- . COMMUNICATION.
-''' for The register.
My Dear Nat : Our friend Thurston
handed me your esteemed favour of the 22d
of March vrand although written for some
time; and the news which it contained on
the oldish, order, yet I feel bound, avid take
pleasure in giving it aji answer by tomor
row's mail.
I will not promise yon a feast of fat things,
but will attempt to entertain you on such
plain atid digestible food as I have been rais
ed upon, and if 1 fail to accomplish the ob
ject I have in view, yott possess liberality
enougfi, I think, to make every allowance,
and attribute it to a fault of nature or to some
other cause. ' You must know, ray good
eir, that I do not boast of those tare and
enviable talents Which have distinguished
you and other friends in the literary world.
I feel and acknowledge my incapacity to
do justice to any subject on which I may
..venture to write. I carefully avoid aiming
at any thing beyond the ken of my abilities.
Flattery cannot puff me up ; I know the
depth of my mind, and will not attempt to
swim in water which I cannot easily" fath
om. I, nevertheless, appreciate the good
opinions entertained by yon and others
whom I have correspondence with. "With
out a wish to bestow personal praise, I
have, at vaiious periods of my life, assist
ed in (lie promotion of learning and religion,
which, I conceive, are essential to the hap
piness of "the body politic and the perpetu
ity of our free institutions. You may say
so far very'well, but may I not ask, fjMve
you turned .your attention to these things ?
Have-you contributed your mite for build
ing School Houses and Academies, where
the youthful mind receives instruction?
Have your ten, twenty, or fifty dollars,
thrown in With other contributions, built
one or more Churches in which the Gos
pel is promulged, and the glad news of
God's reconciliation with his creature man
re-echoed from East to West -from North
to South ? Do you succor the' distressed,
do you relieve the wants of the poor, and,
like the good Samaritan, do you bind up the
wounds of the zvounded and the lame ? If
you perform these acts of benevolence with
a right disposition, and cherish an evangeli
cal belief in the Saviour of sinners, obey
all the commandments of Heaven with a
cheerful and willing heart,, you may safely
calculate upon a seat at God's right hand,
when your pulse shall cease to beat, and
that heart (which I hope feels for others'
woes) i3 cold in death. Heligion, Death,
Judgment, ' and an unlimited Eternity
should be subjects of scrvous and calm me
ditation. You have to . die, and the false
and &eJf'deyised philosophy which, 1 fear,
you have substituted for pure religion, will
sink you to perdition, instead ofraisingyou
to heaven.- . '
You call yourself a Christian. I hope
you are, in the true sense of the word. The
soul, you must recollect, is priceless. No
figures in Arithmetic can compute its value,
because God is the Creator, and because it
will live and exist as long as he lives and
exists, which will be throughout an unend
ing Eternity. The Seeing Eye watch
es your ever' movement; he knows the.
secrets of your heart, and although his jus
tice will not permit him to acquit the - guil
ty, yet he is merciful to the most sinful
and degraded son of Adam ; he woes, . en
treats, and invites him to turn from his
wicked ways, and love him who died for
all. These hints, as regards' yourself, must
suffice lor the present, j I should rejoice if
I could but know you are a Christian in
deed, casting your care on the Loid, Whom
you should love with your whole heart,
soul and mind. . V
I congratulate you on the birth of a'sec
rnd son. You have been peculiarly, fortu
nate in your children, losing none by death,
nor having to watch over and nurse them
on the bed of sickness. I am well aware
of the great responsibility which rests up
on parents in the government of their chil
dren. Few, indeed, out of the vast multi
tude who are called Parents, discharge their
duty to their offspring as the Scriptures
enjoin. I have children, and my Bible tells
me, I must bring them up in the fear and
admonition of the Lord. Do you intend to
do the same?. That valuable book should
be placed in their hands as soon as they are
capable of forming correct ideas of God,
and their accountability to him as their
Creator. Their depravity by nature, and
their proneness to commit sin, should be
their preacher from time to time, and they
should at all times be instructed in the prin
ciples of morality and religion. The Rev.
Mr. Looant earnestly recommends to the
young, to renj-err.ber their Creator in youth,
to consecrate to him the days of manhood,
and the light of his countenance will shine
upon them through life, and to the last and
most convulsive struggle of death. Amid
all the changes of this tluctuatingscene, they
have a. friend who never fails. The tem
pest may beat, and the floods descend, but
they are safe and happy under their Sa
viour's wing, if they -are his by adoption
and grace. My dear Nat, bring yours up
to love and reverence God ; take them with
you to his sanctuary, as often as their health
and other contingencies will permit; tell
them that Christ bled and died for them,
and pray earnestly for the salvatiorTof your
and their souls.
My efforts ta close your business (by
virtue of the power of Attorney transmitted
me) with Orlando, have failed. He appears
determined uy Jake every advantage which
your absence unfortunately gives him. He
is the same c'osennd mjiserly soul, and if it
were not for the little reputation he wishes
to retain, he would not long hesitate to
plead tire statute of limitation on your claim.
From my boyhood I have cherished the be
lief, that honesty is the best policy,' and
if I were to ask ninety-nine honest men out
of every hundred thetr views of the matter,
they would exp&ss the same opinion. Not
o with Orlando. His thirst for amassing1
wealth robs him of every benevolent feel
ing, and while' under its influence, i he. is
made to forget the worth of honesty, and
the reputation wh;ch an honest man acquires
among an honest yeomanry. A man of in
tegrity in his tattered garments, is of mure
feul worth than he with his thousands, w'ith
a character stained with the crimes of ava
rice and knavery. . j
Deal with all men, as you wouldj-lje dealt
by, which is a jah exchange. Havb respect
for the opinions of men of untarnisljcid char
acter, and when the clods of the vafley shall
be shovelled upon your coffin, may you
have this, epitaph written on yotjir; tomb,
u Here lie the remains of an honest man."
Yours, with much esteem, ;
SUMMEHFIBLD.
THE INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE.
We have at length received the report of
this committee, and shall avail ourselves oc
casionally of its contents, with a view of en
lightening the public mind in relatioh to the
doings of the public officers. j
The part that particularly struck bur at
tention was that relative to the conduct of
Mr. Hoyt, the successor of Mr Suaj-twout,
in the collectotship at New York. I Soon
after the committee had concluded their in
vestigations into Swartwout's affairs, and
hpd become convinced that there had been
gross carelessness and incorrectnessj in tire
returns of the Collector to the Treasury De
partment,' they resolved to pursue their in
quiries to ascertain whether any reform had
taken place under Mr. Hoyt.- The commit
tee, on the 26th of January, requiijed. the
Collector to furnish the book containing a
copy of all letters to and from the Treasury
Department since the 1st of January 1S37,
and also his book containing all orders and
instructions from that Department sisce the
1st of January 1837. Mr. Hoyt returned
on the sairie day an answer, as follows:
'I now send you two letter books, which I am
informed by the only clerk nowin this office during
the lime of Mr. Swartwout, that had anv jrspcciul
charge of the correspondence; which two bomks con
tain 'letters to nnd from the Treasury Department
of the United Slates since the 1st January ; 1837,'
up to the time Mr. Swartwout went out of office.
I also fend ou a book of circulars, which the
same clerk informs me is the only one he knows of.
I am not uwnro of any others.
If I have tiot interpreted the resolution correctJv,
you will be pleased to inform mc."
As this answer did not embrace any cor
respondence except in relation to Mr.S wart
wout, the committee passed another resolu
tion calling for the books, &c, from the 1st
January, 1837, to the present day. To this
resolution Mr. Hoyt returned an answer as
serting the fact of his responsibility t6 law,
and his right to look into the powers bf the
committee to see upon what authority any
action on his part is demanded or requested,
and finding that the committee was to Report
on the subject of defalcations, he made the
folio wing enquiry: "It becomes necessary
to enquire, before I send the correspondence
of the collector's office of this port with the
Treasury Department, since khe 1st of Jan
uary, 1837, to the present day, whether the
committee or any of its members charge the
undersigned with being a defaulter." ;
Upon the receipt of this letter the com
mittee reiterated their call for the papers,
and passed the following resolution: .
fiIcsohed, That this committee cannot recognise
any. authority or right whatever, in any collector,
rece iver, or disburser of the public money, to rail
upon -the committee,' or 'any of its membej-s,' to
prefer or to disavow a charge of his 'being a defaul
ter,' before such officer sends 'the correspondence'
of his 'office' when required under the authority of
the House of Representatives, 'to send for persons
and papers,' to enable its committee 'to enquire in
to, and make any defalcations among collectors; re
ceivers, and disburscrs of the public money which
may now exist;' nor can I his committee, or 'any of
its members,' report whether Mr Hoyt is, or is not,
no w, a defaulter, until, by examination of the; 'person-and
papers,' for which it has sent and will
send, it shall discover 'who aTe the defaulters'; the
amount of defalcations; the length of time they; have
existed; and the causes which led to them': and
when the committee shall have found the ficts em
braced by these enquiiies, or closed its investigation,
it will make report thereon to the House of l&pre
senta lives." '
This resolution brought Mr. Hoyt to his
senses, r.nd he forthwith furnished thb re
quired document?, together with a lettejr re
gretting that an answer had not been
given to his request, and expressing! his
willingness that a full and thorough investi
gation should be made into his accounts,! and
his readiness to communicate orally ojr in
writing any information which the cornin it
tec might wish.
The Committee having got through With
this first obstacle which Mr. Hoyt attempt
ed to throw in their way, proceeded Mh
their investigations. To j a question put to
a witness "what is the total amount of mo
ney received into the possession of Jesse
Hoyt as collector or individually, under pro
test from the commencement of his official
term to this day?" the following answer
was returned : '
Answer. I do not know what amount of money
Jesse Hoyt has received as collector, or indifidual
17, under protest: but I do know large amounts have
been paid him, and that he has Required such mflney
to be paid him as duties upon- goods, wares, and
merchandise which t!ie importers claim to beiex
empt from duty. I should suppose he had received
three hundred thousand dollars. I have personally
paid him, as agent of importers, about thirty thou
sand dollars. He (jemands thi4 money as collector,
and withholds the goods as collector until his de
mand is complied with. I believe the moneys thus
received, under protest, are not! entered on the cash
book, nor put in the hands of the cashier, and that
they do not enter into his account of public moneys
-with the Treasury Department;; but that he keeps
.he vouchers in bis private possession, and keeps
the money in his individual capacity.
The Committee ascertained that Mr. Hoyt
pursued the same system
that Swartwout
Bank to his own
did in depositing money in
credit instead of the credit of the. Treasdrer
of the United States.
According to Mr. Hoyt's statement the
amount of money in his hands, held under
protest, was upwards of $127,000. This
enormous amount he was requested from
time to time to pay over but he refused.
We annex extracts from the correspondence
R A ijfr2lH M BGISTJ3U AND flOKTIl-CA KQ1 JxA CA
on tj;o subject. On the 22d of December,
183& the Secretary of the Treasury wrote
to Mr. Hoyt, enclosing the opinion of the
Attorney General, and requesting that the
money held on account of duties paid under
protest and also on account of unascertained
cash duties, should be placed to the credit
of the Treasurer.
From the opinion of the Attorney Gene
ral we gather the following reply to the
question "can a Collector legally retain in
his hands, beyond the control of the De
partment, and distinct from his other funds
arising from duties, moneys received under
protest?"
"My opinion is, that no such right exists, and
that the collector should, notwithstanding such pro
test and suit by the importer, pay over to the Trea
sury ail moneys by him received under such circum
stances, as though no protest had been made or suit
commenced.
I am aware that it may be said that this course
would expose the collector to inconvenience and
loss. I he force of this suggestion is not perceived.
Now the collector keeps the money in his possession
until the controversy is decided by the Judiciary,
and then pays over to the government what moy be
in his hands that is the whole collected by him,
if the importer hasfailed in his action; or, if the im
porter has succeeded, the balance which may be in
his hands, after deducting the amount of the reco
very against him. My impression is, that the law
never intended that money collected for public pur
poses should be held by individuals to await the
event of law feuils. If the money be paid into the
Treasury, and a judgment be fairly -'obtained against
a collector for an over-charge of duties it would be
the duty of the Government promptly to discharge
such judgment and release the collector from its
consequences."
In regard to retaining money received on
account of unascertained duties, the Attor
ney General makes the following remark:
" It could never have been the intention of fori
grcss that a collector should receive money foi du
ties under a piiyut1 arraivemeat with the importer,
and keep the money in his hands until it was con
venient for him to cause the amount of duties to be
ascertained If such a practice were toIeratcd.it
might be the interest of the collector to postpone
the ascertainment of the duties, as, in the mean
time, he would have ihe uncontrolled use of ihe
money. Ii would .also increase the danger of faith
lessness in Ihe collector by permitting large a
m ni;ts of money to remain with him, and under
his individual control instead of being in the Treas
ury of the United flutes. The tenor and spirit of
all our revenue laws seem to inculcate the idea thai
the intention of Congress has at all ti.nes been,
that money collected for revenue should be prompt
ly placed in the Treasury, and not h permitted to
remain in the hands of the collector. Therefore,
in any regulations you may nnke upon this subject,
that object should be constantly kept in Mew." ?
Notwithstanding these requests and o
pinions, the collector returns an answer,
from which we gather the following ex
tracts :
" But he savs, whit is very true, that " if the
money be paid into the treasury, and a judgment be
fairly obtained against a collector for an overcharge
of duties, it would be the duty of-the Government
promptly to discharge such judgment, and release
the collec tor from its consequences." The duty of
the Government is one thing ; the manner of dis
charging that duty, is another and different thing.
It would seem, from his view, that a judgment must
not only be obtained against a collector, but it must
be" fairly obtained ," and of this the Government
is to be; the judge, as a preliminary step to the per
formance of an net of justice, which every one who
has hud any experience with the action of our Gov
ernment knows is very often Inrdy.; I do not, in the
term Government, as used by inc, mean the pres
ent or any other administration of that Government,
for the one is but the agent of and subordinate to the
other"!
Mr. Hoyt received another request from
the Treasury Depar:ment to pay over the
money in his hands. He returns for an
swer another letter in the following: strong
terms :
" I write now to say peremptorily, that I will' not
pass the money I received under protest to ; the
credit of the United Slates until Congress makes
provision for my protection. For (he reasons of
this course, I beg to refer you to my former commu
nications to the Department on the subject,"
In the same letter he speaks in the fol
lowing language in regard to the proceed
ings of Congress. This was on the 1st; of
February 1839, and looks pretty well? in
one of the "hirelings" of the Administra
tion. We wonder if the Globe o-ot its cue
for the abuses it 'has lavished upon Con
gress from this clear judging collector: ?
" I will not venture to speak of the dtlav or inat
tention to the public business onthe part of the rep
resentatives of the people, because it wou'd not ie
come me to do so , but if any other class of public
servants managed the public business in the sajne
way. 1 should think they ought to be dismissed $ie
service incontinently ." vs5
In a day or two afterwards Mr. Wootl
burv, with that patience and forbearance
which has characterised his intercourse
with the various' defaulters connected wifh
his department, wrote a letter requesting
the deposite of two hundred thousand dol
lars to the credit of the United States.
Mr. Hoyt sends back a reply and refers
to the Supreme Court and " the Wash
ington Globe" as good authority for not
complying with the requisitions of the de
partment. The allusion to the latter au
thority we suppose satisfied the Secretary,
as he complained no more of the obstinacy
of Mr. Hoyt. ' ' "
; "On the receipt of which opinion I availed my
self of the first leisure moment, on the 4th of Jan
uary, to dissent from it ; and gave you to under
stand that I would not consent, under any circum
stances to be bound by it, for the reason that the
Supreme Court had decided thai I was not bound
to pay over money under such circumstances.
Subsequent to this, I noticed an article in the Wash
ington Globe of January 23, taking the same ground
that I look, in an essay in vindication of the Depart
ment for neglecting to call on Mr. Swartwout to
pay over the money which he had received under
protest, and which article alluded to the decision of
the Supreme Court of the United Slates to which I
-also refer."
Having extended our article to consider
able length, without concluding this branch
of the Comjnittee's enquiry, we shall short
ly resume the subject. The whole report
j extends through 256 pages, and we regret
that our space prevents us from doing more
than giving a brief review from time to lime
of its contents.
;
The Editor anticipates the sneer of the
Jlliberal by freely acknowledging, that ihe
has, for the last six years, given a sedulous
and unyielding support to the Administra
tion during that time. But he only sup
ported it, because he believed it supported
the principles of Democracy in its purity ;
but the "scales having fallen from his
eyes," he sees no reason, why, when it has
abandoned them, that he should longer sus
tain it. The balance of power is as im
portant and necessary in governments as the
scales are in all human transactions. When
their-preponderance becomes unequal by.
fraud or peculation, the sword too fre
quently becomes the arbiter. He therefore
regards "loyalty" to party, longer than it
is exercised for the public weal, as treason
to country. Gainsville Whig.
New Hanover Wiiig Mcetiixg.
At a meeting held in the Court House of
New Hanover on .the 24th of April, Alex.
Anderson was called to the Chair, and John
McRae appointed Secretary.
The object of the meeting, as briefly sta
ted by the Chairman, was to appoint dele
gates to a Convention proposed to be held
at Clinton, Sampson County, on the 1st
May..
The meeting being now prepared for bu
siness, Gen. Montesquieu V. Campbell
moved
That John Walker, Joshua G. Wright
and John Hill be appointed a Committee to
draft resolutions, and nominate delegates to
said Convention. The motion prevailed,
and the Committee, after retiring for a short
time, made the following report, through
Mr. J. G. Wright, which was accepted by
the meeting.
We look upon it not only as a constitutional
right, but as a social duty, to meet together openly
and peaceably, to deliberate upon our political du
ties, and to redress our public grievances and we
believe few occasions have occurred in the history
of our country more imperatively demanding the
exercise of these lights.
We oppose the present Representative of this
district, and we desire most ardently to supersede
him, because he is the devoted follower of a party
whoso principles we dread, abominate, and contemn.
i With it nothing is fixed, no principle is settled, no
institution is hallowed. Poor expediency is the star
of its worship, and its Iilit guides it only to it own
ends find interests. It has moved forward in the
road of blind experiments every tvro construing
j our sacred Consliti.tion as he understands it as
: sailing nil the established institutions 'of the land,
I uii.il at length it has laid its impious hand upon
the- very ark of our salvation. The Supreme Court
! of the United Stales is now the object of its denun-
elation, and when this is levelled, anarchy and
i agrarianism are indeed triumphant.
! If it be necessary to descend to particulars: we
j oppose the party, and its Representative from this
; disMi.-t because of their adherence to ihe thrice re-
jected Suh-Tre.isury project, a project insecure and
dangerous as a mere fistal agent, but doubly dan
gerous to the liberties of the people, from the pat
ronage it confers, and from its placing the purse as
well as tbc sword in the bands of our rulers.
We object to the party and its Representative
here, because of their views in reference to the pub
lic domain The public lands are the property of
all the Slates, won by the blood and treasure of the
; old tbirteen; and he does not represent our views
or interests, who would wrest them from the old
States for the benpfit of the new. or who could sac
rifice upon the altar of party so valuable a legacy.
Wc oppose the pre-ent Administration on ac
count of the Otlious system of proscription practised
against honest men, because their political opinions
i'were not in harmony with the dogmas of the do
minant party, and also for its political profligacy, in
elevating to stations of dignity and importance par
tisans, whose only merit has been their allegiance
to all the heresies that faction could advance, and
in continuing them in such stations, after they have
been found guilty of the most flagrant corruption.
lie&olced therefore, That we approve the object
of the proposed Convention at Clinton, to nominate
a Whig Candidate fir this District and that ihe fol
lowing gentlemen be appointed our Delegates viz:
D. 13. linker, James Bumey, Montesq. VV. Camp
bell, William B. Meares, Robt H Cowan, Dr. W.
J. M.arriss, John Walker, John Hill, John McRae,
David Thally, and T. H. Wright.
The following resolution was offered by
F. C. Hill, and passed without a dissent
ing voice :
Resolved, That we hope and firmly believe Ons
low, Duplin. Sampson, Bladen and Columbus will
march shoulder to shoulder with Brunswick and
New Hanover in the impending contest, and do the
State such service in the hour of need, that all
good men will do them reverence.
The following resolution was then intro
duced and passed unanimously :
Resolved, That we heartily approve of the Reso
lutions introduced by Kenneth Rayner, into the last
Legislature of North-Carolina, and passed by that
body, upon the subject of the Sub-Treasury, the
Public Domain, &c., and that we equally disapprove
and denounce the time-serving conduct of our Sen
ators in Congress in reference thereto, as inconsist
ent wjth their pretended republican principles, the
expressed wishes of the people, and thkir own
i kc Liit atio ns that in retaining then? seats they
have pursued an evasive and unmanly course, alike
disgraceful to Senators and unworthy of men, and
have exemplified the principle of the "spoils to
the vrcroKs." If North-Carolina is true to her
self, they will yet be driven from seats they so un
worthily occupy, and be only allowed to " cast
ONE LONGING, LINGERING LOOK BEHIND."
Upon motion of Col. Campbell, the Sec
retary and F. C. Hill were appointed to
prepare and publish the proceedings of this
meeting in the Wilmington papers, and fur
ther, to request that they be copied by the
Whig press throughout the State.
The meeting then adjourned.
Mr. Clay and the Tariff Fact for the
People.
No one subject (says the Richmond
Whig) has constituted the theme of more
unmeasured abuse upon Mr. Clay than the
Tariff. On this point, and in triumphant
exposure of the injustice done to the Ken
tucky Senator, we copy the following from
a late Speech of Mr. Pope, of Kentucky,
who, unlil lately, was one of the " Hurra
Jackson boys," and was in 188 intimate
With ihe secrets of 44 the parly." He bears
testimony to the fact, of his own knowledge,
that the Tariff of '28 44 the bill of abomi
nations," wss a contrivance of the Jackson
party, and Mr. Van Buren was an active
agent, to render the tariff" odious, and there
by destroy the popularity of Mr. Clay.
Hear him !
44I m!ght, with truth and justice, deny that
Mr. Cfay is entitled to the credit of origin
ating the American system ; for I believe
Virginia, South Carolina, and New York
have equal if not superior claims. The
system became popular, and the Eastern
ZETTfry
States, after -same resistance, acquiesced;
and Mr. Clay, with his usual political lact,
made himself the prominent actor. When
he became Secretary of State, and seemed
to he on the high road to the Presidency,
other aspirants weie alarmed, and deter
mined, if possible, to blast his prospects.
To render the American system unpopular,
was an object of the first importance with
the enemies of Mr. Clay. The system -was
too popular then to be directly resisted; and
the high tariff of 1828 was a contrivance
of the Jackson . party for effect on the sys
tem, calculated to injure Mr. Qlay, whether
his friends supported or opppsed it. I was
one of that part' at the time, and it is well
known that Mr. Van Buren and most of the
Jackson men supported it. I was a zeal
ous supporter of General Jackson at that
time, and wfe were very unwilling for the
the General to commit himself, in a manner
to embarrass his friends and himself. We
were fortunately soon relieved by the old
Hero, who came out for n judicious tariff,
a ground which rendered him unassailable
from any quarter. Mr. Chairman, (con
tinued Mr. P.) a review of our past politi
cal history will sho w that many of the lead
ing measures of this government have been
carried or rejected by reference to a Presi
dential election."
THE SILK CULrTURlST.
Superiority of the Chinese Mulberry, or
Morus Multicaulis, over the Italian or White
Mulberry.
1. The leaves of the Chinese are on an
average, ten times the size of the Italian,
hence the gathering of leaves the chief la
bor of raising1 worms is reduced to one
tenth. One hand will gather as much of
the former as ten of the latter.
2. The refuse of uneaten fibres from the
Italian is large and trouble-some to remove
from the shelves on which the worms feed;
the refuse from the Chinese is almost noth
ing: hence much lime ancllabor are saved.
3. The Chinese Mulberry affords a lar
ger quantity of leaves the first year of plant
t :
ing by layers or even shpsi and near a full
crop the second. It appears that the seed
will not produce i s like. The Italian af
fords few till the fourth or fifth year from
the seed, and not an average crop under
eight or ten, nor a full 'crop under twenty
years from standard trees.
4. The Chinese is a shrub and the leaves
are gathered from the ground. The Italian
when grown requires" the use of a ladder.
It may, however, be planted in hedge's and
kept low. ,
5. The Chinese affords a vastly greater
quantity of leaves from the acre.
6. Each Chinese plant may be made to
produce fron 20 to 100 annually.
7. Cocoons produced from feeding worms
upon the Chinese have been proved by ex
periments to be heavier, and the silk more
easily wound off, and of a better lustre.
8. The Italian has not, as we formerly
supposed, any decided preference over the
Chinese Mulberry in respect to hardiness.
The immature wood of both perishes in the
winter, that is the ends of the branches.
The writer has lately seen a whole field of
theChinese Mulberry near Cleveland which
endured the last winter uninjured. At the
east the sufficient hardiness of the Morus
Multicaulis is considered entirely a settled
point. It is usually cut down in the fall,
and in the spring .throws up new stalks. It
is successfully cultivated in New Hamp
shire, and very extensively in Massachu
setts. It is known to most of you that, at the
late session of Congress, I repeated a de
claration which I had frequently made be
fore, that I was myself not prepared to
vote for the immediate abolition of slavery
in the District of Columbia, nor in the
Territory of Florida; nor for the refusal to
admit that territory, as a slaveh6lding State,
into the Union. These were all prayers of
multitudes of your petitions which I had
presented. My opinion upon them had
never varied since I first took my seat in
the House of Representatives; but from the
zeal which I had uniformly manifested in
support of the right of petition, and from
the perseverance with wh'ch I persisted in
presenting abolition petitions, inferences
had been drawn in both divisions of the
Union, not only that I was a confirmed
abolitionist, but that I was affecting to
place myself at the head of the abolition
movements throughout the land. Having
no such ambition and wishing to avoid all
appearance of tampering between the par
ties, I made the above declaration ; but
had neither then, nor at any other lime, a
suitable opportunity of assigning my rea
sons for the opinions which I entertain
upon these subjects. This I propose to do
in another letter to you.
Mr. dam's to his Constituents.
The Awful Plunge. The St. Cathe
rine's ( U. C .) Journal of the 6th states
that five men went over Niagara Falls on
the p'revious Thursday. The' Journal says:
44 The only particulars which we have
been to able learn are, that just before sun
rise, on Thursday morning last, a boat, with
two men in it were discovered in the mid
dle of -the river, above the Falls, vainly en
deavoring to make their way through -the
ice with which they were inclosed, to the
Canadian shore. Their utmost exertions
proved unavailing, and in a short time they
were seen to enter the cascades, when they
disappeared. In an half an hour after, an
other boat, with three men it, was discover
ed in the same awful situation,, and frying,
too, to gain the Canada side ; but in a few
moments, it shared the melancholy fate of
the other. Yesterday the body of a man
was picked up in the whirlpool, supposed
to be one of those unfortunate men, having
about his person two hundred dollars and a
valuable gold watch. We Jpve no other
particulars."
MO FF A TIT'S PILLS
ASM iPisinsiBnijaa
f BlIIE.untversal estimation in which thP c ,
J. brated Life Fills and Phenix liittrrs are htu
is satisfactorily dembnstiated by the inre , '
demand for them n every State and section
the Union,' and' by the voluntary testimonial
tbeirremarkable efficacy winch are -vry uhe
offered. It is not less from a deeply frr.-Hify;
confidence that they are the mqans 'f eximy,
and inestimable good. among his afflicts d rel().J
creatures, than from interested cons'uh -rafi0ns
that the proprietor of these pre-eminrntly S(!c'
cessful medicines is desirous of f erping- iit
constantly before the public eve. Tlie s.te ()f
every additional box arid bottje is a gnaruiifB
that some person will be relieved from a s-re ,er
or less degree of siifierii g-, and be hnprcved in
general health,- for in no case of stiff. rinr0
disease can they be taken in vain, The pr
prietor has never known nor been infumed if
an instance in whicn ihey have f.iled lo.d,, 0()'f)
In the "most obstinate casts of chronic cli.sfteV'
such as chronic dyspeps;a, ti rp'd Hv r, th-um '
tism, a slhma, nervous and bilious hed ache cosl
tiveness.pilts, general dr b hty, scrofulous v!m
lings and ulcers.scnrvy, sail iheum.and all oth,"r
chronic affections of the organs an: m, m ranc
ihey effect cures with a rapidity ad pM.m ..'V'
cy which few persons would theoretically he
I. eve, but to which th usaods have les'tiffed
from happy experience. In cofN and c-ritrhs-wh.ch,
it neglected, supern dnce U)f- mot fail
diseases of the lunys, and indeed r. 'he vi-cera
in general, these medicines, if, ndcen hut for
three or four days never fail. Taken at night
they so promote the insensible perspiration aJ
so relieve the system of febrile action and fl-cu-lent
obstruction, as to produce a most delight
ful sense of CMiVwIescence i i the morning; an 1
though the usual symptoms of a cold should
partially return during the day, the repetition
of a sui!ab!e dose at the next hour of bed iime
will almost invariab y effect perm nent ivief
without further aid. Their-eff ct upon lev. rs
of a mote acute and violent Ic'tir! is not less Mire
and speedy, if taken in propcir-ion tbl.- qinnti
t and pe l's-ns retiring to bed with inflaimns.
tory symptoms of the most alarming k.i.d; u ill
awake-with the gratifying conciciMiess that
the fierce enemy has been overthrown and cm
easily he subdued. In the sam way, viseerd
turgesci nce, though long established, and vis
ceral inflammations, howevt r critical, wiilxi.Ki
the former to snvdl and the litter to lre
doses lhe Life IMN; and so also hyslei cal
affections, hypocondriarism, restlessness, and
very manj' other varieties of the Neurotical
clss of r.i-e.iaes, y eld lo the efficacy of the
Phenix Bitters.
The above medicines are forsa'e in Raleigh,
bv YV3I. Airenu
"Raleigh, Aptil, 1839. 27
'pi-IK Fourth edition of this popular work is
1 now in a course of publication by the sub
scribers, and wdi be issued from the press a
boot the 1M May, pvio'ed with new type on a
good p.per. It contains upwards of 100 large
octavo pages, and embraces t v ry information
needed by the silk cultur'st fiom the planting
and rearing of the mulheiry to the making and
dveing of Sewings & Twists; the plan of con
structing -cocooneries, feeding shelves, ihe. pro
cess of feeding the warms, ventilation of their
:partmeuts, apportionment of food, and m fine,
every thjng necessary to the acquisition of a
siU culturit is lucidly treat d., A lare edition
has been nearly dispoed of since about the lt
January, and the present edition has been put
to press to supply a large order (150 copies
from Ihe legislature of PrMnsy!v..nia ' r gradii
ous distribution in ibat commonwealth, In the
recommendation of the. committee on agricul
ture, who gave it their decided approba'ion ami
recommennatioft over ev ry other work pub.
lished on the subject. The Lite Governor of
Maryland also recommended it in a special mes.
sage to the legislature, for distribution amorg
ilte people, and it has received the cpmmenuV
lions of the committee on Agriculture of t'..&.
House of Rt present dives ofhe Congress of the
U. S. A large edition is now publishing, and
all orders from a distance can be promptly fill
ed. A large discount wdl be made teithe tiade.
Price 37h cents per single copv. Address
EfP. ROBERTS & S. SANDS,
i Balt.more, Man land.
fXj Who are also publishers of the. Firmer
& Gardener," a. weekly journal devoted to Ag
r culture, &?c , the 6lh vol. of which commen
ces in May $2,50 per annum.
Baltimore, Md. April 23,-1839. 27
Dropsy Sf IZhcumaiisui Cured,
MRS. NVNCY BUltGF.SS, residing about
18 miles North West of Rde-gh, in ihe
neighborhood of Ced-r Fork, has been very suc
cessful in the cure of numerous cases of Dropsy
and Rheumatism, and is now prepared to under
take ail cases entrusted to her. One c:ee of"
Dropsy cured by her, was of 15 yers standing
-t child of Zichariah VVimberly. She h:is i.un e
rous certificates in her possession, bea-ing tes
timony 16 her successful treatment. Let I lie
afflicted apply as Above.
Wake County, May 1, 1839. 27
HKSE I'dls are no Imger among th se f
doubtful ut li'y. They have passed aw-'V
from the hundreds that :ire daily I mnrhed up'in
the tide of experiment, and niw st md before tbe
public as high in reputation and as expensively
employed in all parts of the United Slate., the
Ctnadas. Texas, Mexico, and the West Indies
as any menicine that his ever been prepared
for the relief of suffering man. They Iimv;
been introduced wherever it w.,s found possible
lo cti'V llteuf, and there are bu' few towns Uwt
do not contain some rem M k djte evidences of
their good effects. Toe certificates tint h ie
been presented to ihe pr.pii t r exceed twer.
ly thousand ! upwards of five hundred l
which are Irom regular practicing Physicians,
ho are the most competent juges of their mci
itSs Often have the cures performed by thisme-.l -cine
furnished suhj-Cts for edi'oria! comment, m
various newspapers 'and jurn ds ; and it may
with truth be asserted that :o medicine of th
kind Iims ever received testimonials of higher
value tnsn are attached to this.
'I hey ;,re in gen ral use as a fami'y medicine1
and there are thousands of ft m dies who declare
they are. never satisfied unless they have a sup
ply always at hand.
They have no'riv d in cur'ng and prevent ng
Itihoi s Fevers, Fever tind Ague, Dyspepsia,
Liver Complidnts, Sick Headache, J.un lice.
Asthma, Dropsy, Rlu umtism, ELr;emeiii of
ihe Spleen, Piles, Cholic, Female Obstruct o
Heart-Burn, Furred Tongue, Nue., Diste-' -sion
of the Stomach and Bowels, Incipient I)t
atTi.cs, Flatulence, Habitual Costiveues-; Loss
of Appetite, Blotched or Sallow Compltion,
and in all cases of Torpor of ihg B.iWcls where
a cathartic or an aperient is needed. They are
exceedingly mild in tlreir operation, producing
neither naUsei., griping, nor debility.
03 These extraordinary md justfv celebra
ted Pills are sold, in Raleigh, by Williams &
I lay wood and VV. M. Mason & Co., nnd in U
trie principal towjis in the State. Retail price,
50 cents per box.
May 1, 1839.