t. I ENTY SEVENTH CONGRESS. SECOND SESSION. Senate, Wednesday, June 15, 1842. On motion of Mr Benton, the bill to pro vide for the armed occupatiou end settlement of the unsettled part of the peninsula of East Florida, having been correctly engrossed, was read the third time and passed. On motion of Mr Berrien, the Senate took iip the message frorn the House, returning the bill apportioning Representatives among the States according to the sixth census, and giving information that that House had non concurred with the Seuate in all their amend ments to said bill. The question now being on the motion to , insist on the amendment of the Senate, pro viding that Such states as have a fraction of . more than a moiety of the ratio shall be en titled to an additional Representative, it was put, and decided in the affirmative yeas 24, nays IS. The question va3 then taken on the mo tion to insist on. the amendment of the Se nate, increasing the ratio adopted by the House from 50,179 to 70,680, and decided iu the affirmative yeas 30, nays 14. . The other. amendments of the Senate, con forming the number of Representatives for each State to the ratio, was also insisted on and . . Tbe Secretary was directed to return the bill to the I louse, and inform it of the action of the Senate. On motion of Mr Evans, the Senate re sumed, as iu committee of the whole, tho con sideration of the bill making appropriation tor the naval service for the year 1S42. House, Wednesday, June 15, 1S42. On motion of Mr Fillmore, the House re solved itself 'into Committee of the Whole oh the state of the Union, (Mr McKcnnan of Pennsylvania in the chair,) and resumed the ' consideration of the bill to extend for a limit ed period the present laws for laying and col lecting duties on import3. Mr Gamble denied, in reply to some re marks of the gentleman from Indiana, Mr White, that the Whig party, at the late Pre sidential election, contemplated a protective tariff. It was a doctrine that was new to him, and it was not heard of at the South ; they had the principles of the compromise on their banners, and not protection; and he protested against having a protective tariff fastened up on them as a consequence of the victory of tho Whigs in 1S40. The question was first taken upon the mo tion to strike out the proviso to the bill, which re-enacts the distribution law. This motion was rejected ayes 102, noes 113. After several ineffectual attempts had been made to carry amendments to the bill, Mr Fillmore moved to strike out the words "and no longer," and insert: "at which time, if there shall be theu no further legislation on the subject, tho laws shall be the same as if no action had been had." This amendment was adopted without a count. The bill having been ordered to its en grossment, by general consent it was read a 3Ir .Everett moved that tne irtZ bill, which had been returned from the Se nate with the adherence of that body to its 'amendments, be now taken up. Tho motion was agreed to. Mr Everett moved that the House recede from its disagreement. Mr W. C. Johnson hoped the House would insist on its disagreement. Mr Wise moved the previous question, which was sustained by the House. The first question then taken was. on re ceding from the disagreement of the House to the first amendment of the Senate, by which the ratio of representation was increased from 60,179 to 70,6S0. ' The House refused to recede ayes 104," noes 110. The House also refused to recede on the other amendment. An irregular discussion ensued on the form of proceeding, and Mr W. C. Johnson moved that the House adhere to the disagreement. The vote was then taken on adhering to. the disagreement of the House ; which was determined in the negative-ayes 80, noes 127. Mr Black then moved an adjournment ; which was agreed to. . Senate, Thursday, June 16, 142. On motion of Mr Evans, the Senate re sumed the consideration, as iu committee of .the whole, of the bill making appropriation lor tho naval service for the year 1842. The question immediately pending was on strikiug out the following proviso of the House to the clause appropriating $2,335,000 for the pay of commissioned, warrant, and petty offi cers, and seamen, as amended by the Senate to read as follows: "Provided, That, until otherwise ordered by Con gress, no part of this, or any future or existing ap propriation, shall be applied to the payment of any officer in; the navy appointed after this dtle, beyond ii r li errn.ua now i BPrmr " . fr Benton hercvahibited a table showing the actual stale of thenavy, in point of numP bers, at the commencement of the years iS41 and 1S42 ; and showed that the increase in one year was nearly as great, as it had been in tho previous twenty vears ; and that its totality at (he latter of these periods was be tween eleveu and twelve thousand men, all told. The table was as follows: INCREASE OF OFFICERS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY AND SEAMEN. Captain?, Commanders, I .teu'ena nt, Surgeons, 1S22. 31 31 196 46 41 1341. 55 55 283 59 IS12. 6S 96 323 69 74 42 10 336 ,164 66 64 53 13 24 457,' 533 7,419 9,784 Adsistant-surgyotts and passed assistant?, Pursers, Chaplain?, Midshipmen and passed miJshipmen, P-tty officers, aoamen, boys, &c. ) ' Mr B. said this table spoke for itself showed what had been done in one year the last year, 1841 ; and presumed it would be harder to justify the increase from 1S22 to 1841, than to justify the return to that point from the point attained in 1842. The question was then taken by yeas nnd nays, on the' motion to strike out the proviso. ad resulted in the affirmative yeas 23 Mr Preston moved to amend the bill by in serting the following: For the transportation, arrangemrnt, and preser vation of artides brought, and to be brought, by the exploring- expedit iou, 20,000, if so much be necessary." . , L ' - :J Which was concurred in. , House, Thursday, June 16, 942. -THE APPORTIONMENT BlLLi The motion to reconsider the vote of yes terday, by which the House had refused to re cede from its disagreement of the Senate's amendment increasing the ratio from 50,179 to 70,680, was then carried ayes 101, nays 97. Mr Botts moved an . adjournme t, decided in the affirmative. Senate, Friday, June 17, 1842. On motion of Mr Evans, the Senate re sumed the consideration, as in committee of the whole, of the bill making appropriation for the naval service for year 1842. The question pending being the resolution of Mr Evans to strike out from page 1, line 8, $335,000, and insert 800,000. It adds $465,000 for pay of commissioned, warrant, and' petty officers, and seamen ; making the appropriation $2,SOO,000, instead of $2,335, 000, foe. that purpose. "The i.estion was then takeu on the mo tion to increase the appropriation from $2,-' 350,000 to $2,S00,0,0O, and resulted in the affirmative yeas 23, nays 19. The yeas and nays were called, and order ed, on the amendment, modified as follows: Provided, That, until otherwise ordered by Con gress, tlie officers of the navy shall not be increased beyond the number in the respective grades that may exist at the end of the present session ol Con gress ; nor of midshipmen, beyond the number now in the service. O z And resulted in the affirmative yeas 27, nays 17. The bill was then reported to the Senate, and the amendments of the committee of the whole were concurred in, and ordered to be engrossed for a third reading ; which having been done, the bill was subsequently read the third time, and passed.' House, Friday, June 17, 1S42. Mr C. J. Ingersoll, from the Committee on the Judiciary, rose and begged leave to report a bill for the relief of General Jack son. There being no objection thereto, he re ported the bill, and it was read a first and se cond time. It was a bill to restore the fine of $1,000 imposed on General Jackson in 1S15. THE APPORTIONMENT BILL. The question which was pending at the ad journment last night was, "Will the House recede from its disagreement to the amend ments of the Senate" on which Mr Thomp son of Indiana had moved the previous ques tion ; but, before any action was had thereon, the House adjourned. Mr Birdseye called for the yeas and nays on the question of receding, which were or dered ; and the House determined to recede from its disagreement to the amendments of the Senate: yeas 109, nay? 104. 1 he oiiestion then recurred upon aereeins resulted in Jhe affirm Alter. some conversation upon pot order between the Speaker and Mr W. Cost Johnson, the question was taken upon the second division of the Senate's amendment, (i. e. that which admits of the principle of tractional representation,) and it was agreed to yeas 111, nays 102. So the apportionment bill now only needs the signature of the President to become a law. The number of the House, according to the bill, will be 223 members; and the States are ordered to elect, in all'cases, by district. The House resolved ilself into Committee of the Whole on the tariff bill. Senate, Saturday, Juue 18, 1842. Mr Evaus, from the Committee on Fi nance, to which had been referred House bill to extend for a limited period the present law3 for laying and collecting duties on imports, reported the same back without amendment. Mr E. said he desired to call the attention of the Senate to this bill at as early a day as possible. House, Saturday, June 18, 1842. On motion of Mr Fillmore, the House took up the navy appropiiation bill,, with the amend ments of the Senate thereto ; and, on his motion, the amendments were ordered to be printed. The House resolved itself into a Commit tee of the Whole (Mr McKennan in the chair) on the bill "to provide revenue from imports, and to change and modify regula tions imposing duties on imports, and for other purposes." Mr A. V. Brown addressed the committee for one hour, in opposition to the increased rate of duties. He referred to the remarks made by Mr Clay, .when, the compromise was entered into. tie rermtreu tho numerous tollowers ot Mr Clay of the principles then asserted by that leader J and said he would hold him and his party,&ound to carry them out at this time. The" Senate gallery shouted when the com- promise was accepted ; tne country shouted; and he thought every man in the South might call the 30th of June the happiest day of his hfe Some of the distinguished men of the country then anticipated a failure to comply wnn me provisions ot tne act on tne part ot some ol the estates. He read from the speech of Gov. John Davis, then in the Senate, de claring that it might not be complied with Henry Clay replied to the objections of Gov Davis, and asked what man would dare to statlipand advocate a disturbance of this great ..guaranty of peace and harmony. He would not apply the remarks of Mr Clay to any gentleman who had addressed the House. They might read the remarks of their leader, and make the application themselves. Senate, Monday, June 20, 1S42. The Presidentpi o. fern, signed the enrolled bill for the apportionment of Representatives, among the several States according to the sixth census, and it was sent to the President of the United States for his action there on". Mr Benton, agreeably t notice introduced a motion to repeal the Bankrupt law, The bill regulating arrest on mesne process twic in the District of Columbia, was read and referred to the committee on the Judic ary. . ' HousE,Monda June 20, 1842 The House weut into Commute of -tife Whole on the State of the Union, Mr McKeQ nau of Pennsylvania, in the chair, and43oK up the tariff. Senate, Tuesday, June 21, 1S42.V Engrossed bill to provide for publishing an account of the discoveries made by the explor ing expedition, uuder the command of Lieji (enaut Wilkes of the U. S. navy, was taken up in its order, read 'the third time and pas sed. v--1 . . . ir- Hocse, Tuesday, June 21, 1 842."; On motion of Mr Fillmore the House re solved itself into Committee of the Whole the State of the Union, (Mr McKentraatfbfl Pennsylvania in the chair,) and resumed jjg consideration of the bill " to prov ide reyeoe from imports, and to change and modify exist ing regulations imposing duties bo imports, and for oiher purposes." ' ry After some debate on this bill, the Commit tee took up a bill making appropriations' for the current and contingent expenses of the ndian Department, and for fulfilling treaty i !.'..!; C. itijA -., ..ii Minions 101 me year NORTH-CAROLINIAN. Wm. II. llaj'ne, Editor and Proprietor." r. i v m-: t t r:i r : .- Saturday Morning, June 25, 1842. DEMOCRATIC JtepUlicai XOMIN ATIOX. FOR GOVERNOR, a Louis D. Henry. 'f Candidates for Cumberland Coitniy? Senate. David Reid. ? Commons. John Monroe & B. F. Ancrrrs. Who tells it t As reckless as we knew the Observer to be, we were reaiy not prepared for anj thing like the fol lowing extract: Asf to Ihe assertion, that "almost every man's property was assessed by the Board, higher than it had been given in by himself,' we have not examined the record (for we bad nothing to do with the facts as regarded pri vate individuals) but from information on ivhich we rely,we do not hesitate to pronouBce. it a BAREFACED FALSEHOOD. The Observer, it will be seen, acknowledges that he "did not examine the recorrlscr, "on informa tion pponbiehj he can rely," he pronounces our statement last wiek "a barefaced falsehood;" and I that too, alter wej had stated that we did examine the records, and certainly would not, betore me world, publish so base a lie as the Observer says we did. To settle the matter, we took a friend to the Court House on Thursday last, and examined the tax list. Wtook down evr-ry man's name to the end of U t ter B which could be found on both books, (1836 and '37,) the value of his property as given in by himself in 1836, and the value put upon it by the board of valuation in 1837: The result proved 26 names whose property had been raised by the board; j-'l I whose property had not been raised, and 2 whose properly had been lowered by the boardIrom the valuation of 1836. Many person had their proper ty raised double by the Board, some, half as much again, and so on. The property on ihe northeast corner of Maiket square was raised from $1,600 to $4,n00! We can get the certificate of the Clerk of the Court, if neeessary, to prove that we made a fair examination, and that we state facts as they appear on the books; we therefore think that we are justified in hurling back, as we do, the "barefaced falsehood" into the face of the Editor oftheObser- Electiou on the first Thursday in August. The Market. No alteration whatever in the prices of last week, except Corn, which is selling at 75 cts., and "if the market is not soon supplied it will bring $1. Gov. Moreuead a debtor to the Banks by his own admission Too many irons in the fire. In the reat debate between Mr Henry and Gov. Morchcad, on the 7th inst., Mr Henry asked Gov. M. if he was not indebted to the banks? After some writhing and twistine to avoid a direct answer, he at last admitted that he had been in the habit of selling drafts or Bills of Exchange, and that the Banks might hold some of his drafts. Air Henry also asked him to state, what amount of capital he had invested in cotton factories, in stores, and gold mines. &c. ' He admitted that he had capital invested in cotton and other manufactories, stores, and gold mines; but al though prepared for a definite answer, would not ptate the amount, nor the varhits kinds of bianvfacg lories. r jus 2 m-.iFi.i e tact is, mat uov. x4aafig-JUi,jHiMi'" 'J.rrl e auu " T iMiiji in niiil Tun ni " ' n Bg3 1 1 o mi i AdiiM irons in lite nre. uiai unless no' cai- str iu . r- 1 .1 1- . .. I- " I : i 1 I . . n I-,. lltS Ot " ' UailK illlU U A ill IU, I1C IS up'ICII. ver. The large majority of the property holders were dishonest, savs the Observer. Ho will find some of his relations among the dishonest one?. TbeBanks? says he, did not practice this dishonesty. That's a "whapper;" for, in IS36, the Cape Fear Bank gave in a piece of property at $3,000, and the board of valuation put it up to $3,500! So that in the same breath that he accuses us of "falsehoods," he is toll ing them himself. Breakers ahead ! Gov. McDonald of Georgia, lias declared in a let ter to one of Georgia's Representatives in Congress, that he will not convene the General Assembly to carry into effect the Apportionment Law passed by Congress, districting the States, because he thinks the law unconstitutional. He is right; and we hope every State will follow the example. Congress have no right to tell the States they shall elect their mem bcrs thus or thus: the States are sovereign, and cannot be dictated to by Congress with regard to the management of (heir domestic affairs. ICJ2 Without our friend of the Oxford Mercury will say that he does not believe what we have before ecil in rro-;iri! In flip n.nplinu hnlivfn tha f:lll!i- C- " o - dates, we cannot t' 11 again our opinion as to whelh er our candidate came off second best or not. " Th question implies a doubt of the truth of our former statements. nsivcynat his various speculation?, in manufactories, stores Hmd gold mines, m.iy prove a losingfttsiness . Re 1 nreniber that Gov. Mor- head was a Jackson Elector in 1S28 and 1S32, and at both periods voted for Jacks.m for President. In 1823 he voted for Jack son and Calhoun for President and Vice President: -in 1832, for Jackson and Van Bureri for Presi dent and Vice President. All thrse men were open ly opposed to a U. S. Bank, and to a protective Ta- ilT, and it is well knorcn that Gov. JJoreheadisid to electioneer against a U. S. Bank and a Tariff. Sir.ce that time the Governor has become a Urge advr n'urer in stores, manufactories of various k hds, guld mint s, and other speculations, requiring large moneyed operations to carry them on, and especial ly, at this time, making the aid of Banks to discount hi. Is of exchange and furnish other facilities, rery convenient to him. Money is hard to be mae or collected at this time, and the outlays for handi'and raw materials must be large, and make it therJfore very convenient for him to borrow money frorv his rich Cousin Jesse Harper, and to sell his bills t the Banks; to ho, by the way accommodate only bigvien in hard times. So now, we find the Governojhas become a violent Bank and Tariff man, just j-ibc time that it happens to suit his interest. "Helwas the advocate of the farmers and mechanics in 1823 and 1832, and denounced the Bank and the TariflT, as grinding oppression upon both; now that'itjs his interest to borrow of Banks to carry on (irse large speculation?, and to tax the farmers andrne- chanies to make his manufactories more profijble, we find he has made his politics and his inlertt to chime in with a Banfc and Tariff. We have always understood, that the most Jan- gerous form ot borrowing from Banks is by Bib ot Exchange. The Bank3 will discount Bills llhen they will not discount Notes, and thus the terpta tion is presented in critical periods of discounting lo above by the Editor ot the Observer bills. rcind bills and race horse thyBank gets North protf s'ed, the dtbto . . .l. . ..... uti. . 7- . x is in this way, that so many failures have keh place; and, although we do not pretend to inflate that Gov. Morehead is in any danger of faIin& or that he is not in fact a rii-h man, yet tee do say ftely and fiarlessly, that the vry business he is nowlar rymg on pla3-ing the part ot merchant, manwe- turrr, gold miner, selling Bills of Exchange, nd electioneering too, inclines him to favor Bankslnd a high Tariff, which is opposed to the intere4 f the farmers and laboring classes. His inter4 in the former is too i'.rong, to make him a fallful ttiend to the latter. In fine, he has too many vis in the fire; some will, 3'ea, must barn. , J He is now, whilst he is receiving from the ptplc a salary of $2,000, to attend to their business aj?a leigh, neglecting it, and out electioneering fbriis own interest the Banks and his factories.i 4 J-arj. Another Confession. Whig Economy. In the proceedings of the Senate, we observe some action upon a resolution to legalize the employment of a certain subordinate in the Senate. The lion. Wm. R. King, who has been President pro. tern., expressed his ignorance of any such officer, and asked an explanation. The whis replied that it had been ihe custom to allow the President such as sistance, and that it was absolutely necessary, as bis time was so completely monopolized by his du ties in the Senate as to give no leisure to attend to his jcerresponder.ee. Mr Calhoun, who has bern Vice President of the U. S. and President of the Senate, said there was no secretary when he was the presiding officer ot the Seflate, nor had he any occasion for one; indeed his principal objection to the office was, that he had so Lttfe to do". Now, who do you think filled this office? A son of Mr Southard, Who has been allowed four dollars a day for helping his father do nothing. Owing to the resistance1 of thrf'Peiuocratic Sena tors, the office is abolished. The address of the Democratic Convention assem bled at Salisbury on the 20ih May last, to thlj peo ple of North Carolina, will be published next week. I iJ-' The first ripe peaches we have seen were in market on Thursday. . foreign News. The British Steamer Britannia arrived at Boston o Saturday the ISth. A special Messenger from the British Govern ment to Lord Ashburton, with important di spaches was a passenger. The principal news is the attempt to shoot the dueen. A youngman about 21 p aced himsclt near some palings where the dueen's carriage would pass in returning from her evening riJe; as the car riage approached the spot, he drew a pistol and tired, but missed the objxt; he was arrested immediately. The foreign markets Feem to be in a favorable & .... condition. Rather cheering than otherwise. Bead The article on the first page, concerning the Tariff", which the whig party, under Mr Clay. . - . . irj nig io iasien upon tne country. ye are i ed to Gen. McKay for the document. We not w ho the author is, but he is able. Q.uery. Why couldn't the Observer see in . 1832 lose. -sirange cannings- mat General Jackson ratified' Answer : He did not see through Bank faiUU&fcc- fHf.t tht lima For the Carolinian. MrBayne Are you aware that among the sub jects which render the approaching session of the General Assembly of North Carolina one of peculiar interest, is, that it will be one of the duties of that body to revise cur Criminal Code, so far as capital punishment is concerned; and to decide whether in all or any of the instances, in which off nders against the law now puffer death, some more humane pun ishment shall in future be adopted? Is it not strange that this subject seems to have engageij so little at tention? That the public mind is giving no utter ance to its opinions? And that the public servant is likely to enter upon the duties of his station in the next Assembly, as uninformed as to the wishes of his constituents, as if this matter were then to be sprung upon him for the first time? I, fcr one, feel great solicitude upon this subject. It is one of the high privileges of the human race, that by forecast we can make large provisions not only for the com fort and happiness of the individual but for those of our great family in the aggregate. W hat is our privilege is also our duty; and in a matter involving such t;cmen Jous consequences as the one before us, woe he unto the man who neglects to exert his fore cast, and to give to his fellows all that it furnishes. Human language can by no periphrases express the vast train of ideas whic'i js let in upon the mind 1 bv the utterance ofthe one sliWt word JDealh! And nearer to affjrding us an ad-Tuafe conception ofthe value of life, or the awfu'nesat ot death, and the utter insignificance of all things t ise, earthly, in compar ison with them; and indet d he would have but weakened the force of the impression ev r made up on the mind by the simplest uttcranee of the words, or the slightest reference to them. In dealing, then, with subjects of such ineffable importance, the re sponsibility of society is superlatively great, and lhat of every individual member who omits to do what he can to efFecla right. conclusion,- will be suf ficient to crush him in the last day, if it were possi ble for him then to have nothing e!c for which to answer. Without, then, pretending to any pecu liar knowledge or wisdom upon this subject, a pain ful consciousness of my share of the rcsponsibil ty, though but a' very mite in society, will not suffer me to remain altogether silent, but impels me to throw out some suggestions to my fellow citizens. It is admitted that neither by the laws of God nor of man, as between individuals, has one human be ing the right to take away the life of another, save in the case of necessary self defence, liberally ex pounded 33 it is, to include one's own p rson and propert3', and that of hushand, w ife, parent, child, master and servant-or when it Becomes inevitable in attempting to pieserve the peace. From whence does society derive any greater authority? These great principles are unquestionably accorded to so ciety; and if there be any other ground upon which society may presume to take away the life of one of its members, it must be upon the express command of God, through the medium of revelation. And in deed I am not aware that the most strenuous advo cates for capital punishments have ever justified them upon any other ground, than their being di rectly sanctioned by revelation, and the absolute necessities of society. It follows, then, tiiat if both these grounds C:in he rendered doubt ful, and espe cially if ihey can be entirely removed, the hair of eve ry member of society will rise with horror at the bareproposal to continue tho srttmr of capital pun ishment. And it it can be shown that so far from the necessities ot society calling for the death of an directly or indirectly. ' . LTender, in any case, the interest of society would iCF We have cause to be prou J lhat our editor-fl-prornoted in every instance and" in every w ay by ials are attributed to such a man as Mr Henry, and we only notice it to shew the public what sort ot a man the aforesaid Editor is ; that he makes positive assertions for which ho has no other foundation than o ani published- by, the leading whg journal of .the State of New York. It confirms by whig evidence the charges of the Democratic press, that the log cabins, Tippecanoe songs, c ider gourds, &c, elected General Harri-on. R-ad it; it is plain language: " However little flattering it may be to hu man nature, I am sure you know it too well to deny, that Robinson's Caricatures, Tippeca noe Songs, and Log Cabins, did as much as the very best orators and essayists, during the lute Presidential struggle, to produce that over whelming majority by which the spirit of mis rule was for a time and alas ! for a time on ly rebuked and put to silence." We want the p ublic to know it. To know what? Why, that the Editor ofthe Ob server publishes " barefaced falsehoods" in his paper. Sec the first one: To the lion. Mr Fillmore i A few days agj you as Chairman of (he Committee of Ways and Means for the House of Repre sentatives, introduced a bill which you called a Revenue bill," the object of which was, by raising the Tariff" to increase the revenue. It is evident that when you introduced that bill you had not seen Mr Henry's defence of bimself on this Tariff question, contain ed in his organ of Saturday last. See the next: The defence set up by Mr Henry through his organ in this town in justification of his evading ihe payment of three-fifths of the Tax es to which he was annually subject, is a most remarkable one. Docs the Editor ofthe Observer know that the ar ticles referred to by him were written by Mr Henry ' If he does not know it, ho has laid himself liable to the charge of publishing "barefaced falsehoods"; and we take occasion here to say that the articles referred &re If the Bill i Said I written by the man whose name is at the head oftbis rhcrn funds, equal to' kpxZrB1 "1aPer on who now tell the Editor aforesaid that he r has to pay the interest antidpfo- to!d a laost "barefaced falsehood," when he said to the contrary, tor Mr rienry Knew noUwng ot them, vppear in the best possible mode to make an impression favorable to himself and to divert the popular mind , from the true issue before the country it mast be admitted that io case ' Cob Reid bad not been there, and he bad not been replied to, bis speech was well calculated to make erroneous impressions. It was long, " multifarious, and plausible. I shall notice a few of his points (from memory however) with the replies of Col. Reid. On the conclusion of his introductory re marks, he adverted to the charges against him, mentioning in the first place that he bad been charged with extravagance in the construc tion of ice houses and other improvements about his lot. He denied the charge, alleging that the last Legislature had appropriated $3000 towards the repairing the Governor's palace and other public property that Col. Reid himself was the Chairman of the com mittee that made the estimate and reported this sum to the House that he (Governor Morehead) conceiving ibis sum in the high est decree extravagant had sent up for his own woikmen, who agreed to take the job for $1200, and in this way, he had saved for tho people the sum of $1800. This looks very fair, but mark the sequel. The Governor in the next place, in commenting on bis oppo nent's letter, adverted to - the charge made against him and his party in North Carolina, of "proscription" nnd with n great flourish repelled it. He alluded to individual mstan- ces, in wnicn ne saia nc ana nis irienas uao acted upon tbe tolerant principle of Mr Jef ferson, in making appointments to office making ihe only test of merit to consist in honesty aud capability He next charged upon his opponent that ho was in favor of a magnificent scheme erf In ternal Improvements, and that while the at tempt was now making to. cast odium upon the Whig party for the course ofthe last Le gislature in loaning the public money to tbo Raleigh and Gaston Railroad Company, lhat he, (Mr Henry, and the leading Democrats in North Carolina,) were in lavor ol loans to a much greater amount in 1838, to this1 very same company. These points aud others of a minor character connected with our btate politics, the Governor commented on at greiit length. He next charged Mr Henry of being a federalist, and that he (Gov. M.) had alwavs been a strait forward Republican. Col. Reid rose fo reply. He admitted it was true that he was the Chairman of the Committee lhat recommended the appropria tion of $3000, but proved lhat the Governor so far from having saved $1S00, had expend ed $1200 on objects which were never con templated by the Legislature that the work marked out by the Legislature and upou which this $3000 was to have been expended, was the re-covering the Governor's house and ether work connected with it. that he had utterly failed, even to commence this work, and had applied $1200 of this money for put poses which no person had ever dreamed ot, and was now boasting of his administrative abilities in saving $1800 ! ! He had indeed saved SISOO by sitting still and neglecting the public property which was suffering for re pairs, while he was using Ihe people s moue agents had never authorized. a suspicion. Now let him prove that we speak, false, or else take the lie and make the best ot it. It is a question that the Eilitor might very profit ably moot with himself, whether he ever tells the truth when a-story would suit him better. Free Suffrage. A meeting ofthe citizens of Lenoir County, N. C, was held at the Court House on the 4th inst., at which, resolutions declaring ihe property qualifica tion necessary to a right to vote for Senators in this State, is anti-Republican, and lhat they will vote for no man who will not go for having the law abol ished. Letters have been addressed to the candi dates for Governor, tor thir opinions. Wc learn, indirectly, that our friend, Edward McCallum, of Montgomery, is out &s a Senatorial candidate for the District of Moore and Montgom ery. , If8uchis the caseve assure the Democracy that tbey will find in bim ,i,ie and fearless cham pion a pure republican, and an ftone.,n a resort to other modes of punishment, the obliga tion ofthe Legislature at its next session to set the chiistian and humane example of abolishing capital punishment, and adopting some other appropriate punishment or punishments in their stead, will be felt by all. BECCARIA. The Governor at JShepperd's. For the Carolinian. -Haywood, June 12th, 1842. To the Eoitok: Heating that Mr Morehead was to be at Sbeppherd's in Moore County ou Friday last, I made it conveni ent to be there on my way up the country, so as to witness the discussion." On arriving on the ground I was somewhat disappointed; I had expected we should find a ' large audi ence assembled, but. there were not I - think more than one hundred arf fifty persons 6n the ground. A short Jirnebcfoie the discus sion commenced, Gov.ljcehead was asked whether he had any objection to being replied to by Col. David Reid of Fayetteville? The Governor politely replied in the negative, and a short time after the discussion commenced. He is a dextrous debater, an adroit hand to turn over little thiDgs so as to make them As to the charge that Mr Henry was in fa vor of loaning $500,000 Io the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad Company in 1838, Col. Reid admitted that the Governor told the truth so far as he went, but opened the Journal aud showed lhat he had not told the ichole truth. He showed that Mr Ileury and others of our leading Democrats were indeed in favor of aiding the noble work from Raleigh to the Roanoke, iu tho manner he had mentioned, but read a little further and found that the pro posed loan of $500,000 was required to bo made if at all, on "good security,'' that it was not contended lhat ihe security given for its repayment was not ample, and that therefore the people were iu no danger of 'using any thing. Col. Reid then looked jp ihe Jour nals ofthe last Legislature (here some of tho belter informed whigs left the immediate neighborhood of the orator, and it was evident from the restive aud anxious little squads col lected on the out skirts of the ground, that Ihere was an alarm in thir camp.) He proved that a bill was introduced in the last Legisla ture to loan the credit of the Stale to tho tune of $300,000, to the Raleigh and Gaston ihoad Company, which was rejected. That then Gov. Morehead .-enl a special message to the Legislature touching the proposed aid Io be extended to the road, after xchich his friends actually passed IUc bill pledging the credit ofthe people to the amount of $300,000 with that of this .Bankrupt corporation poise them then fellow citizens (exclaimed Col. K.) It is charged against Mr Henry thai in '38 he was in, favor of extending the credit of the State to this corporation upon good security, while the same gentleman, it seems who makes the change, by his influence secured the passage of a loan bill two years after, when the Company was notoriouslu hanhnini tn this very same company for $300,000 with' ? out any security uhalevcr ! ! ! This part of Col. Reid's address had a powerful effect upon Ihe audience. It was peculiarly happy. The orator next turned to the remarks of his adversary upon the subject of "proscrip tion11 for opinions sake referring the people to the pledge of toleration heretofore made by the whig party a thousand times over of their promise to look out for men to fill ihe public offices who were "honest and capable" with out distinction of party of their holy horror in times past at the very name of offico though it was incontrovertible that the public business was executed indiscriminately by both parties. Ha ihen pointed (o facts which Gov, Morehead in his rejoinder thought pro per not to allude to, establishing beyond all question, that in ihe face of these declarations ' and promises made aga:u and again in the most sol0nn manner, the Whig party was no sooner in power than it commenced a systenl of ruthless proscription the like of which never has been known since the founj dation of the Government that in the indisf criminate sweep which was made by theca same office-holding xchigs, neither the grey hairs ofthe veteran, maimed and disabled it the'battles of his country, nor the tears of less widowhood, could excite in ihe be j ; of those who had the disposition of thesf JJ. ces the least lingering sentiments of get; t i
