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"THE OCEAN-BOUND REPUBLIC." BT T. RANDOLPH HULBERT. . 'I woulJ maTTetbia no Ocean-bouud Re public, and bave ho more disputes about lim its or red lines upon the maps." Judge Douglass Texas Speech, January 6, 1845. This continent is merely large enough for our republican experiment. We have the rieht from high Hcaeu from destiny, to all of it every inch of i '." Hon. JWr Sawyer's Oregon Speech, b eb. 3, 1646 The " Ocean-bound Republic," how beautiful it looms From Patagonia's distant shore to Melville's antic glooms; With her myriad plaius and valleys, he r my - liad hills aud mountains Her gleaming lakes aud rivers long, and thou sand sparkling fountains. With her moral, physic beauty unfolding every grado ' '"- .' , Of intellect, or happy form that nature has display'd. - l With her varied skies, and climate, aud each production rare Of aliment for every taste and good that mau bould share. How can we fail to love her? how can we choose but win This "Ocean-bound Republic to nurture freedom in, And leap to glorious destiny Jvhich God en- stamp'd our birth, The Pharos of the moral world, the wonder of the earth? Ay, look along the pages of our own ancestral liue, ' " And see the prowess they displayed in days of "Auld lang syne," . And say if their descendants should shame their noble sires, By quenching e'en a single spaik of freedom's lustrous tires ? Or rather not enlarge them to Del Fuego's isle, 'Till the llanos and the pampas, the prairies all shall smile ; 'Till the red mau of the north aud south shall meet in love -" One commou destiny below, one common bliss above. Till the East, the West, the centre, like the heart's arterial play, All interfiled aud glowing shall feel this hap py sway, . And every child of nature, however rude and low, Shall feel the throes of liberty, and be the ty rant's foe. For liberty a Hampden, a Sydney, Russell fell, And watered with heroic blood the Saxon val leys well ; Aud the shoots that sprang from English soil, transplanted to our shore, Have struck their roots lull fathoms deep to live forever mote ! Then out with every vestige of despotism here, , From the Texas Democrat Extra, Feb. 19. , PRESIDENT JONES' VALEDICT . - ORY-ADDRESS, J . Delivered . at I he Capitol, in the City, of - Austin, Feb. 19, 1846. . , Gentlemen of the Senate and House of Represeutatives:-The g eat measure of an nexation so earnestly desired by the people of Texas, is happily consummated. I he pre sent occasion, full of interest to us and to all the people of this country, is an earnest of thit consummation, and I am happy to greet you as their chosen representatives, niid ten der to. you my cordial congratulations on an eveut the most extraordinary iu the annals of the woild, and one which marks a bright triumph in the history of republican institu tions. A government is changed both in its officers aud its organic law ut by viol ence aud disorder, but by the deliberate and free consent of its citizens, aud amid the most perfect and universal peace and tran quilrty. ibe -sovereignty of the nation is sur rendered, and incorporated with that of au tther. There is no precedent for iht. and hence forward " Annexation.'' is-a word of new im port in the political vocabulary of Ametica, to form a subject for the speculations of the tatesmnu aud the intellectual labors- of the sage. Nations have generally extended their dominions by conquest; their march to pow er involving bloodshed and ruin, and their at tainment of it often followed by suffering and calamity "to a despairjpg aud subjugated peo pie It; wai left for the Anglo American in habitants of the western Coutinent to furnish ; a pew mode of enlarging the bounds of em pire, by the more natural tendency aud opera tion of the principles of their free government. Whatever objections may have beeti heretolore urged for the territorial enlargement of the Union, those objections mut now be regard ed as overruled and as being without practical effect. Annexation is tho natuial conse quence resulting from congenial impulses and sympathies, ajtd. the operation .and iuflueuce of like '"sympathies and impulses is destined, at soon as can, be important or ut.ces.sary to settle all conflicts in relation to the claim of the United States to any territory now iu dis pute on this continent. In accordance with the-provisions of the new constitution adopted in the Convention, called by me ou the 4th of July last, a State government is now perfectly and fully .organ ized, audi, as President of tho Republic, with wry officers,-am now present to surrender in to the. ha ltd of-t hose whom the people have chosen, the power. aud the authority which wo hare some lime held. This surrender is made with the most perfect c heerfulness, and in respectful submission to the public will For my individual, part, I beg leave further to add. that the only motive which bas heretofore actuated me iu consenting to hold a hih aud responsible office in this my adopted aud be loved country, , has been to aid, by the best excitious of such abilities as I possessed, iu extiicavinji her from her difficulties ?md to place her in some safe and secure condition, where tho might be relieved from the Ion" niesauie of the past, and repose fioui the zens h.e lo ili.poe U ', g 0l, wj ' "' ""T ?,?'!' takine olace. The expenses of the o vein ment ince 1 have been in office, have all -been paid in an undepreciated currency very considerable mooai i oj mm incuned ny previous administrations' has been paid oft, and a surplus of available meaus sufficient to defray the expenses of the goverumeut, econ omically administered, for the next two years, at least, is left at the disposition of the State; and I veuture the belief that, without report t taxation, the public domain, if properly hus banded aud disposed of, wiM raise a fund suf ficient to liquidate the entire national debt noon equitable principles, besides providing for the future support of the State government, a system of common schools and other institu tions for the intellectual, moral and religious impro emenl of ihcrrisiug generation. W ith such a population as Texas possesses, charac terized na it is with ir real intelligence and enterprise, and with such elements of pros perity as she now possesses, a genial climate and a fertile soil, it will be her own fault if she does not reach an importance and a social elevation, not surpassed by any comrmmity on earth. Detailed Reports liom all the different De partment oud Bureaux, showing the transac tions of the government since the last mi iiu.il meeting of Congress, are made out arid "''will be handed o his Excellency,- lee Guvcnir, for transmission iu d-jo time to your honor-" able bodies. - The information which these contain will show the manner in which the I public affairs have been conducted, since I came into office,, and constitute in pari ihe uecessary - data upon which to p'edicnie your future action. It does not come within the proviuce of my appropriate dutv to make tiny suggestions or recommend any measures for your consideration. This task now belongs to another, and will, I am well satisfied, be discharged with zeal, faithfulness and ability. I may, however, express the fervent hope, which 1 have, that your importaut delibera tions, commenced under such favorable aus pices, may result in the promotion of the per manent welfare of the State of Texas,1 and that your labors may bo crowned with abun dant blessing. - ' ' Tho Loue Star of Texas, which teti years since arose amid clouds, over fields of carnage, aud obscu ely shone for a while, has culmina ted, and, following an inscrutable destiny, has passed ou aud become fixed forever in ibnt glorious constellation which all freemen and lovers of freedom in the world must reyereuce aud adore the American Union. Blending its rays with its sister stars, long may it con tinue to shine, and may a gracious Heaven smile upon this consummation of the wishes of the two Republics, now joined together in one. "May the Union be perpetual, and mav it be the means of confer iiu benefits aud blessings upon the people of all Ihe States,'" Is my ardent -player; : -;r The final act in ihis great drama is now ocitornted. .inevKepubtic - of lexas ls no db in a short time, in making lo you the com municalion required of me bytJeCocitutioo. . ..We have this day fully eufered this'. Uuioq of fhie f? fth American States -tetp us give our friends ho so boldlyfbndinobly advocated our cause, and the f Metro's of American lib erty, no reason to regret their efforts in our behalf. Henceforth the prosperity of our sis ter Slates will be our prosperitytheir happi. ness our happiness their quarrels will be our THATTWHLROAD. The following ar ticle from the' New OrleanYPicayune, ought to be enough to stir up our rail road folk be tween Raleigh and Camden, to the importance of leaTiag no stone unturned to obtaie the extension south, of the Raleigh and Gaston Road : A Grand Rail Road. We look forward with extreme iuteresito the day when there shall be bet weeu this city and the most easterly j .l ? . :u e. i.. nart of ISew England, an almost uuiuterrupled nuarreis, duu iu uicir wan w .. it ya - !., . . . . . . . ' J ' Rail Rnitd rnmrnimi.atin.. Ai nresent this vmivuiivui Mr ncipate. Aw ou. m..;:... rB. , u ,ne guffering3 and threatened dangers God gave to us ihis heritage for freedom'. whitVliave sUrtou ded her. I have consld- hemisphere : For virtue and true uobleness whose only nur ture springs-. Beneath the eagle's sweeping flight, tho lust liug of his wings ! Then gild upon your banners, ye men of iron mould,' Those thrilling talimauic words, so striking, to behwld Ay, wave them through all trial, and bear them through all time. The Ocean-bound RErum tc," that shall circle us sublime! A Hoax. On hearing of the existence of a case or two of the Small-pox iu the town of Washington, the authorities of Greenville and Tarboro forthwith passed ordinances pro hibiting all communication with that place under a heavy penalty. Our Washington friends, who appear to be a little too sensitive ou that head, determined to match their af frighted neighbors of Greenville and Tnib'ro Consequently, some daysflgo, as we learn, a man dressed in theattiieof an express-rider or some extraordinary messenger, rode into Washington at full speed with a budget of handbills, scattering them as he went along the principaUneets of the place, which excit ed the curiosity of the citizens to learn the ualuro of his iness3ge. On picking up the handbill, it purported to he an ' Extra from the office of the Tarboro Press, setting forth in the most doleful terms the havoc which the black tongue was making amoug the citizens of T. arboro , causing almost the entire popu lation to fly from the place. According to tho handbill, forty-seven had died iu two hours. A postscript, was professedly append ed at Greenville, announciug the appearance of the alarmiug disease at that place. - This, its might have been, expected, caused quite a sensation anong the uninitiated in Washing ton, which, however, was soon dissipated by a mute careful examination of the placard. Some of .these handbill, we are told, reached this place, but our folks soon detected the cheat. We have known such serious conse quences to result from fl ight occasioned, by a joke, that we can by no means justify mea sures of this kind; 'and while rhe people of rarboro' and Greenville were a little too easi ly scared, ihey hardly deserved quite such se , jrious hoaxing. ffrifibernian . - The CHiMEs.-After a lohg probation of expectancy, the ears of our down towu citi seus are finally rejoiced by the .weet TOlJgic of the Trinity, chime of bells. The bells eight in number, and of the most approved' tones, are all in their places, and have been timidly trying their musical voices, and utter ing sounds as strange to that noisy region as the song of a uightingale would be in the Board of Brokers. We hope they will be rung at staled bouts each day, after the man ner of tho convent bells of Spain, or, if but once a day, then at sunset let their tones thrill over the host of home-bound laborers, like the echoes of sweet voices at Ibe fireside to which each father is hastening. Vesper-bells in New York would be something new and pass pleasant withal A Y True Sun. ered aunexatiou . on favorable terms as the most .secuie and advantageous measuie for Texas, and as affording the best prospect for the attainment of the object I had in view, aud have, accordingly, in different capacities, labored most assiduously to open the door iu the United States, to its accompli.ohinetit. Iu this. I succeeded. I sincerely wish the terms could have been made more advantage ously, more definite and less fraught with the subjects of future, dispute : but as they proved entirely acceptable to a vast majority of my fellow citizen, I felt it to be my imperative duty, so soon as that' fact was known, faith fully and promptly to carrv into full effect, the will and the wishes of the people. This I have done, aud in the execution of this work, I aoi happy-to add, I have received the cor dial support atid co-opeiatiou of every mem ber of my t-abiuet, and of every officer of the goverumeut at home and abroad, whose ser vices I have had occasion to empl.ty in con nection with it. Annexation has met with no impediment in Texas, nor has any been attempted by the Government, and 1 believe I am justifiable iu sayiug that it has been ac complished in the very safest and best man ner practicable, aud at the very earliest pos sible period of lime; 1 know of no course which could have beeu adapted which would have effected ihis object one single day car liei. Iu the mean time I have obtained from Mexico a formal acknowledgement of our j : national independence, thereby removing the principal objection to the measure on the part of the U uited States. '.1 Saiisfied lbat the happiness and welfaie of 1 exas are placed on a strong and secure foundation, aud that she will now find many ft tends better qualified than myself, who will lake care of., their interests, the motive to n-hjeh 1 hsve. aduded a haviug actuated m lu holdtngrufice," is no longer operative, aud ia retiring now to private life, 1 but - indulge my individual wishes, and I lay. down the honors and the cares "of the Presidency wiih Fnlinitely more .f personal gratification than I assumed them. 1 he confidence and the favors which the partiality of my fellow citi Z.eis-nas uesioweo upon me, mcnis aua re ceives my gratir'ude" and my heartfelt thanks Whatever injustice may have beeu done me, iu moments- df-exeitemeut, I indulge the be lief that when coriect information is dissemi nated in lejrard to ujy whole course, the pub lie mind will settle down iuto proper ronclu sious. aud that my fellow citizens will then judge me lightly. - Af least, I have theappo ballon of mv. owu conscience, a rewaru iu itself above all price, aud repose upon ihe as sured belief that history aud posterity w in uo me no wrong. I am happy to congratulate vou, gentlemen upon the uuiversally prosperous condition of our country at the present time. Our foreigu relatious have all been closed in a manner satisfactory, I believe, to all the governments wuh. which we have had iulercourse. The frontier is quiet and secure, and the husband man sows and reaps his fields in peace. Ic duslry and euterprize have revived new guar anties and a new impulse aud a market is f uqd at home for nearly every thing our citi- rnre. GOV. HfcNDERSON'5 INAUGURAL : ADDRESS. - Gentlemen of - the Senate aud House of ltepro.-euitnies . I bis day, and within litis very hour, has been consummated .the .great work ot annexation. J his consummation, it seems to me, should be a full compensation to our citizeus fur all their toils aud suffering r i d h i enaurea lor len long years. uur near is should be full of gratitude to the Giver of all good, for Ihe many favors he has bestowed upon us, at all times and under ui: citcom- stauces. In the beginning of our revolution, when the f owns of the woild were upon us, His protecting arm shielded us from danger ; and now ul its close, when we have so hap pily completed our fibors and attracted the attention of the prim iul nations of the earth, he is still with us. Who can look b;rjk upon our history and not be fully and deeply im- ressed with the consideration lhat the Deity has shielded our nation, aud his justice aud wisdom guided us iu our path? It is, there lure, our duly, in deep humility, to make our acknowledgements for his many favors. It is with a deep seuse ot the responsibility which I "have incurred, that I now enter upon the duties of the station which my fellow citi zeus have called me to nil. This station and this responsibility my own disposition did not lead me to seek, a:.d I cau only hope 'to be able to discharge the duties which "have ihu devolved upon mo in a manner satisfactory lo the country, by the aid of ihe representatives of the people, who will, I feel assured, act with wisdom aud harmony. It there has heretofore existed any cause of dispute or dif- lereuce between the dinerent sections of our country, iu regard t the policy most proper to be pursued, surt-ly there is now no cause tr disunion, since we nave trie protecting arm ol the L' titled M.iles thrown around u--. aud can repose quietly under her broad ban ner. Let us then, I beseech you, commence our existence as a State of ihis. wreat Uuion iu the "pir it of harmouy andjurbearahce, and act our puts throughout as becomes the agents of a liree, enlightened, christian people By our Coustiiutiou, which has been freely and fully approved by the almost ntianunnus voice of the people, more power and patron age are given to the Executive than is giyen by most other States of the Union to iheir Lxecutives; aud the merits of the system which we have adopted will great Iv depend upon the prudence,' impartiality and wisdom wub wnich the Executive exercises ibnse powers conferred upon him by our Constitu tion ; as fir as my actions nre coucerncd, I can ouly promise lhal I will endeavor 1o act . cautiously aud . impartially, :uided" by wbat- evei judgmeut I rnay be able to command, having in view ouly the public good. Re garding a good judiciary as one of the main stays of our constitutional liberties, it is my anxious wish to see that department of our government placed upou the best possible fooling. Judges who are possessed of violent political party prejudices are dangerous in any State. In exercising the veto power, conferred upon me by the Constitution, I shall feel constrained, as a general rule, to confute it to arresting the passage of unconstitutional laws, aud such laws as -are calculated iu my opinion to impair public confidence and em barrass the revenue of the State. ' : This. is. not a proper time for me to advert SIR ROBERT PEEL awd MR ABBOTT LAWRENCE. It is a remarkable fact in the history of hu man opiuiou that eulighieued miuds on both sides of the Atlantic are engaged in the op posite tasks of removing and upholding "com mercial restrictions. Sir Robert Peel, a pub lic minister iu a country whose industry is fenced round with such; restrictions, and Mr Abbott Lawrence, a princely manufacturer, iu a couutry whose labor has only measurably felt their influence, stand .in this contrasted relation. They now constitute, in their re spective countries, the antitheses of the free trade and restrictive systems. Sir Robert Peel affirms that free trade, will elevate wages. Mr Lawrence avers that Tree .trade .will de press them. Sir Robert Peel contends that il "will impart steadiness ro prices. air iriw re ne'e that it will leiider them fluctuating. Sir Robert Peel insists' that it will stimulate Mr Lawrence that it will deaden enterprise. Sir Robert Peel that it will vivify commeice -Mi Lawrence that it will paralyze commerce. Sir Robert Peel demonstrates that it will aug ment the public revenue. Mr Lawrence at tempts to prove that it will dimiuish that reve uue. I hus are these men, the one distin guished as a statesman, the other eminent as a merchant aud manufacturer, at the antipodes on the most important question of domestic policy tht divides the public men of our day. Both cannot be correct hi itieir conclusions. Which is right, the popular verdict iu their re spective countries will soon determine. I ; strikes u , however that Mr Ijawrence has reasoned out his principles to some very novel lesulls.- lit-' bas couducted his readeis to conclusions not . sustained by admitted principles aud philosophical deduct ioil, but by assumptions and the inversion of effect and caue. Thus he has converted the Tariffinto a currency question, assumed that low duties will flood ihe laud with foreigu fabrics, turn against us the balauce of payments, make it advantageous 19 export coin, or occasion money pressures, strip th? banks of their re serves of specie, aud finally overthrow num bers of these institutions, spreading almost universal distress aud dismay over the laud! . Now, iu this formidable catulogue of evils, Mr Lawrence has overlooked some obvious nrim-iules ntid lon!-udrnitted distinctions. He has ciinfoiiuded lhat condition of things which leads to the export of coin, and which is connected with the stale' of Ihe" curency, wiiti th.it which does 'not lead to such export, but to the export of. comoodiies, and. which has 110 relation whatever to the stale of the currency. Iu oue word, he has blended jiu.1 confused two disiinci conditions ot ihe Exchange - which are. rarely ; c-oulempo-raneous or co-exisieut,. and which, when they happeu. lo be coincident, it is an accidental conjunction aud not a necessary . connexion. These two ffjffeteul st iles of; tho Exr-h.inge are teehnirally denominated the real and ihe nominal. Let us present, fi ihe better com. pteueusiou or mis suojeci, a unci cxposiitou ol its pr iuciples. ' ' ' !; The sole cause which lend lo an export of 1 - . . coin, as a commercial operation, is tn de- ireciaiioil of the currency. If our currency is reduced iu value below that of other coun tries from iiitl-itKin, the specie portion ! 11 will be exported .to pay debts abroad, if any are owing; ana 11 we owe no oeots, to relizo nercautile piorii, or the difference of value beiweeeu our own aud ioreign curreuies. In that stale of the circulation ihe nominal rate of exchange is said to be unfavorable to the country whose currency has become de preciated. It has 11 limit, if the deiireciali'tii Continues, aud there remains any coin to be ..j : 1 . u . 1 1 . 1 . .1 exporieu, uiiiii me level 01 value nei ween tne currency which is ; thus depreciated aud the currencies of other countries is restored. " Iu this case, instead of commodities coin is ex ported, i . Kut. if our currency is uot depreciated if it is not below the genera! level of value of ine currencies of omer counti ie no coin will be exported, although we should owe mil lions abroad, for importation, or have any other description f indebtedness. Connnod - ities and al coiti wtmld, in such case, be ex ported."" .If our iudeutediies exceeds our "ex isting meaus of payment, siu-hindebtednessi must contiuue. stiould our currency be sound, 111 the form of a deferred debt; and the ex chauge will then be the Judex of such iudebt eduess. 'i'his is deuoininated au unfavora ble rate of real exchaDiuf, aud has its limit in the expense, to wit, freight,'" insurance," &c.lt of remitting s'pude fiTitii ihe debtor to the cred itor country, a no one will pay a higher price for a bill than it will cot to .pay his debt iu the preci tus metals. The etTocl of an unfav orable teal exchange is to stimulate the ex portation of commodities, as we have seeu that the effect of an uiifav'jrable nominal ex change is to lead to an export of coin. Charleston .Vcics. chain is seriously interrupted between Raleigh N. C. and Columbia; SrCj between Ata lanta and Chehaw; betweeV Montgomery and Mobile and between Mobile nd -this city. The first inter riitioii named, is oh some ac counts the most inipntt ant. Twice during the past week there have been two successive failures of the mail between "Wilmington and Charleston. The state of the weather is al leged as an excuse for the "failure of the bo:ts iu maintaining the connection. J11 few years this great difficulty will, we tusr, be ef fectually removed. The' 'U'u tied - State mail should never be transmitted by sea, when it can reasonably be avoided. Since the State of North Candida has purchased the Raleigh Rail Road, it will become her interest toa. sist every effort ;which may be made o' Con nect Raleigh aiVd Camden, aiid the means me abeady- provided, we leliee, for construct ing a road from this latter point-to Columbia. We ha ve beeu a.sured that the owners f the South Caroliiia road were most: favorable to the connection between Raleigh and Colum bia, and every thing induces us to believe lhat this important link will be 10 uied. ' . -j - -1 ue lit: i in. lira long, cudin is niiisciuy in process of construction, and will he completed as fast as the nature of the work will admit. The route from Montgomery to Mobile is a great undertaking, for which we are not alto gether prepared, aild to enable it to remune rate those who may engage' iu building the road, it is necessary that each1 remaining link iu the extended line should be first completed audin operation. Lastly comes the route between 'Mobile and this city. An important portiou of this is already iu course of construction and every day is adding to the letigth s of the Mexican Gulf Railway.- By July next, it is to be hoped il will touch Lake Borgue. The citizens of Mobile must see to it that theit portion of the general whole is constructed - - from Mobile lo Pascagoula and if possible to Pass Chris tian. When (he whole wo k shall be com pleted, it will be not ouly the longest, but w-e verilv believe one of the moi profitable lines iu the world. It will" be fruitful of great na tional advantages, not the least of vriVh will be reckoned the speedy and ready delivery of the U uited States mail. ; NEW ORLEANS. H.,oK fcA,T12S3XK.The French bark AumxtCmovptaM, arrived here jester day from Vt Our, having sailed on the 23d ult..two er :lhe day later than the U. s btig La wreoO bought. The news is'noJ important, if we may judge from the imperfect 'filer which' we have received. -The prominent leature in tne news is me open canvassing of the question of erecting a constitutional mon archy in Mexico. This is the common theme of couversal ion at Vera Cruz, and in a late number of the memoiial Historica the successor of El Siglo XIX u an earnest article written to show, that monarchies are no more exempt from revolutionary disturbances thai. Republics. The question is illustrated from general history, and especially from that of Spain. - The' subject his evidently taken hold of men minds seriously, aud the proba bility of a revolution founded upon Ihe desire of obtaining a stronger and more stable gov ernment was the town talk. Mr Slidell was still at Jala pa. awaiting ir. structions from Washington. . Upon receiv ing his orders, a short interval would cl.ipsr before receiving the definite action of the Mexican Goverumeut ; but we presume that the tiext anival will inform nsj either of Mr SlidelTs reception, or of his returu to tbu V. States. . ... , A daily paper, named the Tie mpr,' printrrj iu the city of Mexich, had ou the 12th uk published an a. title coiitaiuiiig principles of a character d iai net riculty opposite to those of re poblicauisrri : it openly atlvoc.a'es mouarebv. Private letters received at Vera Ciuz atinouuce lhat the popular fueling wa so rnur-h loused ou the orctiiou that ihe editor and 'publisher ot tne l tempo were oougeu to leave tne cry and lake refuge in Ctieruavaca. The' pnpe in general -concur in the opiuiou that the rf-. sident ad interim. Pa redes, is bound to inn ko an effort lo re-coiiquer Texas, f' the s.rku if cousiateticy, as it wa almost solely fur the re.niissuess f I lerrera, in not beginning tho "Texas campaigu," thit the revolution of San Luis Pot osi began. 3 , A SLAVER CAP lURKD Capture of the Barque Paris, of Philadelphia, . on the coast of Jifrira, ieifh 9'J0 slaves. We are informed thU a circular h.is been received fiorn rhe Methodist mission press at Liberia, siatiu that oirtbe evening of ihe 14th of Df'ce tuber arrived' at Moi ro ia lh; ! slave, ship. Pai m,, of Pbibulelphia, captured a lew davs before by f.HUtaiu Bel. of the U.S. sloop-oi-war YoiktoWu,1 off Cabauda, with nine hundred stares on board ; which num ber was reduced during the fourteen days of her passage to that po?t,- to seven hundred and filly-six. All these miserable people were landed as soon as possible under the direction if Dr. Lugeiibeel, ageut of the United Slates lor recoptu-ed African's, some of them " in ;i well-nigh dying slate, ind the best provision possible made for their telief and coritfut. A special meeting of the missionaries aud members of ihe niethodist conference w;is imoiediately held, a ul)scr itiou raisfd fo thee uuforiuuate Africans, and the super in tendent requested to take one hundred of nV children aud youth under his caie. Mot of these lecapiured slaves are between the ages "of S aud 29, a large proportion beiuu 8 and IS ; and of the whole number are about 47 .... The description ol this slave ship, and of the hoirors of ihe condition of ihe niiertble beings crowded almost to suffocation beneath her hatches, as given by Dr. Lugenbecl and lite missionaries, is dark and shocking as cau be iuiiigiued. Nineteen died the first day after capture. The mission appeals w iih great earnestness for aiil in this benevolent work. Under the act of Congress of 1819, we presume the gov ernment will extend i.nmediule aid those unfortunate African", hi h, "in the execution of its own laws, have been brought within the humane and christian colony of Liberia. To that clouy, in its feebleuess,,- ihe suppoit of such a nu'iiber of helpless, half starved peo ple, thrown suddenly and unexpectedly upon it, would prove a burden difficult to be borne. Strange Visitors. t The good people of the county f York, says the Not" folk Beacon of the 10th iusr.f w ere throw n into a perfect nine days' wonderment slate on '1 uesdtty lal, by ascertaining that some 3(J or 35 WhaUs had taken refuge from the lowering and im pending gale f ihe sea iu the less troublous waters of the York. ILniug saliutd their curio-iity to the foil, by a thorough examiua lion of these levH'hans of the deep, they be thought them of the u'iliiy nud value of these uiixp"Cled guests, and were accordingly, at the last advices, making preparations lo ex tract the oil whit h .was thus so suddenly aud unexpectedly cast on their shores. Thirty two of these little roon.-tcrs, varying in length from 15 to 2fJ feet, were cast on Ihe shore of Mr R. II. Faieuholt, and three ou the h' re of Mr Win. Petit. These geuilen.eu re-iti', we learn, about one mile from Yoiktnwr. Petersburg Republican. JUROUS, neiiher by common or sf.it fe fnv, can in a legal sense, commit perjury. 1'here is Uot., never. . was, and never can be, auy provision iu law. for b iugins and us taining suh at;hage ngaiut n juror. Its jCii.i sees frt io disregard his oath, he catiunl be called to any legul a. Count for it. It is,, indeed, impracticatile. Jnrois are svorn to render a verdict according to the law ;u.J e i dence. Six men iay guilty, aud six rrieusay not guilty. Some may think one-half riuht and the other half wrong t,i nhich fix will oo charge with perjury ? We have tn m aus of sustaining the charge against either iarry but the. opinions of some third parties; and one portion of these lhid patties may harge the first six, and anlh-r the litler six, with pejury and thus they would all be liable to jibni'ihmeni for perjury. The same remarks will apjlv , if the jury is divided as eleven (u one. -WV Y True Sun. The Incendiart Abroad. On Thurs day night last another attempt was made to communicate fire to a portion of the city. The tire had been placed under ibe dwehiu" bouse occupied by Mr Samuel M. Whitaker. Jr., uud when discovered, -was burning rapid ly. A few minutes longer, aud the building would certainly have beeu consumed. For tunately, however, a gentlemau happened to be passing, who aroused the family, and with hnassisiance, the flames were extinguished, w iibout .; having done serious injury..-Jfo. Standard. f ? , : ' 7 - ' : Death op Wm. P. Dobsok, Esq. We are pained to have to record the deaih of Wm. P. Dobson, Esq., of Surry couuty. He ex pired at bis residence on the 1st inst., of con gestive fever, in the 64th year of his age". Standard. MAIL STEA M EfiS TO EUROPE. In pursuance of the? . act, of M,arcb-3d, 1S4 5 proposals were issued for contracts for mail steamers, to be built as ships if war, and lo be surrendered the governnieut in casw of war, at a fair . valuat'uAi, .Nuliee was giveu to bidders ihit ouly one Jiue to Europe would be contracted for at present. Mr Mills, of N- YoikMr Sloo, of Ciu- cinuati, aud-Mr Junius 'Smith, offered bids, j ARRIVALS al Hi iggs's Hotel ince Fiiday Mr Mills bid for a . .seaii-rooulhly . hue Horn New York to Havre in France, at 300,000 P.oin tiro CosTon t.venin Traveller. U'istak's Balsam nr Vii.d Cukhky. Wo pnli!isli b:l' a .e?ier from lire editor of Connrepnlionsil Journal, Concnrrf, N-. H., rft ing tlir rrr. r ls of Wistar's Balitm. (Jcu. rn)lv, have linle c nfi-Jri ce in such tt rtifTcrti s ; Lnt kniwr.o w II the author ol" the one bl. w, as cnt!i m.in of Jrih moral el'a a.ter and (r' iii i'mirity, we cannot tor a rn rn it tii.nbi tlie trn li t hi" entire -l:it rn m, or cueftion tho alu- ol this p -pulur reined)- : Coxcobd, N. H , March 2, I84P. Mr S. V. Fowli:5 De.ir Sir Tw o j on ar,o tlc paat winter, a ud!cn and violent uttuik r pn my iins tiy exposure; lo told, cwi. fined me l rrrj rr oni and bed for nevcriil w ks ;' and wlren Irrcoveird I was so much ppressed by diffirulty in tmiliiiZ tint I Has incapable of raj' id walking nl vir.!' nt cxt icis-, and often was unal eto stcprr rel up .n a bed by ihIiI. The urTc rinp ws frequently extrenre, &ad jwl-jng fi'-m the inrfficacj of U i remedies used, f supposed the d .; ictu-ablc. Bcin pnr.rraded t try a butth ot 'Wistar'r Balxaru if VV jld Ch;rry w itlwoii th' l at coritidei.cc! in in tfricai'v r lhat o!" any otic r prescript ion, no nu v.n inliy understand my surprise nd jy, wli-n I found lire difficulty almost rntjrity tt-iuoved before rte botite was nsi.-d up. Having a rnoi t I version t nrlic-rrte, and 1 f Idortt U-irr- it in any form, rotlii'r hut sympathy. v,Uh nyfcJli w uffere.-B in. due s irre to make litis public !.if eirrn t. nnrt rff. luiii i.tn i the nnicV to oihi rsf mrilar'y afflicted. With respect,, yoir truly. - - HENRY WOOD. For sale by S.' J. HINSDALE. Fayetie viile, N. C , and Dr A. M ALLOY, Cheraw. . . - i per annum, and it wan considered tne cneapesL aud best bid for the govermnent. But the Postmaster-General deemed it expedient that the Hue abould touch at Cowen, iu ihe Isle of Wiht, aud terminate, at Bremen, and he of fered Mr Mill 400,000 a year to make this .l.or.iinn. M 'Mills accepted .this offer, but uuon the coudiiion, that if he should deem iu expedient, tne trips eimuru uu i oirmen ana Havre, alternately, and ,that at the price of $350,000 per anuum. The contract was closed, aud ihe vessels c e building there are to be four ships, each of which will cost shout $400,000 ; and one of them, at least, is to be ready for aervico on the Hist day of Jau uary next. Charleston -VeisAi ? A brother of Senator Yulee, one oftbe Pro fesdr in Woodward Colleee. Ohio, has had his name changed by the Legislature of Ohio iioin L.evy o uiee, - the 13'h lust.: J M Snmpsey; J A McDonald. Moore W S Smiih, Wilin. K Iletudon. Ala. J S Pearson, Bladen, A Zachany, Moiit'ry. J M Wdlker.Cumb'Id.'.N Graham, Cumb'ldv H l.illy, Fayetteville, F Klackman, Raltib, WT S Steele, Roc'ham, A Smith, Robe Soil, KDCo4aod,Rand'ph, Dr W W Honper.Cum C M Simpsou. N. O. Mr'Swan, Wil.ii'ton M W McNair,L Hill, J A Sjears. Curub'ld. H E Turner, Phil'del. M Sanders, do. Di H Turner, Moore, J R Wilson, G. J Wilou, Raleigh, Cn: M Mmch, Wilm D A Boyd,Selma,Ala. L McGary, do. Jas Fcguson, do. C Munmc, Curnb'ld. R G Rankin, Wilm..J .Robinson, Clinton, C Hall. Sampon, Mj A J Banks,lVake D P, McDonald. N C G IV BuieCumbld. W J Fuller, Wake, J P Smith, Wcde.bor S Soften, Way ne, A McKinuon,Robsou D B.McAru.Cberaw, J Leavet, N. York, S A Woods, S. C W D McDowall, S.C. 4 K Gregg, Marion, Mr Woodn, do.
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