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Tim iW ttV? Suiter. MR. MimsON-U. S. DINK. ta Uvitrg em He of tbt Reg-aier far 4U1, aT lit (JUminf M tr, a WretJ by Mr. M aJisoa to C. 1 3gmn. t1' ,er N fgaiag 1st charter (f at late Cask of ejt United Suttf . J re paU-fauoa at this tatateat dt, frost inlet ftiag th8try, sad wt jVitfort itt it u ar mien; partklarly, aa H at etttel that, OS ih eojert T a Bank, PmilcalTjler i21 ukt Mr. Maditoa f-T kt jguide: , U,tsV-Wr, Ja tS. IS Jt. Jlxaa SU:-l ktit received y-$,u. trienJIy letw of the 19 h inst. The lew Jtaca okica aattereJ Jottr Xra sme adf the of Jsnnsry laat, were written m haste and ta hal $eUh; but titer ft pressed, iBoegfe w'uhoat tht attention is a.o.l .i-'mii ilr-i l. 1! a. .11 hJ it tfvij.ci.b to aitete to, iJ at .csaJly km, Lt .. isry epu.it ik he cueuj- g of th law Cor-sii sua. In tpi0 ik to a rirtrti"A teduecsj lo frtcricr. duttrg a rsntsewaUe rid f time; var evpecially Int prospers, exists J of a change 4 cunureeiion ly tha puUie m n serais. AmI if a reatiabla rrid f liaae. Harked with the usual aaciiMi, "VJ eot fcar tht Individ! prerogatiie, thert eeaUl be no lia-itaiia ta it exercise, Lhor.h the dangern(trror mutt iacieste 4 the incrtssintlJiv in efexj lanatory eimra stances, aj i b the .coatrmul Chandra i fl,t jp,,ti .of .words and thrases. l-fl then U Jell to tie deiWion f inttlligtatsnd candid judge, which, oa the ..e,js rami to be rrlied na for the tre axJ aafe constroetina ml a Cno ytuttA, that ib;ch ba tie un'ona taicii a vi taereffita lee uUtitf lodies ihrovgH a fetioj vf f rare, anil endt-r the tartetl afceaJeBrj olrartirr; or ibat hirb tlepeada opon the opeiae tf etrrj new aaaie reipeud-e to tha otcion, a tt letul.tare. bratrd U y b by the oool fe?Aam ! fjraAaaiei axf ika fMMM T .a a eat fra tha vieat of the I'rttiJraiae to a Baa oUHe jUa;t(d Sutea and a abu late Jar it. to ohich 1 eaanot but adhere. I'Ua 4jaciias ta t!ta latter be appeared at eat to r readrrate greatle aer the d vaetafre espeefd ttm Uai the e.ni!i--tmiuailitr ol the former I atitl rf ard m VJUined by the caaH!eraUona I which I yicUrJ. ia ging my atieat.to the ei jattaf Dank. T? ehir;e of itieonalateaey brtaren jb? wbjeettoa to tha eonutmt.mluy each a Bak ia 1791. aad in 1817. turns oa the Boaiion, bo fr teialtive pre Aedeats, ezpounb'id ia .the Conatita ion, aBf bt to ftidt aaecaocUa; lgt laturee, Bad la orerrule inJu idoal opinion. 8eat obacaniy ki bef-a thraoa over the faeatNi, by CHtfuuauing it iih the rctiort atet from one Iegiflature to laaa f aed by preceding tgie!atnre. But the twaeaaa are eeatntiaUy different. A 7oauiaiioa being derived from a aupe art nthority, ia to be expounded and o .keyed, ant controlled or aned by the ub irdiaa't auihonty J the egilature. A lav oa the oilier hand, rrsting no n bisk or aalhofiijr tbta thatpaeteaaejby eerr fptrit of party, ctger in tic parfait of wise lauri'e irjfct, or Ird attray by the eiAqnearo and a'dreae el popular atatee- oien, iLaaele, perbapa, and' r the ii flaeece of the asme nielcadm cauf. It n in eoafriiy with tha view heie laiea ol tlc n pcet due to del borate ar.d reiterated pr ctdrn:a that the Uai4: of Hit Lntied Niaie. Ihrtigli on the original question held lo bt onronatitatinaal, re ceied the Executive aigaalure ia tfce year 1817. The Act originally eitabliahmg a Uank bad ondergnne aoj!e diacuior.a in i'O paaaagt ihraugh the aeveral branches of the f urernnient. Ji had been carried tntd exeraiion ihroogliout a period of twenty yearr, t'h annal legiUne re cognition; in one inttanre, inderd, oith a pniutt raaiification of it into a new Str; and with the entire arqtner eenca of all )ht local authuiitief. at t!l aa i-f the nation at largrj in all o whirh my be ddrd. aderreinf pioapct of any change in the ptiblie opinion, admee to the con i ii nltr of u"h an inttitution. A veto from the Executive unt'er theit eircpm fiancee, with an srfinisfion of the ex fftipiion i!tJ M atift tii (rrln gtt.f itt editue t( ihe Ulftl-e. ar .f Li ny . Uui mv, when ihe IV big oarty cc inta Brr, aad jeKs lcvfwro J!ic bo!d ere for t a km fur coat rrtieg their edcea into political eagiaee. or eg!rcting to rerforoi tin ir dunr dirte t&odrat leaders ol tbo CaiA'etfat Party affect .to be throw icto epaant of grtcf at sack aw. I ttl prrripuoa ! Khaaaa apoa the vUe bjpoaritet! t'wlton Rivtr Ckran. DxiA CiDoxa,- The apprntaifat of tbie geatlcmaa, Naval UfScar at Pbi ladclphiabasUtrowa the wbola IK-ofo eo party iu'o roovuUion Wbr tkis should be so wt are at a l-s ft eorjra tare, without it revolts from nonifieatioa J Cutan .U J iuiu t (T.f tnJ-r the Ag of Sute IliLu and inrt .euoauu'l'oa.j lie a the ther U Uie ttSmai ofJlul vrfrte 4 tta NatknjJ -charter, la a vert fcwtrai where did 4 iawlitc4 pottHia leave Lit priocipletf tie parchaa ed Iooisiana. " hra waa warrant for this bat ia tht ! antral Coeeutatioaal impli catioa that caa b conceived. It wat tht turoirnv ihe vrrt titrttnltv-at tht general wrtfsrt doctriut. VStlt, ao one L!:oird Sir. JtCcraoa wbra the peblie ao ervsity d-d not admit the questionable wi- dopj otthe act. Mo out railed I!r. Jri fcrtoa tht enemy of Suit Right when he applied so tha National treasure for the parcbaat of lerritm y that could not hta bt-co eaincd vidcst br aar and bloodtbrd. . ; at tht f i!art of their ancwf t to deatroy Mr. Madisoa was also trained ia the kit rrptmtion by one of tha fou!et plots rbo4 af rigid construction.- lie furnish- j obirli ever disgraced any age or country, ed tht tex't and Lie wat tbt authority oa -Tkif individual ia ont of thAst to break hick rested the extremo application of dowa whom tht great office bolder! State Rights theories. lie was seafd ia Conspiracy waa at fall eoneortej, and the Chair of State as a Sute Rights Presi-' which et entusud ooly ia tht pn ttrition dent, by almost popular acclaim Among and disgrace of the inventors. Tbeyfail tlit trsi principles i f tha Sta Rights Ka ed to male good their charges, ia a publicans of that day, ia Virginia, waa single Instance, even tstlh the aid of per uacoQif romising oppesition to a Natiunal jured oitoersce, aetinf ia roncert in a Bark. Where did the aecctilics of bit deep laid scheme of vi lany. If the mere official position place Mr. Midnoa when imputation of Dt-laondurt wert lo bt hit pricc'plre were pnt to their practical deemed s ufficirnt la prosrr.be a person, proult lie, lke Mr. Jefferson, waicora-Jii!iint lefrrenre to the eight of trs'i pl!cd to compromise with his ptdi iral mnny to icitata the accusation, thea, ia xonsr truce, lie sanctioned tht cbsrier jdeed. there might be some apology or of a national Dank. Tha war had left i justification far the course which the Lo corci8 are pursuing. Uutthe peopled mar.d some evidence of tht truth ol their drrlaratians, more than ha yet been aub mined. Not a panirle of positive proof bsa been adduced, lo mka good tbt chargca prefcrrrd against thia (entlrmaa. Democratic Journal. m the country cursed then, as paw, with the evils of irredeemal le paper money. The conviction was overwhelming, within and without tht walls of Congress, thai such an institution waa tht only insUomrct of deliverance from this rune, tht parent of so many other moral curse. The Starts men of that day were, many cf them, compelled, if not to offer up their abstract constitutional opinions at a total sacri6ce on tht altar of patriotism, to consent, at least, tn so important a modification of their principles as tn leave them in a sire of lameniabit conirad ciioa between tbcit theory and their practice. Economy in the X Vork Custom Haute. W t Iraro from Bennett Ilersld, that pedirncy and almost, necessity sf tht j 'e 0' collector, Mr. Curtis, is getting a measure, would hue been a defiance ol '.'one ouita eomlorulle. lit baa adorned a well at i i nompr. n Lihn i'i imm ' .w . !....:... J J r . t vf tSt Utter. . Tie rase ia qoestua Ins its trot ana 1 y ia the ehfigsiiwn arising from judi exposiUoas of ibt law, on succeed ing JeJg; the Consuiution being a law the Legislator, as the law it a rule of dcciu a to tha Judge. Aad wky are judicial precedents, when formed ea dae dtscoisiaa aad oowdera tioo, deliberately tsncitooed by resiewt tad repetitioae, regsrdtd aa of binding iaiflafaae. c rather of aotkanutivt force, ta settling- the meaning of a lata! It XBost bt anawered, 1st, keeaese it ia a a txsoaable and established axiom, that the (wad of society requires that Ihe rules of caadarl of iff armbere tbonU be certain aad keewa. arhiek would set be the eaaa j f any Jadge. aliaregsrdiag the decisions of hit prtdereeatrs, ahotdd vary the rate MUw, according tn his in lividual inter ftotaiioa of a. iRttr ttt tcnUut ubi jm$ ttt avt ttagum out ineoputum. 2d. fceeaese aa.expoeama of the law pwbliclv made, and repcitediy e.ii.firaed by the onastituted aat'horiiy, carries with it. by fit inference, ike sanction of those, who kaiag made the lw through their Ugte Jajjve orgaa, appear uaJer aah eircum UBcr to have determined i-e meaning thrdagH Uieir Judiciary organ. Caa it bt f leu conrrqnenre that the meaning of a Constitution should be fix sasaj of precedcou tmoouiirg to the requisite eridci.ee cf the national judgment and iuienn'nn. , It haa been contended that the aoihori ly of preredr nta is tn that ease invalid. I ed by the e.nu!eriiun, that they proved only a respect for the atipnUted duration of the Bank wi'h a toleration of it nntil the law should expire, and by the casting vmt given ia ihe Senate by tht Vict President in the year 1811, agsinat a bill for establishing a National Bank', the vnto being exprosaly gien oa tht ground ol aneonstitutionality. But if tht law of itself u ae oneonstitutional, tht stipulation was void, and could nt bt constitutional ly fulfilled or tolerated. And at lo tht Relative of tht Senate, by the caating Tola of tht piesiding officer," it ie a fact at ell anderatood at the time, that it resulted not fiom an equality of opinions ia that aeemlly on the power of Congress ta estsblish i Bank, but from a junction of iliose whit admitted the potter, but de approved the plan, with thost who denied the pun er. On a simple question of con stitutionality , there waa a decided majority in favor of it. JilMES MADISON. . TttE cmcuf.tR to officr holders As many persons professing JftTersnn ian demnmrv i-S ilmlr tin. afT.n ia ,. d and kaown, ihsa that the meaning of! d the taa rirci.h.. , .in2 i.Man o.l - .- ..... . -n. inucry, i nw ij rinnXil, we Hunk it tny be U8rl here be fixed in tie meaning andop-ra ion. an-' t, remind them of the tie ws snd ptaciice gaaa ihe Loustitotion be to? ' On Hie em f t0 forn,er P.eMd-nts whom they pro teary, rfa particular Legialature. dfferine fcli m ,..0-ct. Th mit,uK. ..!., k. i w 1ltVW 111V ia the construc-.ioo. ol ihe (Vint innion from a tenet of the preceding entruc tiaav.procted to art on lint difference, they ol onjy in vodues anceruinty and iastabi ily ia tbo Conotituiion, but in ihe laas i3ienMoIse; inasmuch as all 1 ws preced ing ibt new ooUt(?iin and jneonois sat with it, are ot only annulled for ihe luture, but virtually proaouaced nul lities frvsa tlte beginning. Bet it is sa'd that the legislator, ha g a worn to support mo Constitution, fwtsteia of Ji-fferson, 8ml rarriea out the views of Jrkon, as the follow inj ex tracts Mil! serve M show, . Mtt. JErFER-OVS ClUCtLtR. x(rtt torn Mr Jtjfatin't Circular mJdrmid ( oflct holUtr$ undtr aims-' The President of the United State has seen with diMatisfaeij in, officers of thn General Goveinment t.linj, on va j'iou occaions, active pane in the elec tions of public fiinciiumrie whethr-r of the t.eiirr.l or Stte Cnvemment. Free jpust aupport it in his own comiruction !uai of rl-ction being esemil li ihe ma mn n,wci wiusicai iruin i:iai put n St by his predecessors, or tshatercr be the enasequenres of the construction. And is not the Judge undt r the same naih 9 support tha lw! Yet. has it ever been opposed that he was reqnired. or at liber ty tadUcegud sU precedents, howeer ao Jesaalv repeated and reeul.rjy observed: and by giving effVct to his own abdracl nud m Ui !u.l opinion, to die urb the ea (UJisbrd eMtre of practice in tltt busi ness ol ilia community f IJas ike wisest and ol conscientious Judge ever sera pled to aci'iiearc in drcisions ia ' which j has been overruled by the matured l&?iinsof thmjr.ty of hiscolleagae; ad rtbe-jiienily to conforia ht-nteif th-rew. at S9 authoritative eipositons of the law: Aadyal ant 'oasonable, tht the am siew uf the ufSei.I oath should be ,iakea be a irgisliuy. aeimg under the 4.ns itutiun, which if bis guide, as it Attn by Judge, scung utvJer Uie Isw. sakichitbia? " There i in fet, and in eonimon ooder-s-taidiog. a necessity of regarding a course rfjfclm a abe ebvractorixed, ia he sVgbt f a Itgat rule f latnrprtttag a la; I and ibtft i a l'V ncreity of coode og it a eonai'toytojl ryls of ioterprelin g - Cnniiltuti.oj. That there may be extrantaiaarv and peculiar eircamMances coatruiiiog the ! rule in bid easts, may b adut.t; but with such exceptmns, the rile wll force .1111 oji jb prvt esl jitlgtni.1'. of the tual iodrpendriire of Government, and of the different braiKlies of the same Gov eminent, s. vitally cherished be niftt ol our roiisiiitjiinns. it it deemed improper for officers depending on the Executive uf the Union, to attempt lo conttol or in fluence ih frre esercise of the elc ie right. it exptcled that no officer will attempt to influence the vote nf other mm, nor take any part in the btminett of electioneering--that being deemed inconsist ent with the spirit uf the Constitution and his dulic." Fis Ge. JJCKSOX $ taaujurtl JtdJrtn. The rectnt detrfonttrationa of public sentiment inscribed ott the list of Eieen live duties in characters ton legible to be overlooked, the task of reform whirh willceqnire particularly the correction of those abuse that have brought ihe patron ate of th! Federal government inm cort fliet with ihe fieedom of electiins." . g qttita comlortallt. lit baa adop rule, which it now inflexible, rot to give audience lo applicants during office hours. Ia this way, lie manages to dispatch ihe public business, and at ihe same litre to make sncb changes ae are deemed advisa ble. There seeme to bt no doubt that tht number of ruea employed in the Cue 1 torn Moure has gieatlv exceeded the oe ceisities nf ihe public service. We an dersiand that tht Secretary of the Trea sury haa sent on peremptory orders to Air. varus to dispense with all offices. eieept tuch aa are indispensable to al.w admintt'.ratioa of tbt revenue laws. Tbe Collector has made aa cartful an examine tkn into the matter aa tbe circumstances admitted of, and has coma to the conclu sion that from sixty to one hundred in spectors and other owcers can be uisr eas ed with, without detriment to the public service, i iti will etiect a eavmr lo the GnvcrnmeatofiroBi $00,000 to 8100.000 per annum. There msy not be as much electioneering aad losfing hereafter, aa ooder the old dynaaty, but it ia hoped that tht interests of tht people will, at least, oe as carefully looked after. . Pctenlurg Intel. ONE OUT OF MAN Y.-AI Macon, in Georgia, a IVtmssier of unexcep tionable character was w sited on by a Jo- co Foco committee, and required to go to a public meeting and otherwise take part in influencing elections. He pleadrd :t) vain thai it was against his hsbita and sense of propriety. IS o thing could tare him from the axe. A committee a a de spatched to Washington tn communicate the behests of "the party!'1 and, accord ingly, Mr. Tyner was forced to walk the pUnk- O.T with his head, demanded the committeeoff with his head, echoed ihe Po-tmssier General. Weh! the tables have been turned, and Mr. Tyner, whore only latih was not bringing; " ihe patron e of the government into conflict with the freedom of election," h teen re tlored.' Thai's all! But how will ihe case be characterised in the Loco Foco papers! Protcription! horrid murder!! Ihe guil lotine ttrtamt tciih the blood of innocent martyrt!!! Not one word of retrospec'.. Oti no! they would have the people ha lite it to be sn original care of urirovk ed crnel'v -not remembering tliat tlie tupprttsion of truth is often the most sly s vll as u.ost tricked made of telling a falsehood. Such, the pubic may he as Miied, i the character of ninety-nine out of an hundred of the groans- that are re sounding through the land. Mr. Gran r seem to hate one advantage over his culUngiie he it more abuted. And what man ever roue In eminence in a Re public without hsing pureued and baiked ai by "Tray, Blanche and Sweetheart!" Madironiaiu From t! CharleaUq Patriot. P.1CSIDENTI tl. rROFE8lJSS AND , 1-l.tcriCR. It is a remarkable fact that su'h of our Preckfenisas have been among lbs sturdi est atseriore of ihe rights of the States snd ihe ae arnaest defenders f h prinri- pies of ihe C institiiiioii, havt eahibued the broadest contrail between .iheir acts and their opininnt before and after their accession toilit Executive Office. Pasrer doet effeei, at times marvellous revolu tif!.ia 'h roic Is wibmtot men. Mr The IVuthintflon Globe hnwla most piirouvly over the removals from i-ffica that are t.kmg place under the new Ad ministration. Tha Globe, when its own party waa in power, defended the most indiscriminate proscription; no man, no matter what had been his service to the country, who entertained political senti ments adierse lo the party in power, was perm i Had to hold an office: he wss remov ed to make room for some nwv bar room politician, and the Globe pronounced it all right and proper. Even the venerable General Solomon Van Rensselaer, who i had fought and hied for hit country, nod who bears tbe snwke and evidence'of hit service and hi bravery upon Ins body, wss thru.l from the Post Office in Alba ny, and a hugrv partisan pnt in -Lis place. This jjqous act of psrty .pro TbtsrstXaf-, 51 ay SO. XT Tha Agricultural meeting adrer tised to be held at March court having been postponed from varioua causes, it it proposed that the Cnendt of Agriculture shall meet in Hillsborough, on Wednes day of May Cocrt, at 2 o'clock, to take into consideration the formitioa of a So ciety (or the improvement of Agriculture, Horticulture, tfce. It ia hoped that the Fafacrs of Orange will not be intMercnt to aa object of to much importance aa this it, and that a large Dumber wCl be in attendance. IVorllt faroltna Election. The election ia 'Orange county on Thursday last, resulted at follows: ' tXITH. Sat X HERS. Hillsborough, - Morrow's, JohnlLIIoH's, Cumming's, Fogleman's, M. Holt's, - Wm. Holt's, Gecringer't, 1'aucctt's, Iesf Mason Hall, Nichols's, " Turner's Mill, Horner's, Vakerton's, Herndons, Wm. Trieo's, Chapd Hill. 300 94 71 32 10 30 49 19 47 53 47 IS 71 140 59 11 23 130 121 117 .29 13 18 31 C9 100 113 77 67 77 23 17 113 34 47 CO 1210 1180 The mult in Uie district it as follows: Orange, Wake, Person, SXtTU. SACNDEU. 1210 C33 1831 Nothing, certainly, ran te more ill timed angenerous, er base, thsn the pre sent efforts of a portion ol the opposition press to misrepresent the state of politi cal affairs, by comparing the curtencv snd business of the country at the pre sent lima with iheir condition one yesr since. Do not the conductors of those picires Lnow that ti e messores of the late Administration are still in force, and that no opportunity haa been given to ef fect a change by legUtationt,- And do they think the People are so stupid as in expect thai the eountry can recover from its prostrated condition, n iihont a uniform currency and with the sub-Treasury, merely upon a change of men tnd without change of measurrst It waa for ihe pur post of providing for the deficiencies of tht publie Treasury, ar.d to introduce measures more ronsistenl with the pub! e welfare tnd the prosperity of the people, that an estra session of Congress was celled by the lamented Hsrrison. JJangor Whig. The Return Home of the Mediterra nean Squadron. Uur readers will doubt less be surprised at ihe sudden return horet of iht United States squadron of vessels or war from the Mediterranean. So should we certainly have been, had we not received information, some days ago, that advice had teen transmitted by our minister at London to the commander of that Squadron, of the great excitement in England, op receipt of Mr. Pickens's report, accompanied by'wume indication that tht immediate return of that squadron to tht United Stales wss advisable. .tht station being one which, in ihe event of a war with Great Diit.in, it would be entirely unsafe lor it lo attrnipt to remain lit. 1 . . Wt have nn doubt that our information on tht subject, though unofficial, was svbstautially correct. That tht cireuin etanre of so precipitate a return of "the squadron o port at r.nrrr,-teviif ihe immense Cvrrrqieree of the Untied States unj rorertf d in iVe Mediterranean, ia very much to be regr.'ttrd, and ia besides calculated to spread art unnecessary alarm amongst Americans abroad, elsewhere as well aa in the Mediterranean, cannot admit of a doubt. We are a.'&oniahed by the fact of such ad ire bavin been deemed necessary, how much nearir we hate been to the point of actual ho.ti!iiiS with Great Mritain than waa annnA.ml in ibis country; for no'hin certainly but an j " resulted in the choice of eleven Whigs DMn.ie conviction rr the probability of! and two opposition. Among the htgs arc three new members, Messrs. Ow. ley,' Sprig; and Marshall ; all the others arc olt! members re-elected. 1180 8C2 301 2343 1831 Majority for launders, . 402 2d district. J. R. J. Daniel, Opp. (late Attorney General,) is elected over Wo. W. Cherry -No ehange.T 4th district. William It. Washington, Whig, ia elected by a considerable majo rity over J. O, Watson, Opposition A Whig gain. ? 6th district. Archibald Arlington, (op position,) is elected, beating Hawkins, the late member, and Russell, also ami administrationNo change. 7th district. Edmund Deberry re-elect ed. , Oih district Augustin II. Shepherd, Whig, elected. In Guilford, Shepherd ferity, It his had grteer fii j, tors of - IS'jwy" Haa wt Ut jj1" The Standard las a Bit of article, t -, ha says were provided for Gea. amounting ia aU lo $3,550 : 53 . J? wishes the people to potdct; well fc, ikies. .... .. . The most prominent item b xlixt u 300 for "an enure dinner set," ft art nay pren.ra that the PrraiJey, ble is to be no longer dcSdeaj ta fae. cesftry article of dishes. The Standard is. afraid that the raeles ia his lia wiU mt be sucicnJy eixed; lie therefore parades some of eta out for particular inspection. f 110 for aingle window eurtal, r ecrry day uie.- Well, we have kfbr, us a list of anklet purchased lorMr.Vtg Carta ia 1237; and here is a speciraea: Three window curtains, as per esu mate, $1,3 07:SQ" upwards of $ each of th;se single window wrtib, for Mr. Van Curcn 1 Again, tlie Standard goes oa : A een. ire table, with marble top, at $G0, for tverydoy st." Wen, what says Mr. Van B urea's list! M One elegant statuary centre table $150; one elegant dining room common do. $120; statuary marble top for do. 70." Think of that, if you pica., Master Brooks ; one hundred and ninety dollars for centre table and marble top for common vtti ' , Cut the Standard caps his climax with " a French bedstead, U e very species of articles upon which Uie Whigs lad charged extravagance in Mr. Vaa Bum; yes, he says, " $23 for a French bedstead ir ere ry Jay ute." Well, what did Mr. Vaa Burcn's bedstead cost? Look at bis list: One large elegant French bedstead $130, boxing for do. $8, one palliaps for do. $12 ; ia all $170 not quite tevtit timet as much as the Whigs paid!! Ve rily the Standard, as we said before, like every other pharUcc, finds it a very little matter lo atrain at a gnat and swallow camel,' . FIRE IN RALEIGH. The spacious boarding house of the Misses Pulliamja Raleigh, was consumed by fire on Friday night last. The fire originated in tlie loft of a stable in the rear, which being filled with hay and othei combustible materials burnt with great rapidity, and soon com municated to the kitchen, and thence to the main building. By blowing op tbe building oa the south, aided by the still ness of the night, die farther progress tf the fiamea were arrested. The fire is supposed to have originated from a candle, used by a party of negroes who are believed lo have been gaming ia the atahle loft that night, one of whom has been since arrested and committed to Salt 11. . I- .1 . I .at. 2000, Reid 387; Stokes, Shepherd 1022, ,' , .V V . " uw T lfV.,1 OR? R.K.t, -n f , of wh,ch 5 wr "unit lo death, all efforts mwtmmt vwf a . a aaakun - -aa W V an iivi heard from Whig gain. 10th district. Abram Renchcr elected over Jonathan Worth, both Whigs A Whig gain. The other districts not heard from, but there has probably been no change. In which ca?e there will be eight Whigs and five Locos. In INDIANA, the Whigs have suc ceeded in all the Congressional districts but one; and. that, the strongest Whig district in the state, was lot in conse quence of division among the Whigs. to get litem out proving unsuccessful. The Hon. Robert Strange has been ap pointed by Jadge Dick, Solicitor for the Judicial Circuit where he resides, in the place of Alexander Troy, deceased. The School Law was submitted to the people of Stokes county on the 13th, for. their adoption or rejection, and was adopt j ed by a majority of 178. The votes stood, for echool, 8Gi; no school, C8I. A report has been in circulation, that Gen. Jackson's estate had become so such s conflict ci-nid bate induced our Minister at London to ti-ke the responsi bility of adtisinc the return of our ships of war from that sea. ? What a leann ought not i),U to be jjiiiTM stieh tndisereiir.sas the report i f Mr. I'irkei s. ill conaiderd ai.d heedltss as it was, and nnsi:saiiird either by ihe people or the exemtive nf the Unhid S'aw! What s warning against consti uing commh'ers of such importance as the ci inmittee nn foreign relations out ol mer party men, having n idea nf any poliry bul what is suggested by party feeling! We do nt mean to apply thi nbiervation to Mr. Pickens particularly. I he Kentucky Congressional election j . , ,,' , .. . i . , . , , .... . dorsements for one of hu nephews, tlat he found it inconvenient to meel a draft of 100 dollars. This report we arc pleas ed to see contradicted, in a letter from Maj. A. J. Donelson to the editor of tlie Nashville Union. The letter says that Gen. Jarkson's estate is worth at least 100,000 dollars ahove all his liabilities. The Standard of last week has an arti cle of a column's length upon the Hills borough Jlecorder and the President's FurnitureiC but we find in it nothing new; nothing, in fart, which disproves a tingle statement rnado in our former remarks. If the Standard expected that the mere " certainty of Harrison's election would restore prosperity to the country, and is hut lo the party majotity of one ote in t now disappointed because his eager gaic tlie committee on foreign relations which suMained htm ('he chairman nf i ) in making such a report, not only gratuitous in itself, but, under the circumstances of our pending relations with Great Britain, positively n.iscliicvous. Tht iinmidiate consequence of the return of the squadron under Commodore Hull will, we presume, be lo espedile the departure nf the Squadron, under Commodore Morris, whirh waa under stood to bt fit ing nut fir the purpose of rrliartjig tht squadron how relumed. Xationul fnltl. The Legislature of Virginia and Ma ryland, Delaware, Illinois, and Indiana, have removed the penalties for suspen sion of specie payments from the banks of those states, and authorize! tliem to issue nsfM under the denomtni'.icrt cf fire rK-lan, up and down nlrect" cannot perceive " the coming of the good times,' wc can only pity him for his folly. The distres ses of the country were not produced without cause, hut are the consequence of a course of ill-advised measures ; and no sano man can suppose that sudden prosperity can be restored by a change of men alone, beforo an opportunity is af forded for a change of measures. To ef fect this change of measures an extra sev sion of Congress has been called; and to the wisdom and virtue of that Congress, co-operating with the Executive, are the hopes of the country turned for relief. If the Standard has deluded himself with the hope that the election of a Whi presi dent woull opes a ?ho:r pal to pros it is stated that the late Postmaster Ge neral left the Department under his con trol one million of dollars in debt. In the Legislature of Pennsylvania, re solutions have been passed instructing th Senators and Representatives in Congress from that slate to vote for the repeal of the Sub-Treasury Law. A portion of ihe Democratic party in the city of Philadelphia have associated themselves together as tlie "Old Iron sides Club," and have recommended Commodore Charles Stewart as tlie Dc mocratic candidate for President in 181 1 Tho Hon. Charles F. Mitchell, mem ber of the Jaat Congress, who recently committed forgeries to a large amount, and fled with the proceed of bis villany, has been taked in Montreal, and is in cus tody of tho New York police officers who went in pursuit. Dr. T. W Dyott, for many years a nitej chirm--! and apathrcary in Phils
The Durham Recorder (Durham, N.C.)
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May 20, 1841, edition 1
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