Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1850-10-04
The Winding UD.

- o'clock Monday. Both Houses were engaged
with the appropriation bills all of which pass
ed-the Civil and Diplomatic appropriation Bill after
much difficulty. large number of amendments
introduced by the Senate were disagreed to by the
House, and Committees of Conference were appointed
The House persisted in its refusal to concur in the
Senates amendment to indemnify THOMAS RrTCHlE
for his losses by the printing contract to relieve
him from it, 1t would seem that those opposed to
Mr.. RITCHIE, were determined that he should feel
the weight of their vengeance; and the old man
was hunted down. Of course, he will obtain from
subsequent Congress all that he needs but that will
not exonerate those who used their official position
as Congressman to crafty their partizan prejudice
or private animosity.
1t is said that before the hour on Sunday morning
when the House adjourned, large number of mem
bers were drunk. Let the people in all cases mark
and reward such conduct as it deserves.
There is one thing perfectly certain. If the first
session of the ls Congress deserves to be remem-
bered for nothing else it at least claim pre-em-
nence in extravaganza and bombast. Its expenses
will be found when all summed up little, if any
thing, short of million and half of dollars It's
appropriations at this period profound peace about
fifty millions. But then the country has been saved
and ruined half dozen times and the supply of pat
riotism has been SO great that fear such patriot
ism will hereafter be drug in the market. God
knows sick of it, and heartily glad that Con-
gress has adjourned Sterne wasnever more tired of
the cant of criticism than of the cant of pat
riotism. Like true religion, courage or any other
virtue, real patriotism is unpretendng and vauneth
not itself; and it seems almost impossible that it
could dwell with halfof the braggadoca demagogues
who find their way into Congress. At times we feel
sick and tired of politics, and we do canddly say,
that there is in opinion, character more des-
picable than that of the politician. who lives
but in excitement without any deep settled prin-
ciple of action apart from his own selfish aggran-
dizement
1t is humiliating consideration, but one which is
brought home to any man whose business requires
him to wade through the dongs of Congress, to re-
feet upon tho largo proper of ezoh peroons who
fill the halls of Legislation, and the other high pla-
ces of the land. Perhaps Congress ought to be re-
garded the centre of political wisdom but as the
matter stands now, woe to the man, and especially
the editor, particularly if he has a conscience, who
pins his faith to any of the sefconstuted Congress
sional leaders. For our own part we do not know
where any of our selfstyled great men, are and it
much venture if they do themselves They
all Inelr SOundneSS, ana no one VINO listens
them can doubt the sound
B@5~Gov. SEABRooK, of South Carolina, has refus-
ed to call extra session of the Legislature of that
State in view of the recent action Of Congress in
gard to the slavery question, assigning reasons,
that such would be precpiae--that the State
elections will in that State in less than month
that the Nashville Convention will re-assemble on
the 18th of November or just two weeks before the
regular meeting of the S. c. Legislature and that it
will thus be in readiness to ratfy the acts of that
august council, to take such other course as the
exigency of the case may demand In view ofthese
things, the Governor is unwilling to call an extra
session, by which the action of the Nashville Con-
vention, and of the Georgia Convention might be
embarrassed.
thing which the Legislature should reform
The law as it stands at present, requires all
Sheris previously to selling lands for their taxes tc
advertise them in some Newspaper published in the
city of Raleigh for the space of one month, even al
though the lands may be situated in some county in
which not half dozen copies of any Raleigh paper
are taken, and paper of large circulation is pub
lished in the county itself. Such state of thing.
is as q cotemporary observes ian outrage agains
common sense" Very frequently the advertisement
| is
sale, and is to all intents and purposes perfectly use
less.
In calling attention to this matter we are aetuateG
neither by motives of interest nor of jealousy towards
our Raleigh contemporaries. Time and again have
we been struck with the injustice arising from the
operation of this law, and the injury which such q
system is ca lcuated to infct upon the owners o.
land sold for taxes whose property is virtually un
advertised and frequently sacrificed in consequence
In conne1ion with this, the Ashville Dollar News
makes suggestion which, with slight modification
should, we think, receive the favorable attention Of
the next Legislature 1t is to the effect that, enc
officer should be allowed to sell valuable property
either real personal without first giving notice Of
the same through the news papers of the county, OF
the nearest print We certainly think that Sher,
ifs should be required to advertise lands in the pa
per of the county in which the lands lie, when pa
per is published within the county, or in case when
no paper is published in the county, then in thai
paper which has the largest circulation within the
county, instead Of being forced to advertise in Raleigh
| CENTRAL Rail RoAD.-We understand that Mai
GwINN considers the route of the Central Road as
more favorable for the construction of Rail ROAD
than any which has ever come under his inspection
Cof course J! and that the three millions provided
for in the act of incorporation will be amply sufi
Gent to put it in operation. We doubt it nightly
p@BLACKwooD, for September, is on hand. i
contains the commencement of new novel; by Bull
wER in the style of the "Caxtons also the contin
uation of that excellent but interminable Sea tale
the Green Hand"