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The aoork Of Prescription commenced.
! The work of prescription has been commenced
! in the Legislature of North Carolina On Mon
! day Calvin Graves, of Caswel the able and i'm


partial Speaker of the late House of Commons,


was prescribed from his seat, and Edward stanlv.


of Beaufort county, put in his place. The vote


will be found in another column. And Gen.
Marsteller, of New Hanover, and Mr. Busbee, of


this City, both set aside from their posts as
| Principal Clerk and Clerk Assistant, to make


room for Charles Manly of this county, and James


r. Dodge, of Surry. All Of these gentlemen,


thus prescribed BY an accidental majority had ac-


quilted themselves we'll in their respective Offices.


and no better reason for turning them out can be


given than that which one rabd Federal partlzan
offers to another


The Federal leaders came to the CITY "hun.


gering and thirsting" after spoiIs The defeat of


Mr. Clay had cut off all hope as to rewards for
services performed for him, and seeing this, they
forthwith sat down and began to carve out places
for each other, against each other, and against
the interests Of the Commonwealth, for when a
scramble for Offices and cmolumcnts occurs The
State itself is the loser not only in money but in
character. AT one time, we understand, many of
the kdernlists apprehendcda division among them
selves. The claims of several gentlemen TO the
SPeokership were pressed with considerable ve-
hemence, but the party screws were applied, and
the nomination in caucus fell upon Mr.. Stanly.
What will the West say to this2 Unquesionably
Mr.. Mills, Of Rutherford, is as we'll qualified for
the Speakers Chair as Mr.. Stanly and yet he,
a member and leader of the " Western Reserve"
was cast aside in caucus, and the Speakershp con-
fcrred upon gentleman, who, to say the least, is
more irritable, and dommeering in his disposition
than Speaker ought to be. But if the Federal
lists are satisfied, perhaps we ought to be- They
have the rens in the House, and we must be con.
tent to look on for space and see how they will
drive But the end as not get. Business comes
next, and then responsibiIity The people will
know in good time who these gentlemen are, and
how much their promises are worth. They see
already who it is and what party it is that would
convert the government into mighty machine of
prescription and render it an instrument in their
hands for obtaining Offices and spoils They will
zee more hereafter In the mean time free press
will speak out and make itself heard The peo.
pie shall know what transpires, and the designs
If federalism shall be exhibited fully and clearly
o the public eye