North Carolina Newspapers

'UtI: v no: 7. ";7IIOLETnJO. 215- 'J. It li. 11 Click Ji.vlw. . TI10S. W, ATKIN, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. i- rcnria of the -hesscigezis r . - Two DoLLAtt snd Firrr Ccxtj per annum b aJraticc, orTuRee DollaH jvilbin the year. to paper wJl be discontinued, except atlhe op-' lion rf the Editor, until all arrearages arc paid. . Adrcrlinemeiiti will be inserted atOxc Dollak per t"".irt of ten linea or !ee, for the first inertion( and TwFXTY-rive CTa for each continuance. TLe ft urn. T cf Insertion desired must bs marked on Uie margin, or the adrertiactnent will be continu ed till f,i!.!J, sr. J charged accordingly. Court Or. dcrs will tec!. srcd twenty-fire per centexlra. -1 MISCELLANEOUS; 1 ' KIR XXttnucrs. -- 1 1 . UrJ.r tills head the editor of the. St, Louis Hcvcilbj relates tho particular of a wild, . tuarrc!!....;, und most tiogular chase a chase' which l r ) parallel thatwe wot. of. lie ...oLo3 for iu authenticity, too--but we give il. srruiivc In his own words: , - . . ho. 'fallowing extraordinary relation is lit. orally true, j It has been com.T.'jr'cstcd to us c r.b cf cur -oldest and mo: 1 c.pictatile c;. :ns,'and is further subsiaf.;L:. J by ihs cL. -.'i'in testimony of tho-senior editor of t! ; "cr, ho knew both of the men spoken c.', a:. J !. -3 never heard the story doubted.--V. I r Jv.!;n Douglierty, the " Iventuckian, 1.. J, 13 sUIl living, in Clay county, Misv cci.i, ho has representeJ m th-3 Legis. laturc, l:iidcs having filled tho ir.:; oXizii pc-t cf '. in Agent. lie was famou3 in his you , cr.: tho prairie and mountain t.:c, C3 a ! .. cf cxtr.iordinary kki'.l and cr.iur. nr.ee. .'-: should like, of all things, to hear c, r.entof an adventure which is, certair.! "-.ng the most marvellous ever . tho pnges of ficiionif, . In. -hing to compare with it. the Missouri Fur Corrpa ' . t U! jw Council Bluf, r.:n. Tier the gentleman who cs'ah ro was' r.-jeh competition in t time, and it was a great point , . ,y Lett r..:n fjr runners. : , J l.i.-.i a ycung Kentucki .'j'..orty, a fine daring fellow, lorts until ihe eiScTTeachicg a prairie pond or 'sjnkjMhe hunters at their heelsj plunged despairingly Jn,f laid down, and abandoned themselves! heedless of all else, to the gratis fixation of theirlhirst. The frantic rivals, knife in hand, dashed in cfier their prey, be. gan the work ofj slighter, pat sing not until they had butchered sixteen elk ! dragged them frjra the water, fnd cut up and prepared the meat for transportation to the fort, whither they had to return for horses; , ; f ' ; jilad the racc ended 7 No !" For victory or death was the inward determination, and asf yet neither had given way. " OCC dashed a. gain the indomitable half breed, and at his side the unyielding Kentuckian. ' Ridge and hollow, stream and timber no yelling, now in desperate silence - were left behind. The sun was sinking; blind, staggering, on lhey went; they' reached tho fort haggard, wild apd vo'eejess as from the fires of the savage', the ' gaurtlet of fiends. A crowd gathered round the exhausted men, who had arrived together and now lay fainting, still side and f jde, a long time before1 they, were enabled, by signs, and whispers to tell that they had run down sixteen elk and yet coulJa'l say which was the best' man! , ! ' Thij feat brought upon'D. an ofiTectionof the lungs; nor did ho recover his strength for several years. J He is still alive a quiet and influential citizen. Mai ,Bccuf- became very dissipated and died in a short time. Our in formant tells us that he has made an cxamina. lion of the country forming their race track- himself, ano that they, without, exaggeration, rnust have run scventv-five miles between the lours of 8 A. M. and 7 P. -M. He is fond of eading the New York Spirit of tho.Tirncs, hnd wishes to know wha thVeditor thinksof the barclay and Elsworlh breed, when corn- jpa red with the prairie runners of the West, n thousand of whose; exploits remain untold, 3 r.:-ltcr3 of common occurrence. " . . C.'l -.i'.' I; t-.. c I'r tr: V.'.' 1 T . 1 1 it. 1' vU'.ng t Or.. Ot ca: a f. . .. ; cfiron, 1!.- speed of the ostrich, t',. . r..-V::ancc cf t!:o4cameO ' Ho was 1 -.vr, in ' o retention o(a half ! c " ' " T " r, who, notwithstand. ; r 0 1 1 wa considered of i. , 1!. . . I)., and between, the ;"?r'', 1 !:ccn rivafry exist : i. . I 1 : Yl 1 fi from tho Bfacj;j '.!'.!'; to I'-: L' , :i t'Utance of ninety ( i f .a ! .! Mai Eocuf also . " f:-.'3 cf.1 bottom,' - " ': ?.t tl.3 Fort, during ' : .': c' f,r t!.3 r.'jrr":? of nrd- v. ; , 1 , 1 rcpr ordc morr ca, c , rrcrr. ival iv:r... t rcii - c tho . :;ir:iL'. -1 . 7fDbotr informed ' r; ched, in no r.lcc ; ir. Ji:!y, i';? v.xalhir extreme. , . 7Z.:iVJ r.::l alrp.o-t ".fur. t:i r '!, tt'.'J tv.M rr.enwerc p' lying w '..-.a t'.. ire ;'jycr cam'j up, met t'-'-i wii'i t'.cir.negiicncc, and j L'.:.;t t'.j first t!i::v :t the c i a Y.'it.x. OL Jicnco was prmis jr. Lut ' j ; vr.,2 ccr.linuca,- c:.c:i i.- irj rrr' err', th3 fpirt cs rv.Min'T their 1 irt in every th::7, ' ? r - the l.ilf re ' . Tl.?y f-'.lacqi. - ' '. - j v.wU vp when t1 "! esse, -aain f op.' '.,.::ior itmay bo su4 sed,curBed, sucrc'd and carahooM till t!. j Iinctuc:nts, fully aroused and a Hub a r' H, lock their gam started for p." Crcckon the edn cf a prairie, about 'rstj. There il ; discovered a ir; vhenho Keotuckiin fuj-estcd a" plan ; 4 ;ach t,hat. would Ci:il'.j thern to'gct a ! r' :t. " The half brceJ, ranklirj ct his '.orfs triumph the rJV.i preiou3, cb. '-Irul'tily " , ' I don Y kill elk with my gun, but villi ! -'re?11 . ; .1.3 ph::'.i of'iho-other was :arouscd in an ir -ling" tho vtiupt as a ' hd bottom; and on ,hat his companion 1 Viiars la a ETaine ?" A plain, : honest, and evidently a hard. working man, appeared before one of the Re. cordcrs foradviccon a s'-ljoct which was prpy ing upon his mind nighi and day. .He had a Utile daughter, he saij,' bix months, old a poor, feeble," little thing and iu n j way could he account for its Jack of hcqhh and strength except from tho circumstance tht h.'s v. ifj vl c:iven it a name under which r. c;.!' !. '. j ever hardy and ri'gged, could bear up c:: 1 livo through, r. , Recorder. 11 What is the name of the in. fontf-wrrvj.-; Complainant. 1 ' A neiina Elect ri H r.t Dew. dropina, ycjr hcr.or, nothirj n.oro n )r l"?s. Don't you tbir;!; that such a numo U enough to kill the peer thing, ccpcci:illy wh.en we crc common people, and, as I tell my wife, can't uCVJ to givo our ehilJrcn s-jc!i l.:j!i-r.!uiin titles V. " . . Rec. " Well, it h tmpo::tb!e for mo to in. form you what c JTjct h? r.ttninj of ehilJrcn may have ut:or- '! :r:i, al'Ji.-j-'. I t!.!;;!, ll.r.t a more iir; ! c :n " Con. "Co wl-tt, ycur 1 -:riorlM Rcc. " Cj rr.er..:;:, sir I r.:::n Id ny, ;:r, thrt a more simple name would I2 more Letting, tut w!.:ther Jl, would restore tho child's he,,.,,1i is a iystiori t cannot f -jive, f.2. ver hiving sgct or read any expcrii...::ts up. ca l.". . .:t wr.'i ccuiu mcLicc vcur wi thuo t o call it V Co ,vi. lf I can't tel t''in!i tho cheap royylss ly' I.:. s t.i Lor U-Jr John, or Sam, or-Bn or something th-t s plaio end every day like,' then ya may send me to the work-house for thirty days or thirty years, if you like. - T ihall Le a victim, I know 1 shall." ' J' ' " ' So saying, the complainant put on hii hat with a species of calm resolution, as much as to siy that tho timo might arrive when. bo would have his own way, and left the , office. ? : 4 -4 ,' '' " '. ... '" ".' : ' r Great wealth and extreme poverty . - J ; ia ouc iamiljr. , 1 j There lives, or rather subsists, in an old hovel 00 an obsur street in the metropolis, On infirm, destitute widow lady, who has reached ber ninetieth year. Her first bus band was one of two brothers of an ancient wealthy Dutch family. jShe was young and beautiful- he was ardent, wild and brave. On the morning jof the memorable 26ih of August, 17?G, she encouraged her gallant husband to leave her at the welcome mansion of his parents, and to cross over to Brooklyn to bitilq the invading British troops. Near! tne close o the disastrous conflict ho , tell, nobly, at the head of his volunteers at Bush, wicki. The bells toljed his funeral knell in this city, amidst the terror and evacuation of the whole whig population, leaving their, homes to the overwhelming army, of their .oppres sors.j. The young Vidow fled into obscurity j afterwards married another victim of liberty, who left herjn poverty to rear a family, who remain poor to this day. , ; She encountered a succession of adversu lies; and finally,' after a Iapso 0 filty years, was impelled,, by dire necessity, to apply, to tho aged surviving brother, of her first love. He had taken and kept all. the property and income of his only , brother, who had valient. ly laid down his life for his country and his kindred. He . had also retained the immense estate of their father. .-The old patriot wept over his long lost sister and exclaimed, " I will do her justice, and more, than justice, for I loved her like an own sister;1 but subsequent ly the evil counsels of those who watched over his declining years and his increasing, esi ate , prevailed on him to turn. her ofTwith a small pittance. The arrogant threats of a master spirit, and her declining years and pinching want, induced her to accept the scanty ofTer. Her protracted Iifo h-3 cuilived this- small portion cf her own yizi rH.!?. Tho venera ble brother has departed her:ee. The vast es. late has pe:;j;J into the ro: z'.. :!on cf three or four relatives, who may walk from their splen did and luxurious mansions in twenty minutes, to the comfortless abode of their orrcd and in finti aunt,' behold her Lestitulion, and listen to her moaning "ar.J fullering imr;rcce.;ions They may Iiht up her iliherinT L;.-.r. L fote it leaes them In darkn Y. Evening Post. tt3 V'0'- rtr. -ltC4 the cru:l r:.rr:e, c:.J i! Creole r.i""ers,who are d-at!i on I has r ' her Co to it. Ycu never ! n rce e:J f ..hcd . r..:T3 the 3 thi: J a 1 car. i'i -3 fjrevcr. 5"IVc:.:v".::j OL-rrcr. i""-" I. Cil!-. . .. . ; f 7e f-iLH-h th" j v ' :k a copr of this Bill as introduced into the L.is.'ture. " Tho "copy we have was fa mi;' cd ly a friend from abroad. - W? commend it to tho perusal ocd rejection cf our fellow-citizens as a measure fraught with'rasch good to North Carolina; It was supported in a . very able epcech by theldmented Gastcn,' ChruziM YenzrzUlt nomrn9nr.d was only L-t, r.i we hive before staled by the casting ve:e c f the Speaker in uie oennie or xiouse 01 Lonuuons, we co not know "which.' If Mr.' Gaston's speech "was reported, our friend of the Register can tell. Would he not do'service'by p utli-!.:rg it 7- : t;"a-bill; To secure a -Homestead FrctJioJdlo tie citizen i " of "North Carolina. : Be il enacted the General Ass'tnilly of the Stats cf North Carolina and ' il is herely enacted ly the authority ofs the saine, That hereafterjevery citizen of this state," possess ed of land. in fee or for life, shall be entitled therein id a homestead freehold, to consist, if in thacduntfy, jof t one hundred acres ; and if in any town", of one lot ; : which said home stead, when laid off and assigned as hereaf. ter directed, shall be exempt from execution for any debt contracted or liability incurred ninety, days after such assignment. f " ' " " Scci II. Be it further enacted t Tha't any person desiring the benefit of this act,! shall file his or, her, peiiticn to that effect in the County or Superior Court of the county where the land may lie, describing the same and dei signaling such particular part thereof, not exceeding one hundred acres, or such town lot as may5 be desired to be set apart. Where, upon the court shall direct the Sheriff to sum. mon three freeho!ders ' and a surveyor, who shall, on oath, allot by metes and bounds said homestead and the said - freeholders shall make return thereof in writing to said coui t, and the same, if confirmed therein, s,half be entered of record, and be registered iri the RegisterVofncc ; and thereupon tho decree of the said court shall constitute a legal as signment of said homestead freehold. J ''Sec. 111. ' Be it further' enacted, That if any debtor shall bo arrested, by virtue cf a capias ad satisfaciendum, for any de',1 ex tracted as aforesaid, said debtor shall nt Le compelled to' surrender or account for I.i.3 homestead ;' Provided, hoieev2ri thet if, uf. terward, said debtor shall dispose of such homestead he shall be subject to tho tame processes if there had been no d". .charge. ,Sec, IV. , Beitjurtherc?.:!:d, That any conveyance by a husband, cf hi3 or bi3 wife's 1 ..... 1 1 . 1 11 noci;c:j ircc.ci a, snau ; r. ir.iercet or estate, rr.!?ithe r.'ife be'e parly thereto, and ,1 ; POLITICAL. ; Distribatlon I'otlcr. . r The subjoined extract from tho speech cf Jlr. Gcggin cf -Virginia, delivered durirg the hist session cf Congress contains fifteen un. answcral!e reasons for the adoption of ihe policy of distributing the proceeds of the pub- lie lands among tho slates: .. . . 1 The first is lhat the lar.J, and consequent ly the money, belongs to lha states by origin-' j al agreement and cor'pnet. 2. The slates are now ; largely inicblcdfor works cf Internal Improvement v.h::h t!-y have commenced, and this monpv. uhieii is their own, would enable them to dischar-. their obligation without a resort to increas-d direct taxation. 3. Thi3 money received .by the states, even ifthey owed no debt, would enable, ihem lo cc:r.;r.c:;ee er. J c: e:e various useful pub lic works, such r.s rends cTn-.h, bridges, Arc, without any adJitior.e.1 Ljj J; en the people to construct them. 4. It would improve thereby ihe agiicuh. : . of the country, and consequently benefit ih'; planters and fiirmers, in opening to ihcra nn. hy necessary facilities to market forthcir pro duce. 1 5."Il vvodld enable the tialts, alj-j, to cJj,. cate without cost or cl.arg-, if nj-plied in ?! i way, a number cf C-e you'.h cf the ce.-try, who may be unfer'.;: ii:!y te y ,jr to ue:, -ire otherwise the auv:.i. .3 t.f eJucaiioj or i,c benefits'cf ccn:r..j;i e!i;)S)l3. ' 6. I am in favor of adhering to the dlspo. sition of the land fund among the states, bo cause they alone have the right to apply it for such laudable objects as some of those 1 have enumerated. , "' : t 7. Cecuesj, j;Iso, to ra;.je lI tho present 1 . ; . . .1 lima n zz....-.jr.l er.: . 1 ; : . : t..e purp' , Ij ClrccL l:i . is; but to go farther was a very di.Terent thingl' Still, in ukicg the ground he had, he did not oppose Annex-lien at a proper time and in a , proper manner; and if Great Britain should attempt to take pee;, sslon of Texas, he would forcibly resist her encroachments." This Mr. Silas Wright t3 the gentleman vihrrri the Polk and Texas Party nominated ; for Viee Pre?: Jcci but who had too much senso to lio l.!;.::elf lo tho desperate fortunes of James K. Polk. 1 . Pe.stlvima. let tor, to the editors cf tho National Inteiiij. recr from a d isiir. ;;!;'. cd citizen cf Pennsylvania, in v.h::e j H . r?r.l lhey have entire confix nee, says " As to how PennsyUa.nia will cast President: jI Electoral vote in the cornir;; contest, I believe, it is ur.. r t J and ascer. taincd by all well infjn: : J pere-"i in politic?, that she is as sure lo nive her s-.i" ces for the Whig ticket as any st-.ta in t!: Ur.ierJ1 Troni tl.e WI. 7Ir. rcl!i r." I ::. i sary a: r 1 Ci . 1 r. t w..v .Vi j Z-..-,. . . J ' -' en r-r"" ' f rerr.e of his votca c:i r - ""esi. licr.3 Ci v.ctcd with ihe pension 1.vas,Io provo that ho was t!;"ir supporter, end an advocate for thus c.ir. ; lo the veterans cf tho Rr.-eh-ti-n. :; ; : , f. !. nil to his elec th-n, l.i v i c n r irad-J ti.3 millions fur -j i:i ilatcs, , j c j to iti:v,3 luj ; y it Jiw.u pcc-!e, when tho s'atcs have lliis find of . From Ihe Ri-L'h Kcjistcr. . . At a meeting cf the Washington Terr; - jrfTnce Society' of th ciiy of R-iIeigh, held ct the City H-ili, ch thj Cih- cf September, 1C- 14, the fo'.lowirg resolution was passed, viz: Rctzhel, Tl.-t we docar-te.tly i.v.ito our brethren and fellow-citizens ihi"- "-hcut the state, to join us in a petition cf iJowir.g toner, viz : " To li Hcncralle, the General Assemllj rf tlz tUlc cf 2rih CarcV.r.i: ' ' ' ' '4 We, ycur petitioners, respectfully pray ycjr 1. 01, . tie. I' a . r: theci.:-.;..j ufc-r the coir.-r.en ?'!: drinks., E.iievir- 1j te.ke into ccr.e ra. rreat cvili accruing to oeJ c!J rorth C::te, fre:n and u:e rf j- - th:t the :. "3 i.i c";e cf deeds of vifYs !""" . C-c' V. Be it further c::-rcl:'l, That e',1 i crc: made on said h-.-.esteaJ h".il !;':e. )t from c'c-;ution. ...'-ri..i. j any c'.itics under this uct, .1 J as for liivO terviccs hi ether ci. '.vii3 bo cc Cze. VI. cTicers , s-e ; end this act shall rasl be in force u..iii ihe 1st January, IS 10. ' Pcrr.Tr.tio:! of ttid. Unite?? rtr.tc. nccov Ciii'j to tlic Census " Jlaine, . o01f7, J 41 rr. eJ f th ti V.ey e too t ' naw iu... .pre ' tv: at ot t crc .tr- etc r.-vctll-' v I. "rOL. - t in v r I.a -via"1 :,ninued--A- - tV.cr naou.' r.d by':: palmi.'VJl-'- also, both hung their p reaching the band as . s.enly raised'lhe In- . -rjiizing; ctiect he s: d eUjw pren5 a few ,r r Nfjrbe ihl-ii their . I he bluff; K-ono resolve , 1 - -ever to say JO ! chase and w ... "?anti.i hhj hounds, "-ssir " n occasion- Dp if 0 water with aasi g,f until , ap EV Ho distance, cf - rr.Ucsjty mu .-eericnl they took with an in. j ced got ahead . CY; , and act-a . e jteq them from vho chase ccr.. tbjanir-.als by hauled --.hirst- and a. - ari:.: 'd incessant ' .7eir "se as much - fl -e ' artifice of ?f deeded their 'irninr! and :d their ef. tier infant than ours was v. ...n it was a week .'J, but it s been a .-tiiin t t ever finee it was christened;. I tnea t" t mv .h3 lo call it Silly plain Cally . ihe took th sulks at once, sir, when I mentioned it, said il wa3 too'common. I then tried to co.r.pro- mise, and. told her we'd call it Caroline, or something of that soil ; but she'd set her mi on "Angelina Electrjfina Dewdropina, and Angelina1 Eleclnfioa -.Dewdropina u is, poor thjng.v ? : my , Jjicc.1' But, she doesn't givo all these names when addressing th.e child, does she V Cojni-r-" Generally speaking she docs, sir, but sometimes she calls it her dear little D-'w-drop, or short. The other evenin1 1 went in and caught her, with the puny thing on her necs, chandliV.it up. and downi and as if the other names was not enough she callcd it her cherub, her da rlin'-butterfly, and such like. t goes JMgh breakin1 my heart, your honor, when I think what th 3 . unfortunate child has Her. Ain't there no 1 law agin these : noway to protect poor .children a- " natural mothers, who smother them v Lvhir- them names thev can't flowing .from this zr:TC?t we deem it unne cessary to parlicuhrize them in this petition. We further believe t' .1 an apothecary, sell ing for gain an article known to produce cer tain death when used, ai knowing that the purchaser would so uso 'it, would be justly cr.ewerabla "to the laws as a deliberate mur- cerer. Wh;, thrn,' v;o wcvdd rcrpectfe'dy csk, should any. ether c!-3 cf ci:iz:r.; L ; ; "edge I to e:!l fer airs, articles cfdrir'; .i :-') ie.v uampsmre, r:e:r:ehueetts, " Ilhede Island, . Connecticut, 1 Vermont, j -Iev York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, .Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Caro Georgia, Akb: . ..... . X. to thirds- ..- Ic.-e r -1 1 know' of, sir. j-The . . .. t .. 1 . 1 sta" -"-ect. ana 1 can cr.Iv rccc:r.rr,end that ycj cn-ieavor to in duco v-ur wife to drcp at lea:, a part 'of ihe chnoxious cognomen." . : Com. 14 It's no use, your honor- ;the old woman is s-t in her ways obstinate and mu- Ush like and is past coaxing.. - All I can do is to' put up wi;h the misfortune the beet way.- can, and stand by and see the poor jcbild pine away and? perish HHr we 'sKouU bo so for-' tunate as to have. a son, and his pame isn't hough not C3 r-dden, are cqi death in thousands cf ce:r?, c illy a3 ,cc:'.:!.j any article . the dnvist's store ? K t to mention ihe heavy amount cf misery and vr.tch.cdr.?S3 re. suiting frcm th.e treflc. Before the b:s.o'.ect opcratiens cf cur Temperance formations, it wr.3 cll r.-ecr- laincd tht thirty ll.ou.-nd -rcrnatu: j l thi were r.nn-eally the sJ ccne?qu:nce ef tl:a free use of alcoh.Io drinks in cjr cc::ntrv. If ::r.a, Tcnr? -"3, , o: ' L.: , 1:::.. : t . lisjeuri, Ar'..-r.:--, 707 ,c: 3 " iin o o i "j - - , -1 3-.r n t 79,C5 1,23 3, 7D7 ' 733,4ia 534,333 691,892 ' 5S0,75(T. 075,03 1 ;I, S32.4U 829,210 r 773,829 1,519,467 ; 'cso.sca i 470,183 : G 33, 705 07,574 t nil r-r.f r- r. their own, raised from thj sai.a cf their own lands. ' ' ' 8. Tho states having given up to ihe Gen. cral Government the rne-t productive and ihe least objectienable modo cf taxaliu.i, lhat of byi.: ; c'Lj ci foreign goods, ihe United Iiatcscr.n therefore cen:rr;ar:J a larger reve i.l j in proportion to their, wants, and with Icj expense, than the several states in proporiien to theirs. . 0. Tl.3 people will more .cheerfully piy, more easily too, a duty on foreign food?, in order to raLe revenue, than a high tax c .ileet. ed by the sheriff of each man in the comma, nity, at stated limes, to supply the increased demands on the titato treasury. 10. Ti.3 distribution of this money among tne Elates ve':; 3 remove one ot tne r,r -.test, o".3 cf the tr.e;t prominent, s.curcco cf politi. ral intrij-.:3 and nimag- t 1.1 1' j r;-.neral ch.ctions for important in th : IVderal Government. Until it is i.de, th public lnds v.i'.l L3 a constant fund on wh'cli any candidate may attempt- to diaw for th-; pur. reee cf iniljer.cing 'ihe votes cf partic-lar clna cf the- Union. 11. The distribution of the proceed j cf t! e land cm.cT'T the states will lessen tho char... j .. . 1 . u corr-i.1 in 1..3 ixccutivj Lrane.i : . . Govcrnr.-.er.t, cs the interest of the stales , . ciU33the -.,d3 r.t hen. 3 narro-.vly lo J. its c-:r '.: 12. It . ..i curt .il the power arid pMr;... tl -I :.:.! I. ei::lvc, which Ins gr. .th. ere' I '...lit : L-1 ton years, and c; ;h: hi T: . ;rr, only half that r. :s, surely - thi 3 " t.urr.b r : .?j: se.V.'Lr.t ground for the phi! th:c-:e cctiea cf cur Jaw-enacting departments. Under ihesc considerctions, . 3 i.. w'.."ul- ly ask it ct ycur wisdom and g-;- to in terpose your ruardlan authority in the pre rnisest soTar.i to make it'unlav.ful to retail spiritous- liquors m cur stale, at least at any other place's iriau regular taverns.' And as in duty1 bound your petitioners will eVer pray. . " ' r t- r VM. ASHLEY, President. Patrick -MqGowan, Rec. Sec. , ' - Dirr Tccker. This famous song has ar rived in 'Scotland and is sung' in the public streets after the following fashion : -f J. ' v ' Get oat the w old Dan TooT-a, " -. Youre twa late till coom till So'-pay," i a i ",112 -:3,712 17,Cw2,i .1 cf rrpropriatlons to py pensioners, during h.is long service in Congress, as proof of hi friendship for lhe:o eld soldiers, and his advocacy cf tho pension, laws. Thiij$ but a part of the systematic misrepresentation and fraud, by which a bold and unscrupulous faction arc aitiimptinj"!. impose him upon the confidence of the Amer ican people. The first law which granted pensions to the revolutionary soldiers, passed in tho year 1818. Upon its passage, the person i. whom it promised pensien? Lrcame cr.tl'.' ! to themes mailer of rH.t; cr.J t!:e Ce ...i. tutlon, laws, and rulw 3 tf letli Hunees re. quired Congrcs3 ta 1 ppropriate annually, the money to pay th.;.i. . Jua as the Prciidef, the judges cf t!:3 courts, and ihe pcrrcr.i compesing lha army and navy were, f...i yc.r !j year, entitled to their ralari'? ." I piy, S3 ;.ere th.ees tolJiers cf l!;3 HevcL.i.i . i,, . ., .. . . u i'..Jr t :.;!jr..!. Cjnirce3 wa3 under l!.o rir.rj obligations lo appropriate, and did pre. cL-ly in the same form appropriate the ir.o. r.vy to pay them all. Members cf Cor rc 1 volcdagainst the increase cf l!.3rr.:y c;. ! the navy, but after the laws rr.ahfrj tl 3 i. crease had passed, as a matter cf duty l:. 1 l. course, they voted the money la pay the ; . -sons who had been cnlUtcd u..d.r tl.j . ity of ihosjilaw3. In like r.,anner, th' b.ad resisted the pension laws, l.-d i.z aficr'thcir pao3g3 to rcfjee the " the pensions under ihem, bul in t!.3 C :". ' of a p'ain, com;.;n, an J uuqu: .'.!.. i lhey always voted 13 appropriate l! 1 : ry sums. Mr. Polk, uiih rr.any c : n.en, vctedfJrthce3r.r.::ualopprcpr".'.! . whilst thfy-were hfii!j lo the whole 1 . . cf the per.ilon hw.;. Her. ven; he - - -ted in favor cf tho pussa;. j cf c:,y ; 1 end .h.n I.3 vct'.d L: en c t 1 rrn !ert!;e biil odiou3 to l! : , i... ..ill, tl j covi rt int;.t ta u.".:l I;. I' "tct in ('TTCf? rrc "-"i n u: s 1 .. u t , ?cf h: r.v : t 5 ll 1 u CM M t. to ... . I?.. I the Gn T. a r i.i the U. -- I .1CD Grand total cf L . -1:3,. 17,-J,C3j' - f ;,.;.l0';:ical...;.; :,:,:;.'.;V.i:-;-. The editor cf the Portland Express has a p.. i a his employ, a'regu'ir haphazard sort cf a chap, who rattles c.7 rhymes perfectly Vegardless.of all ordinary, rules and regula tions. Wegiveasafnplc When Peggy's do her arms imprison; I often wished my! lot was hizzen ; How often should I stand. and turn, ' To get a pat'froni hands' like hern! Ai ! frcn l!ie Treasury f f G. : will force the Gov ernment to a more rigid economy in the man ajjemont of its affairs. . 14. The money arising from the sale cf these lands should be distributed, or the la:. ' themselves may soon be taken by the st;t within which they lie, as has been already threatened, and the cider itetc ; may then re ceive nothing, "15. The pcrmancn aclju.tr.v.t cf the ;!an of distribution,' while it will cur:rii! thi r er and patronage of the: General G.r. :.t, will increase the influence cf th ; r veral stales an object we im well desire lo see accomplished. - Another cogent reason, which miy b3 urged for the adoption cf this policy is that ihe pre sent tariff aifirds omp!e revenue for all the expenditure cf the Government.' The land rr.0r.eyi3 so m-reh surplus, in the Treasury. r. ::i l'.i 1Z. .T. Tribune. 1 ' r::.. ; ' Vriglit oil .Texas. ' S.'!t Wright recently made a speech at r;:.en.il: -, of which ;Jic substance, js given Man of that place.. On the su . "Tc 'f, he remarked J ' . . ' ' : bo expected, -ho said, the.: ha ' - ' 1 - t.- in reference to the new issua no' L.ore ihe c&uotrv the Annexa tion cf Tcsisl lie voted against the Treaty tiegotiated by Mr. Tler lsf, Lecause 'the asicntof Mexico had cot been obtain: d, with-, out which it -would be a violation cf cur 'na tional obi igolier.3 ; 2d, bceae.j t!:e bounda ries cf Texas were not accurately def.ned by tho Treaty, but embraced a largo cst::l cf territory belonging to-Mex'.co; tni Zlt l?. cause tl teas uez go.:. U Z t... Slavery. He wco'.J la troe to f r 1 , i r urso . t ; .. ; - J wl.ii-.t h, i : 1 .J, a bill all. i. - i i onj f .t -o.. ra t-; t'jrirr th ' ircf the Revolotie: 4 ... wc .5 in -in.-r t... i; t - i It t.. ron r-::;t:J t. ; - :ta way thre''i tl - : ! - .' ' il -1 1 -.. ": .";e lg. I,b-C3, vcl.i, itr:r " I ! t ce: ,ol'ien to i. ' to t - 1 i'CI r such t'J - ' : - r . i.. , , i ,i , .. 1 ... to mi'ie Cit'i to lh"t f This condition to tl e was thought lyr-" minion. ti.-r rei 1 Co - d b' Sp?Ct::C.i ' qucre'r3 cf hadCfo'e otcf ihe L. wilh- i'. oAteJ 'property n worthless C":iccnt.! : ; t' pav, being required by Gjvcrr.ro: lhey had f ' !, to b.. aml-oftibiiih :..::r own pa w?re t V ' to rccciv a v j To some v i -' i ::Cz: tiocal obl;ition3 in rc: 0 S3 it .arr.e, i.i 1SC3, a bill .. , requiring per! -: ' -.o.'..ctor.,s cf their cc-..:ry 1 czszs v. h' re their prop: ; ;fce r- 1 :.dir.t3ti ; ' ! lo the a okinJ, i.i ( .;!uc.ive cf tb.Ir d-vtiiirj house, loildirg end cortillrge, household furniture, v.earieg cppartl, t. ' J . and farming uteni cec- 3 vajua cf 01, CCD, : .with the proof in rjpp'-:t cf fVr.-Pi spoke :::.:::.. . cgecf thisi::!:" !r! -it pos::-l the ITou.; -- 1 -- J ' L Crrtl,,- . 1