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From the Old North Stale. IMPORTANT TRIA L. A trtnl of h very Interesting character. 1Hk. place at Perquimons Superior Court last Week, Judge Battle presiding. It "as the case ot tho-State vsMVillis F. Riddick, for causiug the death ofhw wife, by administering to her at different times malf doses of stricinc. v : v : a the case has produced a good deal of ex- v cilement In the counties composing the Dh uirtl we propose to give the -substance of ih he principal .itd?gninVWtf. f"r tne prisouer. C At 2 o'clock on- Wednesday, the prison . cr - was placed' at trie bar. He is about 35 f J years of a ej and, but for a certain sinister ex rpresaion 'of .countenance, would by a very fine ' booking man." ' i . . ' . h .v liw pinitilJoo wniitaj - - r 1 . . . - t n f ik i-i 1 1 'till lV n,0g Jl i avbw'vm9 - CT" J , He testified that ho wa called in to see Mrs . . r ......... . , i n i- it r m mi 1 1 r r fiiivr.il nilM nn ihn Tuesday preceding ner uemo 4-that he found her with considerable fever, and supposed her to be laboring under an at- j . tack of liver complaint ; that he prescribed a t dose calomel, to be carried off with a dose or oil in the morning; thai he called thenext r. l -.......l ihn inpi run! iirjii nun i most hann v effect : he remai Iced that w ith a . . ,.nml itt.iKl'j rest she would be well iu the . ;;vuu " .. . . - morning, and prescribed a IJover powder, sent -across the street and obtained the Dover pow- der; that Willis F. Uiddick came into the room and complained of being sick , felt his pulse, and did not consider any thing the rnat It r wiih hio, but to satisfy him, prescribed a Dover powder for him, ha.uded him the Dover powder lor Mrs Uiddick, with directions Ijow L mix, and after going to hi offic e sent die l)iver powder. lor W- F. Riddick. That on calling the .-next' .(Thursday) morning, Mrs Uiddick was much worse, immediately otien ; teiiug the room she exclaimed, Oh doctor, I that enc-dkine." He inquired what he meant she replied that immediately after taking the 'XJover nowder. she felt a horribly bitter taste ni the mouth, great heat in the stomach, great -i .- . - - . . . - r c . . r . f . resnessnes, uimcuiry oi nremuioj:, mui '&he tried to relieve herself of the bitter taste by drinking two glasses of lemonade, and finally molasses and water, without obtaining relief. Dr II. could not account for thi action cfthe Dover powder as it was usually used as a seda tive; that he made up for her four small pa pers of calomel, and left her comparatively prii:f. At 2 o'clock on Friday morning was called to seo Mrs Riddick, as .she had got much worse found her suffering very much, am! on iuquiring learned the disagreeable symptoms before noticed returned with great violence; thought the effect of the medicine so strange, and Mrs Riddick so much worse, de termined to call in McFntosJi ; did so on his own responsibility, and after consultation, concluded that Mrs R. was then suffering un dir inflammation of the stomach, cupped her and afforded some relief, gave directions for - the free use of cooling drink", ordered an iu jection, and sent a negro woman for the pur pose that Willis F. Riddick objected to the negro attending . to hi directions, and (we think,) drove her from the house; that learn ing these facts prescribed instead ihuhatb and magnesia; that tnis prescription produced ef fects similar to those beforo mentioued, and grh;it afterwards on Mrs R's drinking a glass " of lemonade, the nausea, vomiting, heat in the Mothach, restlessness, spasm, &c. returned, that from this time Mrs R. got gradually worse, ant )a follAirinrrr Mmi'T" iVirnVnr-tr foul nlav. and suspected the presence ot tr c- That after iho death fjf Mrs Riddick. the stomach was examined, and found much inflamed, and its appearance such as repeated . small dose3 of stricnino would produce. On the Sunday previous to her death, W. F. Rid jdick culled Dr II. to him, and remarked that -ho feared there was no hope for him his wife would die; Dr H. replied that if she died, he, ;t;W. F Riddick,) must charge it to his own Ibrutality. - We have given, we believe, the principal points of Dr Henderson's evidence, examination, Dr II. proved himself one of the " most intelligent and soil-possessed witnesses , we have ever seen in a Court. A large number of female wimesse were examined, from whom no hing definite was elicited most of their evidence relating to Conversations which look place while S F. Riddick was absent. - One or two witnesses were examined iu relation to words used by W. F. RidJick in regard to his wife, which proved him void of affection or respect towards her. It was proved that Mr Riddick had in his possession a quantity of stricnine, stating 'that ho had used it, and would use more. ' ; - .The principal wituess for the defence was - the prisoner's own daughter, a beautiful, intel ligent and interesting young lady ofabout 14 years. She testified tint she attended her mother during her last illness ; that she gave her 4he mot of the medicine she took ; .she did not rccollert giving the Dover powder; that the papers seut by Dr Henderson she re ceived at the door herself; that her father did hot loueh them or have them in his posses sion ; that she administered the two first doses herself, and Dr Henderson the third ; describ ed the efiects produced on her mother ; that from the time of receiving the powders until the arrival of Dr Henderson, (six hours,) she did not leave the room, noi did her father en ter it, that she received' the dose .of rhubarb atid magnesia, carried the note to her father, who read it, and told her how to administer if, that he neither gave the I medicine, nor touched the paper containins it : that she rnrrde the lemonade spoken of, that poaslblr her mother might have put iu the water, but she cut up tho lemon and put iu the sugar, that her. father had nothiug to do w'uh it. We believe these to be the principal points of her evidence. Tho prosecuting Attorney produced a witness who testified that on :he morniug after the death of her mother, she had askedtho daugh ter about this lemonade, w ho at first recollect ed nothing about if, but after asking the second time, said that possibly her mother and a black woman might have made it. .t-'-j. -- j A number of physicians were called to tea tif to the character of Dover powders,'; etric uine, Dr flendersou's treatment, &c They generally spoke of Dover powders as a harm less medicine, told of what it was; composed, geheTalfy Wed as a sedative, but had been known Jo produce sickness of stomach," and vomiting, but nothing equal fa the effects "pro- . . i . i fhoiuey boughs of the lote tree, mingled with cane.-talks and other vegetable matter, extend ed along the margin of the watc, thrown up by its sullen waves, and covered with incrus tations of salt. Some ot us liad deterniinea to bathe, that wo might prove satisfactorily to ourselves the peculiar properties which, from the time of tho Roman naturalist, have been asserted by some and denied by others as ap pertaining to these waters ; but the dark and motionless extent before us, with curious lines of floating saline froth streaking its surface, at fir.-t rather made our hearts faint within us ; neither did the thorny barrier along its edge look at all inviting to cross with naked feet. Three of us did et last, however, venture in, and I do not hesitate to assert that the gravity of the water h is been but litte, if at all, exag gerated by former tiavellers. No sooner was I so far in that the water reached the middle of my body than I found the difficulty great iu keeping my feet, and soon floated like a log of wood upon its surface, without the .slightest exertion, each motion of the water moving me as it would arry dead buoyant ob ject, without creating any of that desire t kick and splash, which an inexperienced per sou iet Is in other ?eas when, as endeavoring to float, the heaving motion throws him off his balance. Science has now, indeed, un ravelled tho mysieiious properties of the wa ter, proving by the analy.-is of the fluid how great must of necessity be its specific gravity, when compared with o'.hcr sea--, this holding in solution such prt pouderating proportions of salt. Whilst I was floating on the surface a species of falcon flew from a neighboring precipice,' wheeling over tho water iu its flight ; a fact only worth mentioning because some have asserted that the noxious vapors arising from it cause ihc death of any bird venturing near. The nauseous taste of the water of this lake has been noticed by ma uy travellers, neither is it probable ihat any one who has once tiicd it can forget the scalding bitter left upon his palate. The salt, indeed, is ao intolerable, that it is impossible to avoid ejecting it almost as soon as it enters the mouth. u Lea v i ng ou- pecul ia r bath, . wef b.. t i,vjlffif,i: lion as if of being rubbed with red hot irons, invading my skin, rendered me perfectly mis erable, whilst an incrustation of salt was ou my body quite suflicieut to destroy all com fort, without tho acute smarting which it caused. Collecting a quantity of the small poitiotis of the bitumen, which is thickly scat tered amongst the gravel on the shore, and seeking for but not finding any shells or vest ige of shell fish, we toiled up the ascent to wards the fountain again to join our friends. 15 ut Mr Witts and I, 'tortured with the excru ciating punishment we were suffering from our bath, were compelled to stop and lave ourselves with the fresh water of tho stream.' SiSGULAn and Suspicious Circumstance. A stranger who said ho came from the Stateof Ohio, and who gave in his name as Milton Fowler, was" found last Friday in the President's House under very suspicious and singular circumstances, such as naturally to create some alarm, and induce the belief that the man was laboring under mental derange ment. . He intruded himself into the private rooms, and was found walking about the house with an open clasp knife in his hand. Being asked by a gentleman what ho was doing there, ihe stranger immediately asked ihe geutleman if bo 'was the President, and being answered in the negative, the stranger remarked to the gentleman he had no right to question him, or words to that effect. An officer being sent for, the stranger was taken belVe Justice John D Clark and committed to jail for safe keeping and Anther examina tion. - The man talked somewhat incoherent ly before the examining magistrate. About ihe person of the mysterious stranger were found two loaves of bread and two hollies of wine. Our statement of this singular affair is derived from . the officer who took the strauger into custody. Milton Fowler, the person under commitment, says he is a native of Connecticut, and has resided of late in the State of Ohio.-- J"at. Intelligencer. Iowa. The people of this territory having rejected tho new Constitution just submitted to them, new plans are pin forth. Among others, the Dubuque Express proposes, that the legislature just elected, and which assem bles in May, shall take measures . for calling a new Convention to devise another Consti tution, with such boundaries as, may be ac ceptable to Cougress. Admitting ihat the boundaries of the State, as defined in the re jected Constitution,, were too extensive the Express proposes that the Missouri river shall be insisted upon as a western . boundary, and that a limit shall be adopted on the north which shall exclude Dubuque, Clayton, Delaware, and other counties from the proposed State. The couutry thus excluded, it is proposed, shall form a new Territory, to be called the Territory of Washington. The boundaries of Iowa will be so much reduced in ibis way as to relieve Congiess rf0ni auy objection ou this score. ' duced ou Mrs Riddick. Dr Ratlin reiaieu a case under his charge, in which, after the patient was free from disease, he beiieveq had been killed by a dose of Dover powd lers. We learn that after an absence olio min utes, tho Jury returned a verdict of. luu- '! ' ' - The following passage isfirom a new woik entitled ' A journey from Naples to Jerusa lem," written by Daw.on R-rrer E .q.. BVTfUNG IN THKDEAD SEA. "Tarrying a few minutes beneath a large lute tree, we, giving our horses to our follow er to hold, proceeded on foot down a slope of considerable extent, leading to the very shores of the sea. The soil is here exceed ingly rich, and we found one or two Arabs ernployiug themselves in weeding beds of a kind of cucumber very much like vegetable marrow, which was thriving luxuriantly ; the ground is, indeed, amazingly fertile on this declivity, aud well irrigated by the waters from the fountain above. At the foot of this slope we rame upon a bed of beach, and quietly stood upon the margin of the most extraordi nary sea that man ever gazed upon. A line of dead and prickly rubbish, formed chiefly of i. From the RateiffhiStandard.- "r-- ? GEN. ALFRED DOCKER Y; Or tltc man, according to his oicHydescription i of tre(tl firmness of purpose and strength of intellect." ' The notoriety acquired by this gentleman as an unscrupulous whig partizan, and by his insulting and overbearing course during the exciting scenes which .markedie organi zation of the Senate of North Carolina at its last session; :' joiued Ho his overweening per sonal vanity, very justly exposes jjim to the censures of the - democratic press , It has been charged by one of our "corn rpondents that, during the late session, Gel Dockery wrote an article for The !udepMi(int lauda tory of himself. This ch&rge has bejt prompt ly and stubbornly denied by his fri rds : and whether the matter itself be of sufieieut im portance to justify, this article, it s at least due from us to our very respectable rrespon dent, especially,-os we have all tte facts at hand, to set them forth, and let He people judge for themselves. ' .""' 5 Now let us, with all becoming olemtiity, go into the facts, and see how tiey stand. Firstly : In the correspondence bctVeen Col. Wheeler and Gen Dockery, the orginals of which are iu our possession, the furrier calls upon the latter to kuow whether "le article iu question had been furnished" byiim. In reply Geii Dockery alludes to ceitak charges preferred in said article ayarusi vor.w neeier, and says he " conceives" he was " illy justi fied" iu saying all ho did " iu tluarticle." To this Col. Wheeler replies, and lays, 'iu tho mticle, &c. written by yourslf" to which the General made no answer. This is proof number one. Secondly '. TheFayette ville Observer denies o.nphatic.illy atl in the broadest term-, that General Docker wrote the article iu question, and brings frward a correspondent, who says "Gen. Docery did not write one word of thearliclo refeed to," but that be, the correspondent, wrote it him self. This is contradiction uumbr one. Fhirdly'. :' The Independent goes ito the matter, and, by way of bringing thoacts to light, makes the whole subject as dailas pos sible, lie says "Geu Dockery Jmished Mr Stringer with some minutes afi'ecing the character of Col. Wheeler" ihe samenficle. Here i-! proo'number two. He saysfuither that vvheu the matter was in type heead it over, and directed "seveial paragraph: to be taken out ;,: but we do not hear that heJirect ed any thing to be put in so Ihe pif was neither taken out nor put iu by the lnfepen dout. The Independent also says thetrticle was in the 'haud-writing of ihe Reprter," and, on ihe contrary, the Observer's res pondent -says he thinks the communratiou " was settcr" when taken . fionii his ands. This is contradiction numbei two. Bufafter all, tho Independent comes faiily downiipon his knucklebones and says, he does not 'iuovv that General Dockery did wiite the jrords above quoted, 'great fineness of purpoj and strength of intellect, 'J and cannot say tlt he did not." This is a beautiful mixtu of I did nnd did'ni, and deserves to beiyled darkness visible. Here, then, we havo it. tien Difkery admits over his own signature, that hevrote the article in question. Tho Observer, who is presumed to kuow more about it thai the General does, denies that the General vote wVMVays tie wrote it. Mr Loriug, who oubiia od the article, says Gen Dockery furnished hs Reporter with "some minulesi" that he, lb Editor, look out several paragraphs, but pt none in ; and finally, he says he does nt know whether Ihe General puffed himself iT uot. ! We have staled the facts, and now leap ihe constituents of Gen. Dockery to drar their own conclusions. If the General dl noi puff himself, and the negative can be a certaiued, somebody , ought to make him a! apology; but if he did, why then , we thiui he ou-jht to be run for Congress in ihe Ricrj mond District. Wherefore? Why, good sit, look at tho advantages of having such a can didate. The whig Editors might absolutely He upon their oars. Puffs could travel frot; Richmond, or from any point at which th General might touch, to Raleigh, to Fayette ville, and to Greensborough, until the wholtj District kindled, and glowed, and flashed wi;ll the praises of the whig candidate. Bu enough of this. We leave the General, uo exactly "Leaning dejected on his club of conquest,' but to his repose upon his own "firmness oj purpose and, strength of intellect. The Intelligence from ErUnorE by the: steamer Caledonia was published last even- ing at this office. The present ministry of Great Britain, anxious to retain their places and avert the disastrous overthrow with which they are menaced by a powerful opposition, propose a war vv;th the United States for the possession ol me Urcgon territory. I hey attempted to bully us out of the annexation of Texas, aud now resort to the same empty va poriug ou the Oregon question, not only with a view to the manufacture of . political capital at home, but with the hope of yet preventing annexation by operating upon ihe 'leafs of the people of Texas. War, under any circum stances, is a calamity. But a war for the maintenance of right is not only justifiable but honorable, and should it be necessary to resort lo the dread alternative, England will fiud in ihe United States an antagonist neither powerless nor contemptible. other millions of oppressed men in auother part of the United Kingdom would be active participants. Is she prepared for domestic insurrection a i nome lor the severance of ner colonies .' for Irish independence? for Scotch nationality? for the repudiation ofhei national debt aud universal bankruptcy ? I she is prepared for all these events, then she m -, ugwuu to jngnias Drilltant as day, without the aid ol talk .! a war in which all Europe would be ol or candle. The "asometer can be nhced involved and in which five millions of her ii the same room, or'.l?l uomeaiic staves, or lactory operatives, with h th may war the United States.; A war forf stand lhat this appoimment heen Oreson would be nnnu hr .oK iho ,..r .J... . Ti v" n8S wen.tender- the Umted States, and the British ministry! ....en ii is too isie, mat in proposing this4lternalivr, they have committed an error which must result calamitously for that arro gant de-poiler of nations over whose destinies they now preside. AVw York Sun. -,:Y From the Albany Argos. ' ; " - OUR CLAIM TO OREGON Great Britain claims, without reservation, all the territory north of the Columbia river, and with an equal right to navigate that river. it is said that she has offered to make that river the boundary between the two govern ments. This claim, if allowed by tbe lfnited Slates, would take full one half of the Oregon perhaps more. To this, our ' country - will never accede. During the discussions in the papers and ic Congress, - our title lo.lbe 49th parallel was considered valid and un questionable. :J '. - Y".:-J s : W. i:- c The American title rests upon the strong and acknowledged right of discovery. - Capt. Wray, of Boston,., iu the year 1792, iu the ship Columbia, entered for the first time the great river of Oregon, which he named after his ship, the Columbia, and to ihis day it bears ihat and no other name. This is of some moment, as there is a law of nations which reads thus: .The nation which discovers and enters the mouth of a river, by implication discovers the whole country watered by it." In virtus of this discovery, the Columbia valley belongs to the United States as against Eng land. As if to perfect our title, it is not de nied Ihat the Lewis and Clark and Wallamette rivers, its tributaries, which spread through all Oregon, were first explored by Americans by the expedition sent out by the American Congress at the suggestion of Jefferson, under Captains Lewis and Clark. There was a minuteness and a fullness in their dis coveries which give the highest authenticity to a title founded upon prior discovery. - Oregon is also ours by purchase (iu 1819) from Spain, undeniably the first discoverer and occupant of ihe coast, even as far north as ihe 55tb parallel. In 1819, Spain, for a consideration of $5,000,000, ceded to the United States Florida, and also all her rights, title and chirr, to all territory on the Pacific coast north of the 42d parallel of latitude. The only circumstance calculated to weak en tho perfect ness of the United States' title, is ihe well known Nootka Sound contest (in 17S9) which terminated in a convention be tween Englaud aud Spain, in the year 1790, some twenty years before our purchase from Spain, aud with which conditions our title is undoubtedly clogged. The terms of that con vention have been the source of infinite dis pute. After an examination of the terms of the treaty the debates in the English Parlia ment when Ihe treatywas laid before ihat body tho contemporaneous action iu relation to the surrender of the English possessions on Nootka Sound, which .had been seized by Spain which surrender, by the way, an Eng lish bisioiian, Belsh un, insists was never made the whle convention seems lo be re solved into a joint occupancy on the part of Englishmen aud Spaniards lor commercial purposes. Such a one now exists and ha existed for Iweuly-seven years between Great Britain and the United States, jo relation to ihe very same territory. Yet we 'doubt wheth er any American considers that we yielded iu the least our ultimate title to ihe Oregon, by Ihat -joint occupancy. Applying tho same pi iociple to iho coaveut ion between England aud Spain, and the conviction will arise thil the title was left iu abeyance to be deter mined by subsequent agieernent. The fol low in" it a clear summaiv --- 1. Discovery of ihe mouth of Columbia river by Capt. Gray, of Bot,n, giving the name of his vessel to Ihe river.' 2. The discovery of the head of the same river by Lewis and Clark, under the authority of the United Stales. 3. The settlement of Astoria under the auspices of Mr Astor, an American natural icd citizen. 4. The treaty of 1S03 with ihe French re public. 5. The treaty of Spain of 1S19, acquiring all rights of Spain to laud north of 42 degrees beyond the Rocky Mountains. 0. Tho Nootka Sound contest (1789) ber tweeu England and Spain. 7. The treaty of Utrecht (1763 between Franco and England, settling boundaries this settlement becoming ours, ;s iho succes sor of France, iu that part of her dominions. 8. The treaty of Ghent (1815) restoring Astoria to the United States as American pro perty. 9. American citizens were once in sole possession of the Columbia river region. Even should the Nootka Sound conven tion be considered a cession of titlo and sov ereignly lo England on the part of Spain, it only applies to the places named therein, mid those are situate north of iho 49ih parallel of latitude. It is well remarked, Not an inch of soil in Ihe valley of Iho Columbia and its tributaries, were included iu the provisions of ihe convention of 1790." South of Nootka Sound all parties in this couutry concur ihat lour title is "clear and unquestionable." And ihere is uot the remotest probability that our reople will ever consent to surrender an acre Though this question is evidently surround ;d with complicated difficulties and embarrass nents, growing too, in no small degree out of he joint occupancy, we have the hope that it till be settled peaceably, houorably and satis ictorily, under the auspices of our President ad his able Secretary of Slate. A gentleman of Baton Rouge, La., has in tuited an office or parlor stove with a gaso neter attached, by means of which enough js can be extracted in day time to make pan is very simple, and in the opinion of Hose who have seen the plan, cannot fail to succeed. j The Secretary of ihe Navy is about to make $ tour of the different Navy, Yards. 'vfe Charge to New GRENibAWe tinderi ru iuai mis appointment has hn t-nA-. ed the Hon. B. A. Bidlack, of Peonsylvania. Nfitr - York Pnr n, - nt.i r . . . - . i nr was received in town last evening that John Lonmer Graham ha. been removed from the office 'of Pommasier,' and that Ex- muyur morrw nas beeu t appointed; t l , . m ui . vuuuuciors. ADC llEXico-Tbe New Orleans Beo of tbe fy, the Yozrdel Pueblo of the 5th io- tantt Coutains a considerable portion of the memorial addressed to the Chamber of Depu ties by Don Lui Cuevas, JUinister for For eign Affairs, on the nbjec of ' annexation of Tpas.' We have been struck on its perusal. by the comparative moderation of its tone, and by the ingenious array of argument in fa vor of the peculiar views put lorth. He frank ly admits that a War with Texas presents pe culiar difficulties which merit grave consider ation, before the Republic determines upon a series of barren sacrifices. : v 'The population of Texasho argues, is en tirely foreign ; they have no sympathy with the Mexicans, and their political, social and religious principles are entirely opposite those of Mexico. To attempt to annihilate such a people, or induce them to abandon their terri tory, would be less thau absurd. . 'To believe that Texas could continue united to Mexico would bo an inexcusable error. No power within the scope ot Mexico could accomplish such a labor. The difficulties attending a recognition of Texan independence" (we continue to give Senor Cuevas' views) are very serious, con nected as is such a question with the integri ty, and with previously expressed determina tion to wage war on that refractory province. But these two extremes are fortunately not the ouly points lo be considered. The pertinaci ty with which the United States Government pursures its object is well known, and there can be but little doubt that this re-union wilt ultimately, take pliee; under these circum stances the recognize! ion of the Independence of Texas maybe viewed as a giave alterna tive; and it merits attention, because , it may enable Mexico to prevent annexation to frustrate the incorporation within her own do maiu, of American tenitory. Tho memorial,-therefore, suggests a Nego tiation with Texas, and though it. docs-not say, what is to be the fruit of s.ich negotiation, ihe whole scope and tuor of the reasoning lead to the inevitable conclusion, that the in dependence of ihe younir republic is t be the subject of diplomatic intercourse. Frm the rlminnton Chronicle. REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS FROM THE WILMINGTON DIS TRICT. It may gratify some of our readers to see a list of the names of those who have represent ed this District iu tho Congress of the United States from tho time he State entered into the Union. We have, therefore,; compiled one, which is hereto annexed, with the lime of ser vice of each Representative. When Noilh Carolina acceded lo the Union' iu l?90, she was by the Constitution of the United States entitled to five Representatives until an enumeration of tho inhabitants sh old lake place, when, in common- wiih the other States, sho wri-s to haw-one Representative lor every thiity thousand inhabitants Representatives. '" ' v' ;-".:.' . ' ".' ' IN. OUT. '91 '93 99 1SJ3 '05 '11 '16 '17 '19 rim. Blo .rl wor ib,t of N. FiTauV. 1790. Wrn. B. Grove, Cumberland, '91 James Gillespie, Wm. H- Hill, James Gillespie, 'l'hortiua Kcnnn, wi.-n ;ivfiig,'i" Charles Hooks, .Bladen, c N. Hanover, :. Blade i), . Dojrlin, ' .. Sampson, '93 '99 '03 '0.3 '11 'lfi 17 'J9 23 '29 '31 Duplin, James Owen, (Ihen Bladen,) Charles Hooks, . .Dupliu, Gabriel Holmes,'" Sampson, Edw. B. D-jdly,jj ,N. H anover, James J. McKay, Bladen, - "So '29 '31 1 A It is rtbservable that Bladen county has fur nished Representatives for twenty-four years of the fifty-three since its formation. Mr Bloodworlh was a member of Ihe Con gress of the Confederation in 178G and '87. In 1795 he was elected U. S. Senator nnd served a full term of six years. William Hooper and Cornelius Harnett, both also of Wilmington, were members of" the General Congress previous to iho adoption of the Articles of Confederal inn, tho first from 1774 lo '77, the last from '77 lo 'SO. : fNow Minister from ihe United Slates to France. "Afterwards Governor, elected by the Leg islature. - - - Ii Elected Governor by the people in lS3C. the first under the new Constitution. Black Tongue. Wr larn ih - " ------- "M IVWIUI' day last, Mr Henry . Dicken, of this county. ureu wnn inisureaolul disease and that Mr larkey Savage aud wife, living : near Mr Dicken, died with the name disease a few days previous. MY Dickon was in fhe 45th year of his age, and had been married only about two months. This distressing disease is creatine conslcrnnlion in varimu nr rr : - - - - - f'm " " the country. In Northampton and Halifax . r ... i , . cou uues we learn several Ueaths have occur red. -1 arboro. l'ress.. -r . . . - - Infidel Convention.-. Yesterdav ihe In fidels held three, public meetings. Ai th Coliseum, in tho evening, the audience a mounted lo six or seven hundred. Mr Owen the socialist, was the pi incipal speaker. He , in imi, mat the world was a great lunatic avlum. I1nv .ImlLr m 4 J " assertions wcie made duriogtbo .even in". socceeaeo Mr U. on the platform. We did uot perceive anv sifrnsrnthuiasrii in the audience during Mr Owen's addres. It is Said that bv nlanlinV I n9i nrnnnrl lhi root of peach tref . iK' will he effectually driven off.-. - . What NExxYJCRiwrrt. magnetic clocks. which never require ' inding. have been , in vented in England by a 3Ir Braine. CrivvB v .TrrrtnN's Papers. The Globe says a ? letter has been received by Mr Blair from General Jackson, informing the. latter that be has left oil his papers' to him, and re quests him' to use them iu vindicating , his character should it be assailed. W- ' A fady at Lowell proposes to open a school to teach; young ladies r crewcll work"- -as though they did not already, under stand it pef- fectly. - ; " PBBiOCttATgg" e meeting: u M a ctsetttts oTa nort;n., r.L . pwiy hold aMie Court JloiTofBSSb! ihe -insffjTormrpw of'respohd'ine lo the uominatioo of James C. Dobbin Esq oh mot io n of'apt. Gee, " Geo. jj;- H0ti-W V.mn. . ; tan oWllo,! 1il.rL: f LI; .... rr Bay ue wa appointed Secretary. ' ' A rommiitee of four, appointed for the dun ose, namely, Messrs Sion Harrington, Robt offered ihe following preamble and resolution., which were unanimously adopted : ' " ; Whereas at a Democratic Convention composed of delegates from the several coun ties lorm ing the Fifth Congressional District held at Mrs Barclay's in theicounty Gf Cum! lerland, ou the 3d Friday in April last, for the" purpose of selecting a democratic -candidate for Congress ih said District, ihe name of our respected and talented fellow citisfen J.$A1E& C. D O B B I N, wa s u ua u imousfy prese f?feo (of the support of the democratic party, therefore' Resolved, Tbnt we, off behalf tf the de'j mocracy of CumbcrlantL coOnty, exfress thy high gratification they feel nt the honor con. fcrred upon them by the Cohventioii, in se lecting one of their fellow-county-men as the candidate (or this responsible and honorable statiou. .. "' j V---" '. ' Resolved, That we cordially approve thd nomination, and take pleasure in expressing our confidence in the patriot urn, integrity and talents of JAM ES C. DOBBIN. Resolved, That iho democrats of Cumber land will warmly and unitedly support the nominee, and earnestly and confidently rely upon their democratic b-ethren in Ihe other counties, of the District, to join them iu usiu atl honorable means to effect his election. After passing the usual order for the pubfi. cation of tho proceedings &c, the meetini; adjourned. ' . . " . - GEO. S. HODGES, Ch m. ar at " " VM. II. Bayne, Sec'y.' ' - PASQUOTANK COUNTY. At a mectinc of the democrat of Frtuo-f tank county, held at the Republican frrhonli house in the 14th of April, 1842, Kobf. Mot-' gan,,rsq.j was called t the tFtoif,' wn'q , Ytttt I). Pi itchard, Esq., uppryyrfed Secretary. Ort mo i ion of Col. J ws. C.- ciff, Dr Chni les E Ballad moso aud1 stafedlhe objectof the meet, iog. : '."--'-' )'-": ''.'. ' . . Whereupon trie Chairman appointed the fol lowing persons to draft resolutions expressive of the sense nf this meel iiig, ; viz : CoJ. " Jas. C. Scott, E. L. Whiiehurst, E-q., E. L. Ste phens, aud Dr C. E. Ballard. ' The following resolutions vvere uo,rhi'fred to the mectiiig and miauiiiionsly adopted Resolved, That Ihi-i meeting appoint fivtY delegates to represent this County ? in ihx DiMrict Con vention lo be held "at GaletiviKe, on Monday ihe 19th of May, 1845, for the purpose of selecting a suitable person to tepre--seirt the 9th Congressional ' Disti id iu the next Congress Vf the United Stater. Resolved, :-'Tb:il we will lay aside all per. sonal preference and support the nominee of the Convention. ; : . . s : Resolved, That we most earnestly Solicit our democratic friends in the other counties of ihe District, to h.ld oireiiiiKM for thp - pur Vnse or sr?iiding-Jef,.g ,ian said Cdnveiition and that we further more soliil their ronrnr rencc with im iu regard to the time and place. Under -the' fi st resolution," the following gentlemen weje appointed d. legates : Dr C I.' It,. tit. r, I - iV... V : r c i .. ........ UJalillll, ) . LJ tMOKCiy, Daniel Sawyer and James Barber. " On motion of E U Slepho:is, the name of Col. JasC Scott was added t the delegation. Ou motion,' that the proceedings of this meeting be signed by the Chairman and Src ictary, and a copy thereof forwarded to each of lh Editors of the Old North Stnl; North Caroliuian, Standard and Old Dominion. On motion the mee'irjg adjourned, ROBERT MORGAN, ChV Wm. D. Pb itch a bp, Sec'y. TUK PINE. There waa a poet once did ng ; Of ihe old poplar tree ihat stood by the prrng ; 'And lhGCVOrii( and mvrtli. linVr h.'n m..l..l.iino So I'll sing of the, my friend, Old Pino. ' Son of the loiest hie head In? rears ' Above his brothers, and nought he fears : Tho wintry bl.mfa arc passing by, - And lingering leave their whispering sigh. Son ofih i forcpt thy form is rouh, And 1 1: coat thou w-arest, true, 'tj tonsil ; But who'd dislike thee becaime of thy akin. Was their heart, 1 ike lliine," so fair within 7 The farmer would not; for like to thee, Though Ins coat be fonh, 'what he :detfihcf Foi a heart that's, noble ami free from pridr, Yo i'll firid at fhe farmer's ftritriuc, ; Son of the forest : for long agts ffal Thy head' 'been exposed to the w-fnfry hfaaf. And though the icinteais were rode and keen. They have noi changed thec tlmu'ati'l art green ; t.i . i i.n : 1 1 iia u n - - . Dv the lislitnnSs stroke or the woodsman' blow Stilt whisper the rrqniems of age to lorrif, As they pass thee by in thy woodland home. I love thee, old fricniT, and w ith rpct, ! I view thy form arit stands erect, - 1C- And list with pleasure to every aign ft. r Thou lenrtcft the breeze ai it pai by ' Live on old frjerrd-for years to come 4ij '-" ' - Reigii the. prdo and the hoaet of ihy forest home 't And whei at last yoor life aha 1 1 fade, -VVV',;-:?- May you sink to rest in the quiet shade.-. -'. Eastern Anecdote. As a woman wao valking, a man looked at her and fnllrmel htr Why do you follow me ?" asked the;-woman, r- i'-r- !'-'" :" s -,Becaj;se I have fallen in love with you !" was the repIy.V ; . Z- Why- are you in lovo with roe !" said the woman. - - My. sister: is handsomer ; she is rnmiriT aflr mn nn and ni.1i. .-n.. tn hmr The man turned back; and saw a woman witb an ogly face ; being - greatly dwpieased.: he turned to tho first woman and said ;U y Why did you tell me a falsehood ?'- X ',-- ? Neither didyoti apeak the truth," replied! the' woman, ' for if you weie really in lova wiih jne, why did you leave me to look upon. ny sister V . $4 .ft. A 2t -
The North Carolinian (Wilson, N.C.)
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