Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1850-02-22

charging him with attempt to pass a counterfeit
SooO treasury note At the time of his arrest the
note was found upon his person. The Day Book
charges that this arrest, as well as the one few
days ago for obtaining goods under false pretences
Is procured by a man named Spalding who was for
merly Green's agent for the sale of his books, &C.,
but not long since quarrelled with him. 1t saws an
examination will probably result in Green's dis
charge ON the first charge and that as to the notes.
Green has had them on hand some two or three
years. He received them from Mr.. Gillet at Wash
ington and has shown them and given them to half
his acquaintance.
From the Washington Union.
10 GENERAL TAYLOR,
President of the United States:
There are certain conventional rules which gen.
tlemen IN their intercourse ought to observe and
there are certain rules to be observed between men
In private life and those whom the people have ele-
waited by their sutfrages to the principal offices of
State The first has it's foundation in refinement of
feeling which is the rule of education and the lat
ter is the respect which ought to be shown to the
voice of their countrymen. have been directed by
these rules in the two notes have addressed to YOU
At the moment l wrote them, yielded reluctant
obedience to them, as, in your case, considered my
self relieved entirely from all obligation to comply
with them.
Your country if you be sensible of the obligations
you owe her. has strong, nay. the strongest claim
upon you for the proper exercise of the great
which she has conferred upon the Office which, in
unlucky moment, was bestowed upon you From
you, personally, she can expect nothing, after the
developments of the last ten months that will re-
dound to her honor, add to her happiness render
her satisfied with the choice she made of the
Chief Magistrate. But there some things you
may do which will soften her regrets at her folly,
and measurably expiate the offence she committed
against light and knowledge, in electing you Presi-
dent
If l be correctly informed, rule was early laid
down by the cabal who control the destines of this
great republic that in all ofappcation for the
lOeo oho
be preferred against him In the ethics of a
man Of honor, of just judge, this rule implied
that man must be guilty of some one of the often
ces deficient in the particular qualifications
| nounced by you to your countrymen, the only
grounds on which you would exercise the power of
appointing to removing from office. have alrea-
dy told you, sir, that am ofthosc to whom your
guillotinc has been applied and within few hours
have learned almost with positive accuracy, that
you availed yourself of the pretext in my removal
from Office, that certain unworthy creature urged
! by others doubt disreputable himself, has
accused me before you have no doubt of the truth
of the information communicated to me. ] kno1r the
creature who falsely represented me | know his
worthiness, in whatever light you may morally be-
hold him But, General, did you give notice of
what my accuser said Did you call upon me to
answer the charge on which he arragned me before
yo the high judiciary of my country in all such ca
SEES! No, SIR the accusation and Judgment of death
were and the same thing-they came at the same
moment-indictment and hanging were synonymous
both occurred at the moment Whence were
these notions of justice drawn Not from the COM
pendiumS of military jurisprudence, which your in
aptitude for all intellectual labor has occasionally
led you to thumb rather than consult the works OF
learned men Macombs Manual of Martial Law
has been too large for your comprehension, il
may judge of your knowledge of its rules by the
absence of all fairness and all justice in your cruel
| judgments upon the characters of your countrymen
Practising judicious economy, with ample re-
sources, you have made your estate equal to your
wants in the decline of life But it is not the good
fortune of every one to be possessed of means Of
opportunity to lay up these stores, and age often
finds him in distress At such an hour his reputa'
ton for honesty capacity, and fidelity apt to be
the only hope he has for the necessaries of life
Many of the public officers you have dismissed are
in this condition, and you have turned them out Of
the public service with the brand of your disappro
baton; leaving nay compelling the public to decide
whether you have been most truthful in observing
your pledge, the men you have elected to the
number of about several thousands have been false tC
their trusts and unworthy of the places they filled
Mankind pay habitual obedience to authority
and, from the general necessity which exists for
pecting it, it's conduct is usually upheld To min6
capabl. of compromising the results of public ac
one used to philosophical contemplation would SET
the injury done to q citizen by placing him in the
condition in which many stand before the world
Power not given to you obe welded for ends 81
unjust; it not to Cypress but protect your fellow
! citizens.
i
that citizen went to sleep in hunger or with
out the protection of the laws of his country. Fol
centuries since the decline of that Commonwealth il
it the boast of England that the @gis of her flag
shall be extended to all her people, whensoever they
may be oppressed. Can your term of office expire
under present appearances, with such consolation
to you or your country! Thousands of her citizens
and tens Of thousands of their kin, rise up as wit
nesses to accuse you of injustice. You have never
theess and so have the sycophants who deceive you
made some claim to the pursuit of the and
conduct of Washington. Great Heaven !! what ar
effort Taylor attempting to seize the club of Wash
ington, the Hercules
| In speaking of the cabal who have established
what is understood to be your rule, to hang man
as soon as he is accused beg to exempt Mr.. Attor
ney General Johnson from participation in or coun
tenance of such proceedings. I know him very
slightly but all accounts represent him as gentle
man of great ability, extensive learning, and hon
orable bearing in all things.
JOHN HAMPDEN.
THE TOOTH ACHE-A few days since, while suf
fering the agonies of the tooth ACHE were remn-
ded of an anecdote of two Duchmen which ran In this
wise Dutchman on proceeding to place from
whence he heard cries of Distress discovered one OF
| his neighbors lying under stone WALL which had
fallen him and fractured his legs" Veil, den neigh
Dor Vanderviken, vat ish de matter vid We? :" Vat
w you sees my condition vid all these pig stones
upon me- and poth mine legs proke off close by mine
boldly" "Py Jingo," said Homie, ish dat all You
hollow so l fought you got de toothache "-Rtch
i Rep.
SUPPOSED DEATHS BY DROwNING.-We are panied
to hear of another accident, which has probably re-
suited in the death of two of citizens. On Fri
n