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1 fa . t. Si. - hm AIOSCIUITO BUSINESS.- isecm - ' than theirreaoru v Uve charge it. Fvtign ' Wawone; SB. v The Powsin flurry dlj hd l nine davs. before a story gets wmd Ahat Mr.Cly f halffivh word? Sith the British Minister concerning .Mosquito-Question.-'ao' called VVe treat this reawwiil prove as exaggerated m its predecessor, v t , , The Mqaito case ii substantially tbi : a SUte of Nicaragua, io the Federal Republic (or rather Military anarchy of Central America, it pretty machjuhabked by Indiana Jh.?. Them prettrfcewly f f M hen cu,"bu- fi.stsetfootcn the . rp their degeneracy, moral and ere coast m termed the Moaqmw Coast and is a wholly unciTiliaed region. Of tb eoa.t a cer tain yWUgf clinrtobe : Kinged w ported in lUt pretension bv Great ' Br, .am, of which country he is a devoted ally.; Indeed, it i wll understood that bis royalty is of the Bram warem make invented and put in operation by British: agents for apecial oses. But nobody cares to ieqeire into the mi iter, or to diapute the legitimacy of taw sable ally if Qaren Victoria, eo long as be ia persuaded to wear some sort of trow era oo ooort days, and confine hi antics to his nstire woods. Unhappily, his allies do not seem willing -to let him tboe decently behave himself. ' The State of Nicaragua has granted to a company ofi our citizens - the privilege of making a practicable communication, by way of the San Joan and the Lake Nicaragua,' between the Atlantic and Paci fic Oceans -a work which, when accomplished, will shorten . t be distance hence to California, as compared with the CVayrea and Panama route, nearly a thousand miles. But the SJosqaito King hat been induced to put in a claim to sovereignty over the River San Jeaa through the, greater part of its course, aa also over urey i own, ine pon si 11 mam a. claim, if sustained, puis the work in question com. pletely at the mercy of this savage, who must be bribed to permit the construction of an improve meet of immense value to what he claims as his dominions. Worse still, his British author and managers most . be bribed as well ; aud, by the time ibis pleasant sample of a sovereign and his court have been bought once around, the purchas ers will reed to begin buying them over again. The Company dont care to attempt that never, ending job, and Mr.. Clayton teems to think, it ought aAto be imposed upon thetrC Mr. Cramp tonthe British. Minister at Washington figures ss attorney ' of the butternut-colored savage, by hi rest friend Victoria. - - We trust the bUeles thrown ia the way of the Nicaragua. Canal will be, promptly withdrawn It, does not become Geat Britain te interpose them. She ooght rather to facilitate, by every means iu her power, the construction of a work which will bene, fit her quite aanuch as any other nation ior the world.; If One Hundred Millions la Gold shall leave California before 1S51, three-fourths of it will flow into her coffers. 1f Fifty Minions' worth of Goods shall be, sold at San Francisco, .Thirty Mil lions of them will probtroly be of her manufacture. She ought,' therefore, to instruet her Baraga instru ment to make his assertion of sovereignty as broad as he chooses, but to disclaim any purpose or desire to embarrass or impede the operations of the Canal Company.' With anch a disclaimer on record, Mr. Clayton would sever inquire nor care whether the boss Mosquito lays claim to only one half the State of Nicarangaa or the whole of it. Out country claims no land there we trust Wants, none We want a choice "of "quickr routes to and from ths Pacific, and most have it. Every Canal or Railroad we stretch acfbis the Isthmus will be worth at least as much to Great Britain as to us. Then why should she lend herself br borrow others to roll logs in our path 7 We trust the' British Government will 'make their King Mosquito sing small with respect to our Nica ragua Navigation Company. That done, he la wel come to claim all Mexico and fjouth America as bis own if he pleases, and ahe to back his claim. Stop ping our Canal-makers on such a route would bo out of character for Great Britain, beside being clearly at war with her own interests, and she must think better of it .Y; F. Tribune WeT have seen nothing more to the purpose, in the way. of contrast .between the conduct of the present and the iastAd ministration of the Gener al Government,' ia their manner of dealing with the People,-than the subjoined article, elicited by the prompt exposition by the Executive of all the facte connected with the misunderstanding with the French Minister. W bad a mind to italicise some striking passages In it; bur have thought it best, upon the whole, to leave it tu our readers to find them oat They can hardly miss them. TROU THS BUFFALO (n. Y.) COJtJIEJtCIAL AD UTISEJU We are glad to learn that the President has authorized the publication of the correspondence between M- Pousso and the Secbetakt or SxATB-' Ih thna anticipating be call which Con gress unquestionably would have made' upon the Executive for the production of these documents, the President haa shown hif confidence that the coarse he has felt himself Impelled to adppt will be justified by the country, and receive the hear ty support of the American people. There is a violent contrast between the fearless confidence which thus, - throwing off official reserve, lays open for popular .'nspection the whole history of the events endangering our good understanding with a foreign Power, and the secrecy in which the Cabinet of Mr. Polk shrouded all its sayings and doipgs previous to the Mexican war. The nation, in that case, was startled one morning by finding itself engaged jn actual .hostilities, iu ar mies beleagered, Frt-llrawa'nuder- bombard, meat and the libation of blood poured out irre vocably, wiibont the first intimation from the Ex eejjthreihat he had given any -orders which eoold lead Id ao eerioua consequencesiv Congrear had been Is sessioa for months, wheotbe order, waa dispatched :lq General Taylor, which, if not, as Mr. Calhoun and Mr. Benion both avowed, a de claration of -war, certainly made war ineviuble ; it was executed, and. it execulwn known to the Administration,' without any. cotnmunicatioa of the fact to Congreaar the country and the rat appeal to the -Whiga in tbe matter was the -requirement, tyrannousJy enforced by the Admiais tration msjerky ia the House of Representatives, that they should either voir that war exiated by theactef Mexico, or .subject themselves to the ?ommy of denying anceor to oar troops in what aeemea their direst extremity of peril. it) n HI x f8 benoi,lT fciifatfoff this example, HmJSi ZTotX iheariD Newportaed en" iiiford,"Coogresa that. wte?ea war eauiedii, pf SS eta. oOlboa for the iucreaae c5 tMmw lasrturelr reared ; and: ettretby whieh such , auto of things had beeA brought ;ataM&ilM : be postponed fuf discussion, when the war shoe Id be well over - ' Such might hatebeenthe condu of !he:'whti Admmirat-lfU jere capable of rejrardioi the National peaeff a t)(aabordmate imporuocl totbeadvajicembjtf a'3arty.Sucb views of tHIicyTKowe?er; tJo'ha aoggeat, themeelves to Zichary Taylor or.'his CahinetTljej iQToke Uleva Merv-Thsy jJralrxpoa to Ahe uatioo, 'ie length end breadth ibC torrespoa- den hich "may Involve sach'mijmentooa con w ..n. Tht inviia ' aruuncfur wiil. ia ae- dare now whether he wilt pport t5e Adtnibis- tratioa tbrongo wnterer-tne futu re1 may nam id store, growing outuf Its past action, - or to an; fudirment that: ft has been haitv' or petulant, that it should retract, modify of-explalnv i appealato the ' conscience , end heart , of the whole American feopje to say now, before it is loo late, are we right, and shall .we stand fast, or are we wrong, and aha)! we acknowledge it ? It scorns to avail itself of. concealment till it can denrunee Ha opposera aa trahora to the country aid Freoch Xiocofocos. thpugh it haa the apology which tne laie'AOmintstration had not, that, Con gress not being in session, there is no opportu. n ty for a formal communication of the facts. We have written thus, not "under the belief that hostilities with .France are. the. necessary. or even the probable, result of the dismissal of us Minister, but because; fa oar judgment, the Administration is entitled toTgreat credit for an ticipating that naked possihtiity with the same profound aecae of its responsibility to the coun try aa if war were ineviubleV'and with the aame disregard of every partisan-advantage. THE PESTILENT PRESS. Whatever there is of a bad and vicious nature In society, finds followers, advocates and organs. In- stsnees can be found, though rare, at this day , where the frees has been enlisted in tne service or ton Evil Genius. No better term occurring to our minds to bestow on such newspapers as lend themselves instruments of evil, as a proper designation, we shall, to serve our present purpose, employ the term of Tkt restiUnt JPress. The characteristics by which the Pestilent Press mar be known, are as striking: as abhorrent: ' They are the reverse of Integrity, Honor and Good Fel lowship. These constitute ita principles or action ; and he who would enlist it inte his service must not employ means inconsistent with them. Having no interest in common with a Well organised communi ty, its most natural employment is, to disturb socie ty, engender, neighborhood difficulties, array one man against another, stir up the evil passions, by exciting envy, bjr promoting objects of revenge, and in the invention of schemes destructive of individual happiness and the peace of families, Havitg no no tion of manliness or the better impulses of the hu man heart, it' sets on the principle that all men are scoundrels. Ivor a consideration, its columns are ev er open to the use of ill-tempered, evil disposed men; who, too cowardly and mean to appear before a com munity in their proper persons, hide behind this breast-work to apply the worse than incendiary torch. Its columns are as the Invisible Cloak to the assassin, who would strike the object of bis malice and be seen not of men. It is the mask that auy villian may put on to wound Innocence. Feeding on the vapors of unwholesome agitation, its own breath is poisonous. Business, private character, social relations, and matters that, among civilised men, are held most ex empt from the public gaze, it drags forth with a keen relish. The Pestilent Press may be recognised wherever it exists, and is sure to encounter the frowns of the good citizen, the upright man, and the lover of truth. THE EQUINOCTIAL GALE. Corrcspondtnee of the JS'ewberrucuu OcaACocx, SepU 22, 1849. Ma. Enrroa: I send yon a brief account of the late gale, which came on at this place, ou Wednes day evening, 19th, and continued to Thursday, the 29ttu lis greatest severity was felt from 4 a. m. until It a. m. Thursday, during which, time the schooner tt George Henry," of Plymouth, dragged her anchors through a fleet of fifteen or twenty ves sels, without doing any material damage, or sustain ing any, except the loss of her boat. Schr.. Galena of New York, Kilby, from Newborn, went ashore, after having lost her bowspit, jib bourn, main boom, and boat, with other damage, by dragging her an chors and getting foul of other vessels ; soon after she filled. Schr. Sophia, D. of Newborn, Salyear, went ashore and sunk. The crews of both vessels taken off the' same day. Should the weather prove favorable, both cargoes will behaved, excepting the deck loads, already gone. - We eanot say anything of the fate of the vessels as the extent of their damage is not yet ascertained. There is a schooner hailing from. Baltimore, re ported ashore, 4 miles north of O era cock, and three vessels at Cape Hatteras, Inlet, ashore. e The following is a list of vessels laying here in the Gale. Ann Maris, Jones ; Ann Hyman Totten; Sarah Louisa, Morse; Mary, Robinson; Cora, Lewis; Olivia, Hall ; Cassandra, Green ; . Lighter Elian ; Wallace, of New be rn. E. H. . WUlets, Smith ; Brookhsven. Deborah, Robbins ; Francis, Gatier ; B. F. Hanks, ; Rough and Ready, Abbott; Walter Merchant, Farrow ; North Carolina, Wil liams ; J. C. Caldwell, Mankin ; Washington Schr. Samuel J. J. Williams, Brookfield ; George Henry, ; Plymouth. Wa T. Bryant, ; E. City. All the above vessels are ready and will sail the first favourable wind. Yours with respect, F. MORSE. Beaufort, Sept. 21st, 1849. Ma. Editor : Yesterday morning this place was visited with a storm of wind and rain, of unusual severity. The windfter blowing heavy from North east, hauled into the East about 7 A. M, and blew with all the violence of a hurricane, prostrating fen ces, uprooting trees, and forcing the tide in from the Ocean with alarming rapidity. The signs were fear xul for awhile, ana portended a long continued and destructive hurricane. The angry waters really look ed like they would engulph the town. But athis critical juncture, the wind unexpectedly veered back to the North, and changed the seeae.- - , There was something wild and impressive in the roar of the wind, the sound of the dashing waves, mingled at times with the .notes of the wailing sea bird, and the appearance of the spray of the sea. like thick torrents of rain, driven bv the violent wind over the "wide waste of waters." But to the Shipping. 1 ha achooner Samuel H mail, flf WftHninfrfAn parted her moorings in the Eastern channel of the fiar tor, drifted by tne inlet, and was upset on a shoal in Bogue Sound, about three miles above Fort Macon. The crew were not on board. . The schooner Aurora, of Absecom. N. X- from Philadelphia, bound to Newborn, N. C, was cast ashore on Core Banks, 14 miles North ef Cape Lookout Light House. Crew all saved. - - J. R. ; THE TEXAS FRONTIER; - - In view o the outrages recently committed by the Indians on the frontiers of Texas, and of the many raise and aaworthy accusations levelled at the Ad ministration hy-the Democratic journals, in relation to that matter, we pubiUh the followingparticuUrs: iTbe military force now stationed within the limits of Texas constats ef two companies of the second dragoonaj'twenty eompanies.of Infantry, twt com panies of the fourth artillery, and three companies of mounted volunteers; making in all a force or three regiments, or about fourteen kindred sua. Accord ing te instructions received from the proper Depart meat, all these troops are at the present time engaged in pairolHog ths country, and we are ajattrelthat every xhieg that eaa be will be'- done to protect the Inhabitants of that remote frontier. When the ex tent of that frontier is remembered, and also the fact that evil-dyposed Indiana are apt to commit their depredations far removed from the military posts, It )s not to be wondered at that outrages should 'occa sionally occur, and that the offenders should tor a time escape punishment - Audit may be mentioned in. this connexion that the .force" now stationed br the United States', Government on the frontier of Texea for its protection; eteatly exceeds that sth was mustered :by " that section : of : couatry when it I was a republic aud at enmity wltVitf exico, - ' I Vv " f.. -' - It:'- . w . .. - I national imcaencer.. it A."7 PWlol08 that the, iWeV'wenters iSli -f woman In all relations of lire e. g. Wife, widow, wrgia: ix.ewlxen: v HISCBLLANEOUSv 7 ? LIFE OF WILLI AM' WIRT. fTaa Dnxi. arrwxc DscATvaaifD Baxon It Is expected thai Mr.' Kennedy's "Life if William Wirt" will be Published by Messrs. Lea. Blanch- 1 ard, of Philadelphia, in a few 4ys. We annex a loon extract, oeing a. letter irom air. w in relat ing to the unfortunate duel between Pecatur and liarron. . ;.-v- ..--.t.-, . TO JUDGE CARR. ' ... ' -i 'Wasa IN6TON, A pril 2 1 820. I thank you, my dear friend, for your short letter, which I would have sooner answered but for causes beyond my eontroL ; Instead of attempting to give you aa account of the quarrel between our lamented Decatur aad Barron, 1 propose to send you, in this, a copy of their correspondence, which we are pro mised - from the Intelligencer press to-morrow. Decatur showed me this correspondence, in confi dence, late last fall, so far as it had then gone ; and I used every effort to prevent the fight, which he wsa very far from'wishJng to bring on, bat which he considered as forced upon him in such a way that there was no avoiding it but by disavowing what he had really said .and thought of Barron J. aid of this 1 need not say he was Incapable. He did not approve of duelling. ;- . He then passed te his own case. Fighting, he said, waa hta profession, and it would be impossible for him to keep his station and preserve his respect ability without showing himself ready, at all times, to answer the call of any one wh? bore the same of a gentleman; " v y , ' After my return from Baltimore, I heard nothing more of it. 'till he waa brought home mortally wound ed ; aad then 1 saw him no more 'till he was a corpse. As I stood near him, alone, and looked at his dead face, marked, as it still was, with the last traces of his departed spirit, 1 could not help saying w What is life, and what all the glory that this world can give 7" The soliloquy is not a very novel one, in deed. 1 have made it, In common with others, a thousand times before, but I never felt its force 'till then ; for never, Hill then, had I seen the corpse of such a man. You knew him, I believe, only as a hero. I ought to have made icmy business to bring you to know each other individually. Could I have foreseen such an event as this, I would have done so. But what good would it have done ? It would have made you feel his loss the more sensibly, for you would have mourned, instead of merely lamenting, the loss of a hero. They both fell at the shot, which was so simultaneous: that the report of two' pistols could not be heard by those who siood out of sight, though close within ear-shot. This 1 beard from Commodore Porter, who was standing thus with Rodgers. He exclaimed immediately, "One of them is killed, for there is only one ahoC" Very different was the scene whea he got io the ground. Decatur was apparently shot dead ; he revived after a while, and he and Barron held a parley as they lay on the ground. Doctor Washington, who got up just then, says that it reminded bim of the closing scene of a tragedy Hamlet and JLaertes. Barron proposed that they should make friends before they met in Heaven, (for he supposed they would both die immediately.) Decatur said he had never been his enemy, that he freely forgave hint his death though he could not forgive those who had stimula ted him to seek his life. One report says that Bar roa exclaimed, M Would to God yen had said thus much yesterday!" It is certain that the parley ws a friendly one, end thattbey parted in peace. Decatur- knew be was to die, and hia only sorrow was that he had not died in the service of bis country. It is believed that Barron will recover though this is far from certain. . The papers' will tell you every thing as to Decaturs funeral procession, j-c. Give our love to your f.rtsHt for I suppose this snow hss reached at leaat to Winchester. And may Heaven bless you all, and keep yeu warm and com fortable. Your friend, WM. WIRT. THE E&UINOCTI A L. The equinoctial gale (says the New York Ex Dress of Mondavi mar be said to have made its dtbvt here yesterday, but in so mute a mood as to challenge suspicion whether, after all, we have oqly had as yet avwemonitory symptom. Our southern ezebane.tme to us full of the details of the storms in theGulf, and along the Atlantic coast, beyond the Capes of Delaware. The New Orleans Picayune ,of the 16th says there were vessels then over due to that port from all parts. No doubt many of the Gulf coasters, from the se vere weather prevailing at sea, put back to the place whence theyjiaileo.. The steamship Yacht, from Galveston, which was due on the 1 1th, and the steamship Globe, from Brazos, due two days afterwards, were most probably in this category. The mail packet " Oregon," which left New Or leans on the 8th, with troops for Tampa Bay, went into Pensacola Bay for shelter in conse quence of the heavy weather at sea for several preceding days the wind blowing a gale from the east-southeast. Vessels that had sailed for Havana had also put back. The Charleston Cou rier of the 20th says : "During Tuesday night the wind increased, blow ing from the Northeast, and yesterday forenoon It blew heavily from that quarter, causing considerable commotion in the water. The Wilmington boat with the mail was detained at Wilmington until about 5 P. M. on Tuesday, and crossed Cape Fear Bar about 8. AUmiduight the sea began to roll heavily, and at 2 A. M. the wind commenced blow ing a gale from the Northeast, which continued up to the time of crossing this bar, compelling the boat to lay to, and doing some slight injury to the upper work. The sea much of the time was a complete sheet of foam, and came in from the southeast as well as northeast. Tais is Lira. If we die to-day, the sun will shine as brightly and the birds sing as sweetly to-morrow. Business will not be suspended for a moment, and the great mass will not bestow a thought to our me mories. . M Is he dead I9 Will be the solemn inquiry of a few, as tbey pass to their pleasure or their work. But no one will miss us, except our immediate con nexions ; end even la a short time they will forget us, and laugh as merrily as. when we sat beside them. Thus shall we all, now la active life, pats away. Our children crowd eleee behind ua, . and they will soon be gone. In A-few years sots, living being can say, l remember blasr WaliTa in another age, and did business iritkr these who have leng'eiBce slumbered In the tomb. - Tofs la life. How rapidly H passes I O blessed are they who are held la ever lasting remembrance I , " - - U ft ' , .WILMmOTON.HIGH SCHOOL, r -. jOor eltitrns will, doubtless,' be pleased to leara, from the advertisement of Messrs' Strong Holmes, that the wants of the community are to be met by the establish men t of a High School, embracing in ita operations alt the branches of aa English education, aad the preparation of Stadeata tot our Uni viral ty at Chapel Hill, and other Literary Institutions; Messrs. Strong h Holmes are well known' In this community as gentlemen of high moral rworth, and exceedingly well qualified for the duties in charge having passed the several stages Of their collegiate eoam with-distinguished reputation. ' We hope there will be a mutual good-understanding between the Teachers and their patrons, and. venture to pre dict that the latter wOl never have "cause to regret the trust and eonndenee they may repose ia the fotmexvffiZ. Cnmcrcial . ; .We would be gladly' spared the'the'mortifica txm or representing Gen. Taylor to the people as htxt-nuhington Union. ' - V : So it seems. You are very careful to spare yourself the xnortificatioQ of representing him as be is. Pity you will not spare yourself the ahame offepresenungtomwteun .tr-J:-' ; ' ; v r' : :" TheWobglon mecPemo cz&Mjfr.faptfgt&i& Pn.wTie fii iniaie fable went for expansion. b rmfi jiJ matter of bhtorjLcrttimle Jbtsfjurf. -.4 ' RAlIGH REGISTER Onra are the plana of feif delightful peace, TJnwarpfd by party rage to-live like brothers! RALEIGH, NV C; Wednesday, October 3, 1849. THE RALEIQH HSGISTER. Just niTT Taias ago, to-day, the first number of the " Raleigh Raoisxxa'Vwas ushered to the World. There are but three or four older Jour nals in the Country ; and during the long period of its existence, we can confidently say, it hat steadily maintained those ' original principles, which, in 1799, were nailed to its mast-head. After so many years devotion (by Sire and Son) to the Establishment, it may well be sup posed that the Registxk is a fovorite bantling and an object of unceasing solicitude. - It u so in very truth. It would be exceedingly difficult for the Editor to sever it and its Patrons from his af fections and regard. It gives him pleasure, there fore, to be able to assure his friends, that the pros pects of the Paper continue very flattering; and as an evidence of its thrifty condition, the Editor designed sending forth this VolunJe in enlarged form, but the materials hare not arrived, though daily expected. In commencing a new rolume, we can but reiterate our determination to use our constant and unceasing efforts to make the Register an inte resting vehicle of passing events, and an honest Journal, pledged to the support of good Govern ment and good Laws, and whatever is calculated to benefit and enlighten the People. We tender our readers the compliments of the occasion, with the warmest wishes for their pros perity. THE HAT.EIGH AND GASTON ROAD. We are much gratified to leam, by a statement of facts accompanying the resignation letter of Col. R. O. Ban-row, the late efficient President of the Raleigh and Gaston Road, that the " affiairs of that Road are, at present, in quite a flattering condition. During his administration of three months, it seems that he has purchased, and paid for, 57,290 feet of Railing, at an average cost of $35 per thousand making $2005,15.; 1458 cords of wood, at 75 cts. per cord $1093,50; and 1600 sills, at 25 cts. 1400,00. The amount of timber thus bought doubles the quantity used during a like period, at any former time. Sufficient Iron, of a superior and durable kind, has likewise been purchased, to relay several miles of the Road. All the known debts against the Road have been paid, and some, mprospcctu, have even been provided a- gainsL Still there is a balance on hand in favor of the Road of between $2000 and 2500; and the Travel and Freight are Increasing daily! With the Central Road built and in lull operation, we would desire no safer stock than investment in the Raleigh and Gastan Road. Col. Barrroir has supervised the concerns of the Road,' during his brief Presidency, with mark ed ability and efficiency ; and the regret of those in terested, that he has been compelled to sever his connection therewith, is only tempered with the confidence they feel in the' capacity and well known business intelligence of bis successor, Mr. Vass. Wake Superior Court. This tribunal is at present in session his Hon or Judge Battle presiding, with his accustomed dignity and ability. 09 Ex-Governors Swaik,. Moxxuxad, and Geaham are at present in this City the latter professionally attending our Superior Court. Thanksgiving Day. It will be seen by the Proclamation of his Ex cellency, Governor Majtlt, that. Thursday, the fifteenth day of November,' has been set apart, ai a day of general Thanksgiving and Praise to Al mighty God. .03- It is thought that some of the unsophistica ted of the Southern Democracy may object to uni ting with their free soil brethren in New York, on the ground that it will be a sacrifice of principle. In that case, we suggest the following as an ap propriate exordium to Ritchie's rallying speech to the disaffected .' ... J ' My voice is' hew for peace. Gods f can a true Democrat Jong debate) "Which -of the two to choose, principle or spoils t No! let us aeie be friends, gird on oararms, ; ' And with ftalted phalanx. North and 8oath. : " Charge home epos the Whigs I -' ' Perhaps, some arm, more Incky than the rest, May crush that Nero's. power,.. . . Aad free the spoils from'bondage J V,' ' v.- V - Extract of a letter to the Editor dated, ' ' ; - WaiMBOoSel)t.26,J849. " " Ihave recently visited Montgomery, Rich-, mond, and Anson, the principal cotton growing regions of North Carolina, and learn from conver sation with; the fanners, that tne crop of. cotton, generally in these counuesf owing Wr tne back ward Spring, the ml summer, andmore recently the dry . weather,' will scarcely make two 'thirds to three fourths of an average crop, The weed is very luxuriant, but the bolls are Bot numerous, the Iprma having faDen)y the excessive drought. The com crop, however, is firm, and promises to be rery abundant?'; ' v . -: : - - - f. . -'c RICE HARVESTING, i V i .The rice planters on the. Cape Fear (eayi the Vnlmington Chronicle) are -now pretty 'general 1 J engaged in gatheringltheir crops. . They have not, we believe, any reason to complain of the re turns pf their;:6e Ids; unless ITbe f that the rice birds, those yearly deprpdators, sre takiee rather more than their fair share. They have appeared, we'ohderatahd. in :more tbin ofdinVry aumbers! ' . - i& -fdl-vv'- - . jr,.-.r Oh t 'think what anxions moments pass between A The-birth of plots and their hut fatal periods; ' OK! Hfa dreadfal interval ef time,, .'V' v FUFd up With horror and big with deetU. i , j -iTneStimdard,, of tbe 12th of fiarite con tains a ktter. which it aaymf exaanates from tinguished source,'! proposing tne vnotqjng oi Sfcite Convention, irrespective" of party,ifor he nnroose of Jefiainff our positwti ijpon thealen- grossing, Wilmot Proviso" mat misrvonvenuuu ,muu lay down our land-marks, and then say . to the North, f respectfully but firmly,) thus far shalt thou go,,but no fertherfrnd furer,''thaeach State interested in tb mai'snouU holda similar Convention." ':Af ifcvU'?'i W should have noticed this call earlier, , had we not preferred td keett silent for thewnile and watch theithV'lF Stale upon the matter. We now fina" tne. sugges tion endorsed by several--perhaps i tnajorny of mem, and loie no time in gmng our yjews on the Dremises. After-the "blood hnd thunder," with which the columns of the 'Standard" have teemed on this subject, iatterly,we were surpri sed, as well as amused, at the cautious ;terms m wnicn 11 puis out lnisecter, lu aswiwiu the public pulse. The YSrandard,,ms, to hare profited somewhat, from the discipline we hare lately administered to it on' this question it has however exhibited more caution 4hatf ingenuity1 in dealing with this subject - Delicately as it has en deavored to handle itit Has still endorsed the pro position of its 'correspondent, - by finriting the se rious attention of its readers of both parties, to the same. It says further, when the people of both parties move, "we shall be with them."-Aye, in deed, Mr. "Standard"! .indeed! indeed I We thought, from leading your columns, that these Whigs were unworthy to be trusted on this ques tion that no. matter how much they might Jbe opposed to the Wilmot Proviso, ;yet, if they saed, to yield to the convictions of their judgmeut, in admitting the mere constitutional power of Con gress over the question, l hey ought to be regarded as traitors and guarf-abditionists. . But now, it seems, Heecules is to be invoked,,in the hour of trouble. We beg your pardon ! ForourselC we say, if your chesnuts are burning, some other paws than our own must go into the fire. In the first place, we object to the position as sumed by the "Standard,' m its i relations towards this question. The, "Standard" js the recog nized organ of the self styled Deinocratie party in this State. The prominence it thus possesses, and the dignity due. to the public press, require, that it should. disseminate correct iinforniation put forth sound arguments, admonish the public. of the course which dutyiand patriotism require they should adopt, tha in fact, it should point out the right path, and endeavor to lead and on public opinion to follow therein. ' Bot what bas been its course 7 Instead of "disseminatingtxrrect information," it has been endeavoring to create a false alarm, by pretending that we were harboring traitors in our midst Instead of ' putting forth sound arguments,-" it has indulged in the most vir ulent and unmeasured abuse ef those of its own Southern brethren, who-would not submit their consciences to the Procrustean standard of its own dictatorial and party dogmas. Instead of ad monishing the public of the course of duty and pa triotism," it has thrown the question of Southern rights, as connected with slavery, into the Vortex of partizan strife,' and thus weakened the South, by trying to divide us amongoursel ves-eclaring there could and should be no union among us, ex cept upon its own prescribed conditions. And now, lo, and behold ! when some practical action is proposed, although it agrees mat something must be done, yet the Editor, instead of proving' nimseii a wormy leaaer, says " we cannot unaer take to point out any course for the State, or vol unteer any recommendation, as to the particular measures to be adopted. When the people of both parties move, we shall be with them. We await their action,'? &c. -And this is the sentinel on the watch-tower of Democracy t This is the Gener al who is to head the Southern host who is so prompt at a drum-head Court-martial, that he or ders every one to be shot as. a traitor, who hap pens to differ with him as to the plan of the cam paign but who, when the enemy is in sight, says " go on, boys ; if yoa. gain the battle, I will be with you in the division of the spoil j but I can not undertake to point' out how the battle is to be fodght. I will stay behind, and await your .ac tion.' " - - :: -' ' Has the Editor of the Standard forgotten, what he has so lately written. If he has notxa moment's reflection; must teach him, ia what a ridiculous posture he has thus placed himself. Suppose this State Conventbn called, ;as proposed and after mature deliberation, its members decide that ob jectionable, and offensive as the Wilmot Proviso may be, it is yet not unwarranted bv the constitu tion ; and they therefore dedarelhat if passed by Congress, jt should be submitted toi; Will. the Editor of theStandard u be with: them ' T If he is he will then prpre,.thal' nk ripted'clalls for resistance were , worse thin Mexican Gasconades Suppose thiaenBTgntinn shi cHare that although the Wihnot J Proriso b . unconstitu tional, yet the abolition of slavery id ita district of Columbia is; and, that if Congress; enacts a law to that effect, the Soumern: States ought to resist Weuld the Editor of 4hVQtan&rd then M be with them"1 If so, he would again be faith less to bis professions,1 for he has admitted, if we nave., not.rusconstrued nis language that Con-" gress bis power over the subject in the Districi; Thus it ts appareaV Irom' thBincbnin wl 'the Ed of the Stai ly .inralvis3 huxiself on this sjeer that be is'for and that," ccae what irill, strongJiidei'f IT tilodtf$fora 'ram, htiafot oUjWjontyfot howjeeTt J fs toj'f 'uuatoa ,he is to be Uninast in a ar in a Vtaililjxps6: fri Veduconsl. . W 3 J -P? f;-So miicltfOT Jf e-Wis& to jsa ;isotoe tofoS' $he me afuresaid project JotcaUtato. pjeoritiy upon the subject oX.thetWihrMProvisb.! In'What we hare to say,: wedo sot dojmdulginyk WecJW;0oliTW or objects of the Stan It'tone of bis letter is raobjecticinabfe Jt ui free lrom crimination and Uzatr ness We inay take iCJbe the ."S guided man. iTKs ldea pf.State Conrenuons on the sub ject ofthe Wut Proviso, is no new thing. it is a mere edition pf the stale project of a South ern Convention, asm means of paving the wav for a Southern Confederacy. It is a trump of th same hand, by the dexterous play of which John1 C; Chn-ects to win the odd Mek of the Presidency. For being stuck fast at mae-ySomh Carolina has ninr electoral rotes-he' Jrniws he never can wb the game by nonors. On this sub ject; WinteMspeak trat finely and fearlesslr asis our.wont ; We are opposed to the project' t&iJtn weopposed to it, in the first pie because wbehwitiU b meffic in the second pmce because we believe it will be productive of harm. ia the third place, because we believe it is ' wstjated by, and calculated to further the purposes bi men, whose principle of action is rule i or ruin." ? - We say we oppose it because we believe it will Be inefScient for good. Let us reason calmly ou this subject Is this : conrention to t be called for the-purpose of preparing the public mind, and "'."6 wuwuwuw jiiwmiuuj.ua TMiuyying tltc WHntot proviso, if Jt should be ienacted by Con gTesal?-IfWweagainstit;iiec liere mdJifteotion lo be wrong in principle, and because, further, the declaring null a law, the operation of which is local, and which applies on ly toa tegionr 2000 miles distant, would be a mere brutiunfutmen. The local authority of a State can not reach a law of Congress, the field of whose Operation, and the judicial agents "of whose t"wh. tion are beyond the confines of that Statey.Orif it be proposed to enforce the declarationof n?Uif by marching an armed force to the place on which the law ut to bperate---that would be treason, for the Constituttori;deciar f levying warj ainsr:yia treason." Ifthe plorpbse be'to DreDare'Vhfr nnhi; mind, and iwrcdju a with drawal from the Union we ate stiU noreopposed to it 3 for we rerere'this'Unton'toom it cost tob much of sacrifice to bur fathers it is hallowed -by too many sacred associations; it gives too much respectability to the American aame; it has secur ed to us too m'oliptam'sayf and prom ises too many: anticipation of a glow future, to be!throwu aside ( as a-wbrthless thing, rather 1 than negro slavery should not prevail amon a peopie wnotao not want it.- And even if the maintenance of slavery io California were worth as much to the .Spudi as the Union itself, it is not in our power to swap the one for the other. We should lose the one? and should not secure the other. Is the- object of this convention to unite public1 opinion; and jdtus secure a concentrated opposition to the Wibinot Proviso, in Congress? If so,'&Vtime, and trouble, and expense, and ex c!tenWnt aU for nothing; for the South is already united, thoroughly tmitid, 2 against the Wilmot yivvw. . xitv tjyu.iura , ueiegaiion in congress aie unanimous m'i their- opposition to it. Is the object to T tbi law to- the Northern people to indulge in menacing- and violent knguage to threaten war and blobdsbd-4o pass a score of pompous and v-xugh-sounding: resolutions and then adjourn? - We are opposed to assuming any such ridtcubds:atthude.'As to our feelinsrs and opinions on this subject, the North already knows thetn. -:As to threatexu tte of the North withi wat we will Jditis?txo the' way, in Whichbraveandjieter know their rights, are in the habit'of nsrUni tiuetkKeith, eris a tb way sense of just, of a bold adversary. Nerical ly, we we jn; ja-minority- I&ti; knows it Our threats of vtolence: perhaps, will be treated tne requirements oj lrateraal connexion. : This can be made most a vailable, when the appeal is made with calouiess and dignlity.and enforced with m. jci. iciuperaieeajmesinegs; ; -What then is the Conrentxoii to be' called for? We have been for some nxneobsening mese'indiea- tionsm favor of a Southern CQnvention;and we are surprised, that any one who notices the signs of the. times,' can fail to et the object bad In view. The columns of the Standard" have already let out the secret- It is to inake political capital out of the question of skretwhicK may ultimately f enure to the fcenefrbf JpEa aCaoiThis council of rucaprelates to institute- a creed of faith; pn the question of slavery and erery un fortunate wight wbo can not subscribe to it, is to nave me; paiaiea cap w xne uereuc. nxed -on his nead, and Jnamdiately iikrch Tne Locb-foco of gTcedinessfox party spli,a ' tb ass tois mas ter's crib,'? to adopt the.doctrine of the un- TOnstmrumaStjr ; of Me fWiurtor Proviso as the lilll II ! II ill ! I . .1 " . . . I ?!Vw"4Gf c,vwyuope,ronegraauaI ly amalgated with tiiU pkbald fiction, under w p iK:ubvt m ucvr urjjamzauon pi par-ties-and those Whigs who can not conscientiously ireeare toljkaatida cpartyviQcsttetn a man's publfceWrtesTbr' his dirbutm to thetkhts ctheSoutlij jt matters titowBure and rirta- vt F.ui5jucai iu.xava(B me : it xnauers noi how conxiexiuous he iaar be mtb maintenance x'xusriews j ajareta ;arail nothinge must sunrader to eonscience, or become tne.Tic tinit of as: mtolerant a .despotism as ever marked Hej nxishIlieThy, vm the darkest days of its Vengeance. SucH mea 'ia BjsiBaLL, Ujroxa wood are p be pointed at as traitors ; and sutdtmen as'Auertcar, Hajeand fJiles, are to have Monuments, erected to thea, for - their defence of Slarery and Slare-hnUrTtr. Tttt this ii the Boca- foco plan of UntonYw ia.l peepme' o the interests of th Sotith, ia : the' r By mus forcing an issue, ,trpbi wbicbr x honest men eon noi unite, the South Igeomai divide, distrac. imii ihen the tlbtters ofall this toischlef iU 1au' at those they hare any j:4rf3 rcp,lhat is bau'ed by our enemies with the question ofsiavery. t We nave- again and a- gain stated our oD.'ections to. tne v umot trxojaot
The Raleigh Register (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Oct. 3, 1849, edition 1
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