North Carolina Newspapers

Political. the Fiom the Globe. , Mr Clay a home.,.- 5. Since the geueral defeat of Whiggery in elections, consequent on Mr Clay's tak- jng commanu m us "v-v" rpon by all sides, as a matter of course, that Mi Clay would uo longer urge his pretensions upon "the party as a candidate. Every day we seo speculations in tho Federal press as C to tue person now most likely, to be nominated by some great convention of the Coons; when, lo! Just on the heel of his fatal over throw in Ohio, fiom which he had just re turned to Kentucky, we find him nomiuated absolntely as the whig candidate- for the whole Union, by a great meeting of his friends as sembled at tho capital of his own State he himself playing the orator of tho day, and re sponding to the shouts of "the dense mass," which, acting for the Whiggery of the United States, proclaimed him its candidate for the Presidency iu 1S44. His organ (the Lexing ton Intelligencer) says: : "Wnea the eighth resolution was read, (that announcing Mr Clay the nominee of the party1 for the Presidency,) v the air was rent with the continued and enthusiastic shouts of the dense mass. " In compliance with the invitation of a .committee appoiutcd for that iourpose. Mr Clay appeared upon the stand; and addressed the multitude for ihe space of about three-quarters of an hour, in one of bis very happiest efforts." - - ' This we look upon as a remaikubly modest way of anticipating the action of Federalism in other States, in the new aspect given to its affairs by the recent elections. Kentucky i ciies All hail ! to Mr Clay: and, under the "enthusiastic shouts of the dense mass,'1 lo which Mr Clay said Ameu, the disasters of - the campaign just closed by their chief are covered up. "Betrayed, but not dismayed," . was their watchword; and Mr Clay very s cavalieily take3 the voice fhis Kentucky 'partisans called together at his own bidding -for the voice of the Federal party throughout the Union ; and thanks them very cordially "Tor assuming to direct iu what character their brethren in all tho other States shall receive their defeated champion. But this singular delicacy on the part of ' Mr Clay's friends iu Kentucky was accom panied by an act of magnanimous generosity, which deserves to be blazoned to the world. The nintb resolution, (which immediately r succeeds that which takes it for granted that all the other States unanimously acquiesce iu the nomination of Mr Clay "for the first office j in the nation,") promises that Kentucky will acquiesce in the nomination which may be made by them "for the second office." This j gracious consent of Kentucky to the other , States, a'lowiug them to name for the se , cond office, is couched in the following terms : "Resolved, That Kentucky, proud of the nomination of her ova u. facoiile son for the first office of the nation, icill cheerfully ac quiesce in the nominalioii of any distinguish- ed and patriotic individual who may be clcc . ted for the second office." Let no man say, after this, that Kentucky or Mr Clay would covet tbo part of Dictator. So far from if, we have' it here entered up, iu a solemn resolution, that while she proudly ' nominates ''her own favorite, son for the first . office of the nation," she will graciously "acquiesce in the nomination of any distin guished and patriotic individual tcho may be selected for the second office" by the other States of the Union !!! Will, this may surely be called "the self-denying ordinance." But for this sudden fit of disinterestedness, we might have seen Mi Crittenden named for the Vice Presidency. Rank of Pensacola. How Banks may be made. The following account of the Batik, of Pensacola, we lake from the Florida Herald of tho 3d inst. It will be secufrorn it how batiks may be made nay, howlhey sometimes are made ; and it will bo seen lrom it abo, that some of the most distinguished' financiers of New York aud Philadelphia hid a hand iu making this very bank.' o . " "Iu the year -1831, it pleased their high mightinesses, the gentlemen ol our Legisla ture," to charter this bauk as a snug, quiet little shaving shop, with a capital of $200,000; but it could not move until an amendment or so rounded the sharp corners, and made Ihe charter acceptable to a certain 'capitalist,' whor came all the way from Boston. "Well, on the 16th May, 1S33, the books were opeued in Pensacola, and closed agitin Walter Gregory subscribing for 1,705 shares, eleven residents of Pensacola (to qualify thein- selves for directors) 45 sha res, and 250 shares were graciously reserved for the Territory. As an instalment on this subscription, Greg ory deposited $6,820 with a since broken broker of Mobile, aud Ihe enormous sum of one hundred and eighty dollars being paid - into - the bank, iho commenced the manu facture of shinplasters with a nominally paid up capital of seven ' thousand dollars. You see the advantage of encouraging 'capitalists,' to" come into the country! Mr Gregory' teas encouraged! The charter was amended so as to exactly fit his $7,000, which he brought not to Florida, but to Mobile ; aud in a t-hort time he was, as president of the bank, enabled lo inform the Legislature that he had put into circulation, paper money, to the amount of seventy-one thousand four hundred and eighty-seven dollars. Thus did the 'capitalist make money plenty.'' "In 1S35 a grand scheme was projected for building a city at Pensacola, of about 2 miles square, to contain 200,000 inhabitants, and a rail road from it, through Alabama, to all parts of the Union. All that was wanted (especially to create inhabitants) was a bank , charter. Accordingly, our accommodating Couucil augmented the capital of the Pensa ' cola bank, to $2,500,000, with the privilege of issuing bonds to raise a capital for making the rail road. "On the 21st February Mr Gregory sub scribed all the new stock (23,000 shares) but paid nothing, and on the 14th December ' divided 13,000 shares with the 'Capitalists,' " Thomas Biddle, Elihu Chauncy, Samuel Jau don, Chas. "A. Davis, S. V. S. W'ilder, and W. II. Chose. At this time $1C6,000 was uorninally paid up; but one-third was in promissory notes, that have never yet been paid. "On the 19th April, 1835, the Bank issued 500 Bonds of $1000, endorsed by John II. Eaton? Governor of the Territory, which went into the hands of the 'Capitalists,' above mentioned,, who disposed of them and re mitted fund.y, which enabled the bauk to make advances to the rail road, until they amounted to $592,013.. The rail rood company em ployed surveyors, aud engineers, until the funds were exhausted, before they had com pleted one foot of the road. "Thus, then, stands the Bank. It ad vanced to the rail road company more than the amount of the bonds suld, and capital paid up, which was entirely dissipated with the ex ception of what might be obtained by the sale of some olMhe materials. The Bank has a large amount cf bills afloat, aud nothing what ever to meet them, except a few worthless notes of individuals. The interest, amount ing now to $120,CC0, due on the bonds, has uot been paid for the last two years ; aud the capitalists who have had the management of the Bank, are living abroad iu their glory. Thirteen stockholders only reside in Florida, who own uorninally S,372 shares, and in these shares only three hundred dollars have been paid, the balance being in uupaid uotes." :' . NORTH-CAROLINIAN. Wm, II. Gayne, Kditor and Proprietor. Saturday Mornins. November 12, 18 12. The Market. This has been a fair business week. Flour and cotton, the principle articles of trade, are on the decline. This could hardly be otherwise, when the prices of these articles are so low in New York. Pork we saw sold at 5 cents yesterday. Possums are plenty at 8 and ten cents apiece. Potatoes, sweet, 30 cents per bushel, turnips, 40; eggs 10 cents per dozen ; chickens 8 cents apiece ; beef, 3 and 4 cents a pound, aud eveiy thing else plenty and cheap iu proportion ; and if these are uot signs of good times, tho grumblers ought to experience a famine, and then they would appreciate these times. DO- Mr McDowell need not be uueasy, as we pay no attention to anonymous communi cations. But as it appears that the writer of the one alluded to was bent upon mischief, if Mr McDowell will give us his name, we will handle it in such a manner that he will not attempt to hoax. us again ; and not only that, we'll handle his body should he cross our path. He had bettor keep his nose clean and study his spelling book, before b writes to us again, the college brat. 3" We notice that the Standard is out iu a long uiticle iu favor of a Penitentiary. We arc sorry for ihis. We are sony that even the hope of having it erected at Raleigh, as he seems to desire, should influence a demo crat to recommend such a measure. Why did the whigs not pass a bill last Legislature? Ah ! they were too w ily for that. They knew (what every man who undeistauds the sub ject knows) that in a sparsely settled coun try, like Norih Carolina, a Penitentiary must become a heavy tax vpon Ihe people, aud that whatever political party passes that bill will have it thrown into their teeth, hereafter. No! We warn the Ie-'islature against this measure, and if we are to be "solitary and alone," in giving this warning, "so mote it be." Even were we ccttain that it would be creeled at Fayette ville, no such selfish motive could induce us to be silent upon it, nuch less advocate ii. We have uo inclina tion at present to notice the remarks of the Standard about the facilities at Raleigh for purchasing the raw material, and di-posing o' the manufactured ai tides. The idea of send ing Noita Carolina Penitentiary work to the north, for sale, is ludicrous enough It would not bring enough to pay tho freight ; aud we have some doubts if it could be given aicay. The Navy. We notice latch, a constant run of Na val Courts Martial, and '.hat censure of differ ent kind?, has been visited upon a great mauy officers, and that some of the officers have been dismissed fiom the service alto gether. We are glad to see that some couise has been taken to produce reform iu tho Navy; for we do thiuk, that of all petty tyrants, nav al officers, generally, are the worst. As soon as an upstart gets a commission in the Navy, and gets a little authority, he becomes entire ly " too big for his breeches." We have seen some of their practices ourself, and know something about them. It is not confined to the young officers, either. If about one third were dismissed, it would be no more than they deserve. G3 Wro are requested to slate that a Union TEMPERANCE MEETING will be held iu the Presbyterian Church, on Tuesday evening, the 15th inst., at 7 o'clock. All are invited to attend. fc3- By the arrival of the Caledonia, at Boston, information was received that Eug Jand has ratified the Boundary treaty ; so that question is settled. iCP Let the farmers read the article headed " the prospect of the cotton crop." Railroads Suicidal policy. It has not beau ton g since, say the 22d of July, 1842, 4hat a public meeting was held at Henderson, Granville county, Jf q to devise ways and means for forming a railroad connection between the Raleigh and Gaston and Portsmouth and Roanoke railroads. Arid what, thiuk you, is this connection desired for 7 Why it would seem that Noith Caroli na i-3 too wealthy, and her citizens harkably disposed to help their neighbors of Virginia, by sending all their produce to Virginja mar. kets. Dr Iiobt. C. Prilchacd " described iu glowing terms the excellence of the port of Norfolk, and the great advantages which wpuidj lesult" to irgiuia we suppose, by the ro posed connection. The meeting adopted a preamble am re5 solutions setting forth that their " high ex re lations cf benefit from Railroad traup( na tion have been nearly destroyed, and j iust eventually fail entirely, unless something 'be done to prevent it." nri i- i a .1 ,V , ii ueii peupiu ufgiu at me wtoug eunau enterprise, eveiything will be suie to goft-jlug from the beginning ; like beg in n ijugyV' wrong end of a skein of silk to uawM k, the liither you go the more you getenliiagled and finally nothing but a bunch ofkjiots ap pears, and the silk is worthless. I 0 Had the people of North Carolinalinsfead of constructing costly lailroads, mat 'uru pikes from convenient points in thelret, to their oien mat bets, every thing woJ have woikcdwcll. We should not havdjeen iu debt thousands of dollars for worlhass rail roads, which have only benefitted otfir states by supplying their maikets with ourlroduce. But employment would have been fliven to our own waggons, to haul our owrf roduce to our own markets, to sustain them Ld keep Ihe wealth of the State within the Stl. Every State as well as every iqididual, must look to its own interest ; and tbse are fools who will not learn even bv their rvn ex perience. Yet we find North Cahpnians, with the sad expeiieuce of the faildWf two railroads before them, trying to gti third, still more to depress their own mafkls, iur povcrish their own State, and build jBineigh boring towns. f Is this the policy which Noith jJLrolirsa should continue to pursue ? It va but a few days ago we saw it stated iu a te:h Ca rolina paper, that goods for the c St ies of Richmond, Anson, Mecklenbiug. fcjarrus, &c, were shipped from New Y'oik lo Jorge town, S. C, and thence up the P3c; aud now they arc shipped to Chaileslontlace lo Columbia by the railroad ; and of fkAe alt the produce which pays for those codiVoes by the same route. Our very iietgrf0a;re Kicnmond and Anson Heglect tlk markets. Thus is the wealth of Noith lina flowing into Virginia on the one aud South Carolina on the other j supporting tho railroads, steamboats and wagons oiothrr t this k- fust upon -our jand States, and neglect insc their own. J rate we shall become what wc are nJ verging to, a community of dependaud other States. Our towns sunk lo tk:c.iy merchants fled to other parts, and Virgiu' S own Laro- ide, . i South Carolina fighting over our carca. One woid about the Cape Fear Navigation Company : Their Charier, we uudertiaud; binds them to keep the Cape Fear livci jnavi gable for steamboats the year rouud. Dfc they do it? Ask Capt. O'llanlou, and Ha 1 and Johnson, who are paying them heavy sums for doing that which they never do. A k the merchants who have to wait weeks at: time for their goods. The consumers of those goods are paying taxes to this Corupi ny to be divided amongst its stockholders it s'cad of being applied to the liver. Aud he owe see plainly why our neighbors will pati -nise other carriers. Aud they arc perfectly riijht iu not waiting for the river to rise! when they cau avoid if. This accounts fi o.r western trade taking the direction it docs. For trade, like water, will take that ( wtrse which gives it the quickest and easiest vent. How long will this Company, foi the slke of a little gain, continue to drive FayetSewllc to ruin ? I Bi t not to trust lo them, we call wjn(the Legislature to compel a compliance HiuAeir Charter, or break it at once. If we ata nt to have a navigable river, and the benefits to be derived therefrom, where is the justice i5 taxing us for what we do not receive? I Heaven deliver us from such policy ! I fX5- A coi respondent of the Alabama Flag of the Union suggests the name of the Hon Wm. R. King, as a candidate for the V:ce Presidency, and supports his claims at some length. It is an excellent recommendation, and would go far to secure the vote of ST. C- lor the Democratic ticket. We believe that Mr King has as few political enemies as any man that can be started. We should suppo'1 him most heartily, as a North Carolinian, as a gentleman, and an honest politician. But tho Vice Presidency will depend up011 what section of the country the candidate for the Presidency is selected from. - We did expect to have some news from New York elections, by this time, but none has reached us yet. tIt is nobody's business what ihcsc lucs ate here for. Connecticut. The Legislature of this State, which is de mocratic, Governor and all, met in extra ses sion during last mouth to arrange the Con cessional districts. The Governor, in his brief message, makes an able argument in opposition to the law of Congress, compelling the Slates to district ; and whilst he record mends that the Slate be laid off into four con venient districts, heat the same time suggests the propriety of an expression by the Legis lature of its opposition to the law its doubt of the right of Congress to make it, and urg ing its unconditional repeal. He says he regrets that now, for the first lime within the period of half a century, the honor and integrity or the several State Leg islatures should be so far distrusted by the present Congress, as to lead to au attempt on its pait to deprive tbem of the power of elect ing members of Congress iu whatever man ner they "might thiuk proper. He also bears testimony to the firm and patriotic stand taken by President Tyler in ' defence of the rights of the States against this dangerous exercise of power by Congress; "Snit recommentls liTrti tcrhis Kaless"ana ju-v dicious exercise of the veto power. The Legislature districted the State iu a few days and adjourned. The Governor made a recommendation in regard to the militia of the State. He recom mends the passage of resolutions requesting Congress to enact a law providing for the an nual drill of the officers attached to the militia of the several States, by men skilled in the ait of war g$- We notice in a lato Charleston Cour ier, an Editorial lemark, that it is rumored that Mr Benton would suppoit Mr Clay for the Presidency in preference to Mr Calhoun; and produces as ground for the rumor, au ex tract from a speech of Mr Clay's, whereiu Mr C. said that Mr Benton had such con tempt for Mr Tyler for his treachery to the whig party, that he h:td disdained to cross the threshold of the'Presideut's House. This statement of Mr Clay's, the Editor of the Madison tan contradicts flatly and uncon ditionally, upon his own knowledge. He says that Mr Benton has dined w ith the Pre sident in amity and good feeling; and thus has Mr Clay either been imposed upon by some of his troth-loving friends, or he has trumped up a tale to deceive the people. No man of common sense would believe that Mr Benton would suppoit Mr Clay for President of the U. States. Wrc would as soon expect Clarendon Bridge to take wings and fty. The Mecklenburg Declaration." It may be news tosome of our fellow-citizens to know that the Mecklenburg declara tion of Independence was debated all night ou the 19th of May, aud finally passed on the morning of the 20th of May, 17761 It appears that Mr JtfTbrsou never could be brought to believe that this event ever cccur red ; but certain it is, that Old North Caroli na contained a band of sterling patriots whose zeal iu their country's cause, rail ahead of the tardy movements of Congress. It appears, loo, that, in those times, a court of inquiry was' instituted in Mecklenburg county, before which all suspicious persons' (tones, &c.) were made to appear, and if found guilty, punished according to their de serts. These were truly the " times that tried men's souls." The Magnolia. Our copy for November was received last week, iu good time. ' We need hardly say that it continues to sustain , its desetvedly high character. The present number con lains an investigation into the intellectual and moral faculties of negroes their capacity for self government their proper sphere in so ciety, &c, &c. A continuation of Raymond Lully's life and works. An article on the fine arts. " Annihilation," a thrilling tale; and " Teetotalily," a Temperance story. The whole interspersed with poetry criticisms, &c. : " ' ' ; , Mr Geo. IL Colton's Tecumseh'V is used up pretty badly "an everlasting wishy washy flood of verse, proving but one single fact, that the writer can versify with . tolerable ease." iur tollou is accused of borrowing and imitating at a high rate. Poor Mr Robt. Tyler's "Ahasucrus" fares no better. '' Ahasuerus," is Ihe name of a poem just issued from the press, whose author is the President's son, Robert Tyler. "Ahas uerus," as wc learn from the criticism, was the uame of the Jew, who, while Christ was bearing TtY ertisa o tho plaev. of kecfutiou, 1 struck him, and uttered this rebuke : " W'by tamest thou V' to which Christ replied, " Tar- ry thou till I come," meaning that ho should live, a burthen tj himself, seeing every thing else perish, until the second coining of the Redeemer. " Poetry," says the critic, "is not his vocation, nor tail he ever be a poet. If we except the Edinburgh Revrew some years since (we have seen but little of it late ly) we have uever seen a reviewer whose crit icisms pleased us better than the Magnolia's. Give the right credit. W'e see an article in some of the papers, he.ided " Progress of the Euglish language," giving specimens of the Lord's Prayer ceu turies ago, credited lo the National Intelli gencer. The Intelligencer must have stolen it from the Magnolia, without giving it credit, for there is where it came fiom. There is a Fourier Association in New York. Foarier, it will be recollected, is tha name of a Frenchman who is tryiug to tna tuie a platr for the general association of man-' kind into one great -family. We watch the progress of these men and their philosophy with great interest. The following humorous notice of our neighbor of the Observer was pointed out to us by a friend, who thinks it ought to be pub" lished : Fiom the Alabama Standard: Presumption. Sometime ago, we placed upon out "ex change list," aud seut our paper to, the Fay etleoille (N. C.) Observer. It has pleased that diguitied hebdomadal to repel our advan ces, by a sileut neglect which is absolutely excruciating. We have been accustomed to bear such treatment from our gigautic breth ren of the cities but but we say to be scorned by lhat little 8 bj 10 couceru, full of uothiug but the "arrivals aud departures" of lhat eveilasting, crazy old Steam-Toio lhat, the" Henrietta," and the marriages and deaths of the McNabs, McDabs and Mc Grabs to be "slighted" by that Gopher of the Sand Hills "0 have turned up, at us, the nose of a little animal lhat delights in nothing, but echoing the sonorous baikofthe National Intelligencer, with its feeblo yelp this IS more than we will quietly submit to. You need'nt be ashamed of our company, Mr Observer, we associate with genteel peo ple. In. your own State, we exchange with the Charlotte Journal, and that excellent, "hale and hearty' old genllemaii, the Raleigh Register ; aud we rejoice in a weekly visit from our friend the N. Y. Tribune. So much for our company. Now auswer us "catego rically," the following questions : Do you consider yourself, a "Mammoth1." Do you consider 'Cross creeks' the greatest city, and the Cape Fear, the finest stream in the uni verse? Do you consiuer us, as '-smati pota toes?" If you auswer tnese questions attir matively, we have nothing further to say, ex cept that we succumb to "Tar-River" pre sumption. We commend to the attentive perusal of our "Tar Pilch and Turpentine" friend, the very amusing fable iu iEsop, en liUed "lheFrogand the Ox. It appears that the Hon. T. F. Marshall, a whig Congressman from Kentucky, has tak en the stump ogaiast Mr Clay, in hh own State. Host. John Hell, late Secretary of Var. CONSISTENCY OF THE COONS. The Hon. Jno. Bell is now one of" the supporters of Mr Clay, and resigned his seal iu the Cabinet because Mr Tyler would not sign the Bank bilk Ve find"' in the -Richmond Enquirer (be proceedings of a meeting of the members' of the Tennessee Legislature.- Among other resolutions wefiud the follow ing : "Resolved, That John Bell of Tennessee, late a member of the Cabinet at Washington, did, in a public letter written by him and published in the newspapers of this State, beating date, Sept. 17, 1827, directed to Hon. Thos. Claiborne aud others?, affirm the truth of the charge against Mr Adams and Mr Clay, of having secured to themselves Ihe two highest offices iu the Government, by means ol a corrupt combination between them, as appears by the following declaration made by him iu that letter, viz: "I have seen the highest and most important office in the Government filled, by means atd undtr cir cumstances, affording all Ihe evidences of a coalition formed upon the basis of mutual benefits to be received and conferred, inde pendently of any controverted point in the details, lhat the public eye can ever expect the light of, in any combination lhat has been, or may ho entered into, lo defeat the will of ihe people. Ambitious and aspiring poli ticians who have great characters to sustain, and sense enough lo guard against the com mon blunders of the less practised aiJepfs iu Ihe arts of intrigue aud management, in form ing coalitions, will but seldoirr expose them selves to the danger0 of detection from posi tive proof. It is uot, thcrefoie, in my view, of so much importance to consider, w hether a possibility of inuocence can be admitted in favor of the paitics implicated as to deter mine, whether the- presumption to the con trary is not so great in the preseut instance, lhat therr'conlinuance in" office would be in compatible with the safety and well being of our oolitical institutions." - Resolved, That the saitf John Bell of Ten nessee, late a member of the Ca&iuet"ot Washington, did in his said public letter of the l7th September aforesaid, make- the fol lowing affirmation, to wit: "I have sen those in possession of power, thus obtained,- urge doctrines at war with great principles claim ing exclusive powers which were intended to be co-ordinate, and inculcating ihe doctrine, lhat the representative should not be tram melled by the will of his constituents.'"-Professing, as I do, to be governed by those principles of Republicanism, peculiar to our country, I could not, conscientiously, give my support to au Administration, which ay&ws doclriues subversive of the first principles of the Government, and arrogates to itself pow ers so contrary to what has heretofore been our practice." Resolved, That the General Assembly of this State, at the session .f 1827, and the said John Bell, iu the foregoing affirmations aud charges, by thern respectively made a gaiust Mr Adams and Mr Clay, spoke at the time the opinion of the whole people of this State, and that opinion was founded upon the evidence then fresh before the public, and that no evideuce has been since adduced lo disprove or weaken the truth of the charges which ibey then made. ' ' Resolved, That we remember with honest indignation the impious invocation made by Henry Clay, when during the pendency of the Presidential election in 1S28, he was striving to retain for himself and John Qutnfcy Adams, their ill-gotten power, made in speech at Baltimore, that he "would humbly prostrate himself before God, and, implore Hini to visit our favored land with war, pesti lence and famine, with any scourge," rather than the country should suffer so great calami ty as he considered tho election of our venera ble and time-honored fellow-citizen, Andretv Jackson, to the Presidency." Here is Mr John Bell in 1S27 fixing upon' Henry Clay the foul stigma of corruption, "bargain and intrigue," and here in 1S42 just 15 years, is the same Jno. Bell support ing the same Henry Clay for President of tho United States. Surely some "strange thin" will happen." Prom the Alckleoburgh Jefferson iau. The Legislature Office seeking, &c. Wc cordially subscribe lo the foll.nvln., dicious and sensible remarks of Ihe Fayette- -ii i: r . vine tarouuiau, iu regara to our uext Le-i-lalure : " Uoon this Legislature denenrl iho u r- w ascendency of the Democratic parly in this State. Let each individual " of thnl ,. member this when he is about to cast his vole for or against a measure. Lei him otu.;L ly remember thia iu bin votes on remoraii from' " VV e solemnly warn triem agaiust all scram bling for office. Let tbem remember that that is what we blamed the whigs for ; and wo caunot too strongly express our deteslal ion of a manj or set of men, who would electioneer against tneir opponents tor certain abuses, and practice the very same themselves when they get iuto power. No man who would be guilty of such conduct cau ever after have the support of this paper fot for any office." Aud there" is another abuse" which has .be come common in our Legislatures, which U not mentioned by our brother of the Caroli nian. We allude to the practice of filling all the important offices in the bestowal of that body with members of the Legislat jre. So common has this practice become of late years, that the fust step an office-seeker lakes is, to warm himself into the confidence of the peo ple and get : into tho Legislature; there ho begins to log-roll it and electioneer with his fellow-members, is elected to a falter offico aud straps his fingers at his constituents. Joo-k at the last whig Legislsture : There were Jones, Bynum, Mangum, Graham, and perhaps others, all members of the Legisla ture, and all elected to office the two first named held on to their seats until the adjourn ment, thus, iu effect, holding two offices at' once; and when they could uo longer diaw pay as members of the Legislature, they threw up that commission, and took another office, which they could hold longer and make more money in. Those are dangerous precedents, antl if followed up, will result in converting oJr halfs of legislation iuto an arena for tho mercenary to scramble for office. Our party very properly and severe! condemned thii, couduct of our last whig Legislature, and sha T we have lire mortification of seeing our friends, " who noiv have power, perpetrate the very s:tme wrongs? We hope aud trust not for the" honor and success of our parly aud principles ' iu the Stale, we hope not. True, there may be instances in which au indulgence in ihis practice could be justified; but it is only when suitable men lo fill ihe ' offices cairnot be found out of the Legislature. " In the language of the Caroliufan Wo solemnly warn our friends in Ihe Legislature agaiust scrambling for office. Fill the offices ' of the State with trustworthy, substantial men, andrturn your face against all mere office beg- " gars, such as are always croaking " office, office" l give, give ;" (for there are some ' such even iu thu Democratic ranks.) Wo ' have great confidence, hbiyevcr nay, we feel ' well-assured, lhat the uext Legidature will : not be disgraced by such an army of -office. beggars as swarmed about Raleigh in the fall of 1840. Froic the ft. Y. Co.iirnercial Advertiser. Our New World ttuius. The explorations of our countryman, Mr Stephens, among the relics of vanished races that once swarmed in Central America and Mexico, have excited great curiosity on this" subject, bofh in Europe and America. We have heard of several projected expeditions, either in progress, or at least talked of, by English travellers; and we sec it stated in . some of the French papers, that a savant of lhat nation is preparing to .set out on nti ex tensive journey through the heart of South America, from ihe Atlantic to the Pacific, at the expense and under Ihe patronage of tho Duke de Nemours, who, iu this, .fulfils, a' plan devised and commenced by his unfor tunate brother, the late Duke of Orleans Tho expectation of finding ruins and other' tra.-.cs of the ancient population, is spoken of as a leading inducement to the execution of tM'-prijWet.",''; ' '...---;" . In connexion with this subject, we may say' we believe, without violating any confidence, lhat the forthcoming volumes of our own1 Stephens,- tvhich will be published iu-two or three weeks, far surpass even their immediate pre decessors in architectural aud historic inter-' est. The plains of Yucatan, which he and h-rs companion (Mr Catherwood) explored with untiring diligence,, proved to be a mine of inconceivable richness. Ruins of vast extent and most striking character were dis interred, as wc may say, in almost boundless profusion as may be inferred from the fact that, to give specimens only, the volumes wilt contain one hundred and fifteen engravings. Several of these we hae enjoyed the pleasure of examining. They are more highly finished lhau those in the Central America volumes which, indeed, were only outline etchings', while in these the outlines are duly filled up with the proper light and shade, &C; and wo must say that the architectural magnificence they represent, surpasses all that we bad pre-' viously known or imagined. - .Samuel C. Crafts has been elected by the Legislature of Vermont to fill out tho unex pired term in the United Slates Senate, vacated by the resignation of Judge Prentiss. Ilia term expires with the coming session.