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NORTH CAROLINIAX FAYETTEVILLB, N C SATURDAY, February 13, 1858. C. C. McCkcmmes is our duly authorized a-ent for the collection of all claims due this office. TO AOVERTISEnS. Persons desirous of the immediate insertion of their advertising favors mut hand them in by WEDNES DAY MOIIN'IXG. otherwise they will not appear until the sncceedins: week. Our friends will please hear this in mind as we intend to make it a rule without exception. rUTThis Paper w ill continne to be published ns usual. The Editorial department is at present in rharge of the subscriber, who, will attend to its duties, until other Arrangements are made, when the public will be apprised. W)I. COW. Democrats of Cumberand Attention You are "hereby notified that a meeting w ill "be held at the- Court House in Fayette- ville, on the 4th of March next (it being Thursday of the week of our County Court) nt 3 o'clk T. M. The object of this meet ing is to appoint delegates to the Charlotte Convention which is to assemble on the 14th of April for the purpose of nominating a suitable democratic Candidate for Governor. Our County meeting may perhaps take no tice of other matters respecting the welfare of the party, &c. &c. A full attendance of democrats is earnestly requested. This call for a County meeting is made at the request of the party generally. Mr. McRas's Address. On Tur.!ay evening last Mr I). K. McRae de livered his address in this plaee. We were pres ent and listened attentively to it throughout. Three hours were consumed in its delivery, and not taking notes, trusting merely to memory, we cannot ex pect to follow him through the vast extent ot territory which he attempted to cover, but we wdl endeavor to give an out line ot the positions he as sumed iu making out his own defence, in upholding the heretical doctrine of distribution, and iu his iV, t. liiodm-e democratic precedent and au- ..... . . . k.., - - j. thoritv to sustain what we and the unite 1 demo cratic press of North Carolina maintain is heresy from the acknowledged creed of the party on that question. Mr Meilae opened his speech by saying that "he stood before the audience to defend himself from the foul asperi ns of a portion of the Press of the State (of course the democratic,) that he had been wantonly attacked. vdiiSed and abused by some of then' lie alluded to the course which Mr lb 1 Ion, Editor of the Kaleigh Standard had pur- thai we are a member, and though a leeble, yet its consciencious and ardent srfpporter. We do not pretend to say that Mr McRae may not be sound on some otner ariicies ui me ucmuv-iauv; -m we do say that his present position on the land question, both in advocating the Constitutionality and the policy of distributing them or their pro ceeds amnngthe States in entirely at varience with the published platform of the party as well as the acts of that party as such, whether in or out of Congress. To produce isolated cases of here and there a democrat supporting a bill for appropria tions for his or their State, is not a logical way of reasoning, as well might we condemn a whole body of church members for the wickedness or devia tions of one or half a dozen of its professors, and say that its doctrine is corrupt on that account. Will it be contended by Mr M. (who is a Lawyer) that the laws of North Carolina, and the lives of those who uphold them are corrupt because there j are individuals who daily trample under foot those laws some of whom are imprisoned and others suffer the penalty of death as its consequence? Will he pretend to say that no matter how wholesome the rules and restraints of society may be that be cause forsooth there are persons who daily commit outrages against those rules that the whole body of society is to be placed in the same category with them and should be classed with the rogues, mur derers and rascals of every description which may tread the face of the earth? No Mr M. is too sound a lawyer, too high-minded and honorable a citizen to a-'mit for one moment such absurdities Hut why not, if the democratic party is to be judged by his test? Let us see what the doctrine of the party is, and has been as publicly expressed for the laet twenty years. The following extract from every demo cratic national platform for the above mentioned period shows conclusively whether any one who favors distribution can stand upon that platform; whether in truth and sincerity the- can consist ently be considered as belonging to the ranks of the party: FROM THE DEMOCRATIC NATION' AL PLATFORMS FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS. "That the federal government is one of limi ted power, derived solely from the Constitution: and the grants of power made therein ought to be strictly construed by all the departments aiul agents of the government; and that it is inexpedient and dangerous to exercise doubtful eonstitution.il powers. -'Thit the Constitution does not. coufu- au thority upon tii" federal government, directly or indirectly, to assume the lebrs of the several be faithfully and bona Jide disposed ot or 1L purpose, and for no other use or purpose whatever If it were possible to raise a doubt before, the full, clear and explicit terms would dispel it. 1 is impossible for language to be clearer. To 4 considered a common fund ' is an expression eL reetly in contradistinction to separare or indivi? dual, and is, by necessary implication, as clear negative of the latter as if it had been positively expressed. This common fund to be for the use and benefit ot such of the United States as shaJL have become, or shall become, members of the eon-' federation or Federal alliance. ' This is as clear as language can express it, for their cemmon nse in their united federal character, Virginia being included as the grantor out of abundant caution, ' ' " The concluding words of the grant are slialVi be faithfully and bona fide disposed of for that use,, and no other use or purpose whatsoever. 1 or that use that is, the common use of th.c States, i in their capacity of members of the Confederating or 'Federal alliance and no other, as positively forbidding to use the tund to oe uerivcu i.um lands for the seperate use ot the States, to be dis ! tributed among them for their seperate or mdivj dual use. as proposed by this amendment, as it um possible for words to do. " - .1 "The residue of the public lands, including Florida, and all the region beyond the Mississippi! extending to the Pacific ocean, and constituting by! far the greater part, stands on a different footing . Thev were purchased out of the common funds of , the Union collected by taxes, and belongs oeyon all question, to e people of the U. S. in thei federal and aggregate capacity. Ibis has not ) been and cannot be denied; and yet it is l,roP"J to distribute the common fund derived trom tnd sale of these, as well as from the ceded lands, 1$ direct violation of the admitted principle,-the the agent or trustee of a common concern dias n right without express authority to auplv the joint funds to tho separate use ana ocnfm uxu-!, dual members. " But we make another extract tor the . Dcneni oj our distribution friends. On looking oVet the Debates iu Congress we find at its extra session in 1341, when the Distribution and Pre-emption Hill came up Mr Calhoun made use of the following language: 1 internal i'.n mid .States, eoe.traetea loi local an nrovemcnls or oilier State punioses, nor v such assumption he just or expedient "That the proceeds of the public 'amN ought to be sacredly applied to the nation. ii objects specified iu the Constitution, and lint we are opposed to any law for the distr.hu: on of sm h proceeds among the States as alike ii: expedient iu policy, and rcjtiig t r ul. to the Can. t it v Lion. " Notwithstan inr that, the above and policy of the party, Mr. Mo 11 at insists that Congress has the constitutional power to distribute the la:i is or their proceeds, and he deduces that power from the provision of the Constitution which savs th it congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful regulations, respecting the territory or other property belonging to the Uni ted States. But in wdiat light is this power to be understood? How far is it to extend? Most assured!'.- the exorcise of that right is for the benefit of all the States in a federal capacity, in a collective uued t,!'.v:ir.U liitn. r.Mtboii.fii he talked rather shun about friend Ilolden, he was not as severe as we or united point of view and not to them separately .. . AT.. ',.!., ,-,.n vwl In nn or rr siivt.nn our ttS .111 .'UllUI V. . ' I I . V 1!. . - ' ' ' 1 J ' ' - ' ' - ' . - . T (- . t 1 1 1 1 T 1 1 anticipated, iroiu tin- accounts wuicu nau uccn puo lished respecting his remarks at other places. lie then went on with the subject of distribution, stated that he had the endorsement of the democratic party for the position lie had assumed iu its favor; he read extracts from different documents, Journals of Congress and of our State Legislature. He al luded to the fact of Calhoun, Jackson, and W- R. KI:!g, having favored the doctrine, also of Cobb of Alabama, lbirksdale of Mississippi, and Warren of Arkansas, favoring it for their own States. Also. Hunter, of Yireiuia, advocating the same for his State, and he asked if they could bo considered good democrats, why an attempt should be made to excommunicate- him from the party. He thought lie might more consistently read out of the party those democrats who had been charging upon him as they bad not acted agreeably to their profes sions. He stated that in March 1352, be preached no the same doctrine that he is now advocating, that the democratic party had shown plainly by the bestowal on him of posts of honor and trust, that lie was considered a true member of the party. He said although he had taken the stump in oppo sition to the Hon. W. S. Ashe, yet, the party re cognised him as being iu the faith, by giving him a foreign appointment, to wit as Consul to Paris. He was of the opinion that Congress had the power under the Constitution to give away the lands or distribute them among the States, that it had al ready acted it out by grants to Railioads, and do nations for Colleges, etc, etc He paid a hand some, tribute to the memory of the framers of the Constitution, thought he could safely say without casting anj- reflection on them, that their mantles bad fallen on none of the ore-sent (lav. He, stated that the Wilmington Journal in noticing his re marks at that place had not fairly represented hirn; that the Journal finding it could not answer bis arguments had built up a man of straw to strike at instead of himself, and what that paper had said did not meet bis positions at all. We however thought differently, judging from Mr McUae's speech here. There were other matters to which he alluded, viz: The admission of Kansas under the Lecompton Constitution, and Gen. Wm. Walk er. He favored Douglas's views respecting Kan- position, we will introduce some of his own wit nesses and let our readers judge who is right. Wo avail ourselves of the benefit of a portion of the testimony which the Wilmington Journal of the 29th and 3Jth of January, introduced in reply to a similar speech made in that city by Mr M. and so complete are they in refuting the flimsey arguments advanced by our modern distributionists, it is a matter of surprise that they will so pertmaccously occupy a ground which they must see is completely . . A T . 11 untenable. J Jut to tlie testimony. Air ainuun has been called up to the stand to depose in favor of distribution. Let us see wdiat he has to say in opposition to this heresy. In 1341 he spoke as follows: " Whether the Government can constitutionally distribute the revenue from the public lands among the States, must depend upon the fact whether thev belong to them in tlieir united icuciai "That he would much rather give the whole of the lands to the States in which they lay, than to distribute them us proposed by this.biH. The bill was a most unconstitutional measure. The proceeds of the lands belonged to the Treasury, and if they were not appropriated la this purpose, then the new States had the best right to them. They belonged to the whole Union, and on this condition the new States entered the compact; if this were violated, the land reverted back to its original condition, and became the property of the States in which it lies. Viewed in any light, both constitution al and otherwise, this was, to him, the most odious measure that ould be presented If it were pivseuttidtrs an alternative, toive the b.nds to tiie new States or distribute the proceeds among " the States, lie would yield up ev r acre io ine new estates, am mi-in. rignt. Better, infinitely better, to leave them i iu ;,,e new Staies than use them for the - par poses of corruption. He regarded the bill as v.icn a violation of the compact, that, if he were a citizen of the new States, he would not is the. doetrii ie i suffer a single acre to be sold. It was ouly by siic.ii Liuguage (aiiudmg to the remarus ot ju McUoberts)"that the Government could be ar rested in its disposition to plunder. Looking to the bill in all its aspects, it was of all others the most abhorrent to his feelings." See "Con gressional Globe. Page 332. - - '"' We find that Win. R. King, at the same Session, took sides and voted with MrCalhoun on that ques tion. We will also inform our readers what the views of Silas Wright were respecting the consf itu tionalitv and the policy of distribution. By turn ing to pages 331 and 333 of the Globe for the "Ex tra Session of 1341, they will find that distinguished Statesman and unflinching democrat, using the fol lowing language on the distribution bill. "I refer first, to the rule of - distribution The bill came here from the House of . Repre sentatives with a correct constitutional rule, if indeed, there can be any constitutional rule, for rivinjr monev from the Federal Treasury to the States, which I not only do not admit, but pos itively deny. Yet, admitting tor ine sap oi the argument, and I do even that unwillingly, that, a distribution can be constitutionally made is there, can there be, a doubt that the rule of distribution must-be that of taxation to oecon stitutional?" jr,:TOting against the distribution bilf, r Whigs as a party voting for it. If Mr. !ihes to inforui hhnself as to he truth of JTon, we will cheerfully show him our au X7e would lik3 to set him straight on this t points In which he differs from the doc I policy of the party tjre ftoithet'tirne or spade in a single num Zt paper, to publish the sayings and votes ' reat cloud of witnesses which havo set their ) tMs article of our faith, and wnich arc to be the Journals of Congress like so ntany -an angels, to defend us against innovation? -.foreign- quarter. Gladly would we exert Ives to reclaim Mr. vcuae irom niu ciioi -ay ; if we thought it could be accomplished, " havo said on a former occasions, we feel . ; him and would much prefer to hold him retbe world and let it be seen that Fayette riS. the State of North Carolina feel proud of ;&e& son, than to aid in burying him in the ooblivion: . TFesay this in all sincerity. have none other than the kindest feelings , .dS him; and the object of what we have said 'ierOing his political deviations has been not only -phofcl the honor and consistency of the party, ; if possible to show that we somewhat sympa :e With feim on account of the error into which vas fallen, and hope that he will yet pause and ... eider the slippery path which he is now treading, he will open his eyes to the fact that the enemy Voicing at his declension, and besides all this to 'JL fjnjury he is doing to the demoeratio cause '' course he is pursuing. Should lie however 3e in his heresy; should the voice of friend- fttnlieeded by him, and the downward path of rror bo preferred, and he be found politically perishing in the arms of the enemy before the tri umphs of democratic truth, then he can have no one to blame but himself, for we have been induced by considerations of the loftiest character to give him the benefit of our warning voice. . There are examples enough in this Country oi talented men who once occupied high positions in the gift of the people, but now have become wreck ed, ruined and hopelessly laid on the shelf because they lacked political consistency. No one has a better knowledge of this fact than Mr McRae him self. It is from such a catastrophy that we would have him saved. Consistency is a jewel of so inestimable a value, it should be worn by the poli tician as well as the private citizen, and those who continually wear it shed a halo of influence and glory around our Republic, for they are like so many fixed stars in our political firmament ready to cheer and animate the young pilgrim patriot iu his onward path of duty to his country. IFe may notice other points of Afr AfcRae's address at another tune. .P. S. Since the above was put in type, iu con versing with Mr AfjRae, we find that we misunder- tood his position relative to Kansas. IFe thought he favored the position held by Mc Douglas m regard to it. He did not mean to be so understood for he is with the South in regard to that matter. Me AT, favors the views as set f irth in Afr Buchan an's Speeial Afessage. In justice to him we make the correction. Com slxovld bo 3liip?3i Iu Skcfc A Merchant of this place requested tfs to" srig eest to our friends of. the Eastern part ot the State, Bv the thA rvmnnVtv of shinning their com to. Warning- ton in sacks instead of placing it in tba ; bouts or vessels as they now do. For example, let them measure the corn into 2 bushel sacks and then put the first layer on pieces of scantling so as to keep it drv. and when it reaches Wilmington w in good order to scud to any other quarter, nn vn will be better, measure larger; it will command a higher price and will save muoh trouble, and besides all this, they wilt give mora general satisfaction. U e tmns. this is a g-od suggestion, for corn sometimes comes to this market a"tei' it hs been put up in sacks at Wilmington, half rotten and miserably poor meas ure. It has been a w-ouder ict ik that outr Wil mington friends have nt thmtgut .ibotit remedying 4,; TUtv liavrt it in their oower, and could do so effectuallv if they would only try. They should demand "that the corn be delivered to them in good sacks. In fact, grain should bo put in sacks, whether it is conveyed by Bjats, Railroads or otherwise. ' 625-Yesterday we hud a heavy Ui of Snow, Its average depth was about 6 inches. It is the first time this winter that the ground has been covered with it. Oa Monday Mr Keitt made a becoming anolosrv before the House .acknowledjnn.K' that he had dons wrong, apologized. o o Mr Grow also 5?" VTe are requested to notify the de mocracy of Harnett County that a lneebing of the party will be held at Samnierville on Tuesday the 9th of March. The object is to appoint delegates to the Charlotte Convention. tod to omvg notice to v. o- the democracy of Robeson County, that a meeting of the party will be held at Lumber ton, on the 23d inst., for the purpose of ap pointing delegates to the Charlotte Convention. "Let the cloud of national difficulties thick en and blacken, until the bosom of every man in the nation shall feel that our honor and onr snfotv demand resistance to aca'ressions. and where is the Congress to be tound wuicu ww - . . J . .- 1 " . . . . . nnM 1 1 1 :-1 1-1 1 1 II T 1 Uil Dtinl0Q f,-,iiv 5t t ivmidfst- thiit. the. Government, as their common (tsrentor trustee, can have no rigit to dis tribute them, for their individual, separate use, a Id in ijietr iintieu uu sas, this is another of Mr M's departures from the lying on th rtvr'tTct t'n,m iironertn iiel i .1.,., ,,-;ii.,.,,t Knrrial. wjwer. for that J t . f - i i . . i-i Tn.itinii eo r'lar purpose, u-fiicli is nor. prtienacu. ; ----- of itself, and resting on the established principles of law, when applied to individuals holding pro perty in like manner, needs no illustration. It, on the contrary, they belong to the States in their ; iii-ill tm1 find senarato character, then the Gov ernment would not only have the right, but would. be bound to apply the revenue to tUe separate use of the States. So far is incontrovertible, which presents tne question : in wuicu w im' ivo miu acters are the lands held by the States ? To give a satisfactory answer to this question, it, will be necessary to distinguish between lands that have been ceded by the States and those that have been purchased by the Government out of the common funds of the Union. " The principal cessions were made by Virginia and Georgia. The former of all the tract between the Ohio, the Mississippi and the lakes, including the States of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Michigan and the Territory of Wiscon. in, and the latter, of the tract included in Alabama and Mississippi. I shall begin witli the cession of Virginia, as it is on that tiie advocates of distribution mainly rely to establish the right. " I hold in my hand an extact of all that portion of the Virginia deed of cession which lias any hcar-in- on the poiat at issue, taken from the volume table before me, with the place mark me desirous of examining the E,The Special Term of our Superior Court, lis Hon. Judge Manly presiding is still in session, having commenced last Monday week We learn that a very large amount of business has been despatched, thus affording great re ief to suitors. The members of the bar have Kaon n n nctl n llv attentive and industrious. It was remarked that the vast amount of labor ac complished has been mainly owing to the abih ty, promptness and kindness of His Honor The Juries have been prompt and attentive, and the Court throughout has been without excitement of any kind. It has been emphati cally a working Court and will be long re membered for the number of cases disposed of. i - i . i I . , -i r - . i : ed, and 10 wnien auv ' uemocrauc parry aim wncu m ... uu.i. am.u rriW.Tho cession is ' to the United " " " " ' I'Ulli manner, ho upheld Douglas, thereby showing a j States in" Congress assembled, for the benefit of crvinjr out to us, save our distributive snares of the national revenue? Where is the Senate to come from which will withstand such a cal coming from such a quarter, and addressed to those who hold their places by legislative elec tion? It cannot, it will not be; and neither such a Senate nor such a Congress will be found until this unnatural policy is entirely abandoned It is plain that he not only denied the Consti tutionality, but also in strong language condemns the policy. What were Gen. Jackson's views of distribution, and its effects: In his veto Message of 1833, he said : . - " '' h" " It is difficult to perceive what advantages would acrue to the old States or the new from the system of distribution which this bill proposes, if it were otherwise unobjectionable. It requires no argument to prove that if three millions of dol lars a year, or any other sum, shall be taken out of the treasury by this bill for distribution, itnmst be replaced by the same sum collected from the people by some other means. The old States Will receive annually a sum of money from the treasury but they will pay in a larger sum, together with the expenses of collection and distribution. 1 Will any one pretend to deny the true democracy of the witnesses which are here introduced ; cer tahilv no sound man of the party will: But Mr. McRae understands too well how to defend a bad cause, and twist the evidence to suit his own ype- ir case. We understood him to say. that- Mr. i - t i-i t.z . 1! -frl-ii nntdlf cai.ioua was m iavor or uonauug -,, f. f j 1 1. t v. C XT. .-.',11 . , T- 1 1: , . .... . I tiLi'-ftm v ienow ieeung lor mm, we uiougut in im om . thc Slilti states. livery woro uiipno uh- , , , rt.n-Wli- .. . .. , .i - x...: .v.i tA i Time, is tlu i lands to the States wherein they lay. Can sucn saying: -misery loves company, oom are iu.s u, men ..v... ot; T , i .,. v ' ' whicfc' very day, accupyiug a hostile position to our faith. He was perfectly willing to land Walker 3 miles from the shores of Nicaragua, and did not see that we were obliged to furnish him with vessels for that purpose, &c, &e. These and many more topics were dwelt upon by him. Wc shall, however confine ourselves to the main proposition which Mr M. held out ia his address, and on which he has separated from the party, to wit: "That Congress possesses the power under the Constitution to distribute the land or its proceeds among the States and that it is wise policy to do so." In the remarks which we will make touching the speaker, it will be our aim to exercise that courte eey which we think is justly due from one gentle men to another, and at the same time will produce evidence to sustain the position of the great demo cratic party of which we feel proud to acknow ledge liieniiiiirr ot tne nnrase United states i r-.mtr.-ulistnietioii to the states separately an individually; and if there could he by possibility, any doubt on that point, it would he remove 1 by the expression, ' in Congress assembled' an as semblage which constituted the very Knot inu united them. I regard the execution of such a deed to the United States, so assembled, so con clusive that the cession was to them in their unite-', and aggregate character,, in contradistinction to their individual and separate character, and, by ne- cessary conseqsenee, mat ine lauus so i-iwu ui longed to them in their former aud not in their latter character, that I am at a loss for worts to make it clearer, To deny it, would be to deny that there is any truth in language. " But, strong as this is, it is not all. The deed proceeds and says, that all the lands so ceded shall be considered a common fund for the use and benefit of such of the United States as have become, or shall become, members of the Confede ration or Federal alliance of said States, Virgi nia inclusive, and concludes by saying, and shall d ! l,.f t.ifnoTunn ti- !.1i. lis -inol n.hnve ? : On I II II I .11111 . 1 1 1 I I 1UUUI., rw II II. II I - ' lUir,liu -- t ie c .ntrary, he contends, that ttiey should beheld by i .ie General Government as it was intended i hey should be, for National purposes and only ia the event they were diverted from that purpose, uiU ne assume the position as alleged by Mr McBae. Mr. M. stated that he had not been satisfied either by his Wilmington friends or by those of Golds boro', at what period it was ever the settled policy of the country, not to distribute the lands, and he further said the enquiry would not bo met in this town. If he had said the democratic party (against which he is now battling) instead of the country, abundant proof can be adduced by refer ring to the debates and votes in Congress ever since the question has been mooted. How was it at the Extra Session of 1841, when the opposition wrein the ascendency 1 We find the democrats The Affray in Canvass. The following are the particulars of the affray which took place in the nouse of Rep resentatives, on the night of the 5th mst. buch scenes in Congress we think should be con demned by the united press of the country, and if this was done, a stop would be put to them. They are discreditable to all parties who engage in them. A member of Congress, who was a witness to the difficulty in the House between .Messrs. Grow and Keitt, gives the following particu lars - Mr. Grow objected to Mr. Q litman making any remarks. Mr. Keitt said If you are going to object, return to your own side of the House. Mr. Grow responded that this is a free hall and every man has a right to be where he pleases. i Mr. Keitt came up to Mr. Grow and said he wanted to know what he meant by such an answer as that Me. Grow replied that he meant just wnat he said; that this was a tree hall, and a man has a right to be where he pleases. Mr, Keitt, taking Mr. Grow by the throat, ,.Sa . l will show vou. You are a damned OU I . M. - - - ml Black Republican puppy. '- Mr. Grow knocked his hand np, saying, I shall occupy such a place in the hall as I please, and no nigger driver can crack his whip over me. ' -. Mr. Keitt then again grabbed Mr. Grow by the throat, and Mr. Grow knocked his hand away, when Mr. Keitt came at him. Mr. Grow then knocked him down. X The1 fight took place at twenty minutes to two o'clock this morning. "Further difficulties are apprehended. Three o'clock The yeas and nays on the motion to excuse absentees still continues. All quiet at this lime. Mr. Quitman wished to make a proposition with the view of ending this unprofitable contests: Objections were made, but were afterwards "withdrawn. - Mr. Quitman's proposition was read, to the effect that all the motions now pendiug, made since the call for the previous question on the amendment of Mr. Harris, of Illinois, shall be withdrawn; that the' vote shall then be taken on sustaining the demand for the previous qnestion, and if carried, the House will adjourn till Monday, and at one o'ciocK on uiai uay the vote shall be taken on the main question. Mr. Harris, of Illinois, hoped that the pro position would be adopted as it embraced every thing that gentlemen could ask for. !; Mr. Cobb said no man had the right to com promise his position, without consulting him. Mr. Stanton thought the proposition just, and hoped it would be agreed to unanimously. Mr. Phillips said that as the proposition was for a vote to be taken to-night, he objected. - The Speaker remarked that kc could not entertain the proposition without the unanimous consent of the House, and this was denied. Arrival of ths "Iadian." rata days l.it?i f&9ji eirope. Portland Me., Feb. 10. The steamer "In dian" with Liverpool dates to the 27th of January, being four days later than those brought by the Arabia, has arrived. The wedding of the I'nucess lioyal, tools nace on the 2uth, as previously announced. The ceremonies were highly imposing. The American ship Adriatic had been cap tured by a French brig of war and taken back to France. The news from India is unimportant. Ihe rebels were threatoning Alumbah. A serious disterbance had occurred at Bel fast, Ireland. The mob was liaaily dispersed. Several arrests made. rim onerations on the Leviathan steamer had been resumed. The ship was moved eigh teen feet in two days. Commercial. Liverpool Jan. 27. Sales of cotton for the three days 27,003 bales, Speculators took 4,000 bales, and exporters 2,000. Closed with an advancing tendency Advices from Manchester continue favorable Holders demand an advance. The buyers out number the sellers. Flour very dull. Quotations irregular. Wheat dull. Quotations barely muntamed, Red Gs a 6s. 2d.; white do, 7s. a 7s. 7d. Choice 7s 91. Corn active and advanced from Od to Is. Mixed and yellow 33 a 34; white 36 a 37. Provisions dull. Rosin dull at 4s. Spirits tnmftnt.iiiH firm at 3GV a 37 A. Rice dull at 191-a 201s. Sugar, coffee and tea unchanged. Consols for money and on account, fo 'a 9a force m manner an4 language Ierogaory the character of an officer and steitlemanv Specification 2. That, after said iraTTend- er of said military force to bia orders, no? . guard was for several hours placea over the property within the encampment? lately occupied by said military force, and when said guard was placed it -was inefficient, owing to its number and intoxicated state, to prevent the robbery and plundering of said propertr by sailors rfnd other persons. Specification o. That the said Capt. H. Paulding, of the ' United States, navy, did, after the unlawful seizuei of said, property, assume to dispose of it as if it were his own and this without having it subjected t. the judgement of a prise court of compete jurisdiction Specification 4. That, after the sui r- .u'rr of said military force and the seizure of it property, the said Com. II. Panldir-rr, of tb. United States navy, wrote several dospu-iovM to the honorable the Secretary of the Navy of the United States, in winch he useu i n gaage and epithets derogatory to him as a gentleman, and unworthy of ait officer of the United Si-ite-3 Navy; and, also, in a boastful and unofiieer- like manner, assumed to hiin self and command the credit of ssill and courage in the execution of the unlawful act of the 8th December. t Charge 3. Conduct unworthy of an Amen-- can citizen. Specification 1. That the said Com. II. Paulding, of the United States navy, did, in the presence of a British naval force. make said capture, and seizure of said mili tary force, and by the manner in which the act Was done, as well a by, the act itself, afford a pretext for the future interference of Great Britain in Central America, - thus contravening tho declared policy of the American people. ". - Specification 2. That while in the act of forcing said surrender and making said seizure, ho received and permitted to re main on board his . fUs-s'hip for the time bnina- the United Statos steamer Fulton Capt. Ormauy, and other officers of H. B.- M. s naval forces. Specification 3. The conduct of said Hi ram Paulding in presence of the English, the old onemies of tho American Union and opponents of slavery, as it exists hi .the Southern portion of said Union, and while under the guns of the British forces,- in the harbor of San Juan, made an exhibition en tirely, at variance with the conduct of other officers of the American navy on i mncr oc casions. Specification 4. That the said Hiram Paulding, of the United States navy, com mitted an unpardonable assault on thtf character of the service in which he is enga ged when he proclaimed to the world, through the Secretary of the Navy and Presi dent B ichanan, that Gen; William Walker and his command were piratical, and imme diately received said Walker into his cabin . - m . 1,1. and at his table, and personally placea tno pirate on his parole' of honor. From the Mobile Rsgister. LETTER TO T3S SECBET1HY OF TJIS SIVY. Sm: Enclosed you will find the proceed ino-s of the people of the city of Mobile, in O -a . v w i n -M- public meeting on Monday, Jotli ot January, 1S58. at which resolutions were adopted de manding an investigation of the conduct of Commodore Hiram Paulding, of the United States navy, on the 8 th day of December, 1857, in the harbor of San J aal del Norte, in Central America. Tho committee, for reasons which they do not deem necessary to state, have to request the honorable Secretary will, so constitute the court which is to try the said Hiram Paulding by the appointment of an equal number of naval officers natives of southern portions of this Union, that exact justice mav be insured without prejudice to this section. The undersigned now become the prose cutors in this trial, and have subscribed to the charges' and specifications herein con tained. F. B. SIIEPAPwD. C. J. MoBAE. WM.F. CLEVELAND. To the Hon. Secretary of the Navy x of the United States. DIED; Near Buffalo Church, ia Moore Co., on tlia 27th of ult., W, N. Ui-y .:i aj.U 21 ywra ami buricl with ma ouic honors; THE IIO USB aal LO f recently occupied and owned by L.BolIengrath, and uow occupied hy il. Mc.Mnla'i, on 11 if ;noiiat, will be sola at auction, at the Market IIjiMe, on Saturday 21st Fcb'y 18.58 at la o'clock. Persons wishing to purchase will be shown the pru.niaca by Mr J. Martiuc, or by A M; UA.Ul'lilJL.Li. Feb'y 13 88-2t Charges and specifications preferred against Hiram Paulding., Commodore of the United States Navy, by the citizens of Mobile in meeting assembled on the 2oth day of Janu ary, 1858: Charge 1. Violation of the constitution of the United States. Specification 1. In this, that the said Com modore Jliram Paulding, on the 8th day of December, 1857, did invade the territory of the republic of Nicaragua, and then and there did capture, and make prisoners of certain persons organized as a military force and claiming to be the army of said repub lic, thereby committing an act of war with- out the couseui, ui m .- ted States. Specification 2. That the said Commodore Hiram Paulding, of the United States navy, did, on the day and date aforesaid, seize, and' unlawfully detain the commissary, quar termaster, ordnance, medical, and other anrPa. belonging: to said military force, and then treat them in all respects as prizes of war iand tins without the sanction or au thority of the Congress ot the United States. Charge 2. Conduct unbecoming an officer and a o-entleman. - Specification 1.-That the said Commodore Hiram Paulding, of the United States navy, demanded the surrender of said military FAYETTE VILLE HOTEL TO Btf CLOSED! The subscribers will clo.-e the above namod Hotel on th i Second Monday in Ma.ieh next; And will op;it mother House tor the entcrtamment ot their custom ers and thi! traveling public. Of wliicu due uotice wilt . be given iu t'.v.i aud otkjr papers. F. N. 1103FUTS & Co. Feb'y 8, SS-tf' jf U ST RECEtVEB an'itoTZ Planting Potatoes l'nis lye) and line Applo.s. Oct 2i. ?3-tf foot of Ilaym r.nt X 5 "SIIARS OP..B.VNK STOCIiAT Will be sold o i VVj 1 les tty the Utli inst. at the Market II. me at 12 o'clock, fifteu.i shares of the Bank of Payetteville. U. E. LEE I E, Auctr, Feb. 13, 88-It NOTICE. My wife Caroline Arnett Ii ivinx left mr bed a. 4 board, with.it an Iljieut c v hj, I therefore lorwam all pjrso.H crediting her 01 irty ajcount. ai I will not pay a:iy l 'Att contracted by tise, I alo lorwam a iv person harboring or employing her, as I will cMifoioe the law agaiust them: llfcl.fliY AtiNiSTT. Feb. 13 86-2t FAYETTE VILLE MARKET. Corrected weekly for the JYorlh CaroliniaHi February, 13, 185S Bacon 12 ;Lard 13 Coffee Hi a 13i : Molasses 3a Cotton lOf ft 11 (Salt 12a FlouS S'rtRifS. Family 5 50 ;Peai:h liratidy 125 Sup. Fine 525 ') Apple " 100 Fine o 00 'Whisfcey 7t Cross 4 75 Do. northern 4& OttAIS; ? TCRPB.VTilJE. SO ellow dip, oU v irgirt, ; Cor' n Oats Peas Flax Seed 105 ' Hard 1 10Spirits 2 10 2 00 116 3 REM A RKa Cotton has advanced fully and is firm afr quotations. ' - " " ijlour, asng.ic navance on last weeks auo- tations at which it is Grm. Corn, the market is well supplied. Pork, S to 10 ceiits. WILMINGTON MARKET, Fb. 11. 1858. The market for the article of Turpentine has rn.t active since oar laist. Virgin and Yellow dirt auoted at 2 60; Hard IG'I. Spirits 41J Rosin, flue No I and pale is itf derrfand but none' in market; parcel would se.'l qaicls at SSOto 4()0 per Bbl accordruc to! quality; for comrnon id is oTered bit sellers ri'fujje to take that price. Tar is I 4J per llbl. Shingles dull qaoted at 2 00 per Jf. Timber 4 to 8 25 the latter price wr an extra article. . READ THIS! A H'OLf.AXDEB'.S TE-iTIOWi Jacob TtinskeB, living in the Holland irettlement of" Sheboygan, Visconsin,8ays: "After suffering for me time the misery attending an utterpToetratiQRof miud and body, I have been restored, by using Ife6rhave'r Holland Bitters, to perfect bealtn." The fact of this remedy being in suoh high r5Tuf man th Hollanders in Wisconsin, Michigan, Vorlc.'infact ineMfcry Hollandsetilcmentin the United States argues much in its favor Try it for Chronic or. Nervous Debility 0r tav 'Nervous or Kbcumatic. 2rralgio afoctiw,-
The North Carolinian (Wilson, N.C.)
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