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:4 a'? manogcrncnt.of lhe banking capital, repto. vV."eoiinr thorn ni the advocate of unsound y und dishonest banking institutions Never :'wfc a clurgo less isupportod by pfoof pr I - i.r. f t... "...-.: TM. 'i (tore gupauio oi vumptcu? roiuuuiuu, iuc vi ' idoctrino of the Whigs, bos ever been that soma paper circulation Was both advaDla. gcous and necessary .to tho country, because '.four share of the specie -of tho world lata lijely Inadequate in amount, to our wants, - find because an entire epecio circulation is, .j from its bulk and weight, inconvenient and troublesome, and from its constant wasto by jLf; friction,' U' yearly , diminishing la Amount. r But thoy have' ever maintained that banking - institutions to supply this paper circulation, 'Bhduld hot be, increased beyond tho 'actual necessities pf tho country -should, be ere- ated upon a fi;m basis of specie and pro- perty, and by wise laws, earefully restrain-" d'from excess, and mismanagement,' and y with this doctrlna the practice of the YVhigs .:, I will Iw found to have corresponded.. How -rfis it with our opponents! Their theory 'j . has Jaught the propriety of an exclusive , hard money currency. Banking insti'.u. ..v tions have been the theme of their unceas--?i inr denunciation. Yet how have they acted T When in possession of power, what.havo done to reduce their theory to prac- ico-1 Let us cnquirt-Before they amo. - ' Into power, it is undoubted that we had . a good currency.. Every one who can re. ; member the' stato of things twelve yeahj o knows this to havo been tho fact. Tliq . rchangc in tho condition of tho country tho increase of banking capital, beyond all tho reasonable demands of business, and , the consequent depreciation, aroso from their ' administration cf tho Government! end they stand justly responsible for the consequences. In the year 1839, there were iu tho United Stales 339 banks, with . an aggregate capital of 8143,190,'2G8. In .1832 the bill to re-charter tho Bank of the - United States was. vetoed, and in 1833 the Government tJcposites were removed from wtliatBank andplaeed with tho Stato Banks thenceforward, the State Bajiks enjoyed the ' favor 'of tho Administration wero applaud, cd as safe depositories of the revenue, and capable of furnishing a sufficient and sound .xurjency -furthe -country -rthc-theu Si'cretury of tho TreasTiryTo in- .crcaso their loans, cnlargo their circula. tion,' and furnish every facility which their accommodations could, furnish to the mrr- cantilo community. T At tho same time banks brgm to bo multiplied without ncecs 6ity nnd beyond nil example. VVithin leu ' , Utairiwo yearrf from the removal of -tho dp". posites, the banks vcro found to number - 053, with'nn aggregate capital of o3Jl, jou.337. Anu in ucccmrjer isa, me numbcrhad increased to709, with an agre gate authorized capital of 410,195,710 So that tho banks had doubled and the capi ' tal more than trebled in seven years. Now L , where was the greatest increase In tho num . . ber and capital of these tanks 7 Was it in , States .under Whiff direction? Or was it " Sa those States which enjoyed tho' special benefit of being governed by Locofoco Lo gislatures f Undoubtcdlyiii The fcirter7LeT us take as examples and proofs of ihts, lew States distinguished du ring Thai "period f for their attachment to the Liocofoco party. Take Maino: It) 1830 she hacMSJwnks, rSvIlFacnpTtar of 62,050,0067 in December 1837, she had 50 banks, with n capital of 5,535,000. Tuke Pennsylvania : In 1830 her banks were 33 in number, with n capital of 014,010,333 j in December 1837 the number had increased to 50, and the authorized capital to 859,941,435. Take " Alabama,4 which,' in 1830, had 2 bunks, with a capital of $043,500, and in Decern ber, 1837, had 3 banks, with an authorized capital of 814,458,909,' being an increase of twenty-two fold in seven years .in the bank capital of .tho State. Take Missitwrp pf, which, in 1839; had one bank, with a capital of 8950,000, and in 1837, 14 banks rnd 23 branches, with a capital of 839,. 400,000, being an incrcaso of capital in Tv mm J till f vy I J if J " Vrf 4S1?VUII What was the action of this State, repre acntcd and"goverh very, personification of hard money, who profesics to hold a bank note in abhorrence, and who lately protested a draft for his pay as a member of Congress, because he could not receive for it any thing but paper mo- . . ncyt 'I low did she shew her hatred of Batiks her abhorrence of paper rags 1 Why thus : Sho had in IS33 not more than "one bank and not more than 8250,000 of capital, and in. 1837 she had 3 banks with an authorized capital of 85,000,009, being at the latter period in possession of just twenty times tho amount ol banking capi tal she had seven years before. So it will be seen that these fivo States, under Loco, foc'o direction, in a period of seven years increased thrirnumber , of hanks from 53 '" toT1297ahd hclrnrggrpgaTo'apTtaTTronT 818,403,83$ to 8124,333,494 ? making a -leftr additwm ltrrintrthat ehurt rrriixinf the bankiag capital to ibcJJ.niqn of the enormous sum of 8105,934,5G8 ! nearly "olid htlf Of tho whole IncrCTtso of banking . ca'pitalln the Union during that period. Thesfl' statements are taken from an ofii. cial report mado by MrTWoodbury, late LiKoceSeeretary-vrhef-Tfeasuryj -on T th'e"8thT)f January, 1838rand wh iron ad ' roirable agreement they sliew between tho " professions and the practice of our political jjidvorsarics! Tliey denounce all banks, ycrwhcTevcRhey have the power cstublish I them j they praiso gold ami silver as the only constitutional currency and yet flood I. "the country with millions of bank pnper. "And arc theso banks established by them nble-to redeem their engagements by specie! This at least we should have a right to ex - pect from the lovers of an exclusive hard money circulation) Let the depreciated notes of Alabama and Mississippi, selling . as they arc every whero nt a most disgracc- i ful discount, worthless for the payment of . a debt, and scarcely available to purchase vA.aJoaf of bread let these Wretched paper r rags answer the question ! Let the broken ;"ianks Jof Maine answer and cover those " iith confusion who. profess and practice another, who falsely charge upon their op jooents their own political misdeeds, la advantageous contrast with . these States might be 'placed, did time permit, tha cod. 3uct of those States which, during the same period,. were, under iho direction 6f Whig counsels but we must" content ourselves ivith stating one illustration of this. ." Of the VVbig States Blassachusetts and Connect!, cut mado the largest proportionate increase of their banking capital, and. yet fieithcir did more than doublo it.' But what a diffe rence is found between tho issues of their banks and thoso of Mississippi and Ala hama j So far from being depreciated and worthless, they are quoted in Philadelphia on tho 1st Jit January last, aL premium of 4 per cent. . Thus it may bo seen, that the Locofocos, while they rail at the Whigs for establishing good banks that issue sound currency, do themselves establish unsound banks which Issue notes depreciated and al inost worthless. "-( Having thus, as, your Committee think, acquitted thcv,Whig Party of , all just cen. sure for the fSfst, it remains to inquire what should be their action for tho future. That our position is both strange and difficult, cannot be denied, and should not be con. cealcd. But it has no difficulty, which can. not bo overcome by energy and concert of action. The Whig strength is undiminish. cd. . If then this strength bo the samo now as in-I849rit imamcst tliatiti suiScient to secure,. success. 1 o this end it requires lonry to be put forth, nnd surely tho motives aie not less strong to enforce its exertion nw, thanln 1810.' Our principles have lost none of their value, nor ffe nny part of our attachment to them. Wo still desire earnestly desire a just and economical ad. ministration of tho Government, a sound currency of uniform value, in which indus. trv.may receive without loss its just reward. Vc"desiro that thojegi.-dutiqn of the country should bo in fact ns well ns in form in the hands of a mnjorily of the People and of theStatcs, and bo directed for the equal protection and advancement of every citizen and eucry interest of our country ! that offi. ccs should bo given only to able and faithful men, should bo created solely for tho good of iho People and neither extravagantly compensated nor continued beyond the do. mands of the public business. Wo are still were urgcAJiy44jtarIyin4aww-of--coiif4ning aresyentlo one term, as tho most cuectual means ol checking the corrupt abuse of power, nnd wc still believe that Executive patronngo has increased to a dangerous nnd alarming degree, nnd ought without delay. to bo di. mirished. Wo arc still opposed to that ex. crcso of the Veto power,- by which one mn.i overrules the opinions, and disappoints thclmpesof millions, and dictates to a whole pccplo the terms on which they may be pcrnittcd to legislate. Wo still detest as urnriso and dangerous,' tho Sub-Treasurv scheme, by which the whole revenues of the country aro placed under the control of onoman already armed with immense pow. er,and by which all the safeguards neces sarj to prevent tho abuse of that power are in effect removed, and the nominal Presi. dcit of a Republic converted in fact into an absolute dictator. Wo aro still opposed to The applTcaTion-bfirio Public Lands to the benefit of particular States, cithej' from favoiTtTsnVIolTioso'StaVcs puTchase support to a political party. We are still opposed to thoso lawk being retained . by the General Government for its, ordinary purposes, and still-insist that these lands, tho special purposes for which they were ceded having been accomplished, of right belong to tho States, and tho proceeds of them cht to bo" without delay paid over td the several States to bo disposed of for such purposes ns they may think proper. Wo nro still opposed to, and detest that unhallowed nmb'uion which, for the pur. pose of gai ping political support, seeks to introduce divisions between tho different classes ofsocicty, to array tho rich against the poor, and tho poor against the rich, to teach that tho different portions of the com. munity have separate, and irreconcilable interests, and thus to dissolve that cement of mutual dependence and affection which binds society together arid gives strength tolnuFTCepiiTffi We utter ly abhor the doctrino of repudiating State Debts that recent fruit of maturo Loco, focoism, by which our country lias been disgraced, it3 credit ruined, and which is as unwise and impolitic as it is dishonest and dcmoializing. Wo still believe that tho ascendancy of our political principles will tend to promote, and those ot ourudversa. rlcs to destroy the welfare and freedom of our country. . Thus thinking, and thus feeling, we entered the contest of 1840, and our efforts vrerc crowned with -a glorious success, agaifist majorities in both Houses of Con gress, co-operating with a President, who wielded the whole power nnd patronage of the Government, tor tho purposo ol socur- fng his continuance 1n office: Why;ttiein should we doubt the result of a conflict in wbbhfthotr-! by-the-ExeiHivej power and patronage, assist 3d by an artful and unscrupulous rtiiuurity, in Cuiigress, we are yet supported by a ninjority of that body , besides the vast array of true hcarTcd Whigs, who so nobly rallied f r iheirCoun. try, under the immortal HARRISON,. and whoso devotion and patriotism tho trcache-. Tyof hissucccssor can neither alarrrTnor seduce ! ,; But to make our strength cflicient, we must be csited nnd oroasjzed. " To this cnd,U seems to vourGimmittec expedient, that some ono sfiould" be selected as the Whig Candidato for the Presidency, who truly holds and "will truly carry out the great principles to which that Party stands pledg. td one whose opinionsa re understood by himself, and knowBy others whoso sin ccrity and deyotfrilrt have been unequivocal, ly whncssod"by his public services, and on whom, his country can securely rely, for a frank, manly, Intelligent and patriotic ad. ministration of her ofTiirs. Such a man is HENRY CLAY, pf Kentucky. Ia regard to the Selection of a Candidate for Governor. It seems, only necessary to announce the already declared and decided preference of the- Whig Party of the State. Thef are unanimous in calling lor tho re- election of our present excellent Chief Ma. glatratc tlonorccl and esteemed by them, belore his .elevation, his ollicial conduct has served to confirm and strengthen every prepossession in his favor, and bisnamcjmd cliuractor, identified with the' reputation of tho bLate, are endeared to their auections by tbo groMs injuaf'ico.and villificatiob, wan tonly heaped upon him, by the party ran cour of 'our opponents, for an honest and fearless discharge of his public duties. la order to a perfect organization of the Whigs of the Stale, your Committee would respectfully suggest, that qur friends lnt;v ery County,' be desired to hold meetings to appoint Committees of -Vigilance and Cor. rcspondence composed of rnoinbers from each election precinct, or other local sub. divisions of the Counjy, the members in each precinct to form a sub Committee, specially charged with the sup? rintendance of tho precinct to which they belong, tho whole together forming one grand Com. mittee fur the County ; that both the gener. aland Sub.Committics bo cuneatly-entreated to hold meetings-Tram fme to time, ns their convenience will admit to collect and distribute information y hit 'tho good peoplo within their bounds, exjiain to them tho nuturn, and enforce the tiiith nd val. uo of Whig principles, and earnestly but affectionately press upon then) tho impor. tancc-of aUinjdiflgJ.ha.pollrad putting ia their votes for men of sound principles and tried integrity, that our fric no's in every part of tho State, be warned of the neeessi". ty of maintaining strict union among them selves, of selecting by mutual conference, proper persons, as. Candidates for the en suing Gencril Assembly, to rebuke and put down the first nppearanco of jealousy or division in their ranks ; to watch against and counteract the insidious efforts of our political adversaries, to dobdo the peoplo, and to sow dissention among us; and to maintain and cultivate a spirit of harmony and co-operation amongst tbo whole body of tho Whigs, as brothers, kound to each other by tho most sacred tics, to forward the interests of a common Country. . Fully to complete our State organization it will be necessary that a Central Whig Committee should bo appointed, nnd charg ed with the general superintendence of the iV lug cause throughout the Stattyand-par- licularly with tho preparing.publishingand circulation ot such addresses and docu ments us nviy bo necessary to advance Whig principles to correspond with, sinii. lar Cjmmittecs or other bodies of Whigs in other States und to unite with them in such measures ns may be deemed best, in promoting harmony in Whig council and uction throughout tho Union. And your Committee recommended that the "said Central Committee ba authorized, on the part of tho Whigs of North Carolina", To unite with tho Whigs of other States in so lecting rt suitable Candidato for thofiicc of Vice "President, or lo call a Convention of tho Whigs of the Stato to bo held nt such time and place as they may deem ex pedient for that purpose, ns well as for pro moting the success of tha Whig cause in the coming elections. Should this plan for general and local organization meet thejipjrobationof the ConVchlfo'anTTCTuTly carried out in ac tion by our friends, no rational doubt can exist ofQur.triumpliant- succesi in rNorlh Carolina. No reflecting Whig can want motives for" using his best efforts to bring abbul this result. Let each 030' rcmem ber that on tho next Legislature will de volvo tho election of a United Slates Sena tor nnd tho adjustment of our Congressional and State Senatorial Districts, measures which will affect the political character of tho State for yearsTocome. Let him re member that tho success of tho Whig Party will promote every interest of our country, w I iihTby Tt s ui Teat, the reign of p r ) fligacy and corruption will be confirmed and per petuated a new course of experiments up on the-business, the finances and tho pro. perty of the country will bo commenced, resulting in all pruhability in effects still more disastrous than thoso under which the pcoplff now suffer. Let him remember that hCTnastticSrWOriumphair of political adversaries, w hose success ho could have prevented; by whom no moderation has ever been exhibited, nnd whose fierce intolerance, stimulated at once by tho re collection of former defeat and present vie tory,how shall he be able to bear, whoso conscience shall accuse him of culpable neglect of duty in tho hour when exertion might have saved his country. A,bovc nil let him remember that the "political,, privi leges with which a kind Providence has bit sscd him, bring with them corresponding obligations, nnd for the fidelity with which he improves them to the accomplishment of just and honorabfc purposes ho is responsi ble notuonly to his country, but bisGod.. In conclusion, your Committee recom mend the adopTronfe: ReottntoQs which accompany this, report. irero follow tho fcsbiTioni77liica- wo pjibJisUeilJat-kficEJ- Stafo of IVorth-CaroHua, HAYWOOD COUNTY. In Equity,- -Spring Term, 1813. . Isaao Robinion and wife Wm, Clark, am others huira at law of Ben. Petition for tale of land for partition. jriptiin Clark. IT appearing to the atifaction of tho Court, that Ibrvjamin Clark, Alfred Clark, Zachariah Clark, William Smith, who intermarried witji Charlotte Clark, Polly Clark, widow of Tapley Clark, Jatnea Walker and hia wife Elizabeth, and Janica Oripiby and hi wife Sally, deftndenta in Ihia case, are not inhabitanta of thia State; it b ordered that publication be made for nix week in the Highland Mcsaenger, for the said defendant U appear at the next court of Equity, to be held for tho county of Haywood, at the Court House in Waynecville on the third Monday in September next ; then and there lo plead, answer or demur lo the aaid Petition, or the tame will be tnken pro eonfruo and act for bearing eiparte. , Witneaa, H. II. DaviMom, Clerk and Maatefof said opart. at Wayneaville, the third Monday m March 1842. U. II. UAVJUSU.N. C. M. IS. AprQ 8, 1812. Pr. ad. $5 50. 92 ' Smith's Arilhintl. JVST received, and for sale at thia office, verv cbean. ' Nor. 98. .v ticmoeralic Economy l Frorn tas Knoxrille Post. J-' ': ; 1 - Exlroordlnary IercIopinents. 1 The enormous extravagance of the nd minwtrslton of Mrr Van Buren is without a parallel in tho history of our government If a detail of the corrupt practices which signalized tho othcial conduct of the govern, ment agents could be spread before the pea pie, they would be struck with amazement, it is not to do wondered at that an over. flowing treasury was exhausted, and a heavy national debt entailed upon the coun. try ". when the purse-stringswer left open to every greedy partizan who might think proper to thrust his fist into its Capacious mouth. In one or tho reports ol the com. mittee on expenditures tho fact is stated, that in 1837 Congress appropriated two hundred and ten thousand dollars to remov. ing obstructions from the mouth of the Mis. sissippi. After expending tho whole amount appropriated, the object was nor eflectcd," and the additional sum of 8223,231 was expended to completo the work, and here are somo of the items included in the bill, which was paid : Silver watches, 8380 00 45 50 77 58 120 00 100 00 20 00 9 00 10 00 198 00 0 75 Repairing do, Muslin, Musquito bars, Dry goods, Carving, Painting office sign, Diving, Mess beef, Omnibus tickets, Hire of carriage at different times, 58 23 Hosiery, 23 00 Refreshments for men, 25 00 Port Wino, 20 23 Oysters , 5 50 Fines to sherifT of Charleston, S.C. .14 10 Gtass funnels, 5 50 Glass jars, 3 50 Hardware, 3,322 00 The following is a short extract from the report of tho committee on tho subject of tho Florida" War : " Tho committee havo ascertained that, within fivo years from the outbreak of hos. tilities in that Territory, between the 1st at January r-483(Jr-ad l a t -of-January 1811, thero have been employed , in the transportation service, seven hundred and tlurly-acren steamboats, Irigs and schooners. Mcuiy of them have been employed al a per diem pay until the price of-their hire has quadrupled the sum at which, originally, lltc'y could have been purchased. In refer once to tho hiro of tho steamboat John Cro. well, General Jesup, in reply to 'tho call of the committee, says that she was hired at tho price of " three hundred dollars a day, and hcr"cxpcnses and insurance." 14 She was not worth fifteen thousand dollars, and ono hundred dollars a day would have been an extravagant hiro for her." " For the entire period she was in scrvico,the Go vernment has paid cighty-two thousand five hundred and fifty-fivo dollars." ! ! FARMERS, look at the following items ol expense in the Celebrated Florida war against a handful of savages, and which were paid out of lhaJTrcasury under-iho Administration of Mr. Van Uuren. You can no longer bn surprised that the nation is bankrupt Firs tlhoughleU us . make a rough cstimato pf the real valuo of 208 oxen say each ox was worth fifteen dol. lars, the total sum would be 3,000. But government paid in 1838 for two hundred and six oxen, the enormous sum of twelv THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SEVEN dollahs, being a little more than sixty dol lars per head- Plank is chargod in one of tho bilU at fifty dollars per thousand feet and rails at fivo dollars and fifty cents per hundred. The following jiro some items rrifnTicellancou3 expense : Sowing 100 acres in timothy - grass seed nt Fort Leaven worth, at 81,08 per acre, 403 00 Fencing and sowtftg-500 acres of land nt Fort Leavenworth, nt 811 per acre, 5,500 00 Clea ri ng, fencing and plough- ring 50(1 acres of prairie land at 811 50 per acre, 5,750 00 Furnishing at Fort Gibson 85 serviceable horses, at $175 each, 14,875 00 Purchase of 200 acres of land adjoining public reserve ut Fort Smith, - 15f000 00 If the Farmers are satisfied .with the abo'e exhibit, we will present a few items for the consideration of the MECHANICS. 1830. For purchase of II. L Thistle : 30 saddles for carnf. ing sick soldiers, nt 850, 1,500 00 12 dol do 887,50 1,050 00 1840. Purchased of ILL. This., tic: 300 pack soddles at $17, 5,100 00 1839. For construction and su. s perintcndcncc6flj runt's con- - ' centric wheel wagon. Orf-2d Septemberr-1 839, Tr Cross, acting quarter-master " . -cficTCrrwTtteffl " On tho favorable report of Gen. Towson, in relation to yourconwntrjcjhcejcajrjrja ' the Secretary of War has di "reeled me to havo one mado . for rx)eri'menaservice,ndapt. cd to two horses habitually, but to which four horses may be ji jp!iodx jfnecessary I Iq further says, that the prico to be paid wiirbc hereafter ad. justed with liberality? and a " proper allowance for your time and services." . There appears to have been pj.-J for materials nnd Work mansTiip 1,023 30 Expenses for Mr. Grant, eVc. 85 70 Superintendence of Mr. Grant,. . 654 50 $2,303 50 i A nother small item for rent of houses in Picolata for one year, at three hundred dollars per month total amount 83,600. Another house was rented at $125 per month ! W o might furnish numerous other evidences of the corruption ' and extrava gance of the last democratic administra tion, but these are enough, ' ; -,' PIr. Henry's letter. h. Absence from home lias Interfered with the continuation of our review of Mr. Men ry letter and we da not now propose to do mora than call the reader's attention io one or two points, moro by way of keeping his mind alive to- the monstrous character of. its assertions, than any thing dse, We have exposed many of its mUreprcsonta. tions, but perhaps nouo more glaring than those we shall now notice. ,. ' . On the 5th page of tho pamphlet copy of ms letter, jur. tu-nry says : . "The bubble of pa pcr.j:redit again burst mihtr Spring-trf i837r-TtirtJ7rtl Jhtr was the first to suspend', and the State Banks followed its examj.Io." i . ; It Is in the power of any man who choses to take the trouble os wo have done, to look back to the recordj of that period, ;to prove, inconkstibly, that this assertion-of Mr. Henry is tmqualijedly false. It is" tvt ll knowo, and sus?ptiWeLjhe.idccret "proof7 fliat the su-pension of 1837, com. menced in New Yjrk, and not in the U. S. Bank. On tho 10b of May, 1837, every BaDk in the city o New York suspended specie payments. Thcf news renched Phil adelphia on the sane afternoon. On that nighi, the Banks of Philadelphia, hnd a meeting, at which ho majority determined to follow the exanploJof tho New York Banks ; but the fnwedHStaej Bank refused to concur in thai Qekrihination. Bee the following extract from a Philadelphia paper of May 11, 1837 s 1 Pmr, KDtufttt a , May 1 1 . " The United States Bank would not come into tho measure Inst night, and were prepared this morning to pay specie ; ttr. gent remonstrances were, however, made to them by the other Banks, ccc, and only, at exactly three minutes to nine o'clock, the hour of opening, they (wisely, no doubt",) changed their minds and came in, nnd or. ders were then given to sweep from off the counter the immense piles of silver and gold which wcro there prepared for distrl bution." Again: On the samo page, Mr. Henry goes on to say, that " Under Mr. Wood bury's skilful management of the Treasury some of the local banks soonxejuHicdspcciii payment, TjuTlho U. S. Bank, which was the last to resume, put ofT resumption until August , 1833." Now, here is another groxs misrepresent tation. me tacts are, that the Uanks of New York and Boston resolved to resume on the 10th of May, 1838, and did actually resume fifteen days in advance of that ay. The Banks in Nortji Carolina resumed on tho 25th of July nnd the 1st of August, 18J8. And tho Banks in the Stales of Massachusetts , Connect icut , Rhode fda nd , Pennsylvania, (including the United States Hank, Delaware, .Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky and Missouri, resumed on the 13lh of August, 1839. The South Caro. lina Banks resumed on tho 1st of Septem ber, 1839. The Tennessee Banks on the 1st of January, 1S39. And yet Mr. lien, ry snys that tho United States tank was the last to resume. , . Once morclrJIm'y-9vOTtTifrpngc)Tm,ro,tho water: frraorTTTmtTfie venturr In October. 1830. tho U. S. Bank led off with .another 8usprnsion all the State lianks followed,. . CvC. ' The truth is, that instead of tho U. S. Bank " leadingorwithanothcrsuspension11 every Bank in Philadelphia, except ono, suspended simulltneouifif on the 9th of Oc tobcr, 1830. Tie Bauks in Delaware also suspended on tlu same day. Mr; Henry might ns well Invo laid," (and doubtless would havo said, f it would have suited his purpose as well) int tho Girard Bank, or any other of the Philadelphia Banks " led o(F" with the suronsion. Equally untrue is it, that "all tho State Binks followed." Seareely a Bank MnrTli of New Jersey has followed in this suspension. According to the American Alnnnac for 1841, n work ns remarkable for its accuracy ns Mr.IIen ry i for the want of it, out of 039 banks ard branches, 313 suspended on all their obligations,. C2-futprndcd in partpind "Hri less thaq 498 did tot suspend at nil. Mr. Henry says 7-thcStnto Banks suspended ; Truth says that more than one.half did not suspend. Is iflgnorance, or a determination to deceive, which has led Mr. Henry so far from the truth T )t is charitable to suppose the former. But f so, Is ho fit forjhc of. fice to which ho atpircsT Is one so igno. rant of events thathavo occurred under his own eyes, and which every well taught school boy would lo ashamed not to know, fit to preside over ic destinies of tho great State of North Carolina,? A majority of tho people canno: think so. Fayetteville, Observer, . ' ; , ; '" A- LIST OP LETTERS " , REMAINING in the r.t Office at Ashrville, N. C, if not taken oat before the 1st of July, will he scut to tiiinerl Post Office e deed Wt ters. ' AuutiFtTtoa. IIbhuk W Arrowood w m U Brittain Capt Philip Bynum Jno G Bradshaw-RevC BarnettHobTlI Hosrv J J Jdrrctt Mr MaryC , Jarrett John Ac Entire Alexander N array William AfcCluro E Hi - WeGennis t" Andrew -JtfeKesson James Jtfonre Charle JVcClure Mr 8 P 3 3eCulIough John BeU Samuel Bradley John- - Bsvana Alfred Bond Cha'lea Blauton Jesse Brown W Brown John Colo Elisha Chunn Joseph S Cody Pinrce , Curiice C A Casey Mr Elizabeth Coleman Newton 3 . Candler Zachariah Cnlbcraon Andrew Cannon Riley II Davidson S W Davis John Edmonson An Ircw Gudgor James Halford David lUrrisJ. L Hampton George W Herron Berry Harkina William HarkinaThomaa Hamptoa Georgo Uice Jacob . . April 1,1842. JUcKeMOH- W - Morri Sunian J M.rshall John C McCloud Robert Ncal John New-land Col S 2 Owen David Lieut Owenby Sim Oborn II M Poteel Lorenzo D Parham Lit tit ton Patton & Sutlif Messrs Parham John . Peed FVtnming . Peters E wha Ratlin" Tboma Rocker Rymer i Richard Beckman Rector Jamea Robinson J one Itabora Hodgo . M. PATTON, P. AT 3 93 - r':1 From Cautonv ?vw'77; . '"utoa1 TArsaT P. t Tho ahip Hannibal arrived yeatorday at New York, Troni Canton, bringing intelligence aiiteea day lutcr. - It is not of special intereat, thing rewainiiifr, (rencralljr, unchanged at tbo seat of war. ' Caoton paper are received to tha 13th Do. eember. Mr. Edwm, tho American who had been aeized at Canton and maltreated by theCbi neae, returned in the Hannibal, still suffering from hi injurio. , The Chinese were rebuilding their forts, and .were sinking atone in the channel of the river to prevent the approach to tbo city by water,. . - J, .),-;''..' The British forces wero in winter quarters in Choran, and were expected to remain quiet ft th Mason. fcicven Chinese trading Teasel had been acixed by the British near Canton, and were con. detuned at Hong Kong aa lawful prixoe. Their cargoe were however, of littlo value. It ia a tin. gular anomaly ia all this war that the trade ctiH goe on. Kcsncit, the Chinese General ha been oardnn. ed, and restored to hi rank of General, and was ordered to Kjngpo, to treat with the British Hcni. potrntiary.' ' ' ho 1 rench aliip of war i?triBot- arrived euita unexpectedly, a it appears, at Maco, on the 7th December. She took otil to China Col. Dubois ns Jansiont, Envov from the King of the French to the lourt of ream, bo it is prettr clear th.t Louis PiiiMrrs intend to watch the oncratiom of the British in that quarter. Tho United State ships Constellation and Bos. ton were at Singapore on the 30th November. It was understood that they would sail for Chins about Uie 20th December. For the Mewcnger.J This small, but beautiful river, pursues a devious course through the elevated tract added to this county from a purchase tnndo by our Government from the Chero kecs in 133G. Tho few Indians which for mtrly occupied a small settlement on Nan. tihula, seem never to have adapted their agricultural tiTorts to their lofty situation : they were content with a bare subsistence, obtaitcd principally by huntirigT " It is tho opinion of an intelligent Indian, who speaks both languages,"that this river received its name from passing between two cliffs, w hich rise from the water's edge to a con siderable height in the original pronunci ation it signifies between tho rocas. Ac cording to a tradition still extant among tho natives, one of the river cliffs, was ma By years igo, the abode of a great serpent, wosTj-dcsrructroriTnhTrjghnrnuchrfesiTctli was deemed impracticable, owing to the poisonous nature of his breath, the effects of which were so fatal when ho was angry. that any attempt to intrude within his Tim. its, was thought extremely hazardous. AtJengUi, an enterprising Cherokee, un. willing to be deprived of so good a hunting ground, and perhaps anxious to acquire the fame of a deed so illustrious, resolved to give him a shot. Starting alone, he was soon quietly approaching the summit of the opposite cliff, from whece he beheld his en emy, in a stately coil, enjoying the rays of tho snn. Carefully choosing his position, ho commenced gathering pine knots, which he placed in a circle, in the centre he lev. clod his gun, ready for shooting, then kind ling fires at different points, in the pine, he waited until he was enveloped in a thick smoke, when he discharged his rifle, and in thunnxt instant, heard the monster full cu to leap over the hre, and returned homo, elated wiih his success. Thegreaterjart of thejNantnhala moun tains beins uninhabited, the beauty and grandeur of tho natural scenery they afford, can bo exclwivcly enjoyed by a visitor while tho farm of a gentleman residing near where the roaTTeading from Franklin to Murphy , crosses 4he river - affords a powerful proof of what mny bo accomplish ud by industry and H;rstjve ranee, even in anifnTuvorabh! situation. And if it contin ucs to reccivo thp attention of its present owner, a few yinrs Itnpur, will doubtless astonish many, who, with, n jnilder climate and moro terttie soil, nre yet wanting one of tho principal qualifications of n (jowl far mer. ENTERPRISE. Macon County, N C. We are tdways happy to be able to give a .p.Iaccui i?ur.cuiu:nns lo .any- reminiscen ces of that unfortunate race of people who so lately, in all freedom of naturer roamed over the country wo now inhabit, and who arc, wo fear, destined soon to become ex tinct. Whatever relutcs to their history, cus toms, traditions &c. is now matter of in terest, and ought to be gathered up, and pre-scrvedr- Wo shall be glad to hear frequcnW ly frorn those who may have it in tltcir pow. er to collect such items. Ji.f W.VOTJCJE. TO THE CITIZEnToF THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT J T SHALL commence my circuit at' Hendernofi II ville, and go round, endinz at Cleveland. I have mado arrangements with n able-Allorrvv, M practise JaJheJMtel.tatea J udicial.J)ife trict Court, to attend td all petitions of Bankrupt- ley. wMfj.l;j"yjrawiiijjUtcr pleasure in waiting on any and all persons who may be desirous of availing themselves of its pro visions at the different courts in said circuit, as the Judge will be present, before whom petitions may-be proven and certifie J without delay, snd the discharge of tho Bankrupt 'procured with as little delay a possible. - B. M. EDNETT. 3 91 Lincolnton, March 17, THIRD ROUND OF QUARTERLY MEETINGS FOR THE ASHEVILLE 01STR1CT Ashcville circuit, Jlfay, 29th, 29th, Aft Pleasant Greenville and Pickens, June, 4th, 5th, Indepen dence, Franklin eirt, June, 11 Ih, 2th, Mt. Zion, Echota mission, June, 15ili 6lh, Mission hoow, L Waynesville eirt, June, 18th 19th, Waynesvtlle, uurnnville, June, litlH, jabemacle, llcndcrsonviilc, June, 25th 2Sth, Hendersonville. ' E. F. SEVIEB. Athnillf.Mvekat, 1842. - IIAJIAWAY From tbo subscriber, on the 1st mstH a Nejrro boy, named AUSTIN about twen ty rear of ate ; very dark eompJctf'' about five feet 6 Inches iq height ; rather besvy countenance. I expect he will attempt to nuks hi way to the West. A liberal reward will be paid to any person who wfl deliver said boy to n at my residence at the Mountain Shoals, in 8pr tanburg Dist 8. C, or lodged ia any jail wbert I will rethiov. . t. ' , 8. 34. MOSTI1XER. 1
Highland Messenger (Asheville, N.C.)
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