western carolinian ■ f5j2_i salisbury n c tuesday january 18 1825 no 241 a d prblish f.vkkt tdesbay ■■■■#••■■■■ 5 of the western carolinian will 1 te be as follows : three dollars a year vance p discontinued except at the option ,.'.-, until all arrearages are paid cft j rtisements will be inserted at fifty cents * re for tin first insertion and twenty-five f^fiir each subsequent one enfetters add essed to the editor must be ' j or thev will not be attended to the duties of the committee this is a subject which cannot be kept within the walls of congress nor confined to the individuals who are spectators of our pro ceedings the eye of europe is upon us to see what course we shall pursue — to observe hew we shall act after inviting general la fayette to our country — after offering to him a ship of the line the out fit of which would haye cost us double the amount of this appropriation the eve 1 of europe is upon us to see whether after all this show of gratitude we have gener osiiy enough to make an adequate return to our distinguished visiter for all his services and sacrifices in our behalf or whether we will return him to europe to be subjected to the sneers and scoffs of unfeeling royalty and to subject our selves lo an equal measure of i orn is it for america for whom he has shed his blood and sacrificed his estates and wealth and the vigour of his early lift md who has invited him to her shores to send him back in the face of europe — a monument surely not worthy of the character of the american people is it a question whether he who has been called the apostle of liberty in both worlds and nas been engaged like the great apostle of old in blessing man kind is worth a monument from us ? — his character does not need this ; but as was eloquently and appropriately cxpres sed by the speaker we are the posterity of those with whom he fought and this is the first act which posterity is called on to perform it is to show whether our government is hypocrisy or not it is to see if we will manifest our regard for the principles of liberty or whether we shall send back its champion after bleed ing and struggling for us to be a re proach upon us in the eyes of the world and of posterity he would say nothing on the subject of the services of gen la eavette history had recorded them and the page had been perused by all who heard him 2»m"trtr states congress in senate monday dec 27 mr lloyd of mass presented the memorial of several mer chants in the city of boston prajing.for the prompt and energetic suppression of piracy on the coast of cuba mr lloyd remarked that this memo rial was in unison with the voice of the whole country which calls for vengeance on these blood hounds •; that scarcely a day passed that was not marked by some new recital of murder and plunder and moved that it be referred to the commit tee on foreign relations with instruc tions to make a special report as soon as they could obtain the necessary infor mation i ate from europe a dreadful situation bv the arrival at n-york of the ship pacific intelligence from england to the 19th nov has been received much sensibility is expressed as to the distressing and miserable situation in which the governor of kentucky is pla ced bv the conduct of his son he is committed to prison j under violent presumptions accused of murder in the first degree on looking at the consti tution of kentucky we find that tl.e gov ernor of that state is entrusted with the sole power " to rant reprieves and par dons except in cases of impeachment how deplorable will be the situation of the father if the governor shall be called upon to sign the death warrant of his son without the public powerful and press ing consideration which moved brutus gov desha is likely to be placed in near ly the same trying and heart-rending situ ation he cannot now resign because to resign would be to prejudice his son's uilt bv presuming his conviction which is the only thing which can compel him to act upon the case his situation is indeed heart-rending and most pitiable the commercial advertiser furnishes us with the following interesting particu lars in relation to the struggle of the greeks for freedom : greeks the news from greece is of the most cheering character the succession ot victories which immediately preceded the abandonment of the naval operations of the turks for the season were more bril liant and decisive than we have supposed as apppejrs from the constantinople ac counts themselves ihe ottoman mil istry has circulated accounts of several advantages said to have been obtained by the captain pacha but they.were sudden ly succeeded by the most disastrous news a letter fiom constantinople of oct 11 says : " equally unfortunate with all his pre decessors the turl.is admiral in a fit of rage and despair has had the temerity to attempt a second attack on sjitios in consequence he set sail from mitylene with the egyptian fleet which had joined him but he had scarcely put to sea when the intrepid canaris appeared and spread out his fliet wilh great ability in his tmr.oeuvres the mussulmans on the contrary in attempting to form fell into dreadful confusion which was increased when the greens advanced towards them with an intrepidity which was ar mired by the european seamen who were present in action it was of short duration — the baibarians shamefully took flight to seek reluge anew in the port of mitylene but the brave defenders of the cros3 arrived there as soon as they and in a few minutes five or six i urkish or egyptian frigates became a prey to the flames the hero ic canat is after invoking the name of our savior threw himself into a boat to direct in person the terrible operations of the fiie ships eonrrrns v mr monroe the follow ii-s resolutions of the legis 0 f south carolina which were un ■ iislv carried attest the feelings of mini " , , „ " r lj,.htenec and patriotic state to r j s ou p venerable chief magistrate 1,1,5 policy of his administration ; and kifetthcf bear before the world the just diniaupn in which our president is held lit staff i'seif is honoured bv the act of these resolutions con firm tm opinions of the " children of the <*_,," a 1 * they were once so aptly denom ■ n ., e l bv our pinknev we admire tlie justness o4he sentiments of the kisolu'.ions and the warm and heartlike jancuage in which they are conveyed xat jour ferae fr m 1 ' 1c journal of the senate of 18th dec 24 dec 28 — the senate was engaged this day chiefly in private business dec 29 — i he principal business be fore the senate was the bill to abolish im prisonment for debt which was taken up in committee at its second reading dec 30 — the senate were engaged most of the day in discussing the meriis of the bill for the relief of the columbia college phil demo press at the riding school of valenciennes france there are at this moment the two smallest horses that exist in france and perhaps in europe they are only 30 inches iiigh and are well matched jan 3 — the committee of claims to whom was referred the petition of j..cob greer of north carolina reported unfa vorably to the prayer of the petitioner the joint committee of both houses appointed to wait on general la fayette with a copy of the act concerning him reported that the committee waited on the general at 12 o'clock on saturday last and presented him with a copy of the act and with a copy of the resolutions of both houses ; and that the general returned an answer there are said to be at this time be tween 700 and 800 acts of parliament in this country applicable to the criminal law the code aapolean awards the punishment of death to six cases only ; that of england to 200 — english paper ir benson submitted the following resolutions : where s the term of office of james jlonroe presi ent of th united states will expire on the fourth day of march dtkl ; and whereas the patriot's just and best reward for faithful services is the mtirode of his countrymen — b i therefore resolved that this bo dv.deip'v impressed with the long vari nos meritorious and faithful services of jjines monroe president of the united skies feel it a duty to tender him the homage of its admiration affection and esteem gnobed th it this body do highly ap prove of the truly republican wise virtu ous and succ<-*"ful administration of jimes m inroe president of the united states and that on his retirement from office he will carry with him the warmest wishes of this body for his future pros per'tv and happiness resolved ! hat his excellency the gov ernor be requested to communicate these les'ilutioiis to the president of the uni led states great visiting party the address of the committee was read and with the answer of the general was ordered to be noted on the journal a subscription is about to be open ed in england to form a company of 30 ladies and gentlemen to proceed in a packet to visit the coasts of the mediterranean the isles of greece asia minor syria egvpt and the black sea the vessel is to be equip ped with elegnnce and provided with every thing which can contribute to the pleasure of the passengers the expedition will occupy three years and the expense will be 800 sterling each passenger the address of the committee and the answer of gen la fayette accepting the donation of congress shall appear in the carolinian next week the annual report was received from the treasury department ; and on mo tion of mr elliott 3,000 copies w«re or dered to be printed the senate was engaged the balance of the day on the bill to facilitate the trade between the citizens of missouri and the mexican settlements bordering on the u s western territory ; and on the bill to abolish imprisonment for debt the following is a statement of the ap plication and expenditures of the contin gent fund of the house of representa tives of the united states for the year ending nov 1st 1824 paid for printing 29.899 83 stationary for the house 6,074 13 do for the office 327 22 binding books 2.201 72 fuel ' 1,290 87 newspapers foi istsessionb do previous sessions j keeping the post ofliceb new kepairs horses andh miscellaneous itemsb contingent fund reit york dec 29 patriots is peru in england all eyes are turned towards peru packets are constantly departing for south america — every rumor is seiz ing upon with avidity and the greatest ex citement and interest are felt on the sub ject — knowing full well that the last blow against tyranny will be struck in peru hence the most contradictory reports are received and the enemies of the patriots are industriously employed in propaga ting rumors of their discomfiture in i his country there is but one side to the question although there are some favor able to the divine right of kings who would not grief if bolivar was compelled to full back upon the tenitory he has al ready libei ated starvation a late number of cobbett's register speaking of great britain says thou sands upon thousands die from want every year in this kingdom there is not a people upon earth who suffer so much from hunger as the people of this country in no other country do the people die so quietly from the assaults of hunger house of represent atives monday dec 27 — on motion of mr long ot n c it was the senate having taken the foregoing resolutions into consideration it whs resolved unanimously that the house do agree thereto 3,071 26 68 65 1,301 00 2.811 53 297 78 resolved 1 hat the committee of ways and means be instructed to inquire into the expediency of reducing the duty on the importation of salt dec 28 — the committee on the post office and post roads reported a bill " to reduce into one the several acts establish ing and regulating the post office depart ment ;" which was twice read and com mitted ordered to the house of representa tives for concurrence new-york caxal3 it is ascertained that the amount of toll collected on the canals during the last season is nearly if not quite g3j0,000 which will pav the interest at 5 percent on seven millions of dollars the canal revenue is already more than sufficient to pav the interest on the canal debt and this before a very important section of the erie canal is finished when the whole line is completed the income will be very much increased the collector at albany states the number of boats arrived at that place du ring the season at 2780 ; cleared 2672 amount of toll collected g67,23l la fayette in the house of representatives of the tj s raring the discussion of the bill making provis ion for gen la fayette 7 743 25 5,633 67 in a ldte boston centinel it is stated on the faitn of a letter from panama under date of the 30th october that a battle had been fought on the 17th near truxillo in which bolivar had been defeated and canterac h.id entered the colombian ter ritory 1 his would be disastrous intelli gence indeed if it was true but it is all romance we have no doubt that boli var has been completely iriumphant ; and every dav will decrease the power and in fluence of spain in south america 60,720 93 mr mercer rose and said he had in his hand the paper which proved the amount of the sacrifices of f ien la fay ttte to be above one million of livres with thi sum he mit;ht have lived in siler lur in the country over so large a physical force ol which he held authori lalive sway when he commanded the national guards i his paper was enti tied to all respect the agent of gener . al la fayette with peculiar modesty had deducted 250,000 livers as the amount of expenditure in the voyages which the general made to france during the revo lution although those voyages were con nec'ed with the great cau e of the coun try in which he had expended ihe resi due he referred to the circumstance ol the location of land near new-orleans and made a calculation of the loss which the general had sustained in this tvansac ton he hoped all opposition would be withdrawn he thought a mistake had been made in estimating the amount of half pay which general lj favette would have received at 80.000 dollars there wa s a great accumulation of interest hir.h had not been taken into the ac count could he have his desire the ap propriation should neither be paid out of he treasury nor stock lo be redeemed i 1334 but should be perpetual a per petual monument of national gratitude he would give not only the sum appro priated in money but a sum equal lo the amount of the future appreciation of the wd to be granted he challenged the house—he challenged the world lo pro duce a paralled to general la fayette twas not to be found in modern nor in times ; in all the crusades of our a e nor even if we go to those of other a?es to the land of the redeemer to mays of the turk and the saracen « e concluded with an apology to the house for the few remarks which he had tamed it necessary to make in corrobo ra tionofwhat bad fallen from the gen tfeman from louisiana mr livinrstot ' mr storrs rose and commenced with education and internal improvement mr johnson of louisiana has submit ted to the house of representatives of the united btates ihe following resolu tions resolved that the public lands of the ur.ited states be appropriated and pledged as a permanent and perpetual fund for education and internal improvement resolved that the proceeds of the sales of public lands after defraying the incidental expenses be annually invested by the secretary of the treasury in the stock of the bank of the united states or in the stock of the government or other stock as congress may direct to gether with the interest annually accruing hereon resolved that the year following the return of the next census and immedi ately after the appointment of represen tatives and every tenth yeaf thtreafier the proceeds of the interest arising on the said capital stock shall be distributed among the several states according to the ratio of the representation : one half ot which sum shall constitute a fund for ed ucation and the other half shali cons'l tute a fund for internal improvement to be applied to these objects under the au thority of the respective states dec 29 — among other bills announ ced to the house to djy as having re ceived the president's signature was that providing for gen la fayette which has now become a law dec 30 mr strong offered an amend ment to the constitution on the subject of the election of president and vice-pres ident which he moved to be printed to gether with the amendments on the same subject offeied by the gentlemen from south-carolina and louisiana after a few words the motion to print was agreed to on motion it was utica gazette extract of a letter from a gentleman who attended the celebration of the 204th anniversary of the landing of the pilgrims at plymouth muasa chuseits a nobleman of the " fast anchored isle once advertised for an english servant pat hearing of this applied for the situation on being asked of what country he was he replied " an englishman to be sure and where was you born in dublin surely said pat " born in dublin and an englishman ! how can that be ?" " why plase your honor re plies pat " suppose a man is born in a stable ; is that any raison he should be a horse ?" t's logic resolved that the committee on the judiciary be instructed to inquire into ihe necessity and expediency of providing some legal penalties against every loan or disbursement of the public money not authorized by the law of congress " i he concourse of people was un usually great mr everett's oration was a most triumphant display of erudi tion and eloquence he was two hours in delivering it and i never listened to such an all powerful effort of mind his range was grand instructive and glow ing as the corruscatinns of the thunder cloud ' he showed the effects which have resulted from the establishment of civil and religious libc-ty by the pilgrims of plymouth traced the rise and pro gress and tall of other nations ; gave a retrospect of this its present imposing attitude and a glowing picture of its fu ture destinies it was an american speaking like a prophet of truth with the seal and imposing majesty of the genius of freedom the audience were so wrought up by bis startling pathos and intense blaze of rhetoric the pbiloso phical political and religious scope of research which rushed like a mighty tor rent of intelligence upon the mind as to make the effort of listening at bst abso lutely painful it was indeed " the feast of reason he has not only equalled the expectations of his friends but fur outstripped all his former wonderful ef forts and fixed the pillar of hercules to all other competitors beyond which they cannot pass he is an honor to bis coun try to the age in v 4;!i its lives to the human race vat j-r.ir fan 3 — the speaker presented to the house a communication from the depart ment of state containing a list of patents issued in 1824 ; which was ordered to be laid on the table on motion it was resolved that the committee on mil itary affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of making a discrimina tion between the pay of the first sergeants in the several companies of the aimy of the united states and the other non commissioned officers as well as into the propriety of giving them certain privile ges calculated to increase the responsi bility and importance of that grade ( mr livingston offered the following resolution : resolved that a committee be appoin ted to consider and report on the expe diency of establishing an academy for in struction in those sciences necessary for ihe service of the military marine with power to report by bill or otherwise on the subject of the reference of this resolution some conversation took place i he speaker then pronounced the res olution out of order the fire side home must if possible be rendered pleasant to its master and a wife should ever strive to appear amiable in the eye of her husband a man should come to his own fire-side as a weary bird to its nest not as a captive to his prison man is but a verb conjugate him as you will that has to be to do and to suf fer ; and if he cannot agree with himseil let him find ait his nominative case and agree with that this is the rule of good humour ' philosophy says sterne « has a fine saying for every thing but humour has a feeling for every body : there is something in it like a blanket in a cold night or an ice cream in a hot aay that is comfortable and refreshing it is a like necessary to health of the body and the health of ihe mind ; nnd in another point of view it is twice blessed ; it com municates its benefit to all around you and in this particular resembles a cheer ful fire that it will wafti tffo as well 3 went india squadron ave learn that captain warrington who has been ap pointed to the command of the u states naval forres in the west india seas and c.ulph of mexico in the room of com porter who has been recalled in conse quence of the affair of 1'axardo will leave this port in tl>e u s chooner shark lieut com gallagher to enter upon the duties of his new appointment aarjvik beacon i he conversation was hetfl