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Tariff. YkPP copied from the Peters
burg (Va.) Stesmiij"" article giving what
here is of dubious ftilight probability that
President Tyr vil !to any bill avowedly
designed as a protect tariff. Why has he
pot vetoed Mr Secrafy Forward for propos
ing such a scheme?' I" the mean time where
re the people of the jfcouth? The Clay parly
have adopted for thels motto a protective tariff
they have filled CllVess with their petitions
'o check foreign tinfil'fl'on thy boast that
hile there have bee' pousands of memorials
in favor of protectio jNhere has not been one
against it, and they .er that the South has
changed its princip f4mo' is.no longer in fa
vor of Free Trad ifWhnt say the cotton
growing States to t' What says Charles
ton to this? 5Ve iwuld like to take the
vote. We should fejoice to know the men
that would have u.s eignrt cotton only to Bos
ton, aud import suaflouly from New Or
leatn. f
Tne Southern Stirs have borne the rumor
of an effort to estabh a high tariff, with a
calm aspect, for a njher of reasons.
1. They had trusfd something to the honor
of Mr Clav. 'f
2. They hive truifd also much to the com
mon sense of Cong-'W, enlightened by the
experience of the lai-Mi'enty years.
3. They had tru.si3liot a Utile to the sol
emn pledges of tfae Wlo public life of Piesi
dent Tyler, that ifCirgtess should be mad and
faithless enough to oanct a protective tariff,
he would remember ps.cath, and arrest it.
4. They have tru: fed, perhaps more than
"II, to the sense o: Mterest of the manufac
turers themselves. fteY cannot but know
that a tariff warring 4U commerce, will be
itself warred upon rel?mjessly. Whatever ad
vantage they may 4ii by .-stability, will be
lost by crossing thelfll bauds of the Com
promise act. Beyoid jhat, there is no peace
no rest no foot .: 'fcolid ground to stand
npou. If they crosr itwe hold them as out
laws and traitors fi selfish, blind and in
curable. These are ;i$ reasons why remon
strance in its most f miidaLle shape has not
gone to Washingh alrorn the South. But
these reasons may al fail where are we then?
People of the South ;Wi0 to Vour danger!
Charleston Mercury'
lrA
I'oindexln 's Reportfoathe abuses of tlie X.
Y. Custt House.
We are indebted t:ne Hon. Garret Davis
of Kentucky, for a c y of this 1 ig document,
purporting to givo a isclosure of all the enor
mous enormities of the New York Custom
House. We canno l'.e much value upon
this exposuie uutil ivf'jrrectness is better
established. It. proft ss to have detected a
wide system of fraud fie tit collusion between
the late Collector He and tlie woollen man
ufacturers of New 1 ttgland, to ban ass aud
exclude importation , that came in contact
with them. This is y no means improbable,
but they deny .ihedmrge peremptorily, defy
him to the proof ant-use towards Poindexter
himself pretty rpugl language, v hicll in a
44 card " he has prom .en to f notice i:i a pro
per manner " as soot- as he gets time; as well
as. to establish the e: act truth of his charges.
Another part of the' Report is a long tabular
statement of alleged - vcrcharges foi all man
ner of stationary fo (tlfc Custom House, in
whit h the alleged ti us market prices of arti
cles is contrasted wii x 0e prices paij by the
Government Officers (J'hese tables are made
out on the sole testinSny of Mr Felt, and the
Washington correspondent of the Herald slates
that the said Mr Felt has written - a letter ta
the Speaker of the!House to be laid before
that body, in which l e roundly denies that he
ever gave the testinony attributed to him in
theRepoit! He sa'r he was examined be
fore the Investigating Committee, but that
they, contrary to thei-promise, never allowed
him to see, and that iff never did see nor sign
the written statemeits! The Herald also
contains another equ lly curious comment on
this part of the lleporl from the Messrs. Wait,
printers, who furnish much of the stationa
ry paraded in these tables. In return they
present a table compifing Poindexter's scale
of market prices, m th the the actual prices
pai l for stationery for the use of the Investi
gating Committee its If, which were approved
by Poindexter and fnud by the Government.
One of his items is "and 50 cts. a bushel "
for which the Comnittee paid at the rate of
27 21 a bushel. Cif'fhe whole it appears
that "Old Poins" hiilaswell resign the of
fice of public reformt.'i' and labor in that field
where it is said chariygbegins. Charleston
.Mercury. r j fe
Mr Claitg orcan.
The Independent, ho paper established at
Washington by Mr Ijgrasauts and others, to
sustain Mr Clay outs tijis most of its collea
gues on the Whig sdej n its undisguised
aristocracy ot principal
A correspondent i that paper of May 31st,
proposes the entire allocation of our natural
ization laws, and akjeditorial article in the
same number, oppost U most energetically the
enjoyment of the rigl of suffrage by the poor
man. H .
The editorial artic j fteaded "Difference
ot Rights between t! e-who have property
to protect and those i h have only their per
sons."' After censuring th dpctrincs of Mr Jeff
erson, it introduces y Jt high commendation,
an article from the ffkw Haveu Herald, a
W hig print, in which if said, that the "ar
gument for allowiu. Qcn of no property an
equal vote with those vlo own property cer
taiuly fails," that 'jfe not true that men of
no property have e oal rights toUiauage or
defend with men of poerty," and that univer
sal suffrage isia vjion of equal rights,
and a government re ognizing such suffrage
islounded on injusti
It is easy to jrefut 4 these anti-democratic
og nas. , . i ;i
The right to ote founded upon the fact
that the government fh dispose of the life,
liberty, property Or etfigs of the voter. Its
actiou in this rjp certainly affects the
poor man as welfas tejrich. The poor have
therciore a similar, if an equal interest in
the government.:- loathe Independent will
have it that the interen f the rich man in the
good administration e government, as af
fected by voting, U greater than that of the
Door man. W n
We hold on the contrary, that the poor
man's interest is greater than the rich man's.
The reason is simply this : the poor man. is
.more affected than the rich in the dif
ferent varieties in the administration of the
different kinds of government, from those
where there is no voting at all, to those where
universal suffrage prevails.
The rights of property are protected, nearly
equally, under every species of government ;
but the rights of those vho are without pro
perty are constantly crushed where they do
not participate in the sovereignty. The rich
man is rarely oppressed any where; the poor
are generally oppressed, almost every where.
The rich can overleap or evade oppressive
laws : the poor are obliged to 'suffer under
them. There is, perhaps, not a country cn
earth, where the poor man does not directly
or indirectly pay at least bis full share of tax
es, and wherever he does uot vote he pays
much more. If the government deprives the
rich man of half his income, and the poor
man of his, then the independent would have
it thaf the rich man's sufferings are the great
er. We hold, however, that the poor man's
sufferings are the greatest in that case ; for
the rich man can still be comfortable, under
the los3 of half his income, but the like loss
to the poor man and his family may reduce
hiui aud his family to the extreme ol misery.
XUfe rich mau never needs to foi th-to aid
in the wars of the government, but the poor
man is compelled to leave his family, encoun
ter hardships, and expose his life.
- Suppose, however, that v. e admit that the
rich man has a far greater interest in the good
management of public affairs than the poor,
aud ought therefore to have a far greater influ
ence over the government, even then we hold
that the former possesses all this preponder
ating influence, although he lives under a sys
tem of universal suffrage.
He has, first, an extraordinary influence
over the public prints, which affect public
opinion; he has next an extraordinary influ
ence iu preparing the nominations of the
respective parties : then he has a greater in
fluence in affecting the opinions and actions
of the voters ; and finally, after the election
is over, he has an immense advantage over
the poor man, in his superior ability to visit,
and influence the executive aud legislative
officers.
There is no government on earth under
which the rich are pre-eminently the wronged
or oppressed class, and of course, there is
none in which they do not enjoy their full and
just propoitkm of power and influence.
From the Gl jbc.
Apt Illustration.
We see iu an exchange paper an extract
from the "Florence (Ala.) Gazette" a Whig,
tariff paper containing the following re
mark, viz:
"Well, give us a gold aud silver currency,
and with it give us the bane of national
wealth free trade, as it is popular styled ; aud
how long could this currency remain with us?
As certain as the Jaws of nature drain the
waters of the Mississippi to the seas, so cer
tain would this currency, by the laws of
comine'rce, find its way to the great marts of
Europe."
Well, did it ever occur to this enemy of
free trade to inquire what can be the reason
tchy the JHississippi does not run dry, and
leave the vast regions which drains on arid
desert? There goes the water and a mighty
flood it is Jumbling, boiling, foaming, pour
ing into the Gulf of Mexico, water enough to
make a sea every year. There is no counter
current no river carrying the water back
again ; it is always running one ivay ; and
yet, wonderful to tell, there is as much water
in the Western country now, as when the
white people first found it! What can be the
reason? Why, by the operation of the laws
of nature, the water which runs out by this
mighty stream is brought back by the currents
of the atmosphere, and returned to the earth
iu raindrops and dewdrops, in snow and hail.
The flakes of snow, descending with scarce a
feather's weight, melted by the presence of the
sun on his return from the South, and com
bined together from numberless mountains
and prairies, hills and dales, form those over
whelming floods which defy human strength,
and form one of the most majestic illustrations
of Almighty power.
Now, the operation of the laws of trade is
verv analagous to those of nature's laws.
Specie, and specie funds, are constantly leav
ing the Western country and the Uuited
States, iu a mighty stream, like that of the
Mississippi; yet they are never drained.
That which goes out iu a flood, comes back
iu drops ; aud these drops are numerous
euough to keep the flood always running.
We illustrate our reasoning by a dialogue
betweeu JWr Tariff and Wr Frcetrade.
Scene Florence, .ilabama.
Tariff. Neighbor Fi eetrade, I am surprised
at your opposition to a tariff. Don't you see
how free trade is taking all our specie from
us, aud carrying it off to the East; and thence
to Europe?
Freclrade. "Our specie!" you call it.
Now, our section of country does not pro
duce specie ; and how did we get any?
T. By selling our produce for it.
F. - Ay, by trade. It began to corne before
it began to go, did it not? .
T. Certainly. The first emigrants brought
some; and our planters, drovers, boat hands,
&c. bring more.
F. Well, there was none here when the
first emigrants came here, was there?
T. No.
F. And the quantity has been increasing
ever since, has it not.
T. I suppose it has.
F. And yet it has been running East in a
torreut like that of the Mississippi, ail the
time ; has it uot?
T. That is what I was complaining about.
F. Considering the facts just admitted, is
there any good reason for complaint? Is it
reasonable to charge trade with carrying off
all our specie, when it brings us all we have,
and the quautity is constantly increasing?
T. But it would increase faster if it were
not carried away.
F. Well, suppose some one, to save the
water of the Western country, were to dam
up the Mississippi what would be the conse
T. It would drown us all.
F. If specie kept coming, and none went
away, we should soon have more than we
should know what to do with. It is not much
better to tot it go, and get something useful
for it? i ,
T. T don't know. I must think about it;
TWENTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS.
SECOND SESSION.
Senate, Thursday, June 2, 1S42.
Mr Benton, from the Committee on Mili
tary Affairs, to which had been referred the
b:II to provide for the armed occupation and
settlement of the Territory of Florida, re
ported the same back without amendment.
The Senate proceeded to the consideration,
as in committee of the whole, of the apportion
ment bill.
The question pending, when the Senate
adjourned on yesterday, was the motion of
Mr Wright to ameud the following section of
the bill :
Sec. 2. And be it further enact erf. That,
in every case when a State is entitled to more
than one Representative, the number to which
each State shall be entitled under this appor
tionment shall be elected by districts, com
posed of contiguous territory, equal in num
ber to the number of Representatives to which
eaid Stale may be eiititlotl district
electing more than one Representative.
Mr Wright moved to strike from the above
section the words "no one district electing
more than one Representative," and to iusert
the words "as far as that can be done in con
formity with the established election systems
of the States ; but no State shall, by virtue of
the provisions of this section, consider itself
called upon to divide counties, or o:her elec
tion di tricts, for the purpose of furnishing
single districts."
Mr Woodbury observed, that in taking the
ground he did, that the law now intended was
unconstitutional, he asserted nothing which
he did not mea-n to maintain before the Se
nate and the country. What he contended
was, that after passing a law such as this, im
perfect and inoperative, it would prove a law
of no force; and Congress could not dared
not send a military force into New Hamp
shire to carry it out. If you pass a law to
have the force of a law, you must carry it out
yourselves by making the districts. But you
can uot force a State to obey such a mere or
der as this. This was no temporary construc
tion of the Constitution ; it was the cotstruc
tion which had been given to it for half a cen
tury. The alteration must be perfected by
Congress, and must be for extraordinary rea
sons, or it is not within the spirit of the Con
stitution. All that he said was, that Congress
dared not send a force into that State -a sov
ereign State of this Union to make her obey
a mandate of this .Congress. And your in
ability to enforce the law you pass in this form,
shows its unconstitutionality. He did not
hold the doctrine whh-h the Senator from Ken
tucky imputed U him that after a law had
been constitutionally passed by Congress, it
was to be resisted by force.
Mr Criitendeu asked, if Congress passed
this law, would the Legislature of New Hamp
shire use force to frustrate it?
Mr Woodbury said, "no, she would not;
bi t she would do what Kentucky did iu 1798,
and what Virginia and South Carolina did.
She would go to work with determination, and
peaceably bring about a corrective.
The doctrine held by the Kentucky Legis
lature was the following:
"That the several States who formed that
instrument, (the Constitution,) beirsg sov
ereign and independent, have the unquestion
able right to judge of the infraction; and that
a nullification, by those sovereignties,; of all
unauthorized acts done under color of that in
strument, is the rightful remedy."
He desired that the attention of Congress
should be directed to the four or five instan
ces of alarming encroachments upon the
States which had recently been attempted on
the part of this Government. One of these
was the law in relation to the bankrupt system,
in which the force of Congress was brought
to bear upon the debtors and courti through
out the several States. Next, was the mea
sure by which all the States were brought here
to be fed out of the public crib, whiist they
were taxed, in return, to the full exteat of all
they received. Next, was the attempt to take
from the States their criminal jursdiction in
cases like McLeod's, and bring the causes
within the cognizance of your tribunals. And
what was it they had next seen at the other
end of the avenue, the propriety of which was
yet to be decided here? The citizens of a
State had been denominated insurgents, and
were about to be put down by an armed force;
and, last of all these encroachments, they had
the bill now under consideration a bill of an
unprecedented character dictating to the
States how they should make their districts,
aud how they should elect their members to
Congress.
House, Thursday, June 2, 1842.
Mr Underwood called up a bill incorporat
ing the "National Institution for the Promo
tion of Science." Was passed by a majori
ty of 105 to 66.
Senate, Friday, June 3, 19-42.
On motion of Mr Walker, the Senate pro
ceeded to the consideration, as in committee
of the whole, of the apportionment bill.
The question pending, when the Senate
adjourned on yesterday, was the "motion of
Mi W right to amend the followiug section of
the bill :
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That,
in every case when a State is entitled to more
than one Representative, the number to which
each State shall be entitled under this appor
tionment shall be elected by districts, com
posed of contiguous territory, equal in num
ber to the number of Representatives to which
said State may be entitled no one district
electing more than one Representative.
Mr Wright had moved to strike from the
above section the words "no one district elect
ing more than one Representative," and to
iusert the words "as far as that can be done
in couformity with the established election
systems of the States ; but no State shall, by
virtue of the provisions of this section, con
sider itself called upon to divide countie, or
other election districts, for the purpose of fur-
i f g ,ymmmm jj!,n i mint muy "-l'r.T:?''"?T-,ysg"rr
The bill and amendment were debated till
adjournment without taking the question.
House, Friday, June 3, 1842.
Mr Fillmore reported a bill for the raising
of revenue for fhe year.lS42.
The bill was read a first and second time.
Mr Fillmore then moved that it be commit
ted to the Committee of the Whole on the
state of the Union, and that it be printed ;
also, that 5,C00 extra copies be printed.
The motion was agreed to.
Mr FiHmore then submitted a resolution
to fix Monday next, at 1 o'clock, to terminate
debate in Committee of the Whole on the
military appropriation bill ; which was adop
ted, after some objection, by the ayes and
noes ayes 93, noes S5.
On motion of Mr Roosevelt, the House
resolved itself into Committee of the Whole
on the state of the Union, and resumed the
consideration of the bill making appropria
tions for the support of the arm? for the year
IS42.
Senate, Saturday, June 4, 1842.
The Senate proceeded to consider, as in
Committee of the whole, the apportionment
bill.
The same amendment as above, being un
der consideration, which was debated, with
out action till adjournment.
House, Saturday, June 4, 1842.
The llouso rocolved itself into Committee
of the Whole on the state of tho Union, and
resumed the consideration of the bill making
appropriations for the support cf the army and
of the military academy for the year 1S42.
Reduction of the military establishment of the
Uuited States being urged by many on ac
count of the empty Treasury.
Senate, Monday, June 6, 1S42.
The Senate proceeded to consider, as in
committee of the whole, the Apportionment
bill, the question pending being on the above
amendment of Mr Wright, which was again
debated till adjournment.. The debates, we
believe, would not interest many readers.
House, Monday, June 6, 1S42.
Mr Fillmore obtained the floor, and observ
ed that, as the army bill had to be taken from
the Commitiee at 1 o'clock, and as so short a
time would elapse before that hour, he hoped
the House would immediately resolve itself
into Committee of the Whole on the state of
the Union. ,
Mr Levy, who held the floor from Saturday,
resumed his remarks.
He refened to au item in the present bill
for arrearages' due for the Florida war; and
the proviso he had offered was, that no part of
the appropriation should be applied to the sup
port of the militia, or to forces not authorized
by existing laws.
Iu spite of the fact that the Government had
been so lenient a fact which could -be prov
ed heyond the possibility of a doubt the sym
pathies of gentlemeu had been excited and led
estrayby the supposition that we were making
an attempt to diive those savages from their
native homes the land of their forefathers.
This was not the fact. They were called
Florida Indians, only because they were there
at the time. But they were intruders and
trespassers upon the Territory. Its aborigines
were Yemassees ; aud they were driven out
long ago, by South Carolinians and Georgians,
who went there, aided by 1.000 Creek In
dians. He read from Williams' History of
Florida an account of the extermination oT
these aborigines long ago about the year
1704 under Governor Maule. By whom
were they succeeded ? By runaways and re
fugees from the Upper Creek nation, who re
sided not in Florida, but between Georgia
aud the Mississippi. He reed rom an offi
cial report in 1S22, by Captain Bell, describ
ing the people who resided iu Florida at the
time of its .cession. When the country was
ceded, General Jackson, with that wisdom
and foresight for which he was so remarkable,
recommended and pressed the removal of
these Indians from Florida, and the enforce
ment of their retieat back to the Creeks. But
his recommendations were disregarded ;and
ever since, the Government had been crimi
nally moderate towards them.
The committee proceeded to vote on the
pending and proposed amendments.
The committee proceeded to line 90, " For
arsenals, $120,000."
Mr.Deberry moved to amend, by increas
ing the sum to $150,000.
The amendment was lost.
The Commitiee then rose and reported the
bills to the House ; when the amendments to
the navy pension-fund bill were concurred
in, and it was read the third time and passed.
Senate, Tuesday, June 7, 1S42.
On motion of Mr Woodbury, the Senate
proceeded to consider, as in committee of the
whole, the Apportionment Bill.
Mr Walker considered the second section
of the clause of the bill under discussion noth
ing but a direction of the Governors of the
States, in which the general-ticket system pre
vails, to assemble their Legislatures in extra
session, to repeal their own acts providing for
the election of their Representatives in Con
gress. But in some of those states the old appor
tionment gave them the same number of Rep
resentatives that this bill will give whether
under the ratio chosen by the House or that
substituted by the Senate. Those States may
not have any extra sessions of their Legisla
tures before the election of Representatives;
and if they elect the members of Congress, it
must be under the old law of their Legisla
tures ; yet this bill says the law must be alter
ed. Would uot this present a new and irre
concileable difficulty ? In his own State, the
meeting of the Legislature is biennial, and
the people are opposed to yearly sessions.
At the last session they provided for the elec
tion of their Representatives by the general
ticket system. Before they can again con
vened, the election must take place ; but this
bill says that the Governor must couveno the
Legislature, to repeal the law. It was his
conviction that the Governor would not con
vene the Legislature for the purpose. If he
do not, will that law be repealed? Can an
order from Congress to alter a law have the
effect of altering it ? Is the law altered be a
mere order to alter it? No : it can only be
altered by a law of Congress, actually district
ing the States. A mere mandate to alter a
law, does not alter the law ; and the law being
elect its Representatives under its existing
law, aud Congress cannot refuse to recognise
them.
Mr Berrien stated that the people of Geor
gia had exercised the right of choosing 'their
Representatives by the general-ticket, system
since the beginning of the Government. It
was a system to which they gave the prefer
ence by unanimous assent ; and, therefore,
he felt it to be his duty to advocate their rijht
to preserve that system as long as they con
ceive they can be best represented by it.
The question was called for on Mr Wright's
amendment, as above, which resulted as fol
lows yeas 19, nays 29.
Mr Linn suggested the following as a sub
stitute for an amendment of Mr Walker's ;
Provided, That the provisions of this law
shall not affect the election of members to the
28th Congress. c
Mr L. said this would cover the whole
ground. He would say to the fiiends of this
bill, that if this provison was adopted, it would
strip it of all party complexion. They could
uot then be accused of getting up this bill for
the purpose of accomplishing party motives.
The Senate seemed to be so closely divided
on the question of this second section, that it
was hard to tell what would be the result for
one side or another.
Mr Walker said he would accept the sub
stitute. Mr L.inn had some observations t? make,
and would wish to proceed" with them now,
provided the vote ou the bill could be taken
this evening ; but if it could not, he would
rather defer his remarks till to-morrow.
House, Tuesday, June 7, 1842.
The House took up the bill making appro
priations for the support of the army and of
the military academy for the year 1S42; the
question being ou concurring with the amend
ments made yesterday in Committee of the
Whole.
Mr McKay wished to offer an amendment,
to wliiehhe begged the attention of the House.
It was within the recollection of the members
that, by the act of 1S38, the pay several of rhe
officers of the army was increased. By the
law as it now stood, the pay of the officers of
tne stafl, of the dragoons, of tho ordnance,
and of the engineer corps was greater than
that of the artillery and infantry.
Mr McK. after a few more observations,
concluded by saying that he was aware thV
the llouso was impatient, and lit would there
fore occupy their attention no longer; con
tenting himself with submitting for their con
sideration the amendment, that he proposed
to offer with the accompanying table that he
had just read. Mr McK. then read an amend
ment providing that officers of the staff, whoss
duties required of them to be mounted, should
receive a proportionate allowance for forage.
' Amongst other abuses of the West Point
academy Mr Reynolds called the attention of
the House to the fact that forty cadets gradua
ted every year, not half of whom entered, or
were required for the army. Was it right, then,
to educate eighteen or twentv gentlemen at
the public expens-e, when they were not re
quired for the public service?
Mr Reynolds said that he did not intend
to vote for the bill if tho West Point academy
was retained in it. And iu reference to the
inquiry of the gentleman from Pennsylvania,
he said he believed the academy was perverted
from its original intention, when it educated
bishops instead of soldiers. As well might
this Government establish a church, or create
a religion. He objected to the West Point
academy, also, that it was a monopoly, and
confined to the sons ot gentlemen, without
reference to talent.
The amendment, providing that hereafter
no additional rations shall be allowed to the
commanding officers of separate posts, was
concurred in yeas 105, nays 89.
All the amendments were then concurred
in, except the amendment to the 2 1st item,
which provided that no ordnance storekeeper
shall receive for his services a greater com
pensation thau is allowed by the act of 5th
April, 1832, which was not concurred in.
The question was then taken on the pass
age of the bill, and resulted ayes 1 63, noes 22.
News b
Letter from itie Hon. VV ihi:i;u R. King t the Sa
lisbury Convention.
Washington City, May 10th, 1842.
Gentlemen : I have the honor to acknow
ledge the receipt of your polite invitation, to
meet my Democratic friends at Salisbury, on
the S20th of this month, to consult together on
the measures proper to be adopted, to sustain
the principles of the Constitution to protect
popular rights and I regret most siucerely,
that my legislative duties will deprive me of
the pleasure of uniting with them on so nn
portaut and interesting an occasion. The
system of measures which have characterized
the Whig party since it came into power, as
well calculated to alarm the friends of State
Rights, calls loudly upon every advocate of a
strict construction of the Constitution, and an
economical administration of the Government,
to exert themselves to arrest a course of poli
cy, which, if persevered in, cannot fail to be
destructive of the sovereignty of the States,
and greatly bur'hensome to the people.
As a North Carolinian by birth and educa
tiou, I trust I shall be pardoned for sayiug,
that I have felt deep mortification, at seeing
my native State array herself ou the side of
those who would fasten on the country a hea
vy funded debt a National Bank a distri
bution of the proceeds ol the sales of Public
Lauds and a consequent high Tariff of du
ties. I trust in God your efforts may prove
successful and that the virtuous old State of
my birth, convinced of the evils which W:hig
rule is likely to bring upon the country, will
be found in future, with her sister States of
the South, marching under the Republican
Banner. For the flattering terms in which
you gentlemen have been pleased to make
known the wishes of those you represeut,
accept my heart-felt thanks. '
With the highest respect,
I am your obedient servant,
W ILLIAM R. KING.
J. L. Henderson, and others.
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ails.
Jhn the Cane Fear
their fields is at
CO" They have a man in Philadelphia as
tonishing the natives by his immense strength.
A day or two ago he raised an anchor, weigh
ing about 1,100 pounds, several inches clear
of the ground. Afterwards he raised 12 fifty-
l l4 iill.lill ir--!-
The Crops. PlanU
inform us that the Rice
this time remarkably tot rrri nnd thrifty in
appearance promisingveat harvest. The
Com in the regions hererjb'krts also looks well.
fVil. Chronicle. i
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Crops. We feel gripy that the present
prospect of the Crops ini part of the State,
is so promising. Solits our observation
and enquirers have enptid us to ascertain,
the reheat crop will turjK. j,ut rpore than an
average. Corn is also promising. The
Oats crop is not so faifji it was last year.
Cotton is rather behind Hind, owing to the
cold nights and morning Lhich set in about
the time it was coming vlj. Salisbury Watch
man. p--L ':;
It is said that the crepj in Kentucky, of
Tobacco, hemp, corn ad grain, were never
more promising than at &L time.
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r.oss of the C. IV-ig Ashley.
The C. L. brig "Ashkyv Capt. Sherwood,
which sailed hence on jP.iday morning last,
with a cargo of Cotton ajbJ tice, for N. York,
was struck by a heavy $t about sixty miles
off shore and sprung ai ; which could not
be stopped bore awaf Cftr the land about
midnight on Wednesday nd, was beached
about a mile noith of 0f Inlet, nine miles
across the country frolaMlYilrtiington. Ou
Thursday, about 3 o'clock- 'jP. mL. passengers
and crew saved; vessot a id cargo wilTbe
lost, as there was a heary -,ea and strong N.
E. wind setting on shofw The ladies were
safely landed on the man, (which is separa
ted from the beach by ant?Tow; sound.) At
6 o'clock, Thursday rrfMi ing, eight ofho
passengers coming on f slore in the second
boat, were swamped iu hei surf, but reaehel
the beach in safety. j
There were 12 cabin ai,J 9 steerage pas
sengers. T he followirW 'is a list: K. H.
Williams and lady, Mr ila ris and lady, Miss
Bigelow, Miss Try on, tlys Richards", Miss
Wells, Messrs. North,! Sounders, Gardner,
and Root. :
JNo language can Xess the courage,
fortitude aud kindness of -apt.. Sherwood
his untiring efforts to jaii. the. vessel. He
stood at the helm, hourafjDr hour, encourag
ing aud cheering his majtt lind the passengers
to hold on at the pumps. -i Vhetl they seemed
to Ingg, ho would say "Lades go forward anil
encourage the men ; tell liem that "in twenty
minutes or half an hoiir l-.dp may come."
Charleston JMercury. , j ,j
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A Dreadful STonv-rhe Mount Holly
Herald of Thursday su)te, that a-man and
his wife lately living in Qhl liter, Township, iu
Pennsylvania, were last jwitkk detected of hav
ing thrown three of tbeui children iti to the
fire, and there let them ieriain till thev were
burnt to ashes. This vyasjJone airectly after
each child was born for lie . third successive
year
Boundary Commissioners.- Ou Satur
day, the Governor of Massachusetts, by and
wish the advice and coaejit of the Council,
appointed the Hon. Charles Allen, of Wor
cester : lion. John Milfa, ff Hampdou ; and
Hon. Abbott Lawience,fpt Boston, Commis
sioners ou the part of thjs State, to proceed to
Washington, and uuitejuthe iN. E. Boun
dary negotiations.
Mr Dickens in CAWda.-A most de
lightful entertainment Was furnished to the
Vlonlreal on Wed-
tjfj.. 'of ladies aud
:ventng, took pos
inviting
a lariie
fashionable community jf
tiesday evening by a p4
gentlemen, who, for that,
session of the theatre, and
....... i i, . i . . 1 . i
-ii.ic ji Him ii iuijus, luruciu actors aud ac
tresses. Private theatrjeci- were probably
never got up under better.riuspices, for when
we state that Mr CharleSjlUskiips was stsio
manager, and that both'he md Mrs Dickens
sustained the leading paf(s Vi the pieces selec
ted, we think that we hayesaid quite enough
to excite the curiosityb"ftho public. Tho
house was crowded withSfelightftii audience,
and from the moment thH urtain drew up to
the moment it droppedffiiidly, nothing liko
fatigue was felt. The pieces selected were a
Roland lor an Oliver,Kpely . sud Charles
Matthews' famous scene (j Past Two o'clock
in the Morning, and the t'rce of Deaf as a
Post. In all these tbdpcNiracters were sus
tained by lady and geneijen amateurs, and
one and all acquitted ihepselves admirably.
Refreshments weie Ifeeully. provided dur
ing the evening, and iiffhijg was left undone
by the Committee whidh'.:uld contribute to
the comfort and amusedbet of the visitors.
Montreal Courier. j j
Honor to Ohio! 'CTiiE Penitentiary;
claiming its own." tftf ! Farringtoii, lato
president of the Gallipjtip Bank, has been
twice convicted of frauds i nd has been sen
tenced to the penitentiary ;Jr ten years. ?
nor to the Stale of Oh$p! She is the only
State, we believe, in ipii h the "cobweb of
law" has been found abro ig enough to hold
one of the bankbig-bugjfc- It Pennsylvania,
the king-bugs of the bi'nk break the fili
mer threads as readilfTi;s the lion walks
through a bird-net. Xj
Resumption in TEj!f see Resumption
by the Banks ir. Tenuef. , by law, to take
place in tweuty days afrar he Banks of Lou
isiana aud Kentucky Lhss'l" have resumed.
The Banks of Louis irjll, our readers are
aware, have recently renned ; .those of Ken
tucky will resume on thvff,eeDln of the - pre
sent month ; and, therelftrti if the law of Ten
uessee is complied withr !pr banks must re
sume on the 4th
ed withf;jr ba
of JulylKXt.-
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Hall. Sun.
Congress theyAiy Bill.
In the House, there ;n'8. to be a disposi
tion to retrench in thoscuartew where the
Administration has shot 33 desire to be most
prodigal. The navy apfriatfpn was lopped
considerably some da j jr ince The army
bill if the votes taken IV-jay, Committee
of the Whole be a test bejfut down still
more. This is the cocxiuene of the bad
management and wantjUt ec5omy of those
who promised so much ( dpcti-i as to make
thirteen millions per anf! edifice, and who
have already pushed tbn W'jeciditures above
thirty millions, and run Qbt of twenty-