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, 4 ' l ' 1 1 " ' ' r' '-I', J , -"--y -"r"". !--,"JBTWntt.i j . .. ,, , .. .,, , , , U J . . , ... , .... ., mmmmmmm . fthe for -V-T: . FRIDAY, FEDCITAaX"l"184IO. ,,..-1, ftj.. - -- .i i u. thus ants :om- -'!' ' em en u it of :ens,' hem it; of the - Bt ;reat r the Is of heir it of ths ying law to a, LFni- i U will the- f. C. 1 , ON 17th , on, is of 9? s an crip; licle r, o BAti- bose ttera Sbe' eon-,. " the; that rcial ould , but rdei n of 0 in tf- ' ,: H df in ; Jj" each libe'i" I 33 J I . for L I Rso- ir :e of ( ; -; v THE REGISTER. TUESDAY, FEtlRrAltY H, lSlO. EXECDTIVE COUNCIL. This body conTeued j ycstenUy, in obedience to a , tall from His Excellency, the Governor. Present, Johnston Busbee, Chairman, Dr. Willie Perry, Isaac T; Awryj Thomas McGehee and J. P. Leak. CoL Cadw Jones and, C P. Mallett were re-ap bointed Meinbers of the Board of Internal Impivve Dients. " V The appointnlent of a ' Jndge vieeEL , M. Saunders, resigned, will, we understand, be made to-day. SUPREME COURT, The foltowin Opinions haVe been delivered since Rufiiri, C. JUlohn Lunn r. John iTClelland, from Davie; judgment below affirmed. Frederick ' Naested v. Benjamin Scot, from Craven; judgment below af firmed.' Thos. Joyner v. Drury Vincent, from Norths ' ampton ; judgment below affirmed. Patrick Murpheyi Adm. v. Susan R; Grice and others, from Sampson ; . referred back to the master, for further enquiry. Nathan Stuart, jr. r. Daniel Garland, from Macon. The case must be completed by filing the- transcript of the record ! of the County Court, referred to in the case. The ' record must also be completed by inserting in it the de clarations . Gaston, J. John Cunningham . Johri L: Ditlard, from Haywood; judgment below affirmed. Governor ; to the use Green R. Lesseur, v. John Lee & others from buncombe; judgment below atnnned. . Milton Brown v. G. F. Morris, from Macon; judgment below affirmed with costs. Esther, Wiggs 6c ether?, tAlex Saunders, from Franklin; judgment below affirmed. Den on dem. of John w lluams St, Wife, v. Fen & Miles Peal, from Martin ; judgment below reversed, and, ven ire de novo awarded. . Daniel, J. Allen Grist St others, v. Alex. Sack house, from Craven; new Trial. Mitchell Carter, v. Pleasant Black, from Rockingham; judgment below affirmed. Den on dem. of Caswell Harbin St others, v. John S. Carson, from Davie; new Trial. William ' Frances v. Otho. H. Felment, from Haywood ; judg ment below affirmed. ' SIZE OF NEWSPAPERS. J f " While yon were improving your Paper," said a gentleman to us, the other day, " why did you not go the figure, like this!" holding up the Bostok Notiok, a paper big enough for a Horse-blanket. It may be the custom of some to judge of Newspapers a sapient Jus tice of the Peace once judged of the merits of the cau ses presented to his consideration, by throwing the doc uments connected with each case into a pair of Scales, and deciding by their weight ; but we hope we do not live in a community, where so profound a test is usually applied. We rely upon the fact, that though we do not print upon a sheet of mammoth size, yet we can give as much new matter, as most papers ; and, by I.iii aF nr- 1 i T'lr, fT I T Tf 1 r I "f -j- ;M afford something for every well-tempered appetite. We shall not load our columns with ponderous articles, but ; endeavor to give that which may prove 4 " Useful to the best pursuits of man ; " Friendly to thought, to virtue .and to peaces," i a 1 ELECTORAL TICKET. We are glad to perceive that, in some parts of the State, the Whigs are moving on the subject of an Elec toral Ticket. It is time this matter was stirred, and' we earnestly hope that steps will be taken during the Spring Courts, to nominate a proper .Elector for each l District It ha been the custom, heretofore, for the most part, to select forfthis trust men venerable in years. With all due deference, we would suggest, that the better policy is to select active and talented ww v, who have leisure for mixing with the people, a. capacity for public speaking, and energy to persevere : in the duty devolved upon them. If such are selected. and they will take pains to enlighten the-people on die subject of Government abuses if they will aid the County Candidates n laying bare the enormities of the Administration if they will carry on a vigorous campaign, victory will as surely crown our effbrts,both in August and November, as that effect follows cause. Let us then lose no time in fixing on our Candidates and let them show themselves good Soldiers, not only by being the1 first in the field, but the last, out. -J ' ; ; OUR PATERNAL GOVERNMENT. It is asserted by the "New York Times,' that throughout the Western part of that State, the "press . ure"is felt by the Farmers, to a degree hitherto un paralleled in this country. Their barns are full of grain, but there are no purchasers. It cannot be sold at any price for Cash, , because there is no Cash. It cannot be sold on a credit, for the Merchants and tra ders are too prudent to . incur any 'pecuniary respon sibilities, beyond those imposed by stern necessity. ' The consequence of this state of things is, that not withstanding the abundant crops, the Fanners cannot r aise sufficient money to pay their taxes. Hence, pe titions are pouring into the Legislature from all quar ters of the State, praying that the period of collection be postponed. To give some idea of the actual condi tion of things, it is stated that a lot of Corn, sold un der execution, was bid off at FIVE CENTS per bush 1J At a Constable's sale, 20 bushels of Wheat were cold for ONE DOLLAR ! An execution was levied on a stock of Goods, valued at $3,600, to raise the sum of $500 ; but the amount could not be realized ! This picture, the result of an improvident and unwise ad ministration of our National affairs, is gloomy enough in all conscience ; but it will have Its shadows more iifltinctly visible ! in the. foreground, under the opera tion of tiie 8ub-Treasury , if the country is ever cursed with it - ' - j i ; ABUSE j OF LITERARY POWEi I The following remarks on the responsibility con nected with Literary power, are no leas forcible' than true: " . ' " We know but few heavier crimes than can be laid to the charge of a moral agent than the perversion of literary power to bad purposes. The intellectual char acter of the community is so deeply influenced and agW tated at the currents of thought periodically rushing upon it, and this again so far control and forms prac tical conduct and moral feeling1 that we can hardly conceive of the incomparable baseness which that wri ter must have, who poisons the fountain with falsehood, unmorality, and corruption and treacherously and wealthily leaves a moral taint i upon the soul of ths community. High powers were granted for high pur poses and be who rrrg tViia dMicrn ana srainst u own nature and the majesty of Heaven." rail road Accident. This boiler of a Freight Engine, on the Greensville Rail Road, burst on Monday last, by which? accident the Engineer and colere fireman were killed. . T- FIRES. I We noticed in our last, an attempt to burn die Far mers' Bank at Petersburg. Since then, that place has rarely escaped two other Fires. One broke ein, a tenement opposite the Oaks Warehouse, on Halifax street, but by a timely discovery, the flames were ar rested before doing much injuty. The other occurred in Mi. James BryanW Dry Good Store, on Sycamore street. On opening die door in rear of the store, the fire was soon extinguished having made little progress and injured only a few pieces of goods. ' ' "'. - RIGHTS OF NEW JERSEY. vThe flagrant outrage committed upon the rights and sovereignty of New Jersey, by the Loco Foco majority in the House of Representatives, has excited through out the country one universal burst of indignant feel ing; which will receive body and form, as circumstan ces occur to justify it We subjoin a brief but signifi cant Message from Gov. Campbell to the Legislature of Virginia, on this subject, which will, no doubt meet with a hearty response from the body to which bis ad dressed representing, as they do, a people so ar dentl attached to Stats Rights i "To the House of Delegate.- -1 lay before the General Assembly, a Communica tion; from the Governor of New Jersey, enclosing a Preamble and Resolutions passed, by the Legislature of that State, on the subject of the exclusion from their seats in the House of Representatives, of the; United States, of five of the persons duly commissioned as the Representatives of the People of New Jersey in the 26th Congress. ' These resolutions relate to a subject involving one of the most vital rights of the States of this Union, and will doubtless receive from the General Assembly the consideration which their importance demands. Should the practice obtain in the Congress of the United States, of which this case is believed to be the first example, of one portion of the members returned according to the laws of their States, undertaking to exclude other portions of members having similar and legal authentications of their membership, from a par ticipation in the organization of the House and the election of its officers, and from holding their seats, un til an adversary claim to them shall have been regu larly adjudicated, it is obvious to perceive that such a course has no limit or principle but force, and must ultimately result in revolutionary violence. DAVID CAMPBELL." AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS. We had no doubt when we first heard Of Mr. Wxb stxs's intention of visiting England, that it would be the means of promoting the general interests of this Country. We well knew that he would find great im provements there in every department of knowledge ani business which iM-Qild not-aIFl desire to trans, plant to his own country. We have leard with plea sure especially, of his attending pubU4 meetings for the improvement of Agriculture and Rural Afiain, which are at the foundation of the general prosperity and hap piness of every country. And we find, on his return home, and before he took his seat in the Senate of the United States, so desirous is he of imparting the knowl edge he has obtained during his visit that he addressed his fellowj-citizens at the State House of Massachusetts, on the improvements which he has had tike opportuni ty of witnessing in different parts of England, both in the. cultivation of the .Earth and in the raising of dif ferent kinds of crops and Stock, showing; very clearly, that by exerting a due portion of .that zeal and indus try which is used to so great advantage in that highly cultivated country, that this extensive and richly stored Continent, u capable of becoming equally fertile and prosperous. A sketch of the Address delivered by Mr. Wxbstsb, on this interesting' occasion;, (which we J give in to-day's Register,) will be read we. are certain, I with that pleasure and profit which every ftamg coming j from him is always received. DOWN WITH THE BANKS." This is the senseless war-song of the Destructives. An incident has just -occurred, which may probably, before it is too late, awaken the party to the ruinous ' tendency of their measures. s At Harrbburg, on Saturday week, Governor Porter (Loco Foco) sent a special Message to the Legislature of Pennsylvania, on the subject of the State Loan, the finances, fcc He announces that the State loan au thorised by a recent Act for the purpose of meeting the payment of $600,000 doe as interest on the State debt, cannot be negotiated' at present Various Banks of Philadelphia offered to loan portions according to their means, and others declined on account of inabili ty. After announcing these facts, the Governor adds: "It will be perceived that, not having -the mean's so to do, the interest this day due by the Commonwealth to her creditors is unpaid, a circumstance which the Executive, anxious as he has been for maintaining un sullied the credit of the Commonwealth, has been un able to avert" To preserve the credit of the State, Gov. Porter re commends, "as the best alternative which can present itself, the passage forthwith of a Joint Resolution au thorizing the issuing of State stock for the interest now due, to be delivered to the holders of the stock' for the amount due them respectively." This is intended as an earnest of the determination of the State Govern ment to make provision, as soon as the necessary legis lation can be had, to meet the exigence and redeem the credit of the Commonwealth. The Message contains a declaration, interesting and important in the present state of things at Harrisburg, relative to the resumption of Specie payments; Gov. Porter says: - .. "No man, were be concerned alone as an individu al, would go further to fix an early day for the resump tion of specie payments by the Banks than I would, if by o doing the desirable result would be produced. But placed I m Executive of the Common wealth, to preside over her interests, I feel bound to say, resardless of anr denunciation which 'may be poured a system of measures be adopted to coerce the payment of the liabilities of the banks, immediately, the credit of .... a a . s 1 form from any quarter, mat 1 oeueve 11 wo ngorous the 8tato must and will be seriously and disastrously affected." A DISTINGUISHED GUEST, Hty CtAT, at the solicitation of the r Whigs of Richmond, is to visit that place on the 22d inst An effort is making to prevail on him to extend his journey to Petersburg. WORTHY OF ATTENTION. Mr. Bpcbakaw, of Pennsylvania, who shares with Mr. WaieHT, of New York, the honor of being the President's confidential organ, made some remarks a few days ago in the Senate, worthy of serious notice. He spoke in favor of imposing duties on foreign Silk, both for the purpose of raising revenue and of affor ding encouragement to the domestic manufacture of the article. His declaration, especially, that, iri TH CtOSB 0? THX alftXlTT glSSIOV; WX SHAll ft COMrilUD TO BAISX ADDITIOKAl BIVSSUK TO XIXT TXS VXICAXDS OF THX OOTXEHXKirT is of gwsat iniEaaeftUirg notftfl to engage the exm- of the prodigals in power while it wastes the substance of the people, keeps the Treasury also impoverished, and deficient in the means requisite to support the Gdvernmenti CONGRESS. EDITOB S CORRESPONDENCE. WiSHiireTOH, Feb. 3. This whole day nearly, has been consumed in bal loting for a Committee, under the Resolution adopted by the House on the subject of the Public Printing whose duty, you will recollect is to regulate the prices , to be hereafter paid for that service. The Committee is composed of Messrs. Black, of Geo. Prentiss, of New York, Davis, of Indiana, Garland, of La. and Evans, of Maine. My own opinion is, that the whole affair will end in smoke. The Administration party have succeeded, with the aid of u Mr. Calhoun's tail," in ousting those faithful public servants, Gales St Sea ton, and they care not if the whole Treasury is absorbed in satisfying the horse-leech appetite of the Globe mana agers. Let them, however, make what they can of it ; for just as sure as the time arrives, Old Tippecanoe walks into the Executive mansion, and the atmosphere will then be too pure for venal Editors to thrive in. A balloting was also had for Chaplain to the House, there being only 18 candidates in nomination ! It is enough to disgust even the thoughtless worldling, to see how importunate in their solicitations these Minis ters of the Gospel are Electioneering for votes as a candidate on the hustings.1 How long it will take to elect one, I am unable to aay, as the highest candidate only received 29 votes. In the Senate, after the presentation of unimportant petitions, the. consideration of the Report of the Select Committee on Mr. Benton's Resolutions, respecting the debts of the. States, was resumed. Mr. Clajt of Alabama, spokavhtfg wvinctiooof h foort of the Committee, and against the distribution among the States ef any portion of the public revenue. Mr. Crit tenden briefly replied, and mainly in favor of an equal distribution of the proceeds of the Public Lands, among the States as their rightful property. WxsHiireTeir, Feb. 4. This day was entirely consumed by tile House, in balloting for a Chaplain, and after a number of trials Rev. Dr. Bates, of Mass. was elected. In the Senate, W. Tappan, of Ohio, presented seve ral Petitions on the subject of Abolition, preceded by a written opinion, in which he maintained the Con stitutional power of Congress .to act on the matter, but that it ought not to be exercised against the wishes of those interested. The consideration of the Resolutions on the subject of State debts was resumed. Mr. Phelps, of Vermont had the floor. -He addressed the Senate in opposition to the ensiraenU and printing of the report but spe cially in vindication of the fetate Of Vermont who was not in debt from the charge that her desire and request that the proceeds of the public lands should be equally distributed among the States amounted at all to a pro position for assuming the debts of the States, At the request of Mr. Calhoun, who expressed a de sire to speak to-morrow on the subject, h was infor mally passed over. And then the Senate adjburned. . Wabhiitstoh, Dec 5. The House spent the greater part of the day in the reception of petitions and memorials. One offered by Mr. Reed, for the recognition of the mAsmsvnAnnsi TTvfi. vfls Inul on the table. ' Mr. Randolph, of N. J., offered to present certain Resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey but asked whether the Speaker had not received a copy of them, with a request to present them. . The Speaker replied that he had received them, but as they were addressed to him not as Speaker but as a Representative from Virgisua, and requested him to nresent them to his fellow-members, not to the House, he had declined laying them before the- body, and had written a letter to the Governor of New Jersey inform Ing him of the fact, and of his reasons. " Some discussion arose as to the propriety of the House receiving the Resolutions; and without corning to any decision, the House adjourned. The Senate, however, was to-day, the theatre of at traction, Mr. Calhoun's having the floor causing a crowded attendance. He made a Wag Speech, in the course of which he advanced some extraordinary state ments. It is a remarkable fact that he never glanced once at the Report of Mr. Grundy; or the resolutions of Mr. Benton. His principal purpose seemed to be to fasten on Mr. Clay, as the author of the Bill for dis tributing the proceeds, of the sales of the Public Tjands, and on his friends, the charge of assuming for the Government the Debts of the States. H also labored hard to prove that the Tariff of 1828 was the source of all tie accumulated mischiefs that have afflicted the country .since that period. When Mr. Calhoun finished, Mr. Preston rose, and, after remarking that it seemed to be quite clearly as certained that these proceedings of the Committee were quite nugatory at the best; since it was acknowledged, on all nanus, max no proposraora ior assumpuaa before the Senate; and since it was admitted also that die States could and would pay their debts, he moved that the resolutions and report should be : laid on the table. This was rejected of course. On motion of Mr. Benton, 30,000 copies of his Re- port was ordered to be printed, every Tory member voting for this outrageous expenditure of the People s i 1 as... a rLJ eptk than a oiifl money, for no other reason, on God's earth, than to aid .the. Globe Tress. COMMUNICATIONS. ; . ' RAXXiea, Fxb. 8, 1840. 1 My Xear Sir; I have observed, with great pleasure that a column or two of your valuable paper, in its much improved form, is devoted to the cause of sound jnorauty ana rieugion. wnaiever .may De tne oiner- ences of Opinion among Christian men on the subject of what is called Worldly Amusements,' I cannot doubt that all who have heard the name of the good Bishop of Limerick' a n ame associated with whatev er is holy in life, and wise in counsel will be glad to know, and ready to defer to his views on the subject ; a subject which, whatever may be thought of it must be confessed by-all to be one' ef deep and essential in terest to the present and eternal welfare of the redeem ed, but erring creatures of God. You will, therefore, eonfeg a favour, I doubt not, on many of your Subscri 0tat'3r pW Jfiox column, to the accomr i of the Banner," who is an active and justly influen tial Layman of the Episcopal Church in Philadelphia. With high respect, Yarn friend and serv'fi, ? - L. S. IVES. " WORLDLY AMUSEMENTS. We have inserted among the selections -of the pre sent number; an extract from a letter written by Mr., aftemards Bishop Jebb, some thirty years ago, to a young Irish clergyman, on the subject of worldly amusements, and beg leave to recommend it to the at tentive perusal of all our readers, both clerical and lay. There is too near an approximation among Christians to the customs of the world, and with many the divid ing line is profession only. They manifest the same eager pursuit of wealth and pleasure, the same devo tion toiastuon, and the same selfishness, and luxuri ous indulgence a& those who have taken no religious vows upon them ; and, as we lately observed, do more by their pernicious example to retard the -progress of the Gospeltnan all the opposition of its avowed ene mies has ever been able to accomplish. The respon sibility of such unworthy professors is a fearful one, for not only is their own end " destruction, but they in volve others also in their ruin ; and the delinquency is sufficiently general to make it a matter of personal con cernment with every, individual to appropriate to him self the interrogatory of the sorrowing disciples, "Loan is it I?" and seek the solution, where alone it can be found, in the revelation which He has given us of our duty.' 1 Clergymen, says Bishop Jebb in another part of his letter,' should be cautious even to jealousy that they lose not their vantage ground ; that they swerve not an inch from their peculiar arid appropriate calling. Ye are the light of the world' said our blessed Lobs, but if the light that is in you be darkness, how great is that darkness.' In matters decidedly indiffer ent It is indeed right that we should conform to the usages of civilized life. Good sense and Christian chan ty require this at our hands. Thus we may please, our brethren for their good to edification ; and of this judi cious and amiable conformity we have an exquisite model in Him who is as our great Example. But when ever conscience and religion are concerned, as they es enjf'alljisff in this point of amusements, our line of V 3 jjkuai Ciaeqiiivocal : 'Court eutfrovn among theiabe ye separate,' is the language of Scripture, of conscience, of feeling, and 01 all that is spiritual with in usi I will only add that the case of all who stifle this voice is singularly awful." Banner of the Cross. LETTER TO A CLERGYMAN. Pear Sir : It has given me deep concern that you were at Mrs. -'s ball. I had indulged ex pectations, too sanguine, as the event proves, that you possessed sufficient steadiness and resolution to act up on what I know must be your inward conviction re specting the common amusements of the werld. The utter incompatibility of such tumultuous gaieties, with Christian seriousness, you should be at least as' well aware of as I can possibly be. For such scenes you can have no relish ; they must be to you as a strange and. unnatural element -Why then should you sanc tion them by your presence? Why should you thus do violence to your principles and your feelings ! And why thus contradict by your practice, without even the shadow of rational inducement the general tenor of your doctrine from the pulpit 1 Perhaps, my dear Sir, you have never distinctly ad verted totbft, fact that what constituted the-eseential guilt of idolatry, in the earlier periods of the world, is fully implied in attachment to the amusements of the present day.- The grossest idolatry did not more ef fectually defraud the one true God of the worship that was due to Him, as a providential and moral governor, than attachment to such amusements precludes devotedness to heart to the same gracfous being, as the source and centre of all true happiness. This will ap pear upon very brief consideration. That natural thirst after some undefined good, that lrxsomeness ot We, that craving void of soul, under which half the world is labouring," are all so many indications that something is wanting which the world cannot give ; are all kind- ly meant to impel us to the blessed fountain of good- other hand, can it be doubted, that diversions are the chief engines of a diabolidal counter-scheme, by which J people are enabled, at least for a time, to get rid of 1 themselves; and are thus kept irom earnesuy ana ae- votedly betaking themselves to God, as their fight, their life, and the very joy of their heart 1 Now if these things be so, it inevitably follows, that common amuse- ments ce4ajn me ver7 essence of spiritual idolatry ; andorjay own part, I have no doubt that the great ! enmy an hardly be more deeply gratified, or the in-. terests of 4is dark, kingdom more essentially promoted, than when souls capable of God, are sedaced to prop up " a frail and feverish being" by those wretched shifts and expedients, which are miscalled the innocent pleasures ef life. Observe, that I presume not in this matter, to judge the mass of society. Before a far different tribunal it must stand or fall.- Great multitudes unquestionably ear through ignorance ; and as God mercifully winked at the jrross idolatry of the Uenulea, it is nighty proba ble that He now winks at the subtler idolatry of mere professing, or of imperfectly informed, Christians. It is however a most instructive fact, that against the idolatry of His own people of those who had been taught to know and trained to adore Him His denun ciations and inflictions were tremendously severe. A most instructive fact : for it follows, by inevitable con sequence, that they who have been brought within the higher influences of Christianity, cannot without deep criminality, and extreme hazard, break down the bar- j riers between themselves and the world ; or in any de gree countenance a system which gees to shut out God from the , heart " . What estimate the sacred writers formed of such en joyments as the world delights in, it U needless for me to state. Let me barely direct your attention to that . passage of Isaiah: The harp and the viol, and the tabor and-the pipe,' and wine, are in their feasts) but they regard not the work of the Lord, neither consider the operation of His hands:" and that other of Amos, They chaxmt to the sound of the viol, and invent to themsel ves instruments of music," fcc The sequel is doubtieW familiar to your mind, and it is awfully de crave. How different the picture given by the last of the prophets in that lovely passage, where he describes the intercourse of good men, in times of public calamity in times not unlike the present ! M Then they that feared God spake often one to another: and "the Lord hearkened and heard it and a book of remembrance was written before Him, for them that feared the Lord, and that thought of his name ; and they shall be mine, " "j u "ui m wm aay wnen i maxe up to ask, is this the manner of communication that pre vails in scenes ef tumultuous gaiety t But It may be fairly inquired, would not such conversation be incom patible with the whole scope and character of these as semblies t Nay, would it not amidst such concomi tants, be justly accounted at once ridiculous and pro fane 1 Can a Christian then (I use the term in the highest and only adequate sense ean a Christian consistently and conscientiously frequent meetings which by their very nature exclude those topics which should be habitually present with us; and of which we are not only to think, but also to speak, " when we sit in the house, and when we walk by the. way : en 3fe e ow5 when we rise up! Thus far I have merely considered the'exse of any serious Christian. But how transcendant is the obli gation, how solemn the responsibility of a Christian teacher ! When our Lord in his divine sermon, ex horts his followers to " enter in at the straight gate," he immediately subjoins this most significant warn ing: "Beware of false prophets:" intimating what the experience of eighteen centuries has but too. abun dantly confirmed, that the most effectual obstacles in the way of strict religion, and the most dangerous se ductives would be furnished by the erroneous doctrine and example of religious instructors. The "wide gate, and the broad way," may be fairly taken to sig nify the way of the world. And syice it is notorious that tumultuous gaieties constitute the chief occupa tion of this frequented road, and are the great allure ments which induce multitudes to choose it what can be more emphatically the duty of a Christian minister, than to bear testimony, at least by his own undevia- Tin or t Qmy! acrai n of siin nnticnintnal nnrtallira ' fir ting examplcaffainst such anti-spiritual pursuits 1 Or how, can he more fatally betray the holy cause which he has been solemnly set apart to defend, than by a weak and dastardly compliance with the ruinous prac tices of the world 1 I use strong language : I can employ no other to do common justice to what I feel. And I am conscious that my words fall infinitely short of the mischief which they attempt to describe. If a clergyman were to commit some flagitious enormity ; if he were to forge a bank note, or to rob on the high way, the act though more atrocious, would be far less prejudicial to the cause of true religion ; for he would not then be"" Exemplar vitiis imitabue." His con duct would be reprobated ; his character would be stigmatized ; his life would be forfeited to the laws of his country, but Christianity would remain uninjured and unblencbed. On the. other hand, it should be deeply laid to heart that the more innocent the more edifying, the more exemplary a minister is, in all other respects, the more deadly will be his example, if he should unhappily give countenance to the pleasure seeking propensities of the world. The thorough paced votary of amusement would give little for the testimony of half a score buck parsons; but a sober, serious clergyman is felt to be an invaluable acquisi tion. He will be triumphantly quoted, as a model of unstarched, uncanting, unfanatical religion. His ve ry virtues will be pressed into the service of vice ; his p ety itself will, by an ingenious but not unusual arti fice, be employed to raise recruits for the next cam- pleasure, awl to swell the muster-rottof Usi- - pation. I do by no means speak at random: these tnings I nave seen and Heard. I mysett nave Deen as- sailed with arguments drawn from the examnle of cler- gymen " who were at once good and pleasant ; whose zeal and charity were exemplary, and yet they did not sr.riTnlA to nmmntA tVip Innorant gaieties of life :" and well do I know, that such specious examples have de- cidcd many wavering heart to choose this world for its portion. - This, indeed, is perfectly natural. Sup pose an amiable and religiously disposed young person, for the first time in her life-, introduced into ball room : " half pleased and half afraid ;" hesitating be tween God and the world ; now, resolving to with draw from those vanities which at her baptism she pro mised to renounce ; how tempted to mingle with the crowd, and to do like other people. Suppose that at this critical moment of. suspense, she should spy out in the giddy throng, a clergyman ; a respectable cler gyman ; a man beloved for his virtues, and revered for his piety ; would not this be decisive, would it not fatally turn the balance l 1 must soberly pro nounce, that in such circumstances, the weight of such an example would be. next to irresistible ; and it is easier to imagine than to state,how tremendous may be the consequences in this life, and in that which is o come. moriur jldd, ' Fob. thx RxeisTEii. Ma. Editor :"As the pressure of your engagements may have prevented you from paying a very critical 1 T . .t 1 I! 1 . attention to Lexicography, and the like, as illustrated bv antiquated writers? end vastly improved upon by a certain Statesman of modem date, I herewith send you the legal definition of a word which seems to have be come the household thing of Calhocw, and the sub- ject, on more than one occasion, of the biting sarcasm of Mr. Cut. Ihrvas To take place or be available'; it is as much as effecfum. roxiXirs L.aw 1ict JACOB: "7XTOTIC E. I will sell st the Court Houss in J( day of March next the following Tracts of Land, 1 bounty, state ana poor 1 sxes uue luereon ior me year Acr.es. By whom listed. 142 823 68 100' 128 14 50 107 104 114 80 145 10 115 125 352 SI 140 300 196 . 320 300 214 1 lot 2 do. John A. Howie, -Moses Alexander, ' James Tucker, Robert Carrigao, jr. Allen W. Davis, W.T. Fraxier, Hugh 8.1 McCabebs, Joshua Nelson, Leonard Hagler, -Nancy Linker, Jacob Linker, John WsHsce, dee'd. W. B. Fraxier, Jane McRse Solomon Weaver, Catharine Beaver, John Miller, i . 1 Ishmael Willisms, Franklin Turner, Willism J. Tester, ; John HarrisJ Mary and JdhnJUlen, Benjamin A (ezander, John Benson, J.W.KIottli Also, the following tracts which are unlisted and to a deoble tax, te-wit ,224 27 300 23 1 let 1 do. 2 do. 1 do. William Lide, deed. Catharine Shirs Wm. M. Cook Henry File ! Henry Baker John W. Hamilton Thos. A. Haguo Michael Brown Robert Hoia January 20, 1840. GEN: HARRISON'S PROPOSITON TO SELL WHITE MEN. " It is not perhaps generally known, tliat thete is a law standing on the Statute book of Worth Carolina, passed in 1784 and re-enae- ted in Jaddary 1 837, prbtiditie that if any" person Of persons WHO nave no means of subsistence or negleef applying themselves to some honest calling for the support of themselves and famiiies, Shall be foand saun tering about md endeavoring to maintain themselves by gaming, or other undue means such person shall be taken up , by any Justice of the Peace, 'and compelled to give security for his good behaviour; and in case he fails to do that, he shall be commit ted to jail for ten days, and if he repeats the offence for twenty days, he .is to be deem- ' ed a vagrant and shall be hired CM by : the : County Court Jor a tera riot exceeding six months to make satisfaction for all costs, and in case he be so trifling that no one will hare him, he shall receive thirty nine lashes on his bare back " and be set at liberty.'' The . only difference between General Harrison's proposition in the Ohio Legislature and the above law of North Carolina is, that his is confined to thiefs and malefactors, while . ofVplies to vagrants only; He went for, tnls-measure because in the goodness ef his heart he thought it more hnmane to hire out criminals than to confine men in a damp and solitary prison, where they could do no good for themselves nor for any one else. . If he did wrouo in this matter, we hive a long list of s;mi,ar offenders te WItf fa . ... members of all the General Assemblies that have been held in this State from 1784 down to this time. If this lawTie s very heinous, every one of these individuals is liable- for not having attempted to repeal it . , . Salisbury Watchman. In the General Assembly of the &tte of Rhode Island, now in session, a set ef Reso lutions, approving and applauding thtj Sub Treasury scheme, were introduced by some member of the Administration parly, On Wednesday last they-came up for con-, skleration, and were indefinitely postponed by- 44 votes to 13, not more than half f the friends of the Administration being witling to lenl them so much countenance as toilet them be entertained far a day longer. National Intelligencer. Not many moons ago our neighbor of the'. Democrat,' in announcing the selection of John M. Morehead, as ihe Whig Candidate for Governor asked the question if he was the same gentleman who had presented abolttien petitions from the county of GaiObrd &e f lift , was answered. We now ask htm. slncehlS DerflocratiC Candidate 18 before the people, . . t . . ., " Is Judge Saunders the same gentleman who while a member of Congress presented a memorial of the Manumission Society for si st- i - l?s.. tr drf z ' promoting the gradual abolition of Slavery, praying that measures might be adopted for the gradual abolition of Slavery toithin the United States ? po backing out neigh bor. Let us have a fair answer. Roanoke Advocate We conclude to day the Speech, of the Hon. Kenneth Rayner. A more masterly defence of State Rights, we have never seen: the : language style -reasoning facts de ductions applications and conclusions all show that he possesses a higher order of tal ents than his warmest friends ever conceived; talents, which when properly developed, never fail to seen re the possessor that meed of approbation which; is always attendant n superior intellect and energy. 1 Elizabeth City Phoenix, TEXAS PRICES. Coffee $1 per lb, ; Sugar 75 cents '; Whiskey $$ 60 per gallon ; Flour $70. per bW. ; Corn $2 per busheL mmmmmm s Near Hillsboro', by the Rev. Henry H. Prout, on the 30th ult Haywood Guion, Attorney at Law, and Editor of the Western Whig Banner, of Lincplnton, to Miss Caroline R. Moore, daughter of the lata Alfred Moore, Esq.' s .:, Concord, Cabarrus county, for cash, on the third Man or so much thereof ss will be sufficient to satisfy the mos, mu me cosis 01 auvsrusmg, wwii ; I On or near what watercourse. Tax. Bsrk Creek, Rocky River Muddy Creek Coddle Creek Rocky River 2 IT 129 00 3 64 IS 40 3 34 6J 137 1 04 3 32 -If 2 53 67 140 919 150 3 4 84 ' 9 89 470 3 20 1 00 1 f H M if Irish Buffalo Creek M M M u Little Buffalo Creek Long Creek Adams Creek Moddy Creek Anderson's Creek Flam Run Footy Creek Back Creek Town ef Conesrd supposed to belong to ths following li Reedy Creek L Little Cold Water 10 7ft .43 4T 40 - 34 04 1 40 . 3 40 , l?3 ' Vlrwh Bofiale Creek ' - VS. a - wmm mam 4 s KQCKy ruver. 147-0 Dutch Buffalo Creek ICota-sC Canard I. B. KRIttltlNGER, Sjntiff ,.A (PrA4t.) . " i t 1 0 3T V J j I .1 1 : if-- ;-t.
The Weekly Raleigh Register (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Feb. 14, 1840, edition 1
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