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IK 1 i f r 1 HAM REllI STIR From the Goldsborough Telegraph. PROF. EMMONS' LECTURES Prof. Emmons delivered Lectoret to the citiieh j of this place on Friday and; Saturv day evenings last. They were interesting,. I the tatter especially to ur tnis, consider ' in? the. important nature ot the 'subject, Ag- j: ricuuursl unemmry, we wiu enueavor 10 give a brief synopsis. The Professor began by recapitulating hli lecture of , ihe" previous evening.' He had there stated that constant cropping, where the products were removed from the soil and no returns made, would result in its inevita ble impoverishment and final exhaustion. Tots is clearly seen not only Irorn experience, but from a consideration of the nature and k composition of soils. Soils are. composed of f yjiyx lety of elements, some in large, some f yn ,rJ' proportions. I ne lormer, sucn as U jl Jli or land, and alumina or clay, are com- v On a rat all proportions. I tf Tarauveir valueless, ineir principal purpose V0 fjbiR& to give texture, consistency and sub sL I itaace to the soil. Sand but seldom and ay never enters into the composition ol loher wants or animals. But on the other inland, those elements which are found, in jifall quantities, such as the phosphates, odzt tnagneita, potash, lime, &c, are absolutely jmsenlial io the plants upon which men and so&eir animals subsist. The seed, and leaf, ;fane and nerves, blood and brain, all conjtain j(tnese elements : jtvery crop thai grows j takes up i portion of one or more of toes 4uuuiies iney muse oi course oe sooner or ' later entirely consumed, and when this takes place, the ant, since they are essential to ; its composition, necessarily refuses to grow. j i ne system of cropping and retting merely postpones this inevitable result. By resting ine sou nothing is added thereto. The only : eneci is, mat Dy me ac ion ot the atmosphere and other causes, its elements are brought into a condition in which they can be more readily: absorbed. If. for instance, silex i should be combined with any of the essen tials, it would be disunited by the action of the atmosphere, and the essential would be ready to be taken up by the roots of the plant," This process then, instead of pre venting exhaustion, only secures its more complete development in the end. Then comrs the question, the subject of ihe pre " sent lecture, How are soils to be regenerated and preserved ? The system of green crops, as for instance, clover, buckwheat and peas, does not elect this. The roots of these plants, especially the first mentioned, strike deep into the eatth, and thereby bring certain elements up to the surface and within reach of the roots of the plants, such as wheat, &c , which only penetrate the surface. But they do not add any of the expensive elements? as potash, &c. Gypsum, (plaster of Paris.) is sometimes sowed with, clover. This is good as far as it goes, since it adds sulphuric acid and lime, the latter, of which is an ex - pensive element, while the former furnishes su'phur to certain constituent s of plants, such as gluten. The farmers of Western' New York juse method in the cultivation of whea', ' and maintain that nothing further is neces sary, that by means of it the soil will al ways remain fertile. Fortunately for idem ttreir soil is exceedingly rich, and as yet they ' do not perhaps for a long time will notdis cover jany injurious effects. But in England, where the same system is pursued, the land has become in some p'aces, what the farmers call 'clover sick. But it is really sick from exhaustion, since phosphoric acid and soda J " '.Till- it-ir-DOS: -.t . cave oeen uuuiuuj oteo away wuaoui any return. " ; 4-BueJcwbeatwTuch Js aoove; staled, has been used like ctovVr as a fertilizer, farmers thought would grow well anywhere upon any kind of soiL . This proved to be a mistake, since it contained a large proportion of the 'expensive" elements, and for this reason it is well used, since the roots, by st riking deep, bring Up for the. use of other plants, elements whicn their roots would not otnerwise nave reached, i . . Clover might be successfully introduced into this county. Major Collier had succee ded well, in its cultivation by means of the marl found in large quantities upon bis es tate. ! Oats might be used with clover, in order to protect it from the wind and cold. : Lands could be regenerated and preserved in a state of fertility, by the system of man uring. With the effects of litter and barn yard manure, all were well acquainted. It would! be unnecessary to speak of them. The excrements of fowls add both the expen sive and nitrogenous elements to the soil. This substance, mixed with six times its weight- of gypsum, constitutes one of the best manures. He had known it used by a farmef upon fifteen or sixteen aces, with ery great success. I: however must not touch the grain. It may be deposited in the hill beneath the grain, with a thin layer of earth intervening. The fluid and solid excrements of men. particularly the former, also constitute a most excellent fertilizer. The fluid should by all means be preserved, especially- upon large plantations where the slaves are num erous. ! A hogshead or reeervoirof some kind should be; kept for 'its reception. - It could be carried in a tank upon a low cart over the fields, and spread over ihem broad-cast, just as water is spread over the streets of cities. Or the hogshead might he carried upon the east, and might be perforated with numerous ' holes closed iy pegs, until ihe field designed to be enrichedVas r ached, when they could be drawn out. This system had been pur sued with great success. f There is an inexhaustible supply of muck, cr peat, which is muck in an advanced stage of decomposition, in the swamps and marshes of this regionsBut it requires some prepar ation in order to become a fertilizer.' It should be taken while - fresh and moist and mixed with a little lime It should be kept wet, and then by being exposed to the aler nations of heat and cold by freezing and thawing, it will eventually crumble, be re duced to a powder, and become fit for use. Saltpetre is not a good fertilizer for plants sued as food. It does well where the stem r leaf its onghtftoTe increased, as in the cast of hay and fodder, but will not assist the grain or seed.-'. -r . Common salt ? not so good .a fertilizer, as is generally supposedr iiWheat and other cereal plant do not'reqtiire chlorine or sodi um,! the elements of whiteh salt is composed, but rather potash x$ r,lk. .U - . There is a variery of marls m Ims region - of country, and atong t h f P art hd this I fubitanee may -be found tfr ter: or lew extent, from Loajg Island to Alabama.; ' The most recent formation, or thi 'which is found first upon digging, is the shell or stone mrl. The only difference between these two isv that in the former, the shells re in 1 a State of preservation ; i the faiterihey .ar been decomposed and consolidatedinto stone. The latter is the better, since hav ing been decbtnposed, 'istKe. more ready t ) enter into the composition of plants. U It has the appearance of reddish clay, if apt. to oe considered such by IheTarmer, and so, to be neglected by him. But that it is marl may be easily shown by pouring sulphuric acid, common vinegar, or any of the acids upon it. It will be 'found to effervesce.- (The Professor here produced a piece of this marl and made the experiment ) Under neath this shell and stone marl, lies a marly clayi and beneath this the "green sand" marl.1; This last substance does not effervesce upon the application of sulphuric acid, be cause it contains no little.' Notwithstanding its name, it is rather blue than green, and somewhat resembles a bluish day. This substance is generally used in New Jersey. In that Sta e many plantations had betn re duced to a s!ateot almost perfect barrenness, and many farmers were about to leave.- Luckily. this "green sandM marl was discov ered and applied, and the once sterile fields now support a luxurious and. profitable vege tation. Marl requires preparation before it is used. It should be mingled with organic matter, such as leaves or barn-yard manure, in alternate layers and the heap thus formed shou'd occasionally, say every three or four weeks, be stirred up with a shovel or spade. Bones are probably the best of all fertili zers ,Thev pay for them in England five or six pounds sterling per too, avd tor fossil nooes, which are less valuable, two pounds ten shillings. England has made a double ute of soildiers who fell at Waterloo She used them first to fight her battles, after ir(e6i" that battle has never since been brought into cultivation, but is covered with wild, rank and luxurious vegetation. Bones must be ground tor use; the finer; the better the immediate results. They may be scat- leren oroad cast over the soil, but the more usual way is to dissolve them in oil of vitriol or water, and then mix them with marl or ashes. Bone beds are sometimes found in marl beds, and of course add greatly to their value The principal use of bones is to give phosphoric acid to the soil. Guano consists of the excrements of birds, and used as a manure with us. is sometimes attended with good effects There are two kinds, the African and the Peruvian. The latter is valuable on account of the Ammo nia which it contains, the former on account of its phosphate of line, and is the more val uable of the two. Their results depend up on the season. If that is dry, they are of no apparent use. It is not a manure with which we should probably be satisfied. The Professor ihen touched upon the sub ject of special manuring It, said he, we know what element any phnt particularly requires, and we wish to cultivate that plant, of course we would seek to supply that ele ment. Turnips require lime chiefly. In cultivating turnips then, we would add lime to the soil. So we would add potash or something containing it for tobacco, Sec Tobacco requires a very large amount of pot ash, and unless it can obtain it; or if any oth er substance, as soda, supplies the place of potash, the tobacco is not good. In some place, ('-he name of which at present es capes us,) tobacco is inspected by means of chemical analysis, and is pronounced bad if not found to contain alarge'quantity of pot ash. The Professor concluded by urging upon the citizens the necessity of organization.- Farming was a subject wl.ich calle.t into ex ercise a great deal ot learning, more than ei ther law or divinity, and associations were therefore necessary for its more speedy and successful diffusion. A vast number of ex periments were to be made upon the adapta tion of manures to the soil, and of the soil to crops.; These culd not be male by a single individual. There mus be a division of la bor. Experiments of different kinds must be made by different individuals, and the re sults made known to each other by means of organized associations. While our inter nal mprovements are going on admirably and tending towards perfection, a system of Aonte improvement of husbandry, of cattle and of the soil, should go hand in hand there with. Inasmuch as a way to market is o pened, encouragement is furnished to raise a surplus, by which only the farmer's pocket is filled. This to be sure is an argumentum ad hominem, or rather an argument to the pocket, but.it should be full of persuasion: As it is desirable to have a foreign market, so it is moje desirable to have one at home, and for this reason the clash of the steam mill and the buzz of machinery should be heard in our village. Professor Emmons has discovered the fossil remains, principally teeth, of twelve differ ent varieties of the shark, along the banks of the Cape Fear and the Neuse. He showed us the tooth of one of these animals, found in Bladen, nesr Elizabeth, which he says must have belonged to a creature measuring in length at least one hundred feet. The leeth of the shatk are exceedingly keen, and are intended rather to lacerate and kill than to masticate the victims upon which if preys. It swallows its food whole. It is rather a singular Tact that this animal is provided with several rows of Teeth. The teeth of one or these rows i erect, the others incline inwardly. The former are used in seizing the preyv and the bristling surface presented by the J alter prevents its escape. II one of the former is broken out or in any way lost, one of the latter situated below and seem ing to work upon a kind of hinge or sprin g, rises up to supply its place. . GEOLOGICAL SORVEY.C i That this survey will prove of immense impor tance to-the 'Stare, we have no doubt, and es pecially to the Western portion of it. " Oor min eral wealth will be established as among the richest in the world; and we shall not be sur prised' if ; many of our gold mines, tiow consid ered exhausted, be worked over with more prof, it than formerly. We advweobr miner not to run off to California ye:: but to wait to see what will be brought to light here at' home. Prof. Emmoks is accompanied by his son, as an assistant, who is an artist, and wil4 take sketch. eof cur scenery, which fketches will accompany the reports of his father, conibieing the beautiful with the useful. ' It may not be generally known that the State is indebted to Gen; John Grit Btkuw, ofour county, for this sorvey, more, perhaps, than to any other person. He drew the bill for appoin ting a surveyor and carried it through the Legi lature. Mountain Banner. 1 ' ' K7Lola Montez, eornmg on from Washing ton, a, few days ago, In-lhe cars, is said by one of the Sunday- papers) to have indulged herself in smoking a cigarette. "One tf the conductors . is related 10 have remonstrated with her ladyship upon this infraction of the. rules. Madame, you cant smoke here.' V1 t Elir said the piquant beauty, leisurely with drawing the cigarette from her pretty mouth.. Y. o can't aiooke hare, madame. : 'But yon tee I con, and: she puffed -forth a vol omc of f tnokeinio the very face of the mystified and abashed conductor, who. was fain to leave the beauty to do as she pleased. ; jSo she finished her cigarette wixhont further annoyance or' interruption. JWbs Conk's Journal fi -; pf FAT.PEOPLE.'if: ' f : , Dr4 Chambers, as Gulstoman Lecturer for; the present year, has delivered a eertes o very interesting lectures in the theatre of the Roya College of Physicians, on the subject ol M Corpulence, or the excess of fat in the human body, 'I Heretofore, we have been in the practice of associating the idea of health with fatness f buf Dr. Chambers vieyrs it rather in the light of a hereditary disease, nanaed down from parent to offspring ; ana it is this hereditary transmission which has made corpulence endemic in several coun tries. A sinking proof of its frequency a- mong the nglisn people is given by Dr. Chambers. Sometimes, when detained by accident in one of the great thoroughfares of Liondon, he has lor ten minutes or more coun ted the multitudes which streamed pas ; and on such occasions, ha rarely numbered one hundred adults without a passer hy whose mode of walking was decidedly hampered by obesity, and sometimes as many as two or three per cent.-went by. Indeed, the whole Anglo-Saxon race, since the days of Erasmus, has exhibited the same 'tendency, and there are no indications as yet ef its dis appearance. Among other nations, the pro portion of corpulent persons is very much smaller than in England. The Irish and Scotch 'have comparatively very few fat per sons among them. The Americans are proverbially 'lanky.' The French and Ital ians are mostly lean. Generally speaking fat displays itself in excess ouly in well-persons, who indulge in ease and luxury;' just many instances where fat has displayed it self without any excess of 'feeding. It has even been brought on, as in the case of Ma ry Queen of Scots and Npoleon Bonaparte, by confinement and grief. In most cases, however, mental anxiety or activity has a thinning effect on the human system Tond' Cassius has a lean and hungry look, He thinks too much: such meu are dangerous. Yet there are many instances of great men tal activity found allied with corpulency The tendency to grow fat seems to be habi tual, and to "run in the blood." In a heal thy state, all human beings contain a propor tion of fat in the adult it forms about one twentieth part of the whole weight. With out it, we should present a most scraggy and shrunken look resembling a withered ap ple. The fat fills up the interstices between the muscles, and gives a pleating contour to the body. It facilitates motion, and acts as an external defence from the cold; perform ing also the important chemical office of sup plying fuel to the respiration. In fact, it serves as a store-house of carbon for the use of the lungs, on which the system falls back for support when d prived of its ordinary r supply of fuel in the form of lo d, It is upon their store ot surplus Tat that hybernatmg animals are enabled to subsist during th long winter months. Lie big says that the proxi mate condition of the formation of fat is a deficiency of oxygen; and this deficiency is the result of an excess of food taken into the system beyond the quantity of air inspired by the lungs, and which is requisite to con sume or oxygenate snch food. What is not so consumed is deposited in the form of fat. The wpy to consume the surplus fat is, to increase the quantity of oxygen inspired- in other words to increase the quantity of actire physical exercise taken. No hunter, nor hard-working artisan, nor private soldier, is ever discovered in a fat state. Constant exercise keeps down the- accumulation of luel, which idler men are punished for, by being compelled .continually to carry about with them. If they woulrfrid thems'elves of their load-, they must reduce the quantity of food taken, and increase the quan ity of ac tive exercise : it is only thus that they can bring the respiratory and nutritive processes into harmony There is reason to believe that, as a people, the middle and upper classes of this country eat a great deal too much, and their moral and - mental health, not less than their physical, is se iously af fected by the over-indulgence. Look at a lord mayor's dinner 1 A wholesome absti nence is needed in food as well in drink now a-days. Our minds would be rendered all the healthier and more active by the practice. Doctors do not insist enough on this branch of hygiene. Knowing that the weak point of most rich patients is their stomach, they desire to "make ihings plea sant," and leave the cook to do his duty and make mor- work for them. In connexion with the subject of fat, we may mention a a curious practice among the ancient Ro mans When a bride entered her house for the first time, she was accustomed to touch the pos'sof the door with fat, and it is from this circumstance that the word uxor Xunoxor, or anointer) was applied to her, from which our own vxorial', uxorious and other similar English words, are derived. LEGISLATIVE CANVASS. Hie Whigs of Alamance county, as will be seen by the proceedings ol their meeting in another column, propose that their Whig brethren io Orange snail meet them by delegates in Conven tion at this place, on Tuesday of May Court, to. select candidates to represent the two counties in the next Legislature. We trust thai this proposi tion will be heartily responded to by the Whigs of Orange; and that a fair representation may be had of the wishes of every section ot thp count v, Would it not be well for oar friends to hold meet ings in each Captain's District and appoint dele gates? Orange and Alamance will vole together in the next election perhaps fur the last time, and the election will be one of great importance, prr bxbly affecting the political character of the Slate for many years. . Let the Whigs, then, bestir themselves, and secure, as. by proper efforts they can, a victory vrrricrrwi4mifeat rheir devotion to their principles, and to which they may in fu ture years look back with proud satisfaction. Iffl$b'rot Recorder. , He iovej) hot wisely but too wELtl A man ran md through love for a faithful fair one, is a rata acts in this, ago of tough hearts and stubborn will; but that such a being exists is beyond dis pure. His story is a pathetic one and should not be related with levity. It is tuts: A few years ago a young man who was engi neer in'one of our first class river steamboats, be eameetw rnoref a prettyTiUle girt in ihiatsuy tod having maJe up his mind to vuit California, he exacted a promise from her that she would reject all 01 her suitor and await bis return He left for the land of gold, toiled and struggled through privation and danger and finally ac quired money sufficient' to enable him, to begin life as a married man. With thi intention be Arrived here on the las; steamer, and imme diately' went in pursuit of bia lady Jove, like a true knight errant; bnt alas for his hope, sh had made a wreck of her fair fame daring Jiia ab sence, and was the'objeet of loathing; to bis honorable love. The effect upon the mind was immediate and extraordinary. He became ra ving mad, and so continues. The police of the First Municipality took the unfortunate man, and removed, htm to the Work House for the present We do not deem it proper to; publish bia name, but the curious may learn it by ap plying at the police Office. (A! O. Picayune. ' WHIG MEETING IN ALAMANCE. A meeting of the Whigs ofAlamanee county was held in Graham on Wednesday the 3d instant, which wasorranized, on motion of Giles Mebane, esq . by caUinyGeufgs Hurdle, esq., to the chair, ajid appointing Isaac Cfoli secretary." At the request of the chairman, Giles Mebane, ej , stated the object of the meeting. H then offered. the follawyig preamble and reaolutions: Tfae Whiga of Alamance county, believing that the principle for which they, in common with the Whigs of the c tan try, have long contended, are conservative of onr institutions and have given prosperity and glory to the couniiy, are detennin ed to make -every honorable effort 10 sustain and perpetuate those principles. In the elections lor both Federal and State officers, whicn are to take place during ihe present year, they hold it to be t!e duty of Whigs to look to men only as the rep reseniaiivcs of their principles, and all part alnies should be made lo yield lo the success of these; liiey nereruieiess Have uieir preferences among the prominent men before the country, and will rejoice .f their fatorties shall be preferred aa the representatives of the Whig pany. That the withes of ihe people may be fully carried out by the Whig Conventions, and that there may be united efforts in our ranks a free declaration of our preference shoa'ld be made in primary meet ings vand delegate chosen, to express our views in the COtiventionti Therefore 1. Resolved, Tjiat the unwavering fidelity to the Constitution, and the eminent ability, both in the domestic and foreign policy, which have characterized the udmioi-itration of President Fill more, tiuve secured! for him our strongest .eonfi dence; and thatweprefer Miltard Fillmore to all others asthe Whieaudidate for the next Fresi dent. 2. Rosolvtd, That it is with the greatest greti fication thai we haVe seen the manifestations of sections of the count-y for .(Tft n 'iA. ' Graham.? ihe frr titg-iMvyS ? Vce VrWIoan -Aa K ts out uue to the dsuta mat cue or her citizens should be placed n'thu ticket, we believe that iio purer man, no truer VVhig, could be placed there than vviinam A.(jirahaoi. . 3. Resoled, That we cordiallypprove of the proposition t hold a Whig Siate X'onvenlion in Raleigh an tie 26th of April, ij nominate a Whig cundida e fo( Governor, and that the chairman ol this meeting appoint ten Deleg tea to represent Alamance com tv in said Jonveaiion. 4. Retohel, That we pr jpoie to our Whig brethren In Orange to hold Convention at Hillsborough n Tuesday of May Court, to nomi nate candidates to represent the two counties in the next Legisliture; and that the chairman ap point twenty dtilegaies lo represent this county in said Convention. When Mr. Mebane had read the resolutions, he addressed ihe meeting st some length in com men -da lion of the nblv and patriotic adinmisiraiion of President Fillmore, and in condemnation of Free Soi lis in, Fillibusteristn, and the ppint ot ideccs sion and Disunion, which, by assail 1 114 his -ilmiii-istration, have served only to make its purity and integrity nmre manifest. Mr. Mebane conclud ed with a warm eulogy on the character-and a biliiy of Gov. Graham. The question ws then taken on the preamble and resolutions and tlicy were unanimously adop ted. The following persons were appointed dele gates to ihe Whig State Convention, viz: Ches ley F. Faucett. Dr. Samuel Holt, Robert F. White, Giles Meuane, Jonathan Newlin, Eli Murray, Co!. W. A. I arrigan, Capt. Jacob G Dickey, Col. James Graham, and Davi.l Dixon. The following were appointed delegates to ihe Convention in Hillsborough, viz: John Scoit, Ur. M. Holt, C. F. Fauceii, Henderson Sett. D. W. Kerr, G. B. Le, Michael Shoffner, Giles Mebane, JU. ai. Hull, vVtn.G. Albright, Absalom Harvey, Daniel Fousi, James Graiiaia, Dr. Pleasant Hoit Wni. McPberson. James Newnn, Oaju. Jacob G- uicRey, Uavid Dixon, w m. Murray, and Dauiei C. Harden. I be Chairman and Secretary were added to both delegations. The meeting then adjourned. GEORGE HURDLE, Ch'n; Isaac Holt, fc'ecy. WHIG MEETING IN PITT. In pursuance of a calf preVo-.isly made, a very respectable'meeling of the Whigs of Piu county. IU fc.-i Uuii Jluou f --.IU. . Thursday evening, the 4th instant (b.jing Supe rior Court week), when F. B. Satterthwaile Esqr., was called to the Chair, and after taking his seat aa such rose and in a short address ex plained the object of the meeting. On motion of Dr. Elias J. Blount, Jno. A. Sel by was appointed Secretary. The meeting being thus organized Edward C. Yellowley, E-qr., arose and addressed ihe meet ing, and concluded by offerng ine following reso luiious for the consideration nf the meeting: R-sohed, That we approve the purpose ol the Whigs to hold a convention in the city of Raleigh on the 26ih ot Apri next, to nominate a candi date on ihe Gubernatorial tirkei; and also the purpose of tho Whigs ol this Congressional Dis trict to hold a convention in the town ol Green ville on Wednesday the 5ili day of May next, to appoint Delegates to represent this District in the Whig National Convention. Resolved, That the Chairman of this meeting appoint sixty delegates to represent this county in the State and District conventions. Resolved, That while we intend unanimously to sustain with all our zeal, whatever thorough conservative Whig the Stat" convention mayi nominate, wo fee! bound to express our great ad miration for the distinguished personal and Whig character of John Kerr of Cas veil, and ihe ear nest hope we entertain that he may receive the nomination of the convention. Resolved, That in this connexion, as citizens of our noble State, who glory in her prosperi y and lament her shame, we fee' it a duty to express our regret and indignation at the official conduct of David S. Reid since he became. Governor that the course he has pursued compels us to regard him as an intriguing politician, and not as a states man as a man who looks more to the reward of party followers than the patriotic administration of his office and that his conduct particularly in regard to the improvement of Tar river, as provi ded by an Act of the Legislature, indicates the urn serving and reckless partisan. R soloed, That in Millara Fillmore we recog nise the model statesman ibe noble' and fearless Patriot the President of the Union; and that with him as our candidate for the Presidency, and the equally unexcepiionable Graham for tne Vice Presidency, the Whigs ot this State ihe people of this State, would ma'ch to a complete victory over the Secessionist and the Freesoiler. . The question was put upon the adoption of said resolutions, and they were unanimously etrried. The Chairman then appointed. the fallowing persons to represent Pitt county in the State and district conventions, vizi E. C. Yellowley, B Evans, Charles Green, B. G. Albritton, W. B. Harrell..B. H. G elet, W. S. Hanrahsn, Ger main Bernard, Joseph RingooM, Abram D ftloye, Henry C. Jordan, James L. Cobb, W'alter New ton, Allen Bynum, Richd A. Bynum, Alfred Moyo, William Barret', Elias J. Blount, Caleb Cannon, Wm. R Trixzle, Lewis B- Pugh, John L. Taylor, Jesse Nobles, Stvtdrick Woolen, Jessp Haddock, Abram Cox, Jun., 'Sylvester Cox, Washington .Venters, Caleb Smith, Hardy J. Smith, Wm. H. Clark, Wm. J. Laughinghouse, James Gallowav. Nishv Mills. Jun.. Brvan t Grimes, Churchill Perkins, William Grimes, B. F Eborn, Sidney Daniels, Jno. S. Daniels, ti,dwd. W. Dixon, Henry P. Bryan, ' Reuben Bryan, Peyton A. Atkinxen, L. B. Whitehead, Stephen F. Johnson, William WhitebeadIvey Windham, John S. Brown, Wm D. Moye, Calvin Evans, David R. Wallace,' Dr. Noah Joyner. Richard Carney, Daniel Afhey, John Boyd, Abner Boyd. Moses Joyner and William J. Moye. On' mofiott of' Dr.-fN, Joyner, the names of the Chairman and Secretary were added to the list of delegates. - 1 -' It was then moved -and carried that the; pro ceedings of this meeting be signed by the Chair-1 man and Secietary, and sent to the editor of the North4 State Whig for" publication, '-With a re quest that the other W big papers in the StaJ j copy. And the meeting theii adjourned. F. B. SATTERTHWAIiE, Cb'n. J Jons A. Selbt, Seey. From the Wilmington Herald. ' x I WHIG MEETING IN NEW HANOVER.r A meeting of Whiga of the County at New Hanover was held at the Masonic Hal I, in VV iJ mington, on the evening of Monday , March 8ih. The meeting was called to order by John A. Taylor, Esq., who nominated Mr. A. A. Brown as Chairman, and on motion of Thos. Loring, Esq., Mr. Wm,Reston was appointed Secretary. The Chairman explained the object of the meet ing to be, mainly, to appoint delegates to the Whig State Convention, and also delegates to a Whig District Convention, which it is proposed to hold,and,on motion, appointed Messrs. Thos. Loring, John A. Taylor, and TaleoU Burr, Jr., a Committee to prepare resolutions After consultation, the Committee reported ip the meeting the following preamble and resolu tions, which were severally passed on and agreed to: The time-is fast approaching when the citizens of North Carolna will be called upon to take part in an election of the deepest interest and most vi tsl importance to theSUte; and to join in a Fe deral contest, the result of which must seriously affect, for weal or for woe, the peace, prosperity, and general happiness ol'our country at large. We regard the " People" as the source of all political power. Exercising their electoral rights in such a manner as is becoming to freemen and republicans, they should require that all elections should be so conducted as to erpress their voice, and lailhlully to carry out their wishes. To ac-eomplish-this, it is their right and duty to assem ble in primary meetings 10 discuss all matters of public policy 1 express tueir views of ihe same; and to take such steps as vvi 1 ensure their respect ful consideration by the delegates to the general Convention. ' ,We believe -that thelast election in North Car olina tended to the alter subversi n of ihUeardi nal nrinciol inasmuch as il.diJ hot express the f voTce- of tha- inpleinui. in'Xts results, tended 10 1 T authorize aw encomage-the carrying out ot cer-. tain measures which were in direct ami positive disregard of their will. And whpreas we have reason to fear that unless the voice of the peo ple shall command obedience certain new issues will be forced up n that party whose principles we cherish, which will tend to its defeat and ut ter ruin in the coming cauiptign, therefore, we, ihe Whigs of New H-mover County, deeply im pressed with the importance of the coming eleo tions, both State and Federal, have unanimously Resulced, 1st. That we heartily approve the course of public policy pursued by Millard Fill more that we have the utmost ronfidence in his skill, firm ties., honesty, and political ability; anil cordially recommend him for re election to ihBt office, the dunes of which lie has discharged with so much lienor to himself, and usefulness to his country. Reaohetl, 2J. That William A. Graham is already nominated in the hearts of (he people of North Carolina; and; in presenting his name as our first choice for the Vice Presidency, we res pond to i lie universal sentiment ( the Whig Party in every Town and County in the State. Resolved. 3d. That we can support no men for ihese distinguished office, who will noi open ly and unqualifiedly endorse the "Compromise measures'' of the last I'ong'esS Resolved, 4lh. That we regard the "Consiitu lion" of North Carolina as a sacred instrument not to be tampered with lightly and unadvisedly that our condemnation of the course of the Dem ocra ic Parly, in ihe last campaign, proceeded from a deep, s -tiled principle, which, iu honor and cood farth, we are bound to apply equally, 10 Whigs and Democrats; add we hereby declare that we can support no man for Governor who w ill consent to degrade the Constitution to the le vel ol an electioneering hobby. Resolved. 5ih. That the qnmtion with regard to the mode of amend. ng the Cons iiution, has no legitimate connection with ihe office of Governor; and we protest against it as an issue to be sus tained by the Whig Candidate. Resolve!, 6th. Tha' we will support any good Whig lor Governor who may be nominated on fod Whig issues. But our first choice is Ibrtlte Ion. John D. Tmimcr, of Chatham, whose com manding lalenis will adorn the hiXeciilive Chair, and whose political honesty, and purily ol charac ler alTotd a surheient guarantee of ihe success of his administration. Resolved, 7ih. That the Chairman appoint Twenty Delegates lo represent this County in the VVhig 'tteni " ussrmHr t Ilnh-i on trie 26th of Apnt next, and lhat-the said Delesates be empowered t fill any vacancies among their num ber which may occur. Resolved, 8th. That we recommend to the Whigs of the various counties composing this Congressional, and ihis Electoral D strict, thit a Convention he held in Wilmington on the l'Jth of May, for the purpose of selecting a Delegate 10 the Whia National Convention, and also an Electoral candidate, and that Ten Delegates 10 said proposed District Conven'ion be appointed by the Clmrman ot this meeting. Alter iie adoption of the foregoing, Mr. Loring introduced the annexed resolution, and it was adapted. Resolved, That in regard to the amendment of he Constitution, the only Democratic Republi can mode is by an open Convention in whicn the voice of the wh le people may be expressed. The Reeling was addressed by Messrs. T. Lo ring, John A. I ay lor, Samuel K. Poller, O. P. Aleares, and C. C. Battle. In ac cordance wiin the 7ih andSih resolutions, the Chairman made the following "appointments. Delegates to the State CoNfEHTiow. Gen James Owen. Georoe Davis. Robt H Cowan Thos. Loring, T. Burr. Jr.. E. A. Hawes, John A.' L Taylor, l'hos. J. Armstrong, Thos. F. Gaue, J.is. J. McDong Id, Stephen Costin, J. G VV right, Alex Hewlett, Col. Johu M. Kae, l). G. Parsley Thos. C Mcllhenny, Adm Empie, Jr .'Jas. R. Grist, O. P. Meares, J. J Ltppitt. Delegates to the Distkict Cokventiok. Col. John D Jones, Dr. James H. Dickson, Kobt. H. Cowan ; Geo Davis, Win. A. Wright, G. X. McRee, Thos. VV. Brown, James Cassidey, James E. Metis, Wm. Reston. ; On m-Hon, it was Resolved, That the Editors of the Wilmington Commercial, and Wilmington Herald be reques ted to. publish ihe proceedings of this meeting, and that the Fayetieville Ooserver and Raleigh Register be requested to copy the same. A. A BROWN, CJtoirman. Wm. Restok, Secretory. ft is proper, that we should state, as part of the history of this meeting, that Messrs R. 11. Cow an, George Davis and O. P. Meares have pub lished cards in Ihe "Herald," declining to act as Delegates to the Whig S'ate Convention, on ac count of the action of ihe meeting with reference tc the resolution offered by Mr. Loring. The "Herald" says:' uThese genllemenare not justified in censurip" vits action, because tt wa their duty to have given to the deliberations ihe benefit of their advice and votes. Considerable dissariafaction, we learn, ex ists in consequence of the passage of Mr. Loring's lesolution. wnen an mings are taken into con sideration, the thinness of the meeting thecit cumstances under which this resolution was in troduced, and the vote upon its passage, it will be divested of that importance which seems' to be at tached to it. We presume it will pot be conten ded, even by the mover, that it is true reflex of the popular sen imentot tbe Whijraof, Wilming ton, or that it can be regarded as committing them at ail 10 the measure oj which it treats." - We have seen nothing in the " Commercial" on the subject. The Tennessee' Legislature adjourned sine die, on Monday lhejat inst. Th A hens Post allud iog to the labors of the body jus ly remarks; ' The Legislature just adjourned, baa been emphati cally a working body, and we a re highly gratified at the important re8Ul " the session. The liberal policy adop ed in regard to in prnal improvprnen s will place our Sla e in iptima'e reta ionship wi h all the prominent poin s n the Union, and will nn fad , in build up for us a degree of prosper noj enjoyed by any o'her people. This mess a re alone, if nfl o jier aQec'i ir.g the i eres s of i he S ate had been adop ed. wonlq ha ye been more than sufficient loen i ie the tocmbers to the commcn' daiions of their constiiuenis." T. . ' ' I . . , . Oars' are tie iujtulof ir, 4eJfJ : XTnwarpad by party rage, to hve likehtothert. - 1 - u, 1 ". Wednesday, March 17, 1852- RxsOLVn., That wo regard the ric or acts known a. tt. -Adjustment meawws w formlnK,Jn Ulr ptotual depen d.nc and coauexton, a sy.a of compromis. tbs mt con .History and the beet for the entire eduntry, thrt rmM be obtain from confltcUng seeUonal laterostt and optolom .! that, therefore, they ought to be adhered to and rried lad faithful execution, final settlement, JPrinJPj and .ubstonco, or the dakgeroo. and exciting bJU which h,y .inbrar, "KtluU0n of Vt blS ConspreMkmal Caucua, December 1, 1851. Mr. C. W. JAMES, No U Harrin 8tr Oncinnati, OWo, iour General Travelling Agent r U.e West. 1 ted by JOHN T. DKNT.Dr. J-wS,rAV LAWS, JAMES RUTHERFORD, Dr. LOTT KDWARDS, O. M. L. WISEMAN, and IL J.THOMAS. Mr. HENRY M. LEWIS, Montgoniery, ,rJ"C?T Trarelliiig Asent for the Statw of Alabama aad .?: T ited byC. F. USWIS, JAMKS 0. LEWIS, wid SAMCtLD. Mr. ISRAEL E. JAMES, No. 182, South TenttStreet.Thil adolphia, in our General Travelling Agenjted by W M. 11. WELdTJOHN COLLINS, JAMES VliWasa,A.i KIRK WEL LINGTON, EA. KVANS,KRttIN LOCKE, OSORQS P. BUT TON, JOSEPH BUTTON, D.-R. OOODIN "Ji"00 EY, ISAAC M. BODINE, and WALTER D. THOMPSON. RALEIGH AND GASTON RAIL ROAD. We availed ourself of the polite invitation of the President, to,. accompany him on an, excursion down this road, to Gaston, on Friday last. We founa the road, generally, in better order than we have known it. to be. for the last three .year, and made the trip down, without discomfort or accident. The newly laid portion of the Road, embracing, now, about sixteen miles, is as fine a specimen of railway as there is in the Country, and rtflecU crcdit upon the skill and efficiency of the Superin tendent. The rail use( is tho U rail, weighing 51 pounds to the yard, and, with connecting bar, which strikes us as a decided improvement on any former pattern we have seen, has every ad vantage of perfect security and strength. The work progresses rapidly and the recent arrival of three cargoes of iron will facilitate the operations of the Company still more. The road will proba bly be completed as far aa Warrenton JJepot by the lOih of April, and finished entire in time tor the Full trade. - The Company already have upon the Road that is, upon the new portion it, of course a splendid and highly finished Engine, of tremen dous power, (ihe Frakklijt ; manufactured by Norris.vQ Philadelphia,) employed in the trans portation of iron. It is their intention to have another in service by the Erst of the next month. It wat a glorioui spectacle, and one which, not many months back, we nerer exp'ded to witness on ihe Raleigh and G ostein Road, to. see such a model as the "FkakkllV rushing along Us track at the rate of upwards of thirty miles an hour, glorying in its strength, and, one rmaht easilj fancy, in the consciousness of the innumerable advantages 'hat are to follow in the train of the great enterprise to which it U devoted. Honor to thoce, by whose energy and liberality that enter prise is being conducted ton succcKstul issue! And for the old Road, itself bravely emerging from tho gloom that has hung over and around it, and soon to be victorious over the taunts and jibes iof which it "has been so long the victim nine times nine cheers, boys 1 Hip! Hip! Hurra! WILMINGTON MATTERS. A meeting of the ci izeos of Wilmington, to de vise proper meana lor bringing to the attention . of CoiuTreas the situalidh of Cape Fuar river. Bars and Sea marks, was ixjld on Wednesday evening last. A Committee was appointed, and various resolutions were introduced and considered. A memorial is in course of preparation to bring the mailer fairly hefore Congress, and asthe improve ment designed lo be made is for the general pros perity, it commends iiself to the favorable consid eration of every citizen. The "Herald" inemionr. as one of the incident, of the meeting, the delivery of-a speech by D K. Mt'Rae, Esq., which in point of matter and man ner was of much iiverest. It says : The genuine North Carolina spirit- which pervaded it was worthy of all praise. The spe .ker renounced party, and declared that his J future exerti ns should be directed for the advance j mer.t or nis native Mate. He said and we would not intentional y misrepresent him, that upon the subject of the public domain ihe Democratic par ty occupied a false position. . Thai he was oppo sed in the main to compromises, yet that he desi red this, dial an amount out of the public Treasu ry equal to the portion which Nonh Carolina should receive in ihe donations vf ihe public lands should be passed In her credit for the improvement of her harbors and ihe education of her young. In lac, his remarks had a strong j-quintingto wards an endorsement of the old measure of Mr, Clay, tire distribu ion of ihe proceeds of the public lands among iheStates, and was pretty fair VVhirHoc trine as far as it went. For our own part we think Mr. McRae was righi and admhe his inde pendence. The wholesale plunder now going on in (Jongiess, by which the common property of ihe States is being rquundered away, is in de fiance of every principle of right or equity. The people onghi topm a s op to it. VN e cannot re cognize the superior ciaimr of he new Sates io the dis ribu' ion, or why i hey should tie built up while the old are lefi io languish. II men of all panies bad united in passing Mr. Clay's resolu tions long ago, we should no: at ihis ime wi Uesa the shameful spoliation of ihe public lahd. but on the con rary would have beheld harbors im -proved, rivers cleared, Mhools flourishing, and all necessary auendan-s of; weal, h and prosperuy." WILL HE ANSWER t ' The Editor of tlw Standard" appears to be seriously alarmed about a "protective TarilTj'' Judging from tfie recent issues of that .priut, we Jiave concluded tlial Mr Bccharaii ia (next to D-uglass, if not absolutely,) its first choice for the Presidency. Has it forgotten that Mr B.faas ev er been in favor of a high protective Tariff? Will it dare deny that this istlie-policy of the Loco Fo. co Pany in the State of Pennsylvania t Ha the Editor forgotten the celebrated -Kane letter' and ihe banners which his party in that State kept flying throughout ihe Presidential campaign ot 1844, inscribed -Polk, Dallas and thetariffof '42." Has he overlooked the fact that iu his recent let ter to bis Baltimore friends, Mr. Buchanan is si lent on the subject of protection I He dare not take ground against a protective Tariff. The Iron interest of his pwn State wriuld at once abandon him. The Editor will ha'ye ishanda full, jo de fend Mr. 0. from other political siua, which have been fixed upon bjm, without calling public at tention ttt bjs -high Tariff principles and votes.-. We shall notice them Io due time.- . . : ' ' i i&- We lparn, Irom the Biblical Recorder" that the Hon. R. M. Saubders. of th n r - J -9 -! deliver the Annual Address before the two L:teray ry Societies of Wake Forest College, at the esu jne Commencement. DiC Cushmaii, of Wash ington Ciiy, will deliyeF te YaWdictory Sermon before the' Graduating Class, ' THE POSITror? OF THE LOCO FOCO 1 1 party: When, by the deat'i of Gen. Taylor, the du ties of the National Executive devolved on Mr. Fillmore, there-was amongst the Loco FOCo Secession presses and leaders of the South, fiendish rejoicing, at what they were pleased to consider the prospect of the Sooth being Jrirrn by the fanatical views of a man, clotheo wjih the power and patronage of the Presidential office into those mad schemes'of revolution, which they had been fo zealously maturing. With gratuU jory joy, well befitting the dark and treasonable machinations, io which they were engaged, agaimt the. Union of these Stales, bey proclaimed that their predictiona were on the eve of being fulfilled and that they would soon be able to accomplish by appealing to the prejudices and fears of our People, those nefarious purposes, at which their reason and patriotism had revolted. But how signal was their disappointment and discomfiture ! No sooner had Mr. Fillmore .been installed inio office than his high and disinterested patriotism was exhibited to the whole nation, by a public declaration of his purpose to administer the Gov. eminent on national conservative principles. The Compromise measures which were tiien before ' Congress received his support and that of Lis Cabinet, and when, by his approval, they became the laws of the land, there was a bur.-! of univer sal joy from all good men, who valued the peace of the Country, and regarded the Union us the palladium of our free Institutions. Not so, how ever, with the reckless advocates of Secession at the South and Abolitionism at the North. Nut only the Compromise measures, but all who sus tained them, were denounced in unmeasured term?, by the leaders of these factions. They de. cLired uncompromising warfare nganifet all wbo aided in passing them. To what extent the Loco Foco Party, as a Par ty, participated in this warfare, is well known (to the whole Country. The heated conflicts which were carried on in the extreme Southern States, as well as the late Congressional election in this State, furnished ample proof, (hat the Loco Foco Party were hostile to the Compromise, and re solved on infusing into the minds and hearts of our People ibe doctrine of secession, which they flattered themselves, would result in the dissolu tion of the Union Up to ihe last moment, every possible apology, excuse and justification, were urged by their presses and leaders, in behalf ot the State of South Carolina, which had, at on period, determined to place herself in an attitude of armed defiance to the authority of the Genera Government Every where, here, in Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, and even in South Carolina the leaders' of the Loco Foco Party, who had proclaimed Secession as one of the cardinal principles of their political faith, were defeated, signally defeated! The public has not forgotten the sudden "shifting of positidns" which charac terized the politicaj mauoeuvering of the leaders when they found that ihe People had condemned in the most unqualified terms, both their doctrine and their purposes ! In December 1850, President Fillmore trans mitted his first nnual message to Cangress, in which he recommended in strong language, a faithful adherence to the Compromise measHres, declaring that "they tcere regarded by him as a settlement in principle arid substance a fiiul settlement of the dangerous and exciting tuf jtcli xchich they embraced." This was the language of true patriotism! But how whs it met by ihe Loco Foco presses and leaders ? Instead ol aid ing the Presiden: lo suppress agitation, and ren. der the Compromise "a Jinal Fetticuient ' of the Slavery question,- Ihey denounced! ibe measures themselves' os-V tfrgrading arid ruinous to the. South, and no calumny and detraction were too harsh to be heaped 'oh Mr. Fillmore, for daring to shut the door to that excitement by which the unprincipled demagogues of the nation, both North and South, had been nurtured and brought into notice and power! Disappointed in all their prediction?, that the President would shrink from the execution of the Fugitive slave law; finding that all their dark fore bodings of evil had failed; foiled in their efforts to drive the People of ihe South from their loyalty 'to the Constitution and the Union ; finding that the Compromise, despite their deep toned and melancholy growliugs, wasdestioed lo become, ir. reality, "a final settlement," they soon changed the tune which ihey had been so long singing, and pretended to acquiesce in that wJiich they had pronounced damnable and unjust, and this acqui-eM-euse was taught as a duty and claimed as a virtue, with a?- sanctimonious an air, as ibey had before inculcated the infamous doctrines of se cession and disunion I It was not long, however, before even this their mask was torn off". Con gress met in December last. The Loco Foco Party, having an overwhelming majority in the House of Representatives, could with ease have given tone to public sentiment on the subject of the Compromise. They held a Cancus. In that caucus, Major Polk, (brother of the lata Presi dent Polk, representing the District in which he resided,) introduced a Resolution declaring it the purpose of the Party to maintain the Compro mise measures, as an adjustment of tfie Slavery question ;" but it was voted down by a large ma jority ! Secessionists and Abolitionists united to produce this result It elicited the congratula tions of such men as Rhett, Venable and Bo cock, of the Sonth, which were echoed back by the Preston Kings, Raniouls, Sumners, and Cleve!ands of the North ! The Comprom we wing of the Loco Foco Pany, thus ridden over and trampled down by the Secessionists and Aboli tionists, Submitted without a word ol complaint, without one effort at resistance, without a single syllable of 'indignant protest! In this position they have remained from that day to the present time,' pressed down to the earth by this incubus, which they hare neither attempted to throw off or destroy! NEW HAMPSHIRE ELECTION. It is bnt repeating an old story, annually (old for many years past, when we say that tle Lo c'ofocracy of New Himpsbire have been entirely successful in carrying the ejections in that Stale. According lo lje latest reports frorn Concord, '"ej bavo elected Dr Noah Martih Gfoyernor b,y a m jority of about a thousand votes, besides securing a majority pf the members in both bran ches of the State Legislature. This will enable them'to choose a LT.uted States Senator pf the same' politics, to lake his seat ln March, 1853, when the term of Hal wi 1 expfre. We a.re requested to call attention to the adfertisprijent- d the sale of valuable Cotton Land,s in Alabama. The part in cultivation, we re '! k'y informed, made over a bale io the acre k year, ana will qx tne same any year, with. 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