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live to her youth to dare all tor ner nonori .
bo, Jer our citizens unite in contributing to e
rcct a monument to the gallant dead, alike
I the. dictate of duty and patriotism. . -
I Mr. Ralph Bell. wn the only surviving
son ofAlr William Bell. Architect, of Fay
cltcvilie, N. .C. v . ' ! ' .
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i c;-- wAcc Co. N. C. Jan. Ut, 1850
Cousin Ri Another new year has ushered
upon us. and the force of the duties it brings
along. with it presses hard upon the reflecting
raind Another year has past never again
to be recalled. No subject can be more ira
"portant to the mind, and certainly none better
calculated to improve the conduct of the indi
vidual, Jhah a due consideration of the man
ner in which the moments that are past have
been employed. Time like every thing else
has been given to man by the Creator or
all things in order that it may be used. Ui -on
the creature rest the responsibility ' ot
giving an account at the last day of .he man
ner in which he has uted it. He alone is re-
q sponsible for the omissions and commissions
oi ins own i ue. yvnn mm is commjucu mr
obligation of attending, ahdlhe responsibili
ty ofneelectinir.; the ' duties he owes to his
; family, neighbors, and society in general.
How fearfully 'deficient are we all in the.
performance of those duties even which lie
j nearest home such as relate particularly to
our own immediate families, the government
of our children their proper instruction. In
view ot tnese tninga what supject is oeuer
calculated to entertain and instruct the mind,
or to improve its morals, and bring it to bear
with full ri?ht unon the absolute duties of
the individual, so as to insure the perform
"ance of the same, than a retrospection? An
exhibition of public piety is perhaps as com
mon in our country, at the present day, as it
ever was in any age or country : but can we
say as much for the private c:rcle? I fear
the contrast is "too .great. Perhaps to the
formality, ostentation, and I may add the
obstinacy with which they are pressed, hard
? to the mind," are mainly attributable the feuds
that eecrn so fife among our countrymen"
Lt is literally, true,, emphatically so, that .we
live in an asre of improvement. But whether
j Ufcis state is'tq continue progressive, or be
superceded by in age of bigotry and sunersti
1 1 tioivcertainly depends upon the pYoper ini.
r provement of the heart, as well as the head,
j ; Would that all were sufficiently impressed
It with this important fact. Our citizens under
ur form of Government, the best that the
wisdom of man has ever invented, if properly
adhered to in all its departments, have ar
rived to that eminence in point of intellectual
culture thatiwouJd put to shame' in a com
parison the happiest and palmiest days of
Qretie.p or Romfi.. Our Government has ar
rived to that point of political greatness in
the short space of a little more than half a
century, which ' astonishes , the world, and
bids fair to become, under the guidance of
Divine Prqvfdcnce, should fanaticism stay its
hand, the most powerful, jin :." utmost every
respect, that has existed since time began. -
Well may the philosopher of the old1 world
stand still with wonder and amazement, and
gaze upon the political greatness presented
'to Lis view by the commanding spectacle.
.It is the triumph of intellectual cultivation
, over dormant ignorance, of Christianity, ck-
i lightened Christianity over superstition, bigo-
try, and their long train of tyranny and despot
ic-rule. Shall the proud structure be over
thrown ? One false step committed by the
guardians of our rights may, lead' the way
Jbr the accomplishment of this fearful work.
-A people reared up in the enjoyment of such
oliticalv and religious liberty as is every
,wherqrealized throughout the entire extent
of ourland, can never endure tyranny and
.oppression no matter by whom t Attenipted,
tintil that age spoken of above irvthe prospec
tive shall have taken its iron grasp fast hold
of the American hearts.
- Nothing but christian forbearance, mutual
ly exercised by the sectional divisions of our
country, can ever perpetuate this 'mighty
Government "now and forever, one and in
separable." Christianity, in my opinion, lies
at the foundation of our Government arid is
the only thing that can sustain it ; ttiat Chris
tianity which purifies the heart, and not that
which consists in outward formality and ob
stinately fastidious notions, up to ' the law
punctiliously in ltheir outward professions
while their hearts are far from' God." Such
1 look upon as letting religion down to the
superstition that reigned oyer the minds of the
. pcople during the dark ages, the rule Popery.
You know my religious sentiments, I am con
scientious, entirely so in the maintenance of
them.! J I do hot claim, iu the strictest sense
of the wordj to be a reiigiows -character, yet
I am emn.baticalJy a religious character. No
man under be sun believes more heartily in
the efficacy ihe Chi istian religion than do
I. No man is mare strongly impressed with
the irnperativo njbeeswty of jtfije heart-flt
Christian religiohlofilvenoainienance oi good
society, governed jby .wise, jibe raj, and 'just
Jaw. n- . ' Yours sinrreJy. ., .
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Mr. Ludwick Albright,; ia2 Alamance county,
came to it shocking death on Tuesday, tho724th
nit. He had been drinking;. freely, and was left
seated before the fire.' After about an hour one
of bis sous returning, foun4 hira? laying upon his
fGC. wItl bis bead and h6tlders ia the firefnd
Uia L His head was nearly 'consumed, and his
Jiandi drapiKHl off At the wrist upon his being
lifted up .IJlU'tyo Rtcvrdtr.
A JOURNEYMAN PRINTER.
The following brief biographical sketch of
Mr. John Paterson, a man whose vast and va
rious attainments would, but for his secluded
habits and innate modesty, have long since
won fame and fortune, is from the Albany
Dutchman: J .
Mr. Paterson is a' native of New Jersey,
having been born at Morristown. on the 11th
brjanuary; 1799: he i. thereftre. in his 51st
year. At the age of four years, he removed
with his parents to Canada. . His father was
a shoemaker by trade, and died poor ; his
mother is still living and resides in Canada,
near the city of Hamilto i. Mr. P.f was ap
prenticed to an uncle to learn the house-car-penter's
business. At this employment , he
cootinuea about tnree years, wnen ins uncic
met with a reverse ot f rtune, which com-
nelled this hnrihipw to nursue some icallinjr
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for a livelihood. " . ; - !
His next attempt, to be useful was as office
hnv 1n si roiintrv nhvsician. vvitn Wliom Mr.
P. remained till he was nearly as well read
in Mfduinf na' his- p. in mover. It is. doubt
less, to the "Doctor's Librarv' that Mr. Pat
tersbn is mainly indebted for the literary taste
by which his after life has been so singu
larly distinguished.
Quilting the doctor, we shortly, after find
him in Buffalo, where he acted as clerk iu
a drujr store for about three months, when
theoffersand wtll-filled shelves of Salisbury,
a statiooerof that city, induced him "to throw
physic to the dags " and take a position un
der the tree of Knowledge.- jin connection
with their Bookstore the Messrs. Salisbury
published a paper called the Buffalo Gazette,
which paper having contained a libel,, the
proprietors were sued, and judgement ren
dered against them for $S00O. They at once
proceeded to smuggle their stock into Niaga
ra, Canada, and sent John there tor the pur
pose of disposing of it. He obtained part of
a building occupied by a printer, and then
disposed of the slock of books in about eight
months. : : - ' :
Beirsr aiszain thrown on his own refonrces.
he agreed to set type for Mr. Ferguson, pub
lisher of the Niagara Spectator. At - tluV
time, the celebrated Robert Gourlay .con-
tnbuted to Us cjlumns, ami being a radical
reformer, he libelled the Government. l For
this species of enjoyment, Mr. Ferguson was
imprisoned, his paper ceaset its existence,
while Paterson was again compelled to
seek his iortune elsewhere, it was his in
tention then to go to Montreal . hut finding
it impossible to raise the necessary funds to
carry him there, he was compelled to '"foot
it" to Black Rock, and not; haying means
sufficient to pay his ferriage, returned to
Buffalo. . At 'the. latter city he remained
three years, during which time he learred
his trade (that of a printer) in the office of I).
M. Day, publisher oCthe Buffalo Journal.
Afte having visited and worked in a! number
of places, he took up his residence wi this
city, in the yea rt 1822, n reside nan that he
has'continued to this dar. Hi first Work in
Albany, he found at E. VV- Skinners.
The degree of A. M. was conferred on Mr.
P, in the year 1836, by-the Union College.
As we mentioned last week, Mr, Paterson
is a scholar in every sense ot the term- He
is not only thoroughly versed in every branch
of Mathematics, but can read and 'write
Greek, Latin, Hebrew, and Arabic, with as
much ease and fluency as he can English!
In the different living languages he is equally
well posted up. and js probably the only man
on earth who can converse in every Janguagj;
spoken in Europe. , His great 1 work: jThe
Calculus ol Opemtjons," has just issued from
the press, and is, in the opinion of scientific
men, one of the most profound productions
that the Mathematical world has yet (given
to society. r . ' ;
From what we have written above, the
reader will perceive that Mr. Paterson is not
only a self-made but a most persevering man.
With no aid, but inuustryand no higher sal
ary than that which is bestowed on a Jour
neyman Printer, Mr. Paterson Una become
not only thoroughly, acquainted with every
department of human knowledge, but has ac
quired a handsome little property, and owns
one of the best selected libraries iri the city.
The latter contains some 3000 volumes, while
its estimated worth is put down atj $6000,
A week ago. we stated that John Paterson.
hof Albany, was the most extraordinary, man
in Annenca, lhe above lack;, we think,
prove it. In our opinion, nature w ill produce
a half dozen Shakspeares before she produ
ces another man whose acquirements will
compare with those belonging to this modest,
unpretending printer. To our young men.
the history of this unaided genius, should act
as a stimulus to" exertion. Having the same
means of progression, they should endeavor
to emulate his success. ,
Before we conclude this rather hasty sketch,
we may as well render it a little more com
plete, by stating that Mr. Paterson married
in 1828, Miss Orilla Bosworth by whom he
has had fiver children the, eldest, Eliza, is
married to Charles G. Ruse, of this city. Mr.
P. still works at journey-work- his present
employer being Joel MunseH, of State street.
Wise Admonition Weil Expressed,
In the biography of Fisher 'Ames., written
by the late Professor Kirkanil. the folio wins'
just and beautiful sentiment x?ccurs:
When Vic apprOSLCfies the youthful
mind, in the seductive form of a beloved com
panion, the ordeal becomes threatening and
dangerous in the extreme. Few possess the
prudence and unyielding, firmness requisite
to pass it in sajfety, ..... Those who hare been
accurately , observant to the - dependence of
one part of life on another, will readily con
cur with us, that Araes. future character de
rived much of its lustre, aqd his fo-tjunesj
much of their elevation, rpm Jthe untainted
purity and irreproaehabfeoess of hisyou.tJi.
Masculine virtue is as necessary to reaj emi
nence, as a powerfoj: intellect. f e that js
deficient in either,; wjjl never, unless from
the influence of fortuitous cifcmstaiices, be
able to place and maintain iwrasejt at the
head of society. ; He may rise and flourish
for a time, but his fall js as certain as his de
eent io ihe grav. He who holds parley
with vice and dishonor, is sure , to become
hieir, sfave , and victim. . That heart is more
than half corrupted jthat does not burn with
indigcatjonat the attempt to corrupt if,,Vi
Xi" THE CLERGY OF AIEXICO. 1 J
A pamphlet published in Mexico, states : that
the income of tbet clergy of that country amounts
to S20:000,000 ier Annum. They are also in pos
session oCndedi; prepoperly : vrtprescnliDg an
enormous capital. Therevenues of the 'General
Government itsdf are stated not to exceed S6,-
000,000, ' , . ;-
A New Marderoas Weapou,
The Washington correspondent of the
Evening News gives us the following des
cription of a newly invented destructive mis
sile : t"- "' C-',;! -i 1
Among the host of persons claiming the
assistance of Congress ' i in the prosecution of
wonderful inventions, is a down-carter, who
is exhibiting a new missile for hostile pur
poses. ' It is about two feet long, with a head
in the sha pe of a bomb, which explodes as
soon, as it strikes against a hanl suhsiance in
the vicinity ; of t lie foe. In its passage from
the morta r through the air, a number of fear
ful looking blades open from the stock, ami
spread out bo as to cut ofif a doen heads at
once, to say nothing afhe destruction caus
ed by the bomb. The Inventor thinks it
would prove a formidable weapon of defence
against an attack of pirates at sea. but it
would not be quite as effective in such a case
as the liberal use of boiling water from a fire
engine, with which, served hot i from the
ship's coppers, a captain of one of our mer
chantmen once scalded the crew of a pirati
cal foe on the point of boarding, instead of
which they fell to dancing in utter defiance
of all rules and regulations of the graceful
Art." ' -
WEEKLY COiMMEUCIAh.
WILMINQTON, N. C.
FKIDAY, JANUARY l7Tl85i.
. - . WEEKLY COMMERCIAL.
We find the enterprise which put the Weekly
Commercial at SI ne yeftr, will not, Jely be met
by a spirit sufficiently liberal to render it profita
ble. But this can uever be done whIe Southern
men give' thousands to Northern presses, whjle they
gire hundreds to their own. i
The price of the Weekly Cvmmercig isj hqw $2
per annum. It is st 11 the cheapest paper in North
Carolina, because it contains more reading matter
than those papers which charge :$2q0 and. $Q per
year, i
Of course, tie price will not be raised on those
subscribers now an the list, till their year expires.
Those who are unwilling to give us the reasonable
compensation of S3 per year, on renewing their
Subscription, will please send back the number
sent to them after their year expires. We hope
none wjll refuse, We have conversed with sever
al, and all jigree that the Weekly Coninircial must
not be discontinued for warjt pf a fair price for it;
nd express their willipgness to pay S2 per annum.
. ... j BROTHERS Wilmington N. C. "
We are gratified to announce the arrival here
of the above Steam IJoat intended to ply on the
Cape Fear and its tributaries, including Dep RirT
er. j She belongs to our enterprising townsman
Mr.l John Banks. He purchased a jBoat during
last year with the same intent but she was wreck
ed oh her way, and was a total loss. True to his
character however, he determined to pick his
flint and try again, and the present announcement
tells the result.
She is intended as a tow Boat. Length 8$ feefC
breadth of beani 16 feet, with 50 horse power, She
draws only 16 inches water, and has $ speed of 8
to 12 miles per hour against (he current. This is
the second Boat whicft wp Jiave hailed as the
promised passport between our town and the erain
and mineral s region adjacent o the upper Cape
Fear and Deep Jiivers.
Our up Country friends can see by this how
earnest we are to form a commercial and social
connexion with them. Le"$he-m. httm their
improvement for the Chatham and Brothers are
ready and anxious to pass so sgon'as their Locks
shall be unbolted.
CONGRESS.
The House of Representatives spent nearly the
whole of last week in the discussion of the con
tested election case from New Hampshire. It was
settled that Mr. Morrison, the sitting member,
should retain his scat. j
It is believed that attempts will be made to
modify the Tanffj by raising thej duties on some
t wo or three art icles, abolishing j duties on certain
materials used in manufacturing, rendering some
duties specific and adopting the home valuation.
The Northern members may cease to" trouble
themselves about raising up the 'question of a Ta
riff for the protection of manufacturers, for it is
the duty of the Southern members to oppose such
a measure, m eyery possible way. Let those who
have been the objects of the fostering care of the
National Legislature: and the sympathies of South-1
era Whigs, as well as penfberats! in some degree,
learn that they ought to bestow justice at least, in
return for favors. The Soutft $ai?not be so mad
as to increase the wealth of t&e manufacturers,
and thus render them potent for mischief. The
manufacturing towns of the North are the nurse
ries' of fanaticism and ja&olitionism and every
Southern patriot should declare !an uncompromis
ing and unceasing constitutional war upon fbem,
as the worst enemies of the Union jand Jhe bitter
est hostiles to Southern rights, j
There has been a bjll introduced la the Senate
to grant $0,000 acres of laqg je the State of Wis
consin, to aid in the constructor of the Troy and
Wisconsin Rail Ro.ad. , We see jtjiat wjle evading
the Whig Povtrine of Internal Improvements by
the General Government, the Democratic jParty
are ever . f whippiog jbe Devil round the stump"
in this prticlar, . f ' f j
There ;s some nevs aanoweedt by a Correspon
dedt of fjje Charleston Courier, j which js, that .a '
party is to be ormed who are io f give fte South '
all UieyAsk in regard to slavery, giye the West all
the lands, and give the North and East Protec-
tive Tariff. We do not suppose b.e South cares
so much about the disposal of the lands. It is
neither land nor money we vant, but justice. Di
vide the public lands so that Southern interests
are considered, and secure Southern States in the
peaceable enjoyment of their Constitutional Rights,
and a Protective Tariff will be no bug-bear. ,
v Congress vr s lately brought to a quandary, in
regard to thMdisposal of & question which relates
to the navigation of.the' airy:. itV.!waS !-!ifficiiit - to
say to what Committee the matter should be re-
ferre4-r -r aitnpugn 4nere are plenty ;of " sky-
larks." in Congress, in a Pickwickian sense, there !
k no skylark committee, It was referred to the
Bhnl CoinmUte,. htog the moment of
all sorts of navigation. We do not think it was
appropriately refeired. Con
rowed terms from the" navy say the loftiest sails
used on board ofa man of war, .on which the
claims of ocean and air might be jointly estimated.
Sky-scrapers and Moon-rakers are terms well
known in the nautical world,, as applied, tq sails
on the very tip-top of the niasts so the Commit
tee should have been styled, .The Committee on
Sky-scraping and Moon-raking, r
r- UNITED STATES MAQAZIN E.
' We have received the January number of the
United Slates Magazine $" penwcTatic n;view, . for
January, 1851. We make the following extract
from an article on "The Philosophy of the Ameri
can Union," the matter here referred to beinj the
position that our only alternative ys, Strict con
struction of the Constitution or dbsalutio:
"Seeing then that the k&sost ; construction which
can be imagin.ed will no pronote food; objects so
eflctlvely s the strictest c-ptruct we need
npfc regret, tht by lakws of nature we. possess
no alternative Vt tq b,e cqftten wtb, the gpod
which the general government can effect within
the sphere of its most restricted powers, or to
weaken the bonds of our Union. Recent events
sho.w fbat these viws are more than theoretical,
and they have painfully forced on the perception
of the most obtuse intellect,? that the loose con
struction by which Congress claims the power to
circumscribe domestic slavery in the territories,
interferes so sensitively with our southern confed
erates as to immediately endanger the Union.
Now in relation to the fight, of a S,tate tq secede
from the Union, or to redress injuries to her sov
ereignty by any other means in her power, the
rght is not constitutional, any more thn Wr ori
ginal revolution was loyal, or thaq out war of 1812
was conmrmable to the. definite treaty made with
Great Britain, in "783, and which stipulated for a
"perpetual peace" The right of secession is nev
ertheless perfect, being among: the "alienable
rights" referred to in the Declaration of Indepen
dence , and with which it says; we aro. endowed
by our Creator. Enumerated among tjiese, are
"life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness ;"; and
"whenevef any fprnj of- gpYernnient becfiffi68 deT
structi ve to thes.e ends, it is the rght qf1 thP V0?
pte to alter or abplish ft, n4 tq institute a neY
government."
We all feel that secession is practicable, and to
urge a discontinuance of further! "annoyances a
gainst the South, we have lately seen numerously
attended "Union, Meetings" in our large commer
cial cities, and their influence wjll be salutary; but
the parties $eem not to have probed to tfte Jjpttoni
of the difficulty. Indeed, he superficial views
which these meetings take of the difficulty of our
position, is painfully indicative that the nature of
our confederacy is too little imdersfqpd by , its
friends. They see our present danger, gpd arc de
sirous of averting it j but they seem moved hereto
more by fear of consequences than conviction of
error, in the principle which the danger has arisen.
They cry aloud for Union, and some would fisbt
for jt, but these are.not the ways (especially the
latter) of obtaining it ; and humanity may rejoice
that it.is not. But especially they seem not to
know that slavery agitation is only the symptom
of disease, not the disease itself. The disease is
a loose construction of the Constitution, and the
remedy is a strict construction. Slavery is only
the symptom of to-day, as a protective tariff was
the syniptom of 1832 and as a great system of in
tern.aj iip proyements by tlje general government
may be the symptom of to-morrow. The friends
of Union, therefore, should understand that they
must be" strjef; constructionists of the Constitution
if they would pe Union-men-in an intelligent, prer
vading, and enduring ses.e.."
N. C. LEGISLATURE.
We have yet no perfected business of importance
from this body. We give the ytas and nays, be
low, in ithe. passage of the "Free Suffrage" Bill;
three-fifths being: necessary to carry it. The vote
was subsequently re-considered! but it is probable
no action will be bad on this question at the pres
ent session.
Ayes- Messrs. Barco, Joshua Barnes, Blow,
Bond, Boyakia, Brazier, Bridgers, Brqgden, Cock
erham, Cotton, Dargan, Davidson, Durham, Flynt,
Fonville, Gordon, Hackney, Harrison. G. W.
Hayes, Herring, S. P. Hill, W. Hill, Holland, Jar
vis, Jerkins, Johnston, Jones, Kallum, A- J- Leach
Marshall, Martin, Mathis, McDowell, McLean, N.
McNeill, W- McNeill, Mizell, Montgomey, Newv
so'm, Patterson, Pegram, S. J. J'erson, T. J. v Per
son, Pigott, Pope, Rankin, ReinhardvTKllmSj
Ruflfin, L. B. Saunders, R. M. Saunders, Sheek,
Sherrijl, gherrard, Steele, Stevenson, Stowe,
Stubb, .Sutton, Swaner, Taylor, Thigpen, Thorn
ton, B. F, Williams, J. J, Williams, WmstonrQS,
Noes. Messrs. Amis, D. A. Barnes, Bogle, A..
H. Caldwell, D. F. Caldwell, Campbell, Cherry,
Dontbi.t, Drake, Dunlap, EatonJ Erw;n, Jgure,
Fleming Foard,' A. G. Foster, A. M. Faster, J.
Hays. J. H. Hill, Kelly, Lock; Love, MaulUby,
McKoyMcCleese, Parham, Poole, Powers, Ray-
nei-, Bussell, Scott, Sharpei Shinpock, Siler, Sloan,
Thornburgh, Tripp, Walton, Waugh, yjTeb, Wig
gins, 42 . , - . j; " " -
, HE DISEASED
Tbe Board of Health for the town .of , Charlotte,
Xf. C. reported o new cases and 2 deaths, from the
"prevailing disease," for the week ending the 7th
r". j u . . ;K"
CONVENTION OF THE PEOPLE.
The following remarks from the AshviUe Mss
engerr a Whig paper, are m , accordance with the
general sentiments of the Whigs of our State on
the subject of a Reform Convention.1 Is it not
amazing that the Democrats of the Legislature
should be opposed to - the doctrines , avowed be
low 1 Are they determined to show the people
how far they can go in opposition to political pro
fession 1 "? , v ,.' ' .' . ;' : " " a-,. :
"It is known tg out readers that this subject has
created considerable excitement in the State, and
a great deal the present .Legislature, and that
thus fdr we have said nothing about it ; : but as a
public Journalist we fel it our duty to sneak out
on the subject, and we do not do it without re-
flection; without having weighed th subject and
IU gene
OPE, UNRE3THICTED Co!TjCTIO?l OF THE FKOFUE,
who iban have full power to say, do, and deter
mine upon one and all measures pertaining: to the
proposed amendment of tbe Constitution of our
State. We tbe more cbeerfully go for ; this, be
cansc "all political power is tested uv and de
rived from tbe people because, yre "are not
afraid to trus them ; because we have seldom
fcnpwntUcm, do.wrorg trh.cn rightly mformed and
let alouoj because we bvliere.-it to bo tlieir in
alienablc rlgbTwpeclally m this'goyernment. to
have a vojee in making, amending, and regulating
laws by whicli they and their children are to bo
governed ; because, we belioye the Ooostitutioo of
Noxth cWin Wdj W n.ti1 amendments;
because the people are now, from what has been
promised them for tip last ycjar or two, expecting
somehandra tbis natter!; lnw we are oppos
ed to committing this whole matter into the hands
of a few of our Legislators, a great portion of
whom are mere partizans, and others, - feel more
for themselves and their section, than tbe gooc o
tho State ; because we liave no faith iu tbe declar
ation of a majority of our legislators, when tbey
virtually declare the people, jo wnom
their nromotion. have no risht, or are incapable
of decidine this matter: because we are opposed
to nuV heneml Assemblv- makinff such amend-
- -i- m ; 1 x iii
ments as may suit them, without putting such
amendments and any others they may want, di
rectly to the people., so as to ascertain their sense
and views on the matter ; anU because it is rca
genuine, Democratic, Republican, American, Wash
ington, Jefferson, Jackson, and the PEOPLE'S,
fwho are greater than alii noCTBiNE. Therefore
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we are planted q the sde. f aPtoPLE's Conven
tion, and such a reforna, ifnjf, .fls the people pf
our glorious Q14 North State may say, in their
r.olltiotod wisdom tUov want. Wo have our no
tions as to what amendments ; we would like to
have, but this is not the time to declare them.
We shall speak out in duo tiine, what we think
best, and every other citizen has the privilege of
doins: the same. This is all ye. want, and we wil
submit to nothing les."
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COMMUNICATED.:
1 CHEAP POSTAGE BILL.
Why sleep ye 1 you, men of business, v$y slqpp;
yel -Yqur sepvqnt in Congress are now trying to
servp ycju., nd why speak ye not oit, speak by pe
tition, by the press, by all the meai Qqd aqd pa
ture has, placed within your reach.
oi have borpe the burthen of transporting al
the free matter of the mails, for this many a long
and tpjlspme day, and now that the hour of your
deliverance is at hand, why sleep yel
You have the right to ask that tlje pqgt pfJSpc
depfirtnent he pfjSciently and economically admin
istered, and to this eid you have the right if0 sHp
gest what you know from expevence, thaf js, that
the cash system, particularly in small matters, is
the cheaper, and that a uniform rate of two cents
pre-paid, and the abolishment of, the unjust and
much abused franking privilege, would probably
yield, the first year, more than enough tq deiYay
all expenses. If it should be though 'advisable
to have the rates, one for paid and one for unpaid
let the discrnpnatiqfi be suffjcieptly great t,Q make
the old Credit practice; decidedly urypopular. At
any rate yon ljaye tlje rigfrt to ask that you be re
lieved from anything mora than yojjr fair pro
portion of the burthens of government in any of
its departments.
Whjr should the business meg be made to pay
for all the privileges, just and unjust, granted to
men in and out of office; for all the cart, yes, wag
on loads of dead .matter returned to the dead let
tsr office 1 No! no ! Let all matter, transported
by mail fee paid for, and at such rates as will pay;
pay well, but only py for the service tendered.
In this matter you can insist, and with justice
too ; insist that there should be no tariff", even for
revenue paid qpon, the importation or exportation
of intelligence. Asjc that y&jur Ietter qf business,
letter of friendship, the poor njan Jef.er. particu
larly, for the really poor viU Rot b,ny a letter if it
is too 4ri it wjU go to ie dead letter office; that
the newspapers, and all means of social intercourse
which teijds perhaps, inore than, any one thing to
hind, to strengthen, to continue to bind this glori
ous Union in intellectual chains j the only chains
that can permanctly hold fjer together, that all
this be done and done .cheaply.
Fronp tte National IpJeUiqe ff.ee r.
Tb IHidon Industrial Exhibition.
We caattot give tbe subjoined correspondence a
piace in our colunus without a brief expression
of or solicitude forjbe subject to wbich it refers.
The Committee of the National Institute have
certainly done all tht could be expeeted of them j
indeed more than xwW have been reasonably
asked, for they iave contributed their 'money as
well as their time in earrying out the wishes of
the government j and it would be mortifying in
deed that an object wbich has excited bo general
an interest through the ojantry,- and in wbich the
nation character is now , deeply committed,
should incur the risk of failure for any detriment
for the want of a small sum to give it full effect.
Thv Executive Government has acted, in a spirit
of liberality in giving to the inventive genius and
mechanical skill of our country the convenience
of A public ship for the conveyance of contribu
tions to the World's Fair. If Congress would sec
ond this act by a small sum' from the public
treasury for what appears to be an indespensable
auxiliary purpose, we are confident that it would
receive general approval. .
Central Adthoritt op the- Pxitei) States
- On the iNnpsTRiAL ExnpmoN.
In Executive Gmmillee.) '
The following statement is respectfnlly submit
ted for tbe consideration of the I president of the
pnited States : f - -siry i' '. V ":i ;
On the 19th of March, 1850, the Minister Pleni
potentiary of her Majesty the 'Queen of Great
Britain to the United States addressed a letter to
the Secretary of State, enclosing a copy, of a com
mission which her Majesty - had been pleased to
issue for the purpose of promoting an exhibition
in England for the works of all nations, and ex
pressing lhe convjetjon on,, the part of her Majes
ty's Government that the United States Govern-
ment would bo well dUr a
cess of the undertaking. tb
On tbe . Hth of May the Secretary 6
transmitted to the National Institote cor
ccrrespondence between the British Sihfk, f. .
tbe State Department relaUre to tbe prL4
dnstrial Exbibitioo: From tW J??
peared thai without the approval by , Z M
central authority in tbe United ft..
from this country would be rcceired t U
On tlie 27th of Jlay, letter from tli lt
Institute to the Secretary ofState hTv
of tb appointment of a Central Commit .
bold correspoDdence with tle Ci itiI,
siooers, and to xemre tbe-Tprmtti
productions at the proposed I ado trial Eri -7 -'
in Lotion." - bili
r., ( n .
u the m of June te Secretary Stattf
dressd a letter to the National Institute k,
- " , nun VHClOMTlff.
of a letter dated June 1st, from the State
ment to the British Minister in this city, jj
in him of the organuatiou of a cuiiui;
MnH? tbe Central Anthority reoniml bViu
"nP. R.0J1 Com.nnK,,, on k
committee to correspond with the Corral f4 '
tee, .and to scl-ct from soch articles as mi V
submitted by the citizens of the State. UnJ;
suitable for the Exhibition, for the fiual a'
conrj.ruuice
this request State committees have bvvtt . '
ted bv he Governors of Massachusetts, lliJ
pi, New. York, Vermont, Ohio, Missouri,. 1,',,'n
Maryland. Illinois. Maino Kiw iio,... i ...
isianu, iew jorsy, outn Carolina,
Delaware North Carolina, Connecticut
vania, Virginia, Michigan, and Georgia
rt-ntiMi.
Through these State committtvs, tb. citins j
the United States have' resided pn.nij.Uv
th.i invitation to place siwciens of their natural
productions, ingenuity, and ski'lj by si,)o .
those of the Old World. From the ' ivV, tVma J
from the State to the Central Committee,' j( , r.
lieved that all the space allotted to the n',.' i 1
cprflributors in the Exhibition Roou will 'wc
quired for the recebtion of those .articles fw
lis country. ' r , ?
For the transmission of these articles ck.
wise and across the Atlantic; the Sectretarit j
the Treasury and the l&vy liave afforded the tl
cility jvithin their control, and not ineonsisttti
with their duty.. The' public ship ordered lytLr
Navy pepartment for the conveyance f
for the Exhibition jfrom the United Statesi ;3
take them to England free of cxjk nse. '
when landed in England, no person is tlfm t,
take charge of them, and the duty of the ofim
and crp'of the ship that conveyed jthem tL
will be at an end.
Some pf the exhibitors may be present th
"-"i Kl raeuui inerej nut nianv. t.
pecially. prom the interior or our country,
when landed, le without owner or clainufntr
For te care of all jfhese no provision ha be.
made ; por has any agent been appointed Voir
resent roterly the interests of American fife
xens at the Exhibition and during its comiU
anpe. . 1
ftone authorised pcrspfs should be on the i
to superintend the arrangement anl dis)Iav
the articles sent. Besides, prizes are ti he iw
ded, and juries appointed from the yaiioun i
tions to depdo upon the comiarative merits
the articles exhibited. In these , decisions tbt
honor and the pride of our countrv is intetwt
The fairness of what may be done in all this is m
questioned ; but, as the interests of the citizens of
other nations will be' represented tliere ly .ct.ia
mjssioners appointed fr the purpose, the
representation of the American interests cannoi
be otherwise than injurious:
The members of the committee have cheerful
me all the expenses of time and of money necv
sarily incurred jn carrying into effect the wi.h
of the Government as expressed in the letter of
the Secretary of State of the 7th of May ' UA
but it cannot be expected of them that. the;
should also pay the expenses of agents or ca-
missioners to rejux-scnt the interests of the coti-
try at the Exhibition.
The committee is not a self-created body, w.
did it ffhanate from any association of private
citizens. It was formed in compliance with a
a nest of the fVicrfitarv of St.itn of the tDitti
States, made on the suggestion of he Britisl
Minister, speaking in the name of his Gorerniw
The Committee have no plan nor objects of tber
own to accomplish. They were appointed to
ry into effect, as far as possible, -the wishes of t
Governments only. Beyond this they JiarenoaV
sire to go. In their progress they nayq mei
what appears to them a serious obstacle to a
is&ctory completion of their labors Theycarw
secure for the productions of the United Stat
position as favorable as that which haf I
secured for the productions of, other nation
and which can only be secured by the rpo '
ment of suitable personsito attend to the Eil"
tion. . 1 . i
Believing such an appointment to be.wt
sably necessary for the interests and hpnroi
country, the unaersigneasuomi, iw i
ation of the President, the necessity of prorit-'l
means to meet the expense attending it,
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TETER FOKt.,
'.CHA. 'WILKES,
JOS, IIEXRV, 1
W. K. JOHSSOS,
JOS: C. 0. KEN-N'-
WasHtNGTON, Dec. 31st, 1B50.
APPOINTMENTS BY THE PRESIDE
JaMcs &'iiHOO, of Georgia, to be Ool
of the Territory of New Mexico. , v
' ' York, to be Cbvst'9
tice of the Supreme Court 'of the V?
for the Territory of Oregon, in place of "
Tbe comimtteeonstittiug tbC-ntr3r njW
ity, iramediately on its prgahiai.D, aUWj "
letter to the Governors oTju'vorai
... ..a iif
P. Bryant, resigned.
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