Carolina Watchman

              ; . . by hamilton c joxk8 salisbury iv €. sattrj)ay september 29 1852 vol 1-no io x we prefer general jackson to mr clay be ' cause we think bis political opinions in thc main better accord with the simplisity of our repub lican institutions and because we helicve his 1 energy firmness and great popularity are ne i cessary to the salvation of our union very r.aiure beyond all law it cannot be incorporated into the rule of the c institution the question iu all sach cases is whether the the necessity exists whether the magnitude uf the evils is such as to justify a resort to revolution ary force fb.qspsctus for the thomas taylor presi lent chnna'u though then but in the bod of his political lifr and hardly conscious perhaps of h-.s own extra r.iinary powers he gavo prouiis ofthe greatmss which hisgeniusacnicved th same vigor of thought -, the sa...c force of expres sion the short sen tances ; the calm cold collec ted manner ; the air of s damn dignity ; and derp sepulchral unimpassionod voice ; ail have bbbs developed only not changed even to the intense but mess of hi frigid irony the piercmg cold ness of his sarcasms was indued peculiar to him ; tbey seem to be emanations from the spirit ofthe icy ocean nothing could l>e at oiicm s novel j and so powerful — il was frozen mercury beco j ming a caustic as read hoi iron ." henry middlj.ton ) david johnson \ r j manning \ v pres'ts s tucker \ franklin j moses ) jas ed henry \ secretaries catnowji.v.i n\i tcmir*i edited & published harwi/re c jox we ihsmtia sacred attachment fo the consti tution anddeplnre and deprecate the effects of that rago and passion which in the correction of abuses would sweep away the inestimable in stitutions of freedom if nullification was not fatal to those institutions there would be no dispute among us and when tho vital and es sential interests ofthe state are in jeopardy we should think no risk too grea for their preai r vation in the last resort hut it would little comport with patriotism or prudence to incur all the calamities attendant on the destruction pi social order if any plan can be suggested fur a i removal of the burthens of the tariff already considerably diminished by safer and more eh gible means we believe that the times call loudly fir thfi^doptbei of such a plan and that no insuperabt objections stand iu the w ay cf a oordial co-o.ieration of all parties j.et the southern states meet in convention and deliber ate as well on lhe infraction of their rights as on the mode and measure of redress the states of virginia north carolina georgia ten.ies see alabama and mississippi are equally con cerned with us in all the consequences ofthe tariff if the freedom ami prosperity of on are involved in the issue those of all the others are equally concerned i.ddress of tiie union & ugi1ts convention of south-^b carolina held at columbia onb i ith sept 183a ■ to the people i at this period when the controversy by wtiich^h he state has for vears been distracted is draw-^h ngtoan issue of fearful import the delegates*^b i'lho u-iou patty assembled at columbia in.h ite your solemn attention to the consideration f tbe l»est mode of providing for the public safe-^h y they solicit your co-operation in a c mmooh ffort to sustain the preenerity aad njaaniblc t:u-h leaee of the country . tiiere is no tariff party ■■ n south carolina we agree on every side t.iath be tariff should be resisted by all constitutional^h ncan so fir there is no difference of opini 1 ■ jut we are divided as to the character of i i'l beam that should be employed and resistance^h iy nullification is the fatal source of bitterness^b mddiaaard — even those who are in favor - a w nullification differ widely as to its character.^h it is tccommended as constitutional and peace-^b ul but when explained even by its own adv >-■ jutes it assumes many ditferent aspects and lur ■ fishes an evil omen of interminable strife lb-b raided as a peaceful remedy nullification r h lives itself into a more lawsuit and may o.'h shortly dismissed as a feeble inefficient measure ■ r'or it has been wis ly provided that t'o'-l constitution aad tne acts of congress maiem in pur3oanee thereof shall be the supreme law i ol't.e land — and in a c urt sitting under the an 1 tfaontv i the constitution tiie merits ol uiel question could receive no aid from the high soun-^h ding ter us of an act of nullification regarded^m as a forcible interposition of the sovereign pow h nr ofthe state the objections to it lie far deeper.^h it is not a mere infraction of tbe constitution which likean external injury leaves its gener-^b al utility unimpaired bnt a radical and fatal er-h ror toe theory renders the censtitution a ooh letter — and tne practical enforcement of the d u trine is tbe beginning of revolution a govern i ment inadequate to its purposes cannot in the na 1 ture of tilings uiaioiain its existence tocb great end and aim of ths constitution is to pre i serve tho union of the states and by that means h the innnony and prosperity of the country — i the old couilvl rati 0:1 proved inadequate to i.'o.nh end because t:ie execution of its resolutions de-h oended on tae will and pleasure of the several slates the convention which formed the com-h stitution owed its existence to the necessity ' -!'____ giving to the general government the power 1 i execute its own laws if the several s'tales^h can nullify an act of congress like the tariff we notice with something ot surprise an ar thatpow . r c . tnnot be excised and the fptu . ra : ■ le iu the yadkin and catawba journal con govc-rmnent must fellow the fate of the coined i ining a very unqualified allusion to aa speak oration it is vain to argue against facts tl.e^b r of as and another press in this place the theory of nullification falsifies the history of the i 0 , ., 1 country it is m nstrors to contend that ?<:■ h hirnal contains these words : ■» _»., ... . ... . . __■ . , , ,, , , inu.it rs of the constitution oid not invest )." ■ both say they are for jackson and ooth charge vjjf . ( -„ ral government with full p.wer to exe ■ ic another with hyiiocrisy but we believe that r r ., u ikaiitma lama or thai without such a pow-m either of them will support jackson any long r er union can oxist h lian necessity compels it must be borne in the restriction of the state veto in its ternism lindthat this is the opinion of many *■ ' 1 '- vs declared by the state to be unconstitu-b . .. tionai is merely nominal in practice it con i now the plain english of tins is in less civil make m difference for whether the law be coii-h ihrase that in the opinion of these gentlemen s titutional or not tiie effect of nullification mnsih re are both political hypocrites and that neccs bo the same if one state has the jurisdiction »*« has made us such for ourself we confess to declare a law unconstitutional every _ other ■ , . , , ■. t u 1 i ~ state must nave the same and toe constitution **■ that the band necessity has borne hard upm , .,, , . » , "■ lbuuic urn u j r can have no settled meaning it ts vain tosay us with tbe facetious falstalt we must say that the po>ver would not be lightly exercised ■ without tbe application of the pun we would if it were a power which the slates p..ssess,m that oar waste were less and our means great if the right was acknowledged there would bch er but that poverty will never make us desert ■» j or reserve in the exercise of ■ ,..,„., , . „ ., now than under the confederation — a venera our political faith or barter away our integrity tiju l!ie cuuliiiitbii may prevei.t infraction no matter how heavily in may bear upon u3 is bntcaabave ap application tu the exercise ufl what we trust no ore who knows es will be right when it is once admitted tobe constitutional h lieve but suppose it be jtruc that necessity according to tho theory of nullification any m compels us to do things inconsistent with the i *™**|« otstates more than one fourth of thch ' , ,, ,'■ , . t 1 whole may ehanjje tlie constitution ror in noble standard by which tec journal proposes i a g nuffi m v>hkh to take the dimensions ot our political merit very state in common with all the others iio.il we think that common charity ought to have formerly recognized as legitimate or any l.iw i protected us against tbe taunt perhaps it may th at is really constitutional unless three fourths i quiet the fears of tbe journal to let them ua concur in favor of the law so nullified the con ■ , , 1 1 , , , stitution will to all intents and purposes be cban-"b derstand that weshall make bo appeal to them | . and rf a q with our tieeo'sitics we think the ruthless j constitution is deduced fin be express provi-h manner in which tbey have seen proper to drag sions tiiat it shall not he ait red by less than al them before the public has shown that such an majority of three fourths by the same rule it i application would be fruitless neither have we i 1 }' bad been required in ail am«edmenrs,b ... t s t si • , „ 1 . -. 1 l he constitution might have been changed by i any intention of stealing tlteir sion let it tie c . , c \ ,. ,, b ■ j a j ' any one state such fallacy requires no expo ■ ever so profitable , sq tbey may test contented on l sure . a construction which destroys the text that score and gives to words an effect directly opposite to i what is the proof however by which these i their sense and meaning is too gross for argu cfentlenrcii are prepared to make good this charge j meat of hypocrisy and intended desertion have we i sac j " r " t1ip objections to nullification in tbe 1 11 1 1 1 1 q ,„ ,..,*,. ;., v r i or >'- » is not merely an infraction of the consti not always belonged to the jackson party in n , c . lutruu m , m a j;ra)i(;n rf authl , ru _ have we ever signiii d a wish to fratein tut in practice a dissolution of the union is one ise with the clay party but this is theopin ofthe least of the dire calamities which it must i..n of many " la that the proof weohiectto udfisten the country a aeecnien from the its sufficiency even if it were the opinion of ma l'nion imght possibly take place in peace and , ,,. .• . i would only impair our national defence put our ny which we deny \\ e think this very case independence in danger and give us up as a shows that the opinion of many ought not to prey to foreign influence with its usual conse convict us tbe very article in the journal of oneaces of domestic faction and frequent ways v.bichwecomplain may &. doubtless was intended but awiffieatran in practice must prinluce a tocreatetbis-beliefmmanv here then is the direct cobssion between the authorities ofthe ,. . ', .• . • 1 state and those of the union it would place i party making the charge also manufacturing the l>ulh prt i os umk . r t , ie nr . c . 5silv of a testhnooy which is tocome back by way of here and ensnare the citizen between inconsisteiu do sav to make cood the ?.. usation what then is ties adding to the disasters of war the cruelty of lie proof is it because we have n..t seen proper l na mm it may be said by the advocates of to reiterate all the fuls-me adjulation that parti i jb'b-'ajion that the state is entitled to the un .... , , . , /■ t 1 9 oualifccd allcg.ance ot its citizens and that the z an editors lave bestowed on ben jackson 3 . r ,° , .. ,, , ., ! decrees uf a state convention would si persede all lsit because wc have dared to think tor o-urselt : ot hcr ol-ligatioiis without stopping to examine in relation to tbe teeharteringof the united state's j the correctness of this d.ctrine it may he conce bauk or is it because we have not joined in the j d?d r the purpose of argument that if the slate cry of bar-am intiiegueand corruption againaf | 7 n ori command us to withdraw our alle ./ „, . 1 • ici 1 • . u glance from the general government we are mr c lay , that our political fidelity is to be que _^ tq nullificat - jn j e to ooaed il such be the grounds we are willing j a constitutional remedy and whilst it calls upon to show our confidence in the manly generosity ; us to resist the constituted authorities it earn of our patrons and our total disre<rard of such il ! mands implicit obedience to the constitution of ku ral mpuiations by daring to say tbis much j f l » lu d **** , catl y less than bumiiia k , ,. \, ,,, . . . i t!0 » aiul defeat be expected from such a tissue of more we believe mr clay to be an ornament : incl)n8isl _ noies ? * to his country — a hh>h toned warm-hearted pat . , , ma , j e . „ , llt ; m i but il nullification be considired not as con riotic geiiilema;i-^.ne who in all lhe relations stitlltiuiial wlt btll a hi?h prcr(igative and lf life has stiown bimseif most worthy of admi an exception justified by great emergencies it ration and esteem if these gentlemen think . must in principle be the same as the right of lanch sentiments as these are unbecoming in a po ! resistance which is recognised by the principle lineal opponent they are welcome to make the | as a right paramount lo all consti i uppjuti.i . .» tutioiis and is but aa application to the stare as a imust ot them we trust aeveya becctne aa polity aodyaf tan bbbib principle which pr ifditoraai as to lose a sense of what i to a j vails in every case between the people and the lf__en_dsn_b i covejptaena but as this aaeesaiaa is by its his bject is to instruct and to pleusc he v l th p fore with zeal and diligence set him f c this work and he flutters himself that the great interests of literature science politics agriculture and comaaerce may be promoted by |,_ labors g.o.1 m aala a r finemeut it sbaii be his aaibitian to uphold and against the ene i . otthtae whether open or bidden be will urge the ntinoat uf hit btreagth criticism wit smredute and th ne other pengi ats thai give zest to iutedectoal repasts he will endeavor to afford ioth watihiiuin believing in the patriotism and just intentions of the president and aware that undeserved blame ean but bin.br the proper action of oovi rntacnt he will feel it bis duty to reaisi the tide of obloquy whaeh has baas so freely noared forth againbt ihaadnuiuatratioa and vin dicate with < oergv its jnstihable naasnreb he will ik free however m bbbtaib the contr.iiaiiee a,t tbe i waited si.-.t a honk with such checks and lnodificationsas experience may have shown to l necessary the bdator deeaaa the excise of the power flunking hdertud improvementshy the general government ia the highest degree inexpedient he believes that the distribution of large sums of money by congress and the president will aro ducejealousies distrust and disaffection and will thus weaken our union — 1 say nothing of the corrupting tendency of such legislation against a tariff which has for its object the fostering of the interests of one section four country at the nxpeaaa of another the be_t energies of this paper will be oppoaed ofthe newly propogati d doctrine of nullifica tion is only necessary to say that in all its pliasis and mutations it is contrary to our most settled vi wa of civil p ity , and as such will be combat ed by the wulchnntu i nun tt ijmifn'i i i ) " in nil gallery of portraits richard ii wilde fsq a inembt r if^corit^h iress from georgia has long been known totbt-h literary public as a poet of no ordinary pre ten-^h sions as well as an orator of commanding pow-h ersof eloquence in one of his speeches during the last session of congress be exhibited inuhh tacakiea us an intellectual anatomist and iniocrb oy aketehiag briefly yet e miprehensivcly ai.i.h graphically tbe prouiinon characteristics ti'^mul of our leading statesmen _____| i had the honor rsays ho tobe a membei^h ot the 1 1th congress it was an honor i.nl what it is neae i shall not say it is what to.h 2-2nd congress have been pleased to make it ih iave neither time nor sirengtb nor ability ; h peak ofthe legislators of that day as they de-^h serve ; nor as this tbe fit occasion yet the en i h jst or most earsieaa nature cannot recijb io such associations without some touch ofh jeneious feelings which in quicker spirits w.uldl kindle into high ail in st holy enthusiasm mr wilde theu proceeds to speak of several i eminent parliamentary characters in the sub i joined eloquent and stiikirfg passages audi william lowndes of s<ilk carolina pre-eminent yet not more pmudly than loon 1 bly pre-eminent — among tham was a gentlcman^b from south carolina new m more the pure8t,____j the calmest the must philosophical of our cdbb fry's modern statesi.ran one no less re«narka lie for gentleness of maimers and kindness oil heart ban for that passionless unclouded int.l i lect which rendered him deserving of the praise — if ever man deserved it — for merely standing h by and letting reason argue for him the tro patriot incapable of nil selfish ambition le>l shunned otlice and distinction yet served hisl country faithfully because he loved her he il mean who consecrated by his example the no-l ble precept so entirely his own that the first station in the republic was neither to be sough t^b after nor declined — 3 sentiment so just and s h happily expressed that it continues to be repeated _____ because it cannot be improved ____| william pinkiuy tf maroland ____| there was also a gentleman from maryland mm whose ashes now sluinlxr in your cemetiy ith is not long since i ste/nl by his tomb and reealled^b him as be was then in all the power and pridi h of his genius amongst the first of his country-^b haea and cotemporaries as a jurist and statesman,^b birst as an orator he wits if not truly eloquent m ■ he prince of rhetoricians nor did the sound-m biess of his logic sutler any thing by acomjar-^h son with the richness aud classical purity of thch banguage in which be copiously poured forth ihoaeh igurative illustrations of bis argument which^h benforced while they adorned it but let othenh bproiiouhce his eulogy i must not 1 feel h lit his mighty spirit still haunted the scenes ofhish btriumjlis and when i dared to wrong tiiem in-h bdignantlv rebuked me h ■ i nese nanus nvrr^w^ie historical thereh i were others whom it is more dfnculi to speak's bbecause yet within ihe reach of jiraise or envy i i for one who was oi aspired to be,a politician i : would be prudent perhaps wise to avoid ail bmention of these men their seta their words ! b their thoughts their very looks have become bsubjects of party controversy but he whose i ambition is of a higher or lower order has need but such reserve talents is of no party exclu-l bsively nor is justice i ■ john randolph of roanckc i i amoi g them but not of them in tha fearful land solitary sublimity of genius stood a gentle iman from virginia — whom it wtre superfluous ilo designate whose speeches were universally iread ° whose satire was universally feared i upon whose accents did this habitually listless land unlistening house hang so frequently with i wrapt attention whose fame was indyiitiiicdl i with that body for so long a period who was la more dexterous debater a riper scholar i better versed in the politics of our own country lor deeper read in the history of others above lall.w iio was more thoroughly imbued with the lidiomof the cnglish language more completely i master of its strength and beauty and dclii acy .! lor more capable of breathing thoughts of flame i in words of magic and tones of silver i i johnc callimin,of south carolina i i theie was also a son of south carolina still li:i_the republic then undoubtedly an influential imembcr of this bouse wi'.h a genius metal i physical he applied to politics his habits of auall lysis abstraction and condensation and fibus gavel it the problems of government something of thatb i grandeur which the higher niathaiiiatics bayeb i bone wed from astronomy the wings of hisb i mind v i 1 r inidbat jcapricious and there wereb i times when the light which hashed from theub i as they passed glanced like the miror in the aoa i only to dazzle tbe beholder engrossrd with his i subject — careless of his words — h i loftiest flights i of eloquence were sometimes followed by collo ■ quial or provincial barbarisms bat though off b ten incorrect he was always facinatmg lan ■ guage with him was merely the scaffolding of b i bought — employed to raise a dome which like b angelo s he suspended in the heavens h lb n,-y clay of kentucky it is equally impossible to forget or to omit la gentleman from kentucky whom party hi hsince made the fruitful took of unmeasured paa hegyrican-,1 detraction of sanguine tempera and impetuous character hia leclainu linns impassioiiate his retorts acrimonious . _____ deficient in refinement rather that sirengtb i is stvle was less elegant and correct than ani i mated and impressii e but it s ept away your ■ feelings with it like a mountain torrent and the _____ force of the steam left you little leisure to remark i up ui its clearness his estimate of human i nature was probably n it very hig s . it may be i i hat his prst asbbojbsiooa had not iu..ded to ex haltit unhapilv it is perhaps lbore likely to i have been lowered than raised by bis subsequent h e-sperieaee yet then and even since except hwhen that imprudence so natural to entus i prevailed over his better judgement be had gt-n i enillv the good sense or good ta.le fo adopt a i loft v tone of sentiment whether he spok of i measures or of meo of friends or adversary on i many occasions he was noble and captivating i one i can never forget it was the fine burst l ■ ind-rnatiteb-iuence wilh v.bi-h he replied uo b the taunting question whai have we gamed b by the war ______ daniel webster of massachusetts ■ nor may i pass over in silence a rt-presenta rive from new hampshire who has obbterated all memory of that ilestinctioii by the superior fai.ie he has attained as a enat.or bbss alas the watcmgagj salisbury saturday september 29 is.si sititeyqf thc const la execution ofthe law passed at he'lasi aeaaiun for csrrying into effect the act of the 10th february 1s07 pbovidaag for the stone ofthe coos of the united states the president has directed the secre ry oj tlie treasury under wh.se department that impor tant national work was placed at the farmer po rbxl to take the proper measure for resuming and continuing it with the president's approban___^thc secre tary has appointed mr il.ssbr *»■ quulitica tions for this service are well known to take the charge and direction of the work mr il has been for some weeks engaged in prcjstring the necessary instrumentsdrom the eui!ecti..iiformerly made for that purpose and will be rea.iy in a short time to recommence tho survey globs agents lie cjlnring gcntlcaifn will oblige me bjr ng as agents for tbe watchman in the sev counties where they reside and receipts 9 by them would be as valid as if made by if viz :■ surry count v francis k.armstrong capt john wright c..1.t 15 wright pct.r clingmam stokes county john f poindexter esq isaau fjilxion esq wilkes county col sand f patterson messrs finby & bdaehell burke county robert pearson esq sidney s erwin john p hardin esq rockingham robert calloway jr esq a m scales esq lincoln c c henderson esq a m rurion esq mecklenburg dr,-j.d boydj f l smith esq miles b abernathy cabarrus david storke esq d m bamn<rer esq guilford dr j a.mebane as1ie spontaneous combuxii-m — a few days since wini persons in the western part of tins town nade a large tent for use at camp meeting c it contained about 100 yards of cotton cloth hied with oil ice to make it proof against rain before it was entirely dry it was rolled ap ono veiling sad laid in a bunding the next hit ling it was found on fire and greater part of it oiimimed spontaneous coinbustian often or'ir natcs in oil and cotton oil and wool and aobbb limes in oil and wood — vtrf/iampfou mast gazette wbntcver advantages may be expected from nullification as a constitutional check they can on ly be realised by a concurrence of the states that are interested and such a co-opera i ion appears to be clearly intimated by tne virginia rosolu tions as the proper proceeding in such cases aud if nullification be regarded as an appeal to tbe principle of resistance it would be madness to expect success without the supp.rt and coun tenance of those states if the states which are injuriously affected by the protective system c.neur in regarding the ordinary constitutional checks as insufficient to restrain the general government within its proper sphere such inter pueitiun as they may advise will be oaoat effec tual and productive of the smallest injury even those who support the opinion that nul lification isa constitutional and peaceful remedy admit that it is only to be resorted to in extreme eases & on the grounds of great public necessity and how shall wo be satisfied of this necessity but by the support and concurrence of those states who are equally interested ? many causes may conspire to create an excitement iu one state out of all proportion to the magnitude ofthe evil but if the excitement is general and prevails as widely a.s the mischief extends we may be assured that it does not proceed from prejudice or accidental causes and that the cri sis baa arrived for the intervention of an extra j ordinary remedy ' it is due to the veneration in which the constitution ought to be held to the responsibility which we are under for preserving it inviolate that no measure involving in its consiliences so essentially the stability of the government as nullification confessedly j es should be undertaken except by tbe coii njence of such a number of the states as are invested with th r etmiaing car nejjative powvt in the ea*e of amendments major a.vdrk — it is ( ertain ly a verr fin gular cicumstauce that andre should in a very saticriai poem have foretold his own fate it was called tbe cow chase and was published by hivington at new york in consequence of the failure of an e*p - dition uiufertukcn by wayne for the pur pose of collecting cattle great libit us are taken with the american officers em ployed on tbe ocqasion with hurry lee and ins dragoons and proctor with bis cannon "* but the point of his irony seemed par ticularly aimed at wayne whose entire baggage be asserts was taken cont lining his congress dollars aud his prog his military speeches his eornstilk wiskey for higgrog black stockings ami blue breeches and concludes by observing that it is necessary to check die current of satire lest the same warrior-drover wayne should catch — and hang the poet lie was actually taken by a party from tho divuie f ii army immediately under ilic command of wayne — uarocii terms tun fiiioi.i.na wat imafr is published svi ry wi ek at three doll rs t year in advance where the subscribers livi isc unties more than one hundred btilesdistant from salisbury and ia nil cam's where the account is over one year stan ding the price will im *•!. no subscription will ho taken for less than one year : advertising will he done at the usual rates no auhscriptiob will be withdrawn until arrcara gi s an pail unless the editor chooses six subscribers paying lhe whole sum in ad vance can have the ivutrhmau at 2,50 tor one year and if advanced regularly will he continu ed at the same rat/w afterwards col a mitchell iredell whitfield kerr foseph p caldwell esq davidson john p mabry leasonable commission will be allowed on mo collected 11 c.jones salisbury july 28 133-2 all letters to the editor must be post paid or they will not lie attended to persons addressing the editor on the business of the office will address him as editor of the carolina watchman those that write on oth er buatboaa eaa direct to f l c jones n ii all the subscriptions taken before th7 of tbis paper it will be remem l___cintbe publication ef the firs pill continue fir the present to practice bl.aw in the counties of rowan and surry ivith the county ic superior courts he will th next superior courts of stokes and l)a r tu . it iii business in these courts such are the advantages of a southern con vention tbe objections to it may be easily disposed of it is not unconstitutional the i states are prohibited from entering into treaties or confederacies among themselves — but a southern convention will form no treaty or compact of any kind — their object will be to deliberate to enlighten and give effect to pub lic opinion nor will their deliberations lie in jurious to the union if the states w ho are aggrieved by the tariff laws act in concert their claims will in all pr nubility be conceded — but if the very worst that can be imagined should happen and their demands be capriciously re j jeeted it will lie for the several states and not for tbe ccnvcnliun to act on the subject the advice of the convention will no doubt have great weight but it will be a salutary influence njt a legal control in the spirit of amity wc make this appeal to our fellow citizens tbe glorious inheritance ; of freedom is at stake the same blow which foreicrtf news lima despatches from the charge d*afiair at lima have b»en received by the department of state giving notice that the law prohibiting the introduction of ll ur has been suspended but its importation is berthened by a duty of nine d i lars per barrel and six in specie and the residua in government paper bleached cotton goods are also admitted on paying a duty of 90 pet cent one ha on {'.,,■ eminent paper ; and tobacco is also admitted at a doty of sixty pesos per qniatal the same despatch represents the demand a american floor to be very small in ofthe introduction of wheat from chili at a eo parahvely low rate of duty . woffice is under the office of the carolin atehtnaa a few doors below the mansion hetc ptouse lately occupied l.y saufl junes es i tavern notice a public meeting will be held in tkl fe^o salisbury on thursday of thl superior court to take into considerd tin st to of affairs ; and all those nil _____< o a reduction ofthe tariff and op ■ to im i 1fication and disl'n b ire respectfiillv reqoested to attend ■ a g carter ■ richmond m pearson ■ jameshu1e ■ wm f kelly i c jones i alex long i u.m.i chaw ford ■ isaac burns ■ abel graham ■ j f caldwell ■ saml ii f.eves ■ e varbrougu i s s1lliman i jno a meronet i george w brown ■ thos mull jr ■ thomas mill sr i geo f 1 1 ai . e y , of salisbury i thomas aic.neelv ■ \« :.\ buis k m clayland ■ i.eouck fostf.r ____■> vi han chaffin ■ toils lil'.auu jr brown ireland accounts front dublin of august 1st c n'ai-.r particulars of additional breaches ofthe peace there was a great scarcity of hands in cm o quence ofthe combination not to work f.r the tythe papers nor permit it tobe don this l ! led to much fighting and some bloodshed a !••( ter on the state of the comities ofkilkcmiv and connaugiit eentains these remarks : — " tbe character of the peasantry of ireland has been greatly changed within thise few y ars — some say for better others for worse ; i_i i shall give you the facis since january last the lord lieutenant has been offering ftq re ward f r any approver who may eobm for a i from among the 200,000 people present at the massacre and no one has accepted it nay more the irish executive cannot get one individual out ofthe 200,000 who were present at the bally bale anti-tytbe bm eting to prove tliat col bu r took the chair there destroys the union levels to the ground tbe d|h fences of liberty under tbe federal constitu tion we have enjoyed all which the patriots i f the american revolution desired to see our country has increased in riches in knowledge and in boner and th.se who offered up their lives in the cause of america would have clo sed their eyes in peace if they could have been blessed with a vision of that future which we have enjoyed the happiness of our citizens has formed the admiration ofthe wise and good and bow when the scene is changed and discon tents created by lhe acts of government have brought the constitution itself into danger it depends on the moderation and wisdom ot the sons of liberty to repay in some degree the debt of gratitude by transmitting tiie same inheri tance to their posterity \. therefore resolved that while we deprecate nullification as founded on prin ciples subversive cf the constitution we would willingly and cordially unite with oui fellow citizens of tbe free trade and stale rights party of thisjlstate on any ground w hicb promises a redress of our grievances without involving a violation of the consti tution of tlie united states 2 resaleec that in case of tbe concur rence ofthe states of virginia north car olina georgia tennessee alabama and mississippi tbis convention do earnestly recommend to the citizens of this stats to meet in their several districts and elect del egates to attend a general met ling ofthe citizens ofthe said states in convention to take into consideration the grievances under which we labor and the means and mea sures of redress 3 resolved that w*e solemnly pledge ourselves to adopt abide by and pursue such measures in relation to our grievances as the said convention shall recommend 4 resolved that a coranittee of nine be appointed to correspond with their fel low citizens of the said states and in cast of their concurrence in tho proposed con vention to give notice ofthe time and place of holding the same and fax a day for the election of delegates fiom the several dis tricts of this state and that a majority of the acting members of the committee be authorized to supply any vacancies in their number as tlie same may occur trance in tbe private correspondence ofthe tim dated paris august fat ft is stated that tbe three days did not pas.s off wholly without inf r ruprioa of the peace ; aame young men having been attacked on the pout d'arcole for siic~i lhe maiee'lobm hymn by the sergens de vill . some were said to have been killed ; but it wi s suppteed no judiciary invesfgation would take place hthe grand jury of rowan county august term of flic court of plena quarter sessions approve thc above 110 mind recommend it to the attention of our h it i i us '* geoffroy the young painter whowaa eoa demned to death by on ofthe military en is mar tial in june and who made beaucesbbfal an appeal to thc court de cassation w us tr d 0:1 the slat august in th i regular way at the is.sia es he wan found guilty on a minor cunt on ly and the court sentenced bin to ten y ua l.ar.j iibor in one ofthe bagnols tbe jury expn s 1 their astonishment at the natorc of th * bteaea and declared that they had returned the v r.iict under the fall impression that a pofitjcal offence was not punishable in thc same way as highway 1 robbery a cirrcspoudent of the same paper un<brf*nte inly 3 1st states that lhe death ofthe yunag duke of reichsiadt is not so unimp.riant an s vent aa it might seem our of france ; as it had disappointed a pirtv composed not only ofna polean's old adhe^nts but of a new pen ratiun friends of a consufjiajunal monarchy who ■<. .■ no impioveinenajmbwatate of things under an ..»!. r bourbon ; amfwho lufted to austria for ai<j in their projects holland and belch m w chunn rareawa » samuel culbertson j vol nii abraham sachlere peter albright jacob pile joseph 1kyin james g knox johnuppard frederick holshouser \\ illiam cowan jr william howard david da walt john hall john 11 patterson irr.tfct 24 l^si l\ye constantly oa band at my limekiln cjtebty jraaveteaw-jiatf both slack which i seil at 2b cents per ; and oo for urn-lacked — and ufoae hundred bush is is tak paid tbr tl ( e price will be somt ¥ j a m ks martin san july the20tk , i$3i a brussels letter announces the arm.il nf leopold in that city on the evening of th o'i . with his brother and nephews they men r ceivedasthey had been at liega and nunu with every domooatration ti>y