TFIHIIB EfODIT understood the true position in which I was placed. They appeared to consider it ne cessary to so far ruin my reputation that ought I could say in relation to them would bo of no avail. They acted as if they considered their safety dependant on their success in affixing infamy and odium on my character. How far they hare succeeded depends upou a ver dict of the people. They will pass upon it af ter they shall have perused the statement and evidences I shall lay before them. Sensible of having committed a great moral wrong, I can now only appeal to a forgiving and gen erous people ; and if they can find auy exten uation, in consequence of my ardent tempera meut, which in the enthusiasm of party ex citement and party strategy, led me into ex cesses, my object, so far as regards myself, will be accomplished. With politics I have done I have no hopes or expectations from party. The disclosures I shall make will b free from any bias, and on mature delibera tion, after bavins carefully collected the facts and memoranda upon which to base it. I know that fearful odds are against me I am almost friendless and alone. Opposed to me I have wealth, character, influence, public aud private station and trust. Fearful odds ! But, believing in the maxim, that truth is mighty and will prevail," I enter the lists, con sidering that it is never too late to redress a wroug, or do a good and justifiable action. Independent of any evideuce, let us apply the ordinary rules of logic to the transactions in relation to these frauds, and see whether they are for or agiinst the truth of my statement. If the statement which I made to Mr J. D. Stevenson in relation to these frauds was not true, (and it has always been denied by the leaders of the whig party,) w hy was I removed from office? It was admitted that I had faith fully and ably performed the duties of ihe sta tion I held, and if the charges against me were false, then I was a persecuted man, and as they admitted I was competent, aud had rendered essential services to the party, was it not their duty to sustain me? I had their written acknowledgment of mv services, not in measured terms, but iu terms of unqualified approbation. Let us also look at the other side of tho question. If the c harges were true, and known to Governor Seward and the prominent leaders of the whig party (which I solemnly aver they did know,) were they not bound to sustain me, iustend of at tempting to degrade me and leaving me to contend against the other patty unaided (except secretly) aud alone? It is well known that the whig leaders would neither openly carry mo th ough my difficulties, nor permit the whig party to rally around me. If I alone was guilty if they had uo par ticipation iu the frauds if they were ignorant of the transactions if I accused and charged upon the innocent a gross violation of the laws of the land then I deeply injured them. I merited their severest censure. Why, then, Hid they secretly aid and assist me, but pub licly calumniate me? Such was the course they pursued, until they supposed their pub lic slanders had so far blasted my reputation that their victim could be sacrificed without danger to themselves. Unless I was guilty of the charges against me, there is no reason vhy I should not hive whig party. During a period of nine years, I labored like a slave, as thousands can attest, in the organization of that party; and after the result of the election in 1S3S, I was so licited to accept office, and declined it. 1 was satisfied with the business in which I was then engaged ; and subsequent events have convinced me, that the most unfortunate era of my life was that in which I accepted office. It was conceded that I merited the office ; it was conceded that the duties were ably and faithfully discharged ; yet I was removed from it before the expiratiou of the term for which I had been appointed. Was there not some cause why I was removed ? What was that cause ? If I was guilty of the frauds charged upon me, wai I alone guilty ? were they known only tome? If innocent, why remove me from office, aud thus add the per secution of my own party to that of my politi cal opponents ? Those are questions which I wish the pub lic to solve. If those charged as nnrticinators i tUe election frauds were innocent, why did tot court investigation, nay demand it ? cence scaled by a verdict of a jury intry, would have made for them "secause they would have been oersecuted men. But the n from false premises ; ton they created a Ives. Instead of ;ir efforts wen Jroni t was their guarantee for my silence. Ihe in dictment was pending, and they knew that a word araiust them would furnish evidence against "myself. They also knew that the statute of limitations would soon protect them from any indictment for the part they acted in the frauds for which I was indicted. That time expired the beginning of November, 1841. Three atttempts were made by my counsel, James M. Smith, jr. Esq., for my discharge, urging at each time either a trial or a discharge from the indictment; but it was deferred by the Court from term to term, until the statute of limitations would protect the persons implicated, and then my discharge was granted I! ! For sometime after the trial, my confede rates ceased to hold any communication with me in relation to the elect ioh frauds. But a circumstance occurred "which brought them t again to ask of me a favor, humbled as . I was TrarnaJcd upon as 1 had been, I had still, as they knew, ihe power to haim. 1 had ceitain papers in nry possession i jwhich were dan ger ous to them. 1 was iu possesssiou of some facts, aud they feared that information might possibly leak out that would defeat the confir mation of certain nominations under the gen eral government. Again, therefore, uego ciatious were set on foot, and I confess open ly to the public, that, convinced as I had been, by their acts, of their utter turpitude and treaeh- eiy lowafd ni, I pTrrfcrraedly-crcceded to their ofior, ami availed myself, by strsitngem of additional evidence to fortify myself against my powerful adversaries. Their foot was on my neck thousands to one against me; and while thus prostrate, strategy was my only hope of deliverance. How well my plau suc ceeded, the public hereafter shall know. In the expose which I feel it my duty to make, many will be mentioned whose feelings I would not willingly wound ; but it is not my fault if others, less immediately connected and inculpated in these transactions are point ed out. The act was their own ; aud as mv statement must be a faithful one, I cannot pass them by. The whole transactions shall now be given to the public, with such evi dence as I have to substantiate the charges. All I ask is a careful perusal, aud I appeal to all who shall read these written, aud now complete documents and narratives, to mark the connected, unbroken aiid lucid chain of evidence ihey present, of locality, uames',dates, persons, incidents, conversations, &c, &c, to say, whether they believe it to be within the compass of possibility, that any human being, however gifted iu intellect, base in moral de pravity, or maddened by despair, could, with the most fertile and ingenious inventive pow ers, have fabricated such a story, or forged suc h papers as are presented. Almost all the original letters and memo randa have come into tny possession within a few days; aud those who deserve the cen sure cannot now, by any any subterfuge, es cape the just and merited reproach which a people, jealous of their rights, will visit upon those who attempt, by fraud, to wrest them from them. It will be seen in the sequel, that the re proach and the iguorniuy which they strove to fix on me alone, should be shared by others who hold higher stations, and have more sustain them, than myself; and though I am aware of their participation will not screen me from the reproach I merit for the part I have performed, it will, at least, teach them that neither wealth, place, influence, or perju ry, are safe guara utees against the exposure of guilt. To the public I appeal, confessing and re gretting my errors, and by their verdict I must abide, be it for or against me. Very respectfully, JAMES B. GLENTWORTH. New-Yoik, Dec. 2d, 1S41. aMaaaaaaMsaawHaB NORTH-CAROLINIAN. W'rnm II. II a. ' nr, ISditor and Proprietor. F.I "KT TE L.E: ft-The following is ihe language used by the "whig" leader aud oracle, Biddle, before the literary soc ieties of Pi iucetou, in which he abused the best and purest men of the age, for resisting his schemes of fraud and plun der. How remarkably he prophecied about himself! "The avenging hour will at last come. It cannot be that our free nation will long en dure the vulgar dominion of ignorance and profligacy. You will live to see the laws re established. These banililli will be scourged back to their caverns. The penitentiary will claim its fugitives, and f 'Iv.rpmrmhranrr which history v energy w theni " Saturday Morning, January 8, 1842. To our Delinquent Subscribers. - ' There are some names upon our books, whose subscription year will expire on the 2d of March next, and who will then owe lol THREE years. Unless all, or a portion, of the amount tlierY'due be paid, at or before that time, these names will be stricken from our list, and the accounts collected in trie- best way 1o us known. We have privately offered thtm easy terms, the which, if they do not accept, they are not desirous of pay ing at all. As we have often before stated, no paper will be sent longer than three years without pay; and no paper will be sent ont of the State unless paid for in advance. These rules we have adopted, and with them, ty'll either sinkor swim We perceive with much gratification that the Raleigh Standard Jias taken hisrh 'ground in this respect, and we shall follow in its ?ae7mmedialely; and" we recommend albthe Democratic papers in the State to do"the same. If others are satisfied with the present system and will not come into the measure, why let them stick to it, if they are able. We go for protection, not by laying a tax, but by demanding pay in 3dvance. The Market. j " There has been considerable activity in'our m;ir k:t ihe present week. Cott n, not nvit4 :mins in, is selling at 7 to 8 cents, noe.hanse in 'price, !iit purchasers more inclined to take hold, j Brandy, IVacli, is scarce, very htt'e of nood qiiaipyin mar- k t, and se ts read I y at 40 to 0 cents; Appl , 3o to 40 cents, bei nor an advance on fist quotations, the stock is considerably reduced and a fur dmand. Whiskey, but little coniinir in, stock on hind I iht. selling at 30 to 32. Bacon, small hits of new have been sold at G tG cents, not much demard. Bees wax, 27 to 28 cents, sell quick. Butter, 12J to 15 cant-1, a good supply on hand. Corn, wry little coming in ?nd s. lis at 45 to "0 t ents. Flour, !5j to SOj, sells readi!y, took on hand lisht. Feathers, scarce, sell readily at 35 to 40 cents, flaxseed, SI 35 to $1 40. The season for shipment will soon close; Farmers in 1 lie interior holding theii would do well to brina tliem in soon, as a decline n priee will proliahly lake place soon after the shipping s -ason closes. Hides, dry, 12 to 14 cent, r on, 4 to a certs. Lard, small parcels of new havp been sold at G to 7 e!i!s. Oats, 32 to 35, scarce. Itag.-, 2 c -nts. Tallow, 10 cents. Tobaec(, leaf, 2 to 3J cents. Wool, 15 to 20 cents. Wheit, $1 to $1 J, a small advance. Wilmington Market. Naval Stores. The quantity of Turpen'inq and Tar delivered ih's last week has horn rather mode rate. The s:iles on yestcday of Turpentine vere at 2 15, and of Tar at 1 35. 1 Our quotations for other kind of Naval Stoics arc the prices af the distilleries. Timber. There has been a good deal of Timber at market lately, si lling front- 5 to G dolls, per IV. for ordinary kinds; some sales of extra length uud quality at 7 and 7. Lumber. Sales are reported of quarter hoards at 8, wide boards at 7, and scantling at 5 dolls., all cah. in pretty Bacon. New baco'i brin. to cimo Lard. Sales of arrets at 6j, cents, kegs at 7. Corn. Noiib afloat. It brings fro u the wagons 55 to 60 cents. Ripe. Transactions to a considerable extent are reported at $3 perlOO lbs. Salt. A small rarizo T. I. brought 25 rents. W. I. Groceries. Two or three small cargoes of Cuba molasses, amounting to j.hooi 3'tO lilids., tire landing, but w hear of no sale. There is a lol ot Cuba cofTI-e also lauding. . gentlemen were At an election held on Monday last, the 3d instant, for Town Authorities for the en suing year, the following elected: Dr. Titos. N. Camekon, Magistrate Police. Commissioners. 1st W.trd, Amos Jessup, 2d " P. Taylor, 3d " Joseph Arf.y, 4ih " Charles Montague, 4th A. A. McKetiian, fith " Joshua Carmon, 7th " James Kyle. The heart sickens at the picture Read the following extract from the Phil adelphia Ledger of Tuesday the 21st ultimo, giving an account of the distress brought upon that city by the Banks: "The sufferings and distress in this citv, sequence of the total sinking of thirty- ef capital, by the failure of the United States liinks, an at would be conceived IMI I nese two institutions is now fresh in our recollection. It is that of a man about sixty years of age, who, besides rear inor.ft family, had from his labor laid aside about sixteen thousand dollars; ten thousand of which he had invested in the stock of the U. S. Bank, and about six thousand dollars the" Schuylkill Bank. Of this amount, the terest on which was deemed sufficient to ipport him when unable longer to attend to .a usiness, three nunareu dollars could not ow.be realized. The condition and slate of fceling of that family may be more readily Ovagined than described and this is no iso lated casethere are hundreds equally, or chore trying. Notwithstanding the disastrous wreck of the Bank of the United States, there ar those who would have its place substitu ted with another, in other, and, as is suppo se$, in more honest hands. They little think that the system itself is erroneous and corrupting, and that consequently there is noTsafety in any hands under it. The only certain mode of avoiding a repetition of the great disaster is for the people to hold the vast power to do mischief in their own hands." 'This is a picture of deplorable distress fiis true, yet it is but a drop in the bucket, compared to the losses, miser v, ruin and dis- rtress, that the United States Bank has brought jjfpon this whole country and a large part of it jope. lorjt is wen Known, mat tnai came iW itS loans in Europe upon, the credit of State and Corporation stocks, had contribu ted vastly to swell the credit system in Eng land and France, and consequently in all the countries intimately connected with" them by trade. It has brought more distress and ru in upon the world, than has ever yet been produced by the villainy or perfidy of man. From individuals to families, proceeding up wards to villages, towns, counties, cities, corporations, and sovereign Stales over ev ery spot and corner of this once prosperous and happy country, it has shed the curse of its blighting mildew. It has not only ruined the fortunes and hopes of millions, but beg gartd thousands of widows, orphans and helpless beings, whose little all, under a fjlse confidence, had been placed in its charge; but by the reckless falsehoods, knavery, bold and contemptuous disregard of law and jus tice, which characterized its mamgement; and by its bribery and corrupt accommoda tions to members of Congress, members of several of the State Legislatures, editors of Whig newspapers, electioneering dema gogues, leading officers of many of the State Banks, 3nd a secret standing army of agents to corrupt voters at the public elections; it has brought disgrace upon the country, and sapped the foundation of public virtue, of public morals, of public honor, of the obliga tions of common honesty, and fidelity to the Constitution and Laws of the country. Glad are we to see that that ruffled-shirt-villain and arch fiend, Nicholas Biddle, has been presented by a Grand Jury of four and twenty of his neighbors, under oath, as a common cheat. The demands of justice the bleeding honor of our country, needs, how ever, a greater atonement than the mere punishment of this execrable knave! Who upheld? who encouraged? and who hns sup ported this Hank and knave, for the last 12 by their act3, by their speeches, by their in fluence, personal and political, and thus gave it, with its gigantic money power, the moral power to do all this evil? We say, Mr Clay, Mr Webster, the noisy Federal detmgogues in and out of Congress their lying stump orators, and panic makers, and the whole ccrps of, Federal Whig editors, big and little, throughout the Union. These are the men! This is the party! al Wiose door, lays the cause and sin of a if this disgrace, this misery and ruin upon the coun try!! And these are the men. who, with all ths ruin staring them in the face, are now atempting to fix another Monster Bank up ojr the country. Thank God! the pillars of t? great marble Hank palace htive fallen in Philadelphia that Juggernaut of Federalism atd Whiggery! And not until every Fede rl Whig traitor is expelled from ollice and frcm power, will the business of the country prcsper, and its honor, credit and morals be Cpm dishonor. lav. now fast annrnachino. :v will stink in the no - Correction In the Carolinian of the 24th ultimo, was a short notice of the. trade and brightening prospects of. Fayetteville, which closed by saying that the people of Cumberland should send men to the next Legislature who knew the rights of Fayetteville and would dare maintain and urjje them, to the benefit of a turnpike to the mountains. This part has been construed by the gentlemen represent ing this county in the last legislature, to cast censure on them. Such was not the inten tion. Our views were entirely prospective, and not retrospective, in those remarks. It is pretty well established that none but Democratic candidates can be elected, and our purpose is to get the people to pledge these candidates to seize every opportunity to strain every nerve in representing to and urging upon the Legislature, the right of Fayetteville to, and the absolute necessity for, a Turnpike- It smacks of absolute neg lect, that Fayetteville, the largest trading and manufacturing town in the Stale, is hardly approachable from the impassable state of the roads during the winter, while Wil mington and Italei:rh hive been helped to a $6C0,C00 rail road. If the people of Cum berland County are goiug to suffer such neg lect any longer, they mav prepare themselves to suffer any thing. Do they not see that notwilhstandiniriKaleiirh has a rail road, she 13 striving also A gel a turnpike? Theyare dowtg '.their utmost to get a turnpike from the 1 Legislature, and unless Luuiberlanil bounty takes a stand in the Legislature determined to defend her rights, she will be chizelled out of every thing. The Glentworth Frauds. We publish in another column, a letter from James 15. Glentworth, in which he de clares his determination to divulge the se crets of that, diabolical scheme, known as the "Glentworth F.-aucis," committed on the elective franchise, by the leaders of the Whiur party in New York, in 1S38 and '39, and successfully practised in Ohio in 1840. This letter is but the preface to his disclosures. If practicable we shall lay them entire before our readers. Since writing the above, we notice that the Glentworth disclosures have been pub lished in pamphlet form, copy right secured. Resumption. The citizens of Philadelphia held a Town meeting on the 30th Dec. 1S41, and adopted resolutions concerning State faith, resump tion Stc. Among them was one calling on the Legislature to fix an early day for ihe resumption of specie payment, by the Banks, or to wind up their affairs.' Another resolu tion appoints a committee to inquire into the expediency of adopting the "Macon Specific;" that is, that no money be received but coin, or paper ni3de equal to coin by a discount. Senator Mai; gum. fX5 Our readers will perceive from the Congress news that Mr Mangum opposes the Exchequer. We have published only a very few of his remarks, but take them alto gether, and all the gall and wormwood which Uhs gathered in Mr Mangum's heart since the vetoes, seems to be spirted out, like an - T trrtiiTtrjg IT TUT C r Uslll I"' Hje poor Exchequer, which seems more mon strous in his eyes than the most diabolical scheme ever entertained. The Sub-Treasury he thinks was a lamb to it. He thinks ihe Sub-Treasury, afier all, was iiot -so bad as the (lying) Whigs made it out to be. He confesses now that he OPPOSED IT NOT FJtOM WHAT IT WAS, but from what it might become!!! This is something, at all events. Let Mr Mangurn's friends stare; they will find out after a while that the whole gang of their political leaders have deceived then, in this same way. When Mr Van Bu ren was the bar to their ambition, he and the Sub-Tre-Jsury were monsters; now Mr Tyler is (lie bar; the Sub-Treasury is not so had, but Mr Tyler's Exchequer is the "bold est stretch for power ever witnessed in this Government!" And so they go, just as in terest or prejudice leads them, so they try to lead ihe people. Pretty men for Legislators! "The Philadelphia Spirit of the Timer says, that love is, alphabetically speaking. one ot the most a-gitating, o-ewiicning, c-on- :i ?...! cc.: f i :r. -A Um luuoueu, u-eceii iui uuaira vi mc, nu mv. most e-xlraraantutilitous-lorious, Aran dy dandyish, r-rksonie, j-ocose, billing, f-yr- icat, m-iserable, n-ice, o-mnihe, j-laguin, quarrelsome, r-acy, -easonable, l-ouching, u-ngovernable, t-ixenish, wild, x-tatic, -eab ous of human passions." The above should have been credited to Sterne, from whom the Spirit of the Times stole it. The Corporal uses it in describing Love to Uncle loby. We are glad to see that , the Charleston Mercury appears with new type. The ap pea ra nee is much improved. Property In flambarfr. 9, C The owner and founder of Hamburg, Mr Shuliz, finding himself involved irrpeettniary embarrassments, determined to sell his pro perty. The following list of sates may not be uninteresting: Lot No. 163, 50 by 190 ft. 161, " 16 , " " 159. " " 158, 157. 153, 40J by 150 ft. 155,'37J I90J 154, " "I52&I5I, M M M U f .1 u" sold fur $900 " 715, " 700, . " 700, 7O0, " 15, 40, " 655, " 600, " 16a0, The fruits of WhiRscry. The present Legislnture of Maryland, are called upon to provide $1,215,433 67, to meet the demands upon the Treasury of the owue. j low is it to he misp.l? If mi,ct Ke I O l. Uv d, and the people taxed to pav it and rest. t would the people of North Ca rolin.T 'should their affairs be brought to this ion? And vet thev are Hi si vrritir tn a(y has the Legislature pledged'the te to two rail roads: to th ivhich the State will few more such liall be The trrtn of salo were. h halt cash. tb tkr half six monttis credit. On the 24th of December the Banks in N. Orleans refused to take each other's notes on deposite, and some would receive dues in no notes but their own., . The whole city was thrown into confusion. Another evil of the Bankino- system: and is a strong argument againsi giving corpora lions the power of ma king money. ron thb iiortii Carolinian. The Temple of Democracy. AH bail to the morning That bids us rejoice; The trrr.plc's completed, Exalt biijli each voice; The esip-sfone is finished, Our labor is o'er, The sound of the Monster Shall hail us no more. To our blessed Constitution, which ever has guitb'd Our fathers of old. hiyh exalting their f.unc To hinif who hath governed our hearts undivided. Let's send forth onr voices to praiso bis great name. Republican?, assemble On this Joyful day, The occasion is glorious, The key-stone to lay. The Plates have all voted, We've routed the fon, Democracy's triumphed And Wlii story's low. The South State, Nw-IIampshire, and Denton'a Missouri, Virginia, Alabama, IU.nojs, ami the Ark, Ar: the Suites wh cli stood up fbr Van Bur- n mot truly, And ih; most of th Jr titters have emerged from the dark. The reat Empire State, In h r shtry appears; ' Indi ana and Georgia, We hail with ihroe cheers Mississippi, Ohio, And Maryland too; Flerc's young Michigan, And witli Maine again true. Iowa, Wiseontin, and h I rida fair, VVidi a b.'othrrly love, on the arch wn engrave, Win n the time shall roll round, may their voices app':ar, To swell tin proud flood of Democracy's wve! Equal rig Aa, equal laws, On our pillars nppear; Truth and Justice, our mottoes, In characters clear No Bank, tio Monopolies. Distributions, or Loans All tyrants ue bate, And a foe to all thrones. Those sacsj of old, who our doctrines maintained. With Van Cur n and Jackson wc couple their names; And the fanvd icey-ico, in the Senate, who gainrd A renown, which shall la'st till the Earth's wrapt in flames. Our own Carolina, Is not to be found In the arch of the temple, Aliho' she is sound; The sar of her glory Will y.t shine with lustre, And be placed in the midst Of a radiant cluster. WithHENRT to guide us as chief of the North State, Our course will hn onward, Democratic and pure He's a statesman, a scholar, profound in debate, Give his name to the People our victory's sure. Bank, fjackson. J Jefferson and Madison. H22 Democratic Snatox? of the Extra Session. Supreme Court. The following gentleman have been ad mitted to the practice of the Law, in tho Superior and County Courts of this State, to wit : Superior Courts. William J. Ellison, of Williamston, E. W. Jones, of Plymouth, J. it. uargravc and William U. Myers of An ion, George JJavis ot Wilmington, Alex- inner Vj. lilount ol INewbern, Thoma J. 'Vibon, of Stokes, Wilson W. Whitaker, of Take, and D. D. Ferebee. of Currituck. I CounOj Court Francis II. Hawks and uui.13 . xjajf ui rvasningion, jjarms tl. tarbuck, of Cuilford, David A. Barnes, of Northampton, William Thompson, of Cas- eu, r raucis A. J erry, ol Richmond, R. B. reecy, ol Jdenton, J. A. Lillington, of Wilmington, and Win. II. Henderson, of aieigti. J. U. Standard. Report aud Estimates fr the Navy. We yesterday b in ike of the Report of the crelary of the !Navy, especially of that part it in which it is recommended that d nvirn. tent should aid individual enterprise in build- j oeeau steamers, uur attention has since en drawn more particularly to the estimate the support of tho Navy for 1842. The Navy Commissioners say, in their re t to the Secretary of the Navy, on tho sub- t ot steam vessels, " I hree arc already

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