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LATER FROM THEARAIV. . . General , TeyUt xcaittn for. J'Z1--health qf the Army Presentation of f Speech Sy wncrut ibjiw & staraboat Fashion srrived at - ,he 18m insu rom g Tribute i ailed on Sunday last The os" indebted to Mr. Carrington. one of e Relegates from the Louisiana LcfUUijw. he sword presented by that body to Gen. Taylor for the latest news fro the army and a report tof the ceremonies on the occasion for which he -a4J!!Dmmiffee aoaoinled by tlie Legislature of Louisiana to present the resolutions and thanks of the lienenu, naasmuij .u n. jiv. rived at Matamoras on Jhe 8thjnsL, and were presented to the brave old chieftain at 11 o'clock on the 8th by CoLLabuzan, one of the .aids of Gov. Johnson. On being presented to tne ueu era I, his staff and officers of the army, the Colonels and their stafl; who were invited to be present on the occasion, Mr. Zacbarie, chairman of the com. . WillCC, B41U . - I . M General, I have the high honor of presenting to you the resolutions and vote of thanks and the act appropriating a sword which were unanimous ly passed by the State of Louisiana, to you. your brave officers and the army unuer yuur nuu. . htr tliem in I hp haitlM ior ine gauauirj uibjjjoj.. -j : of the Rth and 9ih of May. I am no orator, General, but my own heart and the heart of every of the beautiful sentiments f these resolutions. In behalf of the State of T.,;eisno I thank vou and vour brave army ior h additional lustre which those glorious victories (11 VC SQcu upon niuciibdii uw To which the General, briefly and with much omrttion. reDlied: "Mr heart feels too deeply and sensibly the high honor that has been conferred upon me, ray officers and men, to respond to your expressions of gratitude, and thanks. I al ways felt assured that the patriotic State of Louisiana would bo among the first to rush to the assistance of our little army in time of need. I well knew, as did also my officers and men, that she was a gallant, brave and noble State; that chivalry, noble daring and ardent patriotism were her high attributes. Her volunteers have readily abandoned their homes and business, to assist us in the hour of danger. We feel a deep debt of gratitude to them and to you. The generous and timely action of the Legislature of Louisiana will never be forgotten by us : its name wm De em balmed in our hearts as a cherished memorial. ,We feel that we have only done our duty, yet we 'cannot but feel highly gratified to have gained the approbation of our fellow-citizens. Together 'with the love of country, which is common to us all, it is that approbation which cheers and ani- , mates the soldier In the hour of battle, uentie tnen, I am unaccustomed to public speaking; I, therefore, in the name of tny officers and men, thank you and the patriotic State which you re- present for the honor conferred upon us." - At the conclusion of his reply,the ueneral in vited the committee and all present to a splendid collation which he had ordered ta be prepared for the occasion, and to which ample justice was done., Numerous toasts were drunk. Mr. Zacharie gave "Old Rough and Ready long life to him." Mr. Carrigan gave : 44 Gen. Taylor Ampudla has at last discovered that he wan a Tailor who . understood well how to take his measukes, and that the officers and army under his command had shown to the Mexicans and to the world that they perfectly understood the art of making breeches.1' t Dr. Ashbel Smith gave : " American Inde pendence It wis proclaimed and maintained by the Heroes of 76. It was confirmed upon the . plain of Chalraette in 14-15. It was again asserted and maintained in 1836 at the battle St. Jacinto, and in 1846 will be thoroughly established throughout the whole extent of Mexico." ' Rev. Mr. Crenshaw, chaplain of the Andrew Jackson regiment, gave the following : MThe Church and State, may they never be united. We will pray for the one and fight for the other." The ladies and volunteers o( Louisiana and A 1 a Vt m-t ntaM nc-nan TI a trtfcw1 The next day the committee were invited to a dinner given by the officers of the army at the head quarters of Gen. Arista in Matamoras. CoK Twiggs presided. Gen. Taylor was present. A splendid band of music performed occasionally in the gallery, and hundreds of the citizens of Matamoras thronged the Plaza to listen to the -exulting and joyous strains. '- Governor Henderson, of Texas, and suite, together with Ashbel Smith, Geuerals Hunt, Johnston, Cook, Burleson and others, were also present. The festivity was kept up until mid night, and right merrily did the wine sparkle around the board, intermingled with -toasts and sons. This was the first time since the battles of the 8:h and 9th of May that the officers had net together as a body upon the convivial occa sion, and you may depend the shots directed by them were as effective as .they were a month previous, although there were not so many killed r wounded. : From the Frankfort Commonwealth. . ' A friend calls our attention loan interesting co-incidence of facts. On the very day, the 9th of May. when Mr. Sevier, in the Senate, like 1 others out of it, attempted to cast the whole of tne blame of Gen. Taylor s position opposite Matamoras, upon that brave and prudent officer, in order to shield the President from his just re SDOcsibilitv. on that dav when Mr. Sevier, with -a good taste, which must in future distinguish ' him. indicated Gen. Srntt and Gpn. Tatlnr -ar w - r - Whig Generals; on that very day, when alarm- ; rog apprehensions prevailed that Qeneral Taylor and his army were lost, and it was deemed necessary to party to hedge the despenaer of party patronage against censure : on that prr 'j day Mr. Crittenden responded to Mr. Sevier, say. Jog he knew Gen. Taylor, and confidently be lieved he would triumphantly extricate his army r ; !' ...... .... . " - irom me perilous position into which, by the or ders of the President, he had been forced : and on that very day. Gen. Taylor did extricate his -firmv ant lfnil! m A A if irm n ! rnnnum fnm U: try's arms. The prophecy, so confidently uU J 1 .1. tr . 1 ., iereu uy me generous ' xveniucsian, naa its in stantaneous and glorious fulfilment While Mr. Crittenden, in the Senate, was battling down the heartless, hypothetical insinuations and rmputa. lion against a brave soldier, the noble hero was "thousands of miles ofl at the same moment, char ging with the bayonet and the swordagainst the enemies of the country, pouring the fire of his flying artillery, into their ranks, storming and si. fencing their batteries, and cutting to pieces and . routing their armies. , , THC WILMINGTON GUARDS. " . . nI ,s the name oi a Company just formeJ in this place, esterdayafteruooh, they made their second appearance. They number hW. e-urhty t members, and are comsianded by Capt. ilnzs Akpmson. -We spent some time to witnesaiS the OrilU at?d left, with the full conviction, that . they will in a short thne, be (he best disciplined .. nd the finest .Volunteer Corps eyer raised in ur State." They have all. the elements for ina tn? srro4 soldiers, and we trnirt lli.a'nun.k. t Itaye the, emulation to acquire it. We cannot ' 'doubt their, improvement and prosperity, after the ! JMw'wosr selection wbicli! they . have made m their Officers. Commercial. , i., u THE LATE MAJOR RINGGOLD. The fallowing simple and eloquent memorial of the career of Major Ringgold, from the pen of the editor of the Baltimore American. It is ft deserved tribuie.to gallant $orth, gracefully ex ecuted : . : v; : The deceased was the eldest son of the late General Samuel Ringgold, of Washington coun ty, Maryland. His mother was li daughter of General John Cadwalader, of Philadelphia ; a dis tinguished citizen in the days of the Revolution. He entered the army, as Lieutenant of Artille ry, in July, 181P, having graduated at" West Point, with much honor ; being one of the five whose nait.es were recorded as the most distin guished of the class. He was at once selected by Gen. Scott as one of his aids ; and served in that capacity for several years, and ever enjoyed, in a very eminent degree, the confidence and friendship of that distinguished soldier. Pending the disturbances in South Carolina, in the year 1832, the deceased was there on duty, and he has frequently expressed his heartfelt gratifica tion at the peaceful termination of the unhappy difficulties between a portion of 'the gallant peo ple of that State and the General Government When the Indian war. occurred in Florida, the deceased, then a Captain of Artillery, was there on duty actively employed, in various services. until the wasting efiects of the climate had so impaired his health that he was prostrated by dis ease. ' For 'meritorious services in that campaign, he was rewarded by the rank of Brevet Major. He was afterwards selected by the Major Gene ral Commanding-in-Chief to organize a corps of Flying Artillery, and he paid every possible at tention to the instruction and discipline of this arm of the service. How faithfully he performed his duty, in this respect, the wonderful per formances of his admirable corps at Fort Mc Henry and other place?, and on the field of Palo Alto fully attest. . i He never recovered from the effects of his ex posure during the Florida campaign ; and when ordered from Fort Mcilenry to join the Army in Texas, the experienced Surgeon at this post strongly insisted upon his physical inability to go through with the campaign. But he strengthened hioiself for duty, and as far as known here, he was never, for an hour, unfit for service since he left the Fort , He fell in the fierce battle of the 8th iiiBt, the same ball killing his horse under him, and wounding him mortally. The decease was an accomplished gentleman, beloved by his friend?, and truly respected by all who knew him. He was devoted to his profes sion, and justly appreciated the high responsi bilities of an officer in command, lie rigidly en forced discipline, at all times and in all things ; and yet, probably, no officer had more entirely the respect, the confidence and the affectionate regard of all his officers and men, than the gallant soldmr of whom this brief sketch is given. The deceased, in a letter to hid immediate friends, written just as the Army was about to march for Camp Isabel but which letter was received only since the sad intelligence of his fall spoke of the extreme probability of a serious rencontre with the enemy, and expressed sure confidence in the triumph of our gallant little Army. But vviih characteristic coolness he also adverted to the great probability of his own fall in battle ;. and, in anticipation of that event, he made a brief will, which was enclcsed in that letter. His patriotic words to the friendly officer who came to his assistance ought not to be forgotten : 44 Don't stay ith me : you have work to do : go ahead." Such was the late Major Ringgold : and many such brave and gallant men make our Army, small as it is, an invincible host. A MELANCHOLY SPECTACLE. No true patriot can look upon the proceedings of our Government at Washington and not blush for his country. While the whole people have risen with one impulse of patriotism and wish to rush to the rescue of their country, by carrying on effectually the war on our frontier, those of our public servants who have been entrusted with high offices, and to whom the people look for leaders and directors, in the great events of the times, instead of being at their posts, harmo niously at work for the honor and glory of their country, are filling the papers with uncourteous and undignified controversy, and betraying to tho world, their total incapacity to fulfil the respon sible trusts imposed upon them. The Senate too, the great conservator of our government, in stead of checking the humiliating disagreement between the heads of our government, seems to fan the flame of discord, by demanding the pub lication of the iniquity, appearing to have no keen sense or the honor of the executive, no motives of propriety with regard to the conduct of the ca binet, no suspicions of the absurdity of the unpre cedented course of publishing the correspondence of the Conimandcr-in chief of our army, relative to plans of invasion of a neighboring nation with which we are at war ! We see very little to justify fn any of the be ligerents. We' see a want of self-sacrificing spi rit, a want of disinterested patriotism, in every phrase we turn the correspondence. There was canvassing, and President making in the whole preliminaries that gave rise to it. While our gallant sons of the South and West were march ing in fifties and hundreds to tho Rio Grande, while they were absolutely quarrelling for prece dence and wrangling to be accepted of, to serve their country, there has been no response to this noble patriotism at Washington by the heads of the departments; they were not willing to take an army made by the spontaneous burst of enthusiasm to the people to chastise perfidious Mexico, because the political traps had not been set, because favorite and selfish plans would thus be prostra ted, because, in short, our public servants at Washington are using the people for their own aggrandizement, regardless of the interest of any thing but self. The veil is falling off from the whitened sep ulchres at Washington. The deformations and corruptions of party leaders, begin to glare upon the distending eyes of a wondering and aston ished nation and retribution deep and searching will overwhelm the party leaders, their fine spun tricks will be exposed, their heartlessness be felt, and another election at the ballot box will consign them to infamous obscurity. J he war, that war so ingeniously devised for party administration and political glory ; has become a war of the people, and is no longer a party tear. i no sovereigns will taxe it m their own hands, choose their own leaders, and conduct it in their own way, and reward their own favorites, in suite of the chicanery of the political parties at Wash- uigiGo, caning inemseives by what name they may. The exposure of the incapacity and iVno- rauceofmany of our rulers is becoming com- ptotc, iu mutuary uma uiis couia escape -observation, but in these stirring times of war that tries men souls, they have been found wanting in every principle and every canacitv. that should characterise public servants in their high places. -:' .. - ' ' ' iv. fJ. Troptc There is manifestly a re-action ffoinon in public sentiment in favor of GenJ Scott. His own imprudent letters -cannot blind the public to me uet mat, under tne mask of friendship and confidence Which apparently dictated his yerbal designation to the command of the Mexican for ces, there lurktd hostile feeJiogs and intentions towards . Jvwn in 44 fcigh quarters. . These he ought fearlessly to have encountered however, without a word indicating his knowledge of their existence ; and that he did not Jo so is chiefly to e regretted by hia friends. Alexandria Gaz. t . : DUTIES AND PRICES. v We copy from the National Intelligencer," the following intereung article, exhibiting in a striking light the contrast between former and present prices if fabrics that enter largely into the consumption of the country. It'is not going too far-to say, ton that, in regard to most of the articles mentioned, as well as others in which a similar decline in price has taken placefcthe qual ity of the article has improved as much as the price has been reduced : r - : - INCIDENTS AT THE LATE NATIONAL . - Ji ':. FAIR. s " - It is hot a little' curious to note among the presentments at the late Fair some items which irresistibly force Upon our minds a comparison of the past with the present We copy the sub joined memoranda from a few out of this class of items that have fallen under my observation. " f No. 1 was a piece of very common cotton, which, by rare good fortune, has escaped the i . ... shears or late, wnue a wnoie generation o- men has passed away. The letter was attached to the piece. Nos. 2 and 3 are specimens from much more ancient days: they were small sam ples which have been retained, it is believed, by their owners. No. 4 sufficiently explains itself, while it shows that an article much used, and now selling for 20 to 30 cents a yard, brought, only eight years agt 65 cents per yard. H. No. 1. Boston, May 6, 1840. Dear Sir : I herewith hand you a few yards of British cotton, cut from a piece which has been in my possession since the fall of 1813, when it was purchased at a prize sale of English goods, and cost 65 cents per yard, cash, Boston money wmcn was equal to specie, as me diwioii Banks did not suspcud payments during our last war with England. As one of the objects of the National Fair about to bo held at Washington is to 44 show to Congress and the Country the progress which has been made in American art, mdustry,and in genuity, under the fostering care of a protective Tariff," I have thought that this specimen might be useful, as fixing the value of plain cottons in this country before any protection had been giv en to their manufacture by Congress, and there by establish a starting point from (which to trace the progress of the business to thCpreent time. Very respectfully, yours. S. Batciieldor, Esq. Cambridge, Mass. This was a piece of cotton which would not, at the present time bring over 7 cents. It is placed in one of the Committee rooms of the House of Representatives for the inspection of such as have a curiosity on the subject to De gratified. No. 2. Specimens of curtain calico, printed in Phila delphia, and purchased by Joseph lngiauu, oi Nottinham, Maryland, on or about tho year 1767 Cost nine shillings and four pence half-penny per yard, or SI 2a. Would not sell for 7 cents now No. 3. A specimen of gunnh or cotton cloth from Cal cutta, sold plain tor 25 cents per yard, 36 inches wide, and was printed in Milk btreet, Uoslon, and sold for 33 cents per yard, about low. Would not be worth 6 cents now. No. 4. This piece of Kentucky Jeans was one of a case of precisely similar quality bought by Jan ney, Hopkins &. Hull, of U irkcr, Lea & Co. at Philadelphia, October 12, 1S33, at 65 cents, 8 months credit, as the annexed original invoice will prove. . It was returned by a customer for . imperfections, (being the only imperfect piece in the lot, and for that reason has not been resold since It is a fair sample of the best quality of Kentucky jeans of that tune. We are positive of its being of the identical case in question, as we always number our invoices, and the ticket of the piece corresponds exactly in number with that endorsed on the invoice when put no file. Witness our hand, dated in Baltimore, May 16. HOPKINS & HULL. Successors to Jauncy, Hopkins, & Hull. Philadelphia, 10 mo. 12, 1838. Janncy, Hopkins, & Hull, Bought of darker. Lea & Co , 32 Chestnut sL 1 bale super Kentucky jeans 50oj yards at 65 centg. S328 73 Drayajre, 31 S329 04 This would not bring over 25 cents now i tie cxnioition o: lacts like these tacts un- denied and incontrovertible furnish such an ir resistible refutation of the assumption of the An-ti-Tariffites, that the duty operates as a tax upon the consumer, and as a bounty to the manufac turer, that we are not surprised at the anxiety they manifest to evade their force. Hence, all the ingenuity of the opponents of the system has been strained to discover some solution of the problem, which has uniformly conflicted with their sage prediction?, and which 6o effec tually disarms them in public discussion. By common consent, however, being compelled to admit the fact that prices have fallen, notwith standing the increase of duties, they have agreed to ascribe a result so unexpected exclusively to a cause, the influence of which, to a certain ex tent, we are not disposed to deny, while we can not admit that to it alone is a change so bene ficial to the mass of community fairly attributa ble. That cause is the extensive substitution of machinery for human tabor, and the vast improve ments effected in that machinery, by which the cost of production has been greatly cheapened. Richmond Whig. RAIL ROAD MEETING. On Wednesday last, the Stockholders of the Wilmington and Raleich Rail Road Comnanv met, for the purpose of takintr into consideration the most prompt and effective measures for the continuation of the Road to the South Carolina Rail Road. A majority of the stock was rim re sented. The President of the Road stated, du ring the course of some remarks which he sub mitted to the meeting, that the Georgia and South Carolina Rail Roads, were willing to join our Company in furthering the project, and that should Congress sanction the measure, the Post Master General would advance, in aid of the con necting link, ten year's mail pay of the new Road, and one-third of the mail pay, during the same period of our own and the Charleston and Georgia Roads. This, the President stated, would amount to $800,000, which would go far towards building the Road. We believe, from what we saw and heard, there is a firm determination on tho part of the Stockholders of the Wilmington and Raleigh Rail Road, to continue that Road to South Carolina. Wilmington Journal. THE LATE RAINS. We see by our exchanges that the late rains have extended to a large portion of the Union. The Richmond Compiler remarks, that it is com plained of in almost every section of Virginia. Ifi Caswell and Rockingham Counties, the quan tity of rain has been very injurious to the wheat crop. The same is the case in several of, the counties of Virginia on the Carolina line. ; OwvRice Planters have been the greatest suf ferers in this region, many of them will oot make ijifih of crop, besides a great injury to the banks and flood-gates. The Otpe Fear has fal len as rapidly as it rose, there being barely wa ter sufficient now for the Steamboats to reach Fsyette ville Wilmington Chronicle. V co monies. cf vr Tr TnrTTor v irrvc or 1 S 4K 'Mr. Briffht, on leave, introduced -a bijKto in crease the pay of non-commissioned officers and privates of militia and volunteers; alwvta allow the officers of the'same a grant of lapdTu certain cases. It was twice read and referred to the committee of Military Affairs. The resolution of Mr. Hanegan, providing for an adjournment, of Congress op the 20th of July, was taken up. ; ti r p After a very animated debate the question was taken on motion of Mr. Benton, to lay the "whole subject on the table. The vote was, Yeas 27, Nay? 23. So the whole matter was laid on the table. The Senate then resumed the consideration of the bill introduced yesterday by Mr. Benton, pro viding for the organization of the "Volunteer forces, brought into the service of the United States, into brigades and divisions, and for the appointment of the necessary number of general officers to command the same. - HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. After a call on the House, the consideration of the Tariff bill was resumed in Committee of the whole. Mr. Winthrop strenuously advocated the pres ent Tariff. Messrs. Oroadhead and Ewtng followed on the same side. Mr. Hubard, of Virginia, advocated the free trade doctrine. Mr. Slrong followed, and the debate was con tinued until the rising of the committee. Most of the members having gone to dinner, a call of the House was ordered, but after a long time spent in the customary formalities, the pro ceedings in the call were dispensed with, and the House adjourned. The fact is, those members who have made Tariff speeches do not care about remaining, and those who do not intend to speak, have no idea of suffering martyrdom, by such repeated inflic tion. The groneral impression now i, that Congress will not adjourn before the middle of August. SENATE. FRIDAY, June 26, 184G. Mr. Calhoun made a report from the Select Committee on the memorial of the Memphis Convention accompanied by a bill. The biH provides for the appointment of a board of Engineers to examine and report upon the obstructions to the navigation of the Mis sissippi and its tributaries, and the best mode of removing them. It appropriates -j dollars for the purposes of the bill, and also provides for the graduation of the prices of the public lands bordering on the Mississippi and its tributaries which are overflowed and swampy; After some enquiries and remarks by Messrs. Breese, Allen arid Calhoun, Mr. Calhoun moved that the bill be made the special order for Monday the 13ih July, and that the bill and report be printed for the use of the senate. Mr. Atchison moved the printing of 5000 extra copies. The Seriate ordered 10,000 extra copies to be printed. On motion of Mr. Haywood the Senate then went into Executive session. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The Secretary of ihej Senate having brought in the Army bill passed by the Senate yesterday, it was read a first and second time. Mr. Haralson then moved that the bill be put upon its third reading. Much apposition was manifested to this unne cessary haste, and several members were desi rous of onennsr amendments. &everai unsuc cessful attempts were made to put the previous question in operation, and Mr. Stephens, of Ga., moved to refer the bill to the Committee on Military Affairs with in structions. Mr. Thommasson, of Ky , opposed giving the President any more power than he now had. Mr. Linn Boyd supported the bill and urged its immediate passage. Mr. Haralson made a long speech in support of the immediate passage of the bill, al the con clusion of which, it was finally passed. The House then went into Committee of the Whole, and resumed the consideration of the Tariff bill. Mr. Chase of Tencssee, occupied an hour in support of the bill reported from the Committee of Ways and Moans. Mr. Rockwell, of Conn , opposed the bill. Mr. Bedinger, of Va., next got the floor, -when the Committee rose, and The House adjourned. SENATE. SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 1846. Mr. Evans presented a petition for the adop tion of some peaceable mode of settling national disputeswhich was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Mr. Miller called up the Joint Resolution from the House, granting public grounds fur the Wash ington Monument. Mr. Benton opposed it as a scheme for robbing the people, who would contribute their dollars for proper and patriotic motives, lie moved to re commit it. Mr. Miller opposed its being re-considered, and advocated its passage. Mr. Alien opposed the resolution, it was only another screw to fasten down the Capitol in this place. If a monument was to be erected, let it be built bv Congress and upon a proper spot upon a hill where it would remain as long as the hill should last. Mr. Davis advocated the Resolution. It was. in his opinion, no argument, because some of the money subscribed had been fraudulently with held, that the remainder should not be appropri ated to the object intended. After further debate by Messrs. Benton and Dayton, a motion to lay the bill on the table was lost Yeas 19, Nays 24. j . HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. On Mr. McKay's motion, the House went into Committee of the Whole, and the debate on the Tariff bill was resumed. Mr. Bedinger spoke for an hour in opposition to the Tariff of 1842. Mr. Ewing, of Tenn , next got the floor and made a strong constitutional argument in favor of the protective policy. Mr. Pollock followed with a ; strong Tariff speech and dwelt much upon the cheat which he said had been practiced upon Pennsylvania in the matter of Mr. Folk s views on the Tariff. Mr. Toombs next addressed the Committee a- gainst the present TarifE The fate of the Tariff is confessedly doubtful. The better opinion seems to be, that a bill modi- tying it, to a great extent, in conformity with the suggestions of the Secretary of the Treasury, wm pass tne House ot Kepresentatiyes, but that it will be defeated in the Senate, in which body parties are more equally divided..; Mr. Cillty, a Whig' having succeeded Mr. Jenness, a Loco. from New Hampshire, there are now 23 Whigs and 29 Locos in that body. The two Pennsyl vania Senators however, are instructed to ad here to the Tariff of 1842, and would do so, from their own convictions of its wisdom, if they were not. This brings the parties to a tie, on the sup position that there will be no fiinchin? on either side -; and the responsibility of its decision will then rest upon Vice-President Dallas. - Alexandria Gazelle, rchaipe of RAnrooontfttiwft to Cowrres.' hv ? !. eun wi morals or law. Somi Ku . r i.t.-i . .moo 2 --km- uj. , . .. ' '""as uverwur m nir niamr nr ni icm luiMf iu x ik - - w inuirea in siatinir on one of the subjects noon which the Radical De- . it an air of t!,n;n;i;i. t, ' p?,n ana cacn uisinci is as compact as it ljd Wdlj.- A few questions io the while the DODulation is hearif eaual. The die- ! ," , . . . tricts are laid down as follows : - - L Wp,a,n Hr -n,ewu' Counties. . Population. Rockingham, Strafford, 68.920.. , Merrimac, Belknap, Carroll, 74,231 Hillsborough, Cheshire, ; 68.923 Sullivan, Grafton, Coos, : 72 368 - - .. SUICIDE. Shepard Kollock, a young man of good educa tion and fine attainments, who has been laboring under adepression of spirits for some months, put an end to his existence, at Elizabeth town, N.J, on the 1 1 th instant. He had suddenly dismissed his school in the morning without assigning7 any cause. He was an, aimable and pious young man, grandson of the venerable patriot, whose name he bore. v On this afflicting event, the Newark Advertiser gives utterance to the prayer of Dr. Johnson : Oh God t afQict my body with whatsoever disease thou wiliest ; but spare, oh spare, my reason I Cincinnati Gazette. RALEIGH REGISTER. ' Our's are the plans of fair delightful peace, " Uniparp'd by party tage t live like brothers.' FOR OOVERTYOIt: WILLIAM A. GRAHAM. 4. RALEIGHJN.G. Friday, July :3, 1846, GOV. GRAHAM, IN SALISBURY. The Governor had a very large audience of the people of Rowan to hear him, and made one of his very best Speeches ; and this j is saying, all that is necessary to be said. Iu addition to the commenda tion bestowed by the Watchman," of that place, a gentleman, writing us on other business, says: "Gov GiiAnAii addressed a large number of our citizens, two days ago. A higher compliment could not be paid to the man, his manners and his mind, than is found in the fact, that though he spoke Tor two hours, scarcely an individual left tho Court House during its continuance. In ths defence of his State Administration in his discussion of the great Na tional topics, which agitate the. Country there" was a digaity of appearance a suavity of mein a copi ousness of argument draws at ease from the u full Pier-head" of a richlv stored mind, and uttered with the effort that the fountain gives out its waters, or the itr, its fragrance the whole producing a softening influence on even the asperity of Party bitterness, and, with his friends, adding personal love to hitherto existing admiration. He passes on to vie tory, as surely as Time to its final end." " LITTLE DOGS." i 1 The Standard" copies, without comment, from that old nullifying paper, the j Mecklenburg Jeffer sonian," an article complaining that Gov. Graham has " dared to meet Mr. Shkpabd but once." Mercy on us ! And, that he has " skulked off, and set his train-band of Federal Lawyers to barking at his op oonent's heels." And the " Jefiersonian," in a most savage fashion, bristles up and grins at these saucy boys, whom he styles " little dogs.? These " little dogs" are thus enumerated iu the " Jeffersonian " Ned Stanly, Mr. Washington, Gov. Morehead, Mr. Gorrell, and Mr. John A. GUmer.' If these are our little dogs" the Whigs must nave some pretty tall specimens of the canine specieS in their ranks. There is an error or two iu this precious dog arti cle, which it may be well to correct. We think that Mr. SiiErARD will remember tvs distinct occasions on which the Governor has," aart to meet him viz : at Snow Hill, and Hillsboro'. Another mistake of the Jeffersonian" is, that the " Gltle dog," Gov. Morehead, did not reply to Mr. SHtrARD vat all, eir ther solely, or aided by Mr. Gorreu. '--He did not Mr. Shefard is an " overmatch" for most folks, and let him pass on. j But has the " Standard" any right to complain, or to repeat the complaints if others, on this subject? Has it forgotten how it taunted Mr. Reads, for not daring to reply to the "talented young Senator" at Hillsboro', although called on by his friends? And most surely Mr. SHErano himself will be ashamed to complain, when he .remembers Ai own example in 1844. He cannot have forgotten his' " triumphant reply" te Got. Graham at Raleigh, in the absence of Mr. Hoke. MSrefaro was not then a " little dog" oh no : he was the eloquent young gentleman from Walce, and was doin? his county much service. It is ouly Whigs who wear tails behind them,' and "bark at the heels" of gentlemen, on such occasions. They become dogtv.;-. nj-'- ' -J - ; " It was properly left to the " Jeffersonian , ta lift np the voice of welling, by way of proving the since rity of its somewhat tardy adhesion to the fortunes of James B. Sbefard. ' It might have been, necessary to neutralize the effect of jus known repugnance to the nomination of Mr. S. by thePemocratic Central Comnrittee. . The cry comes too late, gentlemen. You have practised it yourselves and t us the example. The thing has to be done, whether j" Mr. Shsfard may' or may not be. preparIJe is obliged to bear iL f the gallant youog- man. wba so " overmatehes" Got. Graham, scorns to hant him out end swallow alive this futf-gTowa Tarmmt.W most at least be ac commodated with a breakfast of young puppies among the moantaina. It will perhaps stay his stomach, and be w good for his wholesome," I i i Nvr Hampshire -The House of.Represen- Tli dkr S fatives of this State has ordered, to a third read-1 -J - 2?? .4be awrt of hm Ins anil! to divide the Stale rotodistricta for the lhe wful Ppresio of truth, not V6rv mocracy of the State have heretofore made strin- i in back and Jhit nA u exPsure gent opposition ever since the law was parsed by find . J "d "d WB k" here Congress. Some few of the leaders still resist, ! find 71,6 of.refutat-oB maybe '9 but the sound good senst ot (he louse has pro, ; . at 8 0f iruth is an insi vailed; - - -". " IPffatiugerror.andofdeceiViDUiose " The bill divides the State yery fairly, both as ; affects to enlighten. It seeks to accompli vm " to Doli:ics and DODulation. w No county is broken, . direction, what it n 1 ecu itor of the U explain our mean .. v .: a --v. Has the Editor ever informed its reas, that ii, Committee of I UTCSt lira (ton ii rinn 1. ' j " " f wM jic- Phaj.-. made a ReDort. and the av, lias it ever Hinted to his readprs. i,... t Shepard was once, and nulil Mv irak "'oi jg niea of 50 shares of stock in the Raleigh and Ga r J IIas.it told its readers, that these 50 shar owned by Mr. Shepard, "when the deficiency ascertained" in 1844, and that, therefore tv of lS38-39secvl4-he became liable ' -l? iijc ouiuuui ui ins SIOCK ! . Has it ever told its readers, that these CO 8l,are in the hands of a gentleman, who acted as proxy a meeting of stockholders, publicly opposed the 'il closure of the'Mortgage.; and the sale of the KoadT Has it aver told its reAm r-.-. s , , ---'' ms .mior of th. wtauuaiu how, ai inw very moment, "as th, books will shew," , is the owner of these same '! shares, and that he bought it from Mr. Shepard a' ter it was declared to be not worth one red cenf " lias it ever told its readers, that, Mr. Shepard 1 unriiu, during t,J campaign 'of 1844, which was cancelled ap.er t)J election, and that during the canvass, he denied U had any interest I in the Road ? i . I Has he eyer told his readers that Mr. Shepard, n fused to vole npon tho Rail Road question, at t! : session of 1844-45, but if he had voted at all, Wou! have voted against his party ? 1 IIas the Editor ever informed its readers, that t!,,' Governor may have jo sne those " who were Stockl holders, when the deficiency was ascertained," solve for them the problem; how Mr. Shepard sue himself for those five hundred thousand dollar, Has he ever told tho people, that Mr. ShepaJ does not beljeve that the Bonds of indemnity J $500,000 arewcoverable, and that with such au oj pinion, he would not be a suitable person to serve Governor. . . , '. :: : 4" ;1 ; Has it ever retracted the false charge against (.V Gsahau, about the extra allowance to the President of the Raleigh and Gaston Road, which was, in facl made by Judge Dick, and with which the Govern had no more to do than the Standard" itself? I f Has it ever aUuded to Mr. SuErARD s luminoJ discoveries on the laV or Mortgage, or his brillia. scheme to relievo the people,", by the issue of mifliQn of shin-plasters, which could not be used j money i ' . . ; . Has it ever mentioned the preference of its Cut; ernatorial Candidate for a DIRECT TAX, over ih Tariff of 1842? Has it ever informed its readers, what the DemoJj cratic-party desire to have done with the Rail Road or what Mr. Sin?n .t,l.ti' , 1 nvuiu, iiiuiBcit, nave aoue ta the premises, if he had been Governor ? a ' ... ' . 1""" '-- i- - Ana, naany, will the . Editor of , the Standiid1 ever tell his readers that James B. Shepard voted in the luternal Improvement Convention of 1838, ask tho State to endorse the $500,000 Bonds? V STANDARD" LOGIC. aims paper in its last number flounders tliroojs several mortal articles on the Rail Road, to nroH I this position: That the Road was insolvent becisJ it owed a debt of nearly a million, and could not ptr it therefore, being insolvent, it conld not have pax a debt of $3G3,U0O. In other words, it could not pay the interest on one million -Merrure, it could aut pay the interest on $363,000. v. By the same token, if a man owe ten thousanr dollars and finds himself unable to pay that amount, therefore, if he owe "one third of that sum, he canno; pay that neither, ; This will do to place by the side of Mr. Shepabd's new law of mortgage, by whicfc at a sale under decree of foreclosure, the pnrcliaw is obliged ta pay his bid, and the mortgage debt too.1 Truly this is an age of improvement I 1 The inference drawn by the Standard" is ce: tainly very ingenious, and might be true but for tM small and insignificant fact that the' Road, has fA the interest on $363,000 and left a considrnbJ surplus on band. . We know. several intelligent Whigs in the City, vuo win hoi Toie lor Uraham. Standard. , We challenge the " Standard to name ihetn, and for each Whig specified, that will not support Gtt Guaham, we will cite three Democrats, that will w vote for Mr. Siiefakd. !i 1 Doubtless the pnUic will Le curious loVnow'b xnia Koad has all at Once become so profitable. ,..l"e State has been entitled to its income for three J?n pasr, and daring all that time there were no pnw teft after paying expenses aotf repairs. The receipt of the Road Has not increase J. accordin? to this pert ; being about $4,300 per momh. . From Mar10 November 1844i thev were, stated at dd wards of fi thousand dollars per mouth, and during the preceding year a trifle less, and yet no profit was realized om" these heavy receipts. How then does it hapi1 that npon the eve of ari important election, it pay' xunasome income to the State ? Will fl-e tteg" please to explain this i Standard. 1 - jW can explain it yery easily In 1844, tLere a heavy ruiraranrtlnc AmU, m tt.& inulminn oT wbKu the surplus profits were applied. But in 1846, there being no deoti the Stale, derives the handsome i come whteb has been stated.' j , By the way, would it not be more jost and honorr ble, to publish the official statement itself, recent put forth by the Directors of the Road, than to represent and garble its contents I r CASSIUS Hit CLAY. This pentlem'an. in an address to his readers, tlrt the motives which have indaced him to volunteer the Mexican war. He states that he denounced ik "AoaexatW of Texas as a bold and flagrant scbtn and belieyes that war oo Id have been preventei Bat as the one set has been nerfeeted and the otM just begun, it is the doty 'of citizens to submit to law of the land; and five the Government their ur port'; He'has given his Abolition friends, wbosoon- sparingly denonnced the Governmest, a genUe w in the remark, that resisUnce now wonld be rebel9' and if generaf, anarchy in its worst form. 1! ' THE OREGON TREATY. ITxim iTTinnrfaat inatrnmAnt was carried u "6 by tle Ste5meVGreatWeslernwbich left York on the 25th ultimo, -
The Raleigh Register (Raleigh, N.C.)
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