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VOLUME-IX NUMBR 50 I GllEENSBOROUGH; NORTH-C AKOLTNA'," MARCH 25, 1848. 13ublisl)cb ItJcckln B Y SVT AIM Jr S n E R 0 01). pniCE, TIIUBM! DOI.LAII A YEAR mJS.30,i rata wiraia teTa arras tbb ATa .'.,'. r soasc sirriaav A failure on the part ofany customer to order discontin annca within the subscription year, will be considered in dicative of hie wish to continue the paper. y THE DYING CHILD. . - Fao ti Gsaaair or Asasaaaa. ( ' Mother, rm tired, end t would fulii he sleeping"; Let me repmt upon III bosnrn seekt Hut promise me that thou wilt Uie off weepios, , Beeauae thy tear faU hot upoa my chea. litre it ia cold i the temped ravetb madly t , But in my dream ali i so wonderoua bright ; I I eee the angef children smiling gladly. When from my weary eyes! abut out light I Itother, one staaJs beside me now and luien ! Dost thou not hear the music's sweet accord 1 now hie while wings beautifully gluten ! -'" Borely thuee wings weie given him by our Lord ! Green, gold and red are floating all around me ; They are thi flowers the angel ecatUreth. Shall I have also wings whilst life haa bound me 1 Or, mother, are ibey given alone in death 1 . Why dost thou clasp me as if I were going 1 r Why dost thou press tby cheek thus onto mine ! Thy. cheek is hot, and yet tby tears are flowing t I will, dear mother, will be always thine ! Do not sfgh it msrrtth my repoiing ; "7" And, if thou werp,jheu I must weep with tboe ! - Oh, I am tired my weaty eyes are closing ! Look, mother look! the angel kisseth ms ! lie Belter Land. lie, who u inSntW itt lore, $ well as wmdoaa, fan revelled to us the fact of a future life, and the fearfully important relation ia which the present stands to it. The actual nature and condition of that life.'hc baa bidden from us no chart of ih ocean of eternity is given us no celestial guide took or geography defines, localizes, and prepares us for the wonders ofthe spiritual world. Hence, imagination has a wide field for its speculations ,-sv.hjch, aaJang at they doJrt..pUiyely .cnr5 ; rt e-reNrlit.ons c? il -So"' iw, ,C3Aer,,rv proved. , ; iieaw earth. Thither the Catholic carries in his fancy the imposing rites and time honored solemnities f hi wnrahin. There I ho Methodist sees his lore-feasts and camp-meeting, in the groves and by, the stilt waters and green pastures of the bles sed abodes, The Quaker, in the stillness of his self communing remembers that there was "si lence in Heaven." The Churchman, listening to solemn chants of vocal music, or the deep tones of the organ, thinks of the song of the Elders, and the golden barps of the New Jerusalem. The Heaven of the Northera aations of Europe was a gross and sensual reflection of the earthly life of a barbarous and brutal' pevple.:113'" The Indians of North America had a vague no lion of a Sunset Lund a beautiful Paradise far n the West mountains and forests filled with deer and buffalo lakes and streams swimming with fishes the happy hunting-ground ef souls. In a late letter from a devoted missionary among the Western Indians,' (Paul Blohm, a converted Jew.) we have noticed a beautiful illustration of this belief. Near the Omaha w mission-house, on a high bluffl. as a soliiary Indian grove.' " One evening," soy the missionary, "having come hom with some caul.- whxh I had been seeking, 1 heard some one walking, and looking in the di rection from .whence it proceeded. I (mini it lb be from the grave near our house. In a moment af iter, the mourner gorup from a kneeling posture, and turning- to the setting sun, he stretched forth his arms in prayer and supplication, with an in tensity and eariiestness as though he would detain the splendid luminary from, running bis Course. tVViib bis body leaning forward,' and his arms ,streiched towards the sun, he presented a most striking figure of sonow and petition. It was so lemnly awful; tie seemed to ie to be one of the ancients, come forth to teach me bow to pray.4' - A' venerable and worthy New England clergy nan, on his death-bid, just before the close of bis aife, declared, that lie was only conscious of an awfully solemn and intense curiosity to know the great secrets of death and Eternity. '.- ."The excellent Pr. Nelson, of Missouri, was one rout. Hearen It described as a quiet habitation; a rest remaining for the people of God. .Tears shall be wiped away from all eyes: there shall be no more death, neither sorrow nor crying, neither shall there be any more paio. . To bow maay death beds bare these words spoken peace How many failing hearts bare gathered strength from them to pass through lbs dark , valley- of shadows. ,. ;; ,.v'., .-,;; -$:;-- ';.' o Yet we should not fijrget thai " the kingdom of Heaven is within;" that k is the state of the affections of the soul ; the answer of a good con science ; the sense of harmony with God ; a con dition of Time as well asof Eternity. What Is really momentous and all important with us In the present, by which the future is shaped and colored, A mere change of locality cannot alter the- actual and intrinsic qualities of the soul. Guilt and Remorse would make the golden streets of Paradise intolerable as tle burning marl of the infernal abodes, while purity and Innocence would transform Hell itself into Heaven llhir. The Doom of Oar World. What this change is to be, we do not even con jecture ; but we see in the hearens themselves some traces of destructive elements, and some in dications of their power. The fragments of bro ken planets the descent of motoric stones upon our globe the wheeling comets welding . their loose materials at the solar surface the volcano eruptions on our own lattelke the appearance of new stars, and the disappearance of others are all foreshadows of that impending convulsion to which the system of the world is doomed. Thus placed on a planet which is to be burnt up, aod under heavens which are to pass away ' thus treading, as it were, on the cemeteries, and dwell ing on the mausoleums of former worlds, let us learn the lesson of humility, and wdom, if wc have not already been taught in the school of lev elation. I THE PATEIOT; " U STARS, THAf 1BE TSE MEIRY P I cannot say that it is chiefly the contemplation of their infinitude and of the. immeasurable apace jiy.kbcupy.Xfe.i tnwar j'titt inth stars'.-1 Still less do I regard the absolutely with reference l0' long had the honor persdfially 16 command in 'WuVLATE FROM -ME5tICOmJ:At: pate from Vera Cruz to the '2d, give an account of a severe engagement between Col. Biscoe's command and the guerrillas. The latter were dispersed: but Lieutenant itiKjersuu unuiwcivo uiuur men were feli? led. ; t ' r-r:-;-. :-. Gen. Scolt't 'ffitMnwal.-' The dates from the city of Mesico are to the 2Gtb of February. Letters written that dar sav that an armistice for two months would be signed a r a- . a m It a . Dy uen. iiutiei tne following day. ,t;r. -; ' We cony from the American Star of the 19th ult.,the following article io regard to General Scott's withdrawal from the command of the army in Mexico in obedience to the orders of the Gov ernment, regretting extremi ty that the whole farewell address of the Commander-in-Chief has not reached us. , ' . ,. . v.0 -t s Maj. Gen. Scott. By reference to reneral orders it will be seen (hat Gen. Scott has turned over the command of the army to Maj. Gen. Butler- We promised to inform our readers of this when officially advised .on the subject, and we now do so thoueh with reirret. Although we were told in Puebla that the ceneral bad request ed to be relieved when ac.ire operations ceased. we were not prepared to receive the news that such had been the case. , We do not think that either the Government or Geo. Scott's inclination should take him from the army until a peace u made. .He has accomplished so much and i a gainat such j)ddsLhatelregfeU wi'.b his companions h arms, and we have no hesitation in saying that such are the sentiments of the American army. It matters not bow ac complished and gallant his successor may be, un der the the circumstances his place cannot be fill ed, and ii we know Gen. Butler, we believe (hat he will echo that sentiment, for hejs not so much weighed down by ambition as to applaud the re- r ".. i r.- ..r ... . . i . -n . call, altnougii tne act places nun in command, ol the proudest army in the world. Winfield Scott, this mornings takes lea va oflici fllly or the army, of that gallant band with which he has carved his and their names upon (be high est point of fame's column. Many an eye will fill with tears '.hif morning when they read bis latt order'. ; -i'. ; Even in his nhort order he pays the following deservea compliment to his successor a brother officer, who was his companion in arm in 1312, as he" was" Be re MnuT to-day. " " T taking oilicyr ka ve Wine 1 troops he ' lias ; ft BANK CAPITAL OP THE U.' STATES.; 'The followintr list (which we take Irom llor man's Bankers' Masazine. published at No. 17 Wall street,) comprises the Bsnking Capital in all cities which possess above one million of such capital locatea ia the same ' Cities 1. New York, 2. Boston, , ,3. New Orleans, 4. Philadelphia, 6. Charleston, S.C., No of Banks. 25 . 26 a 14 T....... 23 11 .8 0. 'Providence, 7. Balumore, 8. Nashville, Teaa, 0. Hartford, Conn., 6 10. Loowville, Ky., ' 3 11. Pittsburg, Pa., 4 12. Augusta, Geo., . , 6 13. Albany, N. Y., .7 14. Richmond, Va., - 3 15. Savaouab, 4 16. Salem: ' ' 7 17. New Haven, 4 18. Cincinnati, - 7 19. Lexington, Ky 2 ' 20. Mobile. 1 21. Troy. N. Y.. 5 22. Newark. NJ., " 3 23. New Bedford, 4 24. Utica, . . , 4 23. Petersburg, Va.. 3 26. Rochester, N. Y4 5 27. Washington, D. C, 3 28. Wilmington, N. C, 3 Total in 28 cities, 194 Total in other parts U S. 574 V , Capiial. 24.003.000 18.803,000 17.663.000 0.222JXX) 4. D.153,000 8.010,000 6.180,'JOO 3,732.000 2.900.000 2.755,000 225.000 3.4G2.000 2,115,000 1.890.000 1.750.000 1.678.000 1.600.000 ijsnw) 1,500.000 1.475,000 1,408.000 1 00,000 1.260.000 1.170,000 1.100.000 1,029.000 1.000.000 130.54-.000 who, while on earth, seemed to live another apd .' higher life, in the contemplatioo of Infinite Purity ""nd liappiriesTrAriehd of ours oace related an incident concerning him, which made a deep im- tq the life. afterjUusZBul the. mere thou ght lhat they are so far beyend and above every thing ter restrialthe feeling that before tbem every ear.hly so thing utterly vanishes to riothing-tbat the single individual is infinitely insignificant m comparison with these worlds strewn over all space.thathis des tinies, his enjoyments, and sacrifices, to which be attaches such a minute importance, how all these fade Jike nothing before such immense objects then that the constellations bind together all the races of man, and all the eras of the earth, that they have beheld all that has passed since the beginning of time, and will see all that passes un ul its end. Ia thoughts like these t can always lose myself with a silent delight in the view of the starry firmament. Humboldt LttUrt Io a Fe mate Friend.- ..,..,,-.,.,,v..,,,.I,.,.. Governing Principles of Religion. Those who cry down moral honesty, cry down that which is a great part of religion my duty towards God, and my duty towards man. What care I to see a man run after a sermon, if ho coz en anil, cheat as soon as be comes home ? On the other side, morality must not be without reli gion ; for if so, it may .change as I see to conveni ence. Heligion mtiM govern it. H-that has not religion to govern his mobility, r iwt'a drani bet ter than inv makiifTduj ; so Icito as vou stroke and pleute hurt, and do r.ol pinch him, be will play with you as finely as may be Ha is a Very good moral mastiff, but il you hurt him, he will fly ia your face, and tear out your throat. John Sel- den. an rdu6ascarapaignasmalt.pan of whose glo ry has been, from tus position, reflected on the se nior officer. Major Gen. Scott is happy to be re lieved by a genei'a.l of established merit and dis tinction in the service ofhTs country 7 -'' The Arco Iris of the 1st inst., has rumors that Santa Anna bad changed his mind about leaving the country, and that he was about to try bis for tunes again amidst the internal convulsions which threaten to distract thenatiorr. He is represent ed as being in the neighborhood of Tehuacan, at the bead of eighty followers. His design is said to be to unite his fortun with the Vice Governor of San Luis and Gen. Alvarez, and then march upon Queretaro, overthrow the Government of Pena y Pena, and establish a Dictatorshihp. But before executing this grand design, he proposed striking a blow at the Americans, in order to re cover credit ' with his countrymen "The Arc" Iris puts as little faith in this project as we do; but that Santa Anna is still lurking about Tehua can there would appear to be no doubt. NATIONAL DEBTS. National Debt of England ami other European Countries, wrth4.be proportion af tuck debt to each indiviJual : Proportion of debt per head. The Best is Left agression upon our minds. They had been travel fiing thiough a summer's forenoon, in the praurie, , iand had laid down to rest beneath a solitary trie. The doctor lay. for a long. time, silently looking -upward through the openings of the boughs, into he still heavens, when he repeated the following lines in a low tone, as if communing with himself jo view of the wonders he described : 1 Oh the j"ys that ate there, mortal ryes bath not seen! Oh ! tbe tones tlwy sin? iLmy. with hosannss between ! Ob, tbe thrice birnaeJ sungol the Lamb and of Moms ! ,. Ob, brightnena on hrigbtnessl tbe jH-raF gate iincloitcs! Ob, w bite wings of angels ! Oh, the fields whilewilb rotes! Oht white tents oflVsce, where the rspt scul rpor ! OhDhc waters so.still, and the pastures so guou!" The brief hints afforded us by the sacred writ " 1 am fallen," cried Jeremy Taylor," into tbe hands of publicans and sequestrators, and they hate taken all from sue. What now T Let me look about me ! , Tbey have left me sun- and moon, fire and water, a loving wife, and many friends to pity me, and some to relieve roe ; and I can still discooise ; and, unless I list, they have not taken away my merry countenance, and my cheerful spirits, and, good conscience ; they have still left sue the' providence of God, and nil the the promises of the gospel, and my religion too. I And still I sleep and digest, aud eat and drink, j 1 read and meditate; lean walk in my neighbor's pleasant fields and see the varieties of natural beauties, that is, in virtue, wisdom, -the whole ere ation, and in God himself. r Life' 8 Pendulum, - . . - . . ...)B , . j ngs concerning the Belter Lndy are inspiring 3 and -:'be'jfuJ-rrr Eye- hath-'iot'iaeeiu-dr.-:xar i- heard, neither hatA renterett Into the heart'of -inao to conceive of the good In store for the Jrighi- At every swing of the pendulum a spirit goes into eternitv. The measure of our life is a hair- breath ;it is a la!e that js told ; its rapidity is like the swift shuttle or the transient rainbow, or the dszzling meteor; it is a bubble ; it is a breath.-' At every swing of the pendulum a spirit goes into eternity". Bet ween the rising and the setting sun 42,000 souls are summoned "belofe" their Creator. True.-as well as beautiful, are those lines of Mrs. -Hemans' . -. -' i-U..:. :: " Leaves hveVtair time to fiill, An3 flowers tp wither at tbe North "wind's breath, - "Arid stars'tp set: hut alt"' " TUou bsst all icaiOiiB fy'lhuie owa. O Death England France Russia Austria Prussia Netherlands Son in Sicilies Bavaria Sardinia Turkey Portugal,' Denmark Rome Poland Saxony. Hanover Baden Wirtemhurg I uscany 800.000.000 32 194.400.000 5 35.550.000 0 78.100.000 2 29.701.000 2 148.500)00 23 700000.000 5 15.974.000 11111.000 4.584.000 3,667.000 AM9JDQQ 3.729.000 17.142.000 5.740.000 3;JO0.OOO 2,284.000 1. 670.000 2.503.000 1.384.000 Hesse(Oarmstadt 1,184.000 Hesse(Electorate 220,000 Norway 252,000 East India Compa- . ny'a territories' 47,609,000 8. 0 19 II 7 7 S 0 11 10 1 a 2 18 0 3 9 9 0 12 4 5 6 3 0 ' 7 9 0 7 & 8 a o 2 Q 4 0 J 1 2 2 7 11 11 1 1 9 CIS. 112221 26 571 2.61 10.551 10.571 103.421 22 37 11.27 12.441 4701 " 1:48 1 S 00 8511 33.11 5161 10.001 15.37 6.48 7.21 5.531 B.75J 1.45 0681 0 9 0 2.00 Total in U. States, 768 $209,831,000 "' ' Remarks. " '" The capital of Binks in Charleston, S. C. and in Nashville, Tenn., includes the amount allotted to branch banks in- other towns and not fired. It will be observed that Hartford, Conn., ranks high io the list ; indeed Hartford may be consul ered brie"6f tHeweaTthiesT 'Citleliff Stales in proportion to its population. Tbe amounts of banking capital above stated are by no means indicative of the relative wraith or of business done, at the several places named. There are several cities and towns not mentioned where there is a large export and import trade and much wealth. Among these, we may es pecially mention Do Solo, CUUnd, 3i. Louis, Cbarlestown. Mass., Brooklyn, Norfolk, Nantuck-et-atid New London. The amounLof bank capi tal at "Mobile k vsxf email,' while its exports are VquaTtotVn m'arions'annuatly; 'J-' 'Kt '-' - The twenty-eight cities named above, it will be observed; bare about two-thirds of the Baak- ing Capital of the Union ; and it may be added, that they have also continually in their vaults a still larger portion of the specie iti the country. While the country banks enjoy the largest share of the circulation, io proportion to their capital, tbe cky banks, it is well kuown, have much the greatest proportion of deposit!, which are equal ly a source of profit and advantage with the cir cgltioa;-iy.,-'JP." -Etpmr. METHODIST EPISCOPAL CONFERENCES. The Conferences for the pas. year have closed their sessions, and the following table exhibits the number of members in each, as compared with returns of 1846, snowing the increase or decrease in each year: , ! Numbers Last Year.' Increase, Decrease, and principles early instilled in Your miod, and re member that you are responsible to your God. Uear as yoo are to me, I would much father pre fer that you would finds grave in the ocean which you have crossed, than' to, see you an Immora!, graceless cni'd. " In the last conversstion. Air Adams expressed his astonishment at the insensi bility of men holding public station to the great truths of Christianity, and the indiaerence with vhich they viewed tbe worship of the high UwJ ana tne institution or religion. ; v. , . ,. Baltimore 08,725 69.268 ' Philadelphia 50,123 49.206 Providence 13.357 13,106 New Jersey 30.097 38.987 New England 13,:185 13.270 New York 40.907 48,249 N. Hampshire 10.381 10.226 Troy 25.327 27.319 Vermont."'- 7.943 8.648 Black River 15.019 16.574 Pittsburgh 42.808 42.952 Onoida 23,775 26.181 Maine 20.281 21.433 Erie 20,143 20,437 Rock River 18.913 18,219 North Ohio 26J013 27,161 Genesee 26.682 27505 Ohio - - 62,198 65,984 Iowa , 8.440 7.717 h.orth Idniana 20.002 27536 M ichigun 16.544 16.768 Illinois 24.158 , 26.216 Indiana 30.745 32,530 Liberia !' 860 790 9IS 251 110 35 158 326 694 723 54-1 043 1242 992 895 657 405 1152 294 1118 623 3780 1074 224 70 1048 1785 -PLANK ROADS. ' Weseen by the Racine (Wisconsin) Advocate of the 19th January, that the great increase in the productions of Racine," Walworth and Rock coun ties, with the increase of the commerce of Lake Jl ichigan. have. put the xitizena of those iountrd nes to increasing their luciliues lor transporting their products to market. They -have adopted Plank Roads as the most suitable atructure for their purposes. Co. Philo White, made a report on the subject as Chairman of a Committee, at an adjourned meeting held at Racine on the 14th Jan uary. His report was accepted, and five hund red copies in pamphlet form ordered lobe printed. A proper degree of improvements by the iar off Wisconsians, and we should riot be surprised wr she soon in the advance of North Carolina in those things calculated to develope the wealth and great ness of a country, although we htvo the advan tage of ber in age and 'eapenenee. J- - Sali$kuryt ft'atchman. ' Riots. The New York House of Assembly has passed the bill nuking cities, towns and villa ges liable for all damage occasioned by riots with in their limits respectively '. A man - being asked hovr- old he was, replied, "4ut in ireallh f'N" sad being asked how rich He, was, said. " I am not in debt. v ' It will be seen that there has been, on the whole, a decrease of more than twelve thousand a most mortifying fact, especially when it is re mem he red that 1846 in the relurna presented i decrease of about the same number, i Tbe Con ferences marked with an aster'ak are those in which a decrease was reported in 1810. Nor thern Advocate.. , .... STEAM BOAT TRAVELLING. From the very able report of the St. Louis Com mittee to the Chicago Convention officers, we main tha fullowinff table, showioir the lencth of that part of the principal western rivers navigable by steamboats : Mississippi, from the Gulf, to J5U t V Anthony's Falls, r ;: . 2200 miles Missouri.' frdmilsTiiomhto ihsrr foot of tbe Rapids. 2000 do Rt-d River; to head ef naviga r tion, ' . y;v .v .. .... . l woo Ohio to Pittsbursh, :- . . : 1000 do do Arkansas, to mouths of (he Neosho and Verdigris, Tennessee, to Chattanooga, WabaabTtoLafayettef V r ilknoM, to Ottawa, . Cumberland, to Noshtille, , Osage, . -, : ' '.: . V "' - v Total. ; " " V.-V'" '630 485 "300 250 200 200 8365 do do do do. do do do Mr. Adams's Earlv LkssOn'S. John Quincy Adams in early life, received lessons in morals and relicioua duties Croin his pareuls. which wre never enacea irom nis minu. . rus cxceiieni mo therein I778 tie lb him these words t-Gieat learning and superior abilities, should you ever possess 'thenv-will be of little" valu nd of small estimation, unless virtve,-,aonor, lutegnty ana truth, are cherished by yoov ; Adhere to the rufes t . v EPPES THE MURDERER. ; Eppes the supposed murderer of Muir, was car ried through Wilmington last week, in charge of Major Vaughan, of Va. . The following account of" his arrest is copied from tha Guteetton Newt of the 2d mat. Errs thk aurrosED Mvrdeskb or Mcir. This individual is probably known by reputation to some of our readers, for having been charged with the murder of Muir, about four miles from Petersburg. Va.i two years neo. ,ppes was a resident there, with a family and large property Muir held his note for a aura of money which tppes could have easily paid. According to the report, be invitea jVIuir to go with him on a bun tin? excursion, and, as is believed took this op. port unity to kilt Muir, for no other kuown reesoh than to avoid tbe payment olthe note. 1 he body was buried in the wooes, and the murder was un known for. considerable time,' Eppes not : then being suspected, nor the absence of Muir accoun- I for, subsequently the body was found, but Epps had made hia escape. He -caused it to be announced that be himself was dead, in conse quence of which he was not pursued immediate- ly. , Meantime, he wss travelling under the. as sumed. name of Judge Shelby, Under thisname he came to lexas, about a year ago, and slopped at Austin for about six months. Whtl there. his identity .with Eppes appears to have been de tected, and information to this effect was sent to Virginia. Upon proper evidence, the Governor of that State made a requisition for bun upon;he Govrrnor-of Texasr wbkb-wMgin4a.. charge to suitable persons, who have for some time back been on the search. Eppes having some intimn tion oTbis Wanger,TeTt7Ausirn'1asl"OiiobeTranaL it was not till very lately that his whereabouts was discovered, near -the Falls" of- the Brazos. The person commissioned ' for that .purpose, was promptly furnished with authority by Governor Wood, and succeeded, a few days ago, in securing Eppes alias Judge Shelby'. He was brought to Austin last Friday, and was lodged in juil, sucur ed in irons. He was' to' leave1 Austin by the stage on the mm flay far Houston,' an 4 trary iwrj expected in this city by the next boat, on his way to stand his trial under the laws of -Virginja. Gov. Wood is entitled to credit for the prompt assistance he has rendered in apprehending this refugee from justice. Eppes has his family, plan tatiou. and nearly one hundred negroes, slill ib the vicinity of Petersburg. The above informa tion has been given us by a gentleman just from Austia. We learn that Eppes arrived here in the Pal metto, r tn-ebafge-ef Alsjor Vaughan-of V-wand that they left yesterday afternoon by the Mobile boat. ' THE MORMONS? A BAD PICTURE OF DISTRESS, We are indebted to a friend in Boston, for a copy of a letter which was recently addressed by Col. Thomas L. Kane, of this city, to Mayor Quincy. It givea a highly interesting account dfthe Mormons in the West, and a graphic and thriljing picture of the sufferings to which many of them have been subjected. Col. Kane states that emigrating Mormons to the number of neur ly 20,000, arc to be found West of the Missouri, from the country of the Platte, belonging to the Omaha Otto Indians, to that beyond the notable Bear River Valley across the Rocky Mountains ; but tbe condition of the majority of these persons, though undoubtedly forlorn, does not invite phil anthropic investigation, since they are v generally beyond the reach ol timely help. 1 tie .Mormons who can be counted as appealing to the immediate generosity of the public are certain stragglers in tbe rear of the main body ia march, and whose camps are on this, the Eastern side of the. Mi, souri River, or immediately along its course. Of such the unhappy destitution ia very great. Col. Kane, in alluding to these sufferers, says: u They composed, originally, the refuse, lame, aged, a ick. and paupe r members of J hec h u rc h. who were found unable to attempt the grcnt Cal ifornia pilgrimage of 1840. On this account their friends who started at that date, concluded, it seems,. an especial treaty or armutice for their benefit, with the anti-Mormon mob, and leu them behind in Illinois under its protection.- , This treaty covenanted, witli the most solemn formal- lilies, that they . were in ns wist to oe molested until another asylum could be prepared for their reception beyond the Rocky Mountains. Just as soon, however, as the Mormon host hod made a progress of some , months upon its travels, and could safely be considered out of the way, the in strument oaths, seals, and ribbons was broken by the anti-Mormons without ceremony or excuse and the cripples who relied upon it. were ordered io lake up their beds and walk. Upon this the hopeless beintrs, driven to desperation, made a remarkably resolute defence of their Holy City, which, being hardly more than a large hospital of incurables, could meritoriously' have claimed of any other barbarians its privilogii of sanctuary It as bombard-'d, however, -by an overwnei miog forc and notwithstanding the beli-ogilerj'd for two diys supposed, as 1 am informed, tiu-y they all lay down alike among the reeds & spatter docks of the low river shore; the favored ones hud, died together under tattered sheets, counterpanes, of bedspreads, stretched gipsy tent wise over ty ..J..-J Jr. l i. ",- :j . . iiijjuu ui sucks , u.ners lodging ouisiuu oi mvsw shelters, and "goingtri sleep with their pinched faces to the sky. I had not the satisfaction of a, doubt that among those I looked upon, tbua shiv ering in the ibarp night air of autumn, many whom the screening of a roof miebt have saved. died looking across the stream upon their com-1 fortable homes, in which the" orthodox, bullies of, the mob were celebrating their triumphs in ob-. scene and drunken riot. v' t ,. - ; 'At the epoch of which I speak, they were bent, on moving westward, to overtake, as they hoped, the rearguard of their column' in , the advance, . but were pitiably - uuprovided will) . adequata means for doing so.- Ono had a cow, may be, ', whidh he could yoke to the crazy cart of bis felvt low. Another, by disclosing to the cupidity of tha , Iowa squatters! bis' possession of his watch or oth er paltry treasure he had secreted, was able to hire a lift in a farm wagon. Several, they were few, , appeared to own among them a mixed horse and , ox team ; the rest had no other means of transpor-, tation than their own bodily frames, though it may be observed that, by a natural Providence, to , whose effect I have already adverted, these were v nearly every thing they had to carry. ' . Thus jury rigseu. unprovisioned, and almost . unclothed, they started on their vovace an over land voyage that they intended to measure over on- fourth of thediameur of the world. It is lit- i .1 ....... r t i tie wonaer men, mat, oeing unsuccesstu in over taking their brethren, they have since literally fallen by the wayside in the wilderness, and there. .having eaten up the beasts of burden that help ed tbem along so far upon their weary stage, now find themselves equally unable to push for ward - or to return.' tiukixelUs Utporler. A REMARKABLE ADMISSION. J In the course of one of Mr. McKay's five mirv utea' speeches, recently, he thus distinctly admit ted that the Democracy had brought on the war! rodiharAe-Whtgs'Traidw for taxes which the Locofocos lacked the nerva to "lay t ... . . Mr. McKay said he repret ted exceedingly that his friends on this aide of the House bad not brought themselves ud to vote for the nronnnii-on (contained' in his substitute) for a lax on tea and coffee. If they had not nerve enoueh to vote for it they had no right to expect the other side of the Houae would.. XV (said he) are the persona who have- brought on this war, and we are pronerlv laugmer.j auu we ougm toprovwe tne means lor carrying it on. ' What do you suppose the wholo . amount of ibis enormous tax will be, of which; gentlemen B,re so afraid ? I have a iitimberofta- bres before me, which 1 will publish, that tha country may see what this monstrous tax upon tea and cofleeamounts to. It amounts to a charge of only thirteen cents upon each individual in the United States. Libkria. The Journal of Commerce has act asiicle on" Liberiir in which it remarks T thai the existence of an independent republic offreeblacJtt on the continent. comprising a population of 60,- 000 souls, including natives who have been in corporated into I he colony, is one of tbe most re- markable phenomena of modern limes. 1 bis es- , tiihate-.wns given by Gov. Bobertson the third of January last, and is no douht essentially correct. irt'1hS'grbwThg " which now extekds H00 miles along the coast. tne cngnsn language is mat wnicn will uitlmaw- y prevail, and is already spoken to a great ex tent. ' , r V were repl inir to the fire upon ' them with, three guns f their own of large muzzle Ihey bad for ged out of a broken steamboat shaft; at last, alter losinu some of their soundest men in fight, they weie gladiiflee forth whh their lives, that ia-to say, with little or nothing ejse. A i I saw most of these poor folks while they were yet on the right bank of tbe Mississippi opposite Nauvoo. It was just after the cationade, and 1 thick they had been there a matter of two or three days. Some ol them had lied over beloro tne as sault, to escape the balls thai buttered in their bouses; the remainder had waited till ousted by direct force of arms, Few bad food enoueh ta satisfy their hunger. Exposure and fatigue had combined to visit many of the : 'nominally robusl 6f them with the ague, and the bilious remittent fever, known as favorite indulgences of the system ia ihe "western . cousf try ; but sick and well, wnscwatfcui yellow souls How Spiders make Bridges. Some of the - most distinguished naturalists in the world believe r (hat spiders have thie art of crossing streams of ' water on bridges of their own making. Mr.'' Spencer relates the following curious fact; "Hav ing placed a large lull-grown spider on a cane upright in the midst ol a stream ol water, be saw , tt descend the cane several times, and remount when it had arrived at the surface of the water. Suddenly he lost sight of it, wholly ; but a few minutes afterward, to his great astonishment he perceived it quietly pursuing its own way' on the ' other side of the stream Having spun two threads along the cane, it had cut one of them, which, ' carried by the wind, had become attached to soma .' bbjecromhe banlrrand so wrred the spider ararr; bridge across the water." . " . 'V- , " ". ' : i : " z ' Who's to Blame. A band of depredators.. which had hitherto defied thepolice of Paris, has,, recently been discovered and apprehended. Lis-' . ten to the opening examination of their lender,. Thilber, and say where the wfong lies: 'How : old are you1. ' As far as I can judge, about 45 Whaf is'your profession? That of a thief j ; ' What was your father V Atheif likewise, and died upon the scaffold.' -And your mother V . A theif. also, 'and died i t the prison ofGrenoble And, when you were thus left alone, why sought -you not another trade Y Because f was driven from -dour to door ; bi ca u fe no institution is open, . ' either to those who. tin or whose fathtri have- ,' tinned before them .', r J , '' .i 'It . Seixiso a Free Bov.--A roon named Joha : , : Parker, (reel name supposed to be Kirk man,) J&.mGuilforjdj:oujityr w as arrested on Saturday, for selling a free negro Loy to Mr.'Richard Grant, if this town. H - waiygsieid ty aft -rnoon, before a Court of Magistrates, nd fully commuted for trial ' at the" next Siip-riof -Court The boy ia named . Ned. about 1" year old. and came with Parker to ? this place. If ifjmngton Commercial.- ( fioswell and Dr.- Job Dson -were onTering-j the conduct, of a planterwho so flogged his siavu, ' that he diecl. Thu Doctor thundered savagely. - Well, but,' said Boswell, deprecatingly, ! have V. Iwavs held the man with a black lace to be a connecting link between a man and brute ,'. ; ; SirsaidjDK Johnson, rolling his huge eyes from side to side, kohd I have always held theuvw ,,, .. i with attack Afar! io.be a. connecting link betweea . , ( ,a-broteTind the devil.' '. - ," ' ,' '-vwT"v R AiLROADSi The raiirod completed in th TJ--- i1 nited Slatesand in use extend to 5,780 miles, at ' afirbtcost of Jl22.B23JJ8t All this bis been .effccti.l'iSftiS3'! nutit are now expended in ra:lrod consUucyon, : ; ,
The Greensboro Patriot (Greensboro, N.C.)
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March 25, 1848, edition 1
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