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-.1 I I i "erni of tlic Watchman. J 'a .HsfcnP'io" perear.Ttvo Dot.labs -payable in .rice. B"1 if ol al advance. Two dollar. j fifir t. 'H be charged. , i J 1 Tt$)sxTsnsrrted at 1 for the first, and 25 cts. A'rl k ub.cuf nt insertion. Court orders chireed H, ... n. bisher than tbese ratea. i A. liberal dedu B to fbo wbr advertise by the, year.1, ,l0,. io ibe Editors mut be postpaid. UP" . . '-. ', ' ... ....... ' ' . i'or the WatehmaaJ f .VlD S ACCOUNT OF THE HpUSE O Vh v'jlUMOU. Met. LihTX!!. - . ... 'i ' . . . ' ... i : i " V Vf here U a place between the Larjlh, Sea a'nty eL iorJering'upou ihe threefold wbrld. From t-.. every loinz, inougn uisiani in pace is lted down upon : every sound penetrates to i..'"kIloW.eafi. Humor holds this post, and erei:i4 or efgF a HUe on the highest peak. She bu made iiH)umeralle entrances, and ia penibR lo .bet veilings no leaves jbutDp b Blfet lbey are open; nighl and kj, It all coni1s of sounding brass : it ill .nblei: echoes ihe r words, and repeats what jt heart. There is no rest uithin s silence n 'pa'rU No el is it a loud clamor, but the purte.r.of a low voice ; such as arises frcjm hs wave of the sea if a person listens afar fiSi 'Qt uch:a! found as the diU nl thunders utter! when Jupiter strikes the cfouds. A raib. .4 occupy the nails : the tickle populace come "ltd in thousand faue rumors, mixed with ie, iiray alovit every where : confused wojd Tj tboui. Of the crowd, s'inc fill the va. (int ear with Italk ; some report in another plica vrbal if related here. The jsize of lalie. lood iiicreaiea ; every one adds something to wbal h caicei up. There is erejdulity : thlre jl indTcree error; empty jo jt and trotibped frirr;. sedition creeping along, and whfispera doobtfitl source." ! - Tb"ugh wrote so long ago, ! how (ruej'to nature is (be figurative description of the bra. tbo poet. ' Iluvv many of thefse news facto. riei io every town and village, vihere all the gMip ana scanuai oi ino neig Collected, and nl re n out ana in : Ion i . i I, e . i . iborhood jare r i y a great deal it often made out of a little material. By g 102 libort diianct luto the country, a person may often bear the ,mst astonishing things about irtoiadions in town, which the residents of the lowo never beard o( there. And perhaps he will bear, ai coming from himself, what some tenderer tod him about another person, and ibicb he did not believe, but was too polite to i ootradict is .informer to his face. And for ooth, because he did not brand the story 4a a J c, but gives the report a silent rebuke, he is barged", by the real slanderer, with originating i id circulating it : and that too, oil at ajdis. t ,nce, where he would not be likely to gel wind df if, aud bjjng the offender to justice ALETHES. For the Watchman Tilt GOLD REGION. M If published, and even official accounts risy ba credited, the mineral wealth ol the Srrra Nevada mountains and the Sacramento vklley etceedsjhe -wildest imaginings of jollier ilji. But whether fully reljable or not, the jrjfluence of tho reports frorhi the Pacific has , extended to all parts of the civilized World; sad hat set hundreds of thousands in motion for the gold j region. Numerous expeditions an on fool in England, Scotland, IrelandJGer mioy and Denmark, and ships are fitting out fotlbe Pacific from t he various European ports. Te South j Arherjcan coast swarms with ves. lets for San Francisco. The Sandwich 11 an Is are bjslng iheir foreign.anid a portion of tin ir native population. India and China are fui liihing f adventurers. Meanwhile, jevery At antic port helps to sweH'tKe fleet fbrJ Cali. Ionia ; and the passes of the Rocky Mountains . ar In-coming! thoroughfares of emigrant gold -it gers. -A new crusade is preclaimed, not of "th vdry, but of avarice not for the hidyland, hu for, I he land of gold. Some have left their co mtry for I heir country's good but many of : tba sons of otir best citizens have gone seek a itrtune, crLaps a grave, perhaps both jin thir Bew E Dorado. The passioris that paifalyzed tha, industry, and rarrupied the morals, and ef fected, ihe ruin of Spain, are raging (in the baits of millions at our rnnntrvmen. J Antrtn . . ........ p 8 on civjlizaiion, will spread along the Paci build hg cities, founding Colleges, and Scl ools, andjChurches, setting up printing pre ft, making rail road st and prop ft ft e imir 4 teim ships. The commerce of the far East JiICeek the far and its outlet through Jhs channels formed by American enjerprise ctii ur continent. May it not be thai! causes JbatjthTortgedj the Atlantic States with; immi Ififts will crowd the Pacific shores with the reciing population of the Asiatic nations?" S. A. S. ' ft Selected for the Vat?hman. ft 11 Aj?AlTl OF TWINS. NOT SIAMESE, ' J v j BUT SAXON. To give Uar and satisfactory rules for the ue of Jhall a'nd villi has always been a stum Wing block lo grammarians, whose theories re .for Ihe most part as confuted, in explaining hy Ihe ona.hr ihe other httild Iia ort na-i prance of Scotsmen in lie use of them. Good waiters loo are ofte n inaccurate in apply Jng these ever recurring auxiliaries, upon ihe r'8nl :'-uia of j which, nevertheless precison in tba expression of thoughts olten depends. , An excellent little work, published a year! or two mce in! England, on the Principles of Eng hih Compdsition, by David Booth, demotes a Chapterto them, wherein is given the clearest "'rectiojis for the use of them, lhat we have Jer rrt wjih. Booth quotes as follows Mr. Mrghland Jtule (from thejLatinJol Dr. Wal ) which h says, though having the advan 'geof being easily retained, in the memory, is 6oi sufficiently comprehensive. 1 ; " I tns tint Penon, unpiyCaiaM ftretella ; I la taiW, a treat, or els a .promise dwells ; - 'n 'h0 "cond and third, doei threat ; j HIM, simplyi then foretell the future feat." 1 Bootl (timself gives the following rule, which, be says, embraces ihe wholtjl subject, tnd is of appucaiion. h ir h peaker ir tjja Rominaliyis to the ! . .. .; . - : i- !'f ! ! . y ' c U ' - I - :('! ' I -1 -'- .' i . " ' i ? " ' 1 j BRUNERl & JAMES, Editors j Proprietors, verb, and also determines its accomplishment or if he is neither the nominative to the verb nor determines its j accomplishment the pro. per auxiliary is will in every other case it is SHALL. We have tried this rulo in a variety of con- nections, and have hot found it ever to mislead. lo any one who siiall find will furnish us with an example of the correct use of jhose two twins so much alike that many mistake lb one for the other, which snALL show the rule to be unsafe, we shall of course iJe in debted to him, and will acknowledge the ob- ligation. EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCE. The following is the Telegraphic account of the latest news frorn Liverpool, (being tb the 6ih inst.) brought by the steamer America : GREAT BRITAIN. Ti.C!' o i . i i . m ' i residence in Whitehall up Constitution hill, on u rn. l i. l i i - I Ihe29.h nl.imo on horseback, bis horse having shyed at something passing, kicked up his heels and threw Sir lioWl over his face. Alifcough rendered insensible by the fall. Sir Robert re- lained hold of the reins, and the animal being thus checked lost his foot in 2, and fell heavily upon ihe lop ol ihe barronet. Several. gentle, men passing rendered me necessary assistance, and removed to bis bouse in VVhjiebal in a state of insensibility. All the medical lalent of London was 'soon at his disposal. jTheir united efTorls were unavailing. After lingering ill eleven o'clock on Tuesday night, (he great statesman expired, in the 63d year of bis age. The event caused a great sensation ir Eng. land and France. The English papers are fill. ed, almost to the exclusion f every thing else, l i . . . w .... i wiui cjivnueu notices ot tne ute and character of the late Premier, and with speculations as to the effect his death, will have upon th!e poji. tics of his country. In reply to an offer by Lord John KusseJI, in the name of her Maiesiy and the nation, Vf a public funeral, the family de. dined the honor, inasmuch as it was Sir Rob ert's last wish that he should be buried injDray ton Abbey, with as little parade as possible. ' In the House of Lords on Monday night, the Ministry suffered another defeat, by a majority of iwentytwo, on ihe Irish Franchise bill. The proposal of the Government was, tjiat the franchise should be regulated by an 8j quali. fixation, and Lord Stanley proposed an amend ment that ihfc qualification by 15 instead. The amendment being carried, and the princi ple of the bill destroyed, Government have since withdrawn it. They have also withdrawn the Lord Lieutenancy of Ireland bill, this Mer cantile Marine bill, and the amended Incum bered Estates' bill, rhey have announced their determination to slick to the budget, and, if needs be, appeal to the country upon ft. '" FRANCE. A diplomatic dinner was given on Saturday at the El ysee, in honor of the reconciliation of England and France, at which Lord Norman by jind Gen. Lahitte were present. M. Druyn L. Hoys left Paris on Monday for London, to resume his diplomatic functions. The creation of a new Ministerial denart. rnent, under the title of a new Minister of State. 1 a new minister 01 01 ate, ihe National Assembly. all labor on Sundays and has been alluded to in A proposal to suspend a all Church holvdays has been placed amoiif the orders of the day. A strong opposition is be. ing organized against the law ot the press.- The. Director of the National has been sen tenced to fine and imprisonment for bafely an nouncing Socialist subscriptions in favor of a brother editor. Louis Phillippe, it is said, is dying of cancer in the stomach, and his relations slate that his life can scarcelylast a month longer. The Presidenrhas expressed himself so highly sat- isfied with the mannerln which M. Gros con. ducted the mediation of France in the Greek affair that be has raised him torfhe rank'of com- mauder In the national order of the Legion of Honor. c - ' . ; j it The Emperor of Russia has signified to the President of the Republic that the presence of M. de Persignyit St. Petersburgh wil) beany thing but agreeable. The mission of this gen tleman to the Russian Court falls .therefore to the ground. w - The proceed4ngs""1n the Assembly on Thurs day were interrupted by a scene of violence be. tween the members Tn the lobby. Order was finally restored by the personal interference of the police. y - President Duprn has been re-electeil Presi. dent of the Assembly by 4 large majority. SPAIN. A decree has been published in Madrid granting a credit of 200,000 Ho the Minister ol Marine, for building two steamers, and the purchase of limber for eight more vessels. The decree is founded on the augmenting of ihe Spanish navy, as demonstrated by the late events in Cuba. PORTUGAL. 1 We bare dates from Lisbon to the 9ih ulti mo. Great excitement prevails there' in con sequence of the arrival of an American squad ron jn ihoTagus to enforce the claim of 70,- 000. Twenty-one days were allowejd by the American commander for a final reply). Fears were entertained of refusal. The Portuguese Government have determined to resist the de. mand upon them, 1 PRUSSIA AD DENMARK. The Schleswig difficulty between Prussia and Denmark has been satisfactorily adjusted. Mrs. General Taylor, Col. and Mrs. Bliss, and Dr. Wood and family left Washington on the 18th ultimo and arrived safely at taw House, in Baltimore, where, it the Eu- is under- stood, they intend remaining for some! lime. Our Minister to Spain.j In private letters from Madrid, of the 20th June, an account is given of the participation of M r. Barrnger and bi Lady in a diplomatic piesentation on the 17th to the Duchess of Montpensierj sister to the- Queen, (who lately arrived at Madrid,) where their reception is spoken of as having been highly courteous apd satisfactory, ' S - - ' ' i . '1 I - MB - ' 1 l . p- KlE? A CHXCX trrojt ALL too ' --eJ- "Do THIS, AW LlBESTT IS SAFK." p . rRoutas. : " ri5&-w"" i I Gt' I Harmon. ( SALISBURY, N. C., THURSDAY J THE SENATE DEBATE. IThe great debate in the Senate on the pro minent question of the and (concerning the new Territories, &c.) was continued yesterday by Mr. Clay, with untired energy, in ;a Speech characterized by n ability and vigor hot excell. ed by those of his younger days, when ihe was confessedly without a peer in the lead' of the Republican (now Whig) party in Congress. It is a general observation, indeed, among those of us whoi have been forty years familiar with his oratory, that this veteran statesman has, in his speeches atthe present session' of Congress, surpassed even his ancient fame as a powerful, impassioned, and impressive debater. We have no reference, in what we have said. i r Iria rAtf iait vaa nliinW f r 1 M cates in the present trying conjuncture of pub. lie afrir.. It !. .nnnii. .J.i... .L.. : " . r n luis uctosiuii, as no always u8 uone, uroau .1 . . .. . .r . . nAlinnal arntinn mid thai hia nrimne v.clar I j j '. . I .; . ' have bad for their oect lo settle amicably, hon. ii j . e m "i.,'" "c """n'i win cm ore io ainrrn mat n( ormMj, and satisfactorily, by measures which Uectable min nf pi,Kr na iJ k .i. I f .u i . i i , H"' JSf Il!r3r.for ,he telJrronX!M I, a ia.m. nn..nl ...kl-U I I lie councils for the last thirty'years. J mvu u.0 ucn, Ugumcu . IU pUU. Insteadof this passing notice of Mr.-Clay's speech of yesterday, we should have given the speech itself, of whi-h our Reporters would nave enabled us to furnish this morning a full report, had it not been desired that the publica tion should be deferred to allow of the revision of it. i Nat, Int. July 23, ! x Spanish Insolence. Under this head the papers give an account, (whether true or false we know not,) of rudeness displa)ed by the Spanish Minister, Narvaez, to Mrr Barringer. the U. S. Minister at the (linnrt nf Martrtrl The Rinrv i. iKni m n oni.n.inmont k.. ihe XNeapolitan Minister, Prince de Carini, Rlr. f " . . . 7L Barrioger approached Narvaez in the ball room, to salute him ; but the latter shouted out at the top of his voice, "I will not have any thing lo say to one who represents a nation that harbors pirates and encourages public fel-r onies. Having uttered these words in a tone! loud enough to be heard all over the room, Narvaez turned his bark nnnn thn Amrinn Plenipotenliarv. who was at once " cut" bv all! the Spaniards present. '' . I We think the story of doubtful credibility! notwithstanding ihe evident ill humor of Spaing under the irW that ih IT. w..ni.n.nM.t J encouraged the Cuban expedition.- If true, it? was an insult tor which an ample apology should a 0 I be demanded. P. S. The Baltimore Patriot says that let.' ters have been received from Madrid, of four days later date than that of the alleged insult. in which no allusion is made to any such oc : .1 . L . . currence. - un me contrary, an account is given of the participation of Mr. Barringer and lady in a drplomaiic presentation, on the 17th. to the Dnrh of Mninlnpntior. cicfor tf Ihe Queen, (only lately arrived! at Madrid) where their reception is spoken 6f as having been highly courteous and: satisfactory. rThe 1 - . . ' occurrence 01 any sucn outrage, as mat spo ken 01 1,1 ,ne g9" papers would of course ,lttVO preciuueu any reiauon Dei ween air. iar I I..JJ ..? i i n . , 7 ' - ....... ... , r,nSerarQ lhe Spanish Government, other than ,ba' of demanding and receiving an apology.'! . 1 ins is Mm me urei inaugnani ana iase re port which has been put in circulation respect. lug mr. iarringer. rav. uoserver. tve unoerstann, and taae great pleasure in announcing the fact, that the prisoners taken ty j . 1 1., , at Contoy, and in whose behalf our Govern . 1 1 ' . til ment had interposed, have been released by .u c u 1 r ' l . . .J the Spanish authorities from their prison in Havana, and that they may be soon expeqted in the United States. This intelligence" will be gratifying to good men in; both countries, inasmuch as it will remove ihe cloud which hung for awhile over their amicable relations. Nat. Intellisencer. 1 1 - The Senate, on Wednesday, in a spirit and in a manner which did it honor, passed, by a unanimous vote, through all its stages, a bill, introduced by Mr. Webster, making an appro- priation of two thousand dollars for the erec tion, in the Congress Cemetery, of a suitable Monument to the late lamented President Tatlok; Nat. Int. . , - j I Texas and New Mexico A despatch from New Orleans, dated the 15th instant, says that there is much excitement in Texas in relation to New Mexico. Meetings have been held at San Antonio and on the. battle-field of San Ja- cinto, at which resolutions were passed de." uuuiicin me vjenerai vjovernmeni, ano requir. ing the Governor of Texas to proclaim Santa Fe in a state of insurrection, dec. An extra session of the Legislature of Texas has been' called to meet or the 12ib of August. RECOVERY-OF' TREASURE. We understand from a gentleman who came passenger on the Florida boat on Saturday, that a partyj who had been ex cavating on the south end1 of Cumberland Island for sorne time nasr. succeeded in finding and carrying off a large amount of treasure. The ex Stenhfi nf this trArirm. has long been a matter: of speculation, and many persons have hitherto been at- 1 ft. s tractea to the place b$ reports of its whereabouts, but have1 been unsuccessful in their attempts to discover it. The' pres ent party it appears, procured their infor mation in regard to its locality; from an old man, long suspected of hav ing been connected with; piratical opera tions, anu nave inus oeen successful in securing the long hidden! treasure. J' A schooner had been, Jlying off on the boutn end of the Island several! days, whose movements created some surprise. one at length came in, took the party on board, and sailed for parts unknown. We understood the party consisted of fif teen persons. oavannali, Georgian, AUGUST 1, 1850. LETTERS OF PRESIDENT FILLMORE. i An attempt is already made in certain quarters-to identify President Fillmobe with the abolition or fanatical anti-slavery party. The following letters, which were published during the canvass of 1848, were then regarded on all hands as a full vindication. All our readers j i may not have seen them at the time, and therefore now republish them. Nat. Int. we Letter from Hon. John Gayle. Mobile, August 30, 1848. I will thank you to publish the Dear Sir enclosed letter in the drcrtiser. Before I (eft Washington, I saw that the Southern De- I; t u 'uJilT Z; Tu , .k u. 7 V 1 ?U1 w,,boul xh foundation, nal Wr KltiM0RE wag an ab0iitioni3t. i ad .....j l ,i , . . . pressed Dim a letter on that subject, and re - . . . ; . J ' ceiveu me repiy now sent to you. L Z.u "u Z" T . ,ai boldness no re. ! .7 " 1 " f""J "- ' North wouia endorse it. Upon (his subject no man is Sunder than! Mr. Fillmore, and between him fand General! CASS an flHvflnlncTPnna mnar! son could be made. .... . G r-- uespectlully, your obedient servant. JOHN GAYLE. . . .... . .. Mr. Fillmore's Letter to Mr. Gayle. Albany, (N. Y.) July 31, 1848. Dear Sir : I have your letter of the 15ih instant. but my official duties have been so pressing that I have been compelled to neglect my private correspondents. 1 had also deter mined to write no letters for publication bear, ing upon the contest in the approaching can- vass. But, as VOU desire Some information for U'nur own satisfaction in regard tathe charges ' B. 7"' : - ouu,u on me nave hrnnnhl n rr a I net mA r- a L O . L. l ijucsiioii, 1 uave conciuoeo to state Drieoy my position. i While I was in Congress there was much agitation on the right of petition. My votes will doubtless be found recorded uniformly in favor of it. 1 ue nue upon wnicn 1 acted was, that every citizen presenting a respectful petition to the body that by the constitution had the power ,0 grant or refuse the prayer of it, was entitled lo be Deard ' and therefore the petition ought 1 1. i 1 fj 1 ... .. 10 De Tceve ftnd considered, li right and reas0ab,e tb Prayer of it should be granted, but wrong oi- unreasonable, it should be de- nied; 1 '"K a11 my vo,e8 whether on the re. 1 . r. ?g , 1 -u,8'ucr," rAaAliilinno will ho C-ktt1 i . . ...TiU l I resolutions, will be found consistent with this rule. I have none of my Congressional documents here, they being at my former residence in Buffalo, nor have I access to any papers or memoranda to refresh my recollection ; but I think at some time, while in Congress, I took occasion to state in substance my views on the subject of slavery in the States. Whether the reinark' were reported or not, I am unable but ,be sub?tance was : Tbat 1 reSard to ed slavery as an ev.il, but one with which the Na tional Government had nothing to do. That by the Constitution of the United States, the whole power over that question was vested in the several States where the institution was tolerated. If they regarded it as a blessing, they bad a constitutional right to enjoy it ; and if they regarded it as an evil, they had the power and knew best how lo apply the remedy. 1 did not conceive tbat Congress had any pow- er over it, or was in any way responsible for its continuance in the several States where it existed. I have entertained no other senti ments on this subject since I have examined it l - v u vmvivvi j v v A ftv Auassiiavu 11 . (&: .1 ..ri jiji. surnciently to form an opinion, and I doubt not that all my acts public and private, will be found in accordance with this view. I have the Honor to be your ob't. s'nf. I MILLARD FILLMORE. Hon. John Gayle. Letter from Mr. Fillmore on the Slave Trade between the States. Albany, September 13, 1848. Dear Sir : I j-eturned this morning from the West, and have iours of the 10th, in which you say that it hnis been charged in the Rich mond Enquirer that I hold it to be within the power of Congress to interfere with or break off the transportation, removal, or disposal of per sons held as slaves, from one slaveholding Slate to another. I am not aware that this question has ever been discussed it Congress, or was ever pre sented for the consideration of the Supreme Court of the United States before 1841. In that year the celebrated case from Mississippi was decided,-and Mr. Justice McLean gave an elaborate opinion on this point, in which the Chief Justice concurred. He came to the con clusion that the constitutional power over this matter was vested in the several States, and not in Congress. I jSo far as my knowledge ex tends, this opinion! parried conviction to every unprejudiced mind and the question was con sidered settled. At any rate, this was my own opinion then,! and I have seen no cause to change it since, j Should I do so, I shall not hesitate to declare it.! Yu wi berefole perceive that you did me n. ,nJus,e n representing to your friend that luese we ntiieiairapmi. I write in hastej amid the pressure of official duties, but remain truly yours. MILLARD FILLMORE. Letter to the President pf the Raymond (Miss.) Rough and Ready Club. Albany, August 30, 1848. Dear Sir : I have ihe honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 9th instant, en closing a printed copy of the resolutions adopt ed by the Rough and Jfteadj Club of Raymond uu iu u.u .u.uwn, umm uesmog -u k.iuw wuc- tber the practical sentiments contained in these resolutions are in accordance with my views. The 10th and 11th only speak of my posi tion and views. Though I cannot feel justified in appropriating to myself all the flattering compliments contained in those resolutions, yet I am happy lo say lhat they truly define my NE SERIES. VOLUME rII NUMBER 12. position and express my views on the subjects to which they allude. I am happy to inform vou that, unless some. thing occurs which cannot be foreseen, I thiak 1 of this country, and at that time very per that this State is certain for the Whig ticket by j ilous, embarassing circumstances existed a large, majority. Please to make my acknowledgments to the members of your Club, and believe me, re spectfully, yours, MILLARD FILLMORE. Jso. B. Pevtox, Esq., President. The following are the resolutions referred to : ' 10. Resolved, That we recognise in Mil laud Fillmore, the Whig candidate for ihe Vice Presidency, a genuine republican, a pure patriot, a man of exalted intellect and hijjh ac quirements one who has seived the Republic long and faithfully in the civil department of Government, whose every act manifests that he is a true devotee of liberty, whose name is prominently identified with the Whig party, and whose talents and patriotism justly entitle birn to the love and admiration of his countrymen. 11. Resolved, That the charge of abolition ism, recklessly adduced against Millard Fill more, by unscrupulous partisan opponents, for the purpose of exciting sectional prejudices against him, has no foundation whatever in truth ; but, on the contrary, is triumphantly dis proved by the solemn declaration ot our candi date for ihe Vice Presidency, uttered long since in the Councils of the nation, that Congress has no power, under the constitution, to inter fere with the institution of domestic slavery as it exists in the Slates of this Union ; and that therefore we feel assured that Southern insti tutions will never be assailed or molested by any act of Millard Fillmore. REMARKS OF MR. WEBSTER. Mr. Secretary, at a time when the great mass of our fellow citizens enjoy re markable health and happiness through out the whole country, it has pleased Di vine Providence to visit the two Houses of Congress, and especially this House, with repeated occasions for lamentation and mourning. Since the commencement of the session, we , have followed two of our own members to their last home, and we are called upon, in conjunction with the other branch of the Legislature, and in full sympathy with that deep tone of affliction which I am sure is felt through out all the country to take part in the last and due .solemnities of the funeral of the late President of the United States. Truly sir, was it said in the communi cation read to us, that, "a great man has fallen among us." The late President of the United States, originally a soldier by profession, having gone through a long and splendid career of military service, had at the close of the war with Mexico, become so much endeared to the people of the United States, and had inspired them with so high a degree of regard and confidence, that, without solicitation or application, without pursuing any devious paths of policy, or turning a hair's breadth to the right or the left from the path of duty, a great, and powerful, and generous people saw fit by popular vote and voice to confer upon him the highest civil au thority in the nation. We cannot forget that, as in other instances, so in this the public feeling was won and carried away in some degree by the eclat of military renown. 60 it nas Dren always: and so it always will be, because high respect, for noble feats in arms, has been, and all ways will be, outpoured from the hearts of the members of a popular Government. But it will be a great mistake to suppose that the late President of the United Stales owed his advancement to the high civil trust, or his great acceptability with the people, to military talent or ability alone. 1 believe, sir, that associated with the highest admiration for those qualities possessed by him, there was spread throughout the community a deep degree of confidence and faith in his integ rity and honor and uprightness as a man. I believe he was especially regarded as Doth a nrm anu a mnu man in tne exer- : cise of authority ; and I have observed more than once, in this and in other pop ular governments, that the prevalent mo tive with the masses of mankind for con- i ferring high power on individuals, is a ( confidence in their mildness, their patern- j al, protecting, secure and safe character. ' j The people naturally feel safe where they j feel themselves, to be under the control i and protection of sober counsel, of impar- ; tial minds and a paternal superintendence, j I supposesir, lhat no case ever happen. I ed in the very best days of the Roman , I Republic that any man found himself; 1 clothed with the highest authority in the State under circumstances more repelling all suspicion of personal application, all i suspicion of pursuing any crooked path in ! politics, or all suspicion of having been j actuated by sinister views and purposes, than in the case-of the worthy and emin- ent, and distinguished, and good man whose death .we now deplore. He has left to the people of his country a legacy, in this ; he had left them a bright example j which addresses itself with peculiar force to the young and rising generation ; for it tells them that there is a nalh to the bjghest degree of rcnoWn straight, on . sf,l.. vvithnnt deviation Mr. Secretary, mv friend from Louisi -1 j ------ ana! (Mr. Downs) has detailed shortly the events in the military career of General Taylor. His service through his life was mostly on the frontier, and always a hard service often in combat with the tribes of Indiana all along the frontier for many thousands of miles. It has been justly; remarked by -one of the most eloquent men whoso voice was ever heard in thesa houses, that it is not in Indian wars that heroes arc eeiebf Aled, but hat tt is thero that they are formed. 1 The hard service the stern discipline devolving upon all those who have a great entest or frontier to defend, and often with irregular troops of their own, being called on suddenly to enter into contest with savages, to study the habits of savage life and savage war, in order to foresee and overcome their stratagems all these things tend to make hardy military character. For a very short time, sir, I had a con nection with the Executive Government, between the United Stales and the Indi ans on ihe bordeT?, and war was actually raging Detween the United btatesandthn Florida tribes ; and I very well remember lhat those who took counsel together on that occasion ofiicially. and who were de sirous of placing the military command ia the safest hands carqe to th conclusion that bere was no man in the service more fully uniting the qualities ol military ability and great personal prudence thsjn Zachary Taylor ; and he was. of course, appointed to the command. Unfortunately his career at the head of this Government was short. For my part, in all that 1 have seen of him, I have found much to respect and nothing to con demn. The circumstances under which he conducted the government, for the few months he was at the head of if. have been such as perhaps not to give to him a very favorable, certainly not a very long opportunity of developing his principles and his policy, and to carry tbem out; but 1 believe he has left on the minds of the country a strong impression first, d his absolute honesty and integrity of char; acter ; next, of bis sound practical good ft .ft 0 ft a . sense ; and lastly, 01 tne mildness, kind ness, and friendliness of his temper to wards all his conutrymen. But he is gone. He isours no more, except in the force pf hisexample. Sir, I beard with infinite delight the sentiments expressed by ray honorable friend from Louisiana, (Mr. Downs,) who has just re sumed his seat, when he earnestly prayed that this event might be used to soften the animosities, to allay party recrimina tions, and to restore fellowship and good feeling among the various sections of the Union. Mr. Secretary, great as is our loss today, if these inestimable and inap preciable blessings shall have been se cured to us, even by the death of Zachary Taylor, they have not been purchased at too high a price ; and if his spirit, frorn the regions to which he has, ascended, could see these results flowing from his unexpected and untimely end if he could see that he has entwined a soldier's lau rel around a martyr's crown, he would say exultingly, "Happy am I, that by my death I have done more for my country which I loved and served, than 1 did or could do by all the devotion and all the efforts tbat I could make in her behalf du ring the short span of my earthly exist ence. " - 1 Mr. Secretary, great as this calamity i we mourn, but not as those without hope. We have seen one eminent man, and an other eminent man, and at last a man in the most eminent station, fall away from the midst of us. But 1 doubt not that there is a Power above us exercising over us that paternal care that has marked our progress for so many years. I have confidence still that the place of the de parted will be supplied : tbat the kind, benificent favor of Almighty God will still be with us. and that we ahall be borne along, and borne upward and upward; on the wings of His sustaining Providence; May God grant that in the ttme that is ! belore us, there may not De wanting to US as wise men lor our counsellors, as ne was whose funeral obsequies we noisr propose to celebrate. f a I ' 1 SHIRT COLLARS AND JACKETS The ladies have taken to wear short ) jackets. The , Knickerbocker next jump, the Albany expects, will be into a a pair, of pants forty inches round the boUs torn, with high heeled boots and a mou! tache. How the tailors will blush when a sweet little creature, with a pair of piercing eyes, a killing pair of moustaches nd syren voice, shall enter and exclaim: Sir, take my measure pants fashion able tight fit. you know." Who would not be a tailor then The Cabbage. It is a singular fact that Cabbage is a sovereign remedy for intox ication from wine, and that it has even the power of preventing it ; for we are in formed by eating a certain quantify of cabbage before dinner, we may drink as much wine as we please without experi encing any inconvenience. This property -nf the cabbage is mentioned by ancient writers, who are of opinion that it pro ceeds from the antipathy which, the vina shows to the cabbage; if a cabbage be planted near a vine the latter either re tires or dies. Dr. Jotix W. Websteb. The ease of Pro fessor Webter, on his petition for a conanauta- t in of punishment, was finally determined by ihe Governor and Council of Massachusetts on, Friday UfM. It has been decided lo let the len ience of the Court in the cae be carried, into fiTect, and ihe 30th day of August has been ap poi tiled as ihe day of ftecutioru f -- . ! Louisiana. An election took place in New Orleans on the 15ih iifstant,? to flil four vacan cies in ihe Slate Legislature, bich resulted in the choice of ihree Whigs and on Democrat. :, JUST RECEIVED ALAIG upp'y of Jayne's Expectorant and Hair, Tonic. Also, Sands' Sarsapariila in quart bottlr. or al bv Drft- BROWN & JAMES. ; Jane J3, 1S50. 5 A' Jl ' t- J -1
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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