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1857,
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M A a party those with whom we hate acted, and
now act, are powerless. Wb are not in the- field
eves." Raleigh Register.
" Who hat clothed the Register with the power to
pronounce the fifty thousand American Whig who
havi never faltered and who toted for John A- Gil
mer for Governor at "powerless" And who it the
commander-in-chief that hat taken vpon himtelf the
authority to lead thi force from the field f " We
are not in the field even," say the Register, and to
says the Watchman. When did the retreat tale
place, and in what retired tpot are thtte many
thousand Whigt encamped t If the Register and
Watchman are" resolved to strike their color fond
surrender at discretion, we will endeavor td get
along without them, though we shall grieve to tee
these valiant soldier, who have battled so long for
the righf, resting on their arms." Greensborocgh
Patriot and Flag.
DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION.
The members of the Democratic State Committee
arc respectfully requested to meet in the City of
Raleigh, on Friday, the 8th day of January, 1858,
to determine ou the time and place for holding the
next Democratic State Convention ; and to take such
other steps as they may consider expedient and
proper to promote the Democratic cause in North
Carolina. The members of the Committee, in the order
named by the President of the last State Conven
tion, are as follows: Wni. W. Hotden, 'of Hake;
James Fultou, of New Hanover; James II. White,
of Gaston ; Jesse A. Waugh, of ForRy'.h ; Robert S.
French, of Robeson ; William A- Jenkins, of. War
ren; Win. K. Lane, of Wayne ; David Coleman, of
Yancey ; R.P. Waring, of Mecklenburg ; and Joseph
Allison, of Orange. ' ' '
W. W. HOLDEN, Chairman.
The Democratic papers of the State will please
copy or notice.
3Ir. McRae's Letter.
We copy to day, from the Tarborough Southerner,
a letter from Duncan K. McRae, Esq., late United
States Consul at Paris, addressed to W. F. Dancy,
Esq., of Edgecombe, on the subject of State Debt
and Distribution.
Mr. Dancy, it appears, did not retain a copy of the
letter he addressed to Mr. McRae, and therefore has
not published it ; but we are left to infer, from the
character of Mr. McRae's reply, that he was interro
gated upon bat two questions, to wit, State Debt
and Distribution. Other gentlemen, we learn, have
also been interrogated by Mr. Dancy, and other and
further questions have-been put to them. Their
Opinions have been asked, not only on State debt
and distribution, but in relation to Gov. Walker's
course in Kansas, the mode of distributing the School
fund, the subject of Banks and Banking, the Greens
borough and Danville connection, &c. We presume
their replies will be published in the next number of
the Southerner. .
Mr. McRae, it will be seen, tales ground for die
tribution, and declares that " at thts moment it u
" a far more important " question " than tftat of
slavery, and a much more practical one." He also
tales ground against organization in the Democratc
party, and invites opposition to that party in the
approaching canvass. '
These are the main features of Lis letter, so far as
federal politics are concerned.
We publish his letter as a matter of courtesy-, and
because we are willing that he should be heard ; but
we disagree with him thoroughly and radically on
the subject of distribution and in relation to the usa
ges of the party. We regret to ray that we now see
in Mr. McRae an enemy to the party which has pro
moted and honored hun ; and it will be our duty for
the future to treat him accordingly. " Personally
we respect and like him ; but this only adds to the
regret which we feel on account of his apostacy,
and in view of his almost certain affiliation with the
Enow Nothing party. He has deliberately severed
his relations with the Democratic party he has
stepped off the platform and repudiated the usages
of the Democracy of the State, and he must blame
himself, and not others, for the consequences.
We shall examine his letter somewhat at length
hereafter.
Mr. McRae's course will be hailed with satisfac
tion and delight by most of the Know Nothing
presses of the State. They will see in it some gleam
of hope that the Democratic party may be disoigan
ized, and that the result will enure to their benefit
They will find themselves' mistaken. A leader, so
called, in the Democratic party, becomes instantly
powerless whenever he opposes or ignores any one
of its cardinal principles, or endeavors to disturb or
impair its organization.
We will only add to-day. that Jjfr. McRae appears
to be extremely concerned on account of the squan
dering of the public lands on the new States, and in
relation to " North-Carolina's share" of the lands:
This question gave bim trouble four years ago, when
he toon the field for Congress against Mr. Ashe, in
the Wilmington District We have always under
stook that he favored distribution then, and that he
was generally sustained by the Whigs of that Dis
trict It was most important, in his judgment (hat
North-Carolina should then have her " share," but
meanwhile a glittering prize, in the shape of a feder
al office, floated along, and be accepted it went
abroad, and for four long years we heard nothing
from the gentleman on the subject of the public
lands!
Methodist Episcopal CosrEREScs. The Confer
ence of the Methodist Church in this State met in
Goldsborough on Wednesday last Between seventy-five
and one hundred ministers had arrived on
Tuesday evening, together with many visitors. Anf-
pie and comfortable quarters bad been procured for
all. Bishop Pearce arrived on Tuesday evening, and
is the guest of Dr, Chas. F. Pewey.' The Bisbop.it
is stated, will preach on Sunday next' ' , ''
George Howard, Esq. Editor of the
erner, has been appointed Postmaster St TafboroOgb,
in 1 lace of Davjd Pender, .resigned. An excellent
appointment " J4jt
The Cloven Foot of Plaorgan taatioaw
. Us. McRae jayefttbie fe the Mxxtpftadafcd the beat
time ""far urging Um question Of dletribmlWi before
iYtA viAAtitA l "i PfA la tl A ''AVMnlv.fi AVtnflAjiuifl "
h continues, ." to the Democratic oartyneeed,
there is but one party at the South. N9 harm can
come of a diacuasidti of this question. If a candi
date were to place himself before the people for
Governor on this lasne, in the old fashioned way, be
fore caucuses were invented, what matters it? A
Democrat would be elected any way. For my own
part, I wish Dome practical farmer; a ' Democrat,
would take this issue in hand and appeal to-the peo
ple upon it "
Observe the caution, the adroitness withwbich
Mr. McRae approaches the main point, that of pla
clng1 a disorganize- in , the Held, for, Governor.
" There is no organized opposition,!' tie says, t? the
Democratic party of the State. How does he know
that 1 Depend upon it there it an opposition, wheth
er organized or not Twelve months ago, we know
it wot organized, and not only organized but sworn
to oppose Democracy in every shape and form.
Does Mr. McRae expect to convince the people that
the Know Nothings of this State, who' polled last
year nearly fifty thousand votes, have abandoned
their principles, given op their organization, or
joined the Democrats? -'-
" No harm, he says, " can come of a discussion
of this question." What good can come of it ? Has
not the State repeatedly voted against it? - Did not
Mr. McRae himself take strong ground against it in
1852, when as President of the Democratic State
Convention he declared that " in federal politics we
hold fast to and stand vpon the ancient and time
honored landmarks of Democracy Tn yhy vex he
public ear and disturb the people with an issue
which has long been settled ? Who has called for
this " discussion ?" The people ? No. Mr. McRae
' has called for it The people have not moved at all
in the matter.
But let us get a little nearer to the main point
" If a candidate were to place himself before the peo
ple for Governor on this issue, in the qld-famhiontd
way, before caucuses wereinvented, what matters it tn
There it ia. These Conventions of the Democracy
" caucuses" Mr. McRae calls them have been dan
gerous bodies, at least ever since he presided over
one in 1852. The "old-fashioned" the independ
ent way is the best. So says Mr. Syme, and so says
" Sam." Mr. Syme, in the Register of the 7lh No
vember, very kindly warns the next Democratic
State Convention against inserting " that abomina
ble anti-distribution plank in their platform," and
emphatically, tells them that if they do so "some
patriotic Democrat, whose feelings are right about
this, and who has pluck enough to say what he
feels, in defiance of party madness and tyranny, will
speak out, and put himself in the field in opposi
tion." " How pleasant it is to see brethren dwelling
together in unity." Of course Mr. Syme has become
a Democrat ! he has come over to Mr. McRae and
produced this " unity" this concord of "old-fashioned,"
anti-caucus, distribution sounds. , Mr, Mc
Rae cannot certainly have gone over to biro, for he
still claims to be a good Democrat " in the old-fash
ioned way, before caucuses were invented," , And
what does " Sam " say ? " Sam " turns over in' his
culvert, knocks the ashes from his dark-lantern,
and says " good " The' only objection; ' however,
which " Sam" has to caucuses is, that the members
are not morn, as they are when they meet under
bis auspices. '
Mr. McRae wants some " practical farmer" to take
the field " for Governor on this issue in the old fash
ioned way." That is just what " Sam" told us when
Mr. Shepard ran for Congress against Mr. Branch,
and Mr. Reid ran against Mr. Winslow." But the
people thought and vpted otherwise.
"Independent" candidates and "independent"
newspapers, so-called, are of all candidates and all
newspapers the most dependent Boasting of their
independence of party, they are compelled to re
ly for support upon every faction and ism which
promises temporary strength or ultimate success.
Pledged to all parties and to all isms, no party can
depend upon them ; and the people, whom they essay
to cajole for their vote?, are forgotten as soon as the
election passes by. Parties are indispensible in
all free governments. Every public man who is
useful, is a member of some one party ; and as soon
as he sets up for himself and becomes " indepen
dent," he ceases to be nseful. No public man can.
serve two parties. He must either be a Democrat or
a co-operator with the opposition, no 'matter by
what name the opposition may be known. If h
makes war npon the principles or upon the organi
zation of his party, he at once ceases to be of that,
partv- We state facts obvious to every one. Like
begets like, like assimilates to like. No man can be a
Democrat and at the same time publicly and openly
adovocate a federal issue and endeavor to under
mine and overturn the usages and Ihe organization
of the party. Distribution is as much a federal is
sue as Bank or Tariff, or internal improvements by
the general government It is a link in the chain of
Mr. Clay's " American system" doctrine, it is a
proposition in disguise to assume the debts of the
States and render them dependents on federal
bounty. '
These are our opinions, freely and plainly given.
We expect to maintain them now and hereafter.
We have been contending for them through the col
umns of this journal for more than fourteen years,
and we will never surrender them. , .
South-Carolina United States Senator. Ex
Governor James H. Hammond was, on Monday, on
the third ballot, elected U. S. Senator by the Legis
lature of South Carolina. The following is the vote
Hammond, 85 ; Pickens, 59 ; Dargan, 8 ; Barnwell,
2; Memminger, i; Allston,-3 ; D. E. Treville; I
Chesnut, 1 ; Blank, 4. Hammond's majority over
Pickens, 26 ; over all, 13.
The Columbia Timet says that Gov. Hammond is
"a man of very considerable political ability, and is
understood to be a ' States' Rights Democrat of the
strictest sort He has succesively filled the positions
of State legislator, member of Congress, and Gover
nor of the State, in all of which he hss given evi
dence of dlstingnishtd talent' ' His letters In reply
to the" anti slavery views of Clarkson, , the noted
English Abolitionist, contain some of the strongest
arguments npon the pre -slavery side of tha. much
debated slavery question. His election,- in the face
of his positive declination, is a most remarkable
compliment." The Times-hum that a dispatch bat
been received by a friend of Uen. Hammond, an'
nonnetng'hts willingness to accept the position to
which he has been elected. u
.t . 1 -- it r f
Hon.
L. O'B. Branch. Our excellent, and able
Representative, Mr. Branch, left this City on Thurs
day evening for Washington City. Mr. Branch is
in fine health and spirits. The ensuing session will
be an exciting and important one ; and jre feel sura
that Mr. Branch will aoquit himself in a highly cred
itable manper and to the entire satisfaction of bis
constituent. -V
The last jftafifcr contains the fW(ri h
presents-more mistakes and misrepresentations than
we remember ever to have seen in the, sama oum
ber of lines:
" The STAitsiiiri Tfc -IThe' Rkteih Standard
seems to try .k best to eome p tot Be model of the
Artful Dodger." W have been induced bai
tieies of its own,' to put qutstiori after question to it,
without eliciting , a response.7 Among other inter
rogatories, we have asked it to tell us wny u i ui
its party now in the -enjoyment of fulV power, have
not fulfilled the promise which it admttg they made,
viz: xnat onder the Kansas-Nebraska act -slavery
might go .into Kansas that there was a chance for
it to do so." The Standard cannot, and dare not,
answer this qnesfon. With all its faculty of special,
pleading, i cannot get around this i qnestian, and,
therefore, passes it sub silentio. - It can prorioance
ex cathedra, who are. and who are not. Democrats;
ft can hector and threaten expulsion and utter repn-
aianoa 10 any man wno ttares 10 aavocaie jsisiriuu-
tion a measure, advocated by James isucnanan, a
Democratic President : but it has neither time nor in
clination to explain the cause of the notorious short
comings or its own party.
The Democratic party did promise that "slavery
might go into Kansas that there was a chance for
it to do so," They did more than this, they opened
the way for it, by repealing the Missouri restriction,
which repeal the Editor of the Register und hi party
opposed..' Slaves were carried into Kansas, and are
there now, and the right to hold them as property
has been secured by the Lecompton Constitution.
If the Editor of the Register and bis party bad had
their way, no African slave would ever have been
carried into Kansas. ' " i
But the Democratic party made no promise to es
tablish slavery in Kansas. Congress has no power
either to establish or abolish slavery in the Terri
tories. All it can do is to leave the Territories open,
or, finding any of them shut, to open them to slave
ry, and then let the institution be established or in
terdicted as the people themselves may decide.
Is not the Register answered? If so and we
think it is all we have to say i that we bad al
ready answered t it as above at least half a dozen
times.
And now, will that paper answer us just one ques
tion? Is it for or against the action of the late Con
stitutional Convention of Kansas? Does it, in other
words, hold that Kansas ought to be admitted into
the Union by the next CoogrefiS, or remanded to a
Territorial condition?
The Register says we "hector and threaten ex
pulsion and utter repudiation to any man who dares
to advocate distribution a measure advocated by
James Buchanan, a Democratic President" Now
we deny that we have ever thus " hectored " or
" threatened." Whenever any one professing to be
'a. Democrat, takes ground publicly for distribution,
or a protective tariff, or a national' Bank, or any
other federal measure, he cuts himself off from the
Democratic party, he steps off the platform and
falls, and no man or set of men in the party could
put forth an arm long enough or strong enough,
even if they were so disposed, to reach bim and
bring him back. We have no power to expel any
man from the Democratic party ; and we are not hi
the habit of " hectoring " or " threatening." But
we do profess to be able to understand plain English,
and we can therefore tell when a Democrat is not
acting in accordance with the principles of the Dem
ocratic party, and when he is opposing its principles
snd its organization. In such cases it is our duty
to speak out, and put the Democratic people on their
guard ; and this is what the Register calls " hector
ing " and " threatening."
But the Register asserts that distribution is " a
measure advocated by James Buchanan, a Democrat
te President." ' Can it be possible that that paper
would make the impression on the minds of its
readers that President Buchanan is in favor of dis
tribution ?
Kansas Affairs.
It appears to be generally understood that Presi
dent Buchanan and Gov. Walker differ widely in re
lation to affairs in Kansas.- The President will re
commend to Congress the admission of the new
State with the Constitution framed at Lecompton,
and to be ratified by the people on the 21st instant;
and Gov. Walker opposes this, and contends that a
new Convention should be called, Ac Congress
will assemble on Monday next, and we shall there
fore soon have the views of the President in full on
the subject
It is not true that Senator Douglas has taken
ground with Gov. Walker and against the President.
HisVeputed organ, the Chicago Timet, has done
si ; but that will not affect his course. Senator
Douglas is understood to hold that, the sjbmission
of the slavery clause of the Constitution vindicates
the popular sovereignty doctrine of the Kansas-Ne
braska act '
We had some fears at one time that a considers
ble portion of the Northern Democratic press would
take ground against the President on the subject.
and Insist that not only the slavery clause, but the
entire Constitution should be submitted to the peo
pie of Kansas; but we are gratified to stale that
in our opinion, this will not be the case. The last
Washington Union says:
"Attempts have been made in certain quarters to
produce the impression that the northern democrat
ic press, with few exceptions, are opposed to the ac
tion of the Kansas convention. We have upon our
exchange list over one thousand papers, embracing
all the leading democratic journals in the free States.
We have been, and still are, in the habit of examin
ing these journals with no slight care ; and the re
sult of our observations is quite conclusive, at least
to our mind. that, so far from there .beirur a serious
and wirfe-spread ' difference of . opinion among our
northern eoieinporaries in regaro to at oest a nones
sential question, the dinerence is slight, quite limit
ed in extent, and,' we are disposed to believe, sua
ceptible of an easy aid early settlement The pom
tion, sentiments, and language of the Democratic
press of the North, at this juncture, cannot be mis
taken. 1 An honest difference of opinion as to wheth
er the Kansas convention should have submitted to
popular ratification the whole or the great esseqtial
part of the constitution Iranied by them may be to)
erated ; but the entire democratic press will hold no
democrat guiltiest who seeks to promote his peculiar
views by associations with, black republicanism in
any form, 10 sanction even Tor a moment the sec
tional objects, or to adopt even for a temporary our
pose the wretched sophistries and fanaticals appeals
ot the enemy, may oe saieiy regarded as the pre
liminary steps of a formal desertion.' 'White. Bell.
and Tallmadge did not abruptly abandon the print
cipies ana organization 01 ipe aemocrauc party.
Witmot's utter apostacy was. discovered amid the
loudest protestations of ui orthodoxy.;
We have already placed before our, readers
large number of extracts from northern democratic
journals, in which -the action of the Kansas conven
tion -was spoken or in the warm language or approv
al. We could 611 whole paces of the Union with
extracts of a similar character and from the same
source, if our limits permitted."
Thb "Probable Homicide" at OxroRD. We have
received a communication. ft rot a highly respectable
source, stating; that the-injury sustained hj young
Landis was but slight, And, that it waa the result of
aa accident, and not intentional. Our Informant re-
ceivedhifjIflftirmatidn'aSVe Tearn, from the officers
sent in pursuit of young Bellamy.
Kurn mmm the Hortfcen
The Philadelhi4rtlwTOiaM
tflvanian, the Providence, JVsnnd score of sterling
VY-. . .C Itf !jL.3k.tmi mt miknfiiltw
lremocraiic girewca jawrpa SWfJ ."e
to the soppqrjt 6f the action of the mta'QflBiuatioD
al Contention of Kansas. The Argus ths notices-
the, course of the Press, Mr.-Forney' paper : v
" The. black republicans, the conglomeration of ne
ar advocates, traitors to the constitution land the
Union,' he" tricksters and factionists who make up J
the opposition , party to the democracy, have naa
new life infused into their late despairing and diss
nited .forces by the "aid and comfcrt" which has
been extended to tbem by a daily Jnoroing paper
published in this city, which wss professedly estab
lished to advocate democratic doctrines and defend
democratic principles. ' The abolitionist organs are
thrown into spasmodic delight at finding their long
cherished ideas obtaining utterance and endorse
ment m a professedly 'democratic pTper:"The New
York Tribune is in an ecstasy of pleasure that its
own mischievous and fanatical opinions have been
tacitly acknowledged to be sound and just by being
promulgated through a democratic journal ( Tke
New York Courier and inquirer finds an echo to its
own doctrines in the Prest of Philadelphia. It is a
matter that" fills us with profound amazement and
alarm that we have to acknowledge the painful and
humiliating fact that, our worst political foes at the
present time are those of our Owh household.
W e have a higher than human authority for say
ing that he that is not for us is against us. There
can be no middle ground of neutrality no half-way '
house between political truth and political error.
This test, or standard, is an infallible one. , They
who are not engaged with their whole hesrt and soul
on the democratic side, who only professedly 'advo
cate democratic opinions for a profitable considera
tion, who merely "act with the party" because It af
fords them a good living And a respectable position,
but who take no further interest in it, are not only
no help to us. but in most cases are a hindrance to
our prosperity, and a dead weight to our pai ty and
our cause. Taey -exert an embarrassing and a dis
couraging influence; jre do not know where to find
them ; they are nVecome all things to all
men, if the pay ' Vs are only large enough.
They are to ojjrfe-rj'f dead limbs are to a tree,
and cannot be lopp4$fra moment too soon."
The Pennsyltahian says :
" The question now is. Will the democratic party
stand by the Kansas constitutional convention, and
admit the State, with such a constitution as its peo
ple shall adopt on the 2 1st of December, or join for
ces with the black-republican party, and keep the
issue stiil open to distract the nation and embarrass
the national administration? This is the plain, prac
tical issue. The black republican party are oppo
sing the Kansac cooventi. n, and will contend against
the admission of the State into the Union when the
constitution is presented. Agitation upon the sub
ject is iheir put pose. They have and are falsifying
the whole action of the democratic party in Kansas,
abusing and vilifying Mr. Buchanan and his sound
and conservative administrative policy upon that ir
ritating and delicate affair, and thus preparing new
difficulties for the Quing Congress. They will not
have a settlement or the question. With all these
facts burning like suns along the pathway of the
democratic party, it is plainly to be seen. that their
duty is to sustain the national administration,' the
constitutional convention, and admit Kansas when
she presents herself to Congress and claims a place
among her' sister States. There is no excuse for a
single desertion from the democratic ranks upon this
question. Even the New York Times and the Na
tional Era have been forced to admit that the mode
of submitting the constitution to the people is such
as to- secure the legitimate ends of justice and fair
ness, while the whole press of the nation bis spoken
in high eulogy of the constitution itself. In view of
these facts, bow can democratic presses justify their
bitter, unjust, and constant attacks upon the aetion
of the convention ? Are they desirous of aiding the
New York Tribune in its opposition to the party
and the national administration ? Are their opin
ions to be considered above party discipline or party
success ? If these presses have been honestly mis
taken fn their interpretation of the facts that sur
round this question, let them say so at once. If de
termined to oppose the party and embarrass the na
tional administration by siding with the black-republicans
in this issue, why not hoist the flag at
once, and fight openly on the black-republican plat
form ? As for the democratic party in, old Pennsyl
vania, they are for the admission of Kansas with
the constitution that will be adopted by the citizens
on the 21st of December, believing that the mode of
submitting it to the people is in lull accord with the
principles of the Kansas Nebraska bill, and calcula
ted to restore peace to that Territory, which has so
long been distracted by black-republican intrigue."
The Providence Post thus sums up in a few words
the question at issue : v"
" The result is, that the free-State party- which
has undoubtedly been itching for an excuse for stay
ing away from the polls, and allowing a pro-slavery
constitution to be adopted refuses to be satisfied,
and declares its determination to take no part in the
settlement of the question at issue Because it is
not to be allowed to vote down a constitution against
which it cannot offer a single valid objection, and in
reference to any of the features of which, there has
never been any controversy between parties, it ob
stinately and factiously refuses to vote down a clause
of the instrument which it has always professed to
dislike. It is obliged to admit that the slavery ques
tion is the only question which has been at issue,
and that upon this question provision is made for a
fair expression of the people's wishes. It is obliged
to admit that, under the constitution, it could easily
obtain possession of the government, as it has al
ready obtained possession of the territorial govern
ment. It is obliged to admit that the constitution
itself, so far as it is placed beyond the immediate
reach of the people, is by no means partisan in
character, or unjust in its assignments of power. It
has nothing to object to, save the bare fact that the
constitution cannot be voted down ; and because it
cannot be, it refuses to vote down slavery, or to have
anything to do with the election of a State govern
ment" r
KNOW-NoTtiiRo Rejoicings ' over Mr. McRae's
Letter. The Wilmington Herald, one of the most
inveterate "dark-lantern" journals in the State, thus
notices Mr. McRae s letter to Mr. Dancy :
"D. K. McRae. Esq., late United States Consul to
Parts, ant a prominent . member of the Democratic
party, has written a long and able letter in favor of dis
tribution, to W. F. Dancy, which appears in the last
number of the Tarboro Southerner, x We reioiee t
receive such distinguished aid vpon this matter of
jisiriovuon, a suojeci 01 me most vital importance
or all that now agitate the coeintrv. We cannot
doubt but that there are. hundreds and thousands of
men who would go in heartily for the doctrine wete.
it fairly presented to them, but party tactics hafC
thus far managed to evade the issue, or to lessen
the importance of the subject " Politicians have stu
diously tried to humbutr the people on this subject.
and party audacity has even gone so far as to declare
that no Democrat eau be a DistributionisL There
are thousands of Democrats in North Carolina warm'
ly in favor of Distribution, and we hae no doubt
that if the State was canvassed upon this issue alone.
the result would be terrifying to -the. party hacks
wno obstinately refuse JNorth Carolina s fair-and
just claim in the public domain. " We 'admire Mr.
Ale Roe's independence, and shall endeavor to make
room for his letter." , . , ,. . x
Vicb Vkfsa." Gouge on Banking" is tbe title
of a work, a new edition, of ,which has just issued
from tbe press. A cotemporary aptly remarks that
" Banks on Googing" would be an appropriate title
for a work setting forth the operations of the pres
ent system., ',; . .' ',V , .
uThb Famer's GuroB." Mr. E. L? Perkins, the
Editor of the Clinton Independent, proposes to pub
1 lish an sgricnltural paper, under the foregoing title.
Tbprprice of the paper will be $1 per annsm, pa
able en receipt ef the first number. Mr. Perkins lit
a an; intelligent, working man, nnd woU posted m ar
riculture and the improvement! of hejv- "Wj
wish lum much success in his enterprise.
.aTAT?a JAr.
';..'.. The -XWas
rlTbat steriinc and able D
Daineoraticpriatte-a.
fcorowgb Tribune, thai iyoc Mr.TXsRM Wf" :
X Uteri aiiMiw
is mainly devoted W the Bubjct itf Wsrxibwtitwt M
we have not time nor apace to copytne wer.w
week it came to hand .late 0 $aturdajr. Benwgr
we deem i t but just to iheauthor to defer any toin
ute examination, of its contents until we ean publish
ft. We will remark, however: that, anartlrora wnai
we will denominate its political here ties, it Wis, far
below what we had a right to expect from Mr. Mc
Rae's pen.;: We have always felt inclined to do hon
or to Mr. McRae, awarding him the fullestmeea 01
praise due to a mind. fertile in imagination, brilliant
in conception, correct in disposition and burning
with air the nres or true eloquence. He a an ara-
tor; and as such we admire bis genuM and respect
bis talents. If words, tones, looks and gestures,
constitute true eloquence, then D. K. McRae Is elo-N
quent But the letter before Os bears none of these
characteristics. Whether we regard its language
or its logic.it is equally exposed to the critic's scalpel,
which is destined to be applied with a vigorous
hand. T ' ?
We regret for the sake of the democratic party,
and, most of all, for the sake of Mr 1 McRae biroselt,
that he has felt it his duty to entertain, and, by the
publishing of bis letter, to promulge opinions totaiiy
at variance with those entertained and protnnigea try
the great democratic party in whose bosom he was
cherished in infancy and by whose members he was
honored m manhood. We cannot contemplate ine
political disaster that awaits him without a sigh, nor
part company with him without rupturing a tie of
sincere, personal friendship. Had we the influence
to do so, we would dissuade him from a course that
is fraught with .political 4-uin, and woo him, back to
the true democratic, fold, where our reverses would
be endured with peaceful resignation, and. our victo
ries would be mutual. How gladly would we herald
his victory if achie ed at the bead of the democratic
cohorts whom his clarion voice has so often called to
battle! hut we would be a traitor to our party and
principles, if we did not rejoice at bis defeat when
leading our enemies against us.
It remains for us only, at the present moment, to
warn the democracy of the delusive scheme that the
opposition its plotting against them. Distribution
of the public lands is a specious but fallacious rem
edy for existing evils, real or imaginary ; but it is
hoped it will divide our. forces and render us an eas
ier prey to the enemy. Xiet no true democrat be
deceived thereby." ....
V. 8. Circuit Court.
This tribunal, Mr. Justice Wsyne presiding, vir
tually closed its session on Thursday last, after dis
posing of all the cases ready for trial on the several
dockets. On Wednesday,, the case of Edmund Wil
kins of Northampton r. the Schooner Alexiana, in
Admiralty, was argued by Messrs. Badger, Bryan,
Miller and Gilliam for the libellant, and Messrs.
Moore and W. A. Wright for the defendant His
flonor on Thursday morning delivered a decree in
favor of the libellant, awarding damages, interest
and costs. , . , S
The District Attorney, with whom was associated
Mr. Busbee, announced his readiness to try the sev
eral cases of the United States vs. John G. Gully.
Messrs. Badger and Miller, the defendant's counsel,
moved for a continuance, and, upon affidavit, the
Court continued the cases until next Term. . ' .
The special Agent of the Government, S. G.
Dodge, Esq., has been indefatigable in investigating
and preparing these cases for trial. Some two or
three days after his arrival here, the defendant was
arrested ; arfd such was the activity of the Govern-
ment Agent, that in ten cases indictments were
found, and tho evidence- ufficvently -rollectwl -toernv-ble
the Counsel for the Government to press for a
trial -
The defendant, Gully, being required to give bah
in the sum of $15,1)00, and failing, was committed.
On-Thursday, Jos. K. Marriott, Esq., of this City,
was appointed by Judge Wayne TJ. S. Commissioner.
3T De Bow's Review, for December has been
recieved. This Number completes the 23d'. Semi
Annual Volume, and it will be a favorable time for
New Subscribers to record their names. The offices
are at Washington City and New Orleans. Back
numbers or volumes can be supplied. The first
thirteen volumes are condensed tnto a work in three
volumes, intitled "Industrial Resources of the South
and West;" price, $6. Subscription v price of ihe
Review, $5. The Editor urgently calls upon sub
scribers for arrears. The December number con
tains interesting papers upon the South snd the
Union, Central America, Texas, A Southern Univer
sity, Slave Laws of the South, the Present Financial
Crisis, Cotton grown in Foreign Countries, Califor
nia, Mississippi, etc., etc.
New York Election. Mr. Tiemann, the oppo
poeition candidate, has .been elected; mayor of Nevr
York by 2,831 majority over Fernando Wood,'Det
ocrat- Over 84,000 votea were polled in the city.' :
The City government in' other respects is supposed"
to be Democratic.
Uoos. Seventeen Cars, containing about five
hundred hogs, are expected , here this' (Friday)
evening from Petersburg. These hogs were brought;
down the South-Side Road from Western Virginia.
IST" The Bank of Wilmington has declared a
dividend of four per cent payable on the ldtta De
cember. . .
fP" The Legislature of Virginia will assemble
13T" Mr. N. R. Stinson, Editor of the New York
Day-Bool, Jlied 'suddenly on the 80th ultimo.
payable at the Principal Baok on the first Monday in Ja
...
uary nexi, ana ai me Branches ntleeo day thereafter..
' , . t , .. C DafWfiY.Caahier: '
Raleigh, Dec 4. 1857. , ... - f, 106 at-.
fl OTICE. THE UNDERSIGNED HAVING AT
1 November Term, 1857, . f the COURT OF PLEAS
au vuakthk sussiuks for Wakb Cooimr. Qualified
aa Administrator, evm tettamento annexeo, of tbe Will of
aino. aiBina aaiDAau, aeceaaed, hereby KiveaNo-
.m. tn nil nM.n. : I ... .1 . -. . t m .
-" w vciwuo iiiucuwu ui im couiie 01 ne aaia xeata
triXj to call tapon the undersigned and pay up : jiad to thoae
having claims or demands against said estate, to present
them within the time prescribed by law,, or this notice will
be pleaded in bar of their recovery. '
1 QUENT. BUSBEE, Adm'r.icl
Decembers 1857. - T? insi-8t.S
fJOR RENT OR LEASE, THE LARGE COUMO
DlOUsj DWELLING HOUiiE near tbe N. Oj Rail
road Depot Tbe House has eight comfortable rooms, with
necessary out bouses and garden. This ptoperty wiU be
rented or leased to a good tenaat upon reasonable termer
Q. BUSRKR.
December 4, 1857. ... 108 8t.
,
t t
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, dee., arc
FLUTES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, AND PRICES
from $1 up to $50. -' . '"
r uea, irom zo cents to f 1 .
Flagrolettes, Clarionets, Accordions,
VioUa and Guitar 8trlngsr " f wt.tojg
Chirionett Reeds, Fiddle Bridges, ..,..; MS
Piano Tuninjr Hammers, : . io. 'is: :"-i
Instruction Books for Piano, Guitar, Flute, Banjo; Clario
nett, Organ, Flagioletles, Ac.
For sale at
- H. D. T0RNZR8 1
N. C Book Store.'
Raleigh, Dee. 4, 1857.
mj EG ROES FOR SALE THE SUBSCRIBES.
IM as Administrator of,LKMDEt! M.MOROAlHdel
vxxmam, -mmwmg uvea umy oommiwoaea M t UOttntT
vvmiv ik vimaga, m nuTemoer ienn, 1001, wexpote to
Sublieaale the Slaves oeloogiar toatbe estate of the said
eceaaed, bereby gives notice that at Chapel Hill, on Fri
day tbe 1st of January, 1858, he will offer to the highest
bidder, at subtle auction, THIRTEEN OB FWRTKSJf i
ouniw, ai out two at wmctt are -very valnaole, toaaeef
them aaviag retpoeUble skill as earpentera, Aa. "
' Tarsia Six months ereuit, upon bond with aaoi asaavftV1.
JAMES NlPATTERSawTaVmV
Jl BEciaYjpmy' w.rifcanvy
nm0t i W tOTJltT HODS Yapsajflsr f?K
to itHt ilmenaioiu
i rMect 10 V inches ouui
Wrtii iirirfr lorv 27 iochea thick, and 4
-WM nrWrna sTorv.il JUtchea thick aadaisthsa, I
F'HehiM of walls above somes s? sta H W Vd r'Wu ;.
Sit rooms 6f first story tyir of&ea, . w -':" sT '
Tire folding W w jO adja-rflrat aferA .ta
"two cross jsrfibS fory 'nvs n ! J.fa ...
smgieooors w , , j .nmM -now irsm.5iii
Two figbta'of stairs, 4 ,.-. t.m-f vwrtr'
TweBtvgaljriiktawairithm o-niVT
Poor cfaiaiaera, aad J4 fira places. , u;v ,.wtt'o .
Oral rod; with awtubla proj.ajF4eiuWv.
Cootfroom to be flushed off, wjfrh Jftmah, lMmJkrf
lxes,Ai,4c. ' ,. J ? ttfiifcaa-
Aadrem.Mu1
V If ISWW 7.
. y v ' JNO: COBB. .i.,.f.
vecemoer , 100. .... . ,-. , y-wi-as)' 'v
f3T Hiliaboro' Becorder and Qrnaafaoro', Patriot fff
t" times. ... ,.r;.( ... .,,.' QK;")raf:Vi
'4"&bfi KEWARD RA!I AWAY FBOIT tSff
JSrkW SCbSCKIBKR, on the augM of the- B f
Boeniber. Megro man PETER., paid negro ia aboat awty
flre yeara.oldV nnder siae, beiar about five -aet flveor atx
inches high, very dark . complexion, ateosk, black, 'steps
qoiea, and always sanies waw apokea rater )s vaty
.. .. . - . . r -
mua 01 arinaina-,. ana ds im aapearasee 01 a aaai
mho
drinks hard, which may lead
a fit ef intoxication when -ha
lean to. ma oeteeaon am i
(MM intoxication Mn a ion.. x uubk it la prnaaaw
that be is lnrkiaa-aboat WarMrtoa Depot.' I will civ Hie
above reward fur his delivery to ma or nia appreaeaaiovao
that I can get aiov. A4dreaaMt
. ,' -.! J- :,&,. -,.V Elmer's BpriagF.O,'-
- f- . , .? MeeUsnBwOL'Ta.t
sTnMm;mvwMeWi''-. ; 'th
THE SUBSCRIBER HAH LATELY RXCEIYCO tS9
foUoWing additions to his Stock: ; ,' '.,; -i' ,
Oriental Frait Paste, a sTmple, palatable aad anVaeioaa
Cathartic Medicine, . ., . , 3lin 4U
Beigravia and other Matches, , i ,.j ""rv,i ' '
" Baraottes. Worm Prams. . . t ,-. 'i i':
Rose Water for Infimta ?'-
" Pearl Barley. ., , ; ! : 4 ' .'; ,
Bert Olive Oilv ' ,J - 't,:,',';;
Cod-Liver.OiL . , ... , a..(;u,v UrJ.:
Mustaro, 10 Dotuea ana papera.
. Caatile and othar 'Soaps, ,
Sponges, best surgical,
ty,-
i ujuu rasiea.
Bops for Family use,
.!.!'-'. Mjlft"-:
Kv.i.
uijcerine.
. 8ponfrio-Piline,
Barry Tricophe
tJlivebuflh'a Tricopberoos,
Hair Dyes-Pieroe'a, Phalon's, BatchaWik
Wood's Hair Restorer,
fommades Pansieone.
Pom mad es by Mangenet A Condray,
'7-
rommaaea or Bazin,
1 Extractn by Lubin ft Basin,'
Tooth Pastes and Soaps,
Spices, whole and ground,' '
Coxa Gelatine,
- Cooper'a laingiaaa,
, Coiognea, varuras kinds, ,
. Hair Oils, various kinds,
Delluc'aEaa Aiifcelique, - '
FrangipaDiii Suaps, -Fraorinanni
Extracts..
--A'
... S ,
'I
rvj 'r : 'L
V - r
' 1 ' '
Hair Brushes, aud various other new and exeallent ar
ticle. , ;
' E. B. HAYWEOD'S Drug Store.
Raleigh, Dec. 4, JIS57.: ;,. ; ... , . ., .1 108
; 1 ; BEtMOWT. SELECT SCHCMlI., ... -V f
XxOAXVlLLB COCXTT, JL Ci!f i I
: . 10 Hilea South of Clarkavtlle. Vaw
R. H. GRAVES. Princinal.
THE PRINCIPAL, aAer teaching for tweatr years,
having determined1 10 egtubrtuh'e permanent SeJ-ot
School ia the Country, selected tbe above location ouiLof
man;
ay which be had carefully examined, aa neiojr
aeo
had especiaUv to health, aad the advaBtum orWf
ihi awutuie nir iob Dirmn flMiraM r mwum ami n
mural and religions influence. ' To attain tbMeada, thowh
at the expense of improving a new place, the site was pro
cured in the midst of a community noted for inteRiceaea.
refinement and moral worth, remote from atOrea. tipRaa
shops and other places of temptation to eawwragaaWar
VICO.-. :. . ,j . ,: ... . ' 1 t.Z't.i.
The ach kI has been two years in aeeeasml eperatieaL
and tbe character of the location above given'M Ireeir
awarded to it bv all acquainted therewith. -
i fiaardeaS he had irf fWalUea of tDehiest'felipic&ttlWF.
As the number of claaaw will be limited, it is important
thJ?Jf P.,ic,4f ,ut8 ,he progreea already made, v .T&
TXHs. For board and tuition per arninii of 80 weB
f8S, payable in ad ranee. .. ?Jr
The next seaaion will commence on the 1 4th of Jan. 18M
Address the Principal at Browaaville P. Ot. GraavUle
Co.N C. !-v
Foa SaavAins, at tub low.Pmcb aoaCaaa, or Six To
"1 AA BATIKETT COATS AND PAITTS TTOW Olt
AwUtbe war, and sail y exuected. of oar onW
Collnrsl Collars I
V
A few dozen left of those Patent Enameled CbOartl at the
lor price of 40 sent per dosea. iv ?: i : . '-1;-. W
Sairut Skirtal : ...wj X.A.
New tot received from bur manufactory thii daw
B5 Dozen with knnn fv.ll- . "
20 ' ' stindina- ..-T".
10 " withiHilr '
"t'(
Mm 1 "
with plain amd French Wristband. '
jrr h, WILUAJ1S CfW
Raleigh, Dec. 4, 1857.'
Eg" Begiatar and Spirit of the Age "copy
. HIGH SCHOOL AT CLAYTOH,
l aUUB JUtV W mhtMSOM.
THIS SCHOOL CAN BB SURPASSED "BY - BIT
few in tbe State. Our Principal, WaU & JONU
though a young man. baa aurpaaaed lha aiia iaaaloaa of Vtt
patrona, aud bida fair, in a abort time, to beeoaie OMeftb
beat of teachers, He nodwbtedir r mm the Meattvef
- aptuem to .tweh." The thitWof awiSrtas!
tify toihrnAct. Having enjoyed thoaaitfon olrTlfwoi
land, in thoae English branches of waJea be fa the antnaV
and of Elocution under Prut RaaselL oaaof too aestala
cutioniats in our oouHtry, be ia, we eon asSwr sail' atora
thorough in those branches than we generally ftart jaoa"ef
Mr. D, W. JONES, Principal of the Female DeeWtmaat;
baa already eatablisbed the reputation of a Ft Ctaav
teacher, e have no heaiutioa in sayhv. she H aabdaA aw
mine ie tarn oiaie. -..'.. - ,.r.-im r i.v.M
Tbe Buildings are now complete, aad ample iiimisilaia
are made for a 1 trge nam bar of adreata7ii C. : '7-
Board six and seven dollars per month, Toitioa as tsWSm
tofore. . ... ..(.),,.-,
Necessary Books and Stationary furnished at the phwa
by Waa. H..,Tnmtiason r t. -U 1 3V. 'iiiilSjl'
.Jhext e8,uon wil1 ownaianajron Monday, 18th Jau
ary next.
Clayton, Dee. 4, 1857.; ' 7-a - 1S14 wtlF
Masonic High SehoouMaie aaa'stakv;
.-....! 1 ERANKLIMTON, K. 4X:-fi
Gaoaea W. Nbal, A. M., Principal, I la the If ale lW,
Juucs Goiom, A. B Assistant, J partmeirt. -Osoaaa
W. Hal, A. PrineiT. .1,5 H 1 In'Fwnala'tja--T
Mrs. V. U.Nul, Teacherof Praofci, 4a, f rpttaL.f
. The next aessioa will begin on th 1 1th of JaAnarV lEMt.
, For further particulars, address lie iModoalor arfhar
of the Bodersign'eoT. - .
J. A. GeooBBOAK.BeeV. - M""I'VB,B-"!-
December , J357.
IMTORTAjrT SALE. WILL BE SOLD AT FTX
:LIC. AUCTION 00 the mamiw aite Sonant
of liornaville, on the road feadinr num llalukh Is Tim ''
wood, on the l7ih of tommha. -rt7L-r J TV
Sue aau paw. aailt. WOICO IS HOW In IllCliai
X tw..,t?oU f Und OBe ualainii l5ili
other 1 18 ; two wagona ; one team of Saraae
loioi eooice lumoMvamtaOle for liaililiaa piiiaiiaas, Tilij.l
aadother valuable awparty betongtac ia W araaVia,
-Bot previously disposed ut r, i Wi'j;
1 v wi vwiw oargaina, wowa OOL to 4
pnnenr Deiore ine aay of sale.
All persona indebted, to the, Stid.Firav 1
Settle their aeebOBta dnrin tin A.il.t'Zj
nam of the firm mavha rinaJiT ma
swti R. T. WEATBEESjiOW A OoV'f
l)ecember 4,857., - .
- OXFORD FEMALE COLLEGE-
r,i"v "re 01 ne nrsT oraer or ability. Taeeounaof.
ii-mnetioa s'wa aadaaiJ.
TaHteslta Elemenmry B.Mcbas. 1- - . At .
Embroidery. ' -I
aad WaafaioK. ear Month.
No extra ebarces wiirbe aoada. "'
to.
FAffitioalars apply to '
For.4,laS7.
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