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1:1 lr i .4. 111 It ! ff II ? t y .I' ll 0 I ft J! V It i. Prom the NationaUntelligencer. COAL FIELDS OF NORTH CAROLINA The many works recently published on the subject of coal have made the world fa miliar with its value as a mineral fuel. Yet until lately very little was known of ihe lo calities in which, it was found, and still less of the manyuies to which it might be ap plied. The vast coalfields went of the Al leghanies were little valued twenty-five yean since, and the anthracites of Pennsylvania scarcely knoWn. Since that time, however, the modern Briareus, steam, has needed in assistance to keep its hundred hands at work. In the United States .it 'is becoming a vast irade, and the demand, especially for bitu minous coal, is continually greater than the supply. Its value to England is well known : the quantity annually .produced from her coal fields has been omputed'to fee worth fifty million dollars ai the mines, and from seventy-five io one hundred millions at the places of consumption; indeed it is to this mineral that she is chiefly indebied for su premacy as a commercial and manufacturing ration. The celebrated Hugh Miller, perhapitbe most eminent geologist of Eu rooe at the Dresent Jav. havins visited the "'district in which the central coal fields of England lie, is struck with its size, compar ed with the mighty influence it has had on the dentinies of England. He savs: "Its area is only thirty miles lon and eight broad And vet how many steam engines has it set in motion? How many railway trains has it propelled, and how many millions of ' tons of iron has it raised to tne sunace, smelted, and hammered I" It is also known that in 1821) ontv 365 tons of anthracite were mined in Pennsylvania. In 1847, upwards of four millions of tons were brought to mar ket, worth twenty million dollar. During the discussion of the tariff of 1846 one of the Senatoisof Pennsylvania stated that her coa at that time employed 1, 000 ships of 150 tons burden each; thas furnishing a nursery for the training of b.000 seamen; giving circulation to fifty millions capital, employ ment to 15,000 miners, and, support to a nun ins population of 70,000 souls, whoconsum ed two millions worth of agricultural products and three and a half millions ol merchandise But,! though these facts are known, we doubt if it be generally known that a coal forma tion more extensive than that of Central Eng. Jand (as described by. Miller) exists in Norlh Carolina, from which have beep already j raised as fine anthracite as any in Pennsyl-' vania, and better bituminous coal than was ever before exhibited in the New York mar-; ket;yet such is unquestionably the case. It is no part of our present purpose to congra tulate that State on its good fortune in pos sessing such sources of wealth, or the South on having within its bosom this indispensa ble requisite to success in the direct inter course with Europe by steamers, recently projected, . nor to speak of its inestimable value in the coastwise trade of the entire Southern continent, the trade of the West India Islands, and, above all, the advantage this locality must have over the coal fields bf the North during one-fourth at least of the year in which ice obstructs the canals lead ing i from them to tide water. But we do intend to call the public attention to this du trict as presenting advantages in raising and taking to market the finest bituminous coal at less expense and with greater certainty of profit iban any o:her in the United States. As we haveeremarked thai little is knowri ot this formation, we take leave to state that though coal was discovered on Deep river, in Chatham county, North Carolina, more : than seventy years since, yetSft has only been since the improvement in the navigation of that stream that it has been traced for many miles both above and below the point of its discoveiy. During the autumn ol 1850 a company of Northern gentlemen purchased a farm containing about three hundred acres underlaid with coal. The services of Pro fessor Walter R. Johnson, of Washington, were procured by the company to examine and report upon the geological and mineral character ot ihe formation, with a view to future operations, should his report justify them. The character of this geutleman was such as to giv every assurance of an able and faithful expose. He had published an elaborate woik on "American Coals," as also on the "Coal Trade of British America," which had received universal commendation, and con'ribuied, we .doubt not, io elevate 1 him to the high position he occupies in the National Institute. In the months of November and December, 1850, he visited the lands of this company; and in order, to ascertnin whether he usual regularity ob served in other coal districts existed there, , he extended his observations along the range of the sandstone formation in which the coal is found, and thus explored many miles above and below their possessions, and made an elaborate report on " the situation of the mining district; the geological and mineral chttracttr of Ihe formation ; the situation of the coal in respect to water level; the posi Hon of Hie seams and their inclination; their thickness; the character - of the coal four.d at different points; particular character of that found on the laud ot the company and its vicinity; and the cost of mining and deliver' ing on board the barges and transporting to market; and, finally, the advantages of the locality in respect to climate, health, and means of subsist' nee for a miniapopulation." We are thus particular in giving the topics embraced in the report, that it may be seen how full is ihe information it furnishes, and to put at rest all doubts in regard to the value of these coal fields or the certainty of profit to those who may engage in mining them. A very few extracts from the leport will exhibit the opinions entertained by the Pro fessor of the quality of the coal, the thick ness ot the seams or veins, and the cost of tr?nsport to tide water. Of the bituminous coal he tays : "It has upwards of 80 per cent, of carbon, and evap orates 8-10 of tteam to one of coal; fjius showing its admirable adaptation to steam purposes." "It has the advantage of a brisk and brilliant combustion, rendering it a most desirable fuel for parlor grates, and is mere over, an excellent coal for smiths' purposes." It takes fire promptly, swells sufficiently, ag glutinates its masses together so as to form a good hollow fire. "The amount of sul phur is not such as to prevent its usefulness in this application, or , to interfere with its preservation either on shipboard or on shore." We may here remark that in a report bv the directors of the above named company t to the stockholders, this peculiarity of free dom from any considerable quantity of sul phur is regarded as of the utmost importance in view of the recent disasters which have occurred to one English and three American ships," which took fire and were burnt in their attempt to' reach the Pacific coast, by reason ot the excess of sulphur in the coal." "They state that when His considered that the Rich mond, the Pictou and the Sydney coalstave always been supposed to contain large quan tity of sulphur, so at to render the use of these coals dangerous bn tone voyages, it be- comes apparent mat sucn a coai as , mis oi Deep river will be sought for as Aht best of all ethers, if not the only safe coal, for long voyages. In reerd to tie thickness of ihe veins at the pits opened on the lands ot me company, the Professor says, "the bed is seven fret eight inches thick, witn an inter posing ply of slate, eighteen inches, leaving six feet two inches of pure coal." This, he remarki, vts equal in thickness lo the great Pittsburgh seam, not inferior to the main seam at Newcastle, and of the same thick ness of the bed long worked at Sydney, Cape Breton." This ply of slate, when the vein was first opened, was twenty-six inches thick, but gradually diminished when the Professor lefi to eighteen . inches, since men the vein has been penetrated several feet further, m all eighteen feet, and the ply of slate has diminished to fourteen inches, with every prospect of soon running out,-while the vein of coal has increased to nine feet in thickness. In the report of the directors already referred to, they assure the stock holders that they may count upon abed of the best bituminous coal, three feet thicker than the Sydney bed, or the great Pittsburgh seam, or the main seam at Newcastle ; enough thevsav, to satisfy the cupidity of most men Immediately following the' table ot analyses of the various coals found on the company's lands,the report of Professor J. proceeds thus : "All these analyses, it must be observed, are necessarily made upon coals taken from with in ifew feet of the out crop of the bed.and they may therefore be regarded as by no means exceeding the true estimate of the value of coals." "Tha gradual inclination of the beds does not lead to the supposition that it Will ever be necessary, to descend to an ex cessive depth, and in consequence, to leave a large portion of the coal for pillows." "I may remark that the coal (at the company's land) is overlaid by an excellent slate roof of several feet in thickness and apparently well adapted to sustain the superincumbent rock as well as to keep out surface water." On the cestof mining the Professor says : 'The thickness of six feet two inches of pure coal (since he left it is three feet thicker) would afford a most commodious body of coal for easy and profitable mining, and would not cost, rsuppose, more than from ihirty-two to forty cents per ton ; but, as the slate must be removed, it would be safe to put the cost of mining at forty to forty five cents per ton, and fifteen cents more per ton to put it on board the barges." The diiectors report as sumes this to be near the proper estimate, and alter strict examination as to the further cost of transporting to tidewater, (say. Wil mington or SmithviHe.) puts it at twenty three cents per ton ; so the entire co?t of raising and transporting to Smitbville does not exceed eighty-three cent per ton. Thence to New Sfork at $1.75 per ton, makes the entire cost in New York $2 58. The selling price of bituminous coal at New York is usually from $6 to $7 per ton. Should the market ever be glutted with bituminous coal, ihe directors think the Company can un dersell all othemand yet make enormous pro fits. The slackwater navigation of the Cape Fear and Deep rivers will be certainly com pleted, and the boats pass up to the coai fields in eight or nine months at furthest. We have not stated the extent of the coal formation, because, in truth, its real limits have not yet been ascertained, but it has been traced from thirty-five to forty miles on the Deep river and rs tributary waters, and the width is probably from five lo eight miles ; anJ we are therefore warranted in saying that it ;is more extensive than the Cen ral Coal Field jof England, which Miller estimates at thirty miles long by eight wide-. The com. pany tabove alluded to have raised two hun dred tons of bituminous coal of very superior quality, some cf which has been taken to New York, and has been pronounced the very bestever eihibited in that market. This article has already grown under our hand so much beyond the length intended, that we must forego the pleasure of giving a minute detail of the work performed by this enterprising company, who are only waiting for the completion of the navigation to con vey iheir coal lo market. We cannot, how ever, omit to state that their spirit and acti vity have infused new life into the entire population of the mi il&r.d counties of North Carolina. Purchases of coal lands arc daily made, and ere long this State must export coal in such quantities as Pennsylvania now does. Her miner al wealth is believed to be equal to that of any of the Stales. The last Legislature appropriated ihe necessary sum for a geological and mineialogical survey, and we learn Professor Emmons is to enter soon on this interesting work. The Central Railroad will pass within sixteen or eighteen miles bf Hay woo t, which is on tins Deepri vpr, and about filteen miles from the coal fields, and thus furnish another means of transport for this valuable mineral, as well as consume it throughout the entire line of two hundred and twenty miles, from Golds boro' to Charlo.te, N. C. GIDDINGS THE DODGER. In the House of Representatives, on Thurs day, Mr Giddings said that the House was now in the ninth week of the session, and, with the exception of an hour and a quarter they had no time to discuss the President's annual message. They were now in Commit tee of the Whole on the state of the Union, and every thing which relates to the Union was in order. He desired to express his views upon a subject which had recently, and which at this time agitated Stale Legis latures and conventions. He referred to the position which we held, and the obliga tions we are under, as one of the sisterhood of nations. As he saw his friend from North Carolina, (Mr. Stanly,) in his seat, and who the other day attempted to draw him into a discussion on the slavery question, he exten ded an invitation to that gentleman to assume the liberty of a catechumen. Mr. Stanly. I am obliged to you ; and I expect you to fulfil your promise to ex plain how (as expressed in the resolutions of the recent abolition meeting in Philadelphia, at which you attended) the visit of Kossuth is going to affect slavery in the United States. Let ihe gentleman come out like a man. Mr Giddings, It is due to myself to say that it is a small compliment for the gentle man to attempt to draw me from the ques tion ol our foreign relations. Mr. Stan lt. Ah I dodge again. Mr. Giddings. I will satisfy the gentle man some other time, when, we, come to speak of our domestic relations. Mr. Stanly. Dqdge again ! Mr. Giddings. I can't dodge enough to follow him. Does the gentleman revolve in so narrow a scale of human oppression, that ne ,Dna3 it impossible to wander out of it ? He then proceeded to speak of the efforts of the Hungarians in 1848, to establish their independence, and of Russia coming to the relief of Austria, &c. From the Petersburg Intelligencer. THE DEMOCRACY IN A TANGLE. We would ihink ihat the Editor of the Washington Union, instead of rejoicing over the alleged restoration of Democratic har mony in the. State of Missouri, would find his time busily occupied in keeping under the smouldering fires of discord in the Na lional Capitol, which threaten, at eyery mo ment, to burst through and wrap the De mocracy in flames. It is now a fixed fact thai the Democracy are on the eve of a ter rible explosion. That they are radically di vided it were idle to deny. Means and ap pliances may be used for a time in procrasti nating the outburst, but come it soon must, and come too with a terrible crash. During the recent canvass in Virginia, an alii ance was patched up between the Com promise and Secession wings of the Demo cratic party, and the latter denied, some times with indignation, sometimes with de rision, the charge thaUhey were disloyal to the Union, and accused the Whigs of using the Union question as a mere trap to catch votes. With what truth and candor the Anti-Compromise paity then acted, will be ere long made very apparent, if, indeed, it is not already so. A few days since, a proposition authorizing a contract for the Census prin ting with Messrs Armstrong & Donelson of the Union, was pending in ihe House of Representatives. This was a question well calculated to test the cohesive properties of the Democracy. It is notorious that the support given to ihe Compromise measures by the Union, hai been exceedingly distaste ful to the Fire Eating Democracy of the South. It is, therefore, not at all surprising that they availed themselves of this opportu nity of settling old scores. The Census Printing will be one of the fattest of fat jobs' and the Fire Eaters would see the Union Editors with their types and presses at the bottom of the Potomac, or in some much hotter place, before they wou'd permit them to carry off this prize. Accordingly, our Cousin Abraham, (Venable,) with a savage delight, utterly inconsistent with his amia ble character, uncorked several vials of boii ing wrath, and proceeded very deliberately to pour iheir contents upon the devo ed and doubtless, now hairless, heads of the Editors of the Union. Whatever may have been the disingenuous course of other candidates for this Congress, no man can charge 'Cons in Abraham' wi h duplicity He avowed his sentiments openly, and pressed them with all ihe vehemence of his enthusiastic nature. He and the Union are therefore at points, and as Cousin Abraham is neither taciturn or mealy-mouthed, he very soon de fined his position. He said : "Mr. Donelson has been called the adininistia tor of General J ick-wn's opinions. 1 nay he i administrator not only in his wrong, but in Glen era! Jackson' wrong. Aye, sir, he has no claims upon me, or upon those whom 1 represent. I felt the influence of his power during the last sum mer, i wilt never pay a man to whip uie. I can get it done ctie-tper. The Union paper contains the highest federal doctrines doctrines with which I never had any sympathy, and nev er can have, and therefore il has no claims upon me.'' Let this be borne in mind The great central organ of ihe Democratic party of the United States, by the admission of one of the most prominent members of that party, "contains the higlust federal doctrines.'" What harmony ! What unity ! Who will deny that it is like that precious ointment thai ran down Aaron's beard and "o'er his garments a costly odor shed ?" 1 But let us see what Cousin Abraham says in rela tion tj the great nomina'iug Convention of his party. On this head he thus frankly discourses : "As to the Baltimore Convenrion, if lite noni inee suits, he would vote for him. But, it' the nominee does not come up to what he thought he ought tu be; he would consent to be deprived of his right of suffrage for life, before bo would vote for htm. In these days, when there are nei ther prophets or seen, he would require the man nominated by the Baltimore Convention to be plain us to the meaning of his terihs, and the pur pose of his Ite.-irt; and nil lite conventions on the earth never could make him lake the nominee who does hoi, like a plain, hones,! man, declare what his. views and opinions are. If the nominee did not answer the plain questions put to biro, it would be because he Oared lo answer the truth. To sum up, his candidate must come up to the republican creed laid down by Jeifersuu stale sovereignty and the compromise. But "Cousin Abraham's" was not the on ly bugle that sounded its note of defiance at the Washington Union and its Compromise confederates. Mr. Thomas Bocock, of this State, although using greater brevity, was not less explicit. He said : "That while ihe gentleman was proclaiming' peace to the JJeraocratic party on one subject, he would inquire nil htm if he did not know thai there were other subjects upon which the democratic party was divided? He would ask of him if he did not feel that there was is much need ol" har mony upon these other que-tiuns as upon those in relation lo ihe compromise me:isures? He would ask the gentleman if he expected them to say that peace existed, when his friends pro claimed peace on one subject and war to the knife on ihe other subjects? The Washington Union gave ihein peace upon the compromise measures, bnt war to the knife upon the subject of State right:"." Mr. Meade tried to throw oil on the raging waters of Democracy, and "hush up" mat ters, but he might as well have whistled to the winds. The Union, as was to be expected, does not tamely put up with these fierce and vin dictive attempts to put it down, but has devo ted a column apiece to the recusants, Messrs Venable and Bocock. Well! this quarrel is a very pret'y quarrel as it stands in fact, we do not exaggerate when we say that the famous engag- ment between "Betsey and the Bar" was;an amicable transaction, when compared to this savage and blood-thirsty encounter. DISTRICT DELEGATES. The idea suggested by the Register for the appointment of Delegate! to the National Convention, is a good one, and we second it. Let it be so understood, and it will save all confusion. Ashville JV ews. fjrj- Thomas Hart Benton, going up the Ohio Kiver, on IMew Year s Day. acknowledges the re ceipt of an invitation from the Democracy of St Louis County and City, to join a great Democatic meeting at the Court House on the 8th inst. He imDroves tbe occasion to discourse on the Dresent political position of Missouri; and he tells bis friends it is their mission to redeem her, and commence this day tbe work of redemption. Three whigs aft in one branch ol Congress, and a Whig and Diaunionist in the other, from the Democratic Union State of Missouri. This misrepresentation must be corrected. The Ghtt mud be driven fttmihe cajntaV Tbe Democratic star of Mis souri, now eclipsed and obscured, must re-appear in the political firmament, and shine again with all ns pristine splendor, &c, Sec. LIFE IN MADRID. ' Madrid, Dec. 1. 1851. -Before biddingadieu forever to Madrid, I must give some little account of the impressions left upon my mind by that great city. Though 1 should never wish to see Madrid again, and comparatively "peaking, there is little if anything in it to attract the stranger, or make il ti desirable resilience. for any time, yet it has some passing charms and attractions. It is really almost worth one's while to go to all the expense and trouble cf vising Madrid mere ly to 8eethe PraUo, on such; a day as I saw it, crowded with compiny. Every day, Rt aboui four o'clock in the afternooiia 1 ihe world of Ma drid comes upon the Pracio V w.ilk and ride and look about in a word 4o c and to be seen. The Pmdo is to the fashionable world in Madrid ex actly the same as an exehange, where merchants meet at a certain hour, is to the commercial worlJ. They are just a regular in the attendance too, on the Pradu, at a certain hour, as merchants are on 'Cnane. The Corso si MtlaD, the Champs Ely sees at Paris, Hyde Park in Loudon, Broadway in New Yotk, are soinetn ng like, but nothing equal to he Prado ai Madrid. In all the former, the space is too wide and tne company too scat tered, but on the Prado it is a limited walk and ride, where all are collected together. 1 1 is In fact, a sort ol theatre out of doors', where the company gather and are collected together at at a certain hour, and where the audience itself is the acting company, parading up and down to show them selves and see the show. On one occasion, m particular, when I was there, the scene was quite grand and extremely lively. The Q,ueetwtth her hubaud descended from her carriage and walked up and down, look ing about her and enjoying th scene, the same as the others, vvi'li pfrlect ease and freedom. The i vast crowd ot promenaders made way for her, and il is true, there was some curiosity to see her in the interesting situation he was in carrying, as they say here, the h pes of Sp:nu with her: but there was no rude bustling w noisy demon stration she was not prevented by a too purlieu lar nonce, trotu enjoying herself like other people. Her dress Was plam and simple, yet elegant, and her manner quito pleasing and uuaffec:ud, having dignity without pretension. Site w.tlked several times up and down the avenue, in the n;idsl ol the crowd of walkers, leaning on the arniofthn King, who was pi. inly dressed, and occasionally nodded to acquaintances whom he recognized as they passed along. 1 was walking with Count de H on oncsule, and an Am. rican gentleman, on the other, whetl, as I met the royal pany , the King, who had seen me at the Opera, turned around to the Queen and whispered in her ear. I could see it was concerning myself He had pointed his lorgnette several times at! me at the Opera, and 1 had returned the compliment, suring htm out of countenance, so that we were tacitly old acquaintances ut a distance. 11 is a nice, genteel, Ugly, impudent young fellow. I now perceived that he recogntzid me. Altogether, the whole scene Was splend id, gay and highly picturesque. There were officers, gentlemen, country men, citrzeus, AnJalu.-ians, m their tiaudy costume, priests with their long hats, carriages', cavaliers, tidies rmim -Table, iu the beautiful mantillas, all bare-headed, (1 am sorry lo say a few bonnets are beginning to appear on the Prado their hair tastefully dressed, iheir black, keen eyes darting fire and excitetiiuM; tuere were brd ham nnd gaudy equipage the New York bugy, was there, too; there were plain and ordinary equipages all was mingled together in perfect equality; it w-s a jam and a crowd of all sorts of people, yet all orderly, qmei and sedate, h form ed, altogether, asctii of much excitement and la?cinauon. Such is the PraJ every day more or leas animated, yet a!w.i)s crowded at the re. gular hour, lt is here tne Spaniard is to be seen in his uationa. churacier, wrupped in his ii.wing cloak, or dressed in gay colors., sauntering, idling add chatting in groups together. It is heie, too, that ihe Spams!, w.miau is to lie seen in all her beauty and characteristic manners, dressed, most ol them, wholly in black. They are sweet wo men. This lively scene of fashionable lounge and general assembly takes place every day on the i Prado at a regular time. The crowd lasts for about an hour and a Half, or peril tp two hours, according to die state ol the weather (for if a cold wind haDDens to be blowini? from ihe moun-1 tains, and Ihe air is sharp, the attendance is thin ner) then gradually, all return to their several homts to dinner, and the spot, which a little be fore was all life and animation, becomes silent, still and deserted. The theatres in Madrid are well attended, and by a well dressed, well behaved company the Opera esj)ecia ly, which 1 hwve already described in a former letter, and which in all respects, well deserves the patronage it receives. Of society in Madrid, there is little, except the evening terttilias. These open late, the company arriving at about eleven; but lo me it appears dull, for the ladies sit down to cards, and the gen'lemeu lounge a round them aud about the room, smoking their segars, so Ilia' the apaiimeiu is in a perfect cloud, and the Ijdies, heaus are sunounded wild a verit able halo, not of glory , but of tobacco smoke. I coulees I like this cusjom much belter than our plan ol ail the gentlemen retiring to a separate room to enjoy iheir segars, ieawng the women alone for, lo my mind, society is nothing with out gentlemen. The Spauisii Lidies, iu thi aud many other respects, are not so fastidious as the American or English. Upon i he whole, 1 found them gentle, amiable and lovely, though exceed ir.giy jealous; and generally, they have a melan choly, solemn look, as if they were bowed down under tlie weight of some penance, or the reproof of their priests and confessors. Yell love them, - from tht'ttueen to the le.ist ot I hem, lor their is a tin se qua of charm about them; they look so pretty, uil in blacli, without bonnets, walking gracefully along, with the mantilla tastefully pin- neu lo their black hair and a twuig Uowu behind, darting their black eves ou eacu ide of them. If I were a man 1 am sure I should ha.ve lost tuy heart tvith them a th. us;iod timys over. Though I had perfect health while in Madrid, it is by no means a healthy place, and as lo the comforts of lite iu doors, there are none. Ima gine lu yourself a large, splendid room in the depth of winter, without a lire to warm you, and not even a fire place to kindle one in. The people almost uveuutad doofs, stand. ng on ihe sunny side of the street to warm themselves. Then, on crossing over into ihe shade, one is seized with chills. The mountains in the neighborhood, covered with snow, send down cold, piercing winds, which attack tbe lungs in an iusunt. In three Ways il is all over; they die like llies at the blast of these cold winds, together with the dry air ol the city All the time 1 was iu MadriJ indeed, all the time I have been in Spain -1 have not seen a drop of rarn. The disease which is most prevalent is puliuouia, and its attacks are sudden and Intnl. A few days before 1 left the city , the vouug Count de Penalva, whom I had known at Havana, cal led to see tne, and he looked eo well I could not help congrutu'aling him upon it. He was full of life and spirits, us well he might be, in the height of youth, and possessor of an immense lortune, the pride of his father, the Count of Penalva, of Havana, and the hope of a noble house. A few days ago I Happened to take up a Madrid p iper, and there I saw an account of his death, alter an illness of only three days. I went with the American Ambassador, the other day. to Ihe Cortes, and was present at a very interesting debate on the question of the inviolability of the persou of the representative. The hall is a chaste, noble building; richly orna mented, worthy of its purpose. Tie speakers pleased me more than that, they charmed and delighted me. It was like listening to tbe sweet est music, such is the harmony of tne lovely lan guage they spoke in. Their gestures, too, were all so noble and, dignified, they really put me in mind of Macready on the stage, so quiet, easy, and dignified was ibeir manner. 1 herd sever) of their best orators, among them the Marquis de Miraflores and Olizada whose elegance of man ner, in speaking, struck me. The bouse itself (1 mean tbe menibe s) whs dignified, quiet, and orderly. There was no fussy noise nor self exhi bition, no sustling flurry , and confusion no ea ting of sausage on the floor no rushing out to get a gin sling, or brandy cock-laiU H. A. B. Cvrrtspondinl JV. Y. Herald. Frem the "National Intelligencer.'' STONES FROM ROME FjpR THE WASH INGTON MONUMENT. ' The contribution which, it is reported, is in tended to be made to the Washington National Monument by the Pope of Rome, of blocks ol stone from the capitol of that, ancient city, "the N it ben! Nations' and the Coliseum, which is "in last while Home shall last," will form a curious and deeply interesting portion of this great me morial of a People's gratitude to the illustrious founder of their liberties. A stone from the Cap itol at RoAie, originally founded two thousand, four hundred and sixty years ago, and one from an edificethat lias been the wonder and admira tion of the world, and presented by the Head of the Papal Government, to be placed in a struc ture erected in honor of the Founder of a great Republic, is a striking and gratifying evidence of the estimation in which the name and char acter of Washington are held by the world. If it be a fact that these stones are to be sent, it will present a remarkable incident in ihe history of ihe N.tional Monument; and, though it may seem firange to see por ions of the structures of the Kingdom and Eim ire of Rome, lug passed away, in juxtaposition vviiii the offerings of the free peo ple of a Repuultc, it is but the homage which is due to public and private virtje, and which pub lic and private virtue will ever claim from man kind. The Coliseum, so named from a colossal statue of Nero which was placed in it, is now a ruin, but a magnificent one It was built by the Emperor Vespasian, and is said to have held about one hut'dred and leu thousand" spectators. It was 1,612 feet in the circumference, coutained eighty arcades, and was intended for an immense ara- pitheatre. It remained uninjured to the Idth century. Paul II, however, commenced its des truction by using ihe stones to build ihe palace of St. M .rk, and subsequently other palaces were erected from its fragments. Bat, though it ia now not allowed to be touched, it is gradually crum bling away, and will stftu be a mass of ruin. A fragment ofit and the Capitol of Rome, however, will be preserved in this Monument, to exhibit to luture ages the offering of the ancient to ihe modern world, and to show that the name of Washington is not inferior lo, if it be not "above all Greek, all Roman fame." It will be a matter of wonder that portions of the ancient Capitol and Coliseum of Roue should be found united with the material of an edifice erec ted centuries after their construction, and in a re gion then not even dreamt of; but it will prove that Washington, and the Uti public which his efforts succeeded in establishing, claim the grati tude and homage of the world.. The Washington Monument seems to have ex cited some interest in Europe; and 1 trust that the countrymen of Washington will not suffer this great memorial of their veneration and respect to stop for the waul of the necessary means to com pile it. 1 he (unds ot the ociety are now but small, and it they be not increased by additional contributions lrom the People, Corporations, at. d I buie Legislatures, it will be i sary lo stop die woik, wnich will certainly r, nu credit ou the patriotism of the American people. W. THE VALLEY OF THE AMAZON. At the close of a late pamphlet of Lieut. Maury, he presents a momentous suggestion to the South in connection with its trade to the valley of the Amazon, as a plan for the excess of Southern sl.ive population. That Valley is aslave counlry. The line of steamers there, which Lieut. Alaury contends is essential to Southern commerce, wtl., he urges, among many results, lead to the sup pression of ihe African slave trade with Brazil, by a substitution therefor of a slave emigration from the United States. Lieut. Maury m kos a statement in this pam phlet, which .Northern philanthropists would do well to be-tr in mind, ft is th it the New England and Middle States did not emancipate their slaves ; they banished them. It is true that they passed post-natal ani" prospective laws ol emancipation. but thev did not command the master to let the slave go free, and before ihe arrival of the time of emancipation, the most of the slaves had been taken to the South and sold there; so that the so-called Northern emancipation was simply a transler to the booth ol the slaves of the JNiortn ah act of banishment. Rich. Re pub OLD LETTERS. Who has ever casually opened a box or a bud get of old letters, addressed to one's eelf, and be gan to read, without being chained to the spot, perhaps for hours together The fascinations of those early l.ived one, so near and dear, again surround you. and the realises of the past seem more identified with your existence than those of the present. The counsels and 'chiding and the affections and encouragements bestowed from pa. rents and elderly friends, are full of a deep and tender feeling, scarcely realized when the recipient of all. And then the little items of news, and the raillery, anclthe urgent invitation to visit, and sometimes to be present irt the scenes of interest, remind you of youth, and love, and beauty, which, have passed avny. Then comes, loo, the men' ion of the death of I hose whose memory had almost Tided f rom you, one's own charmed circle being as yet unbroken. Sad disasters come hick with ap palling distinctness and pestilence rages and spends its force. Mere matters of-feeling ap pear of deep moment, and you almost smile at the perturbation of the youthful mind, now (hat vou have seen the end ot -all. The then political news, with the marriages of the day, and the ideas of some about the impropriety of , those matters, are bafore you now hs matters of hit ry; and you call hardly conj-ciure how the world would have gone on without these events. The inventions and discoveries just bruited, the books that wero now the first public appearance of the rising scholar (now a man of science and of letters,) bring back "old limes" most vividly. Some whose early efforts and self-denial are spoken of with satis faction, have led Miice then a bright career of usefulness, while m.iny an honored name, then prominent, has disappeared from ihe list of the living. The loving aud the lovod are scattered far and wide, and those who thought existence scarce could be, without fiequeiitly seeing each other, have not met for years and years, and strangers have takn iheir places. From the Wilmington Herald. January J9th, 1852. To the Editor cf the Herald ; In your paper of the I5ih inst., I saw an article from the N. C. Argus, giving a list of the names of the gradua ling Class, of 18 18, at our University. In that list are the names of five gentlemen who were not members of that cUss, and ihe omission of several who were. The membors of the class, w-re, J. K Polk. W. D Mosely, Wm. M. Green, Thos- J. Green, P. H. May, ft. Donaldson, A. J. Hii , E. J. Mallet, il. C. Jones, Hugh D. W ad dell, P. O. Ptcot. Hall Morrison, Elam Morrison; as well as I recollect, these were the members of the class. Mr. Venable, 1 think, was never a student of Chapel Hill, but of Princeton perhaps; ihe oilior gentlemen, Common, Hay wood, Cald well, and Murehead, belonged to other classes. Thougn not a matter ot much importance, I merely send you ibis article to correct ihe error of the statement copied lrom another paper. Yours trulf, S. We find in Wheeler's history, a standard work the name of Henry Jones, in addition to those mentioned by'ouf correspondent. (En. Hekalp.) The Bask Robbery at Portsmouth. A quantiiy of silver plate belonging lo S. Ai. Wilton, Esq., President of the Portsmouth Bank, which had been deposited in the vault for saf keeping, and which was purloined an the night of the rob bery, was accidentally discovered in the nrjghbor. boot! cf that to-vt: on Sunday, 'where it had been concealed, together with a lot of tools used by the burglars in the perpetration of their felonious deed. It has also come to light that four of the fifty dol lar notes have been passed to a broker in Charles ton (.. C) known from their numbers to have been part of the money stolen- from which it is evident that, the robbers have gone South. Three or four persons are in jail at Portsmouth, await ting an examination on a charge of being con nected with tbe rOblery. From tbe Louisville Journal This is one of the very finest of tbe borter foma of its accomplished author. I THINK OF THEE. BV i K. 9ARBKS. I think of thee as o a PMad Awmed To wander dowu from its bright koa ,D CTCI'' Atn.d the changes of the : world to rewo, A dweller on the earth; I thiuk thee, . him whoso h"' - Hath felt its orphanage with mournful though. And ihe deep chord of love and sympathy Toru from die idol that they cherished most, By the strong grasp of death. v I think of thee, As of a flower upon a withered stem . That linger ou as bright and beautiful As though its sisters bloomed with the same breath, And grew with tbe same light and loveliness, That beams above Us growth. J think of thee, As one alone upon the lonely earth, An exile from the native sky that smiled Above thy younger days ; yet thou hast made Sweet friends of strange hearts, and stranger hands Are every wont to clasu thine with the thrill Of Love's impassioned welcome. I thiuk of thee, As one whose hope all radiant front tby birth Hath felt no b ight save that which comes upon The heart in memory of the loved and lost. Ah ! ye, I think of thee with thoughts that mock All utterance of speeds, save in the words Of deep and holy eloqueuce that thrill Angel with'angel in the love of heaven. Glasgow, Ky., January, 1852. kUale of ftorlli Carolina Wake Coum 5 TV iu Equity- Uuruam Hall, aud wife Nancy. Mills H Brown, Gaston K. Bruwn, Andrew M. Marshall, and wife AbsiII i, Jolin U. Brown, James F firowu John C. Gully, William H. Gully, Erasmus Hosts aaJ wife Aou, aud Peniua (iutly, Plaintiffs, Against, ' James Brown, Penny Hudson. Elizabeth Stevens, aud her husband. James Taylor, WiMiurn Tay lor. Alvin Tiylor aud Hilliard Taylor, (childreu of Thomas E- Taylor, and wife Marjr) and heirs of William tiro wo, deceased, aud Win. J. Bron, Jaueiidas A. Brown, Pafcl.all B. Krown, Delia Gully, George Gully, Albert Gully aud Jane Gully, defendauts. Petition to Sell L md It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court thai the defendauts, Penny Hudson, Elizabeth Steven, and husband, James Tuylor, Will oiu Taylor, A iu Taylor. Hilliard Taylor, Heirs of William Brown Jec'd do not reside within this Slate .- y is thereupon orderod that publication be made in the Raleigh Register, for six succv.-aive weeks, for thes-tid Defendants to appear at the nest Term or this Honorable Court, to be holdrn iu the City ol K-tleigli. oi, ihe first MouJay alter the fourth Mou day iu March next, thin ami thereto plead, an- swer or demur to the said Petition, or judgmeut will be taken pro coHjetso as to tueiu. Witness. P. Busbec, Clerk and Master for Wake County, at olficeiif the, City of Uajcigh.oa the firai Monday after the fourth Monday iu September, A. D. 1801. ; . P. BUSBEE, C M. E. (Pr. Adv. $5i2i.) 3 w6w s1 TATE OF NOUTH CAKOLIN A. Bsrtik Countv. Court 6l Equity Kali Terui, 1861. Culleu C.ipehart, vs. J -one G. Mhoon and others. Ongiwd Bill. It appearing lo tne ititueuon of the Court that the defenuani, J awes U. Muooii, is not an iu h kbitaut of this St.ite, it i therefore ordered by the Court, that publication be made six n-eeks in the Raleigh Register, lor the aid Defendant to appear at Hie a-xl term of this Com l, to be hell in the Court House at Wiudsor, on tbe third Mon day of March next, and plead, aiinwer or demur to the s&id Bid of complaint; otherwise tbe same will be takeu precoafco kud heard ex parie. Vituc--s L. S. Webb, Clerk and Mater of said Caurt, the third Monday .f September, 1S51. L.S, WtiBO, U & M. E. Jan.. lt)!h, 1852. 6w 6 SUite of ft or til Carolina Northamp ton Cov.ntv Court of Picas sad Gluarier Ses sions, December Term 1851. John F. Johnson, William Everitt Original attachment levied on Land. Iu this case, it appearing to the satiafaction of the Court, that the deiendiut, William Everitt, is not an inhabitant of this Stale: It is therefore oi -dered, that the Clerk of this Court m ike advertise ment in the Raleigh Register for sis weeks, not if) -iug the "id defend ml to be and appear at oar next tJouri of Plei and Quarter Sessions, lo be held for the County of Northampton, at the Court House in the town of Jickson, ou ihe first Alouday iu March next, then and there 10 replevy aud pUad, otherwise, judgmeut by default final will be granted against hiut, nnd the laud levied ou condemned to satisfy the pi lintiff's debt. Witness, John B. Odoui, Clerk of our said Court at Office in Jacksvn,.ih first Monday in December A. D' If 51, and iu the 76th year of American tude peudence. - JOH. B. ODOM, C- C. C Pr. Adv. $5G2 101 6w Formerly of Stokes County, N. Carolina, SCOTT, BAKER & CO., Importers and Wholesale Dealers in FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC STAPLE ABB FANCY IMS ttOODS. AO 150, MARKET STREET; PHILADELPHIA. January 29, 1852. w3m 9 GENERAL AGENCY. THE undersigned offers bis services as agent for the transaction of any business iu the City 01 Rdliegh, at the Public Departments, ihe Banks, In surant e Offices, Stc. He may be found at the Office of the Secretary of State. All letters addressed to him will be promptly attended to, and his charges will ba mod erate and satisfactory. KUFUS H. PAGE. REFERENCES. . Gov. David S Keid. Wm. Hill, Secy, of State D. VV. Court, Pub. Treasurer. E. B. Freeman, Clk. Supreme Com 1, Geo. W, Mordecai, Prest. of Bank State, V. J. Clarke, Couipt State, W. H. Jonea, Cash Bank Cape Fear, W. W. Vass, Treaauer, It 5-RG ft Road. - Itileiglt Jan. lt ; 1852 tf 1 Ready Made Clothing. HjlNE ureas aud rock Coats, P Fine Black and fancy Cassimere Pantaloons, f'ine fancy silk, nierino aud Velvet Vests, Fine Beaver, Pilot, Petushim and Cloth Overcoats, Common iNegro Overcoats, Jackets and Pants, Buys' cack and frock Cloth and Tweed Coats, Boys' Tweed and Cuasioiere PsuUlooua, Merino, silk and Laneu Shirts, The above goods: were manufactured expressly for City trade and are warranted tQ be equal a ityle, qual ty and Workmanship. tQ any made t order, and will :he aud at rducod prices for Cash. STJTH & CO. Raleigh. Dec 4,1851. 95 TO MERCHANTS OF NORTH CAROLINA- TSHS undersigned would take occasion to advise IL 'heir North Carolina friends, thai, wjth in creased facilities, ikjay have mds arrangements for extending ibeir business, and iu addition lo a com plete assortment of; Combs, Qrushem Buttons, and German and French fancy Goods, they have added a full stock of UOSIEHY, GLOVES. &. whwh have been procured at tbe lowest importing prices. .an to which the invite the special atten tion or their Southern customers. Wholesale Trimming and Variety H pus. N. 35, N. ,3rd St., below City Hotel. .,"- Philadelphia, P.S. A large variety or Looking Glasses and Toilets always on hand. Jan 29, 1853. i 4t 9 CHARLESTON PREPARATORY f sjtHE session ol mis institution will begiuD Q first Monday in April, and terminate on tlc last Saturday July. The different Chair win, be occupied at follows; Anatomy and Physiology by F T. MILES, M.D. lutitiioles and Practice of Medicine, by D. J CAIN, M D. Materia Medics and Therapeutics, by P. PY. RE POUCH ER, M. D. Obstetrics ad Diseases of Women sua ChiljB bf E. BELIN FLAGG, M 1 1. ' The Chair of Surgery ha bees offered to g,,,, lUnnu sow in Europe, who it a hoped will iecept it.: Sboald he not do so, it will be ailed ttf0Tt lbt ti.ie appointed tor spelling tho School. ' C'lioieal IwdrmKl'mn -wilt be given at tbe Ho8du1 " HotuSfby Drs. D. J. CAIM .,4 J. FOUP PRIOtEAU. During tbe session of the Medical Collego of th Slat or sottift-CaraVisa, asembersof tbCIM,in Ire examined regutar) on Ihe keiorfs delivered in ii.t iusiitutipa. ... 1 c Students will b how ennes among the p. tients M the Tea-abers, and sue s be intn :0 the lecture room Fill there be eftus t.ik. aud explained , ,1,. . The most distinguished Surgeons in the enj promised, wh.w' bey con a, convt.",tewf;,i perform operati'00 before ihe Class. ' Doctors R LBBY and J. S MI'i'PHELL who hve each a larje cbstewieal practice, wij (u well ns the iuebers.)g.T the Skotreots access tJ of their cases of this description, which they ea( witii propriety be allowed to visit. In short, ample opportunities will be iSWoVd fcr acquiring practical, as well us theoretical !taokj of tbe protessiou. Her mortuary statistics prove tht( CWiicj po.-ses a salubrity of climate enjoyed by very fc cities in the world, and stranger are no longer de terred from visiting her iu tbe aummcr. Board aud lodging can be obtained lrom 3,50 (9 $5 a week. Terms, fifty dollars, including examiuatioai du ring the winter. Jau.26,185& HA 8 Notice. PURSUANT to a Decree in the Court of Equi. 1 y. in and for the County of Greene, 1 (btltM j 1 public auction, on Saturday the 20th day vf March next, at the Court House, in buow Hill, certain tract of land, situated ou Conteutne Creek, near to Snow Hill, known as the W illianisPliiua. tion. The tract contains about, KIGIir HUiVUUCO ACRES. It ha a small Dwelling House ou it, and other considerable inproveiuants. A LSO, A large two-Ktory liwelling House in the Village of Miow Hilt, with the lot on-which it aland. The d welb 11 si has all convenient oul houe attached lo il. TERMS Six months credit, Lond wilb spproved security. KICH.N. FOliBES, C. M.E. SjnowJIill, Jan. 26, lS5- w6ir. 8 GARDEN SEEOS ' SHA E just received my spring supply Seeds, embracing a large and iretl teected stoti 01 the must improved varieties Those debiriug an early Garden most call aooa and examine my selection before it is broken. P. F. PESCUD. Druggist Kaleigb. j Jan. 27th. 1852. 8 Bird Seed. X A NARY, lla.ie, aud Mulct in tore and fr sale oy WILLIAMS, HAi WOOD, tj-Co. lc5a. 8 Jan. 27, GRASS SEED. fjTfe ED Clovrr, Blui: Gran, Herds grass, Millet tli and Lucerne, just received and lor sale by WILLIAMS, HAYWOOD, Co. Jan 27 1852. 8 OJLFOKU illALE ACADEMY GRANVILLE COUNTY, N. C. THE ueit gesMou of mis institution will con me nee the 2nd Monday in January, under tbe cu duct of Mr. J. H. Horner ns Principal. Mr. Homer was prepared for College under tk tuition of Mr. W.J. Bingham, ami "ti gradual an the University of N.C. in June 1844, wilb thi highest distinction 111 an unusually iiHinrrousclta. Ciuce that time be baa been couuntly a 'gaged in the business of Teaching, and lar tbe last fosi years has had charge 01 the Male Academy, it Hamilton, N.C. He brings wilb him the moat nil tering testimonials of high moral character and ( his eminent success in the government and initruc tion of boys Tuition id the Euglikli Department, per session f 5 months, $12,if Tuition iu Ibe Classical do 15,ti Oxford ia considered one ol the prettiest anPloMt moral towns in the Stale, and is fiiuated in an us doubtediy healitiy region. It i thirteen milca frem Hendersou depot on ihe It. & O li. Road, whirh renders it very accessible lo lb Eatrn iiart ot lb cst.te. THO. li. LITTLEJOHN, Pret't. Tuns. H. Willie, Stc'y. Tnos. J. Hicks, ICobeit Jl. Gilliam. John U, Tij nr, Js. T. Litilejobn, Jno. R. Herndou. W. W Young, K. W. Lassifer, TrvtUe, Oxford, Dec. 12ih, ISM- wft 10 ij"Stand:ird copy. A CARD. TIIC Undersigned takes this opportunity of informing bts fneuds and merchants generally, that listing become interested in the house of Fa ait aud Winrbrt-rier, No. i8j norlh 3rd Street abota Arch. PniUdeluliia. he will be prepared to see them there this coining Spring with an enure new ana J welt Selected Stwok cf Hardware, Culler;. Gnat 4 c. purcua-ed at the lowest cash prices here anil in Europe; which will be sold to them on the matt " favourable terraa and at reduced prices WM. M. CARTER- Dec 31, 1851. Ira pd. 104 fXj Kajeiteville Observer one month and char, this office. $300 REWARD. tBSCAPEUfrom the Jail of Kershaw District. JsB S. C, on Monday the 14th day of July 1M Samuel J. Love, who was convicted for the uiurd' : of Robert J. Lester, at Spring Term, 1851. S' f Love is about 20 to 21 years of age, 6 feet two r r ches hih, with rather dark hair, and of a sail' ' , complexion, has a dowu cast look, with dark fj eyes, aud some of his teeib a little decayed, aud i a carpenter by trade. I will give the nbnve reward to any person wk will apprehend the sa 4 S.J. Love, aud lodge bia in any Jail in this St.te, or one hundred aua W dollars fur bis safe confinement in any Jail in ' ' (Jutted Slates, so that 1 can get him JOHN INGRAM, Sheriff. ; Kershaw District, S C, Aug, 16, '.O I. 6016 Piano Fortes. fffMJE Ladies are respectfully invited to call tt B examine a new and varied assortment Q r,c" - and equal Toned Piano Forics, made y t" Manufacturers iu the United States, (Banne'l. vis li, Co.) We challenge competition. TURNER'S N C. fiOOK STPRP. P S. Also a fine lot of Piano 8iool, and ateat assortment of new Sliest Music thepfl,, 'r asbiona.bl ot tbe day. Raleigh Jan. 16, 1652. D" Standard and Star copy. , COJdMONSCPQQLg. IN accordance with instructions of tb Board . Superintendent of Common Schools for County, notice is hereby gien to tbe Jutico the Peace at aajd Cpntify. that application will made at the next tarn of the County Court, te'1' areata the tax at present levied for Common ocbl purposes. W- R- POOLE, Chsirmes. Drcernbr.8ih. 1851, 9iM THE EASTERN FARTf' bout three fourllist ol an crol of tbi Lot on which I reside, " lor sale. It will make a banusome duimhub -For Term, apply at tuy Office, or, in my abs1 to lit, scotr. j . J H. W. MILLET; January 36th, 1S58. - 64k BARREL Double Rectified w"isf'f Oil just received and for sale h jr jhj rJiJ Rvfeigb, Dec. 6tb, 1851. . X. V 1 1 1 it if it , r r It ' it ft h h in it - b t I 1 f I
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