Commumcations
FOR THE FKKE TUESS.
"senator mangum.
Mr. Editor: It is not my purpose in
vcnttirio'(ft canvass some of the political
tenet of Air. Mangum, to go into any
tiling like a discussion of the V. S. Bank.
Tiiis -h:iknyl subject," as it has been
iiptly formed by our worthy representa
tive Dr. Hall, lain heartily sick of. The
die is cast, and all that's in it is, the Hank
must die at tho expiration uf its present
charter, and neither Gen. Jackson nor
Mr. Taney will get a hanging for it.
But the people hive an undoubted
Tight to canvass the conduct of their pub
lic servants, and reprehend such part of
their public conduct as they disapprove.
Notwithstanding, 1 should never have
deemed it worth while to call in question
the political faith of our distinguished
Senator, were it not for the singular and
conspicuous part played by this gentle
man recently on the floor of the Senate.
I recollect perfectly well that when the
news of his election reached Tarborough,
that I was highly gratified; and some of
the citizens so much so, that a salute was
fired in consequence.
Now, it may be asked, why this re
joicing in the "old republican and patri
otic county of Edgecombe," at the elec
tion of the Hon. Willie i Mangum? I
cannot answer for others, but I can for
myself; I was gratified, because I believ
ed Mr. Mangum to be a man of talents, a
man of republican principles, and withal
that he would lend an efficient support
to the administration of Gen. Jackson.
1 recollect well that in a conversation
with a member of the Legislature which
elected Mr. Mangum, immediately after
its adjournment, to have expressed my
high gratification at the result. He re
plied, "you deceive yourself, sir, Mangum
is no Jackson man; he is a snake in the
crass." This drew from ino a warm re
tort, for which I think it likely I am scarce
ly yet forgiven.
Subsequent events seem to have veri
fied this assertion. Mr. Mangum has
not otdy said, but pledged himself to
prove, that Gen. Jackson has not redeem
ed a single pledge given to the country
before his election. It would be a
strange perversion of common sense
then, to believo that Mr. Mangum has
become anti-Jackson on account of the
course pursued by the Executive in re
gard to the Bank or the deposites. He
necessarily must have been opposed to
the administration long ago. But when
did ho find it convenient to unveil him
self! Never until a hue and cry is raised
throughout the country that Gen. Jack
son has become a tyrant, and is ruining
the country uover till he imagined op
position would be popular. The Bank
and its partizans, united with the federal
ists and nullifiers, was now to destroy
the charm of Jacksonism, and when he
imagined the people would follow him in
his wayward course, he no longer hesi
tates to show us what he really is, and
substantially confesses he has long been.
The Hon. Senator might learn a good
lesson from the speech delivered by Lord
Mansfield in the British House of Peers,
in which he remarked, "It has been said
by a noble Lord on my left hand, that I
too am running the race of popularity; if
the noble Lord means by popularity that
npplause bestowed by after ages on good
and virtuous actions, I have been long
struggling in that race. But if the noble
Lord means thai mushroom popularity,
which is raised without merit, and lost
without a crime, he is much mistaken in
liis opinion." Such may be the Hon.
Senator's sentiments too, but when we
see a public man always floating with
the popular current, always accommoda
ting his motives and his principles to the
popular voice, always ready to renounce
any principle when it is believed to be no
longer popular, we may well distrust the
sincerity of the man, und the orthodoxy
uTs Rl,ort timc n Mr' ManSum
called Nulliflcnlion a wrfoct absurdity."
Now he can frank Duff Green's Tele
graph without the slightest compunctious
votings. Will ho deny that he has done
.his? Let him do it, and 1 pledge myselfof the Government, and commerce, I shall
to prove it. Mr. Mangum no doubt be-
lieves that he is secure; he has no appre
hension but that the people of North
Carolina will follow in his wake. 1 warn
him not to mistake the signs of the times.
When the public mind is excited it is not
the proper time to ascertain public opin
ion. Let North Carolina give her voice
when she is calm and deliberate let not
the phrenzied efforts of a few hot-headed
leaders deceive us. The "experiment"
is not yet tried. The test of public o
pinion has not yet come. By all means,
I would caution the Hon. gentleman not
to lei his zeal carry him too far. If you
should even find anti-Jaeksonism popular
enough for your purpose, you may find it
dillicult to get along with nullification.
It might be advisable not to undertake
loo much at once, peradveuture the
whole may fail.
"Felix qui potuit rerum cognosccrc
causas."
CONSISTENCY.
FOR THK FREE PRESS.
Mr. Howard: Dear Sir, I was much
gratified to see in your last paper, a short
comment on a piece by an aged friend &e.
And more especially so, as I find by your
remarks that you don't wear quite so
broad a collar as some of your brethren.
1 have never entered into a political,
paper controversy with any person, nor
do I now wish, or intend any thing of the
kind, feeling my inadequacy, advanced
age, Sec. What I now write, and have
wrote before, is merely intended for an
interchange of ideas on the present and
past state of our country, and put a few
questions; which I trust will be answered
with candor.
I recollect well the time of the adop
tion of our Federal Constitution; and
never have I seen such a lime since, in a
time of profound peace; and the political
atmosphere appears still darkening.
Where are all the old pariots of'TG!
Most of them have gone to reap the re
wards of their labor; but I hope many of
their sons retain the same patriotic spirit
of their sires; while I fear many of the
present generation have forgotten their
origin. It is time to be wide awake.
As to your definition of Whiggism, as
being a triple-stranded cord, composed
of heterogeneous materials of national
ism, bankism, and nullification, it is quite
different from what 1 should define it.
In the present crisis, I should say.it is a
three-fold cord of Union, (striving for
liberty;) which is not easily broken.
You say the internal improvement
system lies prostrate beneath ihe veto. 1
think if you will examine the appropria
tions made for internal improvements,
and sanctioned by the President since
his veto on the Maysville Road, you will
find a considerable sum thus appropria
ted. I like consistency in the conduct of
all.
Yoo say something about the "Mam
moth." Now will you be so good and
obliging as to lay down a plan whereby
this country can gel along as well with
out, as with a "Mammoth," as you are
pleased to call it. What will there be to
regulate the value of the notes of our lo
cal Banks'! Answer, the brokers, who
will reap a rich harvest, as they did from
1811 lo 1316. 1 have lived to see one
U. S. Bank chartered, and expire at the
time limited. After which there was an
interim of five orsixyears, when we had
no institution of the kind. And what
was the consequence Brokers' harvest,
as before observed beside some local
Banks made large sums of money by
suffering their notes to depreciate, and
then employing agents to purchase. 1
could not pay a debt in Petersburg with
our State notes, without sacrificing 7 per
cent. And so we may look for it again,
unless there is some remedy provided.
And it don't appear to me there can be
any better remedy than a U. S. Bank
properly conducted, to answer all the
purposes necessary; lo answer the pur
poses of the Government, and to facilitate
commerce it must be what you term a
"Mammoth," for this large and extended
country. If you or any one else will a
dopt a plan, better, or even as good as a
U. S. Bank, to answer all the purposes
readilv ncnuiesce
From whence originated the large a
mount of unavailable funds in the U. S.
treasury Mostly, as I have been inform
ed, from broken Banks in which the pub
lic money was deposited, lias there
been any loss to Government by depos
iting the public money in the U. S. Bank
I presume not; but a great gain of one
and a half millions of dollars, besides
the great facilities afforded to Govern
ment. Now 1 will again request and in
treat you to point out some mode better
or even as good, whereby we can get a
long as well, without, as with a U. S.
Bank; for something is highly necessary,
to regulate our currency, so thai we may
all know, when we have the good for
tune to receive a little money, we may, at
the same time, know the value of it.
I would say much more, but I am
weary, and will wind up by putting a few
questions, which I shall leave to you to
solve. In what does the retrenchments
consist, which was promised by the pres
ent Chief Magistrate What was the ex
peaces of tin; General Government the
past year And what was the expences
of the same the last year of the former
Administration How stands the affairs
of the General Post Office department
at this time And how was it left under
the former Administration All the a
bove. is written in good friendship, and
I trust it will be received in like manner.
Yours, very respectfully.
wmm
...him
FRIDAY, JUNK 20, 1S34.
(jyOur aged friend has favored us with ano
ther communication, in reply to the remarks we
made in our last paper on his former epistle
arid we concluded to insert it entire in our col
umns. Hail we leisure, we would endeavor to
answer his present questions in cxtenso, notwith
standing we have as little disposition to enter in
to a "paper controversy," as our correspond
ent professes lo feel. We will now only brief
ly remark, that in regard to the prostration of
the internal improvement system we used the
language of Mr. Clay, thinking that an acknow
ledgment from him would prove entirely satis
factoryand that we will wait the result of the
"experiment" with the Stale Banks, which has
not been yet fairly tried, before we think of any
other substitute for the 'Mammoth."
""An Observer," in reply to Mr. Finch's
communication "Brougham," to Phileter and
"Nero," to the Harp of the Gossips have been
received. We are satisfied that enough has been
already said on the several subjects referred to in
the above communications and that we consult
the wishes of our readers, no less than our own,
in putting a stop to the discussion.
tt3The harvest will commence in this vicin
ity in a few days, and we are pleased to learn
that the wheat is not so much injured as was
anticipated. It appears that this is the case also
in other parts of the State, and that a larger crop
than usual may be confidently expected. In the
present scarcity and high prices of bread stuffs, a
tolerable good wheat crop will be doubly accept
able. We are informed that through the middle
and upper sections of the State the priceof Corn
ranges from 5 to $7 per barrel, and that in some
places the poorer classes have considerable diffi
culty in procuring bread for their families.
03 We learn that a destructive tornado, equal
ling in violence those recently experienced in
Virginia, passed down the Chowan river within
two miles of the town of Windsor, on last Tues
day week. T rees, fences, houses, &c. were lev
elled in its devastating track, but happily so far as
heard from, no lives were lost.
Congress. The joint resolution for the ad
journment of Congress on the 30th inst. has also
passed the Senate, and consequently both Hou
ses are rapidly disposing of the business before
them.
In the Senate, the majority and minority of
the committee appointed to investigate the af
fairs of the General Post Office have presented
their reports, and as usual they differ widely in
their statements, both as to matters of fact and ol
inference a deficit in the funds, however, vary
ing from 300.000 to 800,000. is admitted
and numerous irregularities discovered, to olv'
ate which a bill has been introduced.
In the House of Representatives, in the ca;e of
the contested election from Kentucky, a np
election was ordered by a vole ol III to lo j
The joint resolutions from the Senate, in relation
to the removal of the depositee, were taken J
and after some discussion, laid upon ihe taJe-
the first, declaring the Secretary's reasons inu."
ficient and unsatisfactory, by a vote of li4,0
101; and the -econd, ordering the revenue t0 b
deposited in the Bank of the U. S. by avutef
US toUS.
(n?The commissioners on the Fretic'
treuty have reported that there areJtJei
Americans S51,830,000, with jnieret
for spoliations on their commerce; so t,H
the amount stipulated to be paid by yT
Rives' treaty is but a small portion of i1(J
debt even when paid. An active corres.
pondence we learn is carrying (, e
tween the French minister and theStc.
retary of State.
(Cr'The correspondent of the Baltimore
Chronicle, under date of the 7th instant
says "There was an unpleasant ulterca'
tion in the Senate yesterday, between
Mr. Poindexter and Dr. Linn, the neiv
Senator from Missouri. It is t-Vnl that
Mr. Clay endeavored, but not with Lis
usual success, to reconcile the contend
ing Senators. That there will he a call
to the field of honor, by Mr. Poindexter,
seems to be the general opinion here."
Supreme Court. This tribunal com
menced its Summer Term last week, all
the Judges being present. Mr. B.
McEdney, of Buncombe county, has been
admitted to County Court practice.
Hugh L. Henderson, of Lincoln, has
received u Superior Court licence.
Ral. Reg.
Wheat Crops. The Wheat harvest
is just commencing, and from our own
observation and information received
from others, we are happy to be enabled
to state that the crops are generally abun
dant and of excellent appearance.
Oxford Exam.
The Fayetteville Journal, says, "we
learn from many of the Western counties
in this State, that the prospect of an un
usually abundant Wheat crop is highly
flattering."
COn the 4th instant, this city and vi
cinity were visited by a violent hail
storm. The hail were generally about
the size of partridge eggs, and, had there
been much wind at the time, would un
questionably have been very destructive
to the crops. We learn that the hail,
which fell in other sections of the State
about the same time particularly in
Northampton were much larger, and
proved very injurious to cotton, corn and
wheat. Ral. Star.
Tornado. We learn that a tornado
passed through the upper part of this
county, on Wednesday last, which did
great damage to several plantations.
The house of a Mr. Campbell, on Bar
bacue creek, was destroyed and four of
his family severely injured, all the houses
including the dwelling house were de
stroyed on the plantation of John M'Neilf,
Esq. though his family fortunately es
caped without injury. We have not
learnt any further damage.
We learn since writing the above, that
on the same day, a tornado passed along
through the lower part of Sampson and
the centre of Duplin counties, that the
destruction of property was immense,
though we have heard of no loss of hu
man life: at Kenansville, the county
town, it was partially destruciive. This
happened on the same dav and was prob
ably a continuation of that experienced
in this county. Fay. Jour.
OWe are informed the tempest of
Wednesday 4th inst. was very destruc
tive in its progress in some of the neigh
boring counties, of N. Carolina. A citi
zen of Camden, whose name our infor
mant thinks was Stokely while on his way
home from attending court that day, be
ing overtaken by the storm, dismounted
and led his horse into a meeting house
on the road's side, for shelter and white
there, the building was blown down w&
both man and horse were killed! The