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4 LETTER FROM Mft, jdBDTT UWRECE.
Boston.
Ur rt f wWboh IwroteU tou on
the 16ih of laslmonth, I pwtproed.to- preoenf in
toother leiKfewm fact in regard to the pro
gress of the spinning of Cotton sipj&o the first
hiflroteoUve Tar.ff in.1916, W the Cotton your
Sodlng 31st of AutaU343. -ir
These 1 shall oSor for th special considers
troa ef those who, inhabit the Cotton growing re
gjoa of ou country ; nd" of tlioso who brought
toward anftyn-ried that law through Congress. ,
' - fPKi Tnflriiiinf lrtlfl was founded in wis-
.damfand j am ready here to mike -my acknowl.
vnii av www - - - .u.
dwrneilWito those distinguished btatesmen 01
the4Stton Stales, who successfully conumn,i,iai(j that tbe exietins duties on cotton goodsjire
fed an act that has done so much to promote ine
the prosperity of the whole Union.
The nrimarv obieot 6n the part oi uiose Mem-
Ik f nrrrfM reoresentioff the Cotton plant-
irttr Stales, in establishing a high protective 1 a-
Tiff, was to extend the consumption of their great
staple in this country, by excluding foreign made
Cotton fabrics, and substituting a domestic arti
cle manufactured of American Cotton. I think
the authors of the Tariff law of 1816 mHy,fcon
" jrritulatethemselves, and their countrymen, wi
" the complafeuccess that has fallowed from tho
adoption of toe minimum of twenty-five cents the
square yard, "contained in that bill. Under its
beneficent operation we have ben enabled lo
supply our own population with Cottons of trie
coarse and middling qualities, and to export to
foreign countries to the amount of four or five
millions 'of' dollars annually for which wo re
ceive in payment, Tea, Cotfoe, Sugar, -Hides,
Copper, &c- These goods, the product of our
own labor, have become a substitute for Coin, in
"the severAl counties to which they are shipped.
It would scemihat the founders of this eys-
"fera of high protection to Libor, ought to bo sat.
. IsfiedWrth its resells, as the quantity of CottoB
' how spun iu tbe L'nited States is far greater than
the most jsanguine of its friends anticipated in
1816. According to a statement inudo up by P.
T.Jackson and John A lsnwvU, for the use of
the Tariff Convention held in New York in 1332.
the home consumption f Cotton prior to the
passage of the Aft of ISIS, was eleven millions
ot pounds, being about turee eignins oi mo quan
tity now spun at Lowell.
Tlie quantity spun in Great Britain in 1516,
wasjeighty eight millions of pounds. There .arc
no data to be relied upon for continuous returns
f home consumption between 131(3 and lrf2--1828.
In 1823-'27, the returns wore made in a New
'fork price current, and they have since been
continued, and are deemed to be as correct as the
nature of the case will admit.
In 1826--27, the amount spun in the United
States was 103,463 bales, which wo may esti
mate at 330 lbs. each, net of tare equal to 3L
149:590 lbs. .
In the same year, the quantity spun in Great
Brin was 197jiOO,000 poand. From 1838 to
1830 was a period of embarrassment and distress
among manufacturers, consequently the consuinp1
ttn of 1829-'30 was ouly 120,512 bales, of about
ati lbs. ech, amounting to 43,010.640 lbs.; while
the consumption in Great Britain was 247,600,000
Jhs. At this period some of our Southern friends,
who had been foremost in advocating home man
ufactures, and had counted largely on the bene
fit anticipated by them in 1310, from the opera
tion of tho protective policy, as greatly auginen-.
ting the consumption of. their staple, J began to
manifest dissatisfaction, with what they consid
ered the slow prress of our Cotton inanuf ic
lures. The idea entertained, and put forth, was
that we should never require so much, as to hear
sny considerable proportion to the consumption
of tireat Britain. This, as will be shown, was a
false flow of the case, and lias proved a capital
' error.
In 1S33 '33, the quint ity spun at home reach
cd 191.512 hales, averaging perhaps 3'ii) pounds
eich ; in 115-30, 230.733 bales ; in 1S37-33,
240,063 bales; iu lS30-"40, 295,193 bales; in
1S11'42, there was deep commercial and manu
ftctunnrr -distress, and ronsumption tcceded to
267,a")0 bale, n l H latter part of the yesr
1832, and in 1843, after the present Tariff Law
went into operation, a revival of the business
throughout the country took place, and brought
Bp tbe amoUW spun to 325,129 bales.
In 1814-45 yea? ending 31st of August last
the amount spun was 330,000 bales. There is a
quantity of cotton consumed in the interior of
the States, which, never having reached the sea
ports, are apt included in the tew York state
ment, that has been estimated to be at least 41,
000 bales; we shall therefcre estimate the total
quantity at 430,000 bales, of 410 lbs. each, net,
making a total of 170,300,000 pounds as the con
sumption last year, against 11,000,000 pounds in
1816 being a period of 29 years.
The consumption in Great Britain. 4iaa gone on
steadily increasing, but not in so rapid a ratio as
the U. States. The returns for 1345 have been
received and amount to -500,000,000 lbs. against
176,300,000 lbs. in the U. States. Thus the in
crease in the United States from 1310 to 1345
has extended from 11,000,000 to 176,300,000 lbs.
in 29 years, being an augmentation of sixtcenfold.
Tbe increase in Great Britain in the same period,
of lime has been from 83,700,000 pounds ; being
an segmentation of less than seventeen fold,
against an increase in the United States of tix.
Uenfold.
These are not only Btriking,bul important facts
and present a view of the ease, which refutes the
anticipations of those who entertained, different
opinions of the future increase of the spanning of
cotton in this country, fitteen years ago. I can
not but hope that the views and opinions of some
the prominent men of the South may undergo
a change, when they examine tliis question dis
passionately ; and that they will come to the con
clusion that they are deeply interested in the
spinniog, as well as in the producing of cotton at
hqme. As regards tho future, if the general
peace of the world be maintained, and the leading
business concerns of the, country are not distur
bed by the Legislative action of the Federal Go
vernment, there is no reason why tbe increased
home-demand for cotton should not go on in as
fapid a ratio as during the past. This would be
doubling the present consumption in a little more
than eight years.
There are now an immense number of Spin
ifllee under construction, in a majority of the
States, (probably not less than five hundred thou
sand,) all of which are intended to be in opera
tion before the first of January, 1350, and the pro.
bability is at that time the quantity of Cotton
spun, will reach 650.000 bales, of 410 pounds
6r 266, 500,000 pounds. There will, also, be a
great increase in Great Britain, but not in the
same proportion ; ss we possess some advanta
ges in the manufacture of heavy goods, which are
n5t enjoyed in England. So long as we produce
better goods, and can maintain our superiority
abroad, there will be a constantly increasing ex
. port demand, which is of great value to the whole
. country.' Upon a review of this branch of in
dustry it appears to be that its' future prospects
."LAti-m If not diituiW bv bad Banking,
and (what is still mow dotoicIous to allbrsncbes
of business) unstsble ant? Mwim egtmn.
rTJ Tariff ,reaaJ been altered several
Vrt,. kniiaun ai or saves! sinaa l&lo.
If the preseniovo8frnt against the Act
1843 shall stlcceea. in accoruance wua an.
iar' nian. it miit be followed soon by a counter
movement : if noUn the $ar of the people, the
. 1 i,' fnr ffflV.
yorermnem useji win rewuiunuu
anue.
It mv 1m trulv asserted that the coarse Cot.
ion fabrics, such as ate worn by the laboring
classes, are sold as cheap here as in England, or
m n nart of the world. UI course mere w
further burden imposed on fhe consumers of this
i ti n TrrT iiurut-i
jA.,p:nlinn nf hom m.de poods. It has been
vani Imnnrtatinna of almost every kind. This IS
so far from the fact, that, for the last three years,
the amount of Cotton," and mixed cotton and
worsted fabrics, printed and plain, imported, have
been larger than in former years, having ranged
from 9 10,000,000 to 13,000,000. This large a
mount is of the finer descriptions, and such as
are worn by the fashionable and rich. We will
continue to import largely of these luxuries, so
long as our people have surplus means to expenu
in dress ; and the permanent revenue under the
present avstem, will be much greater than under
that proposed by the Secretary of the Treasury.
The. question has often been asked, why not
reduce the duties on Cotton, if you can sell tneiii
so low ? 1 answer, that the duty now w nearly in
uocrativc, entirely so, on some kinds, such for
example, as are exported in large quantities. If
the duties were reduced materially on the coarse
goods, I should interpose. no...Qbje,ction, pfot'ided
ample protection was maintained on the middling
and fine qualities. This is a matter to be care
fully arranged by practical men. Wo have now
certainly nothing to fear, iite manufacture of
Yarns as high as No.. 14-o far we can go oil
without protection, but the higher numbers re
quire protection, and it should be a specific duty.
The Law, as it now stands, although inoperative
on coarse cloth, gives confidence to the invest,
ment of capital in machinery, for the manufacture
ofiner fabrics, in fai t, a very.-large amount is
already invested in Mills, which produce Varus
and cloth as high as No. 00. Without protection
and llnil in the form ol specific duties, there will
tic no increase of machinery adapted to the inid
dnng and fine fabrics. The great amount of
the printed Calicoes require protection, and will
sudor severely without it. I will not dwell lon
ger on this subject bf Cotton. . 1 trust I have (.re
sented facts enough to satisfy thu Cotton Pla-i.
ter, th;t his intoresis have been promoted bycre
ating another market, and a larger one too, fur the
spinning of bis staple. We actually consume
wear") more pounds of cotton in this country
than in Great Britain since nearly more than
two thirds of the quantity spun in that country is
exported in the form of yarns and cloth. We we
up more than France, and quite as much as 60,-
i 000,000 of the Germans. Our consigning abili
ty of this, and all other comloru of-'life, is be
yond that of an equal number of persons 4f auy
other country, and five times as great as hat of
Russia.
The factories of only Massachusetts and a
neighboring State, epiti annually 18,000 bales of
cotton.
We received one million of barrels of floar
(more than tho whole export of the U. States to
foreign countries) the lat year. The amount of
products of States out of New England, taken by
.Massachusetts the last year, amounted to 940,
000,000, in cottony lead, wool, sugar, ccal, iron,
Hour, grain of all sorts, pork, beef, lrd, tobacco,
rice, &.c, &c; for which we paid iu the products
of our labor; and this is a steady and increasing
market for the articles I have named.
In fact, lhe Stale of Massachusetts (not to speak
of the other New England Stales, which are nil
large consumers) affords greater support to the
agricultural and planting States, Soutband West,
than any other in the Union, and greater to the
strictly 'agricultural States, than all foreign coun
tries. The Tariff of lS-12 was enacted as 'much
I fdr the benefit of tho Southern and Western
States, as for Massachusetts, and thev have deriv-
fed as much advantage from it in proportiun to
their capital. Of the truth of this declaration
they wiil be satisfied after a year's experience
under Mr. Walker's plan ol low ad valorem du
ties. - The notionj's prevalent, I am ful'y aware, that
the Northern and Eastern States, those engaged
in Manufocturirig. enjoy the principal benefits
from the present Tariff. But this is not the case.
By reference to the following quantities of pro
tected articles, produced out of New England,
almost wholly, you will see that there are other
great protected interests in the country, besides
the manufacture of cotton and wool. The duties
on these are from 40 to 100 per cent, and on spir
its to a greater extent. There are produced
from.
450 to 500,000 tons of iron.
220,000 pounds of Sugar.
20,000 pounds maple'sugar.
9 to 12,000.000 gallons of molasses.
5 to 7,000.000 tons of coal.
50 to 60,000,000 pounds of wool,
10,000,000 bushels of ealt.
00 to 70,000,000 gallons of spirits, mostly from
grain. &
12 to 15,000,000 yards of cotton bagging.
20,000.000 pounds bale rope aftd twiueT
80 to 90,000 tons of Hemp and flax.
To this list might be added twenty minor ar
ticles, worth in the aggregate more than the
whole amount of cotton fairies produced in the
United States.
Iron, wo still import 70 to 80 000 tons, includ
ing nearly all, used on Railroads, which can and
will be produced at home, as soon as increased
capital is acquired. We now produce more iron
than r ranee or Russia, or any other country, save
Great Britain, whose product is now 1,500,000
tons.
Within a few years there can be no doubt that
the product of iron will be doubled, provided the
prosperity of the country is not interfered with
by experiments, made by Congress on the labor
and currency of the country, which is a greater
discouragement to branches of business requiring
large fixed capital, than is imagined by many of
0ur4egisla tors who make and unmake Tariffs.
It is estimated that at the present prices of su
gar, the cultivation in a very brief period of time
will be extended to the required home consump
tion, now about 300,000,000 lb, which in ten
years may be . 500,000,000 pounds. 1 have no
doubt that the best interests of the nation) 'require
thai me present duty should jie maintained with
Other protective duties. This extension of sugar
cultivation will employ a large amount of labor,
now' devoted to the production- of the cotton.
It would seem that several States of the Union
might with profit multiply the occupations of la.
bor. It. appears to me, thev require new sour
ces bf support, and the progress and condition
their population-with tbe amount of production,
present to me reflecting portion ot the. people a
strong argument in favor of such new sources ; I
will slate a few Tacts.
i'rjnfrirK'nia contains 64,000 square
3'abjtamB being
Mnmi m As ia u ire miaw and New Vsrk 71
now Vinrusia eontaina iv, ana .ixwm, 101 iw
thit anliirs mile. .i . ?'-S '
la 182tf VWiniahada peso 1st intf otl, 06&S79:
in 1830 1 1,211.4051 Hn 1840 1539,787? , New
, York in 1820 1,372,812; iu 1830 l,818,60iiii 1840
la 1850 NewfYork wiH probably coniaifl'riejr'
ly 4000.000S' and" Virgini r ,l-8000-tnese
tacts one-wou IU suppose, were suiucieujio inu-
the people-fcfVifgiiiia to introduce new brMfes
of industry, to establish the modem internal
improvmeats for transportation, that lb, ricbre
sourceeS)( the Staw msy be devekJ.- , he
-A.t; f turn rarnliiias are miien the-ffama
as Virginia. The populatisn of Nortb trtdSofltA
Carolina in 1830 1.319,162: in 1840 , W
Snfcreaae 2f 'percent in ten years, (principally in
North Carolina.) ' - . ,
Even in Great Britain the iucwsase intne same
time was 11 percent In Massachusetts,although
thete were 81 to the squay mile in 1830, against
17 in the Carolinas, there was an increase of 21
per cent from 1830 to 1840. The aggregate
products of the two Carolinas in 1840 was o9,.
595,734, with a population of W46.817. The
products of Massachusetts fljli a population ol
Wm than 800,000 pcopfe, amounted at the same
time to 9 100,000,000 and now tlie products ui la
bor and capital ate more man 912O,0W,uw.
I l..u. inthmliii-uil thpsfl KtaLementB for the
purpose of exhibiting fairly the condition of Some
of lhe old States, and to awaken tho public mind
in those Slates to the importance of bringing out
the productive labor, by introducing new branch
es of business, iu order tlftt the idustrial cUs-
see may be profitably employed, and to snow m.i
the three States tiamed, have aa groat a stake
in protecting the labor of the country as any o.
thcr in the Union. They have now but little
else than soil and physical power remaining
You possess but a small amount of productive
powcrin the form of Rilroa3s Sftd iabC saving j
machines. You have a deep.iiiteTest id aommon
with all the States iu upholding thrlabor if the
country. You seem to be satisfied that tbe time
has come when something should be ion to im.
prove the condition of your people. The people
of Virginia with South and North Carolina par
ticularly the two former State sjliave pursued a
policy that has brought them, so far as!' popula
tion is concerned, to ,a stationary conditio)i ; and
from present indications 1 should not be surprised
to see Eastern Virginia and South. Carolina with
a lees number of people in 1650, than they con
tained in 1340.
If you propose now to enter upon those pur
suits that are certain in their operations to give
employment, and that of a prufiiable kind to your
people, and to create a market at home for your
agricultural products What object can there
be in transferring our workshops to Great Bri
tain ! The South and West have every mo.
live to give efficient protection to the labor of
the whole Union: First, because those employ
ed in the inei hanical and manufacturing arts are
the best customers for your agricultural products,
and secondly, bexause you desire M engage in
those departments of labor yourself" "I-wj,
then, look well to this project now" inder consi
deration at Washington, to change, our ' whole
revenue system. There is one principle upon
which every Government, as every commercial
community with which I am acquainted, agree
throughout the world ; and that is, to establish
specific duties, or a. valuation of their own. Mr.
Walker has reversed tins decision, rno recom
mends ad valorem duties on an alleged valuation
abroad I deem this feature in lhe bill, a viola
lion of sound principle, and such as must be con
demned by men of all parties whose experience
and knowledge are of value. It is no other jn
practice, than lo drive from our foreign trade a
large number of honest importing merchants, and
to place their business in the hands of unscrupu
lous foreigners. Time may reveal tbe truth of
this prediction.
The President and his Secretary of the Trea
sury have stated that the operations of the present
Tariff law oppressed the poor. I confess this
assertion surprised me, coming from high func
tionaries of the Government, who have the means
of obtaining correct information. I assume the
responsibility of stating, that a laboring man may
be, and is, clothed with American manufactures
from the crown of his head td the sole of his foot,
and that he is as cheaply clothed as a laboring
man in Great Britain, or any other part of Europe,
who wears the same comfortable garments ;' and
that tho revenue is raised principally frqrn articles
consumed by those classes of society who are in
easy pecuniary circumstances. I begtorefer Mr.
Walker to the reports from the customs, and ask
the' favor of him to present them to the President,
and1 he wiil there find the only article on which
the poor man is taxed to any extent, is sugar, and
that cannot be deemed very onerous when he
obtains his tea and coffee free of duty, and with
a favorablo prospect, if the present duty be main
tained, of very soon being supplied from our own
soil with sugar, at a price much below that now
paid. It is an error of the President and ' Secre
tary to put forth a statement that the Tariff of
1342 oppresses the poor man when the principal
part of the revenue is derived rather from the
luxuries, than the necessaries of life,
When we bear from high sources of tra offer
ing our workshops to Manchester Birmingham
and Leeds, I should be glad to know if it be
proposed lo transfer our intelligent working men
with them, and whether a farmer in Ohio can be
made to believe that these men will eat more of
his beef and pork in Old than' in New England.
This is a strange doctrine, and sounds tome quite
anti-American, and are jsst such sentiments as
were uttered by the old Tories previous to the
Revolutionary War.
There is one other point to which I shall allude
in the Report of the Hua. Secretary. He says
that the wages of labor are lower now, than pre
vious to the Tariff of 1842. If he means the
wages of labor in the manufacturing portions nf
lhe country, I will state a fact which, 1 think,
completely illustrates the incorrectness of his
assertion.
In the State of Masschusetts, the Institutions
for Savings are obliged by law to make returns
to the Legislature. In the annual returns just
published, I find the following : '
. SAVINUS BANKS IN MAaBACIIUaCTTS.
I acre'
Nmnbsr of . Amount in D- '
Depsnton. deposited. -posit- fT",
1841 39,832 $ 6,485,484 83 7"
1843 41,102 6,675,878 05 1,970 190,433 23
184al 54,256 9.214,954 0? 13J54 8,539,078 02
Being an increase from 1841 to 1842 of about 3
per cent on depositors, and about Si per cent on
amount deposited, and an increase from 1842 to
1845 of about 32 per cent on depositors, or nearly
11 per cent per annum, and about 38 percent,
on amount deposited, Or nearly 13 pes vent pec
annum. ' , ' '
I shall make-no comments' upon" this extraor
dinary exhibition of lh increase of depositors and
deposits, further tbaq to stale that all the world
know for whom those admirable lostitutibns were
established, and by whom thev are need.
iI'Uot trouble von with more facts, arira-
jMeslorri
-
(wills sflbcts. - We ate, I hold, one great family
and indissolublf linked together, and the cbaia
can not be touched without the vibratba being (ait
ateitheexjimlty.!. ' . -j
I entertain and cfyjjdsh a strong American fsel-
inar : although bora andrsd J Massachusetts, I
have feeling of pride in the Sonne and character
ui pvvrv oiaiB id vvr u.iiiuii. ft ueairo w acv our
wbohJ popuratiou mtfnwardnd "UDwtrd in a
course of prosperity snaY happiness. My aflVc-i
lions tbr this country are not hounded by geographi
cal Jinet, and whether I find myself in Maine or
in ueorgta, suu a am au American citizen, pro
tected by the same Constitution and Laws of one
of the most prosperous and happy Countries upon
which the Qua ever shone. With all our party
atrifes and bickerings the country goes on pros
pering, and 1 trust to prosper. - I bat only to
afck of these who are now, the actors on our great
political stage not to experiment upon the pros,
perity and destinies of a happy and contented
People. " With sentiments of the highest respect
and regard, I remain, dear sir, ,
s Your friend aod-obedient servant,
ABBOTT lA WRENCE.
To Hop. Wm. C. Rives, Qastle II ill, Albemarle
County V irgtnia.
IREDELL SUPERIOR COURT.
At Ihs Spring Terra of this Court, bis Honor
Judge f AtDWBtt preaidmgy-tbe treat matter of
interest was the State against James Underwood
and Benjamin-Duncan, charged with the murder
of William VV. Peden, in Wilkes County. They
wert both tried last Full Term : the first as Prin
cipal, and the oilier as Accessory to the crime,
and being both convicted, they appealed to the
Supreme Court That Tribunal decided that
there was no error in the proceedings against Un-
dorwood, and at this Term his Honor proceeded
to pronounce sentence of death upon tbe Prison
er, which is to be carried into execution on the
24th oPApril next lii the case of Duncan, the
Supreme Court awarded a new trial upon tho
ground that the Judge below admitted the record
of Underwood's conviction to be read in evidence
against Duncan, before final judgtnent wao pro
pounced against Underwood., As Underwood's
appeal vacated the judgment below against him,
until it was re-pronounced at this Term, it fol
lows, according'tothis opinion, that the Accesso
ry, Duncan, never could have been properly put
upon his trial before this Term. The Supreme
Court, in their opinion, notice the fact, that in
England this formal difficulty was got rid of long
ago, by an Act of their Legislature, and suggest
the propriety of a similar amendment by our Le
gislature. Duncan has removed his cause to
Davie County, which will set week after next.
Carolina Watchman.
FIRST NEWSPAPER IN VIRGINIA,
it was said in a Virginia newspaper, some
years ago, tbat the first newspaper in that Stale
was printed in 1780, at Williamsburgh, the seat
of government The conditions were conspicuous
ly placed at the head of the paper, and ran thus :
" All persons may be supplied with this paper at
Fifty Dollars a year, and have advertisements
of a moderate length inserted for ten dollars the
first week, and ;tn dollars for each week after.
The paper was issued once a week which made
its cost to subscribers about mnetv-tuc rents a
number 1
This was 173 vears after the settlement of
Virginia ; 64 years after it had been settled, Gov.
Wm. Berkley, who exercised the magisterial
office for 38 years, in his answer to lhe enquirers
of the lords of lhe colonics, said, " I thank God
that we have not free schools, nor printing, and
I hope we shall not have these hundred years ;
for learning has brought disobedience and heresy
and sects into the world ; and printing has di
vulged them and the libel against the govern
ment God keep us from both !'V Lord, Effing.
ham, who was appointed governor in Iboa, was
orderly expressed "to allow no persons to use a
printing press oil any occasion whatever."
This violent opposition to (lie printing press
has been shown more recently upon the same
spot. It will be remembered that the Hod. II. A,
Wise thanked God that (here was not a news
paper in that his) district. ' ,
A Good Stohy. The Louisville Times tells
the following : Ahoosier walked into a country
store on the Ohio river, and asked the owner if
he bad any good powder, and was. answered in
the affirmative.
Is it first ratel'
It ain't anything else,' was the reply.
He got his powder, stepped out of the store,
loaded his rifle,. and looked around for an object
to shoot at, when the storekeeper pointed to the
opposite bank of the river, which was about three
hundred yards wide, where there was a goose
picking grass.
'There, shoot that'goose,' said he.
The hopsier levelled his rifle, fired, and over
tumbled the goose.
A boy jumped into the boat, and soon brought
the goose across the rjver-Hhe ball nad passed
through bis head.
The hoosier shook his head, walked into the
store, threw the powder down and demanded his
money- back.
" You sold me the powder forirst rate, and it
isn'tortha cent."
'How so 1' inquired the storekeeper ; ' you have
made a most excellent shot,' pointing to tbe
goose. -
That be hanged for a shot ! If the powder
had been good, 1 should have shot it tbrongh the
eye ! Don't you see the ball Is full a quarter of
an inch below it
The storekeeper at once returned tbe hoosier
his money.
BaiKcrNO Up. Major Jack Downing who im
monetized himself at tbe Capitol' a few years
aince, doing things for "The General," has
located in New York city, and commenced let
ting off hii 'superfluous animal magnetism" by
writing for the paper. Tbe following hit at tbe
" nater of things" is not bad :
"I s'pose it'll make considerable tafk, my go
ing into fashionable life, and pretty likely some
persons' will say, I shall only expose my bringing
up. 1 But I can tell 'em folks that ain't brought
up, put 'em where you will, shine a great deal
better than them tbatrts brongnt up. kw go a-J
round among your colleges, and look at tbe pro
fessors, and you'U finsthat the one taat chopped
logs tbe smartest when a boy, will chop logic the
smartest when he is a man. And so 'tis in fash
ionable life ; yotf may take a man out of the
WOOOSV WOO nas nveo among nesrs ami wuuuais
tall nr lira, ans ten on potatoes ana nommy, give
'mmm-mmmsi J.P.iW$iigbtdown
cg be-
The efiW of Mr. Hatwood's laU mapU All
ihV ultxa Osegon part lias iieen .-amn.l) id
some f he papers to fhe unexpected explosion of
a uorausueii. m upon bo on was tba effcd ilt
I speech aMtf astounding thai on the editor of the
fExaenffVa nrtnh- tt tlnfnrf FRa
use a quaint w estern-figure; absolutely to have
"knocked into a tockedJpatV Reposing so long
Wi the PmidenlVdeclaralionM maintaining at
all haeards fifty four forty j cpjitinelj idea of
compromise. Renouncing as Britisn-bought trait
ors those who did not too the mark offc of Or
egon or none ;" then all of a sjidden to hear it
proclaimed in tbe Senato-house, authoritatively
and confidently, by a fast friend anrlsupporter,
that the President had ceased to occupy the
extreme ground of " all of Oregon or war ;H that
be was actually willing to compromise, and no
mistake ; willing to come down to forty-nine
almost to "Cape Flattery ;" that the organ of the
Executive, the keeper of his counsel if not his
conscience that he should be in darkness as to
the Presidential mind ; that he should be left in
the lurch) It was not to be believed; "Mr.
Hatwood must be mistaken ;" The was not so
understood " nobody had a right to speak for
the President;" "Did not Mr. Allen contradict
Mfc-HATjirooD V- " Did not Mr. Hasssgasi inter,
rogato him 1" " The President would defend lhe
rights of tbe country V" he would never vield
an inch." " We won't run. Sir Lucius."! All
very true ; but still that ugly silence of Mr. Hay-
wood, and lhe sffll more ugly silence of Messrs.
Hah megan and Allen since I Have they not
yet ascertained whether Mr Haywood spoke
with authority 1 Do they still doubt Alas.no,
Their editor of vhe organ would fain believe so,
but his heart fails him ; he hopes, but it is "hope
mix'd with a killing fear." In short, tbe state
of the organ, since that fatal Thursday, has been
paintui to witness: Ins "sufferings" do indeed
seem " intolerable," and they betray him into fhe
most amusing contradictions. One day he hangs
out his banner on tho outer wall oi fifty four for
ty; the net, fearing that he may be there left in
a minority, (dreadful of old to all bis sensibilities,)
he descends a little, and seems willing to coquet
with forty-nine ; then, alarmed at the idea of con
cession, abuses the Whigs, bounds off tothe north,
and talks even of sixty-one. Thus, in a painful
incertitude as to the ultimate action of the Pres.
ident, he vibrates' between the extremes, settling
at no point, but a mere thermometer, indicating
from day lo day the varying temperature of tbe
Oregon feeling and prospect.
National InteUigeneer.
Baltimore, March 13, 1846.
Dreadful akd Distressing Tracedy. A
lady named Wight, who resided in New Church
street, induced, as is supposed, from mental alien,
alion, during the absence from home of her hus
band, took a butcher knife yesterday afternoon
and deliberately cut the throat of her infant child,
about nine weeks old, causing,iu death almost
instantly. She next caught a small bay who was
in tbe house at the time and cut a deep gash in
bis throat, which is said to be very dangerous,
but had not proved fatal at the last accounts
Not satisfied with this, the unfortunate maniac
(for she can be termed nothing else) applied the
fatal knife to her swn throat, cutting it almost
from earlo ear, and passed into eternity a wretch
ed suicide- This is truly a distressing case, and
has been caused by a powerful derangement of
mind. t'atriot. -
Ancient Fable. In Dounce's illustrations of
Shakspeare, we find the following fable, taken
fromvOde de Ceritoii
There is a kind of wren named after St. Mar
tin,' with very long and slender -legs. This bird,
sitting one day in a tree, in the fullness of his
pride, suddenly exclaimed : " It matters not to
ino though, the heaven's fall ; for, with the 'aid of
my strong legs, 1 shall be able to support tnem. '
Presently a leaf fell upon the foolish boaster,
who immediately new away in great terror, ex
claiming, " Oh, St. Martin, St Martin, help
your poor bird !" The moral compares St. Pe
ter denying Christ to this wren ; which it also
assimilates to certain pot-valiant soldiers, who
boast, in their cups, hat each of them can beat
three of the stoutest frenchmen.
EDGEW0RTII EXAMINATION,
AT the close of Prof. Morgan's first yesr, will
b held on Wednesday and Thursday, the 13th
and 14 ih of May, before a Committee of Visitors.
- Parents and Uutrdians of Pupils, and friends of
learning, are respectfully invited to attend.
The Pupils of Edceworlh, are arraneed in four
DeparlmenU, the First, Second, Junto and Senior :
The Graduating Class of each year, reoeiva Diflojias,
as permanent memorial of s liberal education.
Ybunir Ladies, desiring lo finish their Education
at this beniinary by entering the Jeniorortrn8niJV
Class, will be allowed the full benefit vt their lormer
Studies. r"
Tbs next Torm of 23 weeks, will opsd 'on Thors-
day, tne zu ot Juiy.
JWarch 14, 1840. 1
WHOLESALE AftD
RETAIL
HAT ESTABLISHMENT.
I TAKE pleasure, in jannodncing to the Merchants
of Virginis, and Norttt Carolina, that my Stock
lor lhe Spring trade is ndw lonrplete compiling lhe
various qualities snd styles of.Fur atld Mole
skin Hat, together w.ilh.e siy large assort
ment of Legboria, Panama, and Palna
Leaf Hats.
I kuore my old Customers, and others who may
visit the Petersburg and Iticbmood Markets? that I
was never better prepared to tervs them.
. FRANCIjS'sVLAJOR,
Sycamore Street, Petersburg Virginia.
Warch 15tb,1846. , . - 28 'w
(j- The Hillskoro' Recorder and Milton Chronicle
will publish ths above for 4 weeks, and send in their
bills for pay menu
THE NATIONAL
Fire Insurance Company :
, ... OF,tfSVCTPRK,
Offk So. frV Wall Street, .
Capital $150,000 all paid ln
WILL sffect Insaranes on Dwellings, 8tofes
and other Buildings, and on Furniture and
Merchandise, on the moat latorsble terms. .
JOS. W. SAVAGE, Pres'l..
Wj. Jas. Boses, Sies'y. -'
Applications for Insorance ia Raleigh, or its vicin
ity, Will be made to ths4 Subscribes.
D.W. STONE, Agent.
Jsnnsry, 1846. -. : - - , - --, " :
Grass-Seed.
BLUE Grass, Orchard, Tnaothy an Ohio Clover
Seed, received and for 8le very low.
WILLI A M, HAYWOOD &',CO.
MsrchK. ' - -
Job Prinlte f
VALUABLE lANlf AND :R!!LLS FOR SALE.
u ouwcrioer oners Mr sals, on aocfl-imoda.
nag terms, Ihat Yalnablst T-.-T
sadU together with ths Mills and stfaa
menu sitiiste on I ha Ysdkin Uimv, st ih moih of
Elk Craekv ia tbs upper snd of Wilkes County, N
C. heretofore generally know a as Uowarti's
raills. Tab Xraet of Land,conlaias aboot Nio.
Handstd acres, a fnir VimuM-iinn nf hih U i ,
and mceUivaUoa. q-fc, improvements consist ofatwo
tory Brick House and Brick Kitchen, with Stable,
Uribs snd other nectary oal boildtfgs. ' There
Mo so Jhf4remi, . o,j.v Saw. Milt spmiUM
.w Vtr f"" hil bi "PI sorpwsed by Snvj
he Country. To mea of solefprlM add sapilal.TS. ,
ai.rtafto. engags'lH ManufwuirUig, thU offer. !
trong iaducmnefHe, A saws puticatM dwcripUoa
is denned anntcestarv. miuu iuhin in .
cbass an Mqiwsted lo call mod Tamilian tna trial.
?,V"A Kb11 credit. will ba given if desired, Ap.
plicatiftns mads to theubscriber by letter or oW
wise, directed lo Elkville, N. C. will bo duly attea
dedio. JOHN VY1THER8POON.
February 13th, 1846. . 15 4t
r HARRIS' HOTEL,
CQNCORO, NORTH CAROLINA,
The Subscriber has the blisasure lo. inform hiinli
irteiHw ana customers, iml me public genenlty, that
he has recently purchased the large-BKICK HOUSE
adjoining tbs North-west corner of lhe lUoort IJeow,
in ths Town of Cpacoril. and has Ailed it op in i
fashionable and comfortable style as a HOUSE foi
the accommodation of lhe public His house h
been thoroughly repaired hi roomi ere' large and
conveniently arranged, and h'r furniture is entirely
new. His Hostlet is not surpassed by any in lhe
State. Ha flatters himself that from bis long expert
ence in the busfne, he is able to give satisfaction lo
all who may favor him with a call. AH I aek is a
fair trial, Call and judge for yourselves.
KIAH P. HARRIS.
Concord, N. C. Msy 13. 1846. 40 tf
Twenty-five Dollar&Reward,
ANA WATf from the Subscriber, about the lat
of Jury, 1845, a negro man, by the name nf
JACOB.
The said negro wss purchased by me from
F. Bord, of this County, in the month of January
1845. and token from hereto Brunswick County .
near WiCliingion in (his Stale, where be was kept
at work in Turpentine- until he absconded,'
Jacob is black, about the ordinary height, rather
thick and heavy, ha-an ill look out ol' his eyes, and
appears a good deal cast down. He left the neigh
burhood in which he worked, soon after he left my
service, and has not been heard of sines. I am in
clined lo believe that he has gone over to Scotland
TV' -1. 13 l. l : . l r 1 ,
iTBw, un itimuwike niTcr, wneie ue nas nuseu, auu
has a great many acquaintances.
For the apprehensian of said Slate, and tbe at
enrement in any Jail, so thai I can get him again, I
will pay ibe above reward of I wenly five Dollara.
JAMES E. MKTTtf.
Kinaton, I.enoir Counly, ?
January 87, 1846. 5 10 tf
S'
iJTATE
OF NOHTH CAROLINA. Bcw-
k3 CBsiaa Cofxir. Superior Court of Law, FaJJ
term, 1845.
Elizalietb McEnure,
' '
Bevel MoEntire, '
Petition for Divorce.'
Upon the return of the Sheriff, that the oVfenihiit H
cannot be found, and proclamation hat nig bn maile
at tbe door of tbe Court-houae by lhe Rhtriff. umler
the order of the Court, for the defendant lo appear
and answer as commanded by lbs a uhpeena. There-I
ore, ordered by the Court that publication be made
in the Highland Messenger at Aaheille, and thi
Raleigh Register, at Raleigh, for 3 months, requiring
of the defendant to be and appear at tbe neit term
of this Court, to be held at' the Court-houae at Aab.
villa, on the 2nd Monday . after ths 4ib Monday o
March next, or thai judgment will be taken pro ton-
fesso. and the petition heard
witness, J, H. Coleman, utera oi sam t;ourt, it
office, the 2nd Monday after the 4th Mooduy oi
September, 1845.
J. H. COLEMAN, Clerk.
Dec. 19, 1845. Prs. Iee$6 102-Jm
ClTATE OF NORTH 1!AROLINA--Cavj
3 Coun-rr Superior Court of Law, Fall lent,
A. 1)., 1845.
Wesley Gray,
"vs.
Narrissa Gray.
Petition for Divorce.
It appearing to lhe Court ibat a aubpecna andiliaj
subpoena have been duly issued in ihM ti "
that the defendant, Narcinaa Gray cannul be found
and that proclamation bath been publicly ma!ej
the Court House door by the Sheriff of Craven Coun-I
tv. for lhe said defendant 10 appear ind answer us
commanded by the said subpeaDa : it ia ordered M
tbe Court, that notice be given in the Newbernian
and Raleigh Register, two newepapers primed in lb !
State, fas three months, for the said defendani.
Narcissa Gray , personally lo be and appear at d"
Superior Court of Law lo be rjolden for ibe cuUiU'
of Craven, at the Court house ih Nenbern, on lt
fourth Monday a'ter the fourth Monday of li'
next, then and there plead and anawer lo the jwliti
of Wesley Gray fur Divorce, or the same will be takf
pro confesKo and be nesru accoruing 10 un an vi "
GmimiI Assembly in such caae maite and provH
Witness, WUIiam t). Blsckletlge, Clerk of it
guoerior Court of Law for the bounty of Craven,
Newborn, tbo fourth Monday after the fourth Mouilij
of September, A. D. 1845.
WILLIAM 8. BLACKLEDGE.C.S.O
M. 1845. fPr. Adv.l.l i-H
glTATEOF NORTH CAROLINA, Cakthi
Coibstt. Superior Court of Law, Full Ten
A. It. 1845.
Mary Tarbox,
ss.
James Tarbor.
Petition for Divorce.
" In this case, it being mads appear to lhe satiafi
linn nfrh IlmirL ihal auhrxBna and alias taf"
had regularly issued ss directed by law. to die !ete
dant, commanding bis appearance in tm uou"
r.U.l nr an.i.ar In ihm tMlbinnrfM bfltitioil. Snd If'1
.,V. v. . - - - , .
s copy of such aforesaid subpoena bad been lell ai "
I.., nf ih. kn.U nf iK ItaiJ defendant "
Stats morothan fifteen diays Before the day ' "1
. r . r . : . L. nwula,nlion
return 01 easn 01 miu muvyvcnmM. r' -- - .
therefore made by tho- SheufT. at the door ol
Court-houae, for the said defendant to sppear
answer ss commanded by the said subBOjnaa ;
.1 i 1 r M ..iLul maul ifcfauU
.1. f J J ak. ik a aWfk ftrtU-n(Ct 1
IV merCHHV yiucisru wan - -
a J i a rAifa uhM U
Newbsrhisn and
snd tbt rtftsnet term of
. . .1. L.11,.. .k. .Mnntv of. Csrteret, ai
U ftMufort. on Ibe tbird Msndsy n
- , l n.,L aa issue or
ZZZ fcenftW. the petitioner's psUlioi-J
tember. A. J- 184.
ia.ai - .a
1. ufa W T1TTNT. C. 8. C
rpr.AJv.10.)
Selling off at Cost,
HlH CASH.
... 2 !i a .n. KaM-kiv'1
All inereanima-.. r.iattM
10NFECnoAiuro. "J w
J Fancy orticUs, snd Hafdwsra.
A II ikaaa uill indebted to OS, M SM
reooest1
pall isamedialely snd ssttU. or they wi.n ' ---J
la. or they
unulBthakaodsof ths Coastaoltvl
PuamawaWiwi 1
to cJossthe business this J n CSRIMf
Wetted at tiu vrnct.
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