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" PUBLISHED BY SEATON GALES,; EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR, , ' ! . ; AT THREE DOLLARS PER ANNUM. Our are the plan of fair deUghtful peace, TJnwarp'd by party rage, to live like brotheia RAIEIG II. X, C Saturday, Feb. 1, 1851. . CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS. iVe have heretofore declared our opposition to the mode of amending our State Constitution by what is termed Legislative enactment. We are of the same opinion still, and shall proceed to give ear Teutons as clealy and as briefly as possible, o that our views and motives may not be mis. laderstood or lisreprtsented. In the first place, we & not believe it is cal culated to secure a fair and unbiased expression of the public w ilL Our elections for members of the Legislature are dependent on, and turned by, ao many local considerations, and are influenced i. u.. c-mrlt rr Prtv and the Bod v. when -SO UJUCU UJ UHOINII.v .Vl jw : tit fimx nt!elv eno-rosscd with VWCUIUlU) . - ..... J rf CJ nutters purely legislative, or with office seeking and office making, that it would, peradyenturt, and indeed most likely, act, when sue! action might not be desired by the People ; at another time, re fuse or neglect to act, when such action might be expected or demanded by them. However this may be, there are evils arising out of it which must be apparent to; the most superficial mind and assuredly, none can be blinded to them, who witnessed the operation of the system, during its development in the Legislature just adjourned. Liable to all the objeetions before stated, it car-ries-with it an expense which almost, if not fully, equals that of a Convention, and before even one alteration which has passed our Legislature can b nude, the People will be kept in excitement, tossed hither and thither byselfish and ambitious politicians, for three or four years. The conflict begins in one Legislature. It is revived before the People. The battle field is again changed to tbe Legislative Ilall, and if the proposition is there successful, bitterness of feeling and sectional pas sions do not end, but arc in a short time to exhibit themselves, in another last and desperate struggle for the ascendancy. No sooner will one measure of reform be settled or withdrawn before another will be thrown, by some aspiring politician, into the arena of excited discussion, and thus the pub lie mind will be kept under constant agitation and suspense, and the Fundamental law of the State the Cosstitutios will become the foot ball, of ambition, caprice and disaffection. Who could live in confidence under such a system of Govern ment.' Who could respect aState Constitution, thus ever presenting the ghastly grin of dissolu tion or death on its face ? Dees any man suppose that if "Free Suffrage," as it is termed, waathers the storm, and arrives ' safely in port, three years hence when (if success ful in the next Legislature,) it will have to encoun ter a last trial with the People, that all will "end well" and quiet will be restored to the public mind and permanency given to the Constitution ? If 4k. u U ...... if thin Aninmn tluV hflVO miatnltnn ' .lie i c w .i a j i.is vj'iiitwii) j .... . w the prognostics they have not consulted the "Oracle," which has so emphatic d'y declared, that wken Free SuflVage shall have been perfected, there are oilier amendment of the Constitution, which will demand the favorable consideration not of the People but of the Lecislattoe. 4 There is yet another serious and to our mind, in ' surmountable objection to this mode of amending the Constitution. Such' an instrument the charter of civil rights in a great State must depend for its healthful and beneficial operation, upon the harmony of its part. Tliey must fit well be suited to each . ther, so as to make one tymmeiricai vnoie. 11 not, us in every other system, whether of the moral or phys- ieal world, there can be no harmonious motion no conservative action of the body politic but rather discord, jarring, and conflict, ultimately producing dis trust, fear and ruin. One Legislature finds a defect : Aw the succeeding one, another there. Pulling out at one place and putting in at another, will become tha order of tha day, uutil ,the Constitution will ba : an edifice, which has been pieced and mended, to suit the taste of each and every nincompoop in arcliitec- ! ture, until, having long since lost both bpauty and : atrength, its next best service' will be to tumble down, : last it be pulled down in disgrace, by ita owners. j nere are sou other ana nrong oojmionj to tins ;' mode of amending the Constitution, but ire have not time or space now to consider them. Whenever the public minJ has become agitated by a desire to alter any part of the Organic law, in which all are interested, in our humble judgment, the safest, the most prudent, the wisest, the jmost Republican our is, to consult the fountain head ef all political pewor th Psople. This, we consider, is compati : Ue with and demanded by the principle, upon which our government rests the whole system is based upon the axiom, that " all political power is vested in and derived from the Pkoplb onlt." If we strike down this great principle, we are at once upon a stormy sea ' ef troublos and difficulties, whose dashing waves Will , drive us onward to anarchy or to despotism. ' Then let us meet the issue. That manyr ry mj, of the People of our State, are looking forward to, aad desiring, amendmenU of our State Coastitution ae will deny. Their veice is becoming too loud and emphatic to ba mistaken. That a majority of toe l'eople are in favor of such amendments, or for any amendments at all, it is nol for us to say nor is it for us to assume to advise whethr any, and if any, what amendments should be made. The true inquiry for us is how can these issues best be settled this agitation best be allayed this fraternal strife bs soonest and with least heartburning, removed, aud peace, union, and quiet again restored to each, eve : ry, and all sections of the State I Iu our honest judgment, it cap fe aectmpllthedin o ther nay than by submitting the quettion directly t the People, irhetlcer they tetVa Convention (on the Ba$i of the JIoum of Common,) to amend their Constitution or not I ' This dune, who can complain f If they reject a Convention and adhere to the Constitution a it it, ho will then dare agitate f Tbe moral forco of such a decision will have the effect to restore peace to our whole State, and more particularly to our councils, aad we shall sail on for years to oome in the same old skip, which ws are all now aboajrd-ndevelopmg J our resources, strengthening our energies, and meet ing one more as a band of brothers, i If the People however, declare that they wish a Conviction, who will complain 1 "Will all not hear in that decision the voice which has made and un made Constitutions,' and which will continue to make and unmake them so long as our Bill of Rights stands I a tbe charter upon which we rely for security ! Upon such a decision, why should one section distrust the ether f Woedd it not be best to meet together or ratber Irfay together tie wise heads and good " hearts of the Old CoinmonwealthV and let tltem, a our fathers have done before, settle all differences- comprotuise conflicting interests, and return to the Volume LIT. People their Constitution, altered though it might be, yet retaining ita beauty, its strength, and all those safeguards to civil and religious freedom which have so long thrown their protecting arms around us t That this would be the case, we have an abiding and confident belief. Would that all parties and all sections could discuss ' these great questions with the ealmness and wisdom Bve7 to th Steful emotion. I experience t 1 . , , , , xtr x ftoin yur generous appreciation of ray earnest which become freemen and brethren 1 We have ven-Aiffort8 to over your deliberations with im- tured our opinions. We do not claim for them the partiality and integrity. stamp of long experience, but they are honestly en- j tertained, and have been candidly expressed. We ; have nothing to conceal. The subject shall be resumed. Who can fail to notice the calm, consistent, and faithful course of the President and his Cabinet iu their administration of the affairs of the Govern- - V Of - .1 fY- 1 . I 1 M 00 "Clear in tne.r greai onr are .ney, , that wTea!ly see or hear very lmle, if any, ob- jecttonjeren from the political opponents of the j President to his political conduct ly ever to hare had'a better President, or an abler Cabineiij It is a Whig administration, whose ends aud aims are fur the good of the couetry , and aut the nere benefit of party. JjUxandrim Gaxtltt. Yu are right, friend of the "Gazette." No roan who has occupied the Pn sideatial Chajr (or the last twenty years, entitled himself to more credit than has Mr. Fillmore. Though a true and ' genuine Whig, he has proved himself the Presi dent of the country aid tbe xchole country not only in fact but iu spirit and feeling. This is the sentiment of the People of North Carolina, what ever may be the opinion (pretended, not really en tertained of the demagogues and Editors who are endeavoring to prejudice and break down his ad ministration. They cannot accomplish this object, if the Whigs of the Slate will rally as they should do, around him. So conservative, so candid, firm and patriotic, has been his administration, that it behooves all true Whigs to arouse themselves to aciion, and second with zealous hearts, his efforts to enforce the execution of t he Fugitive Slave Law, and preserve the Union against all fanatics! Let us do it. Justice, gratitude and patriotism, all demand that it should be done. ' tW The weather, for the past few days, has been unusually and severely cold. The thermometer iu a' well warmed room stood yesterday at 2 MR. HAUGHTON, OF CHATHAM. Although the Raleigh & Gaston Road Improve ment Bill was really passed by the casting vote of Mr. Speaker Edw ards, te Mr. Haughton, of Chat ham, is no less due the credit of having secured that important measure. Mr. II, is opposed, on principle, to releasing the obligors from their bonds to the State ; but rather than see the Bill defeated, t-the Road utterly destroyed, and the disastrous consequences tluit would thereby ensue to a large portion of the State, he came forward, in the spirit of true liberality, in tire time of need, and voted for a concurrence in the House amendments, there by causing a tic, and enabling the Speaker to give the casting vote. This statement is due to Mr, Haughton by no means, at his solicitation, but as a voluntary ex pression of our own appreciation, and that of other friends of the Raleigh and Gaston Road, of his course in the particular alluded to. SUPERIOR COURTS. The Judges of the Superior Courts of Law will ride the ensuing Spiing circuits in the following order: 1 Eden ion, 2 Newbern, 3 Raleijjh. 4 Hillsborough, 5 Wilmington; 6 Salisbury, 7 Morganton, Judge Dick. Caldwell, Ellis. Bailey, Manly, Bat lie, Settle, 2F Now that the Legislature lias adjourned, we shall have our former space to devote to miscellane ous matter. We liave still a few Speeches on hand to publish ; but we must contrive to give them at auch intervals as not to prevent a variety. Aw Admission. The Washington Union says that " 1 he course of President Fillmore has, so far, been generally commended." THE ADJOURNMENT. Both Houses of the General Assembly adjourned on Wednesday morning, after a tedious ses' sion. ot 7xoays; and 111 a tew hours a large ma jority of the members were on their homeward way. We wish them, one and all, a safe return to their families and friends Previous to adjourning the two Houses, the thanks of each, respectively, were tendered to the Speakers, for the manner in which they had dis charged their duties. To this compliment, on the part ef the Senate, Speaker Edwards responded as follows: Gentlemen : I heartily thank you for your generous approval ot my administration ot the du ties of the Chair. But whatever merit there may be in that administration it is rather to you than to any prOhciency or skill ot my own. Uyyourcon ataot observance of all of the rules f order, and courteous deportment in all that concerned your intercourse as Members and as Gentlemen, you reudeijed the task committed to me of easy per formance and not without great pleasure. This might have been expected of the Senate of North Carolina, distinguished as it always has been for the urbanity of its members and their love of order and decorum. If our common labors, Gentlemen, shall be crowned with the happy results which honest in- j statement 01 iacts ana nis aeaucuoi.s tentions and enlightened and patriotic devotion to . from them, we commend so much of tins the public interests, so signally manifest in a)l , letter as we copy below to the espeical at your deliberations, always deserve and rarely, if . tention of our readers : ever, ian 10 produce, we shall ever be able to recur with pride and delight, to our participation in the1 public service of the present Session of the Gener- , al Assembly. Mav such, Gentlemen, be the good fortune of each and all of you, is my fervent wish. We should have been more than men, if we bad not, in the progress of our labors, been sometimes entrapped into excitement, tinctured no little by acerbity, both of feeling and remark; but as men, it can cost ua m effort to regard these things as fu- gitive as the moment in which they had their birth, 1 1., .1 ... auu to reuieamer mem as among me inmgs mat . ..,i j 1 1 1 -r,fl:0 r have been. In taking leave of each other, iSid re- ngr would have pensfeed in a c J ' turning home to mingle agan with our friends and rra8- a7. ,f tbe queahona had been left constituents, let ns not forget that though widely open to agitation another year, this Union separated, we are still brethren of the same farm- , Could: not have withstood the shock. For ly, and that our eommon household is North Car- ; tunately, better counsels prevailed, and the olina, the whole of North Carolina, and nothing greatest of all calamities was averted by the but North Carolina always remembering that the pagw of the several bills constkating what di&l to wrSuntiv e0d CitlZfcB he s caJled the ComPro'me J and uowmy de a vL fcnlJ" t 4i .1 .liberate opinion is, .that the best security we with you. my fervent oravers for the bealtb and happiness of each and all of votfc- AiM) NORTH In the House of Commons, Mr. Speaker Dob bin prefaced the proclamation of adjournment with the following remarks: Gentlemen of the Hocse of Commons : The time has arrived when onr legislative la bors must close The hour of separation is now at hand. I have not language at command to Gentlemen, I thank you from my Jieart, 1 thank yon- for this manifestation of kindness in the resolution just adopted. This theatre on which for many weeks past we have been playing our part, is one where may well have been expected those exhibitions, ever the re- i suit of the promptings of patriotism State-pride j personal ambition, and-sectional jealousy. Permit me. gentlemen, to tender you my con- sratuIation, lha, pa,rio,isin and State pride have .h. ... 9nH ,n.vnL.,nVn.. V anU 'confident expectation that your arduous and protracted labors will con tribute to the honor of our beloved Stale, the prosperity and happiness of our common constit uents. i And if in moments of excitement, person al ambition, or sectional jealousy, an impulsive ardour hath prompted any ol us to innict a wouna let the wound now be healed let the very re collection of its existence be chased from the mem ! ory by those cenerous impulses, those kindly emo tions that we all feel, and cannot stitie at mis moment of our parting, perhaps never to meet ana in. Gentlemen. I bid you. all an affectionate fare well. But before separation, let usson this occa sion, of melancholy pleasure, not be content with the renewal of our pledges of personal friendship, but unite in one heartfelt resolve to cultivate and encourage a feeling of affection for our State; to aim not to be unworthy of an ancestry who bei?an the ercat struggle for Lib erty in scventV-six; to strive to rouse up that State-nrido. without whieh 110 State can be great let us ever be proud of our great country our Un ion, but let us love with pecliliar aliection, tiie Old North State. Let us determine to forget that there is an "East" and a " West 111 our btate- but have a patriotism comprehensive eneugh to take in ti mountains of the West and the valleys of the East But I detain you. Farewell peace, prosperity, and happiness attend you. Under the resolutions of the Legislature, the ouly duty now have to perform, is to prenomice the House adjourned without day. STATE LEGISLATU UE. SENATE. EVENING SESSION. - Monday, Jan. 27th. Mr. Cameron called up the Resolution in favor of Barnabas Thomas ; read and rejec ted. Received a mi ssae from the House sitting the passage of an Engrossed bill for the in crease of the public Revenue, in which they asked the co icurr nee of the b n ae read 1st time ;ind made the otder of the day for to-morrow 12 o'clock. '1 he motion of Mr. Clarke to reconsider the vote by which the amendments to the bill relative to the R. & G. R. R. Co., were greed to, was lest by the vok ayes 20, noes 25. The Engrossed bill relative to Pilots was read 1st time and passed. Sundry Engrossed bills and Resolutions IS. . . 1 1 were read xnu and oru times ana oraera 10 be enrolled. -The Enyrossid b ll concerning the official Bonds of Sheriffs, Coroners and Constables was read 3id time and rejected ayes 9, noes 34. The Engrossed bill to prevent the cor ruption of the rave population was lead 2nd and 3rd times and ordered to be enrolled. The Engrossed b 11 to establish a new Co. by the name ef Jackson was read 2d and 3d tiiix s aid p issed. Received a massage from the House stating the pass ige of the bill to increase the Capital Stock of the Bank of Cape Fear with sundry amendments concurred in and the bill ordered to be enrolled. The Stnate then adjourn' d. HOUSE OF COMMONS. EVENING SESSION. Monday, Jan. 27. Several reports were made from the Com mittee on the Judiciary, and the Committee discharged for the remainder ot the session. The House then proceeded to the consid eration of bills on their third reading, and the remainder of the evening session, till 1 late hour, was consumed 111 reading and dis cussing them. It is impossible to give even a faint sketch of the disorder, hurry, noise and cOnfus on which reigned through the Hall, and much more difficult to tell precise ly what was done. Such is the bustle, excitement and confusion attending the closing scenes of the Legislature, that our Reporters find it absolutely impossible to take down the Proceedings. Any thing of par ticular importance that may have transpired on Tuesday, shall be noticed upon some subsequent occasion. S LETTER OF MR. GEYER. The St. Louis Republican furnishes a tele graphic statement of the contents of a letter from Mr. Geyer, which was read in the j0int session of the Missouri Legislaturei in j lhe debate of Fridav, the 17th inst. As the , h h t haracter 0f the Senator elect, and his .l.i:.. l ' eminern ao.my, give great wc.gu. - The persevering efforts to procure the pa88a(e Gf actg to prohibit slavery in the htl?nrtt.. and ahol.sh it in the District of . ,. . fill ! Columbia, have brought on m fearful crisis. ' At the commencement of the late session of Congress no one, I think, can doubt that the succcessof those efforts, in either case, would have been regarded and treated by several 0f th,e States as an open declaration of civil war ; and the Uaion, with its manifold bless can have against the recurrence of the mlmi- ' MB; pen! which we bave so recently es GAE-OEIN GAZETTE. RALEIGH, N. C, FEBRUARY 5, caped, is, to uphold that Adjustment in all its parts, and preserve it inviolate. " Although tbe admission ot California, with her extensive boundaries, and the acts for the abolition of what is called the slave trade in the District of Columbia, would not have been entirely acceptable to me, uncon nected with the other constituents of the Adjustment, or a reliable assurance of their passage ; yet, as a whole, I was from the be ginning, am now, and shall be to the end, in favor of that Adjustment. It is the best set tlement of the controversy that could, under all the circumstances, have been obtained. " It involves no sacrifice or surrender of principle. It impairs no right of a State or citizen of the United States, and secures no triumph to any sectien, party, or people of the U mon over another, uood taith, as well as the preservation of the harmony of the Union, requires that it should be sustained by men of all parties. If it can be preserved inviolate, it will restore harmony and tranquility 4o all por tions of this Republic by re-establishing the confidence of our people in the justice of the Government, and the good faith of their fellow-citizens. If it be overthrown, no one can estimate the calamities that will almost inevitably be brought upon the country." COMMUHIGATIOlv. FOR THE REGISTER YAWNING. Though I make no particular pretension to the character of a philosopher, and but seldom presume 10 moralize hardly for my own beneht, much less lor the beneht or admonition of others ; yet, the other da?, after indulging in a peculiarly long and son orous yawn, a few thoughts struck me in connection with this act, which 1 think, tho springing from a barren root, may still be somewhat worthy ot observation. Has anv one ever considered the act of yawning, in its natural, moral, social, intellectual, politi cal, religious, or psychological point of view ? As is too often the case, lhe things that lie nearest to us are among the last to occupy our thoughts, and the wonders that exist even in the very essence of our being, attract the east part of our attention. .Since this sub ject has been thus neglecied when any one at a glance may see that it affords ma terial for an extended work in srx large vol umes: one on moral yawning, one on social yawning, Jkc. & would not a lew (noughts thrown out at a venture, be like te produce the execution of this desirable wrk, by kind ling the fire of genius in the capacious re cesses of a mind fit for such tbiigs? With this hope as ray only inducement, I throw out the following jejune, and ilj-assorted re marks, with this prefatory deprecation, that 1 am well aware that they are bii a specimen of an mtailectual yawn, and bespeak your pitiful consideration accordingly. Every one who has ever yayned, will at once assent to the assertion, thit yawning is one of -the most helplessly ludicrous situa tions in which poor fallen man is ever placed. Nearly all the senses obliterated the will in abeyance, the muscles rigid, the mouth wide open, .temptingly inviting to hat l?ige blue bottle-fly but just now buzzug round your head, and whose mysterious disappearance you cannot account for when you recover from the spasm without suitlry unpleasant misgivings. What, I ask, is a man fit for when he is yawning? Hisears are deaf to all calls, alike of pleasure ir reason. He hears not the warning voice that points out the danger in his path. His muscles no longer obey his volitions ; iis will and all the oth'.r faculties of his mind tumble into one undistinguishable heap, so that it would take a smart man to determine between judg ment and imagination, 'much less between the latler and fancy. I have seen it somewhere asserted if I remember right in the vritings ef Edgar A. Poe that " sneezing is a short method by which profound thinken get rid of their su perfluous ideas." Now as no two acts can be more incompatible than yawning and sneezing, I am inclined to think, reasoning by analogy, that yawning is an effort which a man whose brain is empty makes to catch any superfluous ideas that may be floating in the atmosphere, hoping to take tbem ia, in the same manner as that blue-bottle afore said. Some, perhaps, may sneeringly in sinuate, that it was thus that 1 obtained all my ideas by the yawn with which I started. Well, be it so it onlj proves most conclu sively the correctness of my theory, which may account for the exceeding volubility of some of our most sapient legislators in con nexion with their apparent inanity ; for, a few days ago, in a certain legislative hall not a thousand miles from here, I was so struck with the yawning of the members, that I was almost tempted to believe that I was in an Institution specially established for the promotion of that department of human ac tion, and I felt much tempted to propose as a motto to be emblazoned in letters ot gold on all the pillars of the house, the notable speech of Meg Merrilies 10 Domine Samp son : " Gape sinner, and swallow." Having called attention to the almost total abeyance of all the senses in the act of yawn ing, and the exceedin 'ly helpless and ludi crous condition of the individual thus suffer- the awful predicament in which a man would be, tf this state were to continue a year, a week, or even a day, may be easily appreciated; but fortunately the spasm passes off almost instantaneously. But in the con sideration of yawning in a moral, social, or religious point of view, we see that tnose who are taken with it, remain m mat state for long periods of time, nay, during a whole life. UnhaDDV creatnres! When I see a man apparently forgetful of the dirterenr-ft between mtum et tW-mru a petty tradesman, consiacUy charging exor bitant prices, and sweating the articles cost him more than he sells them for, represent in? them to be what they are not : if a whole sale dealer, constantly endeavoring to fill his purse at other people's expense j and in gen eral, when I see men dishonest, and whose only rule of risM and wronsr i the statute law of the land, I think fo myself, that man is induleinar in a moral yawn. When I see a member of the church, if not exactly sleep ing on his post, at least taking no interest in 1851. the affairs of the church, and trying to re move the load of : guilt from his own con science, by falling out with his pastor ; and, in general, when I see men: christian men by profession Neglecting all their religious duties, I see clearly enough, that they have been seized with a religious yawn. By the way, is not that the case with rather, more than half the church in these, days? the best of them only yawning, the rest of them fast asleep! When I see a politician stri ving by all means, foul as well as fair, Jo advance himself who would, for his own private interest.tear in fragments the glorious fabric ot our now happy and prosperous U oion, and give all order and law to the bowl ing winds of anarchy and confusion, merely that he may float like the froth on the top of the wave, that political storms would rake I fear that that man, though wide awake to his own interest, h taking a patriotic yawn. When I see a man thinking he can write, heaping words together, without rhyme or reason, filling volumes with the evidences of the fearful inanition of his own brain I am much inclined to place him in the same category with one who subscribes himself an intellectual YAWNER. Ralejoh. Jan. 29th, 1851. Mr. Galks: I observe, bv a reDort made by the Public Treasurer, in obedience lo a call for information from the Senate, in relation to the Chairmen of the Boards of Superintendents of Common Schools, that I am reported as a delin quent Chairman for the county of Bertie. I de sire to say, through the medium of your paper, that my report was not handed in to lhe President and Directors of the Literary Fund.al the lime their report was made to the General Assembly, but was made by myself in person, to Gov. Man ly, shortly thereafter. 1 do not intend to attribute any blame either lo the out-going or in-coming administration, but to state a fact in relation to myself, and that I may appear in a proper alti tude before the people of my county, I trust, however, that should this, communication meet the eye of any of the officers concerned, they will publicly say, that 1 am no delinquent, should they tiud my report, which 1 did hand to Gov. Manly, in person, sometime in the month of December past. Please insert the above in the Register, and ob lige yours, cc. J03. B. CHERRY. The Steamkh Atiajjtic. The steamer Arctic brings 110 news ot the Atlantic, and the fact excites general comment and anxi ety in all our circls. We not think, however, there is. any food cause far addi tional alarm. The New Yirk Express, of Saturday, says : "The Atlantic sailed on the 28th of De cember, and lire Arctic the 11th of January, only two weeks later. There was not time therefore, to hear fro.n tli: Atlantic suppos ing her In have put back short of coal, after being half way across the ocean. With adverse winds it would be impossible to ar rive here, under sail, and with favorable winds, her return to England would occupy more lime than the fourteen days between the sailing of the two steamer. If she re. turned, as we suppose phe did, we ought not to expect to hi ar trom her for many days Income, and shall not probably eve 11 "by the Canada, which was to leave 011 the 18lh of January.' "We repeat, therefore, that there is no occasion for additional alarm, and we can not but believe 'hat lhe vessel and all on board wll turn up safe. That the passengers may have suffered and the ship also, is very probable, but that lives have been lo.-t we do not seriously apprehend. A Model Editor. A correspondent of the Boston Museum thus sneaks of Mr. Wright, editor oflhe 1 Chronotyoe." He ha been known to write with a p'ii in each hand on two different subject?, rock the cradlr with his feel and whistle " Hail Columbia for the twin-babies', while intently perusing one of Parker a sermons, all at the same tune Disagreement of the Jury in Gensral Hinder son's Case. New Orleaks, Janunrv 22. The ease of the Government vs. General Henderson, charged with participating in the Cttba invasion, was brought to a close on the 21st and given to the jury, who alter being out for a considerable time, were .una Die to agree. They were accordingly discharged ny tne court. It is presumed a new trial will taKe place. At St John's Church, in Fayetteville, on Tuesday morning the 21st ult, by the Rev. Geo. Benton, William M. Shipp, Esq., Attorney at Law of Ruther fordton, to Miss Catharine Lafayette, second daugh ter of the late lion. John A. Cameron. In Salisbury, on the 16th inst. by. Rrv. Thomas P. Kicand, Mr. JAMES H. ENNISS, to Miss ELIZABETH, daughter of George VV. Brown, Esq HaaBaaBMBaaHaBaBMn For Sate. A Shares of Cape Fear Bluk Stock. OV ' W. H.JONES. Share January 24th, 1851. Fresh Garden Seed. F all the popular varieties, this daf received and for sale at the Drug Store of WILLIAMS. HAY WOOD A CO , Raleiah, Jan. 30tb. 1851. 19 301 A. B. SllTH. Jlgent, Commission, Merchant and Dry Goods and Grocery Broker JV. . TENDERS bia services to the Merchants, Plan ters and Citizens of the Southern States, end will attend to any business ba his line either in tbe sale of produce or Merchandise or the purchase of Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware, Crocker f, Shoes, Hats, Furniture, Carriages, Musical and Agricultural Instruments, bagging, Hope, Drugs and Medicines, 4rc. He fl itters himself as a pur chaser of Goods for the Southern trade, his experi ence aa a buyer will enable him to give entire satis faction to the Merchauis who may entrust lo him tneir order. Refer to Ex-CSov. Charles Manly, Wm. Hi!l,8eeretary 01 State, Geo, W Mordaicai, President of ihe Stale Bank or N C, J. O. Watson, Presideat Mutual In aurane Company, B. F. Moore, Attorney General, Raligh.N. C. M.haw, Washington, N. C. Hon. J. K. J. -Daniel, Halifax, N. C. Andrew Joyner, Weldon. N.C. ' . , Office,-139 Broadway. N. Y. Jan 29th, 1851. f Iff NORTHERN HOPS , ffUST received, 2 lialea ffeh Northern Heps, at J? 26 eta. a pound. L. B. WAL1KK. Number 18, Notice. THE Subscriber, ae successor to COOKE &, BUFFALOEin the Livery business will con tinue its operations in ail ita branches at his Mi ll ea. on Wilmington street, and liciN tbe pa t rons;e of hi old friends and the public generally. His prices must be arranged agreeably to the prices of produce and Lbour, and will be from and after the 1st day of February next, a fol lows : pair of Horses per month, S13 (X) Single do do 10 00 D- do week 3 50 Do do day 75 Quarterly settlements will- be required in all instance, nd perena having horses now in my cure are requested to take them away, it' unwil ling to comply with the above condition. JERE : NIXON. Jan.. 24'h. 185i. ' Peruvian Govcrumeut tinauo TH E subscriber will immedUtly recnive his Spring supply of Peruvian Go vernmeat Gn irm. Said Guano not being landed in tbe Uni ted States until it comes inthis possession, he gua isntees it 10 he as pure aa it came from the banks in Pern, , Planters on (he line of lhe Petersburg and Rea noke Railroad, and iis tributaries, ouht to supply thwngelvea in February, so aa to ave tbe increase of freight in. March and A pril THOMAS BRANCH. Sole receiver from the Government Agent for the Town oPetersburg. January 30lb. U51. 10 2t Proposals lioriTJail ifcigs! Pott OjSce Department. DtcVjtBEU 24, 1850. S' 4EALEB PROPOSALS will be received atthis lyejinrtiiieni until 9 o'clock a. m, of the 21st day of April nest, fur furnishing for four years from the first day of July next, in such quantities and at uh times us in iy be required and ordered for tbe mail service, Mail Bags of the following description, to-wit : CANVASS MAIL BAGS. Size N. 1 (43 inches iu length aad 62 iacasa is ciraurafareucs) lo be made ef cottoc canvass, wigU iug 15 ounces to the yard of Tit inches width ; itit varn of the fabric te ba doubled and twisted and five "fold. Size No. 2 (41 inches in length and 48 ia. in cir cumlereuce) to be made of cutun canvass, weighing la ounces 10 tbe yard ol 27 niches in width, and the cloth to be woven in every respect like that of the first size of bag-i. Kize No. 3 i-il inches in length and 38 inches in circumierencc ) ii ue mine ui anion canvass, weijjn ing 4n ounces 10 tiie yard, aud the cloth to be woven as alto described. r . . t . 1 C . 1 Phe canvass bava of sizes Nes. 1 and 9 are to be made with a sufficient Dumber of eyelet holes, and provided with strung cord to secure their mouths. Ad are to be marked inside and outside thus "U S. MAIL" LEATHER AND CANVASS POUCHES, Or mail bags with circular bottoms, opened and las. tened at one end ; Size No. 1,48 i.. 'sin length and 60 in. in circ'fsrence. Size No. 2, 41, do do 48 do da Size Ne 3, 36, do do 42 de do Size No. 4, 30, do de 36 de de ",te No. 5, 26, do de 28 do da The body ef the leather pouches is to be made of good and substantial bag leather, well launed, weigh ing for N : 1 and 2, uot less tbau ounces, and lor the smaller vize net less than 7 ounces to the square foot ; the bottom and flap to be ef good skirting leather, well tanned, and ihe seama lo be well and strongly secured with tbe best iron rivets well lioned. Tbe canvass pouches are lo be made of densely woven canvass, so as lo resist water, like the caa vaes pouctlfs now in far lha m"-in- HORE MAIL BAGS, (ur saddle-bags Forks.) Size N. ,1- Body 46 inches long and 40 inches in circumference at widest parts. Kize No. 2 Body 44 inches long and 36 inches es in circumference at widest parts. Size Ne. 3. Body 42 inches long and 32 inches in circumference at widest parts. Ends er bottoms of size No. I, 12 by 24 inches. Do do do iNo.t, II by 23 do Do do do "No. 3. 10 by 20 de The leather bora mail bags are to be made of good and substantial bag leather, well tanned, weigh ing net less than seven ouaces lo the square foot, and the seams te be well and strongly sewed, or if riveted, te be se done as neither to chafe berse aor rider. Tbe canvass horsn raail ban are te be made ef the same quality of fabric as the pauches abjva des cribed. DROP LETTER POUCHES (with side okbt ) Size 26 ineaes in length ami 28 inches la circum ference. Proposals far improvements in the construction ef any of the above described mail bags, or in tae ma terials thereof, will be received ; and the relative value and aduptatien to the service aa well as price of such improvement, will be considered ia Je terrain, ing the lowest and best bidder. All the articles contracted are lo be delivered at the contractors expense, aWttostonMassucbuselts? New York and Buffalo, New York ; Philadelphia J u....i u ii 1 - . it..i.: . u.l . Washington, D. V ; Charleston 3. 'J ; Macon, Ca. ; Huntsville.Ala; New Orleans, La. ; Nash ville, Te on; Louisville, Ky ; Cincinnati, Ohio; Si. Louis, Mo. in such proportions and al uch times aa the depart ment may require ; where they are to he rigidly in spe'ted. and aene are to i received which shad be inferier ia any respect to the specimens or stands id bags. Ne proposal will be censidered if not accompanied with samples ef each article bid for, showing the coa t ruction, quality of amaterials, aud workmanship proposed, aud also with evidence of the competency and ability efihe bidder to execute the word accord ing to contract 1 be specimens mast be delivered at ' the Depart ment oa or before Ike 31st day ef April next, aud will, in connexion with the proposals, farm the baaU of the contracts. The bidder or bidden chose will be required te five bond, with sufficieat su relies, (to be so certified te by the Postmaster of the place where he or they may reside,) ia a sam of money double the aavouat of contract, far a faithful performance ef the obliga tions ealered into It having been auggWled by Postmasters of experi ence and ethers (hat the common eaav&ss bags, first above deseribedofaiaes No ,4 and8,)eeeuld be made so as to be locked (proposals aad specimens are invited for canvass bags constructed accordingly,' with Ike addition also ef a handle at the mouth andal lhe bottom of each bag, . 1 for the ia format ion ef bidders it reference te the number of mail bags which will probably be re quired, the u amber, kinds, aud sizes of bega manu factured for the ose of the Department during the year, from the 1st Julj, 1S49, to the 30th June, 1850, are given as Tollevre: 152 No. 1,838 No. 3, 776 Ne. 3. 747 Ne. 4 and 20 No. fdueket J 2" Ne.1, 332 Ne., aud 176 Ne. 3 kttst tags; aad 6,573 Ne, 1, 1,I3 o. t, aid 274 Ne. 3 MfM Ctntstt hags. Tbe tropesalfl shoald be aadarsed : " ProfU fir Mail Bags, aud be addressed to the Postmaster utneraw1 H.. HALL, Postmaster Geaera I & wklw LAMP OIL UUttK Sperm and Comuion Lamp tin , just received and for aale at the Drug CJtore nf WILLIAMS, HAYWOOD &. C(L Dc;27thi 1650. 1 0RAN0K8, LEMONS AND FIGS. I FRESH supply this day received and It 1 sale by WM. J. GRIFFICE & CO. January 23J, 1851. 58 d3t Segroiar Line i THE Cape Fear steamboat ObV Steamer Chatham will ran retawkrhr between Wilmington and Fayetteville, coOmen cmg on Monday the 27ih iriaunW-sleavtof Fay a" HI- evei7 MonY and Thursday at 0 o'clock A. M. an arriving at Wilmington earoe evening; giving Passenger going N-mo an opportunity to take the cars next morning at 9 o'clock. JA& leve Wilmington on Tueadaya and Fridays, ax 2 o'rlock P. Meiving pjowengera by the cars wmro arrive at Wilmington al 1 o'clotk daily an opportunity to take, the Boat to FayeUevillt. he Steamer Gov. Graham, with the fw Boata belonging to the Line, will ran in contrax- . too wvh the Chatham, making one' or mora trip a week, as circumstances may require assencer and IrVaiarhtnra tnic rata hm. k .1 ... , ... araanvanpnt It hi boned that tbe neftaak 11 . pe,,s'8 b ,nc're(l be this arrangement will be rewarded by an increased patronage otherwise a loss will probably be ualained by the Confpatiy, which will lead'to a diacontimiance of a regular line of ronntngi " i - JNO. D. Wl LLlAMS. Ag-nf 4 ... . Cpe Fear Steam Boat Co. s Fayettville, Jan'y 20. 1851. - frtf SPRING TRADE, 151 J. DICKSON & 0. 152 Market SL, and 23 Merchant ML AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN ST A VLB DRY GOOD AS rj'HE andrshjned offer to Southern, Wester awl -a South-western Merchants, for the coming seaao. a very desirable aesortmeat of - 1 FOREIGN DRY GOODS, maayef which are of their en importation. ' lrUh Linens, manufactured to ordf; Jaeeaeia, Cambrics, Victoria Lawns, Swiss Mulls, Corded Muslius; a variety of Fancy Muslins, Gioghazaav dec, mauulactured to order. Freoca, English and Americas Cloths, CaasiaMree and Vesting, - Summer Coatings and Dress Good, embracing Luwus, Mousseliues de Lain, Figarea Muslins, Alpaecaa, &c Spool cotton aud Satia r"eh Pateut Thread. 9 Manufactured to order, Hosiery, G laves, etaria gieat variety. We also offer a complete list of JUflEiZlCMJ JURY GOODS. Browq and Bleached Cot to as, Negro Goods, Ser vants Stripes and Plaid, An extensive variety of Tweeds, Jea&s, CeatiaeB, Pantaloonery, Tickings, Hickory .Stripes, Ae. Philadelphia Manufacture. 1 Iain. Colored and Striped Oauaburgi. A general Assortment f Notions. Our Stock will be general, and will present in ducement to good and prompt Men, ' J. V. DICKSON ds CO. January 2 1st, 1851, 3m f Proposals fr Stampe PoaT Orrici DaraaTxaaT, Jarvart 16, 1841. PROPOSALS will be received alibis Depart, ment until the 4th day of March next jbr. fri iiishini; stamps for the use of ihe post ofhcea ia the United Stales for four years fmm the first day ef April next, when ordered by the Department, of (hw foilowiug descrptiona, viz: t - The name of the office and State in circular Ibraa Cut from a solid block of hardenei steel, and madV fcj such manner as to admit of letters and fig area tw designate the mouth and day, with a thumb acMw to '' keep such letters and figures in place. Mich stamps and the letters composing tbe same, to be of ikfe same size as tfaiose now manufactured aad la Ose. A turned mahogany handle of the same tike w'te, to be securely UMeued to said etsmp, Tbe months . ef tbe year ablireiated so as t contain bat thrre iefkr each, of the same size, now in use, and to be cot from solid blocks of hardened si eel. Figure, for the days of ihemonth. from P' to 3l. inclusive, 10 be Blade of like hardened metal, and of the sis test tforeeeidl Xiao, stamp with the words "paW and "frev'' of the form of those now in use. A lo, stsuips with figures denoting the' rates ef postage, and similar to those now in use, All of the above stamiie tor be made of hardened steel. '- - .. .-.j The proposals mast also contain separate bide for the circular alamos, with the months and fig'treev : Also, for each separate piece for the days oft a month. ' Also, for complete sets of months and figtoreav Also, for each separate piece with the worUs 'paitf knd "free,'' J r; Also, for each separate pirUK ihs figrrree-aABA,. ting the rates or postage. The making of tha dif ferent sets will not, however, be , given, to diuereot contractors, VuMhe proposal fur the whole which ia deemed most favoiabte to the Department will be accepted. The Department nerves to itself ihe'ritht to reject all proposals if the price is deemed extrava gant. Specimens of lhe various kinds Of stamps required cm b4 ee'n at the appointment office of Ihia Depart eut. N. K. HALL, Postmaster Cknrd. ' Jan. 17,1851. H wTw WANTED. A FIRsT rate Candy Maker and ornamental Cake baker. One that is a good workman and otMOady hubita, will find aleady em ploy ment aud good waees, by applying to the satfevriuer Immsdi ately. ! L, B. WALKER, , , KaletgUfc A. C. January 18th, 1451. f 07" UalUiuore hun. Norfolk Herald and Phila delpbia Ledger, will copy t the imwiut of 2 doilara and send aud paper, with the aJreriisemcBk, to tiie aubbcriber. CALF SKWS, LIMJVG, t(c ' L. UUKCH keeps constantly on hand, CaU Skins, Luang skins. Shoe tiodin. oxe. &a. o ..iorgn, KjiA. 4, iosu. 99 TEACHER WANTED. X T-Elb," an Academy vhich it ia priyteei tta to epen ou the 1st MomUy iu February aexi. VV wantene ruliy prepared to teach the Uagwgea, aa well as the various branches ol Uuglifte, Wit Mathemaiics. We shall require, satisfactory ft deuce to be given both as to capacity aad high me ral ataadiug. Applicauta will aula their- termavn: Addrea 8 W. H. WILLS Brinkieyville, Jaa.,21at, 185t. lw 7 " New Music Book. CANT1CA LA DDIS, or the America beek ef Chmxh Music. By Lowell MtfMi and Gee. Webb. ' . . : - ALSO . TilE HO Jit Al.TAtt AN Appeal iu behalf v Family Worship,-tt Prayers and Bymms, for family uto., Ky Kev. Charles F. D eeuia; H D TURNER. Dress and Frock Coats. fl! FAITV ' J VST. OPES iEO, of all ooalilles VVj. wen cut and extremely well made. ' E. L. HARDING dc. CO. Raleigh, Oerober 13ta 159 . : NEW BOOK STOKE, POMEROY & O'NEAL. Si, IS, Fajettcvilic St., Searly tlppwiU lhe Post 8ffiek ' RALSIOS..N. c. ARE now receiving an extensive assertmeat ef Law, Medical, Theological, Hieelineons and Seaoel Books, generally,- Annmiia-and choice Books ft Preseuta, Novels, Stationery of all kinds, vrhic are telling at the very lowest prices price e are confident must give entire satisiactroa. Ceil and examine, i .. ' v 1 Vt. L. POMEROY, J.WONfiAL. Dee. 9th, 1850. t A freah supply of . , MLES 4--SON'S Imitation St iteli Boot. Just received by HEA RTT LITCHFORD. Raleigli.JaD. 2Uth, ISol. 7