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' ixbBBiNliiv jotiiisrroN and V-VW AVNE.--:v:.. r . . ' , ;?-Vt jhe. t' ' ""lice of Extracting the losing parngiaph aa fulluwn : cjfclr TJobbui's speccn.ai aiminneta, turmsnt -5if. friend ; aud we find! iii the Stan Jaid r. A Yed fnesdayii oUts" of him at Sin ilhfield and : f rl i V ay nesrpjy shaU pass-- over Uie first, ' r ' ,Tttii"5peech "nve uuiversul 6utisftctiu to , - "lhV.deiuocratu, qud iuatiy of the whigs were p-t!eawi:wiih'ii'- Oue came tip to Mr Dubbin -,:Si''S-ftft .the-Court : House aud s.tid, "Sir, I . Jtam Vhlg.rbut J sfaall vo(e. for. you because I c- b'Vtt lat are for your couutry.' Many ,oher ,whi wero conviuced of the cotrcctoe 'thT'do'clune,!! wi!lbeoeu in August next, - htn you hear from J O U NS 1 O . " ' And publish . MR DOBBIN IN UAYNE. I s We present to our readers the following 1 inteieling sketch of Mr Dobbin's .-speech, at " " U'aynesborough, just received from an iuttlli geijt correspondent at Goldsborough : " (Joldsborough, Vayne, Mjiy -30, 1845. Dear Sir U Wc had yesterday a very plea sant " re-union" of the good democrats of this county4' the first of the season." 'I he ; occasion was a visit from 3Jr Dobbin. No ; tice of his, intention having been received a . few days before, a goodly number of sturdy yeomanry were in attendance nt the Court - y Houe, expressing some anxiety to form nn acquaintance wi:h a gentlecnan occupying that position in the public eye he now tills. 'Twas his first visit to Wayne a peisonal stranger to ail of us. It is well known, aud must have been known, to Mr Dobbin, that the first choice of Wayne previous to the Convention was a young gentleman, who had ,been fre quently among us, and whom iur old men rberished as a hopeful son, and our young men as a loved brother. Piobably some little uneasiness was felt by both the visitor and visited.- If such was the case it was soou dis--sipated. After spending an hour in familiar discoursR with his new-formed acquaintances, evidently to tho satisfaction of all, Mr D. commenced his address by s!.itng concisely the cause of his being before us- that the place ho occupied was unsought by him, and that, had his, wishes been cousulted, the nom ination would not h.-ive been made. He was flattered aye, proud of the high honor con ferred on him by the Convention, but would much prefer another should have received their-fnvbr.r He could not icfuso the call with out creating confusion in the ranks of a pa triotic party; with which it had ever been his pride to serve ,v Therefore he was belb-e the people,'. o candidate tor a sent in the next Con gress of the United States; and if t ho voters of the District approved of him and his prin-ciples-rwhich he had ' never concealed, and had no intention of doing so now he would serve them with truth and fidelity. ' The time is passed, said Mr D., . for paity . slang, vituperation and abuse. The lajje of ihe storm is over. Tho whirlwind is passed, and our political horizon presents a brilliant .'.ky of peace aud quietude. Our parly has triumphed the glorious triumph of principle. Yo can afford to he generous. jNo word of exultatiou or reciiminatiou shall escape my lips. " Now is the time for cool, deliberate reflection.- - Let us set aside all selfish views of personal ambilioti and ' aggraudiseineut, and jointly, ; : whigs aud democrats, al and , speak for our country, aud our country only. " I'd the whigs I say, "Come, then, and let us reason together." v " In a plain and easy conversational style Mr D. theu treated the different subjects at Issue between the two parties, beginning with the protective tariff. He gave the history and effect or operation of every taritl law, alluding forcibly to the constant demand for more du ties by tho manufacturers, and the generous acquiescene of the farmers, until "'endurance" could scarce called "a virtue." They have called for protection year after year, under a plea of infancy.- Will their infancy ever cease? Every newspaper, giviu" commer cial repoits, tells us nl dividends of manufac turing companies of 10 to 25 per cent, and upwards. Newspapers never report the divi dends he gains of farmers.'. If they did, what a lean return they would show" ! Which of you, my friends, clears rive per cent. ..Millie-US of the scanty, hard-earned profits of the farmer have been paid to the benefit of the manufacturers, and yet the probability oi'their ge;ting out of their iufancy, and establishing n homo .market is as distant as ever. I do Mr D. injustice in attempting to repoit. All . who heard hitn felt that ho spoke from the heart, and few, if any, hut fell to the heart what was spoken. He adverted in a most forcible manner to the Texas question. Are men endowed with the right of self government ? Republicans think they are, IVe all believe if, so did our fathers before us; and m these enlightened modern days even princes are slow to con trovert tho principle. Texas is free by her own act, and by . the ackuowledgmeut f the cmosi power I ul nations or the earth. Uhat earthly power .shall say she shall not choose ner own lorm of government?" But, say those who oppose annexation, we do not op pose that principle we oppose the policy. By incontrovertible arguments ho then pro ceeded to show that every principle of true policy was in favor of annexation. He also spoke orour foreign connexion and of the rumors of war. No man could more regret a war than he did. um he did not believe there exited any reason to expect a war. If there was. hi what shape will it come? If Mexi declares war, the declara tion must hear upon its face that her purpose is to hold in slavery a sister State already de clared by tho solemn acknowledgments of the United States, Great Britain and France, free Jitnl iudHpendent. For what can Great Britain declare war? To 10b us of Oregon ours by discovery, by treaty, and by actual occupa tion? " From whatever source war comes, it eomes in the icrehgr it places its in the right; And whafAinerlcau will submit to the wroijV? W hat Ameiicari will give up the riht? K ; I do not pretend Uo 1 epott this .'spWfcT am cou5ciou0f doing?il great injustice; hut unoiog the deep interest you feel for the e- ef,,'" Of OW VoilUtt.arjlViflartllw.arr r' ' UJ? fwbearV-frrbto aftempt. His manner was very happv. liespoive and to the undeislandings of his hearers; ana possesses in a remaikable degree that power, ihe want of which is a great fault of loo many of our popular speakers-the power of cou densat c;,!. To' our f. .ends you ay say that Wayne will do her duty, nd that .Mr Dob binV vote will equal the best s4e has ever given-that t Mr Polk. .To Mr Dobbin you may av. no among us as a stranger, out left hetefriendi who will uever lorgel htm. From the Wa-renton Reporter. G EN. T HOMAS J. GREEN, or TEX A S. I was delighted ou Tuesday last, ol our Court, to see and have an iutervie with this distinguished son of our republican old county. Gen. Green is direct Horn Texas, of which country he gives a glowing aud vivid descrip tion, and assures us that there is not a doubt of its acceoiug to the submitted lesolutions for' annexation. The Geueral's visit to his ualive land is indeed interesting at this time; bringing with him ati only son whom he had not seen for lh last eight years, aud to see his venerable and highly estimable mother; now nearly eigh ty years of age, aud numerous YH folks and liieud-", whom he has not had lime to visit since be embaiked in the perils of a sanguin ary revolution. Duung that period, his ca teer has been both brilliant and eventful, and many of his old friends and constituents he formerly represented this county in tho State Legislature all good Texas n eu and true, have hung with rapture on his description of his adopted and blood stained land, and caught with eagerness every incident pertain ing to his bold attack on the Mexicans at Mier the desperate conflict that enstted ; his captivity and confinement in the Castle of Perote; his adveutuous escape and final de liverance from the tyrannous hands of the in satiate monster Santa Ana. Gen!. Gieeu kept a journal of the stirring incidents of this eventful expedition w ith which he will proceed North in a few dayd to have published with elegant engravings, illustrating the moit strik ing scenes, drawn by a fellow prisoner from life, which will greatly add to the inteiesl al ready felt in the forthcoming of this work. I was kindly favored with a view of those truly splendid drawings among which I no ticed particularly the heart stirring scene of the Black Bean Lottery; wheie the fate of every teu'h man was decided by drawing of a Black bean; and also the most horrid butchery of the unfoittmute decimated which followed that inhuman cyeut. The cold blooded execution of the dauut- less Cameron; the glorious onslaught upon tho guards and vietory of Salado. Their wretched destitution and unparalleled suffer ings in the mountains where they were driven to the mournful alternative of eating their good horses to sustain life. ! Together with several views of the celebra ted Castle of Perote and his escape therefrom. Among the most gratifying was one of the memorable battle of Mier; unparalleled in the annals of war, where Texans encountered leu to ouc; killing more than 800 of the Mex icans w ith the loss of only 10 killed and 23 badly and two slightly wounded on their part. 1 regret in common with my fellow-citizens that Gen. Green cannot at invent remain 10 partake of a public dinner either hero or at Shocco Springs, which many of us were de sirous of tendering as a testimonial of our esteem. The Hon. Branch T. Archer, of Virginia, the father of the Texas Revolution, aud the General's bold compeer is expected to accompany him on his return when if they will accept it, an invitation will be given to a dinner by our couutymen. The following embraces a list of some of the many contributions and communications made to the National Institute, received by the Secretary since Ihe publication of the third bulletin. List of articles presented to the National Institute by Commodore Perry, United States navy, lately returned from command on the African station, in the frigate Macedonian : Monkey biead fiuit, island of St. Jago, one of Ihe Cape de Verds. A curious fish, from the Cape de Verds. Water Serpent, I. -da ucj of Martinique, West Iudies. Frog, Island of Martinique, West Iudies. Opassum, island of Martinique, W. Indies. Native iron, Western Africa. Cartridge box of a celebrated war chief of Western Africa. The charges are filled with loose powder,' but that which is purchased from the traders is so weak, that an entire charger full is required, even to load tneir cast irou barrelled muskets. A mask worn by tho grand devil, whose haunt was on the Cavally river,- near Cape Pahnas, west coast of Africa. Almost every tiibc has its grand devil, a cuuuing impostor, known only to the kiuge, and oue or two of the confidential chiefs ; he lives apart in some rctiied place in the forest, called the DevilV Bush." The natives be lieve that he holds communion with the evil one, and consequently invoke his influence with his royal pitron in their behalf. lie rare ly shows himself, and then only in the most hideous disguise. In most instances he de livers his responses, like the ancient oracles, from some concealed place, and they are in variably favorable, or otherwise, according !o the value of the offer iug, which most previous ly be dejosited in some designated spof, be fore he will deign.auy notice of their itiquiiy. These offerings are frequently of considerable value. J ; ; , , ..- The liolte, n remarkable insect, found in New Zealand, Irom- Jnu. B. Williams, of Salem, Massachusetts. - v - "'"We give the following extract from a let ,ftr o" the Rev. John G. Moiris, D. D., of lialiimore, ou the subject of a very remarkable insect, or larva, specimens "which were re cen ly gem to the Institute from New Zea- .tuo anu presented hy j hu B. William-, "MVMrm' Maehusefs.;-1 ; t'd by the natives of New Zealand Holte anaccomj.aud the specimens wittbe lo o wing accpont of ja habits : rhlnlmaL its said, travels up both , he , am aid lree, and entering into the ton. n. V - peiforatiog the trunk 4af the tr .mitr 1. Utool.: It then comes out of the rout aud T JtMB . NOB6THE dies, or lies dormant, and the plant propagates out of its head ; the boay remains poritjct aua entire, of a harder euhstance than wheti alive. Fiom this insect the natives of New Zealand make a coloring for tattooing. f'U'C'. J The followiu2 are the remarks of D4M or ris tinon the suhiect, whicl probably cintaiu the true nccaunt of the hibits of this redarka- ble insect, and all that is at preseut km rn 1 ieiardtoit. He says : ft I 1 " This animal feeds upon the sweet ptto, and is often found, when dead, vilh a pa is it ic plant growing out of its head. You wi see a figure of the larva and the plant in Hotftcr's Icones Planetarium, vol. 1, lab. 2, wbeif the plant iinre specifically described. Hfoker savs the nla nt is not uncommon in New Zealaud, always growing on the dead lajra of a raterni ar.' The Question is, ny K tne rlpn.niterl alwavs on the head? Does the plant begin to grow before the afimal dies, and does its growth kill the larva -or is it onlv after death that it forms an animt soi for the production of this extraordinary para site ? The account of the habits of this ijsecl which you have received, aud caused to fe ex hibited with the specimens iu your colleion, is altogethei fabulous. 'I should have stated before, that it i the caterpillar of a butterfly that is subject to this strange capital accompauimeul. Thebttter fly is unknown to me, and uutil some icclli gent entomologist visits that coutry, and makes proper observations, wotust te conteut with the imperfect know;(lge we have. Iu one of my works I have a fure of a small plant growing out of the prfect bodv of a fly, said to occur in Havana, be the story is not authentic, and is open to dubt. I regret that my investigations have uo led to a more satisfactory result." A collection of interesting histoiical ocu meiits relating to the State of North Canina, from Prof. C. M. V. Deems, of Chapel Hill University, North Carolina. An essay (ms.) on the Chinese langngn, from the author, Dr S. Herniss, late attcho Chinese mission. Biography (ms.) of Capt. Blakely, Uited Stales navy, who comma utlerl, aud waslost in, the United States ship Wasp, iu the list war with Great Britain, with a chait giing the supposed route of the Wasp; from th au thor, Dr Joseph Johnson, Charleston, Suth Carolina. THE DOG TEXAS. A very amusing story has been piibHied by most of the whig papers, and some oi the democratic, taken from the Loudon Puch, of course giving the English side of the 'ex- as and Oregon questions, in the humcous form of a trial iu Court. The Natche7. Nee Trader gives us the following, iu ihe sameeiu but adhering more to the facts of the cas: The Dog Texas, belonged to Uncle Sim : John Polk (Adams) his servaut sold the dog to the Spanish Minister for a mere sing. The Mexican Minister Dou Bernardo robed the Spanish Minister of the dog by free md arms. The fellow Houston, an old er vant of Uncle Sam, was decoyed into tho er viceofDou Bernardo by promises of ldL nmj h'Oeicy, out rludtug that the t'eaoheryoi Mexican wanted to make a slave of him, h left his service aud returned to Uncle Sam the dog being au old acquaintance followe; him to ihe door of Uncle Sam's house James Polk, a brothe- of John, being Unci Sam's Major Domo, opened the door and It him in. So much for the dog Texas. No for the beaver hat. O' Regan was a stout back woodsman, a native American, pressed iut the British service when young aud unpri tected, and was made a slave to the Loudo hatters. Uncle Sam has ordered his hea man, James Polk, to demand young O'Rega and bring him home. Would the rogues th? stole the youth eend him home bareheaded Hence, if Uncle Sam hs annexed the hat he intends to annex young O'Regau, ih owner of it, and lo make a free man out him ; because he is a freeboru American, an there is neither thyme nor reason iu thi young fieeboru American playing servant t the London hatters any longer. Iu regard I the Canadian Walking Cane : this sturdy oi cane had long been iu possession of th French Monarch in fact, it was cut, trim med, aud mounted by him, aud he had walke with it so long that it seemed a part of hi physical frame ,- but John Bull ret his enviou. eyes on it and determined to have it. So h ordered his servant Amherst and a lot of fora" ers to watch the opportunity and steal the cant for the use of his servant George 2d. Ac cordingl he took occasion when the Fretii-H kin was occumed in civiti? his Furonnml neighbors a military ball, slipped over the wa4 ter. killed a Iaro number of the keener J the cane, and look possession of it. Ever since then Mr Bui! has been afraid that iTn cle Sam or somebody else would disregard his: n as he did the prescriptive right of possessio Louis, aud annex this caue. As ihe YankpoJ are a shrewd people, Ave are not prepared to were much pleased with the appearance' aud say they will not walk off with this cane out discipline of the Regiment of Calvary, com of these days and make it a present to Mi m311 by Col. .Ino. W. Pott It ia com O'Regan as compensation for the services he posed ofihree Compauies ono from Ml Corn has performed for Mr Bull. In this cast fort, Cabarrus, commanded by Capt. Faggcrt, Uncle Sam would only be doing to Mr 4Jull ono ,rom Irov'dence, iu this County, com what Mr Bull did to Mr GrenouilJe!1 manded by Capt. Stitt, and one from Steele . tCieek, commanded by Capt. Porter, all fiue ' SmaliPox in Baltimore. It appears ,ookinS officers and meu, aud bearing a de from a letter to the editors of the Sun, frorr. thel0"1' da,,gerous appearance, when on duty. City Physician, that this disease is prevailing We w discovered at this Review an in that city, and energetic measures have been! 'uoreased attention to and a deeper interest commenced, as in New York, to prevent itsl manifested on the part of officers in' per form spread. " - jj ing their duties correctly ; which was very j 1 wvj-ir 1 win vL, t,u. . novel roar riago stipulation is recorded (not much to ih advaulage of ihe lady) in a late number of t North Adam Irausctjpt, where a - story rel-tedot a lair damsel in that town who fouod it somewhat difficult to decide between im-I rival suitors fin her hand, and made them botl agree ? to accompany her to the office of tfce ".Squire." where she promised to make her selection, on condition that the rejected suite should pay the marriage fee, present her wita fiVe dollars, and -then depart ihe town for the sace of one'ycar - Th- Transcript says thai this bit of a diama- was actually performed, and " the disconsolate one left town as pet a?eencuLf'Y. Y. True Sun. . .J - -i I"- - -"r" -v't " -""; -V C AJHLOMLILRI II AEI ELECTRICITY AND AGRICULTURE. The element which-now promises to be turned into the increased uaea of man, in the most extraordinary way, is electricity ; " and of all the uses to which, this marvellous agent has hitherto been applied, none promises such remarkable resulU as its application to agri culture. Though the principal bad long been admitted, that electricity had a great effect ou vegetation, it is not until of late that any prac tical application of such aid has been attempt ed ; but from the results, as well aa from the comparatively trifling cost of tho experiments which have lately been made, we quite agree to the conclusiou of a London journalist, that the new agent is likely, before long, to pro duce as great a revolution in agriculture as the steam engine or spinuiug jeuuy have effected iu manufactures. A very interesting experi ment, on a somewhat considerable scale, has just been made in the north of Scotland a portion of a field of barley to which electricity was applied, producing at the rate of thirteen quarters aud a half to the acre, while the sur rounding land, similarly treated in all other respects, produced the usual quantity of five or six quarters to the acre the clectricised barley weighing moreover, two pounds to the bushel more than the other. The mode iu which the fluid is collected aud applied to influence the laud is very sim ple. The field i divided into oblong squares, 76 yards long and 40 wide containing, therefore, just one acre. At each of the an gles of the square, pegs are driven into ihe ground, and four strong iron wires are attach ed communicating with each other so as to form a square of wire, aud sunk 3 inches below ihe surface ; at l wo points, directly op posite, in the centre of the shoit sides of the oblong, poles are fixed iu the ground fifteen feet high, and a wire communicating with the wire beneath th surface, is cairied up one of the poles, and along the centre of the square to ihe other, down which it is conducted, trnd attached to Ihe cross wire beneath the surface at that point thosquaie being so formed as to run from north to south, so that this tipper w lie shall be at right angles with the equator. As a considerable body of electricity is gen erated iu the atmosphere, and travels constant ly from east to west, with the motion of the eaith, this electricity is attracted by this upper wire, and communicated lo those forming the square under ihe surface nf the earth. It is suggested, however, that any quantity of electricity can be generated by placjng uuder the ground, at a point iu the centre of one of the longer sides of the oblong, a bag of charcoal, and plates of zinc at the point direct ly opposite ou the other side, coutiecling the two by a wire passing over two poles similar to those mentioned in the preceding ac.rouut, aud crossing the longitudinal wue passing from those poles. The cot at whuh this application can be made is computed at one pound per acre, aud it i reckoned to last leu or lifteeu years ihe wires being carefully taken up aud replaced each year. This discovery is certainly one of tho most impoitant of modern days, and would compen sate full for ihe giving out of Ichaboe, even were poudrelte and other methods of manuring the ground also cxhau-tjd. JY. Y. Evening Journal. Another Destructive Fike at Pitts burgh Thirty or Forty Houses Destroyed. A fire broke out at Pittsburgh, 011 Tuesday night, in a stable on an alley running from Coal lane to Fountain street, just iu the lear of Seventh street, aud before the flames could bo subdued between thirty and forty houses, mostly frames of but little value, were destroy ed. All the houses from the alley on Prospect street, up to Washington, on both sides of the street were eutirely consumed. The houses were occupied by a large uumber of poor fam ilies. Incendiaries at Pittsburg. It seems that Pittsburg i still afflicted with inceudiary-is.-n. I 1 addition to the attempts made to fire the Aq-ieduct on Sunday, aud a stable in Coal Lane, ou Monday night, another attempt to fire Ihe stable of Mr Samuel Wright, which was extinguished before much damage was done. It was afterwards discovered that tho incendiary had also cut the throat of one of the horses. Hazardous Experiment. A two tory brick house has been raised iu Barclay street, New York, opposite St. Pe'.tr's Church, by being lifted nearly 30 feel. The house has been raised by machinery, and two lower stories are to be built beneath the upper ones. Thus a four story house will be built without breaking up the roof. 'rilE Review, by Major-General Bynum, at hts place 011 the 20lh instant, was highly creditable to the General and to our citizen soldiery. While we cannot say so much iu commendation oT what we saw of the perfor mances of the militia, (though that was belle han common, ou such occasions.) we gratifying, tor such a reiorm from old practices was much aeediri.-r-AIcckUnburg Jefferson ITie Expositor, if the 3d inst , a paper nub- lished at Independence, Mo., the verv xutna very extreme part of our border civilization, cotnes to us in a Kinu 01 ecstacy at the throng of immi grants to Oregon now collected at that place. ,l ou'd nae uJhelievei that not even our crowded business thoroughfares , present so bustling au appearance a the duaty v roads of Indepeo-eofre. The roechaninf and tner-chautit- there have almost mora ihit thev cau do to supply ;the daiauds tnado upon ibem, ud iBvery: thing seems to be "going ahead' like lifihtttin-. : s-: ' - A5TRNGPwBL-Za(A of one of the parties. A most mysterious. affair took place on 4he 20th ul, in. ?front of Robert Bland's Tavern on Columlia street near the corner of Ltldlaw. Cinciunatir by .whichi Mr Bland, an old ciiizeu, iol hlt Hfe.'i- lt.jtppBrf f that Mr B. had been arguing with at wn named Sam! Powell. 011 the subject of Shooting at a mat k, and each had been boasting of his skill From shooting at a mat k, the suhj?ct turned oil duelling, when Bland went behind the bar 111 his tavern aud took up a pair of pistols, letting Powell take his choice, signifying that they could determine the point by a trial of their kill. As they both went out of the tavern door, Mr B. said to Powell, the pistols are loaded." They bad agreed, it appears, to fire at a distauce of twenty steps, but after taking then positions, iu the manner as of duellists, they each Walked about tvo or three paces, wheeled aud both fired.. The result of this was that Mr Bland was shot, the ball enter ing the right aide aud then passing through the regiou of the chest to the point of the shoulder blade, where it lodged. He lingered till about half past 8 o'clock ou Monday morning, when he died, leaving a wife aud two children. Both patties were natives of England, iu this tragedy and had been driukiug. Phil. Keystone. A Secret Out. A letter from Washing ton in .the Richmond Enquirer, thus betrays a little secret of the private character aud con duct of Messrs, Blair and Rives, worth repeat- lug now that it is out : It has of late become quite "the go"' with newspaper gossips to 'lumm" about the. per sonal beauty of Francis P. Blair. Esq. There is no accounting for tastes; so, I will uot un- deitaku lo quarrel with my neighbor for the want of it with those who are more struck with his teeth, than with the highly intellectual contour of his head and the sparkling intelli gence of his eye. "Handsome is as hand some dues," i a good old nu seiy "saw," and it applies mo-it admirably to the case in point as you will admit when I tell you, that Fran- cis i'. isiair and nis partner nave, wnnin lour years, absolutely given away some leu thou sand dollars (in such a manner too as to dis guise the fact from ihe recipients) to persons vtho lost their employment under Government iu this city, on the accession of the late ruth less Whig administration. It was but lie cessary tor ono lo have fallen under the oper ation of Mr Clay's rule, "IFc can't aJJTurd lo keep your friends in ojjicej sr." to find in them t Mentis whose active sympathy asked no reward but inward satisfaction at having done a good deed. I do not believe that Messrs Blair and Rive. kuow ant one is apprized of this fact. It therefore reflects so much the more credit oil them; and proves, that although Mr Blair's "outer-man' is none of the haud--ouiest, yet it covers a head as graceful as it is gialelul. Population of - Augusta. Major . I. Thompson, who has just completed his labors iu taking the census of the city, has furnish ed us ihe following leporl of Ihe same : Whites 3,952 Free colored 440 Slaves 3,119 Total 7,511 Chronicle. We Mr regret to learn that the youngi st son Clay has become deranged and has of been taken lo a lunatic asylum. Mr Clay himself has become a member of the Episco pal Church at Lexington. The Weather. It is said that most suit able personage 'Mhe oldest inhabitant" can bear testimony to the fact that on the 10th of Mav, 1S0S, snow fell iu this city. This we can easily believe, because we saw flakes of snow fall at the corner of Fourteenth street and Irviug Place yesterday ihe 25 of May! aud because a friend informs us that at Ala comb's Dam the snow fell in such quantities; aud the cucumber vines and early beau were destroyed by the frost ou Saturday night. In this city the thermometer fell to 3S deg on Saturday night, aud stood at 40 at suurisc. this rather exceeds auv thing iu the memory of "the oldest inhabitant.' -V. Y. Cour. & E nq.t 261 h insl. In 1S40 the Whigs succeeded iu creatin" pn judic.es in the minds of the southern peo ple, agaiust Mr Van Bureu, for the course he pursued in the convention of 1821, which framed th present New York Constitution in regard to the light of suffrage allowed to col ored persons. Wc maintained at ihe time that the amendment nrotinil hv Mr Vn Bureu, which was incorporated in the consti tution, restrained, instead of extendingwthe rrgrn iu sunrage to tne colored persons. The whigs succeeded iu iheir misrepresentations anc lalsincation of tho motive .f M, Vi.. litiren. Siuce that lime circuowiauces h.-ii demonstrated that Mr Van Rnron lr. wrongfully and maliciously abused aud mis represented; and nothing shows it more than the project to repeal that clause of the consti tution which requires a property qualification from the colored persons in order to enable them to exercise the right of suffrage. If ihe new convention repeals, that clause, the des tinies of the state of N. York and, as tho Sun says, probably of the whole Uu ion, will be ia the hands of the disunion abolitionists. '- ". " . A scheme for forwarding the whole mail, at the rate of sixty miles au hour, the Wash ington correspondent of ihe Journal of Com merce I says, no'W": in jrirario. Experi ments are soob to lie made," which will de moiistrate its entire feasibility. - It will" be a cheap mode of transporting the mail and is far preferable eveu to the atmospheric lailroad talked of ia Englaud." ' ' . " ; r The paper 'of Newport, (R, I ) state that orders were received there "from the War 'de partment; to mount all the guns at Fort Adams, jo that harbor, -and that the men were busily engaged in execntiog the oiders. ..v- -V-;Siif.iIar orders, we oadsrstocd sotne days back, ha- been received hereto put the Foria in tba harbor i a coainiela 6tttefdfenjce.-- Communications, ' as' " : . For the Carolinian. Mr Batne: Having made it conveniens to Mttand the autiuarcomiiteucemeiit of Floral College f.,r th first tfi;T nC-ay that the gratification fait o mat tKreasiou to see the young ladies acquit theinielse with so math credit to the preceptor to tbeinsel vei.'iflid to the Institutiou stimulates me note some oufl nes of tbe occasion for you to imMbb, houghmy task rather difficult, ., no bra" or of the age could describe our pleasure- to" thc,r,un coloring.;. t All object oLed fW ur amusement ; to hcatts that were happily di posed, every thing became a subject of euter tammentTa fatigued or dull countenance could uot be found iu all the crowd, (large as '! wa')f fWe- o'ld meet the mild aud Ul cere smile of the country iasst and on the other hand met our admiration the dark penetrating eye of ihe village dame, which bespoke intel lectual joys of quenchless ray. And th.;n k make our pa uel complete, we enrolled Itiw beauty, grace, and pride of tho city damsels. But to ihe story: duriog the hours of examiaa' lion I was in ilur rooms, but to see the exer cises 011 that horrible creature called the black board, I was obliged to stand up, which troder any other circumstances, would have been quite au undeitakiug for ino, (as I think I must have stood iu one position five or six hours.) But the. varieties of studies recited by the vaiiou classes, kept up new interest to the spectatois '-: '.""-.' I had the good foituue lo get a seat tiesr ihe stage in the aflei norm, where I had an oppoitunily of seeing the order and heaiio ihe ceremony of presenting diplomas to those 01 tne young ladies n no Had made ample ac quirements in Iheir studies to entitle them to this destiiictiou, some of whom I have tho pleasure to be acquainted with. -There wim Miss B. with da k eyes sparkling and speak ing us it were, ihe interest in this scene felt by her, and tht tiling to all hearts contiguous. Then appeared Miss F., whte beauty n. tracted all eyes, 11 d whoe worth filled tho most capacious soul with admiration t. Hu itidesciibable height. But there are four oth ers whose beauty and accomplishments des ciibed would fill columns of your paper, but my, .treacherous ..memory prevents my giviii" you their, iuitkils. - After this, the President of ihe luslitoiiou made a ,lev remarks quite np propos, at ihe conclusion f which all those little di inkers Jd ihe Pierian fount looked as though they felt for the time released from their arduous duties: JV-w the cxeici.-es in music commeured in ibis the ladies, and some . small gii Is, appeared w ell. Mu-ic I am loud of, aud here l had enough to admire. There was oue grace in it 1 was particularly pleased w ith, uot exactly a 11a melc'ss one either, bul oue we donl always find ; it was that simple one of singing out. There were voices which rang loud and mellow as Fiia James' horn o'er St. AIvi'iim' glen. V. These exercise weie highly enlerlaiiiiug to ihe au riienee forseveiat hours, alter which there was iiiteifiti.-sion for a boit time, which some of Ihe company tccupied iii riding out. to view the couutry around Fh.i.. pleasaut hill, whi h was found to be bloomiug lieltfs, rank with Com and other -iaiii, iuead of baireti sand nills as we hurl expected to ee. Tianquil e'e had How overtaken us, whir h biouln with it ihepleudor ol a room brilliantly il luminated and handsomely decorated with wreaths and letoou of evemreeii. and ihd. dedhj crowded w ith beauly, w it, and intelli gence bean.iiig from all quailers "like ry from the meridian sun. And for my brother bach elors, I cau sincerely say, that oiore gener ous hospitality I coold never wi-h or expect lo sham at any time. . iNext moi uiiiif each one was packing op to make 1111 early tart home, but I could not see a rnan that seemed auxious to go. ' Each scene lecalled ihe vanished hour." But when it rau e to'" the parting hour, this old bachelor felt new tu mults rise, to see trickling tears 011 those blooming cheeks ; 'twas like ihe limpid dew of night upou the full Idown rose of morn, which brings to my mind the remarks of a good heailed poetical .-Id bachelor at that time: ' That if there' be " v . ' .' A fear, so tiuipid and so ineck,; It vould not Main an angels cheek. Twas that which those young Indies shed. When to their fi lends Fareweir they said. So, li iend Bayne, you; may, for every suc ceeding examination, ; book me for Floml. I shall exert toy influence 1o send my Iririo neice there nexjU session : but J hail ncer want a proxy to-atteud ihe commencement. :- - - ---v-v. -- A. I IO AX ED A FTE R A I . L. We ihoughi at first that the ftory about Glid ing that money was fishy, and therefore did not publi-h it until we had a second pretend ed coufiruMtioii ; but we are fooled after all, as will be seen by ihe following from the Ma con (Ga. ) Messenger : 1 " t . Too Bad. The ; treasure which we have mentioned as found iu Tattnal county a hut time since, all turns out ' to be couuferfuK being principally copper 'and zinc, plated or wa.ihed with silver. After all the speculations about it, the great interest expressed for the widow who wart to haie in it, by some, it is really distressing that it should turn out thus. As old metal, however, the coin will be worth several hundred dollars.-'; v.;; j'-f 'i:;-' I ?We had no inkling of iho manner in which this deposile could'"bayc beeii ina-e, Ima the SaundersVille Telescope, (wlwc fmstt ing paper, has ; and wo'are '$ejpy' settle public cariosity on that loii;t, by giving tbek opluioifw hic jaihiV-iX c -'.V -.'..'r't many jets ago, a celebruterXcouuterfeiter, who was sub sequently seut. tb'the Peniteutiary, had a cavo somewhere on the Alatamaha nvcr, said ta be near whete the "ancient treasure' was fouud, where he concealed himself, aud carried on his business. Tbi explains the whole mys- lery. S Eiqufir CokEs$i6fAL. District.--W' -beardiott Monday last; that Mr Kicbsrd S. Donuell, of QravenV bad - anuouueed himself as the whig caudidate for Ihe Eighth District, aud that Jfeiirr lir-lWei Esq, -bad with- drswri.- - We, hope iht rumor way; prove true. 1 t at. ji- .j..fi4, - ,s:- f
The North Carolinian (Wilson, N.C.)
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