Carolina Watchman

              i f _/ c •«--«■ • ----- awatoiamaif . baib(diliist«m ig^=7^ll tox c j ox day april la 1837 vol v-yp 3t.-tv8iu1 tffc 235 salisbury m c s,v terms sfe«u may hereafter be had i t n n.l fifty cents per year mn » lew anhseribma who w.ll ' icl v,,t.e whole sum at one payment j p a m ft,r one year a ' 1 , w ° i?y : »" tlm ', nd al lung as the same class shah l4*^_!riaesy a vance lhe snli of r *■***-"* h j sam e terms shall continue u ° jlv ill be charged as other tfnsscri ; ,. b , r iss»n«y * *■*• ua.r who do not pay duu'ng thn year j diliars in all cases ,,, *•*»'**" rscsjved for less than \ s . l bscnpw'*n *** tstj i be rjfecont.ausd but at the on arreargea are paid m 11 letters tn the editor most be neaf rt..vhirsri-e they will certainly nt t bear bfll'l i , f d«l t0 * » n - rrt i*.ikn sixty ftco 4 ■ half fr ° p „' far the first insertion end 31 i fr.*f»per«*l iw 7 , f " mcn mserimtt afterwards will be inserted for less will be continned until orders x v t stop them where no directions 6 year or six months will i at a d 1 p p r month for each stjua e privilege of changing the form everv rsarpedon fo \ t bolm ( i mpobtp 0 * ' ) the lieutenant governor acting go * iv 1 is splendid english raw ho-se & stal | ernor of virginia concludes the topic f m lion imported in 1834 will cover mares tbe abolition with the following tecoinrnendi . resent season which has now coanmenced at jj ons . my table granville county n c on the main 1 r,,ad leading from oxford to boydton virginia.atj believing ns 1 do that this question fio i he season payable before or on ihe flr3i of { more than sny that ever has come or aver july next at w.ueh time it will expire ik * 100 ' can come before the american people is inrurance which wiil be demanded as s,wn as ! f ra ght with tbe deaiest calamities lo the the mare is ascertained ta be it foal or transfer j r0 nntry indeed that on us wise and just | ed with one dollar cash tothe groom m every \ deietmln . iuon * tang3 our desliny as a free case ca»e will be taken lo prevent escapes or i , , 6 .. . ' , * . __ aectdents.bul i will not be responsible for any that \ a ppy and «- n * ted ' or a l'9 pled » nd 13f n.ay happen servants boarded gta'is;«rood pas j rassed people i respectfully submit to your mrage for mar«s and when fed 33 rents per j consideration the expediency of address div which charge must be paid before the mare • ing without delay to the non slavebolding atllbe allowed to leave the plantation — al lhe i states solemn memorial and remonstrance discretion of ibe subsriber j exhibiting the hioli and inviolable character i sarpfoon i.a nch krown horse 16 hands of tfe fj , , r afft lnvaded lhe cvl | ef . high foaled in 1828 the pioperly of general - , e .° ' , , . i g„sven„r-is a horse of the greatest strength | fer * of ntermedimg with them bolh on the and power his back and loins so remarkably j master and ibe slave the peril into which strong that he is thought to be master of 15 i •» brings the union the necessity that ex stone and as a race horse be was equal ; ists for the a i option by them of the mea and generally scperior to most horses of his day ; ires requested lo be taken — thcii intrinsic as is proved by reference to his memoir in de | ar)d especially disabusing the pub lail which may be seen tn the julv t83t ; ;.,. fn ; nd of tlje f „ a , error that po^r is number of ihe 1 urf register — he is the unly j ~ ' , - ... e .. e c , , , . , • . wanting in any gv.vernmept to punish iniu son of the famous emmus known to be import ! *} y ***** **•* mm e j ed emilias it will be remembered i the sire r " 9 inflicted by its citizens on those ot an of plenipotentiary scipio priam riddleswonh ! other and np;)ea!mg lo them in the name and many others and covers al 50 gs a j of justice humanity freedom peace and mare 1 an imnerrilh-d union to afford a protection dians to bond or free so remote from i hem \ state of starvatron whichtitenc-au^^mi or can they believe that they have any right ' to commit suicide * while the amasaeai to interfere with the domestic concerns of j slaves are here in peace and baoniet thaa other people even their nearest neighbors j their masters and his neighbours and dress thew best friend or greatest foe ont of tbe ; ed much finer than the first rate gentlemen common course of law the idea of es i and ladies dressed in this frontier part of tablishing governments presupposes thai ; the country sixty years ego and re well every person ought to be obedient to the es ! supplied with every thin«nece-sarv and are tablished government and tbe constitution 1 less exposed than the free inhabitants of of the united st ites guarantees toils citi ! the country generally are and treated with zens lhe free enjoyment of their property \ humanity and less severity than w8 ireat and is religiously bound to protect it from in our own children vasions or insurrections and it is well known | i cannot esnnafva what object or inieresr ibe that for a time immemorial slavery was ; leader uf tbe faction evjhs fanatics bully tolerated in the thirteen british american j chn * a " e '■■ t ' hw » - n exciting such exuemely colonies and the propriety of said tolera ■ ■ n - iur,j,ls insurrections whether ihey hope l lion had never been controverted until long ; iltfil l,y * zh,in - lk * ***** " f .. . c ., ,, h . benevolence and phi aothrony ascribed io tltem siuce the adoption of said constitution c^i v e r h-fhl k zi a^a ■■■»■» .„• ■ • „ r . j . . , seivet or wliethet ihey have been disappointed and be it remembered that at the com ; i their aspiring views and wi«h lo seek re mencement of the revolution the white j venge by the destrticih-n of lhe govern neni or inhabitants of lhe thirteen colonies were j has the happiness il their situation induced them but few and much divided between whig i lu display a trait in human nature ' i hit the and tory and unprepared for war having ha pp era man's situation is the more rekless no suitable arms or ammunition no money aud ******* t,e vv '" •*••' ths name of slavery or credit abroad nor other munitions of j fi^_si*fe17i \° f *," v ri ? hlfu,lv j '-, p , . tree but those lhal have for ei led their fre war ancr many tribes of indians against ns dora bv wickedne«..,mi « \, . u 7 * t , a j . j l r i ■ . " icheaness ought not to be disgusted instigated and assisted by british emmissa . but ought to be thankful for all tbe favors ihev i ries we entered into a war against mat receive lrom a merciful god whose works are j powerful and lhe most warlike nation on i a " j usl a d right and although we have no i earth we being only about one fourth or \ aul hentic aewmat af the cause the object „ r in i one fifth part their number but under a i tennon °* •*■» creator in stamping the color on i firm belief tbat our cause of liberty was i st ,„! n ftf 1 * 1 " f a,,am ' we *" e lhal is i just we hoped for and depended on the ! so le * p * * u , r i i •.* l "-■ ni f h,l «- nl p'wer could do it am it must i aid of a supernatural power in the contest ; nave been tor a murk of distinction and the con ■ which hope was clearly verified and we ; struction herein before aaenti ed uf bis object 1 were brouglit victoriously through against , s m " s - reasonable slavery has been toletated i that powerful nation which had abolished [ for * •• ne t«msmorisl and the slavery in ante i shivery and in other respects was a patron j , rrca ' has rievtfr n t,ne '"•** m appeared to me t.i i of morality and christianity now mil rea j j t^sc *?* 1,,e w1 " - l "* s!ire " f "» lannabln to suppose that if such alavery was i mlivcestt'^p * !** ■ „ ,- ., . ., .. ., ■ i . t 0 . tauseu many sidves lo loose their i.ves had ■ not in some egree tolerated by the almighty ! make it necessary for be owners of slave to ■ lhat he would have brouglit us triumphant keep them under more s'n.-t subedinauon par i ly througli such an unequal contest ucularly tu preveni the assetnbugeg xc i let him that thinks he sundeth take heed m ii s se ',' uk ** '"' are ' p v ™« i lam iip fall inikerb which indicates a curse on he pear-e ■ lesi lie fail breakers i have no doubi but the ab limonims li and let them that interfere with govermen »*•*-**»% ar « aetoaled bv pure motives but ma ital affairs inconsistent wtth divine inslruc " v ut lhh,n ff i'lawjuainied with national or i lions take heed lest they do more harm | ss tt 1 ** e *" t5t i , , c ■ j i 9 poiiuti.in ot tlie people tney are aiisled bv ■ than good even totheir favorites and there false reports and the esa^eru.ons of lebmied ■ hy incur the displeasure of their creator men wnose ehaeeaee often overpowers he rea i the works ol creation aie too sublime lor j s n of he cteduiou and best of ciiizens 1 i ihe comprehension of man and the various | ■ iave travelled ihrongh he souihern stales aa i i objects and designs of the creator mysten i • r,mn u * a nht-r vain.ns and the best inf„rma ■ ous but what we daily see of his works v f !*!! m e lhat lhe wesgenerally ■ iv ■ are •*-*- happiest people therein bv pxoerienep ■ are sufficient to excite our amazement it i &, . , r . • in oy experience ■ ,, . ,. , . j i hdl lne * all j of mind and its concoir.i ■ appears lhat the bum-in race are created in i uni cares ami i»r.,l<.vi r .„ u ■ rr . **»'" • res anu perplexities are much more ardu ■ the image ol god and placed herewith do ous than the fatigue of body and while the slave ■ minion over 11 other created beings on as nothing to do but to follow such directions as i tins earth by which it might be inferred that are given by the urnit-r wha is occasionally o i all were created for the use of man be it dl gedtobe exposed by night and riay.be the ■ so or not wo find it asabs lutely necessary wha,hwr **** " r ■**< o procure a subsistance for b i t . . > " i3 la mily , k n,i j his laxes to sunojr tne oonr ■ tor eveiv government and even every or „„. lk „ .. - ' , • , su ft jr l,,e h 0,vr ■ .,-... ■ . . . . ". -., ai d lhe g.iveriiment and when necessary to ■ vale family to fiiue ■„ head to conduct iii ,., r n u„l m q s.j,ii ur „, .,„ , ,- . . . ■ - . lum * *- ul <•* a boeiier in us deh-nce at thn risk of | tnismess otsatd nnily,-ind lhe others should , life and ev^ry thing neai and dear to him while h be nn ler thi ir control or a state of anarchy & ti.e slaves are snug at home well provided for ■ t-r>i fusion ensues and as ll were t*reateo't andooly equired to do reasonable lab.hir which i tn a lam and eve ihey wt^r.i created free *•-* d " sl p r crve their healih and increase iheir i but subject to fall and ihey by disobeying t ie j i - 8 " reis "■'■■•<'• '»}' cansmg them to ea heartier h j i . ,* i i , ■■ ,- i ' a d sleep better and will invioorate tlieir minds ■ the edicts w their creator fell trom their i . ■ ' . ™. ■ m v mm **** minus ■ , i ,. i , a '« npf-ve their consiiiuiions ■ linn mve rectitude anri brought trouble and f v m »„ ,„ i , , l ■ n "" fn ** n wl,t id take a retrospective view ■ distress on titer progeny and as there is ■ j ofthe settlement of black peop»e on the ohio he ■ vanity uf classes of human beings that must be convinced that th.y are the most miser i have eminaled from adam and kve lliere is able wmehes in the cuited slates and toeman i no lioubt but then classes base been form p a,e the soother slaves would be the greatest ■ , 1 oi permitted bv their ciealor in lhe plen l 7 ur:se **** c "" d -^ tka\e4 m them perhap ■ . i . j ' i hose that have such boundless love for the ■ mute o ins wisdom lo answer some partic , , .. ,, f u a »•»« or e ■ , _ „„. _ . ,; , , '., , i slaves as to sacrifice all their best interests for lo ■ i lar pm pose and each individual ought » j .„,,„„, ,(,„„ .. .- . . , , ■ k ! , . , i nrocre their emancipation would like to matry ■ try in the snbert in which they are placed j (,•,«„, an , oy liiat inftaii9 , jie ri)m(jie n , pp|rie / 8 ■ to answer ihe purpose lor which they weir j ot one in a ihoosand ; but if that vice should iu i created as they are by thflir creatr»r placed j crease what a horrid stl of mongrels will dis i nere as free agents in a state of probation ! aee this car'h i o try their bdeiity and are lo he rewarded as - 1,av « hmf>n requested lo give my opinion ■ or punished according to tha deeds done 0 .** r««antnendaii l the governor ot vir _■.,■*.., . j , ,■ gioia on the tupi .,! ait . hit.n and beueving as ■ in the body which was a great display of f . ,, , ' • • . . » _■ . 7 ' . , & . 7 ' - ■ itj * tna svery ertnien owes a duty to this best ■ mercy justice and w.sdom in the creator g^em«mbts and mure espeetariy ihoss ho ■ as he ih t.'ierettv not only adored by ihe.h.ip i have sudw-d so much in the cause of liberty as ■ py but glorified by just puiiislimcnt of the 1 have done ami also believing as i do t fiat snid i wicked who had slighted his mccies and government is now in jeopardy but only bv trie i admooitiomvand voltmtarily brouglit destrue 81 *' ■ uf the prevailing party und^r eseea ■ lion on themselves and by the disobedience \ lv " p^wha^o bul ids by the deluded abolmton _■ c c , ... ... • ; l'af.a.ii-e kvlnise zeaj is much creator than iii^ir ■ of our hrst pmeuls and the rebellious idol '„,..,...„,.,,; , 1 . i . h ' ' . sagrioiiy ; and according to said r-.iiifst 1 have ■ airy of iheir posterity all the evils we bui ■ ve i|jy vit)vvs 1 , hjs a il(i , r , iltt b , ; j ■ fur in this mortal life ate brought upon us j a od my well known state of bupemnaatiun at has individuals and as a nation nnd as god ; the age of e.gbiy s.x years is a sufficient apoto his the creator and governor of tho universe <; gj he tin uuouuth and inoahereai ma niter in hand of national '- mmmmmxx hand _^^^^^^^ hiju its btroyed it i hinged ttie its xh i y w^f-h band prisoners lo !>>.-■ huiade otb ■ it'll io i'll'.'li'l si.,vi-rv tbe a.mii-b hc;.,i to u m hflod on cain ham and istimacl and m.-tnjb he given for combat th result was hat after some close cutting and three rw shauibiirg had his hat cleft in twain nil his horse killed under him and cnvi!ti*r bad a di vision made of his clothing acrns-s his whole frnn leaving it is said a s-'cbt flesh wound and here the affair termina ted while tlie high mcgt'te of aawthem i blood keeps up i do not see imw duelling j is to be prevented the duel war al a n«ih j lie place and fr-m the motle of fig * o-g a j large number of person •• fl ere drawmio lie ; spoi to witness the combat cost of greatness — the expense <■• being p.eside are not by no means n in the salary tbat the incombeu i*f office receives and with which oe entertain so many thousands — m ams by his rigid system ofj eemv.c was able to live upon his salary throng i with difficulty the foreign functiona ries at our court the members o r boih houses of congress heads of depart nems and bureaus and strangers and citizens of distinction throng ihe portals of he pal ace and consume more thin the 25.000 per annum will pay for or purchase tae salary outfit tobe raised as the fi hewing will prove the globe of monday suits that when genera jackson same from tho hermitage to the presidency he took an outfit lrom his private means of five ihsn ; s:uid dollars this he exrended and inet \ a large additional amownl i y his • iglit ; years absence from hta esttte in jvnnrs ! see nnd tbe burning of his house and fur i nitnre '<).. squaring his account in the city tie bat scarcely ns much money left i of his eight years salary is would pav his i expenses to tennessee sf&w yt>rk times n irkrts sarpedon possesses more of the stout mam brino and benningbrough blood than any other horse in america and is a direct cross upt.o any of our native mares his perfomances u three and four years old until he was injured j were of the first character beating neaily all bis com pernors giving one of then high udds in weight see racing calendar and sporting magazine as above ) n b his stock colts)are remarkable large and iaciug-iike pedigree insispensihle m the south and whltl it is tb'-ir imperative tttitv lo grmt whein ibis shall have bepit done we shall stand acquit ted before the world of the high responsi bility we are under to do all in our power to arr m if possible tbe farcer r , r ** s r**-*i cism whose march is over violated lalci-ftftm disregarded rights of the south — the wreck ol the union — and the prostrate cause of itself ■ muinghh salisbury lamnxnsrlb * ja * 7c,s i b n y ap ra r i 45 a w ci cotton p^r ib tn 75 ruj ; cotton bagging per yd 16 12 per lb 16 a 18 ds castings per as ; cotton yarn from no 0 lo no tf a 2 00 ets ; pesthers pei 1 35 i m ' pr bl s si wbeat pr bash fl 121 vtvokta pr bashel 30 cts corn pr bush o5 cts , rm lead per lb 8 a 10 cts , .„ per ral 75 cts - nails per ib 9 a 10 1-bfcfnsrw 0 a ° '* ts - bacon p er lb 124 ,' batw per lb lil cts lard per ii 15 s . mghel jl 25 1 50 cts steel ameri r.por id lo cts bnglisb do per ib ,. rjtrt .| 1 per lb 23 a 30 cts ; sugar ■ ft'lil a 15 is rum jsiaajcajpergsl ra kee da 1 ; wool clean per lb 30 v perlb 1 iii cts tow-linen pr yd hi went ; wine teneriffe per gal 1 50 . tin 5i w a si 7 cts ; claret do vtg»l 1 3 a 1 75 cts malaga sweel a10i.fi ; whiakej per gal 45 a 50 cts 24ht jan 1837 a sarpedon was got hy lhat capital racer and unrivalled stallion dailies 1 by the great or ville who also covered at 50 gs , ancf was per haps the best son of ber.nitigbr<iugh,out of a king herod mare s,*c .; his dam jearie by ibe fiver gram dam by dick andrews equal to any horse nf his day both as a racer and stallion may by benningbrongh — primrose by mambrinu-crick et.by king herod the best stallion of bis day founder of liie best slock ir england — sopbta.by blank — deane.'f lord leigh's by second — mr hunger's brown mare by siangan's arabian out ufgipse by king william's n luugued barb ifaketess royal mare tbe flyer was got by vandike junior — dam az.lia by benniiigbrniigh — fjiilhfl wer by highflyer — goldfinder sister lo grasshopper by marske — culien arabian — regulus &..* , >%•('.. ine flyer was a capital horse and sire of wings winner of ttie oaks and other good runners vandike junior was gut by walton dam ljaih*i,tck,t.j ho iv.to.k r ra b by highflyer — hebe by chrysolite — proserpine s7sier l pse.h i fully approbate ihe method submitted j to lhe citizens of virginia bv their govern or it appears so patriotic and fnendlv,and e vinces a sincere desire to preserve and continue the happiness of our nortliern j friends as well as tiie southern peopie by bringing to their view the propriety and ne 1 cessity of looking before they leap and de liberating before they resolve anil more ful ly lo discover ihe inevitable const qtn-nces ol a rnsb proceed urn of our northern brelh em wtio have always stood high in our es timation for many considerations and par ticularly for their usefulness to ibe union liy iheu mautifacturing and lhe southern people have greatly contributed to their in terest -, mi happiness and have n-vi-r inter fered with their internal which makes iheir late conduct appear rrrorestiang in exciting ruinous insoi re lions among their southern friends against the saered compact voluntarily entered into winch m'ust mevit anly destroy th llni.iii of tl..-s,r btp--y flsohu ami drench the earth with lhe blood of ibe bos p-iiri-ns — i hope they art reflect ba ihe horrors nf an internal war in which broth er u-.ain.st brother and father agtmst so are more inveterate iimii strangers oh ! are our non hern brother preparer lo ruler into s.k t a coiifin i or can they ex peel suc cess by any other means in iht-ir n ftri.i.is scheme if huy had seen ne much blood $• arit.ige as i saw in ihe revolution & ban iiietr blood spilt in the same manner they would not he so easily drawn into such an i unconstitutional uujtist unlawful unrea | ouable,orifriendly st unrighteous an » nter latest from new orleans office of american x orleans march 7 we are fallen on singular and anoma lous limes ln the midst of unexampled prosperity w eu ail the avenues of ira.lc are open when money is abundant for lhe ordinary operations of commerce wo are called upon to record several extensive failures involving an amount alarming u the general credit on saturday one of our largest and mnsi influential houses failed for sevev millions carryiug with it full jive millions more when and where tins is loatop we know not the rage for speculation has been so greal that there is no es'imaling the amount of re sponsibilities incurred ll does not appear i to have been confined to real estate cheraw beef in market per lb 6 a 8 cts bacon per |] i li cis lit ns do 00 00 cts ; beeswax wm iu a 22 cts ; bagging per yard 18 a 25 fc^-thle rope per ib a 12 14 cts * coffee pr n!i a mi cts cotton per 100 lbs ts 16 00 p duljo com per bushel bo a 03 cis - flour h vtfoes par brl 8 50 10 from st res per v jliouaoo i w , 00 | os 00 a 6 50 . ban ' m r gal 50 a 624 cts mat „... i ir t bb-b 8 i 2 a 9 cts ; wrought do per lb 20 hfpirk pei hrf 3 9 ; rice per 1(10 lbs 4 btt'i fl ; j.ci.'pcr tb 12 i 2 a 14 cts pr ti *•!.■>• fish p--r bubcf 87 1 cts;steel a rcru'^a blister pr ui 10 16 cts tallow p«-r ib 10 i lit ci tea imperial per ib 1 25 a 1 374 cts fcviwkpr lb$l a 1 25 cts ; tobacco manu prrltikl a cts w fayette ville brm.u peai-l 80a 00 do apple 60 a 65 uprin 10 a 12i cotton pr ib 0 all cts bfearhltla 14 ; flour bb 84 - a 0 i 25 a 000 feathers pr lb 45 a h7n.iii on a 0 iron prlb 54 a 6 mo ■ gal 38 a 42 nails cut 74 a 8 salt t';i !.•>, sugar pr lb 8 a 12 ; tobacco ■ • 4 wheat pr bush 1 50 0 whiskey fejj7i bet-swax 25 a 0(1 office of the trie american ) new orleans march 8 1837 \ bi d iii li mhi l march 2 sb'tf in the morning the sun broke mil for a few hours and we had it quite pleasant the streets are still muddy and the le vee iu a wretched state the iart of the baiture opposite the second municipality has however been high and dry during the whole off ihe late rains showing ihe decided advantages of the late improve ments ttie river is rising slowly boat after boat from the west continues to pross upon us laden with the produce of that fruitful region in every direction piles of cotton rising to twenty aid thirty feet salute lhe eye while hundreds of vessels and steamers line the deep curve of our harbor three and f.uir abreast every where ttie greatest animation pre vails uwharie j ill make ins lasi season in * ' this coiinly at mv st-.ble jnj^^rj in lexington n c ending on vfif sb.it ''"' •"'■ nf u!y the purity o his n|.>od — l.is size — length — substance and pow er — his fine energetic act too i funk will cri excellently well with our com non mares if will be six years old ibis spring in order te bcnsmne-data all the farmers who are desirous to hi end jine horses and at a rate within the means of ail breedem i am indeced to put down the price ofthe season of v ■> bane lower than that of any horse in the uni >: : ! ~ qua i blood and character he will make h«s present season at 10 * insurance j.20 i ad dttion to the yearling fiily and two coils thai i sold in 1834 at 3,000 hoi f twharie's ilamj i refused last fall for a yearling filly out uf his dam and by imported luzbomugl ftroo and tor the old mare 1,000 icy fm farther particulars see hand bills vv ti holt march 25..1s37 8w36 ay^oir wuinivc goods aavt wllstjilngtoiz prise while ilmr h/ofbss.tu i ate the scrip j tufts lor a in mi t ui <■! i , 1 h-iions and • tne bible '• ■ rates si •■■ -. rv.and n»e n word in ll.nl ii b ■•:»!< iu opp slfion 1 i it tllli.hioh : we fin hi ret soman accon taof servants ■ ol rartt.us drnetni nations sn ■ g •■. fin iseif : 11 the con mat <. rn iits he deliver o to m ses \ makes mention of ntriri servama and nraid strviint.s and gave no cimtri.no for fh'e.r e j mancipation but requires u.e ,,. asters of s : servants to compel hem t keep the sahoeih day holy he doth not command the ; s unit u beep hie sabbath day holy hut j the charge is given to the master which i uiahee bun obnoxious to goii's displeasure ' if be does not exercise ins authority and en i force lhe obedience of the servant to his j will and our saviour so emphatically co.n j mauds servants to be obedient to their mas ; icrs and i have no doubt hut the slavery j ot servants under gospel dispensation was j as abject as the present slavery of ihe ne i groes in the u states as the word servant | and the word slave are synonymous terms j i then fore do really believe that the nor j thorn gentry are not only aclir.g against the i true interest and happiness of the slaves to the great injury of their masters but against the decrees ol heaven and against their own individual interest and o lhe injury of all tlie inhabitants of tbe united states : it is hard to conjecture what could excile our northern friends to take up the hatchet against the confedeiacy or any part thereof when we had been so long united under lhe ' best and the happiest and most prosperous '. government that ever was formed which the failures continue to-day two more houses went by the hoard what the effect is to be upon svm is we cannot say but so far as the gene tinners of the city is concerned we d , not apn head sny serious results temporarily a slight check has been given i , that r.n.-k ness in business for winch cir cil li.s been so remarkable bnt a few days will brief all light again cotton is at-asiand sull comparatively speaking nothing is recorded by the boaru of broken so/nc few transactions have taken place out doors but lliey are small and aisno be adduced as evidence of the state of the market the general feeling is to hold oil under present circumstances particu larly as the difficulties have taken place a m ui the great cotton factors consigned to us at either of the ill have due attention biave large & commodious bver 8r up in town in b stored at the choice of kand agents of the hen iny will be able to give ned io our care new york or else ilace . & johnson 37 — si35 state of ilovtti carolina wilkes county january session hs7 . finly & bouctielle original attachment vs >. levied u|>on dtfeiul josepb stanley j ant's land it appearing to the satisfaction of tha court that the defendant is not an inhabitant of this state ; it is therefore ordered that publication be made in the carolina watchman fur six weeks lhat ttie defendant appear at mir next court of pleas and quarter session to be hel . for the county of wilkes at the courl-h use an wilkesborough on m first monday alter the fourth monday of april next to answer or r pie vy or judgment will be intered against him and lhe lands condemned to satisfy plaintiffs debt witness win mastic clerk of our said cuurt al office the first monday after the fourth monday of january 18s7 b teste wm mastin c w c c i 19 — 6w37 — price 3 thbat wobk'ultw'rax.lll inecdotes oj foreign courts city wm lknoir duel in new orleans — the days of dan qtixuue have come back again knights on their high mettled chargers wil soon be semiring the country seeking lo avenge ll.e wrongs of some faded beauty tournaments will ere long be the pastime of gala days and ll.e wager of battle take the place of the slow and tedious process of civil law the firsi public exhibition ol the returning days of ancient chivalry has been given in new orleans a duel took place in some public place in that city on the 27th ult which is thus re corded by the correspondent ofthe couri er aud enquirer [ baltimore chronicle 1 i hid£s ily on baud and city new hides well in the interior very late from mexico intelligence from ibis country has at length been received by the arrival at new orleans on the 1 2th instant if i schooner creole in six days from tempi co we learn by her that a fleet consisting of 4 brigs and 3 schooners of w.r had sailed from vera cruz for metanmras de stined to operate against texas every thing was tranquil in tampico i here were about 800 troops there in garrison sania anna arrived ai vera crua on the 21 si february where he w ; rs coolly received and wi*.h no more bones than were due to a mexican general he left immediately for hia estate mango de ci.vo iowest prices and cash or city ac hundreds of false prophets and millions of men slain in battles c uuder the immedi ate control of god is it not probable that he might he more compassionate on others and inflict a punishment of a lower degree and as white is the emblem of innocence and black ttie emt lem of guilt it is leason able to believe that god ( who alone had the power did stamp the colour on those who committed the most flagrant transgres sions as emblematical of their crimes and his displeasure that they might be held in perpeluai slavery and tbe situation circum stances and conduct of the afiican people abundantly sustains that belief but he has bountifully displayed his mercy and kind ness towards tbe american slaves by per mitting their lots to be cast here in ibis christian country where their progeny are mstiucted in the way to everlasting happi ness instead of being brought up in a coun try where the grossest ignorance and super stitious idolatry prevail where parents sac rifice their children to idols and to supply the ca is of nature sell their children as slaves and others kidnap their neighbours and sell them for lhe same purpose having no law to suppress such inhuman practices when tbe sufferings of the inhabitants ate extreme tbey being almost naked and in a hand and finish ksiiaxk kim 9 an wards ot on friday march isih wilt be published in wahiie's literary omnibus a third work by sir n w wraxall entitled " lmemoiis and private anecdotes ol the courts of berlin dres den warsaw and vienna ■ this work has never been reprinted in america land yes'erday a duel was fought in this . city between capt shamburg and mr cuvitlier the quarrel originated in a ball room some weeks since between the former and a brother of the latter they passed on the levee next day,cuvi!lier ac costed shamburg in a manner he believed to be insulting some hostile motion be ing mutually made by the parlies sham burg drew a sword cane and ran it into the arm of cuvillier whereupon lhe latter discharged two pistols at the former with out effect here the matter rested for some days save that shamburg underwent a kind of trial aud was discharged the brother of the wounded cuvillier took up ' the quarrel of lhe wounded brother and challenged shamburg and the meeting took place yesterday with broad swords on horseback — they paraded at the prop er hour on fine looking geldings a r med with swords — took il*eir p»r»»u«n and awailed like nights of old the word to i i b a good good neigh lias supported itself extended its territorial limits and strength made gieat externa sc internal improvements is highly.respected by ail nations &■• without ever oppressing its cit izens by taxation has now such a redundan cy of money that the greatest degree of sa gacity is required in the appropriation of u what could stimulate any of the citizens of this happy and prosperous lfnion,to meddle with any such affair,so remote from them in which they can have no benefit when a mo ments reflection would bring totheirview.the ruinous effect it must have on tbe union 1 know that many false rep-pris and misrepre sentations have been pubiisbed respecting the treatment and situation of slaves but if all those reports weretrue is there anything in tbe principles ofour government in tbe laws of nations or the laws of god that requires those deluded men to act aa guar from the london monthly review tiie style is cn-ar and polished without other ornament than •.*. i.ai naturally occurs we shall only add that they abound throughout will enlivening anecdote and ih&t the leader's line and attention will be amply repaid whe her his search be for iufora.aiion or amuse ment tn my oos the election returns for president were anasia»*io busiaments - 57 votes manual gomez pedraza - 6 " nicholas bravo - s l anlonio lopez de san'a anna 2 " gen bustamente we are informed hy private letters had arrived ai the rt del norte where the army is now su--ioned and takes the command in conjunction with bravo santa anna on his arrival at vera cruz addressed the people and assured tnem lhal his liberation was not owing to bribe ry or to any thing der-.gautry in the mex ican people but purely to the gondii s o gen houston nut iii it will uie the whole of the early numbers of vvaldie's literary omnibus being exhausted an extra edition will be commenced on the isil inst from which dale new subscribers who give early no lice will be supplied price for a single copy for twelve months three dollars two copies lor five dollars five cop ies for ten dollars ll is the cheapest periodi cal no printed in america and the postage is that of a newspaper a waldie 46 carpenter street rear of tlie arcade phuodelphlia ejafe j.nnkv 7i3 ' enquire at this office us at tins office