N0ETHC AROLINI AN .
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Win. II. Byn, Editor and Proprietor.
FAYETTEVILLE, X. C.
27, 1850.
V. B. PALMER Is our Agent for obtain
ing subscribers and advertisements In New
York, Boston, and Philadelphia.
State Democratic Convent ion
Will meet In Raleigh on 13 th June next.
From the N. C. Standard.
DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION.
Several of the Primary Meetings having
differed as to the day for holding a Demo
cratic State Convention, and it having
been referred to the Central Committee of
the Democratic party to designate the
day and place for said purpose, it is here
by respectfully recommended that said
Convention be held in the City of Raleigh,
on Thursday the 13th day of June next.
Ample time -will thus be afforded for
all the Counties in the State to hold their
Meetings and send Delegates. The pre
sent crisis in our public affairs demands
live attention and consideration of every
Detwocrat, and it is therefore hoped that
the proposed Convention will be a full one.
iiy -order of the Democratic State Com
mittee. JOS I A II O. WATSON, Crn.
CARTTHAGE. We stepped up to the capita
of Moore county during the first of the week.
It was near five years since we visited the old
fourg., bet we found it in the same place, and
near about the same quantity of it. The spirit
of improvement, however, is moving, and sev
eral new 'buildings are under way, and additions
to at Jer being made. The moving cause is prin-
cipafiil-y the -excitement and pleasure awakened
by the prospect of an easy and pleasantcommuni
cation to and from Carthage, and the prospect of
tojaylrtsi-JtiiiTres in the future. Whitewash and
Tpaiiift,foY.Jbeh Carthage has long been a stranger,
will now be brought actively into requisition,
we aie to.lt!. " Every dog has his day" is an old
sty'iugr, anfi we hope "the day" of Carthage is
ito conte '-yet.
Xhrougih he politeness of the two gentlemen
with Whom e travelled, we were shown an In
dian mound, or burying ground, near the road
sid., which must have been formed more than a
centuy ago. The soil is sandy, and numerous
wholes are d about in it, and a number of bones
ihave been -exhumed. A large number of beads
rnaveib?n; up in former years. We brought
-several pieces of bone along. They are so an
cient that we Alt no uneasiness at pocketing
dead men's bones ; the ghost of the man must be
o old by thistime as not to feel much like wan
dering alter intruders.
This mound is on the northern route by Maj.
AI c Dm ga Id's, a route we "never travelled before.
It is in Cumberland county, 25 miles north,
-west of Fayetteville. Old Cumberland is rich in
Undiau antiquities. Many an Indian has hunted
liis game and scalped his enemy near the banks
of Cross Creek and Cape Fear But time and
change lav their fceavy Land oa the face of na
ture, corrtiim.iltv forcjing new features. A hun
dred years hnc.e, and Carve Fear and Cross Creek
may possibly flow -on as of -old., :bt boav changed
will be ewpj-y ibS ng ar-wand iiiew i
THE PLANK ROAD GRADE, muter the
pushing energy of the indefatigable Murc1iison
is within five miles of Carthage. We rne t.e
Colonel near Carthage, just from his camp, tie
take the field himself, and !ike 2i !exp?rnie.?d
(General i always at the liead of ij is eoiucsB
wish C-u-rntjneiiiarvj had a dozen more sc'h men;
H would Ue notSia.Bjg to build plank roadUs ias ail
(direction..
Ii(W IT FAYS. -We learn from tlx? proper
source, fsait at ths tu&i gsts which have Iwn
erected -gb Ump. 13 mitles of PJant Road in travel
ing or-d-er., $'l per day tioxve been received, mak
ing ;iUout 7 pr cent. pr aanwia. We should
say that n(j raging.
THE EIGHTH ANNIVERSARY of 4h Fav--tteville
Riflemen, was celebrated by the Corps
on Monday last, by target firing and a collation.
The nvedal was won by Sergt. Overby, by an
average shot of two iuclien at an IS inch target,
i." yards. The best single shot was also made by
jim, J of an inch from tiie centre.
The mod; 1 wa presenter! in a few appropriate
remarks by Mr Jhhim C Coatc.
Capt. Dunn resigned the crtntnatul after the
firing, having lueld it sererai years. IA. Aiey
will probably succeed him.
The officers are same as last year witii this
exception.
"HIE I'LAN'K ROAD."
An extract of a letter from Greensboro. dated
I7th April, says :
' If some of your influential and talking men
would visit thi and adjoining counties, your
Plank Koad would be extended. The old saying
that " the proof of the pudding," Sec, has been
truly verified. Some of our citizens who have
heretofore been violent against the Plank Koad,
are now its strongest advocates. They have seen
it, trarelled ou it, arwl are convinced "
The Greensboro Patriot sayn:
" The Plank Road will approach to within less
than a day's drive of Greensboro. The farmers
and wagoners in this region are already beginn
ing to learn the utility of the road, and the time
i approaching when a branch in this direction,
to. penetrate perhaps even farther to the north
west, towards Rockingham, Forsyth, Stokes or
Surry, must be discussed. More anon."
THE STEAMER " UNION." The following
from the Commercial, will be read with interest,
particularly by editors and their peculiar friends
the Ministers. We have been thinking for some
time to suggest to the proprietors of steamboats
-on the Cape Fear to follow the noble example of
the sea steamers between Wilmington and Char
leston, and frank editors on their respective
boats. We have now a good excuse for doing so
since our enterprising, hospitable, and generous
fellow citizens of Wilmington have set the ex
ample. Our own boats, however, have always
franked ministers, for which they deserve credit :
Launch of the "Union." Agreeably
to notice, this fine little steamer was
launched at the Shipyard of Mr Cassidey,
on Saturday last, about 4 o'clock. She
went oft' in fine style. We observed on
the flag the name "Union," and the initials
N. S." meaning North and South. also
No Separation and likewise North State.
In the centre are two hands clasped in
token of friendship. A very appropriate
name and device for the times.
The proprietors of the "Union Line,"
having now launched their first Steam
Boat, which is of very light draftof water,
preparatory to operations in the up river
trade, are now preparing their Flats for the
transportion of heavy articles; which they
intend dropping along the river, whenever
business may demand. They solicit a
share of patronage, and promise to meet
the expectations of the shippers and give
satisfaction as far as may be practicable.
We further learn, that if the travel by
the river should increase and seem to de
mand it, the Proprietors will provide a
Boat exclusively for passengers ami thus
keep pace with the improvements of the
age.
It is the further intention of the Pro
prietors of this Line to give free passage to
all Ministers of the Gospel, when travel
ing on business of the Church, and also to
all Editors of Newspapers favorable to the
cause of Internal Improvement.
CRAWFISHING. We sometime since pub
lished an article stating that Mr John Kerr, a
whig lawyer, i n a stump speech in a Granville
meeting, denounced the Nashville Convention
as treason, and those who favored it, as traitors.
Mr Kerr has since published a card declaring
that he was misrepresented in that statement.
Now, it is curious that these whig orators
will rant and rave before a little crowd in a
court house, or to empty benches in congress,
and then come out in the papers and deny what
they said, or led people to believe thev meant !
There was Mr Stanly made one speech in tke
II. Reps., and made another on paper, a different
allair.
Mr Kerr admits that he did say that "if the
Nashville Convention was designed by its friends
to devise and recommend a scheme to dissolve
the Union, it would be treasonable in its charac
ter, and deserve the reprobation of every patriot."
What was the object of Mr Kerr in using that
" if" why resort to the hypothesis at all, if not
for an ulterior object? '
Suppose n e say to Mr Kerr : Sir, you are a
lawj-er, and you undertake to defend criminals :
sir, if yon do so merely for the purpose of mak
ing money, you tliereby uphold crime, you corrupt
the public morals, and hence can only be looked
upon as a villain'"
What would Mr Kerr think of a man who
should make such a hypothesis? He would
consider it an insult. Then how dare he address
such a hypothesis to gentlemen of the first stand
ing in the country, who have raised their voices
against what they consider aggression ?
"O, for a whip in everv honest hand,
To lash"
such meanness out of every dishonorable politi
cian 2
THIRTY-FIRST CONGRESS,
FIRST SESSION.
Tuesday, April IG.
which all the talking magpies m the Senate have
I delivered themselves of thtir gasywas passed to
day, ey a vote of' 30 to 22. " It was not af all a
! party vote. The two North Carolina Senaters
committee voted for it. Benton was the mrr nnn from a
State who voted against it.
In the Senate, Mr Rusk from the
on post offices, called up the bill for the relief slaveholdine Si
. Vac S ttauroaa company. Jjyre- I ne resolution simply provides that Mr Clav's
quest, Mr Rusk explained the bill to be a bill to series of resolutions presented in the early part
authorize the company to import tBeir iron, 'of the session; and Mr Bell's resolutions, also
and instead of paying the duties down, the gov- ; presented earlv, be referred to a committee of
ernmentto retain the amount paid them for ! 13, which committee shall take into considera-
a7eTafnede "" amount of duties j ,ion eTer-v measure to be acted upon by the Se-
T(,. Kill ... i . . , i nate, in which the subject of slavery is involved
I he bill was passed without opposition. i . - ... - . ,U;U1CU-
The deficient bill !..,,. nOU5e, Mr isrown o. Miisipp
prc-
ca,nH m V r , P' jsented charges gn,nst the acting doorkeeper of
cued and amended, and postponed till next day. th Ho.,.- L I .. e i j
J i ine Mouse, and a committee of 5 was ordered to
in me nouse, the election of Clerk occupied i De appointed to investigate them
DULL KYED AND HEAVY HEADED.
The Goldaborough, N. C, Telegraph, says he
looked into all his exchanges, including "the
philological Standard, the philosophic Register
the pkt)(hetic Times the philomcrcatorious
CoiatQ-ereiui the philo patrica Aurora the philo
hiitorica Journal the philo Dunciad Chronicle
tiie lumbering Observer the floundering Caro
linian .t'liMe acsative Republican, and the genitive
Newberriiau all these papers did the aspiring
esi-or f he Telegraph anxiously look into, to
see if hit Golds' orongh earthquake had been
eopii with the proper credit.
We !id copy hi 4 earthquake, as our readers
know; although we suspected at the time that
it was of home manufacture. But his anxiety
JitrstTved Li vision ami thiekened his brain so
that he eouid not see it !
He sticks to it that it was a genuine earth
quake; and that al' t!iu paper ought to have
copied it. But, one of bis proof w.e consider
very inconclusive, and makes the whole affair
apocryphal: He says it shook down the ty pea
of a whig speech that were standing in the office!
Every body knows that from the extremely rot
ten and fictitious foundations upon which whig
peeches are made, it would not take an earth
quake's shadaw to knock one down.
LINCOLN AND CATAW1IA.-At a meeting
of the democrats of Catawba, Henderson Sherill
and Franklin Reiuhardt, were noniinted for
Commoners from the county of Catawba.
The democrats of Lincoln and Catawba in con
vention nominated John F. Hoke for the Senate,
and Lincoln county nominated Richard Rankin
and Saml. N. Stowe, for the commoners for that
county.
Delegates were also appointed to the state
con vention.
These two counties expressed a preference for
Col. David S. Reid, of Rockingham, as the demo,
craetic candidate for Governor.
The "Vilmington Railroad Company have
ger all tlie Committees, and the relatives, and
the corpse of Mr Calhoun, a free passage on their
road and steamboats to Charleston.
Commend us to the people of Wilmington for
Jiberahtv. &
fJCFWe have had one week of balmy spring
weather at last, and vegetation is literallv spread
ing itself.
RETROGRADING. The thirst for office is so
great, that men who hare practised law, been
honored with the ermine of the bench, with a
.seat in the House of Representatives and the Se
nate, will descend to pick up a common clerkship!
The late clerk of the Ho. of Reps, was once a
member of the House, and the newly elected
clerk was a Judge and then a U. S, Senator.
FROTF.STANT1 SM IN ROME.
A letter from Rome, dated March 2d, 1S50,
published in the New York Herald, says that
young Mr Cass, the American charge to Rome,
has succeeded in obtaining permission for pro
testant worship in Rome. Mr Cass took out as
chaplain, Rev. Mr Hastings of Boston. The let
ter says it is the first time that this privilege has
been accorded; that the English government
have tried for more than 60 years to obtain this
concession. It is supposed that this concession
was made to Mr Cass, partly in consideration for
the Dart he took in saving from destruction by a
mob, the Propaganda College, an institution for
the education of young men for the Catholic
ministry.
The majority of the democratic candidate
over the whig candidate for Governor in Con
necticut, is 799 instead of 1000, as stated in. our
last.: : . ; i- r , ... ..
the day. There were 11 candidates nominated
Mr Forney, who was the candidate of the demo
crats at the commencement of the session, was
not a candidate.
Two ballottings took place without an elec
tion, and the House adjourned.
Wednesday, April 17.
In the Senate, after the presentation, &c. of
numerous petitions and memorials, the Senate
took up Mr Foote's resolution to appoint a com
mittee of 13. Aftersome discussion, Mr Benton
moved to lay the resolution on the table, and
take up the bill to admit California. This mo
tion was not agreed to, ayes 21, noes 2S. We
were surprised to see Mr Webster vote for this
motion. This is a test question, and Mr Web
ster voted against the south.
Mr Benton then oflered nine amendments, the
only earthly object was to clog the resolution,
and hinder its passage. It was at this point that
the great disturbance between Messrs Benton
and Foote occurred.
Mr Clay offered a resolution declaring that the
Senate would not instruct the committee in any
manner with regard to the subjects to be refer
red to them.
Mr Benton complained of Mr Claj's reso
ment cutting off his amendments. He said it
was an open attempt to enforce the previous
qnestion, against the rules of the Senate, and all
parliamentary rule.. He said his amendments
were intended to cut at the root of the slavery
agitation ; they were to cut up the southern ad
dress, issued last session by which the country
was thrown into a flame. We never saw any
flame. We thought the southern address fell
very calmly upon the public He intimated
that the writer of the southern address, and those
who had signed it, had raised the cry of " wolf
when there was no wolf. All the alarm was
without foundation.
Mr Butler of S. C, replied warmly to these
remarks of Mr Benton, stating that the south was
not to be soothed and lulled with votes on
truisms, &.c. &c.
Mr Foote also replied, stating that he be
lieved the time had come when discussion should
end, and all true patriots should unite in a com
promise. He did not wish to respond to any
thing from a certain quarter, meaning Mr Ben
ton, but he conceived that he had been attacked
r : n i. ..1- , i . i 1
I lii .via ijciiuij o i cuiai A3 auuuv luc auuiiierii un
dress. He then went on to eulogize the south
ern address and its author, Mr Calhoun. Its au
thor and those who acted with him, he said,
would be recollected with veneration, while
their calumniators meaning Mr Benton will be
object: of loathing and contempt. He said that
Mr Benton had charged that they were agitators,
and that the address was fraught with mischief.
And by whom," said Mr Foote, " by whom
by whom is this charge brought? With whom
does such an accusation originate? By a gentle
man known to be the oldest member of the Sen
ate , by a gentleman who on a late "
It was at this point of Mr Foote's remarks that
Mr Benton left his seat and went towards MrF.,
who left his seat and went to the centre of the
chamber, followed by Mr Benton, and drew his
pistol. The Senators immediately surrounded
the parties, and took the pistol, from Mr Foote
and locked it up in a desk. Mr Benton ex
claiming "let the assassin shoot." " I have no
arms. I never go armed." After they were
separated, Mr Benton soon got an opportunity,
and rushed again towards Mr Foote, but Mr
Dodge of Wisconsin, seized him and carried him
to his seat.
After order was somewhat restored, the Vice
President stated the question before the Senate
to be upon the appeal of Mr Clay from the deci
sion of the chair on some previous motion. Mr
Benton said the matter should not be disposed of
in that way. A pistol had been brought into the
Senate to assassinate him.
Mr Foote said he brought it to defend himself.
He had been informed that Mr Benton intended
to fire at him. Mr B. declared it was a false im
putation. Mr King called for the Sergeant-at-arms
of the Senate to restore order and make
Senators take their seats.
Mr Benton again declared that a pistol had
been brought there under the false pretence that
fee was armed the pretext of every assassin that
undertakes to constitute a case of self-defence
when lying in wait to murder. He wished to
know if the Senate would take cognizance of the
fact, or would he have to take it upon himself?
He was not to be assassinated.
Mr Foote entered explanations with regard to
his carrying the pistol to the Senate ; that he
had been informed that Mr Benton had threat
ened to chastise him; and he took it for granted,
when that Senator advanced towards him, that
he intended to assault him.
Mr Hale called for an investigation. Mr Foote
said he courted it. He disclaimed in the most
earnest manner ever harboring the idea of at
tacking Mr Benton.
Mr Dodge spoke in deprecation of the scene
that had happened, and moved that a committee
of live be appointed to investigate it; but Mr
Mangum had drawn a resolution appointing a
committee of seven to investigate ; which, after
some little diceussion, was adopted, and the Se
nate adjourned.
In the House, after four more ballottings for
Clerk, Mr Richard M. Young, a democrat from
Illinois, and late Commissioner in the General
Land Office, was elected. The House then adj'd.
Thpesdat, April IS.
In the Senate, after the morning hour, Mr
Foote's resolution to appoint a committee of 13
was again taken up, and after some discussion,
Mr Benton's amendments (14 of them) all calcu
lated to defeat the object, were voted upon con
secutively, and every one rejected.
, After some further attempts to amend, by eth
er Senators, without success, the resolution.
PASSED. This- resolution, which was intro
duced in the j eg inning of the session, and upon;
' r. y . , - , i . "
Mr Ewing and Mr Alston then made hour
speeches on the slavery question.
The Speaker asked leave to be absent two days,
which was granted, and the House adjourned.
Fiiiday, April 19.
In the Senate, the election of the committee of
13 was taken up. Mr Clay was elected chair
man, having received 27 votes out of the 34 cast.
The senate then elected the balance of the com
mittee as follows: Messrs Dickinson, Phelps,
Bell, Cass, Webster, Berrien, Cooper, Downs,
King, Mangum, Mason, Bright, being equally
divided as to whig's and democrats, and north
and south.
Mr Phelps begged to be excused.both on account
of ill-health, and his opinion that the delibera
tions of the committee would be of no utility, but
was not excused.
The senate adjourned to Monday.
In the House, nothing important occurred.
The committee to investigate the charges against
the acting Doorkeeper, R. E. Horner, was ap
pointed. The charge (or one of them, we known
not if there are more) is that he kept his brother
on the pay-roll as in his employ, when he was
in fact keeping a light house in Iowa, or some
other distant place.
Mr Cleaveland made a speech on the slavery
question, and the House adjourned.
Monday, April 22.
In the Senate, Mr Clay presented a petition
from four citizens of Kentucky, stating that by
the machinations of abolitionists of Ohio, their
four slaves had been induced to run away from
them into that State ; that by lawless bands and
mob violence, they were prohibited from regain
ing them ; and thej- appeal to Congress, whose
duty it is by the Constitution of the U. S., to pro
tect every citizen in the possession of his pro
perty, to pay them the value of their slaves,
1000 each. The petition was read and referred
to the committee on claims. Mr Clay also pre
sented a number of anti-slavery petitions.
Mr Benton moved that the committee of 13 be
instructed to report separately upon each differ
ent subject referred to it. Thereupon he made
a long speech, quoting profusely from large
quarto volumes on parliamentary law, to show
that he was right in asking such instructions.
In the course of his remarks, he complained of
some treatment of Mr Borland. To this Air
Borland replied, and Mr Benton but these
squabbles are of so little interest to any one that
we pass over. The resolution was not acted on.
Mr Clay made a short reply to Mr Benton, and
the Senate went into executive session.
In the House, Mr Boyd oflered a resolution ap
pointing a committee to inquire whether the
Secretary ot the Interior, Air Ewing, had paid,
or caused to be paid, certain claims heretofore
rejected by the government. That looks like
trying to get Air Ewing in a scrape. The whigs
spoke against this resolution rapidly, tried a sub
stitute for it, but it was finally passed.
Tcesdat, April 23.
The proceedings of the Senate were of no par
ticular importance. Mr Bradbury spoke in re
ply to Mr Smith's speech on removals from uiTice,
but his remarks have not been published.
In the House, several speeches on the subject
of slavery were made. No business transacted.
fjCJ- It is found by actual count, that the amount
of gold brought from California, has been over
estimated. The amounts received at the mints,
which embraces nearly all, is $13,623,452.
THE ADVENTURES of a journeyman printer
are given by the editor of the Trenton New Jer
sey Gazette, in a letter from the printer himself,
dated Honolulu, Sandwich Islands, Jan'y 1, 1350.
They are curious, if true, but part of it appears
rather fishy to us, and in no way creditable to
the craft:
The printer left New York in 1S4G, a private
in Col. Stevenson's regiment of volunteers for
the Mexican war. He arrived in California, and
when the gold was discovered he repaired to the
mines, and having obtained as much as he want
ed, sailed for the Sandwich Islands, intending
from there to visit Europe before returning
home. He was shipwrecked on one of the
islands, but saved himself and 05 pounds of gold,
besides some hundreds in coin ! He got acquaint
ed with the natives, and the chief of the island
urged him to stay and teach his people the arts
of civilization ; in repay for which he would
give him his daughter in marriage ! Pretty poor
pay we should think. The daughter was a cop
per colored girl of about 14 years old, dressed in
a faded blue satin short skirt, and leggings. She
was not bashful, and none too modest, he says;
for she sat on his lap and kissed him several
times; and when he asked her if she would
marry him, she answered "yes" without hesi
tation, and giving him a kiss ran off to her father.
He agreed to accept the chief's offer, and at
once settled down in a log house for life.
This tale is published as a fact, but we don't
believe it. No man of sense or taste,, as all
printers are, would marry a demi-savage, and
settle in a land of fleas and earthquakes, if he had
65 pounds of gold, (equal to $15,000) enough to
make him wealthy and give him all sorts of en
joyment in his own free country.
PEORIA, Illinois, is quite a flourishing place,
of some 5000 inhabitants. The site is a beauti
ful one, on the borders of a lake stretching to
the eat and north about a mile and a quarter
wide, with beautiful bluffs gradually receding
back into prairies extending for miles, as far as
tbe eye can reach. Great quantities of goods
are received there, and the retail prices are as
low as in most of the eastern towns.
Large quantities of Pork are carried into Peo
ria, and usually sell? at from $1 75 to $2 75 per
hundred.
Most of the houses are 1 J stories, cottage built.
Every house is-ornamented with cornice work.
Building materials-are very cheap, and labor too
The mechanic iv not appreciated as he should
be, on-account of the great quantity of labor
saving machinery employed. Labor-saving ma
chinery has been In our opinion the curse of the
old countries, and we fear will be the curse of
ours.' -
ttSASTROVS STEAMBOAT ACCfDtNT
ONE HUNDRED LIVES LOST.
Cincinnati. April 23. Th steamer Belle of tbe Wwt -Capt.
James, waa banted one mile below Warsaw. Kt at
1 o'clock this moraine;. She waa bound from tbie city to
St. Louis, with California emigrants. J .
It in confidently stated that one hundred perrons lot
tbeir liven. Some were burned to death, otbern were
drowned bv jumping overboard. The officers of the boM
pared their lives by jumping overboard and owimtniug to
the shore. Tbe Belle of the Wert was owned in this city,
wn was" insured for $ff.poa The scene was tbe most aw
frt ever witnessed on th western wners. I
MR CALHOUN'S REMAINS left Washington j
on Monday 22d ; were to repose in th Virginia j
captol af Rrchihond on Monday night: arrive at ;
Wilmington on Wednesday and at Charleston on
Thursday, where they were to be received by the
people in tnasf organized for the purpose ; then
deposited in a vault until the next Legislature ;
i
shall make provision for fheir reception and
final repose at Columbia.
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DEMOCRATIC MEETING IN MOORE. j
On the 23d instant, it being Tuesday of the
County Court, a large and highly 1 espectah.V
meeting of the democratic uartv" assembled in
SrjafccRirTrcN to Dr. Webster's
Family. A despatch from Doit on, to the
N. Y. Glob, sajs?
'The recent caiafttritj ffoarf has occurred
to tilts- rnteresfing family ha ritetl thfcir
old fr'tentfs rn Boston to raise fof them
handsome donation, as a testimonial of
eontineerf frendliip.- The widow of the
which has already rY:it?ret above $2,000.""
liAunisnuiiG, April .f4.--Hon. Linn
Koyd, member of Congress (rotnRerrttrerfT,'
was married at the Catholic chapel, to Mrs
Ann I. Dickson, of Ebensburo-, pa.
ftFor California M
GOLD OR NO GOLD!
II. R A 31 BERT
In1irfr? his frterul and customer who are in-
the Court House in Carthaee. for the nuroos. o ; T "" tu " l".Y"7: m ano pay op rneir
appointing delegates to a State Con :en io,. tn ft ),1 T"' B '
meet at Raleigh on the 13th of June, to nomi- i ne lns'm ll J I f?0? ? P,Db?
nate a candidate for the office of Governor. 1 in his line J wl 1 ZT n tt i fig""
On motion, Wm. D. Harrington was called to ! " V '? - "'
the chair, and A. R. Black ami u..ht. v t i - .as .on to do credit business.
ston were .-...pointed Secretaries. , , , -.ent're .stock ,ny peon
Th
meet
wh
po
the meeting
In the absence of the committee, the meeting
was entertained with speeches from Col. John
Morison and Wm. M. Peacock.
The committee returned and reported through
S. J. Person, their chairman, the following pre
amble and resolutions :
e chairman explained the object of l w n ,V;., - "ess or cne Kino, low
ing in a few appropriate remarks, after i 1 V1" nrl is the best irtFtitUt-
ichon motion, a committee of rive were an- I " . ! . "-. D,I,meS3- . hir hn chance fof
intedto report resolutions for the action of i ' n? nier a small busine-s of the
Whereas, the interests of a party require the
occasional public expression of its opinions, and
united action to carry them into eflect, there
fore Resolved, That we have increased confidence
in the truth and justice of democratic principles,
and are willing to lend all our energies to their
support.
Resolved, That it is expedient to hold a State
Convention at Raleigh, to nominate a democratic
candidate for the office of Governor of this State.
Resolved, That we believe the sood of the
party strongly recommends the 1'ith of June as a
more suitable day for holding such convention
than the one heretofore suggested.
Resolved, That we have great confidence in
the ability and integrity of our fellow citizen.
James C. Dobbin of Cumberland, and we earn
estly recommend him to the State Convention as
a most suitable person to receive the nomination.
Resolved, That the chairman appoint IS dele
gates to represent this county in the proposed
Convention.
In accordance with the last resolution, the
chairman appointed the following gentlemen :
W R Berryman, Arch'd Douglass, D M Mcintosh.
J L Bryan, Jno McNeill, Thos Matthews, Arch'd
Ray, Malcom M Blue, S J Person, Dr John Shaw,
John Monro, Capt Angus D McDonald, Angus
Leach, Robt Milton, Joel Sullivan, Bryant Bor
oughs, Wm Wadsworth, and B Short.
It was then moved that the proceedings of this
meeting be published in the North Carolinian
and Raleigh Standard.
The thanks of the meeting were tendered to
the chairman and secretaries, and the meeting
adjourned.
WM. D. HARRINGTON, Ch'n.
A. R. Black, ) e , -Robt.
W. GoMston. $ Secretaries.
He h-is a fine assortment of FLUID LAMPS
for centre tables, mantles, and bedrooms; and
fluid wick, and shade mf lamp glasses, for sale
tor cash only, as it requires Carti to Bliy ri'ftrf nf
the north; and it is very hard to collect htomy
for fluid after it is burnt.
Fayetteville, April 27, !S50.
3 in
THE TELEGRAPH ACT.
The People of the State of JVu York represent
ed in Senate and. Assembly, do enact a follows :
1. Any person connected with any Tel
egraph Company in this State, either as
clerk, operator, messenger, or in any oth
er capacity, who shall wilfully divulge the
contents or the nature of the contents of
any private communication entrusted to
him, for transmission or delivery, or who
shall wilfully refuse or neglect to transmit
or deliver the same, shall, on conviction
before any court, be adjudged guilty of a
misdemeanor, and shall sutler imprison
ment in the County Jail or Workhouse in
the County where such conviction shall be
had, for a term of no more than three
months, or shall pay a fine not to exceed
five hundred dollars, in the discretion ol
the Court.
- 2. This act shall take eflect immediate-
James Thotn, the celebrated Sculptor of
rough Stone Statuary, died at his resi
dence in New York city, on Wednesday
the irth inst. He will be long remember
ed for his Tarn O'Shanter and Old Mortali
ty. One of our best Mechanics, Mr Lau
der of Fayetteville, was instructed in the
Sculptor's art by Thorn. Standard.
California paper Money. The new
State of California, in the absence of the
means of converting the dust into coin, it
seems, is favored with the facilities of a
paper'circulation. We have been shown
a S3 bill of the most approved pattern,
and in the best style of Dan forth and lluf
ty of New York purporting to be issued
by "The Miners Bank of California" J.
K. Fuller, cashier, and William II- Gra
ham, president. The bank is located in
San Francisco. The bill was sent as a
curiosity by an Albanian there, in a letter
to his relatives here. Albany Jlrgus.
JVEir SriihYG & SUMMER
THE Subcrib.-r 1 now rn-rlrlng his Spring Stoci of
Goods. MlPtrd 1 PhlUd. li.hU nd Nw York M.rk.ts
confuting of a wll u-lccU-d assortment of
Staple mitl Fancy
Mack Mlk.: How(W(t kU and ro. fe Rfo; " Lln
I.u-tr: envbroided and plain Swl, Mll.naiii?.
Kngl.sh and fcootcti Oinrbam; pvl a4 flg'd Tarttons'
Mourning goods of almo.-t every description: plain and
printed Jaconets; printed Muslins and1 Lns; Kf.wofr.
English' and -American i'rints. '
went IrmenV wear: Vesting. assimeres. Cloths, fantr
nd plain Lineus and Drills; Cashmeret and Orab-dv-tes:
peroral assortment ot Radr-mad Clothinr; KM
(flares; white tcol',f lute Sc Kronth workredCapeS; stmdimr
collars; Swiss c Jacontt Edging k lnrfings: nroroldsred
white and col d Lace MusHw Cerrtaitis; a larg stock of
traw Goods: artificial Flnwvra- lim.li.i v-i..
"It. i!leno"",bri: Handkerchief: Crarats. black: col'd
silk embroidered; plain, embroidered at col'd bor'd Canton
Crape Shawls, very fine goods; Ribbons; Sun Shades. Pa -ols
and Un.rclla: Panama. Moleskin and Leghorn MaU;
dr.b and black- medium brim Bearer Hats; all kimds of
i uuiua iu iniurran tiais; an extensive assortment of
Shoes and Boots, of tm best make. Also, Hardware. Cut
lery China and Glassware-, an assortment of Family Onr-
tri nrr , snuuivi, x rimes, occ
I would y t purchaser, to cidl and examine tot thih
tlres; thoy shall hart th worth of their monrr.
wm. s. L. IT A.
April 37. 1810
LINSEFD OIL,
31 bU. in first rate oTder,
For ralr by HALL St. MALL.
April 27, 1950. 5S3-3C
FOR SALE.
WILL be sold at the Market house, in the town of Fay
etteville. ou Tuesday of Superior Court week, on TIM
BER WAUO.V. in perfect running- order. Terms si
nienths, with interest, Note with approved security.
. ,, -A. M. CAMPBELL. Au.t'r
April 37, 1850. iw
PRICES CURRENT.
Corrected ivrekly for the JYbrth Caroirnian.
TAmXTTUVTtJUn.
do
Beeswax, lb
Cotton, lb
COl'MTMT fKODl'CI. CflTI. MCBCIlANDISE.
Bacon, lb o?i to 7 Bale nope, pd
Brandy, peach, gal T to 80 Baicgine. hvv. vd
pple W to SO Hefct
18 to 9) Coffee. Rio:
11 to 1 1 Cheese, ne
Corn, bur ht;l, 6.1 to 7U Candles, pcf
Klour, bbl 4 75 to & 25 do perm1
i i ..... .
naxpeeu uunnri iiv 10 1 lit LOpneras. nd
30 Iron. Swedes prf
1 00 I do extra aises
4 do Knirllnh
6 to 10 Lime l.br
fli to 7i Lead, bar
S3 to 40
90
Feathers, lb
Fodder. 10O lbs
Hides, green, lb
do dry
Lard, lb
Oats, bushel
Oil. I. indeed, gnl
Peas, bushel
Rye. bushel
Tallow, lb
Tobacco, inanufd
Wheat, bushel
Whiskey, gal
Wool, lb
70 to 80
fi."V to 7-0
8 to Mi
ft to 15
to 85
35 to 40
15
Wood, oak. per cord, 3
riTABIKI.
Beef, on the hoof 4 to 6
Butter, pound 15 t 20
Chickens. eaeh TO to 15
Kirgs. dozen 10 a 1-5
Pork. poiiMd. 4 to 5
Potatoes, sweet l ush. 40
do Irish 7f
do noith'n. bid 1 60
Turkeys, each 50 to lOO
Turnips, bush 50
FiVETTf.VII.I.E MAHTACTI R
Cotton yarn, pound lKr
44- brown sht'ir- yd ft
7-S do do 71,'
Onaburgs, yard 10
CENT
10 to 1:V
16 to 20
3 to 15
S to IS
io ton
f to it
4 to 47-
6K to
a to 4
175 to lo
25 Co 30
ft tJO'SK
87 to' W0
IM r750
400 to SAO
to &
f50 f0400
jo ro 17-i
Molasses, gkt
Nails. Keg p
jOll.Umpgar
j do tanner's
Powder, keg
Rice, pd
Brandy. ar
Uln. Holland.
Hum. Jamaica, gal '!00
an M t roix 78 to 150
85 to 40
2 to
7 to X
f to 9
0 to 10
9 to 19
11 to 12
1 60
S? to 50
do N V.
Hags, pd
Sugar. N O. pd
do rorto Kieo.
do SB CroK,
do Lump,
do Loaf,
Salt, sack
do alum, bush
Tea. pd 69txl 60
Twin, hanging p 20
Wine. M ahtira C6 to CO
dV Maxteh?, tm to 160
do Port !' to 30O
Glass. 810 DOT 1 fh to 225
do 10x12 225 to 275
White lead keg 50 to 225
Owinjj to the late rains and bad road, trade
een rather dull.
has
improved quotations
Cotton in denvand at the
Flour is a?o w demand.
H'lIyMINGTtlX MARKET.
Corrected weekly by the " CothmereiaVr
NAVAL STORKS. j Porto Rico
Yellow dip. per bbl of COFFEE.
2S0 lbs. 2 80 a 00O1 S't Domingo
Virgin dip 3 60 Rio
Hard. " 1 l' a 0 Oo'java
p t" I urpentlne. ki. Lnirmra
A Slip up. An Irishman slipped up
and came down 4broadside,,upon his back,
on Saturday, which stilled his breathing a
minute or two, besides bruising his head
considerably. Recovering he jumped up,
threw himself into a fighting attitude,
shook his fists at the ice as if he was
- s I .
auoui to taice summary vengeance upon j timber.
iht clinnprrv cnhl.inrp. rnil ihsn. wilh Inf.rinr 3 50 a 3 0W N. F.. Bbm
j ...... . , - . jairqualitv 4Lm7 Ort Common Gi
violent gestures anu tin t-aiming unr, i Lc iur.K. steam Mill. Whiskey
exclaimed: Faith and ye 11 take a sweat
for this before June, sure .'"
Tar
Pitch
Rofi n ,
No 1.
No. 2,
No. 3.
Varnish
1 00 a 1 5
1 OU
2 Off
1 12 1-2
75 a 00
Cuba
MO&AS8E.S.
New Or Iran-
Cuba
SALT.
Dnrnslr
20 a 2i Liverpool. p sack
SPIRITS.
Quick Work. The Mayor received a
telegraphic despatch from Petersburg, in
structing him to cause the arrest of John
Mori arty, of Murfreboro N. C, charged
with obtaining $20 in money, and goods to
the amount of 16, etc., under false pre
tences. The police were directed to fer
ret him out, and in less than twenty min
utes he was arrested and lodged in jail to
await the demand of justice. Richmond
Republican.
LADIES' PAIR.
Th Ladles of tbe Presbyterian Church will hold a Fair
on the evening of 7th and 8th of May. at tbe FayetteTille
HaH. tbe proceeds of which are to be applied to repair
ing the church building- A collation will be priTen on
Wednesday the 8th. at li o'clock, a. m. Tbe articles hare
been prepared by tbe ladies of FayetteriUe, and exhibit
much tact and ingenuity.
Wide boards, plank AMI Brawdv
and scantling 11 00 a 1200 BACON
Floor Board 14 00 a 1 5 00 Hams. N . C
Wide boards. ed,ed. 14 Ooj Western
Refused, half price on all. Sides, N C
LUMBKR, RiTcr. I Western
Floor boards 10 00 a 11 00 Shoulders. N C
Wide hoards
Scantling
8 aOO
12
13 a 14
1 a IS
10 a oo
15
oo
19
16 a IT
no
28 a 30
24 a 30
30 a OO
OO
8a S t.
7a 8
aV
0 1-2 a 7
6 50 a 7 00
4 50
16 (K
RICE.
Rough
Cleaned
STAVES
W O hhd rough
dressrd
barrel 12 OT
RO hhd rough 12 00a 18 Of
" -- dressed 13 OC!
Ashe heeding 8 00 a 10 001
SHINGLES
Common 1 00 to 2 00
rontraet 3 50 a 4 Of
Black's large 3 60 a 4 00
PEAS
B. E. Peas to 70
Pea Nuts 1 06
SUGAR.
New Orleans 5a 5 1-2
Western 6 a 6 1-i
DOMESTICS.
Cotton Varns 18
'fiiCottnn Osuaburgs B a 10
. . . ... . 1 W.J
to a J Z-u-4 f aneciiDKa tpmo
r tut
fayetterille. sup. S 50
no a
X ft 00
Canal flour 7 00 a 7 55
era M til
Meal 60 a 70
Butter 15 a 25
Cheese 7 a 13
Beeswax 20
Hay 85
Soap 4 1-1 a 5
Ksatbere 35
Lard, N C 7 a 7 1-2
Umm 70 a 75
CHERAVV MARKET Cotton 10 to 12 tr-con
Gto 10 flour 5 to 5 50 iron 5 to 6 50 Salt $1 40
togl 59 corn 70 to 80 Molasses 35 to 40 Cor
rected by the Cher ate Gazette.