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V,'" REMARKS OF, THE j r HONVGEO - E.: BADGER, OF - ON THE TROPOSITION TO CREATE iTHE OF, -"-i' FICE OF LIEUTENANT UEfcEKAk, &c. ,7 " ' f"-'i T. S. Sbsatk, Dsc. 22, 1853J V. Mr. Badcir. II shall vote with great pleas H lire for this proposition, which isintetided to do honor to R gallant officer.:I 'shall vote for it heartily, and with the greatest pleasure.;. I fc. shall vote for- it because I believe helhas earn- l ed the honor; which it' is proposed to bestow up- . hearty acquiescence in his merits,' aud admira- honor, lot udo him this honor. It may: be that it is but a vanitv i but, sir. ire know that when we measure the valua ! of all thinss human T)T the . hieheet standard, all the distinctions -whica ean De comerreu nere yaniiu juw nv- thing."-. It is, however, one of the most grauty ing things to a soldier's hsart, it is dearer than lifes and though I have never exchanged a word with this gallant oracr upon the suDjecs of this -brevet, I;, have reason to know that he would value it more, and foel it more deeply. . ' on him i earned it, not by the , mere mscnarge thftn ftnd e teetimony of approbation - ! of his dny, but by showing hunselt hi the ser- wh-oh h country ha8 ever ytt bestowed upon - . v, vice of his country one of the most consummate r while, he is here, while he -;:- generals of , the age ; earned it by a -campaign among lis, , while Providence 'spares him to .unrivalled in modern history, and perhaps, in . tQ him mart 0f our gratitude, this " ancient j earned it , by, a .campaign -contrived . whi . hewiU Talue when we cando . f With, the most consummate military sniii, wun u withou't wrong or injury t0 him, without en " vJhe most fearless courage, and the.most uner-' danserin our institutions, and without setting i. ring accuracy yearned U by a campaign m t ie . . t mischievous . orecedent Let u midst of, .avdepwsed:nd conquerad, people, uUB honor - him in a manner which, will be , : , . when from tha stat-3 ot tne case nu pq wers were ei.&tefal i0 bim . . almost without limit, 'without the jpreasntation' -: '.:.. . - '. -1 !.: ..:iL 1.:. Vnm,LI 1 mi, s.; nt & sineia insmnow in wmv n uwsnivni- ; -, edge, with his consent, w sq iar as ais aumiy -'K to prevent it extended, .of the sniallest" wrong hewn done to the most humble and dependant ? 1 of his Mexican foes j earned it by showing that , f - 'war can be conducted with the utmost oravcry f ; ' RECOLLECTIONS OP MY GRAND - - father's home.. ; . - M None knew thee but to love thee, r None named thee but to praise." - The haying time was past, but not the re membrance of it. Each rainy day, as wt sat mnirinir l'ttlfl minifttura rakes, we, that is, Benny Ltidiuyself, would count the months and then thewteeKS peiore nnotner imiug time. were kalcyon days. Many a bright vision did we, in Vouthful ignorance, conjure 11 r from the depthiof my grandiatlier's weu-nuea purae. "I will tell you what, jnoii,' :sau JDenuj uo day to me, with an encouraging nod, as he pro ceededto drive the last peg into his little rake "we shall be rich, 1 know we snail, we win work every haying time, and by and by we shall get money eneugh to buy a farm a great farm like my grandfather's." " I shall be a farmer, and you shall be my housekeeper." " Two dol lars twn di.llnrs every vear I Let me see how many sheep two dollars will buy," said Bonny, at the same time aivinc a finishing stroke to the u'"-' WnT rnillantrv.' thai fortified -places can" Le . stormed and .'armies 'defeated in lheopen field . without Bbrrenderingl,thegenerou8j emotions t- ':-A thai: belonar to the heart of man ; and that the f v.frr 'most tender feelines of humanity; "anid the iost "4 " generous and, considerate pity can iccupy thiy ' J rsamo ..breast spontaneously, with a' .eourago, jT ? i.:nt.'nll Tln'hnnMi tn. t.liA tnn.Qt.ni of war .ini GOV.fFOOTE ON TIIE ADMINISTRATION. GoVi Foote, of M issiHsippr, in reply to the invita tion of the committee of the National Democrat ic Jubilee; held in the city of New York, on the 23d of November, writes a sedthinz letter upon the Administration. The receipt of the letter was delayed, and it did not appear in the New York papers until Friday last. We publish it m-fu 11 below, and commend it to the attention of onr readers. "The brominent part which this distinguished member of the Democratic party has borne asainslr Northern and Jsouthern tana- tic'iKm piTfs imnortftnea to his letter. While JL. r- - r . .... 1 a Senator-of the United istates he battiea zeai t ' J K.' , 11 . . i.:-u r ,l.l ' 1 rtiiaWntrnlnat rfiak nnannltji of Preft Hollism On the tDe eaiiani wxiops .wuiiiuc icM, 1 -o"v . : - 1 : . Tr . T .k j. officers who,, under l.imj, comman-i f Compromise Measures 1 and the Union. In the youthful purity, than in the weariness of dis-j uonorea age. - - ' . ' '.There ore" confused recollections of black dresees and crape bonnets, a great concourse of fteople; and a long ride. But the las loot of ittle Benny is as vivid as ever ; the long, lin gering gaze upon thoso placid, clay-cold fea tures daguerreotyped irrevocably upon a Bis ter's heart the features of the brother and play mate 'of her childhood, i In my heart's cham bers there are many faded portraits; but no new-comer has ever usurped the place of little Benny. Foy months, I mourned despairingly for my lost f playmate. The chair kept its wonted placel in the corner ; the miniature rakes were fondly treasured ; the white collar was still un pinned'. By chance, one day, the chair was moved; anon the little rakes disappeared; and then the rustv nin was drawn from the jacket 1 The next having time found mealmost as blithe m i " . .L . .1 and pav as ver ! Thus evanescent are uie griefs of early childhood. Nat. Era. s . him "and i the noble v. r ded those troops, a lustrtfupoo theciantry that canvass for Governor of Mississippi,he struggled -l ' shall endure for ever : tiot that vnwrthy fatne hard and triumphantly against the spirit of Se-v:-k m.. .n;n. rmn. m.hMHn..'Hnui' cession whieh then threatened to sunder the . wm, . PV. . L""r ,7i 1 nni For hi. MarM both in the Senate of 4X lea irom wii is oiierwi jiuui 1 ------- - - - - ... , n m I, S. ,. hnmn rHt - hut h earned it with th. 1 the United States and s a candidate for Gover- lsiHn of every "noble excellence which thefondr . .. "V.-'." I'l l.? 11" iirer ot numan- nature -couiu ueeire w kkiaA.T. .l'r...A.l ! l.annuan ttiia' Tfldt-! thia nf)hl( ! CT'L rtoj-ft1!? t alfot his. country -is Irat worthy IlQj!.- E,T L Jfch he entered tUe' Army. SrSi?' Corinthiah- capital which ? ..'Tb'!- Ttig notan prnamontal : - disfigured fac?.l All. fthat he has ' ' Si.t 18 consistent, trom Dcginning to onu. - ' 1 ' - 1 hiwdIf FTcsident, allow' me to add what in such , , T SJi conneetion should never be forgotten that in . j. the' character or this distinguisnea muur.ry- ' chief there is a purity; of moral virtue and ex ' ;,V cellence which Torms a' picture upoa which the ' -, -V, A. heart of the patriot and the Christian can rest .-; with'" gladness, aud reioice that'sacha name . . i ojng the history of our country.- .Sir, he has V " J' ' earned this distinction : by rendering military r . , : services in the cause of his country second pnly to that man with , whom none- is equal. He " WUUU1 T O ivu.-v. . " " I 7" J 1 .'- to him who leu our .lorciatners .uirougn tue troubles and conflicts of the revolutienary strug gle, to the independence which they earned for " us. and which we now enjoy. - i ! " " ? Mr. President, I had not expected to say a word upon this subject. ! did feelt that it was nor of Miseiesipbi.' he received the highest ap proval tront the. National Democracy of the wiHrte country, liov. J) oote stands now wnere he stood in those days the friend and advocate of the Compromise and Union. The high posi tion which ho has held in his party cannot fail to give weight and force to his position now, with national conservative .Democrats. nen Buch men as Gov. Foote express indignation for members of the (Jabinet; as "a trio ot corrupt and besotted Cabinet Ministers'and pronounce their course "an accursed spoils policy," some thing must be wrong. But we give the letter of Gov. Foote without further comment. It speaks for itself -.Rich. Whig. JiCKSSN, JOV. JU, IS06. Gentlemen I deeply regret that I was not in the city of Jackson when your letter of the ltn instant reacuea its aesunauon, as, in con sequence of my absence from home, considera ble delay has arisen in responding to its con tents. i . done I assure you, gentlemen, that you have but he me simple justice in supposing that I "could unite with you in congratulating the national democracy" of the Empire State of the confederacy "upon their recent and unpreceden ted triumph ; nor is it, in my judgment, to be : - J.- wnniAmn:nn tua i in the least decree doubted tnat tne lustre 01 BCSrSeiy Brulier Ullt alii LCUWUlimtvu tuu giuv . o .rn.A nkU,im)ii . it wnrrliimnn if. T I that. triumph is greatly enhanced by the circum that this grand result was "accomplished solely by the spontaneous uprising of the peoplo, unaid ed and unsupported by government patronage." i n - - have heard the matterdisenssed more than once 'in the Senate; and Itiave remained silent ; but "Lhave'felt that there is nothing in the circum stances of the case which ;'. should ; induce me , now to withhold the expression of the senti- ments which I deeply feel towards one whom 1 hall delight thus to honor. And why should not this be doner- All admit tne merits ot tne honored officer. ' Why, then object to the pro position f" 'Will -it displace any man from the bierhest rank which - he has acquired? "Will it stain' or strip a lingWlaurel from the brow of any otner gaiianiomcer ( .."- iu jn euuanger "-" any Of the! republican institutions under which we live V Surely,"; Mr, President, tt cannot be intended that it- will.-' Why, then, I" repeat, should not the; resolution, be passed, and this brevet, this'cbmplimenUiry rank, be conferred ob the distmtruisued oiheer 7 - , i . vMv friend from Illinois f Mr. DauGiiAsT says he stands oreoared ; to cive . him" a -vote of thanks. That has. been already done. Cer tainly, it would be in lexceedingly Ibad" taste to repeat the, thanks, " lie says he stands ready to Tote him swords; but swords are not the prop er complimentary tribute to be given to one of his rank. u says lie is wniingio voie uuu nn increase of pay ; but be is Tiot willing to give - the President power to confer this title upon him. Why not? ' Are the positions which the - honorable Senator assumes anything iu the world but "a distinction without a difference t" He is willing to -honor General bcott ; the bre vet will honor him. He is willing; to increase his nay : the brevet will increase his pay. " But the Senator is struck with this difficulty, that ifwefcre to establish the principle that every officer who doc3(his duty is to have a bre vet, then" we sball find ourselves (hereafter in conveniently situatedi because we shall want yanks in the army to supply the demand. Bi'e vets are conferred far extraordinary and uc cessful services ; and permit mo to say, that we . may safely leave the difficulty which my hon orable friend from Illinois has suggested, to take care of itself as the occasion arises ; for, he may rest assured, that if the brevets conferred upon the commanders of the army are never conferred except upon those wboj achieve, by such brilliant and celebrated actions aa the ad vance of General Scott from Vera Cruz to the City of Mexico, we shall not ofteti be met by . his difficulty. Do not let us look so far ahead with 'the case before us. The compliment is deserved, richly, eminently dcservei. 'We have the means of paying ' it. Do nottell us that the generosity of the nation mayin .times to come, be bankrupt, if we confer this honor up on this distinguished f officer, and for that rea son withhold the payment of the just claim which is presented to us now.1 . I did not intend to go into any extended re marks. I rise merely for the purpose of ma T king an explanation in respect to thelieutenant "eenetalshio, which was conferred ! upon" Gene- f -ral-Witsfeietiw-M-.imp is tbat.Xhe J senator irora . Illinois wr. iouuuasj is mista ken in reference to that case. The title was not conferred upon General Washington for the pnrpose of a brevet rank. At the time of our - f difficulty with France, the qiiasi war, as it was called, on the recommendation of Mr. Adams, then President of the United States, a bill was " passed, which authorized the President to ap point an officer, to be commissioned as lieuten ant general, who should command all the ar mies of the United States. Uenea the propo sition was to confer the rank of lieutenant gen eral upon him who was to be the general-inch ief of the army. It was discovered, however, that by an oversight in making Genoral Wash ington a lieutenant general, they had really fiven him a lower grade than that which he lied .'during the revolutionary war, when he was a full general, and commander of all the troops; and at the very next session of Con gress, if myl memory serves me right, an ajct was passed to correct the mistake, and give to Washington the title of general, j i . Mr. CtATTow. ': If the Senator will allow me, 'I will read the prevision to which he refers, ' -which is contained in the ninth section of the act of March 3, 1799, for the better regulation of the troops of the United States, and for other purposes." It is in these words: j j . Be it further enacted. That a commander of the Army of the United States shall be appoin ted and commissioned by the style of 'General of the Armies of the United States ;' and the present office and title of lieutenant general ha!l thereafter be abolished." . I Mr. Badger. That is the provision to which I allude. Allow me, Mr. President, in conclu sion, to say but a few more words. As has been said by Any noble friend from Illinois, IMr. SHIELDS.! General Scott is nn old mnn j The sands of hit life are fast running out At no aisiont aay, in the ordinary course of hu "n eveats, he will be o longer ! with us.-s-Now, sir. if We feet Os all inv friond nn it. BMee ef ths Chamber have said they feci this Few events have occurred in the last half cen tury better calculated to rrjoice the hearts' of all true patriots, and to strengthen the confi dence of all enlightened men in the stability of republican institutions, than the signal and sur prising victory which has just been achieved in your populous aud influential commonwealth by the champions of the "Constitution and Com promises" over that pestilent and lawless free soil faction which has so long kept the whole public mind of the country in a feverish and unnatural excitement, and involved the Union itself in such fearful jeopardy. Whatever may be said or published to the contrary, in any quarter, 1 trust that those indomitable cham pions of the national democratic creed the Dickinsons, and Bronsons, the O'Conors, and their valiant comrades in arms will rest tho rouglJy assured that they have the sympathy. the respect, and the gratitudo or all in this sec tion of the confederacy whose esteem and confi dence are at all worth possessing ; and that there are but few men of standing to be found in the whole Soutli who do not feel the liveliest indig nation at the attempt of a trio of corrupt and besotted Cabinet ministers to intermeddle in the domestic concerns of one of the sovereign States of the Union-to break down everything like freedom of opinion to extinguish all of that just and legitimate State pride which consti tutcs one of the main pillars of our system of con federated government: through the instrumen tality of an accursed spoils policy, under the reign of which all public virtue must infallibly languish, the most elevated and disinterested love of country only constitute an insuperable impediment to all public advancement, and a wild andnlunated spirit of Jacobinism bo seen, sooner or later, usurping all the high places of civic trust and dignity. 1 hope and confidently believe that a wholesome reactionary movement has occurred in the State of New York, which will continue and diifuse. itself until faction and factionistsshallbe consigned to that death which knows no resurrection, and the repose and hap piness of the republic be placed 'ppon founda tions as imperishable as the fame of those illus trious sages with whom the "constitution and its compromises originated. I have the honor to be, gentlemen, your friend and fellow citizen, 11. 5. i!001h Messrs. Erastiis W. Glover, William Mootry, Joseph M. Marsh, David Dodge, and N. Dimond committee, &c little rake one blow too many ; and tne wooden pegs flew over the room, fit emblems of the frailty of Benny's air-castles. Our grandfather's farm was the El Dorado of our youthful visions. In the twilight, that great studio of childhood, were brought forth fresh pictures of its cherished features. Hero and there an object, like the walnut tree, the pas ture bars, the pure spring in the mowing field, the shaded play rock, ah ! and the little green, tufted grave, never changed its place. With fond remembrance, connecting links came fast. There wsre not wanting the sleek herds, seek ing shade in the skirts of the woodland, drinking at the millpond ; or the sheep browsing the rronn hillocks. The distant cow-pen again tinkled low, sweet melody in our ears; in the village, the mill clattered on; the maimed lamb once more limped, at our call, to its evening meal ; and ths speekled trout shone on the sur face of the deep old well. Oh ! 'twas a mellow picture, whose every fea ture made well up all the love und trust ef our young hearts. And, always in the foreground of that twilight picture, tne rays oi me iat sun clinging round him, stood an aged form, gray-haired and trembling, leaning on a knot ted Stan, lietore mis iorm we ooweu m msunt tive reverence ; gazed on our own little bodies, wondering if age would so wrinkle our rosy cheeks and stiffen our supple limbs ! We never thought that that form might one day fade from he Dicture, when the original had passed away. Yet now, ever and anon, the also lading linea ments of the little miniature of a gray-haired old man, grasping under his chin with distort ed hands a knotted staff, are carefully scanned to help till out the outline lonn in that land scape picture I "Passing away! so it is. w nat we most love is most evanescent! How humiliating is tho thought that, as the forms we once loved recede from our grasp, so shall our features fade ono day from the memories of our friends ! Poor, foolish, ambitious man, toil on, reach your aim, and fall quickly ; thsre's another as proud, waiting lor your toothoid ! 5o goes the world, and we murmur at it : but bod is wiser than his creatures. If, as the lifeless form went back to mother earth, the grasped counterpart grew not dim in the heart, the storehouse would soon burst with its over-teeming life., So, mother, let your child, and child, let your mother, go back to varth, and hang over the tar nished canvass a newer portrait ! There was to be a village jubilee, in antici- fiation of which a now muslin dress had swal owed up my grandfather's dollar, while a nic6 pair of gaiters attested the current value of Benny's, Tho-ISng-wished-for morning came. Benny's little jacket with a white collar pinned to its WMLl'MH IMl -'RALEIG II. N. C. A.-. SATURDAY MORNING", DEC 31, 1853. "Ours' are the plans of fair, delightful peace i Unwarped by party rage, to live wee urvu,.. N.jjir THE SPANISH COURT AND ITS MORALS The London Timos, in a recent article on the adver8e reception given to the Queen of Spain at the opera, takes occasion to point out the cause of it in this wise, we nave ltaucisea a few passages, that the meaning may be more clear, though it will, perhaps, be clear enough without that device : "We are now witnessing the spectacle of the decay and extinction of Spanish loyalty. That whieh the imbecility of the Fourth Charles and sthe selfish brutalitof Ferdinand VII. could not ffect, has been accomplished by a young woman and a queen. The task ot extinguish ing so remarkable a teeling as that or the loy alty of the Spanish name, was no easy one. Misgovernmeht would not have done it. Queen Isabella might have laughed at law and order, justics and homanity, and her eubjtots would . t I 11 ! A. V -frkA-rr not pave uissea ner in me opera iw, did the other day. It was on tho 18th of the present month, that a bpanish Queen endured this last indignity at the hands of her people. Tltre had not of late been more than the usual amount of corruption in the various depart ments of government. What has happened in the last Tew weeks, had happened twenty times before, but at the bull-fight and the opera, at the Alameda and at the gates of her palace, the queen had enjoyed immunity from censure fdr censure wa insult. So srreat had .been her offence and so deeply had she wounded the punto (C honor of the Spanish race that they had no alternative but to remain silent, or to blow awav the loyal traditions of eight centu ries with a breath. The Queen entered the roval box with her consort of Lyuis Phillippe's finding. She stood prepared tor the usual loyal demonstrations. Tho- splendor of the scene was mechanically suspended that the Royal March according o custom might give time and harmony to the glad accumulation of her subjects. But from all sides of the Hall of a Hall crowded with the most illustrious personages of Spain a cry of aversion resounded. There should be no march There should be no glad cry of welcome. Where the Queen of :Sp.iin looked for cheers, her ear was greeted with hisses and expressions of disgust: "Jkisla, Basta, de eso !" "We have had enough of this!" "Que continue la WHIG MEETING. A meeting of the Whigs of Forsyth was held at the Court House, on iuesday, the zuth inst. for the purpose of appointing delegates to attend the Whig State Convention, to be held in the city of Kaleighj on tbe 21st of February. 1854, On motion ofC. L. Banner, Esq., Dr. Thomp son weamerty wa called to the chair, and Col Mathias Mas ten appointed Secretary. The ob ject of the meeting having been explained, on motion ot Charles bhober, iuaq the follow mg resolutions were unanimously adopted : Resolved, That we, a portion of the Whigs of iorsyth, so far trom having seen anything in the antecedents of the present Administration to induce us to abandon our party organization are more than ever impressed with the duty and necessity of adhorinr to it with still stronger devotion. Resolved, That, with the view: to the tho rough organization of our party throughout the State, preparatory to the next Gubernatorial campaign, we . approve of the holding of a gen eral Convention at Raleigh, on the 21st Febru ary next ; and will give our undivided support to its nominee. '"' Resolved, That the Chairman of this meeting appoint 20 delegates to represent; the Whigs pf Forsyth in said Convention. In pursuance of the 3d resolution, the Chair man appointed the following, gentlemen as del egates to the Stato Convention.: i J Messrs. Adam Snow, Tho's B Lasb, William Goslin, Henry Hart, Abram Teague, Charles E Shober, C L Rights," R W Wharton, D H Star buck. Robert Gray, James E Matthews, Aaron Linville, Cha's B Brooks, C II Matthews, W P Henly, Philip Kerncr, Henry! Lash, A H Shep perd, Col. M Masten and C L Banner. On motion, the Chairman was added - to the number; and the meeting adjourned. T. WEATHERLY, Ch'm. Mathias Masten, Sec'tv " Lakge Yield or Cotton. It ? is stated that the plantation bclpnginjj to the estate of the late ; Isaac Curtis, in Marengo county, Ala., will make the large yield of nine bales of cot ton to the hand. We shoald, aj tbia is hard to beat Sam Weller has been arrested in St. Louis, charged with bigamy. Poor Sam nel ! Whan f is Mr. Pickwick 1 neck, hung from a nail in the wall; his new gaiters stood upon the mantel-piece Benny could not wear them then. I entered into the pports of that day with all the joyousness and buoyancy of childhood, and though I heard Benny's moans as I passed the half-onened door, 1 did not think at evening to bid him good night, or give him bis wonted kiss. Giddy girl ! that same sick Benny was the gay companion of haying time! Even so selfish is joy. What sympathy can gladness have with sorrow? bo thou, who hast no home picture fading in thy heart, go not to condole with her who moans for the loss of her first born. Let her, in whose house is an empty room, in whose corner a vacant chair, mingle tears and words of true sympathy. Thou who bast found in thy eldest a father's joy, and in thy youngest a father's hope, go not with empty words to him whose own house hath fallen. There must be a bitter chalice between mourn ers over a desolated hearthstone. Davs passed away long, dreary days. The gaiters still kept their place on the mantel piece ; the white collar bad become yellow with smoke and dust, but still it stayed. Benny no longer asked about the jubilee, and I shrank from the darkened room. How anxiously I watched the doctor's ominous face, as he softly emerged from the sick room; ,how my little heart beat, if ever its wonted benignant smile returned to that anxious lace. Ouo morning (Benny had been sick a week' I was awakened by the loud rumbling of a ye hide. There was no mistaking the sound yes, it was the old market wagon. In a few," moments 1 was by my grandfather s Bide There was no tremulous grasp of the hand, no gentle greeting, no fond pat on the head his thoughts were with Benny, his namesake. "Tread softly," whispersd the doctor, as I led my grandfather to the side of the sick bed I h is time tliero was no mistake ; a tear twinkled in his gray eye, and trickled slowly down nis iurrowed cheek. . "He will not help us hay another year, Molly, said my grandfather to me, in broken tones. How that death-knell fell on my soul ! Ben ny, the good, the beautiful Benny, die and be buried in the cold, damp earth I It could not be; and yet, ns I looked at him, the terrible conviction forced itself upon me. His little brown hands were become thin and white ; his cheeks sunken, lie opened bis eyes " Benny, do you know me ?'" asked grand lather, tondiy. . He murmured, incoherently, something abou haying time, the big rofik, and the mowing Again my grandfather dropped a tear. It was more than my childish heart could bear ran fb my chamber, and, throwing myself on the bed, yielded to the first sharp agony of life. Oh, it is a fearful thing to pass through the gate si sorrow, irom tne scenes 01 unburdened childhood It was dark, very dark, when I was awaken ed by a light tap on the shoulder. I knew the touch it was my grandfather's hand. I asked no questions, but followed him instinctively to the sick room. I knew that Benny, my loved Benny, was dying. There was no shrinking from the mysterious threshold. In the soul agony of that moment I could not cry, but stood by the side of that dear, dying boy, as cold, calm and still, almost, aa himself! There was no look of recognition, no word from , the palsied tongue. One gasp, then another ; one quiver of the thin lip, and the fragile chord which bound that pure soul to earth was bro ken and loving parents, brothers, and sisters, heard no more tha voice of little Benny. It was a strange, fearful death-room I A mother weeping for her child, and would not be comforted, for he was not ; manhood bowed in agony for the child ot his heart ; and, stranger still, the silvered locks of decrepit age ming liag with the brown carls of lifeless childhood. Poor old man! You'ye long since finished your three, score years and ten, vet tottered weeping over a little child 1 Child at your play, pause a moment Death marks you with a ghostly smile ! Man of the world, one hour for your Maker. i-Gold will not bribe the grim messenger ! ' Mother, go back once more, to pray by the bedside of your sleeping child; for this night he may he writ ten motherless I So it is- childhood sports a brief hour manhood leagues' with mammon a few short -yars ; and here and there an old man prates of aieng life 1 What matters it ? for the end is not yst. Better; far, to die in opera t" Was it insensibility was it scorn? The Queen did not Change countenance. iW no the husband of the Queen by registry and in name. Not so another person in thut house, who at the present moment ocatvies a voh at Madrid tor which no name is given in the hierarchy of Spanish digni ties, although a Sjtanisk muleeier would be at lit tle loss to supply the requisite denomination. There stood the successor of Charles, glancing down upon the people, who were cursing her in their hearts, and- hissing at her with their lips, with no one to rely upon save the person who for the moment bad sueoefded 10 her favor. All this passed at Madrid on the evening of Tuesday, the eighteenth of the present month. iVb single 9ct of imprudence could have pro duced such a result. Tbe loyalty of the Span iard was so deeply seated that it could not be obliterated by a passing folly or a passing crime. It was necessary In drag the Spanish crottn very long through very miry spots indeed, before the nation would have risen against its wearer, as though treason had been committed against the repose of a private family. This is not the first time that the nation had witnessed the j spectacle of notorious profligacy in the highest station. Bu bad as have been t he previous instances of such disregard of all obli gations, no Spiinixh Queen has yel laced to ex hibit the living proof sf her successive acts of shame before the eyes of a nation. Niw there is no poetry possible For the Ileloise of many Abelards. What wonder then, that the loyal ty of the Spaniard, being in such a position as we have described it to be, should have been con verted into its opposite by so shameful an exhi bition ! As the feeling was a personal one, so it is much to be feared the retribution may one dayj be. The conduct of the sovereign is felt as a personal disgrace by every Spaniard in the solitude of his own dwelling. Such is not quie the end of the "Spanish marriages" of thaf politic scheme for the sake of which a great minister sacrificed his character for nrob ity, and an able monarch one of the first crowns in 0IiristenioLn . jjgy- When Gen. Scott was a candidate for tho Presidentship, it was the fashion with many of thoSf, who were opposed to 'jim, to refuse him credit for many of his actions, and not unfrequent ly to abuse and calumniate him. We remember how often we prpedicted that the fashion would change, and that, too, probably, before many years. Already, we are glad and proud to see ourjpredictions verified. The subject is called to h)ind by reading the debate in the Senate, on the lsubject of the appointment of a Lieutenant General. We observe, that in commenting up- THE FRANKLIN RESOLUTIONS, i The "Standard," of the-21st devotes nearly two columns to the Resolutions adopted at the recent Whig meeting in Franklin. The Editor sets out with the singular proposition, that, ns the lands belong to all the Scates collectively, as a federal Union, they cannot be divided out among them, separately. On the same princi ple he might maintain that persons in partner ship cannot divide out any portion of their stock in trade that having once invested a given amount in business, they must never shorten sail, never curtail their operations, never con cede any thing to the pressing wants ol their families but mustforever keep the f ameamount invested at any sacrifice of profit or personal inconvenience. How is it that the Federal Gov ernment may receive grants of land from the States ito enable it to pay its debts, but cannot restore an equal value of lands to the States ? It is sid to bo a bad rule which will not work both. Ways. The democratic rule is of this char acter, i The sham democracy profess above all other people to be the friends of State Rights, and yst whenever the States demand tangible rights substantial justice at the hands of tho Federal Government, this same sham democracy is sure to take sides with the central power; and what aggravates the insult to the common sense f the people, is the fact that those identi cal Resolutions of '98, which they would have us believe to be the palladium of our State Right, are the very obstacle raised up and thrust forward to deprive us of our rights. But the lands were given to the Federal Gov ernment by the States for a specific purpose, viz : the payment of the Revolutionary debt ; and that purpose having been answered, they equitably revert back to the States. "Is not this so ?" They not only have answered the purpose of sustaining the credit of the Government when it needed support, as well as of assisting to pay the National debt, but they have assisted in planting education and science in the wilder ness, and in the construction of thousands of miles of Rail Road. The "Standard" exuiting ly alludes to the fact that the public lands have yielded a nett revenue to the Federal Govern ment of fifty-three millions of dollars over and above the cost of their management abd sale. The Editor might have added tho fact which is stated by the Commissioner of the-Land Office, that a still larger amount in value has been granted to the new States, showing an aggregate nett value of about one hundred and twenty-five millions of dollars, which has been derived from these lands, the gift of the old States to the Federal Government, for the specific purpose of paying off the Revolutionary debt. The misap plication of the fund, therefore, has now amount ed to the enurmoug value, according to the Laud Officei Commissioner, of more than seventy mil lions jof dollars! Would not a Court of Equity decree a forfeiture of the trust on this very ground ? Is this enormous realization from the lands, the greater portion ot which has been misapplied, a ground for continuing the pro digal and dishonest stewardship of the Federal Government ? Th "Standard" renews its Constitutional criticism upon the clause which authorises Con gress! "to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations for the government of the ter ritories." The Editor insists that if the lands bo granited to the old States to North Carolina and Virginia, as well as to the new, tncre will be nothing for the latter part of the clause to operate on nothing to make needful rules and regulations about. We exposed the absurdity of this conceit some two months ago, and we had supposed that it had been abandoned. But it seems that we were mistaken ; and we ac cordingly proceed to show that it is merely ridicu lous. When the public lands within the limits of a State are disposed of to an individual, to the State, or to a Western Rail Road Corpora tion, Congress just as effectually loses all con trol over it all power to make needful rules and regulations "for the government tliereof," as if the lands were given to the several States by Bennett's Bill. "Is not this so?" Or if lands in the territories are given away or sold to indivifluals, or to corporations, the Federal Gov ernment immediately loses all right of making needful rules and regulations for their govern ment It requires only a moment's reflection to perceive the ridiculous blunder into which the "Standard" has fallen." The "Rules and Regulations," from the necessity of the case, must be made and applied before the lands are disposed of, because, when disoosed of no mat ter td whom, Cbngress ceases to have any power over them. The States of Ohio and Alabama Treasary, and his predecessor, Mr? Corwin, en tered the etock market, and bought in'all.they could get at a' considerable premium ? " How foolish, then, the idea' that etocks would fall,' but for the public lands, with.tbirty millions m the Treasury ready to be applied to tneir pur chase! ' the Editor of the Standard" reasone with our Franklin friends as if they were chil dren. The intelligent Whigs of that County canDot be imposed on by shallow sophristries, which would do discredit to a child in a debat ing club in a country school. We have frequently attempted to draw the at tention of the "Standard" to another view of this question. We have pointed out the fact that the system of giving away the public lands to the Western States is a growing evil not merely a standing, but a rapidly accelerating evil, and we have shown by a quotation from "the Presi dent's Message, that of above twenty-five mil lions of acres 'disposed' of in the last fiscal year, only one million was sold and the proceeds placed in the public Treasury. The next fiscal year mark the prediction ! will show a still smaller sale and a still larger amount "dis posed" of. Will this "common fund," thus grossly misapplied, keep up the public credit T If thirty millions surplus in the Treasury will not keep it Up, will one million worth of lands suffice ? Tbe "Standard" harps upon the fact that Mr. Fillmore signed the recent land bills, but it omits to state that a locofoco Congress passed them ! Mr. Fillmore could not suppose that North Carolinians were very tenasious of the,ir share in the public lands, when the Representa tives from the State voted against the only bill which proposed to give her a dollar's worth of them. Whom shall we blame, Mr. Fillmore, a citizen of Western New York, who, as President, thought it unadviseable to veto the Western land bills, or the ; locofoco Congress which passed them? But Mr. Fillmore would most cheerful ly have signed Bennett's Bill, or one Still'more liberal to North Carolina but will Gen. Pierce ? The "Standard" knows that he would not. He is pledged against any bill by which North Carolina can be benefitted, and would veto it without ceremony. The Baltimore Platform pledges him to this course, and the Editor of the "Standard" knows it ; while i;t equally well knows that the Whig policy is to give to North Carolina and the other old States their fair share in the public lands. But this is not all. We have nat reached the head and front of locofoco offending yet. While the Baltimore Platform is fatal to the rights and interests of North Carolina while it cuts us off from all direct and tangible share in the public lands, by approving a general system of distri bution, it is somehow ascertained that it is not in the way of the most prodigal grants to Wes tern States and Rail Roads, which locofoco Con gresses have passed by the wholesale. And it is now ascertained that it is not inconsistent with the Homestead principle, by which every body is to have a farm for the asking. Can the "Standard" deny this ? Can the Editor deny that the official organ has come out openly for the Homestead ? And does he deny that the President will sign such a bill ? Can he, as a true, sink orf swim 'democrat,' continue his own opposition to the Ilomestfead, in defiance of the Administration? CONGRESS But little busi f.vunCeUieni 01 tne death of the II n p Campbell, a representative fri J 'N who expired in Wnshinzton . Jast. The deceased waS several of the Tennessee Legislating 1 ..... Johnson, the Dresent ' .', I"5 Atfos ( V.VIIM r l ,., f, 1 lie was an oiW ..M one election war, and was about 45 years oil Among the Senate hems. - . Mr. Badqee asked, and by unAnim.. obtained, leave to introduce a 'bUi ,Cn't "An act making annroDrinf.Anc provemerit ofljertain harbors and rivers' . proved August 30, 1852 ; which time, and ordered tn n mannA The bill proposes to ampnri i. . gust 30, 1852, by striking out th I Jk the construction of a break water tan sound," from the clause arr;.l, 000 "for reopening the communicati Albemarle sound and the am 0etial the construction of a breakwater acrn?1'' tan sound. " Mr. Badger. The bill explain, it(,eif . will state that an appropriation of isoonri !i made for reooenine- that inlii v .l m tion of a breakwater." But, when tbe partment sent out officers to make the n examinations, it was ascertained that 2 struction of a breakwater wnnU 1 make the ntci lned that th, Juld ilir,.!.. large expenditure, and would, in fact lT1 !l libtJ l- . !.., il.-. v; j:. 1 . . wo , u" ucuewfj uiu not Ipp Utti apply the money to any other purp XW which was specified m the set. Tu i- on some objections, '.air. mason, or Virginia, said : "I do not intend to say indeed, I do not say anything that could add, either in the opinion of the country or of the world, one cubit to the noble stature of this gallant general, for his seA werel once Darren wastes, the property of the vices in the Mexican war. Were I to say that be lias shed lustre upon our arms and renown upon oar country, I should merely repeat what has already been said, not only here, bub else where. But there is one feature which) has, I must confess, impressed me more strongly in the.career of this gallant captain in a foreign country, than any that has yet been alluded to. I mean the great moral example that he set to the world, of conducting an invading army in a foreign eountry in the manner in which he conducted our army in Mexico. He carried with him no devastation, o ruin fhe sacked no villages, he plundered no people, but cast over them his protection everywhere he went. When he took possession of their capital, he es tablished a police law there which will impress itself upon the character of that nation through all coming time. So far from permitting the least license in his officers or soldiers, or the hangers-on of his army, the least violence to wards any of the people of the country, his con duct in that respect was eminently exemplary, and the name of Scott, in Mexico, will be treas ured op in grateful remembrance by the patriots of that land, although be was their conqueror. The great moral example he there set to the jwofld, will cost more lustre upon his name than all bis feats of arms." j " 1 i-. If ow, Mr. Mason was never one of those who abused and villified Gen. Scott and yet even he would not, probably, have said this, pending the Presidential election,, which he now cheerfully iand handsomely says. But we quote his words, to add that they were received and responded to by the-whole Senate, without distinction of "parly, and that the meed of praise is now awar ded, without a dissenting voice, to a man, who, bat; a few short months ago, , was represented by twopenny scribblers andpolitical spoolers ns (utterly unworthy of regard or honor 1 - . The question of allowing the doodIs of the state to vote for the; election of President of thejUnited States was rejected by the South Carolina Legislature at its late session. PARTY DISCIPLINE. It is surprising that the democracy of North Carolina should so tamely submit to the dicta, tion of party leaders and Conventions in the face of the imanifest interests of the people of the State. The Baltimore platform denies to North Carolina all share, practically, in the public lands, and yet the leaders of the Democ acy, instead of indignantly throwing off alle giance to such a creed, meekly counsel acquies cence, for the sake of harmony and "organiza tion." In Pennsylvania, the Democracy have shown more independence. They are thorough-going Tariff men there, Platforms to the contrary not withstanding. So, in Ohio, Massachusetts and .Vermont, the democracy are Abolitionists, and they accordingly set aside the Platform, and unite the Free Soilers proper in the election of United Statfes Senators, Governors, ifce. Why cannot the -democracy of North Caro lina defy the Baltimore Platform and demand our share of the public lands? A clearer case of equity was never adjudicated in a Court of Chancery. this bill is to allow the Department te iav inviij iwi mmm levucunr l th. ;n striking out the words by th. sonnet! J a breakwater." It is to take awav n,.7?fl tinn as tn ths munnpi- in wKw.l, .1 be applied. Thft bill wita rA(1 n aannnA 1 d aa in f!nmmutn .f tl. u-.'...i '"M amendment being made, it was reported ta Senate, ordered to be engrossed for a "-uu,"&i " " c u miiu nine andpuji LEASING TIIE PENITENTURY Lewis Zaehry, tho Keeper of the GeoJ jrciiiieiiuiy prujjusva iu lease lliat- InsfitadJ tor a term ot years, in his proposition tc Legislature, he says : 1 T Mi.&a ts 1 1r ii ,1ia Tni.t!t..i! . r ci,. n . i cm , ani kji.ni.-, uiiuuaiiy, ten provided, the State will give me the in i r j-I a i t - i .i ciear oi ueui, aim luriiisn i tie present supply of provisions. The pork is already J chased, and nothing romaius to. complex J year s Mipmy. uuiiue purcnane 01 corn M vi Ji Tnftlioi. tliot tlii 'It pi .uu, uki.., .iki. mo kjlilie Will gl( qJ reasonable and proper compensation fa 5 needful and necessary buildinjrs which I J bo required to erect during the time. Iuj save the State from every indebtedness and excepting what is herein hefore set fori The pardoning power to be oiercised kji Executive, as heretofore. The Institutions) be open to the inspection and examination the G overnor and Legislature, or either, f, convicts to be fed and clothed alone atmjeos and ample indemnity given that the mm shall oe humanely treated. "All of which is respectfully sutaiittei" "Murfreesborocgh Gazette." This iii name of a new paper published weekly iati village of Murfreesborough, Hertford countj, S C, by Messrs. Drinkard tt Fnietas. It is str neat looking journal, and the editorial bov in. graceful one. It is neutral in politics, andpti mises an extensive variety of miscellftixougriJ ding and original contributions from writers. GREAT FIRE IN NEW YORK. New York, Dec. 27. Immense fire ben. Five wholesale flour stores and three or fa ships destroyed, among them the great shipS public, burnt to water's edae. Several mis vessels damaged. The loss b immense. SUPREME COURT. This Tribunal convenes in this City to-day, (Friday.) We learn that all the Judges are in attendance.; Federal Government, and subject to rules and regulations prescribed by Congress for their government. But every acre, as soon as it was disposed of, ceased to be under those rules and regulations as effectually and completely as any plantation in Wake County is to-day. "Is not fiis so ?" How laughably absurd, then, is the following commentary of the "Standard I" "3jhe Constitution expressly declares that "Congress shall have power to dispose of and niake all needful rules and regulations respect ing the territory or other property belonging to the United States." It may "dispose of," b,ut not ulivide out among tbe parties to the compact, for iff it should, then the latter portion of the clause providing for "needful rules and regula tions" would become null and void; and Con gressman no more make void in this waj a pro vision of the Constitution than it can violate the instrument in so many words." , -. Th '.'Standard" says that the public debt is etill large, and that the public lanels, should be sold fo pay it. That paper further asserts that if the public lands were given to the States by a general law of equal distribution, the ef. feet would be to injure the public credit, and that United States stock would fall in value l--We iatimated a week or twougor that the Edi tor's poetical temperament disqualifies him for comprehending, the dry details of finance, and these wild, statements serve to confirm our suspicions: Has 'be forgotten that a surplus now ''remains in r the Treasury equal to fall two thirds of the National . debt ? U And is he not aware that every, dollar, of that surplus would be promptly invested in the purchase of stock; if ' the holders could be induced to part with it on any thing like reasonable terms ? Is he not aware that the Secretary nf the Tdk Poor. Amid the general festivities of this mirth-abounding season, let us hoe that the sufferings of the poor will not be forgotten. At the cheerful fire-side, we must call to mind how many of our fellow-creatures are shivering in the cutting blast ; while seated around the genial boar, bestow a thought upon the multi tude whom hunger pinches. The exercise of benevolence is a source of the purest, brightest pleasure : now is the time for its enjoyment. There are some around and among us to whom new-year's day brings only a repetition of sor row and distress ; whose backward glance from that dividing point of time is but a melancholy retrospect of miseries endured, and to whom the prospect of .the future embraces only miseries! to come. A trifle saved from the expenditure of pleasure may cheer the heart of many, to whom pleasure has long seemed but a name. - BANK OFfWAsniNGT0N.This Bank has just declared, it will be seen, by advertisement in another column, a Dividend of 0 per cent making 21 J per cent divided among its Stock holders, since it commenced business, not quite two-' years and a half since. This is a most Hat ing exhibit ; and there is, besides the Dividend, retained of the profits of the Bank 8 per cent on its capital, as a Surplus Fund.- "V The Banl commenced with a capital of $58, 000, paid Sin, which . has been increased to $300,000,.! ..;?". 'Hot Cook Lif Scenes in Naw Yokk." This is the title of a neatly bound volume laid upWour table by PoaiERor. It is mostly com posed of those touching stories of the poor and unfortunate? whieh have appeared in the New York "Tribune," and is edited by Solox Robin son, well known to 'most of our readers by re putation, a FURTHER. Nsw York, December, 27. A strong west wind blowing. Tbe fire soon gpread,H in a short time, seven wholesale stores vena strnyed. Treadwell & Sons' extensive kkf oq Front street; D. W. Manwaring 4 Cb.;W Rownl Roland ; C. Harris & Uo.; K. W.K k Co.; Dusenberry's Bell Foundry; Davidffl Young's extensive sracker bakery, are iliq troyed. Several other buildings wre pe: damaged. The ship Great Republic was burnt 1st water's edge. The packet ship JoseahTili and clipper Red Rover, were both totalhdafcj ed. The packet Dewitt Cintnn was nearljiJ troyed. The clipper White Squall vsim down the stream enveloped m names, . is estimated at a million of dollars: I) prdbably greatly exceed this amount. I Great Republic was scuttled but the water too shallow, bhe is still burninir. dm nearly full freighted; nothing wag savei CROWNED HEADS ALL AROUXDB " Young America " ought to hurry tp " Monarchy " is certain to get ahead of spite of " Manifest Destiny and the Morn trine" on this continent. TKa ndminUlrafmn in tha first tllaCJ.!' nectfully informed, (and we don't charge for the information, either,) that, in all in" probability, by this time, Santa Anna, foils the example of Louis Napoleon, and the Emperor of all the Haytis, has perpetnH' coup d'etat, and proclaimed himself EiPf under the august title of Antonio IT10"" Antonio the First I Bravo ! Mexico hns et nail t hi. thA imnudenct t81 an EnP-lish wnr atftnmer triehnse ui"-Asfll Mt!lPn " whn h-kca .ncl Kopn I'nMZe'l ' ,.w ..--a - j auuaui uuici Ul loo Ut iu i 1 1. ..... . ' ' . lie eut of the Mexican' province of forniat This is another "outrage,""' The administration is furthsr informed, HI tis, also, that we are about to ha" ',r nuine Monarchy" North of u, ai well f The two Canadas. are to be coniohdstf Prince George ef.Cambridge is to be to Decrowned its King. -j I Whn'l T..n.n. Wnrl nil YoUWt i this crisis? ?Thev are nowhere iu p'1 what to" l(J would be making, if only a Whijt adminiet ration were in power A- -We ire under obligations to the Hon. Gborgk E. Badger, and the Hon. Sion H. Ro girs, for repeated favors in the way of Public Documents. power- North Carolina State Stocks.- Lyon, Commissioner of Banks fur tbe' Alabama,, reports to the General State stocks and the premium pai'l f . i i A r nj-i x ' , i n K i net & tost is, ixortn uaromi" " r $103, and $400,000 Virginia 6 Q await the maturity of a debt of hers. 7. Ll Will'" J ... -t!0fl due ten years hence ; so that they ff1'1 . J i . - r.i tri e u id competition whji any iuiui j, made by either North Carolina or 'r ring that period. iZtandard. WEBSTER.-'"' .13 Axecdoti or Mr aao, when the celebrated case was tn , tr . . i , ,i J ....... aMiOOJ 1 ... nrir iftrwoan iriA iwii n.rm lien ov- yeJ- : C ... I . amn OV he went back to Washington, an J his friends some account of the tr, counsel. &e.. he said there was ne ,! v nlmrod from K?w York, bv tbe name " and that when he entered on the cause. , (. ea liKe ne was nsieep. - Wood's.nower. replied. "If ever J1 J asleep when he is engaged ayatw Hv car'fvlnottn imkeh'm tip." -?IV. " A v VERY TIGHTLY BOUND
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