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1 I ' 6' 1 : - 5l TTTTT rrrJ W ""f """"WIT ? " t ' -T-- tUVTAN CHARGE OF J uxu si , fl Expeditions ngmnd Foreign Slates. - ; n'the tnitedSUletcircuii. court, Octo ber term," in session t Columbus, Ohio on Mr! ultimo: the Hon. John McLean de- i:.a"di'rwbich.wMltogeihec.:wot thv of his- Frigh forensic reputation and of the Si,. rv . .1 I? .:.. ,r I p country of theunlawrulness a structure Jn ine air 10 d - g an.-. .: r it Amnmk. not or. v the prosperity Ynfaed in u wotnuoe cpuov. v.. ri. 77 . y . rial officers 01 ine 01 our irep immuiwin, -;--". r. which the following report appears in, Cincinnati! Gazette? 7 CIRCUIT COURT "UNITED STATES, OCTOBER TERM 1851. Charge of Judge McLean to the Grand Jury . After presenting to the jurycertain viola tions of the laws of Congress, which ordinan lycome under the consideration of the Grand Jury; he remarket! : A sense of duty ! re quire! me to call your special and serious at, tection to an act of Congress of the 29lh 1 of April, ISIS, which is entitled "an act for the punishment of certain crimes." The 1st section x( that act provides. That ifanv citizen of ihe United Satates shall withia the territory or jurisdiction thereof, accent and exercise a district, or people, in war, by land or by sea, against any prmce, state, colony, districf, or people, With whom the UDited State? are ' at peace, the person so defending shall be deemed guilty of a high misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be fin ed not more than two thousand, dollars, and imprisoned not exceeding three jreara. . The 2d section declares, "That ir any person shall, within the territory or junsdic: tion of the United States, enlist of enter him- self, or hire or reiain anotherson ti en-; lUt or enter himself, or eo beyond the limits orjurisdiction of the United States, with in. tent to be enlisted or entered in the service of any foreign prince. State, Colony, district or people, a a soldier, &c. sndl be deemed guilty of a high misdemeanor, and shall be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars, and imprisoned not exceeding three years.' .Sec. 6. That it any person snai!, wiinw the territory or jurisdiciion of the United States, begin or set on foot, or provide or pre pare the means for, any military expedition or,nterprise, to be carried on from thence against the territory or dominion of any for eign prince or state, or of any colony, dis trict, or people with whom the United States are at peace, every person so offending shall be deemed guilty of a high miidemeanor, and shall be fined not exceeding three thou sand dollars, and imprisoned not mure than three years" To this section your attention is specially solicited. You will observe that the enu merated acts which cons itute the offence are all in the disjunctive. To 'begin' the mil itary expedition spoken of is ' an offence within the statute. To begin it is to do the first act which may lead to the enterprise. The offence is consummated by any overt act which shall be a commencement of the ex pedition, though it should not be prosecuted; or if an individual shall 4 set the expedition on foot' which is scarcely distinguishable from beginning U. To set it on foot may imply some progress beyond that of beginning it. Any combination of individuals to carry on the expedition is "setting it ou. foot," and the coptribuifon of money, or any thing else which shall induce such combination, may be said to be a beginning of the entt-rpr'ne. To 'provide the means for such an enerprise' is within the statute. To constitute this of fenc, the individual need' nof engage per . sonally in the expedition. If he furnish the munitions of war, provisions, transportation, clothing, or any other necessaries, to men enjjajed in the expedition, he is jruiltv, for heprovidt g the means to carry on the' ex pedition- It must be against a nation or peo pie with whom we are at peace. j In passing the above lav, Congress has performed a high na ional duty. A nation, by the laws 01 nations, is considered a mor al being, and the principle which imposes moral restraints on the conduct of an indi vidual applies wiih greaier force to the ac tion lof a 'nation. "Justice," says Vattel, "is the basis of society, the sure bond of. all com merce. Human society, far from being an intercourse of assistance and good offices, would be no longer, anything but a vast scene of robbery, it ihere were no respect to irus virtue, wmcn secures 10 one his own. "It.trslill. more necessaiy between nations than between individuals, because injustice produces more, dreadful consequences in the quarrels of these powerful bodies politic, and it is still more dimcult to obain redress mi t 1 a ft inese remarxs are made anu the law ci ted in reference to ihe late military exped't tion against the Island of Cuba. That expe dition was organized in this country, and was composed principally of our own citizens.- It object was to suoverl the government Oi Cuba a part of the- Spanish dominions - With the Government of Spain we have a treaty of peace and amity. - A loreigner was at the head of the expedition. He" seems to have been a credulous and weak man. H was impeiuous, but was Wanting in sa'zacitv ano judgement. n melancholy fate may excite our sympathy, butr his memory it loaded with the execrations of thousands He was inntrumental in corrupting ihe minds ana wimarawtng irom their allegiai.ee, many o, our youm, no nave paid the penally o their temerity and recklessness. Their con duel adraiis of no,other mitigation than that tney were misled by lalsehoods. They were induced to believe that a considerable portion of .the people of Cuba were in arms, withtlii determination to overthrow their govern- ment. Those who were instrumental in ere ating this delusion have an awful account to render totlreir country and their God. The invading force, instead of meeting time, warned the of the enterprise which those rnn.r. o A mnhi abed td , be on the I ilert. ro check and defeat the nefarious e? signjand a part of the navy was charged wit tr the same service. But these efforts were ineffectual; in their madness and folly, those wh.i wereembodieJ trampled upon the laws of their country, and rushed upon their own destruction. To suppose that they cou!d,un. der such circumstances, have been impelled by any justifiable motive in their own views, is to suppose them 10 have been laboring un deYTmUrextraVi'dl The duty of giving eject to the law devol ves upon the judiciary and you, gentlemen, for the time being, cons-'itute animportantpart of that branch of the Government. And now that the excitment growing out of the tate expedition has subsided, and its fatal results are fully known, it becomes us, from the posi tions we occupy, 10 take a calm, a considerate, and legal view of the circumstances which led 10 tt, and of the acts of our own citizens. In his tespect your inquiries will be limited to the district of Ohio. Our own history may show in what light our Government has considered-those op posed to us who placed themselves beyond the limits of civilized warfare. General Jack son, while engaged in the subjugation of sa- vaces in the South, captured two white per sons who were banded with them, and ic a sreat measure controlled their depredations. Arbuthnot and Ambrister were British sub jects, whpT having been taken in arms fight ingon the side of the Indians, against our ar mies. and within our 'territory,1 Were sum marilv tried and summarily executed? and the commanding general was sustained by his Government. Great Britain was too wen acquainted with the laws of nations, and with Ihe justice of the punishment, to make it a subject of serious remonstrance. Compare the acts 01 inese unionunaxe men with the invaders of Cuba. Arbuthnot and Ambrister united themselves wi:h the weaker party, and took pan in -the war. They were associated with savages, but sav ages who, to some extent, were allowed to possess the attributes of a nation. Treaties Kercised the right of carrying on war a- -.st th friends, met determined enemies with arms in theii hands. At every step the invaders were opposed; and it is not known that a sin gle Cuban joined the enemy. As might Have been anticipated, (he Career of the in vaders was short and extremely disastrous. Their sufferings were almost without a paral lel ? and, with 4wo or three exceptions, those of them who were not taken prisoners and executed, were sentenced to an igno minious imprisonment in Spain. . This second expedition terminated more disastrously than the first one. That was fitted out by the same leader, and the force was also raised and organized in our country, in defiance ofils laws The feaderi.and men were alike guilty in each, hut as, in the first expedition, but 'few were killed, it created less sensation in the country than the late one. These unlawful enterprisei have cast a shade upon our national character in, the opinion of the civilized world. jThey. unjustly, more or less, connect lour : Government with the outrage, and tltey ascribe it to A lust for power and national aggrandizement. ;Tbe Chief Ex'Tutii-e, by proclamation, from lime to were made with them, and they had always lie rigdi m causing - . . . mi l C 1 eamst tne wni'es. inese men lueuuucu themselves with this people in the war. and. in1 doing so, did not.it is believed, violate any express law of their own country They incurred the hazard of such a war, were ta ken, and justly condemned. Our citizens, rn the invasion of Cuba, put at equal defiance the laws of their country and the laws of nations. They were covered by no flag; protected by no public opinion; governed by no general law. They placed themselves beyond the pale of civilization, and in doing so became pirates and out-laws. They invaded a nation who were protected from outrage and injustice by ihe solemn guaranty of a treaty a treaty :n which our national honor was deeply conceYned. No nation could be bound by a more solemn or higher obligation than, our Government is bound to maintain the most friendly relations with Spain. And the expedition was directed against an unoffending people. A people who were content with their government, and not de sirous of a change. Neither hi the landing of the invading army, nor in its progress through the country, was there found a trait or to the Cuban government. This is a most extraordinary -fact. It could scarcely be realized by the invasion ot any other coun try under similar circumstances. The libera ting armj" found no one willing to be libera ted. They were everywhere received and treated as enemies. It is not known that any cruelties were perpetrated by the inva ders on individuals It is leleived there were none. But their way was marked with blood blood shed in skirmishes and in more general engagements. I nere itever wes an invasion among civilized nations more atrocious and less excusable. Let us suppose a simrar 'invasion of our own country. And here it may be premised that if complaint against our Government and a determination to overthrow it. in 1 cer tain quarter, afford any excuse for the com bination of a foreign force against us, a strong case could be made out. But suppose an armed force acknowledging allegiance to no government or people, should invade any part ol our country with an avowed inten tion of- overturning the Government, how speedily would it meet destruction. Such an indignity aud outrage would cause the blood to thrill through the veins of American. Gentlemen, our Government must be just to ourselves and just to other nations. A government is responsible for the acts of its citizens not.it is true, in the first instance where they' commit depredations upon s friendly nation. But if such citizens are not punished, or given up to the injured govern ment, tor punishment, the nation to whom they owe allegiance becoms a party to the wrong. This is an acknowledged principle in the law of nations. But the duty we owe to ourselves is of the highest obligation. No free government can be sustained which' does not enforce its laws. A deep and abiding respect for the law has heretofore been the glory of our country In that consists our strength. Those who are unacquainted with the priuciples of ou Government seem naturally to conclude it is wanting in energy and power. But they do not comprehend the secret of its strength The majesty of iha law pervades -ery. part of the nation, and operates unseen; but ' its effects are visible. It has, heretofore, requir d no military disnlav of men-at-armx to par. ry it into effect. But I am concerned to say iiiai our late History in this respect will not compare with the past. There is, I fear, growing indifference ta the laws. When Aaron Burr was suspected of being engaged in an enterprise against the adiacent nrovin ces of Spain, connected, as wasapnrehendeJ with a dissolution of the Union, the country .... .1 r. 1 1 . - . was greauy excuea, anu ne was pursued, ar rested, and indicted, for treason Does the same deep feeling for the "Union and its laws now pervade our country? If it shall appear, from the evidence that shall be given, that any of our citizens have violated the above law, it will be your duty to induct them. Liws that remain upon our statute-book should be operative, or they should be repealed. The national standard if lowered, and licentiousness is increased, by failure to enforce the penalties of the lawi ' '.- !, " 1 i-i - ; t - 1 ?m ni From the GnentiUeCS. C.) Southern ramu. SOME GOOD THINGS, wergreatf amused the oiher day with some matters told us. and think they are worthy of being repeate In a neighboring districts a piam, uiuu5w strong minded man, went into the prinng office to discontinue his newspaper. The med rre at I v surprised that any one o . . . . 1 who had ver been a subscriber to nts paper should wish to quit it and inquired the cause The countryman informed him that he did not like his politics, and on that account could nt continue his subscription to the pa per I Then, said the editor, who has been persuading you to this course? "JSo one," was the reply given. Who has been talking to you against secession and trying to scare you Into submission? "JVofioty," was the laconic answer. Thenwnat newspapers have you been reading? "None but yours," was the reply of the honest man- have been convinced by reading your own paper that you are altogether wrong " This pro duced such cons'ernation and indignation in the mind of the sapient editor that no further questions were asked. We have 110 doubt hundreds have been convinced in the same way. A gentleman from the lower country perhaps one of those little parishes where they poll thirty six votes, and have the same influence and representation in the Senate that Pendleton district has with four thou sand voterswit returning this summer from Cassar't Head, and fell in company with a citizen of the mountains. A political con versation was commenced between them, and the lower countryman held forth with great eloquence on the wrongs and op pressions pf the Federal Government, and the absolute necessity on the pan of South Carolina to resist by seperaie State action. The mountaineer, who had been reading Some anti-secession document and newspa pers perhaps the Southern Patriot' put a few hard questions to the eloquent gentle-man,- to know how and in what way seces sion would remedy any of the wrongs of which he had complained ? Whether it would extend the area of slavery, abolish the Mex ican laws prohibiting slavery in Utah and New Mexico, divide California, restore the dismembered portion of Texas, repeat the District laws of Columbia, or enforce the Fu gitive Slave law These were hard ques tions, and not easily answered and there fore not attemp ed. But with a burst of tn- dignation, the gentleman said, "I wish to quit this d d Union any bow. I am tired of Well, said th Union man, -you can do so as toon as you please I presume there is no law compelling a m?n to live in the U ited State. He can go out a d stay out if he wishes But I don't think it right for him to carry others with him who desire to live in the Union." This broke up the conversation. A friend of ours returning from Georgia the o'herday, before the election, and when it was thought South Carolina wt uidceitain- y secede, saw a man lying iu the road on the Georgia side of the Savam ah river. His wife, and children, and wagons, and horses. all stopped, waiting his movements. Our friend rode up and inquired what was the matter. H- ascertained that they were mov ing from Chester district, South Carolina.into the upper part of Georgia, and ihal the old man had taken too much of the "overjoyful," and wou'd not budge step. He listened to the explanation given by bis wife, which was not altogether satisfactory to bis mind; but the old man was not in a co dition himself to enter into particulars Raising himself up, however, he was able to ay. wi ha most profound sense of gratitude, ''Thank God, I am once more in ihe United State&."h seemed that he was flying from secession, and on cros8ing the line had determined to celebrate the event by hearty potations to Bacchus. lllrir-A mr.ro ,n Iha IlmtaI Vtita 4h..lri God." We think. the whole people of South Car olina, since the recent elections, ought to return thanks, not in the same manner, but in the same language, "Thank God, we are once more xn the United Statet. THE WHIGS OF GUILFORD. 'leWnijof " dlC'M. ever brave arid true.' have recently held a public meet ing Which, resolutions were passed favor-WihW-electron of Mr. Fillmore, and res- Dondine to the nomination of the Hon. Wm. P . .. ..r. "t l:,l.A ika A. Ixrahamjg tne vvnig vMtuuic - Viie PresidfSyV "The meeting also expres sed the wiK fcat a Whig S'afe Convention be held in tr4 town on the 3rd Monday in February v! We tmnk there can be " ohlrfinS In Ms section, either to the time Ur, piaceon ttoe contrary thai both will rprdr as generally accepiaoie as can ue c- pe&ed - - . Let these notes of preparation for the next year's struggle catch the ear of every Whig. There is work i be done both for Noith Caralina and he Union; and the country ex pects every Whig 10 put on his harness and do his duty. Salisbury Watchman. every THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. A week or two ago, when the appointment of the individual to take the Geological sur vac nf the State was announce I, we inquired eth nffiro had hfptn offered to any of her a - rit!ins. and their names. Our natural cu riosity has not yet been gratified We found no fault either with the appointee or the Governor, for the presumption was, that the interests of the State had been zealously subserved ; it was a work of vast impor.ance destined perhaps 10 effect great results in the future. It was not inaptly the unlocking. the bringing to light of the countless ireas nr u-'ithin the anil and boundaries ot our favored State, and there seemed to us a pe culiar fitness in the selection of one of her own ioiib for the deve'.ooment of these rich es and stores of information ; a filial devo tion as it were in ascertaining the hidden qualities and virtues of the mother. If, how ever, the State could not furnish the requis ite intelligence and experience, then the services of a stranger could be properly en gaged. Will the Standard have the courtesy to state the names of those North Carolinians to whom the appointment was tendered ? Wil. Her. RAPI&H RBSI8TBR. PROPOSED DIVISION OF OREGON. A movmen! has lately been sei on foot ty the settlers in Oreosi Territory, which na for its ob ject.lhe organization ot a separate Territornl Go vernment for thai portion wnich lies to the North of the Columbia river. It u 10 be vailed the Co lumbia Territory , and throughout its va?t extent is well adapted t agriculture, commerce, and manufacturing. The total absence ot all muoici pallaw and civil oSeers, the great distance from ihe seat uf the present Government, anu the iso lated situation of this pan of the Territory there from, and many other reasons, are ursed as to the propriety of the organization of a separate Terri torial G verumnt For the promotion of thia objects Convention of twenty-five delegates as sembled at Caroliu. L"wu county, ou the 29h of August, and. afi-r discussing th. matter, unant in iu-ly adopted the following resolution: "That a committee of three be appointed by ihe President of the Convention to prepare a suitabe, memorial on that uhject to Cmgress, and that the sa rue be forwarded to Ihe Delegate in Conjjress fiora Oregon Territory, requesting him lo use his influence to procure the organization of a separate Territorial Government." Previous to the session of ike Convention, a committi-e on districts and counties having been appointed, the territory north of the Columbia river was divided into twelve counties with well prescribed boundaries. The Convention is to meet again at Ojymia some tune abou ihe middle of next May. there to form a Sute Con veot ion, pre paratory to asking admission iuto the Union as one of ibe Sta:es thereof, provided that Congress has not ai that tim organized a Territorial Govern inent JVathmal Lite Vgtnccr. A Base Sentiment. We have not seen the speech delivered at the Locolbco Meetii.g at Tammany Hall, New York, on the 22d ult. by Mr. Foruey, Editor of the Pennsyl vania, the leading Locoloco paper in Phi adel phia; but the Ra eigh Register quotes trom it the following passage: "I hate no hesitation in delibera ely announcing thii at my doctrine, that I had rather vote tosl THE WiRT DEMOCUAT 1 HAT EVER LIVED THAW the best Whig that ever lived. If that due trine hud b-en followed, the Whigs would not HAVE TAKES TOUR .-FOILS AS THEY HAVE DOME FOR THE LAST TWO OR THREE YEARS " In all our experience we do not remember to have known a baser sentiment avowed one more imbued with the very worst spirit of Locofocoism one that si ks allconsidera tions of personal and political integrii', of decency, of honor and honesty, of patriotism, in tne sordid consideration of the spoils," which the speaker appears to consider as the property of tne Locpfoco party "your spoils." And men entertaining such sentiments are recognised as leaders of the Locofoco party which, in conclave assembled, received such an infamous avowal without any marks ofdii approbaion! - This man Forney i a candidate for the important office of Clerk of the House of Representatives of the ensuing Congress- May we not hope there will be found in his pany enough 6f decency to rebuke such a sentiment hy giving an overwhelming major ity to some one else? One of his party must be elected, but let it be one who hag the feel- rayettevifle Obsurver. MR. GORRELL'S ADDRESS. We have been politely furnished by the Editors of the Greensboro' Patriot wiih a cpy of the Ad dress delivered by Ralph (Jerrell, Eq. beiore the two Literary Societies of D.iridson College, on the 1 3h August !at. The subject if. "the influence of educated men upon society, " and a hasty per usal tus satisfied us that the author tus done jus -nee to ide thein2. Ilts production is, we think, superior to Mr. Avery's delivered at Chapel H ill. although there is a snni anty of design in both. The author after deputing the siiuatioH of North Carolina, and alluding io Iter inferior grade arming the States of the Union, declares "th.it ihe disease of the Stale require a prompt and extensive rem edy, and never will us constitutional vior be res tored till the whole of its territory in coveied with it lattice work of r.til road, pUuk road and river improvements, extending into every important section ol its territory." He likewise alludes to "the depressed condition of Iter agncnltuial inter ests and pursuits, and the want ui a proper stimu lus to her industry," aud introduces the fol owing sentiment which comtHeuds iuelf to favor : "To bring ihe agriculture ottour Stale under a ninr enlightened system by the dissemination of knowledge; the formation ol agricultural associa tions, the application of science, and the force o I enlightened example, will up a public ben fact on." Wdminglon Herald. ings of a man. Gur institutions can be sustained only on a moral basis.- ! This is wanting 1 in France, and they cannot maintain a free government. They may have the form, but the substance j will be wanting. At this moment the public of France,; as it is called, is restrained and governed by -physical power. And if our Government, ' in our external and ex ernal affairs, shall be so managed as to destroy its Fee Blacks The Raleigh Register, in contemplation of the natural effect of legis lation in the free Stales, to drive thence the free blacks, anticipates that they will endea vor to find homes in the Slave Stages, and calls upon the Magistrates strictly to enforce the laws against such immigration. Whilst we are not of those who are inclined to ad opt harsh measures against those ot that class of people who were born within our State, and have continued to reside here, we hearti ly concur with the Register, ihat every con sideration of justice to ourselves demands that none should be allowed tc come here from other Stateg. and especially from the free States. The stricter watch should be kepUu,.every jcpujjty, U(j prompt measures lanen 10 cmivce me iaw , lni8 regpect If necessary, let the iCpotry Courts offer a re ward for every offending immigrant. Fayetteville Observer. O" Some cur ions person has calculated that if every article 10 the Crystal Palace were to be ex- u'i uu we so manatee as 10 aesiroy us ,m!np,i rrt, ,u.. 7 , moral basi,, we may as well attempt to bV.ld 1 JJSSSJS'Sr,." WOuW " twen Destruction of a Ship et a Whale. The following remarkanle caie of the prodigious pow ers of a wiiale is related by a gentleman who has airived in Boston from New York, where he was in company with Capt. Deblois, ihe master of the unlucky ship, who arrived in that city , Saturday alteriioou, in ihe steamship Cherokee: Capt Deblois, of the whaleship Ann Alexander, of New Bedford, stated that on the 20;h of Au gust last, wheu in lattitude5 degs. 5u mins. S., longitude 102 degs. VV., whrie in pursuit ol whales, two of his boats that were out in pursuit were attacked by a large eperni whale, and com pletely demolished. The captain promptly or dered out a third boat and proceeded to the assis tance o? the men, who were thrown into the sea by ihe destruction of their boats. He succeeded in rescuing all of them, and reached his ship in salety. But the whale becoming more frantic with rage, immediately directed his Course for the ship and struck her abreast of her foremast, injuring her so badly that she instantly filled. All hands to k to Ihe boats on the 22d, and were subsequent ly picked up by the ship Nantucket, Capt. Gibbi, of Nantucket, and arrived at Payta, Sept. 15, whence the captain took passage foi New York on hisi way home. ' This is certainly an extraordinary instance of the fearful capabilities of the whale, and we believe the like has occurred but once before, which hap pened in the c-tse of a Nantucket ship many vears ago Boston Journal. Ours sire' the plans of fair delightful peace, Jnwarp'ct by party rage to uve une dtowio Gov. Reid has appointed, by and with the ad. vice and cmtent of Ex Gov. Marcy, of New York, Prof . Ebenezer Emmons, of the same State, Ge ological, Mineralogiral, Botanical and Agricultu ral Surveyor f North Car lina. Mil. Clu-on. It is hardly worth while to notice such slang as the above ; but we suppose we may as well say, that the Editor of the Chronicle, "by and with the advice and consent" of his Satanic. Majesty, has perpetrated a falsehood. Standard. Why, Billy! Don'! you see that you have made yourself out His Sjiianic Majesty!" for a was you who first- inorme4j4t thai Gov. Reid had made the appointment, antt did von not iht that Governor Reid consulted Ex Gov. Marcy (by let- y u me auojeci oi tne appointment, ami that he ("Marcy,) recommended and nd vised ihe ap pomtmeat of Prol". Emmpns t For all the 'crit ter' that we ever conceived you to tw, we never pok ypu to be the d I ; We had considered you an able Snap' of old BeeUebnb ever redy to do his bidding we ask pardon for mistaking you. for the future the sa utation must be "His Satan ic Majesty, the Editor orthe Standard." MUloit Chronicle. It A L EIGH, N . C. Wednesday, Nov. 12, 1851. DEATH OF THE HON. RICHARD HINES. It is with feelings of the most poignant regret, that we have to record the , death of the Hon. Richard Hixes, which occurrea in this City,.on Monday afternoon last, after his lingering illness of several weeks. By the death of Mr. Hines, the State has been deprived of one of its purest and most prominent citizens, society of one of its most valuable mem bers, and his family of one whose place cannot be filled. Endowed by nature with a clear bead and a vigorous intellect blending decision of pur pose with great kindness of heart and the most generous disposition, and firmness of principle with the utmost sincerity -of feeling, he commanded respect and regard wherever he was known. Others luve had a more brilliant career, but none in whom the mild and gentle virtues have shone more clearly, nor by whom they have been more steadily and effectively inculcated. He has gone down to the grave in the ripeness of manhood, and in tho midst of his usefulness, leaving his family the proud inheritance of an unblemished name, and the encouraging example of an useful and honorable life. Mr. Hines was a native of Edgecombe county, and represented in the 19th Congress, the Dis trict of which Edgecombe then comprised a part He was also for many years Chairman of the Whig Central Committee of the State. Few men have passed through life more uni versally acceptable in all the various public and private stations which he was called to fill. Mr. Hues was, we presume, about (JO years of age. mtmajmmmmmmmmmatatmmmmmmmtmmummmmmmm THE MEETING IN GRANVILLE THE TRUE SPIRIT. We cordially commend to the perusal of our Whig brethren throughout the State, ihe pro ceedings of the recent glorious Whig Meeting in Granville County, and the glowing letter of our correspondent, in connection therewith, which appear in another part ot to-day's Register. We would that we could infuse into the breast of every timid and faiut hearted Whig in North Car olina a part of the staunch spirit and patriotic en thusiasm that those proceedings breathe. Lei every one such read thein, however, for himself, together with the abstract ot the eloquent speeches on ihe occasion, and, if he be a true Whig, he cannot tail of being re animated, encouraged, and incited, by them, to similar feelings and a similar deter, tarnation. Will not the Whigs of Wake come up, on Monday nxr, and respond, with a like spirit, to their brethren in Guilford and Granville? We feel assured that they will. It is time for those- who h.ivo crept into power in this State, through unSortunate dissensions in our ovii ranks dissensions, the memory of which, we are confident, will be buried to begin to tremble in their shoes. The cry lus commenced, which will be echoed before long from every hill and valley, and shore mid stream in our bordersf that North Carolina must asd shall be re deemed ! RALEIGH ENTERPRISE. We were not aware, until within the past week, W en we made a hasty visit to the establishment, of ihe extent a id completeness of the Ir.os Focn d.y. wtiic.'i that enterprzing and laborious arti san, Silas Burns, lus recently established in this place. It is situated in the western part of the City and comprises three capacious buildings in e ich of which a different branch of the business is prosecuted ; and each branch, too. in all its ramifi cations and iu all of which a large number of skilful operatives are employed. The establishment will eompare favorably with any simiUr one elsewhere, and can doubtless turn oui quite as good a specimen of work. We hope to see most of ihe Engines for our new Rail Roads manufactured where tney ought to be in North Carolina ; and both in Raleigh and Wil mington they can be manufactured. Mr. Burns deserves great credit for his enter prizing public spirit, and merits all the encourage ment that the public- have to bestow. The New York "Express" truly says that Kossuth's abandonme.it of the Mississippi, and the way in which he &d it. have thrown a cold damper upon the ardent nspirations we all bad as to his welcome in the United States. We have given him the use of one of our finest steamers, and provided him and hH friends with the means of being independent, but he leaves us on a mis sion to England, evidently in anger that our steamer cannot be 'used as he wills ! It is hard, very hard, to give up the warm sen timents we have cherished for this distinguished Hungarian ; but we see in him, we fear, onlv what we almost always see among, the reformers of Europe, their incapacity to separate the princi ple of Republicanism from licentiousness or civil war. Java Coffee raked is North Carolina. The Editor of the Milton (N. C.) Chronicle was recently shown a parcel of Java coffee, folly ma tured, that grew in Dr. John T. Garland's yard, about a mile from that town. It looked as natur al as the imported article. The shrub that pro duced this coffee is but two years old, and bears prolificly. The tree sprouted from a grain "of coffee which was planted on the north aide of the house. The last "Chronicle" remarks, we are sorry to see, with reference to this statement, which has been going the rounds of the papers, that it is a complete hoax "mischievously perpetrated" by some fun-loving youngster. IX-The "Norfolk Beacon," hitherto a neutral journal, has hoisted the Whig banner, u4 is now do ing npirited service in the cause. OCh The length of the proceedings of the Gran ville meeting excludes our usual quantity of Edi torial nutter. - Democratic consistency. . ' '4 ... ; There could not be presented a more striking instance of the inconsistency of the Southern De- SDOjrrauy than the one afforded by the eontest which h now going on in Virginia for Governor and Lieutenant Governor. Their Candidate for the first office, Col. JosrrH Johjtsok, voted, whilst a member of Congress, for the Oregon Bill with the Wilmot Proviso incorporated io it. It is well known that in reference .Jo the passage ol this Bill, Mr. Calhoun declared tlitfit wu done pro- fessedly to assert the unlimited control of Con gress over the subject of slavery that it whs the first bill of the kind ever passed, and worked an important change in the progress of aggressions and encroachments in reference to slavery in the territorial aspect of the subject. It had given a new and powerful impulse to the abolitionists.,, This is the character given of that measure by Mr. Calhoun. It received the vote of Col. John son, the Democratic Candidate in Virginia for Governor. On the same ticket they are running Mr. Leake, who was also a member of Congress at the time that Bill with the Proviso was adopt ed. He delivered a violent speech against them. From that speech we extract the following : "Mr, Leake presented reasons which would in duce him to vote against the bill, and against all similar legislation. He complained thai the BOUSE SEEMED TO HAVE BEEN CONVERTED INTO A magnificent abolition society, and expressed his fears thtt the abolitionists, after laying their profane hands on the altars of religion and th halls of legislation, would next assail . the bul warks of the Constitution itself, and break is LIKE AN AVALANCHE OX THE PEACE AND SECURITY or the entire South. H was sick and tired of compromises ; the South had entered into many and thy had all been violated. He considered the vote or this morning as an indication that the Missouri Compromise was considered as so longer of an v obligation and an intimation that the institutions of the south were no Longer to be respected. Mr. Leake went on to state what he considered as the ultimatum of the South, which amounted to this that if the present attempt to impose limitations with respect to the extension ot slave' ry should De persisted in and should prevail, the South must stand in self defence, for they could not and would not submit to it. He went igto a review of the adoption of the Wilmot Proviso complained f the North far having thrown a fire brand into the House appealed to their justice and patriotism, and warned them to abandon their crusade against the rights of the South, or they might see before long tho beginning of the end," but God only would see its termination." A janus faced ticket, indeed, this is! It Mr. Leake's course deserved approval, Col. Johnson stands condemned. Yet the Democracy regard both these gentlemen as true representatives of their political faith and will support them with laudable zeal ! The Denvicratic Excellency de jure of this State, no doubt, feels a deep sympathy for the success of Col. Johnson, as they thought alike on the Oregon Bill; but he would hardly ro Hah the denunciaton ol Mr. Leake, that, in carrying through that measure, with the Wilmot Proviso in it, the House of Representatives "liad converted itself into a magnificent abolition society .'" How would he like to be told by a brother Democrat that he voted for a BiM with "a Northern firebrand" in it ? Were a Whig to say so, he would be de nounced by the "unterrified'' as propagating a calumny against His Excellency, de jure ! Yet. Mr lieake has said so, and he and Col. Johnson and Col. Reid are all marvelously proper men ! THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. What are the principles of the Democratic par ty 1 An answer it furnished by the following paragraph from the Philadelphia JVeura ; : ' The idea that the Democratic party of the country has but " one fa ith" on nations' questions is obsolete. It my be, and at times is, tariff in Pennsylvania, free trade in Virginia, river and harbor improvements in the West, and a strict construction and opposition to all improvements in the South. Col. Bisrler, its eanJidate in Penn sylvania, was elected because he was friendly to thf Compjomise measures. Governor Wood, its candidate in Ohio, h is beeu re elected because he declared himself opjxxcd to them. In Pennsyl vania, it is for the Union; in Georgia, Missis sippi, and A lab t na it :s for Se -asvm ; while in Wilmoi's district it is nl! Free soil, aud ia Phila delphia ail Pro-Slavery." THE WILMINGTON RAIL ROAD. By the Report of Gen. MeRae, President of the Company, we learn that the expenditures of the Company, during the past year, were $277,255 20, of which over $50,000 were paid for uew Loco motives and Cars, to meet the wants of the in creasing travel and transportation of the road, and for the thorough repair, or rather renewal, of the Steamer Vanderbilt. The company certainly has never been in as good condition to carry on its operations as at present. But fourteen miles of the road remain to be re laid with heavy iron, which is daily expected. Still another locomotive has been ordered, besides one now in process of construction in the shops at Wilmington. The President is not alone in the opinion that "The Roau, so far as it has been relaid, com piles favorably with the best roads in our coun try, and instead of the eomplaiuts and denuncia tious of travellers which have been heaped upon us for years without stint, and which were lo some extent deserved when our old flat bar road was in use, we hear from all commendation at the speed with which they are transported over our line." from Havana. 'By the accounts from Havana brought by the steamer Empite City, being to the 30ih ultimo, it appears that Mr. Thrasher has not been released, as waa announced by the New Orleans "Delta.' A letter to the Journal of Commerce aays that he is to have an open trial the present week, and that the American Consul will appear in his de fence. The same writer says that Mr. T. is not permitted to confer with friends or the Consul. The Consul has asked to be permitted to visit him, but is told that the case is out of the control of the Captain-General, and in the tribunals; and that the interdiction of communication cannot be removed. i The prisoners that yet remain at Havana for transportation to Africa are in tolerable condition, and supplied with good clothing and other com forts. Five are m the hospital improving, and nine are in the castle at"Punta.n It is not known at what moment transportation will be provided for them, or whether any more will meet with the clemency of the Captain-General and be permit ted to return to their homes. A Picteb, as is a Picter. An old lady who had her Daguerreotype pictuie taken gives the following description of how it waa done: I sat down and had tnv head squeezed between two iron prongs trill thought I should get a de pression of ihe brain ; then I was told to look right at a speck on the wall; then Mr. Mc Bride unscrewed the indof a brass pipe that was in the side of a mahogany box, and pinted it r&ht at me ; then after a minute he telied me that 1 might get up for the pictur was done, and it warn't long afore he brought it out from behind a curtaing, all pasted into a leather ease, and looking as nat'ral at life.. He bad even took the mole on my chin, and the four gray hairs grown out on it were as instinct as posfibil jitatejlectiona kvi, look p!w T ra K i. i, ,. r oi Uandidafcs for thp rn, the offices, alheL r th vanoa( , it is unsafe ... . 7f Vm. opinion a, to the result. TteTV' P ver, that the vote, Benm), . that it i tn en!raM' 'lo on, - Win eWf,n t, ' ,? Tt,e,n fteSuu r, a 'eir .inti rt... - ey ucneral. Trurer Canal P f A;l0'- h;... . . 'Muue or tt. . . i he Whig9 lme the State Sen ,t i small either way. 7 hm'i tt MISSISSIPPI Returns from all but 8me, rn - '"Telegraphie despatch iS.:1" the 7th, thattlro is no J' Foote s election by a large majority V ; . the Union Congressional CandifceV -though we are without any panicle Mississippi has thus repudiated Secession agaiu, and that, too, though it was upied J'" of her favorite sons, whose great larity counterbalanced and overcs ,0 ffi quarters, the opposition of the people to tl1odlMJ doctrine of wnich he was the champion Tl" evident trom the fact, that, as it stated tl gregato majority for the Union Cong';' ticket is much larger than th.it over l)Avls u ! Quitman not backed out from the field ti ' no doubt but that the gallant Foon's ' m,iot " would have been two or three 'ihne3 ?rea ' Whatever be the majority, however, ti,iJIlew defeat of the Secessionists this final and kilu blow to their present nefarious purpowJ! "glory enough!" Three time, three cW thrice repeated, for Mississippi ! LOUISIANA. The Election took place in ibis State, on th, 7tb, for Representatives in Congress, and Mom bers of the State Legislature. Bath Houses of the Legislature are thorough. Whig; and the Congressional delegation iSIUp'. posed to stand as it did before. The election in New Orleans resulted in th choice of a Whig Sheriff, by over oJO Wajonu. Messrs. Robb and Besjamin, Whigs, are elected to the Senate by about 600 majority, md tin Whig ticket throughout is generally successful. In the Baton Rouge district, which has pre viously been Democratic, the Whigs have elected their State Senator, and also a Whig Sheriff. MARYLAND. The election took place in this State, on Wed nesday, for the first time under her new Constitu tion, for a large number of judicial and other of ficers. The Loco Focoa appear to have heen pretty generally saecessful throughout ihe State. WISCONSIN. Mr. Farwkll, the Whi Candidate for Got ernor of Wisconsin is ck-cted by a majority of; upwards of 2000 votes ; though ive feel uo grati fication at the result, effected as it was. The Whigs liave also a majority in the Lea io-lature. MICHIGAN, The Loco Focos have carried this SUte, course, by a large majority. Georgia Legislature. The L?gislatuK if G-orgia met at Augusta, on the 3d inst., andija ized by electing Jam?s Meriwether. Speaker of. the House, and A. J. Miller, President of the Res ale. All those elected are of course, Union mm. The secessionists had no canJidate. Got.T sent in his message. It is quite long, and neriy altogether occupied with Slate affairs, the Sm bank Und railroads, commou school education w He urges ais a line of steam propellers Irom Si vannah to England, or the cutitihent of Euwp. and the arming of the mlli'ia of ihe State, "m view of a possible disturbance, however rentf it may appear to many, of ihe amicable relatwn existing with the States ot the Con!cderacy,o disturbance more strictly local and dome" its character." APPOINTMENT BY THE PRESIDENT : W. L. Sharkey, to be Consul of the States at Havana, iu the Island of Cubs, of Al le n F. O we ti , reca 1 led. I, . Dreadful Occukrekck.-Wo Winchester, Va.. that a most dreadful Vfft enacted on Friday last. It appears "'ftr P. Flemister went to the house ofa ncgwi than Mulliken. with whom he .pre'ffl quarrel. He found Mulliken with a in his hands, and soon atier the quarrel ' w ed, and blows passed between them. -WW y finally thrown to the ground. down called to his son, a lad abojl 1 7 y to fire at . Flemister. The youdi did load instead of taking effect on F'en"fV!L,Dj the father's side as he was lying upon (he gr and caused death in a few hours alt. . r . hxiness Le"r The renewing Jtract in - - to the Editors of this paper from ggJn table gentleman in South Carols co opinion which we had formed from fnct the tone ol the public journals of Sece.'' the recerit defeat at the poll 0,,f MlsJissippi, party in Georgia. AI-bsiDa,nd M-aW' well as in South Carolina: Vot. ! November 2 . ! "We are thankful here for the r f ?m. tions, which has been contrary io .oar espw We feel like those who have est ap 1D,t lamiiy. without, however, aay aT0 brought those who would by theu ind.scre.ion have it upon US. sobered, "Ithmk that the State has been stanter, and that all parties feel ' d r has recovered from hi. Tt.etaP at the tricks he played dur.ugtbeexc " X-S. call li" a public mee.ing.to be holdeii , a ube ft of neury county, . Induna, on fillm0re K rorableto .be omin.t.onof Ug President of the United ,., eo number of the leading 'el 0f the appears in the Indianapolis Se' . . report1'- BAvM.-The Mon h.,s made an engagement Ju t)ie Uo He wilt exhibit this women-- ft States. Her continental fr. flo crowded houses, and w II nch. J of cash into earnuu. u,hful. au" ,ja shall not be surpmed to furDace rav-headed admirers wglung nniaiaDCes, ' . Eer' train. Under. U"" rf fff proof of the X engip? tw that, simultaneously fie&la 1UVHH Of " ' " . .... Annintiaiui. WFRY TICHTI V RAIirin
The Weekly Raleigh Register (Raleigh, N.C.)
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