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THE NORTH CAROLINIAN, FAYETTEVILLE, N. t KrOETH-CAKOLINIAKr. FAYETtRVILLH, N. C. Saturday, May 13, 1S54. FOR GOVERNOR, THOMAS BRAGG, ESQ., OF NORTHAMPTON COUNTY. THE DISCISSION. On Wednesday last, 10th inst., Mr Bragjr, the democratic candidate for Governor, met Gen. Dockery, the whig candidate, at this place for the first time since the nomination of the former, and quite an interesting discussion en sued. We feel utterly unable to give our read ers a report in detail of the speeches made, and yet the oceasion would seem to demand that we should not suffer the discussion to fade out from memory without placing on record some account of it. Ye were unable to take any notes of the speeches, and what we now write is en tirely from memory. Gen. Dockery opened fhe discussion. lie al luded to charges which he .""aid had been made against him in the democra tic pflpers. lie said that his bad language and defectire pronuncia tion had been ridiculed and made sport of, and went on to giro an account of the docilities under which he had been reared, being compel led to work for a living in his early youth, when others of similar age were enjoying the advan tages of education. lle-Jiad so felt the want of education that he had become a strong friend of it, and though he had not been able to go to schools when a youth, he was for building up schools, and had done his part in that business, lie alluded to the fact that a Virginia paper, edited by a person who formerly lived in this State, and who he said had been a secessionist, was advocating the election of Mr Bragg. The democratic game he said he had found out to be to keep him constantly on the defensive, so as to prevent him from discussing the great measure of distributing the proceeds from the sales of the public lands. His position and that of the whig party he declared to be that if the public lands were needed in the national treasury let thorn remain there to be used for national purposes. If, however, they were not needed there, then lie and his party were for distribu tion. That they were not needed there was evi dent from the fact that there was now $30,000, 000 ia the treasury, lie adduced furthermore the authority of Gen. Cass, who he said had declared that the time had come when the pub lic lands were no longer needed as a source of revenue. The lands he said ought to be dis tributed, for that the new States were getting them all, and it was high time that the old States should call on the general government for their share. More had already been given away than had been sold, to prove which he exhibited ligures. The lands or their proceeds were need ed to build up internal improvements in the old States, and to school the poor children. The whigs were the distribution party, whilst the democrats opposed distribution. The only aid which the State of North Carolina had ever re ceived from the government was through the instrumentality of a whig Congress, during the administration of Gen. Jacksou, by which three instalments of theproceds of the public lauds had been paid over, which now forms the basis of the common school fund. The democratic party opposed the distribution of the proceeds of the public lands, and recently President Pierce had vetoed that humane and charitable measure, the bill for distributing lands among the differ ent Stales for the benefit of the indigent insane. It was said that this distribution was unconsti tutional, but he did not understand how it was unconstitutional to give the public lands to all the States when it seemed to be the policy of the democratic party to give them away exclu sively to the new States. He was opposed to those donations. The new States were bent on having all the lands, and their members of Con gress were heard to say that by '60 or '70 they would ask the old States no odds, but would have the lands any way. The democrats sa let the public lands remain as a source of reve nue to the general government- if they would practice upon this rule instead of squandering the lands on the new States it would all do very well. The Illinois central railroad bill was, in GenD's estimation, a very bad measure. By it a large quantity of the public lands had been pquandcred; and here Gen. D. exhibited figures showing how much land had been given away to this work, it being over two millions of acres, making in a solid body a territory 600 miles long and 5 broad. The insane asylum bill had been defeated by the veto of the President, who had exercised the "one-man-power" to destroy it. He was of opinion that this veto power ought not to be used merely on account of the opinion of the President it ought to be restrict ed to cases of unconstitutionality and hastv ject of internal improvements he was in favor of them. He was in favor of extending the Central Railroad east and west, but if he had not misunderstood his competi tors position at Edenton, previous to his nomination, he was not in favor of the extension; for that when he (Gen. D.I had asked him (Mr B.I at Edenton whether he was in favor of borrowing the money to extend the ! United States had vetoed the bill giving lands Central Road, he had replied first denying his (Gen D's) right to catechize him, and afterwards saying that he would not be in favor of borrowing the money to effect the proposed extension. Ilere Mr Bragg interrupted him by saying that be had misrepresented his position. Gen. D. went on to characterize the resolution of the Democratic Convention as an India-rubber one like a certain pair of suspenders which were short enough for any boy and long enough for any man. After speaking something over an hour and a half, the General concluded by sayiDg that Mr Bragg, who was about to reply to him, was a good speaker, and cn acute and subtle man, who could come as nigh making black appear white as any man he had ever seen. Mr Bragg then replied, and a more masterly exposition and thorough defence of democratic policy and democratic measures, we have never heard. Mr B. said that Gen. D. had seen fit to take up the newspaper charges which had been made against him he would not pursue a similar course, though he might with equal propriety. He had been assailed by the press as well as Gen. Dockery, and although he" had believed before he became a candidate for Gov ernor that the people of his section thought him a tolerably 'clever fellow, ytt that the newspapers were making him out as something dreadful. lie would let their attacks pass, however, as he had made up his miuu to bear them as he best could. Gen. D's. closing- re- mark that he was capable of making black look white, might have been intended as a compli ment, but however that might be, it was cer tainly a very poor compliment to the audience. He had neither the inclination nor the ability to do anything of the kind. Gen. D. had com plained because a Virginia editor was advocat ing his (Mr B's.) election, but that there was equal ground for himself to complain as some of the papers iu Petersburg and 2s orfolk had al so taken ground against him. The true reason of C en. D's. replying to these newspaper attacks was that he might h.ave an opportunity of tell ing the people of his liuuible origin and his early trials and difficulties for the purpose of enlisting sympathy in his behalf. He B. would do nothing of the kind. He should not make an excuse for the purpose of dwelling upon the merits of his father who had spent a life of toil in providing the means for the education of his children he was willing to stand or fall upon his own merits and upon the principles of his party. The distribution of the Public Lands or their proceeds had been warmly advocated by Gen. D. for the purpose of building railroads and in creasing the Common School Fund. These ob jects were very commendable in themselves, but was it probable that Gen. D. and his party, who were promising so much from the distribu tion of the proceeds of the public lands, would I ever be able to fulfil thci promises? Would they ever be able to effect their favorite schemes? Were they sincere in their eudeavors to do so? He feared not. The whig party had during the last twenty years been holding up this dis tribution scheme as a grand project for the benefit of the people. But had they when in power redeemed their pledge? It is true that in 1840 they passed a bill for distributing the proceeds from the public lands, but in that bill was a clause providing that when the tariff should exceed an average of 20 per cent then the distribution should cease. In 1842 they proceeded to increase the tariff above the limit prescribed in the act of distribution and thus defeated their own scheme, and yet they now come before the people the special cham pions of distribution! But if the whig party we re for distribution, how was it that in the series of resolutions adopted by them iu their last National Convention they had said not a word in reference to distribution? Had it be come with them an obsolete idea like the Bank and the protective tariff? If then the national whig party had in their platform repudiated distribution, how could Gen. D. and the whig party of North Carolina effectually carry out that policy? How could they in the face of their own national organization hope to carry it out? It was impossible that they could hope to do so, and the only way in which he could I account for their advocacy of it was that they hoped by large promises to win over the people. He could not make these large promises, for that when he promised anything he expected so far as in him lay to fulfil his prom ires. He would think better of Gen. D. and his party if they would promise less and perform more. Gen. D. had boasted that the whigs had caused the surplus in the treasury from the proceeds of sales of the public lands under Jackson's admin istration, to be deposited with the States, and that we owed our common schools to the whig party. If, said Mr B., this measure was so bene ficent in its operation, why not give the demo crats some of the credit of it. Was it not passed during Jackson's administration? Did he not recommend it, and if it was so good a measure then the democrats were entitled to a part at least of the credit of it. As to the Illi nois Central Railroad bill which Gen. D. had so vehemently condemned, it passed during the administration of Mr Fillmore, who had signed it, and it had been voted for by both whigs and democrats. Now if this bill is so abominable iu its character, then the President who signed it is in part responsible for its passage. But it might be replied that Mr Fillmore did not feel authorized to exercise the "one man power," in this case. He thought however that if the bill was of the character which Gen. D. had represented it to be, Mr Fillmore might with A 1 A Jl -,1 propriety, anu consistently wiiu wnipr no- to the different States for the benefit of the in digent insane. This veto he had expected, and he was glad to see it come. Gen. D. had de claimed against it, bat a much more satisfactory course would have been to meet and refute the arguments of the President. From the lan guuge of this veto message lie believed that the President would veto any bill which might look to the squandering of the public lands. Mr Bragg said his position on the question of internal improvements had been misrepresent ed by Gen. D., or at least greatly misunderstood. He had 1 e m accused by Gen. D. of saying at Edenton that he was opposed to the State's borrowing the money to extend the Central Rail road. What occurred at Edenton was as fol lows: He had asked Gen. D. if he was in favor for the grant. He did not say that such was J red M far as possible to present it fairly to our the fact, but he would say, that he could place r ," . more reliance on the official statement of a - T iy om.ia,. , . A . , . r 1 ;ains8 greatly condensed, for had we been en- eabinet ofheer than upou representations of a abI to take noteg ion we ehould lack mere partizan character. The President of the space to glve it in fall. What we have written is- pure ly worn memory, and may contain some errors. We think however that so far as our account extends it J lnjastice t0 Dockery. But we must con fer that we have fell very far short of doing justice to Mr Bragg. In fact, hardly any written report could ao Mm run justice. He left such an imnression on his auenee as will tell in the August election. The Gen- j erw. irienua we thought looked a good deal chagrined at tie poverty of his effort. We had been led here aboote to expect great things from thisGoliab of whig gerrgTrnt we find that he is not so formidable to demo cracy many other whig speakers whom we have seen. In the coarse of the discussion which took place in this town on Wednesday last, between the . candidates for Governor, Gen. Dockery was asked by Mr Bragg whether he had not, prior to his nomination, been in favor of a free and unrestricted Convention to amend the Con of extending the Central Railroad; he replied stitntioif. Tie declined to answer, and did not that he was, and then asked Mr B. how he stood ansiDtr the question. on the question. Mr B. replied that he had, no jV? asked if he approved or not of the right to catechise him because he was not then msoatidn passed in- favor of an Open Conven tion in Richmond County, in January last, by a candidate, but that nevertheless he would an swer him. nis position was expressed by the re solution of the Democratic State Convention. He was not in favor of contracting such a debt that the means and resources of the State would not be adequate to paying off the interest. This bad been his position at Edenton. Of course it wonld be absurd to talk about any extension of a sys tem of internal improvement by the State if the money was not to be borrowed for the purpose, for that there was no money in the treasury. He hoped that no one would suppose him so stupid as to have given such an answer as he was alledged to have made. It was impossible, he said, to say at this time precisely what the means aud resources of the State would allow, for that question depended to a considerable extent on the success of schemes now in process of construction. If those schemes turned out well, and paid good dividends, then the means of the State would be greatly increased, and he was willing to be as liberal towards schemes of internal improvement as those means and re sources would allow. At Edenton Gen. D. had harped upou the tremendous debt which he said the democratic party would saddle the State with ; he had exhibited figures to show that the sum of $100,000 would have to be raised by direct taxation annually, for that the democrats were opposed to getting a part of the proceeds from the sales of public lands. Now, however, he had changed his tune, and was trying to make it appear that the candidate of the democratic which meeting he was nominated for Governor. He would not say whether he did or not. These questions were put to him by Mr Bragg directly. He had interrogated Mr Bragg on several poius, on all of which he had answered promptly. Mr Bragg stated in connexion with the above questions, that it had been rumored currently that a letter had been written to Gen. D. by some of the White Basis whigs from the West perhaps Greensboro, advising him not to accept the nomination upon that part of the whig platform relating to a restricted Convention, aud he desired to know of Gen. D. whether it was so. Gen. D. replied that if it was a matter of any importance to Mr Bragg about that letter, he would explain about it when he came to reply. Mr B. said in reply that it was a matter of nd importance to him but it was to the people, and he hoped he would explain. But Gen. Dockery did not iu his remarks afterwards revert to the subject. Gen. Dockery stated in the course of his re marks, that he had in the Convention of 1835 voted against the legislative method of amend ing the Constitution. Mr Bragg said in reply that Gen. D. had asserted at Gatesville and at Edenton that he had voted for loth modes; that he had got the journals at Edenton and showed that Gen. D. had voted against the legislative method when it came up on a separate vote, and that Geu. "D. had insisted that he voted for it when the whole of the amendments were adopted at the close of the j party was opposed to extending the system of internal improvement. As to Free Suffrage. Mr B. said thnt the Convention, and were all put to the vote in a course of the whig party had been so vacillating hod under thc decisioD f thc resident, that even if they were now in favor of that! Ve did not understand Gen. D. as denying measure they deserved uo credit, for that - they had been driven into it by necessity. They saw that if thg continued to oppose it, they would as a party be annihilated. But were they for it ? He quoted from the platforms of their late Conventions to show that they had never com mitted themselves to it; and he challenged the production of anything in favor of free suffrage j wisest men of the present generation" nev er that had ever been said in the Raleigh Register, I could nor can agree about what strict construc tive central organ of thc whig party. Gen. D. ' tion is" IIow did Johu C' .Calhoun and Cass , . , - , , . . ... , ; agree about "squatter sovereignty?" The latter himself had formerly characterized it as akui- Ll.i ' ,.f . ptrn tidiiiiu acij o ii a at sot Lviiou uunua uvn uic bug, set on foot by David S. Reid, and yet he had to-day, after it had been shown to be strong in the affections of the people, declared himself a free suffrage man. How much sincerity was to be accorded to declarations made under such circumstances he left the audience to judge. Mr Bragg made many other points which we are not now able to recall, not having the benefit of any manuscript notes to refresh our memory. Gen, Dockery replied, and Mr Bragg rejoined, when the discussion ended. We regret that there should have been an issue of fact made between the two candidates as to what took place at Edenton. Mr Bragg, however, will sustain himself by evidence drawn from the place itself, by gentlemen who heard the dis cussion and who will remember what his position there legislation. He was in favor of modifying the tariff law and of giving increased protectiou to our own mechanics, whilst at the same time the revenue of the government was reduced to the standard of its wants. He was a Free Suffrage man he had written a letter in 1S4S to Mr Rowland, the senator in the Legislature from Robeson & Richmond, advising him to go for free suffrage; and he had voted when a member of the Con vention of 1835 to give the election of Governor to the peop!c. He had been accused of being in favor of free negro suffrage, but he was only in favor of allowing a few of the most worthy and respectable free negroes to vote, and in this view he had good company, . such as Gov. Morehead, Judge Toomer, Owen Jloluics, ana a great many i tu j tionS) iave Tet0ed it, But the bill was not quite men in the Convention. The true and proper j so bad &g t had bccn represeutcd as be5 It mode of getting tree sum-age was iyavuuii-iiuun,uim not by legislative enactment. lie was opposed to com mitting thc Constitution to the keeping of politicians; for that he had no doubt that if free suffrage was car ried by the legislative method, something else would immediately be started, aud so on from one thing to another. If a Convention were called he would be in favor of not giving it a party complexion, but of lett ing both parties have an equal representation, each county having a mixed ticket as in 1S35. On the sub- J was true that a very large quantity of the pub lic lands had been given to the road, but they were not in a solid body, but iu alternate sections The alternate sections reserved to the Govern ment were doubled in value, and therefore the lands did not go for nothing. He had the au thority of the Secretary of the Interior for saying that the National Treasury was fully reimbursed I Tbe President's Veto of the Lunatic Asylum Bill. On the 3d instant the United States Senate received the message of President Pierce, veto ing the bill for the distribution of ten million of acres of the public lands among thc States, for the benefit of the indigent insane. The objects for whose benefit this grant was contemplated are a class specially deserving of charity, and hence the bill passed both houses by large ma jorities. Both these facts were calculated to make the position of the President embarrass ing. By vetoing the bill he has appeared to some, whose judgments are influenced merely by charitable impulses, to have defeated a mea sure calculated for the relief of suffering hu manity, and that without adequate excuse to the politicians who have been anxiously hoping that a precedent might be set, of distributing the public lands among the States, this veto is especially unwelcome, and of course the Presi dent comes in for a full share of their indigna tion. Under the circumstances b- which he was surrounded, we think the President not only acted with propriety, but with a firmness which gives assurance he cannot be made the plaything of politicians?, nor moulded to suit their fancies. The President assumes the ground that the bill is unconstitutional, and in this he fully sustains himself. lie savs: " It cannot be questioned that if Congress have power to make provision for the indigent insane without the limits of this District, it has the same power to provide for the indigent who are not insane, and thus transfer to thc federal government the charge of all the poor in all the States. It has thc same power to provide hos pitals and other local establishments for the care and cure of every species of human infirm ity, and thus to assume all that duty of either public philanthropy, or public necessity to the dependent, the orphan, the sick, or the needy, which is now discharged by the States them selves, or by corporate institutions, or private endowments existing under the legislation of the States. The whole field of public beneficence is thrown open to the care aud culture of the federal government. Generous impulses no longer encounter the limitations and routrol of our imperious fundamental law; for, however worthy may be the present object iu itself, it is only one of a class. It is not exclusively worthy of benevoleut regard. Whatever con siderations dictate sympathy for this particular object, apply, in like manner, if not in the same degree, to idiotcy, to physical disease, to extreme destitution. If Congress may and ought to provide for any one of these objects, it may and ought to provide for them all. And if it be done in this case, what answer shall be given when Congress shall be called upon, as it doubt less will be, to pursue a similar course of legis lation in the others? It will, obviously, be vain to reply that the object is worthy, but that the application has taken a wrong direction." The message then proceeds iu a clear and conclusive manner to show the unconstitution ality ot the proposed legislation, lhe great principle 01 the democratic creed a strict con struction of thc.Coustitution is constantly kept in view by the President, and proceeding upon it he builds up a lucid constitutional argument. The message is of the true Jcffersouiaii type, and will commend itself to the democracy of the country, aye, and to a good many whigs too. If auy man feels tempted to believe that Presi dent Pierce is the weak aud corrupt creature which some of his enemies declare him to be, let them read this message and be undeceived. We only regret that we have not space to pub lish it. Cafe Fear Bar. At a meeting of a number of citizens of Moore county, held in Carthage The former denounce it as having no foothold I 011 tne uth "ist., resolutions were passed approv ing the object of the Convention to be held in Wilmington 011 thc 25th iuStant, and request ing the representative in Congress from that District to use his influence to procure an ap propriation in aid of the contemplated improve ment. The following delegates were appointed to attend the Convention: C C McCrummen, Arch'd R Black, A R McDonald, Dr J Shaw, Gen W D Dowd, R W Goldstou, Col A AF Seawell, Alex Kelly, D Murchison, P G Evaus, G W Foshee, Dr C Chalmers, Col J L Bryan, Win Barrett, DrS C Bruce, Col W B Richard son, A H McNeill, C Harrington, G S Cole, A M Blue, Maj II C McLean, Dr J Mathews, R A Stuart, Jesse Bean, Maj D MeDuirald, I) M Mcintosh, B Coffin, C Shields, A R Wadsworth A 11 Kelly, John Morison, P C Shaw, and J 11 Rowan. THE tOlSTl COSVEATICi Of the Democrats of Cumberland, will meet at th, Court House in Fayettcville, on Monday next, 15th inst, at 3 o'clock, P. M., for the purpose of nominating candi dates for the Legislature. Congress. On Monday last, the 'Senate took up the imi , insane bill, but it was afUnvanls postponed iu.UI V.'. ncwlay. The homestead bill a tin n taken i;p ant. after some discussion was pos-tpoi:td until lie 1( tli. In the House. Mr Richardson moved that the Ihi - go into committee of the whole. This motion he sh d I made for thc purpose of getting the Nebraska bill i fore the Committee. The yeas and nays were rail and the motion was carried by a vote of HW to jjv Mr Richardson tlii-n proposed a substitute which K in out the Clayton proviso. (This proviso forbids a: but native born or naturalized citizens from voting. Yfter some discussion the committee rose. j7T Iiy a letter from an esteemed friend in the country, we learn that Jeremiah Gilbert's house, in the upper part of this county, was struck by lightning, set on fire and burnt, on the 27 tli ult. All the furniture and property of every description contained in it was destroyed, and a child of Mr G"s. narrowly escaped tin; same fate. Although rescued from the house almost im mediately after it took tire, it was considerably burned. Hon. "Wm. S. Ashe has our thanks for 3 bound volumes containing the President's Message to Con gress at the opening of the session, with the accom panying documents. 31 A KK1 BO. In this town, on the llth inst, by liev. S. M. Frost. Mr James McCulloth to Miss tfuiuh E. daughter of the late Fountain Laiu. Es(. At Lilesville. Anson county, on the 5th inst. Mr 1J. A. Paul of Wadesuoro, to .Miss Mary Rodgers formerly of Fayettcville. Ik Stanly coiinty, on th ith inst, Pr Vv'm S Kendall of Carolina Female College, to Miss Jemima M atkin . Near Lumber Uridine. Rolx son county, on 4lh imi.. Mr Cornelius Little to Miss Ilelccca Eliza Graham. In Keuausville, Duplin county, on the l.-t iu.-t.. l i. David Gillespie to Ferrebee Poarsall. DIKD. In Sampson county, on the -1th instant. "Willisim K. Slocumb. Esq. Attorney p.t Law, aged -t:5 years. In Chatham county, on the Pith ult, Mr Dirdsor.g; Burns. in the 5fith year of his n,u;'. In Pittsboro, recent I v. Mr Thomas Rav. EATING SALOON. The Subscriber ha opened an Eating Saloon on Row street, at the striped house, (east of'Mr 1. McNeill's Furniture Store.) where the public can be m-commodnt-ed at all times. Persons patronizing hiin will lind his house genteel and in order, lie intends ket ping ICE CREAM aud temperate beverages of different kinds. J. li. "WALTON. May 13. 1S54 3m BACON, LAW), RICH, and all other articles in the Grocery line, lor sale bv May 13. " G. W. C GOLPKTON. this, al tough he now in this section claims to hnyb been always against that mode of amend nient. AVe call the attention of those who heard thc discussion at Edenton and at Gatesville to" what Gen. D. said then, and to what he sa3's now. " But the difficulty is that the "greatest and under the Constitution at all. How does the Carolinian itself agree with Douglas on the Homestead Bill? The Illinois Senator is warmly for that measure: the Carolinian professes to be ! against it? Are such bills constitutional? Let J us hear from you on this point, neighbor of ours?" rayettevule Argus. . The Argus would have us believe that because the different members of the. democratic party do not altogether agree in the construction of their creed, as applicable to particular measures, therefore our doctrine of strict construction is worthless. We dissent entirely from this con clusion. The same logic would prove that be cause all christians do not approve, condemn, or practice the same ordinances, therefore their faith is vain. The Argna well knows that the BONNETS. We have just received, in addition to the Mantles, Collars, Chemi.etts, Handkerchiefs, Ac. Received by Adams & Co's Express, a beautiful lot of llounets of the latest styles. Ladies that have not purelias l ba the season can now be tuited il'thev will cail and ex amine. W. F. i E. F. ML) ORE. May 13. 1K54 93-3t TltX'ST SAL.IC. In pursuance of a Deed of Trust, executed to us l y Elias N. Fort, for certain purposes therein speciliio. we shall proceed to sell, at the Market House in ti e Town of Favetteville. on Thursday the 25lh Mav inst.. the new MILL HOUSE, ou the corner of Maxwill ai d Franklin streets, together with all the materials in :w."; :llont the 1 in ill i n v citnvuiiurr T'nti .A' IS.i t Mill Stones of large size, dressed ready for running, with all the fixtures necessary to put them in operation. A Mill screw. Ac. for raising Stones. Cast iron "Win I aud nlmt't for n Steam Kiiprinc. Two'lu-st tpiulMv Cranes. In short, every thing but the Engine to put the Mill in operation. A lot of Plank und Sill.-. The purchaser will have the privilege of the lease oi 1... I ... C' i A 1 . i i ,-. . annum. Terms, 3 months' credit, the purchasers giving bond with approved security. The property will be show n on application to J. Fort. JOHN FORT, JAMES RRAN1 Fayettcville, May 13th. 93-it Trustees AUBICULTL'HAL SOCIETY. The Members of the Cumberland County Agricnl tural Society are requested to meet in the Town Hal! on Thursday, the inst., at 3 o'clock. P. M. A I'lii: attendance is desired. Bv order of the Executive Con. mittee. JNO. P. McLEAN, Sec'v. F A Y K T T E VIIJ.i: M A R k E T . Slay 13, I8.1l. Corrected icrtltly jor the J"orth Cat olinlan. KACON. "J-l ib, new, LEKSWAX, "4 lb, COFFEE. ?. lb Rio, Laguira, St. Domingo, COTTON, "p lb, COTTON RAGGING, yard Gunny, Dundee, liurhips. 10 25 (2 104 Mi 13 (a, 134 i:u (j) 8 Qiy H K Vli to 1 0 to was. Lxen. D. insisted in nis repiy mat me reprcsenta- j mntHtt nartv is not resnonsible for the imr- 1.: T?.... .i I uv - lion neieiomre imuuu uiiii ui ti n jjuiuuu u l Edenton, taken in answer to the question whether he would be willing to borrow the money to carry out a system of internal improvement, was correct. Gen D. has represented Mr Bragg as having auswered the ques tion negatively. Mr Bragg emphatically declares that he did not say any thing of fie kind. There are some other matters that wc cannot pass over without some allusion to them. Gen. D., in giv ing his views on the Nebraska Bill, said that there were some things in it which he did not like that provision for instance which allowed foreigners to vote but nevertheless, as a whole, he would, if in Congress, vote for it. He urged other objections against the bill, an said that the effect of it w ould be pretty much the same as the YVilmot Proviso. We do not give these as his precise words, but they represent his position. Mr Bra replied to this singular exposition of the subject by showing that Gen. D. while professing to be willing to vote for the bill, was, nevertheless, using the argu ments of its enemies against it. He must be a very lukewarm friend of the bill if this was thc manner in which he advocated it. - Geu. J., in order to draw out Mr Bragg, asked him whether he would have voted for David S. Reid when he was a candidate for Governor, if he (Reid) had not advocated free suffrage. Yes, said Mr Bragg, I would; and I presume that you acted in precisely a similar manner when you, a good free suffrage man by your ow n showing, voted for Charles Manly, anti-frce-snf-frage man, for Governor, in preference to Gov. Reid, who was in favor of the measure. And now, said Mr B., since you have catechised me to your satisfaction, and I have answered your questions, I trust you will allow mc to ask you a question. In January last a meeting of the whigs of Richmond county was held, and a resolution was passed in favor of an open- Conven tion. This was a meeting of your friends and neigh bors, and you were in the meeting. Now I would like to know whether you endorsed the recommendation of that meeting ? The Gen. tried hard to answer the ques tion, but he did not quite make it put. He said some thing about " after mature deliberation and consulta tion," and something else about " not caring how the Constitution was amended so the basis was not inter fered with;" but he did not answer the question, and no man can tell from what he said whether he was for the resolution or not. AVe have thus endeavored to present the mere outlines of a highly interesting discussion one which will long be remembered by the people who heard it. We nave ticular views of those who belong to its organi zation. It is merely responsible for the acts which it does as a party for the policy which it advocates as a party. Try those measures by the established creed of the party, and then point out the inconsistency if you can. Have the democrats as a party advocated " squatter sovereignty "? Have they as a party advocated the homestead bill ? If not, then there has been no inconsistency in reference to those measures, between its acts and its professions. As to the homestead bill, the Argus knows that w have heretofore expressed disapproba tion of it. We believe it to be unconstitutional, unjust and improper, aud if passed by thc Scuate we sincerely hope aud believe it will meet thc Presidential veto. vNow, Mr Argus, we have answered j'ou, will yodTanswer us this question: If the homestead bill should pass the Senate, and if a whig Presi dent were in office, would it be his duty to veto it or not ? Appointments. Gen. Dockery having signified his intentiou of remaining at home for a short time after ful filling his appointmeut at Carthage, Air Bragg will return and speak at the following places: At Lumberton, on Mondav, May 15th. Whitevllle on Tuesday, May 16th. s Elixubethtowu, on "Wednesday, May l"th. Murphy's Paper Mill, CumbTandco, Friday, 19th. Gen. Dockery has made the following ap pointments, at which Mr Bragg will meet him: :,V Troy, Montgomery, Monday, May 22. Ashboro', Randolph, Tuesday, May li. Marley's Mills, Randolph. Wednesday, May 24. Pittsboro', Chatham, Thursday, May a. Graham. Alamance, Saturday, May Li. Hillsboro', Monday, May 29. . Raleigh, Wednesday. May 31. J Brasafield's, Granville, Friday, Jane- Oxford, Granville, Saturday, June 6. VjWe are indebted to Hon. S. H. Rogers for a eopy of his ; speech on the distribution of tbe public lands. John- Chaim.es Gardiner, the brother of Dr. George A. Gardiuer, who defrauded the Gov ernment of the United States out an immense sum of money by means of forged evidence, was indicted for perjury a Hedged to have been com mitted on the trial of his brother. He was re cognized in the sum of $S,000, to answer ou the 1st of May, the charge of perjury, and iu the sum of $4,000 to appear at the same tinie to answer a cnarge 01 iaise swearing. join 11 is recognizances were forfeited, he having decamp ed to parts unknown. The Arirus of Tuesday last was very wittv over the origin of the word "democracy .deriving it from demon, devil, and hraleo to gov ern the government of the devil. Now, good readers of the Argus, take your dictionaries and read there the proof that the Argus has con founded demos, a Greek word meaning people, with a French word meaning the devil. Demo cracy is the srovernmeut of the people. But the mistake of the Argus is a natural one, and we have no doubt that after the election the Argus will be fully of opinion that the people are "the very devil "ana no mistake. COMMERCIAL RECORD. ARRIVED AT FAYETTEVILLE, May 6 Str Fanny (Lutterloh's line) with goods for merchants of this place and interior. May 8 Str Douglas (Banks' line) with goods for merchants of this place and interior. Mav 6 Str Southerner, boats A B Chcsnut auu r FrSn tow (Frank & Jerry line) with goods lor mer- ChMav 8-S?r ChaSam. boat Cumberland in tow, (Cape Fear line) with goods for merchants of the interior May 12 Str Gov. Graham, boat Alainance in tow, 1 Cape Fear line,) with goods for merchants of this place aud interior. We are obliged, for want of space to omit the names of consignees iu all the above arrivals. 74 '.) to f 75 to 7 (if) i f 0 (rlj, ; S (j ZC (a), i 00 4 to -17 1 00 to 1 10 1 00 1 25 til) 1 15 1 00 to to to. !) to i to COTTON YARN, lb. Nos. 5 to 10, 18 (t uuMtMic t.OOD.S, yard Brow n Sheetings, ( (siiaburgs, FLOUR, r barrel, Superfine, Fine, Cross, FEATHERS, "f lb. FLAXSEED, t bushel, GRAIN, "p bushel orn, Wheat, Gats, Peas, live. LARD, lb, LEAD. lb. SPIRITS,- "t gallon Peach Brandy, Apple do. Northern do. N. C. Whiskev. , TOBACCO, manufactured SALT Liverpool. t sack, Alum, ip? bushel. MOLASSES, -p gallon, Cuba, new crop, New Orleans, SUGAR. "f lb Loaf and crushed. St Croix, Portollxo, & N Orleans 7 IRON, l' English, Sw eedes, common bar, Do. wide, NAILS, cut, "J3 keg, LEATHER, sole, FODDER. V hundred, HAY. N. C V " WOOL. V ": 00 00 4 Hi Li 12 00 8 10 to, 1 10 to 0 00 00 lb I ." 50 40 J5 8 1 85 CO 25 -10 10 to to to to to to to to e to to on 10 li) 00 (.0 a: 50 :; 1 !H 00 2; 00 12 o on 00 TM.I.OW. T " 4h to 5 k to H to 5 50 to 0 00 25 to -"' 1 in to 0 no 1 :so to 1 5(i 15 to 00 1 1 to, an r, to -s 8 to 4 to to 15 25 1 00 to to to 10 ?,0 00 00 00 LAST NOTICE. All those having unsettled business with tbe sub scriber are earnestly requested to come forward and settle the same between now aud the 29th day of this month, as he will leave the place after that time. Those failing to do so may have to settle with some one else, as he is under the necessity of making collections. JOHN McINNIS. Floral College, N". C, May 9th, 165J. , 2t rT.T-:i. on the hoof, r? lb. REEF! by the quarter or side, PORK. V lb, MUTTON. f . CHICKENS, each, EGGS, "pi dozen, BUTTER. V fb, POTATOES. Sweet. ? bushel, Irish. r bbl, REMARKS. Market well supplied with Bacon. ar.! ilull at quotations. Corn, no change, sales at Sl.l- from wagons. Hour, prices advanced sales fret 1 wagons at S7 for super receipts large demand good. Spirits Turpentine is lower sales at 46 cts per gal. Raw do. is lower $1.25, S2, and S2.75 per bt 1. Good Butter will sell at 25 to 30 cts per lb. and is much wanted None in Market. .4 50 to 5 f,t WILttlXGTOX 3IARRET, May II. 314 bids Turpentine weep sold at $2.60 per bid for yellow dip, S3,15 for virgin, and $1.50 for hard. Fitly barrels Spirits Turpentine changed hands at 50 cts per gallon. No. 1 Rosin $2.15 to 3 per bbl. Tar and S3.30. Five rafts Timber were sold at prices ra n v -ing from $9 to $12,50 per M. Bacon, hog round, 9 ct. 3,fe00 bubels Cora sold at 83 aud SI cts per bushel.
The North Carolinian (Wilson, N.C.)
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