adoption, or the confident hopes of its ad
vocates, have been best realized The g,reat
dread of the farmer seems to have been,
that the reserved powers of the States
would be absorbed by thereof the Federal
Government, and a consolidated power
established, leaving to the States the shul
osv, onlv, of that independent action for
which they had so zealously contended,
and on the preservation of which they re
lied as the last hope of liberty. Without
denying that the result to which thev look
ed with so much apprehension is in the
wav of beins realized, it is obvious that
they did not clearly Jee the mod'1 of its
accomplishment. The General Govern
ment has seized upon none of the reserved
rights of the States. As far as any open
warfare may have gone, the Sta'e authon
ties hive amply maintained their rights.
To a casual observer, our system presents
no appearance of discord between thcdif
ftrcnt members which compose it. Even
the addition of many new ones has produ
ced no jarring. They move in their le
ypective orbits in perfect harmony with
the central head, and with each other. 13 it
there is still an under current at work, by
which, if not seasonal)! y checked, the
worst apprehensions of our anti-federal
puriots will be realized. And not o ily
will the State authorities Us ocrshadowed
by the great increase of p nvor in the Ekc
c-Jtivc Department of the General (i.neru
ment, but the chiract-r of thai Govern-j
mcnt, it not its (k-sigiiaLion, no casenuau
an I r.ulirvillv chiuir 'il. 'Pi i i s stale of
things h is been in put ctT.-cted by causes
inherent in the Constitution, and in put
by the never-failing tendency of political
p nvcr to increase its If Hy nuking the
President the sole distributor of all the
patronage ofthe Government, the frame rs
of the Constitution do not a;ip . r to have
anticip itcd at how short a pec iod it would
become a formidable instrument to control
the free operations of the Stde Gavtrn
ments. Of trdling importance at first, it
had, e.rly in Mr. Jeifu'son's administra
tion, basosna so p nverful as to create great
alarm in the mind of that patriot, from the
potent infl icnce it might exert in controll
ing the freedom ofthe elective franchise.
If such could have then been the effects of
its influence, how much greater must b.
the danger at this time, quadrupled in a
mount, as it certainly is, and more com
pletely under the control ofthe Executive
will, than their construction of their pow
ers allowed, or the forbearing characters of
all the early Presidents permitted them to
make? Hut it is not by the extent of its
patronage alone that the Executive Depart- j
ment has become dangerous, but by the j
use which it appears may be made of the
appointing power, to bring under its con
trol the whole revenue of the country.
The Constitution has declared it to be the
duty of the President to see that the laws
are executed, and it makes him the Com
mander in Chief of the armies and navy
of the United States. If th'? opinion of
the most approved writers upon that spe
ciesof mixed Government, which, in mo
dern Europe, is termed monarchy, in con
tradistinction to despotism, is correct,
there was wanting no other addition to the
powers of our Chief Magistrate to stamp a
monarchical character on our Government,
but the control of the public finances. And
to me it appears Strang", indeed, that any
one should doubt that the entire control
which the President possesses over the
officers who have the custody ofthe public
money, by the power of removal with
or without cause, does, for all mis
chievous purposes at least, virtually subject
the treasure al-o to his disposal. The first
Roman Emperor, in his attempt to seize
the sacred treasure, silenced the opposition
ofthe officer to whose charge it had been
committed, by a significant allusion to his
sword. Hy a selection of political instru
ments for the care of the public money, a
reference to their commissions by a Pre
sident, would be quite as cfT.'C'u.d an argu
ment as that of Caasar to the Unman knight.
I am not insensible of the great difficulty
th it exists in devising a proper plan for
the safe keeping ami disbursement of the
public revenues, and I know the impor
tance whirh hss been attached hy men of
creat abilities and patriotism to the di-
privilege of freemen under the dictates of
n nhi.ied indements. Never,
Luu ..ncont. shall an officer of the
people, bompensated for his services out of
' ' . i I in till ml; nwtril-
their pockets, oeru ...w v
mcnt of Executive will. m
There is no part ofthe means plared in
the hinds of the Executive which might
be used with greater effort, for unhallow
ed purposes, than the control ofthe public
press. The maxim which our ancestors
thrived from the mother country, that
.'the freedom of the press is the great bul
wark of civil and religious liberty," is one
of the most precious leg icies which they
have left us. We have learned, oo, from
our own as well as the experience of other
countries, that golden sh ickles, hv whom
soever or by whatever pretence imposed,
are as fat d to it as the iron bonds of despo
tism. The ptessrs in the necessary em
nloymeut ofthe Government should never
i)e used "to clear the guilty, or to varnish
crimes." A -decent and manly exami
nation of the arts of the Government
should be not only tolerated but encoura
ged, (re mit in der in our next )
SA1TJ11DAV, MARCH 13. 1SH.
Correction. In our piper of Nov. 7,
last, we announced upon the authority of
a gentleman direct from Tennessee, the
death of Mr. Bartholomew Bowers, of
llardiman county, in that Slate, formerly
a resident of this county. We are now in
formed, that Mr. Howers is still living,
and in the cnio!. ment of irood health. As
J rr
in apology for thus hastily announcing hi
death, we rrtet him with the ancient sal
utation, "may you live a thousand years."
The Spring Term of the Superior
Court of this county, commenced in this
place on Monday lat and terminated on
Thursday, Judge Settle presiding. We
have not heard of any case coming before
the Court, entitled to special notice. The
Judge presided with his customary dignity
and ability, and appeared to settle ques
tions of law, &c. to the general satisfac
tion of all parties concerned.
The Inauguration, fyc. In the prece
ding columns will be found part of the In
augural Address of Gen. Harrison, as Pie
sident of the United States. As in his oth
er recent public communications, it will be
found to be undecided and cva.-ive, on all
against the wares of popular and rash im
pulses on the one hand, as against attempts
at Executive encroachment on the other.
It may properly be regarded as holding the
balance, in which is weighed the powers
conceded to this Government, and the
rights reserved to the States and to' the
People. It is its province to concede
what has been granted, to withhold what
has been denied: thus, in all its features
exhibiting a true type of the glorious Con
federacy under which it is our happiness
to live. Should the spirit of faction
that destructive spirit which recklessly
walks over prostrate rights and tramples
laws ami Constitutions in the dust ever
find an abiding place within this hall, then
indeed will a sentence of condemnation be
issued against the peace and happiness of
this people, and their political institution-
be made to topple to their foundations
Hut while this body shall continue to Ijh
what by its framers it was designed to be
deliberative in its character, unbiassed
in its course, and independent in its action
then may liberty be regarded as entren
ched in safety behind the sacred ramparts
of the Constitution.
While I occupy this chair, Senators, I
shall have frequent occision to invoke your
indulgence for my defects, and your chari
ty for my errors, lam but little skilled
in parliamentary law, and have been un
used to preside over deliberative ass m
blies. All that I can urge in excuse for
my defects is, that 1 bring with me to this
chair an earnest wish to discharge properly
its duties, and a fixed determination to
preside over your deliberations with entire
impartiality.
General WILLIAM HENRY HAR
RISON, President of the United States
elect, then entered the Senate chamber
with the Committee of Arrangements, and
was conducted to the seat assigned for him,
immediatelv in front ofthe Secretary's ta
ble. At twelve o'clock those assembled on
! the floor of the Senate proceeded to the
j eastern portico of the Capitol, in the fol
lowing order:
The Marshal of the District of Colum
bia; I
The Sunrcmc Court of the United;
Slates;
The Scrgeant-at-Arms ofthe Senate;
The Committee of Arrangements;
The Presidentelect, the Vice President,
and Secretary of the Senate;
The Members of the Senate;
The Diplomatic corps;
The Mayors of Washington, George
town, and Alexandria, and the other per
sons admitted to the floor ofthe Senate.
On reaching the portico, the Piesident
elect and chief Justice Taney were con
ducted to seats in front of a large platform
erected for the purpose, and those who
followed in the precession having taken
their seats, the President elect rose and
delivered his inaugural address.
points except that of a re-election; and
though unusually lengthy, it contains but
little else than oblique attacks upon the
prominent principles and measures of ins
two immediate predecessors.
The following is the Congressional rc-
out a single personal wish unsatisfied. I
find myself, gentlemen, incapable of doing
justice to the feelings awakened by the elo
quent expressions of regard and confidence
with which you have honored me. Let it
therefore suffice to say that they arc re
ceived with heartfelt pleasure, and will be
long and gratefullv remembered.
You have done justice to thrj motives by
which I havebeeri guided in here'ofore nl
ways decliningtestimonials similar to that
now offered, from a source whirh calls for
every effort of self-denial, and I coincide
fully with you in the opinion that the pre
sent occasion is one in which a departure
from a uniform course in this respect,
would be proper and eonitent. If I
were to consult my own gratification alone,
I would gladly accept your invitation; but
when I call to mind that the t cried to
which, from considerations of official pro
prictv, I should be obliged to defer a com
pliancc with your request, mut interfere
with the natural desire of the members of
the Houeof Represent tive, who will be
at liberty to return to their hotns, I am
unwilling to subject them to a de lay which
thev have generously overlooked in thcil
wi.-h to do me honor. You will, therefore,
I hope, indulge me in respectfully declin
ing the public dinner yon have tendered.
Yet, although we may not meet at tin
festive b ard, 1 cannot but hope that the
gentlemen who have offered me this new
assurance of confidence and attachment at a
moment which renders it p -culi u I v gra'e
ful to my feelings, will, before 1 leave the
city, afford me an opportunity to lake them
by the hand, assure them of mv luaity
good wishes for their future welfare, and
bid them firewcll.
1 am, gentlemen, very respectfully, your
friend, and obedient servant,
M. VAN HU REN.
To the Hon. Messrs. Wm. R. King,
Thomas II. Henton, John M. Robinson,
Henry Hubbard, Wm. II. Roane, A.
Anderson, and others, Washington.
Jit
MAIt. 13
Bacon,
13 randy, npjile,
CoOee,
Corn,
Cotton.
Cotton bagging
Flour,
Iron,
Lard,
Molasses, -Sugar,
brown,
Salt, T.I. -Turpentine,
wheat,
whiskey,
arborniitrl. . . . )
Aeii. v..,
Jarbor0 y
yard 20 o- 8
4 ,!
fnaM GO C5 S
'T1, 150 ico i
ff'llon 35 J 10 136
Mr. 7tn Burcn. The Democratic
members of Congress, in common with
other of their fellow citizens at Washing
ton City, on the 22d ult. tendered to Mr.
Van Burcn, to testify their respect, an
'! invitation to accept of a public dinner, pre
vious to his departure from that city, to
which he replied as follows:
irnshinfton. March 1st. 1S41.
port ofthe Globe, of the ceremony at the! Gentlemen: Your letter, inviting me to
inauguration, on the 4ih iust. in the Senate. : a public dinner previous to my de parture
At 11 o'clock the Senate was railed to -from this city, as a testimony of respect
order ttv ur. uicuens, its ecretarv. At-iirom tnc uemocratic memoers oi norm
ter several newly elected Senators had pre- j Houses of Congress, and others of their
senteel their credentials and were qnalifie. I : i fidlow citizens, my political friends, was
Our Banks, fyc. Our Hanks have a
gain suspended the payment of t hi ir lia
bilities in Specie. Tht-y have been com
pelled to this course, because their credits
with foreign Batiks from Philadelphia to
this City, have become wholly unavailable
for Specie purposes. Hitherto, a Draft on
a Virginia or Philadelphia Rank, has an
swered the same purpose as Specie, and
our Banks have thus been strengthened in
i heir ability to meet their responsibilities:
but now their Clu cks on the Virginia and
more Norther:; Bulks, being paid in cur
rent notes only, they arc no longer availa
ble as Specie payments.
In reply to the interrogatories of a Sub
scriber, we state that no loans are made by
them, we understand, except for limited
sums, and with the understanding, that
they areto be paid at maturity say in i)0
days.
The Notes ofthe Binks of Virginia and
South Carolina, generally, arc received in
deposite.
The Bank of the State sells Drafts on
Philadelphia, at one per cent, premium.
Neither of our Banks draw on New York
or Boston. Bat. Beg.
vorce, as it is called, of the Treasury from j
the banking institutions. It i not the di
vorce which is complained of, but the un
hallowed union ofthe Treasury with the;
Executive Department which has created
such extensive alarm. To this danger to
our Republican institutions, and that creat
ed by the influence given to the Executive
through tne instrumentality of the Feder
al offieers, 1 propose to apply all the reme
dies which may be at my comma I. It
was certainly a great error in the framers
of the Constitution, not to have male the
officer at the head ol the Treasury I) part
Went entirely indepen lent of the Execu-
The Diplomatic corps, and the Judges of
the Supreme Court of the United Stales
entered the Senate chamber, and took the
seats :isigned for them in front of the Sec
retary's table.
The lion. JohnTxler, Vice President
elec', and the Hon. Richard M. Johnson,
ex-Vice President, then entered the cham
ber with the cunmittee of Arrangements.
The oath of office having been adminis
tered by Mr. King, the President pro tern.
The V I C E PRESIDEN T addressed the
benate as follows:
Senators: Called bv the people of the
i United States to preside over your delib
erations, I cannot withhold the expression
of the high estimate which I place on the
honor which they have conferred upon me.
To occupy the seat which has b en filled
and adorned (to s ly nothing of myT more
immediate ptedecessors) by an Adams, a
.1- Oerson, a Gerry, a Clinton and a Tomp
kins names that, although belonging to
the dead, still iive in the recollection of a
grateful country is an honor of which any
man would have just cause to be proud.
But this honor is greatly augmented by
ih" consideration of the true character of
this body by the high order of intellectu
al and moral powers which has diMimniish
. . i i. ... i i i .... ? .
ttve. He sh mid a? least have been remo- ed it in all nasttime. and whirh still dniin.
LI. . I . . . . . . I '
vaoie oniy up-m the demand ol the popu
lar branch ofthe Legislature. 1 have de
termined never to remove a S.crciary of
the Treasury without cummunic ating all
the circumstances attending such removal
to both Houses of Congress. The influ
ence of the Executive in controlling the
freedom of the elective faanchie ihmu"h
the medium of the public ofii;-eis can be
effectually checked by renewing iht; prohi
bition published by Mr Jefferson, fu: bid
ding iheir interfeicnce in elections f.trtiiei
than o'tvinp- it
goishes it by the dignity which has for
the most p.iri marked its proceedings; and,
above all, by the important duties which
have devolved upon it under the Constitu
tion. Here arc to be found the immediate
representative of the States, by whose
sovereign will ihe (Government has bei n
spoken into existence. Here exists that
perfect equably among the members ofthe
Confederacy, which gives to the smallest
Stale in the Union a voice as potential as
the ljrg-t. To this body is committed,
in an eminent degree, the meat trust of
indPMar.,1 . vn an einiiieiii ue-ree, me great trust vl
2 i!!8- 0"'"'1 by an as,,raucc of guarding and protecting the institutions
Y u. ci immunity, in exercising this s-cied jhauded down to u. from oar father, as well
delivered tome by the committee appoint
ed for that purpose.
It can scarcely be necessary for me to
express to you the feeling of profound gra
ti:udc with which I receive this mark of
your continued respect and confidence.
Always regarding the oflice from which I
am about to retire, as a trust to be adminis
ci eel for the general benefit of others, 1
have endeavored, as far as possible, to as
sociate my own personal interest in its
possession closely and inseparably with
what I have ever believed, and still be
lieve, to be the best interests of the great
body of the people, and to discharge the
highly responsible duties committed to the
Chief Magistrate of this great Confedera
tion in conformity with the opinions and
principles of those who honored me with
their confidence.
bto one, gentlemen, however sagacious,
can penetrate the future, or clearly predict
the prospective results of great public mea
sures; more especially is this true of one
who has had an active personal ageticy in
their maturity and adoption. Making,
however, every reasonable allowance lor
this consideration, 1 cannot hesitate to a
vow my entire confidence in the complete
success and salutary consequences of the
important measures I have felt it my duty
to recommend, and which have received
the sanction ol Congress.
The testimony of so large a portion of
the representatives of the undivided De
mocracy of the United States, conveyed in
your address, added to the warm support
of a much greater number of independent
suffrages linn that by which I was elected,
leave me without apprehension as to the
opinion which has been formed in respect
to my official conduct by those who made
me the depository of their confidence.
These objects accomplished, I retire
from the high and honorable station he
flowed upon me by my countrymen, yiih-
North Carolina Surgery. A mot in
tercting Surgical operation was pci form
ed in Northampton County, on the 10 h
ult. o:i a Slave named .lack Kitchen, by
Dr. C. Cross. It eniMst'-d in the entire
removal of the right inguinal glmd.
Some eighteen montus since, his riht
limb was amputated at the thigh. Fionij
mis, aacK speeu:y lecovereo, and has
been engaged in working at his trade (Boot
makei) u.itil about five or six months
since, when he discovered that from ihe
continual pressure upon the upper suifa e
of the stump, caused by his permitting
his work to rest against it, an ulcer h.id
formed in ihe groin. This, he for same
weeks neglected, until the g'ands weie in
volved in the disease, in which the whole
surrounding p.crts, more or le.s, pirticipal
ed.
Medical assistance was called, but all
the remedies applied, local and constitu
tional, fad. d to am st it; his health con
tinued to (lecli c,and dea'h often baffled,
now appeared about to triumph his suf
ferings were of the most a.-u;e kind. At
this stage, Dr. Cross determined on an op
eration lor th remov .l of the diseased
gland. ThediiTiculty of the case was en
Inured hy ie fftCt, that, tho temporal ar
tery diverged from its usual course, and
wass ) dc. p'y sea'ed, as to render it ex
tremely difficult in the condition of the
patient to rut down above the! ulcer, and
:'ke it up. The entire gland was there
lore removed by dissecting it from the ar
tery itself. Those acquainted with the
situation of the parts and danger of the op
eration, will appreciate the dexterity and
anatomical skill with which it was perYarm
pd. It is but another evidence of Dr
Cross's claims to the high reputation hi
enjoys as a Surgeon. The patient is al
most entirely well; the parts have healed
up, and he feels he says, like another
man Boanoke side.
MARRIED,
In this place, on Thursday, lhe4'h insi.
by H. Austin, Esq, Mr. .iiulrew Jackson
Pender to MissWtn Eli za Joiner, daugh
ter of Mr. Wright V. Joiner.
' ATTENTION?
Edgecombe Cfltaf
STOY are hereby commando,! ,
at your regular P- i(e VOlUh .
nun. on Saturday, the 3rd day f I
p il n.-x at 10 o'clock, A. .f,
unl oose of a ) trade, f div i. ,.,...) "r
... , i I hi l.i iv diric 7. CW
-d. All those who hav k
I roop, are earnestly rq .es.ui to aeJ
Sinte, mu-t have them on Hp r...i '!
the above lav. or the,r lnms ,vi,
iiuv. u iii um in' ci iianns lor Collection
BP. CHOUirELL, Cup,
March 10, I?) 1. '
DIED,
th is countv. on Wednrsdiiv
Capt. Wlliam b. Ihph 'ins,
In
last,
& v$L-v 11118 ce!ebrated m
ilea It h and or'er,
malve his m xt and last season in ViHnij
ot my stables, at i!00 the st-asnn andil
to the groom, payable within the season,
whirh eommeiicrs on ihe lOili Febuarr
and ciuh the 1-t July. Mares vii t,
will !ed, wi bout stint, at 40 centsa ds?
and rvtry caieand attention bestowed h
tiusiy grooms; but I will not be lij'A
l'f are-dents or escape. I have prov
h-d every accommodation for barren ant
fi.aiin"- m.nesf and Will board
siuvanis "rati, while white setvonisca
e boiiided on moderate terms in the vl
lage near.
FRiAM,
Is a leurifnl bay, Mxieen hands high, of
matchless t-eautv. strength, form,
and pe 'igift, and loo well known as ire
i'lfiv.dl. il c'tampion, for many 3 eais, ci
lite Eng'i'jiu ij wh re jomi m ha I a
ujv rior, and many excellent
think an eq a', to need fuili&er (lcip-
ion.
Vs a tri d Si:d i m. the K-ilisli spO'
men ack no wled;- h is not 0 dy deed J
y t ho bc if ihe a , tin' the let iT1'
i 1 England Tor four y rs hi w hil
mo.-o a id b-tti-r winner- than nny o1'1"'
ip .l.oi - colts wee of the ;ame ast
Ne 1 all iruni'il h'.e ' e: wii ners oi
e and sevi rd h ve m-v r ncn LCi!!
Plie numl)cr and aumnnt of their
oi-.-i )iisi'ui almost an unbroken erl!
of i.rillnnt victor es In 1 S J 9 t i;py 'C!!
very laiije two ye..r' old slake at
M 11 ket, oJ'len under heavy cx'ni we';
nave won ihe (eat ()a!,s three out t'
four year-, mid nearly all the l'r-!
-.a';.'. 1 1 1 ihe Iv 1 f 1 rr lorn, as the M'1
w.-r:ht Tuesday Knld'e-woilh, 2,001
j?u nens s'ak , 1,000 'tineis CIumr,
Inly, CheMe. field. Clearwell, Mf,
i;rasi. and a ho-! nf others loo runvf"
to name. Crucifix, one of Ins
won more than Js.50,000, 'h tref
tieinj; beaten, and is n ti rj -lest ionably '"!
'test mare ever trained. Tiny ''3Ve ct
a countless nn'nber of stakes plk''
dd cups, handicaps and Kind's ',f''
it all distances, :Hid in s-me iiiST.mccs ii
4, ami 5 .heats, under heavy neigh?
His cobs ,iive won cveiy where
hav been tried. Last year he Iiad t.
'est in Knjrlaf.d, the best in Irel.nu'
the hist in Helium, and rq-nl to Jf'Vj
Krance and Genua:;)' and in the L"
S:ies we have seen Monarch, the Qjfe"
Helen, and Mr. Robertson's filly.
At his present price, he is the che'
Mallion in Amerioa-rtis jince --
duced tw suit the h nd limes; on
d bree
is will do we II to avai
this hii opportunity.
ihemsel?
i it
For more particular. e l""""1.'
Ft-h. 1S41.
Hid
Jottcc.
TK M.b.civ-cr intends comiren;
the Bulcherii'Z business 'p ;
o' early in the con i- '
he prepared to furmMi ti'(
twice a week wi'h lrb me;i'
d-srriptiop. sui'a'ue to the - ' i,f
having beeves, shs, ,,iu:n:1'.
.'or sale on ioor, win pi--' n
will pl"e !,l '
Tarboro', Feb. 10,