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A PENITENTIARY. We copy from the Hillsborough Recorder, the following communication, against the adoption of the Peni'eutiary system in this Stale. As most of the u'i iters on the subject have been ;-u favor of a Penitentiary, we hail' this rhampiou on our side with pleasure : - , From ihe Hillsboro Recorder. "AUDI ALTEREM PARTEM." The Kuprernacy of law is oue of those fun damental maxims which every jurist and sagacious observer admits without hesitation U necessary for the security and peace of .so ciey. Any infraction of legal requirements should have its definite penalty, and be en 'forced with iho most scrupulous ex-ietue.-i. But caie should always be taken in their en actin. tit, that they do not so far t ome in con tact with popular opinion as to icuder them nugatory, as well as that the penalties should be of that kind and degree hi would secure ihe greatest amount of reformation in the cul- . prit, without an iiilraclion m any paramount interest of society. In contemplating, then, the great question of justice, we should not be uuuecestaiily rigid or lenient; for the one begets a sympathy for tho felon, uud the other engenders mobs both equally destructive to society and the peace of ail - good citizens. The sagacious statesman will be as careful to avoid the rock- of ScvlU on the one hand, a? he to hun the gulf of Chayidis on the oilier ; aud, iudeed, this may lie considered tho acme of slatesmanshin. Whit then shall lie done in the attempt to introduce the Pen itentiary system among u? An interrogatory replete with more iuteieot to the oud ol so ciety than a casual observer would seem to imagine. Perhaps there are few, or in fact hone, who would have the temerity to aflim that crime should be less punished than it uow is in the great majority of instances. But that the introduction of the Penitentiary system is desirable, is a question fraught with consequences that may, so far liotn prevent ing crime, eveutually peril the fair adjudica tion of your laws, by the introduction of prin ciples which may vvoik their way into society, and corrupt and vitiate the whole fountain of jurisprudence. W rrr 1. It is a question which will admit ol f'rave debate, whether the present ' pains and penalties" do not as effectually secure the ;reater amount of good to the convict and .society as the introduction of Draconian en sc!m;nts could ppssibl) do. I'lm luilh is, ihe.t if penalties are not propoi tinned accord ing to the turpitude of the offence, society cotmnits a Irgnl and moral wrong which, dis turbing the great equilibrium of personal and soc ial rights, sets the whole system fo oscillat ing, and anarchy must necessarily en?ue. cr will stop heie, and drop an inquiry that y have a teudeney to lead the mind to a proper conclusion on this point. It was the remark of one of Ihe staunchest friends of political and civil liberty in another hemis- j ph'jre, "that if we wish to understand the na ture of the laws and character of the ruleis, wo must look at the people ;"' a sentiment as profoundly just as it was patriotic. Now ex amine your Court dockets, and compare them with the records of any State where the Pei cUentiary system has been introduced, and vh will sufTer by the comparison? W ill New York, where the tide f iniquity lolls liko a flood, and the moral aud legal baniers are uroKen tnrougn wunoui remo se, mccu less contrition ? How does the old "Key stone ' stand in this respect ; their criminal prisons filled to repletion, and its most popular chief magistrate censured by his political as sociates for his wholesale reprieves, evincing an amount of crime unparalleled in criminal convictions? Iti what a plight is Maryland ami tho Old Dominion"? The latter, consid ering the rigid police regulations of her Pen itentiary, induces her convicts lo brave death rathei than endure "the ills they have." Aud is it to be supposed, that a system whoso oper ations and tendencies cannot suppress crime and throw restraints around the vicious moie firm and preventing, should lead us to aban don a well tried system for one hypothetical and precarious ? Wo had better adopt the philosophic maxim, that it is '' better to bear the ills we havo, than fly to those we know not of." Unusual and viudictive punish ments geuerally fail in their object, for there is much greater reason to fear that crimo will go unpunished, than if the punishment was milder. Juries will seldom convict where they fiod the law onerous and vindictive. But abandoning this whole ground, which the judicious will weigh well before committing themselves, there are so many inherent de fects in the system, that seem to be as closelv connected with it as icspiration is to contin ued vitality. It is in violation of the great compact which binds every society together. 2. It tendencies are obviously unjust to tho mechanical and industrial portions of so ciety. By teaching tho vi!l;iuous fellow, who has outraged tho law and rnoiaU of society, some trade or olher, you seek, by legislative enactments, to pour the whole tide ol 'coiiiip- tion aud venality among tradesmen and op eratives of the community, no matter what may nave been their culling before, or licen tiousness silica conviction aud punishment. Gathered thus into 0110 great focus, who is not prepared to expect villany taught as a science, and crime perpetrated as a holiday amusement. And yet you call upon us to commit ourselves by wholesale franchise to its support, as a work of political purgation, aud glory in it, while we are securing as sociates infamously criminal. Wo protest against such a system, whose execution le quiries us to receive reprobates from the whole fraternity of crime, as equaU, equally repug nant to our feeling, interests, sind iueliua ions. And yet a system like this, which fraternizes ci ime wilh houest industry, U to receive the plaudit of society and sanction of legislation. JUSTICE. A SERIES of articles on the Tariff, have appeared in the Washington Union, which shew extensive knowledge of the practical working of the tarifflaw. c This writer, in his 8th number, published in the Union of the Uth inst , shews that the excuse of many of the protective men, that our manufactures must have protection to en able them to compete with the pauper labor " of England, is all "fal the ral." His figures show what we confess astonished U3 no little. And they must be correct, as he says they are drawn up by the Chamber of Commerce of Manchester in England, and are nearly an average for the whole kingdom. He gives the rate of wanes for jinls in American fac-torie.-, and hand- iu English factories. The. system in the English factories is very different, we an; informed, from that in our facto-ies. hile the English operative, how ever, receives nearly if h"t quite as much wages as the American, he has to pay nearly double for all his eating and wearing. Thus it is that the operatives iu our factories fare so much better than tho English. But what we wish to poiut the attention of the public to, is, that while those who ask for protection, ask for it lo enable them to com pete with the pauper labor of England, they are ac- tuully getting their labor as cheaply per formed as the English, taking all things into consideration, particularly thefact stated by the writer, that tho English operatives only work 69 hou's iu the week, and the American 74. Besides this, the writer mentions ihe fol lowing extra advantages of the American manufacturer over the English: 1. In freight. It co ts the British manu facturer j as appears by Hunt's Magazine, October. 1845, about one cent per pound for freight upou his cotton from New Orleans, or Mobile, to Liverpool ; while it costs tho Amer ican manufacturer less than hall-a-cent lor fei-iht from New Orleans or Mobile to New Yok or Boston. This is equal to 6 per cent, on the raw material in favor of the American manufacturer. Supposing the cotton to be worth eighi cents per pound, on the 400,0110 bales consumed by the American manufac turers, they save at least 300,000 in freight, which their British rivals have to pay. 2. The American manufacturer generally buys his cotton immediately from the producer, and thus saves a commission to the cotton importer, which the British manufacturer is compelled to pay, and which is equal to 5 per cent. more. Thus on the item of cotton alone, the American manufacturer saves at lea-l 11 per cent., which his British rival is obliged U pay. 3. In the cost of flour, used in bleaching and sizing, the American cotton manufac turers ue about 30,000 barrels of flour per auuurn. iu bleachiiiii aud siziu". In conse quence of the high duties on flour, the same quantity would cost the British innuufuctumr about $3 more per baircl than it costs the American manufacturer. Here is another item of $90,000 iu lavor of the latter. 4. Iu tho greater cheapness of the water power used by the American manufacturer, as compared with steam, used by his British ri val. 5. The American manufacturer has not yet been troubled so much with combinations A Reform Ticket. The Ptew York Globe says, the following ballot was voted in the First Ward, 3d District of that city: "For the amendmeu of the Constitution in rrlatioiMo the removal of Judicial Officers: "For the removal of all officers and the ap pointment of new ones, from the body of the people every six months: "For the division of property every Satur day night oftener if required : . "For making the dealing out of wine be hind the counter a legal tender for the Banks iustead of specie particularly 'for the Dutch:' "For the establishment of Stated Preaching, and the Bible iu the Schools, at all places this side of Sandy Hill: "If uegroe shall be allowed to vote, I am for straightening their hair and whitewashing their d d black faces." The individual who deposited the above vote, does not appear to be very particular as lo the reforms he would introduce, lie is certainly a wag, but not a Legislator. He goes negro suffrage Mo a hair, quite straight,'' but does not reflect the spirit of the age in his desire to connect ChUrch and State, by the establishment of slated preaching. MOBILE, Nov. 5. Mr Calhoun. This distinguished gen tlemui leached our city yesterday, and took lodgings at the Mansion House. Informa tion was received early ia the morning by Capt. Kinney of the Noxubee, that Mr Ca houn was a passenger on board the H. Kin ney, which was expected in the course of the forenoon. The fine steamer .Montgomery was immediately 'chartered, and at half past 10 o'clock, committee of reception, attended by a large number of gentlemen, and a fine band of music, proceeded up the river to meet and escort the city's guest to the auar tcrs that bad been engaged fir bis accomoda lion. They mtt the II. Kinney some six mil s above the town, aud returned to the wharves at about 12 o'clock, whero a vast crowd had assembled to welcome to our hos pitalities the man who has borne so conspicu ous aud distinguished a part in the most in teresting events of our history during the last thirty years. The N. O. Republican publishes the fol lowing from a highly respectable citizen of Louisiana. Farmvili.e, La., Sept. 30, 1845. Cl Claiborne I have seen, not long since a statement iu . the Jeffersouiau Republican, that a buzzard's eyu taken out, would iu a few minutes fill out again by placing the her.d under the wing, ihe down under the wiug be ing a cure for blindness. This, .sir, U a fact. Mr Daniel Puyn. Benjamin Hall, VYilliam O. Jones and John William, caught one aud look the eye ball clear out of the head ; then placed th- head under one of the wings for a few minutes, then took it out, and to the as tonishment of all, the buzzard's eye was com pletely restored. This is something astoti- i-hiug, but without doubt, it is true; the wise fl a I ones may set tneir heads at work lo solve the euinma. Reference can be had by writ- ins to the above named gentlemen in this place. - Youis Ifcespectfulty JN. SI. I3K1AIS. Price. Federal money; 5 shillings -$1 20 9 pence 18 2 shillings 48 5 sh.Ilings 1 2 8 pence 16 Is. 2d. 28 9 pence 18 and turn-outs among the operatives, as the British manufacturer has been. 6. In the greater cheapuess of provisions iti this country as compared wilh their prices in England. To show the advantage which the American manufacturer has over his Brit ish rival in this particular, I copy irom Sy mon's Arts aud Artisans, page 70 : Articles of provisions. Bread, 20 pounds w ight, Bacn, p:r pound Potatoes, per bu-diel, Tea or coffee, per pound Sugar do Butter do Ch'cse c!o Under this head may also be classed the greater cheapness of Inel, oil, and candles. 7. The. heavy taxation to which the British manufacturer is subject, and from which the Aoiericau is exempt. In addition to the heavy taxes on his buildings, fixtures, &c, the Br itish manufactur er is obliged te pay a stamp-tav on every bill, receipt, promissory note, and other paper which he may give in the transaction of his business. If these figures and statements bo correct, and there is every probability that they are how can it be fair for the manufacturers to demand protection to tno extent they now de mand it I .Veto Orleans , JVor. 11. TEXAS VOLUNTEERS KETU11N ED. The steamship Cincinnati Capt. Smith, ar rived here yesterday with Major Gally's com pany ou board, consisting of 103 men, all in excellent health aud spirits. They were re ceived on iheir landing by the battalion of Artillery under the command of Capt. Augus tin with a grand salute, and having marched to the Place d'Armes, they went through a variety of military movements in the most practised style of discipline, and such ns com ma tided the admiration of many hundreds of spectators assembled to witness their return The term of service expires on the 21st inst., but we understand that the Quartermaster wil disband the company forthwith, and disburse their pay immediately on its receipt from Washington, should it be received before the time is up. After going through with their manoeuvres at the Public Square, the volunteers, iu the absence of Gen. Gaines were dismissed from the service of the United States by Captain Grayson. A heartier, more bluff-looking body of soldiers it would be difficult to find We learn that Capt. For no's company of Ar tillery are on board the schr. Wm. Bryan, uow on her way to this city. Jr'icayune. Tho following case resembles very much 1 the one we published about twelve months ago, as happening in Orange county. A colored man was arrested for the same of fence and recoguized and sworu to by several witnesses as ihe perpetrator of the act, but he proved an alibi by several respectable wit nesses. There was another negro, however, in the same place, very much like the prisoner, the pricking of whose conscience prompted him to confess the deed, aud thus saved the innocent man : HUMAN TESTIMONY A REMARK ABLE CASE. t The Lowell Courier contains a report of a remarkable case before the Court of Common Pleas, in that city, last week in which the wituesses for the government were all mis taken as to the identity of the prisoner a fact, as ihe judge well remarked, almost suffi cient to shake all cuufideuce in human testi mony; We present the following abstract of this singular ca-c : Henry Sherrnan was charged with two as saults with inteut to commit a rape, upon twe young girls who were picking berries tho one at Medford, on the 26th of July last, and the other on the 28th, two days after, at New ton. Sherman was arrested, and examined before a justice, at Spring Hotel, in Water towu. The giil upon whom the assault was made, and one of her companions while she was picking ben ies, were brought into the Hall, separately, aud each identified the pri soner, and pointed him out among iiy or six ty persons assembled, as the man who pom mittcd the assault on the 2Sth of July ! The prisoner was then taken to Cambridge, and examined in regard to the assault at Medford, on ihe 26th. All the witnesses, t ithe amount of eight or ten, identified him as the person who committed the assault on the 26th. They all swore that the prisoner at the bar, was the same individual whom they had seen at Med ford on the 26:h and at Newton on ihe 28th, aud who had committed the crimes as proved. Uile witness, connected wrh the Railroad. took particular notice of him, while convers ing with him on the 2Gth, from the fact tb t h.- bore a strouf; resemblauce lo a relative of his. No testimony iu regard to the identity of the person coulrj possimy be stronger. I he counsel for the defence undertook to prove an alibi; alleging lhat the person was in New Hampshire ou tho 26th aud 2Slh of July, as set lorth in this indictment. 1 o move this ihey called a Mr Arnes, of Keeue, wh' testi fied that the piisouer rodo with him from Chesterfield to Keene, Tuesday the 22d dav o! July last, aud that ho saw him every day from that till Monday the 2Sth, and . duiius th it time the prisoner bought a trunk at his store. I'he trunk was iu Court and the witness iden titled it. He said the prisoner boarded at the Ea"le Hotel during his stay iu Keene. I'he bat-keeper of the Eagle Hotel was called, who confirmed this, ami further testified" that he sat by tho side of the prisoner at the tah! every day from the 22d to the 27th of July, and that he was constant at his meals that ho Artw him friaoolly .. 1ckJ;, u d latkeJ witn him. And both of these witnesses testified that on the 26th of July (ihe day ou which the as sault was made in Medford) they saw lh prisoner at a Caravan exhibition in Keeue. A Mr Ward, a Coucord aud Keene stage- Tbe returns of postage receipts continue .to show lesults unfavorable to the new tariff of charges. The average falling off in the towns and cities of the West and the interior, is nearly two-thirds for the first quarter. The probable amount- of the deficiency in the in come of the department for the present year, which will require to be supplied by appropr iation from the gcueral fuuds of the government ' is upwttids of $2,300,000. Protection Against Pickpockets. Mr Joseph Colteu, a tailor of this town, says the Amherst Expiess, has invented an ingeu ious, and in the opinion f geutlemeu com petent to judge, an effectual protection against lhat species of thieving so common at the present day, by which one's money or other valuables is abstracted from bis pockets. It consists of two curved plates united by hinges at the extremities, and which, by means of holes iu the plates, are sewed lo the lid of the poc ket, constituting its opening. While the plates ae being shut, a slide to which a spring is attached, is formed and which immediately resumes its place as they close aud fasten them together. Not only is the pocket fasten ed by the slides whenever it is shut, but it may also be locked, if the owner desires if, by pressing a knob, of which there are three upon the plate, all which must be moved to unlock' the pocket, aud tho use ofboth hands is ueces sary to do it. The pocket is also surrounded with a net work of wire, so that whatever is coutained iu it can neither be taken out or cut uut without the knowledge or consent of mo owner. The invention is applicable both to watch pockets aud others.. The model shown us was made by Mr Boot, an ingenious mechanic c,f Ambers! East street. Mr Col lon has taken measures to secure a patent. A daily paper has been issued in Macon, Ga., by W m. B. Han is. Neutral iu politics. For the Carolinian. CAPE FEAR RIVER. Mr Bayne : You close the article on the Cape Fear River in your last pnper, wilh thi remark : ' We are informed that competent engineers have pronounced that three locks, at most costing probably $20,000, will give steamboat navigation the year round." Pray who are those engineers i " The Cape Fear River has been again and again examined aud surveyed by skillful en gineersfirst, by engiueers at tho instance of the Navigation Company, again by the State's engineers, and again by engineers in the U. States service, and all have concurred in the opinion lhat it is impracticable to improve the navigation otherwise than by taking, out the obstructions in the channel as they occur. This, the Navigation Company have doue. The subject of locks iu the river has been well considered the co.-t of a lock at Spring Hill shoal would amount, at the least calcula tion, to $50,000 aud if the lock was built, the community would give half the cost to havo it out of the river again ihe te filer has no doubt of this ! Persons who advocate locks in our river, surely dont know, or they foryet, lhat we have a river, that, not uufrequently, rises 10, 20, 30, 40, aud eveu 60 feet in the sm I t I course ol a day or two wnat wotila you ao 4 W with locks in such a river? The fact is, this has been a very extraordi nary season an Ktcention lo the genera course of things aud what made ihe matter much worse tor us, was, that one of orr prin cipal lines of boats, the one having tho largest nu'ntter of lighters, was, owing to a providen tial occurrence, tied up during tho summer these boats are uow running! The Henrietta Company have a new Steam boat now nearly ready lo run, drawing so little water, that it will, it is believed, run in ihe present low state of the river, so lhat hereafter we appreheud uo great difficulties or delay iu getting goods, or produce, up or down tho river. M. It i not worth while to name the Engineer named to us ns having expressed the opiniou above q ioted, as he lives iu this place, and has changed his opiniou since, which was 4 or 5 years ago, though our informant was not awaro that he had changed his opinion. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT. -I see, Mr Editu', that a writer in your paper of last week, signing himself A.", intends l in flict upon us some arguments iu ppositi"ii to capital punishment. And as that is a sub ject which interests every man, of course every man is interested iu it ; and I for one. r"w dilto. Uftto, r.rj 4) oarrei ui 100 bass prime Uio Coffee 20 hhds. N. O. and St. Croix Su, 20 bags Pepper, Spice & Giner I tons Swedes & English Iron 2000 lb.. iz: C-st, German, Englieh Am Llirter. ' 250 eidcsSole Leather, AOO ditto Upper ditto, 100 ditto Skirting ditro, . 80 pieces Cotton Uao;n 100 kegs Nails assorted, 50 coils Hemp Rope, ' 200 lb. Bagging Twine. 61 bbls. Brandy and Whisker C ditto Old Rye Whiskey I prp-j Holland Gin. 1 ditto French Brandy Old'-tleniuey" Brandy, i g!. I ipe snp'r Malawi Wine, 15 qr- cas ;s White and other Wine 40 dozen London Porter, in ' quarts and pints, 5000 lbs. Dr Hides, 5000 lbs. Castings, Sperm Candles, Cider Vinecnr, Chccol.ite Siiltpfc tre, Crjppi-as, I r.droo, Madder, Epsom Salts Bar Soap, Starch, Ciafs, CusSia, Smoked Herrin" Mackerel, No. 3, in bant! ,8x 10 6'asa, Putty Loat Suar, IJyson and Imperial Teas, Collins' Axes, Horse Shoes, Fur and Wool HATS. SHOES. &c 5tc. And a full aj?ortment of HARDWARE & CUTLERY. Purchased at the latp Package Sal s in New York at reduced pricrs. Persona uihi.-ifo piml.n w rll csilf. T. S. LUT1F.I11.UH. Not'r 22. IS-15. 35J-3w FOR SALE. A Twn Horse Wuuon and Geiir, and one Mule, now' in the bands ol Win. F. Brown. GEO. M.NEILL. Nov. 22, IS45. HOUSE & I OT For Sale. V iit le sou! a? public Ai'ctrop, n MtmnVy tl.e 1st day f DrcrMiihrr n t, at Hie Court Houn.- in Fayette i lr, iho Hoiisi- ami Lot sito rt' dori the nortlmest corner of the Court House Sq'iarr, the property ol' the late .M i s A nn jVl url- y. Tin' lot a desirable one, containr r tihoitt one and a tia'f acres. Terms of s.-de, 6 and 12 months credit, r to; ptmhaser ri nn negotiable not a with app-ovrd security l.eannr nt r-st t'lonvduv M salt; W.M. WAliftEN. Adm'n , With ihe Will ann-xed. 8, lS4.-. 352 Is. diiver, was also called, who testified thai Mississippi Senator. The Governor o Mississippi hs appointed Joseph II. Civil mers to the seat iu the U. S. Senate, vacati ly the resignation of Mr Walker. The Southern Reformer speaks in very high terms of the ability aud character of Mr Chalmers. We trust he will realize the promise made ly lhat paper in his hehalf. Charleston .Mercury. A case was tried in the United Slates Dis trict Court, Baltimore, ln-t week, being an action to recover for the violation of the copy right of a song, called "The Old Arm Chiir." A verdict in favor of the pin i tit iff was render ed, with damages ro the sum of $200, being 1 per copy for the number which was proven to have been issued. Large Cotton Plant. The Savannah ttcput.lirau says: Mr R. P. Burton, of Camden county, has sent us a Cotton Stalk, grown upon his plantation, which in its line, beats anything we have ever known in these parts. It is of the fine big cream kind, and is nearly 12 feet high, aud about 10 inches in circumference at the foot of the stem. We learn from the letter accompanying it, lhat the number of bolls and forms coutained upou two limbs, each six feet from ihe ground, amounted lo ,eventy-eight. The whole sto k contaiued several hundreds -loo numerous to count. But what is most remarkable, it grew upon land which has been planted eleven years in succession. ou the morning of the 2Sth of July (the d.iy on which the assault was committed in Newton) the prisoner registered his name at the ntge office iu Keene for Concord,' aud that he rode on the seat' with him all the way from Keene lo Concord that day, and he had much con versation with him on the road. A Mr Stew a t, a tailor iu Concord, was called, who les tified that on the 26th of July last, he made a pair of pa ut u-loo us for the pr isoner, and from the peculiarity of their inakt, he identified them as being the ones trow worn by the prisoucr. Another witness was called, who saw the prisoner about the first of August in Merrimack, on his way to Nashua. Several of the witnesses were recognized aud called by name by the prisoner when ho firt saw them in court. Cvery one of the witnesses swore they had not the -slightest doubt that the prisoner at the bar was the same man whom they had seen in New Hampshire, as describ ed by them. The counsel for the prisoner here rested their case, having proved an alibi. The Dis trict Attorney admitted the alibi as to the 2dh and 2Sth of July, but thought the government witnesses were mistaken as to time that ihe offences were committed on the 19th and 21s! of July, being the week before, and took time to end to New ton and Medford, to see if the j time cotiid be changed. The attempt was un successful the lime could uot be chaned i the crimes were committed on the 26th and 2Sth, as alleged and the prisoner was dis charged. This is certainly one of the most remarka able iustanees ou record of the fallibility of human testimony. The resemblance between the real and the supposed offender must be greater than that between the two sifters in Sue's Wandering Jew or between Adrienue and ihe Griselte, who was made to pass for her iu the evening. We often read of such resemblances but rarely meet with them in real life. Alluding to a fact which the defence were preparing to prove, viz : that Sherman weut to Lowell about the 31st of July, and boarded there a couple of weeks, aud then crossed over to Newton lo the spot where the prisoner was arrested the Courier pronounces it very remarkable lhat a person, so nearly resembling the one who committed the of feuces as to be immediately recognized by all these wituesses should, within a fortnight, come to the identical spot where they were committed; and it would appear stilt more sl-ange that the prisoner, if guilty, should have been fouud there. There probably never was a fact more satisfactorily proved than the in nocence of the prisoner. Something New. We have been fold by & gentleman of this city that he has receiv ed au order from Cugland, for some Chesa peake canvass back ducks, to be sent over in one of the steamers. This is iudeed some thing new. Sun. I am one, sir, among many, who utterly re pudiate and condemn the forced aud sirhly seutimeutd professed lo be entertained by some in regard to capital punishment. 1 have no sympathy with wh affected human ity. 1 don't know that it would bo going too far to say that ihere may' -be some selfishness in it a fear that some rlay ihoir own neck may be in jeoatdy. But leaving Iheir motives t be indued of by themselves, let us ask what the' object i f punishment by fnv is? Is it to prevent cr ime by setting before men's eyes leiritdo examples of the penalty of committing il, or i it merely intended as a sort of sati-l'ictiou re quired by the State lo nppoase the majesty of the law? If the latter, I will concede the point, and argue it no further. Bui, if pun ishments are inflicted on men for ihe purpose of preventing crime through the force of ex ample by making an example to the world of such as Commit crime, then there is no ar gument which cau shew that capital punish ment is not most effective for that purpose. It is necessary that sacrifices should be made lo the public Welfare in this particular as iu every other. There are numerous in stances where States and individuals have to make sacrifices for the common good, and where n man transgresses the law of man iu so flagrant a manner as to call for the death punishmentj the commdn good icrjuiies that lhat man be offered as a sacrifice to the coun try. Thai his fate may be a terrible example to the doers of evil, and the evil-disposed. The death -pun L-dvueut rxtcrrihle, but confine ment to labor is not te'rible. ; The sound of the word Peniteuiiary has no terrors for the hard-hea ted arid the callous. The fear ol death alone ran stay their bloody hands ; and sometimes not even that. I have made sorne examinations, some years ago, of the statistics of crime iu the several State ; and I that iu nearly every State where penitentiaries have been erected, and the death-punishment abolished exeept iu most aggravated cases, crime has increased and not diminished. 1 am not aware thai the death-puuUhmeut has been abolished entirely iu any of ihe States ; but in thoe States where Penitentiaries have been established, aud men thrust in them for every little peccadillo, for periods of lime vny iug from six months to a life-time, ciime has increased feat fully. Wilh regard to the morally f capital pun ishment, it is certainly not necessary for me i in this enlightened age ol th universality of the Bible, to refer to lhat Holy Book to sus tain an argument that thee is nothing immo ral or agaiust nature in this punMiment. The Scriptures may be aid to be the very founda tion of the law of capital punishments. And shall it be said that the Scriptures teach im morality and the infliction of inhuman punish ments? No man is prepared to say this, or rather to prove it for men will say any ihing sometimes to gain a poiut and yet we are told hy some sickly and sentimental pieces of mortality, that it is barbarous to baug a man for any crime, however heinous. I say away with such affectation for it is nothing else. But I will occupy no more of your space, at this time, except to say that, oue part of ihe communication of "A." I highly approve of. I mean his repudiation of the Penitentiary, and his proposition to make crimiuals whose crimes aie not punishable with death, work ou the roads. I hope ho will develope his plan, a he spoke of. B. MRS. 13. NEETZEL RETUIIISS In r moft iratt I'nl thinks to th- frirndi of hi r !al husband) and o'hrr: w ho have hrl'ricnd- il lo.'O in ht-r hcrcavt in-ht, for their Kind attention and as.-iftaoce, and bes lo nftire lb- hi all, from the bottom o! her heart , that while her tile is vouch' saf-d, her r.atitmle for t'o-ir k irr.J offices Will be line using. She also bftrs to inform tin in and this public Generally," that he hi lk-n ill framed hrri ro-arlv opposite to Mr Geo l:Ni'l, and forrnrily ocoopicd bv her late hiifltoind, Ihtc kli has if. -nmed the bnamo-s of TIVfVrT yVfy in all iU branohi-s, and will lie li.n p t.n i.i.-h ln-r old cus tom, rs and others with FUESH BUKAD, mid nil other ariiclos in Ucr lino at the tdioitc.-t notice, arid o'i lh most riifonnble terms. Wedding nnd oilier fin" Cakes furtiitdirrl fnf pa ti s. .Yeast of the best tjnalil V of 'l time?. Nov. 22, !84o. " 3.i l Gf. removal: Jas D. RftcCiLIjICTM, M K R C H A N T 1 Al LO U . lias removed bis K tahlishrncut from his late stand, lo the rlorr next iloor ! of the Cape Fear Bank, recently oc cupied by Mr Win. J. Anderson. He will warrant his woik to be equal lo any in the place, and charges as Hinder ate. Nov. 22, 1815. 3tn.tr Patterson, the Rome, Geo. Postmaster, who was recently arrested, charged with pil fering letters that passed through his office, has we learn from Milledgeville, been found guilty and sentenced to thirty years imprisonment j in the Penitentiary. 353-if. Appointment by the President. James Clark as Governor of the Territory of lowa, iu piato ui juuu vuamuers, removed. Anew Post Office has been opeued on Cane Creek, iu Orange county, bv the Dame of Rock Spring, VID. Thompson, Esq, has be cn appointed Post Master LIFE INSURANCE. CAPITAL 2 6O0.OOO. The Insured entitled to participation of Profits in botii lnrop.-an and American po icicr. N A T I ON A I. LOAN FUND LI F E AS Sl'HANCi; OClETV. LONDON. 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It 13 cmnpaclly filled together ith its bnttrry, wires, and other appliances, ii neat mahogany case?, of several sizes and powe-B, at (two frze,) $14 and SI6 eicli ; and forwarded to order, to any part of the Union, the Canada, West Indict, or South America. Each case is accompanied with a Manual (7h edition, pp. 224. 32 mo.) in cludingr complete Manual ot the Practice of Aicdicrne, with a wry full Glossary giving clear and ample directions for th' use of the inst fu rent in the various disensrs to which it is applicable, and which are found, by the successful nrni- fiee of hundreds of operators, to include the most prevalent, as well as the most peculiar and obstinate, that are known to the med- tat,. , -i!ss&S5Sr&Z 1 02 Chamber St., New York. 353-8ir, 1 i " I - Nov. 22, 1845.
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