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PiXXEBISd.VS ADDRESS, t anlr ctraona com la ;&K share of Mr. Clingman'a denunciations for on th first page of - Counties of W xtriorlinry AddreM, he informs us that ft has Burke, Caldwell and Mopowell Fellow Citizehs: The Address of the Hon. Thomas L- CHngman, on the recent Senatorial elec tion in this State, now being extensirely circulated jn the first congressional winnn, wi j iorro. a part, Contains such unprovoked and unmerit cJ censure of the course of a majority of the mem- ters ofthe Legislature from that District, that 1 should feel mjself chargeable with a dereliction of duty- to you, did I not take some notice of bis ani madtersions, and state some of the reasons that go verned my course, as one of your representati ves, in relation to that important election. It is not my purpose to review, in "detail, this Ad dre& A large portion of it is devoted to the discus sion of subjects not necessary for me to refer to; but there are parts of it which reflect on my public acts,ns one of your representatives, in conjunction with oth ers, which if I failed ! to notice, would subject me to the charge of being unfaithful to your interests, and at the same time, wanting in respect to . myself. have said that the censures of Mr. CHngman were nnprookeJ and! unmerited, and, I may add, in my opinion; they were uncalled for in every aspect of the case ; because E believe that every Whig mem ber from" the first Congressional District entertain ed the kindest feelings for Mr. C, and in casting their votes for another distinguished individual for Senator, they acted under a high sense of public du ty, and were governed throughout by the most pa triotic motives and thesincerest desire, to promote the public good. The purpose of Mr. C.lingman's Address, cannot be mistaken. Having been foiled in kis overween ing and premature desire to be mada ft Senator, and feeling conscious, no doubt, of the impropriety of his course, in this matter, he seeks to excuse him self, by casting blame on others, and vainly supposes that he can escape the just condemnation which a wairg. him at the hands of his constituents, by at tempting to convince them, that in the neglect to promote and advance his claims to Senatorial digni ty, their rights have been outraged and disregarded. How it is that the rights of the Western section of our State ore-concentrated in the person of the Honorable T. L Clingnian,! confess I cannot vuy well see but it is evident from the whole tenor of his Address, that he desires to make his constituents believe that a large majority of their representatives ' in the. last Legislature, have abandoned then- rights. and the lights of the West generally, by voting for the Hon. George E. Badger for Senator, and by not voting for him, the aforesaid Thomas L. Cliugman, for the same station. This, not voting for M r. (J., I iake it, is the sum and substance of the complaint the burden of the charge which stands out in eve ry page of the Address, from one end to the orher A'!.- " . . T 1 1 - ! IT rn r . - iks sixteen pazes. io.ua ine non. I . u. l iaan Wn the nominee been elected to the Senate ia his judgment at least, the caucus, of which he complains, " would have been as fair a thing as ever vns. and the rights of Western North Carolina thereby fully vindicated and maintained. The world, however, would have lost the benefit of his Address,jind you, perhaps, would have remained in ignorance of "the events of this winter as developed prior tj, and connected with, the late Senatorial elwtior. For the part which I, as one of your represer.ta- uvr&, itwcu in mu election, ana ior uaving, in con been usual heretofore, for - "the Senators as mil us most of t he other high. Officers of the State, to, be taken from the Middle and Eastern portions of, the State? and that nearly half a. century ago according t o my fits) present impression, a Senator was elected residing in the vicinity of Salisbury, wear the Yedkiitl No one else Hving West of this rivet has ever, ia any other in stance as far as I know, men chosen by the legisla ture iff that station Now, it Is very clear, accord ing to this statement, thai all the members from the West, for the last fifty years, are, in Mr.Clingman'e estimation, guilty, of an abandonment of Western rights. Mr. C. himself having been twice or three times s member within that period, can probably ex plain this great oversight. Who the favored indi vidual was, " residing in the vicinity of Salisbury,1 near the Yadkin," Mr. Clingman does not tell us, bat ac cording to the public records of the country, the on ly person ever elected to the Senate of the United States from the vicinity of Salisbury, was Judge Francis Locke, who was elected on the 24 th of De cember, 1814, and who set out on his journey to Washington City, but resigned before reaching that place. The inference, however, fairly deducible from the foregoing extract is, that no person living west ot the Yadkin, near Salisbury, was ever elec ted to the Senate of the United States. Whether ior not it was intended, that while the language used was literally true, it would, from its particular; col location, produce a false impression, I do not pre tend to say: but I can hardly suppose that a een- tlemanof Mr. Clinsrman's intelligence is ignorant of the fact, that the late Governor Franklin, of the County of Surry, (the County of Mr. Clirjgm'anV nativity.) was elected a Senator in Consressin 179S. and was re-elected in 1806 thus serving, with but a sugni intermission, trom the 4th or March, 17U9, till the 3d of March, 1S13 ; and that the late Gov ernor Stokes, of the County of Wilkes, was elected in 1916, to fill a vacancy, and at the 9ame Session was elected for a full term, servinz in the whole, from 1516 to 1823. These gentlemen, it is true, happened to have their residences on the North side of the Yadkin river, but both of them were West of that river, near Salisbury. Now let us see how it has been with other portions of the Western part of the State for under the old division of Eastern and Western, all the Counties West of ReTeigh, were regarded in all questions affecting Eastern and Wes tern interests, as Western Counties. JVJr. Clingman, in the same page of his address, says that twenty years ago both the Senators, Messrs. Iredell and Branch, were from the East, and that since that time the Senators have boeu takeu exclusively from the Counties of Wake, Or ange, Caswell and Cumberland. This is true, but even in this case the West has had the ad vantage, for three out of the four Counties named, to wit : Orange, Caswell and Cumberland, were un- j der the old division refered to, considered Western i Counties. But who, let me ask. aided by his vote i and influenced, in 1840, in giving to the County of of the Whig Caucus, and i Orange alone, not one Senator onTy, but actually eof the United States, then, trco? Would you believe it fellow citizens that this same 1 hos. L, Clingman, who now complains so loudly'of an abandonment of the rights of the West, should have so far forgotten those rights himself, as to vote for two persons, living in the same County, ftir United States Senators, and that County too. as he says, in the ceutre of the State? Strange as this may appear, it is nevertheless true! What then, became of the rights of the West? Had we then no individual in that great region who could wear Senatorial honors with becomine diznity ? i Alas! that we were then so destitute! The non function with every Whig member, save one. from j orable gentleman whe lately aspired to the station menrsi congressional uistnct, cast my vote lor j oi senator witn so ranch ardor, had not then been Mr. Badger for United States Senator. 1 conceive it j to Washington. He had not fixed his eye upon to be only necessary for my full justification,' to ns- one of those crimson cushioned seats in the Senate Chamber, and fancied to himself with what grace sign out of many, one single reason and that is, I believe! my constituents desired me so to tote. For the grounds of this belief, it will doubtless be recollect ed by you, that during the last Summer I canvassed nearly every portion of this Senatorial District, the largest in the State, and on all occasions, both pub lic and priva, 1 expressed my preference for Mr. Badger as Senator, and my intern iou, if elected, to vote for him should he be a candidate for re-election. rjn.tenn disapproved,' oV the name' of any other Whig suggested. I am rery certain that I remember, during the Summer Campaign. It was fair then, under the circumstances, to conclude that you approved my expressed intention; and under that conviction I acted. If, however, 1 nave erred in this matter, and have mistaken your views and wishes in regard to it, I must be permitted to plead a waut of knowledge of those views and wishes, and respect fnlly to suggest that for the future you will be more particular ia communicating them to your representatives. Having thus stated one of the reasons that induc ed rae to prefer Mr. Badger to Mr. Clingman, 1 may be pardoned for mentioning one other, ahho? not ne cessary to complete my justification"; and this, I feel assured, will be admitted as controlling, even by Mr. Clingman himself. It is, that I might share in the honor of aiding, to some extent, in repairing a misfortune to the Country over which 'Mr. Cling man himself mourned at the Session of 1S40. To understand the force of this reason, and to make its influence perfectly apparent, at least to Mr. C, it.is necessary that I should be somewhat specific. Ou a certain occasion, in 1840, Mr. Clingman made a speech in the Senate of the State, on this same sub ject of Senatorial elections, in which he expressed the following sentiments : " The great men of the nation are its wealth, end I regard it as a tttisfortune to any country, possessing an individual so gifted as George E. Badger, to fail to place him in that station, where his great talents nonMbe most useful" If then, it was a misfortune to the country, in 1840. to have failed to place Mii Badger in that station where his great talents would be most useful, surely, it was the part of wisdom in the Legislature subsequently, o embrace the very first opportunity of repairing that misfortune by securing the services of ;so gifted an individual,'' at the earliest possible moment. This having been done by the Legislature in 184G, no doubt to the great gratification of Mr. Clingman, the Legislature of 1848 could not fail to sanction by its acts, what seemed to be so eminently proper. 1 admit, Fellow Citizens, to the, fullest extent, my responsibility to you while acting as your represen tative, but I do not admit any such responsibility to the Hon. Mr. Clingman. On the contrary, I might with great propriety inquire by what authority he has undertaken to arraign and condemn unheard, a large majority of the representatives of the people of 4V r - i . . .. uisn uureasiouui uisirici ior executioff tne trust connaea to them, in such manner as they be lieved their constituents desired, and their own judg ment approved? At the time you elected IVIr. Clingman as your representative in Cdntfress. did you invest him with power and authority to suptr- vise me ccnuuci oi mose wliom you afterwards se lected to represent you in the State r.effislntnrp ? If you did not, then Mr. Clinsmau has exceeded his powersyand hag not only taken the liberty to con demn your representatives, but. suDnosiner that you had not penetration enough to discover their errors na to award the proper punishment, he has kindly Tnuuieereo. to tea you wnat specinc infliction you Bhcuid visit upon them "that you should beat them with many stripes, and set ear markjs npqn tliem, so that tkey may be incapable of deceiving againP Now, for jnyjart,as one of those representatives, I protest against the exercise of any such assumed authority on. the part of Mr. Clingman, and utterly deny his jurisdiction in the premises. I am not his represen Inwf: 4 tneror k has no right to qnestien my public course. On the other hand, Mr Clingman my representative, and I have the riant to fj ad Ao hou hinx respoSUforYt.- I therefore desire to know, Bnd perhaps otSerV of his constituents would be glad of the information why it was that he abandoned his pot in the House of IUpresentativeBj neglecting public duties which Jfts constituents teat him there to discharr? -.nd IS!??? -.f r--.mn to RalTiAto " """I wsmotrs, ior a seat in the Senit of the United States? When Mr ri;l, i have satisfied his constituent? u ? .5??n Ba 1 conduct ia this respect, he hTEe? and much man; im,cicir. x . r. euser of others. " l Plicae ... uv. 10 perceive, f ellow Cit zens that and dignity he would fill it. Had he done so, no aouDt toe members from the West in the Legisla ture of 1840, would have made the grand discovery that the rights of the Western section of the State were all embodied in the persoa of the Senator from the Buncombe District, and that the only way in which those rights could be vindicated and main tained, was by transferring the said Senator from a uYifMf-101 0X1610 tlie Senate of the thU im ? ; JUd the fai,ed however, to make ore. j In relation to " the other high officers of the State," j which Mr. CHngman says have usually been taken from the Middle and Eastern portion of the State, I think a slight reference to the facts will show that in the distribution of these, the West has no cause to complain. For some years past two out of the three Judges of the Supreme Court have had their residence in the West and at the present time all three reside in that section. Out of seven Judges of the Superror Courts, six of them lived West of Ral eigh, and only one East of that City ; of the seven last Governors, including the present iaenmbent, four of them were from the West, twefrom the East, end one, the present Executive, from the Centre. The Secretary of State is a Western man. Three out of the five last public Treasurers, including the present incumbent, who is from the Centre, were from the West. The Comptroller of the State, al though a native of the East, was living in the West at the time of his election. Sothut it appears, when you apply the test above indicated, to the reference which has been made to the other high omces of the State, proves just the reverse of what has been Stated. I have already extended this Address much far ther than I intended, but there is one other point to which I wish to call your attention, that you may judge for yourselves, how far those whom Mr. Cling man finds so much fault wnh, have acted different ly from what he would have done, under the same cir cumstances. To ascertain this, fortunately, we are at no loss, for Mr. Clingman has told us, in so many words, what course he would have pursued. On the third page of his Address, he says: "Being in Ra leigh, on my way to this place, (meaning Washington) wlien the Legislature assembled, and understanding ful ly the condition of things, I advised my personal friends to make no opposition 'to Mr. Badger's election. Jn fact, J went on so far as to state, that I should, if a member, hate Jelt bound, by my former course, to yield so far to party obligations, as to cast my vote for him, as the nominee of the party." Of what, then, is it, that Mr. Clingman so loudly complains? Of what have a majority of the representatives from the firstCongressional District been guilty, to merit such severe punishment as Mr. C. advises you to inflict? What crimes have they committed, to justify the Qse of such language as he hs applied to them ? such as "the servants of Central managers1! "white slaves" men who ban be ' cajoled or in- TltM nATCTI ! im A 1 IRlNTVIMMrVT n f VnllO BlnllTQ Their offence " hath this extent, no more1'' they VO' ted for the Hou. George E. Badger, for Senator of the United otates and Mr. Clingman says, if he had been a member, he would' have done the same thing but not being a member, he advised his friends to do it! Now, where i3 the difference be tween what Mr. Clingman, if a member, would have done, and what your representatives did do? Upon the strange inconsistency of the course pursued by Br, C, 1 leave you to make your own comments, and to award your own judgment In conclusion, Fellow-Citizens, I have to express my regret that any necessity existed for addressing you on this occasion, as it is painful to me to be brought in conflict with those I have heretofore es teemed. It was a necessity, however, not of my cre ating.' I deemed it due to you. as one of your rep resentatives, to say what I have, in vindication of my public conduct as such, leaving yon to decide the issue which your representative in Congress has made between himself and your representatives in x. Pl.t. r .'..! - r.t t . i j - ;., ,i iu omnj xjcgi&iuiure auu wiu UKU USCUMQIL4 snail be content. Thanklnz yon. most cordially for the eenerous confidence you have heretofore reposed in me, and expressing tne nope, that upon proper enquiry, you will be satisfied that that confidence has neither been misplaced nor betrayed, I remain, with great respect, Your friend and fellow-citizen, S $. PATTERSON. Caldwell County. February 10. 1S49. OrEditorsof Newspapers who have, published or may publish Mr. Clingman's Address, will obliee me wv sum? yugusmng above. INTERNAL ROtfffiTQ CALIFORNIA From the Missouri Exfotilor of January 13. HtcHLtr iMMtTixrro EattOKAKTS. -The at tention of those intending tu go to California next springs directed to tha loiiowiny iier oi.vionei Gilpiiv, for impoftantacffft relation to .be trip: Jackson CouNxr, Missousi, j an e, ow. t Gentlemen : You are correct, gentlenterW in anticipating an immense conflux of emigration from our own country and frourEurop lathe de licious new terrimriee of our western seaboard, which peace and' legislation tie, fi;rst, time, now onehed to the enterorjsTns1 tuiziTns ot all chantries. ;i 'V k Independence, now for twenty jeers fho epM porium of the commerce of the prairies, possesses indisputable and Deculiar advantacerisr all oth er places as the point of rendezvous anrffina1 em- i i . f oarKation for emigrantsand travellers join to me Pacific. It is upon the bank of the SKsiouri river," but beyond the river just where the Indian line divides the populous and timbered country from the extensive, open prairies that extend to (he Rocky Mountains the great river here defleci tinnr to the north, makes it the extreme available landing for steamers towards the west.; and hence depart the great land route, passing by the Up per Akkansas, unto Western Texas, Mexico, and Southern California, and by the Platte to Upper California, Oregon, and the sources of the Missouri. Apart from the decided excellence of Indepen dence as a geographical point, ft recommends. itself from the unlimited abundance of supplies to be had at all times, their excellent quality, arid adaption to the journey of the plains and .moun tains. The habitual annual deosftrre and arri val of emigrants ami travellers hW created a bodv of skillful mechanics, and all kind. of complete manufacturing establishments inT every depart ment of the trades, combined wifh stores filled with supplies for all wants and Ute. Here are manufactured (of all sizes) the peculiar wagons, strongly ironed, adapted to resist the dry climate of the high altitudes; harness, saddles, and park saddles, for mountain use ; tin ware, riveted, to resist fire and accidents in short, every thing needed for the journey : and furnish articles of a substantial and durable character, calculated to carry the traveller safely beyond the wilderness, without the necessity of repair or renewal. Hero may be had the small tough horses and mules, brought from California, Mixieo, and the Indian tribes of the mountains and prairies, as well as the horses, cattle, and mules, of larger size and good blood, raised upon the prairie grass of the settlements. Let me here state that ev ery article of" equipment, not destroyed or con sumed, is of greatly enhanced value at the end of the journey. Experienced hunters, ffuides, and teamsters abound in the" titefgnorhooJ,' and many of our citizens are veterans of the moun tain life. - By the recent census the population of Inde pendence is 1,616. Provisions, orage, and pa, tures are infinite in quantity and of the best qual ity. Only litehe mite to the Vest also is the beautiful country of the Shawnee Indians, aboun ding in delightful camps, and after the first of May covered with nutritious grasses. The only road practicable .'or wagons, at pres ent known from the States to the Pacific, is the one through the South Pass, beyond which it branches near the Salt Lake ; the right hand fork descends by Snake river to the Columbia; the left hand traverses directly west, through the Great Basin of High California, crosses the Sier ra Nevada by the sources of Salmon Trout river, and the Rio de los Aincricauos, descending the latter to the Sacramento, and down it to San Fra ticisco Bay. These roads, which four years ago were uncertain, difficult, and daugeroue, are now become permanently established, easy, and safe. The large and prosperous settlement of I ' . .L O. I. " I m . A' iuuriuuiia at uie oaii Ljzkb anro i Mn nN a. w i ItaitdV and is confined between the snowy ridge of Sierra Nevada aud the bech. lit average width exceed one haodred and fifty miles, it length twelve hundred ; which gives room for a series of fine rivers the Boua ventura, San Joachim, S cramento.Sbas ty river, tlie TIampatb, Uinpqua, Waliamette, Co: lumbia, and Puget's Sound. This whole region, therefore, abounds with the same mineral productions as Spanish America ; ; whilst it has its owu grand excellencies (or com merce., agriculture, both arable and pastoral, infinite fisheries, forests, internal navigation, and position between the valley of the Mississippi and China.. A delicious and tranquil climate, and sublime seenaV, make this tuconteslably the finest new country of whieh the human race ha yet anywhere possessed itself. Fours, respectfully, W. GILPIN. To Messrs. Samuel Ralston, Samuel D. Lucas, aud Smallwood Noland. fX7" City papers are requested to copy. Froai tlie Pennsyleanian GOLD. BY PAUL BROWS. " This yellow slave " Will knit and break religions ; bless the accursed, Make the Ji jar leprosy udor'd place thieves, " And givothem title, knee and approbation, " With Senators on Vie Bench The slave and tyrant ! Slavs to the rich, and tyrant to the poor ; Thou bond of union belweeu adverse hearts, Thai binds and bleuds their sharp antipathies, And knits them into one Thou subtle fiend That can'st diesever. all the lies of blood Of Truth, of Friendship, of devoted Love ; Arm brother against brother, and unite The filial band in one unbroken league Agaiust the breast that bore and uurlur'd them ! Gluttiug their rage e'en on their source of life ! Thou that .cau'st wither all the bloom of tne point to rest and recruit. Fnii:ti.f uuo. Independence. South Pass. Mormon City. Longitude. 94 109 112 120 34 124 30 management oi meir animais, ai no expense uui the small cost of provisions and groceries, so ex celient are the roads, the climate,' and the pas" turep. The following table of latitudes and longitudes shows the directness of the routes and the dis tances : Latitude. 39 07 42 2D 40 26 N. ilulveti, f Cali'nia.) 39 40 Astoria, (Oregon,) 46 19 These roads are, therefore, direct and straight, only excepting the deflection into tbcSouth The distances, roughly estimated, being 1,850 miles to Sau Francisco and 1,950 to Astoria. The outfit for travellers may be classified un der two heads : 1st. That necessary or emigrants grith fami lies and for mere bants with goods. . 2d. That for light and expeditious travelling, cither with packs or wagons. Carriages of all kinds, wagons, aid ears have successfully performed the trip. Teams of hors es, mules, and oxen are prom.scaouily used, and often teams of bulls and cows. Stock of all kinds, driven loose, and especially cows and sheep, fur- ni8h a reliable supply oi tooa, and bring very high prices. The expense ot an outnt under the first head will fall within the following estimate : TRANSPORTATION. Large wagon. $100 Oxen, $40 per yoke. 160 Or mules, at $60. 430 Harness. 60 Extra rope, leather, tools, axes, spades, 25 youth, Or smooth the wrinkled brow of dotiug age, Gild o'er a felon's crimes or paralize The heart that beats the arm that rfritt for Vir tue Thou, that can'st give form, feature, health and nerve, Reference, renown, pride, dignity and state. To the decrepit, worthless, weak, and vile, Contemning Time reversing .Nature's model, Resisliug the decrees of Heaven itself Iu open, shameless, sinful, bold revolt: Where's thy dominion's limit? In the grave Where Xerxes Croesus Cyrus Csesar all Resigned their millions for an epitaph, And with their pamper' d bodies fed the worm. But turn we from these thunderbolts of war, Who interlwiu'd their diadems with laurel Leave them to rot while "we abase our eyes Upon a crewuless, ragged, wretched crew, 'Clive, Elives, and a motley sordid race, Still hoarding, and 6till starving, 'midst their stores ; Where where are they their predecessors or their followers? Living or dead, they are alike despised ; The lazy worm will scarcely deign to feed Union their fainihh'd corse. Yet these are tbey Who by the touch of their almighty wand Made the soul quake, or bow VI the aspiring spirit Even beneath their level. Such such, alas ! Is the subduing spirit of mighty Gold. Philadelphia, 15th Nov., 149. THE PROSCRIPTION OF THE PROSCRI- liERS. The N. Y. Express has the following perti nent remarks on this subject : The Whigs, since 1828, have been a proscribed Parly They have, from the advent of Gen. Jack son's administration, been hunted down and dri ven out of place, not only as if they were enemies of their country, but as if they were infidels or dogs too miserable for the country to hold. In 1840 they succeeded in obtaining power, but the recreancy of Tyler robbed them of all the honors and emoluments to which they were entitled; and thus for twenty years full one half of the peo ple of this country have been hunted out of fiffiA. and run.ihiwn hv 1 nlhar half nilK IN inent. Now. it is not to be expected mat sue a slate of proscription will be continued, or is to be endured, or that Gen. Taylor will not change it at all, as soon as there can be a change with reason and decorum. We do not wish nor be lieve that Gen. Taylor's will be a proscriptive administration; but we do believe that he will restore to full one half of the people their lost rights, and take them from under the ban of ex communication which Power has laid upon them full twenty years Twenty years of proscription is the proscription of a whole generation of men, and yet under this nroscriolion this veneration have lived ! We r . have seen, and seen wnh a necessary submission. the injustice inflicted upon us cf taking men for foreign missions, and high places at home, with out any proper qualifications, when the country was full of Whigs every way qualihed to nil the vacancies happening or created, and yet exclu ded or proscribed ouly because thev were Whigs. "Pfo matter, indeed, how humble the place, be it even the sweeper of offices of the Custom House, no Whiff could hald it, not that he was not hon est or capable, but solely because he was a Whig. From such a state of things we are of course as much emancipated now, by the election of Gen. Taylor, a were the Roman slaves when emancipated by their masters. If r.ot freemen yet we were freedmen the moment we threw off the proscriptive yoke ; and we but wait now for his arrival and settlement in Washington to be free men who have their share of the honors and emoluments of a great Republic like this. A howl, and a general howl in profoundxsstmo aB well as allxssimu, is to be expected, of course. whenever General Taylor or his administration sees fit to turn out any iwenly year-p'oacnbing office holder and to pot in any twenty year pro scribed Whig. Proscription ' will be a word concerted, pitched on the highest note, aud run down to the lowest, dwelt upon in a momentous and monotonous drawl, and tripped over fligbtily in a hurried demi semi quaver. We must ex pec. aU ihia AYe. must a ecu atom o.ur ears ta U. A half a million of our Loco Foco brethren, who have been fattenning for twenty years, solemnly believe they have a life lease for office, and that we are bound to be their serfs as long as we all live; and the very first effort we make to dispel this illusion, tbey will roar, and rant and scream, and yell, as if Beelaebub was let loose, with.lhe whole of his interesting court and train. 150 lbs. each. 75, lbs. each. 2G4 lbs. each. Ibs.?each. 1 tar, &c. PROVISIONS. Flour, et $2 per cwt. Bacon, at $2 50 per cwt. : Coffee, at 8 cents per lb. Sugar, at 8 cents per lb. Salt. Desoer, vinejrtr, &c. - ... - . MESS. i Skillets, oven, add frying pans otlron. Kettles, cups, &c. of tin. BEDS. Mackinaw blanke'e, at $10 tolft per pair A small assortment of Indian goods. The expense for a single traveller under the second head may be thus averaged ; Riding horse. $60 : Two mules, at $60. 120 Saddle, bridle, and spurs. 12 Two pack saddles. 554. g ' Provisions and supplies the same as above. Should parties of eixor ten nnita their means and substitute a four-horse or six-mule waran. this would be equivalent to ten pack-mules in so lng a journey. These wagona cost $75 : the harness S6 a set. I have stated a hundred and tweutjrdays as the length of the journey; but parties ofwoang men, having packs aud good animals and ruides. may easily reach the Sacramento in forty dive or, fifty days, nor need such confine themselves lathe wagon road, hot may take the route of the Araasas, or by Santa Fe.- 4 1 Iwofcr BKUttvct has been the point saistjjy- the State and National Governments for k& 4eiarlore of the military anil exploring expeito! Ortgon, Mexico, and California, both before a4d daring the War, and of their retuto )ad dieeliUj,rOtbir points higher up the Miwutf-s WekdnS Josephs, and the Mdrrdon settlement neartheBonlStiL Bluffs II l , . 1, r - nave occasionally own selected oy emigrating JfVsai the National Laeillgenxer. ARRIVAL OF GENERAL TAYLOR. Attar a very long and tedious journey, General Taylor has finally reached the metropolis. At four O'clock yesterday afternoon he and his suite arrived at the Relay House in an extra train from Cumber land. At that place he was welcomed by Committees of the Corporation and of the Rough aud Ready Club and other citizens of Washington. Before the party left the Relay House, an extra train of cars arrived from Baltimore; the concourse of people which there aflSnbled,'ic4odinga large number -of the yeoman- ry ot nauryiana irom me nesgaoornooa, coma not have been leas than three thousand. The enthuiasm Whichprev&tted seemed unbounded ; and as the party was compelled to wait somewhat over an hour for the regular evening train from Baltimore, a partial opportnnity was given to the multitude to congratu late the President Elect He was ushered into the parlor of the hotel, and there welcomed by a party of ladies. On resuming his seat in the car, the multitude still continued to press about him, when Z. Collins Lee, Esq. stepped forward and delivered a short speech of welcome. The reply made by General Taylor was brief, but full of excellent feeling, and to the point He alluded to his military career, and said that the battles attributed to his valor were won by the bravery of the soldiers he had the honor to command. He also alluded to the high station to which he had been elected by the American People. and could not but hope that he might succeed in al laying the asperities of party and promoting the best interests of his country. . He intended to do all in his powerto benefit the American People; but if he should commit errors, as he necessarily must, he would depend upon the magnanimity of those who had placed him jn office to attri bute it to error of judgment and not to his heart. This speech, and every sentence, in fact, which tne uenerai uuerea, was receivea wun ueaien iog applause. During his brief stay at the Re lay House he had a number of conversations with the people who crowded around him, and uttered a number of exceedingly happy remarks. A gentleman who accompanied Gen. Taylor from Cumberland informs us tliat his car was literally waylaid by a party of miners in the vicinity of that place, who determined to have a single sight at the General. In a few remarks that he had made tu them he uttered the follow ing sentiment : he said they were the men who developed the wealth of the country, and added that good roads and good laws were all that we wanted, for the American people knew how lo take care of themselves. Gen. Taylor, we are happy to state, is in the enjoyment of his accustomed good health, though he suffers some inconvenience from the lame ness of his right arm, which was unfortunately injured by an accident which happened to him on his journey. Among the gentlemen who came from Balti more to meet Gen. Taylor was his brother Col. J- P. Taylor and Major Dusenbury, IJ. S. Army. As. the cars from Baltimore were a little de layed, General Taylor, with his party, came into Washington after nightfall, but the stars shone brightly and the railroad track was occasionally illuminated by bonfires on the route. By bon fires also, and the roaring of cannon and flights of brilliant rockets, was the General heralded into the city, and the ma.es of human beings which blocked up the Railroad Depot, Pennsyl vania avenue, on his arrival, was greater than any we have witnessed on any former occasion. The immense multitude accompanied the Gen eral's cortege to his lodgings at Willard's Hotel, where, after a short time, he stepped out on the balcony and returned thanks to the people for their enthusiastic welcome, which were received by deafening huzzas from the immense crowd. Arrival of Vice President Elect. The Hon. Millard Fillmore, the Vice President Elect of the United Stales, arrived in this City on Sat urday night last, and has taken rooms at Cole- fe in ksZJ 1 "3 Usuv.;. . L Chaim,,. S Adm; tfrannicai ar r'cm8 cours;, n toaT l 8nd ' insi2SLlkifti "Pan a weak . JTPIS j mh lea will llmraNV Mexico shantlWi! and dece t in .. rn eom ZJ have .m. :: "'B-Wgth. statu nuo T otoiQam, I not nre time .f' .51 this subject t0emv,S Shoi-ifict. IT SEU " . " r go much ,l ni ;l .ntyandptO Owners' names Acres HI inos. W.Dais W. W. McLellen J"bn M. Mofri3on McCombs & HimU A. C. McLsllen, L. Phillipg) John YY. Meang John Russell John W. Jehorn W. T. Alexander Jeseph Atweil, Ada. Levi Dell li. H. Crawford Nancy Goodknight James Sloan William Shields Nich. Cook Paul Earnhardt George W. Urern Soil, l) E. VV. Kodgers' estate 50 f V laram wevor Ion n . l Catharine Suthor, q !' H' George Millpr'- . ,m VV worgeuost 107 Dutch B ffJ Moses S. Arr.liiUU m n . UDm,l - "uinucau H do A HANDSOME BEGINNING. The Times states that "a large and enthusias tic meeting was held at Piltsborough on Tuesday last, at which Dr. McClenahan presided, to take action upon the improvement of Cape Fear and Deep Rivers, as authorised by the Act of the last session. The object of the meeting was explain ed by the Chairman, in an able and satisfactory manner ; after which the concourse was addessed by Messrs. Giles Mebane and Hugh Wsddell, of Orange of whose speeches our informant speaks in the highest terms. At the conclusion of Mr. VVaddeil'a speech, on motion ot" Mr. Haughton, subscription books were. opened, and t-unwarda of 100U -dollars subscribed tm media I ly. The best spirit prevailea, and an Interest was manifested, which we can venture to say, renders the completion of this work sure " Mr. Thompson, the Engineer-H is said, has offered to take the entire work, in conjunction. j with Major Gwynn, and finish it fr&ldo00, parties. These place hare all the disadvaulatre of ' B,T,,, ""us ,ul lu '" eecuuun vi u.c fuu being on the western bank of the Missouri, arL as yet, far behind Independence- in the' abundance aaapuon, ouu u.icopmjsa oi supplies. i. The English houses in Mexico nave sent a The iriaraUne country on the Pacific" extends ! conduct of two millions of Mexican dorian to alon? the ocean from San Diego lo-Vanconver'a If i buy up Califoi nia gold dust wi; h. REMARKS OF MR. BOYDEN, In the House of Representatives, on the 19th February, in Committee of the Whole, upon, the hill to provide for carrying into execution in part the 12th article of the Treaty with Mex ico. Mr. Chairman: I desire to avail mvselfof the brief space of five minutes which remain before this debate closes, in order to reply to and repel the implication attempted to be drawn from a vote in its favor by the distinguished gentlemen from Georgia, in the eloquent appeal he made to the Committee on Saturday last. Sir, I embrace the occasion to say that I have taken a directly contrary view of this subject. I agree with the gentlemen from Georgia that this Mexican war was conceived in sin aud brought forth in iniquity ; that it was unnecessarily and unconstitutionally commenced by the Executive, and thai consequently all the blood and treasure expended in this war are justly chargeable upon the President of the United States. I agree that his object in ita commencement, and its prosecu tion, from first to last, was conquest,' notwith standing he stiffly denied it during its whole pro gress ; and that the impartial historian wilt con vict the present Executive of the same duplicity and insincerity that has so strikingly marked his whole administration ; and, although I shall vole for the appropriation in this bill, yet I repel the inference attempted to be drawn from that vole by my friend from Georgia. In my judgment, Mr. Chairman, it is not he who votes for this appropriation, but he who re fuses to give that vote, who makes himself a par ticeps criminis lo all this aggressive, avaricious, and tyrannical policy of the Executive towards Mexico ; nay, 6ir, he goes a bowshot beyond him in the same direction. We have got the coun try; the deed has already been executed and de livered ; it has been recorded ana registered ; tne title and possession have both heen devolved up on. u4 our bond for the payment of the purchase. money has been signed,. sealed, and delivered to the Mexican Government, and the any of pay ment thereof enecified will arrive before the meeting of the next Cbngreaa and the question now presented to this committee is, whether we shall keep our plighted faith, Ip Mexico, by voting the sum necessary to discharge our bond on tne day it falls due, or refuse to vote the money, and jtold on to this new acquisition of territory by right of conquest, and thereby subject ourselves and the country to the charge of violation of our plighted faith, and of national repudiation. Sir, if we refuse this appropriation, we tarnish the na tional honor, and throughout the . civillized aud christian world subject the heretofore proud and unsui lie! honor of the American name to the eharge ot Punic faith, and of national repudiation. This shall never be done by my vote. : . Mr. Chairman, I shall vote for this bill, and I indignantly repel the idea that, by so doing, I thereby give the slightest sanction to the usur pation of the President, in daring to negotiate tmt treaty, containing such large pecuniary stip- olatlon without first consulting 4hrpreseoU- tives of the people. No, sir, I give no sanction to such usurpations; and I hold thai it was the duty of the President, before negotiating a treaty requiring such large sums of money for its fulfil merit, to have come here to this House, and to have asked' tho . People V representatives if tbey were willing to vote thrse large stuns for the purchase of territory which all knew would be but an apple of discord among the sister States of this confederacy. This, sir, the President should have done, -before pledging the national faith for the payment of the money. But, ei?, this is per- 70 uavij Uorton s Adm. 109 James A. Garmon 1294 8. H. Gray 55 Jane Gray gg do for Parson a sre 125 Mary Kizer ' 100 Levi Klutx 177 8. VV. Rodgers 90 Franklin Turner 125 Oliver Wiley m F. M. Wallace 45 Moses Barnharjt 107 James Haskey 41 Leonard Funn 270 Jacob Baylor 70 Hezekiah Herr 41 John Lefler 106 Christ'r Kcinhardt 312 Smith & Faggert 150 Alfred Stough, Adra. 54 William Stough 60 Allison Slough 51 Leah CreeV heirs do da da do do do do tlear Crt do Rocky Ri Clear tni do da Hambj fiu Dutch Bulul do do Rack? Ri Dutch Bulk Jtaky firm Buffalo (Jreel 1 Hamby Rm Cold ffatoCd do do do dt Lo! in CoDCKi C. N. WHITE, hi January 18, 1849. , (Pr.Adi. . $50,000 2 GRAND CONSOLIDATED LOIS Class 18 to be drawn in the City jf Men- day, March 31, 1849. BRILLIANT SCHEME q3 1 capUal prize SdU,00U, 1 rapiwp OT 1 capital 25.000, 1 capital 53- 15 .Jy capita! pritts O 200 .- capital prize THE PRIZES IN THIS GREATWj AMOUNT TO irsr 1 .000 Dollars, is the lows! prfflfl any ticket having three of the drawn in this lottery ! Tickets $15; share in prcrpon !nlvin & Co witliUueartrtWi A packaae of 26 whole ticket for .i ir . Li.-f..r m 2b nan lit"" u 26 Quarter tickets for . oc r;KiWa tickets for r.i rj;.,a, hi mail in the in any of the following lotteries l the month. LOTTERIES FOR MARCH, A Date. Capitals. March, 1 $18,000 2 20.000 No.Bal. Tick 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 ia. 13 14 15 16 17 19 20 21 22 23 24 26 27 28 29 30 30,000 8 000 20,01)0 30,000 25.000 8,00'J 37,000 25,000 24,000 30,000 22000 7.S00 37.000 9,500 20,000 8.577 40.600 7,600 . 33,000 8,000 . 5.000 30.000 22 50A 7,500 78 13 75 13 75 13 75 14 75 14 78 14 75 12 75 13 75 12 75 15 73 13 72 13 78 IS 78 13 78 14 75 13 75 15 75 15 78 13 75 14 75 13 78 15 75 12 75 13 78 H 78 1 S5 5 10 Si i 10 i i 10 i 5 10 & 10 Ji i li , 19 Si 1 10 5 i of 0i,r- for tickert or pK-s p T . mail. 1 - answered by prize telling bouse o Tlbe Annual lJ North Carolioa M, if I held on the vo ?rt That an if .. levied oa all tha prem."-- OJ t.nnnrv 1849- .. .t th Notice ia hereby V"fiU .. . i. n r,r Vf"- c I. Co, in Kaieij jAs next . , J In tb All letters auar-j. v. ness oftheCompaV;"" otf not be takn from , rj3- Star and I r
The Weekly Raleigh Register (Raleigh, N.C.)
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March 7, 1849, edition 1
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