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bllcji hail abahdrniedlhebo-
nor'of the country, og sacrificed its best in-
II 1 ! hid bV the Constitution tO make tfeaU03.
' It tfii laudation T , It is neither more nor
t ! - lesi lhnn a simple denial of the rsiipn
h i I fvjstimwl b the resolutions of the Senator
from Indiana, ' 1 - f "v " r, j. 141',.
i Mr. 'ALLEN said he should take no nart
In thecerirral discussion upon ithese !res0
' ' lulling I, He mrrely dP8iredto)5ayiaMie
- - think with the1 Senator front South
, " ! ' CarolinWthat the -Sennt, oughtto kc;p
I'll-' ) baclnUmeasurfs ofipmcticai utility, In
A order to make room for a barren discus
i sion upon abstract propositions. Ue-uri-!
derstood the Senator from South Carolina
. to say that a discussion ought to be had
Ji -Vupoq tbe?whole' subject in relation tojPj--iii
Vegdnfilibwever willing I may be (coo
,1 Uniied Mr. A. to eo into a discussion up
' rih this ppbject, I do not want any discus
f t l! : siibn lor action of this body to precede I'hjjU
. action -which will produce results. I re
efer to the notice to be given to preat Brit
ain for the termination of the Jjoint occij
pancy of Oregon, and! which will secure
four rights land the ultimate pacification df
Itbc controversy. That is all I have to
j::iff:t J ; . .-; :r
v j Whether these resolutions coijtairi a true
analysis! of the powers -of t his Gqvern menj,
according to the provisions of the Consti
tution, it is not my purpose at. present to
affirm or lcnyv I rostt solely for the pur
; pose ;of saying that, I Witt lend my agency
to any effort which mjiy be made in. (he
proper spirit to give the! question its pro
sper (direction before' the fountrv, bygiVj
ing notice to Great -Britain, and by extend
ing the! jurisdiction .of this Gdvernmeni
overj ihe ; territory; ' ' j j . : ; !
' I War and a war party have been spoken
,pf. Ilj it be meant by this that there is a class
, 1. : ,!. i U mull )uv it anv ii ui iui un- i-iu i ui n ui
. i describes a class with which I am eiii
jj ! - tircly urjaoquainted ; and it is therefore
; ? that, , in) my inmost hart, regret td hear
1 "I from! the; lips of the pre-eminent (for i wilj
j riot'st pat the term cm nent) Sei ator froni
r Joutt Carolina, that Any proposition nl
troduped into this body might have the
y j eiiecij to uiviuc me nouy in kucI way ;as
lamaKR ii appear inai mere wejre men
here, or any where in this country,! who1
desired war lor the sake of war) j
Without referring to the necessities
which sometimes exist , for bringing' into
;nctkm the martial energies of thb country
lor the protection of national irjterestsj ijj
ilie Senator desired to be understood las,
tayitur that those who iro for the whole-of
. i' (Orpgrra nrei to bo denounced as ihe main,
) taincirs and promoters of war, merely IWi
j causo they cover with heir affections the
.whole! soil nnd hrritagiof the country.
j 'Senator will find that sort of a war party;
f Jnglhnd jwill find thatWtof a war jia'riy.
in this country ; she Will find that sortlof
ii waspirit deeply implanted in th IE
somsjof nine-tenths of the American! ppo
; pie. They j will find thjkt we are! not to be
( frightened or terrified, pr in any manner
jfl aeterreu rom the prosecution ot ur legal
I Jights, by being told, Ify6u dare'advance,
;l Great Britain will declare war " Sir,! I
jiavclhenrU tins war-cj;ry on myrg occa--Rions.than
one within my brief experience
in public affairs. ''1 ,bavc heard, this cry
raised bo loud and Ions with resrard to the
,; eastern end of the, same line of boundary.
. ,rNas1o inddce a Senate Jto ratify a treaty
jwhich gave away a par,tof one of the eov
, j jerelgn States of this Union,;afterjthekarne
' Senate had unanimously declared thie un
questionable tight ot the Union! to evei-y
inch of her territory. 1 saw thi!s produc
ed by the clamor of vfa raise 1 for the
i purpose of startling and tterrifvingthb
i commerciai-nueresis oi mis country, anu
producing a total abandonment tf the na-
t : tional honor. Men haying properly ern-
.barked la cummerce were frightened be-
cause that property was endangered, aiid
i they were thus induce
7nerica feelings, a
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-By adopting these resolution, you deny
the power of this Government to settle the,
question byl'reaty;';and,Uetr)ing f bat pow
erTyou iniend." as l he only .silternat i ve, to
resort! to Ibrce; ? J mako no : a
peacercry. ! Jfmeari'to osseft that pur du
ty obliges us to make an effort for aT pa
cific adjustment of the justioh by nego
tiation. I regard the honor and interests
of this country as highly as! any inan i can
do, butj will not be precipitated into mea
sures which I solemnly believe will lead
us into aj war, that may be-1 hope, honor
ably avoided. .. ,'' i !'''Jti::,i'-i;:i
YSir, I do not intend to anticipatejhe dis
cussion which will ariseiuppn the resolu
tion of the Senator from Ohio in relation
to the termination of the treaty. I am
ready for that discussion whenever it may
come up; and 1 hold the Senator to be
mistaken :in supposing thai the proposi
tions now1 submitted haVeno connexion
with his own ; for if inj point of, fact,
we cannot settle the question by treaty
under the Constitution of the country, it is
of little importance whethef notice be giv
en dr not. But if it can Ibef settled by ne
gotiations, if peace can be preserved con
sistently with the, national! honor, then
there may be powerful! reasons against
the adoption of the resohition of the Sen
atonfrom Ohio, as I shall be prepared to
show when that resolution comes up.
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TWENTY-NINTH C(jNGRESS.
FIRST SESSION.
Wednesday, Jan. 7-1846
U. S. SENATE '
MK Calhoun asked to be excused from
serving on the committee oi finance. He
had been made the chairman of ;jhe com
mittee in his absence and was not in suf
ficient health to discharge itduties. The
request was granted and Mf. Speight was
appointed to fill the vacancy.
Mr, Johnson, of Md. presented a mem
orial, from merchants and! others of Bal
timore praying a repeal of jhe pilot laws.
An act extending a patent to James
Bosrardus was taken up and passed.
Tljc bill making approprjations for the
Cumberland road was taken up and read,
and on motion of Mr. Dayjon postponed
to thjs day fortnight. J
The Senaie then proceeded to the consid
eration of the bill heretofofe reported, to
raisd a regiment of mounted riflemen.
Mr. Bentoa said the bill as important
as a ;peace measure. It hid nothing to
do with war or rumors of wjar. It was" a
measure called for in consequence of the
extension of our settlements! and in advo
catfnig thebill he should not allude in any
maniaer to our foreign relations.! Mr. B.
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then went on to give his reasons! why the
bill should be passed, and a;lter inserting
an amendment appropriating $70,500 to
defray the expenses of raiding ihe regi
ment; and pome other slight amendments,
the bill was ordered to be engrossed, and
read x third time. S , !
Tlie next business in order being the bill
to settle the claims of the State of New
Hampshire against the IfX States. Mr.
Phelps suggested that it njight he post
poned to some future day toigi ve Senators
an opportunity to acquaint themselves with
the merits of the claim. r
Mr, Atherton acquiesced in the postpone
ment and after stating the circumstances
under which the claim arose, the bill was
postponed until Monday next.
The bill to establish pre-emption rights
was postponed indefinitely. I
The Senate then proceeded to the con
sideration of the bill reported from the
committee on Post Offices apd Post Roads,
establishing post routes in Texas., which
afterjsome little discussion! was referred
baokito the committee for the purpose of
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4 nmpnunimr.
The joint resolutum to refculate and rp
ducctthc price of the public jmiing, af
ratherhfough igndrarice ,than front
mnlitrnfint Intention. I'OM - 1 ' 1
u fWe cannot do justice, to Mr.! Adamss
remarks in a mere abstract, and will tbere
fore endeavor to give them at some length
tomorrow. ;We venture to say thatrthe
gentleman from S. Ci never venture
to run another tilt against the old, man
eloquint.-!! ' ":-A j-j VAUlWf
1 MrJ Rhettbriefly rejoined but evident?
ly leli himself hors Mcomhat. Utj:
This matter having been settled,! Mr.
Holmes obtained the j unanimous "consent
of thejHouse to introduce a joint resolu
tion, granting to the.Va$hington Monu
ment Association any portion pf the Pub
lic land in the city, not appropriated,' for
the purpose of erecting! a monuraqot to
George Washington. I . J !
Leave was granted, aha the Joint Res
olution passed unanimously. 1 'if t
Mr. Hamlin from (he! Committed; on
Elections, made a report to the efiectlhat
thA sittino- member ifM OahelUnwas
not entitled tohis seat, and that Mr.jBrpck
enbrough, the contesUng member, wi en
titled to it. TT " ' ' I i . I : i H
A minority! report was made, declaring
the sitting member legally and constitu
tionally elected. The reports were, (laid
upon the Speaker's table to be called up
hereafter. ' I ; '
f The House, on motion df Mr. Yancey,
of Ala. resolved itself (into Commmitfeo of
the Whole, Mr. Tibbattsin the chair; V
i The debate was resumed upon thepre
gon question by Mr. Yiancey, who address
ed the House in favor! of our claim totthe
whole of Oregon but in opposition to the
giving of the notice at this time. Lji
Mr. Caleb B. Smith' followed in an Able
speech iii opposition to giving the notice
and in favor of the course pointed out in
the minority report from the Committee
on Foreign Affairs. MrJ S, believed jhat
if the notice was given, that at the expi
ration of the twelve months we should
find ourselves at war with Great Britain.
The House; then adjourned. :
Thursday, January, 8, 1840.
In the Senate.Mr. Allen, from the Com
mittee on Foreign Relations, to which had
heen referred the joint resolutions hereto
fore offered by him, advising the Presi
dent of the U. States to give notice to G.
Britain of the termination of the treaty of
joint Occupancy, reported as follows; j
Resolved far the Senate and Hotus& of
Representative of the United SUttesl in
Congress assembled That in virtue of It he-
second article of;the convention of lhejC:h
August, 1827, between the U. States and
G. Britain, relative to the country wfst-'
ward! of the Stpny or j Rocky mountains.
that the U. btates do inow think ht tojan-
i , t L ;iiJii 'r - .. . ? i L .1
iui anu aorogaie, inau ooiiveimon, imi
hat the said Convention is hereby accor
dingly annulled and abrogated Provided
that this Resolution shall take elfect idler
the te'rm of twelve months from the day
n which due notice snau ne given to v.
Britain of the passage I of this resolution;
Ond the' President of fhe: United Stafeis is
hereby authorised and required to give
aid notice, and also at the expiration of
1he said Convention, to issue his proclama
tion setting forth the ifact. ;
Mr. Allen said he would move to tke
up the resolution on Monday next, with a
view 'to have an early day fixed; for its
Consideration. He did not press its con
sideration earlier, in deference to an Hon
orable Senator who informed himhat he
wished a preliminary question first tq be
disposed of -
In the House of Representatives thd O
regon question was still under discussion.
to stifle their A
nnl In llirnw I tiMir fivtf
influence into the scald of the common eh- !er 'e fiaopuon oi an amendment makin
cmyj! Andfnoware c to havfc the cry 15 appncameto am the ppting heret
ietr iip tha vrc dare not assert the whoje
.'of our ttehw, as," if we jdo, shall iinavoida-
i bly bo involved in war.. Though our
. claims nf indisputable, we are ne vert he-
1 less to lsurrender themJ because if we do
COMMUNICATION
For the Watchcaan-No. 2.
RvlMnti" ihe correspondent of thei Regis
teVt avers that th punishment or crirn sUpuici
always bej eipens'vt8 a - f maKO lli,V""
terest of each individual toprerent it.' If crime
Jr, nmvpnfed bv Decuntary inducemenr,then
surelv that! inducemeat' should he applied to the;
criminal htmselC by making it a part of punish,
ment; ihe hbtoratioD or reparation of damages
either public or prirate. Should it be bade a
laWnfihn land thaY a criminal shall be punish.
J 't iU onpiii Vf the nartviniured.it would;
a iu - - i - w ,
most certainly introduce the practice of Lynches
Linr. and ! draw till criminal prosecutions in-
to that Court, seeing there is no cost duo or
parable in the summary process of that triunal. ;
sThat crimes should not he punished through
motives of revenge, is a benevolent principle of
law: and to carry out thi principle it is enac
ted that certain acts shall be deemed and taken
as public misdemeanors or crimes, although
l he v. operate! onh to individual loss and dam-
oe, under;lhe supposition that the whole com
munity may hot feel at the same limo a spirit
of retaliati6nror -revenge operating upon their
judgment, j Srill the consideration that the cost
off a proseCujion must ho borne by the public,
tends in some measure to spread or inflame the
spirit of retaliation. There would surely he
mdre common sense and sound reason in tax
ing criminals with the expense of punishment
according to the adage, "let him that dances
pay the Piper," than to let the charge of prose
cution (as at present) remain on the'eounty
Treasuries, -to bo furnished or replenished by
taxation on the citizens and their properly.
Sylvanus expresses the opinion, that it would
be' in bad taste anoj disgraceful to derive reven
ue, from crime andireceive the vage of iniqui
ty for any purpose whatever; if a Slate Prison
should yield any revenue beyond iU expenses,
it would be particularly humiliating to add it
to 'the literary fund of the State. Admitting
this matter of refined taste to be a substantial L
objection, it can be easily satisfied and nhviat
ed by sending the surplus revenue of the Pen
ilelitiary to the several county Tn'asuries to
supply them with the means of paying ihe ex
pense of State, prosecutions necessary to be
carried on ire each county; there is no antici
pation that a fastidjoiisness of taste will prevail
with them toireieck it. The most formidable
THE -CAROLINA I WATCHMAN.
Salisbury, X. C.
FRIDAY EVENINd, JANUARY 1C. 1845."
PORTRAIT PAINTING,
AVe have omitted, unintentionally, for several
weeksi to nolice the visit, to our Town, of Mr.
Pmxe, whose advertisement we publish. On
his arrival here it was his purpose to spend only
a few weeks with us. He; is still here, and we
think those who wish portraits taken would do
well to; call on him. They may not have anoi
iher opportunity so favorsjble. Mr. Pkime's
pictures do not require thcj name to be written
underneath to tell who, or w hat they are i ihey
speak fur themselves, and the most unskilful
mind can promptly comprehend.
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LOCOFOCO CONVENTION.
We understand this1 gathering of the
unterrijied democracy" ) which from the
misgivings bf some of the Locofoco pa
pers, must have been a small affair, made
but to make a nomination for Governor.
And who gentle reader do j you suppose
the nominee is? Is it therIIon. Charles
Fisher, who before the meeting of the
Convention, Was generally designated as
the choice ofjtbe party I Xo. Forhe.it
seems, wasjwisenougli not to be caught
in such a trajp, (last Summer's campaign
having satisfied him.) Well, is it any oth
er of the big men among the dem-o-ct acyt
No." Well, who is it ? ! If it must be told,
Green W. Caldwell, Esq.,, of Mecklen
burg County; is the man; Not being able
BANK Or
WcindtljesuMcI; :
alive td tbit.I
er, of Jhe Ctb an j L !
constrained to leueve
intcres :
TUi General A:
holder of this Ic!":
Banking House in t! '
ilonl Thomas b':.
chosen 'Chairman cf s
R. Gaies, Secret:: . .
It haling been tirec
that there was a lar;- - :
presentfd. Judge C v:
the Baijk, submitted t i
detailed Statement .
sbowinr the genera! c
well asjthe conditi n
And it s not, perhaps
no simi ar InstitutLn i .
sent a n ore gratifv i: '.
the Banc cf the State :
sceodin to detail?, (
paper b Ing delayed t
may sulke to shov t'
to state that although
Dividei d of Scrcn d "
Deen uclclarecl on r . -'
now on
to settle down unon anv of the hlcr burrs.
otyectfon to ihe adoption ot tne ren.tcntiary ifisa ,ast s q sef Uievagrccd
System is the first cost necessary to le encoun-)
tercd by taxation ! I aking this in its strongest
point of view ; the last Legislature has said
that this expense must be understood as arising
froni direct tax, but why should it he so? See
ing they had no pwer to control the action of
a future Legislature : and the State has other
sources of revenue -beside direct taxes, as much
under the control of a future Legislature as
ihey were under that of a former. What this
cost may amount to Is a matter not yet ascer
tained, and must depend on th will of the Le
gislature who mayjadopt ihe System under in
structions frorn its! constituents. Let ihe co.t
be estimated uponi surmise at the sum of one
hundred thousand uVllars : it would not: be re
quired nor jcould itf be judiciously expended in
one year, but must necessarily be divided into
an'expenditure of 3, 4, or 5 years: and it may
be j recollected lhat the. State Capitol was re
cently ImiU in seven or eijht years at an expense-
of five :s hundred thorisaud dollar, without
nnir oprrii-ei taxation; so lhat to raise this
comparatively small sum of 8100 000 by taxa
tion in three or fmr years, would scarcely be
fel in the-sensltive pockets of ihe most econom
ical, and it should be the more cheerfully paid
under the piospect of its ultimately remunerat
ing interest, if not principal. The State House
as before observed cost 8500,000, the annual
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fore executed this session : Iwns ordered to
be engrossed and read third time.
The Senate then went into Executive
Session, and after a shprt ti!me aldjourned.
'not. We must ficrht. nnil wn must sntnin
I Bomo losses of property. It seems,; thep.
f iinai iue national nonor is to ne calcula
itcd bydollars and cents ; that ive are o
t consiuerjbow much of pecuniary means
J Ave cart save by an apandonmnt of ojir
just rights and sacrifice of our national
j hon(jr.( Put peace we ijnust havei, peace nt
1 uiny rato and on any terms. This is the
' ; ' cry i'and thus it is tUat Great Britain bks
' ...been ftbjej to enroach nppn us ii tinjes not
f i long gone by j to burn our steamers: in our
Pacef1uV harbors, and send them wjth the
i -bflnleicn'w into the foaming catraract:
f and then to stand before the wqrld.on tfie
j -floorofiVarliament, and dcnynthat ven
" 1 nrosy had been jnade us. And are
4'f-Ye !noY ,0 he uld and alarmed !bv the
.ucnunctattons or Senators here I
io icnuer me nomination to iir. ureen
AV. Caldwell, Supetintdndettt of the Mint
at Charlotte. Whether he will consent to
give up an office worth 2,000 dollars a
year, to run the risk of being elected Go
vernor and get no more, we think is some
what doubtful. If Mr. Caldwell is a man
of any perception at all, he; must sec at
once, that if Cot Hoke,! ouej of the most
talented and popular speakers, could not
defeat our present and dignified Govern
or, his chance is but poor indeed. But
we are not disposed to berate them for not
'doing better. The Convention probably
thought it would not be so bad to have a
little man of xhe party beaten, as it would
be, if ono of their crreat men should be de
feated. Wisp conclusion too.
V
P. S. We have heard it rumored, but
have no means of judging of the correct
"ness of the rUmor, that it was the under
standing among those who composed the
great Sanhedrim, if Mr. Caldwell would
i . f
ONE ntpCDHED ANDflV
equal l 10 per cor,!.
which, f divided, let it
S
would lio entitled to t!
a fiord lie highest f at!
absent tockholder.s c
Slato, gnera!!yt to loar
has been induced, bv t
est apptal of ihe
most imposing form, to
of resigning his of!i:c
gave nbjice at the h-t
his inteajion to do. It
present insrttled stnt -of
the clountry,'his c IT"
dispensed with.
The idlowing gens!
elected; Directors c f t!
ensuing
Boylani
r J.
year, viz ; Ul
Wm. Peace, J
W. Mqtdecai, Cha.Ies
Esquires.
Wc
in rela
holders
olina, a a
f
HANK OK i
iubliahed a ha-:
n to the Gene!
f ihe IJaiili :
d will now ci
was then omitted.
The
meeting was u
fe being l3,Gi
n;iowin? kc!
interest of which sum should be 830 000, when ) not accept. Col. John II. Wheeler ! ! (save
it oniy saves in rents atout ?4,uuu. tt.us tib,- tie mnrj should be the man. How
r -
xn We
' bJ intimidated by tjic cry. 44 you do llii
! war .Will follow r Are w tkiitA Unin
, tirnidatcd and restraihetTMn the perfbrm
, . hnce of theTduty wh ch ihe Constitution
basi committed to ou
hands, and which
from nc Ti i - 1
i the country demands
: It was in reference to this war-crv ebLr.
)S l.tatH rose, and td sav that ho denutici.
u v ntlOns, and that no pinn artificial orlna-
V tural, that can be conjured up in the Eas
i lcr States, will ever induce ne to sacri-
i ;,Hcfe a J;trge part of the right fiiiiipminion
i v oi jhe American people. v !
P: :v.M'i iCALHOUN. h amrfrsolved that
ii ; P1?. aninig shall nblbe-aistorcd.;i Irrmdfl
p -noj war-err; 1 asserted a simnlo proriosi-
, , lion ; ,ana i sutimit tb the Senator hiniself
: j Avbether that proposition be i)ot ddrrict I
1 said that all those f who denied thatHhe
.' ijuestion cian her settled by treaty meant
that it should be se tied at theiciuinoVs
- I iiiuuiu. . unu nuy wii3 ucuv wis i ciJSnere
j ! n mat? yjthin the reach of iny voice vbo
wilt dispute J his question T
j u; u war-cry. to announce what
i ! ' bim'seir knows to be true T
AndiisJthls
the Senator
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
A tnotion was made by Mr. Srnith of 111.
that the clerk of the Ilousq should forth
with provide for the purchase of maps of
the Oregon territory to accompany the
Presiklents Message, the motion was de
bated at some length and Ifinally laid on
the table. - . I I '
: Mr. Rhett of S. C. asked leave of the
House to jnake a personal Explanation.
Remembering what he hd said of Mr.
Adams' opposition to the W of 1812, and
nio nrnrmvl lAmal . I ; I . .
I. itivuij'fc ucriiiai ui iiiri cnarge. iMr.
Rhett came with what he fsupposed to be
proofs of his assertions. Ijhey jwere first,
a communication from Mr Adams to the
Russian Minister of war! consenting to
transmit a communicatiortlfrom the Rus
sian government to bur own tendering the
services or that government for an amica
ble termination of the war, ' .
The next proof was a letter from Mr.
Adams commenting upQn khe unnreoared
state of Ignited States to enter into the
campaign. I j
Ihese two circumstancs, accordingBto
Mr. Rhett, Warranted the conclusion that
the gentleman from -Massachusetts was
opposed to the war.
Mr. Adams was permitted to 'reply by
the unanimous consent of the House; and
ner,y a hour iii the delivery of
1 L .fls ?tiPl a reference to
' "'f':1 rs ana was Ostened rto with
itT lTTtf l,e "pressed bis surprise
that, after the gentleman On S.k
oli hacl made a a cine against him.
anq ne nau oemea the charge, he should
....... ,w.:Vw.v...,.,..kmS Unl,
present hour. He hart eknected at lMf
after .what! had occurred ir the; House that
thej centleman would halve &ail n
.about iu - The clmrne made now wai nrp.
cisely as unfounded astbje other, and like
THE FIRES OF THE PAST YEAR.
j From the Philadelphia Chronicle., ; j;
As the year 1845 will probably beise-
signated hereafter asj"the great fire year,"
we 'have, at much expense of the time and
jabor, prepared a record of all the fireisi of
any account mat, naye occurred intne
tJnited States; Canada, and the Wesji In
dies, from 3lst of December, 184 4, to Jan
uary 1, 1840. The list has been prepar
ed from full files of papers at our dispo
sal, and we believe it contains (as far as
heard from) all the fires worthy of notice
that have taken: place during the period
specified. The loss of property, it will be
seen, is immense, and wc cannot point to
another vear wit hin our recollection whtre
in theldestruction of property by thelde
vouring element has been greater. IThe
losses,' as given in pur table, amount' to
he enormous sum of twenty-seven millions
tight hundred and twenty -Jive thousand
eight hundred and fifty dollars and Vet
this monstrous sum does not cover, accord
ing to our calculation, more than .' two
thirds the actual loss which has been (sus
tained by fire in the United Slates, Cana
da, and the West Indies during thej year
1845. When it is taken into considera
tion that we have not estimated thejim-
mense torestsot timher that have bef rt de
stroyed, and ! probably ;a thousand! fires
where the losses h ve been but a fevf hun
dred dollars, we shall not be far out of our
calculation. ! j i-
The table compiled by the Cbrbnicle
extends to about two columns. We copy
only a few of the, items of the greatest
magnitude, as follows :1 ? !
February 3 Upwards of two b Ural red
houses destroyed, at Bridgeton, Barbkios.
Loss 82,000,000. j j y
April 10 Great fire at Pittsburg, Penn
sylvania, nine hundred and eisrhtxilwo
buildings destroyed. I Loss $3,500,000.
May 28 Dreadful fire in Quebecj Ca
nada, about fourteen hundred houses; de
stroyed. Loss 85,000,000. j j
June 2ti bixty houses at Matanzas,
Cuba, destroyed. Loss 8300J009.
000 soes to Iher consideration of honor and or
nameni, and in pecuniary calculation is an en
lirq loss. ; The like results on a smaller st ale
am deduced from the. cost of all )ther of our
pullicbuUIings all of which have heen paid for
by volunthry contribution' or a constrained tax,
such as churches, Court-llonses and Prison
So that should the Penitentiary Syste, Tail to
produce the anticipated beneficial results, it wII
onlyJe another jwjblic experiment, without a
novel conclusion. GRAVE. MEN.
it is, we do not know,
talk about here.
true
But such is the
A DETECTED CONSPIRACY.
LATE FROM SIERRA LEONE.
We have advices from Sierra Leone to
the 30th August, and the, in formation in
regard to the slave-trade is very interest
ing. It appears from a list published that
during the period between the 1st ot' April,
1844, to the 17th May, 1845,sixty vessels
were captured, on board of which nearly
5,000 slaves were found five of these ves
sels were destroyed, and the remainder
condemned. '
; Among th'S sjavers captured was the
44 AfricanovThe officer of the Navy who
brought the " Alricano, stated that the
towns of Lagos, on the slave coast, had
been completely destroyed. A chief, who
was banished from Lagos by ihe King,
about three years ago, returned in July
last with a force of ten thousand men,
drove out the reigning King rind his peo
ple, and took possession of the rivers and
wn of Onee. It is said that in the con
test upwards of five thousand persons
were slaiii, and during several nights the
glare.of burning tewns illumined the air
for; miles around.
Some of the slavers pursued their trade
in human flesh with great boldness, and
one of them, a large brig, fired into and
beat off the boats of British and Portu
gese meri-of-war. U. S. Gazette:
had dtr in a
coaxed out, he
The Hon. Green Caldwell, superintendent of
the Branch Mint at Charlolle, hating a hicra.
tive and comfortable office by the Grace of John
Tyler, according to the newest opinion of the
progressive Democracy, rnut pass under the
Administration. Guilotine. He must resign his
present office, to accept the Locofoco nomina.
tion for Governor. When that' is done it will
I- - f ' - r
ujhku room iot ucn. . lol . or
Major 1 to step in and take hh place
with all its golden opport unities ; and then
Green may whistle if he can. But if he refuses
to resign at the behest of the paily, then there
will be ample cause' to raise the shout of 44 whi"
federalist" against him, "education is the most
i
dangerous opponent of democracy," either of
which is equal in consequence to the cry of
village. If Green will not be
will be driven out. That is the
ultimatum, thetronclusive lesolution on the sub
ject. Honesty and diligence, in office, is no
assurance of continuance !l
No politician with the least .glimmering of
understanding, could calculate that Green Cald
well, with no bind of Military title, could have
a better proprct of being elected to the Gov.
nors place, than General Sauridersr Major L.
D. Henry, or Col. M. Hoke, particularly when
opposed to the Commander-in-Chief of nine
Major Generals, and all the Slate Militia. It
is therefore rnnist clearly demonstrated, tiwrt the
late progressive Democratic Convention of the
glorious 8th of January, 1B40, did conspire a
against the Honorable Green Caldwell to de
prive him of his office. This matter is further
illustrated by Ihe Consideration that there arc
a dozen others in and of ihe State, cf equal, if
not better, stump speech abUUic. Charles
FUher needs jnot to te mentioned, it lein
doubtful whether he is of this Slate or of Choc
taw ! Then Ihere is A. F. Gaston, W. V.
Avery, J. II. Wheeler, J. V. Kllis, B. Craige,
all Western men, besides D. W. Courts, Cad.
Jones, Dobsoa of Surry, and J. Clemmons ;
ins. M
sented
1 tiej
tneeliria
Eesotrkd,rTht a Trn:
by rtat)lbrj at Morrrir .:
opcraticjnj vriih such Cn;
PrrsiJentland Directors :
cxpdiept
jciof the Siau inc
Camteq.-c the fact is ?..:.
Dank in Ju'
from it irf Dividends, on !
the enirinous anion:. t ;
Treasufyiinto orirraiion, :
important source it
A mtorbeing rn-iJt :
ven Diijeotors of the Vs
asked lease lo presor t :'
propperpilB onJ suru c
the liign trputation w!. ';
genera ijrjae mainly t- L
irjr,ritimpartia!iir, i' '
pen'iaiqnof the fie-.J. :
Knifed, That ihe.u
feigned regret, lhat i: i t
to wiihrJ.-w ; anJ t!."y
tne expres.on oi the l
ne wuiCn?ent to ro;.:.
Eetalryd, That tn );.
fereritf and labor cf l,,-
the PrCicipal Eaak Ic.i
and utttricted to af '.:
the Prfajlent,a coi.;lJ r
be, onderjthe Iir?cti( n
corrrFpoiJence,ket p 1.
do ana ptrfom such :m:,
duiieinlhe Dank.&s
that he be allow ed r iX
deem just and rig Ht.
Tie resolution l.r.vi"
stated to ibe on their r"1
ottntAV, hj;t
j
of smne tntH, in h
intrpducei ibem. Toa y
ouflrcondib'on of the Ha:
whih it afTaiis Li 1 v.' .
threatenia(5 a?rft cf i!;- ;
to aemani at the hn 1 f :
oas5nteyct and the . '
Bank had nothing to do v.
it e' er mdJ!ed with il -.
not Windy shut lhir ev
whith were now cjita'tr.r
the probalilitf of a V.'ar
of he pa rsage of ihe f-' 1 -of
either ot which ma
monetary aflain of .. v-'.
condition) of all cur I.
guard ji inst danjr to c
w
Anecdote of Daniel Webster. ;Danicl
Webster had a brother, Ezekiel, n man
of noble feelings, and whose intellect e
qualled bis more celebrated relative; but
hV loved the quiet walks of life, and con
tented himself with the reputation of bein;;
an excellent, prudent nian, and a sound
lawyer, Without trying his fortune in the
thorny path of politics. The brothers
were alvvays warmly attached to each
other, and the following anecdote, charac
teristic of their different temperaments j and in the East there is W. N. Edwards and
July 19-.6rcat fire in New York, three
hundred buildings consumed. Loss 86,
000.000. f:iy ' r.-1 . : A I
November 4 i?ifty buildings iri WjU
mmbrwNorth Caroiinal; 8 175.0004 l
November 13 One hundred buildings
tne other he would am jhope was made!! in Sag Harbor, Long Island, $350,000.
and habits, is told of iheir childhood :
Money, had been given? to each of them
to go out and share in the festivities and
parade of the fourth of July. When the
boys returned at night, their mother said,
Well Daniel, what did you do with! your
money TV I I bought powder, and fireworks,
and cake and beer, answered he. . 'And
what did you Up with yours, Ezekiel ?
Lent it to Dan,' Nvas the brief repljv-jV r.
Mirror
Gen. WiUon, all without office at present. But
why not invit D. C. Reid, Asa! Biggs, J. R.J.
Daniel or James J. McKay to resign fur the
service of th Dcmfcracy ? Either of them
would have an equal chanco to gain the Got.
ernor's seat. The, only plausibla reason xehj
not, is thai Green's office bat more of pemoc.
racy within itself than that of a member of
Congress ; at least H has more of tbo loaTes if
1 not so many tmall fisbes. 'Xi h
as wefcan.by pre-i"r
o na neretotore p r
mite abiSty and
be question was tii'n ;
ulionsland decided in
ting tice. A lu".
lebcy Ccir. Gsaoax, llx (
oi 3 ad gej Settle, wti ;
dint will a copy of t;:- i
minationlto the meeir r
the Comtiitlee returns, r
oi. Ilejrope, evident'r t
in terms lf deep frel.i ,
tin.mair np h;s r.i.r, I t .
tlf Irmiiition with !..
aiif oeen associated a
thpcfht io eircumon' 5
dcUion.Wrhaiw. m ;: -
klreas-ja charge wi..-.:, .
diorit raa impo,t f
of the Stckbo!deni,ej:;
Ie wool! yield bis. own ;
eral wi. bat in do .
trtro it $ for all tl :
The remarlit i f t' -
MoKCOios we on!r c
tiplarlyliia acjui!rf r
holders, fc-ere received v
pfewed iself. .
The Directory wnr
last, and, the Meetlr; z .
D" lion. Jaxls Ir r
porter the Dccl?::
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