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From ths Jaisborg Time"
DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVEfION.
This body, at its recent session, adopted, as we
h would, a Ion? strip? of .resolutions.
denouncing the Whigs, individually and. collec .
lively, as guilty of morel treason, aa giving aid
and encouragement to the public foe," as being
enemies to their country, on their own soil ; and
generally, aa guilty of, every enormity in mora la
and politics-and of course laudmgthe Democrat
ic party without meature, aa being every thing
that if honest, praiseworthy and patriotic The
lone of these resolutions, fugtibrious in some par '
i - - L. .
liculars, la sumcienuy naicu:ous in oiot m in
complaints of suffering patriots being nournful
and pathetic while the unceremonious manner in
which they appropriate all the achievements of
cur armies to' the Democracy, not excf-ding the
capitulatoo of Monterey, is amusing! 1 .laugha
ble. We doubt not, our Democratic friends have
endeavored to make up in noise and bluster, as
they usually do, what they lack in strength and
it almost always happens, that the feebler their
demonstration, the greater ibeir turmoil. And
that the demonstration was feeble, we need only
appeal to the facts, "as they appeared frotnlhe offi
cial proceedings in the last Standard.
We shall glance, occasionally, as our rpac
may permit, at some of the saying and doings of
this mighty 'Democratic Convention., And
first, we notice one or two of their resolutions
One of ;hem expresses 'unshaken and undi
minished confidence in the president, of the Uni
ted States, and cordially approves the policy of
the administration both in our domestic and for
eign affairs, and tenders to Mr. Polk and his Cab
inet hearty thanks, &e. Another, res rr,' that
any encouragement or countenance gratuitously
tendered a-public enemy in time of actual war,
S romp ted by whatever motive, is injurious to the
est interests of the Republic ; and .ought to be
stigmatized and known by na other name than
that of moral treaaon.
That this missile was aimed at the Whig par
.ty, there can be no doubt that it recoils with
double force upon the heads of those who cast it,
there can be less doubt. Yet thus it is that the
bliudness of party involves men in a bewildering
labyrinth of contradictions and our Democratic
opponents, in their wholesale denunciations, have
struck a very heavy blow at 'Mr. Polk and his
cabinet' wounding them deeply ' in the bouse of
their friends and bringing nome io mem,
out the possibiltv of escape, the act of "moron
treason"
"To prove this, let facts be submitted to a
candid world,'
, The war with Mexico, .though begun by Mr.
Polk sometime before, was recognized by Con;
press on the I3th of May, 1846. The Mexicans
were without a head and a leader their army be
ing commanded by two men, Ampudia and Aris
ta, the first of whom was a cowardly poltroon,
and the second, though believed to be a brave
rnanwas without the talents and abilities neces
sary for a commander. In this state of things, it
ia evident, that the grearest boon which could be
conferred upon the Mexican nation, was the re
turn of their old leader, and their greatest gener
al and most distinguished man. General Santa
Anna, then in the Island of Cuba. The Mexi
cans turned their eyes imploringly to him, ready
to give him the supreme command, as well as the
confidence and support of the nation.
The humiliating storv is 60on told the moral
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treason is easijy developed. Mr. Polk, of whom
our Democratic friends approve, and to whom
they tender thanks, shall have the privilege of
exposing himself ; and these are his very words:
' In view of these facts and circumstances it
was,thatwhen orders were issued to the Comman
der of our naval forces in the Gulf, on the ldih
day of May last, theory on which the existence'
of war was recognized by Congress, to place
the coast of Mexico under blockade, he was di
rected not to obstruct the return of Santa Anna
to Mexico, should he attempt to return' Pres
ident Polios Message to Congress, dated Dec. 8th
1847.
The State fgpers of the Nation contain, and
will for ever bear, this lasting record, this shame
ful awl and rnmfnrt In the nu hi ir pnpmv thin
moral treason, denounced by our Democratic
friends, as we have shown, and committed by their
President Talk of speeches, addresses, or any
thing else of that kind giving aid and encourage
ment to the Mexicans ! 4Here is the act which
gave to them all they wanted all the power they
had of resisting our troops a Head and Leader
fho by the fertility of his resources, his great
talents, bis military knowledge, his wonderful
activity, his stubborn resistance, has rendered fa
lal and sanguinary every battle-field from Buena
Vista to the City of Mexico and who alone pre
served the Mexican army after the decisive vie
tory achieved by Gen. Taylor and his brave men,
who has never yielded, while be could, raise
troops ; who is "yet the determined enemy of the
American name ; ana wno, wane ne oreatnes,
will never consent to have peace with us.
There is another Document, indelible, like the
first, as it is also unparalleled, upon our National
annals which all the blood spilt in Mexico or'
which may hereafter be spilt in our further con
quests all over this continent, will never wash
nut equally as shameful and degrading to the
'Democratic bead of this Nation. s
That Mr Pnlk onlfroA intn n intrirrno -with
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Santa Anna, when he commenced the war, is be
yond all doubt proven, ty the documents we
quote, although he wisely withholds the corres
pondence with Santa Anna himself. The PASS
he carried, therefore, when he left Havana, may
.never see the light we believe it never will
be furnished, at least, by Mr. Pok. But we have
another PASS, authentic and undoubted, whirh
proves enough to fix the indelible stigma upon
'Mr. Polk and his Cabinet" which precious
document reaas as miiows:
Private and Confidential.
United States Navy Department, )
May 13, 1346.
CoafMODOKE If Santa Anna endeavors to en
ter the Mexican ports,' yon WHt allow hrni TO
PASS FREELY." Respectfully, your's.
Commodore David Conner,-
Commanding Home Squadron
This pass was issued on the -very day the ex
istence of the war was recognised by Congress,
.Well, Santa Anna did attempt to return, and ac
. cordingly the Arab, the vessel on which he took
From, the Episcopal Register. . '.' y
,A CHAPTER FOR YOUNG HUSBANDS.
v Waliring the other oUy'whh a valuable friend who
had been confined a week or two by sickness to his
room, he remarked that a husband might-learn a
geod lesson by : being occasionally confined to his
house," by having in this way an opportunity of wit
nessing the cares and never ending toils of his wife,
Whose harden and da ties, and patient endurance he
might never hare 'Otherwise understood.-. There is
a great deal in this thought, perhaps enough for tin
editorial,,r Men especially young -men, are call
ed by their business during the day mostly away
from home, returning only at the boors for meals,
and as they- then see nearly the same routine of du
ty, they begin to think it is their own lot t perform
all the drudgery, and to be exercised with the weight
f care and responsibility. But such a man has got
a very wrong view of the case ; he needs an oppor
tunity for more extended observation, and it is per
haps for this very reasonChat a kind prsvidence ar
rests him by sickness that be may learn in pain what
he would fail to observe in health.
We have seen recently a gsod many things said in
the papers to wives, especially to young wives, ex
posing their faults, perhaps magnifying them, and
expounding to them, in none of the kindest terms,
their duty and the offices pertaining to a woman's
sphere. Now, we believe that wives, aa a whole, are
really better than they are admitted' to be. , We
doubt if there can be found a great number of wives
who are disagreeable and negligent, without some
palpable coldnesa or short-coming on the part of their
husbands. So far as we have had an opportunity
for observation, they are far more.devoted and faith
ful than those who style themselves their lords, and
who, by the customs of society, have other and gen-
u ' niMnt and vnried duties to perform.
We protest then against these lectures so often and
so obtrusively aduressea io wk ., -r
on it thatthey must most of them have been writ
ten by some fusty bachelor who knows no better, or
by ome inconsiderate husbands whadeserve to have
been old bachelora to the end of their lives.
But is there nothing to be said on the other side 7
Are husbands so generally the perfect, amiable, in
jured beings they are so often represented. Men
sometimes declare that their wives' extravagance
have picked their pockets that their never ceasing
tongues have robbed them of their peace, and their
general disagreeableness has driven them to the tav
ern and gaming table, but this is generally the wick
ed excuse for a most wicked life on their own part.
The fact is, men "often lose their interest in their
homes by their own neglect to make their homes in
teresting and pleasant. It should never be forgotten
that the wife has her rights as sacred after mar
riage as before and a good husband's devotion to the
wife after marriage will concede to her quite as much
attention as he gallantly did while a lover. If it is
otherwise, he is most generally at fanlt.
Take a few examples. Before marriage a young
man would feel some delicacy adout accepting an in
vitation to spend an evening in company where his
lady-love had not been invited. After marriage "is
he always as particular ? During the days of court
ship his gallantry would demand that he should
make himself agreeable to her; after marriage, it
often happens that he thinks more of being agreea
ble to himself How'often it happens that married
men, after having been away from home the live
long day, daring which the wife has toiled at her
Auties, go at evening to some place of amusement,
and leave her to toilpn alone, uncheeredand unhap
py. How often it happens that her kindest offices
pass unobserved, aud unrewarded even by a smile,
and her best efforts are condemned by the fault find
ing husband.
How often it happens, even when the evening is
spent at home, that it is employed in silent reading
or some other way that does not recoguize the wife's
right to share in the enjoyment even of the fireside.
Look, ye husbands, a moment, and remember
what your wife was when you took her, not from
compulsion, but from your own choice ; a choice
based, probably, on what you considered her supe
riority to nil others. She was yOung perhaps the
idol of a happy home: she was gay and blithe as
the lark, and the brothers and sisters at her father's
fire side cherished her as an object of endearment.
Yet she left all to join her destiny with yours; to
make your borne happy and to do all that woman's
love could prompt, and woman's ingenuity devise,
to meet your wishes, and to lighten the burdens
which might press upon you in your pilgrimage
She, of coarse, had her expectations too. She could
not entertain feelings which promised so much with
out forming some idea of reciprocation on your part,
and she did expect yon would after marriage per
form those kind offices of which you were so lavish
in the days of betrothment.
.She became your wife! left her own home for
yours burst asunder, as it were,' the bands of love
which had bound her to the father's fireside, and
sought no other home than your affections; left, it
may be. the ease and delicacy of a borne of indul
gence and now, wnat must oe ner reeling, if she
gradually awakes to the consciousness that you love
her less than before; that your evenings are spent
abroad ; that yon only come home at all to satisfy
the demands of your hanger, and to find a resting
place for your head when wearv, or a nurse for
your sick chamber when diseased ?
Why did she leave the bright hearth of her youth
ful days ? Why did you ask her to give up the en
joyment of a happy home 1 Was it simply to darn
jour stockings, mend your clothes, take care of your
cnuaren. ana waica oyer Your hick oeu J ivm it
limnW to conduce to vonr own comfort? Or w ' well as Executi?e Departments. There were occa
there some understanding that she was to be made ' sl0n,A interruptions to the system, by Vetoes upon
happy in her connexion with the man she dared to measures wnicn were ecnsiaerea noi sumcienuy na-
l0Te? j tionai in tneir scope, and on that account oojectiona-
Noris it a sufficient answer that you reply that! b,e- liat the y9ten prevailed, and. received the
you give her a home; that you feed and clothe her. ! 8anc"n or eTei7 President during that long peioa
You do this for your health ; you would do it for an cePl rresiueni narnson, wno is wen Known to
indifferent house-keeper. She is your wife, and have been friendly to the system, but whose death
occurred wunin a monmaiier nis inauguration.
By referring to this document it appears that the
whole amount expended on all these objects
daring that period, not including expenses of sur
veys, was $17,199,223. Of this amount there was
expended
Under Mr. Jefferson, $48,400
. WHia MEETING IN 'AWSON. .
v Pursuant to public notice given in the North Car
olina Argus, the Whigs of Anion assembled1 a the
Court Housa in WadeaboroughthkMay; (Saturday,
April the 23nd,-184S.) ?- r v ?rO O v
; The meeting was ' organhed by calling Philip w
Smith, Esq , to,the . Chair, and appointing Calvin
Myert Secretary. v.'- ! ; ' :. v" 1
The object of the meeting having beTn explained
which was to app int Delegates to District Con
vention proposed to be held at Albemarle, in Stanly
County, on Tuesday the 9th day of May upon mo
tion of A. Myers, a coinmittee of three persons (to
wit, A. Myers, J. B H-rgrave and John W. Came
ron, Esq.) were appointed! draft and report reso
lutions for the consideration of the meeting :-who
reported the followipg Preamble and Resolution
which were nnanimously adopted : :
Whereas It has been proposed to hold a District
Convention at Albemarle, in the county of tanly
on Tuesday the 9th day of May, proximo, for the
purpose of appointing a Delegate to the Whig Na
tional Convention to be held in Philadephia, on the
7th of June next: and whereasVe approve of the
time, place and purpose of said Convention ; and
deeming it important that the Whigs of Abson count
ry should be represented therein ; be it therefore
Resolved, That the Chairman of this meeting ap
point fifteen delegates to represent the Whigs of
this County in said Convention.
Resolved, That having implicit confidence in the
integrity of the great Whig Party of the Union, and
well knowing that harmony of purpose and concert
of action in its operations can be secured in no oth
er way than through the instrumentality of the pro
posed National Convention, we will support the
nominee of said Convention.
Resolved, That we have the most implicit confi
dence in the sound principles, fidelity, and sterling
integrity of Charles Manly, Esq., of' Wake coun
ty ; and that we do heartily approve of his' nomin
ation for the office of Governor of Nerth Carolina by
the late Whig State Convention.
Resohed, That Mr. Manly be, and lis hereby
invited to call upon his Whig friends of this coun
ty, and address them, if it shall suit his convenince
to do so at any time between this and the August
election.
Mr. A. Myers offered the following resolutions,
which he desired every individual present to consid
er well, and to vote therecn according to the re
sult of his deliberations. They were unanimously
adopted-" to wit :
Resolved, That important as it' ever is te look not
only to the experience of the Presidential Candidate
in matters connected with the administration of our
own Government, but also to his knowledge of the
policy and operations of other powers and forms of
Government ; yet, at this particular time, when
many of the nations of Europe are in an unsettled
state, and convulsions threaten to follow thoughoiit
the whole of that Continent, by which we may our
selves be involved in'difficulties of the greatest mag
nitude, unless our Government is wisely and skil
fully administered, we should more than at any oth
er period in our history require our candidate to be
a statesman of experience, of skill, and a large and
comprehensive views.
Resolved. That in Hejirt Clat, of Kentucky, we
recognixe such an individual; that we have every
confidence in his patriotism, experience and, tried
ability ; that we hail with joy' the announcement of
his willingness to place his name at the dirfposnl of
his friends ; and that we desire the District Conven
tion to appoint to the National Convention, a Dele
gate favorable to the nomination of Henry Clay to
the Presidency of the United States for the next
term ef four years.
The Chairman in conformity to the first resolu
tion appointed as Delegates, A. Myers, John W.
Cameron, Johnson R. Hargrave, William S. Meach
am, Thomas Robinson. Thomas J. Smith, Joseph
P. Smith. Eben. Nelms, Wm. E Troy. Benjamin
Dnnlap, Wm. P. Jennfigs, Ellis D Gnddy, Young
H. Allen. David C. Lilly, Dr. W. Hollifield and
C. Myers.
Upon motion, P. G. Smith, was added to the del
egation, m -
Upon motion . .
Resohed, That the proceedings of , this meeting Be
sent to the Editors of the Korth Carolina Argus
the Fayetteville Observer, and the Raleigh Regis
ter, with a request that they publish the same.
Thanks were tendered to the Chairman and Sec
retary. ,
Upon motion of Wm. S. Meacbam, Esq the meet
ing adjourned.
PHILIP G.
C. Myebs, Setfy.
SMITH, Chairs
Road, Harbor, apd River Improvements. The
National Intelligencer has a synopsis of, and some
comments upon, a document published by the U. S.
Senate in January last, from whicli we make the
following short extract:
It is a "statement of. appropriations for the con
struction and repairs of roads, and for the improve
ment of harbors and Rivers in the United Siates;
showing, as far as practicable, the amount expend
ed in each State."'
The statement commences with 'the year 1&06,
and enumerates all objects of improvement of roads,
harbors, and rivers, and the appropriations in their
favor for each year, up to and including 1813, going
uninterruptedly through every Administration du
ring that long year a period remarkable for the
supremacy of Democratic rule in the Legislative as
uuiwoa juu uitvvuv. .V ufc nnuij. UUU OVUiO ft a T BU t
swer the reasonable expectation you raised by your -I
attentions betore marriage, you need not wonder if i
she be dejected, and her heart sink into insensibili
ty ; but if this be so, think well who is the cause of j
it. We repeat it, very few women make indifferent !
wives, whose feelings have not met some outward
shock, by the indifference and thoughtlessness of
their husbands. It is our candid opinion,, that in a
large majority of the instances of domestic misery,
th man in th trtrrmvmnw
Hon. Edward Everett, in his euloo-y on Mr
Adams, mentioned the following striking circum
stance:
In November,' 1846. while walking with a
friend in Boston, Mr. Adams felta paralytic shock.
Me at once said it was the shock of death. In
his journal, he made the entry From, this day
1 dale my decease. I consider myself, for every
useful purpose to mveeli and to mv fellow-citizens
as dead.' His iouroal. which he had kept for
more than fifty years, stopped on that day. Four
months afterwards he resumed it, under the hf ad
t rosthumotm Memoirs.' ana ne connnuea ui
serve his country another ear. 1 ne evening
shock ne reeeivea in tne
;MEEK AND'Q.UIET SPIRIT.?-
nde of beauty; 'Uie one, open,
obse'rved of all observers; the
About five fears ago I happened at a weddmjr-otnerrriiauen; wrapt up likejne flower in me duo,
in one oune oacawoqs .couimesjji umcrucu, uuuusn . vi .vyavw,
ME;-Tinirr boot :
OR HOV A YdUNG MAN WENT; INTO --There ire twVkl
.'A?BAtLAROOM ? Z?Z palpabTe.'ghiringly c
goi
Kxij
th HAuaa ot Msior a. Bein the wealthiest raaii i born to blosh unseen, and waste its sweetness
"in those parts, he War desirous of giving a great on the desert air.. This is true ol vegetable pixr
onitfnr that, nnrnose had 'invited a' lare ductions, ana of minerals. The auiet star's in
usibwyi w - i 1 a, rt , , - :
number of guests to witness the nt'pials of the
eldest of three blooming, cherry-lipped, strong
limbed, clean footed daughters. Among the invi
ted gueats I observed the face of Bill P., a repre
sentative of the country at the University,"
whom 1 had known as the butt pf his clas while
there, but who was destined to act a conspicuous
part on the present memorable occasion. Bill
was an original sui generis. He was peculiar
ly attached with curls which resembled less Hy
perion's than the setting sun in hue. He was
six foot two in his stockings, with legs meeting
a lone way. up, and more resembling a pair of
compasses than any thing that I can at present
imagine. Add to this -he was twenty years of
age, and reeking with verdancy and bashfulness
and you have his daguerreotype The ceremony
had been performed, the hour was waxing late
and all seemed to be enjoying the flow of souk
I had exhausted the fun from the various
groups and was looking about for a subject of in
terest when I perceived Bill sitting like Napoieon
solitary and alone, with a face, the agony of
whose expressions I shall never forget. Ap
proaching him I kindly inquired the cause of his
di6tresi, and proffered him assistance. ,
Give me your arm," said he, I am deathly
sick ; let us find a room and go to bed "
He grasped my arm convulsively, and limping
along we went into a private room which Major
their, blue depths, ;are sometimes lost sight of in
the more ostentations beams of the moon, and, u
the overpowering radiance of the sun, they are
wholly eclipsed. ?: , , , v, .
7'hus is iw also-human actions. The startling
incidents of life reveal themselves with an elec
tric flash along the horizon of human vision, while
the more calm, rational and beneficent events,
like dewdrops falling in the silent; night, disturb
rto ear. From this cause it becomes necessary,
at times, to withdraw the veil-from lhe concealed,
to pour light npon the hidden, to give a tongue
to virtues which are silent, and to ask the world
to turn for a moment, from the admiration of more
obstrusive forms to bestow a little applause upon
these which seek the shade. To hold up the
pale biue violet of the open field, by the side of
the gorgeous exotic, and say, here too, is beauty
though its tints are pale, its form tiny and com
mon place, and its fragrance, such as daily hits
the common air of heaven.
The Bible speaks of the ornament of a meek
and quiet spirit, which in the sight of God is of
great price. And if this grace is thus regarded
by Himfought not we to prize it 1 Shall we per
mit the warrior to monopolize ali the admiration
of the world! No! the meek and quiet spirit
shall receive its due meed of applause.
We once entered an upper chamber where a
noor faniitv had their residence. Upon the bed
r j
S. had assigned me as my quarters for the night, t lay the husband and lather, who had long been
T soon discovered the cause of Bill's malady, j au invalid, and was now drawing near to life's
which was a small pair of boots on his large feet, ; close. Poverty was there ; in the furniture, in
woyn with the view of curtailing the lair propor- j
tions of those members. He endeavored in vain
to release his feet, and it was imposible to get
the assistance of a servant, I volunteered to tug ;
at them myself, when he had completely exhaus- '
ted his strength. We succeeded at length in j
pulling offone ; but theo;her resisted our every
effort Bill was in an agony ; his foot was bad .
Iv swollen, and ye: lie did not cut the boot. At
last he arose, his eyes in a " fine frenzy rolling,"
and dripping with perspiration, and pronouncing!
mathemas not loud, but deep, uuon all gatherings
in general, and country weddings in particular, di
vested himself of every garment, and stood unin
cumbered, save with that one terrible boot. The
merriment in the adjoining chamber contrast
ed strangely with the anguish in mine.
The gueats had now all gone into the hall-room
I could hear every note of preparation made by
the fiddler. Approaching nearer the wall I dia.
covered a door which opened into the room where
they were about commencing the dance. By
this time Bill had recovered etrengyi. and re- i
commenced the tug with his boot. In vain he j
the few sticks of old sheeting boards whicli were
in the fire, in the absence of that aspect of com
fort which even the Habitations of the poor some
times present. A pale, thin, and care-worn wife,
whose countenance,vnevertheIess, manifested no
repining at her lot, was busy in her household
duties and in attention to the wants of her com
panion. She had for many months been putting
off her external and perishable beauty, and put
ting on the internal and imperishable beauty of a
meek and quiet epirit, and we thought ot the ad
mirable lines of the sonnet on Chihon
"He faded, and so calm and meek,
So softly worn, so sweetly weak, s
So tearless, yet so tender kind"
and applied them tu this, young wife, who was
eating the bitter bread of poverty, and drinking at
the fountain ot affliction. I saw her again, after
her husband's death. She was' calm, thought
ful, and resigned ; but there had passed over her,-)
a wave of desolation, which time could never re
pair. I think, sometimes, of the meek and quiet spir
it in the person ota widow whose husband has fal
len in the battles in Mexico. -Many such there
essayed every position arid attitude. At length
he thought ne might accompusn hie ooject oy doubtless are, and how in contrast, the world's
placing nis oaca.io wie wan, nis riyni iooi against accu,, ior deeds of strife, and God's admiration
shoo
That wasthe last night be passed undehis own
roof."
passage, being overhauled by one of our vessels Ha of House of Representatives, he had read to
of war and examined, was suffered to proceed on D,w t(r.lk..rn.i.'. Ksrmnn nn Tim A
ur way- oui. Conner in nis despatches slates,
mat ne couta easily have boarded the Arab him
self, but he preferred not to be known in the ad
mission of banta Anna in Mexico. He landed.
-therefore, and the "moral treason," as our Dem
ocralic trends call it. teas complete! This great
man, mis accomp:isnea teaaer was riven to the
i ; -Mexicans oy rreswent folic Z Do our Demo-
; - r J .1 I.' u: it- .
craucirienuo maun mm inn nis caoinet ior that!
Yet it most be booked with the rest of his deeds
and the unenviable ppsitiotf in which it nlacen
NAPOLEON'S PROPHECY.
Dnrine his imprisonment at St. Helena, Napo
leon made to Las Casas. the following prediction, a
part of which has been already fulfilled :
u In less than twenty-five years from the present
time, the wboie European system will be changed.
The French mill east the Bourbons and their dtbts
off. as mv Arabian steed would any stranger who
him. were nothing, were it not humiliating to the k. ,C i
; - i - . . . cilfiwuvvt sa ifa w 0vav vu aa a uut. auuu auv
1u.4am t r. IavA r i rr r t hauri ? t I
MVl?.y. miseraoie in- acclamaUons of the people; if he be not, France Kill
ttiguet with tbe pubhc, enemy." cbcl U a-Republlc; fof no other hand will dare
to aelse a sceptre which it cannot wield. The Or
a W a
rm.r.u T,u ... iieaxs nunc, inooen acaiaoie, are roo musn ace
v nauv ui i" iuc oineraav.on i t.,u. -.v
nearmg ot . raTOouuu , ... rc, ine night ot do DOt choOMI ti Ht. 8im le citixen9 -ndeV mhhi.
be sinr? and his family, the triunrph of the democ-1 crer ch&mrea niLA rMnu o
. . r . . o jr i auvv vuvv aax'a w m iw
racy, ant tne estahitsmneni oy me people ot a I nabuc other eonntrih. win fnit h .r.mr,i.
Provisional government, exclaimed By St. I Germans, Prassiaos, Poles, iuliansjanes. Swedes,
iu u mk idu jbh iiw ining uiat iweei i iiu ivuosiaa wm join in tne cruaaus for liberty.'
wuni; A prvtxsvmary gxjcvnroeni jot .
"er ! . Bv the eon. iha'onlv government she I The Wheat eron tlmn.i.nr. v:-: :.
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Mr. Madison,
Mr. Monroe,
Mr. J. Q.. Adams,
Gen. Jackson,
Mr. Van Buren,
Mr. Tyler,
250,800
700,621
2,310,475
10.582 882
2.222,544
1,076,500
As this period extends through about forty years.
it will make the average expenditure on these ac
counts rather less than 420,000 the yean
Ceossirg at Niagara FAtxa We have already
stated that Mr. Ellett, the constructor, on the 13th
mst, crossed to tne Canadian side on a 'wire cord of
the new suspension Bridge. The passage Is per
fectly easy and safe, and in a few days the line, it is
now siaiea, wm oe strong enongh to pass over cattle.
l he contrivance by which this passage is effected
is extremely simple and beautiful, according to the
ionowmg irom tne "ins," published at the Falls.
The cable itself swings, gracefully from cliif to
cliff, 250 feet above the rapids. On this cable are
piacea two iron pulleys, witb grooves in their cir
cumference ; and from these pulleys is suspended
an iron car or basket of commodious and graceful
form. -.
The iron car for nassenffera 1nr tnnt fnnr ftt
4)elow the cable, and about twenty feet above the
rw. uu eiiner snore ; and is approached by a stair
case leading to a lauding on the supporting frames ;
while the platform for freight is attached, by longer
cords and swings nearly levekwith the tops of the
cliffs. ' "
The passage was made in less than one-fourth
the time that is consumed at any other ferry bet ween
the United States and Canada. .'
The ferry is now in constant and successful use
carrying men and things hourly from shore to shore.
He (Mr. Manly) is - inim.table" in one point
of view for be was defeated for the Senate in this
county, among his own neighbor, in 1844, in
the roost inimitable" style Standard.
James K. Polk we presume was not beaten in
his own State and -County in the latter part of
. I 1 ... ,T
ine same, year, en : vvyaon Herald.
A Report from the Land Office shows that the
tat or Hew. York still owns more than 400.000
scres of uncultivated land.
one of my feet, and obtain my assistance. He
placd himself firmly against the door, and I
caught his leg and began to pull, gradually yield
ing and bidding him make a long pull a strong
pull, and pull altogether,' the boot unexpectedly
gave way, and with it the door, and Bill went
tumbling into the ball-room !
Such screams from the females, and such con
steruation amorig the beaux was never before
seen. In the midst of my mirth uproarious, I
heard the clatter of a horse a. hoofs, and looking
out of i he window I beheld a solitary horseman
flying with the speed or a locomotive, his long
hair streaming in the wind, and clothed in full
Georgia cdstume, to Wit. a shirt collar and a pair
of spurs. It was poor Bill !
RfcMEDiEs For a Jit of Passion. YValk but
in the open air; you .may speak your mind to
the winds without hurting any one or proclaiui
:ng vourself to be a simpleton.
For a fit of Extravagance and Folly Go to
the workhouse, or speak with the ragged and
wretche'dnmates of a jail, and you will be con
vinced Who makes his bed of brier and thorn,
Must be content to lie forlorn.
For a fit of Ambition. Go into the church
yard and read the grave stones; they will tell
you the end of ambition. The grave will soon
be your bed. chamber, the earth your pillow, cor
ruption your father, and the worm your mother
and your sister.
For a fit of Repining hook about for the
halt and the blind, and visit the bed-ridden' and
afflicted, and deranged ; and they will make you
ashamed of complaining of your lighter afflic t
tionsi
For a fit of Despondency Look on the good
things which God has given you in this world,
arid at hose whch he has promised to his fol.
lowers in the next He who goes into his gar
den to look for cobwebs and spiders, no doubt
will find them ; while he who looks for a flower
may return into his house with one blooming in
his bosom.
Forrall Jits of Doubt, Perplexity and Fear.
Whether they respect the body or the mind ;
whether they are a toad to the shoulders, the
head, cr the heart, the following is a radical
cure which may -be replied on. for I had it from
the great Physician Cast thy burden on the
Lord he will sustain thee.V
. BACQH. AND GREENS.
U ;BT GS.EZN . PSAS . BACON, ESQ- c. .
I hate lived long enough to be rarely mistaken
And borne - ray fufl share of life's chs:
' Scenes.
But my woes haveV
bacon,
And my joy ss have been doubled by
Fol de ri do bacon and greej,
ldgreeng
at;
With a" thrill of remembrance e'en now thuy
Qf ehildbeod's jpy;aorning,-and youth's J
'rv-scenes,-. . .
When one day we had greens and a plate fnii
jbacon . , . :.-':;v - ulJ
Aod the text we liad, bacon and a plata tnw
Ah ! well T rememher,.when sad and forsaken.
Heart wrung by the scorn-of a Miss in Wf.
How I rushed from her iight, to my lCTed
. nmi bacon. " H
And forgot my despair over bacon and grD
When the banks refused specie' and credit
shaken, - -
I shared in the wreck, and was ruined in
mv inenus oiiaeciartu i unu nut "saved mtL J
But they lied for I still had my bacon aud greJJ
Oh ! there is a charm is this dish, rightly taken
' That from custards and jellies the epicure wea
Stick your fork in the fat wrap your greens ronn
the bacon, 15
' And ron'll vow there ia nothing lii.v....
. , 0 ttfc uai.Qn
If some fairy a grant of three, wishes would mj
one.
So worthless as I, and so laden with sins.
Vcl wish all the preens in the world tvnr..i.-i
o - - - utuiuKm
And then wish for a little more bacon and greeJ
P, S. I turn to confess that for once I'm mistaken.
As much as Pveknown of this world and itssen?.
a nere a one luiug tuzu. a cquui iu ooin greens an
Dacon,
And that is a dish of good bacon and greens.
Mr. Manly, the Whig Candidate for Govemr
aaaressea a large assemDi.ige or the people oft
County of Halifax, ori Monday last, in our Kf
Court House. We regret exceedingly that we hr
not the space to give even a synopsis of a Sp
remarkable for its power eloquence, wit, ami $
UJUl .io uc uui-ubm ujjvu uissuujwt 11 c gre W ffi'H
nd more" interesting;, profound silence pretax
during the course of his energetic and thrilling n
iu;irKs, auu ueepiy uiu uis nurus tan upon tne aitri
amidst murmurs of applause. . We thjnk the WL
were delighted with him, whilst every man left tw
Court House with the impression that CbnrlesMu
ly, Esq. would be the next Governor of North Car
olina. Roanoke Republican.
Tr ist and Pillow. It is not a little curious.
that Mr. Polk should stultify himself, by sending
to Pillow a letter which Trist wrote home, in con
fidence, for Polk's benefit, that be might learn
the true character of Pillow in Mexico. He
sends this confidential letter from Trist to Pillow.
The latter produces it in the Court of Inquiry,
where it only serves to show, as it does to the
public now it is published, that Mc-tolk is guil
ty of a breach of confidential trust ! : He trusted
in Trist and Trist trusted in Iflm. He gave a let
ter to Trist, introducing him, in cordial terms
to his trusty friend Pillow. They became very
intimate. But Trist thought he had found out
in Pillow .a proclivity to villainy, and he not only
broke off friendship with him, but wrote homo in
confidence, his deep convictions in order that the
President might learn the troth, respecting Pil
low from one in vffhom he had confided. Mr.
Polk disregarding the confidence which the na
ture ef the letter imposed, and also the trust he
had put in Trist, sends the letter which Trist bad
written to apprise him of things which, he deem
ed it most prudent the President should know,
back to Mexico, to the very man concerning
whom it had been written ! Why did he do this 1
Possibly, it was with a view that his two tools
tuighi .like the illustrated spiders in Grund's won
dertul French sympathizing speech, at Odd Fel
lows' Hall, "eat each other up !" Ball. Pal.
lor the subdued, resigned and gentle spirit of the
the surviving partner!,;
In woman, a meek and quiet spirit is pre-eminently,
lovely and engaging. To the chirms of a
beautiful person it is au ornament more graceful
and winning thai gems aud golden attire. Who
ddfcs not look io wonian to keep the public peace;
to still the jars ot domestic lite, to cairn the agita
tions of the church and siate, to subdue ihe t?pir.
it of war? ll our homes are to be made happy,
it is by the exercise of this grace. Itourchurch
es are to flourish, the meek and quiet spirit ot
woman must pervade them. It our neighborhoods
are to be vocal with kind and loving words and
actions, this attaimnent must be conspicuous id
the softer sex. ll political affairs are to have any
thing ota soft and quiet character, woman's spir
H must subdse tbeyexciteujent ot pf rues. It the
spirit of war among nations is to be extinguished,
it is woman still. Not that man is to forget to put
on this ornament, but if we find it wanting' in
woman, we may well despair.
The Bible has placed tins grace in direct con
trast to the love of costly and ambitious display
in female adornments. If pious females would
be preserved in the happy medium between ex
travagance and penuriousness of dress ; if they
would preserve their own souls from, injury vand
avoid occasion of evil in others, let, Iheui heed
the injunction bt Holy Writ : . Wnoee adoriiiig,
let it nut be that outward adorning of plaiting
the hair, and tit wearing of gold, or of putting on
of apparel; but let it be the bidden mail of the
heart, in that Which isuot corruptible, even the
ornament ot g'meek and quiet spirit, which in the
sight f God is of great price." Brslon Courier.
French Spoliations. Both the Senate an
Assembly of the' State of New York have pase.
a resolution urging Congress to do justice loth
long neglected claimants. It will be recollccte
that the law was passed last year, and vetoed t
the President. '
O We perceive by the Henderson Kenrud
ian, of Saturday last, that Mr. L. W. PowelUi
made a ' number of appointments to address ih
people at various points in the lower part of ihJ
State.
Marble Work.
r niHE attention of gentlemen desirous of parriuJ
JJl ing MAHBLB MAfi TELS, MOWUME.M
or STATUARY, is requested.
Tiie subscribers, having been engaged in the Mi
; ble business for the last thirty years in Philadelptal
' and having manufactured work for aLmot ever; d
; of the Union, can refer to all whb have favored tin
. with their custom, and to their work, (consider!
i of which has been nut un in this place.l Tiki
' have always on band a lull supply of Marble Mul
tcls, and hew and 'original Designs for Mounuir.e:
and other work, copies of which, with prices, M
forwarded
r ffT All work shipped is insured from breafcaji
' 'J'hev can refer to anv Mercantile house in
delphia for standing and character as workmen.
JOHN 8TRUTHEKS &, f0J,
.No. 360, High Street, Philadel.hu.
Feb. 28, 1848. V. .
N. B. There is. nothing in their line which k
cannot furnish, either domestic or imported.
O'CoKNfiiL's Tact in Coss-Examination.
-He was once examining a witness, whose ine
briety at the time to Which the evidence referred,
it was essential to his client's cause to prove.
He quickly discovered the nan's character. He
was a fellow who may be described as half fool
ish with roguery.'
Well, Darby, you told the truth to this gen
tleman V ,
Yes, your honor, Counsellor O'Connell
lHowdo you know my n:me V Ah! sure
every one knows our own palhriol.'
Well, you are a good-humored, honest fellow ;
now tell me. Darby, did you take a drop of any.
thing that day!' Why, your honor, I took my
stare of a pint of spirits.'
I Your share of it ! now, by virtue of your bath
was not your 6hare of it -all but the pewter V
Why, thendear knows, that's true for you
sir.'
! The court was convulsed at both question and
answer It soon came out, step by step, that the
man was drunk, and was not, therefore, a compe
tent witness. Thus O'Connell won his case for
his client.
Here is another instance of his ready tact and
infinite resource in the defence of his clients, la
a; trial at Cork for murder, the principal witness
swore strongly against the prisoner.. He partic
ularly swore that a hat found near the place of
the murder belonged tathe prisoner, whose name
was James.
By virtue of your oath, are you sure that this
is thfe same hat V 'Yes.
Did you examine it carefully before you swore
in your information tttat it was the prisoner's !'--l
did '
1 Now, let me see,' saii O'Connell, as he took
up the hat, and began to examaine it carefully in
the inside. He then spelled the name of James
slowly, thus J-a-m-e-s. Now,, do you . mean
those words were in the hat when you found iti
1 do.
Did you see them there V 1 did.'
And this is the same hat !' It is.' ,
Now. my lord.' : said O'Connell, holding nn
the hat to the bench, there is an end of the case ;
there is no name Wtevtr inscribed in the hat.
1 he result was afctnsiam acquittal. -Fazan't
ye ana utca y sunneu.ft '
SHERIFF'S SALE-
I
WILL sell at the Court House door inConcsi
on the 3d Monday of May next, the follow
L.ands, or so much thereof, as wilt satisfy the Pob4
, Uounty and Poor Tax for the year 1846,withibeol
tnereon : fc
; Names of owners -!
No
Ac's.
A Blush The following is both pretty and po
etical witn a savory dash of originality. Who the
writer is we knoW not :
u What-a mysterious thing is a blush, that a word,
A Tornado. The Maysville (Ky.) Eagle
says': A violent storm passed over the town of
Minerva, a few days since, and a wind like the
rumbling of thunder, was heard for some moments
before its dreadful efferts were seen and felt. It
swept over a track about 200 yards in width, de
stroying fifteen barns in one neighborhood, and
at(arins i haip in)aiits. Orharftafnrerti- hav.
U 1 1 I ' " . ...pv a ww. w.'. w. w . r
starks. &C-. bent before its angry blast, and many - ,wv- y anouia sena tnannimiiapiecarna-
lives were endangered by its suddenness and vi- ; ojf'Je cheek, Hke the soft tints of a samner
olence ; but the pres-nce of mind of many persons Vi, 1 55P $ W """J6
thm. One man howler, had bis arm brofePn 8h.mVan more than the loTe or 80ek mhU)Jta
offy bmi.' strork witn a piece of timber from a it7. It is the face that b Heaven. There may
barn, and -noiher w-s whirled some sixty paces be traced the intellectual phenomena wih whifience
through the air, and lodged in an orchard tree- i amouatuag t a moral certainty."
nn am Black, welder 47
George Dey 50
W. C. Ludwick :i 39
Daniel 1). Ridicbours 147
Elisha Smith
Jacob- Udy 200
Mathiaa Cline I 34!
Charles Haglor Ul
Daniel Linker 229
John H. Bigger 114
Charles Dorton 92
James A. Garmon 80
S Garmon . H35
Jane Gray " 313
S. H. Gray ' 55
Leonard Hartsel 132
Linker g- Keed 100
J9A. R. Orr 279
Tim:thv Reed 76
M.Reed 271
Franklin Turner 125
Robert Caldwell 172
Jos G. Foard 45
J. Harris, Trustee 7
R. W Harris 180
J . M. Ingram 78
A. C. McLellen 260
John Russet ' .50
W.S.Alexander 97$
Sarah Black's G'ard I 82
Johi Gingie . 210
H. Galaways Estate 320
-McLean 239
John C Johnson 280
A. W.8teel 102 !
Wm. Coleman II
Paul Earnhardt 50
Israel Fraxir 124
Mathias Barnhardi's
-" Estate 195
Geo. W. Barnhartlt 20
Jno.Livingood'aEt. 138
Wm. Moor . - 6
Jno. A, Patterson 24
JJathanne Luther J 95
Jofc Still. Adm. r 59
Daniel Walter . 102 ,
Jacob.Chne . 2o
famoel Holbrooke 220
A ley Martin . Vl 57
Asaac A. Martin 160
George I'latt ' 150
AIlim3tugh i I 57
Martin Stoogh ; 54
Alien Suiber. G'ard 238,
Martin Stough, 52
. ; 29i
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35
6
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25
30
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57
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56
59
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52
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85
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35
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4 00
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12i
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r 37
69
64J
18
47
18
65
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Concord, April 14, 1848. -Pr. Ait. $D