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TJ Ff n h WES MMN CAROMNIAN TUDLISIIED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING A3313ia2i gmim'III AYtUi Jf(DsJI2I?in Wo JUASHIPPDSI EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS. JVumbcr 35, of Volume 16: SALISBURY, NORTII-CAROLIjYA, JANUARY 30,1836. umW-fromAcSnmmSS17. The Western Carolinian. BY ASIIBEL SMITH & JOSEPH W. HAMPTON TERMS OF ll"H LIC ATI ON. 1. The Western Carolinian is published every Sv- TI'Bday, at Two Dollars per annum if paid in ndvare, or Two Dollars and Fifty Cents if not paid before t he expiration of three months. 2. No paper will be discontinued until all arrearages gire paid, unless at the discretion of the Editors. 23. Subscriptions will not be received for n less time fhan one year; and a failure to notify the Editors of a tvUh to discontinue, at the end of a year, will be consi dered as a now engagement. 4. 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To insure prompt attention to letters addre"d to the Elitors, the postage should in all cases be paid. Monday, January 1?30. SENATE. Special .message. The following Message was received from the President if the United States, bv Mr. Doiielson, his Secretary. To the Senate and House of Representatives. Gkntlemkn : In my Message at the opening of your session, I informed you that our Charge d' Aflairs, at Paris, had been instructed to ask for the final determination of the Trench Government, in relation to the payment of the indemnification, se- cured by the treaty of the 1th of July, 131, and that when advises of the result should le received, it would be made the subject of a special couimti- ideation. In execution of this design, I now transmit to you the papers numbered from 1 to 13, inclusive, containing among other things, the correspondence on this subject between our Charge dWUVirs and the Trench Minister of Foreign Affairs, from which it w ill be seen, that Trance requires, as a condition precedent to the execution of a treaty uncondition- ally ratified, and to the payment of a debt acknow- Jeded by all the branches of her Government to be due, that certain explanations should be made, of which she dictates the terms. These terms are such as that Government has already been officially informed cannot be complied with ; and, if persis- ted in, they must be considered as a deliberate re- fusal on the part of Trance to fulfill engagements binding by the laws of nations, and held sacred by tt. u-t?lo niv ilivi'il world. The nature of the act in j --------- - which Trance requires from this Government, is clearly set forth in the letter of the Trench Minis- ter, Marked No. 4. We will pay the money, says he, "when the Government of the United Statin is ready, on its part, to declare to vs, by addressing its claim to us officially, in writing, that it regrets the misunderstanding which has arisen between the two countries; that this misunderstanding is founded on a mistake; that it never entered info its intention to i-all in ques'ion the good faith of the French Government, nor to take a menacing attitude towards France ;" and he adds, " if the Government of the United States does not give this assurance, we shall be obliged to think that this misunderstanding is not the result of an error.'''' In the letter marked No. 0, the Trench Minister nlso remarks "that the Government of the United States knows, that upon itself depends hencefor- ward the execution of the treaty of July 4, l.il. Obliged by the precise language thus used by the Trench "Minister, to view it as a peremptory re fusal to execute the treaty, except on terms in- compatible with the honor and indetendence of the United States, and persuaded that, on considering the corresjondence now submitted to you, you can re iranl it in no other li'dit, it ltecomes mv duty to caU vour attention to such measures as the exsgen- py of the case demands, if the claim of interfering in the communications between the different bran- phes of our Government shall be persisted in. This pretention is rendered ibe more unreasonable by Jhe fact, that the substance of the required expla- nation has been repeatedly and voluntarily given iwf..re it was insisted on as a condition a coudi- r " ...... ... . . iion the more humiliating, because it is demanoed as the equivalent of a jiecuniary consideration. Does Trance desire onlv a declaration that wo had " - - - - - ' no intention to obtain our rights by an address to her fears .ather than her justice ? She has already had it. frankly ami explicitly gicn nyour .Minister, ac- i. I, or f :,i oriimont lil net rvitifiod bv inf. LIUllIll u I V hi i i imii iiiiii mi mi - u i lier Ctovernineui, ins ai l raimeu o inc., ifirmntion of it officially communicated Ids letter to the Treiicli'Miidster of Tor- and mv con liv him. in hi ein Aflairs, of the 'JOth of April, 13.", and rejK-a- Mr. Ilarton having, in pursuance of Ins instruc ted by my published approval of that letter after tions returned to the United States, and the Charge the passage of the bill of indemnification. Does d'Aflaires of Trance having leen recalled, all di Trance want a degrading, servile iex titiori of this pluinatio intercourse lietwccn the two countries is act, in terms which she shall dictate, and which suspended a state of things originating in an tin will involve an acknowledgement of her assumed reasonable susceptibility on the Trench Govern right to interfere in our domestic councils ? She merit, and rendercrcd necessary on our part .by their will never obtain it. The spirit of the American refusal to perform engagements contained in a trea people, the dignity of the Legislature, and thi firm ty, from the faithful jierf nnance of w hich by us resolve of their Executive Government forbid it. they are to this day enjoying many important com- As the answer of the Trench Minister to our inercial advantages. Charge d'A flairs at Paris, contains an alluon to It is time that this unequal position of affairs a letter addressed by him to the representatives of should cease, and that legislative action should be Trance at this place, it now becomes proper to lay brought to sustain Executive exertion in such mea- liefore you the correspondence had between that urcs as the case requires. While Trance persists functionary and the Secretary of State, icla-jvc to iu her refusal to comply with the terms of a treaty, that letter, and to accompany the same with such explanations as will enable you to understand the course of the Executive in regard to it. Recurring to the historical statement made at the commence ment of your sci.-ion, of the origin and progress of our difficulties with i ranee, it will be recollected that, on the return of our .Minister to the United Slates, I caused mv official approval of the expla nations he had given to the Trench Minister of Foreign Affairs, to be made public. As the Trench Government had noticed the Message without its being officially communicated, it was not doubted that, if they were disjMised to pay the money due to us, they would notice any public explanation of the Government of the United States in the same way. But, contrary to these well founded expec tations, the Trench Ministry did not take this fair opportunity to relieve themselves from their unfor tunate osition, and to do justice to the United States. Whilst, however, the Government of the United States was awaiting the movements of the Trench Government, in perfect confidence that the difficul ty was at an end, the Secretary f State received a call from the Trench Charge d'Affaires in Wash ington, who desired to read to him a letter he had received from the Trench Minister of Torcigo Af fairs. He was asked whether he was instructed or directed to make any official communication, and replied that he was only authorized to read the letter, and furnish a copy if requested. The sub stance of its contents, it is presumed, may be gath ered from Nos. 1 and G herewith transmitted. It , was an attempt to make known to the Government of the United States, privately, in what manner it could make explanations, apparently voluntary, but really dictated bv 1' ranee, acceptable to her, and f thus obtain payment of the twenty-five millions of francs. No exception was taken to this mode of communication, which is often used to prepare the I wav for official intercourse, but the suggestions made in it were in their substance, wholly inad missable. Not being in the shape of an official communication to this Government, it did not ad- mit of reply or official notice, nor could it safely be made the basis of any action by the Executive or the Legislature; and the Secretary of State did not think proper to ask a copy, Itccause he could have no use for it. Copies of papers marked Nos. y, 10 and II, show an attempt on the part of the Trench Charge d'Affli ires, many weeks afterwards, to place a copy of this paper among the archives of this Government, which, for obvious reasons, was not allowed to be done; but the assurance lte- fore given was repeated, that any official commu- mention which he might be authorized to make in the accustomed form, would receive a prompt and just consideration. The indiscretion of this at- tempt was made more manifest, by the subsequent avowal of the Trench Charge d'Affaires, that the letter before Congress and the American jteople. If foreign agents, on a subject of disagreement be- twecn their Government and this, wish to prefer an appeal to the American people, they will hereaf- ter, it is hoped, better appreciate their ow n rights, and the resjiect due toothers, than to attempt to ue the Executive as the passive organ of their communications. It is due to the character of our institutions, that the diplomatic intercourse of this Government should bo conducted w ith the utmost directness and simplicity, and that, in all cases of importance, the communications received or made by the Executive, should assume the accustomed official form. It is only by insisting on this form that foreign powers can be held to full responsibil- ty ; that their communications can lie officially re- plied to; or that the advice or interference of the Legislature can, with propriety, bo invited by the President. This course is also best calculated, on the one hand, to. shield that officer from unjust sus- picions, and on the other, to subject this portion of his acts to public scrutiny; and, if occasion shall require it, to constitutional animadversion. It was the more necessary to adhere to these principles in the instance in question, inasmuch as, in addition to other important interests, it very intimately eon- cerns the national honor; a matter, in mv judge- merit, much too sacred to Ikj made the subject of private and unofficial negotiation. It w ill be perceived that this letter of the French .Minister of Toreign Affairs was read to the Secre- tary of State on the 1 1th of September last. This w as the first authentic indication of the specific iews of the Trench Government, received by the Government of the United States after the passage of the bill of indemnification. Inasmuch as the letter had been written before the official notice of my npprova and remonstrance could have reached lans, just ground of hope w as left, as has been before stated, that the French Government on receiving: that in- formation, in the same manner the alleged olfend- ing message had reached fhetn, would desist from their extraordinary demand, and pay the money at I ...... -. i l once. 1 o give them an opiorrunirv to cm so, .wm, at all events, to elicit their final determination, and the ground they intended to occupy, the instructions were given to" our Charge d'Aflaires, which were adertedto at the commencement of the present session oi congress. no resun , as u ui . - . , J :i ilcm irwt oi :m official written expression ot re v. - - - - - - - - - ' - i u oeiuauu oi an oim un i no-!'- - grets, and a direct explanation addressed to I rance, with a distinct intimation that this is a sine qua non. the object of which was, by removing all causes of mutual complaint, to renew ancient feelings ot friendship, and to unite the two nations m the bands of amity, and of a mutually beneficial com merce, she cannot justly complain if we adopt such peaecful remedies as the law of nations and the cir cumstances of the case may authorize and demand. Of the nature of these remedies, 1 have heretofore had occasion to sjeak ; and, in reference to a parti cular contingency, to express my conviction that reprisals would be best adapted to the emergency then contemplated. Since that period, Trance, by all the departments of her Government, has ac knowledged the validity of our claims, and the ob ligations of the treaty, and has appropriated the moneys which are necessary to its execution ; and though payment is withheld on grounds vitally im portant to our existence as an independent nation, it is not to be believed that she can have determin ed permanently to retain a position so utterly in defensible. In the altered state of the questions in controversy, and under all existing circumstan ces, ita p tears to me that, until such a determina tion shall have become evident, it will be proper and sufficient to retaliate her present refusal to comply with her engagements, bv prohibiting the introduction of Trench products and the entry of r rench vessels into our torts. Iletween this and the; interdiction of all commercial intercourse, or other remedies, you, as I he representatives of the jteople, must determine. I recommend the former, in the present posture of our allairs, as being the least injurious to our commerce, and as attended with the least, difficulty of returning to the usual state of friendly intercourse, if the Government of 1'" ranee shall render us the justice that is due; and also as a proper preliminary step to stronger mea sures, should their adoption be rendered necessary by subsequent events. The return of our Charge cPAflliires is attended with public notices of naval preparations on the part of Trance, destined for our seas. Of the cause and intent of these armaments, I have no authentic information, nor any other means of judging, ex cept such as are common to yourselves and to the public ; but whatever may lie their object, we are not at liliertv to regard them as unconnected with the measures which hostile movements on the part of Trance may compel us to pursue. They at least deserve to be met by adequate preparation on our part, and I therefore strongly urge large and speedy appropriations for the increase of the navy, and the completion of our coast defences. If this array of military force lie really designed to aflect the action of the Government atjd people of the United States, on the questions now (tending between the two nations, then indeed would it Ite dishonorable to pause a moment on the alternative which such a state of things would present to us. Come what may, the explanation which Trance demands can never be accorded ; and no armament, however powerful and imposing, at a distance, or on our coast, will, I trust, deter us from discharg ing the high duties which we owe to our ccnslitu cuts, to our national character, and to the world. The House of Representatives, at the close of the last session of Congress, unanimously resolved, that the treaty of the 1th of July, 1?31, should be maintained, and its execution insisted on by the United States. It is due to the welfare of the hu man race, not less than to our own interests ami honor, that this resolution should, at all hazards, Ik; adhered to. If, after so signal an example as that given by the American people, during their long protracted difficulties with Trance, of forbearance under accumulated wrongs, and of generous confi deuce in her ultimate return to justice, she shall now Ite permitted to withhold from us the tardy and iniiertect indemnification, which, after years of remonstrance and discussion, had at length I teen solemnly agreed on by the treaty of 1831, and to set at nought the obligation it imposes, the United States will not be tho only sufferers. The cflorts of humanity and religion, to substitute the appeals of justice, and the arbitrament of reason, for the coercive measures usually resorted to by injured nations, will receive little encouragement from such nr. issue. IJy the selection ami enforcement of such law ful and expedient measures as may lie necessary to prevent a result so injurous to ourselves, ami so fatal to the hojies of the philanthropist, we shall therefoie not only preserve the jiecuniary interests of our citizens, the indejiendence of our Govern inent, and the honor of our country, but do much, it may be hoped, to vindicate the faith of treaties, and to promote the general interests of jicace, civili ration, and improvement, ANDREW1 JACKSON. The Honorable Jt ssc Speight. The New York American notices a packet received by Arthur Tappan, addressed to "Arthur Tappan and "ifrj"-," franked by J. Sjteight, Member of Congress from North Carolina, containing a piec e of rope , with the following brief epistle : "I herewith return you your protest, enclosing, as a testimony of my high regard for your necks, a piece of rope. You will, no doubt, duly appreciate mv motives. Washington, Jan. -J, l:io J. SPEIGHT." The paper thus returned, was the printed Protest of the American Anti-Slavery Society, against the denunciations of the President of the- United States in his Message a copj' of which had lieen sent to each inendier of Ontgress a document signed by Arthur Tappan, William Jay, and others. .As much food and bad digestion weakens and des. troys the liody, so much reading and little reflection impairs and ruins the mind. The first Bible ever printed in America, was the In dian Bible, translated by Klliot, and published in 1004. The language was very difficult, some of the words con taining thirty or forty letters. It was all written with one pen. 1 1 is motto was, Prayer and pains, through faith in Christ, can do anything." It is better to correct one fault in ourselves, than to find a hundred in our neighbour. A lean dog is all fleas. Printer's Devil. iriiccII:iiitoiis. From the Raleigh Register. THE EMPOISONED J30WL, Written by a Lady of this City on hearing the Bell ring for the Monthly meeting of the Temperance Society. Is there amid the woes that chequer life, A name so deeply dyed in woman's tears, As the intoxicating cup 1 Look where you will, you cannot miss its sorrows; It sweeps o'er every land, and desolates The fairest hopes of sweet domestic life. The wing of genius cannot soar too high, Nor learning dig too deep to 'scape its snare. There is no tie that binds the human heart, But shrinks and dies before its influence rCo sac ri rice too precious to be offered up Before its heart consuming shrine. Ambition, wealth, and honest fame, once dear As life itself, seem now an empty dream, And home, that blossom'd erst as Eden, The scat of every joy that earth could yield, Neglected and forgotten, wrapp'd in woe. Grows darker, till a blacker night than Egypt's Broods o'er all this earthly paradise. Is there no dawning 'neath this sombre cloud ? None, wide as its influence spreads, increasing With its progress, its very touch is death. War, with its garments roll'd in blood, Compar'd to this, is as a morning cloud That vanislieo before the rising day ; This leaves its trace, 'tis true, in smoking cities, Villages in Haines, and fields of carnage. While houseless widows, and beggar'd orphans l'ollow its horrid train m all their misery. But, peace will come, and ruined cities rise. Full soon beneath its beam, while far around Gladness and plenty crown the happy land. And e'en the poison-breathing plague, that wafts UK)n the breeze, its cup of death to thousands ; And famine, with its slow consuming tortures, Wasting a nation's life blood, drop by drop, Till the whole land is well nigh desolate ; Compared to the intoxicating glass, Is but a dew drop, to the ocean's wae, In the great scale of human misery. True, these are solemn dispensations ; And from the voice that bids them, we may leam His holy will, that we should turn from sin, And vice, and folly, to righteousness and truth. Tli ink ibr a moment, on the broken heart That w eeps in secret, o'er approaching ruin. While the smiling babe hangs on the breast, A helpless, unoffending victim ! yes, A ruined victim, ere its tongue can lisp The endearing name of father. A father, who has sold his darling boy, A slave to want, and woe, and infamy. And what has been received! what mighty price. Worth all the tears, and grief, and shame entailed Ujion this beggar'd family? A glass, One glass, one sparkling glass of brandy, mixed With horrid mirth, and impious revelry But is there none to feel this ruin, save The woe-worn wife and her unconscious boyl Wltat cheek is that so colourless, while The long dark eye-lash, wet with tears, just shews The speaking orb within, emblem of sorrow. It is a sister, crushed beneath his fall. And who is that, bending with years and grief, Whose hands in agony are clasp'd. While her eyes, streaming to heaven, are raised Invoking blessings on her ruined son? It is his mother, and she hath anguish. Human pen hath never told, nor ever will, For 'tis too deep for utterance. But see another aged victim, 'tis the father: Strives he to hide the inly settled grief That heaves his troubled bosom ! Alas ! His inmost soul is touch'd with her deep sorrow, Her grief to him, is heavier than his own, lie seeks to cheer, but vain the attempt, That look of deep despair, more loud than words, Tells on Ins bursting heart, that hope has fled. And could this inourninggroup now rise around us, From the gray hair'd sire, down to the prattling infant, Would not their pleadings be, "Oh save us!" And their counsel, would it not be to 'scape The (toison breath of this contagion, Nor wait an hour; for while we musing wait, Ten thousands breathe its fatal influence, The venom spreads through all her veins, And they must die without redemption. Nor let us think our own are safe, and we May rest securely, nor think alone To shield our own from its envenom'd breath ; It cannot, be, the tainted gale is wafted o'er, And ere, we see, will speed the shaft of death - At some gay victim, least expecting, least Prepar'd for such a stroke. No, would we be safe, our aim must help To rear a barrier, high enough, to screen From the cmpoison'd blast, the whole wide world. The work is not our own, it is the Lord's ; He calls us to his aid to prove our hearts, But his ow n strength will crown our weakness, And his shall be the praise of victory But our's the promis'd blessing. ESSAY UPON LOVE. bv a lady. In an enlarged and strong mind, love does not make such havoc as in a weak one, not that it is less capable of loving, but because it has more re sources. It certainly is the most po we rful passion of the mind ; and when there is not the capability of oilier pursuit . it often engrosses and destroys To die for love is no proof of tenderness, but of a.mi.liiv of mind and obstinacv ot temper. I lie narrower the mind, the more it is liable to be de vim ri'i 1 bv whatever predominates over it. If there w v v- " ' T " ' i were such a superabundance of tenderness, that life itself must be the forfeit of its wounds, it would . r fil r.n other occasions : but vou may see 11 1 ' L WK, I I - v r m- neon e dvinu ot love, wiio nave not uociiii cimugu to ive ui) tit a common argument. And why do thev die ? Because thev have not docility enough to submit to the correction of disappointment. In violent minds, love will be a violent passion, like the rest. Violent, ungovernable love, shows the furv. not the tenderness of the disposition. A furious man loves furiously : he can scarcely l,r i he obieet out of his sinht. and is mad when he sees another enjoy that attention which he But in the midst of all his mission, he thinks less of cherishing the ob .. it th in of . aratifving himself. He would not forego his love, though the misery ot its ob ject should ensue, nor has he any idea of giving a imnmiiPM of w hich he must not participate. The nhWmatic love very rationally, and take plenty of time to consider whether every thing is proper and advisable, before they allow themselves to feel the warm emotion, and when at length they have gently and duly made up their mindsto be in love, it is always with such prudent reserve, that, in case of any mishap, they soon recover, and are ready to love again as rationally and as coolly as ever. The selfish and mean have their loves, and love with a thousand subterfuges and stratagems. It may readily be supposed, that those people would be soon appeased by a good jointure, for the loss of the beloved object. The volatile and fickle will love more merily a thousand times, and laugh themselves out of it, without remembering one for whom they have have sighed. The sensual love a great many, but soon forget ; they have no friends in their love, be cause they hold no mental intercourse. The morose love, and sometimes (for man is ex quisitely various,) forget all their natural gloom, and become harmonized and tame, nay sometimes ridiculously elated; but nature generally returns, and after marriage the gay plumage fades. When a man of dissipation loves, it is often with more than ordinary tenderness and delicacy, because it must be something very exalted that can" call home his wild imagination, and conscentrate those feelings so much accustomed to wander. And this is the reason for which a reformed rake is said to make the best husband. Men of business have generally little sentiment in love. They too often marry to make their homes comfortable and secure, and therefore the mind of the lady is not often sufficiently considered. If she have a tolerable fortune, they fancy they have made just such a bargain as they w ished for, and consider it withjnearly the sameemotion as they consider any other matter in the way of trade. The melancholy make the most romantic lovers and use all quaint conceits of valuing trifles belong ing to the object of their love, and are tediously in terested about the smallest cencern relative to the said divinity ; which is always insipid and ridiculous to others. They love and despair, and love till they love despair itself, and fancy themselves ten times more in love than they really are. But this is an error common to all lovers. The sanguine love very bountifully. They are not liberal of their affection, but they generally ascribe perfection to the selected object. There is a continual animation in their passions, and those are the people who will quarrel and forgive a thou sand times. The impetuosity of their emotions, how ever, renders them the victims of jealousy ; and though they love deeply, they are apt to be trou blesome, unless they meet with a mind as impas sioned as their own. Yet they beautify their ten derness with such sentiment, for they have so hidi an opinion of the object they love, or rather adore, that they think they can never address her too highly, orshov her too much observance. THE WAY THEY COURT DOWN EAST. Sally, the housemaid, paring appels in the corner. Enter Obadiah, who seats himself in the corner, opposite to Sally, without saying a word for fifteen minutes, finally, scratching his head, breaks silence with 'There's considerable imperceptible alterin of the weather since last week. Sally Taint so injudicious and so indubitable cold as 'twas ; the thernomican has lowered up to our nunarea degrees niglier than zenith. Obadiah I think's likely, for birds of that spe cie fly a great quantity higher in warmer days than cold ones. - Both parties assume a great and knowing look. and a long pause ensues. Finally. Obadiah mves us pate another harrow ing scratch, again breaks silence " Well, Sally, we chaps are going to raise a ileidi ride, its such inimical good sleddin, to-morrow. bally Vou are I Our folks are suspecting com pany all day to-morrow. Obadiah I s pose they 11 have insatiate times on t. 1 should be undefinitely happy if you would disgrace me with your company ; I should take it as a deropitary honor; besides, were calculating to treat the gals copious well w ith rasons and black srtap. Sally I should be supernatural glad to disgrace you, but our folks suspect company ; I can't go. .Obadiah sits scratching his head awhile, and at length starts up as though a new idea come upon linn. " Well, now I know what I'll do ; I'll go home and thrash them are beens what have been lying down there in the barn sich a darnd while. Exit Oba. dia7t. Boston. Morning Post. BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS. A Rifleman. A daring Tennessean with a blan ket tied round him, and a hat with a brim of enor mous breadth, who seemed to be fifrhtinr "on his ow n hook," disdaining to raise his rifle over the bank of earth, and fire in safety to his person, like his more weary fellow soldiers, chose to spring ev ery time he fired upon the breastwork where balan cing himself he would bring his rifle to his cheek, throw back his broad brim, take sight and fire, w hile the enemy were advancing to the attack, as deliberately as though shooting at a herd of deer, then leaping down on the inner side, he would re load, mount the works, cock his beaver, take aim, and crack again. "This he did," said an English officer who was takeu prisoner by him, and who laugingly related it as a good anecdote to Captain D, my informant above alluded to, " five times in rapid succession, as I advanced at the head of my company ; and though the grape w histled thro the air over our heads, for the life of me I could not help smiling at his grotesque demi-savage, de-mi-quaker figure, as he threw back the broad flap of his castor to obtain a fair sight deliberately rai sed his rifle, shut his left eye, and blazed away at us. I verily believe he brought down one of "my men at every shot. As the British resolutely advanced, though co lumns fell like the tall grain before the sickle at )