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NORTH CAROLINIAN. FAY UTTU V lliliE, N- C. SATURDAY", March 5, 1859. Circumstances having rendered it desirable for the Undersigned to withdraw from the joint man agement of the " Carolinian," he has closed his connexion therewith, and made over his interest in the Establishment to P. J. Sinclair, Esq., who has assumed, in connexion with Mr. Peakce, oil the duties and responsibilities pertaining to the editorial and business departments of this well-tried and unwavering advocate of Democratic principles. During the brief period he has been connected with the ' Carolinian." an amount of patronage has been extended to it as great as his most san guine expectations had anticipated ; and the late firm has uniformly met with a kind appreciation of the anxious efforts of the proprietors to merit public support, and for which they tender their best thanks and grateful acknowledgments. The new Proprietor and his Associate have the Subscriber's best wishes for their success. The Carolinian," under the new management, will soon speak for itself ; and if real merit is to re ceive from a discerning community its due reward, a prosperous future awaits it. WILLIAM MARTIN. To Our Headers. It being customary for Editors, upon assuming the Editoriul Chair, to greet their patrons with a salutatory, the same may be expected of us. We will, however, spare our readers the painful task of perusing promises, protestations and averments. (too often broken) and give them a short sketch of the course which the " Carolinian " under our care will pursue. At a time like this, when the opponents of the Democracy, East and West, North and South, with unparalelled malice and viudictiveness, are premeditating the overthrow of our party, and with it the destruction of those great national and conservative principles which have endeared them selves to every true democrat when the fanatical abolitionists of New England, the misguided and illegal free-soilism of the West, and the jacobitism of the South have arrayed themselves in a common league, sworn by a solemn oath, that no effort on their part shall be wanting to accomplish the down fall of the conservatois of the Union the Democ racy then indeed, do we require men of purpose, zeal and ability, to fill our editoriul corps. The Carolinian " being the organ of the Democracy in this locality, comprising a large amount of ter ritory, we feel our inadequacy to fill the important station we have assumed ; but satisfied that right is strength, that the time-tried and honored princi ples of the democracy, caunot by any possibility be uprooted, we are encouraged to go on in the good work, believing that in Democracy alone is the salvation of our country, and in its success the ecrot of owr i i - it i - . prosperity. " " - ---- - - We rely then upon the support of all true Demo crats, that in our devoted attachment to the party our unswerving and uncompromising advocacy of its principles, we may receive at their hands all the encouragement and assistance they can be stow. While we are steadfast and uncompromis ing in our Democracy, we do not consider our selves bound to any set policy upon matters which have heretofore agitated the public mind within this State. We will in matter of politics, as in all other matter, pursue a straightforward, independ ent course of action, without regard to cliques, wire-pullers, friends, foes or strangers. While in politics we will strive to make the Carolinian " worthy the support of our party in this district, no pains will be spared to constitute it an eminently local sheet, devoted essentially to the interests of this and adjacent counties. The want of local matter has hitherto been an objectionable feature in its conduct; this we will endeavor to remedy. Our time will also be em ployed in making it interesting and instructive in miscellaneous matter. Believing that subjects of . ? -1 luis iiuiuio are necessary ior ine instruction as well as amusement of our readers, strict attention will be paid to this branch of our paper. Our columns will also contain the latest Tele graphic reports, with true and accurate statements of the current market prices at Fayctteville, Wil mington and New York. The latest reports from our National Halls may1 always be found with us, and if possible we wil secure a weekly correspondence from that place. We have taken hold of this enterprise, not as transitory speculators, but with a determination to see the old " Carolinian " through the storm and leave her only when not a plauk is left for a foot hold. With reference to the press throughout the State, it is our desire to cultivate that friendship becoming to members of the same profession ; and if at any former period, difficulties have arisen be tween the " Carolinian " and other prints within the State, it is our desire that it be forgotten, for , while we differ in principles, we may respect the men. Trusting our readers may learn fully from the foregoing statement the future course of the Carolinian," for their benefit as correspondents we will subscribe ourselves SINCLAIR & PEARCE. ward VI. left it at his death; was carried by a mo- jority of six votes in the English Parliament, j Popery in Queen Anne's reign was decided against by a majority of 2o6 to 20d, and the Hanoverian succession was carried byja majoriy tyf one ! The Remonstrance against Charles I.'s conduct as king, after a despotic reign without a Parliament for twelve years, was carried in the second session of the Long Parliament by eleven votes. The union of the sister kingdoms of Scotland and Ire land with that of England was carried by very small majorities, and they were secured by bribery, more than by constitutional means. The vote for allowing the Queen the nomination of the commis sioners from Scotland who should treat with the Enjrlish commissioners about the Union was car- At ried by eight of a majority. This motion of the Duke of Hamilton would have been lost, only for twelve or fifteen members, who ran out of the house in rage and despair. Had these members remained in their seats, Hamilton would have found himself in a minority, and the Scottish Parliament would have the nomination of their commissioners instead of Queen Anne, which would have retarded the consummation of a Un ion, so distasteful at that period to the whole na tion. The Habeas Corpus, the second great charter of British subjects, by which their person al liberty is secured, is said to have been carried by mistake. The tellers in its favor noticed a large, eorpulent English peer, and remarked that such a large personage ought to count four. The teller against the bill in a fit of mental absence put him down for four, and the mistake was not corrected. Such a story would be improbable in our day, when the list-of voters and proxies are so accurately reported in the public press. The royal signet of Charles was given to it on the very day he had prorogued Parliament. He would have gladly refused his consent to it; but he was about to appeal to the nation on the question of the succession, and he could not venture, at that Ciitical moment, to reject a bill which was in the highest degree popular. cone dop Th and when ThU geijtl Wishrt, Th&jC SlidelCr acticfj detenjji tor titT A Voice from California. We copy from an exchange, extracts of the joint resolutions, passed by the Legislature of Califor nia, with reference to the action of David C. Brod erick, U. S. Senator from that State, upon the Lecompton Constitution. It will be remembered that the Legislature of California instructed their Scnatoas in Congress to vote for that measure. Senator Gwin trne to democratic principles obeyed those instructions. Broderick, however, disregarded them, alledging that the Legislature had misrepresented the wishes of their constituents. On the 21st December last, resolutions condemning the course of Broderick, were adopted by both branches of the Legislature, extracts of which we here give : Whereas, the ninth session of the Legislature of the State of California, passed resolutions in structing our Senators in Congress to support the policy of the National Administration in regard to the admission of Kansas under the Lecompton Constitution ; and whereas the Hon. David C. Broderick a United States Senator from this State not only disregarded said instruction, but indirectly charged that the members of the said ninth session of the Legislature had misrepresent ed the wishes of their constituents; and whereas the people of this State, at the last election, tri umphantly sustained the action of the members of said ninth session or the legislature ; therefore, for the purpose of giving to the said Hon. David C. Broderick u full understanding of the position he occupies to his constituency, be it Resolved by the Senate, (the Assemble concur- (the immediate constituency of a United" States i.-. . - t Senator. ICesolved, 1 hat a constituency has a right, at all times, and it is their duty, when deemed neces sary, to instruct their representatives upon all matters of public policy pertaining to the duties of such representatives; and that to such represen tatives, when instructed, there is left no other hon orable alternative save obedience or resignation. Resolved, That Senator Jioderick has neither yielded obedience to the instructions of the ninth session of the Legislature of this State, nor has he, as yet, resigned the seat he holds contrary to the wishes of his constituency. Resolved, That the language used in the speech of said Senator, on the 22d of March, in the United States Senate, towards the Chief Executive of tiiis- confederacy, was not only undignified and disrespectful, but alike insulting to the nation and humiliating to the people of this State. Resolved, That His Excellency, the Governor of this State, be requested to forward a copy of the above resolutions to the Hon. D. C. Broderick. The vote on the adoption of the above resolu tions stood as follows : Ayes 23, nays 9. In the House, the vote stood fifty in favor of the resignation of Broderick to one contra. We should say this is one of Pat's broad hints. Will Brod erick have honor enough to resign ? Miscellaneous Thoughts on the Imagina tion. Of all our faculties none is more powerfal than the imagination. In one of our lunatic asylums there is a man who imagines himself a glass bottle, and as he passes by, you will observe him walk on tip-toe for fear (as he says) of cracking the bot tom. Now, the peculiarity of a single individual j theM may seem ratner ridiculous or lunatic, and, .when se n, it is universally remarked though the same peculiarity may be observed in a community of in dividuals and scarcely noted. Take our political world, for example, and you will see a ridiculous exhibition of mental hallucination. The opposi tion have of iate imagined themselves in their in fancy indeed were the years Counted by the good deeds or measures consummated by them as a par ty, we could concede the justice of their claim. Like the unexperienced boy, they say, " If I were a man, what would I not do ?" They forget that they have already come to years of maturity hive already been in power; and what have they done ? The cry of extravagance against the Democracy, a-id the holy horror with which they regard the expenditures of our party is laughable. Some would suppose they had never examined a case of such astonisning fraud; in fact, they begin to imagine themselves incapable of such a dishonorable thing as the issuing of Treasury Notes. At the beginning of Harrison and Tyler's admin istration there was left an available balance in the Treasury of one and a half million dollats, and before the first year had ended, Treasury N the amount of five million dollars had to be issued ; nor would ten millions per - annum of Treasury notes have been sufficient to satisfy those political suckers, had they not crushed the merchants, farm ers and mechanics by the enactment, of that dia bolically conceived Tariff of '42, to conceal their shame. The opposition have had many opportuni ties to look at themselves in a glass, but it is so long a time since they have done so, that they have turned aside, and straightway have forgotteu what manner of animal they wero. Wc do not deny that the expenditures of the general government are excessive partly from necessity, because of an increasing commerce and other national growth ; but if stones are to be thrown let it not be by those who occupy glass houses. men (Esq.," replied, that the vote would only en- , HVom our Washington Correspondent dorse iar as me nnances ot the County weie raed. The report was then unanimauslir Great Results from Feeble Majorities The pages of history are teeming with innumer able instances illustrative of our caption- The very small majorities by which the Coalfields Rail Road Bill had been carried in both branches of our Legislature a few weeks ago, has led us to ?arch out some similar instances with thfir re sult. Wts have selected a few from the History of England, which, ulthougb carried by very small majorities, resulted in the acquisition of the great est good to society in general. The student of history will readily find out that some of the most eventful changes in the Constitution of Great Bri tain have been carried by feeble majoriee. Mary, the daughter of Henry VIII.. at her death, left England in the possesion of the Church of Rome, and when her sister Elizabeth ascended the throne, the change of the national religion from papacy to the prottsUnt reformatory basis on which Ed- The Democracy. While the ojposition, North and South, are using their endeavors to destroy and overthrow the great national party of the Union, it is cheering to know that our members are steudily and gradually increasing. Kansas, which was made the bug-bear of the opposition, has been adding many to the Demo cratic ranks within her. We copy the following from the Pcnnsylvanian Demo racy in Kansas. Each day adds to the strength ot the Democratic organization in Kansas, while the lilack Republican party is fall ing to pieces, and its members seeking some other platform on which to rally m their opposition to the will of the majority of the iwwple of that Ter ritory- So notorious is this fact that the Editor of the Kansas Chief, a leading man in the Black Re publican party of Kansas, makes the following trunk admission ' I he exigency ot the tunes re quires some other organization to combat the De mocracy ; yet we are at a loss to know what kind of an organization will best answer the great end for which it was designed. We are not fully per suaded that the Republican organization would an swer the purpose there ar objectionable features in it, and a great prejudice exists against it." Court then proceeded to elect a chairman cial Court for the ensuing twelve months, e following persons were nominated, and to resulted as follows : T. A. Norment, (DemJV18. Col. T. J. Morisey, (Whig&K.N.) C. A. HvlFulmorc, (Dem.) 1. Wll roust congratulate the County Court of Robea on on having secured the election of our friend lr. Norment, as chairman. He is a geu- tlema. jr eminently qualified to fill this position. Special Court is composed of the following men Benj. Freeman, T. J. Morisey, E. W. and John Moore. UBA BILL. On February 2Gth, Senator of Miss., brought the Senate to a decided on this bill. Seeing the opposition wtre ned to spend the time in speech making. wpose of defeating every measure of ap- propria ions recommended by the President, he . i - .i -T . v .1 . . : i i -i r i i i -1 1 lOlluti ...inaue a moiioii 10 lujr iuo mDa Olll on the Wile, which was negatived by twelve majority. This-fisTi decided expression in favor of the ac quisition iof Cuba, and is considered quite a tri umphfor Slidell in Parliamentary proceedings. ie statement of the vote we see our Sena lingman and Rcid, are on the proper side, Viiame of Crittenden, of Kentucky, we can- , Where is he? Is ho looking ior the lu tors but not 1 J MVe the S President has called au extra session of enate declaring that au extraordinary occasion requires them to re-assemble on the 4th ijnstant s0 noon. i Robeson County. The following is the report of the Committej of Finance for Robeson County. It is a well writen paper, and is worthy a perusal : STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. ( The CoMMrrKia of Finance in and for tub CotjTY of Robeson f To tue Worshipful, the Justices of the Court of i'le.vs and qcabteb sessions of said count? at February Term, hake their Annual Rbokt AS FOLLOWS : J We tind that John M. ITartmin, Clerk of the Cd nfy Court, has the Sheriff's receipt for the amount el fax lees which came into his lia.uls. and, therefore. i due nothing to the County up to tue time of reuueriip ui& report. We also find the accounts of R. S. French, fjlerk and Master in Equity, in like condition. We tinti in the hands of Alexander .McMillan, Clerk of ihe Superior Court, a Lalance of oue ? hundred and thirty-four and 3-luO dollars, $Kf.03 which is due tor Jury purposes. In the hands ol Jobu .t.oore, late Chairman j of the Hoard of Superintendents of Common Schools we find nothing. lu the hands of 1). C. Mclntire, present Chairman, we find eleven hundred and seventy three and 28-luO dollars. 1173.28 We find the accounts of Reuben T liifinm" , r With doubtful assiduity do the opposition sliul all controversy in regard to the extrava gances of the Republicans in the control of our State Government during the past four years. Thef meet the charges made by Democrats by pointing to what they call the extravagances of Ae Federal Government. Instead of at tempting to show they have not been lavish in the ise of the people's money in Connecticut witout justifying in the the least their own wp.Tton spending of the public moneys, the Opposition endeavor to fasten upon the Nation al administration the fault of wastefulness in conducting the affairs of the country, Thus is it evyer with our opponents ; they attempt to hidej their own shortcomings by laying at otlxir doors sins of which they alone are guilty. Washington City, Feb'y 28, 1859. NO. IX. Foreign NcwKngfand, France, Faraguay Mexico and Nicaragua Count Tf alcusA JIr. FirtJs Amendment in the Scna'e Mint at Charlotte Cuba Bill postpones till next Session Tariff' to be taken vji President vetoes the Land Bill for College? ' Wdl don e thou good a nd fa iihful st rva ?ir Committee on Accounts all Straight Arsenal at Fayetteville ditto, by exertion of Mr. Window -President's Lccc Mr. Fuller as Fifth Auditor Horrible Death by Violence of the U. S. District Attorney. The news from Europe, since my last letter, is of much importance The speech of the Queen, .on the opening of Parliament, shows anything but a quiet state of public affairs in England ; and the Emperor Louis .Napoleon's address is thus characterized by an able an ob servant cotemporary : It is a honeyed, ainbiguous.clever address, by which he meant to say nothing, and lias been successful. He does not say there will be war he does not say there will be peace though he, of course pretends he is very anxious fortht latter. It is a perfectly non-committal State paper a two-edged sword that may cut either way. Meantime, the costing of cannon goes on at Vincemies day and night, and other warlike preparations are being pushed forward w ith the jitniost despatch. Uneasiness is felt botli in ljondon and PuPis, and th" jTmperor's spcAii is deemed very unsatisfactory in Wall street. The bulls and the bears of that elassie region are beginning to understand the value of impe rial language, and to find out the difference be tween the words and acts of Louis Napoleon. Already they smell sulphur and saltpetre, not withstanding the prolusion of eau-de-Cologne with which the speech to the Chambers was sprinkled. His game is war, and he will strike when he is leady. It is a hazardous and a bold game ; but lie feels, in the fickle temper of the French mind its love of change and its passion for yioi greater i :siv in peace man war. It was1 -M.inaqiia oil the 1 t n lor tins reason tnat he entered into aii alliance I both aoverninents a::d I friendly to the interests of this country or ihe ,-tibli.-:htuent of liberal principles in .Mexico. Their action has been prompt ai:d decisive in s results. Oars should be so, likewise. Unfortunately, the power of the Exfeutive irong enough for all purpose at home ig niscrably weak and inefficient for the protee iou of our national honor and the interests of ur citizens abroad. It cannot order a gun to ie fired for the purpose of at t aiublg the most .alpable necessity of redress, except on the lersonal responsibility of the President, upon vhoin Congress refuses to confer the power and vhom it would most probably censure were he act. Mr lJuelianan has recently called thr ittention of Countess to this subje ct, and asked t to move in , the matter. Ujon tl.at bodv therefore, rests tl.e responsibility of the dis graceful condition of our relations with those responsible institutions, called overnineiits south of us. In many parts of tiiem r. it Ainer can citizen is glad to call himself an Knliih man, and to place himself nnd r the protection of the British flair; but this does imt ahvat? save his interests from outrage, or even his life from l.eing lost, ami so the dusty pigeonholes f our State Department are crowded with unredressed claims upon foreign governments. On Con gress rests the fault of this obloquy on the A inericau name. It should give the Exicutive the power to act, and thus save us from these accumulations of insult that will eventuallv break our patience and carry us into a fyrei: war. A Cabinet meeting was held lo-dnv. It 13 w is fui! understood the subject of Mexico discussed. l he propriety ot sending to C.on- ress a message to expedite public business was a(o considered. -No ru 'termination has yet beerr reached as to the recognition of Presi dent Juarez's government, but it is the impres sion Senor Mara will be received. 11 the United States do not net promptly Mexico will soon be a mere dependency of l-ngland. The Mail Steamer Illinois arrivid at New on Saturday faun I'aiuuna. ;ir.g of ihc Uc.re Votk, at noon The Panama Sta r confirms the s: English Treaty made by Sir Win ly, but. says that tiie Cass Jn;.ni not been actid upon by the Niiai gross. The New Yui evening states that tin ess not Man are that! the Republicans possess all the patriotism and com, extJl ligjj j pcupic, . u .01. o., : ,,lto revolutionary cabals. ur, too is thus led astray, and suppose for a while : t .....i , ..:, ...i1(1i,. ,,,;, i , with John Pull to light the Russian Pear, and it is for the same reason that, without his for- mer ally, he means now to open the theatre of 1 war in iltaly, and to have a brush with double- i f ieed Austria, if that power will not shrink ratiiieatioii. , irom coining to a collision. While a chance of curing as it do j glory und promotion opens to the ambitious ' to protect and k( i spirits of the arinv, they are not i.kelv to enter , The Iemocraie 1 ca'eu- that the treaty miKo waken by the Cong document ha from Gen'l Jrez, t hat Ik? has no o It Eyj 1 1 s - f ! 'I n-atr v. r.s . by t i.e ' l.o ! : lied on -t i. r it j.- s'rai fi ll i p " here. st( i from ,N i. ty m" ( ;: 1 :i! igni i - : i rs a s i ; 11 !: V Oi ('a v i i t i. -s e;. I ll i:a, its virtue of the country, consciences, perhaps, they frequently make tilt and keen awake t ie a i eon idi-n 1 1. s;t And, to quiet their; n,!(.lla IJollil lte tnilv saul of" u "French barisons between the present and the past ; highly the administrations of the earlier ts of the Democratic oarty, and forget the meanwhile that their own party were as bitterly opposed to the Democracy in those days as now. Time works wonderful changes, and the fact that the Opposition now admit the wis dom of the acts of the Democracy from the Ibree Kor Oouhly par hands of two hundred dollars, For 1 arish purposes, one thousand three hundred aud ninety and 32-100 dollars, 1390.32 For Common Schools, nothing For Jury purposes, seveu hundred and five and olf-iou dollars, 705.GO $2,293.53 For Public Buildings, we find that the County is indebted lo tlie Sheriff in the sum of Eight hundred and seveuty-tbree aud 85-100 dollars, ' $873.80 Leaving a sum total in the hands of the Sheriff of fourteen hundred and twenty-live 1 hev will us soon do without bread as with out glory." The Pritish war with the elder Napoleon sprang from the iutere.-ts of the Coburg family on the continent of Europe ; and it was by toadying to these interests that Pitt kept him self sj long in power with George III. If Der by is equally tenacious of office he will probably follow his evamnlo as f ir ;is he f in !nf v!i - foundation of the Union to the present time, is ; ,K.r jiu ,JC llL.rniittej to illTOivc t!ie Jj.-itish one of those marvels, We add a few (acts , l).uion in w.,r js .lIlotiK.,. j-.,,, ioil. n ; lllati; which are worth remembering and eo-isidenug . f,.st,v ,he tllIe n wf K.rh,s.t! eitber to keep by all who feel peculiarly interested m the mat-I olu t,Je Illt.iee or U) i)L.;me .,, ny .f xa. ter of govrnmenta! extravagance. e have 1 1)0!co,.f as did , 1hc. iusjS:.UI war l av no doubt that in a few years the administration : evei.tj ,,lis collli(.t if Anatri., do not l ack down of James Buchanan' will ba held up by the; vvili drau. il(to jts Wj..(.x t,V(lV VitV.cr hl opponents of Democracy as a model of economy , .1;d if onc shot is Gmlf-,10 nmll C;U1 u,n for us to copy. Uere are the facts : ! where it will end. or whaf revolutionary . a: tl- It is high time that the cant agairst t tie ; ,.,,..-. m., !...,. ,n ,v,,.i,- p.....;,,..,.'t.v-.. UHUL ifllKllll llll.'VU. j 1 ( I I. I j The dates are Puenos Ayres the 28th and j i .Montevideo the dlst of December, Rio, Tat c:ro the Slh, Pallia the 12th and Pern imimeo the I 15th of January. The Paraguayans had so : strongly fortified the river that it was not ex ! pected the Americans wuld succeed in any j warlike attempt they might make. It was said j that a number of English officers were assist ing the Paraguayans. The latter had also t tlirnu't? pi-itv ritit -oti in t'id h-.t , S tl. 1' : c.anrJise, service and labor 't won d buy, was ; SqiI:ldl,H1 asccm,;nj? Ul0 river." Matiy (;f xU. ejuai in irai niot.ej u t.vv,. .... i American ships ot war, from their drau nrtises of the government in money oi me W in-eh r, itll of Walker wa. Govt fitment ; policy of ! i' Senate. Jt and a sixcia If M ' t h; iO MinsTci from ," ,'ca I a l t ial hd' -: mat io:i 1 1 'i:cli i is a vc"v import ;r i.t treaty, se- the i Ll.t .; the I'n'ied Staii s (it open I lie t n: : s t n-utr. evit w (i !al 111 : 1 1 It staitS v vour c. nin ry n;a n , .0 r .his lepuoiic, Lit I'm e the b'.ivn.t the very best, ivn m. di for our ; and it. w as rcgn t: u tl.at tie M :.rt-y ; (! id not jns'i.t it to tho Was rat;', lied by ! I a i tii t 11. lilt 1 . 1 , Si iron t Sent to the L'ritcd States to exchange rat d'n-at ij ister of Foreign A Il'aS lewski'i declare, that no foreign policy.'' lu considering tl.e Consular Appropriation Pdl, Sinn'or cloudy kind of a mend nn 1. 1 , v. s I i n in Frai ihe l'n I ,teu ihd Pi. -I pch icen understood i,y eepted ; but w hich, I which (XflTgress and the opposition press have 203.61 U.profle so rife, should be refuted and exploded. All he economy and all the public virtue l d not belong to our ancestors. One of their dolitrs bought in their day twice as much as oW of our dollars will buy in our day. The cftenditures of the government in the year 1800 were 7, 411,309 ; which was equivalent it the money of our time to double the sum ; t!at is to say, measured by the products, nier- 1 he eiia I e. s Hi far as its t et rates our o'.tu.-e com; i ciici ; ;ili in-r moi'd than a round-a bou I -way th'- President in ne of the im st i li s j-xeetiri ve ro-pons i-n.i les, ty of the means f watci ii g ov. r tee on:- people ill b 're'i: it, ftu.Mlr:(j, : i i, e relations oi our o ve; n n,ei. l i t..e -M n oiint Yi'.-i-'ates It ud ol.-cl'ed a i, ust have it was c act ( r ! ' li st elns para ' i 1 l ! . U I ' i 11 tore mt f nrt i' r 1 e; t-i ( i i i - - a 1 1 it at i 1' ij. n in hit-lit I 1 1 e V ' : i S i Vl 1 ; at r.i ! t of river. I'teen Finances of the County, we recommend the following schedule of Taxes to be levied for ihe present 'ear, to wit : For County Purposes 8 cts. on the J 100 ralue St 24 cts. on thcPolt. - Parish - 8 4 - - - " Jury " 3 ' " " " 9 ' " . ' '- Public Buildings 5 " " " " 15 " ' ' tom'n Schools 6 ' " " 18 " Add to this State tai -JO ' " u SU - " We lean with pleasure that our talented and able townsman Bartholomew Fuller, Esq., has been nominated for the 6fth Auditorship of the Treasury. This is as it should be, and is no more than Mr. Fuller deserves. May this be but the begin ning of favors from that party which he has serv ed so well, is our inoet sincere wish. See letter of our Washington correspondent. Editorial Gleanings. The election for Governor and other State officers, and two members of Congress, for the State of New Hampshire, comes off on March 8tb. Candidates of the Black Republican. An- ti-Lecompton, and Administration Democrats are in the field. Variety is the spice of life. It is reported that the French and English squadrons have made a demonstration against Vera Cruz. If this be true, we may expect an exciting time at Washington. in muuej nil- .,,.,,. uonM P ,o, .,..! , I, and 68-1 oo dollars. $1,456.68 j present time were iz,ovv,vuv last year, ex-. Tllc Amerio.u, sq.,.uil.uu cu!i.;hted of On a careful examination into the condition of the elusive ot payments upon me puouc ueui, ami ; S,;.IS ,r,.-l,oa ts. at the time of expensive distant wars. inej From the Liverpool Times of Fe! ruarv 12. expenses during the present year will be about i Accounts from the Pio state that the Para $60,000,000, or only four times (the difference guay river and forts were so well fortified that of money being considered) as great as in 1 !00. ! it was probable the Americans would be de Yet our population is at present six and a half; featcd. times as great as in 1S00 ; territorial frontier Our latest advices from Vera Cruz show ten times as great ; our territorial area three! that on that life of operations a crises is an as great; and our property seven and a half : proaehing for the constitutional government, times as great. It thus results that every effort ! Mi-uniou is marching to attaek"stro"gh"M, to prove that we are now extravagant in onr j and if he possesses the means for shelling the public expenditures proves also that the men of-e;-ty for a short time he may gain possession of 1800 were much more so. For ourselves, we j Vera Cruz; for though the'constitutionaiisls are willing to oe placed iy the croakers and are strong enough t here to n s st au ass. mil , fault-huaers in the category ot 1 nomas Jeffer son and his cotemporaries." Connecticut -a-per. or l: i MakiDg a total of 50 ' " ' $1 70 " " ' Taking all things into consideration, the Finames of the County are not often in better condition tlail at the present, for under our system of taxation ve tind it utterly impossible to have matters so regulatfd that expense and contingency can be as promptly net as is desirable ; for sometimes wc tind a'consideraUe deficit, and at other times it happens that there if a surplus. Take, for instance, the item of Public iiuid iui;s. ami we find a deficit of while there as certainly more left over for Jur y purposes thau will he needed fur that specific object except we s toild have an extra term of the Superior Court ; in tint event the funds would be absorbed. And here we fufil that we cannot too strongly urge upon your Worships the actual necessity of continuing Jurors in year oouy. ; In presenting this matter to your Worships, we deem it due to the county at larj?e to give a few of the mst promiuent reasons for so doing. And first, it gites dignify and character to our Courts. Secondly, it is self-sustaining, and therefore is a saving to the County, for white our Superior Court costs the County about $310 to $325 after deducting Tax fees on suits deter mined in that Court, the Tax fees on suits determiicd in the County Courts have overpaid the Jury already, and we are informed by the Clerk of your Court that there is now due over one hundred dollars for fees iu the same way. and, when collected, will be ready to be placed in the bands ot the Sheriff to pay off the Jury as it is required. Another valid and important r asoa is, if we were deprived of Jurors in 'the County Courts, our citizens would, in many instances, be sued to other Counties where the parties know collectors can be had in a more summary way than by the long and tedious way of our already over-crowded docket in the Superior Court. The consoquences of ourVitizens being sued to other Counties are, that it entails upon them much heivier expenses, and, besides this, the of ficers of those Counties receive the fees which, as a matter of course, deprives our officers from receiving the fees w hioh should rightfully belong to them. On the score of economy the system of Jury trials should be kept up, for, as above stated, they are self-sustaining, or, to be more explicit, the Tax fees paid in bv the Clerk of our County Court for the past year were (after deducting his commissions) $189.88, and the whole amount paid out to Jurors of the County Conrt for the same period was S189.S8, or an average of $f7.45 for each term, while, on the other hand, the amount paid Jurors for the Superior Courts the past year is $4.51.87 or $225.03 each term, and the whole amount received as reported by the Clerk of that Court for Tax fees n suits was $138.18 or S9.09 per session. And besides, if we do not have Jurors in the County Courts we shalt be subject to at least two extra terms of the Superior Court every year, which will cost the County not less than $560 by way of jurors ann jutige s samry. All which is respectfully submitted. B FREEMAN, J. T. POPK. February 23, 1859. C. STA TEN, Com. of Finance. The above report was presented to the Court on Monday of last week. On the question " Shall the Report be accepted?" Col. T. J. Morisey objected, because a vote accepting this would in dicate that the magistrates were in favor of Coun ty Court jury trials. The chairman, T. A. Nor- they mm have cut (i a l it i v the loree Ikd. I, Mill ' It to drive Mira he sets himself 1 It s ext rnordii ary anicticiiient provides that, no new iti'n:;er t shall be paid for any service, cd. during the ii'l::ii-i I'lM-al e: say, that let the exigent-. i s .t i:r I course be what they may, the Fit not be permitted to do anvil, ;:'j in investigation or redrc-s, t xeept at Miie expense. r or exam our cit i.' iiS may In- mm di and Virgin Day in s;" t; . tioiutl reads to 'a i.foritia .Nicaragua ; or American iiered and their captains a a tliirgeoii to die as has H.-iyti and Feru ; or o-.ir c torn down and our chiim; some leioit s pr;on ior which is now becoming fair that no one rot ice: ing year Congr. ss proclaims a by a formal -and untiioi i ; a jit e Cojigrt ss hesitates to ct nft-r titive the power to protect the . .- :' ct.r pie from abroad, or to redn ss ou ii.e p.,i unprovoked outrages on our fi-!r ami cit:;;-. it as we have eiiut.scran d, and v. i.'cli vei y m n ber of that, botiy kitw.s to have ct n; red on i i; .ti ITCW.-. iateiv I ; consular 1 slds.' Cit.-t i: lari ng tot!'.: such an cv it an I nf.W ! i 1 1 i Ti'i ; o a it a . n - : Mi t hell, lyiiay itf- ".he coir, 1 1 impttiii: y t i ! a.-f tl.e Kx, c- '. o- ici' Unitf.d States Navy- The Navy Register for 1S59 has just been issued. There are 57 clerks in the Department. Officers of the Navy proper, 1,299 ; officers of the Marine Corps, G3 ; officers of the Engineer Corps, 140 ; agents, &c, 43. During the year 1S58 there were 58 resignations, 30 deaths, and 14 dismissals. The following is a list of vessels i" service, exclusive of the six chartered vessels in the Paraguay expedition, and yet it shows au in crease of eight vessels since last year, t. Vessels in the Service BhipSlyf-vhe-liiie, Frigates, - - -of-war, - er, ler steamers, 1st class,. -do. 2d class, do. 3d class, tenders, - I heel steamers, 1st class, do. 2d class, do. 3d class, tenders, - - vessels, - ling ships, - - - fotal 10 10 21 3 1 8 6 9 2 3 1 o O 1 o O 5 86 Impoitant Naval Movements. v ashixg- ton, Fe). 25 The rumor that all the available Naval fforce, including the U. S. ship Vincen nss, lifts been ordered to the Gulf, seems strengthened by a remark made by the Chair man oth'e Committee of Ways and Means to day, tliat this American sea, as he termed it, belong! to us, and that we will and must exer cise coiltrol over it. The next arrival from Mexico will, it is anticipated, bring highly important intelligence in connyetion with the French and Knglish fleets, and requiring a larger American Naval force than hcretotore in that quarter. a Corwin' for Speaker. A Cincinnati corres pondent of the Louisville Journal, urges lom Corwiuf for Speaker of the next Douse. resolute'y down with a few mortal's, it is doubt ful how long the passive resistance of the garri son will last. 15nt the driving of the Juarez government out of Vera Cruz dees not extin guish it any more than the driving it out of Guadalajara and Colima by Osollos did. It can come to the north, and, joiitii g Vidaurri, organize the whole of the northern and north western States, and, with the co-operation of Alvarez in the south, eventually dr've out the priests and soldiers who are now fighting for " religion and priv. leges." It is stated that a French fleet is to be sent from Vera Cruz to Tampico, to exercise upon the subordinate con stitutional government there the same power of squeezing which it enforced on the supreme government of President Juarez ; and further advices from Washington says that the admin- I.tlimns, in the Ai tiit'cs, :.i. ii, a port of r j a 1 1 i 1 1 America, yet ths gress adjourns without taking a si vindicate the national hoi. or. It employment of our naval force i r reiien monopoly id the slave-in coast of Africa ; but not a gnu ha fired in the protection of our laM those waters. Of the many sh:p-, crews and cargoes, which have l.i seized, not one ease of rescue or red navy is on record. The Executive 'exhaust diplomacy " first, ai.d t. mote duv. after every victim is dc: , e '. c t 'o : t j , I o I lu s ine U-et the ,e .)i 1 1 .tie on t ever been ,ii trad.- in v- iih their i u til-just ly .fi'ss l-y our IS I Olll to Mine re :.i,d i.is i:;l '.: ,' . apoi.i-y, 1 1 islaet .i n portion ot the Anglo-; family ruined. Conirr.-ss umv na:k ry, or the offenders may t nder which the suO'erels must accept a in full. Under the Pugh nine itiment as we limit r stand it even this favorite specific of " t x haiistimr diplomacy' cannot be list d uniess ti.e istratiou seriously contemplates recognizing me . Executive will pay lor the medicine t ut Ids government of Juarez, and receiving Senor ; ow pocket, for i.o n . w minister or sptcial Mata as Mexican Minister. Iu case of its be- I commissioner can be paid for out of the pr.b ing compelled to evacuate Vera Cruz, this . He treasury. The priming plunder fund udl would be a valuable service to the constitution- j ,lot boar dividing with the public' necessities, al party in Mexico. The advent of Lerdo de :- f the Executive fails to pi i form its nppoii.t Tejada in the Cabinet of President Juarez has ;ej duties, Congress can de-mmd a reckoning ; given his government a more determined politi- l,t this hacking off the right hand ai d its ltd;' cal character that it before had, aud brings to 'wrongs the pcopk- even more than it does the a just and popular cause the aid of known president The Oppo.-dt ;o"ii accuse our iKno practical statesmanship. era tic Administration of ext t avagant and rcek- The very possibility of Miramon taking Vera less expenditure ; of receiving its chart o! poli Cruz should induce our government to prepare ev from the Court of St. .hunts, (which tndy tor action, lie is the legitimate successor ana representative of the government of Zulouga, which drove our Minister with insult from Mexico, and plundered and outraged our citi zens resident there. Hitherto we had no way of reaching it, because it held none of the sea ports of the republic, liut the moment Mira mon takes Vera Cruz, if he succeeds in doing so, we should be prepared to act. Spain, England and France have brought their power to bear adversely on the unrecognized and unsupported government of President Juarez, compelling it to atone, iu part, for sins com mitted bv others. With greater justice, we should bring home to otheis the . sins they ; citizeus themselves have committed. The course pur-1 Thus, sued by the European Powers betokens a Mexico, tortuous policy on their part, and one iu nowise South lrom Napoleon 111.) an ascei.cU ncv. n: the pro- enough receives its orders and of sacrificing Aineric, .Ymcrican sens,, ij pcrmii ung l.uropcnit iccioraics 10 in; vMHiM.sni-u in .Mexico anil on the Isthmus ; but on v, loi.i rests the n sponsi bility ''. If Coi,gre-.s will only peitidt our l.avy to be used as the police constable of these for eign dictators, and denies it the power to tic end our own people ; if it proclaims to the 'A rid that it prohibits to the Executive tie o dinary powers of the elite!' magistracy, wc mc-; expect to see Ami Kean intciists scorni d and trampled upon, as tiny are by t very p tty anap-.v that chooses to lob and murder icr in reference to the critical e.ff.'irs of e important concerns of Central licriea, touching cur puiitieid and
The North Carolinian (Wilson, N.C.)
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