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U'lLMIMGTOai JOURNAL :
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E3-We mean to keep the following paragraph stan
ding for the benefit of all whom it may concern:
ADVERTISING. We would commend the following
facts to the attention, of the advertising community.
The " Wilmington Journal" circulates np wards of 12
hundred copies weekly. Its circulation in the town
of Wilmington is as large as that of any other paper pub
lished in the place. We would further state that its
circulation in the counties which trade to this place is
three times ns large as that of any other paper publish
Cd i" North Carolina, and that its list is daily increasing.
Wc sav, therefore, without the fear of contradiction,
That it is the best vehicle for advertising which thepeo
.de of Wilmington can select. One other observation.
We think, that although a large majority of the readers
of the "Journal" are Democrats, still they occasionally
si. a little trading, as well as the readers of the whig pa
rners. We have written the above merely for the Infor
mation of those who are most deeply interested-business
men of all professions and all political weeds
WHO WANT CUSTOMERS.
MAIL ARRANGEMENTS.
Pot Office, Wilmington.
Northern Mail., by Rail Road, due daily at 2 P. M.,
nd close a: lOevery night.
Southern Mail, by Steamer froni Charleston, is due
j aily at 8 A- M., and closes at 1 1 A. M. every day.
Favbtteville Mail, by Rail Road, is due on Mondays
Wednesday and Fridays, at 3 P. M., and closes on same
days it 10 at night.
Favettuville Mail, by Prospect Hall, Elizabetbtown,
Wes tbrooks, and Robesons, is due on Tuesdays Thurs
days and Saturdays, ut9 A. M., and closes mi same days
at 10 P. M.
Smithville Mail, by Steamer, is due daily at 8 A. M.,
and closes at 12J P. M. every day.
Taylor's Bums, LonoCrbbk, Moore's Creek, Fh cs
River Chapel and Harbkll's Storb Mail, is due every
Thursday at 6 P. M-, and closes same night al 10.
Onslow Mail.- Via Topsail Sound, Slump Sound
Snecd s Ferry, Jacksonville to Richlands, and returns
via Bamierman's, ia due every Monday at 1 P. M., and
closes every Thuisday night at I0P. M.
D li r- x 8 a
OP EVERY DESCRIPTION,
Neatly executed and with despatch, on
liberal terms for cash, at the
JOURNAL OFFICE.
ATTOEKE? AT LAW,
WILMINGTON, N. C.
MIEltS &. IJAiSXUrVi,
Manufacturers $c Dealers in
HATS A 1MB CAPS,
viioiksai.e and retail,
MARKET STREET Wilmington, N. C.
GEORGE W. DAVIS,
Commission nml JFot
Cii'iiiUfJ
flfJCUC'IIANT,
South Water Street s Wilmington, N. C.
CilLLESPE & ItOISESOft
(Continue the AGENCY business, and will make
liberal advances on consignments of
Lumber, Naval Stores. fcc. &c.
Wilmington, August 1st, 1845.
mwns w Mm"
DEALER IN
t i B TJF T F UilJml 3 UtlF,
BEDSTEADS, CHAIRS, MATRESSES, kt.,
ROCK SPRING,
J ily 10. 1847 f44 12m
31 rs. C. M. Price,
ttli Street, first door North of the Odd Fellows'a School,
WirJTCINGTON. N. C.
1. C.lSillVIuLE.,
GENERAL AGENT
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
Will make li(eriil cash advances on all consign
ments of Timber, Lumber, Naval Stores, &c
Wilmington, N. C, Sept 24, 1S47 2-tf
LIPPITT &l WILLKINGS,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
AXII DEALERS IX
Paints, nils. Dye Stuffs, Window Glass,
liiirdcn Seeds, Perfumery, Patent
Medicines, kt. &c,
On Front street, between Market and Dock, two
doors North of Messrs. Hart & Policy's, Wil
mington, N. C
October 8, 1817 4
Cronly. Walker tS Hall.
A UCTIONEERS A ND
V OMJftiSS I OJT .VI EH VIMJTTS,
Wilmington, N. C.
ftEFKTt TO
Is. K. DtoKtsoN, F.sa.,
II. R. Savagk, V.sh.,
t;. W. Davis, Kso..,
October 1 5th, 1847.
Messrs. Hall & Armstrong,
John A. Tavlob, Eaq..,
John Walkur, Esq..
T. W. BROWN,
"AVING recently returned from the North,
u now prepared to oner his friends and the
public a very handsome assortment of goods in
bfs line, and at very low prices.
Clocks and Watches Repaired as usual.
October 15, 1847. 5-tf
VALUABLE LAND FOR SALE
FBI HE subscriber bcin desirous of moving
M. south, oilers for sale his plantation on which
he resides, containing 360 Acres, lying in the
fork of Neuse and Little Rivers, two miles from
Waynesboro'. Those who wish a bargain, are
requested to call soon and examine the premises,
as it is not often that an opportunity for the pur
chase of property of like value and location is offer
ed. F. H. HOOKS.
Waynesboro', Oct. 11th, 1817. 5-tlst.I
Jcic Firm.
THE SUBSCRIBERS have formed a Co
partnership for the purpose of transacting a gene
ral DRY GOODS AND FAMILY GROCERY
business.uuder the firm of Pkkutn & Hartsfieed
H. R. PERRIN,
A. A. HAR l'SFIELD.
Wilmington, N. C.
October 15, 1817.5 5
AUCTIO N !
,N Monday, Nov. 15, we shall commence to
sell, at the store of II. S. Kelly, on Market
street, th0 balance of bis stock of
FALL AND WINTER GOODS.
Sale continued without reserve until all is dispo
sed of. By order of V. R. PEIRSON, assignee.
Cronly, walker & hall.
Oct. 15, 1647.
" GEN. TAYLOR
NEVER SURRENDERS."
"flkl DREY would announce to the citizens of
1 Wilmington and the surrounding country,
that be has received his supply of FALL AND
WINTER GOODS. His assortment is complete.
Some of my neighbors pretend to sell at New
York and Philadelphia prices ; I will pledge my
self to sell at the lowest Wilmington prices, leav
ing it with the community to say who sells the
cheapen. October 13, 1517. 5-tf
to
1
DAVID FULT0W, Editob.
VOL. 4 NO. 7.
TO THE LADIES.
m JRS. ,SHA W would inform the Ladies
XJM. of Wilmington and its vicinity, that she
has returned from New York, where she has been
for the last ten days selecting her stock of
Millinery & Fancy Articles.
together with a few snlendid
alt of the latest and most approved styles ; also, a
few elegant Cloaks of the latest French pattern.
Mrs. S. will be assisted this winter by a young
Lady who has been for 9 years in a large establish
ment in New York, and who is complete mistress
oi ner business in all its branches. Mrs. S. flat
ters herself she will bo enabled to give entire sat-
istaction to those who may patronize her SHOW
ROOM, on Second street, a few doors from Mar
ket. Mrs. Shaw will be happy to receive orders
from her old customers and friends in the country ,
which she will endeavor to execute with prompt
ness. Oct. 22, 1S47. 6-3t
TO THE LADIES.
Dress Making-
iVRS. C. M. PRICK respectfully informs
L- the Ladies of Wilmington and vicinity
that she has procured the services of one of
the most fashionable Dress Makers at the
North, and she is now prepared to make up
LADIES DRESSES in a neat and fashiona
ble style.
She has just received the Latest Fashions,
and she assures tnose Indies who may wish
to have their dresses made up in a fashionable
trwl nn'il m r r n r lint elii i , i ! I . , . ' . . . . 1
unu ik.u. uiuuui, ,uo one in iiv pit'.iheu iu ;
receive their custom. She will spare no pains
in endeavoring to give satisfaction to her cus
tomers, both as regards cheapness and neat
ness of her work.
Residence, -17 Street, first door NorUi of
the Odd Fellow's School.
October 15, 1817 5
F
limine t o il l- si j -
.KOrOSALS, i;r pub.shtn ,,, ftc fnwn of i
Washington N. C., a wM, newspaper. !
B called the "Washington Democrat," by !
- J i
to he
.loan iiowaru. nc sunscnoer will commence
Ihe publication of a newspaper in the town of
Washington, under the above title, with the as
sistance of his son John Howard, on the 1st day
of January next. Having published a Democrat
ic paper some twenty yenrs in Tarboro', in the
same Congressional district with Washington, we
presume it is unnecessary now to " define our po
sition." Suffice it for the present to say. that the
"Washington Democrat" will beihoroughly Dem
ocratic, and efforts will he made to render it an
acceptable and useful newspaper.
Terms. The " Washington Democrat" will be
printed on good paper, principally with new type,
and furnished to subscribers at two dollars er
year in advance, or $2 50 if not paid until the ex
piration of the year. Advertisements inserted at
the usual rates.
Editors in this State will confer a favor by civ
iiiil the above a few insertions, which will be re
ciprocated should opportunity oiler.
GEO. HOWARD.
1 . T T l rn -, ...
Pommcrrinl Bunk of Wilmington.
A G ENERAL meeting of Stockholders of this
1 Hank will be held at their Banking House
in this place, on Monday the 1st day of Novem
ber. O. G. PARSLEY,
Oct. 22, 117.
6-2t
President.
ITOLLOW WARE, Assorted Covered
Spiders; Pots; SUilletts; Dake Ovens;
Tea Kettles ; Furnaces, &c, by
Oct 22 HOWARD & PEDEN.
LOUR 50 bairels and half barrels, new
wheat and iresh "round, lor sal by
Oct 22 HOWARD & PEDEN.
UTTER AND CHEESE 15 kegs best
loshen Butter, put up in small kegs for
family use. 1 cask Cheese, rnr sale by
Oct 22 H O W A R D & P ED E N .
BUCKW HEAT 5 half bbls. Duck wheat;
10 quarter bbls. do.; 20 boxes do.; 20
bans do. For sale by
Oct 22 HOWARD & P E DEN.
Saddlery, Harness, &c.
f gnHE subscriber ha, and intends keeping con
fi. stantly on hand, at his old stand on Market
street, a general assortment of goods in his line,
to wit, Ladies and Gentlemen's SADDLES, BRI
DLES, AND MARTINGALES, lard Leather,
Imitation, Fancy and Common TRUNKS, Vali
ccs, Uarpet and Saddle Bags, Ladies Sachels.
Coach, Gig, Buggy and wagon HARNESS, Col
lars, Whips, Stirrups, Bits, Spurs, &c. &c. All
of which he warrants to be of the best workman
ship and materials, and are offered foi sale at the
lowest prices.
ALSO; Charriottecs, Buggies, Trotting Wag
gons and Sulkies, for sale low. Northern Sole
Leather and Shoe Maker's Findings.
GUY C. HOTCHKISS.
N. B. Particular attention will be paid toman
ufacturing SADDLES and HARNESS to order,
and repairing the same, together with trimming
Carriages and making Church Cushions.
Oct 22, 1847. nl G. C. H.
Paint will make Old Houses look New.
AN execute all kinds of House and Ship
Painting, Gilding and Glazing, Wall Paint
ing, and imitations of Wood and Marble, in a su
perior style to any one in the town of Wilming
ton. Their shop is on Front street, opposite the
Chronicle Printing Office.
ALSO TO RENT The store at present occu
pied by John J. Conoley.
Sept 17, 1517 l-3m
NOTICE.
HE following Resolution was pnssed by the
Board of Directors of the Wilmington &
Raleigh Rail Road Company on the 9th instant,
and ordered to be printed viz :
" Resolved, That the usefulness and efficiency
of our Machine Shops require that the operations
in them be confined to the Company's work alone
and that notice be given to the public that no
Jobs will be received into the Shops after the 1 st
January next."
JAMES S. GREEN, Secy.
October 22, 18-47. 6tf
BLANKETS 1 case super.
La0 Pnr Clip Kt?
Nefiro Blan-
Oct 22 McKELLAR & McRAE.
VAILS 50 kecrs Nails, assorted sizes, for
sale by HOWARD cc PEDEN.
ORIME SUGARS 5 hhds.best St. Croix
Sugar; 5 bbls. clarified St. Croix Sugar,
a prime article for family use, just received
and for sale by McKELLAR & McRAE.
RIO COFFEE 30 bags best green Rio
Coffee, just received and for sale bv
Oct 22 McKELLAR & McRAE.
d PERM CANDLES 50 boxes 4's, 5's,
7 and G's.
Oct 22
For sale by
HOWARD & PEDEN.
ROUGH AND READY HATS, at
MYERS & BARNUM'S.
I AND DEEDS, a new supply, just printed
J and for sale at the JOURNAL OFFICE-
ilmiitfltim
GOD,
WILMINGTON,
OrWeclip the following paragraph from an
exchange paper, and ask our readers, as a spe
cial favor, to read it attentively. It expresses
our sentiments exactly. If our subscribers
will just clip this paragraph from the Journal,
and stick it up at some convenient point, so
that they can easily see it whenever they are
disposed to think the paper dull or uninteres
ting, they will do us an especial favor, and
we have no doubt do themselves, at leat some
of them, an equal service in the way of check
ing the fault finding, grumbling disposition
which is but too common with newspaper
readers :
Select ions for Newspapers. Most people
think the selection of suitable matter for a
newspaper the easiest part of the business.
How great an error. It is by all means the
most difficult. To look over and over hun
dreds of exchange papers every week, from
which to select enough for one, especially
when the question is not what shall, but what
shall not be selected, is no easy task. If eve
ry person who reads a newspaper could have
edited it, we should hear less complaints. Not
umrequentiy is it the case, that an editor looks
over all his exchange papers for something:
interesting, and can absolutely find nothing
Every paper is drier than a contribution box
1 a .1 i i i-
anu yet soineiiiinr must he hail his
paper
must come out with something in it, and he
docs the best he can. To an editor who has
the least cave about what he selects, the wri
ting that he has to do is the easiest part of
his labor.
Ever) subscriber thinks the paper printed
for his especial benefit, and if there is nothing
in it ni'U Mius nun, u must ie sion
, r 'c ,
f fl T Some i0 ,OC
a"? marriages, and actually
i-T Inn ntif-r it (ml Inn ytrin i i li
in u mai suns nun, it must ne stopped : it is
ook over the
complain
of ihe editor if hut few people in the vicinity
have been so unfortunate as to die, or so for
tunate as to get married the previous week.
An editor should have such things in his pa
per whether they occur or not. Just as many
subscribers as an editor may have, so many
different tastes he has to consult. One wants
stories and poetry; another abhors all this.
The politician wants nothing but politics.
One must have something smart, another
something sound. One likes anecdotes, fun,
and frolic, and his next door neighbor won
ders that a man of sense will put such stuff in
his paper. Something spicy comes out, and
the editor is a blackguard. Next comes some
thing argumentative, and the editor is a dull
fool. And so between them all you see, the
poor fellow gets roughly handled. And yet
to ninety-nine out of a hundred, these things
never occur. They never reflect that what
does not please them, may please the next
man ; but they insist that if the paper does not
suit them it is good for nothing.
Vermont Patriot.
THE MEXICAN WAR.
We clip the following letter from the Un
ion, in which we first found it, and think that
it is alike worthy a place in our columns, and
a careful perusal by every one of our readers.
How far the predictions of the writer may be
verified by the result, or how far his views of
this all absorbing Mexican question may a
gree with tt.ose of the reader, of course we
cannot say. One thing is certain, that the
letter is penned by an able hand. It is one of
the most eloquent things we have seen in ma
ny a day, and will repay a perusal as well as
anything we could select for our paper:
From the York (Pa.) Gazette.
The JMexican War Just and Patriotic
Vievrs of it We chanced, a few days ago, to
see the letter of which the following is a copy,
in the hands of the writer, as he was prepar
ed to mail it, and admitting its patriotic spirit,
we obtained his consent to make a copy of it.
The author is one of the purest and best men
and most distinguished citizens of Pennsylva
nia; and we do not think there is a man in
the State of whom the democratic party and
our whole people are prouder, or have more
cause to he proud. If the sentiments he ex
presses prevailed as generally as we think
they should if the spirit of party did not pre
vent a union of our whole people in the en
tertainment an i utterance of similar views,
the Mexican war, with all its much depreca
ted evils, would speedily be brought to a
close
- June 18, 1817.
My Dear Sir: You condemn the Mexican
warns a "causeless, cruel, and disgraceful
butchery," and call upon me, as " one of the
saints the apostles of the party" to put a
stop to it. I have no responsibility on my
conscience in relation to it or any other meas
ure of the government. Since I have ceased
to take an active part in politics, I have had
no influence whatever with the party in pow
er. A'ou do me altogether too much honor
when you designate me as " one of the politi
cal saints," and entirely overrate my influence
when you suppose that I can do anything to
avert the war measures. If I possessed any
influence, I fear that the sentiments I express
ed to the President the other day, and subse
quently repeated to the Secretary of State,
preclude me from being useful in the manner
you suggest.
The human mind is strangely constituted !
No man stands higher in my estimation for
sound judgment, and purity of purpose, than
the olrfand valued friend to whom 1 now ad
dress myself. Our good opinion of each oth
er is, 1 believe, reciprocal. Our minds have
been running together in harmony over
leaping political, professional, and theological
barriers, from the first of our acquaintance.
But lo? a mountain has interposed ! the
stream is parted, and one branch is sent, as it
were to the Atlantic, while the other empties
in to the Pacific ! 1 hey may never meet a
gain until they commingle in the upper world,
to perform anew the wise purposes of our
Creator. Von think the war a " horried
butchery ;" J think it the religious exetution
of our countries trloriau mission, under the
direction of Divine Providence, to civilize and
christianize, and raise vp from anarchy and
degredation a most ignorant, indolent, wicked
and unhappy people .' It is the will of God
that the afflictions of this people shall be spee
dily terminated ; the wicked to be cut off the
we'll disposed to be regenerated and protected.
The interests of religion, of commerce, of free
government, and of all the arts of peace, re
quired that those who have proved themselves
incapable of self-government should be placed
under the kind guardianship of others who
are not only competent to direct their own af
fairs, but who can spare a little surplus time
and energy to care for the welfare of others.
" I tell the Daniel" that, in my opinion, the
decree has gone forth from Heaven ! It is my
firm belief that there will be no treaty of
peace now or ever with the present wretched
aggregation of races, tribes, and colors, mis
called the " Mexican nation." They have no
government competent to make a treaty they
have not honesty enough to fulfil one if made.
The day of their destiny has come ! The wise
OUR COUNTR7, AHD LIBERTY.
N. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1847.
men of the east are passing away ! Story has
gone ! Adams has been summoned, and must
soon leave us ! And Kent, from his lofty so
litude, admonishes us that the march of intel
lect, like the march of empire, is onward to
the west. It is the will of providence that
Mexico shall be relieved from her long anar
chy ! The tree that eumbereth to the ground
shall be cut down ! The nation that will not
live up to the high privileges to which it is
entitled, will be lost ! The title granted up
on conditions never fulfilled is forfeited ! The
varied climate and advantageous position
which has been criminally neglected and left
unimproved by its present possessors will be
occupied by more worthy heirs of the rich in
heritance. " Mexico will be overrun and filled
up by a new race of men, who shall infuse
into her population industry and enterprise,
and into her councils intelligence and wisdom.
The hearts of the present iniquitous rulers will
be hardened, as was that of Pharaoh, and
their band it follows will be given to believe
a lie, until leaders and followers shall be ut
terly destroyed ! and men of peace and sci
ence, of law and order, shall lake their place.
In this, we are but yielding to the universal
law. The Spaniard, in his day of power,
murdered Montezuma and his followers, rob
bed them of their wealth, and annexed their
soil to the crown. The Mexican colonists,
in turn stripped Spain of her power and pos
sessions, and, after years of anarchy and blood
shed, establish a republic. But this was soon
trodden down, and usurpation and successive
revolutions took its place, until the law of " re
volutions," " pronunciamentos,n of " gritos,"
and of "plans," was the only remnant of law
that was studied or understood. The lav: of
disturbance, of insurrection, & of anarchy, was
the only law that prevailed ! One little star,
brighter than the rest, resisted, and preserved its
brightness! After proving itself worthy, it was
admitted into companionship with the gieat
northern galaxy. The banditti half pirates,
hall usurpers who had murdered our mer
chantmen on the high seas, plundered our tra
ders on land, and imprisoned our unoffending
citizens as slaves in their mines who had,
by treaty, at last acknowledged their aggres
sions, and agreed to make reparation in part,
but who had violated their treaty obligations;
entered our territory ; murdered our brethren;
made battle with our soldiers, and threatened
lo deprive a free state of its " inalienable right
to liberty and the pursuit of happiness." And
this was done after the proud chief of the
usurpers had been defeated in battle, made a
prisoner of war, (his life under forfeiture for
his crimes,) and liberated upon an agreement
to acknowledge its independence ! When the
blow was thus struck to sever from us one of
our own members to violate and carry into
bondage our youngest sister when all justice
for the past was refused when all hope for
the future was destroyed by refusing even to
negotiate for peace there teas hut one course
left, and that was the course which has been
pursued. Until the boundary is settled by
treaty, we must defen l our territory up to the
line claimed by the political and legislative
authority of Texas nt the time of annexation.
ft may be that the opponents of the war are
fulfilling their mission also ! The Mexicans
have heretofore been regardless of justice and
mere;. They are now blinded to truth and
reason. " Whom the gods will destroy they
first make mad
eaten in every battle
overcome upon
ihei
r own soil, in their own
climate, where their numbers exceed ours five
to one driven back from every stronghold,
and compelled to surrender every fortress,
town, city, and castle, the moment it was at
tacked, they would have sued for peace Jong
ngo, but for the encouragement derived from
the re-publication in Mexico of the speeches
and editorials of our own people, denouncing
the war as unconstitutional and unjust, and
making " pronunciamentos" against the ad
ministration. They have been made to be
lieve that it is only necessary to procrastinate
until the whigs come into power, and Texas
will be given up to their oppressions and our
army withdrawn. I do not charge this as the
design of the opposition party, but it is un
doubtedly the effect which has been produced
by their course of public condemnation of the
Government on account of the war. If they
desire peace, let them support the Government.'
A decisive expression of public opinion at the
polls in favor of our own country and its ad
ministration, will at once put an end to the
delusion which prevents an adjustment of our
difficulties. The moment that the Mexicans
perceive that our whole nation is united as
one man that there is to be no revolution
no change of administration in their favor no
giving up of Texas to their rapacity they
will lay down their arms, and submit to a per
manent government of law and order, founded
upon free principles. The high and happy
results of the war will be speedily accomplish
ed. And the nations of the earth will stand
amazed at the moral, religious and political
regeneration which will he produced. Believe
me, my dear friend, that a war which was so
mst in its origin, and which has been so bril
liant in its progress, will be most glorious in
its results. j ours sincerely, .
Laughing in the Pulpit. Said Mr. C
a Presbyterian minister of some notoriety7, I
never laughed in the pulpit only on one occa
sion, and that came near procuring my dismis
sal from the ministry. About one of the first
discourses I was called to deliver, subsequent
to my ordination, after reading my text and
opening my subject, my attention was directed
to a young man with a very foppish dress,
and a head of exceedingly red hair. In a slip
immediately behind this young gentleman sat
an urchin, who must have been urged on in
his deviltry by the evil one himself, for I do
not conceive the youngster thought of the jest
he was playing off on the spruced dandy in
.... r-r i , ,111 r r
iront ot him. ine Doy neiu nis lorennger in
the red hair of the young man, about as long
as a blacksmith would a nail rod in the fire to
heat, and then on his knee, commenced poun
ding his finger in imitation of a smith making
a nail. The whole thing was so ludicrous
that I laughed, the only time I ever disgraced
the pulpit with any thing like mirth.
Gex. Pierce. We have watched with
some interest the career of this gentleman, ap
pointed from New Hampshire, brigadier gene
ral. From our own knowledge of him, we
augured well of the appointment, and so ex
pressed ourselves. He has fully justified, in
the field, the hopes of his friends, and we re
gret to have seen censures cast upon him for
writing a private letter to a friend, which,
without his knowledge, found its way lo the
press. There was nothing in that letter whirl
he could wish to blot. In answer to reflec
tions upon Gen. Pierce's character, the Balti
more Patriot's correspondent, " Potomac' it
is not too much to cail him a violent whig
enters the following protest :
" I bv no means countenance or approve of
the attacks which have been made upon Brig
adier General Franklin Pierce. I have known
him, at least by leputation, long and well.
Although an uncompromising locofoco, he is
a talented, brave, chivalric, humane, generous
hearted man. In point of ability, statesman
ship, and every thin that exhibits heart and
soul, I consider Franklin Pierce the first man
in the locofoco party of New Hampshiie, Le
vi Woodbury by no means exccpte l ' A for
&mnm
the charge that he would not go to the wars
until six months' pay and rations were advan
ced to him, i deem it sheer moonshine ! Frank
Pierce refused to remain in the United States
Senate because his private affairs demanded
that he should earn something by his profes
sion. For the same good reason he refused j
the appointment of Attorney General ot the
L nited States But when he found his coun
try at war, and be believed he could be useful
in the field, he cast aside bis lucrative profes- j
sion for the time being, and, giving up the I
comlorts oi home, accepted a commission,
which center no more honor than that of At
torney General, and rushed to the seat of vom
ito, of danger, and of war ! Such is Frank
Pierce, whose greatest fault is, perhaps, in
stead of being covetous, as charged, that he
is too careless of his money ! His recent ad
mirable letter, published in the Boston Post,
giving a plain, unvarnished, modest account
of his doings since he has been in Mexico, is
characteristic of the man. Whoever read it
will not be apt to charge its gallant author
with meanness or covetousness ! I say this
gratuitously of a political opponent, because
I have for years past noted and liked the cha
racter of the man, in all but his locofocoism.
I consider his the best mililary appointment
which Mr. Polk has yet made." iV. O. Pic
Description of Chapultepec. Chapultepcc
have been captured by the Americans, after
the most desperate resistance ever made by
the Mexican army, the following account of
that place cannot fail to prove interesting:
Chapultepec is the Aztec for " Grasshop
per's Iliil " It is an prophetic rock, rising
near the former margin of the lake that sur
rounded the city of Mexico, and is one of the
places de signated by the Aztecs where they
tarried on their emigration from the north in
search of a final resting place. Their oracles
ii' .11.1. i . li
naa loretoiu mat sucn a resting place would
be denoted by their seeing an eagle devouring
a serpent on a rocK. and at dinpultepec tins
it the' - beheld i
' ii U? in rL ''
i tne laKe, ue- ;
prediction was verified, r rom
tne enirie on one oi i lie iocks in
i i r . i i
vouring a serpent. The event was at once !
symbolized on the ling and coin of the nation. I
fhe hill is surrounded by a belt of noble cy-
press trees, one ot winch, known as Monte
zuma's cypress, from having been planted be-
iore or during the reign oi that Prince, meas
ures fifty-one ieet m circumtereaee.
Chapultepec was the favorite country resi
ilence ot Montezumas am
h.- T. i
is courtiers. It
. , ,
groves, tanks and
contains remains of garden:
grottos, which bear evidences of its past mag
nificence. Here Montezumas rerired from the
heat and dust of the citv, to enjoy all the lux
uries that wealin and power could procure, or
art devise. It was selected by .he Spani
iccroy as the most beautiful place in the val
ley of Mexico for a royal residence, and the
modern palace (lately a military school) was
built by the Viceroy Galvez
From this palace one has a charming view
of the whole valley, the capital, the lake and
the volcanic mountains which rise in the dis
tance like a great wall surrounding the en-
chantic picture. In Anglo Saxon hands this
valley may be made as impregnable as Gibral
tar.
Bombs or cannon planted on the hill of
Chapultepec commanded the city, the princi
pal roads and the acqueduct. Hence the at
tack and capture of that point by Gen. Scott,
before making any demontration upon the ci
ty. Once on the hill, the taking of the city
could be effected without serious loss of life.
Major .. P. Gaines. A letter from this in
trepid officer, under date Tacuhaya, Mexico,
Au,r. 28th, has been received in Covington,
Kv. In it he says his helth is good, and he
expects to look upon his beloved Kentucky
bv the 1st nf November. He was hourlv ex-
peeling the arrival at Scott's camp, of Cnpts.
Clav, Heady and Smith, and Lieuts. Churchill,
Barlow and Davidson, and eighteen privates
Maj. Gaines encountered great perils and
hardships, after he made his escape. He tas
ted nothing, not even a drop of water, for
twenty-six hours. He has but little faith that
peace Will grow out of the present negotia
tions. Pica uune
Too Good to he Lost. On the eve of the
late election in this County, two of the most
notorious Whig electioneerersof this city (and j
there are some of them "wheelhorses" at tho i
business) went into the store of an honest and
worthy citizens, who has recently established
himself among us, for the purpose of inves
ting and taking him captive.
"Good morning !" said they.
"Good morning!" said he.
"What have you to sell, friend ?"
"Potatoes, ge ltlemcn."
Are triey nig roiatoes, or uemocrauc
. .1 I1M ' n . i TW .'1
potatoes
"I have some of both sorts, would you like i the discovery that theMilesian prefix of 0' be
to examine them?" to the name of the leader of this band of
"We would "
"Very good ! These
said he, uncovering
a barrel which stood near him, full of as fine j yune j xe premises, as the following para
looking and solid a vegetable as ever Green ; graph from the Columbus ((la.) Enquirer, of
Erin turned out "are Democratic potatoes; j 5th jnst t gQes to show. In the mean
and these," he continued, removing the top I tline we WOuld remark , that, in our opinion,
from a suspicious box standing in a corner, . tne pace 0f tneir nativity neither lessens nor
from which immediately proceeded that most ! magnifies the measure of their guilt:
infamous of smells which all are acquainted j "jr Jmtice be Done. The desertion of a
with who have appioached the spoilt vegeta- j number- of men from the American army, and
ble, "these are Whig potatoes, hist like Whig their capture and execution near the city of
principles, rotten to the corel Which will you j Mexico, have given rise to many remarks cal
have gentlemen:" j culated to reflect on the patrotism of certain
He looked up for a reply, but as Cicero said j adopted citizens of this country. It has been
of Cataline "abiit, evatit, excessit, crupit." thought, and we must confess that this was
and as it has been done up into English "They ! the impression left on our minds, that the bat
had gone, they had cleared out, they had cut ; tallion alluded to were mostly from the Emer-
stick, they had absquatulated ; or, to sum all
up in one significant word they had sloped.
A Curiosity. We are indebted to our young
friend, Midshipman Philemon H. Haywood,
who has just returned homo, af'er an absence
of four years in active service, for a Spur,
such as is used by the Californians. It is
quite a curiosity, and it will give us pleasure
to show it to a!i who may desire to see it
Midshipman Haywood brings home with him
a high reputation for Seamanship, as well as
for coolness and courage, ample opportunities
for testing which have occurred during his
cruise. Raletgh Register, 10 inxt.
Confiagiation onboard the Ronton Yes-
terday, about 1 o'clock, P. M., the Raritan I Sir : The letter which I have just presented
frigate, which has been lying at quarantine in , to your majesty, is from his Excellency the
the bite of Crancy Island for nearly threej President of the United Stales, and contains
months past, was discovered to be on fire, on j the fact of my nomination as envoy extraor
her upper deck, and no one being on board, j dinary and minister plenipotentiary from that
the persons appointed to guard her being on j government, near the Imperial court of Brazil,
board the ship Vandalia, lying a little way off, His Excellency assures your Majesty of hi
the fire got considerable headway, and altho' desire to cultivate the most amicable and lib
assistance was sent from the Pennsylvania, eral relations between the two governments,
the Navy Yard, and this city, (from the latter Manifesting this desire, the President in ex
with an engine and firemen on the steamer pressing the sentiments of the power of which
Curtis Peck,) the fire continued to burn for j he hes the honor to be the chief executive,
more than two hours before it was subdued, j and any omission on my part, in my endeay-
We were unable to learn the particulars in
time for our paper this morning, with any ac
curacy ; nor have we anything but conjecture
to account for the fire. The steamer Jewess,
wh;ch was on her way to Baltimore when the
fire occurred, put back to render assistance,
A boat which she was towing down from the
Pennsylvania full of men, to assist in extin
guishing the fire, unfortunately got swamped,
and three bovs were drowned.
Norfolk Herald
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TEUMS : $2 50 in atl vaiirc.
WHOLE NO. 163.
From the ChrUtian (N'aBhville) Record
GENERAL JACKSON.
Some days since, we were favored with the
subjoined letter written by Gen. Jackson, near
ly fifty years ago, while he was a member of
Congress in Philadelphia. Our friend from
whom we received it was intimately related to
the General, and was not aware of its exis
tence, until by looking over some ancient fa
mily papers, he accidentally came across it.
We" give it to our readers, not only on account
nf its ' distinimishp,! author, hut ns containino-
some truly patriotic sentiments, expressed in
- -
strong terms, at a time when he had just en
tered on the threshold of that public life, which,
in other days, presented him as one of the most
conspicuous and influential citizens of our
great Republic. E.
" Philadelphia, Jan. 18, 1798.
"Sir I have it not in my power to give you
any certain account relative to the business
you entrusted to my care. Shortly after I
reached this place, I wailed upon on
the subject of conveying to you the
due from him and . At that time, I
I had every thing favorable to hope from that
interview with ; but sir, I am sorry 1
have too much reason to doubt that delay is
intended. He promised me to write to his
brother to forward the conveyances that he
might bear sign them and deliver them to me
for your use. I applied to him yesterday on
the subject, but without any satisfation he
says his brother as yet has not answered his
letter. Rest assured that I will attend strictly
to this business, and if possib e bring it to a
favorable issue before I leave this place.
" The President, by and with the consent
of the Senate, has appointed commissioners to
treat with the Cherokees, and I believe the ob
ject of the treat)- is to purchase them out ii
they will sell at any rate to extend the line
to the Tennessee river. I hope this may be
effected. No news that can be relied on from
Ur comm'ss'oners at Paris; but it is reported,
ai,( ' believe on good authority, that they are
. ,,.;,iw.,., i. .i:.." i tk.
1 Cllll II 1 1 lii. " IUHMII I'Clll llUllllllCU. ll.tl mil)
be the consequence, 1 am not prepared to say;
but I am certain Fiance will not declare war
against us: but there arc a number in Congress,
and to their strength I may add the Heads of
Departments, that have a wish to declare war
against that nation ; or, in oilier words, do
such acts as would in their consequences be
amulet! iu a ucbiaiaiiui ui ; . evotci I It.
. f .., ' 4
return ot our commissioners (if the report is
. . , v .. f. , .
ixue; win uiing neure us questions oi tne lasi
importance to our Government questions that
will involve in themselves war or peace; and
from ihe spirit that has this day displayed it-
, i self on the floor of the House of Represents
mes, i can assure you mat i no not expect
much moderation in the discussion of these
important questions. There are one side that
blame the administration for our present disa
greeable situation with France. The partial
ity for Britain has too evidently appeared from
Mr. Monroe's publication that partiality has
lately appeared still stronger, but in different
i . 1 . t i
colors. In order to carry into effect the meas
ures of the administration, they have fallen
on a plan to remove from office every man
who professes republican principles, and fill
those offices with men who will bend to the
nod of the Executive. This is not mere con -jecture,
but-it is openly avowed by heads of
departments, to be the rule lately established
by the Executive, and this day openly avow
ed on the floor of Congress and attempted to
be justified ; therefore, the talents, virtues, or
abilities of men, are no recommendation lo
bring them into office, if they do not think ex
actly with the Executive. This is sweet re-
w:ira 'or seven years servitude 10 outrun iree-
! ,lom i :U1(1 11 :i man cannot be led to believe as
! the President believes in politics, (and God
forbid they should,) he is not to fill an office
ike United States. This, sir, I view as
more dangerous than tne establishment ol re
ligion ; for it is truly an attempt lo establish
politics, and to take away the wright of think
ing. This, sir, will open the eyes of the A
mericans, and I hope hereafter they will he
careful how they repose too much confidence
in an individual. But the parties now are at
issue, and it will shortly be determined.
" My respects to your lady and family, and
believe me to be, with respect, your friend
sincerely, ANDREW JACKSON.
" Capt. John Doxelson."
A "morning pnper," for purposes which no
doubt appear to its own mind both wise and
just, avails itself of every possible occasion to
spread the opinion, abroad, that the company
of deserters who had the baseness to desert
from our rank and join that of the enemy
for which act of treason thev were iustlv made
; to suffer an ignominious death are exclusive-
J .
ly Irishmen and catholics. It has ever made
scoundrels. It is evident that the public are
not unanimously of the opinion of the Pica-
aj isie. The New York Police Register con-
tains the names and places of nativity of that
infamous set of scamps, from which we are
sorry to learn that a large portion were Ame
ricans. They are classed as follows: Ameri
cans 04, Irishmen 24, Germans 10, Scotch 4,
and one each from England, Nova Scotia,
France and Poland. We publish this account
that unjust reproach may be taken from the
shoulders of those who do not merit the cen
sure. Let all bear their part." N. O. Delta.
Presentation of the U. S. Minister to the
Emperor of Brazil. The presentation took
place Aug. 28th, when Mr. Tod made the fol-
j lowin address
, ors to nromote this amicable disposition, would
be no less contrary to my own sentiment than
it would be traitorous to my country.
Appreciating these intentions, your Majes-f,-
J; i Trmit me to express my satisfaction
j at knowing that the mutual friendship and re
which has for such a length of time
happily existed between the two governments,
has not been diminished by any disagreeable
events that have recently occurred.
I am aware that my Hurge has commenced
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at an unfavorable pet lod. My immediate pre
decessor encountered difficulties which were
both unpleasant for himself and Unfortunate
for both governments. Being resolved, in my
relations with your Majesty's government, to
observe a course both honorable Snd beneficial
to both countries, I have indulged the hope
that I may fulfil the duties of my mission in a
manner entirely satisfactory to my own gov
ernment, and at the same time agreeably to
lhat of your Majesty.
Permit me, in conclusion, 10 express my
best wishes for the health and happiness of
ywr Majesty and the Imperial faffrilv.
The Emperor's Reply The Etnpetot re-
plied to this speech in English, as follows :
" I receive with pleasure the credentials
which you present me in the name of my good
friend, the President of the United States.
They shovv that the same f riendahip and good
understanding subsist between my government
and that of your country, and of which I be
lieve you to be a true interpreter, who will
remove the weighty difficulties in which your
immediate predecessor involved himself."
Curious Marriage Contract. Tn the Roy
al Library of Paris is a written contract, drawn
up in 1297, between two persons of noble
birth in Armagnac. The document bound the
husband and wife to faithful wedlock for sev
en years. It stipulated the parties should
have the right to renew the tie at the end of
that time if they mutually agreed ; but if not,
the children were to be equally devided, and if
the number should chance not to be even
they were to draw lots for the odd one.
There is, in the same alcove of ihe Library,
a contiact between Saint Bernard of the Dio
cese of Rheims and the Seigneur of Chatillon,
by which the Saint binds himself to give the
said nobleman ihe same number of acres of
land in Heaven as the Church receives of hint
on earth. Home Journal.
Clerical Joke. A few7 years since when the'
Rev. Ooct. Hawks was about leaving N. Y.
for the South he was waited upon by the ves
tryman of a small church in Westchester coun
ty, and urgently solicited to take charge of the
same. The Rev. Doct. graciously received
the committee but respectfully declined their
proposal, urging as a chief objection that the
salary, though liberal for the parish which
they represented, would be inadequate for his
expenses, having a considerable family of
sm;ill children lo educate and. provide for.
One of the committee replied, 'fthe Lord will
take care of them, he has promised lo hear
the young ravens when they cry, and to pro
vide for them " "Very true" said the Rev.
gentleman, "but he has not promised to pro
vide for the young Hawks."
A Spotted Negro Hoy. On Saturday last
we" were invited, by Mr. Northam, of John
ston County, to examine at Lawrence Hotel,
a negro boy he had in charge and a very
strange looking boy he is. He is as black as
the negro ordinarily is, and has white rings
around his arms and legs the skin upon his
breast anu abdomen is white, and there is a
while streak commencing at the top of his
forehead and running an inch or so up his
head, the hair on this part of his- head being
as white and as soft as lamb's wool. The
white is remarkably clear, and contrasts sin
gularly with the black skin which covers the
other parts of his body. This boy is three
years old, was born in Johnston County in
this Slate, and seems fo he smart for one of
his age. We understand it is the intention of
Messrs. Avery and Northam, who have him
in charge, to exhibit him in this city some
time during the ensuing week.
Raleigh Standard.
MRS. PARTINGTON.
This garrulous but amiable old lady, who
is in the habit of expressing her opinions up
on mattery and things in the columns of the
Boston Post, reminds us very much of Mrs.
Malaprop in the play, who takes such strange
liberties with the King's English. Wc have
collected a few of her latest sayings, which
may serve to give our readers a taste of her
quality :
The cast winds bad given Mrs. Partington'
an unpleasant sore throat. " Dr. W
thinks I've got the brown creeters" said she
to one of her sympathizing neighbors. " 1
don't half disgust my food nut her, and my
pallet troubles me dreadful. The doctor has
has left a gurgle which he hopes will cure
me. What a dear man that Dr. W is !
The liniments of his face is benevolence it
sell ! He's so devoted, too ! It does some
times seem as if he was willing to make a 9a
cramentoi his own life for : lie good of his
patients."
" The Queen was drunk with all the hon
ors !" repeated Mrs. Partington to herself
while reading an account of the DeKay dintier
at Cork. " Well, if that isn't the beater. I'm
afraid her ministers don't preach very good
morals to her ; and what an example to sef
her children, even allowing she is a queen !"
" The printing press is a great steam enj
gine," said Mrs. Partington, " but I don't be
lieve Dr. Franklin ever invented it to commit
outrages on a poor female woman like me. It
makes me say every thing, Mrs. Sled ; and
some of the things I know must have been
said when I was out, for I can't remember
'em," and she dropped three stitches in her ex
citement. M They ought to think," continued
she, " that them who makes sport of the aged
don't never live to grow up !"
" After all," said Mrs. Partington, "I begin
to think that those persons are right who say
that our government expenses might be re
trenched. Just in the matter of powder and
shot, for instance, what a shameful waste !
Why, it was only last week that I heard a
military man say that out of every hundred
shot fired, only one took effect. Now what
can be the use of firing the other ninety-nine."
Two tickets were sent to Mrs. Partington,
for Johnson's concert, with the following
note :
" Will Mrs. Partington accept fhe declared
tickets. In the performance to which they
will admit her, it is hoped she will be highljr
dedicated and perused, and that it will merit
her elegy."
Mr. Webster delivered a most powerful
speech on the state of national affairs, and the
duty of the whigs, in the Massachusetts WJiig
State Convention. He took strong grounds
on the Wilmot Proviso, and declared that
should the war continue till "the commence
ment of the next session of Congress, and no
better reason for its prosecution could be giv
en than has appeared in time past, Congress
should refuse supplies. The speech teas re
ceived with immense applause. .
Hartford Courant.
" Ephraim is joined to his idols." When
Daniel Webster shall be convitced of patriot
ism, or love of country, the leopard will change
his spots. A tory in the last war with Eng
landa twaddler" in the boondary question
with England an advocate of French infer,
ests in the days of Jackson be is now a fit'
tin" apologist of Mexican perfidy and dishon
esty. Thank Heaven, a clear conception of
his history and principles, has ever debarred
him the confidence of the American people.
Xcw Haven, (Con ) Rrgter