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For tho Sowlh Carolwt-ian. FIFTH DISTRICT DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. At a Convention of delegates from the sev--j tr&l couutle composing the r tub, Congres iuuul District, convened at Barclay Chape, near ,Mr. Barclay' in the county- of Cumber. 'ud, on Friday the 16th day of April, 1815, tiiQ folto log. delegate weie -iu attendance from . . " ' Chclham Wm. Footmen, Harinon 11 Burke, J 1! Harris, -RoM P Alston P K Alston, Win A RiveJ F Rives, J' J (Jbols t hi, J B pcjjrafiVorcui, TJejaVge Luther, Thos RsgJand, W Cross, Robt Marsh, and David ASurdeu: " Cumberland- A'fX Muichison, Archibald MvDiarrijid; J U Gee,' Charles Montague, Hc'v John Purify, aud D J McAlistcr. JoAnsfon James .ToQuioson, Danl Gard ur, K Steveu. A J Leach, J W Johnson, W A Walton, -Win IT Watson, and J W B Watson. Veers Wm D Harrington, Major Oliver, Johu M D Ray, cud Daniel Mccill. H5zfes--Wm. R"PooHv SamM W hitaker, Thomas G Whitaker, Isaac Rowland, Simon Smith, Willie Pope, Reynold Allen, Duncan K McRac, and J Julio Wheeden. ; IVtiuntr-Win K.Laiie, Spyeis. Singletou, cud Franklin H Hook. Y On motion, Rev. John Purify of Cumber land w'r.s called to pie's-ide,. and Messrs D J .McAy8ter"" of Cuuiberlaod and J Julius W heederi ii X ake we re appointed Secre cies. Mr MfcRae, of W ike, rose and stated the object : the Couvention to bo the selection f a candidate to bo supported by the demo cittic :muulicau paitv of the Fifth Congres sional DitUict. for a seat in the House of Representatives of the next Cong'ess; and made u motion (in oider that the several counties bhotild have iheir full strength in convention) thut earh county bo eutuisd to vote as follows : Chatham 4 vote, Cumber land 3, Johnson 3, Moore 2, Wake 4, and Wayne 3 which was agreed to. . . Ou motion of Mr McDiarmid, of Cumber laud, the rule requiting a majority of two third to nominate, wan adopted yeas 13, nave 6 Chnihim, Cumberland, Moore and Wake voting for. and Johnston aud Wayne against it. Pending Us adoption, Messrs. J W. B. WaUoo of Johnston, McRno of Wake and Lane of Wayne spoke against the tule A recess of some tniuute was iad fur the purpose of allowing the delegations to confer and take such step as they might deem most rouductive to their harmonious action. The convention having nain assembled, Messrs. Thomas N. Cameron, of Cumber- iauu county, J. J. Jackson of Chatham, Jurnes U. Shepard, end Perrin Busbee, of Wake, were put in nomination. On the firrt ballot, no choice was made ; on the sercud ballot, the name of David Reid of Cumberland, was put in nomination, but no election. Messrs Reid and Shepherd vee thfti withdrawn ; after the third ballot. Ml', Mfrs Cameron and Ja kson were iscSiawn, and Mr Dobbin put in numina--. i ki ; tne balloting was iheu pietty murh h- ift-n jyicrti uiHtxe ena Loomn ; :tidtrnbia in effectual ballolin. but niter tbo Con- ' u't'u allied unanimously on Mr Dobbin. ... - Mi-Rae's name was offered, but he ud tted to the Convention that he. bad i - '..ven the must remoto deir of becoming . ioriiJjte, his presence in that b dy aa a i-Hte would show, :i letter from Dr. T. N. Cameron wai re Iwd and read as follows:" Fatetteville, April 16, 1845. Seutlemeu: As my name has been spoken of in connexion with the nomination of a ciadidfcte for Congress from the Fifth Cou grcssional District, and as you are delegates lohe Convention selected to make the nomi nation, I havo deemed it proper to assure you that however much I might feel flattered by beiui selected aa the candidate of the demo cratic party for so high and honorable a feta tion, I yet feel that the pi enervation of the in tegrity . of tho party is of mote consequence than the gratification of any individual wishes, end have therefore to beg of you not to suffer my name, or the wishes of my personal friends, to interpose any obstacle to - that har- j mouv and unitv of action- so necessary to the! success of oor cause. Should thero be any other individual more likely to unite our political fiiends in the Dis trict than myself, 1 bust you to ill see the pro priety of at oace withdrawing my name aud" piviu; him your support. Our motto bhould be, ' principles, uot men." United, we are certain .of cces : divisions amongst our selves may caue our defeat. With the result of your deliberations I shall feel perfectly satisfied, audw ill give to the nominee of your Convention a-warm and cordial suppott. W i:h very great" rerpect, Vour fi iend and ob tserv't. THOS. N. CAMERON. To Messrs A. McDiarmid and J R Gee. Mr Wheedea, of Wake, submitted the fol lowing preamble and resolutions, which were un jutrnously adopted : Whereat, the present is a crisis iu tho affairs of our government which demands that the Presideut shall be well sustained 4y truwe who have elevated him to his' present position; and whereas our rate' able and faithful repre sentative (Hon R M Saundtrs) declines be ing again' a candidate for re-election to a seat in tho House of Reiiressulatives': -Therefore, I in,.', .u: -..; Resolved, That this convention, ha vim-tbe utmost confidence in the ability, integrity, and patriotism of JAMES C. DOBBIN, of Cumberland county, do nominate him as. he caudidate of the democratic republican party of the fifth Congressional District (whose icpresentatives we ace) and recommend bitn as a fit und proper person to be supported by them at the eusuing election. . . jA . fc Resolved, -Tffat we" are opposed to the e-tablishment of a National Bank, believing such au instit'ition to be inexpedient end un called fr. aud dangerous to the liberties of tho people. The history of the last Bank wot; h't'tt more thau a contest of the bank und M'-.-eisIs to obtain by the most Unuiii- r .i 'si Hfo'ts, by deceit, faod and corruption, v. . ai t. i'-s p r. u. : ic .nuui, M :e r, ;'ct t tCO p :3r A K.od government impeded, tbe purity r'.'s; :'.'r-ir'iei - nawr m us gndative Couocils stained, and the authority of the Conatitulion and laws set at defiance, by the influence of that institution. I" I832 its reebnrter was prevented by the exercise by Presideut Jackson of his connittrtioual veto ; and the"" people of. North Carolina and the Union sotatoed htm, though be was denoun ced as a self-wUled aud tyrannical despot by its servile followers. We bold it to be a dic tate of interest and a impule.ofpatriotum. now end forever, to oppose the establishment of a Natiid Bank. ' - Resolved, That we are in favor of the In dependent Treasury a system which pf opo es to let the people keep their own money by the hands of their own responsible agents. Resolved, That we are iu favor of a tariff for revenue, with incidental protection, but opposed to n high protective eystem without regard to the amount of revenue rawed, which benefits the lew at the expense of the many ; and that, in our opinion, the present tariff should be so modi lied aa to conform to the provisions of the act of 1833, commonly cal led the Compromise Act, or repealed. Resolved, That we are opposed to the dis uibution of the nroceed of tho sales of the public lands among the several Stales, for any purpose or in any manner, believing as we do, thi.t they were intended by ihe btates ced ing them to the general government as., n comntou fund for the benefit of nil. Resolved, That iu retiring from the ser vice f ihe District, the Hon. Romulus M. Sauuder carries with bim the good will and gratitude of every democratic republican, for his active aud energetic course in behalf of their principles, both in aud out of the Legis lative Hall. Resolved, That we congratulate our dem ocratic friend' throughout the Uoion . upon the passage by the late Congress of the Joint Uoo!utius for the re-annexation of Texas to the United States : aud that in behalf of tbo democracy of this District, we tender their thanks to the Hon. William H. Haywood, U. S. Seuator from North Carolina, for bis able and efficient service in securing their passage through the Senate. Mr Gee, of Cumberland, responded to the nomination. He thanked the convention for the honor done to Cumbeitaud county in se lecting one of her sous to bear aloft the stan dard of the democracy of the District in the conflict of the ensuing campaign it was due to her ; and he assured '.he convention and those preeut, that there need be no fear for the Mieces of their cause the cause of the people, of truth, and justice, and equal rights with Mich a leuder as James C. Dobbin. Mr. D., he said, was a geutleman of great piivate woith, of the purest mom!, comteous in langunge aud affable in manner?, poses- in talents of a hih o der, aud whose devo tion to democratic republican principles none could question. The opponents of Mr D , if indeed he s-honld have any, can rind no other fault (and Mr G. did not consider it one) in him thau this he rigidly adheres to the max im "Principles not men." Mr Mo Hae being called on for a speech, spoke tsoino time iu bis usual animated stylo. Mr Gee, of Cumberland, moved that a com rniitee, consisting of one member from each county, be appointed to correspond wiih Mr Dobbin, and request his acceptance of the uomiuatton ; which was concurred in. The Chair appointed Messrs R P Alston of Chat ham, McDiarmid of Cunibeilaud, Wm H Watsou of Johuston, Harriugton of Moore, McRae of Wake, and Lane of Wayne, said committee. Oo motion, it was unanimously Resolved, That the thanks of this Conven tion be and they are hereby tendered to Mrs Barclay for the kind :ind hospitable maimer in which she received aud entertained the members. On motion, it was ordered that the Editors of the democratic new spapers in this District be furnished with a copy of the proceedings of thui Convention, with a request for their pub licntiou. After a vole of thanks to the Officer for the mauner iu which .hey had discharged their duties. Ou motion, the Convention adjourned tint die. JOHN PURIFOY, Pres't J. D. McAlister, ) c 1 t . .r i U Secretaries. !. JULIUS YY UEEoEfl, J A SAD TRUTH. The Town, is tbe title of a new Saturday paper published in Iew lork, "devoted to Fun," but acidu'ated by some touches of rather sharp satire, which has just appeared, rroui the fact that there is moru life in if than in the mass of its oi d?r, we infer that it will live. Tho following extract arrays a grave, had truth, in a garb which may raise a laugh from tne uutniukiug : illlsSIO.MAnY CFFORT -At a . Z a r - v tr leccui meeitug oi ine A. o. Ks. A. I. U., a member proposed to employ a corps of coU porteurs to distribute tracts among, the ser vants of rich people, ho attend fashionable churches, while their coachmen and footmen stand outside, aud the cooks aud scullions are at work cooking their dinner. A shot! -nosed utau remarked that he had al way supposed that the prayers of the master or mistress might answer for the whole estab- .s.em. .. .8oi necessary, a prayer might be put in tbe service for tbo beueht of those who were outside holding the - horses, or at home roasting the turkey. , ' A very short, red-faced gentleman moved . t. . - .... t. - . . . mai a committee oe sppoiutea to .luquite "ether flunkeys have souls to be saved, or whether they were worth the trouble. For his part, he was in favor of Christianizing the the, South-Sea Island a first. Experience has proed.be said, that tbe lower classes of our people come do wiinout n- ; P inaur, a vommiuee was apuuiuieo - io as - certain the number of servants wbo stand out - side of our churches ever Sou day, while their master, are praying within what number are kept at work at home, and . whether they are tn a ukely Wly to get to heaven under then present ctrcuorstancee. uur own piuion is, that a fashionable pew ,on?Vle1ehch,oA cushions of vek vet and gold -clasped nravr hnnks-. flm couch .ort knr. rV ' . ' T . "" coacorneo aud toot - swrihsxi it ' -- . From the N. Y. True Suu.' THE TONE or the BRITISH 'PRESJj. We must aykwe have been much mued by the comments of the English presa brought by Jbe Gieat Western, on tho late messages of Mr Tyler and Mr Polk. In some of their remarks they, are certainly very satirical and very bitter. The truth is, tbey do not know what to make, of us-, Tbey fuel, they see end k no v tat the United Statef. America pre sent a spectacle not before witoessed since the world began, of - industry, wealth, enter prise and liberty, combining their influences, and producing in ball a century or a little more, result altogether beyond former prece dent, or even the wildest anticipation- These fixed facts ' are before them, end they are not to be blinked at or passed by. Whatever may be the color of the refractions ia oor po. iitical atmosphere, whatever cloud may pa over us, there is no denying on their part, the existeuce of a mighty Western orb revolving in' its own sphere, with regularity, with majes ty and with light. ..Astronomy tells us that the highest moun tains . on - our earth,, -,,w "tore disfigure its siihcricity, than the puckerings of 4t skin Im pair the rotundity of the orange. So with our .was if t i j- iinn country. J nc prejuaicea ooservers ofc Europe, though tbey. may discern a gulf here, and a cavern there, a dwpropoitioued eleva tion in one part, and a subsidence of wide ex-J tent in another, forget that all these inequali ties do not alter the great aggregate of our po sition, the i apid increase of oor population, Ihe general happiness of our masses, the fa cilities of life, the freedom of opinion, the boundless progress of education, and tbe recu perative energies of a nation, whose only con tests after all, aro vs, to what is. most to be cherished and revered. With all these impressions fastened on their minds, tbey caunot help looking west ward, to see what is the progress of events. Our trade is so important, at leat to them, that they keep up their diplomatic relation with the greatest caie. They send their cleverest men to reside amoni us as Minis ter and Consuls. They maintain at a large expense to their own government a line of steamers- They modify, little by little, their commercial regulations, as fur as they dare, coiiiteotly with their own safety. They send over their agents to travel here, and re peat what they have seen. Their merchants and bankers visit us with the most patronising air, and many oflheir Birmingham and Shef field clerk condescend to livo'amonii us, make fortunes out of American dollars, marry American women, aud njy American so ciety in grades they could by no possibility at tain at home. The Texas question is rather a haider pill for them to swallow than any which ' has yet been administered. The infinitesimal doses which they have taken at our hands, the homac- pathic treatmcut to which they havo been sub jected, has occupied thorn very much no doubt. A riot, n mob, a savage duel, a badly written President's message has kept them so far, loy al to iheir Kings aud Queens, und generally inimical to iho progress of liberty iu a republi can form. Repudiation ha also been of gieat .service to tho Cuzlish aristocracy. Tbo real or apparent inability of some of our Status to pay back pounds stuiling for railroad iron, and English credits withheld at the very turn ing poiut iu the progress ol our mternal im provements, has outweighed in their estimates the fidelity, responsibility and punctuality of the more commeicial States of Ihe Union, nod enabled the shrewd Premiers of England to keep English capital at home for a -bank rupt government to borrow, in its exigencies at thtee per cent., instead of its crossiug the At lantic to obtain seven. But annexation presents a new and fright ful aspect to t'.iese Islanders. ' Tbey do not understand it. 1 hey have annexed ludia, and some parts of Africa, the West Indies aud Canada, Australia aud a part of Oregon. They have thrust themselves into China, aud would have that if they could. In every part of tbe world has England tried the policy of annexation; aud by fotco of arms as often a by negociatioiu But when the United States seek to ally to themselves a territory settled by their own peo ple, au alliance sought by (he territory itself, wiih us necessity appearing evident to many of the wisest men iu our countiy, then indeed is there a fresh alarm in Eogland at our con dition, fresh fears are entertained for our per manence, and fresh abuse from the British press is sputtered foilh The real difficulty among ourselves with re gard to lexas is, as to the conditions on which she is to come into the Union. But ior mese, we imagine us reception wouiu op unanimously acquiesced in. But Eugland is tbe last uation in the world that should re- pioie the spirit ol acquisition and territorial aggrandizement in another, Wo find in tbe English journal some very curious remarks on Mr Polk and Mr Tyler. Sir Robert Peel has also expressed his regrets about u. It is really very un tot lunate we do uot please them. But let us bopo for the best notwithstanding 1 We imagine we shall sor- ive their misgivings. The extension of our territory is not a new idea. About half a rttfkTAtl Hair, nit- iha riAilapallAli f Ti.l.nn dcoce our statesmen of that time, our ooets and orator, declared that the Union was one day to have no boundaries bot the Atlantic and tbe Pacific, the frozen North, aud tbe boiling Gulf of Mexico. A certain poet and divine, of whom the Quarterly Review said he was called U wight, aud his "baptismal name was .Timothy,' at that early period declared that Xoth and south America would in. the course of events form pails of one vr eat Re s 0 m - - pubJicpo confederacy. , Let noi our frjends j aecoss the water marvel or grumble. " ; Wbati f must be. must" 1 v - ' Retusliq to- m free -A colored man who proceed his freedom iu Virginia, and now resides ia Connecticut, was very desirous of procuring the liberty of a daughter whom he left behind. The girl's master was solicit- ed under tbe circumstances to fix a low value upon her, and bo agreed to take three bun j. i n... rw--- n.j I -' vwssvwu BOO 1 drpostted here, accordins to ihe nroooeuion - I isou, iuu uu auv iuiio jntu uwr lamer ana oe I - r I . v K . m . - irer, sav reiuseu tne oner. .v. i . . v or. FOREIGN NEWS ARRIVAL of the GREAT WESTERN. She wa off Sandy Hook at 6 45 pi - m., making the' passage io 17 day and 12 hour. She experienced very severe, weather ou the passage. ' ; The rotton market was rather depressed. Business geueratly was brisk, but the corn trade was dull. Negotiations were going on between France and England iu relation to the right of search. , The Hibernia arrived on the 17tb ulL, and was followed by the Oxford, Rochester, and Indiana, with papers of the 1st inst., announc ing the intelligence of tbe Senate having pass ed the Texas bill. ' The Loudon Times i fierce upon the sub ject of annexation. Witmer aud Smith's European Times says: " The conduct of the American legislative bodies is a marvel aud a mystery to the poli ticians of Europe.". - Upou the subject of the President's mes sage, the same writer says : " The verbose Slate documents of the Union are little relish ed in England. The poii ion of the -"message which gives mo.t offence, inasmuch as it denotes-u" fore gone conclusion," is its alluiou to the Ore gon Territory. That Air Polk, is-right in his assumption may be established hereafter, or it may not. Parliament has adjourned for the Easter holidays. . ': . : Mr Aldam called the attention of Sir R Peel to a passage in the recent message' of ihe President of the United States : Tbo Uves when captured, instead of being re turned to iheij homes, ate tiau-ferred lo hei colonial possession.' io the Wet Indie-, and made the means of swelliiw tbe amount of their products by u system of apprenticeship for a lim of years." Ho begged to ask whether ihe Presideut was correctly informed ? Sir R. Peel wa not prepared to deny the assertiou, though he we nt about tho question like a skillul casuist. The missing (Wicket ships,. England and the United Stales, form a painful topic of con versation.' Like ihe uufoituuate President, the last trumpet only will bring to light the mystery which hangs over their Hue. Ireland, .France Spain,' Switzerland, aud tho ret of Europe were iu a state of quiet. China is iu quieacent state. Our adjusted scale of quotations, as given this day, when all cotton is free of duly . will show, os compared with Ihe last week, a very sensible reduction. This important change i) gain places cotton before the buyer at the lowest price of lat year. 2,500' American have beeu takeu ou speculation, aud 350 ditto for export. The sale of the week amounts to 28,920 bales. , From th5 Charleston Court r. Stanmer C." Yauderbili, April 14. GREAT FIRES IN VIRGINIA. Messsrs Kditors The Diamal Swamp is now on fire, and has been for twelve days. No rain has fallen iu that region for umic than two months. The damage sustained by persons engaged in the hiug!o and stave business has been immense one individual has lost at least $4000, and others 3000, $2000, and so ou, according to the force employed. Great holes, fifteen aud twenty feet deep, have been burnt, which, I under stand, is occasioned by the great amount of vegetable matter that has been accumulating for many yeats throughout ihe swamp. Thou sands ol' cattle aud other stock have perished iu the flames. 'One thing connected with this conflagra tion may be a source of some interest to your patrons. An old negro man and woman, with one child, ranaway from their matter twenty six years ago, nnd bavc never been .heard from until Tuesday last, wheu, being driven by the threatening flames, they "returned, to their master house, (7 miles from Suffolk, Ya.) accompanied by fifteen healthy children. all of whom,' except the eldest, were born iu ihe caverns of Ihe Dismal Swamp. A large number of slaves have been forced, uuder similar circumstances, to return to their mas ters, after au absence often, fifteen aud twenty years, y Largo number of wild beasts, of various species, have beeu seen iu the adjoiuiug woods, most of which are bear. In the neighborhood of Petersburg,, and along the lino of tbe Gaslou Rail Road, a de structive fire is also raging, destroying tbou sands of dollars worth of property; many valuable plantations have beeu swept clean. A great want of rain prevails throughout this enti'e section of couutry. In addition to the above calamities a dis ease is raging, proving fatal iu nearly every case, termed by some "6arjtr longirc il at tack 9 pat ieut in a variety of fornts. 1 could out team the symptoms atleuding this dire fid complaiut it is regarded a a uew type of disease, resembling not hint- else. Several hundred persons have already died iu conse quence of this disease. Respectfully, yours truly, , FYS. BRONSON, M D. Sale of A&asian Horses. The two Arabian horses, received ns a present to Mr Tyler, by the Consul of tho Uutled States at Zanzibar, from ihe Imaum of Muscat, were sold, pursuant to an act of Cougress, on Tuesday. Tbey are light grey, mottled. One, seven years old, brought $450, and was purchased by a gentleman from Louisiana; the other, eight years old, brought but $190, and was purchased by Dr John Baldwin - Dead. Obed M. Coleman, jhe - inventor of the celebrated Motion Attachment," died si his residence at Saratoga Springs oo tbe th insjL, after an ' illness of about af week. He had recently returned from Europe, - after receiving there the npptauses of the first mo siciaiis of the age, and a rauniSceut reward for his ingenuity. r The sfstar of Uaior Andre hssi rs.tW died in Eugland at tha chraiassJ ae of oioe- ty-oa 7esua- Several aUetnpts have been made to fire tbe rematoiug parts of the city of Pittsburg. From Iks Macon (Oa.) Telegraph. We have observed attentively for some tirre past tbe temper f a portion of the people io some of the northern States, and cannot de termine precisely their object. Whether jt be to drive the south eat of the confederacy, or to retain her, only to usurp ihe power ef altering and changing her institutions, as. their philantkt opic or vindictive feelings may sug gest. Mhe conduct of Massachusetts, in sending agents to interfere in the police laws of South Carolina end Louisiana, sufficient ly indicates their insolence and arrogance. The resolutions of C F Adams in the Massa chusetts Legislature, evince a systematic pur pose of agitations, until the whole north is' lashed into a frenzy, and becomes prepared for their desperate purposes. The Boston Atlas, in speaking of the an nexation of Texas, holds this language ' Those who are not u-illiug to rest under tbe exercise of usurped power, are at liberty io absolve- themselves from that Union jbrever. This annexation absolves each State from any further regard lo the Union." The New York Tribune sayst "The an nexation of Texas by mere resolution, is a revolution in the government. n "Aud after asking what is to be doue? auswers " te say resist to the last."1 . The Albany Evening Journal, in a strain still fiercer, speaks thus: What Is to lie done? Mr Bimey's faclrnu will probably ny peti tion. , Letlheor petition Cngress, they intghr a well pet itiou South Carolina or. Texas. The Iocf(coi will say. wait- wait, forbear. W'e say we have petitioned loogeuotigh. WV havo wailed and lrborue tou lug. Il the vbig paty now raise the standard of emanci pation. The territory f th United States is eulgd, . let us enlarge- the area of free dom " The Syracuse Journal, after interrogating hiinselli declares: ""Ihere can t but owe answer to fhv-e imjolant inquiries. It i coolaioed iu ihe emphatic language of Iho Albany Evenitig Jounal. "Lei the whig pa'ty now raise ihe slautlard ol cmanctpa tioii." , W hat is to be the result of this disaffection to the Union, this di-posit ion to combine paity organization wi htbe fury of latiaticiMtt to attack the south ? Time will determine if il be th ebullition of the- moment, or if there is method iu their madness. The Oroaf tuned at last. One of the most fruitful sources of pol it ical' gossip and guessing is dried up. We copy tho forma) announcement of the withdrawal of Messrs Blair & Rives, and the terms of the agree ment for ihe fate of the Glbe office to Messrs Ritchie aud Hoiss. The legal solemnity of the latter is agreeably telieved by the last pata grnph, prompted by the habitual politeness of Mr Ritchie. It appears, too, that the paper is to lake u n'v name, but ipav w e are uot in formed. It will be no easy matter to bud i ! one. The old paper had the earth, and Mr Fisk has appropriated the heavens iu geueral but wo leave ihe difficulty where we find it. For the rest, we were never more inclined to welcome the coming aud speed the patting iue-t." However much ability the Glbe has shown in the discussion of principles aud we give it credit for much it has ever been ready to drop them for persona! warfare. But we leave that too. Mr Ritchie sees prin ciples in a much clearer aud higher 'light thau most political editor he is scrupulous ly decorous in his discussions, a Virginia geullcmau, and n credit to that name too and he is opposed both iu temper and principle to pa'ty proscription. . He is to our. mind far tbe bt'st choice , Mr Polk ha yet made for office, and from this time we datu ' a little generous confidence ia the new Administration. Charleston Mercury. Every printer hn felt tbe inconvenience which tbe following article ia intended to remedy, aud all wi iters for tbe press, who have occasion to use tbo initial letters of proper uames, should attend to the hint : I vs. J. The plaintiff in 'his rasa setteth forth that J, surreptitiously, and to t'.e great confusion of all printers and other r cadets of manu.crip'. and to the serious detriment and disgrace r.flbe said I, hath taken and doth continually like iu chirograph y or baud writing, the form, fashion, and personal come liness of the said plaintiff; to which said J is iu nowise entitled ; aud tho said plaintiff ak etb of the honorable court, to wit, public in telligence, that it make i ordr for the re straining of the said J to his own proper shape; whereupon it is ordered that the said J d take and contiutie his owu proper and rightful form, differ iug fronr I that it passetb as far be low ns above tbe line." Expounder. , Coffee Bull and and Sugar. The war of the Bears iu the Coffee oud Suinr maiket waxes butter. It. rather appears, ou the wh le, that though tile present storks raiy fall off somewhat,, there is oo pro -pert of a dearth f these imp riant articles, aud much of the iHtse is made to order, f.ir ihe mere' sake of sreculat imi. Charleston JMetxury. The Hon. J. F. H. Claiborne has beeu ao- pointed Super in leod;ni if the Live Oak Forests of Louisiana. ' We learn, says the Mad Ionian, that the appointment of Minister to England has been offered to Mr. Elmore, of South Carolina, od that he has declined in on account of other engagements requiring hi personal alien! ko in inn oiare. There have been two masquerade balls i o Charleston. Henry C. O wens has got tbe contract for re-building tbe Mint in Charlotte ; operations have commenced, aud G. W. -Caldwell ia ap pointed. Superintendent of tbe building. Linevlaton Courier. If is said that the Postmaster General has been asgenify solicited by the nor thero stage owners, to set aside that part of tbe new Post Of5ce law which binds him to make contracts regardless of the mode of conveyance. As might be supposed, the Postmaster General will not do it. Copaiaopicattoam, ; . " Ferthe CroliiiaD. Zl DsTKKt I see ie the Carolintsn of the 6th inst, the proceeding of a roosting held at tit Bishop's, in rbich resolutions were offer ed by llr W. D. Harrtoglon, ceosmicg in strong terms another meeting which had jieeu ' previously -held at Sir J3ishopss and at which I was appointed one of the delegates to repre sent Upper Little River District in 4he Coun ty Convention. --.-r - ------- While I am far from thinking that the meet ing at which I was appointed, bad any secret design, (as charged by the last meeting,) of. thrusting any candidate upon the people against their consent, and contrary to their will, in duty to myself, I roust state that I was not at either of the meetings, and knew nothing at all of them, or that I was a delegate, until oue day before the meeting of the Coun ty Convention. 1 must say, however, that ihe erroneous and ill-tempered laugtmge of the resolutions . adopted by the second meeting, might well have beeu spared, aud with more credit aud honor to those who used it. ARCH'D CAMERON. The New Mavor of New York. The New Mirror of Saturday gives, the following repul lican anecdote of tbe new municipal first magistrate : Mr Haventeyer was educated at Columbia College, whee he took hi de gree'with tfeat redtt to himself.' The day a'ter his release from Alma' M; tor, h was standing, with his lath-, ou the steps of tho ogn bakwy, and th old gnitlerneu to- k the .po:'iiiity to ioquire iuto bis chice ta pro fessiott. I suppose, now "you have your ducat ion," said hs yu will te a lawyer or a pnysioitio y ietinrr sato me u. (:Aod what then?" exclaimed the father, a little so prised at his iA decision. f fi the tirt plac e, sir. I'll drive that car !' was the hrui reply, aud when I have been through all the suboidiuate steps nfyou' business, I'll share in the direction of it, with your leave !" He "suite i the action to the wod " for, calling to the man who was about leaving the door wiih a load, he jumped upon the cart, took iho reins and commenced his apprenticeship. H drove the cart for a yeat nuu lose gra dually thooh all ihe. stations of bis father employ till he finally b---i me . a partner aud au able one 'iu the business., if this is not n " peoul e's man," we have mistaken the chrysalis.' Judging from the Florida papers, it should seem that the first election under a hauge of government, will be carried on with much spirit and ex ilemcuf. The whig are deter mined lo ahow opposition to iho democrat, but it must bo with very tittle expectation of successfully couleudiug against a patty which possesses sulTiini numerical strength to put down all opposition, aud' which is supported by the populaiiiy it its principle-. 1 he deni- H erat ic patty has not na - el designated il caudidate for Governor. We fi ud iu the Floridian. several distinguished citiV.vus oi' Florida rrieuliourd as Jikefy to be placed be fore the democratic conveutiou soon to as semble at Tallahass'e. Among thein are the names of Col. ft. Itutb r, a geutleman well kuown as Adjutant General of Gen. Jackson at the battle of New Orleans , Col VY Bailej, a uative of eorgia, and whm the Floridian prefms ; Col. W. D Moely, aud Col. G. b. Hawkins. Several geutlemeu are spokru of as the candidates for the ofli e ou the par t 'of t whigs, who iutend to hold a couvcut ou, for the itoruinatiou of candidates. lttUita Constitutionalist. - - Rhode Island two hundred years ago, says the Boston Post, wa called the " Islaud of Error." Soveuty-soveu years ago, the Sous of Liberty advert ied it ns " a plague spot," because its majority favored Btitish tor y ism. rather thau American w bigg ism. In 179 Wahiugtou refused to pass through it, ' ou his visit to New'Eugland, because it tidily refus ed to come into tbe Uniou, and was as much a foreigu Slate as Canada. Aud to-day a portiou of its citizens are as alien in principle as a majoiity wete iu 1789. It is to bad that Thomas W. Dorr lie iu a prison for maintaining the great principles thut made us a liaiiou. Mr William Dodd, a la Hot living in Bos tou, who bad the mufurtuue to lose bis right aim iome years ago four inches below the el bow joint; invented au artiticn! ami which ha has woru for upwards wi three years wilb much practical advantage to himself. The lollow iog i a Nitiou of a letter addressed by him to the editor of the Boston Tiuuscript ou the subject : . After I bad - carefully instructed tuy left haod ru toaoy of the useful ads previously known by 'ho rtgbi hand, su-h as ihe Haige meut ol tiie pen, ueedie, razor, &.C., fcc, 1 lumed tny attei tiou to a seri;s of plan gesicu to ute oy intww ror supplying my lis by 'arlifK'iat means. At hst my attempts weie feeble and to iiltle purpose; but after trying u u umber .4 iogeoiou contrivances, and ex pending about $50 in cost. I have gt what I consider a practically useful aim. The fas teuings, &c, are extremely simple aud eay, and, when fitted bu ibe stump aud a gluvu on, h can scarcely be knowu from a natural arfn. Tbe iustrumeuts I use in connection w ith it are also of the simplest description. These, however, might be varied. according to the trade or ' calling of the person wearing it. With re-peel to myself, I coutiuue to work al my trade as before. 1 caunot of course g ahead " ai formerly, but 1 can do what three, years ago I should have thought knpostbr It is far. very far from a natural arm never, thelesa, it is n good substitute, f carae. inu this city in July last, since which lima 1 have made, (with a Irtllo assistaace from my wife ia the minor parts of the work,) 52 costs ef various desct ipttons, about 2Q pair of pants, and a general assortment of other work. Sealing wax is now-made so as to ignite by friction, which doe mway with the trouble of procuring a lamplo assist iu scaling letters. t It b stated in some of Ihe papers that the insurance ofSces in Pittsburg will not be hie to pay 2 per cent- This shews that the policy of insuring at home is to be doubt-