nf Jto oca.
rjr Tar&orough I'ress,
HV fiEOKOB IIOWAHD,
,i:-il weekly at iVfl Hollars ana t'Jty
Is I111
if n:iiil in advance or. Three
,,,,,r,i1.',.vniration of the subscription year.
I less than a year, 'lccntl-fuu
year
an)
Subscriners are at noeny in
" '' ,,,-it any time, on giving notice thereof
VTAtxJ---" resiJir.Sat a distanee
:" P: Y,"h''H' ;y iu advance, or give a respon-w"rfV.-rt-iW
iu fl.i-H vicinity.
;'. " . . . . ,n-mwi iiiira snnnre will he
f SrrK'
..I lit U:lf
Dollar the first insertion, and 2."
..,.. ,-.-kiif iniiAtire
JiOiirer advertise
t !l '. ..r.)i,rtion. Court Orders and .fu
i ...K-.Ttifciiicnts
." per cent, higher. Ad-
I'lllCIl
iiiiki hm uiaiiiTJi '
. 1 nmlor ,f in.
"riH' Liiiireil, or they will he continued until
! 'Scred and chared accordingly.
!' ;ul,lrcscd to the I'.ditor must he post
'! n. iv nut be attended to.
or Uirj
from the Cm lube.
-' President of the Utiilcd States
'J of it in erica.
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas, there is too much rosoiito
th.it citizens of the United States,
MMli-rcsnrJ of ihc solemn warning herc-
.'jrc to them by the proclamations
'.-a -J bv the Executive of the General
Iliwnuii'S a:u' uv some of the Govern -
ur.4 oi
in.' Mines, en'iiiJiuuii 10 uis-
i ir!) the neac
iif the dominions of a neigh-
i, v '? j ml iViiJiitll y nation : And whereas,
.ior:nti on h is been given to me. derived
j,o:ji ollicial and oilier sources, that many
(iii;oa-s in ditleivnt parts of the United
v.j'es are associated, or associating, for the
tvr.e purpose : And whereas, disturbances
hive acuallv broken out anew in d "liferent
i .:; of th e two Canadas : And whereas,
;i!.ot;L' invasion has been made by cili
;' :is of the United States, in conjunction
wall Canadians and others, who, alter for
i.jiv seizing up n the property of their
neighbor
for the purpose of ef
ful designs, are now in
g their u:i
lav
iir.sagiinst the authonttC:
of Canada, in
Jillct disregard of their own
obligations
American citizen-5,
aim ot the
obliga
country tijas of the Government of
their
jloreiii nations :
Sow, therefore, I have thoui;ht it ne-
.riry and proper to is:tu this proclama
calling; upon every citizen of the Uni
v.;l States neither to give countenance nor
I'uoar.igeraeut of any kind to those who
i:ivet!ius forfeited their claim to the pro-t-.'tior.
of their country ; upon th6e mis
C ': Ld or deluded persona who are engaged
i.i me n ta abandon projects dangerous to
t'ica- own country, fatal to those .vhom
they profess a desire to iclieve, impractica
b!j of execution Widiout foreign aid, which
tacy cannot rationally expect to obtain,
ual givirti rise to imputations (however
tiLifou tide
upon the honor and good faith
(;
tl,r.; :
7 i J - ,
Iieer, civil and military, and upon cveiy
c-aizea by the veneration due by all free
fc.cn to the laws which they have assisted
to enact fur their own government by
his regard far the honor and reputation of
Ls country by his love of order and re-Y-et
for that sacred code of laws by which
I'.'liutid intercourse is rejrulated to use
f-vjrv cllortin his power to arrest for trial
- -'I punbhment every offender against the
'vs providing for the performance of our
1"? 'tie ns to die oiher Powers of the
v-'ori-J. And I hereby warn all those who
:'ive engaged in these enterprises, if per
S'StcJ in, that, whatever may be the con
dition to which they may be reduced, they
imist not expect the interference of this
J'jvernmcnt, in any form, on their behalf;
;) it will be left, reproached by every vir-t-C'H
fallow-citizen, to be dealt with ac
cording to the policy and justice of that
government whose dominions they have,
J;i defiance of the known wishes and efforts
o their own Government, and without the
aadow of justification or excuse, nefari
0'Jsly invaded.
('iyeii under my hand, at the city of VVash
Ji'on, the twenty-first day of Novem-
her, in thf VPnr nf mi k I r,r. tl-i.i
uwii vjuvu niiiem : un in i:v rv oi-
-na eight hundred and thirty-eight, and
, v-v. vt41 UUI 11 J 1 1
i;e sixty-third of the Independence of
x'x United States.
, M. VAN BUREN.
4,y the President:
-V:m Forsyth, Secretary of State.
From the Globe.
CANADA.
Jt js with mingled feelings of grief and
ortihcation that we lay before our read
J extracts from a report received at the
will !.
- "iMiuiiem irom i;oj
Worth. It
Je Seeil that nnr mJsnriiwlmt pnnnlrv.
t., a' ho invaded Canada at Prescol,
'been cut up and destroyed. It ap-
that they were attacked by the very
; plc vhom they were told claimed their
torlt y antl assistancc antJ vvho n the
ruy reSardetl them as pirates and
" , s What a weight of responsibility
,r3'S ufon lhe refugees from Canada and
1,1 -! abettors in this country, who seek to
Titrbovougk, (Edgecombe County, JV. C.J rnrdaUi December I,
excite (he young and inexperienced of
People, and to urge them to ,1,,1.,
our
ttirrii in lr,.t., ...K r.
to u;,r own certain .le.strtiR.
. y, t,,u'r own country! We
shin S 'Y'1 tH.lastactof outrage we
onnl m ,eldMI,0,1, rd, ami that our
cop ewlll become convinced of the utter
oi elessnessof succeeding in such inroads
pon the territory of a friendly power, as
we 1 as of ihc wickedncssof such attempts,
ami the lasting opprobrium which attaches
to them; and will indignantly frown upon
he efforts of those who seek to deceive
and mislead them.
uxiract jrom tetters from. Co. IVorlh,
dated V3ti, and IGti inst.
Col Worth, in a letter ad grossed to
Hng. Gen. E.isliec of the 13. h inst in-
7;,:5 nun oi me landing at Prescott of
anout -100 men from our shores, and of his
having captured two schooners, the Char
lotte of Toronto, and the Charlotte of Os
wego, lying in front of Ogdensburg, within
loO yards of the shore, laden w ith rifles,
muskets, pistols, cutlasses, and three guns,
two of them loaded and primed. These
vessels had been employed iu landing men
On the Canadian shore.
On the lth, he writes that he had just
returned to the anchorage, after haviiv
witnessed the closing .scene of the invasion
of Canada.
On that morning arrived two steamer?,
having each in tow a gun-boat armed with
an eighteen pounder gun. A large body
of regulars also arrived with a field batte
ry, the former taking position about 400
yards distant, and the troops completely
enveloping the desperate band oh the land
side; the scene of demolition commenced
about two o'clock in the afbrnoon.
The building having been thoroughly
riddled, about sunset the invaders issued
from the mill, and attempted to escape by
the flank; but I apprehend, from the rapid
and close firing, very few succeeded; in
fact, I doubt not they were thoroughly cut
to pieces. Thus ends another lawless in
vasion, but attended with much more fatal
consequences than previous efforts. Our
people along the borders appear to be
ashamed and sorry for what has happened,
and all deny any previous knowledge or
participation. Apprehensions arc enter
tained of retaliatory operation?. Of this I
have no fear under color of authority; yet
it is possible irritable individuals may seek
to revenge themselves on some of our
frontier towns. Against such efforts I
shall take precautions; and I doubt not the
commanders on tin? other side, whose in
tercourse with me has been characterized
by high courtesy, will act in a correspond
ing spirit. My command has been al
most constantly under arms, exposed to
very hard weather, for five days and
nignts, and are, uolu omccrs anu men,
nnitf ..vh mstn
Butter. There never was a better sea
son for butter than the present, hut cui
bono? the butler speculators have bought
up 1G,000 firkins at low prices, and will
dole it out to us in small samples at their
own prices, contending that as the poor
don t want it, no matter what the rich pay.
We hate all monopolizers in flour, fuel,
and articles of imlispensible necessity.
They grow rich on the sufferings of the
poor. As to butter, what can be better or
more economical for a poor man than
bread and butter for his children ?
Take off the duty on foreign butter and
cheese, and these monopolists will not
drive taniden throngh Orange county any
more. N. Y. Star.
(rEAGRAL ASSMIS5I,Y,;.C.
From the Raleigh Standard.
LEGISLATURE OF N. CAROLINA.
SENATE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina
assembled in the City of Raleigh, on Mon
day, the 19th day of November, 133S, and
in "the 63rd year of the Independence of the
United States of America.
Forty-six members of the Senate appear
ed, produced their credentials, were qualifi
ed rgreeably to law, and took their scats.
Messrs. Caleb Etheridge, Rufus Speed,
Joseph White, and Enoch Foy, of the 2nd,
3rd, 20th, and 32nd Districts, were not
n resent.
There being a quorum, consisting of a ma-
ioritv of the whole number of members pre
on. on motion oi iJr. iorr, juuis rrii-
son, Esq. the Senator from the county of
Edoecombe, was nominated ior me appoint
mir.t of Sneaker.
On motion of Edmund Jones, Andrew
Joyner, Esq. the Senator Irom the county
nf Halifax, was added to the nomination.
The Senate then proceeded to vote vive
wee, as follows:
For Mr. Wilson, (dcm. repub.) Messrs.
rnnnor. Arriniiton, Whitaker, Hawkins,
u-.w ttm wards. Exum. Williams of
Pcrson,McDiarmid, BuntingJIenry, Hill,
Fov of Onslow, iueivin, ivcrr, iwiu,
S?f1'Bar'Rcinhardt, Carson, Rabun, and
Ior Mr. Joyner, (federalist) Messrs.
Shepard, Spruill, Moody, Sharp, Cherry,
Harper, Moye, Williams of Beaufort, Bid
dle, Albright, Taylor, Dockery, Melchor,
Montgomery, Redding, Morchead, Moore,
Uibchn, Holt, Franklin, Jones, and David
son. 2-'.
Mr. Wilson votingfor Mr. Edwards, and
Mr. Joyner for Mr, Jones.
Neither of the persons voted for having
received a majority of the votesgiven, there
was no election: Whereupon, on motion of
Mr. Edwards, the Senate again proceeded
to vote for Speaker in due form, the hallo
ting of which, stood as above, 22 to 22
scattering 2.
The Senate not being enabled to choose
its Speaker, on motion of Mr. Jones, it ad
journed until to-morrow morning ten o'
clock. Tucstli, Nov. 20 The Senate met ac
cording to adjournment.
On motion of Mr. Dockery, the Clerk
called the roll, and the Senate then'procced
ed to the election of its Speaker, and after
a severe, contest Col. Joyner of Halifax was
elected by a majority of two votes over
Gen. Wilson, of Edgecombe, the vote
stood as follows:
For Louis D. Wilson, (dcm. repub.)
Messrs. Cooper, Arrington, Whitakcr,
Hawkins, HoulJcr, Edwards, Exum, Wil
liams of Person, McDiarmid, Bunting,
Hill, Foy of Onslow, Melvin, Kerr, Reid,
Allison, Baker, Reinhart, Rabun, and Fox
20.
For Col. A. Joyner, (federalist.) Messrs.
Sheppard, Spruill, Moody, Sharp, Cherry,
Harper, Moye, Williamsof Beaufort, Bid
die, Albright, Taylor, Melchor, Montgom
ery, Keuilmg, Morehead, Moore, Ribelin,
Holt, Franklin, Jones, Davidson and Car
son. 22.
Whereupon the Clerk announced Mr.
Joyner duly elected. On motion of Mr.
James T. Morehead, Col. Thos. G. Stone
ofrranklin, was unanimously chosen Prin
cipal Clerk.
The following gentlemen were nomina
ted forthe office ol Clerk Assistant, Messrs
H. W. Miller, J. Cook, and Asa Biggs.
The Senate had six successive Kallotings
without making a choice, the last balloting
was as follows: For Biggs, 21; Cook,
15; Miller, 8.
On motion of Mr. Reinhart the Senate ad
journed over to to-morrow morning ten
o'clock.
Herc Mr. Carson rose and said: "Du
ring the electioneering campaign in his
county, he had taken a strong ground a
gainsi a National Bank, &. that his vote for
Gen. Wilson, yesterday, had been given
on principle, under an impression that Col.
Joyner was in favor of a National Bank,
but that he was now assured that such was
not the ease, & that Col. Joyner was oppo
sed to any such an institution, and that he
would therefore vote for him." ,
So that it would seem Col. joyner is
with us, upon the principle of opposition to
a National Bank, and that the Bank Whigs
are likely to lose his companionship. We
have all along supposed, that Col. Joyner's
opinions might propably be changed, by
the strong democratic current, which swept
over Halifax at the last election.
COMMONS.
The House of Commons is composed of
one hundred and twenty members, and as
sembled in this city on Monday, the 19th
instant; 112 members appeared, exhibited
their credentials, and were qualified accord
ing to law.
Air. Kenneth Rayncr nominated Wm.
A. Graham, Esq. of Orange, for speaker,
and on motion of Mr. J. T. Bedford, M.
Hoke, Esq. of Lincoln, was added to the
uu iiiuuiiuii. , .
n r m mnlinn
For M. Hoke, (dcm. repub.) Messrs.
Nye, Rayner of Iiertie, Barksdale, Bogcr,
Gwynn, Walker, Hollingswbrth, Reid,
Perkins of Currituck, Jarman, Sullivan,
Bryan, Baker, Ilowerton, Williams of
Franklin, Stallings,,IIester, Daniel,Wilcox,
Tomlinson, Davis, KilHan, Holland, Mun
day, Caldwell of Mecklenburg, Orr, Tay
lor, Miller of New Hanover, Larkins, Pol
lock, Trollinger, Stockard, Sims, Jones of
Person, Chambers, Tuton, Blount of Rob
eson, Cardwell, Braswell, Bedford, Sloan,
Rand, Massey, Mangum, Eaton, Williams,
Warren, Brogden, Strafford, and Barnes.
49.
For Wm. A. Graham, (federalist)
Messrs. Dunlap, Winston, McWilliams,
Bond, Blount of Beaufort, Hill of Bruns
wick, Patton, Brittain, Erwin of Burke,
Carson, Miller of Burke, Bell of Carteret,
Guthrie, Clegg, Waddell, Paine, Smith,
Hyman, Wadsworth, Beall, Brummell,
Gilliam, Robards, Williams of Greene,
Lindsay, Thomas, Keener, Doak, Rayner
of Hertford, Farrow, Caldwell of Iredell,
Young, McLaughlin, Ellington, Huggins,
Siler, Harris of Montgomery, Pembcrton,
Wilson of Perquimmons, Foreman, Gor
ham, Rush, Lane of Randolph, McLaurcn,
Thomas, Crawford, Jones of Rowan, Clem-
1838
ents. Miller of Rutherford, Mills, Under-
1'jdiuicws, oovmgion, l'urycar,
Burden, Oslcsbv. Me
Petty, Peden, and Blalack. CI.
. , - . , WIW ,
Mr. Graham having received a majori
ty of votes Over the whole, was duly an
nounced Speaker of the House, and was
conducted to the Chair by Mcsrs. Rayncr
and Bedford.
The following are the names of the ab
sent members : j
Messrs. S. Whitakcr, McNeil, Robuck,
Amis, Faison. Era in, and G Sub-
Trea sury I Un k now n.
Mr. Proctor I U. States Bank:
On motion of Mr. Gtnhrie, Die House
unanimously reappointed Charles Manly,
Esq. principal Clerk, and E. B. Freeman,
Esq. Clerk assistant.
Mr. James Page of Randolph county,
was unanimously elected principal Door
keeper.
After several unsuccessful ballotings for
Door Keeper's Assistant, on account of the
large number of candidates, the House ad
journed untiUo morrow morning ten o'
clock. Tuesday, Nov. 20 The House met
and called its roll. After which, it pro
cecded to balloting fur Door Keeper's As
sistant, which terminated in the favor of
Mr. Anderson, of Orange.
On motion of Mr. Hoke, a Committee
of five were appointed to prepare Rules of
Order for the House.
Adjourned over to Wednesday morning
ten o'clock.
GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE.
To the Honorable
The Gencrul rfsscmhlyofN. C.
Gentlemen: In entering upon the dis
charge of the public duties enjoined by the
Constitution, we should not be unmindful of
our abundant cause of gratitude to the Au
thor of all good for the many blessings ben
cficiently lavished upon our common coun
try. Though the products of agriculture
may not have reached their usual abun
dance, enough has been realized to meet the
wants of our people, and industry through
all its other avenues has been fairly reward
ed .
The Iawsliave been administered without
complaint, our rights natural, civil and po
litical, have been justly regarded, and we
have been blessed with all those moral and
physical enjoyments which constitute the
sum of human happiness; encouraged by
these considerations, then, let us proceed on
the path of our duties, determined to de
serve a continuancc of ins favor and protec
tion who rules the destinies of Nations.
In laying before you the condition of the
State, with such suggestions of Improve
ment as appear to me worthy of legislation,
I am consoled for the knowledge ot my own
deficiency by the recollection that you come
Irom every section of our State. are iden
tified with its various interests are ac
quainted with its wants and capabilities, and
are as well disposed as qualified to remedy !
promptly any omission on my part. The
novelty and the imposing magnitude of re
cent events, will afford you matter for much
and serious consideration during the pre
sent session. The deranged circulating
medium of trade, the cramped situations,
of our monetary institutions, and the new
schemes for the establishment of Sub
Treasuries by the General Government, all
demand your anxious reflection, for they
are intimately associated with the interests
of our constituents. During a period of
profound peace and in the midst of unex
ampled prosperity, and happiness, the
country has been precipitated from her
high enjoyments, and plunged (with ho na
tural causes to explain it) into the abyss of
wide spread ruin and misery. Although
the recuperative energies of anew and rich
country and of a singularly enterprizing
people have not permitted us to be perma
nently depressed, yet the lessons oi past ex-
I j J - t J - 1
perience should not be lost upon us
We
should investigate and understand the
causes of these calamities, that we may ap
ply the proper remedies to prevent their
recurrence. We must not continue to
rioatupon a sea of uncertain experiments.
We must settle upon some permanent and
practical system of policy something de
fined and well understood; else public ap
prehension is kept alive, business is retard
ed and enterprise destroyed. Bear with
mc then while with becoming deference
I endeavor to investigate a subject which
my sense of duty will not permit me to
pass by.
The seeds of these disasters I believe
were sown, and deeply sown in 1SIG.
Measures were then "adopted, from what
motive it is not now necessary to inquire,
which have greatly contributed to the mis
fortune of 1836-37. The distresses - of
1816 were remarkably similar to those of
more recent occurrence, except that they
were more extensive and severe. We
had just emerged from a harrassing and ex
pensive war; which had greatly increased
the public debt had exhausted the resour
ces of the country and inflicted on her citi
zens extensive pecuniary injury. The
Banks had suspended specie payments
' -J " i in ai yaa 33csnBVMi
roL X1F Vo. 48.
the currency and exchanges were utterlv
dt ranged confidence was destroyed and
credit paralized : under such circumstances,
our sod scarcely free l.om the pollution of
the enemy, and Congress decides on tax
ing the people to discharge the public deW.
o two wars. For this purpose, the tariff
of duties of 1S1G was adjusted and was
gradually increased up to 'l823, when thfc
Bill o propei ly denominated "the Bill of
abomination's" WAS nnssprl f.t iLH Jiinnr :t
. . i " tr
Vet higher rate of duties and prospectively
increasing it.
In many instances the tax was so high
as absolutely to prohibit the importation
ol articles of prime necessity. The war
led to the creation of our domestic manu
factories, the north, which were "subse
quently fostered and increased under the
auspices of the tariff, and thither we were
driven to purchase at high prices thos-e ar
ticles which an exhorbitant tariff had ex
pelled from our commerce. Other com
modities which our manufactories were
unable to supply, we continued to import,
because of their necessity, but burdened
with a tax, which never 1 believe before in
the annals of legislation was exacted from
a free people. Take for instance the tax
of nearly 2 cents on iron, 3 to 4 cents on
sugar per pound, 20 to 2S cents per bushel
on sau, iu cents per gallon on molasses,
and on all other articles of prime necessity
from 30 to 250 per cent., which certainly
would never have been submitted to but
for the plausible appeal to the patriotism of
the people to pay the public debt. To re
gulate and improve the currency and ex
changes, and to furnish a safe depository
for the Public Treasure thus rapidly accru
ing, the Bank of the United States was
chartered. After struggling with the un
toward circumstances which gave it being,
it succeeded at length in realizing the ob
jects of its creation, afforded a currency
and rate of exchange, equal if not superior
to any ever enjoyed by this or any other
country, and performed its functions as fis
cal agent of the General Government to the
satisfaction of every predecessor of Presi
dent Jackson.
Bin the operations of unnecessary and
oppressive Tariffs continued to draw money
fiom the many to the few, and for purpo
ses other than the current expenses of the
Government till 1836. The credit of the
country was stretched to its utmost ten
sion, and every means icsorted to for re
lief. The diblrcss of 1819 '20 and '26
gave fearful warning of the coming dan
ger; and but for the liberality and wise for
bearance of the Bank of the U. States, the
crisis would have been much more calami
tous. The relief afforded by the Bank
however, was but temporary and fallacious.
The cause of ruin was too deeply laid and
the drain continued to do its work silently.
insidiousi-; but surely. The merchants
were stimulated to increase their importa
tions speculation was fostered, and credit
extended, with the delusive hope of remo
ving embarrassments, originating in a trade
burdened and overtaxed. The Banks leAt
themselves to the madness of the hoiif,
their circulation was enlarged;, their ability
to sustain themselves diminished1, and the
destruction of the Bank of the United
States completed the work of ruin.. But
not only was the period for imposing the
Tariff most unpropitious, but the induce
ment for so doing (the payment of the pub
lic debt) most unsatisfactory and unwise.
We were, called upon by ho principle of
justice1, of wisdom or of patriotism to dis
charge that debt at that moment. It was a
debt created by our two wars, and under
peculiar circumstances. We entered the
money market as a borrower -young and
with impaired credit. Our institutions
new and untried, and their stability often
questioned. Capitalistsavailed themselves
of all these disadvantages, and imposed
upon us the highest premium for the Use of
their funds. It was a mere money arrange
ment, necessity on the one hand, and pro
fit on the other, involving no one principle,
of patriotism or liberality.
The Reports of the Secretary of the
Treasury show that the Government was
often most usuriously dealt by. We were
then under no obligation to the public ere
ditor to anticipate his demands, and it sure
ly was neither wise, patriotic or just for
any object, short of absolute necessity
thus to oppress an already exhausted and
prostrate country.
Considered in a financial point of view,
we are still more at a ,loss to nnderstand
the unnecessary haste of the Government
in paying the public debt. A large portion
of it bore an interest of 3, 4, 4 and 5 per
cent, and money, at the time it was dis
charged, was worth the full legal interest
of the country, from 6 to 8 per cent.
Drawing money from the People under
such circumstances, to pay to capitalists-,
many of them foreigners was a financial
operation, the wisdom of which may well
be questioned. This Tax, thus imposed,
and thus collected and disbursed, from tho
many to the few, soon again sought invest
ments in stocks in Factories, in Bonds of
Merchants and speculators, at an interest
'of from 6 to 8 percent. A very small