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-If . if k " supposed to flow around: tbe Pole.? It "will be seen, therefore, taat if Commander Mc Clure ; has gone sufficiently far beyond . Bank's Land to enter into the regions of ' Capt. Beecby's discoveries in 1826, to the jiorth of Behring's Straps, he j has solved the problemf of a northwest passage. But now that it is solved, of what use mil it be ? As a meanl of transit tp, Chi na Jt can never afford te least Facility, and in no other commercial Inspect cloesit hold out any: promises toientcrpnse.N "The . treacherous and humraopky labyrinths of the' Polar sea," as somebody describes them,' are wholly unfit fbr' ordinary navi gation, so that the geographical and scieri- . tlfie resultof the discovery are jthose alone " which are likely to be of any j permanent interest New York Foht - -. 1 - ; - ..- - APPOINTMENTS BY THI PEESIBEJTL -Heman J.'.Iledfield, (ollector ofthe dis trict of New York, vice (greene CV Bronson, .removed. '.y:r; : J'.".- ; ' I ; . - --.V.t ' ! John J. Cisco, Assistant Treasurer "of the United States at New. York, . vice John , -A. Dix, resigned. ' ( "if, ' John Bonny n Broadhead, Naval Oflicer for the district of New York, vice IL J. The above appointments, announced ttfE- ciatyy jn the Union, settl the question whkh has been much mooted for several days past - namely, whether Collector Branson would fee removed from office. fThe announcement of the removal was accompanied in the Un ion with 'the following letter frbin the Sec retary of the Treasury; J j Washington October 22, 1853. Sir : I have received (your letter of the 17th instant. It is" not piypurpose to re spond to the many positions of that letter, 'because mosfcjof them bear their contradic tionupon it3 face, and. of hers afe too unim portant to require . rcf utafion; aft I also bc- ., cause, while in several pjiases of it Admit ting ydSkr implied obligation asi a; man of . honor to act in accordance with the known policy of the Administration, ,and, "more over, recognising the propriety md justice of that policy . by declaring thai you your .self .deprecated and endeavored to prevent the divisions now existing in th Democrat ic party in your State, you nevertheless in- X-CdLLCTOS BB.ONSON TO SECEETASY- ! J New York; Monday, Oct 31, J853.' ;-Sir : If you hadjieen" content, iutyour. letter of the 22d instant, with announcing my removal from office,' it would have been the end of our correspondence on the sub ject. ' But as you have attempted to assign reasons for the proceeding, I have some thing. say in replyn L" You Vlcny the right of the Collector to" act without instructiqnsjfroro your depart ment, in any case. This doctrine is entire ly new; for, in much the larger part of the business of the Custom House, the Collect or is guided by the Revenue laws, and has always acted without instructions from the Secretary of the Treasury, . -It is only in special cases, wuere ine law is pi uouduui construction, or the duties of the Collector have not : been fully prescribed by law, and "where the Secretary has a dispensing power that he has been authorized to is sue 't instructions to the Collector i.' And none of these cases haW anything to do with the appointment of officers of the Gustoms.- On that head, the rights and duties of.both Secretary and Collector have been prescrib ed by Congress, and neither can control the other .when acting in his appropriate sphere. ' If, as you appear o suppose; the Collec tor can do nothingr without instructions from your Department, the business ; which is now transacted mtho Custom House in a single hour, could hot be accomplished in- a month. ' You have evidently set too Tiigh an estimate upon the extent of your, powers. The reason which you have assigned" for this sweeping claim of authority, is as ex traordinary as the claim itself. Your words arc, "Where the Department is not express ly empowered to give instructions to sub ordinates, it has the authority to do so, as inherent in" the power to remove a refrac tory officer." Now,; as I read the Consti tution, the Secretary of !the Treasury has no power to remove a Collector, . however -refractory he may be. The power of re moval, as well as appointment, is vested in the President. You will do well, ,lhere fore, to look for some better reason than Ihs one you have assigned for an unlimit ed authority over. Collectors 1 in the selec- dulged in a tenor of rem relations' of the subject, i hich not only im rk, as to various tuuiciitfes an atti iucoin:itible with between us, ion the Government. 'pugns my motives, but tude on your part wholly! thg' harmonious co-opera and the proper conduct o! - - One suggestion appears in ty our 'letter which demands animadversion You al lege, by implication, thaf I have desired ' you to appoint Free-soikp to office, and in doing so you strangely ibiisunderstand or , misinterpret my letter ofl the 3d inst. :I . neither enOTtained nor eispress'pd any such ' desire. It has been mylpleasujre and my duty not to inquire intohe opinions which may have been held by yourself aniothers" as far baek as the year 1818, Ijut to regard the claims to consideratiion of all who have acted with fidelity to th principles and or ganization of the' Demoijratic party since . the Convention at Baltitnore in 1852,. and those Only. And, withhese views, I must condemn your coarse- when 5n l this .letter you inform "me that youiave selected Free soirers for office without! bavin J- given me be nnfirft of the fat jcjih-Kaulil liavecnrL Abled me to withhpld ray approbation from . any such appointments. I 7tll .add that the imputation that I hve reqjijred yon to act with reference to contfvevsies of a " local or State character is whjjlly gratui tous. My letter was intended to guan you against distietions betweejn Dempcrats,' fon deoTupon local politics and local divisions. The concluding portiojn of your letter has left me no alternative but ;to lay the whole matter before the president, and take his direction concerning! it. : I You assume that insolation! to certain things you. are to receive insf ructions from this Department, anl irf ctherfe that you" are to proceed witnojut4r contrary to such instructions. This cannot be. admitted in any branch of the public; service! ; for where the department is not e: pressly empowered (. to give instructions to s ibordinates, it has the, authority to do so, i 3 inherent in' the power to. remove a refra :tory officer. You also assume that you are to appoint the various persons employed in the cus- tom-house some, as you admit, subject to my approval, and others,' as you fseem to conceive, on your sole authority. I cannot but regard it as singula! that a gentleman of your .legal acquirements and : experience should have fallen into (such error. The Constitution of the Unifed States has em powered Congress to confer the appoint ment of inferior officers J'Jn the President alonej in the courts of liw, or in the heads of - Departments." Congress has - sot at; tempted, nor, if it had, ould it; have effect- ." ed, any modification of this provision of the Constitution. ' - - -1 S ; !; - . Those who are employed under you in the custom-house do, both by the Consti tution and the laws, derive -their appoint ment and their authorit as public officers from-the Secretary of the Treastiry alone. ' What the language ana temper of your . , letter would have ' rendered ' embarrassing, these unwarrantable assumptions, marked . as they lire by manifest Ipirit lof ihsubor - dination, render impossible, namely, your continuance in the office pf Collector of the district' of New York. am therefore di , rected by the President to sa V that your successor in the office-will be promptly ap- pomtea.; - f - I have the honor to be, very rfcspcctful- r ' ' - 'i r - ; JAMPS.GUTIIRIK Greene . Bronson Esq.,1 New-York. P jf "- - Happiness. Those who, in pursuing their various occupations, ha"-y gathered, in their journey through' life, alf the hap piness which it can afford', have not pro- ' posed haPPineS8 as their end; They" as- f pire to some object nior precise, more def inite to which, had i.t been necessary, they would have sacrificed happiness itself. It is thus they proceed;, in their pathway through life. Not only! is the .search for happiness illusory, but it retards us in the " pursuit of what is valuable. : . The impossibility of forming to ourselves ' .clear idea of happiness is the reason that ' our imagination substitutes pleasure in its stead.. - ;: ' '. , Nothing of an earthly, nature, when satisfy the tion of their agents. I: You think'it singular that .a gentleman of my legal acquiremehts and experiense L should fall into the error of assuminj; that the Collector appoints the various persons employed in the Custom House some with the approval of the Secretary, and some on the-sole authority of the Collector. Sin gular asthis may appear to you, it is the course which has .uniformly been pursued fnee the foundation; of the Government. Weighers, measurers, guagers, and inspect ors, have been appbinted by the Collector, with the approval of the Secretary : while clerks, porters, bargemen, laborers, and oth ers, have been appointed by the Collector ! alone. It has not only been so under -all former Secretaries of the Treasury, but du ring your own time, AH my clerks, por ters, cartmen, laborers, &c, have been ap pointed without consulting you in any form; and you never intimated a doiibt about the propriety of thiscourse; until you deemed it expedient to interfere in the local "poli tics of New York: I " ": Still you insist that the clerks and other agents of the Collector "derive their mp- j-pointment and their authority as public of ficers trom the-, secretary 01 the Treasury alone.'' The .reason you assign for this hew and extravagant claim will show that it is wnony witnour any legal foundation. You place it upon . the Constitution of the United States, which provides that "Con gress may, by law, Test the appointment of sui-h rhfefior offie'erb as they may think pro- t per m tne heads ot JJepartmenrs. lou then add, that "Congress has not attempted nor, if it had, could it have effected, any niodification of this! provision pf, the Consti tution." And hence you conclude that the appoivtment is in the. Secretary." It is rea- speakingof the recent division at 'Syracuse for I had' made no," nomination -after ' that event happened: You were speaking of the different-sections as Ihey hadfixisied in the past. You know very well that I adhered to that portion of the party which had not deserted the national standard in 1848: and no one can iau 10 see inai v youj intenaed that . I should give a larger- share of the offices to the free-soil section; and its allies. And now you think it worthy of 'animad version" that I have "selected, free-soilera for office." j A L ; "'. , You cannot escape under a . quibble. . I did not inform you, as you now find it con venient to state, that I had "selected free- souera foromce meaning '. persons who "are now free-soilers. ' On the contrary. I spoke of appointing none but "sound Hem- crats, sincerely attached to the principles of the party and nrm supporters of the Na tional Administration," : I'poke of "dif ferent sections" of the party, just as you uaa epoKen 01 tueni; and told you,-not that "free-soilers? but that 'the free-soil sec tion haq got its full share of tbe officers Your "animadversion"-derives all its force from'misrepresenting the language of your adversary.' ' - - " " More might .be said; but if, inTeviewing this branch of the subject, you" can retain your self-respect, nothing that I can say would be likely to reach you. : xiavmg, as 1 trust, shown that the rea sons Vhich you have assigned - are. utterly worthless, it now. remains to inquire what was the real ground for removal., It was not until after the recent break jn the par ty at "Syracuse that you found any . cause of complaint against me. After the: party had been resolved into its Original elements without any agency of mine, and by means which I could not approve after -I had been compelled to choose between the two sections, and hadjvery uatui ally- adhered to my old as30ciations with thd National Dem ocrats after the1-paper wjiichL professed, without rebuke, topeak the sentiments of the- Cabinet, had 'taken the; side of the free soil section, and enouncedj : is traitors those who adhered to the principles which brought the Administration into powor then it was that you first discovered that ! had not been sufficiently favorable to the free-soil seetion. Can any nian of iense and candor entertain a doubt concerning the motive far your ac tioa? I think not. You intended to take ground against the National Democrats, and throw the weight of the Administra tion into the opposite sealei j The men who had never swerved from the principles of party, but bad stood fast by the Union when it was in danger,! were to beiborne down by the strong arm of power ; aiidy because the Collector occupied a place of some impor tance, the blow was to be rendered the more significant by miking it fall on him. You then wrote me an insulting letter, and placed a copy in the hands of an officer of the Cus toms, who whispered it aboit and finally gave it 10 me press, as a means ,01 annoy ing me. NVhether you intended' the officer should so act, ismore than can say ; but sq far as I have learned, he s till enjoys your confidence. j ; j ' I And now what was the nature of the con- From the Greensboro' Patriot. 1 Messrs. John Ci McRae dc Co.: 4 ' GentlemeS- : In both' the short communications that I have publish- ed against you as contractors on the N.- C. Rail Road, I was as careful as I well could be to confine myself to such facts as I. can in the time prescribed in my contract -t Under these circumstances, if I had no re gard, for he interest of; the State, and the prosperity of j Wilmington an d the North Carolina Railroad, it seems to me. as a con tractor, I have a right to speak, and that plainly, of yjour shameful A delinquincesj prove before any honest and impartial tri-jand you have j none whatever to complain. less than the balance Of the) work, I shall not deny for it has1 long been made plain; if wa wait to get , the iron for the 2d and 3d Division, brought up by WRmihgtoii and overlthe 1st Division, the cuts will be so filled, up and the embankments bo washed away on ihe two first, as to cost more than jlyou have mentioned; to repair the work. t- And pray whose fault will this be ? The intimation that you haye had given out, time; after time, to he pubUc to enhance the value ! of your patriotism, relative to the large; amount of money you could have rcr alised by selling theirOn that was purchas ed in. your names, Intake the responsibility of declaring all gammon. The mere fancy of what you would like to do and would have done; had there been n stronger bar than jyouri honor to shave prevented. The x ii.! r . "f" s 11 t '. - . ty made the Na- ? It was not closely considered , can fully eoul-Madam Bau&sure. 1 Good. Irs- Partington : says noticed that -whether, flour was . cheap,' she had invariably to pay ' money for half a dollar's worth; sha . has dear ' oy the same dily-granted that Congress has not, and cannot, lr.odify the. Constitution. But still your argument ambunts to no more than this sbecaut, 0 Congress; yjmy, by law, .vest' the appointment of certain officers in the Secretary of the 'Zlreasury, aud Congress has not modified ibis ch.istitutional provision, therefore the Secrefarj 'has the power of appointment. In iiother words because Congress may, if it please?, confer a'power pn the secretary, and Congress has done nothing on the subject, therefore the Sec retary has the power. Such i1? the law and the logic of your le.tter. j';?- j' riiave thus far 'assumed that you are right in supposing that the clerks, Dorters, laborers &c, in thejCustoni-IIouse, arc pub lic officers within the meaning of the Con stitution in relaiionito appointments. But, m truth, they are mere agents of the Col lector,' to aid in the discharge of the duties w'hich .the law his imposed, upon him. They are the hands by which he works, and are ne more officers in the sense of the Constitution than j; are soldiers and sailors in the Army and Navy. They have never been treated, or even mentioned, by Con gress as officers, appointed by the Collect or or any one else, but only as persons em ployed by the "Uollector. I hazard noth ing, in saying that jthe claim which you have now set up has nOJ a shadow of foundation, either; in the law ot the land -or in any former practice of the Government. 1 ou speak of - 5'unwarxan table assump tions,"' and a "manifest spirit of insubor? dination" on my part, as a ground for the removal. ut you have been wholly una ble to show that I assumed anything be yond my just rights, or that I was unwill ing to act in obedience to your instructions "11 t r , 'i , t . in an cases wnere tnc law uaa . given yon authority to direct;. You must allow me to add that subordination in omee does not necessarily, prove inferiority ; and, between gentlemen, tne relation 01 superior and sub ordinate confers no right on the one to use imperious language, and imposes no duty on the other to sunender his le'tral riahrs. You complain that the remarks m my former letter impugn your motives. ; I did no more than state facts facts which you have, not attempted to controvert, and then said, !' As to the thotive of "this j movement let others jadge.uj If your, motives have been impugned, lit is because, the facts themselves, and not any . words of mine! create "the impeachment. j- i- ! Nothing in your letter has amazed m more than what you say about my select ing Free-soilers for office. 'No man can read what was said in your first communi cation, without seeing that you called on tno to appoint a larger portion of free soil- ers, or persons who, had left ithe Democrat ic party, ana iouowea ilr. - V au Juren on the Slavery question, in 1848, than I had before done You spoke of ., the party as being .divided into .''different sections," and complained that my appointments had been generally made from - that portiotfof the party to which I adhered. you were not troversy to which you have tional Administration a pa a conflict between Democrats! and Whiars. but between twoj sections of jthe Democrat ic party. No candidates for national offi cers were in thefield); and. if : the free-soil section wasiioncst in proclaiming! its con version to the! principles' of the Balti mui e -phrtfbrm i and : xht: i'f naugxiral Ad dress, there were no Nationalj issues at stake. It was purely a New. York quarrel, involv ing questions of jnere State5 policy. In such;.a quarrel aj member ofl the Cabinet at Washington has taken, sides!, and I , has, in effect, told the Democrats of the State whom they must select for their Ideal rulers, and what should Jbe their policy j inj relation to the. Canals and other matters of merely lo-: cal in&rest. Your denial on ! this! subject can amount to nothing so lpn as' the facts remain unchanged. . . - ; . ' Aside from the principles involved, , the removal is a matter of little moment. I shall leave the office at the dose of this day with greater pleasure than accepted it six months ago. But I have been'assailed with out cause, and there has bejjn ja gross vio lation of the Democratic doctr ine which de nies the Federal Government Ihe 'right to intermeddle: with the internal affairs-and policy of the States. For these reasons I have not felt at liberty to let -j your letter pass without some notice, i ji I am, respectfully, yours,! , . . GREENE C. BRONSON. Hon. James Gutiirie, Secretary of the Treasury.. ' j ! . bunal. . Your reply to .these communiea tipns is now before me. And you will be lieve me, I trust, gentlemen, when I add that 1 feel myself resting und;r the strong-i est possible obligations to you as a compa-j ny of high-tohed, honest and honorable men for the remarkably kind, courteous, s wee t- tempered, and - truly dignified manner in which you have condescended to reply to a poor ibeak-heade4: hut hind-hearted vian. The profound logic, the classic severity, the racy humor, the flowing style, the bitter biting sarcasm and true attic wit, that spice; and give flavor to this most chaste andelo quent production of modern times, is well calculated in my humble judgment to fill your own ingenuous hearts with high aspi rations.for future fame and those of jour friends with bright hopes of your becoming extensively useful in the line qf polite lit erature.? 1 But to deal more, candidly, the column of fierce wind and fnry that appeared-in the last!Patriot, has been sb ju diciously jumbled up by a joint stock effort of your company as to present quite a for midable front until it has f-been -carefully dissected and each pait faithfully analyzed. It then proves to be a very simpleana in nocent f affair bating its grOncss -and vulgarity cmne i¬um pro magriijico, and, yet, I "opine I hazard but precious li tie when I predict tifiis long string of well selected words of dulcet tone" will stand up erect forever defying, 'alike time's wind and tide a simple but nevertheless truthful mon ument of the siipercilious self-sufficiency and soaring conceit of swaggering Solomons who had with all. their wisdom to coax their wits, and to cudgel their brains long and hard before they tould get them by a joint effort to bring it lip to its present form of match less taste and beauty; The nonchalance with which you-affect to assume an unapproach able super-celestial dignity and importance over myself imd all other'' mortals not of your royal line would be intolerably dis- gustmg 11 it wre not so supremely aosurd and ludicrous. Instead of feeling my in feriority I am compelled to laugh heartily at your unavailing pretences when I see you earnestly indulging yeurselves in yourj monstrous swelling. propencities.. Ihe dift ference between the diameter of the earth and the circumference of the sun is great--but not sufficient 'to measure the illimitable distance that lies-between your instrinsic value and the extravagant estimates that you have placed upon yeurselves ; and that too . with such .modesty, the angels well might Dlush with" shame. And yet the whole of this long parenthesis in your- un sullied characters appears to be filled up with little else than intolerance deceit and driiklling malice, i This may seem to some a rough sketch ; but I "assure all such that it is a true portrait of Messrs. J ohn C. 51c Rae &'Co. You are truly fortunate in one respect ; and that is, you never can get any -higher in your iown esttmationor much low er in that of the public ; any and every change, that may be wrought upon you as individuals or a company, will Tbe an im provement upon ybur morals and manners! But instead 'of trying to reform you are la boring with all yiiut sins cleaving fast to you to get the Jnblio.( to believe that you are "both" in court j anct camp true-hearted, and honoaable gentlemen I " Of dazzling genius and super mind, j 1 Which folly cahnot fool baseness cannot blind. Deceit infect not ne'er" contagion soil-- 1 Indulgence weaken nor example spoil Nor master'd science tempt you o look down - On humble talents with a pi tying. frown 'r you are patronising as you are humble and 'sincere in all your dealings with your fellow-men. "No member of your company or truth is you the iron you never could have purchased did if - the Company had not agreed tojstand your security. And when this uncovenanted favor was extended the Directors ot the Company took the precau tion to take a line strong enough to hold it all as fast as it was landed on the wharf at Wilmington. In addition to this, the Company . as ' I understand, pays for the iron as last as the money is called for. You, therefore, haye no rmore right in law or morals, to i dispose of tKe j iron for5 your benefit than a clerk in a store has to pock et the, mdney he gets for the goods he sells. and if yon did you jcould be punished se verely tor lt.-s And this is one reason why the iron has come to hand so slowly. I ap prehend force tho It was held back j I presume, to riosity, or have their feelings so blunted by that ! excessive indulgence in drink, which is apt to attend the congregation !of large crowds, that they cannot perceive the aw ful nature of the sacrifice I Who! will go away from sttcli a place purified, jstronger in good intentions, more, resolutely set against vice, when the whole scene has beenjj with the exception of the faal drop, almost one of fun and frolic f , , What shall j be said with regard to the frequent attendance of women upon these executions? I)o they reflect, when they leave their homes in holy-day jittare, that it is- for the purpose of seeing fellow- . . A Tl .f I ' lit ... 1 creature, in umj iuii vigor oi neaun ana strength, cut ff from earth forever ? .But of this we cannot speak with patience or with moderation, we cannot bear to think of it. : ' j j !-...- ; Public executions should be abolished ; and we hope that the next Legislature will take action upon the subject, so that : while the ends of justice are met, public! decency and morality may not be outraged! ' 1 . f Raleigh Register! President land Directors to fur nish a new Locomotive and three or four Cars to bring it ou to the workmen, to cause them to grant advance: payments and such other special favors as you might think proper toj demand, f Ihe great ingenuity that you' have exhibited in dodging plain questions proves, ' most conplsively that you thought them dangerous. 1 am not surprised- then that you should show the domipicaibyf trotting off frolh all the true issues between us to a-$Ic and Mrc at such oth? er questions as your flashy imaginations may have led you to suppose will cause others r T ! .k n't' i i irom sympatny to ny to your aid, ana as sist you' in wreaking summary vengeance upon all who have dared to offend against you in any .way -whatever. As you took especial care to respond to hone of the many fair questions I propounded, I feel under no obligation wjhatevor? to answer any of those that you hats so gravely put ; still, the Gth, or last one 'of the serious is so exceedingly decent andjcomplete a type pf 'your minds I fear were 1 to pass it unnoticed you would never forgive me for the offence. ! It reads as follows : " Do you not ! feel that you have made ji consummate ass of yourself by writing apout matters the merits of which you did hoi understand, ahdl with which you had po business if you did ?" ; No sirs, I am so far .removed by nature, example, training, fand habiti, from inimals of the long eared species, that I have never hon estly'ent4rtained the opinion thata gentle man run !any risk at all of bjjing transmog rified into ah Asa by undertaking to break one or more or inese inic.Kneaaea ana stod-, W mimli3 to- -work otl yt in harness, es pecially,, when they? cumber the stalls that should have been filled with more spirited animals,.. As to writing about things "that you did o& understand perhaps I am not so ignorant now as you suppose. I think that I understand your case well enouch to know fvhere to lay ,the lash to make it tell. And as a free citizen' of the State, a stockholder in and a contractor on the Road I have thought and still think I have I:,,.!;' . SAOSBIJBY, IV, C, v " FRIDAY, NOVEMBER XI, 1853. - - i . v i . Office on Main street, a few doors Korthwest . of the Court House. . 'I ; ? ANOTHER YELP ! The poor, blind, toothless and pigeon-Uv- . ' ered pnppy of the Banner, exhibits m his last number sc -ged determination to yelp himself still lower, if possible, in the depths of degradation. ? The more we lay the lash upon his back; the more the crunching span- , iel turns upon us bis lack-lustre eyes, and in piteous whines, asks us to bestow anoth er kick upon him for charity, ' Our benev olence cannot resist his beggarly ' appeals. He feels consciou$ of his own intellectual : and moral weakness he knows the game . was overrun when he, in his insolent efforts attempted by abuse and blackguardism to palm himself off as a man of honor and re 6pectability ; and hence his silly and wick- ; ed ambition not to raise himself or benefit -. 1 the public, but to drag down others to the level of his. own baseness and infamy. It was the knavery of a weak head, a mean? heart, and a lowJnstiuct which urged him ta call Osborne a- ''bag of wind' to lie about Puryear, to assault Kerr, to attack the editor of the Asheville Spectator and North Car olina Democrat and to spit his harmless venom on the old and venerable Doub. He, like too many such mean creatures, ' un- whipped of justice," calculated too much On -the peculiar immunities of his own villain ies. He thought that if he failed to excite in his favor the depravities of the - wicked, . that the.'cry of persecution would, at least, enlist the sympathies of the good. Heim- j agined that if that, meanest of yiccs, false hood, was exercised, that it would certain ly give nim notoriety. and "put money .in j his purse." Jle tried it, proved 'a bungler and failed. The "fool-eyed" editor-never once dreamed that the "poisoned chalice" which he com mended to otherscould be turn ed aside by the hands of truth and pressed BMK- B.Jn. KIRK, of Stanly County, is j to his own lips. 'The knave who was ready receive subscriptions to the Whig , and Advocate,- and all receipts given by him will be regarded as payments. any of your royal .blood .was ever alarmed the rightltb speak df your delinquences m oy tne casting oi-a lew nunurea votes in a a lawiui manner: f JN ear the conclusion ot your communi cation, you! intimate that, you have exten ded more leniency to me than you think 1 am entitled to. ; I am truly sorry that you have wasted any of your little stock of sym pathies upon myself as I am entirely in dependent I of thcui and ask no favors at 1 ill ' T '1 S ;T 1 . .i-i . your lianas. iut to conclude I aamit that you have shown a; great deal ot ta,ct by all j the" ammunition that you wtre able to command m your old blun Bail Road meetins, contrary to his expec tations, so as suddenly to change his views and course on any subject. Nor have any ot you been yrccn enough with all your simplicity to frighten any one from the faithj ful discharge of his duty by the use of any such disreputable means. No and if such insinuations had the shadow, of truth for a foundation', you might prove that your heads were strong and clear, but I seriously doubt whether you would; with, all your abilities, both natural and acquired, be able to con derbuss atjone time, taking deliberate aim vmce the public that your heartswerc pure then firing; it off. And as soon: as you re T- The Cuban ' Africanization Story. :' I i H ' The formality and particularity with which the Government paper, the ten days ago, charged the IGov Great BriKVin with certain designs regard ing the Islam' of Cuba; deeply interesting toiheouthern portion of the "United States, led us to infer tha the charges weie made on official information arid authority. Coming before the public vfith such an un derstood sanction, th.e article jof the' Union received from our iournal 'and, others the. serious attention which fc affair so import ant was calculated, to comnd. ; Having imparted this impression tq oitr readers at the time, and having carefully observed the inaicaiions oi pudiic. opinion nwnic'u nave followed, we think it ;due.to !our jreders' now to state that several of the most res pectable journals and thebstihformed cox- respondents of this city concur in the opin ion that the' .Union not only had no offici al authority for its statements, but no relia ble authority at all ;' indeed, gome of the writers and papers- referreii to pronoiince the whole story utterly groundless. We confess that wei are more surprised t than pained by this incredulity of the; press. While we are glad - to be assured that the story is a fiction, we are. surprised that the Union permitted -such a statement to ap pear in its columnsin such ia way, uninten- tiouauy pernaps, as 10 misieaa tne pumic into a belief that it had senii-official charac ter. Aaf. Int. Nov. 3. and sound as they should be. But fortu nately for you all, no such obliquities tar nish the moral beauty of your lair charac ters. You are all well-bred gentlemen whose hearts, thought, motives are all pure and unsullied as the icicles that shine on Diana's temple. Nevertheless, you have stooped to stimulate the press to nublish your "vre- paper, the ,lnwn, some V(lrcd statements" in which you falsely as- ivernment ot ! sert that 1 am nothing more or less than a corrupt tool in the hands of wiser and stron ger men, who have thus been secretly stri ving" to injure you and" your prospects. Now it may be that you have well paid tools in your employ! whose duty it is made by contract to slander ejrery man who. dares tb cross your, designs eren when they see and Know that you are in the wrong: 1 am not, never ,was,"nor will be the tool of any man or set of men. And if I Was, I will here say for'tyourf eSpeciar gratification I could not le hired to go deliberately to work on such material, as. prour company is coni- ' I hesitated long before I undertook this most disagreeable duty as a volunteer for the public good.. ,;You may continue J how ever, to make these sneaking and cowardly (.insinuations as you have, heretofore done. 1 It is characteristic for you to send out whin ing appeals of this kind as crippled mendi cants to plead for Bympathy where you knew and feel that you deserve ccnsiire.-r-But when, like; brutal Lama, you thus spit upon' me and gentlemen of ithe highest character and standing your ; rotten J guile Destruction of Property. -Macon, fOeo.) Oct.. 25. A disastrous fire occurred in Milledgeville this morning at 10 o'clock. It broke out in a work shop, and consumed the entire square of buildings opposite Hns on's Hotel. The: brick, block containing Child's jewelry store, was also destroyed. There are but two or three stores left in the town. ; No hotels have beon injured. The loss of property is perhaps 8100,000. Judge Bronson and Secretary Guthrie. Tire conduct of the Administration, in the removal cf judge Bronson and the princi ples advanced in the letter from Mr. Guth rie t(j Bronson, have been almost universal- y condeinned. The merchants of New York to the number of fifteen hundred, of - ? i : both political parties, lately expressed their disapproval of such principles and acts, " as destrjuctive of the best interests of trade and commerce, and in principle tyrannous and subversive Of the rights and prerogatives of the States, a violation of precedent and prin ciple, of a very arbitrary character, and de serving only the unaualihed condemnation of all free citizens." . . , Why are the orators and.pfesses at the South, that before the. election 'fcf General Pierce were jready to dissolve the Union to sustain the rights of the States,! now as si lent las ithe crave? Here and there. oneJ more honest than the rest, will condemn such usurpation, but a large majority ictas if the President had cut out their tongues or affixed padlocks to thir moukhs. ; This , mute and expressive silence On the part of the Democratic organs, breathes an elo- I quence of condemnation against this ad ministration stronger than coulijbe uttered by a Clay or a Webster. - j . -We give below a short extract from a speech made by Gen. Pierce in ithe United States. Senate, in 1841. 'Let him apply his own rule to Guthrie and forthwith turn him out of the Cabinet : t . '. I ' ! - ' "It is this- when a, public oflSccr neglects the duties of his office for political purposes, prosti tutes it for political ends, or in anyj way abuses the trust confided to him, to promote the objects of a party, he should be removed; and so far as I know, , my party yield to that principle their cor dial assent. But when you transcend this, you assail the public officer m the free and unembar rassed exercise of his inalienable rights, secured to him by the Constitution a a man and a citi zen. to disrobe others, even of their good names, never thought tht he so soon would be left naked and shivering on his own hearthstone an object not of pity, but of sdorncontempt and ridicule.'. . . r: : , The miserable disappointed wretch, stung -to madness with his own poison jmow exhi bits all the symptoms of dissolution -'" ' ; "And when from earth he passes, -, .The devil to his little soul, . . Will hare to use his glasses." He now experiences, that however much 1 some depraved creatures may delight in lies, that the human monster is yet to be. found that does not hate a liari . He nOw deplores' in the bitterness of his inmost soul, that "words" are not things, that -"compli- . ments" are not ' dollars." "We have witnessed human depravity in almost every .shape, but the editor of the Banner is the only man we ever saw that gloried in his shame. .If, with his .harden? ed heart, he united more sense and courage, ana could lie with more judgment, he would be dan- gerous ; as it is, he is only contemptible. , He either overleaps the mark, or jumps before he. I - reaches the fence. 'He entanglos i,;macif own net, and his efforts to brjak the toils is simp-' ly laughable. His language is always & mixture of low stereotyped slang and vulgarity and com- mences and ends in general false assertions, un sustained by the least proof. He is always the 'meek lamb, others the ravenous wolves. . He as-' sert$ from the time he commenced his paper that, we have made him the object of our weekly as- ' saults. We ask the-lovers of truth to compare the papers, and" they will convict him of lying ' before even a jury of Democrats. We' well knew to touch ?uch pitch we would be defiled, and con- ; sequently nothing but duty has prompted 'tis tp .repel his feeble assaults. He is personally un worthy the notice of a gentleman ; and editori 4 ally; he has specified only one act of unkindness. i. ej our notice of the first number of the Banner. covered trom the damage it Idid to you at the" breech take to your heels and cry for l never take any pleasure in following a retreating foe or oppressing the vanquished, ana under the circumstances I take' creat pleasure after first niacin 2 you in the custodies ot your own guilty con sciences-i jto dismiss you hoping that Hcav- may let ihis tender mercy down oufrom the scorn and contempt of a.1! those against: whom yqu have so' of ten and grievously offended. i 1 ; iMost respcctluuy, yours, 1 D. F. CALDWELL. The Death Penalty,-Public Executions . The recent execution, in this City, of Samuel Parker Perry, for the murder of his wife, has suggested many and painful reflec tions. While recognizing with-full faith and in fijdi: force jthe Mosaic Coder that shall 7uV blood be shed," stijl, when the in exorable hand of law is about to fulfil its sanguinary-mission, the heart stands still, and the mindxwonders at the audacity ! of numan pretensions, wnat ngnt nas jus tice, it enquires, more than the common inurdererjj to speedithe soul lof the' crimin- untned realms of eternity ir i al to the What right has the hangman to cut ab ruptly thfe cords which bind a fellow being to earth, and thrust him; unwillingly and unprepared, upon the threshold of an un known and an awful future? But these questions; have have . been settled long ago. and nialignant malice, "through the polite Society demands for its security; some such The Hindoo law says, 'Strike not, even with a blossom, thy wife, though" 'she be guilty of a thousand faults mendacity of hints," the public will pardon me for noticing "you so far as may be neces sary to assure them that all insinuations of this character, let. them be made by whom they may, are infamous libels as ev er were coined f on the hps of a fiend or thrown fromNthe poisoned nib of a' slander ers pen safeguard, that the murderer be stayed in his course 'and the midnight incendiary be checked in bis I work of i destruction. .Blood foi blood must be our law for the present, j ..':-' f ) ; ;:.; j:: But there pay land must be some chang es in the execution of public justice, lit must not- any longer be permitted to be a sliow, a specticle! ranking no higher in I was well aware; that' you ; had to take 880 shares of stock before the President moral effect than tte performance in a cir and Directors wbuld let you have the ex- 'ens or the' exciteinent of k bull-fiilht.-- traordihafy good jontract that you reeeiv- The dayMhas gone by when executions were ed. For a similar contract under similar supposed to operate by example.. J, hey circumstances, with an assurance that I are required as expiations of guilt and las Bhould be treated as you have been by the atonements to society, but as examples,--superintending agents 1 of the company, I how idle are they ! i . What "moral effect can would pay a bonus ot thousands. , , resides, oe. produced, wnen najt of those, who sur I will bind myself under the heaviest pen- round .the last foothold the wretched crim- J5"We are gratified to deara that the Rev. Thomas P. Scott, of Columbus, Georgia,; late editor , of that excellent ;and useful monthly, the "Southern School Journal," has been appointed Episcopal' Bishop of Oregon. The Savannah Republican, en-1 dorsed by the Columbus Enquirer says : ' "Mr. Scott is known in this State as one of the ablest Divines and warmest friends of education we have." ' J. - Mr. Scott is a native of Iredell County. He left that county atan early age and set tled in G eOrgia. Wo received a letter from the reverend gentleman not long since in which he referred in feeling .terms :to the land of his birth, and the companions of his youth. He Speaks of the avidity which he, when a poor, boy, devoured weekly, the pages of -the Western Carolinian, then edited by L". BinghamL or Philo White, probably the influences of that press first induced the young eagle to leave his rocky ; nest and turn his eyes to the centre of all light. What an example for the youth of our conn trv ' ' . I . l ' "Charge for the Crescent, Islam ! boldly here, , Spur the wild steed, and grasp the gory spear; And nerve each arm, thatne'ermay strike again." We jdo not intend to afflict our readers with an article on the great Eastern question, but merely to inform them, that war has been declared by the Sultan against the Czar, and the Danube alone separates the two hos tile rmies of Turkey andfllnssia- Omar Pacha has received orders to commence hos tilities unless the Principalities are evacua ted in fifteen days, but he is on no account to cross the Danube. It is. believed that the zeal and fanaticism of the Turks will overleap all bounds, and that a collision is inevitable. ' - ' al ties to do all I that I promise to perform in good style and great cheerfulness, with inal has upon time,' are either too much en grossed in V as ain obiect of cn- jb"The iloN. Wiixiam A. Graham, pass ed through this place Wednesday last, on ! his way to Hillsboro . 1 The G overnor is in fine health, and decidedly "good looking." We republish that notice, and the public will 'l then decide ' whether he is a fool or a corrupt "U scoundrel. . ... . 'j;-v ; j' ' '.-';- -The papers will show, that after the Congres- ; sional canvass closed, that he first renewed his : assaults. - His pop gun batteries being again , turned upon him and silenced, he again renews j the fire in his last number. i -,- J His. charge that we attacked his "subs" or "sub" during his absence, contains a direct lie ; for too such attack was made, as, will be seen by ; reference to our paper dated Oct. 21, the Iastj - t!ma ifa AitKov tliA a1T4w a. liia ( ( m V. W 111 II X HIVI WV VU1W1 VI UIO iiuuil or I ' sub," and his paper of the same date will show that he was l(je, at least long endugh to .. pen a lying article against us, which we did not answer. -As to the importance which the "subs" j or sub" attach to us, is a matter of most 'per- feet" unconcern; and we hardly would suppose r that their "manipulations" would thaw us into the; "melting mood" that some ore wont to be, under such operations. : ; . " - v We now wash our hands, for the jfresent, as clean as we can, after handling so much filth. We , leave Don Hadenso Hendero Willson and his "8b'.',dr "subs" (we wish to be particular) to i thaJt satisfaptloh andf happiness which ever at-; tends a virtuous life and innocent associations. ",; We know but little concerning; you, except from "' testimony of most unexceptionable character. We haye not been swift to repeat what We have heard, 'neitlier are we accustomed o assail the -characters of men, but in self defence. When it" i becomes necessary so to do, we generally touch l them on the "raw," and what you caU -"insinu- : ations and innuendoes,' may on proof turn out facts. If you expect to iujnrens in the estima- tion of a community where we have always lived, j yon will find your mistake and repent in the end. ; ; Too have paraded an extract of a letter in your . last number without name. The - extract amounts to nothing, and would scarce be worth an j answer, even if it was baptized. We', as an offset, j give Also an extract from a letter received, not on- ly from a friend, but from a gentleman of talents and worth ; and one that bas known you longer : than the editorof the Standard. He says: '"" f '.He left here at an early age without charac- ; tcr, and has acquired a bad one since. He is neither to be loved nor fe&redi , A virtuous man -has reason to congratulate himself upon his hos tility. : He is, I take it, one of the smaller dogtj whom the devil always seta upon God's children.' : pomment is unnecessaryA What will "high-. minded," honorable Whigs' or Democrats now f T - Has the editor any more "slate and pen-.; ' "charges to make? any thing further to say about "manipulations''? eh! We might possi- bly still enlighten him on such subjects. i- say : l From the Whig and Advocate of May 20. We have received the first number of the Republican Banner, edi ted by F. I. Wilson. 4. 1 ; v is :
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