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V l v ' . . - - . ...... . ' - e ISO iij wo pmnii. And uowr brethren aud Bobbers, I ljd you nil farewell. Many uf us will 'fall in ihe "battle to-morrow. 'Cod rest th eoula rfthe fallen! Many ofui may live to U the stiry of tVie fialit to morrow rtn4 in 'he jne tilery v( all .will ever res tmd linger the qaietwceue Af tlii autumnal eve. Solemn twilight advances overtlie val ly; the wood on ibe opposite height fling ,llieir lung rimduwi over the green of the nittddow; around us are Uie tents ofthe con tinental ho .t, thf suppressed bustle of the jcaiup, the hurried tramp of lite aoliiicra to jind fro among the tents. Ihe stillness and awe !bnt nark the eve of battle. Wiiei wo meet aaiii may the shadows f 'weight be flung over the peaceful landl ,CJod in Heaven grant it! Let ui pray. A SAD WEDDING. ', After piibliliiug the marriage of Afr. Adam Tate, of Chicago, to -Miss Jennette Tettigrew, Into of Scotland, ihe Chicago Tribime adds : " There is a hit cf romance,' arid enough in its rhar.icter, connected with this an nouncement, which the pnrtire will-forgive trior reiterating : tfis. youn;? Scotsmen of this c;y, worthy rram nil,- who had left lbir pligiited frith and lasses behind litem when thry sought contentment and fortune on our. tdWes, united for the purpose of sending f.r those to whom their troth was jili'chted. They were to and did com out together. For mutuil protection and soci ety tbry took passage in liie some vessel. The perilous ocean voyage was made with out accident, and the party a merry and liappy .party arrived safely nt Quebec, , where they took passegt on the Montreal. J Our resteers know and have lamented the fate that overtook Hint ill-fated steamer and her hundreds of paengers. When the burned, of the six trusting and generous girl, Mies Pettiprpw was the only one feavtJ. Her five companion found either; fiery or watery graves. Mi F. was res-cued7Fr-e knows iiot how or by whom Ta ken up' for drowned, the struggle befneen life and tle-alli was long and Doubtful ; but at last decided in favor of the former. Tne kind-hearted at Montreal learned ber bis- , tory and admired her modest worth. By . tnem, for he had lost everything but ber- i pelf, her immediate neeessitiea were sup plied, and in a few days, with their bless ings and prayers, she continued her journey , Lither. A few of the five voung men, who, besides the now happy husband, had preci-1 ciotis freight on' that steamer, attended the wedding on Tuesday last, sad that festive "patheriiiif wat how the shadow of 'the fearful dimmed the brightness ol the pres ent, w!k, that has not licit the deetrover's ; touch, con tell ? : -" '; sirp now. Voting man, if you are just commencing or praeti-sin; any, vice or bad habit, the time to" 'o,j -5s now. You have arrived at a s'oppinjt place, and you- may atop now, if yua plsusp; but if you snffrfr yuun elf to be whirled on by appetites and pas- siooviryott t.nay -be so far, that '.when you desire- to st p. it may be out of your pow; er to do so. ' If von swear, or drink or break the Sab-i bath, "slop now." If you think 'evil, thoughts, or tell things not quite true, or ' '-ometimes tell more than truth, 'top now.',.. If you arc gii fig to a 4 nc or a play, or anyp'aue where you may meet bad com-t pany, top now.' If you are in the habit , of jetinj about "religion, or ministers, or', preaching 'stop ti jw.'- If you think there is tims en-juih t biCoTi-? re.ligioqs by-a4- j by, th it you will pursue the w;ty you are going awhila longer, 'stjp now; for the pourse yoj ars goirg leads to death. Puritan Recorder. A SOFT PLACE. r " I was down to see the w idow yesterday,' uiid 'i'lTO's iiiicie7"and site give me back bones (or diriii". I went dowY rather ear lv in the mrfiinj, we talked and laughed, and CfiMT-i an l run on, she going out und in occai.jnallv to serf to tlfnirs till dinner was re;dy, wien she he'ped im graciously . n 'nf: !,.jf. I liullf IT '14.' a ii'imv f'tn oi personal appfifMiin, because every )0 iy knows I love b:tck -honest and 1 flat ten? 1 myself she cooked thein on' pur-pf.-sr for inc. ' So I grew particular cheer- t iuL antt 1 t.iouriit ; couia see it in ner too. So-after dijjner, winle sitting close beside -o;riFii!:i!.le Ike I hi v j (eltlhat J ha I i!l ti ovr (i miI md ears and heart in love with her, and I iujigined, from the way she looked, had fallen, teeth and toV;-naiU in fore vti?li rrift. She ' appeared just for aH th . v.mhl like he tlmught it as-effrmHlttit-J-was a going to court jnv hafid fuf'lv" on i.er beautiful shoulder, nii.J 1 remarked, when 1 had placed it there.; ' in my blindest t'ine, Tim. for I tried to lemaikvd then witK'iriy eyes pojiringVyg, irn'h. nnd ti ieit v r.irm inio ner, n. V idow. hi is the nicit,-s-t. est -place, ' i. . j. n .7..-. :r " ever tia-i inv-Miis in.-i'.i iif) inc.. , f Lookirig henevfl'ently nt me; and at tl -jw.4jne.Au-s!iius,.04j.a' Ijttjtv.. ?he said, in ' i nt'; ftir-g nod wan ing tones: "-Doctor, give ine onr h h: I in 1 I'll put it on a much s.fter p'ace-" - In -a moment of rup'ure,- I, consented. amlJalirt,' try Inriid she gently, vary gently. Tim, l and qu'J-riy t.aid ii on my Lead and 'Lurst into a laugh that ringing' ia my ears yef." ' ' - '- . . : ;- . ' . " .Vow. Tim,'l hnvn't told this to a v ' ir,g w.ul but you, and byjinks! jroy mastj't; jiut r couldn't hold it any longer, so 1 tell lou ; but mind, it musn't go uny further." A. Y. Sj iiil of the Timet. : . '. A Modbi. CfTr.-'-dicago is indeed a siaea lur plaes. Is tunrde'nt, Mbrjes, violenca of all kind, gkublisg, drsnke'Biirjw, RepubLcioum, sad the various other prutuineiit vis, ft goes a trifle abeaJ cf any city in il.e oounuy. Its Mayor is fhe tklKwt. ki d said tn be the mearcrt one is i,ts l jrde: ; and it p Jiee are the terref of all hoo rst, jiK.iie eititcua whojispen. to bo eat af ser dark wai a few pennies ia their pocket. Fax -it. Arratr. WeJeara fnom the A Seville News tht tuer vw dreadful vffrsy st Rsrn: .vifeksji wetkttisuluug in thj.doatb of Andriw L4kfcjBd ih eere n.jary of tu of twoothar . . - ll.'.k. tlmUird L a Mill aiJlfd '.. . i u .t LaJ h.t a xt nmiio LdwarJa was carried J ? A.Vf ills, and lodged ia jid mi Thursdaj last. J TATBTTBTltH, !- K4TCU1L - .... ACCIST 8 , in), Tui rtll'r Ik. pmpk U tk. MM, tk ttpflMI ml Ik. tvylt Mi, mt klUfftllawi ftnnniU foaMftk." K U MfM-lTM t tnj k M WTT tk. S.f Ui ktp nap Uw nuif t tl l C. C. MoOramaipa, Enq., ti the tutkortid (grntnr tk Argu, and will attBd to th MUlmaat of ub ripUoo ani kiircrttklag kgcauKU. i m i - The following article naa- prepared by the Senior Editor of tbis paper three reka ago, while on a riU to Ricbmoad County, in reply to one a-bicfc haJ then reoeutly appeared la the Ks Hiiirh Standard. It should have been truosmit- td by mil; bat business engagementa prevent ing tb.e writer from placing it in )he post oQce at the proper time, it was laid sida, and It is now offered Cur what it is worth. The subject Is one ef too tnoch Iniportanee to be oeglected, thongh the electioo is over- We ipteod to keep it before the peoplo, and see if we cannot make the Democracy yet blush for their eourse in rcla Uod to the poblio lands if they have virtue eoougn in Uiera to tiage thtlr cheeks with a sign of iliamo (nt evil doedJdelilcruti Iv do do. ltut Quart Je hoe. . ' 'taxes AXD DISTBIBUTION. -"The fayetteville wdocs us injnsu'oe in asserting bst we areeadearortog to " pre para the bcarfj of tlus people for taxation." Wa agree with tbtt pper that " Uses collected tuuteUf to be si tendered, are a borden and sgrcat corse" r bat we utterly dony that this is the case in North Carolina.''. We clip the above paragraph from the Raleigh Slautlitrd for the purpose cf assuring our con temporary that if mt kave. lont ' it injustice, we staud ready to wake it such honorvl le amends ta -the uutjtaUude of the wrong copiniitted may deipand at the hands of the' Argus. And in acting thus, we think we' should be arrogating not jiing to ourselves, were we to boast fit a mag nanimity decidedly anperior to that of the Stan dard in eases of like kind ; for ire could specify one instance at leart ia which that paper, either anwi.f og'y of designedly, miseoaeeived the meai . ing of a paragraph which appeared in the Argns, aod aof only refused to pat as right before its readera a$er we' had called its attention to the miaconstfuetioa,' and asked for jostuse a the premises, bet actually persisted in the wrong by again and again publishing our paragraph with its onfair comments u ia the hope," BO doobt, "of getting a little influence or a few votes here and there." Bui this by the by ! We have no disposition to carp at the course of others, or imi tate the example of those who take delight in sounding the sonorous metal of their own com mendation upon every occasion that offers. If we did the Standard injustice, it was ia the simplicity of ear hearts that we perpetrated the wrong, for tlut psper had pablished an article oa taxation," 'rolled the subject like a sweet morsel under its tongue, rhetoricstcd with de lightful n'n" - iUm . snffit'ieot. It believes that " taxes collected merely Uy beBW)uandered are a burden aod-a great curse : -and we believ that before the people have footed all the bills made under the auspices of the pre sent democratic dynasty, tbey will come to the same reasonable conclusion. . If the Standard had rested its esse upon its .- - f any design to prepare the jecis of repudiation, distribution, snd such other topics as, perhap, it thought best calculated still farther to stultify tho'e deluded disciptes wbo at u bidding shout bosannabs to the idols of De mocracy ouder the green trees sud upon jha hill tops, from the mountains to the seaboard.- We welcome it to tannage ;and tnoajh Hannibal ' is not at borne, we are perfectly willing to- com- -mit the defences to the hsnds of Asdrnbal. i ' With a wbineof sympathy " for the poor man, -' oa wheal the varions items of taxation, County , J snd ay operate heavily," the Standard . ' deeUras itself " as maeh opposed to high taxes! a ai.y o4 ia North CerJina;" but adds " the Hi&lfi Gosrnuiat must be supported snd the Stite ddbt paid, sa4 tha pledges already made for interest ' inipavuita boaveelly redeemed, whaUer tii texes nsma;o as (hey are or hire te he increase." It prof, however, to be aatiffied " with tLa prment rersnpe law, Sid hit o doebt it wUl yitsld enoogh to meet all I the lubiliiies of tbeStits (orsuaeyMnto icoiM.' Now to soy one but a Democrat this maiH hw the veriest tsddU a mere bcatine abuit the Loth witkoat MMiibW in towahotat tfte mlw at Usas. Dues aot trery ane kBOwaadacieowb j,' c the " buu gorrrniaent meat, be orported and the Slate tkbt rsid. & the iMiHl airaadr made k' the Iniomal imjToveunki bocexly re- L rrwie wacthf? lain reirsiji ri tbej'-jn ' iOrhiveMoba nerase4r' And suppose Hie present revenue law does yield eonh lo wieet all th liabilities of he State- b some f ears to come," bow will it U fhea the State has to pay the priaclpa pf those boada on which it b aow providing aothing but the loterest? Will the Usee the hf o b ioercssea j pna wui not the various items fall with accumulated weight on the poor smb whit has so large I W in the sympathies of the Standard f But swa not mtl'fifd with the piesent revenue law, , whether it yield enopgh to nert UI the liabilities nr i h Kli.l fiir aoma vaars to eome or not. It v. .... - r r t ' 1 ia not only burdensome but likewise unjust and unequal i its provisions; and those whose bu, sinew it will he to provide the fu'ure means Jbr carrying oaths government and Mttsfying, tne liabilities of the gtete, will regsrd it as a erode iamble of democratic ignorance, and as eviocipg t palpstU wsit of statesmanship oa the part - of the dominant taction dj wnwa w What we oompUie ui however, la, eot that the Uxor are high, but that they are high ami the party to which the Standard belongs and ia,U fact thsfoiefront in North Carolina, sets itettao against a distribution of the jroceeds of therub Ho Mods, whawby the poor ttao a wbout the various items of taaatioo" operate heavily might be eutirely relieved of his bttrdeaa, and various other wirks of iuternal improvsment beeonstruo ted for the development of onr resooroes, with out the imposition of a sloglo cent of taxation on upr people, rich or poor. This ia the matter that we want the' 'Standard t? meet-fnot by tlngwbsoging' the "Know Nothings" and de nouncing distribution as a nt7- butby Build substantial argamenf Let it tell us how the people of North Carolina would be injured by being relieved of the burdens of tsxatloa f Let t explain wherein it would be better for our peo ple to have Congress give the whole national do main to the. States sad Territories in which, it lies thsn it would be to recaive their just pro portion of the proceeds srisfng from a sale of the common property wherewith to defray the expenses of the State government, educate their children, build their'iailroads, wd improve their harbors and rivers. Let this orgaa give ws reas on and not abuse for the faith that is ia it sad we tuay at least give it oredit for honesty of heart if not sanity of headi "; -. ' " ; , Rot the Standard proceeded, as follows with its eant-icle: - , .a - ;,...-'- "Tts Ary$ nils on its readers to aoto the fast that the Standard' ia ia favor sf high tel es shd against distribution.' What does that paper call 4 high taxes the prrsoot rev- eoue law f Is it opposed to raising twaey by tautiuB to nav the Bute debt 1 If so, it is is favor of rrmuliatio , for the debt must be psid I 47 . as it falls due, or rrpnduiuom is tne ressii. . . In rwponco to the Stondsrd's interrogatories ws say, we do regard ; some of tue' exactions made by the present revenue law aa " high . ax es;" and before the present and future liabili ties at the Stite Tfeswry shall have bess dis ehsrged, the people of North Cbrolina will resl ixe a feeling comprehension of what ia meant by those two words, high tsxes," unless they ia sugurste a better financial system than that dic tated by the presnet insane policy pf the so called Democratic party.- And farther answering the resnondents sav : We are neither in favor of a raising money by taxation to pay the State debt, as it falls dae, nor of repudiation oa sccoenl of that debt. We are for demanding and receiv ing our proper sbsre of the proceeds srining from the sales of the public lands carefully hus banded and honestly disposed of, insterd of suf fering the democratic party to lavish those lands npoo the new States of the North and West, 'as they are now doing, to build op abolition interest snd imperril the institutions of the "Sooth : sod with our just proportion of those proceeds we esn psy off the debt of the State, s it falls due, snd bsve a constantly increasing svrplus left to meet other exigencies as tbey msy arise in the progress of the future, ; " ; () tbis subject of distribution, however, the ' Standard puts forth what we suppose it intends 1 to pass off aa argument in tie following wise : " Rut ssys the. Arynt, dittrilution is the reme dy that will relieve m. How7 Socb distri i bution as we had in 1841 a few thousand dol lars, snd then the stream cut on to gratify and to enrich Northern manufactures I The land mon ey is ours ssys the Aryvt, snd we ought to bsve it, it U eouimon property and we wsnt onr share." " Very well, if it be ours let it reioaio where it is to defray the federal charge and ex penditure, if it be common property it is not di visisble by the common sgeot until the affair of the conoeroTre wound up snd the concern dis solved. .Is the ArguM in favor of dissolving the government merely' to get possessionof ' .ear share' of the land money." . , ; We ask the reader ia all candor if he ever knew any psper to otter a more crude jnmblejof words as a sobstitude tor argument f . The Standard knows very well what sort of distribu tion we wsnt. It knows thst we advocotc a full, r i .r .u .k ....i. I . . . l.! - . J ' IT arising rrom mp sales si me puono ianu -unui-mini.hmt K rrn nrlieilr StStei and Tr- tare that wi)l render U aeeessary to dpahU the duties on imports for period probubly in pup lon ger (ban any grown man upon the face pf (he earth has lo live f Let. the land money remain where it is, Indeed "to defray the federal charge and expenditures I " Is the Standard ap demented as aot to he able to see that the lands are daily gliding from the grasp of their proper owners r-thal in few year not a aingle csn( of their proceeds will eome into the Treasury f If such be its situation, it is unnecessary to sr, gue with it, ; ' A Strait jsoket, water-gruel and depletion would be the proper remedies for U dUordsr. : , , Rut the learned lffemhrfof the' Stendard ssgely informs us thst if (he -land money "be common'propurty, it ia not divisable oy thetam moa agent until the sffnirs of the euncero are wound np and the eencern 4irulved.N In other words, if the lands are the com toon property pf the States, the States esnnot get the proceeds arising from the ssle of those lands, until the government is dissolved. , That is to say, prop erty held la trust for special purposes, esnnot be applied to the purposes "noiuiusted in the bond'' until the trustee h killed. The Judgee of the Supreme Court, now sitting iq Raleigh, will doubtless feel duly grateful to the gifted lumina ry of the Standurd for the profundity of his dis- quiaitioo upoa the sbstruse doctrine of trusts thongh we much doubt whether it will ia future bean easy matter to get any one to take on him. self the responsibilities of a trusteeship where the Staudard is circulated. The poblio lands conveyed by the Ststes to the general govern ment, were ceded for the parjosa of paying the tklfj-reated by the ar of the Revolution, and then in trust fur the benefit of all the Sia'es; aodj we had been simple enough to sapposo that when property was conveyed to any one in treat for a certain purpose- ssy until the rates and profits discharged a specified debt, and then for the use and benefit of a certain family of children, those children, the Oafs que truttt, might, after the psvuieot of the debt, provided for, receive the regaining property, or the proceeds, without killing the trustee. But, it aeema, we were mis taken. The learned jurist of the Susdsrd has otherwise expounded the law; and as he rules the Democracy snd the Domoeraey rule the State, trustees will hereafter have to be hanged, or have their brains knocked oat, before the trust fund eee he disposed oil . The Standard, however although it wight have lain ia and kept its bed for a fortnight or three weeks after its mighty parturition of the legal prodigy sforeoaid --opena its oracular jaws sad still farther gives out that : u Distribution is a humbug, and the Editor of the Argus ought to bsve the good sense to know the fact. Rut there is one feature ia this dis tributioo clamor which has always been to .us matter for surprise, and that is, the view taken by iu ad r oca tea of the federal government. They seem to. regsrd that government aa a rapa cious, ekee-fisted alien enemy, unjustly holding ou to their wooey j and not as a eomtavn govern ment, supported snd administered for the good of all. I nns it ia thst distribution rests from the very hegioo'iiig on false premises, the prin ciple is erroneous, snd no amount of argument cao convert a had principle into a good one." . Now, strange as it msy aeem, " the Editor of the Argus" has not the sense, good or bsd, to know that distribution ia a humbug lie knows thst cinder the distribution law of 18S0 North Carolina got eome eighteen hoodnxl thoussnd dollars, to relieve her exhsusted tressnry and eJ ncae. herjoor children snd thst wssnohumbeg. fie knows that under thst same distribution law New York received something over four trillions of dollars with which she hss erected seres i stalely colleges sud one thousand scademics, snd is now educating nine hundred thousand chil dren aod that was no humbog. He knows that Illinois has had enongb of the public domain Jutribvttd to her by a democratic Congress to build a rail road seven hundred miles long; snd be knows that tlio ni w States of the North went have large slices of the public lands carved off to tbdin by every democratic Congres tbst mteU end the recipients of these favors sre not in the hsbit of regarding them as humbug. . Tb Kditorof the Argua", however, hss thegood sense to know some humbugs when he encounters them. lie knows, for instance, that the Standard is a humbug, and that Dcmocrary Is another iiiKra. We humbug. ' ' ' - Weesnnot refrain from expressing our admi ration of tlio seal which the Standard has sll st onee manifested in behalf of th general govern mentwell knowing as we do tha it has been the wont of that print to chime in with the Fire Eaters iu their clamors sUiut the right pf acces sion and the necewity for " a on! ted South" to resist the encroachments of the" Northern manu facturers." True, it was feeding ut the crib-door of the general gowouiei.t, and it had been so doing until it became as slick snd fat ass porker of Epicurus '; nevertheless, it is equally true thst it was prominent and noisy in its advocacy of the right of a State, whenevr it thought jffuper to do so, to bundle up ii r;S and withdraw from' what it is how pleaned to Vegard ss a pretty elejtey aort of 44 a common government, supported snd administered for the good uf sll " It u" a government " then after all that has been said, and aot a towpact, as the Standard and its friends have so often erroneously asserted, from which any or all of the Ststes msy withdraw at pleasnro. I Pretty good for the . Standard! It baa glim ' menng of common sense, ftef all,' Bui we think we comprehend the eatwe ftf (bjs new wrinkle on iu bora : It has beso studying law of late. While looking into the learning oa tiusta, it took a turn into the. pant urea pf international aod -. constitutions! law; and benos its discovery nt e , dlstioctioo thst we have been trying to drive into Its dunderpate for the last seven y ears. , Rut when did th Stendsrd ever hear the sd ' 'vocstoe f distribatpu, Whigs or Americana, . railing at the General government, or deooune iag h as fa ripaewus, close aated slice enemy P We appeal to the history of the Whig psrty that party which first emhraeed snd advocated the policy of dietribpf Lip after it had been sug gested and iiBOQniendt.-d hx President Jack ho s . for a eonfirmstioe ofthe assertioa which we bow make, that no susfe devoted and loyal party to the General Government ever existed thaa that . composed of the friends pf djrtfjbutiuo. They ivowsd tV'r deVotloa to iv-they stood by (tand defeaded it they garrisoned its rswpsrU and guarded it when aecessionisU and disupionista, supported by the voice and encouraged by the sympathise of the Stsndsrd, met ia wnehive - to nlot treasva SKsinst It, and devise the means of accomplishing ita dismemberment. Let the truth of history be spoksa eat let the conduct of par- ties be explored with a lighted torch ana it wui be seen who have supported the govern tua at, and who have regsrded it aa an slieo enemy.' But the Stsndard is vsstly mistaken when it sap. poses tbst Mr Buchanan and thegsngof impiriee ad charlatans who surrounded him are the general government.". True it is unfortu natelv for the people of this country, it esnoot be denied the government ia in the hands of thes orestures. Rut they are not the government it self: They are the vermin that Infest its high plieee the vsmpvers thst suck the life blood of the body politic, and pervert the sdmioistia- tion of affairs to their own selfish ends. Nor do we recollect that we have ever chsrged these democratic dignitaries with elose-fiatedness. On the eootra7, we have regarded them as entirely too liberal ritA -Aai it not thtit own too libersl with the peoplo'e moafy, which they use to pen sion unprincipled presaes thstTisve-a aeory fov scurrility sad find it advspUgeous to exchange calumny for bread snd ! libersl with the peo ple's Isod, which they barter to the new Stale, of the Northeaat for democratic votes, thereby giving sid and eetnfort to AWition sad conse quent strength and buMness t the enemies ef the Southern section of the Union. Thus it is that distribution rests from the very beginning oa true premjsesT-t-tba n'erVpts is cor rect, and no amount of twaddle can convert s good principle into a bsd one. - . ..-.'J ; - -IN ...I.h ,.M ... TUB EUXTIO.N The Elettion on Thursday passed of quietly ie this place. As ths psrty to which we belong bsd no candidates ia the field, we were mere lookers-on in Venice, and, eeoeeariitly had nothing to do hot . to east our votes for those whom we thought best calculated to serve the people. The Hon. Wiukn Win blow bsd na opposition thongh a number of our friends thought proper to east their votes for O. V. Mesres, Esq., of Wilmington, as a tustiiaoealof their regard for a gentlemao who had ably sus tained their principles ia previous campaigns, others,' oa the contrary, considered that iuas much ss Mr. Meares was not a candidate, it would not be doing justice, to hiia nor their esase to vote for bins without concert or organisation. Had he been a raadidate, his vote would bsvebeea much larger than it was. : The Democratic wire-puller about town bad caucntrd upon the County Clerkships, snd, with a view of securing the loaves and fibes to them. aelves had nominated Thomss J. Mima for the office of Superior Court t'lerk, and Philaniso Tsylor for thst of the Coooty Court. The aiat- ter wss submitted to the pcopia, and the leoult will be seen below, . As we had no lot nor part in the matter, we cheerfully subo.it to the will uf the inaatee. OFFICIAL VOTE OF CPMBERUXD CUCSTT. 5 IS-'SSEoDoSSi- -.- I S?s all kvgv - I m 1; i: i; c oo I a w ao ii w F'A1 . us. n . c sjPii; 3. 5P 8 suiiK S ""Hlioi. ani'OLViJ5 & 00 feVl 4- 4 - -e ia o at e s e ' t v -I w i1 v' O - V C. o; 13 S S v S S-5 e S; SI M bt t pjiojddy 2 V. M p-iddy Wjl J CX tfi 6 ti V e" l V' A WORD OF EXPLANATION., We feel it due to our aubscribers to make an spology for the late hour st which we sre com pelled to go to press the present week under, a press of cirouuistnnees thst we had no power to control. Our hands have been so much afflicted with sickness, that w. have Dot been able to, make our appeorance a minute earlier; nor could we show our shspe even npw if it were not for the kindusits of our neighbor of ths Carolinian, who hss generously sent us BuhaUntiaj sld iii this -our time of sorest needa eourtesey, by the jvsy, which has before been exchanged between the Carolinian and Argus offices, notwithstanding their inability to agree in all things touching the propriety of eft-tain political measure! mooted before "the masses" of our free snd happy land. - fkjr We are under bligarioua to the 'publish ers, Messrs. Fulton & Price, Wilmington, N. C, for a pamphlet oopy of the " Transactions of the eighth Annual Meeting of the Medical Society of the Stele of North Carolina, held at Edenton, N. C, April 1857- , 'We are also indebted to the ssme for a copy of the Aaousl Address delivered before the Med ical Society, April 1857, by 8. S Hetcbell, M. D. " Roththe pamphlets are gtten np in the ususlly aeat style pf the publishers. Our thaoks are due to Gee. S. IT. Walk wp, for e eopy pf his Address on the M Bible its influenesf end the duty pf the ChrUtiae World to extend Its jnfluencp," delivered' before the' WaxW BILJe jioxdely st Shiloh Church, Lsa caster Pistriot, 8.,C.f Ma 2d, 1857." Jt sn jotoresting prodnetioo. - , ,j W We have had Severn) heavy rains during the present week;. . 1KAT(I OF HON. J, 0- DOBBIN It becomes our melancholy duty to announce the death of wor distingoishrd towniaian, the Hon. J. C. Dodbijj, which occurred at bia resi dence eear this place on Taesdsy sooraing leeis Nr.'PneBm bad beta in feeLls . stats of health fur seveisl months, and bia rapid , decline for the Isst few weeks, rendered it apparent -tla. ti. Mj' we .. t:v y-'ly. -- Thus hss passed away, ia the prime of life, S useful end respected cUieen a lending and fearless Statesman, and oae cf the first spirits ef the country. -; -'.". f u ., Hialou.it ulionsl aersmtiieoli '.Mr.'fron wix wu boon eu ths 17th of January, 1814 ;. graduated at ear Stats University in 1882, raede Lew under the late Jndge Strange, and wisrarfyf ranked among ths leading Lawyers of the Suls He eommontodkia puilio career iu 185,during which yuar he was electee te Congress, wb(hr posiliba be ullsd with marked ability, in 18 IS ' he was elected to the Legislature, end was elf ctpP Spoukcr of the House of Commons i W&Q. Her entered president' Pierce's Cabinet la J85t, ss-s daring his entire Administration filled the rsfy tion of Sncretsry of the Nsvy. " .' .-' Ib sll the relations of life Mr. D. was" distia-a guiahed alike for lufUnoss of purpose snd genuine i purity and goudueseo heart it is evsa sappoi ed that his self-ssoiifkiing effurts iot tte- puUic good, eoutributsd.uattfially,.to ahartcn his uso ful carter. Ate meeting of the eitixanaof this tpwnhcjd on the evening U Tuesdsi last, fur the porposa of taking suitable messures to express their, fe-.. spect for the memory of tbuir late heJuvcd fcliow. citiseB, Ihe Hoe. i. C Poboik .( On motion of the Ilea. Wans a Winrlo,' "ft. P. Huxlon, Fq-, Mayor of th Town, was ap.. pointed Chairman, aod A- McLean Esn jppointedj Seereisry. . ' The chairman explained the c bjeet el the maaU ing in the following very appropriate and affocV ing address: Ftlloa t7Vrrss This meeUng hi beee filled at brief notice, for the porpos.'of pnblrclyfestif;! ing oor respect for the jnerooty of ear esteemed and diatiaguiabed fellow eitiaeajihe fete Hoe. Jambs C Doanin; sttdforibeparpoaew asVifit Ing each mesaaree as assy he .deemed suitable and appropriate to the oceaaion.- i ..., Mr. IKiiibiji died tbis morning st 8 o'clock. This sad event, while it easts e gloom ever thia community, where he was best known snd loved, will elo esuse emotions of sorrow lobe experienc ed ia other eommeaUieS thaa this, thrvaghoat. and beyend the limila ef the Stele. If to has filled one of the highest official positions under the Government, wub universal acceptance, spd distinguished itseimlBcss te hia Coantiy, "eedi Srs a msn to ths hearts of bis eonntrtaicn thea will the Naiwa mm ever the death of Jam re C Dviaatn 1 If to havs heee the foremwtt is the Legislstive Halls of his astivs Stale, fsrcmoel in position, ie usefulness, and in elooacste,' en titles a msn to the regsrds of his felluw-cilirsut of the State tbee will North Carolina metre, over the death of JaMxa C. Dobbin f Bwt, fellow citixens, it ie not the statesman, it je not the legislator, that ws lamest we lament M tium ! Here was bis heme, beie te the scene ol bis early childhood, (he teld of his wanly Isbon hither westerned his longing gsse, when remo rs; remov ed by disteoce, aud engrussed with JfaVlle ewtee lor aruouu tms apot bis anecimns eisnerea. We have kuown him in all the relations of life -we are intimately acquainted with bis msny excelleat quslilies uf bead snd heart, bis exemp lary character, his nebs iwpoaitiwa, tie winuinjj Sftability: - ' -' ; ----- -. , It is uttct, it is right, it is due to him snd t ' yoarwlvea, thst you, citiseaa of Ksyetteville, who irst dUcsraed his merit, and deli ruled te honor hiiu in life who gave him te his Coo airy, to re ceive biio back, alas, to die ! should be the first to gather shout k bier, snd shed tears to bis memoyv - , The lion, Wsrrea Winslow, prcvionsjo the introduction of the raolstivaa, wads tLe fulluw ing appropriate .remarks. Ma. Matok: Is misgto propose reeofutiune giving form und efiart le year saggestiva, it might -be expected, I bat, following the ciuUhb pa like oecaswus, I should indulge in eulogy of the de parted friend wbotc memory we here met U honor: ssd were I inclined te do so, there is no luck of abundant materials apon which to draw. Hat, Sir, hers, in the place of Mr. Dobbin's na tivity, aumnjr thuse who have known him from childhood, and have watched with delight hie unL reeled Peerage towsrds distiastiea, among thiws who lored bias well, because they knew him intimstely, rae would he a workaf super- erogstion; aer, were I dif posed to the sltewpt, could I sdd sny thing to w hot you, Sir, ksve beautifully expressed. - - This afflicting event had heee anticipated, for -months. The joy with which hie family and "friends welcomed him back, at the eiid of his official labors at Wusbingtan, was tempered by the conviction forced open all w!m looked upon him, that bia earthly career wa'a soon to closed A kind Providence mereifully Sustained, him to the foil performance of all his dutrev,asd ' bonignantJi. spared him, to roach the loved haunts of his youth, snd the dear spot of hi na tivity, to breathe among us the last sigh of bis departing spirit. ... '..' Endowed by nature with that rare quality' of mind snd temperament, which lifts its poascssor sbore all bias, and superior lo sll prejudice, while in thevsriousenipluyments snd position to wbick . the partial favor of the. people, and his tnriyV' called, hi ni, he fulfilled all his duties wi.ih ad mitted tkill snd honest administration, be secured and maintained the confidence snd esteem of those, even, who differed from him. Knowing him intinmtcly from cjjildhoou to msnbood, am id the rivalries of the school-days, which are but types of the serious collisions of the great world, with opportunities to, obsope him closely in that higher career be wasdeatiacd to run, and did so successfully run, I msy be ' allowed to hear my test! moo v to his worth, to his purity of morals, integrity otebsrcter, snd kind ness of heart . , ' - :- " Nature had Indeed endowed him, with prodi gal liberality, with all those qualitje whiob com mand respect and win eateem. -The" road to fame and honor too often leads to onpleataat collisions and painful disruptions of friendahip. It must ever be so, lo eome extent at least, in Oof Imper fect natures. It wss his sisgulsr good fortune, however, so to wslk as scarcely to crush, in the path of hia progression, a single flower of friend ship or affection, or hardly to excite or kindle nnuiity, You kuow, Sir, how he was esieeaied In hi official relatione : the light ie which he was view ed by those with whom his late office brought hiia into iatimste association, I have bad exten sive means of judging. In the eourse of a con fidential communication with the diatintuiahed Chief of the late Administration, persons! to Mr. Dobbik, 1 wa atreek with the tenderncse of feeling sod attathmtut svinced towards him, and
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