A DANGEROUS PROPOSITION.
We "have iwt heretofore noticed in our paper,
e proposition of some of the Federal Party, to
te a large sum of money from the public treasu-
to the family of the late President Harrison; be-
use we had hoped the sober good sense of the rc-
ecting men of all parties would condemn sue
Ise philanthropy and such a very dangcious pre
edent. But it seems the proposition is to be
pen the next Congress, to vote of the People s
oney one hundred thousand dollars \o the “ per-
ital representatives" of the late Gen. Harrison,
a recompense for his services of one month as
resident! A Resolution to this eflect was lately
?ptcd at a public meeting of the citizens of Adams
unty, Pa., and the Representative in Congress
rom that District “requested” to present it to the
ext Congress. It is as follows:
*^Resolvedj That Congress be requested to grant
hie personal representatives ihc full amount ol
__ie President’s salary for the whole term for \\ hich
general Harrison was elected.”
Now, we are sure that our sympathy for the be-
caved iamiJy of the late President is deep and sin-
cre—quite as much so, we have no doubt, as that of
any of those who have made so much parade of
eir grief;—w’c would be willing to have Congress
d we hope it will vote a sufficient sum to defray
4^1 their expense in removing to Washington and re-
jrning to T^orth Bend, and for tins purpose, we think
nc year’s salary, twenty-five thousand dollars, would
e a bountiful sufficiency. But the proposer of this
lavish donation say that General Harrison was
’ jjoor, and was called upon to make great expendi
tures in money during the Presidential contest, and
^ removing to Washington and making his ar-
-ijangemcnts to live there four years. \\ ho was it
' forced him to make all tliis expenditure of money
in electioneering for the Presidency? The Fede-
il party; and we say, if his family are to have this
expenditure Tciinbursed to them, let this same Fe-
cral Party do it.
What service had Gen. Harrison rendered the
iuutry for which he was not amply paid, and why
should his ‘‘personal representatives” be pensioned
jn the bounty of the Government any more than
iose of any other individual who has died in the
"public servicc? Suppose we should tolerate this
prc-cedcnt, where would its consequences end?—
The wives and children of tiie poor soldiers who
are killed in defending their country, and of our
gallant seamen who lose their lives by exposure on the
high seas and in unhealthy climatcs, are just as much
entitle^ to the munificence of Government as the
“personal representatives” of the late Gen. Harri
son, who live at North Bend, in at least comforta
bly magnificent style. If they are in debt, and
'Wish their creditors paid, let them go to work, like
other folks, and do it, or let their political brethren
help them out if they choose. But Congress would
uot only set a dangerous precedent, but commit a
palpable violation oC the Constitution by voting the
People’s money fur any such a purpose. This
proposition, to our maui, savors too much of the
tiristocrafic notion tliat the children and relations of
the grout, ' are too good to work, like other iolks,
>at must be supported at the expense of the indus-
■trious laboring men of the country.
The McLeod afair, and the North-Eastern
Boundary.—The British felon McLeod, has been
taken from Lockport to New York, under a writ of
habaes corpus, returnable to the Supreme Couit
sittin? in that City. The object in taking this
says a New York paper, “is, in the first
instance, to try the question of jurisdiction as a ques
tion of law.” “ If the court shall deny the appli
cation for the discharge of McLeod, his counsel will
apply for a change of the venue. This will no
doubt be granted, and he will go trial at such time
and place as his counsel shall deem advisable.
But we wish more particularly to call the atten
tion of our readers to the following paragraph, co-
from the New York American, one of the
pied
leading federal (or administration) papers of the
city;
“ If we are rightly informed, it has been agreed
between Mr. Fox and the GovornmeiU of the I ni-
ted States that no farther opposition shall be made
by the former to tlie trial of McLeod. That trial is
to go on, under the jurisiliction of New York, with
out interference either by the British Minister or the
National Government. If acquitted, as is most
probable, McLeod will be discharged, ot’ course, and
the matter thua be disposed of. It convicted, tlie na
tional Government will then take the necessary steps
to afford him that measure of justice and protection
which all the circumstances of the case may require.
“As to the boundary, we learn that a convonticm
has been siofned on the part ol Great Britain and
the United States, which provides for the appoint
ment of six commissioners, three for each party oi
the dispute. These six, if tiiey can a^ree, are to
give a linal decision on the question, if they can
not agree, they are to appoint three others, and
decision by the majority of the nine is to be conclu
sive.
“ Such we understand to be the arrangement
argeed upon. Some of the details may be incorrectly
stated, but we h:\vc every reason to believe that the
general fact, of a convention being signed will prove
authentic
Let the reader mark the import of the first para
graph:—Mr. Fox has agreed not to interf(*ie An
ther with the trial of McLcod, and why? Because
the Government at Washington ixave promised, if
he should be found guilty of the charge of murder
and arson, for which he is to be tried, ‘‘the Nation
al Government will th^n take the necessary steps
to afTord him that measure of justice and protec
tion which all the circumstances of the c.ise may
require;”—or, in other words, that the new admin
istration have promised the British Minister that
McLeod, even if found guilty, will be slii* IJul
from the punishment due to his crimes ! Wh.nt do
you think of that, fellow-citizens! And where
do our federal rulers find authority to interpos.
the power of the National Government and set at
liberty a felon condemned on fair trial, ly a State
Court, for an oficnce strictly against State laws and
State sovereignty ? They have no such authority
luider the Constitution;—and if thej' have made
the promise stated above, of which we have no doul't,
it is an nisult to the sovereign State of New York,
and shows a lamentable disregard of our national
honor in a base truckling to British power. Wiiy
do our present rulers at Washington entertain such
deep sympathy for McLcod, and use so much ex
ertion to get him out of his ditTicuities unharmed?
Why did Mr. Attorney-General Crittenden go on
to L.ock(>oii some two'montns ^ilnce, wm-n inri.eon
was about being tril'd before, but was not. becausi'
a mistake was made in drawing the jury?—and
FOREIGN NEWS.
The Steam ship Britannia arrived at Boston on
the 6th instant, bringing the important news of the
settlement of the difficulty between England and
China. An English paper says:
“ This was not eflfectcd until two of the forts at
the passage of the Bogue had been stormed by the
British forces, the fleet of war junks destroyed, and
the batteries higher up the river bombarded by
the fleet. Then the Governor of Canton, seeing
that the lime for proscratination was passed, sent lo
beg ibr a suspension of hostilities, and commenced
th^negociation, wmich speedily led to a settlement
of tlie dispute, at least, so far as he had the power
of settling it. ' The following are the terms agreed
upon:
L The cession of tlie island and harbour of Hong-
kontr to the British Crown. 'All just charges and
duties to the empire upon the conunerce carried on
there to be paid as if the trade were conducted at
Whampoa.
2. An indemnity to the British Government of six
million.s of dollars, one million payable at once, and
the remainder in equal annual installments, ending
in ISIG.
3. Direct ofTicial intercourse between the countries
[Requires them to have in their vaults, on the
first day of July each year, Gold and Silver equal
to one half of their immediate liabilities on Notes
issued, but the amount not to excced one-fourth of
their capital stock.]
Preamble and joint Resolution of the General
Assembly of the State of Alabama.
[Expresses the opinion that the Executive au
thority of the State of New York has violated the
Constitution of the U. S. by refusing to surrender
on demand to the Governor of Virginia certain re
fugees from justice, and that the State of Alabama
will stand by Virginia, in the position she has ta
ken on the subject.]
Joint Resolutions in relation to the death of Wil
liam Henry Harrison, lute President of the United
States.
[Expresses the sympathy of the Legislature for
the national bereavement, and requests the Govenor
to coiu'ey to the widow of the deceased President
an assurance of the sincere condolence of the State
of Alabama; and also th.it, as a token of respect,
the members will v,’car the usual badge of mourn
ing for thirty days ]
Wesleyan Methodists.—A late English paper saya
that the W^esleyan Methodiste have nd Icse than
160 foreign missionary stations, they employ 220
missionaries, and in the schools under the aupervis-
ion of those missionaries there are 40,000 children.
The contributions to the missionary funds within the
laust year were nearly £90,000.—Raleigh Star.
COLUMBIA, S. C., MAY 13, 1841.
u]ion an equal footing.
4. The trade of the port of Canton to be opened
within ten days aller the Chinese new year, and to
be carried on at Whampoa till further arrangements
are practicable at the new settlement.
Tlie details of the China Question are not fully
fjiven, but so far as they were understood it appears
They are not satisfaetor’y to the English merchants.”
The public min i in England sf'cms ^ have be
come quite calm on the subjcct of IMcLaod’s impri
sonment, and the other difficulties with this coun
try. The Cotton market at Liverpool was repre
sented as extremely dull.
It is now almost certain that the Steam ship Pre
sident, which sailed from New York some weeks
since for Liverpool, has been lost at sea Nothing
had been heard from her when the Buttannia sail
ed. Eighty per cent, was oflered for lur insurance,
but was not taken The President .ook out up
wards of twenty passengers.
Bacon, per lb.,
Butter,
Beef,
Cotton,
Corn,
Fowls, each,
Flour, barrel,
Rice, bush.,
C"nt3.
8 a 10^
a 37^"
8 a 121
8 a 10
70 a 75
12 a 20
6^)0 a 750
300 a 350
I Pork, per lb.,
Molassus, gal.
Lard,
Peas,
Sugar, loaf,
do brown,
j Tea, hys., lb. 100 a 125
I do 2unp. 125 a 150
Cent*,
7 a 10
35 a 45
10 a 14
56 a 62 \
IS a 22
15 a 16
125
CAMDEN, S. C., MAY 12, 1841.
Beef, in market, 5
Bacon, from wag., 7 a 8
From the Charleston Mercury.
TRIBUTE OF RESPECT.
A respected acquaintance has transmitted to us
the following letter, which was sent to Daniel W.
Courts, Esq., on occasion of his resigning the Uni
ted States Consulship at M itanzas. The letter was
signed by every American Merchant in Matanzas
and is therefore an honorable ti stimonial of the
manner in which he has discharged his duties.—
We take pleasure in giving it publicity;
Matanzas, Feb.- 11, 1841.
Daniel W. Courts, Esq.,
Sir Learning that you have, resigned the ofTIce
of Consul of tlie United States of America, at this
port, and that you intend soon to return to your na
tive home, we, the undersigned, merchants of this
city, and American shipmasters trading thereto,
avail ourselves of tliis mode of expres.sing our satif>-
faction at the manner hi which the business of the of
fice has been conducted while under your charge and
to otTer you our best wishes for your future happiness
and success in life.
Butler,
Beeswax,
Bagging,
Bale Rope,
Coffee,
Cotton,
18 a 25
13 a 25
24
10
14 a 16
8| a
Corn, bushel,
Flour, barrel.
Feathers,
Iron,
Lard,
Oil, curricr’s,
Molasses,
Salt, per sack
60
5Q
37 a 45
5 a H
10 a 12
75 a 100
45 a 56
250
Died,
In this County, on the 11th instant, of Dropsj',
Mrs. Ilai'riet Todd, consort of Mr. feainuel H. Todd,
aged about 35 years, leaving a bereaved husband
and 6 children to mourn the loss of their most tander
and aflectionate earthly friend.
Georgia Democracy.—Read the able and truly
Republican Report and Resolutions on the prece
ding page, adopted by the “Democratic Young
]\Ien’8 Convention,” which met in Milledgeville,
Georgia, on the 1st Monday in this month. They
-finbody the genuine doctrines of ’98 Democracy, to
which our party of the present day all over the
Union cordially subscribe.
The Convention is said to have been most nu
merously attende'd—by upwards of four hundred
Delegates, and its proceedings characterized by the
titmost harmony and enthusiasm. Able addresses
were delivered by the Hon. John Forsyth, and se
veral other distinguished Georgians. Gov. Mc
Donald was nominated for re-election in October
next.
Most heartily do we cheer on the Democracy of
Georgia in the noble work of redeeming their State
from the false position in \\ hich she w.as placed by
the .elections of 1840. They have made a good
beginning, and may they persevere,
Virginia.—The Federal press all over the coun
try are shouting Victory 1 in fine style over the re
sult of the Virginia Elections. They have little
caiiso for it, we think;—for they had a majority
oi ten on joint ballot last year in the Legislature,
and this year this majority is reduced to four,
and that made up by counting for them two
members who have been abused lately by the Rich-
mon Whig, the Federal organ in Virginia, as
worse than loco-focos—men who are opposed to a
Bank, Distribution, &c. So in the Congressional
Delegation: but seven oi the twenty-one members
elected will vote for the leading measures of the
Federal party. If such results can rejoice the
hearts of the Federalists, we wish they may never
have cause to cease rejoicing. Virginia is “ right
side up,” sound to the core. W'e wish North Ca
rolina was as clear from the contaminating control
of Federalism.
Another Sign. The Connecticut Legislature
met on the 5th instant. The body is almost entirely
Federal—only one member of the Senate a Demo
crat, and a small portion of the House. In his Mes-
fcage, the Federal Governor Ellsworth strongly ur
ges the necessity of a protective Tariff. These
northern Federalists come out boldly, not for a Ta-
rifT for revenue only, but for such a Tariff as w’ill
protect their domestic manufactures, at the expense
of the South, and yet we find soutiiern “Whigs”
co-operating with them in all their political move
ments, and denying at the same time that they are
Tariff men.
A new federal fashion.—The names of persons
oppointed to ofSce are given by the National In
telligencer, but the flames of tie ^rsons removed
purposely omitted - JChis is a. new fedwal
plan, to coaeeai the. baixlaffd profiig?^ jnfo-
»^ription ojf'tjie federal cabinet....RepuS.
why has Mr. JVcbster kft his post at Washington
and gone to attend his trial at New York? Is it
because they have move S3^mpathy for Great Britain,
and British felons, than they have love and attach
ment to American citizcns and the honor of our na
tion? Their conduct might be so interprfted.
As regards the settleiaent of the North-Eastern
Boundary question upon the conditions statid above,
we would have no objection to it, if any botly else
had the managenjcnt of the matter on our part than
Mr. Webster. In him we have no sort of confi
dence—we regard him as essentially British in all
his feelings;—and we now prophecy, that if the
question of Boundary is settled as above stated, and
in the next four years, it will be at the sacrifice to
America of all we have contended for—the whole
disputed district that is worth a copper.
Crim e I— Crim e!— W e are among those who be
lieve that the publication indiscriminately of all no
tices of murders, suicides, robberit s, forgeries, &c..
tends more to harm than benefit socicty. For this
reason v/e liave excluded from our columns, almost
entirely, all such articles, and shall continue to do
so. But the frequency of such crimes of late has
become truly alarming. The papers from all di
rections teem with accounts of the most cold-blood
ed murders, melancholly suicides, insidious thefts
and artful cases of forgery, while the villainous
swindlinjr of bank officers seems to have become mat-
ters of every-day occurrence. The record of crime
in the United States for the jiast three months, is
said to surpass in number and atrocity that of any
previous year of our history as a nation.
May not a great portion of this crime be set down
as the legitimate result of the mode and means o
electioneering adopted by the Federal party last
summer ? **
Albany CullLvaior.—We feel greatly in
debted to the Editors of “The CuLnvATou,” a
most valuable agricultural journal, pullished month
ly at Albany, N. Y., for favoring us with an ex
change. The No. for M.iy has just been received,
and pr s. nts in its cont. nts a rich tieat to the lover
of agiicultuiul knowledgp. Any of cur friends can
feast upon its pages by calling at our oflico. W
annex the Table of Contents;
CONTENTS OF TIIR CULTIVATOa FOR MAY:
Notice of Liebig’s organic chemistry, applied to
agriculture; W’^ork for the month on tlie farm and in
the garden; Transmutation; Plaster on wheat; Corn
cultvire; Tobacco; Bees; Sheep in Ohio; Feeding
milch cows; Inquiries; A Tennesseeai; Indian corn
Su-rgestions about pigs; Profitable sow; Pit Saw
and Splitting Machine; C'harlock; Musmrd seed;
I^umpt:; Working cattle ; English berkshires and ba
con ; Parasitic animals; Agricultural Census of New
York; Ui.seased peacli-trces ; Morello cherry ; Max
ims and precepti tor young larmer.s, &c., by Jas. M.
Garnett; Canada thistles, by I). S. Curtis ; Bullet-
ing; Shearing Sheep, by A Morrel; Transporta
tion of Cattle, bv R. L. Allen; Hussey’s Reaping
Machine, by O, llussey ; Plans ot' Barns ami Cattle
Yards. J. F. L.; To protjcrve IIam., by I). G. M^)-
siier; To cure Scratches; The Hessian Fly, by E.
Tilghman ; Ashe-housv'. and Smokery, by C. Moses;
Suggestions to State Agricul. Society, by N. N. D.;
Planting in Drills, by C. Osborn; Farm Report, by
■I—u., , Slhort bnrn^ br [L So
il ; Cultvire of Corn, by a subscriber ; V\ eiirlit of
Herkshires, by A. B. Allen; Experiments in Mary-
ind, by D. G. \Veems; Culture of the Hop, by J. II.
)unbar ; Weiuht of two Lamb^J, by J. & S Adams;
Sho"t horn Bull Northumberland ; Pitt's Thra.'.hing
Machine, bv C. N. Dement; Ornann'ntal Gardeninn',
y A. Walsh ; \Veigiif of six Hogs, by S. Homer. Jr.;
Amv'ricaii Society of Agriculture, by S. Robinson ;
Mohiry raising Chesnut Timber, by F. H. Gordon;
F iri'jcT’s Song, by A. W.; Light on the Silk Cul
ture, by E. Morris ; Culture of Corn, by H. H. Bar
ber ; Notice of improved Cattle, by J. Pasco; The
Rohan Potatoe ai Quebec, by H. Gowen; Root Stea
mers. &c., by F. Rotch ; Wool growing in Buenos
Fatal Occurre.7ice.—The Tallahassee, Florida
Sentinel, states that Willis Alston shot Gen. Leigh
Reid in the streets of that town on the 26th ukimo
It will be recollected that Gen. Reid killed Augus
tus Alston, (brother to Willis) in a duel some two
years since. Gen. Reid lived about 14 hours after
he was shot. The Sentinel says—“ We forbear
making any comments, as the affair will undergo a
legal investigation. Two other persons were (ac
cidentally, we presume,) wounded, one severely
though we trust not mortally.”
The Tallahassee Floridian, of a later date, re
marks;
“It is with deep regret that we announce the
death of General Leigh Read. He was murdered
in the streets of our city, on Monday last, by Willis
Alston, w’ho had secreted himself in the dwellin
house of Michael Ledwith, a citizen of the town
and as General Read passed by a few yards be
yond the door of the house, he stepped out and de
liberately shot him twice with a double barrelle
gun, loaded with slugs and small pistol bullets. The
General lived but a few hours. The jury of inquest
brought in a verdict of wilful murder. None doubt
tiiat there were accompliccB in the act, whom itia
to be hoped justice s^od the las’ wdl orortakc.”
time for cutting bushes, by A. Peck; Horses vs Mule
by R. L. Allen ; Mi.'jsissippi Agriculture, by Cincin-
atus; Blind Staggers, «Ski-c., II. L.; Useful Rccipes j
Notices to Correspondents, &c.
This No of the Cultivator is accompanied with
several beautiful Engravings, illtjstrative of
Ox Gearing ; Parasitic Animals ; Reaping Ma
chine; Farm Buildings; Ground Plan of do.; Ash-
louse and Smokery; Marking Roller; Bull North
umberland.
HORRID MURDER AND ROBBERY.
Th(i city of St. Louis was thrown into groat ex
citement on the morning of the 18th hist. Letters of
that date informs us that “some robbers, last night,
entered the store of Messrs. Simmons & Robertson,
and murdered two clerks, after which they took
w hat thr y couli find and set fire to the building ;
this morning that elegant store lies a heap of smok
ing ruins. Collier and Pettis’s banking house be
ing in the same building is also consumed. The
two young men were of the greato.st respectability,
and their loss is mourned by all. Several thousand
]ieople are at this moment standing round the ruins,
hoping to find the remains of Mr. Baker; the other.
Mr. Weaver, was found with his face much cut by
a bowie knife, and a pistol shot over the eye.—
They were both, I believe, from New York.—
Another man w'as killed by the falling of the walls.
The citizens met this morning and oflered a reward
of H5000. Every boat leaving the port is boarded
by the police officers; one has just returnc'd with a
suspecteH;! man
The Cincinnati Gazette of the 23d, contains the
followhig proclamation of the city autJioritics of St.
Louis;
FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS REWARD.
Whereas, the counting house of William G.
]\rttus, in the city of St. Louis, was last night rob
bed and st'l fire to, and two young men murdered
bjr bni*gl:irs: the above reward of five thousand
dollajs will be paid by the city of St. Louis for
the apprehension of the perpetrators of the acts,
or for such information as shall lead to their detec
tion and conviction, or a proportional part of th'^
s il l sum for any one or more of them.
JOHN D. DAGGETT,
Mayor of the city of St. Louis.
April 18, 1841
We 1 earn further that the murdered men were
named Baker and Weaver: that Baker was found
near the door, being shot through tlie head and
having one hand cut off; the body of Weaver
had not been found when the Brazil started; nor
was it known what amount of money had been ca-
ried oft', as there had not been time to remove the
rubbish
ground
of the building, w’hich \vas burnt to the
“ The Spoils.''^—The newly appointed Collect
ors of Customs at Boston and Philadelphia, have
made every Democrat who held an office in these
Custom Houses walk out, and conferred their pla
ces upon the most noisy, unscrupulous and unprin
cipled political partizans to be found in those cities.
Of the appointments made by the Philadelphia Col
lector, the “Spirit of the Times” says;
“ The appointments have absolutely sliocked the
moral sense of even the Federalists themselves.—
Indignation meetings have been held by them, and
at one—the Moyamensing—a Committee was ap
pointed to go to ^V’■ashington, and represent the ter
rible perversion of principle as illustrated by the se
lections of the Collector. When we spoke of Pipe
Layers being rewarded with office—men who open
ly violated the election laws of our own and oiir
neighboring States for hire—we alluded to notori
ous facts, militating so strongly against the profes
sions of Mr. Tyler in his address, that he should
blush for the inconsistency his creatures have occa
sioned. When we spoke of appointments too, of
men who have just escaped the States-Prison, our
words were the simple truth, and none in this merid
ian pretend to gainsay them,
tian administration 1!”
Alas! what a “Chris-
alabama.
The called Legislature of this State has adjourn
ed, after remaining in Session nine days. We copy
from the Tuscaloosa “ Monitor,” the titles of the
most im})ortant Acts and Resolutions passed ;
For a special election for electing Members to
the twenty seventh Congress, and for other purpo
ses.
[That the Governor forthwith issue his Procla
mation, for the election of five members to Congress
on a day not less than twenty days form the date ol
his Proclamation, which shall be held according to
the provisions of the Act to establish the General
Ticket system. The Sherifls shall make return of
the election to the Governor within ten days there
after, w’ho shall issue certificates to the members
elect]
To amend the Charters of the Bank of the State
of Alabama and its branches,
[Sanctions the suspension of specie payments in
definitely.]
» To amend the Charters of the Bank of Mobile
and the Planters and Mcrc^hants Bank of Mobile
Federal Court—This Court commences its
Spring Term to-morrow, in this City. Three
Prisoners, charsjed with mutinous conduct on board
the Steamer Wilmington, w'ere placed in our Jail,
on Saturday evening, to answer at this Term.
Raleigh Register, May 11.
Thomas Jefferson’s Opiniqk op Congress.—“I
served with General W^ashington in the legisla
ture of Virginia before the Revolution, and with
Dr. Franklin in Congress. I never heard either of
them speak ten minutes at a time, nor to any but to
the main point which was to decide the question.
They laid their shoulders to the great points, know
ing that the httle ones w’-ould follow of themselves.
If the present Congress errs in too much talking,
how can it be otherwise in a body to which People
send men who question every thing, yield nothing,
and talk by the hour ?”
Speaker of the next House of Representatives.—
The National Intelhgencer states, that the names
of the following gentlemen have been mentioned
in connexion with this distinguished post;—Geo.
N. Briggs, of Massachusetts,; John M. Botts, of
Virginia; Caleb Cushing, of Massachusetts; Wm.
C. Dawson, of Georgia; Millard Fillmore, of N.
York; Thomas W. Gilmer, of Virginia; William
Cost Johnson, of Maryland; Joseph Lawrence,
of Pennsylvania; John White of Kentucky, and
Henry A* Wise, of Virginia.
A We stern paper says a rumor is afloat that Joe
Smith, the Mormon Prophet and High Priest, lately
took a ride with Rigdon, his second in command
and having returned without his Lieutenant, the cit
izens of Nan VOS enquired what had become of him,
and Joe replied that Rigdon had been translated to
Heaven.—Star.
PROSPECTUS.
The publishers of the Globe have recently given
to the country an exposition r>t the motives which
prompted the' attempt by the Federal party to pros
trate their establishment, by the lawless abrogation
of their contract as Printrirs to the Senate. They
showed that there were already six Federal news
papers—to which a seventh is about to be added—
published at W’ashington—all devoted to the dis
semination of Federal principles, and the defence ot
Federal measures. And to make this overwhelm
ing battery of Federal presses at tne scat oi gov
ernment tCll with the more efiect throughout the
Union, the character of the Globe was to be tarnish
ed, its means impoverished, and its political iufl i-
ence destroyed, by a sw’ceping denunciation of in
famy on the part of the Federal leaders m the Sen
ate—by throwing the dead weigiit of an expeiiai-
ture of §10,000 in preparation to do the Congress
ional work, on the hands of its publishers, (the prin
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Dismemherment of Alexico.—The latest intelli
gence we have from Tampico and Matamoras in
timates that a plan is now’ on foot, and about to be
executed, by w’hich all the Northern States of Mexi
co will be erected into a separate government at the
head of w’hich Gen. Arista will be placed.
N. O. Courier
Western Wit.—A Hoosier sold a neighbor a dog,
which he recommended as first rate for raccoon hun
ting. Shortly after, the purchaser met his neigh
bor.
“ I say, friend, this ere dog don’t know a coon
from a sheep.”
“ Youv’e tried him, ha?”
“ Yes, and he ain’t worth a curse.”
“ Well, I didn’t know exactly how that was; but
as he w^as’nt good for nothing else, I thought he
’ must be the verv devil after coons.”
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DR. C. J. FOX
Has just received a large and general assortment of
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