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In advance, per year,$2 00 Hot paid in advance, 2 50 Not paid until six months have expir ed, , 300 Not paid till the year has expired, 350 No subscription received or a less time than a year.tj unless the price be paid in inw twT TR.. advance. Ii I 1 J0 . - , . " " - - - --' - A- ' . - , . - : -. . . . , v . f ' ? CHARACTER IS AS IMPORTANT TO STATES AS IT IS TO INDIVIDUALS J AND THE GLORY OF THE STATE IS THE COMMON PROPERTY OF ITS CITIZENS. ! FAYETTEVILLE, N. C, MAY 19, 1849. TKUJflS Of ad vnuTispy a t . Onesquaie of twenty-one lines or less, for one inser tion. fiO cents : PVPrir tuli- j. w - , - J fgequent insertion, 30 cents except it remain in for sev eral mouths, when it will hv charged $3 for two months, for three, tc. .'.10 for twelve months. " v V w- t : l i . i . . : for laree advertisement VOIi. 10 BTO. 534. by the year or six months i CHEAP CASH AND BARTERING STORE. THE Subscriber takes this method of informing his friends and th public generally, that he has taken a Store on Person street, two doors below Mr H. Branson's, nd nearly opposite the Cape Fear Bank, where he is now opening a large tnd general assortment of GROCERIES, Suited to the Barter Trade. Also, Shoes, Caps, and Mats, Saddles, Liridles, and Collars, Crockery and Glassware, Hardware and Cutlery, Blacksmith.' Tools, its sets. 30 sides best Spanish Sole Leather, 5 tons Swedes and English Iron, '2 ditto Castings, of be-t quality. With many other articles, comprising a stock as complete as any in thU place, all of which will be sold at the very o?i m.irket prices for Cash, or given in exchange for an Kiuii ol Country froduce. NEW SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS. G. & H. McMillan Are now receiving from New York and Philadel phia, a large and splendid stock of STAPLE and FANCY S3? 'Si Svnt. 23. 1843. J. M. WILLIAMS. 501 New Boarding Ho sc. II. TOOMER harins taken the large building on Court House square, formerly occupied by Airs iViiller. is prepared to accommodate regular boarders, or transient portions, with good board and comfortable lodging. He solicits a share of public patronage. October 7. 1848. 502-tf The subscriber has just received hi,Suppiyof GARDEN SEED, of the growth of IS43. Price 5 cts per paper. Jan. -20. S. J. HINSDALE. H0TCHK1SS Vertical Water Wlicel. There are several hundred of these wheels in in operation in different counties in North Ca rolina. For proof of their great advantage over th e conimo:i flutter wheel, or any other wheels now in ue for aa-.v mills, we confidently refer to those who have applied them to their mills. We can recommend them particularly for their su periority in cases ol" a low head of water, or back w;ttcr. We still keep a supply of Wheels, suitable for different heads of water, at Wilmington, New born, Washington, Erienton, a:,d I-'ayetteville. The wheels may also be had of E. A. Brevard, Lincoluton, and Uriah Wells, Petersburg, Va. Persons wishintn obtain the riht to use the wheels, will be served on application to D. Mc Neill ii. Co., Fayetteville, N. C. d. McNeill, A. A. McKETilAN. D. J. MoALISTER. Feb'v 3, 1 Si l. y That beautiful residence on Hay mount, for merly belonging to C P. iNJullett. Ksq.. near the residence of Mr Hale, is offered lor sale. It has stables and out-houfcK of all kinds ; and everything iu complete order. 'J his residence is so well known, and in so c'Mum.iud'iiis a site, overlooking the town, that fur ther parliruLtrt; are unnecessary, fc-nquire at the Caroli nian Oflice. June 10. 1847. 4SC-tf. il. M. CAMPBELL, CO 2111111.- Id jS2j iosi iiercli;iitf, JYo. 192 Baltimore St reef BALTIMORE, Md., Wholesale and retail deal er in Gold and Silver WATCHES, fine and common Jewelrv, Watch To;ls Si, Materials of all kinds tot up with care and at low prices. Wheels cut and jewels set in Watches. JC-Watches and Jewelry of all kinds carefully repaired.. March 10, iS4!?. 3m. t 52iiiti. gr All persons indebted to the firm of G Si. H. McMillan, prior to January, lS-i'J, will f lease call and settle their notes and accounts by the '.Uh dav of June noxt, as further indulgence can not be civen.- G. & II. McMILLAN. April 20, 1S49. 530-0t ('ouiitrv Jxesitlence FOR SALE. The subscriber, intending to leave Fayetteville, woulJ sell his country residence about 2 miles from Town, on the Murchison Road. It is a de sirable place, healthy and pleasantly situated. TUe lit contains 12 acres. Feb. 10, 1349. - R. A. STUART. Bank of Fayetteville. Books of Subscription to increase the amount subscribed to the Hank of Fayetteville, will be kept open in the town of Fayetteville until fur ther notice. Those wishing" Stock in that Insti tution will make application soon, as the Com missioners design putting the Bank into opera iiofi at an early day. Subscribers will make payment of the second instalment on or before the 1st day of May, as interest will be charged on all remaining unpaid after that date. By order of the Commissioners, JAMES KYLE, Ch'n. April 14. IS 19. 5'29-tf U XTT TTj l. C1 -Z ha resumed the w xxcLrciiej bookbkjdingbui. v. L i, "tore next doorto .VIr Bcasley. Jeweler, Tire" receive and execute binding ia any style de- N ew Establishment. The Subscriber has opened a Shop on Person street, nearly opposite Liberty Point, at the stand recently occupied by Simpson & McLaughlin, tor tbe manufacture of . SADDLES, BRIDLES, HARNESS, and all other articles in his line, where he would e glad to see persons in want of such articles. L'' is prepared to do any work in the way of SKIMMING, that may be entrusted to him. l?3- Particular attention paid to repairing, &c , J,: D. CAXLAIS, Agt. Consisting in part of Superior wool-dyed French fio English Cloths, " Doe's Skin Cassimere, Fancy French &. English do. Satin and Silk Vesting, P'rench, English and American Prints, Ginghams and Gingham Lawna, Printed Cambrics and Muslins, lilac It a .d Pink Cht,mbras, Look and Swiss Muslins, Jaconet and plaid do. Masii i a;id thread Edgina, cheap, Grgiiuiy atul embroidered jNluilins. 11 c!c and Colored Si)'-:, to J wide, Drap d'Ette and Cashmeiette, Wellington Cord and Croton Coating, Granadians and Tissues, Silk and watered do. Black and colored Kid Gloves, JlJ. fio- Sillt Mitts and Gloves, Wliite Kid Gloves, for ladies and gentlemen, Siik and cotton lluse and half Hose, Linen and Cotton Sheeting, Linen Cambric Handkerchiefs, very handsome, Silk and Cotton Handkerchiefs, Black and fancy Cravats, (40 inches,) Linen and cotton Coatings, Brown and white Linen Drillings, Grass and Marseilles Skirts, Black and satin-striped Chally and Eereges, Needles and Pins, Canvass and Padding, Silk and worsted Serge, Marshall's and others Thread, Linen and cotton Diaper, Irish Linen and Shirting, Sewing Silk and Twist," Scissors and Combs, Florence and Pammella Bonnets. Peirl and colored L .ce do. New style Silk and Satin Bonnets, Bomb nes and Alpaccas, Bonnet and Cap Ribbons, Neck -and Belt Ribbon, Panama and Leghorn HATS, Moleskin and Beaver do. BOUTS and SHOES of every description, and manv other articles too tedious to e n n.erte. As the above goods were purchased very low, fher will be sold uncommonly che.;p to those who pa' Cash, or to short-time-buye) s." All those iii want of cheap goods will please give us a Call before purchasing elsewhere. A"o. 4 Green Street. Fayetteville, March 31, 1S4'J. fv27-tf NEW GOODS. Just received, a large assortment of beautiful and tine Candies, ladies' Stf-cl Bead Purses arid Clasps, Tassels, Rings, ladies' Curls, and a gen eral assortment of fancy articles in his line. 11. Eli AM BERT. Feb'v 2 1, IS 19. DR. SHERWOOD'S Vibrating Magnetic Machines. By recent improvements in these Machines, their power is doubled in cases of the same size, and the prices reduced to $12 and $14 each; the $12 sizes beinir greatly superior to the $12 sizes of other machines. They now run with more power and smoothness, and are better adapted for magnetizing patients than any other in use. Each case is accompanied with a Manuel (11th edition, p. 400, 32 mo.) in the English or French language, according to order, which contains clear and minute directions for the proper use of the instrument in the various diseases to which it is applicable, which are found to include many of the most peculiar and obstinate that are known to the medical profession. The Manuel also con tains a synopsis of the different systems of medi cal practice, Allopathic, Homcspathic, and Mag nopathic, with a full glossary. Physicians and others are cautioned against I purchasing the imitations of these marhines, as tliey will be tound ot comparatively little value. No premium has ever been obtained over these magnetic machines at the American or any other Institute, as is represented by the jianufacturers of interior machines. Cr As I have become the Agent for the sale of the above Machines from a conviction of their usefulness in disease, and not from any desire to speculate on them: and am responsible to 1 1. c owner for them, they can only be obtained by the payment of the cash on the delivery of the Machine. I have deposited them with Mr Bayne at tlie Carolinian Office, who will show them, or deliver them on the payment of the cash price, and on no other terms. CHARLES MONTAGUE. April 7, 1S49. Cm. WALTON, MANTUA-MAKR & MiLLSMER, HAS received, and will open the -2'2d instant, at tiie White Brick Store next door north of that lately occupied by Messrs John lluske &. Son, Green street, her SPUING & SUMMER MILLINERY, including Ribbons and Flowers cf a superior qual ity, Gossamer Bonnets, Black and Dr..b Straws, and other f ashionable BONNETS of various kinds. Straw Bonnets cleaned and altered to the pre sent style. jtj- Gent lemon's Hats cleaned and pressed. Orders from the country will be promptly at tended to. Fayetteville, Marcli 21, 1SH. -Ira. JAS. . SmiTK, AND HAIR DRUSSER, I'AYKTIEVILLK, X. C, lias taken the shop in the Fayetteville Hotel, where he intends enrryin-r on his business in a superior mariner, and desire3 a conti nuance of public p .tron;:ge. A pril 20, IS-lf) WANTED. An intelli -ert white h'.y is want ed as ;n aoDi entice to the above business. J. G. S. Dr. H. H. SHERWOOD'S Compound Clilorirtc of" Gold, FOR SCROFULOUS DISEASES. These remarkable medical remedies of the late eminent and well known Dr. Sherwood of New Yoik, consisting of a preparation of magnetized CHLORIDE OK GOLD, compounded with vari ous other materials with creat care and by a la borious process, and of a BITUMINOUS PLAS TER, have been tested by an extensive practice of twenty-five years' continuance, and may now justly be considered as more successful than any other known remedv in the treatment of CON SUMPTION in all.'its ejily stages, and of all Tuberculous or Scrofulous Diseases. For this class of complaints they are now extensively adopted by physicians in their own practice in various parts of the country. They are prepared by us under the direction of the Executrix of the est.ite of the late Dr. Sherwood, to whom, by his will, his rnedic.il recipes are intrusted in the same manner in all respects as heretofore, and are always accompanied by Dr. Sherwood's val uable medical treatise upon the treatment of Chronic Diseases, a work which was the result of many years of labor and research, and which shows in the clearest manner the principles up on which the operation of his remedies is found ed and their mode of cure. This work will en able any person to detect the nature and extent of scrofulous or tuberculous disease in himself or others, by pressure on the gmglions of tne spinal nerves, on the spaces between the vertebras along each side of the spine. 11.11. SHERWOOD'S Successors, No. 102 Chamber st., New York. Our Agent in Fayetteville, N. C, is CHARLES MONTAGUE. April 7, IS 19. Cm CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS. The following are the Congressional Districts of this State, as they stand un der the famous Ray nermander of 1 846-'47. First District. Cherokee, Macon, Haywood, Buncombe, Henderson, Rutherford, Burke, McDowell, Yancy, Cleaveland, Caldwell. Second District. Ashe, Wilkes, Surry, Davie, Rowan, Iredell, Catawba. Third District . Lincoln, Gaston, Mecklenburg, Union, Anson, Stanly, Cabarrus, Montgomery, Richmond, Moure. Fourth Dint rid. Stokes, Rockingham, Guilford, Randolph, Davidson. Fifth District. Granville, Caswell, Person, Orange, Chatham. In the late Congress they were repre sented as follows: T. L. Clingman, ! Nathaniel Rovden. D. M. Bai ringer, A. j II. Shepherd," A. W. Venable, J. R. J. i Daniel, James J. McKay, R- S. Donnel) ' i i i t...i -1 i i mm uix v iii vuiiuw. ijjiiiiuru. CANDIDATES. First District. Hon. Thos. L. Clingman, whig. TJtird. Gen. Alfred Dockery, Sanders M. In gram, Walter L. Steele, Alex. Little, all whigs: and Hon. Green W. Caldwell, dem. Fifth. lion. A. W. Venable, dem. JVmth. Hon. David Outlaw, whig. Scco?id. Joseph P. Caldwell, whig. Sixth District. Wake, Franklin, Warren, Halifax, Edgecombe, Nash, Johnston. Seventh District. Cumberland, Robeson, Columbus, Bladen, Brunswick, New Hanover, Sampson, Duplin, Onslow. Eighth District' Wayne, Greene, Lenoir, Jones, Craven, Carteret, Beaufort, Pitt, Hyde, Washington, Tyrell. Ninth District. Martin, Bertie, Hertford, Northampton, - Gates, Clio .van, Perquimans, Pasquotank, Camden, Currituck. NORTH CAROLINIAN. Win. II. Bayur, Editor and Proprietor. FAYETTEVILLE, Hi. C. MAY 19, 1849. Extract of a letter from Edward Bingham, Esq., Druggist of Detroit. Detroit, March 23d, 1S41. Dr. Charles Osgood, Dear Sir I have the past year sld hundreds of bottles cf the INDIA CHOLAGOGUE prepared byyou, and have found it to give universal satisfaction in the cure of Fe ver and Ague, Chill, Fever, Dumb Ague, &.e. Sec. I may say, I think, without hesitation, that I have never known it to fail in cases which hsve come under my own observation, where it has been faithfully used according to directions. I am yours very trulv, E. BINGHAM. Extract of a letter from Messrs Scattergood, Haverstick & Co., of Philadelphia. Philadalphia, 2d mo. 24th, 1S42. Dr. C. Osarood, respected friend : We have had occasion to see the good effects of thy medicine in the case of a young man wno naa Deen troub led with chills a long time and could not get clear of them, but since he commenced taking a bottle of thy preparation, has entirely recovered and is now becoming quite stout. Respectfully thy friends, SCATTERGOOD, HAVERSTICk &, Co For sale in Fayette ville by S.J. HINSDALE. March 31st, 1549. 6m. U3IBRELLAS AN!) PA RASOLS Manufactured by steam, at the AMERICAN WHOLESALE WAREHOUSE & MANUFACTORY, No. 237 Pearl St., (near Fulton,) NEW YORK. (Sign of the golden Umbrellas.) The subscribers have on hand, and are con stantly manufacturing a superior assortment of the above goods, which they offer to merchants and dealers by the case or dozen, at very low pi-ices, and on accommodating terms. fhe qual ity, variety and workmanship of their L'mbreilas and Parasols is not to be surpassed by any Manu factory in the United States. ISAAC SMITH CO. Feb. 17, 1S-IS. Orn J0SIMI S. DUNX offers Iiisscr- ices as undcrt ker and builder, to the citizens or 0 hers, dispo: e..l to contr-ct for building or jobb- 1 ig. Terms liberal , THE MOST EXTENSIVE SHIRT ESTABLISHMENT IN THE UNITED STATES IS AT No. 179 Baltimore at., near Light, BALTIMORE, Md. I fher e 500 persons are employed, and a slock of 1000 dozen shirts always on hand. Merchants and ethers visiting Baltimore are invited to call and examine the largest and best stock of SHIRTS that has ever been otl'ered, con sisting of all sizes and qualities, for men and boys, which for style and workmanship cannot be surpassed. More than usual efforts have been made to render the assortment complete and j desirable in every respect. T. W. BETTON. March 10, IS 10. ly FAYETTEVILLE MOTEL, FAYETTEVILLE, JT. C. This building, the largest and handsomest Hotel in North Carolina, has been leased by the subscriber for a term of years, and is now open for the reception of travellers, visiters, and boarders. All the furniture and fixtures about the build ing are entirely new, having been purchased within the last month. The accommodations in all respects will be as good as can be found in the State. The single rooms are provided with ev ery necessary convenience ; and the double rooms for Indies and families, are large and fitted up with cue All the substantial and delicacies afTorded by the market and the seasons, will be supplied at the table The servants have been selected from among the best to be obtained ; and experienced host lers have charge of the stables. The bar is kept by a gentleman of experience and courtesy, who will furnish all refreshments of the best quality required by travellers or others. The lessee, with some years experience in this vocation, will make every exertion to give satis faction to the patrons of the House. ANN BROWN. May 1S-10. 532-ly Mrs. E. McINTYRE Returns hrr most sincere thanks to her country patrons for their many years' pst favors, and hopes still to merit a continuance of their patron age. She will, r,s she has always done, spare no pains to give general satisfaction. She has received from the North a handsome assortment of BONNETS; and a great variety of artificial Flowers. Also, a new style of different qualities of Russias, suitable lor trimming dress caps, to gether with many other articles in her line. gjr She will still, alter and bleach Bonnets, gentlemen's Hats, and color them. May 5, 134l. 533-2tpd Telegraphed for the Charleston Courier. RIOT IN NEW YORK. THE FORREST AND MACREADY DIFFI CULTY. Yesterday we received a dispatch from our cor respondent announcing that the Astor Opera House was taken possession of tha preceding evening, by a mob, several thousand strong, whilst Mr Macready was playing to a fashionable au dience, and the building set fire to, that the military were ordered out, and a large number had been killed and wounded. Mr Micready, it is stated, had to fly for his life. Another communication, received a short time afterwards, announces th-t the fire Wi.s extin guished, and that a fight had taken place between the military and the mob, of a desperate charac ter, and that the number of the military killed and wounded were estimated at from thirty to forty. The Military and Police finally gained possession of the ground, and cannon were plant ed, charged with grape shot, in front of the Theatre. The city was in an uproar all Thurs day night, and the Military yesterday morning, were throwing up entrenchments to resist any at tempts that might be made by the mob to dis lodge them. Great excitement existed, and the mob were hanging about the spot. It was rumored that Mr Macready had been killed, but it was ascer tained that he had escaped unhurt. A number of those who were killed and wounded were not engaged in the riot. It is said that up to three o'elock yesterday, twenty-seven persons had been killed, and nearly one hundred wounded. The excitement was in tense, and a further requisition on the military force had been made. The dwelling of the Mayor of the city, and other officials obnoxious to the populace, were in danger of bein;i sacked. The excitement against the military, who were engaged in re pressing the riot was intense, and it was feared that the consequences would be of the most dis astrous eharecier. Later From Europe. 3 Telegraphed for tho Charleston Mercury. The Hibernia arrived at Halifax on Thursday evening last with Liverpool dates to the 25th ult. She bri igs eighty-three thousand pounds sterl ing in specie. The following is an abstract of her intelligence : I The Cotton market has been without change j since the departure of the America. Fair Up i lands and Mobile are quoted at 4J. The market , has been dull fur Breadstufls : Wheat has dec lin i ed 2 a 3d; Flour has declined G a 9d per bbl. Mercantile operations are dull, and considerable depression exists throughout the manufacturing districts. FRANCE France still continues to enjoy tranquility. ! The expedition for the re-instatement of the Pope set sail from Toulon on the 22d, and had arrived at Civita Vecchia, and. would immedia tely proceed to Rome, the Pope meanwhile re maining at Gaeta until the revolt is suppressed. I. O. O. F- ODD FELLOWS REGALIA, Fringe t Trimming Manufactory, JVo. 35 Baltimore st., BALTIMORE, Md., 4th door below Frederick street, and 1 below Sun Office.) Where may be found the most extensive assort ment of the latest styles of Fringes, Gimps, But tons, Cords, Tassels, &.C &.c. Also, Masonic, Odd Fellows, Red Men, Sons of Temperance, Sons of Libertv, American Mechanics, Beneficial, and all other Societies' REGALIA AND TRIM MINGS are kept on hand and made to order. FLAGS and BANNERS made up in the latest and most approved styles. fjt- All orders from the country attended to with dispatch. JEWELS. Odd Fellows and Sons of Temperance Jewels, a full assortment always on hand, and at prices less than any other establishment. . SPRIGG So MESEKE Feb'v 2-1, IS 19". It. ' " . READY-MADE CLOTHING, Samson & Worms Have just received a large nad splendid assort ment of ready-made Clothing, all fresh and new, of all descriptions, the largest stock, perhaps, ever offered iu the town of Fayettev iile, consist ing of Dress & frock Coats, all fashionable colors, and of suitaWe materials, such as cloth, drab d'ete, bombazine, linen, &c. Also, pants, vests, shirts, drawers, undershirts, suspenders, cra vats, stocks, and other ar ticles too numerous to mention. beautiful assortment of Calicoes and Lawns, and MuHns. - - - ... SAMSON. W0RMS. . , April 2?, 151?. 531-U From the N. Y. Sunday Times. .GALLERY OF POltTUAlTS Of past and present members of Congress. Gen. Jas. J. McKay, ol North Carolina, of late 3-cars, when the democrats have h id ! the nsajotiiy, has been honored with the trust (the chairmanship ot the committee of wap anil means) now confided to ilr Vinton, of Ohio. Gen. McKay is a strange looking man. He is probably sixty years of age, of sallow and sun-burnt complex ion, delicate frame, middle height, no flesh on his bones, sharp chin and nose, and fierce and stern grey eyes, even when he tries to seem in no unpleasant mood, which may be three times in a session. , He is wrin kled all over the face, and generally wears a very rusty, old-fashioned, suit. In the House he generallj' goes by the name of "Old M'Coy." John C. Hives, (of the firm of Blair & Rives,) who. in common with all other honest men knowing him well, regards him as the most conscientious public man living, says "in his eyes a dol lar is as big as a cart-wheel;" yet he is a man of very large wealth owning fine plan tations, hundreds of negroes, and stocks and money in huge quantities. In Wash ington he'eounts bis pennies as careful as though each fip was his last. When well, he wdl walk up to the House in any kind of a storm, sooner than spend a quarter on a hackman. The boys (pages) never trouble him twice to swell their listsof subscribers for copies of speeches. One of his looks is enough to send either of them, w hen can vassing near his desk, completely over to the other side of the hall. He lives tor as little money, as any man can in Congress. Persons knowing his turn as a legislator who also know these his peculiarities- consider him mean. 1, however, know that while he will not squander a sixpence on a purely partisan speech, he hesitates not to order agricultual publications, and reading ot that description, to the cost-of $500 at a time, for gratuitous distribution among his costituents. This does not oc cur ouce, but so frequently during a ses sion, as to render it certain that Gen. McKay has distributed from Washington among his constiuents in the way of sub stantial and improving reading, more mon ey than he has received from the treasury in the course of his long public service." Yet he passes for a very penurious man! The truth is, he is conscientious believing that w ealth is given him to be usefully em ployed for his race, not to be expended for the gratification of his own or the appetites of others. Gen. McKay is an orator after the fashion of Mr Vinton, but more terse, concise, and convincing. Take his speeches by and laige," I believe they fall with more power, upon the House than those of any other member. I do not know that he has ever raised his voice in favor of an appro priation bill that iias not passed. It, how ever, at times happens that the House enacts an appropriation which he has op posed. He is very laborious, and in the course of his long service at the head of the committee ot ways and means, would not hear of an appropriation for a clerk to do his writing, because it would require a small expenditure of the public mone3'. Sick or well, he has always discharged the duties of the position without a clerk, a a thing never before attempted by any other head of the same committee. It wi.l be remembered that last winter much unnecessary debate took place in tha hall with reference to the mileage abuse, (for such it is. The proposition of every other member who approached the subject was voted down sans ceremonie, he having previously given notice of an intention to move in the matter. Accordingly he brought in his mileage reform bill near the close of the session, which was passed in a very few hours, and almost without a divi sion. This goes to show the universal con fidence of the House in his justice, discre tion, and singleness of purpose. Gen. McKay is the terror of all dis honest claimants and scheming claim agents. They dread hirn worse than Mhe seven years' ague." He makes it a rule to intorm himself as to the merits of every proposition to expend the public money. The democrats of the House al ways feel secure with Gen. McKay at the head of the committee of ways andneaiis, as they know that under his auspices not a dollar will be asked for an appropriation which cannot be justified as absolutely necessary far the proper economy of the government. It is a luxury to hear Gen. McKay,, speak, because his arguments are unanswer able. His points cannot be succcessfullj' met at least such is the opinion of the reporters, who consider htm the most effec tive speaker in the House. He is not, however, what is termed an agreeable speaker. Though fluent, he is very spar ing of his words, and has a sharp harsh voice, sounding in excellent keeping w ith his appearance. I do not believe that in the course of his long service in Congress he has ever been seen to smile at least, though I have attended the sittings of the House year after 3'ear, I have never once seen the muscles of his face relaxed. It is a common saying among the reporters who have been in the hall for over twenty years, that in all that time he has never been known to laugh. Still, the man has a kind heart a just and tiuly generous heart for it is filled with the sentiments so con stantly on the lips of others, but never on his own I mean of devotion to the inter- v.-3i ui me people. Homing mat no man can inflexibly adhere to the duty of guard ing the public purse as he would his own without being tilled with a nobility of soul far above the considerations of a pitable personal policy so apt to enter into the calculations of all men in public life, I believe that it requires the exercise of a s-pecies of generosity and self-sacrifice not to be practised by a man without he is fill ed to the brim with the real soul, leading one inflexibly, under all circumstances, to do unto others as he would be done bv. Gen. McKay has seen so much downright robbery of the public purse in his day, that he has come to look upon every claimant as a swindler until after having satisfied himself of the justice of his application. How the claim agents hate ami malign him! They pray fervently that his increas ing ill health may so.m incapacitate him from cotning to Washington. One and all, their hands are against him ;and faith, as a general thing, he returns the compliment- for, if ht. had his way, all who make a business of begging appropriations from Congress would be safely locked up in the District penitentiary. During the last war, a friend went to his room to see him on business. nrl finrliiio- t.: 1 ... . a miii leaning over ins writing table appar ently in excruciating bodily pain looking twice as ''puckered up" as usual eagerly inquired his ailing. "Why," said he, "this (here followed 'a string of round oaths a long as your arm) fellow asks for six thousand dollars more tor tha corps of than he ought to have!" This request had griped the General as though he was in next to the lass stage of the cholera. . . - ? To make man a villain, says some Phil osopher, it is only necessary to give him a motive, and he immediately becomes one. Experience, alas ! has too strongly proved this assertion true.
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