North Carolina Newspapers

" i :.. other' place, to any other city, towu J town, or "ru I or oWo ir, thOltt from .and to fiich c t ivs, to w ns, or. other "places the Uiiit-eTJ-Srafearhril is regularly "transported - uuder ibe auihoiiiy of the Post Office Depot t .meut;f any letters, packets, or packages of A?- fetter's;, or other matter , proper ly iransmiitable '- i:i ibtt U tilted State's mail, except newspapers, -y'-:,c pamphlet, magazine?,-ani periodical ; nnd each and every person offending Against thi ; ? provision, or aiding or assisting thereiu, or 'w acting a such private express, shall, (or each S line hi. y letter or letter, packet or packages, l-v 9r other rpKtter propm ly transrnittabltt by mail, i except '" newspapers, pamphlets, magazines, period icaU, shall or may be, by him her or -t- ---L- - - - - i ; iaetn, cr irKou&t nis. ner or ineir niaui . J . , stru:nenfltty( ui swhole or in part, convey or : tfa4iiBiMi!,;ct)utracy- to Aha tiue intent, spirit, : : Vntf t::ea nit; g:6f thi section, forfeit and pay the sunt of Vne hundred and fifty dollar. " Src. 1 0.. Arid be it further enacted, That '.it shall :. not bo .law ft for any stage' coach, : , railroad car, iteaniboat, packet boat, or other . ve'fc ..!? r vessel, nor any of ihe owner, man--agVrs1,' servants, t crew of cither, whirb reg-' - :y ularLv - performs trip at state-- periods on n post route, "or between two or .more cities, town, or xaher place., fiom one to the jother i v '. of wlikfa the Ui.fcdStates- mail-is regularly : VniULt-eiJ Miidi-r "tbe- viioiiry ol the Po.t' OfficJ lpa.t.rienf. - to transit or corrve w- i r . . .- olherwisa .thaii ia tho "mail, any letter or -lel-J ..iej, packet or packages o:' letters, or, other inaililrIo ' U'(icr - whutiotver, except such ns rhjy L'-ive irwtittU to WoriH -jjurfof- rhe cargo'of Uvh. steam-ixiat, pocket :brtat, or oiher vessel, oi to tidma a i (Tele at the siom; "lime -conveyed . by tho ; sa.ure ..etage '- :coach, railroad car, or olh : vehicle, a:id except tug also, newspa- . ?r, p.nnphlet!, n;guz!ii!, and periodical; nnd for every such ofl'enee the owner or '" owners ofihe st.rgu coach, railroad car steam boat, packet bout," or other vehicle or vesst-l, hail tofleit nnd pay tho sutn of one huudicd dti'nara; and'the "driver, captain, conductor, or ptTsou having charge of any such stage coach, railroad car, steamboat, packet boat, or other vehicle, or vessel, nl the timo of the commis sion of any such offence, and who shall not ai th.it time be the owner thereof, in whole nor i-i par t, hidl, in likp manner, 'forfeit and pay in every such case ol offence, tho sunt of tifty (HoUnm. iyed 1 1. A nd ba it further enacted, That the owner or owners o( every stige coach, railroad car, t?ainboaif, '.or. other vehicle or vessel, which shall, wiih the knowledge uf nnv owner or owners", in whole or in part, or wish tho knowledge or connivance of the driver, conductor, captain, or other person having charge of any' such stagn coach, rail road car, ' sltambotit;-br other vessel or vehicle, convey or transport any person or person . acling or ernpyed ns a private express for ibo couveyauco' of letters,- packets, or pack--:'gC' ot letters, or other mailable matter, and "".:u ily in possession of such mailable mat er, for tho purpose of traupoitation, con trary tothespiiit, true intent, and meaning ' ;f the preceding sections of this l.sw", hall lie iii)ject to the like lines nnd penaltiss as are " lereiijbeforo provided and directed in tho casi ..''f"pei'sons acting as such piivato expresses, atrd of persons i ''employ'! iig the same-; but nothing in this act coutaiued shall bo coo Nirued to prohibit tho conveyance or trail- r-liffitFiTltsr,' lo an y"7arl"oT"the U n Med States : ' 'by private hands, m compensation '.being X-'-- leudered or received luereior in any vvny, or I - t-l .- I . .. I ,U .. siOgle particular occaaiou. ?V -Sec. 12. And by it further enacted, That a1t persons whatsoever who sh;ll, after tho pa'ssige of this act, transmit by any private.. y express, or ther means by this act deciaied ; f- to be -unlawful, any letter or letters, package or package, or other mailable matter, except ing newspapers, pamphlets, magazines, and H p'er iodicals, or who shall place or cause to be ' deposited at any appointed place, for the pur , po$e f being tiauspotted by such, unlawful rj-means.- any. mater or thing pfopeily " traus- .. nntfot'lo, Dy.nr.Hi, excepting newspapers, mn- ; -gamines, 'pamphlets, and peiiodicaU, or who ba!l deliver tiny such matter, excepting news pnpers, pmrphiets, magazines and periodicals, '!'r transmission to any agent or agents of 'tju.-h -unlawful expresses, shall, for each nnd . .ve-ry offence, furftit and pay-the sum of fifty ' . C'O 'ai d. .-; ec. 13. And bo it further enacted, That i--:. noihing i:i this act contained hall have the ctToctjor. be construed, to prohibit the con- y y;Mice or transportation of letters by steam boat, as autnonzeu by the sixth seel ton ol - . ' Ihe net entitled " An act to reduce iuto one -the several acts for es'.ablii-hing and ic'gulat """ ing ie los Office Department, approved the .third of March, one thousand eight hundred - f .flid twenty-five." Pipyided, That the re '. ; ltnre:n;nts r.f saitl act be strictly, complied ;i)hbv tho delivery, within the time specified : v ty said act, of all letters so conveyed, not re lating to the cargo, or some part thereof, to 4 - tho pt)sirivisU.-Mu-oiheTtnr.Tivrizerl Bgent of . iao rat vmce ucpurnnent. at trie port or plare towhich said letters may be directed, or inloi dtd to . be delivered over from - s.u id , boat ; aivd .the postmaster or ;ther agent of r4h 1 oU Olhcjo Departiitent shall charge aiid - collet tiT w!l liters or. other, mailable niat - ter, so delivered to him, except tiewspapers; . pawphl'ets, inagaziuta end peiiodii-als, the . sa r.e rates i t postage vvoulu have been :haged upon said letters hVl they been traus inhted by mail from -ibe ottu place at which ,ihay were, placed on bord ihrf steamboat from whwh they were received ; but ii U hereby expressly provided, that ail the pains and pen ;;aiiics provided by thisct, fbr-auy vioftlion Vol the provisions of iho elevebih section of - this acr, shall 8ttaih In every tase to any ,5!enrrjbonVor to the owpers and persons ha.v. - i7 U' ibarge" thereof, the captain or other ber- jwUiaving charge of which shall not, "as afore said, complywith ihe Jeqiiirements of the - sixth section T the said law of one thousand eiglst hundred and tCenly-five. And no r.-:posttnasfer shbll. receive, to be, conveyed"' by ; rthemail, any packet; which shall weigh more : ribah three pouuds-. ...''' : .-.",.' - Sec. 14. Atfd ' b.o. it furtheehactod,. That ":hePostmater Geue a I- shall bavejpower'-aud fie is hereby ' author rzedto contract uithv.),. conModrvf-atiy-steombbet rpl iaf ppod the - wtfTarotlr trtftrffiia lipped' Stoles, lV,r tha transmutation ot ine i-u. ftiifrtLer of .nut. i . hnn v n a 1 1 m u mr niiK 11 - Uj: ihntv tha time tor wnicn Uanspoitiug the mail of the United Mate are Oow usually made under existing laws, and wlhoutthe previous advertisements now re. quired before entering into such contact, Whenever in hi opinion the public interest and convenience will be promoted thereby : Provided, That the pticet be pawl for such j-ervi. e hall in no case be greater than the nCnrm rate naid for such service under the Past preceding or then existing regular con tract for tianspoi ting the mail upon the route he may so for a less time contract for the transportation of the mail upon. Sec. 15-And belt loither enactea, . i nax ''mailable mattei ." and "matter properly trans mittable by mail," hall be deemed and taken to mean, all letters and newspapers, and all mngaziues and pamphlets periodically pub Irshetfror which may be published in regular seiies or in successive nmnber?, under the same title, though at irregular interval?, nnd all other, written or printed matter whereof each copy or number shall not exceed eight ounces in weight, except bank note, sent in packages or bundles, without written It-tiers accompanying them ; but bound books, of any size, fchall not he held to bo ineluded within fti&'Hrth-A iviS of tie terms. Ad any packet pikers, of whater ..zeor we. oh., bemg t -.- -r .i..k n.-i il-.iKlo iTi:irfr. shall inane; up of any such mailable matter, shall -sbjct all persons concerned in transporting the sune to alJ ihe penalties of this law, equally-as if if or they were not so made up into a ppai ki l or packages. But. nothing in this act contained shall be so construed as to promou i4iy icrson whatever fiom trarsportiug, or causing to bo transporter!, over Btiy mail rrut'e, or any road paiallel thereto, any books, majiazines, or pamphlets, or newspapers, not marked, directr-d, or intended for immediate distribution to subscribers or others, but in tended for sale a merchandise, and trans ported in the usual m de of transporting mer chandise over the particular . route used, and sent or consigned to some boua fide dealer or agent for the sale thereof; nor shall any thing herein be construed to interfere with the light of any traveller to have and lake with him or her, for his or her own use, any book, pamph let, magazine or newspaper. Sec. 1 6. And be it further enacted, That the term "newspaper," hereinbefore used, shall be, and the same is hereby defiued to be, any printed publication, issued in numbers, con sisting of not more than two sheets, and pub lished at short stated intervals of not more than one month, conveying intelligence of passing events, and bona fide extras and sup plements of any such publication. And noth ing herein contained shall be so const uid as to prevent the fee exchange of newspapers between the publishers thereof, as provided fr imdci tho 1 weoly-uuith aection-of the act entitled "An net to reduce into one the sev eral acts fur ctablihing and regulaliug the Post Office Department, approved the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five." - Sec. 17. And be it further enacted, That sll pecuniary penalties and forfeitures', incur red under this act, shall be one-half for the use of tho person or persous informing and -prosecuting for the same, and the other half to the se f the Ujiled States, a.utishall Jbe accounted for byTiirr as other moneys of the department ; nnd all causes' of action arising under this act may bo sued, and all offenders against this act -may bo prosecuted, before the justices of the peace, magistrates, or' other judicial courts cf the several States and of rhe several Territories of the United State, they having competent jurisdiction, .by ihe laws ol such Stales or Territoi ies, lo the trial of claims and demauds of as great value, and of the prosecutions, where the punishments are of as great extent j and such justices, magistrates, or -: judiciary, irhall take cognizance . thereof, and proceed to judgment and execution, as irr other cases. Sec. IS. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Postmaster General iu all future letfings of cout'nets for the. trail's porlation of the mail, to let the same, in every case to the lowest bidder, tendering sufficient guaranties for faithful performance, wiihout other reterence to the mode ot such trans portation than may be necessary to provide for the due celerity, certainty, and -security of such tiansportaliou ; nor shall any new con tractor hereafter be required to purchase out. or take ht valuation, the stock or vehicles of any previous contractor for the same route And all advertisements made under the order- ot the Postmaster General, in a newspaper or newspapers, ot letters uncalled for in any post office," fhall be inserted iu the paper or paper t the town or place where the. office ndverti lug may be situated, having the largest circu lation, provided Ihe editor or editors of such paper. or papers shall agree to insert tho same for a price not greater than that now fixed by law and iu case of question or dispute as to (ho amouur of the circulation of any papers, the editors of which may desire this ndvertis- I'-gi. jl hajl be the duty of the postmaster to receive evidence and decide upou the lact SeCwJS. And be it further enacted, That f-Anabtt?,:r M:far as rosy -bo preclicable, o equal audjust rate of compensation, according tb-the- service" performed among the several raihriad compaiiies in ihe United States, fr .rhe Jrau-porlalloQ of the mail, it shall be ihe drHof the Postmaster Geueral to arrange and divide the railroad rootes, nicluduig. thtrsc iu whixh the sei vice is partly bv railroad nnd partly by steamboats, iuto- three classes ac cording to the size ot the mans, the speed wi;a Whicnney are conveyed, and the" im porta oce of the service.; and it shall belawhil Utr Jiim to contract'for conveying the mail wwh any ihe h railroad conrpany, either w iih !uhout "odvertising for sucb contract: ProviUed, -That, . for the conveyance of the mini on Wny railroad ofthe first class, he shall not pat ' a rhighei-Tate "oTcbmpensalfon tbau is now allowed by law ; nor for carrying the niarl pn-any of ,he jtecoli(i t,i.5fJ, B pater, compensation ihau 'ofie hundred dol lars per mtle per auimn, ; nor for carrying ihe mnil oii ny railr..d t thd ,hnd ciass, a 'FtoM-ewptWhA-- than', fifty dollars pe, nuje per Hunum. . Arrl in -.i . V lr Geral.eba -not be able To conclude - utEfrt for frying the nwitoa. eaV of sorh . , - luo sr si mas- railroad routes, bi n compeasaUulx.notJt reeding the aforesaid ma xiinum rates, or fo what he may 'dacm a. reasonable and.: fair compensation for the service tube performed, it shall be lawful for him tt iaratetha letter mail from ibe Tesidue of ihe itfail, and to con tract, either vhh or without Wyeiting, fr conveying the letter maiLowet such route, by horse express or otherwise; at the greatest speed that can reasouably le obtained ; and nln t.. contract for carrying fever such route the residue of the mail, in gous Vr other wise, at a lower rate of speed j Provided, 1 hat if oho half of the seivice, o any railroad, is required to be performed in he night eaoD, it shall he lawful for the P.strnasler General to pay twenty-five per ceut it addition to the aforesaid maximum rates of jijowmice : And provided, further. That if it shall be found necessary to convey over an? railroad route more than two mails daily, It shall be lawful for the postmaster General tf pay f uch addi tional compensation as he mar think just and reasonable, having referencto the service performed and the max imucr rate of allow ance established by this act.; " Sec. 'JO. And be it fnriher etBced That all causes of action arising unde jhl act may be sued, and all offenders agaiwt .Vb ct may be prosecuted, before any cirnrit or district Court of the United States, of the District of Columbia, or of the Territories of the U. States. - , : - Sec. 21. And be. it furttier enacteJ, Anai for the purpose of guarding agfinst the possi bility of any embarrassment inthe operations of the Post Office Department consequent upon any deficiency of the rev-nues of said department which may bo pccaUnel by the reduction of iho rates of posttgehy this, act made, there be, ami hereby is, Appropriated the sum of seven hundred and fit thousand dollars, to be paid out of any nnney in the Treasury not otherwise appropriaed, and to be pbced to the credit of the Post Office De partment in the Treasury of the Ui'ited States, lo be applied, under the direction uf the Post master General, to supplying am deficiency iu the regular revenues from postige, in the same manner as rhe revenues of aid depart ment are now by law applied. j r See. 22. And" bo it further etneted, That in case the amount of postage colected from the rates of postage prescribed by this act, with the annual appropriation fori tho treasu ry of seven hundred and fifty thoirand dollars herein granted, shall prove insnfiijent to de fray the expense of the mail servicnjlhroughnut rh United States loan extent enjal !o what is now onjoyed by the public, slid also the expense of extending and enlarging the same iu due proportion with the incfeise and ex pansion of tho population, panimlarly in the new otates and territories, tire dcieC tnai may arise shall he paid out of Jtg moneys in th- troas'iry ii. t -itherwlse appripi-ited I I ro- vided. That the amount of expbwiinir- i..r Post Office Depart.neut shall nftsh the entire ..." . I 3 - i" iTl aeTeate. exclusive o! sirlari;-iu ormeis. clerks, and messengers, of the General Posl ffice. and the cout indent funjf ot the same. exceed the annual amouut of loir mutton live hundred thousand dollars. j Sec.,. 23. And be it further pnacted, That nothing in this act contaiued ih.aU bo con strued to repeal ihe laws heretoforenacted, all ex-Presidents, and to the -widov of ihe former President Madison and ILrrlson. Approved, March 3, 1S45. i : N U TS for the NAT1 V ES T.Q C K AC K BV AN AMERICAS., 1. Tho Alpha and Omega of the Native creed is this : That all emigrants to out shores shall be treated as aliens, and daiiiedthe right of self-government for twenty-one years ai least,' after declaring their intentions to be come citizens. Now, w ould not such a mea sure so imbitter them agaiust thccooitry and iustituiions as to render them daogerois resi dents? Would not the enroiry cugyodered iu the fathers be apt to descend to their chil dren? and should we not thus create i nation of enemies in our very midst.,:?-- -.- 2. What defence shall we, Natives ' make for our fathers, who not only .iaok the liberty .' to come over by pbip-bads,"' but went so f.ir as to beget children on American soil, and thus. perpetuated the race ofinftuders? " 3. " No taxation without ,rreprenilation," wns the battle cry of our fathers. -Niw, if all emfgra nfs are to be unrepresented h our gov ernment for at least twenty-one yens " after their arrival, ought they not to recrivj the ben efit of drawback on the sail, iron, i calicoes, futiaus, &c, that they consinne-dd'urg that lime? Should American Repiblicans " squeeze a part of their government expenses out of men whom they are unwilling io admit to the rights of citizens ? : 4. " Have we not native citizen! enough to fill our offices without going aumig those of fo eign birth ?' is a question oftei put forth be the native orators with au air of iresislible confidence. I will answer ii wiihajother of the same sort : Have wo not ,;fueholders enough to fill our offices without goijg among the landless nnd the poor? Reroeriher, the moment we introduce arbitrary .distinction of any sort among our people, that moment we transform our gover nment into atia.'if'iicracy. N o true demrn-ral no It ue gentUmnh even- can recognize any other disiiuctotsnhsu those of goodness nud talent. - . 5. "Those forei-n pauper are toaignorant -to enjoy the right of suffrage !" I hive often heard the same thing said of the American working classes. If our aristocracy tf wealth can only disfranchise the first, they Hilt find ii an easy matter to disfranchise IQe'secoud. Florida. Under the new ron'sbtution of Florida, recently admitted into the fiiioh as a State, an election will be held bout the 12ih of May - next for 9 governor, ' sue epre seatative'in Congress, and a legislature com posed of- seventeen senators aud forty-one representatives. The legislature "wftK:assem ble iibnut ihe 6th "of June, aud elect.ibes ides its own officers, I uo Uuiled Stales senators, four judges of circuit justices of the supreme court JTy the -State, a ; clerk of the supreme court, cleiks-of' the cormts iof chtnTfry, an at torney general of the State-, four Soficitonr iu ibe . circuit cour(s. . secrtary. of Stair,- Stale treasurer s nd.e&S&&J$r r sfnntotsv - - - SKETCHES OK TRJVVEL. . Lawrence co., Tenn.,J5tis26rT845.. We are uow on the rich plains of - Middle Tennessee in three dsys jouruey of Ilardy anao cennly," West Tennessee," where we pro-' pose resting three cr four weeks- Our horses have heldi.out remarkably well, and -I believe I am fattening on limestone water. Many indeed are the curiosities which I have seen since I left East Tennessee To attempt to givdyouja history of them would be vain. I will, however, give you the out lines of my journey with some of the most striking curiosities. .' We went from" Newport to Knoxvllle,' a beautiful towii situated on the Holso'n River. The Kuoxville College, situated on a hill some distance from the town, is as sptau'did a build ing as I ever saw. Six miles west of Kuox ville, we entered a section of country remarka ble for its fertility, and for the smoothness of its surface. It is in a high state 61 cultivation, adorned with beautiful farms and splendid buildings. There I saw great quantities of corn, standing in the pannels of the fence, that had been cut down about fodder-getting-time, stalk, fodder, and ear, all togeiher, as it grew-. ' ' We next passed through Kingston, a small, village of liitlo uotei ' The c.nmtry around abaut if, and from there to the foot of the Cum berland Monnliins, is generally poor, with the exception of some rich valleys, watered by creeks. We then aseended the Cumber land Mountains. From the foot to the top it is about tea miles. In places there are some rugged steeps. Near the top of the mountain is a waterfall very interesting to behold. The water pours over the cliff of a rock and falls perpendicularly 120 feel into the valley below. rhe rock lea us over, and at the bottom a per son can walk round dry between the rock and the tailing water. I stood upon the cliff where the water pouts over Ihe ro k, and the tops of tho tall ced.irs growing iu "the valley right below, were tint level with me. l he top of the mountain is almost level, steril and bar ren, fit for nothing but pasturage. It abounds in large flat gras-", which is excellent for cal- He in trio su wrier season. i ne innaotianis of the mountain attend mostly to raising stork. It is thirty-tx miles across the top of the mountain. It was getting dark when we reached tho western declivity, and conse quently, I was denied th pleasure of taking a view of ;h landscape bel-w. it is only two miles fom the top r.f ihe mountain to the foot on the west side, but it is very sleep and ru ged. That pott ton of Middle Tennessee ly ing around Sparta near the fool of the in utr trill is very rirh. After wh left tho ueighhor tiood ot Spai ta, we travelled -about 4brty mile through a cotninoji eoutity, jrut-very rir h, and from tho farms atrd u.-T I tho inrtabi- tins. t be an indolent . people. We then struck the head of Duck River and travelled down it two days, -during which lime I saw more good laud than I ever saw before. The wood kind is heavily timtiered w iih nirjH beach, poplar and asb. :. The country is level and re markably we.!.. Itv the cornfields, you cannot see a house 1 00, yards for the corust'dks, un less you would peep., bet ween the rows. The farmers generally plarrt riveti stalks in a hill, - - - " - wn ' in that section oft'ooutry at from 37J to oG cents per burfl. This may a-toni.-h yoo, bu it is true. Werrossed Duck River -BtfShellbyvilla yes terday morning, and struck out west thronh the red cedar land. Where ihe c dr grows thick, the land is very poor, and indeed not worth cultivating at all in many places. The whole face, of the Country appears to be lime stone rock. 'ITlij mo-nirrg we passed by Cornesville. From there to Lynnville theie is a quantity of rich land beautifully situated. Frmn JiVtiti ville to this place; the land is not so good. . Tennessee, upon the whole, is indeed a beautiful couutry. Corn, wheat, and oats are abundant. The people are kind and hospita ble; ready to entertain strangtjra; interesting in thir matiuei, and quite accommodating I have not seeu a pine tree of any kind for several days. A long leaf piiie or a' bunch of w ire grass would be an interesting siht to me. Another Texas AVhhj. Tho whig Le gislature of -'Maryland passed resolutions last week, instructing Mr Senator Merrick to vote against the Texas Resolutions. They had no effect upon him, it seem?, if he received them ; but they had the effect of in ingin out another strong whig iu favor, of the measure. Jhis is W. Cost Johnson, Esq., of whose remarks the Annapolis correspondent of the Baltimore Republican gives ihe following ac count : Upon the assembling of tho House this morning, (Feb. 2:,) W. Cost. Johnson rose in his place and submitted an order, desiring it to be piuced upon the journal, lo the effect, that if he had been present when ihe vote re questing our Senators in Congress to oppose the annexation of Texas was taken, he would have voted iu the negative .He said he regretted-very much to differ with o.itnjority of his political fi ieuds upon that floor, and the ground he was about t assume was oue, no douhl, of high respon.ibilify. Hut he had re flected much upou this question, and hud came to the conclusion ibat tho nnnexaiiou of Texas t&lhis Union was constitutional - expedient aud proper. He thought with that great man Alexander Hamilton, federalist a he was, that ihe lime would arrive when the American Uuion would extend overall this broad conti nent; from oceau to ocean, and that the princi ple of civil aud religious libeity: would be commensurate with the.exlejit.ubr territory He was deeply impressed with ihe convict lion that the true, interests of the country re quired the immediate annexation of Texa and the immediate occupmiou . of Oregon Nothing but the rules of the House prevented the democratic, inembers f.om rnanifesiing their appr.batioa by applause. Iu a few mo raeuts after, Ihe. Joshing,,, cars arrived, Kinging iho gratifying ilIteHigence hal thw Texas, resolutions - had passed the Senate. N ext to the elec tion of James K Polk, the annexation' of Texas ia the greatest evetjt of ihe nge:1 l-camrot iind words tb tiDresTm ubotroded jojt at the glbrimis jermmttio of DISTRICT DELEGATES. - At a meetingvcf a portion of the Democrats oftbe Jlst JDistrict, held at Arch'd Monroe's, on Sajotday the loih of March. on notion, Da nl. Baker, Esq. was called to the Chair, and Duncan Shaw appointed Secretary. ; Duncan Murchim,eq offered the following preamble and resolutions, which were unani mously adopted : " , . : ' Whereas, It has been recommended to the Democratic citizens of this couuty to hold a County Conveiniirr for the purpose of select ing Delegates to a District Convention, to nominate a suitable ..candidate for. this Con gressional Dinti ict, and recognizing a we do that thePeopIe are lha only true source ofpolitiewl ower; and Ihat they have the same interest in the select ion: of candidates 'as in electing them ;. a pd whereas, there are several distinguished members of the democratic par ty spoken of as fit persons to repieseut this District in the ne'xf Congress of the United States ; it therefore appears - to this meeting that a District Convention is highly import ant to reconcile differences of opiuioti and thereby secure union and harmony; ;; Re -ir thefefore Riesolved, That we fully concur iu ihe-iieiieHy "wf holding a District Conyeolian bjiyiUrtsiAadidate fir Con gress, and tha,ttwplyill..supot Jhe candidate that such a.Conveiion. nayf nnmiuate. Resolved, Ttiai'we fiighly approve of hold ing a County CrravcrHiftn fo apnoi ut delegates to represent this County in said District Con veution ; and that we believo that such n Con vention will truly reflect the preferences of the people for the candidate selected. Resolved, That we will elect three dele gates lo represent the 7bt District in said County Convention. Whereupon, the following gentlemen were appointed delegatus under tho last Resolution: Daniel Raker, Duncan Murchison, aud Mal cum McGregor, Esq-. On. motion, Ordered, That the proceedings of this meeting be published in the North Car olinian. DAM EL BAKER, Ch'n. Duncan Shaw, Sec'y. IN CLINTON. A large and respectable meeting of a por tion of the Democracy of ihe county of Samp son, convened at the Court House in Clinton on the 8m inst. " The following proceedings took place : On ii otion of Dr Thomas Bunting, Edw. C. Gavin, Esq., was -:died to the Chair, and J. R, Beam ui and John Royal appointed Secretaries. After an. appropriate address from the Chairman, the following resolutions were offered by-John Bovkiu, Esq., aud unanimously adopted Resolved, ThaXotir ron.fideuce in the po litical integrity and ability of"ih Hon. JAS. JV McKAY is unshaken and undiuriuished, and that his course while acting as our Reprcsen lative iirthe -Cong'ress ol ihe united States, has-beeu such as to rnerit.our decided aj prr natioti. - Uesrdved, I hat we do hereby --nominate him as a candidate for re-olecHon iu this Con gressional DistricU af th approaching lec lion in" August jrext,'sind that we pledge our selves lo useall-j.ttorllis means to insure On riiotioiiiof Arthur Brown, Eso Resolved,, That a Committee of Vigilance be appointed hi . each Captain's Dist it t in mis county, . On motion of K. C IJolmes, Esq., Resolved, that the proceedings of this meeting be published iu the Wilmington Journal, Raleiyh Standard, and Noiih Caro linian. . EDWARD C. GAVIN, Ch u. JOHN ItoyAt J R. Beam an, : ) Sec ys. A GLIMPSE, AT T HE V. S. SU PRE M iC CO U R T J U DG ES. Vashiuglon, Jan. 25ih, 1S45. A short visit to 'the Supreme Cou t since my last, grat kied my curiosity a while Nothing strikes i visitor to the judicial de parrment of the Capiiol more fo cibly than the air of quietude that prevails. So different is it from a Nisi Priu, Common Pleas or Crim inal Bench. ' You look iu vain for the jury box -the witness etahd- anxious clients in cessantly whispering -iii ihe advocate's ear, or accused pi iVmers. 'No question of "guilty or not guilty" is there heard. Few - spectators are seen iu the Court, unless there happens to bean argument of general interest, or a speak er of extraordinary? cefebrity, aud even he must have an important and peculiar case to manage, or his audience will be thin. 'There has been no very crovidetl Court since Web ster andBinucy measured dialectics last winter on the Girard N ill Case. On a pleasant day, however, when' squads of ladies, with their whiskered attendants, are moving about the Capitol; gliding from the House to the Senate Chamber and thence down to the Supreme Court room,' which r Is uudei the Senate Chimber, the few4 ' cushioned seats are fil led.,. Attention nhd 'politeness are here en joined by lav or cOstbrri. - Servitors employ ed by the Gsiverdoiet hy special attention to the ladies', alwas d free ting them if neces sary, lo seats. rtndriew failjng to clear the seat of Iho stencexlii bey are wanted for ihe ladies; . NoAvTajid then a colored rcf. Ufif'.BrmvlAheTvAn anticipate the wants of)ho Juiges,r open the door for visi tors to pass out. . ... Iu the appearance of the gowned gentlemen on the bench, there is much dignity, without stiffness r coutraiut.l If .on aquniutance come into Court,; whelher ou official charac ter 'or one oftbe peffde.' be receives a bow if recognition rum bis friends ou iher bench, as if it were a' sort of recreation to - indulge a friendly emotion amid, the severe labors of the law.' -. i - In the centre, in the ehnir of Jay, Ellsworth and Marshall, sits 'Taney, a proiuud lawyer it is said. Judge Taiiey is tall and slender in form, stoop-shouldered, as one that has pored much over - black letters; of a' swarthy complexiau, his head surmounted. with. an uu cnml'or table vvad . Of langlerl , -black. - ha ir, and the hasaf fc organ 1 jhccally. supplied, and pain fully ojrssid wttbr fajpeef, - Onhis right may be seen the shorter person of Judge Siorr (d ito'ry at least shorter iu statue,) with a lite rary face, a claseitl itir arnd eminent judicial qualifications. Vile is the ojhjrst-Judge on the beflcbf:thi pride of Mathuetts, and hq honor lo hi cofX Koobserver can fail to bo lavdrabry' impressed with his appearand. On thof eft fljo CJijrf JiJstica.U seen tho manly forjn "f M'Lean, of Ohio, who is rr. mark able for theEracefu! erectnesrs of his po8i. lion, while in bis- open face and expamiv0 brovv' you read the lilies of intelligence, that truly- reflect the inward . mind. A' mirror it that full, large, and ex press iveV eye of hi. On the right of Story may be found tbeGeorg'u Judge Wayne, - genteel looking man with easy Southern manners, and. in size the small est of the judicial assemblage. H e seems less intended for a Judge than for a convivial 6or homme, aud one caundf help wishing him a paler face ahd.sercher brow, more scantily overhung with hair, which if ever combed back in its luxuriaWceV wonld "much improve the general expression of his' tVceV- I urJder stand him to Wa nun of very ; respectable abilities... .,s ; . - Next to him sits Catron, of Tennessee whom the Yankees would call o cAnJry man, presenting nothingtriking in his aspect, but seeming to bend laboriously to the duties of his arduous profession.; The . remaining jus tices are McKinley, of Alabama, and Daniel, of Virginia, who aro not considered, I believe, to have' attathe j a very exalted fieight in lha temple of josTipe rboigh they 'p'ktf"aioug in excellent cqmpanyj- nud no. doubt are well ihought .of by their personnl friends.-.Cor. of Journal, of . CQtnme.rxfi. . - ACTS OF ASSEMBLY. RELATING TO FAYETTE VI LLE. The first net which we find in MrMcIvcr's book in "Relation to Fayettcville, was passed in 1762, and was entitled an art for establish ing, n towu on the lands of John and Win Russell, o;i the west ide - of the worthwr t branch of Cape Fear. River, near the mouth of Cros Creek, by the name of Campbellton. 'Ihe preamblo of the act sets futh that ihe establishing of a town on lhe'; lands of John nnd Wm. Russell, would greatly cncour2 honest and able traders to reside theteiu, by which means the trade of the counties of An. son anil ttowan, wnicll tneti centred in Chaileston, would be drawn to the said town. John Sampson, Cornelius Harnelt, Maurice Moore, Hugh Watldell, Wm. Drv, Hector McNeill, Walter G bsOn, Alex. McAllister, Rich'd Lyon, Wm. Bartram nnd John Wil- cox, were appoiutcrl tommissioners io lay oui one hundred acres of land for said Town. By this acl the lots were' to be drawn; for, aud the drawers paid th'o pounds Proclama tion money, or ' Pioc' money, as It was called " for short," - A good and su!isfantial house was to b built cm each Ut sold, within three ears aftr'r tie sale, or the -lot reverled back from' the poa. session of ihe loy r. '- Itappcar th-it psrt of the one hundred acre of land whs in Bladeh 'riiuiitv'V add this art thcreforr? annexed that part of UI uleii to Cum bcrland. . . ,i; . -.' '.'V : The next act, pnsscd in 177jB, unites ihe tovn of Cam;jbel!to:f and the village- f Cross Creek, unrfff tho nane .f Ca uipbrllt n. Pt---&aMV. , Rolil. .Crw hratf; liewi- Bare-, Danl. Sydu-sltand, J,,.- IaiterMhv':"G.-orli b letcher arjd Robr. Rowan nec app oinh d Com nissiouersV, lay oui n, leguiate said town, value such i).o.-s were in lh: y i.f extending aiiy street a nd ha ve ihcm re moved." '--':' The ne;xt acf. wssrd in 1733, say riiat in consequence of die c. iilufion ocasimd bv the w.i', ihe tow of Campbelhon still coiiriiiu ed iu iN irreynlar form;, and the aidlowir, from its convenience, Sic., fnu-t ireressaiily become a great mart for thn nrodurn of ihe in terior, and thai il was found jhal Commission ers who resided in town, f-ooi the jarring in-tere-ts of different parties, could aree upon no plan ; iherefoie the town of Camf.helitou should henceforih be known as Fayettevillc, and the two parts distinguished as Upjwr ami Lower ; and Thos. Wade, James Gillespie, John Hay," Thos. Owen, Ambrose Rarnser, Matthew Joue nnd Thos. Person were ap pointed Commissioners." Tho prinripl streets to be one hundred feet wide, Thi act appointed Robert Cochrani Robert Rowan, James PaMerson, fewis Barge, Rrbinou Mumford, James Burges, and John Ingrnm, an incorjmrate body of Director fur 12 mouths, and provided that at-rhe expiration of that time, and every succeeding firat Monday in January, the people should elect seven Di rectors, in presence rf tho oUJ . Directors, and the Sheriff, of , ihe county, , which Directors should hare power to carry out ihe measures of the Commissioners aforesaid. The next act, passed in 1784, was for hv ing off the p'riucipal streets. Another, passed 1785, relates t the regulating aud restrain ing slaves, tic. . . The next act, pissed .17157, was for the belter regulation of ihe Town ; prescribes the time nd manner of electing Commissioners ; the oath of office ; requires n.Town Trrrasurer " bo appointed, and aTowoCJek; pre scribe the powers of the Commissioners; authorizes the election of a Magistrate of Po lice ; prescribes how taxes shall he leviecfahd appropriated, aud how taxable properly is tr be ascertained;' -and provider that covered porches or piazzas projecting into any of ih streets, ihall be subjected to, and be made to pay, ground rent, or be removed. No person shall be n , Commissioner who is ' uot an in habitant of the town, and .who does not own tv lot of land with a house 24 feet long, aud 16. wide on it, withe brick or -stone t himney. Another act, pnssed in 1 787, amon.r other things, requires the Commssiouer to nuhlr-W anntvd statements of the monies received nnU expended.' -7. ?;':-..'-- C- -,:.;' r Iu 1780, an Ordinance "was . Dnue io Conveuiion, of 22d of November," giving ! oyetlejriHe the right to elect ir borough mem ber to the Legislature. - :- r --':7 :-::YTb. be continued J - :' - ' E SaM!a4nill ofifined in die Ceslle ,Prrole. X& nwm rf hlr being fcg ied to Mexico, is incorrect, - :r-"' ' "-' .-4-- -"r-J!-. H,00? "C Bales, Senator fromMiw r. . 4 r