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ME TSftED BY oPATON GALES, 0 r a WD PROPRIETOR. SdOF THE YEAR. V ; : fr7"l th. .eric of act. known as tne ..AlUutou - gtem of compromi. u.. . w- cast d.tt for the entire country, tbH ' - ...iUrtor, " ctionri intereeU ana opimon therefore, they . , prindpl. -i-XM-aof WUi Cougri0al C.ucu " R lt RAIL ROAD IRON TT--Sew York Time.." of the 16th ins, , t ",ii.,ihe.hipW.hieh hM tmved at -ivi nsfrom Iy.ndon, report, that on the iS'STW' in with the Briti8h bart i ,f Yarmouth. Nov. Scotia. in awaking T- nd twk off 'he officers and crew and S Wafea "d bound taCity Point, -treinia, h',MreuofBailRodiron." - n.-.:'.. a oari of'ihe importatlou for the Ra- ui.h and Gaon Road. The Company, of course, ierano lo-l.e livery, only clostng the ontwet The deLiy. however, to which their op. ntion may jl"d' is mocU l t& Agricultural meeting in wake. - A public mi-etins lor the purpose ol forming an Ag rtcultural Society for the County or Wake, was h7ld in 'us City Hall on Monday alternoon last. M.i. Charles L Hintok waS!cal ed to ihe Cha.r ,nd VVilsoi. VV. Whitaker, Esq , appoimed Secretary. The objects of the meeting were lu ehllr and forcibly explained, says the -Star," at .omelenstk by the Chairman, who impressively illustrated ihe importance and uiiliiy of Agr.cul lural Societies ; and ihe meeting was eloquently .ddres'sea by Mr. Branch, or. the practicability, i of the A.2iicultural im. imporiaui-c,""" .. , proTememofNi-rih Carolina; in which he made j tome remarks, which we wish every man in North Carolina rould have heard. Resolutions weie then adopted appointing commiitees to prepare a Constitution to be submitted to a meeting to Le held in this city on Monday of our next Superior Crt; also to select some person to deliver an tddreM oi. the occasion, and the persons present enrolled their names as members of 'The Wake Couniy Agricultural S xciety." M. KOSSUTH AND CAPTAIN LONG TheNaiional Intelligenier publishes a leiter from Captain Long to the Hon. Mr. Smith, M. C from Alabara i, to which ("apt. Long gives a calm, pmpicuous, and, wo have no doubt, perfectly truihlul vindication or himself, against the char, gesol the isiellites of Kossuth. In reply to the common charge of rudeness to Kossuth at the lime they were eff Marseilles, Capt. Long states tlwi froMthe first moment of meeting him on board twthe hour of their separation, he spared no pairii h Tet.der K''snth pnd his associates happy, and that he could have had no motive to act in a different manner. Capt. Long said he had been repeatedly cautioned by the Commodore of the squadron against the imminent danger q! compro mising the flag. He quotes from the general or der of Commodore Morgan enjoining the strict. est neutrality and the utmost..' circumspeciiop on the part of all the officers and crews of t he A merican squadron He alo refers to the Gommo dare's specific orders to the same effect, and nar rates the circumstances of Kossuth's indiscreet coarse at Marseilles, which we have already pub lished. Tne elttent of Cajit. Long's "rud-ness" consisted in reuiarkins to Kossuth, when the ship was surrounded by a muliittfJe of excited people singing the Marseilles hymn and other revolution ary songs, and drums were healing in the city, "thai jfie wiiuld retire from tiit poop d ck, perhaps the people veovld diper$e,for J feared a compro mite cftlie flag-'" We are satisfied ihat Capt. Long only performed his auty as an American officer, and that the only impropriety in the transaction - attached to the over sensitive and petulant Kos-j uth. i (0- The subject of the public lands, as i' should) is again attracting attention. A letter from Wa-h ington says :"It is understood that nearly or quite all the land States, certainly Louisiana, Arkani las, Missouri, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Illinois, are pressing f.r large grants of pubftc lands, to be de Toted to the construction of certain lines of rail roads, of greater or lens amount, and that the members from these Stales make common cause 'or each other's aid. A nntn5er of large grants having been made by the last Congress, and the disposition t ask for more land having become ho evident, it has caused the,members from the old States to look about them, and to consider how far these grants are to be carried, and vhether the new Stales are to be the only participants in i's bounty. .What shape the question is destined ui limately to take, and what is to be the final dispo sition of it, is now impossible to corjecmre. No Totes have been taken in either House that have any real bearing upon it, and it is impossihle tj ay whether party lines are so far broken, and old party prejudices so far disarmed, as to enable th Representatives and Senators from the old Slates Jo unite upon, and carry through, a scheme for q,yal participation in ihe public domain." I. 4 .1 1 T A i uc tiiai uuuer jjemocralic auspices, Jlie credit of the State has not only been susiained but piemiums have, for ihe 6rt time in her history, befn paid for he&r bonds; and this too at a time when she ii meeting large payments on account or internal improvements. It is also a fact that, nder Democratic auspices, upwards of one Jinn, dred thouanBoilars of the principal debt of the ToW' nePn acnarged since the 1st of Jauua ry, 185;.,San(far. j II tVe Editor of the - Standard" will show ua now "Democratic auspices," since 1851, have ffecied thetnle of State bonds and the discharge of any portion or the principal debt of the State, "we will agree to give all the credit to hig Exrei lency,dt jure, and his official colleagues, that that print claims for them. Come, now there is a fair offer. ! ?:,Fn',er "n idea U,at General Scott may be he Whig candidate Tor President, we observe i!8 democratic comppr, tm. 7 . UBllcrie8 upon that gal ant man They had .better wait and see if therV o be an occasion for the r r,nr,n.;.;..- nr. . . ue didate tin i ... . n-..iuu. vvnpnneiaa ey can fire away. AU-x. Gatdfe. i pan ; . . . ' " , '. il ,i . '- nit . f , . ..... I .- . . v , t-. .: i ;.- v ' '(?. - : -- .- . . S ' -il ; m r ; w - -' A -t ; - .- n i -ls : 11,.,,,,,;; r il J.r viv vi't it'.. ,. m v . A vVoIume-LIII. THE WHIG PARTY. ' and equitable exeruwe of the power of Govern- The Loco Foco Press, generally, have con- 1 ment, and according to the Law and the ('onMi sianlly endearored and are daily endestvoring to '. tution. In a word, leafing ou mintr differences reproach upon the great W hig party of the Country, by associating its name with everything calculated to render il odious. We notice in the lust two or three numbers of the "Raleigh Stan dard," for instance, the term federalist applied to it, aa usual, na indefinite number of uinea. We have been no lesa often called on to dt-fine our ! ttlle to the name of Whig We propose, more ; the National Whig Party, in the coming campaign, for the ediBcatioo of our readers, than from any should act closely together on these broad fouu. other motive, to show that, from its origin to tlte i daijons of devotion to 'he Union, the Luvs and present time, it has ever been used in the cause of i ie policy of WASitmoTON offering protpction, KepnUiicanism and tlie tuaiiitmoing ot popular ! eei-uriiy, and improvement to the govarned ; and r,",!'- so shall our triumph, if triumph we mny, prove According to Sir Wilier Scott, the name of ' the harbinger ol the enduring sndancy of ihe Whig had its origin during the civil war between Whig parly , and ihe Wing cause, jhrougliout the Charles 1st of England, and the ParliamentiTtbe, Country jind thronghout the WoTfiH- - oppressive tyranny and general mifrule of Charles, . so wrought upon the minds or ihe English people MORE SLAVES FOR CALIFORNIA. -and Parlinment, and his repeated promises of bet- Col. James Gadsden of South Carolina writes terxonduct hud been so frequently fcroken, that to the Shreveport (L.) Gazette that a colouy of nothing but the death of the tyrant could assuage Hunters is organizing in South Carolina. He the mighty storm that was assembling in the says ihai if the California Legislature responds breasts oi the peop'e. They knew iheir rights ! favorably to the men.orial of the proposed colony, and the rights which belonged t Englishmen, I asking leave to settle there with their slaves, they and 44 knowing them they dared maintain them ; they wiaheu iheui not to be trampled upou ; they j had reverence and obedience for an upright ruier, ; but when that ruler endeavored to trample upon their liberties, and iusiead of fostering a fatherly care for his people, to whom he owed so much, ; wished to rule with an absolute and opprsssive '. . , , and our southern cultivation indeed our colony, sway, these people at once rose to expel the sub. proleclt.j by a government force', might be tle verier of their liberties Charles, by one other 1 means ol opening a wagon road to tne head wa deed, blew the slumbering fire into a flame. A ' "era of the Red River, and lr..,fi ihence to the ... . i n i j c , ! Paso del Norte, and westwardiy" by the Gila to evil war, wi.h all u. horrors, spread over Eng- j lotaityractwJ ,ny land ; nor were men found wanting to maintain ,e jon ita ,ne ms, practica'le to Califotiia; aud, their rights ngainst the tyrant. Thousands ne I although somewhat advanced, the vijjor and e er io all parts of England and Scotland, and joined j gies of mauliood would Le renewed on au expe ll ranks oflhe Patriot. Among these noble I -"two so exciting aud so lull of hope Would and patriotic men. there was a band from the , ;i0j,y by s,ean, , shreveport, or to the highest Highlands of Scotland, and a peculiar strain of , point on Red River, and an account of the cnar liieir language cave them a name. This band j acter ol tiie country interiorly up the sources of was called tlte Wuigamores Raid, from the word Whig, Whig, that is, get on, get on, which was used by the Western peasan s iu driving their horses. This name gradually spread through the whole army, and became the soubriquet of the Parliament parly. Alter several years of war, the popular party was victorious, the popular rights maintained and the King beheaded. Thus we see, that in the first contest, the Whig party sustain d the rights and liberties of the peo pie. Id the reign of Charles 2d, the Whigs kept a watchful eye on the King, and were.ever ready to assert their rights ; and it may be said that the King was resirxiued from the cotnmissiou of many lawless deeds by tbem. But James 2d soon mounted the throne of Eng land, and the tyrannical disposition which he in herited Irom bis father Charles 1st, soon mani-f-sted itself in many oppressive acts, until, by a coup d'etat, s.milar, in vpiiit, at least, to tliat of Lou . is Napoleon die endeavored to overthrow the pnnci p ee arfd Constitutions of the established English Church, and to plant in ii place the seeds or Popery; a system of religion inimical to the lib eries ol the penple. This could m.t be borne. Tbe Whigs ever zealous in defence of their coun try , nme en masse, expeiled 4he hatelul tyrant, and called to the throne King V ilium and Queen Mary. Thence to the war which broke the bonds that hound America to England, and set free a nation of high minded and patriotic men, they acted a conspicuous part in all the contests of the Crown with the people. ; These things show no relationship between the Whigs of England and ihe Whigs of this Coun try, but only that the illustrious name of.-. Whig has ever been the standard around which patriots have fl icked, and a clarion by whose deafening f blasts terror and dismay have been driven into the hearts of the tyrannical or corrupt. To turn to :his Country : when England, by her cruel and despotic measures, had alienated the af fections of the American eople from her, aud en deavored to exercise the most imperious govern ment over them, there sprung up a brave band of soldiers, who, disregarding every duty which they owed to the existing Government, boldly stepped forward and broke the ties that bound them to tbe mother country . This band also bore the illus trious a. id soul cheering name of Whigs. About the year 1830, the Whigs and so-called Democrats were properly divided, and in 1836 a great contest was fought by these parties ; by the Whigs, to keep from ide Presidential Chair an unprincipled man, whose mal administration was easily foreseen, and by the Loco Focos, who, blind to the interests and prosperity of their coun try, contended for a man who has since shown himself to be all that was predicted of him. In 840 the contest was renewed. The Whigs had bad time to rally their forces, &ni,nilnl deperan- tes, they made another noble 'stand. Tbe result or that and the succeeding contests of 1844 aud 1848 are recent aud familiar events. The Whig party of 1852 is that parly which, first and foremost, adheres to the Federal Union, and those measures which have been adopted to strengthen it, and which seeks to increase the means whic'i shall facilitate intercourse between the several States, and incite them to cultivate re la tior.s of mutual interest and affection. It is that party, which venerates the teachings of the foun ders or the Republic; and refuses to leave our own domestic altars for the worship of false Gods which loves our own Country, and is devoted to our own interests which is our only bulwark, indeed, agaiust feeing involved in the broils and contentions of other nations! It is that party which assimilates itself most closely in policy to that pursued by WASifiMCSTOMand Madison free, entirely free, from the mad spirit of propagandum that is being inculcated in our midst a spirit froru which, if Jonger fostered, the South, more even than the Country, ag a Qoyernment, has every reason tp recoil Wflb. horror. It is that party which setks the greatest happiness of the greatest number, for the greatest possible length of time, and tp attain this object by a pure, just of creed and of conduct that distinguish it trom the Loco Foco party of the Country, it is that party which is alike opposed to Disunion, Seces sion Abolitionism, Filubusterism, and Inter. VENTION ! p - , - Leaving all light cause? pf alienation aside, we Wlieve it to be the hesl hope ot hi Country, that will be seen with some 500 to 600 domestics, wjln gfJO to 300 axes, opening the highway to the cultivation and civilization ol the shores oflhe P.icific. His letter says: "We are iu part organized if we can get a favorable response to a memorial now before ".he nal " lc ,L l"c ' ' , It appears to ue thai by keeping within the val ley, many ot ihe difficulties ol a land passage west would be removed; anri, fruiu ihe sources of the Red River, crossing the elevations wwen divide ihe wtiers ol the Mississippi irom me iu- uranue, i we miht fall upon some tributary of tbe latter leading us into us valley "Now, if in connection with your canvassing ol the parishes and districts of the adjacent inter ested Stales, you could urge on Congress the or gamzui? ol a corps ol engineers, under adequate military force for protection, and tender the same protection lo a colony such as 1 propose, with a co dition that as a return for this projection, su peradding probably subsistence, theetfic ent force ut the colony should, be employed in making and opening a toad for teams aud wagons, there w -uld be no difficulty in the organizing of such an expedition, while ihe protection tendered might be a stimulant. A small advanced mounted corps could proceed ahead with fh'e engineers, examine and spy out the ii trcacies ol thee untry.and icark avenues, winch wi,l be opened by tue axe men o! the agriculturists who follow, under the protec tion ot an armed force." GEN. CASS AND THE SOUTHERN DE MOCRACY. The South Side Democrat is out agaiust the speech of Gen. Cass on intervention, which, it says, is4-of prodigious length and feeble power." Il denounces the proposition for which Gen. Cass contends as 4absurd and ri liculous," and says it involves a principle at war with our institutions, and which it attempted lo be carried out w ill im mediately lead to inconceivable disasters. Dr. McClanahan, ot Chaiiiain, late President or the Cape Fetr and Deep River Navigation Company, has been appointed an Assistant to Prof Emmons, State Geologist. Isaac Clvgg, Esq., has been appointed Presi dent ol the Navigation Company, in place of Dr McClanahan, resigned. MR. FILLMORE IN NEW YORK. in noticing tne eituris ot the aDolitioo presses of the country to make it appear that Mr. Fill more wxs not popular in his own State, the Al bany R gisler remaiks : 'The abolition press is attempting to prejudice Mr. Fillmore with the other Slates, by falsely re presenting that he would be badly beaten in this Stale if a candidate. The Auburu Daily Adver tiser says : 44 'Should Mr. Fillmore receive the nomination of the Whig Convention, would this State give less ha.n fifty thousand majority against him?' 4'A shun time since the L Roy Gazette said he would be defeated in Genesee county by 5,(100 majority being more votes than were cast by both parlies; and the Utira Herald said the ame ol Oneida county , by 15,00t- more, by about 600. than tbe entire vote of the county last fall. It will be seen that these statements are made for foreign consumption, as every body at home knows they are groundless, if any Whig can didate for the Presidtucy can carry New York, Mr. Fibmore can. There may be treachery with a few abolitionists, who have cursed the party with their professed adherence, but the great mass are true, and firm in their integrity and in loyalty to their principles. ' TENNESSEE WHIG STATE CONVEN TION. Louisville, February 13. The Whig Slate Convention of Tennessee adjourned sine die on Thursday evening, altera harmonious session. The convention appointed delegates to the Nation al Whig Convention, and inst ucted them to sup port Millard Fillmore for President, and James C. Jones, of Tennessee, for Vice President. A Mob at Cleaveland, Ohin. Cleaveland, Ohio, FtBaoAKT 16. Our citi zens are now in the greatest possible state of ex citement in consequence of the discovery, a few hours ago, of the remains of several subjects- the remains of dead bodies. They were found near the Homcaopathic College. A gentleman pres ent recognised among them tbe corpse of a daugh ter of his, who had diod a short time previous. The- alarm bells in the town were mimedtately rung; and at the moment 1 write a most infuria ted mob is surrounding and destroying the interi or of the Cotege. The military have been called cut, and they ire now marching to the scene qf -violence. A fearful riot is progressing: The jtudenrs and others attached to tbe College are obliged to fly for their lives. "t Why is Genrn, tbe hatter, a more pewerfulman than the Emperor of A ustria ! Because be re covered Kossuth s head tor nothing, wnen tne emperor could not recover it (or 10,000 florins. KAEEIGH, N. C, FEBRUARY 25, THIRTr-SECOND CONGRESS. , ' Washinotos, Feb. 17, 1852. SENATE. Tiie chair laid before the Senate, a communi cation Iroin the Secretary of the Treasury, rela tive to the stock owned by the United States in the Louisville and Portland Canal. The Chair also laid before the Senate a letter from Kossuth, written at Cincinnati, enclosing a copy of a communication addressed bv him. to lite President ol the United Slates, expressing his thanks for the kindness shown him by the Con gres and Government of the Republic. After petitions and Reports, the Iowa Railroad bill was again taken tip, and Mr. Hunter opposed the bill. Messrs. Bull and Sumtier replied HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The House resumed the consideration of the bill rejMried from the Committee on Mileage, to repeal the proviso in the act establishing the Ter ritorial Government ot prejorn Which limits the milea of the tf9lrate K 12 50Qr- - Mr. Evans withdrew the instructions which he moved yesterday, viz : Thai the committee add together the mileage ol all ihe members, and di vide the amount by the number of reprscntative and that ear.h member be paid, by the Sergeant at Arms, his equal share therei f. The House jefused to recommit the bill to the Committee on Mileage, and negatived lite ques tion to ordr it to a thud reading. Yeas e5, nays 90. Mr. Fitch moved to reconsider this vote, and addressed the H.m.se in favor of the oill. He was followed by gentlemen on the same t.ide, and by others in opposition to the measure. The mai:i arguments seemed to be these: there should not be an invidious distinction between the delegate and other gentlemen, as tie mileage of the delegate only was limited ; and, per contra, the mileage of ihe delegate was sufficient, and that the in leage of members bhould be regulated by that standard. 03- On Saturday last, John Fiesnf.s Cramf ton, Esq. presented to the President of the United S ates the leiter of recall of rtir Henry L. Kcuwxr and his own credential as Envoy Ex traordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of her Bkitankic Majesty; to this tjovernment, and made the lollowing remarks, ' on tiie occasion: Mr. Pkesibf.kt: Ii is wiiii s-Mitimeni or prof-mud respect that I place in your hands two let ters tearing the signature of the Qcee.h my Sovereign: the one notifving ihe recall of Sir Hen- i rt Ltttos Rclwer. who has for sometime re- ! nided wnh you as her Majesiy;s Envoy Extraor- rli.i-.irtf nn,l Mlnulwr Hlniitfilnll'irt'- triA nllipr ar. crw,tinjf me m lna, cliaraclcr l0 ,ie Government yj. jjuj0l ed States iu his place. It is particularly grait-l ul to me now to renew to you, sir, on the part or my august Sovereign, the assurance of her Majesty's esteem and regard, j nd of her heart v wishes for the prosperity ot ! this Republic. The cultivation and improvement of friendship and good understanding between Great Br ii an and ihe United States forms, 1 need scarce. y say,-the most important part of ihe du ies which hve now devolved upon me; and it is there fore with extreme satisfaction thai I advert to the fact, that white at no former period ol their his tory has the subsistence ofmendly reU tons be tween the t w.i coon r es been of more vital iin- por auce lo t.le interests ol both, so at no time have thosejrlajions appeared, iq cpst upon a firm er foundatioti than at present. Consanguiniiy;a. common interest in a long linn of historical tradition; a common language; the joint inheritance ol those enduring monuments of httrary genius by which the noblest senti ments and thu wisest maxims are stampeu in delibly upon the minds of nations; a great simila- ntv in the smnt of the laws, and even in the forms or the administration o( justice, in both countries; commercial relations or unequalled activity and xtent; and above all, the common pursuit ol that real oolitic! obi -ct lo which the nest energies ol both nations stem ever lo have been steadily directed 1 mean ihe attainment and preservation ol that temperate liberty which goes hand in hand ! draw most of that hre upon himself. ITie Bel wttU dutv; these, sir, constitute lies which I can- lerophon, an old seventy-four,, fastened on the not persuade niysll will be lightly broken. Their firm maintenance conduces to tue present happi ness and promises (he luture prosperity ol millions of our race; their violent disruption would be at once the most disastrous of possible events, ood constitute a spectac e the most lamentable and discouraging inal could be presented to the world. If 1 may be permitted to allude to my person al lieelmgs on this occasion, permit me to su', sir, that no mark of the confid.-nce or favor of my Sovere-g o could be more entirely consonant to my wishes than that wnh vu.icn i uave now be'en honored. I am aware, indeed, that a selec lion might have been made ol a representative whose experience and abilities would have b tier fitted him for such a trust, but not of any one more deeply sensible ol its importance and re- soonsibihtv If. however. I have reason to le 'lifBdeiu in regard to ihe qualifications which I j bring to the task assigned to me, I have still some ground for encouragement in a recollection ol the Irank and cordial naiurs of the relations which 1 have already had the honor, f maintaining with ihe Government of the United States, and, let me add, with every class of its citizens with whom I have been brought into contract. While these demand my respectful gratitude, they leave me little tode sire save a continuance oflhe same indulgence; aud this, I cannot doubt, will be afforded to me by the members of an Administration, distinguished alike by a love of peace aud by a constant exercise of the principles of justice and good faith. To which the President replied as follows: Sie: I received tbe announcement of the recall of your predecessor and of your appointment with mingled emotions uf regret and naiiidaciion; with regret that one so much esteethed and so univer sally admired as Mr Henrt L. Bur.w::a is with drawn from our political and social circles, but with entire sansinciiou that ins place is to be sup plied by a successor whose I ng residence among us has made him amilur with our insiitulions, and whose frank and manly bearing commands our confidence in advance, aud gives thestrongest assurance tha ii is the. desire ol his Government, s I know it is of this, to draw still more closely the bonds oflrien'dship between our respective countries. I reciprocate most cordially to your august Sovereign ilie sentiments ol esteem and regard which, on her behalf, you have so kindly expres sed. Our forms ol Government differ, but, as you have well said, we are kindred nations, ac knowledging a common ancestry, speaking a common language, and have a joint inheruance in those enduring monuments of genius by which the noblest sentiments and wisest maxims, may I not add of law and liberty, are indelibly nam narl nnnn the minds of nations. We, sir, have inherited Irom Great Britain the principles o magna charta, the trial by jqry, and Ihe habeas corpus; and, while we hope we have extended the principles of liberty, I am free to ad mit that its geroTs are found 0 those great pnocsT pies of the British C nstutfiioh, These blessings are enjoyed jn a higher degree by the subjects and citizens of our respective pouotries than by those of any pther in the world I trust that they m. n.wi tw hazarded bvanotbef conflict, and 1 am happy to assure you that nothing shall be mnriiintronrriv Dart, during tlie little time I may remain at the nead pf the Administration in this nnntrv. io maintain ihe most cordial relations with y our on; and id the performance of -his duty, alike beneflcial to both countries, I an) sure I shall have your cordial co-operation. Ja!- KiiTl,',m"'' 1 1 c""MT--t r-i iWiTinr Jknii, himumii m.i laastaV . ..... GAZETTE- 1852. COMMUNICATION. TOE THS REOISTKR. The terrible death of Eliot Warburton, in the burning ol" the Amazon a few weeks since, re minds me of a passage in tke Crescent and the Cross, which I submit to your readers as one of the finest specimens of battle-paintiog to be found in our language. "'T'wan old story now, that battle of the N;ile, but a brave story eau never die of age; and as the traveller paces by these silent and deserted shores, that have twice seen England's flag 'tri umphant over wave and war," he lives again in the stirring days when the sceaery before him was the arena whereon France and England con tended tor the empire ot the tiast. Let mh rest from the blazing sun and weary travel in the cool shadow of this palm tree. Our camels are kneeling round us, and our Arabs light their little fires in silence. They remember wll 1 the scenes we are recalling, 'houglmaaiya B iion ITias almost forgotten hem, and the names of Nel son and of Abercrombte are already sounding faint throsgh the long vista of departed times. We overlook the scene of both their battles, and nvy not Thermopylae to the Sp.irtan, orSalamis lo th Athenian. ' The Bay is wide, but dangerous 1'rom shoals ; the line of deep blue water, and the old castle of Aboukir map out'the position of !he French fleet on the 1st of August 198. Having landed Bo naparte and his -irmy, Brueys lay moored in the form of a crescent, close along the shore. Ilia vastly superior force, and the strength of his po sition (protected towards the northward by oSin gerous shnals, and towards the westward by the castle and batteries,) made him consider that po sition impregnable ; and on the strength of this conviction, he wrote to Paris that Nelson had pur posely avoided him. W.as he undeceived, when Hood in the Zealous, making signal that the ene my was in signt, a cheer of triumph bursl from every ship in the British fleet? that llewt which had swept the seas with bursting sails for six long weeks in search of its formidable toe, and now bore down upon him with fetuiess exultation. Nelson had long been sailing in battle-order, and he now lay to in the oiling only till the rearward ships should come up. The soundings of that dangerous Bay were unknown to hnn, but he knew '.hat where there was ro.in for a French ship lo swing, there must be room for an Englishman to anchor at either side of him, and the closer the better. As the proud and fearless fleet came or., lie hailed Hood, to ask Lis opinion as to whether the action should commence that night ; then, "re ceiving the answer that he longed for, the signal for '"close battle" flew from his mast head. The delay thus eaused to the Zealous, gave Foley the lead, who showed the example of lead ing inside Vie enemy's line, and anchored by ihe stern, along side the second ship, thus leaving to Hood tiie tirsi. I ue latter, putting his w n gen- erous construction on an accident, exclaimed, "Thank God, he has n .bly left to his old friend still to lead the van." Slowly and majestically, as the evening fell, the remainder ot4.be tieet came on beneath a cloud of sail, receiving' ihe fire of the castle and the batteries in portentous silence, broken only by the crash of sparsor ihe boatswain's whistle; each ship furl ng her sails family, as a sea bird might fold its wings, irfjpWitig tran quilly onward till she Tound her destined foe. Then ihe anchor dropped aaternMid ihe fire burst from her bloody decks witn a vehemence that showed how sternly it had been repressed till then. The leading ships passed between the enemy and ihe shore; but. when Ihe admiraJ came up, he led the remainder of the fleet along the seaward side, thus doubling on the Frenchman's line, and placing it between a defile ol" tire. 'I he sun went ' down soon alter Nelson anchored," and his rear ! ward ships were only guided through the dark ; ness, una u e aangers i-i mat lotmioaoie .bay, or i the Frenchman's tire flashing tierce welcome as leach enemy arrived, and went hovsring along the ! line, where he cooly scrutinizfd how he might gigantic Orient, by whose terrible artillery she was soon crushed and scorched into a wreck. Then she 'drifted helplessly to leeward, but not uini! she had dons her work; the t rench Ad miral's ship was on tire, and through the roar of battle a whisper went, that for a moment paralys ed every eager heart and hand; during thai dread pause the fight was suspended, the very wounded ceased' lo groan ye! the burning ship stilt con tmucd'to lire broad-side from his flaming decks his gallant crew alone uoawed by their ap ; (nwimiuj; i.ir,nu.iiwiin.B ...;.. quiem. At length the terrible explosion came; and the column ot flame .hat shot upward into the J very sky lor a moment rendered visible the whole I surrounding scene, from the red flags aloft to the j reddened decks below the wide shore, with all ; it swarthy crowds, and the lar off glittering sea, with the torn and dismantled fleets... Then dark ness and silenite came again, only broken by the shower ol b azimr fragments, in which the brave ship fell upon (.he waters. t ill that moment INelson was ignorant how the battle went. He knew ihatevery man was doing his duty, but he knew not how successfully; he had beeu wounded in the forehead, and found his way uunoticed to the deck in the suspense ot the coming explosion, its light was a titling lamp for eye like his to read by. He saw his own proud flag still floating everywhere; snd at ihe same moment his crew recognized their wounded chief. i heir cheer ot welcome was only crown ed in the renewed roar of their artillery, which continued until it no longer found an answer, and silence had conie?sed tastruction. Morning rose upon au a'tered scene. The sun had set upon as proud a fleet as ever sailed from the gay shores of France; now, only torn and blackened hulls marked the position they bad then occupied; and where their Admiral's ship had been, the blank, sea sparkled in the sun-sbrne. Two ships of the line and two frigates escaped, lo be captured soon afterwards; but. within the Bay the tri-color was flying on board the Ton uant alone. As the Theseus approached to aL tack her attempting to eapilulate, she hoisted a flag of truce. "Your batile-flag or none," was the'stern reply, as her enemy rounded-to, and the matches glimmered over her line of gutis. Slow lv and reluctantly, like an expiring hope, that pale fl ig fluttered down Irom her lotty spars, anu the next thai floated th,ore was the banner of Oifl England. Aha now the battle was over ludia was saved, upon the shores of Egypt the career of Bona parte was checked, and the navy of France was annihilated, though restored, seven years later, to perish utterly at Trafalgar, a String hecatomb for obsequies like those of Nelson, whose life seemed to terminate as his mission was men and thus ac complished." . , There is not the same balance of sentences and exquisite choice in phraseology here, that is displayed by Macaulay, and that makes us eager ly await his' descriptions of Naneqr and Blenheim, but the general effect js very fine. The cheer from the British saVlon on discovering the French, the comparison of the ahrps to sea-birds, the fatal fire of the French, answered only oy the boat swain's whistle from the Enghh, the broadsides still tired by the Orient, the English sailora look ing tor Nelson in the light of the explosion, the sparklihg.of the blank sea in ihe morning sun shine, and the fluttering down oflhe French flag from the masts of the Toanant are introduced roost admirably. flumDer.zu. - , : FOR THE REGISTER, "MILITIA PENSJOK LAW OF 1832. Mr. EpiioR The Pension Law of 1832 is, in my opinion, tbe most unjust law, that Congress ever made, and I wuuld b gla.d if seme member of Congress would take the trouble to examine it. The law of 1832, granting pen? ions to Milnia sol-1 uiers, gives tt only tp. those wtto were living, or whose widow was living at the lime the law was passed, and rejected those whq died before that lime, although ihey inay have left a family of or phan child reu in hopeless poverty. 1 know of one militia soldier, who died in 1827 and h:s widow in l828. :just a few years before the taw was passed, and a portion of the nume rous offspring they left have lived", aqd some died, without ever having received a cent from the gof eromeni as a remuneration for services. ' Now, is tUera any justice, at all, in this. Two men engage iq the am. common cause. The one is so lortiinate as to live i ill the year 183"4, and theother is so unfortunate as to . die before that, tune, and happens to leave no widow, but a numerous and helpless family of orphan chrldren. The one more fortunate is made ihe subject of national sympa hy, and the other less fortunate, is passed over m silence. I say it is unjust, aud in behalf of those, who are, in my knowledge, at this time in suffering circumstances, and who aro as justly entitled to a pension from this government ns ever a soldier was, l say thai something should be done; and I hope, Sir. Eiiiior, you will give mc a small coi ner in your paper lor the insertion of this, so that 8imie one may loolta little into the subject, more able to entorce the; claims of the suffering poor than my sell. Aud 1 would say o all who may read this, "look around you aud see if there are not some in the same coudilion as those I have described." Our Congressmen will fail lo dis charge their duty'j 'if they tail to bring this mat ter before Coi.gress. HUMANITY. Granville County. INVITATION TO KOSSUTH REJECTED4 Louisville, February 13. The Board ol Al. derucn ol this city last evening rejected for the fourth time, and by a unanimous vote, the resolu tion inviting Governor Kossuth lo visit Louisville. The weather is very tine and business brisk. I he river is still high, with sufficient water on the (ails for the largest boats. At Hilton, Chatham County, on the 1st inst., by Elias Bryant, Esq., J. P. Batters to Mis Catharine Brantlev. At Little Rockfi-h, Cumberland County, N. on tbe 16t.i nut.. Mr Samuel U. dtnith, in the 61st year of his age. Tbe deceased bus left a wife and 12 cliil- dreo. Mr h.. was a native of Essex Couniv. N. J but for nearly thirty years resided m Raleigh. jn c-i ue wun uis laiuay niovwa to Liittie Kocttwh. He died a Christian. In this Cennty near Holly Springs, n the 8th inst,of Pneumonia, the Father and Son, the only iut mates of the dwelling. Thu Son, Sanders Norris, died at half past three o'clock, A M, in Ins 36th year, and was buried within one hundred varus of where be wss born. He was a member of the Mi- ionary Baptiat Church, and a member of the 80ns of temperance. . , rrt r.. .1 vr" 1. . .-m nu ramer, r reanam . orris, aieuat na 1 past sev en o'clock, P. M., in his 77 th year. Ho was born in Johnston County, N. C. near Smithfield, rawed pear where he settled in 1800. where he lived nd died. He wss a member of th B iptist Church for 50 years, one of the members that organized tbe Raleigh Bap tist Aesocciatiu? in 1804 a firm supporter of all benevolent institutions, and a stronjr advocate for tbe came of Temp-rance "for m any years. The writer can truly say , that from al! appearances they died without an enemy on earth. 'Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord," Cox. Printer Wanted ! A god Journeyman Printer can obtain employ ment at this Office for several months, by making immediate application. . Feb. 81, 1852. It IS( Notice, 8TJPERIOR Workman (and none other iet) need apply,) may obtain a situation, by the year, by immediate application to ISAAC PROCTER, Merchant Tailor. Febrnnry 20ih, 1855. H15 FLOUR. Barrels, Superior, from the Rllgwnj Mills 5 P wnrranted to be equal to auy from th Kiuhmoud City Mills, or any other, N. L. STITH Feb. 20. 1852. 15 Smith, Watson & Go, I.tlPOItTKRS OF IIAKDWARE NO. S7, SOUTH THIRD STREET, PHILADELPHIA. Chas. II. Smith. Jno. T. Watson. Jos. Dnngan. DR.J. T.'WATSON, late of Warreaton. N. C, having removed to Philadelphia and en it need in the HaRDWaRE business, in the above Finn, wonld respectfully invite th Men hauls of North Cnrolim, and other Southern Siatej, to call and examine iheir Stock, which ia entirely new and will be sold en as favorable terms as in any other m-irket io this country. Philadelphia. Feb.. 19. 1852. wlm 15 eAVINtj associated with tietn William O. Noble the business will horeafler be conducted in the name of Furman, Davis, & Co. Sax J Fprman. Jno. G. Davis. Wsf.G. Noblb We have removed from 19? Petti St.,' to our new and cominodioqi Store, No. 18, Courtland St., nearly opposite the fyrchanti' and Weutem Hotels. where we are now receiving a large and well selec ted slock f ; SILKS AD FA.CY GOODS, well adapted to tha trade .-consisting, iu part, of the following articles, viz; SWfs, fancy Dress Goods, Muslins, Laces, Ribbons, Gloves, Shawls, . Handkerchiefs, Cravats,, , which vr offer on the most reasons bis terms. We solicit a call from our friends wnen they uet vi sit the city. ; Orders for Goods will meet with strict and prompt attention, j FURMAN, DAVkS, 5t CO. New York, February 3 th, 1853. 4t LOT; OF SUPERFINE FLOUR Just received, J at TUCKER'S GOOD Family Molasses, new crop, jnstto haad-r W.H.4R.8. TUCKER. February 2nd, 1852. Ill BARRELS Double Rsctified Whiskey IP lost received and for Bale by the Barrel by STITH & CO. RaleiViae. 6th, 185L . -BTAONBTltTE LEGRAPH (Reported expaesaly for ihe Register.) " Washington, Te 40.4852.' Tke Canada, has arrived Cotton of all -grades had advanced J of .a penn i Flour advanced 6 pence to S d,.; Indian Qra 0d. per quarter higher. Turpntne good rough,. 7 , to 3 . . 3 d. ;Tar an Spirto pf , Tarro , Urte-fno transactions foe want of Stock fcc, , - vr WAsarfc6)f? TSr20lfB, Iq the Senate, on yesterday, ' Mr, Under wood spoke against the low Rail tyoad Land Bill, . ! , ' In the House, Miller, Rantoul, Moore, and Ficklia. spoke for the MUsouri Land, JfcU,! which appears likely to paas to day. ' AGENT, COMMISSION -MERCHANT, AND DRY GQODS AND GROCERY BROKER,' iiU.su UICUAUWAT, , NEW-YORK. AB.STITH tenders his services to the Msr-. , chants, Planters, and Citixsm of North (Jarc tma, and to Southern Merchants tenerally, as, A gt, Commission Merchant, and Dry Goods an Grocery Broker, iu the City f Ne-Y(1I k; and wilt ' attend to any business in bit' line either ia The sale of Produce a Merchandise, -OR THE PURCHASE OF 1 Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware, Crockery Shoes, Hats, Furniture, Carriages, Mu sical and Agricultural Instruments, .Bagging;, Rope, Drugs, Medi cines, &C. fC He flutters himself, as a purchaser of Goods fot the Southern T'ade, his experience hamm been engaged Tor the last sixteen year in the retail trade in ihe middle sn.l lower pari of North Carotin. intbeci yof Kalo.gh will enable him to give en- . tire satisfaction lo the Merchant who may eetrast ia diib tnetr oruers. Unconnected wnh nv t.- blishrnent in New York, and devoting bis whole time to acquaint bimelfiih the value of Coods of every dfscription, attending the auction sales, and being present 'o improve every opportunity to bene fit bis customers, he eau save more ibau his com-mis-'ions lo the Merchant, and the iuoouvenienoa and expense of a trip 10 New. York. The fact that Co. ids are constantly varying in prices and styles, and always decline as the season advances, is known to all in tbe hal.it of buying Goods in New-York. A great advantage will therefore, (m afforded to the Southern Merchants in hs,vi$g a competent agent, whose interest it will be to avail hnnsell of every opportunity for their benefit, and who can. through him. keep up their stocks by get. ting good- as theii business may require, and ajoid the necessity of laying in at one time a heavy stock for the season; and the im onvenience of a large s- ma -nt oi nuts tailing due ahoul the same time, H ean also get bis goods more frequently , and of later and more desirable styles, and at 1-iwar rales, and, ihers by keep up a constant excitement and attraction. Marchant-., aud other persons dispoaeJ to employ him, will please forward with their orders tfeir re. Terences, or the names of firms with whom they asunlly deal in New-Y..rk, and in all instances h will give them the prelerence, unless be can fiU their order on better terms eUe where, lie asks but ona trial of his taste and judgment to iusure luture orders- His coirrmi&sions will lie two and a half per cent Address A. B. Stith, New-York. REFER TO Ex. Go v. Charles Manly, Rsleigh, Wm H 71, Esq Ser'y of State, Kaleigh. G VV. Mordecai, Pres. Bank of State N. C. Rat l"i. I Dr J. O. Watson, Pres. Mu. In. Co. Kileigh. TV JL' LI f r.:.l x." - il Henry Bryan, v-oiumt-ia., Alabama, Mathew "Shaw, Esq. Washington, N 0 B F. Moore. AWo. Qen. N. l, Raleistb,! Hon. SiJhisisXHsALrSii Andrew Joyner, Eq. Welilon. N. C. ! , Beunet U. Bell , Esq. Warsaw, Alabama, R. H. Lewis. Esq. Greensborough, Alaba,ma. Green T. McAfee. Esq. Tallidega, Alabama. Thomis Hill. E(f.,Baker County, Geo. New-York. Feb. SfD, 1852. ly 15 FOE MEW YORK The new and elegant double engine side wheel Steamship , ROANOKE. 1200 TONS BURTHEN. CW EAVES Oily Point every Tuesday evening fej at 8 o'clock for New York. Returning, the JtOA.NOKE leaves New York every Saturday alternoon at 4 o'clock, Her accomrnodation are of the m,oat superior or der and her usual ruunioa time about 30 boots. Passage (fare included.) to or from City Pojnt $12. Tickets issued at my Office. SAML.G, BAPTIST. Petersburg Ya. February laih. 1852. lyl$ THE undersium-d, in answer to inquiries from -difierent parts of the State, begs leave to in form subscribers ta the Srrnjoiis hy the . late Rey. Mr- Buxton, that tbe volume, containing 5Q Her mens, with Portrait and Biographical Notice, will be ready for deliverv about the middle of March." JAKVis BUXTON.' Ashvilk.Feb.19 , lqfi. BRILLIANT LOTTERIES, FUg MARCH, 185?. GREGORY & MAURY, Managers. (Sufceifort toJ. W Maury fy Co, 35,000 Dollars! : 3q PRICES OF 1.500 DOLLARS ! Kentucky State Lattery, Fer Uie benefit of the.Towa of Frankfort. ; Class 54, fpr !852. ' T b drawn at t'ovington, Kv-. on Saturday, tha 6th of March, 1&52. . - 78 Number Lottery 13 Drawn Ballotsi SPLENDp SCHEME. L Prise f 35,opa 15.000 7.M0 8.389 10 ,'669 poo 3 do 3 dl 1 d 30 de 60 d 10V dq &lc. ot. Sit. Tickets 10 Halves $5, Quarters 2 50 Certificates ef pskages of 2$ Whole tickets $14000 Do do of 26 Half do 7B0 Do da ot 21 Q.ttrter dp 6rorwrTckeUsn ud Certifioatesbf Packages ib;th above Splendid Loueries will, re ceive the most nrorapt atteuiion. and an official ac- coont of each drawing sent inmediately after it ia over to all wbo order irom me. ' Add7es E, E. O'RIEPf Age.t, Successsr U J. ACMsary, ! ; ' Alexandria, fa.' North Carolina Manufactures. sy ' " ' & ARE still manufacturrBgi'st I 1 A i-4a Kockr iTfount Y 7 Ml ill, abeut 300?O01k. 3t 1 ! "i ui s o" Cotton Yarns, per nouuln, (equal to the bst Georgia yarns,) which they wjll deliver to Merchants, free Of extra charge, at New York prices. '-'' '' ''''.- Oiders addressed to Battle V Son, Rooty Mount, N. C, will receive prompt at teution, --:i rebruary 13, 183, 1 U.
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