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i . ; , I V At t if .1 .u-f tH rr:;V..f ; taiej Watchman- iycnr, two Dollars rnyuMe in ot ,-,ni in advance, Two dollars ., m hi for the first, nnd 2o cts ii.-vrtfoi. Court onlrr "flinraed n tti.fi rnt-!.. A liral deduc-IvwliJ- ty he llf IilUfil poolj-ill'l. ' t I ! j - j i I H i I - ( . j ; . -- V . i : : j. -i I ftitn ( :. I . i ! . -.2 .i Fyr tne, WnU:timnn.j a' Schools stntf NCU001 ; nouses in toiir'CoBnly. BRUNEH & ; JAMES, Editor? 4 Proprietors. Keep a check upon all yocr Rulers. The vote on the resolution w;. to The ix were precisely i! Hishops wlio, on the trial. voted u Two Bishops, who would critni:. voted with lhc'k sixteen, weie aiw Bishops Smith and Potter. All the vote would have bern IB to G. Do TTnS. K'miL'KETtTY IS SAFE." Ge n'l. Harrison. NEW SERIES, NUMBER 28, OF VOLUME IV. -Vrir Vr k Cvrrtqmdente IAf Y. ..' Nov York, Nov. 'J, Elevated Railway ix Iiro: nc ir lrtHulwiyovcr Itrxxdiroij. Tl . dedtatrof the great central thorc AoriVVUTai' Vf-'7"":- halfofthetim$; therefore we need not ifssrr f T 1 T 1 it.' ",uuct "ie price ot an axe more man once SALISBURY, N. C. 'THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11; 1847. J ' ' J ' ' '' " " in this metropolis hafor some v dicated the Presidcncv.and the command- a subject ofmach complaint, n: food day's good tool. he observed in louses and select- -rrXiir ivel vrliUbim to done fiirniii tur with agoc i.hduUl not litis put: I . ..wl inn of kcliooJ ho a tracer, be sure that he possesses ikc't'fK''0 qnallfications; and if we children ben htcd by his ifurniMi him with a suitfv- nrc common school houses more,) and you lose S7G 00. Suppose again, that yoijji by not having a suitable school house lose 80 00 every year for three years Cor you! must send a child that long to make a good English scholar of it and you will lose 8228.Q0, We THE PROSPECT BEFORE US. U iven since the emtssion of our paper of yesterday we have confirmation of the determination of the Executive having done nothing within the last eight months but place the country in a more difficult pass in regard to the Mexican War than it stood in when Congress last adjourned not to wait the five short weeks vhich bla, Vera Cruz, San Louis; : Guanajuato, Guadalajara, or any other bf those pop ulous States included in the line drawn from Vera Cruz to the Pacific, being to- er of the army left, with a small body ficulty is increasing from yt:ar ti guard, for parts unknown, and is now in 1 le omnibuses and other vl liter fact a llvimr fugitive the armv of 32,000 so numerous as to render it til ill r talily out of the question, arid one of the j which they had when v arrived before : blcMme, ind often hazardous t o greatest fallacies tier propagated. If we j the city, does not now number over 3,000, foot people to cross the street, i did annex them, the North never would 1 without means of support, and deserting ; viction has long prevailed that . f.t.nnSCv-J.'Ul as-inay ue ciiie suiiaoie s vvu un tnol 1 hi what arjithcy objectionable ? cfof tVo objections we now purpose i,uumberlof scholars, crowded into jjjjv .. ; .ft i . : !..i0'rt rrrtnrr:t tbinr. . tllCV afC not iji enough I lighted ;! having one small accommouaiion pi inc will take it fon granted that each of your I intervene before Congress will again be n frir I tie id bt(e 1 rt.aijd bt(e lont; window,. 01 .f, lid in height or thereabout, (f window, one pane or some- neighbors suffers equally with yoursclf.-p Now how many 8228,00 subscriptions would it take to build any kind of school house you would want ? Now if this is not a fair mode of reasoning, we must con fess that we aro so iginorant, that we can't see wherein it! is unfair : Because it will most evidently Hake a teacher twice as long to make ood scholars in our com mon houses, as; it would in one as above described; and when this is admitted the ! rest is self evident. Many other reasons consei and in session, but to take such measures as in its high and mighty wisdom and ; pow- j er it deems expedient for the permanent occupation of Mexico ! Truly did the or gan of the Government (the Official Ga zette.) predict, twelve months before the President brought on the war, not only the war itself, but the " second Conquest of Mexico." Already we are so deeply in for it, that all the attention of our Na tional Government at this moment is ab sorbed, instead of in the proper affairs and interests of this People, in providing for the final conquest and government of a can be urged! why an entire revolution I gpeat Nation, between whom and the ;U- ' -i I t . . . ..t ' 1 ! ,' V I - t i i. . 4 ri.i.ii.i.mi until ftiaoo li--.. u niTnii r 'i r t j iiinnn it rMooenri nnp : I'rnc'i i fc3ft!icy arc poi lurmaucu t,' shouia takd place in the construction of I - r-- ' than all the bristling bayonets, glittering ,eas there to be three twelve school.housesj we fear we have alrea- reD TrXy and death dealing (artillery over erfeken lfelt jwindjnvs in each side, and d extended bur remarks to too great a the fundamental article of which was thai VrT alre'. triumphed. A cnWtljeW lcgth,d niust conclude by saying per- "there shall be a firm, inviolable, and uni- fcS u TZZ of TTlorc ltiati i.gui euougo .iur haps you will hear from us again. ' C. versal 1'eace, ana a true ana mccre rrifflia-1 the ic8 u.exterminaledi or so cnfee tnniruMit size. Thev have but it'n at lr r. oo id'r ship, between the United States of Amcr- tn ua nuirt trt . U : one n T i i . Aum-ncW Muhcrcns thev should have two: if, wMcljll prefer, a chimney in one ttiJ ami ivtovrl notfar from the centre. ftwaHflre-plaec they could warm 1 . ii ... i f, fiu-rasi- ves in me morning ; auer KUOM TURKEY. Inch ' .1 : - i ... . .1.1 tt.n linncn Lllf. ae lac sMicjvouiu uiu iwsto ot iently Warm, to remove all pretexts for !tiaJing around the fire- Hence the con isari that is almost constantly kept up children going to, and returning from Ufiro. would lat once cease. At the long Corrciondriide of the Journal of Commerce. CoJtSTANTINWLE, SEITEMBER 1, 1847 Ere this you have doubtless heard of the defeat of the forces of the famous Kurdish chief, Bader Khan Bey, by the Turkish amiy.'E I never anticipated that theTurks would make such an easy prey of this devastator of the Nestorian Christians, who, it was pretended, could bring fifty thousand warriors into the field. In a week, or two after the first engagement, however, besieged in one of a i . . . . ... . i h 1 1. ... I I . 1 . 1 - . . I ..........-i.l.. anjl v?rur .1 n I . ... . ti,:.k.- nII,wL.l t,i i rn ntliYrrl I . . -maow 'iiuii ti.iuwv v w, ... j 8hall have him, probably for a long period, as a captive batata denominated writing benches ; lo gaze at j Constantinople. l..l:l.'li..t.LLi..!,....1 n ift ri'irinT:rrr': . ti-j 11 . I . l i: Ml HtllCIJ, . W III I A lai uu i'bi wi. i i success, weji oeserveu oy me eAiraurumary ruuus WMlot SCa hitnselflwithoUt disturbing the the Turkish Government has made to establish through lWr, neither! Can C retire Without the , f hc country fijufopean tactics, has attended all its ef ru j j . j forts to quell the! rebellion. That which occurred east W.dftturbancc. 1 he girls cannot write , Rr,nvnm wnjn .nrw(i nnt pverv rising of h w -T , j o - ent to the existence of slavery in them, ! every day. Can our army do any thing i must be done ere long to n-lievi to allow them all the rights and im- i more could it be expected to have done ; way from this pressure... But ! mutinies which we as free ditizens enjoy, an.V thing more Iow there is no new tnmg snouia oc accomplishcti would bring about a state of i affairs which enterprise which ofTers itself, and there is ditficuU problem to solve. La . would endanger the existence of our own no Government with which wc can ar- , tracks in Broadway, opening n . free institutions, and so disturb the equil-1 range our difficulties. Therefore, 1 would lei thorougblares by widening ot! ibrium of the movements of I our Govern- ask, if we had not better; vp our irag- or opening new ones, and other ; ment as to make us rue the day we ever ons as soon as sick are able to be moved, nave been much discussed for tw, put foot upon the soil of Mexico. The and fall back upon the onse of our opera- I years past, but public opinion 1... people are totally and wholly unprepared, nans, ana aicun tte action oj our uoitw uj,, uuucu. t.it.,.. . by the habits, education, and nature, for ; Mcnt ? Then our wounded and sick men ; and magnificent plans are now i. exercising those high and important du- ! could be better provided for, and our ar- suleration. One of the principal ties required by civilization and a free and j my better and cheaper supplied and plac- ' 1 have been examining a little. v liberal Government." ! ed in good quarters the volunteers sent " morning." "The system of church government at home the regulars drilled, and the regi- This plan is an invention by J present exercised here would have to be ments filled up and prepared to occupy , dal, jr., a civil engineer. He ! admitted and continued.or We'should have the boundary we may determine This , two years engaged in perfectm:: tn innnniitMn n rnnft t nrln I 1 I I a. in Iff CUU 111 lllll ICY. Ill I11V U1JIIIIU11. " " I IWU vrt wvii. It I LI V.U LI LJ I V. I Ii. 111 J 1 1 1 1LJ lUIIIUUll. Ill i .o " I J J I " I .... . resources, more powerful in its combats, mg the existing circumstances, is prctera- : me on more accounts man one. it leaves the Government at home in a position to ; carry out its views with facility and with j out delayv It Syould leave the army in a ! position as convenient in point of trans- . portation, to the occupation of our bound- ! 9pv n ihrmfrb ir xrrr in bnrrnotr in thft . 1 .1 tt I A T 0 a i 11 UICU aa iu uij uimuiu i v.v,t i raisin UCC . ' J .. v. v ... " ... -" ica and the United Mexican States, in all v.. n nnnnirv sn ,h5o.klv nonulatci l I United States" the extent of their possessions &c. ,Ki it vvnnld inrvitablv be the result." , The oljjects for which this Government i Theref in vicw of lhings as they actu. HENRY CLAY. "ka" ,'ucu utl'T . " 'I v , "w ally exist, 1 take it for gran ed that annex- The Baltimore American trulv remarks a state of things as this conquest and pro- J . f . , f ), . . , uaitimorc American ruiy rcmarKS posed permanent occupation of Mexico. rii" . 'A ,1- wln v,. mai no siron5 which this great man been its advocates in the Ignited States- V uPon the hearts of his country mvself.tosome extent, amohs others are men 13 strated on various occasions in ignorant of the difficulties our Govern- a most striking manner. At the Whig ment would have to encounter,, and the mass meeting for New York City and endless trouble and exasperation it would County, held a few evenings since, one of lead to-. i ! , the speakers, Mr. J. It. Ingersoll, of Phila- ( S rZZ I WPW. having referred to several distin. The main cars arc ,o Cc in c j. r-.:,. i zuished personages, is reported to have tion without any stoppages Jtu nf:mn,lr. thn fnllowinir remarks, niv ncr at running hours of the day and riLAiiiiuii. ivtuui mug v" ujiiiiiuu.i ui o '.o-'- o I a SDced of rw In 1 "' tha nnKcnnc in lVio n rm V V'rnf I'lMlV. 1V ' nnnn o 'nrv lirnrV PYfimfllo rvf tb Rnfnl I P pCrtiapS SIX milCS blJU IVJ OVIIO tit 1 I i 1 0 Ul lllj .....vwv " ' ' ? " J ; lIIVV t.. I V.1 J I J .7 " v w I- UWt cithcrsljditlg in at one end, thence jotbeic desired posjtioffTor seatiilg them Wvc3 with their backs to their paper, ; fcng their CeCt to the " right about" with I kind of, awkward swing, only under- oS9 by thosciWhhavc seen it, and bet trun4cr8too(i thatl described. Some pf ' 1 ll J.l.l.n ....(V. I.n n 1 t. Illt le Houses uave or-jiuui-a um. ,te ajs many havjno backs to the bench-! Those with bapks are the less objec licpable, and yet lite re arc some objec tions to thcm.n Ucriause one cannot goto ,f froni his scat wdhout interrupting the i nhjers who are sitting on that bench. To olviate tlicso dilliclilties, 1 would rceom- htend the follbwin plan : (I think it is) lAivcn space about the urc-piacc ot sui- ticicnUjze, foi'la place of recitation, then ntwee uesivS long enougn lor lwo, ji uivi- I f' .t ' '.I i I. iL 1 iarMti :ilicm, s inat one may ioqk into ius, lad not at all 'dismrb the other. Have (W proportioned jin height to suit the IiVe of pupils, the lowest in front, having parage oetwccnjcacu row oi oesus. jljvin'a chiijmej,Knd stove,, there! will The Constitution of the United States con fers no such powers upon Congress, much less upon the Executive, as those j which the President has exercised ever since Congress last adjourned, and was indeed preparing to exercise whilst Congress was yet in session. But, not to transcend our present purpose, let us introduce ; to our readers the evidence which we now have of the present designs of the Executive.- They will be found in the following ex tracts, the first of which is of precisely e qual authority with the Correspondence of the Philadelphia Ledger, which we have frequently had occasion to speak of, ,i . i i e ...i. : u :.. wed again of a few thousands to ward off the con- anu luu aeuonu ui vvuiuu is uum auu, ition for the army, will end in victory on the side of always much to be relied upon : J Correspondence of the Baltimore Sun. Washington, Oct. 2G, 1847. " Sufficient intimationshave been thrown out in regard to the orders recently sent to Gen. Scott to convince me that; he has been directed 1st, to trouble himself no longer about truces, armistices, negotia tions, or protocols ; 2d, to leave uhdistur bed the shadow of a government how at Queretaro ; 3d, to prepare for permanent occupation and for tranquihzing the coun try ; 4th, to disarm the whole population of the cities and country on the road from Vera Cruz to Mexico, and break up and destroy their arms ; and 5th, to leyy con- iriDUiions upon ine principal ernes aim States. sand dollars. ! He is now exhib'.; citizens a complete model, thin leet in length and ten or twelve i showing the whole-plan of tl. the movements of the cars. 1 1 are elevated fourteen feet nbcv stones of the' sidewalks, to I : by iron pillars along the curl iron cross-pieces running acr the whole frame work to be ire ,. frame-work aro to be laid l ; t racks f rom Bo w 1 i n g G re e 1 1 1 o 1 about three miles, and runni:!.: Bowling Green and the Par!; Place, thus forming an cndle two inhcrtracks arc for the n. ii the two outer tracks for what tenders.' The cars are lo Lc and moved by an endless rc; Uvc power to be one or more gines at some central point c;i e no hecessi ofte may fierce Albanians'ddring the last five years has brought upon them signal disasters, and no doubt the struggles rene scription the Turks. This,,however,can only be said on the con dition that the 1" urks should not be engaged in any for eign war. 1 j . The conduct of ;Greece iti refusing lo apologize for the insult offered to the Tutkish Ambassador himself a Greek fyas-bcen if a nature to bring on a war, while that of Turkey Ijias been most conciliatory. Although the Turkish Government has renewed its threats of withdrawing the eiequators from all Greek Consuls and of prohibiting all the Greek coasting trade, yet, in the present aspect of things, it is not probable that matters will come to thai point, but that both France and Rus sia will, more sincerely than before, tell Greece that she must yield something more of her petulent pride, and not be the cause of a war occurring which would derange ull the commerce of the Mediterranean. Under the administration of the most enlightened and liberal Grand Vjzier that an Ottoman Sultan ever secur ed, Turkey is fast realizing and consolidating all those new and improved -institutions which have only hitherto had an existence on paper. Rescind Pasha marches much less precipitately forward in reform than he did on I his return from his first embassy to France, and, as a re ! suit the capital $ perfectly free from rumors of conspira ' c.ies ; yet thousands give him the name of the Ghiaour ! Vasha. H i i To carry out bisischemes of a reformed administration is in the greatest want of suitable employees 'forevery branch of the service. Tifeir deficiency is intelligence and education. iTb remedy this evil there is a Council of Public Instruction, who are devising normal and ele mentary schools'! the -whole people. In the mean time there is a stipefrior and secondary medical school. The secondary schools are preparatory to the supeKor ones, in tnein an a course ot education, liberal com' Am. . I J i me corner oi every cro- second cross street, will 1 their Acknowledged ability, are entitled to j er. reajy eloquence, and oi the unbound 1 cvery tne most weignt, it woum inne mi army u. eJ atlachmcnt of all Whigs to the . great where passengers ascend bv at least one nunureu mousunu men tu uc-. . , irA ... . AnA ntn nnn r i : .v. . ,i:rrL ?tto statesman nuu imiriui ui jvciuutivv i "-r CUUV ttllU iiillllSUll IIJC UlUClClll kJVC4.n..- tm i - . o . ... military posts. How long! would it take Us to get this force equipped and in the field? The President last winter called for ten additional regiments, (ten thous and men. and. arthouirh : it was durin "In this connexion, I may be allowed for the time aro stationary, 1: to allude to one other name, in addition to diately one of the main car those I some lime ago referred to, which I ?n w?cn ahreast of the Icr.d. r am well aware is dearly cherished. Here " y openuion oi me iu.it... the whole asscmblv. although no name ?kc ng to the next cor: the Tshor sesskm o Co n" rcss a nor on of i had been mentioned, burst forth into the V crc W.T , the snort session otuon0r(s, a pouionoi Bnll n.. , , npnfplll,llMi other tender, which it takes ah the troops have not yet arnveu, anu inoso '""o- -, ? . , npxt station and so on Asu which have come did not arrive at the cheering and applause ; and on its partial S";0;'-. seat of operaiions until the month of An- subsidence Mr. Ingersoll resumed I had v2ro a part bi it. : gust. They were enlisted for the war, un- ; never moug u um. . nov, ui t . .. conductor, and t! ;nt of active operations . wise connecii . wiwi umau, ...a.c r . I(infi :nl(1 Sit IIUIII MIX ...... car, and those in the main car der the excitcmei and a spirited campaign. Now that the (daughter.) now ciiu you Know mat i excitement ot the campaign has ended, , meant jl,u y .j . , uCu .u, , . n , . . lcj(.r u .Vf t.o.; C ntt(Tn,. ; . r er. wait for vour answer, for I vcrv well : s.toP ElfP oul.nl inc lc',u' vmw - - - - " O O I . , . know ttiere is a secret intercourse oe rinp. hnvv Inner will it take 'us to throw in to this country one hundred thousand i tween Whig and Whig that promptly troons. when thev know that ineir nie is miuuii..-o ,j ,..wfo.... v.. 0., I is then closed to prevent accl ' the main car leaves its tender for! running fo thejfire; know his own desk, go to Bind froin .itjlivith no danger of disturb- any one el$e. s it not obvious! that iUrrh will iiarh a great deal faster in ousc tlius rtirahed, than in such as wc torKavi-f' It isialso plain that a teach- ttMH iTianagd tH many more scholars. pared with any thiug previously existing, is ; pursued1. W(iit then, t(i;it hinders us from hav- la sucb" houses .? I Is it because we are stable N(. iWc'see that some of us -t ia kpcnuTil mansions, and the most of vcrv neat and comfortable houses; can; even: have pleasure carriages, a grciat niany vjher things that can by t cah?! be necessaries.. Is it be- scihp people arc not willing? i e stlmcto' the jjr-e they Jen t $ i t it t W be led tb sJee pod niaiSoilii ie charitable side enough to wiuld be willing, if they the vast amount of thus alfected, and the 3 Entity of mohev that would1 be saved in cation.! ButJsays, one, the plan of ding liiousji youj recommend seems to be i queer 4iy to save inotiey. Wet ! (is ace. Wo I will suppose you IJut, to crown all, tjliere is now building (under the shad ow of Saint Sophijp a university, to receive pupils of every religion, and to be taught by professors of whatso ever nation. The secondary school fothia already ;x ists on a small scal. I The young arid enterprising Mr. Layard. ian English man, has just returned from an eight months' tour to Mosul, where hi his been engaged in disinterring the monuments of tie feaJ old Ninevah. It is pretended, with some plausibility, that M. Botta has not dug up the f Correspondence of the N. Y. Journal o Commerce. Washington, Oct 25. "The Government sends frequent mes sages to Gen. Scott. A messenger Mr. Tasistro. left this morning with despatch es for him. 1 learn, from various sources, that the Administration has given sue orders to Gen. jScott as will prevent him from again offering or accepting arm istice, or inviting the Mexican Govern ment to make peace The day has gone by, too, for offering any pecuniary induce ments to the Mexican rulers, or1 compen sation for territory." IU Ub lilt. UUII IllUlllli-uiij vi: iu- j-, vi . Cut admitting, for the sake of argument, that they, could be sent here by the expi ration of one year, is a standing army of one hundred ikousand men in consonance with tho spirit of our republican and free .institutions? Would it move with the same simplicity and regularity our old ar my has ? Would the military profession retain its present ability, its scientific at- and its lush char corner. It is calculated to have tixty of the main cars, so there in ay i than two or three minutes U l and as many tenders as the. re ; or stations. It is calculated Ave : 1 mean that honored and vener able statesman the man who has served his country during so many years and with ; such rare ability and fidelity, and who ! ,.:if ..r-i.r. cunl. 1 1 n I I f O an! I fl T V SHU UUSHSSUS, IU SUtU lll l.iiuuiuiiii; i i . , I i- , ! degree, his vigor of intellect, his strength promenades byv tl c id ; ; p? , .1 r .i o . either half the width or the . i Ol IJOU illlU CajHIUlLJ Ul IIIIHV4 im- '" J who has long since accomplished labors 1 sufficient to consecrate him forever in the ! hearts of his countrymen, even as I sec they have already done in yours! (Cheers.) r m - r- nnt iff irrniti' fll !ltQ 1 II Mi llie. I .. II lllLli I.1I1VI 11 W ' a hv h.incr s -snddpnlv nnlarrd to i Mr. Ingersoll, in conclusion, earnestly one hundred thousand f l think 1 may j "lcwu UFW" V J , W 7 ! Ao-nin- hmr would : ty ot harmony and cordial goou leeung. He said that the eyes ol the whole nation were turned upon New York, even as, in th? East, the eyes of the worshippers of safely answer, no ! Again : this large army h:cc fo be supported ? Will the people of the United States consent lo sunnlv a revenue fur its support ? Will ! they consent to any further and perma nent enlargement of the public expendi tures for the -sake of holding a territory IroHi which they would derive very little Just at the moment of meeting vitli benefit for years to come? If we may theseconsentaneousindications from head- judge of the aversion of the people of the quarters of our Government, we received United States to high taxation, high du- also thV New Orleans " Delta" of the 10th ties, unproductive expenditures of the pub- oi this month, containing a letter from its i,c treasure, I think. 1 may be sale in con- correspondent at the headquarters of our duding that they never will consent to army in the city of Mexico, under date of tr,e support of a standing army sufficient September 17th. l tie "ueiia nsen ai- to garrison atiti ticeuj) ni.u j;utnuu Allah were turned towards -Mecca ; ana he earne stly besought his fellow Wbigs to display such unanimity and patriotism in the coming contest, that the sound of the bells on Tuesday next should serve as a warningfldefeaf to the enemy, but at the sam time to their friends as an alarm bell of victory, triumph, and -honorable success." And here the honorable gen tleman retired from the stand, amid most cordial cheerinyr.l .t - j r of the sidewalk below, and. i: to obstruct too maxh the light 1 will be covered by a scmi-tr. glass. Various other appendant gested to give more or less tk enccs of a street in this tipper Broadway, but it is hot ncco- . scribe these at present. j The, expense" of erecting thi and putting it in full operation i ted by the inventor, after can lu lions, at a million and a half to t ions of dollars. If the City C sanction the plan, then apr llc pbe made to the Stato Lrgi'atur ter a company for its construe:, perfect operation of the mo Ji 1 i strong argument in favor oft!, lhas been already visite .by r:. citizens, and, 1 believe, .has f made a favorable impression. ! ways under the delusion which, more fa- tnl tn t,i: tVinn it annual real Ninevah atJKHorsabad, but that the mound called , - jjuuu in the vicinity limlod is the spot, about a day's journey Pestilence to individual health, seems to from Mosul. Theldiscovery of the word Nbtk. on the - pervade almost the entire population ot have already, and what ot necessity we would have to conquer." IV; If .1 n.' I. i mt ia 1 to choPiOne week for you cdtits a; day ; and instead of a tood axe for him to chop with. Woold otilv ct)st.81. vou cive him lliigjvi-Sth ivhich he can do no lethal mi ? v. half a day s work. At the end r- t H fc-wi V . - 1 k wjiiild ou gain or losel and You Would lose fifty cents; ljtakchim three days on- ncj coopping wun ineoiu e neVvSl 50 lakjfrom the price of the new axe Thus in the short space of one hao lost 50 cents over and jour-abore fal new axe, by hot fur- ?rvith a suitable tool. n one year, or fiffy- ic' same axe will do him one t L litre hi J I . - ..' .X , r. A x,t n,. oans lV.ot ;t ..III hu nnt nnV OO inscriptions confirms this supposition. The TutKisa nr- v. iu "r , 7r. man gives the I English the sole right to disinter the j litic but honorable in the Lnited States remains of Nimroi which is many times iarger than to occupy, the whole of Mexico, ant I even- .n t-j ...u: tJ, iU PnI, Th. rival ripa tnnllV KPlTft aHQ DOSSCSS aS II1UCD Ol It . . f - . . -11 1 - J 1 -. 1 U . r. !-!.tio annPT'itinnict" xvt of these two nations, nowever, wiumaae us, oeiwr au- ' qtiainted with thsej hitherto hidden realms of antiquity. The hundreds of: dfawings taken by Mr. Layard s own hands will be a mok valuable contribution, not only lo general history, buK also to the materials for sacred his- tory. . , 1 .... - ' " tJ -1 Dr. Smith, of Bopth Carolina, who is in the service of the Sultan, assisted by. Mr. tlamlin, a missionary from New England, hs had the honor :of exhibiting to ie Sultan, in one oil tjie halls of his palace, the Working; of Professor Morse's fclectric Telegraph. The Sultan, af terdevoting twoJilur's attention to it, requested that the machine might rnain until the next day, for the jror pose of exhibitini it lo all his;lzier9 and Ministers. Dr. Smith having declincd any fovor for himself, the Sultan decreed af diploma and decoration for Professor Morse. , : I'l :: :-' ! ! t ; ; - j . ,. j; '.' . N" " 1 I .I f f- i : !' O Gen. Scot- in one of his orders, calls on the com manders of regiments and corps to furnish the names 01 the Sergeant, COfporals, and other enlisted men who distinguished ihefriselves in the recent battles, soi that they may receivehhe benefit of the act of Congress ;of March 3d,!l847,hich authorizes the Government to promote such persons to the rank of Brevet Second Lieu tenant. This is pght j the glorious victories could not bare been won without the rank and, file ; they have, many of ihem, earned advancement, and it should not be deuied them.-tiV. O, National. the most rapacious " annexationist j wants testifies to the ; intelligence "of its cor respondent, and to bfs opportunities of ac quiring such correct information as enti tles his opinions to great weight. The views of one thus vouched for, as disclos ed in the following extracts, appear to us to be at this moment of the greatest ycon seqaence, and we lose no time therefore in laying them before our readers, and entreating their earnest attention to them : Extracts from the Correspondent cf the " Delta" writing from the City of Mexi co under date of September 17th. " The attitude of affairs by which we are surrounded leave us but one of .two alternatives, to wit: military occupation; The Bishop of New York. The Courier and Enquirer gives a more particular ac- 44 Let us examine the other alternative, count Qr what transpired in the House of arul see if our interests do nbt require that - tha& that furnished in the Com- we should fall back upon the base of our it as of interest to ma- opei ations, and, if, nothing more, await the mc re lai u f o wj 3 , dispositions of the Amcricmi Congress. ny, readers: L7"; -1 tmes. " We are here, and forjtrje present isb- As soon as the canon placing the power fated from the Government and the rest to remit or modify such a sentence as his. of the army. From the time the array in the House of Bishops had become a set foot on the Hio Grande we have had law, by the action of both houses, a com- nothinjr but a successioniof brilliant vie- mittee of live Bishops, eieciea Dy omioi. tories we nave penetrated tne very nean j brougnt in a repon rtxuc"i" of Mexico with four different columns, muusly. that the Bishop 44 lias leave to with- and from each point mere nas Deen a in- draw ms papers. uc icvi ..ut r,,nu 'tho ctftpc nd ;frlnes have lv and nhlv into the reasons for rejecting never as yet suffered a defeat. his demand. Among others, that there expressed, to the Ladi" of " The valor and superiority of our own was no reason to believe he had repented neat and elegant wrJ?r' arjha 1 of that of which he had been found goity. .hem on the A , Son or doubt-Mexico has been humbled and that until there should be received and degraded in the eyes of the world, from him satisfactory profess.orvof repent- .r lhe 8UCCP oC ,.jr t while our own brilliant achievements ance. restoration was impossible. The Committee was also ins-true ?J The Sons of Temperance ce! . ! second Anniversary iu this plate c i the 28lh int. Mrr A. f. (lorn n. delivered an eloquent Addte4 I '. der, which is very high! ;..keri c .". ' A large and splendid IJihle urn the Order by the Ladies of Fayeitcvi. the Her. A. Gilchrist. The Sons of Temperance are ik.v. ihing condition, number upward dred tJiousand souls in their hot 1. 01!. . AorA ! L: ITtOM THE FAYETTEVILLK 01i At a meeting held this evening. 1 fajette Division Sons of Tempera:. deri2ned were appointed a Comr.. j turn the thanks A the Division, u: . . .1 1 i stand ud prominently as a prrce!ent in The report uni lar.ner. an. .,. ni the annals of the .world, to be admired and impressing on tue mind ol uisnop . unoer l.oasted of when the actors themselves donk, that since lhe otlice of a bishop was lives, 10 .... ......... j i ijri i the dust. Nation- riven hrm. not tor his sake, nut tne gooo and government ol the eounuy, or to , ih , a';d';,amb ti has been satis- l( the Church, there was nothing left to back upon the base of our opera . ons, take j ' J'j,, jj of , hiei hiin but tho bare - legal possibility" of op our boundary line, and hold the ha -; Hed. 1 he '.on P bor, of the country iSw".' ity as should l,e the basis in his mind of of her oppressed condmon PW pi.al has fallen, and thre is any expectation. The report wo. very to relieve her from the chains u wen , ruj resistance, strong ; and we trust will be. considered ntLTioTo? t'he StS'rac: ' Gen. lk has ab- as terminating this unhappy case. much pleasure in communicating to Adam Gilchrist, of tho IVsb)" r! s.Si e acknowledgements ot I he JJivi-, ,litr services on the occaiion. . An ! ! th errs, for their kiiidues in granting . Il I f the uaurcn. jj. C. THOMSON F.T. WA1U). JAS. U. IXltCl W1LU K. IlLAi, October. 1817. Cu:
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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