THE NORTH CAROLINIAN, FAYETTEVILLE, N. V
From the Petersburg (Fa.) Intelligencer, whig.)
The Yblg Party.
To n nv one of the slightest observation, it raust
,-.-rv apparent that what was once Known as
.J. J 1 i a Tha Tame
1
, if;-, ,,.,rff ha re.ised to exist. The name
now ui:Tl hlirnfficB nothing, and represents noth
in a national sense
cuicd whm'S
of
the word. The so-
of the North have not one feeling
-,l it. ...!.: C , . , li nrl 5
,!l cOimilOll Willi U1C wings wi iuc kjuiiui, oiiu
is idle fur sections so antagonistic to attempt to
unite in electing' a caudidate for the presidency.
These facts have, much against our will, been
forced upon us by the action of the whigs of the
Xorth. For a, time there were some who held
'"put, or seemed to hold out, against the fanatical
''attempts upon the Union made by its enemies
the abolitionists bat these at last have been
carried oil' hy ":he heady current" of free-soilism
Mid now the South has not one friend among
the influential whigs of the North, except Mil
lard Fillmore, upon whom she could rely lor
aid and support in maintaining her constitution
al rights. This is a melancholy statement, the
truth of which cannot even be doubted.. Peo
ple may wish it were otherwise, but fire and
water will as soon harmonize as southern whigs
and northern free-soilcrs. The northern whigs
have not only deserted the whigs of the South,
Init have added insult to injury. . Their tone is
-that of superior to inferior. Their language is.
jjbi&.iirtl i lliJ5twjuit too Hutch
tot y;eia u to your
we Vaunot yi
dcnijaDfls.
and
iyir a i you were content , w itn ..wuai e ncie
.i.'lij to concede to you, it was all very well,
; it now that you have set up for yourselves, it
is. (j. ite another thing." Such language presup
poses a vassalage on the part of the South
which, as a southern man, we indignantly deny
and repel. We beg nothing at the hands of the
North; hut drni'ind, and will in the end compel,
a respect for our cuiistitiitionul rights.
The southern whigs having thus been deserted
by the hypocrites of the 'North, "who so long
played a double game with us, the question
wiU necessarily arise as to what is our true
policy. In the absence of something which we
cannot now rationally expect, we cannot believe
that the whigs of the South will consent 1o be
-represented in a so-called whig national conven
tion. To go into such a body would be to place
their throats at the points of the knives of the
free-soil butchers. It would be an endorse-
f tn
'a
t -i . ......:.-.
herv, aim a vue suumission iu mui-
. i. c m ,...1.1 ..T ...
insults. OIIOUIU tins vicn
incut
t ii bed wromrs am
of the subject be taken by southern whigs gen
erally, as' we sincerely hope it may, it will then
be l.'e'.-. ss::rv to lake some other action. We
sincerely wish that tlu suggestion we are about 1
to make had come commended to the party by
more age, experience, and position than we can
boast of. Humble, however, as we may be, our
advice is the prompting of a heart devoted to a
cause for which we have privately and publicly
struggled for the last seventeen years, and
which we will never abandon. We throw out,
then, for the consideration of our southern whig
brethern, the suggestion of holding a southern
whig convention in some central point of the
South say Columbus, Ga., for instance eith
er during the coming autumn or in the next,
spring, to consider of the policy and duty of the
whigs of the South. Although the whigs of
the South may never be able to elect a whig of
their choice to the pn s'u'e icy, they can exer
cise an influence most potential for good. Upon
one great subject they can act with the demo
crats o: the South. They can co-operate in the
acquisition of Cba, and thus place two slave
i ti the o northern aggression, while
By t lie President or the United States.
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas information has been received that
sundry persons; citizens of the United States,
and others residing therein, are engaged in or
ganizing and fitting out a military expedition
for the invasion of the island of Cuba -
And whereas the said undertaking contrary
to the spirit and express stipulations of treaties
between the United States and Spain, deroga
tory to the character of this nation, and in vio
lation of the obvions duties and obligations of
faithful and patriotic citizens; ,
. And whereas it is the duty of the constituted
authorities of the United States to hold and
maintain the control of the great question of
peace or war, and not suffer the same to be
lawlessly complicated, under any pretence
whatever;
And whereas, to that end, all private enter
prises of a hostile character within the United
States, .against any foreign powers with which
the United States are at peace, are forbidden,
and declared to be a high misdemeanor by au
express act of Congress : '
; Now, therefore, in virtue-of the authority
vested by the constitution in the President of
the United States, I do issue this proclamation
to warn all persons that the general government
claims it as a right and duty to interpose itself
for the honor of its - flag, the rights of its c;ti-
zeds. the nationnJTS'cenTit.v and tKt nv&itTHfrr
7)TTnTliuWcTf7rTmt,.' f Kftcr
menaced; and it will not fail to prosecute with
due energy all those who, unmindful of their
own and their country's fame, presume thus to
disregard the laws of the land and our treaty
obligations.
I earnestly exhort all good citizens to dis
countenance and prevent any movement in con
flict with law and national faith; especially
charging the several district attorneys, collectors,
and other officers of the U. States, civil ormili-
tury, having lawful power in the premises, to
exert the same for the purpose of maintaining
the authority and preserving the peace of the
United States.
Given under my hand and the seal of the United
States, at Washington, the thirty-lirst
day of May, in the year of our Lord one
skat.. thousand eight hundred and fifty-four,
and the scventj'-cighth of the indepen
dence of the United States.
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
Bv the President :
W. L. M.yrcy, Secretary of State.
. Commencement at
An Infamous Institution.
It is not generally known outside of the mer
cantile community that there exists in this city,
and every other city or large town of the Union,
an institution which is little better than the
beastly Spanish inquisition of a century or two
ago. This domestic institution, with its ramifi
cation throughout the Union, is of the most
scandalous inquisitorial character, aud we have
no hesitation in saying that the wretches who
govern it are, among the meanest and dirtiest of
mankind.
It is the business of the villians who conduct
the University.
The exercises of the annual commencement of
... . . w j.ivvu uai uuua oegan with
the delivery, on Monday evening, of the Valedic
tory sermon to the graduating' class bv tu
Rev. Thos?G. Lowe,- if Halifax. The text i
taken from the 12th chapter of Ecclesiaste
and 1st verse. The Rev. gentleman developed
his subject with skilk and pressed the several
topics naturally growing out of it, with reat
beauty and force, upon the attention - of thl
young men for whose benefit his remarks were
more particularly desigued. - - n . t
Tnpsdnr BUDninn.'H, i r : -
with declamations by members of the"1?---1"8?!0 "0t Uly- the bn8in?RS
Class all of whoa acquitted themselv!! , p.st every man tn the community
and several nf u Km . .:i , c'7ucre.u maj caisi, out uiio ms uomesiic aua
neindforce - nsual cleaost private habits. If he has fallen upon mis-
fvyortune, anil seeks by credit to get back into
oou lonune, ne wiunna me laci or ms mistor-
une dulv. recorded otmosite his name and ad-
ress, in books kept for that purpose. If he
jimbibe one, three or a dozen glasses of brandy
a rwl n,AAn . I .. I , : . . 1 l . 1
tl,r Tti. t T rn, ur. ef Delore Pf Sdt and therefore costly cigars if he seek
oiSlor It IZl ' C1? t,esX diStinguiedjVelaxation in a game of whisCor billiards, or
STniv 'th&0tJ0r7 yrs,re-ten-Pins-all these-'facts are also recorded as
turned to his Alma Mater toinst.ll into thefdamnatory of him as a business man in the eves
minds of his young countrymen the lessons offof "some puritanical or exigcant merchant he may
practical wisdom, has not left it without having seek credit of. And to his suprise, to his morti
uis reputl -already most enviable s fication. and to his ruin, that credit is refused
wecOTesuays i-"5 'f' i rwjiitff a iee ) into the statu. nf R
Interesttog Letter fm St. Pe-.ersbo
inm;.ieHfp is irom a gcntlema
Russia to a friend iu Washington city:
"St, PETiBUKGH, April 9th, 1854.
"You will doubeSs be surprised to hear from
me so near the north pole, when vou would
naturauy expect me to be on my way to the.
sunny south; but sucli is the uncertainty of hu
man events. Here I am snortintr the double-
in.i
"uu uuuMuemnir UK
periorm tiie work; if it were
f fil c 11 ... r
v "-" ".cuoanu grass, nor even to
MM'I 1-1 If I 1 i IT 1 rOC 1 tncr.i.,1 . ' 1 1-
lur planting or
sowing nor anything which looks merelv in
the inversion of the sod w.ir.i. ....... j.:.. . ' ,
"'"-" v.v'iinti ill If s gOOU
Amons otlfers of theFreshman Class deeiai
tions were made by John W; Tillinghast md
Henry Mulliius of Favetteville."" C
At 10 o'clock on Mondayf" Ex-Gov. Brown
oi j.ennessee,an alumnus of the University
eagles reaar to exiracr oa;i, amputate log, or i" " ""ff- large piow, turning a wide and
dress a broken skull for friend or foe. I shall i shallow farrow, will show a la rire "day's work
assist at the ball given bv the allied fleet at 1,ut tlie work is imperfectly accomnlishcd whr-n
iry and ; t!;e tru,L' object of plowing is the preparation it
Croustadt, and expect to pass the bistoury
me ngaiare pretty ireeiy tliroucrn tlie lies i of o" 1 11,15 sou.jor rirouucintr vcirelnt nn fr.n
o i c i 1'iuiiit'u, rue ele-
su-j ftsr''ig'-r 4irj s .ct "uu llie status o
clamationis by erfesmofh line drawn under hi
is enough for our
oi course
and ha
s naule. This
f.ntrpnnt: nmr.li n T r
.xm umi moment a lost man, and he knows not
why He sends a note for discount to his bank
er; the banker finds that Bs. account has been
Wowing small by degrees and most abominably
iue oanKer suspects that JJ. is on the
pad to misfortune, and so he seeks coniirma
JOn of his susnicions bv si rcpnnrco r. i,; -
ition and he finds it, "l5's. note is not discount-"
vand his ruin is comnltp- etm
. . 1 j v. niiuns HOT
Ltiter what manner or whv. He feels tlmt l.
man, lie is sure that h
who made a decided impression upon their hear
er3and won golden opinions from every one by
the excellence of their performances.
Among the competitors in declamation fron
the Sophomore Class were Clement Dowd ot
Moore county, and Danl W Johnson of Robeson.
' Thursday commencement day was taken
un with the Graduating exercises of the senior
class. '
Wm. R. Wctmore, of Fayetteville, of tte
plies delivered n lreneh oration.-
.i ii.iuu " l" ' 7 . . . ... . . . j-
The Honorary degree of L. L. D. was coV " X , . mj" "e 1S sure tliat lie can see his
fcredon John Randolph Clav, and D. D.W "j clearly. He knows that he has, up to this
the Revs. Albert Smedes of Raleigh and Ili n?nt sustamwl an unimpeachable character
Caruthers of U uillord. j i i. V"' "'iy , " kuows tnat lie, ot himself.
Wrr1'6 "i'ng to lorteit or to tarnish that
Alien, why is he thus damned ? It
brutal inquisition may receive its
B Lucas, J J Iredell, James L Mosely, Frafis p'-Vn,oney.
EShober, James J Slade and John I V heate . i T: .V Mdajeion in tins. It is a fact,
- in 1IU1H tliau one cm. 1.7,1 .!.:
John liiill and .Johnny Lrapeau, as it is my
impression that they will be annihilated if they
attempt the demolition of that fortress; but a
short time uowr will solve the problem. 1 can
assure you of one thing, that this is a most de
lightful place to sojourn for a time. The
Russians are just what Virginians are repre
sented to be: warm hearted, polite, and hospi
table people, and the ladies are peculiarly at
tractive and intelligent, highly accomplished,
(music here being a perfect passion) and liter
ary hops, polkas, and waltzes yielding to con
versations and musical entertainments. I have
been a quasi national guest, and regular! v
handed around amonur the hirh functionaries?
-ty liiucirsudia man as John S. Preston with
a f ountenance full of amiability mid fmi.t.,,.
roi -ilSijSS.S1':.?8 .H;eh cordiality ;
gratitude for my
country would view this European' quarrel n
the same light that I did, &e. After tl"
Cionstadt a flair is over here, I shall Lr0 down
to the invading army with a medical staff of my
countrv men that T am tYro- tw .
i , . --.j v.wii- turn 'ans
and spend a short time with them, and return
home with my daughter, whom I have left at
fcc-uuiM in x aris. i entered
; incuts of growth, and . fruitfuluess. It should
! thoroughly pulverize and loosen the texture of
the soil, and thus admit a free circulation of
j air and moisture, which, by chemical action,
i disentegratcs or breaks down tlie stony or
; mineral portions of the same, so that thev'may
j be more readily dissolved and taken up by the
j roots. -
j. In a soil thus plowed thus prepared for
; yielding its support to vegetable lire plants
! can appropriate liom far ami near, the mitri
! ment needed for their growth. It is dissolved
and ready for their use not hidden in unbroken
clods, or slumbering in an undisturbed fi:b-soil
.'--luiUsfcivsuU their action in a friable mid peue
jtraule' state, where every hm.-rv rootlet, sent
I out to gatlur iiourishim-i:t for its parent plant
may md and appropriate it. It is truly won
demil how hdi of minute roots the soil of a corn
held becomes undlftiiat soil is line and deep
the deeper and closer ' together will the fibres
I'vuueaie ana intersect it. This
tln.T ,...1 1 . I '.II
w-iw vn.,,imu Minieiiic leaves
pend so intimately oh the vi--or
t ll.. T.w.f , ll.... , . . . .
w.v .yuus. u.wu iucis shouki always be taken
is true of all
and fruit 'de
nial extent of
Service hero
ul , ..mi litiiiv or cmrur
rqj&raleur. It is a high
do consideration amongthe objects of plowiim
1'ineness and depth of soil arc requisite Tn
order to receive the full
sonudin
icii major et
title, but I
The Degree of Master ot Arts, in reguty i , r '
Rev Henry Hard e, Samuel A llclmes, Jos,r -
Business on (be Cape Fear Klvcr.
The annual meeting of the Cape Fear Navi
gation Company, held on the 1st inst., furnishes
some gratifying statistics of the increase of busi
ness on our River, and consequently in our town.
The tolls received by the Company during
the year amounted to $12,584 68, au increase
of $2,424 31 over 1852-3, and double the
amount received in 185051.
The amount of freights realized ly the sev
eral Steamboat Companies, was $100,011 44,
an increase of 19,301 20, (and the last quar
ter's return of one of the Companies not re
ceived.) The expenditures on the River during the
year were $2,801 50. Contingent expenses
$593 30. Dividends paid $8,709, being $5 per
share, or 10 per cent, on the reduced par value
of the stock. (The original cost of the shares
was $100, but to secure a State subscription
the stockholders agreed to sink one-half the
value, and consider the shares-ias '$50.) A
(lividtvl nf l lwr pent
The Degree of Bachelor of Arts vas confejrd
upon the following gentlemen : ;
Wm Alexander, John W Graves, JameF
Allkon, John G B Grimes, John; B Andfs,
John H Hill. Wm Badham. ir.. Delantv
TTnotofl Tiiel-ird IT Tbittle Sa.niEe 1 S JacJ!)
ir., Joseph M Bell, James Jacobs,
Bradford, ir.. Robert B Johnson, Richard
ford, Joseph P Jones, Daniel J Brooks,
Ledbetter, John 11 Dullock, lvey X' lew
II Bunn. William S Lonsr. John S Clui
John C MeKethan, John P Cobb, Leo J
Merritt, Xecdham B Cobb, James Afit
coinerv. EInathin H Davis, James Cfe,
Thomas C Denniss, John M Morrison,
ph
n.
A Engelhard, John ?Neal, Edward L
William C Nichols, John M Gallawaeo
philns Perry, Albert K Graham, CljW
Phifer, Oscar R Kami, William ll per,
David G Robeson, William Thorn pshn
K Ruffin, AVilliam II Thomson, Johngnd
ford, Enoch G Vann, Richard B (rs,
.Tnslma C Walker. William L Saundril-
liam R Wctmore, Rufus Scott, Bry
a ; Jj : Scott- Theodore
llOre thnli mm 11 .1 i
T v " vnc 1J- lllllftM-vlieiflll i rw. . . .
c nuve iriea to give some describ
uon t exists in this city. These
n orkit a r "
? ', ,iney Cal1 tlieinselves, ramifv all
over the land. A doubting merchant in New
lork writes to one of these agencies of New
the standing, the credit, and the very habits of
7 nS apl,iea for larS'e stock of certain
?a- A"e inquisition sends word back that
C has pretty good credit, but that he plays
rather deeply at poker, keens a fiis ...'i
no concomitant.. All
Vet, notwithstanding the
dulire in noker tlmt. i.
J JlVy
vt'i v lit l It;.
At this point, another American present at
fct. I etcrsburgh insists upon saying as follows
I find my friend writing this letter, and take
it from under his pen just to say that the pre-
c"1I'"slTV, - an;urs twecn the United
omees, aim Twiissia is all that
oi
isioie layers betweei. n...
t is often sill
laLiiersiiunucd than
could be wished
lastinir. and
sought bv
credit is refused C
fact that C. does in-
does lreer. a font 1,,
together with his feminine r.nn,!,, '
tl- t . v vuvVllllldlH It i6
believed, and it is also a fact, that he can at any
time pay one hundred and fifty cents on f, dr.li,,.
Ao man is safe under such a system of rascally
Japanese, espionage as this, talk about a Vi
docq or Fuche police; what is it in cruelty
3nLa"dtde?dIy injUfy t0 Perfectly innocent:
and honest men. and thrnnoi, i., ...t
; . . uumesiic flanma i a crcton, 9
hJ!-""'' carrieA ou in open
u ft J M m l.ll m- liiiiii n l-x . a. i A
- - ''7" uejorg tog
for bv US. to r-nneTnl.
- i nnjj, iciiniir aiifi vcrv
-....Uowc. uraui-j oi commerce and alliance
with this great nation, England has heretofore
with her characteristic shrewdness and policy'
had things all her own way. .Xow, the Emperor'
a.nd gentlemen high in office here, view the onesl
tion in its proper light, and can see that A.ner-
ica io me natural mi. o...,.....
Russia, and that Russia can never he
t i 1 '1 1 ) li'lniwlli. ; 4
-uvarus America. They are both
far removed from each other, without"any ques
tions of conquests and territory to pVoduc-e
jealousy and quarrels, which are eternally aris
ing between our conntrv o.,i " "
A 7
friend of
otherwise
Minsiie m
benefit .f tl,-. ....
i ... i , is, hot icrtinzing lood ;n its crude tate
...........j 1J1:AL.U W1U, , Il!(;ff ill;il.t oftl(,
: csl:cc:i!y, seems of litll
in, I. iinij iorin in
clods oJ a half plowed
ami coarse and
l ' , T "l lo u,r:: ier Fiiitablc food
. a 1 1'rq'aiTd soil h;,s flIIV strength 'in'i
good bbliisoileu more jiroduetive than Letter
sods ess perfectly prepared. The inlluenees of
an and moisture, have freedom to oik, and
they are no siugg.rds in gathering lueas to
suj.ply the wants of veircta ion
i un tnese hints on tl
vwug.auu.j ne want notli n? whieh 1!,.:.;
owns or desires to own. Why, then is it tHt
reciprocal commerce, of grea t importance u d
vast profit to both parties, (nations,) Las not
ble basis?" established on an immova-
The first writer resumes :
"There are immense preparations for war
.ce what the allies can -effect. They certainly
cannot land on the Trifle o,t Ti:. V,
I ,ui a i ' ' 1 J.urti;t will lie
able to keep oan immense army fcalmost
I fntermmable lengih of time in the W W
e object Of I I'llU llllf
we nngut connect ol!n rs on the i.roccsslh?.
; nest means to accondishing that object but
pre.er to leave it lor other pens. Will our
lPi.Kt.cal tanners, who have thought and c--i
experimented the subject tell us what plow," and
what uepth aud width of furrow, tAim- abo
soil, season, team, and time into consideration
most thoroughly loosens iiiilr,.,!, .,.! :
tl. .!) ri'i - - .. umi lllltllS
ue wii. XUIS lhiori!l:!t!in ...nl
y aiuu io e cry uniicr
in i ' nn.i.ii vt.,t.. r.v i. .
r... ..ni, ,u iigncnmirai pro"-res
,ui tuiv.nji mi; country at
pi owing
a
would be of much
is especially needed
large u.to account
i more mmerlcct v lerfm i,,. ,1 i
ouicr jiart ot larin husbandry.
urn
Point Cadets. Tn the lt .-.r ...t..
appointed Cadets to U, S. -Military Academy t v