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if full? j Ml J-J J J j Ji J" FLOWERS COLLF vox A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER Devoted to Politics, the Markets, Foreign and Dainestit Neflrs, Literature, Ariealtarc, and General Information TWO DOLLARS LV ADVANCE. WILLTAM J. YATES, Editor and Proprietor. I FAYETTEYILLE, K C, SATUBDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1854. VOLUME XV NO. 817. -I'vJi? Lr UR1 IE! TERMS OK 8VBSrUIPTIO XO T 1 1 K CAUOLIXILX. For a single copy, if paid in advance, per annum, S2 00 " " ' at the end of 3 months, 2 50 ." " " at the end of C months, 3 00 " " " at the end of the year, 3 50 No subscription will be received for a shorter period than one year unless paid in advance. With the view of extending the circulation and en hancing the usefulness of the paper, the proprietor of fers the following remarkably low CLUB RATES. INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE: 5 copies of the Carolinian, 1 y?ar, $8 00 10 " " " " 15 00 Letters on business must be addressed to the under signed, and must be post paid. Rates of. .Wvertltfnsri -t Sixty cents per wpiare of IB Vine for tbe first and thirty cents for each fubnequent insertion, unless the irdvertiseiiK-nt is published for more than two months, when it will be charged For three months. ----- $4 00 For six months, ----- t 00 For twelve months, ----- 10 00 TS All advertisements must be handed in by Friday 10 o'clock, a. m., to ensure their insertion in the next day's papr. and nhould have the desired number of in sertions marked on them, ortherwise they will be in serted till forbid and charged accordingly. WM. J. YATES. MAIL ARRHGETIEXTS. FAYETTEVILLE POST OFFICE. IlAi.riiin Mail, (2 horse coach.) Iue Daily at GJ a. iu. Closes daily at 3 p. m. Warsaw Matt. (4 horse coach.) I'tie daily, except Sunday, at 6 o'clock, a. m. I'lu.-es daily, except Saturday, at 3 p. m. Cheraw Mail, (Sulkey.) I)ue Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday, at 1$ . in. Closes Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday, at p. in. Wh.minuton (via Fdizabethtown) Sulkey. I hie Sunday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 1 a. m. Closet) Sunday, Tuesday, and Tiiursdaj', at 9 p. m. Sai.f.m Mail, on IMunk Road, 2 horse hack. Ibie Sunday. Wednesday and Friday, at 3 p. m. Closes Monday. Wednesday and Friday, at 3$ p. m. Marion- C. II. (via Lumberton) Sulkcy. Due Tuesday and Su'urdny, at 10 p. m. Closes Wednesday and Saturday, at 9 p. m. Swift Island Mail (via Troy). Pup Tuesday at e p. m. Closes Tuesday at 'J p. m. Mail to Strickland's Perot. Due Tuesday at 2 p. m. Closes Tuesday at 2 p. in. Mail to Klizarf.tiitown (via Terebinth.) Due Wednesday at 7 p. m. Closes Monday at 9 p. m. J. R. iirv'ax, r. M. M A 11 15 Ji K V A V T O 11 Y, BY GEO. LAUDER. Ne.arlv r.ppoiite to . .W. -.WiUJclaga'. Auction Store. Faycttevill.;. X. C. Oet. 1. IP"". " y NEW FALL AND 1VIXTER GOODS, Opposite the Cape Fear Rank. JOXKS & LETT Have now in Store a large and handsome Stock o! FALL tfc WIXTEii OooDS, Selected during the past month, by one of the firm, in the New York Market, comprising a large Stock o, Staple and Fancy J) 11 V G O O I) S, Bouts, Shoes and Umbrellas, Together with a large assortment of line FAMILY i HOC LIU I ES, Conli ctionerii s, Ac. all of which the sir - prepared to osier to their customers, and all those wishing to purchase select goods, at the lowest market prices. TKl Produce taken in exchange for uoods. KEFiiivV JONES. J. W. LETT. Sept. Ifi, 185-1. yl'd A. M. Campbi'll, Al'CTlOSHHU A; COMMISSION MERCHANT, East sidi? of fSillespie street, F.YKTrKviLi.v;, N. C. October 1, l?.il. R AUG A INS ! R A K GAINS! ! The undersigned has now in Store his Fall and Win ter stock of GOODS, consisting of a general assort ment of DRY GOODS AND GROCERIES, Hats, Caps, Hon nets. Foots and Shoes, Sa'tinets, Cas Himores. Linseys. Flannels, Mu-lin-de-Lains, Alpaecas. Shawls. Cravats. Ac. Collee, Sugar, Molasses, Tobac co, fcc. Ai. Also, a general and well selected stock of HEADY-MADE CLOTHING, consisting of Coats. Vests. Paul-, Shirts and Under-shirts. Adamantine, cpeim and pearl Candles: pepper, spice, fabiratus, starch, line chewing tooacco. Ac- Produce taken in exchange for Goods at market priven. 1 K. D. DAVIS, North side of Person St., next door to F. D. Brecce f. B. All persons indebted to me ,y note or ae count are respectfully requested to call and settle im mediately. a- longer indulgence will not oe given. Oct. 1. l6oi y 11. I. D. Pi: AliCIi &. PEKOl'SOX, Wholesale dealers in Foreign and Domestic in: V GOODS. J fats, Cap, Boots, Slues, Umbrellas, and it EADY-M ADE CLOTHING. North side Hay street. Favettevim.e, N. C. J7V Strict attention paid to orders. B. F. PEARCE. Julv 1", 18.-.4 J. B- FERGUSON. will i a ji n o ir, Dealer in PRY GOODS AND GROCERIES, FAMILY PUOVISIOXS, A.C Foot of llaymount, Eayetlerille," N. C. October 7, 1S.V1 tf I) A V I IJ 31 cDCFF K 15 , BRICK MASON AND PLASTERER, Fayetteville, K. C. Tersons wanting work done in his line will be promptly attended to by addressing him at the Fayctle villc Post Ollice. Fayetteville, Jan'y 28, 1854 ly-pd MISS M. BINGHAM. The next session- of her school will commence on Monday ihe 9th of Oct. at her own Louse ou Old Street. She will teach the various English Branches usually taught in High Schools. Also, drawing and painting S-ept. 3t), 1654. l3.6t P STOVES. I have a good assortment of Cooking, Parlor, Box, and a few Coal Stoves. I will sell very low call and examine at south-east corner Market Square. O. W. ANDREWS. October 21st. 16-8t Application will be made to the approaching session of the Legislature for the mauutniftsjon of slaves Han dy, Polly aud Louisa. Vt-pd FALL STOCK, 1854. STARR & nave xiow in Store WILLI A MS a LARGE STOCK OF mi y Hats, Ca s, Boots GOODS, Slioes, Silk and Straw- Bonnets, Umbrellas, and Iteady-made Clothing, AVh ch will be sold to WHOLESALE BUYERS, exclusively. The attention of Merchants is particularly invited to this Stock. Orders tolicited nd satisfaction guar antied. J. 15. STARR. J. M. WILLIAMS. Aug. in. 1854. 807-tf 1154. AND WINTER, FALL GOODS. Our Fall and Winter Stock of DRY GOODS, HARDWARE, BOOTS, SHOES. HATS, CAPS, Bonnets, and READ Y-MADE CLO TIILVG, Is now in Store and ready for inspection, embracing by far the largest and most extensive assortment we have ever oil'ercd to the trade, and is well worthy the examination of every Merchant visiting this place. Particular attention paid to ordtrs. HALL & SACKETT. August 19, 1854 FALL, 1834. FIRM AXD XEW rYi?TF GOODS. PEARCE & FERGUSON' Are now receiving their Fall and Winter Stock of I) R Y GOOD S , Hat1;, Caps, Bonnets, Umbrellas, Parasols, Boots, and Shoes", fcc. Sic. With an extensive assortment of Rcady-ninde Clothing. All ff which they otter to purchasers at low prices and upon accommodating terms. From long experience, and by strict attention to business, thev hope to merit a share of public patronage. J5. F. PEARCE. J. B. FERGUSON. Favetteville. Aug. 17, 1S5L 807-tf SIIEM WELL k AlcDONALD, (Successors to 1. Shemwell.) 'Dealers i.v Staple and Fancv DRY GOODS, -BOOTS AND SHOES, HATS AND CAPS, Also a general assortment of Straw X: Silk BONNETS. In addition to our stock now on hand, which is very good, we will in a few days receive a new supply of SEASONABLE GOODS, Which we will sell low for cash or on reasonable 1'tne to punctual customers. w. b. siiem well, a. n. McDonald. East sVte Green Street. Fayetteville, Sept 1?,, 1854. y J A M E S K Y L E Jui'all Su.ud,j:- DRY GOODS, Boots and Slices, Hats, Caps, Umbrellas, Syr. Among which are, French and Eugl'h Merinos, very cheap. Muslin dcLains and Alpaceas. Brocade, plaid and plain Silks. Muslin and Bobiuet. Sleeves and Collars. Merino and other Shawls, long and square, Calico and Ginghams, Silk and Cotton Handkerchiefs, Best made Bolting- Cloths. A large stock of KEADY-MADE CLOTHING, .Vith manv other Goods, all of which being purchased iy the package at me iar.e reuueeu prices, win oe (ilered wholesale or retail at very low prices. September 15, 1851. AO TI C B. Having opened a Store on East side of Gillespie -treet, opposite P. P. Johnson, and one door South of vV. Draughon, I would beg leave to announce to the v'iti.eus of Fayetteville and surrounding country, that I have just received my stock of J ALL AND 1VJJVTER GOODS, Consisting of Dry Goods, Hats, Caps, Boots ami Shoes, Clothing;, Sugar and Coffee, &c, Which I will sell on accommodating terms. SAM'L CAIN, Jr. Sept. 30, 1854. 13-2m MRS. WALTON Win return trom t lie rsorth tbe nrst ol October wan a j very large stock of j MILLINERY FA5CY GOOD?, And the latest stvle of DRESS TRIMMINGS and! PATTERNS: Cloth and Velvet Mantillas, Talmas, and j Cloaks; Collars. Under-Slecves, and inside Capes, i Also a very handsome assortment of HEAD-DRESSES j and CAPS. ) She returns thanks for former patronage, and hopes j her patrons aud friends will call before purchasing eisewnere. Fayetteville, Sept. 30, IS54 13-tf GOLD MINE IN ROBESON" COUNTY. The subscriber wishes to sell his valuable Plantation in the county of Robeson, 7 miles south from Lumber ton on the Georgetown road, containing Ticelve hundred and fifty Acres of Band, 350 of which are under cultivation. It is well adapted to the growth of corn, cotton, wheat, A;c. It also oilers inducements to those who are or wish to engage in the turpentine or lumber business. There is on the premi ses a good and comfortable Dwelling House, together with a cotton gin and screw, and other buildings re quisite on a plantation. Any person wishing to pur chase would do well to call soon and see me, as 1 am determined to sell, and a bargain may be had. Pos session can be given in a short time. A. H. FULMORE. Lumberton, Oct. 2, 1854 14-5t , . , , , BOO K S ! B O O K S ! ' SiiW Ilioy come More New Books &, Stationery. Just received at the Fayetteville Book Store, one door below the Fayetteville Mutual Insurance Com pany's Office, opposite the new College Building, Hay Street, a uew supply of School Books, all "classes, from a small primer up. Schools or Merchants would liud it to their advantage to call or send their orders to J. R. Whitaker & Co., Fayetteville, N. C. Just received, The Wide, Wide World: abo Queechy by the author of the wide, wide world; Redchfl by the Two Guardians; Henrietta's Wish; Na Mota by Ed. T. Perkins, M. D.; Sequel to the Neighbor's Children by Mrs Myers; Legends of the White Mountains; Poems and Ballads by Massey; History ofCuba; Records of the Bubbleton Parish by an American Minister; Life and Aims; Thoughts and Things of home and abroad; Harrietts Dell; Book and its Story by Rev. T. Philips; Current Subjects by Wm. Elder; Lady Russett's Let ters; Mason's Farrier; Eminent Statesmen; Tompler's Chart; Life's Lessous; Mechanic's Text Book by Kent; Fashion and Famine; Isabell Carrol Uou; History of England by Dickins; Baxter's Call; the Witch Doctor; Peterson's Ladies Magazine; Little's Living Age; the Broken Promise; Prairie Flower; How to be Happy; Convert of St. Paul; Ticonderoga; the Mob Cap by Mrs Lee Hentz; and all of Mrs Lee Hentz's writings. Also, Guitar, Violin, Accordeoa, Flute and Piano Instruction Books; writing desks, and many other articles too numerous to mention. Call and see Gleason's Pictorial, Daily Herald. Living Age, and Peterson's Ladies' Magazine. J. R. WHITAKER & CO. gepi. 3d, 1854. 13-tf. S . A R E Y Dealer in PAXCY DRY GOODS, HATS. CAPS. Bods. Shoes, and Sugar and Coffee. The public are invited to srive a call at the Old Stand occupied by S. J. Hinsdale, touth-west corner of Market Square. Oct. 28. 1854. LAND FOR SALE. The subscribers will oner their tract of Land for sale to the highest bidder, on Tuesday the 28tli day of November next, at their residence in the lower end of Moore County, on Lower Jittle River, lfn Upfront Carthage, and 28 miles from FayettevillejPcontatning 300 Acres. 40 of which is cleared, the remainder is heavily timbered with pine, unsurpassed for turpen tine, tun-timber, and the lumber business, as none has been taken off. The nbovB land is within a half mile of the River, find t o'"!istilleritss -very convenient; the ranHsT good to tock. It has also-a good Mill site with dam already made. They will also sell on the same day. their stock of C:ttle. Let any person desirous of purchasing call at the premises, and we shall be pleased to show the land, and give further information. Terms made known on dav of sale. ARCTTiBALP C. CURRIE. DUNCAN J. CURRIE. Oct. 23, 1R51. 17-4t wl BUTTER. 150 Firkins prime Mountain Butter. 8 bushels Cranberries. Oct. 2S, Ls54. 17-4t GEO. McNETLL. 1 COO Acres of Land for Sale. The subscriber oilers 1000 acres of good Turpentine LAND for tale, situated on Nicholson's creek, 19 miles West from Fayetteville in Cumberland County, lying on both sides of the Fayetteville and Centre Plank Road, a part of which is well ada-rted to cultivation. Apply to JVMES JENKINS. Oct. 28. 1854. 17-4 1 iYi-Tir GOODS. We are receiving large additions to our Stock of DRY (iOODS. HATS, BOOTS, SHOES, CLOTHING, Ac. All of which were selected with care and will be offer ed at low prices to wholesale purchasers. H. & E. J. LILLY. Oct. 28. 1854. 17-4t PALL AND AV1XTEK GOODS. WAD DILL, HAY STREET. their Fall and Winter GOODS, ge and well selected stock of Are now receiving consisting of a lar OROCERIES Hard ware, Cutlerv. Blacksmith & Tur pentine Tools. II ATS and CAPS, Boots and Slioes, Saddlery and Leather, Heavy articles ia the Drug line, -Ready-made Clothing1, and sti'ple Dry Goods. Agricultural merits, Imple This Stock we are prepared to job or retail Fayetteville, Oct. 24, 1854. We ask the Planters and Turpentine Hats and Shoes. FALL AND WINTER STOCK. COOK &, JOHSSO Invite attention to their NEW STOCK now arriving, embracing JllRDWARE AND CUTLERY, Crockery, G lassware, G HOC ER I ES, And all the Goods usually offered in this market by them. October 20. 1854 17-:;t UASGEK'S XOTICE. Taken up by Hugh McPherson. on the 15th instant, and entered as a stray on the 2,'5d. a Grey Horse of common size, supposed to be eleven or twelve years old, shod on the fore feet, and has gear marks. Said Horse was viewed and appraised to the value of eighty dollars. The taker up resides J 3 miles wes-4 of Fay etteville on the Favetteville and Centre Plank Road. DANIEL S. MeCOLEMAN. Ranger. Oct 23d. 2t-pd NOTICE. On the 12th of June last I mailed a letter at Prospect Hall P. O., Bladen county, directed to Mr Joshua Cai man. Fayetteville, N. C., containing two one hun dred dollar notes on the Commercial Bank of Wilming ton, one numbered 1262 the other 1M)5. The letter also contained a blank note signed by John S. Willis and Bart ram Robeson, and endorsed by Thos. J. Robe son, for the purpose of reuewing a note held hy the Bank of Cape Fear at Fayetteville. The letter has not reached its destination. All persons are hereby cau tioned against using the note, and if the letter audits contents are returned to me a liberal reward will be paid. JOHN S. WILLIS. Oct. 2S, 1854. 2m COMMON SCHOOLS. j The Committee will meet at the office of the Chair- ! man. on the 27th. 28th and 2!tli of November for the purpose of exaininin; tliofe who wish to teach in the Common Schools of Cumberland Count v. ED W I L KE ' WINSLOW, J. T. WARDEN, W. A. IIITSKE. Fayetteville, Oct. 23,1854. 17-4t FOR SALE. That valuable Plantation, on Ea.st side of Cape Fear River, kuowu as the McKay and Toomer Lands, (pur chased at the recent sale of my deceased father's estate,) containing 5:50 acres of as pood farming land as i to be found iii tbe Conuty of Cumberland. Any one in want of a good farm, convenient to the best market in the .Southern country, could not do better than to purchase this, as a bargain ?nay be had. I will be pleased to .show it to any one uho mav give me a call. J. W. STRANGE. Sept. 30, 18.54, 13-tf If not sold at private sale before Tuesday of November Court, it will be offered for sale at the Town House, at 12 o'clock, M. XEW FIRM A N D N E W GOO I) S. The subscribers have just received and opened a large and splendid stock of READY-MADE CLOTHING, Consisting in part of Dress and frock Coats, sack and business Coats, Cloaks and Overcoats of all descriptions and . nA . - i 1 .u- i 1 prices, boys and youths' clothing in abundance, i ' - o In addition to the above, we constantly "keep the largest and best selected stock of PANTS and VESTS ever seen in this market or any other. Shirts, Collars, D ravers, Suspenders, Neck Ties, silk pocket and neck Handkerchiefs, and a great many other FURNISHING GOODS for Gentlemen. Which we offer for sale at wholesale or retail on reason able temis. Gentlemen are respectfully invited to call &. examine our stock before purchasing elsewhere. Person street, next door to the Cape Fear Bank. GREENTREE, 11EXTER & CO. October 28. 1854 2m W. P. ELLIOTT, General Commission and Forwarding Merchant, WILMINGTON, N - C. Joae 17, 1894 tf iNORTH CAROLINIAN. FAYETTEVILLE. .V. C. f Ve understand that upon a recent visit of Thptnas Brajrtr, Esq., Governor elect, to Eden toj, the event was signalized by the firing: of thjfrty puns and other demortstrations of admira tion and respect. Mr B. is herd, and deserved lylhcld, in the very highest esteem, wherever he is known. Elizabeth City Pioneer, Oct. 24. The Fairs. The "Petersburg and Norfolk papers give glowing accounts ef the Agricultural Fafs held last week in those cities. The Hon. Venahle delivered the address before thy 'cue held irv Petersburg, and the Hon. Ken ibRayiier before the one held in Norfolk. MmtN;r-C'r4ies.njin.. branches on ey4I bition at both fairs, was very large, and sorSe of them are represented to be of a very fine kind. The Result. The special election held here last weeK lor senator, Jvowhii and lavie, re sulted in the return of Chas. F. Fisher, Esq., by a majority of 158. Rowan 141; Davie, IT. This was not a political contest, and although a regular Whig candidate was nominated in opposition by a few persons duly "convened and organized," the election of Mr Fisher is not to be set down as a palitical victory. It was certainly marie in spite of the strongest opposition of some violent partisans, tho' not many, and also notwithstanding the solemn appeals and warnings of our neighbor, who called most lustily for a "Whig rally;" but the people are sometimes obstinate about these things, and self-willed. Mr Fisher has been elected without pledges of any kind asked or offered, and we hope the people of the District will have no cause to re gret it.- Salisbury Banner. The Canadian True Witness says that it thanked God "in reading Captain Luce's nar rative thanked God The Arctic was not a British vessel nor her lubberly crew British seamen?" Not .so fast; since it is put upon the footing of nationality, we hesitate not to affirm our belief that if the crew and servants of the Arctic had been American they would have be haved better; but in looking over the list we find them chiefly born subjects of the English Queen. The people who remained with the women were chiefly Americans. 2ew York Tribune. Mei.axchoi.y Death. We regret to learn that Col. Richard Eowry, of this vicinity, was killed on yesterday, on his way to Concord to attend the meeting of the Presbyterian Synod. We are not in possession of the particulars, fur ther than that his horse became frightened at the train on the Railroad, and in attempting to hold him, was thrown and struck in the temple hXhr wliff uLof his bnggv. He died in a few ivwhP!-! tt jus uusrjrv. Jle aied in a tew bjnr after. Col. JLi. -nfr&i,mw.yfftfrttTTri r t s n. b, ..a, zen, a kind and obliging neighbor, and n useful js theirs." To illustrate the-gross injustice, the member of the Presbyterian Church. He has j atrocity of this attempt, let us suppose Massa left a wife and numerous friends to mourn his ' thusetts, or any other Northern State, should death. Salisbury Watchman, Oct. 2$th. j senii au armed force to the Territory of Kansas, - " 1 with .instructions that it should not permit The scientific men of France nre'at present J slaveholders to enter and occupy any portion speculating on a recent instance of a young j of that country. Would not this be rebellion man being brought to life after being frozen against the Constitutional authority of the con- eleven mouths on the Alps, living man was infused into frozen youth, and he moved experiment was afterwards frozen for the purpose, with The blood of a the veins of the and spoke. The tried ou a hare complete success. Large Yield of Cokn. We learn that Williamson 1 age, Ksq., ot tips County, raised the last season on one acre of laud one hun-; dred and one-half bushels of corn, and on another acre eighty-one and one-half bushels of j corn. Hie corn was no manure was applied ploughed but once, and to tue ground. Under thj circumstances yield. Sta ndard this was an extraordinarv Is it Painful to Die? According to my observation, the mere act of dying is seldom, in any sense of the word a very painful process. It is true that some persons die in a state of bodily torture, as in cases of tetanus; that the drunkard dying of deliriiTtn tremens, is exhaust ed by terrific vision, and that the victim of that 'most horrible of alt diseases, hydrophobia, in addition to those peculiar bodily sufferings from which the disease has derived its name, mav be in a state of terror from the supposed presence j of frightful objects which are presented to him! as realities, even to the last. Rut these and j some other instances which I might adduce, are : exceptions to the geueral rule which is, that both mental and bodily suffering terminate long ! before the scene is finally closed. Then, as to the actual fear of death, it seems to me that the Author of our existence, for the most part, gives it to us when it is iutended that we should live, and takes it away from us when it is inten ded that we should die. Those who have been long tormented by a bodily pain are generally as anxious to die as they ever were to live.- So it often is with those whose life has been pro tracted to an extreme old age, beyond the usual period of mortality, even when they labor under no actual disease. Psychological Inquiries. Iet thk Printer Livf. if the World is Coming to an End. A Secoud Adventist in Middlesex county, who has his ascension robes all ready, and sleeps on the roof of the house every night, has addressed the following letter to a paper in Lowell, called the "World's Crisis." We think j he is in averv fair way of e-ointr nn heavenward some time or other, from the fact that bis last thoughts are directed towards paying the printer: . "Westford Oct. 4 1854. "Yaar t?,u ir - ni. : i 1'ear JJrotner Mernatn : 1 ou wi 1 here hnd thp tnrv u j- . , , . , lllft SlOrv I) nVfifl 1 rtl nw mHtcnntuh n tostnrinnr that we must look with out. rlrtnht. fnr rnr rnminfr King an the tenth day after the first appearance of the next moon. You may all raise the loudest shout, 'Behold the Bridegroom cometh for it will prove a reality.- God has given us the light, bless his name I I have proved that the crucifixion was A. D. 41, and every period is perfectly fulfilled but the last, and that is here. Oh, what manner of persons ought we to be, ia ajl manner of conversation and godliness!" Praise God that we live iu tbis day. 1 send yoo'two dollars, that tbe paper may be sustained" two or three weeks longer, till we arrive- where there' will be no more ueeded. . "Yours, with the sincerest esteem, "B. P. HILDRBTH," LETTER FROJI BOX. W. 8. ASHE. The following letter from our worthy Repre sentative in Congress, Hon Wm. S. Ashe, was addressed in reply to an invitation to attend the dinner given to Hon. John Kerr at Yancevville. Teachey's Depot, Duplin Co., Sept. 25. Ge.ntlemex : Your letter of the 4th instant, honoring me with an invitation to e pnblic din ner to be given to your representative in Con gress, the lion. John Kerr, on the 2th itst.f at Yancevville, is before me. I-regret exceed ingly my inability to comply with your request. My long absence from home will require that all my time time and attention should be given to my private business. I am truly pleased at this manifestation of approval given to your distinguished representa tive iot lii!rHHH on tk bill tu. oriratiize"the Territories of Nebraska and Kansas." You, in my opinion, do no more than justice in add- ing to the confidence alreauv reposed, by this renewed acknowledgment of gratitude for his faithful public service. I agree with yon in the importance that -our people attach to the momentous issues I.kelv o irrow out of the present airitution at the North ( on the "question of slavery, and I trust 3011 will indulge me with a few reflections which the time suggests. The first question is: Why this agitation at the North, and what has been done so to excite the public mini! in that section, as to make them threaten hostile legislation against an interest which we claim is protected by the Federal compact. A retrospect of our conduct as members of a common confederacy, is suggestive of the following inquiries: Have we ever invaded any of the Constitutional rights of the North? II ave we ever withheld the protection of any interest pertaining to their persons or property? Have we ever manifested the least disposition to resist them in their liber ties, or to frustrate their prosperity? Have we ever indicated any intention to disturb their domestic tranquility? Or have we ever refused to provide for the common defence, or to pro mote the general welfare? Or finally, I might ask, what object had our fathers in view, iu the formation of the Federal Government, that we have shown an unwillingness to obtain? Can we be upbraided by the North for the derelic tion of any Constitutional duty? No, gentle men, our escutcheon is clear of any offence arising from a commission of wrong or omission vf duty towards our Northern friends, and this storm is now raised over our heads in all its fury, for no other reason under Heaven, than that we will not allow the North to use the common agent, the General Government, to exclude us from the occupancy of common property. You may turn and twist this question as you will, it revolves itself into the simple fact, that the North desires to restrict us in the nse of a pro perty the Territories which belong as much l" unumer; aim tnev seeK to tio fedcracy? Where is the difference if she should do the same thing through her representatives iu Congress? The mode of doing it, whether by force or law, may cause more or less irrita tion, but does not effect the question of authori ty. If she claims the right as a member of the confederacy to say what species of property you may or may not carry into the Territory, she might just as well contend for the power to exclude yon altogether, your exclusion by the one mode or by the other, would be a practical establishment ot two "castes" in American sovereignty, States of superior and inferior rank. This distinction would necessarily entail upon us civ il, moral, and social degradation. Does the part we have ever been called upon to per for m in our political drama justify any such degradation? Whether iu peace or in war have we not been as peers with our. Northern friends? What battles have ever been fought for the protection of our honor or defence of our country, but that our blood has flowed equally with theirs? What of the civil or poli tical renown our country has obtained but that the South contributed her full proportion? Our I country has risen in an incredible short time from a state of insignificant imbecility to a rank among the first nations on earth. What has caused such an astonishing development of her resources but Southern capital? From a compilation of facts furnished me by a friend in the Treasury Department. I find I that the exports of the domestic produets from the United States from 1821 to 1 853. amounted in round numbers to $3,000,000,000. This has been our trading capital. What we have con sumed, whether produced in this or that section of the country, ha added nothiug to the na tional wealth. It has only received any sub stantial addition from our exports, and out of the large amount given above, two-thirds were composed of three articles, cotton, tobacco, and rice, exclusively the products of slave labor. The other thirdr composod of breadstuffs, spirits, manufactured articles, &.C., were produced at the North as well as at the South, but I have no means ofascertaining the proportion. It is not extravagant to claim at least one-third of the latter for the South, which would give seven-ninths of the exports of the country to the slaveholding section. A contemplation of these facts should inspire us with the conviction that we have fully done our duty under the Federal compact in promoting the general wel fare, and also with a manly resolution to resist any unjust oppression. Before finishing with these exports, let us pee who has reaped the most, if not all the advantages of exportation The shipping interest of the country is owned mostly at the iSorth, and while we have no right to charge the general government with their superiority in this branch of industry, we do claim that the mouooolv which our laws give them in the coasting trade, and which is a burden ou our section, is owing to Southern liberality. Yet how deaf are thej to any call of gratitude. The Stat of Maine has lately indicated by her election, that 6he is ready and ripe for a crusade against Southern interests. She has abolitionized her whole Congressional delegation. Yet she still enjoys this monopoly, of which, if she were deprived, it would beggar thousands of her citizens. ' With what grace then can Bhe molest us? Ie it because we allow her to live a it wefe Upon the fruits of our labor? Yes, gentlemen, uJt only do we furnish the exports and give the North the exclusive right to transport them, bat when these exports return to this country in the shape of gooda, m wares, and merchandise, We adjust out tariff of duties in such a manner as to protect those branches of industry which are" iu a measure peculiar to the North. The South has, indeed, clamored against the injustice of these tariff duties, but she has never asked from the gov ernment any legislative protection to any inter est peculiar to her own section. 1 mention these facts, which arc familiar to all, to show that in the first place, it has never been our policy to sectionalize the legislation of Congress and in the second place, to show with what fidelity the Southern 4tple have always acted iu maiWamiugUe 7l?f sentiment which per vades the Ien4XIotttitutiou, If the North possesses no Constitutional authority to exclude us from the Territories with our slave property, and we hare acted in such a manner as to give them no excuse for their present hostile attitude, I agree with you, that if we intend to defend ourselves against agressions which they threaten, and for which they seem to be uniting, the South should also be a unit. You have been pleased to speak in terms of commendation of my course "as steadfast and consistent in support of Southern rights.-" Next to the approval of my own conscience, J desire no higher gratification than the approbation of my fellow citizens. Upon the passage of the particular bill organizing the two new territories the South was almost a unit, and in repelling agressions when ever attempted, I trust there will not be a dissenting voice. I have no sympathy for that dastardly sentiment which apologizes for Northern action under the hypo critical guise of having disturbed "a compromise of long standing." It was no compromise, and never so considered by the North, and violated, by them when ever an opportunity presented itself. A compromise a sacred compromise! What reckless effrontery in this pretension. Who made it sacred? The ink with which thv Missouri restriction was written was not dry before we find a majority of Northern members in Congress voting against its observance, and no subsequent occasion has ever been allowed to pass, but with a vandal like spirit they have striven for its destruction. The States of Arkansas and Michigan ap plied for admission into, the Union about the same time; the latter lying north of this pre tended compromise line, the former south of it; they each possessed the usual requisites for ad mission, but how differently were their applica tions treated. Michigau was admitted without . the least struggle. Not SO Arkansas. Tlcavv and grievous were the throes she had to pass through before the portals of the confederacy were thrown open to her. Then was heard the first growl of this fiend, Abolitionism, and from that day it has been gathering strength, uutil i .rr w -i --i T , 1 1 1 M - T i f wk m tm Tim States. Tins discrimination in favor of Michi- gan and against Arkansas, certainly proves that then, little of that "high reverence" was felt for the Missouri compromise, the assumed violation of which is now made to lash tho public mind into fury. The compromise ia nothing more nor less than a compact, and when the compact is disregarded, is broken by one party, it fails to have an obligatory force upon the other, and for that reason, (if a rea son was wanted) the South would be released from its observance. But in truth, the North has so often, so scandalously broken, trampled upon, or in their chaste phraseology, spit upon, this "their now sac red compromise," that when during the contest of 1850 a proposition was made in Congress to re-enact, to revivify this compact by extending the line of 36 deg. 30 min. in the ssa-al form to the Pacific ocean, the North was a unit, if I mistake not, in voting against it. This- recent apotheosis of the Mis souri compromise, is used by the Abolitionists of the North as a humbug to impose upon those among them w ho may yet retain some love for the Union; while it is now used by their coad jutors of the South to frighten "the timid from their propriety." It is all gammon. The com promise measures of 1 850 were intended hy its friends, in the language of Mr Fillmore, "to fe a final adjustment of the slavery question." In what let me ask, did this adjustment consist, if it was not in the recognition of the principle that a people inhabiting a territory when form ing a Stale government, should be invested with full control of their domestic institutions, without any responsibility to the Federal government. It was this principle that popularized both of the territorial hills of that session. The vote in favor of the Utah bill was almost unani mous. The bill for New Mexico would have been equally favored if it had been free from other serious objections which it would be out of place for me to enumerate here. Will it be . pretended that this great principle of popular sovereignty, that this truly American principle, was recognized only for the convenience of tho moment? Certainly not. Common sense re pudiates the idea of a "final adjustment of a momentous question on any ench restricted basis. This principle is an existing, a liviug principle, and acknowledges no permanent au thority but the Constitution of the Luited States; and the real question is, should not the bill organizing the territories of Kansas and Nebraska have been made to conform to tjiis principle, or in the language of the bill itself, "should not the law of the Missouri compro mise be so far repealed as it was found to be in consistent with the compromise measnres of 1850. This is tbe gist of the agitation at the North r and let the design of the agitation be covered or veiled as their wit or ingenuity may suggest, yet it must be apparent to all who give the subject the least examination, that it is against the compromise of 1850. It is against that "final adjustment" that they are now warriug. My mind is now definitely fixed upon this point, and it only remains in doubt upon another and ulterior question, wfrien overrides in importance all other matters. It is this, when the strug gle shall come to an issue, will we of the South be nnited T As far as North Carolina is con cerned, I feel proud iu believing that she, froni" the mountains to the seacoast, will faithfully, proudly, energetically, re-echo tha patriotic sentiment of your letter, "that on this occasion the South should be a unit." And with your permission I propose tbe following sentiments "The union of the South for the sake of tho South." Yours, very respectfully, WM. S. -ASHE. Mestrs A Gono, E Graves, 4; others, committee.