irpiklaie tho public debt
.s The public Trcasuiy,
.v to !:; regarded as ;m unwise
i 'l.e best security of the public
..'licit would witii difficulty be
excused, and could not be justified." To
the s:i:iie purpose, Mr. Hives expresses
liimself. .Wp owe Mr. Tyler, then -fore,
two. His Message lias produced a deep
i repression at Washington.
Extract of n Letter:
"House, of Represenfativos, 7
March 25lh, 1S42. $
'The President tn-dny sent in a Mess-ige
ug.'e-itiiig a repeal of tbe Lind Distribu
tion I'd!, li produced n decided sensation.
I think, judging from the hasty reading of
the Clerk, this Message wdl clcvam t'ie
President in the -:Viic estimation. At
least we owe bi.n our tharfks. It evinces
n superiority to piny dogmas, and a dcter
miivuion to further the great in;eresis of
our Rcpjhlic. When the Executive ap
peal from V!iirisr to our proud Democ
racy, not by professions, but in measures,
can we fear resti!:.'"
Weil may tiio Whig subalterns gnash
tlieir teeth at Messrs. Tyler and Rives, for
tlie derided course they have taken. This
Distribution was to have been the stalking-horse-
at their pails their hobby their
bait to rated gudgeons their bribe to se
duce the Voters of Virginia, Already, the
Richmond Whig, ihe Winchester Repub
lican, and the vhole chorus of Whig pres
ses, were ringing the changes and asking
the people, whether they will vote for any
man, who will not vole to receive the mon
ey not give it to poor Old Virginia when
she wants it no give to her Treasury
"some d or 400,003 annually When
Mr. Clay himself said, only on Thursday
last, that the salrs would tiot exceed one
and a hall" millions, which would give us
not more than G3,000 dollars, a pretty mess
of pottage indeed, for which to sell the
birthright of our principles.) These Whigs
were canting about the vast increase of
taxes to the amount of $159,090. The
Richmond Whig said, we must have "di
rect taxation" to that amount; but the fact
is, the taxes are as they were last year,
with the exception of an increase on bro
kers, lottery offices, and pedlars licences,
and a modei ate tax on watches, pianos, and
plate above in value. These Whigs are
willing to make a clamor, for the sake of
effect at the polls, of the n m reception of
this fund although, as General Bavly
proves in his masterly speech in to-day's
Enquirer, what an enormous cost it would
be to us the loss of our principles the
prostration of the Compromise the aug
mentation of the Tariff upon the South
the payment of four or five dollars in the
form of duties, for every dollar we receive
from Distribution not to speak of the dis
grace we bring upon the General Govern
ment, by, starving her Treasury, and de
priving her of the best means to raise mon
ey by a pledge of ihe revenue of iter lands.
Mr. Woodbury states (on Thursday last,
in the Debate upon Air. Rives's Resolu
tions) a strong authority in point viz:
Hamilton's report on the revenue in 1795,
that ""the land fund was alwnvs considered
a legitimate source of revenue, and a pledge
for ihe security of the public creditor."
But the Whigs see themselves in danger
of being stripped of even this hobby. If
Congress do their duty, they will carry
out the suggestions of Messrs. Tyler and
Rives and poor back this land fund into
their own axhausted exchequer. The
Whigs ar? terribly rhapfallen; and "mutter
curses loud and deep.' at, the prospect.
For, why quarrel for what they aie not
likely to get? Mr . Rives tells the Wh'gs
indeed in his Thursday's speech, thai
"The proviso in the Distribution law,
which m::de its operation depend on the
adequacy of a 30 p,jr cent, rati! of duly to
yield revenue enough for the wants of the
Government, without the aid of the Land
fund, has been notice to all the Stales, thai
they could not expect, under existing cir
cumstances, to receive any dividend from
this fund." Instead of iheir boasted 400,
000 dollars, the Whigs may not have a
sous. Nor ought a sous to he distribute!
The defences of the nation demand every
cent. Her poverty requires the relief. We
advise the Whigs, therefore, to spare their
breath "(o cool their own porridge." As
Madame Glas says, "I'efore you can cook
your eel, you must catch it."
From the. !i iteij'i S'a i btrd.
1113 EXCELLE-VCY" J. M. MOKCilEAD.
No. IV.
Sir: As in the lat canvass vou de
nounced what vou then charged as the
grossest acis of ex'ravaginee against thoe
who administered the (Jovernmen'; so I
presume in tbe coining campaign, you will
point to those evidences of economy and
reform, of your 'whig" friends, in rvhose
behaff you ventured to promise so much to
the country. To prepare yon thus to jo
before the p"op!e with facts, and not mete
assertions, allow me to call vour attention
to.gome matters which are to be f;in I in
the reports which have been made public
by the present Congress. lr remember,
f ir, when you shall agiiit appear before ihe
people, yon will be expect-' I not to rep'v
your general charges and nd im-n itorv de
nunciations, but tell us what hr.s been done
to relieve the country fro-n these !cis of
onpressioM, whih, avirdi'tg to your for
mer logic, had ground t'ie people into
dust. How thes hnrd-Mis hjve iien re
moved, which then weighed so heavily
upon the community. Tl'.en, we were in
formed the times were dreadfully hard and
oppressive. If they have been made s f:
er, or grown more tolerable, you, no doubt,
will be prepared to inform in of it. For,
1 assure you, if they be so, the country is
f OUrely ignorant of it. Ti nes are as hard,
produce as low, money as scarce, and as
had too, as they were two years ago.
Such is the -general opinion through the
coun:ry. 'And what is of more import
ance f r you to know, is the fact, that it is
the general impression, if these matters
are to be made better, it must be brought
about by something different from anv
thing which your "whig" friends have ei
ther done or attempted to do. Your partv
has now been in power more than twelve
months, and -have had command of both
our State and National Legislatures. If
any thing was done by the last General
Assembly for the relief or benefit of the
country, you doubtless will be prepared to
show it; Hut it was the acts of the Gen
eral Government, from which you prom
ised so much to the country. Here, loo,
you will find yourself most wofi.lly ai
laiilt, wht n you shall come to enumerate
ihe great "whig" measures of relief and
reform, about which you used to descant
so eloquently. It will he amusing indeed
to hear you, when yon shall reich ibis
put of your subject. 1 can well imagine
and. even hear the loud applause with which
you vvil! be greeted by yn.tr admiring
friends, when you shall touch upon these
interesting matters. I row fancy you be
fore a large audience of your countrymen,
an l hear you point with triumph to the
relief acts of the Extra Session of Con
gress. You can, indeed, point to that
holy act of universal relief, the Bankrupt
haw, which constitutes one of the greatest
hems in your relief measures, and which
has enabled so many gambling political
speculators to free themselves from their
engagements, as well as the little cross
road debtors, from the grasp of the consta
ble's ca. sa-; and who hereafter are to be
set free from their contracts with the hon
est farmers of the country by whom they
had been trusted. So you can boast of the
relief which has been extended to ihe poor
man. as well as to the rich, by the addi
tional taxes which have been imposed on
the common necessaries of life. You can
boast, too, of the relief which has been af
lorded to our sisier Slates so greatly in
debted to the foreign creditor, for money
borrowed and wasted in acts of extrava
gance, by distribution of the proceeds of
the public lands; whilst the. lands and oth
er property of our own citizens' have been
pledged for tlie payment of the millions
which have been borrowed or authorized
in the creation of a national debt. Such
are some of the great "whig" measures of
beneficence and relief, which your Excel
lency will be enabled to refer with pride
and effect. And if you should not find in
the recital of the glorious labors of the Ex
tra Session, enough wherewith to insult a
deceived people, asto the manner in which
your extravagant promises have been ful
filled, you can turn to what is now doing,
and to what your friends are likely to do,
during the present session of Congress.
These are, indeed, unpleasant themes for a
"whig" orator, and I should ready sym
pathize with you, for the mortification vou
are doomed to undergo, had I not witness
ed some of the misrepresentations and
shifts to which you were in the habit of
resoiting during your last campaign. You
will recollect, too, you are not to meet
with that generous and disinterested aid
you received at the hands of your grea ora
tors in the west. That great log cabin
hard cider champion, General Edncy. il
repott be true, has retired from the lield of
politics, having been disappointed in his
efforts to obtain an office. So you know
the gallant Gaither has taken up his abode
to enjoy the shades of these "horse chest
nuts" and the sweet-scented flowers about
which you once regaled us so lavishly. So
too, a jours and a Iiynum have received
their rewards, and being in office, of course
wi'.l not interfere in' tlie politics f the
coun ry. You will pardon this digression,
and suffer me to bring you back to sme
things, which 1 feat you may have forgot
ten or shall not find it convenient to re
member. You .will remember -or if you
should not, those who heard you wiil tlie
charge you so of en repeated agatn-t Mr.
Van Buren, that he had carried the expen
ditures up to 37 millions of dollars. For
ihe truth of this assertion, when denied,
you appealed to a garbled statement of
"Levi," as you were so fond of calling tlie
then Secretary of the Treasury. Will you
now do justice to your hearers, when you
shall again appear before Hie public, by
taking with you Mr. Secretary E wing's
report, in which you will find, at page
l wentv-fi ve, a statement of the actual ex
penses of the four years of Mr. Van Bu
ren's administration, exclusive of trust
fmvh, tc, ami from which il appears tlie
higlu-si vear (1S37) was 531,010.003 09.
and the' lowest (.1840) S22.38J.350 31.
And you will find, in the same document,
this expenditure large as it was did not
keep pace with the appropriations made
by Congress, which in the year 1837 ex
ceeded thirty-four millions, lor which your
'whig" friends generally voted. So, si
I most remind you of what yon over and
again declared, that the expenditures of the
Government ought, and under "whig" rule
would be brought down to fffcen millions
a vear. IIa this been done, or is it likely
to "be done? I shall not insult the pu'-dJc
by an answer in the negitivp, hut sha!l
leave yon to their contempt f r hazarding
such an assvrnon. For you f,.,vc rpaj
with s'.nmt! ail moriiii.n jf y0:, Pan
he mad.; to fei-! mortified for any of your
unfounded assertions (I:Jring your past cam
paign, that yo-ii is.t.he critain. Ilenrv
Clay, has advoc:iie, on the floor of Con
gress that i' 'H1 require twenty-six mil
lions to meet the demands of Ihe Govem
men, twenty-fojr millions for ordinary
and extraordinary expenditures, and two
millions lor tbe auiMial discharge of the
public debt. W;;at will you, or can vou
say to this? Acknowledge you-were ig
norant, or say you have been deceived by
your friends, as they have exceeded your
calculations only in the moderate sum of
ten millions a year. You may, and no
doubt will attempt to deceive and mislead
by charging this upon the heavy debt left
by ihe late administration. But that will
not avail you, as the published documents
show that debt not to exceed fivet millions
and a half, which two years and a half of
Mr. ('lay's sinking fund would discharge.
11 u t I promised to call your attention to
some singular items of expenditure under
the head of contingencies, as made by
those great "whig' reformers the disband
ed cabinet officers. They, as you know,
were in o.Tiee about six months, having
euiered on ihe fourthif .March and gone
out to September following. If you say
the period was loo short for your promised
reform, they certainly might have avoided
any abuses in the expenditure on ifew ob
jects. You cannot have forgot.en your
own complaints against Mr. Woodbury
and those then in office, for such . charges
as 'xtra clerk lire," "newspapers," the
great me by these clerks of "towels, soap,
and ice," Now, sir, if you will examine
ihe reports made to the present session of
Congress, of these contingent expenditures,
yon will find many items, for "le.uponry
cleik hire," washing' of towels at the rues
of some four or five dollars the month,
"clerk lure," and sirange to say, "office
furni ure" to an amount in one department
exceeding four hundred dollars. So you
will find iii the State department other
items that call for your especial denuncia
tion such as "articles for mourning for
President, S 156 '87; print of Gen. Harri
son So; extfa train for President and suite,
5ih April, 3100; print of President Harri
son, $10; do. of President Tyler, $8."
oho-.il 1 you say these ate the acts of Dan
iel Webster then turn to th; expenditures
of Messrs. Secretaries Beil and Badger
And ih.-ugh you may not find a barbels
bill or shaving the honorable Secretary of
ihe Navy, you will think the public has
been most successfully shaved. Please
examine the report from the Navy, and
see if you do not find, dming Mr. B ulg
er's six months' srrvice, "exra clerk liv e;
washing of towels; 2 portraits of Preso'eiu
Tyler; 2 prints of President Harrison, $11
each." So in the War department, proi
and portraits of Presidents Harrison and
Tyler amounting to S52. This contingent
fund is cer ainly very convenient, as
seems applicable to all objects. It reminds
me of a story I heard told of a member of
Congress, who directed the clerk to have.a
supply of Brandy for his daily drink at the
House. being asked under what head
of expenditure il was to be charged, re
plied under tiiat fuel. So in tlie same
report, you will find a free use made of ice
by these great reformers, as had been by
those who had gone before ihem. It may
he, this word cools your own ardor, and
possibly you will be restrained from talk
ing hereafter so loudly about those "leech
es," as you used to term the office holders,
who were consuming the very substance of
the people. And for fear you may be si
ient on the delicate subject, allow me to
call your attention to some of your ow n
contingent expenditures out of the thou
sand dollars appropriated by a "Whig
hegislalure for furniture for your own pal
ace. You will pardon me for copying
so i e of the items from your account, for
fear it mav not be made public before the
meeting of the next General Assembly. If
there be any mistake, then it will be in
your power io correct it, by hsving'a duly
certified copy made public. Here it is, ;
errors excepted:"
"John M Morchmd in account with the
Stale of North Carolina:
To cash ree'd fir the purchase of furniture, 1,009
Bv the predion of an Ut House, 200
Dy 12 doz' Towels, - - 72 !
13v one Bedstead, Fkesch pattku, 125"
$497
Now, whatever vou may sny the public
will think these are pretty serious items to
he found in the account of one who, in
:eeking for olrice, made so much to do a
bout s nail matters. To drop these small
items for the present, 1 promise io bring to
light a futious coriespondence of yours
with the Governor of a sister Slate, about
a fugitive from justice. You understand
me, do vou not? LONG TOM.
Irom the Glube.
LOAN BILL.
Mr. Fillmore, as chairman of the Com
mittee f Ways and Means, proposed an
amendment to the loan bill, by which the
Secretary of the Treasury would he ena
bled io sell Government tionds below par
in tho market. lie also declared yesterday
afternoon, that the alternatives were, to
adopt such an amendment, or the di-graee
of the Government would he inevitable.
W e respectfully submit that there is no al
ternative presented by him in that point of
view ; for in either case, m our opinion,
there would be disgrace. If disgrace is to
follow, it cannot be wip.-il off by selling
Government bonds (and proposing to do s i
in advance) under par. and thus placing
our credit ;it tin; mercy of speculators.
We do no: choose thai the Republican par
ty shall be placed in the altertiaoves pre
sented by the chairman. W e netd not
submit either to digraee or to the proposi
tion to sell our credit under par. TVere is
yet another alternative upon which the I'e
puhlican party can place themselves before
the coot. try : and that is tlie repeal of the
disfrdvitioti 'hi!!, and pledging the public
lands o redeem any debt that may be crea
ted by Government. Do this, and there
would he no need for the disgract ful pro
position to sell Government bonds under
par. A loan ot c-o,uuu,vui proposeu un
der the pledge of the public lands to redeem
it, would be readily and eagerly taken at
par. Upon this alternitive. the Republi
can party place themselves before the coital-'
try in opposition io this loan bill now pro
posed, containing as it does the disreputa
ble ' proposition to' sell the Government
Jionds at a discount for--the benefit of fund
holders in the market. Besides our friends
are now doubily fortified by the President's
recent message, proposing to aid the em
barrassed fimnces at this juncture, by re
calling the distribution fund, and once more
placing the public land as a basis upon,
which to rest thecredtt of the Government.
The Republican party are then sustained
in their course upon this measure by t'ie
President himself. Anl nothing can more
strongly illustrate the soundness of their
views, and the patriotism of their course,
than tha' the President, who originally re
commended the distribution act, should
now be forced by imperious duty, to re
cooniiend its repeal. The Republican
party believe there is no measure fraught
with more deleterious consequences to the
finances or the country, than this distribu
tion act; and until it be repealed, they feel
jus'.ilied in voting agiinst any hew loans,
and most especially against any that pro
pose to sacrifice the public credit for the
benefit of speculator in the market. The
next proposition h.tt trie Federal party
will propose, will be af.er they have sold
ihe Government bonds below par, to in
crease the taxes, and force a IhjIi tariff,
and then raise ihe same bonds, which they
deposed of to fund-holdors at a discount,
to par, or even to a premium, and thus aid
their speculating allies by both operations.
I.'ow lung are the people to submit to such
Ugh-hanued swindling ? Is the honor of
ie country to be sacrificed, and its in Jur
ists to be bartered rff, to aid and sustain
iiose who stand like cormorants around
r'our public Treasury, to feed and fatten,
when corrupt and profligate politicians
choo-e to minister to their insatiate appe
tite I
The President has drme his duty in re
commending a repeal of the distribution a -t,
and the Republican pjrty have decreed that
it shall be striken f oni the statute book, or
that the majority who have assumed the
management of onr finances, shall also take
all ihe responsibility that must inevitably
follow their suicidal aud abandoned measures.
From the New Orleans Bet of ull.
LATHR FRO 11 TEXAS CONFIRMA
TION OF THE INVASION OF
TEXAS.
By the arrival of ihe steamboat Col.
Woods, from Galveston, whence she was
despatched on the 22d, brings the confir
mation of the invasion of Texas by an
overwhelming Mexican force. It appears
that the retreat of the Mexicans from Sau
Antonio was a device to allure the Texian
troops, assempled in haste, to g in pur
suit, before they were fully drilled and dis
ciplined. Shortly after the steamship Neptune left
Galveston, (which vessel reported the re
treat of the .Mexicans from San Antonio)
an express arrived bringing intelligence of
the advance of 9000 men on the Matamo
ras road towards Victoria, and reporting
12,000 additional troops on the upper road,
marching upon San Antonio. Tne forces
which recently captured San Antonio, con
stituted the van guard of tlie 12,000 under
the command of Vasquez- Tlie impression
is that the Texian army of 1,500 men, un
der Burleson, will follow ihe retreat of
the van guard, until .brought within the
power of the main army.
Upon the receipt of this hews, which
was brought to Matagorda from different
directions, rendering Us truth indisputable,
ihe Committee, of Vigilance in Galveston
despatched a pilot boat to this city, and a
few hours afterwards the steamer Col.
Woods. The pilot boat has not yet reach
ed New Orleans. The dd. Woods met
with favorable weather, and came to our
Levee in about 50 hours.
From the Galveston Advertiser, 22d inst.
The following reached us this morning
bv Mr. S. Mussins, who left Matagorda ai
noon on Saturday. It will be observed
that the facts Matad are from two distinct
sources.
V'o the Citizens of the Fasfern Ci?m.
lies. We. the Committee of Safety of the
county of Matagorda, present to your con
sideration tlie folo ing facts jtst received.
From letters dated the lOili inst. from men
in whom we have the utmost confidence,
we extract the following from Mr. Pleas
ant to his sister, Mrs. Fisher, dated Victo
ria, 16ih inst: "From Mexican informa
tion received on the 15th, there would be
1500 men at Sau Patricio, the advance
guard of U000."
From Dr. A. M. Levy, same date :
"Some friendly Mexicans just in camp,
report i!i3l tiler were 9000 Mexicans ad
vancing on the lower country, by the Maia
mcras mad, and 12,000 on the road to San
Antonio."
The abovp, from the Camp, lias been
confirmed by the arrival of one of our spies
in Camp. Mr. Blair.
From G. R. Jacques, a citizen of this
town "From th news brought in last
evening, I think we shall have to fall back,
arvj if the force of the enemy is not over-
rated, we will not he able to fight them
short of the Colorado, and perhaps as far
epsl as the Brassos. The repons are that
the upper d. vision of Mexicans is about
12.000, and the lower division about
9000.
" There is no doubt they have a large
force, and we mav expect some rough
figh'tng. Times are more serious than
some imagine. Urge the people eastward
t push on and help us."
Since t!i3 hhovp wss received, Mr. Lud
dington has just arrived from Linnviib
which place h left on tlie 17th, at ten
o'clock, A.M. Mr West, the Deputy
Collector, had just come in from Camp and
reports "a tpy company had just come in.
who had seen a large body of Mexicans
supposed to be 9300, fif.een miles west of
thr Nueces, and then on ths march There
were two wagons at Linuvill.i pressing
every article in the way of provisions for
our army.
From the above ficts, if there i not a
prompt turn out by the Middle and Eastern
counties, tlie enemy will ravage and over
run our country.
- M. TALBOT. Ch. Jus. Chmn.
H ARVEY KEN PRICE.
CHARLES DALE.
THOMAS M. DURE.
D. E. E. BRA MEN.
O. C. BLUNT.
R. T. VANS LIKE.
J. T. HOFTOUD..
ISAAC VAN DO UN.
Matagorda, March 19, 1312.
LIXCOLXTON,
WKnVBDlV, APitIL C, 18t'3
Democratic Republican Nomination.
For CJrtverEUoa,
LOUIS D. IIEXIIY,
of Cumberland Couxtv.
V Eire authorized and
reques ed to announce
Col. T. N. Herndon as
a candidate for Brigadier
General of the 10th Brigade of North Car
olina Mditia, to supply the vacancy occa
sioned bv the resignation of Gen. Scagle
We are authorized and requested to an
nounce Col. J. G. Byxum. a candidate for
the office of Brigadier General of the 10th
Brigarde of North Carolina Militia, to sup
ply the vacancy occasioned by the resig
nation of Gen. Se?gle.
07 W'a are authorized and requested
to announce Col. J. J. Barrincer, of Lin
coln County, as a candidate for Brigadier
General of the 10th Brigade of North Car
olina Militia, to supply the vacancy occa
sioned by the resignation of Gen. Seagle.
W E are authorised and
Trrjucsiea so announce
f4ftg$T Capt. B. M. JETTON
2!tJj& us a candidate for Lieu
tenant Colonel of the 70:h Regiment of
N. Carolina Millua, in place of Cot. F.
A. Hoke, resigned.
JrT7 WE are authorized and rrqttesled
to announce JOHN R. STAMEY Esq.,
as a candidate for re-election to the office
of Sheriff of Lincoln county, at the next
election.
C7" WE are authorized and requested
to announce TURNER M. ABERNA-
F 1 1 V as a candidate for the office of Sher
iff of Lincoln county, at the next election.
MR. HENRY'S APPOINTMENTS.
fjOUiS D llcwrV, the Democratic
candidate for Governor, will address the
people
At Morgant.m, on Wednesday Courl
week the 20di of April.
At Charlotte, on Tuesday, (.court week)
the 23di of April.
At Lincolnton, on Saturday tlie 30th of
April.
At Rtttherfordtori, on Wednesday (Court
week the 4;h of May.
At Shelby Cleaveland C.iunty, on Tues
day fjCourt week the 1 0th of May.
Our Slci;;cra!ic oleclis:??.
The time changed!
Having learned that Louis
D. Henry, the Republican can
didate for Governor, will ad
dress the people at this place,
on Saturday tho 39th inst., wc
have, after consultation with
some of our friends, concluded
to change the time of our Dem
ocratic meeting to that day.
The meeting wiil therefore be
held on the 33th inst., immedi
ately after the conclusion of
Mr. Henry's address.
Read the communication, copied from
the Standard, over the signature of "Long
Tom."
NEW TE 11 IN I S
O F THE '
THE Proprietors cf the Lincoln Republican
Tress, finding it impossible to continue ng
the present system of credit bave determined to
issue proposals umlcr which that paper will be con
ducted after tho cltse of the present Volume. And
with the view of rendering its circulation as wide
as possible, they ofTcr it to the public on the follow
ing terms, vix: j,''
At Two. Dollars a year, rmynble in advance.
The nine.? of the present subscribers, will, con
sequently, at the etpirotion of the present Volume,
he stricken fiom tho 5'wt. unless tho advance pay-
m.mt f r the enduing year bo made before ihe first
numhc is L.mpl. .
The Proprietors deem it unnecessary to offer anv
arguments to show the necessity of keeping the
RepnMicnn in operation. It is the most Western pn.
per in the ."'talc devoted to the f nuse r.f Pepuli
liein principles, whiV there are two other Presses
of opnositc po'itics.still to the West of Idnrolntnn.
And it must be appnrent in every one. that the
Democratic, population of Lincoln and the aur
rnim.lin? Counties, requite an oryan through,
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Lincohiton. April 13, 1SU2,
President li-Miston. nf'JVxas has iuupd
his proclamation, declaring all the ports on
the Eastern roast of ti e Republic cf Mexi
co "in a state of actual and absolute Block
ade by the armed veese's of this nation."
fcCT" Friends sending us communications
for publication, must not forget to pay the
postage. We can get plenty of matter to
fill our paper, (much more interesting too
than some communications we have receiv
ed lately,) without p?y ing for it.
THE EXAMINATION.
The examination of the pupils of Mi. Mmrnr,
took place, on Fiiday last, at the Male Academy
Having relied upon a friend f..r a communication
on the subject, we are not now prepared to notice
't as it deserves. There was quite a respectable
nusnbe r of persons io attendance, w ho, we are sure,
could not but bave been highly gratified at the re
sult of the day's exercises, evincing, as it did, that
while the teacher had performed his duly with
great di ligrnce and accuracy, the pupils Lad not
rcfupcd to profit by his instructions.
The next session of the school will commence
on Monday, tlie SJ of May next.
TIH2 DISTRIIIUTION MEASURE.
We published hist week a message of Pre
sident Tyler recommending in earnest
terms the repeal of the Distribution law of
the Ex'ra Session, and the application of
the proceeds of the alcs of the public lands
to the payment of the public debt. Mr
Tyler deserves well of his country for this
recommendation; lie does well to set his
fare against that law, (even thongh he sign
ed it,) when be discovers that it is an un
wise and unjustifiable al enalion of ihe pub
lic money, and not the just and beneficent
measure which he supposed it to be al the
time of its passage. Every Democrat
must view this recommendation with pnio
tions of pr;de and pleas-ure, as a virtual ac
knowledgement of the wisdom, forecast
and patriotism nf bis part-, in opposing
that measure in its inception.
LOUIS D. HENRY IN ASI1V1I.LG
As was to he expected, the address of
Mr. Henry in Ashville, did not please the
Iliqlilaml Messenger. This is one of
the best evidences of its excellence, and
without any oilier, to us would be conclus
ive; for, we recollect bow disparagingly that
paper spoke of the great speech of Judge
Saunders in this place in 1840, a speech .
now almost universally commended even
by the Whigs themselves, a Lr surpassing
in matter and manner Wie rroo.7, ,.:
elTnrt of bis narrow minded opponent.
Rut we bave other snd imluLilable evi
dence, in the following account furnished
us bv a gentleman of tlie highest respecta
bility: (To the Editor cf the Lincoln F.epvb.)
A I happened lobe present when Lou
is D. Henry, the Democratic Candidate for
(JoYcrnor, addressed the people of nun
combe County at tlie Court bouse of Ashe
ville on Wednesday last, and supposing
that you and your readers feel desires of
learning bow the speech was received
what its effects were &c. I take occasion
to transmit to you, what I conceive to be a
just, true and an impartial outline thereof.
There wa- a very respectable audience ,