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a. O' ' '; v A 1 1 'Vi, .-metal.'-'; Georgian , asscntcd-i-but,'oh ht l.inj at the result,' uas affrighted to .... 1 the fcatuiWof the portrait, blorrcd r 1 indefinable JvhUe the minute fig ure cf a hand appeared whera the cheek' should have been.- Avlmcr snatched the metalic plate, antf throw It into a jar cf Soon; however,, he forgot these morti- and chemical fiBXperimenthV'.bamA';lo iicr ilusiied and exhausted, put seemed iamor&ted by hef presonfceand Ipake in glowing language of the resources jpf his art. VII gave a rustorV-of the long- 't uyuasiy oi me ,cneiaisis, wno spent so ; ; wan jr ages in truest 91 the universal sol vent, bt Whiciiftne;; Uolden rrir.ciple ; : might be elicited from all things vfle and . y by the plainest scientific logipj if was al- togcthei; within' thct Utnits of possibility i'to discover ! this" long-sought madiuin r but'he added, a plrijosophcr whoshbula go deep; Enough io Acquire the power, would attain too loiiy a wisdom to stocip ., tq the exercise of it. Not less 'singular ;W9 his bpinias in regard to'iho Elixir ati!Btv' lie more tnairyntimated that it at his option to concoct a liquid that X n-niinably but that it would produce discord in nature, which all the world, -and thieflv the auaffcr bf tho immortal 'j, toorum, would find cause to curse. , rAyhner,arc you in earnest?" asked ' Oeotgiapa, looking at him with amazc- rn6nt and fear ; A I terrible to possess ? stjch1' powcr'Dreven to dream of possess- rk Oh, do riot tremble, my love ! " said . Jitthusbd, Iwould, not wrong either y.pubmyjMfby- parking sucli inhar 2 nioniou ffects - upon 6ur lives. But I IC. WouW.have.you" consider how. trifling, it in comparison, is the skill requisite tore move this Utile Hand, -iAt- thmcruion of the birth mark, J Cfeorgiaha as usual, shrank, as if a red 1 :r hoi iron had touched her cheek. . ' Again Ayknelf applied himself to hig 5 labors.' She could hear his voice in the -distant furnace room giving directioDs to Aminadab, whose harsh, uncouth, mis hapmvtontrem&udible in response, ttore like th Jrunt or growl of a brute Zs than human speech. ; After hours' of ab . 3nce.'Aylmer reappeared, and proposed J;, that she should nqv? examine his cabinet Df chemical products, and natural trea- sures , of the earth.'- Among the former - Ji showed her a small vial, in which, . he rcinarked, was contaiued a gentle yet v most powerful framnce. caDable of im- "'v prcgnatin all the breezes that blow a- truh a-uiguuiu. j xncy were oi uies- ' timable value, tlie contents of that little X virial; and. as he said so, he threw some " of the perfume into the air, and filled the room with piercing and invigorating dc- L'ght - ; ' "And what is this?" asked Georgians, pointing' to a small crystal globe, cdn I s tawing a gold colored liqiied. " It is so ADcautful to4 the eye, that I could irriagine iTfttheElufrofLife.'' v 1 V ' ' vIri6neense it is," replied, A ylmer, "of rather the Elixir of Immortality. . It : is the most precious poison that ever was concocted in this world. By its aid, I ' could apportion the life time of any mor tal at whom you might point your finger. The strength of the, dose would deter- mm whether he were to Imeer out f ; . 'years, or drop dead in the midst of a L', ' breath. No king, on his jruarded throne, ' ' "could keep his life, if I, in my private sta- tion, 6bouid deem'that tne wellare of mil linns itifitifipl mft in dpnncinor Viim nf it " , -Why do you keep such a Jcrrific y. drug T.' inquired Georgiana in horror. t .Do not distrust me, dearest P said her husband, smiling : its virtuous po- :f tencyis yet greater than its hannlful one. '"'y But, see! here is a powerful cosmetic. yiUi a fcw.4rops ,of this, in a vase of wateri'freckles may he washed out as ea sily a the hand! are cleansed. A stron ger infusion would take the blood out of . vthe cheek, and leave the rosiest beauty a gnosis- , Is it With this lotion that you intend - - . to- bathe my check V asked Gaorgiana . i anxiously.i . . '" fObjTio ! hastily repUed her hus- band,Mthis ismerely superficial. Your . i-Case demands a remedy that' shall go ; ,h f In his Interviews with Georgiana, Ayl i " mer, generally made minute inquiries as to'her spnsations, and whether the cort ! inementof the rooms, and the tempera- " .tore of th? atmosphere, agreed with her. v; These questions had such a particular f -"drift, that Georgiana began to conjecture ' that she was already subjected : to ccr- tain physical influences,' either breathed ' v jn with (he fragrant air,' or taken with TV her food, She fancied, likewise but it might be altogether fancy that there J wa a stirring up of her, system j a -straDge. Indefinite,'.' sensation creepmg -' through h -veins, and'tingUng, half . ' painfully, half-pleasurablV, at her heart ' ' 'Still, whenever aho' dared to look into 'theirilrror, thereshef beheld herself pale t a' whie rose, and with the crimson t 'mark"ium her cheek; i Tot'evcri Jlylmer now hated h t$ much V Wehe-i r - , To dispel the t6dium" of the hours wmcn ncr huobana wund it necessary to deyOte to the processes of combination nd Analysis, Gcorgiana turned over the volumes di rus scienuuc library, in ma ny dark old tomes, she met with chap ters full ol romance and poetry. They wera the works ' of the " philosophers of ma miaaie ages, sucn as AiDertus, jaag the famous friar who created the Pro phetic Brazeii Head.' .'All these antique naturalists stood In advfchce ofmeir ceiff turles, yet were , imbued with some df tneir creauiity, ana tnereiore were pe lieved, and perhaps imagined themselves, to have acquired from the Investigation of nature a power above nature, and trom prrysics a sway over the spiritual world. Hardly less curious and imagi native Were S the early" volumes of' the Transactions of the Roval Society, in which the members, knowintr little of the limits of natural possibility, were con tinually recording wonders, or proposing methods ' whereby wonders might be wrought.y ' " i ; '" '. But, to 'Gaoreiana, the most engros sing, volume was a large folio from her husband's own hand? in which he had recorded every experiment of his scien tific career, with its original aim, the me thods adopted for its development, and its final success or failure, with tlie cir cumstancesf 'to1 which either event was attributable. '" Tne book, ih truth, was both the history and emblem of his ar dent ambitious, imaginative, yet practi cal and laborious life. He handled phy sical details, as if there were nothing be yond them ; yet spiritualized them all, and redeemed himself from materialism, by his strong and eager aspiration to wards the infinite. In his grasp the ve riest clod of earth assumed a soul. Geor giana, as she read, reverenced Aylmer, andjoved him more profoundly than ever, but with a less entire dependence on his iudgemeiit than heretofore. Much as he lad accomplished, she could not but ob serve that his most splendid successes were all most invariably failures, if com pared with the ideal at which he aimed. , His brightest diamonds were the merest ' pebbles, and felt to be so by himself, in comparison with the inestimable gems which lay , hidden beyond his reach. The volume, rich with achievements that had won renown for its author, was yet as melancholy a record as ever mortal hand had penned. It was the sad confession, and conditional exempli fication, of the short-comings of the com posite manthe spirit burthened with clay and working in matter ; and of the despair that assails the higher nature, at finding itself so miserably thwarted by the earthly part. . . Perhaps every man of genius, in whatever sphere, might rec ognise the image of his own experience in Aylmer's journal. So deeply did these reflections affect Goorgiana that she laid her face upon the open .volume, and bursjf into tears. In this situation she was found by her husband. r "It is dangerous to read in a sorcerer's books," said he with a smile, though his countenance was uneasy and displea sed, G3orgiana, there are pages in that volume,' which I can scarcely glance over and keep my senses. ' Take heed lest it prove as detrimental to you.' ;It has made me worship you more than ever," said she. wAh ! wait for this one success," re joined he, "then worship me if you will. 1 shall deem myself hardly worthy of it But, com ! I have sought you for the luxury of your voice. Sing to me dearest !" So she poured out the liued music of her voice to quench the thrist of his spir it. He then took leave with m boyish exurberanceof gayety, assuring her that her seclusion would endure but little lon ger, and that the result was already cer tain. Scarcely had he departed, when Georgiana felt irresistibly impelled to follow him. She had forgotten to inform Aylmer of a symptom, which for two or three hours past, had begun to excite her attention. It was a sensation in the fatal birth-mark, not painful, but which induced a restlessness throughout her system. Hastening after her husband, she intruded, for the first time, into his laboratory. The first thing that struck her eye was the furnace, that hot and feverish worker, with the intense glow of its fire, which by the quantities of soot clustered about it seemed to have boon burning for ages.' There was a distilling apparatus in full operation. Around the loom were retorts tubes," cylinders, crucibles, and other apparatus of chemical research. An electrical machine stood ready for imme-' diate use. l he atmosphere felt oppres sively close, and was tainted with ga eous odors, which had been tormented forth by the process of science. h The so vere and homely simplicity of the apait mcnt with its naked , walls and brick pavement,' looked strange, accustomed a Georgiana had become to the fantastic elegance of ' her - boudoir. But what chiefly, indeed almost solely, drew hef attention, waf the aspect of Aylmer him- Kiir'"- , ;h Ho was pale as death, anxious, , and absorbed, and hung, over the furnace as if it depended upon his utmost witch- mines wnewer inq nquia, woica u was distilling, should be a draught of immor tal happiness or misery, i How different from the sanguine and joyous mien that agemeut ;.-r-riK-tf: 'vareiuuy,, now.tiArwnaaaD t; uare- fully, Jhoji human machine 1 Carefully, thou man of clay F muttered : Aylmer. more " to' himself than 1 his assistant "Now, if there be a thought too much of too littlej it is all over p;.: -non ! non r , mumwea--r iook, mas ter,look!" ;.. , '-v;.-:;-'- Aylmer raised hts eyes hastily, and at nrst reddened, then grew paler than ever on beholding georgiana. .He rushed towards her, and seized her arm with a gripe that left the print of his fingers upon it;'" . "Why do you come hither 7 Have you no trust in your husband V cried he, impetuously." "Would you throw the blight of that fatal birth-mark over nfy labors? If Is not well done. Go, pry-" ing woman, go !" " Nay, Aylmer, said Georciana, with the firmness of which she possessed no stinted endowment,' " it is not you that have a right to complain. You mistrust your wife ! You have concealed the anxiety with which you watch the de velopment of this' experiment Think not so unworthily of me, my husband ! Tell me all the risk we run; and fear not that I shall shrink, for my share in it is far less than your own P "o, no, Georgiana r said Aylmer impatiently, " it must not be." "1 submit." replied she calmly. "And Aylmer, I shall quaff whatever draught you bring me ; but it will be on the same principle that would induce me to take a doss of poison,-' if oflered by your hand. " My noble wife," said Aylmer, deep ly moved, ! I knew not the height and depth of your nature, until now. No thing shall be concealed. Know, then, that this crimson Hand, superficial as it seems, has clutched its grasp into your being, with a strength oi which 1 had no conception. Thavc already admin istered agents " powerful enough to do aught except to change your entire phys ical system. Only one thing remains to be tried. If that fails, we are ruined !" " Why did you hesitate to tell me this ?" said she. " Because, Georgiana," said Aylmer, in a low voice, there is danger !" " Danger ? There is but one danger that this horrible stigma shall be left on my cheek!'' cried Gcorgiana. "Re move it ! remove it ! whatever the cost or We shall both go mad V " Heaven knows, your words are too true," said Aylmer, sadly. " And, now, dearest, return to your boudoir. In a little while all will be tested.'' He conducted her back, and took leave of her with a solemn tenderness, which spoke far more than his words how much was now at stake. After his de parture, Georgiana became wrapt in mu sings. She considered the character of Aylmer, and did it completer justice than -.at any previous moment Her heart exulted, while it trembled at his honorable love, so pure and lofty that it would accept nothing less than perfec tion, nor miserably make itself content ed with the earthlier nature than he had dreamed of. She felt how much more precious was such a sentiment, than that meaner kind which would have borne with the imperfection for her sake, and have been guilty of treason to holy love, by degrading its perfect idea to the level of the actual. And, with her whole spirit, she prayed, that for a single mo ment, she might satisfy his highest and Aannact iinrrTt'irm - T Trr than nnn moment, she well knew it, it could not be; for his spirit was ever on the march ever ascending and each instant re quired something that was beyond the scope of the instant before. The sound of her husband's footsteps aroused her. He bore a crystal goblet, containing a liquor colorless as water, but bright enough to be the draught of immortality. Aylmer was pale out it seemed rather the consequence of a high ly wrought state of mind, and tension of spirit, than of fear or doubt - "The concoction of the draught has been perfect," said he, in answer to Geor giana's look. "Unless all my science nave deceived me, it cannot fail." VSavc on your account, my dearest Aylmer, observed his .wife, " I might wish to put off this birthmark of mor tality by relinquishing mortality itselfin preference to apy other mode. Life is but a sad possession to those who have attained precisely the degree of moral advancement at which 1 stand, j Were I weaker or blinder, it ,might be happiness.'- Were I stronger, ft ; might be en dured hopefully." But beins what J find myself, mefliinks I am of all ..mortals the most fit to die. '.r.'K-f " You are' fit for heaven without tast ing death !! replied ,her husband. rTbe draught cannot fail.' Behold Its effect 1 ' On the 'window scat there stood a ge ranium, diseased1 with yellow blotches, which had overspread all its leaves. Aylmer, poured a small quantity of thH liquid upon the soil in which it crew.-- In a little time, when , the roots of the plant had taken up, the moisture; the un- , Drink:' theit thou lotYv cK?krurel''ix- claimed Aylmer, with fervid admiration. " i nere is no laini oi lmpenecuon on thy spirit" Thy sensible 'frame,' too, shall soon be all perfect PkV,'-., .''vf it She quaffed the liquid and returned the goblet to his nana."' . . , ; ? " It is grateful," said she.Vwith a pla cid smile. J Methinks it is Uke water irom a neayeniy tountam; for u?con tains I know not what of unobtrusive fragrance and deliciousiiess.": It allays a feverish thirst, that had parched mo for many days. Now, dearest, let mo sleep. My earthly senses are closing over my spirit, like the leaves around the heart of the rose, at sunset!" She spoke the last words with gentle reluctance, as if it required almost more energy than 'she could command to pronounce the faint and lingering syl lables. Scarcely had they loitered through her lips ere she was ' lost in slumber. Aylmer sat by her side watch ing her aspect with the emotions proper to a man, the whole of whose existence was involved in the process now to be tested. Mingled with this mood, how ever, was the philosophic investigation, characteristic of the man of science. Not the minutest symptom escaped him. A heightened flush of the cheek a slight irregularity of breath a quiver of the eyelid a hardly percepuble tre mor through the frame such were the details which, as the moments passed, he wrote down in his folio volume : but the thoughts of years were all concen trated upon the last. While thus emyloyed, he failed not to gaze often at the fatal Hand, and not without a shudder. Yet once by a strange and unaccountable impulse, ho pressed it widi his lips. His spirit re coiled, however, in the very act, and Georgiana out ot the midst of her sleep, moved uneasily and murmured as if in remonstrance. Again, Aylmtr resumed his watch. Nor was it without avail. The Crimson Hand, which had been strongly visible upon the marble pale ness of Georgiana's cheek, now grew more faintly outlined. She remained not less pale than ever ; but the birth mark, with every breath that came and went, lost somewhat of its former dis tinctness. Its presence had been awful ; its departure more awful stilL Watch the rainbow fading out of the sky ; and you will know how that mysterious symbol passed away. " By Heaven, it is well-nigh gone !'' said Aylmer to himself in almost irre pressible ecstacy. " I can scarcely trace it now. Success! Success! And now it is the faintest rose-color. The slight est flush of blood over the cheek would overcome it. But she is so pale !" He drew aside the window curtain and suffered the natural light of day to fall into the room, and rest upon her cheek. At the same time -he heard a gross, hoarse chuckle, which he had long known as his servant Amina dab's expression of delight. " Ah, clod ! Ah earthly mass P cried Aylmer, laughing a sort of frenzy. " You have served me well ! Matter and Spirit Earth and Heaven harVe both done their part in this! Laugh thing of the sense ! You have earned the right to laugh." These' exclamations broke Gaorgi ana's 6leep. She slowly unclosed her eyes and gazed into the mirror, which her husband had arranged for that pur pose. A faint smile flitted over her lips when she recognized how barely per ceptible was now that Crimson Hand, which had once blazed forth with such disastrous brilliancy as to scare away all their happiness. But then her eyes sought Aylmer's face, with a trouble and anxiety that he could by no means ac counttor. ' ' . " My poor Aylmer !" " Poor ? Nay, richest I Happiest I Most tavored r exclaimed he. " My peerless bride, It is successful ! You are perfect 1" , "My poor Aylmer!" she repeated with more than human tenderness. Yon have ' aimed loftilv vrm have done nobly 1 1 Do not repent, that, with so high and pure a toeung, you have re jected the best earth could oiler. .Ay I mer-Miearest Aylmer, I am dying If '.. Alas,' it was too true I The fatal Hand had grappled with the'mastery of hie, and was the bond by which an an gelic spirit ' kept itself in union with a mortal frame.' As the crimson tint of me;bJrth-mark---that sole token of hu man perfecuorfadod from' her cheek, the parting brcath''.of the now'perfoct Woman passed info the atmosphere: and her souL lingering a moment near "hef husband,' took its heavenly flight. ' Then sightly blotches began to be extinguish ed in a linging verdure. X ; . ;-There needed' no proof," said Geor giana, quietly. ! ".Give, me thA goblet' I IrttrfllHl- ctnlrA nit iiruir. irnn mnnl " Sli, a hoarse chuckling laugh' was heard again I Thus ever docs the grtfcs Fa taiitv of Earth exult in I its M invariable triumph over";: the . immortal essence, which, in this dim sphere of half-devel opment, demands the completeness oi a higher 8tate.'v Yqlf, had Aylmer reached a profoundcr wisdom he heed not thus hao flung away the happiness, which would have woven, his mortal life of tlie self-same texture with tlie celestial, The momentary circumstance was too strong for him, he 'failed; to look beyond the shadowy scope tof Time and living price for. ' all in Eternity, to find the perfect Future in the present1: ; THE COtyMERCIAt: WILMINGTON, N. 0. ' SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1946. ' . ,TO OUR PATRONS, s I".ooninBnc gf our enlargement, -we find it out of our pof er to make up our matle In time for tho Northern train on the morning of publication, and aa V wiah'd convey to our patron abroad the latest atatement of our Market, wjth the arri val and clear ances of out jPort, we have thought U Jo the Interest of all pariiotto Issue TU Comnureiaf' in the after- won, Instoad of the morning, as heretofore ; then we Can give thejranaaction of the Market to noon of the iyM if publittdion, with all Items of new up to that hour.; Our advertising columns wa shall keep open untUKo'ctoofcVM. ; ; THAT.Tas-We would respectfully call the atten tion of the CommUtionersof Navigation to a large tree which some weeks ago lodged upon the shoal opposite tho WltmlngtSn and Raleigh Railroad Company's wharf, and Is'ftnbeddlng Itself in that shoal, to the great detriment V the navigation of that part of the river. We hoof the Board will at once see to its re moval. SANJUAN DE ULLOA. There is much diversity of opinion relative to the strength of this Mixlcan Fortress. A letter from an officer in tho Navy.eaya that It is much overrated, and that the present . American naval force on that station Is quite sufficient ijeubdue It. Anothcrofflcer writes that ho had a talkwllhan English officer who has been through the Fortress. He ays the Mexicans have the meuns of heating 1000 forty-two pound shot, red hot in one hour and fifteen minutes. This officer thought, if he had 1600 British gunners, and command of this Castle, he would defy the whole British navy. So much for the opinions of naval officers. If the first report be true, the conquest will be easy if half of the latter be fact, it is Impossible for us to take it with all the force we can bring against it. THE PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRACY. The democratic presses are progressing very rapidly on the subject of direct taxation. The last Democrat ic Review, the National Organ of the "unterrlfted," and more independent than The Union, because it does not rely upon Executive favor for support, plainly propo ses the abolition of tho. pustom House, which will take from the Federal Government the patronage of n.oouomce. The Editor propose to apportion a tax of twenty-two million among the severer States, to be collected with the State Taxes, and thus save expense la collecting for the Federal Government. But we do not know what the so called democratic party will do, without these offices. Take away the "spoils,'' abolish custom-house offices, and you take away the prop, the ve pillar, which sustains demo- cratic patriotism. . i , -J It is thought that the subject of direct taxation will be made an Issue in the next campaign. It may do wcu witn iiocorocoism, which has already gone far as this would go from the ancient republican land marks But whatever you do, gentlemen who manage, mislead and humbug the people, don't take away the cfflcf the love of country" -Jan never stand that never, among those wnoso " party Is their country." THE SUB-TREASURY. Large amountp of Treasury N.dtes are in Deposit t the Bank In New York. It appear that the Bank). there alternately receive the publio income, and there lfa arrangement among themselves, tat th Bank Whose week it is to receive the money from the Cus tom House, shall, during that week, receive all the Treasury Note that may be collected. Disbursing officer deposit these notes in Bank to their own cred it, then draw check for such sums aathey have to pay on account of the government. Thu I the sub-treasury law completely .abandoned, In the financial opera tions of the public agent. We do not think they are to blame they cannot help It it I impossible to make such a monstrous humbug operate at all. It an swer the purposes of politicians, however, who mere ly wish to gull the people, and show them, " in ail sin cerity and candor," as the Standard aay, that govern ment paper is really nothing more nor less than -pe riswhich all the faithful are bound to believe, and all the leader are compelled to assertrunder pain of be ing burnt or hung in effigy, and cut off forever from th Executive loaves and Ashes - , t. FEDERALISM OF THE WHIGS.-, . ? , A correspondent of the Boston AtlsMellstije follow. Ing anecdote of Gen.' Jtoeep b ChandJ-f, of Augusta, Maine, who presided at meiSVjng'bnuJe'pena'cat Democrat in that town a few days agor ?y V J A Locofoco, who had more Impudence than brains- fa very usual occurrence) aekea ueaerai blunder u he was going over to the Federalists H said,; in reply, "that in olden times, the tut of Democracy was the disposition to encourage nomt watuny, trie wear ing of horn mad apparel, Ih protection nf Jimt labor, a-d those were called Torie who wcxa for ptocurin, articles of clothing and manufacture from Brltle! amrkfthnna ' - n . : , i&J- -This answer indicates what I the' ftderaZtm cflSe vhig, about which the democrat! presses prate o much. ThUoWumlsdesirousofproducJngwlth in our awn counu-r 'al). article requislts to it own lustenanoe and comfort i all lht maV.Ve necessarv to J renda her Independent of foreign nations, lh -ac as weO as war, whether they are the fruit oi,;g. rtcdtuYu Industry orthe result of mechanical labor, Tho wTUge, while thus rendering , tho natloa independent, would make our industrioos population Independent also, by mryencoursgemenloonaist-nt with Justice ?wd the. 'compromise", of our CoottitvUba. :&.''-';f. We remember when thl was considered, ttr sound democratic republican doctrine when the advots pd Won would have raised shout of indl-natlon, and the ertes of f fcdenJ-tory,H bank-Bought whig,4 and the like. But the present Is I wonderful era. " We are now to be taught that " democracy- eanretaln' ft mm ! iSr WdflM4 it wfur-.. z g 71 TP ptf fftr o .. : ' " twelve month-that i for "free grain." There has aince been arise in the price of bread etuffs in Eng land, owing entlrelto unfavorable weather for tho Incoming harvest In England, and from the Important fact, then ascertained, that the potato crop would be almost entirely cut off. EXTRAORDINARY EXPERIMENT. An experiment has been successfully tried In Pms sis, for the culture ojf the Irish potato in winter. They were planted on the' first of September, and throvs more rapidly and strongly than in ttio Spring season.' A writer says : In spite of the severe winter, I have, on the first of November, covered up potatoes, haviag a stalk only a foot high, and they have grown admira bly and are perfectly formed. V FIFTY-FOUR FORTY, The position of Mr. Polk, on the Oregon questior is very far from being an enviable one. In obedience to the dictation of the Baltimore Convention, he de clared our right to the whdlo of Oregon to be 'crear" and unquestionable." He assumed the line of 64 Win his December message to Congress, and In hi mes sage submitting the proposition of Great Britain he said the sentiment- in that Message remaipsd un changed. And yet Mr. McLsne declares that he fol lowed the instructions of the Department, in settling the matter on the parallel of 49 1 and the published documents prove this to be a fact. This conduct of Polk is designated by the gentle name of inconsis tency" by some of the whig presses. , This la very . well" a soft answer tumcth away wrath'! but It looks to us as much like an abominable cheat a any ' thing on record.: Tho truth Is, Polk kept up th cry pf 4 4Q tft retain the favor of tho war-hawks, while hegave the'reulalt Instruction uTelr. McLane that produced a peaceable settlement of tho question. The fjesldiipt "ought to know all abou the instruction ghia iff his Ministere abroad to aay that he did not know what wa written on the occasion, places him in a situation too ridiculous to be sanctioned by any one. - If he did know, as he certainly did, he ha acted a most hypocritical and undignified parti disgraceful to his character as a man, and dishonorable to his' reputation as Ptcsidont But It is bard to cast off old habit. The low trick of dirty politician will follow them Into high station. Small men, small action. "Great men. choose greater ain"-but Poik love trickery. .. " YOUNG HICKORY." The Union gives its readei to undentond that the President consider pproprialiona made nnder Gen. Jackson's administration to be unconstitutional and thai " Young Hickory!' lafar ahead of "Old Hickory" in constitutional acumsn and tenderness tf eonsclenc. The " progressive domocracy" sets up a claim to know much more about organic law, and to feel more keenly the responsibilities of the "Inward monitor than Jackson or any of the Republican Fathers. The " crooked haa become straight" in the hands of the present administration, and What was heretofore con sldered wisdom end patriotism, Is now sot down as very weak and atupld. The President doubts the con stitutionality of making spproprialiona for the Im provement of our Lake Harbors, ft we are to credit his organ ; and will shortly pTove, to a demonstration we dare say, that a Custom House oa th Lakes is not bona fida a Custom House, like those on the Atlantic borders. The administration may go ahead with this doctrine. There are plenty of the faithful ready to sustain It, and to believe it too that la, when It Is fair ly promulgated!' by authority." ,:; :v UNDER HIS OWN HAND. - The President of the United States baa sent docu ments, franked under his own official hand, to ths edi tor of lhNorth Carolina Standard, the matter wbsre- . of la duly noted and toe thanka of ths editor proffered to the Chief Magistrate for his kindness. W bJlsv ' this Is ths first instance on record of th meeting and greeting of two dignities in thl way, and It should b recorded In aid of the fact asserted by the Union, that Polk 1 a very industrious man, and that no publio toll, or private duties, saoh as attending Church and ' the like i can prevent hlra from being courteous io bis pre. . '' , THE POTATO. . A paragraph la going the rouno of thsnsw-paj)- " giving what purports to be a new discovery in ths manner of raising potatoes. It is no mors nor lees than their production from ths tttd contained in ths baO fit fruit oi ths potato. We hav heard .of this method ever since we nav heard oi ths article at abV An old account of this root says l New one are rea dily procured by sowing the seeds, whloh, with care, wiU produce tuber th third roar and a fuQ isrontb fourth." f There were four feertiss to the neid at ths resent election ther, vis. Whig, Locos,' AboUtlcnlet uAf Independent or intl-slavsry,-. Th whig sustained;;. thsmeeWes gsttantly, and th Polk party Is broken up T ? . w' v -iU TERRIFIED t": Th brethren of (he uuterrlfied" sra still r tlons of each other. The Western democrati pan-trf V ire um,u4 fa ,htdr denunciatfon of foTk, forhtf eto4hemv,rndH.IWBlJlfM .XeV!-4 of Pennsyhani In eondemnation of th. war w.4 T'V -galn.t domestic Industry by th. sdmlnistratloiL and1 It sdhereijts, ; A pabe-.callod the Allegan Heroin di-" fOB-ses in the following tyl, Tho Washington ' Unton.tylc. th veto of the River and Harbor appro . priaUon biU p, great. roeaW of fetemal poflcy-It should have said Infernal policy, it would approxi'. '' mate nearer to tlr true pollcr6f President Polk Thereto of thl great Watern measure' wakcwardV' ly, base, and impolitic performanyce,. uhbecomlng the Prealdentof mighty cbmiricrciar and airlcultufnl ' nation-rworthy onl of 'i secuoali'despot of ihennlU- ' Ecationtamp.,',u.'.;K: f';"' ' Th Chicago DcmocrV edited by the Hon. Johr Wentworth, "demoeratic memberof Congress, is vryT rebellioua onth,o ubjec-- H 'Myh does not be- Hove the people will bo any longer humbugged by the ''" deceptions of the PoDc party. The policy Is to Make the people believe that Polk Is' In favor of certain ec tlons, but object! to the general features of the Bill. But the sale of public property, intended for Improvement-, open the oyes of the people of Chicago to these . "deceptions."' .' V '. ,' .. " " -' ' " '--r- : .'"'. A MISTAKE. ,.' . r, j The demoeratlc presses are laboring utidor ovory great mistake (no doubt Intentional) in atlempUng to A eonvince tlie farmers that the advance In broad tufl since the arrival of the teamer: Brltanla, la the con sequence of the passage of the new tariffed. Tho '' tariff act poised the House of Representatives early In July. The Intelligence reached England on the 30th of the same month, and the first response to it came by the steamer Caledonia, which left Liverpool oirtho ' 4th of August i-The newswaa thai, there waimuchV'v rejoicing in the Manirfacturing dittrkU ? but the inar ketsfor grain were lower than ihevfiad been fori 8 'I r st . : ; ,: ' ' -aW?-' I
The Tri-Weekly Commercial (Wilmington, N.C.)
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