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among Cap
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8itthof.whotrei
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fe?fe by other .peaes -
Ijtl
Vr . ,i .Mrroes is less wan
Igoa
I. Ji tl" " " .un a tr on the
(5 '"Sid. Bat there is nothing
the money, instead of being
'i nland or negroes, this land
T:t not easier to pay
? Id segroea? In both cases it
ISions. Ifthisprinciple
K'tion. a man's taxes would
rich he might become; and
" ". . n life a huckster, wou.
nn licit"-
Ves than men who are now
ti0B' ..nenue bill provides
, .., . the excess of income -
"VlhSvaout. In
..... individual pys out
:fIu,.4-0 man's debts and
.i.Voiancc
F . ,. who are in inde
the
f K nersons
KTMpoor Farmer and Me.
ire18"" , , . it u ;a on7 upon
Ihoassnd dollars that the tar wil be
w .... .nnt to brinir in sixty aoi-
, w deraazozaes will seize up-
fv . h. Rail Road into disre-
Inrt W wr'us
i i - r tV. a nnnnlt nnnn
iff cannot stana oeioro j,.- -r
U (av n thu ex
.ndbfioniypiJ" --
iv. -
jter ofer we iurr
be
Under other
0 CiI!I13WiUVCOj uv;
i'l as a hobby ;
Bat regard
r i
I,.j.i.nnifthe income m.
LL a the system of internal improve-
Etbe Legislature, they address their
lfT think a new class of dupes-the
w.rioice that the day uas gone u,y,
btoeojrismcn impede the progress of
i- - -. j
L Both parties are unnea in buuu
n, which win pre a new impu. iW
Wthe people.
THE CHOLERA-
Lj Cholera has again become naturaliz-
udalthoQgh it has at present abated
is mages in New York, Baltimore,
L Mobile, Gaheston, Memphis, St.Lou-
t places which it hag recently- visited,
aa for serious apprehension, that the
Uippi -alley will be attacked, and thou-
by its ravages, as soon as the vernal sun
t enough to produce that peculiar state
here, always experienced where the
aolera prevails. Now is the time, when
pie in the country, for the Medical
itody and inform themselves as tbor-
futlj of its cause and treatment, as such
htt unknown plague, admits of; and ha
raed in their own minds, the many the-
MtBat, verified by attention and careful
n to the world the benefit of their disco-
Inrelj there is no scourge, that has
akiad, that has not been, by skill and-
finally subdued, or rendered of com
isr cause of alarm.
present month of February, St. Louis
bwpieTously afflicted than any other
mtWest. But even there it has been
tr controlled by the Medical Profes-
piieue of -this character kills more than
those ascribed to it fear and timidity
Xkerhalf. And if the first fears and
pi; be allayed, the remedies applied are
wcesfol, even in cases of the most ma-
p We hope the attention of Medical
pn to this matter, and thus tend to
wnoTe that horror and panic which sei-
fhlhdsof emnmfities on the appear-
Lioiera in their midst, and has swept
.unto i premature grave.
iSiuToi-The Lezislature went into
the 22nd instant, to elect a U.
it Tears from tV.oil. r M -i .
Mr. Allen, and on the fourth
t "j the free soil candidate, was elect-
.7 majority of four votes. The
fc'that Mr.Chaseis a free soil
itiafactory intelligence has been
K!ttystheJournalofCommerce)
lue u. o. senator elect,
JJlort administration a liberal sup-
f lajlor s noniinations
i 41 .
dtDU nnected Gen
WAit,. was the follow.
taj!16110 come forty
ii b Tv ay throua the crowd
i tag
W rearthatl cannot mt
Pop e. u Yon u T
L... Yoa haT been in
Niucr ine Fryman. and
8ayintr. 'intn,i i
lf-will as the vote 1 gave
1W. 'UV1DZ 101- rt u .
'"Ocatti. . uuuest
man,
CLAY.
Z."110we in .
rroiiean. ia3i namber of the
UhI8JiPri onrc at
C? iU accent th 1 ;
hlatmtlr.g.a e 0ee of Sen,,
ni.. .
0r that be
the
consuk-
f Senator,
. I-,
ranee.
post would
reflect th
Gen. Taylor.
urn in
Wlll be tendered the
mr. pols and wntforOTtoVisb.
To thtf "siobjcMsV we mrl ludtd in our last i
iue, but we sow proj?ose to dwell nioro at length up
on it. It seeMS- that in tho count of debato id the
House of RepresentativeB, Mr. Stephens, of Geor
gia, while animadverting on .the want. of good faith
and the deception which has marked the official
conduct of the President, stated that, during ihe
pendency of. the three milUoo liill in the House,
Mr. Polk firongly solicited Mr. .Wilmot to with
draw his. amendment interdicting slavery, which en
dangered the Bill, and the negotiation for peaces
n7niimkib of wUlnces itcy eve hli ptofir
in some otlrtT manner, if one was possible, was gi ven
by Mr. Wilmot; and Mr. Polk approbated the Pro
viso, if passed in " the form of a joint resolution."
On getting the floor, Mr. Wilmot made the fol
lowing explanation :
Mr. Wilmot, said the gentleman from Qeorffia.
(Mr. Stephens) in the course of his remarks, alluded
to some conversation which 1 had with the P rpcident
of the United States, pending the consideration of
the three million bill, in reference to slaverw exten
sion. Some time during the session, before the bill
was lnirouucwi, me jrresiaent eitber sent for me, or
i called on him. 1 went a second time, and then the
President informed me that the proviso was giving
him great difficulty and embarrassment, and he en
tertained no doubt, if the appropriation were made,
the object could be accomplished without embarrass
ment. I told him that I presumed the withdrawal
of the proviso would produce a contrary result The
rresiaeni. sum mai ne was much better informed
thau I was, and that he had men in Mexico who eave
him information of affairs there. I said, for myself
and others, that i would be just as well satisfied if I
could obtain the legislation of Congress in any other
way man auacning me proviso to the three million
bill. I suggested, not beine very familiar with pan
liameutary rules, the introduction of a Joint resoln- i
v : .1.1 , .. . . " ... . I
uou emuraciBg inia principle tnat slavery shall not
go to the territories. He said to me, " Mrl Wilmot.
bring it forward in that form : I assure you that this
declaration will not be unacceptable in Mississippi."
I was surprised, because he did not mention his own
State; but I supposed that he mentioned that State
because the slave interest was stronger there than in
Tennessee. He said, " I do not desire to see slavery
extended beyond the present limits, and it cannot be
done without eudangering the Union.", I informed
the gentlemaB from South Carolina, before me, next
day, I did not desire to make the conversation pub
lic, nor had I any particular motive for concealing
it. The gentleman asked me whether he might make
it public, but 1 did not wish to make it public.
However, thegentleman did allude to it in the pres
ence of the gentleman from Georgia. I regret this,
because I did not desire private conversation to be
made public. So far as my responsibility is concern
ed, I do not regret it Before God, what I have re
peated is substantially the language made use of on
the occasion by the President.
The above statement, it is said, created no incon
siderable excitement and astonishment in the House,
especially among the friends of the administration ;
and it would have been marvellous indeed, had not
the declaration of Wilmot, a supporter of Mr. Polk,
produced confusion and excitement.
We now have a plain exhibition of the manner in
which the Executive has interferred with and con
trolled the action of Congress. The President in
vites a member of the House to his mansion, and,
reckless of the duty and decorum that belong to his
station, assumes to prescribe the course, and essays
to regulate the aetion of a Representative of the peo
pie. To reach the end aimed at, he declares himself
and the South in favor of the Proviso. Although,
he does not in so many words commit the entire
South, yet virtually, he does so by asserting that
Mississippi, whose slave interests are as great, if not
greater than any other Southern State, favored or
would not object to this odious principle. The alle
gation of Mr. W. places Mr. P. in a very awkward
and unenviable position. For if he was sincere and
honest in his assurance' to Mr. W, he wag guilty of
trenchery and double-dealing to the South, at once
incompatible with his honesty as an officer, and his
honor as a man. And if his language to Mr. W.
was fallacious and designed to deceive, he is placed
before the gaze of the world in a light that must be
humiliating to every American proud of the honor
and glory of his country. Disclosure succeeds dis
closure, and all evincing a system of perfidy and du
plicity without a parallel in the history of the past.
or
INTERESTING- INCIDENTS.
The papers from the West are filleed with ac
counts of the reception of Gen. Taylor, and many
interesting and amusing incidents connected there-,,
with. It appears every little town and village on
his route were anxious that the old hero should vis
it them. The citizens of Cairo, 111., made some con
siderable calculation on giving old Zach a grand
reception etsrht passed that place. How they suc
ceeded the following from the Delta, will explain:
" The day was watched out and the night appear
ed, yet came not eld Zach. Nine o'clock did come
however, and with it a light around the point or
bend, where we first see the New Orleans steamers.
Loudly pealed the big gun madly rushed the good
people to the wharf boat and pale lips whispered
to each other, "is it the Tennessee?" Dreadful
pause great agony excitement alarming. Anoth
er gun, and up looms the Eliza Stewart, in all the
pride of being mistaken for the General's chosen
boat, and received with gunnatoriai honors. But if
9 o'clock came, 3 o'clock next morning was'nt more
than six hours behind, and with that did come the
Tennessee with old Zach on board, of course. It
was not expected he' would get up at that hour to
see Cairo, as not many people would do it, but that
he might wake up and know he was somewhere, we
gave him three rounds as the boat left the wharf."
Two rival hatters at Louisville attempted to head
Gen. Taylor, while the old man was in that city, by
sending him hats of their manufacture. The Gen
eral took both their hats, but how he w ill wear each
of them is a difficult matter to solve. He returned
complimentary letters of acceptance of each.
A correspondent of the New York Herald wri
ting from Memphis, speaking of General Taylor's
arrival there, says :
He is by no means handsome, yet all the pret
ty ladies kissed him, and fell in love with him, so
he must possess a charm to captivate, that hand
some men are deficient in. He looks like a man of
intellect, thought, and calm judgment. In con
versation he is affable and entertaining. He con
verses well and sensibly, like a man who has
thought deeply and formed his opinion accurately.
Politics, diplomacy, agriculture, military affairs,
internal improvements, on all subjects which he
conversed, he was at home in, and master of the
subjects. At the door of the hotel, as he was go
ing out to ride; a crowd of the boatmen came a
bout him, and so blocked up the way in trying to
get M a look at old Zach" that he stopped and
began to address them in a humorous, off hand
wav. with a denth of humor and know led ee of
character that J did not suppose distinguished him.
I would, from what I saw, put him against the
best political stumD speaker in the West, for an
effective awrists to the masses; for he knows
them and they know him.
"Ain't be a horse!" "He's one of 'em! Ken
tuck to the back bone!" He'll do." "Three
cheers for old Zach!'' Such were the rough cut
sppeches that came from these rude men, who
voted for him, and now came to look on the man,
and he.humored them ; but through all, he never
parted with that certain air of military command
which always distinguishes htm.
2T13MS OP NEWS. . v
07" Jt costs as much to govern the city of New
York one year, as it does the whole State of Pennsyl
vania for six. The Courier aays there are sixteen
States in the Union which could have their aggre
gate expeusea paid twice oter, by what it costs to
govern that single city.
Kktfiffe with a Wiix the Louisville Journal,
in its account of the reception by Gen. Taylor of the
ladies at the Gait House, aays :
"Many f them offered their bright and beaatifql
tip uiu.rqxirett us weany .Kisses a lips couii pua
ibiy dlrK Seine of the -Jealous votxiur trentlei&A
thought 'that the old chieftain, instead of fclsslhgtm
a mere matter of form kissed with a very decided
appetite. Whatever he does he does with a will.
EZ? The House of Representatives passed on
Tuesday, a bill authorizing the coinage of gold dol
lar and double eagle coins.
The Senate signified its opposition to the 12th
section of the Mexican Treaty during the Tuesday's
session.
Johk Wales, Esq., has been elected U. S.
Senator from Delaware, in place of -Hon. John M.
Clayton, resigned.
Ma. Crittenden. Tho Frankfort Commonwealth,
in noticing the fact that Mr. Crittenden has declin
ed a seat in Gen. Taylors Cabinet, says he will not
resign the office of Governor of Kentucky, to which
he has been elected by the people.
The Younu American. This is the title of a
newspaper for young people, published semi-monthly
in Baltimore by H. M. Garland, Jr., at one dollar
per annum in- advance, j It is devoted to literature
education and morals, and we wish that the editsr
may meet with the success which his efforts in this
department merit.
A Capital Thing -We give the palm to the fol
lowing, as the best specimen of an Irish compliment,
that we ever did see ! We copy from the Louisville,
(Ky.) Democrat :
VVhen the streets of Indianapolis were a perfect
glare of ice, a lady pedestrian lost her balance and
fell. A genuine son of the Green Isle, on assisting
to raise the lady, exclaimed : " Faith, ye must be a
lovely good lady ; for don't the Blessed Book teach
us that it is the wicked that stand on slippery
plnces?"
Very Fair We heard a story yesterday, of a
man who returned home from California with gold
to the amount of sixty-four thousand, which he de
posited in one of the mints. He took off his old tat
tered unmentionables, and was about to throw them
away, but his wife, good prudent woman, took them,
and with a trifling effort, she shook twenty-three
thousand dollars worth of gold dust out of them.
Chronotype. "
California Gold Stories. The Chicago Journ
al is responsible for the following :
That's the Figure. The nearest figure we have
seen to the. vulue of the gold mines, is arrived at by
one of the writers from that region, who multiplies
Sinbad the Sailor "by Baron Munchausen and adds
the Arabian Nights to the product, and says even this
is not " a circumstance."
Saws A wag of our acquaintance sawing with a
saw that was not the sharpest saw in the world, af
ter vainly trying to saw with it, broke out at last as
follows: w Of all the saws that ever 1 saw, I never
saw a saw saw like tnat saw saws."
An Awfcl Pause. After the clergyman had
united a happy pair, an awful silence ensued, which
was broken by an impatient youth exclaiming,
" uon't oe unspeaKaoiy nappy
Con. Why may every city in the world be con
sidered more religious than Rome ?
Because of Rome it may. especially be said that at
.... ..i -
present u is "less pius."
Johnson being once in company with some scan
dal-mongers, one of whom accused an absent friend
of resorting to rouge, he observed, ' It is, perhaps,
after all, much better for a lady to redden her own
cheeks, than to blacken other people s character."
'-JUT
ral.4t?hf steamer Europa, Capt. Lott, with four
.em1 Jateriintelligeoce) from Europe she
Question by a. SopaisT.-fOver a cerjtaiajriver
there is a bridge, and atone end of tbe bridge a gal
lows, and at the other a house of judicature, with
four judges, who passed the following law: Who
ever passes over the bridge must first take an oath,
and swear where he is going, and what is his busi
ness. If he swear the truth he shall go free, but if
he swear falsely he shall be banged upon thegallows.
Now a certain man taking the oath, swnre that he
was going to be hanged on the gallows, and that was
his business, and no other.' "Now," said the judg
es, " if we let this man go free he swears a lie, and
by the law be ought to be hanged, while if we hang
him he swears the truth, and by the same law he
ought to go free." How shall they proceed with this
man according to this law, or what will be a just
verdict ?
' FOR THE REGISTER.
Mr- Editor. : I was gratified tit seeing in the Reg
ister, a week or two ago, that a Division of the Sons
of Temperance had been organized at the Universi
ty. I learn a number of the Students now compose
said Division. This is one of the most important
moves t hat has taken place in behalf of Temperance
in our State, and the glorious cause must receive an
impetastheehy,-taiit will pt down ail -opposit jpym
It is also an important move in furtherance of the
success of this flourishing State Institution, as num
bers of parents and guardians will now be induced
to patronize the University, that heretofore had
their doubts about the propriety of sending their
sons, amongst a class of young men, many of whom
had been raised up in idleness and dissipation. We
hope that every student belonging to the Universi
ty will forthwith become a Son Temperance.
Since University Division, No. 19, was establish
ed, the following have been instituted, viz: Perse
verance .Division, No. 20, at Smithfield; Pasquo
tank Division, No 21, at Elizabeth City ; Roa
noke Division, No. 22, at Williamston, Martin coun
ty ; and Rainbow Division, No. 23, at Hamilton,
Martin Couuty ; with a prospect or several more be
ing set to work in a week or two. G. S.
FORI21GH ftJbTWS.
ARRIVAL OP THE "STEAMER EUROPA
tST?aHKs, N. B. Feb. 22, 10 P. M.
The Overland express from Halifax has just
arrive a fringing me announcement or me am-
v
vu4ledr from Lrfverpeo on tj& XOth iasfe
JlRlttra Jararrray of the news brought
LivETtFOOt mjtBtET, reb. 9. In breadstuffs
the trade has been steady since the first inst.,
and auv change that has taken place during that
ktime has been upward.
Cotton The demand for cotton has contin
ued extensive during the past fortnight, and sales
to a very large extent had taken place. In the
course of ilieHveek ending Feb 67,850 bales
changed hands, of which 31,580 bales were
American. The prices of these remained with
out much if any change.
FRANCE.
Immediately after the sailing of tbe Niagara,
intelligence was received in England that the
breach between the Assembly and the President
had widened into a fearful difficulty. A real or
sham plot was disclosed to the French Ministry,
and for a few days Paris again assumed the ap
pearance of a beleaguered city. The streets were
occupied by 80,000 men, and General Chauga
niere plainly intimated that the first barricade
that was attempted to be raised would be tbe sig
naHor a general slaughter.
.WJJift t hedged Republicans weresuprised
o3 unfepare3 tefcope with the extensive railiia
ry trtttngements concerted, certain it is that Pa
ris for few days trembled on the verge of a new
revolution- The issue can scarcely be doubted,
as Marshal Beagqaud was dispatched from Paris
to bring up a etrong divisioni of the Aimy of the
Alps, ostensibly to command Bourges during the
state trials, but with no less an object than that
of overawing the Red Republicans in Paris.
The difference between the Guard Mobile and
the Army oFthe line only added fuel to the flame,
which hourly grew in intensity., The motion for
getting rid of the propositions to dissolve the
National Assembly was only defeated by a nar
row majority of 416 to 405. Since that vote,
greater tranquility prevailed, and once more we
have to announce that the struggle passed off
without mortal strife. Numerous arrests were,
however, made.
In tbe National Assembly, on the 29th ult.,
the minister of the interior announced that he had
been ' directed by the President of the Republic
to present a bill against the clubs. The Assem
bly had already enacted several penalties wi'.h
the yieWi prevent excesses, and remove the
dangers alarming society. The Government had
ordered a number of clubs to be closed in the
Capital and Departments, and denounced offend
ers to the tribunal.
It was impossible that public confidence could
be restored while the clubs were permuted to
exist. They formed a State within the State,
and no free Government could alkw such an an
omaly to exist without endangering its existence
IRELAND.
Charles G. Duffy has been brought up before
court on a new bill, and is to take his trial at the
present term, under the Crown and Government
Security act.
ENGLAND
The Parliamentwas opened by the Queen
with quite a lengthy speech. ! The speech places
the fact beyond doubt that the Government have
no idea of stultifying their pait free trade doc
trines, but are resolved to steadily carry out their
principles to this final consummation.
Sir Henry Lyttoa Bulwer, R. C. B., recently
Engtistiitfnbsssador to Spain, has been appointed
to succeed Sir R. Parkenham, as British Minis,
ter to the United States.
Anecdote of Genelal Taylor's Progress.
A correspondent of the New Orleans Bulletin,
who went up the river with Gen. Taylor, relates
the following.
At Columbia (Arkansas) an accident occurred
to the steamboat, which made it necessary for the
-General to land in a skiff In addition to the
rower already in the skiff, a drunken fellow jump
ed in immediately after linn, and stood up in the
small and frail affair, so as seriously to endanger
the upsetting of the skiff, and occasioned no lit-
I le anxiety among us. " Sit down, my good man,
sit down," said the General ; but the more he
would not do it, and began backing the skiff un
der the guards of the boat and across her lines,
until at Inst the General lost all patience, and n
nallv exclaimed, "sit down, you drunken rascal
or I'll throw you overboard," and never did a fel
low come to anchor in quicker time, to the relief
of us all. particularly when he was safely landed.
The scene ashore was not a little entertaining
all of the vicinity seemed to be collected, men.
women and little ones, and the ueneral had to
go through the -kissing process with the lenain-
ines, which he did wun a goou grace, inuugn
some thought he did baulk a little wi'.h one
hard favored subject. The reception room was
illuminated by one tallow dip," just enough to
make darkness visible. A good yisaged fellow
came up to enquire from one of the "tail in a
most confidential whisper, whether the General
ever draakbrandv- No, never" was the reply
in a, whifinei.equally energetic but lis friends
rfo,"anif Um black boU- was forthcoming with
out delay. Among other curtoaitie- produced
urn a vouno1 Arkansas sucker, some 8 or 10
months old. whom his mother presented. The
General shook his hand and expressed an opin
ion that he no doubt would some day be a Gen
eral also, and he was $t once dubbed "the Young
General," by which name he will probably be
known in future. 1
eact wdijrtdsitL hfTjp lietnto io 4igt U. paykitf
a small saoj peraonth, and heavf fines for dig
ging witbouUioensf Mint to give the raw
uiatenai a valuation and furnish' the country With
a currencyand-atandard, and their re venue would
he immense. 1 here h now from five to ten thou
sand persons employed at the diggings on their
own account. JJay Mghi thoaand, alien dollars
per onth. .8 jfj.ooo per month. Besides the
profits of the Mint, the silver, quicksilver, and
lead- mines are very rich, and Iron sample, taken
and tried yielding from 60 to 80 d wis, of pure
metal, which rump are not troubled as yet, as
an ms field opes, ju this wkiuiiy for enter
prise. The transportation j now carried on bv
,auu-i wurnea Dj inree or ,our ind,arjgf an(j
bring their owner in from thirty to forty dollars
per day. and there will be employment for hun.
dreds of steamboats on the waters of San Fran
cisco bay in less than five vearB. A tt..nhn,i
-would now make a fortune in a short tirvo T
may ask, how is it that commerce has started up
so suddenly 1 Formerly every kind of trade was
carried on by barter in hides arid tallow, conse
quently business moved slow, and a email amount
covered a large space, and every body went rar.
ged and the Indian naked Now gold has chang
ed every thing. The people are ciothed, debts
paid, andJuxuries obtained by picking up gold
under their feet and paying for it, and it is not
consummate in a day. The depth of the soil
containing gold is about ix to eight feet, when
you come to hard, dry clay or stone, called
" Tusca" (pronounced "Toska") in this country,
and where no gold is found ; the black soil is
from 20 to 30 feet deep on the flat lands, grow
ing thinner as you approach the mountains, and
very rich. Slavery is not required in this coun
try, the Indian population are disposed to work.
-,kd thelimate will permit of any kind of labor.
i iiere is a ory ana wet season in California like
that of Chili, neither hot in so miner and cold in
winter, as in the United States or on the Atlan
tic side of the Continent. The winter of a wet
season is the most nleasant. aa between the in
tervals of rainy days the climate is delightful, as
in Chili, the thermometer at about 50 deg, and
the air sufficiently charged with moisture to be
pleasant. In the dry season the thermometer at
79 and 80, dry and warm.
"Capt. Phelps has with him 127 pounds of
gold, which is worth in this market $300.per lb.
or $33,100, all which he dug and made by trade
in six months, and many others have done as well.
He takes his with hitn to the United Slatos."
Consumption disarmed of its Terrors ! !
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of consumption by the celebrated physician, Dr. Mott,
of New-York; and Dr. Arnold, of Savannah, Ga.,
writing to the agent at New-York, under date of
Jan. 30, 1848, says: "I received the half-dozen
Hastings' Naphtha Syrup ordered from you, and am
couvinced that Naphtha is the principal ingredient.
Inclosed is twenty five dollars, for which you will
send me two dozen and a half bottles. I have two
patients in the Marine Hospital, whom I think wifl
be benefitted by it."
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O" Price oue dollar a bottle. Six bottles for fivs
dollars. The usual allowance to the trade.
For sale by PESCUD & JOHNSON and WILL
IAMS, HAYWOOD & CO. Raleigh.
LATE FROM CALIFORNIA.
By an arrival at Charleston on Tuesday last,
the Editor of the Courier has received very re
cent accounts from California, which are of a
highly interesting charecter. The information
about the gold region continues to be of the same
exciting character with previous advices, and in
dicate that immense supplies of that precious
metal are in progress of development. Captain
Phelps was a passenger in the Brig that arrived
at Charleston. He has been a resident of Cali-
ifornia, and therefore is well qualified to commu
nicate authentic information about tbe region.
We have not room for all the particulars fur
nished trthe Charleston Courier by Capt- Phelps,
4raVinii9wmri make room fur ihetfollowing
interesting " letter from Valparaiso, which the
Charleston Courier has been permitted to pub
lish, by a friend who received it :
. "Valparaiso. Dec. 20. 1848.
M Your kind favor of August 2d is at hand, and
before this date you have received the news of
the discoveries of the gold regions in California,
which I wrote you about a month since. Since
that time we have had an arrival from San Fran
cisco, bringing two gentlemen passengers who
have been in that country for three years past,
one of them, a Capt. Phelps, an old acquaintance
of mine, who has given me much information re
garding the gold district it cannot be called a
mine, for the gold is found on the surface of the
earth, and not by digging or mining any depth,
and the extent is not vet ascertained, althongh
two hundred miles long and from sixty to seventy
broad has been traversed and gold found in every
foot of the way. It was discovered by a person
(one of ihe mormons.) who had a mill, and wish
ing tojorj) the waters of his mill race, dug anoth
er chanoeLand dried up the old one, in the bot-
loni or wpicu ne saw Buiueiuiug Bimiiug um uiu
not knoVxacl'y what - wa He from curiosity
collected four quart bottles of this yellow metal,
and took them to San Francisco, and confiding
in a friend, had it assayed, and it proved to be
gold dust of a very superior quality. In a short
time this led toother discoveries, first on the
banks of the rivers, for the convenience of wash
ing, and as the number of persons increased they
went more inlaid, where the size and quantity
increased.
Captain Phelps tells me has taken out many
pieces from umfer the roots of an old tree with
no other implement than a sheath knife, and no
other instrument is necessary in any part but a
small pick axe, shovel, and a tub or trough to
wash the sand and dust from the pieces and par
ticles of gold. Pieces of an enormous size have
been found, fiotn Jour pounds upwards and as
you ascend the mountains the pieces increase in
size. Now tils range of mountains extends over
four hundred miles, and the distance from the
o-f eat hiv of San Francisco and the sea is from
fiftyaif Iuradred, intercepted by many small ;
strvaJr rratTgahle for small vesels and launches,
wriacUity for carrying- on trade, and
buildiog towns and cities, with an immense fer
tileteoantry on each side of it. The river Sacra
mento rung a; long distance to- the northward in
la'ndCinto which Tuns. several other rivers, all
navigahfe for vessels drawing 12 or 15 feet water.
and the Country around capable of supporting
millions of population plenty of . wood of aH
kinds. What our P'ovemment ought to db" is to
establish a Brand) Mint immediately, and lei
On th
e
22d in6t. at the residence of Walter R
Moore, Esq., in Johnston County, by the Rev J. J
Finch, Ir. John B. Becwith, to Miss Ann Gilbert
Thompson.
At the Episcopal Church in Warrenton, on Tues
day evening the 20th inst. by the Rev. C. F. McRoe,
the Hen. Micajah T. Hawkins, to Miss Maria Eaton,
daughter of the late Blake Baker.
On Wednesday, the 14th inst. by Wm. C. Clan
ton, Esq., Mr. John H. Harris, to Miss Sarah W.,
daughter of Mr. Wm C. Lancaster.
Jn Holly Springs, Miss, on the 13th inst., by the
Rev. William McMahan, Mr. Richard H. Hill for
merly of Franklin County, N. C, to Miss Susan E.
daughter of James Glover, Esq., of Marshall Coun
ty, Miss.
On the 30th inst., by the Rev. Smith Parham,
Jesse D. Franklin, of Panola Miss, formerly of Sur
ry County, N. C, to Amelia Lenoir, youngest daugh
ter of Mnj. M. Thurmond, late of Hardeman Coun
ty, Tenn. -
On the 14th inst. by Josepn Uooch, h.sq,
Mr. Benjamin F. Harris, to Miss Ann E. Rogers,
daughter of Mr. Samuel Rogers, all of Granville
County, N. C.
Ou the 14th instant, at Ayersville, Perquimmans
County, by the Rev. Mr. Snowden, Robert W. Lng
sater, Esq., of Oxford, to Miss Catharine B. Skin
ner, daughter of Mr. Benjamin S. Skinner.
Bfetr,
In this City, on Saturday last, Miss Lavink C ,
second daughter of William Ashley, Esq. Long
and painful was the illness of this amiable and inter-
estmg young lady, yet sne Dore n an vfim mat
Christian fortitude vfhich discerns in all the Provi
dences of God, that "all things shall work together
for good, to those who love rlim." Ana ever since
the fell deetrover Death has marked her for his own,
by fastening upon her system the certain ravages of
Consumption, she has manitestea a resignation anu
natience which none knoweth but they whom the
Spirit of the Lord hath touched and prepared for
. . ... i a i lie
their exit from this world or sin ana sunenag iv a
bright and blissful immortality, bhe died in tne
full assurance of the Christian's nope, "ciessea
are the dead who die in the Lord. Communicated.
In Smithfield, Johnston County, on the 22d inst.,
Mrs. Rowena Ridgly, consort of L. G. Ridgly.
At his residence in Twiggs County, Ga., on the
22d ult., Mr. Stephen Jones, in the 63d year of his
age. The disease which terminated hw existence
was Ischaria notha.
2r325'QJIC23ISa
T the Annual Meeting of the Directors of the
North Carolina Mutual Insurance Company,
held on the 2d January, 1848, tbe following resolu
tion was adopted :
Resolved, That an assessment of five per cent be
levied on all the premium notes out-standing on the
2d January 1849.
Notice is hereby given that the above assesment
is required to be paid at the Office of the N. C M.
1. Co , in Raleigh, on or before the first day of May
next. JAS. F. JORDAN,
Sec.
Raleigh, Feb. 56, 1849. 17 3t
O- Star and Times will copy, three times each.
7T rfrv rhTTTi'
.- fl VI l a I I -i-l IT
fWSll fi Members of MANTEOLl)?B, No tft
X are respeetfally tecjtteated td',Htt Odd fel
lows Halloa thaCity c Raleigh, WMday tatt
ing March 2d, at half past 0 o'clock a bntXaesi vt
much importance will ba before theLodzftV
1NO, G. WILLIAM, '
Raleigh, Fh. 24, 184g ,Vr ;,1T i4
h ' ; sa? tt ca rga . -
,Ufi Agreement -Wtwsen VttyMlf.s idSepb
Weistnan. for workiDir'th Black rtf ftf itia T Jim
ak OmtttriN. C tad sataat D&inf hr:.PhltmAu
ht4 nry fxpired by : tiaitUotf gortriettv
made f (if any) will Wseulsd syhifTjtiLthatTOad
them, the business being dissolved some li rnotiths
past. RICHARD SMITH.
Raleigh, Feb. 20, 184?. : 1 8 3t 4
Brilliant Lotteries
For March, 1849.
J. W. Maury & Co., Manager
ffi40,000
VIRGINIA STATE LOTf feRY,
For the benefit of Monongalia Academy
Class No. 34, for 1849,
To be drawn at Alexandria, Va., on Saturday
March 3d, 1849.
SPLENDID SCHEME!
1 Prize of 40,000 1 of 15,000 1 of 8,000 1 of 6.600'
7 of 4,150 5 prizes of 1 ,5000 5 of 1,250 15 of 1,0 GO
15 of 500 &c. c.
Tickets SJl Halves 3)5 Quartefs $2 50
Certificates of packages 25 Whole tickets $140 00
do do 35 Half do 70 00
do do 535 Quarter, do 35 Mr
Orders for Tickets and Shares and Certificates of
Packages in the above Splendid Lotteries will receivd
the mo&t prompt attention, and aa official account of
each drawing sent immediately after it is over t alf
who ardor from us. Address
J. &. C. MAURY,
Agents for J. W. Mxdrt & Co., Maaagerf,
Alexandria Ya.
C0LVIN & CO.
LOTTERY AND EXCHANGE BROKERS.
Ajency, W. Corner, Baltimore and Calrert At,
$50j00O
GRAND CONSOLIDATED LOTTERY,
2D OF- S32. OS Xta 53T SD
Class 18 to be drarSn in the City of Baltimore on Bat'
, day, March 31, 1849.
BRILLIANT SCHEME.
Xj- 1 capital prize 550,000, 1 capital prize $12,500
U- 1 capital 25,000, 1 capital 7,500
UGP 15 cspital prizes 4,000
O 200 capital prizes 1,000
THE PRIZES IN THIS GREAT LOTTERY
AMOUNT TO $897,600
O 1 ,000 Dollars, is the lowest prize awarded to
any ticket having three of the drawn numbsr n it
in this lottery !
Tickets 315 ; shares in proportion.
Colvtn & Co will issue a certificate of
A package of 26 whole tickets for $20
" " 26 Half tickets for $110
" 26 Quarter tickets for $55
26 Eighths tickets fer 2.7,00
Orders solicited by mail in tbe above lottery, of
in any of the following lotteries to be drawn during
the month.
LOTTERIES FOR MARCH, 1840.
Price of
Date. Capitals. No. Bat. Tickets. Pack, of
March, Quar. Tick.
1 $18,000 78 13 $5 $18 60
2 20,000 75 IS 8 17
8 80,000 73 13 10 341
5 8 000 75 14 ' ' ffrK " "'9
6 20,OUO 75 14 6 16
7 30,000 78 14 10 85
6 25,000 75 12 ft 18 10
9 8,000 75 13 2 7 001
10 37,000 75 15 10 37
12 25,000 75 li 8 24
' 13 24.000 73 13 A 1$ AO
14 30,000 72 13 10 30
15 22,000 78 13 6 18 80
16 7.500 78 13 2 7 AO
17 37,0110 78 14 10 82 80
19 9,500 75 13 2 8
20 20,000 75 12 A 18 0
31 8,577 75 IS 3, 7 80
22 40.000 78 13 .12 42
23 7,500 75 14 8 6 TS
24 33,000 75 13 19 84
26 8,000 78 15 2 8
27 5.000 75 13 1 7
23 30.000 75 13 10 34
29 22 500 78 14 0 I T 80
30 7,500 78 14 2 7
Orders for tickest or packages of tickets will b
prize celling house
answered bv return mail. Please audraa ths nld
louseof" " . -W '
COLYIN & CO.
Baltimore, Mi.
California Expedition.
MAYING determined to leave me oiaie oris
Carolina for California soon-, I will sell, a,t
5 Auction, on Monday the 1 2th day of March
next, wKhouteserve, on acredil ot omrana iwo
my aewly built Dwelling a ud Store house, also 13
o r land. It will be remembered that the
I-, f niQlnir nassed the Central Rail Road Bill,
aad no doubt Henderson will be oue of the best bus!
cess places in North Carolina
Feb. 22, 1849.
MARTIN FULDA.
17 4t
Heboid a. Gold Miue !
More fertile than the Sacramento, and nearer, heme
THAN CALIFORNIA I
Ne voyage " round the Horn" required.
Taa Euoaxocs Paiza Sun or
70,000 DOLLARS !
Was promptly paid oUt from tbe 1st to th 29th of
.liinuary, by those old Established, Far-famed an!
Truly Lucky Lottery and Exchange Brokers,
PYFI311 Jk CO.,
No. 1 Light Street, Baltimore, OTd.,
Where's the use of going to California now t At
brilliant galaxy of Lotteries for the month of Febri
ary, is herewith presented to tbe notice of the corres
pondents of this well known and truly fortupate'
house. ;
Pyfer 5 Co always sell and pay the best prizes.
7 he first investment frequently draws a prize at
Pyfer &. Co's See the. noble luck last month,
All the Prizes promptly paid in Gold! $30,r00r
sent to an old correspondent in Raleigh, N. .C
(He had been unlucky, but persevered.)
$9",000 sent per mail to Bertie Co. N. U.
5,000 " Rockingham Co. Va. .
4,000 M Fauquier Co. Va.
4 000 " Mecklenburg Co. Ya.
' Evesy one of the above prizes were said, prompt-'
ly paid, and may be seen on file at the lucky office
of Pyfer - Co. -
Names of persons who draw prizes never divulged.
It is only, necessary lo make a remittance tc Py
fer & Co. to secure a handsome prize.
BEAUTIFUL LOTTEK1ES FOR FEB. 1848Y
Bate. Capital Number of Price of Price ef
Feb Prizes. Ballots. Tickets. Packages.
47 ' 80,000 78 Nos. U drawn ft 00 18 60
28 9,000 78 Noa. 16 drawn 3.60 8 00
30,000 75 Nos. 13 drawn 10 00 -S3 60
frrORDERS answered by the return rwair inva
riably. .
Tbe package prits of QciaTia Tic kits only is
published rft this paper. Packages of Wholes an
Halves tn proportion.-
(rpfficial and Phit drawings alwiys forwards
edbj tha first Mail after tb dYafeirJTBCor'
anSsvAiss.
fj-YVs advise crof CdttpotfdtnM to ' trtift rACJi
AGES of Tickets, as they save at feast fifteen per
cent., and may draWin o Pacxaoe rocR CaMT-aX,
Pai ms. " . ,
For any of the Handsome Prizes in the above
schedule, it is only neeessary lo order a Ticket or a
Package from the oUl established and far famed houAer
of PYFER & CO.,
Ifo 1 LiStot-St., BaiaiMOre, MoV