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THEjMESSENGER. D. R M 'ANA LLY & J..RO 8ERTS,E 01 f ORSt ,: 7 Friday March 2, jT 842. 1 50CTlt secmlj" that the clectioDccHogcom paign fea this State for Governor has fairiy commenced, and judging from the tone of !io Raleigh papers, St will bo "carried on vy'uh considerable wnrmlh- . Mr. Henry the Democratic candidate, fain the field.specclu ' making in favor of himself and his princi- pics. A Whig Convention will be held at Ra. ,. leigbon the 4th of next month, at which we . have no'doult .tho present Governor will bo nominated 'for re-election, tind then in nil probability ho will tuko 41 tha stu mp with Mr. Henry. ; : ' Tho Democratic papers in thisState have for years past, been unsparing in their denunciations of tho Whig party, because fts they said, of their federal doctrines. This i .'t jii . j narffo-wes atwavs- Known tor ee-iaise.-Bna- was no doubt merely made in order to ex. cite the prejudices of the illiterate.- What will these papers now soy of Mr. Henry, when ho publicly acknowledges that a 44 fed eral bias was given to hir principles" until "a prophet arose in the land." Until Andrew Jackson touched the federal scales - end they fell from his eyes T See in another column a nolico'of his speech at Hillsbo rough taken from the Recorder published et that place. Mr. Henry seems to think that his devotion to Jackson and Van Bu ren, together with his battling iu 1840 figainst what he has been pleased to call Whig humbuggery" should bo taken as conclusive evidenco of his prcsentdemo- racy. Perhaps it may, with the leaders of tho party which brought him out as a "can didate, but we are much mistaken if a ma. jority of jlmj)tcrs of North Carolina con, eider him thoroughly Tedecmed,-Tegener rated'', or. sufficiently "disenthralled" to be entrusted with tho office of Governor of this State ' , Congress. . . " -.The prospect of something, being done ly this body is somewhat brighter than heretofore. In the Senate, there has-been considerable discussion on the retrenv.. igd were obly advocated by tha moverswho contended for tho principle of advalorem duties. ; ' Ho insisted on rcjrdichment in ."the armveni navy : intha-milcaga. of members' of Congress in the expenses of foreign ministcrsvjfbr the abolition of branch mints, nnd lor a taijll as high as thirty per tent. generally, . Mr. Clay was followed by Mr. Wright, of New York, who opposed the leading measures or Mr. Llat s reso- utions and offered amendments in lieu of four of them. Mr. Wright urged a reduc tion in tho price of piiblic printing, a limi. tation of tho' franking privilege, and the rrni-fffv nf sliortfn!nr tho term of eon. grcssional sessions. ... . 4 I .. samo subjects have been discussed to some cTtcnT RwofuTionsliave been adoptc J re elucing tho number of messengers to the House ; requiring economy in tho use of lights and fuel ; end fixing the amount of stationery at 823 tho long session, and $20 tho short one, . to J?ach me amount cf stationery heretofore used by r I . - L. -ftsome mcinucrs oi congress is buiu iu uu been from one to two hundred dollars a session. A handsome sum, we should say, to expend for paper, pens and ink. - A resolution was introduced by a mem ber from, Pennsylvania to reduce tho pay of the members frrii eight to five dollars per diem, and the mileage to 62 for every 20 miles". 'This resolution, however, received xi Ycryaicccremonious go-by. '03 Are the Whigs of Buncombo and Henderson counties going to have any can. wiiatcs'to represent them in tho nest Lcgii lature? It is certainly high time they were bringing cut sorao 6Uitublo, persons. As vet there are-nti candidates for either party in the field that wc have learned, either in vhiiorany of tho adjoining counties, for Cojamoas the Senate. Come, gentle, flioa, speak -out and t:y who are our candi-da-res; otherwise, we shall 44 nominate" fo"r ourselves, without 44 convention'' or 44 cau cus," nail dar colors to the mast, and stick to our nominees , " sink or swim." Lopl. out for tronble. T".TIic Bri0sGcrternmcnt has rctusea to fcurrendcr. up the mutineers of th .brig Creole for trial and punishmentand has ordered them to bo set at-liberty. The able And pointed letter of Mr. Webster, Secre. !tary of State; to our Minister in London, wliicli we published last week, will be re. .colloctcd by our readers as setting forth the true grounds on which the demand of these ciulincers should be made. ., If, thing?, are suffered to go on for a few years longer as tUCy Pu" JMy-" IV iwjrcut v.p luro o predict that Ergland will begin to complain " he ta 1 lP nd- bat . tna fed States cajrmt is kkked into a s ... ' Jfews ol tli Week . jpov. Mobehka has issued a writ of elec tion' for a member of Congress to fill the vacancy jofccosloned byr the death of the Hon. Lewis Williams. - The election to tale place on the 14th of April. "V .;tItey. Martin P. Parks has been elected Bishop of tho Protestant Episcopal church for Alabama. " " J 1 . Tho items of foreign news copied into this week's paper are of rather unusual into. rest. ; Read them. .. . It is stated in some of our exchango pa. pers that Hon. W. C. Presto.-, of S. C. has tendered to tho Governor of that Stato his resignation as Senator, to take effect some time in April. It is alsoYumorcd that Hon. Lewis Cass, our Minister to France, will shortly return to the Jinked States, and in all probability, be succeeded iy-Mr;PgES- ton. Thlsmay or may not be true It is uncertain as yet A Mr. Copeland, of Ohio, has lately had to pay upwards of seven thousand dollars, fine and costs, because his wife happened to say that a neighbor stole her pot ! "Be Hold how great a matter a littlo fire kin. dleth." , Tho Governor ofMassachusetts has set apart, the 7th of April next as, a day for fastmgand prayer throughout that State. Petitions are presented to tho Queen of Lmglana praying tho repeal of tho corn laws. One sent from Manchester had the names of 59,000 females. A woman named Mary Hinklc was found guilty of murder in the first degree at the late term of the Superior Court for Lincoln county, Her victim was an agod negro slave, the property of her husband. Sen. tenco was not passed upon her in consc quence, of three physicians certifying to her peculiar situation. We learn the particu lars from the Lincoln Republican. A mcjejing wasjusldjatjly al Grccrfflllc, SrCrpof nttinterested in tho law recently passed by Congress known as the Bankrupt Law," at which Dr. A. B. Crook 44 ad. dressed the chair at considerable length," 44 declaring" thClavv to be 41 unconstitu tionol and impolitic, as well as a gross vio lation of S(afo authority." He was followed by MnjB. F. Perry, who 44 showed that thcviaw was not constitutional. 1 his is the taineer. lo declare tne oankrupt law unconstitutional is an easy matter any body can 00 that to " show that it is not f constitutional" is mo;9 difficult, and if Mnj. Perry did it, ho is corlatu' among tho first who has ever done so. -HdnTJacob F. Minlzirig, Mayor of the city of Charleston, S. C, lately died after a short illness, of a cancer in tho stomach. It is said that the widow of Gen, Hamil ton is still living in New York; and spends her time principally in works of bencvo lence, in public and private charities. When our "dignified" correspondent who hailsfrom-Nashville-Terbearns to send his communications wkhout taxing us with such heavy -postage, send his real name and deny the allegation we make, then perhaps wo may pay him somo attcn. tion. OCT In a speech made by Mr- Wise in Congress the other day, ho was very severe on the) Newspapers of the country, and went so far as to mention as a cause of con gratulation, that no paper had ever been Erintcd in his District ! We should like to now what tho country would know of Mr. Wise, but for the reputation given to him by those same newspapers 1 Raleigh Re. gister. Exactly. And we would like to know further, if there had been an able paper published in his District, if this same chi valrous knight would have ever been a member of Congress ? (KrThe North Carolina Standard, in its accustomed style, is loudly calling 44 To the. rescue ! to tho rescue !" informing its readers that the 20th of May will soon be here, and that the people of the West are preparing to go to the convention at Salis. bury by hundreds, and asks if the East will meet them there! We happen to live in tho West," and this is really the first assu. ranco we have had that 44 tho, peoplo were preparing to go to tho convention by hun dreds.?' Very likely there, will be a num. ber of persons in attendance on that occa sion, but how has the Standard learned that 44 tho peoplo arc preparing to' go-hy hun dreds" 7 Is it known, pr is it only asserted for rfect ?- Tho whole article is in perfect keeping" with those which characterised the samo paper in 1840 a bragging before, hand of what would be done. With all due respect we would inquire if the blustering and bragging of certain Locofoco papers in 1840 about 4he result of tho Presidential election did not mislead a great number of people and cause many to make large bets, believing that the statements made by these, pa pen in reference to the prospects of their party were true t The bets were of course lost, and he editors of these papers were charged with being the cause of it, and on less we were entirely misinformed insome twji.or three instances, they (the editors) were lenously threatened with visit from hfslIotftrJudgs Lynch.' :''r- - ,, Alf east iife. The editor rf the Ashe, villo (NC.) Messenger thus describes an easy life in them diggins j A great, lazy two-fisted loafer put in jail for a debt he never intended to pay fed at the public expense better than he could feed himself at home, and his mother slipping in to him a cup full of tho srittur.' Vide the jail in Asheville." Turn him out, Mack ! and Jet him revel among those largo beets' and potatoes. Jlamlurg Journal. ' ' He's out, sir, and revelling among beets, potatoes and cabbago ; but how he. gets them 44 deponent saitji notT?. ' : . i ' .. " Tweos ItnE, IlArwooaCoi N.CVl March 16. iiil-t. , I iVff.T. Editor. Xw were boosting of a lnrga beet tiiut rrew in Duncorobo last vent. But look at lllit! There wa one ruised by Mr, JyhttJlalUiesCl satisfactorily tested iwo muss auovo una place, mat was thirty incbes Ion j and weighed fifteen poundf ! ! Beat that, if you can. :; v. JAS. MOORE. ass t l Aye: Ayei naywoou can do some things.. But pray,1 the next big beet she wants to boast of, just send it over will you? 1 ; : ' ; - Oht Mr. Henry, oh I J That tho "Standard" should be filled with malignant and puerilo attacks on Gov. Morehead is no matter of astonishment, but that Mr, Henry, who aspires to be the Chief Executive Officer of the State, should, in his public addresses, condescend to re- sort to such shifts, is really a reflection both on his, head aadbcart. A warm admirer of his, who, in a letter addressed to the editor of tho 44 Fayettcvillo North-Caroli. nian," professes to give a fujthful account of the speech delivered by him at Hillsbo rough, says that 44 Jle showed how the present Governor was not, as he promised to be, tho Governor of the State, but he ruled for thepurposrs of his party and his own relations, whom he had placed in office. That he had filled every office he could with Whigs, and seve. ral with hi3 own relations, and those flis qualified by habit and ago." We suppose allusion is made in the first poTttotrof this extract, to thecTrcunistance of Gov. Morehead'sJiaving appointed his nephew- Private- Secretary. Though-wo dislike to bo compelled to speak of this matter, yet the indelicacy of our political opponents leaves us no alternative We say then, that tins appointment by Gov. Morehead, so far from preseDtinjr nnv cause of complaint to any body, exhibits him in the most amiable light, and shows how su. perior ho is to the political influences which ordinarily govern men. The father of .tho yojing-ejulemaa'-aHudcd - .to,-is -violent Liocoroco so much so, that though tho brother-in-law of Gov. Morehead, he did not vote for him at tho last election, and. most probably, will not do so at tho next. And yet the Governor, who rules tho Stato 44 for the purpose of party, makes the son of a noiitiil opponent hU confidential So. crctairirractflolewttwp& anco which, we venture to or, 'Mr. Hnry will never imitate, should I hi 09 eloHed Go. tcrnor. - -. ' Tho sccord portion of the extract says 44 that ho filled every offico he could with Whigs." When peoplo make assertions, they should take care that they have some bottom to stand on. Immediately utmost, on Gov. Morehead 's induction to office, it becamo necessary for him to convene his Council, to advise as to tho appointment of tho. Literary and Internal -Improvement Boards. Iho first consists of three inem beJ!!rnn(1, the last of two in all five; As 44 he filled every officohc couUwitii whiffs," of courso, all the gentlemen nominated by him to compose theso Boards belonged to his own party ! How ought theso reckless assailants to hido their heads with shame, when they learn that he nominated three Locos to two Whigs, all of whom were n"anfmously yppaTnlcd by tho CounciT.For the Literary Board, "GenJFiB. A. Blount, David W. Stone, and Charles Manly were recommended; and, for tho Internal Im provement Board, Col. Cad Jones and Gov. Dudley! If Mr. Henry is not inoro exact in his statements, it will take all thesophis-H try and ingenuity which both he and his friend 44 Cumberland aro master of, to ex tricate him. . , We have not space, to-day, to notice farther tho Hilisboro' letter writer, except iu one particular. He concludes his sketch of Mr. Henry's speech by saying "More head did not reply to him, nor a single Whig sny a worjt.in reply, although the bar was full of Whig lawyers." It would have been, indeed, very strange if Gov. More head had replied, seeing he was notproba bly, within fifty miles of the place on that day. That the Whig lawyers did not reply to him, maybe accounted for by thesuppo Bition on their part; that the best pohVy was to 44 givehim rope enough, &c.'' Raleigh Register. -- - - The first prlnted Bible. Tho ear liest book, properly so called, is now generally believed, to be the Latin Bible, commonly called the Mazarin " Bible, a copy' having been found about the middle of the last century, in Cardinal Maarin's Library at Paris. It is remarkable that its existence was unknown before rfor lvCan hardly be called a book of very great scar city, nearly HO copies being in different li braries, half of them ia those of private per sons in England. - No date appeared In this Bible, and some have referred iu pub lication to 1452, or even to 1450,. which few perhaps would at present maintain, while others have thought the year '1455, rather more probable. In a copy belong ing to the royal library at Paris, au entry is made, importing that it was completed in binding and illuminating at Mentz, on the feast of the Assumption, ( Augast 15,) 1456. , .. - , , ,; : . ;. : , BixrRirrTS.-As many as se ven hundred and fifty-eight petitions had been presented iaBotiod up to Monday evening; last r1;- . COMMUNICATIONS : (ttrThe folio wing communication, which the reader will perceive U a continuation. the review, of Mr. Henry's letter, should have appeared hst week, but was necessa rily postponed. . . " . S fFOB THS MESSENGER."! No subject of national pclicy has given . - . - - Jj ;. P . 1' . nao iu grcuier uiversny oi opinion, or elici ted more general discussion, than that which relates to the collection, safe-keeping and disbursement of the ' public revenues. It directly involves tho great and important questions or currency and exchange, mdis pcnsably necessary to carry on tho finan cial operations of the treasury department and afford incidentally to commerce a stand ard of fixed and uniform value. ' Various schemes have been suggested at different periods of the Government, but only 'three I-irst, a Uru ted States Bank-. Second, tho State Bank Deposite system. Third, tho Subtreasury, 1 hn first plan, had its origin in the cabi net of Gen. Washington , tho President of the convention that framed tho .Constitu tion and therefore, comes with the highest reeHTnmen(iotionwutdhftve,-der ' O da'ntly of repeated proofs it has given of its ability to collect with the greatest facility, the public monies and transmit the same to tho most distant points in the Union, with out tho slightest risk or expense to the Go vernment. The second plan, originated from neces sity, under Mr. Mudisons administration, and was re-adopted by Gen. Jackson, who promised to make it answer all the purpo ses of the Government and tho peoplo. In both instances, we hnvo shown its entire failure to afford any securiiy, either to the public treasure, or equalize the rates of ex change; but, on the contrary, lost to the Gouernmcnt, nearly two millions of dollars and flooded the country with a spurious circulation The third, and lost scheme, was copied from Mr. Van Buren, from twenty -two des potic Governments, and after being thrice repudiated by Congrers, was at last forced upon the country by party manceuvering in excludingNcw Jersey of her whig rcprescn- tatiorrhefere-ff vote was 4aheft off jtspassw ago. We suppose Mr. Henry alluded to this nroiect-when he . asserted that 44 the Federal Treasury might be managed with out a Bank as was proved during tho ad ministration of Mr. Van Buren, when tho Secretary, Mr. Woodbury, conducted its affairs skillfully, through a period of the greatest embarrassment." Strange logic indeed!! If a Bankrupt Treasury with a public debt of nearly seven millions hang ing over it, are any evidences that the na. .yonnL6.nanCSy.cj deed is Mr. Henry correct in warding so much credit to the able Secretary ' Had ho shown that the Secretary left the Treasury as ho found it when Mr. Van Buren camo into .power with an excess of nearly thir ty two millions over and above the actual ex pendituresof Government, ho would have iacLsomo groujidaJiuL.jtttemptiiig,. .thus, .lo gull and detudo the people, with an indirect cflort to support the claim of the bub. 1 lea- sury". -Among tho prominent objections that tho whig party urged against this aptly styled " engine of political power," were, first : That it greatly increased executive patronage by giving to the Secretary of the Treasury, an executive oritur, uk pu u nf nnnninfiiiff ft hnst of officers that indi rectly exerted an undue control over the rvVU V H.U UUUUUU(.I.UUIIUI v.-. Wo-nr-dtttetf public revenues placed in the custody oi jn- 4 dividuals whose official bonds were no guarr antee for its faithful application, subjected the people's money atTitrtimcs rathcnn ous system of defalcation, which had alrea dy defraudcditheGovernment of more than 82.500.000. And lastly, that instead of aiding in sustaining and regulating the cur rency of the Stato Banks, it acted as a con. stant drain .upon them, thereby creating a metalie currency for theoffrcers of Govern, ment , and leaving a depreciated paper cir culation for the purposes of the" people. From the operation of these, and minor causes, tho truth of which its short-lived ex istence fully demonstrated, the people, through their representatives in Congress, repealed it at the Extra Session, and called for the rcgulaliog power of a banking institu tion that had been satisfactorily tried, and found to bo by tho lights of experience, tho best and only system thut could be devised, to aid tho business transactions of the coun try, restore public confidence and 44 bring back to the country its lost prosperity." This is what the whigs promised, and flat, tcred themselves would be. done to meet the present exigencies of tho country, and dis sipate the gloom that had been thickning oventhc political sky for several years past Our 44 accident President," however, de. fcatod their redeeming cflorts, and it now remains for the people to speak in a Jan. guage that cannot be mistaken, whether they are thus to be defeated by.the.pnsum. ate audacity of "the greatest tyrant tho world hss ever given birth to." Of its im. portance, they feel fully sensible, and will no longer yield the testimony of experience to new-fangled opinions or whimsical expe rimsntSf but looking forward with a single ness of purpose, to the encouragement of industry, the protection of property and the regulation of the currency, they will have a bank, despite of all the imaginary dan gers with which Mr. Henry has clothed it That it would be, or ever has been " a1 dangerous engine of power," is an asser tion so utterly destitute of the least shadow of truth so inconsistent with the experi ence of the past, that it would seem to be superrogation in me to answer: But as we srit out to expose the inctingrui ty of Mr. Henry's letter, we will briefly ex. ! amine the premises from which he draws this conclusion. Ho informs us that the bank failing to secure a recharter in 1832, 44 commenced in 1833'34, a sudden and violent contraction of its issues and loans) spreading desolation and ruin in every di. rection. Now really it is a strange incon sistency in M.vilemy-'firstt'diaiUie Lank with craating the panic that followed the action of tho Locofoco party' and then with the next'breath, arraign it for flooding we country wiui me depreciated currency that produced the great explosion in 1837. The truth is, ho saw there was no other way to relieve the party from the responsibility or au wo evils entailed upon the country, than to charge it all to the action of the bank. , He saw the peoplo would rationally concludo that had Gen. Jackson-let the bank alone, things would have moved on in their accustomed channel. But with the tact of a demagogue, he endeavors to lepd their minds from this reflection, by misre presenting the bank as tho mighty agent that had, through a spirit of resentment, nrst curtailed its issues to an alarming ex. tent, and then, for the purpose of propitia ling favor, scattered its notes to tho four, wiqds of heaven. That it did curtail its is sues to some extent, in 1833 , will not be do. nietl ; but let it be remembered it was forced i nto this measure jn self defence ,.hy an unT reasonablo and impracticable run mado up. on it by the holders of its bills already in circulation. Wo agree with him perfectly, that the banks should be made to redeem their notes, and this is what the whigs look for in tho establishment of a United States I I T-l . . ill ,M. nery-tax i..v. .... u,u. ai o vuiiotuuiijr 'uJr" ing upon a depreciated currency, cannot depreciated currency, be effected until some measure is adopted to restore public confidence, tho life and spirit of all hanking operations. What system ho would suggest, best calculated to effect this end, ho leaves us entirely to con jecture. Wo suppose, however,, his pre ference, for all Locofoco measures would lead him to the rc-adoption of tho famous Sub-Treasury, that had for its boldly avow, cd object the reduction of the price of labor .bind every species of property, to tho stan- dards of Jt1 ranco, Germany, Spam, Austria Ace, hard money Governments, where the wages of labor ranges from seven , to ten cents per diem. This truly would be a tax upon the industry of the country which he forgot to take into his arithmetical calcula- tion. Having hastily examined all the promi nent objections which he urged to a United States Bank, wo will pass on to his review of somo of tho measures of retrenchment and icibxnijichjieirujy says, were pw.- raised to the people by the whigs in 1810, and partly consummated at the Extra Ses sion in 1841. He commences by saving, 44 They give away the public lands, and go into the money market to borrow twelve millions of dollars. All yery true. But why did he conceal the object that prompt ed theso wise and wholesome measures! Why did ho not honestly tell the people these lands belonged to them after the ob ject was accomplished for which they had been transferred to the Government. 1 hey were bought and paidfor with the people's money and of right reverted back to them when the public debt was paid off, that was created. It was for this purpose they were loaned to the Government and not to cre ate a surplus revenue, to swell its expendi. tures from 14,000,000 under John Q. Adam's administration, to the alarming sum oT't4tf,000,d00, during ftfiTVon Buren's reign. We have already stated that when Mr. Van Buren went out of ofhee. a debt of nearly $7,000,000 was hanging over the Government, and as no alternation was left to the present ruling party to meet this debt and supplying an empty Treasury wilh an amount sufficient to carron tho Govern- ment, but cither to adopt the practice of the ate administration for the last four years of I. . . .... r rry - , treasury notes raea ing an interest from 3 to 5 per cent, or cf. . . I p I !! ,1 .1 CLl U IUUII Ul KYCIVC IlUIIIUtiS, UlU IL'33 IUIU oFTnlercsTIhc latter measure was adopted, which AI rr-IIonry -regard as - incongruous and extravagant. lie next contrasts the expenditures of the Whig administration with those incurred during Mr. Van Buren's reign, and as he wishes to blind the public gaze to the true issue on this subject, he takes the last year's expenses of ihcJocofocaascendancyT which ho estimates at $22,500,000, exclusive of disbursements for thff public debt, created the year before, and trj ,t claims, that would swell it to more than 28,000,000, and. con. trasts it with tho amount of $32,000,000, as being necessary for thoexpensesof 1841. this ho contends will leave a balance against tho Whigs of increased expendi. tures of 4,000,000, and hence concludes that he has shown an entire failuro on the part of the Whigs to redeem their promises of retrenchment in the public expenditures. But let lis present the picture in its true ight. Diringthe two first years of Mr. Van Buren's administration, Congress ap. propriated, as can be shown by documcnta. ry evidence, a little more than 93,000,000, making an average of more than 46,500,. 000 for each -year. ' Now, let us deduct thirty-two millions, the assumed expenses of the Whigs, and how will the accounts standi A difference of something like 14,000,000 exists in favor of the Whigs. t is not true, however, that the Whigs ex- pended $32,000,000. In the first place, there were $4,500,000 of this amount ex. pended by the Locofoco dynasty between the 1st of January, the date the report com- mences, and the 4th of March following, the day of Gen. Harrison's inauguration. his amount, together with the public debt, eft as a heritage, of nearly $7,000,00.0 deducted from the whole amount, will leave the? actual expenditures but a little. over $21,000,000. Subtract this amount from $22,000,000, tho assumed expenditures of Mr. van UurcnYmost favorable year, and still we may claim $1,000,000 at least, as an item of retrenchment. This, truly, is quite a different calculation, but it is based pon facts which cannot be controverted There is another view:of this subject, which it seems strange Mr. Henry should have overlooked. He certainly forgot that nearly all the appropriations swelling the expendi. tures to $32,00(f;b00 were made by the Liocoloco party In Uongress before the Whies camo into Dower. 'Let it be re mem- be red, then, that all the Whigs did appro priate at the extra session was about $3, 000,000, for indispensable purpojcs7-such m repairing our ships, forts, and other oo. fences of thd country, left in a wretched and dilapidated condition by tho party ex. pelled from power. Whilo millions of thq public treasure were lavishly squandered upon sineenro offices and the inglorious Florida war, under the 4 ' spoils system," "lesswai expended on the national defences, less in tho construction ' of fortifications) less for the jiavy, and less for other means of repelling a foreign attack than had been appropriated for (ike purposes- by any former administration. ' The consequence was, when the Whigs camo into power thev found some ships rotting on thestocks, and our lorts actually going down in moid, dcring ruin. It was this state of things that induced tho secretaries of the , dominant party to recommend ' tho appropriations which Mr. Henry has construed into an ac. tual debt, that causes him as "a republi can , proud of his count ry , to look upon our situation more in sorrow than nncor." T - - truth" there has been no actual debt -created beyond the 812,000,000 loan, and retrench, mcnts of all unnecessary expenses arc un. der the supervision of committees appointed m both Houses of Congress, which aro now actively engaged in curtailing the ex travaganco which has been the nrincinal I . I I " teausirof the present debt Thcrgreallvesn cm Senator, Mr. Clay, is now urging and massing wc iiiipunaucc oy a scries oi reso lutions to reduce tho annual expenditures of the Government to $22,000,000. A tho rough reformation,, however, should pot bo looked for all at once. - It will require years to wipe out tho gross abuses which the 44 spoils system" has entailed upon tho country as a memorial of tho most profli gate and wasteful extravagance that has ever marked tho footsteps of any former President. We could sav -more, but Mr . Henry's budget of false and inconsistent as sertions appears so ridiculous to us that we will leave him for the present to be dealt with by tho people of North Carolina ashia bold effrontery justly merits. - Asbevllle Female Academy." I For the " Messenger .n Po.x.PoN.S.C., 31st Jaw. As tho result of my own impression re. ccived at tho examination, which took placo V : - 1 . . - w-. ... . . lUAciuucriasvaune i'iiinaic-Acaclcmy in Ashcville, I have no hesitation in saying that tho cxHrniuaikms-werc evidently a fair test of tho young ladies' acquirements, which were creditable both to themselves and their instructors, and I sincerely wish the establishment success. CHARLES BARING. Charleston, Feb. 12, 1842. creditable to the teachers. Tho method of teaching and the management f the Bomb nary givo complcto satisfaction to parents niii'i.vuivii vi tuw viiiiuicsi was ana an inose who were most interested. I wish the institution success, and am confl Jcnt the estimation tho . Ashenillo Femafe Aead.emy has already attained will extend its usefulness. F. RUTLEDGE. -ME.ssR8.BBiTORt-A'-thrrtime-for-tlKi commencement of the spring and summer session ot our t cmalo Academy is near at hand, I have thought it advisoablo to send you the extracts of letters received from two gentlemen who were present at the fall ex amination, both of whom have had many opportunities of visiting similar schools, both in Europe and in this country. The favorable nnininn fvnrpfH in tli . traQts 1 erasure is not unmdrited. If tho MrehotaTrgivmTrrfvt iUPnAc.Ztt:T ; ,Vn frt .!, .-,h r .u.. ..... --..... uutavviu.iig Kll nju mull pursued in tHechoohrsa different from itio ordinnry methodaand tho result of many TRBrs'-srudv-afia' prcehTcacfiinffr think our village has reason to be proud of such an institution. J. F. E. HARDY. Wc wish to call attention to our school here, and intended doing so this week, but from the crowd of matter wc aro compelled trrdefcrit EdstMess. " Asiieville, March 22, 1842". To the Editor of the Higtdand Metienger : Gentlemen, In your last week's paper, I noticed a publication of a change of Post master at this place, and that you are at a loss to know In what light to consider tho change whether as ft removal or rcsigna. tion. I have said that I did not resign, and I still say so; and that it was a removal' without showing''causo. Somo time before my removal trom office, I wrote to tho Postmaster General, with regard to mv health, &c, and proposed to resign if John II. Coleman should bo appointed in my place. Letters of recommendution for J. H. Coleman, written by highly rcspcctablo gentlemen were forwarded at the samo time. This was a' conditional resignation. which conditions were not complied with on the part of the Postmaster General, for rea sons best known to himself ;-jt was, there- fore, no resignation on my part. Admit ting, however, that my letter did convey tha -meaning of an unconditional resignation which it is possible, as a new bond was sent mo forthwith, which I executed, show. ing clearly that I was reappointed if it was believed I had resigned. And as soon as the appointment of Mr. M. Patton was mado known, sufficient evidence was afforded the Postmasfer General that should hove con vinced him that I did not resigri-Now is it possible, unless the Postmaster General is entirely forgetful of his own actst that ho did not know at the time Mr. Patton was appointed that I had not resigned. Ibis is certainly a strange transaction, that after alt tho assurance that could be given by a number ol tne rcspeciaoie citizens oi iu pi ice and neighborhood, that it was noi their wish tnni isnouia oe ircmovca mo their petition should be treated with iodcf ference. or, more properly speaking, with silent contempt, and still persist In my re moval. and appoint Mr. J'atton, who do. dares that he never applied foMhe office, nor any person Tor turn, to. his nowieage. An explanation is due from the Postmaster General, not only to myself, but to the citi
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