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tf vCv X r - - 1 r - fc. . - 11 i- i - ... f . ., . . ... -m ... i . ., . wry. - , - - ? Methodist Eriscopal kurch South. INTERESTING DISCISSION ON PRESS AND ORNAMENT. At the General Conference, held at Nashville on the 13tlrinst., the Rev. J. Lusk called np the resolution on dress, laid on the table Wed nesday, 12th inst. Rev. C. K. Marshall wanted to know wheth er it would not suit the brother to let the mat ter lie over, and come up hereafter in connec tion with t he resolution of Dr. Drake about lining the hymns, instrumental music in churches riding circuits on horseback or in waggons, etc The resolution in question recommends the striking out from the Discipline, sec. 8, on page 108, entitled "Of Dress." The Rev. Mr Lusk said there was a glaring inconsistency ir. the chinch. We stood, as a church, in direct conflict with the rule. It was a standing evidence of an awful apostacy. It was a scandalous inconsistency. W hat class of Methodists conformed to this rule? Go in to our churches in Louisville, Nashville, Char leston, New Orleans, and gold was seen every where, in every form that it would be seen upon a bioadwuy dandy in New York. Such was the laxity of administration, that candidates would he received into the. church, though loaded down with a weight of gold under which they could scarcely walk. Persons would be taken into full connection, would be licensed to preach would be recommended to the travelling con nection, though wearing gold in every form. It was a reproach. It was thrown up to us in every part of the connection. Why, then, re tain the rule, which was a dead letter? That we might revive it? As well think of reviving n Egyptian mummy, that had been sleeping three thossand yearsi If we retain the rule, we retain it in constant violation of it. Let the brethren wear gold if they pleased; he cared "j noi nowmiicii tnev vrear: but omr it ttmce ue rule, w e mmmrimmmmmrmK. goo: 'one; we would keep ft fa the Discipline; but we would not observe it. One brother said to him he would wear his gold spectacles, and still vote for retaining the rule. The glass would magnify just as much if set in steel or iron. The speaker continued to declaim in a most edifying manner about gold studs, gold sleeve buttons, and gold spectacles, and gold watch chains, and gold-headed canes, and five hun dred dollar diamond breast-pins; and his style rose to the sublimity of his theme, and his speech throughout was fraught with a most refreshing fervor. Methodist preachers, he said, would haste to meet the rich, loaded down with jew elrv, when they came forward to join the church while the poor and afflicted were neglected and uncarcd for, &e. llev-. B. M. Drake had read in an old book that tiiose who compared themselves among themselves, and measured themselves by them selves, were not wise. He was sorry to see his respected brother doing so. Whether the standard were right or wrong, he (Mr Lusk) was for bringing it down to the practice of our people. This was not the course to be pursued. lie had known instances of improvement in respect to dress through the influence of that section . lie hardly expected to hear his broth er say he did not care how much gold people wore. It was ridiculous to acknowledge that the superfluity of dress was wrong, and then expunge the rule against it because it did not come up to the standard. He would have no ob jection to change that section into the strongest ianguagc of Scripture, but was not prepared for striking out all that concerned the subiect jf dress. The llev. J. E. Edwards, of Petersburg, Ya. felt a little surprise at the remarks he had heard. They were levelled not against dress, but against gold spectacles, buttons and canes. this was the staple of the brothers whole ar - gument. lfl understand the General Rule, it is against the putting on of gold simply as an ornament, which certainly dues not apply toil fsucit things as s(cctncfcs ana canes. ivud is not these things were forbidden, there word in the Scripture against men wearing, but only "the women;" so that on Scripture ground we miixht claim an exemption from the law. The brother's remarks were unfortunate He charged us with pressing to embrace the rich, ami receive, them into the church, while we passed by the children of poverty and sorrow. I it-pel the imputation and will till I die! Per haps some of us are not as particular, in regard to superfluity of dress and ornament, in receiv ing persons into the church as we should be; but the evil certainly does not prevail in our section of the country, to the extent indicated in the brother's remarks. I am opposed to striking out. Let the section stand, and bring "up the people to the standard. If we cannot lo it. let us have the satisfaction of knowing that we have done what we can. J The lU v Leroy M. Lee, of Richmond, Ya., j citd not feel a great deal of interest in the mat- i ter, thongh he had to use his gold spectacles to see what was iu the Discipline. He did not understand it, and never had understood it. What ornament was superfluous? Who could tell? The language ceitainly allowed some or nament; who should say at precisely what point ornament came superfluous? When was orna jnent superfluous, in style, in quality, in quanti ty, in value? The best way to treat the whole subject was to omit the section. It was to va giK3 fit! indefinite Where was the rule? llev. S P Richardson Here it is in the General rue "The putting oa of gold and costly appa rel." Rev Dr. Lee continued Will you tarn a rerson out for wearing gold spectacles or a gold I . . . . i t I I . . -1. i. n n j-itAi I r i it it' UirHM win: liuic luu uti uv-i - -Where is the man that can stand up and say lie . ever did it, and with the approval of his breth ren? Who can define and limit this matter? We sometimes make a great clamor about gold. We may carry as many twenty dollar gold pieces in our pockets as we please, but if ilwuid happen to stick a little bit of it about here somewhere (laying his hand npon his breast), somebody is greatly scandalized. We may store up as laaeh gold as we can in our coffers, but if we should nsake fl hole in a go'.a uciiar ana hang it to a uuiton-uoie, suujc one would imme-iliately be offended. I heard the eccentric Mr Marat say, that when some one asked him why ho dul not preach, against dress, he replied that when he went tir.d-shoot--ing he always tried to shoot oif the feathers. I never did preach against dress- I always fomut enough else to preach about; I prefer to preach Christ and him crucified. We ha-ve a i-ule which we cannot execute. It does no good, aud nevgr did any. J am for erasing it, Tt Rev. L. Pearce fiaia he lenpw rnn lady expelled for wearing fa feer bonnet aa ar iificial gower which cost twelve tnd-a-half cents' "We have no standard but the opiuioo f the preacher who executes the Discipline. Rev. M J Black well I &ca sorry that ikis question has been sprung upon us. We are joaking l'ie natter worse and worse as we proceed with it; but I must be permitted to say that some strange arguments have been offered -on one s:3e of the question. A brother from Virginia says there is nothing improper 3 he ise of gold spetae'e" and gold headed Mi,?, ami vet admits t;.ut. the wearing of an ri:u!iH:tit. is prohibited in i 1 - 1 feriuturte. Vci, sir is cct the gclu placed J ornament? friend Dr Lee from Virginia, tells us that he hasj . . 1 f I J 1 1 1 1. ! 1 . T a certain nnmoer oi rjoiu cionars in ms pocKei. Very good; and probably God designed that lie should have them, for I suppose that the Lord designed that gold should be used as a circulating medium in the transaction of busi ness. But, Mr President, I wish it distinctly understood, here and elsewhere, that I cannot reach tlose sisters in the Church who are vio lating our rules by wearing jewelry, while some of our distinguished ministers are walking about with flue gold headed canes, wearing gold spec tacles, and with elegant gold watch-chains swinging from their watch fobs. I hope we shall come directly to a vote on the question. I am not in favor of indefinite postponement. Rev. David Doggett, D. D., editor of the Qnarterly Review, was unwilling that Dr Lee's speech should go forth as an exponent of the sentiments of Virginia on this subject. Dr. Lee I only intended to give my own. Dr Doggett resumed I know they are his own I cannot agree with him. I hope the sec tion will ever be retained, at least substantially. It is the standing voice of the Church against excess in that direction. It is no time now to suppress that voice. If ever there was a period when the testimony was needed, it is now. I ara an advocate for good taste, but the foolish and expensive fashion to which the world is driving with locomotive velocity ought to be arrested. Brother Lusk spoke of the discrep ancy between the practice and the ride, and would have the rule suppressed because it is not observed. But, because we are wrong, does it follow that the rule is wrong?' I believe the testimony of the Church on this subject is right because it is founded on the Scriptures on the deep and unalterable principles involved in the verv genius ct cnrislianitv. 1 none Uie i i i . :&j - .fl .aii&jMaam tUKJ V! .11 -i J 1 1 i n ll in l j I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 IX, ii paimui to me that, at this particular period, there is a tendency to set at defiance all our former stan dards. The Rev. Dr. Charles F. Deems, ofWilming ton, N. C, was in favor of expunging, but culd not adopt the logic of statements of the mover. We should not have it in the book of Discipline becausewe were a Chnrch. He concurred in deprecating the tendency to superfluity, but did not think this section would check it. It was lifting a straw to the whirlwind. The rule might do for some little ba id, the parasite of an established church, that dared not call itself a church: but for us it was contemptible. It would do for the regulation of a society, but for the Church to assume to be the mantuama-j Ker, milliner ana tauor of ner members, was a contemptible desecration of her sacred office. The motion to strike out the section conies from Mississippi, a reforming conference. The great the good, whom we no longer see among us Dr Winans struck a blow at the "enormous bonnets." The speaker would move this as equally useless. Let ns try, said he, to get the tiue sap of grace circulating through the tree, and it will put fourth such leaves as shall be the beauty of Zion, but it is useless to go about pulling off this leaf and that, etc. I hope the church will no longer give a form of fashion to her members. Under the force of the previous question, 1 -l.-l n moved by E. Wadsworth, the subject was indefi nitely postponed. Bishop Souie, with reference to the foregoing said: It is made the duty of the preachers to read the General Rules (with reference to su perfluous ornaments) once a quarter in every society, and once a year in every congregation. Has this been done? and may it not be that the neglect on the part of the preachers on this important point in the instructions may have j contributed in some degree to the increase of superfluity of ornament in the Church? Jf 1 his j had been carried out faithfully hy th ptCachers think titers would been an improvgd ii j condition of things in respect to tins matter, ajThe brother said this section had done no good. I think very differently. At least, sir, fifty years ago it did good. The Methodists of that day were a simple people under the observance of their rules. They knew each other wiieu they met. They came out from the world, sir they were separated from the world. Silas Wright's Wealth. The Daily Wis cotisis edited by Cramer, formerly of Albany, speaking of the wealth of the most eminent American statesmen, concludes his list with t!3 following reference Lo Silas Wright: "Silas Wright, with his estate of $4,000, was really wealthier than many others are with $100,000. He owed no man anything; he met his obliga tions with the utmost promptness, and never indulged in any luxury that he could not pay for. He was a model of republican simplicity. It should also be understood that he was not mean in saving money. There was some thing glorious in witnessing a great statesman like Silas Wright, never asking a pecuniary favor or even accepting one; yet possessing on ly an income that could support him and his wife in frugality. When he was elected Gov ernor of the great State of New York, he was known to be too poor to furnish his own house. His rich friends got together and without his knowledge made up a subscription which wae tendered to him as a gift, in order to furnish his mansion. This he respectfully but kindly declined, saying with a true Roman grandeur, that he could not consent to receive such a favor from any one even from his most esteem ed friends he was elected by the people lo be governor of the State of New York, and he considered it his imperative duty to live on whatever income the people had appended to that office, and he did live on that income while he was governor, in good style, but with no ostenation. Such an example on the part of so eminent a man as he was, is one of those precious legacies, that the young men of the present clay should bear in mind as no true greatness can ever be achieved so long as they are the pecuniary slaves of even thsir nearest friends. When a public man receives favors that he cannot repay, he loses that sturdy inde pendence so essential to usefulness, and an en during popularity. 'L've within your own in come,' is more important to one who aini3 to be an influential aud useful statesman, than any other maxim." The Ohio Contested Election. Not withstanding Mr Gilmer's speech in favor of his friend, Mr Campbell, Black Republican, that gentleman if it b.e allowable to call a Black Republican a gentleman has been unseated tiud Mr Vallanriigham, Democrat, has been declared entitled to the seat. Camp bell, it will be recollected, secured his elec tion by illegal free negro votes. Sujph is the man Mr Gilmer chose to defend. Verily the ne dark lantern of our State is grow ing darker and darker. Ral. Standard, The Tcrf iv EtjLAj. We learn that "ChaTlesteu" and "Priores&" base both been entered for the Goodwood races, which are to eoiiie off ot! the 2.0th of Julv next Both ani- mn! s arc said to be in Hue condition. C'i. - fe' on the head My! GREENSBORO FEMALE COLLECT! Tuesday and Wednesday of last week - wfre occupied in examining the several classes in tfvis Institution. The numerous spectators whq wire pieseui, were wen pieasea wun me extr All concede ability and fidelij to the.' Faculty. In this College, the minds of ybung ladies (jFe; thoroughly educated, both iu the solid andcr namental branches. .f The Annual Sermon, by the Rev. Wm. II: Bobbitt, of Fayetteville, was noticed last week. His theme was the "Friendship of Jesus." The large audience paid marked attention to the learned Minister, as he eloquently portf&yed the great love of Christ, and enforced th, trines of Christianity. . - On Wednesday afternoon, the large 'College, chapel was filled, to enjoy- a literary treafe.by listening to the Address of Duncan K. M-cTWe Esq., of Raleigh. Nor were they disa fainted. Mr. McR's Address was one of markedpity, j piUYIU iiilll LU i lipe SUUlill, VCIjfU t.ll cieiit and modern literature. His style f de livery is fluent and fasinatiug. In all Iiterftry circles, he will take position as a polished, ; In-j leingent, ana intellectual gentleman. wenave not learned whether his Address is to be pub lished or not. The Concert, which came of! on Wednesday night, was one of the best we have, ever - atwu ded. The voung ladies acquitted themselves most handsomely, and did great credit toe skill and taste of their several musiclc int' c- tors, in the performance of several -a, pieces, the young ladies exhibited a'prof in the science of vocal and instrumental! which is but seldom attained. Thl estimated to be at least or ; thousand V present at the Concert. The commotTiousV i r L J LiH e re nsj v V; . w. e! was denselj' crowded ; andall ue well nip. Thursday was devoted to the Grartualig oxprcises Tn-flro vrmn.r l.nlipq read CofllPO' sitious and received" Diplomas. The convposi- tions were highly creditable to the foung fadies j who produced them. The Graduating class j after r spI vimt ilipir Diiilnmns orpa tlvsiiBorised Pres Jones, by the presentation of a' most magnificent Uilue. Tim O r;i dn i tin r Pvpvr-Isoa wprp pnnfllldffd bv an Address from "the Rev. Turner, M. Jones, j President of the Faculty, to the Graduating class, dir. J's Address was appropriate to the occasion, and in all respects, in good taste, abounding in good sense, delicately and beau tifully ; expressed. giving suitable advice to those young ladies who had rone through the prescribed College course of study, and received the CoIIeire honors: and who were about ,to to enter upon bid adieu to their College days the bright but uncertain future. The last, ha? been a very prosperous year in this College. None of his predecesors has giv en more general satisfaction than has President Jones; and with a full and competent Faculty, harmoniously laboring together, the Institution, of those on board, compelled to stop and sub has been blessed with a goodly number of pu-i mit to detention until a boarding officer was pils, there being 157 iu attendance the past satisfied in regard to such questions as it was year. Nor would we let the occasion pass to ais pleasure to propound. give expression to the general feeling of the , Besides the instances above cited, officially friends of the College, in grateful acknowledge- ecinmunicatcd with the President's message, in ment to the Rev. Joshua Bethel and Lady, who i reply to a call of the Senate, each successive occupy the responsible posts of .Steward andjarrival from the infested quarter brings intelli Stcwardess in this Institution. Tho place is genee of new and additionaiaggressions of like one of great labor and care; and probably as character committed by the same Power on difficult to satisfactorily fill as any position , vessels bearing the flag of the United States, connected with the College. We believe Mr.j Tr has occasiona-llv hannpnpd hprp.tofnre. nn- Bethel and Lady hnve succeeded, to the entire satisfaction o in interested ill the DrOSDeritV of the Institution . We subjoin the subjects, of the Graduating Compositions, with the names of the young la dies who read them: Salutatory Addresses Mi?s Annie Flood Henry, Home, Mother and Heaven M Annif AI. FJo.xl. Miss Elizabeth V rr i I xnv llrnthcr1 1. r F. Pearce." G reensboro.il. "May, Mn c charm me last 0:1 earth, and greet me lirst in Heaven" Guilford. "What were Miss C earth urie A. Tatu:n, without Mem - ory's Litiht" Jliss Virginia M. Gregory, Washington. Leaves have their time to fall Miss Martha A . Richardson Johnston. The Power of a word Miss Apphia D Brooks Chatham. "Material Beauties may fade away, but those of Mind can ne'er Decay" Miss Lucy J, ArmGeld, Iredell, In contemplation of crea ted things, by steps we may ascend to God Miss Laura L. Thomas, G reensborongh. The dignity of labor Aiss Eliza C. Hussy, David son. Charms strike the sight, but merit wins Soul Miss Jlurtha L. Melton, Iredell. "Hope springs eternal in the Human breast, man nev er is, but always to be blessed" Miss Mary M. Woollen, Grecnsboron!h. "Weep with them that weep" Miss allie A. Bailey, Mocksville. Valedictory Addresses Miss Sal lie A. Bailey. Greensboro' JPat riot . Wealth of cur Statesman. Jefferson died comparatively poor. Indeed, if Congress had not purchased his library, and givpn for it five times its value, he would with difficulty have kept the wolf from his door. Madison saved money, and w as comparatively rich. To add to his fortunes, however, or rath er to those of his widow, Congress purchased his manuscript papers, and paid thirty thousand dollars for them. James Monroe, the fifth President of the ! United States, died so poor that his remains found a resting place through the charity of one of the citizens. John Qiiincy Adams left some hundred and fifty thousand dollars, the result of industry, prudence and inheritance. He a man of method and economy. Martin Van Barer is very rich. ThTougliOatr his political life he has studiously looked out for. his own interest. It is not believed that he ever spent thirty shillings in politics. His party shook the bush, and he caught the bird. Daniel Webster squandered some millions in his lifetime, the product of his profession and his political speculations. He died, leaving his property to his children, and his debts to his friends. The former eold for less than twenty thousand dollars. Henry Clay left a very handsome estate. It probably exceeded one hundred thousand dol lars. He was a prudent manager, and a scru pulously honest man. James K. Polk left about one hundred and fifty. thousand dollars fifty thousand of which he saved from the Presidency of four years. John Tyler is worth fifty thousand dollars. Before he reached the Presidency he was a bankrupt. In office, he husbanded his means and then married a rich wife. Zachary Tayler left one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Millard Fillmore is a wealthy man, and keeps his money in a very strong and safe box. Ex-President Pierce saved some fifty thou sand dollars from his term of service. But he had a wav of his own. A Printer's Toast. Woman the fairest work of creation the edition being extensive let no man be without a copy. Our only eWeot'on to the work is that there are too raanv gilt-edged ncj leuud cop- ics io the siarkct From the IVashington Union. Aggressions by British Cniiser3. - We publish below the Report and Resolu tions laid before the Senate on Friday, by Mr Mason, the Chairman of the Committee on For eign Relations, in regard to the late aggressions which hare been committed by British cruisers against American vessels in the Gulf of Mexico. The Report, it will be perceived, takes strong, and we need not say able, ground against the admissibility of the pretension on which it is supposed these proceedings have been author ized bythe British Government, and contests the right of search or visit as having no founda tioiuin the law of nations, and as involving a derogation of the sovereignty of the United States. 1 he historical relations and national importance of the subject combine to command for the document that attentive perusal to which it is entitled no less for its ability than for the immediate interest awakened in the question by recent events. REPORT The document accompanying the Message of tne i resiaent snow a series or aggressive acts on the commerce of the United States in the Gulf of Mexico, and off the West India Islands by the naval forces of Great Britain of a char acter so marked and extraordinary as to have fixed the attention of the country. 4 i ....... .American vessels, pursuing me paths of lawful-commerce on the high seas, or passing near i,iC 'H tiu cuzthiM i rum one aoraestic port to . i. .1 i n f . 1 HiiuLiierj unucr me nag oi tneir countrv have Vibeeii pursued, fired into, and compelled to stop fci I i i i - r e -r- frfhTfrrTltlfrMhff n Pr'Trf- qne4theresnlt. of these communications is laid before ioned as to thpir rlftinnHrm trio!- r.r-n-n n,i - - -- - uu.v.a.L.u.. v.mv.l III f - tl t V. 1 cargo, ana the character of their crew; required to submit lo an examination of their sea-papers, and to a searching into the objects and purposes of their voyage. In another instance American vessels, an- chored in the harbor of a friendly Power, at the i 1 "g'lu ii.i vx i anue, in tne lsianu oi iuoa nave been subjected to a -public inquisition by same foreign Power, and in like manner re- quired to exhibit their papers, and submit to questions as to their destination, the cause of their absence from home, and the number and character of their crews. It' would appear from the letter of the Consul of the United Statesat Havana (a document accompanying the message) that no less than fifteen American vessels lying in the harbor, or in port at Sarua La Grande, were made to undergo this humiliating system of espionage, whilst six vessels on the high seas, in the Gulf of Mexico, bearing their country's flag, were, as above stated, by actual exhibition and use of force, endangering in some instances the lives der circumstances of misapprehension, or rais ! rniist.riw-tinn of rrWa np fmm ntlipr mid tit-p causes, that vessels of the United States have been subjected by the armed force of foreign Power to visitation and search, in violation of international law and in derogation of the inde pendence of our flag; and in isolated cases the honor of the country may have been sufficiently v icilitw twl b- .1 t ' - 1 ti oy reouke of the officer offending; but the con tinuous and persevering character of the ag- j gressiuns now brought to the notice of the ! ccuntrv. committed hv a. Powsr with whom wr are at peace, and almost within sight of our own shores, are sufiiecut to arouse the just indigna tion of t lie people, and to call, in the opinion of the committee, for the most prompt and efficient measures'to arrest at once, and to end. fixedly and fcrever, the commission of like indignities to our flag. The documents accompanying- the message disclose the fact that these acts of visitation and examination of American vessels were sought to be justified under the plea of necessi ty for the suppression of the slave trade, sup posed to be or actually carried on between (Africa and the Island of Cuba. The committee will not go into any inquiry in reference to such alleged necessity. It is sumcient for them to know that the assent of the United States, although often invoked, has never been yielded to any such system of policy on the seas. They rest on the position, not to be controverted, that by no principle of inter national law can a vessel, under the flag of its country, be visiied or detained on the high seas in time of peace by any foreign Tower, un der any pretext, or any purpose whatever, without the consent of those over whom the flag waves. Without going at largc'into the questions heretofore involved as to the right of indepen dent nations, on that common highway of the world, the open sea, the committee nevertheless deem this a lit occasion to declare the princi ples always maintained by the United States as regulating the use of the open or high seas in time of peace, and from which are derived rights to the people of the United States ad mitting of no restraint or qualification, and to be maintained at whatever cost. There is no right of visitation, far less of search, tube exercised in time of peace by any nation on the ships or vessels of other nations, nor can there be so long as the sentiment of the civilized world, touching the freedom of the seas, is respected by civilized men. Such a claim, therefore, having no foundation in law or in the comity of nations, can never be tolerated by an independent Power but in derogation of her sovereignty. Neither is there any distinc tion to be drawn in the claim of right between risitation at sea by the armed vessels of a for eign Power, when unattended by examination or search or such visitations when so attended. The offence and violation of public law consists in the visitation, without regard to its purpose when claimed as a right against the will of the party subjected to it; for were it otherwise there would follow of course the correlative right to arrest and detain the vessel until the visitation is effected. The committee find these principles admitted and enforced by the opinions and the decisions of the most eminent judicial authorities both in this country and in Great Britain. The case of the "Mariana Flora," in the Supreme Court of the United States, reported in 11 Wfeeaton page 1, and in England the case of 'Le Louis,' decided by Lord Stowell in 1817, and reported in Dodson'6 Admirality reports, vol. 2, page 210.) They are founded on two simple ele meutary principles of public law: First, in the; equality of all independent States; and, second the common use, by a!! recognised States, of the open sea as a highway in time of peace. j Such are the rights and i-uaitics cf csri citizens navigating the bceati which have been flagrantly violated and outraged by armed ves sels of a foreign power, in time of profound peace, and in some instances, almost within sight of bar own-shores. Indignant as the American people are and ought to be at the character and persistent repetition of such aggressions, yet their ofecurf ence and gravily will opportune ly supply the occasion to end, now and forever all future question as to this right of visitation at sea between the United States and the offen ding Power. And the committee refrain only from recommending at oncesnch additional leg islation as would be most effectual to protect the commerce of the country from aggressions of the character thus brought to theVotice of the Senate, from the fact that the President (as shown by the letter of the Secretary of the Navy accompanying the message) ha3 already ordered all the disposable naval force of the country into the infested quarter, with orders 'to protect all vessels of the United States on the high seas from search or detention by the vessels of war of any other nation. These are preventive measures only, and temporary in their character, but, in the judgment of the committee, go to the full extent of the power of the Executive in the absence of legislative provisions. It is believed, however, that they will arrest for the present, further like offences in the quarter whence they have proceeded. It appears further from these documents that the altered state of the relations between the United States and Great Britain which must arise from the aggressive conduct of her armed vessels has already been brought to the notice of that Power by communications from the Sec retary of State, addressed to the British Minis ter here and to the iliinister of the United States at London. It cannot be known, until f rnnnrocanoTfart hfi p.r.fs in niiesllOn "frill be V.'t V i 'U , ..v" - avowed or disavowed by the Government heTcTr responsible. It is the earnest hope of the com mittee thai the course of that Government will be of a character to satisfy the just demands of this Goverment, and at the same time to fur nish a guarantee against the repetition of the offence. Nothing short of this, in the opinion of the committee, will be compatible with peace ful relations between the two countries. In the present posture of the affair, therefore the committee forbear from recommending any additional legislation to enable the President to protect American vessels on the high seas from the aggressions of foreign Powers; but they will not forbear the declaration that such legislation must be promptly supplied, should the result show that it is needed to afford con stant and full immunity to our vessels engaged . 1 1. :u ( n in lawful commerce on uie mgu e uiu an arrest, molestation, or detention, under any pre tence or from any qnarter. In conclusion, the committee recommend the adoption of the following resolutions: Resolved, As the judgment of the Senate, that American vessels on the high seas, in time of peace, bearing the American flag, remain under the jurisdiction of the country to which they belong; and therefore, any visitation, mo lestation, or detention of such vessels by fore or by the exhibition of force, on the .part of a foreign Power, is in derogation of the sovereign ty of the United States. "Resolved, That the recent and repeated vio lation of this immunity, committed by vessels of war belonging to the navy of Great Britain in the Gulf of Mexico and the adjacent seas, and otherwise forcibly detaining them on their their voyage, requires, in the judgment of the Senate, such unequivocal and final disposition of the subject by the Governments of Great Britain and the United States, touching the rights involved, as shall preclude hereafter the occurrence of like aggressions. IlasoJveL That llm Snalo fully orM-- - the action of the Executive in sending a naval force into the infested seas, with orders "to protect all vessels of the United States on the high seas from search or detention by the ves sels of war of any other nation." And it is the opinion of the Senate that if it become necessary such additional legislation should be supplied in aid of the Executive power as wili make such protection effectual." A Blue Bird i.v a Bottle. The West Roxbury (Mass.) Gazette gives the following item: "Oue of our neighbors happening to have a large bottle, bethought himself of placing it in the branches of a tree near his house, for the birds to build in. After a short time the mem bers of his family'perceived a pair of blue birds continually, day after day, flying about and coming up to the mouth of the bottle, as if endeavoring to get in. After this had lasted about a week the gentleman one day took a hammer np to the tree to knock off the neck of the bottle, so that the birds might enter, when npon doing so a blue bird flew out. The prisoner had undoubtedly succeeded in making his way in, but from the slippery ascent to the neck had been unable to escape, and had pro bably been supported by food brought there by his two outside brethren." Lord Napier is understood to emphati cally disclaim having bad any knowledge what ever of the obnoxious proceedings in the Gulf of Mexico, and to express the belief that the Ministry were, equally ignorant ot the move ments which have created so much sensation over the country. When this matter first be rame the topic of newspaper comment, he im mediately addressed the Admiral on the sta tion, enclosing the criticisms, and urging prompt and decided measures for arresting every such 1 1 M 1 . . cause 01 compiainc. j rom tnis Tact, wnicn is undoubted, it is supposed no special orders were issued authorizing the offensive acts of visita tion, and that it was undertaken with indiscreet zeal by the commanding oflSer, who thus hoped to signalize his consequence by superior efforts. In this view of the case, there will be no diffi culty in the way of an explicit disavowal by Lord Malmesbury. Free Negbos. Ninety-nine in a hundred make a precarious living by contentedly per forming the most menial offices, or live in idle ness or wretchedness. We can hardly fail to attribute this to characteristics ot their own. We see the blacks daily driven from avocations once deemed almost exclusively their own. It is long since they have flourished in any of the trades, if they ever pursued them with success. Within a few years they have eeased 10 be hackney coachmen and draymen, end they are now almost displaced as stevedores. They are rapidly losing their places as barbers and ser vants. Ten families employ white -servants where one did twenty years ago. Whatever explanation may be given of these facts, the facts themselves cannot be denied; and what is to be done with onr colored population, nnless they can be induced to return as colonists to the native land of their. race, or seek some other tropical region, baffles the wisest of us to say. - Philadelphia. North American. What is the best line to lead a man with? Crino line. And the best line to lead a a tuaseu-line? woaaa with is From the Wil. Journal. L.'... ' Elizabethtown, May 21st, 1358. Gentlemen: Your favor has been received, iuforming me of ray unanimous nomination a3 the Democratic candidate for this Senatorial District, and requesting that I will consent to the use of my name by my friends at the ap proaching ejection. This renewed manifestation of the partiality of my former constituents, wholly unsolicited arid uri expected on my part, has placed me under lasting obligations, and the only return I can make is to accede to your request, with the promise that my humble abilities shall be nsed to sustain that party, upon the success of which depends the future existance of our go vernment:' Yours, very respectfully, s. t. Mcdowell. T. L. Vail, Esq., Dr. A. Y. Powell, and Wm D. McNeill. Esq.. Committee. Frrrn the Wilmington Journal. Clintox, N. C, May 29th, 1858. In accordance writh previous noO;e, the del egates to the Democratic County Convention for Sampson County assembled in the Court House, to nominate candidates for the Legisla ture, f Wm. S. Devane, Esq., was appointed Chaii man, and Amos Royal was requested to act as Secretary. The Districts were called, wheii the following delegates appeared aud enrolled their names, viz: Clinton Thos. Chesnnt, Henry James C. Robinson, James Armstrong. Moorei Taylor's Bridge Amos Herring, R. Parish D. Mathis. J Tuikey Not represerted. Little Coharie II. L. Spell, Wm. C. Butler R. Ill Riehe. Piney Grove Juo. C. Dimes, R. R. Belb, Amis l.'oyal. Hall's John D. Herring. Viesibrook's Wm. Daughtry. Mingo Wm. Daughtry as proxy. Dismal Not represented. McDaniel's Cross Roads S. Melvin, Lot Riche, L. II. Riche. T. II. Holmes, Esq., former Senator, ad dressed the Convention in a very appropriate manner, stating that in consequence of ill health it would be impossible for him to become a can didate again and withdrew his name from tliff Convention. O. P. White, Esq., also declined becoming a canidate. On motion the chairman appointed A. Her ring, A. Brown, R. R. Bell, L.Richc, and II. Moore, a committee to draft resolutions for the action of the Convention. The committee retired, when on motion, R. C Holmes, Esq., was requested to take the chair while Mr. Devane should address tho Convention, who entertained the meeting with one of his best speeches, particularly setting forth the inexpediency of the "Distribution'' question iu a very forcible and eloquent man ner. The committee returned a nd submitted the following report which was unanimously adapted viz: 1st. Resolved, that we still adhere to the principles f the D'-mccratic party as set forth in the platforms of the late State and Natior.al Conventions; aud arc more convinced siiue the agitation of the "Kansas" question in Con gress, that it is the only party upon which tho salvation of the Union can depend with safety. 2d Hesoived, That we approve of the nomi nation of Judge Ellis as our candidate for Gcv- emor; and that by his triumphant election we will convince the North that we still adhere to the protection of onr institutions, and that they cannot procure our destruction by re-crae-ting the burdens of a high Protective Tariff. 3d Resolved, 7 hat we pledge ourselves to smmnrt thfi iinminiMc -of thiu Contention, nml to use every honorable means in our power to their election. 4th. Resolved, That in rom'natirg candi dates for the Legislature by this convent oa, the majority rule shall' be adopted, aud that each District be entitled to three votes. The Convention proceeded to ballot for can didates which resulted in the selection of A. A. McKoy, Esq, for the Senate, and Wm. Kirby and Col. Franklin, J. Faison for the Commons. On motion the chairman appointed II. Moore R. II. Riche and J. Herring a Committee to wait upon nominees and request their accap tance. Messrs, Kirby and Faison appeared and ac-, cepted the nomination. Mr. McKoy being absent the Chair appointed A. Herring, HJtj. Spell and J. C. Williams a Committee to wait on him when he returns and request his accep tance. Resolved, That the Wilmington Journal and Raleigh Standard be requested to publish the proceedings of this Convention. Resolved, That the thanks of the Convention are tendered to the Chairman and Secretary for their services. The Convention then adjourned in great harmony, and each delegate seemed determin ed to work more devotedly for the cause of Democracy. Wm. S. DEVANE, Ch'mn. Amos Royal, Sec'y. Novel Method to Prevent Potato Rot. Some Belgian boys, a few years since, for amuse ment inserted some peas into potatoes and plant ed them. The result was "an unuual yield of peas and a crop of tubers perfectly sound, tho' in a field were the potatoes were badly affected. Acting on the hint, Mr Jackson, of Leeds, England, developed the theory that the potato, being deficient iu nitrogen, wonld receive an equivalent of that article from the pea during the time of growing, and so its tendency to dis ease would be counteracted He then tried the experiment, inserting four or five peas into each potatoe, carefully avoiding injury to the eyes, and then planting in the usual way. The result was perfect success an unusual yield of both peas and potatoes, aud the latter perfectly free from disease. The tubers were found healthy the next spring, and were again planted with the same results. Hot Bread. The following is from Dr Jno. G. Bunting, who has been experimenting with Alexis St. Martin, the man with a hole in his stomach, through which can be seen all the processes or 6tages through which the different articles of food most pass in the act of diges tion : "Hot bread never digests. Bear this in mind, reader, if you are accustomed to cat the light and tempting biscuit at tea. or the warm loaf, Brhich looks so appetizing upon your dinner table. Hot bread never dierests: after a nnr season cf tumbling and working about in tbe stomach, it will begin to ferment, and JrVX eventually be passed ont of the stomach, a$T - unwelcome tenant of that delicate organ, mi-J never digests, never becomes assimilated to, or absorbed by. the organs that appropriate nu trition to the body. It is a first rate dyspepsia producer. Tbe above is troth, as it has been repeatedly proved from actual observation through the side of Alexis St. Martin." A blowing machine has jast been pattented. It is got up on the principle cf a newly elected alderman. It will doptjess succeed.