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Tuesday, February; 10, 1846,
"i flCT Snow fell onSandsy tight ad yesterday,
thYdepth of twoiaches. The Northern Mail tia
Rail Read, had not arrived yeaterday evening whan
our Paper went to Press, n Jtj''-.":.:.
f CT B- B. SerreV Esq." waa electsd by the Commis
wenerm, on Salurday p't laat, Clerk of thsCorpora
tioo lor the present year. -, lj . ' , .- 'J:. . ", -. . Y .
- ET His Excellency, Gov. GaHi, haa appointed
f Arourrvs C Jt inlcy rq. iiarssTiue, va., iw o
. a ComisonMfor' ihe State ofVirnla to take
ackaewledement of proof of Ded, &c. to be used
in North Carolina. See Advertisement. :
BT Persons in .want of good ;Watcho, w31 find it
to their advantage, to read the Advertisement of Mr.
AixiW, of New York, in this paper. " '5 r
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, NEGOTIATIONS RENEWED.
It will be aeon by onr Congrosatonal diary, that Mr.
IftCEasoix,' Chairman of the Honso Committee of
Foreign Relatiooa, has been forced o admit, with oyi
.dent ralactanea, that a.corretpondvuce has been open-
ed between Mr. Pakuthaji and the Secretary of Stale,
upon the Oregon. Question.-. And thio too, notwilh
standi og the President baa had n Resolution before
him for tea dayW calling for this very Correspondence.
. VALUABLE PATRONS.
' A Snbscribef to the Rboistul haa jnst remitted to
iVM his'thuty-Sfth year's subscription It having com-
, inenced, when we a wnining achool-boy, wun-oar
.sxtehfil and ahininr mornin? face. were 41 creeping
;nwillingry to school. And wo haro mnay Ptrons
mJl m s kiaat nf K vi V an BDT liat. Sntne
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of the oldest and most repectable citizens of the Stat,
"many of whom during a seriesof years, have never
' , ceased to cheer as with their countenance and support;
and who,-wo presume, will continue to bid welcome
to a visiter as familiar as the faces of their children,
whilst it bolus last to tne doctrines in morale ana pol
itics, which it has ever been the humble endeavor of
it Proprietors to inculcate. Our friends, like dia
monds of the parsst water, love law and order, peace
and tranquility, and are firm anpportera of the Consti-
' tunoo-' ;They aio old-fashioned too, and cling to their
political Iostitutions, and will do nothing to endanger
their continuance." .Have wo not reason to be proud
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01 our riirauii aua may we dm exciaim uiai
eccentric genius,' John Rxsdolto--- Iltd mer man
tuck constituent V ' . r - f
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ST It is it a ted that Texas U divided into 35 conn
ties.' Galveston is the largest atyjand Houston the
next. . Austin,, the seat of goyernment has a popu
lation of 100, and Washington . about the same
number. San Antonio is the oldest j town in the
State, with a population of 1,500.' .
O" The quantity of Cranberries, sold at Faseuil
Hall market daring the past season, wo are inforro-
. od, amounted to about eight thousand hmehtls, which
at three dollars a bushel the average price at which
they were sold," amounted to $24,000. How much
. sugar. will be consumed, in cooking this exceedingly
.acid fruit, we have no means of judging. I
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r'VT Tho Bible Society-have a call at Washlng-
Ion. 7 On," Friday, "Mr. Hock, while addressing tho
House of. Representatives, enforced his remarks with
the following passage, which be referred to the Holy
Bible, without designating chapter or verse : I
." And while the lamp holds out to burn,
The vilest sinner may retorn.
ST The National Intelli geneer says t Of the ulti
mate fate of tho propositiens relative to the Oregon
qoesiioa depending in either House of Congress, va
riant and discordant opinions are, we observe, express
ed in the newspapers published out of this city, both
editorially . and by their Washington 'correspondents.
It is not possible certainly to predict what will be the
specific action of Congress a poo it." . But, whatever
may be the final action of the House of Representa
tives in the ease, wo 'now feel entire confidence that
' the Senate will give its sanction to no measure in re
lation to Oregon,' which would stand in the; way of
a peaceful and honorable adjustment of the difference
existing. between tho Governments of. this country
and Great Britain, on this aabjeet.
ST The Bank question has become an absorbing
one in Ohio, and tho question Bank or no Bank,"
ta tossed to 'and fro like a shuttlecock the. Whigs
manfully defending the simple, safe and efficient aye
' tern recently adopted after math labor and careby
. the Legislature bf tho Slate, while tho Loeefoceo are j
' as obstinately the other way, ax the most enthusiastic
admirer of the hard money" system and the Sun
' Treasury could desire.' The whole Slate is stirred by
4 this conUst, and It seems to excite more attention and
: be mora the aabjeet at heart, than the t choice of a
f-Gorernor for tho ensuing term.-r; ' 'Y -
;.!' . .IT A fire occurred at tBilUrlca," near Bfl, on
Saturday jmevnipg, which destrefed property to the
.; amount of 640,000. Tho' property coosumod con--aistod
of saw mill occnukd by lr. Wflsoaf a large
floor mniebwnod by Messrs. Geoe Rsundy"ot"Co.,
ifoci.;;:.'
jj : :r -m -i ..i, !T!irrrT' ". r -a
.i J3j H 'm ojsdersts4 that Col. John W. TissATts,
of tho present Hooao of Repreoeutatives, from Koo
tncky, sa earrdicJils for the cotmnaad mt ho now
Regiment of Mounted RiSemea whieh'Cotf gross has
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HISTORICAL FACTS.
Z ptrrtng (he ten. or fwelve yf ar of the nxiftence of
Iht'tite Bank the United Slatetjit enjoyed a'con
dilion ctjpniperihr; beyond that of any other known
institution of a aimilar kind. The internal Excbaa
gea were transacted with a regularity,' and a cheap
pesa before unknown, and tho business of the Gov
ernment, with a degree of safety and accuracy, that
the best friends of the Bank, of the Nation,' could
hardly have expected. In 1832, for Instance, ' we
find on reference to a document In our possession, that
the, , domestic Exchanges of this vast country were
conducted,' to the amount of 243 millions of dollars,
kt from one-f fib to'oiu-2eenia of one per cent.
This would bo incredible, were it not a matter of re
oordVj Snch continued to be the case, nntil 'tbo pros
tration of tht Bank wai effected, through tho perso-
rering hostility . of Gen. JjicKsoit ; ; v ; ,r t ? f :
J During this same period of .prosperity; tho paper
issues Of the Suto Banks were kept within bounds
balance were not permitted to accumulate, and the
whole currency waa in as good a state as could rea
aonably bo expected. Our paper was, every where,
convertible Into cash "without dtfficnlty. ; The finan
ces of the Government entrusted, to the Bank were
managed with a cheapness and facility, that left no
thing to be desired. Nor is it to be denied by any
man, who has a character to lose, that the Notes of
the Bank wore, tor aeveral years, preferred to Gold
and Silver " During thirteen years, under Mr. Bid-
lLs administration, 350 millions of the public mo
ney were transferred to and, from' all parts of the
Colon, tottiotrf the lose one cent !
: Soon after Gen. Jackson's election to the Presiden
cy, it seems . to have been determined to control the
Bank of the United States, and bend it to the, party
purposes of the Administration." The first open at
tempt waa in June 1827, to effect the removal of Mr
MAsbsPreeident or the Branch Bank at Portsmouth,
N. IL, because he was not friendly to Gen. Jackson's
Administration. . This hostility waa again manifested
in the President s Message of that year, and renewed
attacks were made upon. the Institution in each suc
ceeding yeari peneveringiy backed by the whole pow
er and patronage of the Government, until the renew
al of its Charter was finally prevented. Gen. Jack
son withdrew from the Bank; the Depositee to the
credit of tho Public Treasury, against the opinion of
a majority of bis Cabinet.' - Without precedent, and
without constitutional authority, he took the money
nnder his own command. ' He deposited enormous
sums in various local Banks, increasing through this
means, the influence and patronage of tho Executive
-I-and thus furnished positive proof, that however ig
norant or despotic an European Monarch may be, he
cannot be more so than a Republican President.
,j Who will bo bold enough to deny these historical
facta?- V.J
RE-ANNEXATION pF ALEXANDRIA TO
i : j VIRGINIA. - ,
jx On Wednesday, both Houses 'of the Virginia Le
gislature auspeaded their rules for the purpose of
passing (and unanimously, too, in both Houses.) an
act of retrocession, aceeptiug by the State of Vir
ginia the Cavnty ef Alexandria in the District ef
Columbia, when the same ahall be receded by the
Congress of the United Stales."
- The Act, thus promptly and cordially passed, is
entitled, an act accepting by the State of Virginia
the county of Alexandria in the' District' of Colum
bia, when tho same ahall be receded by tho Congress
of the United States. ' ' .
4 After a Preamble, setting forth the history of the
original cession to the General Government, &.C, the
enacting clause is as follows:
' "z?e it therefore enacted by the General Attem
bly, that,, so soon as the Congresa of the United
States shall, by law, re-cede to the Commonwealth
of Virginia the said county ef Alexandria, and relin-Hnqub-h
their exclusive jurisdiction, as well of terri
tory as of persons residiug, or to reside, therein, the
same shall be re-annexed to the said Commonwealth,
and constitute a portion thereof, subject to such re
servations sud provisioua respecting the public pro
perty of the United States, as Congress may enact
in their act of re-cession." '
THE NEXT PRESIDENCY. ,
I We see that a statement is going the rounds of the
papers, that sundry Whig Senators and other leading
Whigs, have had a dinner, at which, in a merry and
patriotic mood. Gen. Scott was proposed and agreed
upon as the Whig candidate for the next Presiden
cy ! The statement is prononneed by good authori
ty, to be a sheer piece of nonsense. The friends of
General Scott are more discreet than to bring him,
or to have him brought forward in this way. He
may be the candidate of our party, and so may John
My'Lean, or many others. . Tho people, composing
tho great Whig party, will attend to the matter!
There is time enough for that yet. 1 It should be suf
ficient for our opponents to quarrel, deride, dictate
and ostracise, among themselves -let . tho Whigs
hava none of it !- r i
O The United States Gazette, from which we
copy tho subjoined remarks upon the late decision by
the House of Representatives in the case of the con
tested election from Florida, describes in few but true
words the effect of that decision : j
" The loss of a single ; rote : pn'tbo House is of
little consequence one way or, tho other but the
violation of right by the legislative authorities of
this nation Ka geat evil one that will be quoted
as a precedent one, perhaps, that has been cited
and acted on aa a precedent. The wrong to the
New Jersey members has net been forgotten. The
4 great wrong of admitting to seals in Congress roem-
bers steeled contrary to the laws of Congress must
continue to operate deleteriously. And wo are now
beginning to learn tbat any question, whatever may
be its bearings, whatever may be itsmerits, can be
carried in Congress by an appeal to party. This is
a sad state of tilings, the worse that it seems to bo
getting strength by repetition." i '
- tT Mr. D.' Olmsted, Jr., eon of Prof. Olmsted, of
Yale College, died of consumption a few days since,
at Jacksonville, Fa., whither be had recently gone
for the benefit of his health. We understand tbat
this is the third or fourth member of the Professor's
family that has fallen a victim to this fatal malady,
and the community cannot but sympathise with him
in tho tone which ho has thus recently suffered.
: JT C.T. Sjjuaxx, the keeper ef a hotel at Cov
IngtopLouislana, was killed on the. 23d ulu by J.
M-lKiaxLAMO. Tho . deceased - charged ' Kirklaod
with the ruin of his daughter; und sought to take hie
life.'Errklaadahot him," an'd 'immediately 'surren
"dered himself, protesting that ho acted in sel-de-
r: Ht ' : i in ,i mm
'"ITT The repoTt of tho afialfl of tho Bank' of Mas
sachusetts recently made to the' LegWatore sboirrs a
proportion of 1 dollar io specie to 7 74100 of depoo
kon and circulation, and 1 dollar of. total eb casota
to 2 .75-103 of total eash liabilities, ahowiog rather a
greater expansion than the New York Blanks, aocor
Uag to tho. into rotoron. , j r i '., ; ;
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. Mx-Gales i I was sQTnucb; -grained at the intel-'
ligenca myself, th I cahnot withstand the tempta
tion of availing myself of yoar colnmnsto- csmmuni
cate the fact lo your , numerous readers, that within
the last two or three weeks; vpvoards of oni hundred
of the Young Gentlemen connected with the Univer
sity of this Stale, at Chapel Hill, have signed the
Total AbaUneaco 'Pledge, and have thus : publicly
avowed to the world, their determination to w touch
not, and taste not' that great arch" destroyer of hn
man hopes and happiness Alcohol! For one, sir,
I heartily rejoice at this manifestation of, tho local
aatioo of proper senlimeuts and prindplea at this .the
bead fountain of Literature and. Science in tho good
old North State and I can but1 hail this favorable
omen as tho harbinger of still increasing prosperity
and usefulness of this beloved and venerable Institu
tion. While, the pure principles of Temperance and
good order prevail, no fear need be entertained that
such tumultuous riots and instances of insubordination
as have disgraced other distinguished Seats of Learn
log, will ever arise there. .Nor can it but be regard
ed, by those who have Sons or Wards at our Uuiver
sity, as an assurance that they-are surrouuded by ad
atmosphere purely temperate and moral, and are,
therefore, the more likely :to imbibe the sacred prin
ciples of virtue and sobriety, an adherence to which,
will surely result in their moral . and intellectual, ad
vancement through all future life. Aiid in more ma
ture years, wheu these grutleirien shall annually as
semble, at the Commencements of their Alma mater,
to pay their devotions at the sbriue of their youthful
aspirations for Literary worth. aud renown, this Class
of the Alumni, should they remain firm to the prin
ciples which , they have espoused,, will have fewer
wrinkles of care and sorrow, 'and less sighs of grief,
than any which have preceded it. ' So may it be ! -'
CLAUDIAN.
-r A, Maji .with 145 Childscn ! The Worcester
Shield, published at Snow Hill, Maryland, gives the
following account of an extraordinary man, now liv
ing in Somerset couuty : ;
" There ia at this time, In a neighborhood in Som
erset county, Md., a gentleman named Nelson, in his
91st year; who haa 145 children, grand-children and
great-graud-children now living withiu the sound of
his voice. Io his own language, " be cau stand at
his door on a calm morning, and make every one
hear him without exception." . He further says, rea
soning front what has occurred, " if his life is spared
5 years longer, he will have 200 instead of 145 col
laterals, immediately . around him." He yet retains
the vigor and activity of youth is fund of sporting,
and often amuses himself by hauling the seiue and
sometimes stands for hours waist deep in the water,
without experiencing any bad effect from it. He lost
his wife about three winters ago, with whom he had
lived iu happy wedlock 59 years. -' It has been 20
years siuce he had any sicknrts, and 40 years since
he has required a physician for himself. He is quite
a monument of Antiquity, being perfectly .familiar
with the scenes of the Revolution, during which
time, he was engaged in the then profitable business
of oystering; and supplied Gen. Washington's table
with oysters at Mouut Vernon, uulil his death. He
hat frequently been in his house, aud received the
money for the cargo from the great man's own hand.
He says it was his custom never to buy less than fifty
bushels, part of which his' neighbors would get from
him.
Hillsborough, Feb 5.
Thk Pestte5TIAKT. The Editor of the Ra
leigh Independent, who is himeelf in favor of a
Penitentiary, says that he. ia satisfied from the
tone of the Presii of the State, and the silence
obse'ved on the subject at the various meetings
lately held, that the public ruind ia settled down
in opposition to a Penitentiary. We confess that
we are surprised at this conclusion, as well aa at
the strange premises taken by the Editor from
which he derives it. It is our opinion that a ma
jnrity of the Presses in the State are in favor of
the measure ; but with one consent they seem to
have determined tbat the question 6hall be freely
discussed pro and con, and that no partisan bias
ahall be given to it; and the People, we infer,
acquiesce in the vidom of this course, and hence
they have not thought proper to express an opin
ion on the question in their public meetings
Nevertheless, the subject is occupying the minds
of the people, and they are preparing- them
eelvca for intelligent action when the time for
voting shall arrive; and as the weight of argu
ment is evidently in favor of the measure, we
think the people 'will so decide. The "tone
of the pr'ss," therefore, as well aa " the silence
observed on the subject at the various (political)
meetings lately held," we view in a very dif
ferrnt light to that in which the editor, of the In
dependeut sees it we think the in decidedly fa
vorable to a Penitentiary.
Though the Editors of the pipers in the State
observe so much silence on the subject, their col
umns do not. Many well-written communica
tions have appeared, which have been exten
sively copied ; and in this way the question can
be placed before the people, with lees danger
of its being mixed up with exciting political top
ics. Recorder:
GEN. JACKSON ON THE TARIFF.
Gen. Jackson said, in a letter dated Washington,
April 26. 1824i
' I will ask, what is the real situation of the agri
culturists? Where has the American farmer a market
for his surplus produce 1 ' Except for Cotton, he has
neither a foreign or a home market. Does not this
clearly prove, then, where there is no market, either
at home or abroad, that there ia too much labor em
ployed in agriculture ? : Common sense at once points
out the remedy. Take from Agriculture in the
United States six hundred thousand men, women and
children, and you will at once give a market for more
breadstafiSi than all Europe now furnishes us. In
abort sir, we hate been too long subject to the new
policy of British merchants. It is time we should
become a little more Americanized, and. instead of
feeding the paupers and laborers of England, feed our
own, or else in a short time by continuing onr present
policy we should be rendered paupers ourselves. It
is therefore my opinion that a careful aud judicious
tariff is much wanted to pay our national debt, and
to afford us the means of tbat defence withia our
selves on which the safety of our country depends;
and last, though not least, give a proper direction o
our labor, which must prove beneficial to the happi
ness, independence, and. wealth of the community.''
From the llaliax (N. C.) Republican.
. ) . . .. Wkldow, Jan. 27, 1846.
Mr. Webb : ' " . .
Through the colorrma of your Paper, it affords
roe pleasure to inform those interested that jbe
Draw in Petersburg Bridge accrosa the Roanoke
is now complete and all wishing to' bring their
Boats to Weldoti will . meet with neither delay
or obstruction at tho Bridge The width of Draw
at Base, from Pier to Pier, ' ia fifty feet, and at
Top thirty feet.. J T ' ' !
" In communicating this" fact. It is but justice to
ay to MrSam'L Furd, the able Superintendabt
of the work, that he haa done justice to the Com.
pany and eredit to himself in the building of tho
Dra..'. The draw waa opened to-day in presence
of several gentlemen, and the '' ease which 120
feet of Bridge weighing 84.000 ibsV Was moved,
pleased and astonished all. who witnessed it ' At.
the request of Mr Ford, several of the. gentlemen,
individually,' moved the Whole with JRtle or no
effort ' ' -'' '"'' ry v .". f.-s-t,iw.i-..
If otff frfenda- (Jowfi the .KiTer will vijwt us with
their Boats, we pnnnise then! no detent um at tb?
Bridge, and a hearty reception on their arrivalal
UTT-Tho New drleafle Tropic' of the 2Bth nlt
says that Jpusaojt, theLoco candidate fjr Governor,
Is undoubtedly elected: , JThe districts heard . from
u"u m. iuajuiuy,v iwul uvv. .uo ajovos wui
ure majority in ine jjouisiona uegiainium
! H 5 tANdNYMOUS '
The Boston Transcript copies an article frdm this
paper, on the, subject of ailoaymoas letter writing, and
appends this commehl i- " Few persons ; have suffi
cient mastery over their own feelings, aa at once to
scout at the content of sucli letters, and to pass them
by disregarded. ; Thio mind " too prone o give some
credence to tho insiunSlioUs. thus conveyed, and dili
gently to set to work to suspect the author. I a this
way the innocent becomes the accused person, friend
ship is brokeB, and love perhaps turned insensibly iuto
hate.''' This is certainty a fearful consequence, add
one. of the worst features of anonymous letter-writing.
;-' " " 3
, . From the Highland Messenger. : -i
jWlUG MEETING INC-orf. ! j
r Oo the evening of Saturday, the 24th dltixno.
after a short notlcei a respectable meeting of the
Whigs of Macon assembled at the Court House
m Franklin.' "- ' ; f '. ' :.
Jacob Siler, Esq., having been calW;to the
Chair; and ' J. Y. Hicks appointed Secretarythe
Chair, on motion, explained the object of the
meeting in a few appropriate remarks, to be to
respond to the action of the Whig State Conven
tion, held on the lxih ultimo, nominating our
present Governor, William A.' Graham, for 're
elcctron ; whereuppri, Dry H G. Woodfin offered
he following resolutions, the adoption of which
he enforced in a short, eloquent and impressive
speech, viz: , ti .... . . . . , -
Whescas, a Convention haa been held in Raleigh '
by the Wbigsof North Carolina, for the purpose of
selecting a .suitable. candidate for the office of Gov- j
ernor for two years after the subsisting term of the !
present incumbent; and whereas the Whigs of Ma
con County were unrepresented in said Convention,
owing to the inclemency of the weather aud the great
distance from this County to Raleigh ; and whereas,
we have' Teamed the result of tho Convention with j
feelings of cordial' approbation ; therefore - j
Resolved, That it is our duty at this early day, to
respond to the voice of our Whig brethren throughout
the State, in language that cannot be misunderstood,
attiring them of our co-operation in support ol the
judicious nomination they have made.
Resolved. That we have the fullest confidence in
the capacity, integrity and patriotism of his Excel
lency, WILLIAM A. GRAHAM ; that we fully
approve of his administration ; that we believe the
honor and interest of the Stale will be promoted by
his re-election, and that we will exert ourselves in the
use of all honorable and fair means to effect it.
Resolved, That the strenuous exertions, and early
preparations of the Democratic party, to deprive the
Stale of the services of a" faultless Executive, during
his Constitutional eligibility, upon the grounds of
party feeling alone, call aloud upon every Whig in
the good old North State to be on his guard, and to
sustain with undaunted firmness not ouly the princi
ples for which we contend, but also the man who has
proved hirnxelf not iiu worthy the high trust and con
fidence . reposed in him.
Resolved, That the Hon. William A. Graham be
respectfully requested to visit Macou county during
the approaching" canvass.
Resolved, That the 'State is deeply concerned in
the policy hitherto adopted by Whig legislation, in
matters both of a local and general character, and
that it is our duty to make all laudable efforts to se
cure the election of a Whig Senator for this District,
aft well as a Whig Representative for this County, to
the ensuing Legislature. , .
Resslved, That the proceedings of this meeting be
forwarded to the Highland Messenger by the Chair
man and Secretary, for publication.
After Dr. Woodfin look his seat, on motion of
N. 11. Palmer, the resolutions were again read
separately and unanimously adopted. "
JACOB SILER, Ch'n.
J. Y. Hicks, Sec. ,
LONG FACED PEOPLE.
'We find the following .remarks in Willis's
Mirror. If they serve to shorten the length of
8me lugubrious visagp, or impart a bright and
cheerful air to some sad and sallow face, they
will well fill the space they occupy :
j ' Why are we Americans (as a nation) so grave
a people! Walk the streets aud a large major
ity of the persona you meet are alike solemn and
sallow. They look as if they had just risen from
he perusal of ' Blair's Grave," or the " Elegy."
In vain nature smiles upon them. They return
it nottheir eyes court the ground their faces
are filled with untimely wrinkles their gait is
rapid and awkward their features gaunt and
spectral ; their voices husky and uncomfortable,
and their conversation quite unembroidered with
wit or humor. Follow these people to their
homes still all is murky they bend frowning
ty over the newspapers they neither dance nor
sing, nor frolic they drive all gaiety from . their
wives and children, and make their domestic life
as dull and senseless as one of Lillo'a tragedies.
Why is this! Is life a heavier burden, a rcore
desperate struggle here than elsewhere? . Are we
cursed with a dismal 'climate or sterile soil 1
Have we no business to do, or is our labor with
out reward ? Gratitude forbids that we should say
so. Nature haa been most bounteous to us ; she
as given us a land as full of beauty and grandeur,
as it is of all the elements of wealth. Fairer skies
never canopied mortals. Our lakes are seas ;
our rivers run their thousand leagues unwearied:
our waterfalls sing their ceasless song in the for
e8tj our mountains are worthy of the vallies they
protect ; the rainbow hues of autumn are our pe.
culiar boon ; the earth yields us a hundred fold
we blush when wc gather in returns so dispro
portionate to our labors. Our ancestors, tco, have
been most liberal lo us. They ' have given us a
good government and a good name. We are also
blessed with minds naturally active and inventive,
and kept in perpetual play by the freedom of our
institutions. No other nation has such a mass of
intellect in constant employment. s .
Why, then, are we so unhappy, thus surround
edby all the' materials of happiness ? " Is not he
simple truth this I we pervert our powers and
abuse oar privileges ; we place our affections up
on the wrong'object we utterly mistake the true
prizes of life we passs by nature, art, love, friend
ship, faith, and bow the knee to mammon j we i
dolize it; we ereet costly temples to its honor,
and on its altera we sacrifice health, character,
ourr -viewsj our 'children.'' To be rich, or id be
thought rich, is,' with too many of ' us, the' sole,
eVclueiVe, all-engrossing object of our lives.-
Thus the heaft contracts, the .affections droop
Slid. wither; no tears water them, do smiles warm
tjiein.' Home become a dreary place it loses
its Sabbaths and r its holidays. - The muses and
the graces abandon it. Its songs and its festiv
ities, its hymns and its prayers depart from iL
joVe and faith flee affrighted from its threshhold.
gullenuess, frowns, Uaots, reproaches, these are
its inmates. . Its fireside becomes one constant
seene of jealousy, conspiracy, and strife, till at
last , we almost long for death, to break up and de
stroys placer tar depraved and penrerted."1"
I We will not dwell" upon'su glotrmya pkfture,
bat simply ask hr-wealth, worth such fearful sac
rifice! What honest 'heart eaa hesitate in" its
irepJrif -'v -ft'-. . . :. i: z :4 irfi -W-
a The rtew Havtfrr Cooler-: Jett ofTth fbl-
owing funny story about the origin of' adver
.Ut0g'fi, ??t.l$ i t-- i-i'-Jr.l
4 It was tne celestial; empire, some three or
iour tnousana . years oeioro otnef , parts or tne
globe were , made, and during the reign of Tie
Longj or that of hie son Long Cue we-have for
gotten which, that advertising came in fashion.
A scarcity of the tea cropr for which the Em
peror w as held ' responsible, because, as it .was
said, he consulted bis own comfort more than the
welfare of fats people, in not knocking . bis bead
hard and often enough when he prayed for sea
sonable weather, bad produced a rebellion T a
distant portion of his realm. - : i f ;
Sacrifices for the purpose of' quelling this bad
beeb offered in vain sow's ears and dog's' tails
by the cord, cumbered the t temples x; thousands
of Josses had been smoked black' with expiatory
fires of fustier but still the insurrection gathered
impetu?, and finally'threatened to overcloud the
supreme'glory of the brother of the sun1 and moon.
His majesty, finding that his rods were boey-
ing themselves about someihing beside bis per
plexities, and having fruitlessly issued vast num
bers of special edicts of unusual size and masnifi-
cence, concluded it best to look to affairs himself,
and collecting his most frightful troop, went forth
to meet and punish his unloyal subjects. ,c .
Upon his second day's march towards the dis
trict where it was expected that the rebels would
runaway from the sight of bis arms, the emperor
was seized with a violent thirst, which bis phy
sicians informed htm could ouly be assuaged' by
copious draughts of 'Bohea. . His majesty, with
that decision of character for which he was sO
pre-eminently celebrated, immediately ordered a
halt, and had a superb pavilion erf cted under a
tree, which bis valiant soldiers' had decorated
with paper flags and artificial flowers, to make
rude nature acceptable to the eyes of their sove
reign, as well as to astonish the world with its
magnificence. " ;x .:
The emperor's thirst increasing every moment,
as soon as he entered the lent he roared like a
lion for his -remedial beverage. This with the
expedition usual to those who anticipate capital
punishment for remissness of duty, bad been al
ready prepared, and all that was wanting to save
them from execution was a vessel to serve it in.
Here, however, they were in a painful dilern
ma: the bearer of the Emperor's silver teapot
had on the journey lost this indispensable utensil,
and to set any other before him was not only
blasphemous, but absolutely impossible.
Discovering the cause of delay, the monarch,
blending authority with clemency, caused bis
careless servant to be decapitated ie the most
merciful and agreeable manner, and then send
ing for a number of his chief officers, command,
ed them upon the penalty of sudden death, a cay
tastrophe equally unpleasant to Christians or
Chinese, to bring the said tea pot. into bis pre
sence, whether it could be found or not, in the
course of the succeeding day.
Now the army (says the grandiloquent histo
rian) amonnted to over five hundred thousand
men, beside camp followers, and to have gone to
each individual for the -purpose of inquiring
whether he had stolen or found the tea pot, was
an undertaking calculated to dishearten the most
indefatigable. An old tiger-eatef, with a cue as
large and long as a ship's cable, finally bethought
himself of . an expedient, which had the happy
effect of prolonging the lives of himself and
brother dignitaries.,.
He had several hundred pictures drawn, re
presenting a man returning the lost tea pot to the
Emperor, and receiving the reward of his hon
esty, a button 'and a peacock's feather; while
beneath was portrayed a thief running off with
the vessel, and pursued by , a grim executioner
with an uplifted and vicious looking meat-axe.
These pictures were hung up on different poles,
and tho army marched by in companies to look ait
them while, at the same time, they were in
formed that they Would be kept marching in view
of these drawings, without meat or sleep, until
the tea-pot was restored to the thirsty Emperor.
Whether through the influences of fatigue,
fear, or the hopes of lucre, the historian does not
say but the utensil was soon conveyed to the
imperial pavilion, and in a few hours after, the
rebels were cut to atoms, v "
When the story was told by the soldiers on
their return home, many tradesmen supposing
that tea-pots were to be more fashionable than
ever, had boards embellished with these articles,
and that there might be " no mistake, bad tbe.
name painted underneath. These were placed
in front of their shops, and hence came signs
and posters. ' . : ' ' -
The custom once instituted became universal,
and was carried by travellers tootber parts of the
world ; and when newspapers 'were iri vented,
they -were seized upon as important, agents for
multiplying, and scattering these business re
ferences and: guides, which ' were ' subsequently
called advertisements
Advertising has aow become so necessary to
the prosperity of all branches of mercantile and
industrial pursuits, that Robinson Crusoe in bis
garments of goat skins, would be less an object
of curiosity, than a business .man who does not
publish ius goods in the columns of a public
print. . r - ' ' - ' r : -
Of tbe beiifficlal efftctixA advertising, our du
ty to tbe community compels us to speak more
pointedly on another occasion. ; ; - I? '
PRICES CUlTItEZfl',
Raleigh, N Ct Feh 10, 1846.
per bbl. '
$5 00 a 5 50
; GO - 65
"- 0 a 65
7 Oil a iB 00
8 00 a 9 00
15 to SO
5 00 a 5 50
.- 5 00 a 6 00
' Corn, , ' j
Mealj " ; -I
BaOonr -t ;
. 'Lard,
' Butter, -i ; -.;.'
Cettoo, i--Vv-'
i. Tobacco leaf i
L Rice
butJhtl
; '
- . -t i
'
hundred. -
do. '
per iht
., do
:do.--. ;
u
WUmingtoUi tt. C Fehr 6t ..
Flonf :i
Corn, -.' I - .
f Bacon, Hams
i.. Middlings
Shoulders, ; ' -Wcatern,
"
Lard, , ' -M.-Rice,
. v j'A
r.LaTerpoolSalt,
perbb1.: ' ,6 50
a 7 00
a . 70
a 10
per lb. . . , . , .10 a
per lb. -rV 7-- ' ' 9 s.
r lb. 4 ' i
per ib. -'-- "; -7 a
por 'lb n';V?'"584 a
-9
per hundred. , u4 50 a 4 62
.: Mck.;:; 1 25 a 1 35
.r :.rV?- par bbW'1" -:''525 a 5 SO '
vfe- UbosllJft??CC3sH70:'
Corn,
. Baeod,
Lard,
:V-..Ie.-
Butter-,- -Cotton.-
"?
r4lbi7
-ifu'le
Tsbasco.IsaJ , ?. 4
ruifeiCATIOIt isa settledcreed'rin
correct medical ' judsprunlenceVXhat imless b
blcod H keptree reWfmpdrittee.ibe mhole tfs
tern must inevitably become, diseased. When
I be blood becomes tcloir'ood.,f,i.lr" U.
throngh the veins and arteries with a clugisrx-fno
tiort-we mar rest assured thst mirk DAM. tarlf S. ItM
concomitant train of evils, is about inonmo , tu ;
utmost care and greatest precaution are therefore
necessary fend'- the system should be closely
watched. - Those who irnflrall
B r . uicui-
selves with mild and aperient physic, should give '
preierence- to sucn as are ot a strictly vegeta
ble nature.' Brandroth VptrpfshTa - irniva.t
Pills appear to be the n tii versaV favorite, as they
are composed entirelr ef thd Vecrefcables am)
OOerate SO ef7etrlllrt9ntnr -tltaawmtmL. '
purifying the, blood and removing all undue bili
ary awtelioM:.''
TtT The ahoifs PSftd iu if''tLtwa'l;-2.If
tn every County of the State, and by WILL i FECK
There u.Derhsns. no disease with w'.IaK
try is afiected, which sweeps off annually so many
rcii. uesuujcf ui iua. niiman racav
Consumption-. Dy afier day, year alter year, tho
insatiate monster hurries its the hortal nf enA ahMs4
yviuMHi
silent tomb fresh added victims to its coBquesu Na
waia oi tie is sacreu irom its Dligming innuence.
No use is exemot from ha deatbtlealin? ahufta. Tkn
old, die middle aged and the. yoans;. aQ alike, arc
loou lor mis common enemy oi mankind I no whits)
haired Datriarcb. whose lite of temner&nc has
tiered his system iinpervious to tbe -attacks o( other
ills a ttd wtiose stood deeds rrehared him far ihu n.
joymeht of life's cSim evening, iinds consnmptloie
fastening uo langs upon pis vital, and tearing him
frem a world, ever, bright to minds which cau look
complacently dn days wrl) spent.
- Is there no h!lo for the afflicted i tin
of the dangers which beset os in onr changeable and
utw tuuic i r ww a iuiuk . lucre may ue. ADu II IUO
stlemtions sf i!iom who arm ar leaat ntlitarf tr marm -
city, may be believed, t hero is a preventive and a re-
Wistsr's Balsam -of WHd3CLerrir is offered 4a at
suffering world ss such. $ It : needs riot tbe adven
titious aids, ot a long -string m fictitious ; certificates
to pive it nnlnr ii.lv. ... lis ifn. vain .rut i.ii..
cellence are sufficient io entiila it to the coufidence of
the puWic,' and, .f . v
; . Vs Wtir on to lame': . , ' : .
the name hi its inventor, as a benefactor of his spe
cies. " ' . - " ' ' ' :' "
o For sale br wiLiKTAnis. rTAVxtrnhnjL
CO., wholesale add retail, Raleigh, N. C ' '
In Ouilford. on the 3d, Mr. Thomas F. Hoskins tm
Miss Anna Macy. s.
.., gtgkWLWMwWuWkWmWuXWkWky '"";
Heir Windsor. Gertie, on the 21 t nit.. In thm fiSiVj
year of his age, William L. Gray, a highly respecta-
In Jefferson countv. virsinia. Mrs.'fm?r P. TmM.
only eurvivingysister of Mrs. Madison. This amiable
and excellent lady had in early life married George'
S. Washington, nephew and one of the heirs of Gn
era! Washington. Alter tbe death of Mr. Washing
ton sne oecame united, tn marriage with tne Hon. Ti
Todd, of Kentucky, one of the. Judges ofh Supreme,
uourt oi tno uoiiea aiaies. , ' - - . -
Fire Company,
TjHfi requisite number of Citiiens having Volutt-
IJU teered as members of the Raleigh, Fire Com
pany," they are requested to assemble ui tho Tawtt
Hall, on Saiurday afternoon neit,' the Hth: instant
at 3 o'clock, for.the purpose of organization. '. ' . ' '
naieign, reo , iso. . J33
Noticed
4
ii no. v c seen appoiniea oy. M is Jiceilgncy, VH-
U liam A. . Graham, Governor of the State of Nortbi
Carolina, a Commissioner for the State of Virginia
wilt full power to take the acknowledgement or proof
of any Deed, Mortgage, or other conveyance of lands,
tenement or hereditaments, lying or being- in thio
State, snthto lake the private examination ef married
women, parlies thereto, in the manner now. required
by. Law, or any other writing, under seal to be used
in this State ; and to administer an oath or aflirma
tion to any persont who shall bejsWilliog Or desirous ;
to make such oath or ar3rmation before me andt to :
take depositions and examine witnesses' under SOT.
'mm rr , trr t. ! , - " ' .. -
commission or commissions emanating from any of
ihe Courts of the Stated Elating' lo any cause de-
pending or to Im brought in any of said Coorta. Any?
business under said, commission which the publu
may desire, shall have my strict : aud faithful attend
ttou ; and I reduest that those who mat have ' busi
ness with me, will make h convenient ot to call on
Wednesdajs. : ' '-- '
- AUGUSTUS C.TlShZY. '.
Clsrksville, Febrnfcry 1 84 fl. 1 ' v r 12 8 1 i
fTntti Mercantile Copartnership heretofore exist
II ine betwoeo JAMES McKEJ880N t &. mON.
has been dissolved by mutusl coo sent. The Store a(
Morganton, from Jfebruary 1, 1846, will be eon
tinued by Jaxks McKessojt , And tbe Stores a
Gold Hill, in Burke County at Val'dor. .Bracket-
to Wn and MiUersvllle, in McDowell County, Will be
continued by Wititair. F. McKsssojr. U . ..
Tbe Mining Copartnership between the same
parties is also dissdlved. except that the Mtae, long
known as too. WUkmsott Mint" vi sUll Joint pro
rrty, and Uopertted M such. ' ' - ' ' 3
It is very desirable, that those who are indebted to
the tste Firm, should eloso their aecoUnU immodisto
lyby IfoteoCMhv -5 V-t - -
r JAMSS McKESSOIV 5c SOJT.
;Morganten,ll'ebrI,!t846. : r k tf
jtKK oi about the 18th jbf'Utfi Derembef, tslfett
J up on the Plantation ef Alexander Mcknight.
in the Codnly of Franklin, and State of North Csto
lina, abobt three miles west of Louisburg, bhe dark
brown Mare, about five; year old,, about four feet
eight inches high,' valued at thirty dollars, the bwnsr
is requested to call prove property and pay Charges)
sccordln a, to LawV-;; ? y s . . 'V' 'r '
-'-;.. -w--' ' -firniRVvrfijfiw?Vf
-'..3t:."i''.
1 1 1
toATHHtcl ; ,
vtB E largest and mmtt
splendid sssortmeat of
Watches in the City, is to
be found at the subscriber's,
; 'as he Is constantly receiving
aH.oescripttoDS ef CaOLls
aiid sxiVEri
WATCnES of the
newest stjles, from the manufacturers ia England;
France, and Switzerland, be is enabled to Xf!er a
lager assortment and at mucbr less prices, at ; Belai
than any other house in America.- Gold: VVctchso
ss W as 9 to S5 Dollars uutb.-&&A '
Waicbes and Jewelry exchanged ot boogi't, ,' .':
n All-WatcTies watrsnted to keep good time OT the
money returned.:. Watches end Jewelry repaired in
the bsst mknnef sod wsrrsntrd,l)yths best workmen,
ajtd-much ItfWei thsh t shy other plies. OolJ shd
Silver iPenciJsvi Celdi CheiAV Hjs, a ' Lsilies ,
Bracelets. PJnsand -Sterling Silver Cpopns; t'.ltU
cepsr.orks4fcf.iH'yVif7' j
.i. .U'.-i'-;.r'"-S.-0; C.ALLI5.V,, v
r-It3portir W,.VYtcbes srjd Jewt!iy -
: . -' ':v v; - f " VihotuaU end Est: .7. -
riTaiiiWia. e1sierewrir7n:. ZT"
tohTittt,
Watches
iMem
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