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TIIK TARIFF
"EXTRACTS from thp MYwp of ttir Pirniilcnts ef uV
I mvt Plato, on Uie nubjxct of Tarill',
"The advancement of agriculture, commerce.
roul hitiivifikturetfby all projer means will not!
:in.-i, iiviu jviominciiuntion ; nut i cajinoltoroenr
ii.tininting to you the "'expediency of iriviiisr tfltc-
ttHrrncmuampnent, as well to the introduction of.
i.uu ituu uwiui inventions irom atroauas to the
I'vrti'Mis of skill and genius in producing them at
-m."t'ashingtuii's Annual Address.
Congress has repeatedly, and uot without suc-
os directed their attention to the encouragement
,:f mnwfaelvres. Tic object is of too much con-fi-'jin
nco not to ensure n continuance of their ef
1 cts in every nay Which shall appear eligible.
As a geneial rul", manufacture, on public
i T'iu'it, ar; inexpedient ; but where the state of
things in a country leaves little hope that certain
1 notches f manufacture will, fur a preat length of.
f:iae, olttum. when these are of a nature essential
t j the furnishing and equipping oft he puhlk force
:i! time of war, are not the establishments for pro-
uring them, on public accmnt, to the extent, oft he
ordinary di nuuul for ptiUic service, recoinmen-'i'-'ij.
hy strong considerations of national policy
an exception to the general rule ? Ought our
.mntry to remain, in such cases, dependent on
f oreign supply, precarious, liable to be interrupt
ed t If i he neres.-ary article should, in this case,
;ot more in lime of peace, will iot the security
and independence thence .arising form an ample
competf -at ionr mhiiti'toii'x last anmiaL-lddrtitv.
"To cultivate peace and maintain commerce and
navigation, in all their lawful enterprises ; to fos
t'.T our fisheries, as nurseries' of navigation and for
T)ie,nurturo of man, utid to protect thf munvfat'
tares adopted to our riremnslajirem thes; fellow
citizens are the landmarks by which we are to
guide ourselves-in all our proceedings." differ
D in's 'id . Innaf M'imige.
"The situation into which we have been forced
' Juts impelled us to apply a portion of our industry
uml capital to national manufactures and improve
ments. The extent of Conversion is daily increas
ing, and little doubt remains that the establishments
formed and forming will, tinder the auspices of
cheaper materials tuid subsistence, the freedom of
labor from taxation with us, an-1 ot protecting iu- (
ties and prohibition, become permanent. J'f-
ft noil ii bth J!unuol Mrsxage.
"We have experienced what we did net then
believe, that there exists both profligacy and. pow
er enough to exclude us from the field of inter
changes with other nations ; that to be indepen
dent tor the e-oniforfs of life, we must fabricate them
ourselves. We must now place our manufactur
ers by the side of the agriculturalist. The former
question is now suppressed, or rather assumes a
new form. The grand inquiry now is, shall we
make out own comforts, or go without them at the
will of a foreign nation. He, therefore, who is
now against domestic manufactures, must be for
reducing us either to a dependence upon that na
tion, or be ckthrd in skins; and live like beasts in
defts and taverns. I am proud to say that Jam
tiot one. of these. Experience has tavght me that
manufactures are note-as necessary, to mt inde
pendence as to ottr comfort." ejfe noil's letter
to Benj. Austin, esq., Hoston,' 116.
"The revision of our commercial law?, proper to
'adapt them to the arrangement which lias taken
'place with Groat Britain, will doubtless engage
the early attention of Congress. 1 1 will be worthy
at the same time of their just and provident care,
1 5 make such further aherations in the laws as will
marc especially protect and foster the several
(ranches oj 'manufacture which have been recent
ly instituted or extended by the laudable exertion
- itf-ou-r-c-itizenSi'5--J'(i Special JJts&age,
JJayZWifJ. :
-'--frecbmjnthtf safeguard and
as an encouragement to our growing manufactures
thntthe additional duties on imports- which are to
expire at the end of one year after a peace with
Jreat Britain, be prolonged to theondof two years
after that event." Madison $ special Message,
Mail 31, INI 1.
But there!" is no subject which can enter with
greater force and merit .into the deliberations of
Congress, than a consideration of the means to pre-
,fierve.and promote manufactures -which have
'sprung into existence, and. attained- unparal
leled maturity throughout the United States
during the period of the European wars. This
source of national independence and wealth I anx
iously recommend tothe prompt and constant guar
dianship of Congre'ss." Madison's Special Met-
' sage, February 5S(i, 1315.
"ln djw5tiig tW
of revenue, the influence of the tariff on lrianufaO
"Uniformity :n the demand and nricre afan ar
ticle, is highly desirable to the domestic manufac
turer. It is,dcemed. of great importance, ; to give
encouragement to our domestic manufactures. T'
Monroe's third .Vnnuul Message.
"It cannot be doubted, that the more complete
bur internal resputc-e'Sf arid the less dependant we
are on foreign powers for every national as well as
- domestic purpose, the greater and more stable will
be the public felicity. Ify the increase of domes
tic manufactures,, will the demand for thc (rude
materials at home be increased; and thus will the
dependence of the several paiirtsof the Unioii itself,
bo proportionally augmented." Monroe's fifth
tiiinual Message, '
"Satisfied am I, whatever may he the abstract
doctrine in favor of unrestricted commerce, provid
ed all nations would concur in it, and it was not
liable to be interrupted by war, which lias never
occurred, and cannot be expected, that there are
other strong reasons applicable to our situation' and
relations with other countries, which impose on us
the obligation to cherish and stistain our manufac
tures. Satisfied I am, however, likewise, that the
interest of every part of our Union, even those
benefitted by manufactures, mpiire that this sub
ject should be touched with the greatest caution,
and a critical knowledge of the ellects to be pro
duced by the slightest changes." Monroe's sixth
.hutoul .Message.
"The great interest of an agricultural, commer
cial, and manufacturing nation, arc so linked in
tin Jon together, that no permanent cause of pros
perity to one of thejn can operate without extend
ing its influence to the other. All these are alike
under the protecting power of legislative authority
and the duties of the representative bodies are to
conciliate them in harmony together."
"Is the self-protectiiig energy of this nation so
helpless that there exists in the political institutions
of our country no power to counteract the bias of
foreign legislation ; that the growers of grain, must
submit to the exclusion from the foreign markets
of their produce ; that the shippers miist disman
tle their ships, the trade of thu north stagnate at
the wharves, and the manufacturers starve at their
looms, while the whole people shall pay tribute to
foreign industry to be clad in foreign garbs ; that
the Congress of the Union are impotent to restore
the balance in favor of native industry destroyed
by the statutes of any realm Mam's 4th da
mud Message. .
"The power to-impose duties upon imports o
rigihally belonged to the Several States. The right
to adjust these duties, with a view to the encour
agement of domestic branches of industry is Vocom
pletely identical with that power, that it is diflicith
to suppose the existence of the one without the
other. The States have delegated their whole au
thority 6ver imports to the (.xeneral (jovcJrunent,
without limitation or restriction, saving the very
inconsiderable reservation relating to. the inspect
tion laws. The authority having thus entirely
passed from the States, the right to exercise it for
the purpose of protection doea not exist in them ;
and, consequently, if k ..be-not possessed by the
General Government, it must be extinct. ' Our
political system would thus present the anomaly,
of a people stripped of the right to foster their own
industry, and to counteract the most selfish and'
destructive policy which might be adopted by for
eign nations. This surely cannot be the case ;
this indispensable power, thus surrendered by the
States, must be within the scope of authority on
the subject expressly delegated to Congress. In
this conclusion I am confirmed, as well by the o-
ira of Presidents Washington, Jefferson,
ladison and Monroe, who have each repeatedly
rccommtmded this right under the Coustitutionra3
by the uniform practice of Congress the continued
acquiescence of the.Statev 'aud. the general under
ttauding of the icole,"
jlfessairc. : - ..
121al6$
1 aSO
10
GK 6
9 a? 10
10 a14H4w-or
11
a 8
a o
4-
full 33 j p,
full 20 p.
2 50 aO GO
3a 4
T- --
c. lees,
ft less.
Flatuiron, per lb
Anvils, : ' '
VLscvA;'' .- . ;.i:;-v
Scjthe blades, per doz.
Weeding and hilling '
hoes, per dqzen,
Nails, Richmond made
Carpenters'; knob locks
average
Stock locks
Table knives and forks
and pocket do.
Spades and shovels
Trace chains
Cross-cut and mill saws
Loaf sugar, best double
Loaf, per lb.
Bar lead, per lb. 51 5
Wood screws, though
. prohibited by duty,
are at least 30 per
cent, lower, and of
a much superior
quality to those for
merly imported.
Statement show ing the relative prices of lead
ing styles of Dry Goods, Jan. 1, lUl.and Jan.
1.
33 J less
20 less
' 5 less
1"JJ less
Domestic Goods. Jan
Cotton oznabergs per yd,
3-1 Brown shirtings,
0-1 " Slicetincs
1,1811. Son. 1,1843.
b a 10 cts. (i'j a 71
i a Hi 41a 6i
b all 64 a
11 a 131- 8.S a 10
The prices of Bleached Goods had chanced in
the same ratio. Domestic Prints (staple styles)
12J to IHo Hi to IS! do. Chnhs and" Cassi.
meres and Satinets, reduced not less thiui33J. '-.
The effect of the Tanff on Calicoes or Prints is
probably as great as on any t other article. . Du
ring tho year 110,--large-quantities of British
Prints were imported, that cost from 22c. to 28c.
per yard, and in 1813 Prints of as rood oualitv
were produced in this country as low as locperS
1 ... ".U 1.. I. f . I it ... i n .
yaru, nica i-uurtjy cjreiuueu uruisn rnnis irom
our markets.
The Tariff has not only had the tendency to
reduce I Jomcstic t roods, but it may and lias re
duced Foreign Goods. ForexaTnplc : Irish Lin
ens were imported in 1S41 duly free in 1843
they paid a duty of 23 per cent, and with tho du
ty added arc at least 20 per cent lower than in
1S41.
The prices of Silks havo, varied less during that
time than upon other Goqds, yet there was a con
siderable difference; In 18-4 1 Sewing Silk, &c.
paid a duty of 32 per cent., and in 184dT(ne'y"pay
a dutjj of 82 00 per pound or about 45 per cent,
and yet tho article can be bought considerably
less. English and French Cloths andCassimers
in 1841 paid a duiy of 33 per cent, and in '43
paid 10 per cent, and these Goods ma not less
than 20 per cent, lower in '43 than in '41.
Almost every style" of Domestic and Foreign
Dry Goods has been affected in the same ratio as
those enumerated, and we are not mistaken in
their quotations, for they are copied from our ori
ginal invoices and inventories under the respec
tive duties of 18 11 and 1843.
Prices in 1811. In 1813.
4-1 fine brown Waltham
Shirting, per yard
Sheetings
6-1 " " '
Richm'd and Pet'g cotton
Oznaburgs, So. 2
it t
No. 1.
Mechanic 34 Brown uliirt-
ing ,...-....
Matoaca 3-5 "
Ettrick 3-4 " "
Mechnnic-7-4 "
Matoaca 7-8 ' - "
Matoaca 4-4 Sheeting about 71
, 0 cents
11
13
7i.
9
10
61.
61
6J
.74
7i
7.1
FACTS ON THE TARIFF." '
The merchants and business men of Rich
mond, Virginia, who do not believe that the pre- j
sent I anfl is either beggaring or taxing tho coun
try, have made out a statement of the wholesale
prices in that market of all the staple articles of
Kit t l.iitffV'trifr rf 1 Irnonnj-tii-nti
The result must surprise and astound those "(if
Brown Dorchester Jeans
Milton "
Dorchester Bedticks A A
7-8 Brown Cottons, Law
rence, H
ii
-
G
U. Ifc
j 4-1
0
15
iii
about 7 i
about 8 r
C a 7
61 a 8
4i aG
41 a 5
4j ;:-
Si 6
C nOi
61
61
about 12
9 '
GJ
' "Well, my friend, what situation do you w
Whv.V-v I'm not vrv ; nnrtietilar hut
j j j,z .." ., .' i n.. " .
other. I tnmk I should uWa t t-a
nny there be) who seriously believe a protective
Tariff increases prices to the consumer. We
must give the facts to our readers, but first state
those connected with the currency and specie of
the country.
It is known to all that money was scarce and
interest comparatively high in 1811, while in
4&r43ucaw?undant in the commercial cities
ami interest dow n to 4"or "5"per HiuT6h'"lh'e1?CSr
paper. Uf course, goods, by all free trade rules,
should have been far higher in the latter year on
this account. And again: the official statements
show that all the gold and silver which came in-
tures will necessarily present itself for considera
tion. However wise the theory may be, which j
leaves to the sagacity and interest of individuals!
the aimlication of their industry and resources.!
ihere are in tftirlrfwheT
the general rule. Besides the consideration which MX with September, 1841 and '42 fthe new Tar
tho theory itself implies of a reciprocal adoption by fl" having been imposed in September of the lat-
other nations, experience tenches mtf many cir f tr yearr but after4h--cottntry fead"bee-glutted
cumstam es, must occur in introducing 'and matur
ing .manufacturing establishments, especially of a
more complicated kind, that a country may re
main long without them, although sufficiently ad
vanced, and in some respects peculiarly fitted for
carrying them on with success. Under circum
stances giving a powerful impulse to manufactur
ing industry, it has made among us a progress, and
exhibited an efficiency, which justify the belief
that, with a protection not more than is due
to the enterprising citizens whose' interests are
now at stake, it will become, at an "early day, not
only f afe against occasional competition from a
brfKid, but a source of domestic wealth amUcxter
nal commerce. In selecting the braifchcs more
especially entitled to public patronage a preference
is obviously claimed by such as will release the
1 'nited States from a dependence on foreign sup
plies, ever subject to casual failures, fur articles. ! dubtednes
tn-eessarvjor the public defence, or connected j Tariff is i
-with the primary wants Of individuals. --It -will be
st n additional recommendation of particular manu
factures, where the materials for them air exten
sively drawn from our agriculture and consequent
fv impart and insure to that great fund of national
prosperity and. independence, nn encouragement
w hich .rnunot fail to be rewarded. ' Madison's
ncrenth- ,'htmud Message.
:Our manufactures will Jikcwife, require the
r-ystemutic. and fostering care of the Government.
, Possessing, as we do, all the raw materials, 'the
fruit of our own soil und industry,, we ought notfo
depend, in the degree we have done, on supplies
from other countries. .While we are thus depen
dant, the sudden evi' nt of war, unsonght and uh-
expected cannot fail to plunge us into the most so
rious uuncuities. it ,1s important,' too tnat tiio
capital which nourishes oar. manufactures should
.1-' ' domestic, as its influence in-that case, instead
of exhausting as hinusttlotn foreign hands would
" btr iclt atlvantagrtiusly on ngricultn remand every j
r lliejr branclt of f hdust ry; Equally imporant is it '
I ta pravide at home a marEot ij-aibi.
;rih-e.v;prkiv-ad-)j;t.tfitt
with goods in anticipation of it) was $9,075,049,
or a little over four and a half millions per year.
From Sept. 1812 to Sept. 1813, being the first
year of the protective Tariff, our imports of spe
cie reached the extraordinary amount of $23,
741.648, while the export for the same time was
$3,118,39S, leaving a clear gain of specie du
ring the first year of the protective -'a riff to an
amount exceeding twenty millions of dollars.
There is nothing like this in the history of our
country. In 1833 'and in 1831, we imported
three-fourths as much, but wo w:erc borrowing
money abroad heavily, eo that this amounted to
nothing; while in 1813 we have not, only made
a net gain of twenty millions in specie, but we
contracted no dchts abroad. On the contrary,
we have' been buying up our stocks owned? in
Europe, and have thus reduced the aggregate.m
dubtedness of the country This is the way the
mpoverishing tho country ; now let us
see how the people-are taxed by it :
A Comparative' Statement
Of the w holesale price of goods in the various
branches of trade in the city of Richmond, care-
fully made up from actual sales in the year
5-4
G
7
Oi
1811, when the Tariff, under the Compromise
Act, ranged at the very lowest rates of duty r
, nnd in 143, the first year after the oppressive
Tariir, as demagogues call it, passed by a w hig
Congress, wentinto full operation, viz :
- Low Duty. Tariff.
Prices in 1811. In 1813.
Sack salt ranged from 1 00 n 21 $1 60 a 1 65
American bar iron, per
ton, 85 ' ' 70 . a75
-Engli-n i y 0-
90
owetle ' "
Trcdegnr.IUchruond
Manufacture
American liliste red --
- Steeh'per ton, 115
Collin's best axes' per
irauBoniJii-lW-t'
Casting..hbnotyV!arti
: iW
77
11
:-,. 13-.
A bi
11 11
In bleached Cottons, tho decline has been even
greater.
r Kentucky Jeans declined, from 1841 to 1913,
from 25 to 33 j per cent.
Satinets declined fully as much, generally.
Flannels do. do. do.
Blankets do, 25 per cent.
American and British prints -from 25 to-GO per
cent.
Summer Pantaloons Stuffs and Vcstings do. do.
Broadcloths and Cassimer3 from 20 to 2o per
cent.
Irish iiinenf SO percnti hwer m-? 4& thart -4 li
and pay a duty of 25 per cent. In 41, this arti
cle was duty free. '
It wiU be seeniiy Krcoice tathe.. very .first ar
tide named in the list (salt) which has caused the
Loco Foco soap-pots to bod over at such a tre
niendous rate at the 100 per cent, duty put upon
the poor man, has been sold throughout tho year
1843, at 20 to 25 per ct. less tlian the average of
1841 under the low duty ; upon many other im
portant articles, prices have been reduced to a
much greater extent, and on no important article
has the price been increased this i3 the oppress
ive, unjust, unwj'sc and. unconstitutional Tax,
which the Pnquirer and such like prints make
such tremendous rioise and cry about ; let the
people look into these things coolly and decide
for themselves.
Of course, Cotton Goods will be higher in '44
than tliey were in '43, since raw Cotton lias risen
fully fifty per cent, and probably Woolens will
be higher also, as there has been an advance of
fifty per cent, on Wool.- To complain of thisad-
vancc in gooas as an eviueiice oi extortion Dy ,tne
Manufacturers, keeping ouuof. sight tlie-advance
in Wool and Cotton, as the Plebeian and other
mpers habitually dp, is just .as honest and sehsi
ile as to hang the" bakers for not giving as large
a loaf for sixpence when Flour is ten dollars a
barrel as they did when it was five. But mak
ing due allowance for cost of materials,-we don
tend that American people never obtained manu
factures cheaper than they do under the present
Tariff. iV. V. Tribune.
ish?"
some
minis
ter. I don t mean of the gospel, -but one of them
ministers to foreign parts, - . . ,
"I'm very sorry; very sorry indeod ; there is no
vacancy just now. "Would not something else suit
you f" -'. " - :. -::-:r: r '
"Why-y-y," answered the apple-headed mauv
I wouldn't much care ifltookasituationinone of
the departments. v I wouldn't much mind being a
comptroller, or nn auditor or some such thing.'7
"My dear sir, I'm sorry, very sorry, very sorry
indeed,' but it happens unfortunately that all these
situation are at present filled. ould hot you
take something else V ' .V
( ' My friend stroked his cliin and seemed struggling
to bring down the soarings of high ambition to the
present crisis. At last he answered,
"Why-y-y, yc-s-s ; I don't care if I get a good
collectorship, or inspectorship, or surveyorship, or
navy-agency, or any thing of that sort
"Really, my good Mr. Phippenv," said I, I
regret exceedingly that not only ail these places,
but every other place of consequence in the govern
ment, is at present occupied."- Pray think of some
thing else." - - -
lie then, after some hesitation, asked for a clerk
ship, and finally the place of messenger to one of
the public offices. Finding no vacancy here, he
sewncd in vast perplexity, and looked all round
the room, fixing his eye at length on me, and mea
suring my heig lit from head to foot. At last, put
ting on one of the drollest looks that evur adorned
the face of man, he said,
"Mister, you nnd 1 seem to be both pretty much
alike, havn t j-ou some old clothes you can spare?"
CHINA.
IIowqua the IIoxo Merchant. Ilowquathe
great I long merchant, who only died a few months
since, has had his biography already published in
England, together with an engraving from a por
trait in a Chinese collection. America has also a
portrait of him. It belongs to a Boston merchant
who resided long in Canton, and shows fin inti
mate Acquaintance with the effects to be produced
by oil colors, as our own artists possess. His dis
like to the English and love forthe Americans was
well known. The first cause of this issaid to been
.1. c . . r . , i.i
uie lHiorinaiionconcerningiorergn ports, wnicnine
Americans were always willing to give him ; but
the kiighsh never.
in mna.ii is customary to write an elegy on
the good qualities of the deceased, withan outline
of the principal events that have occurred to him,
in his life. Such a one has been writfen by the
I long merchant Finqua, on his friend Howqua.
Some of the verses are very amusing, i or in
stance :
"Also, Howqua gave 800,000 dollars to assist
the ransom of his beloved Canton from tho fangs
of the late war -to the excessive delight of the
fighting minded barbarians.
"Also, he had lands for rice, and pasture and to
play at baft, ana villas and ponds of fish, and fif
teen field bridges of carved wood, gilt, and seven
domestic bridges inlaid with ivory birds and drag
ons." . .
But you must not imagine the elegy to be en
tirely in tliis style ; some verses arc beautiful and
touching. I will give another specimen :
"At that time, I smiled on IIowqua. We both
grew old together. We often went to the tombs of
our fathers, side by side, and thought tenderly of
toe loving oeaa.
Ween then for Ilowoua. pwnnslwwn. II
was the friend of my youth. Together we grew
old, walking towards our father's tombs. We
migntliave died "together ; but it is well that one
old friend should, be left a little while to weep."
-Thee veser literally translated flora the
Ce?e;, and there fa
ty. The fortune that Howqua has left has been
estimated at r25,000,000. - AIL thi save small
Kortion is the resu It of his indust ry. By the w ar,
e said himself that his loss amounted to $2,000,
000 and he prayed the Emperor to allow him to
retire from his position as Hong merchant ; which
petition was refused his services being needed in
the intercourse between the government and for
eign nations. . Howqua was an honest man; he
discountenanced all evasion of duties never allow
ed his own interest to affect Jiim, when that of his
brethren or tho good of his nation was called in
question. "Charitable, benevolent and just says
the Times, his death may be looked upon by the
Chinese as a national calamity."
Savannah Georgian.
THE2EATRIQT
7
- FOR GOVERNOR,
WILLIAM A. GRAHAM,
OF THE COUNTV OF ORANGE.
FOR PRESIDENT,
HENRY CLAY,
OF KENTUCKY.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
THEODORE FRELIKGIIUYSEN,
OF NEW JERSEY.
SrM-T or Wino Phixoiplh.
A sound ImtiiMiul currency, regulated by th will and
authority of the nation ; on uilcqimte revenue from duties
on foreign miTiliandiso, with iiieidi-utul protection to home
induiitry ; an eiiil,il)U- distribution of the ull:c land mon
ey among nil the states ; un honest and economical admin
istration of the general government ; a limitation of the
president to one term, and a guarantee against the abuse
of the veto power.'
GREENSDOROUGH,
Suturduy 'itlorultifr, May 35, 114.
$20 REWAH1).
.:!THRXNAWXtrfro
the 12th instant, a NEGRO BOY by
the name of Frank, 21 years old, about
rive feet high and weighing 1 JO or 140
pounds, black complexion, haj a scar
on hia left arm eeeaaiened by ft buntiHe is a black
smith by trade. Amongst hii clothing he had a
brown jeans frocl coat, a cut velvet waistcoat; panta
loons not recollected; and a small velvet cap.
"1 have no doubt but that h wilt rnakB his mf to
Saliibury; for he has ben living there for the last 4
or 5 years as the property of A. Bencini.
the above reward will be given Tor his apprehen
sion if taken without the State, or $10 if taken in
the Stato and confined bo that I can get him again.
Information must be directed to Greensboro', N. C.
May 15, 1844. 7:3. JOSEPH A. HOUSTON.
The Carolina Watchman insert three times and
forward account to this office. ,
rpilE COXDITIOXS upon which God has given
J- health to man, is a constant care to koert his sto
mach and bowels free from all morbid or unhealthy
accumulations. The means to effect this must bo
those remedies which cleanse tho bowels and purify
the blood. Dr. is. Brandreth's VEGETABLE UNI
VERSAL TILLS tend to cure til disease, because
they are tho natural medicine of man ; and therefore,
only remove the corrupt or vitiated humors the cause
of pain and sickness, leaving the blood in a good and
healthy state, to give life and strength to the body.
Many havo been restored to, health and happiness
from their use, and the consequence" is they are now
recommended by thousands that nhey huvecured of
Colds, Influenza, Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Head Ache
Scarlet Fever, Jaundice, Fever and Ague, aiid BiJ
lions Fevers of all kinds. 1
These Pills are for sale in every county of this
State, at 23 cents per box; and by the following per
sons in this county: J. & R. Sloan, Greensboro', Col.'
Wm. II. Brittaitj, Bruce's X Roads, E. & V. Smith,
Alamance. Shelly & Field, Jamestown. 7:ly.
" Extensive Assortment of Pianos,
l'ROBADLY THE LARGEST IN ANY ONE ESTABLISH
MENT NOTRII OR WH'TH.
IN purchasing to costly an orticle'as a Piano Forte,
would it not bo well to order it from one who has
been engaged in the business some 8 or 9 years, has
sold, upon trial, to different perBons in Virginia and
"it. r.:' e-.- i ' ' i-.j : . ...:.Tr-
, . . .. ., - it-i " r . . I inuriu vsaiuiuia near luur uunureu iiisiruiucuis, nitii-
cabling council. AV hen. I came into rfly private out BCiinB a bad one, and who offers' to take all tho
ouice, iouuu it queer long-Biaca - man, . t 1 responsibility of. selecUng for you, and to grant yoil
the privilege or returning in case you are not picoseuj
Would it nottr-well to wderdirect from tho seller
i,imsetf in place of depending bpon an agent, particu.
larly if that agent is to select, for yoathereby lessen
him to tumseit lie is without excuse. , ' : ; .
1. .I'riees vary front $230 to ;ii:,:
X r.:v ,..-.-W-v.retcrsbtirgl V.j.
Extract from Paulding's tale of the Politician,
I was callod out of my beij, early one cold win
ter morning, hy a person coming on business of
the utmost cdnsefiuence, and dressed myself in
grent nnstc, supfowng n mignt oe n summons to a
least,T feef high, wiui a little npnle.hcad, a lonri
1 Ttteuc,-tmd a -fncci critically njiraair aTOsyras. a
ripe cnerrj'. t lo.imnuea me a letter, recommcna-
mtr mm nantcuiany to my patronaire. . I was a
ab f toy ."-visiti?1 a4'.iittrtt get the tcpmtatioa "of
COXGRES'S.
The proceedings of Congress have been alto
gether without interest for some weeks past.
The Senate continues to-hold long Executive ses
sions with closed doors,' engaged no doubt in the
consideration of tho Treaty with Texas. Tie
House has done hut little of a public nature since
they laid their Democratic tariff bill on tho table.
Business pertaining to the District of Columbia
has engaged their principal attention. A resolu
tion to adjourn the 17th of June has passed the
House, but yet wants the concurrence of the Sen
ate. .
ARMY AND NAVY MOVEMENTS, -The
injunction of secrecy having been remov
ed by the Senate from the documents communi
cated by the President concerning tho concentra-
!, tion of troops on the Texian frontier, the official
account of these extraordinary movements are
published to tho world. Large detachments of
troops have been ordered fromJcflerson barracks
to Fort Jessupi and the military commander or
dered to put himself in communication with the
President of Texas ; and eight vessels of the
Home Squadron have been ordered into the Gulf
of Mexico, with instructions to the Commodore,
among othef duties, to communicate freqvenlTy
wilh. Galveston, and occasionally to show Aim
self at or before Vera Cruz. The following is
President Tyler's raerarrgf , in compliance with a
resolution of inquiry from the .Senate. His ex
cellency has a fine knack of exhibiting' the cool
and consummate impudence with which natuie
hasjdesscd him.
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
- STATES TO THE SENATE.
Tothe Senate of the United States:
In answer to the resolution of the Senate of the
13th instant, requesting to be informed "whether,
since the commencement of the negotiations
which resulted in the treaty now before the Sc
4 natc for the annexation of Texas to the United
States, any military preparation has been made
or ordered by the President,, for or in anticipa-
tion of war and, if so, for what cause, and with
whom was such war apprehended, and what arc
the preparations that have been made or order-
ea I lias any movement or assemoiage or ais-
position of any of the military or naval forces of
' the United States been made or ordered with a
view to such hostilities ! And to communicate
i to. the Senate, xopkau of .all tadcra or directions.
given for any such preparation, or Tor any such
movement or disposition, or for the future con-
dnct of such military or naval forcesTl;l"iiave
to 'inform the Seriate that," iii consequence of the
declaration of Mexico communicated to this Gov
ernment, and by me laid before Congress at the
opening of its present session, announcing the de
termination of Mexico to regard as a declaration
of war against her by the United States the defi
nitive ratification of any treaty with Texas annex
ing the territory of that Republic to the United
States, and the nope and belief entertained by the
Executive that the treaty with Texas for that purl
pose would be speedily approved nnd ratified by
tho Senate, it was, regarded by the Executive to
havo" become emphatically its duty to concentrate
in tho Gulf of Mexico nnd its vicinity, as a pre
cautionary measure, as large a portion of the home
squadron under the command of Captain Conner
as could well be drawn together i and, nt the
same time, to assemble at Fort Jesup, on the bor
ders of Texas, as large a military force as the de
mands of the service at dther encampments would
authorize to be detached. . For the number of
ships already in the Gulf and the waters contigu
ous thereto, and such as arc placed under orders
for that destination, and of troops now assembled
upoti the frontier, I refer you to the accompany
ing reports from the Secretaries of the War and
Navy Department?. It will nlso be perceived by
the Senate, by referring to the orders of the Navy
Department, which are herewith transmitted, that
the naval officer in command of the fleet is direc
ted to cause his ships to perform all the duties of
a fleet of observation, and to apprize the Execu
tive of any indication of a hostile design upon Tex
as, on the part of any nation, pending Uie delibe
rations of the Senate upon the treaty, with a view
that'tho same promptly bo submitted to
samo time, it is my opinion that Mexico or any
other Power yill find in your approval of the trea
ty najuM -eaitsfr of war against the United Stiites;
nordP J helieve that there is any serious hazard
of war to be iound in the fact of such approval.
Nevertheless, every propir measure will be re
sorted to by the Executive to preserve upon an
honorable and just : 'basis f the public peace, by re
conciling Mexico, through a liberal course of pol.
icy, to the treaty. JOHN T YLER.
Wasiuotqn, May 15, 141. 1
GEN. CASS ON ANNEXATION.
Gen. Cass, has addressed a letter to the Hon.
E. A. Ilannegan, under date of May 10, in which
he advocates the immediafte annexation of Texas.
The sagacious General very coolly remarks that
as "a majority of the American people are in fa
vor of annexation" -"the sooner it is effected the
better." On the perusal of this letter we cannot
avoid suspecting more of tho demagogue in tho
General's, character, than we had hitherto given
him cret7 for. He founds his views of tht; pro
priety of annexation, in a great measure, upon an
article which appeared in a tory periodical in
England, in which the writer developed a plan by
which England might make an inroad upon our
Southern States. The General has " often been
surprised that it has not attracted more attention
in our country." We dare say it attracted no at
tention in its own country. It is not tho first silly,
Quixotic scheme, by a long chalk, that has been
set forth in the columns, of a periodical, on either
side of the water. The gallant General wants
Texas annexed, we should say, for the purpose
of enabling the United States to repel the bloody
invasion of this nefarious correspondent of an En
glish periodical ! Any plan to secure a little pop
ular feeling -a little political capital, in these days
of Baltimore conventions !
. DEMOCRACY AND THE TARIFF.
The W hig Tariff of 1812 was an abomination
in the eyies of the Democracy. They "swore ter-;
rihly" about it, and a quiet man would have thought
they would tear it nil to shreds and tatters the mo
ment they laid their hands on it in the halls of
Congress. Mr. Van.Burcn was displeased with
it ; Mr. Culhoun was outraged at it ; no liege man
of the party could endure it. Well -the wholo
world looked out or a Democratic Tariff in its
place. A Democratic Tariffbill was introduced,
reported; chatted over," amended, reviewed, lor
some two or three months.ntil it was wrougU
up to about the notch of perfection, and what was
the result f ' Why, tho Democrats knocked down
and laid out their own proposition ! They found
that it would not even do to talk about.
Ma. Frelinc hityhe n and Abolition. -A por
tion of the opponents of Mr. Frelinghuysen havo
greedily seized upon a charge that he is an abo
litionist. The charge is copied, bandied, reitera
ted, with great unction by the Democratic prefs
of the South. Another portion of the opponents
of Mr. Frelinghuysen and all other good Whigs,
to wit, tho abolitionists themselves, charge him
with the smirf slavery. -The Emancipator treats
its renders to a anathema atui6l Mr. F. forhol-
aing tne ownersmp oi one oiu negro woman m
New Jersey. . ::";:.;..::.'.: .: .7
RETAILING.
, At February term last of Guilford County
Court a resolution was adopted that no license to
retail spirituous liquors in the county should bo
granted. "The question came up on a petition
from a large number of the citizens of Greensbo-.
ro praying that no license be granted to retail
within the limits of the town corporation. Tho
motion, on the petition, was extended to include
the whole county, and was finally carried by a
vote of 22 in favor to 9 against it. The question
was ably argued before the, court, and in pres
ence of a crow;d of deeply interested spectators,
by counsel retained on each side of the question.
Well notwithstanding- this resolution
time, it is due to. myself that I should declare it
as my opiiffonj that the United Stattfs" having by
perfqet it, no other Power rould - be permitted -to
upon the journals of last term, application was
made to the court in session the passing week,
forfl license to retail in this town. There was a
good deal of gaumcimpudcnca ia this appUcar..
tion. Any hope of success must have been bas
ed upon a presumed lack of firmness and stabili
ty of opinion in tho eourt. But as- it has turned
out, it is matter of satisfaction that the question
has got a footing where it is likely to be adjudica- ;
ted by higher tribunals. The applicant was re
fused a license, (by a voto of 13 to 10,) ana the
grounds of refusal were entered on the record of
the court, in order that the question may be taken
up. TheCourradinittcd that the applicant had
proved as good a character as anyjfeeper of a
retail shop ; in other words, admitted that he came
tip to the requirements of the law ; but not regar
ding the statute as mandatory, refused the license
on their general view of its inexpediency, and in
virtue, of their character as conservators of the
public peace and morals.
Many justices of the peace, although Satisfied
of the impropriety of retailing by the small meas-
ure, yet doubt their right to withhold license from
an applicant who shows a " gooil moral character"
according to the- common sense meaning of the
law. This doubt is indeed a grave one. Why,
it may be asked, should certain' privileges be so
lemnly secured to certain citizens by statute, arid
ye a county court permitted to say these privi
leges shall not be exercised within its jurisdiction!
Is the discretionary power of the court paramount
to the law T It has long been a mooted question
among those unlearned in the law and unac
jquaintcd with the rules of construing statutes : it
.is time it .vcrc- settler by those who arc learned!
jii theeo matters.
The County courts undoubtedly have conside-
n)i1i'lirrftif)iia.rv nowers over the sub led s - ami
the treaty of annexation acquired a title to Texas, . - . . , , . , i,.!,,.
which 4uircrxmlyhe-ri
ever they-choses-W'hen not disposed to grant
invaue, nnu yiorceot arms ia posses
any rtionth
sllfjina.ho8uo-atutuao4o tueluca-ateinna,.;
jinhhm
at our disposal to drive back thy invasion. At the jtf'raaintoiitet'h. character, and that jluj sppa-: ,; .,
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