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,«-,.,-! j of j s e watchman targed | « 1 for the first and ss-ct ■.. i ■i ■.. . majesty's brig spy arrived off il-'is , 2<_th of february about fen : ning and was boa rded . \ jams and some more natives she . nv e tr i . eorr^e adams the celebrated jobn adam i of the colony nn ent ashore in by g rge ad ims land mall sandy beach wi:h and in ti least breeze im w ,- were met on lhe lieach ■es \\ ho cordially wel - to pilcairn's island and how .-,. tt.ir to tin market-place up a ..-■d path winding along lhe jli a beautiful variety of ropical flowers and shrub hen we arri ved tt the sum : cturesque in the extreme the the natives men women and headed by mr nopps the school id assembled in a place of about ere square carpeted u it!i thick s md canopied overhead by the -. .. ies ni ro oa-nul trees lo tngers ail of ihem being r gayest their welcome tli i.f .__.-::! advancing and _. us by lhe band and addressing perfectly good english we were by their quiet and dec ■1 . as soon as u e had ce with them all we ._•!. gentlj winding paths to •-. v here ihe court - mds as there were disagreements about wished to be brought ! n nt \\ oolridge commander i very speedily dispos ' iheir ha \ ing ,- . inced the investigation or after je feeling ol discontent or church is a neai build with a pulpit and us d as well for a court lurch mr nopps iiie school fis the va i ions offices \\ e the old gun belonging to the il bad been under water for irs and winch w.-.s now lying t-l ouse v . e visited old - iiouse and grave the last of which : in t beautilul spot next to bis stid kepi in i rim order at about and visiting one or bitants v im were not well hum bad wounded himself with ig goals a short i but was doing returned r v hich bad i lor us at m '.',"•- house .', i ! i : k \ ams ami s eet h iimlv on lhe island lake i strangers when i ace pi a :,\ i eward illy vegetables of every kind and h or fish ; but there is latter as tin fish ■■nd wafer verj deep tfl nd are go s whirl i til i low is tln-ir houses i cleanliness and good s • ll person has his plot of ■■leir form of gov [ 1 hey eleel a magis mon lis upon which • in above eighteen is ind if married liefore m ved a vote in con igisti ite ihen chooses i ihe n m inder < f the another who acts as jh hich is indeed l tie • i no place in the world i unammity aud good i in this bappv island phe l mts is 134 but the j many more and ihey the island itself is and a hall in circumfer id will nl - ite that though rs touch there yet in no in ■• impropriety been comiiiit whal is mostly american . lhe year 1846 they ■' talk of adams wilh lhe ■and seemed to have a the crime that their an h in mutinying they h et ionafe loyal way • an i appeared exceed i ii english — but coin ley were so neglected the ' ' n ihe first man-of-war m ~ d them formore than three y however were quite satis h it the exigencies of the prevented iheir being en they begged earnestly nfl , : v a man-ol war as often as j '"' pared from olher duties adams remarked they h 0l plain as lhe government ui - v heen kinder to them than " , * - before our leaving the '";• after us with little presents mm such as locks of hair j^m '■'• ami other little curiosities " rewarded in any way we ________________ m w meir names down as they ■i uf ng as pretty as the lair i selves—marian louisa era ■. ai nong the prettiest marian - a beautiful girl with quite f > ! of countenance and very '' - her likeness lo be taken a i patty their way of dres « odd if being rolled up in i jon at the back of the head i ii they do not wear the i '"• i simple consisting of on ■... ' some da>k color with i 7 petticoat of white stuff erch f tied loose round the m i the carolina watchman bru1er _ james ) t /•, p n • c " kntr a check fpon all tour ltdttors y proprieties } rvtxbs _ new series do thi . aw lleertt i . ft - ) l_l &___ ___...-.„. / number 20 of volume iv salisbury n c thursday september ig 1847 af last having loaded the cutler with eatabl.-s which was obliged to lie off on account of lhe increasing surf and it be ing nearly sunset we were obliged to fear ourselves very unwillingly from this en chanted island though all came round lo beg us not to ir but to stop one night — only one with them ; and finding they could not succeed accompanied us down fo lhe beach where we embarked in ca noes to take us off through the rollers to tin cutter they embraced us all most affectionately asking us to write and re member them to iheir friends in england particularly to capt hunt formerly of the basilisk whom ihey seemed to have a vivid recollection of the embarkation i the cutter was accomplished safely and we gave them three hearty cheers and accompanied by george adams and christian we got on board the spy and after iheir remaining a short time with us and being very much delighted with a couple of rockets that were fired thev bid us good bye when we filled and made sail for valparaiso from iln richmond southerner editorial correspondence baltimore august 25 1817 i . # * al about half past six o'clock in the evening i landed at the depot of the lau rel mills one mile from lhe town the view from the depot gave me it once a favorable impression both ol the town and the inhabitants giving my baggage to lhe omnibus driver i entered the beauti ful lane on foot leading to lhe mills on either side of the way stretched out clean fields with green luxuriant grass waving to the evening winds it was pleasant for me to behold it man's hand here i thought had worked no grievous wrong u hen i arrived at ihe town i found to my surprise no hotel they object to such an establishment on the ground that the de vil has no place of entertainment now and that when he comes he has to make a short stay of ir cap john capron bro ther of col horace capron under whose stipe i nie mienee this whole town is placed non provided for me a comfortable lent i had the good fortune of getting with a kind hearted old widow lady and tlid not we hive nice and proper talks toge ther ! a good many ol the female opera lives stopped at i his house to whom the old lady aud myself gave lectures when we got iu the spirit of it if the girls will obe her she will bring them right straight up alter taking a good sleep for the flight i went as soon as i had breakfast to lhe machine shop — one of the largest and best in tbe whole union the machinery made here is equal if not superior to any ibmg ofthe kind produced in either eu rope or america i do hope that the peo ple ofthe south will nobly sustain this es tablishment and give it preference over northern ones li is their duty to do so i hope that they will visit it and the other wonders which this thriving and industri ous village possesses whenever you pass along this road halt at the lturel and see what the hand of industry has done this massive building is construc ted of rock hewed our of the hills on which this glorious linle town sits majestically aloft the observed ofall observers the workmen are composed of an able moral and intelligent class when one of them so far forgets himself as to be found reel ing this way to that way like joshua tubaccoway he has to pitch his tent in some other dis trict the largest cotton mill and the first es tablishment erected here is situated at lhe extreme upper end of the town item ploys some three bundled hands is six stories high and perhaps two bundled feet long it is under the superintendence ol mr gary who is a practical man and ve ry much of a gentleman a i the sub managers are men of intelligence and good manners the girls all seem to be happy contented and industrious many of them make from twenty-five to twenty seven dollars per month the goods made at this mill as well as the new one at lhe lower end of the town have already an excellent reputation for strength finish and durability and are readily sold as fast as they are prepared lor market i have not the time nor i.s it necessary to enter into details about either ot ihese establish ments the new mill is under the con trol of dr snowden and the machine shop is managed by mr s.~p heath — below i give a statement prepared forme by mr b h dorsey the courteous and intelligent book-keeper of the laurel company : laurel factory prince george's county maryland amount paid for cotton iron lumber anicles incidental to manufactnring including purchases made by store as also transportation and haul ing fcc 301,000 amount paid annually for la bor in cotton and iron de partments as also for labor iii and about the farm inclu ding amounts paid for a gents treasurer and clerks 1 12,000 total 8113,000 amount received annually for cloth and machinery sold sales marie by store as also products of farming opera tions 8407.400 t\te number of operatives in and about the works including agents treasurer and clerks as also laborers in and about the village and farm is 501 ; which may be classed as follows : 181 men 90 boys and 286 girls th^re is a merchant's mill also here which is not included in the above table this mill runs three pairs of stones em ploys six men will make 75 barrels of flour per day and work up 97.000 bushels of wheat year it is managed by mr j w embler the amount of money which these mills and establishments are circu lating is truly astonishing perhaps there nt'ver was a neighborhood so completely overhauled and regenerated both as to people and soil as has been this place and for miles around by the creator of these factories the farm under the manage ment of col capron is the finest speci men of wise provident and useful farm ing i have ever seen it was one of the worst managed and most barren and worn out pieces of land in the state these factories and the industry they induce have waked up the whole neighborhood tell me that the mechanic and manufac turing arts have no indulgence on the ag ricultural interests why the people in this town was established were living in pen ury and want — in ignorance and wretch edness now they have improved their farms and established schools the far mers sell in ihis town marketing alone to the value of live thousand dollars per year besides hay corn oats wheat meats szc the town now has a population of 2.000 with three schools 1 trust that many people of the south wiihout fail will make a visit to this place they will see what their eyes have never before beheld i noticed one tiling here which was truly gratifying some liitle girls seven or eight years old neatly dressed with cheerful spirits who make for their widowed mothers two and three dollars a week one half more than iheir family's necessary weekly expenses cod bless the man who can furnish lhe means of support to the aged and infirm and god bless lhe children whose hearts are true to a mother's wants how ma ny children are there in the south who for the want of such means are poor and bowed down ? one-half of the girls at these factories are from virginia j m c from hunt's merchants magazine montgomery s newly-invented steam boiler — we are indebted to the patentee for a copy of letters and certicficates ap proving lhe newly-invented steam-boiler patented by james montgomery of mem phis tennessee the advantages which mr m expects to realize by his improve ments are as follows 1 the reducing the quantity and consequently the weight of water used in the boiler 2 preven tion of explosion 3 the saving of at least one-third of the fuel 1 the saving of one-half the space usually occupied by the best class of locomotives the advan tage to sea steamers resulting from the two last improvements will be readily un derstood and estimated by engineers and all persons who bave turned their atten tion to the subject the testimony of pro lessor james ren wick of columbia col lege \\ illiam burden steam-engine man ufacturer of brooklyn i k collins and others is given in its favor professor renwick does not hesitate to express the opinion thai this boiler " if properly set and guarded from any tampering must completely counteract the danger with which the use of steam is now liable - and in addition it promises from the manner ol its action to render the duration of our boilers almost indefinite mr burden says " it will make more steam with less fuel than any other boiler now in use a north carolina novel we learn that a young gentleman of fine talents a native son of the old north has now in the process oi publication by the messrs harper of new york a new nov el called " alamance the scene of which is laid in north carolina the manu script we learn has been examined and highly approved by some ofthe best crit ics in america amongst others rufus w griswold author of poets and poe try of america 6_c c states in wri ting that " alamance is an original book ! with indigenous scenes and characters described with spirit and felicity i have rarely continues mr g " seen such i a book from an american author and it j is obliged to be successful this is high '[ praise and induces us to believe that the work will produce quite a sensation and have a scccessful run we hope north carolinians will stand by their own au thors and by native talent and when the j book is out which will be in a few weeks ! that thev will one and all patronize it 1 j ral reg the position of our army in the field from the new vork express ,,. .- itarday the whole conduct of the administra tion in carrying on the present war has j been worthy ofthe imbecility with which j it was commenced the almost entirely j defenceless position in which at almost | critical periods the army has been left for lack of proper supplies and necessary re inforcements ; the neceessity fo which they have almost all the time been reduced to fight as bravely and as victoriously as they have against odds more appalling than : those of numbers have formed the subject | of frequent remark within the past year 1 gen taylor's movements on the rio grande were thus hampered in the ear lier campaigns and he had to fight at once the enemy and his own government all the way from point isabel to monterey general scott at washington knew his men and had an opportunity ol seeing how incompetent ihey were to carry on and to carry out the project they had initiated n bile hearing them talk at governmental headquarters ofthe army's taking the field in force within a month or so he knew ihat such an army as was necessary for the purpose could not be raised and sup plied and had in camp r r mhnv monl & tor this he was snee.-ed at and denoun ced ; for this he was lampooned and cap icatured ; and yet when in pursuance o his declared determination he chose to remain at ihe post of duty as commander in-chief of the army rather than expose himself and the cause of his country to a " lire in the rear r as well as to fire in front how long was it ere the adminis tration were palpably self-rebuked in fin ding themselves obliged to seek his indis pensable assistance in devising the proper ways and means ol carrying on the war i nviih the utter incapacity they had man aged to exhibit thus early in the cam paign what had gen scott al mr folk's first suggestion gone to the head of the army could ihey have done towards aid ing him in any way or enabling him to take the field with effect ? nothing what ever follow general taylor up to the day ol buena n ista and what was his progress but a continual march against impending risks and dangers all arising from the lack of proper reinforcement and supply ' and what is his present situation — the situa tion he int been lefl to occupy for months ? due of enforced inertness the result of a criminal improvidence on the part of the government tbat should have been unfail ing in tlieir efforts to keep him reinforced tin part of lhe country in which he is sta tioned is full of guerrillas and every movement he can make to join gen scott before mexico thereby rendered full of difficulty and danger ; while in such an event the possibility of leaving the sub dued country in salety from recapture isa matter of doub if not absurdity so with gen scott in his march upon the capital where are his reinforce ments '. where is that increase ot his strength which should render his advance a matter of confidence if not certainty to him ? though some of the preceding incidents of the campaign may well be taken to have proved the ability of our soldiers to meet and to conquer armies of superior numbers yet it is not a good rule lo go by very well as it is once in a way ; and it is too much to ask of our gen erals or our men to throw themselves in the proportion of one to four before an en emy's walled and well-fortified capital in the lieart of that enemy's country without the hope of reinforcements or support from the government whose battles they are fighting it were idle to say that the administra tion are not responsible for all this it is iheir war and they made it ; and having got the country into it it wastheirbusiness and is to carry it on and to carry it out by every means in their power : and they have not done it the job was one robe performed in a very different mode from ihat wbieh they undertook as the basis of iheir action instead of dribbling at in tervals a handful at a time of men along the frontiers of the nation to be subdued and leaving them with precarioussupplies and pushing them unsupported gradually further into the lieart ofthe country until their position became of necessity insula ted aud inactive ; instead of keeping them apart anil disenabled from co-oporafmg in event of an exigency ; and instead ot frittering away the time with questiona ble intrigues and idle propositions through incompetent negotiators for a cessation of hostilities the true way wastoconcen trate all the energies of lhe government upon one grand massive endeavor and to accomplish its object in the only mode by which such results have ever been accom plished it has lately been said by a keen ; critic while reviewing montholon's book on bonaparte's captivity at st helena that napolean's great successes during the most brilliant of his campaigns on the continent arose from his never dividing his army but keeping it in force and mo ving down upon the enemy with all his available strength ; and it is note wort hy that it was only when be changed his tac tics in this particular ihat he failed so in more than one instance enough to allude to waterloo where but lor the tri partite division of his army with himself i at one point grouchy at another and ney : at the third the utter defeat of his arms and the dimming of his dazzling star for ever were the consequences of his fatal eiror from gen scott's army the sclir mississippi ha arrived al new or leans having sailed born vera cruz on the evening of tbe 21st the correspondent of ibe picayune writing from vera cruz on lhe evening of llie j 1 t stales on what he considers ihe best author uy ihat ihe vanguard of gen scott's array was at ayutta on ihe 1 th and up to thai dale he had not fired a gun the news reached vera c.iiz by a gentleman who left avotta on lhe 13th coming down bv the way of orizaba ayolta is 21 miles from lhe city of mexico be ing *__ mile beyond the pass ol uj p r j 0 the expedition composed of ihree compa nies the command uf capi wells which left \ era cruz about die ] ih to reinforce major laily returned mi lhe 1 tih they r i peeled 10 overtake major lally at ihe national bridge but he had gone on : and by subsequent advi ces at vera cruz it was known that he had carried up his train in safely beyond jalapa the command of capt wells were compell ed to fight iheir way lo the bridge ; and ihey made lhe atlehipt to pass it hut found all lhe heights occupied by the guerrillas who opened a heavy fire upon ihem killing nearly all the mules and forcing lhe whole party lo i-iire leaving all iheir wagons but one in the pa-ses sion the enemy tbe baggage of the officers vp*l knapsacks ofthe men wbich were iu wag a?s fell into ihe hands of the mexicans and bllle else belles lhe mail was saved the americans hud _ ix kiued aod , vv or , hree pounded in ihis affair and several have since ined from fatigue and exposure a|>out b miles this side of the bridae capt wells on bis advance detached 12 dra-.m.ns accompanied by dr coper wilh directions •" proceed cautiously and if they found il pru dent to reporl t.i maj lally bul if ihey en countered any obstacle lo return and report ihe lact at one nothing lias since been heard oflhem and ii is supposed ihey have fallen in to the hands of lhe mexican capt \\ i*lls had five successive ena-ao-emenfs with ihe enemy before the tinal affair at the bridge in this ibe mexicans had one piece of artillery engaged from which ihey fired grape maj laily is said to hue hud a sharp skir mish at cerro gordo and expected anotbei brush at la hoya th latesl leilers to ihe picayune however say there is no doubt of the safely oflhe train capt bast-con's company had not been heard of at vera cruz for ;. fortnight it was oul on a scoul at ih lime maj lally sent for rein forcements and it i nol known whether it fell in with ih train and continued up wilh it or has been captured by th mexicans li was rumored at vera cruz that general scotl had met lhe enemy and repulsed idem af ter a sharp engagement in which he lust boo men ; but the picayune's correspoedenl says ihere is no it ut h whatever iu lhe rumor " dm jura inn of gh sts — the cincinnati chronicle quotes the following from the wash ingtou union : it is a fearful responsibility which senator corvvin and the national intelligencer with iheir accomplices have assumed vve could almost imagine ihat lhe ghosts of the gallant dead of iheir own countrymen kindred and parly as well as hosts of slaughtered mexicans who rush on to death stimulated by iheir ar guments and promises should haunt iheirnight ly visions the chronicle thinks it a hard case if in irs papers are to be haunted by lbe ghosts of lhe slain '• what a long list of the killed by new papers the lain l.y terrible accidents and lhe murdered english will iise before us "* but adds the chronicle the union is thoughtless 11 does not surely reflect upon lhe awful vision its imaginative powers drew at midnight hour around lhe bed of president l'.>!k ! whal a crowd ofthe dead on iln rio grande — at c'er ro gordo — on bueua \ isla height would sur round his bed and with awful voices ask who admitted saxta a xx a ?" tiie mexican feeling at puebla a private letter dated at puebla mexico on lhe 5ih ultimo and published in the new york courier and enquirer savs : " our protracted stay at this place has been dull the feelings entertained towards us by lhe inhabiibanls are such ihal as soon as anv one is seen iu our society placards tire posted at their louts with threats ot murder ind 1 think no one has been known to make open visits lo any of the families but that the same found themselves obliged to quit lhe town the la dies will how themselves on iheir balconies but the sight of an officer is almost sufficient to drive them into lhe interior of their houses — o.i sunda - the whole town goes lo church and ihere spend ver hours gazing from their window at lhe passers and end the day ihe higher classes by riding around and alameda a public garden ihe ladies in heavy antiquated coaches drawn by black mules and the gentle men on their ponies return of gen kearny a telegraph despatch from cincinnati slates that gen kearny late governor of california arrived at st louis on wednesday last he left california on the 18th of june at which time every thing was quiet col mason was left in command a large fleet was off the coast consisting of the co lumbiis com biddle lhe frigate cemaress sloops portsmouth dale and warren and store ships lexington and erie col fremont being under arrest and or dered home f..r irial left california wiih hi partv about the same lime ihal gen kearin did and was but a short distance in his real during lhe entire journey he reached f"rt leavenworth before lhe general's departure for st louis nothing has yet irsnspired as lo the specific nature of the charges against col fremont mr benton and the administra tion there can be little doubt thai mr beaton feels disposed lo give the adnun-lratio a broadside rathe senate next \\ ,,.* * r . || e is siid lo have recently written a fetter i the mar department i which he imperiously de m.njed the silling of a conrt martial up .., he ca*e of his son in-law lieut col fiera nt it is slated thai ll_e comn__t.iea was so vio lent ihat it mused the .-**.• . ., a bigh pj oi excitement and caused him lo lechure ihat he would resign if lhe presi | w bm to the mi irian's di i in further pr«*of of the wanl >■' good feeling ii ihe pari of mr benton lowar - the power at washington we quote the assert ioa ofthe loo journal ihat a short time since at a town in ;| lp i„;e r i.ir ot kentucky i _..' into a cooversai ioa upon lhe subjeci is ihe mexican war and became immensely excited perfectly infuriated ii .. 1i j tusa alj opportunity had been passed by of making an ad ventageou and h.m table peace and ,, ia . j u > could show th lad and would show ,,. \*- for the whole man agement of iiie war he averedthal i had been utterly disgraceful 11 stated ihal he should g.i to washington aad .-:. _. ,.,.}, lim , the subject oniy one and ihal it would be the greatest speech of hi life an i be m s willing that il should be lhe last in speaking of ihe administration his language barely ii at all fell short of downright cursing his wrathful declamation lasted a full hour it all this be true — and we see no reason to doubt its correctness — mr polk and his satel iites have ere this time begun to ■*• shake in their shoes fir they well know how terrible lhe missouri senator is in his wrath and bow completely he holds it iu his power lo give them a castration at once richly deserved and terri bly severe knorri/le reg benton and calhoun the following resolutions unanimously adopt ed at a large and enthusiastic meeting ul tbe citizens of madison county florida doubtless reflect lhe sentiments of the rasl majority of lhe southern people there ran lie uo excuse for the recreancy of col benton and we are much mistaken if he has not an irrecoverable tail from his hi^h political position with re gard to the resolution referring lo lhe public services of mr calhoun it will meet the hear ty approval of southern men rrsolred that we recognize in col ben ion i . s senator from missouri a traitor lo lhe south a deserter from her standard a vic tim to the slavish passion of envy and haired which he cherished for her most distinguished and honored son and an unscrupulous intrigu ant tor the executive chair in 1 1 and a states man of eminent abilities abandoned lo the vilest passions of nature rt solced " that we recognize in john c calhoun the able statesman ihe honest patriot and faithful defender of southern rights ; and that the south is laid under increased obliga tion to him for tbe noble stand which he has taken iu her defence lor which we hereby ren der him wilh homage of our gratitude and love ( inin',1 n journal our locofoco friends lell us that lhe mexi can people believe the wbigs at opposed to the war and this encourages ihem to hold out and pr.stract the war ! and pray who ma ii ih 1 1 " believe there was a part in ihis country favorable lo them ? not 1 1 \\ hb's certainly every whig press in ihe uuioa bas denied it who told ihem that then was a patty in ihis country " traitors : i •• mexicans in heart .'" the locofocos ! who told them tint ihere was a parly in ihis country of 4 * mex ican \\ higs and " mexican cons ders ?" the loco .(-,.- ! who fold them that lbe ministers of lhe gospel in ihis country were enemies of iheir couniry and ■• tories in heart ?'" the locofocos ! who lold ihem ihal the majority of iln i nitcd slali . senate were traitors and " mexicans opposing the cause of their coun try ! the washington ** i nion the org.n of president polk ! surely if these things have given lhe " aid and comfort the whigs are not to blame it the mexicans do believe thai ihere is a patty in this co intrj favorable lo their cause such an impression has never been made by lhe whig pre washington pa rcproter important aboldon morement — letters re ceived at new _ oik by the caledonia from un questionable sources announce that on the 2*_th ol july lasl lhe kin uf denmark issued a de cree declaring that all persons who should ih leafier be born in his dominions should be born free and that all persons in servitude in his dominions on tb 28 h of july last and remaining so on the j.th of july 1-...i shall ihen be absolutely free without compensation lo the owners in the negotiation wilh the colonists which preceded lhe issuing of thi decree be offered ihem the alternative of three years wilh a com pensation uf 5g0 per head for each lave or twelve years without anv compensation and they chose the latter denmaik has three m 1 islands in lbe west indies viz st croix st thomas and st john st croix contain about 30,000 slaves st thomas and st john perhaps 5,000 more journal of ( ommt rce thatspring we wish the good people to understand that '< there is no joke about lbe existence of a min ■eral spring iwo and a balfn . es north of this place on the lands ofthe 1 dennj the water look remarkably clear and pure and comes up freely an 1 copiously enough front a bed of rock an 1 possesses unq lestionably mineral qualities wbich are al once indicated to lhe taste and siik-1 il has been for a year j or two resorted to by many persons in its neigh borhood wbo speak favorably of lbe healthy effects of the waler upon lbe system the most copious draughts aie taken into the torn ach and no evil effects experienced from the . indulgence bul the reverse it maj he reroar ked that the loca il oflhe spring bears close similarity to ll f other and celebrated sul phur springs which we have seen we are seriously inclined to ■•' " ■•■" i werp a rreeabl impr ved and made a point of frequent resort from the town a ading country during ihe •■■■■• - - - ' neficiii re its would follow it is not in ■■■-■<>- ough to twisl a nun ""-- ' • •'■■• ■- ' " ' ! l " mous iron gray 1 t petersburg : bul many an ailingchild fmorlalit mighl go fiiriher an 1 fare worse than lo stop an '.■• 1 1 "'-''' thisspring at all events il 1 worthy a tol ler and fairer trial greensborough patriot
Object Description
Title | Carolina Watchman |
Masthead | The Carolina Watchman |
Date | 1847-09-16 |
Month | 09 |
Day | 16 |
Year | 1847 |
Volume | 4 |
Issue | 20 |
Technical Metadata | Image was scanned by OCLC at the Preservation Service Center in Bethlehem, PA. Archivial image is an 8-bit greyscale tiff that was scanned from microfilm at 400 dpi. The original file size was |
Creator | Bruner and James "Editors and Proprietors" |
Date Digital | 2008-10-30 |
Publisher | Bruner and James |
Place | United States, North Carolina, Rowan County, Salisbury |
Type | Text |
Source | Microfilm |
Digital Format | JP2 |
Project Subject | State Archives of North Carolina Historic Newspaper Archive |
Description | The Thursday, September 16, 1847 issue of the Carolina Watchman a weekly and semi weekly newspaper from Salisbury, North Carolina, this issue has a small amount of damage to page three |
Rights | Public |
Language | eng |
OCLC number | 601552913 |
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Title | Carolina Watchman |
Masthead | The Carolina Watchman |
Date | 1847-09-16 |
Month | 09 |
Day | 16 |
Year | 1847 |
Volume | 4 |
Issue | 20 |
Sequence | 1 |
Page | 1 |
Technical Metadata | Image was scanned by OCLC at the Preservation Service Center in Bethlehem, PA. Archivial image is an 8-bit greyscale tiff that was scanned from microfilm at 400 dpi. The original file size was 4916026 Bytes |
FileName | sacw04_020_18470916-img00001.jp2 |
Creator | Bruner and James "Editors and Proprietors" |
Date Digital | 2008-10-30 |
Publisher | Bruner and James |
Place | United States, North Carolina, Rowan County, Salisbury |
Type | Text |
Source | Microfilm |
Digital Format | JP2 |
Project Subject | State Archives of North Carolina Historic Newspaper Archive |
Description | The Thursday, September 16, 1847 issue of the Carolina Watchman a weekly and semi weekly newspaper from Salisbury, North Carolina |
Rights | Public |
Language | eng |
FullText | ,«-,.,-! j of j s e watchman targed | « 1 for the first and ss-ct ■.. i ■i ■.. . majesty's brig spy arrived off il-'is , 2<_th of february about fen : ning and was boa rded . \ jams and some more natives she . nv e tr i . eorr^e adams the celebrated jobn adam i of the colony nn ent ashore in by g rge ad ims land mall sandy beach wi:h and in ti least breeze im w ,- were met on lhe lieach ■es \\ ho cordially wel - to pilcairn's island and how .-,. tt.ir to tin market-place up a ..-■d path winding along lhe jli a beautiful variety of ropical flowers and shrub hen we arri ved tt the sum : cturesque in the extreme the the natives men women and headed by mr nopps the school id assembled in a place of about ere square carpeted u it!i thick s md canopied overhead by the -. .. ies ni ro oa-nul trees lo tngers ail of ihem being r gayest their welcome tli i.f .__.-::! advancing and _. us by lhe band and addressing perfectly good english we were by their quiet and dec ■1 . as soon as u e had ce with them all we ._•!. gentlj winding paths to •-. v here ihe court - mds as there were disagreements about wished to be brought ! n nt \\ oolridge commander i very speedily dispos ' iheir ha \ ing ,- . inced the investigation or after je feeling ol discontent or church is a neai build with a pulpit and us d as well for a court lurch mr nopps iiie school fis the va i ions offices \\ e the old gun belonging to the il bad been under water for irs and winch w.-.s now lying t-l ouse v . e visited old - iiouse and grave the last of which : in t beautilul spot next to bis stid kepi in i rim order at about and visiting one or bitants v im were not well hum bad wounded himself with ig goals a short i but was doing returned r v hich bad i lor us at m '.',"•- house .', i ! i : k \ ams ami s eet h iimlv on lhe island lake i strangers when i ace pi a :,\ i eward illy vegetables of every kind and h or fish ; but there is latter as tin fish ■■nd wafer verj deep tfl nd are go s whirl i til i low is tln-ir houses i cleanliness and good s • ll person has his plot of ■■leir form of gov [ 1 hey eleel a magis mon lis upon which • in above eighteen is ind if married liefore m ved a vote in con igisti ite ihen chooses i ihe n m inder < f the another who acts as jh hich is indeed l tie • i no place in the world i unammity aud good i in this bappv island phe l mts is 134 but the j many more and ihey the island itself is and a hall in circumfer id will nl - ite that though rs touch there yet in no in ■• impropriety been comiiiit whal is mostly american . lhe year 1846 they ■' talk of adams wilh lhe ■and seemed to have a the crime that their an h in mutinying they h et ionafe loyal way • an i appeared exceed i ii english — but coin ley were so neglected the ' ' n ihe first man-of-war m ~ d them formore than three y however were quite satis h it the exigencies of the prevented iheir being en they begged earnestly nfl , : v a man-ol war as often as j '"' pared from olher duties adams remarked they h 0l plain as lhe government ui - v heen kinder to them than " , * - before our leaving the '";• after us with little presents mm such as locks of hair j^m '■'• ami other little curiosities " rewarded in any way we ________________ m w meir names down as they ■i uf ng as pretty as the lair i selves—marian louisa era ■. ai nong the prettiest marian - a beautiful girl with quite f > ! of countenance and very '' - her likeness lo be taken a i patty their way of dres « odd if being rolled up in i jon at the back of the head i ii they do not wear the i '"• i simple consisting of on ■... ' some da>k color with i 7 petticoat of white stuff erch f tied loose round the m i the carolina watchman bru1er _ james ) t /•, p n • c " kntr a check fpon all tour ltdttors y proprieties } rvtxbs _ new series do thi . aw lleertt i . ft - ) l_l &___ ___...-.„. / number 20 of volume iv salisbury n c thursday september ig 1847 af last having loaded the cutler with eatabl.-s which was obliged to lie off on account of lhe increasing surf and it be ing nearly sunset we were obliged to fear ourselves very unwillingly from this en chanted island though all came round lo beg us not to ir but to stop one night — only one with them ; and finding they could not succeed accompanied us down fo lhe beach where we embarked in ca noes to take us off through the rollers to tin cutter they embraced us all most affectionately asking us to write and re member them to iheir friends in england particularly to capt hunt formerly of the basilisk whom ihey seemed to have a vivid recollection of the embarkation i the cutter was accomplished safely and we gave them three hearty cheers and accompanied by george adams and christian we got on board the spy and after iheir remaining a short time with us and being very much delighted with a couple of rockets that were fired thev bid us good bye when we filled and made sail for valparaiso from iln richmond southerner editorial correspondence baltimore august 25 1817 i . # * al about half past six o'clock in the evening i landed at the depot of the lau rel mills one mile from lhe town the view from the depot gave me it once a favorable impression both ol the town and the inhabitants giving my baggage to lhe omnibus driver i entered the beauti ful lane on foot leading to lhe mills on either side of the way stretched out clean fields with green luxuriant grass waving to the evening winds it was pleasant for me to behold it man's hand here i thought had worked no grievous wrong u hen i arrived at ihe town i found to my surprise no hotel they object to such an establishment on the ground that the de vil has no place of entertainment now and that when he comes he has to make a short stay of ir cap john capron bro ther of col horace capron under whose stipe i nie mienee this whole town is placed non provided for me a comfortable lent i had the good fortune of getting with a kind hearted old widow lady and tlid not we hive nice and proper talks toge ther ! a good many ol the female opera lives stopped at i his house to whom the old lady aud myself gave lectures when we got iu the spirit of it if the girls will obe her she will bring them right straight up alter taking a good sleep for the flight i went as soon as i had breakfast to lhe machine shop — one of the largest and best in tbe whole union the machinery made here is equal if not superior to any ibmg ofthe kind produced in either eu rope or america i do hope that the peo ple ofthe south will nobly sustain this es tablishment and give it preference over northern ones li is their duty to do so i hope that they will visit it and the other wonders which this thriving and industri ous village possesses whenever you pass along this road halt at the lturel and see what the hand of industry has done this massive building is construc ted of rock hewed our of the hills on which this glorious linle town sits majestically aloft the observed ofall observers the workmen are composed of an able moral and intelligent class when one of them so far forgets himself as to be found reel ing this way to that way like joshua tubaccoway he has to pitch his tent in some other dis trict the largest cotton mill and the first es tablishment erected here is situated at lhe extreme upper end of the town item ploys some three bundled hands is six stories high and perhaps two bundled feet long it is under the superintendence ol mr gary who is a practical man and ve ry much of a gentleman a i the sub managers are men of intelligence and good manners the girls all seem to be happy contented and industrious many of them make from twenty-five to twenty seven dollars per month the goods made at this mill as well as the new one at lhe lower end of the town have already an excellent reputation for strength finish and durability and are readily sold as fast as they are prepared lor market i have not the time nor i.s it necessary to enter into details about either ot ihese establish ments the new mill is under the con trol of dr snowden and the machine shop is managed by mr s.~p heath — below i give a statement prepared forme by mr b h dorsey the courteous and intelligent book-keeper of the laurel company : laurel factory prince george's county maryland amount paid for cotton iron lumber anicles incidental to manufactnring including purchases made by store as also transportation and haul ing fcc 301,000 amount paid annually for la bor in cotton and iron de partments as also for labor iii and about the farm inclu ding amounts paid for a gents treasurer and clerks 1 12,000 total 8113,000 amount received annually for cloth and machinery sold sales marie by store as also products of farming opera tions 8407.400 t\te number of operatives in and about the works including agents treasurer and clerks as also laborers in and about the village and farm is 501 ; which may be classed as follows : 181 men 90 boys and 286 girls th^re is a merchant's mill also here which is not included in the above table this mill runs three pairs of stones em ploys six men will make 75 barrels of flour per day and work up 97.000 bushels of wheat year it is managed by mr j w embler the amount of money which these mills and establishments are circu lating is truly astonishing perhaps there nt'ver was a neighborhood so completely overhauled and regenerated both as to people and soil as has been this place and for miles around by the creator of these factories the farm under the manage ment of col capron is the finest speci men of wise provident and useful farm ing i have ever seen it was one of the worst managed and most barren and worn out pieces of land in the state these factories and the industry they induce have waked up the whole neighborhood tell me that the mechanic and manufac turing arts have no indulgence on the ag ricultural interests why the people in this town was established were living in pen ury and want — in ignorance and wretch edness now they have improved their farms and established schools the far mers sell in ihis town marketing alone to the value of live thousand dollars per year besides hay corn oats wheat meats szc the town now has a population of 2.000 with three schools 1 trust that many people of the south wiihout fail will make a visit to this place they will see what their eyes have never before beheld i noticed one tiling here which was truly gratifying some liitle girls seven or eight years old neatly dressed with cheerful spirits who make for their widowed mothers two and three dollars a week one half more than iheir family's necessary weekly expenses cod bless the man who can furnish lhe means of support to the aged and infirm and god bless lhe children whose hearts are true to a mother's wants how ma ny children are there in the south who for the want of such means are poor and bowed down ? one-half of the girls at these factories are from virginia j m c from hunt's merchants magazine montgomery s newly-invented steam boiler — we are indebted to the patentee for a copy of letters and certicficates ap proving lhe newly-invented steam-boiler patented by james montgomery of mem phis tennessee the advantages which mr m expects to realize by his improve ments are as follows 1 the reducing the quantity and consequently the weight of water used in the boiler 2 preven tion of explosion 3 the saving of at least one-third of the fuel 1 the saving of one-half the space usually occupied by the best class of locomotives the advan tage to sea steamers resulting from the two last improvements will be readily un derstood and estimated by engineers and all persons who bave turned their atten tion to the subject the testimony of pro lessor james ren wick of columbia col lege \\ illiam burden steam-engine man ufacturer of brooklyn i k collins and others is given in its favor professor renwick does not hesitate to express the opinion thai this boiler " if properly set and guarded from any tampering must completely counteract the danger with which the use of steam is now liable - and in addition it promises from the manner ol its action to render the duration of our boilers almost indefinite mr burden says " it will make more steam with less fuel than any other boiler now in use a north carolina novel we learn that a young gentleman of fine talents a native son of the old north has now in the process oi publication by the messrs harper of new york a new nov el called " alamance the scene of which is laid in north carolina the manu script we learn has been examined and highly approved by some ofthe best crit ics in america amongst others rufus w griswold author of poets and poe try of america 6_c c states in wri ting that " alamance is an original book ! with indigenous scenes and characters described with spirit and felicity i have rarely continues mr g " seen such i a book from an american author and it j is obliged to be successful this is high '[ praise and induces us to believe that the work will produce quite a sensation and have a scccessful run we hope north carolinians will stand by their own au thors and by native talent and when the j book is out which will be in a few weeks ! that thev will one and all patronize it 1 j ral reg the position of our army in the field from the new vork express ,,. .- itarday the whole conduct of the administra tion in carrying on the present war has j been worthy ofthe imbecility with which j it was commenced the almost entirely j defenceless position in which at almost | critical periods the army has been left for lack of proper supplies and necessary re inforcements ; the neceessity fo which they have almost all the time been reduced to fight as bravely and as victoriously as they have against odds more appalling than : those of numbers have formed the subject | of frequent remark within the past year 1 gen taylor's movements on the rio grande were thus hampered in the ear lier campaigns and he had to fight at once the enemy and his own government all the way from point isabel to monterey general scott at washington knew his men and had an opportunity ol seeing how incompetent ihey were to carry on and to carry out the project they had initiated n bile hearing them talk at governmental headquarters ofthe army's taking the field in force within a month or so he knew ihat such an army as was necessary for the purpose could not be raised and sup plied and had in camp r r mhnv monl & tor this he was snee.-ed at and denoun ced ; for this he was lampooned and cap icatured ; and yet when in pursuance o his declared determination he chose to remain at ihe post of duty as commander in-chief of the army rather than expose himself and the cause of his country to a " lire in the rear r as well as to fire in front how long was it ere the adminis tration were palpably self-rebuked in fin ding themselves obliged to seek his indis pensable assistance in devising the proper ways and means ol carrying on the war i nviih the utter incapacity they had man aged to exhibit thus early in the cam paign what had gen scott al mr folk's first suggestion gone to the head of the army could ihey have done towards aid ing him in any way or enabling him to take the field with effect ? nothing what ever follow general taylor up to the day ol buena n ista and what was his progress but a continual march against impending risks and dangers all arising from the lack of proper reinforcement and supply ' and what is his present situation — the situa tion he int been lefl to occupy for months ? due of enforced inertness the result of a criminal improvidence on the part of the government tbat should have been unfail ing in tlieir efforts to keep him reinforced tin part of lhe country in which he is sta tioned is full of guerrillas and every movement he can make to join gen scott before mexico thereby rendered full of difficulty and danger ; while in such an event the possibility of leaving the sub dued country in salety from recapture isa matter of doub if not absurdity so with gen scott in his march upon the capital where are his reinforce ments '. where is that increase ot his strength which should render his advance a matter of confidence if not certainty to him ? though some of the preceding incidents of the campaign may well be taken to have proved the ability of our soldiers to meet and to conquer armies of superior numbers yet it is not a good rule lo go by very well as it is once in a way ; and it is too much to ask of our gen erals or our men to throw themselves in the proportion of one to four before an en emy's walled and well-fortified capital in the lieart of that enemy's country without the hope of reinforcements or support from the government whose battles they are fighting it were idle to say that the administra tion are not responsible for all this it is iheir war and they made it ; and having got the country into it it wastheirbusiness and is to carry it on and to carry it out by every means in their power : and they have not done it the job was one robe performed in a very different mode from ihat wbieh they undertook as the basis of iheir action instead of dribbling at in tervals a handful at a time of men along the frontiers of the nation to be subdued and leaving them with precarioussupplies and pushing them unsupported gradually further into the lieart ofthe country until their position became of necessity insula ted aud inactive ; instead of keeping them apart anil disenabled from co-oporafmg in event of an exigency ; and instead ot frittering away the time with questiona ble intrigues and idle propositions through incompetent negotiators for a cessation of hostilities the true way wastoconcen trate all the energies of lhe government upon one grand massive endeavor and to accomplish its object in the only mode by which such results have ever been accom plished it has lately been said by a keen ; critic while reviewing montholon's book on bonaparte's captivity at st helena that napolean's great successes during the most brilliant of his campaigns on the continent arose from his never dividing his army but keeping it in force and mo ving down upon the enemy with all his available strength ; and it is note wort hy that it was only when be changed his tac tics in this particular ihat he failed so in more than one instance enough to allude to waterloo where but lor the tri partite division of his army with himself i at one point grouchy at another and ney : at the third the utter defeat of his arms and the dimming of his dazzling star for ever were the consequences of his fatal eiror from gen scott's army the sclir mississippi ha arrived al new or leans having sailed born vera cruz on the evening of tbe 21st the correspondent of ibe picayune writing from vera cruz on lhe evening of llie j 1 t stales on what he considers ihe best author uy ihat ihe vanguard of gen scott's array was at ayutta on ihe 1 th and up to thai dale he had not fired a gun the news reached vera c.iiz by a gentleman who left avotta on lhe 13th coming down bv the way of orizaba ayolta is 21 miles from lhe city of mexico be ing *__ mile beyond the pass ol uj p r j 0 the expedition composed of ihree compa nies the command uf capi wells which left \ era cruz about die ] ih to reinforce major laily returned mi lhe 1 tih they r i peeled 10 overtake major lally at ihe national bridge but he had gone on : and by subsequent advi ces at vera cruz it was known that he had carried up his train in safely beyond jalapa the command of capt wells were compell ed to fight iheir way lo the bridge ; and ihey made lhe atlehipt to pass it hut found all lhe heights occupied by the guerrillas who opened a heavy fire upon ihem killing nearly all the mules and forcing lhe whole party lo i-iire leaving all iheir wagons but one in the pa-ses sion the enemy tbe baggage of the officers vp*l knapsacks ofthe men wbich were iu wag a?s fell into ihe hands of the mexicans and bllle else belles lhe mail was saved the americans hud _ ix kiued aod , vv or , hree pounded in ihis affair and several have since ined from fatigue and exposure a|>out b miles this side of the bridae capt wells on bis advance detached 12 dra-.m.ns accompanied by dr coper wilh directions •" proceed cautiously and if they found il pru dent to reporl t.i maj lally bul if ihey en countered any obstacle lo return and report ihe lact at one nothing lias since been heard oflhem and ii is supposed ihey have fallen in to the hands of lhe mexican capt \\ i*lls had five successive ena-ao-emenfs with ihe enemy before the tinal affair at the bridge in this ibe mexicans had one piece of artillery engaged from which ihey fired grape maj laily is said to hue hud a sharp skir mish at cerro gordo and expected anotbei brush at la hoya th latesl leilers to ihe picayune however say there is no doubt of the safely oflhe train capt bast-con's company had not been heard of at vera cruz for ;. fortnight it was oul on a scoul at ih lime maj lally sent for rein forcements and it i nol known whether it fell in with ih train and continued up wilh it or has been captured by th mexicans li was rumored at vera cruz that general scotl had met lhe enemy and repulsed idem af ter a sharp engagement in which he lust boo men ; but the picayune's correspoedenl says ihere is no it ut h whatever iu lhe rumor " dm jura inn of gh sts — the cincinnati chronicle quotes the following from the wash ingtou union : it is a fearful responsibility which senator corvvin and the national intelligencer with iheir accomplices have assumed vve could almost imagine ihat lhe ghosts of the gallant dead of iheir own countrymen kindred and parly as well as hosts of slaughtered mexicans who rush on to death stimulated by iheir ar guments and promises should haunt iheirnight ly visions the chronicle thinks it a hard case if in irs papers are to be haunted by lbe ghosts of lhe slain '• what a long list of the killed by new papers the lain l.y terrible accidents and lhe murdered english will iise before us "* but adds the chronicle the union is thoughtless 11 does not surely reflect upon lhe awful vision its imaginative powers drew at midnight hour around lhe bed of president l'.>!k ! whal a crowd ofthe dead on iln rio grande — at c'er ro gordo — on bueua \ isla height would sur round his bed and with awful voices ask who admitted saxta a xx a ?" tiie mexican feeling at puebla a private letter dated at puebla mexico on lhe 5ih ultimo and published in the new york courier and enquirer savs : " our protracted stay at this place has been dull the feelings entertained towards us by lhe inhabiibanls are such ihal as soon as anv one is seen iu our society placards tire posted at their louts with threats ot murder ind 1 think no one has been known to make open visits lo any of the families but that the same found themselves obliged to quit lhe town the la dies will how themselves on iheir balconies but the sight of an officer is almost sufficient to drive them into lhe interior of their houses — o.i sunda - the whole town goes lo church and ihere spend ver hours gazing from their window at lhe passers and end the day ihe higher classes by riding around and alameda a public garden ihe ladies in heavy antiquated coaches drawn by black mules and the gentle men on their ponies return of gen kearny a telegraph despatch from cincinnati slates that gen kearny late governor of california arrived at st louis on wednesday last he left california on the 18th of june at which time every thing was quiet col mason was left in command a large fleet was off the coast consisting of the co lumbiis com biddle lhe frigate cemaress sloops portsmouth dale and warren and store ships lexington and erie col fremont being under arrest and or dered home f..r irial left california wiih hi partv about the same lime ihal gen kearin did and was but a short distance in his real during lhe entire journey he reached f"rt leavenworth before lhe general's departure for st louis nothing has yet irsnspired as lo the specific nature of the charges against col fremont mr benton and the administra tion there can be little doubt thai mr beaton feels disposed lo give the adnun-lratio a broadside rathe senate next \\ ,,.* * r . || e is siid lo have recently written a fetter i the mar department i which he imperiously de m.njed the silling of a conrt martial up .., he ca*e of his son in-law lieut col fiera nt it is slated thai ll_e comn__t.iea was so vio lent ihat it mused the .-**.• . ., a bigh pj oi excitement and caused him lo lechure ihat he would resign if lhe presi | w bm to the mi irian's di i in further pr«*of of the wanl >■' good feeling ii ihe pari of mr benton lowar - the power at washington we quote the assert ioa ofthe loo journal ihat a short time since at a town in ;| lp i„;e r i.ir ot kentucky i _..' into a cooversai ioa upon lhe subjeci is ihe mexican war and became immensely excited perfectly infuriated ii .. 1i j tusa alj opportunity had been passed by of making an ad ventageou and h.m table peace and ,, ia . j u > could show th lad and would show ,,. \*- for the whole man agement of iiie war he averedthal i had been utterly disgraceful 11 stated ihal he should g.i to washington aad .-:. _. ,.,.}, lim , the subject oniy one and ihal it would be the greatest speech of hi life an i be m s willing that il should be lhe last in speaking of ihe administration his language barely ii at all fell short of downright cursing his wrathful declamation lasted a full hour it all this be true — and we see no reason to doubt its correctness — mr polk and his satel iites have ere this time begun to ■*• shake in their shoes fir they well know how terrible lhe missouri senator is in his wrath and bow completely he holds it iu his power lo give them a castration at once richly deserved and terri bly severe knorri/le reg benton and calhoun the following resolutions unanimously adopt ed at a large and enthusiastic meeting ul tbe citizens of madison county florida doubtless reflect lhe sentiments of the rasl majority of lhe southern people there ran lie uo excuse for the recreancy of col benton and we are much mistaken if he has not an irrecoverable tail from his hi^h political position with re gard to the resolution referring lo lhe public services of mr calhoun it will meet the hear ty approval of southern men rrsolred that we recognize in col ben ion i . s senator from missouri a traitor lo lhe south a deserter from her standard a vic tim to the slavish passion of envy and haired which he cherished for her most distinguished and honored son and an unscrupulous intrigu ant tor the executive chair in 1 1 and a states man of eminent abilities abandoned lo the vilest passions of nature rt solced " that we recognize in john c calhoun the able statesman ihe honest patriot and faithful defender of southern rights ; and that the south is laid under increased obliga tion to him for tbe noble stand which he has taken iu her defence lor which we hereby ren der him wilh homage of our gratitude and love ( inin',1 n journal our locofoco friends lell us that lhe mexi can people believe the wbigs at opposed to the war and this encourages ihem to hold out and pr.stract the war ! and pray who ma ii ih 1 1 " believe there was a part in ihis country favorable lo them ? not 1 1 \\ hb's certainly every whig press in ihe uuioa bas denied it who told ihem that then was a patty in ihis country " traitors : i •• mexicans in heart .'" the locofocos ! who told them tint ihere was a parly in ihis country of 4 * mex ican \\ higs and " mexican cons ders ?" the loco .(-,.- ! who fold them that lbe ministers of lhe gospel in ihis country were enemies of iheir couniry and ■• tories in heart ?'" the locofocos ! who lold ihem ihal the majority of iln i nitcd slali . senate were traitors and " mexicans opposing the cause of their coun try ! the washington ** i nion the org.n of president polk ! surely if these things have given lhe " aid and comfort the whigs are not to blame it the mexicans do believe thai ihere is a patty in this co intrj favorable lo their cause such an impression has never been made by lhe whig pre washington pa rcproter important aboldon morement — letters re ceived at new _ oik by the caledonia from un questionable sources announce that on the 2*_th ol july lasl lhe kin uf denmark issued a de cree declaring that all persons who should ih leafier be born in his dominions should be born free and that all persons in servitude in his dominions on tb 28 h of july last and remaining so on the j.th of july 1-...i shall ihen be absolutely free without compensation lo the owners in the negotiation wilh the colonists which preceded lhe issuing of thi decree be offered ihem the alternative of three years wilh a com pensation uf 5g0 per head for each lave or twelve years without anv compensation and they chose the latter denmaik has three m 1 islands in lbe west indies viz st croix st thomas and st john st croix contain about 30,000 slaves st thomas and st john perhaps 5,000 more journal of ( ommt rce thatspring we wish the good people to understand that '< there is no joke about lbe existence of a min ■eral spring iwo and a balfn . es north of this place on the lands ofthe 1 dennj the water look remarkably clear and pure and comes up freely an 1 copiously enough front a bed of rock an 1 possesses unq lestionably mineral qualities wbich are al once indicated to lhe taste and siik-1 il has been for a year j or two resorted to by many persons in its neigh borhood wbo speak favorably of lbe healthy effects of the waler upon lbe system the most copious draughts aie taken into the torn ach and no evil effects experienced from the . indulgence bul the reverse it maj he reroar ked that the loca il oflhe spring bears close similarity to ll f other and celebrated sul phur springs which we have seen we are seriously inclined to ■•' " ■•■" i werp a rreeabl impr ved and made a point of frequent resort from the town a ading country during ihe •■■■■• - - - ' neficiii re its would follow it is not in ■■■-■<>- ough to twisl a nun ""-- ' • •'■■• ■- ' " ' ! l " mous iron gray 1 t petersburg : bul many an ailingchild fmorlalit mighl go fiiriher an 1 fare worse than lo stop an '.■• 1 1 "'-''' thisspring at all events il 1 worthy a tol ler and fairer trial greensborough patriot |