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VOLUME IX GREENSBOROU FEBRUARY ' 1 2, ; 1 848; NUMBR 44 3ublisl)cb lU ecklii BY SW AIM 5; SHEHAVOOU. " PRICK. TIIREB DOLI.A.K3 A VBAU, fj.50,tr fAI W1TBI OKI MOMTII AVTIK TH HATS .-'... ... or UMrs.irnoH. . , ; failure on the part of dt customer to order discontin- ftunee within b subscription yer, will be considere J in- ielirof hi wish to eentinuolUepapor. THE PATRIOT. A LETTER FROM THE HON. JOHN Mcl.EAN. ' From tht Cincinnati Gazette. The following letter was written to a gentle iman in this Sute, and has been furnished us for. publication. The opinions ofotir d is: ir-g disced men, upon the war and the means of ending it, should be known. Judge McLean occupies a high official position, and has been named, and has many , friends in the several States, for the Presidency. His opinions and suggestions will be highly appreciated, and tend to direct the, public Attention to the ruinous consequences of lliiawaf j Mr Pear Sir : To all human appearance the iermination of this miserable war with Mexico is more remote than When the first blow tvas.strutk. "IftTniT'jradg .constitutionally" commenced by inirclilTigurai .my into disputed territory in the possession of Mexico ; and 1 think thai Congress, who unques tionably have the power, should put un mdto the war on just and honorable principles. After agreeing upon the terms on which a treaty should be made, they should call upon the Executive by resolution to ofler a peace to Mexico upontnl b"a lilitiershould be suspended. If the President hall refuse to "dojthis; in the military apprhpria-' tion bills the uriny should be required to hike such positions as shall carry ouuhe views of Congn .vy. These bills the president could not veto, and he would be bouid by their , requirements, i'his ,may be done by the House. 1 hope Congress w ill refuse to issue any more Treasury notes.; The notes demanded, in nddt- vtion to those already in circulation, would flood the country with that description of paper. Such van ejii its ibn would consliiute a -Government bank. . ."j.i.ijri.l-..f'.',tu! hi.inaiTMfl hv n narttl AHiTiiiiwtrn. I notes in c!rculdnotr;"and-nuthoTiiy-t sne-h velars T-"-"'-"mimDrrs iTrort,;"4' wiiwld- - - . - ' 7 i IT - f" -r- . , ,tion a dollar, out reuucti u as ra vuuy iiossinie-. Such a System would be uicompiir.ibly mure j dangerous to the public morals and die public! liberty than any other sstem of banking that j .could bo devised. . - To meet any deficiency of the revenue to pay the current expenses of the war, 1 would authorize J intuit and if loins cannot be made ai'this rate interest, ana ll lo.ins canniu ot niaue ai mis rate, let the Administration resort to a system of taxa :tion, which shpll cause the people to feel the t ..Ki;. pense of the war. All wars should beaccompan- f a" ,rt'"l'3 e...uu. .... : . j i . r .1 .1 i.it.,n a i . . i iiru iu him; ui i in j y n i.wi , im. wui Nothing short ol this can show, in addition to the HeC.ment was present, and f course vvns with . - w . r ... it ' hu lit.M ivnt ffirtttffl iiii cn.iri n c n Inn Irnmw i sacrince ol lite, what we pay ior military glory. ! ; , , . , , , . . This was tne policy in tne Oftter aays oi inere.M"a '" .. - . " wThtflatearwuh: England wav-noby;iuSssm4 payment of taxes, l-isi war in which - " . . . ... - miiu me) hi siisiaiii vrrj j.istwar.n which our country snail be involved. f .... . 7 But I risk nothing in saying that nn attempt to adoot auch a system of taxation would wind up i ihin Mttmrnn war in s xiv uavs. Ann in s snow j . . ' . . . . i.i . that the war should be put an end to. This ipny be done by Congress in ninety days, nnd 1 pray . ' . . , i . - . i God that they may do it. , , Wry truly, yours, JOHN McLEAN PORTRAIT OF GEN. TAYUOK. The following pleasant and graphic " pen a nd ink sketch" of General Taylor, is from the able ' ' - - 4 .pen of the Rev. Dr. W ightman, senior editor of .the Southern Christian Advocate : Daybreak overtook us, just below. Butoo R.nige, .on the left bank of the river. We have parsed .duringithe night, that most picturesqiie porimn -! the river called the coast. The alluvial margin on botft sides of the river spreads, in breadth, from tfotir hundred yBrds to a mile and a half, it is the t garden spot of the United States. Sugar planta twos tduch each other, and elegant residences stretctput as far as the eyeenn follow ihe bold . .curves of the river After the run of 150 miles, ,ithe Mississippi looks not a whit narrower than tot New Orleans; its average width is about three .quarters of a mile. - At Baton Rouge, ivh rtf we touch a lew minutes to take in passengers, mere . . . ' i rtulorj; and whispering to the clerk, who ivas about j ito take the head of thfe table, I asked who he was. Gearr THylor,M -.was the reply.- Indeed" Lucky chance, vhought I, that threw me on board this craft. There wa the veritable Rough nnd Ready," fitting opposite me, sipping bis" coffee ; the most .remarkable man, in many respects, in the .Wes- .tern hemisphere. I had missed the gorgeous spectacle of his New Orleans recr)tton the most .Oiagnificent affiir that had ever shaken iTiTit ciiy With excitement ;v out. vasny uener, t nau ,r.i.n mow where I could see and study the man a ntn whose name belongs to history, and whose .achieyeinents place him side by side with the great captains of the world. vTne first thing that "' struck me was his simplicHv,rari Funfaif "tfg aitri- ,s'.ands, in company wr.h tAo or tr.ree other gen- the other io.pM-u throughhis shoulders, tie piemen, an elderly, plain-looking nian' who. after ! raised up, asked lor some water, and said in a a brief leave-taking.cotneson boarrt. eshoie ofl.i low Voice, if you aregoinglo Tiid rne. 1 wish tthe breakfast bell rings, and we find our way to you to do so at once." Four muskets were le.v rthe table. I observed that the entrance of our new j filed ut his bead, nd at tht report he rolled upon ellow-foyager occasioned a subdued remark, and j the ground a corpse. Ile xvould have been kil Jirouirht upon him the glances of several specta-; ed the first fire if the men had done.their duty ; i bitte of true greatness. Iltf ate, and talked and carried himself with "trie uiisTuaieuTease ..or'alitTletw'ypoJaAns 'a fM'jluTaTETn of 2l0.l07soulsi- ln xhild. Yo would have supposed him some plain xountiy gentleman, who dreamed not of aitraciir.g la look.'or chUing Q,ut a remark. All right in that ' -line, thought 1 tot . tYidiftrfH)t looking, ikJ rrtef lok itTg-than'-ft V " .riesserwhich starayou in-the iacelai the""6hdfi " ' ,'; windows, and every wh'ere "else 1 T.here is in the j tweeri the chin and the back of the head very 1ft; tie of the protrusion of theJowerUp.to be found in the lithographs.. In a word, ih-y are a bundle of caricatures, one and all. He is precisely the heieht of vour present correspondent has a eon- siderabl r-pf inkle of gray hairs, is 62 year tf 8ge. erect and nrm wnen on nia ieei, wnn one. oj of ihe kindliest expressions -of face you ever saw; He had on a common blue frock coat, with flat buttons the covering, of .which .was worn tiff, showing that it1 belonged jq. an order of things which passed away some two or three years ago. Still his dress, as a whole, was auiucientiy oecom ingthroiigh exhibiting no trace whatever of the military. As we rose from the breakfast table. 1 was introduced to the old hern. I told him I was from So-iih Carolina, and rejoiced in the good fortune which allowed me to see. him. ar.tl tell him how much the people of my native State honored and loved him, -111" eyes filled with tears as he shook my '.arc) warmly, awl I saw ih.it the simple wsurance r.f love could affect profoundly a man who faced the storm of battle. .w.itli a nerve that nyer moved. . His conversation exhibited fine, clear, common sense, without the slightest ling of any sort of affectation or personal vanity. In I he, course of the day, he save sue the details of the great haule of Buena ViAa. the key t all the successes of th American arms in Mexico. Had that field been lost, theil of the war would have been entirelt differfnt, though indomitnbfe courage, might in the 4oW fun, have cut ii way to the Mexican capital. That victp-j ry. won against odds o vast, gave a prestige to Ai mr km a Irtr 4 hat.inaie the .sahseq u OJ,. i9S4; i comparitivfly easy affairs. But 1 must put a curb nponmy galloping pen. or you will neyer see the end of this eputle. The General remain ed with u until after breakfast the next morning, and was lau'ded at hiaown residence on the river, some distance above"Nakhez. I smiled to fee the republican simplicity with which a couple of his necroes, field hands, who happened to be at Th e I a h d in g" ; ft f fce rf 0 pBS-h e -got orr-sb'oriv -aBd shook hands with turn, without doffing hat or cap; nod the expression of delight Avith whichthey tanked into his face, ns he spoke kindly and fa- miliarly tu them. Our engine bell rung as soon as we touched the shore, nnd we were off. A MILITARY EXECUTION. One of our volunteers, in a fecent letter home, thus describe the execution of the sentence of (leaih'upoii n iniliiary criminal in the' army. 'Pt, nnrrh-n.it n- r lit fr.r mi hi ir linn. Wf nrR iilwlHri ' - -. . -1 f anon fvf i'rnn.-s.ion t hr beore our .readr so rare a Schm 'scene 50 -shocking, fM- wywu wWe iCy i Aft bn tiiov ' "rrtn hear anrvhnw bile tile ores.su re now anniied. JJ r - Li - ; an army : , jsuieriid(!rirtotriPTirs'vhnt-of wwrw'Trecimiarr On lat' Monday an event occurred which,! "-'" 'o 'nab!e tun ta.perfeoi his machmery-arrd; threw a do. .... lor a, tiioe. .over qur lioops. It expeiimenis.. Mr. Fitch expended all of his own' was : ttie jui's' OMii-ssiiig cecns.on, i can aaieiv fiiv. il.uii ii r 1 way ir st'i.l ut. By Sentehce" t,f I a court inuriiiil, l x.to olujiteer, a bugler in u. Mi an' .oirn nnv of mounted men. was condemned-to De '-tttun to ueuui wun mvkcis. r..i... 1 aoU . I one ay was iiieuay apjjoimr.u ior uiw srn- L-nce to he carried into' execution. 'Accordingly j came tne ..H-isswiMMJi ti.te(.l:,,er ' leSlu'ent' ",,d " lhu ...A, II A l lh. iri..n,.r wnn A tn th. t .. u:, . . -1 . . ... i.i ... n t..i ma uvwj.ii inn nnnit, n " i J Z'l 'A C i,, M tZ L-uur.;. - b - , , ...v.... , . ... l'ner ... the ce are, escorted by I bree dragoon, .unit ilrawn yvvorrl-i. rnnrrheu iniineuiatel v nehino " - - I.:- .!??.. ivh rh vn h,.niM nn ibe c hnimrTf four men. At they reached the spot, the word J was given to form line on first platoon, which was done, and the prisoner marched with S firm and steady step and an erect carriage to -the -place shoK'n him:" He'took h-eeav and the sentence .of .he court martial partial was read to liim. 1 ftgliced that he paid the strictest titientipn to the' reading and. removed hk.cap tii .deference' to the authority of his condemned. After the Sen . . . " I . L I . . . I ter.ee had been read, the Lieutenant commanding the,,H.MtLA.uwlwer thnn ten v ards from the nrisoo. r. and cave the word "'R"ady '." As the nu n obeyed the or ' il r nnd cocked their pi-cy, the prisoner siraiglit u;. hts 'body t'rectns lie cuoiJ and Aid, tunc good "in.. bos !' I wulche.d , hw couiile , tintictf all the lime, and as almost utterly con- founded t the calm composure of his feutures. 1 saw not the sightes! s io t timidity or leaf ; but all was resolute and defying in his appearance. The word " Aim !" wrought no change in hi coiTraeiiarice. Arthe word'"Pire !" three - balls passed through his body and he fell forward lo the ground. . " : V Upon exaniiii'ion it was found that he was not dead : one hall only had entered his 'breast; . . .-.if ei but the piost of ih-m fired over his head intention- ally. lie hod been guilty of a number of offences each of which would have, been sufficient to have condemned him to the fate he met. Two of the most weighty n ere Is., threaiening- the life of his Cflptun' in a drunken fit; 2d, deserting his pot. Both ere jnuiishable with death. Several attempts had been i.iade to gel, hiai reprieved, bet Aviihonti'uWs.rller died and met death as a soldier should do. Poor fellow! he had been in the battle of B iena Visia,jind only survived H to die a less honorable death." , xTBAORblNARY INCREASE- Of .PfPftATION. . The census if XV isCotihin has just been complet- ..I l,f...uili Pnn.unii.iii'nniii mwhhnft t-u. ...... iuiu iv.niirAiii; vui.timi. v , hi i anu v irnun i:ut-ui? , Madison. . -The general result tat" WlsccflslttfPjpt'V . B ! . V"""' June, ifeiw, tae ci'iis-uii tiieti taken showed a pop ulation of only j&.YOW, so thai the number has nearly p'adrupled m e'ighieeg months."; '"'Zl2,... arid ap'iilitd to the "-rart afC-cudi-wilfil is said, afford an efieVtiire and iuiiiit dmteri lief to .ihe, painful eentraction of the nidscks called the cramp. . . OUTEMBCKO; Fl rCH, PlJLTON AND MoRSI. J. At the late Anniversary of the Typographical Society cf the District of Columbia, Mr. Sarcenet, -formerly ..noted as a correspondent of on of the Phlladiiphia papers over the signature of Oli ver Oldschool," and now sergeant-at-arms of the louse of Bep'reserjtativesbeTng 'colled ij)ut, mentioned several interesting facts in relation to invention . ' - V;; .. ; . ' ' V." r ; The honorable gentleman" h. said", " has spoken of the inventor of printing, John Gutem- berg, or Ma-yence, ihe fate of in; distinguish ed benefactor of mankind retatods ne of that of others, who, by their inventions and discoveries, haqe conferred incalculable benefits upon the hu man faimily? t Jt will be ecoiltcted by those who are familiar with 'his history, aa I presume most of those who are here assembled ore, that he was unfortunate in his connections in business ; that he entered into "co-partnership with . the celebrated Pnt,or Faust, know to us as Dr. Faustus, with whom be had a liwsuit which resulted in his ru in, and thrt.lransferencH of alj his piiiiting mate rials,. Diblfs on hand, &e. to the latter. The cel ebrated-LXtor grew rich out of his invention and property, while Ciutetn perg irned and finally died in poverty. - The- Doctor, it U well known,- be came suspected of being colleagued with the de vil, from '.he fact of his being able to produce Bi bles with suclf astonishing rapidity, and all exact ly fesem bltflg each other, as tiiey. necessarily umsi. being printed ' upon the -same type. 1 fear that the charge ol his being colleagued With the evil one was not without some truth ; at least he seem- ... . ' . . . j i .. i rw. W"VZ. , k ment of Gutemberg. Dot. sir, the fate of the inventor cf printing was not a singular one ; it was such as other ben factors of mankind have met with, ft wasthe nrfe ofFrfcK ever applied the power of steam to the propulsion of vessels in America, and who constructed a steamboat. Mr. Fitcb, you are probably aware, sirr constructed a-fctmt attd-iitewm-vncmei-ond sue-1 ceeded in running his boat on the Delaware river from Philadelphia to Burlington, in 1787.. His invention and experiment were parlialJy success ful that they were, not entirely so was probably owing to the very imperfect manner in .which-Urj machinery whs constructed. There were no me chanics in this country at that time competent to construct maclunery perfect e,nqugh to hold slearr), ti... .1... - I ..' :j. - Th &puse,'ence, a, that it n as constantly giv . - , 1,1,1 repeated lanores ana tne increauiiiy ot llio putxir, as wen as i innse wnu renuereu nun as- I ii .r.i i j i. siuiiice. son cut niTafl resource, and he was o- ""ty . - ' - , . m mm. in nfniire the rem-ainder of his dnvs. t - i i u i II i i r i i i Vl""u ul,u "V"11 ,u" "" I ' " ! at han.l vv iii-n air tne principal waters oi united States would be navigated by steamboats. " It was my lot to become acquainted with an asred rentlenian in Fhiladelpnin, some yaers ago. who informed me that he was one of those who contributed means to aid Mr. Fitcb in his enter prise. I inquired of him why more pecuniary ttans to jper- Tect his1 invYnuoi'i' r'"'Tiis' ' ' rt was'r:'Beati,seS Pitch and all who assisted him were so .'auehed Fitch and all who assisted him were so ,'aughed at and ridiculed tbat they were ashamed lo be nnvtliine further to do wti'h w o. to have anj tiling gunner to lin him. " i . . . . i . . . . i ' " .l r. arjefil retnarKru (nuuhcuiu he had mentioned said that Fitch was generally considered crazy, and all who had any faith in J his invention were looked upon as a parcel of simpletons ; that a JiroiKteition at this lime to es- unon.4,htuirin.:tablih a line of balloons to England or China couiu noi excm- uium nun.ui unu mi iuu oi , running boats by steam power did then. " Twenty years after Fitch's failure, Fulton succeeded in propelling a .boat by steam from . i. ' 1 I l I.. ! A . iori. to Aiuany ami uv.i n wBS ,ru iu nun. gnt5 aow" 10 '-ngrave poor anu broken-iieartedT to comp eU'famid the jeers; cf thousands and the doubling hopes of a few, what theJatter had commenced, and to change, as it T . I L.. .1 I I-.'S I 1 . . V.-ere. in un .ii.d.niii, laugmer anu riuicuie into wonder nnd admiration. But had Fulton depen ded upon Amiricnn inechonics for his machine ry, as Fuch was obliged to do, the probability is that He would have been scarcely r.:ore success ful than the laUer. His engine, was m'ariufiictur- ed in England, by att & Bolton. Filch nsed j paauies. eig ni u pou tj p i! V y - J , crp n h, m nrnnet Ins hoau while Fuliott more-wise v n. l dopted the paddle-wheel. - What a change has been wrought.yiy this successlul application of steam power, in, travel, in Commerce, in manufac turing, and in the general saving of licue and la bor. ' ;- Mr. Fiich left a sealed paper ,vhich he di rected to be oprd ihifty year after his death, and not sooner,,, At the expiration of the time it was unsealed, and was found lo contain nothing more than the prediction that, when: that paper should be opened, the waters of the United States, and especially the V'estern rivers, would be nav. loafed t)V steamboats. The prediction .waa' ful filled, fr at the 'moment of opening the paper, the navigable waiters of this country .were laterally covered with steamboats. Such was the fate, such the prediction, such the prescience of one who, when living, was so far in advance of man kind as to be looked upon as little less than stark 'mad! ; " v V. ' '- 1 . But there is another jemrneni, jnyentor of bur own day, who, I am happy lo say is likely to share quite a different fate from those I have mentioned. ' 1 allude to ihe" distinguished author of the Magnetic Telegraph, Mr. Alorse-r-nn in vention which, literally annihilating tmie and space, outstrips the sun in his rapid(career, and . ... . . ja'.b-ou.Xrjeji d Si, J h on gh a thbusimd milesj flis- - But. if Mr. Morse is not destined to illustrate . L. . r i.l fc. A n i-.ii irl in If ci nt ft ra oTltir)u1'trk .he-hMSoi i) I i haj worldf" 1 cannot forat t (said "Mr. b.) he intense cn xiety and sufH-f trsg he uhder went in JSl, while akiogiofjCpngrcss an appropriation of money to enable hlm jtb establish ai exierimeotat rine of telegraph from this city to Baltimore,' and of wnicni was an eye-witoessl While the till. ma king this appropriation was before the House in Committee of the Whole, s my honorable friends now before roe (Mr. Holmesl of South Carolina, and Mr. Seatoo, of ;. Washington.), wrii doubtless recollect, every possible leribii Was made o de feat it, and throw ridicule Upon the invention, by j aosbra 'and' ridiculous aniendiflents,sach i au thorizing an experiment lo be made of running a, railroad to (he moon, establishing a line of balloons to the planerSato.ru, or something "of the kind amend me uts which 1 "a'nr happj'V'.o say, met no encouragement from, but were opposed in a pro per spirit by the honorable gentleman from S. i:l vt' ii i . . . . -. werunna ur rioimea. . ; :. , - To a sensitive roan t ikexNl r. More and one who, like him, bad every ibmgvat gake, these at tempts to cast ridicule upon , his jnrention or dis covery were excessively disheartening and pain ful.: He felt them keenly, and w as wrought up by them to a most intense state of excitement and suffering.-. But, fortunately, there wWe good sense and liberality enough in the House to rt sist these ungenerous assaults,' and t to uihorize the experimental , line of telegrajih,' which has now been extended by private enterprise ihous ands of miles, and will soon connect everyxity in the Union.',. i - - . ' :'THB ABsbsPttON OF MEXICO." -rrom th "Charlflrtun Evening Nows" of Jan. S6. . Wedesire' to call poblic attention to the pro gress which'lhose near the Administration, and Thr AdmTnistrrttoir itself; are makiog tawarJs -a consummation so momentous and so much to be di-nlored as the entire alisorninn tf Mrx'tcn. O'l .. r: i- . r -. l j : j . . . I J i tic irit iHjs oi uie u in hi isi ration uenieu inniH they enteitamed the design of destroying the sov. ereigniy or .ietco. in response u was urged that, whatever might be the intention or design, this result would inevitably follow from ihe rm'ns- .ureaXhey tiatramenj anu .pa.inois, ji vas meir ouiy to anticipate tne re sult and lo provide against it,, The more this view was pressed, the HOre strenuously did they insist that jt was only tn idle fear, a vain imagi- nation, a " paiutex! eye of childhood" deviT, made to frTgfit ' the withul. But, now, how is the tune changed ! It is admitted that they may be oMiged to make "the great experiment" they at fir', so resolutely repudiated ; but, if they do, it will no, he their fault : it will all be owing to the obstinacy and fool hardiness of Mexico, that will not cry craven just at the lime that her antago nist has grown tiredof whipping -he r and -thinks i he has piye i jbe& enough." Hear, what Cm.jp,,. -Vt frHrt wht -I- Iw&mc mJ. Jbt ita Jimcff-Miytieo ciWiinut'S'lu r nl'i'inlt' rijjpciion of ronsnr.a' !e inJcmnily ami the grcalt'r the cxcrlinn ho 'compels us to m:il(,e, the grcDtrr will he our i!cni;iii.l ami the heavier her lo-soi hat we wiiillJ havo arcepleil last vear, or even at the LcoaMnj - ncemcut of.. the pre-ut eiPiaign,.x..tluur-y.eli niu if now ; anil wiut we woum accept now. wt may well ri'fuie after a few nionlhi And how much the puh- !ie wnHfiwit M tl.w-eiMi:iry.jv.iimiul. a yanr-nt lva i yeurn hence, if the war coiiliiiufR so long. I do not pre trnil to predict. We may havt tamaka the Rrrat rxperi ment so Jrcadn hv the Senator from 'outh Carolina and the Senator from Kentucky, and annex the domains of Mexico to our own. This la the penalty which national injustice hui often been called to pay, and which Mexico may he preparing for herself." . 7'be truth is, the friends of '.he Administration have no idea that the." war . ill be speedily brought to a close; and they know, loo, that the Jorger is protracted, the-greater and more-exac ting will be the demands 0i OUT peop If. Jsin',vBS" mn,A. ihpVwHtl k-hhw ihht. if th war .-in mrrUH on in the way they propose, it will take the whole ol Mexico lo furnish us with what is called indem nity for the past and security for the future. The true issue invoiced in the yretent conduct 0f(l,e war is 'the destruction of the national ixdepenoenck Of Mexico, and the people ought s0 l0 understand it at once. Are they prepared t(, rush on toiuch a crime and such a catastro- phe? Genera! Cam speaks of Mho inai Wiu most si siirelv be visited upon that nation. which, with deliher.iie intent, and m the wanton exercise of supetior might, proceeds to robanoth er c that which is' the very life and soul, of a State its existence as a free, sovereign, and ih dependent communitH, and iw recoenition as such among the nations ofthe earth t Lerus not gtve4 the world occasion to lasten upon us the reproach that no sooner do we feel power than we forget right I It may be " excellent to have a giant's power;" but it is "tyrannous to use it like a gi ant." - i- " ; . Treason! The Democrats in the district re presented hv the Elon. Thos. J. Turner of llli- nois,.? h'ej a'Mns's Meeting on .he Hh of Janua: . - - y - Freeport, Steiihensoi , county at which the -' , . ' , . . following resolutions were, passed : Resolved, that the long and abundant vse of lea and co(ee,tn our country have made those ar ticles .necessaries bf life, nnd that we are opposed ,to the Je vying of a lariflTupon said a nicies, for .the islrong Reason, that'll iriakes the poorest day laborer pay as much to defray the expenses if Government as ihe wealthiest millionaire in the land. , ' liesolved. That it is the duty of Government, as soon as practicable, to improve our lake .har bors and the rapidj of ths Upper Mis8:8siprji. A letter from Washington to the N. Y. Couri er and Enquirer iays I See it Slated with grent explicitness in some of the New York pajiers, that J. Q Adams hns declared himself in favor of annexing the whole of Mexico, as certain to hasten the emancipation of slaeryr- t knowihts rumor to bunlruei-Mi.. Adams has said, emphatically and repeatedfyT that he believed the absorption of all Mexico to be iuevUabfe, but neve that i. was in his view desirable,' The use that has been made of his rumored declaration renders its correction proper. iloSoR-To "THE - ARWTThe ed rror oflhe-n Siaunton fVa.1) Advdcate, normal -"Saltillo, writes I hom as lullows : letters lately oyerhaufed by the authorities here) j writes to a f i-ien d in San Luis thai she need ri"l think of leaving ber homejn case our army advaa-,1 j.., Litiiti irr.a i nrt nnntrer m db irpi.Teiiiiiiucu from us that he fee Isjiiuch safer laMaltangneer-lofne-expreM purpose oLconiounaingjine the streets of Saitlio Wiy ibai- h ora came'J" "-v . ' .r ' ' i:v '-"C ,''of-the unter iscaifd oriiheiJJ." StZZ ComAos Schools is New VoRkr The Annu al Bepurt of the Superintendent uf the Common Schools of New York, says.hat oniuly lt. I 47, there were 1 1,053 "school districts, duly or. gsnized in the State, 8.211 w hole districts, and 5,505 parts of joint ..district; " Keturr.s were' re teiyed frorn. 8.10; whole districts, and 5,400 parts 105 of the latter had rot reporrf-d in compliance with the requirements ofjhe law. The average number attending the tchbols during (he-past year was 270.HU for the Winter and 217.8:53 for the Sum tuer schools. The average monthly com pensation lo teachers has' been, for males f 15,05 for females, $0,U9.' The nymber of teachers un der eighteen years of ag- was 2,322. of whom 196S were femnU-s ; and there . war 1 .0-11 over thirty Vears old, of whom 1443 were femufes." The residue of the number vver? between eigh teen and thirty years of aL . r A-ll exicajt Acknowu'edomknt. - A document published in Mexico, eniuled, 'The State of Vera Cruz to the Mexican Confederation," contains a historical narrative of venrs iff that State, from August Kith. 1846. to June 30:h.' 1817." It states, "Cerro Gordo cost the nation 40 pieces of artillery t 1,500 men killed, wounded , and : missing, C0O0 muskets,' the surrender at discretion f five Gen erate, with 8.700 men , who laid down "their arms, the disgrace of :i.000 cavalry, who fled with the secorid'in; command the 'Major General. 'lo Generals, 40 officers, and 150 petty officers, who fcoyght aret.y in t hi directum of uehl, k,hefnr- tress'of Feroie, .Which 'WM ahundone I to ihe eJwxnUvunMa-4 and 411 the stores in the niagzi', and a space; of o2 leagues armind that fimress. . i lie papers in thti iutt-rior of Mexico ar dis cussing, pro end con.nnnexalion o . the.' Umtexl States. TJ0S who faVnr the iu-niijre re ac cused of high treason by their .antagonists- A Tower . of Strength M. lVk. t.ike great pains to convince me wori.i i:.i .i. xico Was ihe aggressor in the comui.-nceiiieui nf ihe present war. But "there is a "tourer of atrenglh" which he will ha ve q 0Ti'rcjrue, Lm .ihtJHi'n'0l,s oTA LBERT GAlJLATIN,7oilN C. CaLUOUS, H KNRy Cla", Thomas H. BenTon, and Daniel Wess ter who have all placed the United States in the position f aggressor. Are these men all ' Fed eral .Tory Whigs?" Where can there be ound five men, in the whole world, whose opinions are entitled to more weight, in regard to their wisdom, experience and patriotism r ittmngton Lorn. ,t .,., .,,..' . ,. - - . .-. , .m .iUKivo Mexiw-Sitfort ti'b Yab. Geaer- the grand scheme of "ihi? Adrninistration which was to relieve "bVrrom""ati ourdifRculif9",'ant pay the experses ofthe wn.r wirhoul the assistance t)f the United States. The utmost sum which Gen. Scott has deemed it prudent to exact from Mex ico is three millions a year. Will Mr. Ritchie havehe-k ind ness to elfits w hat proportion this will be of the expenses of maintaining an army of one hundred thousand men in Mexico ? j fiihulefphta Sun, Roman Cath lics in the United States. 'I he Metropolitan Catholic Almanac givrs the following statistics of the Catholic Church in th'f United Slates: Diocesses and Archdiocesses, ,10; Archbishops,!;.. Bishops. 21; priests, 0VJ. To-tal'nu-tiber of bishrtps and clergy, U10. Church es, i'A)7 1 otherstations at which the clergy offici ate,Q02. Increase, of Churches. 1)3. Clerical Students, 217; Ecclesiastical Seminaries, .22; R'e1lTShS''h')lu"se!8 -"fcif fein'ai'e'r-'RHgii-hotis; ses' for males. i9 ; Colleges, 25; Female Aca demies, 74 5 Orphan Asylums, Hospitals, and other Charitable Institutions, 93. L Te Saturday Coorier'.; For a long titra past the public journals of this arid qiher cities have teemed witlj nonces of The difficulty which has existed between Mr. McMakin, the presen editor of the Courier, and the Administrators of Ezra J Jplden, deceased, the late partner of M r. McMakin. Mrs. I . olden claims lhat the good will of a co-partee rship business survives to the heirs of a decened partner. The case ho late ly been decided by one of our Courts and the claim of Mrs. Mtdden sustained. : - fNtERESTTNCT TO Wins DRtNKRR$.-Galignanis Messenger staffs lhat KM hogsheads of ndoltpr aled wine were brought oik ol the entrepot at Pa ris, and their contents spill in the Seine. Imme diately after this operation, the suface was cov ered, lo the distance of 200 yearda with an im mense quantity of Cshei, poisoned by the delete rious liquor. . The edtor of the Chronotype, says that, pas sing by a wine-making establishment in boston lately, he .'-saw the refuse thrown outr which he should have pronounced logwood chips, had he not known that they must be grapes' ! . ,' Atlanta, Ga., is rapidly approximating 'the point when she will be a city. As one evidence of this, we may state that the enterprising pub lisher ofthe ' Vliscel!fttiy 'ai that jdpce'js now issuing B-iri-weoklv paper! Bur h few years since Atlanta was a forest! So much for Geor gia enterprise in building Rail Roads. When i.v 1 1 1 ou'r own State imitate her in a liberal system of internal improvements ? . '. - ' ' .' f- y a nkkes in Texas. A frie nd wb o has j ust relvrned from Texas, informs us,- that he was not, a little surprised while travelling. Vhrcuiih that slate to fird so many Yankees -setiW there. Every ivnjnd vijlage wnlains a f iir prj o turn ti e larger number Being .row Maine En)Tg grams are pouring in in large ' . numbers, as well from the States ofthe Union as from: the Old Woridr " - A correspondent of the Baltimore - Clipper, says : The daughter pf Col. Benton,. (Sarah) was yesterday married ,to Jlr. Jacob, of Louis villen .The sister of Mr. Jacob was tearried to' a 4. ..... . - . ir" VH 11 son oi 31 r. vtay. i nus tne CMiureaoi .ir. yiay pidOotr 0entoo' become-sister' and" broiher-7a- ..v Mr. Clay was at. the. wedding, as was al- Cabinet l hr AnVtso "ti. .up, vrsw,oru soe wiuwuho iiiio -ii.i uv. wi,,- . v..... , ...h.vu,- r;p?ovEts kT; I MfjrrV.iodijlgence fn ' read " ing works of fiction, is Assigned by the' intelligent Physician of the Mount flope Institution, Boston, Ssone of ihe causes of insanity. The perusal of works of fiction, by tho yAungpariicufarly fe males, ij.hgrtfuf and dangerous la a degree littia -dreamed of. parents 6v a aterfl i ,and "aolemii v duty to their children, lb watch their reading, and " to preserve tbeir opening minds and 'hearts fr6n . the vitiating influence of much of whal is called, popular literature. " The ojpinioa beloji' is lyprtl pondering p ' X-:.: -v,:v,:v , : ; ' Another fertile source Vf tb is species of de" , rangementhas appeared to,be an undue indol pence in the perusal of the- numerou teorks af - JktiqnYmiXx which the press is so prolific of lata . , anu w iinirmc Mivru uroaucssi over mo land, with the effect of riiiating the taste and corf ri;pting the morals of the young. ;'i Persona can 1 not too cautiously guard their vounir daughters a gainst this : pernicious practice. We hare' had several cases of moral insanity, fo; which bo other ' cause could be assigned than excessive noyel : reading'. And nothing is more hkelr to induae" this disease than the education which fosters ien tlment instead of cherishing real feeling auch a" revolia from the performance of active benevo-' ' lence, and ihe sacred duties of ordinary life, and ot religious oongauons.; ' . . v Influence of a Bad Example. Tba MAla :"" batna Journal" learns from a gentleman whose tonrre of information entitles it .to credit, that the "ci'moVi ict f M n: AV fro onr w W h brnn ght about the killing of Dr Per re. in Sund T.AlaSama. was in a great degree attribuiable to the influence pro dnred on .i-.e r n.'nd by the reading of Virginia M vers' leiiers Shir . tot! wished to write letters which shnul I be. circulated, read, admired. We re old, liMfJtr, thit rxf-pt in their pruriency. and evidence cf iheir prt at deoraviiv. thew werWar-hela-v- the-eptstolary-pecimens of her exemplar, j his luct. adds the " Alabama Jour- ; rial," reads a lesson -to newspaper publishers. 1T1 -?LLn.?j.r rajreiUUeruioDWbilethehti?------ man mind. ;n its perverseness, morbidly cravea notoriety, it ' is highly injurious - to individual virtue oud to the peace of society, that such pub lications should be made. The moral effect isV. bout the same with that of those delightful novel ettes witj) which the t rench rress has inundated this continent. If published at all. the letters of Mrs. Myers should hive been bound amone the ' works of " Paul de Kock." ' i otrNjrs -Kvctv mMivi'diualVbotiirl feel, that whilst his iniJuence over other men s hearts and characler is very bouodei-hls nower I over liw own heart i great and constant, and that his zeal lor extending Chnslianily is to aprjear chiefly in extending ft through his ovirn mind and life. Let hitn remember, that he as truly enlar ges God's kingdom by invigorating bia own mor al and religious principles, as by communicating them to others. Our first concern is at home, out chref woffe- fs ift euT own' breistf.'-Iri5',1dlr tarr- talk of our anxiety' for other men's souls, if wa s neglect our own. Without personal virtue and religion, we cannot, even if we would, do much for the cause of Christ. It is only by purifying our own conceptions of God and duty, that wev can give clear and useful views to others. We must first feel the power of religion, or we cannot recommend it with an unaffected and prevalent , eai. Hanmntr, f iprrilnrv fmrm Mexico, sny many, nothing can be had in the sape of indemnity. We say then take nothing. We would not eat ratsbane just for the sake of se curing a debt which one might owe us who had nothing bntthat commodity to pay irr What ar senic would be to a man, Mexican territory will, if acquired, be, we fear, to the United Slates. ffV. Chronic! . - j New York State iNPEnTEPNEs,rTl! Corop troller's Report, just published, makes the present indebtedness of the State amount to f 24,446,590 - including $1.50:1.000 contingent indebtedness where the Sta'e has loaned its credit to incorpor ated Companies. The decrease of indebtedness since IS 12 is $1,260,412 53. The Nantucket Inquirer draws a discouraging picture of the prospects of the whaling business in lhat place. 6ince the year 1843, the whaling fleet has been diminished fiCteen sail, by ship wreck, sales, &c.r The voyages are said to be one ihird longer than they were twenty yesrs a go, and the number of departures and arrivals if ' constantly growing less and less. " ' .'- i ' ' : . . The Legislatute of Ohio has adopted, withoul a dissentient voice, a resclution requesting the" Delegation from that State in Congress to rote for nn amendment to the Post Office Law, which shall permit newspapers to go in the mails frea of postage to any Post Office within thirty miles of the office of publication. ' ' r 'V A Frankfort s Ky.y paper , contains an adverr tisement offering for sale 4be cost !y family carr& nun of the late President Harrison. It cost t3 500. and was presented to him by the young; whig of Ballimnre. The circum?lances of the family are not such as til enable them to keep it.,ra-, ...... . :.' ..l,.u,,.', ftT". On Sunday, t lsdy eslled to her little boy wh'o was tossing in arblesnr'"th "side '"walk," to come into the hose. Don't you know you shouldn't he out there, my son ? Go into the1 back yard if you want to play marbles itisSunr ' day. Well, yes. But aui'l it Sunday in th$ Dacktaritmouketi- - . . . . , Leap Year. The Brattleboro' Eagle states that the ladies of Vernon, Vt. availing themselves of the' lirae-honored prcrngaiies of leap year, madi? arrangements for a dance on Tuesday eve ning last, hvited the .gentlemen, gallanted then), back and forthr and paid Ihe bills. -rr j A putchman was relating his roarvelloui escape ' froin drowning, '.whem thirteen i of this cdmpaniohf " SrerHost by the upsetting of a boat, and ha s lone was saved. .-, ' . ":-' ' ' . Z. A ndtpw.did.you escape their fatel asked ope ef his hearers. 'ZZ J:c.ll. v 1 lid noi eo in te poat." was tho" Dutchmani " placid answer. 'r'OT'T."
The Greensboro Patriot (Greensboro, N.C.)
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Feb. 12, 1848, edition 1
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