1 .vn- ' ( J OV .... ' -' ... - , .,-1.. i THE I IT- . . .. M. We take from the Greensboro' XI C. Pa- triot & Flag, the following Article respecting "Peasfas a Fertilizer." This article was ad dressed to the Editor of that Paper by one who seems tjo have tried the experiment and found 'tsuccessful. Te commend it to the attention of theagrienltural portion of onr, readers. iCperiaient wltb Peas as a Fertilizer. Messrs. Editors: It is a fact which may lutfsomebcarinr upon the prosperity of this sent day very few of those who aspire to and attain even a par- Liassic education, are content to en"-a ire kulturnfewr mechanical pursuits. The ktlftFl awaad the emoluments of le-al 'have attractions for manr very many ?.of fhe landvlnTe divtnity is rc- cac.TerS: beyond precedent, demand higii sala- ome of them are a curse to society. ncnlture and Mechanics! where are otaries? and who are they? Are thev to. ivored in tiie restaurant as f:isIi:r-ini.io ..-int. o " v -! ai me oiuiaru table as expert gaiu eniiis Not so. The cirelp nf ;.,vB.,t:,0 and the place of practical employment ire co incident witn the latter, while the field cf turc is the province of the agriculturist il a ind the privilicre cultiviitin.-p it ?,..;, l rir, buds and fragrant flowers, t!ie carrols of birds and the murmuring of gentle streamlets. The scientific fanner, in addition to a con stant survey of the works of nature as a source of enjoyment, hasthe light of science to guide him in the way to wealth, honor and distinction. Uis labratory is indispensable as a solver of the great principles of vegetable growth and decay the formation of voluntary compounds;, their modifications anL changes under certain cir cumstances, and tlieirmost available forms for the nutrition of crops, &c. &c. But us com paratively a few only are capable of making these investigations for themselves, ii.formatiou of this kind reaches the generality of those who obtain it, if at all, through the medium of the pi-ess, in the forms of books and periodical pub Lcaliosis. Agricultural newspapers are of in- .... t ?.?.! T. i .i j. tu.uii.auie aiue to tne larnier; a treasure lho s!inPe of t!'e most valuable information in re- imve to ti:e various branches of his calling crymn'ation of facts and figures l.nsnrl l "jiSjc researches and the practic;-! expe- . .vjv u iiwiions; and yet how to ta.;e them! Althon iet v of arrcstiarr the ivnshiiu' nf 1 r.. t i it . imiueu i.v an, many renmre arornmrt.f x-l.r. sr;.. :. t . r. . i - -o - k1! to enable them to accomplish the task : and this argument and this information can be brought to bear only through the press. But my chief object in taking my pen to ad dress you, was to communicate the result of an experiment made by ine the present season with the pea ns a fertilizer. Jlavina; repeated ly read of its good effects, and jndgiug from I the constitution of the plant its long tap root ; which descends into fiurl rfroto r- -vi. 1 subsoil a portion of its nourishment, and its 3 rge leaves which draw heavily upon the car bon and other substances of the atmosphere. I determined last year, to make an experi ment accordingly, immediately after removing the wheat from a stubble field, I selected and measured a very poor piece of it, the half of' n-hieh I sowed in peas at the rate of one bushel reracre. About this time the drouth set in, - 1 although the peas came up in a very short : ue, they remained almost stationary, (I mean f course,) that they grew but little "for some -Mcks, and began to grow only with the Fall cams finally attaining perhaps two thirds flip ze they would have reached m,.w f i.tr. v ii oc ii i win nl ... f n . t : . . . . ..p .i -... i-iui, uil, nnjierieciiy turu- jreakmg at the same time H.a or plat second, which had not IIV f-fl 111 nil. I lir. a'i.I.I arcnratolv lni fullnn-cl o3 rods long, 10 feet. q'rts. 13 errncp s 1 1 " , a yield per acre ol seven bushels and .rts upon the former, and two bushels uu twenty-eight quarts upon the latter parcel, or in ten acres, seventy-two bushels and twenty four quarts, and twenty-seven bushels aud four- (uitii . t: i.. nil , be as great a difference throughout the piece, as on the small parcels tested. In conclusion, Messrs. Editors, I am apprized of the fact, that the "Patriot and Flag," is not an agricultural paper; but I - presume that a very large majority of its readers are tillers of the soil, and that if you have not a department for their special benefit, you are never theless disposed to favor them by the publication, e6u. sistently with your space, of whatever, may iu fcuths sions. and erflwinar Cnar- J biers? 1 of your estimation, be calculated to advance tbeiri8'111' U11'te 'n the common purpose of enianci interests. Very resneetfnllv. D. G. N. 1857. Pleasant Garden, Aug. 10th, i , A basbti over clover of phister per acre, sown broadcast will add one hundred per eer.t to Us product. . Tbe Correspondence betweev Mr. Stanly and ' .. tbe California CominltteeB. Letter- by the. Republican Sub-Comniiltee to Mr. Stanly. San Franjcisco, July 13,' 185T. Hon. Edward Stanly Dear Sir: The under signed have been appointed by the 'State Cen tral Committee of the Republican party to in vite you to address the citizens of San Francis- r j- iieo, on Wednesday' evening next, at Musical . ! . . . i -. ' i : 1 i - Hall, upon ine poinseai questions uivuiveu in the approaching election. i In giving to you the standard of the Repub lican party to bear aloft upon the battle field Oris fall, the Stale Convention knew iu whom it trusted. It did not forget the votes you have recorded nor your gallant defence of free dom upon many a field of debate. It knew that while of late you had not been an active political partisan; the opinions you had avowed during all your former political life were sub stantially those of the Republican party, as they are of free men throughout the nation. Full of confidence in our candidates and of hope in t he triumph of the truth in their elec tion, we extend to you this invitation, and beg your acceptance of the same. ? We are, very respectfully. Your obedient servants F. M. Haight, j Samuel Soule, Chas. Watrout, J. McM. Shaft er. Stanly states his Position aud PolUital Oisinions. San Francisco, July 13th, 1857. (iontlemen- I Iiav haJ-tejjuCBja--tp lacisccroti vv ermesaay evening-, upon tue t III I . I noliticnl ouestionsliu vol veil in the awnroacliinir election. I will, if no accident prevents, com- piv with vour request. When the result of the nomination was made known to me, 1 gave an answer by telegraph, which I understand was not received by the Convention before it adjourned. This makes it proper on my part, as well as due to tbe Con vention, that I should give you a further ex pression of my opinions. These opinions have not been formed since 1 came to California. I have no new catechism, by which to regulate my conduct. When in Congress, as well as in the Legisla ture of my well-beloved native State, my opin ions were not concealed from my constituents. Though in common with all Southern men, I condemned the aUempts of abolitionists to inter fere with the rights of the Southern States, I never hesitated to say. in public speeches, as in private, that Slavery was an evil; I never was e.ui!ty of the folly of denying, what seven Presi dents beerinninir with the Fatherof his Coun- trp and coining down to the time ef Polk had j admitted, that Congress had the power to pro- hibit the extension of Slavery to Free Territory ' By these declarations, opposition was stnuuia - ted ami sometimes unmeasured denunciations j the Fathers of the Republic, followed. ' 15ut upon appealing to Caisar from j Resolved, That the prohibition of slavery in the politicians, to patriotic Whigs and Demo-j the Territories of the Union is properly within crats to the people, 1 was triumphantly sus-jthe control of Congress, and i.ll the people ol tained. When 1 advoca ed the right of the ' the Ucion are therefore directly responsible people of California to enter the Union as a j should it be permitted to extend over such Ter Free Slate, I was threatened with the lo.-s of ! ritories. the confidence of my constituents but, again.-t ; Resolved, That slavery in the New States furious opposition, 1 was sustained. After the enormous outrage perpetrated bv the repeal of the Missouri compromise, as a private citizen, I never spoke otherwise than in terms of the most decided condemnation of that act. I know there are thousands aud tens of thousands of men in the Southern country who concur with me in this condemnation. It was a violation of faith; a scheme of politicians l. A ..f l. i.tr.t,A f'if, . nf. . f doctrines which if carried out by our Govern-i ment, will brinj' us into collision with, and cle- few can be 1 oiam cuuuin ii in vj , a t iiigiioovim.iiiuiSia iju cuuiucrciHi necessi lies oi ine nqiuiiiic, anu ITU Hie . i . :.. , 1 ., , ...... . 1 1. : . t ...... . . ... . r , i men- u ii i.cisuuiii iyiai.uiaci.iuui. ii nur u oust i ui lion, io appropriate money, as wen as uuu.i , produceu notning out uiscoiu anu sectional land, to aid in ouikliug tins great work. ! tn i sinfr lr wn :is start lnur anil as renrc hcnsi- grade us in the estimation of the civilized world, j The following were afterwards reported by I am not able now to remember any other ! the Business Committee and unanimously great question of a National character which j passed : has excited the attention or divided the opinion ' Resolved, That we heartily welcome to our of our countreymen for some years past. The j shores the honest aud industrious emigrant, who construction of a National Railroad uniting us j seeks our country to escape from European with the Eastern States, is so universally re-j despotism, and we deprecate all attempts to garded as being indispensable to the best inter-j embitter their feelings against our free institu tsts of the whole country, it can hardly be re-j tions by political persecution on account of their garded as a question to be argued between dif ferent parties. It is needless to say it would have ray cordial support. As the most important matter of State policy, I regard it your duty to imprees upon the , peo ple the necessity of reform, of lessening the burthen of oppressive taxation, and by economy, provide for keeping the public credit- unim paired. ; For expressing these opinions, I know I shall be censured ; probably denounced as an aboli tionist. I can endure that in the future, as 1 have in the past. Harrison, the Hero of Tip pecanoe; Scott, the conquerer of Mexico; the ever-glorious Clay, did not escape the bitter ness of party vituperation. They, together with President Buchanan, and the distinguished patriots, Fillmore aud Cass, were all called abolitionists, by their opponents, 'when party j spirit had made reason a prisoner. How then can one so humble as myself, expect to escape i unattacktd? I shall endeavor to bear it with dignity and charity, hoping, after the contest is over, it will be regretted; and will forgive it before its injustice is admitted. It is well known to all my friends with whom I ever conversed, on political matters, that one 9ai purpose of making my residence in this iState was to become free from political life. And for this reason 1 have sought no office, desired no place of profit, and several times refused to allow my name to be considered in connection with offices, the emoluments of which generally made them desirable. I have also, on this new and enlarged theatre of action, desired to allow party differences to be forgot ten, the causes which led to their formation no longer existing. I have recommended to others, and to some members of your Convention, the course put sued by myself to vote for men who were of Jgood-character, honest aud capable, without regard to their political opinions. A prominent Democrat, universally esteemed as a man of integrity, and of great experience, 'r- was spoken of as one upon whom the people could uuite, and for whom my suffrage would have been cheerfully given. Individually I wish this could be done. California has suffered by ad herence to party discipline. The question has not been, what is best for her honor and wel fare, but who shall take this office, or who will buy that? The Moloch of party has greatly oppressed her people, and almost destroyed her prosperity. She will never attain that rank among her sister States to which she is enti tled, until her people, forgetting what is past, pating tier from the slavery ot mind from the despotism of party spirit. We are in a new and commanding position before the world. We have a State unlike any other in our Union her laws not settled, her finances dis orded, her credit impaired; defalcations common and numerous; with a population of citizens by birth or choice generally strangers to each other, nncl toe 1; i cwu UAR01I N I A'M uuaiis iu pajf 4uucu itLieuiion to puDiic inter ests. .. our oiaie aemanus ctuties of character than those we ow to party. T 1 1 I . I ... . I , er A. imu uujjeu, as one or ine people in 1 t lS i n. .e .. lu3J uuiuuic, uuk uuiiumuie waius oi private life to have been allowed to do my duty in accordance with those opinions Your Convention has called upon me to take a more prominent posi tion, and with my idea of the duties, of a good citizen, I have not felt at liberty to decline. " Let us go on then and do our duty to onr country, and to the State of our adoption. -ye are advocating principles sanctioned by Wash ington, and our revolutionary fathers. We are striving for the elevation of labor, to secure its honor and continued respectability ; to secure to all men the free exercise of religions opinion and, as far as we can, to-secure to every citizen a home, where strong arms, blessed with free dom, cheerfulness and plenty, shall have IH hearts, 'every man under his own vine and fin tree, where none can molest or make h;, afraid; to secure thejexiles in search d free dom an asylum on the Pacific shore, where the ruthless hand of despotic power can no lonn-er oppress them; and by affording the means of education to all, give encouragement to private virtue; and by sustaining untarnished public honor, make ourselves respected by the? world and our republican institutions the glory of our country, and the hope of mankind. With the highest respect, your obedient ser vant, EDWARD STANLY. , Yo Messrs F. M. Haight, Samuel Soule, Chas. Watrous, and James McM. Shafter. 1 71l1J . . fitiil tl Sf t asl -t , v I . . J, ... . - jv' uy iw I .. . . iicj'uunvnn Utshcenh11- . u e arva of the steamer Central Aer- ,La at ron "'cuncsaayfast, we jfvc The Republican fttate Convention assembled at bacramento on tht 8th of July, and domina ted the following ticket, viz: For Governor, Hon. Kdwatd Stauly, formerly of North Caro lina; for Lieut. Governor, D. L. Cheesman; for Judge or the Supreme Court Nathanniel Ben nett; for Comptroller, Dr. L. C. Guun; for At torney General, A. A. Sargcant; lor Surveyor General, P. M. Randall. The Co nvention adopted the following preamble aud resolutions as a . " platform: WnEREAS, the issue on which the Republican party has been formed is of a natianal charac ter; we forbear to express any opionion in ref erence to the question of State policy, leaving Republicans free to act and vote on" all ques tions; therefore, we adopt the following as the basis of our organization: Resolved, That we cordially endorse the Resolution adopted by the National Republican Convention, and in them we recoirnize theprin-l , eiples which- governed the political course I depends solely upon State laws for its existence: that Congress has no power to modify, change or repeal such laws, and is not ' responsible therefor. We are therefore opposed to any iu ; terference with slavery in the slave States. Resulved, That the speedy construction of a j national railroad by the most central and eligi I ble route connecting the Atlantic States with California is demanded by the military, rrasttwK -. - r . i -r i jl Resolved, I hat we are in favor of the speedy settlement of land titles in this State; of a free grant to actual settlers of reasonable portions j of t lie public domain. foreign birth. Resolved. That the opinion rendered by Chief Justice Taney, and concured in by other Judges in the late Died Scott ease, is a palpable vio lation of the principles of the Declaration Independence, , a falsification of the history uui luuiu.j, Mi.-- ci m oi oiaie riguis, and a flagrant injustice to a large portion of the peo ple of the United States, and as such, merits the reprobation of every free-men. Resolved, That as citizens of California, we deprecate the institution of Slavery on the Pacific coast, and we therefore extend to the freemen of Oregon an earnest desire for their success in the establishing of free principles as the basis of their State government, Mr Stanly, upon being notified of. his nomi nation, sent the following letter of acceptance by telegraph :- San Francisco, July 9th, 1857. To Messrs T. W. Park, Ira P. Rankin, and A. A. Sargont: - ? Soon after I learned the Lord's Prayer and the Ten Commandments, I was taught that every man had duties to discharge to his coun try, in peace as well as in war. California is a part of our country. Among the first to ad vocate her claims to admission into the Union, I shall be the last to say that she has no claims on me. If you cannot prevail, as I hope you may, on a better man to be your standard-bearer, and can trust a North-Carolinian upon faith in Ins past life and expressed opinions, my name is at your service. I know the honest men and patriots who make this nomination will do their country no harm. Yours, &c, ED. STANLY, Why are onr Watering Places Deserted Tbe Effects of Fanaticism. It is now evident that the principal watering places of the North have not met with their usual success during the past season, and it may be well to inquire a little into the causes. Heretofore Saratoga and Newport have been the grand centres of attraction for the fashiona ble society of every section of the Uuion. Here the rich and idle world assemble in crowds, filling the vast hotels to. repletion, and for many weeks scenes of revelry and mirth would abound while money was being poured out with a most lavish hand, especially by our southern neigh bors. Rut now all this is changed. The houses at these places are but half filled, and scarcely a Southern "fashionable" can be found at one of them. The cause for all this is clear enough. The South has been for years reviled and insulted by a certain party of the North and its presses. No terms of reproach were low enough to-apply to them nigger-drivers, slave-breeders, and every epithet that could9bp coined was heaped upon the heads of Southern gentlemen and the Southern peop!c -uuerr.lIy. While this party NORTH F AY ET TE VILLE, in a minority in the-North, lit could assed by as the idle ravings of mad men and P 0Ijjen but the last election, this small party, V, dc.'pise(J' proved itself the majority party of jh-rjiorth, and it was but expressing the feel f. s 0f the majority of the Northern people in the fcoutii. . s f--The ravings of a few .could beaaBed by noticed, j,nt now jne case - is different the whole North, following the lead of The .Times, TriDiinc. T!ie Liberator Garrison, Phillips, and the like, have joined in the chorus, and the ,jj.e have joined in the chorus, and the- Sooth nn'rlo nothing less than to withdraw from the entertainments prepared for them by Northern fanatics. Hfnce 'l ?s tnat' tnis wea'lhy and liberal cus tomer and patron of Northern watering places "reiuams at home, goes to Europe, or visits tneir Iwn spas wI,CH are numerous, and this season ihave been thronged to overflowing with the very elite of the South. They now spend their money among them s'clves instead of bringing it North to fatten their slanderers and fill the pockets of their detractors and revilers. And they do perfectly rtdit. It isnot the watering places alone that wfll be affected. This is but a small item a million or so of loose change spent for a few weeks' pleasureHhos( Abolition vagrants, Jtansas screeching, Union ITating hypocritsare 3stroying the whole trade of the North. ". "... f t- t !?..; I, The course or mis ciass oi poiuicians iias wu t the Southern people the necessity of acUnor together for their own pro-. tectioii and benefit. They will depend hereaf- I ter more upon themselves. They have already an immense line of railroads in successful opera tion. Their inland water communication are unequaled and the produce of an Empire can be readily centered at almost any given point. They will build up a foreign trade establish ocean steamboat lines, and convey their own produce to the European markets instead of seeding it here-and paying a double commission for its transmission abroad. The inhabitants of many of the Eastern towns have already felt the effects of their senseless and ill-tempered zeal against our Southern neighbors. Many of the nianufac tnriijg towns of Massachusetts have been sadly crippled in their business, and Boston, the very hot jbed of sedition and Abolition slang-whang-ingj-has done a little more than half her usual bu.-jiess this year with the South. This' de-crei-ie will continue from year to year, and we shall alLiiwake to the proud satisfaction in a shoit time . of having destroyed our whole Southern-' .trade' in bur praiseworthy efforts to steal ti' nigger. We went out to shear and come back shorn. ' tech are some of the effects of Northern "Ri'hAiblicauism" upon Northern "Institutions." 0ri O-ip treasury will be rapidly dcpleated, while ui.ii iii iue ouiuu nin aneu uut imu pouuei ous proj artions, all through our excessive love for f-l..i. I f. n ..,,1 . ....!! .... i ...... 1 .. gro wiso, when we secure one to "freedom," ve him the dog's place, and for little provo cation kick him out of doors. Such is "Renub- lica:T philanthropy and'far-sighted sagacity. 1 iw long must we submit to the rule of the. men? . . . LOVE AXD n.ib.Ess. About the year 1780, a young East Indian, whose iuime,was Dupree, left his fatherland to visit i distant relation, a merchant, on Fish street llllv During the young man's stay, he was Waited on by the servant of the house, a couni-y girl, Rebecca Griffiths, chiefly remark ablelor the nlairmess of her person and the attAV UWe U. I'ies's of her manne-rs. The circuit of .f . pleasure run and yearning again for home, the visitor at length "prepared for his departure; the chaise came to the door, and shaking of hands, With tender salutations, adieus, and larKivt- s. uiiirn t-u ill i te usual u i h -. i c ri i i : .. . i. i .. i .. i . .. 1? in U'hrtm nil pvlrnnrHinarv Hrirpc- i sion had for. some days previeusly been per ceived, was in attendance, to help to pack the luggage. .The leave-taking of friends and re lations at length completed, with a guinea squeezed into the humble attendant's hand, and a brief "God bless you, Rebecca!" the young man sprang into the chaise, the driver smacked his whip, and the vehicle was rolling rapidly ont of sight, when a piercing shriek from Re becca, who had stood to all appearance vacant ly gazing on what had passed, alarmed the family, then retiring into the house.'.They hastily turned round: to their infinite surprise, Rebecca was seen wildly following the chaise.J She was rushing with the velocity of ftglit of j niug along the middle of the road, her -hair of j streaming in the wind, and her whole appear ance that ot a desperate maniac. Proper per sons were immediately despatched after her, but she was not secured till she had gained the Borough; when she was taken in a state of in curable madness to the Dethlehem Hospital, where some years after she died. The guinea he had given her her richest treasure -her only wealth she never. suffered, during life, to quit her hand: she grasped it still more firmly in her dying moments, and at her request, in the last gleam of returning reason the light ning before death it was buried with her. T.iere was a tradition in Bedlam, that thro' the heartless cupidity of the keeper, it was sacrilegiously wrenched from her, and that her ghost might be seen every night gliding through the dreary cells of that melancholly bnil!:ng, in search of her lover's gift, and mournfully asking the glaring maniacs for her lost gui.iea. It was Mr Duprce's only consolation, after Vier death,' than the excessive homeliness of her person, and her retiring air and manners, had never even suffered him to indulge in the most trifling freedom with her. She had loved hopelessly, and paid the forfeiture with sense and life. " DESTRUCTIVE FiKE. About 2 o'clock this morning. a fire broke out in ji warehouse in the rear of a block of tYo-Rtnrv frame Stores, on Water Street, mid way between Princess and Chesnut streets, oc- eupied bv Messrs. Evan Bevan, A. Kaufman, J- iv II. Samson, and Walker and Stevenson. In a short t'mie the buildings, owned by O. G. Parsley, Esq., and Mrs Noyes, were con sumed, and the fire crossed over Water Street fo some one story frames owned by Mr Pars Iev and occupied by -Messrs Bauman & Grot J. & H. Sampson aud by Russell & Bro. These buildings with their contents were pretty soon in flumes and destroyed. r The fire spread North to a block of brieS buildings owned by Mr Parsley, and occupied uy Messrs Alderman & llizzell, J. & D. -'c-Rae & Co , Russell & Bro., and Captain Owen Burns. "C" The store occupied by Captain Burns was completely destroyed that occupied by Rus sell & Bro., somewhat injured, and Messr. J. & 1- McRae & Co., and Alderman & Bizzell, suffered more or less from water, from the ta ki"t? out of their goods, etc. 7- ':: the South, the brick store occupied by Messrs. McDufBe & Co., and J J Lippitt, was considerably scortched, andsome loss from tumbling things in and out. .The store belongs we believe to F J Lord, Esq. The whnrves cou.-c-:-ab!y injuria,- perhapa to tuo -c-. I- n I . ' ' T mount of two or three thousand dollars, or -.v-w iu,b niau iee largest ot these sums. V e can hardly make any accurate or even proximate estimate of the value of -the uaval stores and other produce on the wharves, which were destroyed. Four to. five thousand ' dol lars is about as good a guess as we can make Daniel L. Russell, Esq., is the heaviest loser in this way. , The Rock Spring Hotel on Chesuut Street, between Front and Water Streets, owned by Mr Paisley aud occupied bp Mr Alderman, al though in great danger, escaped with a sharp scortching. A frame kitchen attached to "it was totally destroyed. ' Commencing at the Northern limit of the fire, we place Messrs Russell & Bro's loss at about $3,0"00, covered by insurance. Captain Owen Barns, $2,500 to $3.000, also covered by insurance; Mr lievan $1,200, no insurane; Mr Kaufman, we believe, places his loss at about $2,000 insured; Messrs J. & II. Sam son had a heavy stock ofgoods, but the amount of loss cannot now be reached insured. In the store occupied 6y' Messrs Stevenso.i and Walker, Mr W. rjf Huggins had hay and some other articles, which were lost to the value of .something like $500. Messrs Reauman & Grotjeu's loss will be. between $5000 and $6000 of which 3,500 is covered by insurance. All the buildings burned ocsericu3ly. injured belonged to Or G. Parsley, Esq, Snd MrsNoy es. Air Parsley is the heaviest loser.: The buildings themselves were not. intrinsically' of much .value, out as it is not allowed to pat np .wooden buitdinafcj'r 1 that'. part of towu, v-lhe cost of renlacinsr them with brick edifices will be quite heavy. We believe Mr Parsley had no insurance. - ' Of course, considerable loss by water, abuse, breakage, and we fear, stealage, was sustained by other parties, whose premises were not ac tually leached by the fire. There seems to be every reason for believing that the fire was the work of an incendiary. But, as we understand the authorities have in stituted, or are about to-institute an investiga tion, we forbear reuiark for the present. Wil wington Journol. VW From the National Intelligencer. RESPECT TO THE LATE J. f. OOBBIS BY KGRTH CAROLIMWS I W.4SHWUTOS CITY. A meeting of the native citizens of North Carolina resident and transient in the city of Washington was held in tht city on Thursday the 13th inst., for the purpose of showing their respect to the memory of the late J. C. Dobbin. On motion of Dr R. J- Powell. Hou Jacob Thompson was called upon to preside. - ' Mr Thompson, on taking the chair, made the following remarks: . '"- That he felt complimented iu being assigned to preside over this meeting, assembled to do appropriate honor to the memory of Mr Dob bin; for, although a native of North Carolina, he was a resident of another State. Yet, where over he might reside or in whatever portiou of the world his lot miirht be cast, he would nev er forget the land of his birth, the home ol his childhood, and his, "heart untravelled" fondly turned to the good old state; and, although he might be a wandering and even a wayward son, yet he felt towards her all the affection and veneration of a son for a beloved mother. One hundred and fifty years ncro his ancestors set tled in North Carolina; her soil now holds their honored remains; the relatives of his blood and friends of his youth are still there. He, ii.a-cCr. fu v,..ri snmp claim to unite with North Cornfininns in honoring the memo-1 ry of one of thoir distinguished sous. He Jjelt, too, that this meeting was laudable in its ob jects In "these pursy times" gratitude was more a sentiment for favor to be received than for kindness done. No motives but pure and noble could have instituted the present meet- ! msr. Air Thompson stated that lie Knew wen, early and Iomr. the late Jas. C. Dubbin; we learned our A, R, C aud multiplication table together. We learned to conjugate amo to gether, and realized in life the truth of its af fectionate meaning. Together we trod the clasic halls of Chapel Hill, where we separated prepared for the great battle of life. When we again met it was in the 29th Congress, (184o,) and of that' distinguished body no one bore himself more acceptaple to his associa'.es, more faithful to his constituents, more devoted to his country than Mr D. When I next saw him (said Mr Thompson) he filled the high position sf Secretary of the Navy; I declare, With the utmost sincerity, that in all the relations of life, iu every condition or position, I never met any man iu any country of any party, who possessed a clearer head and a purer heart than Jas C. Dobbin. Rut he lias gonet . .Hardly had he reached the meri dian of life iu tlie fullness of his fame usefullness he is taken from ns. We deplore Ida loss, admire his virtues, and let us imitate his example.. On so mournful an evea-i, wdien death by one stroke makes suchadevastatiou of talent, acquirements and virtue, although we submit to the blow, we are dumb with sor row; we feel, like Burkethe utter vanity and folly of all earthly ptruits "What shadows we arc and what shadows we pursue The death of Mr Dobbin (aided Mr Thomp son) fell at the time with peculiar sorrow on his heart. He? learned at the same lime, in the same State, of the sudden but peaceful death of his venerated and aprcd father, lo gether his parent and is friend commenced 1 their journey to "that undiscovered country" where the weary are at rest and all sorrows cease. " - On motion of J. J. Ilolderby, Wni. J. Cow an was appointed Secretary. On motion of Hon. John II. Wheeler, a committee of three was appointed to d raft res olutions expressive of the views of this meeting. Messrs Wheeler, McCollum and Cooke were appointed. X Mr Wheeler supported the following resolu tions, which were reported by the committee, by some chaste and (baching remarks. The resolutions were unanimdasly' adopted by the meeting: - - - St Resolved, That the sons and cftizens of Xorh Carolina, resident and transient, noiSMni Wash ington, have.Iearued with sincere sorrdwthe news of the death of their friend and fetlot citizen, James C. Bobbin an event which tru- v-i c ''Bears our hearts in grief And causes the. whole nation to be contracted ,f-; in one brow of woe." ' , v, We feel that, while we moarn the loss of- a sincere friend, the Republic has lost one of its purest patriots. In all the relations of life where shall we find his superior? As a friend he was faithful and just; as a statesman he was pure anu patriotic, nuie ana eloquent; as a poi- itician firm yet tolerant, and without guile; as a christian sincere and spotless. Those w ho j but partially knew him iu the daily walks of: life may have been too near the colossus to ob serve the perfect proportions of its matchless symmetry; but when iu future time the history of the nation shall be recorded, the services, qualities, and virtues of Jas. C. Dobbin will be acknowledged and appreciated, and rank him with the benefactors of his aie a Roman . . . .1. T Jl -.l . I . rowing family, in their severe bereavemenn'an'd in testimony of oiir regard for the meraoryto Mr Dobbin, we will wear a badge of niouruinj; on our la ft arm for one mouth. In reporting the resolutions, Mr Wheeler marked that the event which had caused th assemblage of so large and respectable a nnm ber of the sons of North Garoliua was one of Ann nnA ... r. . i : .. t . . ' "After the eloquent and feelincr remarks of the distinguished chairman little wag leftto be added. But that.he trusted that he would be allowed t:o say, from an acquaintance of more than twelve years, part of which was enjoyed in the most intimate socialud political rela tions with Mr. Dobbin, that he never knew- a more perfect character, or one in whose ele ments all that is lovely and ennobling of our nature was united, all that was vicious aif de grading was banished "A combination aud Where every god did s( et his seal isi! ine woria tne e"pt a man. "One peculiar promine nhe charac ter oi Mr Dobbin was Ill and retirin teu moaes winch, like the unlo episcopari ofAhe Enl l.ishop, w hile declining in words," RSTn pla-ce,in irt invites ininoiitiuiifVauui but that snffere, iuiii2jlCn,,Vn eunr honored subject of his reiMKk to show uis sen sacrificing character, ins popuiari . if . r i . i lic-rjfii I In Acn in I n t r r c b ii cii(iniiiilil n.J tration of the Navy Department, and utuph;nt christian death. Dr 1 owell moved that the fcecretary be re quested to make the record of this meeting as lull as possible, so as to embrace the feeling and appropriate remarks of the honorable chairman as well as those made by Col. Whee ler Wm A'. Jeffrey moved that the proceedings of this meeting be published in the city papers, and that the North Carolina papers be request ed to copr. On motion of W. II. Joyner, the secretary was instructed to send a copy of the resolutions to the family of Mr Dobbin. ' JACOB THOMPSON;-Prcst Wm J. Cowan, Secretary. The Real Hindoo Secret Symbol. In the course of debate iu the British Corn- mons on the affairs of India, ..r DTsraeli raised the important question, whether the insurrec tion was a sudden impulsive, local muntiny, or an organized national revolution, and adduced evidence to show combination and conspiracy. He referred to the circulation of inisterious cakes iu India about a year since, and also to the circulation of lotus flowers among the Sepony regiments. We presume these emblems are well understood I13' our Hindoo friends of the Know Nothing lodges, though they are symbols which perplex British statesmen. But as these cakes and flowers, and their misterions agency, like the cross of lire sped, by Malise to gather the clans of Roderick Dim, Mr DTsraeli referred : In India, nearly 12 months ago, this took plate. Aiinessenger comes to the headman ofj a village aud brings him six pancakes cltvpqt- "eV snch as the natives make of wheaten ilou. and he savs, "These s.ix pancakes you; yau win in:nre mx oiners and seuaTiicijV on to the next village." The headman '-obeys, accepts the six cakes, makes six others, and sends them on to the headman of tiie next vil lage with the same message. How did it begin? It is a mystery. If we know the village Whence the pancakes were first circulated we might get very valuable information. But in the course of four or five months the whole of Bengal and the great part of the contiguous country have been subjected to this process of a man going from, village to village, from headman to head man, from police station to police station, leav--iug six pancakes, with no other order than that six other pancakes should be made and circula ted. Suppose the Emperor of. Russia, wliose territory in extent aud character has more re semblance to our Eastern possessions than the territory of any other power suppose the Emperor of Russia were told, "Sire, there is a very remarkable circumstance going on in yonr territory; from village to village men are pas sing who leave the tail of an ermine, or a pot of caviare, with a message to some to perform the same cereiuonyT -StrtHg"ip jsjylJija has beiir g&iugon in some 10,000 villager, and we our mate in mis severe loss, anu wun niisor a tcad& M -mm m ntittinTj sfrniraffcT 4T onna Leei nr t hou any diSla'y one ara" .,1 his , icannot make head or tail of it." audi r .1 . , . 1 . r 1 : I think the Emperor of Russia would say, "I do not know whether you can make head or tail of it, but I am quite sure there is some thing wrong, and we must take some precau tion, because, where the people are not usually indiscreet and troublesome, they do not make a secret communication unless it is opposed to the Government. This is a secret communica tion, and therefoie a communication dangerous to the Government." This sending of cakes went on 1 do not say that the Government could penetrate the secret: I do not find fault with them because they did not find it out What 1 want to show is that there wcr , 4- f . . . 4.1 WUS H12U atl IIIUfCilllCHl UL CUUpil ucj auiuiig military, which must have been kuown to t Indian Goveruja't--LKill',f'e 10 ci stance of the l-usflowerX-A mancame will lotus flower, and crave it to the chief of a :o., ment. ft was circulated from hand to hand iif the regiment, and every man who took it 10 f at it and passed it on, sayiug nothing. A must understand that every man who passed H, 011 was acquainted with the plot. When it came to the last soldier of the regiment ho disappeared and took it to the next station. The process was gone through in every regi ment in Bengal. There was not a regifiient, not a station, not an escort, to which the lotus flower was not sent. All these, things took place after the annexation of Oude. An lion, gentleman reminds me thut last year the Bengal regiments refused their furloughs. That was certainly a significant circumstance. 1 ventured to say that I would show a state of society in India which proved the existence of general discontent, and, difficultis 1t-Biight be to prove conspiracy, that! would offer to the Housp facts aud circumstances sufficient to convince them there was no conspiracy. I think I have said enough to induce the House ta pause be fore they form too precipitate an opinion upon the causes of the disasters in India. I think I have said enouirh to make the House at least feel that jt ;s not b j that we have to deaI with a mcrQ mi!itary mutiuy that we shall save India J6- An Irish lawyer in a neighboring county recently address the court as "gentlemen," in stead of "your honors." After he had conclu ded, a brother of the bar reminded him of- his error. He immediately arose and apologized thus: 'May it please the. court, in the haste of debit' , T o .;!?.:'! your. honors e!:t!ercr?--1 c.fido" i r':; i '.-.I- ! .mors." 'The fr;-';tiv'r, :',n sat .V" -.' -i : the : v.-. 'Ve:--; --Vil . t - w 1 r C- 1
