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RALEIGH, SATURDAY, NOV. 12, 1853.
THEN AND NOW. -Tlie
following extract from a speech delivered by
Col. Benton, in 1843, before the Democracy of Mis
souri, at Manchester, will afford some idea of the
difficulties and trials encountered by Gen. Jackson
during his Administration. Col. Benton said :
"But another and a harder trial was still to be
encountered. Gen. Jackson was re-elected ; and a
combination of politicians, aided by the Bank of the
United States, and by nearly a thousand subordinate
banks, and by a vast body of merchants (for whom
he had procured rich indemnities) confederated to
make good their prophecies to scourge the country,"
and to charge the distress which themselves created
upon the President whom the people preferred,, arid
tails' accompusn in uie secuuu iti iu ui ms uuiuims-
tration what had failed in the first The panic of
1833-34, and the execrable, sentence of condemna
tion which the bank demanded, which the Senate
pronounced, and which the people expunged, ; was
the fruit of that confederacy. Then, indeed, we had
war, in which many stout hearts quailed, in which
many timid friends fell off, and in which many weak
counsels were offered. The whole earth seemed to be
in commotion against one man. Revolution was pro-,
claimed. The Senate chamber resounded with de
nunciation ; the bank columns marched in succession
upon the Capitol ; distress meetings were universally
held; distress memorials pourod in daily; the public
press groaned ; all business was broken up ; terror
and calamity were spread in every quarter ; and all
was charged upon the wickedness of the man whom
the folly of the people had elected President He
(Mr. B.) had a near and clear view of all that tremen
dous scene ; and witnessed the calm courage, the
composed reliance, the perfect confidence, of the pa
triot chief the hero President in all that dreadful
commotion. Often, at a late hour of the night, when
the battle of the day was over, (only to be renewed
with more fury the next morning.) he had visited the
presidential mansion, and found its former thronged i
halls silent and deserted, the venerable President alone
in his chamber ; and never beheld a more impressive
or instructive spectacle. While friends and foes be
lieved all was lost, and that his administration was
completely overthrown, he himself h.ld no such. fear.
He trusted in God and his country ! He relied upon
iTovidence and the people! He confided in the Pow
er above which protects, and in the intelligence which
sustains! He never faltered for an instant never
accepted counsel from the timid or treacherous .
never dreamed of capitulating to the bank or its con
federates, llis confidence was complete, perfect, un
wavering, that the American people could and would,
sustain him! and sustain him they did.1 The expung
ing resolution, and the election of a successor to car
ry out his policy, was the response of the people to
the confidence he had rcnosed in them.
Thus, the second great trial was over ; and the peo
ple were a second time found equal to their high vo
cation, and capable of sustaining the form of govern
ment which their ancestors had founded.' The ter
mination of the second term of General Jackson's ad
ministration was still more glorious than the first"
and a still higher proof of the capacity of the people
w govern themselves. It terminated in peace and
prosperity; with the respect of all nations, with a
universally imnroved condition, of the eountrv : the
public debt entirely paid ; half our imports free from
faxes ; the currency of the Constitution restored ; and
indemnities in gold brought home to the merchants
irom France, Spain, Portugal, Denmark, Naples,' for
Y'juations committed on their commerce forty years
before, and in the time of his early predecessor: Thes ;
hero President retired from his station,' as great irf
Deaop oc in iin j i:e..t ''t ii.' -
, . . ", aim jusuiymg uy me vtcuu vi uia
uuumsirauon, the choice of the people."
fhe "hero President" did outride the storm, and
conduct the ship of State into a secure haven, with
the sunshine of hope and prosperity playing upon
the stars and stripes flying from the masthead. - .He
ent before and blazed the way for those who were
.umc aiter rum ; his genius"-always rose as dan
fcers increased hesitation, doubt, despair 0 had no
Place in his counsels no lodgment in his heart; He
ttfila man! glorious old Jackson ! a man to whom
the masses rallied and clung as to the very embodi
"'entot confidence and power a man whp,'if;not-
ouuiess, was never faithless to his pledges, .to the
iopic, or to the Constitution and liberties which
e had bled and suffered - to establish a man who.
he said in his farewell address 'thanked God that;
c naa gen him 44 a heart to love his country with"
aaection of a son" and a man who walked right
vuiinthe performance
of his duties: oter faction.
the treachery of pretended friends ovVdemar '
Ye8 aQd traitors to the party, and "over all combi-
""ons ot whatsoever character with will like iron'
and
purpose as unalterable as the decrees of fate.
do er move Gen. Pierce from the policy he hasV
pted nor detach from him the masses of the Dem-!
ic party. They are just where they werW iTher si
e same men on whom the arm of Jackson v -fi
ri
present besetments and difficulties of the na-r this Citv: TJishoo Paine' presiding.
0 j Administration bear no comparison with those; : MVabouiri2(inr8 :--in attendance. The
ackson's day. l)uappoint;airutvjra-''. 'Cbhferenc wUlVpttbab
'e P ace-hunters, and bad men may however, con- i .Tuesday next ' i e; S;:i -i:':
"ute to increase these diffieiilripiV hf Vrv V. A-y vv- -f 'rftA
ior 8uPPort, and who luilookinBow; MnewTdtk litics,? but we .bjdItake:.occadonin
etime, not to sec whether the rd''fiipi
, film i
aeedto cheer him by
; Adnunistration, and by their unbought voices, in the
givk i,yjiiw-v&'Acu uuv;iiuivui i cturjxij aim vi allaying
sectional agitation whlcfijtas been committed to his
hindsvGen. Pierce stands pledged to scourge Abo.
SVeesoilisni tind faction! and to unite, as fer as hd'
may, the Democratic party as ihe'.GBBATUsioy par'.:
it of the couktbt; and these pledges will be faith
fully redeemed.' -They- hate leerL . thus far :: and no
' ' mbJ dobbin. ; : "
.The Washington Union copies from this paper the
remarks of Mr. Dobbin delivered in the last Legisla
ture of thisState, and adds: ' v
" The present Secretary of the Naw' the Hon.
wbiucb u. lyuuuui. oi iiunu Carolina, is Known, an- t
predated, and esteemed for his shinins? talents. emiJ
- T"
nent virtues, and attainments in statesmanship. No
member of the cabinet is more diligent and prompt
than he in the enlightened - nnrl nro?crwnrtw rlia.
charge of the duties of his high and responsible po-
Biuon. .,jsesiaes tne nign menui endowments ol tne
Secretary in his intercourse with the gallant officers
of our navy and all others having business in his de
partment, he is distinguished for his refined courtesy,
uroanity, ana ponteness. - iNo head of the 2iavy De
partment, in so short a time- has ever more effectu
ally won the admiration and esteem of those brave
spirits over whose heads proudly float, in distant
seas, the " stars and stripes" emblematical of the
glory of their country.
- uut our object now is to transfer to our columns
an extract from a speech of Mr. Dobbin, delivered in
the North Carolina House of Commons on the 27th
of November, 1852, on the subject of the distribu-
a r ai i i . i ji i
nun ui me money receivea oy tne ieuerai govern
ment from the sale of public lands. This extract es
tablishes what we have never doubted, that Mr. Dob
bin is a consistent, unfaltering, and orthodox demo
crat The speech was made under peculiar circum
stances. The orator had been named for the United
States senatorial dignity, and it was known that a
number of the members of the legislature had ex
pressed themselves favorably to the distribution
measure as proposed in regard to the lands them
selves.
. THE SANDWICH ISLANDS.
The intelligence from - these Islands is important
Dr. Judd, who has been at Honlula for many years,
and who has shown himself a friend alike of the
King and the people, has been removed from his of
fice as minister of finance and E. W. Allen, late Uni
ted State's Consul, appointed in his place. A deci
ded step has tbecn taken bv the government, it is
stated, towards the annexation of the Islands to the
United States. The French and British Consuls had
protested.
The truth is, these Islands have been for several
years practically under the protection of the United
States. Two years since the French endeavored to
force brandies into the Islands free of duties, "and
otherwise to oppress the native govermcnt ; but they
were met by stern policy on the part of our govern
ment, and compelled to withdraw their demands.
The United State's ship Vandalia was stationed for
months in the harbor of Honolula, with instructions
to fire into the French vessel in case these French
pretensions should be attempted to be carried out
THE LATE ELECTIONS.
We learn that the election in New York on Tues
day last resulted in the success of the entire Whig
State ticket, with the exception of a J udge of the
Court of Appeals. The Legislature is Whig. The
Soft or Barnburner vote, so called, was much larger
than the Hard or Hunker.
Rodman Price, Democrat,
has
been elected Gov
ernor of New Jersey. The
Legislature
ts Demo-
cratic.
The returns thus far from
Louisiana indicate that
the State. The Whigs
the Democrats have carried
have elected only two members of the
Legislature
from New Orleans.
T. W. Ligon, Democrat, has been elected Govern
or of Maryland by about 4,000 majority. The Leg
islature is as follows : House 39 Whigs, 35 Demo
crats ; Senate, 14 Whigs, 8 Democrats Whig ma
jority on joiut ballot 10.
"The White Slaves of England," by John C.
Cobden, is the title of a wd which has been polite
ly placed in our hands by the Rev. Mr. Adams, ot
of the Methodist Church, Agent for this and other
books, and among them " Goodrich's History of all
Nations." This work by Mr. Cobden presents, upon
the authority of documents either official in their
nature or which no one can dispute, a most graphic
and harrowing picture of the degradation and suffer
ing of the laboring classes of Great Britain of Great
Britain,-whose people of the better class, "as they
are termed, are sadly afflicted in their consciences on
account of the alleged evils of African slavery! We
( have heretofore read many of the details presented
in this work, but they are here given more at length,
accompanied by explanations' and comments; and
judging from admitted facte, we have no hesitation
in saying that there is more suffering, more depriva
tion, more-woe in one year year among the white
laboring classcs of England than has been experien
ced by. the negroes in this country from the period
of the landing of the first one on our shores to the
present time. . " - vv . - .
: ?: We regret we. have no room to-day for extracts
from this work. It may be had at the Bookstore of
Mr. Pomeroy, in this City.
T V -h; RALEIGH AND GASTON ROAD.
yThe stockholders in this Road assembled in this
City oii . Thursday last, that being the day appointed
for their annual meeting. "John D. Hawkins, Esq.,
was called to preside. and- .W.:.W. Vass and W. A.
Eaton.Esq's., were appointed Secretaries.
i ;We,observed, m attendance Dr. Collins, President
of the Seaboard Road, and Mr. iiird, president oi tne
Petersburg Jioad. rii? - ' ...
yi , ;We learn that about 3,000 .shares of stock are rep
resented in person or by proxy. Proceedings in our
XlowsVCoNraRci The Annual Conference
of "the McthbdisEr)iscopalf Church is in session in
We learn that
Jv E6 The Raleigli RcgerVhas: been .engagedj;
8everaf vreeka past in'oing'miEfifest. uijustice io J
for
the
V subject if the New-York dif-
wif next' to: 'A&jclat tde gtw'iuidez-f
-5V
We!.take i it for irranted.f that 'the usual custom of 4
uviuui a uutic .yuuveuuuu m xvaiigu iqr vue Humi
liation of Governor,, and for other purposes;' wilt be.
aancrcd o by both political parties, during the com
ing Spring or Summer'; -and of ; course preliminary"
meetings will be held at ah earlier day in the several
counties, ior-,the elcctidn' of. delegates Ao the State
Convention, bj for tho hibre local purposes of coun
ty organization. We ilo not' therefore, deem itpre-:
mature for us to"6ffer a fevr. suggestions forihe cbn-f.
siaeranon oi our Drotner Uemocrats, in view oi ap
proaching eventsji since'it is only right and proper
that the various pros &nd cons, should be fliscussed
before the meeting of the Convention, so as to allow
delegates to act understandings
ii is noi to oe. disguised, that th
se of the
utmost prudence will be called for
oicof a
t and in-
candidate lor Governor,. Of cou
dispensible condition must be a crJaracte;
nd Stajld- I
ing above reproach,v as" a man and
mjjb
lrc4.
must be a Democrat without kinksor clap-traps
not a demagogue--not a disappointed, aspirantnot
a raerc talking machine, this of course first Again,
his geographical position, if we may use the expres
sion, must be such as to find no antagonism in the
vanous sectional interests or. feehngs which, unfor
tunately, have but too much power m the State. He
must be sufficiently comprehensive in his views, to
embrace tho whole btate, and all her vanous require
ments. We think the nomination should be conced
ed to the West, if only as an evidence of the kind
and liberal feeling entertained fowards their brethren
ot that section by the people of the East, for, bclieye
us, tho time has gone by, when any narrow or sec;
tional policy will do for North Carolina, or for her
sea ports, or for her political parties. And when we
speak of " the West," we mean not simply West of
Raleigh ; but West of the Yadkin River. We can
safely say for the people of the Cape Fear section,
that from their aspirations on behalf of favorite sons, A
no difficulty need be apprehended. They concede
the nomination in any way that may be for the gen
ral good. All they require, is that the nominee ahall
be a sound Democrat in his politics ; true North Car
olinian in his feelings, and with antecedents which
prove him to be trust-worthy, and a gentleman. As
a type of such a man, an esteemed correspondent, in
communication through our columns recently,
brought forward the name of Dr. Columbus Mills, of
Rutherford county; and certainly, from "all the
lights before us," we know of no better man, nor one
coming more fully up to the requirements of the oc
casion. Popular at home, an able and pleasing speii?
"well versed in politics ; while in the Legislature of
North Carolina, always voting for every bill demand
ed by the necessities of our public work?, although
in the East, and he a Western man ; a zealous friend
of equal suffrage, we see no earthly reason why he
should not be elected triumphantly. At any rate,
without feeling ourselves necessarily committed, but
rather for the purpose of eliciting an expression of
opinion, we beg leave to place before tue Democrat
ic people and press of North Carolina, the name cf
Dr. Columbus Mills, of Rutherford county, as a proper
person to be nominated aa the next Democratic can
didate for Governor.
It cannot be denied that more important results,
politically and otherwise, are dependent upon the
election of members of the next Legislature than up
on that of Governor, but nevertheless, it is more di
rectly in connection with the nomination and can
vass for the latter office than the general issues be
tween parties are made up and defined, and it thus
acquires an imiortance, perhaps greater than would
otherwise attach to it. And, speaking of the Legis
lature, it should not be forgotten that, upon the next
General Assembly will devolve the choice of two
members of the United States Senate ; neither should
we permit such a state of things to disgrace the
State as that presented at the last session. The
remedy is plain. It is iu the hands of the people.
It is only necessary for Democrats, in bringing out
candidates, to see that they are straight-out demo
crats, and not shackling, half-and-half, knock-kneed
politicians ; and if they can't elect such, better to fail
with them than nominally succeed with such as some
of those whose factious conduct paralyzed the Dem
ocratic party in the last Legislature, at the same
time that, by so doing, they dela-cd public business,
and finally left the State with but half her just rep
resentation on the floor of the Senate. Bring out
and support Democrats, and good men and with
them sink or swim ; give them a united support
There will, no doubt, be an effort made to get up
a sort of mongrel organization, of what will, we sup
pose, be called " Distribution Democrats, a contra
diction in terms a Distribution Democrat being as
Wcldon N. Edwards says, " an impossibility." If
this organization can rally half a corporal's guard in
the next Legislature, it will give much trouble to the
Legislature. Too weak to ell'ect anything on its own
account, its position must be somewhat similar to
that of the Abolitionists in Congress open for pro
posals speculating on chances hoping to hold the
balance of power and bargain on its own terms.
Against all such third party fragments and we have
watched them attentively we think it the duty of
every honorable politician to set his face th ;y pro
duce only evil, and that continually they lower the
standard of political honesty, and destroy confidence
between man and man. Beware of them. Good
men may be deceived and led into their support ; but
for all that, their influence and tendency are such as
we have indicated. Wilmington Journal.
We have copied the foregoing from the Journal as
a matter of general interest to our readers, and with
no purpose of forestalling public opinion or of ex
pressing a preference for any one foi Governor. Nor
would we be understood as intimating that the Jour
nal has sought to forestall the opinion of the party ;
on the contrary, we were gratified to hear from that
paper on the subject, and take occasion to say that
wc.entUly concur with it in its high complunenttaj
CDr. Mills. y We also cordially agree with the
m its remarks in relation to the next Lcgisl
xBut we have heard other gentlemen spok
Governov-and we trust w shall be pardoned for
mentioning thTr,rraffi8r Judge Ellis, Asa Biggs,
Robert Strange, Thomas Bragg, W. W. Avery, John
F. Hoke, William II. Thomas, Abram Rencher,
George Bower, Cad. Jones, Jr. Either of these gen
tlemen could be triumphantly elected ; and we have
the fullest confidence that the Convention will select
that one who will be mostacceptable to the masses
lof the partyWe know th
lliose spoken of for this higl
there is not a man amehg
;h post, who would not
instantly sacrifice every aspiration if indeed any
aspirations are indulged for the good of the common
cause. ' ' v :
gagr-No tidings of the steamer from England, ex
pected on the 9th at New York.. Her arrival is
looked for with unusual interest, and she will proba
bly bring intelligence of a conflict between the Turks
and Russians. . : . . ' " ... '
The New York market was quiet on Wednesday.
Very little doing in breadstuffs, and prices drooping.
No change in the Baltimore Market
The Liquok Law in Vermont.' Tho new D cmo--cratic
Governor of Vermont, in his inaugural address,
takes strong ground against the Liquor (Maine) Law,
'intimating that the Legislature transcended itspow-.
era in . enacting it,')ind : that it is tyranical and inop
erative, as Well as in Some respects unconstitutional.
' ' The Righl RVv
"!'tne'-jDioce8oriC:Criolinv;U in tholCity.: , He
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'NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD. u-
WeIearnHhat !the ironhas' been laid down' upon :
, .this Road, for twelve miles this side of Goldsborough,
-ana taa&wo graaing jrom ini piace u uus. .is ex
pected too completed by Christmas. . The distance
: lrom Goldsborough to 'the Neuse is twenty-two miles,-
,knd an engin'ey it is expected, will be put on when .
.the iroq bid.toffierTerVThe distance frorn, the
i rivers to tbJs point is about twenty-six miles! vThe ,
Company will take charge of the Road to tho Neuse,'.
or wiltbeientitled to do so? afterthe'lst January. :T- v
"-Weiearn that the iroiT for Ihisj '.'tho-1st Diviiioni ;
which extends from Goldsborough to about six miles
aboye Ra)eigb,: is of -the heavy T pattern, and looks
as if it would do excellent service.'
Gov. Moreh'eai the President of tho Company..
rinaced tTirniiivh tliia nTin nn V"wnnc"(i v fact nnliio
T..r i. " n- j a. j 0" i i
yi ay vu jjchluui i mo uuucreuuu lie nas receuuy
purchased the iron for the 2d Division,1 which ex
pends fi-m the point mentioned, above Raleigh, to
the Guijford line,,". .We do not know- tho price. he is
to pay fortlfrrtm.'r'"C:r ' : "' ' ' ; ' '''.'
It is confidently expected that the Road will ' be
completed from Goldsborough to this place by May
or June next ; whereupon there will bo such a cele-.
bration as was never witnessed in North Carolina.
Every body about hero will then talk of Wilmington;
and Norfolk, Portsmouth and Petersburg will scarce-'
ly be alluded to for at least a week. So we go. We
arc speaking of things as they are. But seriously,
Wilmington will have the advantage of Norfolk by
about forty-five miles the distance from this point
to the former being about 130, and to the latter about
175 miles. We can breakfast in Raleigh and dine in
Wilmington, whereas we now breakfast hero and
sup in Norfolk. And when the Road shall have been
constructed to Beaufort, we shall be nearer to that
by railway than to Norfolk, by some 35 miles.
We learn that the grading of the North Carolina
Road is expected to be completed to Hillsborough by
the 1st of January next We should be obliged to
the Hillsborough, Grcensborough, Salisbury and
!harlotte papers for information as to the condition
of the work in their respective sections.
THE TRAGEDY AT LOUISVILLE.
Professor Butler, principal of the High School,
Louisville, Ky., was shot by Mat F. Ward, oldest
son of R. J. Ward, on Wednesday morning the 2d
instant, and died that night The Louisville Courier
gives the following account of it :
"He went to the High School accompanied by two
of his brothers, Robert Ward, a youth of sixteen,
and William Ward, a smaller boy, and called for Mr.
Wm. H. G. Butler, one of the teachers. A few words
passed between them, when Mr. Ward pulled out a
pistol and shot Mr. Butler down. The ball penetra
ted his left breast, over the heart, and he fell to the
floor, exclaiming in his agony, " I am killed oh, my
poor wife and child ! " Ward then dropped his pis
tol, and accompanied by his brother, retreated from
the school room.
" Mr. Butler was able to rise from the floor, and
left the room, assisted by some boys, and was carri
ed home. The ball could not be extracted, and he
bled inwardly. Mr. Butler had corrected Wm. Ward,
one of his pupils, 'the day previous, for telling a false
hood, which led to tho tragic affair.
Robert Ward, who accompanied his brother, drew
a bowc-knife, and when Prof. Sturgus, the other tea
cher in the school, advanced to the assistance of Mrr
Butler, he made such demonstrations that the Pro
fessor retreated and made his escape out oW wind
ow. The scholars in the school-room were also scat
tered . in all directions by the display of such war
like instruments in their midst
Mr. M. F. Ward and Robt J. Ward, Jr., were.
promptly arrested and lodged in jail, and the alfaii
will undergo a judicial investigation, we fori car nar
rating the particulars.
Mr. Butler was one of the best and most inoffen
sive men in the world, and who can appreciate the
anguish of his friends ,at his being so untimely cut
off, and in such a manner. The alfr.ir is generally
regarded as of a most atrocious and unprovoked
character, and when it became known, the deepest
indignation prevailed throughout the city.
The Ward family is one of tho wealthiest and most
prominent in Kentucky. "
If the facts be as above stated, we trust the mur
derer will be duly hanged. A desperate effort will of
course be made to save him. for he is wealthy ; but
Kentucky juries arc alike honest and fearless, and
unless bail is granted under a large forfeiture, justice
will most probabl- be done.
SENATOR DOUGLAS.
This distinguished gentleman has recently return
ed from his European tour in fine health and spirits.
The Paris Correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette
thus speaks of the movements of the "little giant"
while in foreign parts:
"Mr. Douglas has just returned from an extensive
tour, which embraced Italy, Greece, Syria, Turkey,
Russia, Prussia, Belgium and France. He leaves
here Thursday, and after travelling through Scot
land and Ireland, will take the steamer at Liverpool,
on the 19th of this month, for the United States.
He looks well, has enjoyed his trip, and is 44 chock
full " of good stories, startling adventures, and inter
vention argument with which to astonish the na
tives, at the next sitting of Congress. He has had
a long conference with Rescind Pasha, at Constanti
nople, with Count JNcsselrode, at bt .Petersburg, and
with many other great men ; and he has come to the
conclusion that Ijouis Napoleon is the greatest man
in Europe, that France is the best governed country,
and her people the most enlightened.
Mr. Douglas traveled over the principal parts of
Russia in a long carriage, which travelled night and
day at the rate of eight and ten miles an hour. It
contained a sleeping room and kitchen, so that he
seldom left it He penetrated to the confines of Tarta-
rj', where a grand annual lair was going on, at wnicn
AustrianSi Tartars, Circassians, Turks and Persians.
The Judge arrived at Smyrna the day after the
Koszta affair, and he describes the excitement as be
yond anything he had ever seen. The enthusiasm
for our government, all over that country, amounts,
to a mania. He has obtained the entire particulars
concerning the affair, and will be able to throw much
light on tho settlement of the question.
AppnoAcnixG Elections. New York, New Jersey,
and Wisconsin elect State officers and members of
the legislature on the 8th.
Louisiana elects congressmen, State' treasurer, au
ditor, superintendent of instruction, members of the
legislature, and county offices, on the 7th.
Massachusetts, elects State officers and members
of the legislature, and decides upon the adoption
of the new constitution, on the 14th.
Mississippi elects a governor.members of Congress,
and members of both branches of the legislature, on
the 7th and 8 th instant
' We jnvite attention to the Card of Mrt Copef
. land, a native Artist of superior merit, who has tak
en rooms in Mn Roulhac's building, in this Cityr- i
Uxiqcb OuTHOGRAEnT., - The following, is the 6U
, perscription pn'a letter sent through theBoston Post
C j - a. : . :. -.- -
omce, suajr or jiw w buiws .
I
WM
-.. YOICB; OF THE DEMOCRA
-.- X':- ". ?
New- pAPEHTrK" Ri'Ln'- VTm
TroBpectiia of tho new paper to be publish
Ral J
eiga ov Messrs, Uantwcll & Whitaker. Mr. JWhita
it"H
Ker is Known as tne JSditor of the Giraffe, a spir-.
ited sheet published" at the Capital Mr. Cantwell
was lately the Editor of the Democratic Free Press
published at '- Wilmington The Free Press, daring :
tho last canvass, warmly advocated the election of
Messrs. Leak and Yenable and the policy of distrib
uting the public lands.- Tho "North Carolina States
man," we take it, is' to be established to advocate tho -same
doctrine; Mr. Cantwell is a writer of conside
rable Tesearch and abilitv, and will continue in tha
columns of the 44 Statesman" to lend his talents to
the propagation of the views held by the faction to
which he belongs. - FayctteciUe. Carolinian.
' N. C- Statesman. . -We have received a prospec
tus of a paper bearing the- above name, to be pub
lished Weekly and Semi-weekly in Raleigh, from and
after the 1st of January next, by Edward Cantwell
& W. Whitaker. This is the new 44 distribution or
gan," that has been so much talked about When
tho paper appears we can judge it by its face ; but
we must be permitted to say that we fear it will not
be calculated to promote the harmony or advance
the interests of the Democratic party. For the gen
tlemen at the head of it we have the highest personal
regard, and shall exceedingly regret to see them take
any position circulated to distract the party to which
they profess their attachment Any departure from
the old and well established principles of the party
cannot be productive of harmony or organization, no
matter what may be the professions of the editors.
Salisbury Banner.
44 North Carolina Statesman." We have re
ceived the prospectus of a new paper, to be pub
lished in Raleigh, under the above title, by Klward
Cantwell and W. Whitaker, Esq., the first Koto
be issued on the first day of January next j
Thc editors informs us that the principles which
the "Statesman" will advocate, are 44 purely Demo
cratic, according to the traitct requirements of that
party ;" that they believe 44 the platform adopted by
the late Baltimore Convention contains the Demo
cratic creed," Jcc; and yet, strangely enough, avow
themselves advocates of the Distribution of the Pub
lic Lands! Indeed, it is generally understood, that
the 44 Statesman" is started for the purpose of advo
cating the Distriaution policy as its main object
niiow sucn a policy can be deduced from the JJaiti
more platform, we arc unable to divine, and it is
equally difficult to conceive how a Democratic paper
of the 44 straitest" sect can advocate that policy. For
ourself, wc eschew all such Democracy. Distribu
tion is not a Democratic measure but the contrary.
c nave ever held that the policy of Distribution
was corrupting in fact that the Distribution fund
M ould constitute a corruption fund to buy up State
politicians with, llencc, we desire to keep aloof
from it to let it pursue the ordinary channel 'of
funds belongiug to the Federal Treasurj', viz: the
payment of the national debts and defraying the cur
rent expenses of the Government
e have a limited acquaintance with Mr. Cant
well ; and we admire the frankness of his manners
and the energy of his mind. But wc cannot sub
scribe to the Distribution article which he seeks to
interpolate in the Democratic creed. We are pretty
well acquainted with the Democracy of this District
at least, and we arc proud to say that we do not
.nov a single Uiatnbationist among them.
Elizabeth City Pioneer.
TnE North Carolina Statesman. Edward Cant
well and W. Whitaker, Esq'rs, ha-c issued a Pros
pectus for a paper by the above title, to be com
menced, in the jCity of Raleigh, on the first dav of
January, 1854! It is to be issued weekly at 2 per
annum, and semi-weekly at $4.
Messrs. Cantwell and Whitaker have as much
right to publish a paper as any one ; but wev5eo
nccessitv for the nubliration of the above. C-XNl
If wc understand its political complexion correctly.
J
thoush it professes Democracv. it is to advocate
iggery. Then it is to pull down Democracv and
'
not put it up. Wc advise our Democratic friends
not to have any thing to do with this paper, as its aim
will be to disturb the harmony of the party. We
view it as a W his concern.
We have had confidence in Mr. Venable's Democ
racy, but we have none uow. He has departed from
the true faith ; and we regret it e give him up.
He has partially injured our cause in the Wake Dis
trict!; and is now, wc are informed, aiding in the
establishment of a Printing Press, in the City of Ral
eigh, to injure it throughout the State. This paper,"
like Mr. Yenable, is to profess to be Democratic, but
at the same time, is to advocate the distribution of
rtfic public lands a Whig measure.
With such Democracv wc do not care to have anv
fellowship, and we would advise all good meaning
Democrats nut tv couutounco - Mr. VniMo or hid
paper, as they are to be the supporters of Whig meas
ures, livanolec Jlevublican.
Southern Ingratitude. In connection with the
fight now going on in New York, we hear much said
of Southern Ingratitude. Because Southern Demo
cratic presses do not choose to join Messrs. Bronson,
Dickinson & Co., in their war upon the administra
tion ; because the Democratic politicians and voters
of tire South refuse to espouse the quarrel of the dis
appointed office seekers in the North the South is
accused of injrratitudc towards her best friends.
Now one thing we would ask, is Greene C. Bron
son a better national Democrat a better friend of the
Constitution, a better friend of the South than Frank
lin Pierce? Could Nranklin Pierce have received the
vote of any Southern State with such evidence of his
frecsoilism as is contained in Bronson 8 letter of
1848? We understand Pierce's whole life to have
been a war upon abolition. We sec Bronson in the
eventful crisis of 1848 addressing words of encourage
ment full of aid and comfort to the rrec Souers!
Is there then any reason why, when Bronson makes
war upon Pierce, Southern Democrats should take
part with him against the President?
Is there any portion of tne Democracy ofcw 1 ork,
hard or soft, who, going back through long years,
can show a fairer record than the granite Democracy
of New Hampshire? If, then, wc find a Democratic
faction in xVew York, on one side, aud tucojl weiyh
edand nerer-found-tcanting Democracy of Concord
on the other, are wc not at liberty to say which par
ty shall have our sympathies?
But wc have something further to add. Tierce's
enemies arc not alone the New York Hards. They
are the whole body of Southern and Northern Whigs:
the Tribune, the organ of Seward, and the Express,
the organ of Fillmore, are just as bitter in their hos
tility to the President as tho National Democrat, the
organ of Bronson.
Be it known, once for all. that the Southern De
mocracy will at no man's biddingjoin in a war which,
if successful, must issue in the overthrow of a Demo
cratic, and the instalment of a Whig, probably a Se
ward, administration. Should the Democracy of tho
South unite with Dickinson," the result might indeed
be a disruption of the Democratic party, its perma
nent division into two parties but it could not be
the election of Dickinson to the Presidency. The
Whigs would be brought into power with W . H. Se
ward at their head, a consummation that we are
neither prepared to wish nor work for. V : ; v ;
. " ' Savannah Georgian. '
Gebard Stith, a printer in the .New Orleans Pfca
ayune office, has been put forward by a Whig Dis
trict Convention, Of Louisianaas a candidate fos the
Legislature. - .Mr. S. is a native f Virginia and was
formerly employed in Washington-by Messrs. Blair-
and Kives, on the Congressional Ulobe. ;- -.. ' .x - '-"
V;.;''-: ''v-' ;r tz : " 1 ;:.
Alabama tJ. SL Senators. ,The legislature, of
Alabama .will coryene on the. 12th instant, when it
will have, to elect two- United States Senators, to fill
the 1 place occupied by CoL'. Clemens and the late
upied
Kin-
Pnident.Kms;, ;-;.; ;f. Vi ?; -r.
edin
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RAlSiLr
KrWlST na Fnv a mm-.... fl ; . m '
agned committee, appointed for the mimosa nk.
a- . . r
tui uie accounts oi tne .Vumington and Raleigh
m vvuip&ny ior uic year ending September 30th,
1853, beg leave to report, that they have made a - 1
thorough examination of the Books, and compared " l
all the. entries with vouchers and find them correct, ; :
withe the exception of a few trifling errors and onus- - ' "
sions, amounting to $16 32, which have been recti- V" :
Oed, as Will appear in tho coming year's account- V v-:
The result of the Company's business for the past -l
year is as follows: - - . - - V r j
RECEIPTS.
Amount received from ThronjA Travel.
" " " " Wr -
Freight cm BaU Road, . ' .
Freight, Meal, Ac., on S!cam Boats, v
Transportation of MaiU, Iteuta, Ac,
. $214,183 02 ;
133,143 40 -
-112,582 v ,
EXPENSES.
Cost of transportation, intlading
". , . i.' y
V- .... ... -r.
pumwse oi . LaconionTe.
Coachcs and Cars,
Rail Road repairs, '
Expense of Sleaai Boats,
Office Expense.
Interest and Exchange,
ei.V2S3 7
i4r,e.i2 s
SC. 62
57,976 SO
;'V
406,288 81 '
Xett rrofitB,
tl62,616 86 v-;
We find the liabilities of the Comnanv on th let
of October, 1853, wcro $l,156,2Gl 12, consisting of
the following items: - .
Old Bond payable in England at 5 per cent, 222l66 67 V
Bonds enjoined by the State of XorUi Caroline, .
at 6 icr cent, . 50,000 00 V
New BondA, pa ruble in England.
.uu in idicmrr runu I i; ai 6 VCT cent- M.OLHJ UO
Bonds to U. t, iayablc in Mail service,
Bills payable,
Uuc on 1'ay Itolls,
" " Xepro Bonds, 1844 fo H53, inclusire,
" 44 Dividends Xos. 1, 2, and 3,
- to sundry indiriduals.
Balance due on 50 shares stock surrendered to
bo rode out,
444,444 AS
Si,ai8 64
7x,080 02 A ,
8.4S8 17 ,
88,506 79
4,839 00
2,058 85
2C3 50
M,15C,26l 12 - 1 J ,
The following was the condition of the Company '"
on the 1st October, 1853:
Debt cf the Company,
Capital Slock pid in,
Balance of profits from commencement of op
tl,l6,261 12 V:
1,840,213 21 - . i
. ;!",
-
- " ' ". ' -j '
584,558 65 . ; j
erations w i uciober, 1353, after paring
interest on debt,
j3,O80,807 7 .
Cost of C niiruciion.Rcal Es-
iaie, ic.
Reconstruction.
$2,075,052 42
77,650 85
2,Jn) Ot).
950 00
100,000 00
3,150 00
25,632 45
29 Shares Company's Stock,
imc on iffftja stock,
WU. Jfc Man, R. R. Uo.'s Stock.
W. A X. O.-Telepraph do
Bills Receircablc,
uue ironi individuals,
" 44 Agi-nts,
44 44 Post Office Department
for Mall Srr:ce,
Counterfeit money taken.
Cash in liauds of Treasurer,
24,71'2 06
24,715 05
373 54
49,313 60
We would suggest that, in our opinion, it would .
be expedient, if possible, to adopt a more systematic r
method of keeping the freight accounts .
All which is respectfully submitted. '
H. BAKER, ) ;'
M. FERRALL, V Committee: ;
D. MacRAE, )
Wilmington, N. C, Nov. 3, 1853. -
L.VTER FROM CALIFORNIA.
The steamer Daniel Webster arrived at New.
Orl
eans on Sunday, with dates from San Francisco to
the ICth ultimo, bringing passengers through in the '-' -j
short space of twenty -one days. She brings 200
passengers and 50,0u0 in gold dust, brought by tho V
steamer Sierra Nevada from San Francisco at Panama.
The steamer Golden Gate and the Uncle Sam sailed '" 1
f"m jsan Jrrancisco lor Panama on the same day as
the Sierra Nevada. The Sierra Nevada brought
K -1 a 1 At cf( i
rVrVl1 w J".
200,000 in gold dust, and the
oowen uate ifiaU,uu.
i I i. a i i
There has been a terrible fire at the City of Sonoro, "
destroying full one third of the city. . The loss is es- J,'
timated at a million and a half. . -
The Irish patriot, John Mitchell, of whose escapo
from Van Dicman's Land accounts have been recciv- ;
cd,arrivcd at San Francisco on the 12th . ult Hak
has been mast enthusiastically received and wel- ' .
corned to freedom by all classes of citizens. !-r
Still Further Particulars ' L
New Y'okk, Not. 7. "
In addition to those you received by the mails of "..-v .
to-night I send you the following further partial-
lars by telegraph. . .
A public dinner had been sendcred to the Irish pa- r-j ',
triot, John Mitchell, before his departure forNcw.- ,
York, which he accepted. ' jf " - :i'
" 1 "he Supreme court of CaliroiniaTiaS'niaaen'iin; , fii
portant decision, declaring valid all grants made in ;
accordance with the Mexican law. The effects" of '
this will be to oust hundreds from lots held by them ' '
for many years, and restore them to the original gran- L ;V !.
tecs. It is considered a death blow to squatters, and ; j
will cause millions of dollars worth of property to -u
change hands by the mere operation of the law. . . ' " '
Murders and outrages havebcen occurring through- . -out
the State to an alarming extent '"' "
The old City Government of San Francisco retired'. V:
after contesting the election, and a new one haBbcen . ;
organized. - - . .
Bigler's majority in tlie State for Governor, will be V '.
quite eighteen hundred. . ' .-
From the Sandwich' Islands. Highly important '; ',2(
intelligence from tlie Sandwitch Islands has been re- V ;
ccined at San Francisco. Dr. Judd has been re
moved from the office of Minister of Finance, and
Elisha Jallcn, late United States Consul, appointed :
to his place. Very decided steps have been taken
towards annexing the Islands to the United States.
The French and British Consuls protested to tho vV: -,5
King against such an act, and the American Com-v
inissioners had replied to their protest in a firm butr'--' ;
dignified matter. This movement has caused the r .
very greatest excitement on the Island.-'" ' . ' 'V-"V
The barque Cyane,from Richmond, arrived at San Vs V
Francisco on the 12th of October. - )
The Magnetic Telegraph had been put up, and wag r
in working order from San Jose to San Francisco. .
No further tidings from, the great fire at SononCJ 'r ".
Baltixorf, Nov. 8, 1 J p. in. The ship Banchee "J' ,
chartered by tho ilaryland Colonization-Society,. '
sailed from this port for Liberia, to-day, taking out-,:
127 emijrrants. Tho ceremonies at her departure;
were most imposing and interesting.' Prayer,' sing' J
ing, &c.t of course, formed a portion of them. " ", - " .7.-
Important from 2iew 2Iexico.' T-:.. . . 'A'.;
New Orleans, Nov.. 7. ' The Picayune has ad vie- . :
cs of a late date from San Antonia, received by ex--r-.;
press from El Passo, announcing that five thousand .;
Mexican troops were marching on Hl'asso; . iji ..
.... ; ; ', - -vxr
"Maine Liqcok Law. Among the proceedings af',
the Methodist Church Sonth,in session at Lynchburg. "'
is the action of the Conference in regard to the Maine.
Liquor Law. ..On Tuesday, the -sixth day of the ses-.
sion, the Bishop laid before : the" Conference a com
munication from the Secretary of the Missouri Con--;
ference, recommending for the approval of the sevc :
ral Conferences a proposed alteration of the Discip '
line so as to prohibit the sale, use or manufacture of . : .
ardent spirits, by members of the Church, which was -
read and disenssed.- The vote being taken, the Con-
ference refused to concur, ailh the."Missoiufresolarv,"
tion. Ayes 32- noes C3 . :
7 " Tns' Cotton Trad. - . According to returns at the :
.TreuTy DepaVtnienf;' the "value f the portion of ..
the cotton crop of the United States exported during .
the year ending-on. the. SOth of June last, was $1W,- -
.uw.uuu, against 31,uw,vxtj wortn exporte! darrsg.'
j the year ending on the'OOth'of June. 1831c.-" ? r
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