terms two dollars per annum in advance j advertisements inserted at si per square for the first g d 25 cents for each subsequent insertion court or en charged 25 percent higher from headley's napoleon and his marshall's the last days of jtfarshhll ney i at length a dark object was seen to e j merge from the distant wood and soon an army of 30,000 men deployed in the field of waterloo and began to march straight for the scene of conflict blucher and his prussians had come but no grouchy who had been left to hold them in check fol lowed after in a moment napoleon saw that he could not sustain the attack of so tnanv fresh troops if once allowed to form a junction with the allied forces and so he determined to stake his fate on one bold cast and endeavor to pierce the al lied centre with a grand charge of the old guard — and thus throwing himself between the two armies fight them sep arately for this purpose the imperial guard was called up which had remain ed inactive during the whole day and divided into immense columns which were to meet at the british centre — that under reille no sooner entered the fire than it disappeared like mist the other was placed under ney the " bra vest of the brave and the order to ad vance given napoleon accompanied them part way down the slope and halt ing for a moment in a hollow addressed them in his fiery impetuous manner he told them the battle rested with them and that he relied on their valor " vivcal f.mpereur !" answered hirn with a shout that was heard all over the field of battle he then lelf them to ney who ordered the charge bonaparte has been blamed for not heading this charge himself but but he knew he could not carry that guard so far or hold them so long before the ar tillery as ney the moral power the latter carried with him from the reputa tion he had gained of being the " bravest of the brave was worth a whole divis ion whenever a column saw him at their head they knew that it was to be victory or annihilation with the excep tion of macdonald 1 do not know a gen eral in the two armies who could hold his soldiers so long in the the very face of destruction as he the whole continental struggle exhibi ted no sublimer spectacle than this last effort of napoleon to save his sinking em pire europe had been put upon the plains of waterloo to be battled for the greatest military energy and skill the world possessed had been tasked to the utmost during the day thrones were tottering on the ensanguined field and the shadows of fugitive kings flitted through the smoke of battle bonaparte's star trembled in the zenith — now blazing out in its ancient splendor now suddenly paleing before his anxious eye at length when the prussians appeared on the field hen-solved tostake europe one bold throw he committed himself and france to ney and saw his empire rest on a single charge theiiiten.se anxiety with which he watch ed the advance of that column and the terrible suspense he suffered when the smoke battle wrapped it when the cur tain lifted over a fugitive army and the despairing shriek rung on every side " la garde ncule " la garde reculc makes us forthe moment forget all the carnage in sympathy wiih his distress ney felt the pressure of the immense responsibility on his brave heart and re solved not to prove unworthy of the great trust committed to his care nothing could be more imposing than the move ment of that column to the assault that guard had never yet recoiled before a human foe and the allied forces beheld with awe its firm and terrible advance to the final charge for a moment the bat teries stopped playing and the firing ceas ed along the british lines as without the beating ofa drum or the blast ofa bugle to cheer their steady courage they moved in dead silence over the plain the next moment the artillrey opened and the head of that gallant column seemed to sink into the earth rank after rank went down yet they neither stopped nor faltered dissolvingsquadrons and whole battalions disappearing one after another in the destructive fire affected not their steady courage the ranks closed up as before and each treading over his fallen comrade pressed firmly on the horse which ney rode fell under him and he had scarcely mounted another before it also sunk into the earth again and a gain did that unflinching man feel his steed sink down till fur had been shot un der him then with his uniform riddled with bullets and his face singed and blackend with powder he marched on foot with drawn sabre at the head of his men in vain did the artillery hurl its storm of fire and lead into that living mass up to the very muzzles they press ed and driving the artillerymen from their own pieces pushed on through the eng ligh lines but at the moment a file of soldiers who had lain flat on the ground behind alow ridge of earth suddenly rose and poured a volley in their very faces — another and other followed till one broad sheet of flame rolled on their bosoms and in such a fierce and unexpected flow that human courage could not withstand it — they reeled shook staggered back then turned and fled ney was borne back in the refluent tide and hurried over the field but for the crowd of fugitives that forced him on he would have stood alone and fallen on his footsteps as it was disdaining to fly though the whole army was flying he formed his men into two immense squares and endeavored to stem the terrific current and would have done so if it had not been for the thirty thou sand fresh prussians that pressed on his exhausted ranks for a long time these squares stood and let the artillery plough through but the fate of napoleon was the carolina watchmant bruner & james ) editors 4 proprietors $ " ke " a jj * . { new sertvs rulers do this an*d liberty 1 i^ivijjo 8 gen'l harrison £ number 17 of volume iii ! ' salisbury n c friday august 21 1846 -__■___________________. _____ , i writ and though ney doubtess did what i no other man in the army could have done ' the decree could not be reversed the star that had blazed so brightly over the world went down in blood and the " bra vest of the brave had fought his last bat tle it was worthy of his name and the charge of the old guard at waterloo with him at their head will be pointed to by remotest generations with a shudder we now come to the expiation of his treason by a public execution the allies after they assembled in paris demanded some victims to appease their anger many were selected but better counsel prevailed and they were saved ney was a prominent example ; he had routed their armies too frequently and too nearly wres ted their crowns from them at waterloo to be forgiven it was intended at first to try him by marshal law but the mar shals of france refused to sit in judgment on so brave generous and heroic a war rior by a royal ordinance the chamber of peers was then directed to try him — scorning to take advantage of any tech nicalitiesof the law.he was speedily found r guilty and condemned to death by a ma jority of a hundred and fifty-two seven ; teen only were found to vote in his favor ; that he was guilty of treason in the charge is evident but not to that extent which demanded his death no man had done j more for france than he or loved her , honor and glory with a higher affection ; and his ignominious death is a lasting dis ; grace to the french nation justice was 1 the excuse not the ground of his condem nation to have carried out tbe princi i pie on which his sentence was based i would have ended in a public massacre psey and labedoyere were the only vic , tims offered up to appease an unjust ha i tred besides ney's person was sacred l under a solemn treaty that wellington i had himself made one ofthe articles of : that treaty expressly declared that " no ; person should be molested for his politi j cal conduct during the hundred days — | on such conditions was paris surrendered | and there never was a more flagrant vio lation of national honor than the trial of i ney the whole affair from beginning j to end was a deliberate murder commit ted from feelings of revenge alone na i poleon never did so base an act in his life j — and on wellington's forehead is a spot i that shall grow r darker with time and i cause many a curse to be muttered over | his grave he should have interfered to ; have saved so gallant an enemy at the hazard of his life but he let his honor go down before the clamor of vindictive en emies and become a murderer in the sight of the world ney publicly shot as a trai tor his last moments did not disgrace his i life he was called from his bed and a tranquil sleep to hear his sentence read as the preamble went on enumerating his many titles he hastily broke in — " why cannot you simply call me micheal ney now a french soldier and soon a heap of dust the last interview with his wife and children shook his stern heart more than all the battles he had passed through or his approaching death this over he resumed his wonted calmness in reply to one of his sentinels who said " mar shal you should now think of death he replid,''do you suppose any one should teach me to die but recollecting him self he added in a milder tone comrade you are right send for the curate of st sulpice ; 1 will die as becomes a chris tian !" as he alighted from the coach he advanced to wards the file of soldiers drawn up as executioners with the same calm mein he was wont to exhibit on the field of battle an officer stepping forward to bandage his eyes he stopped him with the proud interrogation " aie you ignor ant that for twenty-five years i have been accustomed to face both balls and bul lets ?" he then took off his hat and with his eagle eye now subdued and solemn turned towards heaven said with the same calm and decided voice that had turned the tide of so many battles " i de clare before god and man lhat i have nev er betrayed my country ; may my death render her happy vice la france /" he then turned to the soldiers and gazing on them a moment struck one hand upon his heart and said * my comrades fire on me .'" ten balls entered him and he fell dead shame upon his judges that for a single act could condemn one braver and nobler than they all to so base a death a stern er warrior never trod a battle field — a kinder heart never beat in a human bo som and a truer patriot never shed his blood for his country if france never had a worse traitor the day of her betray al will be far distant and if she has no worse defender disgrace will never visit her armies says col napier in speak ng of his death " thus he who had fought five hundred battles for france — not one a gainst her — was shot as a traitor his wife was on her knees before the king praying for his pardon when the fa tal news was brought to her and imme diately fainted away then went into con vulsions which well nigh added another victim to this base murder his father who loved him tenderly as the son of his pride and the glory of his name was nev er told of his ignominious death he was at this time eighty-eight years of age and lived to be a hundred years old he saw by the mourning weeds on his family that | some catastrophe had ha'ppened and his father's heart told him but too well where | the bolt was struck ; but he made no in quiries and though he lived twelve years after never mentioned his son's name and was never told of his fate he knew he was dead but he asked not how nor where he died mr haywood in both houses of congress the resig nation of mr haywood and the outrage ous assault upon him by the organ of the administration the washington union formed the subjects of remark on tues day of last week we copy what was said in the senate by mr webster mr mangum and mr benton sentiments similar to theirs were uttered by senators dix niles and bagby locofocos and senators archer and berrien whigs in the house mr biggs of this state loco came down upon mr haywood much in the style of the union's article messrs barringer and dockery of this state whigs defended mr haywood in respect of his honesty and integrity mr dobbin too expressed his opinions and his remarks are appended to those made in the senate — wilmington citron mr webster took occasion to say that it was a circumstance a good deal characteristic of the state of things in which they now found themselves placed and strongly indicative of the absorbing interest which surrounded this question that he had not the honor to address a full senate since the commencement of hi observations on saturday an honorable member of the senate from one of the southern states had vacated his seat in that body they would probably soon hear from that gentleman himself the rea sons which led him to leave a position tc which he seemed to be attached he was not otherwise acquainted with those rea sons than as he gathered them from the very extraordinary publication in the go vernment paper of saturday evening he inferred from that publication that the ho norable member left his seat from an ina bility to support the measures of the ad ministration now before them without vio lating his conscience and from great un willingness to disoblige his party and po litical friends by voting against them as hat gentleman was gone he might speak f him and in doing so he could not speak f him otherwise than as a man of char icter and standing as a man of learning md attainments of great courtesy ofun urpassed intelligence and attention in the lischarge of his public duties and as they ill knew as far as they might judge of lis course there the unfaltering and con sistent friend of the present administra ion now sir continued mr webster i im ashamed of my country when i see a rentleman of this character hunted abus d defamed according to the degree of ibuse and defamation which some writer or the government in the paper of the government sees fit to pour out against he retiring member it is a disgrace to he civilization ofthe age it is a disgrace o the american people mr benton rose and asked the in iulgence ofthe senate for a few moments hat he might recur to a proceeding of esterday he had not arrived in his seat esterday morning when the resignation f mr haywood was announced to the senate or he would have availed himself f that opportunity to make the remarks vhich he was now about to make had ie been in his seat at that moment he vould have made a statement to the se late of what he knew as to the causes which led to mr haywood's resignation md of the motives which had induced lim to resign his seat in the senate mr haywood was absent at the time the ta ifl bill came from the house of repre sentatives at the very first moment of lis appearance in the senate after his re urn he took me aside and imparted to ne his insuperable objections to the bill he stated that he could not go for it and proposed to endeavor to amend it i gave nim to understand very pointedly and did the senate subsequently that my own ob jections to the bill were very strong and that the only reason why i should vote for it was that we might get rid ofthe act of 18-12 ; that as for any amendment i deem ed it utterly impossible in the present state of things that there could be the de liberation necessary to perfect the details ofthe measure mr haywood then sig nified an intention to move a postpone ment i told him it was impossible that it could prevail he then said that he would resign his seat and from that time his mind remained immovable i gave these details to show that his mind was consistent and uniform in re gard to the measure before the senate i believe there was never a man on earth who acted upon purer higher nobler mo tives than he has in regard to this matter in every thing that he did up to the time of his resignation i endeavored to dis suade him from the act all that i desire to say is to repeat that i believe there ne ver was a man who in the performance ofa public duty was actuated by purer higher or more noble motives than mr haywood mr mangum said he was much grat ified that the senator from missouri had thought proper to advert to this matter — he was the more so inasmuch as the or gan of the government in this city had assailed mr haywood's public and pri vate character with such a degree of fe rocity and in his judgment so unjustly that he thought every liberal senator should stand forward and sustain and commend what every one must acknow ledge to be the perfect purity and disin terestedness of his course in regard to the subject which was the occasion of his re signation no man in the state of north carolina perhaps differed more widely than himself from the late senator in po litical sentiment ; that difference had long existed : and was likely to continue ; but political considerations could neverbe per mitted to interfere so far as he was con cerned with feeling of personal respect for a gentleman whose honor and probity were uncontaminated and entirely above suspicion though assailed in the unworthy manner which they had witnessed in the government paper in this city without adverting to the wisdom or judiciousness of the course adopted by his late colleague he was satisfied that he had acted upon the best consideration and upon his hon est conception of what was due to himself and to the country as a patriotic citizen and he felt that it was due to him that this expression should be made public in contravention of the insidious slanders which were propagated by the govern ment paper ; and that the states of which he was so able a representative should not be deceived by any false representations mr m further felt that it was due to the good old north state that ber public : servants here should be vindicated against aspersions touching purity and fidelity in office — aspersions unknown in that state from the period of her colonial history as affecting either the judicial ermine or le gislative integrity errors both she and her servants may have fallen into but the tongue of slander had never hitherto al leged personal corruption within his know ledge of any of her public servants whe ther in legislative or judicial capacity — her character had been uniformly mark ed with dignified moderation as pure as it was unpretending ; and he mr m hoped when he should close his eyes up on earth that he might leave with the be lief that her character was unspotted and unstained by those upon whom she had devolved high responsibility and that for many and long years thereafter she might preserve her perfect purity far more pre cious than any false glare unaccompanied by virtue mr haywood acted in regard to the subject under review with the most per fect delicacy he believed there was not a whig in that body if there was an ex ception he hoped such of his friends as might chance to constitute that exception would indicate it now who had any know ledge of mr haywood's purpose to resign unless by inference for he seemed re cently to be uneasy and unhappy ;) and he knew also that if mr haywood had found that his vote could have been made effectual for his country's interest he ne ver would have abandoned his seat but would have taken the responsibility of de feating the measure ; but finding that his vote was not likely to be effective and that the result would be the same rather than throw himself into conflict with his friends he resigned his seat in making up his mind to retire from the senate mr haywood he believed had rested his de termination not on any influence which it might produce upon himself politically but upon his conscientious convictions of right he had determined as a gentle man and a christian after having laid be fore his friends on his own side of the chamber his convictions and he believed he had had no consultation with a single whig friend upon the subject sir continued mr m i do most cheer fully and cordially concur in the senti . ments expressed by the honorable senator from missouri that mr haywood in forming his purpose was under the influ ence of none other than considerations high elevated pure and honorable he mr haywood might despise a rabid press — to abuse is its vocation he might despise the servitors of power and their vile mercenary and sycophantic follow ers — the jackalls that would despoil the sanctuary of the grave and exhume repu tation to be offered in sacrifice in burnt sacrifices to the passions of their masters and corrupters — and repose upon the es teem of good and just and liberal men mr m felt sure that mr haywood at at no period of his life enjoyed more of ' the respect and consideration of liberal ' men of all parties in his native state than he has for the last several months and - does at the present moment north car olina will feel justly proud that she is the venerable mother of three democratic senators who have recentlv rendered sig nal and distinguished service to the coun < trv upon another great question — oregon arid co-operating with the v bigs saved ( the country from all the destructive hor « rors of a british war mr m referred ' to his late colleague and the distinguished 1 senators from missouri and mississippi ! with the profoundest political difference upon the most of questions he mr m yet felt that his state had lost an able t vigilant and faithful public servant and * he a colleague entitled to his respect and ' kindly consideration — at all events to this ' naked act of justice to his integrity puri ' ty and perfect conscientiousness in this ' last act his resignation mr dobbin said that his worthy col league mr biggs and his equallv wor thy colleague mr barringer had avail ed themselves of the latitude of debate to allude to an event which had recently oc curred in the senate of the united states i said mr d have nothing lo sav upon the propriety or taste of introducing that exciting element into discussion it has been now introduced in our presence — two of my colleagues have delivered their sentiments i perceive from expressions around me on both sides of ibe house that my position may be probably misun derstood and that erroneous inferences may be drawn from my silence reluc tant as i always feel to mingle in tbe noi sy and confused debates that generally characterize the proceedings of this hall the committee will excuse my obtrusion when it may be right and proper to save myself from the injustice that may be the result of silence i know nothing of the motives which prompted our late senator mr haywood to resign he has never communicated his motives to me person ally 1 have lived long enough to know what importance is to be attached to the thousands of rumors tbat now float through the metropolis i will allude to one onfy i mean that rumor which associates this recent event with bribery and gold as a north carolinian as a represen tative from that •• good old north state whose character for sterling integrity and honesty is cherished with affection and pride by a 1.1 her sons i here in my place and before the country protest against such a charge against one of her sons — for myself i do not and cannot for one moment harbor the suspicion that any son of north carolina is capable of being se duced or purchased with the gold of ma nufactures or others i have too much state pride to hear the rumor without de nouncing it i have too much confidence in her people to believe it for a moment my colleague mr bizgs has not made such an insinuation but mr chairman my worthy colleague mr bigg feels a natural sensitiveness in regard to this oc currence he was in the legislature and aided in electing mr haywood a de mocrat himself deeply anxious to reform our tariff system he voted for mr hay wood confidently cherishing the belief that when elected he would be found at his post battling manfully to effect the de sired reform how natural therefore his mortification at the result and now sir uninformed as i am in re gard to the motives which induced him to act this remarkable part and which it remains for time and the late senator himself to disclose lest my views may be misapprehended i publicly in my place express my disapprobation of his course — my profound astonishment and deep re gret at its occurrence if there be one subject on which the democrats of north carolina are more thoroughly united than on any other my decided impression is that that subject is the thorough modifi cation of our tariff system but the se nator has resigned ; i deeply deplore it ; i had hoped that the senator's vote would have been given and i now fear his re signation will produce a defeat of the bill tae last yeto in the course of yesterday's sitting in the senate it became the constitutional duty of that body to reconsider the bill which originated in the senate for set tling the claims due by this government to its own citzens under the treaty with france now more than forty years old ; which bill had passed both houses and been returned by the president of the u states with objections the queslion on the passage of the bill the president's ob ' jections notwithstanding underwent a brief but spirited debate ; and when the ( question was taken had all the senators ( in the city been present it is probable | that a two-thirds vote would have shown ( the sense ofthe senate upon this first in troduction into the general government \ of the principle of refcwatkxs in one of 1 its most revolting forms that is to say _ repudiation of debt by a government yet _ in full credit and possessed of inexhausti i ble resources on such grounds as are set f forth in the veto message as it was ' the vote of the senate exhibited twenty ■ seven votes in favor of the bill to fifteen ' against it so very obnoxious are the principles ofthis veto to the moral sense that there were senators political friends ( of the president who voted against the .; bill when it firs passed that body and a yet would not vote against it upon the 1 question of sustaining the veto i it may be well to add however that a lad the bill passed the senate by a two « hirds votes there was no hope that it il ou!d become a law against the veto in e he house of representatives it passed bv mlv a few votes of a majority ; and had j he"bill reached that body from the sen ite there was no probability of its gaming totes enough there to pass it by a two j hirds vote national intelligencer , never stick a candle into a large blazing fire o o light it a straw or a bit of paper answers e jiuch better united states and mexico the following message from the pre_.ij.-nt as transmitted to the house f represc.ta ives a tew days before the adjournment : ro the senate and house of reprenentat.eei of t he united stale . i invite your attention to the propriety of making ar appropriation to provide for any expenditure which t may be necessary to make in advance for the purpose of settling all our difficulties with the mexican republic it is my sincere desire io terminate as it wstj originally lo avoid the existing war with mexico by a p ace juit and honorable to both paring it ia probable that ihe chief obstacle to be urm ll edinaccompli i liii_gihiso.^-t_t 1 e object will be the adjustment of a boundary between the two republics which hail prove sa.istnctory and conve nient to both and aoeh as neither w.'.i hereafter be in clined to disturb in the adjustment of this boundary we ought to pay a fair equivalent for any conceaeioi__i which may be made by mexico i nder these circumstances and considering the other complicated questions to be settled by negotiation nit a the mexican republic i deem it important that a sum of money should be p nce d under the control of tl.e execu tive to be advanced if need be to the government of the republic immediately after their ratification of trea ty it might be inconvenient for the mexican govern ment to wait for the whole sum the payment of which may be stipulated by ihis treaty un u could be ratified by our senate and an appropriation to carry it into effect made by congress indeed the decern for this d.-ii-y might defeat the object altogether the disbursement of this money would of course be accounted for no as c cret service money bui iike other expenditures two precedents for such a proceeding exist in our past history during ihe administration of mr jeffe which i would call y.iur attention on the 2c;h february 1803 an act was passed appropriating iwo millions ot dollars " tor the purpose of defraying anv ex traordinary expenses which may be incurred in the inter course between the i'nited states and foreign nations '■ to be applied under the direction of the president of th i'nited states who shall cause an account oflhe expen diture thereof to be laid before congress as soon as may be and on ihe 13th february l-u*j.*in appro was made ol the same amount and in the same terms in neither case was ihe money actually drawn from ihe treasury and i should hope that the result in this might be similar on the present occasion although the appropriaiion may prove to be indispensable in accom plishing ihe object i would therefore recommend the ige ofa law _.. 2,000,000 to be placed nt the disposal ofthe executive for the purpose i have ited in order to prevent all :. is ij : .-. hens-ion it is my daty to state that anxious as i am to terminate the existing wai • sonne to be prosecuted -.. g r untll a ,„,.,, y ,-,,- shall be signed by the j \\. x -. can republic james k polk washes . - ,,- from the na the mexican negotiation bile our readers already know that the president ofthe united states addressing himself first to the senate in a confidential message and after wards to both iioti_.cs of congress in a public message and appealed to ihem for advice and aid in bringing to u close the war wiih m*-\i co as he ought to have done before he bv his sole action began the war or to use phra-c ology to which none can take exception before lie placed our gallant little army under gen taylor in such a position as to make war in evitable in pursuance of the public message a bill was on saturd_ry introduced in a committee of the whole in the ilou.e of representatives by one ofthe partizans of ihe executive for ma king an appropriation of two millions of dol lars to enable the president of the united states to negotiate a treaty of peace with mexico in cluding most plainly the acquisition by force or purchase or by both mean conjointly ol a greater or less portion of mexican territory — this bill was debated loth before and after the recess on saturday and all was going merily as marriage bells towards its consummation when the apple of discord was ihrown into tho midst oflhe majority by a motion of mr wit mot of pennsylvania — the gentlemen whom the government paper eulogized lhe other dav as '* the bold and fearless and truly able wil mot and in regard to whom we were given to understand by the same authority tbat it was a singular coincidence that he is a naihe of the same town and county in the stale as mr walker this gentleman was '* bold " enough to move a proviso lo the bill and to carry it too declaring that as an express and fundamental condition o the acquisition ol anv territorv from lhe republic of mexico " bv the united states by virtue of any treaty which mav be negotiated between ihem and to the use hv the executive of lhe rnone herein appropriated neither shivery nor nttol •' untarv servitude shall ever e j ist in any part of said territory except lor crime where f the pais hall first be duly convicted this a ent made the bill so very unacceptable to its most ardent friends lhat many oi them vo ted atr'tinst its passage and even mr mck v ivould not vote for his own bill the bill pass d however on saturday night without his vote jut did n..t reach the senate in time to be act id upon that night sunday intervening it is understood to have been determined by the conferees of thc two houses on disagreeing rotes t introduce the ppropiiation fieed from mr wilmot's provi so as an amendment to on ofthe amendm 0 the civil appropriation bill which formed a art of the subject of conference yesterday norning however it bc-iri discovered that nc.'i m attempt would undoubtedly cause the . - he whale mass of a > l f government the di sign was abandon the bill a it had pa-sed the house ol h iresentatives cam p up in tbe senate some twen v minutes before the expiiation ofthe lime al otted tor closing the legislative session ; and 1 debate arose upon it in the midst ot which he hour of twelve arrived by the clock ot the louse of representatives and that house uj djourned bv the speaker which although it vas not so late by ten minutes by the docket he senate of course put a stop to all unt.n d business thus fell through the proposition recomm.-n led bv the executive ibr an appropriation to mw territorv and a peace from mexico it is not to be disguised that the effect ol the aura rf the taritf bill and the eto of the iarbor bill has been to reduce greatly if i low par the influence of the executive in the wo houses of congress of thi <^ f »'.'. ' f the land graduation bdl afforded decutva vidence : which the failure of this mexican rvar loi peace bill serves to confirm