VOLUME
GREESBOEOUGII, NORTH-CAROLINA, NOVEMBEU -11?, J849.
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BY. SWAM & SHERWOOD.
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THE PATRIOT. "
' FORBIGX
Tax HKWI BT THE HIBBKNIA.
Vbe steamship Hibernia brought dates from
jonIoo. to the 19ih and from . Liverpool . to die
JOih October. , ( v !- ;.-, . - :. ,
', Turkey and i?usa. There is no later news
from either Constantinople, or St. Petersburg,
and of course we have got no solution of the dif
ficulty between the. Porte and the Russian Gov
vrnmenu A correspondent writing from Bel
grade on the 1st ultimo states that the Hungarian
refugees were still at Widdin, ready to set out for
the destinations they may select. , They were
divided into three corps an Italian, a Hungarian,
nd a Polish oneeach camp being under the
command of a colonel, and each man receiving
daily rations according to his grade, Prince
Alexander, of Servia, had behaved very well to-
wards' them, allowing thorn free passage through
. Km territory and provinces. Bern, Demhinski,
and several others had not only embraced Islam,
isrn, but entered the Turkish army. The Porte
is said to have appointed the Iale of Candia as
the residence of the refugee Magyars. .
JVonce. The deliberations of the National
Assembly were almost wholly devoted on the
, 12th and 13th ultimo to the report of M.Thiers
on the Roman question. The report is decided
ly conservative and at variance with the views
of the President's letter to M. Ney. ' Tha. eon-
-. elusions ,of JrtjJTJjiers.are, that liberal eonstitu
tioMs are incompatible with the Pope's rndeperitP
-"nee as temporal sovereign,. andtJiat the . inde
pendent church and the rights of the people are
at issue. The latter, he thinks, ought to give
wpv. It is not believed that hi views will be
responded to by the French- nation. At a sub
sequent MioUterii. Coutiril'it wa decided that
the Government -would follow exclusively the po
licy laid down in the President's letter on Roman
affairs.
On the 16th ultimo cn sid-dr-eamn from ilia
Emnrror of Russia arrived at Paris; r ha nrer! wrfh-:
special mrteae'tlnVo ittetiSctvC of j&e fCb?
public. t :
The German' Confederation A treaty be
tween Austria aud Prussia was signed at Vienna
on the 10th 'ultimo. It provides that Austria and
Prussia assume the administration of the central
New
, ADDITIONAL FOREIGN NEWS..
The steamer Washington, , arrived at
York, bring one dayi later news. r
-The two most important points of intelligence
by the. steamer Washington are the positions
aeciareu nyu I ocqueville on behalt of the
French Government in .relationti; Rome and
Turkey. They confirm-the recent indications
of an improvement in the Europeanxpolicy: of
iocis XMAroLKON, tn opposition to the monarch
ical plan or Mi' I iiiras.the Prime Minister. lie
declares the policy of the Government, in regard
to Kome, to be that laid down by Louis IVapeloan
In his letter to Co!. Nsy. and that is the general
curtailment of the temporal power, of .the. Pope,
and the re-construction or the uovernnient upon
a republican basis. ' .:-.! -.:.. ' '.-.- .'.,-r ,:,
. Upon the Turkish question tha only, new fea
tures of intelligence are the report that, in opposi
tion to the Thiers and Mole party in the French
Assembly, the Government had taken decided
stand in favor of Turkey, in ordering the French,
fleet to the Dardanelles to co-operate with the
British fleet, and that, in answer t" the Russian
aid-de-camp, who declared that this would, be
considered a cause of wai it was stated that
France would regard the invasion ol Turkey by
a Ruasian force as tha opening nf hostilities with
the republic, ' " ' . ' v;;
There kppears to be no apprehension of war
upon the Turkiah question, but it is believed
that the attitude assumed by France in conjunc
tion with England will doubtless result in main
taining the manlyand noble stand taken by the
Sultan in defence of the Hungarian refugees. '
.The very delicate position Of Austria naturally
causes her to tremble at the prospect of a general
war; and, notwithstanding her recent bloody
atrocities in Hungary, she will rathef fuse her in
fluence for the escape of Kossuth and his brave
companions, fir the sake of peace, than back the
demands of Russia atUhe liaz ird ol another re
volution.
The policy of France, as thus indicated, is a
matter of the deepest moment in respect to Eu
ropean a flairs.
DR. R AiiS A V'S . A H DH ES.. r
P.
power of the German (Confederation in the name
of all the Governments in the Confederation un
til the first of May next year.'
. mfotetria and Hungary. 'Gen. Havxac, in his
a-4minUtration as Military Governor of Hungary,
ia rwarged with having murdered, under tliegyise
f .courts martial, thirteen Hungarian Generals,
who (aid down their arms at the close of the war.
Count Bathiny, late Prime Minister of Hungary,
Itas also been shot.
.Several hundred Hnngsrian officers, furnished
wWk passports from Comorn,-have passed through
Berlin on their way to the west. Someinrcgo-
tmg to America. Oen. Klapka is saut to be a
Vic procectl to redeem the promise to furnish
some extracts from the Address of James C. Ram
say M. 1)., before the Alumni of Davidson Col
lege, on the Duty -of "Literary Men to their
Country. ' Literary men owe that duty chiefly
" in promoting education, furthering internal im
provement, and in defending and preserving the
I'nTon. o these JSiafcO - -- ---v:'
rotit4g the niortrAing Vraliowii oy'tlielast
census, that every eighth adult while in our State
cannot-read, and that'Norlh' Carolina, in educa
tion and improvement, is behind almost, every
State in he Union, he remarks as follows lay
ing bare the very root of die evil in the first srri
fence ; , ,
Education w ith us is not a " commune bonum."
A 1 1 do not partake of its benefits. Only a few
of rthe youth of either sex obtain an education.
Hence there is an appalling amount of ignorance
in common places. Henre, too, the reason the
genius and talent of the Slate arc not appreciat
ed. " The fires of genius must be fed, or the
flames will die a way. The fuel of these flames
is the due appreciation, and consequent eneour
ugement of talent. This appreciation must be
irtade bv the people. They must furnish the fuel.
But the great mass of the people do not, because
see to it that no dancer befalls the reoublic.' and
knoog them, and to have embraced the resolution I iher cannot; and'Bever'wilU " properly uphold to beware of ihese men, -foe- their throats re ftiH
ol crossing ineauannc wiiiiiiircciiunuieuoincrs. jarninaand science untd tlisy tliemsvives Jiave
Huiiffary is to be divided henceforth into ten
districts, each to have its own Provincial Assem
bly, yet the deputies are to be chosen by a rnaj I
viitf of votes ef the population. ' -,
Heme. The accounts from Tlorn! are stilt un
raiisfs ctorv. Tlie return of the Pope is yet talk
ed about, but when he will return is still a sub
ject of conjecture. There has been a misunder
standing between one of the Cardinals end M.
le tAireelies, tne r rrnenman being ojitnacu at
a letter he received from the Lcclesiastic, m u Inch
he complained of the number of traitors tolerat-
I m the Internal OUv. The point was referred
te.'his Holiness, who disapproved of the Cardin
. af conduct, and threw him overboard.
The brave. Garibaldi has Uft the Island 'of
Santa MsdpfliU-lbr-Gibr4u
i for London anu ultimately to tlie Un;ttd States.
;e is noduo'' "im'porlant
Gnat Jirttainj1'
frcra England. The Anti-Kent con.pirrcies of!
Ireland ore extending thrCtighuut all parts ot the
land.'; The local jrtr.ialssrc filled with recounts
of arrets far abduc'ion of crops. In the sou th
m and in part of the northern provinces, i is
iaiiLthereisagencrat determinafion on fhe partof
the peasantry to de-fraud the landlords of the rents
4o tueh an extent as would eeetn calculated to
consummate the ruin of the country. The fear
ful effects of the potato blight, fever, cholera, and
.-oiher disease?, by which Ireland has been dis
tractedv seem' likely to be far exceeded by calam
itous results of the moral pe stilence thai i spread
ing throughout , die I: nd. A"ccnf;ict attended
idi fjtal results took place nnthe 13th at Kit
terby, itj Kiiig's county, when three " police men
ivere killed iud several others severely injured.
tircsssia. Amongst the intiMiigcnc:' received
U tho annunciation, m letters from ft. Peters
trtirclt, tf the fall of tlm fortrei(1of Achulga, the
residence of Schamyl,. the celebrated Circassian
chief, after a deuperats and protracted resistance.
The aeeount reads thus : -
. ,0n the 38th of Angus, the assault wa3 renew
ed. after three days useless negotiation, every
jnch of ground hem fiercely contested by the
besieged, who fought, with obstinate braverv.
The1 defences were covered wtli heaps of dead
bodies. The less of the Circassians was estim
ated by the Russians at 1,000 oien fettled, exclii-
, Alve of those wounded, and 900 made prisoners,
gckamyl was aott be found ; he'had contrived
tt) escape with one of his sonsandone ofhismis-
Ucsses. Another of his sons, al his lawful wife,
'5 ere-slain, and e third son was taken prisoner,
. Schamt I himself was wounded in the arm by a
fnn'sket ball. ; The siege of A ehtdga, tlitis suc-
esftiliV--t:raiiaalrt1. 'hl lasted clvvch rafViith.i.
tasted ol their swr-eip.
Tr-ere is not suflici'int division of either phy
ricisl c.r literary labor among us.,. 'The school
master is not enough abroad. Hence, the Phy
sician must casi out imaginary devils from his
superstitious patients the Lawyer, laboriously
instruct his client in the. nature of an oath ; end
the Preacher teach the poor sinner to read be
fore he saves hi soul.' Now I hold it as stuf
'evident that the Ciplain should not be obiitred to
Le Cook also, yet Hither is indispensable to the
crew. Neither should the Minister be School
Master. In other words, to correct the.eviU un
der which vc labor, our young5 men, instead of
tailing through College aud landing in tho liberal
but over stocked professions, should withstand
the inconveniences of ignorance, ingratitude and
"fare iga -"s nd:: ilvinva nc mmp.etiiiw.H-andwl&:
thcniscjycs to reaching; tlius enlighlening the
public mind, cnahTiiig if"fo app7rela"lei'ntf''8lu"pf-".
port worth' to detect attd frown down pedantry,
and thus elevate, refaVu and purify the suite.
lit marking the necessity for a thorough and
complete system oi schools throughout the State,
he proceeds ' -t -".',' ' , ,
Hut histiuct'oii can re-er be Jmpnrtcd to the
children cf our Stalo by school laws, parchment
delineations' or resolutions, however verbose,
ewcif or benevolent, widumi the. co-operation
of her intelligent citizens. To perform' the great
work j of educating tha Stats,1 the '. people the
whplp p.?oplc inntcnggc; every energy must
be imparled, and t'lere must bo action and con
cert in fiction. As echicntcd men lc evee in this
a great dn,ty !.- cut Country, mid we inttsl draw
upon, our "ititrilerjur-l .'end prenniary rcsturcca
to the liquidation of tli great debt. We owe it
not only to ourselves, our' own generation' and
generations yet liirborri, but wc owe it to linm?n
ity r.nd rclgion to that which sl'Jtie renders
man honorable to himself, useful aud happy in,
soeiotv, and fits him for angelic association.
, 0"ur limits will not permit tlie whole passage
of die Address which relates to Internal Improve
ments ; we fchould but mutida tc.it by cltpj-ing out
extracts ; we thereTorc omit it,, 'and proceed to
where he urges Uic duty we owe our country in
he prescrvstion ofithe Union: . 1 .
There was' a lime when to talk of disunion
was considered moral treason," equal to that
of givihg "aid and comfort'" to a national bcllig
rratit (tajf tny. , But oh ! vain !)oat "lis not so
now. i It is cvcn- couaiJered patriotic in some
parts to dcM-lajm upoji the subject "of dissolution,
aud unrc ihe iiiiiatorv slens for brin?in?it bImhiL.
should not permit that confidence to lull us into a
fatal security. We should-remember that eter
nal vigilance is the price of liberty ifiat the
Union (las' its danger as we'd as its eafeguardt
that even now Kmay be necessary in th lan
guage of Washington, " indignantly to frown up
6a the first dawning of every attempt to alienate
any ortion of our country front the resb." Is
it too soon to frown when we see this attempt
made in public and-private? when resolutions
and petitions meet each other in mutual asperity,
recrimination and insult in our! federal councils,
when . caucuses are held and conventions ad
vised we Will be charitable enough to say for
the purpose of preventing -its dissolution f - The
patriotism of our fadiers induced them to believe
that no man should, slop to calculate the value of
the Union. ' Iut we must do iu r, Its value, how
ever, can nevclf be known. . But have you ever
thought. Gentlemen, of the horrors of the divis
ion and sub-division of these States into two,
three, or numbers of oettv states I their weak
ness and insigntncaiire, aud consequent jmbecili
ty and tyranny I their jealousies aud wars I
the kidnapping of sla ves and smuggling of goods
across the imaginary lines and borders of conttg-
nous Slates I the inviting opportunity their calls
for assistance and weakness would a word to each
other and foreign powers for conquest and sub
jugation t and above all, tlie awful civil ware
which would inevitably precede, accompuny,' or
quickly follow on act of dissolution t , Can you,
alas, see " Ihe stow moving finger of scorn
pointing at us for rebuking the progress of tho
world to civil and religious liberty, and hear our
nation cursed for its libel on the political maxim
of republics that man ia capable of self-govern
ment f If you have thought well and deeply up
on this negative, but dark, gloomy, and bloody
side of the picture, you have concluded that we
suffer no grievance now, nor is there any lulure
one apparent, equal to "that heritage of woe"
which dissolution would bequeath that it u
" nobler in the mind to besr those ills we hate
than to fly to others that we know not of;" and
that instead of entertaining the diabolical purpose
of dissolution, we should unjio in raising one
mighty, universal pean to the Cod of nations for
tlie continuation of tho blessings we enjoy.
I cannot stop here to mquire tiKo tie causs Oil
the ills and grievances, ol the insults and aggres
sions of which we daily hear so much. Sitflice
it to say, the cause is better understood than right
ly managed. We of the South may be goaded
and agrieved by the medling insults of Northern
fanatics, but we have rrmcdv and redress in toe
constitution which a vast majority of the people
both North and South must and do respect. The
aphorism of Hooker, that he that goeih about to
persuade, tlieaitujifiudelliat tlcv axe.npt s Veil
goCerned as they should" besiwil neer want -at
tentive and lavorable hearers, especially apro
pos to our condition, oucn men are never want
ing in any and especially in our country men
wh " Lend the pregnant hinges of the knee
that fee may follow fawning" who "go a whor-
mg after trie flesh pots of fcgypt ; who to grati
fy selfishness and the tust of power, would
Punt the nwrrt milk of concord into holl
Uproar iLe uniwrtdl 'rc, eonfuund
All unity oil earth " v
These men are demagogues, wire-workers, act
ors behind the scenes. Instead of serving the
States, they are ever re.-dy to make the State
serve them. They first cast " the apple of dis
cord" among us, ur.d then raise the cry nf dis
solution. . The ears of the credulous aud unthink
ing arc easily tickled by their sophistry. It then
behooves all gogd citizens, pro bono publico " to
rsys from three Jarge and splendid chandeliers
with 27 lights each, and 1 beneath each of the
chandeliers is a beautiful table of marble set in
mahogany j four pier-tables correspond in style
to the centre Ubles, all standing on bronze lect.
TI19 curtains are of heavy crimson damask, sur
rounded by rich gilt cornices ; the chairs and
sofas are, mahogany, covered with rich worsted
woven to represent flowers 5 the carpet,' of; A
merfcan manufacture, .was prepared expressly
fir this room, and is of a brown crimson ana
nrsnTs color. wi'h the fiffure of an eagle. The
mansion and furniture begin to have an old, soil
ed Bnbearancei and it Is doubtful whether an oe
riihant ever rn iod life in the White House
with half the zest of" the Western log cabin dwel
lers. i : pr- .
t ' MIssShwIPP! COMVrNTION.A "
'A Convention assembled at Jackson, Mission
ih first C0ctQUer, for the 4 purpose of con
sidering the proper course to be pursued by the
South, in the event of tbe Wilmot Proviso heing
ttlached to ihe territorial bills. It was a Conven
tion of both, parties, and composed of able and
distinguished men. J, ' '
. The following is an extract from the Address
reported by a Committee, appointed to prepare
it, '-;:,-::;.'-,..'.'':!. --'' -v .- :,r-;
It is bodily asserted, that Congress possesses
an unlimited power of legislation over all the ter
ritories belonging in coinmdu to the people of
these United States tliaUu consequently, has
power to prohibit slaveryln tneee territories5 tliat
the exercise of sneh' power is expedient and ne
cessary, inasmuch as slavery is an evil which
must be eradicated from ihe land. With a few i
patriotic and honored exceptions, the people of
Northern States seem determined to adopt the
Wilmot Proviso, or the principle it contains.
Every succeeding year brings forth new expedi
c nis for the accomplishment of this object. The
piess.'ihe pulpit, and ihe ballot box, have nil be
come tributary to this fanatical hostility to the
South. It is Vain to hope for an abandonment of
this settled design, Submission to- our wrongs
provokes perseverance on the part oY the oggres-
sors anu 11 is wise in oiaies, a 11 is in inturiuu
alt, to resist encroachment.Unfortuuaialy, we
have been but too passivunder former encroach
irients. Our oppoiiente exult in the passage of
the Oregon Bill, asa full acknowledgement of
the principle, antf huild their hopes of further
success on that. In this unfortunate controversy
there are but two alternatives; the one is submis
sion, he other is resistance. To the one we
pafiwi iwe; wilt not consent the :r other, w e arc -
rtlucuii io-radopt.. f - -:
Among the Rerolutions adopted by . the Con
vention, are the following: -
3
law abol
PftOUUCTin.TAND TNt5UMPTION Of
, . , COTTON.
The following tafjle"oftbp Cottotcropsin this
country for the last sixteen years, shows that tlie
prouueuon nas uouoiea;
Years!, n: v ":y'"K:, -
"1833. iS' .v. ;-'7
?f 1834.';--.---:i.,s:.---i.:
1835 ' ,
1836
1837
1838
1839
164U
1841
1842
1843
1844
1845
1840
1847 v
1618
r.i
' Bales. ; . "' '
1,203,394 good.
lje94,328 goKl. i f - ;
1,360,723 good. ,
1,422,930 good, ,
1,801,497 vervgood;
l.3mi,iTZ baci.
mrw OAK -M.'.l
1,034,915 bad..
1,683,574 bad.
2,378,875 good.
2,030,409 middling.
2.394J508 good.
2,100,537 bad. .
1,780.479 very bad. '
2,347,634 good.
2,707,000 very good. . ,
While the production has more than doubted.
the price has fallen off nearly one-half, so that
the capital and labor invested in the culture yield
a greatly reduced jiercent. - . ' : - v
4 siiik: me ure years enuing in io.j, ioj,
1842, and the six ending 1848. the average year
ly production in each period has been as follows-
Years ending.
1832
1837
1842
1648
COUNTERFEITERS, '
. Bales.
' 982.230
,1,418.974
1,847,160
2,226,760
That Congress has no power to pass any
bolishing slavery in the District of Colum
bia, or to orohibit the. slave, trade between the
several S.iates, or to prohibit the introduction of tionsof the country bound together by so many
The. average production of the last period over
that ending in 1832 shows sn increase of 125 per
cent. far greater than the increase of consump
tion of cotton iu the same time, in Great Britain,
which In 1832 consumed 858,434 bales, in 1848,
1,509,000 showing an increase of but 75 per
cent. In the United States, in the same tune,
the consumption has increased from 173,000 bales
in 1832,' to 500,000 bales in 1848 an increase
of nearly 200 per cent., which is greater than the
ratio of the increase ol production. Sixteen years
ago, the home market consumed only one-fifih as
much as thePritisl it nowusies as much as
one-third. At the same ratio of increase in both
countries," the" United States will consume, in thir
ty years from in is, nearly as much as Great
Britain. Actional firth t -. , jr:
.AX ELOQUENT SENTIMENT,
GovXBrown, of Tennessee, ri his rccent.an
nual message to the Legislature holds the follow
ing language in relation to the fanatical threats
0 disunion w-hjeb have grown out of stye Vrovi?
"I have no sympathy with ihe ihrcats of vio
lence and disunion, that have been but too often
horalded forth, on both sides of the question; as
the ultimate remedy. This is not the proper
mode of vindicating rights between two great sec
of iniquity, and the poison of asps is under their
tongues.
THE PRESIDENT'S MANSION.
ITS gtlE, rirt.MTCKE, ETC.
The Editor of the Cleveland Herald, recently
on a visit to Washington, has found time to write
some interesting letters. . He gives the following
description of the White Hoube, which experi
ence has taught us is rather extravagaut, with
respect to the furniture, but which is scarcely
better than that of almost every handsomely fur.
nished p.-ivato house,
Perhaps a brief description of the Presid?nlial
Mansion may not be uninteresting to many of our
jeaders,y.
.polis as one of the first ol jeets of interest, and is
situated in the western part of the city, on an ele
vated put ol ground ol twenty ceres. Jbj, has a
northern end -southern front dio southern com
manding a lovely view of tha Ptltoniiic. Uu both
fronts tlie ground ore laid out with taste, and
planted with crest trees and shrubbery. The
walks are ofrravel, broad and delightful.". The
grass plats are kept closely Fhaven, and the bo f-
uer arc v.uauiuiuuu v i;ti wnoice Biiruusanu lin
ers, k lie mansion 11 oi two stories, l7(Kfeel
front, and 80 deep, and is built cf white. IVeestonc
with Iouic pilasters. The nurtlmniAuat is oi'-
namented with a lolly poruco, offour Ionic col
iimns in front, and projecting wiih three columns.
'Ihe carnages of visitors ajedriven beneath this
jKsrtico, tij posile ihoont door, acrdia a larga
open vestibule or hay is the reception Voom'.
Tne pnper is a peifrf white, with a sundl gilt fig
ure, and is v&n kcautiful. Carpet, Am-riCiiD,
in imitatipnof Brussels ; pier-tubh of wliita mar
ble irMlic ceiitre, ever, wntcj is a niagniuccr
c
slavery into the territories of the United Slates ;
and that the passage by Congress ot any such
law, would not only be a dangerous violation of
the constitution; but would a fiord evidence of a
fixed and deliberate design, on the part' of that
body, to interfere with the institution of slavery
in the States.
4. That we would regard the passage by Con
gress, of the " Wilmot Proviso," (which would,
in efitct, depr'n e ths citl2csi of the slave-holding
Sjatcs of an equal participation in the territories
acquired equally by their blood and treasure,) as
an unjust and insulting discrimination to which
these Sta
submit ; and to which this Convention, ; repre
senting the feelings and npinlons of the peopfo of
Mississippi, solemnly declare they will r.ot sub
mit. " '.''
7. That, in view of the frequent and increas
ing evidence of ihe determination of the people
of the non-slave-holding Slates, to disregard ihe
guaranties of the constitution, and to agiiate the
subject of slavery, both' in and out of Congress,
avowedly for the purpose Of cfiecting its aboli
tion in the States ; and also in view of the facts
set forth in the late "Address of he Southern
Members ol Congress, tins convention pi
claims the deliberate conviction that the tune has 1
arrived when the Southern States ehouUT Ipke
. A large band of fcouhterfeitcrs' have been a
rested in Cocke county, . Tennessee,; who hare,
operated therf.-and in the eounties above, and bel
low.'for years, upon a large and daring ecale'.
Moulds, materials, and a Quantity o?basecol5V
were captured,:)ind several of the leaden ; were' ,
committed to jail.! In i atlcinpting to arrest othent f.
Mr. Ilcrr. a deputy sheriff, was shot, and is 001.
expected to live. Thit band of rogueaare numi. '
erous, and txtenthrough' 8evier, CoeWGfcene.'
ind Wnliinirtn. -..:.-:.. T I'm' -
" " ;r . a w"'i w sctiocssee, anusev-, -era!
counties of North Carolina. - ' r
The. Knoxville ftegister publishes the follow-,
ingextract of a' Jeiier, from a gentleman in Cocke" -countyTe.,
dated October 23 1-' v V, '
J- Seeing you haye bec.1 so kind as U notice
tho efloru of our riiixciia to break up the claa of
counterfeiters in this and fllM Hininintf Mnnli..
f have concluded to drop an additional line. I
a, v uio ausiaciiofl 01 announcing to you that
we. have succeeded in capturing their ruliriJlbiri
lU Colonel Win. P. Uillet was this day. com
mitted to prison ou his own addmission . and the'"
testimony of an accomplice. This mart ,Gillet'
has stood high in this community. He was long
a colonel in the regiment, a justice of the peace;'
deputy iherili; and once run an honorable race
for die state Senate, and was once a man of re&
spectable property. It seems that aboQt eA
v ears ago he turned his attention to money mak
ing, aud lias followed hie businei industriously"
ever since. ' About si year since, after he had be
come' generally suspected, he dunged hie reaii
tdence to Haywood , county, N. C. There he,
played a hne game, practicing medicine, selling
coin, and preaching occasionally, and was talk
ed of as a candidate for sheriff, Ice. ' He thought
himself perfectly safe with the state line between'
him and danger but that obstacle was not V
great a barrier to Major Fine's operations as he
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OUJ1JW9CU. i iiak cAi-euf n( oiucer, accompanied
by a platoon or two of men as brave as himself;'
went to the residence of ihe Colouel, some twen
ty miles beyond the state line, and about the
- broke of day " they broke in upon his repojieV
and escorted him safely 16 his 1 haiive counlyrr r 1 T
The disclosures made by Col. Gillet, when
he found his own guilt established, vert7 astound- ' 1
mg. But as the whole affair will ho judicially
investigated, I forbear comment' When he de
cended iuto the dungeon and looked upon his sis
associates,. he sa id, " there are about two hun
dred others as guilty as these." These tw?
hundred are understood to ba scattered through
the eounlis of Sevier, Jeffemm,aiMlCockerTe.y
Yancy, Buncombe, aiidlawuodn , w , '
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SAM SUGK OX LEGISLATION, ... :
I glorious rccollections-itnd inspired byr so many
briliianr Hopes ana expectations as oeong 10 ine,
future. 1 sec nothing in the present aspect of
the question to justify eiine a resort to violence
or disunion, or to threaten them as remedies. If
it should present a gra.ver,feature in its progress,
let the emergency dictate die remedy. In the
meantime, let us insist on our rights by all con
stiutional means, and also resolve to maintain
the Union at all hazards and to the last ex
tremity" I am willing to yield the honorofj
disunion coctnnes to those wrio rely upon mem
as cure to any present cr probable ejfifr. " a
rIsf'1reW:HiT'of lavcryFspo hen
will rest the responsibility (and vfearful on it
will be) of calculating ih vJueofthe Union,
and chej)enip5.ijgpiifyvnrl duration, in tho
estimation of any porliojKof the American peo
ple. With tlie tihioin we have" everything to
inspire the hoes arfo.rmpel the energies of pat
riotism, amid the vast field of improvement that
! lies before im Without it, we have nothing
worth niamaiiilng worih living for worth dy
ing forJr Clouds and darkness rest upon such a
future sectional jealousies border frays end-
collisions "the prostration of trade and com-
1 Oft - -I . !!
i merce, and tne ruin 01 American inieriv, nil up
the baleful picture. Against such a contempla
tion, all men' of alt parties, ought to lurn with
inl-tinctive horror. : The Union nght to be doom -
nnunar.l o(Tt.ihpr l'nr fticir common nnft-W i and
that a ronwn.ion of the siave-hoidinj States ' ed . invaluable SS when it was tormed U wai
should be held at Nash villej Temi., cn the ht . deemed iudispensable. It is invaluable: and dc
Juno nexL toleviie and &i ont serves to be the last ot human insututions Uial
f Monday - in
oggressiuus ;
twelve 'de-
some mode oi resist:! neefo Uicsz
and that this convention do
legates and twelvatdternativcs being double the
number of ourJtJcnators and Keprcsentaiives in
Congress-toat'eud such convention, and that
tha otherslive-holdini; States bo invited to ap
noinVIeli:gates agreeably., to the same fatio of re-
sentation. ' - -' .".. . .
10. That we recomsiend to the Legislature of
this State, that ut its next session, a law be en
acted making it the duty of the Governor of the j
shall fide betore the trumpet of retribution.
'Till! IRISH EMIGRANT.
,For myself, I confess I feel a sympathy for far
the Irishman. I see him as the representative of
a generous, warm-hearted and erueliy, oppressed
people. That he loves his native land that his
patriotism is divided that he cannot forget the
claims of his mother island that las' religion,
with all its" abuses. Is deaf In hitri does net de
ft
derosU
anug wmrn peruxi ne iiusuane jesi sz ouiccrs 1 ftiuwitunanduiK ha an abidinf confidence
tho Wilmot Proviso, orany law abolishing slave-,
ry in the District of Columbia, or proliibilingt'ie
slave trade between the States, to take into con
sideration the act of aggression, and the mode aud
incisure ol redress, ( '
- The inter-Ft which the proposed Convqnlion
tlitr, witn man Itunts ; sola and chairs; may possess, in the slave-States, depends . upon
,e gilt frsffies, and aro. covered with blue and t lh action otConwa nt die next session. We
white damask ; co.ta.ns of .inie material, lined : u R ( b m3de of lh1s matt(
with delicate tiesh colored silk. 1 wo large tnlr-J w . . F" , . . .- .
rors adorn the room. Next n a largo square i0 lonS " pol.ttci sustain its present in-
rooni, knowu now as tlio Green Room, 80 by 22 ' Huenc?, The Wilmot Proviso has been sane-A-et.
Sofas and chairs, gilt fianies, covered with ' tioncd by a democratic administration, and the
green nd white damask; Curtains of same ma 83nH, democracy calls, upon the Whigs to resist
tcrial ; carpeft dark Wilton, and two large mir- .itandor lh pre8entadmiktration. Thus blow
rors and a niarble-pier-taLb adoru tbe room. A . , ,. ,. -zn ., ,.
chandelier with twenty lights. !2hot and 00,(1 President-inaklng tud
The celebrated East Room is 80 feet long by o.Ttce-seektilg. If ilmington Commercial. .
40 wide, and 22 high. -There (aro five mantle- Out cf fify-stx countie. in the State of lis-,
pieces of black marble, with Italian bbck and r Bissippi, thera were delegates from thirty counties
gold frouls, and handsomo grates ; each mantel'. , J,i-1;.. - a ;..,;,,-r.i,'r'," -..
? . , . ... . p. . r i m tlio convention. A minority ol the committee
is surmounted wah a magnificent rrench mirror., . - - - ,
the plates of, which measure 159 itfehes,. framed .appointed to report a preamble and resolutions
in very beautiful stylo ; two rich French vases , disagreed to jhe report.
adorn each manila-mcco : four other larirn mir-'
craaA mv estimition of lum. A stratitrer in.
Ui. 1 Wmm ,...l......ir a Anil Minatil I 'on IIAH. . w J -
uy H....,a,,, - Cv.-. - n ,.ln(j.j)C j, nhvavs an oWcct of i.
.on ?i uw lute, anu w wsue wrus etecnon i .rho , am, ru(csl t,asa rolliano0 iu hi9 l,is
nflun lannn inn n,i,i ni rf'T,rn.,, i u , .iin 11-1 inn ,-mrn I . . ...... . nl
p.i. . !...'- V"
ijC"i3i;mire, upon iito iiaac mv vuhivss, ui
The following are extracts from die story call
ed " P.layin a Card." Slick was aaked if be
had ever interfered with politics when tie wai
" to home at Sliekviile."
" No, said he, no hew I was once an assem
blyman, but since tlieff I gin op politics. There '
is noihin' so well taieu care of as yoor rights
and priyilegeslsquire. There are always
plenty of chaps volunteerin' to do that out of
pure regard for you, ready "to lay down their
livesjoiight for your cause, or their ortine if
they have any, either. No: I have given that
lop. . lock mik in' is a better trade by, halfi
4Jear, dear, 1 shall never forget the day I was
elected ; I fell two inches taller, and about a little
the biggest man in Siiekviile. " 1 knew so inucil
'wsxpeeteHifime: 1 ewldn-t sleep lot trytnrf
to make speeches, and when I was iu the shop 1
spiled lialf ray work by not havin myrmind on
it. Save your eoutttry; lays one, save ii from
ruin; cut down 'salaries. I intend to, says I.
Watch the orlicials, sas another; they are the
biggest rogues we have. It don't convene with
liberty that public servants should ba the mas
ters of thd peojile, 1 quite concur with ydU4
says. I. Reduce lawyers' fees, says some; tllef.
are eatin up tne country like locusts. Ji'stfO,
says I. A bounty on wheat, says the farmer;
for your life. - Would you tax tli mechanic t
enricii the agriculturists, says tne manulaciurer.
M the.te btltty-aad; yerpetnirr ti ihrntmn, we 4 ror, rro st-acrr end of rlhe nroomiirefleel- rhe-r Half of a fact is a srhole-falschood
''.Jti-t
tory. Amiuslall li:s apparent gaiety ol heart and
national drollery and wiu the poor emigrant-has
end thoughts ol the 'ould mother of hu,'' sitting
lonely in her solitary cabin by tl)b bog sicl rfci
collections of a fatiter's ble:;eing and a sister's
farewell arc haunting him a grvc mound iu a
distant church-yard, far beyond the Vwide wa
thers," has an eternal greenness in his memory
for there, .'perhaps, lies a darlint child," or a
" swatc'Crathur" who o'n'se loved him the New
world is forgoiten for.the moment Hue Killar
ncy and the Lilly -sparkle before him Glendu
iough slrvtchcs beneath lihn Us datk, still mirror
lie sees the same evening suiiihino rvst upon
an;l halloa alike with Nature's blessings Uu ru
ius of the. Seven Churches of Ireland's apostolic
age, tho broken mound of the Druids, and the
Hoond Towers of the Phoiiiieian san-worship-,
pen beautiful and mournful recollections of Ins
home waken within anil tho rough and scein
ingly carelessttd light heartef4aUorer melts in
to tears. It is no . hght thing to abandon one's
own country r.ud household . gods. Touching
and beautiful wc the, injunction of the. Prophet
of the Hebrews: Yeu -ehatt not -oppress the
stranger, or ye know the heart of a akanfter,
..? .'u- i...; i
Sjeefn"' tltaiys wer eiraiigcra -iirmn iinu w
Make a law agaiust thistles, says one; a rev'l!
ter about teuipcraner:, says another; we have si
right to drink, if wi pieasesaysa third. Don'4
legislate too much, siys -a fourth its the curse
of the. State; and so on without e-nd. I was
fairly-bothered, for no two thought aliki, and
(1dicfe"was'no prcasin ttwdys-Tlivn-etfry rrtan
.thnt yotcd for me, watiieu some lavor or another,
and there vva's no bottoiu U the obligation. ' I
was most squashed to death with the weight of
my cares, they were eo! heavy,' v . .
a mkmcan Journalism" '
Tho Lopdonl Times pays' the following high
compliment to thegeniu of America in the mat-
j ter of her pnblie jourijah, pvery citizen of tKI
United Stales m iy feel proud of it.
"Befir8 us lies a real Californian newspaper.
with all iis politic, paragraphs and advertise
ments, printed aiid published at Sail Francises
on tiie i'ltli of last June. In a literary or pro
fessional point of view, there is nothing very re
markable in this produt'tioitL Jburiwlisin is a
science so intuitively comprehen.led.by American
cit zens, that their moat rudiiir.mtary etfort in
ibis line arc sure to be tolerably sjccessful.
Newspapers arc to them what theatres and cafes
arc, o Frenclniien ; In' the Mexican war the oc
cupation of e?xh successive town bythe invading
army was signalized by the immediate establish
ment of a weekly journal, and of a bar ' foire
tailing diose spi,itous compounds known by tfie1
generic deiuuuinatioti of American drinks The
same fashion's have been adopted if California,
and the opoiion ol'lho Aintfica.i prjrrioqi of Ural
Strang popuIliii arj ..-.'already represented" by
journals of more lh-'ii average ability and intelli-
HMlrK. " : '. 1 '' . 't ' 1
J. G. WftiTTiSR'
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..Menortne worn hotu that it is impossible to
do a tlisi-iterested act except f.-oni iio interested
motive ; for Uic solv e of a,!r.ii r.ttira if for no gros.
ser; more ttlugibln gnu'.'v;louqilesTiliey are al.
gS convinced, that, wlieu the sin is ehinumg light v
tVom" ihF sky, ha U'oi Ir sUndirij to be stated at; ; -
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