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' '. fry-rp ' . ' :- :. : ' r. . I : i5 - r 4 - - - PUBLISHED EVERY "WEDNESDAY MORNJNG.' 'i :' i - xy, $ 4 per annum: APYANCJE. ,V?J . . Hi VOLUME XIX: CITY OF " RALEIGH, N0RTII; CAROLINA, WE DNESDxlY MORNING, JULY 20 1353 I. NUMBER U pvm u ran it. rres vju' . H i-r U i ' "... .: ,'.' .- ' '.: - T ' - .TV ,. ' THE NORTH CAROLINA STANDARD rUBLISHKD W KCK.LT 1KB WILLIAM W. HO L DEN, EDITOR .AND. PROPRIETOR. Tkrys of the Wejklt. Two dollar per tuna in advance, or within the first month. Two dol an .an cents, it payment oe ueiajcu n .1 '. i .nr.k frnm the time 01 it not paui wiium si Four dorlars per first month; Four fifty Jollars, Tun r THK Semi-Wekklt. within the S:,h and fifty ccnts,if paymentbe delayed six months; ,,,J Five Dollars, if not paid within six months from the time of subscribing. ' . ... ,t IW The above rales will be inflexibly adhered to. dveutiskkts not exceeding fourteen lines wil ... r. AAllar. ami twentV-five he inserted one urac ior uuo , - SU for each subsequent insertion those , d greater length in proportion. Uourt orucrs u -Sments will be charged 25 per cent higher than the above rates. A reasonable reduction will be made.to those who advertise Dy ia , V teJ in the Semi-Weekly Standard, will also appear in the Weekly Paper, free oi cnargc. Subscribers, andotners, wno uiajr wisu cuU mucj u the Editor, can do so at all times, by Mail and at his t4i. Receipts for all sums will be promptly . transmitted Letters to the Editor must come free of postage. THE STANDARD. RALEIGH. SATURDAY. JULY 16. 1853. MR. ROGERS' CARD. Mr. Rogers, the Whig candidate for Congress directly, it ought not to be expected nor permitted to do it indirectly. We had rather see North Ca rolina poor and independent than to have her roll ing in wealth, and at the same time dependent on federal bounties and the instrnment of federal powerr But she is not poor. She is able not only to make all desirable and important improvements, but to educate her children ; and she will do it all, and do it well, in her own good time. .But, after all,, what could Mr. Rogers do if elected to Congress ! Could his vote secure the passage of a land or a distribution bill ? And if so, where is Frank Pierce? Is ho not, just now, the President? Aye, "there's the rub." Pass your bills of plunder, and the veto falls ! Mr. ! ogers is a young man, full of hope and life. He comes out for Conjrress--to use the em phatic and eloquent language of the Register "over his own signature"; and, like "a freeman " as he is still quoting from that inimitable jour nal "he announces himself" This is all very fine. It makes ones blood glow and tingle to see A man running for Congress " over his oicn signa ture" It refreshes one to see any one dash, as Mr. Rogers is doing, full on the power of this Gib raltar of Democracy. It shows spirit, calcula tion, and a love of a forlorn hopo seldom equalled. It might result very handsomely for Mr. Rogers but for one thing, and that is, the certainty that in this District, has published a little Card in the tho Democracy will in due time unite on one of Kaleigh Register, wherein he announces himself, the other candidates. an J tleclares, furthermore, that he is "in favor of a tir distribution of the public lands or their pro coeds among the States." Mr. I 'ogers, it is clear, desires to stake himself on this issue. lie would Live the people forget that he is a Bank and Ta ritF Whig that he is the political associate of those who opposed , the very policy by which a large portion of the lands was acquired. This is ust like Federalism.- It has steadily opposed the tcquisition of lands, and yet, after they have beeu AST The people of tho State will learn with re gret, from the following letter, that the Hon. Thomas Ruffin has declined to act as a Commis sioner for revising the statute laws : Raleigh, July 11th, 1853. Sib : I feel greatly honored by the confidence of the Legislature in associating me with the two dis tinguished gentlemen previously appointed, to revise the Statutes of this State; and I should be pleased, if I could with propriety accept the appointment. I am obliged, however, to decline it, as lam unwilling icquire J, it has filled the air with clamors for their to undertake a duty which 1 may not be able to per- Jistribution or for their proceeds. In this matter, "TlL2Vu X Z i ' and ot some difficulty: and it were better that it should as in others Federali tm has no Constitutional not be done at all than that it should not be well done, scruples. It regards Ihc federal government as a To do it well much time, study and labor are requisite: , , . , , o, x , ,., more, I am sore, than it would be in my power, con ceal centre, around which the States revolve like 8l9tently with other engagements to devote to the so niauy planets in their orbits ; and its policy, if execution of my fair share of it. I hope I shall not carried out, wotdd make the States dependent in Ved ungrateful in asking to be excused en ict, as they hold them to be m theory, on this co be entirely competent to the task, by themselves, common centre. Federalism, in fine, is but anoth- anU lhat eJ Wl" execute it, without me, to the satis- name for consolidation:. and consolidation, if clT! . L!H!s,.a1lure an.d l.he coun!r' . ...... . . - -v, Your Excellency most ob't servant, THOMAS RUFFIN. His Excellency, Gov. Rem, Raleigh, N. C. cr AMUSING CORRESPONDENCE. The last Raleigh Register contains a Corres pondence between Richard I. Wyune, Esq., of the County of Hyde, and Hon. K. Rayner, of the County of Hertford, touching . the conduct and feelings of the latter towards Hon. Edward Stan ly, now of California. Mr. Wynne puts certain questions to Mr. Rayuer, as follows : " 1. Had you any just ground of opposition to the nomination of the Hon. Edward Stanly, as a candi date for the Governorship of North Carolina in the year 1848 1 and if so, will you please, through the medium of some public journal, state what that ground was 1 2. Did Mr. Stanly, as has been alleged, say to you, at any time daring the year 1347 or 1848, that he could not, and would not, under any circumstances, accept such nomination ? 3. Did you, in any conversation between yourself, and any Delegate to the Whig State Convention held in this place in 1848, siy anything to such Delegate intended as a reflection, ip any degree, upon the char acter or conduct of Mr. Stanly 1 4. Was your opposition to Mr. Stanly's nomina tion the result of any apprehension entertained by you that his nomination, under all the circumstances, would give him advantages over you in future elec tions you having declined the nomination Your self'" Mr. Rayner admits, in reply to the first inter rogatory, that his reasons " for not favoring Mr. Stanly's nomination for Governor, in 1848, were of a private nature, growing out of their peculiar personal relations." This admission is, in plain English, that he opposed Mr. Stanly's nomination because he did not like him personally ; and the' impression was then and still is, that this opposi tion on the part of Mr. Rayner defeated Mr. Stan ly's nomination. Mr. Rayner does not venture tho assertion that this was a "just ground" of oppo sition, though he states that Mr. Stanly and him self became "courteous" and "civil" towards each othT afterwards. All this is very edifying- Wo hazard no opinion as to the right of a dele gate to a- Convention to defeat the wishes of a great party, in order to gratify his own persoual feelings, but leave Whigs every where to look at the fact and judge for themsolves. In reply to the second interrogatory Mr. Rayner says, in substance, that Mr. S. and himself differed in their recollection of a certain conversation to which the enquiry has reference ; and Mr. R. in clines to think that he, and not Mr. S. was mis taken. In reply to the third interrogatory Mr. Rayner .... . says, in substance, that be has never "reflected" improperly on the character of Mr. Stanly. The fourth interrogatory, it is evident, troubled Mr. Rayner. lie tells Mr. Wynne he thinks he is mistaken iu the peculiar manner in which he has framed the question ; that if he had asked him if States." The first point here is, that Mr. Ro- crats put in. This is as it should be. 0,. vri, vw...s w ucw.ua- pieenjwiw see meir principles carneu out uy , tn wav tuQ QUestion js Wu, w jjcuuciis louu su.av uc taiiuui m- ueraocrauc agenis. ve never couid recognize lu Catc.o-Orical answer" but that if sist that that bill 'offered' a "fair distribution " ; the propriety cr wisdom of feeding and support- L;n Ju i. i' effected, no matter by what measures, would be but another name for a splendid despotism. Mr. Rogers is for the lands or their proceeds. Ibis, then, is all that is left, apparently, of V big We observe that some removals of Clerks , .....r.. -w w rove recently oeen raaue ai vasmngton ity hQ had said" this was his motive in opposing "1 r DJ! r aTg tLat i8' F!deraIist ha Put out and Dem- Mr. Stanly, and not whether it W his motive, ine peo- be coujj liave answered him more readily ; that he put, give it a Mr. Wynne .Triii CPPAihl r as no mantiAno tha lanrlz rircr it ic I A xl ! 1.. I - .v, ... v . - ,u5 .rtU, u umk wr uu ui, very principle refer t what h Mr R m, ht saiJ h fc ",,:aw:. a U1: " . tur. nnpa he haJ char2ed with Lavin2S!Udon the sub. a uistnouuon oi the proceeds, will Air. uogers lhe Vhig policy has been to denounce proscrip- be good enough to tell tho people where these tion before the election, and to practice it most un proceeds aref ; Can he show that these lands are sparingly after the election. If Gen. Scott had lint IF! A k 1 t - tfA An1 IfAQtlflT ? rrtrt 1A . . I I. , 1 A. 1 1 T . 11 I I , - , xlc rw- uwu eieeu, neariy every democrat wouia nave a(ijit;0n that his Mr. Wynne's letter "is re- uu,,w vuau, prucceus, e,e uecn removed uom omee, and Dut lew, it any, 8pectful iu its t onc" is " well writt en," and "rc ..u.i. ui wcaaury, uoi u raise me appointed, we entertain as little respect as any tioct. f.rotY.t nn h- 4t i..-,! aml i.-..rt uinn-iaxes oi ine people I And is this his position ! tor the business of office-begging ; but aside from Would he take money from the treasury with one this, we. trust tho process of purification will go nand to distribute to the States, and with the oth- on. Spare a Whig from sympathy, and, as a er impose a tax on the farmers iron, salt, and upon general rule, he will repay you for your sympa woolen and cotton goods, to restore to the treasury thy, with interest, the first opportunity that occurs. ie money thus takeu out ! Is this his policy ? ject, why then he will say that the charge of hav ing opposed Mr. Stanly on the ground referred to, is entirely unfounded. He tells Mr. Wynne, in ft 1 m m m . - -Mr. ttogers talks about JNorth Carolina getting '"her rights in this vast property," just as if she were a foreign State, contending with an unjust and grasping government a government which liad taken possession of her property, and .was holding on to it against her earnest remonstrance ! North Carolina, we beg leave to declare, is a party w tae iederat government, ana "ner rights " are in the keeping of that government. It is to her interest as a consuming State that the tariff-fcixes MESSRS. VENABLE AND LEWIS. These gentlemen will address the people at the lowing times and places : Gardners', Wake, Pratt's, Orange, Harrison's old Store, Franklin, Rolesville, Wake, Hilliardston, Nash, Old Fields, Nash, O'Neals', Johnston, ism of the President TO TOE " 21. " 23. " 25. " 27. " 29. " 30. August 1. Depaut- Mr. Rayner excels as a letter-writer. He wotrld make, for this reason, an excellent Whig caudi date for almost any thing. There is a straight forwardness a boldness a walking-right-pp to the point presented, which causes one to feel proud politics, and especially of that transparent blank of Whig politics through which the dullest vision may glance at once. We read his letters, and wonder if any onc will venture to question him again. Mr. Wynne, we make sure, will not. The people of Mr. Stanly's old District can now see for themselves, the reason why that gentleman was defeated in the Whig Convention of 1848 ! The Late Bishop Ives. The New York Church Horald has been furnished with a letter, written by a member of the Episcopal Church in should bo light ; and she is, therefore, willing other considerations aside that the revenue from mests. It is stated in the Republic that President North Carol5na to Bishop Green, which states that the lands should. be devoted to the common charge Pierce pays weekly visits to the Departments, drops " Mrs Ivcs wil1 rctura bome with hcr Mother Dr and expenditure Y for she knows that every dollar into the offices of the heads "of bureaus, and. so Hobart, he having received notice from tho Pope which is diverted" from one branch of revenue, far as his time will permit, makes himself acquaint- tbat Dr-Ives woulJ 1)0 orJjlincJ priest in the sum musf lu cnrvi;o,i i.u innraA vM i,- A w;tli tlirt winmi anA raMmai Ar,Mnt;nn p I iuer, and couldno longor be considered as her tiUZP.nft. . I thacArnral n--vri inn ti hrnnAhftc at thA (ArnpnmAnt I u UrtiJVA Mr. Rogers says: "We are in debt, and need a practice which everybody will commend, and this fund not only to discharge that debt, but to which will lead the people to believe that he will j?T Mr. Henry Hardie, of Raleigh, and Mr. J W. Montgomery, of Caswell, were licensed as pro- "uprove our condition as a state and educate our endeavor to " tato care that the laws Do taithtully bationers to preach the Gospel by tho Orange people." This is the old Whig song. The lead era made the air ring with it in 1840; but after they got into power -they struck up an entirely different tune. They ; passed a bill to divide the proceeds, giving the new States largely the advan tage, and providing that whenever the tariff should bo raised above twenty per cent the distribution should cease ; and then,' as they thought more nf the tariff Sta&s than they did of the old State onn Carolina included) they forthwith, them selves, enacted a law raising flic tariff above twenty per cent; and thus cut off Yhe old States from rj wm oi ine land money ! These are facts, ana jar. Kogis .will not deny them; Jit is true we are m debt, and need of internal imnrovemoTiu v..ii.':e ' ' Tilit-" executed." jfj" We shall copy, in our next, from the Pet ersburg Intelligencer of the llth, the manly and satisfactory letter of L. O'B. Branch, Esq., in rela tion to the Raleigh and Gaston and Greenville and Presbytery, which assembled at Hillsborough, on the 5th instant. Mr. Willis L. Miller, of Raleigh, I was taken under tho care of the Presbytery, as a candidate for the Ministry. PRESIDENT PIERCE IN BALTIMORE. President Pierce reached Baltimore on Monday last, on his way to attend tho opening of the Chrystal Palace, New York. He was received in a manner which must have been most gratifying to his feelings. The following is his response to the welcoming speech of the Mayor of Baltimore : " Mr. Mayor, and Fellow-citizens of the city of Bal timore, my heart is full, and it would be difficult to express the depth of feeling with which this cordial welcome has impressed me. (Applause.) Your citi zens, by their partial friendship, and mere than generous confidence, had previously imposed upon me a debt of gratitude which years devoted to'their service, anJ to the interests and honor of our common country can scarcely cancel. (Applause.) To be thus surrounded by a population not less distinguUh ed for its chivalry than for its intelligence and tried patriotism, is peculiarly gratify iog. And among the pleasant memories suggested by the occasion, who can fail to be reminded where the banner of unbri dled, unqualified religious toleration was first freely given to the breeze. (Great applause.) You can not be in such an atmosphere without feeling its viv ifying influence. Every roan who has a partiot's lungs must feel it, because every man knows that religious toleration lies at the foundation of civil liberty. (Applause.) No transient traveller can enter this city without being struck with the evidences of enterprise and honest thrift which everywhere meet the eye. Bal timore has stood prominently forth in that aston ishing progress of our country which may be truly said to have outmarched prophesy. Her great ad vantages in a commercial point of view have of course always been marked and apparent ; but her comman ding geographical position, so far as internal com merce it concerned, forcibly alluded to by Washing ton as early as 17UC, is only beginning to be appre ciated even by yourselves, as the great West pours in its boundless resources at the bidding of your enterprise, and tho judicious application of your means to those internal improvements which leave the destiny of Baltimore as one of the great cities of the world no matter of doubt. But, alter all, it is not the increase 'of your popu lation and wealth -Ue augmentation of your ship ping interest, your crowded depots and markets, teem ing with the products, agricultural and mineral, of the interior the erection of vplendid edifices, rising as it were by magic, nor all these combined, which chiefly engross the thoughts of the patriotic citizen, and give to his pulse a quicker and a prouder throb, as he enters your environs and sees these monuments in the distance. They may crumble tbat is their destiny nay, thtj will moulder and mingle with the common earth, but the inspiration of the deeds of valor which they commemorate, which saved you from the shame ot the presence and tread of a foreign soldiery, wi!. never perish. Applause. J Who shall say what has been the extent or the power of the example of self-sacrificing heroism which signalized ths defence of North Point and Fort McHenry in 1814! Il was a dark and tryiog hour in our history. We were perplexed but not in despair; cast down but not destroyed when your example and prowess re-auiutated courage and con fidence every where. It was fell that the shield of protection, superior to all human power, always re cognized by our forefathers during their great strug gle, was still over us. Let us remember it and ever acknowledge it with humble and grateful hearts. (Applause.) Who shall say especially how much your monuments lor those who fell, and your reve rence and anecuonate esteem for those who sur vived the conflicts of the anxious days and nights to which 1 have adverted, have had to do with. the free and gallant libations of Maryland blood upon so many fields of Mexico ! (Applause.) The fathers of the revolution taught their sons that they owed their first duty to their country a duty not to be avoided, but to be cheeifully fulfilled in the face of all consequences and of every hazard. fCheers.1 Has not the Almichtv blessei (tbeirdescendents) their example, their experience. and their lessons 1 Nobler praise cannot be bestowed than to say that no Stale in this confederacy has fur uished a mere impressive exemplification of the pow er of that teaching than that before whose people 1 have now the honor to stand. Applause. Mr. Mayor, a pleasant incident comes at this mo ment back to my memory, to which I may be pardon ed for adverting. Soon after the barque Kepler an chored, with a portion of the ninth infantry, near the castle of San Juan de Ulloa, about the 30th of June, 1847, another transport came to anchor within a ca ble's length of her. We could not discern the ship, but in a tew moments we heard pealing forth from her deck the stirring notes of" the Star-Spangled Banner, The effect was electrical. 1 thought probably, from association, that the ship was from Baltimore, and the fact verified the impression. Boats were lowered, and friendly greetings commenced be tween the sons ot Maryland and those ol New rng- land, which I trust may never be interrupted. (Ap plause. , liut, borne on by my feelings, 1 have detained you much too long. Cries of "No, no! Go on!" If already yours were not designated throughout the land as " the Monnmental City, 1 would venture to christen it, as pre-eminently entitled to the name, the City of the Star-Spangled Banner.' While you will hail with joy the appearance of every new star, as one after another sIihII be added to the con stellation, you will always proclaim, upon the honor and faith of Maryland, that the numbei shall never be-less, f Great applause. 1 Sir, I thank you most cordially. I thank you all, gentlemen, for your presence here to-day, and I hope we may meet under agreeable cirsumstances long years to come. " The President was accompanied by Messrs. Da vis, Guthrie, and Gushing. He left Baltimore on Tuesday morning for Vlnladelphia. , At New York, tfhere the President was to ar rive on Thursday, he was to be received by . the entiic military at tho Battery, and escorted to the Chrystal Palace where the formal welcoming was to take place, and the ceremonies of the opening of tho exhibition were to be immediately proceed ed with. From onr Wasliingtou Correspondent. WASBinoTojt Citt, July llth. 1853. T the Editor if the Standard The first of this month was another St. Bartholo mew's. . Many hrads in the various departments have fallen, but like the famed Meduja new ones have as quickly formed to supply their places. "Such is the state of man." The law examining the Clerks of the various Departments, and classifying them, took effect on the 1st, and many have been dropped, some lowered, and others adratced. This has necessarily produced many chmges. The eather has been most oppressively hot. This, with the above agitating causes of eiciiement,-renders VVashingtou any thing but an agreeable place But it is hoped that cooler weather, and more agree able times will coma, and our people survive the hrgira f so niauy Whigs and the income of the Democrats. General Pierce looks as calm as a summer's morn ing upon the moving of the elements, and pursues the high destiny of his elevated station with calm-! ness. He leaves the city on Monday, the llth int., to be present by invitation at the opening of the Chrystal Palace at New York. He will be accom panied by Messrs. Guthrie, Davis, Gushing, and others. There is of necessity some that will com plain of any Administration. But the Government of this nation was never in safer or purer hands. The result will prove this The nation will hear of no Galphins under Pierce, this you may depend upon. He will walk with unflinching nerve in the footsteps of Jefferson and Jacksrn, and bring the good ship of state, once more, upon the track of the Constitution and Republicanism. No President has, in our day, assumed the reins of Government, backed by sucb an array of popular affection. No one has ever been more solicitous of doing what is right, and avoiding what is wrong. At the same time no one has used fewer efforts to gain popular applause. In his case the theory of the lamented Lowndes has been veri fied "the Presidency was an office neither to be sought or avoided." The office sought the man, not the man the office. His cabinet sustain him in his patriotic course. Your own countryman, Mr. Dob bin, wins upon the favor of all who approach him. At the head of the Navy, his duties are constant and severe; but indefatigable and untiring, he discharges them with satisfaction to all, and to lhe admiration of his friends. His kiudness of disposition, while it has spared many from your Stale in office, is alike commendable to his l.e id and licrt,and rtnders him a universal favorite with all. Your countryman, Mr. McRae, recently appointed Consul at Paris, saild on the 9ih instant, in the ship Baltic from New York. His health appears very delicate, but it is hoped the climate of " sunny France" will restore bim. Judge Strangehas been spending a few days here, entirely on private business. He has left for New York, to visit the'bpening of the Chrystal Palace. There has been some complaint of injustice in lhe classification of Clerks among our North Carolina friends. General Cowan has been assigned to a n.ost laborious post, and yet his salary is reduced. You RICHMOND TOBACCO MARKET. r - -. - , , M1CHM05D, JOiy II. ; . , Tobacco. The market on Friday was very activer nd general prices were fully as high, if not a shade 1 higher than they were at the date T our last report. On Sunday there war a fine rain, which we'hope was ' a general one. - The market on Monday showed jmc. falling off in prices, and we thought it was as spirit-. ed as at the close of the past week. ; The impression j ; is gaining decided strength that the inspections this year will be but little larger, if as large, as they were .V last year, the crop in weight is likely to beconsid " rably less than the last; added to this, the general -' receipts of loose tobacco bave beentery considerably less this year than thev were last vear. Ose fine'. yellow hud. of full weight seld to-day at -$55 72, and , . another of the same crop at $24 25 , , : ' N. M. MARTfN.fc CO.f . Sales of Tobacco by N. M. Mabtir li Co.; 1 hbd'V W. B. Pursell at 9D 50; 2 Mrs. A. W.' Archer at 10 75 and 1185: 1 Mrs. S. D. Hankina at 9 1 1 C.1 O. Lipscomb at 12; IN. H. -While at 12 50; 3 at 10 -25 and 10 75; 2 Kolate A. P. Wright at 40 atxMO 75; 2 J. Sims at 9 75 and 11 50; 3 Mrs. S.- West at 7 50, 10 25 and 1150; 1 F. Knott at 7 75; ,1 M. Satterwhite at 9 : 1 P. Mitchell at 11 : 2 C. Womble. at 6 25 and 11; I W. A. Quincey at 10 87: '1 W. A. Chapman at 9 50; 2 W. J. Newmon at 11 and 12 50; 8 Mrs. M. C. Jones, 3 at 7. 7 75. 8. 8 87. 9. lO" 37 and 12 25; 4 W. Irby at 10 50, 10 62, 11 75 and 12 70 ; 5 Jno Bullock at 7. 3 at 10 and 1 at 10 25 r . 2 Maj. W . M. Smeed at 7 and 7 25 ; 1 Jas. Bailee ? at ii sso; i e. r'. Williamson 10 25.1 Mrs. N. Bui-., lock at 10 25 ; 2 S. 1). Wright at 8 ; 2 G W. Cun- , ningham at 8 87 and 11 25 ; 4 Geo. T. Baskervill at ' 10 50, 2 at 10 75 and 1 1 75 ; 2 W. B. Rot well at 10 ' , 02 and 12 75 ; Col. C. E. Hamilton at 9 75; 1 WV 5 O. Goodeat8 C2; 2 Mrs. M. A. Balthron at 8 2S.fi and 10 23; 1 K. N. Kearny at 12; l Capt. Wr Hontat950; 1 J. E. Tristy at 9; 1 N. B. Massen- , burg at 7 75 ; 2 E. Tarry at 7 75 and 9 ; 2 Jno. C. a Davis at 12 25 and 14 ; S Jas Stamper at 11 and 13; u 1 J. Morgan at 4; 1 J. Staioback at 13 25; 1 J. M. " Daniel at 13; IT. P. Paschall at 12; 1 Dr. A. Plummer at 13 ; 2 E. N. Watkins at 11 ; 2 W. H. Boyd at 13 lhe last 13 hhd to N. H. Thornton 1 Dr. A. Plummer at 15 50 and 1 G Tinsdale at 16 ? 5 to C. Wortuain 1 W. P. Solomon at 13 25; 1 ? A. W. King at 15 ; I Thos. E. Green at 13 25 ; I ' Col. C. E. Hamilton at 13 25 ; 1 T. P. Paschal! . at . 17 the last 5 to A. Thomas & Son 1 J Morgan; 3 E. W. Watkins, 2 at 15 and I at 15 25, and 1 Ji" S. Norwood at 17 75 the last 6 hhds to T. & S. Hardgrove. c" High Pkicks rca Halifax Tobacco. Sales' of i three hhds. tobacco for Mr. U.S. Mills, of Halifax -county, by Barksdale& Read: . ' No. 1, weighing, 1,310 nett, to Mr. Jas. Thomas, at $55 75 per 100. ( t ; No. 2, weighing 1,380 nett, to do., at $24 25 pejT No. 3. weighing 910 nett, to Capt. E. A. Smith, at $13 40 per 100. . s . i . t- .r.r "i.3I. Hohrid Means. A GcinxcMAff abd his SoarJ CauELLT Shut while Asleep is Ben ! We heard have seen the card of Jos. D. Ward declining the .'TA f if Ft T- 'WDa place assigned bim, and his wounds have been healed JelerJaJ rf Tort (which, u likely to prove but by an appointment vice Dr. ft. J. Powell who has left his office in the General Post Office (Auditor's) because his services and talents were not properly appreciated. Our quondam friend, Col. Pbilo White, once Editor of your paper, now resident of Wiscon sin, has been appointed Charge to Equador, where he can enjoy the hot weather, talk Spanish, and write letters. Col. White is active and enterprising, and will do his doty with promptness and fidelity. Our minister to Mexico, Col. James Gadsden ot South Carolina, is here, receiving instructions as to the im portant post he will occupy. Gen. A. O. P. Nicholson is here and engaged in conducting the editorial columns of iho Union. As a statesman he is able and experienced ; as a politi cian conservative and safe, and as a scholar ' a rare and ripe one." He will prove a pillar of strength to the Administration, iu the storms which mav assail Has not the Almighty blessed to us j it in the coming Congress. Elemeuts of complaints i v., ' - . T. I r ki ? . . . tii-iu vieurgia ana new iiampsuire oegin to show that it is not sufficient that right is done, but right must be manifest and published to the country. In General Nicholson will be found an able defender and fearless supporter. I have now given you the detail of matters which I hope may interest you, and you may hear perhaps again from MACON. Roanoke Roads. The Intelligencer of the 12th refers to this letter in a captious spirit, and does itself the credit of luggiug "Democracy" into the controversy approved by tlie people of Petersburg, will certainly not tend to strengthen the good feeling now exist ing among many of our DeoDle towards that Citv. too successful) made by one or two negroes belong-, ing to Mr. lleury Bird song or Sussex, to kill him' and bis son, which in atrocity, is almost nnpafalelled in the history of crime. - ; -. i. -? The particulars of this revolting affair reached here Saturday through a gentleman . who Lad been des patched to this city expressly to. convey, home a , daughter of Mr. B. who has been boarding la the family of one of our citizens for the" purpose of re- ceiving an education. So far as we have been ena-? bled to gather them they are as follows : '.-.'. At a late hour on Friday night last, Mr. Henrj; Birdsong and his little son who was lying in bed hj, his side, were both shot through one of the windows of his chamber. The . shooting was done with a. double barrel gun heavily loaded with buckshot.) The load entered one leg of Mr. Be son, at the thigh, passed entirely through, and terribly lacerated the other. Mr. B. also received an entire load ia bhv -abdomen, which proves that both barrels of the gun were discharged. They were not dead when the I young gentleman left lhat brought the new to this; t miim kut -a st f m iucii iccuvery was consiaerea tmpossioie. There seems to be no doubt bat that the awful deed was committed by Mr. B.s own slaves, as it was done with his own gun which was found near the. window. The wiudow" through which the cruel deed -was committed, is elevated some seven or eight feet -from the ground, but a temporary scaffold was erect- ed by fixiug two barrels under it, and then placing a plank across, upon which the fiends stood, and look their aim. " ' t It islhooght there were two concerned In the bloc- ' dy transaction. Mr. Birdsong resides in the lower end ol Sussex, near the Surry line, about thirty-live miles from this city. He has many friends and ac quaintances in Petersburg, who will deeply .regret to near of this sad occurrence. " .; .. . . v-t."ib We understand the most intense excitement pre vails in the neighborhood, and that the citizens are determined, if possible, to have . the fullest punish ment meted out to the perpetrators of. such an o'ut nge. Express tf yesterday. In addition to the above! we learn .that the child died on Saturday about 11 o'clock, and that Mr. Bird? song was thought not to be: so well.; The servant girl has confessed that she took the gun and put it out of the house, but for whom, she has not said. four ot. air. B.'s negroes have been arrested, and there is no doubt that the whole truth will be brought ouL." "... ' --'----.-. - . - For the Standard. Mr. H olokn In the last Standard there is a com munication, signed A Wake Democrat," which is calculated to make a false impression, and does Mr. Venable palpable wrong. .He says Mr. V. is on- posed to the acquisition of Cuba on any terms, when ine tact is, he is only opposed to Us acquisition by filibustering. And if the Wake Democrat had read Mr. V.s speech in thj House of Representatives he would have there seen that he took the strongest ground against any European influence being used over it, and before it should pass out of the hands of S,tain into any other but our owu he would "o to war first. - Then, again, he says Mr. Y. is in favor of the distribution of the public lands, or iheir proceeds, among the States. Now here the Wake Democrat willfully or ignorantly perverts the fact, for Mr. V. on all occasions denies the Constitutional right in Congress to distribute among the States any money uuui me i uunc xrea&uiY. Again, he says Mr. V. is opposed to the Compro mise, meaning be voted against it, and therefore is a disunionist. Sage conclusion ! I would ask him if every man that voted against the Compromise, or Mens about Uxclk Tom. The New York iYo-. rusty have been against it, thinking il did not do the ttonat Democrat of yesterday savs : " - ' - : 1c. South justice, is to be classrd among the disunion-1 " Mr Uncle Tom Stowe.it is said to onr foreign isu 1 If so, four-fifths of the Democratic party, fas news, recently went out riding' with a person ia Pa- well as many Whigs) in the South are disunioiiists. I ris, who was arrested ou his return and hurried off to 1 liese charges bave frequently been made against the jatl. W hal does this , mean 1 Has this paraxon of iemocrauc panj oj me wing press, Out tierer be-1 gwanesi ana aisirueref leaoess litis net of the For the Standard. A PROCLAMATION To the People of the Fourth Congressional District of xVorfA Carolina. Whereas, by virtue of the authority vested in me The course of tho Intelligencer, if W constitution and laws of my country, I did, O ' s I ... t n l HAneititinir Mf A 1W l.airi. inifila ami nilliuui mot luiwumut ! w, ...... w ...... write a letter to a connection and friend, of John ston cocnty, (but through inadvertence no doubt, sent to the wrong address,) on the euDiect ol me Congressional election in tbat District. And where- as, 1 am inaucea to oeiieve mat ine saia a. ai. iew- is is endeavoring to excite at least a rebellion, if not a bloody revolution on account of the same. . . . a mm This is therefore to warn the people, not to suner themselves to be incited to acts of violence or blood- (T1VO no - hia nnvlMit aaanl . . . . . i II J ft. L - f .: ... mw : . . rrr i . :, . "w jivi.ian an 1 giea on account oi me anegea ureacu w enqueue i-rorjosiuons to Oorrow or beg money from the on" lo. e oisgusiing hypocrites he delights to And whereas, as soon as I am put in possession of VVe wish," says the Presbyterian Quarteily tern Review, "that Mr. Dickens could be nersuaded for internal improvements : but'if kri arlvnr once' ifn,y for the .ake of Taety and truth to na- of ir,r.rno! x i . J lure lo oecome acquainted with one decent minister - uru,tUKUv wm coupled hereafter of any denomination, and general government for the purpose of effiwi Ef'" i I- ln ??an hone8t man ,n the specific charges, of the said Mr. Lewis, I will, if H same it will be fn,1 t.t a V ? g England preaching the Gospel!" ce.'sary vindicate myself, as well as. prove that arae, it will be found that the number of im- :4 r ... Mr. Lewis has shown himself as-oblivions Of the lauiuiy uimmBn. ine general 1 . e eo ,n 1,1 " " 'per a taiemeni that 71 I rules oi etiquette, in tatting -a copy oi b prifsw sua juuxuiu nas no power ''to make roads in the aIroPraoneylo educatithe IUIWI 01 Ue StatesTand if it cannot, do is the grand. total of removals from office by the ad ministration- since the 4th March. Whigs think this a great number; forgetting that in 1840, Frank Gran ger removed seventeen hundred UemocTZla from A the 0t Ufnce Departments alone ! confidential letter, and attacking a man behind his back, as the person who furnished the said copy, is of the proprieties that pertain to a gentleman. ; r L? T ' " - BENJ. C; COOKE. WASH.Nr;,uiy ?;mrsx:- fi 4 . A Citt witu Twelve Thousand Inhabitants Dksthoved. Iu the foreign news by the Atlantic, published yesterday, it isstated that, on the 1st of May, the City of Shiraz, in Persia, was destroyed, with twelve thousand if its inhabitants, by the shock of an earthquaket This is the second city in Persia, and in former years had a population of 40,000 per sons, but an earthquake in 1824 nearly destroyed it. It was formerly a place of great beauty, and is cele brated by the Persun poet Ilahz, who was a native of Shiraz, for its beauty and. fertility. Since the earthquake of 1824, it has greatly declined in both, roost of its public structures having been ruined by that calamity. . Oh Loboy. A new paper has just been started at Vevay, la. ur course we wisn it may have a good time of it. -The following paragraph cut from the first number is "a brick." Don't you think so 1 These sweet evenings, how'pleasant it is to stroll bvihe sweet silver light of the moon, over the beautiful grassy fields and meadows, and listen to the whisperings of the gentle dew, as it descends so beneficently, to ' invigorate the grass and .flowers, which are scorched throughout the day by the pene trating ray ot Win summer -un.- ,j ;irf, , fore by one calling himself a Democrat. So sensible "was a Wake Democrat, that the blow he was aiming at Mr. V., would not fell him, lhat he calls on Hercules, you Mr. Hodden for help, with your 6trong arm, and concludes by stating that many expect three hundred.majority for Mr. L. This is" in tended lor eUect, out ol Wake Couuty, or he cannot be what he says he is, a W ake Democrat, and not know that Mr. enable will get a majority in the iouLty. i am done with a Wake Democrat. I will now say a word to the Democrats of the District. You cannot be indifferent to the aspect of aitairs arouad yon. We have two Democratic and one Whig candidate in the field; if we suffer our selves to split and divide we may be thwarted in our choise, and a Whig elected. To prevent this let ns unite, as one man, on the strongest candidate. Who is he I there cannot be a reasonable doubt bat what Mr. Venable is the strongest man. Then to the polls, on the 4th of August, and elect him wto will rennet credit on the Metropolitan District of North Carolina. ANOTHER WAKE DEMOCRAT. anti-slavtry cabal this most conscientious' receiver of British pennies gone duwn from Stafford. House among what the Cockneys would call the well- mob j" U: lempora! Ul antra! . r .- . , . r. In Person Co., onlhe5lh inst., by J..W. Coning ham Esq, Mr, James O. Little to Miss Catharine Johnson of Campbell eo., Va. , " ' ." In Warren county, on the S2d oit by the Rett R. O. Burton, Mr. E. B. Perry, of i Perry Conty, Ala-" bama, to Miss Sallie - Barges,- ' daoghter of Jeha Burgee Esq. "-r . ' Near Warrenton on Thorsday evesiar 20ih olL. by Henry I.' Macon, Esq.; Mr.. Wm. II . Johnson to Miss Fiances AnnPaniah. . . - ' . In Warrenton on Thursday evening 30iha1u,y Win. Plummer, . Esq., Mr. S. M. Gates to Ui. Amanda Itooker. . x. -; In Franklin county, on Sunday 26th nlu,ey Rev; P. H. Jot ner. Mr. Gray Stokes to Miss SaUie Ann T Stogalf. . . . v -U' . In Franklin county, on Sat arday 18th ulL.br Lewis Bartholomew, Esq Mr. Robert Burnett te Miss Martha Evans. t , - " -" ' t In Bladeo county, on 19ih May, Daniel Simmons. 7- Fsq., of Sampson county, lo Miss Nancy Robinson. Also, on lhe 28th, Malcom Robinson, lq te Mies ' Manon, daogbler ot dhadwicc Smitn, tseq of m w mw. .... 1 HE L.ARGEST 1 REE IN THE WOILD. Ill ere IS a cedar tree growing in the .mountains of Caleveras coonty. California, about 20 miles northwest of Mor phy's, which is said to be the largest in the world. At the ground, its cureumterence was 92 feet; 4 feet above thai it was 88 : and ten feet aboea that il was 61 feet in circumference; and after tnat the tape- Sampson. ring of the shall was very gradual. Its helgnt Is 300 feet, ' Tht9 tree is by no means s deformity; as most trees with large trunks are.- It ;ls throughout ore oi peneci symmetry, wnne is eaormous pro- l w proCeed to let out, fo the lowest bidder, the work portions Inspire the beholder with emotion pi awe Ui building, or repairing, the Bridge icruu.Ncas and sublimity - Elegance and beauty are inseparable I River, known as HaUle'n Bridge. - . ' y concomitants of its grandeur. : " . . ' ' L July lltn, 1853. - "7 It. Ifotice. iVN Friday, the 15th instant, the Commissioners will 1 ; if j, i ! t ' l.: S i . i 1 Hi r 7