TTMJE KKDBSTIHI (CAIEOILflRJIAM
NORTH-CAROLINIAN.
Wm H ! i KJttor and Proprietor.
Saturday Morn Ins, April 18, 1846.
Cumberland Coukty Candidates.
Senate. DR. THOS. N. CAMERON.
i DUNCAN SHAW,
Comment. GEQ w PEGRAM.
AfTPtilH for this taier In N.York.
lleur. Mmob St. Twttle, 38 William street,
aBd Mr George Pratt at Ue Moralm Tele
rapk Offlcct 14 PTaaaam street are autl&orixeel
?.nu for obtatnB uftverenete aadiab-
serlptlona tor tlte a
York.
lortK Carolinian) Im Jlevr
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MR.. LEAK'S' APPOINTMENTS.
Pittsboro, Chatham couuty, 12th Way,
Raleigh, v ? 14th V
Chapel Will, " 16th H.i
Hillsbofo, ; T ; : 18th
Yancey ville, 20th .
Wentworth, Rockingham, 23d
Greensborc, 26th
Asheboro, . 23th
Troy, Montgomery, I?1011
APPOINTMENTS OF MR SHEPARD.
Mr Sbenhard will address his fellow-citi
zens of the State, at the following times and
in the following place, to wit :
Washington, Beaufort, 22d April,
Beaufort, Carteret, 28tb April,
Kinston, Lenoir, 1st May,
Waynesboro', Wayne, 5th May,
Wilmington, New Hanover, 9th May,
Smiibfield, Johnston, 13th May.
MR LEAK'S ADDRESS.
Walter F. Leak, one of the democratic
candidates (we will not say, as some of our
editorial friends do, the candidate) for Gov
ernor of North Carolina, addressed the citi
zens of Cumberland on the 16th. He bad a
very respectable audience, composed of both
par tie. -
He spoke of the Tariff principally of
Banks of the distribution of the proceeds of
the public lands, &c. He made some very
happy illustrations of the Tariff system ; -explained
its -inequalities showed its protective
character that it was not intended as a reve
nue tariff, but as a hot -bed stimulant to
manufacturers. He was a manufac
turer himself, but he did not want protection.
He bad not made money at manufacturing,
but it was because the business was only a
secondary object with him, planting was the
primary object of the Company, and therefore
they had not turned their energies to it.
bur wnoleVratfeOCjO.
ensure that end, he was for granting no more
charters, unless the property of the stockhold
er wo? made liable for the debts of the Bank.
Thin, he said, and it is as true as Gospel, 1
would enable a man to lay down with $500
under his head with the assutanco that the sam
would be worth $500 in the morning when
he awoke. Such was not the case now, and
hundreds had been the instances in which pa
per money had turned to trash in the hands
of the people. Present their notes to some of
the Banks, and that fashionable word was po
litely told them, that the Bank had suspended.
To be brief, Mr Leak made a very pretty,
plain, sensible "talk." It was received very
encouragingly by ihe audience; the only
thing to mar their pleasure being the thought
of our division.
He closed hi speech by relating the cir
cumstances under which he became a can
didate, and spoke of the correspondence be
tween himself aud some gentlemen of ihe
Central Committee. He said nothing offen
sive to any one.
ANOTHER PROPOSITION.
Whatever may be the preferences of the
different? portions , of the democratic parly,
with regard to the candidates now before
them, Messrs Leak and Shepatd, it must be
the desire of all, that one or the other should
decline. Looking to a consummation of this
object, we have not exercised our right to ad
vocate the claims of either the one or the other.
Some others of our democratic brethren have
seen proper- to take sides with Mr Shepard's
friends iu strong terms. Others have gone
so far as to deny Mr Leak the ue of their
columns,' Under the circumstances, we
think they have done wrong. We have open
ed our columns to Mr Leak, because we
thought' we ought to do so. We have not
finally declared for him or against him, be
cause we have been . looking to a reconcilia
tion of ' the" difficulty.. - And uuless some
change tak$ place :to alter that determination,
we shalUtake u part' for one more than the
other', if-tby both continue candidates.
' It'ts with au' anxious desire that the , har
mony of bV-party shah" be restored, that Mr
Leak has lisYetied to the recommendations of
a number Q gentlemen of the party, aud made
the: proposition, which will be found below.
Now, h niay be said that Mr Leak has de
nounced some members of the Committee, or
at least some gentlemen at Raleigh, as a
Clique,?', and has denied the authority of the
Central Committee to make a nomination,
and therefore placed himself in an inconsistent
position byr proponing to refer back to that
Committee, hi claims. Now, we tnink this
is only another proof of Mr Leak's ardent
desire to unite the strength of the party on
one man, even if that man should not be him
self. He is willing to rik the chances, al
though be knows he may have offended some
of the Committee, arid so far has of course,
lessened his chances of success.
We have two candidates. It is useless to
deny that there is a wide and growing differ
ence among us as to which one the party ought
to concentrate upon. Party sciews ratiuot
now be brought to bear. Organization is de
feated, and cannot be compassed without a
reconciliation. Defeat is inevitable without it,
and the friends of loth candidates must look
their difficulty full in the face. Therefore,
here is a proposition to obviate the difficulty,
recommended by a portion of the democratic
parly. We have ihe voices of three or four
presses, the Tarboro Press, Oxford Democrat,
and wc thiuk, the Warrenton Repoiter, with
thiit paper, all calling for a reconciliation; and
we might add the Jefferenian and Lnuoluton
He left for Caithnge, where he is to tpeak J j
Courier :
Fayetteville, April 18, 1846.
Jas. B. Shepakd. Esq.:
My Dear Sir : Iu order that there may be
a concentration of the energies of our party
upon one candidate, I have been induced by
the earnest and repealed solicitations of many
of our political fijends, to submit to you the
y"TtitmWhHftt9rWHeA' iirWrliAW AWW .IPUtt'c-
: Whether the proposal meets with your ap
probation or not, I trust it will be ascribed to an
earnest desire on my pa it, to do all 1 can to
preserve harmony, without which, present and
certain defeat to ourselves, as well as lasting
future injury to our party, must be the inevita
ble result. Iu uuiou we have strength, but it
must be apparent to all, that without mutual
concession on our part, there can be no union.
I propose, then, that our relative claims be
submitted to the Democratic State Central
Committee " as appointed by the President
of the late Convention, with the understanding
that they meet iu person iu the city of Raleigh,
- r I Z .1 a
at ineir eaMiesi possioie convenience mm
they shall take the whle subject matter before
them, with full power to settle this vexed ques
tion ; that when they have so settled, tbey shall
announce that fact, through the columns of
the Standard," pledging myself to abide
their decision.
In the eveut of any contingency arising
which shall prevent the attendance of any otic
or more of the Committee, they w ill vote by
to day.
etter.
Should you close in with this p'oposition,
you will address me in the ame public man
ner, after which we will both retire from the
canvass until the choice is announced.
Respectfully yours,
W. F. LEAK.
-:Tbe North Carol ilia Standard, Wil
The whig of Brunswick held a meet
ing at the Court House at Smithville, on Tues
day evening, and nominated for the Com
mons, Mr Waters, the late member, for re
election. Mr Waters is probably the only
whig who could be elected at ihe approaching I mingidri Journal, Mecklenburg Jefferson iau,
election in Brunswick, and if he consents to Warreptou Keporter, uxioru uemocrai, ana
stand the canvass, it will be only to save the Lincoln Courier will please publish.
party from defeat. TEN NESSEE. The Legislature of Ten-
Tbe meeting also nominated for the Senate, riessee-have passed tesolutions, which have
Mr Thomas I. Robinson, democrat, of Bla- been rf pi in ted in the United States Senate,
den, to represent Bladen and Bruus wick and af proyfug the "Message of President Pr.lk,
Columbus. :. ano- instructing their Senators and Represen-
We are clad to see that Democracy is' talivea to' sunnort and carry out the principle
poptilartn Br"dTiiwick;"thM"the whigs riomi- of iiie nwsgipj io" votelor a modificationfof tiaries. -nate
a democrat instead of a marr their own 'tfteTiftuTAff 1S42, and to vote for a bill ex- Mechan
- " ' ..i 1 j? !r milor 1
principles. Mr Robinson a full-blooded tenaing.our iaw over Oregon, ana lor terroi
ri.mno.nt. .nd . Pentleman withal ; but be is natiog-majouit occupation.
THE IMPOLICY OF NORTH CARO
LINA BUILDING A PENITENTIARY.
As far as we can learn there are something
more than 20 Penitentiariea in the U. Stale;
all of them, nearly, in populous States. Four
of these, though situated in Maine, Massa-
.h.i.Pit. Pennsylvania, and the District of
- y - j
Columbia, are a buithen to the governments
which created them, or were according to the
last reports we saw from them. Four of them,
we have no means at hand of knowing wheth
er they support themselves or not. Several
,.ih.r suuoort themselves some years, and
some years they do not.
If we conclude to have a Penitentiary, we
must ia the first place expend a ptetty round
sum iu sending a Committee to the North, to
ascertain the best system for conducting a
Penitentiary, and iho most approved plan for
building it. Then the cost of site and buTfd
in, could not be less than $100,000, ;frora
-7 -
what we see of the cost of other Penitentiaries,
1en the whole ciimiunl code oDhj State is
to bealteied, at a great expense thenlef a i
necessiiy the "Re vised Statutes" must bo re
priuted and distributed at another expense.
Then there must be officers, at considerable
salaries, and the officers must be paid whether
there aie any prisoners or not.
We do not know that any one contends
that a Penitentiary in this State could support
itself. It is very evident that it could 'not,
uuless eveiy little crime we e made a Peni
tentiary offence. The country is too ibiuly
settled foi that. It would take a large num
ber of prisoners to support a Penitentiary by
their labor. The Maryland Penitentiary has
been a burthen to the State since 1838, in
consequence of a law which very considerably
a a " ? . -Mb'- a
reduced us uurnuer oi convicrs, until lately,
it is said to be supporting itself.
Does a Penitentiary lessen crime as some
suppose I There are many well-meaning
people who believe that a Penitentiary would
lessen the amount of crime. Such a conclu
sion is entirely precluded by actual experi
ment. Iu the piison iu Maine,lhe number
of convicts in 1837 was 77, and the average
number for 13 years was SO. In New Hamp
shire prisou, the number of convicts in 1839
was 73 ; average number (or 10 years, 73.
In the Vermont prison, the number of con
victs in 1839. was 95; average number for 25
years 1 00 ! In Massachusetts prison, in
1838, 302 convicts; average number in IS
years 2S1 ; a small decrease. In Connecti
cut prison, in 1839, 183 convicts ; average
number in 5 years 198! an increase. Aud
so it ges on to the end of the c hypler.
There are thousands of wretches in the
woild, who would as lief live iu the Peniten
tiary as any where -else. Thousands who
would not mind a few years iu the Peniten-
upon aueuemy. Thousands whose passions
ihe certainty ut death would restrain, but on
whom the fear of the Penitentiary t as noth
ing. We are not among those who would
suppress capital punishment altogether.
VVe have before us, the Repoit of the Com
mittee on the Penitentiary, as reported to the
Legislature of North Carolina, in 1844.
This report sets out with the declaration that
"The experience of other States, boih for
eign and domestic, which have given the
Penitentiary system a thorough trial, furnish
sufficient data for arriving at a safe conclu
sion as to its beneficial operation. It is con
clusively hhewn to have checked, if it has
not materially diminished the commission of
crime'
Yet after making this declaration, the two
tables which ihe Committee attached to their
report, shew an increase of crime!,. What
distinction the Committee meant to draw be
tween checking" crime, and "diminishing"
it, we do not understand.
With regard to Mechanic?. The Peniten
tiary pystem lets loose upon the community, a
parcel of men who woik at prices wilh which
bonest Mecbatiics cannot compete ; the con
grievances, arid iu Pittsburg a bill ot indict-
ment has oeen isia oeiore uio
test the right of the State to Jeain convicts
trades to ibe injury and ruin of honest mechan
ics ; and the public see. the en or tnai nas Deen
-nmmitted in establishing ihe Penitentiary
system ; but custom is harder to alter man
law. And snarl we now, ai mu uj, icm
system which experience proves of ao little
utility, and of so much evil ? It were folly t
think of it.
The State of Georgia has a Penitentiary,
but so far as we can learu from her experience,
little if any benefit has been derived from it.
The Federal Union, a newspaper published
at the Capitol of Georgia, where the Peniten
tiary is also located, said of the Institution,
and the system, in 1844, as follows :
" What is to be done with the Penitentiary?
Georgia has made a noble experiment hi this
attempt to rescue from destruction the degrad
ed inmates of this institution. She has lib
erally and patiently g'anted appropriation after
appropriation, with the hope that a suitable re
turn iu money or improved morals iu the con
victs would result. She has been sadly dis
arrnointed. The convict is, evidently nol
ibnproved in morals, awl like the beasts going
to ine len ol I tie sick iioHj iie money xem in
toJkePenitcntiary, mikes no rlturning tratUr.
JVol a dollar has ever been returned to the
Treasury, and still the annual appropriation
is called for. The law requiring the Central
Bank to discount all the notes it can gel for
its productions sold or sacrificed on credit of
twelve months, has kept its operations from
ceasing altogether. Remove this burtheu
from the Central Bank, aud the convic's will
be idle in th'ee months.
" We have long since shewn our opinions
on this subject. We are gratified to find
them sanctioned by almost every one ee have
consulted. Send ihe couvicts of ihe Stale, lo
her public works seud ihem to Ihe Westcn
and Atlantic Railroad. Far from increasing
the expense to the Slute, it will be a measure
of economy."
We have heretofore urged the plan of mak
ins couvicts work roads or make new roads,
as the case may be ; and the more we study
it, the more we are convinced of its practi
cability aud ultimate usefulness.
RIFLEMEN'S ANNIVERSARY.
This Company's Anniversary comes on
Tuesday next. It was organized on the 21st
of Ap'il, 1842, after uomerou difficulties, al
ways, attendant upon such enterprises. The
chief merit of forming this Company may be
said to belong to Mr Avon K. Hall, the 2nd
Lieutenant, who has held that office since its
formation. Himself with a few others con
ceived that it was desirable to have another
Company in Fayetteville, there men being
none but the Light lufantry, aud the military
spirit low. The obvious necessity of another
Company routed this spirit, and the forma
tion of this Company was the result.
V tla7 aiasaw x - efu' iiniriiu i uti9 Jjrj
pered, and still does so. At rhis time, it may
be said to be " in the full tide of successful
experiment."
The arms which they now have nro of an
extremely inferior order; having been in this
State Arsenal for probably twenty years.
They are Yankee made, and made by con
tract. On the api'licatioii of the Comnanv.
the Governor ha ordered new arms, heiii" n
patent Rifle, by Mr Hall, that loads i i thn
breach, thus dispensing with ramrods and
ramming, (by the way a very great ,ore fl lne
soldier iu the field,) and will shoot five or six
times in a minute with great accuracy.
it was (lesiraDie lo have these arms by the
autiivcrsary, but that cannot be accomplished.
'I'l i .: :n i .
xuu suuo-.mg win no uitiior, nowever, show
ihat the Fayetteville Riflemen stand among
the best marksmen to be found among Volun
teers in the State.
The t.rctirs of Riflemen consist principalis
in light bri.-k movements, and detached duty.
It is a service that requires much practice.
aud it is impossible to arrive al desirable per-
lection i i tne lew dniu which Yolunieers
sequence is that mechanical tiades cannot be perform in the course of n year ; nevertheless,
upponcu. ( . the great obiect ol Volunteer Comnauies is to
And the idea of the editor of the Standard, obtain ihe elements or bssl- ,,f A,in - tKi
that work made hi i our Penitentiary could be ,npy wi,l with more alac-ity acquire rhe habits
sent uorth and sold is ridiculous. The com- and discipline of the soldier when called into
miuee on pnaou uiauuiariures in inesiaie oi
Maryland hare reported that their bo-s
;n; McNEILL'S BRIDGE.
We" congratulate the owners of this splendid
Bridge, and the travelling public, on the com-
wlllrYV rkf lVli m inifirit nrAilr Sunk a
work has long been a desideratum, and the "0S' -""""S "7"
proprietors deserve much credit for their public
so unambitious of such honors, that we doubt
if he will accept the nomination.
OREGON MAP Mr Hardie has pre
sented us wiih a new edition of Mitchell's
Map of Texas, Oregon, California, &c.
It is the same map which we noticed some
months ago, with the same accompanying
pamphlet. But it is beautifully bound in
Morocco, and labelled in gilt; a much more I under whose superintendence and man age-
convenient and durable style than the former, meorthis bridge has been built.
Mr Hardie has them for sale, at his Book , W understand thai llhe bridge is 340 yards
d.j no:.. . longw CHthteeu feet wide, and thirty-five feet
,orw UW1"""" high. It is thrown across the Cape Fear river
FOUND DEAD. A man was found a short distance above the Ferry, long and fa
dead on Thursday last, about 7 miles south of orab!y known a' McNeill's Ferry." A.
Fayetteville, in the woods. He is supposed Tbm Croton Mutual Insurance Com-
to have died iu a lit, and to nave oeen oeaa oau whose advertisement will be seen in
are accumulating on their hands to ruinous
extent, and lS shoes wont sell, we do not
know what will. No ; all articles ikat would
be made in a North Carolina Penitentiary
would have to be sold in North Carolina, or
south of it, for the north is overstocked-with
Peuitentiary work, which accounts for tie de
cline in reveuues of the uortbern Peiiten-
ics in this State are already labor
ing under the disadvantages of frea negro and
slave compel I! ion ; aud now to add ferrtten-
tiary competition, would prostrate hem' at
once. And without Mechanics n"State,
city or town can prosper. It is jrist its im
possible as it is fur ihe human systemlo per
form its functions without food. Andtnoiber
service. All men take a oride in militaiv
matters, more or less, and it is the duty of
young Americans to keep themselves prepar
ed iu this manlier for any exigencies of the
nation.
spirited exertions in prosecuting it to a sue.
cessful completion. Nor is less credit due to
the skillful architect, Capt. John W. W eisiger,
Ihe Hillsborough Recorder of April 8,
ays that there was but one case of small pox
in that lown. and that was on the recovery.
aud it was probable the disease would not
spread
CONNECTICUT,
1 be returns come gloriously in ! The
New Haven Register of Thursday, states that
the democrats have elected 11 of the 21 sena
tors and 100 members of the House to the
whigs 76 one hundred and eleven bein a
majority. Consequently we want but 11
more, to secure the Slate and there are 43
vacancies to be filled on Monday next.
In the towns yet to vote, and to be heard
from, the democrats are sure of half probably
more.
There is no choice of State officers by the
a - . '
people out giye us a joint vote iu the Jegis
la! ure, and we shall have a democratic Gov
i;...i..ni rnn.nn.
.,i k. . a . j - i ..u.uaUt " wu'n, secre
" . ' I tarv. Alrl (nmiitrr.tli.r Wa mnnratnlii. tU
rarrcnants, &c. Uoes any one suppse that T 7 7 ; . b. ".7,
.1 1 . .1 r. 7 n. t. r . democrats of Connecticut upon ihe brilliant
iubso umiuiaum priuesaious would StMer il lr . . . , . -,
" I alplnrll m ha sn1 tmr. Kail MiitU K;.k
mnmanl 7 ru. I , .1-1 ..... t..- D.. : I - " "HMUCiittUI
tentiaryin the land. Add why are not me- J of ,hf laud of steady habits "
rhanics resnected an murh . A, anil . ,cu"u":u legcucrmcu, ouu uisen-
. uvw. I n
lawyers One profession is equallvis indis-
pensable as the other. The laws of as coun- Mr Leak has addressed a letter to the Ed-
MESSRS INGERSOLL & KEBSTEK.
Charges of Corruption and Misdemeanor in
Office. '.
Mr Charles. J. Ingersol!, of ibe U State
House of RcpresentatiyesV some time since,
made a speech; in the Houe, animadverting
upon the conduct of Mr Webster in nego
tiating the Ashburton treaty, which settled the
northeast boundary between Great Britain
and the United States. On the 6th and 7th
of this month, Mr Webster occupied the Sen
ale iu reply to the speech of Mr Ipgerspll par
ticularly, and attacks from other quarters gen
erally. We did not read his sfteech, but the
Union said it was bitter, coarse aud in bad
taste.
Well, on the 9th of April, Mr Ingersoll in
the House, asked indulgence of the "House
for a personal vindication, as bevconceived his
privileges as a mentber,aiul freedom f speech
had been grossly attacked by a Senator. He
said ho had neyer spoken -o Mr; Webster a4
Senator, but as Sect eiary of State. He . de
sired to explain some resottHtons -Calling for
minutes of 4bu CotiiiwitteprFpreigo Affairs
in February 1843'!) l
These minutes will if,ovk that Mr Secre
tary Webster made knowa to members-Vf that
committee,- by n written jComriruiucal ion. ihe
President's wisb fof a special mis ion to Gieai'
Britain,' which mission,,!! ,lhiiik, it w ill suffi
cieutly iqjcaT,-was lor setlJe ih Oregon ques
tion, by yielding which, Mr Webster has lately
denied our tight to claim.;
The resolution for information fiorn the
Department of State, will bring forth proofs of
Mr Secretary W ebsler's, misdemeanors hi of
fire, his fraudulent misapplication aud person
al use of the public fund-', and coirupling par
ty presses with the money appropriated by
law for the contingent expense of foreign in
tercourse. When discharged, a he was,
from the departineut to which he was great
a disgrace, he vas a delhiqent, a public rl
fauller. He did not account tor the money
he fiaudulently abstracted from ihe department
till more than a year after he was expelled
from it, and did not account for most of it
then, by paying back the money he abstracted
but by vouchers from . notoriously base agents
of his choice, w ho receipted for it, to be ex
pended in managing party presses. Papers
Irom the Department of Stale, some of them
signed by him, will reveal the mvstery, of
which one of his corrupt agents, in a letter to
him marked " private,'? applauds as Mr Web
ster's new and adtiiiraVrle mode of settling tbe
Notiheastern bouiidary , question, alter tne
forty years' blundering, .buwever holiest and
patriotic, of Washington, the Ad irnses, Jeffer
son, Madison, Monroe, Jackson, and Van
Buren, who did not consider it riyht to ex
peud public moneys iu corrupt Tug iho press
aud the people.
It is sickening, , if not sad reality, lhat a
mail of fine abilities, ,as preposterously as pro
lauely miscalled Godlike, should be exposed
. . . -iitili i v-nvp :ml as
sociations w ifh notriott-ly base fellows Hi
palpably vile miue of the public money.
When I spoke the offensive wurds of the Sec
retary which appear to have goaded him to the
madness generally betraying the iruilly, I had
no idea of the extent of his offence, ludeed,
I have not now, for detection has only. begun
nice he called me to, it. One ol his coudin
ors writes lo the .Secretary of State, that h
iresumes ihtf contingent fund is ample, and
he Secretary's control over II complete.
these papers, wheu made priuted docu
ments, will show, also, application of some of
the same secret jeonlingeiil fund to the release
ofMeLeod; and although M Webstor is re
ported to have said in the Senn'e, thai there
-was ouly one letter oil: ihat subject, three i
one and the same day will appear.
W hether, wheu possessed ol ihe proofs of
Mr Secreta-y Webster's malversation, co rup
ion, and delinquency, his onen'es will be
deemed impeachable misdemeanors in office,
conviction lor which might remove him Irom
he Senate, and disqualify him to hold auy of
fice of honor, trust, or profit, under the United
States, will remain to be considered.
Should it prove necessary to go lo that ex
remity, the similitude will be wonderful with
a great Enoih lawye', called by a pott the
a a .
wisest and meanest oi mankind."
This subject occupied the remainder of the
day in the House, Mr McKay at first oppos
ed the resolution as criiflit:ling with a law by
which the President is eulruled with a fund
for secret purposes, to be used wheu hu may
inuiK proper in negotiation. . ,
a a a
mr ingersoit satu dm resolution was not
designed to interfere with those secret trans
actions except far as to expose the alntse
of this power and ifriar 4uud r? He said that al -
though the President of- th& Uuiied States
rrient to aay that U was or was inle tided lo be,
Mr Bayly aid, well, probably he ( was ms
taken.. . ..
Howeveri the resolutions at last were pais-
ed by a vote of 136 to 28, in ibe following form:
Resolved, Tbit the President of the Uniied
States be requested to cause to be furnished tH6i -House
an account of all payments made on Presi
dent's certificates from the fund appropriated b
law through the agency of the State Department
for the coal indent rxpenst-s of foreign intercourse
since ine 4ta, aay oi jviarch, 1041, until the re.
tirement of Daniel Webster, eq., from the Depart
ment of State, with copies of all entries, receipts
iwiiwimsuiwuiiuuaH, or oinereviaencr,
of such payments, to whom paid, for what, aui
particularly all conci-rning the northeastern boun
dary depute with Great tiritain ; also, copies of
whatever communications wtru made fnm the
Secretary of State during the last session of the
7th Corixress, particularly February, 1843, to Mr
Curbing and to Mr Adams, members of the Com
mittee of this House on Foreign Affairs, of Ihe
wish of the President of the United States to in
stitute a special mission to Great Britain a Is a
copies of all letters on the books of tbe Department
a lalo tn bmv aktfa aoa- vf tko TTnat...! C .
w. , - -j w..,u oiaies, or any
system is, that convicts will there be earned
some useful and honorable pursuit, a or at the
expiratiou of their term, be turned out (t times
out of 10, no better men than when ney en
tered) to seek employment among hrsorable
mechanics. Suppose for a moment twt they
were to study physic aud law in the Is n hen
Eerson in New York, conct roii:j Alexander Alc
,eod. Provided, That no lotoii,ent or- matter is
'rqueted to be lirrnishd bv Iho forcoiri" resnlu.
nun,, which, in toe opinion oi ine i reeidcut, would
improperly involve the c it rim r subject 'of ant
foreign power. . . '
Resolved. Thai, the cliaii man of the Committed
of this House on Foreign Affairs, submif fo this
House the journal or minutes of that committee
during the last fecaMon tfie I7lh Cmtgrrts.
In the Senate on the 11th, after the transac-.'
lion of some routine' business of no public in
lerest, Mr J. M. Cla ton's resolution calling
onlhe . President, for iiiforrnation. relative to
ihe Oregon uegotialiuii was taken up and
wurred to. ;!-
The lfoue finally passed ihe Senate bill
to rai-e a regiment of otouiited riflemen, with
an amendment, requiring the fficers tube
taken from the line of ihe army, j
In the Senate, on the 13ih, it was agreed,
informally, nt the suggestion of Mr Alien, that
the vole t-hoold be taken ou Mhe - notice'' ou
Thursday next.
Mr Huntington addressed the Senate on
ihe special order, Mr Upham, who had iho
flooi from last w eek, being si ill, we regret to
say, indisposed. Mr Huntingdon was in
favor of ihe notice iu a modified form, aud
desired its postponement till a later peiiod of
the session, iu order to give lime for uegolia..
tiou.
A message was received from the Piesiderit
of the Uuiled Slates iu reply to Mr J. M.
IJIa) ton's resolutions, announcing the fad
that no additional diplomatic correspondence
in relation to the Oregoti qrre.-tion had been
received from goveriimeui tf Great Britain
since the date f his (the President's) last
communication lo Congress ou this subject.
A message was also received from the Pies
ident in relation to the rcceiii difficulties with
the Cherok'-u Indian.
Thu II ue entered ujou a long debate,
which ran through many-hours, on the bill lo
protect iho rights of American settlers in ihe
ter; ito-y of Oregou, until ihe terruiuuttou of
the jiint iccopaiin C ibe same.
A CARD.
Tho Subsciiber, n leaving Fayettrvirfe,
takes this opportunity in return his thanks lo
those Ii lends Worn whom, in a,i., he
has received manifestations of iheir kind re
gard for his welfa e. To the ladies of the
Prcsbyteiiau congregation, he would lender
his pellicular acknowledgements for their
liberal douati-ii on the eve of his departure.
These lokMis ol ft ieiidl)ip are valuable not
only iu themselves, but n an indication of
those kind feeling which make society pleas
ant, and which sra j p an impirsWoa ou ihe
oiiuil not easily eft need. '!" iho ..e
Heaven's blessings may rest uttl all uiili
wh..m h; has been conuecled. i ihe earnei
prayer id' ihe atih-ciibei, whilu a ffrateful
collection of iho kindness les,.wd will f.m
a powerful stimulus lo fidelity in ihe. fuim
cencs of life. SIM EO v rni.in x
- - a v
STRANGE. Li. Fremont, in his Reno t
f the Exploring Expedition lo tho Rocky
Mountains, in 1S42, says he found roses nil
along his route, in .luer, reminding him of
cultivated gardens and riv ithon. It U
cerlainly strange lhat this benuiilul and fra
grant flower, o beloved by all, should be found
in the prairie and wildernesses of longitude
96, latitude 39.
He purchased some sugar and coffee from
the traders, for which ihey paid 81 peril).
a a
Alcohol, diluted with water, so as to make
it like whi-key, is sold by lha Mexican traders
lo ihe Indians at $36 a gallon.
FOREIGN NEWS No steamer has
yet arrived, al'hou'h one has been expected
fo- the last two weeks. . In the meantime, the
Packets have brought some news. The Pilot
boat Wm. J. Romer, whose depicture for
England was such a mystery, has arrived at
New York. The .True Sun says lhat she was
sent out by two.New Vork newspaper estab.
lishmetils, ftr- the nurrrose of biinsinu off
news sooner than, the steamer. , . If such ia the
fact, it was a poor specular jn, as she has oc
cupied neatly tw ice the lime that a steamer
wordd have occupied.
A he news she brings is up lo the 1 lib ult.
The cotton market exhibited no chanse.
but flour had advanced a little iu England.
. . n
as was io De expected, the Br I -h Pre
make considerable big talk about Ihe re
fusal of the American Government n accent
some days before found. He is a deranged anothcr coumrjj are now prepared to receive try profess to bo based on equal rfvileges or of the Wilmington Journal, in relation to
man named Mclntyre. I annlicationa for riks on Cotton Factories, and equal rights, but many are the dipssHms I an expression in his Circular. We will pub-
ar i. j u. .u d-j,.iu as c.-.i. B, :ii .it roin lnal "tne. In this State mechanics do lish hi Circular and letter in our uext naner.
u-.B.r l. j.u- a-- L.r innui.ies. not number strong enough to makeny im- He considers himself unjustly treated, and
, agaill ueeu ianu uj ui. , --n - pression upon the public, but at theNorth so we are willins that he ahould h hrH. Thi.
H. Brown Tha R.nnlnk llo.-M " Sa it I .r EC A I.
1 w I T s I r - J rT j w-v I -aww.aw luuai ajUiUSira. tl II U IU3
had been inves(tedi with the use ol-tbis niouey
for secret service, trVa frfm Genl. Jackson's
ume in 1829, down fd the expiration of Mr
ar aa "
Van liuren's time, fhfruseof ul one farthing
of that money was fcepf from public view, and
that tne private use dt w did not begin until
after Mr Webster carne into oflW.
Mr McKay then withdrew his objection to
the resolution.
Mr Dromgoole 5titained Ibe resolutions
He said he believed Mr T)ler's the most cor
rupt administration we ever had.
Mr Bayly answered Mr Dromzoole, and
defended Mr Tvler. Mr B. said this secret arbitration on the Oreeon ouesiion.
service money was civen to the Government The natives of Poland which country hit
after the example of England and other govern-1 for some time been under the dominion o(
ments, who used it to obtain information by Austria and Russia, have succeeded iu mak
a. a a a a .a a . 1 Z ? .
urinery, wnicn could oe ontaiued in no other In2 qe a general revolution in that coun!ri
way; aud that H could be obtained in this I in favor, of freedom, but it is still doubtful if
a a .rj a . s I 1 li
way omy uy ine pieoge oi tne Government to I Iney win succeed.
strict secrecy. He thought, however, that the Sir Robert Peel says that the Government
u u iieu ounea nao louoweo a Dad example in England have already expended iuu.uuu
oiiowiug una example oi old monarchies, pounds sterling for food for the suncring peo
But he argued thai if these disclosures were pie of Ireland.
to be made, it would forever debar the United Great fears are entertained from the look of
States from resorting to this rnean. for no one the notatoe cut tins- thai tbe rot witf again de
would trust this Government after haviu? vio. i strov the croo.
Ll.J la. aT.taW I nAi tTk a Ml a Zmm. mw sBalleina ftWas
iiiru iu i.hu. i tne oruun are iiii hcwt3 m ii-,hu men
atiAwl. . r
ry or inied sheet, pric $ 1 ,50.
in politics, as might be expected.
It is whi" I will be noticed in this week's paper. It is thought that tbey have held meeting and Site Con- I unity and harmony of the party require that it
9 l . . -.t - i -l i j i i i ir .i. I L. l a.,. ' J .
that the price w in gei roucn tower man u now i. tcuhuus, aim ucmauueu a reoresapi ineir auwuu oe uooe speeauy. rarboro Tress.
M. Inn-....ti : j .i . .u
tirely mucouceived the use of this secret fund.
It was never to his knowledge applied to any
such purposes as bribery or corrupt ion. He
thought it an imputation on his own Govern-
ships of war for service.
British arms meet with Considerable re.
verses in India. The SikI the natives
are called, manage to thin e British armiei
verjr extensively. .