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. fFrotO the unr nsoorougn t"v-i N iV. A on iV4 of Sylvanus,1 in opposition to the Penitentiary system. . It Is "contended by " Sylvamis." M J punishments, other thing. .nequa , ire the U effective in wppw".? r sssurpes that our present penal code i more cf feclnal itt suppressing- crime than the Penitent ia rT.jBremr because it fall, more like - terrific claps f of thunder?' and i. - truly severe while it 4Mtmbuti.of.hort duMtion. . -I thank thee, Jew. for teaching tne tiut .word' f tbjinder ) It totally demolishes the whole of hi. argument in favor of short and sanguinary pun iahraents. Now there is very, little terror in a clap of thunder, (the assertion of "Sylvanus" to the contrary notwithstanding.) . Don't be alarm ed ; this I.will prove loithe .atisfaction of all. If the clap of thunder excite, terror, would not ev" family have their lightning rod. to parry off the shock ! 3ut thi. is not the case, not one in a thousand hate them to their dwelling. : bec"6e it ia not one time in a thousand that the thunder clap hita our buildings. Our penal code is like thexlap of thunder, terrific if it. hit., but it mi.se. its intended object ofteoer than it hit. So too chances are o many for it to miss that it excites no terror. Thus has Sylvanus furnished us with a simile, that not only illustrates the of our penal law., but forcibly prove, that the certainly of punishment is the only way teex 'cite terror in the breasts of tho wicked, and thi to prevent crime, as the advocate, of the Peni tentiary system have ever asserted. But "fly, vanus" says : punishments would not be more certain under the Penitentiary code than under our present law." . Let us expose the fallacy of the advocates of sanguinary punishments by a potation from a writer that seems to understand -ever? motive and mainspring in the human heart: 1 Jt ii a amend our ijt ng amend our criminal coues in iue uu- ferent States to-morrow, and render counieneii 'rng bank notes, burglary, breaches of the public trust, grand larceny, conspiracies, swindling, or obtaining goods, chattels and money under false pretences cffpttaJ felonies what would be the effect ! More, than two thirds of these crimes 'would p'fobably.'gb unpunished, and therefore be committed, with fresh impunity; for how many .would not ' shrink fronbecoming informers, if convinced that by their testimony alone, the life vif.a human being, perhaps the parent of a large number of children, was to be taken ! What rrvuiu are iue? .icisavuui "w American citizens in such a case ! -Would they not say to themselves, it is aggravating to have. our rights infringed upon, but netter 10 enuure this than to be the instruments of sending a fellow mortal out of the world 1 Such ' feelings might but they do exist, and will exist, until our senti ments, as a nation, undergo a very radical change. Grand juries would be backward in presenting indictments, when death was lo be the. probable consequences. They would find it more con sonant to their feelings to dismiss complaints than to find a bill upon them. There would also be a difficulty in procuring juries to convict criminals under cruel laws. Twelve men would have many agonizing sensations in condemning a cul-a prit to death, for stealing property to iue amount of fifty or a hundred dollars, or passing a counter feit bank note of five or ten dollars. Every op portunity would be embraced to find the offender nqtguilty. Any doubt in the testimony, afford, ingan excuse would produce an acquittal. Laws loTbe effectual must be certain ; therefore it will ' be no answer to say, that if these minor depre dations did escape, more enormous ones would ,not. . If meo. would seldom inform, and juries shrink from convicting, on the sanllest doub', and ta most itlender excuse or subterfuge, what c would be the consequence! Crimes would rapid i ! A r L. A jy increase Because a vast pmpuruuu. vi uicm .would o unpunished. Again; if the execution of criminals became an ordinary spectacle, the " dread and terror of this species of punishment would be banished, and its restraints be destroyed. Mankind can be rendered familiar wilh horrid spectacles by sight. The savage of the western wilderness beholds the agonies of the prisoner at -the stake, with composure. The wife of the Hindoo1 ascends the funeral pile of her husband wih a firm step. The monsters of the Inquisi tion feel no pangs at the tortures of their victims; and an execution in Japan creates no more sen sation than the morning clouds that cbscure the sun. The Romans beheld the blood of their gladiators, without the movement of a nerve or a muscle ; and in Great Britain at this day, the execution of a half a score of felons, calls forth - no expression of horror from the populace. In time, we should betray the same indifference. The frequent repetition of similar scenes would UAUHU4W UUI -JCO IW 0UJMHf IMIJ, wnmc n and children from ihe rrallmva. Thrre i a habit of thought, as well as a habit of action : and when, by continual occurrence in the mind, J r - I . L . 1 " . anyainaoi puinsnuieui uecoines uaiurauzea to tone of feeling abhorrence is overcome." Is not the foregoing sufficient to convince the most skeptical of the extreme impotency of our san guinary laws in preventing crime ! But, Sylvanus'-' contends that motives of hu manity in juries would acquit the offender as of ten under the Penitentiary laws, as under our present code. For he says: "they will find when the sober reality is presented to them, that it is a no less serious thing to condemn a man to the. Penitentiary, than it is to the punishments now inflicted." Is this true 1 let us see. Sup pose a youth of fifteen, who never has enjoyed the benefit of parental care and instruction, and without any education (as ii often the case,) steals a shilling's worth of apples from his neighbor's orchard ; he is indicted for it ; the case is put to the jury, then the alternative is presented to them, either to sead him to the whipping-post, or the choose 1 Can any one doubt that they would choose the Penitentiary, in which he could re ceive mental and literary iustruction where he can learn some trade of industry that will support him when he leaves the prison, without having recourse to stealing again ? !In order that this may not be charged a mere affair of fancy,' I will cite a case of M sober re- it l l " i mj, wincn uccurreu buiijc iu ur inree years ago, iu this county. A youth of 17 or 18 had entered the store house of Mr. R. and taken a pocaet boos containing some money, also some goods, which were' afterwards found hidden in a hollow log, to which they 'were directed by the accused ; the pocket book and money were found on his person and identified by the owner. The foregoing were the prominent points in the evi dence. Yet the jury acquitted him. He con fessed to his counsel that he stole the properly. uv uicu a&cu uuu wny ue tiia u : ne stated that he had been raised to it. Then in order to start him on his ruad to another State where he could be properly punished for such conduct, his counsel asked hiiu why he did ot go toVirffinia .A 'All I V. n oA 1 1 . . n A . . 1 - r - to steal there ihey dont whip for siealinc! H( u.i.nj mwi.tu, uui. mere mey will put me in the Penitentiary I have no use for that." This same villaiu, oo the same day he was acquitted, ktule a horse of one of the jurors who sat on his case: And only a short time previous to this, he wii conviciro oi Kicauug ia an adjoining county. But owing to his tender age, the sentence of the law was suspended. Thu. he weut unpunished. These facts I have adverted to, in order to exem plify tha impotency of our harsh penal laws. Here jurors were prompted to acquit the guilty, t because they had any sympathy for crime, -but UirougU the feelings of humanity which were repulsed by the cruelty and futility 0f the punUh- I ment. fleh the tame feeling operated orttfho Courts which suspended his punishmentand pef- m.tted the criminal to go unpumsneu. also proves that punishment in a Penitentiary 8 more terrific than the whipping post. - ; a ei-T u Sylvanus" asserts that punishment qf vjior; duration," such as whippfng. branding, ate more effectual in suppressing crime t han punish, ment in the Penitentiary, f trust I bm iMa. to the satisfaction of all. that harsh cruel punish, ments, of "short duration" are more uncertain in their execution, than those of a milder character. But for argument, admit that theywill be as promptly executed. , Still is it true that our penal code of sanguinary laws is aj effective, as Peni tentiary confinement 1 The former mode pun. isbes the body, the latter, the mind ; the former breaks the body, the latter the mental depravity. Ask the felon which doom he would choose ! Would ho not say. corporal punishment, which is over with in two minutes time. His hardihood could nerve 4iimself to meet and undergo a pun ishment of only a few minutes duration, while his fortitude would fail him and his mind sink into contrition, at the very idea of being subjected to one long unchanging scene of bodily and mental seclaston, with no hope of its ending but with death. lie would rather face death itself than such a punishment. In proof of this, I only need cite . the hlstorv of the American Revolution. There we behold men facing the glittering bayo net and the cannon's blast, rather than to submit to a political tyranny, which is mere dust in the balance," compared with slavery for crime in a Penitentiary. Personal liberty is dear to man kind, and its loss is repulsive to the mind. Who but would shudder at the bare idea of entering a convict for years or life into the dreary abodes of wretchedness, sorrow, and despair, in the silent narrow limits of a solitary cell ? That sanguhir ary penal laws are not as effective in deterring crime as the Penitentiary system, is clearly prov ed by historical truths, to some; of which I have often referred ; and history is philosophy teach ing by example, not the philosophy unsustajned by example to which the opponents of the Peni tentiary system often appeal. "Sylvanus" asserts-that "the convict comes from the Penitentiary no less degraded than from the whipping post or the pillory." We will soon see bow little respect this statement is entitled la There are hundreds of youths who when 6mall have been deprived of faithful parents to watch over them and restrain their vicious propensities who have no moial standard of conduct placed before their eyes to follow who have been left to combat with poverty and want, and without any regular occupation ; suppose one of this un fortunate class iu the hour of temptation, under the pressure of want, or when seduced into the giddy, vortex of depraved passions, who has vio lated our lawp, is then placed in a Penitentiary where the vicious propensities that led him to err may be counteracted where he has a moral and humane teacher to instij into his mind principles off justice and virtue. Here under this management the juvenile convict's spirit of guilt is soon subdued.' and he becomes penitent and meek, he shows by his conduct that he has acquired habits of industry, and imbibed virtuous and moral principles, and totally subdued his vicious propensities. Would not such a course of conduct acquire for him respect and esteem in stead of degradation ? But punish him under our present penal laws, and he has no time to shew those signs of penitence and reform, beforeMhe stripe or the brand is inflicted they fall upon him like a "clap of thunder," leaving the burning mark of crime on his countenance, "A fixed figure, for the time of scorn To point his slow unmoTing finger at." I now leave it with the reader to say which mode of punishment leaves the convict the most de graded. - , Roscoe. " TH GODDESS OF REASON." Among the enormities of the French Revolution was the abolishment of the Christiaa Religion by the National Assembly, and the substitute of the worship of the Goddess of Reason. The blasphemous inau guration of the " Goddess," took place in the Cathe dral of Notre Dame, and is thus described iu the " Ilistoire de la Contention Naiionale " The day after the memorable silling when the Christian" Religion was abolished, the Festival of Reason was celebrated at Notre Dame, which became the temple of the new divinity. The most distiu guished artists of the Capitol, musicians and singers, were enjoined lo assist at the ceremony, under pain of being suspected and treated as such. The wife of Monmoro represented the Goddess ; four men dress e& in scarlet, carried her on their shoulders, seated in a gilt chair adorned with garlands of oak. She had a scarlet cap ou her head, a blue mantle over her shoulders, a while tunic covered her body ; in one hand she held a pike, in the other an oaken branch. Before her marched young women clothed iu white, with tri-color girdles and crowned wilh flowers. The legislature with red caps, aud the deputies of the sections brought up the rear. " The cortege traversed Paris from the Hall of the Convention to Notre Dame. There the Goddess was elevated on the high altar, where she received suc cessfully the adoration of all present, while the young women filled the air with insence and perfumes Hymns in honor of the occasion were sung, dis course pronounced, and every one retired ; the God dess no longer borne aloft, returned on foot or in a hackney coach. " The most odious part of the ceremony consisted in this, that while the worship of the Goddess was going on, in the nave and iu the sanctuary, everv chapel round the Cathedral, carefully veiled by means or tapestry baugiugs, became the scene of drunken ness, licentiousness and obsceuity. No words can convey an idea of the scene ; those who wiluessrd it can alone form a conception of the mixture of disso luteness and blasphemy which took place. The thing made so much noise that it aroused the iudi? uatien of Robespierre himself; and on the day of the execution or ishaumelte, who bad presided over the ceremony, he said : that he deserved death if it was only for the abomination he committed oath&tocca sion. i We think that all unprejudiced men must ac knowledge that the predict ionof the tchiss as to the probable state of the country in the event of election of Mr Polk, and the consequent eleva tion to power of those likely to assist in the con duct of his administration, have thus far been fully realized : and we also think that there are few. who will not admit that had Mb. Cut been elected President, we should havo been relieved from much of the trouble through which we have passed, and much more likely to ensue. We need not carry out the idea. Every day only serves to increase our regret that Mr. Clay is not now at the head of the government, exertinc the' great powers oi ins great mind, his patriotism, and his influence, in preserving the honor, the rights, the prosperity, and the peace of the coun try. Are we wrong in believing that many of those who opposed Mr. Clay's election, begin to agree with u. in these regrets, and to be almost ready to express their candid opinions ! Let not the bstinaney of party, or the false pride of ad. berence to party, longer prevent them from doiwr justice to themselves and to the man of the age 4 Alexandria Gazelle. DA boy baby was recently left at the door of a Postmaster jn Alabama, before be was up WLen be came down and saw if, the only re mark he made was, that the male deliver v on that morning was unusually earl : .. frWM -A: -GRAHAM. , J tVlflle fu'rnbltng over some old documents and irpJfspa'per'the other day, our attention wa; ar rested l?Vrf a rticle relative to Goo. Graham After reading it, we felt surprised that it had not rillen under our observation before, as it con jtained a couple of the most distinguished compli ment that could well be paid to any man. The incident took place in the .United Slates Senate, while the bill for the relief of the heirs of Fulton was under discussion, upon which Mr. Graham, while a member of the Senate, had made a report at the session of 1842-3. The compliments are the more worthy of notice, as they were given bv Senators Wright, and Woodbury, who have been for a number' of years 'two-of the -moat prominent Locofoco Politicians of the country, the farmer of whom was nominated by the Balti more Convention as the Vice Presidential can didateon the Ticket with Mr. Polk, which here fused t accept, and who is now the present Gov ernor of New York ; and the latter of whom is aJudenf the Supreme Court of the Union: Mr! Wright M he " would like , to have a short report read, which was made at the last session of thelast Congress by the Chairman of the Committee of Claims, (Mr. Graham) He remembered very well that the Chairman of the Corr.mitteo of Claims, Mr. Graham, of North Carolina, made a very clear report of the transac tion ; between Mr. Fufton and the Government, and if his memory did not fail him, one which met the concurrence of a majority of the Com mittee." Mr. Woodbury said, " He took occasion to say, that there was not a person of purer mind, or one, who more thoroughly investigated all subjects, than the Chairman of ihal Committee, (Mr. Gra ham,) then a member of the St-nate." Rutherford Republican. PUBLIC SPEAKING. The canvass in this County was opened at a Ba tallion Muster on Saturday last. The candid ates for the several stations to be filled in Au gust addressed the people in the following order: First, Mr. R H. Cannon, a Whig candidate for the House of Commons, mounted the stump. There was nothing very peculiar or striking in Mr. Cannon's address. lis is a young man, and we bel.eve this i the first time he has ever been before the people for any office. Next came Mr. A. B. Chnnn, who, in reply to numerous public and private solicitations, an nounced himself a candidate for the lower branch of next Legislature. Mr. Chunn is well known throughout the County, as a staunch and eloquent advocate of Whig principles, and his speech on this occasion was replete witn sound argument His remarks upon the Tariff we were particular ly pleased with. Mr. C is destined to become one of the most popular public speakers in our section of the State. Mr. Chunn was followed by the "wheel-horse,' as that gallant champion of the Whig creed, J A. Fagr, Esq, has been termed. He began his address by stating that as this was the first time he had addressed his constituents since he had been honored by them with a seal in the Legi lature, he wished to give an account of his stew ardship, and then went on recapitulating his mo.it prominent acts in the last Legislature, and show ingto th" satisfaction of every unprejudiced mind that be had indeed been a faithful steward, vi gilantly guarding the interests of he constituents in every particular. Mr. Fajrir is one of the most pleasant " stump" speakers we ever listened to There is an earnestness, a vigor and a freshness attending his remarks that do not often concen irate in one man. He is a ere at favorite with the Whig party, and we doubt not will be re elected by a large vote The above named gentlemen, it will be seen. are all Whigs. Buncombe county is entitled to two memlers to the Commons. We noticed on the ground N. Coleman, Esq., and Col. Jones, the gentlemen who were announced with such a flourish by the Raleigh Standard, as the Dem ocratic candidates to represent this county in the next L.ejnjlature ; but. although the aforesaid Newton and William were present, and appear ed to listen to the speeches made wilh much in terest, they opened not their mouths! Whether they distrusted their powers, or were ashamed of their party, this deponent saith not. One of them could not hve been deterred by the first named cause, surely, for he has already cranio J a name ! as an oiiatoe, from his efforts in previous canvasses. N. W. Woodfin, onr former Senator, who had ridden a great distance during the day in order to reach the ground before the dispersion of the crowd, now appeared, and in his usual effective and dashing style, and without any unnecessary preliminaries, went aheadt and announced hnn 8"lf a candidate for re-election to the Senate. Mr, Woodfin is known throughout the State as an excellent speaker and a noble Whig, and it is en tirely unnecessary that we attempt any thing nice a description of his speech, were we even ca pible of it. Ave believe his course in the last Legislature is approved by his constituents al most unanimously, and we have heard it freauent ly remarked by gentlemen from the lower part of me oiaie, mat out lew men Had earned so solid and desirable a reputation in one session, as did Mr. Woodfin, among his associates. As yet, Mr Woodfin has no opponent. Col. Weaver, the Democratic candidate at the last election was so badly beaten that we presume he has no disposi tion to run again. This, however, is only a sup position of our own. We have no authority for saying that he will or will not be a candidate. Highland Messenger. THE WIFE IN A BAG. A LESSON FOR HARMED FOLES. Involved in gloomy thoughts, a swain Was sauntering o'er a sun-bright plain ; He thought himself foredoomed to kuow, Disgust iu all things here below, Aud chief among the woes of life He frit, or thought, he felt, uis wirs ; Her faults, 'twere hard to say or sing ; N But still she was not quite the thing : Would fate permit to choose again ? Oh ! double grief, wish is in vain. " Not so," quolh Jove, in accents soft, And bore the innrmurrr aloft, "There see those bags now suit your wiahes, They hold not wind, as erst Ulysses, But women, sir, besides they show. The qualities of all below ; Now stand not there a mere beholder, But lift them freely to yonr shoulder. That which most commodiously fiu, And to your back the nearest sits, Will sure contain the maid, who best Of all on earth can make you blest." Hs bowed the pleasiug task begun, Aud weighed them careful one by one This was too heavy that too light ' And none were yet exactly right. And snug and easy. But at length lie finds one suited to his strength : He shoulders itw ! u JsT, J i tils me neater than a glove ; In weight exact toe not , hair Deficient no! nor one to spare ; Grant me, great king L Lot soch a wife. And I m completely West fer life." a a" ?Ur"' "id Jove Unrip the binding. And let us see the lucky finding." TVa, done and wonderful to show. UUt popped UIS OWN IEAR W1F BELOW ! MORAL. Shame bnrn thy cheeks, preposterous elf! Who made thee wretched but thyself? Rew henceforth Joie. a truthful adage, The fault s ut tuec aud not tot accaoe ! GENERAL-ZACnARY -TAYLOR , " a. ...-A. rwrtffATinx. " Recent even,. h.Ve thrown thi. genileman so .i i. ,.ki;.. .koro,-fret-dis- ProilliUCIIlIT - mwhv., u . ' J ... ' .l Km posed ma iv alter ine auacK un me Vrneaai.-ac-, has been in the .ervice of bis country, from that time, tome presenr. tiaving eniereo ? as a lieutenant of infantry he.nad risen, to the . , l r command of a company, at the beginning ot me last war. ! ! ' For his rallant; defence of Fort Harrison on the 5 h Seotember. 1812. President Madison con ferred upon him the brevet rank of Major, and that ia now the oldest brecet in the army. In 1S32. he became the Colonel of the 6th In fantry; with this regiment he went to Fkridaia 1830, where he was always foremost in danger. tin the 23th December, 1837, Col. Taylor at the head of a detachment of about 500 men, com posed of part, of the 1st, 4th and 6th regiments of U. S. Infantry and some Missouri volunteers, met about 700 Indians, under Alligator, Sain Jones and Coa-eoo-che, on the banks of the O-ke-cho-bee. This battle wa. sought by the Indians, for the day before the engagement. Col. Taylor re ceived a challenge from Alligator, telling him where to find him, and bantering him to corns on. Col. Taylor defined nothing better, and imme diately pushed on. at rapid march to the expected battle-ground, fearful that the wily Indian might change his purpose. The -Indians had a 6trong position in a thick swamp, covered in front by a small stream, whose quicksands rendered it al most impassably, but Col. T. pushed through the qiikksands and swamps iu the face of a deadly fire from a concealed fie, driving the Indians be fore him. The action was long and severe. The Indians yielding the ground inch by inch, and then only at the point of the bayonet After three hours of bloody contest, the Indians were routed and pursued with great slaughter, unlil night. This was the last stand the Indians ever niiide, in a large body, and the only instance in which they voluntarily gave battle. Though Col Taylor won the day, it 'was at the expense of 13(J, killed and wounded more than one-fourth of his whole force. Two colonels (Col. Thomp son of the 6ih Infantry, and Col. Gentry of the Missouri Volunteers.) fell at the head of the troops. Capt. Van Swearingcn and Lieutenants Brooke and Center, also fell in the engagement. During the whole of the engagement. Col. Taylor remained .on horseback, passing from point to point, cheering his men to the conflict, and exposed to the lnl;an rifle at every moment The spirit with which the commander and all his force entered into the conflict, was exhibited in some verses written on the occasion, by a soldier : " There's battle in yon hammock black, There's lightuing in yon cloud, Hark ! hark ! to the mutic comrades doar. For the Indian yell is loud ; For the ludiau yell is loud, my boys, Aud the rifle's flash ia free But the field of battle is our home, Aud happy, happy men are we ; Aud happy men are we," Sec. For this battle, Mr. .Poinsett, Secretary of War, rendered merited praise to all engaged, in his communication to Congress. The brecet of tsngadier uenerat was conferred on Col. Taylor, and he was given the chief command in Florida ; which he resigned in 1840, after four or five years arduous and indefatigable service in the swamps and hammocks of Florida. After his retirement from . Florid.:, he was as signed to the command of the 1st Department of the Army, including the States of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, &c., with his head quarters at Fort Jesup, Louisiana. His position gave him the command of thi "Army of Occupation," biit'the usage of the service would have justified the Government in assigning to that command either of the six gen eral officers of the Regular Army, whose rank is higher than his. But it may be fairly presumed that the high character, gallant services and great experience of Gen. aside from his geographical position, pointed him out, as the appropriate commander of an army, which was to plant our flag upon the banks of the Rio del Norte. Gen. Taylor is about 60 years of age: is a man of much general inlormation, an excellent and tried soldier: a prudent and skilful com mander: whose trait, of character are, a wise precaution in providing for the hour of trial, and a fearless, reckless courage iu battle. He is a Kentuckian by birth, and all that that word implies. He is an American in heart, and stamped with all the elements of a hero, by nature. Under his command the flag of the Union wil receive no dishonor on, the banks of the Rio urande. A PLEASANT SURPRISE! A young man of eighteen or twenty, a student in iue university, took a walk one day with a pro fessor, who was commonly called the student'i friend, surb was his kindness to the younr men rr t . - wiiose omce nis was 10 instruct. vnue mey were walking together, and the professor was seeking to load the conversation to grave subjects, they saw a pair of old shoes lying in tneir path, which they supposed be longed to a poor man who was at work, in the field close by, and who ;had nearly fiuished his udjf a wora. The young student turned to the professor and "aid-" Let us play the man a trick ; we will hide his shoes, and conceal ourselves behind those bushes, and watch to see his perplexity when he cannoi nna mem. "My dear friend," answered the professor, "we must never amuse ourselves at the expense of me poor, uut, you are rich, and you may eive yourself a much greater pleasure by means of lie T mis poor man. . rut a collar into each shoe, and then we will bide ourselves." ! The student did so, and ihen placed himself wim me proressor oeninu the bushes close by through which they could watch the laborer, and ee uuevcr wonuer orjoy tie might express J be poor man had soon rim shed his work, and .. .en-aa me newio me patn where he had left his coat and shoes. While he put on the Uc.,wcu ur,e iooi into one or his shoes : . a m a. I . .a sj uuv.eeiing someming hard, he stoooed down and found the dollar. Astonishment and wonder . 1 , j. , . ' , tliU upon were ircu upon UIS COUUtfnni. I ...w luuicu ii over, ana wuibori n men ae looKeu around him on all sides. oui couia see no one. He theni put the money in his pocket, and proceeded to put on the other Biiuc, uui now exeat was h t..;.k.. ...i he found the other dollar! Hi., feelino-r over came him : he fell heaven, and uttered a loud and fervent il.anb.. srivinfir, m which he spoke of bis wife, sick and helpless, and his children without bread, whom, this timely bounty from soma unknown hand, would save from oerishimr. ! The roun? man stood there deenlv fr. and tear, filled his eyes. j ' Now," .aid the professor. are vou not muM, better pleased than if you had played your inten ded trick !' Capt. Waxjccs's Fight The account hl, gave in our last of the loss sustained by Capt Walk er iCQmniind of twenty-four men in their fight, on the 28th oltimo with a laree bodv r M..:f confirmed by subsequent arrivals. Rot six of hia men w.re auiea ; the remainder mad. their way into Point Isabel. Picmyuno. 3 "to eratiiy ine atronff uesire, expreeavu j perwimvu j ju. -j ny, by giving some of me inciuenis oi m mo. -Army a young sou o uuucn w-.j, i Gen. Taylor entered the army in 18(, imme. tbe con8tables of your cityr now only aooumine iatelv alter the attack on the Chesapeake, and j fo- .. r . Reiurninr two days ago I .ExrLoiToV a oaLtANi row jBsai!.-,!s YVIlUAMiF. BASONE D. D. S, of Occupation. AwH 25dL It givei me i RmAnntp ef P.sltimhrt fnlfpre nf nntl c Armu or uccuvation, avu wu. pleasure to report, what I W . and your readers pleasure to bear au exploit - ' , " , , C ..n.J tw a .! nv N.irir ; OA ,o-.r nf atre j f our roost advanced pickets, whither; be had bn sent to conveys orders, be came uoex- uu " . -. .S? hj nectedly upon two Mexicans soldiers, wno nan, jv;uj t . . - apparently, just rowed across the river, and were ! refreshing themselves in a cool shade, h&Ting ntan.rl their muskets in thoughtless security! a gainst a neighboring tree. Gilbert was equat to th emergency. He spranir lo the muskets, o threw one upon the ground, -and stepped upon 1 white with the other he menaced ihej live, of his" opponent. - They cowered beneath his eagle glance, and reluctantly pursued the course which he indicated. He carried'the two muskets upon his left shoulder, drew his a word as a fort: of pacificator, and thus mart hed i hem, at a respect fiil distance in advance, straight into camp, j From them, some des rable information was obtained, after which they were led blindfolded out of camp, set safely in their boat and dismiss ed. When Gilbert was asked how he was able to make such a double prize, he gave the Pad dy's reply, and said, u Faith, I surrounded 'em !" This exploit, clearly in the way of his duty, ha. rendered him quite famous among us, and it will gratify you to know that he i. so well liked that be is not envied. Newark Daily Advocate, j I We have never known the Wmc sentiment to be more unanimous, more sound,. more true trtthc country, than in the present juncture of affairs. All questions have been postponed until arms, money, provisions, and men are supplied to repel hostilities and preserve the lives and the honor of our army oo the frontiers. 'With a full con viction of the impropriety, or at least the impoli iry, of the course of the administration inf. send ing troops to the Rio Grande at this time, find tinder the circumstances in which they were sent, the Whig, have not hesitated or faltered in their duty. They have spoken out independent ly and manfully ; but they have held nothing back from those having the control of public af fairs which they wanted in the crisis tbey have brought upon the nation. They have come !up to all our expectations. And those who, if dan ger does come in reality, or if it shall, become necessary to punish aggression, will be, a. we have always said, foremost in defence . of the country, and in the front rank in any emergen cy, will be found the Whigs. They will merge their party feelings into their love of the country, and serve her alone faithfully and honorably, j Alexandria Gazette. John Perry, charged with tbe murder of Tbos. Keen, was tried at the last term of the Superior Court of Fanquier county. The case was ably and elaborately argued by W. W. Wallace and Scott for the prosecution and Gov. Smith and Chilton for the defence. The jury brought in a verdict of murder in the second degree, aud fixed the terrn for confinement in the Peniteniary at seven years. Alexandria Gazette. If the facts are as above stated, it strikes us that there is something highly censurable in the Governor of this State appearing as counsel for a man charged with the violation of a law which he, the Governor, is sworn to see executed. The Governor is invested with the pardoning power, and should keep himself in a condition to act in a manner which will exempt him from sus picion, and enable him to do his duty fairly. In what relation does Governor Smith now stand to Perry 1 He was his counsel, and doubtless bis eecf counsel.' Suppose Perry asks for a pardon. is Governor Smith in a condition to do justice to his prayer 1 Petersburg Intelligencer. Rutherford Gountt and Gov. Graham. It was asserted some time since in a communi cation in our paper, that old Rutherford would give the Governor Fifteen Hundred votes. Now, although we have not had an opportunity ourself of seeing the people in every part of the county, we verily believe, from information in our pos session, that this is all true ; but then it will re quire an effort to do this, and while tho whigs are making the effort, if they make the proper one, they can give him even ,Sixteeh Hundred. Rutherford Republican. VOLUNTEERS FROM WILMINGTON. Capt. Jaues F. McRee, Jr., and Ensign FutN NER.of the Clarendon Horse Guards, on Saturday last opened lists for the reception of names of Volunteers t observe a campaign in Texas. About forty have signed, and they are making preparations to leave for the scene of conflict. I Wilmington'. Chrionicle,p ker Attached to the NOTICE. WILL be sold for Cash, at the Court House in Pituboroosh. Chatham Cnonty, on the second Mon day of July next, the following TRACTS OF LAND and TOVI LOTS, or wmuili thereof. a wilt aaliafy the Tax and cost due thereon for the year 1844, le-wit ; Owners' names. No. Pol's. No. Acres. Auaiu Hrower A. H. Dismukes Richard Gunler William McLenahan H. Christian 8arah Mann Jackson Clark John Evans Alston WiUon Berry Tally E tender Mclver Alexander Nicholson Asa Oldham Mark Durham Robert Hackney Allen Lswhoh Do H. Webster Benjamin Branson low 5poIlH 100 670 110 3 !; 100 28 j 150 698 125 35(f lt0 66 268 1 3 ' i Ii Z 60 78 219 130; 7 i 163 170 200' 475r 56 j; 200; Jone Estis John R Ward Nancy Prichsrd Khh Poe F. Coward Taverner Clark 1" James Smith The following Lands are unlisted Baskerville 130 McBryde I0 :. 1174 200 i i 434 i 150 j 640 i 60 j 174 1 226 ' Do Do Do Do Tyre Hedgepetb Guthrie ' Baldwin's Hair. John D'Ecclee McBryde's Msy 4, 184S Graduate of Ealtimdn College of Dental Snrcrr f Would avail himself of this medium of com. niifttih ti Ki m f.ianil. ami nthr !, I. v "w6 i ue expert to be in the Western part of tbe State during .l" I Summer. r . 1,16 N, B. Any information directed to Ralei Hillsborough, or Mason Hall P.O. will be , tended to the irst opportunity. V" May 14. 1846- f' ao ft. n - The Subscriber intends contii,n;w . furnish the Raleigh Market wiih i!J Beer Mutton, La sab; '4c. durin Z present year, at much tower prieth. No pains will be spared to give tul heietofere." sali Taction. '" Liberal Cash prices will be paid by ihe SuWcriUr for good Beef, Mutton, Veal and Lamb, at during the year, and those ha-ing.lo ell, win j0We, to call on bim before selling.. . . - . ... ... W, A, HARRISON- Raleigh, April 8, 1816. 29 tf EAGLE HOTEL N0. -37i WEST MAIN ST RICHMOND YA, MRS. Will. C. CRUHP, (formerly Mri' CaaaisoTov.of ILIeigh, i. having ukfn' tbe above Establishment, and furnicbed it, in a Dfit and comfortable style, for the aceommo!ation of Boarders, by tbe day, month r year, and iranfn, visiters, respectfully solicits a lilwial share of pmr(m. age from her friends and acquaiutances, and th lie generally. Uichmond, Va March 1.184C. 21 3a, P. 8. W5I. C. CRUMP, Dentist, hw re. moved bis Office to the Eagle Hotel', v. here he can it all times be found, and ready towuii'on all that m,, wish to avail themselves of his Professional nervicei The most sal isfactnry references can le given. Stop the Rascal! a,jfv lA.it that ntni..ti.' A...lf r tax, stole trom my field a dark BY MA Kb, and made oil with, her in broad ilay light. Said Mare is blind of one eye, ban a wart inside nf her mouth, is about 7 years old, and has tbe marla of gear upon ber. The said 11 a tax is lurking in some of the lower Counties (probably Pitt,) where be hs recently detected in some of hi villainy. ' Prior to le.-jn my neighborhood, he forged .Note on me, ,nj shaved it off in Raleigh. f Bur in is one of the most accomplii-hed scoumlrd, livingr and will prove a dangerous vi-iter in tny Community. Tbe-public, therefore, ate intere.ied in bringing bim to juKiice. I will pay a lilral reward for the apprehension of Bar as. and ihe recoverj of mv Mare; aud the Sheriff of VV.ke ha already offered a reward of Fifteen Dollars for him., he hain i oroae jau iai vviiiier. JOHN STUART. Wake County. April 14, 1846. . 31 tf gJTATE County. of North Carolina. Benii In Equity March Term, 184B. John Frerman, TS. .. A W Mebane and Jno B Williams. In this case, it appearing to the alifaction of thi ' Court, that John B Williams, one of the Defend ant, is not an inhabitant of i his Slate : It is there- fore ordered, that publication be made in the Raltih : Jtegister for ix weeks, for him to appear at tbe next -Term of ibis Court, to be held on the third Mouth; of September next, iu the Town of Windsor, anil S plead, answer, or demur, or jud(;meiit pro confttst will be entered against him, and the cause hrard ts i- parte. . . 1 - : -." . . Tente. 1. S. WEItR. 1; M K I May 1, 1846, ' ' . . 38 6w TATE OF NOKTH CAROLINA. L'ociiTr GaAHTiM.a-rSuierior Court of Law, Muck Term, A. D , 1846. - ; : Msry Wi Green, . . vs. . 1 Jwepb Green. ; ' ' Petition for Divorce and Alimony i It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that tbe Defendant, Joseph Green, is not an inhabitant of this State, and that process cannot be peroullr! served upon him, it ia ordered that publication htf made in the Kaleigh Regtsier for three mon-h, cod raanding lite said Joseph Green,, to appear at our Superior Court of Law, to be held for the -aid t'ouo ty of Granville, at the Court House in Oxford, in the 1st Mondays in September neat, then and ihrn to plead to. or answer the said petition, otherwise thi Mine will be heavd ex parte. . Wituess. BENJAMIN C.COOKE. C. 8.C. Oxford, N C, I April 23. 1846. j Pr. Alv. f 10 34-3a J Was Taken Up, t" AND committed to the Jail of Franklin Onntv; at LouUburg. on the 5th day of Man h lt, i I Kuuawar Slave, by the name of HENIJY. id f Negro is coal black, about common size, and in tbi neighborhood of thirty-five years, old. The ud Negro has btlor ged lo Jomkfh J. VVillianm, LVq-, of this County, and it was believed he wa nil) tin property of said Williams ; but it is now aid,;ln tielongs to wtme man in Wilcox. County, Alubami, whose name is unknown. - The owner is requested to come forward, pro property, pay charges and Uke him away, or be will be sold as the law directs. 1 JOHN BARNES, Jailor. Franklin County, 7 April 10, 1846. S 30-6ra Value of Iani Waters. Adjoining. Ara'L 10 2 47 4 931 1 60 1 36 1 40 1 CO 1 26 2 21 1 51 1 1 69 1 43 1 10 500 1500 Brooks' Creek Robeson Creek Haw River W. Lea 360 . D. Cleee 500 100 30 40 too Pittsboro' Holoman dbadox Creek Cane Creek Ezekiel Holoman W. M. CJark Indian Creek FIjI Creek Indian Creek Buffalo Creek t Pocket Bear Creek Lick Branch - Mary Carroll 300 300, H. Bray (balance) E. HdUard 375 426 E; Mclver Haughtoa . 59 100 OA. Tvne f Hackney ibal ) 800 Meadow Creek J..bn Dark 3 93 , 3 5!j ? . 60 3 331 75 ioo Hck Creek Pick Creek William Urower 400 225 . Cole Biush Creek -R. River Haw River Veftal 2 Q'i 1 33i 3 35 2 261 1 93, 2 85 1 4IJ 21 H. DarntU 327 300 500 75 r Harfand Creek Kcky River Fooahee . 56 5ri John tireem 103 5C Bash Creek" Una. fleam (bal.) 10 7i and subject to double Tax. id-wit : 260 Newhope 2 00 1 76f 1 66 2 43 2 76 2 73 2 ! 2 93J 841 3 93 75 -60 175 225 220, 125 150 100 87 ,400 Flaggy Branch s Do. Do. Indian Creek .Do. Tyson Creek J. Ellis Jos Haner Cedar do. - Tyrelfs daw Samuel Perry Purgatory , fabel Mclver -t;. Marketing,-:,' , . JNO. HARM AN, aheriuV r4 Pr.AdV. 46T
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