what do mil mvc re::, lut t r.;r::avc ounscLvC and be usefci., to one another?
asheboiio
NU3IC I?!!; 9.
t Thice D 1ars, it not paid within!
three months from the date of .the ( Answer. -'At thai time he held the? of
first numb :r r.cci ved. 1 ' ." ; : - fire of Deputy Surveyor. 1 do not rc-
r.i ubscriMim tv La discontinued nil collect the amount ol his salary. 1 te-
j" - . . . ... ... .
rrcars ps to paid ; unless at the , heve he now Tiolds the .'office ol ;
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the
Di'lars i cr enhunv LTadvarce,
tax
. i
to support the plcciion of persons attach
eu ji inc present Administration,
from the Weighers T
Answer. Mr. Vanderpoel ; : G
Vanderpoel hold in the custom-house,
and what his salary 1
all arrcj
A siprction 1 thw Editor.
failure to ci l or n. discontinuance be
fore the expiration ofibo subscrip
tion year, ii equivalent to ta new
H Letters, Communications, &c. to
co;i.c post i aid. . 4
Prices fur iJcertising,
Advertisements will be conspicuously
Ap
praiser. : V: ,r- r:': ' ?
Question; Had he a book, of the
namesrof the officers from whom he
collected, or had lie a list of them?
' Answer. A list.
F.ximinttt by Mr. Ilarfrin. 1
- "I have knovn officers attached to'tho' his Southero'; friends. They are my 4 negotiations ; with other nations, and
custom-houio to hare,' been called ;on;uq willing to believe, that any of. the particularly with thoso the territorial "
fori' When Mr. pwens,' member of; Northern tricndiof Mr. Van liuren, are jurisdiction of which comprehends tho
the Committee, interposed, and informed I opposed to slavery ; but the letter of Dr. ' Jstbjnas that connects North and. South '
.1 . .1 . . r i . !rl . , .1. .t r !.l . -i . r , '
inc witness mat ,ue was not uounu to uuncan, siares uieinr in mo jac, wwi America, ana to wnicn ine...U,ciatei.u.,
all its' bitter deriunciation3rDf htewtyy, haveaccreditcd ministcrsor agents f
and neither he nor they can explain it or the purpose U ascertaining the praq
away although the , Dr. like tyr.; Van ticability of opening a ' commuqicatioo
Buren, has been trying to unsay all be 'between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans
has before said on the ubject4 The by-the construction of a ship canal, a-'
speech of Mr. Stanly, of North Caroli-' cross the Isthmas j and of securing for
na, iii which he literally - flays the Dr. ; lerer, -.by suitable treaty stipulationrtho
alive,ught to be read .with equal inter-, free and equal right of navigating such :
est. by both Whigs and Vanocrals, who canal to all nations, oo the ' payment of
nare canuor ana inacpenaenco enougn, reasonable tolls.
to v isti to see a shading bvporite or i
double lea re J politician exposed. i j
' India na Monitor,
anscrrany, uitetiogatory , relative to
his private affairs; and thereupon, Mr.
Foster, another member cf the Commit ,
tec, objected to propounding the inter
rusra tory. Tlie w itness here commenced
to lear off what ho had written' before
objectify was; rrfadc tothe intef rogatory.
Mr Wise prevented hina froifdoh g so,
by.forbiddinj; tho acL " Ma-Foster in
sisted that the witness had the right to
tear off whaf ) ho had written, and that
it was not his answer until it was com-
Hi
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rA
IAS.
Ihnt
rer'
tve
iftit
hi
ontlj
William hL Price, late District Attur
ney of the .United 'Stdtes?. If yea,
handsomely inscrt-d at 51 CO FfiLefl)re ar51 hh aW,intment. as a
ulre of 10 lines f and 25 cents for V
. - . .: v.- I...,-
- .. , - - . - . . . -. .tt i i
icmenlt nowcver suori, wiu ce cuarg-
J lets than for a qua re., 1 .
Court Orders and judicial advcrt'ise
ents w ill be charged 25 rrcent high-
r (we sometimes have to wait so lung
rtiie pay-) ,
Those who advertise f y the y
5 entitled' to a induction of 33 j
ryviJcd they pay in advauce.
plete and handed in, and he asked the
.. 'i I-- U .1---Li- t -. I
Q' , ,..:,i,i ...!i. I w iiuvss w iiciiicr ii was ins answer, buu
tiestion. Are you acquainted witnl, ' ,. , , .
t- y i . hereuhed "It was not:" and the Corn-
1 . .
mittce having decided that the interroga
tory should be propounded, the said
question ty Air. Wise was again handed
to the witness, andi he returned the to.
lowing: "I decline to answer the 2d
question." if j.e witness was tnenper-
rnitted to retire. '
Mr. Curtis called for the i-eas and
nays on Mr! WiseV motion and the
rcsrdutinn' was adopted. I Vf7 Messrs.
Curtis, Dawson, Foster, Harlan. Ow
roan worthy to le entrusted iti the
collection of large sums of money.
Answer. Iarn acquainted with -William
M Price late ; District Attorney,
and answer the question in the negative.
' Question. Was the last payment of
15, referred to by you in your answer
;; A lead mine has been Jately discovert
cd in Cabarrus county, near the Rowan
lime, aboot 13 miles from this' place. 0.1
Robertsbn's ithe lands of Mr. Mc Mack in. ;
Wd have seen of tho ores, and . find
them lo be of the , Carbamate of lead ;
some of the specimens are rich with t!
metaL ; How extensive the lodd or vi
may be, it is difficult to say, as ithas c
ly been penetrated in two places, ,!
and the other, S3,
are by no means t
In tho course of Mr.
Speech pri the Public Lands, in the
Ii(Uso of Representatives, the following
dialogue took pface : C 5
; I proceed to adduce other arguments,
Mr. Speaker, in support of the proposed
measure, drawn from the practical le'
gislation of the country and the opinions 1 one about 8 feet,
of men in high authority. ; The authori-j These workings
i ... to the third question, paid befuw or aince w iv- v
Mr w,n the prnrdt Wlur (Mr. Hoyt) came Smith; agencr, W.se-8. ' Arjr
ter cent .7 r - :. ' ' , . aoic . ... , - 'vv . "'' -
iVcw the National Inttlligtrn tr.
TAXATION OF OFFICE-
HOLDERS. I
the
came into cfhru.
OuestioiL ' Were v6u removed from
oCiee by 'the present Collector ! If yea,
ilatpii!ajuwJatlMrjay-reain
were assigned tccrcror, and what they
: were. . r : ' "'. 'V
Answer. I was .rcmored by. Mr.
pton
id K
aedK
y m
1 b
1 id
emu
stance
h n
illie
I )ot
otht
fdn
ful ja
wiper,
Our attention fios been directed to the
Howiog portkn of ihe testimony taken
cfure the Investigoting Cominittee ofjlloyi, (the present collector,) but have
e House 1 uepreiciiisuvti, m aew 1 never conucocenueu 10 ass me reasons,
ork, wl kh aCbrds indiotawo evUnd muM, therclore, be urder the neceah
writ. r I., ik. I '.JUi... "u rwi,Wiu hu'-h
. I i , .O . .7 ' I 11 hu tin, 7 u-hifnllrvf tnr tlifh rrirtrilwll. 1
Y antf now present. . ... ?."' 1 " T. r'.r-" "
: . . . l nonsi were otner suoorauiaics in me
AUIiAHA.M ii. V AiMJbnmcJj
i .1 i
roiled I cnt n ,a ciir, tain hatitu ill
t l"!ntcriiaiicalljr trciht m cuiflict
i I
tinutd by Mr, II ite, .
Question. Athilst yiu were Cteputy
Collertorat the'port of Tey York; vvcrc
rou ever called on as an olucer or the
ciisUirn-house to contTib'uto'any Vuln pit
sujiis ormoney to party or political ob
jects!, if .so, w hat amount t was such
amounitirom yu, canea wr in romsia-
eration of your salary Irom the Oovern
meni! what r.ropcjrtion did it bear to
your salary ! did you J?ay it ? if h
ty of. creat naines; wul have more in- tensive enough to pronounc upon il
fluencc, I know,' than any argument of character of the ores, or value of th
ime. Ueneral Jarkson, in discovenv We believe, however, from .
Mr. rnkens. uo you quote uenerai present appearances and surroundins
juuicfluous, niai inc pruspeci is woruij
with
ito fre dom of cK;nrM. Are not
li.e abuses, awl tij thc)'t tyA require
RNT S. DE P Y.STLU SWORN
AS 'A .WITNlisK? ?;V;-V
Examined by Mu tl'tte,.
Question. rf.W you were coimec
cd with the custoni-house, do yon kii A
vhether r not the queers if the cus-
Jarlunn as antlmrit v ? -'. i
' Mr. Rohetthun. ' Not for myself, sir,
but' for the party of w hich he was the
hader. "-', -" t ' . o
Mr.' Picken. ; Vou do not call him
the leaderL - . : 2 ' -
A7a Robertson.' I do, sir j the ac
kno vledwd, the und ubted leader; and
.among his followers' were some as ab
ject and servile as those of the Eastern
monarch, who. were ready when his
10 1 Majesty said it was nighi at noonday,
'Vj U look op to the tun and swear they
8AW THE moon and stars. '
' i.' ': I ' . " ': 1 ' ' I It" . 1
f storn nouse to your Knowledge caiioa
mi to contribute in like manner : tor the
supjwrt of what party were llicse cort-
trjjunqns railed forl -was any menace.
An Ex 'Postmaster in Georgia who
recently- rcigneJ his office, has made
an amusing exposition : He says, that
of a more extensive examination.
Western Carolinian,
lllliu lull) H4IV.W ii ijj iimiwyvi . . . . - . .L."
directly or indirectly,' of removal, held ; hw u master were nothing
. - . . . ! at Ail Ihstiti.h tiu' mad vrwr1rl fr net
SWOILN AS A WITNESS.
Exa m Uied Ly Mr. '" b ise.
Quontion. What otr.ces have you
hi d in thecustom-h.usu; wheodidyou U""WV all, thou-'h he was expected to do
coau,K-nee to hold them ; wlat tiie sala-
U liv imi t i -itorrani sucn comnouiions i - j i "ci i i . u . -
Id by joul , , , , , : t. n.- . . , . . t. j, when he had heen olh latmjj about a
month, the department drew on him for
- clh .i cju. wiiku iw tiiauiauiv tui iiiaiicu.
iMlfc-Al8lJD0i lr 3enr. t1.Hl held it i L- HV. V' Shortly ;alterwardS: when, there was
r -i.. tint. . i.Mrit....;.i'i'k.iit ,.,; ,..,u-,u ii....... 1 dc pnipmiiiaea i was vm ana aeciaca . , ,
, . . . i
nciMfl vi'C nctu oy
er.;I tvas ar
h e of liiitprciur ol me utnns in May,
Ai:er.r,I was aoLcin ed to the 'of- Wf-Uwens ob ected to tio intcrroga-
. r.i" t :. - if-.. tofV.
f tltotr ailaiW nr .im llS4-SMl.. nl 1 ,L ., .r at lH fiil it iMf. nu "I UW 8ilirUllIVe, UIU
ji thereon, f-jr partyor litical jwr-j M rch, l9o!J, apl'v.nted Appraiser, at
otsl II yea, state whelJier ou tiaie s.,jr'l ft years ;-
writjd ..w hen -;)t)ttrvtf ' anyf Zymlmitedj
not five dollars of the public money in
cli payment, and state the mot ire up Liho-rs tfjihc custom-house have ever
i u hich fiw.li payments were made, -:1 j lieen called on' Jo. contribute sums ol
Mr. Wagener ot'j'rctcd to,tho pro- Ulyi,ey lo pari f aud pih:ical oljft.'ts!
funding of Uiis interrogatory, and call- What ofiictrs have been si called on j
.mm ,mj . .: , -i .. j .. l.:;
havug tK-en callc-d by Mf. 0cwT "Tff T ? -T
IV vMeisw. Curtis Dawson, liar-; r "".V ' r 7 J
. . . nioai.mn i .Uiil - ha mala nn
j... - ir,. .. .1 tiiiianAirii nag .auuui iv w iti.u, uv
oackea out iruui his uiuw:ai uijjunjr as
d fr the yc.is and nav.
Tle coinniitte docutod that the inter-
.IAS.
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riiiah
etfut
neli
guiiit
to 'Il
al clrl
ii.it (
third
bv wImwj kr what an ountj wjth or
iihout regard to their alarii'S of office;
when did they coniribute; if they re
fused, .war anv intimation eiven thai
iheir refusal mi
val w bat amount has so been contributed
oud collected.
Answer. 1 1.0 uicticr were ra a W,at party, al any one
led on W contribute to poht.cal objects' l.",aic,Jr ."
r .1,. t,.,.. ti . jpattUel to it, that we have ever seen,
in. vi . Li vusiuui'in Fuou. inv iii um; . . s . , :
was from twent v. dollars to one hundred wa w w ,a8ia ,ravu""r wv
dollars. ; The tax was pro rata accor- tmWaa jersey. ooo . -
dius to salary. " It bore a proportion of rt.ng, one t,C the e-whee s
'one to sit per cent. , I irequen. ly : T". TlT'Ir
paid a part-of the amount ; when it was "! V w .1 Vs.
randerM the Deputy Surveyor, ot Mr. Foster called for the yeas and lhe l that ten dollar, wa, enough ,
......a A .... i ... :i. :j .-'..... .1 , ' for me to av. tor a few icart bark 4
iy 3L&00 per annum was not worth The question
stion," iJiiU the interrogatory j'?!0 not paid any if.ing u the Gene-
Jed I was put, and decided ;a' caus3f rcon!d n.ot a
- ' ' , ford to pay -the amount assessed, and
ayirig $13 for. 4 Under the impression bo rifo'pountled t
aiJ If ThI dnrft ' !nV fW: Da wsnn. liar, wcause .couw, not
1.1... i -.: ... - -1. ..,.:.!. u-:.- r ;. loiter sustain the party
,7i Ci I'
-1-
1 org
d
fl
atury shot I J bo pruu4iiled.;
It-.-srs. l'irli, 14 wsint, Harlan, 'Smith,
Vi'ta 5. , AVy Mr. Wdgoucr.
1 '11... !i j..r..viiii,ri' 111. iljn rrifwiiin
v .A .!... I., I 1 I r. iL ..,.i f iwi niili. ihj muic mail muiu sui'iu. , . , , . .vr " L.
wu, uuM uiu uiH.T j-av ,,,v 1 ouu cunni;u, ui.u n't u,f iuyun mi. 'Ti.k. l. .4 i." I guess, saw me Oliver, aisvn'uio JOU
election V u , v 1 TV. 4 wn finished. - von mbu't as wTrtl brinff
ao" . i..; . .
wrai cii; rait aiuug wiui jruu, utviv 9 m'
other hole a liead." Accordingly the
iraveller, not in the, very best humor,
trudged along half a mile on foounder
the burden of the ponderous rail aod a-
cain relieved tho wheel. He was , Cow
a pout to lane ins seat in me venicie, l 1
the driver called out to him: fTheie's
another hole . yonder I cuess -you'll
TaTrnmte.irreTaMoiT-vith
you, and as the road is muddy, you,d
better go t-lbot.'! - Loofc ye,
thundered tho tra vcljer "at last, provoked
beyond af endurance u goto the devil
with your old stage 1 ..'I've nonobjec
tions ar all to walking, but as for paying
sto-!are for the privilege of walkwg
tnewnoie oistance wun a og ran ou
my shoulder 1 11 see you a
firsL" Louisville Journal.,
Chid Minet.We are pleased to
learn by aT gentleman froni Charlotte
that the mines in Mecklenburg coun
ty are now in more successful and prof
itable operation thao for some length of '
time pasU--3. .' - " !
' The extraordinary prices which Mul
berry trees command have induced dis -honest
men 'to commit frauds upon tho
unwary by selling to them other kinds
of young trees for Mulberry. ; Th9
Northampton iuass. Courier says
i When In the. shape of cuttings, it is
difficult to determine the character of
young trees, and even after the leaves
are off, it is next lo impossible to "decide
the kind, even if ii is a Mulberry tree.'
Yesterday we were shown bass wood
cuttings, which had been sold by soma
strolling', vender of tree's" as Teal Mul
berries. ,We have heard of oher cases,'
wJiere large sums of money have been '
paid fdr genuine trees which have turned
out to be, some other slirub prat best "m
QxSfx- spurious yanety. v Those who
wish for trees should purchase of regu
lar dealers or nersons in whose integrity'
ihey can confide. Bui if they are such
consumate tools as lo do otherwise they
must not complain it they do buy hum
bug kinds. ; v,';''
consoieatiouslv
Tlio cillec-
l tvllirjL CIV.-LtiJt Wf (I1UIICI UU- an. O il 111, 1U -u. .'Uia .Ubaats. I - .. , m if 11 -t
asrUurHoywhlttntHreHtti'V I .... e7i. ' "2 1 T7ToTri.irti
out five years, 1 wns occasionally call- Other proceedhigs were had. in re- im J' r" W!
.My. taiitBa prd ,oU M, Wise ofeitlie W-
MdW0V a w avr& mw iv.wiwi v
ich ou tnld,' regarded as ono under
DCp, j v;nicc states, arm mo s iury di
in tf ' f 'rh w as paid out oi tho Treasury f
dii united
til Answer, lattcr.y rma out 01 the
1 T . f . '
J
ocatitf
r other'
out
..in...... . r .i " ' :
ft J iiv.u:'UV! lumiLTIV a f.o.uuiiJMiiii uufl
f, ) ;ttwul on the amount of gols Weighed
dlt? 1 in, office ii one heidirom the United
QihNtion. Dn you know w hether
;hcr uU.rdinate o'fficei s lides voun
It in tlio ciistoiu-houso were cIJyd on
required to p iy such taxr iissess
:nt upon their safuricv lor tho use ol
'fly and political purposes I ' .' .'"'
Answer. Ouf- hv n-nisav. ns it re-
-irds the other olncers, but I'savv mapy
I uw Weiglicr pay t lie .tax of
QllCStion. W un ll n i,.KiAi lima nil
as
e J
RUJlt,
Vet. I.
0V9
rnxr.
1)9 entered on ll.o Journal : Mr. U ise
proKiunded to the w itncsvAbrahara B.
VuikJerjiotl, the follow ing question, to
wilt.. ',- -. " " ,.''' -"'-; '.',..-;.' ',,'
Question 2. Do you tuow whether
the officers of -the custoiivhotisohave
ever Iwen called on to contribute sutns
of noney to arty and political objects?
what officers have been so called upon t
by .whoin; for what amount; with or
without regard to their salaries of office;
when did they contribute; if thoy re
fused ..', w.s "any intimation given, that
their icfusul uiiht occasion their remo
val? what amount has so been coiilnbu
led or collected, and for the support ol
what party at any one election l"
The witness took tho . interrogatory
' without ohjo,i lion to propounding the
'tid from -von and uihor to ba us-jd ' same." and orocccilcd to write his an
r Hlitic:il ruriMKiHf If v.-a. fp which wer thereto on the PMicr attached to
' 'ic tiiuu and prcieutwhtien
swer. "h (vus innJcd to
it the
1 ..
partiesl the Mcstton, antf had ViiUen llwlolfow.j.. Irappars lhar ;Dr?l
U u.;cd.i10 to , ; ' .Jktwr. has gotten Urn
lector but Was one of the General Com-
mit'ee. 1 bel.cve that nearly all the'
officers of the custom-house, in doors
and our; ami J ho clerks, twere similarly
taxed, at d generally paid ; w hat they
were asscssou., u was assessea oy uw
General Committeeif Tammuny ' llall,
ai4 tor the support of the pariy'deiiomi
tnafed the Tamiitany Hall party, Jf
the individual did not pay ; the amount
he was taxed with tho Collector would
remark,' You will be reported to the
Geiieral Committee ; and ' every body
we.il uudersiood'thai proscription would
follvw. The Collector of tho Goacral
Coihmittco has an alphabetical book,
which contains the na.iies of persona
taxed and iliu ainount each: individual
is required to pay. '. J" (m y.
Iianicars thai Dr. DuncanVabolitkm
t - ... n -.1.
imo trouuiC-wiui
Frtm the tVational Intelligencer
PROPOSED SHIP CANAL ACROSS
THE 1STIIMAS OF PANAMA.
The following resolution accompanied
by a rejort and voluininousappcndix,
interspersed by with, sundry maps and
diagrams, was .presented tq tho House
of Representatives from the committee
on roads and canals, by Mr. Mercer, on
Saturday, the H inst. The resolution
was adopted by the the House, and the
rejorUotc. ordered to be prjnteq.
, Resolved. That the President of th
United States be requested -o consider
tiie CXKuicncy 01 optuini; w.couuuuiu,
Novel Sale A. gentleman of CufTa-,
a has sold all his real estate there for
$130,000, payable in instalments; wilh-V
out interest, at the rate of one dotat
an hour The f Advertiser remarks,
"according to these terms, the purclus- j
er will have 14 years 31, d'vs art 20
nours 10 pay 11 in, ai me rate 01 i .t w ,
per annum.'.'. '
,S . .... .. : .' - - j I-v , '.r ,
: iSINGlAR CASE. !;
The Boston Post cives an account' cf -
Parmenus lluutooii, 'w ho ,was laTely.- (
Anmm!ttikt lA tho nil '.' nnfltn.vtn Vt
charged with robbing tho Pol office at .
Esifcx." While in prison, he'svvallowed
a pill containing a 120 grains of Opium.'. ,
The next morning hd was found in a ; ;
siaie 01 uiseusioiuiy. - nau wgisur.
. MIIe continued in tbis state until the ,
next Friday evening, . number of mcd-' ,
ical , gentlemen exertinz their whole
skill to revive him in the interim, but to
no purpose. At last, cne of thenij ; Dr.; ,
I Imiwrir 'lv AniUn n kaf frnrn !h .
practice of the renowned ' Sangrady
succeeded in' restoring, iluntdo.i to life:
By using the warm bath, scarifior, and
cupping glass, the doctor was enabled; ,
to draw efght.'en ounces of blood from"
tho regiorfof the cerebellum, upon which. , i
t!ie patient oiencd his eyes, rose op and
called for water, lie had been dead
to all intents .nd purposes, for tour da vs '
and when questioned on the sujec!' jits- t
said ho recollected taking a piij ofii-;('
uin tust disrhL He is 'now in a .'Uicj
way to recover enUTv'lyirom the edicts ,
V MM vw -, , t ; ... . . ' 0
't