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t«*!»i 0 »•*« wsiteli-iiaii lt - sabscription.per year two dollars payable in ■jvati ••. hut it not paid in advance two dollars ■and fifty ets will be charged pvkrtisi:mf.\ts iti-erte.l at nl for the first nnd 25 cts ■t'.ir each subsequent insertion court orders charged ■_.') p**r rt higher than these rites a liberal d'-duc ■tiou to these who advertise by the year l^itter te the editors musl be postpaid address by miss emma c hall mn presenting a bible to the mocksville di umiision no 11 of tin sous of temper ■m lcc june 21 1819 we come before you in behalf of the _■, tdies of mocksville and its vicinity to resent vou with a book would you now its name it is not the sarcastic sts of a shakespear nor the touching athos of a byron — it is not the wild soul tiring melody of a scott the mystic num ers of a bunyan's dream nor the mov ig lyrics of a grey no higher than icse does it boast its origin more tender 3an these are its songs more lofty its im pie eloquence it is the bible ! god's wn book ! we woultl have you accept rid adopt it as your guiding star through iiife a thf star ul bethlehem to the wise feeii of lhe ivt^t so will ihis ! leaven horn light guide you to the blessed jesus not fi a manger will you find him a lowly ecping j i .-_.-■r -_ hul sitting at l he ri^hi hand ii th greal jehovah es ! ihis peer ess star will guide you to a laud of bless jdness and light where sadness no more prnes where ou may ever bask in the ight of god's countenance tune a golden arp to the praises ol the glorious trinity jam forever on the borders ol the crvs tl slream of life and sip t cup of fade _•>- pleasures mighl we bring ihe view tss treasures of golconda — might we earch the hidden depths of potosi and it the pearls lhal siring the mer-maids ivi — might we rob old ocean of all s treasures and lay them at your feet urdid dust would they appear when com iiretl with this priceless treasure the fihle it is sent as a solace io all ranks nnl stations n speaks peace to lhe trem fcing sailor hoy tossed on the ocean's dark lave trusting in that god of whom he wie ii tin mid the lorn s:n the tempest is streaming w ■■■ting '- streaming jt :- '' ray the po r seaiiiun to el b - v '!■• ■'•■<">:•■i t.l nr i perish m visits and lightens alike the abode of t-ace and luxury and the convicts loath i in this book which is lhe greal founda iu of all wise government you may find i t'ode of laws well worthy of being iilopled a the guide of your ( rder and ol ks great author you may ask wisdom to hired you in that labor of love in which fou have so nobly embarked lt is inter st iu this great causethal we must plead s our onlv apology for thus appearing to ay we bless the giver ol all good that be cause of temperance is still march g forward — that man is about to be res ted from that depth of degradation into ihich he has fallen and more than this ould we rejoice to think that woman is lout to rise triumphant over ihe tyrant k whom she has so long been oppressed that instead of the tottering bachanalian mf the sound of whose footsteps sheshud vred she may feel that she has one wor ay the name of husband who will love iti protect her — ihat the tender tiem j ■ing maiden may no longer sink beneath ic fiend-like power of a besotted lather wt ily to his arms in confidence and in ve — that from the heart of the grey hair d matron may no more be wrung the last ilop of life blood at the sight of a way hard and ruined son we wouhl gladly see the world freed from this despot vve would rejoice to ee our i'nion liberated shall ur whose rumors have played proudly on the moun ts n breeze we whose songs of triumph lave rung joyously o'er the hills — we who mave bursted the strong bands of a british loke shall we remain subject to this bi h internal foe ' no our i rnion shall fcc free and eh ' we would see our own ur dear carolina bursting these fetters le would have her blue mountain lops hich seem wedded as it were to the ilouds of heaven and striving to pene ate the mysteries of the upper world • e woultl have these and all her green t iestoecho with a song of mirth and gladness but oh ! let it not be the song if the drunken reveller but a voice that ihigsjsol'tly and sweetly . br ht \\ ater for me and such glorious things woultl we wish ino for little davie — may her sons never learn to quaff the sparkling wine cup — ili.t the tire of their intellect never be damped by the intrusion of this mighty foe but from among them may there rise nose w orthy the title " lords of creation we then bit you press onward and up ward — by the last faint sigh ofthe expir ing infant — by the stilled glee of child pood — by the broken-heart ofthe deserted vile — by the degradation into which ma tiy of your own sex have fallen — as you love your country — as you love the souls f our fellow men and value the joys of — go forward ro which thi rn i clegg.on behalf of the sous nf temperance replied as fol lows : honored ladies — tome is assigned the pleasing task of receiving your ines timable donation and expressing to yon ihe acknowledgements ofthis division of he sons of temperance in attempting o express our emotions 1 can only say ve thank you ; but this dues not tell all hat is in our hearts of gratitude and plea sure whicli this priceless gift and the no de spirit prompting it have awakened — je assured we do thank you most hearti ly ; both for the donation and the gener ous sympathy thereby manifested for the ause of temperance we do most devoutly pray that the spi | the carolina watchman broer & james ) editors 4 proprietors j " k ---.___ v.vk do ira ato _______ ____•_*.*-■( series gen'l harrison \ volume v number 14 __ salisbury n c thursday august 3 1848 rit of the author of this blessed book may light up your path-way through life and crown you and those ynu represent with his richest blessing and most ennobling graces i trust we have a just appreciation of tlieir value if not the strongest possible attachment to tiie principles and precepts of the bible we do cordially assent tc those exalted sentiments set forth in your address and respond a hearty amen to the prayer ; that we as a division may ever have the principles and precepts of the bible as our guiding siar through life — indci tl we can but prize the bible it is the bible as llu source from whence have sprung those benign influences which i ive exalted woman to her endearing and dignified position in society and invested her witii a power condoling the destiny of njgm woman's sympathy and woman's inilifencc are now felt in every benevo lent enterprize we trust you have by this act of yours to day given an impetus lo ihe work of reform which will vastly accelerate its motion the warrior son in olden times going oul to battle would receive his shield from his mother's hand with the inspiring monition " bear ii back or be borne upon i the valiant knighl when receiving his armor and sword from his worthy lady would plight his faith to wear tl.e.n iu ho 01 a country in the hour of invasion often exhibits iin spec tacle of daughters presenting sons with a banner under which they are lo conquer or fall you have in the spirit of patri otism and christian adventure presented us with shit id sword and banner and we pledge our honor to bear them valiantly i:i the cause of humanity we war but not to shed blood plunder and bum but to stay ihe ravages of vice soothe the sor rows of the afflicted and rescue the un fortunate from death you urge us 011 ward in our work and are pleased to cheer us wiih the prospect of deliverance from the yoke of intemperance through out our wide spread union ; and more es pecially our own carolina ami our ardent little davie would we could realize at an early day the delightful scene when our mothers antl daughters should no long er feel ihe blight and endure the sorrows ol intemperance but we must expect a long struggle before this is enjoyed who ever thinks victory won is greatly misled we again thank you lor your help and invoke a perpetuation of your influence and support and humbly ask your indul gence while we seek to present the claims of the sons of temperance to others and commend the order to the favorable con sideration of the community brothers ladies and gentlemen : the sons of temperance have an ob ject clear and well defined before their minds their designs are open to full in spection their means no less visible than the object they design to arrest the evils of intemperance the means are abstinence from all participation in the production sale or drinking of the article causing intemperance and the cultivation of those affections whicli lead directly to the social and personal well being of all belonging to the order it is needless at present to dwell on the evils which spring from intemperance they are so manifest so numerous and so hor ribly appaling that none can be ignorant of tlieir woful prevalence to say men are slain wives heart-broken children beggared crime induced misery of every sort and magnitude accumulated is only to affirm what all of ns know though the evils tire ot this frightful magnitude yel it is certain they may be arrested in part if not in whole enlightened pub lic opinion the great lever ot reforms can do much to amend il not effectually re move lhe enormities caused bythisseduc tive vice this becomes so evident as to require no farther proof by simply reflect ing oil wbal has been done we are ful ly persuaded that il the efforts to cure these evils bore any considerable propor tion to ihe vastness ol their power ihey might !»:• greatly alleviated if not effect ually destroyed it i a linn convict ion lhal the strength i intemperance can be broken are i;s sway indefinitely dimin ished tint binds together the bro hep-hood ofthe sons of te tn i'i i they do lol ly believe he fearful evil may be stayed they are pledged it shall lie within the circle of their influence they are also resolved on widening the ciiele antl em bracing within their influence as many as possible the design is thus fully stated because many suppose th.it as he sons of tem perance choose not to hold their regular meetings in the presence of those whoop pose them therefore there must be some thing dark or mysterious if not vicious or criminal in their proceedings is it to be considered a fault in a bank bill that it has a mark known alone to those who issue it and are responsible for its redemp tion ? is it not the very circumstance that the managers have taken the necessary precaution to avoid imposition that bank bills and banks maintain the public con fidence ? why then should not they who are laboring for the good of men the coun try at large and whose success depends upon the confidence of the community be allowed a word or mark by which they can recognize their true friends from their assured ones ? has the temperance cause suffered nothing from spurious friends we need hut call to mind the numerous lecturers thronging the country a few years ago whose lives and conduct were a burlesque if nothing worse on phi lanthropy and patriotism to be fully sat isfied that if temperance men would re tain public confidence they must guard effectually against impositions this is the reason of lhe pass word about which so much is said and whicli in appearance only is an exception to the open means they employ and design to employ here let me remark that there need be and indeed cannot be any quarrel between a true friend ot temperance and a son of temperance if they fairly understand each other before answering the objections raised against ihe order by many well disposed to the temperance reform ; i wish to call attention to a few historical facts the temperance movement has been in progress some twenty years it has ex hibited beauty and deformity light and shade at different periods of its progress at one lime triumph seemed just at hand and to force on the ev nt ultraist seized i:i ' with bold enthusiasm and raised the cry the work moves too slow and forth with created such confusion aud noise hat the thoughtful and prudent deemed it advisable to let go for fear of mischief and disaster wine was to be excluded from sacrament cider beer and ale were to furnish the tests of a man's worth mor al and political things came to such a pass thai the prudent must either seem to advocate lhe cause of drunkenness or sanction the measures of fanaticism sucii was its slate when the washingto nians conceived they had found out the sure and certain mode of accomplishing a complete reformation and of killing off the use of ardent spirits but it so hap pened these also failed to accomplish all that was hoped for them still they did much theorder of lhe sonsof temper ance was established by the friends ol temperance with a view lo amend the delects that were apparent in the other organizations the leading purpose was to bring the friends nearer to each and establish a more rigid accountability and stricter supervision over each other — whether this too shall fail time alone can reveal that it is better adapted to pre j terve its conquests little doubt remains in v the minds of its friends it might possi bly be so modi lied as to be more aggres sive in its nature but it is doubtful,whe ther this advantage could be secured with out lessening its preservative energies so its friends without claiming for it per fection believe it decidedly the most ef fective temperance organization ever de vised by man the good that has already been done gives high hopes for the future there are many who desire to see the cause prosper and to bless the human race keep aloof from temperance societies ; and from their respectability and virtue their objections are entitled to considera tion we therefore propose to examine a few of them ) one of the most promi nent and respectable from its connection with the highest and most important in stitution known to earth is that the organ ization ol the sonsof temperance is sub versive of the church and seeks to ac complish by human agency what it was designed to effect and thus it is said that human wisdom rises above divine and that man presumes to know better how to reform man than his maker it is farther said that the church is a great temperance organization of itself that whoever is a member of the church can not unite with any such associations with out descending from the higher to the lower ground and thereby detracting from the dignity of his position as a believer in the divine authenticity of the church — in answering these objections we must understand two things our relation to the chin ch and our relation to our fellow men in ms\ve to the question what is our re lation to the church : we would reply unqualified obedience to the head of the church jesus christ we would not have it understood that by obedience to the church we are bound to obey those de crees and dogm is which men prompted by am ilion and bigotry have proclaimed as the laws of the church and claimed for them authority over men's consciences no it is the church of the bible having christ for its head and law-giver that men are bound to obey his revealed will is the law : to his laws and government we owe implicit obedience and supreme al legiance if it be assumed that a member of the church thus related cannot be as sociated with any other organization i'or whatever purpose it leads to a frightful position indeed say then we belong to the church and may not belong to any other organization adopting worldly means or having worldly ends in view and where will it drive to we belong to the church then according to this assump tion we may not join a literary society it is a worldly association we may not be a member of a company organized to build a rail road this is a worldly ob ject we may not be in a company to build a mill or construct a ship we may not by any means belong io a political party for it is large and may do mischief we may not at all be a citizen or sub ject for then we must obey human laws and regulations ; and we belong to the church and it enacts the only laws right to obey and her ministers not ministers of the law must be heeded this as sumption then would drive us from the world or lead directly to the union of church and state with the higher prero gatives of church authority exercised over men in all relations we all know the bible teaches us better than this we not only may but we must be united for the fulfilling of the duties of the other rela tions which we bear we can no more destroy the fact that we are related to men than that we owe obedience to the laws of god while one is supreme it claims by virtue of its supremacy that the duties of the other be performed and points authoritatively that we must do good to others as far as in us lies now who can see any thing either in the prin ciple of organization of sons of temper ance or means of accomplishing the ends incompatible with doing good to others the sons of temperance deny they are subvers]ve to lhe church in any of its claims they as an organization may help the church and be an instrument in her hands as learning printing the arts and ihe sciences have been abettors of her plans and used as means to send lhe gospel to the destitute she mav grasp in ihe same way this organization for it bor rows its principles its motives and plans from the treasure-house ofthe church — vve may as sons of temperance reach cases that tin church cannot in its ordi nary mode of procedure the sons of temperance had never been in existence but for the vital energies of the church diffusing power emiting light and stirring action where it never would have been thought of so far from being subversive of the church it is the offspring of chris tian benevolence warmed into vigorous action by the fostering care of the church itself the most prominent personage urging this argument in this slate 1 have mason to fear has been guided to this con clusion ral her by a love of the ardent than l>y the cool deductions of his intellect 1 have too much respect for his pretensions as a man of mind to believe his judg ment uninfluenced by passion would have sunk so far below the just estimate of those noble appliances offered to the church as instruments to be employed in the renovation ofthe world 1 the re is another objection urged by some that it may be well to notice some tell us to quit drinking is well enough ; but to require men to promise upon honor neither to make nor sell is pushing the requisition too far especially for this coun ty for say they this will interfere with trade and lead to the ruin of the commu nity since every thing here depends upon the money brought into the county by whiskey i can hardly trust myself to speak of this business for view it as i will it has so very little to commend it that i am at a loss how to reconcile the subject as it appears with the known good sense practical judgment and generous sentiments of many interested in making and selling whiskey i have come my self to the conclusion that it would be better to abandon it at once that it would be for the pecuniary and moral advantage of our country and no less so for our own county show many the moral and social ills the exceeding degradation arising from the production and sale of liquor and they are entirely insensible of any sort of connection therewith they made or sold it or both as the case may be but did not drink it and therefore they cannot be at all the cause of those deaths and suffer ing around them we need not then ar gue with men of this class on this ground at all though ia fact it is and must al ways so appear to right minded persons the strongest on which lo argue this point but for tiie sake o gaining their attention for the present they may choose and main tain their favorite position with their own argument fairly stated it is the only means say they of getting money to pay our taxes to support the church and pay for those little conveniences not produced on a farm if it were possihie lor a sin gle individual solitary and aloe.e to pro duce sell antl get his money there might be some force in the argument admit that whiskey brings money and more than any other article now brings in'o this county it do**s not follow that there is no other nor even a better way to invest capital and expend industry let us try this by facts and calculation there were senventy-five distilleries in davie county in 1810 with an investment of 820,000 capital which produced 109.293 gallons of whiskey thpre have been some fai lures some new distilleries put into ope ration so that balancing fractions that may be assumed as a fair average year's production supposing the fraction of 9 90 gallons consumed at home there re mains 100.000 gallons for market that at home worth 25 cents per gallon on an average amounts to 82~j ii do when hauled an average distance of 75 miles worth 30 cents per gallon and amounts to 30,000 the hauling allowing 300 gals to the 4 horse load and 830 per trip amounts to exactly 10,000 cost of corn allowing 3 gallons to the bushei is at 3d cents per bushel 10,000 board clothing and wages of 76 hands at 100 each per year number employed in 1840 7,600 interest on capital invested 820 000 is 1,200 one thousand cords of svood at 50 cents per cord is 500 29,300 this sum taken from 830.000 what the crop brings at a distance of 75 miles leaves the sum of 8700 to be divided among lhe 75 distilleries to pay for the cooperage milling rye and time and attention of general su pervision this estimate is founded of the market price to get the market price at an average distance of 75 miles the distillers pay 810.000 off the home valuation reducing lhe income to 15.000 instead of 9:25.000 what the whiskey was estimated to be worth showing it to be a loosiag busi less i might be led fo question the accuracy of this result al though 1 have looked in vain for the error but lor ihis fact that many men ol mv ac quaintance h.ave tried the business keep ing a fair estimate and have found it a loosing business when thev made the grain and distilled ir and hauled off the production wiih their own force thus thf trial oi many of our besl farmers cor responds with the deductions ] have made u on w hat i e : sider a v ry fair basis li the producer this being the result ofex periencc and c l ulation « ho c 1:1 s iv he !; : v urioti • who pei uades his fellow citizens to leave off such an investment and such a mode of industry ' bit we nre no done yet with those who plead for it who now will pay ihem/or the drain on their lands ' all ihis has gone off from the oil what return is made to keep it productive ? nothing remains but lhe swill or " slop which is considered the real part of the gain in the business this when fed to hogs and cattle fallen them and enables the distiller always to be in the pork and beef maiket isthe lea made by ihe distiller here unless my obser vations are deceptive is another element of delusion it lakes she grain in its pure state either ground or whole lo bitten hogs i notice that lhe distillers give near ly if not quite as much grain as others »•> iheir hogs and that they tin generally hog buyers although they give greater attention to their hogs than others it can not theretore be neglect on their part that they have not so many as they want the known fecundity of lhe race is such that with exception of occasional distempers suitable food ensures with prudent care a supply equal to any demand it requires unceasing care to keep up a stock of hogs on swill and without grain hogs rapidly degenerate so that after all this a poor compensation for the drain of lands and assiduous care requisite to prevent loss on the investment there is another fact to be taken into account for every family raised with a distillery kept in it/there is at least one drunkard made by the distil lery what is to pay for this loss it i notorious tjjat distilleries vitiate the sen sibilities of many whom ihey do not en tirely ruin ; so ihat there is a heavy ac count against them on the score of inju ries to community there is yet another item worthy of estimate at least one out of four who embark in distilleries become insolvent who is to make amends to the county for losses on this score we will leave out of our calculation the moral and mental injuries inflicted where are the dollars and cents to come from that repay the losses incurred in production of ar dent spirits ? there is something out of joint in the valley of the yadkin no lands in xorth carolina of equal fertility which have been settled so long has upon it so few of the comforls and luxuries of life the same genera in i us try and mor ality which are here found l<*ad directly to great accumulations and enlargement of capital in the community there must be something miserably wrong such in dustry and steady attention to business would if properly directed on such a soil as this make the owners rich the in crease of capital in the distilling ri g on does not bear a fair proportion lo the ■■- duc'.ion w . a i;ii these lac and manj more at hand can it be considered olli cious to dissuade friends and fellow 1 li zens from such a mode of investment .' — the sooner this business stops the b "■1 for davie and i think for the whole coun try it is nt edless to say the consum yields no incn ase of capita to the coun try unh ss it be capital crim - 1 ing miseries where ever lhe arli consumed it ] in dollars and cent ol its cost tit production be the loss of time expense ol suj ; t dec of those who think the liquor is it won derful that a community laboring under this two-fold drain should i • d ? — that distilh 1 - haveneithertime nor means generally to educate th'ir children 1 god almighty never formed he fertile plains productive hills and rich vallies of our lovely bt:l c mnty to be pervertt ii to 1 a sham - race 1 he streams issuing from ibis county car sorrow sadness and death to many a hearth-stone : weeping vexation and pov erty to many a noble wife and mother the practice of selling is no less condemned on the principles t morality lhan producing 01 drinking and if any wis ■iheir own doom aad w at consequences seen by obser vation clearly shown let him or ihem readme 13:h and 16*l"t verges f ir chap of lite prophe cy of habakkuk there rhey sep-jh moral bearing of ibe practice and d.e irretersai.le law of eff ci following tbe cau.-e gite ii mat ters not whether lor money or not and you may learn to tak yourself and then the awful di grace following keep tv.s hem the woes of i od and iron all attempts lo revoke bis laws 1 his is ruinous bi,9.„pm . if men „„,„, •„ trade w„uld reflet they n^h 5ee it f t er can be earned na tn the rofi „< ihe seller w.tho.it injury lo the imyer f ie . jure lhe buyer by selling n anicu of __ . ue and that will b0 enable him by it con.umn hon to repr.kluce it he i making him poorer and consequently less able to purchase from him i his is lhe case alum * in selling liquor if enough ia sold lo enrich the seller the buy ers have become poor indeed poor in mean's poor in credit feeble in energy without either the ability or di posit ion in amend this is ihe direct leadeacj of he trade is it patriotic then to .-!„,„ f4r_de ihat injures the country and serves i it consequences to make it poor pr is it just lo take from a man his money and give him ... place f -, wha we know wu injure him _ we all know if there wore no sellers there would be do havers the produ cor seller and drinker all belong to tbe same ci s . e ich in his piece i doing mischief ja in proportion to the amount of his labor and suc cess iu his calling i would fellow citizens say more but i f.._r i should weary your p tiei.ee i thank you for your attention 1 hope at another time to gain access to your ea.s and promise you 1 will intentionally say noth mg offensive unless exposing what i conceive to be a very greal error should lead to offence in conclusion permil me lo r i:erale lhe senti ment in lhe address ol the ladies and urge on the citizens cf our county ihe importance of freeing ourselves'from the ills of intemperance i a.l,an t ill producing selling •;' drinking . f ardent spirits then would ear fine little darie rise in beauty clad in iho ha ■: '■";'"■■]" ' ' u '■'■•■- b and rirtae she vyonld claim and receire i!ie love and venera 1 ' ! s 0!,s ; lers and send forth her laming produc ions i hungry enligbt red portions of the a slavery compromise the committee of eight members of the senate appointed by that body tore port a compromise on ihe slavery ques tion to be incorporated with tin laws for organizing the terri oriesof i regon new mexico ami california ■< steeday report ed a bill which it is hoped will put this distracting question for ever at re>t the national intelligencer says that the bill proposes to establish governments for the territories of ( regon californa and new mexico upon such principles universal jus ice an i constitutional right as it is ho ptd will challenge the approval of every calm and reflecting mind the bill provides a territorial govern ment or oregon — continuing in lorce the laws which have heeu passed by the pre sent temporary government until the leg islature to be created by this act shall pass other laws in conformity to the wish es and interest ofthe people whom they wil represent as it regards new mexico and califor nia it provides for each a government such as that lirst given to the michigan territory but at the same time restrains t/iosc territories from passing any law as on the subject of slavery freedom of re ligion or impairing the right of the uni ted states to the unoccupied lands what ever rights of property are to he enjoyed by persons removing to those territories derived fiom the constitution and laws of the united states are to be referred to and decided hy the judicial power ofthe united states subject to an appeal from the courts within lift territories to the supreme court of the united states hence it is apparent that the rights and claims ol the north and the south on the subject of slavery are reserved ; and without giving the sanction of lhe i nited states to a further extension ofthe terri tory in which slavery will be recognised the future character of those states will depend on the character the habits and the wishes of the people who hall here after form the state constitution for those territories we sincerely trust that this scheme proceeding as it undoubtedly does from the mo patriotic motives may put au end forever to a question from the agita lion of which alone the enemies of our great and glorious union derive hope of succeeding in their insane purposes life the sixth five different lives of gen cass have already been brought to the notice of the public through our columns this extra ordinary number we thought go i fortune enough for one mortal ; but the worthy general seems to special favorite of fate in the number as well a the vari ety of his lives r we have just met with a ■1 1 th this last a goo ! -./• d pamphlet : book to us we can not - iy what ficl hut if ving passage for a translation ot which we are in '' bti i to a german gcntlemai ) m •.;. i : iken as a sample it is not behind _ i in work of deci i sage is • n from ; •._'■1 of the pamphlet : tiie res t i - 1 1 is well known mr i'oi received tiie votes of alt the slates except one the victory ol the democratic party was to the grea t's extent tht work of cen cass '' - rev mr cai rn itt a late very able appeal for sionai ies to rh field of labor on ; be bi of mount i in i tid : •' the e i rn world is truly a region of intellectual as well as mor - 1 •'• ■"' ■''"' l newspa pers in syria or f iin i 1 _* ' pi ibe barbary states and oiler countries in cluding 0,000,000 people speaking the arabic language tlo-ie is but one news paper m the native tongue and but three or four in the french or english language showing bar there js nothing in mabom medani.m favorable to general improve ment r e v'veriior shank of p_mn»jrlnaia died al bi re.id.nce in hanisbot n the 20th instant
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Title | Carolina Watchman |
Masthead | The Carolina Watchman |
Date | 1848-08-03 |
Month | 08 |
Day | 03 |
Year | 1848 |
Volume | 5 |
Issue | 14 |
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Creator | Bruner and James "Editors and Proprietors" |
Date Digital | 2008-10-30 |
Publisher | Bruner and James "Editors and Proprietors" |
Place | United States, North Carolina, Rowan County, Salisbury |
Type | Text |
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Digital Format | JP2 |
Project Subject | State Archives of North Carolina Historic Newspaper Archive |
Description | The Thursday, August 3, 1848 issue of the Carolina Watchman a weekly and semi weekly newspaper from Salisbury, North Carolina |
Rights | Public |
Language | eng |
OCLC number | 601556664 |
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Title | Carolina Watchman |
Masthead | The Carolina Watchman |
Date | 1848-08-03 |
Month | 08 |
Day | 03 |
Year | 1848 |
Volume | 5 |
Issue | 14 |
Sequence | 1 |
Page | 1 |
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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, August 3, 1848 issue of the Carolina Watchman a weekly and semi weekly newspaper from Salisbury, North Carolina |
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FullText | t«*!»i 0 »•*« wsiteli-iiaii lt - sabscription.per year two dollars payable in ■jvati ••. hut it not paid in advance two dollars ■and fifty ets will be charged pvkrtisi:mf.\ts iti-erte.l at nl for the first nnd 25 cts ■t'.ir each subsequent insertion court orders charged ■_.') p**r rt higher than these rites a liberal d'-duc ■tiou to these who advertise by the year l^itter te the editors musl be postpaid address by miss emma c hall mn presenting a bible to the mocksville di umiision no 11 of tin sous of temper ■m lcc june 21 1819 we come before you in behalf of the _■, tdies of mocksville and its vicinity to resent vou with a book would you now its name it is not the sarcastic sts of a shakespear nor the touching athos of a byron — it is not the wild soul tiring melody of a scott the mystic num ers of a bunyan's dream nor the mov ig lyrics of a grey no higher than icse does it boast its origin more tender 3an these are its songs more lofty its im pie eloquence it is the bible ! god's wn book ! we woultl have you accept rid adopt it as your guiding star through iiife a thf star ul bethlehem to the wise feeii of lhe ivt^t so will ihis ! leaven horn light guide you to the blessed jesus not fi a manger will you find him a lowly ecping j i .-_.-■r -_ hul sitting at l he ri^hi hand ii th greal jehovah es ! ihis peer ess star will guide you to a laud of bless jdness and light where sadness no more prnes where ou may ever bask in the ight of god's countenance tune a golden arp to the praises ol the glorious trinity jam forever on the borders ol the crvs tl slream of life and sip t cup of fade _•>- pleasures mighl we bring ihe view tss treasures of golconda — might we earch the hidden depths of potosi and it the pearls lhal siring the mer-maids ivi — might we rob old ocean of all s treasures and lay them at your feet urdid dust would they appear when com iiretl with this priceless treasure the fihle it is sent as a solace io all ranks nnl stations n speaks peace to lhe trem fcing sailor hoy tossed on the ocean's dark lave trusting in that god of whom he wie ii tin mid the lorn s:n the tempest is streaming w ■■■ting '- streaming jt :- '' ray the po r seaiiiun to el b - v '!■• ■'•■<">:•■i t.l nr i perish m visits and lightens alike the abode of t-ace and luxury and the convicts loath i in this book which is lhe greal founda iu of all wise government you may find i t'ode of laws well worthy of being iilopled a the guide of your ( rder and ol ks great author you may ask wisdom to hired you in that labor of love in which fou have so nobly embarked lt is inter st iu this great causethal we must plead s our onlv apology for thus appearing to ay we bless the giver ol all good that be cause of temperance is still march g forward — that man is about to be res ted from that depth of degradation into ihich he has fallen and more than this ould we rejoice to think that woman is lout to rise triumphant over ihe tyrant k whom she has so long been oppressed that instead of the tottering bachanalian mf the sound of whose footsteps sheshud vred she may feel that she has one wor ay the name of husband who will love iti protect her — ihat the tender tiem j ■ing maiden may no longer sink beneath ic fiend-like power of a besotted lather wt ily to his arms in confidence and in ve — that from the heart of the grey hair d matron may no more be wrung the last ilop of life blood at the sight of a way hard and ruined son we wouhl gladly see the world freed from this despot vve would rejoice to ee our i'nion liberated shall ur whose rumors have played proudly on the moun ts n breeze we whose songs of triumph lave rung joyously o'er the hills — we who mave bursted the strong bands of a british loke shall we remain subject to this bi h internal foe ' no our i rnion shall fcc free and eh ' we would see our own ur dear carolina bursting these fetters le would have her blue mountain lops hich seem wedded as it were to the ilouds of heaven and striving to pene ate the mysteries of the upper world • e woultl have these and all her green t iestoecho with a song of mirth and gladness but oh ! let it not be the song if the drunken reveller but a voice that ihigsjsol'tly and sweetly . br ht \\ ater for me and such glorious things woultl we wish ino for little davie — may her sons never learn to quaff the sparkling wine cup — ili.t the tire of their intellect never be damped by the intrusion of this mighty foe but from among them may there rise nose w orthy the title " lords of creation we then bit you press onward and up ward — by the last faint sigh ofthe expir ing infant — by the stilled glee of child pood — by the broken-heart ofthe deserted vile — by the degradation into which ma tiy of your own sex have fallen — as you love your country — as you love the souls f our fellow men and value the joys of — go forward ro which thi rn i clegg.on behalf of the sous nf temperance replied as fol lows : honored ladies — tome is assigned the pleasing task of receiving your ines timable donation and expressing to yon ihe acknowledgements ofthis division of he sons of temperance in attempting o express our emotions 1 can only say ve thank you ; but this dues not tell all hat is in our hearts of gratitude and plea sure whicli this priceless gift and the no de spirit prompting it have awakened — je assured we do thank you most hearti ly ; both for the donation and the gener ous sympathy thereby manifested for the ause of temperance we do most devoutly pray that the spi | the carolina watchman broer & james ) editors 4 proprietors j " k ---.___ v.vk do ira ato _______ ____•_*.*-■( series gen'l harrison \ volume v number 14 __ salisbury n c thursday august 3 1848 rit of the author of this blessed book may light up your path-way through life and crown you and those ynu represent with his richest blessing and most ennobling graces i trust we have a just appreciation of tlieir value if not the strongest possible attachment to tiie principles and precepts of the bible we do cordially assent tc those exalted sentiments set forth in your address and respond a hearty amen to the prayer ; that we as a division may ever have the principles and precepts of the bible as our guiding siar through life — indci tl we can but prize the bible it is the bible as llu source from whence have sprung those benign influences which i ive exalted woman to her endearing and dignified position in society and invested her witii a power condoling the destiny of njgm woman's sympathy and woman's inilifencc are now felt in every benevo lent enterprize we trust you have by this act of yours to day given an impetus lo ihe work of reform which will vastly accelerate its motion the warrior son in olden times going oul to battle would receive his shield from his mother's hand with the inspiring monition " bear ii back or be borne upon i the valiant knighl when receiving his armor and sword from his worthy lady would plight his faith to wear tl.e.n iu ho 01 a country in the hour of invasion often exhibits iin spec tacle of daughters presenting sons with a banner under which they are lo conquer or fall you have in the spirit of patri otism and christian adventure presented us with shit id sword and banner and we pledge our honor to bear them valiantly i:i the cause of humanity we war but not to shed blood plunder and bum but to stay ihe ravages of vice soothe the sor rows of the afflicted and rescue the un fortunate from death you urge us 011 ward in our work and are pleased to cheer us wiih the prospect of deliverance from the yoke of intemperance through out our wide spread union ; and more es pecially our own carolina ami our ardent little davie would we could realize at an early day the delightful scene when our mothers antl daughters should no long er feel ihe blight and endure the sorrows ol intemperance but we must expect a long struggle before this is enjoyed who ever thinks victory won is greatly misled we again thank you lor your help and invoke a perpetuation of your influence and support and humbly ask your indul gence while we seek to present the claims of the sons of temperance to others and commend the order to the favorable con sideration of the community brothers ladies and gentlemen : the sons of temperance have an ob ject clear and well defined before their minds their designs are open to full in spection their means no less visible than the object they design to arrest the evils of intemperance the means are abstinence from all participation in the production sale or drinking of the article causing intemperance and the cultivation of those affections whicli lead directly to the social and personal well being of all belonging to the order it is needless at present to dwell on the evils which spring from intemperance they are so manifest so numerous and so hor ribly appaling that none can be ignorant of tlieir woful prevalence to say men are slain wives heart-broken children beggared crime induced misery of every sort and magnitude accumulated is only to affirm what all of ns know though the evils tire ot this frightful magnitude yel it is certain they may be arrested in part if not in whole enlightened pub lic opinion the great lever ot reforms can do much to amend il not effectually re move lhe enormities caused bythisseduc tive vice this becomes so evident as to require no farther proof by simply reflect ing oil wbal has been done we are ful ly persuaded that il the efforts to cure these evils bore any considerable propor tion to ihe vastness ol their power ihey might !»:• greatly alleviated if not effect ually destroyed it i a linn convict ion lhal the strength i intemperance can be broken are i;s sway indefinitely dimin ished tint binds together the bro hep-hood ofthe sons of te tn i'i i they do lol ly believe he fearful evil may be stayed they are pledged it shall lie within the circle of their influence they are also resolved on widening the ciiele antl em bracing within their influence as many as possible the design is thus fully stated because many suppose th.it as he sons of tem perance choose not to hold their regular meetings in the presence of those whoop pose them therefore there must be some thing dark or mysterious if not vicious or criminal in their proceedings is it to be considered a fault in a bank bill that it has a mark known alone to those who issue it and are responsible for its redemp tion ? is it not the very circumstance that the managers have taken the necessary precaution to avoid imposition that bank bills and banks maintain the public con fidence ? why then should not they who are laboring for the good of men the coun try at large and whose success depends upon the confidence of the community be allowed a word or mark by which they can recognize their true friends from their assured ones ? has the temperance cause suffered nothing from spurious friends we need hut call to mind the numerous lecturers thronging the country a few years ago whose lives and conduct were a burlesque if nothing worse on phi lanthropy and patriotism to be fully sat isfied that if temperance men would re tain public confidence they must guard effectually against impositions this is the reason of lhe pass word about which so much is said and whicli in appearance only is an exception to the open means they employ and design to employ here let me remark that there need be and indeed cannot be any quarrel between a true friend ot temperance and a son of temperance if they fairly understand each other before answering the objections raised against ihe order by many well disposed to the temperance reform ; i wish to call attention to a few historical facts the temperance movement has been in progress some twenty years it has ex hibited beauty and deformity light and shade at different periods of its progress at one lime triumph seemed just at hand and to force on the ev nt ultraist seized i:i ' with bold enthusiasm and raised the cry the work moves too slow and forth with created such confusion aud noise hat the thoughtful and prudent deemed it advisable to let go for fear of mischief and disaster wine was to be excluded from sacrament cider beer and ale were to furnish the tests of a man's worth mor al and political things came to such a pass thai the prudent must either seem to advocate lhe cause of drunkenness or sanction the measures of fanaticism sucii was its slate when the washingto nians conceived they had found out the sure and certain mode of accomplishing a complete reformation and of killing off the use of ardent spirits but it so hap pened these also failed to accomplish all that was hoped for them still they did much theorder of lhe sonsof temper ance was established by the friends ol temperance with a view lo amend the delects that were apparent in the other organizations the leading purpose was to bring the friends nearer to each and establish a more rigid accountability and stricter supervision over each other — whether this too shall fail time alone can reveal that it is better adapted to pre j terve its conquests little doubt remains in v the minds of its friends it might possi bly be so modi lied as to be more aggres sive in its nature but it is doubtful,whe ther this advantage could be secured with out lessening its preservative energies so its friends without claiming for it per fection believe it decidedly the most ef fective temperance organization ever de vised by man the good that has already been done gives high hopes for the future there are many who desire to see the cause prosper and to bless the human race keep aloof from temperance societies ; and from their respectability and virtue their objections are entitled to considera tion we therefore propose to examine a few of them ) one of the most promi nent and respectable from its connection with the highest and most important in stitution known to earth is that the organ ization ol the sonsof temperance is sub versive of the church and seeks to ac complish by human agency what it was designed to effect and thus it is said that human wisdom rises above divine and that man presumes to know better how to reform man than his maker it is farther said that the church is a great temperance organization of itself that whoever is a member of the church can not unite with any such associations with out descending from the higher to the lower ground and thereby detracting from the dignity of his position as a believer in the divine authenticity of the church — in answering these objections we must understand two things our relation to the chin ch and our relation to our fellow men in ms\ve to the question what is our re lation to the church : we would reply unqualified obedience to the head of the church jesus christ we would not have it understood that by obedience to the church we are bound to obey those de crees and dogm is which men prompted by am ilion and bigotry have proclaimed as the laws of the church and claimed for them authority over men's consciences no it is the church of the bible having christ for its head and law-giver that men are bound to obey his revealed will is the law : to his laws and government we owe implicit obedience and supreme al legiance if it be assumed that a member of the church thus related cannot be as sociated with any other organization i'or whatever purpose it leads to a frightful position indeed say then we belong to the church and may not belong to any other organization adopting worldly means or having worldly ends in view and where will it drive to we belong to the church then according to this assump tion we may not join a literary society it is a worldly association we may not be a member of a company organized to build a rail road this is a worldly ob ject we may not be in a company to build a mill or construct a ship we may not by any means belong io a political party for it is large and may do mischief we may not at all be a citizen or sub ject for then we must obey human laws and regulations ; and we belong to the church and it enacts the only laws right to obey and her ministers not ministers of the law must be heeded this as sumption then would drive us from the world or lead directly to the union of church and state with the higher prero gatives of church authority exercised over men in all relations we all know the bible teaches us better than this we not only may but we must be united for the fulfilling of the duties of the other rela tions which we bear we can no more destroy the fact that we are related to men than that we owe obedience to the laws of god while one is supreme it claims by virtue of its supremacy that the duties of the other be performed and points authoritatively that we must do good to others as far as in us lies now who can see any thing either in the prin ciple of organization of sons of temper ance or means of accomplishing the ends incompatible with doing good to others the sons of temperance deny they are subvers]ve to lhe church in any of its claims they as an organization may help the church and be an instrument in her hands as learning printing the arts and ihe sciences have been abettors of her plans and used as means to send lhe gospel to the destitute she mav grasp in ihe same way this organization for it bor rows its principles its motives and plans from the treasure-house ofthe church — vve may as sons of temperance reach cases that tin church cannot in its ordi nary mode of procedure the sons of temperance had never been in existence but for the vital energies of the church diffusing power emiting light and stirring action where it never would have been thought of so far from being subversive of the church it is the offspring of chris tian benevolence warmed into vigorous action by the fostering care of the church itself the most prominent personage urging this argument in this slate 1 have mason to fear has been guided to this con clusion ral her by a love of the ardent than l>y the cool deductions of his intellect 1 have too much respect for his pretensions as a man of mind to believe his judg ment uninfluenced by passion would have sunk so far below the just estimate of those noble appliances offered to the church as instruments to be employed in the renovation ofthe world 1 the re is another objection urged by some that it may be well to notice some tell us to quit drinking is well enough ; but to require men to promise upon honor neither to make nor sell is pushing the requisition too far especially for this coun ty for say they this will interfere with trade and lead to the ruin of the commu nity since every thing here depends upon the money brought into the county by whiskey i can hardly trust myself to speak of this business for view it as i will it has so very little to commend it that i am at a loss how to reconcile the subject as it appears with the known good sense practical judgment and generous sentiments of many interested in making and selling whiskey i have come my self to the conclusion that it would be better to abandon it at once that it would be for the pecuniary and moral advantage of our country and no less so for our own county show many the moral and social ills the exceeding degradation arising from the production and sale of liquor and they are entirely insensible of any sort of connection therewith they made or sold it or both as the case may be but did not drink it and therefore they cannot be at all the cause of those deaths and suffer ing around them we need not then ar gue with men of this class on this ground at all though ia fact it is and must al ways so appear to right minded persons the strongest on which lo argue this point but for tiie sake o gaining their attention for the present they may choose and main tain their favorite position with their own argument fairly stated it is the only means say they of getting money to pay our taxes to support the church and pay for those little conveniences not produced on a farm if it were possihie lor a sin gle individual solitary and aloe.e to pro duce sell antl get his money there might be some force in the argument admit that whiskey brings money and more than any other article now brings in'o this county it do**s not follow that there is no other nor even a better way to invest capital and expend industry let us try this by facts and calculation there were senventy-five distilleries in davie county in 1810 with an investment of 820,000 capital which produced 109.293 gallons of whiskey thpre have been some fai lures some new distilleries put into ope ration so that balancing fractions that may be assumed as a fair average year's production supposing the fraction of 9 90 gallons consumed at home there re mains 100.000 gallons for market that at home worth 25 cents per gallon on an average amounts to 82~j ii do when hauled an average distance of 75 miles worth 30 cents per gallon and amounts to 30,000 the hauling allowing 300 gals to the 4 horse load and 830 per trip amounts to exactly 10,000 cost of corn allowing 3 gallons to the bushei is at 3d cents per bushel 10,000 board clothing and wages of 76 hands at 100 each per year number employed in 1840 7,600 interest on capital invested 820 000 is 1,200 one thousand cords of svood at 50 cents per cord is 500 29,300 this sum taken from 830.000 what the crop brings at a distance of 75 miles leaves the sum of 8700 to be divided among lhe 75 distilleries to pay for the cooperage milling rye and time and attention of general su pervision this estimate is founded of the market price to get the market price at an average distance of 75 miles the distillers pay 810.000 off the home valuation reducing lhe income to 15.000 instead of 9:25.000 what the whiskey was estimated to be worth showing it to be a loosiag busi less i might be led fo question the accuracy of this result al though 1 have looked in vain for the error but lor ihis fact that many men ol mv ac quaintance h.ave tried the business keep ing a fair estimate and have found it a loosing business when thev made the grain and distilled ir and hauled off the production wiih their own force thus thf trial oi many of our besl farmers cor responds with the deductions ] have made u on w hat i e : sider a v ry fair basis li the producer this being the result ofex periencc and c l ulation « ho c 1:1 s iv he !; : v urioti • who pei uades his fellow citizens to leave off such an investment and such a mode of industry ' bit we nre no done yet with those who plead for it who now will pay ihem/or the drain on their lands ' all ihis has gone off from the oil what return is made to keep it productive ? nothing remains but lhe swill or " slop which is considered the real part of the gain in the business this when fed to hogs and cattle fallen them and enables the distiller always to be in the pork and beef maiket isthe lea made by ihe distiller here unless my obser vations are deceptive is another element of delusion it lakes she grain in its pure state either ground or whole lo bitten hogs i notice that lhe distillers give near ly if not quite as much grain as others »•> iheir hogs and that they tin generally hog buyers although they give greater attention to their hogs than others it can not theretore be neglect on their part that they have not so many as they want the known fecundity of lhe race is such that with exception of occasional distempers suitable food ensures with prudent care a supply equal to any demand it requires unceasing care to keep up a stock of hogs on swill and without grain hogs rapidly degenerate so that after all this a poor compensation for the drain of lands and assiduous care requisite to prevent loss on the investment there is another fact to be taken into account for every family raised with a distillery kept in it/there is at least one drunkard made by the distil lery what is to pay for this loss it i notorious tjjat distilleries vitiate the sen sibilities of many whom ihey do not en tirely ruin ; so ihat there is a heavy ac count against them on the score of inju ries to community there is yet another item worthy of estimate at least one out of four who embark in distilleries become insolvent who is to make amends to the county for losses on this score we will leave out of our calculation the moral and mental injuries inflicted where are the dollars and cents to come from that repay the losses incurred in production of ar dent spirits ? there is something out of joint in the valley of the yadkin no lands in xorth carolina of equal fertility which have been settled so long has upon it so few of the comforls and luxuries of life the same genera in i us try and mor ality which are here found l<*ad directly to great accumulations and enlargement of capital in the community there must be something miserably wrong such in dustry and steady attention to business would if properly directed on such a soil as this make the owners rich the in crease of capital in the distilling ri g on does not bear a fair proportion lo the ■■- duc'.ion w . a i;ii these lac and manj more at hand can it be considered olli cious to dissuade friends and fellow 1 li zens from such a mode of investment .' — the sooner this business stops the b "■1 for davie and i think for the whole coun try it is nt edless to say the consum yields no incn ase of capita to the coun try unh ss it be capital crim - 1 ing miseries where ever lhe arli consumed it ] in dollars and cent ol its cost tit production be the loss of time expense ol suj ; t dec of those who think the liquor is it won derful that a community laboring under this two-fold drain should i • d ? — that distilh 1 - haveneithertime nor means generally to educate th'ir children 1 god almighty never formed he fertile plains productive hills and rich vallies of our lovely bt:l c mnty to be pervertt ii to 1 a sham - race 1 he streams issuing from ibis county car sorrow sadness and death to many a hearth-stone : weeping vexation and pov erty to many a noble wife and mother the practice of selling is no less condemned on the principles t morality lhan producing 01 drinking and if any wis ■iheir own doom aad w at consequences seen by obser vation clearly shown let him or ihem readme 13:h and 16*l"t verges f ir chap of lite prophe cy of habakkuk there rhey sep-jh moral bearing of ibe practice and d.e irretersai.le law of eff ci following tbe cau.-e gite ii mat ters not whether lor money or not and you may learn to tak yourself and then the awful di grace following keep tv.s hem the woes of i od and iron all attempts lo revoke bis laws 1 his is ruinous bi,9.„pm . if men „„,„, •„ trade w„uld reflet they n^h 5ee it f t er can be earned na tn the rofi „< ihe seller w.tho.it injury lo the imyer f ie . jure lhe buyer by selling n anicu of __ . ue and that will b0 enable him by it con.umn hon to repr.kluce it he i making him poorer and consequently less able to purchase from him i his is lhe case alum * in selling liquor if enough ia sold lo enrich the seller the buy ers have become poor indeed poor in mean's poor in credit feeble in energy without either the ability or di posit ion in amend this is ihe direct leadeacj of he trade is it patriotic then to .-!„,„ f4r_de ihat injures the country and serves i it consequences to make it poor pr is it just lo take from a man his money and give him ... place f -, wha we know wu injure him _ we all know if there wore no sellers there would be do havers the produ cor seller and drinker all belong to tbe same ci s . e ich in his piece i doing mischief ja in proportion to the amount of his labor and suc cess iu his calling i would fellow citizens say more but i f.._r i should weary your p tiei.ee i thank you for your attention 1 hope at another time to gain access to your ea.s and promise you 1 will intentionally say noth mg offensive unless exposing what i conceive to be a very greal error should lead to offence in conclusion permil me lo r i:erale lhe senti ment in lhe address ol the ladies and urge on the citizens cf our county ihe importance of freeing ourselves'from the ills of intemperance i a.l,an t ill producing selling •;' drinking . f ardent spirits then would ear fine little darie rise in beauty clad in iho ha ■: '■";'"■■]" ' ' u '■'■•■- b and rirtae she vyonld claim and receire i!ie love and venera 1 ' ! s 0!,s ; lers and send forth her laming produc ions i hungry enligbt red portions of the a slavery compromise the committee of eight members of the senate appointed by that body tore port a compromise on ihe slavery ques tion to be incorporated with tin laws for organizing the terri oriesof i regon new mexico ami california ■< steeday report ed a bill which it is hoped will put this distracting question for ever at re>t the national intelligencer says that the bill proposes to establish governments for the territories of ( regon californa and new mexico upon such principles universal jus ice an i constitutional right as it is ho ptd will challenge the approval of every calm and reflecting mind the bill provides a territorial govern ment or oregon — continuing in lorce the laws which have heeu passed by the pre sent temporary government until the leg islature to be created by this act shall pass other laws in conformity to the wish es and interest ofthe people whom they wil represent as it regards new mexico and califor nia it provides for each a government such as that lirst given to the michigan territory but at the same time restrains t/iosc territories from passing any law as on the subject of slavery freedom of re ligion or impairing the right of the uni ted states to the unoccupied lands what ever rights of property are to he enjoyed by persons removing to those territories derived fiom the constitution and laws of the united states are to be referred to and decided hy the judicial power ofthe united states subject to an appeal from the courts within lift territories to the supreme court of the united states hence it is apparent that the rights and claims ol the north and the south on the subject of slavery are reserved ; and without giving the sanction of lhe i nited states to a further extension ofthe terri tory in which slavery will be recognised the future character of those states will depend on the character the habits and the wishes of the people who hall here after form the state constitution for those territories we sincerely trust that this scheme proceeding as it undoubtedly does from the mo patriotic motives may put au end forever to a question from the agita lion of which alone the enemies of our great and glorious union derive hope of succeeding in their insane purposes life the sixth five different lives of gen cass have already been brought to the notice of the public through our columns this extra ordinary number we thought go i fortune enough for one mortal ; but the worthy general seems to special favorite of fate in the number as well a the vari ety of his lives r we have just met with a ■1 1 th this last a goo ! -./• d pamphlet : book to us we can not - iy what ficl hut if ving passage for a translation ot which we are in '' bti i to a german gcntlemai ) m •.;. i : iken as a sample it is not behind _ i in work of deci i sage is • n from ; •._'■1 of the pamphlet : tiie res t i - 1 1 is well known mr i'oi received tiie votes of alt the slates except one the victory ol the democratic party was to the grea t's extent tht work of cen cass '' - rev mr cai rn itt a late very able appeal for sionai ies to rh field of labor on ; be bi of mount i in i tid : •' the e i rn world is truly a region of intellectual as well as mor - 1 •'• ■"' ■''"' l newspa pers in syria or f iin i 1 _* ' pi ibe barbary states and oiler countries in cluding 0,000,000 people speaking the arabic language tlo-ie is but one news paper m the native tongue and but three or four in the french or english language showing bar there js nothing in mabom medani.m favorable to general improve ment r e v'veriior shank of p_mn»jrlnaia died al bi re.id.nce in hanisbot n the 20th instant |