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FAYETTEVILLE, N. C, MAY 11, 1850.
Ml FOR RENT.
A e.mforUM. Dwelling", with
and from 30 to 40 acres cleared ground, 3 miles west of
F.yetteTille, recently -ceupird by Chas. Montague. Lsqr
sod known as Mrs Hybart's country residence, is now of
fered for Rent . . .
Also, Mrs Weeks' residence in FjrettevU, , on Mason
street and Raiford's Lane. For terms apply to
Feb'y 1, 1X 573-tf
RECTIFIED RYE WHISKEY.
We have received, and will keep constantly on hand, a
prime article mt PURE RVE WHISKEY, from the Dis
tillery ef Dr. Francis Williams, of Payie county. We sell
this liquor as we receive it. pure and unmixed. Hotel
and Bar keepers may depend on getting the pure article
at our warehouse
J. fc. T. "WAD DILL.
March 30, li&O. 579-tf
FOR SALE,
At the lowest Market Prices,
40 II litis. New Crop Molasses,
1200 sacks Salt,
5000 bushel Alum Salt,
9000 lbs. Cotton Yarn,
Osnaburgs and brown Sheetings.
With a general stock of articles in the Groeery line.
JNO. D. WILLIAMS.
FayettCTille. Feb. 123. 1850.
SPRING GOODS.
18 5 O.
JAMES KYLE
Ha just received a large general assortment of
Among which are,
Superior embroidered and printed Lawns,
Ginghams and Calicoes,
Ilrocade and figured Silks,
Plain and striped ditto,
Swiss and Jaconet Muslins,
Plain and striped Muslins,
Thread and Bobinet Lace and Ldgings,
Lace Caps, some very superior,
Superfine black and other Cloths,
Ditto Cassimeres,
Merino ditto,
French Cashmere Vestings,
Irish Linens, Lawns, and Diapers,
Silk and Cotton Handkerchiefs,
J.inen Cambric ditto,
I)rab-de-ta, French and English,
Linen Drilling,
Awker Bolting No. 1 to 10.
With many other articles, all of which being
purchased for Cash by the Package, will be offer
ed hv wholesale or letail at very low prices.
March o0, 1S."0.
Still continues to carry on the
CARRIAGE BUSINESS
in ail its branches, at the OLD STAND. He re
turns thanks lor the liberal patronage he has
heretofore received, and hopes, by a strict atten
tion to business and a desire to give entire satis
faction, to merit a continuance of the same.
He has on hand a very fine assortment of
Carriages, Barouches,
Buggies, Rockaways,
AM) SULKIES,
finished, and a very Inrge assortment of work
partly finished, which, for elegance of shape and
limsh, will compare with any other work.
Persons wishing to buy, would do well to call
and examine the work, as he is determined to
sell low tor cash, or nwtes on short time.
grj- All work warranted for twelve months,
and repaired free of charge, should it fail by bad
workmanship or mateiial.
Repairing f.iithfully executed at short no
tice, on very reasonable terms.
January 1S.'0.
SPRING DRY GOODS.
The Subscribers are receiving and opening, at
their Old Stand, North East corner Market
Square, the largest and richest stock of
STAPLE AND FANCY
Ever offered by them in this market, consisting
FASHIONABLE DRESS GOODS :
Plain and fig'd Dress Silks : plain black and
watered ditto; Silk Tissues; plain and fig'd
Berages, Fouland Silks ; embroidered and color
ed Swiss Muslins; Linen Lustres; plain and
dotted Tarltons; Grenadines; English and scotch
Ginghams and Gingham Lawns ; Printed and Or
gandie Lawns; mourning and second-mourning
Dress Goods of every description; a splendid as
sortment of English and American Prints ; Prin
ted Jaconets, &c. Ate, including, we have no
hesitation in saying, ever-style of Dress Goods
ever called for in this or other markets.
ALSO
Black, blue, and fancy col'd French Cloths ;
black and fancy Cassimeres, ; plain and striped
w'hite and colored Linen Drillings; Marseilles
Vestings of every pattern; black and fancy col'd
Silk ditto ; Scarf and Cravats; black and col
ored Cashmerets, for coatings ; Drap Detes,&c
A very pretty and fashionable lot of
READY MADE CLOTHING.
30 doz. Ladies' and Gentlemen' Kid Gloves,
of every size and color ; a beautiful lot of white
and colored Lace Capes, plain and embroidered
Canton Crape Shawls; French worked Collars,
and Cuffs; hem-stitched and embroidered Linen
Cambric Handkerchiefs ; Swiss and Jaconet Edg
ing and Insertings ; embroidered Lace Muslin
Curtains, &c. &c.
A very pretty let latest style Bonnets, Misses'
ditto; Ribbons; Artificial Flowers and Wreaths,
Parasols, and umbrellas; Moleskin, Panama, and
Leghorn Hats ; Boys' and Youths' ditto; sup'r
Calf-skin Boots ; Gentleman's Shoes, very fine;
Ladies' white Kid, Satin, and other Slippers.
The above Stock, we are assured, embraces
every style of Goods called for in our line, to
which we invite the attention of the public.
E. L. & J. A. PEMBERTON.
March 23, 1S50. 57S-tf
"SOMETHING NEW!!
And the best article known for cleaning and
polishine Brass, Britania, Tin, Glass &c.
Every family will have it when they know its
value.
MOUXT EAGLE TRIPOLI.
Directions for Use n Mctalic Surfaces.
Rub the finished surfaces with a little of the
Tripoli on a damp cloth. Finish with a dry line
cloth or wasli leather. On Brass, use oil or al
cohol; Silver and Gold may also be cleansed and
polished with a soft brush, slightly dusted with
the Tripoli, and used dry.
For Cleansing Glass Plates or JVindotcs.
Slightly moisten the cloth for the Tripoli, with
water or alcohol; rub itn the glass and follow
immediately after with u tine dry cloth.
Fur Cleansing the inside of Glass Chimneys fur
Lamps and Gas Uur-'ierst
Attach to a stick or wire of sufficient length, a
piece of sponge or wisp of cotton, then moisten
with water or alcohol, and add a little of the Tri
poli ; this rubbed on the glass will effectually re
move smoke, or burnt stains and grease, and
leave a beatiful lustre. Simply rinsing in water
completes the process.
For sale bv S. J. HINSDALE.
March 2.3d, 1S50.
Cheap as possible !
tr,
Col lard Seed, Just received, and
March 2:2 for sale by S J HINSDALE.
SPRING GOODS.
&S50.
H. Se. E. J. LILL7
Are now receiving a heavy stock of
SEASONABLE GOODS,
to which thev invite
tomers.
March 1G, 1S50.
the attention of their cus-
-St
The Subscribers having associated themselves
together, would respectfully i nform their friends
and the public generally, that they carry on the
Saddle and Hani ess-in king
BUSINESS
on Person street, at Owen Houston's old stand,
where they would be glad to receive a share of
public patronage. They keep constantly on
hand Saddles, Harness, Bridles, Martingales,
Whips, &c, made of good materials and by good
workmen. Persons wishing any thing in their line
wjll please examine their articles before pur
chasing elsewhere. Trices moderate.
fjC3-REPAIRING neatly executed and at short
notice.
O. HOUSTON,
W. OVERVY.
Aug. 11, 1319. ly.
Juet printed, handsome negotiable notes, much better
than the last, as they give a chance at three Banks.
' 1CTTL2S.
A pair of strong, able Mules for sale bv
April 6. J. &. T. W ADD ILL.
NJEIV SPUING & SUMMER
.GOODS.
THE Subscriber is now reciiDg his Spring Stock of
(roods, selected in Philadelphia and New York Markets
consisting of a well selected assortment of
Staple and Fancy
9
Of the latest styles and patterns, of which the following
will compose a part:
PUin and fije'd Berages; Silk Tissues; plain and fig'd
black Silks; Flowered Silks and tiro, do Rinedos; Linen
Lustres; cmbroided and plain Swiss Muslins; Grenadines;
Knglish and Scotch Uinghams; plain and fig'd Tarltons;
Mounting goods of almost erery description: plain and
printed Jaconets; printed Muslins and Lawns; French,
Knglish and American Prints.
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Lsequent insertion, 30 ce.
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NORTH CAROLINIAN.
Wm. H. Baynei Kdttor and Proprietor.
FAYETTEVILLE, Jf. C.
E2AIT II, lDSO.
THE FRUIT. We are surprised, and highly
gratified, to learn that the prospect of a good
supply of fruit in this section", is not so gloomy
as was anticipated after the cold weather. We
learn from several sources that the damage is not
extensive, unless, as is sometimes the case, the
effect of the cold should yet be developed by the
falling of the young fruit from the stem.
LUCK. The Goldsboro (N. C.) Telegraph
says that Col. Aaron F. Moses, of Wayne county,
has been left the heir of several millions of dol
lars in England. If he profits by it, he will be a
wise man.
JLate From Europe.
Telegraphed for the Charleston Mercury.
Baltimore, May 1, 1850.
The steamship Cambria arrived at Halifax on
Monday afternoon.
Cotton had advanced . Fair Uplands was
quoted at Cj ; fair Mobiles, 6J ; fair Orleans, 7.
The week's sales amount to 42,000 bales.
The accounts from the manufacturing districts
exhibit very little improvement. The prices of
manufactured goods do not keep pace with the
enhanced cost of the raw material, and several
factories design resuming short time.
Rumors were prevalent that the British Minis
iry, owing to the want of success for their mea
sures in Parliament, would be compelled to re
sign. The Parliament is endeavoring to curtail
the public expenditures. Ireland is still com
plaining of her oppressors. The season had been
remarkably pleasant, and the crops were promis
ing. The continental news is unimportant. Order
prevails throughout France. The Assembly is
engaged in discussing electoral loan. The Min
istry proposes to raise 200,000,000 francs by
taxation. On paper, the Red Republicans can
raise 60,000 troops in the vicinity of Paris.
The Pope is positively returning to Rome. A
large French fleet and the American squadron
are at Naples. Letters from Rome state that a
triumphal arch has been erected in honor of the
Pope.
The Croatian insurrection had terminated.
The Hungarian refugees had not yet reached
their destination.
The Greek question is still unsettled, and seri
ous apprehensions are entertained of a rupture
between Russia and Great Britain regarding
Greek affairs. The Emperor has assured King
Othw of assistance, provided England continues
the blockade, which she is determined to do.
DENTISTRY.
S. S. GILCHRIST, Dental Surgeon,
respectfully informs the ciiliens of FayctteTille and vicin
ity, that he has takes an office in the Fayetterille Hotel,
where he is prepared, to perform all operations in his pro
fession, and would he pleased to wait on all who may favor
him with a call. All work warranted
October 27 , 1849. 557-tf
Taylor c Underwood
Are now reeeiving their stock of
SPRING & SUMMER
Embracing a general assortment of
DRY GOODS, Hats, Shoes,
Bonnets & Stiaw Goods.
Coopers' and Smiths Tools ; Turpentine do.;
Hardware, Coffee, Sugar, Iron, Nails, and Crock
ery. March 1G, 1S50. 3m.
Oentlemen'a wear: Vestings. Cawimeres. Cloths, fancy
and plain Linens and Drills; Cashmerets and Drab-de-tes;
a general assortment of Ready-made Clothing; Kid
Olores; white Ic col'd lace 8c French worked Capes; standing
Collars; Swiss Si Jaconet Edgings it Insertings; embroidered
watte and cord Lace Muslin Curtains; a large stock of
straw iooas: artificial r lowers; nem-stiched and embroid
ered linen cambric Handkerchief; Cravats, black At col'd
silk embroidered; rlain. embroidered St col'd bor'd Cantoa
Crape Shawls. Tery fine goods; Ribbons; Snn Shades. Pat-
a sols and Umbrellas; fanama. Moleskin and Lee-horn Hats:
drab and black medium brim Bearer Hats; all kiads of
Youths and Children's Hats; an extensive assortment of
Chocs and Boot, or tne best mane. Also. Hardware. Cut
lery China and Glassware, an assortment of Family Gro-,iu-
Saddles. Bridles. &c
I would say to purchasers, to call and examine for them-
lves- they shall Hare tue wono oi meir money,
selves, tny y g j ATTA
AprU27. 1850.
LINSEED OIL,
bbls. in first rate order.
30
For sale by
April 27, 1S50.
HALL & HALL.
5S3-3t
AVERS'
CHERRY PECTORAL.
For sale by S J. HINSDALE.
Feb'y 16, 1S50.
ARRIVAL OF THE CANADA.
Halifax Telegraph Office, May 2.
The Canada arrived here this morning, and
sailed for Boston at 1 o'clock.
From the manufacturing districts in England
business is more cheering, and trade generally
was somewhat improved.
No actual outbreak has occurred on the conti
nent ; but, from France particularly, the reports
indicate a verv critical state of affairs.
In Ireland the weather continues favorable for
agriculturalists. Many of the emigrants leaving
for the United States are people of considerable
means.
In France, the socialists, as the election draws
near, evince the most deadly hatred towards the
present government They have nominated
gene Sue as their candidate for Paris. His
opponent of the order party had not been deter
mined upoD at last dates.
The Pope has returned to Rome, and was well
received. There was no pomp and public dis
play, beyond the necessary guard and staff.
A convention is said to have been concluded
between Austria and Prussia. An Austrian offi-
?r of high rank has been arrested in the act of
sketching Prussian fortifications.
The Cabinet of Vienna has espoused the cause
of Denmark in the Schleswig controversy ; and
the probability of a peaceful settlement of that
question is further removed than ever.
There is nothing of a definite character in re
lation to the Greek question.
The leaders of the Hungarian revolution hav
ing three months ago been summoned to surren
der within thirty days, all who have not done
so have been sentenced to death for contumacy.
Among them is Kossuth and others.
A Turkish fleet arrived at Malta on the Sth
inst., with about 200 refugees on board. They
proceed to Belgium ; thence to England and the
United States.
A letter from Constantinople of the Sth saj's,
that diplomatic relations have been resumed by
the Porte and Austria.
Ir Marsh, the minister from the United
States, had been received by the Sultan in a very
flattering manner. It is said that the new lega
tion will be likely to prove a very influential
one, and that the embassies of America and Eng
land will mutually act together.
The Sultan has added a Christian battalion to
each of his regiments.
MARKET. Liverpool, April 20 -The Niagara
reached Liverpool on the 16th. Her news- car
ried Cotton to a lull advance of on all descrip
tions. Sale9 of 01,000 bales,' of which specula
i tors took 12,000,. and exporters &000
From the Missiasipplan.
LETTER FROM CHIEF JUSTICE
SHARKEY.
Jackson, April 4, 1850.
Editors of the Nat ion nl Intelligencer :
Gentlemen: Your number of the 14th
of March contains an article headed.
The Proposed Remedy for the Evil of
the Daj Examined," which does gross
injustice to the members of the Cunven-
Ltion which met in this nlace in October
last. TUe part which it was my fortune
to take in that Convention makes it neces
sary that I should forego inclination, and
appear before the public to repel an un
founded calumny. That article is but
the sequel of several which preceded it, of
less boldness. The public journalist
owes it to the country to deal candidly
and fairly with the conduct ot others, and
in departing from this duty he is like a
swift witness : he betrays his partiality
at the cost of his integrity.
Your article is lengthy,and I shall con
tent myself with noticing such portions
of it as place the Convention in the most
prominent point of view. Your title
seemed to give promise of discussion, but
your "essay begins and ends in assertion
and denunciation. You prove one thing,
however, which may . have not been gen
erally known an entire identity in feeling
with the North, in its high claims of power
on the subject of slavery. Your Northern
readers will doubtless be gratified at your
devotion to their favorite measure, but
they will not be much enlightened by your
argument. Your Southern countrymen
can no longer regard you as neutral. I
am not willing that the Convention shall
be judged by the open enemies of the South,
and still less willing that it shall be cop
demned on evidence and inferences not
found in, or warranted by, its own declara
tions ; and I assert, in the most solemn
manner, that motives have been ascribed
to the members which ther did not enter
tain. Your allusion to the Hartford Conven
tion is an artifice which requires no com
ment to show its object. Its history is
given at length, and you conclude, from
the "mode of composition and the objects,"
the Nashville Convention is more deserv
ing of odium. This is condemning it pre
maturely.on assumed grounds. The con
vention has not met ; its composition
cannot be known, or at least but partially
known. Its objects are just what the.
convention of Mississsippi expressed them
to be. When men have openly and fairly
declared their object, it is unjust to ascribe
to them motives which they did not ex
press, unless the charge can be sustained
on more conclusive evidence. My pur
pose is with the Mississippi Convention ;
and if you had dealt as fairly by it as you
have towards the Hartford Convention,
no vindidation would have been required.
The history of one is given at length ; but
not so with the other. The Hartford Con
vention is pronounced an innocent affair,
on the strength of the declarations con
tained in its proceedings; but the Mississ
ippi Convention is not judged by the same
rule, its declarations are disregarded, and
motives ascribed to it which were not ex
pressed. One sat with closed doors, and
its proceedings were kept secret, at a time
when we were at war with a powerful
foreign enemy, which had been opposed,
and the justice of which been denied by a
portion ot our people, yet its motives are
determined by the journal of its proceed -ceedings
to the world, and invited dis
cussion ; yet it is condemned on what it
did not say.
You next allude to the Mississippi Con
lion, and, after setting out its resolutions,
say: These resolutions, certainly, upon
no sufficient ground in their averments,
the essential part of which contained in
the second resolution none but political
fanatics ('and hardly theyj would be found
to dispute, but faintly outline the purpose.
of which late discussions in and out of
Congress hardljr leave a doubt, through
the instrumentality of the proposed con
vention, to unsettle the foundations of the
government of the United States. They
set out, indeed, with professing a devoted
and cherished attachment to the Union,
but they beg the question of aggression by
the no'n-staveholdine States, in order to
suggest the idea that they (the people of
Mississippi desire to have it only such as
they desire." Here is a direct charge ot
a design to unsettle the foundations of
the government. It is utterly uenieu mat
any such purpose was designed. It is
denied that any member of the Mississippi
Convention had any such object in view ;
and it is asserted that every member there
assembled is a friend to the Union, The
great, the leading object in calling it was
to preserve the U nion. It is asscrteu oy
you that the resolutions but faintly outline
i r sr
the purpose to unsettle the lountiations i
the government : but the picture is fitted
out, by the aid of a perverted imagination,
on the evidences furnished by "discussions
in and out of Congress." Why did you
not judge the Hartford Convention by
"discussions in nd out of Congress r"
The Mississippi Convention also asks to be
judged by its own acts, and by Us own
onl v.
But in the foreeoinz extract it is also
asserted that the essential part of the re so-
a a
lotion ia contained in the second wmcn
you say none but political fanatic would
dispute." This is not true. The third
resolution is far more important. It
denies to Congress the power to legislate
on the subject of slaverv in the District of
V.I.. L" . . . i . .1 . 1
vuiumuia, --or to pronioii me siave trsae
between the several States, or to prohibit
the introduction of slavery in th Territo
ries of the United States.' This is the
verJ St f 'he dispute ; and yet it is pass
ed over as of no importance. This is the
controverted Question of right asserted on
one side and denied on the other, out of
which all the danger to the Union has
arisen. On this ground the convention is
charged with having "begged the question
of aggression by tlve non-slaveholding
States.'' 1 wish" the South to mark your
language, for this is the immediate cause
of the quarrel. We conscientiously be
lieved, and still believe, the North claim
ed too much ; that Congress has no power
over the subject of slavery in the Territo
ries, the common property of all the
States. We believe that the exercise of
such power would endanger the Union ;
and to prevent this catastrophe we met.
If we have begged the question of aggres
sion, we shall continue in that category.
We were sincere in our expressions of at
tachment to the Union. I believe the
whole South is attached to it, and that no
secret designs are entertained against it in
that quarter. You, and others like vou.
do most to unsettle the foundations of the
government, by claiming for ti power which
it does not possess, by trying to build up
a consolidated fabric on the ruins of State
sovereignty and of the Constitution. And
if, unfortunately, the future historian shall
be compelled to deplore the ruin of the
Government, and to trace its cause, you
and your class of politicians will stand
conspicuous in the foreground on the can
vass which shall represent the great drama.
But your greatest alarm for the safety
of the Union has arisen from a portion
of the address prepared under the direc
tion of the convention. That is regarded
by you as a' full development of the ob
ject a Southern Confederacy. The lan
guage alluded to is this: Besides, and
beyond a popular convention of the Southern
States, with the view and the hope of ar
resting the course of aggression, and if
not practicable, then to concentrate the
South in will, understanding and action,
the convention of Mississippi suggests, as
the possible alternate resort, the call by the
legislatures of the assailed States of still
more solemn conventions, such as should be
regularly elected by the people of thc!c
States, to deliberate, speak, and act with
all the sovereign power of the people.
Should, in the result, such conventions be
called and meet, they may lead to a like
regularly constituted convention of all the
States, to provide, in the last resort, for
their separate welfare, by the formation of
a compact and a union that will afford
protection to their liberties and their
rights." This yu call the project of a
Southern Confederacy confessed openly,
and apparently without compunction avow
ed, and coolly recommended to the con
sideration of the Southern States." This
is an unfair construction. The secondary
is made the primary proposition. The ac
cident is made the substance the alterna
tive the primary object. The contingency
on w hich aSouthern Confederacy was allud
ed to has been entirely overlooked kept
out of view It was spoken of in the
address only as a last resort in the event
of a failure in the hope of arresting the
course of aggression." The address did
not authorise you to say that Southern
Confederacy was the object ; it avows at
tachment to the Union as did every ex
pression of the convention, and as do the
whole people of Mississippi. No men live
who more desire the perpetuity of the Un
ion than do the signers of that address,
if they can have it unimpaired. But they
believed with the entire South that the
North had been pressing, and would again
endeavor to press, the exercise of power
not delegated to Congress by the Constitu
tion; and they believed, moreover, that the
South would not submit. Their first hope
was to avert the evil by a timely declara
tion of their rights, but if that should fail,
it was natural to look to consequences,
and to provide for them. The convention
did not, as you say, act under the in
fluence of excited feeling." They met as
men who had reflected well; who knew
and felt the solemnity of the occasion. In
surveying the whole ground, it was but
natural it was prudent that they should
look to the possiouity oi a lauure in ineir
fondest hope. And it was only on thai
a single thouzht was turned to a Southern
compact as a means of security, not of
choice. I repeat that we desire no South
ern Confederacy we desire the perpetuity
of our present Union ; but it can only be
preserved by keeping every department of
the government within its constitutional
. a a wilhnill
limits. Ana your ascrn
proof.
I quote further from your "examination."
You say: ""It is no longer matter of infer
J.wt - tr : u
ence. inereexrsis a uinucbuvu
Union, more deeply seated than we had
supposed, engendering design against it
which the mass arm ootiy oi tne peopie oi
the south are as little aware of as we were
three days ago, the first germination of
which is this project oi a JNashviiie Con
vention." I am greatly mistaken if the
"body of the people of the South" are not
fully aware of all the disaffection to the
Union -which exists here, aud fully
aware, tod. ot the; caases of that dtsaftec
tion. You have imparted no mfornution
to them on that subject, me nrst "ger
minations" of dia flee tio:i grew uut t r
attack upon their right. It is singula
that you do not undertake to account foi
disaffection, and to show us whether it i
well or ill founded. Perhaps it may b
justifiable. It is said that motive is th.
impulse to human action, and oppresio . r
the main-spring to revolution.- I
men deirea change of gcvi rnmctit, ch :
larged liberty is the gi-eat object; an
changes are never desired when the for.
of government is the best that can be es:
tablished. As ours is of that description,
we can have no motive to change it; the
attempt to abuse is what we complain of.
It we are disaffective towards the Union,
(which I deny.J perhaps there may l
cause for it, which if rmoved-,would restoi
harmony. You have seen that there wa .
deep seated discontent on the subject .m"
slavery, and, as friemfs to our country, yn
was your duty to allay the excitement, if
possible. You but provoke the quarrel by
taunting the South with infidelity to the'
Government. If you wish to preserve tht
Union from danger, tell your Northerr.
friends to press us no further to forbeiir
That is the safe course, even if the powfi
be doubtful. They claim to exert it we
deny their right- U they act, they may
violate the Constitution; but if they are
passive, they cannot. By that mean
peace will be "restored. A free govern--ment
must command the voluntary homage'
of the people; anil whatever tends to weak
eh their attachment endangers its exis
tence. In the further progress of your examina
tion, you array the proceedings ot the South
Carolina and Virginia legislatures.
These figure before your vision as most
appalling proofs of disloyalty to the Un
ion. They are but further developments
of the plan the first gcrminations'of which
appeared in Mississippi. I sec nothing
alarming in them beyond a firm determi
nation to maintain their rights, and if there
be a secret intention beyond that, I leave
yoa and the movers to settle it.
In your alarms for the safety of the Un
ion, it is matter of wonder that you had
not discovered unfriendly indications from
other quarters. You have even heard pe
titions for the dissolution of the Union
presented to Congress from the North.
You have witnessed an open, palpable in
fraction ot the constitution by Pennsylva
nia and other States, by the passage of lawj
annulling that provision in the Constitution
which secures to the owner the right to re
capture his fugitive slave. You have
heard it proclaimed in the Senate by a Sen
ator from the North, who was sworn to
support the Constitution, that a certain
clause of that instrument which protects us
was immoral, and therefore not binding.
You have heard the terrors of a dissolution
of the Union described by the picture of a
vast gu'f between the North and the South,
filled and heaped high with the slaught
ered bodies of our countrymen;" yet this
revolting siglit would be endured the re
ality witnessed by a member of the lower
house, rather lhan h wouWUyield his opin
ions and his object on the subject of
slavery. You have heard your own espe
cial favorites declare that dissolution must
come rather than the VViimot Proviso
should be abandoned. You take no alarm
at these tiling, bold and daring as they
are. Much a they may show a total dis
regard for the Union, they are passed over
as harmless. You have never been sus
pected of an over devotion to State sover
eignty or constitutional restrictions, and if
the South had claimed power for Congress,
instead of denying it, she would have
found more friends.
My only motive in making this commu
nication, is to vindicate myself, and those
with whom I acted, from the charge so un
warrantably made, of unfriendliness to
the Union. We have been actuated by
a settled conviction throughout that we
were right. We believe conscientiously
that Congress has no power over the ques
tion of slavery, either permissive or pro
hibitory, and that any action on the sub
ject would be gross infraction of that in-
strumenr. vt e oesire to sec tne question
banished from our national council-house,
and harmony restored, but we warn the
North not to expect us to submit. We
are quite as firm in our resistance as they
are in their encroachment.
That we may stand vindicated, and have
that justice to'which we are entitled, it is
hoped that you wilt publish this letter, and
the proceedings of the convention, or at
least the address, a pamphlet copy of which
I send you; and lest the MSS. should be
lost, it is published in the papers of this
place, from which, in that event, it may bo
extracted. Your obedient servant.
W. L. SHARKEY.
EscouaoiNo. It affords us gratifica
tion to state that the Wilmington and
Raleigh Rail Road Company, tor the past
six months, have been doing a fine business,
and we have understood that for the past
month ot April, the increase ot receipts on
the northern trayel alone, was 172. per
cent over any similar month since the
Company has been in operation. Aurora.
.Old Wines. We observe, by a Phila
delphia paper, that a sale of a stock ot
Wines, belonging to the estate Com. Hull,
was to have taken place there on Monday
last. Among them is some very od
Madeira, taken from the Briti$h ship
Macedonian, when captured by Commo
dore Decatur, and purchased of htm by
Commodore Hull.