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X ' r '-i- t: i-Asn ' 'i' Y. .-:-'-s ; .:-;.. r ! . . -r; . : - : .. .i I i i - ' i . i. i i . i ' I,,;-. - L .; , i , n , i , i ... - . Vol. XXIV. No. 10. RALEIGH. NORTH-CAROLINA, i WED NESDAY. MARCH '10, 1858. Whole Number 1226,1 THE Unrtjj-Canilina itankri WILLIAM W. HOLD EN, Editor and Proprietor. FRANK. I. WILSON. Associate Editor. TERMS OF THE WEEKLY Two Dollars per annum invariably n advance. TERMS OF THE SEMI-WEEKLY Four Dollar per annum, invariably in advance. A'l jx'l'ff are JifCOTitin ued atthe expiration of (hetimefor vhich they have been paid. Terms of Advertising in the Semi-Weekly Standard. Our regular rates of advertising are as follows : One square, ( 14 lines or lesa) first insertion, - $1 00 Each subsequent insertion, - - - - - - - 25 Longer advertisements in proportion. Contracts will be made with advertisers, atthe abort reifiUtf rates, for six or twelve months, and at the close of the contract 33 per cent, will be deducted from the gross amount. 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We learn from the Western Democrat that Mr. McRac spoke in Charlotte on Thursday evening last, to not more than one hundred persons. The Dem ocrat devotes some space to the speech, and most thoroughly exposes the gentleman's inconsistency and vaulting ambition. Mr. Mcitae spoke about two hours and a half " devoting about an hour and a half," says the De mocrat, " to the Editors of the Raleigh Standard and Western Democrat." He declared that he had been " villified" and most " foully aspersed" by these journals, and, putting himself "on the defensive," of course, he belabored them by the hour. This vilification and abuse exist only in the gentleman's imagination. He ha not been abused or villified. No doubt he desires to be, believing that such a course on the part of the Democratic press would more fully and entirely commend him to the sympa thy and support of Know Nothings and old-line Fed eralists, whose cause he is now so faithfully serving, But this desire will not be gratified. He will be thoroughly exposed and sifted as a public man, and the honest masses of the people will be warned against his ambition, his selfishness, and his treach ery to his former political associates ; but he will not be " abused" and " villified." The gentleman has been abroad so long, and his car has been so set to courtly French phrases, that he mistakes wholesome animadversion for abuse, and a sharp critique upon his inconsistences and his selfishness for villification and " loul aspersions." We beg the gentleman to be patient for the present. We beseech him to remem ber that his countrymen, unlike the very polite French people, have a way of speaking their senti ments broadly, plainly, and sometimes bluntly. He must not expect to be treated with the "distinguish ed consideration" which he received in the saloons of Paris, amid the blaze of coronets and jewels, and under the eye of the Emperor to whom he was ac credited. The Editor of the Western Democrat, in his pa per of the 15th December last, speaking of Mr. Mc Rae, said : " At one time it was uncertain (even with him) to which party he would attach himself; and the first demonstration he made in politics was to take the stump in Cumberland county for the Legislature in opposition to the democratic candidates already in the field. This was the first display of his democ racy. Two wot thy democrats of that coqnty were in the field, and hardly pushed by whigs : but Mc- Rae was williner to jeopardise the success of the de mocratic party in order to gratify his inordinate ambi tion. The matter was sett'ed by Mr. Atkins (who had canvassed nearly the whole county) withdraw ing and allowing McKae to keep the field and go to the Legislature. He did not run again, as he touna out probably, that forcing himself up n the peo ple would not prove such an easy matter the second time. This was his first move as a " prominent demo crat." His second consisted in his taking the field in opposition to the regular candidate for Con gress in the third District. A little over four years ago he opposed the Hon. Wm. S. Ashe lor Congress, and then advocated a distribution of the public lands. No doubt the main reason why he acted so at that time was, that he had applied to Mr. Pierce's Administra tion for an office abroad and bad concluded that he was not to get it, therefore he determined to take revenge by opposing the democratic candidate in the 3d Congressional district. Unfortunately he was appointed Consul to Paris while acting in oppo sition to the party. If be had been allowed to con tinue in the field, we should not be bothered with him now, for he would have been beaten so badly that the hand of resurrection could never reach him. . ' When democrats expressed regret to leading men in Washington at such an appointment, they were t"M that the appointment was made before it was known that he was in the field as a disorganizer." Mr. McRae " denounced the above as false from begining to end," but the Democrat insists that be fore he got through " he actually acknowledged the truth of our charge (with the exception of the first one,) by explaining his conduct and accusing us of language calculated to make a wrong imgression." Id relation to his statement that Mr. McRae was not from the first a Democrat, the Democrat gays : " With regard to the first paragaaph of the above article, Mr. McRae claimed to have always been a democrat, and referred to his course in 1840 to sus tain his claims said that the editor of this paper was too young to know anything about bis position t that time. The gentleman should remember that youthful impressions are generally lasting When we said At one time it was uncertain to which party he would attach himself," we had in our mind the recollection of a conversation we heard between Mr. McRae and two other gentlemen living in the ion" of Fayetteville, in. the latter part of the year 1839 or the first part of 1840. , The conversation took place on the steps ol the Post Office in that town, and although we were but a boy at the - time, e were then impressed with the idea that the gen tleman was " on the (ence "in otUr words, had not determined with which party he would aeL We distinctly remember hearing one of the gentle men say to Mr. McRae, 'You had better come out for the democratic party." What Mr. McRae's an swer was we do not so distinctly recollect, but at least it left the impression with us that he was un decided about the matter. This is our authority for the first charge." Is it possible? was "Saul too among the prophets?" The Editor of the Charlotte Democrat gives it as his opinion, from what he knew of Mr. McRae when a young man, that his political relations were then un certain, and that he was, to say the least " on the fence." Mr. McRae, however, insists that the Editor is mistaken, and that he was always a Democrat. But where was he during John Tyler's administra tion ? He throws log cabinism at us, and reminds his hearers that we voted in 1840 for Harrison and Tyler; but il ho did not vote for Mr. Tyler, he took office under him. In support of his second and third charges against Mr. McRae, the Editor of the Democrat says: " The second charge, that Mr. McRae took the stump in Cumberland county in opposition to. dem ocratic candidates already In the field, we re-assert, and refer to Mr. McRae's admission on Thursdav night to sustain us. He explained how he cam; to be a candidate as charged abdve, (although, be it re membered, in the opening part of his speech he pro nounced the whole statement false.) He said he be came a candidate at the solicitation of prominent democrats that if there were democrats in the field he had a right to run ; said that we sought to make the impression that those gentlemen were regularly nominated candidates. The reader will see that we conveyed no such impression, although Mr. McRae admitted that the candidates in the field when he took it were brought out by a democratic meeting in bayettevilie. In speaking of the matter we used the words "democratic candidates alieady in the field." So far as this charge is concerned we have nothing to recant, but or. the contrary, consider that our remarks about the matter accord with Mr. Mc Rae's admissions. We though the gentleman placed himself in an inconsistent position when he started out with the declaration that the whole article was false and then virtually admitted its truth in sub stance by explaining his reasons for acting in the manner charged. So much for the second charge. The third charge Mr. McRae occupied considera ble time in endeavoring to refute, lie raid he did not take the field against Hon. Wm. S. Ashe because be wanted to be a candidate himself, but he wanted Mr. Ashe to submit his claims to a Convention, where he would not oppose hin., but intended to have some one to oppose him entertaining similar views to his own, (Mr McRae's.) Now we happen to known that Mr. Ashe was willing to submit his claims to a Convention. He had already served the District in Congress, and it was the wish of the de rooctacy of the District that he should again be a candidate, which he consented to do, and was con sidered the regular candidate of the party. By the majority of the party a Convention was deemed un necessary. Mr. McRae said that he only quit the field when assured that his constitution would not per mit his continuing the canvass, and alter having a foreign mission pressed upon him by Mr. Pierce ! With regard to this explanation we would remark, that it is a little strange that the gentleman never found out the weakness of his constitution until a letter reached him at Lumberton, Robeson county, informing him that he had been appointed Con sul to Pan's. He said the appointment was given with a full knowledge of his position at that time. We asserted the contrary on the authority of a highly respectable gentleman who at that time had oppor tunities of knowing something about matters at v ashington. e heard on more than one occasion at home and abroad, that the Administration did not know Mr. McRae s position when the appointment was given him : but after hearing his explanation of the matter on Thursday evening we are free to con fess that our information upon this point seems er roneous. There is no doubt about one thing, and that is, when Mr. McRae started out on that canvass he was urged on by disappointment. He had ap plied for a full mission (so understood at the time) and when refused and tendered a consulship in Cen tral America, he took the field for Congress.' He stated in his remarks on this subject that the Pre sident had offered him any consulship in Central America he might want. But we presume this did not satisfy him, and only become reconciled after re ceiving the appointment to Paris. We have occupied considerable space in reply to Mr. McRae's remarks concerning our article above quoted, for the reason that we thought his course justified the publication of that article, and hi.s speech here demanded that we should sustain its truthfulness. He did us no more than justice when he said that he sapposed we had no personal enmity against him, as he had never done anything to cause such feelings on our part We again assure him that we have no ill feeling for him, but on the con trary, regret that his political course has been such as to require an exposition of his inconsistencies." It seems, then, that Mr. McRae began public life somewhat as a disorganizer ; and it appears that he has always disorganized with a view to office. What was his issue his hobby in 1842? Does anyone know? No doubt he got up a crisis, got himself out for the Assembly, got one of the candidates out of the way, and so obtained a seat in the Legislature at the expense of party harmony. We all know what his hobby was in 1853, and we all know what it is now. And this reminds us of the old gentleman and his son, who was a preacher. The Id man took great pride in his son, and thought him one of the best preachers that ever rose to expound the Scrip tures. So great was his interest in him that be went round with him on bis first circuit, to hear him, and to modestly intimate to his fortunate hearers that he was his son and the preacher above all others for his sense and eloquence. The first day the young man rose and took for bis text these words : ''And Pe ter's tcie's mother lay sicJc of a fever." . He preach ed, and the old man thought he had done very well. The next day he rose and announced his text " And Peter's wife's sitter lay sick of a fever." The old man heard him again, and thought it sounded like the sermon of the day before but he said no thing. The next day the young man rose 'again and gave out his text " And Peter's wife's mother lay sick of a fever." The old man could stand it no longer. He sprang to his feet and exclaimed, "why son, ain't that old woman dead yit." So it is with Mr. McRae. Every time he comes before the peo ple, and every time he speaks, his text is'distribU' tion distribution ! our share of, the public lands." The people are just as tired of his text as the old man was of his son's "And Peter's wife's mother lay sick of a fever" and every body asks if that old distribution hobby is not " dead yit.'; Not dead yet, fellow-citizens. Mr. McRae has galvanized it into life. It has a sickly, ghastly, disgusting look ; yet it may pay it may be the means of procuring another office, and so it is still held up as the cure all the panacea for every ill. But the most extraordinary portion of Mr. McRae's speech in Charlotte was that in relation to Kansas, the Lecompton Constitution, and Judge Douglas. The Democrat says: "Mr. McRae's main arguments for distribution struck us as being similar, if not precisely those of the opposition for ten 'years-past, and' which' have appeared from time to time iu the whig arid koowM nothing papers, and been refuted by democratic pa pers and speakers as often as put forth. He said he considered the distribution question of more, importance than any other. It was of more importance than the slaury question ; for the South had been greatly humbugged on that subject from the passage of the Missouri Compromise up to the time of organizing Kansas and Nebraska territories. He thought the South had made a great mistake with regard to Kansas that he did not think it material whether the territory was admitted under the Le compton Constitution or not ; but if he were in Congress he would defer thi-t opinion to that of the whole South. He eulogized Stephen A. Douglas, and said that democrats ought to be careful how they read him out of the party. We, too, think that democrats ought to be careful how they act in such matters; but Mr. McRae should remember that Douglas and all the abolition Senates are now stan ding side by side against the President and the uni ted South in regard to the admission of Kansas, and thus subjecting himself to be viewed in the same light In which democrats now view Mr. McRae, as a disorganizer and an enemy. ' With regard to internal improvement, he thought that North-Carolina ought to have some of the pub lie lands with which to build her Railroads. He was in favor of building the Western extension, and the Wilmington, Charlotte and Rutherford Ra 1-ond with "our share' of the public lands. How kind ! , Mr. McRae, it seems, eulogized Judge Douglas, but we hear of no commendation bestowed by the gentleman on James Buchanan. He sympathizes with and praises Judge Douglas. So do the New York Tribune and toe New York Time, black Re publican organs. The Tribune said some time Hnce, soon after Judge Douglas took ground against Le compton and President Buchanan, that it was a "stirring and glorious spectacle to sec Stephen A. Douglas grappling with the slave power " and the Tribune thought he was in a fair way to arrest and 44 crush " this power, so much reviled and hated by the black Republicans. The last New York Times refers to movements now on foot by Douglas Demo crats in New York, Indiana, and other free States, to separate finally from the administration and to mod ify their views in such a way as to enable tho black Republicans to act with them ; and the late Conven tion of black Republicans and Douglas men in Indi ana actually- made arrangements for a Convention to be held in Chicago at an early day, to concert oppo sition to Mr. Buchanan, and to consolidate their forces for the final struggle of It GO. The distribution question a mere question, at last, of dollars and cents, m of more importance to the South than the slavery question I Who agrees with Mr. McRae in that? where is the man who would subordinate the vital interests of his section, the preservation of the Constitution, and the integ rity of the Union to a miserable petition to the fed eral g vernment for a few dollars, or for any amount of dollars? Ah, but say some of the distribution ists, if the Union is to be broken up, let us make ar rangements now to secure our share of the public domain, for if dissolution comes the Northern States will take all the lands. That is statesmanship, is it? that is reverence for the Union! fAaJshowsa keen eye for the main chance, does it not? As well struggle for a. three cent coin in the hour of death ! as well might Adam have paused to secure his worn out fig-leaves when Heaven thundered and the fla ming sword turned every way to bar him from the walks of Paradise. Why, suppose the L nion should be broken up, which God forbid! and suppose the North should get all the lands, which is scarcely possible, one cotton crop would pouroverone hundred millions of dollars in dry cash into Southern cofiers, and the land money would be thought of only as an idle dream. But Mr. McRae not only eulogizes Judge Douglas and bestows no commendations on James Bnchanan for the noble stand he hap taken against such odds for Southern rights, but he warns Democrats " to be careful how they read Judge Douglas out of the party." At fault again. Mr. McRac seems to be possessed with the idea that every Democratic Edi tor has a big book in which the names of true men are recorded, and that, whenever they choose, they go about all over the land reading people out of the party. Judge Douglas has not been read out of the party, nor has Mr. McRae been read out of the par ty. The Democratic party has no Pope with power to excommunicate or with power to absolve. We believe Mr. McRae's present know nothing friends and supporters had a way of swearing people to do so and so, and not to do so and so ; and when they broke their oaths thus taken, they were not only "read out of the party-," but they were published as perjured and dishonest men. Tiat was reading out of the party with a vengeance ; but the Democrats do not so. With them, people are free to come and go at their own option and leisure. If they come and stay, well; if they go, well also; but the fact that they go is very apt to be known and commented on, not to injure them personally, but to warn other parties and all other honest peo ple politically against them. Judge Douglas an nounced on the floor of the Senate deliberately an nounced that he differed with the President "fun damentally" with reference to the admission of Kan sas; and some of his organs and friends in the free States have since violently assailed the President. How is this ' fundamental" difference to be recon ciled ? The South with one voice, with the excep tion of the representative in the House from the blood-stained City of Baltimore, have declared that they believe M--. Buchanan to be right in this mat ter and Judge Douglas wrong. The South and true tuen North go with the President, because he is - right, and Judge Douglas goes the other way. The Union is trembling because a State is about to be refused admission on account of the institution of slavery. . The power of the abolitionists is increas ing, and the power of the South is diminishing, ' civil war is threatened in Kansas, not by pro-t-lave-' ry men, but by abolitionists and traitors like Jim Lane, the President throws himself in the breach and stakes himself, his administration, the peace of the country, the rights and the equality of the South, and the very existence of the Union on the admission of the State with the Lecompton Consti tution, Judge Douglas, and John W. Forney, and Henry A. Wise, and Horace Greeley, and William H. Seward oppose him, and Mr. McRae sympathizes with and eulogizes Douglas, and says it is not mate rial whether the President is sustained or not! True, he says if he were in Congress he " would defer" to the opinion of the South, and of course vote to ad mit the State with the Lecompton Constitution ; but who thanks him for that ? Who, under the circum stances, would thank him for such a vote? He " would defer" to the South, be says the South is all one way on 'this vital question. True, but the South would want, in work like this,' u0 deference" no reluctance, no surrender of opinion; but she 1 would prefer men who would spring with alacrity to the great business in band, and who would give a cordial, heartfelt, and unfaltering support to James Buchanan. Our readers will remember that we have hereto fore inquired of Mr. McRae whether he would sup port the nominee of the Charlotte Convention. That question has been answered. The Democrat says : " Mr. McRae attacked, in advance, the democrat tc State Contention which it to assemble in Char lotte. Don't forget, reader,' that he prof ernes to be a democrat still, notwithstanding bis assaults on dem ocratic measures, men and papers. He said the Convention would pass a platform which could be construed in one way in the East and in another way in the West. From the gentleman's remarks on this subject a stranger might have supposed him to be as bitter a know-nothing-whig as ever lived, and no' doubt would have been startled at hearing him say that he was a democrat." He does not intend, therefore, to support the nom inee; but we suppose he will still claim to be a De mocrat ; and the Editor of the Register, who was once a Whig, and then a Know Nothing, expects to turn Democrat himself in order to support Mr. Mc Rae 1 Whig, Know Nothing, and Democrat all three at the same time, and very consistent, of course, all the time! We congratulate our cotcm porary on his extreme agreeableness. We always thought him an agreeable gentleman, but he is far more agreeable than we ever supposed him capable of being. He agrees with old-line Whiggery, he agrees with Know Nothingism, he agrees with a De mocrat on distribution for Mr. McRae says he is a Democrat, and Mr. Syme says the same, he agrees to haul down his party flag, to ignore and set aside Conventions and party organization he agrees with the President on Lecompton, and declares that if Kansas is not admitted with the Lecompton Consti tution, it will bean intolerable outrage on the South ; and yet he agrees with Mr. McRae, who is opposed to Lecompton, and thinks it not at all material whether the State comes in or not. We should like to know, if Mr. McRae should be elected Governor, what part of him our cotemporary would claim for himself. As he is a modest person, he would claim as little of him as possible, and that would be the Democratic part. What a good, sound, warranted-not-to cut-in-the eye Democrat our neighbor Syme is! We congratulate him several times. We trust he will dej.Krt himself properly in his new relations, and that Democracy may ere long boast of him as one of its shining lights. We are assured that Mr. McRac made nothing by his trip to Charlotte. No Democrat was at all mov ed from his allegiance to his principles or his party. Mecklenburg, the birth-spot of American indepen dence, is no suitable place for a politician to go to knd assume the attitude of a dependent on federal bounty. A few old Federalists, and a few of "Sam's" fold may have cheered him with the hope of sup port in that quarter ; but that was alL Atteation, The Rerister ! The last Elizabeth City Sentinel again calls for a Convention of the " American ' party. The Editor, Mr. Mann, who is a member of the State Executive Committee, and who is a better "American" than the Editor of the Register, in that he has never proposed to haul down his flag at.d surrender to a disorgan izer, says in his last issue that "If the Executive Committee of the American party will not issue a call for a Convention, we would respectfully urge upon our friends of the " Patriot and Fiig " to do so, naming the time and place. If this is done, we have no doubt a full Convention will be the result. The extreme Eastern counties will be represented certain. The American fire down here is not yet quenched it only wants a lit tle kindling to put it in a flame. We think our friends of the " Patriot and Flag" are the proper ones to issue tbe call, for according to our friend Syme, they are our seniors, and more over, they live in Old Guilford, the Gibraltar of Americanism. Our peo ple desire a convention, then let us have one. We prefer Raleigh as the place, as we think a larger at tendance could be got there than any where else. But any place will suit us, so that we have a Conven tion." The Editor of the Sentinel also says that the "dis tribution Democratic candidate will be beaten by a larger majority than he will receive totes." Surely that is a comfortable declaration to Messrs. Syme and McRae. The sacred principle of non-intervention will be perfected and set forth, for all time, in a clear and practical form, in the organic act of Arizona. This will be done, let Kansas go as it may. Washington States. Tbe States was established as a Democratic jour nal, but is now a Douglas organ and is opposed to the administration. "The sacred principle of non-intervention" is to be " perfected " in the act organizing Arizona. We are to have more strife, then, over the question of slavery. We thought and still think that the Kansas-Nebraska act settled and " perfected " this great principle. What does the State desire? Does it desire Congress to say, in framing the organic act, that the people of Arizona shall form their Consti tution in a certain way t Is that what ihe States is driving at? Are we to be told, and is the notion to be established as a perpetual principle, that a Constitution must be made twice, first by the people in Convention, and then by the people at the polls? What would that be but Congressional interven tion ? The Register of Wednesday says, " we are informed that at tbe Democratic meeting in Orange, an old and consistent Democrat introduced a resolu tion in favor of distributing the proceeds of the sales of the public lands " and that ." this resolution was defeated by a 6mall majority." The Register has been misinformed as to the vote on tbe resolution. Tbe resolution of the Committee, against dstribu tion whether of the lands or proceeds, was adopted with but one or two dissenting voices. The Democrat to whom tbe Register ' refers is tet- ' ing in a very different manner from what Mr. McRae is. He, having been voted down, acquiesces in the decision of his party associates, snd will support the nominee of the Charlotte Convention ; but Mi. Mc Rae not only agitates for distribution, but resists the action Of' his party and would destroy its organi zation. , -. ' M Tdb Coquette." We learn that Mr. Barbee, the sculptor, will shortly be in Raleigh with bis marble statue " The Coquette." It is spoken of as a "fas cinating work of art," and on this account, if on no other, it ought to be patronized ; for there are very few coquettes, aj though marble statues and .works of art, tbafwe ever considered fascinating. Ins Ciiarlottk CosvEXTioH. Meetings have been held in about forty Counties, and there seems to be determination in all portions of the State to be well represented in the Charlotte Convention. It will be the largest, the most imposing, and the most influential Convention ever held in the State. Let the good work of organization go on, and let erry delegate determine to attend. We have never known the Democratic party o the State to be more harmonious or more resolved on success than it is now. The humbug "distribution" receives no favor, but has been denounced in every meeting, we be lieve, which has been held. Mr. McRae may clearly hear his doom pronounced in the indignant repudia tion of his hobby which comes up from every pri mary meeting of the people. Owing to the rapid increase of our subscrip tion list we have exhausted the edition of our last Weekly issue without being able to fill all the orders we have received for it. We 6end this number of the Semi-Weekly to new subscribers that failed to get the last Weekly, merely to let them know that we have received their names, but their subscrip tion year will commence with the next Weekly the 10th of March. Thanks to friends in Johnston, Carteret, Cabar rus, Randolph and other sections for clubs and ad ditions to clubs. Since last Monday morning we have added over 100 names to our list The Weather. The weather lor a few days past has been quite cold, and there is some prospect just now that some ice may be housed. It is about an inch thick, and if the cold weather should continue twelve hours longer, a considerable quantity maybe obtained. Persons wbo had begun gardening have been ad monished by the sudden change to put away their seeds and wait. Nothing, indeed, is gained by put ting in 6eed when the ground is cold. Prepare your ground well, have every thing ready, and when mild weather comes in earnest go on with your gar dening, and the quick growth will more than make up for lost t'me. At least this is our experience. The Greensboro' correspondent of the Pe tersburg Eijrress, under date of the 26th ultM says: We learn, by letter from Elizabeth City, that about $C0,000 of the money belonging to the Farmer's Bank of that place ba recently been found con cealed in a safe belonging to Mr. W. W. Griffin, former Cashier of said Bank. Rascality, like mur der, always will out, and should be punished, but public sentiment is too apt to brand a man who steals a dollar as a thief, while he who steals thou sands is a gentleman." Tub Wilsos Ledger. We have received the first number of a paper just established in Wilson, in this Slate, under the above title Messrs. D. S. Richard son and W. H. Bunn, Editors, and A. D'G. Tumbro, Publisher. The paper has been well gotten up, and the first number gives promise of ability and usefulness. We trust it may be well sustained. Almanacs for 1858. We are under obligations to Mr. Pomeroy for a copy of the American Alamanac for 1 858 that valuable repository of useful knowl edge. Every statistician, politician, and business man should have and keep a copy of this Almanac. Also, for a copy of the " Lady's Almanac n for 1858. This is an elegant little volume, well filled with use- flt curious and interesting matter. Young gentle men, and elderly gentlemen too, who would have young ladies "nx 'he time, would do well to make a present of this little volume. Mr. Pomeroy, we know, will not object to this suggestion. Hon. L. O'B. Branch. We i egret to learn that our worthy Representative has been compelled by indisposition to return home. He is now with his family at Gen. Blount's, in Beaufort county. xHis indisposition, we are glad to state, is not serious. though of such a character as to require that he should have some rest. He will most probably be able to resume his seat in tbe course of a week or two from this time. One of tbe toasts drank at a recent celebration was ' Woman ! she requires no eulogy she speaks for herself. Thirty-Fifth CongressFirst Session. Mondat, March 1, 1858. Senate.-Mr. Henderson, of Texas, appeared, was qualified and took his seat. Several memorials from the Legislature of Iowa, asking for lands for railroad purposes, were received. Mr. King, (opp.) of N. Y., reported a bill granting the Rome Arsenal to tbe State of New York. A communication was presented from the Legia lature of Kentucky offering a regiment of volunteers for the L tab army. Mr. Green, (adm.) of Ma, called up tbe bill for tbe admission of Kansas. Messrs, Gwin (dem.) and Broderick, (detn.) of Cal. objected, as tbe Pacific Railroad bill had priori ty in the order of business. It was decided that the bill should be taken up. Mr. Green gave notice that be should offer a sub stitute providing for tbe admission of the States of Minnesota and Kansas together, hoping thereby to expedite business, ne then proceeded to advocate the report of the majority of the committee, remark ing that the leading and controlling facts stated in that document could not be successfully controver ted. An attempt had been made in tbe minority re ports to evade some of them, but they stood unas sailed. He then passed to a personal explanation touching the statements in regard to tbe action ol the committee published in the New York Tribune, which asserted that the majority of the committee made a positive promise to Messrs. Douglas and Col lamer not to report till tbe succeeding Monday, and subsequently violated that agreement. He proceed ed to show the faLsity of this statement by a detail of the f icts in the case. A discussion of some length ensued between Messrs. Green and Douglas, wben the former pro ceeded. He said he bad a substitute for the bill re ported by tbe majority of the committee, which he would offer at the proper time. This substitute provided for the admission of Kan sas and Minnesota together, the object being to ex pedite the business before th Senate so that other important questions might come up for considera tion. He then urged the legality of the Kansas con stitution, contending that it was republican in form and was tbe legal choice of the people. Tbe popu lation of Kansas is sufficient to entitle her to one re presentative, and the .constitution of the United States prescribes no specific number of inhabitants to the admission of a State. , He referred to the un settled 6tate of the Territoty as a powerful and over whelming reason for the admission, for it would tive peace and quietness to the Territory. He bad re ceived information to-day of e murder committed by parties opposed to the Lecompton constitution, sud that General Whitfield bad been driven from tbe Territory jinder jbreej. of assassination..;- ijhjav,b said, was the reason of the absence of the federal officers from Kansas. It is useless to cry 44 pernec. when there will be none until Kansas comes into the Union. . " . r Mr. Collamer, (opp.) of Tt, followed.--. He- refer red to the Missouri compromise as having nettled the slavery agitation, and it being a lair bargain be thought it unjust in the Sooth, after receiving 4er portion of the advantage, to repudiate the compact. Who believed, he asked, in 1854 that slavery would exist in Kansas? It was a well settled principle that the power to regulate implied the power to pro hibit. Mr. C. quoted instances - to show where this power had been exercised, and referred to a ease in Mississippi in 1796 as in point. He defended Che Emigrant Aid societies, denying that the emigrant from the North went to Kansas merely to vote, with out designing to stay there. He referred to the fraudulent elections earned on by interlopers . from Missouri, and to other gross outrages into which the government had never examined. .. Adjourned. Monday, March 1, 185& Hocse Repbeszstatitos. Messrs. Seward, fadtr.) of Ga; Harris, (pp.) of 111.; Grow, (opp.)" of a; Curtis, (opp.) of Iowa, and Bishop, (adm.) or Conn., were appointed the special committee to consider tbe resolutions for the expulsion of Mr. Matteson. ' . ". Mr. Harris was excused from serving at bia own request. Resolutions were received from tbe Legislature or Washington Territory, declaring that Governor Stevens' proclamation of martial law was patriotic, and required for the peace of the Territory. Mr. bhennan. (opp.) of Ohio, offered a resolution. which was adopted, calling for information as' to whether any money has been paid from ihe treasury for tbe year ending June 30, 1857, lor tbe expenata of the Legislature, or alleged Legislature, of Kansas ; and if so, under what act and from whit fund. " Mr. Florence, (adm.) of Pa., presented a memorial fiom tbe marine underwriters at Philadelphia against any alteration of the law establishing the lighthouse system. Referred. Tbe House then discussed at some length tbe bill for the reorganization of the clerks and other em- pioyees oi me iiouse, pending aecision upon wmca an adjournment took place. Tcesdat, March 2, 1858. Sekate. The House bill nuking appropriations to fulfill the Sound Dues stipulations, was passed. Mr. Seward introduced a bill amending the pas senger act of 1 855. Mr. Evans introduced a bill for amending the Patent Law. Mr. Houston introduced a bill providing a regi ment of mounted volunteers for the protection of the Texan frontier from tbe Indians ; ahjo a bill author izing the President to accept tbe services of four ad ditional regiments of volunteers. The resolutions offered by Mr. Douglaa on tbe 4th February, for information on Kansas affair, was ta ken up. Mr. Douglas made a speech on tbe subject. The Kansas bill being brought up, Mr.. Collamer continued his remarks of yesterday. Mr. Douglas' resolution was debated for an hour, when the Kansas State bill was resumed. - Mr. Pugh moved to amend by a bill authorizing that the people of Kansas may alter or abolish their constitution and substitute another, provided it be in accordance with republican principles. . .. The House resumed tbe bill concerning tbe com pensation of clerks, &c, A long and uninteresting discussion ensued. Tbe bill for the restoration of naval officers af fected by the reitiring Board was discusoed Mr. Davis, of Maryland, against, and Mr. Miles, of S. C, for the restoration. This bill was discussed until adjournment. Washisqtok, March 8, 1858. Senate The proposition of the Printing Com mittee, to curtail the number, (ordered to be print ed.) of coast survey reports, was opposed by Messrs. Pearce, Hamlin, and Mallory, and advocated by Mr. Johnson. The discussion on the Kansas State bill was resumed, on which Mr. Seward made a r-peeeb. Tbe Senate debated Kansas affairs until tbe hour of adjournment. ' ' HorsE. Tbe House resumed tbe consideration or the Naval Restoration Resolution. Mr. Whitney of Delaware, favored the resolution. Mr. Bocock Op posed it. The Restoration bill was passed by 71 majority. MARRIED, In this City, on the fpornior of the 4th inst, by Rev.' J. M. Atkinson, Mr. William J. llicku, of Spnttarlrania eunn- tr, V-, to Miss Julia L., daughter of John B. 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