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4'-. :V-- o il . 7 mm,' it jo atibitious : . TFrm Swtain's $IgM;P-j - I tvvk IRI) LEGENDS. WORTH " ' i , ' inlv-Toa have rtMired Wrtrtogfely 1 .V;m th clouds tt mdmft.jc or evfen. . ?m iuo tbemselve round fo, VunaruJ ar 'Sgetoia Jt ku.,nttural, .fflffSr tA .lHiman.Ufe, We aften find events, lookup, wj)ex related Wfc Sot to.eyery Jay tqre.- Forex, X ifwy one should tell that, on finfkh. watiyen by i young 11 mode. latto publicly, and ra a public j.quareto a vo?ngP-tn.0that,h. aw for the first t,me, iettainly 11 joupg ladies and old ladies, and yobbg eentlemen and old gentlemen, would, iith o.e voice, call out, ' It is not irue;..it UivpWible." Well, I entreat your att-p-tloo to he following little Hory.ibr whose iruth andreantya wUlbe.rripotuible.. W J 4 -'TORT OT A .FIRST. KISS. ' 4lS the University of Upsala, in S Jeden, lived a voting sfudent,-a lonely youth with A love lot studies, but wUhout Wan, for pursuing Uiem. .He-wit poor and w.th Hit connections. Stall be studied, hying i great poverty, but keeping a cheerful heart 4 rVing not to look at the! future -which Eke .Ognmly at hirn. food humor fad fcoorf qualities trfad him beloved by 1m toung comrades. Once he was .landing with some of thm in the great square of Vwala, prating away an hour of leisure, then the attention of the young men became arretedjy a. Very young and elegant lady, Who, at the side of an elderly one, walk -d Jiwly over the placei It was the daughter ot the Governor of Upland, living in the city, and the lady w'uh her, was her governess. She was generally known forherbf-auty and pt her goodness and gentleness of character, and was looked upon with great admiration by the students. As he young men now itdbdi'lently gazing at her, as she passed on like a graceful vision, one of them exclaimed: "WelU t would be worth something to have atkisa from such a mouh!" The poor young student, the hereof our story, who was look rogTntentiy dri that pure and angelic face, exclaimed, as if by inspiration, "Well,! think Xcould have it'! "What !" crieB his friends in a chorus, "are you crazy ? Do you know her?";:etc.' "Not at all," he answered; "but . I think stoe would kiss me, just now, if I inked her." "What in this place, before all pur eyes?" "In this place, before your eyes," MFreely?" "Freely." ."Well,, if she wil give you a kis that manner, 1 wil give you'a thousand dollars?" exclaimed one f the party, .JL'And I !" "And I !" cried three or four others, for it so happened that se veral rich young men were in the group, and- bf ts ran high on so improbable an event, and the challenge was made, and received in legs lime! thai; we take to relate it. u hero--my authority tells not whether he was handsome or plain, I have my pe culiar! ; reuons for believing that he was ratbe-vplain, but singularly good-looking at the same timour hero immediately walked off lo meet the young lady. He bowed to herj and said. "My Jady (min froleen), my fortune is m your hand." She looked at him In astonishment, but arrested, he'r steps. He. proceeded to sta'e his name and condi iToUf.bis aspirations, and-related simply and truly what had just passed between him and his companions. The -young lady listened attentively, and when he had ceased to speak,' she said, blushing, but with great iweetoess: "If by so little a tiling so much good can be effected, it would 4be foolish in me to refuse your request" and she kissed tneyonog man publicly in the open square. NXt day, the young, student was sent for by the Governor. He wanted to see the man who had dared to ask a kiss of his daugh ter in that way, and whom she bad consent ted to kiss. He received him with a severe and scrutinizing brow, but, aft' r an hour's conversation, was so pleased with him that he offered him to dine at his tab' idurinj his studies in Upsala. . . Our young friend now pursued bis studies ix a roanner which soon made him regarded as the most promis'u g scholar at the Univer- stty,'. :Tbree years were not passed after the day of the first kiss.when the young man was allowed to give a second one to the lovely daughter of the Governor, as to his intended bride. -He. became later, one of the greatest schol ars in Sweden, as much respected for his leaminff as for his character His works wfl.1 'endure for ever among the works science, and from his happy union sprung a family well known in Sweden in '.he presi nt day, and whose wealth of fortune and high position in society are regarded as small things, compared with its wealth of goodness and love. tip i fdr Mi wrofe a'4on ... . He :w as aiidfvtsjonii offuturfe fame and -greatness,had a Kril'iianf siarsv beckoned hfnxoaanliviTi b-jVfr6rh''thesflUunnv"heights,'-JasJ; dowftAdl THE J-E)fnFUGITIVE SI,AyP CASE 1 r tfjh?AV Boston M' vTh"Bqsio- papers furaish theariicpiars aTibVuipitin that city, on thursday flight Swt Of hm a blank and Wprstf Ihatra-nK .HiM active- soul p;eyeqt upon hsciu ; ,w,a'? K'S-ifhld iiprnlv with Mi destiny-' 1 bear- ingjViDlOuf ppmplamt what; lw mtjsit Tjerrr, black .melancholy? se'iiuponk fiis. mind,, and made him Savage and solitary. He shut htmslf p from thejeompany of his tellow! ereatare, ana seeroea to wasie away. v "It must not Aesol'aaid to fiimi one.day, a kiriTand earnesf otherwise wifft;ybuJ Cofne, jet us go .topjb, eT-inio.ipe-couniry,."""'1, 'urijauu f'y? and neoole there, and see if thT. wilL not. "ive us a oenerjee'ing 01 iue jiuau uusiwti and smoky city." Come, J am going 10 see my relation 19 VVirmland, and that is , about a hondred mfl from here;; come with me, be ;my companion ; we" will make lriends with nature and mwi, and fa-get all our sor rows. . . . . . . . - The good 1 ffiend f carried bis pbi nt, and 1 went off with Charles oq his journey. Vn the secon4 day, af er their departure, they stopped at a liitle country town to change, their horses ; nvWait for .me - bere a 'too merit," said Charjes's frien4to himi after having led him up into a room at the tav-. iern. I miist call : on an acquaintance of mine heri but I 'will be back iwithin half tin; hour, and we will proceed on pur journey. , He went away, and Charles waited half an hour, and then another, a yet another half hour, and still the friend did not come back. .... Impatient and anxious, the blwd young man began to walk about the houses feeling his way with his stick. He found his way out in the vestry, and, hearing light footsteps on the staircase, he called out, ask ing who was there. " Who is tnat calls ?" answered a young female voice. J j The blind man named himself, his condi twn, his friend, and his anxiety about him. Charles A . !" repeated the" voice : " oh, then, you are my cousin, and I have h ard of you, and I dare say, you of me and my family, though we have never seen one another. My name issMaria- W. My fa ther and myself are on our way home to our country place, in the vicinity of this town, after a journey of some weeks. Permit me to lead you to my father's room, while we will make inquiries for your friend." Charles's hand was clasped by that of Maria, and he was led by her to her father. Iuquiries were mad for the friend, which brought back the melancholy t'dings that he had in the street, been seized by an at tack of apoplexy, taken , into an apotheca ry s shop, and expired an hour aUerwarus, without recovering his senses. Jasti of-,ihe,. fugitive s'lave Thomas -which was briefly ..mentioned fn a era-phic bWatch published m oar paper SataJa-.V" ' .'; It appears ihat -the ' arrest was effect d With litUpnfficulty...". Jhe Vaye himself made forhersststancW tluring-whtch one of tiie'bfficerSi Received a ight;wound in , the thigh,' from some sharp instrument, but the wound, jo far from, beiog n sevejfe one, is such that the officer, was not awar unui an hppr afterwards .tnat hjg imorr' feiiate ver 1 'The BALEKH AND GASfON.EAIL ROAp, TfiVPAhf the -a-'&" rrr ( cornmenttn on in tl?e ah article irr relation to M nf the naieign anu -r oHm .whTch recently appeared i this ianer4aystr 7. - r bufr THE BLIND MAN AND THE BLIND GOD. AH ages, all people, hive believed in Spe cial; Providence. -The heathen believed in fayoriusm exptcisecr by the gocU, in their PJ'hg and favoring certain individuals, to the exclusion of otheig. It is the privilege of the Christian to believe in the special providence of a paternal God manifested to every child of man ; and which, sooner or later, during his wandering through the many 1 mansions of existence, wi l c early be dis cloJ.d to him. "God enters bv a private Ji- "1 - : , .... rf r . wr everjr inaiviaual !" savs one ot A snerict'i genial writers. So in his heart, so iit his house, or outward world. And though that divine visitation does, for many per sons, not ake place' during their siay on earth, there are several instances in which sTiy so fcU-arly seen, even here, that we iinot help exclaiming, "It is the Lord!" Such an instance we would give, m the fol lowing story of two yet living individuals. And thatlhe blind god is h re raada the mes arif bf the 'setingone will not impair his reputation. '1 vjb young "Qharles ;A. followed as phy-. sician, wi h th? Swedish army, when that ik the year 1814, with threatening move meht entered the valleys of Norway, then Resisting Ihe' annexation to Sweden resolved ,ipon by the European monaicbs at the Con-rct-ss at Vienna. A dangerous disease of the ever broke out in me camp. 1 ne voun? od -talented physician exerted himself in 'iti cure with as much assiduity it'zond luck. ,Al(ihe patients recovered, but he himself -.finally caught the disease, and to him alone st 'proved fatal. - No help would help him. ;His eyeballs burst, and-4is sight was lost ithfittf Temedy. He was about twentyfive iYesrs of age when he thus was bereft 'of ' the V. light of (heiday, rHe was a young, jnan of, LOV-nigBuf 1 promit,"uanaom-Ji in person, ' ardent, asmnng, and gifted with rarefacul- ,: A PICTURE., Strolling through the ShockoegHill Bury ing Ground, a few evenings Bince, we unex pectedly became an eye witness to a scene wnicc even angeis mignt 1001c aown upon with an approving eye. Within the railingofa neatly though p'ainlv enclosed section, near the SoutUern boundary of the Burying Ground, we discovered three swfeet ttle girls the eldest bad probably seen ten, and the youngest not over six summers. The trio of little innocents had noiselessly gathered around a little green mound which appeared Jo be the newly-made grave of an nfartt. The eldest sister for sisters we udged them to be occupied an altitude of deep devotion kneeling softly and gently by the side of the little green mound, which hid from view the loved form of a little sister or brother, who, "in the morn and liquid dew of youth," had been translated to a happier sphere. On either side, speechless and motionless, stood her little sisters, whose eyes like her own, were raining down with the meltings of their pure and innocent hearts. Not an audible, whisper escaped the lips of the little mourners. The orison of the kneeling child was m secret, bat her whole manner b spoke the eloquent nature of the prayer she offered up to the throne of Hea ven, for the little lost one. That prayerr we doubt not, has been registered in Heaven; and if in after life, its author should waver in the path of rectitude, it will plead trumpet tongued in her behalf. Fearing our presence might disturb the sacred devotions of the sweet little trio, we paused, and quietly took a position which would enabli us to watch, unobserved, the actions of the devout little mourners. The eldest sister held in her right hand a bunch of flowers the ear liest -which a genial Spring had called forth consisting of viol? ts and hyacinths These she would press to h- r lips, and then scat ter ov. r the grave of the little child. Anon she would gather them up, press them I 1! 1 ' -1 il .1 10 uer lips, anu again sirew mem over me grave. The s-un was rapidly descending the Western horizon his last rays were gild ing the tops of 1 he obelisks which mark the repose of the opulent or the gifted, and the shades of evening were f.st gathering aronnd the holy scene. Softly and reverentia'ly the little sister arose from her kneeling pos ture, and as the arose, we caught a glimpse of her sad, sweet fac-; ; it was illumined by an angelic radiance, which for a moment in duced us to believe her more than mortal. Gently taking her sisters by the hand, the little tria of innocents softly left the enclosure, the elder sister;clos ng the ga'e with a degree of caution which seemedto indicate her great anxiety not to ilisturb the slumbers of the little child reposing in the enclosure. After casting one long, lingering look at the little green mound, the sisters departed, and with hurried, eager steps of childhood, soon reached the street. After they had lefi we drew, near the spot rendered sacred by the outpourings of their pure hea:ts. One little mound only broke the even surface of the section the violets and the hyacinths wre there, and we imagi-ied they distilled a more aencious perlume on the '-desert air than rarest exotics cultivated by the horticulturist. No stone told the name, age or sex of the sleeping child, but its resting place has been indelibly stamped upon our memory. Richmond Times.' hadi received any. injory whatever." 4 ne prisoner was ionn with convey! in a carriage tothe" courthouse where he "was retained throughout the night under the immediatchart'e of U. S. Mar shal Devens and his asstants. Every, thing connected with the arrest teas Conducted with much promptness, and wiihout creating any undae.. excitement. ' In order - to be prepared-for any emergency that mightarise, a. .-strong. posse ;of officers yere close -atfhaad; ready forWionat a mo ment's warning, but their services were not directly required excepting in a single in stance, ' . . : :: Samuel E," Sewall, Esq.., the well known abolitionist, ' hearing thaf a fugitive had been arrested, and was then (about ll 6' clock) in the coirf housf, repaired thither, and meet ing Deputy Marshal Kiley on the steps, de manded admission to the building, saying that he was counsel for the fugitive. Mr. Riley refused him admission, whereupon he bcame greatly.excited, and, using violent language, was conducted to the? watch-house. Here he appeared quite frantic,averring that the fugitive was to be tried, and that he (Sewall) was lus counsel. The officer of the night cooly replied that he rather thought the fugitive would not be tried at that hour of the night, and that he (Sewall) would have plenty of time in ihe morning to defend his client, whom he did not then know, and pro bably had never seen The gentleman even tually became more calm, and after a short detention was released, with a caution to leave Court Square and repair immediately to his house. Early on Friday morning chains were plaeed at the outer edge of the sidewalk around the court-house, and a strong posse of police and watchmen were in attendance to keep the wa'k clear, and prevent persons having no business in the building from en tering, as well as to preserve the public peace. Some unusual exciemnnt prevailed about the building, but only a few colored people were se"n among those whose curi osity' induced them to stop in the Square and gaze upon the officers on duty, and listen to the general gossip. Between 9 and 10 o'clock, George T. Curtis, Esq., United States Commissioner." appeared in the United States Court Boom, when Seth J Thomas, Esq , who appeared as counsel for the claimant, stated that John B. Bacon was present as the agent of James Potter, of Chatham county, (Ga.) and sought the restoration of Thomas Sims, as a fugitive from the service of Mr. Potter. He then read the warrant npon which the prisoner was arrested. C. J. Loring, Rantoul, Jr., and Samuel E. Sewall, Esqs appeared as counsel for the prisoner. Mr. Sewall asked for delay, and alleged as a reason therefor that he expeced to prove that the psisoner was free by ihe laws of Georgia, as well as under the laws of Mas sachusetts. . Mr. Rantoul then announced that he de signed to argue the constitutionality .of this law, as to the right of a Commission'T to si upon the case, trial by jury, &c, and asked a postponement until Thursday. The Court would only grant till Monday, (this day. at 11 o'clock, when the argument will be heard. The city remained quiet ; a large crowd was gathered about the court-house, but no violence was manifested. fan.. DT, ih- ivav , uw,: w I v PeteVS deVred from tates which, ,t iSalleged.wll enure to ber beha If. That Norfolk will be a great ea ner by buil ding of the Road, and it connection with ihe Sea board Road, there can be no ques m rbewon der.lheniis.lhat with such a fiVd of compel 1 iioo for a vaM and varied trade open before them, both of our Virginia sister towns do not enter up- nUrrittf sniff AnrV. -And what shall we say olthe Counties along the route? what of Kaieign i aib wc u sleep?? Well may the Register ask if we are fll asleep I It woum seem mai we arc an asicp that we had been narcotized by some fatal dm into abutter Insensibility 10 our most vital interests. Tne Reeistrr is perlectiy ri-ht in asserting that the Rtleigh and Gas ton Road, placed in -rood order and put in connection with the Central Road of North Piimlma wnnlH furnish trade enough -for bom Petersburg and Norfolk. What is the operation now going on here. Two mer chants from Chatham county, N. C, were Jn this city last week. They went into one of our large houses and tola ine mercnani tnai they would be corn pell ed to go to the North for their goods and s-nd them around by way of Wilmington and Jdayettevilie, as it was imposible to get them by the Raleigh and Gaston Road. Now, what is the difference of freia-ht which the merchant here had to pay ? He paid fnm here to Wilmington $1 15 cents ner 100 lbs. From Wilmington to Fayetteville we do not know precisely what the frcigbj would be, but we know that we aro within the mark when we put it down at 50 cents the 100 lbs. The Petersburg: wholesale merchants had to pay $1 65 cents per 100 lbs. to place the goods in i avelte ville. But frem this must be deducted the freight which would have been charged, had the goods been taken from this place to Ral eigh by Rail Road, to wit; 60 cents per 100 lbs. Thus we see that the merchant here has to pay $1 05 cents per 100 lbs. on goods soldtoNonh Carolina, or lose the trade But if our merchants can stand this, how long will such an unnatural and tortuous cours of trade exist ? Just until that period and it will be no distant one when Wil mington, taking advantage of our fatui.ty, makes herself a' market for the sale of sroods by wholesale to the interior of North Caroli na. If the Raleigh and Gaston Road is not resuscitated, capital will go to Wilmington, and that town will stand to the interior of North Carolina in the posi ion so long occu pied by Petersburg. It will become the grreat market town for North Carolina and Petersbug must look elsewhere for grist for her mill. When we think of what Petersburg might be, and witness the infatuation which threat ens to cut her off from the bright career which is before her. we lack wprds to express our feelings. With the Central Rpad of North Carolina constructed, the Raleigh and Gas ton rebuilt, and the South Side Road made to Lynchburg and placed in connection with the great Western line ofRoad, what would be the position, of Petersburg ? Why, she would stand at theybrfc oftwo immense aven ues of trade and travel, and would soo i grow to an importance which her most san guine friend does not now dream of. Will sh forfait this position a position which nGne can dis pute wirh her ? We cannot believe it ; we will not believe that intelligence, enterpr!ze and common sense have taken leave of us. Petersburg Intel. From the Republic Conflicting statements having appeared in va rious journals at the North, io relation to an act of Fletcher Webster, Esq , (son of Hon. Daniel Webster.) during the night of the arrest of the fu sitive Sims at Boston, we take pleasure in laying before our readers the following explicit account of that matter, derived from a hishty respectable centleman residing in the City where the disturb ance has taken place : Boston April 4, IS51. To the Ediltrr of Ike Republic: Sir : The last evening an arrest of a fugitive slave was made by the U S. marshal in this city. The laws will be sustained. At ab ut the time the arrest was made,Fle cher Webster, Esq., surveyor of ibis port, was in com pany with George Ashrnun. M. C, the marshal, postmaster, and one or two other gentlemen, at the Tremont house. Apprehensions of rescue being entertained,the marshal started for the court house. At the same moment ihe bells rung an alarm for fire, when the marshal remarked that the alarm was gi veu for a rescue, when a! the gentlemen albove named left for the same place. Passing by the church in Tremont street. Mr. Webster, supposing the impresion might be true that the bells were ringing to col ect a mob for the purpose of a rescue, went in and requested the bellman not to ring the bell, when he ws attack ed by two persons, who raised the police by whom Mr. Webster was hurried off lo the jail, there kept in close confinement until this morning; his friends in the mean time offering in vain any se curity for his appearance to answer the charge, whatever it might be, which should he made this morning at the opening of the court. A more gross and brutal outiage than that in flicted up;n Mr. Webster was never made in a civilized community, and merits, as it umversa'ly receives, the condemnation almost of our entire city. All who know Mr. W. will bear willing tes timony to his high, manly, and excellent quali ties, and that be is one of the last persons to engage in a brawl, or to insult any person. That he has been most grossly abused for no fault of his is strtetly true, and that it will call down 00 the heads of his assailants the extreme penalties of the law, is the wish ot every good ciiuen. , A Definition.- -'I say, you Pete, will you hab de graciousness as to jes open your tinderstandiii' box, and gib me de definition ob de big word belleleitersV! 'Sartin, Cato I wont iiuflhf else. De fac ana, you unlettered colored man, dere be one, two, free Mirpri tB8huma to dat double and twistificated word. De fust signumfiesde 'scriptions on.de eight bells at de Norf-eend church. Den dare am de letters dat we fashionable gentl'm send to our ladies. Finally, dlr libry stable folks, wendey, lets but de sleigh hells, am 'called befl-lelters ! Am dare any ting ejse , dat , I can do 1 a enlighten your dark,, thick,, an' obtuse cocoan at, dis monnV, Cat f - ; -Ti: , vv--. 2- :-Bdti6nrstf CONGRESS. The two Candidates are now in the field, ah.1e;8s.rhawf. sliould decline the nomina tion of- tbej Gatsvlle Convention. In the Hon, ., David Outlaw the Whigs have a Can didate of whom they5 may justly be proud. His private character is unblemished, his po litical hpnesty unquestioned, and his talents unquestionable. He hW for . four session's served his constitutents faithfully in Con gress gaining Viere a high reputation for ability, judgment, and strict attention to the duties of his position. In Dr. Henry M. Shaw, the Democrats have a Candidate, of very moderate preten sions to ability., untried in political warfare, and whose only merit, as far as we are ap prised, is the fact of his having bpen U& first Democrat whom-the Whigs could defeat in the Senatorial District . composed of the Counties of Camden and Currituck. , fn the coming contest, then, the Whig party, having every confidence in their Can didate, will go into the campaign with every prestige of success-thts confidence may be, if not guarded against, tho means of defeat. The Democratic party is wiiy and cunning, and not to be despised with any Candidate. It therefore, behooves every good Whig.as in days of yore, to use all honorable means for the success of his cause all personal feeling against Col. Outlaw, if there is a Whig in the District who entertains such, should be laid aside. Every one who claims to belong to that party should strive, and strive manful ly, for the success 01 the Candidate betor him. And further, there is a principle to be affirmed in the election of Col. Outlaw which should cause those Democrats who were, and are friendly to the late adjustment, to rise above their old parly associations and vote for the Candida'e of the Whig party. by Ins triunphant election tney will an nounce their determination to abide by the Compromise. On this point, we are tree to confess, that we are not informed of the opinions of Dr. Shaw and lest we should do him i njustice, we shall not associate: him with those of his party, who not only oppos ed .the adjustment while betore Congress, but who have used all means since in their speeches, and by their presses to denounce it as a base surrenderof the rights of the South, and to hold up those members from the South, who supported it, as deserters of the rights and interests of their immediate con stutency. These may have forgotten their old party associates; (far the time being only, for we have not the slightest doubt, if Gen. Cass should become the Candidate of their party, they would be the very first to ap plaud him for his votes on the.se very mas sures, and hoid him up to the admiration of the people as another "Northern man with Southern principles;") they have forsaken the lead of Cass, Ritchie, and others, whom in limes past it delighted them to honor. This they have done to make, if possible, capital, and in the event of Col. Outlaw's defeat, they would declare that defeat caused by his support of the late compromise meas ures. But we know there are many men in the ranks of the Democracy who have been, and still are, in favor of the Union as it is who do not consider the South sold to the North; who are not only wi'ling to abide by the adjustment,, but who rejoice that it has been made, restoring gradually as it has, and will continue to restore, peace and fraternal feelings to the country. To such men we would appeal to cast aside- those pany ties which have heretofore bonnd them to the Democracy, and to. boldly cast their votes for Col. Outlaw, recollecting that the present issue is one far above all party. Old Jt'orik State. UNFORTUNATE OCCURRENCE. We understand that a difficulty took place be tween Lewis P. Breedlove and Jacob Segrest on Saturday evening last, which resulted in Mre. Breedlove's being severely shot: The parties, we uaderstand, had been quarre ling at Chehaw, but filially quit and went home. Segrest, however, got his rifle, and went over to the house of Breed love for the purpose of shooting him. Mrs. Breed love saw him coming, and got between him and her husband, and received the laad of the rifle in the fleshy part or the fore-arm. which it dreadfully lacerated The bah then struck the arm above the elbow, and running np. buried itself some where between the shouldrand the neck. : Mrs Breedlove is the sistet ot Segrest, and the parties have f r sometime been ar Jew about the property of Segrest's father, who died sometime last year. Waeon (Ma.). Republican. . '1 ; -5 ...... The Louisville1 J9mtei 'twits t about hemn- we do not profess to understand the' subject " ' Penna. Democrat. -ifeTer irdnds-yoirTl get the of it one of thesd days. Ltuitvilh r Journal;, : .... , : THE RALEIGH AND GASTON RAIL ROAD. We regret to see that the plan of renewing this Road, under the act of the late Legislature, makes but li tie headway The subscription in Raleigh, whun we last heard of it. reached only abou- $45 000, and in Virginia, so far as we see, the surwerip lion has not ye: been commenced. The Peters burg Intelligencer is, however, urging ihe work upon its readers with zeal and ability, and we can scarcely believe that the people of that town will be so blind to their own interests as to fail of doing their full proportion. It is stated, that un less a movement promising success is made with in a month, the present irregular operations on-ihe road wi I be totally discontinued. This would be too disastrous a result to be tolerated. It may be tha the failure of this rad would in some slight measure advantage this town, and this section ofthe State, by diverting some of -the carrying trade in this direction. Whether this wou d be materially the case, we cannot say. But even if a larger benefit were likely t accrue than we anticipate, we cannqt be so seltish as1 to desire the utter loss of a public work like that, which, costing a million and a half, has only re turned any profit to its projectors in the conve nience ofiravel and transportation, and the reduc tion of cost of both. Not on'y would individuals suffer the total loss of a million, but the State too would sink ha'f that amount. And still more would the reputation of the State suffer. It would afford the only instance, we imagine, in all the iand, ol a rail road bui t and then abandoned. And North Carolina would add that to other subjects of reproach as " progressing backwards." With these views, we sincerely hopjthat the $400,000 will be made up, and the Road be put in travel ling and paying condition. Fay. OLs. FALL OF COTTON. . T Th New York Dry Goods Reporter, just re cei ved, furnishes a comparative view of the prices of cotton during the last I wo years, by which it appears that, from the first of November Iat to the first of this month, the change adverse to the planter has been as follows: Abt. 1. March 1. Difference. Midd ing Uplands 14 1-2 lb 3 4 2 1-2 Fair " 131-8 12 1 2 2 3-8 Mid'ling to fair, N. 0. 15 1 2 12 1-5 3 14 A new Charleston Vessel The barque Edisto, has been launched at Medford, to run in the Commercial Line of packets between this port and Boston. She is the third packet that has been built for this line within eight months, all hailing from Charleston. The Edisto is about 360 tons burthen. Charleston Courier. These are certainly strange facts, when taken into consideration with the pretext alleged, by South Carolina in justification of her disunion projects. If the interference of the abolitionists with the rights of the slaveholders of the South were the real cause of the desire of South Carolina to get out of the Union, how are we to account for this increase of trade between Boston and South Carolina 1 Boston, the only place where the Fugitive S ave law has been openly resisted and rml ified ! And Lynn, of whose shoes Charles ton takes 1508 eases in one single packet, in re ward, we suppose, for the solemn reso ution of the Mayor and people of that town to assist by all means in. their power in stealing the property of Southern men t If South Carolina desired to punish these robberies, and to vindicate her own rights and honor, what better mode could she possibly adopt than to cease to buy from BostoH and Lynn ? to touch their pockets ? Instead of that, there seems to be a lraternity of feeling' be tween them, as if they were knowingly engaged in the same cause that of a dissolution of the Union and desired to " give aid and comfort" to each other in its prosecution. For our own part we wish that South Carolina and Massachusetts were located a,de by aide, that they might either tight it out between themselves, or arm in arm go out, of the Union together! . ' FayetteoxOeObsertef. tp- A dinner is to be given to ihe Hon. Hamilton ish, at the Astor House,. Sew York.! 'Ton,1- the Washington correspondent of the Baltimore ; Lys PWrtootty very early day, at a public dinner, to declare himself in fevor of the compromise sieasure one and all " REPRIEVED BY TELEGRAPH. On the 14th inst.. a lanre concourse of people had congregated at Jefferson City. Mo., from far! distant places -men, women and children to witness the riovel spectacle of the execution of an Indian. 1 he counsel of the prisoner telegraph ed on the "13th to( Mr. Shaffner, to procure a re spite, which was immediately petitioned for, and j the result was as follows : , Washington Citt, March 14, ) 9 A.. M. St. Louts. The Marshall of the District of Missouri is hereby directed to postpone the execution of the Indian See See Sab Ma, until Friday, the 18th of April. MILLARD FILLMORE, President of the- U. S. The message was received in St. Louis at 10 minutes before 10, and the Marshal was speedily presented with the dispatch, and issued the follow ing order Mr. W. D. Kerr, Dep. Marshal, Jefferson City: You are hereby directed to postpone the exe cution of the Indian prisoner, -See-See -Sah-Ma, 'till Friday, the 18th day of April. JOHN'W. TWITCIIELL, U. S. Marshal, Mo. District. The order from the President and the one to the Deputy Marshal were sent from St Louis to Jefferson City, ten minutes after ten, and deliver ed to the Deputy Marshal forthwith. The Indian was not executed, notwithstanding all the prepa rations were made, and thousands of persons con gregated to witness the scene. Many of the citi zens of Jefferson City do not think the Indian guilty, while a large portion of the community opposed the execution, on the ground that he ought not to be dealt with like a white man who is taught from infancy to fear the consequences of the commission of crime. Uf.t... I'itln. Average, 14 1-2 11 13 lfj 3 115 The average difference per ba e i? equal to about SI 4. which, upon a crop of 2,400,000 bales, would give a loss to the planting interest of thirty-three- million six hundred thousand dollars. The cause ol Ahis enormous loss to our southern friends may, as il appears to us, be readily ex plained. The quantity already arrived in market tins year is greater, as we see by the same jour nal, than last year, by 136 bales, while the do mestic consumption of the year is estimated at 1511,000 bales less, although las: year had fallen considerab y below the previous one. Adding these two quantities together, we have 239.00J additional ba es 'or which a market mus" be sought in Europe; and if to this we add the di minuiion of the previous year, we shall have a total of little short of 350,000 bales additional, and hence the fa I in price. Now, had the tariff of 1842 been permitted to remain in existence, and had the coal, the iron, and the woolen interests, been allowed to grow, as they were growing in 1846, there would by this time have been a market at home for the whole of these 340.0U0 bafes that now weigh down the price abroad ; and instead ot a fall ol three cents, the plan'ers would probably have seen a rise of three, making a difference to them ol seventy millions of dollars upon the present year's crop a one. We beg our planting friends to examine the facts for themselves, and determine if this is not the price they pay this year for the free-trade tariff of 1846. How much they will pay next year, if they have a good crop, and if the domestic consumption continues to diminish, as is likely to be the case, we leave them to guess; and make ;what estimate they may, we think it will be short of the truth to the extent ofthe value of all the foreign cotton we import. Wash. Republic. HeNIIV CLAT AT THE floOKSELLERS TRADE Sale. The New York Tribune relates the fol lowing incident at the great bo k trade sa e in that city, which has been progressing for more thaa a week: Late on Monday evening some copies of Mr. Clay's speeches found their way to the auction eer's desk an edition which, having been pub lished some time in the first quarter of the present century, lacked a great many of Mr. Clay "s great est speeches, the book having been made before the speeches were. For a few moments nobody spoke. They were copies of which no one pre sent seemed to have any intenti m to possess him self booksellers not liking old editions the auc tioneer's bland countenance began to assume for the first time a shade of vexation. . 'Bid, gentle men,' said he, 'time presses' 'give me a bid' 'anything you please' 'anitlring;' but nobody said anything, nor bid anything. We need,' said Murphy, of Baltimore, 'better editions of Mr. Clay than that for the libraries of Maryland,' and then there was another silence in the trade sale for the, space of half a minute. 'But, gentle men,' urged the auctioneer, growing slightly frantic, and plying his hammer with desperate energy, 'the sale must go on 'eive me some thing' 'anything Whatever' ' What will you give me for Mr. Clay V ' Give for him. said. Taylor, of Washington, 'I wiil give three cheers for him at any time.' 'And 1 said half a dozen others. i'Agreed saida dozen and a half. 'Try it,' said a hundred and a half, and so three hearty cheersi for Clay .f Kentucky resounded through the room, and the trade sale went on swimming- SEALED PR0P0Sm8U,C's," time ng m K ... Vuctl luariti,"; ' 'H z - cetera Size CANVASS MA,i , in; , ; DCCJ 10 l,e m of co; na .0 doubled 5 Hhh :riJ THE BABY'S GRAVE. One Sunday at the font, sweet babe, the next we laid thee here ; We wore no mournful tlack for thee, we shed no bitter tear ; The white waves dancing gladly, and the birds with songs so gay, They wished to make us understand it was a fea tive day. The gentle shepherd bent his gaze upon his wan dering sheep ; , Within his arms he took that lamb ; " Nay, moth er, do not weep ; Around the earthly fold are wolves, but he is safe with me. Shall he not eomo ?" She smiled and said. " With thee, good Lord, with thee." . II. E. I'LL LO E THEE ANNIE. I'll loe thee Annie, while the dew, In siller bells hings on the tree : Or while the burnie's waves o' blue, Rin wirhplin' to the rowin' sea. I'll lo'e thee while thegowan mild, Its crimson, fridge spreads on the lea ; While blooms the heiither in the wild Oil ! Annie, I'll be true to thee. I'll 'o'e thee while the lintie sings. His sang o' love on whinny Drae; I'll lo'e fhee while the crystal springs, (Junt in the go wdan -gleams o' day ; I'll lo'e thee while there's licht aboon, And stars to stud the breast o' sky ; I"ll lo'e thee till life's day is done, And bless thee wi' rav latest sigh. lunc,;s" 'he yard of 27 i 2 cloth tobewevenin every 7'" first size of U. y reP i,t. - a-iw. k toe Inr-htt. circumference-) to hP m..r "g,h "1 & ; ' , ng 10 ounces to ie yj 1 as a!K)ve described. ,be clth i0 Q made w'uh a snfTirin. ,' 1 and 9 "l "uniner of. provided wtth s.rong crI to SecHf.7!et h. L.E.Ai"HrJH AND ( r : i i wr man uaps with nrr... l .v. . 1 1. v. u i wiic run Si 'n 1 iSI.'.i. i.. . V.- lencin anj fin . . Bizeflo. a, 41, do d0 ,-"circfe Size No 3, 36, do do 7 i Size No. 4, 30. do do S.zeNo.5, 26. do do t? . . lUe .eaiaer pouches " to be ing fur Ns. 1 and 2. not I-., .kl ! ' ,a"N the smaller Mzes not less than 7 on! "Unc'',l foot; the bottom and fl3 ... .. M?l0liJ icluc. vtcii idimeti, ana ihe eau gooj jfi tronirlv BennraA witKn.. i . . 10 bfi The canvass pouches r 10""' woven canvass, so as m . - mdf f den yass pouche now iu use for t'h. ?,,'' ti Ht)KE MAIL BAGS. (''' Sizei:,,l. RodRiLk ?'1-"'P in circumference at widest patu S ni 4y size No. 2. B..dj44inche.'0nglnjM es in circumference at widest parts Size .No 3. Body 42 inches lo" j ,.. fivuiiv.'viac ji nifsi parts 20od anu subsliinlial li .. "11 " 1 " I , WP 1 1 t'.nh.J TO DAY, BY EXPRESS 5 DOZEN Ladies' ;olored Kid Gloves. 1 Canion Cripe Shawls; White, Cherr aud Buff. Sco' loped, Embroidered Linen Cambric Handker chiefs Rich Bonnet Ribbons. Chemisettes, Mode Colorod Chnllys Embroidered Leaf Swiss Mn?lins. Embroidering Silk Braids, &c. R. TUCKER &. SON Umbrellas tintl Parasols WE would iuvite the Lidies to call tnd exam ine our extensive stock of Green, Blue and Black, Bordered and Lined Chameleon Silk and Satin T"rse Parasol. Also, French Frame self ndjusting Parasols A ereat variety of Umbrellas, consisting in part of Green, Blue aud Black Silk, Super Scotch Ging hams, 4"C , just pen bj R. TUCKER & SON". April 4th. 1801. 23 Kendall's Great Work, 5 THE war between the Un'red States and Mexico, illustrated ; embracing Piciorial drawings of all the principal conflicts, with a description ol each bntile ; by George Wilkins Kendall, author of the Texan S;n"e Fe Expedition," tc. Price ?50. For sale at the N. C. Bookstore by II. D. TURNER. Raleigh.-A prU 4. 23 FO rThE B E N E F I T OF ALL CONC E RNEd7 BE it understood, thatE. K HaRDING &lCO , will receive as usual, every week, New Goods I ruin their house iu Petersburg and Richmond, until the 1st cf July. This we consider great u advantage, for lhe reason that they will be constantly making addi tions to their slock, which, will always make it at tractive. April 7th 1651. 29 Fine Black Doe Skin Cass. Pants. 10 "f PAIRS, just opened of Superior Cassimere. i entirely new S:yle and Cut. The best fit ting Pants out; so every body says. E. L. H ARDING & CQ. April 7th, 1851. 20 IUJB.i: COAT. 5 CHEAP TWEED COATS, at a ve 99 ry low price. E. L. H ARDliNli S" VU Raleigh, October 12th, 18-r0. SI rocco Walking Shoes, and Goat Skin bootees, just received from the Manufactory, bv JESSE BROWN. No. 9, Fayetteville Streat, Ralfigh March 25th. 1851. 27 WORKS BY THE REV. C B TAYLOR ECORDS of a good Mans Lite, Margaret, or lhe Pearl. Scenes in a Clergyman' life. Earnestness. H. D. TURNER. Nov. 12th, 1850. 9J ins not less than seven ounces to the" and thp spam; tn h n.o'l ... ., t., aI111 girnngiy gfpj riveted, to be so done as neither to chafe h ' rider !st l ne canvass Horse mml U are l0 u ilia m, f f lT ' ... HJa.n, ui uiiiic a.- the lOudK.iv,, rribed. ' Kize26 inches in leng.h andisinths:,n' Proposals for improvements in Ihe coaj-nwjj, auv i mc oove uescnbed mail bsM o M. ,v. l, ,..c mcirui, mil ue reriv .a . . value and adaptation lo the service as wtl J c-w. ..uK.u..r,eui. win oe coLswertdinde'd ing ine lowest and liest bidder. r'j" All t hU nrlir-lovj .,., .,.! ... , .. ii"" .ii' u ine muedeiiid at the contractors exnse, st Boioa,ViKbw New York and Buffalo, Hevr York ; Plui ui u i iiisuitii, I cnesylvania ; llalumure H v asDinjrton. IJ.i: ; tJharlston S C-.Mc! uuiiisviiie.Aia; iew Urleans, l.a. ; ftashnkTl Louisville, ry ; Uincmiati, Ohio ; ti. Loui. J in such proportions and at s-uch times at tiiedfp mem nriy require ; wDere tl.ey awtoLf njdj spe-ted and none are to he received nh-cbiiil uieiiuc iu any respect lo me specimens or iisk bags. No proposal will be coosidpreJ if ool arrrnpia wun Biirnp, es or eaca arnce ou tor, showing the struction. Quality ot materia s. and. wortnund proposed, and also with evidence of tlir eomnrtr and ability of the bidder to execute lie wonhcel ing io contract. The specimens mnst be delivered at the DepJ ment oh or before the 21st day of April next, j will, in connexion with the proposals, form tlw bi ot the contracts. The bidder or bidders chosen will bettqt'irti rn ve bond, with snraeieni siveties. (to be so ctrt to bv the Postmaster of 1 lie nlnne where lie or may Reside,) in a sum of money d&nble the turn r. r... .i. , c r.L.l: ot contract, lor aiauniui periormauceoi mm tinna nlpred into 1 1 having been suggested by Postmcsiertoteifj ence anu others that lhe common csDMSMgn, above descii bed .(-of sizes Nos.l and 2,rjou!i be c t oc ti. Ko Inplpit i,rnrfa-i ,s "till CTWMnr c ,r I tr fnr niirt; h:icrc rnnsl rnr-lpd nnrnrrfinpir. fllb addition also of n handle at the mouth anal bottom of eacn big. For lhe information cf bidders in rtferfDci mimti.p nf TT.iil Vlnne vt,u-h V l! I nrohnbiT 1 quired, lhe number, kinds. iu:d sizes efkgiW x. lr .L. .-.L-l . A.,.,! i.iciureu ior me use ci ine urjiiiiiur!iii"ii year, from the 1st Julj, 1849, to ihe 30 1650, are given as foiibWs: 152 No. 1,38 776 No. 3. 747 .. 4 and 290 .No. t pecchn Xn 1 ni- 'o 1. niiH 27!i No. 3 hoiutm 6,575 No. 1, 1,5,!5 No. 2, and 274 So. 3 c wcii bags. 1 lit: pi wuo J -1 1 w v i . . . . for Mail Bags,.i& be addressed to tbefw ; )) N V. HALL. Postmaster Get"! 5 l! Important to MILLERS AD MILL OKHM tup ti..J...;,. wnnlil resnectfullv 'M t nose engageu in ine mining uufiiu olina. that be keeps constanty on W suunly at the shortest notice, that almost w" ble articie, XG'S c f n r An i - li R F. A is The only Machine of the kind that basfi . .1 ..K ti IL lr"C,e' nirrl-VT iTiv'ic rirDDniPI) Pi ft.' I . . - -. . .... .ir-i.-fl ' 1,4 f 1 .tl.'l"- test and given satisfacti. u to the pu'"" . surp.aillt'U evciy oimui i.".'u. j . .. Slate, more or less of which have been i make room for it. The public need fear JKj tion. as there are now some i2S0 Mnines -. ,. ..j i . u in rffer no in INortli Carolina ; anu i - , references than the gentlemen who are u. t whose expectations n;ive ueeu Ww-r- f h;P norfnrmijct.. It not onlv thorWign'J i .1,0 ivtiwt nf ;niiu. but also purifies it ot,"J substances, almost to perfection. It 1"kf?i".i,po feel square in the mill and requir 16 li a vrrnntea IOr nveTfaufc . ... eanug uoi u .ow LINSEED OIL. BbU. this day received and for sale at the Drug Store of WILLIAMS, HAYWOOD &CO. April let, 1661. 27 PEEBLES, WHITE & OA VIS Grocers and Comniissioii iTlvrcIiants Old Street, Petersburg. Ya., KEEP always on hand a targe and well assort ed supply of Groceries, and pay particular at tention to the sale of Cotton, Tobacco, Wheat, Flour, and all other kinds of produce. LEMUEL PEEBLES, THOMAS WHITE, PETER K. DAVIS, J Petersburs Julv 20 68 lr. er. or w Hies lor ttui unie. . bron There ar a number of these Mac,. J which 100,000 bushels of W nea n j cd nnd they have never been out of ore There was awarded to it the Pre' ff fT'.andSuteF.ir,nd.P (t.il. al t be fair ot me .uaiji more, last Fall. c.. i 4,t,irp the Snbscnberai ct"'" ririnir Cnuntv. N. 6 JNO Deeember 26, 1850. McMAN tf m ns D The Medical Society Of the State of North Catoliua. npHE Second Annual Meeting will be held in J. the City of Raleigh, on the third Wednesday of May next, it being the 2 1st of the month, at which time the Annual Address will be delivered by Dr. Charles E. Johnson, of Raleigh. It is d! sirable that as many Counties as ean make it convenient to be represented may do so, as busi ness of importance to the Profession will be brought forward, for consideration. Delegates from the County Societies, ' Associates, and Physicians generally are notified to attend. WILLIAM H.McKEE M. D. Secretary. Raleigh, March 20,1850. 27 RED CLOVER SEEDl A SUPPLY, of Fresh Glover Seed, jost received and forsale by P.F. FESCUD. March 27th, 1551. uRIflOVAL i .i.; mpanS mi. G. NOBLE, ; matbe his Inends in xNortii IhME Ll.tlJJLD.ii who haw removed to J l). 101, ,n adjoining Ra.hbun's Ih.-g ,d .i ....n ..n.in.iP to receive bj -.a nA ilf rnntinup to rec from Europe the ncates', richest and mo ble styles of VnInnondW Trench, German, Lngn "- .ni Q.-lt, nr,A fancy Roods, in this market .an exarrn to btfon .1,, inuiies Me pamcu,-. he ,s A.nto visitino tne natio" detern'' ..,inroVe kW . r, rlt "r Mil i ' sell at the lowesi H" , ,, a;ten jiu lion 16 - I I . nfll U it; orders w in '", 25 N.v York. Feb.22,12Ji- SCOTCH Ale ! jca, prpo-- quality lcied hTue Store oi Dec ,21st, 18ff. Tflf tie W9C )SVC A- w-sir. OUI fcma a W-Mr. Strw ' 1. I".. 1 ' WCnV TIAIJTIV BAIIMH