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FIAT JCSTITIA. RCAT COXCM. THE CAROLINIAN. SALISBURY: Saturday Morning, January 2, 18 SO. WELCOME THE "NEW YEAR!" Well, Eighteen hundred and thirty-Jive is no more. With it has departed many blessings with tiheir conco mitant ills, which have either contributed to the happi ness or misery of the world but whether their traces be good or evil, the events of the past are never to be retraced. They are registered in the pages of that book which will be read at the Great Day of Final ac counts. Until then, they rest in oblivion. With feelings of thankfulness for the past, and joy- ful hopes for the future, we hail the entrance of Eiqh- J Ule- Y?uvei .jt to i. 31 r. Kayner moved to pot- - i i i .'...nii;!,,,.!, - i ' pone said Resolutions until the 2d Monday of November teen hundred awl thtrlu-six ; and bid our patrons a hap-i 1 . , . ., J , , .,,,, -.'.-.r.. i i . , ' I next. Negatived b-J to Mr. Chairman moved to py ALW 1 EAR ! hoping that the (.iver of all tfooOgtrike oulai after the word "Halved" and insertasa may shower his blessings upon them, prosper all tneir laudable and praiseworthy undertakings remind them j of their duty to thefr Creator end Preserver, their duty j to their fellow men, and their duty to t!ie Printer ! teach them to exercise forbearance, to bo " patient, meek, and long suffering" in all things. P.S. We shall still, in 1?35 as in 135, be happy to welcome the favors of our patrons and friends. Erratta. The date of our last week's paper, both on the out and in side, was inadvertently erroneous. The j date should have been " Saturday imtrning, Dec. 1U. (KT On our first page will be found the Inaugural ; r ,a T'hl to Wivilwl an l the Chair be- . , , o. T. i. , i licvmg that it was capihleof further dcvision, determin- Address of (.ov. Spa.ght. It is a pla.n common sense j e, ut any inombcr h:lJ n r;ht to Tt;qiiire lhc shaker production, excepting a few political blunders such as j to put the question in a different mo.le, and so as to. di confounding the stem republican principles of Jefferson j vide it. From this decision Mr. King appealed to the with the ultra consolidationisin of our present chief, &c. I House, and thedecision of the Chair was reversed Ctl to j!3l. The question was then taken on Mr. Clingtmn's . J motion ami decii'ctl in tlieaffinnative, to-13. Jlr.Tav- CO" The C.reat tire in Arte 1 ork.... o refor our jor moVed that the Resolutions, as amended, be indeti- rcaders to another part of to-day's paper for ;in account i nitcly postpone 1. A question of order now rose, whe at length of the recent calamitous Fire in New York. ; ther it was proper, at this stage of the proceeding, to We have bare-lv time to snv that the damage has been ! 'ntertain suc'.i a motion. The chair decided that it was. e i.i . , r ,3 , . , j The motion to po?tione indefinitely was then put, and found to be not so extensive as was at firbt anticipated. , , ,, r 1 . , . t .t . 1 decided in the aihrrmtive, 4 to 4'J. After the question . , 11 . I had been decided, Mr. Waddell, believing the decision ROMULLS M. SAUNDERS. j of the Chair had been incorrect, prayed an appeal from The boasting of the Standard on the election of this ill-man to a seat on the Circuit Court Bench, indu- : takc nn appeal, and from this decision an appeal was ta ; us to irive this thriving politician the passing no- i l'1,,tI1lhe H.use Mistained the Ci.airSi to 12. Mr. . 1 3 Swindell moved that the llotiedo now reconsider their gen ces tice oi a it w woru. j Gen. Saunders a few years since was bitterly oppos- j cd to Gen Jackson lie afterwards became a staunch Jackson man then a nullifter and finally, h ? isa wool- J.irkson mnn. So much for his ix',Iiti-al con.sis- ! f f 1 tencv. In April last, we stated in the Carolinian tint Gen Saunders then Commissioner on French Claims with a i salary of ijfui.tXX) per annum, had at his refusal the ap pointment of Superintendent of the Branch Mint, loca ted at Charlotte, with a salary of i2,tK!() per annum. In consequence of remonstrances against this accumula tion of office in Gen Saunders, from leading political friends of the Federal Administration, a superintendent ad interim was appointed ; Gen. Saunders s-1 ill having the refusal of the pr. mount app.,.ntment, ,n case be j, Ctmsh.r Ct,or I)arl 1)unTli ritzran. should not be otherwise provide.! tor. e were well a- iM . j y auinn L. A. Ginn, X. Uar- ware that Gen. S. had his eye on the Circuit Court ! rhoU Murk-ins, Henry, Hotter, Hill, Hoxcerton, Bench as a more eligible position than trie Branch : iutchison, Jlybart, Irion , Jeffreys, Jerris, Jones, Mint, for an aspirant for the favors of the Federal Gov- ; j,ttikins, Kenan, J. W. Lane, Lee, Lyon, J. A. eminent; and alluding to this fict we published the i fcXeill, If. McNeill, Neale, Pickett, Iliddirk. following paragraph in the Carolinian of Nov. 21: Siler, Slade, Sloan, J. L. Smith, Stallings, Stock- "Superintendent of the Branch Mint. We shall j ard, Swindell, Taylor, Tornlinson, Tuton,J. R. soon know who is to fill the office of Superintendent! Walker, J. 11. Walker, Watson, Whitley, Wil of the Branch Mint. When the offices at the disposal liamson, and Witcher. of the Leui slature are filled when the appointments to I NAYS. Messrs. Bedford, Ronton Borland, vacancies on the Circuit Court bench shall be made, if! Brummell, Iiuie, IJoyd.IJarnhardt, Clement, Cling one acntlemnn be not provide,! fur, we shall see the I man, Collins, Davenport, Katon, Erwin, Foreman, reason why the Branch .Mint anointment at Charlotte ' has been held by a temporary superintendent. We have more to say on this subject anon." and the result has confirmed our statement. But Gen. Saunders is not satisfied with his judgeship. His eye is fixed on high preferment under the Federal Government a seat in the Cabinet, or to ho made a foreign minister. What say you to Minister to Spain ? Will the Standard deny this in good set terms! We charge it as no fault in Gen. Saunders that he is ; so Jucky. The old Romans placed good-luckiness a ipong the virtues and if the Standard must, needs bla zon General Saunders' virtues, we only claim the poor privilege of completing the list of them. FRAUDS IN LAND SPECULATIONS. We saw some time since, in the Franklin, Tennes see, Review the letter of a disappointed land specula tor, dated November 9, from Columbus, Mississippi, and headed Fraudulent Speculations on the Public Ivinds," &.C We should have taken no notice of the misrepre sentations and loose statement contained in the letter had it not been copied into several newspapers without any apparent suspicion of its errors. It is true that a Treat excitement was raised in Loiumous oy me janu ; V K.I I speculators, like this letter n riter, who wished to de- j fraud the Indians out of their lands, but be omits to mention, that after the fullest investigation in public . , . i i i ,i ,u;,.t mt meetin's. that could be had, where the subject was met 1 ' " , , , , J by fact, and that the hungry speculators were refuted ad routed, and the justice of the Indians's claims was admitted by all even by the disapjiointcd speculators themselves, however unwillingly ami with however bad a grace. He virtually admits that a considerable por tion of the Indian claims are founded in right, and then forthwith admits that the " whole originated in an at tempt of a few speculators to make a fortune out of Un cle Sam." Put the saddle on the other horse--on this letter-writer and his brother speculators. The real con clusions to which this speculator arrives is simply and truly this: That the Indians ought to be defrauded of i their lands and driven from their homes, on account of their great value ! ! This writer, we see, has been at his vocation again. In a second letter to the editor of the Review, he grave ly tells us that Greenwood Le Flore has pronounced "a large proportion of the present claims spurious. This should be sufficient" !! ! Admirable justice ! ! A se cond Daniel ! Gentlemen Indians, march ! move off, quit your homes and find others where you best can. Greenwood Le Flore has issued his infallible judgment that you have no right to your old wigwams and hunt ing grounds, and "this should be conclusive." We fbr bjar any farther notice at the present time of Miis tpe- culator's gross errors; and we dismiss the subject with out even suggesting what interest ho and Le Flore may have in attempting to mislead and misinform the pub lic on this matter. C- The Ltnd Resolutions Closing Scene. -The People of North Carolina, and all honorable men will never cease their execrations of the scandalous proceed ings of the recent House of Commons of this State, on the subject of the Public Lands. What this course was, the f dlowing proceedings will show. We have, to make them more conspicuous, placed the names of those who voted for the indefinite postponement of the Resolutions, which is tantamount to a rejection, in italics, remarking, by the way, that every man who vo ted fur the postponement is a thorough-going Van Uu ren parlizan, while those who voted against the post ponement, and for the Resolutions are Whigs to a man! Need we now ask, what party in North Carolina are opposed to a distribution of the proceeds of the Public Lands! Let facts answer: In the House of Commons, December 21, "A message from the Senate informing, that they have adopted certain Resolutions respecting the pub lic Domain. .Mr. Buie moved that thev lie upon the ta ble. Neiritived 50 to 41. Mr. Ravner moved to it- substitute, the Resolutions heretofore submitted by him and adopted by the House of Commons. Mr. Hawkins called for a division of the question ; and being first put , ""Kin - m uecmeu in u,e auirmauve, i eas Uic Resolutions a3'pr.pwod by Mr. Clin-mnn? was r 1 -mm m. iu..-iiuii n (it lit; M m wumj llvi L then put by the Chair. The calling of the Roll having been commenced, and two members having voted in the affirmative, and one in the nogativc, Mr. Hybart called for a further division, and that the question be taken on inserting each Resolution srpiratel v. Mr. King here i rose to a uucstion of order, whether the call for a furtli- or division could now be entertained after the House had commenced voting. The Sjie.ikcr decided that the previous demand of a division of the question gave any it. The Speaker decided that it was now too late to yoteofindetinite post ;oneiiient of said Resolutions, wliich was decided in the affirmative 12 to K. The question now recurring on tli indefinite postponement of th? said Reslution, Mr. Clingmam renewed the question of order as to the propriety of the motion for indennite postpone merit. 1 lie Speaker decided trie motion to be in onler and Mr. Clinuuian appealed; but the House sustained the I Chair, ;V to 152. The question again recurring on inde- finite postponement, the House adjourned The House proceeded to the unfinished buisness, in which they were engaged when the House adjourned last ni'rht "beiii'r the motion to postpone indefinitely the J,md Resolution. The motion prevailed by a vote of J i 1 to 43; so the Resolutions were postponed indefinitely. The following are the Avcs and Nays on the question of indefinite postponement: ry, i.orren, uraiiarn, v.uwirie, n.irn, i.a,,,, Hassell, J. Horton, W. Horton, Hoskins, Hunt, Ja cocks, Kelly, King, W. B. Lane, Lilly, Louder milk, Manly, Matthews, Muse, McPherson, Poin dexter, Kayner, Kogers, Kush, George Smith, Thomas, Waddell and Watts. TIIF FRENCH CONTROVERSY'. The following remarks of the National on the sub ject of " Explanations," ditrplay so much good sense, and m Corrcct vicws 0f t10 rcpcctive powers of the differ ent departments of our Government, that we are indu ced to lay them before our readers. The Nationel is the organ of liberal doctrines in France the exponent of the opinions held by Iafayette when living and bis political friends. The mention of this great and good man's name suggests to us, that had his life been spa red, his good offices might have prevented even the threatened rupture between two ancient allies &, friends: " The American Congress cannot give any explana tions demanded of it, the Constitution not affording them any means of obliging Gen. Jackson to make explana tions, if be is not disposed to do so. " It is not understood in France what the power of a Chief Majistratc, resjionsiblc for his acts, is. The Pre sident, at the opening of each session, is bound to com- tn,tnrat Message to Conirress. This is an expre vnn nf the personal opinion of the President: lie is bound to make it frankly, and owes no account of it to any foreign government. , " It the American Congress should decide the cxpla- . . . , . ', nation was to be made to ! ranee, it must reverse the Kxecntivo flinction in order to render such explanation possible; f r the Message being the opinion of the Pre sident, and the President having acted in the sphere of his duty in stating his opinion to Congress, he cannot be required to say that what be put forth as his opinion was not his opinion. "Conirress has only one constitutional mode of dis senting from the personal opinion of the President, that of not voting for the measures lie recommends. Has this not happened T Did not Congress decide that there was no crround to take into consideration the suggestion of the President Is This not all the satisfaction the Government could require ! The amendment of Gen. Valaze, then, in seeking more, has only attached an im possibility to the vote of the Chamber, and as that was a shameful vote, we saw with pleasure that it was an nulled by an amendment, absurd on the part of those who really thought the twenty-five millions due. Texas Robert Potter. The latest accounts from Texas, bring the intelligence of the death of Robert Potter, formerly of this State, who fell in an engage ment on the loth of November last. The Texanian have gained 8 signal triumph over Gen. Cos and his troops, who were compelled to surrender to ifon. Aus tin and his army, as prisoners of war. Every thing was favorable to the cause of Texas. Gen. Cos is a ycung man, and brother-in-law to Gen. Santa Anna. Col. Hill, of Nashville, Tennessee, has authorized the Provincial Government of Texas to draw upon him ior jso.uuo m aid of their struIe. Episcopal School. To the politeness of some un known friend, we are indebted for a pamphlet copy of a Report on the state of the Episcopal School of North Carolina. Some extracts bye and bye. 07" Party Tactics More Instructing Resolu tions. The Richmond Whig contains the following ac count of the beauties of Van Buren Legislation, which J et him ask, would their protection be? Mr P. were enacted in the Legislature of that State recently, i then referred t ths act of cession from Virginia, After stating that a report had been afloat fr several I which he was about to road, when the Chair inter days of a secret midnight conclave of the Van Buren posed, ami said the sense of the House must first party having been held, at which Resolutions were con cocted for instrucing Messrs. Leirh and Tyler out of their seats in the Senate, the Whig says: " We are sorrow to say that on yesterday this rumor was confirmed in its worst form. After the morning business was through, .Mr. Watkins of Goochland in troduced the following resolution. Resolved, That the resolution of the Senate of the United States passed March 2th, l-s31, which declares, That the President in the late executive proceedings in relation to the Tublic Revenue, has assumed upon himself authority and power not conferred by the Con stitution and laws, but in derogation of both, be referred to a Select Committee, witli directions to enquire into the expediency of instructing the Senators from this Slate in the Congress of the United States, to introduce and vote for a resolution, .requiring the aforesaid resolu tion to be expunged from the Journal of the Senate, " General Parker, in distinct terms, charged the re solution to be the fruit of n. midnight conclave, which he traced to the visit of Mr. Van Buren to Mr. Rives, ami of Mr. Rives to this City. There was no denial of the first fact from any part pf the House ! Mr. Witcher, in bold and unqualified terms, charged home to the majority, the concoction of this measure in a midnight assembly, where none were admitted but those of a pirticul ir party complexion, before it had been introduced into the legislature, or argued! The charge was silently admittd. Mr. W. drew a power ful picture of this odious innovation. He asked what would be thought of a majority of the Court of Appeals or of a jury that would meet apart, and in the ab sence of the remainder, without evidence, without argument, predetermine a particular question I I lis invincible argument his powerful voice, raised and animated by the consciousness of a just cause, went home, we make bold to say, to the heart of more than one, lured into the adoption of a course which no argu ment can justify. "Mr. Ilickerson (succeswr of Thomas Marshall of Fauquier) then moved to add the word supiort' to the resolution requiring the Senators of Virginia to 'sup port (by speech I) as well as to introduce and vote for, the 'expunging resolution ! M So extraordinary a proposition was never before heard of in any American, or other Assembly 1 It ap pears not to have been a part of the regular pie' bakfd in caucus, for it evidently disconcerted the Great De mocratic Republican Party Col. Watkins looked down, and the less eminent leaders of Democracy rather alarmed. Mr. Holleman openly disclaimed the motion, and ns it was voted against by the member from Gooch land it is fair to infer tint the bantling was the offspring of the individual zeal of the gentleman from Fauquier. Mr. Holleman put the thing down on the spot, by re marking that fie had supposed that the lawyers who were paid sometimes were permitted to defend a pro position they knew to be untenable, but he never ima gined that Senators could be required to speak against their known opinions! Various remarks was submitted by Messrs. Fontaine, Ilickerson, Moffat, Witcher, Stan ard, Gilmer, Powell, Parker, and Gregory, when the question was put on Mr. Ilickerson motion the fol lowing members only voting for it, and of those. Colonel Smith of Frederick, voting to humor the jokes' to wit: Mr. Wilson of B. Booker, and Austin of Bucking ham (the worst vote old Bucks was ever made to gie!) Ilickerson, Moffat, and Smith of Frederick. " Mr. Ball of Fairfax, then addressed the House, briefly and energetically against the resolution, and was succeeded by Mr. Gilmer in a speech in which he trod the Wine Press' of wrath, ouring.' upon the Great Democratic Republican Party an impetuous torrent of sneer, sarcasm and ridicule contrasting their professions with their acts, limning with a master's hand, the portraits of their soil seeking chiefs, and de nouncing that vengeance of the true Republicans of the land, which will surely at last, overtake those who not only practise but avow the rule of their conduct to be, that the spoils belong to the victors, "The tactics then arc developed and the plan of op eration against Mr. Leigh and Mr Tyler, disclosed. The infamous resolution of a yet more infamous author a resolution requiring the Senators of Virginia to forswear themselves, and to obliterate that Journal they are sworn to keep perfect this is the plan devised, to drive Mr. Leigh from his seat. To leave no doubt that this is the intention, and not his obedience, he is re quired to introduce the resolution. It will not answer that Mr. Benton do it it must be done by Mr. Leigh and Mr. Tyler, and the successor of Thomas Marshal!, and the Delegate from the old Republican county of Buckingham, would have gone yet farther, and required the Senators of Virginia, to debase themselves by mak ing speeches in its favor ! Dose any man doubt that such is the intention ! And did any man ever conceive in his gloomiest forebodings that a Legislature of Vir ginia, would so soon have arrived at such a passl That a resolution purporting one thing and meaninganother professing to reverse a particular vote, really designed to alter the Senatorial tenure should find countenance from a majority of a Virginia House of Delegates nay, that that majority should predetermine with the Speak er at their head, in private conclave, before debate, when their colleagues were absent, thus to vote! Let the country decide upon these things. Let the People see the disgraceful lengths to which Van Burenism is hurrying them. Iet them see New York tactics alrea dy in full blast and let them decide which is the more indefensible, the true or the concealed design of the Resolution. Como forth Republicans of Virginia, and let your voices be heard !" The following remarks wero made by Mr. Pick ens, of South Carolina, in the House of Kcpresen tatives, on the presentation of a Petition to Con gress, by a Member of Congress from Massachu setts, for the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia. They breath the chivalrous, dignified, and indejK?ndeut spirit of every true southron on this momentous question. The find allusion which so fired the breast of Mr. Pickens, was thrown out by some one in the confidence of Van Buren, that the patriotic nullificrs at the South were wishing to agitate the subject of Abolition for the advance ment of Mr. Calhoun : " Mr. Pickens said, as the question had taken a wider range than had at first been anticipated, he hoped he should be allowed to trespass with a few observations. He understood the gentleman, rl id it with a view to leave open the question whether it should be considered t'o-dav or not ; and in order to got rid of the 45th rule, as suggested by the gen tlemen from Virgnia, (Mr Mason,) a motion would le made to suspend it, to enable the House to take up a resolution that the petition be rejected. That seemed to be the present position of the question. "In connection with this subject, said Mr. P., there were many interests involved. The gentle man from New York (Mr. Bcardslcy) had alluded J to the sacred right of the citizens to petition. That f was unquestionable. But as the gentleman from Virginia had well remarked, that House had also the right to reject ; and Mr. P. put it to the House whether they could not do so, even if the petition were couched in respectful terms. There were, however, other interests concerned in this matter. They had even higher duties to perform than mere duty as representatives; they had their own individu al constituents in the DistrctofCoIumbia,nnd if their rights were not to Ik? maintained in that House,where, be taken before the discussion could be extended to the merits of the question. ' Mr. P. said then he would confine himself to what had been thrown out bv the jjentlcman from New York. That gentleman had asked, why was it that discussion was desired upon that floor? And intimated that certain fanatics, as well in the South as in the North, desired to agitate this question. Mr. P. desired to take that oportunity to throw back the insinuation with scorn and contempt. Sir, said Mr. P., we do desire to agitate this question. We desire it because we believe we have been foully slandered before the world, and I stand here prepared, at any time when the question shall come up, to vindicate the institutions of the people I have the honor in part to represent, from the foul asper sion and calumny thrown upon them. These are the motives which prompt us to desire discussion. He had heard some insinuations thrown out from higher quarters than the gentleman from N. Y'ork, that certain gentlemen of the South, belonging to a certain party, desired the discussion of this ques tion to advance the interests of a particular individ ual, and he would again repeat that it was a foul and infamous calumny, and those who uttered it knew it to be such when they uttered it. " Mr. Mav called the gentleman to order for go ing into the merits of the question, and was sus tained bv the Chair. " Mr. Pickens explained, that as the discussion had already taken a w ide range, it was difficult to keep within the strict rule, lie had risen to ex press a hope that the House would sutler a direct vote to be taken on this question, and be only in tended to urge another reason in favor of sustaining the motion of the gentleman from Maryland, If that motion prevailed, then, as had been suggested by the gentleman from Virginia, the question itself should be brought directly before the House for its immediate decision. These were questions in which the most momentous concerns of this Con federacy were involved, and it was extremely to be desired that there should be an immediate decision on them in that House," Remarks by the Richmond Whig. Where is the Southern man, not more New ork than Southern, who docs not re-echo these chivalrous sentiments ? They are however, made the basis of accusation, in that worthy official, the Globe an accusation which ought to be answered but in one way." A plot a gunpowder plot trea son disunion are seen in these just and natural sentiments, and the efiort made to excite the indig nation of the People against those who protect their rights, and most deserve their applause. It is in this way by crying out Disunion at every step -by representing all opposed to the President's pet, as enemies of the Union that the People are to be stimulated to execute the mandates of Andrew Jack son, and rivet the fetters or. their own limbs ! We find every whipster in the House of Delegates every county court lawyer of nameless degree, up to the cue, and raising his feeble voico to enforce the whispers of his master. FOR THE WESTERN CAROLINIAN. Messrs. Editors: I lately came across a passage in the Iatin historian Tacitus, which I have done into En glish, hoping that it may be interesting to some of your readers. We often congratulate ourselves on the poli tical and religious liberty we possess. Perhaps we should prize this great excellence of our free institutions highly more and relish its enjoyment more keenly and more gratefully, by dwelling at times on the persecu tions, sufferings and tortures that have been endured in other days for opinion's sake. It seems to me at times that our noble republican institutions are not fully ap preciated and sufficiently endeared to us. Christians too are apt enough to think that the sneers of the ignorant and wordly-minded, form no small trial: Let them reflect on the condition of the early follow ers of Jesus, as described by this unbeliever Tacitus. It may not be amiss to say a few things concerning the author, whose sentiments I have clothed in English words; inasmuch as I heard a young gentleman of good parts recently state, that the classical authors make no references to the wonderful events which were done in i Palestine. The learned need not be informed that fre quent allusion to the Christians is to be found in the classical writers of the times. Cornelius Tacitus was a Roman living, though then a young man, in the time of the Emperor Nero, whose cruelties towards the Christians he has described. Of course he was contemporaneous with some of the immediate disciples of our Savior. lie was an unbeliever and great despi scr of the Jews and Christians ; though his high repu tation as a scrupulous and fearless narrater of facts, appears to have been well deserved. After describing the precautions used in rebuilding the City ot ltome after the great fire in Nero's Reign, against the recur rence of such a calamity, with some other remarks he continues as follows : These indeed were the provisions of human foresights. Shortly afterwards expiatory offerings to the gods were sought out; the Sybil's books were look ed into; from these supplication was made to Vulcan, Ceres and Proscepine, and propitiatory rites were per formed unto Juno by matrons first in the Capitol, after wards at the neighboring sea, whence water was taken, and sprinkled over the temple and image of this god dess; And married women celebrated nocturnal wakes and idol festivals. But neither human aid, imr imperial bribes nor sacrificial offerings could relieve Nero from the infamy of having ordered the City to be set on fire. To destroy therefore this rumor if possible, he procured false accusations against persons whom he punished with the most exquisite torture. These were a race bated for their flagitious practices and vulgarly known by the name of Christians. The author of this name was Christns, who was put to death in the reign of Ti berius, by the procurator Pontius Pilatus. This pesti lent superstition then checked for awhile, again burst out anew, not only in Judea, where this evil originated. but even in the City of Rome, where is collected and and flourishes all that is atrocious and indecent in every nart of the world. First those were seized who made open profession and afterwards by their discovery, an? immense multitude, who were condemned not so much for the crime of burning the City as for their enmity to the rest of mankind. Their expiring: agonies wera mocked with indignities ; some were clothed with the skins of wild beasts and torn in pieces by dog3 ; some were crucified ; others covered with inflammable sab stances were burnt to serve as lights in the night time. For these spectacles, Nero gave his own gardens and and exhibited a circus-play, himself in the dress of a charioteermingling in the rabble or driving around his chariot. Whence pity was excited for the Christians, although offenders and worthy of most exemplary pun ishments, as being put to death, not for the public good but to gratify the malignity of a single individual. ONS OF THE COMMON PEOPLE. DEPARTED THIS LIFE. On Monday last, Dec. 23., JOSEPH YOUNG, Esq., at his residence in Cabarrus County. His death, we understand, was very sudden, though not unexpected by himself, and was occasioned by a disorder of tho heart that had been increasing on him for several months. The deceased was eminently distinguished for the re gularity of his life, the exemplary fulfilment of his du ties as a member of society, and for his great piety and humility as a Christian. His death has left a chasm that will be long and deeply felt in his neighborhood. We shall not attempt to sketch his character, adorned as it was by so many virtues, as we hope to receive an obituary notice done by the able hand of an old and in timate friend of the deceased. Situated at the NOR TH CORNERofthe Courthouse. r PHE Subscriber returns his sincere thanks for - the very liberal patronage that has been be stowed upon the MANSION HOTEL for the last twelve months. This well known establishment is fitted up in every respect to accommodate re gular or transient Boarders, and travelling Gen tlemen and Families in a manner which he is con. fident cannot fail to give the most entire satisfac tion. He is prepared to furnish Dining Rooms, when required, and Rooms for private families, arranged in the most neat, convenient, and com fortable style. Gentlemen of the Bar who may attend Salisbury Courts, are informed that he has A Row of Offices, very convenient to the Courthouse, and unconnect ed with any other building, which is ready forthetr reception. His TABLE shall be'furnished with the best that a plentiful market can afford. The BAR with Refreshments inferior to nono arrangements having been made with a gentle man in Fayetteville to furnish him regularly with the choicest Wines, Liquors, Arc. To Stage Passengers: THE Sta ges on the main No them and Southern Line, Peck, Welltord c Co., Contractors, and known as the Merchant's Line, arrive at and depart from the Mansion Hotel, every Monday. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and twice on Sa turday. The splendid Line of Stages direct to Raleigh Messrs, W. 5c J. L. Moring Contractors, arrive at this Hotel on Sundays and Wednesdays, and depart from the same on Tuesdays and Saturdays. The direct Line of Stages to Cheraw, S. C.t via. Wadesborough, W. Allen, Esq., Contractor, ar rives on Wednesdays and Saturdays, and departs on Tuesdays and Fridays, from this Hotel. Persons wishing to secure seats in any of tha above Stages, will apply to R. W. Long, at the Stage Office kept at the Mansion Hotel. RICHARD W. LONG. Salisbury, January 1, 1836. t f- JYoticc ! THE Salisbury Female Academy, under the superintendence of Mrs. HUTCHISON, will commence its session On Monday, January 4, 1S36. The friends of the Academy feel autho rized to speak in terms of the highest commenda tion of the great attainments and eminent qualifl. cations of this distinguished Preceptress; and to promise that under her superintendence the Aca demy shall be worthy of public confidence and patronage. t f Salisbury," January 2, 1836. "5s OT1CE. " IIIE Subscriber, having taken out special let ters of Administration on the estate of Joseph Cowan, deceased, will sell, at public Sale, at his late dwelling house, on Monday, the Xlth day of January next, nearly all the personal property of said estate, (evcept the negroes,) consisting of Horses ; Cattle ; T T r crc Four or five Hundred Bushels of Corn; Three or four thousand pounds of Oals Hay ToAdev Two WAGONS and Ham ess : Farming Utensils; Household and Kitchen Furniture ; And many other articles not herein mentioned. Also, TWO LIKELY NEGROE 3IEX to be hired. A reasonable credit will be given, and other particulars made known on the dav of Sale. ROBERT N. FLEMING, AdmV, December 22, 1S35. ts TfROM the Subscriber, on the night of the 23rd -- inst., at the widow Stocktons, on the road leading from Concord to Salisbury, a fine silver caped Watch, cracked on the face, worth about $25 ; steel chain and key. I am under the im pression tho watch was stolen from the house while I slept. I forwarn any person from trading for said watch, and will give a reward of five dollars to any person finding and delivering it at thia office, and iuforming me of the tbief. THOMAS SARTEX. Caswell Co., N, C, Jan. 2, 1836, Blansicii Hotel.