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SATURDAY APRIL 16, 1826. OC?". We are authorised to an nounce that Saml. IV. IV. Vick declines are-election as Sheriff of Nash county. C7We are authorised to an nounce fVm. IV. Bryant, as a candidate fur the office of Sheriff of Nash county, at the next elec tion. . (ET-We invite attention to the political meeting to be held at James Bridgers's to-day, having in view the nomination of a Dem ocratic Presidential Elector for this district. Numerous meetings have been recently held in differ ent counties in this State, for the same purpose, and it is lime the people were moving in this matter. CONGRESS. Senate. Mr. Benton, accord ing to notice some davs since, in troduced a bill for the better sup ply of silver bullion to the U. S. Mint, and explained that he had been in 'correspondence with the Directors of that institution to as certain what 'quantity ofbullion would be sufficient to keep the mint in constant activity. He believed, that a supply of about a million of dollars, a month, would be sufficient for present purpose, and he had provided by his bill that this sum should be transferred by the Depositc Banks to the mint out of the money in t!:eir possession. The bill Was read a first and second lime, and referred to the committee on finance. A bill to admit free of duty cer tain articles of foreign proh:- and to lessen the duties on o;L i : was taken up, and Mr. Knight, the Chairman of the committee on manufactures, moved to add Pearl powder, leven tape, oil in jars, watches without cases, dia monds and precious stones, sex tants, quadrants, telescopes, &ic. An amendment was also moved by hi;.:, in the second section of the bill, changing the specified rate of duty, ad valorem, from 20 to 25 ; cent. These amendment- 1 - ?r agreed to, but the hill wn i il l iv-i t!:e table for the pres ent, to .LT.it the retura of Mr. Webster, iv ho desired to offer an amendment. The-bill to prevent the trans mission by mail of incendiary publications; was taken up, and the blanks therein filled with 100 to $1,000 as the amount of line imposed on such postmaster ashould knowingly circulate or deliver any pamphlets forbad by any law of any States. Mr. Cal houn explained that the bill was based on the principle that the question of slavery belonging to the States, all they asked of the General Government was, not to violate the laws of the States, and that they should instruct their agents to give their aid and co operation to carry them into ef fect. Mr. Grundy and Mr. Davis having expressed a wish that lhe consinVrati -;i of the bill should be.postponed, Mr. Calhoun assen ted thereto, Mr. Grundy' intimat ing tint he would, be prepared to off -r amendments to effect the ob ject ol ihe Senator from S. C. The bill making appropriations to defray the civil and diplomatic expenses of the Government, com ing up, Mr. Benton's proposition to restrict payments by the Clov ernuient and the Post Offices, to notes of not less than twenty dol lars, was amended, after a length ened discussion, to restrict to ten dollarsand after the 3d of March, 1837, to twenty. After which it was passed to a third reading. - House of Representatives. Mr. D orngoole, from - he select Com mittee to whom that part of the President's message ii relation to j the election of President and Vice President devolving upon Con gress, and fixing the duration ol the Presidential term, he was re ferred, made a report, accompa nied by a joint Resolution, in con formity to the President's recom mendation, which were read and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hawkins, from the Com mittee on elections, reported a resolution directing the Clark ol lhe House to pay to David New land, Esq. the same sum for per diem and mileage, as is allowed to members of Congress, to be computed from the day of presen ting his petition to the Bourse, contesting the election of James Graham, Esq. to the 29th iust. in clusive.' After some debate, Mr. Hamer moved the previous ques tion, which was seconded. The main question was put and the re solution was adopted yeas 124, nays 54. Temporary investment of sur plus funds. We invite public at tention to the amendment or sec tion offered by Mr. Wright con cerning lhe temporary, investment of any surplus funds in the Treas ury, after all the intended appro priations shall have passed. It ably follows up the sugges tion on this subject . in the last annual report of the Secretary of the Treasury. It will, if adopted, tend to produce these results: 1. All the money in the Treas ury not wanted to meet appropria tions, and render the operation of the Department easy and prompt, will thus be put on interest at the market rate. 2. All questions about the large sums in the deposite banks, and its unequal distribution, and the small or large interest they should pay, will thus be avoided, as the surplus will betaken out of those banks and put on interest at the mark? -ite. 1! complaints as to its not ! ' I out or distributed ?eing employed for -:ts, will then have baseless fabric of a ;o i .it on. ; i '.is way the people will i ime from all the sur- ' present financial sys : ..I become more settled, Ts ";i can see whether the "!!! f? needed by the Gen :ernm?nt or not. if not eqn. real pU;,, ten o!i! C surpi eral i needed, it will be then time enough to make some final disposition of it. We are gratified to see that the suggestion of the Secretary of the Treasury, not to make the depos ite banks borrowers, and to au thorize an investment of any real surplus, so as to draw proper in terest till the money is wauted, oire likely to be carried into effect, as no possible objection to this measure can, we think, be made from any respectable quarter. Globe. The Currency. A step of con tit m siuerauie moment was made in the Senate on Wednesday towards . I. ? ine suppression oi small notes, and me ji uihuuuii yj i a j jet nr currency ft Wtac 111 ' ll r nr)niltn f A I r. Benton's amendment to. the PPn sion Bill, modified on the motion of Mr. Niles, so as to prevent any' note Irom being ollered in pay ment, by the United States or Post Office Department, of less denomination than ten dollars, from and after the passage of the bill, and less ifian twenty dollars from and after the 3d day of March next; nor any note of any denomination which should not be payable and paid, on demand, m gold or silver, at the place where issued, and which not be equivalent to specie at the place where offered, and convertible up. on the spot into gold or silver, at the will of the holder, and without loss or delay to ira. These im portant provisionS) though put in an appropriation bill, are general and permanent, and were adopted by general consent, anrj whhou a division, m the Senate. The concurrence of the House only is wanting o make them a part of i.e act to be laid before the President. Here then is an important move- j meut. The sum of twenty dollars j is fixed, so far as the Senate is concerned, as the minimum de nomination of notes which may be offered in payment from the Fed eral Government, and notice was given by Mr. Benton for further provisions as fast as a prudent re gard to the business of the country would permit. But it is a point gained, and a great point, to have the limit of twenty dollars sanc tioned by a vote of the Senate. It is a mark for others to go by; a standard for States and individu als to conform to. The friends of a specie currency will fix their eye upon that mark, and will march up to it. The second pro vision of the amendment is also important. It acts upon all notes, and will prevent any one from be ing offered in payment which is not fully, absolutely, and incon testibly equivalent to gold and silver at the place where offered. The Senate had this amendment for some time under consideration, and the current ol the debate was in favor of hard money and against paper. ib. INDIAN WAR. Florida. Col. Twiggs of the united Slates Army, passed through this towji yesterday on his way to Washington, from the seat of V ar in Florida. We un derstand that Col. T. expressed the opinion that nothing decisive would probably be heard from Gen. Scott under ten or twelve days. That gallant Officer mov ed in force towards the supposed position of the Indians on the 2Glh March. A hand bill has been circulated in the South, stating that Gen. Eustis had been killed in a skirmish with the Indians; Col. Twiggs is of opinion that the report is unworthy of credit, as the Indians were not understood to be in the neighborhood of Gen. Euslis's command. Pet. Con. tt7"Gen. Gaines passed through New Orleans on the 28th March, on his way to the frontiers of Tex as, to protect our citizens from the Camanche Indians, and to maintain our neutrality with Mex ico. Late and Important from Tex as. We learn by the Passengers ot the schr. Cumanche, 8 days from Texas, that the War has as sumed a serious character. On the 25 February the Texian Gar rison in Bexar of 150 men, com manded by Lt. Colonel B. Travis was attacked by the advance divi sion of General Santa Anna, con sisting ot zuuu men, who were rep!used with the loss of many killed, between 500 to 800 men, without the. loss of one man of the Tex ians about the same time Col. Johnson, with a party of 70 men while reconnoitering the westward of San Patricio, was surrounded in the night by large body of Mexican troops; in the morning the demand of a surren der was made by the Mexican commander unconditionally which was refused, but an offer of surrender was made as prisoners of war, which was acceded to by the Mexicans but no sooner had theTexians marched out of their quarters and stacked their arms, a general fire was opened upon them by the whole .Mexican force. The Texians attempted to escape, but only three of them succeeded, one of whom was Col. Johnson. Between the 25th February and 2d March the Mexicans were em ployed in forming entrenchments around the Alamo and bombard ing the place. On the 2d March Col. Travis wrote that 200 shells had been thrown into the Alamo without injuring a man. On the 1st March the Garrison of Alamo received a reinforcement of 32 Texians from Gonzales having forced their way through the ene mies lines, making the number in the Alamo consisting of 180 men. On the 6th March about mid night, the Alamo was assaulted by the whole of the Mexican army commanded by San Anna in per son. The battle was desperate until daylight, when only 7 men belongiug to the Texian garrison were found ahve, who cried for . .1.1 .1.,. .!. quarters, but were iuiu w mere was noue lor them, iney men continued fighting until the whole were butchered. One woman (Mrs. Dickinson) and a negro of Colonel Travis' were the ouly persons whose lives were spared. We regret to say that Col. David Crocket, his companion, Mr. RtMitnn. and Col. Bonhan of South Carolina, were among the number slain. Colonel Bowie was murdered in his bed, sick and helpless. Gen. Cos on entering the fort ordered the servant of Col. Travis to point out the body of his master; he did so, when General Cos drew his sword and mangled the face and limbs, with the malignant feelings of a Cu manche savage. The bodies of the slain were thrown into a heap in the centre of the Alamo and burned. The loss of the Mexi cans in storming the place was not less than one thousand killed and mortally wounded, and as many wounded making with their loss in the first assault, between two and three thousand men. The flag used by the Mexicans was a hood "red one in place of the con stitutional flag. Immediately af ter the capture, Gen. Santa Anua sent Mrs. Dickinson the servant to (Jen. Houston's camp, accom panied by a Mexican with a flag, who was the bearer of a note from Gen. Santa Anna, oflering the j tien discharged. Texians peace and a general am- j On Wednesday, Jones Kifl", a uesly if they would lay down free boy of colour, about 21 years their arms and submit to his gov- j 0ld, was tried on an indictment eminent. Gen. Houston's reply for Rape, committed on a free was "True, sir, you have sue- woman of colour, supposed to be ceeded in killing some of our 80 years of age. Verdict of ac brave men, but the Texians areqUittal. not yet conquered." . On Thursday, a trial of almost The efleci of the Fall of Bexar unprecedented interest in this throughout Texas was electrical; : community took place, viz: The every man who could use a rifle; . v tate v. John Murphey alias John and was in a condition to take the ' Sugg, indicted for the murder of field marched fortwiih to ,he seat j Mrs. Mary Sugg, the wife of the of xvar. It is believed that not j Prisoner's putative father. Eve less than 4000 riflemen were on j rv circumstance consnired to ren- their way to the army when the i- umancne sailed, determined to ivreak their vengeance on the Mexicans. General Houston had burnt Gonzales and fallen back on the Colarado, with about 1000 men; Col. Fanning was in the fort at Goliad, a very strong position, well supplied with amunitions ami provisions, with from 4 to 500 men. The general determination of the people of Texas is to abandon all their occupations, and pursuits of peace and continue in arms un til every Mexican East of the Rio del Norte shall be exterminated. New Orleans Bee. tt7"His Excellency Governor Spaight, returned to this City on Saturday last, from a visit to his residence near Newbern. We are gratified to find that the Govern or's health continues good. Raleigh Standard. CV,, n44 ti f ..--xm5e OI ourjbUe Aiabama, The princi i i,i f i r""-"! doubtless fee interested in the ad- vertisPmPntof M.,.. N Tm a n., . r'' i w " " Seed o r: Z . " iherronr.icprif.i.:,; ' . , 7,. J ::,V"8. . i quant; musuS, to Z irom the common seed. ib. Express Mail. We learn from - o-"i la iw Luuiein- H.a ,u uy uie rost Master Uen- r . CSU1U,,SI1 a aa,,y Express juau, irom t ortland in IMaine to NpW flrlonnc r-..,t .1.1 ,K ....o, F.uv.ucu me en- terpnze shall meet the approba- tion and encouragement t of the Mercantile classes on the contpm plated route. It is intended the Express shall travel at the rate of twelve miles an hour, and be carried on horse back, except where steamboats and rail roads can facilitate its conveyance at that or a more rap id rate; the mail bag to be light, and opened at the principal cities and towns on the route. Noth ing but commercial and other im portant letters slips from News paper Editors containing interest ing foreign and domestic intelli- gence, prices current, fcc arc lc , be carried in tiiis mail. The advantages which would result to Merchants, and other business men, from the establish ment of this Express, appear to us to be so manifest, that we should presume it would meet the univer sal concurrence of every business man on the route. And to the end that the Post Master General may have an as surance that his laudable scheme does meet lhe concurrence of those most concerned we would suggest that the citizens of Raleigh, as well as of other towns in the State, should immediately send on memorials to tiie department in favor of the enterprize. ib. Wake Superior Court. Our Court did not adjourn until late on Saturday, nearly the whole week having been occupied in the trial of Capital cases. On Tuesday, James Uashford, quite a youth, was tried for the homicide of his brother. The circumstances attending the trans action were of such a character, as extenuated the crime to Man slaughter, and the Attorney Gen eral did not press for a verdict of nrrloi -linlnrmptit nf tlir f!iiirt that he be branded with the letter ... . M. and pny tiie costs; being una-' ble to do which, he was admitted to take the oath of insolvency, and ; der this case one of those which sometimes so strongly enlist the sympathies of a community. The Prisoner quite a young man ap peared in court, with unshorn hair and unshaven beard, of some months standing, all the entreaties of his friends being unable to in duce him to submit to the opera ttons ol a barber. He was born in this city, and lived here up to the time of his father's marriage with the deceased, when at the age of 15, he went to sea, and ne ver returned until 1832, when the murder was committed. He was supposed to have rfbne off in the first instance, in consequence of the unkind treatment of. his step mother, (for that he is the natural child of John Sugg, we believe no one doubts, though Mr. S. denies the fact) and when he came back, the bickerings between them were renewed. Mrs. Sugg was shot just at night, in her own house and the act was charged on the Prisoner. He fled, acd about two jcau siiivr, as urrrsieu in mo- i witness on the part "of the Slate ' ti c? i- , , . ! was John Sugg, his reputed father. ! Hie Counsel for the Prisoner ,,aviS sWsted he was la b,0rioS Venation f mind, a Jy were summoned to investi gate Ihe matter, who in conjunction I Wilh -"h?1 examined him, reported that no appearance of insanity was disco verable. I hp. Prunnpr hpimr n. upon his trial, greatest difficulty cipcrieiiceii in maiiing a Ju- j ry, and the pannel was not com pleted before about 2 o'clock. The case was submitted to the Ju r. . I i j ry, auer eiaDorate arguments on i both sides, about 1 oVlnrfc 1 day morning, the Judce havinrr ; remained on the Bench nearly 1G hours. The Jury came into Court at 1 1 o'clock, and returned a ver dict of Not Guilty. On Friday, Merril Miller was put upon his trial for the murder of John Whitaker; his son Levi, who is charged as an accomplice in the deed, made his escape, and has not yet been taken. The proof .of violence was direct and irresistible, and the Jury remaiued out but a short time, before they returned with a verdict of guilty! On Saturday, after a most impres- si ve address from JU(jt . was sentenced to ,e, ':U' ' day, the 25U, day ofJn1 1 An appeal was iIlrM . the Prisoner to U e ' : -ourt.oiuhe qnestin:, not, a separate of iiie J "r 1'' Inks n apff1 l i . . lln ! ii i""' ilUUIgh l,r Cai 'nrer at P PMpt....7l. L H8, '""V l-jr tn.m a recent occurred Tj.. u eer of delay, -n ' uiviviuii nuur nun nersms: . Uli V uwuull5. Slock in the Gallon ami Rail Roar! I.,.. .1 nrlimr .... J V'''! I u rv iit.t. tear, tuey are too Sate fitrit:m tint C.i.. ''I'll "'rr-.puorjs t )Ii , amount of $130,000 uere h' between Hip t rwi, ' prn, uiun $100X0- "Tre auveriised Un li.u; cumulating io all concerned. t eterrturg Market, .Iptf Comm. 17 a IHA sales 13 a 181. jyorjotc .Market, Jo,il 8 Cotton. A lot iVoui ih'e ,;(rin" Mr. Bishop of N.C.cuiU,aiMu a r it as high as 18 5-S its an, I HI- IJ. t i . P ' .UMJ U J,,W4 t (g Cp( J ' ' i' ....I ton, was sold as hHi f U! They were both of superior quail ty.- The inferior kii.ds it w. seen Have experienced a cons:;;.,, able advance over our last fjnot.r tion. Herald. CJThe J.iil at Jtm;;,! Southampton County, was set c:t fire, last Wednesday ttttlt, bvu negro man confined therein ui sentence of death for Mabbin, aini burnt to the ground. No Iif lost. The h'.iildijig Coa upward, of $4000. tf. Maryland Internal Imprott ment bill. Tiie bill which has been for some time before die Maryland Legislature, for tie promotion of various important works of Internal Improvement, was rejected in the House of Del egates on Thursday last, by a sin gle vote. iti. Quick work and well done The whole of the capital stock for constructing the Eastern Shore Kail Raod, we learn, has been subscribed in Philadelphia. The road is to extend from Phila delphia through Delaware, and the Eastern Shore of Maryland and Virginia, to a point on the Chesapeake, near the lower end of Northampton County, (Va.) and to he connected with tiie Portsmouth and Roanoke Rail Road by a line of steamboats...!'. COMMUNICATED. (jljA poln cd meeti' will be hold at Mr. James Ibidr on ihe lG'h iril. (the day on winch Col. Williams' regiment minn-,) in order to recommend a Pj ei lenlial Kleeinr for this (li'rict. STflY M I It CHANT TAILOR, Is now receiving' '. nm Nev Ytrrf, A Splendid Jssortmtid of IN HIS LING OF BUSINESS, Suitable for the appro-whin Season. fientlemen wishing to puichn.se then'?' ftliioniit)le and l el goodi, at a aj" vance on tlip cost, iJ :o well to call n I examine his ?iock, as he is h'tenuiiei ' sell very low for Cash, or on a shoricff'' to punctual customers. slmong I hem are Superfine blue, hl.ick. rh J brown C'loib?, 2J rpialitj do. of alt the most fashioua-e color?, Sop'r corded an! pfai.l Uacy Cam'rfJ, White corde.l 4idrbiril!s lor panfa!"""''. Crape Camblets and Uombazit-es fcr til1 - COrtti r.rp. A superior a-sorfmenl of t'ih 01 e" rv description, . , ,. Plain bro n Linens for summer jaCA and pantaloons, Plain blr.tk nnd famy Slocks, (a Iur;e sortmcnt,; Fancy silk Handkerchiefs Black silk Craa!, lir,n Co!Iar, Plain and ruffled linen Bosoms, a new ' . . iicitfiKler-'1. Silk Shins forgenth tnen, a i.ew arfu" . Also, most etry other ailicie coav . gen lemen s wear. tie also keens on hand (of uy a small assortment ol . Ready made Clothes. He has on I. ...l a few stff'! Hals, which will be sold r i ttTGentleuien furiimn.? '. j Cloths ran have them ma.le an'i in the most fasHonahle rnannM, lhe shortest notice. Tnrlon nrh, Aj i i H " lM '
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