Newspapers / Raleigh Times [1847-1852] (Raleigh, … / July 19, 1850, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of Raleigh Times [1847-1852] (Raleigh, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
IP r m t 'A J il JDj 1 lVl-JLi. r;rHHsiii:) wf.ekly by qr. c. rabotkau, editor no rcorciCTOR. - TERMS r $2 50 PER ANNUM IN ADVANCE, OR $SC9 IF PJY.1IEU I? CELHED SIX K0XTE3. VOL. 111. RALEIGH, FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1850. NO. 33 (" 0 Tin t Til ''lr siel Hil p-r am t, if paid iu d- ita- Tin l, liars will be eliane.d, if payment liWv-,1 ii n i'!m. Tin;! Tonrw will be invaria bly a!urvJ io. AJVKKTlSK'IK.YiS. rc w 3ixtee n Warn, r Is, One Dollar for tht Srit. ami Twenty-five Cent for each subsequent in- vrtiou. Court Onlnis, in. will bn charged 35 per 3 tt Uir'v r; bill a reasonable deduction will be made i'm' -h" advertise by the year. IT '.tiers on riiinm.-. and all Communication! .ii'-i r pihiiouimi, upusi be addressed to the f . fct'V. aiuf iwu p?if. , MISCELLANY.' TERJIS. I much du I bear J Start it gentlemen w shall Ti c. will be on to Subscriber : nut dwell lung on this tea. urty cent ft pound I hear bid , or.lv forty cents a pound forty, forty,, forty, for-ty cents a pound only i bid ; two and a halfdidlheitr! "Yes, for-two and half 1 bid," aid Peter Flinn, in a tone of voire that fairly startled some of the merchants. The auctioneer paused. You bid, sir?" Yes, it's me ; go ahead." We are not idling a pound or a box, but 800 cheat !' ,- ' Be dud, nd sure 1 know thai, )ir ; go on with it." ' 'Tlie merchant snickered, and the auctioneer pruned, no more bid were made, and down came the tea, 800 chest. : "The name, sir?" "Peter Flinn." .. . "Where is your house, Flinn V "Me house J" "Yes, your place of business." "M,d bouse? a ad faith I have no house, it two ruoin and a cellar I have in Wather it reel, and me place of business ie round here oo the wharf." "Your endorser' name if you, pleate?" "Stephen Ge-rad, lirf" Tliia dubious declaration produced another tretch of the phistrsof the merchant', and the auctioneer in great doubt, put Up another hit of five hundred chest. .Down it went to Peter Flinn! And o likewise went the third. When the ale wa concluded, tne merchant guaeoon, be lieving the auctioneer wa certainly a "W" man. Bat on presenting th bills and nates of Peter Flinn at the deak of Stephen Girard, the old fellow cashed tliem on tight. The tale came to nearly 100,000 ; the tea, was much wanted in the market, and Pe ter got rare bargains, and -before noon next day, received $15,000 ictiat for hi bid on the caN go of tee. The cargo wa toon transferred, Girard indemnified, and the poor drajmau found himself with a anug little fortune in hi fob. I'ETWl rUNVS MXK. i Cut tnHtutifiil, quiet city of parallel trt, vt& barter nJ ftweet w.wvn Philadelphia rVre onns did Hve a certain native of the Emerald l.eshud Peter Flinn. Ilia vocation wai that of '.tis aviat honorable, because of it usefulness to the WaoereUt wo'ld driving a dray. Peter owned a t.tj sncient and oowii-e apry horct, and an e- fnHf aitatauir dray, by men n whereor he essayed, tat by dint of gri-at physical exertion, succeeded, 'W;dtHug foi hi Urge and growing family a Q-yrwi irard ltved and carried on hi im Ma nercu.ntite transactions' at the time of !teAIwtite,and wai a principal performer in my tnlt stasj. The ne eyed little FTenshman, the 'walpctoT dame Fortune, was not a man- tf very waalefM develop.nent of heart and oirl, or "ym- pti5atne mi'furtunes, eroea or lowesof his Stlom Wing: but now and then lie wat known, aM teutgb eccentricity than aught elwe, to per SnMsoakt wry creditable and really magntflcent f a'lnndnwa and generosity toward those fal- !Catekb way. One day said he to Peter Flinn, vkm h had oft, and for a long employed upon Msantavin hauling good from hi large ship to tiii w-urbomie. lV6tr, I believe you have wortcd vairy )arlm Tt Ir, ibJ be my soul, I have," responded "PWtat.."'; Tety. Tongtime j' yon no 'save ajiything ?" aaid bunker. the nicrclutnt prmce, the millionaire I i -Jriy cnmcience.Mitthiir Ge-rad, it's not a 1 Jaa'-r 1 " M ' tl 'lf W'ehl dance ba tarajipes in my pockets of a Monday morning, 'mtffuK iatDrbiri" the toe-nail of his fut ae iiiiat the Jt2OTt tiki's there.' . I Tsct tlirce, tirs, seven of de cbilJren home I -Fi svnJ its. yIf that's guessed it -latV. Uiathur Ge-rad j I have eevee a brave Ijay iml galaas iverye clapped an eye opon, sir." "Alb, jise, I see, I see j vary well, Petair, you U have you chance presently, by and by, direct bfc Ktoetbing betUir than drive d old borsv SJaleny" - F!jr,Miter Ge-rad, it's myaelf that's a saying ft as 4wtd not be saying it, pliaps, but it's few SMstMwr harder nor longer, for the meat, breed, ftmrin and hay that we ale, than iiyelf and Ba Mf.aiatrhe old ho fliers ; rul be my conscience, IkasuU be a god-send that would put as both , lisrosVT.iriil the poor ould bast there, over all our lsnl-TtUeries," said the drayman. 'AM 1 ai"T vall Peiiif, yo come into my UsjaAag-hous by-a nd-by," and the little olJ French- vrith hi hands locked behind htm, stalked off Saiiaenunting-hoiiee, leaving the ptor drayman lily mystilW as to what tire result of this Icsafttmc was to be. Jsidai say Petet to hhnsetf, "mty be it's Has U feller's whim to set m up in a shop ! or be ftsiy.to buy me a new dray and horse. Gb me , there's no telling witit the old gentle- win do when he lakes the turn:" and thus inir. after a rewctfu! delay, Peter hlawelf at1' the door of the million eouutin? nm. and doffinc bis hat, in he vsaBbti. '.- IVatr," said iha merchant prince, "te big Caaba) packet ship Mocnrt, hy djwn at my et ' "Tsir' V eh?c e arandeareo of ea," continued tfn WW ; Fr, at have." said Peter. TVtimriw, Prtair, le whole cafg'X, be put waSe eV- hatmnaire, tn be sold to o- highest lid- Pwer rr-iille., still deeper in myatery a twit or how, thai ronld interest or concern km. Turry well, Pitair ," enntinned the banker naaaavrow morning when v t beglnv ba ynu br; w tea be pt up two or three lot, one of te tsecLant begin 1 bid, drn yon bid de next '3fet 0 Of corrs, save yrtor prismre, Mis- IbsirCit id, wnotd it be roe thelik-s or Ketlier FSmIo be amone the merchants, and bidding W i hmii ef tea. It's md eniirelv they'd say I - A few days ago a negro follow was arraigned before his Honor, the Mayor of Camden, charged with stealing a few pieces of Bacon from the prem ises of a resideut. The only witness in tlte case was a negro wench, who after receiving a coniid erable drubbing from her owner, wat induced to make a confession. The owner of riie fellow re fused to have him chastised on her "say so," only at theen I of the law,- hence the necessity of com- Hg into Court. The woman swore that the fel low induced her t become his accomplice ; tint she took the meat and delivered it to him to be con- cealed, and finally disposed of ft to their mutual advantage, die. Having heard the witness through, his honor gravely decided that both. A vitnest at welt st the prisoner, should receive thirty-nine lathe.'. It has been contended by some that such t pro ceeding wss"without law or precedent." As to the legality of the decision , we will not undertake to speak , but the "precedent," we are told, was long sinoe established somewhere in Xurth Caroli na. Robison H , esq., while acting as Magistrate in aid State.hud a huge lazy young fellow brought before hun, charged with stea.ing a widow woman' poultry. The witness in Hie case was another indolent young fellow, who was well known to behave not a whit better than he ought to. After hearing the testimony, the 'Squire decided that the prisoner was guilty, and the penalty was also dec Tared to b"thirty-nin lashes on the bare back." The Constable, of course, took the culprit out at the back door and proceeded to execute the sentence of the Conrt.' In the meantime the Squii 'tat intently terming over the pages of the law until the Constable got abort half through, when he suddenly sprang from bis seat, and ex claimed . 'Stop stop ! Mr, Constable, my book says "Jhe informer tfinV. hdte halfr so take that d d scoundrel," (pointing to tb witness) and give him the ba ranee." As the wnrthv Mayor of Camden is from the old Tar River State, it is but reasonable to suppose tliat the "precadeor has had it weislit with him. AM. ATjlUI. It was a cold, frewty night, and Watty, soon tired of kicking his heels at the deor so, in a lit tle while, back he comes, and, aays be, 'Maitter, maieter, it's amaist one o'clock !' 'Well, Watty,' suy the Laird, with a hiccup for he was far gone by tMs time 'it will never be any earlier, Watty, my man, that's a comfort ; so you may just rest yourself a Wee while langer.till t finish my bottle. A full belly makes sliff back, you know, Watty.' Watty was by this time dancing nd j soaker waiting another half hour, back he comes, and says he,. 'Laird, Laird, as true ar death, the tun's ris ing." 'Weel, Watty says the Laird, looking awful wise, and trying with both hands to fill bis glass, 'let him rise, be has further to gang the day than you or me, Watty.' 'Thia answer fairly dumfounded poor Watty, and he gave it op in despair. But at last the bottle was finished ; the Laird was lifted into saddle, and off he rode in high glee, thinking all the time the moon was the tun, and that he had fine day-light lor his journey home. 'Ifech, Watty, my man.' taid the Laird, patting his stomach and apetking awful thick, 'we were nane the worse for that second bottle, thia frosty mornin'." 'Faith,' says Watty, blowing bis linger tnd as blue at a bilberry, 'your honor is' may be, nane the worse fur it, but I'm nane the better : I wish hvss.' 'V: Well, on they rode, the Ltird gripping hard al the horse' mane and rolling about like a sack of meal ; for the cold air was beginning to make tlte spirit tell on him. At last (hev came to a bit of a brook that crossed the road, and the Laird's horse boing pretty well used to have his own way, stopp ed short and put down bis head to take a drink. Thie had the effect to make the poor Laird lose hia balance, and sway lie went, over the horse's ears, into the middle of the brook, The Laird, honest man, had just tense ermngh to hear the splash and to know that something was wrong ; but he was that drunk that he did not in the least suspeet that it was himself. 'Watty say n, 'there is sitrtlysoniehing tum bled into the brcok, Wattj-.' . 'Faith, yon may say that,' replied Watty, rea dy to roll off hi horse with lang'iing, 'for it's jul yourself, Laird!' ' 'Iloutfie, no Warty ,' cried the Laird.'it sufyly canna be me.' ; ':'.'''".'., v"''.' 'Surely, maiater, it isyonrself.' 'It eanna be me, Watty for I'm hem!' News describes the maternal anxiety of the mam moth for their cubs! "They fo.pd" because "ovet two hundred helpless cubs went left to the tender mercies of the invaders." (!) And ths idea of a huge monster of that species, "expressing great solicitude" is vouchsafed an expression, in terms equally feeling and pathetic ! CONGRESSIONAL. 1 ir ttiini ! mu hid on 1." tf Vie.ftt A'rn you 'ke u bole, zu mime to mc I ix'rm. n,Blineimiiig,Petair. AmlttainWing A nkw ird with astonwhmeot, Prs fi 9ut. vt Ihe r f the dav he'went alamr wirrrtn o tT wtlii ntfilia'irf strangr six! NewiM-rinc j)twhVli iw M enact on the mwfrow.at the : Ktmi ?.ll!re.,MnfVe' iheQnaker eltyas ?tsM nnihe of Gimri' ff'WT. wlim the hige f of chestn f e wef ready fur the nctiomr lanwr'ind rbe bids of the row,baiiN.-' h w MirijBr tU sale raeli wa jr be Hi rsrd in . hon snetw, twilli" Whole cargo aria pt J I three aearate 1otf, half easS, and th bilanc at bur smrV. wUh appftwed enilsirsemenre. i . "Sri. niT'-iin." mi'' the sneliorieer, opening l' - ri ip f.rftn hnnrtfd eliesls of Young. M.Tr t-w i-'- 't do I brwr for this Hy-nm tea ... . i . t.. it.... CHERRY BRANDY: , ITS HUMOROUS EPFECTS. The Lord of Bonniemoon wat gae fcaid of his bottle. On on occasion be vastsked to din with Lord R , a neighbor of hit; and his Lord ship being well arquatntfd with the Laird's dis like lo small drink-, ordered a bottle ef cherry brandy to be set before him after dinner, instead of port, which he always drank in preference to Clar et, wlie nothing better waste be got. .The Laird, thought Ihii fine hnrtsome stuff, and on he went, filling his glass like the rest, and telling his jokes and ever the more he praised his Lordship's Port. "It was a fine, full-bodied wine, and lay well on the stomach, not lik that poisonous stuff Claret, that made body feel as if he bad swallowed nest ofpiiddnckt.".,TI Laird had finished one bottle of cherry brandy, or a hi Lordship called it, his "particular port," and had just tossed off a lilxsa of the second tattle, which he declared to be even better than the first, when bis old confiden tial servant, Watty, cam staving into tht room and imkina- hit best bow, announced that the Laird's horse was tht door.- - ; . "Get out of that, ye fa loon," cried the La ird, pulling off hi wig and flinging it at Watty's liest "Do n je see, yet blethering brute, that I'ai just beginning my second bottle f, ;,. .' , -.But, maimer," says Watty, scratching bis head, "it's maist twafl o'clock,".,! , "Well, what tliongh it be fsaid the I-ainl, turn ing np hi glass with drnnkra gravity .while the rest of the company wer lik lo split Uieir side Inagh rut at him and Watty. "It canna be only later, sny man, so jnst reach roe my wig and let the naig tidv Ui' Mori AimtXATioti A chaKcs TO"Bc!aX!iiB oil in the IPacifk. Our friends "in Californis, not waiting for tlie slow going Congress at Wash ington to admit thrm into the Federal Union, a re at work, we are amused to see. "annexing" to tlie United States n fast as pi t-ihle, what other land adjacent to California they can find without an owner. Anotr.er evidence of that wonderful en terprise and spirit of colonizationwhich is a mark ed trait In the genus Yankee. ' Thus w read in a late number of the Pacific News, that an expedi tion a few weeks since set ont to the "Fa rellones," a small cluster of is land, about twenry-Hve miles from the harbor of San Frnncisco, sai l to have been formed bj vnlt-mic upheaval from the bed of the ocean. The largest one contain about tweiv ty acres. ' It was once occupied by the Russians, whose tenements art yet there in art almost per fect Stste. . Tht visiters found the place occupied Ey mrritds of sea fowls of every known kind, and some with which they were nnacquainted ; among ether strangfrbtrds, they dntiihe the web-footed parrot,' which has the out lines ofa parrot with the foot of a water-fowl. The expedition formally took possession of these island snd their inhabitants in the name of the sovereign people of the United States. Nnw, if ever the "Farellones" should ask for admission into the Union, there will be no mora Wilmots, or Giddingses or Hales to oppose the "application" of the "Missouri line," stonce. north of which such inhabitsnts ss were found there can never go, We trust at any rate that the Wilmot Proviso will not be "moved," for we have some cn'iosity to see how the "peculiar institution" would flourish among such cattle at are found in tlie aforesaid "Farellones," according to the offi cial report of tlie exyediiton, which U given in the Pacta Nwst ., .. "Tb most wonderful occupant there as the king of Wast the sea liona. These animals hive congregated to the number ot thousand. They are of the honest ens ot tour-moted beast, wemh- ins between two and three thousand pnnnds f They have :he resemblance of a lion in conformation, In cluding the mane, and roar in a similar manner, but much louder. When tlit party landed, these snimala teemed to be curions to observe the Intruders, and were rather more familiar than their tpnearanc would seem to desirt. On be in approached moat of them took to th water. several of tliem. however, turned and tmiftred ready to wait Tor combat. This seem to be a spot where thev conifreeate to rear their yoong, a over two hundred helpless cub, (if they be so rail. td) went theft left to the tendei mercies or the In vader. Tbi was the spparent reason of their roaring and other actions of expensing great so licitude. ' Three or fotr of thf old ones wtr thot. sfiersom difficnltv, (r their large hodi eould only be penetrated by tht largest sired ball." ; : This news, it is to bt hoped, will not Imptdt tht passt goof tli "Omnibus" through the Senate, th Washingtos le-ter writer ty tht news from Santa F, did th other day. "Noo-intervtre lion" woald seem to be the Moat pradent policy so tar as the Farellones sr concerned, for what Barnburner ot nuirifler woolddare ''Bunkoin" with such horrid monster as these immala o (elicit onslr described by the editor of the Pacifld New, as "beasts of the Urged elm, (bat (noted, and welching between twoand three thousand pounds!" They benullifievsnf tfc krgeat claw, fhea Fur ettunes. II-iw happily sffi'n the editor of tlie THE LITE PRESIDENT TAILOR. From among the Eulogies delivered in the Sen ate, when the death of President Taylor was an nounced, we select thane of Messrs. Webster and Cass designing, next week, to publish two of those delivered in the House of Representatives: Mb. Weistes said : Mr. Secretary, st a time when the great mass of our fellow-citizens enjoy remarkable health, and haappinea throughout the whole country, it hat pleased Divine Providence to visit the two Houses of Congress, and especially this Hom e, with repeated occasions for mourning and lamentation. Since the commencement of the session, we have followed two of our own members to their lav home; and we are now called upon, in conjunction with the other branch of the legis lature, and in full sympathy with (hat deep tone of affliction which I am sure is felt throughout al) the country, to lake part "!nr(c last and due solemni ties ol the funeral of the late President of tlie U nited States. Truly, sir, was il said in the communication read to us, that a ''a great man has fallen among ns." The late President of the United States, originally a soldier by profession, having gone through a long and splendid career of military service, had, at the close of the late war with Mexico, become to much endeared to the people of the United Stales, and had inspired them with so high a degree of regard snd confidence, that Withont solicitation or sppli- cation, without pursuing any devious paths of pol icy, or turning hair' breadth to the right or the left from ths path of duty, a groat, and powerful, and generous people saw fit, by popular vote and voice, to confer upon him tlie hlgWt civil r.flhnri ty in the nation. We eanrtt forget that, at in other instances so in tliie, the public feeling was won and carried away,ifi some degree, by tlie eclat of military renown. Suit hat been always ; and so it always writ be, becauee high respect for no ble feats in arms has been, and always will be out poured from tlie hearts f popular Government. But if will be a great mistake to suppose that the late President of the United Slate owed hit ad vancement to high civil trust, or hit great accepts- biliiy with the people, to military talent or ability alone, i I believe, sir, that associated with tlie high td adaimlio for those qualities pousssed by him, there was spread throughout the eomrnanity a high degree of confidence and faith in his integrity snd honor and uprightness as a man. I believe he Wat especially regarded as both a firm and a mild man in the exercise of authority. And I have observ ed more than once in this and in other popular Governments, that the prevalent motive with the masses of mankind fur conferring high power on individual, mi a confidence in their mihlnese, their paternal, protectinp,seenre, and safe character. Tlie people naturally feel safe where they feel themselves lote under the control and protection of tuber counsel, of impartial minds, and a gener al paternal trrpetintendence . , I suppose, sir. that no case ver happened in the very best days of ihe Roman republic, when every man found himself clothed with the highest author ity iu the State, under circumstances more repell ing all suspicion of personal application,!! sus picion of pursuing any crooked path in politics, or all suspicion of having been actuated by sinister view and purposes, than in the cast of tht wot thy, and eminent, and distinguished, and good mat whose death we now deplore. ; He has left to the people of his country a legacy in this : He hat left them a bright example, which addresses itself with peculiar force to tht young and rising generation ; for It tells them that there it a path to the highest degree of renown straight: onward, steady, without change or deviation. - Mr. Seeretmy, my friend from Louisiana (Mr. Downs) has detailed briefly the events in the mili tary career of Genl. Taixor. Hia service through life was mostly on the frontier, and always a hard cervlce-often in Combat with the tribe of Indians all along the frontier for to many thontandt 0f miles, It has been justly remarked by on of the most eloquent men whose voice was ever heard In these houses, that it is not in Indian War that he me art celebrated, but it is there that they are forntt), , The bard service, the item discipline, de solving epon all those who have a great extent of frontier to defend, nd often with irregular tfoops of their own, being called on suddenly to enter into oontests with avagt, to (tody th habit of av age life and savagt war, in order to foresee tnd overcome the it stratagem -all tlies thing tend to make hardy military character, For a very short time, air, t had a connexion with the Executive government of this country and at that time very perillous, embarrassing eir tumatsnees existed bet ecn the United States and tht Indians on the borders, and war as raging between th United States and the Florida tribes tnd 1 very well remember that those who took cotmial together m that occasion officially, and who were, dasitons of placing the military command in tlx. safest hands, came to the conclu sion that thert was no man in th service more ful ly tolling tht onalltie of military ability arid great personal pradertc than ZacfcUT Tartot j and he was, of eonrse, sppointed to tht command. Unfortunately bitcareer t th hesd of thia Guv erowht was short. For my part, in aU Unit I hart aeea of tmn, I bavt found much to respect tnd no tfcitif to condemn. Th circumstances Oiler which he conducted tl it Government fur the few month lie was attlif h"d "f htT be swefi as pxrhapi not to give to him a very favorable, certainly uot a long opportunity of developing his principles and his policy, and to carry them out ' bat I believe be 1 has left on the minds of the cowtry a strong im pression, first, of bis absolute, honesty and integrity of character; next, of his sound practical good sense ; and, lastly, of the mildness, kindness, and friendliness of hi temper towards all hit country men. But he is (one. He is ours no more, except in the force of his example. Sir. I heard with infinite delight the sentiments expressed by rny honorable friend from Louisans, (Mr. Downs,) whs has jnst resumed his seat, when he earnestly prayed that this event might be used to soften the animosities, to allay party criminations and recriminations, and to restore fellowship and good feeling among the virions sections of th Union. Mr. Secretary, grsat as it our loss to day, If these Inestimable and Inappreciable blessings shall have been secured to us, even by tlie death of Zachabt Taylor, they have not been purchased at too high price ; and if his spirit, from the regions to which he has as cended, could see these results flowing from his unexi ected and untimely end if he could see that he had entwined a soldier's laurel around a mar tyr's crown, he would sny exnltingly,"Happy am I, that by my death I hav done more for that country which I loved and served, than I did or could do by all the devotion and all the effort that I could make iu herbebalf during the short span of my earthly existence." Mr. Secretary, great as this calamity is, we mourn, but not as those without hep. We hav seen one eminent man, and another eminent man, and at last a man in the most eminent station, fall away from the midst cf us. But I donbtnot there ia a power above u exercising over us that paren tal ears that has marked our progress for so many years. I have confidence still that the place of the departed will be supplied; that the kind,benefictent favor of Almighty God will still be with us, and that we shall be borne along, and borne upward and upward, on the wings of His sustaining Prov idence. May God grant that in ths time that ia before ns, there mi y not be wanting to us as wise men, a good men for our counsellors, as he was whose funeral obsequies we now propost to eel bratf ! : '-; : Mr. Cass said: Again snd again, during the present session, has a warning voice come horn the tomb, saying to til of us, Be ye also ready. Two of oar colleagues have fallen in. the midst of their labors, and we have followed tliem to the narrow house where all must h. In life we art in death ; tnd this lesson, which aceompaties n from the cradle to the grave, it among those men ciful dispensations of Providence which ftseb us how transitory are the things around nr, and how soon they must be abandoned for an existence, with no hope but that which i held out by the gos pel of our Saviour. And now another solemn warning is heard, and thi time it .will carry mourning to the hearts of twenty millions of people, Impressively has it been said and repeated, that a creat man has fallen in our Iniel. In the Provi dence of God, the Chief Magistrate of the republic to whom his felloweitizem had confided tlie high Executive duties of the country, ha been tuddtnly taken from us, ripe indeed in year and in honor, and but tla other day in the full possession of health, and with tht promine of year ef faithful and patriotic service before him. The statesman, occupying as proud position as this world offers to human hopes, has been struck down, in a crisis which demanded all hi firmnei and wisdom. The conqueror upon many a battle-fielJ ha fm.ght hia last fight and bee-vanquished. Tht soldier, who had patted unharmed through many a bloody fray, hat fallen before the shaft of the great des troyer. How truly ire we told, that Oiert it one e- tent unto all! The mighty tnd the lowly descend to the tomb together, and together are covered with th cold clod of tht vslley. And thus pass away honors and the Cares of life. . The moment is too solemn tnd impressive for labored addresses. Thought, not words, a re the tribute It demands. History will do justice to the deceased patriot, He will live in tht memory of hit Countrymen, ts h tived in their hearts snd their affection. His active life wat spent in tlteir servict, snd IB those scenes of peril, of exertion and of exposure, which His the lot of th American soldier to encounter, and which he meet without a mnrsnor, falthfal to his duty, ld bhw where h may, hi lift or in death. Hi spleuded military exploit hav placed him among the great cap tain tf tht age, and wiU be an imperishable men tnent of hi own fame and of tht glory of hi country. . In tht disparity of force, they carry as back from similar example of desperate struggles to tht tarry ages of the world to the combat which his tory has recorded, and where inequality of number yielded to tht exettlons of skill and valor. But I need not recur to them. Arc they not written In bnrning characters upon tlie btari of tvry Amer ican? Strong In the ronffdenee of bft countrymen, he wfj) Called to the Chief Magistracy tt a period, of great difficulty, more portentoas indeed than sny we hart ever experienced ; and now be ha been called by Providence from hi high functions, with hit mission unfulfilled, leaving as to moarn nil lot tnd to honor hi memory. Hi own Utt word, spoken with equal truth and sincerity, consritnte hit highest eulogy- "I am not afraid to die," said tb dying yarrtut, l hart done my dulv." j The Integrity of his nvrtlv was neither tailed nut assailable. He had pawed through lift, and a long and active ne, neither meriting nor meeting reproach. And In hi last hoar,, this cormctlcti of llit honest discharge of hi duty tea preoerit to console him, even whet) h things , of this life tr re fast Mint way. Let us humbly hope that this dieting dispense, tion of Providence may not be without its saluta ry influence upon the American people, and upon their representatives. It comet is the midst of a stormy agitation, threat ening the most disastrous consequences to our coon try, and to ths great cause of self-government through the world. It is a solemn sppeal, and should be solemnly heard snd heeded. His death, whose lost we mourn, will not be in rain, if il tends to subdue Ihe feelings that bare been excited, and lo prepare the various sections or our country for a mutual spirit of forbearance which shall tntaro the safety of all by the zeatons co-operation of all. We could offer no more appropriate nor durable tribute to departed worth, than such a sacrifice of conflicting views opon the altar of our common country. In life and in death, he would equally , have devoted himself to her service snd safety. THE SUBMISSIOMSTS-WHO ARE THEY! The charges so freely mad by th Agitators uf all torts and sizes that thot citizen f the south) who are friendly to the plan tf pacification recom mended by the committee of thirteen, a re disposed tamely to yield everything loth aggressive spirit of ihe north is art attempt to degrade and stultify many of the greatest and best men to be found Iu the uwhera late. We have said heretofore snd we now repeat, that th great majority of the re flectipg, judicious, reliable public men of the south , are supporters of the adjustment. Our reader will perhaps be surprised to learn that thia scheme of adjustment which is denounced by the writer of the Nashville Convention address, as a total aban donment ef the toilth, receive the support of sQ these distinguished men: Andrew Stevenson, of Virginia, former Mpeaket of the House of Kepre. sentatives, and Minister to- England Waddy Thompson, of South Carolina, lata Minister to Mexico Bedlord Brown, and Robert Strange, for mer Democratic Senators from North Carolina- John C. Crittenden, of Kentucky Csv Johnsen, of Tennesse Louis McLean of Maryland, meat- ber of Gen. Jackson Cabinet, and late Miwiter to England Judge Sharkey of Mississippi, Pre, iilent of th Sashvlll Convention ; John Tyler taut "resident or the United States Geo. ST. Dal. laa, lata Vice President of the United State R. M. Johnson, also Vic Ptetudent beside as wt are informed th follawiiif among nsher nretobart of the Senate, most of whom' s,r from the south and all of them friendly lo the njalnteaanct of bet Constitutional right Badger and Uangum of K, Carolina Down of Lcoiatana Houston and Rusk of Teiao Foot of MUsissippi Bell of Tennessee -Chy tad Underwood of Kentucky Atchison or Sllsaottrt Cas of Michigan June and Dodge of Iowa Sturgeon tf Pennsylvania, and Dickinson of New Yerk. Beside thaf there I reason to believe that Berrien and Daw son of Georgia, and King, of this state, will rott for this Compromise. And yet tecofdUtg e th logic of th Nashville Convection all these sae tre trtitort to th south 1 The names we have given, present an array of talent, character, and influence in favor of this compromise, which should at least have taught the writer of the Nashville Cooventiorr address some degre of madetatioa Is) hit attack np-m It. He should have been rathrf more modest for, while freely tthnihingthe bigli talents tnd excellent character of many of the member of that body, yet wc hazard nothing in saying that there was not ont member of tht Con venfion who enjoys a reputation at all national, W whom any respectable portion, of tht acath would b willing 10- follow a a fcadet in thi crUi. A , modest and caution ton therefore tt the only one that would have been st all becoming ahder tl.f circumstances but instead of this wt litre tU quinieacenct of , South Carolina arrogance, rii lence and ultraiam. It would b fatal lo the inter, est of the Couth, and ruinous to the peace of the country, It Uthoald be behoved at th. north saJ hi Coojrest that th violent astaalt apon the Cow, prom le contained in tht ddrevw atrutl.M exprosskm of the public eentiuwnt of th Sooth. ' We declare moat unhesitatingly that if is soi 5 . (Seta Reporter. 7" Rumor says that Capt. Richard Jones tt now ibe Kderof tlie Democracy of CarwtU! H is th bell-Weather of th antUnternst Impure rnent democrat; among whom, we are pained to learn, Mesr. Hill, Johnston, and Lea, eaadldate bt the Commons, are e lasted Dick aeem to hat got ton the start ef hi competitors, tnd they tr following in hia footntep en th subject of Internal Improvement. ; ' , If w give onr rot to a Democrat, i toast be a Cfivir, Grave Democrat. No msa opposed lot! Central Rail Road. opposed to a judicium sy tern of Internal Imprcrrrmnt--ctn get our vote be th man whig or a democrat. - "Wt tread no tepbacivvarJ." W srt for elevating tht ehr acteefthe tut, home tad abroad wo tre (U placing her institution by the sir! of those of at her State on the score of respectability, ang de. test th ignorance and demsgogaery thai dees her bad bowed down btht dust, tht object of rrj a! home tnd reproach and ridicule, tbnwd. Tht Dick June Democracy has don more lo cor and degrade the State more to jl rive talent u4 . 1th from North Carolina,, than H other tfc'r.- combined. Milton Chronicle. HTlt biaaid that Gen.' "to tread ttep bacUttt V to the legislature. C 1 mutt P. j ; ' siini!er la la order to W Ksew Wt Catkw questioned by l.,- e eatecliisra. Air, , 'Whowa f ' : jr mp. , k. ;" A litt'lt tjjow'Wa r' Ej,iy, fro 4IJS ' ' wi:ii, c!h ti- fjn jir natsWi ", i -i . y .
Raleigh Times [1847-1852] (Raleigh, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
July 19, 1850, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75