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-I 41-: t - -v. .. v '111 yv - :ll GREENSBOROUGII, NORTH-CAROLlNA, MARCH 11, 1848. VOLUME IX NUMBR 48" V . .-. . . ... ... . . ( t - V ""' " n'"M" I..,, " ' Ifliiiii JJublisljcii lUccklii BY SWAIM & SI1ERW00D. , PRIOR, THRBB DOLLAR A TEAR, ftfl.50,lr rAI WITIII OS MOIITB AITIE TBI AT ' - or ccmiPTiox. A failure on the parfof any customer to order JUcontin- jane within the subicrtption year, will be conndereJ in i: ...! .r i.: : .u i - ... . fUCVUTVV! UH.WIBU .V LUIIIIUUC IUG fajY?i 'REMINISCENCES OF THE LIFE QUINCY ADAMS. OF JOHN John Quincv Adams was descended Irom a race of farmers, tradesmen and mechanics, , In 1630. bis remote ancestor. Henry . Adams, came to America with sen sons, . who established 'themselves thus early upon the soil which in the coarse or time wns to become that of a liepubiic. The first of the name who emerged from private ' life, and rote to conspicuous public stations, were "Samuel Adams, the proscribed putriot of the Rev olution, and John Adams, who was called the phi losopher of independence. The recently deceased was the son of the latter. " -', " Few men, (we might perhaps say but one - man) occupied a more prominent or more distm guisned place in the history of this country than John Quincy Apams. No man ever dedicated him seV more thoroughly to the service of bis country,' and we do not at this time recollect an instance of .so long a life being with so little intermission, de voted, to the public "service. Mr. Adams was born in the town of Quincy, (then a part of the town of Braintree.Vin Massachusetts, on the 11th -of July, 1767, ana was consequently in the 81st year of his age at the time of his decease. He en tered the public service in the year 1781 being then only fourteen yean of age, as private Secre tary to Mr. Dane, our Minister to Russia. Here he remained until October, 1783, when he left Mr. Dane at St. Petersburg and returned through Sweden, Denmark, Hamburg, Bremen, to Hoi- --land-Upon this journey he employed the whole winter, spending considerable time by the way, 'in Stockholm, Copanhagen, and Hamburg. He reached the Hague iq April. 1783, and continu ed several months in Holland, until his father took him to Paris, where he was at the signing of'the treaty of peace, which took place in September of that year, and from that time to May. 1785, he m a . t it . permmeb him, when, eighteen years of age, to rettfrn to his liativvcoitotryr43 he entered Harvard University, at an advanced standing and was graduated with distinguished honor, as Bachelor of Arts, in 1787. He then entered the office of the celebrated Theppbilus Parsons, at. New bury port, afterwards chief jus tice of Massachusetts ; and after the" usual period of three years spent in the study of the law, he entered the profession, and established himself in Boston. He remained in that situation four years, occupying himself industriously in bis office, ex tending his acquaintance with the great princi ples of law, and also taking part in the public questions which then occupied the attention of his countrymen. In May, 1794, he was appointed by Washing ton, without any intimation of such a design, made either to him or to his father, pinister resident to the United Netherlands. It was supposed at the time that, he was selected in consequence of his having been commended to the favorable notice of Washington, as a suitable person for such an em ployment, by Mr. Jefferson. From 1794 to 1801 he was in Europe, employ . ed in diplomatic business, and as a public minister, in Holland, England, and Prussia. . Just as Pres ident Washington was retiring irom office, he ap pointed him minister plenipoteniary to the court of Portugal. While on his way to Lisbon, he re ceived a new commission, changing his destina tion to Berlin. He resided in Berlin from No wesaber 1797 to April 1801, and while there con cluded a highly important treaty of commerce with Prussia, thus accomplishing the object of his mission. He was then recalled, just before the iflose of his father's administration, and arrived in Philadelphia in September, 1801. ' In 1802 he was elected, from the Boston dis 'trict. a member of the Massachusetts Senate, arid . .rassooB after appointed, oy win icgwidiurc ui mm .Slate, a Senator in , tbe Congress or the United .States, for six years, from the 4th of March, 1803. As bis views of public duty led him to adopt a .course which he bad reason to believe was disa greeable to the legislature of the State he repre sented, he resigned his seat in March, 1808. Jn March. 1809, President Madison nominated him Envoy Extraordinary , and Minister Plenipo tentiary to the Court of Russia. , . , . Some lime previous to this, however, in 1806, 'he bad been appointed Professor ef Rhetoric in Harvard University, at Cambride jn Massachu setts.' So extraordinary were his powers of elo cution, so fervid his imaginative faculties, and so rich bis resources of literature and language, that f his lectures, which were afterwards published iq Mwo octavo volumes, were thronged, not only by the students of the University, but by large num Jbera of the admirers of eloquence and genius, who "'whoame 'from ' Boston "and the neighboring ' towns to listen to them." " During his whole life Mr. Adams cultivated the graces of elocution, and, Mn addition to his profound and varied knowledge 'of the sciences, of the ancient and modern lsn ' guagesr and of the litrature and history of ill nations, he was an eminent Orator as well as Poet. ' Mr. Adams signalized bimself while in Russia by an energetic, faithful, and wise discharge of he trust committed to him. He succeeded in making such an impression upon that Govern . ment bv bis reasonings and influence, that it has ' ver since been actuated by a feeling of kindness --towards the United States, whjch hag been le benefit to this country. It was thro" -calculable benefit to this country his instrumentality that the Russian Courts was induced to take " active measures to promote a pacification between England and the United States during tba last war. When the proper -time came, he was named at the head of the five commissioners who were appointed by President .Madison to neirotiate a -treaty of peace with Great :Briiaint:::This celebrated :diplomaticr4r4nsaciioftJ took t!ucu atotictit, in 'JJeccuibcr, isii. ait THE PATRIOT. ; - . i . . . - r i im;$9X the, most part with his father inEagland, , At;-bis own solicitations, nis father Adams then preceded, in conjunction with Hen ry Clay and Albert Gallatin, who bad also been associated with him in concluding a treaty of peace, to negotiate a convention of commerce with great Britain ; and he was forthwith appoin ted by President Madison minister plenipoUim ary at the Court of St. James. It is a most remarkable coincidence that as bis father took the leading part in negotiating the treaty that terminated the Revolutionary war with Great Britain, and first discharged the office of American ambassador to London, so. he was at the bead of the commission that negotiated the treaty that brought the second war with Great Britain to a close, and sustained the first mission to that country upon tho return of peace, After having occupied that post until the close of Pres ident Madison's administration, he was t length called home, in 1817, to the head of the depart ment of State, at the formation of the cabinet of President Monroe Mr. Adams's career as a foreign minister ter minated at this point. It has never been paral led, or at all approached, either in the length of time it covered, the number of courts at which he represented his country, or the variety and impor tance of the services be rendered. Uis hrst ap pointment to the office of plenipotentiary was re ceived at the hands of George Washington, who, in nominating him, acted in accordance with the! suggestion of Thomas Jeflerson. James Madiwn employed him in the weightiest and most respon sible trusts during his whole administration, se lected Jrnn to represent the United btates at tbe two most powerful courts in tbe world, Su Peters burg and London, and committed to his leading agency the momentous duty of arranging a treaty of peace with Great Britain. It is enough to say, that throughont this long and brilliant career of foreign public service, he deserved, and received from his country, the encomium which Wash ington pronounced upon him, when, in I7U7, he declared him" the most valuable public charac ter we have abroad, and the ablest of our diplo matic corps. I he public approbation of Mr. Monroe s net in placing him at the head of his cabinet, was well expressed by General Jackson, at the lime, when he said that he was " the tittest person lor the of fice, a man who would eland by tbo country in the hour of danger." While Secretary of State, an office which he held during the eight years of President Monroe's administration, he discharged his duties in such a manner as to, increase the confidence of his countrymen in his ability and patriotism. Under bis influence, the claims on Spain were adjusted, Florida ceded to tbe Union,', And ibe. repub!ic.pf South America cognsed. JiSPHtd'Aeob. wMh oV' place in the fall of 1824, Mr Adams was one of the can didates. No candidate received a majority .spfB; lecwral votes - When on he 0th of Feb. 4823, the two houses of Congress met in convention, in the hall of the House of Representatives, to op en and count, and declare the electoral votes, it was found that Andrew Jackson had 99 voles, John Quincy Adams, 84 votes, ftVliam Craw- fordAl votes, and Henry Clay 37 voles. Accor ding to the requirements of the constitution, the Senate then withdrew, and the House remained to ballot for a President until a choice should be effected. They were to vote by States ; the elec tion was limited to tbe three Candidates who had the highest electoral votes and the ballotting was to continue without adjournment until some one of them had received the votes of tbe majority of the States. As Mr. Adams had received as many popular votes as General Jackson, the circum tance that the latter had obtained a large electoral vote bad - t.ot so, much weight as it otherwise might have had ; and when the ballotting was a bout to begin, it was wholly uncertain which would be the successful candidate. .The whole number of Stales was twenty-four. The votes of thirteen States were necessary for a choice. At thefirslballot.it was found that Maine, N. Hamp shire. Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connects cut, Vermont, New York, Maryland, Ohio, Ken lucky, Illinois, Missouri, and Louisiana, thir teen states had voted for "John Quincy Adams, of Massachusetts;" and be was accordingly e lected President of the United States for four years from the 4th of March, 1825. Everyone must recollect the excitement at tending this election, and the false and malignant charges brought against Mr. Adams and the great est of living Statesmen Henry Clay- by the excited and unprincipled politicians of that day and the unjust aspersions which were afterwards heaped upon his administration an administra tion as purerand wise, and virtuous as ever exis ted in this Republic of burs. We trust, however that the time has now arrived when justice will1 be done to Mr. Adams and his administration, and when bis traducers, however exalted their posi tions may be, will be made to feel more deeply the sting of conscience, re-awakened by the ver dict of the American people in behalf of the much injured and departed Statesman. Upon retiring from the Presidential Chair, in 1829, Mr. Adams returned to bis fsmily mansion in the town of Quincy, where he remained in quiet retirement, until he was called again to pub lic life iq 1S31, by the people of his Congression al district, who elected him with great unanimity to represent them in the House of Representatives. He continued to represent them until the hour of his death,1 a period of seventeen years, and amid all the bitterness of Dartv strife, a profound res pect was manifested towards him jiersnnally, by every member of the body, which wuTbe among their most pleasant reccolleclions. wben the mem ory of the departed shall present .Itself to their mind.'- Occasionally, it is true, some young mem ber would venture to run a tilt against the " old man eloquent," but they invariably came off van quished, and with cause to regret their timerity. lLiagcDMaU.yundestp a diary of all tbe important events which occur red during his long life of honor and usefulness, "all of which he saw and part of which he was," and the public may well anticipate, not only the gratification of a long-pent curiosity, but a know- oUn-Idge of many great .events conm country as yet only imperfectly k connectcG-wun me yet only imperfectly Known, wncn ins labors of his pen shall be revealed to them. Alexandria Guzctte. . The habits' of 'Mr. Adams were pure, simple, and'unostentati6us7evento awkwardness. He always rose before day, and when in health, madeTlhe year, an asy passage to his pvn fire. He used great .exercise and Was peculiarly fond of bathing and J(witn'ning.'.-. No onii ever was tnorclndustrious, of Sacrificed Ices of bia time. - He was one of the most prolific writers of the age. !' . ; ' . , ' His Journal, which be kept from early life, and which embodies all his conversations with distin guished men of his own and other countries, is, no T k .a t at a J doubt, tne most valuable aocuraeni in oeing, ana a richer legacy to bis children than the ample fortune be leaves. This fortune is cot the result of a niggardly economy, (for Mr. Adams always spent more than bis official income,) but of two successful speculations, and a great rise in value of his oatrimonial estates. Mr. Adams leaves also conies of everv letter he ever wrote, and a mong hit voluminous productions ere roost able eulogies on Madison, Monroe and Lafayette. Mr. Adams leaves a widow to whom be was married in London, in 1797. She was the daugh ter of Col. Joshua Johnson, then consul at Lon don, and the niece of Gov. Johnson, of Maryland, a Judge of the Supreme Court of tbe United States, anLsiirner of the Declaration of lade- hendence. Mr. Adams leaves also bis youngest unit. Churl? F.. who married a daughter of lion Peter C, Brooks, of Boston, and wno nas several children and the widow of his eldest son, John (who is also the niece of Mrs. Adams) with one nr twn children. He ownea ana occupies) iuc mansion of his fulher, in Quincy. Salem (Man.) Jlegtiter. Great men a ra often oracular. They deliver their ooinions in private intercourse in a tone which discourages reply. They are apt not to lis ten. but to talk to monopolize pot share, the dis course. Mr. Adams never aispiayea mis wean- ness. He was as prompt in attending to tbe re marks of those conversing with him as in uttering his own thoughts, and betrayed no desire 16 encross the subiect of discourse. V bat was said of Walter Scott might have been said of Mr. Adams : He Was as good a listener as talker. In one respect, Mr. Adams was alone : He was tbe distinguished survivor of the heroic age of our country the only public representative ol tbe Soul and Mind of 1776. From the faith of that epoch he never swerved : its Spirit always glow ed in bis thoughts end controlled his life. Never was this so gloriously manifest as during tbe last fourteen years of his public career He had won tho loftiest reputation in diplomacy, He had been elected to the Chief Majistracy of tbe reprlb- ic, the highest honor in its gift. He retired fot a little while, only to re-appear on the political theatre as the representative of a constituency in in Massachusetts, borne fastidious people were shocked at this descent from the. Presiden tial chair to a seat in a turbulent Legislature, It wa unbecoming mcoocruous, discreditable to an ex-Presrdent' of the United States ! They did not If now Mr.'Adams.-HrleNrfea 'f formulas, n slave of conventionisms. To serve bis country ,was bis meat' and drin -':e--:-It was for him i to show 'liWtiWn$liohThm' the man determines bis position. The position of a Representative may be below his officn, or it may be higher than the office ofthe Chief Mag istrate. John Quincy Adams, the Representa tive of Plymouth district, Massachusetts, was ev en greater than John Quincy Adams, President of the United States. National Era. i Improvement of the Cape Fear River. Correspondence of tbe Wilmington Commercial. Goldsboro', Feb. 17, 1848. Mr. Editor : In attempting to show the feasi bility of navigating tbe Cape Fear river up to Haywood, I may not at all times be minutely cor rect in every statement that I may make ; but I shall certainly endeavor not to commit any mate iiaf:breath'WiiccoracfaM3r Jtatemeota aaall.be substantially true. The distance from Haywood to Fayetteville, by land, is 45 miles, and I shall assume the distance by river between these points to be about 75 miles. The volume of water at Haywood is hot, of course, so great as it is at Fayetteville1. But the difference is much less than one might at first imagine, and, especially during the warm and dry seasons of the year. It is true that Buckhorn, and Upper and Lower Little rivers, and - some other inconsiderable streams, afford a pretty smart contribution of wa ters between these points. And in the winter these contributions, constitute an almost nettgain of additional volume in favor of Fayetteville. Such is not the case, however, during tbe sum mer months, as a short explanation will discover to you. In the first place 1 may say that about 55 miles of tbe bed of the river be tween Haywood and Fayetteville is remarkably level, and is generally deep, so that at low or or dinary water the current over ibis parr of the rir- . .t 1 . . L . .. . 'I. . er is extremely siuggn ; not averaging pernaps, half a mile per hour. You will ' see, therefore. that the process of absorption along ti is part of the river, must be very consiceraoie, ana espe cially when the banks and contiguous land are dry and thirsty. Tbe balance of the river say 20 miles) spreads itself out into a wide bed, which is for the most part, thickly studded with solid granite rocks. And this portion' comprises what is called " the falls ;" there being two of them, Buckhcrn and Smilee's falls. These rocks are of various sizes and forms, and when the river is low, thousands of them stand out 'many feet above the surface of the water. They serve to split the current therefore, into a great number of differ ent sized channels ; each one of which elaborately wanders its way through this mass of rocks : now washing the broad , sides of some of them, and then whirling off fnd dashing along, until il reach. .Ttpnded excavation. . Here it forms it- to ouiue v--- - If into a pool and after reposing awbile from its se exertions, breaks forth again tbrougb an unex nertpri outlet. Upon these ; channels and pools, and the faces of these rocks, the sum has an Un interrupted play ; and in summer these rocks actually become scorching hot, and the water, by the time it reaches the foot of the falls is absolute ly tepid. It affords an excellent warm bath. How immense then must be . the evaporation of the water in these portions of the river 1 And when we add to this, tho absorption and co-operation along the other portions of the river, will we not be justified in saying that the loss of ; volume by these means is nearly equal to the gain, from the intermediate, tributaries I I will also venture to assert that most of the 55 miles of the river above spoken of, would without a lick of work, afford, during at least 0 months of r, an easy passage to boats of -a draught from 3 to 6 feet and .during the other three months, to those of a draught rom 15 inches to 3 fccU;-; ISuuK not understand nib ' to. speak' of 55 consecutive mites, I do not so mean t I refer to this distance as being the aggregate distance of tbe several portions of tbe river which are a! ready io a navigable state. Beginning at Hay wood, one of these Dortions mav be said to extend 10 milexdowo to the bead of Buckhorn Falls. These falls then interpose for some 0 or 8 miles another of these portions then stretches for some 15 or 19 miles down to the bead ot smilues fails. Tbey then interpose for som8 or 10 miles, and after that there is little or no obstruction down to the town of Fayetteville. These statements are of course only intended te give an outline, and do not' pretend to minute ac curacy.' This explanation will likewise show you that the twenty miles spoken of, is a mere aggregation of separate but similar portions of the river. These are the portions that offer difficul ties to navigation and are almost entirely compos ed p! the two falls of Buchorn and Smilees. If then there is "any plan by which to overcome these difficulties, tbe navigation ef the Cape Fear to May wood is feasible. - Tbey can be overcome and (hat at a cost which is decidedly small, wben viewed in conection with the importance of the work. Before discussing any plan, bewever, I propose to advert to a little legislative and practi cal bistory relative to. this matter. 1 be Uape k ear river owing to its size and peculiar location. early attracted the attention of some of our enter prising citizens. With the exception of the Roa noke, it is tbe largest river in tbe btate. Its lite ral head (the confluence of tbe Haw and Deep rivers) is within three miles of ' ihe centre of the otale. It never leaves the cute until it aisen- bogues into the Ocean, tbrougb an outlet, which is sufficiently deep for all of our commercial pur poses. It actually connects the centre .ol tbe State with the great highway of nations! It tra verses the whole of the allcvial region and pene trates for some distance into the billy region, tbe two rivers forming it find their springs at the foot of the mountains, within our own State, and gradually converge towards Haywood ; and each of them would in Yankee land, be successfully taxed with the burden of batteaux if not steam boat navigation for at least 20 or 30 miles upward from their junction. Is it at all strange, then, that these streams should have attracted attention. Is it not indeed strange " passing strange,' "that il has not received more attention ; in my estima tion " there all the wonder lies." But to the Le gislative history ; our ancestors seemed to think that the Cape Fear river up to" Avreysboro', re quired so little improvement, as not to entitle a company to the prmlages of taking; toll for any worlc done on it. I bey made mat therefore, tbe starting point, and the first Act on tbis subiect be gins thus:" ' ' ' " from Avreysboro', up to the confluence of Deep and Haw rivers', and of each of the said rivers, as fat af the tame can be eflecled, would b of. im portant public utility, &c." This act was pass ed in the year 1790, and contains all of the usual provisions of such Acts. The capital stock was limited to tight -thousand dollars I With this amount of money they of course could effect little else than to blow up a few rocks in the falls, build some small dams and juttees, and remove a few logs. Undrr these circum stances the project failed, and fel into a slumber that lasted nearly twenty years. In 1845, tbe subject was revived, and another act was passed extending the authority of tbe Company over the whole river to its mouth, and increasing the Cap ital stock to 1 100,000. The operations rf this new Companv above Fayetteville were, (with one exception) as inefficient and as ill-judged as those of the former Company. Tbey commenc ed ibe grand scheme of a canal from the heart of the town or t ayettevule tocend ;they - ltnewnot where "in mulibus" perhaps; certainly in a fail ure. The folly of (he proceeding soon became ap parent, and it was arrested ; and tbe consequen ces of this secocd failure are still operating like an incubus upon tbe prospects ol this scheme. In 1823, another Act was passed authorizing the Board of Internal Improvement to subscribe t25, 000, on certain conditions. The most important of these conditions, was that which required the old Company to "cousent in writing that the Board of Internal Improvements, shall have tbe sole and exclusive direction of the operation of the works." Another condition was, that H the improvements in the navigation shall commence at Wilmington and regularly proceed up the riv er, as far as the Capital stock of said Company shall admit." And sach without I am misinfor med, is the present stale of M The Cape Fear Na vigation Company." Well, Sir, some 15 years s go, a few thousand dollars more were spent . on the river, above Fayetteville. I , Tbe Superintendent of the operations, (A. G. Keen.) directed his-efforts towards obtaining a channel through the falls, of sufficient width and depth to add rait of the passge of balleaux. This he attempted to do by blasting, and throwing up small lateral dams, so as to turn the water into the channel selected. ' 7e actually succeeded in his designs; And a private association of gentlemen was formed in and about Haywood, who bad sev eral boats built, erected a warehouse in Haywood, and commenced the business of transportation up and down the river. They might , have gone on swimingty and profitably but for one obstacle. The current of water through these channels, was so rapid and porerfut as to make it extremely difficult te push a boat up through them ; while on the other band, a discending boat sped down there with a velocity and impetus which would dash her to pieces against- Ihe sides of these channels, should she deviate from her true course. A catas trophe of this kind did occur, and the Company thereupon ceased their operations. These bat teaux were, I think, of from 40 to 75 tons burden, and of from 2 to 4 feet draught, and tbe chief, if not only difficulties in their way, were those just mentioned And hen l again the question oc- curs as to bow tnese auncuiiies may oeooviaiea i It may be done, either, by throwing one or more, dams across the river at each of these falls, so as to deapen the water and break the' rapidity of its current, and bv erecting locks for the passage of the boats or It may be done by cutting a canal around the whole or the worst portion of each of these falls. I shall not detail these plans further than to say, that if the former plan be adopted the Engineer will find a rock foundation for bis dam to rest upon, and. an abundance of material on the snot with which to build it. Whereas on tha&the.r hand, a broad strip of flat land, without a rock upon it, and of a soli open texiu to invite you to tbo cboico ol a cans a combination of the two plans might be found most advisable;. And now in closing this branch of the subject, let me say, that while in all my statements, I have tried to be on tbe aafe side-M have especially done so, in regard to tbe impedi ments - spoken of. I have for Instance supposed the aggregate length of the two falls to be about 20 miles, and have treated the subject as if ths whole of this- distance would require locks and dams, or else canals. - Now, in tbe first place I think it highly , probable that an actual survey would curtail this assumed distance at least one fourth if not more and in the next place, it would show that not more than half of wbat bears tbe name of "the falls" would require either dams, or canals. , . ,'l , For M tbe falls " is not one continuous, unbro ken descent of water. On the contrary, that portion of tbe river is, if I may use the. phrase, divided; into steps. If, for instance, you start at tbe bead of one of these falls, you will find the river to be a grade for tbe 'distance of a mile, more or less, and to have an inclination of from 50 to 100 feet per mile, and it will then become an almost level plain for perhaps about tbe same distance. 'Then again will come another similar grade, followed by another similar plain, and so oh, until you reach the foot of M the falls." And along these plains the water is generally deep and rather sluggish. These grade, therefore, constitute the only real impediments to navigation. And I snould not be surprised it one or more short canals around the worst of these grades, with a little blasting and damming along tbe smaller ones, should be the only improvement that a skil ful Engineer would deem necessary, in order to afford a safe and commodious navigation along these falls ! ::-"------ In fact, around one of tbe worst PTades in the Buckhorn fails there is already a good canal which has been found to answer its design, and which, therefore, by experimenting, moves this hypothesis. . , And now to recapitulate I have shown that the volume of water up to Haywood, is sufficient ! for navigation that more than two-thirds of the river above Fayetteville is already in a navigable ' mmc turn tiiv remainder oi tne river nas been successfully navigated, except only as to one . I . . i . J - r .. . . . impediment r w wpldftf "onhecurrentahd that that impediment may be easily overcome by dams or canals, or both of them. And there is, Mr. Editor, still another view of this subject in relation to its feasibility, which I should like ta present, but which I must defer till another time. CIV1S. MASSACRE Of MEMBERS OF THE VENEZUE- recently, wuicn are id us uescrioea, in a letter to the editors of the Philadelphia American il.;.... Correspondence of tho North American &V: S."tJatetteT Puerto Cabello, Feb. 5, 1848. I regret exceedingly that it devolves upon me tr record a very serious emeute which occurred on the 24th nh., at the city of Caraccas, aud in the Halls of Congress an attack by tbe order of Government, or witn its consent, upon the Rep resentatives. Subsequently tbe Government, through violence and menaces, procured the pas sage of whatever measures it thought proper to present; in fact the members who have not been able to escape are vigilantly and strictly guarded by the military, and therefore tbe will of one pre vails, or rather the bayonet is now tbe Legisla tive nd Executive. All eyes and hopes rest upon General Jose An tonio Parez, for the re-establishment of order and the Constitution, which has been roost outrageous ly j iolated Jy;:thejeneniiea' of a free and enlight ened governments There has been an embargo for several days past upon all vessels, both at this port and Laguayra.but by the strenuous ex ertions of Mr. Shields, United States Consul, the obnoxious decree was removed. Upwards of for ty distinguished-citizens of Caraccas embarked from Laguayra 1st inst. for Curacoa. No pass ports will be granted under any consideration for the present; consequently no person of any na tion can leave the country. A United States ves sel of war is much wanted here at present to pro tect the interest of American residents. Wben tbe Representatives of tbe people were attacked, as described above, tbey bad Under con sideration articles of impeachment against the President, General Monargas, which were likely to be adopted. This will account for the bloody attack made by tho minions of the Executive: ; j IialL American. New Idka or a Great Man. All things are great or small by comparison. The following an ecdote, besides. ha ving tbe merit of being true, af fords a new Standard of greatness: A sheep far mer in tbe Highlands, remarkable lor tbe amount of his stock and sales, whilst boasting one night over his cups, of his doings at Falkirk, and the vast number of bis flocks, was interrupted by one of hU companions with the remark t Why, you are making yourself as great a man as the Duke f Wellington" "The Duke of Wellington !" replied the other, with a look of astonishment not uolinctured with pity. lt was easy for the. Duke of Wellington to put down bia men at Wa terloo, some men here and some there, op and up and down tbe fields ; but let hiru try to put down tea thousand sheep, forbye black cattle, at Falkirk Tryst, and it's my opinion he'll make a very confused business of it, 'Sicrling Jornal. 1 T ,v, : r Mr. Adams's Death.-When this venerable man as stricken down on Tuesday last arid it was known that he could not recover,lhere seem ed a general melancholy wish that he might die on Washington's birth day; as bis father and Jefferson had died on tbe 4tbof July. He lin gered however until the 23d, but as this date is new style, h actually expired on the anniversa ry of Washington 'a birth, which . was the 1th February old style, which brings the anniversary correctly on the 23d, adding the twelve days for aevr tiylt 'Pliilad. American,' t , . , . Several of the clergymen in Boston preached on.Sunday last, f ram the following appropriate text in reference to the death of Mr. Adams : . "For behold, thn Lord of hosts doth take tbe migh ty man, the prudent and the ancient, and thehon til re, seems 'orable man, tnd the counsellor and eloquent ora : Perhaps j tor.v Isaiah, iii 1, 2, 3, ' v ' . ' .. I :l As the delightful season is now i taa woeii f it is equally pleasant and profitable 16 erobeliiili and beautify ourrrottnds; fences, fin'i 6dt SaiL ings, tra hive (bought we rnigbl be doing an ae ceptsble service, to some of our patrdna at Telstj in puDiisning tne following receipt fer makl wvnno uiio; woicn, we Know, ir preps iiH-jr accuruing 10 ioe receipt, will prove 10 everv thine that ! anid of it "Much is said of the brilliant sio'eco wnitet wasb, on tbe east of the President's hoWe kl Washington. The following is a receipt fcr makingiLwithswneadditionalimnromhT.VAVA; ed by experiment. Take half bushel of nice, un? slacked lime, slack; it with boiling water covering ii uonng me process to keep in tbe steam. Sirai the liquor through a fine seive or strainer, an add to it a peck of clean salt, orevioualv diawlve; in warm water; three pounds of ground rice: gruuuu io in m puie ana surrea and boiled, hot! half a pound powered Spanish whiting and I pound of clean glue, bas been previously dissol ved by first soaking it well, and then banging ir over a slow fire, in a small kettle, within a large! ooe filled with water. Add five jaHcai fcoi water to the whole mixture ; stir It well, and ' let it stand a few days covered from the dirt, ti should be put on quite hot j for tbis purpose it can be kept in a kettle on a portable furnace. It ts said that about one pint of this mixture will cover a square yard upon the outside of a house if properly applied. Brushes more or less small may be used, according to the neatness of ibe job' ' required. It retains its brilliancy for many jtkit) : There is nothing of , the kind that will compare with it either for inside or ouu'ide walls. Color ing matter may be put in and made of any shade you like. Spanish brown alnrred in will make a reddish or pink, more or less deep according ttf Quantity. A delicate tinge of this is very pretty" for inside walls. Finely pulverized common clay, well mixed up with Spanish brown before it is surrea into me mixture, makes it a lilac col or. Lamp black and Spanish hroivh mirxt tk. rether produces a reddish aton lnr 4-:Wva black in moderate quantities makes a slate color. crji suiibuio lur .tue ouiaioe oi oonaings. xer low wash, but chrome goes farther, makes I color . generally esteemed prettier. In all these cases the darkness of the shade wijlof court be' deter mined by the quantity of the coloring matter used. It is difficult to make a rule because tastes are very different; it would be best to trv expert- , ments on a shingle and let it dry. I ave been told that green must not be mixed with lime. The lime destroys the color end the color bas an effect upon the whitewash, which makes it crack and peal."- When walls have been hadlvmlft - ' well to squeeze. ndigo plentifully through a bag into the water you use before it is stirred Into the I whole mixtuTe;:-If a larger quantity than five goU ' Ions should be wanted, the same proportion sboold be observed." Bonaparte's Opinion of his Two Wives. Their character were diametrically opposite. Never were there two women less like each oth er. Josephine had grace an irresistible seduction, an unreserved devotedness. Maria Louisa bad all the timidity of innocence. When I married her she was a truly virtuous novice, and very submissive. Josephine would sacrifice millions upon her toilet and in ber liberalities. Maria Louisa, on the contrary, economised wbat I gave her, and I was obliged to scold her, in order to in duce her to make her expenditure consistent with! her rank. Josephine was devoted to me ; she loved me tenderly no one ever had a preference, to me in her heart. I uniformly held tbe first placebef children the next. And she was right for she was tbe being whom I most loved, and tbe remembrance of her is still all-poweful in my mind. Monthoton's St. Helena " ' Indian humanity and fidelity. During tbe period of the American Revolution, a young Shawanese Indian was taken prisoner by tbe Che rokees, and condemned to die. He was tied to the stake, and every preparation was made' for bis immediate execution, when a Cherokee wo man arrived with a parcel of goods, and throwing ," them down at the feet of the warrior to whom tbe ' prisoner belonged, begged for bis release, alleging that she was a widow, and would adopt tbe cap tive as her son. The request was granted,, the prisoner released, and delivered over to her,, and ' on the same day he walked up and down the vil- ' 1 !l J J tl. " .. . ,. lag - ni unnru. ijib protectress renea so much upon his fidelity, that she permitted him in" visit his family and friends in bis own country, He proved faithful, and no persuasions nor en treaties of bis relations could prevail upon him ta" forsake her. ... , " . The receipts of the American ClonizatioaTC ciety the last month were 45, 4G9 83. . We understand there will be needed, dtninr1 the next two months, 918,500 to meet the passent L indebtedness ef the Society and carry on Mihdw- pensable operations. There have been already, this year, 173 emigrants sent to Liberia, and there ' are now 209 more waiting for an opportunity toT embark.. r - - r .. " 7 --'- Curious Fact.U has lately been discovered that tbe flesh of animals which are killed in tbe mi'ddls of the n:ghi, will keep much longer than when tbey are killed in tbe day time ; and it is for this reason, preferred by those who prepare potted meats. This circumstance proves that, the flesh is fittest for keeping ' wben7 tkeo front the animal at the time when the respiration' is slowest and tbe temperature of tbe animal lowest. ,Tbe Rutland Herald, the editor of which bas aT brother (an officer) in the Mexican war, says : "Out of eighty members of the Vermont compa ayr raised last-summer for the Mexican war,' forty-four bave already died ; and out of tbis - number only two nave been, killed in battle tbo. others .having fallen victims le the diseases inci dent to the climate." . ' r ' ' The -Brain. The brain itself mav be remov ed, but cor away down to the corpus tatosuml witnout destroying lite. Ibe' animal lives and; performs all those functions which are necessary to simple vitality, but has no longer' a mind : ii cannot think or feel. requires that the food " should be pushed into its stomach : once therpil it is digested"; and the animal will then thrive and grow
The Greensboro Patriot (Greensboro, N.C.)
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