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b - TELE NORTH CAKOMNIAN cri From the National Intelligencer. PETITION TO LIBERATE IRISH EXILES. The Dlegation of the Friend of the Irish exiles, O'Brien, Meagher, and Mitchell, arrived here yestery in th second train of cars, at . about half-past twelve o'clock, having been detained two hours on the waj in consequence of some unexpected derangement of the cars. The delegation from Baltimore was quite a large one, numbering, as we have been informed, upwards of two hundred. They were met at the cars by a committee, and conducted to the National Hotel, whence, soon after three o'clock, attended by a lare accession of sympathizing friends of our own city, they walked in procession to the President's House. The East Room being the only one in the Presidential Mansion any thing like capable of accommodating so large a deputation, the President met them there. On entering the room, and the preliminary introductions over, Or Cliaisty, of Balti more, on the part of the delegation from that citv. addressed the President at length on the subject of their visit, and presented a petition, very numerously signed, praying the intercessory interven tion ot'this Government with that of Great Britain to remit the further execution of th sentences of the exiles, and to grtnt tben their liberty. Mr McGhee, Editor of the Boston Celt,'' also presented a petition from Boston and the neighboring towns and villages, to which over five thousand signatures were appended. He also addressed the President with much fervor, eloquence, and ability. To these addresses the President re plied as follows : Sir: It is quite natural that natives of Ireland residing in the United States should feel a deep sympathy and com miseration for those of their countrymen who have been condemned to a long im prisonment in a distant land. Indeed, all the human and benevolent larnert severe suffering wherever it exists, and by whatever cause occasioned. 'I have become acquainted with the memorial which you have presented. It is ably written, and contains suggestions which are entitled to weight with all just minds, and cannot fail to awaken in every bosom a strong desire for the accomplish ment of its humane object. Frankness, however, compels me to say that the re quest which it contains cannot be made the giound of any official proceedings; yet any personal good olfices in aid of your wishes, so far as may be compatible with duty and obligation, will be most cheerfully rendered. 4 It is a principle well settled, and which is absolutely necessary to all nation al independence, that one nation cannot claim a right to interfere with the internal concerns of another. The United States Government would be the last to yield to any such claim by a foreign State ; and, therefore, from its very origin, it has cautiously abstained from setting up or exercising any such claim or right itself. It lias never, in any instance, inteiferred I in such case as you present. , When the great Father of his Country was President of the United States, his companion in arms. Gen. Lafayette, be loved by him like a brother, became a prisoner at Olmutz, in Austria. The President was most earnestly and impor tunately solicited to interfere officially for his release But this he steadily de clined, although at the same time he made every private and personal effort to ac complish a purpose so dear to his own heart. I shall regard the principle of this precedent, and, together with those hoin 1 consult on important questions, shall consider what can be done in aid of your object consistently with such principle. You ami your friends, sir, will pro bably see, on reflection, that nothing could be more likely to defeat the desired object than any interference, which might be justly deemed offensive, according to the usages of nations and the well-settled priuciples of public law. Nor can I so far disregard what is due to the dignity ot this Government as to make any applica tion, as its head, to another Government, which such Government miht treat with disrespect, ami be justified in so doing by the rules of international law. You refer to what has been done in regard to M. Kossuth. But in his case this Government made no representation or application to the Government against which he had committed alleged offences. The repre sentation of this Government was made to Turkey, and to Austria. In reard to our own citizens, the case would be different. The paternal care which we exercise for the welfare of our'citizens would justify such intercession for one of them. This has been done by myself, and by my predecessors, in sev eral instances. But we have never in teiferred between a Government and its subjects or citizens. Be assured, sir, that it would give me sincere pleasure to see the prisoners to whom your memoriol refers set at liberty. Whenever that happens which I hope may be soou should they see fit to come to this cuntry, they will find a safe asylum, and full protection under its laws. Accept, sir, for yourself and your iriends, my respects and good wishes. At the close of these cefemonies the party returned in the same order that they it iiaa observed on their entrance. A complimentary dinner, given to the deputations from abroad bv the Irish citizens of Washington, came off last even ing at Carusi's Saloon, to which som two to three hundred sat down. A mirht be supposed on such an occasion, everything joyously. Addresses were . delivered by Senator Douglas, G. W. Curtis, fcsq., Mr McGhee, and other 2en ilCUl V 4 J 03- The Ohio State House, at Columbus, was burned down on me 1st inst. The Legislature was in session. The Supreme Court Room is tn ha used for their meetings until other arrangements can oe maae. GEN. JAMES WILSON ON CALIFORNIA. General Wilson, formerly a member of Congress from New Hampshire, but now a citizen of California, writes to a friend in the Granite State as follows : San Francisco, Dec. 4, 1851. This is now December. At the time of this present writing, the ground in my old native State is all frozen up solid; your houses are all banked up snu; your fires are lighted and kept briskly burning in your occupied rooms; your cattle are housed, and are consuming the result of your last summer's labor; your people are wrapped up in great coats, mattens and buffalo robes, to keep from freezing; snow is flying, and you have all the indications of a hard, cold, forbidding winter. Now, mark the contrast Here 1 am writing to you in a room without a fire neither snow nor frost outside; catttle are ranging at large upon the hills, new grass and wild oats are up, rank and green; our farmers are hitching their oxen to the plow, while you are hitching yours to the sledge. This is our spring time, and in fact it is spring and summer here all the time. -We have the most delightful climate in the world. It is incomparably fine, and has been so ever since I arrived here, more than 13 months ago. We are expecting a rainy season, and shall have it; but even during that season we have a great deal of fair. beautiful weather. It can rain here when it tries, as you never saw it rain in your life: It pours down from the clouds in sheet rather than drops. YVe have also a rich and productive soil, easily worked; and a good market for every kind of vegetable. lf people would come to California with anything like reasonable hopes and expectations; if they would bring with them the habits of indus try, economy and perseverance, if they would steadily apply themselves to farm labor and be satisfied with reasonable re turns, in due season they could not fail of success. But they do not and will not come here with any such views If they had some little sense when they left home, it is all gone when they get to California. The glitter of gold bewilders them, and nothing but a desperate adventure for a foitune will satisfy them. Your Eastern people have entirely erroneous opinions about California. The common idea is that if a person can only get to California, he has nothiug to do but to scrape up the gold by the shovel- full until he satisfies all the cravings of avarice. The adventurer for California starts with this oninion his mind is all absorbed in thoughts about linen sacks buckskin bags and close purses to hold his gold he is anxiously contriving how to pack, keep, and safely transport his pre cious yellow dust. It is a great and fatal mistake. It is enough of i self to blast the prospects of nine out of ten of all the people who come to California. The stern experience of the practical miner soon dispels the error, and the poor, deluded sufferer is discourag ed, disheartened and mortified he loses his energy and fortitude he sickens and dies. I have seen many such cases, and I hire not advise any ofny numerous cor respondence to come to California. 1 hose who "stand well had belter stand still. 7 GEN'L. BUTLER. RESOLUTIONS OF THE KENTUCKY DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. We give below the resolutions adopted by the Democratic Convention of Ken tucky, recently assembled 1 hey go right square up to the work; and the Washing ton Union is informed that they were submitted to General Butler and he ap proved of them. There is no abolitionism about them: Resolved, that the Congress of the United States have no power to control. regulate, or interfere with the institution of slavery as it exists in any of the States. Resolved, I hat Congress has no power to prohibit a citizen of any of the States, where slavery exists by authority of law, from emigrating with and holding his slaves am! inhabiting any territory acquir ed by the blood and treasure of the whole people, and held by the United States for the benefit of all the States. Resolved, That we will abide by and maintain the several act recently passed by the Congress of the United States, known as the Compromise Measures, and as a final settlement of questions which threatened the harmony and integrity of the Union; and tint we will not consent to submit to a violation of the principles of the Compromise Acts, and especially that which purposes to surrender, in obedience to the Constitution, fugitive slaves to their legitimate owners. We require of the General Government a prompt and faithful execution of this law in its letter and spirit. Resolved, That the application of the national revenue to the purposes of internal- improvement upon objects merely local and not national, is unconstitutional, and tends to an extravagant, if not a cor rupt use of public money. Resolved, That the Democracy of Ken tucky are opposed to any innovation upon the .principles of the tariff of 1846, and especially to a substitution of specific in stead of the ad valorem principle embraced in that act. Resolved, That the Democracy of the nation can boast of many good men and true, who would faithfully carry out the foregoing principles and ably administer the government; and among these we re commend to the Democracy of the nation, our distinguished fellow citizen, Vm. O. Butler, and ask for his claims at the hands of the National Democratic Conven tion a just and impartial consideration. Resolved, That we approve of a Na tional Democratic Convention, to be held at some central point, at some early day, and will appoint delegates to represent Kentucky in said convention, and hereby pledge the sincere and zealous support of the Democracy of Kentucky to the nominees ef that body for the office of j President and Vice President. KOSSUTH COMING SOUTH It is said that after his visit to Pittsburg, Governor Kossuth will proceed to Colum bus, Cincinnati, St. Louis and New Or leans, stopping at several intermediate places. He will then, in turn, visit Mobile, Savannah and Charleston. Thence he will proceed by water to New York, ascend the Hudson to Albany. From there, again westward, he will go to Buffalo and Niagara Falls, and by the way of the lake, Ogdensburg and-Vermont, will repair to Boston, where he will re main until'he embarks for Europe. Such is at present his contemplated route, though circumstances may occur to change or modify it. He hopes to be able to be in Boston in March or April, though the exact time is uncertain, and be may be A. I 1 .1 1 J prevemeu auogeiuer, uy movements in Europe rendering his earlier departure necessary. While he will be received with all due courtesy by the people of the South, we imagine he will find that although they may respect the man, they repudiate his doctrines. The Central Rail Road. Our New Berne friends need be in no alarm with respect to the change in the location of the Eastern terminus of the Central Rail Road. As finally located; it p W"""couj h Waynesboro, and touchesc iTv7r7as their interests require, but meets the Wil mington Road in the Southern boundary of Goldsboro', instead of a mile below, as at first located. The change affects inju riously no interest, and will greatly benefit that of our village. Mr McRae has about 160 hands at work on this division, and the number is increas ing as fast as they can be btained. We expect soon to see a portion of this Division in active use. Goldsboro'' Republican. AN ADVENTURE IN A BARBER'S SHOP A THRILLING SKKTOH. In the month of October, 1826, my vessel was Ivins in Mobile. I went ashore l . one bright morning, to do some business with the house to which I was consigned, and as I passed along the street, itoccured to me that 1 might as well have a beard of a week's growth reaped, before I present ed myself at the counting room. I step ped into a barber's shop, and I told the barber to proceed. He was a bright mulatto, a good look ing young fellow, not more than two and twenty years of age, it appeared. His eves were large, black ami unusually lus trous. His manner at first was quiet and respectful. I thought be was a long while lathering my face, and I told him that he must have bought his soap at the wholesale price. Laughing, he replied that mine was a long bean, and that he knew what he was about. 'Are you the boss here, my I asked. man?" Yes," he answered, me up, and I pay him my master set twenty dollars a month for my time" "That is a good interest on the capital invested.". 1 remarked: cn vou nav . j - ----- - y w J your rent and live on the balance of your savings?" 'Oh, yes! and lay up something be- sides. ,l.,.r Sometimes 1 receive thirty bits a J "Then I suppose you will buy your freedom one of these days "As for that," he replied, ' I care but little. 1 have all the liberty I want, and enjoy myself as I go along." By this time he had lain down the brush, and commenced running his razor over the strop, looking at the blade every time he drew it across the leather. His hand trembled a little, and his eyes absolutely burned like coals of fire. I did not feel uneasy, but I could not avoid watching him closely. At last he commenced shaving me. My head being thrown back, I was able to keep my eyes fixed directly on his own. Why. I did so I cannot tell; certainly I ap prehended nothing, but I did not remove my gaze for a single instant while the razor was passing over my neck and throat. He seemed to grow more and more uneasy; his eyes were as bright, but not so steady, as when I first observed them. He could not meet my fixed and deliberate look. As he commenced shaving my chin he said abruptly "Earbers handle a deadly weapon sir." "True enough, my man,'' I replied, "but you handle yours skillfully, although I notice that your hand shakes a little." 'That's nothing, sir, I can shave just as well. .My hand shakes because I did not have much sleep last night. But 1 was thinking just now," he added, with a laugh, how easy it would be for me to cut your throat." "Very likely," I replied, laughing in return, but looking sternly at him "very likely, yet I would not adviuO yij tJ try the experiment." Nothing more was said. He soon finish ed, and I arose front the chair just as an elderly gentleman was entering the shop. The last comer divested himself of his coat and cravat, and took the seat I had vacated. I went to the glass, which did not re flect the chair, to arrange mr collar. Certainly I had not stood before it a single . i w . . . . moment, wnen l neard somet ime- like a suppressed shriek, a gurgling, horrible sound, that made my blood run cold. I turned, there sat the unfortunate gentle man, covered with blood, his throat cut from ear to ear, and the barber, a raving maniac, dashing his razor with tremendous violence into the mangled neck. On the instant the man's eye caught mine, the razor dropped from his hand, and he fell down in a fit. I rushed towards the door, and called for assistance The unfortunate man was dead before we reached the chair. We secured the barber, who, as I sub sequently learned, had been drinking deeply the night before, and was laboring 1. - a a a unuer mama a poiu. itis tate 1 never heard. From the Boston Transcript. MORMONISM A DEMORALIZING DELUSION. The following is a communication ad- dressed to us by Mr Hardy, formerly an elder in the Mormon church, on the sub ject of the charges brought against the Mormons by the returned United Mates officers from Utah. We have had some conversation with Mr Hardy, during which he impressed us most favorably by those external signs of physiognomy and manner which denote truthfulness and sincerity- We firmly believe his story, confirmed as it is by much concurrent testimony from official and other sources. We have hitherto defended the Mormons, believing them to be a traduced and per secuted people. MORMONISM EXPOSED, BY AN EX-MORMON. To the Editor of the Transcript : The late high-handed and treasonable proceedings of the Mormons in the Ter ritory of Utah, as shown by the official reports of the United States officers re turned therefrom, however strange and startling they may appear to the uninitiat ed, form no new development to those who have had an opportunity of scrutiniz ing and observing them, and their doc trines and practices and designs, but are in perfect keeping with the character of the-sect, openly avowed by them to njost of their members for some ten years or more. The writer of this, having been one of their number, and having been personally acquainted with Brigham Young and his associates, called by them the twelve apos tles, and having had frequent conversa tions with them in respect to their policy in relation to the government of this coun try, is perhaps better qualified than many to submit a few hints thereon. Frst, then, a word in regard to their great leading doctrine. They believe and teach that the aborigines of this con tinent are decendants of a branch -of the house of Israel, through the seed of Joseph, the Patriarch; and consequently those re markable blessi ni:s pronounced upon Jo seph and his two sons, by Jacob his father, also by Moses, will be fulfilled upon the head of the Mormon church, and on this continent Hence all those terrible de nunciations and destructions predicted of in the Prophets against the oppressors of Kphraim and Manassah (the Indians) are to be fulfilled upon the devoted heads of the A merican people, the Mormons being the instruments. The Book of Mormon misnamed the Mormon bible which Joseph Smith claim ed to have found miraculously, in the shape of metallic plates inscribed upon in an inspiration, is the sacred and political history of this branch of Israel, the pre decessors of the American Indians. The organization of the Mormon church is the beginning of this work of returning politi cal power to the Indians ostensibly, but in reality to the Mormon church In re gard to the government and laws of this country, they are ready at any and all times to set them at defiance, except j when they mav deem it politic to do other wise. In addition t thew religious idea of vengeance on this government, they lave sworn vengeance against the States of Missouri and Illinois, from which they tave been driven, and against the United States government for not siding with them against those States. I he -salt Iake movement was got up for the avowed purpose of placing them selves without the pale of tliis government. fthey, with all their prophets, little dream- that it was so soon to be a part or that government,) that they could the bet ter manage their treasonable designs; am at that time the Mormons petitioned Queen Victoria for aid for the Mormon emigrants trom Ureat Uritain, urging in that petition the importance of her Ma jesty's government counteracting the ra pid emigration from the United states to California! That petition can be seen by examining the nies ot the Mormon paper printed in England at that time, calleil the Millennial! Star." In regard to polygamy, it has been preached among them for years; and, if it were necessary, l could give vou cases of the separation of husbands and wives. and breaking up ot families, the demorali zation of young women by some of these twelve apostles, in this city and vicinity. that would almcst chill the heart s blood lhey teach anu avow openly that mar- riages performed out or that church are null and void, and can be broken at the pleasure of either or both parties I There is no particular order or system about it. The heads of the church manage to secure to themselves the most desirable of the females that join the cl-urch; and when tired of them give them over to the lay men of the church, and not before. I know of one instance of a family from this city, where the mother and two daugh ters (mere children) were used as wives bv one of these apostles, Heber Kimball, he at the same time living with his lawfu wite! I know of another case, in which P. P. Pratt, another of these twelve took the young wife of Mr Hum of this city, unbeknown to him, and they have lived as husband and wife since. Bat your space will not permit to begin to enu merate instances of that kind that have come to my personal knowledge. Instead of polygamy, it should be termed licentious ness run mad. Any and all of these charges I stand ready to substantiate by their own documents, and by unimpeacha ble witnesses. Hit Coldest Day in Twenty-Seven Years. The Philadelphia Ledger has been furnished with statistic of cold weather. from which it appears that Tuesday the'nStne words "With the help or God." 20th Jan. was the coldest day that has day occurred since 1825. It appears that there were hut two days on which the thermometer was as low as Tuesday, viz: the 27th of January, 1832, and the Sd of February, 1857; the lowest of each was the same as Tuesday, but on each of these days it rose higher at noon, 5 decrees in 1 1S32 and It degrees in 1826. From Harper's New Monthly Magazine. VISION OF CHARLES XI. We are in the habit of laughing incre dulously at stories of visions and superna tural apparitions, jet some are so well authenticated, that if we refuse to believe them, we should, in consistency, reject all historical evidence. The fact I am about ' af - . . to relate is guaranteed by a declaration signed by four credible witnesses ; I will . .y. .... .. only add, that the prediction contained in this declaration was well Known,- anu generally spoken of, long before the oc currence of the events which have appar ently fulfilled it. Charles XI. father of the celebrated Charles XII. was one of the most despotic, but, at the same time, wisest monarchs, who ever reigned in Sweden. He curtail ed the enormous privileges of the nobility, abolished the power of the Senate, made laws on his own authority ; in a word, he changed the constitution of the country, hitherto an oligarchy, and forced the States to invest him with absolute power. He was a man of an enlightened and strong mind, firmly attached to. the Lutheran religion ; his disposition was cold, un teei ing, and phlegmatic, utterly destitute of imagination. He had just lost his queen, Ulrica Eleonora, and he appeared to feel her death more than could have been expected from a man of his charac ter. He became venmore gloomy and silent than before, and his incessant ap plication to business proved his anxiety to banish painful reflections. Toward the close of an autumn evening, he was sitting in his dressing-gown and slippers?, before a large fire, in his private apartment- His chamberlain, Count Brahe. and his physician, Baumgarten, were with him. The evening wore away, and his Majesty did not dismiss them as uual : with his head down and his eyes fixed on the fire, he maintained a profound silence, weary of his guests, and fearing, half un consciously, to remain alone. The count and his companion tried various subjects of conversation, but could interest him in At length Brahe, who supposed that sorrow for the queen was the cause of his depression, said with a deep sigh. anu pomiinir 10 ner portrait, which nuns- in the room, What a likeness that is! How truly it gives the expression, at once so gentle and so dignified I 7 Nonsense !" said the king. angrily. "the portrait is far too flattering; the queen was decidedly plain then, vexed at his unkind words, he rose and walked up and down the room. to hide an emotion at which he blushed After a few minutes he stopped before the window looking into the court ; the night was black, and the moon in herfiist quarter. The palace where the kings of Sweden now reside was not completed, and Charles XI, who commenced it, inhabited the old palace, situated on the Ritzhnlm, fac ing Lake Modu- It is a large building in the form of a horeshoe : the king's pri vate apartments were in one of the ex tremities : opposite was the great hall where the Stables assembled to receive communications from the crown. The windows of that hall suddenly appeared illuminated. The king was startled, but at first supposed that a servant with a light was passing through ; but then, that hall was never opened except on state occa sions, and the light was too brilliant to be caused by a simple lamp. It then occurr ed to him that it must be a conflagration: but there was no smoke, and the glass was not broken ; it had rather the appearance of an illumination. Brahe's attention be ing called to it, he proposed sending one of the pages to ascertain the cause of the light, but the king stopped him, saying, he would go himself to the hall. He left the room, followed by the count and doctor, with lighted torches. Baumgarten called fhe man who had charge of the keys, and ordered him, in the king's name, to open the doors of the great hall. Great was his surprise at this unexpected command. He dressed himself quickly, and came to the king with his bunch of keys. He opened the first door of a gallery which served as an ante-chamber to the hall. The king entered, and what was his amaze ment at finding the walls hung with black. . What is the meaning of this?" ask ed he. The man 'replied, that he did not know what to make of it, adding, When the gallery was last opened, there was cer tainly no hanging over the oak paneling." The king walked on to the door of the hall. "Go no further, for heaven's sake, exclaimed the man ; "surely there is sor cery going on inside. At this hour, since the queen's death, they say she walks up and down here. May God protect us!'' 4 Stop, sire," cried the count and Baumgarten - together, don't you hear that noise ? Who knows to what dangers you are exposing yourself! At all events, allow me to summon the guards." " I will go in," said the king, firmly; 'open the door at once." The man's hand trembled so that he could not turn the key. " A fine thins to see an old soldier frightened, " said the king, shrugging his shoulders; "come, count, will you open the door ?" Sire," replied Brahe, 'Iet your Majes ty command me to march to the mouth of a Danish or German cannon, and 1 will obey unhesitatingly, but I can not defy hell itself." " Well," said the king, in a tone of con tempt, "I can do it myself." He took the key, opened the massive oak door, and entered the hall, pronounc H is three attendants, whose curiosity over came their fears, or who, perhaps, were ashamed to desert their sovereign, follow ed him. Ins hall vrh lighted by an in numerable number of torches. A black hanging had replaced the old tapestry The benches round the hall were occupied by a multitude, all dressed in black ; their facet were o dazzlingly bright that the four spectators of this scene were unable to distinguish one among them. On an elevated throne, from which the king was accustomed to address the assembly, sat a bloody corpse, as if wounded iu several parts, and covered with the ensigns of royalty ; on his right stood a child, a crown on his head, and a sceptre in his hand j at his left an old man leant on the throne ; he was dressed in the mantle formerly worn by the administrators of Sweden, before it became a kingdom un der Gustavus Vasa. Before the throne were seated several grave, austere looking personages, in long black robes. Between the throne and the benches of the assem bly was a block covered with black ; an ax lay. beside it. No one in the vast as- ' sembly appeared conscious of the presence of Charles and his companions. On their entrance they heard nothing but a con fused murmur, in which they could dis tinguish no words. Then the most vener-v able of the judges in the black robes, he who seemed to be their president, rose, and struck his hand five times on a folio volume which lay open before him. Im mediately there was a profound silence, and some young men, riclily dressed, their hands tied behind their backs, entered the hall by a do.ir 'opposite to that which Charles had opened. He who walked first, and who appeared the most important of the prisoners, stoppeojiin the middle ol the hall, before the block, which he looked at with supreme contempt. At the same time the corpse on the throne trembled convulsively, and a crimson stream flowed from his wounds. The young man knelt down, laid his head on the block, the ax gittered in the air for a moment, descend ed on the block, the head rolled over the marble pavement, and reached the feet of the king, and stained his slipper with blood. Until this moment surprise had kept Charles silent, but this horrible spectacle roused him, and advancing to or three steps toward the throne, he boldly addressed the figure on its left in the well known formulary, "If thou art ol God, speak ; if of the other, leave us in peace." The phantom answered slowly and solemnly, " King Charles, this blood w ill not flow in thy time, but five reigns after." Here the voice became less distinct, "Woe, woe, woe to the blood of Vaa!" The forms of all the assembly now became less clear, and seemed but colored shades; soon they entirely disappeared ; the lights were extinguished still they heard a melodious noise, which one of the witnesses compared to the murmuring of the wind among the trees, another to the ound a harp string gives in breaking. All agreed as to the duration of the apparition, which they said lasted ten minutes. The hang ings, the head, the waves of blood, all had disappeared with the phantoms, but Char les's sdipper still retained a crimson stain, which alone would have served to remind him of the scenes of this night, if indeed they had not been but too well engraved on his memorv. When the king returned to his apart ment, he wrote an account of what he had seen, and he and his companions signed it. A PROCLAMATION, By His Excellency, David S. Rkid, Gov ernor of the Slate of North Carolina. Whereas, three-fifths of the whole number of members of each House of the General Assembly did at the last session pass the tullowing Act: AN ACT to amend the Constitution of North Carolina. Whereas, The freehold qualification now re quired for the electors for members ef the Sen ate conflicts with the fundamental principles of : .... ti, r. lurnvj i nnciurci Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of JSTorth Carolina, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, three-fifths of the whole number ,"of members of each House concurring, that the second clause of the third section of the first article of the amended Consti tution ratified by the-peeple of North Carolina on the second Monday ot November, A D. 1S35, be amended by striking out the words and pos sessed of a freehold within the same district of fifty acres ot lai.d for six months next before and at the day of election," so that the said clause of said section shall read as follows : All free white men of the age of twenty-one years (except as is nereinauer declared) who have been inhabitants of any one district within the State twelve months immediately preceding the day of any election and shall have paid public taxes, shaft be entitled to vote for a member of" the Senate. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the Gov ernor of the State be, and he is hereby directed. to issue His Proclamation tojhe people of North Carolina, at least six months before the next election for members of the General Assembly. setting forth the purport of this Act and the amendment to the Constitution herein proposed, which Proclamation shall be accompanied by a true and perfect copy of the Act, authenticated by the certificate of" the Secretary of State, and both the Proclamation and the copy of this Act, the Governor of the State shall cause to be pub lished in all the newspapers of this State, and posted in the Court Houses of the respective Counties in this State, at least six months before the election of members to the next General Assembly. Read three timrn and agreed to by thre-fifth of the whole number of members of each Iloupe lem.ef tWf It. and ratified in General AsaewbLv. tUU th 34th dr of January, 1851. J. C. DOBBIN. S. H. C. W N. EDWARDS, S. 8. State of North Carolini, Office of Secretary of State. ) I, William Hill, Secretary of State, in and for the State of North Carolina, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and perfect copy of an Act of the General Assembly of this State. drawn off from the original on file in this office. Given under my hand, this 31st day of Dec 1851. wm. nlLtLt, Sec'y of State. And whereas, the said Act provides for amend ing the Constitution of the State of North Caro lina so as to confer on every qualified voter for the House of Commons the right to rote also for the Senate; Now, therefore, to the end that it maybe made known that if the aforesaid amendment to the Constitution shall be agreed to by two-thirds of the whole representation in each House of the next General Assembly, it will then be submit ted to the people for ratification, I have issued this ray Proclamation in conformity with the provisions of the before recited Act. fn testimony whereof, David S. Reid, Governor of the State of North Carolina, hath hereunto aet his hand and caused the Great Seal of said State to be affixed. Done at the city of Raleigh, on the first day of JJecember, in the of our Lord one thousand eight f hundred an niiy-one, ana in the "S5 76th year of our Independence. 3li DAVID S. REID. By the Governor, Thomas Settle. Jr., Prirate Sec'y. h ?
The North Carolinian (Wilson, N.C.)
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