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:.r-Ji.;-3a-.it.-,--'ai- - --. .TV ' r- - k ?- llAUEUGH, N. 0. WEDNESDT, JANUARY 3, 1833. VOL ; HO 2 IIIOMIS J. Lin?. BIT OB A 5 If TBOPKieTOR. Ve,mirrio, tlit.l0liars per ;- LipUM,. rci-iinit w'th.,ut th. Stat will he rUua-e.t to pay the wWe amount of th year's KTKS OK AUVEUTISINH. " i it i:.... -;. Yar snnare moi ... - nent insertion, twenty-five eits. Iffntl nril nr'.n.. W Tk adverlis-ments ot Uerks ami nmrms h-T ..I. .t..a a; cent, histien and a !- jinn of 33 rwr cent, will b mwe feom th nlr prices lor advertisers by. the jvur. Letters 10 the Kditor romt be post-paid - 5fo?I!W IM I C AT 1 O X S. For thb 'Stab.' THE fiSSIOp., When Mcsic, hrflvenly maid, waayounj. While yet in early Oreecc sue aungy h'. P.miioms oft. to hear he r shell, Throng'J around her magic cell. . -" They snatch' J her instruments of sound.- ; HOPE. "Still would the touch her strain prolnn? V And Hopp,enchantJ, imilcd, 01 waved her gflldcn hair." Hopt'? what source of humnn' hnp;iincs Miii lltn pU-asuro of liopc. Man clirrib-. t it Mi hit very tntnU. Take frnm him hope,' Iml life itielf woulJ be a burthen! Hiw wise L Hat our JieaiMiyjUPaUi rf'jjgv, oft whii!r of oiir future exemp- liun fioni i.' mnuencc. tviinnui nope uow CiweriuTeffcct it when Inliorinifundcr pain iwl bodily disorder! !l rrnaea uic apirim, u in- ireuet the action ami power m me m:ri. aiui fcwnni fvitem, ni.vttorawi me r". ...n- Iieretbeinj who live witlioui tnw "uiii iMwolalion, tliia hope of heavenly birth, tvhi 'h clli of happier J;iyi in bright ant!cipation1 Ii uch are the advanUjca of hope, a to the thing iflhia field of thorna and hriera thia talo of rtrt, what may ne expact from that emotion, rlien it embrace tho certainty of anjuyinj fe city with God iii eternity!" em ilie anchor of the soul. But more mreW iliR-tit iura upnn the altar qf !iat heart wliich has felt the mellowing nfluence of the c.8iel of the Su ot &in4-tnnre--raUitnf f its bvam furl hKgion ii tlie "parent of Ifope tlte ence from which emanates un aench tl every generou ami tlevated notion. This i the hope that im cllel the wie and the g4 -in every ije io deed thit jet g'eam "ojmt the uge of history untarnished. I'M is --y lie hope that ever cheered and atiima 1 I'd the patriarchs and prophets who yy.t glut befra- u to tlwtf Wglv abode I rttre Ttrp W. Vn--fAMrtltfti.rt. ' J'L the hope that leJ Aloacs an fit's peo le at a "roud by day, and a pillar of irrfty-wgnt' through thedeTcrtlliat truck the' sparkling stream from the linty rock that towcretl above the I'ldnder-sljattered crags that environe hem on the right ami left at the Hed ivtA-.ta ncoiiri!2C antL:animatc-iljat kuarded the cut linir wares on either ide, as they advanced over dry-shod Mhat soothed his departing spirit and niomoeu ins uouy amiu me uu!t ol 'isgah's brow! This is the hope that mpelled Socrates to "ifunoKe Drofanatioh and infidelity; that cheered iiim ila the pilfer death he endured as the boon for liujrocm nipfed inoralitr. This is the p"Pe that animutcU Milton when wri- inj hi heavenly iftog MU tiin," wlio ''Pua'd the bounJa of flamina- unare. pVhr angela trcmhl while they gam!" Htlprompt(Hl the trrrnroTt.itT(Trock1's Ciwise of Time," -the hone that ev- trtninila in tH full vi f ttim eert iov to dimmer on me min i put leave, htfeaac th light of Hope hehtndr j ITius it will be perceived that all that u venerable, jioly or ilur oos among mated beingo; all "who Jiave ever ex uleA, of whatever intellect, though ili- fico or iDierveiiui aoe,- nave ien , wired" by th utiladtn; oH'jtprinn; f wiigmn) in the lanuaze ot KrkiDr. ltall ' J.'iiieil In n sublime rlinrusi a evlebrite the truths f Clifistin'hitjV w ni'i upon utr Holy altars the r-T-fsdin vl rinj tif thrir immortal BirtNie aHends the tulril a lb V ink into the tomb Her onfa- 02 bdit that bnrud with Liminniv ilificy througli life tiporr ihe Christ 's keart, now throws a beani' of mvh coly beauty across the tomb illu- 'Mlei , th dark-tnssin J.ird.int ..f "'k, in-1 cheers the diemUodied spi ' lU i? onward flihJjHwanJiiJ ?H''T tbTcpilt cenJst.ad 'tt W HeaWn. tuuLmJe,! ,y the t!ax, " -irr,-f uultht wa't h la lh Vv ttlve awet tooesaf Uf-bB mrtodvp !) IS the, "n1i li iiw.i-I .I i-'s1n. n 4i eye nor ear naUi not 7 BOr krtl Che rapl.ic issemblagf float tincheckM on Heaven j lfl tide-Uit!wak music ' nilHfcs. lnd from harps of lof. ' ,!min tod symplioiiioas soand. " ! ?! delights to Wnr yet. and docs ' ipon this green earth. Who M resliiie, her heart -rt vat in- "'? Under , hrr tnfUenc . the ,;W1 tftttrde advshi-ft to th. Krt.KI '.fllfl' palr? by tfie wtiTles ha passed . M b'rsaetlness and, ripfrity. bend the near "sprroach of death u'pouf T Mliitt Voir i heard tmi.l iL'.n 1, r.tt.t in an tn,t;,n tj,,!.. t fedsrs that oiouriifuf! v ?,,n,e he lncty grSet y,r, ..tu. '. whdm rhal tfi, systems ff i:i,mif,LUjllorvWfU'S . - i irispac" snail be convolved in common ..1 . " I t , T i ruin wuneren anti snaxen oj toe tie tBdiflffjrchangel and the Voice of vo wnen tins pianet snail pe smvc r ed by the- strong thunderbolts of the final judgment, and her rightspas dead feel the thritltif iom rTar-iyddenng ntite of heavenly music, and leap into the effulgence of immortal life when from many an ever-dashing sea. wild glen, and mountain-top thev shall .as cend when the tide of Time shall wander on and mingle with the voice of deep eternity then, and not till then, will the eloquent exclamation of Campbell be realized: , 'Eternal Hope! when yonder anhcrranulilime, Pea IM thrir fuat notes to tund Ilia inarch ,uf Time. . f Thy joyous youth begun, hot not to fade When nil the sister planeU have decay 'd; ,V'hen wrapt in flames the realms of etler glow, l,ncl ITearen's la-'t thunder shakes t!ia, world below, Tioii iturfitmny'il thalt o'er their-ruin smile, .hid lilit thy larch el natitrt't funeral pile!'' II. THE LOST FOUND, Among the many thrilling and trag ie events connected with the history of Wv"minr. there is one of the most t mi r hi 0 a nd a ffV-cjtj 115 i:haiaclerpe tA. tspsnb.'rt'as" "eveTknown in tlie his- tory ol our rat e. It has awakened in thebimomyof'gltDigiii'ft' wrift'''nrt"iiVaintti4'irrtiti'an'.'lf lite'ctmr" with its deeply tragic character, the fEvery reader slmuUraiTtl something liveliest sympathy and -the most p.iin- to the abve if he can. Petersburg ful rrgiets, Those nearest cqnnjected Constellalion, . - ' with the subject to which we allude, 1 A coi respotiJent - adds the follow never ceaed t mtwrn- with thtf tlet-pV est sorrowuntil their wounded feelings iretv editor should tell the truth- were SQOtlicu in tlte quiet ol I lie grave, In fact, no nerion with the common'. sensibilities of Jiature" acquainted with the' heait-rendino- cu imstancci, mid awaken its recollection Wit'"'Ut feel ins: that the tendered chord of, riu'man sympathy was touched. Wear sixty years azo. the savafires, in one of their marauding and murder ing excursions to this tlevoted valley surprised a family by t!ioaine of -Slo-cum, residing on the eastern confines of the village of Wilkesbarre shot a man at the door rushed into the house, where they found only the moth er of -the family with three of her, in fant children clinging to-her knees, plundered the house of all which at traeted their attention, seized a little lame boy whom the mother had kept witlv-her-oiv aeeountuf histiisabtei! Cauaitio4 aii fatluft uud other broth.' ers being away, to bear liim away, i lie mother, in an agony known onHv lirs-motherT-implored tlTefeTease oraiiraboutTr7 , . her poor boy, pointing to his wounded Any man who wishes to find fault limb to signify that he could be of lit- with the above, let him do it -if he tie use . to them. As though to tanta- can. Canton Repository. lize all earthly affections, and tear " asunder the , tenderest ties that bind BIj LANDS. the heart of a mother to her offspring,1 The Spy in Washington, mk?s the lol!oir the monster released the boy and with 'nepeins statements in relation to this subject most diabolical smile sezes a dear Such are tlie in p lications which have helpless little girl about five years old, been exhibitcd,thus early in the ses and bears that poor little victim off to sion, to grasp at the national domain; a -later to-her forevctjinkjiaw, riiejrdoimen a door for the -roost disgrace- father was soon after slain bv a band ful ahdTriuuTenrspcculation of the same relentless ftus. The broth- for petty political coasiderarions, ' to ers o the lost one with the mrstjuda- enrich a few land gamblersjit the ex ble ewterr48e-sought gftifrao4g4ft- to tracf tlie" poor little unfortunate mginto their lap tlie whole of the pub whose fate was totally unknown. Jour- lie lands, the attention of the com ney after journey and 6earch , after munity should he awakened to tlii9sub earchytvas made and no expense with- ject. The people are not aware of the iir their ab lity, was spared to peneT stupendous project,", in reference, to trate the veil which hung over the thesejands, that are in u train of con ulfclajujiojyjale oUhfc.Qu live. All, all was in vain disanooint- made, annears to bi more systematic ment ""i i" " iv. an, mcae nuuie eimris ot tne generous orotners. i he piior bereaved mothet. forever haunted with the last terrified and hopeless look from her lost babe, as it was borne away by the grizzly savage never ceas- ed to mourn until Heaven, in pity of her angu'thh, soothed her sufferings on the pillow of dr.ith." Years rolled away -a new race had filled the places jif most of the actors. Shortly after the General fame lnti in the fearful scene ot tjie early his- '"fl'". Mr.'Van Buren, on his arrival tory of the vntley the recollection of''" thl city, CQimnenced 'playing the ihi adtory, except with those mot Idemagogu, with the menibera" of Con neaiiyand dearly interested, bad bass- !sr' from the nevr' States. "DuiTmc: en awavj or was onlv at Ion -4 VI- ml... vais advertei tto as, a d ream or a romance. n All Was silence. and the fate ol the object of i much interest. and so muclf feeling was. Wrapt in the veil of impenetrable mystery. : Al had tid farewell to her as jilcad, hope V.J- u guin feeing or hearing auglit-tif her iUis side of the grave, had vaniahed. But how inscrutable are the wavs of Providvnce A voice fiom the fcr West, from the crave, rends .the I in."tcrv f her fat ami iirnrliima (!. "vut iiil Yh Iiiii ih 'iirt l. toes ruthless son ol the lreat,.u I brought up bv thcrn in their Indian, hbi!S, mealed wit it the most subtt caution. from' the knowledge of the whites, and she assiduously taught to conceal her name or story, through the fear of bving reclaimed by her friends. She it niariied twice ha rhililrrn outlives twth her husbands and is surrounded with rhildren and rind children at last when all fear of b ing herevea! tu an f'Elcer f Iht Govern- . . . . . . . . . tint had brouhno er her Hum and her e ." tureatl the circumstance and condi tion of her family with tb m3st sur nriain? arcuracf. ' J., :, - flitrBmirsribTmr ing dead, have visited her, and by marcs1inown to them , have ulentified the" ceftainiy of her- persons and the reality of alt these interesting facts. She speaks only the Indian tongue, l aving wholly lost here own native 1 language. i WII&T WE CALL DUTIES, . Fvery man ought to pay his debts if he can. Every man ought to help his neih-bouxx-if he can. Every man and woman ought to get married if they can. Every representative in Congress or the Lfgislatures, ought to inform their constituents what they are about if th'y. can. Every man should do his work to jdgase his customers if he can. Every man should please his wife if h! can. Every woman should sometimes hold her tongue if she can. Everv woman should rule her hus band i' she can. vryJawyet-iBottlil4t-4l tl he ran. - hvery preachpr ot the gospel siioum it lie can. All politicians ought to be honest- if they catK - Lery mitn and woman shoulil mintl their own business it they can. Men should desist Iront implicating then ne;jhbors in some mean amltlir- ' ty actum ot yyihui wj uic iuiiuiciu if they can. Meivhants should sell guds without tellUt ' lis if they cat. Amos Kendall ought to pay S toe ton & Stokes their just and honest dues if he can. Tom Benton should be a little more pry in bringing out his Yellow Buys, as the people want them fur change if he can. Martin Van Buren should be a little more honest thaa he is suspected to K' iftijca.rb.:',, v , i All menl whether thev intend to sfiy licre" or ru.it.p:?J't . .ought! 1ft PAYTlng artrcln. Mol:l would be 6bjigctL HIE VRIN 1 Ell without any if or man any tiiai oas preceiieu ii. i ne policy suggeste-l by the. rrcsntent is not of modern date. It is only new vamped. From the moment that Mr. Van Bufen came here as Secretary of State, down to the present hour, he has beep ilemaaoguing, in relatloii to this'mattef. I wiij now state some ! circuinstanres that it is in my power n substantiate, ' ' ' ' (ha Rrat aoaainn lt04.OQt tliri Snerv .... ...... .,.,... ( j - - ' taCV nfSiat iiHive a dinner lhriv In a number of gentlemen,; principally froth the West, Mi," Benton Was invited, but from soma cause,!noi (lien? ej plaineil, he diil not attend. ;? Mr,Van Buren, before hidirincr sva .ready, introduced he ulijecff lands to a. Western jnemV-ro! the ILiuseV11?, gesting thg necessity fori redtu ing thf price of them, fo mere fiMninal sm, and pressing, the advaniagej thaj'the Western people would c tferfv from sue!) art arrangement. "Poring (his conversation,1 Mr. V Buren , frequeriU I v expressed his rrgrti ., that , his n ientr v.oionci Btjntoti, was not pre sent Tlie honourable member from the West soon pprceivt'llhe object of the Secretary, and evadft the question,; bul at dinner it was revived, w hereup m a plain, strVight forward Western member iotiwMted, very distinctly, and inteUijvibly.ibat the people of his State were not thus la be purchased.! ime time previous", Governor! F.'t; rsfdrof ttlmm,--4rat-4iiehtl---the doerinV"hat the riaht f soil nod sov f retiity werft .iddivisibl," and there fore that the nevv HtateS held of rihf, the lands within their territorial limits. While conversing Mr Van Buren re- rH Cun tVn Cover nor Idward. and intimated that the I posit im thus assumed might be found giflidiCJJt Message he new r the on in poinr, in nis late s:ivs -'Whether in the nltl ptte.saiiiioui aifrte that the right of soitto the public lands, rentdnsin the Fiileral Government." Aiir mis tiuiner a caucus ot Wes tern numbers was held for the purpose of diseissing flats subject. The mem bers fun O iio did not attend.' They were tailed upon, by some of those whofrjrcd the caucus, and efforts were rale to bring them into a unit ed actios on the subject. Pending these cuferences an honorable mem ber froJl Illinois urged upon H n Ohio gentlernn the policy of the several States utrcliasing from th; getveral OovernnVnt, the land within their respectivj boundaries, and proposed that the jj-icc should not exceed six to ten cent her acre. The firmness of Ohio onj'hat occasion tended to tln defeat o the project. May it not ha that a imilar scheme is now under consideltion? Andis it not the duty of thesatinels on the Watch Tower, to cry alid all it not we? ,. Mr. Vri Burens plan of valuation is arVxj3tt4ir-era Officers tmarrass our people and eat ers, arc tne electioneering partisans. and their ide is to bs kept up, until they shall je prepared to report, and Qongress fall Ilia ve "tTe&nltely" acted on ttreTepij; ofn other wordi; until 4he nexl irsidiMiiul. election. a'-allJ have been etormined. Thi project is sopalpa -, that no" man of ordinary capacity r i mistake if. An ami ing anecdote occurred a few days si :e at the office of the Sec retary of V r. During the last sum mer, t!ii St! etnry occupied ' v room on the nort side of the building, but since the a-l urnmcnt of Congress, hi has removeco the south side. Several members vre in his room. He remark- tcrnnc f them "You sei, Mr. ' have ch iwerf.jiJes." To which the member plie l 'Nothing wtcon m;m. Mr. Srttary in these times." Jl: Sjfi i- Washington, f From h National Intetlijjei cer. ffasngron, Dec. 21, 137. Messrs. lies & Seaton: On my way to this icer L siw,- for the first time, at Pensbur', Virginia,- in the InteUiiencei-ff that place the follow- to you to insa in your paper td-mor row, or nexllay, with my remarks, that follow. , Wi resp?ct, J. C. CALHOUN. Mr. Calhoun late summerset, it wonlj seem, was as , Jen aa It was unexpected. We invite atte on to -the-following appa. rently well autl iticated fac's, which we find narrated in the it Salisbury (N. C.) Watch man. Li ne A. ' "We made a ie remark not lonjr since on'the awkwan predicament in which Mr Calhoun had pi ed many of lll admirers by the SKib-Treaan schemer Tliere are many gentlemen wh ay they heard Mr; Calhotio denounce that erne as he went on tu Wash higtoii City fa August. At Charlotte, particular, the dg& thnoldlnir tli Supe rior Court, wilieveral gentlemen of the bar. aim) a homberl" intel';(rer.t citizens of Chai lotte,T5lreI n:Mr. Calhoun, and they cont cor in aaymjf tit he4ben disapproved ot tlie stib-Tre.-iSHiy Aim that he spoke freely and niireaerrediy i the Subject, anil at conlid erable lenji 1 These Jrcntfcmea had men tionedMrirHitlH' eontersation ntl'ore his ohaa:, of ,tdi.iua woa -er, Juobanufif.,aiiil he iV AJutifit -Best JugseateiU-JtHttsi )f bia.. friends dcijel the tact, and adverted tu tins interview owprove wuai wasjitii reara ed as molt pitiful slander. 'ltot thw (a not Ihe only sudden turnover of air. Calli ten's. His vote to w hhokl the 4th instalmflt of lha sorplos reveille from Ilia States was pore pointedly inconsptent w ith hia recent pnioiwi s. On the samt trip to Waliiiifrto, in, company with aevi-al mejn. ber of thcHoiiseof Kenresentativis, he de prrcated fie proposal in the most kmphatie terms; awlueclared that tlie opposition ought to insist po the execution of the lenosite f i I 1 . . IL . .-..- ' uw jr mnnn t9iiuccne afurj m 'nr.! ir. !., SUeppertt. of our own State, heard hint make tins declaration frequently, an4 if any one doubts it, ho can not only ftcf t tesli monv of these gentlemen, but Out of, sever al private individuals, who are near at hanJ, but who are averse to have their namestlriwn mtoa'pnlitieal controversy uidcss it be beces l iry. So-tnat Mr. Calhoun has not only plac ed his rriend in an awkwanl pred ctineiit, but Ijflnjtylf in a atiir more aWkwaftljpnt.H ; It 'lias beeuf a. rule with me. frorn wliich I hav rarely departed, to passT in , silehci .tlie , imsrepresentations- to 1 which I have beeit-subji'tjCitt the 1iV ihargu of inyjablic tlutjes; leaving it to my fter, conduit to'stamp, the cliarK'or'falsehooil .oil thetn.!;:The J ThompaoL orSoutti Carolina, andMr, A:i.prcl,enillon ,n'1 e,lner ""Mert tliaf. bove I reganf as forming an ejceptionp3lir to the rule.;. Tlie reference to ti.int, j fj. Ci pi ace, ei aotf, anil us oo ious ill tentioiv to .impeach my motives in the part .Ijooft ttt the late extri esion. make it necessary 4lut I should notice it. J Silence. mightimply an acquies cence in its truthn - 1 am charged with holding con ver 8at'um,on my way -to Washington, in consistent with my;xourse in relation to the currency ao.jreh fourth instal ment under the'deposite act, withjlhe tt-yty-ivii cliiange pi -opinion niu r inyt arrival flerevith all the; 4mputatorHi-to - whKlr such a sudden . change would j istly eipose me ! I "repel the charge directly and fully. J l never uttered a sentence on my way here, or At any time, inconsis- tent with my course inrelation f eV ther subject. L-arega4-l-he-6rslr-my roursetbemseJitcs.if ihy, JwuliL.iliuf rp- may be comprisedunder : the lour er, and the r are hereby released front, heads: opnositinti to k national bankr everv ohli.atmn. arf iTe is I im emu" v opposttion'to a ir-Trrmm-tvith the Sratei banluj support of a total separation ol State and banks, and the support of; a re-orrranizatiori ot the 1 rehsury De-i partmenN so as to enable it to perform the duties wliich the separathm nece- sarily devolved on it, or what i usual-: ly called the sub- Treasury. It"i tm:, possible for me to remember, or tore- peai, nu mat i sawi at narioue. i arrived thrr-! in the s'agp late in the evening, nnd many of tbe respectable cttiTens cafleil on me. The cooversa3 tion was free, and turned 0:1 the sub jects for which it was supposed Con gress was called Jliit I do kflow. that I could not li we said any thing., fairly understood, tnco:isitent with; my course on too currency. I had currency, l had made up my mind unchangeably be fore I left homo against a national bink, and a re-union with the Stato banks, and for a nepiration of Gnv- ernient and banks, and, of course, the re-)i gaizaiion or ine i reasury.. or .... . f . I ear the sub-Treasurv, as aeveral of mvt now, ami, aminj others, Sir. McIXuSic. who will cxcusnic.fiirua-. lown- all cavil. where so uiuch industry lias been em ployed to misrepresent me. Having inlde up my. Ht-iuJ . thus far, -in eon fonnity to principUd ' long "entertained and publicly expreed in debate on tb removal 4he-4liositiM, -it is iin' possible that I could havp been atliltv of the folly or profligacy of saying anv thin"; to the con'trarv, and "which I should be compelled to contradict bv my acts in a short l im. As to my-, aJJe2iLLJe!iiinciation of the sub-7Trea"Ury, I have mily to sav. that 1 have always regarded it merely as the consequence of the sepn ration of tbe Government ani. tlie baiiks a mere question of detail, the merit or demerit of which must be defermincd by the .particular plan proposed; an I. as such, have attributed but little im portance to it, either ir debate or con versation. - . I had m wnreptiofl, in ennversiug freely witKf gentlemen who sought mv opinion, that what I said should be nude tin subject of newspaper rs-l marks; but since it has, I releise U present, as far as I am concerned, from the imp ied obligatjonsT which regulate thertavy ot soeiial winter course in such casus among jgi'iitlemen, and without the observance of whicli conversation must lose al its freotfoin and pleasure. They ha veiny full absent to slate all 1 slid; not a word of which, if fairly understood, will'bc found in conflict with my course.; . , 1 I repel the chargtrwf inconsistency, as to the fotirthinstalmeht, with equal directness and fulness. It turned out that there was no available surplus in the Treajury.jauiL-t4tatt 4steat pf de positing money with the States, we had tu borrow to meet tbevcurrent expen ses. Tho alternative presented in liie Senate was befweeu the .ptiStponfiBent of the fourth instalment or borrowing money 4o-4ake the deposits. l voted for the former, ari.l couK not have done otherwise,, without a gross con tradiction of all mf ptihciplesi and the .whole of my past course in rel t tion to tlte fHbject , of-' Sooth Shcppi lied not. for to say how far they have authorised thrirnames to be used on the occasion! They "ran speak for themselves, if tiiev should Ihink -pro- spcr, and they are hereby released from every obligation, as far "as I am cow- .1 il.i .Mi -, r.erneu, inai mtguvjmpnse silence, ami a,re at liberty to atate all I said on this orwny. inner suojecr. i nhve no ap in soting ti postponethe' fourth in stalment rather Jhan t borrow money to meet it, I acted inconsistentlywiih auy thing I said. - Had there been an avaijabh; aurplu beyond the probable expenses vf the Garvernment, I would ha,ve been among the foremost to insist orj the deposi te; bu t as there was none. I would Ue the last to borrow tor that purpose ' V T ;..'-' . . - '!',- -in- As an act of justice, I must Ivquesf the editors Avh have reoublisheiEfh'e'' article to publish these remark. fitf?. P'- CALHOUN. , , .,j,": -.' I',:.-. 1 11 1 ' ':vrr..- .c n. v.j,ij.,c4, , oeaT'is. in rir f ...... II . . . T .' ' O ... T.. rfr... ol mis morning -4h uon. Jom Calhoun animadverts or! an article first published in fhff Watchman'of Salisbury, NoHb Carolina, in hich my name, (hat of Gen.; Thompso Snd Sir,, CAtHoww'a tire mentioned, ' As I understood the publication bot i the IM itor and Mr. Calhoun ' used toy name as connected wiih that-jwh tion of Sir. Calhoun's 'conversation which is al leged to have taken pjae in reganl to the wUhholdio the frrartirin stalin !or ;un.deC Jb depositeTiet of H in reference to this'ajone I suppose tha t . M r C a lhous uses tUt) W lowing expressTons; "But- it seems that Gen. Thompsotr, of South Camlina, and Mr." A II. Shepperd,' of North Carolina, are relied on to make out this charge, It is not for me to sij how far they -:Carolhrt7fnd"AlrtA " m- 'w; SF.'&'i .fv.fv." r,. 1 i M.l, of North Carolina, are re-f The Statement of .Mr. J5!i?npenl ' I'.r.'ci-i' " 1 oil to make Iiunhis charze. It isisbows that Iliad not (lie ultshtest-r:i -" - ! ? have authorized thrlr names to be Qed I on the occasion. Thejr can spesk for every obligation cerncd," that ra;ghl impose bilence, are at tibt-rty to state what I said this 0? anr otherof casion. -"A and on COlrx versation which I held,: with MeCal hun a few days since tnisht liav ena bled him to say how far I had uthori'f zeil my name to be used -on the oca- '"' sion. I then informed him that I had given 'iio'nuthnritv for the publication. out tnat I supposed toe newspaper statement was mailr from what, I had some time itice said. tlfUthe editor touching the nialter of his publicationf that I had written to the editor, com plaining of this unexpected us of my name, and regret tins; the publication. , . Tlw statement ol llm roorersntion. however, as Contained in the. Watch- man, is, according 'o my rercollection. ( sustained by that of Oen. Thompson, of South Carolina, and Gen. Cartf.u. of Tennessee,) su'n antially corrtct. In a 'conversation upon the subject of the repeal or postponement d fho Fourth instalment, Mr. Cai.iiov said, we;.toat.hnh'.on7Juzi ;.irl "inulsTmtve" the monev if w- have to take it in bant How far this conversation is'incon sis'rnt uith Mr. Cnlhoun subsequent course is not lor me to inquire Of de terming In siwkingnf this stage con versation, which occurred betweert.J public mnf.'on a su'ijert of great pub- lit: in teres't, and fbi. h tvey- were -ten-going to consider, I a-n wholly uncort scions of violating anv rule of proprie ty designed to regnla'e our social in tercourse, especially as it has never been my purpose or intention to ques tion tlie. parity of Mr, Calhoun mo tives of action on this su'-j.'ct, but rt : ther to express -ttir regret ami urpiisa at the course which .he has felt him Teif1)oufid to pursue,, and w'ii h I wa xutl preparel to atitirTpare.UnderTho impulse of this feeling,. J was induced at t'ie moment of Mr. Calhoun's re--marks in favor of pustponin" the fourth instalment, to mention 4o a member of the Il'iuse of Hepren'titativei the tub stanca of this conversation. I doubt not that he recolhrtts it. v ' ' A. H. SIEPPERD. - Dsc. 25, U7i In an articlo fi'njm tha Hon J, C."K Calhoun, .in tin: Irfleli'igencer "of this wrni.nv. Mrv-tialhwHO-Hntys But t -seems that General Thompson, ofi!T S.iuth Candini, and Mr, A, II. Shep- per.l, of North Carolina are relied oil'1 . to make out the charge. - It is not' for.. -me to say how far they have ftotltur ized their names to be used on the oc-' c io;i1...Tbeyrcan speik for them selves if they should lliink p'oper, and tltey are hereby releisetl troin everf obligation, so far as I am concemedsf. that might impose silence, and are at ' ? liberty instate what I said on this. or any other occasion." !; The doubt which this passage inaf be construed to intimate jf as to my If niling.iny ttaraj. to-the publics Iron of s- M rLa!hoiia'a.riu rJ-.. - . .. i . ' i i ' . . ioumiii to ueiieye noes noi exist, in ins mind of Miv Calii iun -as ha had been informed, how the matter found its waV into tM orthCanilina newspaper lit : wim n it iirni appe ireo. . w lie liau en. tertaineil ay such iloubts, the"y(would gency direct or -indirect, in the mat- ', f ' ter. Itut my name.,having been used 1 i "; b ub by M?,' Calhoun" nd 4 SlrShep- ! ' pei l, aodbein dih ctly railed oti by the lafterit proper that sliould say lhat my recollection -of the conversa- ; i linrt entirely coincides 4with that ofl Mr Shrpperd.- . '" 1 tx'V.?-, r L WTHOM PSONT Jr. . Dec. &, 1837. llasMitTHmltSa Dei. !83r. J Smr T have fe.td the sfatement -which you submitted 'to tne. of a tonCy' v versationkirt whicV: Mr t'alhoun j)ary" ' licipated. and which occurred enoa'r way from Giet'ttSbtrouh, K?JZto,- tliis place, to attend ,. the extra-Hession " of Congri's. " And io; cnnforuiity with " your reqKK44)vat Inhould state whe- . iher the remark therein attributed to. t , ;Mr. Calhoun to relation to the repeal ' ' Af the fourth instalment, f correspond I with toy reco'let tion of them, I havo ," tosav thattliey do in every essential -Jpitrliciilar. ,.:.-; ;. : m '".'-. ..'''' :' ,' ln-this i have" the more ronbdence, becatrse we converseil'of it shortly af- ; teif wards, and. because, when I learn- t, after the fneftiog of Congress,, that ' Mr, fJ.tlhoun had expressed iiimeu in favor of a repeal ofthat Jtisfilm lit, I . was surprised, and;so expressed my seli' to you and others. - v.!'4-'. ''. - W. B. CAHTER. . " s . -1 am, repectfollv. v : r 11on.!Mr. SiiPrpKno. ;,.f tfttin'jc'tnu Die. SC. If Messr. Gales & Seaton: T'n ment of:Slr-.Sh..,pneid. (m. son, and Gen. Carter, re !--r remark! necessary on my In referring to t ie ' ' -my former rommnn'- suppose that ci:l:rr .1,' -jt v"":-.;.' v. 1.. 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The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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