Recess
Washing ion, Jan.
To the Editor of the United States Telegraph:
Dkko. Sm : I never witnfss'd any tiling half w
strikin r asOufiouas manner wii'n ucjeua.n nn;
against the charge of Mr. King of Al tbania, the lur n
lo'ihics. ami anxious Senators presented a grand and
innverful commentary upon his eloquence. If th h.l
Juwin" lines meet with your approbation pieaou have
them inserted in the telegraph:
JOHN C. CALHOUN.
I marked him as he stood
fcerene and high, of dauntless bioxlt
And genius in his eye.
Bright did it beam With eagle glance,
Or, like the godlike child of France,
All Mitent to defy.
He stfKj! alone amid his peers
Without his hopes, without his fears,
IJut not without his sway.
I'or many looked upon him there
An 1 yielded what they would not dare
In malice take away.
Alone amid a dauntless band
Of palmy knight from Southern land.
He held entire control,
For weil they deemed that he could save
Their country from an early grave,
They knew his lotty soul.
As.de the robe of power he threw,
And as he trampled it, he drew
His faulchion from his rijjht.
His bearing made the fiercest cower
And bend beneath this magic power
And yield to him in fight.
Breathe not against the Patriot's name,
Ye cannot stop his march to fame,
Ye cannot dim his light !
SONNET.
BY K. 11. WII.DE, OF r.liOROI A..
They say the Swan, though mute his whole life lung,
Pours forth sweet melody when life is flying,
Making the desert plaintive with his song.
Wo idrous and sad, and sweetest still while dying;
Is it tor lite and pleasure past he's sighin.
Grieving to lose what none can e'er prolong!
O'i, no! he hails its n lti rtAying
As an escape from v iolence and wro ig:
And thus, dear lady ! I at length perceiving,
The fatal end of my unhappy ma iness.
In thy oft broken faith no more b -lievimr.
Welcome despair's solo comforter with gladness,
And mourning one so fair is so deceivinr.
Breath'- out my soul in not?s of love an I sadness.
MISCELLANY.
From the New York T ranscripl.
HOW THE DEVIL A1TEAKED TWICK TO
ZEliUliAUEL RISK, A LOTTERY BROKER.
During one of those dreadfully rainy evenings last
montii a tall gentleman called at a lottery otiice in
Broadway. He had a Iarre, dark, piercing eye ; a pro
di'JTN'Us long and hooked nose ; a coal-black beard, a lit
tle ssn .red at the edges; and two rows of double teeth
all urou.iJ. The cut of his garments was not material
ly d liferent from that of otiier gentlemen of modern
times. As his whole dress was black, the lottery dea
ler at first took hirn to be a preacher, who had como to
reprove him for his wickedness and disregard of the
laws, in persisting to sell tickets contrary to the statue
in such cases made and prov ided ; and he began, in great
perturbation, to huddle hid contraband wares out of
tight as as possible.
"Never mind, my friend," said the man in black, at
the same time opening his mouth just far enough to dis
play th eotiro on tor row F Jubio tootl - "norcr
urmtd, my mend you and 1 are old acquaintances
... 1- - I. . .1 up
we've dealt together before now.
"I've no recollection of that," said the lottery man,
who now began to be somewhat reassured "perhaps
we have and perhaps we ha'nt. I don't recollect your
fiee now thou jh the truth is, I deal with so many res
pectable people of all sorts, that really 1 can't recollect
the half of them."
" But vou'll recollect my name, when I mention it?"
" Perhaps so that is to" say if or but what shall I
call vour name, if I m ly be so lol I !"
" I'm the Devil," said the stranger, bluntly.
"The devil you are!" said the lottery man, starting
back ten or eleven feet, turning pale, and nearly gnsp
i:iiT for breath ; while the stranger seemed greatly to
enjoy his si.rpiisi. At length, however, recovering
himself a little, the seller of chances said, in a kind of
deprecation tone, " I I I hope, sir, you're not about
to that is, that you are not in haste to "
Pshaw !" eotite nptuously ejaculated the man in
black, "what a white-livered tol you are, Zerubabel
Risk! Ilav'nt we dealt together for many a year on
friendly terms ?"
You are pleased to be merry, sir, in saying so but
however honorable the intercourse with a gentleman of
your distinguiseil reputation might be, I must say I ne
ver, to my recoIl'Tt.on, fiad the honor ot your company
or conversation before; and as for any dealings with
you"
" Well, we won't quarrel alout that, Zerubabel. I
came here up n urgent business, as you may well sup
jose, by seeing me here, so far from home this dreadful
stormy night."
"Urgent business, say you T Urn! umph! -our pre
sent scenic in the .Maryland State Littery is peculiarly
rich." So saying, Mr. Risk again placed the tickets on
tho counter, which he had jut before huddled away.
"Here is something worth trying a man's fortune upon.
Bat are you really the devil or did you merely say so
to frighten me V
"If you have any doubts on the subject," said the
Ktranger, opening his mouth this time so as to display
hi- second row of teeth, " here are my horns, which I
ha.e hitherto kept concealed under my hat, which, be
ing fashion ibly high-rrowned, is very convenient for
th it purpo-e ; and here, too," turning his hack to the
broker, and holding up the skirts of his coat "here is
my tail, which I keep coiled up in this nimner, when
ever I visit the earth, out of regard to the prejudices of
the people ; and then, to satisty you s-till further that I
am really and truly myself, here is my cloven foot,
which at present I have encased in a fashionable hoot,
which I purchased a little; way back, at I forget the
in iker's n i me but uo matter it tits well, considering
I'll pull it oifia a minute, if von wish for further proof
pr
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viu no, ty no means sain me iory ri"aier. l m
perfectly satisfied tnat you're a gendern-iu that has
plenty of m rvy and such a person I like to deal with."
"Bit you're mistaken," said the chvi1. aliout my
having plenty of money. I'm poor, fit vresuf, as a
church mouse. I had some dealings down bdow, late
ly, with a rascally Steim-brinito!i -Mariuiartur!ii2 ;
Company, who contracted to supply me with f:w f,r
one year; and having got their pay six months in ad
vance, decamped with the money, and n-arly rumu-l
me. And now, in order to retrieve my fortune, 1 have
. - i . . .. i . .i. .i i... 3 ..
a. iiiiii i i'i iry my iuci mi nit- ioo-i v.
"I commend your wisdom, Mr. Devil. How many
tickets will you have ;
" Ona will bo a many as I can pay f r, and hiverno-
ney "tioqgh left to bear my expenses home." j
"You'd better take two they're only ten dollars a
piece r.d the hight prize is fifty thousand dollars.-
X . I'll ,.lm. .,?.,. .r. -...,1 I.,, .!..-- . , r
.t o i .w.,,,., i.o, iu. ;i i ;.-!..
mVI.v. now. as to that. I've verv little doubt but
vihzt you'll draw the highest prize, as nearly every bo-
dy does thit dciU with me but aa to warranting it,
y5a know, that's quite " j
"None of your palaver, Zerubabel. Do you think
I'm such a fool as to go upon uncertainties J You must
warrant me the fifty thousand dollar prize."
"I don't know which it is that is to say, I don't
know which ticket will draw it. But as you are the
devil, and know every thing, you can tell just which
numbers to choose."
"Ah, hive you got me there, old fox !" So saying,
the devil cnuckled marvellously at the broker's compli
ment to ins knowledge. He then looked over the tick
ets, and presently told him the right one was not there;
ami that .r 11 A) would be the fortune one.
" Perhaps I can get it tor you," said Mr. Risk. "But
what share of the prize will you give me for my trou
ble V
" Fifteen per cent," growled the devil.
"That I'm entitled to by the law," returned the bro
ker; "but how much more will you give 1"
"Two per cent," said the devil, "and that will pay
von well for your trouble."
"(me me five," said Uik, "and I'll see what I can
do fa- von."
" Done!" said the devil, "and here's my hand upon it."
"Oh my! fiow dreadful hot y our hand is! you've
burnt my "fingers to the very bone."
" I always like to give my friends a warm reception.
Hut you must do your prettiest now to look me up 5 11
"don't forget the numbers. 1 would go and get
them myself but I don't like to be out late this stormy
eveuig and this new boot hurts my poor foot most ex
cruciatingly. I'm afraid I shall have corns on my hoof
as long as I live. But I must be going now. Remem
ber, friend Risk, f 11 4!) those are all odd numbers,
and they'll be lucky. So good night to you."
The devil went away. But he was not acquainted
with all the cunning of the lottery dealer. The latter,
as it happened, had the very ticket laid aside for his
own private use, which the devil had chanced to hit
upon. But he held his tongue on that point, in order
to get the better bargain out of Old Nick.
In a day or two the lottery drew, and, sure enough,
5 11 49 came up the fifty thousand dollar prize. "Well,"
fcaid Risk to himself, "here's a glorious chance now fur
speculation. Stip;ose I keep the whole prize myself,
instead of taking up with the paltry commission of live
per cent, amounting to let me see only about two
thousand dollars and what's that compared to the
whole! I'll do it by the holy sjx)n ! I'll do it, if it
costs me my life. But there's no danger of that. I'll
tell the devil, when he comes, I couldn't possibly pro
cure the ticket he wanted, and there'll be an end of the
matter.
In a very short time the devil came for his prize
"111 take that small sum of money now," said he,
'friend Risk,"
"I'm sorry to imform yon," replied the latter, "that
I couldn t M)ssibly procure your favorite numbers, and
of course "
"1 am sorry for it too, Mr. Risk, as well on your ac
count as my own. I ve made two long tourneys, now,
from my place down below, and I don't like to be dis-
apxiinted : besides, I was in hopes of putting a couple
of thousand dollars in your pocket, by the bargain."
"I was in hopes o, too; but unfortun itely
"Oh, you infernal lying scoundrel!" said the devil,
(who had latterly been improving his diction by reading1
certain newspapers,) "do you think to come paddy over
me in this manner I I know your rascally trick. But
you must go with me."
At this the broker turned pale and fell upon his knees.
But it did no good. The devil twisted his tail alxmt
him in a twinkling, and whisked him away before he
could recollect a single prayer. A loud thunder-clap
was heard at the tune, and there was a strong smell of
brimstone; while of the broker nothing was afterwards
found not even a greau bpot, a lottery ticket, or a dol
lar of rag money.
Davy Crockett1 Lust. The Colonel gave a lu
minous description on Friday last of the state of
profound glorification in which he met omi of luo
brother iuemlers, returning from the Eighth of
January Jollification the night before or rather
that same morning. "J nit tlr of thorn," ys
Davy, "about 4 o'clock this morning, and there
was'nt one of them who could hit the ground icith
his hat, in three times throwing"
Industrious Fleasl The Charleston papers con
tain accounts of the arrival in that city of the ii
dustrious fleas. Industrious quotha ? We should
like to see a lazy one, for those of our acquaintance
are remarkable for their activity, hopping from
morniii" till night, and rice versi. They do not
e n f
stand still long enough to lie caught, much less to
be taught. Camden Journal.
Xot so Cold as it might have been. .Major
Downing thinks that, notwithstanding the extreme
cold which we experienced a short time since, it
would have been colder still, "if the thermometer
had only been longer." No doubt, and we would
advise him to seize the opportunity of the next
thaw to give it a good stretching. lb.
Politics of Beards and Mustcchios.'Yw wear
ing of a heavy lxard under the chin, now becoming
fashionable also in our own countrv, is in Ita'y a
distinctive mark of Carlism, and was introduced by
the St. Simonians. Mtistachios are the insignia of
liberal principles. Our whigs, therefore, must cul
tivate the upper lip, and the Van Bureitites the chin.
Desperate Remedy for a Desperate Disease.
They tell a good story of old Dr. Uand. lie was
called to visit a hypocondriac patient, who fancied
she had swallowed a tnons. On entering the
room, the lady exclaimed, Dear Doctor! I am
so glad to see- you, 1 am in such distress such
pain! Oh, Doctor! Doctor! I've swallowed a
mouse!" "Swallowed nonsense,' replied the Doc
tor, in his mild ami pleasant manner. "Oh, no
Doctor!" said tho patient, "it is not nonsense, it is
a mouse a live mouse he ran down mv throat
when I was asleep, with my mouth open, and I
feell him now, creeping about my stomach and try
ing to gnaw out. Oh, Doctor, do proserin some
thing quick, or I shall die." " Proscribe," said the
Doctor, "yes I'll prcscril something that will
cure you in a minute." " What is it, Doctor?
What is it ? I'll take any thing, you order."
" v ell, then, mv dear madam, swallow a cat if
that don't cure you, nothing will." It was effectual,
Dirorces in JYew Jersey. Matrimony appears
rfMUN "!'" cve reaicmg up house keep-
ii t . . t i-
j nig in .ev .icrsey. i no unmoor oi applications
f r divorces to the legislature now in session, has
been beyond all former example. Thrfce petitions
wro pre-w'Med in one day, during the last week.
We are afraid that bad husbands or bad wives are
more plemifu' in New Jersey than they should be.
Count r "it! J' t'piirer.
A Pre Jictio'i accomplish: d. About five and
twenty v ar. 'o, w!en the vneral le Col. Stevens
of Hob - cen fir ? to tho Legislature of New
t. c n . : . . m i
Jcrv, f-r liberty I . roM-trucf a rail road across
that Sfat", he was
J, rather in derision, how
Hist he intended to travel on bis liobbv. He replied.
with hi uMial enthusiasm, that he oxiected at some
future day, ste;m carriages would run on New
Jorsev Rail lionds ns fastens nifeons flew. A few
fJavs ' of f loroiMO(ivo cmes lh Com- I
- I
ne" aml Amboy Hail Koud, while running at great
ti!'( with no cars attached, came upon a flock of
Paeons. The birds flew in tho lirn of the road,
n,t Locomotive overtook them and killed two
of their number. A Journal of Commerce.
Lily Authority oV the Governor.
AN ACT
Concerning a Cntt)h'-n to amend the Constitution
o ine f'f-
e General Assembly of ."North Carolina
believe that a large portion, it not a ma-
of the State
Whereas, the
have reason to
jority, of the freemen of the State, are anxious to amend
the Constitution thereof in certain particulars, Herein
after specified ; and whereas, while the General Assem
bly disclaim all right and power in themselves to alter
the fundamental law, they consider it their duty to adopt
measures for ascertaining the will of their constituents,
and to provide the means for carrying that wal into ef
fect, when ascertained ; therefor.
lie it Enacted, by the General Asactnbli - f the State
of Sorth Carolina, and it is In. rely enact d by the au
thority of the same, That the Court of Pleas and Quar
ter Sessions of each and every County in the State, at
the first term that shall be held after the 1st of January,
1SJT, shall apjKiint two inspectors to super'utend the
K)lls to be opened at each and every election precinct
in said counties, for ascertaining, by ballot, the will of
the freemen of .North Carolina rela'tive to the meeting
of a State Convention. And if any Court or Courts
should fail to make such appointments, or if any inspect
or, so appointed, should fail to act, it shall be the duty
of the Sheriii; or the person acting as his deputy on
such occasion, with the advice of one Justice of the
Peace, or if none be present, with the advice of three
freeholders, to apKint an inspector, or inspectors, in
the place of him or them who failed to act, which in
spectors, wh"n duly sworn by some Justice or free
holder to perforin the duties of the place with fidelity,
shall have the same authority as if appointed by the
Court.
II. lie it further enacted. Tint it shall be the duty
jof the Sheriffs of the respective counties in this State
to open polls at the several election precincts in saiu
counties, on Wednesday and Thursday, the first and
second days of April next, when and where all persons,
qualified by the Constitution to vote for members of the
House of Commons, may vote for or against a State
Convention; those who wish a Convention, voting with
a printed or written ticket, "Convention," and those
who do not want a Convention, voting in the same way,
M.o Convention," or " Airainst Convention."
III. lie it further enacted, That it shall be the duty
of the Sheriffs to make duplicate statements of the polls
in their respective counties, sworn to before the Clerk
of the County Court, one copy of which shall be depo
sited in said clerk's office, and the other copy transmit
ted to the Governor of the State, at Raleigh, immedi
ately after the election.
IV. lie it further enacted, That it shall be the duty
of the Governor, as soon as he shall have received the
returns of the Sheriffs, in the presence of the Secreta
ry of State, the Public Treasurer, and the Comptroller,
ti compare the number of votes for and against a Con
vention; and if it shall appear that a majority of the
votes polled are in favor of it, he shall forthwith pub
lish a Proclamation of the fact in such of the newspa
pers as he may think proper; and shall issue a writ of
election to every sheriff in the State, requiring him to
open polls for the election of Delegates in the Conven
tion, at the same places, and under the same rules, as
prescribed for holding other State elections, and at such
time as the Governor may designate,
V. lie it further enacted. That the same persons
who were apointod to hold the polls in taking the vote
on Convention, shall hold them for the election of De
legates; provided, that if any of those inspectors shall
fail to attend or act, the Sheriffs and their deputies shall
supply their places in the manner hereinbefore pointed
out.
VI. lie it further enacted, That the several County
Courts shall allow the Sheriffs the same compensation
for holding said elections, that they usually allow for
holding other State elections. And if any Sheriff or
other officer, appointed to hold said elections, shall fail
to comply vyith the requisitions of this Act, he shall be
liable to a fine of one thousand dollars, recovciabio be
fore any com potent jurisdiction, to the use of the coun
ty whose officer he is ; and it shall be the duty of the
County Solicitors to prosecute such suits.
VII. lie it further enacted, That all persons qualifi
ed to vote for members of the House of Commons, un
der the present Constitution, shall be entitled to vote
for members to said Convention; and all free white the same, That the following projosit ions shall be sub
men, of the age of twenty-one years, who shall have ! mitted to the People, for their assent or dissent, in the
been resident in the State one year previous to, and same manner, and under the same forms, regulations,
sfjall continue to be so resident at the tune ot election, J
shall be eligible to a seat in said Convention: Provided,!
he possesses th
e freehold required of a member of the
ions under the present Constitution.
House of Commons under tlie ore
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4
VIII. He it further enacted, That each County in
this State shall be entitled to elect two Delegates to
said Convention, and no more.
IX. Iie.it further enacted. That if any vacancy shall
occur in any county delegation, by death or otherwise,
the Coventor shall forthwith issue his writ to supply
the vacancy. And the Delegates shall convene in or
near the city of Raleigh, on the first Thursday in June
next; and, provided a quorum does not attend that day,
the Delegates may adjourn from day to day7, until a
quorum is present; and a majority of Delegates elect
ed shall constitute a quorum to do business.
X. lie it further enacted, That no Delegate elect
shall be permitted to take his seat in Convention until
he shall have taken and subscribed the following oath
or allinnation : "I, A. R, do solemnly swear (or affirm,
as the case may be) that I will not, cither directly or
indirectly, evade or disregard the duties enjoined or
the limits fixed to this Convention by the People of
North Carolina, as set forth in the Act of Assembly,
passed in lSH, entitled 4 An Act concerning a Conven
tion to amend the Constitution of the State of North
Carol ini,' which Act was ratified by the People. So
help me Cod."
XI. lie it further enacted, That the Public Treasu
rer be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay, upon the
warrant of the Coventor, such sums ot money as may
lie necessary for the contingent charges of the Conven
tion; and also to pay each member of the Convention
one dollar and titty cents per day during his attendance
thereon, and five cents for every mile he may travel to
and from the Convention.
XII. lif it further enacted. That it shall be the duty
of tho Coventor, immediately after the ratification ot
this Act, to transmit a copy to each County Court Clerk
in the State, and cause it to be published, until the
meeting of the Convention, in the newspapers of the
State.
XIII. Tie it further enacted. That the following pro
positions shall be submitted to the people for their as
sent or dissent to the same; the former of which shall
bo understood as expressed by the votes for "Conven
tion," and the latter by the votes No Convention or
"Afrainst Convention," at the time and in the mode
herein before provided, to wit: That the said Conven
tion, when a quorum of the delegates who shall be
elected and assembled, shall frame and devise amend
ments to the Constitution of this State, so as to reduce
the number of members in the Senate to not less than
thirty-four, nor more than fitly, to be elected by dis
tricts; which districts shall be laid oil" at convenient
and prescribed periods by counties, in proportion to the
putnic taxes paid into the 1 reasurv ot the State by the
citizens tnereot : I'rovmea mat no county shall be di
vided in the formation of a Senatorial district. And
' A . 1 I" t 1.1 ...
when there are one or more counties having an excess of
taxation above the ratio required to form a Senatorial
district, adjoining a county or counties deficient in such
ratio, the excess or excesses aforesaid shall be added
to the taxation of the county or counties deficient ; and
if, with such addition, the county or counties receiving
it shall have the requisite ratio, such county or counties
ench shall constitute a Senatorial district. 2. That
the said Convention shall frame and devise a further
amendment to the said Constitution, whereby to reduce
the number of members in the House of Commons to
not less than ninety, nor more than one hundred and
twenty, exclusive of borough members, w hich the Con
vention shall have the discretion to exclude in whole
or part, and the residue to be elected by counties or dis
tricts, or both, according to their federal population ; i.
e. according to their respective numbers, which shall
be determined by adding to the whole number of free
persons, including those bound to service for a term of
years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three-htihs of
I all other persons; and the enumeration to be made at
j convenient auJ prescribed periods; but each county
ghaU hav(j one mcmber in the Uou.c of Con;
mons, although it may not contain the requisite raio of
population. 3. That the said Convention shall also frame
and devise amendments to said Constitution, whereby
it shall be made necessary for persons .voting for a Se
nator, and persons eligible to the Senate, to jxssess the
same residence and freehold qualification respectively
in the Senatorial district, as is now required in the
county : Provided, that they shall not in any manner
disqualify any of the free white men of this State from
voting for members in the House of Commons, who are
qualified to vote under the existing Constitution of this
State. 4. That said Convention may also consider of,
and in their discretion propose, the following other
amendments to said Constitution, or any of them, viz :
1. To abrogate or restrict the right of free negroes or
mulattoes to vote for members of the Senate or House
of Commons, li. To disqualify members of the Assem-
; bly and officers of the State, or those who hold places
of trust under the authority ot this State, from being
or continuing such while they hold any other office or
appointment under the Government of this State or of
the United States, or any other government whatever.
3. To provide that capitation tax on slaves and free
white jkjIIs shall be equal throughout the State. 4. To
provide some mode of appointing and removing from
office militia officers and justices of the peace, different
from that which is now practised. 5. To compel the
members of the General Assembly to vote viva voce in
the election of officers whose appointment is conferred
on that body. G. To amend the thirty-second article
of the Constitution of the State. 7. To provide for
supplying vacancies in the General Assembly of this
State, when such vacancies occur by resignation, death,
or otherwise, before the meeting of the General As
sembly, f. To provide for biennial meetings, instead
of annual meetings of the General Assembly ; and if
they shall determine on biennial sessions, then they
may alter the Constitution in such parts of it as require
the annual election of members of Assembly and offi
cers of State, and the triennial election of Secretary
of State, and provide for their election every two years.
9. To provide for the election of Governor of the State
by the qualified voters for the members of the House
of Commons, and to prescribe the term for which the
Governor shall be elected, and the number of terms
during which he shall be eligible. And the said Con
vention shall adopt ordinances for carrying into effect
the amendments which shall be made, and shall submit
such amendments to the determination of all the quali
fied voters of the State; but they shall not alter any
other article of the Constitution or Bill of Rights, nor
projxise any amendments to the same, except those which
are hereinbefore enumerated.
XIV. He it further enacted, That if a majority of
voters, at the election first directed to be held by this
Act, shall be found "For Convention," it shall be con
sidered and understood that the People, by their votes
aforesaid, have conferred on the Delegates to said Con
vention, the power and authority to make alterations
and amendments in the existing Constitution of the
State, in the particulars herein enumerated, or any of
them, but in no others.
XV. lie it further enacted, That the said Conven
tion, after having adopted amendments to the Con
stitution, in any or all ot said particulars, shall pre
scribe some mode for the ratification of the same byT
the People or their.representatives; ami shall prescribe
all necessary ordinances and regulations for the pur
pose of giving full operation and effect to the Constitu
tion as altered and amended.
XVI. lie it further enacted, That the Convention
shall provide in what manner amendments shall in fu
ture be made to the Constitution of the State.
AN ACT
Supplemental to an Act, passed at the present session,
entitled "An Act concerning a Convention to amend
the Constitution of the State of North Carolina,"
lie it Enacted, by the General Assembly of North
i Carolina, and it is hereby enacted, by the authority of
and restrictions, as were prescribed and adopted in an
Act, passed at the present session, entitled "An Act
! concerning a Conv ention to amend the Constitution of
) the State of North Carolina:" that the said Convention
may, in their discretion, devise and propose the follow
ing amendments to the said Constitution, or any of
them, so as 1. To provide that the Attorney General
shall be elected for a term of years. J. To provide a
tribunal whereby the Judges of the Supreme and Su
perior Courts, and other olllcers of the State, may be
impeached ami tried for corruption and mal-practices in
office. Ii. To provide that, upon conviction of any Jus
tice of the Peace of any infamous crime, or of corrup
tion and mal-practice in office, his commission shall be
vacated, and said Justice rendered tbrever.disqualified
from holding such apKintment. 4. To provide for the
removal of any of the Judges of the Supreme or Supe
rior Courts, in consequence of mental or physical ina
bility, upon a concurrent resolution of two-thirds of
lioth branches of the Legislature. 5. To provide that
the salaries of the Judges shall not be diminished du
ring their continuance in office. (5. To provide against
unnecessary private legislation. T. To provide that no
Judge of the Supreme or Superior Courts shall, whilst
retaining their Judicial office, be eligible to any other,
except the Supreme Court Bench.
II. And be it further enacted, That, should the Peo
ple decide, in favor of the call of a Convention as pro
vided for in the Act before referred to, the said Con
vention is hereby authorized and empowered to consi
der of, and, in their discretion, propose the above addi
amendments to the said Constitution, or any of
thein
HHHOSE who are afflicted with IIEAD.ACIIES,
A HEART-IHTRNS,aud other distressing symp
toms of disordered stomach, bowels, and liver, may
find relief in Dr. Beckwith's Anti-D speptic Pills,
which can be had at this Office price fifty
cents per box.
The Doctor, who once resided in this place, but
now lives in Raleigh, has, after a long and exten
sive practice, been enabled to compound a most va
luable remedy for the chronic diseases of the di
gestive organs, so common in Southern climates,
especially with those who lead sedentary lives.
It would be an easy matter to make out certifi
cates to prove that these Pills are a "sovereign re
medy" for "all the ills that flesh is heir to;" but
it is not pretended that they are an universal anti
dote. Certificates of tho most respectable Physi
cians and other gentlemen can be shown to sub
stantiate their etlicacy in the particular class of
diseases above spoken of: and the Editor of this
paper can testify that he has derived speedy and
permanent relief, m the use of them, from a most
distressing and long-continued head-ache. Soino
of his friends tried them, at his suggestion, and ex.
penVnced the same beneficial effects.
Salisbury, June 14, 18o4. tf
IS verv Eccsiitioii L
PRINTING
Executed in the verv !)et St vie
SITUATED SOUTHWEST of THE COURT
HOUSE, IN THE TOWN OF
LKX2.T', (X. CAKOLO A.)
THE Subscriber takes this method of informing
Travellers that he keeps a House of Enter
tainment in JLexington, (N. C.) on Main Street,
Southwest of the Courthouse.
His Table will always be supplied with the best
Hire that a plentiful neighborhood can afford. His
House being capacious, and attended by servants
who are industrious and zealous to please, Travel
lers can always be accommodated with GOO I
BEDS in rooms with fire-places. And last, but
not the least important consideration, HORSES
trill always receive such attention, in the JStable
of the Subscriber, that they may leave it with in
creased abilitv to do the service of the road.
JOHN P. MA BUY.
Lexington, March 8, 1SU. ly
VAIUAISI JLAXIKS
In the IMarkst I
I Y Virtue of a Deed of Trust to me executed,
by William Distnukes, for the purposes theie
in expressed, 1 will expose to Public Sale, in the
Town of Wadesborougli, on Tuesday, the l Ath day
of April next, (it being the week of Anson (ui!
ty Court,) the following TRACTS OF LANDQ
ONE TRACT,
Cosilaisslii 20 Acres,
Lying on the Cold Mine Branch, known by the
name of the Pinion Land; this Tract has GOLD
on it, as several pieces have ben found by Mr.
Distnukes and others; the soil is suitable to the
growth of Corn, Wheat, and Cotton.
ONE TRACT,
5 r.
The one-third interest, the other two-thirds be
longing to Jacob Austin, and the heirs of Jona
than Austin, which can be bought on reasonable
terms. This Tract contains the celebrated Gold
Mine where a piece of Gold weighing iJG S.
was fouud. This Mine has yielded upwards of
ten Ihousand Dollars worth of Gold without the.
aid of machinery 1 am confident this amouij(
or more, could be gotten from this mine, if pro
perly worked by men of science, and the know
ledge of Alining.
Containing 200 Acres,
Known as the Roe Tract. This is good for all
descriptions of grain, and well improved.
Containing' 100 Acres,
Known as the Jesse Harnett Tract ; it is excellent
Land and under good improvement.
One Tract, Containing 145 Acres,
Known as the John Holly Land, adjoining Rich
ard Rodders and Archibald Laney ; this is second
rate Land.
A Credit of X."n Months will he rpven.
ALEXANDER W. BRANDON,
adesboro , rob. 21, lb65. (5t) Trus
L0
- & v - i -
Coach and Carriage Making. &c..,
In Salisbury, by W. Rainey.
F 1 1 S Shop is on the Main Street, between the
" Mansion Hotel and the Western Cartdinki
Printing-Oflice, where he is prepared to make, SJ
short notice, and on the .most reasonable terms,
every description of Vehicles, from a stage-coach
down to a wheel-barrow.
CO" A large stock of readymade Work always
kept on hand, for sale as cheap as anv.
REPAIRING in all its branches will also be
promptly attended to, and executed in the very
best style of durability and neatness.
Jan.' 17, Ifcoo tf' J. W. RAINEV.
-lVTl AICTsl.-
lIIE Subscriber is about to move to Batesville,
in Arkansaw Territory, and will attend to ma
king pill Chases, soiling land, and paying taxes, for
non-residents!. Th.,:t" are niai,y tracts of Military
Bounty Lands, w -hie!., if i0 attended to? will be
J f i ,,,,
sold for taxes, and ht, rj
Lefters (post-paid) addressed to the Subscribe?;
at Batesville, Arkansaw, will be promptly atttMide.I
to. DAVID REiNHARDT,
Late of Lincolnton, A'.Cl
September '27, 1834. 6m
noi-:s WAITED.
rpHE Subscriber wishes to purchase LIKELY
NEGROES, from ten to thirty years old, ami.
will pay the most liberal prices in Cash,
All who have such property to sell would da
well to call on him, or Mr. John Jones, his Agent,
He can be found at Mr. Slaughter's Hotel in
Salisbury, and Mr. Jones at Dr. Boyd's Hotel, in,
Charlotte.
He thinks it proper to say, that he is no con
i con,
3, win
cerned in business with 3Ir. James Huie, or with
anv other person.
All Letters addressed to him, or Mr. Jones
be punctually attended to.
ROBERT HUIE.
Salisbury, May 24, 1834. tf
Col. Carson's Ce
lebrated Horse,
Will stand the ensuing
Season, at the Stable ot
the Mansion Hotel, in
Salisbury. Forpaiticu
Feb. 21, lb3o.
lars see Hand bills.
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