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THE STATES: "Distinct as the Billtncs, but one as the Sea.' SDITOK A PROPRIETOR. HAKLOTT. Tuesday Morning, Feb. 5, 1856. A SPEAKER AT LAST. At tbe moment of sending ur paper to press, mm MomihlJ H ree.-iv.-d information, through Ike piBlll of gantkaaea iMMkl x itJi Ike Central Rail BailiaMi lir cars, which 1. ft Raleigh vi st. relay, that Hanks was elected OpffcmrrfHHl House of R.pnsentatives, on Sa mr.hry bHt, by a plurality vote. This is n suit to U qipWinl by v. ry fri. ud of a I aim 1 1 aff l , rati.mal, ami constitutional joveram. ut, bt one which every body was prepared to expect wfcj n . v. r the plurality nil" was adopt. 1. W shall l.H.k with no little UMl to the names of those who voted f' plurality principle. It was iiHDltrrl to a direct vote for Banks, a man wko ha had t! audacity to d dan in his place on Ike law of CtgfM tliat he is unable to d.-t. r aar rkaek is Ike best of the two races the w hite or the black. We shall now- soon see "what we shall see." The lianks "black republican" abolition party will soon introduce their UMaailA I in reference to Kansas and the repeal of all laws for the protec tion ot the South. The lin. s wilhh. nb.- strictly drawn between the North and ike South; and tip- South "Americans" will. -ith r have to co-operate with the DmiMMk party .r totb- wall. A Sji' iiker eleeted, the pr..ee Uugt of Collar. BS w ill now b -of thrilliiijr interest. We -.hall en deavor to keep our readers alid of nil mutters demanding attention. e-O-ft THE COMMERCIAL CONVENTION. The Southern tiaeaaaMwial Convention as s. nibv.1 i t!i. Onmi Stre. t Clinrch.at Kich.nond. on W. dii..;iV fawt Jaw ph Mayo, the Mayor ,.t' If a liawil) appoint..! chairman, pro. tcin. The States of Man bad, X"nh arolina, Texas. IjouMMaaa, Hiaioari. Virginia, and the District of 4 '.llUlihla W re represented. Mi. TtXMMM CBMSMJTt3t Biovrd that th. 'tuiv nti.iu ad'ouin out ! next day at ! o'clock. so :es to i aaliii ent'ein -n M their way to aniv. i.. takv o .rt in th urarannwtion intuuatinjr that tic uii Bihar- waa loo small to pt t-4 to the important bllfW of the Cotm ntion. Mi. .1. H. UinnoS, of Noith Carolina, thought the cause af toe slim attendance, ;.ttrihutable, in part, to a waif in cireulatioii in ike South af prevalence of smallpox in Richmond, and partly ..:i at cuial af the -s.tr raw severity of the weather, wh'.ch rend, red travel v. ry difficult. He did not li. li. ve that it wp for araai of iutert in Ike ol j.ct oi'ih t'onientiou that prevented tin- South i'r.ini bring fatty repn-acy ? Att. r the ajpuiali' C- .nmitt. e to report iiiIHirwi mT .-Trauizatioi'., and il;.- i;7insaction of Maw ada preliminary btisin. ss. tin- '.invention ;tdjoiin. I to Thursday. il rhantday (the .. ml day) the Coaavutfc i ... larkX M. CKbhatj K , was dim) on p. r-inaii-nt organization, reported lie- name of Gul T- ncli Tihjltann. of Mai viand, as rre.-id. nt, and :i Mnalwf of Vice Pnafc'irtii and S i ret.ui. s. Mi. 1 1! we, of loiii.iana. off red a series of j-. -Miliitiotis epr-ive of the olijeets ot the C'on . ntion. and proposed that th e ( .invention, in Ovdcr'to ensure a more gnml ail. ndance, ad journ o the third Tuesday in May next. .Mr. GSMtaa, of North Caroliu a, thonp-lit lUy a t.ad month for Southern pentlein. it to attend a Convention, M they would ib n ba engagrd with their crop-, and hoped no postpoB llielit Would take place. liieluiioud city had ol'.ce 1. tore pre-par.-il for this Convention, which did not meet on ai-comit of the pasvalvaca af ydJaw fever in Noifolk, He w:ls opposed to an a ljonrnmeut now, betievtae as he did, that the entire S..uth w ould be eontent n it.'i any action that Virginia aaigal u.-w take, Mr. DeBoare v. iihdr. w his r olu:iii: and on motion of Mr. J. If. Gibbaay a Oaanthtco was appointed, roaaistiaajaf three deb gain from aaca State leparanaVd in the Convention, and three Um the istiiet of Colunihia, to whom all busi ness and resolutions dkswd fuf the CoBTi ntion an 1- t be offered. A aaawVt af resolutious w. re Ibea off. r.-d and l efelTed to the alioVe ( 'olisioittee. After vt Utch the ( onvi ntion a.ljonrn. d i.. Friday. tn Friday Ex-Oaw nawi J oka I. Ffeyd, affend a series of resolutions in relation lo the abjreta ot th ( 'onvention, t. i niinatinj,' with a proposition te adjourn to May next. Mr. J. II. Gibbon, of North Carolina, ol.j.cti-d t.. the resolutions. All the aaptiaga baire ad journed to meet again. The nut tinirat Memphis adjonmcd to nnt again, as did Ike axctinga at Ckarkatan and New Oifanna. Cononnteea had bam appointed on education, navigation, tin nanta, etc., and none ot these eommittees have paraenaed a report. He tkangkt we had a ii:ht I to aarifeeb an out neigkbaa when they w-n-P remiss in their duty. He then alluded to the di ' treatment of a citizen of his S:ate, who had bk slave taken froui him, and argued in favor of slavery. He believed it dishonest in the aboli tionists to desiiv to take our slaves fiom us, and referred to the old Hebrew law to prove Ibat Ihr J i were lawful property. He had heard a jrentle- k .1 . c , t i : .in a inai some oi iiie aoonuoiiL-'is n t ii- as h..n. st ;is any other men, only they were deluded. He thangjbJ the aebanen agastric one, produced bjf eatinjr c.lfih. He th- n spoke of the negroes in St. DaaainJM an.l aAm W.t T and thought that th. l ouvention should t:ike annc action to prevent slaves from poinp to the North, where they dressed in Uatk, looked pale, and appeand very unhappy. He hoid the r. solutions would not pass. After a lou debate on the proposition to ad journ to May, it was rejected, aud the Convention procevdrd to business. A number of resolutions ovi.-r.-o. iiii r t,-.i nniuin niv ,.t l-.'m tK r .. . . - uuoii aoioumeii to raiuruav. COMPLIMENTARY DINNER. A Corai limeutary dhuT. r was iriven bv the ci- tizeus of Richmond tc Ote fTtkjaai of the Com mercial Convention, on Friday last, at 5 "clock, M ., m the spacious salo(m OVt r tbe nrW Mar. ket-Hoiw. to which the Del. pates ied in proc.ssion, numbering about 300. oOV- Wis0j Lt. Gov. MeConias, and a number of other dis tiiiguiah-d ptests were present. Durin- the -ourse of the evening, Governor Wise andwher m distinguwhed orators addressed the assembly. A large number of toasts were drunk, and the en tertainments of the evening are represented to Lave been in all respects of a very interesting character. The fourth regular toast was as fol lows : The State of North Carolina Conservative but not tame, vigilant, but not factious, brave but not rash her history attests that she knows alike how to trait and rfn to strike. To which Mr. Ed ward (I. Haywood, of N. C. responded, and after a conservative and well timed address, which was greatly applauded, gave : Virginia Th- mother of States and of Presi dentsthe sruardian of the rights of the States and of the Federal Union, who by her every act has always declared that the only cord strong enough to bind her is the Federal Constitution. W. H. McFarhnd, Esq., was the President of the occasion. COLD WEATHER. Need we tell our readers that the weather is cold very cold and a little colder than it has been at any other period of this very cold winter! The information would, we are sure, be nothing new. They have all found it out, before this time, if they have any feeling. We will state, however, for the benefit of our distant friends, that we had another weekly instalment oi" snow on Saturday night and Sunday last making the tilth that has fallen on the one or the other of those days every week for the last five weeks. The weather is now bitter cold, and the "oldest in habitant" is unable to tell when it will become wanner. From all parts of the country we have many distressing ac unts of the effects of the severe winter. Hnttuui beings, cattle, w ild beasts, birds, &c, are periaking in all directions. a--a MECKLENEURG COURT. Jamtary term closed its session on Satur- Th. day !at. No State cast of importance were tried ; but an unusual amount of civil business was transacted. POSTPONED. A democratic Meeting called for Tuesday last, to appoint Delegates to the State Convention to in. . t in April next, at Raleigh, was not held on account of a later day being deemed advisable for making the Appointments. FATAL AFFRAY. Yesterday afrea negro well known in this town by the name of Mice Taylor, was kill ' 1 by stabs received from a knife while ma king faM assault on a white man named Jamea 1 mnehoe. fetaj affair occurred in the South-Western p,rt nf the town, at a place called t. aiuonun. Yr oaru tuat ti,c lu,gro was indebted to Doneho, ou account of lumber furnished bun. l)on.loc wanted his money, and the negro refused ti.jav him, alleging that he did not owe him any A quarrel ensued, and in the next place a., assault by the negro on D.uiehoe, who drew a knife and gara his asaaiktnt three severe -tabs iii the body, killing him on tlio spot. Done hoe, who did not attempt to escape, was arrested and lodged in jail. FlttE. On Wednesday, 23rd January, the residence of Ex-Lieutenant Governor Leake, near Madison Court House, Vlrgluiu, was entirely destroyed by tire, together with all the fitrnitture and extensive library. Mr. Leake's family barely escaped with their Jives. On the day after the accident a subscription of !HX) was raised by the ci tizens at Madison C. II., to build a dwelling for Mr. Leake. Stampede of Slaves. A stampede of slaves from the border Counties of Ken tucky, took place on the 27th ult. When an attempt was made to arrest them a.t Cincinnati the slaves fired upon the officers, slightly wounding several spectators. One s'ave woman cut the throat of one of her children, killing it instantly, and severely wounded two others. Six of the party were arrested and oight escaped, Southern Emigration to Kansas. t Mi the 5th of April, a regiment of volunteers from Alabama will leave Montgomerv, Ala., for Kansas, under the command of Major Buford. The regiment will be composed of 400 men divided into companies of 30 each, commanded and drilled by officer,- chosen by themselves. The outfit is to be six blan kets, one gun, one knapsack and one frying pan. Major Duzbrd is to pay the expense of this regiment to Kansas, and in return the members arc to acquire a pre-emption and pay him out of that. The men are bona-fido settlers, who go to Kansas as a permanent place of residence. Assault on Horace Greeley. Horace Greeley, editor of the New York Tribune while coming from the Capitol in Wushing ton City, on the 29th ult., was attacked by Mr. Rust of Arkansas, who, with his fist, indicted several blows ou Mr. Greeley's head, and when Mr. G. was approaching the National Hotel, Mr. Kust struck him on the arm with his cane. The assault, it is presumed, was made in consequence of some strictures in a Washington letter, published in the New York Tribune of Monday, on Mr. Host's proposition in the House requesting the candidates for the Speakership to withdraw from the contest. Messrs. Fcxtos and Bcrr. The Wil mington Commercial of Thursday states that the unfortunate difficulty between Messrs. Fulton and Burr (the Editors) "has been satisfactorily adjusted." No particu lars are given. mmm Appointment. Tho Postmaster Gen eral has appointed Joseph W. Mchaffey an ad litional route agent between Charlotte and Lexington, on the North Carolina Rail toad, with a salarv of $700 a vear. K $Oir-NOTH NO Log IC . We h a v e abo at two-thirds of the Representatives in Con gress, and the Democrats one-third; there-t"i.- the Democrats are responsible for the failure to elect a speaker. a iy The democrats of Maine have elected delegates favorable, it is said, to Buchanan, to tho National Convention. TP Ti e New Orleans Delta says that the State Council of Louisiana have pro nounced in favor of Mr. Fillmoro for the Presidency. IMPORTANT FROM EUROPE. The Russian Czar Accepts the Propositions of the Allies as a Basis of Negotiations. Rise iu Cotton Fall in Bread stuffs. The steamship Arabia, arrived at Halifax, on Tuesday last, bringing Liverpool dates to the 19th ult. Her intelligence is highly interesting : The Vienna correspondent of the Lon don Times telegraphed on Wednesday, the 10th instant, at 10 A. M., that Kussia had unconditionally accepted the propositions of the Allied Powers. This report caused immense excitement. It proved, however, to be erroneous. The Government des patch, published the next day, states that Russia has accepted the Allies' propositions only ns a basis of negotiations. This news slightly relaxed public confidence, and less sanguine hopes of peace are entertained. Many think that Russia merely accepts the proposal in order to prolong negotiations, and thus gain time. There is no news of importance from the Crimea. The prospect of a speedy return of peace swallows all else. The President's Message is. generally re garded in England favorably. Even its at titude regarding Central American affairs is not objected to, and in fact nobody seems to apprehend trouble between the two countries. The bullion in the Bank of Eng land has decreased 119,000. The Liverpool Cotton Market had ad vanced from d. to id. per lb., and the sales had comprised during the week 58,000 bales, of which exporters took 5000 and specula tors 9000 bales, leaving 34,000 bales of all descriptions to the trade. The stock of Cotton on hand was 370,000 bales, including 200,000 American. The London Money Market. Consols closed on the 18th inst., at from 89 to89i, being a considerable advance, the market on the 11th inst., having closed at from 8G to 803. In the recent European war Russia has had a large share of American sympathies, but we are shocked at the accounts of its inhumanities. The recent arrival informs ud that the Emperor Alexander II, has or dered a special court to be formed at Kieff for trying captured Poles and Hungarians. The former are to be punished with death, the latter delivered to the Austriansfor exe cution. So many Polish and Hungarian prisoners are taken in irons to Kieff. that no fewer than four judges, ten secretaries, and executioners innumerable, are continually employed in their condemnation. The blood of these men will arise like that of martyrs, and sit heavy upon the head, heart aud arm f the Russian Emperor ! Figging to Death. The Crimea cor respondent of London Morning Herald, (De cember 24.) gjves a painful picture of n pri vate of the Engrh artillery, who was lately whipped to death at lialaklava. The man's offence was drunkennet, an offence which, according to the Crimea Correspondent of the London Times, is an almost universal one in the British army in tho bo. The unfortunate soldier was iu a poor state of health at the time, and after the dogging fell to the ground like a log, and died in a short time afterwards. We do not hear that any of tho officers, who set the example of drun kenness, have received even a reprimand. Miss Murray's New Book. We are advised that the Queen would not see her maid of honor, Miss Murray, upon her return from the United States, and signified to her that if she published a defence of slavery, sho must resigu her place. Miss Murray hits done so, and is no longer a member of the royal household. N. Y. Evening Post. John Z. Hammond, a prominent lawyer of Winsborough, S. C, and member of the last South Carolina Legislature, died on Friday last. Death of Dr. F. W. Symmes. Dr. Sy mines, a resident of Pendleton (S. C.) for thirty years, long and favorably known to the public as the Editor of the Pendleton Messenger, a member of the Convention in 1832, and, also, in 1850; and who was for many years a member of the Legislature from Pendleton, died on the 25th ult. The Cincinnati Enquirer thinks the House of Representatives would have been organ ized on the first day of the session, if it '"had had the interest of the twenty millions of whites at heart, instead of the three millions of blacks." Letter from Ex-Got. Reeder. Ex Governor Reeder. of Kansas, has published a letter in the New York Herald, in reply to the recent Kansas message of President Pierce. He asks a suspension of public opinion in regard to the facts connected with his removal until he shall have obtain ed a seat in the House as delegate from Kansas, when he expects to rebut the charges made against him. VALUABLE Cargo. The ship Oueea was cleared on the 58th ult., at Charleston for Liverpool, with one of the most valuable cargoes ever shipped from that port. It consisted of 720 bales of Sea Island Cotton, and 2284 bales of Uplands, the value of which is $182,440. Tho Owega is con sidered to be worth $75,000, making the total value of the ship and cargo, nearly $-'00,000. The ship Old Diminion, loaded with railroad iron, has been cut through by ice and sunk in James rivor. The N. C. Christian Advocate. This Journal, published at Raleigh as an "advo cate" of the Methodist Church, has increas ed its subscription list 1,000 since it was started five weeks ago. The last number informs us that it has now a list of 2200 subscribers. Pauperism. The whole number of per sons relieved or supported as paupers dur ing the year in Massachusetts, was 18,227. There are 194 almshouses in the State, which, with the land connected with them, are val ued at $1,127,258 24. i 3 Ten Thousand pounds of butter ar rived in Alexandria, Va., on the Manassas Gap Railroad, Monday. Sudden Death. Our entire community was shocked, on Wednesday afternoon last, by the announcement of the very sudden death of one of our most excellent and pub lic spirited Merchants and Citizens, J. B. G. Roulhac, Esq. Mr. Roulhac returned from dinner to his store in apparent posses sion of his usual good health. On return ing, his clerks left for dinner, leaving him alone in the counting room. Five minutes afterwards, he was discovered, by a gentle man who entered, sitting in his chair dead .' The supposition is that he died of apoplexy. Raleigh Standard. The Grave of Madison. A bill was reported in the Senate of Virginia, on Fri day last, providing for the erection of a plain tomb, of granite or marble, over the grave of James Madison. Should the tomb be erected, it will bear the following inscrip tion : James Madison, born March 5, 1851, (0. S.) died 28th June, 183G. Virginia marks with sincere affection the grave of her son, the author of the Federal Constitu tion, tho patriot and Statesman." SS'-rr Boston Slave Traders. The horrible massacre of 200 Chinese, by the officers of the Boston ship Waverly, is a fit commen tary oii the pretended opposition of Boston to slavery. The Waverly was engaged, not in the African, but in the Chinese slave trade. It is true the Chinese slaves are called "Coolies," but the difference is in the name. The Chinese are carried to Havana and to Callao, to be sold. Tho Waverly had 442 of them on board. The mate shot one of them for alleged mutiny, and drove all tho others down in the hold, closed the hatches upon them, and there being no cir culation of air provided or thought of, in 12 hours, during which they were thus confin ed, 251 of the miserable creatures died ! It is said, but that is hardly credible, that boiling water was poured down upon them while thus confined ! The New England people imported and sold to the South the slaves with which they now say the country is "cursed." It seems that it only needs the opportunity of pro fit to induce them again to engage in the same business, notwithstanding their pro fessed horror of slavery and the slave .rade. Executed. Joseph T. Williams was executed at Roxboro' N. C, on the 24th of January, for the murder of his father, Fran cis Williams, late of Caswell county, but a native of Pittsylvania, Va., and until re cently a resident of that county. The young man never seemed to despair of a pardon, and died without making a confession. This was a lamentable instance of the error of not training up a child with kind ness aud affection in the way he should go. The father was better any where than at homo. He was rough in his manners, and violent in his temper, but true to his friends ; anel being very wealthy, was, I am informed, the heaviest enelorser in the Dan ville Banks ; and his losing by one man, did no, impair his confidence in another. When called upon by the poor in his neighbor nooa, ror meat or oreaet, ir tney vrouia pas sively bear with his eludings for laziness, &c, he would give them what they wanted. Though a sober man, he was very disagree able in his family, and never spoke to his children except to blame them, and by his harsh manner, made them dread his pres ence. At the time of the murder, the father and son were living together, and the son being tired of such paternal restraint, and anxious to get in hands his part of tho es tate, lay in ambush, where he knew his father would pass, anel shot him. The Milton (N. C.) Chronicle has the following notice of the execution : On the day of his execution he called a friend or two in jail, and besought them to join him in prayer until the last moment of his earthly existeucc ; he sent out a suppli cation for the prayers of die vast multitude then and there assembled- The hour ar riving for his execution, the sheriff, with a bleeeling heart and tear-moistened eye, called for him. Taking Mr. Wm. Lyon (his father's friend and neighbor) by the hand and begging him to go with him and pray for him, he pro ceeded to the gallows, praying all the way until he arrived in sight of the gallows, when trembling like a leaf he gave vent to an ex pression of feeling that no pen can describe and which touched the most callous heart. Arriving at the gallows he sued for tho last moment, and begged every christian on the ground to pray for him. It was here that the Sheriff read him a brief note, reminding him of future rewards and punishment.- of the awfulness of elyiug with a lie on his lips and invoking him to say, while ho looked eternity in the face, whether he was guilty or innocent of the murder. Ho replied that "he had said all that he had to say about it he was not guilty!" So the prisoner protested his in nocence to the last moment. Mounting the scaffold and "forgiving every body," at 15 minutes past 12 o'clock, Willians' s;oul was launched into eternity. "'A .- m-m- Rights of Married Women. The New York Legislature has a bill before it, which provitles that any married woman, whose husband, from drunkenness or profiigacy, or other cause, shall neglect or refuse to provide for her support ,or the support of her children, or any married woman who may be deserted by her husband, without fault on her part, shall have the right to transact business in her own name, collect her owu earnings and those of her minor chihlren, and educate her children, free from the interference of her husband, or any other person. She may also hind out or hire out her minor children. Also, here after, it shall be necessary to the validity of every indenture of apprenticeship rhat the mother, if living with her husband, sign the same. i a Weap.ino Shawls. A young man nam ed Kirk Anderson has been nrrested in St. Louis, Mo., for wearing a shawl, on the ground that It was not the apparel of his sex. The case came up en Friday, and Anderson was fined $50. It has c .eated intense excitement among the shawl wear ing gentry of St. Louis. Tbe proceedings of Congress, for the last week, are given below. The failure of the Northern Mail, yesterday, deprives us of Saturday's pro- ! ceedings, and the particulars of Banks' election j as Speaker. January 24. While the Clerk was call- i ing the roll for the election of a Speaker, the Doorkeeper announced 0 Message from the President of the United States. Mr. Campbell (Ohio) objected to its re ception. Sudden excitement sprang up all over the Hall, various gentlemen demanding to know the character of the communication. The Clerk vainly endeavored to enforce order. Amid the turbulence, Mr. Orr's voice was heard expressing a hope thtit the President's j private Secretary might be permitted to state his errand. Mr. Craige claimed the right to be heard, declaring that he represented that district in North Carolina which first proclaimed its independence of Great Britain. What he further said was lost in the con fusion, and cries of "Go on, Craige." "Hear him," "Hear him," "Order." etc. Nearly all the members were now on their feet. Mr. Craige said he would let gentlemen know that ho was not to bo put down by their noises. Mr. Paine. In tho nar.te of God and my couutry, I am ashamed of these proceed ings. Mr. Craige. And I am ashamed to have a colleague who objects to the exercise of my rights. Renewed vociferations of "Order," "Call the roll," Sec, dec. The Clerk essayed to speak. Mr. Craige (quiet being partially restor ed) made his point. He said they had a right to know who the messenger was, and what was his business here. Renewed cries of "order, order," "down in front, down in front." Mr. Campbell (of Ohio) made his point, saying nothing was in order excepting the election of a Speaker. Mr. Stephens moved that the message be received, and demanded the previous ques tion. Humphrey Marshall That's right I se cond it. Messrs. Craige and Campbell withdrew their points, the latter declaring that he still maintained his objection. Mr. Stephens' motion was agreed to by 33 majority. The result of the 124th ballot for Speaker was then announced, as follows : Banks 95; Fuller 25; Campbell (of Ohio) 3; Orr 08; Ricaud 5; scattering 5. Necessary to a choice 101. The private Secretary was then again an nounced, with a message in writing, if it was the pleasure of the House to receive it. Mr. Craige It is the pleasure of the House. The reading of tho Message was then or dered by 22 majority. xne uocumcntwas tbe JL'essage on Kan sas affairs. It was laid on the table and the House adjourned. January 2G. In the House to-day Mr. Dunn offered resolutions to the following effect : 1. That no man shall be elected Speaker who will hesitate to restore the Missouri Compromise. Rejected by a vote of 103 to 102. 2. That the Missouri Compromise shall be restored as a necessary and certain means of reviving harmony and concord through out the Union. Adopted by a vote of 101 to 100. 3. That factional agitation on tho Slave rptestion, in and out of Congress, is unwise and unjust to every section of the country ; but until tho Missouri Compromiae be res tored, it is a solemn duty to persist in efforts to that end. Rejected by a vote of 103 to 100. Mr. Fuller offered a resolution to the ef fect that the agitation of the Slavery ques tion is unwise and unjust to a portion of the American people, and injurious to every section, and ought not to bo countenanced. Adopted by a vote of 103 to 100. Mr. Meacham offered a resolution to the effect that the repeal of the Missouri com promise was an example for useless and fac tious agitation of the Slavery question, and unwise and unjust to the American people. Adopted by a vote of 108 to 93. The house then adjourned. January 28. In the Senate, Mr. Cass, with his well known power, denounced with much force the positions assumed by the British Government relative to the protec torate of Central America. Ho character ized the action of England as a mere mocke ry in setting up a King over the Mosquito Indians. It was merely a ridiculous cover ing and excuse for England to exercise alone her real sovereignty. Mr- Clayton corro borated this statement, and read a few ex tracts from documents, to show that tho British vice-Consul exercised the real go vernment of the Mosquito Kingdom, and used to give titles of land in his own name, i Mr. Collamer gave his views relative to j the construction of the Clayton and Bulwei i treaty, showing if it were possible to form any pretext for the present assumption of England to that occupation, that she had agreed not to exercise any power there ex- cept such as was prospective and had no re 1 fereuce to tho occupation which she then I held. He however thought the time for the Le i gislature to take any action on the matter ; had not arrived yet, as the President in his ! annual Message expressed a hope that there I might be an amicable adjustment of the I controversy between this Government and j Great Britain. I Mr. Seward rose, but could not get the t floor, as the subject was postponed and ' the Senate adjourned to Thursday, i January 29. Mr. Stewart offered a re.-o- i lution, subject to the concurrence of the Senate, that if no Speaker should be electee! I by the 5th of February, Congress should j adjourn until the 15th of May. The reso lution, however, was laid on the table. One f ballot was token for Speaker, but as usual proved unsuccessful. January 30. Mr. Crawford offered a j resolution for electing a Speaker by States each State casting one vote. On motion of Mr. Todd the resolution was laid on tho table ayes 135, nays 72. Mr. Clingman offered a resolution for tho election of a Speaker by a plurality vote, if no choice be made in tho next three trials by the viva voce mode. He said if his resolution be adopted, a majority must concur in the election; and it would devolve ou the Americans to choose between Orr and lianks. Mr. Letcher said the adoption of such a resolution would certainly result iu tho elec tion of Mr, Banks. Mr. Boyce opposed the resolution. Mr. Humphrey Marshall thought that the Democrats would generally vote against tho resolution, but that there would be a sufficient diversion in their ranks to effect its adoption. Mr. Greenwood moved to lay the resolution on the table. The motion was lost by a tie vote. The resolution was then rejected ayes 106, noes 110. The House then adjourned. Five Democrats voted for the plurality resolution. February 1. The proposition for a plurality to elect a Speaker has been vote'd down by 108 to 110. A resolution to elect Mr. Oliver (of Missouri) Speaker, was voted down. Mr. Letcher offered a resolution that Messrs. Banks, Orr, and Fuller consult to gether, and report, to-morrow, a candidate for Speaker. Mr. Ball offered a resolution declaring Mr. Banks Speaker. Negatived by 13 majority. Mr. Cobb, of Alabama, offered a resolu tion declaring that Mr. Aiken, of South Ca rolina, be Speaker. Before the vote on this resolution was de clared, Mr. Whitney said that he had been informed that his vote would change the re sult, and, as Mr. Aiken was not of tho Ad ministration party, he would change aud vote in the aflirmitive. Great applause ensued. On the floor and in the galleries there was immense excitement ; but when tho vote was declared, it was found that the resolu tion was negatived ayes 103, noes 110. This result, so unexpected, was received with out-bursts of laughter, merriment, his es and applause. The House then adjourned. January 31. In the Senate this morning on motion of Mr. Fitzpatrick ef Alabama, the election of Senate Printer, was pro ceeded with. On the 4th ballot Mr. Nicholson, of the Union, was elected Senate Printer. After a speech from Mr. Seward, of New York, on Central American affairs, the Senate adjourned. In the House, Mr. Hickman, of Pa., of fered a rosolutiou to elect a Speaker by a plurality vote. A motion to lay Mr. H.'s resolution on tho table was refused by one majority. Mr. Trippe, of Ga., offered as a substitute fer Mr. Hickman's resolution, ono declaring Mr. Smitti, or Va., Bpookor. Tho substitute was rejected by a voto of 110 noes to 100 ayes. Mr. Hickman's resolution was laid oves until to-morrow and the House aeljourned. From the National Intelligencer (Whig.) NOMINATION OP HON. JAS. L. ORR. It will be seen from tho proceeelings be low that, after the withdrawal of Col. Rich ardson on yesterday, tho. Hon. James L. Orr, of South Carolina, was nominated as tho Democratic candidate. Of tho high qualifications of Mr. Orr for tho station to which he has been nominated it is wholly unnecessary for us to speak. We have seen him often presiding in Committee of the Whole, when no one but the most accom plished parlimentarian couhl have sustained himself, anei we never saw him, even on the most trying occasions, when he did not se cure the willing plaudits of all. We need scarcely add that he is distinguished for the courtesy and amenity of his manners ; ho possesses that cool self-possession and dignifieel firmness which aro essential in an efficient presiding officer. As a statesman, Mr. Orr belongs to the school of national men to whom the rights and interests of every section as guarantied by the consti tution aro alike dear. Ho deserved richly tho compliment bestowed upon him, and tho public interests would be signally promoted if he should bo elected. The, following significant letter appears in the Alexandria Gazette, a Whig Know-Nothing jour nal. It is from that paper's Washington Co res pondent, under date of the 28th ult. I pause in the hall a fow moments to write you this note. The votes taken to-day and in taking which, the whole day has been consumed amount to just nothing at all. Between twenty jd thirty members were absent. No 19 known except that if the Democratic members and the Nation al Americans unite, they can elect a speak er. How that "Union" is to be effected is the problem. If Houry Clay were alive, it would be accomplished in one hour. I heard a member of the "American" party from the North say, to-day, that he would prefer a Democrat to a Southern American. If this is the feeling, the Americans of South will cordially reciprocate it and the seper ation of the parties will be final and com plete. In which case, that portion of the American party in the South, who have never relinquished their Whig principles, will have no difficulty in saying where they : are to go. Things will work richt vet1 "through much tribulation," we shall emerge out of this present chaos. The politicians 4 ,m vr , must go to the wall. Tho National Anion- cans repudiate, reject, and disclaim all affil- iation with Northern "Republicanism," and with the coalitions it forms with those who call themselves "Americans." If this la ivu- u 1 j 1 biggery they glory in it, and welcome the Whig party again. PHOCION. 9g3tBBB3gBHE3&BBSBE WmWSStSS I WILL SELL MY HuLSE with 2 LOTS, East of the Charlotte Dene. It is a good liaaMan lot a mechanic working in town or 0:1 the Rail Road. It will be sold cheap, and on easy terras. Apply to J-Doo! v, ou the premises. Jan. 22. l56.-f THE MARKETS. CORRECTED WEEKLY BY C. II. EI.MS a CO. Charlotte, Feb. 5, 1856. BACON, Hams per lb 13 to 13 Bkk , per lb 13 o 1 " Hug round 10 ro 124 The above w. ro the last quotations A: pre sent, no okl lktcon is ofterirqr. j Barig, cotton, p r y;urd 18J to 20 Bper lb 6 Butter, per lb 15 to 20 Betsu-ax, per 20 to Beans, pT bushel 10 HAM ND V, A pole per gal 50 Peach " 75 COTTON, new, per lb 7 to 84 Coffee, per lb Kk 12 to 1 I " " Java 18 to 20 CA NDLES, Adamantine 30 to J7 Sperm 40 to 50 Tallow 18 to 86 CORN, per bushel 50 to 65 Ckickrns, each 10 to 124 CL O TH, Copperas 12 to 1 5 " Limey 25 to :C F.frs, per dozen 124 to 1; FLOLBu per lb 3 to 4.00 perbbl 7ito8 Feathers, per lb J3 to 04 rrin's, per bbl $4 to 6i Lard, per lb 14 w J. Mutton, per lb Mackerel, per bbl - MOLASSES, Sitgar House " . Common Meal, per bush.'l Mullets, per bbl (Wilmington)--- Nails, per lb Oats, jier bushel . Pork, per lb Peas, per bushel - POTATOES, Irish, per oushel..-- " Sweet, p r bushel... S fJO 4ft. T.oaf 5 to 6 $10 to 1G 60 to 05 45 to 55 (o to 65 $9 to 304 5 to 6 40 to 45 64 to 7 (id to 65 50 to 75 46 to ." Hi to 124 Urown JO to va Stone-van, per rnl 10 to 15 Smk, per saA. 2 to 2.40 Tern, per Ik 75 to 2.00 Wheat, per bushel 1.45 to 1.55 Whiskey, Western, per gal 68 to 65 WOOL, beat washed 27 to 28 " unwashed - 23 Yarn, bale 80 to 85 Clottr Seed, per bushel $8 to 10 Columbia, Feb. 2. COTTON. The late arrival has advanced tho price ; it now commands from 7J to 9J. BA CON Hog round 12 to 124 ; Hams 124 i fi"l 124, aud Shoulders 10 cents per Ik. CORN 75 to 80 cents per bushel. FLOCK Common to superfine (8J to $9, and extra brands $ 9$ to 1 94 per bbl. PEAS 75 to 80 cents per bushel. OATS 55 to 65 cents per bushel of 32 lbs. FODDER $1 to gt 1 25 per huudrtd. The foreign news has caused an advance in Cotton and a fall in Ikeadstuffs. In Charleston, Cotton is ranging from 8 to 9J. In Baltimore, dour is down to $8 and $8 25. MARRIED, On the 24tb ult., at Live Oak, Richland, S. Carolina, by the Rev. J. S. Reynolds, D. D., J. Hampton Brooks, of Edgefield, to Mary Goodwyn, eldest daughter of Governor Jamct J. Adams. DIED, At the residence of his brother, S. W. West brooks, near Greensboro', N. C.,on Tuesday lasf, Rev. James M. Westbrooks, of the Methodist E. ChurchJ PUBLIC !?lEETI!ir Of the Friends of Temperance. ON FRIDAY, tho 14th day of March next, all the Friends of Temperance, in the coun ty of Mecklenburg, are requested to meet at tho Court-House, iu Charlotte, for the purpose ot nominating candidates to represent them iu tho next General Assembly of North Carolina. MANY CITIZENS. r Feb. 5.1856. NOTICE. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES of David son College will meet at the College, on WEDNESDAY evening, the 13th of February,. at 7 o'clock. Feb. 5, 1856. It FROM SEBASTOPOl.. THERE is nothing new from the Crimea, by the last ar rival, but at Sebastopol, on Trade SHHffigBSSBfcS-'f. t. there is .semi. Ihini' new. The undersigned has purchased of James Briant, his grocery and Liquor establishment, and invites the public to give him a call, assuring them that he will accommodate them with articles of the lest quality, and in a style to suit the most fas tidious taste. Give Se-bastopol a call, and judge for yourselves. WM. mELAN. Feb. 5, 1356. tf Charlotte and South-Carolina RAIL-ROAD. THE REGULAR ANNCAL MEETING of the Stockholders of the Charlotte and South-Carolina Rail-R.iad Company will take place at Chester, on WEDNESDAY, the 6th af February, 1856. Stockholders and their families will have tho privilege of going and returning free. C. BOCKNIGHT, Feb. 5, 1856. It Sec'v and Treas'r. Office N. C. R. R. Company, Salisbury, Jax. 31. 1856. Yorth Carolina Rail-Road. Schedule for Mail Train, On and after Tlumday, flic 31st day of Jiiniiury, f .";. WEST. Leave Goldsboro', at 2 10 A.M. Arrive ;it Raleigh, at 5 07 " " Hillsboro', at 7 50 " " Graham, 9 36 " Greensboro', 11 10 H Jamestown, 11 54 " Lexington, 131 " Salisbury 2 37 " Concord, 4 42 " Charlotte. ( 04 P. M. EAST. J.eave Charlotte, at . 5 00 P. M. .. fi 26 41 7 51 " 0 02 . 11 07 " . 11 46 " . 1 28 A. M. - 2 59 - 5 V7 " - 8 48 " Arrive at Concord, at . Salisbury, . . . Lexington, .. Jamestown, Greensboro', Graham, .. - Hillsboro', Raleigh,- Goldsboro', - - riPThe newspapers at Goldsboro', Rakngh, Hillsboro', Greensboro', Lexington, Ballakary, Concord, and Charlotte, will insert the above once a work for three weeks, and forward account with a copy of the paper to this office. THEODORE 8. GARNETT. Sup't N C. Rail-Road. Feb. 5. J VST RFCEIVIIYQ AT YKT A IT D T U C -Cl XV 1j rS ij , NO. 4, GRANITE ROW. ftflft tfP2S?ISIACko JJ)JJJ Brands, whole-sale and retail, 1 doz. Mattrasses, different kind s : 10 doz. Men's Fur Caps and Wool Hats, 1"? U Fast Colored Prints at 64, cent, I Alw on hand a larje assortment of Fanc y and ' Staple Dry Gods, Boot and Shoes, Clothing aud ( Groceries. Cheap for Cah. Feeling grateful for p;wt favors lKstowed upon 1 would beg a continuance of the sruu '.ont. would also teel very taanktul it my friends would , come- and aettle up and give ui- a little money am I u I am b.xshlul and timid in asking 1 for money and don't like to dun; if you want to savo my feelings pay up, and you will oblige I Your truly, F. W. AHRENS, Jan. 29, lKG.-tf,
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