Carolina Watchman

              t " <*•** per annum in advance lch subsequent insertion court or r cent higher _ list of acts mich hart passed at the session of con gress that has just closed «„,__ which originated in the sks*at i b act to establish a land office in the , 7 rn part of michigan and to provide s de of mineral lands in the state n acl granting a pension to joseph morn-oil ' u act declaring the assent of congress tocp rtain stairs to impose a tax upon all thereafter sold by the united states therein from and after the day of such t ""' in act for tin relief thomas boronell i n act for lhe relief of john stockton - ii cut in the army of the united r^n act for the relief ol \\ m b keene r^n act to extend lhe time for selling 3 granted io the kentucky asy lum for teaching lhe deal and dumb " i act for the relief of ieorge gordon ; \~ art for the relief of peter prosr ri act fur the relief of elijah white rs aii act to encourage enlistments in the irmy r n act lor the relief of thomas l.lan ch-vj a acl fo ibe relief of hobson johns n act for the relief of george roush ii act giving the assent of congress to of the general assembly of vir rfnia authorizing the levy of tolls on the n act to authorize the issuing of a i gister for the american barque i of philadelphia by the name of i ynactto regulate the exercise of the i • jurisdiction of the supreme i [ tbe united slates in certain ca i for other purposes i n act for the relief of andrew moore an act for relief of ihe heirs of louis i ela houssaye deceased i an act to authorise to the brigantine i , queen i an act confirming the claim of the heirs i . il represj ntatives of pierre dufres !:.■. to a tract of laud i ad act to establish a court at key west i state of florida and for other pur i an act for the relief of james s con i an act to change the time of holding i ihe terms of the circuit court of b united states for the district of north i ' to grant a right of pre-emption i p f 1 lering and robert h champ i loa tracl of mineral land ' in addition to an act to establish i at k.y west in the state of flo i an acl lo amend an act entitled " an i regulate the carriage ol passengers ml vessels and to determine the ■ win n said act shall take effect j an act to provide for lhe punishment of i 7 in certain cases an act for the relief of francis som ■ an act making further appropriation to i i the existing war with mexico to a i . imd honorable conclusion i : relinquishing to the city of mad i i the state of indiana all the right jlilleof tin united states to a certain ■ unsurveyed land lying within the i said citv and bordering on the ___\ |> ° i an act providing for the building and vpment of lour naval steamships i an act making provision for an addi i imher of general officers aiid for ■ i act to amend an act entitled an toraisc tor a limited time an addition ■ lary force and for other purposes ■ inl resolution for lighting with gas i itol and capitol grounds i t lution authorizing the em ' i the united states ships ma 1 m and jamestown in transporting is for the famishing poor in ire ■ i scotland ■ solutions concerning the purchase of i d lands for the use of u states ■ ies at harper's ferry and spring b ition to refund money to the states ■ ave supplied volunteers and fur r'!)-;>nrtation during the present ■ being mustered and received e service of the united states i ' to correct an error in ■ f june 17 1844 lor the relief of ■ n linton i lnt respecting ihe maps ■ the surveys ol-the boundary ■ nited states of america with i i'i 1 ' 7 ■ originated in the house i or ihe admission of the state of i ■>"! into the union ■ the issue of treasu ■ ** loan and for other purposes ■ ct establish certain post routes i ' er purposes ■«-. to amend an act entitled an ■ nd an act to carry info effect in h * of alabama and mississippi i 7 ; u compacts with those states b .' ' !,) lhe five per cent fund and ■ j 1 nervations i rl t0a nend the act entitled an i <* the rates of postage to limit ■ correct the abuse of the frank fcsnt and for t,ie prevention of fstent revenues of l>ost ollice ■ f_u passed march 3 1845 jl'iion r i t0 rx!(muj -•"- charter of v m cm °! georg*town in thej i^-*_u rab,a i ° an act entitled " an j the carolina watchman bruxner & james ) editors 4 proprietors ] " *"" a k ™ yoct ( new series kclers do this and liberty ' gtn'l harruon [ number 47 of volume iii salisbury n c friday march 26 1847 act to provide for the payment of horses or i other property lost and destroyed in the ! military service ofthe united states ap | proved the 18ih day of january 1837 an act to provide for the payment of any interest falling due on the public debt an act for the relief of the bank of the metropolis an act making appropriations for the ' support of the army and of volunteers for the year ending 30th june 1848 and for other purposes an act making appropriations for the i support of the military academy for the year ending on the 30th june 1818 an act for the increase of the marine corpse of the united states an act making appropriations for the \ service of the post office department for the year ending on the 30th june 1848 an act making appropriations for the ! payment of revolutionary and other pen j sions of the united states for the year ending the 30th june 1818 an act authorizing the erection of cer tain light-houses and for other purposes an act for the admission of the state of iowa into the union an act to raise for a limited time an additional military force,and for other pur j poses an act to provide for the establishment of additional post routes in the state of : texas an act to regulate the carriage of pas i sengers in merchant vessels an act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the in dian department and for fulfilling treaty , stipulations with the various indian tribes : for the year ending june 30 1848 an act making appropriations for the i naval service for the vear ending the 30th ; june 1818 an act to authorize the constituted au , thorities of the city of du buque in the : state of iowa to enter certain islands be i tween the landings of said city and the ! main channel of the mississippi river an act to create an additional land dis \ ti ict in the territory of wisconsin and for other purposes an act creating a collection district in i maine and constituting bangor in said ! district a port of entry and delivery an act making appropriations for the payment of navy pensions lor the year ending 30lh june 1848 an act for the relief of ray tompkins | and others the children and heirs at law \ of the inte daniel i tompkins an act granting a pension to patrick kelly an act for the relief of joshua shaw an act for the relief of julius eldred elisha eldred and francis e eldred for j expenses and services in removing the i copper rock from lake superior an act for the relief of joseph warren newcomb an act for the relief of the citizens of beetown in the territory of wisconsin an act for the relief of vv p s sanger and george de la roche an act for the relief of dr clarke lilly bridge | an act for the relief of frederick hop kins of the couniy of chenango in the j state of new york an act for the relief of the heirs of ser geant major john champe an act for the relief of james jones of \ the city of brooklyn an act for the relief of the legal repre sentalives of thomas shields deceased an act for the relief of susan brum an act for the relief of elizabeth adams ! an act for the relief of thomas n i newell an act for the relief of henry la rein , tree an act for the relic of james il.conlev an act for the relief of william n walt hall an act for the relief of the widow and heirs of john b chaudonia an act for the relief of jacob l vance an act for the relief of josiah haskell do do benefit of james williams do granting a pension to silas chat field do for the relief of the assignees of the late bank of alexandria an act for the relief of harvey reynolds do do do catharine stevenson do do do ann clayton do do do elizabeth fitch do do do thankful reynolds do do do elizabeth calkins the widow of silas winans do for the relief of johnathan hoyt do to increase the pension of ros well hale an act for the relief of edith ramsey an act to provide for lhe final settle ment of the accounts of john spencer late receiver of public moneys at fort wayne indiana an act for the relief of john c stewart and others the estates of benj metoyer and francis gaiennie deceased isaac guess the heirs of hyacynth lasselle james green of lhe county of fauquier state of virginia wilfred knott bernard o'neill john pickett and others harrison whitson job hawkins john speakmen the legal representatives of john lanson deceased an act to grant a pre-emption right to ] the heirs and legal representatives of john smith t an act for the relief of james l'ennoyer the legal representatives of wil i liam bruce i wm causey john van slyck the administrators of joseph ed son dee'd late marshall of the district of vermont joseph gideon lewis c sartori the legal representafivesof joseph e primeau and tho j chapman george 13 itusscl and others the legal representatives of simon spalding deceased the legal rep's of james h.clark an act to amend an act entitled ** an act to provide for the better organization of lhe department of indian affairs and an act entitled " an act to regulate trade and intercourse with the indian trihes and to preserve peace on the frontiers approv ed june 33 1834 and for other purposes an act for the relief of mary segar and ' for the relief of eli.ha dcnnison admin istrator of phenix carpenter ellis an act for the reduction ofthe oostand expenses of proceedings in admiralty a i ; gainst ships and vessels j an act for the relief of zachariah sim ! mons of the state of tennessee an act for the relief of the heirs of john ! paul jones an act to give the consent of congress j to the sale of certain salt spring lands ■ heretofore granted to the states of michi gan illinois and arkansas an act to establish a port of entry at j saluria in the state of texas joint resolution to prohibit the sale at private entry of certain lands in cincin 1 nati ohio joint resolution for the relief of wm i b stokes surviving partner of john n c ; stockton & co joint resolution for the relief of the chil dren of stephen johnson decased joint resolution relative to the prepara ; tion and presentation of medals to certain i french british and spanish ollicers joint resolution for the relief of m a price and e a wliite joint resolution authorizing and direct ing lhe examination and settlement of the claims of alexander m cumming joint resolution for the settlement of the accounts of purser g r barry joint resolution for the relief of john and charles bruce joint resolution of thanks fo maj gen zachary taylor the officers and soldiers under his command for their conduct in storming the city of monterey the resumption by maryland the vote in the senate of maryland on the bill which had already passed the | house of delegates for the resumption of payment of interest on her state debt was ; by a slip of the pen erroneously stated in ! our last at 14 to 16 instead of fourteen ■ yeas to six nays which was the real vote but for the accidental absence of one of i the friends of the bill the yeas would have been fifteen being a vote of five-sevenths of the senate in favor of it ; a vote which ought for lhe honor of the state of ma ryland to be truly recorded the balti more american of yesterday morning thus announces the vote :— nat lnts " maryland again erect ! " resumption hill finally passed re storation of the stale's credit .' last night's mail brought the very gratifying intelligence ofthe passage yesterday by the senate ofthe important bill providing for the resumption of the payment of in terest on the state debt and for funding the arrears of interest the vole in the senate was 14 yeas to g nays this most desirable and excellent measure having previous passed the house is now the law ofthe state and under its provisions maryland again resumes her proper posi tion among her sisters of the national confederacy the subtreasury scheme the union charges the defeat of what j it calls some very desirable amendments to the sub-treasury law to the " ill-judged and frivolous interference of mr senator badger the country will thank mr badger for his interference the amend ments proposed were only designed to re lieve the administration from the embar rassments it meets with in the operation of one of its most " ill-judged measures while the people who are made to suffer some under that measure were to be screwed down a little tighter the prac tice of forcing such measures through at the eleventh hour without giving a mo ment for examination or consideration has been too common under the present dynasty and we rejoice that mr badger has availed himself of his right as a sen ator to stop it alex gazette the united states steamer hunter left new orleans again on the 1st instant for the gulf of mexico the accident which caused her return to port was not so se rious as was at first supposed extracts from the speech of mr stewart of penn sylvania on the three million bill delivered in the house of representatives : but ihe president insists that mexico struck first is ihis true if so that is enough ; why assign twenty other insufficient reasons for this war ? the course of the president puts me in mind of a case of outrageous assault and hat tery tried in the west the defendant's coun sel admitted the charge lut undertook lo justi fy he came into court with his plea some thing like ihe message in length containing twenty-four distinct grounds of defence to the terror of the court he opened his volume and commenced reading : " if the court please • our first ground of defence is that the prosecu tor struck first " stop said the court " stop that's enough—prove that and we want no more aye but said the lawyer un fortunately for my client that's just what we can't prove !" '• then why did you put it in ?" " to save appearances if your honors please just so in this case to save appearances the president says mexico struck first hut not being able to prove it he goes back twen ty-odd years to give what he calls a history of the causes that led to lhe war instead of giving the true causes in a word l savin first the annexation of texas ; second the acquisition of california but gentlemen dwell much upon the glory of this war glory is there any glory to be i got by the conquest of these miserable demi savage down-trodden and distracted mexicans is it glory for an elephant to kill an ant or a lion to murder a mouse ? glory ? no sir ; lhat won't do there would be more true glo ry in exercising generosity magnanimity and forbearance towards poor mexico than in kill ing her people and r.bbing her of her territory a war wilh mexico can be glorious in no event it may be disgraceful ; victory over such an en emy is not glorious while defeat would be the deepest disgrace individuals have acquired ! and may acquire glory by brilliant achieve ; ments and deeds of noble daring but national glory is out ofthe question now sir though i disapprove of this war in its origin and in its objects ; though i condemn both the manner of its commencement and the manner of ils prosecution yet i have voted both men and money asked for by lhe president to bring it to a speedy and honorable termination and why because we had no escape the president had plunged us into the war without our consent our brave hide army was cutoff from its supplies and in danger of uller destruc tion we were obliged to rescue them by sending speedy succor but i never voted to prosecute this war for the purpose of acquir ing additional territory by conquest no sir never if we shall succeed in getting this ter ritorj what shall we do with it ? shall we hold it by military occupation ? by sending an ar my there and keeping it tliere forever wilh all its appendages and oppressive burdens of taxa tion crushing the people of this country to the earth ? or shall we incorporate it into the un ion ? and if we do are those semi-harbarian half-blood negro and mulatto mexicans fit for freedom ? are they capable of being free ?— can you force them to be free ? no sir ; vou know you cannot hut even if you could have you any right to force freedom upon ihese un willing men ? are we to go and bring them in by furce—drag these resisting people into our union by the hair of their head ? but even if willing to come what preparation have ihey ? are they qualilied to exercise the rights of a mcrican citizens ? but more than that they are in a state of the highest exasperation against us sir i would as soon bring a den of exas perated rattlesnakes into the midst of mv fami ly as attempt to force these lieacherous and miserable mexicans into political union with ourselves—unwilling anti exasperated as ihey are the result would be discord strife civil war and ultimately and perhaps at no distant day the dissolution of this now happy and glo rious union i cannot sanction this appropria tion for another reason to do so would be to sanction the doctrine so boldly and unblushing iv avowed here by lhe gentleman from indiana over the way mr wick who says that we are here simply to ash the executive what he wants and that if we are not willing to grant it we oti"ht to go home and let the people send here those who are that is the rule he pre scribes for himself and all good democrats yes that is the doctrine openly preached on this floor—the floor of an american congress—by the entleman from indiana who assumes to t>e sir oracle"—lhe official whipper in ofthe democratic party the grand sheriff and head constable set up and authorized to bring lhe democracy to order and has it come to this 1 is this your modern progressive democracy that the piesident must have nol only whatever he wants but in the form he wants it ? the purse and the sword he already has and this bill adds the treaty-making power a more despicably slavish creed never was taught un der the dagger and the cord in the most grind ing despotisms that ever has outraged the rights of man what does it make ofthe representa tives of a free people ? the poorest meanest most sycophantic subservient and crawling laves that ever licked the foot of arbitrary pow er we must give the pre.idenl all he ask • indeed ! what business then have we h.-re ? >> hy not go home and save expense " one man is all we want and yet thai is modern democracy promulgated by a self-styled politi cal philosopher who prides himself greatly on his wisdom but more on his transcendental de mocracy this is no , _ em ., c acv ; it is the re verse of the old and true democracy to which i belonged and still belong : j u lhe concenlra tion of all power in lhe presidenl ; the one-man power monarchy in fact and if not checked and rebuked by tbe people will soon be mon archy inform as well as ia fart but sir the day is now dawning j tne ast tfae c j ou j s and darkness that overshadow us are fast di appearing the decree has gone forth the time is at hand when the people will redeem themselves from the doings and the doctrines of this destructive democracy sir i here venture to say that if james k polk when he came into power had set himself down in cabinet council to devise a system i f measures to destroy first his country and next his party he could not have contrived a system belter calculated to achieve the object than the one he has adopted and carried out as to its effects upon the party look at the scenes of this morning—look at the scenes that daily surround us—the divisions dissenlions | quarrels and fights lhat nre daily occurring on this floor between the belligerent divisions and regiments of the •• harmonious democraev ask the democrats from pennsylvania new york and ohio what turned them out last fall and they will tell you and tell you truly » it was polk and his policy that done it as to its effects upon the country look at iis condition when he came into power and look at it now who could have believed that such a change could have been effected in so short a time ?— then the country was in the enjoyment of peace and prosperity *, already both are destroyed then the national industry was protected and prosperous and the revenue abundant tinder the tariff of 4*2 ; now our national industry and our revenue have been both put down together bv the infamous british tariff of 46 true sir providence has to some extent counteracted the destructive effects ofihe polk policy by visiting europe with a famine the failure ofthe potato crop in ireland and of lhe wheat crop through out europe while we have been blessed with an unusual a superabundant crop to supply ihis deficiency this has greatly increased our im ports and sustained to some extent the reve nue ; but this will be temriorarv from rhe national intelligencer the new major-generalships our readers and the public are already informed that mr benton declines the ap pointment of major general the whole project and proceeding of the administra tion on the subject with which this decli ning ofa major general's commission by the senator from missouri is connected strike us as strongly illustrating the shif ting policy infirmity of purpose or else the want of any regular plan wilh which the administration is conducting the most important affairs no president was e | ver half so full of projects and no presi dent has seen such a cold reception iriven to them in succession by his own friends in congress two months ago we were to have a lieutenant general taken from civil life placed at the head ofthe army in mexico with a diplomatic commission in the pock ets of his regimental small-clothes to fight or treat asbe should think best : and lest neither fighting nor treating for pence in the common way should promise success three millions of dollars were fo be placed at bis disposal that he might try what vir tue there was in coin mr benton it was understood was to fill these high oliices and to undertake these most responsible duties he has been a soldier now long a senator and bis standing with the pres ident's party undoubtedly pointed him out as the man if there was to be any man who should go to the seat of war super sede general scott and genera tavlor and appear in mexico as mr polk's alter kilo not only as commander-in-chief of the army and navy but also as the source and fountain of the treaty-makin power in short so far as the mexican war was concerned the country was to be deprived of the eminent talents and great experi ence of the president altogether ; his func tions in this respect were all to cease and beyond the nueces or the rio grande his image and superscription were about fo be seen clearly stamped and brilliantly shining in the person of the distinguished senator from missouri alas ! the great as well as the little of this world are doom ed to disappointment the best laid s'-hemes of mice and men gang aft aglee congress had the hardnes of heart to refuse to create such an office as that of lieutenant general here was a balk but the policy and tactics the strategy upon which the administration so much values itself are to shift and turn to car ry on a small higgling play even with great subjects against the express sense of congress in regard to this project of creating a roman consul and sending him to the armies the president should have proceeded no further he had made the proposition ; it had been decisively re jccted ; and in all dignity we will say in all propriety the thing should there have stopped but so it did not stop an other shift was resorted to \ proviso was stuck on to one of he bills in the last moments of the session declaring that from officers ot the same general rank that is anions the major generals—the president might designate cne to have chief command ; in other words might place a junior officer over the heads of his seniors how could congress be expected to sanction such an authority as this ' it had refused to create ibe office of lieutenant general to be tilled by the nomination of the president and the confirmation of the senate in the common way how pre posterous t ncni to suppose that it would trust the president himself and by his own authority to create the office of lieuten ant general in effect breaking down at the same time every just idea of military rank and subordination this scheme failed of course as i-s predecessor bad done nevertheless there is vet not an end just before tbe clo<e of the session mr benton was nominated and appointed a major general simply a major ceneral to what end was this done ? we had already four major generals mr ben ton would be the fifth was it expected that he would go to tbe wars for the sake of promotion and in the hope of rising in his profession till be should get to the head of the army f was the senate to hear bis ■ voice no more ? was he to put on regi ■ mentals that he might learn the art of ■ war and receive instructions no only from ■ gen scott and con taylor but also from ■ otlicers more recently appointed gen pat ■ ferson and gen butler ! certainly not ■ the old idea of a lieutenant genera must ■ have been at the bottom of this nomination ■ and appointment of mr benton as major general somehow it was expected he ■ might be placed at the head and have the chief direction of things both military ■ ami civil on the part of the i'nited slate's ■ in mexico i it has been suggested that by the arti ■ cles of war the president may place a ju ■ nior general at the head of the army giv ■ ing bis superiors an election to serve un ■ dcr him or retire if this is practicable ■ and were to be done generals scott and ■ taylor would of course withdraw as might ■ also the two other major generals.—that ■ mr benton looked in some way to be at ■ the head of tbe army is undoubted but ■ whatever was intended or hoped or pro ■ jected by making mr benton simply a ■ major general it is all blown into thin ■ air by the honorable senator's conclusion ■ not to take the commission ■ w e know nothing of his reasons ; and ■ it does not become us to conjecture them ■ we doubt not be has acted on good grounds ■ did he find that under such a commis ion he could nol exercise tbe functions he was desirous of discharging lb did he find lhat after all his powers ■ were to be so limited his discretion so ■ trammelled that he could not hope either ■ to do good or gain renown i how failing to obtain authority to put ■ mr benton at the head ofthe army reg ■ ulaily by creating for him the office of ■ lieutenant general the president could ■ hope to avail himself of his services in a ■ nv useful manner by making him major ■ eneral number five we know nol there ■ is a depth of policy in this which we do ■ not fathom i important correspondence ■ the following important correspondence ■ between mr senator br.vrov and ihe pres i ident ofthe united states bavimr become i public in the course of yesterday we are i enabled to present it to our readers :— i national int nf friday i letter from mr benton to ■ the president i washington march g 1847 ■ sir without wailing for lhe formali ■ ty of being presented with the commission ■ of major general in the army ofthe uni i ted states j think it right to inform you i at once that my acceptance or relusal of i that high appointment will depend entire i y upon public and national consid.-rations ■ of which vou yourself will he the j'idge ■ personally i can have no wish for thisof i fice ; but if you believe that i can be of i service to the country i am willing to i forego all private considerations—seper i ate myself from my family under painful i circumstances : resign my place in the i senate which is so dear to me—and pro i ceed immediately to the theatre of war i my only stipulation would be f.rtbepow i ers which i deem necessary to success i and these would be both military and di i plomatic the command ofihe army and authority to sign preliminaries of peace based upon terms previously approved by you i be you to believe sir that nothing selfish or personal dictates this proposed stipulation theie is no such thing in it it proceeds from a thorough conviction that with a subordinate command i could do no good in the army ; on the contrary that my presence there would be improp er and mischievous ; for i am known ; from my public speeches to disapprove the plans both of the late and of j lie present commander ihe defensive obey of the one and the san juan de ulna attack of the other : and this being known my pre sence would operate as an applied cen sure on the two generals and might make me in spite of myself lire nucleus of dis content and insubordination the com mand ofthe army therefore is the only military position which i could hold in • it authority to conclude a peace or at least to sijrn the preliminaries of peace i deem highly essential to success as it would j enable the commander-in-chief to take