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) r ! ii l-V". v v,-' "- fi- . . , . , c'"srre. -. ' . -V V' j " la tho IIouso of Representatives, Monday JulySoth; 1842, tbo Senator him'inhiicr.t t the bill "-reducing tfidArmy, bcing Qndur consideration;'. 5 f(,'. ' Ma. GkAium, of torUi Carolina sui i that lu the year 18:13, under the rccornmen. dution of the liieh President, Congress ruia d and increased lha number of tba regu lar Bfniy up Jo 12,5Q0.njcn. ;,In tho pre. eeut embarrassed state ot ..the puhHc trea sury; when economy, retrenchment; and reform ure' absolutely indispensable, this Mouse passed a bill reducing the number of . .1 .l ! l. t l no army on mo peucoeswiuuiHiuiuuwKuui 12,500. to about, 8,000, mcn,.,Thtit will reduce tho army 4,500 men,: and conse. -qucntly reduce the expenditures of tiio Go. vernmcnt near 8800.000. . : '' - - Thn bill no reducing the armvand the expenses of we Government (said Mr. G.) Iwcntfrooubis IIouso to tlc Senate for its concurrence, The Scnato liavo refused to concur with this IIouso in the extent of its reduction; but havo proposed to fix the ii.umbcrof the regular army at about 10,000 mca.i Tbo bill making appropriutions.for lha ermY lias now returned to this , House : and the question now submitted is, 6hall We px, upon" eight or ten thousand men as the nroner .number of tho army for tho pcaco establishment 1 1 bopo this IIouso will ad. hero to iia former decision vnd limit the tiumbef to efaht thousand.' That - number of regular troops are ! quito Juflicienti to constitute a poaco cstablUluncnt, and pre. ecrvo and cherish tho military spirit. Large standing armios in time of pcaco aro not only very expensive, but dangerous Jo li berty and'our' republican institutions. , The Secretary of , War, in a report sent to Con. ion: asked appropriations (ot tho army, fortifications, and so on, to an amount of near twplvo millions of dollars, Sir, I can. riot sanction and approve such enormous ""and extravagant appropriations for thq Var Department in time of peace. ' Wo must reduce our.cxpcndituc,3,'and I know of no branch f the publics r 6cr.vico which can lcar that reduction better than tho army. ;' If, unfortunately, wo should bo involved in war with any foreign nation, thpn: wo may want an army ot liiiytuousanij men ; tut that would bo a fighting army, and not pcaco army.' " I sny, then, the trua'policy of thoGovcrntncnl is to foduco tho army, and to reduce our expehstiji in litno of peace that wo piay bo tho more cnab.od in actual war to present our.whdlo united strength. On all sudden bmergc'ncies, the yolunteora and militia are ready and willing tq como to tho'rcscuo and dofenco ', of. tbo "country. .They are a ready help in time of need. ,J am entirely avorso to a large standing army in time of peace. -! I highly appreciate tire military qualification and scientific attain, tncnts of our officers, and tho good conduct -of our soldiers. - Hut in time of peace, we do not rtoed such a iargofprc6, amliha do. Ifidcnt Treasury .cannot rnysq many Wfc persona.' '. ',. : '" ' '' ' t , "Mr.; Choirman, Borne gentlemen Vhq havo' advocated, tho present largo standing army object to this 'mode of reducing the army" They say tho appropriation bill is not the legitimate way to effect that rcduc tion.' This is truo ; I conccdo it. This is not the bost mode of cfibcting our objecf, but it' Is tho only modo left to tho' House at this time.3 ' Tho Presldont , the, 1 Secrctn ry of War,' the Commanding Conoral, and I believe tbo Military Coinmiiteo, aro all op posed to thb reduction of tho army; bo far torii it, some "of thoso high functionaries, bavo rccoinmendctl an increase of thq army Then I soy to this IIouso, W3 is tho bill, ldThis"tTerC)hl3rtlmo"aml pppurturrity- ccoTOpTTrHrihc :f SpoSdeuctfoniWe must do it now, or not at this session, I am willing to voto all ueccssiry sunpliea losus. tain a wise and economical administration -of the-Government tbtit wheBr -thtsr-nation-is groaning under a publTo debt, and suffer, ing great -embarrassment from a deficient Treasury and a suspended revenue, and no provision Is yet made w relieve tho Govern, ment, I maintain that wd'are bound to pur buo and practico.all usoful and necessary reductions, both'of men and money. 'Cxtract from 51 r. UottV Speech , v, .. . on tho Tariff. '. 'Srt I pronoujico lhis efTert 1q repeal that most wise and salutary daw, nothing short of a direct attempt to rob and plunder the -poor pcoplo of this count ry- for the- benefit of the rich ; or, In other wordst to deprivo ibq poor . man of the benefits he is entitled to derive, and that lie must receive, from tho land -fund,' if distributed among the -States.' to lessen the taxes of the rich, and cnablo them to enjoy tho luxuries of life at a cheaper price: and I will illustrato it by a pfaio, practical, common-sense view of -tho sorjc:r;-1tmtvciT'Wncaitiuiwef9tanU " who WiiLread for bimscifrA -aag , Iet tno suppose" tho eascof two noFgh bora, ono a poor man and the other wealthy, and tho same rules that. will apply to them wilj, bqjequally BpplicaWoJothojWjt.'and the rich ail over the country.. . If tho money h distributed among the States; it. cnnnol'be' disposed of in such a raannoraa tliat cvyr) poor man iu the com. inunity will nut derive a benefit from it ; if it is applied to the payment of tho debts of the States,, ho has so much tho less tax to pay Urmcc) that debtwjdeb sooneror later must bo paid; if it is applied whoJly-or in part to u system of education, ho derives tho benefit of having his children educated at the. . public expense ; if applied to the complexion of. the internal improvement of the States, hq is likewiso benefitted, for otherwise. ho 'would have to bo taxed for that purpose andtif tho money .is udi ciously io.YCStpu, he may not only be greatly relieved of taxation, but may ultimately be exonerated entirely, os,' by the accumula-i . tion of interest in theso works a revenue may bo derived sufficient' to support the Government without a resort to taxes, as in the case now with tho Erie canal in New( York ; this "poor man,' in the meantime, ; pays no taxes for tho support of the Gene.; ral Government, .because Iio uses no article v." ? Upon which a duty m iinposcd; or, if any, it istf slight mat no Knows u noi uo walks upon his ovn homemade rng carpet ; he fsits upon his homomado .shuck of split bpttom chair," ocone of domesiia manufac ture j ho wears Bis domestic cloth, dresses hia wife and children-in plain cauco or some other fabric mada at home : ho drinks his hard cider, his apple brandy, or tao cold J beverage, whicn-naturo-iurnisncaojicvory spring; and you find nothing of luxury and ease wUhin his walls whicn is urougnt irom foreifrn countries, upon which, a dutjjc.is evicd. How u It -with his more onient and lordly neighbofj , lie walks upon his Brussels or his Turkey carpet ; no rocuncs upon hi. mahogany chairs, his ottomans, and bis sofas; ho wears the finest English of French broad cloths, dresses his wife and daughters dn icostly.isilksand laces, .and drinks his French brandy, his Madeira wines. Champaeno, and Burgundy ; his windows are hung with the richest silk da mask curtains ; in short, you find nothing frorri his garret to bis cellar which does not indicate luxury and easo, -and upon which dutv is not Daid to Government. And what is it you propose to do? to take this money back from the poor man, to do what with it? Why.to nut it back infoiha Treasury, in order that you 'may rcduco the duty which is laid upon article used only by tho rich: that wines.sUks, laces, and other articles of foreign ' manufacture may bo brought into tna country , cheaper, for the benefit of tho rich man, who is alorio nblo to consume them. "" Sir. I aubmit to all who hear, "me. if. tUia is iiol a fair and practical illustration of the whole operation, and, if so. I submit whether it is not an attempt to rob tho-poor tov benefit tho rich, to take money out of the poor man's pocket to pay tho rich man's taxes? and it is because wc wurnoi consent to do this at tiio ftxecutivo bidding, that this country is to" bo tlirowB into a state of commotion and violence, and laws, indispcnsablo to tho onorations of Govcrnmonti obstructed by tho obuso of Executive "power. . Will this IIouso consent, to do it? For my own part, I swear to dio In my track, before I will yield to it, , -Tliis Government la but fitly .threo years old, ftnd father than sea tho Legislature of the country Vicidin2ta KtccuUvo dictation at this hour of its infancy I would soo it crumbled into a thousand atoms. ': Wbat sir, let the Executive, and tveh enJSxccu live too! threaten Congress with tho excr ciso of the veto power, unless we will pass such laws as ho may dictoto ; senu to us in advance to say what wq must and must not do, for fear of incurring his royal uisptca sure!- Sir. tho spirit of freedom tingles through every-vein in my systorw, when I think of it; and the man th'ut yields is nei ther fit to represent fioemcn nor to enjoy freedom himself. - Sir, I go farther than that ; my path ofl duty lies plain before mo; I will neither ad as ho bids, nor will I ever vole tho ap pronnatldn of nnothor dollcir lor. any pu. pose, until Congress j is permitted to raise revenue n any way it mny think lit, (pro vided it does not conflict wilh thoConstitu. tidn. to meet the appropriations it has nl ready fnaclc.and to meet tle principal and interest of tho debt already incurred, ana authorized by the loan biiw-f -----,-... . . : " Tub BocjiPABY amd a dinner. The Washington correspondent of the New York. Union says : I havo met with a friend who has eivenmesomo account of the din- ner. at -tho dwollinz of tho Secretary of State.ron Saturday, in celebration of the settlement, of tho Northeastern Boundary duestion. ; The President, tho wholo Cabi. net; Jjord Ashburton and suite, mr. rox anaassacBseHST those of the gentlemen engaged, in the Northeastern Boundary surveys, then jn the city, Major Graham and Captain Tal cott7nfMdopthQTgcmip3ny. ; - The- most harmonious and pcacolul spirit prcvauca. Mr. Webster gave "ffs a'toasf: '1" Queen Victoria ! long mny she continue to reign over a prosperous and hn'ppy pcoplo." Lord Ashburton gave, " Tho President ! perpetuity ,to the institutions of tho United States.'? The President avo, " Tho Com- missioncrs ! blessed are tho peacemakers." Mr. Lawrence gave, " Lord Ashburton, who has always manifested tbo most friendly sentiments! towards tho United States." Lord Ashburton said, in reply, "That at his time -of JiFo nothing certainly but a stroniTtCKatd for his kinsmen ottthis side of the Atlantic, ft desire -to seo removed all causes of dispute between them and his countrymen at home, so that nothing might remain to interrupt the friendly regard, and a confidcnco Jhat aT settlement might bo made of all those controversies which every honest man in cither country would ap prove, could havo induced him to undertake such voyage and soeha -task - The Secretary f W ar wa s then toasted wnn some ptc-asani biiusioos utms ousmuss being spoiled byTSeComniissioncrs, &c JXat. Intelligencer. ; No liuman bcins.' however exalted his rank and forlund, lnowcver enlarged, and cultivated bis understanding, can bo long happy without a pursuit. Life is a ladder on which wc climb fcom hope to hope, and by expectation strive' to ascend to enjoy. mcnts: but he who fancies he has reached his highest hope is miserable indeed, or wlio enjoys tho utmost of bis wishes ; for many who have been most successful in their re. spectivg undertakings have given the gloom iest description of tho emptiness of human pleasures. The pursuit alono can yield true happiness ;" and tho most trifling object that has power tofascinat eihe hopes of man u worthy Lis attention.. " ' , A Quaker once hearing a person tell how much bo felt for a friend who needed assist ance, dryly observed, Friend, hast thou felt in thy pocket for him T' . " -7 I would rather not tako a horn, now," said the loafer 4$ the mad bull ; but tho bull insisted ca treating, and the loafer got quite hiSh. 1 vf v iGcu. Jocksou' Letter Mr. Gales, I see In the Register fiat vou reouest Borne one to furnish you" Oith Gen. Jackson's letter to Dr. L. ILColcnlm, rtf this State, unon tho ianlt. ita Niks' Eeeiilerot Juno 12th. 1821, w contains said lottery I take great pteawrc in complying with your request. .. -.. '. Washington City, April 2b, It Sir. I have had the honor, this da; to recoivo vour letter of tho ,21st instant ind with candor.snait rcpiy io ii. wy inic . - , .-.'.I.. L mnirht before tho nation bf tho peoplo themselves' Without any bgeuf -of mine ; tor i wish w nuv u I have never solicited effice i1 nor when f m .... i . . ... tlin! called upon by tho' cdnstitutcd nuthdrities havo ever declined, where I conceived my services would bo beneficial to the Country But the as my namo has been brought before nation for the first office in tho gift of the" people, it is incumbent ontne, wlien asked, frankly to declare my opinion upon anv noiilicat naiionai quusuuu, i:iiumg beforeTind abourwhich ,-tho country- feels an interest. ' ' " ; ' -" 1 ' ' You ask mo my opinion on ilio Tariff. I answer that I am in favor of a judicious examination and revision of it; and so fur as tho Tariff Bill boforo m embraces tho design of fostering, protecting, and pre-; serving, within ourselves, tho means of na. tional defence ad Independence, particu- larly in a stato of war, I would advocate and support it. Tho experienco of the lato wnr. oiirht to teach us a lesson, and one I D , " ticver to bo lorcottcn. If our liberty and republican form of government, procured tor us, by our reyo. lutionary fathers, are worth tho blood and trcasuro at which they were obtained, it surely U our duty to protect ond defend them . Can there bo an American patriot. hnui lha privations, Uw- ami iSUI culU03 cxpcrienccu tor tnc want ot pnper means of defence during tho last wui , who would bo willing to hazard tho safe of our country, if embroiled ; or to rost '. for defence on tho precarious means of nat nal resource, to bo derived from commcr c in a stac of war, with a maritime powcr,Hv ho might destroy tint commerce, to prAcut us obtaining tho means of defcn:o,j and thereby subduo us? I bono thcre'is not; and if thcro is, I am suro .W tlqcs noj de serve to enjoy tho blessings of freedom. Heaven smilod upon and gno us. liberty and indcpcndncjj-JTJiaLsaiiio CrctLdtnce. has blessed us with tho means of national independence, and national defence.; If we omit or refuso to use tho gifts which Ho has extended to us, wo deserve not tho contin uation of His blessings, llo has filled our mountains, and our plains with mincrufe,- with lend, iron, and copper; and givm us climate and soil for tho growing of hemp and wool. These bcinq; tho grand loatc. rials of our national dofenco, they oug'it to havo extended to them adequate and fair frotoction, that our own manufactories anu aborcrs may bo placed on a fair cowpeti- Iion W1TIT Xnoso.or rvjrnp:;, amrtnni wo 111.7 havo within our country, a supply of th'ase Icadins and important articles so cs-nriat in war. Beyond this, I look ut the Tariff with an cyo to tho proper aibiriounon 01 hi bor and "to revenue; and with n view to discharge our national debt. 1 am bno of thoso wno do not believe, that a nniiqiml debt, is a national blessing, but n.tlier a curso to a republic; inasmuch ns it is-cal. culalcd to raise around t'.ie administration a monied aristocracy, danjroroirs to tho liberties of tho' country. This Tariff I mean a judicious one possesses more fan. ciful than real danger; I will ask what is tho real situation of tho agriculturist?--Where has tho American farmer a market for his surplus produce? Except for cot. thcrc'i3 no market, cithcrat homoorabroad that thero is too much labor employed io agriculture ; and that tho chanucls for labor Should bcTmihiplicdrtbmmottsetpeiflttj out at onCo tho remedy. Draw from agri- culturo this superabundant labor, employ it in mechanism and manufactures ; thereby creating a borne market for yqar Ju'vod. sluffs, and distributing labor tothp,rnost profitable account ; and benefits 'to the country will result. Take from agriculture, in tho United States, six hundred thousand, men. women, and children, and you will at once give a home market for more bread stuffs than all Europe now furnishes us..'Jn short, sir, we have been too long subject to tho policy of tho British merchants... It Is time lhat wo should become ftrlittlo-more Americanized, nnd instead of feeding he paupers and laborers of Ehglaud. feed our own ; or o.so in a snort time, oy continuing our present policy, wo shall all bo rendered paupers ourselves. , ,; "ivr It is therefore, my opinion, that a care ful and judicious Tariff is much wanted, to pay our national debt, and afford us the moans. f-4hat defence within ouratl vesf on prove boncficial totho happiness, iudepen- denco and wealth of the community. ThU is a short outline of my opinions generally. on the subject of your inquiry, and believing them correct, and calculated to further the prosperity and happiness of my country, I declare to you, I would not barter them for any office or situation of a temporal cbjtr- acter, that could be givn me. " ' , , 1 have presented you my opinions freely, because I am without concealment ; And shoiilJ indeed, despise myself, if I could believe myself capable of desiring the 4on fidence of any, by means so ignoble1. . . , I am,- sir, very respectfully, your most obedient servant, Dr. L. II. Coleman, Warrenton,N. C. Siioi Fees. At tho hoc-peg manufactarj at Meredith BrWjo, New IlampJiire, the peg are plit with a knife, which strikes 600 times a minute averaging at least aevcrrty-five pega et a atroke. It i within our memory when ihocmaker uscJ to manufacture tlieir own pt-ga, with no other toolatlian a saxr.ind thctt- own knife and ham mer. Now Uicy are purchased by the nock at a very luw price. wi.icn uie saR-iy c ur Guuiiryuui-uy- vuiuuv.iwuuw ewoftbese'Villeeaed through Monte proper distribution to our labor, Which must . . .,:akm... V. nnolnr nnrl il whrlmntir Kern Ynrle '" , . .. ; ' v, ;' , -s..' s , .-. (Fiom tho rhibdcljilua Evcnuig Journal J , r t . important Statistics. ' Napbcr oti white inhabitants in each State, over twenty years of age, who can- not read or terttc, ami tho whito population! ... . r - - . . a ot eacti btatcv. - v - Maine, - ' : - 2,241 ' C00.423 New Hampshire ? 0s3 X- 283,051 MassacluWtti : v 4,4 18 Ul -ju 728,632 -M ,614 . ' .100,393 r.nn - nnt c.n Rhodo Mand, Connecticut, , 520 .301,650 Vermont, New York, ' Now Jersey, PeunHvlvania, - 2,290 44,453 rv 0,3S3 33,9 JO 11,905 - 33,787 53,608 201,130 2,382,571 350,725 1,010,143 . 58,581 431,441 735,812 434,172 250,002 Delaware, ... Maryland, v7trgini, North Cuolmn, South Carolina, 20,715 Georgia; - Alalmtna,' ' S&717 -r 863,303 , 22,592 - 8,300 ,4,801 50,631 40,018 -35,394 38,100 28,502 19,457 0,507 299,037 173,007 Mississippi-, . Louisiana, 112,149 529,492 601,258 1 ,493,593 I Tennessee, -T -f- Kentucky, , Ohio, Indiana, 1 Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, Michigan, Florida Territory, Wisconsin tb. Iowa" do. Dist. of Columbia, Total. ' "676,293 277,353 279,357 ' 77,817 1,173 1,303 1,701 1,123 1,033 122,001 8,147 ' 30,506 , 42,804 ; 30,058 148,603 13,000,397 The 41 Bi'.tter Currency." Tho tra veller in tho West now experiences the full ndvatitflges of., tho u bottor currency at forded by the State banks. Tho specjo stan. tbLttI-iait'lih"l iJincni)ftit, I.owtvUIa, St. Louis, and New Orleans, and Indiana and yet tho traveller at the West, starting ... . 1 . . i ..t r.i with thospecio uanK paper 01 ciuicroi musu points, will ofton find itieccssary to change hi funds. With Ohio or New Oilcans paper ho cannot move an inch in the into, rior of Kentucky. At every chango ol hia funds ho must lose from 3 to 10 per cent discount. Spccie-paying New ; Orleans funds arc 5 to 10 per cent, discount hero, 1 T.t: - o " Ai St T mi!. Tv mi'iicI' v paper ia quoted at 4 and 5 percent, discount If tho traveller wishes for something that will pass for its face everywhere, ho must purchase American" goTC get that for less than 3 per cent, premium on silver money, tor a commercial ana ever-travelling people like this, with twenty six States, all with their banks, to attempt to get without somo national currency is as absurd as it would bo to dispense will) steam. boats on tho Mississippi, and return to the old banro aud fiatboat Louisville Jour, The Tatmff The PHF-sinrNT. The Washiniton correspondent of tho I'hilado il,ia U.S. tJazettc writes : irirKrTnnrr rim snnrt TJCvetoccr, tno count ryjmcd not Inolr for the-pti3sngt of .another. If Mr. lylcr chooses-to. reject the revenue bill passed by Congress, ho must jret ulorirr with tho Government the (mot iui r fnn " " i The New York Express of Tuesday) 2 P.. M.t says on this subject l : j r "' Notwithstanding the belief! often- ex. pressed,, prompted undoubtedly by tho hopes and wishes of public "writers, that the President will sign the Tariff Bill, thero is no sort of doubt that ho will veto it." A veto is 33 certain as any coming event, nnd men-mny 1 calculate accordingly. What courso Congress will tako afterwards,', is not yet determined. Wo hear that tho forthcoming veto will bo founded upon tho details nf iliahiil, na. well na upon Ulcojh. iamia f that jUpar,.. ticular items will be investigated, ond tho country be appealed to thereupon. After this is done, we havo very great doubts wUe4l niper in Congrcs3willJiclh.astonj ?h3 such as to pass any other act; and the pro Lability is, that there will bo a sudden nd. journmcnt, leaving things as they aro. Wc have fijlt it our duty to apprize our mcrcan. tile" readers of these facts, without accom panying them with any opinion of our own, for it is of. the ; highest importance1 that business men should know as soon as pos. siblo tho probable course of legislation. Ci'itiora Facts. Tlio mito makca 6000 atepii in a second, or 30,000 in a minute. Allowing the horso to move at an equal ratio, ho would perform 1022 mile's an hour. The journey from London to Birmingham would then Yiocnpy butiiix min. utca and a fraction. There is another inxect which may in some measure, rival the aSovc in the ecle. rity of Hi 'motion, " and ia itself unrivalled in strength in proportion to ita nizo. Although it is generally disliked, and line not a very fair reputa tion, yet to the eye of tho naturalist, it is rather a pleasing and interesting object. Its form as exhibited by tho microscope J extremely elegant, and has an appearance, as if clad in a coat of ickan and bright body, besctat tack jegment with mail. It naa a small head, with lariro ve. a It haa a small head, with largo ryes. other animal whose strength can bo put in compe tition with (its name must come out at last) that of a common ilea ; for on a moderate computa tion, it can leap to a distance of 200 time tho length of its own body. A flea will drag after it a chain 100 times heavier than itself, and will eat ten times its own weight of provisions in a day. r Mr. lJoverich, sm mgenous watchmaker, who, nomojears ago, lived in tho A'trand London, ex. hibitcd to the public a little irury cliaine with four wheels, and all its proper apparatus, and a man sitting on the box, all of which were drawn by a single Ufa. lie made a small landau whi ch opened and shut by springs. With six horses harnessed to it, b coaclunan silting on tho box, and a jog sit ting between his legs, our persons in the carnage, two footmen behind it, and a postilion riding on one of the fore horses, which was also drawn easily along by a flea. Ho likewise had a chain of brass, about two inches long, containing SOU links, with a hook at one end, and a padlock and key at the other, which tho Qua drew very nimbly along. Something of the came kind is now -exhibited in Londun. Edinburgh Encyclopedia. ; LoirisusA. The Legislature .! of this Stato is Whig. In the Senate, tho Whigs have a certain majority of one voto, and in the House of Representatives a certain ma jority of fix rotes. Well done, Louisiana! Follow her example, all ye States ! Aa. Intelligencer. XHo Riortli Lattern Ucuudarj". Tho Madisonian has at last onnounccd in an 'articTo published in an ciird on'Mon. day, that conventional Una of boundary haa been agreca on."- mo lollowing out line of termsis of course semi-official s -'l -Kve'rv bodv knows tliat thft tcrritorv in dispute embraces all the region' of tho XJp. ing now is, that this region Js bbo divided into equal parts; the largest and by far the most valuable to bo assigned to Maine, to. gothcr with considerations connected with tho navigation of the St. Johns (both sides of tho lower of which belong to England) of tho greatest importance to tbo valuo of tho timber trowing on its branches. Uthor important arrangements in diffUrcnCparla OI II 10 linct liunuri'j uuseiliUU, III ruriuus places between Mairio and the Lake of the Wootls, are rumored as likely tb tako pla;c We doubt not tho administration knows what it is about, and in duo time we shall SCC" t . : . . : ' . rrTho rctcrsburff Intelligencer states that onwards tf 75 Loco Focos signed the Tar- Iff Memorial which was recently sent from that town to- Congress. - The Ktcnmond Compiler says, some 70 of the same party sijincd the Tariff memorial in that city, Wo tiro glad to see this disregard of party trammels, in referenco to a question; which in noint of fact, has nothing to do with mere party, divisions. 1 It is a question of political economy, not of constituiionai con struction ; and hence ft ought to be decided with exclusive reference to its bearings up on the pecuniary interests of the Counrty. Tito people should think for themselves ta such a subject, and not yield their judgment to tho control of party leaders, wno sceK to make every question subject to their own paltry personal cnus. Thrilling .Incident.- Col. John , Mc Donald, of Koss County. at a public dinner related tho following touching incident. In 1786 Wheclina was besieged by a largo army of British.ond. Indians. So suddenly was the attack made that no time was af forded for preparation. Tho,' fort at tho time of tho assault, was commanded by Col. Silas Zanot .Col. Ebcuczcr J2ano, tho senior officer, was inablock-liQusc some 50 or 100 yards outsido of tlie wall. Tho enemy made several desperato assaults to break into tho fort, but on every.onset they 'me-amnHHiitionfor the-defence of the fort was deposited in the block-house, and tho attack was mado so suddenly and unexpectedly 'that thero was no tirao to removo it. . On the afternoon of tho second day of tho siege, tbo. powder in the fort was nearly exhausted, ana no at tcrnativo rcmainod but that some ono must pass through tho enemy's fire to the block houso for powder. Whon Silas Zane mado the proposition to tho men, to see ii any ouo would undertake tho hazardous enter prise, at first all wcro silent. After lookin at eucti inner ror some timo, B;ywmgijiaTT stepped lorward and said he would run tho chanco. Immctualcly bait a dozen oiler cd their services in tho dangorous enter prise. ... t .Whilo they were disputing about who should go, Llizabcth, sister of the Zanes canje forward and declared Jshe would go for the powder. . Her brother thought sho would flinch from tho enterprise, but ho was mistaken. She had the intrepidity to dare and the Jorutudo to bear her up m tho hcroick risk of lifc IIer brother then tried to dissuade , her from . tho attempt by saying a man would be more fleet, and con. scfjuently would run less risk of losing his life. Sho replied that they had not a man to snare from the defence of the fort, and if sho should fall, she would scarcely bo f xauatncn.iuvi;su3CLnersujLJ3i-Jucii of her clothing as would iuapedo her speed aud ran till sho arrived at tho door . of tho block-house, when, her brother, Col, Zane Indians, when they saw her bound forth, did not flro a gun, but called aloud, Squaw, squaw, squaw! r When sho had told her brother tho errand on which she came, ho took a table-cloth aud fastened it around her waist and poured into it a keg of powder. Sho then sallied back to tho fort with all the buoyancy of hope. .Tho moment she was outsido of the block-houso tho wliolo of the enemy's lino poured a leaden storm at her, but the balls went whistling by without do. ing her any injury. Sho afterward married a Mr. Clairville, of Ohio. Emigration from Germany. Whole villages, including tho rich as well ( as tho poor, are emigrating (say3 a letter from Mentz) frqm Germany to North America. Three of tkosein Upper Ifesso have, with in these few months, been entirely aba n. doncd, and several in Ilhenish Prussia aro preparing to follow tho example. . A hori tuno ago tho Whole population nf Standard , Cottos v India. We learn from the Nashvillo Whig that the Natchez Courier contains extracts from a letter of Mr.Thos. J. Finney, who, about two years ago in company with three "other Mississippians, embarked for India, for tbo purpose of en. gaging in the cultivation of cotton. - He is settled, it appears, on the banks of the Jam. na, a branch of tho Gangos, and has the control of a tract of land containing 5,000 acres, with a village of 2,000 inhabitants. He says be is just as sure of making cot ton there, as on the bunks of the. Mississippi, Labor is so cheap (hat cotton can bo pro. duccd at half tho cost of its production In the United States. Tlie wages of a labor, ing man b $1 62 cents per month , he fur. Dishing his own subsistence. .With, the advantages of a favorable soil and climate, and low wages, what ix to ' prevent India from becoming a formidable rival to Amcr ican cotton in tho European market., Mr. Finney is so well convinced of what can be done, that he intends to plant five hundred acres in cotton on bis own responsibility. Tho Towaada Banner of last week fsny We hear it stated that merciless credit." ors are taking advantage of the present state of tlie times, and speculating on thar misfortune of their debtors, by levying up. on their proper ty, attending the sales, and there refusing any thing but specie in paw mem, mereuy preventing competition, anu bidding in thcr property fof 0110 fourth and one third Its' real 'value! Instances are re'. atod in this couuty of. tills kind, where by this process four and five hundred dollars' worth of property hare been struck off for Ruy, sixty, autf evenly. aiiliarsT This, ir true, is tyranny and oppression of tbo most inhuman kind, and it will bo strange indeed if.such. brutalityJa auflcrcd to bo .often, rc- peated witliout some - manacstation of tbo public indignation,1 v , .rv' ' ThcJL;gislaturo during li present jBcsi sion ought to afford some relief, and not sufforproperty to bethu3sacrificd.-.ilmtr tool SenUnelfvv .wi"r-.!-v.r- Tns Last sensatioss of beino Eiors ct in irreAM-BpATr---(p;frin button, who bad comrnaiivrVltTro stcjunboat Medora, ittr.3 time ner noiur exploded, and nlw was blown up, we are pleased to learn, has so far recovered from his wounds as to bo ible to walk' out and enjoy the renovatin? influence e-f excroiso. In describins his last sensations at tho very moment of tho dreadful calamity,' the captain states that he remembers having heard immediately beneath bis feet (as ho stood nearly over the boiter) a strange rambling noise, omi nous that something was wrong. Succeed, ing this almost as quick as thought, beforo ho bad timo even to move a foot, a deafen, ing, dreadful peal like that of thunder, fell upon his car.' ' Thfo was nccompaniod wilh thn Lib! olrwul Icuti0tkI.U nmml It was as though his body had been install, taneously, though mysteriously, compress, cd into a compass much smaller than it pre viotisly occupied, ot in bis own moresig. nificant'languagc, 4 rolled up into a solid heap.' -This was' tho peculiar sonsation that impressed itself ; upon tho mind at 1 timo so critical-and portentous, when, ia t!io twinkling of au eye, memory was over, whelmed in the midnight ot forgotfuliicss, and a veil drawn over the past, present, and future, 4 It was over a fortnight befou recollection -told .fff what had happened, and made, him conscious of bow much the body badjjono through and suffered. 0o recovering iinc'quinbriurrr'fif mitfd it as like waking up from a troubled sleep, or the remembrance of a ' torrlfio dream. Baltimore Tatriot; 1' - i1 ; r PowBtt of pRAYEa.r;A minister, whoso name it Is not necessary now to give, had asonwho'wasquito-a rouged and withal something of a wag, Ono day the boy had been guilty of soma misdomcanpr, for which the father colludjiim to account when tho followina djaWno ensued : ' : t John, you have done wrong and! rmref punisk you.ir VT-irr't - " Very woll, sirf just as you say." - " Thoni take off vput coat,, . ; . ;" Certainly ?" sir.'l ,. , "y Now lake' off your C3t,l ' Just as you pleaso, sir.1' u Now my son, it is my doty to flog you." " Yes, father, but would it not bo best first to engago in prayer j" i J;. This was too much for the minister tho waggery1 of bis son completely overcame him ; so without either prayer or flogging, he dismissed the boy, wbilo bo turned uwuj tqrolicvehi3risiL,cs.,vV , V 'You're entitled to tho floor," as tli member of Congress remarked, when be knocked down an oppozicnt. ot i aojj was yesterday communicated to us tj one who was an eye-witness to it.,A'rrt. Int. A setter dog, belonging to one of tho wwknvi engaged m'plastcring Hid ef mn2TfrheTwrrtar tlie IreiiBUry building, essayed to mount (liescu. fold by the ladder (which was nearly perpendicu lar) in pursuit of his matter. lis gradually u. cended between forty or fifty rounds, and wis within tight or ten feet ofw aching his destined spot. By this time ho evidently became much fa tigued and held on with great difficulty. Tin officers in tlie building and numerous patscri by in the street looked on with deep intcrost, expect ing every moment that tho poor dog would !umN from his lofty-height and be dashed to pieces. T9 return by the way ho bad aSoondcd was itnposs bio, - As if sensible of hia dangerous situation, Ik seemingly gathered up all his remaining r,trrnta for last desperate effort to tare himself, and It tho astonishmcnf the lookers on, leaped tlirotifi tlie rounds of lha ladder towards a window in tM second story of the building, which was at t d tance of about twelve feet from him. Tiio dug. being somewhat nbovo the window, jumped al somewhat descending angle, which eunbied bis to catch with his fore.fnot the sill, when a gentk man who was standing at the Window watchin( his movement seized him by the neck, and n cued him from his impending fate. . LJurami Cwft,..TT'e MWiht is the arwp-. rmnLtnadaJiy lho-JudjexjofUifl BurxaiQrjt2K!L for lidina U Tall Circuit otlM2 1 1 Ldcnton, Judgo Oailey. , - 3 Nowbern,' . v " '" - Manly. . 3 Raleigh,: - C- t Battle. ' A Hillsborpogh, . Settle. ,. 77 Vamlagton, .:' v c.t' " . ' 6 Salisbury, ' ' ' ' .v- u Kash. . 7 Morganlon, . 7 FcarwO., I MmcTTiiir oSiuc n Omo. Mr.Joha V (Jill, of Mount Ph-asant, Hamilton county, manufactured during Uio last year upwards el 89,000 worth of silk goods. His dear pTofit? the eaprtaj Invested wa ten per cent Mt- visited this city some months since, for tb p1"" pose of disposing ot hi fabrics, which wnip judge hero pronounced etrual to the best imp"1' ed. He has tlirce largo cocooneries, and com menced Uii season to feed Onward of two m ion of worm, which, be calculate, wui1 1dm upward of six hundred bushels of w worth at present price $2,000, but much v to him, as he will manufacture tho whole ewp to various fabric.. ' , h He ha now in operation aht PieJ mantes r whh improvement ; one winding machins rawer reeled silk ; three twisting machines p paratory for tTamming one double machine ; tw tramming machine for organxinc. ' ' All tiie maehinry excepting that for "rf? 1 propelled by a steam engine Yet tlie roost i cate operation ore performed with the Pf" exactitude. He employ at the factor 2 jfiT half of whom are female, and are from 10 to 14 year of agcy-ZWu " ricu.', i i n t -
Highland Messenger (Asheville, N.C.)
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Aug. 12, 1842, edition 1
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