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Sibk : I cannot better reply to your majesty than by repeating, as they belong to me, the words with which your letter terminates : '-Our relations Ought to be sincerely amicable, and should be baaed upon the same intentions the maintenance of order, the love of peace, respect for treaties, ami reciprocal good let-ling. Your majesty, in accept ing this programme as 1 had traced it, says that you remain faithful to it. I dare believe and my conscience tells me so, that I have not exceeded its limits ; for in the affair w hich has excited division between us, the origin of which is not to be attributed to me, I have always sough; to main tain friendly relations with France, and 1 have al ways endeavored to avoid anything which might clash with the religion professed by your majesty. 1 have made for iff maintenance of peace all the concession, both of lorm and substance, com patible with my honor, and in claiming lor my co-religionists in Turkey the confirmation o( the rights and privileges w hich they have long acquire d at the price of Russian blond, I claimed nothing which was not confirmed by treaties. If the Porto had been left to herself, the difference which has so long kept Europe in suspense would have been solved. A fatal influence has thrown everything into confusion. By provoking gratuitous sus picions, by exciting the fanaticism of the Turks, and by deceiving tbtir government as to my in tention, and the real scope of my demands, it has so exaggerated the extent of the question, that the probable result seems to be war. Your majesty must ellow me not to enter too much in details in the circumstances as they pre sent themselves to you in your letter, in which those circumstances are marked out. Several acts on my par:, appreciated with little accuracy, according to my opinion, and more than one fact perverted, would require, in order to be properly rectified, at leaat as I conceive, long developments. into which it would not be proper to enter in a Correspondence between sovereign and sovereign. For instance, your majesty attributes to the occu pation of the principalities the evil ol having sud denly transported that question from the region of discussion to that of fact; but your majesty reaves out of view the cirucmstances that this oc cupation, still purely conditional, was preceded, sad in great measure caused, by a very important previous fact, the appearance of the combined fleet in the vicinity of the Dardanelles; and besides this, much before that period, when England hesitbted to assume a hostile attitude, your majesty took the initiative in sending your fleet as far as Salamis. This wounding demonstration certainly exhibited little confidence in me. It was calculated to en courage the Turks, and to paralyze before hand the success of negotiations, by giving them the idea that France and England were ready to sup port their cause under all circumstances. In the same way your majesty makes it appear that the explanatory commentaries of my cabinet upon the Vienna note rendered it impossible for France and England to-recommend its adoption by the Porte ; but your majesty may recollect that our commen taries followed, and did not precede the pure and simple non-acceptance of the note, and I believe that t he powers were so little seriously desirous of peace, that they confined themselves to the J Claims oi me pure ana snnpie auopuon ot mat note, instead of allowing the Porte to modify what it had previously adopted without change. Besides, if any point ol our commentaries had given rise to difficulties, I offered satisfactory so lutions to them at Olmulz, and suclTwas it consid ered by Austria and Prussia. Unfortunately, in this interval, a part of the Anglo-French fleet had already entered the Dardanelles, under the pre text of there protecting the lives and properties of English and French subjects; and in order to allow the whole to enter, without violating the treaty of 1841, it was necessary that the Ottoman government should declare war against us. My opinion is, that if France and England had desired peace as much as I, they would at any cost have prevented that declaration of war; or, when war was once declared, have taken care that it should have been restrained within the narrow limits to which I wished to confine it on the Danube; so that I might not be compelled by force to abandon the purely defensive system which 1 wish to adopt. But from the moment when the Turks were al lowed to attack our Asiatic territory, to carry away one of our frontier posts, (even before the term fixed for the commencement of hostilities,) to blockade Akhalitzik, and to ravage the province of Armenia from the moment when the Turkish fleet were allowed to transport troops, arms, and munitions of war to our coast, could it be reason ably hoped that we should wait patiently the re sult of such an attempt ? Was it not to be supposed that we should do all w e could to prevent it ? The affair of Si nope was the result of it. That was the forced consequence of the attitude adopted by the two powers, and the result certainly could not have been unexpected. I had declared my wish to remain upon the defensive, but before war broke out, as far as my honor and my interest could permit me to do so, snd so long as the war was restrained within certain limits. Has all been done which ought to have been done to prevent these limits being exceeded ? 1 the character ot apectator, or even that of mediator, was not sufficient for your majesty, and if your majesty wished to become the armed aux iliary of my enemies, then, sire, it would have been more honorable and more worthy of you to have told me so frankly beforehand, by declaring war against me. Each of us would then have n the part he had to play. But is it an equit able piw -Hing for those to mske a crime of that even:, after .? v ha opened, which they did nothing to prevent 1 g cannon-shot of Sinope reverberated painfully on .he heart8 of ,hoM! who in France and England aPl..iate ,he na,ion., dignity, does your majeaty think thai menacing presence, at the entrance of the Bosphoru 0r tn three thousand pieces of cannon of which speak, and the report of their entry into the Black sea, remain without echo in the hearts of the na tion whose honor I have to defend ? I lesm from your mijesty for the first time, (for the verbal declarations made to me up to this period havL made no auch allusion,) that, while protecting the reinforcement of Turkish troops upon their own territory, the two powers hive resolved to pro hibit to as the navigation of the Black aea ; that is to sav, appirently to take from us the right of at rengihening our own coasts. I leave it to your niajeat v to ronsidi-r il that be, as you say, the way to facilitate the conclusion of pence ; and if, in the alternative which is placed before me, I am per mitted to discuss, or even to examine for a mo ment, your proposal for an armistice, the imme diate evacuation of the principalities, and the ne gotiation with the Porte of a convention to be sub mitted to the four powers? Would you yourself, sire, if you were in my place, accept auch a po sition ? Would your national feeling allow ou to do so? I boldly answer, no. Allow me, then, in my turn, the right of thinking aa you would think you self. Whatever your majesty may decide, menaces will not induce mc to recede. My confidence is in God and in my right, and Russia, as I can guaranty, will prove herself in 1854 whut she was in 1812. If, however, your majesty, less indif ferent to my honor, should (rankfy return to our programme if you should proffer me a cordial hand, as I now offer it to you at this last moment I will willingly forget whatever has wounded my feelings in the past. Then, sire, but then only, we may discuss, and perhaps we may come to an understanding. Let your fleet limit itself to pre venting the Turks from sending additional forces to the theatre of war. I willingly promise that they shull have nothing to fear from my attempts, Let them send a negotiator. I will receive him in a suitable manner. My conditions are known at Vienna. That is the only basis upon which I can allow discussion. I beg your majesty to believe in the sincerity of the sentiments with which I am. sire, vour ma jesty's good friend, NICHOLAS. Manifesto of the Emperor Nicholas. We, Nicholas tuk First, Ate. We have alreudy informed our beloved and faithful subjects of the progress of our disagree ments with the Ottoman Porte. Since then, although hostilities have commenced, we have not ceased sincerely to wish, as we still wish, the cessation of bloodshed. Wo even en tertained the hope that reflection and time would convince the Turkish government of its miscon ceptions, engendered by treacherous instigations, in which our just demands, founded on treaties, have been represented as attempts at its indepen dence, and veiling intentions of aggrandizement. Vain, however, have been our expectations so far. The English and French governments have sided with Turkey, and the appearance of the combined fleets at Constantinople served as a further incentive to its obstinacy ; and now both the western powers, without previously declaring war, have sent their fleets into the black sea, pro claiming their intention to protect the Turks und to impede the free navigation of our vessels of war for the delence ol our coasts. After so un heard ol a course among civilized nations, we recalled our embassies from England and France, and have broken off all political intercourse with those powers. Thus England and France have sided with the enemies of Christianity against Russia, w ho is combating for the orthodox faith. But Russia will not betray her holy calling; and if enemies infringe our frontiers, we arc ready to meet them with the firmness bequeathed to us by our forelathers. Are we not the Btme Russian nation of whose exploits the memorable events of 1812 bear witness? Mhy the Almighty assist us to prove this by deeds. With this hope, combating for our perse cuted brethren, followers of the faith of Christ, with one accord let all Russia exclaim : "O Lord, c r Redeemer ! whom shall we fear? May God be glorified, and His enemies scattered? St. Petersbuho, 9th (21st) February, 1854. Russia. Advices from St. Petersburg are to February 24, at which date scarcely anything was doing iu produce. Telegraphic accounts from Odessa represented business as almost suspended, and further stated that an order had been issued totally to stop the exportation of wheat. The Gazette de la Baltique announces, under date St. Petersburg, February 27, that the Russian government has just prohibited the export of corn and breadstuff's by the Black sea and the sea of AzofT. The government is indefatigable in its exertions to inflame the minds of the people. Every day processions of priests traverse the streets of St. Petersburg, exhibiting relics of the saints of tle Greek calendar, and the clergy everywhere preach to arms in support of the orthodox faiih. Those demonstrations dispirit the mercantile and wealthy classes. Spain. The London Times Madrid correspon dent mentions that at a recent concert it was ob served that the King and Queen paid marked dis tinction to the American Minister and ladv, and that similar attentions were shown at a "rand ball D given by the Queen Mother. There may of course be nothing in all this, but court gossip sees in it a roundabout way of casting a slight on Napoleon, whose ambassador Mr. Soule lately shot. a i --. Colut Gossip. The Empress of Franco has a rival ! Louis has been smitten with Che charms of an English lady named Smead. At the Inst ball given at the Tuilleries which, by the way, cost the city $25,000 the Emperor paid her so much attention that the Empress has forbidden her admission to the Tuilleries ! A letter writer (s:iys the Washington Star) in describing the con queror (Miss Smead,) says : "She is the most thoroughly, perfect beautiful woman I have ever seen, cither in Europe or in America. Her type is altogether English ; she has the fa;r complexion, the light hair, the blue eyes, which are characteristic of the nation, and a trifle of that emlionpoint which a fady may have to advantage, even at twenty one. In form he is faultless, and in manners she is a model. Ev ery one seemed to know the circumstances of the late flirtation at the palace, and consequently w her she walked, she was followed by a retinue ; when she stopped, she was the centre of a dense group ot worshippers, and when ehe sat, all circulation was rendered impossible, and the passages to and from her were blocked up hopelessly. She bore it with unbroken equanimity ; hardly noticing that she was the object of unusual remark ; she had learned that a beautiful woman was doublv beautiful when unaffectedly simple. I have never dreamed of such a wonderful perfection ; cer tainly no painter has ever created, from the depths of his imagination, and out of the unreal sugges tions of an inspired fancy, a face so adorably lovely ; there is not another like it except, per haps, in Circassia, or at Baltimore. Heigh ho ! The Empress had good reason to be jealous ; she herself is far less htndsome." It is stated that the French Ambassador, on seeing the President's communication to Congress, touching the affair of the Black Warrior and the Cuban authorities, at once obtained an interview with the Secretary of State, demanded an expla 'ion of what ho termed an extraordinary pro ductile on he part of our Government He met with just sn.n a reception as might have been an ticipated from va . und thinking and far-seeing statesman. Govern. Marcy promptly declined :o entertain any communication or explanation with the Government of Frar.fj or any other au thority save the representative cr Spi.in, and de manded to be informed under whu shadow of right or usage the Government of France could pretend to interrogate him on a subject in which France was apparently uninterested. Jialtimore Sun. CHARLOTTE : FRIDAY MORNING, MAR. 31, 1854. We give place to-day to 41 Mecklenburg," recommending our townsman, W. VV. Elks, Esq., as the Democratic candidate for Senator. It does not become us to express a preference, or endea vor in any way to influence the selection. We advocate the claims of none, we go for princi ples, and in order to carry out those principles we should organize. This is the first time Meck lenburg has voted for candidates for the Legisla ture since she has ceased to act with our sister county of Union. This summer a pitched battle will have to be fought the Whigs ever ready to seize the vantage ground, will bring out their strongest men and every inch ol ground will be warmly contested. It is lime then we were pre paring for the campaign. Let each Captain's beat hold its meeting and appoint delegates to a Con vention to be held here, at some time to be agreed upon, to make nominations. We endorse every , i ,u word Mecklenburg has said ol the qualities- 8 - cations ol Mr. Elms, and we believe il he is the nominee that he will sweep the County by an im- mense majority. It is important that we should have out our strongest men, not that there is , , . r ii.A any danger ot oeicai, out on account o; we bearing they may have upon the Governor's elec tion. We want working men too, in the next Legislature. The next session will be an import ant one, not only because Federal officers will have to be elected, but questions of vital interest to our town and State will be before it. We want a practical, energetic, intelligent man in the Sen ate to attend to our interest and we know of no one who understands them better, or is more able to protect and forward them, than Mr. Elms. .Hecklenbiu-g Monument Association. " We dislike to confess ignorance, but can any body tell us what became of the Mecklenburg Monumental Association, which was originated at Charlotte in 1842, and whose principal object was the erection ol a suitable Monument in that town, commemorative of the Declaration? Is it still in existence? Was the Monument built?" Wil m in gton Herald. " The Association was formed, and from various causes, but particularly for the want of sufficient funds, the Monument was not built." Western Democrat. "One reason, which operated to make the funds fall short, was a probability that an attempt would be made to foist upon the Monument the name of the lory Ezekiel Polk, as one of the signers of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence. I his the Whigs of the county objected to, and, by a tacit and universal consent, abandoned the project, as something that was likely to dishonor all who were connected with it, whilst that name should be favorably associated '.villi it." IV. C. Whig. We were greatly surprised to see at this late day the resuscitation of this stale charge against the memory of a man who, according to tho testi mony of bis co-patriots, acted well his part at a time when patriotism was something more than a mere name. That it should have been used dur ing the exciting campaign of '44, to affect the prospects of his lamented Nephew, shows the length to which party may carry its neophytes. But what shall we say of it now, when its repiti lion can only revive embittered feelings and effec tually retard the accomplishment of an object that ought to be dear to the heart of every North Car olinian. We emphatically deny that Ezekiel Polk was a tory, and we base that denial upon certificates ol his cotemporaries obtained in 1844 at the requost of ex-President Plk. These cer tificates were published in nearly all the Demo cratic papers in the United States, and were per fectly satisfactory and explicit. There were some other names that were objected to, and upon much stronger grounds than ever existed for the charge against Mr. Polk but respect for the living pre vent us naming them at present. ff the Whig is desirous of courting a contro versy upon lhs subject, we 6ay, u come on Mac Duff, and damned be he who first cries hold, enough." The Democratic party came out of the contest victorious in '44, and will do it again (or "Truth crushed to earth will rise again, The eternal years of God are hers." We have said thus much " to vindicate the truth of liistory," and now tell the Whig in all sin cerity, that he will injure his party more by at tack? of this kind than he may be aware of. He treads upon dangerous ground, end, il he forces us we will make developments that will cause some of the Federal leaders in this County to wince. We regret the cause that produced this ar ticle. No good can result from the Whig's attack upon Mr. Polk, but much evil may. If a desire to manufacture party capital suggested it to him he must be hard run indeed for materials, when he has, Hyena like, to resort to the grave-yard for it. The lamented James K. Polk was not voted for on account of any merit, real or imag inary, of his ancestors. The Democratic party looks at the man and his principles, caring noth ing for his pedigree. This Monument should be built, if built at all, by the people in their capacity as citizens, and not as partisans, and we depre cate in the name of the ashes of the sacred dead, the introduction of political questions and indirect appeals to parlizan prejudice. We hope our neighbor will excuse us for say ing that his reviving the exploded story of Mr. Polk's being a tory, was in very bad taste, and calculated to do more harm to the completion of the enterprise (which we know ho in common with us all, has at heart) than be can repair by any course he may pursue upon the subject in future. CO" Mr. Crider of tho Charlotte Book Store has laid upon our table an account of the life and trial of the Rev. Geo. W. Carawan, for the mur der of Lassiter in Hyde county, N. C. To the lovers ol the tragic it will certainly prove a most entertaining book. We would say, however, that our convictions arc against the publication and perusal of such subject matter as is contained in the volume before us. EF M. Baum has taken Elms's new and beau tiful Store, one door west of Spratt, Daniels fe Co., r.nd he is opening an entire new stock of seasonable gt J. See a Jrertisrmcnl. Charlotte Market. Charlotte, March 31, 1854. Cottok From 7 to 8f . Floub We note a slight rise in this article, price from 5f to 6. Cohn No change since our last, 75 to 80c. We make the following extract from a pri vate letter received a few days since from a gen tleman of enlarged views, residing in Columbia, on the subject of subscriptions to the Hamburg & Columbia Rail Road. This is a Subject of great and pervading interest to us. The building ol that Road will have the effect of hastening the ! connexion between Greensborough and Danville. This is the only link wanting to the chain of j Roads extending from North to South, directly ' through our town. We are glad to learn that the citizens of Columbia enter upon this enterprise w ith so much spirit ; If I had left myself room for so oing, I would say something to vou of our Rail-Road en- terprize, which now contemplates the building of a Road from this city to Hamburg, which when constructed will form a great link in a central -;. . chain of Rail-Roads embracing of course, the Co- j Ufnbia and Charlotte Road. I think there is no j doubt that our city will subscribe not less than ; 200,000 to the slock. A similar amount is j pledged by your road, and other interested parties will not be slow to come up to a work which pro- ,, mises such great results.' EF" We would call attention to the advertise ment of Brown, Brawley & Co. These gentle men have received their new Spring Goods, con sisting of a beautiful and well-selected assortment of all the articles that go to make up a fashionable lady's paraphernalia. Their Mantillus, Silks, Muslins, Shalieys, and indeed all their Dress Goods, are very beautiful, and from the variety of patterns offered any taste may be suited. Their j stock is large and they are desirous of selling, so call soon if you want bargains. For the J)emocrat. Mb. Editor : As the time is now near at hand when we will be called upon to select our Representatives in the next General Assembly of our State ; allow me to suggest through the col umns of our paper, the name of our very worthy and public spirited citizen, W. W. Elms, Esq., a gentleman in every respect qualified to represent the people of " old Mecklenburg." I know of no one in our community who has higher claims to such a distinction, aside from his remarkable public spirit and enterprize is spited the suavity and liberality of the gentleman, and will not his many high qualifications ensure him a Senatorial seat in our next Legislature bv the almost undivided support of his fellow-citizens? MECKLENBURG." The Members of the Committee of Arrange ments for the proposed 20th of May celebration, are requested to meet at the Court House in Char lotte on Saturday the 8th day of April. A full attendance is requested. W. M. MATTHEWS, Chair'n. From the Raleigh Standard. Giving up the Contest. The Greensborough Patriot is out, in most de cided terms, against the Resolution of the late Whig Convention in regard to a Convention to amend the Constitution. It speaks of this Reso solution as "neither MANLY nor WISE, but ungenerous and RIDICULOUS." It then copies the Resolution and adds : " As much as to say We believe the people desire their Constitution changed we therefore recommend that they assemble in Convention for such purpose but that they be not permitted to change it in certain particulars which we point out ! No matter whether they desire, change in these particulars or not ; we recommend that such change be not allowed V We can never, with our republican notions of popular rights, swallow such logic as this. And we do not believe the thirty-seven members of the Legislature who put forth tho Address of '51, and the thousands who approved the same, enjoy any more capacious or accommodating powers of de glutition than ourselves. We are willing to trust the people with the ar ranging of their own Constitution nay, 'willing' is too tame a word we would place in the hands of the honest freemen of North Carolina, in Con vention assembled, open, free and unrestricted, all our political rights with he. fullest confidence that they would be sacredly preserved and re spected. Still, such is our respect for time-honored usage, and our wish to present at this junc ture of affairs a united front on the principle of federal population, that we do not desire a Con vention on other terms than the lederal basis. Our Whig friends at the late Raleigh Convention, it appears, could not say as much; and the lead ers of opinion in the Democratic party habitually laugh at and deride the idea of such confidence in the people of the Stn." The Patriot says further : This same resolution forms a crooked and unsound plank in the platform. It is just such a one as has already thrown two of our candidates for Governor. We do not intend to be accessory to tne selling oi another such a trap. Sell re spect respect to the opinions of thousands of western citizens our duty as public journalists, require that we enter this protest, tfie result of our deliberate judgment and oj tlie experience of the Whig party of tlte State in two disastrous campaigns. Wo do not believe, and never have believed. that the plain proposition of " free suffrage" can oe successfully met in a gubernatorial canvass in any other way than by a plain proposition for a a free Convention." This looks like giving up the contest. The Patriot concludes its observations as taL lows : "As to Gen. Dockery, we know him to h a sound and sterling Whig able and courageous in defence of his principles entertaining an on. affected sympathy with the common people of the country. As between him and any regular ren- resentative of the Locofoco party as a candidate, we could not hesitate in our choice. As a rule for the free citizen, with few exceptions, u is his duty, between opposing interests and candidates, to weigh both sides and choose the lesser evil, or the greater good, which ever way you choose to phrase it." The Tusk of a Mastodon, or some other enor mous animal of an extinct species, was exhumed near Cincinnati a few days since. It was discov ered in a snnd bed, thirty feet below the surface. It Measured six feet two inches in length, jind was in a state of g'.od preservation. The Position of Parties. The tendency of the abolition agitation foresha dowed from the begiuning the ultimate disruption and denationalization of the Whig party. The Nebraska bill, whatever may be its fate, has already consummated this result, and the coherence and power of the Whig party, as a national or ganization, are thoroughly and irretrievably over thrown. The shock of "the convulsion has rent the party in twain, and a yawning chasm separates the billigerent fragments. The wound is incurable, the ruin hopeless. No quae! "Pacificator," with his galvanic battery of Adjustment and Compro mise, will be uble to restore vitality to the already offensive carcase of decaying whiggery. As the tree falls, so must it lie. The Whigs of the South, with a few insignifi cant exceptions, have met the issue presented by the Nebraska bill, with a courage so unusual as to attract universal remark and admiration. Bell and Botts faltered and fled, but the bulk of the party stood their ground and manfully met the shock. Availing ourselves of the legal maxim de minimis non curat lex, we may assert, that the Whig party of the South approve the repeal of the Missouri restriction with unanimous voice. With equal unanimity, and with a zeal which reflects much discredit on the apathy of their late allies in the South, the Northern Whigs have ar rayed themselves in opposition to the repeal of the Missouri restriction. In every possible mode by S'hich the voice ol a party can make itself heard, have the Whigs of the North protested and remon strated against the passage of the Nebraska bill. Their Legislatures, their State Conventions and their primary meetings have all protested and re monstrated against the "wrong " and "iniquity" of the measure. Their newspapers denounce it with a vehemence and indignation, which in ex pression exhaust even the redundant vocabulary of fanaticism. Their orators display the intem perate passion of their journals in opposing the bill. On the other hand, in no single instance, has a Northern Whig spoken in favor of the bill. In no single instance has a Northern Whig journal approved it. Here then is a direct and violent antagonism between the Northern and Southern wings of the Whig party ; an antagonism too in respect to an issue which, more than any other, inflames the passions and prejudices of the combatants, and which no scheme of compromise or form of treaty can soothe or reconcile. It would be idle to assert that the Nebraska con troversy has not affected the organization of the Democratic pnrfy ; but the disturbance is so slight and unimportant as scarcely to deserve considera tion. In the South the Democracy presents an unbroken front in support of the repeal of the Missouri restriction. In the North they are divided the preponderance of numbers being pos sibly against the repeal the preponderance of talent and respectability being for it. 1 he rabble route of abolitionists who refused to stand upon the Baltimore platform and to accept the amnesty of 1852, follow Butler and Van Buren in their resistance to the repeal of the Missouri resfy'ction. The true men who aided in the election of Franklin Pierce, with an honest determination to abide by the letter and spirit of the party platform, support the measure with the zeal which has always char acterised their opposition to the encroachments of aholition. The majority of the Democratic jour nals of the North approve the bill, and an immense meeting of the Democracy has attested the en thusiasm with which they mean to carry out their convictions. So that whatever parlial and tem porary distraction may be caused in the ranks of the Democracy by the Nebraska controversy, the organization of the party will not be broken up, nor its ascendency be destroyed. The ultimate consummation of the present ten dency of things, of the irretrivable disruption ol the Whig party and the partial disintegration of the Democracy, will be the organization of all the elements of northern abolition into one com pact and coherent mass, in antagonism to a great party, embracing the entire South and the conser vative portion of the North, whose comprehensive creed shall be devoted to the Constitution and whose object the preservat ion of the Union. Some pos sible conjuncture of circumstances may intercept this result, that such is the drift and inclinalion of political combinations and publ c sentiment, no man can fail to perceive. Richmond Enquirer. The Fayetteville Argus nnd other federal pa pers are laying stress upon the assumption that General Dockery is a plain man in other words, to use their favorite expression that he is one ol the common people." These federalists are " stooping to conquer " again, are they ? We remember that, a year or two since, when Gov. Reid bought in the Raleigh market and carried home some article for domestic ust, the aristo cratic Register was seriously offended, and made the fact a subject of complaint to the people. Assumed plainness in Gen. Dockery is commen dable real plainness in Gov. Reid was ridiculed by these samo federal leaders. The people are too intelligent to be deceived in this way. Raleigh Standard. Increase of Salary. At the firs: quarterly meeting of the Fayettoville Station of the Metho dist Episcopal Church, South, Rev. R. J. Carson, presiding, the following resolution wus adopted : 1. Resolved, That we the members of the Quar terly Conlerence of Fayetteville Station, North Carolina Conference, do hereby most respectfully and earnestly recommend to the approaching Ge neral Conlerence of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, to be held in May next, so to alter the Discipline as to increase the salaries of our single and a marred preachers, and the allowance for tne widows ol our deceased preachers, at least fifty dollars eiick. A citizen of Caswell county, Francis Williams, we learn from the Milton Democrat, was shot dead while walking along a path through the woods, near his home, just after nightfall, on the 15th inst. No clue had been got to the murderer. A number of enterprising young men of Wheel ing, Virginia, have published a call for a public meeting at the City Hall, for the adoption of meas ures for the formation of a company to emigrate to Nebraska. Dr. Johnson, when in the fullnesa of years and knowledge, said : u I never took up a newspaper without finding in it something which I would have deemed it a loss not to have seen ; never without deriving from it instruction or amusement." An M Umbrella Greatcoat " has been invented at Paris. When required, air is blown into the coat, the skirts are expanded, and the rain falls ofT beyond the legs and feet. It is stated that Mr. Edward Forest, the trage dian, has been a convert to the belief in spiritual manifestations. It is said the Hon. Wm. A. Grahnm has con sented to become a candidate for the North Caro lina Senate. Spain lins eleven hundred guns in the imme diate vicinity of Haran, rod riglitrtn thousand men. w. M $350 Reward. A Proclamation by His Excellency, David $ VT 7 HERE AS, It has been represented to mo that on, W Willis Hester stands charged wilh the capj, felony of aegro-stealing in the County of Orange in tLj, State; and that the said Willis Hester has fled fa justice and escaped beyond trie limits oi tins Mate, Now, therefore, to the end that said Willis Hester a, be arrested and brought to justice, I do hereby offer t,j, my Proclamation, offering a reward of three hundred und fatty dollars for his apprehension and delivery iolw Sheriff of Orange Coanty, in tho town of Hillsborough DESCRIPTION. Willis Hester is described as follows : Supposed to L I about forty years of age, has dark eyes and hair, in ahoul 5 feet 8 inches high, rather thick set; generally clrn shaved but some times wears false whiskers and moui. tache, is fond of showing his money and Lr;igging about it, h:is a down look and is quick in his motions; gfn. crally wears blue leggings and a fur or cloth cip and i well in'orined and polite in his manners. When Ian heard from he was in South Carolina. Given under my hand and attenttd iiB the Great Seal of the State of North Carolina at the City of Raleigh, this March 23d, A. JJW By the Governor, D. S. REID Sam l F. Adams, ;r., Private Secretary. Raleigh, March 23, '54. 36 6w New FRESH ARRIVAL. pLMS ALLISON & CO., take pleasure in anoounc Vj ir.g to retail dealers and the public generaly tht they are now receiving and selling at nnpreoedented prices, by tar the largest and best assorted Stock nf Groceries ever brought to this part of the State It would be to the intetest of those who buy t0 Bei,' again to examine their stock before going fuitVer. they buy and sell for cash their prices SHALL BE SATISFACTORY. Their stock consists in part as follows: 300 bbls. N. O. Molasses, fine. 50 hhds. fine Cuba Molasses, 200 bbls. fine N. O. Sugar, 100 hhds. " 1000 sacks of Salt, 15 tierces new Rice, 500 sacks Rio Coffee, fine, 50 sacks old G. Java, 30 bales Gunny Bagging, Mining utensils and a general assort ment of heavy Hardware. Choice variety of Teas, Fine Cigars, and 'the finest Tobacco ever sold in Charlotte. Choice variety of all articles kept for family use. 500 kegs Northern Nails, 10,000 lbs. White Lead, 7,000 lbs. Roping, 100 boxes Adamantine, Sperm and tal low Candles. 10 casks best London Porter. SfcS All kinds of Produce bought at the highest Cash prices, or taken in exchange for Groceries at Cash Prices. ELMS. ALLISON & CO., .t Jno. Wells's old stand. Charlotte, March 31. 36-tf Something New Again! W. W. Elms' Splendid Store is Finished, OTHER 1 i and i E TkJTm A I I 1MT ha juit received is opening an entirely new and well selected stock of Spring cf3 Summer mmm and I am now ready to sell 6RKAT BARGAINS to ill who i.iay favor me with a cull. My motto is Ql'I(;K SALES FOR CASH, AND SMALL PROFITS. Mj ptock comprises Ladies' DresHcn, Luwns, Bilks, Tlssscs, Bonnets, Ribbons, Undcrslecves, Collars, C hcininrtlf, Silk Gloves of all kinds, Mantillas nnd Tulinar, nid very large assortment of Mils for Ladies nnd Af ise, nnd a great variety of other articles for Ladiit, new and pretty. And to the Cienllenien I will my, that it will be to their interest to give nie a call, as I liive o hand a very large stock of SPRING AND SUMMER CLOTHING. for Men nnd children, which I will sail CHEAPER than CHEAP tor CASH, to those who may favor m with a call. M. BAUMi Next door to Spratt, Darnel if Co. March 31, 1854 lf Where to buy Cheap! WE have just received and opened a very large nd handsome stock of Spring and Summer Goods. For the Ladies we have Dress Silks, BeraRrs. Silk Tissues, Printed Jackonet, figured and solid colori, Lawns, Embroidered Skirts, Talmas, Mantilla, ViiitH and Whito Crape Shawls, G inghaOM, Calicoes and Mm lins from 6 cents and up. AUo a very pretty selection of Hats, Bonnets, ISOOTS and, SMMOES. For the Gentlemen wc have Ready-Made Clothing, White and Brown Linen, Farmer's Satin, Sec, Sec. We also have a large stock of ii.imit if nt b:, t ( tsc tft. We respectfully solicit a call from all those wishing to buy Goods. It will afford us a great deal at pleasure to show our Goods, whether persons buy or not; and regards price we are determined to aell aa LOW aa any house in Western Carolina. And all we ask i an ex amination of our Goods and prices. Call and ate us. BROWN, BRAWLEY & CO. Charlotte, March 31, 1854 36lf Strayed or Stolen Death from latino cloves. Mr. Am0, Brown, an esteemed citizen of our village, died iQ convulsions yesterday, and a subsequent post mor. tem examination showed conclusively that hisdrtifc was causetl by eating clovea, which he had betQ in the habit of using as a substitute for tobacco. A verdict was rendered accordingly. GranvU'e Advocatr. I wish you would pay a little attention, iir;n exclaimed a atage-manager to a careless actor. Well sir, so 1 am puying as little as 1 can," jM the reply. IROM the subscriber near Harriaburg, Lancaster ' District, S. C, a dark Roan MARE, blind in her left eye, right hind foot white, a knot on her left hind toot, and heavy with toil. She waa tracked on the road lead ing toward Charlotte. I will pay FIVE DOLLARS i'" her delivery to me, or for any information so that i c get her. THOMAS S. CULP, March 3!, 1854. 36-4t Pineville, P. O., N.C South-westward Bound THE subscriber offers for sale 700 Acres of Land, one mile and three quarters South-East ol DaviJw" College, adjoining the lands of Mra. A. K. White, Jt,P Patterson, liobert Potts and others. Tlierc is a comlort" able dwelling, with a splendid Gin House and ful"rrt a, id other ncccssrry outbuilCings. A. MONROE GILLESPIE- Elysian Grove, Mecklenburg Co., i March 31, 1854.