Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-11-24

w iuNic lIdu olC hhdu. lUeN sun COntlu-
ued to press on toward the captain. Curtis
was foremost, and dared him 10 fire, which
the captain at last did, and killed him on the
spot. Captain l.. is said to be- a very exem.
plary man. OF good morals and religious char
act,r, and IL Is said that prior 10 discharging
the gun, he called upon the men To observe
that he was perfectly collected and was only
firing in self defence.
The L. S. ship ST. Nlary's, which recently
arrived at Pensacola. had u trial of speed. OH
leaving Vera Cruz. with the Eurydice, u crack
ship oi the British Navy. We hal the follow
ing description Of the contest in a letter pub
lisbed in New Orleans Delta:
The ST. NJ. sailed iu company with IL. b.
NJ. ship Eurydice; and when they were entire
ly clear ot the shoals, aud Britisher showed am
inclination To take the lead. This was made
apparent BY the display of canvass which bis
hOpped out III perspective, as sail after sail was
shccted hon 10 the yards and gradually sh.
slupcd oil 10 windward. But now the St.
Mary discovered her drift, and determined 10
thwart her purposes. With that view she too
let fall her light sails from the tapering spars,
and then commenced the SpdrriRg. The
Eurydice was ahead and 10 windwarl; but the
81. Nj. when brdced SHARP up las mach closer
To the WIN /. and ran stcuGiiy across the stern
oil her competitor, and quietly forged ahead.
ana li.t,e b. litlc took the pleasant gales
from the light sails of th. British friyat and
directly she was dropping Il. lecward.
The ST. NJ, observing her we'll ON the lee
quarter, filled away aud stood athwart her
BOWS. And now this British vessel with the
classical mans, limped liSe "a racer made sud-
denly lame, and u fair sample of the head
reaching English crGtt displayed itself soon al
20 lii the further movements OF the slup; for
1t was very evident that she wished 10 create
AN impression. b. coming up aud falling off,
that she had no intention of trying conclusions
with the ST. NJ, in speedily ploughing IL le-
ment-but il did not take, Tor when night
came on, q light was hoistcd at lie masthead
I|' S-~tntpltuw: Yet when daylight appeared.
the naIncsakc oil Orphfus Deiu,Sd WAS hail
down astern, and could only BE- made out from
alOtt.
This ship was launched from the navy ward
at Washington durins the summer OF 1911.
TIE WHITE BASlS-MONEY AND TIE
RIGHTS OF MAN.
We copy the following from The Petersburg
lntelIlgenccr OF yesterday, eHii,e, and we shall
expect our friends of that paper TO do like
wise by our brief commentary if they make any
response atall;-Rich. TYng.
THE CONVENTION.
They who pay The piper have some right
to call for The iune.'-Richmond Wig.
Our friends oil the Richmond Viii NAV res,
assured that we have a thorough knowledge
OF The "dliierenCe between "a turkey and a
Turkey Buzzdrd, and some appreciItion Of
the difference between an argument and a
mere get ~. We, therefore, cannot consent
that the Wing shall escape from the comclu-
sion IN reference 10 a Convention, 10 which
LIS very proper argument III reference To the
central Improvement must bring him. Tie
principle land down by the Wing, that those
who pay most 10 an internal improvement,
scheme, should have the largest voice in its
management, Is strictly applicable To govern
ment. 1t is of the very essence of '.Human
Rights" that a citizens pocket shall be- protec-
TED from the oppressive and tyrannicai invas-
ION 81 hIs neighbor, and we can see no differ
cnce between the passage of law coniiscat-
ing property, aud the btstowal of the power
OF such unequal taxation as will render pro-
perry valuclcss.
We do not claim for the East "aIl' the pow
or oil the Government, nordO we advocate the
Destowal OF exclusive privileges on
wealth but we support the proposition as
serted by the purcst Republicans that have
ever l~lved-incn who would have suffered
martyrlom for human rights that ..rcprc-
scntation should he in proportion to taxation"
or III the expressive Language of the Wing.
that they who pay the piper have some right
10 call Tor The tune" and, we may add to have
some voice ia IN, king the bargain, as TO the
amount oil The Tee 10 b. paid the piper. Dcs-
Troy thlS principle, and whatever may bc It's
II 'inc your Government will be an intolerabIe
tyranny, which viii sooner or later finl lis
end In revolution and civil war. The urinci-
pie which regulates the private affairs oi inIi.
VitualS. should regulate nations. for what isa
ndtl0n but d society of MN united for their
welfare and advantage? We can see no d,Ii
ference batwcen permitting our next door
htlgioOr Ia invade our premises and take our
property oil his own mcT, will and for bis own
purposes, ant allowing ii bnnl a.
men, located beyond the mountains, to- take
iIc sid property through the forms oi icgi.la
t''n ani we should 7 sist as strlnLl. in On
la er as la Ia former case. OR friends of
tIs Wing may discover som thing fac. ions
IA tins but we can assure tham that w. are in
sober earnest. aud are fortified by the urinc,.
pie idli down b. hsmselvts-a PRINCIPE that
u not tI' less correct. because they are in,lis
posei to apply II save when it suits their own
purposes
COMMENTARY.
J. There is no an1iugy between the casc-
Human Rights which precrds Cioyernmc II
Itself, arc not 20 h. weighed in the MARKET
house scales, which that Government is for,-
ed to erect Tor the solution and settlement of
contracts amoIg mcu. Because A paws a lsro-
er tax ihal Is 81 does not follow that A is a
b'tier patriot, or that lac has q deeper stake in
the county, or Chat he hds a larger share OF
Oi wisdom 10 90 IduCt It's afIirs BrosoarntsIy
UuI nInnIlE n Uasv n. u4 "a. Ii. "