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11
irEKCH OF MR. Ct'SHIKC; OF MASS.,
UStAe Dinnei given (o 'Mr. Vcbster.al' fantuU
Halt,-Boston, Jala 2 IA, 1838.
Mr. Gushing being called for by the
crsembty. came forward and said, that he
- tiueyea tne can oi Ms jeiiow citizens, ut
ihe wish to contribute his mitetolhe servi-
?-cse oi" the great feMi vul & to the fu r hera r,ce
of ? constitutional fitedom. As be came
. .lera's yesterday, he hid passed, up he
fertile valley of 'his native " Mtrrimac.
, rich in the blessings of nature, richer in
Mh5 green abund nice of a teeming cultiva
tion, jjchi-s! in tlii irUellige'nce and vir
! tueaof'its people : and us lie gazrd on the
. ' ,Trnt.fnI rfectacfe. be could not fail to
revert to the one. only .drawback on the
rililllll"" VI l-ti: --. " ...... " "
1 . rf lhTt ccimih n i rid.) c ij nun nrfic. !
r neritvaround him, th(fcu find the ty- j
t rjinnv of a had 'poveriamtin'!. ttrit. in' re
- j( s . O -j " - 1
jiecteu iuu int. men u no nun iuu"ui i.ie
l ...I ' f I . 1
battles of the Revolution bv sea and land, t
thatv their sons who had received w ith !
their blood the noble' heritage of unflinch
ing attachment to the principle of con
stitutional freedom,! lhat men such as
.would not laniely a.ub;nii to misrule, and i
inev. ari'i animiiea itv e c:j emouou, ;
i would be.reaiiy a.nn able to redeem, tne
::land from the incubus of ihe present -mi-:
Leciie fiu. mis 'ciievious Admini-waiiun.
He felt, he sa w.'lieuew, that the sceptre
was jdeparling from the hands 'unwoithy
lo wield it. A clKine Kv;is i?ib!e in the
igns of 'theltrmes, it Wis
audib!
in t!ie
voices of the indignant na'ion. .Scarcely
iliore than a year hfid. elapsed si:;ce tht
now iPreident of t h
United Slates had
stood; in the great easU-rrr portico of the I
Capitol, flt the hed of the 44 giant's Stairs" :
dth
r .1 ,, ...
M K ii-iuyu ii. euiiice, in tne liiit.M
or tne. feMiaiorsatoi lepTetentatives in
congress, nie.nigli (micers pt the Govern-
menu and the; attenti ve-in tl; itud.es- of. t lie s
EOvetHgri Peoptnthe-ob?erved of all
observers, he, ihel(ediCfiief Magis-
trftte of the ltejuiblic, peiforniing the so-
men anu me iiueniive;iimi;ituaes-oi .-the
Itfmn act of inau 'uration. I
Saw It .said ,
Mr C. A heard it. I vfill
liOt Slop to
discuss liow.be "came .there, -whether by '
i I .Vf JV u uie iniiueuce iinu :
therinme oranoiher, by ciiinbing on tiie ;
jsnouiders. ot a greater. than- h mseJhj for j
'I w-j$h to avoid all personal .disrespect -to
nieij,xecuiiv.e nean or : our country ; .ami
I specie of. him only as tne responsible ;
rtgentanu representative oi ttio Antninis- j
uuijuu.. ; i oeie i,c- sioou, in inru prouu .
v .sc.iy ;jjiuuuv i uii i.iiui a iue i
elected ruler of the greatest Republic of
moaern time?, under that clcar-and bril
liant sky of March, and inxhe face of that
ppplatiding crowd; ;
V- '."Fair laiigheJ the mo n "
t The world seemed to smile on him with
glorious greetings, as in his ; heart at
least if not. in his life he gave echo to the
fcoait.' which t wel ve iKfurs before came
from his retiring pred.ccessor, that their
common country was properotis and ha'p
py ijftder their' continuous rule. But how
false ivvas the seeming gladness of that
hour XXAl was the suushibe preceding
the; storm. There was the cloud even
(listingishable in the far southWt si thoun-h
no bigger than a man's hand:' but it ga
thered, and swelled, and omvard it bame.
over-rblackening the. whole ' horiz-m-:-it
burst :i'n thunder on the heads of those
rash mjpn whose-bad experiments" were
distracting the countrv ; its lightnings
flashed in their blinded ey s. and blasted
thelfabrie. joflheirjmisgotlen and misused
power. .The knelt of them and their rnis
yule, was rung in the cries of a. wronged
people, awakening in the majesty of their
- might to do judgment and execution ' on
their oppressors. What happened ? Did
the Administration, when they saw mise
ry to therr country, and ruin to Uiemsclves,
in jthe path they trod did they, like pa
triots and like" men, retrace their steps?
- No I iwith hardened obstinancy, they per-
sistea. vainiy, .wnaiy persisied, out witn
staggering steps, ana wnvering purposes,
as if struck with i-rovidentral toiitHlpess-,of
sensa.anuoijuugwieni . , , '
vunynfp uns i innnu'ii; lueuejuuia- ;
t. ... , .1 l: J
. UIC nitroviuijir "I. i;r n r:jii-i v i y ti ei I f I I'll : .,
At thai hour when -the t yes oi the.people
were opened tp!ee and know the tilse
dolslto which they Ii ul so long j'a'id un
merited reverence at that hour, if the op
position had been hioinimoiijsly true lo
itself; the administration might h ive .been
prostrated by a blow . Rut there was one,
! questionable as his b- lir acts w ere,
. j : ' - Had not q iitr h.si
yll bis origin it t bn.Jt rot seemed
- :Ii?ss than ufclK-nijl iu::.t il. .
One, i w ho sat, : ga u nt, gr i m , w it'n 1 0 wer-.
irig, trow, cnlculatii g thjit, thonoh the
': triumph of the oj
jposition would be
I redemption of the e
ouniry, yet the laurel
'wreath of victory might not fall to him.
' - Shall I sinU." out a man 1 Siuill' I say,
" iri the word of the great RomanioraioT,--Quousquetandeni,
O Catil in u- hovv long,
0 Catllihe, hoAy long will thou nhuse our
i patience?. Nti, Twill not speak a .name.
'- which I hear uttered all around ne-, but 1
vyill say, that spirit of nulification saw its
' time thai the direst foe of the present
Administraiion, forgetful pf the force-bill
an3 all the corruptions sa strenously de
I nounced, not- only joined the adversary
rapks, but grasped the truncheon of their
' Reader, seized ort the baton of command,
1 vaulted into the saddle of the chief, and.
, matched 'the reins;, from his trembling
V, hand's. Or,' as I -should taiher say, that
fell fpirit of nullification, like the old
' man of the sea in the A rabian Nights, on
- ihe back of Slnbad the sailor, has jumped
. on the shoulders of . the Administration,
f , and is riding Uto death. V , ;
'JJpP;on, then, gentlemen of ilie Admin is
tratlorj go on ft rush to jthe precipice to
'wards '-which fate ijp drl yon, to Jbe
. flashed in pieces on Ihe rocks below: you
" urill succeed, doubt it not, you will sue-"
- ceed in your policy of rule or ruin : you
. will succeed in the ruin, wot pi the cobn
- t ryi bute of yoD rseh'es and trvou r pa rty
" : Thi5 adminiittation n)ust go.aowii: it will,
1 itshalh Shall it riot? Youremember
xuho can forget ? th impious declara
tion tyre re yea ts ago ascribed to one now
iiigh in place ia iiis odiniriistration, that
!if rWatJiurnisiration of ttiat day Ayere as
hurt" as the angels at the rightjhand o
God. it should go do wn. U evkU a dei
claratiort'could be made agaihsj an ad
ministration whose purity is now proved
by rxoeiience, if it could be maiie, and
could by the energy of hjiman will, acting;
through the power of the peonleJbe made
good how much more' confidently may
we set about the overthrow of alijadinin-
istrntion,' so many of whose a
in ha ve
seemed as. if dictated bv the very rincarna
uon of evil! It muet and.it will
j . . . . .y t . . .
go'
down.
There is not now that bold atnd rebk
less but firm s eeraman nt the hilm there!
latelv was. Ii is lhaeton in ihb chariot
----
of Apollo, holding1-the reins wifh feeble
11 .1 . . . . ,1 fucim of
IlflNU. S y 'f 111 U 9 9V.UIIU uoiuil- ui
w mosnect of -aVh roach mi! ; ovlrihrow
I;; -m..ofi,rlee! c Vnsmnr
l I J I i I tlO t I I t." O v- - v v O
.. . . . a it--
hit ipr anu thiiner.ana nis KinuiHir wneeis
dashim nn in their mad career, unti
s'ome Junker the thonderer shall burl hi
m
from his place downward into obscurity
and oblivion. 1 say, this administration
must and wn! go 0w,n ; because its past
. .as -
f uet:s. now unat:rioot tv trieir inn s
have .rendered -.i: justlv odious lolthe peo
.p:e; becauj-e btale.after btate is leaving
a - because, u .dings
to
its destructive po
Iicy
w ith the (lesj-erutieri of inhttuat wn : !
ol inf.
and" because its
prii)cij)!e3
ii-.. iifWTtnL- iu j
ifie otisuiui ion, as-weii as 10 tue mteg
i itv and the best interests of thtl
Union.
; 1 ne nicASures of the Administration have
t been upheld because of the adrnjU'ed evil
they a re to inflict- bn-a lare p ijrt of
. country in the supposition that another is
by: 'possibility - to be benefiitedAhereby
A11 the disrorrtonV elements of ihe (io
vcrnnifn afp nnnpaU-r to in imi ili'Mnr-r
;(1f it. They forcibly hold towiid each
- ii"---'-- r
the repellent poles of the, miri ets, and
then exu t no- ,.r,. Q.P s
vXii)tingiv cry, See, theie
principle of att'raclion in these tljin
i j"ht y s-cek to pu rsinde us, thrtt t
lioMilily between cdnhal. and If 1 1
no
limgs
at there is
lily between cnni'tah ana pbor, be
tkv-een the Nririh ntid Sonth: beliveen the
- rlrcdil nf llm ri'nnl- anrl'fhn finliMres of
x
poj-t to ttioso worst and basest hassiotii
vvhich make of the human brealt which
biu bors them.'a-nest of stinging, icorpions
k its possessor.. Cana system policy,
dhich vis bashed unon such nrme&.les.'and
defended by 'such arguments, be Sustained
by this, free and hiirh "spirited nation
- Aevcr. Jiut 1 forbear. I oive- way to
.others, strangers .amons usr w4tom you
!vi!l m'oro
jfiauiy near .man ini wnose
ill i i . I i
voice is fimiliar to yoti r ears. To which
- . - f ...
end I conclude with the followihtj senti
ment
The Empire State of Svw York : As she is
already torcmpst aniontiic Suvtcs ins; iuit, enter
pric and i-ettness, nmy sh ere lona be second
toaione in devoUOii-to the cause of Libcitv '-'and
the Uiucn
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i EXTRACT
Fjrohi the speech of Mr. Pi-eiuiss,orA3i'ss!.ss;ppi
;. Another grent principle is'.attaeked with
eqti-tl desperation. It is the right of pro
peity. 'Tenets are. advanced her!e, in thisi
free Jlepublic, which would not e tolera
led under the worst-government of Jpi:-
rope, nay, of the world- It is openly as
serted, that the rich are " the natjurul one
mies of the poor!" and. the pratuical -co
.rdrhirv from that proposition in this, that
therefore, the poor iiust wage rjerprtua
war against' the 'rich. Nor is this anidle
theory. It is attempted to be made; a prac--
tical aueslion.
i It is advanced not at some obacCire dc-
batino- club, by a set of "raw anU green
lads, iust tscaned from the trammels of
their minor ity.buf in lhe halls 'of congress,
and by men oV experience stanqing, ana
character. It would be an insu t to ask,
whether1 sUch a doctrine is to j prevai
amonor American citizens.' 'And it I did..
how is Hie line between rich alia poor
ever to be drawn tit it .-where you wii
j , h ar l lens or thousands ,of ihe. rich
xvho woiild consider themselves dsamong
: nol.pnnd as matiy thousands of the
poor who would find themselves among
te
1 1 c rr.
1 .
Nor could it remajin fixed
f .,
a day or a-n. hour-;. tor he whp is ricn
. . - 1 1 1
trdaji tomorrovy may be a - peggar. .whilv
oh thet other hand, there are thousands
among, us, who are born poor, frnd also
go out (ejpecially into the West ) to seelc
their fortune, and who find it. . (Chee.rs.)
I Such a doctrine should' be Iran pled uu
tl e r the fo.cot of every American freeman
il ts'a viper, and should v-ot be sulfered
to shovy its head. Let us nut it to death
: " 4
by' common consent.. (Cheering )
j There is another precious vital inter
est of t he llepubl ic, w h ic h is ass 1 Jed w ith
no less . 'desperate, rashness it is our
Unmon itseif. This is nttemptjed to be
destroyed by arraying local prejudfee in
mutual hostility. by stirring up a. sec
tional warfare. 0 the No'rth against the
South, of the Last against the West : as
though the common interest of taie whole
confederacy was not more-' than; sufficient"
to out-weigh, a thousaud times, the small
and 'minor -matters in which w e JifTer,
O'.it though politicians," actualt th solely
by a selfish and parricidal ambit on, seek
to rend asum!er what God hims; If joined
in everlasting Jbpnds, there is a hand that
vyill arrest the impious design : a hand
they despise, but a ha nd they will find
too strong for them : 1 mean he hard
hand jof Mkchamcal Labor. (Great
clHering.) ' Yes, sir, that mightse ; hand :
and long? may it be mighty in ihis free
a nd 'equal hud : that htighty hhn.d "Will
liuk..these states together with hooks of
steel; T h e la bo r i ng po pu 1 a tio n$ of t!i i 3
e'ou n 1 1 y m can to live t oget h e r as b t e peo
ple.and w ho shall disannul their hurpose?
See how they are conquering Ipth tirrre
flnil uri irn I Sun llm llinncinil e Jinrt Ki c
fniat traverse our lakes and rivers, ave.
anl that, Leviathan-like, begin to make
the ocean itself to boil like a pot Look
meteors from one end of the land to the
oth er : ; blazing Cetita u rs with lu nt 1 r ;n g
nerves, with un wasting strength, and who
seem to go, too, on. the grand temperance,
teetotal temperance principle, raboring all
day 011 vater only. " (Laughter ind loud
cheers.) "f I " .-
i'hink you the People will suffer ibei
eafs to stor and-their railroads to be cut
in Jt wo, because politicians choose to dravi
a dividing line between a Northern and
Southern empire?'
Never, sir, never:
Proceed in? in those great nationa
i princif
pies oi. Union which nave been so inmij ;.."? sucjeci. , Uing in part the Janiuafe
noualy expoundedjand jso nobly vindica j O' the Tunes, w e would refnarkitharsiuce
ted by your illustrious Guest, (cheersj the disaster which befel the Pulaski; pub
th.ey will teAch theae politicians who i attrition north and south of us has
master. Let us but hang together for fiftyjl been much; devoied to the inland route bv
yers longer, and I defy the world evrrj'-y cf WasLingioncity. Fredericksburg
to f separate us. Shouts and repeutedl; Hi'-hmotid ; and Petersburg, io the Roa-
cheers!
Till: I'VE L1C LAX ns
Mr. WinCost
an b!e speech in
-:w "
Caress faring the late scs-J;
Sli'irv Till H rr-crkf iitTrtM Twf-tr-L,V. . . ... v I..F.
o . .- t : ' . - , s
tu,uc Lands to purposes of F..?u.rai;on in tuc
S.vcrM Siatcs a nU-T1;r.riu.i-ics.- WeLvJ the foljj
following . aUuipn to North Carolina in hisfl
speech:- Jj i:Pai,eltcrule Observrr. jj
1 have seen no rep'ert from Ndrth jCi-i'
rolina ; 'and !l deeply regrot that there i-s,
not a leelinj of reciprocity between ihe);
j vtx l T o (i ii t r .iliii ti t I i t l I iiri t. iu
furnih rn-lJ . vit!t a thir rfr.niN nti
. . v ...... t .i"vu-jii u. ,i inir jii mill Oil U II O.ll
piiblie proceedings; for,, alike' in .State orUie -Roanoke to TVedercu'sburT, ISO -
Him iVUldnal; Len-lSlatr.re, its n ( inbers arer
. rrh r;sV.d
i:i tntir pu.o.ic oe!ibeiaM. - . - ns,l
r ii- iii -
trora a want
oi nceess to us. -nil ie:oi;s.!
.But North Giroliaa must greatly reqlirej;
an improv
ed
sysi-rn of -e'lucatitMl ; lor ybnf
will fi.id in the Journal of tliis House, inl
the evidence! in relation lo i he contested
t t-Tfction from Nori.li Carolina, in ti.ie. Isti;
feVsion' of the 22 3 'Congns. that, out eft
! btie hundred ana eleven vo'eis who travel..
! (est-mony. tnfeiity eight ,had to make their
; marks; iu ether words, one third could
Hot w rit- their names,
i lia not been heard' ia
And. her voicei
. . .
this Hall or the
other, claiming a
pwiuu i oi uie- puiiiic?
i .i . ,.i I:
doniain
fjr the education of her ignorant
chiulten. ;A State; which is th parent of f
Tennessee j a , State which Sir Walter
Raleigh's emigrants first settled; -a SiareJ
j which. has tlje honbr of standing proudly
tne hrst to declare, by a political Slate
i.. , y ..linn- nuwiti iii I ,111 i nn ll
huV;r cnnvei;iion her (hrmln.i;,,., m 1. J
c.... .
oi-o.i i itti;u iiuiu iiiw- iiioiilCI I UUIIll. V , .-JO!,
10. u a ...:i imei .1 ..rl
iiii.iiur, i ,ui j 1 11 1 ,,i 1 1 1 u, lue Kjy) ii 1 f f"K iu
"North Carolina '' empowered their dele -
gap's to declare inuept
l 1 1
? independence."
.It we were to fvjirm a general opinion j
of i the .condition of education ia .other
States from 1
conclude. 'tha
ke cifcumstances, we yo-u Id
t Kentucky is but slightly iuf
advance of JNoith Carolina. .
You will ;find " recorded, in your jour
mil; of proceedings, a -cas.e almost as re-f
niii iiiii ok
i -1 .
iii the first se-j'sion of the su
eeeUing Con
given in the
and Letcher
rei-s, That, in the evident1 ef
contested election of Moore-
of one hundred and twelve
names of witnesses which 1 counted, sixv
teen were marksmen, or about one 11 thJ
w ho could n
ol wrke their names.
In a work vrllten by J. Seawell Jones, 'on
North Carolina, which entitles him to tie- aJuii--
ralion of the country, and the lasl'mg gratitude oj.,
his b-'at;-, lie has abundantly proven thai his r.a
tivc btate is entitled to thehonor to which I hnvej!
Alluded ; and since his frxcelliMit work has beeni
uhlishe(! his: " Del'ence of the Rvolutioiuiry
U i-sturv f ilie jState-of Nor'.h Carolina'" the itisv'
miction, which lire -has I; claimed for her. is fully
corrohoraied, il addilio;ial j.rtxif Uia'n that which!
he atiduecs were n cessary, bv the rs -arc lies (11
Mgr.1 -M .''St' (J.hhi'.Ciatke, ai Albany, a-nd at otlior
places, Nvii'.lst
Papers. -"
compiling la
A
Vmencan .-tj:c
- . -From the Petorsbuig latelligenccr;
i JIEXIi y '(:la y axd abolition.
I The Van Buren papers are straining
1 t . 1 .1 ii 1 1 -
every nerve 110 maice me puonc oeneve
Llerlry Clayj an abolitionist. For want
of electioneering matter, they eageriy
catch" hold of any- and' every thing to
subserve tlwir- unhallowed purposes.
" Drowning: men will calch at -straws."
Findini that Mr. Van Buren's adminis
tration must; sink, iwithouf they can in
vent some new device to bolster it up,
they have seized with advidity eti a letter
from J. C. Weems, of Md.:, addressed to
: 1 1 1 n r y C I a v fo r t h e purpose of convicthng
that jrt'eat Statesman with f.ivormir the
Inefarous designs of the abolitionism. This
ijettdf is as ridictiloiis as fo.thy; declama-
Vion land .windy garjulity can make it
Tp do a .Vay v tth
. . : : - j
J .
may make upon the jiu
lolic mind, we copy.i
the conclusive evidence contained in tht'
folloVving rc
solutions .submitted by
mi 1. .- 1 illff i.i. :vir.
111 II L I 11 I I V ill
Cia y. to the Senate:: of the , United States
- - - - - - - 1
;
two or lhi.ee months aao
" Ilcsolved, "l'hut w lien the District of Tulunt
hi 1 Aas ceded! lv I lie Slates f Virirmia
vr.1..,.i!i,oh1iU iin;1,;,i s:mi, li.miAtii ti .vrrv
r -visii-flla bothi those States: iiiriu Juiif the ccu - j
tcn-irory ;.-aad that as stilt coniiuUas it.' botii of
iheui rt COIX.U ooi ue jidoiisik-o wmun iici.s. -
net, wiiuout a; .okoion ct il.at g :o.l t ma w lncu
i as llViO.lcu in lUC Cv.-5iiun, ai.u ia uie acoeiiuuico
" Thai H wiMiul be JiigUly inexpedient to alio-
,.f--ii,i i,-i ri'iit-v . K .m l h nrc i-r life nni hv tli vn v nl ,
' That it isi th d ill titrate judgment of ihc-J pt u'rbu r helmusi p rhjno the whole ,MK t,xu"l)- and llkilulco and
Senate, tfiat the institution of u.nudstic silvery -,;- -fj., . , olcVr H. f . re heino 1 Maozamlio on- the Pacific; tile former
oushi ft uHbo!ed the cro, m e L,"f ; fro?p i h OI Jt,,lu, tile UA,t from
Uoluiiibia ; and it caiiicsily nopeS; t!at ftl! hii- ?.lb,2c, . M jL's.n e el rut a is.. iiu- siioulu , - i i ' t
cere ti-ieiidsof ihe Uiim.j and of 'harmony and j j. vu ft the Portsmouth route, ihe fareitiu 1 oiA oi .J """' . '' .
-eneral trajiuihcy, fill .cca&c to ukalc ihiif inrludmirl meals, and his rail! . .-' J La'tnnor-i -Tran.iCri.pt.
1 v i - . . 1 ' '
lish slavery in f'U.ridaj; ihe:. only urritury of ti.erouifort for the remainder his journey,
United csuues ie which it now exists, bjcuusecfj on heard an legaht and commodious
ihe seVk.usaarin.lulu,tpprehensions, Ifti 1 0.n boat n0v.v running on the Chisa
wouMthc,xhyix,st,n;ahebiutc suata.m.ig.iiai .n , R:l!rimnr i nm, Xnrhdl,
lion. f.
..f ti,cU sfti-s 'i --f.
If thesij resolutions do not atiord su.ti
cicnt evidence to "(?lear Mr. Clay's kirls
from such a loul and empty charge, we
invvte the leader's attention to the annex-
" That no uvcr isJe!egated by die Coustitu-j though in connexion: with ithe ail roadi
tWio Con-icss, toprUiibit, in or Utween tht j lime.iJ,ei'r depiirture frOm the latter,
biaitvuiiciuuii slavery the Je I'tlo as to accommotiate the rnrssengers by
ed remarks, With which Mr. C. accom pa- iali the aiivau ages of the i'ortsmouth rout-;
hied ltle presentation of them : ;l entirely into the shade, intl drives the
. " It eppcnrB to we, sir, that what becomes 'ys. traveller 10 lhat of Petersburg." The steam.
is, to Weeplthe boiitkmisi separu-e and dUiuict Quutai& having recently 1:om
fnaivllie oilier eiasses ttar.d;ng cut in lo d and p - B,Li,wiil, !, Vnit
rumnunt .chef;- and the subject of t:bbtiiion menced a direct connection vith thtT ort
separate and distinct. fLow the right of ptiitfc'v ; mouth . iail road, now -oiler the desired
froni Texas, and from dt other vubjecis; Ui them fj.jjiy So fir as her other engagements
stand alcwte.unnlixtd with the rest cf the ; nirLu .vj jj j runs to WashiUg-
"r . .1 J . " . .
tf tti, dcsireUl
lurce 01 iue uniieo o(f u:vu
neace.the harmonv. and the
uniou otTbis coiifederacy." - '
, '
thnt
The Tennessee papers -tnention
rton Tjaksfini ri-pntlir mad n niiblii nro
r. co'.nn rf rVJirrinn f.Vonnerlin Kirtajtrlfl
jeaVa w v vr j I O "
w ih the I'resbvterian Cliurcn.
Published by Kequesf i
F i on the Richmond Compiler. -1SLASD
tlOltYK
TUB
' TUK SORTII ASD '
j A late. article in the Portsmonih T.!r
I suggests the-propriety. o'f something' on
nok
W hat previous to thai calamity,
was anticipntion of great tilrimate utility
has now become a convict!.
ir? r! :i iir.-c.mt
ueciueu aavantaare, over sea lines of team
navigation.'1 On this rotrte the traveller
1 .
' . u",ri " ea or upon me
Chesapeake, ! 1 le .nay if he chooses take
his course : -altogether inland by way of
Ualeigh ard Coiumbi.i. ijuti if he should
fancy n short excursion ii a S'eamb'.at,
the Wiiiuingt'on line is open to him.
-The rapid stride's towards .the"' completion
of the Wilmington road,"jpf which over
a : i li ft rfiit- Jin w rpii! -t r i- n it..-
aCLiial i-om nh.i inn r.f-n I ; ... ., I. r .: ., .i r' . .
miles in l.'no-tli the snaeiltiiis i:ir -tri.
!. .. i i . . i . . .
- pioeu on uve, route, and the complete cot)-
nectons .wnri; the ires r.ott ; oF I r. - ,r-
ieksbnrg ens-'irihg the- greatest" nossibte.
er petition,; "jhave- clve.n lan'.iiiipetiis' io.j
travi- in this: direA'tioii wijjch
augurs the
i most successful results."
The expedition
w.hich has been etiame'd is.;
til. The time . which - e
lnueecJ u otidcr-
i i i
ei.i nses between
the traveller s departure irom CharUs-
ton, and his arrival in Nev York, if he
lakes the inland route by way or Rih-
mond. is. incio.iino- lrm
, . ' . o " r . , r.J - "
less thm lou ." da vs. and' the Ira eaJt-.r ,,
'',.,... ....i i . i ' - . . . .
4 . , . i -
vuui itbiun gris uy mis iroitie to cil'ar
j T$ftllimore( PAila-delphidf- or iVc?r York
tirelce hour's sooner than he can get there
if. he tuUs iiu Poilsmoikh line and the,
liahimort boats. The Editor of the
- Times may have been, and po doubt v as
j unoer a Uit-kre;nt impression ; but the fact
-.... . .1 ui " il' Cl.t't:i.rtv. IlllUIII'lil
rminiviun. ,-ii;r,.,riviih tliP !,lmKin'
1 i'.,.orio.. u,..A .u.. rU. .i-.-t:'..
a oua im.ii t:j lur J. n isillOUlil illlf
:.,',!. t J... ;:(.,... jL..: .,. .
j in ihivuirc ui tne liiianu ijjuir.
J On the inland route, aslwell as on the
IP
'oitsmouih route, there is -but little
trouble attending the shifting of baoo-aae.
I'he passengers who lo through front
tri' Moanoke to Fredericksburo, or from
Fredericksburg 10 the, Roanoke, are now
1 O "
a I
comjianied all the way by- an agent ol
e three railioad companies, whose par
il
ticular duty it is to relieve jia?sengers
from ;i n y 1 10 u b 1 e a bp u t t ti e i r b j g g. e. '
.North of Fred cricks burg too, ali :'c barge
for porterage is saved. as farias Muhi-
more. ' - , . 5 : ;
Thus relieved from care about bag -
rrn m I K f r:i ual lor; fi nrlo fk t't t Wm f I fT", 1-1 !
railroads on the route, and the change
j-jj viu v iu 1 nuviu uim tuu u nu I v 141
from a railroad to' ai river steamboat, af-
lord a pleasnig variety rather than auan -
noyance.
'i'he charo-e for transportation on this
route is as follows
From Gearey's to Petersburg, $300
lterhurg to IJichmond. ) 1 75
Richmond to Fredericksburg, 4 QO
Frederic ksburV to Washington. 3 O jV
ashmgion to;
Ujitiilior;
2 50
TORTSMOU
TIf AM) WILMINGTON
j ROUTE. I
It is important to 1.Ve public, atid speci-
ally so to the interests more immediately
a 1 1 U e x t e v. 8 ! v e I y in v o 1 v e d , t h a 1 1 h e p r o s p e c t s
and concerns of this line of travel should
be thoroughly iinderstood.and it is with
that view thai we now take up the sub
ject, hy reques'ing attention to the short
article which w e publish Ho day, under
the signature of " A; Stockholder." It is
not our purpose at ; 'present! to discuss the
suljject at length. . The" ppblic must by
Ithis time be pretty well -informed f the;
ftwo jr reat .routes off travel between the:
North and the South, the-conimmnn ter-
inini of which are Baltimore and Halifax,
N. C.,at which. .latter, in travelling South,
! both united on the Wilnirigton rail road.
f t - i-
$ think" it is.Lr nerally cehceded that the
Chesapeake route cdrnbinf's. more of the
esape
pseolials in 1 10 vel i i ill n ' nf comhiTt. con ve-
.'J . . 1 . . .- w .. u.
. .. . ' . i-
i i.i.it-i.. vr-t... 111 1 iiiii .j-fii.iiifi i- iiii
iiionce, expedition nipi economy, than its
1 rivl can possibly lay claim to, aiid hence!
should command ihe! vast Hide ot travel j
between our Northern and Southern ci-
1 ties, in romr iNoftn. iiiei: Doumem. tra-
t nd er teretinates h is? lour n'e.y on the i
1 , jn(Tton- line, at' Ilai'ax.: where he is'
1 . , fI.., - ,Yi ,!,,.,. t
t i - 1 '
I' i).a.;...i ..' i.;ii.w.,'i,al ;,,' .,-..,,..,1
i iu unium v" - i - "";- J'" 'v...-;4. ,
ioiu iiuin ..v... . v. .---jv.
i v u !v i- ' : . j - w "r
S 1
.line ran
1 ' . .
1 therefore, on their arrival at I'ortsmouin
it hey "must R detained till the departure cf
the steam boks the ;ay her,---a period
fof.sooie IS or 2G hours. This throws
stni ;nrir! 1 mn cth k ht nTaear-lOi Wail I0f
g , .. ..0-. -
ithe arhval of the cars and insures lo na?-
fscneers a nromnt conveyance on o Wash-
I incton, she can only make two trips in
. e , . J . . - j
The Exnlorinf? iExDeditlOD mil Sail
f I O W
aooui ux ruin mr.ant.
IOuU U UU liv iiu.n iLiiuaji ,
From ihe New York Gaztlta, August 3
"TKp USJschobe f Wa ve sailelct iroi
this pbrt bo Vrdriesday for the coast of
Florififa,; Iwith ihe" folio win ofBcers:
J. T McLaughlin, Lieut. Commandant;
E. F; Shubrick, 1st Lieut:; Ferdinand
Pepin, 2d Lieut. ; Johri Contee, SdjL'eut ;
Chas. Howard, acting Sailing Master;
U. D. -Taliaferro, acting burgeon : J. W.
Marshall, Captain's CIefk. r ,
The victim of the Ce mentioned yes
terday, we are sorry to lea rn, wtis not the
only otie. The lody of Mrs. Stevenson,
an elderly .lady," was found in the rpinson
Wednesday aftrrroon. r.
j, ... j -
Lord Durham returned to Quebec on
the 27th u It. from a visit to Upper Can a
da. ,
Frovi Jamaica K'wzslon paper? to j
the 14th o! July have . been received
at
?e'd
Baltimore. The L2islnture Have
pa.
an act for setting all the staves (njjpreiiti
ces they are called in Jamaica Vfret
on the
1st ot August, and the Govt rnor
las is
jat liit-.
en era i
sued his proel itnatton dir'ectinir t
! oiy t)e observed a?
a
day
ot c
! j
'1 '!
Mnner annMr ir !. -,l,nr),n, J
. - i
1 pr-s-
ent ; .Stocks are ranroly risin and
y ester-
s w ere
itm.
ier ad-
States
. dnv .nflnn ., Tcr,. V,mJ
j-takri for in vcsirnct.t ;il 3 4
Th salts yesteid iy 'lenotea -'fort
prein
: vance otf
the t n.
ri-s oi tlif '
United
iBank of 1 2
a 3 4 per cent.
From !bo N. Y. Ti.uriKi! cf Co amerce,
t i
Anew and correct Map of L.i
tu!?. 1.
is about to be published by At r. IJ
i i on-
lette, of New Oi lcan's. It is proj
iu "
I n SMltOJ Six IDlUs to Ihe inch. I
e same
1 i i .i.c -it
",,?,l,,K"uv jmvnaueu .upui
- - .l.ii
The Market.' There 'is. a moderate.
business in Cottoiv at steady prices
but the low qualities are 1 cent lb,
than- before the an ival of the
William, and M 2 ct. loiver than
or rme
Royal
o wer
ou tin
i.lstofJuly
Shi)pers are now in
i
:ia rket
I rj, i - . - in
i I ue watchman oi the Canal bank, .New
1 Orleans, wasM-ound inurdeieii nt liis
l'9sl
i : , - - - - r , ' , .
! on the mormrio of the 23 J ul.it
Nearly
one half of his head was shot or cutaway.
Cotton Market, AuT. 2.1 Some small
sales, but no change in prices.
7J i'Pfllf lff.MWVi
1 rom Mexico By way rf Peipsarola
" ' " : 'it
we have 'more ivct ut inu lligenejt; frcj.n
iVlexico. 1 he 1-ensacoia Ciaz tie mentiOijS
. 1. : I l . I T T . 1 :i . 1
tne arnvai 01 tue uniteu malts sjioop 01
war AX ii a L I A from a "cruit? of s'evOnly
lour dav's rn the Ciilf of .Mexico bnd on
.1 i -f 1 I Iii--
me co.im 01 1 exas, navrriij visiteit era
Cruz, Xampico, iMatamcra.-, and tfialvc:
iton -
.'i'he ports of Mexico wodwery
oely
Watched by the v ren :h c,fniser.sJ . i he
icontemplated attack On the Uastle pi ban
i Juan de Ulloa has for the present been
abantlonea, ihe i-Jaron . JJkfavdis, the
rench Minister, having sailed for E ranee.
Vessels from the united btates an
Cuba
will not be warned off
beforebeirlig sub
ject to capture, u sufficient time having
elapsed for the b!o -kade to become
mow n
frigate
Commodore Bazzof.li:, in the
L' lerminee, itf at .- anch'or u'ikSer
ihe is-
land of Sacrificios j ;ind one bri
lOfi l wo
schooners, and.the frigate s Taunci
cruising jdloe in w-jifi the. shoals, ;
1 s, are
nd fre-
-. . . 1
i queu'tfy wmhin musket-shot of the
j (jjfe brig is off Ai varado, vhich p
polrt ;vas
i
opened on the ldth of May
by the
Mtxi-
can Government. The cruisers 'off" Tain
pico and M.itamoras lay at ancho
close
111 wrth the; harbor, and other vessJ
Is are
cruising
-. 1 . 1 1 . .1
aionii tne -coast- Deiwecn
these
The
Vera
1
port!
All
appeared quiet m
1 exa?.-
British oacket. w nich sailed from
j Cruz on the .'27th of May, loid be
m ae-
tained a week after the regular
ay or
5 tiling, at the request of tbeMe.xic;
n Go
0 ut a
to be-
1 and
f feel-
vernment, for the purpose of taking
request lo the British Government
'.conic mediator betweem the Frenc
Mexican Governments. "i'he beH.q
; ines have thus far been kept up bi
L - .
.ween
the Fienchsuoadron and our own.
Vh i!
1 . ' .
; the Vandalia lay under Saerificio's the
J French and American officers' wert
! c..inl;itit recmroenf inn fit services cd
tesies.: A;-1), hull e tin:
. - . . .
. :
Mexican- Ports Opened e
earn
j asuington oioue inai in:
prima
" y- .--'
Male,
of
! Mexican Government, on the 17t!i o
May
' t he
: last, opening to loreijn cornmercje
: ndrts of Alvar.ido, I'uxnan. Cabo
Bojo,
n, on
Soto ii Marina, and Isia del Can ml
i .--
rilOM TEXAS.
New Oilcan, Juli 2G.
By thesteamer Columbia, which arrived
yesterday inorn'm. we have Houston pa
pers .10 the 21 ii instant. By theie Ave
learn lhat the Caiirariche in the neighbor
hood of Bexar have become exceedingly
hostile; arid violent onimadversrons'are
madeon the conduct of the Execuitre for
taking no steps u defend ihe foniier, and
carry into operation, the law recently
oissed by Congress to that e fleet- The
same tr&tvhowevtir in ihf vicinity af! Bas-
iron. remaia Qtiite friendly, and it is there-
as r-acm-u tne iepartmeni oi aui e, , fi2.tljn2 g;dr , tij,.. have endeavor
decree having been issm by the I . , , (.ti
fore supposed that some rectal outrage JSevv tfkf lour niv Laiikinfr afsocta
nrtrn hTve berti rommnted on thenrhy thr tions - are fofmmg in, the ity ot New
settlffirs ahoA Bexar. 'y? York. v .Two of thrrfi propose to hare 50
A letter from Bueno, Ayres ol tb? 24 th ffyf
May infbrfil3. tbat'the? Boeno,;
. ... TTt;, .... .. .. ,L.-. . U, S. Bank,r.bout 10 mill ons -
ttj Illicit I lu IHJP wiil'vW1"10 itua iu nii
Un the IS lie. Ihe Ooverment had ueter-
mined that jhey mtooW. neyer. accede t6
the demands of the French, andthe block
ade wtlff course Le continued until the
'pTesentirhief sljall be superseded .ojr;'lhe
waut and distress of. the country oblige
them to change their determination; .'
. ' - . New York Gazette,"-
Johnjraih Buren.Ia son of olif Prcsi
f ! in England. , I Je is a man of ta-
kntaandofTeryagreeablecompaniona.
ble qualities Mr. 5ennei of the New
YorkHerafd,' writing: from London, thus
speaks of him : i f '
. ;My friend, young John Van Buren
is behaving very well here. He puts up
at Long's fashiohab'e Hotel in Bond street,
and quizzes the English dandies mcst un
mercifully. I understand also thedueen
is much better pleased with our Prince
than the white1 hjired sprig of royalty
from France--l mean tht Due de Ne
mours. . John has a great deal of paUiral
droller' and .wit about him a littuj bi
z ire it is true but the poor Frenchman
has little of either. Both havejong legs,
but the forniof the figure cf Ihe demo
crat b decidedly much straijjhtpr than of
! the tri-color. On each sidrof the dueen.
j wluii she is at the dinner table,
is a cnair
h
jgeneraJly vacant. . '
" When she -wants'-to talk to any of! her
; gtiests, .she'' sends her page to a person
j with a refpiesi to drink wine With her tna
j sty. 'i'he person tlius honored itnme
j.di.aiely gets tip, nr. d walks up to one of
jthe vacant chairs,, drinks with her majes- :
;ty, and enters into conversation. When
'John hod the invitafion, he entered. -I am
iohl, -into quite an interesting TiiTE a
TKTir with The pretty little queen. lie
, talked of the -United' States of our big
rivers big mount ains and big'.praire,'
; The queen was higldy di'iiliied ,w ith -
; young John- indication of w hich cross-
ed lier fair cheeks ia the lorm of
swert
tiilH
les. Alter a -mile while, her majesty
11 . . 1
; stmt her i'are to tinother of her bursts.
i 'ii. : .i . .: i i.i. - ... . .- .
i iii H.it iae ?i'ruai ior .loun io leiire IQ
t . ( . . . . . . i ( , , , - ,
nis lUMiiei ai laoie, wnicn, ne aip
,.v:u
reat erace, her little inaiesty eye
i ......
ing liim from heueaih" her left eye.all the
; tiun
Opinions ahnnd A later from Col
! W( bb dated London, July 4'.h, contaiius
this nasfae:
In the first n'ace, i rave Radicals
1 of England and Vhii:s w ho act with!, or .
i rather t. rider them, credit ir f ir i:ifir
: pjtrioiism and far "rcaft-r kuuwTtdee of
j tiu; lherv a nd' m;ntico 0 our linvii'rn
ment lh hi they actn;y posses ; andsi-
com! !-y
I considered the Tories and Cor.
sorvatives, nu h rnore-t'.ppost d to gradu; 1
relorm than 1 nave since ascertained
to
all
fu the fact. The -ignorance iimonc
class. s and alt paitii s in rebition to Ic i;r
l.iov rhinent isa!moit mconrei vable.
Witli the e.vcepMon of a vt ry. fewof the
iii(st 'intelligent, they look upon the Unit
ed it r.os as ;i consoiu!ai (i Lvovcriiinnit.
' i',&se.ssiML the pycr to da any thing i nd
I .iverv 1 hi-.i'r it iiiiiy'h'eiri- t-'-r.ner': and 111-
ttt aif of a Kepn'blic weaie believed to
h' ;i ! )i-iic r;i v iir w hich 1 nsn!r; nn .
Dnnicra
e jualiy
1 1
renreser.led
in every branch Of
our. Ciove.ru merit
& -
1
The errors- sar it inir
front this stale of thng are iwo fold. It
induces the Conservative party to look
upon our political institutions with fear
and distrust, and ciuises ihe capitalist to
he wary' how be' touches our public stocks '
lest we should degenerate into annrbhy'
and ejofu--i;n : while it misleads the 1?; -
di.cal as to the chaiact.-r of those"instiit
j tipusi best calculated
1 1 y; ti till cans many
to secure civil 1 i pel -
of 1 hem to1 advance
- i
1 a sy-t' in
of Govern nient which 'in itseif
ni.'i u'ous any w here hut more partici-
lirfyiy, w here ihe popu latmn ,is not very
generally educated a-nd in Jep''i.deit; in .
I - 1 I 1
their pecuniary cirnnnslancj
Vfn. gland? and' tht United Stales Col.
Wtbb writes in a letter":
" WhaU'vcr 'may be the difference cf
opinion prevailing among different par
ties here, it is very evident that the kind
est feelings every where exist towards
the United SiaUs, and all classes unite
in 1 fib declaration that under no circum-,
stance;, can . Kngland and - the United
States ever again be nt v.ar. 7'he dif
tuibances alony the line of our frontief;,
the Caroline aiTatrj and the North Eastern
Boundary question, are ::!! Aery freely
discussed and' commented ujo.i ; but I
da not believe there, is :i 'solitary individual
1 I 1 I -1
i :
i in inhin'i w ho apnreiienus. any Ferrous
I ..... . . - . . :
drill ' ij d y
in their uhimatel
amicaifi v
il ly teubd. 'On the contrary, the
1 1"
in the f general expression is. that Fnglnnd nrd'-four-
the United Stat s can cive laws to Eu-
rope, itnd in the event of any Furoper.n
contest occuriii.g. in which libera! pf in
' iplts may- be , irvol ved, the opinion is
f: elc .-.! res-- -d'that we thall te foui.d
I cil iT.ntinr-M l t.it. v n inr ftihsf ihrf
v .v ' m t v ' .v. wi iiuv
1 it is no part of oiir policy to intermeddle
with Kif ropean r.ffiirs, but they do rot
j comprehend lhat il can be so, and it is
.! not of any importance that they ihould."
A C'taa-e Jor 'Vonj fi ruggadorios.-
rJ- I
I
ie hK's of M.iSiutrri aie exlremely
i acme in preparing-fur the Augul clec
1 lion, and beta to a lar amount are al
j ready made and making on ihe issue.
I The'ediior of the St. Iouis ner'tiUiCarT
I, , riuueted'lO tate. that 613.000
? wj lt. aUd on the election of ihe.Wbi.
eandidaus, me nding the following:
Que tiiousand dollars lhat Martin Van
Buren is not rtehcied -Pieiideht of the
United'States. ! w , ,
- One thousand dollars lhat Thomas II.
Benton will noi le reelected lo ihe U. S.v
Senate ftl tlie next session of the Legb--iature
of Missouri. ' : v
r Banks in Sew York. Under the bant
inj law enacted by the last Igijlalur.e of
I -., :i ..
The Whig Conveiittoii in Maine, that
nominated ' M r. Evans for re-eleytion,-gave
a unanimous vote for HENRY
CLAY, as the candidate for the Pre
sidency. Maine writes "on hef shield
Diiuoo. May it . prove true in this: nar-
ticular.
U SGtxette..
r
'3