north cakolina smntinieiL i vV'"u-:-: tLERT THE CONST ITCTIOV U NIOnTVO'w THE SENTIKELi. XEWBERN: FRII)AVtJU.VE15, 1832. tf- We are authprized to announce HENRY W. THOMPSON, Esq. a candidate to represent the county of On3low in the Senate of the next General Assembly. From Europe. Bythe arrival of the Rhip Tally Ho, at New York, advices from Liverpool to the 9th May have been received. The most important intel ligence is .that of the defeat of the Ministers of Eng land, upon an amendment to the Reform Bill, by a majority against them of thirty-five votes, which was considered as decisive of its fate, except a large crea tion of Peers be made to carry it through. It was expected that the names of sixty new Peers would be immediately announced. The further considera tion of the Bill was postponed to the 10th May. The Cholera was rapidly disappearing in both London and Paris. The situation of the Prime Minister of France was such as to render his return to the direc tion of the affairs of his Department, entirely hope less. A large British Squadron was assembling at Portsmouth, destined for Portugal. The Carlist plots in France ''had been discovered and suppressed. It had created considerable disturbance. Everv thing was quiet at the last accounts. The Liverpool Cot ?on market . was steady. Neics from the Seat of War. An express lias ar rived at Washington City from the seat of war, and confirms the previous accounts of the discomfiture of 41 party of militia. Official reports state 12 killed and 12 wounded, in the skirmish near Sycamore Creek. .Universal alarm prevails upon the Illinois frontier, and mounted troops were preparing to march from Cincinnati to the protection of the citizens in that quarter. Letters from the seat oi war stated that the Indians were scalping men, women, and chil dren. Black Hawk, the leader of the Indians, is said to be fearless and daring, even beyond the accustomed valour of his -race. They may, by their sudden irruptions um defenceless and unsuspecting neigh bourhoods, cause much blood to flow, but just as sure as the sun is in the heavens, they will be paid back with a fearful retribution. Many thousand men are already under arms, and by the next accounts, we ex pect to hear of the repulsion and flight of the savages principle as may allay discontent and restore harmony to the different sections of the country, is essential for the preservation oi peace and union. 4 Resolved, I hat this important object can not be ef fected otherwise tban bv sincere mutual deference and concession, evinced by great sacrifice of opinion and ol interest on noth sides ; by acquiescence in special piotec tion to certain branches of industry on the one hand, mid on the other by an abandonment of exorbitant protecting duties, and of the roost obnoxious aud oppressive provi sions of thf svstem. 6. Resolved, Without pretending tf decide what am'nt of revenue is adequate, to defray the expenses and to meet the exuencs of government, that reduction oi the existing duties to that extent is essential, under any modication of the Tariff, to preserve the undivided confi dence of the people in the general Govern;.en' 6. Resolved. 'fat the proceeding of this meeting, cer tified by the President. Vice Presidents, and Secretaries, with a copy of the notification calling it together, be trans mitt-d by them to the Senators of this state, and Repre sentatives of this city in Congress, with a request that the same may be laid before both houses, and that they will themselves endeavor to effect a settlement in the spirit and upon the principles before recommended. This meeting cannot fail to be productive of the most beneficial effects. All must admit, that it is essential for the peace and harmony of thejsountry, and the preservation of the Uunion, that there be, at the present session of Congress, such a modifica tion of the Tariff as will " allay discontent" The members of Congress from New York, ought not to disregard this expression of the feeling of their most enlightened and patriotic constituents. They can not, and ought not to expect the South to support Mr. Van Buren, should they go against us in a crisis like the present. If we did not believe Mr. V. B. to be in favor of a large reduction of the present sys tem of taxation, we should oppose his nomination, and if New York would secure the votes of Virginia and North Carolina, she must vote for a modification of the Tariff. James Madison vs. John Q. Adams. Mr. Ad ams, in his Report upon the Tariff, invests Congress with unlimited powers. He says that the words " to provide lor the common defence and general welfare," are" substantive grants of power, trusts to be execu ted," and therefore, whatever Congress in its omni potence, may think the general welfare requires, it has the power to do. Now this doctrine is downright monarchical ; and his tormer avowal ol snch senti ments, caused him to be set aside by the Republicans. They could not regard the government as safe ,-n the hands of a man entertaining such principles. We hope the " general welfare," politicians, when they read the letter of Mr. Madison, which we publish to day, and to which the attention ol our readers is invi ted, will no longer avow doctrine so utterly at vari ance with the intention and spirit of the Constitution. ' The Central Rail Road. We are gratified in "being able to announce to our mountain friends, that there is a prospect of considerable subscriptions in the lowland counties ' About fifleen thousand dollars were subscribed in Newbern in two days, and the town and county may be put down for thirty thou sand. On Monday last, books were opened in Jones county ; and , although there were comparatively but few in attendance, (it being, the first day of the Court) fourteen thousand dollars were subscribed and we have heard the opinion expressed by a respectable gentleman of that county, that Jones will not contri bute less than thirty thousand dollars. Considering that Jones is dne of the smallest counties in the State, the subscription thus far, is extremely creditable to the public spirit of its citizens. From Lenoir, we have no certain information ; it is understood how- . over, that the subscription there will be large. We are assured that Onslow, Greene, Wayne and John bton, will act nobly in thiB great enterprize ; and ,we shall be disappointed if good old Carteret does not furnish her full quota, during the ensuing Court week. With propjr exertions, the work can and will be ac complished. But it is important that the public mind should be enlightened on the subject. Publications thowing its practicability and advantages, and ex plaining the process of execution, in familiar lan guage, should be gratuitously and widely diffused among the people. Let our citizens be made sensible ot the immense benefits which must accrue to the tate from he Central Rail Road, and the whole stock would: be subscribed for immediately. The farmers of the Eastern portion of the State, are deeply interested, arid if they are true to themselves, they yui ensure success to the undertakin Great Public Meeting in New York. We copy from th,e New York Mercantile Advertiser of Friday last, the follow inrr nntiro Cn r.,i.i: .1 , n ..vuvv, 4U1 a j. uuiic iuueiiug in mat city PUBLIC MEETING. , ThCitizcns ol Ke York, without distinction of par- 2VZT $ tnat a " of the Tariff Question during the present session Cogrs on Jjr.nc.ples of muxi concession and embracing such 'mo djl.cM.u,, a. may allay di.qpol.nl an restore harmony lo the different ectus of the euiotry. ,S absolute v ne cessary for Ihe preservation ol Peace and Union re re Jedto attend a Public Meeting at the Sessions Room the West end of Me O d Alms House in the rear of the C.y Hall, THIS KVKM.NG, at 8 o'clock ptecZly To this notice, the names oi one hundred and frty one of the most respectable citizens, were appended, au among uiem, .the names of such men as James1 Kent and Albert Gallatin. Chancellor Kent was unanimously elected President; and alter the meeting was organized, Peter A. Jay, Esq. explained in an eloquent afnd able speech, the object of the meeting and urged the necessity lor mutual concession be tween the rantf and Anti-Tariff States. The annexed Resolutions were adopted ; 1- Resolved, That the preservation of the Union ol 'hese States "in which are involved our prosperity, felici ty, safrty, perhaps pur nation's existence'' is an object of j'aramouct importance xerer to be endangered for parti tuUr interests, nor sacrificed to abstract opinions. Resolved. That in order to a sasisfactorv and tmi. 'able settlement of any of those important questions, hich at times must variously affect states " differing in situation, climate, habits, and particular interests,' it is necessary thai each should relax on some points; and al a to Tecollect that our happy constitution itself was decUred by its august Framers ty be "the result of a Pru of amity, and of mutual deference and concession '.ch tbe peculiarity of our political situation renders indispensable.'1 r 3. Resolved, That an arrangement of the Tariff ques on dunnS the present Session of 'Congress, ou such The Richmond Enquirer says " The Charlottes ville Convention will after all be a meagre represen tation of the good People of Virginia. It is not cal culated that out of 112 counties, more than 15 or 20 counties will appear by deputation in the Conven tion." TheBarbour Convention to beheld at Raleigh by the disaffected Jackson men, for the benefit of Clay and Sergeant, will also be a failure. From the Washington Globe. MOVEMENTS OF THE NEW COALITION. The Clay and Calhoun men in Congress are busy in urging forward, by their despatches, a Convention at Charlottesville to bring forward Mr. Barbour of Virginia as a candidate for the Vice Presidency on the Jackson Ticket. We ask upon what principle is it that the most fell and deadly enemies of Andrew Jackson, use his name to give color to their machina tions to divide his friends to cripple his own election by multiplying electoral tickets, and by the same means, to make secure of associating John Sergeant with his administration, by hanging the choice of Vice President on the casting vote of John C. Cal houn? Yesterday's Telegraph urges upon the Jackson party the propriety of requiring Mr. Van Buren to decline the nomination of the delegations of the States assembled at Baltimore!! Mav Ave not inquire upon what pretence Mr. Calhoun or his or gan, undertake to advise the friends of the President and especially Mr. Van Buren? It would doubtless be exceedingly consoling to the rivals who consprrcd Mr. Van Buren's rum in the secret sessions, if he wTould decline, and quietly acqui esce in the disgraceful retirement they hoped to pre pare for him by their votes. To subject the President to their rriasfery -to make him admit that he had dis graced the nation in his foreign negotiations admit that the minister he had sent abroad was an "infa mous" man admit that the members of the Clay and Calhoun coalition were illustrious patriots, who had redeemed the drowning honor of the nation, and thus at once relieve them from all apprehension that the people mav, by their voice, call them from their stations, is doubtless a consummation most devoutly wished, by all those who have violated the will of the nation, and fear the coming retribution. These un happy men must be content to wait the judgment of the people. Mr. Van Buren will not decline. We have received from the county in which Mr. P. P. Barbour resides, the following account of the joint operations of the friends of Messrs. Clay and Calhoun, in that part of Virginia. It is from a warm and true-hearted friend of Mr. Barbour, who, it will be seen, does not believe that the proceedings will receive his countenance. It shows, however, with what fraternal feelings the friends of the mdlifyer and consohdatist are laboring together in the South. THE BANK BILL. is said, the Bank Bill will Dass the Senate bv a majority of 8 or 10 votes. It is suvvosed. that it will also pass the H. of R. What then ? We look to our sheet-anchor. We confide in the President's love for the Constitution, his public spirit, the moral courage which marks his cha racter, tie will not deceive us. He will veto the Bill. I We understand, the bill was debated durinn- the past week with great ability, buc principally on the side of the opposition. Its advocates, relying on their relentless majority, have resorted in most instances to dumb legislation. Mr. Benton told them on Friday, that they realized the Abbe Sieges' idea of dumb le gislators most admirably. His taunts and reproach es, which were as bold as thev were severe, had no effect upon their taciturnity. On Saturday, howev er, the Senate Chamber exhibited a more animated scene. Mr. Tazewell moved to reduce the term of the charter from 15 to ten years, alleging that 10 years was long enough to entrust this tnomed corporation with the dangerous power of regulating the currency of the country, and too loner to deprive the States of this union ot their sovereign power ot taxation. Ge neral Smith followed. He was surprized that the committee had fixed on so short a term, h or his part he was for at least twenty years. . He contended it was a specie-paying bank (Mr. Tazewell and Mr. Hayne, which last gentleman, by-the-bye, had made a very animated and impressive .speech during tne previous part ol the debate, had shewn that one ol the provisions introduced depnved it ot this attribute,) and he ridiculed the idea of' its being, or of its capacity to be, converted into a political machine. Just, as the question was about to be taken, Mr. Benton addressed the Senate. In the first place he read m extract from General Smith's speech on a former occasion to shew, that at that time the General thought it a most tremendous political engine, and particularly adverse to his (the General's) election, as well as ac five in its opposition to him. The extract created it is said, considerable merriment in the Chamber for, it was conclusive. Mr. B. proceeded in an ani mated, learless strain of invective. He asserted, that the Bank had interfered with the politics of the coun try. . It was at that time a political engine in the hands of the majority : That it had been brought for ward four years before the expiration of its charter, to have an effect on the Presidential election that it was intended to crush the President unless he could crush it: That th contest was for life and death with that party, whom he respected much more highly un der their ibrmer honest name of Federalists, than under their new-fangled, insidious appellation of Na tional Republicans that if they could only succeed in crushing the President, they would remove their only obstacle to unlimited power: But that their ex pectations were vain; for, that "Andrew Jackson would strangle the Bank and would rise like Brutus rom the fate of Ccesar, greeted by the applauses of Cato and of Rome." And we have no doubt it will be so. We have as ittle doubt 'too that, if the ultimate features of the Harbour, or of the Internal Improvement Bills should clash with the principles of the Veto Message, they too will share a similar fate. With these bills, thus rejected, and the Tariff question settled on liberal principles the public debt paid off all unnecessary expenses retrenched, economy introduced into all our disbursements, and simplicity into all the acts of the government the reputation of Andrew Jackson will reach an elevation, to which it has not even yet at- aineu, Hichmond lunq. which are urged by the leaders of the Tariff party. But, admitting that they have the samp rirrVit tr nrn. tection that they have to life ; does it follow that there are to te no umiis to tne extent of this nmt.-n i Will not 25, 30, 3o or even 50 per cent nnr? Have they the same right to still further protection that they have to life ? Shame on such nonsense. The Tariff Bills We publish to day a Tablp furnished to us by a correspondent, showing the rates of duty upon a number of articles, by the presentlaws, as contrasted witn the rates proposed in Mr. Mc- Lane's and Mr. Dickerson's Bills respectively. The latter bill contains the best terms which, we under stand, the manufacturers are willing to offer. It seems, that, if the public will let them retain forever uulics oi oa per centum upon coraue, w upuu wvw, 53 upon blacksmith',s hammers ana sledg"es,46 upon coal, 44 upon carpets, 61 upon jloor cloths, 25 to 145 upon cotton goods, 29 to 143 upon iron, 78 to 101 upon bar and sheet lead, 68 upon red and white lead, 60 upon paper, 65 upon salt, 128 to 138 upon pirifs, 44 to 116 upon sugars, 57 upon wool, and 45 to 225 upon woollens thtm th rhl.V chTI finvp Jree of duty, as many hangers, cutlasses, and dag- B.-. .icxuio uiein to cut one another b throats, as much corrosive sublimate, hellebore, hemlock, and laudanum, as will enable them to poison themselves. and Clay in thebargain. Banner of the Constitution The violence of the Jamaica writers in thp pers of that Island, against the Sectarian Preachers, is so great uui n iicany reacnes Duriesque. " Secta rianism" says one of them, " is a hydra headed mon ster, which has proved itself a traitor to the laws, and to the existing institutions of the colony a hypo critical, canting, ranting, roaring Dioodsucker. Richmond Whiff, o The Comet of 1832. A planisphere representa tion of the apparent course ol the expected Comet, in the Heavens and the principal constellations and fix ed Stars that lie along its course, has lately been pub lished by R. H. Burrett, A. M. who originally exe cuted it for purposes exclusively connected with the institution under Ins management, but having been importuned to place it within the reach of every one agents, are now in the city who will offer the map tor sale. It is a copperplate engraving, handsomely coloured and about the size of Thrall's map of the United States. The price is but seventy-five cents, From an interesting and detached account of the Comet, annexed to the map, we extract the lollowing The situation and appearance ol this comet wi be most favorable for observation from the middle o October to the middle of November : It will be bright est, however, about the 13th of November, when will rise E. N. E. a little before 10 o'clock in the even ing, and come to the meridian at half past 4 the nex morning. Its nearest approach to the Earth will be on the 22d of October, when it will be distant about 51 millions of miles. Its nearest approach to the sun will be on the 28th of November, then distant more than 83 millions of miles; whence there is but little reason to apprehend that it will destroy either of those bodies, or be destroyed by them. N. Y. Standard. their" influence in promoting the progress of good oV evil, (on which-soeyer side tbiy array themselves,) is proverbially known and duly appreciated But their co-operation with the friendaof thcTemperanctt. reformation, so far from proving their disposition to intemperance, proves the reverse beranse they volun tarily give up the use of the grand source of all m.: temperance, to set an example to all who will profit by it. If a lady belongs to an institution to promote harity to the poor, does it not afford greater evidence of her charit', than of her poverty V1 The writer considers intemperance (and by intern- perance he means the use of alcoholic Iiquora except as a medicine) a3 the predisposing cause of many di- cb, oua ltseu a disease most dangerous ana aiui cult of cure. He dfrrlh its, etr mtnma nnd it3 effects upon the mind and bodv. Ha rppnmmpnrls a certain mode of medical treatment, denouncing the practice of using that very stimulus which brought on the di sease, as a remedy; and declares, that total abstinence is the only sale and certain preventive of a relapes- It is the design of Temperance Societies to rendel total abstinence universal; and thus relieve mankind of the nameless and countless woes, that now flow along the stream of spirituous liquors. Thev are suf- hcient tor this worK, ano uiey aione can accomplish it. L.avvs cannot Danish orunKenness. i ney have been tried in vain. It mocks them, and those who execute them. But public sentiment can. Let it be directed against the use of spirits, and spirits will cease to be1 used. Let all the temperate, in the community, uinu in refraining from them, and bearing testimony a gainst them, and no one, who valued his reputation would drink none but confirmed drumcards would resort to the denounced, detested poison, and the land wouldsoon be purged of them by their own excesses. On this subject Dr. Shaw remarks ; "Great and underserved odium has iu many places been heaped upon these societies. Viewed in their proper light, however, by liberal men, they are benevolent institutions, encouraging by precept and example entire abstinence from ardent spirits and strict temperance in t,he use of wine or any i?ito.rica ting beverage. This is the whole ground ofeffence against them. Howard received a high meed of merited praise for mitigating the severity of prison discipline; and Wilberforce also, for his efforts in abolishing the slave trade. But what are either oi these, compared to the liberation of the countless mil lions of the human race from the galling bondage of intemperance, its multiplied vices, its dreadful cnov mities and its appalling injuries to civil society! What fills prisons with dishonest, weak, and wicket" criminals? What fills alms houses with paupers'. What makes tens of thousands of men poor and wretched, and leaves their widows indigent and destitute? What throws on the charity of this cold world great numbers of helpless poor orphans? I as sert, without fear of confutation, that by far the mosr frequent cause of ail these evils is Intemperance. The man who conceived the noble design 61 preven ting so much evil, and who had the moral courage t o stem the obloquy incident to so bold an innovation ou the corrupt and selfish habits of his species, deserves high rank among the benefactors of mankind' From the New York Journal of Commerce. Onward, friends, Onward ! and tell those who have power through your suffrages, that the gov ernment-tariff bill MUST NOT PASS ! COMMUNICATIONS. Lectures on the utility of Temperance Societies. This is the title of a pamphlet just published in our sister Town, Washington. The Lectures are from the pen of one of her citizens, William A. Siiaw, M. L)., who has showed himself an' active and effici cient auxiliary in the cause of Temperance. They are inscribed to the members of the Washington Temperance Society, before which one or more of them were delivered. The first Lecture treats of In temperance as a National evil ; the second, as a source " P t:-.. l ii.. ii'.i u:l:..iL;. : i You have the ulscatse; iuu uiu umu tJAuiuus ine importance unu same right to protection that you have to life. De- , KUrveyed Intemperance with the eye of a physician, aiAxu ii, Avtu or-vunr- n. ct iJiiucuiuirooisi. a nainoi. ana a ennsnarh arm in ) J l j s ; j ; 3 Wft are informpd thnt Mr. M'TlnfRrv in v;a a,w.v, (these Lectures, has presented facts and considerations. the other ,day, in support of his outrageous bill a bill! which should arrest the attention of every oneand not less intolerable to us than one to emancipate all lcau uiapuui.c inmuioau noiiest ana sieaoy consi the slaves of the South would be to him and those ' dei?tion 01 the evils which, all must see, result direct- who act with him nroclaimed the secession of South ! lv lrom tlie use oi ardent spirits. Carolina in "five months" unless relief was obtained! Many addresses have been delivered, and many tiiat all was "ready" &c. Well let it be so: if a part of the people so contemptible for their compara tive numbers, can set aside the will of the vast ma- lonty, the sooner the experiment is tried, the better. If there is not energy and power enough in the con Treatises written, on this subject; much talent has been called forth, and much eloquence displayed; many apalling facts have been collected, and many incontrovertible arguments urged ; and though success 1 has attended these efforts, and an encouraging cheek stitution to preserve the rights of the people to the j been .put upon the progress of Intemperance, much management of their own affairs, and continue itself- Iet it perish ! It is not worth a sigh. Nues1 Reg. If such are the feelings of the Tariff men general ly, we are nearer to the dreaded crisis, than we had before imagined. Nothing certainly could be more calculated to drive the Southern people to despera tion, than such contemptuous sneering at their suffer ings, be they real or imaginary. Much as we ab hor the doctrines ot nullification, we regard the sen abhorrence remains yet to be done. Many prejudices must be removed, more information diffused, and more vigo rous exertions made by the temperate, or our land will yet, for years, remain in bondage worse than man can impose in bondage to evil spirits. In many dis tricts of country in our State, no Societies exist, and in some they are known only as the subject of ridicule. In our Town, there is none ; and though some are governed by its principles, the influence of their prac tice is hardly lelt, because it is known only to a lew. imonto oVw-itro mmtoA nr'iih rmnl nnhnrrpnop nnrt consider them equally dangerous to the perpetuity ln Wilmington, Fay etteyiilei Raleigh Washington, of the Union. We had supposed it was the part of a"u UL"CI biikuhsi x owns hi ine ouiie, mere are i em- Our correspondent says "I cannot forbear to say a word to you, before I conclude, on the subject of the opposition to the regu lar, or Baltimore nomination, of the Vice Presidency At our last Quarterly Court, agreeably to previous notice, there was a meeting for the purpose of electing delegates to the Charlottesville Convention, to beheld on the 12th inst. to nominate Judge Barbour. And do not be surprised, Sir, when 1 assure you, that out of about eighty persons who were assembled in the room, there were about seventy ot the warmest iiay men that belong to our county, including some ot the same cast from the adjoining counties ol Madison ant t 1 . . . i . t ji - Louisa. Alia iwo oi tne gentlemen wno were ueie- gated, I have, until now 11 looked upon as hostile to T I .... , . . . . mi t. .1 . r vrcu. jacKson and his administration, rne wnoieoi the opposition party here are zealously anxious that we me inends to the administration should run Judge Barbour for Vice President. Hoping by this means to defeat an election by the people, and to throw it before the Senate, where there is no chance for any one but Mr. Sersr&tnt. Tnd p.d. Sir. some of the party have gone so far as to acknowledge that this was the reason of their anxiety for us to run H V, : , . . lrom Judge Barbour, to some of the public journals, iu u a i! i"e?canvass. 1 still expect it, al though, Sir, I believe that you know I was one of the ursu to ureier me claims ot Judge Barbour. I admire brethern and fellow citizens, to treat each others complaints with kindness and charity. When the Union was formed.-it was based upon principles ol mutual forbearance and concession. If this spirit is to be abandoned, we will not relax an inch of our de mands to save the nation from rum ; it you cannot bear the burdens we impose the sooner you break from the Confederacy the better ; we say if such is the temper with which Tariff men regard the complaints of the South, the Union will be dissolved and the pen of history will ascribe the catastrophe not so much to the South, as to those infatuated men, who claiming "the same right to protection that they have to life," and insisting upon it at all hazards, blow the embers of discontent into a flame, and render a disolution of the Union inevitable. To some it may seem a small matter that this Union should be dis solved, far smaller than the consideration of a lew dollars and cents wrung from tlie pockets of their fel- ow citizens : but we are pot prepared to saenhee the benefits which have been rjurchased to the country ty oceans of blood and treasure, without a " sigh," nay, without liftino" up the voic of remonstrance, and con juring alt who are not absolutely demented on the subject ot protection, to pause ana consiaer tne ties- perate length to which they are going, anu tne iear ful consequences of an event which they are urging to its consummation with a recklessness altogether unaccountable. Were it the Inst sentence which we ever expected to write, we would entreat the leadera of the Tariff party and all who have any influence on tne mo mpntmiB citKiiW tr troirh wpH the conseduences of the course they are now pursuing. Remember the question is not whether they will relinquish protection altogether, for the sake of conciliating the extensive districts of conn (rv w hich feel themselves aggrieved but whether they will give up any thing : Whe ther they will consent to the project of the Secretary of the Treasnrv. or to that of the Committee of Man ufactures in the House, either of which will leave the manufacturing interests lars-elv protected and at the same time prove to the South" that their complaints are not altogether unheeded. If they will not concede so much.- if in short, thev will concede nothing, i they will cling to the ne plus of protection till the last grasp, and it in consequence oi uus uur mir tve public should be torn asunaer, pobwny win duik monuments to their memory, but they will be monu ments of infamy, scorn and detestation. What a monstrous sentiment is this which the Tariff organ urges upon its friends" You have the same right to protection that you have to hie." We perance associations, which, by the admission of their enemies, are exerting a salutary influence on the community. Is there so little intemperance here, that we do not need a Society, or is there so much, that we cannot form one ? or is this the reason that none exists, that the subject has never been fairly be- lore the public mind i This, I believe to be the rea son, and therefore I rejoice that Dr- Shaw has given these Lectures to the public, hoping, that as they come lrom our own section ol the country, and are written with ability and candour, they may contribute to give an impulse to the work ol relormation among us. The lollowing extracts may serve as specimens of the Lectures. After depicting the dangers to our civil institutions rom corruption of morals, which is going on by the use ot intoxicating drinks, he says, "But so long as Intemperance is practised, cher ished, and defended in the richer circles of society, can we wander lor a moment, that the influence ol 'ash ion and that innatenprinciple oi' imitation, so characteristic ol human ature, should nave snreai ts contagions influence far and wide, through the generally well meaning and honest but illiterate yeomanry oi our country. Can we wonder that the atter unschooled in all those polished arte, which alike refine, civilize and restrain mankind- should ex- niuiiuiai vice in an in rts uisgusting and depraved ex cesses? I ask then where the reform is to berin? Have not all relorms alwavs oriorinnteH fmm thnco who are the least corrupted or contaminated liv the eviis wiuui ouii lur reiormanon f j was it ever heard or known, that a eraud system of rptnrm o;thP ligious or political, was begun by any man, or set o him I esteem him to the highest dem-ee: but cannot will not insult the understandings of oui readers bv consent, or acquiesce, in his being mW the instru- attempting to disprove so prepol erous a doctrine; toemtn,Xitem ment of bis enemies," h- I and we only quote it to show the nature of the claims I intemperate than oureex. Andbecavjse After a brief notice of some objections to those so cieties, he closes the pamphlet with (he following paragraph. " It is the sacred duty of every person of mature age and intellect, tu co-operate in this glorious cause : oi' the divine, the moralist, the sage, the physician, the father, the mother, the son and the daughter, k is the imperative duty of the divine, as 'no drunkard has any promise of ever becoming a proselyte to the gospel of the cross ; of parents, because sons may be' lelt by them in affluence or competence, who, unless their moral principles are fixed, and their habits so ber, will be the mark of every scoundrel, adept, and adventurer. An inexperienced youth, heated by the intoxicating bowl, falls an easy prey to the devi ces of a cooi sharper or a cozening villain. Ifther have daughters, the misfortune of marrying a drunken husband will be the worst of all earthly calamities! I repeat it, the worst of all earthly calamities!'- FOR THE SEICTINEL It was with much surprise I saw So less than four articles in last week's Newbern papers on the subjecT of a stage communication between this place and XT' i. Ml- T T J t T.l . . r ay eiievuie. l say l was surprised, oecausc 1 IhOugJi'. before, that the people of Newbern cared nothing about the matter; at least theyJiave showed a most as tonishing degree of inattention to the subject. Per haps, however, it may not be known that tlie Depair ment have already established such a communication . by as fane a fine as the United States afford. This is, however, a fact, but it has, by some unaccountable means, been so far entirely unobserved. The limj rom b ayetteville to Norfolk was ordered by the De partment, 3 or 4 months since, to intersect Mr. Gui oh's jline at Waynesborough, which would rive thp direct line required, without one dollar expense to tlifa ue partment. Passengers and the mail would pas in 24 hours and go very little if any farther than to go to Duplin Court House. I should be sorry to haw Jill jin ntoonnninrai rT a Aniitinni . . . r w n . - me, if tlie Contractors were made to comply with the orders which have been given them, that the Towu of Newbern would be accommodated as well as thev" rr iirnn oc 'riirftAf ft i & possible, or at least asis common, being not moro than 10 or 12 miles from a right line. The distance would be passed from Fayetteville to Newbern as follows Leave Fayetteville in the moriTing, and reacn w aynesoorough same evening, and- Newbern 3 P. M. next day. Leave Newbern at 6 P. M. reach Waynesborough by 7 A. M. and Fayetteville oy a f. m. less than 24 hours 1 1 This is the man ner they are ordered to run, and who wants a more direct line, or where can one as good be found? h is tne combination ot two ot the best lines' in the uni ted States. T rlrt nnt onnnlr nt ranrlnm tvlien I KaV thft best. I have travelled in stages in almost every state in the Union, and without disparaging any other, I can safely say that Saltmarsh's lino is equal to any, and Guion's is as good for the most part as theirs. Mr. Guion would be much benefitted by the union, and I do not know how the other contractors could bv injured. If We in Newbern only insist on the com mands of the Postmaster General being obeyed, wt shall have at once this great desideratum. : ; i An Old Stager. DIED. ' On the 1st inst. Mr. HENRY HARVEY, in the 27th year of h,is age . ' . men, who were reaping the pleasures and profits an nexed to the existing evil, ahnse. nr rnminfinn These considerations obviouslv brinor ns. at once, to .1 Li: - .i ,. . :o i - ine uvnicuion, me expediency and absolute necessity oi i emperance Societies being, at first, instituted oriu coiisiuuted oy temperate men." After describing the awful wretchedness and hope less misery, which drunkenness brings into families, and poura into the innocent bosoms of wives and daughters, he adds, " And yet some who would gladly obstruct the pro gress of Temperance and depress society to their level, rather than to elevate themselves to the standard ot' refinement, at which it aims who had rather keep their darling vice, than keep up with the spirit of the age, exclaim, " Why are females solicited to join Temperance Societies;" Because they are more interested than all the rest of creation beside, if the desire to escape suffering beyond description, is to them a matter ot concern joecause they are, in this PORT OF 1JEWBEBU. J ARRIVED, Schr. James Monroe, Freeborn, Baltimore. Schr. Timothy Pickring, Ferguson, Newport CLEARED, Schr. Philadelphia, Casey, New York. Schr. Select, Conklin, New York. Schr. Frances Withers, Rumley, Savannah. Schr. Susan Mary, , Newport. PORK AND LARD. tPTJ Barrels mess and prime Pork, UP VU 5 barrels Superior Leaf Lard. For sale bv " W. H. BRIGGS. t-2 aii . :Autor in him by note. or book account, are hereby requested to can and settle the Fame without delay R i

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