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Tarborough) (Edgecombe County, X. C.) Friday, July is, 1831.
Vol. X No. 41.
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From I lie Globe.
The following article i.s from (ho pen of a
fruii IvjarteJ, jal min, ami puis some home
questions- to the consciences of Mr. Stevenson's
persecutor'.
Mr. Blair: I have mail in the Intelli
gencer of Thursday, what purports tu he
; vindication of the Senate for their re
jection of the Hon. Mr. Stevenson as
Al i nistor to London. I am not n tittle
surprised at this, as well as other contem
poraneous expositions of the motives of
ihat honorable body for an uct which will
he viewed hy all honest men as an out
rage not only on the American People as
a nation, hut an insult to a highly impor
tant foreign power. I say, I was not a
little surprised at reading the article above
alluded to because it is universally ad
mitted to be the production of Mr. Chi v.
As to the bitter denunciation it con
tains against General Jackson, no man
need feel surprised. It is like the thou
sand anathemas he has had for the lat
111 teen years, poured forth against him;
and which in effect have been something
like Don Quixotte's tirade against thw
windmill. Cut what does excite my
wonder and surprise is, that Mr. Clav
should charge on General Jackson the
fact of his appointing members of Con
gress to office. Now, who does not re
member the circumstance, thai this same
Henry Clay once voted as a member of
the House of Representatives for John
Quiney Adams as President, and that as
a reward for the same he was made Sec
retary of State. 1 do not say there was
any personal understanding as to this
matter, though 1 believe the American
People thought so.
1 have ever breen one of those ho be
lieve that there is no ju-t reason why
members of Congress should be excluded
from participating in Executive patron
age, unil therefore, I do not criminate
Mr. Clav for receiving office under John
Quiney Adams, after In; had mode him
President, and particularly when it is
considered that for ten years before he
voted for him, they had been not only
political, but personal enemies. Hut, I
have no doubt General Jackson thinks
the constitution ought to prohibit it for
reasons not necessary here to mention;
not that he deems them unworthy in point
of capacity but to prevent corruption in
elections, should the election ever again
devolve on the House of Representatives.
If there could be a plan devised whereby
the election of President could always
be made by the People, J suppose nei
ther General Jackson nor any other man
would deem an amendment to the con
stitution, to exclude members of Con
gress from Executive appointments ad
visable, So long as the constitution re
mains as at present, what right has any
President to disfranchise those whom the
:oriritutinn makes eligible to office
But, Mr. Editor, my principal object
sn taking up my pen was to notice the
objection raised against Mr. Stevenson
m account of his conduct in appointing
committees. suppose we are to under
hand by this that because he appointed
I he principal committees of the House to
consist of a majority in favor of the ad
ministration, le lias been guilty of a great
dereliction of duty.
Now, admitting the fact to be true, that
such a course of conduct is wrong, it
comes at least from some who voted a
gainst him with a bad grace. Whoever
will take the double to look over the Na
tional Intelligencer, of, 1 think, the H)th
of December, or there about, will find re
ported the proceedings of the Senate re
lative to changing the rule about the ap
pointment of the Committees of that
body. In the debates on that proceed
ing, it will be found that Messrs. Call ioun
and Poindexter supported the change on
the ground that committees should al
ways be so formed as by a majority to
represent the principles of the majority of
the body. And what is the fact! Why,
there is not ouecommittee of the Senate
of any importance, a majority of which is
not opposed to the administration. And
all this is right in the immaculate Senate,
yet Andrew Stevenson, who has given the
committees of the House on the same
principle, is to be sacrificed. This flim
sy pretext may do for those unfaithful
servants who have thus violated public
confidence, but it is an indignity and in
sult to the sovereign People which they
will not submit to.
Bui the most glaring of all the incon
sistencies is not brought to view, as re
spects Mr. Clay and some few Southern
Senators. Mr. Clay charges Mr. Ste
venson with packing committees. Now
it will be remembered that Mr. Clay was
once Speuker of the House, and that du
ring a period of great political excitement.
Will Mr. Clay point us to one committee
he organized during the war which did
not consist of a majority of his party, and
does he not know that such has been the
course under all administrations? Does
he not know that through the medium of
committees all business comes before the
House, and that unless the administra
tion, or the dominant party, have them so
formed as to mature their measures, they
can't be brought before Congress! Eel
Mr. Clay look to his own conduct while
Speaker ot the House of Representatives,
and let those speak who served under his
own grasp of tyranny. Let the feds
speak, lint how can Calhoun, Preston,
and Maugum reconcile their conduct.
Mr. Stevenson is not only a Southern
man, but is. anti-tarilf and anti-internal
improvement. His whole public career
has been one in support of those princi
ples which the South cherish. Yet these
men join in proscribing him. when only a
few days ago Gov. Dickerson, who is the
advoeuie of the tariff and all those prin
ciples which the South deprecate, was by
their votes confirmed and that without
division. It is true Mr. Stevenson is
now languishing, and in his feeble state
the blow may be received as a finishing
one. lint n wise and bountiful Provi
dence may yet be pleased to raise him up,
that his countrymen may reward his just
merit for his past eminent services.
NOR TH CAROLINA.
of quarreling, at any rate, to the extent
described above. We believe it Would
be well to provide by law for the protec
tion of females, who are ofteiler "sin
ned against than finning," in the 'matri
monial connexion. A law granting a
divorce, when a female shall prove her
husband has failed to provide for his fam
ily, (having the ability) for a specified
time, is demanded by impositions which
I have become scandalously numerous.
The effect of this worse than brutal neg
lect is to increase the number of desti
tute widows and helpless children, whose
prospects are clouded with despair and
guilt. Wilmington Press.
Eastern papers give a curious
account of the position of the inhabitants,
of the town of Madawaska, which is situ
ated in the disputed territory, between
the State of Maine, and the British prov
ince of New Brunswick. The town has
been incorporated by the Maine Legis
lature, yet the British authorities have
possession, built a court house, and lev
ied a tax, which they collect with much
rigor. A memorial, which the inhabit
ants were preparing to the United Stales
Government, asking for protection and
assistance, was forcibly suppressed and
destroyed. A delegate has been de
spat died to the Governor of Maine, to
ask his interposition in their behalf. The
result of the mission is not known.
Hampden Whig.
Gold. A vein of this precious metal
has heen discovered in Lancaster Coun
ty, Penu. An incorporated company is
said to have commenced operations with
every prospect of success. The Pitts
burgh Advocate expresses its regret at
the discovery, and hopes their expecta
tions may never be realised, as he con
siders the abundant wealth of the country
in its agricultural labor and industry far
more preferable.
Fire, and dreadful accident. On the
1st instant, a four story brick building on
Pearl street, New York, was consumed
by fire. Two of the firemen were kill
ed, and three others severely wounded,
by the falling of the gable end of the
building.
Something new. We must no longer
talk of the ingenuity of the Yankee; their
fame is now being eclipsed by the West.
A gentleman of Cincinnati has invented
an rcrial steamboat, with which he was
to have made a trial at that place yester
day; it L said he nlaces the utmost con
fidence in his ultimate success, having
imade several successful experiments in
private. iXous venous. The boat is
thus described in a Cincinnati paper:
"It is about ten feet long; the ribs being
covered with silk, in order to render it
very light. The engine, of two horse
power, is placed in the middle, and turns
four vertical shafts projecting over the
how and stern, into each of which are
fixed 4 spiral silken wings, which are
made to revolve with a sufficient velocity
to cause the vessel to rise. Over the
whole is fixed a moveable silken cover
d.esigned to assist in counteracting the
gravitation force, at the same time tend
ing to assist in its propulsion forward.
The whole boat, including the engine,
weighs 60 pounds, aud has cost about
8300." N. Y. Star.
Divorce. The House of Representa
tives of Connecticut lately granted a di
vorce to a petitioner 113 ayes, 50 nays.
It appears that the wife was in the habit
of throwing hot water upon the applicant,
beating him on the head with the tongs,
endeavoring to pick out his eyes with a
fork and the like. We think the decis
ion was a righteous one how woidd the
50 gentleman who voted against the di
vorce, like lo live with such a piece of
devilishness? They said if divorce were
allowed on ihe ground of quarreling, the
Legislature would be inundated with pe
titions! This is a very uncivil charge a
gainst the wives of Connecticut. We
do not believe that they are in the habit
(TJTho Boston Police decides that
sneezing in a man's face, with malice a
forethought, is an assault.
OTFrom private information, the po
lice officers at Boston lately repaired to
several stores in the city and seized a
vast collection of prints, snuff boxes and
other articles containing pictures of an
immodest nature. The venders were
bound over for trial.
GyA correspondent of the New Or
leans Be?, details the particulars of the
horrid butchery of two unknown individ
uals, in the parUh of West Feliciana, on
the margin of the Mississippi, ear the
habitation of Mr. Moore, on Cat Island.
Prom their description, it appears they
were genteelly clad, and supposed to be
from Kentucky, or the neighborhood.
One of the victims had thirteen stabs in
the back and breast; the other twelve
stabs; both their heads Were so horribly
cut and disfigured that no remains could
be discovered which could lead to their
recognition. The tracks of five individu
als were traced as coming aud returning
from the river.
tt?At the marriage of a Mr. Sears to
M iss Palmer, at Clarkstown, N. Y. du
ring the performances of the ceremory, a
Mr. Levi Phillips became so enamored
with the sister of Miss Palmer, that after
a few minutes conversation, during which
they seemed highly pleased with each
other, they desired the Dominie lo tie
them in wedlock's holy band.
frTThe laborers on the Washington
Rail Road have again commenced hostile
operations, ami the militia were once
more called out to check the rioters.
One man reported killed, and several in
jured. These coutinued acts of violence
are disgraceful.
CTAt Providence a small dwelling
house, occupied by a number of disor
derly blacks, was razed to the ground by
the enraged community.
Wonders of the Universe. The cir
cumference of this globe is computed ta
be 25,000 miles, and it revolves once on
its axis in 24 hours; consequently any one
spot is carred round 25,000 miles in that
space of time, which is upwards of 1,040
in an hour, or 173 miles in one minute.
Vast as this may seem, and in compari
son of which the utmost degree of veloci
ty which man has been able to produce
by the most ingenious contrivances sinks
almost into nothing, yet when put in
competition with the amazing velocity of
the earth in its orbit, this of its diurnal
revolution on its axis (though indeed as
tonishingly great) is comparatively tri
fling and insignificant. The distance of
ihe earth from the sun is 95,000,000,
which being the radius of the earth's or
bit, we shall have its diameter 190,000,000.
Now, as the earth revolves around the
sun once in 365 days, it would travel a
boul 1,440,000 miles in one day, or sixty
thousand miles an hour. By this calcu
lation, we find that the earth is whirled
through the immense regions of space at
the amazing, the inconceivable velocity
of 6000 miles in a single minute of time.
A Copper Coin (a cent) was recently
dug up in a garden which bears a curious
relation to a part of our American history.
It has on one side a head of George III.
and the words "Georgius HI. Rex" a
round the edge. On the opposite side,
are represented the coats of arms of
England, Scotland, Ireland, and Virginia,
quartered: and on one edge, are tire word
and figures "Virginia 1773."
The following historical facts are here
distinctly referred to. During the usur
pation of Cromwell, the colony of Vir
ginia refused to acknowledge his author
ity, and declared itself independent.
Shortly after finding that Cromwell
threatened to send a fleet and armv to re
duce Virginia to subjection and fearing
the ability of this feeble state to withstand
this force, sent a message in a small ship
to Charles 11. then an exile, at Breda, in
Flanders. Charles accepted the invita
tion to come over, and be king of Vir
ginia, and was on the eve of embarking,
when he was recalled to the throne of
England. As soon as he was restored
to the crown of England, in gratitude for
the loyalty of Virginia, he caused her
coat of arms to be quartered with those
of England, Scotland at)d Ireland, as an
independent member of the Empire
The above coin is clearly confirmatory of
these facts. Hence the origin of the
phrase, "Old Dominion," frequently ap
plied to Virginia. Washington Rep,