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v J r I t ; In it l.i"n fruHt tin- L-eiit fit fcf another law, uhicli wiiHi bveiwi perston fr KUM-t'll. flrr tH fwtl.d mentioned " lllf Ue H i rrjt ..!! i1oh'uh rosy - hae con'" n eI the ini-ia ory s'eps .. nU lAii.g Uie "bcuvfil '; baukrap' 11 i. up the day f rwgf, . H have tl r.o mW tltr HHian4j el the Cioiurocni hry wy be said ' .have roUii .ighf ttt I fat ben. fits of ths " law", ' All' ri'.ir arrangement to months thay haw bee Vu.ling i this; all lbir b;r and calculations i4 fuming n lief ' ami fuore comfort, may ' have been, built pn flMii"lj tendered by "this One-. H rrnmeni initio parage vf the law; . Manj ' may t.ae bci-n struggling with 1 aTt their :' Bfgy iml irrg,t t sustain their cred "IC n Iinprt tf" avoiding the tl" tJ of - teitii M the rrlirf tendered by -this . Jaw m 'rr ,lbe -$;U if December, they ia liae been tomiMdled tit yirld to the -' ie-i.r ionn, end may have just torn ifwnce1 m -asures fn availing themselves ! the heriehisril ihe law. irn menm er hand, many an indu'genl creditor may Have fat el, up in die 5ik or December, to hve commenced impolsory pinccsa against Mt debtor; uuder the involuntary clause 'of the act.' who. since then, or before the passage of thf bill before the House, may have commenced process.' ' Should these bel-tiivfil of the benefits of tht bankrupt law mereif McaoseY front leeting: oi no nanit:ihe'T mar hae eifendeo! time" tod indulgence to their embarrassed debtor feftin in. Neurit y upon the 'law of 'Uie laml- as femlerinz its benefits whenever thee miht b tlieoosed to resort to JIlF The retrosperlite operation, or ra(liejr ..t i.:m r . pDtn.fcwrnf to llir bost wbrtliy lo those who. rrnm ittdusirt inn. pnue, may nate .fciUUa tatf djoilg.eof tht foluntary ftirfinn of tht bankrupt Tawpiutl . thm e ho. fr on ii eTiozt k.ndness una, ior bcaranre lowar.'s (he unfoitonate, bay ate postpojd taking :dantage of the iiivo1ontarf rTituSe.1 This etrospertUe cloiatihtt Is ralculafed lo drMrnj ail fon; fi tenre l i ihe aclfoti of the Government, and it suw the seeds of distrust and alarm I'lroUkhtinf the Imd. '.I'- cannot vole for the full licfurii the If u'tise. unless it is a mended tn thlartkular. I question lis cottitiffkiAnalifr'i w convinced, edits infusfiee Ind i.artiairtT. which hl been offered, pioposinj( to Include eot-nolraiions of the respective States within its peaiidri. I ani too much of ' Stale richt man f(r (hat. 'Ihe respective Stales have established Irbrporaiioiis within therr limit, W arios pnrpoeesv wiih Various unwerr". and' sidiiect to' rarious restrictions TttB powers and etistence of the Slate cor- pnmmn einannte tmm mveretjrn pmie au iliwitvt thet are responsible to the same au thority w" varied extentj according tfl the peeutiaHnhtcsW and pilrsuiU 6f each. The ufnerat tiovemment nas power to es uMink fcoirwratkm wiihWtihe limin'of ny tSiate; except aa neeessary means on rairytflf wo operation a framed powerj and Vet. Will 4br',peefended.lthat it fias power Ia destroe those crested hy the States; orwhat is the" samo thing, 'estaldish rules and reffiilntiuns 'fiain he" condition on whiel their etistenek ahallenntimief It ie v'e ry vklent, that the great anxiety for the pas af of this amendment anrinfs from' vio lent and furious hatred of the State banks ol the- conniry, and a prgiemlod teat for their' deatrueUon. 1 And those who are most rabid in Jheii hatred f fcankt ; tra the? very men who fnnerally-mak moat pretem tons abont iheir State-iitrlits-ierM'licanilm. Let (hem reeollect t!ut theae 6ut' bsnike exist by Huie butlmriiys if tliey'are not esfllcienily reauicted in thejr eliartera, It is by the choice or f jjlect of the State author it iei that cttar. tered ihcwj if they have violated fheir char fcrc ihey are responsible to Slate law and . Statn tr.bmials; if they are guilty of hoses, Irnnd, aud peculaiion., still they are subject to their own domeetieclegialaura remraiat, and l tlieir owg domestic public optuion Then, if the pnhlie ppiuion, the Uws and the insiitutions of the respeeiiv States, will tolerate . thai abuse, ili suspensions, the contractions and expansions, of the State batiks, about ,vii-h , gentlemen lesantso much, why shouU this ieuarai Govern ment attempt la Wing tlveui lo puniahntent, and ihut, too. according to one uniform rule for every nart of the conn try t, Th abuses of "the State bank are .felt, faost sensibly t home; there the evil ia beat uuJetstood, ml there the lemed, can best be applied. - I warn gentlemen, who make profiaiJrB of devotion lo biate riimis, to beware how .they allow, this, 'Central Government , to hrinj willtin the scopo qf its conttol iho in. atitiitfous of the States. t If it ,caa establish tiie conditions on which ihry shall roosa to rxiit, it mnyuext pass lejitltions bow they hell exisl. And as il is the nanus of pow er to lidr&pre, rv may next. have, not only our banks, but pur colleges, our . toanufje- lurinir eombaniee. our nuroad and .canal rorporMioiis, brought within the, acoje of I'eut'r.ii suprerney, , - H ha 1en siid, by way of (aunt, during this de'tnto, that, this bankrupt Jawti the ljt if the T hi S measures of the extra ses- eioti. und tliit lis repeat will give llie liawh itii Simte to all of our labors at lhat event. ful st-Ksiin.' ; It is true that Iittlu will be left nn cite stiitme book; but that is not lha fault tf ihe Whin, and hintory" jnusl say so. TheyHld nnt prevent the treacheiy of! jonn I yii-n I uir urrri in vur uiasuen i, that iti phs- of the country the Whig in.ijorii v lim us fur having palmed such a man as John Tyler upon them. Yes, sir, t r i.... I .i .. L- "L I 1 i-iho Whijs did emnmh a moar rfievnus erroi in the eition tf John Tjler,' an most gfM-voswiy have lbry sniiercd fur it The geathuitiie " frimt Kentucky' '(MA - M nii.) has xketf of the history of this A l.iitiiiv;mn being wriiten in a paremhe - ,.. Nut si.: If there is f any ti nth in the' in 'Xihi d allipearei that it i th3 '.evit iC.t d hat lives after iliem, thcrt h i!.fMHtre:iy tolume to ponrtray tht iiwdignrv n:id rsruptw'ii ol thisAdininis- And if the com ludini part of the M-e be also true, that1 the "ffood is in- tenvl with their bones," then John Tyler's irrsvesbine should bear this single inscrip liwn - "Here lies John Tyler.". I have, till very lately, indulged in the full frith that the Whig patty was only un Jet going a purification that they were passing through an ordeal of trial, from which 4hcy would emerge "redeemed, re generated, and disenthralled," ready as ever to do bailie in the cause of constitutional liberty wheti er fortune frowned or smiled. And aliliough I will yet have hope, still I confess I, am not free from feelinga of des despondency; ! wiinessed asctrne here but two daya sirtle, which I should have Iteen glad to avoid seeing. A representativ.e (Mr. Botts) rose in Ws phice, and appealing to Heaven lor the rictilude of his intentions, a vb wed his determination to discharge us duty to a violated Constitution, regardless of all personal consequences, fie preferred charges against the acting President of lie United States, involving the highest crimes ana misdemeanors; euncea tus reputation upon their truth, and his 'ability to prove them; asked this House for the appointment of a committee, merely that he might have an opportunity of establishing Tits charges, snd submit the result to (he House. And what did we see? In a House containing a nominal Wtiig majority of at least thirty, the proposition failed by a majority of forty fotrr. ' 'Tf I ever aw an instance of moral sublim ity, it was when my friend f Mr. Dotts held aloft his articles of impeachtnent, and in strains of fervid eloquence called upon the assembled ttepreseatstives of the nation lo come to the fescue, i can assure my friend, he needs no prouder monument to his fame no richer legacy forhi children. 1 am aware that ninny voted against the would not bestow-on John Tyler so mnch consideration and importance. This re minds me of the reply of Barrere in the na tional convention of Pronce, to (be accusa tion proposed by the virtuous Lonve!, a gainst the bloody Kobesplerrer "tt u," said Barrere, "cesse to waste our time on men who will fill no place in ' history; let us not put pigmies on pedestals: the civic crowns of Robespierre- are mingled with cypress." l he convention passed quietly on to tlie orders of ths day" just as this lipase -Jjd - on Tuesday a fijul error, says ; the historian "which France had cause to lament in tears of btoml." 1 he earnest and eloquent appends of LouvU Barbaroux, and Lanknaais, were unheeded; snd the Girondists of that day, like the Whigs of this, xerosed in listless securttv, whilst the Jacobins, to usethe language of .1.. -it J -i mu nig.unuii, --rcic imiij auvruviunir uieir poitmrus. Much astue character of this debate otuht to be rerretted, lor the oreUil ol the Hoose a .. .. and the country, vet it has nroduced one re. fuilt at which f feej pleased.. It has elearlr traced flic Mnes f party demarp lion in this Mall. It has proven, whnt I have tone known, that then are but two parties Jn this House: and that the Tyler faction for it never deserved the name of a party has be come merged in, and thoroughly identified with, the J-rficoloco party; and I Jo hope lhat amid the seething and. boilinrof the political caldron, of svJiifh the gentleman from Massachuaetu (Mr. Cusiiino) spoke, the Whig party will at lt be thoroughly purifieil.Jand all the froth aud scum will not only be thrown upward, but tossed over the brim. I have long felt sure that the bares in had been cniisumnifiled in secret; nt last it lias beerrputilieiy ratified on this floor. To be sure, there hat been some little coyness I l.u. !i. t . r rr' . iimniiesHiii id uu icucrenanges oi aiiecuon lhat have been passing across the Hall, but not more, 1 suppose than i usual on such occasion of endearment, and farjpss than I think decency required. The gentleman from Masiachusetla. T Mr. Gushing threat ened the alreadv-forged ihnndcrlolu of the veio power, uiiicsb his new I'emocrawc atuei would rally, ttndef Hhe Tyler , standard. The member Irom Indiana (Mr, Kennedy) Said, in 'response, he was opposed to the Democratic majority In the next Congress loicing any wing on mr, i jrier. tnat was likely meet with the veto. The grentle- man from Ohio (Mr, WellerV pronounced a labored eulogy on' Mr.' Tyler, and, it seems, felt authorized la act the part of eounse lor to Turn, and advised htm to ttd himself of Messrs. Webster and Spencer as soon as possible. 'The gentleman, from New York, (Mr, Bowen.) who ceins to be more catholic in' hi potiticat feefiftgs", declared his " readiness to receive these two Ust, as repentant sinners, with open arms. The gentleman front 'Sooth Carolina (Mr. Pickens) -welcomed the1 gentleman from Massachusetts into the lemoeratic ranks; said he had long teen that he (Mr,- C.)-had a leaning to hie (Mr. f.'s) tide, but that he wss afrntdof his eolleague on the right, (Mr. Adams) no very great compliment, by (he way. And me - gentleman Irom inuiana, Mr. ProfiiL) in order to nrove hie appro bation of this oflVhsive" and defensive alli ance, poured out a torrent of abuse aginst lhat man of whom bejonce said, on this floor thalhe" wished heeould make President of the world."f -What a humiliating a pectnete it hcreexhtbitedl A party elevated tci pow er by-the dwwhelming- reice of long outraged people, wuh 'such saciiflces, such patriotic devotion, such honest enthusiasm, at never marked the progress ef eivfl rerelu' lion beforet . and lhat too, with tlie shouts, t. i .1.- Lt ! .t j. the prayers, and the blessmg!of thoesands, who saw in it lha harbinger of hope, and the oroKDect of a brighter. ilw and aeaice- 1y jiad we commenced the great work of rflor. entrusied u eur hamJ-svhea be, ! whom. ue. Id imprudently; placed in ihe j line ofprorootion by which he beeamaio I vested, with tht executive power,-opened negotiaiion with our euemiss; ungratefully ' and cruelly, made, war Upon ui taunted a with our , unCurtunaU eondiiioe; and, as ' though wo wete; aUves with maoaelee en t'ir bauds, decLrcJ to us. tUroeiih his eon fideulUl .organs, thai the great ctmatituuonsl functio is, whieh we cutawj li him; would jtrauon, - irmc:ir he exercised for ihe bonelil of those only who would worship at' the shiine' of his power. Kever siuce the day of Judas la cariothat there been an instance of such shameless and unblushing treason, v ' Mr. Speaker, alihouglv I have been amu sed, as every one here must have been, at the derelopmeaie that have- taken place d ring this debate, yet I cannot reflect on it seriously", withcut feeling the most intense pain and humiliation, The sentiments which were uttered by the gentleman from Massachusetts f Mr. Gushing) fell on my ear as the forboiling of the evils that are fast clustering around the destines of ourcoun tiy. When J have reflected oh the "proba ble fate which ultimately awaimd our nation 1 have supposed thai oo' Government like all those (hat have precceded it would in obedience to thai pnnelpla of change Hhd revolution with which ' the decre, of file seems to have stamped all human iuatituttuits have in day ofdfjjcnefacy.decline.aHd roin. Bat 1 have conso'eJ myself with the hope that this per'nxt was in. (lie fir, fir distant Tutrtre; an I that it would not come, till we and cur children and Onr children's chiMirn had passed away and been forgotten. But the declarations of iheentleman from Mass ahflsetls have arousefme to the conviction of the uorrbpted and vitiated state of the public mind. And Can it be must history record it that in the very Infancy of our Republic, in the fifty-fourth V ear of our ex istence, one who is recognised as possessing the especial of the Executive, boldly "and recklessly came into this hall, and here, in , die face of the assembled Representatives of the fcalion, declared that the power and pstronsge of this Government would he wielded for the benefit of them who would sustain those in power! The open avOwaH of such sentiments snord alarming proofo! their eorruptions of the times of the de CMTcj . . Jm JJ I Ml JHiaunguianeuv gentleman from Massachuaeits (Mr. Adams) has compared it to the sate ol the emprie by the Prsetarian bands of Romev It is worse than that. It wss in the streets of Rome, amid . the shouts and huzzas of the rabble, and not in the Simate house that the l'rsBto rian cohorts sold the imperial purple to him who would bid highest for its honors. And whilst mercenary swords were clothing with power, the leaders.of faction in the fierld of Mara, the flame of liberty still continued to burn in the councils of ihe Senate-house. It was there that the principles of freedom had been mot devoutly cherished it was there lhat they Ust expired. It wss there that the precepts of Fabiua end Cincinrratus, ana Calo, and the Scipios, were last quoted with reverence it was there lhat their vir tnous and hereie actiona were last forgotten. Bui here in our Government and in its in fancy loo it is in the Representative Hall of the nation, that Executive power and pat ronage, and Executive influence in the ap pointment of a successor, ere offered as the jaward of party allegiance. And that to c&nio from Massachusetts too! Prom the land of the Pilgrim Fathers, from the classic soil pf Lexington and Bunker Hill! The first to resist tyranny and must she boat the reproach of being ihe first to offer through one of her Sons, to barter,- away the rights for which she so gloriously suffered and bled! . . ... .- .t." . ,v ' ,. ' , These sentiments of the gentleman from Massachusetts are only the echo of what was beard a few months since, ia FanetHt Hall, from one whom that patriotic State ao long looked on and cherished with pride and glory. How times must have changed how the public mind must have deirener ated That one, whose fame and character belonged to the nation, shoukl have utleied the detestable doctrine, that the fact of there being many Whigs 3-et retained in office, , should be a reason why that party ghould i not denounce what diey in their hearts be lieve to be the corruptions or this Admims. tiou! That the consideration of place should hush them into silence, when they see pub lie virtue scouted, and popular rights tramp led into dust! And lhat, too, in walls con secrted lo free'lom where the spirit-stir ring woes oi resistance to tyranny nave so often aroused the free and the brave! Would lo G d these sentiments could h-ve originated with some vne else than Daniel Webster. Time once was when ererv patriotic Amer ican felt proud that Daniel Webster was h.s couuirymatu Jlisgitcantio and commamling talent and endeared him to every loverof his country's gloryjhisnob-e eiTorts in manyHa trying contest h J equally"' endeared him to every, lover of constitutional freedom. What must have been the feelings of his friends those friends who bad cherished, sustained, and cheeaed him on in so many conflicts when, on an occasion by which they sought to do Jiiot honor, instead ef re viving their drooping .spirits, and advising encouraging, them in their approaching struggle, he met them with reproaches, re vilings, and bitter taunts. Sir, be is gone and. let him go! lis not only, abandoned us in the hour of our triumph, but he is now ;' doing service in , tlte.. ranks of, those, who have so often fvi tiie force of hismiuhtv arm. II may now. nerhaDi. coaiaU hiio. self with , ihe idea, thai dthough ha cannot save himself, yet, like Samson, he can bury beneath the rums vl our po4mr edifje til object of hUJkqlrtd .,8ujJ if he poiseaaes th common iyinpsihies,anl feelings of our nature, tiie day of remnree must conic. Like ; rhfmitocles, who tAjnished the esouteheoit pf his fimie, by negotiating with his tur ner enemies, he may perhaps receive hie reward Id some paltry office under his new allies; yet liis declining yeota roust ba embittered with U recollection of the bright hopes he has , withered, the afUicting evils lie ba brou'gtit upon his country,; J 41 'What asttst be hie reflection an contempla ting the eharaeiar sumI progtesof this aebeief His aante, wbicb was sacs so eilrfcit, now be. fares a byword, and en objse! of )sst and lidi- sale Ja tin Hall, which lorraerly eehaed, a4 le-tchoed the Muiid of his veisef . His. name taaed about tin whh jeera and tepreaches! One party mootirinf ever bis fail as hit deser ttavaed the whev tfteetlire his roffered alll- )snete;Ub stern! Would ia Got. far lhr bmtnr of onr country, that iLjs enjj could bare pasted 'Jy. .'- v -. . ; - Tbs gantlemaa (torn Kentucky (Mr. Marshall) spoke of lha seem sad Contempt", with .which Mr: VVebtter niuit bsva treated aha deauncis tion which have been altered against him. o far as the Whig party injlits House j concern' ed, ths gentleman has begged the question. - deny that he has been denounced aad anathema used here. I call upon- every one within .the sound of my voice to aay, if Mr. .Webster haa net been treated with the greatest forbearance and moderation. ' It ia wiib pain n-l regret that bis present poaitfon is alluded' to here by the Whigs. It has, untitlatety, been in the lan guage of apology-for -hi eourM," aud kf hope that be would yet rasiore himaelf to the cofi. denes of long-tried and faithful friends, that hi eondnet has been spoken of . by ihe Whigs in this House. It ia horn the other party from those whose euse he is now ai-ling.' that he has received denunciation most heay. . But if he has been denonnced by the Whigs would not his denunciation he prima faeit- evidence thai he desurved ill What interest could the vybig party i denouncing such a man! Would it jit rtlker be their inw-iesl to preserve so slrong-an ally la possess ihe sid and influence of his mighty miod! And after adhering lo him so long, throegh ao reaay eventful struggles, is it fair, is it icasonable, 'ty Suppose that his form er Whig friends hers should denounce hitn with out sufficient cause To suppose so, was to iea!on (jaiBst all the natural springs and im pulses of biimae aciioo..,. . , . . As lo lha "scorn and Cdntempt," of which Ihe the gentleman from Kentucky spoke, that is too esy a way of answering a proposition, for one of his logical mind.- (Suppose we have indulg ed ia complaints or censures, if yoa please still, eae "scars ssd contempt'' answer the charge! Do ihey prove that our censures era not well founded! Cso they make atonement ror the wrongs we haveendured! "scorn and con tempt are ihe cheapest of all mental impulses; ihey afford evidence neither "of intellect of the head, nor feeling ef "the heart, 'i hey are ths impulses with which selfishness always regards bopest'and unforianals suffering; with which heartless tyranuy always looks en thscomplsiiKs -ef thettpptessad. TbeenteelHignijiser listaos with "scorn & contempt" to the cries of suffering poverty; the cruel despot feels "scorn and con tempt" from the complaints of injured (nno. cenee. Oomiiian no doubt fell ths same for the cries sf thssgonissd Christians when torn fp pieces by ravaeous beasia; he felt "score and contempt" tot the very prayers which, in th struggles of death, they offered, lo , Heaven for bis conversion (Here Mr. JiAViuu's hour expired, and he look his seat.) VIEWS OF THE ADM1NISTRA - TION. - '- ' After the endorsement given by the Offi cial paper in this ehy w "tkf--aurvn vnd Union" published in New York,- we are obliged in courtesy to regard it as a true ex ponent of the views of the Administration Wo copy therefore frftra lhat paper lha fol lowing very clear uVfiniiioti of the " posi tion" of the Administratioe, with a chart of iis future policy," which it is very proper should be under stood by all the People tf the United States: Nat, Int. From tha "Aurora aad Union" of Saturday. "President Tyler and the Democratic Party. Having justrelnrnedrom a most agretablt ami tmxuactorif vmt to troth' melon, during which we nad the raostcons plete opportunity of informing ourselves of the views and sentiments of the members of the Administration regarding it pteient position end future policy, we have the pleasure of announcing to the Democratic parly, in "this cty and throughout the coun try, that the Government will continue to be administered npnn the strictest democratic nrfncinfe ' and that a - thorough aiidar.r I 1 j --p";' . fed harmony of feeling and action u 'Uh the great democratic interetl of the country formt jhe basie upon which the Adminis tration founds its claims to the confidence and support of the People, Whatever may be the clamors of interested and ambitious demagogues who control a few presses here tofore considered democratic, we djstincdy aver thai President Tyler and hit adminiii- . iralion are one and Indivisible with the, great Utmoerahe. parly oi the country. Alrea dy, both in profession and practice, has the President given tha most unequivocal evi. dence of hit democratic intention and we pledge ourselves that those evidences will, for flie future, be neither few nor far be tween, tn all his official acts he recognise only the democratic people; and there is not at this moment a more efficient, active, and powerful enemy of the Whig Intriguers and. demagogues within the limiu of the whole Union than John Tyler, This will be still more clearly and distinctly Indicated in the communication of the Prendent to the, next ConerttH "and, before that' Congress rises, we venture to predict that the Demo cratic patty throughout th United States wilt to i man rally to the support of Mr. Ty; ter as the firm and uncompromising advocate of their principles, and the chief upon whom the hopes of the country "are centered.' '" as. !! .irt ..Hi,' suns m ii iai.yifr J -4 " " Ih-, "A most absurd and rid teu loos report is going the rounds of the nswspapere tliot a personal conflict took place at a recent Cab inet meeting, between Secretaries Spencer and Upshur. Wa assure the public thai there is not the slightest foundation for such a report There was neither a fight nor e-ven- an angry or, unpleasant word between these Secretaries, oa lhat or anv other occa sion. The whole story it a naked fabrica tion. . JiJiidi&mem, - -MURDER. ' A t hocking murder was committed In the epper part of Robeson eotfrvty on Thursday aveningast'on ihebodyof JSeill Livingston, by a tgeilrivereamed Peter Gate.' Both lb parties bad been drinking, when a Bar rel arose; and Oatel stmek Livingston with a atick and a spade, from which blows' he died en Friday morning-' Gates made his escape Smith. fayeltnille Obitreefi " ': SUDDEN DEATH.. . . ... . A worthy elderly citizen of Robeson coun ty, named John Lewis, suddenly fell dead in the Court yard at tumberlon, en tha 28th Inst. ' He had been complaining a little for a day or two. bus was serving on the Grand Jury; he fell, and expired with ' single gasp. "A :. y FayetlevUle OLnrver. , It is said that Judge Story, fo be accom panied by Ir. Scwal, oT Washington, in tends to as'l fa Europe in a few days. TIIR NTAIt. Lib rtat et nntalt uolurn. ,RALI(U APIIL.K, J843. ' ' ron pftusrpEMT, ' HENRY -CI .AY. OUR MARKET. . , -Neret wsseur market more -paorly-supplted dran it iit at present; and there is ennaeijnently a fcreat dr. raand fur alnoat aO kinds of country produce. " A friend, who has examined the state of the market in other places, as quoted in Uie papers, has ascertained the remarkable fact, that Flour is higher in this city than in amy ether market known in the United States. A wagoner from ap the country, but s short time a go, carried his toad of Flower ai low down as Tar- borough, and brought a part or it back," and sold it in this city! Whloaide prices, $4 SO a $4 75 per barrel. Corn, Teryiycr whicb U offered, .com mands ft 60 per bsrret; 7n3 VodJer, which is very scarce, U selling at the handsome pries of $1 a hun dred. . . SUPERIOR COURT. Ths Superior Court for Wske County was in ses sion here last week his Honor Judge Manly presi ding. Owing to th very crowded state ef the civH, and indeed of the criminal docket also, il was deter mined by the Judge on Monday, upon th sugges tion f Hon, Win. H. Haywood and at the instance of a large majority of the geulleiiien of tk Bar, to take up the enmuial docket oa Tuesday, and to de aignals ths third Monday ia Jun next as the time for holding a special term of the Superior Court, for the purpose of despatching ths litigated or disputed jury causes which might remain undecided. 1 - Oa Taesday, therefore, tiie criminal docket was taken up, when Lewi Char en, a free mod of color, was pat epos hi trial for an assault and battery up on Mr; Drury Kemp, a white num. Chavcrs was found guilty of the assault, which was of aa aggra vated nature', Snd fined one hundred dollars, and or dered to be sold for the payment of lu fine. The Attorney General for the State and H- W. Miller and P. H. Ruabee, Esqrs. fur ths defendant; thoy having been assigned by the Caurt as his Counsel. On the same day, William Pulley, charged with having murdered losiah Lewis, was arraigned, and pleaded not guilty. It appeared from the evidence, that the prisoner -and the deceased met at a certain house in this county; that, previously to the fatal quarrel, no grudge seemed to exist between, them; but that, on the contrary, they breakfasted together at the same table, on the, footing, apparently. f friends. It further appeared, in evidence, that after breakfast, they were out together in the read, near th house, and that conversation arose between them with regard to th merits snd demerits of a horse, the property of the deceased; that Pulley tohl the deceased that his "horse had had the fistula two or three time, er more than once; that there upon the deceased became enraged, and told him if was a d -d He; that Pulley gave back the d d lie, and, approaching the deceased, who was stand ing with on of his hands upon his bipfc took him by the collar; that, tha aeceaaed then aaid he would give back to no man, and with on band laid hold of th prisoner's collar; that the prisoner thereupon pushed the deceased backwards across the road, pros trated him, and fell partially upon him; that th de ceased attempted to rise, and that the prisoner csua-ht up heavy pine' stick which "was close y anufatruck tha deceased a blow upon the left side of the head that fl deceased thereupon dropped hi bead upon b bosom, and exclaimed, w Lord have mercy upon met that oh of Uie witnesses, a female, then inter posed, and begged the prisoner not to strike him a gain, but that he disregarded her request, struck ; round her, and tilled the deceased to the earth. . lt : was, moreover, ia evidence that th. prisostar was beard to say afterward (bat be was soyy be had not " mended Jsi litka;" that the deceased was sixty yearaaf age, no iiaatcb for Pulley, the prisener, who is a young man; and that, both of thera had taken at leas', one dram that morning. n Dr. ManUgne. j uuctugem jtiijwiait, wuu nu ffiupi m w. at tend the dceerled, to.-aiSrd that heVlicve( his death was eaused tely by the Wows inflicted" by the pri soner. The State was ably TeprracaleX by gpicV WhiUiker, Eaq, the Attaraey Ocwersk and the pri soner bad exerted to the greatest extent ia hi behalf the strong forensic powst of Hon. R. M- Sauttdet and George W. Haywood, Exj. v Under the charge of bis Honor, which was clear and appropriate, th Jury retired la their room, and after an absence of a ' few honm, returned for a verdict" that the prisoner wa guilty of an&gAr. ' Oa Friday be Was 1 aenteeosd tobs branded, which was forthwith don ia the prcseae of the Court, and remanded to th common prison for the epaoa of six mouth. On Wednesday,, negro boy George, 4b property sf Mr. Joshua Ragecs, of this sounty. was arraigned tat the murder of Mr. WiUon, who had hired him bv fhe year. ' To the chanrel the "prisoner nlearied not fuiby, and put bimelf fortriol Upon, Cod snd tbs country." It appeared fVom the evidence in the trial of this ease, that George bad been hired to Wit son by th year; that be was generally obedient to otdersi that on the day the murder was eoramittod. 1 Wilson, on of th witneesea, and George were n- gaged in kitting boga; that about tea clock, on that day, Anderson WiUon, the sort ef the deeeaaed, wertt to when Bef were fcdhng hogs,-and desired bis father to- 1st Geerg go with hue to Raul some labs, rfetmg at 4he Saase ttme to leave a hand in bis place; .that Anderson Wilson told the negro to. make bssl and go with bun, for bis father had aaid he nruat gn thai George said he would go, if Mt. Wilson himself told him lo da so; that Anderson Wilson thea tolJCeorg that Vut did act mind -ha Would giv bint tbirty-atne lashoa; that Gaorge aid that if b (Aaderaon Wilson) fooled with him b would not go at all; aha Anderson Wilson then appealad i hi talker, tb deesasct, and asked) bins if be intended to let Geornmault him in that war: that the deceased till George to hadti tbit Gsorg f vd V ouU hu,lt,init did not' binb; tl.at the J.' ceased thou excluued that he would male bimhu4, f and advanced epun him with a weeding hoe; J die prisoner Vs ataiKliwr alwiit tew fit from (h, r dtweaaed . at the time, with nothine tn bia m. prevent bim from making his escape from the blow hot that heotood !ri 'bitrark,t.and as the blow f the deceased descended, tuclined to. the left, avoided it, and in so doiiijfceaugut up, another hoc, tlruek fader at the bead of tl! deceased, and iliflictod tin ' fatal wound. - This i the stibstanee'of the test'mio. ny of Ihree of the wirueasnaj but tltsj! teslimony rf Andi-rmii Wilson varied, iu.some resets, frmn h, He staled mGcorg , had tbeu in his hand a the time; that e. frared' torproaco him, belbln ne wouiu Kill tumj aftd that- be ti&tl the boe'raked whcnlhe doieasc J ulranced tipo him, and struck at tliB.swno moinitut' th idnm did. :Theeas was argued for tiie Suto by. HbAttorney Genera -witb-hnr accUdtttI force "aniringenniry, and"fuf Uie prUoncr by" the If on. it,' M. Saunders and Geo, Wi llay woo; fo.j, "wilh MiilJty and teal. - fT Judge was nnderstood to rhsrgethe Jury tiiat dat master poaarsard over the slave unhnjlted power; and that Ihe duty of the slavs was Uftconditionid. sub. mission to tlie master, that the master, for tho pur pose of ensuring Uie submission of the slave, had a r ght to judge both of the means and the measure of puiushmcnt; and that if the master, in thus punish tug the slare, was slain by him, it would be mur dtr. But that if th master advanced upon the slave with a deadly weapon, and in an attitude greatly to excite the slave's terror and resentment, and th lav slew him, it would constitute manslaughter. i oe euarg was Very able, and lb above sketch em neM bat a small portion of die substance of it. The Jury, after hanging twenty-four hours, returned g""y w vr m r uo, On Thursday, Harriet Durham, (a free woman of color,) charged with the murder of prace, a negr woman, the property of Mr. John Pennington, of this county, was put upon her trial, and pleaded no -gailtyl. The . evidence la this ease was entirely ett- cuuwtantiaL It eeemed, from the.proofs, thai tbs prisoner and the deceased slept together ia the aam log-cabin; that on tha night the mUrdcr was corn, r mittod several of the witnesses were Jn tiie eafiitt with the prisoner and the deceased, and that they observed no signs of ill will between them; that th witnesses left the cabin about atidnightj that next morning, about win-up, one of ths wimesses diacov, ered the deceased lying in th. jam of the cbimnsy buUnde th cabin, with her skull broken; that th pri. oner WMfatenojpttel.h dy was found, to where the 'deceased was, and that ths, prisoner Mud She did not know,' but that somebody bad called Upon the deceased that night 1a a low voice, and asked her to come out of th cabin and go to a certain place; thar another witness, after th body was found, told the prisoner she might a ' teett eohJraT hertttf ike nrderer, for 'thtMoild have it to do; .that the prisoner was aiharwards ask ed why she had kilted Grac, and that she. answtt because Grace had threatened to k II hen, that die prisoner" admitted she had struck die deceased two blows wut a very heavy iron pestle,, which caused her death. It was further in evidence that thera was) no way of getting into die cabin but through the door, which was fastened inside every, n'ght with a -strong pin; that the hen pestle, which bad bsea re ty and oot of use before, was found that morning1' bearing the mark of having been scoured in the ash es; that Mood wa sprinkled upon the bed-clothing, on die floor, and uponjhe walls and loft of the cabin; that there was blood upon the door-aiU, and evidence upon the ground outside the door of some one's hav. ing been dragged upon it; that part of the bed-cloth- ; ing had bsee washed, and that the blood had dried ' upon tbesa in circloaj that they wer cortched In', some places, and a vortkia of an old.tns-j. ) . . ky of the decrssed, cut out and hid or destroyed. Tbi : was uesutMtanoc of th evidence on tht part of th 8tat. TTmi prisoner offered no evidimce. Tbcs' -was opened bv flush McQueen. Eaa. s tl en b was replied to by th Attoraev OeneraL and aa lbs prisoner offered n IwUmony, was entitlsd to . . . . I ' iiM -cuiKi wiing arguuioiw, .. i Bis argument wss more ' unon th facts th& his opening speech, and wa eon- ' ' ef uently extended to greater length; Snd we believe ' the opinio of ail who beard it was tbat it eminently sustained bis tepwtatioa for ability and Ingenuity." I he verdict or the Jury was, Guilly. - On Friday morning the prisoners, George and -Harriet, were brought into court, and judgment was,' prayedby me Attorney General; whereupon Judge Saunders moved for a new trial in the case of Georee. which was refused. Th Counsel for the prisoner.? Harriet also submitted some remarks with regard to her urnormm, and imhanlitw nf tni.wl aM A trA T T -w ....J MWn., MM produce testimony upon that bead to the Court But ! th Judge was understood to Say that it was not w- ceaaary to do so, unleas she had evinced signs of In sanity sinos her triaL Th Counsel (lien remarked' ;, that this was not the ease; but that he had merely submitted so ths sound diserction of tiie Court the observstions with regard to herfgnorance and imbecil- ity.m order that the Court might see th propriety of a motion for I'new triaL when, if sranted. it was hoped such evidence .niigbt ba adduced a would t. . . . t .-v siiow nernoi ia em a xeaaanaon Being, a new tnat' bsim refused in both cases, the Judo nnlal. - with eloquence of inannaraad leaderness of feeling,. to pronounce the sentence ef tb law. Til follow- e ing W bsheved V berh tibsUnoa of -t tas eaeitaca! Cegerndflurriel; t, , . . , .Ton have been fairly and impartially tried by " Jurv of tb cuuutrv. and found cnllrv of th birhese - ' offence known to tha few th killing' f a human ' ' bung, Wn.Mut any reaaonaW excuse, - The facta which fed lb Jury to this finding were so clear, aa ( wU connected, nd so cogent, diet the'great ability and teal exhibited in your defence could be of no a vaik and the jwdgment of die law is, that you rxuaat dto, Henceforth, therefor, you can be at liberty n more; henceforth yon can no more engage in, th pk-asanl pastimes of the world, bet must b ewt off, in the prune and in, th vigor of life, front th compa ny of your friaoda and from th endearment of your kins-psopls, and consigned to the solemn chambers ' of th aead. It is no part of say duty to point set ' to yoa the peculiar eioda in which you should asck -to Become, reconciled to that God whose few yon hav violated, aha whose vengeance now, perhaps, : tmptstdrvreryoa. ' But I would warn you of your dCDkarable Mnditioti. and urea von tn s.!i-it th dt. acne and iniwtiont of some Minister of our holy e
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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