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tioh to satisfy the claims of the Texan govern ment against the United States, which had been previously adjusted, so far as the powers of the Executivo extend. These claims arose out of the act of disarming a body of Texan troops under the command of Major Shtvely, by an officer in the service of the United States, acting under the orders of our govern ment ; and the forcilde entry into the custom house at Bryarly'a landing,' on Red river, by Vortain citizens of the' United States; and taking a way therefrom the goods seized by the collector of the customs as forfeited under roe laws of Texas. This was a liquidated debt, ascertained to be due to Texas when au independent State. Her acceptance of the terms of annexation proposed by the Uni'ed States does not discharge or invalidate the 'claim; 1 recommend that provision be made for its payment. ' fTlie American Government has never interfered With the relation subsisting between other Gov ernments, never made itelt a parly to their wars or alliances or sought to aequire their territories by conquest. The TJ. States cannot view with in difference the Interference of European nations on this continent; We have omitted here about a column, devoted "to advising Congress to correct some Inequalities existing in our intercourse M-ith Prussia-tae Netherlands and Spain, in relation to tariff duties J I have thus adveted io all the subjects con nected with our foreign relation, to which 1 'deem "it necessary- to call your attention. Our pojicy is not only peace. with all, but good will towards all the Power ot earth. While We are just to all, vve require that all shall be just to us. " " . t The. Secretary of the Treasury, in his an nual report to Congress, will communicate a full statement of the condition of our finances. The imports for the fiscal year ending bn the thirtieth of Juno last, were of the value of one hundred and seventeen millions two hundred and fifty-four thousand five hundred and sixty four dollars, of which the amount expo: ted was fifteen million! three hundred and forty six tboosaud eight hundred and thirty dollars leaving a balauceof one hundred and one millions niae hunched and seven thousand seven hundred aud thirty-four dollars for do mestic consumption. The exports , for the same year wee of the value of one hundred and fourteen millions six hundred and forty six thousand six hundred aud six dollars; of which, the amount of domestic articles was ninety-nine millions two huudred and ninety nine thousand seven hundred aud seventy-fix dollars. The receipts into the treasury during the same year were twenty. nine millions seven hundred and sixty-nine thousand -oue hundred and thirty-three dollars and fifty-six Cents ; of which, there were derived from cus toms, twenty-seven millions five hundred and twenty-eight thousand one hundred aud twelve dollars and seventy cents ; from sales of pub lio lands, two millions seventy-seven thousand and twenty-two dollars aud thirty cents; aud and from incidental and miscellaneous sources, one huudred aud sixty-three thousand nine hundred and ninety-eight dollars and fifty six cents. The expenditures for the same period were twenty-oiue millions nine hon ored a nd, s Ik ty eight thousand two hundred and six dollars aud. niuetyieight, ceuts j of Which eight millions five huudred and eighty- eight thousand one hundred, aud fifty-seven dollars and sixty-two cents Were applied to the paymeuf orpluhfic debt. The balance in the treasury oh the first of July last, was . seven millions six hundred and fifty-eight thousand three hundred and six dollars and twenty-two cents. The amount of the public debt remaining Unpaid on the first of October !at, wds seven teed millions seventy five thousand four hun dred and forty-five dollars and fifty -two ceuts. further payments -of the public debt would have been made, in anticipation of its reim bursement under the authority conferred upon the Secretary of the Treasury uuder the acts of July twenty-first, 1841, and of April fif teenth, 1342, aud March third, 1843, bad not the unsettled state of our relations with Mex ico meuaced. hostile collision with that power. Ill view of such a contingency, it was deemed prudent to retain in the treasury an amount unusually large for ordinary purposes. All the monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated will be applied to the extinguishment of the public debt ; and he hopes soon to be able to congratulate the Country on the consummation of that object. . The attention of Congress is Jnvhed to the importance of making suitable modifications aud reductions of the rates of duty imposed by our present tariff laws. The object of im posing duties on imports should be to raise rovenue to pay the necessary expenses of gov ernment. Congress may, undoubtedly, in the exercise of a souud discretion, discriminate in arrangiug the rates of duty on different ar ticles; but the discriminations should be wi'.h in the revenue standard, and be made with the view to raise money for the support of the government. -s- Another column or more, here omitted, is de voted to the discussion of 16 Tariff. The Preei dent defines a revenue tariff to be that rate of tax- ' ation which will raise the greatest amount of rev enue; that when1 the far is ut so h:ch that ike revenue decreases from what it was at a rower rat, it becomes a protective duty sad not a revenue duty For instance, if experience should prove that a 3U percent tax oti a certain article would produce SH,uoo revenue, and that 33 per cent would only produce 7 or 8 or 9 thousand dollars; the former is the revenue duty the fetter the protective duty. Yet it doe. not follow, .ay. he, that Congress should levy, the highe.t duty that an article will f bear within the revenue standard, for tl.at would probably produce more revenue than the Govern ment needs. Cars should be taken that all the great interest, of the country should, a. Tar a. may be practicable, deriyc equal advantage, from the incidental protection which a just system of rev. enue duties may afford." Many of ths provisions of the tariff of 1843 are in violation of tfefcee cardi nal principles. It throws greater borthen on the poorerclas.es than on the capitalists of the coun try. It protects the manufacturer while it does not benefit the laborer who works for him. The well-known fact 4be4 the tariff act of 1842 was passed by a majority of one vote in the Setnrter and I wo h the Hou ? of Repre sentatives, and that some of those who telt themselves constrained, under the peculiar circumstances existing at the time, to vote in its favor, proclaimed its defects, and express ed their determination to aid in its modification on the 6tt opportunity, affords strong and conclusive evidence that it was not intended to be permanent, and of the expediency an uecessity of its thorough revision. I.. ..mm-nAin, to Coueress a reduction of the present rates of duty, aud a revision and modification of the act of 1S42, 1 am far from eotettaining opinions unfriendly to the manu facturers. On the coutrary, 1 destie to sec them prosperous, as far as they can be so, without imposing unequal burdens on other interests. The advantage under any system of indirect taxation, even within the revenue standard, must be iu favor of the manufactur ing interest; and of this no other interest will complain. " ---; 1 recommend to Congress the abolition of the friinfrrium principle, or assumed, arbitrary; and false values, and of specific duties; aud the substitution in their place oX&A vilorem duties-, as the fairest and most equitable in direct lax which cau be imposed. By the Ad valorem principle, all articles are taxed Ac cording to their cost or value, and those which" are of inferior quality, or of small cost, bear only the just,: propoilion of the tax with those which are of super ior quality or greater cost. The articles consumed By all are taxed at the same rate. A system of ad iodtdrem revenue duties, with proper discriminations dud pro per guards against frauds iu collecting them, ii is not doubted, will afford ample incidental nd vantages to tile manufacturers, aud enable them to dciive as great profits as can be de rived from any other regular buiSibess. It is believed that such a sysiem, strictly with in the reveude standard, will place the man ufacturing iuteiests on a stable footing, and inure to theft permanent advantage; while it will, as nearly as may be practicable, extend to ail the great interests of the country the in cidental protection which cari be afforded by our revenue laws. Such a system, when once firmly established; would be permanent, and dot be Subject to the coiistunLcomplaints; agitations and changes which must ever oc cur, when duties are not laid for revenue, bdt, for the "piotectiou merely"' of a favored in terest. ' 4 By the constitution of the United States it is provided, that "no money Shall be drawn from the treasury but iu consequence of ap propriations made by lavr. A public trea sury was undoubtedly contemplated and iu lendcd to be created; in which the public money should be kept from the period of col lection uutil needed for public uses. In the collection and disbursement of the public money no agencies have ever been employed by law, except such as were appointed by the government, directly responsible to it! and under its control. . The safe keeping of the public money should be confided to a public treasury created : by law, and under like re sponsibility and control. It is not to be imagined that the framers of the constitution could have intended that a treasury should be created as a place of depositc and safe-keeping ot ihe puDlic money wnicn was irresponsiDie .t - . . rrL C a . u me government. a uo ursi vuugmn un der the constitution, by the act of the second September, 1789, to establish the Treasury Department,' provide" for the) appointment of a treasurer, and made it his out? "to receive aud keep the moneys Of the United States," and ' " at all times to submit to the Secretaiy of the Treasury and the Comptroller, or either f them, the inspection of the moueys in his hands." - w Our experience has shown, that when bank ing corporations have been the keepers of the public moneys and been thereby made in el- feet the treasury, the government can have no guaranty that it cau command the use of its owu money for public purposes. The late Batik of the united States proved td be tditb less. The Slate Bafuks Which Were diter s wards employed, were faithless. But a few years ago, with millions o! public money in their keeping, the government was brought almost to bankruptcy; dud the public Credit seriously impaired, because of their inability or indisposition to pav. on demand, to Ihe public creditors, in the only currency recog nized by the constitution.- Their failure oc curred iu a period of peace, and great incon venience aud loss were suffered by the pub lic from it. Had the country been involved in a foreign war, that inconvenience and loss would have been rnUcb greater, and might have resulted in . extre'nVe public calamity. The public moncv should .not be mingled with the private fuuds of banks ot individuals, or be used for priva'.e purposes. When it placed in banks for safe keeping,- it is in ef fect loaned to them without interest, and te loaned by them upon interest to the borrowers Irom them. Ihe public money is converted into banking capital, and is used and loaned out tor the piivate profit of bauk stockholders ana wnen caned lor, (as was the case in 1837,) it may be in the pockets of the borrow ers from the banks, instead of being iu the public treasury contemplated b'y the constitu tion. 1 he framers of the constitution could never have intended that the money paid into the treasury should be thus converted to private use, and placed beyond the control oflbe gov eminent. ' .-,. At present, State banks are employed as depositories, but Without adequate regulation of law, whereby the public money can be sTe cuted against tho -casualties and excesses,- re vulsions, suspensions, aud defalcations, to which, from overissues, overtrading, an inor dinate desire for gain, or other causes,- they are constantly 'exposed. Ihe Secretary ol . as a the Treasury nas in an case, wnen it was practicable, taken collateral security for the amount which they bold, by the pledge o stocks of the United States, or such of the States as were in sood credit. Some of the deposits banks have given this description ol security, and others have declined to do ao. Entertaining the opinion that "the separa tion of the morusvN nf th aamnfflant from I banking institutions is in dispensable (ot the f safety of the funds of the government aud the rights or me people,"-1 recommend to Con gresa mat provi.ia b made by law for such separation; and that conatitii..i i........ ba created for tan enfe-keapiaf of B poWi; money, me const liutiouai treasury recocst: mended is designed as er secure depository for the public money, without any power to make loans or discounts, or to issue any pa per whatever as. a currency or cii dilation. I cau not doubt that such a treasury as was con templated by the constitution, should be inde pendent of all banking corporations. The money of the people should be kept in the treasdry of the people created by law, and be in the custody of agents of the people chosen by themselves, according to the forms of the constitution; ageuts who are directly respon sible to the government, who are under atte nuate bonds and oaths, add who are subject . . a . to severe punishment for any embezzlement, private use, or misapplication of the public funds, and for any failure id other respects to perform their ddti'es. To say that the pedple or trifeir goVerhiHedt ire icicorHpetenfj or dot to be trusted with tne custody of their own money, in their own treasury rovfdeid by iherns'elves, but mdst- rely on the presidents, casneirs, and stockholders of banking corpor ations, not appointed by them, nor responsible to them, would be to concede that they aie in competent for self-governmenh . Iu recommending the establishment of a constitutional treasury, in which' the public moncy shall be kept, I desire that adequate provisions be made by law ior its safety, a n that all executive discretion or control .over it shall be removed except such as may be uecessaiy In directing its disbursement in pursuance of appropi iatious made by law. - . ' , . i, jTha'part omitted here, recommend, that the price of the inferior qualities of public land, be re duced on a gradual scale, according to the quality of the lands offered for sale, so that the large quan tities of inferior land may be sold, and the State, in which they lie, be relieved from the !arge quan tities of untaxable land within their borders. I recommend lhe continuance of the policy of graining pre-empt id ris, in its "most liberal extent, to all thdse wRo have settled, or may hereafter settle, on the public lands, whether surveyed or unsurveyed, to which the Indiau title may have been extinguished at the time of settlemeut. ': Tiiese pre-emptions wi!l prevent eipitalist. from combining and buying up lands already set tled, at small prices, and then making the settlers pay double or more for it. A citizen who settle. on the public lands, expects hen thai land is sold by the Government to buy it, but the combinations of capitalists have tended to exclude the settler from buying, and of course to make bun pay morn to the capitalist thin the capitalist paid the government. The present system of managing ihe min eral lands of the U. Slates is believed to be radically defective: jtlofe Kari a million of acre of ihb public lands, supposed to contain ead and other miueraN, have been reserved from sale, aud numerous leases upon them havo been granted to individuals upon a stipu- ated rent. Ihe system of granting leases has proved lo be not only unprofitable to the government, but unsatisfactory to the citizens who have gone upon the lands, and must, if continued, lay the foundation of much future difficulty between the government and the essee. According to the official records, the amount of rents received by the govern ment for the years 1811, 1842, 1843, and 1S44, was $6,354 74, while the expenses of the system during the same period, including salaries of superintendents, aueUtSj clerks, and incidental expenses; we'ie twenty-six thousand one hundred and eleven dolhifs aud elevon cents the income being les than one-fourth of the expenses. To this pecu niary loss may be added the injury sMtniued by the public in consequence of the destruc tion of timber, and the careless and wasteful manner of working the mines. The system has giveu rise to much litigation between the Lulled Mates utid individual citizens, produc ing irritation and excitement iu the mineral region, aud involving the government iu heavy additional expenditures. During the last summer, the first regiment 4" m ..'a. ol dragoons made extensive excursions throtigh the Indian country on our borders, d part of them advancing nearly to the pos sessions of ihe Hudson' Buy Confp'a'uy in the north; and a part as far as the South' P. is of the Rocky Mountains and the head waters of the tributary streams of the Colorado o'" ihe West. The exhibition of this military force among the India ii tribes iu those distant re gions, and (be cotfucrls helcl vvi1 h (hem by tht- corfrmanders of the expeditions, it is believed will have a salutary influence in restmiuin' them from hostilities amon themselves, and maintaining friendly relations between them and the United Slates. , Our relations with the Indian tubes are of a favdrable character. - The policy of remov- ing them to a country designed for their permanent residence, west, of the Mississippi and without the limits of the orgauized Slates and Territories, is better appreciated by them than it was a few years ago wrVile education is now attended to, and the frabits of civilized life are gaining ground among them. - 4 I refer you to the report of the Secretary of tho .Navy for the present coudition of that branch of the na'ifocral defence; aud for grave suggestions,' having for their object the in crease of it efficiency, and a greater econ omy in its management. During the past year the officers and men have performed their duty in a satisfactory manner. The orders which have been given, have been executed Wiih promptness aud fidelity. The successful use of steam navigation on the ocean has been followed by ihe introduc tion of war steamers in great and increasing numbers info the navies of the principal mari time Powers of the World. A due regard to our own safety and lo an efficient protection lo our large and increasing commerce de mauds a correspbntiTug increase on oar purl. No country has greater facilitfe for the con. struct ion of vessels of i tits' descriplibn . than ours, ci can promise itself greater advantages from their employment. They are admirably adopted to the protection of our commeice, to the rapid transmission of intelligence, and to the coast defence. In pursuance i-f the wise policy of a gradual increase of our navy, large supplies of live oak timber, aud other mater ials for ship building, have been collected. and are bow nadir shelter ad in- a ctata of mod preservation, wbila iron stejrners can be built with great lacituy in various parts oi the lriion. The' use of iron as anaterial, es pecially in the construction of ateejnere, which cau enter ' with, safety many of the Jaar bora along our coast now inaccessible to vessels of greater draught, and the practicability of coo struct ing them in the interior, strongly re commeuds that liberal appropriations should be made for this important object. Whatever may have been our policy in. the earlier stages of our government, when the nation was in its iofaucy our shippiug interests and com rilerce fcomparatively small, btlr resources limited, our population sparse and scarcely extending beyond the limits of the original thirteen States, that policy must be esseulially different now that we have grown frorjh jbree to rnore than twenty millions bf people that our commerce, carried ia our own ships,' is found in every sea and that bur lerritorial boundaries ahrl t settlements have been so greatly expanded. .Neither our commerce, nor our long line of coast on the ocean and on the lakes, can Be successfully defended agaiust foreign aggression by means? of. forti fications alou'e. These are essential at im portant commercial aud military points, but our chief reliance for this object most be on a well-organized, efficieut navy. The benefits resultiug from such a navy are not confined to the Atlantic States. The productions of the interior which seek a market abroad, are directly dependent on the safety arid freedom of our commerce. The . occupation of the Balize below New fjrleaos by a hostile, force would embarrass, if not slag'u&te, the whole export trade of the Mississippi, and affect the value of the agricultural products of the entire valley of that mighty river and its tributaries. . .,..". Considering au increased. naval force, and especially of steam vessels, corresponding with our growth and importance as a nation, aud proportioned to the increased and increas ing naval powers of other nations, of vast im portance as regards our safety, and the great and growing-interests to be protected by it, I recommend the subject to the favorable con sideration of Congress. The report of the Postmaster Geueral here with communicated, contains a detailed state ment of the operations of his department dur ing the past year. It will be seen that the income Ir dm postages will fall short of the expenditures for the year between one aud two millions of dollars. This deficiency has been caused by the reduction of the rates of postage, VjhicH ,was made- by the act of the third ot March' last. No principle has been more generally acquiesced in by the people than that this department should sustain itself by limiting its expenditures lo its iuco'mc. Congress has never sought to make it a source of revenue for general purpose, except for a snort periou uunug ine last war nun threat Britain, nor should it ever become a charge on the tjenerai treasury, it congress snn adhere to ibis principle, as I think they oouht, it will be necessary either to curtail the pre sent mail service, so as to reduce the expen ditures, or so to modify tbo act of ihe third of March lat as to improve its revenue. J be extension f the mail servicei aud the a'ddw tioual facilities which will be demanded by the rapid extension and increase ol population ou our western froulier, will not admit of such curtailment as will nxiier iully fedu'ro the pre sent expenditures. In the adjustment of ihe tariff of po'siages the interests of the people demand that the lowest rates be adopted which will prodiii-e ihe necessary revenue to meet the expenditure of ihe department. I invite the attention of Congress to the suggestions of the Postmaster General on this subject. Proper measures have been taken, lu pur suance of the act of the third of March last, for the establishment of lines of mail steamers between this and foreign countries. The importance of this service commends . itself fittingly to favorable consideration. Tho mo!, important duties of 'he State De partment relate to our foreign affairs. By the grent enlargement of the family of. nations, the increase of o'ur commerce, aud the cor responding extension 6!' consular system, the business of this department has been1 grently increased. In its present organisation, oufuy duties of a domestic n;tuie, and consisting of details, are devolved on the Secretary of State, which do not appropriately belong tu the foteign dfpa'tineiif of the govo'rurnent, aud may properly be tiuusferreJ to' some other department. One of these grows out of ihe ( present slate of the fa vv concerning the Pafeuf f Office, which, a few yvdii since, was a sub ordinate clerkship, bul has become a - di-tinct bureau of great! importance. With an excel leut interual orgaiiizaiion, it is still connected vith the State : Iepaftuienl. In the transac tion of ifs business', questions of much im poria'tice id inventors, and to the community, frequently rise, which, by existing laws, ure referred for decision to a board, of which the Secretary of Slate is a member. These ques tions ate legal, aud the connexion which now exists betweeu Ihe State Department and the Patent Office, may, with great propriety aud advantage, be transferred to the Attorney General. In his last annual message to' Co'ngres's, Mr Madison invited attention to a proper piovisiou for the Attorney General as au important improvement in the etfecuT?ve establishment." Th?s reCommeu&rtlufY was repeated by some of his successors. The official duties of the Attorney General have been much increased within a. few years, aud his office has becoirVe one of great hit porta nee. I therefore reco'm nieud that the Attorney General be placed ou tbe same footing with the heads of the other executive departments, with such subordinate officers, prorhfetfby law Ah his department, as may be required" to discharge the additidual duties which have berr or may. be devolved upo'n him. Congrerts posVeVs the power of exclusive legislated- ofet the District of Columbia; and I commend the 'iuteiests of its inhabitants to your favorable Consideration. iTh'e two Clo!'.ns paragraphs here omitted, ar, first, recommendation, in regard to the Dirlrict of Columbia; and, second, a grateful allosioa lothe memory of Geo. Jacktoon. James k. polk. I VTAeHiHeT5, Dac 2, 1845. Democratic Meeting. - A respectable portion of the democracy of Bladen county, assembled at the Court House in.Elizabethtown on Friday the 5th insU On motion of Gen. Wm. J. Cowan, the meeting was organized by ihe appointmetit of Vvm. W. Harvey, Esq., Chairman, and T. S. D. McDowell, Secretary. After the object of the meeting was explained by the Chair, the following resolutions were reported t Whereas, it haa been decided that a Dem ocratic Convention Will be held in the city of naieigo on mo th of Jamhiry next, tor the purpose of nominating a suitable person to be tun as the republican candidate for Govern or, and believing it necessary that every county should be represented in said Conven tion, in order lo. insure tbe will of the majority of the party, therefore, ' Resolved, That the President aonoint as many delegates to represent this county in the convention as he ma think proper, and that those appointed shall have power to till all vacancies which ni'ay occur in the delega tion. Resolved, That whilst we may entertain our personal preferences among the distin guished individuals whose claims have been urged in favor of this orficey yet we would re frain from expressing them, considering the interest of Ihe party of far more1 importance tiian the gratificaliiHi nf oar own wishes ; and whosoever shall he selected -; by the Conven tion as our standard bearer inlhe approaching contest, shall receive our bbrdial support, and we will use all honorable exertions to secure his election. ? ?f ; c rc - - ' In conformity with the first resr.lutioir, ' the following, person ' were appoiied delegates f Gen IV m J Cowan, Colin Monroe, Rsq. TSD MoDotoe.lt, Robert Melvin. Esq. Capt Js Child, Joo D lieatty, Geo Melvin, J D Sailer; 15 F RVridolph, Jas Robinson, J r. Dr H'H Robinson, Jos R Kemp, VV D McNeill, Jas W .Uesse.sne; K K Council. On motiod of D. Lewis, Esq., the chair man was added to the list of Delegates. On motion, it was also resolved; that the Secretary forward a copy of the proceedings lo the Journal, Carolinian, and Standard. WM. W; HARYEV, Ch'm. T. S. D. McDowell, Sec'y. FlRMATlOS Or THE DISCOVERT OF I- ii the Antarctic continent Expedition from the Cape lo the Jlnihrctic Region$. Most of our readers are aware that the barque Pagoda, hired by government for a scientific expediti.tu to tbo Antarctic regions, hitfl turned lo 5imoh's Bay! aiwi the follow iiir ly re- e uar- ticulars which have traupiru, connected therewith may, we believe, be relied on as authentic. This vessel, under the cornmaud of Lieut. Moore peuetrhted we understand further to the southward (between the meridian of Greenwich and 120 E) thau any other ves sel ever attained before ; and coinplrfed the whole se ies of inaonetic observations left un finished by Her Ma jstv' ships Terrir and Erebus. The Pgod A py nearly reached ihe inagrit tic pvie btit lhqantity of compact ire and icebeig which sshefell iu ti lth, pre ctdrfed t!ie . possibilrty f be arfVaru effieof. Many iinporlant discover id.Hr'Were'iird, which will doubtlos be laid -b;f're the funjlic as soon as the official repori .--hall Have reached home. Shs was at times surrounded by ice berg, considerably higher than the mast heads nof withstanding which iho exigence of the Antarctic cotiittieut, via. Victoria Laud, has been confirmed beyond , a doubt. The "au rora boreal is,'' or northern luminary, was ob served lo be exceedingly briUiaut, so much so, indeed, that at night small print was distinct ly legible theiebyi a truly rare circumstance in the southern hemisphere! The stores of natural history have been much enriched by collection of birds and fishes, previously un known.. Ou her homeward track, the' Pagoda touched at King-George's Sound, where the hospitable treatment of the settlers and natives is highly spoken of every thing wa going on well at that settlement.. She : next made the Mauritius and relumed to Simon' liny, after a circuit of nearly fourteen thou-aud miles in. 140 daySj having in that period lullv accomplished the inteuded object; when the vesse l was delivered up in excellent condition to Capl. II. Byron, jun. her origiual cornmxn der, without a siugln casualty, not a rnnii having been sii-k m11 the voyajie, which nify be mainly a.rr ibed to ih great cure aitd at fention bestowed by Adini'al Percy in filling out this barque for her hazardous and solitary task; and there is no doubt that the. scientific will be much benefitted by its results;- Cape Good Hope Shipping Gazette Swinging Damages. -At. Staunton, Vn., during the lat week, a sedtictjoa case of great enormity was tried before the Superior Court on which n verdict of 8000 damages was awarded. The suit was tMoilght by Jacob Copenhaver, now of Frederick, against Samp son; Petter, fur the seduction' otVhis daughter, a girl of about 17 years of agr The parties are reputed a nd1 hitherto acknowledged broth- er-ui-Hw, uiougn reuer-essrryeu to prove himself a "jftthts nuUiiisf' arid the niece had been taken lo his house under -the pretext ol being a nurse and companion of his sick daughter.' The Verdict in tbe case, says tho Staunton Specfu'toV r considered a very just oue, arid PelteV is well able to pay ii. When Clingman was electioneering in one of the obscure villages of Nat lb Carolina, last summer, heasRed a young lady, fa good de mocrat by the by if ihe adie i he valley were not alt in favor of him. She replied we are too grod democrais for that. But says Clingman,' oVWn ru C lea vela nd alt the girls go for me why not long ago, ihere at Court, when a young rady wils about to give her evi dence in Court, ihe Bible being presented to her, she asked bis honor if it would'pt do a well for her to Kiss the lawyer, for she wottld a great deal raiber kiss Mr Clingman. Yes, Mr ClingaNnV reforM the spirited mountain girl; 'anJ fcan tell yoa why, she did'nt want to kiss the trulb-'-CoKiiiWa Caflinian Rtiles Grey has bead sent to the Penitenti ary iu Alabama, rot challenging man to mor- Ulcombar. , Worre.jKMdeiice of tbs Korth baIZTT . Wi tt h!"8tb0 dfefc' 1845. la Ihltlar C. Jngeraoll present a lengtt.y petition from inhabitant. Oregon, praying Congress to establish a monmly mail to that territory, and to pass .uch, laws as will. carry J ti to effect previous enacu me uts for I heir . protection, &c. Objection was made to Its presentation, as iuforrna) when Mr I. stated he had just received iateU ligence of a private nature which called hirrv away suddenly, and he therefore moved a sus pension of the rules to enable him to offer iL, which was passed and Ihe petition received Our city, as usual at this season, is all anil matioo ; although our rapidly increasing pop! ulation, and ihe vast number of brillunt hotels and public houses gie a degree of life to out great thoroughfare unprecedented. In h dition lo Coleman .4, Brown's, Gadsby'g, Ful ler, lyler & Bin h s, (first class hote'ls,) a superb establishment is opening on ihe corner ot Jd street and Pennsylvania Avenue, to he called tbe St. Charles. I have been ibr,W it, aud find the chambers, parlors, halls, very superior. The bar-room, or office, as they are politely termed, is dazzling, and wnubi doubtless at tract general admiral ion, were it not lor an iituication ol a licentious taste, iQ the picture of a, recumbent female, full U.nriH aud perfectly nude. . Before 1 entered this 'apartment, 1 was constrained to admire tbe skill aud enter prize manifested in the house,, but must coufess my pride a our metropolitan ' progression was somewbaj diminibed ... I. understauu a similar picture is in fJolcniau's, though I have -not een it. " ' . 'An ackuowtedgethent aphears Iti ode of our papers oi io-aay ol a agnation to the Co lumbian Typographical Society of one hun dred dollars, iu purUHtire l the bequest of Samuel Harrison Scniih', Eq., accompanied with nn expression of the admiration and re spect he entertained for the honorable and useful profession " lo which so many of his early years were devoted. He was the found er of the National Intelligencer. In a fire wbir-h occurred here yesterday, an infirm old colored mau was burnt to death through the intemperance of a woman, who went out and loi ked the old man in this pre venting bis escape. The weather i dryand cold, aud at this mo ment a heavy snow i falling, which it is likely will lay not quite as long as Hip Van Win kle lay at the foot of the Caukiil mountaios. C. D. . -a' i f sc J Oregon. The indications which have recently reached us from Oregon, in connec tion with those conveyed in the President's message, appear to u to foichidow a more Speedy conclusion of the present uncertainty which surrounds the probable destination of that territory; than could have been expected or hoped for a week ago. In regard to our own Cnycfnment, thee can now be no devia tion from a fixed determination lo no longer pariny upoii any other northern limit lo ur clan, thiin the highest degree and minute wKi h Ihe Ro.jii possessions will sdmit of. This determination of our government, so far da its executive power i concerned, is rx- pieeo wrrri sum-ienl flisliuciuess in Ihe President's mesige ,- and nsj ar a ihe re- .-lOIIKl Vf VOlfH 4 A' lhA flulw.l. ' no . mm v... .ji.J"t through the public pre8, ht, iwrhV:d us, we. h.ivu heard no disiient from the apparently uniioiinous "Aowu" with which ihe determin ation should tie. met. ll is true, that a lew of the journals politi cally hostile to the present HdiiiiuiMrntioir and whk h from party neceily ms render every act und seutiinent uiteird by ihe President a unpopular as possible wiih the people, (as do Ihe Presideni'si parly,' when out of power, to wards ihtir successful tivals.) have managed to stiing out long essays, which, while ibey are but hypercritical dissertations ou the tone, temper, and lark of ' dignity which they think they discover in the manner in whir h the' President treats the subject, are aimed at the popularity of his sentiments ; but, a. far as' has come uuder our observation, not one of them has as yet gone o far as to condemn' the President' pnt conrxe iu relation to' Oiegon, or what he proposed for the future He has the voice and the hearts of the people wiih him ou the subject, and we believe the conviction that our government has thus far doue its whole duty in the premises, is univer sal. wV Y True Sun. Terrible Railroad. Accident. It is our duty, as a public journalist, to record on ot ihe most culpable and reckless pieces of business which has come under our notice for a long time. At 12 o'clock, on Wednesday last, iu broad' day light, the two trains of cars, ' the oue going North, and the other corning' South, came in direct collision, thereby en- uiiugeriug me uvea ot a lur number ot pas sengers, in both tuiiir. Happily, no one ' was seriously injured. This will 'appear the most extraordinary pari' of the affair when wa ' state tht circumstances!' 4 It is a rule when' the trains meet between two turn outs,' that that cue wbieh has crossed the half-way line shall make the other run back to the station'' Which it has last left. On Wednesday last, both the up' and down down trains were rather late. They came in sight of each other at a' point, some 26 miles from ' H ilmingfonr Ibo half-way line nearly equi-dislsut from' eachv Both engineers crowding on all slearn, as the . t " i r . J- . .L pnrase goe, eacn euuenvoriug . ro reacn ina half-way line first, in order to make the other ' run back. As ihey approached oue another both Kngineets gave Iheir engines the re-' vere acliou, but alas! too hife. The engines ' would not recede. An awful collisiou ensued,'' by which both engines were almost stove to pieces. The Engineers thernVelves, and the ' Mail Agents, when thy s3w that the meet ing ' was inevitable, jumpehve) board and escaped injury. - Tho Direr-tors held a meeting and dis. charged both engineers from the service of iber Company. tritmington Journal. Riot in Satannah. We learn that dur ing the recent election for Aldermen and Mayorof Savannah, n riot occurred, in the endeavor to auppresa which, -the Mayor had hia armbfokan aud received other injuries. The Militia wae-jbaft caltodourahd the di-i turbaue aupprmtd: ,
The North Carolinian (Wilson, N.C.)
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