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i. COMMUNICATIONS. ;; i. . ' - fok thb begwtebJ DEMOCRATIC" MEETING IN LENOIR. ." 5 no. nt v: The third point of opposition iolr. Clay, eon- d by oar Demotraticfnends tn Unoir, is that f he is in favorof the distribution of the nnvpfHtd of the sales of the public lands, the ef- feets of which win be, first, tojgive away to the States the money belonging to the Peopleand tKj.n fn it- th tonla to replace it 1 his is ' gravely set fcfrth as a cardinal case of bosUlity to Mr. Clay,ind, like all the others, is founded in Ihe grossesinjastice. For it appears to roe that any one at all acquainted Wkh the Deeds of Ces sion, whereby vthe I General Government became possessed of the Public Domnin, must be con strained to admit that it now has no just title to it whatever. Distribution is but an act of simple justice ta the ceding States. It is nothing more than an aet of political honesty, and the Stales of , this Union, so far from regarding it as a boon or a bounty from the Federal Govern.nent, demand it as a right' which-they cannot and will not relinquish, and which cannot be refused withoq outraging both justice and boriesfy, and setting an example of public perfidy and disregard of public faith, which I trust, for the honw and character of my country and my countrymen, our Government will, necer be guil'y of. I sbiHild indeed feel ashamed, and humiliated and degraded, if-1 tho't such dishonor would ever be brought on this na tion. The Federal Government received the Public Domain at the hands of the States as their Trus'ee for certain specified purposes ; &rA those objects having been accomplished, .what should be the result? What would beutce what would be honesty in this' case ? If I anvey piece of property to A, in trust to pay a certain . debt due B, and A, after disposing of the property, and discharging the debt, finds a surplus in his haodshflo whom should such surplus ravert ! . Would it belong to A or to me ! What, would be thought of A's honesty if he were to refuse to pay over the balance in his hands, and claim it as his own Y Exactly such, ia the position of the FeteMlGovernmot in relation to the Public ( Domains. : Being, the Trustee of the different States, and the objects or which the Trust Fund was raised being consummated, every dictate of common justice and common honesty, uni'e in re quiring distribution of 'the surplus among the States of the Union." And that the General Go vernment is the1 Trustee of tlss States, can be proved without the possibility of successful refu tation. The ofiicial documents and Legislative records of the country, establish it beyond the slighest doubt Let us examine bito this matter a little, and' see if these are mere empty asser tions, 6r are entitled to the lionest belief of all who wish to know the truth. In 1780, Congress made an appeal to the generosity and patriotism -of the different States of the Confederation, hav ing claims to wasje and unappropriated lauds in the Western country, to make liberal cessions thereof to the United States for the common ben efit of the Union. This appeal was made for Hie loubW purpose of producing harmony among jhe States, some of which refused to enter the Union on accoun?of the claims of these States to these . lands, add for the further purpose of replenishing the empty coflfers of the Federal Exchequers, then In a state of comptete exhaustion. This appeal ; was met by. Virginia in that chivalric spirit of liberality for which she has always been distin guished J and in a lke spirit by the other States, who all nude liberal cessions of their landsas re. , quested. But these lands were ceded as a Tbtjst Psopestt, the General Government being the Trustee, to administer and dispose of it for the benefit and behoof of such States as then were, or might thereafter, become members of the Federal 'Union. It was, in the language of the Deeds of Cession, 4 to be considered as a common fnnd for the ttse and benefit f such of the United States i .as have become or shall become members of the ' Confederation or Federal Aniance" the ce3mg state inclusive,) u-aecording to their usual respec tive proportions in the general charge and expen diture,, and shall be faithfully and bona fide dis posed of for that purpose, and for no olher use or purpose whatever.' It appears then that, as I have before stated; the Public Lands were assigned U the General Government 's a Trust Propertt, and that was the construction put on the Deeds of Cession by Congress at the time. This is at tested by the Legislative history of our Govern. roent ; for we find by reference to the Act of Congress making provision for the payment, of the debt of the U. State, passed on the 4:h Au gust, 1790, that its 22d Section directs, that the proceeds ojf the sales- which .shall- he made of jtbe lands in, the Western Territory, now belong. , 'Ingot tht may hereafter belong to the United States, shall be, and are hereby appropriated to- wards Binking or discharging the debts for the' payment whereof the JJ, S. now are, or by virtue of this act may be holden ; and shall be applied solely to thai use, until the said debts shall be fitly satisfied." -Now is it not evident I hat the n ' gross of 1790 regarded the Public', Lnnds as a T&vst PkoftrT onj, and pfedged them only ' ttntjl the debts of the General Government were liquidated. Those debts having been extinguish, ed, it follows of coqrse that the Public Dunain is entirery Released from the pledge, and should by the terms of the deed, by the spirit of tho Act pledging them' for the redemption "of the public . debt, ah l by every consideration of justice, hoa. . esty, and public faith, revert to the States, and to t them alone. For the General Government has no more stronger claim, fnn greater moral right to them nou than a' Trustee Jias to llxe surplus ; funds remaining in his hands after he has accoin. iplished the ends for S hi'cK hid Trust rwas irw lith- . ted, ind he appointed. Such is the construct idn, whichfit apjiears every man of sense and re'lec-t uon roosi pui.upon me act ;,ana ucn is ie solemn ? and recorded construction put upon it by the high. ; est Jodiital Tnbanai of our country. In Peters' , Reports of the Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United Sfates, in the case of Jackson against 1 , Watkih land withm the ijiits of. thdiessien jnade by .Virginia to the : United - States, avei find, the unanimous decision .of the Courf, writtenbat an delivered by Chief lustice Mawh'iiron thlsubjact. After recapitulating ,. i the deeds of cession, od referring to various" re solutibns 6f the State ;if:TniiiilngearinU' ' goeson to say : The 'residue I of the L'ndu, (f. 'ler sat'sfying (cIama'nW.ntiee are eded I ' . ' ' to the United Stages wur the. benefit of the eaid States, to be cttoside rind ua a; Comisna (a nA for the nietand .bebl'of 'oi.thV.Uniti4f titee ' as has become, or stuUl become members of the Confederation or Federal ' Alliance of the said I J . SlatC8 Virginia inclusi ve, according to their usual respective 'proportions in, the general cbre .and expenditure, and shall beautfy arid bona (fide disposed of for that purpose, and for no other: use or purpose wkateter i.Tbe Government of the United States then received ibis territory in trust,-not only for the Virginia Troops on the ; - , rte . ConeieraioTr; j. anJ thijj Trust h executed by a airif and bona fids' disposition of the land. or that pur? ... . . r. ...i T rO 4 , Sjch wag he deeigion of tfie Supreme Court t Jje y delivered by Judge Marshall, every pose.' f ee reters iiepons, voi. x. page w- iriAmher of the bench concurring Such was the constructun put upon the deeds of elusion by the Congress of 1733, and various other Congresses ; and such most unquestionably was the intention of the original granters. .Ami if it wereneces sary, I might refer to the reiterated recommenda tions of Gen Jackson in his Messages to Congress, tu dispose of the Public Lands by reirocedvJg them to the States ; the passage of Mr. Clay's Land Bill through a 44 Democrat ic'1 Congress, which was only prevented from becoming the law of. the land by the application of, the famous Pocket Veto ; to Mr. Calhouu's biU for ceding them, not to all the States, but to those States alone in whose limits they lie and to the opin ions, speeches and votes of various leaders of the u Great Democratic Family' on this subject, all showing that they too believed that the measure was demanded alike by principles of justice apd policy. But it is unnecessary to pursue the sub ject farther. The whole of the foregoing argu ment was Biade only to meet the question of a denial of the rights of the States to the Public Lands, or of tho power of Congress to cede them. But neither of those points is questioned by our. " Democratic" friends of Lenoir. Far from it. On the contrary, they expressly admit the claims of the Pedple lotliem. They frauldy concede that the Lands belong to the People, but object to their L being distributed among the Slates. Tbey will op pose Mr. Clay, they say, "3d. Because he-js m favorof the distribution of the proceeds of -the" sales of the Public Lands, the effects qY which will be, first, to give away id the States the money belonging to tlx People, and then to tax the Peo ple to replace it." But to whom jstbjs u money belonging to the People" to be ' given away," if not to the Slates as the Agents of the People? Would tbey have ' the people" humbly approach the Treasury. Department, cap in hand, and each, one receive the distribution quota which would fall to each individual according to the proportion of the population of his State! Surely our Democratic" friends think too much of the " dear people" to require this humiliation of them. Nor can I think that they believe this money be- I longs to the people" in their individual capaci ty. Certainly they cannot. The Lands were ce ded to the General Government by the people" in their sovereign capacity. It was done by the different State Governments, as agents of " the people," and it is to them it must be paid, and when in their hands, it will be for "the people," through their respective Legislatures to6aywhat disposition is to be made of it. Batour " Dem ocratic" friends say it will be u giving away the money belonging to the people of tho States." If complying with the dictates of common justice and honesty, and returning to the States what has been too long and too unjustly withheld from them ; if the voluntary relinquishment of property to which the Government has not the shadow of claim beyond that which possession can confer, be "giving away" the money. of the People," then Distribution is certainly a "giving away." u Giving away.' Let us see. Judge Marshall, and every member of the Supreme Court ; Gen Jackson and Mr. Calhonn, and Beveral Demo cratic" Congresses, besides several Republican Congresses, have decided that distribution was no boon, no gratuity, no donati m to the peo ple." ,Oilr "Democralic" friends authoritatively pronounce it a giving away of the people's money. Now whose opinions are entitled to most weight in the eyes of the nation : Judge Marshall and the Supreme Cour, Gen. Jackson, "the last of thj R mans,'' and vari as Co igressee, and some of the wisest Statesmen of the country, or otir Democrat ic" friends of Lenoir 1 But should we "pause to consider what 44 the effect" of any measure, when it is both just and rigftlJ Should we not first strive to ascertain what is right, and then regardless of consequences, pursue the path of 'duty 1 But the "effect" of Distribution, say our 44 Democrat ir" friends of Lenoir, "is further to cause the people to be taxed to replace the sum distributed. If the money justly and rightfully belongs to the people, is it Democratic" to with hold from them their just dues because the taxes Will he augmented by the payment of theml ' What system of Moral Philosophy is it that teach es that we are not to discharge our just and hon est debts merely because we may suffer some pe cuniary disadvantage thereby ? Surely this can not be Democratic (hxttrme. I cannot believe that it is. I know that the ffreat mass of the Democratic party cannot support such a inon sfrous doctrine as this. Their unitedr sentiment will be, must be, "If the money belongs lo ihe People, pay it to their agents, the State Govern ments ; let it ga to those to whom it justly and Honestly belongs, and we will cheerfully sustain any increased taxation that may pe necessary. Let jnsMce be done to the States-; let them no longer be deprived of their just dues, already too long de'syd, and we, will never murmur, we will never complain, even if we have ta contribute, more liberally to the support of our Government. Let it be a righteous and an honest Government; let ft sacredly perform all its engagements, -and redeem its solemnly plighted faith; let it prei serve unsullied and untarnished the public hon or; -and it will receive the blessings of Heaven, and the support of the s'urdy yeomanry of the country, the boue and wew uf the nation, un inftueneed by -any sordid fears of increased tax ation." Such I am sure would be the excli matioopf the 'great mass of our "Democrat. icw,brcihren throughout the Union; for X could not think otherwise, without believing that they possessed neither moral purity nor exalted patriot isms And such I &oow. woald be the impulse of our " Democratic friends of Lenotry if they do not allow their prejodkes to warp their judgments, and their party preditecttbog to overcome the no bler dictated of their natures IncQnclusion, I will wily saytohein, examine carefully and mi nutcla. irifo this matter; investigate theevideoces: exbreTth'L7gianveirecwds of the country ; scrutinize, rigidly" the deeds of .cession of the good " Old North StaV wtd the various other States i that ceded their lands to the Federal Government; and, U they do not fiud the tacts as i have stated them, then let them continue their opposition tie jur. viay, because he is m favorof the Distribu tion oi me proceeds of jhe Public Lands." But if, on the contrary, they find s they surely musi,) ftiat t Its vo af&teil rittihlnjT but what the records of the country prove to he facts, then I call upon thenas reasonable, and candiL and honest men to renounce their hostility to that great States man, and rally around him in support of the Con stitntibn and laws of the country. In my next, I design to give the fourth reason assigned as cause of opposition to the election of Mr. 'Clay in the Democratic' proceedings in Lenoir. -'.i, . . i -- -v . - VINDEX. Dec 21st, 1843. THE OREGON EXPEDITION. The following letter from a member of the Great Emigrating Party will be read with interT est,.though we trust few of our readers will pro fit by its advice to future emigrants. It will be seen that ibis was written in the Rocky Moun tains early in August, when the emigrants bad encountered little hardship ; we have had advi ces a month later, when the party passed Fort Hall, on the Saptin, in. a sadder plight The real difficulties of this long and perilous journey commence in the Rocky Mountains, whence for a thousand miles the barrenness and the desola tion are fearful. " Cut stone," volcanic lava, and ikl wormwood are poor entertainment for man or beast ; and game is scarcer than ia Connecti cut. We await with painful solicitude further advices from the emigrants. Sew York Tribune. FBOM TUB PLATTE EAGLE. LETTER FROM P. H. BURNET, Eeq. Sweetwater, August 5 h, 1843. Dear Sir: We are here in the Pass of the great Rocky Mountains, in sight of its eternal snows, and refreshed by the pure water and air of this beautiful region I have determined, a midst the incessant labors of the camp, to write you an accurt of our progress thus far. It may be vry brief, and it may be full. That will de pend upon the time I may have to spare. The constant employment of a camp, and the great inconvenience we have toundergoin writing here in this wild wmrld of hills, antelopp, and buffalo, will necessarily rendertbis communication almost illciribre. My friend Cel. Martin, by whom I shall send this, will be able to give yon many particulars that I shall omit. We have come So far with gieat ervse and safety, the difficulties of the way not coining up to our anticipations. We have had iuour company one death and one birth. Mr. Claiborne Payre died night before last with the fever, (bilious) In Capt. Applegate's com pany, Mr ileniphray's little hoy of five years old was killed by falling Out of a wagon, which ran over him. In the four companies, that are now wi.hin a few. miles of ach other, there are abont one hundred and thirty wagons. At Kansas Ri ver we' organized, and there were one hundred and eleven wagons, J he company separated a few davs afterwards into three companies, and since into four, viz : Chile's, Applegates's Coop er's, and Martin's. We find small companies most convenient. We have as yet suffered no interruptions from the Indians, having had noth ing stolen and no attack made ; and eight or ten days win take us beyond all danger. The dan ger of interruption from the Indians is very small. The most serious difficulty, we have had to meet h-rs been made by ourselves, and that is the grum bling and quarreling in camp i but this is just as harmless as you ever witnessed, and always ends in mere icords. However, we have had one fight, fist and skull, on the road ; neither party hurt. 1 shall give you such particulars as I think will be useful to our friends who may wish to come after us. I have taken much trouble to learn the best mode of travelling, ancj such reflec tions as experience and reason have (suggested to me I will give you, and through you to my friends in Missouri and elsewhere. i Wagons Should be light two-horse wagons, strong wheels and axles, With good workmanship and timber, 4ight beds, and broad strong bows, high wheels, and falling tongue. Let thetn be in a good state of repair, all the skanes and bands abont the wheels sound and strong, and no repairs will be necessary. It is unnecessary to bring anv extra axietrees, as they will scarcely be nee ded and will not pay for hauling, and timber can he had on the road. Those who bring strong heavy wagons with large beds will regret it Let the wagons be loaded lightly, and almost entirely with provisions. There should be no useless trumpery brought along. The covers of the wa gons sliould be doubie and not painted, and the upper edge1, of the wagon bed should be levelled so. as to throw the water that may run down the sheet on the outside, and the bottom of the bed should be made of narrow plank, so that if the rain should run into ihe lower part of the bed it will run through the first crack in the bottom. Teams. Mules may be preferable towards the close of-lbe trip, but thus far oxen have done e- qually as well. Of our oxen we have not lost more than one out of twenty, tf that many, and those that have given out were very poor old ones, not suited for the trip at all. We have as yet had no need of shoeing them, and will have none, as their hoofs seem te improve as we pro gress. Some of my oxen are fat enough for beef, some have fallen off very slightly, and others have improved upon the road, and out of five yoke I have lost nomvl have observed that young oxeorfrem three to five years old, bear the trip much the best, as tbey generally improve on the ,way. Loose cattle keep fat all the time. But cows make a better team than oxen, as we have abundantly proven on this trip. They, cost less, are easily broken, more active, walk better, stand the trip- better, and are worth a great deal 'more in Orgegon at the end of the trip, and beyond Fort Hall horses can be procured for them from the Indians, ae the American cattle are far supe rior to the California breed for milk as well as beef. They are sufficiently strong for a team, as the roads are the best in the world ;and it is not the weight of the load so much as7 the travel that weaspnt a team. Were I going to travel the trip again 1 would certainly buy cows and break them to work, and woujd furnish myself with some 'mora than were necessary for the team, so as toVelieye those that might becbnie tired. ' ' 'jPrOTnsions,rfitc.i--Not less than 150 pounds of flour and 4Q pounds of bacon to each person, wiih coffee and sugar, teas, and dried fruit, rice, and e h ?r necessary articles." Bat, above all, ex cept flour and bacon, plenty of milk cows and a tew good teef catt !e nught-to he brouffht. Milk is a great luxury ot tbe road; and by making what we call thickened raifk (4 roost delicious article of food) a great saving of flour may be made. Cal ves will generally give oat on the way, and may be slaughtered for voah K "will not do; to depend -upon the buffalo meat on the Way. You -bee none under 300 mites Trom Hhf S2ttlements,;and tie i ot.ly about he distance of 100 miles, l.ntil you are through the buffalo re gion.' You . will then travel about-JQ0 miles and pass again through a space of country 100' brihW iff widthV wbeej you see plenty' of fresh' meat; out to kill for a whole company cannot be done. When, once alarmed they flee 20 or 30 miles off, and you see no more for several days. No a musemeat -is so exciting' as buffalo huntimr nurves. uuenuea wr niai use siioukl not be used until you reach the buffalo. Great care should be takofthe urovisionsand none wasted. Sad- I C mfllltl i very u, eful. The w .iron t rei and w ' dters' tacas, a fe w tools, screws, a col atiu uiiiiiy niers: ca articles. wtJi ha round may be Ughtened with JiotJp iron with great eisc, and bytwetting the wheels everyeyenmgXtey may be kept tight. . ; We have asyet hid no trouW aboat water, bavin found plenty all the-way. Our jcurny lies up the Platte, where tarater is plenty. Fuel s sometimes scarce, butlno dread of suffering on that account need be iridnlged. ?It rain very seldom, and we have had oaiv abbuL-four hard rains since we left Independence; In fact,ourdifli ru'ties have been very trifling. The roads are bet tar than any turnpike th the United Sta e. : - We travelled many hundred jpiles op the inclined1 plane of the Platte the hardest, , smoothest road in creation. In the black ill we bad soine steep ascents, but no worse than the Back Bone near -Weston. We had not even to stop -once to let our teams rest ; but they went np without stop, ping at all. In fact, the (worst road I have yet seen was the road from' Weston to Independence. There was more mud, mWe hills, more rock, more logs, and stumps, 4"d gutters. For per sons corning from the Plane country, thsToute up the Missouri to the mouth of the Platte, and there across, and up the Platte, is not only one hundred miles nearer, hut much the best way. Of this I am fully satisfied Parties of from thir ty to forty wagoners are amplyjarge enoughi and will travel faster, with more ease and harmony. Avoid large crowds. The trip should be -commenced as early as possible, by the first of May, at farthest. In fact, by that time (1st May) they ought to be atrfhe edge of the settlements, ready to cross the Missouri riven As many, loose hor ses and mules as can be brought along will be very useful. Sheep, I think, might be driven with ease and safety. J I have thus given you a very few brief hints, for the benefit of those of our friends who may hereafter wish to-emigrat to the beautiful region of Oregon. We have sen some beautiful and triking objects on the way, but I have no time now to say a word about; them. The company starts ia a few. minutes, and I must gear up my teams and be off over the; Rocky Mountains. I have written this in great haste, and at several different times, and I know it is awkwardly done. I have kept a journal, and at a future time will 6end you some further account of our trip. Wishing you and all our friends, health and happiness, I remain your ifriend, PETER H. BURNET. To Allen M'Lane, Jr.f From the N. 6. Picayune. PRA1 UIE & MOUNTAIN LIFE. i THE BEE HUNTERS. Our evenings around tlie camp-fires were gen erally whired away ilh pipes and chat, now and then a song, and sometimes a yarneither fanci ful or true, from some of the rude characters around us. Encamped upon the Wahka-roo&i, or Big Elk, wheu journeying outward oaly 6cune sixty miles beyond Wesijport, we listened one evening with intense interest to the following narration, given, perhaps,? with more effect in the uneau h words if ihe story teller. It was one of the first of these camp-fire; relations that we heard, ami was so told as to leave a vivid impression upon us all. f It was sometime in 1832, that a party of fifteen or twenty persons collected among the little vil lage settlements of upper! Missouri, for the pur pose of a bee hunting expedition out upon Grand ' River. As is usual on; such occasions, there were more novices than practical woodmen among theui, aud in a few day?, before a single bee tree was. fount!, their provisions began to run low, while no sign as yet appeared of either bonny or game. Thus critically "circumstanced, an old man by the name of Vanderpool undertook, with his son, to return to the -seitlefments, and bring out further supplies for the rest ; but the man and boy were only a feW hours out of sight of their companions when they became bewildered, and by.nightfalt the two ivcre thoroughly lost Their only course now Was to lay down and wait patiently until daylight came to assist in setting them right again, but during the night the unfor tunate old man in some accidental manner dis charged his rifle, the ball; passing through hie left thigh and shattering the bone in a roost dreadful way. Night wore slowly away over them, while tlie old man lay in horrible agony, and without prospect of assistance, until as day dawned, it was determined that the boy should seek the set tlements alone, and hurry back with aid to his father. Accordingly, the youth set off alone, invoking Providence to guide himi while an old and faitit ful dog was the only living thing left with1 the wounded father, to iickihjs feverish hand and listen to bis moans. Moj-e fortunate than he an ticipated, the son did in a brief period reach the settlements, from whenc6 he set out aaw im mediately with every necessary assistance, both for his father and the unlucky bee hunters upon the Grand River. Butfthe poor boy was now worse lost than evlr, and he could neither find the place where he had left hia father, nor direct the friends who were with him where to kk for the main party. All this time the old man Jay in most acute affliction, iur. able to stir an inch while enduring the maddening agony of thirst, and with a cool stream rolling but a few yards from him, through a deep cleft in the prairie, overhung by a broad speeding growth of timber, lie lingered in this way .until the third day after his son left him, when the, desolate invalid began to feel his brain wandering beneath the severity of bis sufferings and in j this situation his poor friend, the dog the only thing that seemed vet imbued with knowledge land sympathy for'frinw presented the unhappy man with his only -cruel and desperate method of prolonging life. : Coaxing the affectionate creature near enough to him by the feeble mojion of his hand, he made a desperate plunge at the anirnaP peck with his knife, and was fortunate enough to sever the jugular artery, and the poor dog, expired almost without a struggle by his side! Old Vaiuler. pool then, hy-great exertion, turned himself sf as to touch the flowing blood with bis 'ftp; and in thw way; h? managed to imbibe a sufiicieney of strange sustenance to give him a partial restora tion of strength, with which he dragged hjmself by slow-degrees down t0 the edge of the, creek. Here the wounded man slacked his tUreedajs thirst, and fell at once joff into a happy uncon sciousness of pain and fraflfcHng; his body iuite hidden from view by leaves and the thick trnder growta of wild shrubbefy around: him. Some hours after, pcr VanderpooPs compan ions, the other bee hunters, came past this very spotthey having waited his return until patience, had expired, and now hiving determined cn ahfc dou their search after hee tree, and make their way homeward as soon ;as noss'ibl. " Ti.v ij,Vwi the' dead -dog, wlrich, though already partially derpool bntiUeglectod to search the viciftity wjt.h.such fccf Mtiny as ighuhave dieoveied?ta theuxi.their.ttnibrtanate: companion jf and, oaly satisfying themselves iba be was not there, thev hurried on tbehr way homeward. " .'The boyVtoo; at Jength succeeded in Irinh h;snend to the spot; fand finding variouV foot prints aroanoV hie father gone and the dor kill!, hw natural concluaionwaa, that either frt?nd or eopmies had been ther and carried the old man on... Jjhts opinion fasteniu? Itself at them all, they left the place and turned Lark to m (nm . t T . b . - among te Lushes oir IVITJ: w T7U .ennsrhat had become could nspforUi no tone or oiuranir loud enougr. totite warqingof his present e. They were pre. parirr to depart, tcl leave bun there ltr thejast time,ande w&shUme in the deiattf wiWernes. helpless, woonded, starving and dying, with pvw not even the tfog to cro-jicb by H wkle, aul eem in some ort a coinjain t him. The helpless old man cmiliw drag his aaliiated hotly up the bautairiiVan"lW-rein.tig-ifl' f ih? dog 'isiiqs$ by jveiw atewitif m ; hiuht 'd hear U,i, while the hWrible ronvict mi fane reioatned that tnid habiRfy hiv the next nieal for the ten?iiis Jieasm s .i uiw miserable condition, sinking beneath hope in bodily and mental anguish, tlie poor old bee hunter passed another jright, and yet with firm tenacity hatum clungvra life; and feeble existence lingered in hw frame." -... ' ? ! , The boy and. his friends' as well as the other people of the tee-hunting party, arrived at their homes, fufly expecting to hear of some !nrky chance' having brought the old man in before them, hot consternation and alarm at once suc ceeded to this hope, when, they were told that Vanderpool had as yet neither beeir seen or heard of ! With instant and .humane despatih, the whole party, joined by asmany more fresh recruits, h urried away for a general and thorough search after the missing man, and, proceeding once more to the spot where hia son had left him, a more careful investigation had the happy effect of at last restoring the unfortunate cripple to his friends. They found him among the leave and sbrubsi by the edge of the water, just where he had dragged himself nearly two days before, wholly insensible, and fast, hastening toward a condition beyond the reach of human aid. Yet that old man was living when the story was ifold to as on the Wahka Roost, and is still a bale old fellow at the date of this writing ! The veracity of our simple informant was never doubted among us, but our interest in the story was increased when, on our return several months after, we accidentally met with further intelligence of " Old Vanderpool," fully confirming the anecdote we had heard of his critical adventure when out, nearly twelve years ago, with the bee hunters How much is there daily cenring in real life that. leaves the pen of fictio in the back ground! How many occurrences fade constantly away un recorded in oblivion, (in despite, even, of the ever eager daily papers,) full of all tlie elements cal culated to enlist svrrrpathy aruL interest. How whimsically must It seem to us that the world moves, when we reflect lliat a vast region of ro mancers, poets and story-tellers exist by coining, with great-labor, fanciful resemblances of things that pass in truthful reality every day unnoticed before our eyes in the great panorama of nature. And how much more welcome do we ever find the real picture that we recognize, than the ornate and elaborate creations of fancy. Old Vander pool and his neighbors, with whom his story has long been an ordinary and almost forgotten affair, will doubtless be surprised enough at'seemg a simple anecdote of their far locality picked up at last and put into print. 1TATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, L'hai ham 3 Count- Superior Court ui Law F U Term, A. D. 1843. Milly Buckner, vs. John Buckner. Petition for Divorce and Alimony. Tt appearing to the Onurt that a Suhpce ia and alia Subpoena hare been duly iued in thn case, and that the defendant, John Buckner, cannot be found, and that proclamation hatb been publicly, made at the ;oun-h4ue door by the Sheriff of Chatham County for the said defendant to appear and answer as eom mandul by the said Subpoena ; it ia ordered by the Court, that notice be given in the Raleigh. Register, a Befrspaper prtBtrd in this State, for tare months, for the said defendant, John Buckner, personally to be aad appear at the Superior Court of Law, to be holden for the County, of Cbatham, at the Court Ilottee in Pitisbjro', on the third Monday of March next, then and there to plead or answer to the petition Milly Buckler, for Div-wce, or the seme will beJaken pro coafesso, and beard according to the Act of the Gen eral Assembly in such case mwle and prov'idrd. Witness, John Thompson, Clerk of the Superior Couit at Law, f. the County of Chatham, at Pitts ioro', the third Monday-of September, A. D JOHfi THOMPSON, C. 8. C. Pr.: Adv.' ft. . 10u-3m NO XI C E .--At the Novetnlter Term 43, of Wayne County Cowt, thV Sub riber quslhjed ae Adtninistratof of thrv estate of Philip Hooks, deeeaeed. All peroons indebted to sd rs!ate, are requested to? make immediate payment, and loose having claims against said estate, will pre sent them, property authenticated, within the time prescribed by law, or this notice will be plead in bar of their recovery. H JAMES GB1SWOLD, Adna'r. , Dpcember 1, 1843, . , . . , 98 UEUTDEIlSOJr MALE' A C A D B M T. THE Eierctses of ibis Institution witbe resumed on Monday, 6th of Junuary 1844. Theschobs lio year will be divided into t wo swsians ef 5 months etch. Tbe Trustees have engaged the services of Mr. Wx. H. Bass, who is a Crudeate ofJUndoenh Marin CoJlrfe, sad is highly rt-commended both for his morid deportment as , a geotlemeo, and fur his qaalificalioBs as a Teacher., In this tchool will be taoghl every thing neceftsary, to prepare y.uag at-n for College, or for the ordntary avocations' of life. Henderson is a beautiful and flourishing village, im mediately on tbe Rait Koad from Raleigh to Gaston 45 miks from either place remarksbte for ihe heltb fulnea of its location, and .for the itireJligence and 'morality, of iu inhaliitaots, and those of its vicinity. The location of the Aradcmy fs qdiot and retired, sbf Deiemiy remote from die ousines part of the villagr. Pitrticutar attention will te ptitl both to the moral department and, the, intellectual advaocement of tbe Pupils Bosrdvincludiiig wasliing, lights, &c. can be had in respectable private families in tbe village at $7 per month i' and in the' country; at 5. Tiacfi Session will close with k thorough examination of the Students on the Studies purvoed duting that Term. nttxina mission., , For EoptUU branches, v 7 00 Classical course, . ; - ' 16 00 , , JOHN D 'HA WKfNS, President of Dee. 13. ine xoara pi j ranees. . ILL BE fepLD ai tbe Court House, in tlie (own of Lenoir. Caldwell County, on the 4th Monday in JnV.ejjlrtielbliiw i"5 parcels of Land, for the Taxes due' doereorflor tlie year -18485 -.-.' ; , . , .- -. '-J-s Owner's uainea.l On,, what waters,' ! , ' ' ' I'' 'rJ . Ir A No.ol jArnt tax eres Robett BarnliilL;Middte.Litlle rrver. lOtt $1 S3 matuiew uox Huh Fox: 43 1 186 Am 1 2 tea i. ' M icttaelTeagtie, Alex West, I t.; .t m HareCveekl' -; Add. Keller, f 319 Mkldie Liute river. 160 a oe V , ;u . ttfti IW MUUKK, 1 be tiff, . Lenoir, Caldwell Co. Sera. 26, 1843. , 78-wts Sim it XJijsf; Ilartrord, Conn; Ofirrs to insure Butldwg eod Merchandize, agatMM los or dauUMge by foe, at premium to ,uU the times. , ui. . one oi ine okiest and best insurance Cotn-J and paysita losses prompt. ; Applications for Insurahice ? ITaWghr Its vi vfuuj. w itc imiue toy " ' i- : - s 3. WrHITINO. TTJ VNAWAYTakenttPind cbrnn,itted I JU,lJairin Beaufort .County, October t iltb jt)(iviM, wuw Hj u name u JUfJIX jtM ? he Erlongs lo Dr, Samuel Vance, in South C.r t that ountj "istri. top a and; purchased by John R. Htrriiu, who sold him l)rv Vance i thai he ranawsy eu the fourth of 1? to iy f wi(: tasen vp u ni tsnmiv mnu commuted to JH:i " in Cbathar, and aays that said Jail was burnt on tU tt'AQrt'WV:rM taken out and earned lo HiHshiroVherrmam when bis owner came after hipi j nine miles from that place he got away .from him .'f ; ' Said Negr is a etout Mack, man. 5Teet, 10 j inchei high, ami vmgha 178 poonde ; thick and heavy about tbe reck and jaws ; hisliwo .small toes on left are .iff to the first; jnir-r j frot biiteri about two years SHcitf Said ngro is eU acquainted in and about Charlotte in Ibis State, and ran read tut not write. , His owner k requested to come, prove proper ty, pay r barest, and lake him sway or he will be dealt with as the law directs. a JACOB iJWfNDELL, Jailor Oct. 30 1843 . 68 tf (kTATE OF KORTH c AROLf XA.-PiuuiuZ ktjr-Onurt of Pleas ami Quarter Sessions, K0 Term J843. " I - Henry Drake and others, ! Hardy Scarborough wife ani others. ' ' j ' Petition for sale of Slaves. y It appearing lo the satisfaction of the Court, that 1 the defendant, the said Hardy Scarborough and wife, j Soloman Philips - and wife, , Enos Newell and wife " and Gray Drake are non residents of this State :' ii is ordered by the Curt,ihat publication be made in tte ; Raleigh Register f six ucresive weeks, notifying the said parties to appear at the next Term of our Court to be held for the County of Pitt at the Cou.t House in Greenville en tbe first Monday of Fekua next, then and there plead, answer or demur, or j udg. ment pro eonfesso wilt be entered agaiust them, and tlk Petition heard accorOioRry. . J Wiiness, Archibald Parker. Clerk of our said Court at c&ce, the first Monday of November A. D. 1843. j ARCHIBALD PARKER, Clerk. '1 Pr:Xd.$3 62J 104 6w TATB OP WOkTH CAKOLLN A Johnston 1 I CounJy-Cdurt of Pleas ami Quarter Sessions. overriber Term, 1843. ' - i f David H. Holland J i ' ' '' vs. Isaac Moden, Adfor, of William Munden, dee'd. J Action sf Debit Administrator pleads 'fully adruin- irtend no assets," which pleas are admitted by ' " PlainUfll . ;' ft appearing to the' satisfaction of the Court, that 1 rfredham Mundi-n, one of the distributeeit ef the said William. Is not arnnhabitaiK of this State: It is there- i fore ordered, that pubUcatton be made in tbe Raleigh i Register, for six ve,ks, notify ingj be said ,eedhsm . to appear at the next. Term of this Court, to be held for saitf t'ounty, at the Coubuse in Smiihfield, on1 ; the 4th Monday of Februaryaext, and shew causa. , (if any- he ha) why the lands to nim descehded, firnm his satd ancestor, shall not be sold to satisfy PlainufTs . j recovery, . Witness, William H Guy, Clerk of said Court, at Office, tbe 6th Decembrr, 1843. i WM: HEN GUV C. C. C. . Pr. Adv. 5 62 J. 99 STATE OP NORTH CA ROLIN A-Northsmp-jutn CoBDiy. Court of Equity, Fall Term. 1843. VVilTiara C. Spitlman, Samod Calvert and Thomas M. Pierce. - Howell Peebles and Mary 8, Boy kin. In this case it appearing to the satisfaction of (his Court,i that the Defendant, Howell PeWes hi this soft. Is ; a non-resident of this State It ii therefore ordered by the I fourt, that pfrtScatkin be made for six successive weeks in the Kaleteh Reghrter, a newspa per pubKsbed in the City vf Raleigh, ootifyiog the said Defendant to appear at the next Term of this' Court,1 lo be held at the Court house in the Town of Jackson; on the fifth Monday after the four Monday of Mareb nexljbeir and there te plead, answer or de mur to the Plaintiff's bill, or K will be taken pro eonfesso against him. , . .. Witness, Henry Peebles, Clerk and Master ef our said Court at Office, in the Town of Jacknbc fifth Monday after the fourth Monday of September, A . D. 1843.J 5HBNRY PEBBLES, 0.M;E. -Pr. AdvtfS 63. ; ; ( go. 6w To ! 1'lanterx and Merchants. TTCS HE Petersburg and Greensville and. Koenokc JJ. Rail Road Compaiiief, having . during the pat year, put their roads, engines' and car in perfect or der, swi reduced their rate tf transportation, are now prepared to carry any quantity of merchandize to and from Gaston with gtetr rertainly and de spatch: and cheaper than ever. All uisrehandize de posited in the Depot at Petetalrurg up id 4 P. M.on Tuesdays, Thuwdays and baturdays, wifl be sent to Gaston on the following day s Mondays, Wednes day a and Fridays ; and all produce brought to Gaton tip y (he same hour on Monday Wednesdays and Friiiays, will be seut to Petersburg on the following Ine rates of transportation, have leen reduced an average of 30 per cent. On Cotton. Tobacco, Groce ries and Dry Goodo.sbe rate U now 24 eenfa per 100 pound between Gaston and Petersburg. The raies of fore for Passengers have u?so been redoced . , Office Petersburg It. K. Co. " January 1, 1844 5 2-im CCJrTbe Star aud Standard, Warrenloa Reporter, GreenUiro Patriot, Oxford Examiner, Milton Chron icle? and Danvil ie Reporter will insert the above one montb, and send their ttilb to tbe Kail ifoad Office in Petersburg. - r: . A i VALUABLE PLANTATION is of XgLfcred for sale,ncar Tallahas?ee, Florida. The tfuhseriber, wishing to remove to a mdre North- ernrmnate, otters for sale toe Tact o l.asron which he resides, situated, about 8 miles from Talla hassee; in LeouCaunty. , There sis 1600 acres con tained in the Tract, a very large proportion wnich is of very supetior qnatity. ',The Vpbra k plentifully watered, with excellent water and there are not more than 3f acres f waste land la the body. 'About 750 aeres of land are cleared, from which, wkh a force of forty-five or fifty hands, h) a favorable season, SO 0 or 350 Bales of Cetteo ran he produced in a season, and more iorn than., would serve me ; Plantation. Ie land is so situated, tbat U ran be divided into two sep arate Traettf ifprererred: There hi good lead enough to mploy from seventy five to -eighty bands to ad vanstage. .The hatuial growth is Sweet Gam, Post Oak, Ked Oak, Cherry. A ah aud Decwood. . The uu. per r8Uia of the Kail Road, leading from .Talla- uese to tewart s, hi only 8 cules distant and the KMhoiidis twrnty-three miles long; ' --jy ; The improvements, mctudhtg borkfiaesof everr da. criptibn, are1 extensive and convenient, . A ' large wane famity can be comfortaTly acronuaodatej ; and there are Cabins enough for, tbe eoatementaccomr modatiun of about 80 Slaves. There is newly erected Gtn House on the frlace, with; all necessarv appendageo. ' ' - - - --.-r ; The aodety of the tghttofeood Is of the meet de- 3 awiblekind and the leads adjoin the Plantations oi the Mfssm.etien and Jf -Txompol from Worth 4 Carols. .Thefq are also several Vhiuthea, "coave- I ntent enooeh to uhA '' - v - v ? Aibo xi. j . uuKtwisn. November I5i I843i won county, rtorkia. ; IPrcslx lVora the Vrcs, A t!D 1 ' n0 at the Noiih Carolina jbJLb4o,e. Raleigh. i C.; Gera! ei, a Sequel lina, Union Ditnct J that be was formerly ihe proT 1m IVS fttft isi ttaaLI at h? smt Ivw sk j " vyieries ut fan. A Narrative of rheTravels ftd Adentwrea of Monsieur Violet; in California. &WmuXm&&pL Marryau, C. B. AtnericaiiBt4.grapliy by Jeremy BetkiMr. D. I f ?l!,iTbJSoeia of;Vrg withv EnaKA votes, critical and explanatory, by UfaeW. Ahttest; D.- Foraeleby TUKNEft& HUGHES. January 1. 1 I May 4,1843. Agent." 1 " i ' is 3 4" . -4-' : - - .