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Frem th lUMgfc Standard. I LETTER FROM PROF. EMMONS. W are gratified to have it in our power to lay before our readers the following interesting and important letter from Prof. Kmmoni, State Geologist, in rela tion to the Chatham coal-fields : Fatetteville, Feb. 7, 1852. To his Excellency, Gov. Reid: Sir : I have executed the preliminary examination of the Chatham coal-field, which your Excellency proposed when 1 visited Raleigh. J he results oi this ex amination are highly satisfactory. I be ran it at Farmersville, the most easterly a a point where coal nai oeen discovered, anu have been able to trace it tn its outcrop eventeen or eighteen mile a. Along this outcrop, it rises to the surface at nearly an Uniform dip and strike, pursuing near- y a direct line from point to point, and maintaining withal, through the whole distance, an average thickness of at least ix ana a nan leet. ine principal oeu ClVvCU v ws v w uvi is i A two foot bed lies below the main one. with ten or twelve inches of slate only between them. Another three foot bed lies thirteen feet beneath, with bituminous slate intervening. The thickness of the . main. bed is all that can be wished, inas much as it is more profitable than one of nine or ten feet As there can be no question, then, mm t the length of the outcrop and the thick ness of the respective beds, the important question is, will these beds thin out and become lost in the shales, or will they preserve their present average thickness? This question, though it cannot be decided positively, still, if we may place confi dence in geological principles, we may feel a great degree of assurance that they From the Wilmington Joaraal. NORTH CAROLINA AND THE PRESIDENCY. We sincerely believe that if a suitable candidate be presented, and a vigorous and united effort be made, the vote of North Carolina can and will be secured for the democratic candidate for the Presi dency The prospects are fair for the occurrence of such an event, and' with such prospects, we think it right and pro per that the voice of North Carolina should he heard nd have its due influence in determining the choice of the national convention. j We are now and always have been op posed to any such committal in favor of one candidate as might imply the existence of hostility or distrust towards other wor thy and prominent members of the party, who may be preferred by other States or sections, and may eventually be the se lection of the national convention. But at the same time, we think it not only right and proper, but eminently due to the people themselves that they should, at their various primary meetings, designate their first choice, by way of guidance and instruction to their delegates. Such dengnation or expression of a choice can fairly be made, without disparagement to the first choice of others, or implying any this: The Whig leaders claim, as a fix I FOUL MURDER. Jffar nVor Ur I. iS2S To I ' A most horrible affair was developed in J?? nas Wl hi lW;r.?J?lty of Richmond. Philadelphia, on the duty ot these leaders, at the last ses-1 Vu i. i- i .u- a.. , IL ' . r i 1 hree sacks were discovered in the flats ston, according to their own doctrine, to' r.i. e i 'n... t. I i . r of the river, frozen in the ice. They were uund to contain portions The coroner was sent .. laa limn they not bound, as consistent and honest i iAn i i , n " J 7J. nVi n J ... ... "unci j I Ofl nirnni titmhla. 1 1 noil examin ing the sacks a most bloody and horrible spectacle was presented. In one was a men, to make this surrender? It will not do to say the Democrats might not or would not have accepted it the point isvrere not these leaders, according to their awn principle of action, and from the regard they profess to have for the popular ma jority, bound to make the offer That is the point and w now call upon the -Raleigh Register, in the presence of the peo ple, to meet it and dispose of it. ant cei agon ism to any of them vtvtjne nomination in pre re- who may preference. We have every reason to believe that the democracy of this State has already made its selection, and that its first choice for the Presidency has fallen upon Hon. James Buchanan, of Pennsylvania, with whose name is associated that of a dis tinguished citizen of our own State. Hon. Robert Strange, this ticket having been presented by the sterling democracy of V .- ft I IT Uuplui. and having oeen receiveti ravora- will prove as permanent as the beds of bl v by various papers throughout the Slate, coal of Virginia and Pennsylvania. In the The name of the Hon. J. J. McKay first place, diluvial action, as it is some- has, on more occasions than one, we be times termed, has never been felt here, lieve, been brought before the convention There is no drift. The beds of pebbles by the North Carolina delegation. W e are not transported masses, like our Nor- do not know whether that gentleman thern drift, but simply the remains of an old sea bottom. Beds of coal have not. therefoie, been swept away. In the sec ond place, we find all the usual accom paniments of coal, as shale, fossils, beds of the hydrous peroxide of iron &c. In the third place, then is a sufficient breadth would receive a nomination, even if ten dered. His reputation would confer more lustre upon the Vice Presidency, than the possession of that office could upon him These are our own ideas, and may be regarded in the light of a suggestion or not. -iust as may happen; we have not a mf ANOTHER ASSAULT UPON THE SOUTH. The Washington Correspondent of the Baltimore Sun explaining Senator James project for revising the Tariff of 46, says : He propeses simply to discriminate between high priced and low priced arti cles ei.tering into general consumption The duty on the high priced article is to be increased. By this means the haaieat burthen will fall on the richthe conZJirs oi me cosiiy articles ; wnue me tax on the poor, the consumer of the low priced article, will be essentially reduced " Now this sounds very plausible to diminish the duty upon articles consumed by the poor, and to increase the taxes of the rich, out this pretence is utterly hollow, and has no sort of connection with Senator James real object. . The factories of the South manufacture "low priced articles,"' at so small a cost that they have almost monopolized the manufacture of the coarser cottons, confining the North to the finer and more costly fabrics. Now Senator James project proposes to dimin ish the protection to Southern factories, and to increase the protection to Northern factories. This is what it is in substance, and what it is intended to be. We have no obiection to a general decrease of duties, but we are opposed to such a decrease as will benefit the North and in jure the South. tost t SattaaMa RrMtcaa, j A Good Doo. A little girl, the daugh ME9SAGE FROM EDGAR A POE. ter of a gentleman with whom we are ac If the -spiritual writing manifestations , 2,:hwinir hon for a garment that bad The two houses were within view ot each other, a On entering the to which she bad been sent, she was attacked by three dogs, are a delusion, thev are rettin to h T1 L'u' ... . i - . neeu leu mere vj ! something more. something approaching . were wiln lew of ea very ingenious, peTsisient and uoscru- i intervening puious attempt to palm and utter fraud lmn of the ho.e and depth to the coal series, though the made up our own mind on the subject amount of coal is not always in proportion to the breadth and depth of strata: thus in the coal-field of Nova Scotia, which 1 ex amined in 183J, I found only one bed ol co;jl oi'four feet in strata, whose aggregate thickness is fourteen thousand feet. In the fourth place, there is an uplift or an undulation of the strata, by which the main bed of coal is brought to the surface at one anil a Ivilf or two miles south from the fir-t outcrop, which last is within the outer rim of the basin. Tlere can scarce ly be a doubt, therefore, that there is a breadth of coal of two miles, at least, and which extends seventeen or eighteen miles continuously. I have, however, no idea that the coal-field is thus restricted either in length or breadth. There i ony one place where a bed thins out, and this is the effect of a local disturbance common .to all formations. It may then be regarded as almost cer tain that Mr Buchanan is the first choice of this State for the Presidency, with some of our own distinguished citizens for the Vice Presidency. Judge Strange occupies at present the most prominent position. II is fitness for the office requires no en dorsement from us. In Mr Buchanan we have the fullest confidence So we have in many other prominent gentlemen, both at the North and at the South, and we have little doubt but that any sound demo crat (and we take it for granted that the convention wilt nominate none other) will receive the united and enthusiastic support of the Democracy of this State, whether he may have been their own first choice or not. Still as the action of the national convention must be founded in a great measure upon the views of the neonleas far as thev can be asc ertained. From the facts and phenomena, then, of and as we hope and expect to do something the Chatham coal-field, we have little towards the success of the Democratic reason to fear its early failure. It is pro- candidate, it is but right that our views per for me to observe, in this connexion, should be expressed and have their due ..l-.. f I. a . i !?! I .. . t - r 1- 1 I 7 mis coai-neiu as ex- l weignt in me cnoice oi sucn canmuaies. others in this country. The Goldsboro Republican and Patriot, . " i . . . that 1 do not regard tensive as many The Appalachian, the Illinois and Michigan coal-fields are much longer and wider the former being nearly 900 miles long and from ISO to 200 broad. The quality of the coal of Chatham is excellent. It is adapted to parlor use, but particularly to the manufacture of gas for lighting houses and streets : and also the VVarrenton News, and the Uraham Democrat, have already expressed a pre ference fur Mr Buchanan. From tbe Raleigh Standard THE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS. It is well known that, in 1842, the Demo- the Legislature of for coke, which maybe emploved in the crats were in power in ine ieg.siature o manufacture of the best kind of bar iron. th,s State, and that theiluU of re-arrang 1 see no reason why it may not supersede ing the Congressional Districts devolve. the foreign bituminous coals. It is re markably free from the sulphuret of iron. This mineral, however, is disseminated through the black shales an important fact to be borne in mind tvhen larje quan tities are to be sent to market, for if this shale is mixed with the coal in considera ble quantities, it may produce spontaneous combustion. I am, most respectfully yours, 4 E. EM'MONS. Fatritrville and Centre Plank Road. Ve iekrn from the report of J no. hccles, bsq., Kngmeer to the Directors, nr the Districts. This they that the actual location of the road, ex- ,t;nn 7f 1846 .47: and cept upon the 2d section, has been made argument in favor of this action to the Western bank of Puppy Creek. tneT jia,i tne majority in the S in ine location, me iinenas oeen snorien ed and generally improved. J. A. Williams, Esq., Contractor for S sections, has completed the clearing of the road, except upon a portion of the Sd section not located. Col. Gillis. Con tractor on S sections, has nearly complet ed the bridge at Bone's Creek, and has commenced clearing. Mr McColman has commenced clearing on the 12th and 13th I . 1 V - 1 . 1- . I- .....niUIA.l upon toe legislature which anscmuiru during that year. This duty was per formed, and, according to usage and cus tom it was expected, by all conservative and fair-minded citizens, that the Dis tricts, thus laid off, would stand for ten vears. But not so. The Whig leaders f a .1.11 1L . became so hungry ir -me puus inai tfrvv overleaned both usage anu custom. and set every consideration in favor of conservatism and permanent legislation at defiance, by repealing the act of 184$, and by substituting in its place an act designed and expressly framed teih the view of securing to themselves two-lhv ds ma a i me their main was. that er had me majority in ine oiaie, anu - t ... f were, therefore, entitieu to a ro.iionty oi the members. This is history. Claiming to be, of all parties, the conservative party, and frofesinr above all other men to hold in the highest respect the time-honor ed usaares of the State, they nevertheless went forward in the perpetration of an act which had no other principle to sustain it than the mere accidental majority of numbers. The result was that they got most of the seats in Congress, but public opinion was stifled. Well, the Democrats came into power again in 1850 They California Emigration.- The rush for California has never been greater titan now. All the steamers, so far as we can learn, have their accommodations engaged, up to about the 5th proximo, and few have any that can be bought, except at a pre mium, before April. Ignorance of these facts often involves individuals from dis tant parts of the country, in serious diffi culty. Arriving in the city, with the mistaken idea that they have but to pre sent their money and be oft, they find that they must either retrace their journey, or wait a month or so for their turn. The California fleet. (New York and Chagres steamers.) consists ot thirteen large steam ships, mostly making semi monthly trips besides the propellers City of New York'' and "West Wind," rece'ntly put me route, altogether capable of carrying about 7,000 passengers. 1 he list is as lot lows : Crescent City. Empire City. Ohio. Georgia Brother Jonathan. Independence. Cherokee. Two of these, the Cherokee and Frome theus, sailed yesterday, taking out. together, about one thousand passengers The present emigration is of a character widely different from that which to.k place during the earlier stages ot the gold lever. embracing many persons in easy circum stances, substantial farmers ami enter prising mechanics. There is. too, a libera sprinkling of women and children- Mucl mav be honed from them. I hev will give tone and character to any community with which they may ally themselves. Journal of Commerce 7th inst. head, and legs and feet x in another a thorax, arms and hand, with the viscera of the chest ; and in the third, the lower portion of the trunk, and the hips and thighs, with the viscera of the abdominal region. The portions of the body in the different sacks were, with parts of the clothing of the deceased, fixed and tied together so as to occupy the least space. In each sack was a heavy paving stone. The head had been severed from the trunk the body hewn in twain, the legs chopped off at the knees, and the feet partly cut from the legs, at tne ankles, so that they might be bent upwards! There had also been an attempt to cut the thorax in two lengthwise On the top of the head were'two frightful wounds, fracturing the skull. J he nose was likewise broken and the eyes blackened. the supposed victim ot this diabolical radgedy, was the son of Aaron Lehoian. aged 1 7 years, a German Jew pedlar, above Franklin Avenue. Penn. District. When ast seen he had with him about $200 worth of common watches, jewelrv. and fancy articles, which comprised almost the entire stock in trade of his lather. There never has been a parallel to this monstrous homicide in the annals ot crime in Philadelphia. It even exceeds in atrocity the murder of the Bartle family, in Roxborough. J nere was strong circumstantial testi mony against three llungerian refugees. who occupied a house in the vicinity where the remains of the unfortunate youth were found, I he deceased was last seen about entering this house, and had pre viously stated these men had fooled him by pretending they desired to purchase jew elry from him to present to their sister. Belore moving away the Hungarians sold their goods and a quantity of geese feathers resembling those found in the sacks with the remains. Daniel Webster. Prometheus. Sierra Nevada. U.r. i ted States. El Dorado. Illinois. Intkkestino Fact: The Rev. J D- Tyler, Principal of the Deaf .Mute De partment of the Virginia Institution, states in his last interesting report, that our own country is the only one which the question whether the children of deal mutes are themselves apt to be deaf, has approached solution. Two hundred edu cated deaf mutes assembled in Hartford, Conn- Sept. 25. 1850. Ot these, 103 were married, some quite recently. Seventy-two were parents, the parents of 102 children, ninety-eight of whom can hear and speak. Instances are given of parents, both deaf from birth, having children able U hear, and speak. "An instance,'' says Mr Tyler, "exists in our institution, in the case of an instructor and his amiable wife, both deaf from birth but their two bright little boys have all their senses in perfection. So that the apprehension in question, continues the Principal," is not sufficient ground tor denying to deaf mutes the chief earthly happiness; the school and exercise of virtue the state which preserves nations, and fills cities and churches and heaven itself '' upon the credulous, by men of rare power and genius. From recent developments, in this quarter, we are led inevitably, by the plainest deductions of reason and com mon sense, to the conclusion that there is little or no self deception in the matter. Either the manifestations are of the gene ral nature tfcat they claim to be, viu those of other than'incarnate intelligences, or they are the result of a studied decep tion, and guilty collusion, unequaled in the world's history. The last number of the Spirit Messen ger contains a message and a poem, pur porting to have iasued from the spirit of Edgar A Poe The poem, and the prose message introducing it, challenge atten tion, at once, by their intrinsic literary merit, and by a marvrloosly close alliance to the style of versification, thought and genius of the author from whose spirit they are alleged to have emanated. They were communicated through the ''writing medium." Lydia Tenny. We ask for these productions a close examination. of Poe, who. whether good, bad nr indiffe rent, as a writer, never had a parallel. We may over-rate these productions, yet while we are aware of certain limbing in the measure, they appear to us to be steeped in the very spirit of Poe. whether they emanated from his spirit or not. The allusion to the fearful spirit-spasm.' a phrase most felicitous in describing Poe life of darkness; the "hideous but alluring fancies in which he groaned and on which he gloated, the incidental, hardly perceptible, allusion to that one out that haunted all his poems the -'Lost Lenore all tend to show that it is the work of a rate master of deception, a most thorough adept in art, or that it is precisely what it claims to be. We present these productions without further comment, simply remarking that rrgJirueu as a :urioiiv in literature, we have not seen its equal in many a day: "Listen to me and I will tell vou of beautiful ming m inougms ooin vruci and tender, both 'othing and tumultuous., which dwelt in a hn man hert. A question which h.it mured the mmns oi minions is. w nat is tne end and aim of imagination ? .for what wa.t it implanted iu the human organization ? What was my own? but a vortex rushing within itself, upon whose brink I could seem to stand and nee what was beini; swallowed and reproduced thorns, jag ged rocks, beautiful flowers all in the whirl of thu ceaseless current merged. sections. On the 14th and 15th, opera tions are not yet commenced, but no delay is anticipated by the Engineer. The Contractors, sajs the report, are were sustained by a popular majority of carrying on their operations with spirit over two thousand, and they had "both and energy, and the prospect of the spee- branches of the LS',a ure; and what dy grading of the road is very cheering. course did they adopt? They found the I Z . S 'jutervtr. I,.. nf ronpxlptl. and th itavnerman- ler nf 1P.4fi in operation, and they felt. A Washington letter writer states Mr Unnn a survey of the entire field, that New gold and gold half-dollars. The Washington correspondent of the Philadelphia Ledger says : I have just seen the new gold dollar piece sent down from the Philadelphia mint to the Hon. Geo. S. Houston, chairman of the committee of ways and means. The coin consists of a flat ring, on which there is a superscription but no head, as the place for putting a head is cut out. The only objection to this kind of coin is the detrition to which, it seems to me. it must be very liable. On the other hand, the coin may be carried on a string a most convenient and safe way of carrying money. Half-dollar gold pieces, not yet called-for by any law, have been sent down, ami look very pretty. These half-dollar gold pieces would be more convenient still than the dollar pieces, and may be carried in the same way." ed for all eases. Ho! for California. A company of young men from this village and county left here last week for California. There were also some from McDowell who were to start about the same time, making Quite a large company when they all get together in Charleston. 1 he following are the names so far as we have learned them : Jos Reed, jr., and Servant ; Jas C Gilkev and servant; Win Hamrick; Baxter Lon: I . . am all r . - am a Vam'l fl rQ I I A I 'ipriu W' m A i receiving boxes, ami their riht to repeal this rcaynermanner i "-J : -" vrav. 1 I . a i icines, anj restore the first act, was oe ter man I a . ry, recommend- that of thir nnnonents to repeal the origi- orts and descriptions of dis- nal law: but thev preferred the repose of the public mind and the ascendency of conservative doctrines to their own inte rest as a party, and so they permitted the Raynermander to stand. This, too, is history. Read it, and then say which party has most regard for law, order, and those conservative prtnciplefwhich lie. at the foundation of our Republican system. But there is one point connected witn ti subi?et which Clay is constantly bottles and packages of quack medi from all parts of the country, recom HisTREssiso -Mr Spruce McRary, of Davidson county, a Jounj; ian, vf g4 or yrar ucrvauifr ITieniallV .1 j Saturday Ust. The immediate leranged ou P ran.. r was the death of his father, WiUon Mc Rary. who died on the day previous, friet'ids. we learn, have "taken him to the L'tniric A'0' at Columbia, S. c. tSmiibury Watchman John Gray ; E.M Lollar; Lewis Lollar: Mm a Si B . art n Uotutnuus w nuesiue. - num. Banner. v . p- . tl -1 - tr . i in uio, romp n. seni me yoeng Constable de Castile to Rome to congratu- late sextus tne rutn on nis advancement The Pope imprudently said, Are there so' tew men in Spain that Sir, said tne Qerce. Spaniard, if his majesty possessed' the least doubt that 1 you imagined merit lay in ji- beard- be we desire to bring would doubtless have deputed a goat to distinctly before the public tnind. It isjyouandnot a gentleman. Impkovbmknt of TAn River. We learn that Gov. Reid has appointed the following gentlemen as Commissioners under act of Assembly, to superintend the contemplated improvements in lar river, to wit : William Norfleet, Esq.. of Edgecombe. Richard li. Lewis. Ksq., of Pitt. James K.. Ilatton, Esq., of Beaufort. These gentlemen have been selected from the Counties more immediately in terested in this improvement, and there can be no doubt as to their fitness for the post assigned them. We hope that much benefit may result from the proposed im provement. atandurd. lmGRACRFUL KENCOUNTHR AT THE Capitol. We learn from Washington that immediately after adjournment of the Senate on Thursday, Mr Kennedy, the Superintendent of the Census, approached Senator Borland, and sharp words ensued. which ended in a disgraceful conflict, ilur ing which, it is said, the Hon. Senator fractured the Superintendents' nose. Several Senators ami others then interfer ed, and prevented further difficulty. Printers. Mr Bigelow. of the New York Evening Post stated at the late Printer's Festival iu New York, that while Inspector of the State Prison at Sing Sing. he found among the prisoners the repre- . .- e - i sentalives oi every noaginauie uusiness. art. and calling in life', save one. and that calling was the art of Printing. There was not in that institution during the three years he was connected with it. nor had there been for a quarter of a century, a single setter of types. In regard to the literary qualifications of journeymen printers, Mr Rives, of the V jm 49e firm ot Hlair 6L ttives, said I have seen the manuscript writings of most of the great men who have lived in ihis country during the last twenty years and I think I may sately say that not twenty of them could stand the test of the scrutiny of one half of the journeymen printers employed in my office. O, the dark, the awful chasm ! O, the fearful spirit spasm ! Wrought by unresisted passion! In iny heart. Fancies hideous, but alluring. Love pure, but unendurint;. From time to time securing Each a part. Then embraced by seraph banda Drawn by tender, loving hands From those treacherous, hateful sands Of despair. Haw my soul was wke4 to Klddness And cat off the deadening sadness. And the soul devouring madness Writhing there. Then came dreams so soft and holy. Over rose wandering slowly. With sweet music stealing lowly To my ear. Hark ! I hear I hear her calling, In tones no more of wailing. But in dewy sweetness falling "Here up here!" Thanks, Great Heaven, I am stronger Slave to earthly lust no longer, I arn free. O, this lightness ! O.this brightness! O, this pure and heavenly whiteness, Marking thee ! Freed trom earth and sin for ever, Death can us no more dissever. Humbly thank Gre.it God together. Thou and me. and thrown down f her clothes were torn, and one of the animals seized her by the foot. At her own home there was a big, good-natured dog, whe had never before manifested any other positive qualities than a good appetite. But he seemed to have apprehended the danger the child was approaching his eyes had followed her. and. with the first intimation of the attack, he bounded forward reached the scene of action in time to rescue the child, and sent her assailants howling. As she entered the ImAse, he forced hit way in beside her ; and when the lady attempted to band her the article for which she had been sent, he sprang be tween them ; and in no other way could the child procure it than by taking it up from where it had been laid after the family had left the room. When she departed, the flog took his position between her and all possible assailants ; and as she erne g ed from the premises he took place be hind her. and followed slowly, and with a defiant air. until she had regained her own home, when he threw himself down-at the theeshold. with his face toward the theatre of his exploit, and relapsed into his ac customed reverie. ah. Telegraph, Extraordinary Case of Mirage A tele graphic dispatch appeared in The Tribune ot Wednesday last stating that, at 3 o'clock of the afternoon previous, a large steamship, with side-wheels and three masts, apparently one of the Collins Line, was plainly in sight ot IN ew port Beach, standing westward, and that, beyond doubt, it was the Arctic, then due at New- York. It seems, however, that at that time the Arctic, fthe steamer seen, as there was no other in the vicinity,) was above 60 miles from the beach. In ex planation of this, Capt. Euce, Command er of the Arctic, has furnished us with the annexed statement : Steamship Arctic, Jan. 20, 1852. Tuesday. 3 P. M., Beaver Tail Light oft Newport liarbor bore true N. N. W. W.. distant 62 niles. AC this time, a vapor like that arising from hot water was floating over the sea, trom one to four feet above its surlace Several of my passengers, observing and wondering at this appearance, asked the cause. That night, the lights all showed as two, one above the other ; the lower or what seemed the reflected light, appearing several min utes before the upper or real light.'' The phenomena seen on the beach i i . i . . anu on ooarti me Arctic iorm a most re markable case of mirage. We do not re collect another instance in which this peculiar sort of atmospheric reflection was so strikingly manifested. Jewelry. A writer who has been per mitted to look at the rich things in a store in New York says that the proprietors in formed him that they sometimes sell jewelry worth 825,000. Sets worth $15,000 or 20.000 are more frequently sold; while from S3, 000 to 810,000 is often paid for a necklace, bracelet, breat- pin. and ear-jewels. He saw some beauti ful 27.000 sets of jewelry, and some la dies watches, for w.iich the modest sum of 8600 each was asked ; also rings and breast-pins at the low price of $15,000 each, tiold card -cases, set with diamonds, were to be had at 8500. 1 hey often sell from five to ten thousand dollars worth of bridal presents per week. Washington J tie graph. A PROCLAMATION, By Hi Excellency, David S. Rkid, Gov ernor of the State of North Carolina. Whereas, three-fifths of the whole number of member of each House of the Genera Assembly did at the last session pass the following Act: AN ACT to amend the Constitution f North Carolina. Whereas, The freehold qualification now re quired for the electors for members of the Sen ate conflicts with the fundamental principles of liberty; Therefore, Sec. I. Beit enacted by the General Jltscmbly of the State f JVorth 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 ot the third section of the first article of the amended Consti tution ratified by the people of North Carolina on the second Monday of November, A D. 1S35, be amended by striking out the words " and pos sessed of a freehold within the same district of fifty acres ol 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 ears (except as is hereinafter declared) who have been inhabitant ot any one district within the State twelve .months immediately preceding the day of any election and shall have paid public taxes, shall 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 to the 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 month before the election of members to the next General Assembly. Read tbrcs time and agreed to by threa-fifth of tb wooie numeer oi mrmoer oi eacb Mont tneetivrlr. J. C. DOBBIN, S. II . C. W N. KU WARDS, S. S. The Wilmington Herald announces that your. King sends me one without a beard? a new Episcopal Church is to be erected in Wilmington, the parish having become so Urge as to require division. The build ing - proposed to be erected will be made of brick, and will cost from 12,000 to 15, 000 dollars. Five hundred Persons dentt.yed by a If'ater Spout' -Intelligence has been re- ceived under date Malta. Monday, the 8th ult. of a most awful occurrence at "fii.iB G,nerU AsswaWy, thi. the wtn d.y of the Island ot Sicily, which had been swept by two enormous water spouts, accompii n ed by a terrific hurricane. Thoe who witnessed the phenomena described the water spouts as two immense spherical bodies of water reaoii'ig from the clouds, their cones nearly touching the earth, and, as far as could be judged, at a quarter of a mile apart, travelling with immense velocity. They passed over the island near Marsala. In their progress houses were unroofed, trees uprooted, men and women, horses, cattle and sheep, were raised up, drawn into their vortex, and borne on to destruction; during their pas sage rain descended in cataracts, accom pained with hailstones of enormous size and masses of ice. Going over to Cas tellmarre, near Stabia, it destroyed half the town, and washed two hundred and ninety oi tne innaouanis into ine sea. who all perished. Upwards of five hun dred persons have been destroyed by this terrible visitation, and an immense amount of property, the country being laid waste for miles. The shipping in the harbor suffered severely, many vessels being de stroyed, and their ere ws drowned. After theoccurrence numbers of dead human bodies were picked up. all frightly mutilat ed and swollen. Eng. Paper. Statk or North Cakolin , 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 oil from the original on file in this office. Given under my band, this 31st day of Dec ISM. WM. HILL, 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 vote also for the Senate; Now, therefore, to the end that it maybe made known that if the aforesaid amendment to tbe Constitution shall be agreed to by two-thirds of the whole representation in each House of tb next General Assembly, it will then be submit ted to the people for ratification, I have isrued this my Proclamation in conformity with tb provisions of the before recited Act. In testimony whereof, David S. Reid. Governor of the State of North Carolina, hath hereunto et his hand and caused the Great Seal of said State to be affixed. Done at the city of Raleigh, on th thirty-first day of December, fi tb ? jyear "of ou Lord on thousand eight !X 2 hundred and fifty-one, and in the 76th year of our Independence. DAVIDS. REID. By the Governor, Tkokai Sittlk. Jr., Privat Sec'y.
The North Carolinian (Wilson, N.C.)
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