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SATURDAY, MARCH 5, 1S35.
(3It has been suggested, that
perhaps it would be proper to call
the attention of the subscribers lo
me iiiiningion and uiiieig"
Koad, in this vicinity, to the im-
portance of appointing proxies to
represent them in the meeting to
be held at Wilmington, on the
14th inst. where personal attend
ance cannot be given.
(JJThe following is the Presi
dent's Message, communicating
lo both Houses of Congress the
' agreeable intelligence of the ter
mination of our differences with
France. The complirhentary terms
in which he alludes to the gene
rous interposition and mediation
of England, o(Ter a just and appro
priate tribute to her magnanimous
course. We trust that the Presi
dent's suggestions relative to pla
cing the country in an altitude of
self-defence, will not be overlook
ed by Congress, in their various
projects to dispose of the surplus
revenue.
MESSAGE.
To the Senate and House of Re
presentatives: I transmit, herewith, to Con
gress, copies of the correspond
ence between the Secretary of
State and the Charge d'Affaires of
His Britannic Majesty, relative
to the mediation of Great Britain
id our disagreement with France,
and to the determination of the
French Government to execute the
Treaty of Indemnification, with
out further delay, on the applica
tion for payment by the agent of
the United States.
The grounds .upon which the
mediation was accepted will be
iiiojid -fully developed in the cor
respondence. On the part of
France the mediation had been
publicly accepted before the offer
of it could be received here.
Whilst each of the two Govern
ments has thus discovered a just
solicitude to resort lo all honora
ble means of adjusting amicably
the controversy between them,
it is a matter of congratulation
that the mediation has been ren
dered unnecessary. Under such
circumstances, the anticipation
may be confidently indulged that
the disagreement between theU.
States and France will not have
produced more than a temporary
estrangement. The healing ef
fects of time, a just consideration
of the powerful motives for a cor
dial good understanding between
two Nations, the strong induce
ments each has to respect and es
teem the other, will no doubt soon
obliterate from" their remembrance
all traces of that disagreement.
Of the elevated ami disinterest
ed part the Government of Great
Britiau has acted, and was pre
pared to act, I have already had
occasion to express my high sense.
Universal respect, and the con.
ciousnessof meriting it, are with
fiyorntneuts as- with men, the just
rewaxfs w mose who laitntullv
exert tif power to preserve
peace, restore harmony, and per
petuate good iHl;
1 mr
n?..v v9 perrniWe&Jjrust, at,he Un,led Slates "after the 1st
ime. without n ciir;r;7T?r-ii- May next, not lo nav the de-
tins time, without a susoicion
the most remote desire to throw
ott censure trom the Executive,!
r r trs rmnt tt In n n r n . !
or to point it to any other Denart
ment or branch of .the Govern
ment, to refer to ihe want of effec
tive preparation in which our
country was found at the late cris
is. From the., nature of our insti
tutions, the movements of the Go
vernment in preparation for hos
tilities must ever be too slow for
the exigencies of unexpected war.
1 submit it then to you, whether
the fim duty we owe to the Peo
ple who have confided to us their
power, is not to place our country
in such an attitude as always to
be so amply supplied with the
f X :
means of self-defence as toafibru
no inducement to other nations to
presume upon our forbearance, or
to expect important advantages
from a sudden assault, cither upon
our commerce, our seacoast, or
nut iulprinr frotilier. In case of
the commencement of hostilities
during the recess of Congress, the
time inevitably elapsing before
that body could be called to
gether, even under the most fa
vorable circumstances, would be
pregnant with danger, and, if we
escaped without signal disaster or
1
both unnecessarily incurred, could
national dishonor, the hazard ol
not fail to excite a feeling of deep
reproach. 1 earnestly recommend
to you, therefore, to make such
provisions, that in no future time
shall we be found without ample
means to repel aggression, even
although it may come upon us
without a note of warning. We
are now, fortunately, so situated,
that the expenditure for this pur
pose will not be felt; and, if it
were, "it would be approved by
those from whom all its means are
derived, and for whose benefit on
ly it should be used with a liberal
economy and enlightened forecast.
In behalf of these suggestions,
I cannot forbear repeatincr the
wise precepts of one whose coun
sels cannot be forgotten: "The
United States ought not to indulge
a persuasion that, contrary lo the
order of human events, they will
forever keep at a distance those
painful appeals to arms, with
which the history of every other
nation abounds. There is a rank
due to the United Slates among
nations which will be withheld, if
not absolutely lost, by the reputa
tion of weakness. If we desire to
avoid insult, we must be able to
repel it. If we desire to secure
peace, one of the mn powerful
instruments of our rising prosper
ity, it nust be known that we are,
at all limes, ready for war."
ANDREW JACKSON".
February 22, 183G.
CONGRESS.
It may look like neglect not to
furnish our readers, weekly, with
a long account of the proceedings
of Congress, but weeks do pass
without our receiving any thing
of general interest from lhat bo
dy. The abolition question, in
the shape of debates on memorials
for the abolition of slavery, is still
before both Houses, and is still a
vexed question, after three months
discussion. The committee of
ways and means in the House,
have been instructed to inquire
into the expediency and propriety
of passing a law distributing the
surplus revenue lhat may hereaf
ter be in the Treasury, among the
several Slates, according to the fe
deral population of each State, for
the purposes of internal improve
ment and education. Wd. Jldv.
(j3.The National Intelligencer
states that it was mentioned in de
bale in the Hou-e of Rppresenta
tives, on the 17ih, that the Com
mittee on Naval Affairs, from
whom extraordinary appropria
tions had been asked for. thai ser
vice to the amount of upwards of
six millions of dollars, had deter
mined lo report only in favor of
two millions of dollars for that
object.
fJThc Secretary of the Trea
sury has issued a circular, requir
ing all receiving and disbursing
officers, and the Deposite Banks of
!r,an? f any public officer or cre-
d'lor in any bank notes ot a less
,1 : . : .1
denomination than five dollars:
and, except when it may be oth
erwise prescribed by law, after
the 4th of July next, not to re
ceive or pay on account of the
Government, any bank notes of a
less denomination than ten dollars.
Expunge. The expunging re
solutions have passed the Senate
of Virginia, by a vote of 10 to 12.
But, strange to tell, Gov. Taze
well returned them to the House
of Delegates, in which'they origi
nated, with a message declining
to comply with the requisition to
transmit them totheir delegation in
Congress, "as requiring a palpable
violation of the Constitution of the
United States." -Resolutions were
immediately adopted, however,
directing the Speakers of both
Houses to transmit the resolutions.
U.S. Bank. Gov. Ritner, of
Pennsylvania, has signed the bill
re chartering the United States
Rank. But, the anticipated bene
fits from the prolongation of its
existence, have already received a
severe check as appears by the
following extract from an article
in the Globe:
uIn that short week
following
the charter, money has become
exceedingly scarce stocks of all
kinds have declined some four,
some six, and some eight per
cent, with continued and rapid
downward tendency. Even the
stock of the Bank itself, since the
charter was obtained, has fallen
six per cent.!
(QGen. Dudley has accepted
his nomination as the Whig can
didate for Governor, at cur ensu
ing election.
Superior Court Circuits.
We understand that Judges Settle
and Saunders have exchanged
Circuits. Judge Saunders holds
the Superior Court of Martin
county, which sits this week, and
from thence will go to the New
bern Circuit. Judge Settle will
commence at Pitt on next Mon
day, and will ride the residue of
this Circuit. Hal. Res:.
(QIn appears from the Ra
leigh pipers, that the Small Pox
is raging to a considerable extent
in Ashe and Iredell counties.
(UAnother negro hoax similar
to that which went from Freder
icksburg not lone aero, and which
obtained circulation through the
Baltimore pipers, has crone forth !
trom Nashville ( lenn.) and found
a gull in the Philadelphia Herald.
The inventor of the Nashville ho
ax, however, has improved upon
the Frederickburg story, by de
stroying two banks. The wretch
who can thus sport with the most
serious subjects, and jest about
murder and rapine, deserves the
worst penalty of Lynch's law.
Norfolk Herald.
Petersburg Market, Feb. 29.
Cotton Some sales have been
made at 1 Gc. for good lots ex
treme quotations 14 a 161. Int.
INDIAN WAR.
St. Augustine, Feb. 15. The
whole of the country south of St.
Augustine, has been laid waste
during the past weejk, and not a
building of any value left stand-
mg
1 here is not a single house
now rpmaininrr ttpfivoon iliic r-!f
and Cane Florida, a distant of I
250 miles, all, have been burnt!
rt e n M. -it !
to the ground.
On Sunday morning last, a
dense smoke was seen in the
south, in the direction of Bulow
ville, and it was conjectured that
the buildings on that plantation
were in flames, and it was known
thai there were none but Indians
in that direction. The smoke was
seen in the same direction on
Tuesday. On Thursday, it was
reported, that General Hernan
dez's, at St. Joseph's were on fire,
and in the afternoon, this report
was confirmed by two of Gen.
Hernandez's negroes, who stated
that they had rode from Mala
Compra to St. Joseph, that morn
ing, and came within a quarter of
a mile of the house; and had a full
view of the burning' buildings.
They state the houses to have
been fired about 7 o'clock that
morning and that every house ex
cept the corn house was burning
at the lime they were there. The
Indians had posted sentinels at
some distance from the houses,
while the main body were danc
ing around the fire. The negroes
can give us no correct idea as to
the number of the Indians, but
say that there was a large crowd
ofOiem. .The plantation of Col. J
James Williams, was also set fire
to and destroyed at the same
time. Mr. Dupont's plantP'Jon ol
Buen Retiro; is also destroyed.
There now remains no doubt of
the destruction of Bulowville. It
is the opinion of many that after
the battle at Dunlawton the In
dians procured a large reinforce
ment and returned to attack Bul
owville. The amount of proper
ty destroyed is immense, at Bu
lowville alone the buildings are
said to have cost 50,000 dollars.
The properly destroyed during
the past week on these plantations
cannot be less than 200.000 dol
lars. Herald.
Cornell's Stave Machine. We
intended in our last to make some
remarks relative to this ingenious
invention, but were precluded from
doing so by press of business.
The reader may form some con
jecture of its manner of operation
lrom the following description:
The block from which the
staves are sawed having been pre
viously cut to the length, desired
for the staves, is placed upon the
carriage which is the work of a
moment only: it is then put in mo
tion, and by means of a concave h.
convex circular saw, the staves are
sawed out of the required thick
ness, at the rate of from four to
ten per minute, (depending upon
the timber,) the machine running
the carriage back and setting the
block at each time without any
assistance until the whole is sawed
up. They are, in the mean time,
removed to another machine ad
joining it, running at the same
lime, and jointed by another cir
cular saw, and dressed by revolv
ing cutters; and when finished, are,
without exception, the most beau
tiful and correctly jointed and
dressed staves we ever beheld. A
barrel made of pine staves was ex
hibited full of spirits turpentine,
on Thursday last, which had been
filled about a week and remained
perlectly tight. We were present
when the same
barrel bad been
filled with water before, and it
was then perfectly light also.
There does not remain a doubt but
that it makes staves from any kind
of wood, far superior to those
dressed in the usual way. Bar
rels made of them need no tinging,
and the s;aves must make a tight
joint both inside and out, for there
is no room for variation if the pro
per number of staves be put in
truss hoops. The bilge or size
of the barrels may be varied at
pleasure, as well as the thickness
or length of the stave.
We are told, and the appear
ance of the staves certainly war
rant the assertion, that staves man
ufactured by these machines com
mand twice the price of staves got
out in the usual way. We con
ceive it to be in importance, view
ed in connection with our country,
and probable benefits to be deriv
ed, second only to the Cotton
Gin. To the Dronrieturs of wninr
and steam-mills, but more Darticu
t "i 1 .r idi. rU- I i .
aiijr me lumicr, wiiere umoer is
abundant, it offers an alluring
prospect uf gain; and we think
the day is not distant when they
will be the only staves used.
We understand from Col. Luck
ey, one of the proprietors, that the
right for the State is for sale. The
Company who at present own it,
do not wish to be troubled with dis
posing of individual rights. We
do think that the enterprising citi
zens of our State should not let so
lucky an opportunity pass, to se
cure to themselves so valuable a
machine.
"Cornell's Stave Machine" can
be seen in operation at the steam
saw Mill in this place.
Washington Whig.
Steam boat Accident. On
Thursday the 18lh inst. the steam
er Bravo, Capt. Smith while com
ing from Plymouth to this place,
ran against a snag, which entered
her side, just below light water
mark, and caused her to sink in
five minutes. Passengers and
baggage got ofl without damage.
The Capt. succeeded in stopping
the leak so as to bail her up, and
she is now under repair in this
place, she will resume her route
in about a week.
EJenton Gazette.
Jlnolher Melancholy Occur
rence.We learn from a letter
received in this place from Capt.
Whidbee, of the Brig Enterprise,
that on Saturday, the 6th inst.
while lying in Little River, fro
zen up in the Ice, Mr. Combs,
mate of the Brig, and Mr. Littfe
field,2d mate, and one of the pas
sengers attempted to walk to ihe
shoYe, on the Ice, and after get
ting about 2 miles from the Brig,
the 2d mate broke into an air hole;
ihe mate in trying to assist him
out, broke in also, and both were
drowned. The passenger being
some distance behind, found he
could be of no assistance to them,
and returned to the Brig. ib.
Fire. On Thursday night last,
a pole boat, belonging to Mr. Dun
can G. MacRae, ol this town,
took fire, on the river between
this place and Wilmington, and
was entirely consumed, together
with 263 bahs of Cotton. The
Cotton belonged to two houses in
New York, and it is supposed was
fully insured. The boat, we are
sorry to say was not insured and
is a total loss to Mr. MacRae.
The fire originated among the
Cotton bales, and had progressed
so far before it was discovered by
the hands, who were asleep be
low, that they had barely time
lo save themselves. Fay. Obs.
ftwful Disclosures. A Book
purporting to be "Awful Disclos
ures, relative to ihe Hotel Dieu
Convent in Montreal," has been
published by a woman named Ma
ria Monk. It is necessary to
caution the public against this
Book. The woman is said to be
of had character and subject to
menial derangement; and the
whole book is a base fabrication.
IVil. Adv.
JMr. Ashbel Smith, who
has been connected with Mr. Jo
seph W. flampton, in the Ed
itorial Department of the Western
Carolinian published at Salisbu
ryhas retired from the duties of
Editor on account of professional
business. The Carolinian is in fu
ture to be entirely conducted by
Mr. Hampton.
flT'We regret to learn that
false reports are in circulation in
North Carolina, with regard to
the travelling ou the Portsmouth
and Roanoke Rail Road. Pas
sengers who arrived in the train
on Wednesday last state, lhat thev
were informed in Enfield, t hat it
required two days to reach Ports
mouth by ihe way of Halifax and
the Rail Road,. The truth is that
it requires but part of one day; tind
so much of the distance as is per
formed on the Rail Road, requires
but Jive hours oj the time.
Portsmouth Times.
Methodist Conference. The
Virginia annual Conference of ihe
Methodist Episcopal Church, clo
sed its session on the 23d ult. The
following are the appointments in
this section:
Roanoke District: Joseph Car
son, Presiding Eer.
Roanoke: Wm. Compton, T."
R. Brarne, (supernumerary.)
Tar River: Peter Daub, Ben
net T. Blake, (supernumerary.)
Neuse: Wm. S. Colston.
Currituck and Matlamuskeet:
W. W. Athea.
Plymouth and Ocracock Mis
sion: H. B. Wood, J.N. Darden.
Tarborough: John A. Miller.
Pitt Circuit: Wm. W. Jordan.
Washington Station: Samuel
T. Moorman. t
Washington Circuit: Thomas
M. Sharpe.
Plymouth: Samuel Pierce.
Next Conference to be held in
Petersburg.
Wisconsin Territory.. .By the
northern mail of Saturday week,
the 13th inst. we received the
4fireen Bay Intelligencer," of
the 13th ult. having been precise
ly one month in reaching us and
having traversed in that time, we
should say at a rough guess, a dis
tance of 2000 miles; which, con
sidering the season of the year,
the state of the roads, &c. is rather
expeditious than otherwise averag
ing 61 i miles per day. '
It is Mated in the Green Bay
paper now before us, that there
already 2,000 .
are surnrisrd in i" iv.
000 are r of ,i.e'
are Vti ,.r '
t- I ITOI ' 1 W
Pl'i
S nt"ehe forcing WMj
we have receive. the Gre?T'
piper above all,i,I ,0
20,h nit. from hich 1S
lhat the LfijrMatjvp r e .,a'n
journedonths.iaf,;
of fifty, days. john s .j'"
E.q. Acting Governor",
attendee Council, but rrm 1
ntDetriotfeouno1;';
be consuinnv.tP(l. s
qnence of Ihivmd it may 1?"
some pre-existing reeling ,
jorilyofthe Council .etm'iohsv"
denounced the Acting Cover 'r
in rather harsh lernw. i" , r
lions were adopted, pr-onnun
him unworthy of iheoffic ,
calling on the President oi
United Stales to reokc his C(,m
mission! Mr. Slanghier, and Z
believe some others, .lelenrlej ,h;
Acting Governor and there 3
pears to have been q.,itc an S
mated discuion on thesuhjec
Raleigh Standard.
Late from Europe Unfa
papers to Januar3 20th, have been
received at New York, by several
recent arrivals. Cotton had ad
vnnced 1-4 to 3-8 cents per pound.
The political intellipcnce is said
to be unusually dull an.d uijin.
Republican Mminalion.
FOR PRESIDENT,
MARTIN VAN BUREN, of N. YJ
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
RICHARD M. JOHNSON, rf Ky.
(CFRev. John A. Miller will
pieacn in me uitl Church at this
place, on Thursday evenitm Ihe
17th inst. And, Dr. miiiama
will preach in the same place, on
ounaay, me 2Uth. Uom.
MARRIED,
In this county, on Thursday
evening, the 1 1th ult. Mr. John
L. Col ten to Miss Emily Su
age, daughter of Mr. JsirnesSav
age. In Nash county, on Thursday
evening, the 11th inst. Mr. Tho
mas Irwin of this place, to Mis
Caroline nirritigton, daughter of
Mr. Arthur Arrington.
Tn Haywood, Chatham county
on the 1st ulii Mr. Elias Bryan,
of this county, lo Miss 2nna 1.
Howze.
DIED,
In this county, on the M inst.
at fifteen minutes past 1 o'clock
in the morning. Major Jama
Scarborough in ihe SSih year of
his age. Com.
In Halifax town, on theSStii
ultimo, of pulmonary diP
in the 44th year of her agf. Mr.
Maria Danieh consort of ti
Hon. J. J. Daniel, one of the
Judges uf the Supreme Court ct
North Carolina.
In Lincoio county, on the 30M
of December last, Captain Joh
Voder, in the 72nd year ofln
age His death was precedes
this surpriing singularity: on tte
day previous to hi- death, he be
came somewhat uneasy, antlqo''3
restless, until he had made 'K
family understand by signs !l;t
he wished them to dress him H
his grave clothes which being
done, he was Mill dissatisfied, un
til be had further made them un
derstand lhat he wihed to
his measure talien and ?enl
lo the workman lo have his co6;,
made; when he saw this was done,
he appeared perfectly composed
till on ihe following day,
he serenely expired wiiw
groan. ,Raleigh Star
rJnsh Wanted.
M RESPECTFULLY rrqt " J, J,
indebted to ro. to he f 1
make an imiIwe irlm";1 .
me to wt the ."Snr'h, mi lfTu
Fmncfs ill"1'-
5th Mflrch, I Sb'v
leresting.