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s5? RP-nisTEIClitfG THE STATE. A considerable portion of this week pJfis voted to a publication of the Vbi friend of the quill in the State upoo; thU abject. We consider it the racftirn portal sub. w7bat haapresenled ii.elf W ,our win" for ome time. It is on, the adjustment of which will call for clear hinds, . and honest, patriotic hearts. No measure, with which we are ac quainted, has been broached in fciorth Carolina, which presents a more imposing aspect ; and 'weighty ami delicate responsibility will test cpon the; members of the: Lei'slatere, who undertake at the next session to consummate it. We hare no doubt of its entire constitutionality, nor any of its political fairness, nor of the forcible reasons whieh exist why tHe Whigs of tWOld North State" saouw nave a roajoriiyot ueww tatives io'(CorgTe8s-(to which theu popular ma. jotfty entitlejhem) should the next Presidential eketton, be carried thither, nor are we certain that it wilf cot tend for a - time to increase ;the Whig strength inlhe State rather than diminish it, as the S War J newspaper intimates that it-will, bot'wecannot divest urself of the opinion' tbaVJJbei measure is some what , of a RADICAL NATURE, and may be fraught with evil conse qnencet to the heretofore conservrntite legislation of car beloved old State : as a door once open 'J "by the Whigs of the State to radical legisia 'f ion, may give the same an impulse which will cause it to disregard . all Constitutional limits : -which result has been brought about by the same cause in the present districted State of N. York. "Yet, 13 writing whit we have, it is with so in tentiori of endeavoring to erect a barrier to the will of ou r co-temporaries or that of the majority of the. legislature, but, we are honest in oar con victions, and consider it a duty to publish it. ' .t ah. .-..s? .XRuiherford Republican, CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS.'. :Ai the Question of re-districting the State has ifceen broached by ear co-temporaries io the Stale, or rather the Whig portion of them, we think it best, that our readers may be enabled to form a jecmctminjon with resrard to "the propriety of the xaeasnre, to lay before tbem a statement of the Districts a at present composed By reference &VXap7 a person can judge of the fairness ,or injustice of what is called the M odious GERRY HANDERA oH$42; -FIRST DISTRICT. ;: - ;-V Cherokee, Haeon, Haywood, Bancombe, Hen derson; Rutherford, Borke, Yauey, McDowell, 'Cldwenarid TJleavelan J. JAMES G RAU AM, hig, present- member. - " . v. W:- SECOND DISTRICT. V: Meckleaborg, Lincoln, Iredell, Davie, Rowan, Catawba, an4 Cabarruja, D, M. BARRING ER, Whig, present member. . THIRD DISTRICT. Ashe, Wilkes, Surry, Stokes, Rockingham and CfswtlLT-D. S.REID, Democrat, present mem- 3 : 2 : FOURTH DISTRICT. Richmond." JJontgomery, Anson, Stanly, Ran. dolph, Davidson; and Gui!ford.-A. DOCKERY, Whig, present member. ' -A 'ilFTir DISTRICT. . , ; Wake, Chatham. Cumberland, Moore, John ston, and Wayae-JAMES C. DOBBIN, Dem. ocrat,1 present member, v , ' - SIXTH DISTRICT. Robeson Columbus, Bladen Brunswick. New HandverSimpion, Duplin, 'Lenoir, Jones, and OnslowvJ. G. McKAY, Democrat, present member.- - ... SEVENTH DISTRICT. Orange, Person, Granville, Franklin, Warren, and Halifax! J. R. J. DANIEL, Democra4, pre fect member. ' ( Nash, Edgecomb, Pitt, Beaufort, Washington, Tyrrell, Hrde, Craven, Carteret, and Greene. HENRY S. CLARK, Democrat; present mem. ; NINTH DISTRICT. ilartin, Bertie, Hertford, Northampton. Gates, Chowan, Perquimans, Pasquotank, Camden, and CurritucLASA' BIGGS, Democrat, present member.-' -. ; " " ' . . " , - Look at the map of the State of North Caroli. na, and yon will readily discover that the ,MOD. ERN DEMOCRACY in the Legislature of '42 tiid not by any means hj off the Districts accor ding to the contiguity o( the Counties. And any one; acquainted withlbe political complexion of lie' Counties will see that they were governed alone by a party consideration Ruth. Repub. RE-DISTRICTING THE STATE AGAIN. " y AY transfer, to our columns some remarks on this subject from the able pen of the Editor of the Petersburg Intelligencer, to which we invite the eyes of the reader. - , ' ' S" . It appears, from the lights now before us,' that there, are gentlemen of both the political parties in this Stale io favor of and opposed to Re-dia. trkting the State." Of course, all the Democratic Editors are opposed to jt and Ihey, ministers of race, bear it 1 call themselves ssxocrats ! ! Whit is a"rxMocaar ! There was a time when w could answer the question but as these Ed itors Interpret the meaning of the wordthe mo era meaning we give it up! Indeed they do 'tot seem to understand its definition .themselves. ; ?We do not favor Re'districting the State for the mere purpose of enabling the Whigs to send a f.majority olhe delegates to Congress. We go tcr it because we want tho Districts laid off in a tetter roaaf -a form',' al the same time, that will fcaaIe a nIjobitx of the Freemen of our. State to seud a majority of Delegates to Congress, in- i stead of. theMisoBrrY sending ja ; larger, aye, doable the number (as is now the cue, and as , , most continue to be the case, unless the present j system he altered.) of the majority.- We go for itbecU81h Districts were arranged for the convenience and benet of a party and not for .oonvenlcioce and benefit lof'the whole people .Wegofor it.beciose the State .was districted by. a large minority of thepeople. instead of a mnjoruy that is to say, although from accident , p-u. tae democrats had a' lean and lank majority in the Legislature, yet the Whigs had a Wge majority of the popular vote. And it is a part cf our;patr:otisnv--our.democracy,'if you j please-r-to contend that; In districting the State, .fiome xegard should have been paid, to the rights Qf. the MAMr, at tnsll as the rights of the raw. -. : . Bat, sa7ome,-a!thoogh the State is raisers hljr districted, and the law J".??fil the.Whigs.had a majority of the popu : Ur vote at the time the. la w. was paCbd-Und not.' -MnosurMizBg eaeb succeeding year baa: greatly ineteased this majority we are opposed to iu Jvation t - Opposed to the alteration '6t a law kus-Mcdgei o te unwise,' unjust, partial, and despised bya large ma Joritt' of the people why 1 Are genthmen xraaxol Are the sov ereigo people; to bear grievances which they can redress, and yet dare' not.redress( their ; wrongs ! ThinKyoa the Democratic parl.would fold their arm's in submissive obedience to a law that il low. ed them but three districts out of the kise, if the Whifrs had been in the minority as the democrats were when "they Tpassell the la w,ana supposing them to have a majority,' as the .whigs will have io the next 'Legislature 1 Do they shudder in holy horror over the idea of "precedent" for un- ttable legislation," when clothed with power to rule legislation! ' Did their knees tremble-when they altered the Tariff law ! Did they shake aH oyer, as if smitten by a mighty ague, when they re-established the condemned Treasury J . We maintain that a people a majority of the people--bave the right, and are in duty bound, to alterj amend, or abolish ha laws.- Wc as sume that the Districting law, as it now stands, is a bad law-. Bad, because At is unjust. Unjust because it givea twice tbepower to the few that it gives to the many. It should be altered be cause it is unjust, and because the Districts are without shape, form or convenience. Milton Chrontcle. - HE-DISTRICTING THE STATE. One of the most important duties of the ensu ing Legislature, will be the arrangement of the State into Congressional Districts, by. which the political 'character of the State will be fairly re presented. This step is due to the vindication cf republican principles on which our institutions are based, and is required, absolutely, by justice to the people. who look to the Legislative body as the guardians of their rights and privileges. But this is not alL ' The measure is required because it is to redress an outrage, perpetrated on the elective franchise ; because the Legisla ture of 1342 were instigated to gerrymander the State, with the sole view of subserving the in terests of party, and without a solitary motive of public utility or the advancement of the general welfare. . . - . . - - We believe two of the Whig papers in the State are opposed to re-districting at this time. They take a very different view of this case, from the light in which we view it. Suppose it i$ a precedent for frequent changes 1 We care net how often there is a change in the Districts, so thai those effected by the Whig party are for the purpose of repelling a trespass upon the rights of the people. Better to change every month, than permit unprincipled partisans to desecrate the principles of republican liberty, and violate the provisions of the Constitution. Commercial. WELL-MERITED COMPLIMENT. A grand public, dinner was given, on the 12ih ultimo, at Frankfort, Kentucky, by the Whigs of Franklin county, to the Hon. J. J. Ckitten dN, Senator, and the Hon. G. Davis, the Rep resentative of the district in Congress. Besides a large number of residents of the vicinity which were present, the entertainment was attended by a large concourse both of ladies and gentlemen from the surrounding counties, swelling the en. tire company to two thousand persons. The ex tensive tables were bountifully spread with the choicest viands of that favored region. These being fully enjoyed, and the tables cleared, the President of the day, the Hon. James Harlan, rose and delivered a brief address appropriate to the occasion, and introductory to the following resolutions, which . he read : Resolocd, That the Pbotectio or Houc La bor abo Domestic Industrt, against the injuri ous effects of Foreign Rivalry is a cardinal principle in-every wise and well-organized Government ; that it was especially a fundamental o'uject in ilia estab lishment of the Constitution and the Federal Unioti, and that this vital and indisputable policy has been sanctioned in the practical measures of the Govern ment, fiora. its very origin, in the days Of Washing ton, thronjh every Administration, except the present. Resolved, That the W hig Tariff ol 1312 r, - nish ed a bankrupt Treasury; revived the prostrare and dishoaorad credit of the Government ; re-iw'a,a' the paialjzed labor and industry o( the country ; re animated the decaying fortunes of the Agriculture, Manufactures, and Commeiee ol the Nation ; and. showering benefits and blessings like the dews of heaven throughout the Union, restored confidence, prosperity, and happiness to the people. .. Resolved, That by the repeal of the Whig Tariff of 1842, and the substitution of the Experimental Tariff of IS4S, under the humbug theory of Face Trade, the labor and iudustry of the country will sustain a dreadful shock ; the resources of the Treasury will be seriously diminished ; the national finances and cre dit deranged and unpaired ;the public debt increased, and the prosperity of the people alarmingly menaced. lietalced, I bat the bub I reasury system of keep i6k and disbursing the public money, so often rejec ted by the solemn and decisive votes of the people and their representatives in Congress, becauss it vir tually divorces the Government from tb people, and heartlessly destroys the sympathies of the Government with tho business operations of the country', but now again adopted by the dominant party in Congess, is anti-republican in principle and luinousjn practice. Rtiolsed, That President Pouc, in vetoing the River and llarbor Bill, has struck a dangerous blow at the vital interests of the countiy, and especially of the West ; and that by this, as well as the veto of the bill indemnifying our citizens for French Spoliations. chiefly on the ground of his ignorance of the claims examiued. approved, and allowed by the constitu tional authority for raising and expending revenue, an alarming assault has been made upon our institutions, threatening the subjugation of all the other departments of the Government to the enlargement of the already overgrown and dangerous influence of the Executive. Resolved,' Thu we rejoice in the peaceable settle ment of the Oregon question on terins just and hon orable to the United States and Great Britain, avoid ing the horrible calamity of war between two great christian nations, accomplished, as it was in a great degree, by the justice, moderation, prudence, and pa triotic statesmanship of the-Vhigs of tue Seuate, and inrticutarlr of our eminetTny distinguished Senator, Mr': CaiTTEPt dkr. ' Resolved, Thai the Whigs here assembled, united solely opon patriotic principles, having as ever .the same country to love, the same principles to uphold, and the same interests to promote, renew to their brethren of iha Union their pledges of firm adherence to their principles, deeming theur success essential io the maintenance of the Union, and the prosperity and happiness of the people. The question being put on the adoption of the re s olittious, it was carried by a thundering shout in the affirmative. , Mr. jHablas closed his remarks by offering the following sentiment : Our distinguished Guests J ohi J. Can-Ten-X)csr and Garrett Davis ; By ihe purity and vir tue of their private lives they have won the cordial respect and warm afTaclions of their respective com munities ; and by lbo honesty, ability, and zeal of tiwir public. services tue lorraer tn lUe Senate and the latur in the House of Representatives of the U. States have secured, not merely the lively admira tion, but the earnest approbation, ihe hearty confi dence, and the enduring gratitude of their sonstituuU and countrymen. , .- ' .: . . - l' 'Thie toast was responded to by Mr. Dav;s and Mr.CctrriTipEjt successively,' in able, eloquent, and fervid speeches," of which we hope to see in the Frankfort papers some reporu - Tho vast company then separated in good order, each one deeming himself fortunate in having been isrJ sent on an occasion o gratifying and instructive LAST-DAY OF GRACE, ; OR PAYING A NOTE. V : ( ; i i ' SV TBS ACTHOa OF TANKKK MOTIONS. Procure sxhundrad pounds! I say to thee, " There's no such sum in nature. Forty shillings There may be new i'th miut and that's a treasure! I've seen five pounds aud let me tell it ! , Fer 'tis a wonderful as ca'ves with five lega. : u t . Beaumsnt nd FUtcUr. X In, the days of old, when all men were honsst and wUe, and unsophisticated, and plain-dealing, and generous all human affairs went on smoothly.- No niggardly thrift, no mercenary selfish. . ness, no sordid love of lucre, no miserly cold, heartedness existed to throw a chill upon the warm and genial kindliness of social intercourse. If a debtor could not pay, doubtless the . creditor crossed. out the account and let him go. If any man wanted to borrow money, which might hap pen, of course, in the beat of times, he found a hundred friends ready to lend . hint any sum. Bless me i how the dollars trotted from hand to hand ! . ' Lending money is certainly the best, no blest, and greatest invention that the genius of man baa ever achieved. Oh ye powers o( pros purity! what harmony, joy, abundance, content, felicity, and glorious jollity, must have filled the land! For cash. being plenty in every (man's pocket, all the shops overflowed with custom ; all handicrafts were in full activity, and everybody drove a rousing trade. . People paid their taxes without grumbling. Everything was cheap, be sides ' being in great demand ; the jails were empty, and the lawyers starved ! But these times were too gotd to last. By and by a little cloud began togather over the sunshine of this golden age. The great and irresistible proclivity of all human institutions towards evil, began to manifest itself. Men became less libe ral and generous. Doubtless some miserly old Lunk or other, first set the example by refusing to lend his money ; this instigated others ; and the example was soon followed by universal imi tation. Such is the perverse fate of the world ! Alt good customs get speedily out of fashion. Now, when those who-nai money would no longer lend it, those who warded money could no longer spend it for how could they spend with out borrowing ! So money became scarce ; peo ple could not pay their debts ; trade declined, and lawsuits increased. Nobody would be generous, or charitable, or public-spirited any longer; but all mankind suddenly grew selfish, mercenary and calculating. Each man looked out for the main chance, and took care of nothing but num ber one ; and the result of all this pestilent con. tagion was the bleeding of that horrible, direful, wasting ravaging, lethiferous epidemic, which is now stalking over the earth at noonday in the frightful shape of hard times ! iJuch appears to me the true philosophical ex planation of this phenomenon ; but whether this or any different account of its origin be the near est the truth, the melancholy fact is indisputable, that hard times really exist ; and the question most interesting to all philanthropists, politicians, moralists, financiers, philosophers, poets, and poor devils, is how to get rtd of them. Dare we hope that some species of legislative, metaphysical, or monetary vaccination will be discovered io the course of time, that shall extirpate this dire dis ease, and restore the felicity of the good old gol den age ! Such were my reflections as I rose in the morning, knowing that my note at the bank must be paid that day ; but knowing no more than the man io the moon where the money to pay it was to come from. I dreamed through the night of all sorts of vain and tantalizing attempts , to find something in my pocket. . 1 awoke and found it was no dream ! It waa a prodigiously gloomy morning at leastst appeared so to me. j Every thing seemed to go wrong in ray endeavors to drccs ; my pantaloons were wrong side before ; bnttons were in the wrong places ; vest inside out, and stock bottom upwards. 4 Where shall I get the money !' said I to myself, in great per plexity, and at that moment stuck a particularly sharp pin into my windpipe. Pshaw! At breakfast nothing went better. The coffee was scalding hot, the steak tough, and ray appe tite languid. Everything had a trick of slipping from my fingers. I broke a cup and saucer, and dropped a thumping slice of toast in my lap. Pantaloons bran new ! 4 Shall I ever have ano ther pair,' thought I. 4 Two o'clock, and the note must be paid !' . i T looked over my pocket-book again, as if I ex p.otcd ; r what lwas looking after. What a fool ! I knew as well as I knew that I was alive, hew much was in it or rather bow much was not in it. Six hundred dollars to make up the sum ! 4 Can't I collect some of my dabts this forenoon !' thought I. What a fool again ! for who ever could collect a debt when he want ed it 1 4 Two o'clock said I again, 4 and it must be paid ! , I sat down and fell into a profound cogitation. I thought of the mines of Potoi of the mint of Mexico of the Massachusetts Bank of John Lackland of Job's cat, . and cf my own empty "pockets. 1 never thought so hard in my lite before. But thinking will never pay a man's notes. At last a bright thought struck 'me. 44 I'll borrow the money!" said I. Eureka! Before the resolution had time to cool, I ran to ray neighbor, Mr. A. 4 Neighbor A. said I, you are an excellent man ; just lend me six hundred dollars.' ' 4 Six hundred dollars ! exclaimed he, turning up the whiles of bis eyes, 4 1 have not a dollar to spara if it was to save my own life ; every cent is gone: My boy lent forty-two thousand dollars out of my drawerbeforc I came down from break fast this morning !' I saw plainly there was nothing to be got in this quarter ; so I ran to my particular friend, Mr. B 4 My dear ir,' said 1, 4 lend me six hun dred dollars as a particular favor.' 4 Six 'hundred dollars!" said he; "and do you want this money 1" . "So much so," replied I, "that if it were for my own particular use, I could not want it more." "I am sorry for that," returned be, "for there's not a dollar of money to be bad nuw-a-days. Muney ! I believe it is all sunk to the bottom of tho 6ea, for my part. Six hundred dollars, with a vengeance I Why", if I had a ten dollar bill, I'd go about town and exhibit it as a raree-show." " Bah !" said I to myself, I must try a third." So I hurried ta my acquaintance, Mr. C, and made the same request of him. 44 Six hundred dollars !" said he, "in these hard times. Why, everybody is failing, and the banks won't discount-" Horrible words ! I had as lieve hear it thunder as "the banks von l discount Not quite " disheartened at these rebuffs, I hastened to Mr. D. and Mr. E. and Mr. F. All the same song. 44 IJard times ; people failing ; banks won't discount , , ' So much for my borrowing scheme I There was only one resource Jeft, and that was to go to a worthy gentleman by the name of Solomon Sharp. ; lie was a money-broker, and. lent cash to gentlemen in distress, out of pure charity. . The crafty old fox saw me approach -as he stood at the comer of Congress-street, in con versation with a broken merchant and a briefless lawyer. He uaW me coming and knew what I wanted. These fellows can scent the spproach f pennylesa'dog at the penultimate hoir, as, quick as a vulture wil! snuff a carcass. But he pretended not to see rue. lie knew I had not half an hour to lose, and I knew he had no par ticular interest in the matter he was diacusin with his worthy friends ; yet I dared not acccxT: him ; and he studiously avoided catching my eye. Ten long minutes did I. wait, wishing his com. panions, with their tattle about nothingi. thou and leagues off ; and every ten seconds stealing a Jobk upward to the dial over the. City-hall, watching the progress of the minute-hand, which advanced with a fearful rapidity towards--that point -beyond which there was no salvation of credit. It was strange be could not see me ; or rather I should have said it was strange be would BOtTbotl wasTtoo mucV iar' k?tertm-balIori to think that men, especially money-lenders, ioye to torment those whom they have in .their power- The ten .minutes seemed endless, all and singular of them: but at last my gentleman pretended suddenly to discover roe. "Ah! Mr. Lackpenny, how d'ye do 1 V M r v My heart by this time was up to my throat ; for in a small fraction of an hour the bank would be shut, and my note unpaid- a consummation not t all-devoutly to be wished by a man? who desires to be in good name and fame upon 'Change.' I was hardly collected enough to state ' my ne-' cessity, but old Sharp can understand such mat ters from lialf a word. i v - ' 'Lend money ! he exclaimed l never do aoch things." - ": ' ' : V You don't indeed !" said I. 14 No," returned he, taking out his snuff-box with an air of the greatest nonchalance ; "but, for a proper consideration, I think I know some body that will." " What is the roan's name V asked I with an equal degree of pretended seriousness,, though I knew the man's name was. Solomon Sharp, and that he was standing that moment before ray face. "I'll see him and let you know," said my honest friead. 44 Call here in a quarter of an hour possibly it may be done." "A quarter of an hour! Oh, Mr. Sharp! but if you think it can be done in a quarter of au hour" .-.--..v.. . Mr. Sharp looked as composed as if the whole affair had been nothing more than the picking up of a straw. ; lie walked out, and so did L kAVe separated, and I saw him go up State-street, pass round the Post Office, and return to his den, with out speaking . to a soul on the Way. When the ten minutes had expired, I went to him. . : "Well, Mr. Sharp.". : . ; . . 44 1 have called on the man," said he, "but he is not at home." " This," thought 1, 44is to demand ten per cent, more from me. "Mr Sharp" said I, imploringly. "I shall see him in five minutes, without doubt," returned he. " Wait here and I will step out again." . " Oh for a stone bow !" thought I, "to hit this fellow in the eye ! with the money in his pocket all this time to tease his gudgeon to death before he hooks him!" . My veracious friend went out again, walked round the Post Office and came back. It was almost three o'clock and I was ready to fly out of my skin: every moment seemed an hour. 44 Well, Mr. Sharp, what does the man say 1" .. " Say 1" replied the conscientious gentleman, shaking his head; 44 why be says that money is money now." " Very well, Mr. Sharp, I knew that before ; but will he do the note ? for heaven's sake !" 44 He thinks he might," drawled out my tor mentor with an air of the utmost unconcern. 44 Well, Mr. Sharp, and for how much 1" " Can't do it for lees than fifty per cent." . 44 Fifty per cent. Mr. Sharp! surely you mistake. Fifty per cent for four months! Ob, monstrous!" But Mr. Sharp never moved a muscle of his countenance at these exclamations. He answered not a word, but sat very leisurely down in his chair, though he knew my credit had net threo minutes to live ! nay, he actually took up a newspaper and pretended to read I " Flinty-hearted villain !" thought. I to myself. Did you say fifty per cent. Mr. Sharp !" " Ahem !" returned he, but without looking up. I looked at my honest friend; his face was as blank and immoveable as a. block of wood. I looked at roy watch; it wanted exactly one minute of three. "There is no help," said I to myself, "when a roan is between the devil and the deep sea. . Here is roy note, Mr. Sharp ; -come, de spatch." Ho counted out the money. " Make haste, Mr. Sharp ! quick ! faster ! I have not a moment to lose V I snatched the bills, and was making a leap out of the door. 44 Stop !" said he, you "have forgot my commission !" "Commission? ten thousand murders !' Bat no matter how much is it?" You have made so hard a bargain with him," said he, 44 that I can't ask much ; but as I must provide for my family, you know twenty dollars will do." "Your family must be horseleeches," thought I, "if they want providing for at this rate." At that moment the clock struck ! I made a bolt to the door, and was down State street as if the deputy-sheriff had been at my heels. I upset a handcart, leaped over a wheel, barrow, knocked down a constable, jostled the mayor, swung round an immense alderman, plung ed through the thickest of the crowd before the Union bank, tumbled up the stairs, broke roy nose against the door, and burst into the room at the last second of the last minute of the last hour of the last day of grace. 44 You have saved your bacon !" said the teller. Coming away, I spied a great monster of a butcher's dog with a miserable, lean, half-starved puppy under his paw, and squeezing the breath out of his body. " There's a money-lender and his customer," said I. DUTY TO INFERIORS. The celebrated Walter Scott has somewhere observed, in his popular works, that, In, an ordin ary ride in a stage-coach, he never found a man so dull as not to communicate to him if a free conversation were opened something, which he would have been very sorry not to have heard. It was a noble observation; and, the practice which it implied, no doubt, contributed much to that deep knowledge of human nature, for which this great author is so much distinguished. But it is not as a fine sentiment, or as a useful maxim, that I urge this mutual respect. I say it is a duty. I will listen .to no language of haughty pretension, or fastidious taste, or over-refined doubt ; I say it is a duty. I say it is a duty, most especially binding . on all Christians ; yes, binding upon all who make any pretensions to a belief in the religion of Jesus Christ, , And remember, too, my brethren, that it is a duty which will one day be felt, which will enforce conviction through sanctions more commanding, through a judgment more awful, , than that o? the sages, or the preachers of this world. There is an hour com. ing, when all worldly distinctions shall vanish away ; when splendid sin, with all its pride, shall sink prostrate and cowering before the eye of the eternal Judge ; when the modest merit that it could not look upon here,, nay,. when the vir tuous poverty that was spumed from its gate shall wear a crown of honor; when Dives shall lift up his eyes, being. irT torment,, and Lazarus shall be borne in Abraham's bosom to the. pre. seuce Of the angels of God ; when the great gulf which shall separate men from one anot her, shall separate . not -between outward splendour and meanness, bat between, ia ward, spiritual, essen-, tiat purity and pollution. Let the judgment of that hour be our judgment now. j That which will be tree theret is tree here is true now.; Let that severe and solemn discrimination find its way into this world ; for it is written, He that exalteth himself shall be hnmbled,' and he that huinbleth himself shall be exalted." Dewey. K . cr The Washingtoo correspondent , of jthe Baltimore Patriot, thus conclude a late letter '.Perhaps there never waa a na treated "worse than Mr Bancroft has been I Vf opie, eomenow of therCwt'tf not Kkhim.Qa.xhe-$rtmaisj previous to the adjournment of Congress, when tho l'restdent and, uaoioet were at me Vapuoi Mr. Bancroft advanced " with his own peculiar manner, up toSenator": Rusk; and offered his hand to that gentleman.- den. Rusk drew him. self up in all the dignity of his nature for he 1 a' very fine epeeimen of a man- and said 44 Sir, I I shall not shake hands with any such man as you are. 1 do not consiaer you a gentleman. - The insulted Secretary repaired to Mr. Walk er, and told him how he had "been Treated by the Texas Senator.; Whereupon Secretary ; Walked sought out fjeh.Ru8k 'and undertook to' chide him (somewhat gently ..though) for haying insul ted a member of the Cabinet t f A member of the Cabinet exclaimed Gen Rusk, tand who'ia' he 'more than any body else who conducts himself properly and as a gentle-j man ? rThe person I refused my hand ' to is no gentleman; and if you,' sir,' wish to Yesent the af fronf which he is unwilling -to resent, you can da so ioany way you -may choose !': Mr. Walker was soon non est, : - : -;- - .These facts were communicated to me bya Ldcofocb Ex-Senator to .Congress, and by an of ficer of some note in the world, and will, . I.imag ine, hardly be denied. , ; ' '" 4 A Lcckt Fellow. On the 3d of J uly last, a celebrated merchant tailor of Broadway, New York, named Tn, had in his possession a 10 bank bill the genuineness of which , he bad rea son to doubt. Hatpok it to a broker. for his opin ion, who had told him he' thought it was good ; but still Mr. T. was not fully satisfied and asked if he would change iL Thebroker declined but said he would give two lottery tickets and $1 in change for the bill. He accepted the offer and took the lottery tickets and laid them aside, think ing at any rate they were not worse' than a bad hill ' .- , .f'c-, "v; About two weeks after he had a note of some hundreds to pay, and up to 2 o'clock on the day on which it became due, had not a dollar where, with to meet it. . ' - : . , .y- -. " -;-vV , ' He was "shinning" about to raise means,, his pace increasing as the hour hand approached that dreadful three o'clock. It wanted but five. min. utes and stHI the prospect was gloomy.' '': He had only one friend to whom he had not applied, and: was on his way to ' his place of business, when some one caught him by the arm and asked to speak a few words with him. 4 Can't,' said T., wiping the perspiration from his face, 4 Three o'clock note no money -protest ' and other similar disconnected sentences he uttered as he struggled to free himself. ; Where are those lottery tickets I sold you?' asked the broker, for it was he. -v 4 At home,' said T. and taking out, bis. watch; and seeing that it wanted but two minutes to 3, he made a spring that cleared him from the grasp of the broker. The broker seemed determined not to let the tailor slip out of his hand so easy, as he gave chase and soon come up with him and begau n 4 Those tickets ' , .- . .Hang the tickets I" he exclaimed iiji, agony V It's my note and the certainty of a protest, that troubles me'.. ; , u -;..; "Then hang your protest and note too; it's the' tickets that trouble me. Why I want to tell you but you won't let me, that you have drawn a prize of 40,000, and I will hand you the mon ey before 6un-down.' v ? : i ' ; T, forgot about the note kicked the protest and the man, that served it, to old Harryi and before night went arid received as thO nett pro ceeds of his tickets, $34,000. No sooner had he convinced himself that all This was real, tharr he sent his goose to a place where it will need ho artificial heating; and he is now in-Brooklyn comfortably ensconced io one of those pretty cot tages in Canton St., near" Dr., Stone's Church, which he has purchased. He has nettled on his wife and children 814,000, kept $10,006 for him self, set up a nice little carriage, and, like a sen sible man, sits down to enjoy the 44 otium cum dignitate" for life. Brooklyn Adv. j A GOOD JOKE! Not many months ago, a 4 green 'un, desirous of showing the length and breadth of his affec tions for a lovely lassie, for whom . he professed more than an ordinary attachment, falling upon his bended knees and calling Cupid to witness his adoration of his heart's idol,5 he begged her,' in mercy, to receive a small present from him as a token of his plighted vows. The lady having no particular love for her passionate swain, -rejected his offers. Nothing daunted, he continued to urge upon her his greatest desire, until she finally consented to accept from him anything" which might please his fancy. With this, he im pressed upon her soft,' delicate hand a fervent kiss, and bidding adieu for awhile, to his soul's brightest treasure, he bounded off at the speed of an antelope, to the centre of the city, whenhe began to tax his imagination to its fullest extent as. to what his present should be. Being near, a. Restaurant, and perceiving the bill of. fare, a thought struck him that a few fine oysters and a savory beef steak, would more than delight his fastidious and charming dulcina. The idea was barely conceived, when he rushed into the tav ern, ordered a peck of shell oysters, which he en cased in a red bandanna ; a beef steak, which he crammed into his hat, and in a few moments was again at the door of his lady-love's residence; rapping loudly for admission into her lovely and divine presence. In an instant the lady made her appearance at the door and to her great con sternation, there stood her admiring suitor, with' large, drops of sweat clustered around his brow, almost breathless, bearing in "his 'kerchief a quan tity of huge she.ll fish, in his Iiat' a piping hot steak, highly seasoned, while under his arm a penny, loaf, stuck forth itis brow ny end, to choir its eagerness for .the fray. The effect was elec trical. In an instant the lady became convulsed with laughter the inmates of the- house were aroused and the whole family circle, after, wit nessing.the scene, became one of merriment. : The chagrined lover.feehng mortified at the mirth ful reception of his gifts, grew indignant, dropped them at the door made his exit and has not since been heard of ; but the bare mention of oysters and heefsteak in that neighborhood, is ever her alded with a burst of laughter, ' z '.' PAtriPr. j , PjtovEBBs. A white glove oftea conceals a dirty" hand. The remedy for injuries is not to remember them. Be a friend to 'yourself, and others will." "Go into the country to hear the news of the town. Be not' a bakerVif your head is Jnade of. butter.. f CU me .cousin but cozen tne not. Faint praise is disparagement. 4 Ask thy purse what thou shouldel buy. . Zeal without knowledge is like fire withoiitlightYbnth and white paper "soon take an: ; iriapreasiont. Vows made hit storms are ' forgotten rn - calms. : The church is oat tf ten? per, when chanty is cold and zeal yi hot. The sting of reproach is . the J roth, of it. ' Envy 'shoots at others 'arid woun her self. A goose-qui.il ia more dangerous than a li4 on's claw. Beware of a silent dog and a wet rati for Members. ft JAMES LITCHFORD, Lavin ,en that large three story Nkw bMi ilHriutir, at the corner of Har-et an"! Fatettevill SlrMti. farmrl . . J bj B. B.Smith, and within two; hundred yard. of the SfstHottse,wttl be prepared to accommodate 1 or 20 Msffvcas ovTKK Avraoj&cBtvB Iiisni4TBu. His vooms are large and comfortable, and his fj' shall be as good s the market wM afford, and hi .RaleightSepfc: 3? iW$, I 7G I5()Atri FOUUaEWBEHsT' ?; saObcftterlwukl iespecifuiT proschras Legislartore that he is prepared ta accommonate from thirtv to thirtv.fi.. iaaraers oonng me pession , ne nas. enlarged hig dining-room, and has constructed a brick bnilding oa a lot situated near his House, with, four good rooTr.g and he will use his, best exertions. a heretofore, to give satisfaction. " H is terms will be 'moderate, ts usual. ;t JOHN HUTCH Ii8. . Sept. 39, 1846. ' 4' r ' V 79 wCt ....... Washington Hotel, (iuout 150 ywdi toatli-eait of Ihf? Capitol.) 1 fi kaleigh, nr. c. r ITAMES HAllLt havintr Ukcn this well known t2jj Eslabliahment, respectfully informs the member elect of 'the ensuing General Assembly, and other that he in prepareU to accomodate in a manner which cannot tail to please, loose wno may uvor this house with their patronage.'. His table will t all times l furnished with the best the market affords, Via rocma with every ibing calculated to render them comforfs. ble, and rhia Imr; with good: liquors. : I lis S!afajes which are "spacioui, will be supplied w ith plenty of provender, and attended by careful and experienced noeners. . ne oeems 11 uaaecessary to say more, pre. feriog rather to give practicaj proofs" than mer ptomise u' v"--:- V'; '" Raleigh; 8ept $ I V 1 84 6 . y H 76 5t . . e Orders. T ;,t 5 HEAD QUARTERS, n ;i Albright VPrangs Couniy, N. C.C . !5'Plembe, 4th, 1846 5 Ta . the Officers of the Sixtk ; Brigade of North ..'-".'?','- ' lo'f -CBrolinaJililitia - f,,- ' "TCTOTJare hereby -Cpmmanded r to attend at your U ttausl parnde groands, with your respective com--mands, armed and equipped as the law direcU, for norafA anil rAVMtv usitK v iAiihi1 if iavi1a iU following ds jr s, i to-w it : - ; . . -'.The 56th Regiment on the 12th of October. W'vThe 65th ? van the 13th &s . The 94th KA v;i oii the 14th C The 45th-. . f on: the 15th - , 44 Tbe 47th , on the 17th 44, ' The 48th "i riLthe 19th ' The 49th rt ? on the 20th; Vs vt JJy order 1 of -"J: - ',:'': ' " ' : ' JOSEPH HOLT. Brigadier General. .WiLXiix A . Lea,' Aid de Camp. : September 16. " 7C w3w stcmo auw ioiivn w iu.f (VUMiM vi try nuci , uu m ftlTATE OF NORTH CA KOLINA.. Chathax 3 Ooohtt, Court of Pleas and Quarter Session, A ogust Term, A. D.; 1 846 - Thomas A. Kutral and ? wife Jnlia Ann, Elizabeth : p BrboksV Isaac O. Brooks,1 Evander . Brook?, !f- William . Dorsett 'and wife Margaret; Josiah H. - Brooks, Samuel Colberuon,7 son of John, Daniel -'MorchiMn 'and wire Nancy, Daniel Sloner and ?wi&''Nejky' -f - V-' :-; . ; . " Executor of. Joeb Brooks, John Brooks, Winifred Harper, William Brown and wife Ruth; v ft appearing to the saUifaclioo of the Court," that the ' Def'ndanti, ' John 'Brooks,' Winifred Harper, and WJrUarri Brown and Wife. Ruth, are non-re-sidents of ' this'' S'tale, :ahd that process cannot be personally served upon tbem. ; It is therefore ordered, that publication be made in the Raleigh Register, for six weeks, commanding the said Defendants, to ap. pear at our'nert Court of Pleas and Quarter Session, to be held for the County of Chatham, st the Court House in Pittsboro, on the second" Monday in No vember next, then, and there to-, plead to, or answer the laid Petition," otherw'ue, the Same wiH be heard ex parie. -" ' ':"l":K" ' -. . ; j'. ' t , . ' Witness, N. A Stedman, Clerk of said Court at Office at Pittsborough, the 2nd Monday in August, A. D., 1846. iiV---. ' - AiNiJ A. STEDMAN, Clerk. . Pr. Adv. $5 63 1. - J 78 6w - ftl TATE 0M O KTH CA ROM NA. fJasEirs Coujttt Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessiom, August Term, A 1S46. ' ' .a - -.-;Aacey - Harper, ' John Harper and them, Heirs-al-Law of Charles H. 'V ' ' v , v ' Harper, dee'd. .. -1 '.Petition for Dower. In this caw, it being made appear to the satisfac tion bC the Court; that the: Defendant, John Harper, is not an inhabitant of this State, and process cannot be served upon him: It ia ordered, that - publication be made for six' successive weeks in the Kaleigh Register, and the ' New'Bernlan, commanding tbo said John Harper to appear af the next Court of Plea and Quarter Session, to be held -for the .County f Greene, at the Court House inSnow Hill, on the second Monday of, November next, and plead, answer or demur to the Petilion ; or. tbe same will be taken pro eonftsso, and set for hearing ex parte. . v. v unera, lames w iiiiams, VierK 01 our earn vuu, ncc .1 .:..iu..j.. ..r t. . ' 4 n mfi. ; JA8., WILLIAMS, C. U. u. T. A.1- Ol '-" IR fit TATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. Gseisb Codbtti Court of Pleas and Quarter Seoua, August Term, A. 1846.-: v - Henry H. Harper and others, .. . .. , . .. . . Bichard Harper and John Harper. ' ; Petitioii ftm Division nf Land. In this case, it being made appear to the e atiafae lion of the Court, that the Defendant, John Harper, Is not aninhabitant ofihis State, and process cannot be servedoporthiffl f It is ordered, that publication be bade for six sdecessive ' weeks iri thsl RateieU Rfgitcr, and the New Bernianicoramandingtheaaid John Harper to appear at the next Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, to be held for the County f Grwne, at the Court- House in Snow Hilh on the second Monday of November next, and plead, answer or demur to the Petition t or, the! same will be takea pro confesso and set for hearing ex parte. . Witness. Jamea Wiiuams. Clerk of bur said Court, at Office the second Monday of August, A. D.1846. -'Mas. Williams, c. c. o. Pr. Adv5" G2 iArj" -rtr ' 76-6w TATE OP NORTH CAROLINA. Ga a vilt a CocjrTT, Superior Court of Law, Sep; tember Term, A. D., 1846. i Henry.rWre,.. Jt appearing to toe sausiacuon 01 tne iyun, Henry f. Ware, the Defendant in this feae, i not a resident of this .State It U therefore -ordered. tht poblicatioB be 'made In the Raleigh Register for thirty Uv- natifvintr th mmiA M.nr. V Ware. that DD th -J5ih-day of December1848, at the Tavern bouse of Champion BJedoe; in the County of Fluvanna. SJtate of Virginia, the Plsintiff, by her Attorney, wi proceed to take the testimony 4f Champion Bledsoe and other-, to be. read in her behalf in said eait d" pending in the Superior Court of Lawt, for Granville CotiotX'--" '-v'yjV-.-,;-,.' --, - ;'-; In testimony : whereof, I have bereento set rar hand, at Office in Oxford,' the 25th dsy of Septem ber, A. D. 1846. . .v s nvvr r? fToriKK. u. a. v r 1 -Jilii ? i jPr. Adv. H 50. V. WW' . :78 w4w
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