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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1846-11-20
FIRE.

The Turpentine Dlstillery belonging to
Messrs Jewett & Co., situated about half a
mile above the Rail Road, took fire about 8
o'clock on last Tuesday morning, and all the
wood work, together with a quantity OF Resin,
tools, &C., were consumed The whole dam
age sustained is stated to be about 81 500. The
Stills received little or no damage, and will a
gain be put in operation in few days.
G=We are indebted to the obliging proprie-
tors of the Baltimore Sun for a copy Of their
daily paper, containing the news by the Great
Western, for which they will please accept
our thanks.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1846-11-20
Approved, August 10, 1916.

Some city poet has worked out the follow
ing elegant specimen of literature and rhyme
Oh! Sally, It's nv chief delite,
To gals upon your eyes so brite;
My luv for you. by far surpasses
The lavi fele for bread and .lasses.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1846-11-20

L IS said there Is = man out west who walks
80 fast that It puts hrs eaa9esa Out OF breath
10 keep up with lim.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1846-11-20

be printed. ami copies of the same TO be de-
livered to the clerk Of the Honse of Represcn-
Aatives, in time for distribution at the com
meneenent of each session.. and that the clerk
distribute the said estimates insthe manner in
which documents printed by Congress are d.
reeted to be distributed.
Approves, january 7, 1916.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1846-03-14

{ The School Room.-Give to your
children neat and cleanly and tasteful
school, and they will feel motive to
cultivate, not only in the room, but IN
themselves neatness, order, decorum,
while, at the same time, the acquisition
of knowledge becomes associated in
their minds with all which is pure love-
ly and agreeable. Instead Of this, the
associations are too often with pain;
ful confinement on narrow board;
within a low ragged and discolored
wall; amid nauseous vapors, exhaled
from three or four pair of lungs; sur
rounded with dirty and mutilated BEN
ches, with tattered quilts, and sheets,
and cores, and paper scraps, and things
unnameable strewed along the aisles
and floor. And who would expect, in
such a place, the cultivation of those
habits of neatness and decorum, which
you would cherish in your child as his
chiet ornaments2 habits, in connection
with which,a cultivated mind shall yield
you grateful fruit at the lips Of your
child, which shall be like apples gold
in pictures Of silver; but without which,
the highest attainment in intellectual
knowledge will become as a jewel Of
gold in swine's snout.
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Bailly's care, whose adopted child and
pupilshe bacame up to the day before
his execution, when the above inscrip-
tion was written, and the book sent.
Theworn old man has since labored in
the capacity of instructor of children:
but having been attacked by illness,
and compelled to resign his duties, he
gradually sank to such state of desti-
tuition, that he was driven 10 turn the
last gift ofhls friend and benefactor in
to bread. The priest took the old man
to his home, fed and comforted him, till
he was enabled to procure him admis-
sion into an asylum specially instituted
for receiving respectable persons. fallen
into .decay-the hospital Of Laroche-
foucauld. There he now remains, to
end his'days in peace.
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uoured.. If the balance oftrade, as reg
ulated by money, is against America,
whence arise the enormous banking
acquisitions, annually collected by the
rich through the instrumentality fPa-
per-? Admit that these do not arise
from the labor Of the community, that
they are not the product Of industry,
and it follows that wealth acquired
without industry is moreslikely TO be-
come hesnidas of Uice and monarchy,
than of virtue and Republication, =
The above quotations are from a
work entitled: "The political effects of
the paper system considered BY John
Ta5ior Of Caroline, sternand unbend-
ING Re publican of the Virginia school
Of politics. His opinions are entitled
to more weight than those Of many
others because he sought no posts OF
ennolument, but devoted the powers Of
his:n1ind to the advancement Of popular
rights. He was one Of those truly great
men who forget self in their devotion
to the public veal. wish his works
lwere in the hands of every man who
lives by the sweat Of his brow, because
no one could rise from their perusal
without being better Democrat, bet
ter citizen and better christian.
JEFFERSON,
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The.Iollowing. is an exact copy Of
Penn's Treaty with the Indians, as
agreed on at New Castle, Delaware,
1885.
"TNis Mdenture witneSscth, That
We, Packenah, Jarckhan, Sikats,
Potquescott, Jervis, Essepenauk, Felix
troy, Hekellapan Econus, Machloha
Metthconga, Visa Towey, Indian
Kings, Sachemakers, right owners of
all lands, from Quing Quingus, called
Duck Creek, unto Upland called Ches-
ter Creek, all along by the west side Of
the Delaware river, and so between
the said creeks backwards as far as a
man can ride in two days with horse,
for and in consideration of these fol-
Iowings goods to US in hand paid, and
secured to be paid, by William Penn.
proprietary and Governor of the Pro-
vice of Pennsylvania and territories
thereof, viz:-2O guns, 90 fathoms
maichecoaa, 90 fathoms stroud water,
20 blankets, 90 kettles, opounds pow
der, 100 bars Of lead, 40 tomahawks,
100 knives, 40 pair Of stockings, bar
rel of beer, 90 pounds of led lead, 100
fathoms of wampum, 80 glass bottles,
80 pewter spoons, 100 awl blades, $50
tobacco pipes, 100 hands Of tobacco,
90 tobacco tongs, 90 steels, 800 tlints,
30 pairof scissors, 80 combs, GO look
ng-glasses, 200 needles, skipple Of
silt, 80 pounds Of sugar, gallons of
molasses. 80 tobacco boxes, 100 jews
harps, so hoes, 80 gimblets, 80 wooden
screw boxes, 100 string of bedside
hereby acknowledge, &c. Given un-
der our hands, &C., at New Castle, Cd
day of the eighth month, 1885,"
The above is a true copy from CO.
py taken from the original, by Ephraim
Morton, formally clerk in the land
Office.
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How ENGLAND OBTAINED IRELAND.
The venerable John Quincy Adams,
in his able speech in the House of Rep
resentatives, recently, while urging the
validity of our title to Oregon, said: -
" The Pope was in the custom of giv-.
ing away not only barbarous countries,
with their inhabitants, but, at times,
civilized countries, too. He dethroned
sovereigns, laid their kingdoms under
an interdict,and accommodated them;
and all this was submitted to. And
the government Of Great Brtain,a this
day, holds Ireland by no other title.-
Three hundred years before the grant
to Ferdinand and Isabella, Pope Adrian
gave Ireland to Henry IL, Of England;
and England holds the island under
that title now, unless, indeed, she sets
up another title by conquest; but Ire
land, if in form conquered, has been in
almost perpetual rebellion ever since.
England has been obliged to re-conquer
her some half-dozen times, and if she
means to do it again, now, she must
begin soon. The question has been
raised whether Ireland shall be inde-
pendent, and, if we getinto a war with
England, it will be a pretty serious
matter for her to maintain her title"
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1846-03-14

Ouk CoUNTRY.-There are now in
the United States, probably about eigh-
teen millions of people. Of this num-
ber about two and a halt millions are
slaves. Our territory stretches from
the frozen North to the sunny South,
and from the Atlantic to the Pacific
Between us and the South American
States are the Republics of Texas and
Mexico. And between us and the
North Pole are the British possessions
on the Eastern side of the Continent,
and on the Western side, the British
and Russian. The Islands on the
Eastern side are owned by different
nations, but on the Western side they
are mostly independent. The Island
of Cuba is the principal upon the Wes-
tern coast and is owned by SPAIN
Judging from the history Of the past,
the strong probability is, that the en-
tire Continent of North America, from
the Isthmus Of Darlen to the North
Pole, and from Ocean to Ocean, with
the Islands on both the Eastern and
Western shores, within the brief period
of century, will compose the Repub-
lie of the United States of North Amer.
ica. However visionary this idea may
seem to the unrefecting, it is consistent
with the history. of other nations, and
fully sustained, thus far, by our own.
Nations have their birth. youth, man
hood, old age, and death; though the
lifetime of some be but a generation,
while others endure many thousands Of
years. The history of the ancient Ma
tons of Egypt, Judea, Syria, and OF
Greece and Rome e,afford correct view
of the progress and condition of the
race, before the invention and use OF
the art Of printing, compass, and fire
larmsA-France, England. &C., since
But it was for the United Statessto pre-
sent. tosthe World a form Of Govern
ment, suited to any conceivableSeXtent
Of territory, and any possible number
Of people. The school districts, the
parishes, the counties and cities, and
States, are the wheels within the wheel;
the individuals, booking opt for their
own peculiar affairs, at the same time
providing for the wants ot the Greatl
Family Of the Union, which in turn
extends over them all, Individually and
~ Il =. - q r. q Z
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Taking the total number of the human
race at 700,OOO,oOO, the ratio Of the
deaths to the living population as to
33, and that OF the births to the living
as to 1884, we shall have for the whole
globe
In year. ldaY. hour. l Minute.
Births, 23,72S,SI3 5000 2.7OS As
Deaths, 2l,2I2,12I 5s,l2O 2,42l 40
Whence it follows that the sum total Of
the human race would in one year be
augmented by an accession of 1885,
692 individuals, were it not for wars
and pestilences. This augmentation
would in one hundred years create a
population of 3,9l6,ooo,ooo. The num-
Der of males in given number Of births
exceeds that of females in the ratio Of
l6 TO Is; but the mortality is greater
among male children in the ratio Of 81
to 90.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1846-03-14

The Hon. Abbott Lawrence has adj
dressed letter to the Hon. VIM: G,
Rives on the subject of the tariff, in
whichit is shown that the reduction Of
the present tariff, will reduce the pricA
of manufactured articles. Mr., Law
renee is one of the champions Of the
protective system. lfthe price OF man
ufactured articles will be reduced by
the modification of the tariff, what be-
Comes Of the standing argument that a
high tariff makes low prices!- 81 Lou
Is Reporter.
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Constantine, when he was chosen
emperor. found several Christian in
Office, and issued an edict requiring
them to renounces their faith or quit
their places. Most of them gave up
their Offices to preserve their conscien-
ces, butsome cringed and renounced
Christianity. When the emperor had
thus made full proofof their dispositions
and character, he removed all who
thus basely complied withhis supposed
wishes, and retained the others; say-
ing, " that those who would desert or
deny their Divine Master, woulddesert
him,and were noteworthy ofconfidences'
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p o ID IT R Y =
FREED MS LAND.
BY j. GRAHAl

BY j.. GRAHAM
Away the tyrant's proud control;
y But come thou spirit of the free, N
I And write this motto on my soul IS
$50, freedoms lands the land for mep' s
Although a desert were the soil, -
a And cold as ice the polar sea;
And Idoomed there to hardest tpil- ~
Still Freedom lands the land for me.
Were slavery's landas rich and fair
As e'er Elysian fields could be,
Iwould not be monarch there;
No--Freedom' 3 lands the land for me.
When am laid upon my bier,
May those who bear me ALL be free;
I And let me have freemans tear,
II 4. If ever one be shed for me. -
I, And in that soil i fondly crave, -
Whose sons meier bend the slavish knee (
o may some patriotdig my grave
For would rest in dust that's free
If aughtbe e'er marked o'er my head,
Write this: " He wIshedal mankind free. y
And with his latest breath he said,
so, freedoms lands the land for me-"
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a TER MS. Es
I'D The SprRiT or DEMOCRACY is published every
y Saturday at the following rates:
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{efso ~ 90 ]" ft il paid within the year.
ASN $S 90 g. if payment be delayed until
&ulelter the expiration cfthe'year
(tef 9 No paper will be discontinued except at the
esoption of the editor until all arrears paid.
'iuse 90 All communications sent by mail must be
put tpostpaid
inserted at so cents per square
sessofcureen lines or less for the first Insertion and
mons cents for each subsequent insertion. One col.
imetuinn one month $7 90. Three months $40, Six
.oathlmonths $15. Twelve months $s25. ~
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- i ta . .Ea
|s The mean general duration Of human
|Aife isebetweens SO and AZ years. The
natural limit Of human life is from 80
to 90. Ofsall newborn infants 1 out
of4 dies the frsts year;two7lifths scarce
" attain their 5th year; and before
their 92nd year one halfof the gene
ration are consigned to the grave. =
The proportion Of births to marriages,
on an average, and in country afsome
extent, can scarcely be more than s,
.orless than 8, to one marriage. The
ordinary proportion in the most civili-
zed counties Of tile world is A births
TO one marriage. The proportion Of
births to deaths is, one year with ano-
Ither, from 1910 ] so, Tor every 100.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1846-07-15
From the Charleston Mereuru.

TIE Iarif in the Stnate.-The follow
ing are the yeas and nays on Mr.. Sewers
motion, TO make the Tariff bill The special
order for Monday next, aud every day
thereafter I'LL finally acled on.
:, Yeas--Nlessrs. Allen, Ashley, Alchison,
Bagby, Benton, Breese, Bright. Calhoun,
Cass, Chalmers, Colquilt. Dickinson, Fair
field, flanagan, Houstou,Lewis. McDuf.
6e, Penny hacker, Rusk, SemPc, Sewer,
Turuoy, Weslco,,, Yulee.-4.
Nays-hfessrs. Archer. Barrow, Cilley,
John NJ. Clayton, Thomas Clayton, Cor
win. CrttendeD,, Davis. Evans, Hunting
ton, Jarnagin, Johnson Of Louisiana, John
son Of Maryland, Maugum, Moretead
Niles, Pearce, Phelps, Simmons, Sturgeon
Upham, Woodbridge-22.
With The exception OF the two names 10
italics, the division is strictly party one
and il is considered test vote
The following is a list. OF those who were
absent, classed as it is supposed they would
have voted
Yeas-Messrs. Alher,on, Dix, Haywood
Speight-4.
Nays-Messrs. Berrien, Cameron, Day
ton. Gfeene, a1iIfer, Wefster-6.
Thus in full Senate there would be.s
tie vote, and the fate nirhe bill would de-
pend on the vote ofthe Vice President: !
is not altogether certain that there will bs
a GuIl Senate, and il ID NOT absolutely Ger
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Genera, Taylor and the Yolurteefs.-

General Taylor and the Rolunteefs--
We understood yesterday that one of the
followers of the camp on the Rio Gronde,
was in our city, and gave doIeful accounts
of General Taylor's stric!ness in disciplin
ing the volunteers. Ii seems that he makes
the officers submit 10 six. hour drill, every
day. under non commissioned q. States
Officer who nstructs them in The manual.
&c. This gives great dissatisfaction, but
"Old Rough and Ready" tells the grun.
.blers-'senllemen. you have heavy res
possibilities 10 your country, resting on
you-you must learn how to discharge
your duties" And the old General is al
together right. Volunteers are not sent 10
Mexico to frolic; and they should always
expect their duty 10 be severe, and make
up their minds To- the Inconvenience, be-
fore they enIist.-ALabansa Journal.
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harvest fl some regions, tho COTTON had
been;injured and Ipreseutappe peafances itiss
dicale hat the 'crdp- in any eyell, cannot
be a large one. q Z -, s.
TIE season so far. fsays The Point Cous
pee, ,Lonisiana. 1tfibunei) has been; pnpro:5
pilious.,os lIle cotton and sugar planters. i.
is said that the crops on the river planta.
tions have; scarcely ever been seentbore
backward than they are-now a, thisP Periot;
of the year. Tue cotton plaut is siekiy
and puny beyond exsmpie, and lin most
oflhe front plantations tbe. corn crop pshas
been seriously injured, We understands
that lhe COTTON OH Bayou Grostete and
+ ordoshe is exceedingly large aud prom,
ises we'll. $. ,.$ - -
The Crops.-We have finer prospects
befure US for good-nay "a sbounfifat -
crop year. than our farmers have aseeas
for many, many years. The: Wheat crop
has turned out a boun,iful one. not only
in this section of the State, bur throughout
The whole length aud breadth Of il, where:
wheat is grown. Every person thaf We
have seen and conYersed ,lelEusd that
his crop far exceeds all Inspirations.
calculations, aud thai he has ,ohect 10 SELL:
For this section of Georgia-the Cotton;
belt-his issayins agreard deai-rnore than
was ever said before. In sections: at0n.i
where Wheat growing for market sis tfis.
main pursuit ofnur farmers, we. learn that
most bouutiful harvest has rewarded.
their labors, and that more Wbeat. viii be
offered for salelhis year, in Georgia. than
has ever been offered before: Purchasers
therefore may expect to get, flour ar a
reasonable rale. We must not omit TO-
mention that the Wheat groWnlhis year.
islgeneraIIy Of superiorsquaity.
The Corn crop looks very promising;
the Seasons have been generally good. and:
in our Immediate neishborhond, laueriy.
we have had fue rains which have mades
the corn look remarkably promising. { q; 4;
The cotton crop does mot slook. quite SsoS
promising. From all thar we, cand dearn.S SiitSSi
lsrather backward for the middle Of J1ness
both in this, aud olhes sections Of the Stale
Georgia Journals. - :: q.
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A Ral,innre inrp lneked nn on ,hs a,h

A Baltimore jury, locked up on the 4th,
ordered The following moderate bill of
fare-"Fou. hams, three dozen chickens.
one quarter Of veal, four hind quarters of
lamb, ten gallons of oysters, forty pounds
of.beef, FIVE bushels Of potatoes, twenty
punches Of beels, four boxes Of cheese, ole
barrel of crackers, lemons, brandy, gin,
and rye whiskey, five barrels-of rice. one
peck Of mint"
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stfst and sa Liieutenants, Master, and all
The Mids except Two. We returned 10
the ship at.2 A. M much faIisued and
Disappointed. / will write-by this con-
yeyance, and tell him Of The next days
Eight. Yours. &c.
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O. o IN e T. e S s i O. n q ! .
Correspondence Of the Charleston Coarier.
WASHINGTON, June |.

Thore is much excitement at The Cap
iof, ou the subject Of the Tariff bill. The
greatest apprehension is felt, by the friends
Of free trade, that they will no, be able to
make, al this session. any advance towards
the establishment of more liberal sys.
tenn. 1t is also very plain that the party
is broken into fragments, and that they
cannot be united again, under the present
administration, without any tax on lea
and coffee.
The Senate, to day, after long debate,
recomni,ted the Patenl Office bill, with
instructions to provide for the abol,ionof
the law which imposes on The Commits
siouer of Patents, the duty Of making an
agricultural report. The last report cost
$4,000 dollars for printing alone.
Mr.. Buchanan, it ia said, has resigned
the State Department, aud Mr.. Secretary
Walker will ac, as Secretary Of State, ad
interim.
Mr.. Buchanan will d, .less 70 upon
the Bench. HsnominalvI is 10 be made
TO morrow,
Correspondence Of the Charleston Patriot.
WAsHIEeToN, June l.
Euuior was very busy in this city yes
terday that The nomination of Mr.. Buch-
anan bad gone into the Senate as JUICE
ofthe Supreme Court. Such, however,
is mol The facl-so far, but that Mr.. B.
will leave the Department Of Stale before
the present session closes is no longer TO
he doabted-and that Mr.. Bancroft will
qui, the Navy Dypartmea, is as little to be
questioned. Mr.. Buchanan, i believe is
anxious 10 be benched Z The So 40 is a
dead failure. aud all the learned and in
genious argumen, about.,he unquestiona.
BILE title will5iurn to plague the inventor,
III sprelIy generally conceded that! Mr..
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lain that Mr.. Berrien would vote against
The bill. He voted against the present
Tariff, and unless he has changed his mind,
may be very willing 10 see it go down. {
Our correspondent seems TO think the
Yice-President will do his duty, in the
event Of a lie vote, and judging by The des.
pording tone oflhe principle Tariforgans,
we are not without hopes that he will.
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Laying a Corner .StonE.-The corner
stone of the new Capitol Of Alabama, was
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The Lewisburg (Va.) Chronicle states
that on the 22d Of June three hundred and
ninty.one manumtled slaves of The late
John Randolph passed through that pl ace,
on their way to their new home in the West
"a tract Of land having been purchased in
Mercer county, Ohio, for their benefit.
This army is headed by an old patriarch
Of 10 years. who rode on horse beside
tho young and healthy, leading then, to
the land Of their adoption.
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The Crops.-The Mi,ledgeville Federal
Union Of the Hh says:-From every d-i
rection we hear that the wheat and oats,
already harvested, have turned OUT abun-3
dainty. The crops Of corn is exceedingly
promising. lnthis immediate vicinitY,zit.
has been retarded by continued dry wea..
ther for about three weeks, hut the. heavy.
and general rain which fell, on Sunday
last, will restore ii and ensure ON ample
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provinces Of chihuahua and Coahula. aud
10 cooperate with Gen. Taylor, and that
under Col. Kearney Is &c take possession
Of Santa Fe and so be independent IN It's
spheie. Afveryflarge discretion is neces.
sarilyentrGsted i6ihe commander in chief!
JVriten orders 10 this effect were issued TO
Gen. Taylor on The 18th inst. the brst' II
is said Of much inolnep, that have been
transmitted To- him for three months past.
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The Chinese TreatJ.-The Union" in
contradicling a rImor thai The Chinese
government had refused to ratify the treaty
with this government. in Consequence of
the absence of the American Minister,
says :"The exchange Of ratiGcalions of
the treaty Of The Sd July. 1914, between
The United States and China, was made
on the 3lst of December, 1915. Il was
proclaimed IN this country on the lSih Of
April. 1916, by the President, and pub
Iished about The Same date" -.
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; State ihmperdnee con5tntion.-This body
assemblesat Aiken. BarnweIl District, Today.
Tbs following gentlemen are Delegates from
ll'e Society At tlis placc:--Rev. A. AicCaiue.
Dr. II Burt, and NJ. L. Griffin, Esqr. -.