,V..
JLWH
F C HILL, Editor and Proprietor.
" BE JUST FEm JOT."
Wiimiii?tonr North Carolina.
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VOL IV. NO 52.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 10,
WHOLE NO. 29&
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years. ,, - ' ':
V0 naucr discontinued until all arrearages arc
io paper o.iuu.
' ! 1 " ! o I V-i n ? fit t hi
. pauu, uimw v- -r-. -- --- -
" OCn1-1010 t EJit oil business must be
toiT-exip. ." j
(XT-OFFICE North West of the ! oyn .ii-u
6he door from corner of Second & Market streets.,
rs .
TaANSBRTAtlON OFFICE, ;
. ! l)ecembl3ih, AS33., S
"IRTO article' will be ie'?ivel mr iVsi,irtaiin
at the DffHJt arWUfnOitf Wfitil ih i UciUx
s iirten paid." Wor Mtrauy u;tic!e which lias
been brought m tiii railroad be delivered, until
the friihi lias be-n n.titl. -
:'OV- L. L. II. SAUNDF.R,
153 tf
Aeut Transportiit ion
Office tilmirttou & ltalciIt It. is. Co
, . Uci'cncr 17, 1639. $
FMIE ri'tntioii of the SiocU hobh-rs of
ihe VViI'miiiitnn and Ilalefli il il Ilqad C.
is rpquete'r to tlie annexed lesglulifln of tbc
Boani of Directors, viz: ' i
Jtesolvad, riiaitt li-ensui'cr give, nkice to j
d'-ltiq(ieni Stoeiciioidrs, that unless iliey-jmy hM
dues u,i'.n llicir Siouk'by the "JO b of Jau'y nexr,
suit will bt iiutitutcd iiist uietn oa the day
following-." ' ' . '
". ' 'JAMES S. GREEN, :'Sccv.
' D.!C 20 !lSrj . ; 2'.).
T E Viimiii2tonj&, Ra
leigh II til Road Com pa-
3La11 " V ha ve . I , n:ii 8 O to i OO
superior HOUSES: for sale. ' , '
' Ail v'to 1 lie subsci ibes
. F:r asoti, uijc.it, on' ihc V-
or to 'Mc: Duncan
ou.pany's staye Jine.
ALEXiR MACBA ..
Gen 1 Agi, W. &. IX, R. 11.
' ' . 'Jirit.
Dec 20, rs:'9.
liw Southern Line
II ill JUiiJ ill one week fi;nn X:w'Avl; ahil
in li"'e il ivi.-lVtmi Ghai'Iestihi to No U-i fran-:.
i)iiiy li.uus Slaj rravelliu. .i 'i 'i.i'n n nn
tina ''ilii a- fr.iai lo.v w.ueV, ice or bad roads, ami
n v ia su .cssfa ojiLM ario.i.
Leaves Cii:trlos.ion, Tuesdays. Thursdays and
Sauu'biys, G ore.o:k, A. Al, afo r the arrival
.'of the 'V 1 1 in a t hi st.vani b Kits, aa I arrives n:s
pecuvely at Sew UrL ins on Sunday, 'Tuesdays
nd Tiniisd.iys. ,
Fioni Jh rl s on, via. Savannah, to
BrUii3viei,!itc;on b.Kit,
1 lliniuswjck to''Tul1alusse. post
f . ' Coach, -
"pTallahassee to. Port' Leon, rail
1G3 miles
21 J "
...'
j n-a l, ., . i3 "
' . Ll'oi t Lon, via' Aoalacltirola, to ...
TS;. J ijep'ii, bteaui boat and rail
.' Riad, : .. 9G
bt: Josephs, via Pensaccla, to Mo
bile sti-ain boat. y , , 125 "
VCobile io New-Orleans, steam,
boat, .-"..'-' 215 "
. Passaic froi.n Charles pa to Mobile. (in 'Vudin
nn-als") Sl'', (whole xk-hsj. to tSt:w (.Vaos
So) outside and ' firwaid deck to - Mobile -15."
!Su,ieii(ir eating houses p'.ovidjd by the Propne
'. tors 'without cliiiie. (
?5eats sccur-.-.l at the r-ilice of Stockton Fidh &
C'l Baiiiiuorc or William Patuai, t'q 'Agent.
Charleston, or of - '
II0PK1NS & STOCK TON,
- Propi ietors, Ch i U sioii. -
Note. The recent eoini!e;i n of the whole of
thi Wilmnt.ui Hail Road. (G miles now rapio1
ly TOrissii.ij. exci.ivd) combined wiih tin:
lin of lias! lloa.l . aiid ste;nb -.n roinmiinieatiou
in Virginia, ami wiib'lhe ojieniri of ibis new
. anl superior route, i . ndeis a S. ii lif i iv jaissaire
vastly iiite -oinfoi table, speedy, safe, and eco
iiomical ih mi it has ever been before. '
Jan. 110. 20i 5t.
Vi;).i &: BUCK,
tiztegiGi: junkers,
WILMINGTON, N. C.
I ; -
'IHE Siibscribers hive, commenced
i... . . . . . .i ' i . .
uujaiess on ia ; i) iiiKinoi ia ; ioi loinier
y veu,ued bv Er.i-i'.u-.: -Buck, w !i. re ihry wili
tarry , u c Alt R.LGli .MAKING in all ii
binncllea ! Ai.so. till ainj of ItE
djtne in that l:ne.
For enquiry see si jrn..
r
WELLS & r.TJOK.
2d7Gn.
January 3 110.
25" KKWAliU,
1 WILU piy the above reward "lor the
. apprehension, nml delivery of my scivaii!
j un i or, v
who abscondinrion I tie 17i ins.
JUNIOR is cnal bl uk, a cook, from 40 to 15
years old, and about 5 l-'2 eel high if not lin k
ing about town, she is supposed lo be concealed
among soaio of h r reUti'ns n Mr. LanVs
fdantatioh, Uocky Point, or on Mr. Cowan's at
Old-town. She lias sisters on Mr. I.lack's
plantation, a brother &. husband on Air V.oiu's
, ;J. M. CAZ UX.
Janury 1, 1840. . ' 43-tf.
'BANK OF CAPE FEAR,
, -.: Dec 11, .1830.
TIHB ustial general Annual Meeting of
the Stockholder, will be held v their C-nk-.in
House in Wihriinjjton. on ihe first' Aumdav
of January next. JOI1-N HILL CvsYr
Dec. 13, 1839. 2'Jl if.
EXCERPTS
Frovi M. GuizoCs Introduction to the
f I
; t, French edition rj Washington's
Writings.
i , Paris, Nov ember G, 1839.
Two gn;u arid difiinh things btl.,nj
lo the (i'iiy -Jirid m iy i-or.st ilute thr g!ry
of rn-m- to sup;, on mis ortuntr with tinn-
nt'i'S tin:! Tfs'ii ion ; 1 1 trust arid prfse-
vcn- m ini- inuniniit'iii m uouy. j ovr is
a spei-fsirle iH.t'Jt ss fiiit- n-o'r. U-si 'salutary
br:lV0 'n'1'1 Stru!glinir
Willi I he Storms of I.UV-: It is. that, of a
vntuoumai. ht-ad, a. a ;?o.d au.se and
a$3'irni;T i!.s tnuotph. If ever a cause
was just and t-titillt d to suc-t'SS. it was '
J . . ,
t i;it ,M.r!tji Colonies lusurettt lo :
t ecouif Hit- uii.N" &tutt3 Ql Amt'.-Ka.
-rhtjy riitfd hA).v ihy li'vo'ted ; hM
rtaist-ance was fuiindfd io liisloriral rilit
:iri(j 11H1 f, i national rioht ancr?up.n
i lurns , uifir cii iriris were ni l n simple
I hue, a de.id leit r, for they established or
admitted potent instil ulions, which incited
the Colonies to 'defend .their : liberties, and
to contiol. by ?hariny, power, t refer to
self-taxation, the election of .rreat public
council?, trial by jury, the riht of assem
uuiifi an-u (iisciissiiiu toetiier tn ir com
mon ronce rns. 'i'htisthe hi?torv 9f these
Colonies is but the practical anti elabo
rate developement of the spirit of liberty
spreading and thriving uitderj the stand
fiL'aW iU' tradition. : j ' '
At iTieTTTr;--that .'.the colonists
held legal 'H.'hts, they had religious
creeds; it was n;t oiily s English, hut
s Christ i.'i'ps, that ihey; preletided to be
free ;' a n'd t hi-ir laith was even dearer to
them than their charters ; which, indeed,
they regarded as ilii'iely an emanation
and an image, vr-y imperfect, of the great
law of God the Cospel. If itieir't bar
ters had fiiled, ihey vvouid not have deem-
e I lllt'ir rights'' t'b be lost
Bv the fiatu
ral 'spring or impetus of soul sustained
by Divine grace, jthey drew them from a
sMiurce supeiior land in iccessible to all
human forvK in this nay they nourished
sentiments higher than the, very .institu
tions of which thf y showed tneniselves so
jealous.' . j
In the. eiojjfeenth cintury human
thought, - iniypelled bv the. advances of
wealth, population, all the po.ver'ui social
inntietict s, and, .ilo. hv the 'itnpHuosii y
of its own activej principle, aitempied the
( onquest of tbe World : the noliticai prin
ciple, atteiiipted the conquest of the world:
the political sciei ces assumed an'-ascen
dency ; hut, above them-still, worked the
philosophical spiiit or p ret en tension, lofty,
insatiable, aspiring lo penetrate and man
ie all ihings jvithont passion, without
com mot i ':, rathy-Jr by follow in-j tendetnits
tli.iri striking in
o new'pths. -English
Au:eica tnove'l along with the general
m-an h;. I'here the philosophical ideas as
soc:afed them ? l r-s to the rpjijious creeds
the coi. quest of reason to the possession
or f.'.ith tc rights of man To those of the
Chris.tiap,. ,'..: .-' f . h. ;
How beaiitifulv the alliance between
histoi icn I right -and ihe- right, of reason ;
between-traditions and doctrines! Where
it prevails, a People gains by it energy
as wejl ns prudence.- : WHen ancient and
respected instiim ioivs ,a.ndL deeds; direct
man, without subjicting him. and rest rain
bin -in giving hnn stipptHi, he may o
loiward and upwardfc wituout inrurring
the. risk'of being canied away by a rash
ness of spirit, and thus dashed against
ununown rocus, or renuereci lorpiu oy
Idssitude. ; 9 ; . '
Anil when, by another jun-ctinn- still
more heatuiful and beueficiil, religmus
Icreeds blend Ahemsekes, in the very sou!
of man. witn the genera! pioress of ideas
w hen ihe liberty of reasorjiid the firm
ne?s of faith cl'sely unite- Uns then that
communities may trust their destinies to
i i i t i . i
ihe hot deal institutions; for religious faith
is of . incalculable aid io t hts good govern
irieiit of iiutnan affairs In order to nc
qtiit himsrll well iof' his. lasl'i'n this wurld,
man must onteniplate it fiom above; if
bis Sou1 be orilv at ihe levl of wh-l he
doe, In soon sinks below, ami becomes
incapable of .accomp'ihing it worthily.
Such, in the English Colonies, was the
fortunate condition of man and society
w hen, by a n a r r o ga n t a g g r es s i o n , E n g I a n d
underap.di to dispose 6( their property pud
des'iuyfwithout their ass.ent, &.e.
.The highest social art or skill is to ef
fect a concord between ihe ditTeren.l social
and political powers, by assigning to each
its proper sphere and bounds a concord
always precarious and pertulbed, but
which. neverthelesSi may be realized, by
the struggle itself, in the dejre'e indispen-.
sable for the public weal.' : It is not given
lo nascent seen lies to achieve this difficult
result; not that any essential power be ab
solutely wanting, and nnknwn in their or
ganizition ; on the contrary, ail the pow
ers inhere and manifest themselves in it,
fb'it confusedly, each on its own account,
without necessary tie cr just propoilinn,
atwi in such wise as to bring cm, not ihe
strife which lends io concord, btit the dis
order which renders4war inevitable.
In th.- iiifanry G the Englib Colonies,
srde l,y side with thejr liberties, and cn
-ecrated ,by the same charters, were three
diflVrent-poweis the Croivn, tlie proprie
V rs a nd fou nde rs, n't her co rn pa nies, o r i n
dividuals, and the mother country :, the
Crown, by virtue of the monarchial prin
ciple, wiih its traditions, sprung from the
Church and the Empire; the founders,
(to whom the territory Was granted,) by
virtue of fhe -feudal principle, w hich in
cludes a considerable part of sovereignty
and the right of property; the mother
country, by virtue of the colonial .princi
ple, which, at all times and among all na
Hons, by a natural connexion of i.icts and
ideas, has aU OVVHfl tn-tftu ittrtl!tir riilntnr
a large share of dominion over the com'.,
mutinies issued rm her besom.
In the beginning, in America, in events
as . well as in the chart ers, an extreme
confusion prevailed as to, those powers,
phich were alternately ascendant or
brourrht' down, united or. divided, occa
si ;nu!ly one protecting the Colonies and
iheir franchises against the other, and
luen, ere long, ail nltacumg tnem in
lea L tie.. With this confusion, and these
vicissitudes, ihey all found .legal lilies to
invoke, and unequivocal facts to allege, in
support of their measures or their preten
sions. Moreover, it was not the Crown alone,
but the Crown and the metropolitan coun
try united, with which the Colonic ban
to deal., Alter the R. volution ot 1688,
their real Sovereign was not the King,
but ihe King aiid ihe People o Great
Britain represented and amalgamated in
Parliament; and the Pai liament viewed
tne colonies almost with ihe , s irjae eyt.
and held the samr language towards and
respeciing ihem, as ihe Kings, whom the
Parliament bad conquered were wont to
employ with that body itself. An aristo-
eraiii.-al Senate is the most impracticable
of all uit.steii .!! the members hold su
preme power, and no'Vme 15 .responsibly
lor it.
Mean w hile, and nevertheless, ihe Cofo
nies increased rapiVly in population, in
wealth, in domestic strength, and eternal
impair ance. Instead of some ob.cuieei
t mei.ts, intent .upon ihemselves alpn
and 'struggling for their very existence, h
i eupie was aeveiopmg and growing,
whose agriculture, rommere, enterprises,
anu. relations, acquired, place . and cnse
quence in the business of the jworld ; and
the faculties of the men were evolved, and
their hearts elevated co-ordinately with
the fortui es of the coun ry. By an ad
miral le dispensation of Providence, thert
is, between the general state of a country
ii. . i f ' i i
anu me. internal leeiing oi its citizens, a
mvMeriou.nnk-ari obscure, 'but certain
echo and -sympathy which unites them
in progress as wi II as in deftiny.and cau
ses the agriculturist in his fields, the mer
chant in his counlirig-houte, even the ope
r a uve in nis worusnon, to oecome more
cotifiuenl and more proud in proportion
as the community and stale to winch thev
belong thrive, extend, and ncquire consis
tency and strength. .-
Iti the Amei ican Colonial Society, prin
eiplrs equally took root and spread, as the
means ot assuring their triumph, increas
id and multiplied. Accordingly,-when
the day-of trial arrived when George
3d, and his Parliament, from pride, and
in order to keep absolute power impres
criptible, rather thnvtn,read any harvest
Irom its exercise, asstTm d to tax the Col
onies without their, consent, a numerous,
powerful- ardent parly -a national party
suddenly started forth, ready to resist, in
ihe name of the - rights and the honor ol
the country. It was, indeed, a question
of right and honor, not ot well being and
material interests': the taxes were 'light ;
the Colonists suffered linl from them;
but they were of that order of men for
whom the vexalion of the spirit are the
bitten Si ; who can enjoy no repose before
honor is salaried. Washington wrotr.
and public sentiment chimed , " No, the
dispute is not for the trifling tea tax;
it is for ihe principle alone that we con
tend." A feeling and .maxim truly' po
litic as well as soundly' moral; which
evinces as much wisdom s virtue. ..
It was an edifying ami admirable scene
and example, thai of the numerous public
assemblage at this epoch in ihe Colonies,
local or general, temporary or 'permanent
houses of bu i gesses. representatives,
conventions. commitPees, Congress. Men
of very different dispositions and strut
ments met in them ; s.mie, full ol respect
and affeciiori for the mother couniry ;
others, passionately prepossessed by the
idea ol that Amencdii cuniry nhirh was
giowing under their eyes and by their
tiancl; -the former, alarmed and distressed;
the lai'er, fervid and confid nt ; but all
swayed, 'inited, by the same reeling of
dignity.the same resolution ''to resist 'J'he
freest scope in every respect was conceded
to ihe (JjLversily of their ideas, and y t no
deep or curable umbrage or di.-sens;on r
suited; each toleraled and fsieemed in the
ot ier the common liberty of o; inion and
Speed) ; ihey discussed togUher the great
-quest ion arid business for "the couniry.
with those conscientous legards and com
phances. that spirit of discretion and jus
tice, which determine the success and les
sen the cost of outraged patriotism.
Every : year." says, a-Swiss journal.
1 0,000. visitors 'go to rVoitaire's rsi
deuce at Feiney. the post oi Cicerone
therefore is tolerably lucraiive. A Gent
vese Joseph Hume has calculated the an
nual profits of this ns follows -8.000
busti of Voltaire at Ifr , 8.000fr ; 1 ,200
uuiooraphs at 20U , 24.000 ; SOO.Voltaire'
canes' Bl 50fr. 35:000fr ; 300 Voltaire's
wigs at lQ01r.,30l000fr. Total 87,000fr.!n
From the Fay etteville Observer.
FINANCES OF NORTH CAROLINA.
In the last Raleigh papers, we find the
Cotnpuoller's Report, published in accor
dance with an act of the Legislature, giv
ing.! particular account of the Receipts
and Expenditures at the S'ate Treasuiy
lor ihe year ending Oct. 81. 1839. As
thentire Report wotUd occupy 20 or 30
columns of the Observer, our readers will
protiably prefer a plain condensed stat3-
ment, which we proceed'to make out.
The accounts are embraced under three
heads, the Public. Fund, ihe Internal Im
provement Fund, and the Literary Fund.
THE PUBLIC FUND.
The Receipts have been as follows :
Cherokee Land sales, 1338, S49,?56 01
Bank Dividends, Bank Cape Fear, 90 00
Buncombe Turnpike Company, 70 00
Public Revenue from Sheriffs, 78,013 86
Additional Returns, 231 59
Bank Tax, Bank of Cape Fear, 1,770 29
" M Bank ot the State, 2,250 00
" " Merchants' Bank of Newbern, 562 50
Fine. Philip Hadnot, E. Taker, 200 00
Add balance on hand 1st Not. 1838, 37,466 57
$170,640 82
The disbursements of this Fund have been
Cherokee Land sales, 1838,
Executive Department,
Treasury do.
Comptroller's do.
State do.
Adjutant General's Offict,
Judiciary, - v - ;
General assembly,
Rebuilding State Capitol,
Pensioners,
Public Printing:,
$2,857 91
2,300 00
2,000 00
1,000 00
800 00
200 00
27,041 18
33,795 93
89,362 29
1,102 50
4,001 67
Contingencies, Postage, Treasury Note?
burnt, Council of State, and Govern- -a
ment House, '
9,559 90
174,01 38
170.640 82
From which deduct TcCdP18 as above,
Leaves a balance due Treasurer of
3,380 56
Of the Public Revenue from. Sheriffs th
Tax ank Town property Tax amounted to $31,
364 49, the Poll Tax to $28, 800 32, and the Store
Tax to $9,569,56. I o
INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT FUND.
The' Receipts on account of this Fund have been
Cherokee Bonds, (sale of 1836,) 15,174 86
" " 1838, 5,356 33
Principal on Loaris by Int. Imp. Board,, 11,025 00
Bank Dividends, Bank Cape Fear, 1,008 00
Transfer by Internal Imp. Board, 150,000 00
Loans to the Raleigh and Wilmington :
Rail Road, 116,000 00
Cherokee Bonds, transfer'd to State R'd, 1,350 48
J. S. DilhardTand. others, 910 00
Add balance due 1st Now 1838, 3,752 26
$304,576 93
The disbursements of this Fund have been
For stock in the Wilmington R'l R'd, $300,000 00
'Loans to t ditto, ' .
State Road in Cherokee county,
Expenses of the Board and Clerk,
Commissions for collecting Cherokee
bonds, &c.
V2,000 00
1,350 48
'661 00
336 08
314,347 56
304,576 93
$9,770 63
Deduct receipts,
Leaves balance due Treasurer of
LITERARY FUND
The receipts of this Fund" have been
Bank Dividends, Bank of the State, 51,250 00s
" " Bank of Cape Fear, 46,863 00
Principal on Loans by Literary Board, 99,480 00
Interest on do , 9,808 77
Do. on do. by Int. Imp. Board, 9,335 65
Entries of Vacant Land, 9,737 93
Cape Fear Navigation. Dividends, 1,300 00
Roanoke do, do. 1,500 00
Tax on Retailers of Spirits, 3,087 19
M Sales at Auction, t 592 11
Add balance due 1st Nov. 1838, 27,285 11
260,239 76
217,283 22
Deduct disbunements,
42,956 54
Deduct this amount due Public and Int.
Imp't Funds, 1st Nov. 1839, ,
13,151 19
Leaves this bal. in hands of the Pub. '
Treas. 1st Nov. 1839, $29,805 33
The disbursements consist of
Invested in Raleigh and Gaston Rail ;
Road bonds, $135,000 00
" in Wilraingion and Raleigh do. 60.000 00
" in Cape Fear Bank Stock,
Work done on Pungo Lake Canal.
" " Alligator Canal, :
Loans dy Literary Board,
Draiaing Swamp Lands,
Expenses of Board.
2,300 00
2,792 30
588 78
9,400 00
6,32 67
829 47
$217,283 22
In returns published about five years
ago, and which may be received as a pret
ty fair average, ihe xMexican population is
divided into seven classes :
1. The Spaniards, who had decreased
from the revolution to probably not -more
(ban 10 000.
2 Creoles of European extraction,
1,000.000. y
3. Mestizoes, the offspring'otHllS-Eu'
repi an and Indian, 2.000,000.
4. Muiaitoes, the offspring of Euro
peans and Negroes, 40,0.000.
5. Aboriginal Indians, from 3,000,000
to 4.000.000. ' .
G. African Negroes and their descen
dants. 100.00. L
7 Zmboe, the offspring of Negro
and Indian, 2,000.000.
To these may be added about 15,000
foreigners of Europe. 4
Warning -The Philadelphia inqui
rer says, that John Bescb, the young man
charged with forging a check for 62800
on ;he Mechanics Bank of that ciiy,! has
been convicted and sentenced to five years
imprisonment. Heiad previously borne
a good character, and this was the first
offence of the kind. A dreadful warning.
' Ball. Pjtriot.
- - From the Mad teaman.
t i
CIRCUMSTANCES ALTER PRINCIPLES.
Mr. Vandeipoel ays in debate, ihat
circumsiances alter principles, as well as
cases. . 1 ' '
The truth of this thef loco-foco party
have repeatedly illustrated. I'heir prin
ciples are expedients. - ,
The circumstam es of the banks, alter
ed the principles of the fVran Buren par
ty in rega rd to the currency.
The circumstances of Mr. Van Bu
ren's being president nf tjie Ltuited Stales
altered his principles lodthtng bankrupt
laws. ' - . " I
The ci'somstanre ofj being once rn
power altered the principles of that parly
in relation to one Pr sieniial term, the
appointment of member ol Congress to
office, and the expenditures of public mo
ney. ; : 1
The circumstance of votes being want
ed to give Mr.' Van Btttn a majority in
the organization of t-h louse of Repre
sentatives, altered the pHnciples of that
party in regard to State Rigjus, and the
supiemacy of the lawsapd the Constiiu-lion.-
- - -:'-'-.- j "
I The circumstances of their being in
want of money alters tjjie priaciplti .'of
:hat parly in relation lo the credit system,
which th"V illusirate by a resort to the
exploded idea -f Treasury Nott s.
iTh'e circums ance f accidental power
alters the principles of that party in re
lation to the appropriate sphere of execu
live power, and the control bf the public
revenues..
j Circumstances, of rnrjous sorts, have
altered in 1 1 the principles of administna
lion toAvtiich the Van Blren paity stood
pledged when they camejii to power ; and,
if they are permitted to jhave the power
continu d in their hangs, that circum
stance, we fear, Will alfb niter the very
of goverriment , under whicn ve
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havelimriL! "o--u. l nui a.reuuy
altered. It is trTe-'t -of. rnore lhnn
one eminent it 1 1 r ' mini i ,1, ' s govern"
ment has already been practically?
LtiTioNizED by Executivb powei and the
spirit ot centralism and CONSOLIDA
TION.
Recapitulation of f votes Disjy ajichising
New Jersey mnd for OJicers of the '
House.
For disfranchising New Jersey 1 7-
against it 117. So New Jersey was dis
franchised by a minority vote.
Against permitting the members from
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iow jersey noioing me egai cenincates
of election to be sworn 116
in lavor on
having them swOrm 112
j For Hugh A. Garlan, for Clerk of
the House. 118 votes tor M St Clair
Clarke. 105. for II. C. Mason, 8.
1 For Roderirk Dprsey.lfor. Sergeant at
Arms of the House, 14l4-for Dr. Jones,
7G . ; f
I For Mr. Fallansbee, for Door-keeper
of the House, 130 for J.jE. :Dow, 73
for Mr. Houston, 15- T
1 Mr. Hunter was" appointed Assistant
Door-keeper, and Mr. McCormick, Post
Master of the House, by 'resolution, net.
con.
The Army and Navy IDhronicle say
By resignation and death
promotions, all the field o
find const quent
fficers of the 4th
Regiment of infantry wereichanged with-
in three days-r-a remark;
Hle event, that
,4entv or thirty
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may not occur once in IV
years, in time of peace.
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j Col. Cummings, via CfJptbT, resigned.
Lieut. Col. Garland, vkke Foster, de
ceased. ' i "'j
Major Stnniford, vice Rpley, promoted:
I II also says :--Commodldre E. P Ken
Tifiy has been relieved, jjai his own re
quest, from thy order to take cointiiand ol
ihe Washington navy yarfl
No one has
been yet appointed.
J The Louisville Journal shys tht some
liberal individuals of Boston have pre
sented to he Kentucky Historical Socie
ty 152 volume of books, aid 2,192 pam
nhletaai 1 r
The Tennessee Banks.
of ihe Stale of Tennessee,
In the Senate
a reaolulion.
w hich had passed the House of Represen
taties, for requii ing the barvks of Tennes
see to resume specie paymejrits forthwith,
was indefinitely postponed
13 votes to 10. On this
a
(rejected) by
question five
friends of the Administration voted in the
affirmative, and two VVhigsiin the nega-
, The Louisianian of December 17 stan s
thai information has been rfteived 'which
Tt'ndvrs it nrobable that Gien. Jackson
will comply with the invitati
zens of New Orle-ans to visi
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on of the citi
that city for
the purpose of participating iff the celebra;
lion of the anniversary of thtj 8th of Janu-
The President has recognized Richard
SeldencT as Vice Consul of Sweden and
Norway, for the Port of Philadelphia
and State of Pennsylvania.
Georgia. The proscriptive resolation
which was introduced into, the Legisla
ture of this Suite in reference to the dis
pute ' with Maine, after undergoing some
amendments, passed the House of R pre
ventatives, but was lost in the Senate.
Baltimore Ameniean.
MEXICO AND TEX A?,
The following letter, copijd from the
New Orleans Louisianian, 0ftJ)e 14tlx
inst., contains some additional particulars
in regard to important movements in Mex
ico. '- . i ,
. Consulate of the TJ. S. A.
Matamoras, lijth November, 8Z9.
- Sir, 1 have the honor to inform yon
that the'garrison at Mfer, consisting of
about 600 troops. under the command of
rt3ol. Paron, was attacked and taken oti
the 1st inst., by soipe 300 Texians in con
junction wiih a party of Mexican Fedr- '.
i sis: I he particulars ol ihe action hare
noi been made public at this place ;It it
ascertained, however, that Col. Jrarort
aPer an obstinate resistance was compell
ed to surrender at discretion, and that the
town remains in the possession of the as
sail ants, who display the I exianilag tri
umphantly over its Walls. It appears,
moreover, that ihe Texians and Federal
ists have also taken Guerrero, Camargg
and Reynbsa ; and very serious 4 appre
hensions are entertained by the citizens
of this pla?e that they will promptly r- -ganize
a sufficient force to make a for
midable attack upon the city. There are
ol over lioO effective troops here ondef
Gen. Canalizo, cotnmanerin-chief of the
Northern Division, who published an an
imated proclamation' to his soldiers on
the 8th inst., with reference to the exist
ing hoMilities, and who is now making
active preparations foY' a vigorous r de
fence. The PiefactontT Alcade have
likewise issued similar proclamations tof,
ihe inhabitmils of the Depariment, copies
of whii'-h are herewith transmitted for the
information oi those concerned in the'
tradts with this1 port Considerable ex
eitemeht prevails in this.' city on account
of the recent invasion. .All '-intercourse"'
with ihe northern departments U effrctuul
ly suspended, and business of every de
scription.cbtnpletely paralysed by reason
of these militarvODeriions. 1 have the
to-: be, ;witt. great respect, yovf
most
Smith.
LONG WOOD :
From the ''Emperor's Grave' in the Oriental
Herald for November )
The old residence of Napoleon at Long
wood is now a firm ; the room jtn which
ihe body of ihe ex-Emperor was laid in
state is occr.pied by a machine lor grind-
, ing corn : while the anartment in which
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ue uicu is luiivcneu inio a muuic. iuc
walls are covered wiih the inscribed
names of visitors to the spot, and in one
portion of the building sonit luiea remain,
which, whether original or not, are at
least opposile, and ihe idea conveyed by
them; novel ind ingenious : ,
"Whpi Napoleon sought Death, orm'd X hi
spear and shield, ,
Death was afraid to meet him in the field: ;
But when his spear smd shield he laid asidcj
Dcati"1, like a coward, struck hini, and he died." ;
The site ol l! new house at Long
wood .was selected by the Emperdr from
the extreme and extensive beauty of the
surrounding scenery ; he however did not
live to see its completion, andv it is singu
lar that, in assisting in the arrangement of
the shrubbery, he should himself, hare
planted an oak sapling there, which' now .
hadows the window of the library. The
rooms are unfurnished, bdt the fixture de-v
corations'are elegant and cos'ly, more pair
ticularly ihe painted draperie? ollhe cht
pel, drawing-room, and library.
A few days before Napoleon's death,
he caused his. bal it. io be removed to the
new house, whereat still remains,; bat the
(urnilure was soldr and much of it is 'till .
preserved in James Town. ;The diuing
t ble lamps, &cvt-are in possession bf ihe
officers of the 9 1 si Itegimetit stfttioned on
the island, as also the Emperor'a cfiVM---board,
the most Jntereatrng relic perhaps,
61 ihe whole, a minor field of Waterloo
on which the foiled tacjician fought and
re-fought the ground ot nis hoped for con
q lest. A Mr. Gideon, a shop keeper in
ihe tdwn.islaus himself to have been in
the constant habit of playing with Napo
leon, who cared little for the rank of his
antagonist, if his tactics as a chess pja ye r
were but sound and ingenious. This .
same Gideon possesses a very admirable
portrait the Emperor, presented to him
by Madame BertrandJ a copy from an
original of DaviJ.- , " 1
American Squadron in the Mcdilerra'
nean-"W'e are informed, says the Lou
don Courier of ihK26th November, by a
letter from Port Mahon, dated the J2tb
instant, that five American ships of' war.
now in t lie M ed ile r ra hea n w i i I inter in
that port. Two of them are ships of the
line. They will find themselves ihsr in
company with a French corvette, an En
glish sloop, and a Sweedish frigate.'
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Small 'Notts A.moTernent'hastlaleljr
been made in both Houses of the Indian
Legislature, in favor of &nLsin9 ii small,
notes, ol the denomination of l's. 2a o
3's by the State Bank.. - '
The Mayor and Aldermen of NoihnUe
have voted; "the freedom of the city, to
Gen Gaines, as a marJc b lespeci. on
big becoming a resident of NashTllhf,t
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