: l he tailing oil in the revenues ol our Custom Houses, for the last five months are astonishingly great. The amount re ceived in January and h ebruary, 1839, was about one million each month. This year, from corresponding months, it is about one quarter, or two hundred and liny thousand dollars each month. Indeed, the deben tures on goods exported have been mostly equal to the receipts, leaving the Gov ernment almost minus. Since March came in, there have been more imports. The packets from Liverpool and Havre have brought fair cargoes. New York, March 19. A very consid erable degree of pressure in the monetary uiairs of our ity is felt at this time. There was but little done in the way of Stocks yesterday, matters were heavy and sales limited U.S. Bank sold at 78i a79; Girard34 a 34i; Pennsylvania Bank 399; Vicksburg 15 a 15$, and Wilmington Rail Uoad 42 a 43. Cor. Bait. Pat. The Canvass. We learn that the candidates for Governor addressed the people at Chatham Court, at great length; and, as our informant states, while Judge Saunders addresses himself to the reason $i understanding of the people, Mr. Morehead appeals to their prejudices by urging ob jections unfounded in fact, and by insinu ations both unbecoming and groundless. When Mr. Morehead "was pressed as to what remedies he proposed, and as to his vote for the United States Bank, he was forced to acknowledge that he was then, as he still is, for the Bank; but that he should not go for a United States Bank un til such an institution was demanded by the people, that the distresses of the coun try would soon force thera to it, and the sooner the better. We should think, after such a course and such an avowal, Mr. M. ought not to calcuclate on the support of any candid man. Bdt the fact is, these Bank W higs know that in Mr. Morehead they have a fist friend, and hence their cry in his behalf. We find Mr. Morehead adopting the Federal doctrine, that the "people must be brought by suffering to submission" and "the sooner the bet- ter ! " Rakish Stand. Ranking Operations. The United States Bank of Pennsylvania is resorting to the most extraordinary means to sustain its tottering credit. Mr. Jaudon, the agent of that institution, has borrowed ln'LnnHnn asix millioni of dolors, and in Paris and Amsterdam, upwards of four million'.,- on pledge of State stock, and at ten ana fieven per cent, interest. Can any institution stand such shaving aS this? Ho'w long will the people be cheated by the disciples of humbug? ib. Unparalleled. Several travellers who passed over the line of the Wilmington" and Weldon Rail Road a few days ago, reached New York in 7 days from Cuba. They had 4 days passage from Havana to Charles ton, and 3 from Charleston to New York, on the Wilmington and Weldon Road. Wrtm. Advertiser. Resumption of Specie payments. The Pennsylvania Legislature have fixed upon the first of October next, as the time for the Banks of that State to resume specie payments. Our Banks are ruled to specie payments inSOdays altera majority of those of the North (now suspended) shall havi resumed. Should a majority decide on the 1st of October, the Virginia Banks must "shell out" on the first of Novem ber. Norfolk Her. Petersburg Market, Mar. 26. Cotton We have no change to note in the mar ket for this aiticle. The demand is prin cipally from our manufacturers. We quote extreme prices as in quality, G a 9 cU.-Sta. Washington Market, Mar. 31. Corn $52 00 a $2 10. Bacon sides 9 cents, hams 10 al I cents. Pork, 86 a 557 per r.wt. Naval Stores New dip, &2 25; Old, $2 00. Scrape, 70 a 75 cents. Tar, $1 to $ I 10. Fish shad, $7 Herrings, cut, 5 to g5 50; whole, 2- 50 a S3 00. Rep. COM MUNICATED. JElder flashing ton Carroivan is expected to preach at Cross Roads, on Monday, 20lh April ; at night, in Tarboro'; on Tuesday, 21s, atConetoe; Wednesday, 22d, at Gum Swamp; Thursday, 23d, Great Swamp; Friday, 24th, at Greenville; Saturday, 25th, Red Banks; Sunday, 26ih, at Swift Creek. MARRIED, In Martin county, on Wednesday, 25th March, by the Rev. George N. Gregory, Rev. Robert J. Carson, of the North Catolina Conference, to Mrs. Mary L. C. ir illiams. JJticea Qitmut, Jit Tarborough and JYew York. MAR. 30. per Tarboro. New York. Bacon, - lb 9 10 10 11 Hraiuly, apple, gallon 75 100 40 50 Colfie, - . lb 13 16 9 13 Corn, - bushel 40 45 57 62 Cotton, - lb 7 8 8 9 Cotton bagging, yard 20 25 15 21 Flour, - barrel $6 6 $5 6J Iron, - lb 5J 6 3 4 Lard, - lb 8 10 7 10 Molasses, - gallon 50 60 22 30 Sugar, brown, lb 10 12 6 9 Salt, T.I. - bushel 70 75 32 33 Turpentine, barrel 170 175 225 238 Wheat, - bushel 65 75 120 130 Whiskey, - gallon 50 60 42 44 Liist of Letters, Remaining in the Post Office al Turbo rough, the 1st of7pr,l lSA0,wh''ch if not taken out before the 1st of July next, will, be sent to the Gene rut Post Office as dtad tellers. Adams Henry Richai d Jones lsohrook D avid Knight D & C. 5 Aiquer Loois I) Bryan Dempsey 2 Z?iinkley Henry Z?illeps Kichard ?ullocli Edwin Knight Jesse C 2 Knight Daniel Knight Wm F Knight M A Miss Lmcaster Joseph Lawret.ce Josh or B Anderson Lee Little L .Bryan Drew Briggs Olis Rev Z?ra swell Wiley Zfunten Cath'e Mis Lancaster J W i Ibry Nancy Mrs L ng John Blunt U .I Mooring John M Biker Wm S . Mayo JJMen Marks Winney Miss Maner D W Nettle R A Miss ' IVtway Wm D 2 Powell Jesse H Parker Hardy Pt ttibone Charles Paniice heb-cca Bryan H bt ie ii net I Wm R Bvnum Turner I! Rickey Bf van M P Mrs iit lie Cirus B-nnett Mark 3 Gotten John W Gotten Laura PMrs Pitt Joab P Cherry L R Patterson Sarah Mrs I'ampbell F Miss Robbins Frederic Carr C-elia Mrs K'.binson John Davis Henry T Rnulolph John S Dunn Lamon S Dr Siatun Winfield D Dickcn K S Miss Smai John P Kxum Kliz'h Mrs .Vheppaul J R Rev 2 Kzdl Bhhey Miss i$u:g P Dr Fort John iS'.ivvvrr Hardy Filpot K A'hcdlun Bui wtll Gay Klizibeth Miss .Savage James Garrett John fToflvl Howell John Thigp-n B Jl Hart R.herl D Tillett John Key Hearo M WiNoo L D Gm Hardy .SVah Mrs Weaver James Ha.dy R-flin Williams S Hawkins Frederick Williams Henry F Hines Snsan Mi?s Wilkins M;.ry Mrs Hadley Wm B Woodard K H tlatheway John Wilk inson Josh L Hart S L , Williams D.vid Jones A M Miss Wooster Edwin J IS. M. REDMOND, P. M. 10I-S1S 16. Masonic Notice. Hp HE FUNERAL of bro. Theoph; Cherry, will be solemnized at ,is residence, on Ihe 3rd Sunday in A nri I, by" Concord IjOilge, .Vo. 58. A sermon will he preached on theory don by Rev. William Flyman. The fra lerni.y generally are le.-pectfully iuv o attend. By order, T. C. HErfRN, Sen, March 31, 1840. ) ' Notice. rfflHE subscriber purposes s'aninjr jn i few days to procure her Spring ',v9 ply of Goods, and earnestly n qiifsij j' ndeb ed to her to call and seMle as e. dily as piaclicable. ' A. C. HOlV.l'ui). Tart oro', April 3, 1840. JYolicc. fF early application is made I w y; take as AN A PPR K NT 1(1' , , i Saddling business, a wdl jrown 1 ui !i-,;tll 13 to 15 years of age. 0,,e who has ac education would be preferred. WM CROCKIT. Taihoro', March, 1840 :j 3 'Jiiirriils aie no lonr anion those ol doul)t;ul utility. They havl l'assei :nv.,y fl(Jm e )und.et,s haI are daily launched upjn Mhe tide of exp'i meiii," ili(i now s,and before ihe public i'lghcr in reputation, and more extensive ly employ, ( in all pa.ts ol the Unitnl Stale, ihe Canadis, Texas, Mexico, and He West Indies, than any medicine hat has ever been prepared fur the relief of sotftiing man. They have been ihtrmlu. c d wherever it was found possible to car ry them; and there are but few towns that do not contain some remarkable evidences of their good eff cts. The ceitificaies that have been presented to the proprietor exceed twenty thousand, upwards of five hundred of which are from regular practi cing physicians who are the mosicompe teni judges of their merits. Oiten have the cures performed by thi medicine been the subject of editorial comment in various newspapers and w mrm i i i i . . journals; and it may with truth be asser ted, that no medicine ol the kind has ever received testimonials of greater value than are attached to this. They 3ie in general use as a family medicine; and there are thousands of fam ilies who declare they have a supply al ways on hand. They have no rival in curing and pre venting Bilious Fevers, Fever and Ague, Dyspasia, Liver Complaints Sick Head ache, Jaundice, Asthma, Dropsy, Ulieu- inaiism, Enlargement of the Snleen. Piles, Colic, Female Obstructions, Heart burn, Furred Tongue, Nausea, Disten si'in of the Stomach and bowels. Incipi ent Diarrhea, Flatulence, Habitual Cos tiveness, Loss of Appetie, blotched ox fallow Complexion, and in all caes " torpor of the bowels", where a cathartic or aperient is needed. They are excerd- ugly mild in their operatio-n, nr-.d icieg neither nansea, griping,- nor debility. i ne;I ills are put up in tin boxes, con aining 45 Pills, price 50 cents per box. From Dr. Eli Todd, fate president oj itie Med eat Society rf Connect cut and Pruitpal of the Insane Hosp.tal at Hartford, dated Sept. S, 182S. My personal acqtfiinlance with Dr. Joseph Prif sily Peters, losn-ther wilh the v. ry favorable unpi ession ol his talents' & his character, derived from his friends, hve satined me thai he is well enti tled to Ihe medical honors he received at Yale College, and that the public may safely confide in his integrity and skill in the exeicise of his profession. FEVER AND AGUE. Augusta, Ga , Feb. 10, 1S39 To Dr. Peters. Sir For upwards ui 15 months I have'bien cruelly ;,ffi cted w ith vera nd Ague, and during lint lime could find nothing (thoV I had applied to every thing) that gave me any thing like permanent relief. Al length, however, your Pills were recommended in me. one of our besl physicians; and I am most gratetul and happy m being able to add, hat I hud fcucely used two boxes when I found that they had restored me to per fect health. Since then vaiious members ol my family have used them with eqml success and consequently I feel it my duty to apprise you of ihe fact, and to nq'ie you io publish this certificate, as I am anx ioiisi lo add my public testimony to the almost miraculous virtues of your unrival led medicine. ResptctfuIIy your, THEODORE JAMES. The above Vegetable Pills are for sale at the Post Office and Printing Office in Tarboro'. April 11840.
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