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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1S40. General JlssemMy. Rut liltle business f public importance has ns yet been trans acted in the Legislature, save the election of Senators, &c. Six ballots have been had for Attorney General, but no choice. The 1st ballot was as follows: Daniel 64, McQueen 63, Iredell 25 the 6th ballot: Daniel 66, McQueen 63, Iredell 26, scat tering 5. SENATE. On motion of Mr. Whitfield, the Com mittee on Military affairs were instruct d to inquire into the expediency of amending the Mili'ia Laws, so as to compel umeers to hold their commissions four years and to exempt Officers, so serving four years, from military duty except in cases of invas ion or insurrection. Mr. McDiarmid presented a bill to ex empt all persons under twenty-one years of age fiom performing military duty, al so a bill to exempt all white males under the age of 21 year from working on Roads and serving as overseers on the same; which were read the first time and pass ed. The proposition from the Commons to raise a Joint Select Committee, to inquire into the expediency of abolishing imprison ment for Debt was concurred in. The bill to exempt all white males un der twenty-one from working on public roads &c. was postponed indefinitely, 25 to 48. HOUSE OF COMMONS. On motion of Mr. Raker, resolved, that the Committee on the Judiciary be instruc ted to inquire into the expediency of pro viding by law, the mannrr in which persons convicted of an infamous crime shall be restored to the rights of citize nship. On motion of Mr. Bias, said Committee were instructed to inquire into the expedi ency of providing, upon whom notices may be served by the imprisoned for a fine and desirous of availing himself of the Insol vent laws: and further to inquire into the propriety of amending'he oath of a debtor swearing to a schedule in cases where there has been continuanceof the suit upon an issue of fraud submitted to a jury. Mr. G. VV. Caldwell, presented a bill to secure to the free white men of the State, the right of voting for Representatives in the Senate of the General Assembly ; which was read the first time and passed. On motion of Mr. Hoke, resolved, that a message be sent to the Senate, proposing to raise a joint select Committee of live on the part of each House, to inquire into the caues of suspension of R inks of this State, their operations during suspension, and when they intend to resume specie pay ment; and that sud committee have power to send for persons and pipers. (QCongrcss assembled on Monday last. We hope to receive the President's Message in time to jive a portion of it in our next paper. JWe are truly gratified to learn from the annexed Proposals, copied from the Washington Republican, that the cause of .Teffersonian Democracy is still likely to re tain, in an editorial capicity, the talented and pungent pen of Henry I. Toole, Esq. late associate Editor of the Raleigh Stand ard. Mr. Toole in a biicf editorial career has attained a considerable eminence among the political writers of the day, and we commend his proposed undertaking to the favorable consideration of our readers. "Never despair of the Republic." (y PROPOSALS fur a newspaper in the City of Raleigh, to be called THE SOUTHERN TlMES;a..dio be edited by Henry I. Toole. Proposals of this sort usually abmnd in promises: few will be made in this case, but they will be redeemed. The de.-ign of t ho proposed paper differs somewhat from that of any now published ii this City: combining more Literary Miscellany with politics, than is customary with the party Press. Its main character, however, will be political, and its docirines of the Jejfersoniun school. The first number will be issued about the Fourth of March next, if a" sufficient num ber of subscribers is obtained to justify the undertaking. As it cannot.be regarded as certain that such will be the case, no sub scriber is expected to pay until he receives the poper. The size will be about the same with the '-Raleigh Register " and it will he published twice a week during the sessions oi the General Assembly; and weekly atall other times. The price will be Four dollars per annum. Every person to whom this proposal is jent, will please, as soon as all have subscri bed who mav b supposed desirous to patronize the undertaking, transmit their names to the Editor, at Washington, North Carolina. (JThe attention of the reader is di rected to the Proposals, on our first page, by the Hon. Amos Kendall, for publish ing a cheap newspaper called "Kendall's Expositor." FOR THE TAKBORO PRESS. OFFICE HUNTERS. The paity now in the ascendant are all (with but few exceptions) "office hunters office "expectants" consequently the next President (Harrison) in order to "keep peace in the family," will be under the necessity of creating new or rather ex tra offices to supply his Iriends with salaries sufficient to support them. For it would be extremely "ungrateful" in him to suffer a solitary "one of the faithful" to live "by the sweat of his brow." If he suffers this, there will certainly be a division of the house a splitting usunder of the com ponent parts of the household. 1 would rith. r hi- W and bav the moon," than be a member of such a family. A POOR MAN. From the Baltimore Ocean. "Office Hunting. Now that there is a prospect of a change in the National Ad ministration, the profession of office hunt ing Ins become quite systematic, and re quires as much tact and maneuvering as other professions. At no period since the existence of the Union, has the craving for government patronage been so furious as a is at the present time. Every individual who has exerted his enemies in behalf of the successful party, expects lobe reward ed. and bases his claims on beinir "one of ihe fiithful." If he cannot obtain a full cup of;;, he will content himself with the scrapings of Ihe pin any thing, as long as it be an office, the name is "glory enough for one day. " We may differ with some people, but we make bold to say, that some day or other, (and that day is not far off, cither,) this office hunting mania will prove a seri ous ineon enience to the government an incubus which, even in its giant strength, it cannot shake off. The expectants are, of course, numerous, and like hungry hounds" yelping for the morsel. Some of them will have to be disappointed; say one is satisfied out of ten, which is a fair calcu lation, what will the other nine do? If there are one hundred thousand offices to be filled, (this falls short of the number,) we have a right to calculate on nine hun dred thousand disappointed applicants. These men, foiled in their dearest hopes, and probably laughed at for having allowed themselves to be made the dupe of a parly, will cease to be enthusiastic supporters of the party for which they labored without reward; many will pronounce the govern ment ungrateful, and become openly op posed to the policy which they formerly so warmly sustained. It requires no very extensive penetration to see the result A powerful opposition to the government is lonned,and measures which might prove wholesome are crushed in the ctlVct, through fear of popular disapprobation. The disaffected politician is always a rest less man; he will leave no means untried to gratify his spleen, or avenge his wound ed pride and mortified ambition. 'i he claimant for a public office is in a continual state of excitement until he has obtained it; nor does the fever abate there. He is no sooner snugly in possession of bis berth, than he becomes worried as to how he shall continue to hold it. He keeps a jealous eye on every one who lingers near him, or is seen in close conver sation with some influential person. He thinks that his fellow-men all conspire against him, and that every breeze is bur dened with the cry of 4,turn him out." With desperate energy, he attends to ihe duties ol his office; early dawn sees him at his desk, and the midnight lamp still finds him there; his visage becomes pale and haggard, his eyessunken and restless, and his disposition crabbed and pidegmatic; "care is traced in shadowy characters upon his brow, and the reward of his fi delity is livelong misery! Theie are otheis who, having been lucky enough to obtain an office, seek to hold it by making themselves popular with the sovereign people. They attend public meetings; swagger at public houses; sing songs, and lelljoUes. 1 hey circulate the bottle free ly, and, in shoit, through the aid of the jolly god, become men of great populari ty, iiut, by the time they have succeeded in scouring the good will of the crowd, what are they worth? Are they fit for an offue of trust? A racked constitution, bloated features, trembling limbs, and but half an intellect! They have sold them selves to the evil one, to satisfy the cra vings of their avarice or their ambition. All public offices, now-a-days, are held by a very uncertain tenure. The succes sion of parly influence brings with it a new set of claimants, who must be recom pensed for the services they have rendered. 1 hey demand the removal of their op ponent, and it matters not what may be his merits as a man, or his capability for the office, out he must go, wife, children, and all! Who would hold an office es tablishcd on to slender a foundation? ir-fThe Electoral College met In the! Senate Chamber on Wednesday last. Gen. James Wellborn, of Wilkes, was cnosen President' of the College, and E- n. v ree man, Esq. Secretary. Messrs. Chas. Mc Dowell and D. F. Caldwell being absent, Gen. Edmund Jones of Wilkes, and Dr. Samuel R. Holt, of Davidson, were chosen to supply their places. The College then voted unanimously for Gen. Harrison and Mr. Tyler for President and Vice Presi dent. Mr. Heartt. Editor of the Hillsbo rough Recorder, was unanimously elected messenger to carry the vote to Washington Rah Star. (pHugh Waddell, Esq. has been elect ed Senator from Orange, in the place of Judge Mangum resigned by 1SS majority; and James Graham, Eq. to the House of Commons in place of Hon. Wm. A. Gra ham, by 3S2 majority. ib. shipped South. These hogs .have come from Kentucky, and witnm me commg week there will arrive some 15,000 more. They are those contracted for in August last (that we mentioned in a former report,) with the exception of 600, which were sold last week for coasting, at $4,75. This price however, is not looked' upon as fix ing the market for packer, who are un willing as yet, to bid over 54 50, and but few of them over S4 00. The market cannot be said to be firm, and a good deal of doubt still exists as to what the price will be. From the best information we can get, t: eHogs will be fatter this year than com mon, from. the heavy crops and low price of corn; and that some 110 to 120,000 will be packed in this market this season, which, although HO or 40,000 more than last season, is below an average number. flwful effects of Intemperance. Mr. John Carroll, of Johnson county was found frozen to death in this City, on Saturday morning last. He is said to have been in a state of intoxication the night previous. ..ib. Florida. It will be seen from the copy of the letter published below, received by the Secretary of War from the General commanding the army in Florida, that the recent efforls of the Government to termin ate the war with the Seminole Indians by negotiation, through the intervention of some of the most influential of the chiefs of that tribe who had been removed West, has failed in consequence of the usual treachery of the Indians. Head Quarters. Jlrmy of Florida. Fort King, Nov. 15, 1S40. Sir: Early this morning, 1 was inform ed by the Arkansaw delegation, that some of the prisoners in camp had disappeared during the night. On sending out to the Indian encampment, it was discovered that all the Indians had gone. Thus has ended all our well grounded hopes of bringing the war to a close by pacific measures; confident in the resour ces of the country, the enemy will hold out to the last, and can never be induced to come in again. Iiut the day before yesterday the chiefs not only expressed a willingness but a desire to emigrate to the West. Acting up in full faith to the promises 1 had made to them, their conduct is only to be attributed to the faithless disposition which has ever charac terized them. The partial delay caused by the armis tice has not tended to the injury of the ope rations in Forida, inasmuch as it has been conducive to the health of the three regi ments which have suffered so severely they will now be enabled to take the field in large force. Immediately upon the withdrawal of the Indians, orders were transmitted to com manders of regiments to put their troops in motion, and before this communication reaches ou they will be scouting in every direction. Having left nothing unattempted with the means in my power, 1 shall now press tbe war with increased energy, and hope soon to apprise the Department of the capture or destruction of some of the ene my. I have the honor to enclose to you a copy of the order issued on the renewal of hostil ities. I have the honor to be sir, very respect fully, your obedient servant, W. K. ARM1STEAD, Rrig. General Com. Army of Florida, lion. J. R. Poinsett, Secretary of War. Washington, D. C. (TPThe New York Courier says that the number of passengers which arrived at that port Iron foreign ports trom the 1st of January to the 1st of November, 1840, a period of ten months, is, as we learn from the Health Commissioners, fifty- seven thousand nine hundred & ninety-six. The current of emigration has began to set in from Germany, and great numbers hae arrived this year. there are no means of estimating the amount of money brought in by emigrants, from the different nations of Europe but it is believed greal- Iv to exceed the amount of any for- mer year. In thousands of cases the ar rangements for settlement in selected pla ces were concluded before the parties hac bcirun to "null un stakes' al their old n 1 i homes. In al least one instance, a com pletc community of individuals, including the spiritual pastor, and persons of al trades, has come amonsr us, and is now C7 ' quietly settled down upon the peacelul banks of the beautiful Ohio. Tho number of passengers which has arrived at that port coast wie, during the! period above mentioned, viz., ten months, is 6, 92 3, as we leain fiom the same source. Jit Tarborouirh and Xi1r y , "oc. DEC. 12. Bacon, Brandy, apple, Cotfee, Corn, Cotton, Cotton bagging, Flour, Iron, Lard, Molasses, - Sugar, brown, Salt, T.I. - Turpentine, wheat, whiskey, per lb gallon lb bushel lb yard barrel lb lb gallon lb bushel barrel bushel gallon 9 CO 13 35 8 20 SG 5 9 40 10 60 150 G5 35 10 75 1G 40 9 25 Ci 6 10 45 m 65 160 75 40 ken- 10 40 9 47 8 15 3 7 22 6 32 120 32 Notice. WILL BR SOLD, on yhn. VV Mill ins., a. thcr! hi Subscriber, Cows and on Ookev, Sot Culvrs. Ifarsm v ; Utensils, household und kiuh, lure R.-n 'IVi mc ..!.. i lay ol sale. v. G UULfr., v tA Dec. S, 1840. Ur. Wm. G 7V,,,,,,,,, mjj HAVING LOCATED IX TARBOKOl'Gn, R"pecilully offers bis m,fel(llldU f es to tbe citizens ol K:lg-TorUie C(J ai d hopes to merit a haie ol n,hlr" ronage. He may be ,.ui,d at all when nol proletsmnallx eng;iir,.j ..fiiee in the buildup formerly.' i.y M.rs. H. $ 8. D. Uutn. Dec. 1, I -40 49 JVoti cc. (QMr Hugh Mc Williams, a highly res pectable citizen of Richmond, Kentucky, came to his death by coming in contact with a nero boy, on horseback riding at full speed. The concussion threw Mr. W., and his horse falling upon him he expired immediately. (7 We learn from the N. Y. Time? and Evening Star, that Nathainiel Prime, Esq., late head of ihe great and well known firm of Prime, Ward, King, & Co. committed suicide, on Thursday, 26th ulto., at his residence, near Hurlgate, State of New York. The jury returned the following verdict: "Nathaniel Prime put an end to his own existence, in a temporary fit of mental alienation, produced by bodily indisposition." fMSouth Carolina has voted for Mr. van uurrn tor rresiueni anu ror iir. Tazewell, of Virginia, for Vice President. Lenders Borrowing. It is stated that the Philadelphia Banks have borrowed one and a half millions from the Boston, and one million of dollars from the New York Banks and capitalists at six per cent, inter est, on post notes running twelve and eigh teen months the loans being made with a view to the resumption of specie payments in January or Fabuary next. We have heard from a source which is considered entitled to credit, that the local Banks of the Citv of Philadelphia have, in some form, and for the same ohjVct, agreed to accommodate the Thirty-five Million Bank from which Mr. Biddle retired, leaving it, as he said, "in a high state of prosperity and at peace with all the world" -with six millions for the same purpose. It is reported, too, that this latter institu tion has commenced a suit for over half a million against its late President, which it claims he received as the profits of some cotton speculation, and has nol accounted for; whereas it is also ci limed that in anoth er similar cotton speculation, in which the profits came in minus the sum invested, over eight hundred thousand dollars, Mr. Biddle fully accounted for, and saddled upon the institution. The suit is, there fore, predicated upon the supposed appli cability of the old proverb, 4ilhat it is a poor rule that will not work both ways." Globe. Cincinnati Pork Market. The Cin cinnati Chronicle of the 2Qth instant says: About 5000 Hogs have recently arrived at this market, and are mostly packed and Nc?v Description of Co ten ..The New Orleans Bulletin gives us the information of the discovery of a new species of cotton. It states that 'a new species of cotton has been discovered by Mr L. C. Horn.-by, of Covington, La. He says the bush Hiows from S to 10 feet high, branching out in proportion, and producing from two to three thousand pounds to the acre. This cotton is of long stiple, and very fine texture. Mr. Horusby thinks it as line as ordinary silk. He says one seed was found two years ago in a chest of lea, imported from China; he planted it, and saved the seed which was its production, planted them, and now offers a few for sale. If this cotton proves as good as rep resented, we can then count upon a new eia in the cultivation of the great staple. We think at least some attention should be paid to it by our planters. They will see a specimen of the cotton and its seed, at the store of Wm. Dinn. E.-q. 17 Common-street. SHALL r,ff r for sale, nt thcl deuce of Mrs. Ctlia lay ihe 28ih in-tani, ( I), .Ct.mi e,j property of said dre'd, nol oih(iuiJt pesed ol, COnsMing .f Corn, seed Cotton, Fodder, Oah J .......--.,. i-.... , ' "i y""r""'h ""n'l nvws aim Horses and Males, Catle, SlufpM AJLSO, two Negroes, Belonging to said e.staie. 'Itim, months credit with approved security J. J. CAHU, Kx cuic Edgecombe Co Dec. 2nd, 1840. AT THE SAME TIME and p!i will be offered for sale, a vari'lyol Household and Kitchen Furnitur. nd several N groes will he liirnlou! til the 1st of April, 1S41, bcloiiji: the estate of William Carr, de'd. IV as above. J. J. CVHR, Administrator of If Carr with the will anuml Dec. 2nd, 1810 49 (jmThe Legislature of Georgia ha n s sed a bill, without a dissenting voice com pelling their banks to resume specie ments on the 1st ol February. pay- HrashingtonMarkef9 Dec. 9. Corn Wholesale, $2 a J52 10. Bacon sides 9 a 10 cents, bams 12 cents. Naval Stores New dip, $2 10; Old, Si 90. Scrape, NO cents. Tar, Si 25. Fish shad, Sa $9. Herrings, cut, 4 OO; whole, $2 50 a S3 00 Pork, $5 00. Rep. MARRIED, In Raleigh, on Wednesday, 2nd inst. by Rev. William M. Green, Rev. Edwin Geer, Minister of Calvary church, in this placp, to Miss Margaret Jinn, eldest daughter of John Beckwith, M. D. of Raleigh. Last JYoticc. A those indebted to the estate of th lale Henry Johnston are hereby in formed, that no claim will be indulged af ler the 1st day of January next. IV M. NOR FLEET, Mm'r. December 7th, 1840. , 50 2 PLEASANT HILL female Seminary, Hp ! I E Eercif s ol this Intitirin commence on Monday, tliP "!r lanuo-y next, under the Miperinieui'e a d management ol Miss S. li.(urh o Virginia, who ha a qi i f l gn-at cei rry a a teacher in Biuuick co'i Vitginia, whre he has laub lot v- eais; and c mes with sin n cbf.iti, the Confidence and patronage ' I"r nd guardians. Tuition Enslih. in all it "re, 3 1 0 ner spisioii ol Ft mnn per session; Muic n t,,e Pii",, s sjon; Painting and Dr..wmg, 53 session. B ard pven dollars ppr mof'h !n familv of the suh-enbf r. or i'li Mr J iliruiM- Bras we 1 1 oiiiity. who lives in the im Pleasant HM Me I' ll r U in a high, health v, and ees of the comity, within on" and of D's ofTk-e at H.-tfonl. r Si l ttoads-. Every exe'iion to I-ah 0 confidently relied on by lh$' wM)r ionise this school Nash coomv, No fa SO "v' 1 I rhomas P. M, thews. Guardian Ex nane. N nur-suanrp of a deer'C nflhe''" Equity, F, Term IS-10, I 'Mi ihe premises on the 2Jd ti ember next, Ihe Mill and Jppnrlennnc known as Grant's or NicholonV ' tiaied on Great Fi-hing Cnik , .UsSO, llivee small Tracts0 net) woods iMiid, Iving near the Mill. Term of be one, two and thn e year creM- , JOS. L. SIMMON v' ,V4 November 17'h, 1840- Turner $ Hug -oil Just received and for sa' ' . .u ui:u nriopj. viz: lUL ,r.t' 75 cents per duzen, i3 w j4' 6 tor a groee,
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