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Th msilm of r slow and sure ' nekmt to hare
liren entirely tej a tJeitnce in tbi history of
LocUicolsim ItU-io use a yaoWm-p pro.
grctifs from one enormity to another with
.chranidijtba( we. hardly rij.M breath
taken away by oieibock befbe auopej-
comes
i. I L -i . "h Ifltt trtW
to well i nign " stop our i - -y- -r
i ?.' I i !af rttetiitn nt ft
wiincssru mt -1
months have
Tariff u b"cb angered every purpose that is
oossihle to be expected from the existence pi
Uch law a Tariff which paid offa. largest
L-whch railed the country from a condition of
gloom; ana emuarr&isHieni. " r . .
heji akd propeiUy. and which did not inflict a
pounterHaUningWil onV single humanizing.
iiri the same perlnwe have wen t ha establish.
rnent of a financial' system", which ha. been
, ibrced iby the tlgour of party drill upjn ajreluc
. tant people a ynt'em which is as much at war
. jvilh tllo spirit of ffje governmbnt-isedjRicl.
inond Enquire r.of 1837 and 8-f as it is to con.
flict With the "pecuniary interest of the people,
and a system which has been denounced jbynci
man orjsct of menl with more unsparjngseyeri
iy than' by the members of Congress j who ( voted
lor i itt and tbe President who signed it. .'these
two acJs, radical as they must be in their effects
, -1- I .' . .. .
77-upon our country, tnq its insiuuuons, pne
' j' have thWghVwou Id have satisfied thelrevoluj.
I 10nary lappetite of Locofocoism itself for at least
H tnW remainder of iMr.Tolk's official term. Not
L howpver. Alt tough the dishes cajled for by
the Bjljl of Fare Prescribed by the pahimore
Convehion-exceLtthe Oregon Pie have been
served iip in true Locofoco style, and consumed
I with a! corresponding gusto, jet, like Oliver
I Twist, they " ask jfor more." Theyt now ask
1 1 not tjhat the Tariff shall be further reduced,
'but that it shall b(j abolished, altogether .that
I tho Custom Houses shall be shut up, their offi
I ce'ra disoanded, anl trade as " freio n &l the wind
j that bio jvs shall ble established. This is the
last monster that pas issued from "the fruitful
I womb pjf modern democracy, and we beg that
Uii monstrosity will 'not induce a single one of
!' Ji1 !'ti'' i' 1 .L-:t n.nila lis ntifL
our reoufrs 10 ueupve iho n
destruction. To one who reasons from the ad
vanco off the worltj in civilization, and who aV
vails himself of tho lights of experience, we
aumit tnat tho idea'of Free Trade in the Unite4
But cot-ill YorU n ii' P0!
Tog fiiendsVj .Jn the great west, it has ifs adn.
' cfttes. late number of the Quincy (Illinois)
Ierald has the following paragraph ; , ,
u Direct pixation is (be very reverse of i idi.
reel taxation It Is ttsaiion upon property, not
consumption; ' Under suh a system of taxation,
every man pays, as nearly as, may be Cot no
system approximates to xact justice upon the
amount of property he owns, and not upon ihe
quantity and value of th?rtcles be eats, drinks
and wears, ill is, therefore, a just and honest
system of taxation, under which every man
knows how much he pays, and for what be pays.
It Is always called by its right name, viz: tax,
and Rot prick. It deceives nobody. j J
We quote1 these paragraphs not for the rair
pose of argujrig til present against the '$ctne
they inculcate, but wfth ajview to keep our rfa
dert tip with the " progress 'of events' Ve
might, to"be sure, quote at large from the Apos
tle of Democracy, and'ahbw the light in which
he regarded direct taxation with its necessary
appendages of " domiciliary 1 ''mitt 'federal
espionage, Stc, '&c;'; but we 1 happen to know
that Mr. Jefferson' opinions, backed thoujgh
they may be by all the Fathers of the Repub
lican faith, are only relied upon by the Demo
cracy when they suit a prf icular purpose, and
are held entirely in the abstract " when thsy
conflict with any favorite ubject.
irle with-a fluota-
tion from yhat may be termed the National dr
THE ." CAROLINA , ATCflMAK;
Salisbury, X; C.j;
I1 R I D A Y EVENING SEPTEMBER: $5, S1846.
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jj ReDistriclng thn 'Statel-W Wash
ed last weeif,! an article fromlfie Ua'Iigtt
ftegister njftjk'. yH''?-'81'00
the StateJ without commenti 1-'he; truth
tit the proposition took us by surprise ;; for
we had almost! forgot the jsharrteful con
duct of the liegislature of i842gtnerki-?
Jy known as .the Gerrymayiding, Legtsla.;
ture. We were considerably perplexed ;
we felt . satisfied that, in justice to ihe
Whigs of North Carolina; re-distrtcting
should take place, particularly alibis time,
when there is ja probability that ; the un
fairness and injustice of our ppponnts in
making, the present! arrangemenf. may
operate very! seriously against the success
of Whig principles throughout the Union.
We mean in the event the electlon'of the
next President ;is thrown into the House
nf Rfinrpspintktlrps.1 Arid then nrain. we
gan of the Locofoco party. Speaking of tbe felt ye re(jcant to break in : upon the
evils ftrihft: Tariff svstem. the last Democratic J' . i j r rt.ili: .u
iiine-uonoreu pracuue ui xiihvmm&
evils of the Tariff svstem, the
Review says : 1
The evil has become so great as to lead to
the consideration, whether if. should not be couh
teracted by an entire abandonment of indirect
taxes, and an abolition of the custom-house.--By
such a course a patronage of some ll.QQO
offices would be taken out of the hands of the
Federal Government, and a source of vast cOf-
State every ten years, only. We are op
posed to this thing of malting lavvs one
year to be repealed the next. ; There
should be stability in the lavvs of every
State, as far as possible. To this end Le
gislative bodies should be very careful to
ruption dried up. The-wW of the Federal.1 pass no law but such as stand firmly up-
jrltatcilhe secona 'commercial country on thd
in its literal sense, with its correlative
Ppcct Faxation, must appear too preposterous
and absurb to bo seriously apprehended. But
tho man who thus reasons, will never keep up-i
' Orj tho jail of Locofocoism, hut will (find him
self thrown out of the "hunt" at the very first
: M double' In order to be prepared to check
orlhwart the movejmcntsof modern democracy,
'cite1 mlast bo prepared for any enormity, and
l nover tiffree that, because a scheme is monstrou
j and preposterous, It will not find friends enough
jtd'rcndjcr It formidable, Tho indications now
Lore strong that a proposition to supply the Cov.
' ernment with revenac by direct taxation will
' 1 made, an issue jy a large portion ot the dem-
, ocratici party. It Is not jn any one paper or in
any one section that we find indications of such
a acsisii on the nart ot the democracy. 1 be
lew Ydrk Globe has for some time pressed this
umber it says :
isnosition atnoncr Democrats.
to the new tariff a (air trial, so that oanital
invested! under it may havo a fair chance to pre-
ties i for, rest assured, thej-e will bo no change
GovernmenCmay be 22 millions per annum,
besides the Jand revenues, ibis could easi y
be raided by a tax apportioned among the States,
r As, for .instance, the mill tax of New. Yoik
yielded 8655,067, a two mill tax would give it
least $1,200,000, which would be collected
without any increase of machinery by the Comp
troller rjf New York, with the State Taxes, aijd
placed 5 to the credit of the! Federal Treasury.
The collection would hot cost a dollar, and the
support of the Federal Government would fall
upon property instead of upon labor. The econ
omy and feasibility of such a system is? superior
to that of customs. By the removal of the lat
ter, many evils would be remedied, particularly
that of every few years arraying the manufactur
ers against the government, and making the dis
tress of working people thef means of waifarej"
Who shall say, with thjese revelations, that
we have not reason to apprehend that Direct
Taxation will be made a formal issue in the
next campaign ? ; I
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Dtion rs, tn at wnen tne apportionment
is-to exist for ten rears the law districting the
State should exist for the Varoe length of time.
Now, we are as much opposed toithe Gerry
mander as any mar) in the State, and vou!d be
glad to see' it changed, but we doubt the pro
priety of tbe change until after the next Census.
It is true we might gain the ascendency in the
Congressional representation from this State in
1848, and therefore keep the State from giving
her Vote to a Loco Foco in casethe election of
Presidentshould devolve upon tbe House of
Representatives, yet would we not be opening
a wide door to our; opponents, and what law
would be suffered to-remain unchanged.. Let
this course be once adopted and nearly every
law Would depend on the complexion of tha
Legislature. Unstable legislation has been the
curse of the land. And would not the districts
be again changed as soon as the Loco Focos
should gain the ascendancy. Most certainly.
We may refer to the subject again.
i Charlotie Journal.
RE-DISTRICTING THE STATE.
The Raleigh Register, an ediloriaUti near
ly two columns, strenuously insists upon the
4fness, justice, and propriety of this measure.
We shall endeavor to give jhe article of the
Register a place in our columns next week, al
though our own judgment has not been convinc
ed of the expediency of such unstable legisla
tion. W must confess however, that some
very cogent reasons may be urged in its favor.
. Rutherford Republican.
ficieiwV i& the British crops was thus provided
format unprecedented rates, greatly to the injury
of Jkipnple of this country. wLike causes
procfuce like effects." - If appears to us that an
effort ;is now making inEnglandlo repeat; last
year rxperimentj and although wp. know no
good reason why prices of our flour and grain
ought not lo bo higher than they are at present.
, , ! RE-DISTRICTING THE STATE. L ;
We give' in another bolutna an particle from
the Raleigh Register relatire :tb' re-districting
the State. As'tbis is a. question 'for which we
were not. looking, we are not prepared to say
at this time, whether we are for. or against it.
But at first looking at the article we condemn-
ed the propositioned why, because the pre- I ougniinoi o .h n.gner m.n i inrj arr P--;
l.:L L ,!..- ,u -.,;.n ia; f ref. ia tho ..abaencetof definite information fiom
tne lJropeau crpjrwe irusi mo aims uon
thrown out will promote inquiry and lead to a
better! understanding of the course of trade in
American breadstuff. Unfortunately, hower.
.1 J i .v. ..M.: i :n
er, IDtS OrUCU vi piawnvai trctiiiuuij win nut
pay individual enterprise for the time that iughl
to be devoted to it, n collecting positive in for
mation as to the eitenl xf the. current supply
and demand, both at borne and abroad, "and
hence! the necesjitynof having a department con.
necled with our Federal Government to which
our Consuls and Minister in distant countries,
and our Government officers at home, could
make prompt and reliable returns of the pros
pects .and the extent of tho various crops in
which, we, as a peopl;, are most interested.'
from the 2,000, .
ry as the tr.urn cr
the year IS 40."
New York Globe hi
plan, lira lata nu
't!TiJre is a Ah
MR. POLK'S HABITS.
The extravagant eulogy of the Uniqn
upon the President, with1 its description of
his persona,! habits, has elicited from Pren
tice, of the Louisville Journal, the fo!lov-
irjg excellent burlesque :' . .
Mr. Polk's College Life. The Govern
ment editor, referring to this very inter
esting period ot Mr. rolks lite, says:
' It is said, and we believe upon relia
ble authority, that when: at college he ne
ver failed to attend a single recitation, or
to perform any other duty required of
him"
on equal justice and fairness. If however,
such bodies, through party spirit or blind
ness, violate this plain principle of gov
ernment, the work of their barrels should
be speedily undone, or remodel, so as to
correct the evil -complained of. With this
view of the case, we are inclined to the
opinion that re-districting should take
place. It is1 An unquestionable truth that
the Whigs had a popular majority in North
Carolina, at the very time ihe Democratic
Legislatuie deprived. them of their influ
ence and ptwer in the Congress; of the
United States by the manner iri which
they arranged her counties into Districts;
and, what is fnore, they haye maintained
and increased that majority ;since then ;
until now, they are largely in tlie ascen
dant, as manifested both by the election
of Governor, and Members to the Legis
lature. And yet, notwithstanding this, out
of nine Representatives sent to Congress ;
the Locos send six and the, Whigs send
three ; and this is the effect jof the district
ing law passed in 1842. It does scemto
us that no man of honesty -mid even hand
ed justice can ; regard this subject in any
other light than that in which we have
endeavored to present it. i j
But we will conclude our remarks by
inviting attention to the following extracts
from other journals, on the samel subject :
. jFrom the Rothstrr (N. Y.) Democrat.
The; farmers are often the sufferers from fie
titiousjexcitements as the millers, and they have
as deep an interest in preventing exaggerations.
The experience of the past jear is an illustra
tion. jVery many farmers, whose means ena
bled them to do si; held on to their wheat
through the whofa f tbe rie" of last fall, under
the impression that they would be able at a la
ter period to obtain a higher pi ice. The result
was a heavy loss, j iThey placed more cimfi.
dence- in the wild predictions of interested en
thusiasts than in the'sober warnings of disinter-
it
ested journalists, j :
. There are indications of a similar result now.
The same ' English journals which last year
preached up' 14 famine," are now busily engag
ed in the same vocation. Thev seize upon tbe
6rst unfavorable indication of the season to cry
FLOUR MARKET. j up " short crops," H potato rot," kc. Now.it
The late rise in the flour market, at the I i well, known to a!!vho have watched the pro-
NoHh.'has given occasion for some pretty 1 Srcfs f cr0Ps in -Ertgland. at developed by the
J. . e , T - P . , . agricultural journals of that countn, that there
tall boasting, by our Locofoco friends. has seliom leert a moro fafrorabIe' 8eaforl for
They say it is the effect of the new Tariff j crops, i Up to the 10th or 15th of Augua the
law; whereas, it is believed by many oth-; weather was unexceptionable ; it could not have
ers that that is all stuff perfect nonsense; : 'een better;, but about the 15th there were a
..... , , Tew thunder showers, and these were made the
and, entertaining this view ourselves, wc ; )ass f(ir another .anjc
herewith present several articles extract- j There is no other reason assigned for he
ed from Northern Whiff and Democratic i published anticipations for a short crop. And
prtpers, which account for the " rise
very different way.
THE RISE IX THEPRICE OF FLOUR.
From the Baltimore American.
We observe numerous paragraphs in
the journals of the Administration which
connect the recent rise in flour and grain
with the Tariff of 184G and the reduction
of British duties on Breadstuff's. "The
Whig press," says one of these journals, '
"with all their arguments goining to show i
that the farmer would not be benefitted '
by ihe recent change in the protective systems
of this country and England, will find how soon
I he! r flimsy theories will give way before prac
tical and stubborn- truth. The hardy tiller of
the soil, and the tens of thousands who prosper,
as he prospers, will hail the opening prospect
with sincere and hearty joy."
It is very well known that a rise in the price
of flour took place last year, founded upon the
prevalence of the potatoe disease in Europe and
the apprehension of a short crop. The Tarifl
0J1842 was then in operation ; the Corn-Laws
were not repealed. It is also well known, too
well known by some who shipped flour to En
gland on the occasion of that rise, that the sud
fiirmnrit Mil illrtlT' li'nlfnr iKnn urn .in tv Knl Vi m r
mere is enougn in this to warrant a second edi
tion of the unnatural and unhealty flurry of last
autumn. What may come is a different affair.
It is possible that the. crop will be a short one,
but we have no idea that our agricultural read
ers would thank us for heralding as having al
ready occurred what it is only possible may oc
cur. With regard to the potato rot, we have yet
seen nothing which, would justify the. opinion
that that terrible disease ii any more threaten
ing now than it was last year. Famine was
preached then and famine is preached now.
But every one knows that the extent of i he ml
was greatly exaggerated last year, and we have
nothing before us to induce us to believe that the
same game is not now being played.
DIREC
The article ir.
Petersburg Intel!.
tion of ourre.u!: r
an abandoning:
tern of raising rc
is an object nenr
pull doven re fo r rr.
are Democrats,
few years ago, a
independence by .
tures. They now
goods into the C(
ing down our f.-v
raising revenue i
to send tax co!!f.
out of the pock( :
and silver at th:
DAVIE SI .
Tbe Full Terr
mencedon Mor.J
Dice, presiding. (
Duncan was, fur
to be hanged. 1 1
place on the O'h
When be was r. .
sentence of uVati.
on him, be nro;c, ;
ted, and spoke A.
utcs, alledgin 1
of others, co:.; .
formed to 44 1 ill "
Honor tbe Judge, t!
time, be would
After be bad n
told bim, that he
to prove his innc
ns be. was con
and that be ought :
ly to a preparati
awaited him, and
a hope of escaping
On Wednesday,
pot npon his trial
step child, of the :
in a drunken Uo.
to hear the cone!
cannot, of course,
ended. .Mouev -hard
times is hea:
one makes. ;
: There is onei Idea which all the papers who
, talk tis Way seem not to have thousht of. viz :
that there are various ways of .raising revenue
by what is ordinarily termed direct taxation.
fiicisf s and Stamps are not tariffs on imports,
find do; not imply any especial burthen on the
south,6 If such ai tax were proposed its the con
jSthutijon directs shall be apportioned according
iH rojpentation, our impression is that the
oulnj would vole for it. But if wo must threat.
en, Ufd should like to ask these defiers what,
As Mr. llitcbiets information, touching
Mr. Polk's history while he was at col-
liut one of still further reduction. Asuslem of lecr'e. is so verv meaere we will ImIir ncca.
it. ' L ' ' 1 f - ";i J " a : j
direct taxation would benefit ninety. nine men out sioh to refer him to some other incidents
j qf every hundred. Therefore we are willing which occurred at that time, that strik-
. w a. mcr ui mo peopie in sei- ingy ,Hustrate the grandeur of the man,
.wff and which w,n, we have no doubt, great-
1 In the same city the Journal of Commerce lv delieht the government editor. It is
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said, and we believe' upon reliable autho
rity," that when Mr. Polk was at college,
he was in the habit of retiring to bed when
he. felt sleepy, a virtue which he has ever
since scrupulously maintained. Whene
ver he. bad a dreadful bad cold in the head
he was occasionally seen to place his hand
in his coat pocket, and to draw therefrom
a handsome flag handkerchief, which jis
would deliberately convey to his nose, and
then shutting ttoth eyes, he would emit.
k-. .cAi .Ut . . . ' ; ouuuuo nuivu cuicu Hive d reiXlOie 1MU-
Sir? i S"1 i Hpt,"S ,he 8lem PO tation of a trumpet. He was never guilty
in u 1, ' . , i T: , , "i uoi tne sau impropr eiy ot p unging tns leg
sav on all tucoihes creater than five hundred . . , . r 1 v . b .
into his coat sleeve, or buttoning on his
THE CATTERPILLAR.
We would invite attention to the fol
lowing extracts from Southern papers in
relation to the Cotton Crop; and to the
depredations thereupon mude by that most
destructive insect, the Catterpillar. We
wish our readers to remember these state
ments ; for just as sure as tbe shortness of
den inflation of prices a year ago, if not raused the Cotton Crop produces an advance in
uy a concerted panic abroad, was, at all events, lhe price of ihe .article, just that sure we
unsustained. V e have heard practical men es- ; , ... , .1 r i
timate the losses of American shippers on-ibat shaW hfnr thc Iemocrcy claiming it ns
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. . e i' r o - - . II I u II utJU I V- )
dollajri annuallyj ; a tax on gold watches, coach-
es. notes of hand. &e. v,T,.u :...u . waistcoat Deiiysiae netiind, but, on the
please tho masses, and upset the democracy? ' contrar)' ne invariably dressed himself
v vfkt. i t; i..k 11 i r i with becoming, gravity, always puttingjon
?"ifk pis is plain enough, and like thn Jnnrnal i . i- l 7- t i i .
Li.'... . fc ' Journal,? his stockings before h hlared Ins fet n
e should like lo know what would be thmmht
of och a polict. We should like jiarticularlyi
Jo know what the slave holders of the South-
J wpud say to a jdouble tax on their slaves one
ji by tne State add the other by the Federal GovJ
irient. When it is remembered that our
ernmei
country is "progressing" in debt as fast as it
Is iq democracy, and that tha conclusion of tho
Metican war
his stockings before he placed his feet! in
his boots, and pulling on his pantaloons
betore ne put on nis coat, ne was ad
dicted to eating when be grew hungry,
and many a corn-dodger, after being well
buttered and duly masticated, descended
to his stomach and performed good ser
vice towards nourishing the physical man
ana enabling him to undergo his studies
nnd us . with mannnlhons kn,,i i l r . . . . ,
rt. .l' i ,u v .! i j uccame very siuony, ne caiiea
lt jl t 'lo.l:LtdSer, for warm w,ir with which aided by a
murtadm.Hba he procu of ,h South W0UW brush and soap, he contrived to make a
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be bright indeed, under a system of direct taxa
tion.: It may be, that the Northern allies of the
Southern Democracy have como to the conclu1
slon that Toils has been too dearly purchased,
anJ that their object now i. ir. m.L ...ul
xvcle most greedy for Texas pay the largest
portion of thd debt which we havcj acquired by
Its purchase. If this bo so. w0 know of no bet
J e f111 lhVMe cou!d adopt than the system
j ofjdirect taction. If carried oul tigorcu
VP Mr. Jai. G, Birnev mteht find k;.
Ubij voting fbr Mr. Pollr, and the debt incurred
; loritho purchase of a slavehldini Territory m9 v
brjng about the abolition of slavery. " This mav
bei a harsh sispicioa to entertain of the Vnnk
crn w believe the word is the f natural V-i-'ilHa.w.
of Southern Democracy,Sbut we'eanjt
hejp throwing It out to ba, uken fox what it s
t wdrtb.i Me ad know that a farorlteWof tBe
ji-Gais i, to n - a power to tax u a power to
jdcttroy,M and by direct taxation, the opponents
lather, and rubbing it oh his chin, he tbok
up his razor, and looking at the lathered
reflection of himself, in mirror, he com
mence the manly business of shaving
himself to the great enhancement of his
personal beauty. Not being arreted with
lett-nanaeaness, he held his book rjht
side up whenever he wished to peruse the
published thoughts of great men. At the
time that the I news of the war waged for
" free trade and sailor's rights" reached
v i ( r:. rn ,
tin; vuurgs;, oqvciai ui J13 leilOW 5muentS
RE-DISTRICTING THE STATE.
The thing is almost visible to a blind-man,
that the democratic legislature-commonly call
ed the Gerry manding Legislature of bbr State,
which arranged the Congressional Districts, so
arranged them as to enable the mihbrity (the
democrats) to send a larger number of delegates
to Congress than the majority, who hiro whig?.
Behold the situation of the State ! Here is the
Whig party with a large majority of the popu
lar vote a, majority of many thousands per
mitted to send but Three delegates! out of the
Nine to Congress, and the Democrats, far in
the minority in the popular voteallowed to
send feix out of the .Nine-! Is it right is it
just is it honest? How happens it ? Need
we tell the reader that a Democratic Legisla
ture, in laying the State off into Ninci'Congrcs
sional Districts, tried so to arrange thetn as to
get all the Representatives ib Congress ? But
they were obliged to give us three of the dis
tricts obliged, because, shape the districts as
they would, they could not help it. And such
Districts ! just look at them consider them for
a moment ! Isn't this district we live in a pret
ty shoe-string Affair? Why, it's about Three
Hundred miles long-it is so lengthy that we
have never been able to hear from the upper
end of it and if for no other reason we would
have the whole of the districts altered to get
this (the Third) put into a better form;
We are pleased to see that the Raleigh Reg
ister discusses this matter, and calls 'the atten
tion of the approaching Legislature to the im
portance of the subject. We are no kdvocate
for altering Or amending laws for light and triv
ial causes. ; Rut a law like the one under con
sideration is so important, and at the same time
wears upon its face such manifest fraud and
gross injustice, that we thirst the Legislature
will merit the stamp of odium if it adjourns
without revising and amending the Gerryman
der act in btiestion. The voice and spirit of
occasion at a pretty round sum some twn or
three millions of dollars.
We hope that the present rise in prices may
be better sustained : yet we cannot forbear the
advice that it would bo most prudet for Ameri
can dealers to wait orders rather than ship
largely on their own account.
It will reqtiire a longer time than has elaps
ed since the passage of the Administration Ta
riff and the reduction of the "British Corn-Laws
to ascertain fairly the effects of either measure
upon the prices of our breadstuffs. Flour fell to
a very low point soon after the passage of the
new Tariff: it was down to 83.75 per barrel
in this market only a fortnight since. We did
not hear this fall ascribed to the passage of the
new act. There is still less reason to ascribe
the present rise to that act, because the act it
self has not yet gone into operation.
A very abundant crop at home, making the
prices of flour low, may enable us hereafter, as
one of the effects of the new Tariff. They
arc alarmed about this new Tariff law of
Mr. Polk's, and they will certainly loose
no opportunity to stick in a word for it,
whenever there is a possibility of circum
stances admitting of it. The law does
not go into operation tmtil December next.
It is well enough to remember that also :
The Catterpillar. We have the most deplo
rable accounts from every quarter of the injury
of the Cotton crop by ihe Caterpillar. A gen
tleman left a stalk of Cotton at our oftVe on
Saturday, taken from a field on James Island,
bearing several of the worms on it engaged in
I their work of destruction, actually eating uw.iy
I on the branches and bolls, the stalk having been
; entirely denuded of its leaves and tender stems,
i Char. Courier.
the same cause has done before, to ship flour to The Savannah Republican of Saturday, con
England. A very short crop in England may uiM je m.; paragraph .
enable us also, now and then to do the same r c r -
thing. But these are occasional events. As ' ea Island Cotton Crop. Wc have
a general thing, when deficiencies occur in the recently had brought to us a varietyof speci.
British grain market the supplies will come "mens 6f ihe Sea Island Cotton plant, and from
from the continent of Europe. what we have seen and heard, have not a doubt
i of the almost entire destruction of the longsta-
From the New York Sun. ! pie crops in South-Carolina, Georgia and Flori-
r lour and Grain Speculations have com
menced in the various markets of the Union
under apparently favorable auspices, and if the
using prices shall result advantageously to our
farmers, none will rejoico more heartily than
ourselves. As to the extent of the supply, it is
well known that the crops here are over an av.
erage, while they will probably be little if any
less than an average in the British Islands. A
failure of the potato crop in, Europe, the modifi
MA IN II :
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An extra from I
returns from 110 t
Locofocos have 1
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not having fb-cii !
probably not i b
Congress 1
Tie returns fr;
following results
For David Bro:
For John V. D
For all others
.The Whig vc .
year, has incren v
tic 77S; air oth
majority of all tl.
an election.? T!.
last year was ah
ocrntic plurality
The election c:
on the Legislate;:
doubtful which j
dency in that I
news appears to
wholly relied u;
The Congrfi
ascertained, has 1
only one mem!,;
Whig, in the Ke:
ceeds Mr. Sever:
who declined a r
herland,.Linco!,: .
districts, reprtsi :
gress by Democ.
there is no plioic;
Arostbok district1
sented by Democ
I there is no choice
f o ----- i
da. We have not yet conversed with a single j Wonderful eft
planter who estimated the yield at more than i Th ....L;,'';,,
one-jourth seven out often fix it at one-eighth TQCe,i nn ,i
of a fiir average. The accounts from the up- I Ua? PaSse1 n. ,"
land crop are more favorable, though in some ! BO'inlo operation
of the.i counties, the worm has commenced its CRr"Der next, 1
ravages too late, however, to do mm:h damage. ! leruaj enumera.
XCT The "Fayetteville Carolinian," says
Reports from the South, of the ravages of the
cation of the corn laws of England, the war with catterpillar, and the backwardness of the plant
iYiexico, ana tne increase ot immigration into , ,n consequence ot so much wet weather, seem
this country, are looked to as causes of a great
er demand. Ihe suspension of some of our
foundries and factories iany do susoend in
consequence of tho new tariff will not inateri-
to indicate a short crop and inferior staple.
this tariff, and
operation of our t.
eia.1 nolir.v. rtr!
i
Holland, which n
bruaryf March, A
ly, ALL BEFORE Tl:
true democracy say revise it, and let the ma- ally influence the grain markets this year as
itti .
jority govern. nat true aemocrat can
object to it 1 Is he a democrat that sanctions
a law which empowers a minority 6 govern
to ride 4 rough shod booted and spur'd" over a
majority ? ! We can imagine no such (jemocrat
to exist, unle$3 he be ot the " barn.burning "
Cast. i ';!!
Now, if our opponents had had a majority of
Dfi
avery rntirnt use tec Dower to! destroy it
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having more patriotism, than devotion to the popular;ivote,at the time they districted the
nvciniurp, mrcw asiue ineir dooks and
marched off tb the battje field, while Mr.
Polk very judiciously put his books -under
his arm and marched off to his home
Where rumor of oppression arid deceit.
Of Unsuccessful and successful war
could not pain bis earjiind there he accu
mulated much of that, knowledge which
uas garnisaeti the delightful essays and
State, then they might appear more-exctisahle
lor showing such great partiality in; their own
favor. -But although our opponents oiunumber
fd us on joint ballot in that) Legislature, yet it
is a tket susceptible of the clearest f proof, that
we had a majority of the 'popular vote by this
o mian sq say tnat we naa a majority oi trve
m i - J .4
m uiersot the State on onr siae sine cues
tion now isj shall the party far inj the jminority
continue to! rule. the nart v In .the niatoritv. bv
i i .j.. - I. J f : A w ' tl
A j i ! - -1 -i'ir"tieat0.say. Milton Chronicle,
the unemployed factory operatives cannot be.
come producing farmers until next year ; and in
the mean time they will remain consumers of
agricultural commodities. The principal cause
of the present rise in price may be attributed to
rumors from England of a failure in the potato
crop, which should be received in this country
with great caution, especially after the disas
trous consequences r.f last year's speculations
founded upon similar rumors. In dealing with
the English markets, we should rcmemler the
concentration of financial and commercial pow
er that exists in that country. A serious drajn
of bullion from the Bank of England was pre
j vented last year by the "famine nanir." Pri-
ces of grain were pushed up in American mar
kets, and foolish speculators hre were induced
Tho Charleston and Savannah papers, says ! Rirr TOOK place.
the Wilmington lhronicle, give accounts of the j mocratic cornmt
iminehse injury wrought on the Sa Island Cot- I istence ! This i
ton plantati(Hi5, ,y the catterpillar. The Sa- geancr ! Wc r.
vannah Republican of ihe 9ih, says : The crops i the official or?;
T ' ,
nrt l-ililrin I I n q rl n ro nonrl.- W A lT ... , . it
' v- u-'ijcu. ' c 9kw were not caucu
a letter yesterday from an overseer to his em- flirt with ntir .-.
P.oyer m wb.ch ho states that the caterpillar 1 per in rf.,ali t
is most destructive in its ravages, and that there Dr(,j.j ,un. . T
m uanger o, the.r; destroying the entire crops , . ascrJhp(I .
on imto piaces oi one Hundred and iimiy acres j , " , 7 . ' .
each. This informati,n is reliable, and holds Ponded cVtic
good on three-fourths of the plantations between Urilain ftnci :"c
potato crop ; t.t.
use the langun j
this place and Charleston.
TboEd'dorofihe "Monitor." at Tuscaloosa,
Alabama, in pub!i$hing the article of Mr. Hen
ry's calculation of the next Cotton crop, appends
to it ihe following :
" Since Mr. Ilenrv nrenared Ki P;r..tM. it,.
to noia taeir Hour ana grain in store, until at ; long wet season has occurred, which will di.
last, in the crash that ensued, the English deal- : minish the production in Alabama at least one-
ers came into tbis country in July and swept third from last year. Estimating the crop of
at 450,000 bales, ther will
m tn wuic i.uo mis country in Juiy ana swept j thiro trom 1
dl j the markets of flour at about half the price they Alabama in
. would hive had to nay iu the winter 1 The d. be a1 reducti
on the same ml,
have been tbe
the tariff been t.
bist vpar. iu-t a
a similnr spur i:
out of the sarr.f
tprice then migl.
hava been rsci
ns thc rise now
tion of 150,000 in thii State alone, j Nat. Jntclb'g
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