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;. iV ft: ! i ft' QOMMlTNICA.TIONS?f I rOH Tint REGISTtt. - JEMO(tRATIC7 MEETINQ IN LENOIR. ' The 4th cause of hostility to Mr- Clay set forth ta'tht " Democratic" proceedings in Lenoir is that ,Mhe disregards, and has repeatedly set at naught the obligation of .the jepresomive to obex the will of the constituency, which we hold itlbXvery essence of a representative Gov exsaierit"" '! That it is the doty of a represeuta ' 'dve to tattfifally reflect the wishes ot his constiu ueritsntiwever ascertained, unless it be an in fraction of the Consjtitutioo, or a violation of the laws of theiind, or involve the commfssion of an act of moral turpitude, admits neither of question or doubt ' The right of instruction s one j held , dear by every true Republican; 'it naturally re 1 suits from the sovereignty of the people, and is an inherent attribute of sovereign power. The re presentative is but the agent of the people, in vested with ihetr power, and clothed with author ity from them, to perform such acts as will con form to thewill off he majority of them, provided they require nothing of him that will conflict with bis duty to the Constitution and laws of his coun try, or the obligations of morality. With these restrictioniyand these'only, the right of instrac t ion will be fully admitted by every citizen of the " Union. Such ?re the principles of the Whig party of the United States,' and such are theprin ciples of Mr. Clay inf itektion o this . subject ;Wilh whaV justice then, and wirti what truth, 'can he b charged ( wi disregwding the obli gations of the representative to obey, the will of the constituency" T fThere can an abler cham pion of the rights of the people be found, than in the person of Mr. Clay 1 Who has been so elo quent in defence of their rights, or who so man fully and zealously battled for them as be 1 Who has been more faithful in, their defence, more earnest and strenuous in sapport -of them, or more feonstant, persevering, and resolute in en-! forcing tnem, than Mr, Clayt .Who, throughout the! whole eourse of a long and eventful life, spent ! the service of his country, and in the execution Weonw i of its highest and mosVimportant trusts, liaa been. trior? consistent in advocating them in trains of fervent eloquence and glowing patriot ism, or more nobly illustrated them by his acts, as Twell as? by.hia words, than Henry t,iay s-A lueny the charge ; and as assertion is not proof. I de mand. the evidence, I challenge the proof that Mr. Clay disregards the obligation of ihe repre. ' seritative to obey the will of the const ituency." ''The proofs, the' proofs bring forward the proofs, and' establish the charge. This thing could not have been done in a corner, if done at all ; and I .'again demand the evidence of it But they fur ' ther assert that he has repeatedly set at naught ' . the obligation of j the representative to obey the will pjf ithe constltoencyi y That Mr. Clay -has, in one or two instances departed from the instruc tions of portion of his T constituents, is not Jde . nied. But will any one point to a solitary in- stance of such departure, in which he was not tmost .triumphantly, sustained by the people of his v State 1 j Have they not received him with j open rat-ms; caressed him, showered upon him in rich profusion, the highest honor in their power tobe Y'stow, and in the kindest and most emphatic man- jM,'iud'tob.in;grateful approval of his! acts, WMdone, good and faithful servant " j And why was it that their caresses and approval were thus lavishly bestowed on himl Can any one believe dare any one assert that a people thus 'grateful and generous, could have believed even - for a moment, that the man whom they thus de i lighted to honor, disregarded wilfully 44 the obli v gation of the representative to obey the will of : the constituency V Would this very cons'itu ' ency, whom he is now accused of disregarding and injuring by his contumacious opposition to theuwill, have Jthus received bim on his return among them, or have continued him in their ser vice, or have loaded him with honors of which ,. any might well have been proud, if they had be s lieved bim this political reprobate which our De mocratic' friends of Lenoir would make him! i I appeal to every candid and enligbtened man, if -his? constituency have not in the most solemn and emphatic manner, entirely and folly absolved '-; hm.from this charge ; and If their conduct to him, .4' their wnvarytng kindncsr, their high and grateful f ippreciatkut of his services,, and their steady and , unlimited confidence in him for a period of 30 consecutive years, evinced by conferring on him . the highest and most important trusts during that ' time, and their present enthusiastic devoion to him, do not furnish a most triumphant refutation V'of this charge, and acquit him of it in the eyes of every Impartial and unprejudiced man in the ' Union.! Most surely it does. . Such has been the 1 -award of the People of Kentucky, and such assu ' redly will be the. verdict of the people of the good - ' Old North State, and of the United States, not--'Withstanding the efforts of our Democratic' .friends in Lenoir, to make them think differently. But with what consistency, or with what grace ean our ' Democratic' brethren of North Carolina Italk of the doctrine of Instruction! There is an old adage which says ; 'Those who live in glass c houses should , hot be the first throw stones ; and I think it might teach those gentlemen a les--0n of cauiioN, if not of wisdom in the present Surely they, if any one, should feel sore - m the 'subject of Instruction. I do not wish to recriminate, but I cannot forbear " from referring to one of the jnany instances of Uemocratie' con tempt for, and resistance to the exercise of this IS sacred rieht. I refer to the case of Messrs. ! BroWn and Stranve. when ia the Senate of the Uuitei Statei from' this Slate, a few years ago. ;: Uave'our Democratic friends so soon forgot ten this piece of history! It will be remember ed that I "stated, in the comtnencemeBt of this number, that the, representative was bound to reflect the wishes bf his constituents, (owexer ascertained,) unless he f was required to commit an act of moral turpitude, or to violate the Con titntkro and laws of his country. Well1 it Jwtlt - be: remembered, that while Messrs. Brown and ; Strange era in the United States Senate from -y this State, that a Whig Legislature assembled r at Raleigh. The Whigs, not wishing to make tho right of instruction too eommon, and there by jmpair its. mwat force, by the too- frequent exercise ht p, passed a series of Legislative re- pressivehe sense of the majority of - xno Xiegisnture on rorae of the political subjects ' -j Of the day, wfuch rejlntions were ordered to be, and'were transb Senators inOingresaThe representative,7 be- log bound ,t reflect the .wishes of Jhs constitu ents, no&atter Ime iwcertaiaed, one Would have supposed that Messra'Crown and Strands would immediately have conAtmed to the expressed Wishes of thLe2iatnre, orhwo reaignod their teats, and nave jjiven them w'opportunijy to elect agents who would have carried I those 'wishes ictaSfcct.MSiith undoubtedly Would have been a Demisratic course of action, and would have been strictly consistent with Democratic doc'rine. But ?was such the course of these DemocraUc gentlemett Didhexbror, r irn cither 1 Or did they set at naugnr tne o timtion of theretresentaUve tooboY the will of .i- Mn;tn.Xi. 1 It oar Democratic friends 1 WW vv..,1..-v-vJ . - 1 in Lenoir answer. They must wen Know every reading man in the community must knowj that the.4 Democratic' Senators refused either to obey or to resign, not because they were called on to violate any of the requirements of theurest mo rality, or to do any violence to the Constitution or laws of the country; but Biroply because hey did not know, they isaid, by way of extenuating their rebellious jcootumacyj wheer the reeoljtions were mandaaori jot not Not that they did voi know the wishes and will of the constituency, but because they were not commanded to obey or re sign. Have our Democratic friends of Lenoir forgotten this incident in the history of ; Modern Democracy in this State i Or can they either question its accuracy or deny its truth! . -Did they then rannctout theirdenunciationsror thun der forth their indignant philippics against this palpable violation of the doctrine of instruction ! Were they loud in invective, and eloquent in vindication and assertion of this sacred privilege -this inestimable right ! Alas no I They were 4as mute as mice. The vigilant sentinels slum bered at their posts ; the faithful watch-dogs had suddenly7 become dumb. Their Warning voice was not heard to give the alarm. And why, why was this the case 1 Why is it that they are now so denunciatory of Mr. Clay, and so lenient to their own stubborn and rebellious Senators! Alast alas! for the infirmity of human nature, and the blinding influence of party zeaU 1 fear the s6lution of the question is to be found in the fact, that Mr. Clay is a Whig, and Messrs. Brown and Strange are' Democrats. But! have said enough to vindicate Mr. Clay from the unjust charge of disregarding the will of the constituency, or of setting at naught the ob ligation of the representative to obey it. I repeat it, that he is, and ever has been the able, faithful and-eloquent champion of the right of instruction; and I demand the evidence that he is or ever has been opposed to it Till full, clear, and explicit testimony of it is produced, I shall believe him innocent of it ; and I calP upon all to extend to Mr. Clay that justice which is extended Xo the greatest felon ever arraigned at the bar, not to . - 3 i & i receive mere assertion, unsuppoixea oj iue slightest tittle of Evidence, as proof; but to be lieve him Innocent till he is proved guilty- in my next, I shall examine some of the other charges brought against Mr. Clay. VINDISX. Dec. 21st, 1843. An Interesting Revolutionary Documext. A gentleman, who copied the following from the Parish register In Edenton, has kindly fur nished it to us for publication : Extract from Register of SL PauVs Parish, Edenton, N. C. June 19th, 1776. We the subscribers, professing our allegiance to the King, and acknowledging the constitution al executive power of Government, do solemnly profess, testify,' and declare, that we do absolute ly believe that neither the Parliament of Great Britain, nor any member or constituent branch thereof, has a right to impose taxes upon these Colonies, or to regulate the internal policy there of, and that all attempts by fraud or force to es tablish and exercise such claims and powers are violations of the peace and security o the people, and ought to be resisted to the utmost, and, that the people of this Province, singly and collecth'e- ly, are bound by the acts and resolutions of the Continental and Provincial Congresses ; because in both they are freely represented by persons chosen by themselves. And we do solemnly and sincerely promise and engage, under the sanction of virtue, honor, and the sacred law of Liberty and our country, to maintain and support all and every, the acts, resolutions, and regulations of the said Continental and Provincial Congresses to the ntmoBt of our power and ability. In testimony whereof, we have hereunto- set our hands and seals, the 19th day of June, 1776. RlCHABD HoSKINS, David Rice, Aaron Hill, Pelattah Walton, Wm. Kenton, Wm." Roberts, Thos. Bonner, Wm. Bovd, Thos. Benburt, Jacob Hunter, John Beaslet, Wm. Bennett. GEORGE III- It is said the King, after the close of the American Revolutionary war, ordered a thanksgiving to be kept through his United Kingdom. A noble Scotch divine, in the presence of his majesty, inquired, for what are we to give thanks, that vour ma jesty has lost thirteen of his best provinces?" The King answered " Not" Is it then (the -divine added) that vour majesty has; lost 100,000 live of your subjects in the contest 7 - No no r said the King. " Is it then, that we have expended and lost a hundred millions of money, ami, for the de feat and tarnishing of your majesty's arms ?' No such a thing !' said the Kin?- nlea antly. What then is the object of th thanksgiving 1" Oh, give thanks that iti no mnrsp ' ie Ompompanoosac and Miehilimackinacle is the exclamation of the editor of the Mem phis Eagle on reading llw following The : infant Ulaughler of the Queen of Portugal is to be baptized Donna Maria Anna Fernanda Leopold ina MicKae la Ri faela GahrielU Carfote-Antcutia Julia Victo ria Praxedes Ganzagt de Braganzae Bour bon Saxe Cobourg Golha. '' Oinompanoo8ac& Michiirrnackiriack I" If all this dosVt Will that bab?, it must tare an awful constitution. . . l A few days sine?, , a Jonathan from the country who had taken lotlgings in the As tor House, was rather surprised when he came lo tb dinner taWe, to see nothing on it. What Will you bate T askrd the Waiter. Johtfhan stared nt him. ' I !an know.'-. Would vou like a bill uf fere sir V Th'i 1 I dont care if I do take a small piece.' i 1 TROUTTIsmNG IN "THE OLD KOftTll Push ier o&Twd Stop ! - Havo joo put VilriittsL lUri Dere is de basket wide de vittals de gourd wld de earth worrum de roaches-and de pocket pistol wid de gm-ndj de poleand de lme,aiid ebry ting. - . i r", . vvell, then, snove ner on, usi-. her head straignt' t ivhf imrplv tnorninsr. All nature seem aw T J - . - r. ntat om. calm and 6erene,as mai peacciu. Mu.v. bowered amongpt gigantic cypress-tree, and green waving, water-willows... towards which we are slowly gliding. The sweet -south-west just ajritates the smallest, tiniest leaf, 4c adds a ripple to the ghxssy surface of the shady stream. ' Every thing' is still, save the feathered songsters of the grove, who are pouring forth their matin, notes in thrilling, gushing sweetness. There, too, is that gallant, pugnacious little war rior, the Patridge, who in summer and in winter, -seed time and harvest," is never happy away from bis mate : now seated on some old stump in the field, or on the highest pannel of the fence, shouting out in defiance or in love-t-Bob-whitet Beb-white 1" Hark ! there too w the Post merrilv. and there too is the sound of his horse's feet on the bridge, as he trots more gaily along, cheered by the shrill Ta-ra Ia,ra, which tens tne om ieiuw uai full wen, that his route is nearly over.' Yonder, seated on the highest limb of that old dead pine, is the buzzard, expanding his wange, and but waiting for the cheering sun to dry the dew-drops Of the night that have, fallen upon them, re he takes his fllght in search of garbage. There, on the railing of the bridge, is the king-fisher with k(e Mtttiiirt- f.rv. and ton-knot sliehtl? raised, look ing down eagerljr and intently into the river ready to pounce down -upon some frolicsome little fish as he emerges from the bonnets" that fringe tk hinL- Ftelow. wadinsr with their long legs throuch the shoal water, are the blue and white heron, ever and anon oamugiwiu w"i iaHiujr their enormous necks.and swallowing with greedy avidity the minnows and little frogs that come within their reach. There, too, on a snag in the stream, is the Indian ben, with her head and neck drawn in closely to her body, looking, when. at rest, the most melancholy of winged fowls. And there is the wild duck, with her brood swimming gaily about She waits to caUb but one glance of os, andihen with herry of alarm, hurries with her startled young to some dark and secure re treat. There, too, across swims a gallant stag ; he seems in haste ; he revelled (he thinks) too late in that pea-field on the opposite bank. And there, tied to the bank by a grape-vine, is a "Big Ton Timber Raft, and on the "Landing," scores of " Barrels of Tar," jut waiting a good fresh" to be wafted to Georgetown market' It is yet early. The voice of the overseer, calling up the hands to work, is not yet beard. Neither falls on my ear the musical, but homely sound of Co-suk, co-suck, co-wench," from the dnsky milk-maid. The limpid stream, too, shadows forth clearly the trees and flowers on its verdant banks. And, as we sail along, the wave of our cypress "dug boat" but slightly agitating, the water-lily, which, lazily reposing on the sur face, just raises its modest head to be admired by us for a moment, and by us perhaps to be no more seen forever. Let him who is at war with the world, and in whose bosom its strifes and its dis cords have raised a storm of evil passions ready to break out and end in misery and perhaps death,' but step with us into our frail bark, glide gently down with us, see nature as we now see it, hear it as we now hear it, and if he be not a demon in spirit, he shall in a few moments land upon the flowery banks a wiser and a better man, at peace and in charity with all the world. We reached the beauteous lake, and fixed our tackle. Fastening our boat' to the projecting limb of an old' cypress, we commenced our sport. " Tom. hook pe cm that yellow roach. Not there (here, just behind that back fin just there, on ly a little nearer to the tail. That will do. Tom, look there ; see those air-bubbles ; there's a big fellow about" Easily and lightly I throw in the tempting bait He plays well. . I place . my rod across my lap, while I bait my perch line. 4 look up and discover that tny roach" runs towards shore, a certain indication of the proximity of some fish of prey. Oently I lay down my perch 1 ne, and take up my trout nd. "Pop goes my corK, ana om or signi in an insianr, carrying wun it the whole line, and slightly bending the end of me rna. rgive a nuie scieminc iwrccn 10 hook him ; I. feel of him he won't stand it Off he goes, so suddenly and furiously that he bends my rod nearly double before I can give him line, and sliglftly cracks it - "Hold it straight out. Mass Hard : gib era all de pole. Dat trout all sorts ob a feller. Let era run." " Tom, do you think the line will hold him !" " Dat line hang any nigger in dis county. I wish dat nigger dat hit me in de eye last Sattady night, dat blong to old Mass Daniel, had em roun em neck, I lay I no cry; ha, ha, ha, whew !" Around and' around plays the fish, fairly beat ing the water with the line, and making it whiz again, lbear upon him again, tie darts away. His strength seems undiminished. I pull him 1 now gently towards the surface, keeping the line jusi ugni. tie rises, ana as ne gams tbe top, whirls and strikes the line with his tail so violent ly that the pole jars in my hand I see that one more such stroke, and he's off; so I give him line, and down to the bottofu he goes. Now for a moment he is 6tiSl, now he dashes full up the lake, now down, and now up again. I bear on him one short pull more, and he gives ud. A few short and light struggles, audi "land" in the boat to my great delight, and that of my hirm- Die companion, a nne eignt pound trout that would excite an appetite under the very rihs of death. Tom turns quickly, and I look in the direction of his line, tbe whole of which he has placed un der his leg while watching my exploit. Away goes his cork. Tom (like William the trimble toe which children play,) is a good fisherman, but somehow, forgetting his usual coition, gives the line a tremendous jerk, when oat of the water comes a monstrous terrapin, of the yellow sort, and "souse" back he falls, taking with him Toms hook. Tom, shajking his head, growls out, dam dat Tarpin ; I loss iny hook and him blue hook, too I ami hab era but two week. I wish Massa KurnelAVatson hab de law pass, When de Norf Kalina Sembly pass dat toder law bout Pamlica' tarpin, dat no turtle should bite at the hook. Why de law no let people take outer de State de turkle and de tarpin and de copter, dam if I know ha, ha, ha. Well, dat hook loss?' " Why, Ton, never mind the hook, here's ano ther. How. the deuce do you know any thine about that Tarrapin Act I" , " fhen i ia town, I hear daf young lawyer dat raMgin'dat oder gentleman, dey call old Roan talktn boat it De way be made old Roan squt m de Court-house dere want slow. lie smart for true. . ' . 'Tom, what's yonr politics V Whnlookee .-Master ; 1 a ma what fi.Yw. J wid all de gentlemen dat comes down here fish ing; sometime wid Whig, sometime mid dimmi crat , I sorter fabor Massa Cumsey Johnson. But I nullifyI state right I tween em all; Ilcnow which side my bread butter. I no fool, if I is a nigger -ha, ha, ha. I no trow away monev for politics. r We pursued pur sport with pretty good luck now throwing out a cat, now a perch, now losing V. rh ,now ,tJ"out. ad now haying a roach's head brt off by a plaguey tarpin,' for which Je receiv- rrom'th Spirit of this TimasJ -k . j .u.- liitWi nt TonL- f fi Tom is a II- eenced fellow) and a secret xurse irom myself J At length th aun, for;4t was now very waru, drove u to th shefe, where, .nuderthe spread ing branches of a knarled and knotty oakr AVe took a pull at the Pocket pistol,' and eat our snack with" hearty relish. , . Rise early in the raorning'take the quiet, soothing sail that we did down sweet lumber ny er, pursue the sport immortalized y" gentle iA.l,on rih the idiTtfr success-that we did, land under a cool and refreshing shade, lay 1 down your nsmng-jacB, bjhu ujjv... k -neatly stowed in ydur basket by the hands of friendship or love, and then, tell tnedid yon ever :1t umH-frrpater relish the costly viands scientih- .. 0 1 1 j: f TTnv ArPcMt or caiiv prepareo uy a. uiecipic Vi w. ever felt more tnanKiui ior me gwu gi. vidence, and that he had cast your lot in the p Id the " good old North State 1", . Gud bless her ! DESPERATE CONFLICT with PIR-TES. In the latest papers from Holland is' found the following account of an expedition sent by the Netheriand Govertmentto the East Indies against the pirates which infest- thet! waters east of Java and among the Molucca and Celebes Islands : ' The expedition consisted of one stelttn-frignte, (the Hecia,) one brig, and. three schooners, com manded bvCant. Coertsen. ' In the spring of last year these vessels left Sou rabaya, and being join- ed by two vessels ot war rrowgj oeiunym iu mc Sultan Of Sunianap, sailed to the island Kange lane to receive the crew and passengers of a Dutch vessel lately Wrecked on that coast The f Iecla. anoroacbinff alone, took three persons on board, with a large sum of money saved from the wreck. The remainder et tne cargo, wnn more than 830,000 "u money, having been taken by the natives, they were commanded to restore it, and onf their refusinir to do so, an attack was made upoo tliem, their dwellings burned, ana many 01 them taken prisoners, and afterwards seni 10 ine Sultan of Surpaoap. Tbe cargo and money, it was ascertained, had been thrown into the sea, upon the first'approacb of the expedition. Lieut C.F. Gevers, first officer of the Hecla, was.tben sent, with a party of sailors and marines, in small boat?, to a neighboring island, which, af ter an obstinate resistance,, he succeeded in ta king, at tbe point of the bayonet The expedition then sailed to Banjeowangie, where they met with five vessels strongly armed, each with more than thirty men, having the ap pearance of pirates; but after examining their pa pers and finding them sailing under a friendly flag, the Dutch, were compelled to stmer them to pass From thence they visited some small islands contiguous, known haunts of the pirates, but which were found uninhabited, though exhibiting signs of having been recently occupied. In the straits of Macassar they visited the; bay of Boni, tbe island of Saleyer, and further south Tannak Djampea, where they were informed that on the western coast of that island there were five large pirate vessels which intended to attack the merchant vessels coming from Macassar and Timor. A command of about sixty marines, sev enty sailors, and some islanders, with altogether only eight v bayonet, was given to Lieut Gevers, w ho left the fleet, and with his men, in six boats, set out for. the small bay, in which were the pirate vessels preparing to so to sea. He reached there about half past eight in the morning, after 12 hours of difncult rowingtbrougb narrow and shal low creeks, where he wa immediately attacked At eleven, the respective forces were in presence of each other. 1 he pirate, vessels, were lying with their stern seawards, their large cannon in batte ry oa shore, and by the side of this one were five other batteries of small puns. When the Dutch were at about half a cannon shot distance, tbe ft ring, with round and grape shot continued unin terruptedly on the part of the pirates. They had also a troop of riflemen hid in small bushes. But, notwithstanding their superior .force, Lieut Ge vers attacked them with the bayonet and was soon master of their fortifications, the pirates flying in all directions. One battery after another was ta ken, after continued and the most severe fighting; at length Lieut Schevmk pulled down the pirate flag. The dwellings on shore were Jjurned and the pirate vessels captured, with twenty-four ban nons. In the evening Lieut Gevers returned with his boats to the fleet . Two day3 afterwards the Hecla (having left the other vessels) discovered a pirate fleet of sev enteen sail, each with two banks of oar?, having sixty to eighty rowers bes&ls twenty-five to thir ty fighting men. The Hecla pursued them, and, having come up with them, a desperate fight en sued, which lasted for Uvo hours and a half. One of the largest of these pirate veasels, (mounted with thirteen guns, two of which were six-pound ers,) aHer being dismasted, fought with extraor dinary bravery. Lieut Gevers, sabre in hand, boarded this vessel, by t was repulsed by the spears of the pirates and forced to fire into it Forty dead bodies were afterwards found upon the vessel, with thirty-eight slaves, women and children ; four pirates (trying to save themselves by. swim ming) were picked up and made prisoners; A second vessel of this piratical fleet was sunk, the rest saved themselves, favored by the approach ing darkness and a strong wind. Sixteen cannon and many small guns were taken. Some days later, the island of Kalatoa, in the bay of Boni, was visited in boats by Lieut Gevers, to ascertain whether pirates harbored there. No sooner had these boats appeared in the bay, than they were fired upon by the inhabitants ; a gen eral fire theu ensued, and a landing wasSected wSth great difficulty. The pirates fled, leaving twenty-three of their vessels hauled on shore ; forty cannon were taken, their dwellings and the vessels were burned, and the whole island devas tated. Forty persons were delivered from slaverv. who,- with six of the pirate vessels afloat, were taken to Macassar. These different expeditions (by which the Dutch had to deplore seven men killed and twenty-six wounded) were considered so important in their results, and conducted with so jtouch gallantry, that at Macassar a day of thanksgiving was set apart ' . The above accounts are up to the , 1st of July, 1843, when the expedition intended to set forth again on another cruise, and to extend its opera tions east of Java. FROM HAYTI. A correspondent of the Boston Post, writing from Aux Cayes under date of the 6th uhimo, rays : j " Thiseountry remains Jn a very unsettled state. The delegation appointed to form a new Constitute and elect a President have been in sessionalmost three, months, and have made but mue progress. A Uxnmissiooer from France ha just JmveLiamrXIZ deb?: due from ihkcunttVr-rl country to Franrp. security in fulfilment of payment . They have again increased the import duty to its former rates under .President Botek, and all import duties to be paid in Spanish'monev after h- firm -r January, 184. The opposition of the blacks a o- r "muic m, commue 'against the mulattoes buUt is not in their power again tpro duce a revolution, having few, if any, among them capable f being leader' . ; .1 A large steam bagging factory at Cirr.ln. lint I . a 1 ! ""f. "S'e oy gass marmfacturi tl i.r H lA 1 aui snment ou rof Iard.:,The works an- mer7y "wSKrfiT K TW. ' fr W f4 very simple, and do ne! occop''PaTO ef ' S ti,!l ? fr JThte onl7Temedy suggested more than 4 by 8-feeL , Twenty. Sdal " a d?ubfu "i to require pi of lard per da ,rc conaucJd. !? ' fseUey a warrant that the UsJCWIigofl S B TH, XV. JIB. ABBOTT OF PAKTUCXST- ( i A man." was M Deakins? a lew days ; ago of the; einotion with which he was overwhelmed, whe befcade-adieti to his family ; Ins last vojage. The ship in whxh he was to sail was at Edgattowu on Martha's Vineyard The packet was atlhe wharf which was ia A-orfvey, hun from INintucKei to the ihip.. Hefwent dwn " Xhe morning and saw ail hi private sea Bres stowed away in the little 'skp jndjbea returned Tto hi H03 jotaKe feave f his wffe and children; His wife as sit; tinr at the fireside struggling in vain to restrain her tears. She had an infant a few months old in her arms, and with bej foot was rocking the cradle in which lay another'little daughterabout three years of age, with her cbeeka flushed nvjth a' burning fever. No pen can describe-the An guish of such a parting. It is almost like the bitterness of death-, departing, fa prints'aTjiss upon the e hispid. Four vears will Dass aw'ar!renV-iiraHgCtokef..3i ehjld in his arms?; Lwvi in anguish, he 'closes t him.,. Four; years innst- elapsei before it he, ran cross that threshhold again.- On sea captain upon this island haa passed bot seven years oat "' ' A Tad said to uie a fewjsvenings agoi I have been married eleen"years :. antl counting all tho days . my husband . has beea at honje sinco our marriage, it amounts to but three hundred and sixty days. He is now absent, navrogoeen gone fifteen months ; and two tears more must un- doubtedly elapse ere his wife can sea his face agafn. And when "he, shall 'return , it will . be merely to visit his family for a few nuMJths, when he will again bid them adieu for another four years absence. " -'-. '. ' ; I asked the lady, the other day, how jnany let ters she wrote to her husband during his last voy age.j' One hundred waa the answer. .. And bow many did be receive V Six.' The inva riable rule is to write by every ship that leaves this port, or New Bedford, or any other port. that may be heard of, for the Pacific ocean; And yet the chances are very small, that any two ships will meet on that boundless expanse, ft some times happens that a ship returns, when those on board have qot heard one word from their fami lies during the whole period of their absence.- Imagine, then, the feelings of a husband and a father, who returns to ' the harbor of . Nantucket, after a separation, of forty -eight months, during which time he has heard no . tidings whatever from his home. He sees the boat pushed off from the wharves, which is to bring bim the tidings of weal or wo. He stands pale and trembling, pac ing the deck, overwhelmed with emotions which he in vain endeavors to conceal. A friend in the boat greets him with a smile, and says, Captain, your family are all well.". Or, perhaps, he says, 44 Captain, I have heavy news for you , your wife died two years and a half ago." A young man left this Island last summer, leaving in his quiet home a young and beautiful wife, and infant child. That wife and child are now both in the grave. But the husband knows not, and probably will not know of it, for months to come. He, perhaps, falls asleep, every flight, thinking of the ores he left at his fire side, little imagining that they are both, both cold in death. On a bright summer afternoon, the telegraph announces that a Cape Horn ship has appeared in the horizon ; and immediately the stars and stripes of our national banner are unfurled from our flag staff, sending a wave of emotion through the town. Many families are hoping that it is the ship in which their friends are to return, and all are ho ping for tidings from the absent Soon the name of the ship is announced ; and then there is an eager contention with the boys to be the first bear er of tbe joyful tidings to the wife of tbe captain--for which service a silver.dollar is the establish ed and invariable fee. And who caa describe the feelings which must agitate tbe bosom of t.he wife ! Perhaps she has had no tidings of tbehip for more' than a year. Trembling with excitement, she dresses herself to meet her husba'hd. Js he a live' she says to herself' or am 1 a widow, and the poor children orphans !" She walks about the room, unable to compose herself sufficiently to sit down, eagerly looking out of the window and down tbe street She sees a man with hurried steps, turn the corner, and a-littie boy haviug hold of bis hand. Yes, it is be ; and her little con has gone down to the boat, and found his father. Or, perhapsi instead -of this, she sees twp or her neighbors returning slowly and sadly and di recting their steps to her door. The blood flows back upon her heart They rap at the door.. It is ihs knell of her husband's death ; and she falls senseless to the floor, as they tell her that her husband has long been entombed in the fathom less ocean. This, is not fiction. These are not extreme ca ses which the imagination creates They are facts of continual occurrence-facts which awa-' ken emotions, to which no pen can do justice. -A few weeks ago a ship returned lo this island, bringing news of another ship, that she was near ly filled with oil j that all on board - were well ; and that she might be expected in aueighboring port in such a month, lE The wife of the captain resided in Nantucket and early in the monthV with a heart throbbing with affettieti -and hope, she went to greet her husband on hit return. At length the ship appeared, aropped;her anchor id the harbor.' aod the friends; of the lad Vent to the ship to escort, the husband to his wife, from whom he had eo long been- separated. Soon tbey sadly returned with the tidings that ber husband had been ' seized with the coast fever, upon the island of Madagascar, and when about a week out, on his return home, he died, and. waacom mitted To his ocean burial. A few days after T called Upon tbe widow and little daughter in their destined house : of bereavement arid ahguish. ThbLost Fooiin, amd CArs or Lostno jlnd Finding- Some time since an individual disap peared mysteriously from Lexington, Kentucky. He was supposed to be ordered, and the Mavor issued bis proclamation about him. He has now W St- Ldukl xmgtoo, in a stale of raenul derangenaenl, produced bymtemoerancej expresses great contriion for his conducted de-i cJares himself a votary for life to the principle bf total abstinence.', j,-;,f , , Vl . - 'All b nox GoLn that xttr!K wri ter in the- N. Y. Tribune' Btates, that probably' seven-eights of all the orparaenta'worn in'that citj are of copper,.though paid for as gold,, Thei fraud is effected, by meana of ifae lately discovi ered process of galvanizing, by which copper is V Tu,w -ne appearance ' of the 'finest 'ANXIETIES OF .THE SAIIm'S Ufjg - 1 VU1 1. W1I n nM-MAl-a1 - 1IVUL - - k. . & ' V ' i Tb CcpriECl-We like a good thing, oogh, our fown withers may not eo unF..I and we therefore give place to the following J' ouxbrrthpfthe East Alabamian," who is I no. C I exten-rveiy f.no lavoraoijranownas the Chiri ; ri PaETT Emblems--- Some Democratic psn, Atfwntinitur lately about oariv emhlnma .ptf' the VVhige the 'COON, and takes for the jlJi foco party in general, the COCK. This altogether right, and as we are in favor of f.1 play,? we insist on an etnitable division of tS etnblenas.f Ther'CooH is, most. anquestionaK'l! . Whig property, and though he does stroll o'nigh,! casiohllyV-what jJftbat ! he loves the W and affects the stripef opoo his taiL A true RJ publican, be 'is found, w believe,' only on ti North American Continent. .. .He ia a gallant low into the bargain, and, whips a puppy at eiC: paWj easily i.And homely though his coat u His fvorth ttwney in the 4 market. Give us t 'Coon by all means h. Bat the Lindonwold f0 most letgo the, Copk he's none of theirs he' the exclusive property of their State Rights alli' TKfli Cockr is vain' bf his mililnrv clothp a. hisviitgs like a gascdnnadrng braggart ; n) defiance lb the jvorld j. andirflzhruns at the yy no snaji say inen inai me inuiinying Brarc ar? .Mot.eniitJed jo quarter hjm upon their coy As for the Van Burenites, they .must comi themselves -withfthe Weasel long ago present to tnem f y iMr. laihoua. ubi there take tbl Weasel he's a sneaking little fellow, fond l-z -U 1 l ; . creeping" inroug it-crai-H, ana none, lnerefor may dispute, their title- to- Jim - 'He's the vJ animal too,, that they want at this particular jun Wre HI! B WI'gWM ( III! UllUllg -CtA.t, mat are certain thevll find hfm useful.: ROWAN GOLD WINES ! We have in this ount the richest gold mi that has; ever yet been discovered in the Um; state sit i a smau vem irom tour to twelv inches wide ; many bushels f the materiel take " from it have overgone $200 to the bushel ar some as high as $o00. We see it stated in i Mecklenburg . Jefiersopian that 11,76 dwt. ( gold bad been' taken from it by 7 hands about month since. , This is probably the amount takfj to the Mini at Charlotte ; but we think it verl certain that the Whole amount was greatly mol than teat. As might be expected on so small vem, nic waicr. huui uecanie anmanageaute, iti they began again at the surface and struck a vt parallel to the first, and nearly as rieh as that -9 Jhese veins, as also all those m that regie are believed to increase in richness and si as they descend. There are six or eig other mines in tite aame region of extraordina richness and different in many particulars fn the other vein-mines in. North Carolina. V think it one of the best signea of . the tim that this 'discovery has not revived a gold fev such as prevailed on the discovery of Cap mine,, in Mecklenburg, and Conrad's Hill, Davidson, to say nothing of the deposits minec firindieton and Bracket town, Jn I Burke county That these mines must finally go into the. ham of capitalists is most certain; for the men that no have charge of them cannot command the inea: (ven in their mended circumstances) to folk them below water. But men of capital will haJ an opportunity ox calmly and deliberate! y estim ting tbe merits of these mines and of going in the business; upon more solid calculations th; have heretofore accompanied such enterprises. We lave little doubt hut mininc will be condu ted upon much better principles for the futul than heretofore, and that it will result in perml neni advantage to tne country . l , , Salisbury Watchman, CITY OF HALE1GH. A Correspondent of the "Old North State! published at Elizabeth City, thus describes 4 City: I ' : ' Ealekh, .Dec. 22, 1843 Here am T, in tbe Uiiy of the Daks.' . RaleisL cenainlv deUtsbtful tHace. Hersitbe wealth and iJ eniVirf North Carolina inemUe 16 bold beir wge d uueraiionr, in one ot tltp most nendtd and magn cent edifices that I ever bene!d Here, too, can i M ... wen many 01 tue great mwol roe autenn daily nm course with private individual, and ia their domed wpuv re 01 uie, wuere an great men mine, but not w that intensity, as when before sn exciied audf&nce,l With that halo of light which encircles the primary c St its setting. In travelling tbrbngb several of tl United States, I nave rbet with no place siniilai mis- It seems as if a company of gentlemen bail 1 lecied a plot of ground, and bad built thereon, su ciently near eacb oilier to be neighborly, but not riff euougn to incommode eunet nariy. j To designate the great ftwm separately, would bt task indeed for there are many itreat, iniellecii and learned but there are some that cuenmsmnc have broaght more firominemly before the public, Of them I shaft speak iu my letters indiacriuiiB Tbe first is Judge Badgerx formerly Secretary of 1 saw turn yesterday in the street lie is a mt of fine formrand has a very intellectual face. was pointed out to trie, but it was scarcely necessarj I afmost anew him by intuition: This Is tut man w i pad independence enough to carry into execution ; order which had been previously rtoorded bv a lorn Secretary of ihe Navy The scene whicb ocenrr alter the enforcement of this drdei, was most Wual Lie. I was at Norfolk? Oh its recentioh: ami tint Mi dief (or biscuit-nibulers as Marryatticallsibem,) wl jrejoiceu in ttieir splendid soap-locks. whiskers hi rnusiacuios, appeared 00 tlie following morning ' sliaveri and sliprn," with their modest Badgers' U. It is a luxury to look anon a man wlio li finnness to lay 'aside the honor and. emoluments of ioigii Qtbce, and 10 sacrifice bis interests lo his patriot fcelings and his duty to his country. . ! The stranger visiting Raleigb should by ah mear stop at l arbroug A's Hotel ' It isddighiMly situate near the Cspitol-tlie arrangements are very ezientivi anu ,uie accommodations good ; an Omnibus is ei from h!s establishment to the Rail Road daily, 1 bring op the passengers, free of expense. 1 ve w caionally tawed Venison, but herore have the fiiKi saddles, served op daily, together wiib. superior Lai una . vegeiauiei, ana wnat is stilt more suanire. i find oysters and fih fresh Trorh the waters of Virgin: No adequate idea can be formed of the superior su in whwu tuis iiouse is. Kept, except by befominz i fnoMite. v Youis,.-fj , ,y, 'yx NORFOLK. t Thk MoEMOKJk The Mormons' have recent ield a jaeeting at Nauvoo, at which ther resol ed that Joe Sraith is not -guilty of any chargl made asains thins, bv ..the Btntm- nf M; The city aothoritiea have passed an. ordinance i fectmg unprisonment for life of, any person wi shajl L come .within the corporate limitrof Jtfauv. wUh JegaJ process ibr, the, arrest of Joe Smit for any pence committed by him in Missouri i ring the Mormon difficulties. The Prophet J. has also declared that he considers it his duty, 'titina'nt'Geneii Yjtae NanVoQLeoTon a it Jailitia of Illinois, to enforce said ordinance. oiAmongrtne beitJokes of A day; tmght1e dassed tho efibrt of the iBtichtnoi) JW'tofwe ikst .Mr. CUy ia thegreatd awmulator'knd tr&nmerat thai onH that Jl1 Van Boren's thief traits ni 'franlcness, candor d votanessti- we pever hear a surest ion of sort made in the pretence of the eravest Van ren man, that it does not produce an involunur iangi eutrigfif-.Cftdrfesoii Free Press. " A tailor wi thia town baa counted the stitcM a dress ctev and informs lis that be pu' I untyhree thousand I He says he shall not cou etitcnee agam, because it took iim a day lonf4 bUUipMie GUI JOD. - 1 . Edenton Sentinel 7 u t,. 1 1 t,
The Raleigh Register (Raleigh, N.C.)
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