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-57. VOLUME LIIL CITY OF RALEIGH, WEDNESDAY. , JULY 28, 1351, im ki , (t 1 1 hi f 111 II III e3 : ' ' .. ....... - . . pklNG .rv ADVANCE; OR $2 AT THE EXp ui " STRDAY lORNING,. JULY 24, 1852: ' Co.NTLCPED FROM FoORTH PaGB. the neonle of each Lid, s.ttlPv r;,,n wre to Dronounce in favor rTn line the Constitution of the United wis lu r . - .." -j r.r tli.it amendment obtained ? L r :mirine. no longer, hiuu m.r. iv he Dei""-" , .j r ir sb 1 than it ntc w carry the proposed amendment L ik fnrms reaured by the Uonsutuuon "" 1 1 oif tn nh fh TPKhPU pple, and consequently the incipient yould oe v 'y y-i " mVi be 1 ith our C5iai vontuusion, were a -..;nf the Doonle to declare in favor of a- idin'it. I Leaving the subject' of amending - ite Constitution, Mr. Kerr passed on to ' i . T.Iff" fnfnrnnl TranravnmfRta th stributioa of the proceeds of the public lands Id the election of President and Vice Presi .,,,f thrt United States. Mr. K. contended f L , naiinconrir fill Tio ail ntlAPt rf rienera' vovernmein Hiiouia raiseu ujr ,jinth'e' duties, congress uau a ngni, aim "proper so to arrange them as to afford idental protection to American industry, and L nut onlv to build up and furnish a home irM far iv lar;e portion of our surplus pro- l Kn aim to rpnder ws indonsndent in future tnao ot the looms ana wont snops oi r,,iw With respect to Internal improve- out" bv the General Government, Mr. Kerr dthit the true iV Ins rtoctnne was contam in the resolution-adupted on that subject by nffhij: National Convention that Congress ii the power to open and repair harbours, and am obstructions from navigablerirers when "Tsucli improvements arc necessary for the nimun defence, or for the protection and facil- hf commerce with foreign nations or among i' States such improvements being m every Lai natjoftnl and general in their charty;- In connection with the subject of the pow- k of CongrMs under the Constitution, Mr. K. id emphatically that the government of the lite! States never had been administered ac rding to the democratic doctrine as laid down their recent Baltimore Platform, one of the Liations of which declared that Congress had i power to establish a Bank, and no power to rrr on works of Internal Improvement, and ocwled to prove his position by showing that u. Washinsrton, who was President of the MTsntion that framed the Constitution, and jht reasonably be supposed to know some !n of the powers it contained, approved and wd the first bill passed bv Congress to estab- 1 iBank that Mr. Madison, who was also member of the Convention, and whose author-' r is unquestioned by all parties, approved and rued the second Bank bill passed by Congress !w Mr. Jlonroe was known to hold the same iniin as to the power of Congress, and that oeral Jackson whom, it is presumed, .the dein- i:tswi!l recognize as good authority, expresa- actnowieageii the power of Congress to estab- passed in 183G, when he said " that if Con- h had applied to him he would have fur ibed a bill to establish a Bank consistent with powers of Congress under the Constitution nd in recard to Internal Improvement Mr. ferson acknowledged the power of Congress ft this subject bv approving and signing the mberland road bill and the power has been ateaiy acknowledged since by his succes- in approving and signing bills making ad oal appropriations for the same road and constructing other works of Internal Im vement of a national character. Mr. Kerr pied that any democratic President had ever led upon the principles of the party .as laid pn in the Baltimore Platform, or had ever out when in office the principles and Rues which he professed iput of office and ffirf hit .. ,1 n ...wv- rAPA.nn. to instance a sinele casa or name the W who had done so, to whiefc the Governor pie no reply, nor did he in hi$ speech attempt snow that the position assumed by Mr. Kerr amenable or unsustained. The Governor ejer, in tis general reply, in speaking of iasnajjanijpa in aimoing to wnat M pleased to term thA fa1a iiTOiTScf inn a nf ? Whigs,; m contending that the financial op oas of the Government could not be, so well nducted without a Bank, as with otifl. 'Wftnt.nn glorify the policy of the democratic Dartv in Iiung dowii the Bank and in establishing the treasury, that great measure of deliverance, h had effected a total separation between Ptovcpnment and the Banks, and belen oth- Fm productive of so much good to the eom- rui). ai tins point, Mr. Kerr rose, and beg P?the Governor's pardon for interruntinff'him. quested him state for the information of, the '''P'V whether or not the provisions of the "treasury law were really carried out, wheth- i uui an connection between the Uovern pnt and the Banks had ceased, and whether nft the duties on imports were really paid 9W and silver as the law reonired. The rnor, after hesitating a , moment, said that 109 in some intitnnna ttiA Ttjint a wtiv naarl the collert.iru a A 'w. bat of that he was not certain, and was feeding with his speech without answering -"..umng part ot Mr. Kerr's interrogatory, (n Mr. Kj ai?a5n rosn and rennested him to r phcitly whether or not the duties on im f"W were paid in trold unit silver n tTiA Taw pired to which his Excellency made no re- fci I "e UDUC lanas, mr. ierr con Fea ttat the old States were justly and fair- tin lM &n etlual share according to popu- enlT1 th( nw State8' either of the ands at k or tne rrocoed8 of tue sales, and 41 .nut for thA nnl;tr rv.,.,i v, i, Lj Flrty " the old States, we should long """c n,m our share, whereby we would tt. a necesai7 works of Internal Improve ob establish a permanent evstem of Com-AU- for the benefit of alt those whose uu'UOH jn l.fB ion otyhemselves or their children. He fcei uc COUld BW no roainn n-U Till "now St- i 1 1 i Itern' tP' ot Publ,c lands g'lven to them for e old si provement and other purposes, while oln ' wno ftaa borne brunt of the ,ln the acquisition of these lands, should idret 'j.Part'lciPation ia these benefite ; in v l ' Kerr Jou seG the democratic iStaL rthM Carolina and elsewhere in the few iTJr?11? oppoiing it f for, said he, only ft itZr 8,n.ce' when a bill was introduced in KcPrestatives by a Northern poniiloi: u,"u'1 "iee lanus according iZw? amonS a11 tho States, whereby Carolina wauM -u-.A - umAiuou i UUUI 1 1000,000 acres, every democratic member in LTongress fromthi Sts' with one exeeption, toted against it while leiyerjr Whig oiember Toi Jed fff it. iTIiira, you eee, said Mr. Kerr, who it is that is opposing your interests, and denying to you. that participation in the public domain to which youare so justly entitled, and to pro cure which your fathers fought, bled and died, while at the same time they are professing to be Such dear lovers of the people. Mr. Kerr concluded by a rapid glance at the history and public services of the gentlemen who have been nominated by their respective Barties as candidates for President ana Vice 'resident of the United States. He showed conclusively that in regard to the great measure ef the day which has produced so much excite ment and agitation in the public mind, and which resulted in the adoption of that series of measures called the Compromise, the Whigs have a decided advantage in their nominees, for Gen. Scott was known to be an active advocate, of those measures while they were pending before Congress, and used his personal influence in promoting their passage. General Pierce' was not known as their advocate or pro moter in any way, and declined altogether be fore his nomination to pledge himself to their faithful execution ; and as regards the Vice Presidency, said Mr. Kerr, we have one of North CareHna's most honored and most cherished sous, one who is descended from an illustrious sire, who belonged to that nest of revolutionary heroes and patriots of Mecklenburg, denomina- ted by Lord Cornwallis the " Hornet's Nest ;" aye, said Mr. Kerr, from one of the Hornets who had the courage and boldness to sting tho British Lion in the face a son worthy of such a sire, honest, capable and faithful to the Con stitution Kne who has -been often tried and never found wanting. Can North Carolinians hesitate a moment when such a man is presented for their support ? No ! never never. On the other hand, said Mr. Kerr, you have presented to you for the Vice Presidency the name of W. R. King of Alabama, a gentleman of great moral worth I admit, but one who as a member of Congress has pledged himself to vote for a repeal of one of the laws constituting the Com promise measures, whenever an opportunity to do rso is presented ; and we all kuow whenever oue of those measures is disturbed, it throws open again the whole question, and may end in civil war and bloodshed and the final dissolu tion of this glorious Union. Mr. Kerr said emphatically that Mr. Fillmore was his first choice lor the Presidency that he preferred him to all other men that he thought the nomination due to Mr. F. for his noblo de fence of the Constitution, for his honest, patri otic efforts to save the Union, and to perpetuate its blessings to future generations, and for his faithful execution of the laws While in office; but Mr. Fillmore had to undergone ordeal to which all the candidates were subjected he had had a fair trial and a friendly one, and the friends of his principal competitor had proved too strong for him, and had triainphod in tho contest. He therefore deemed it the part of a true patriot, to surrender on the altar of the Eublic good all private preferences, and to unite eartiiy on the nominee of the Convention, es pecially when that nominee came to him re commended by so many high qualities as it was known Gen. Scott possessed. Mr. Kerr finally coucluded with a most glowing and eloqueut tribute to"the character and public services, both military and civil, of the old hero of Chippewa and Lundy's Lane, of Cerrp Gordo and Mexico, who had never been beaten by the enemies of his country abroad, and whom he hoped would not hi beaten, by -wefeie at home. - - It is due perhaps to Gov. Reid, to state that in hif reply to Mr. Kerr, he stated his positions in the main with franknes, and argued them with considerable force and tact. One excep tion ftojtvever must be made, in regard to the construction he placed on that part of General Scott's letter of acceptance, in which he says : " I shall be ready in my connexion with Con gress to recommend or to approve ot measures in regard to the management of the public do main, so as to secure an early settlement of the same favorable to actual settlers, but consistent nevertheless, with a due regard to the equal rights of the whole American people in that vast national inheritance." The construction which the Governor placed on this sentence and the inference which he attempted to draw, was, that Gen. Scott was not only opposed to a distri bution of the proceeds of the public lands, but that he was actually in favor of that most ini quitous Bill called the " Homestead Bill," and the phrase, "consistent nevertheless with a due re gard to the equal rights of the whole American people," meant consistent with the rights only of that class of persons whom the Homestead Bill was intended to benefit. Such a perversion of language and such a forced construction of a plain unequivocal sentence, struck me as a monstrosity almost past behet, j I have thus, Mr. Editor, given you a hasty and I admit a somewhat imperfect sketch of Mr. Kerr's speech, and regret most sincerely that so few of the good people of the State, compara tively, wijl have an opportunity of hearing him; for I think I may say without any disparage ment to others, that the Whig party have had no more bold, eloquent and able expounder of their doctrines and principles, nor one who fastens himself more firmly in the affections of his party than John Kerr ; and whether he is successful in this campaign or not, as the stand ard bearer of that great party, he will be de serving of the everlasting gratitude not only of the Whigs of Sjorth Carolina, but of the whole Union, for the faithful and fearless manner in which he' discharges his duty. CALDWELL. Bcrke County, Jcly 15, 1852. Dear Sir : That you and the readers ofjyour valuable Journal may know how the Guberna torial canvass progresses, I take my pen to drop you a "hasty" note. Yesterday the candidates, Gov. Reid and Mr. Kerr, addressed their fellow citizens of Burke County in this place. Taking into consideration the shortness of the notice given of their intention to speak here, which was only about four days long, and also tho bu sy season with the farmers, the turn out was much larger than we had any reason to expect. Gov. Reid led off and made a speech of two hours length, similar in all respects to the ones that he made in 1848 and 1850, touching; upon no new points except the advocacy of Gen. Pierce for the Presidency a man whom the people did not know was in existence even so short a time ago as in '48 and '50. Well the sum total of his eulogy upon the General was that he is a man against whom the Whigs can say nothing, and he seemed to congratulate himself upon the fortunate position that the democracy occupy of having a Btandard-bearer who happens to be so little known that, on the one hand, if his distin guished democratic friends cannot say anything in his favor, the Whigs on the other are equally so much in, the dark that they are unable to say anything, against him. He took his old posi tiona Upon the Tariff, Public Lands, United States Bank, frc. and then quit national politics and turned his attention to State matters. Whilst discussing the question of constitutional reform particularly with regard to a change of the ba sis of representation and an alteration of the mode of distributing the school fund, it was ve ry evident that he was not endeavoring to get the people here to vote for himself for Governor, , but that bis. effort ,jfai to kseg them.frowf yotiv; j for Mr. Kgrr. Every one saw that he thought his ' competitor would not have the firmness to occu- Ey the same grounds in the mountains that he ad planted nimself upon on the sea shore. Well the Governor was not mistaken so far as the first branch of his, intentions are concerned, to; wit ; that he could make no votes for himself, but before Kerr got through with his reply the Go v ernor discovered that upon the second point he had been most awfully mistaken with regard to John Kerr; that he is made of entirely different material to what his Excellency apprehended. The Governor finished a speech of two hours ! with which his democratic friends as a matter of course expressed themselves well pleased, but ; any man who has the least ability to judge of i the secret thoughts of the human breast, was o bliged to see from the long, demure faces of his friends, that their honest opinions were that it ; had been much better tor him and his causal he had not attempted a speech at all. The Whigs on the other hand were delighted with his effort and only regret that he will not have time to make a "few more speeches of the same sort," for never was there a more harmless fire poured upon the Whig ranks; nobody kill- j ed, nobody wounded, nobody fainted and won- j derful to tell, nobody even scared during the 4 whole of the Governor's two hours not a murmur j of applause was heard, nor tho sound of an en- j couraging voice; some went to sleep during the j time and others, a good many of them too, look- ! ed as if they would like to bo where they could ' take a good comfortable nap, but their respect ; for the Governor of the State induced them to j prop up their eye-lids and respectfully and pa- j tiently hear him to the end. Mr. Kerr then took the stand, told his fellow-citizens that in ! obedience to a call made by the Whigs of : the State he appeared before them as the 'hig candidate for Governor, that from the time he : had been able to discriminate between the prin- j ciples of the Whig and Democratic parties ho j had been a Whig, that in all the vicissitudes of i the Whig party, in prosperity and adversity, ! thro' good reportaud thro' evil report he had lived a firm, unflinching and unwavering member cf j the Whig party and on all occasions an humble I advocate of the conservative doctrines of that j Earty, aud that if it pleased the Almighty to let I im die in his senses, that he expected to die as ' he ha : lived, a Whig of the old line, one of the real Henry Clay stamp. I wish you and tho "rest of mankiml" could have been hero to have i seen how quick he waked up the sleepers, and j revived the listless, and to have heard the ap- j plause that made the walls of our noble old Uourt House ring at tne conclusion ot that sen timent. A change came over the spirit of the dream of all, every face seemed radiant with cheerfulness and pleasant emotions, the Speak er seemed to impart, by his fervid eloquence, his own noblo impulses to his audience, they reflected it back by their approving smiles and loud applause to their eloqueut standard-bearer, until all appeared animated by an enthusiasm that knew no bounds. Mr. Kerr then discussed tNe question of State Reform, MAINTAINING PRECISELY THE SAME POSITION THAT THE NEWSPAPERS ATTRIBUTED TO HIM WHEN HE FIRST TOOK THE STUMP INTHE EAST, maintaining that if the people de sire a change of their constitution, they have'a right to amend it and that the republican way of doing so is by a convention ; that they, the people, were satisfied with the constitution as amended in 1835, until Gov. Reid and his friends in 1818, in order to start a hobby upon which to ride into office, attacked the constitution; that this sten was nromnted not bv anvlove the Gov- ernor had for the people, but by a Oesireor promotion, and he proved that by showing that although the Governor was in the Legislature from 1835 until 1842, a period of seven years, that he never once dreamt of giving the people the power or privilege of voting for Senator. Mr. Kerr expressed himself in favor of the change . he said the constitution ought to have been orig inally so drafted as to have given the people that right and that the question ought to be sub mitted to them now, and if they desire that or any other change in the constitution, the right and only true republican mode of making the change is by a convention. Mr. Kerr declared himself, like the Govemor,as opposed to a change of the basis and also as to the manner of dis tributing the School fund. He then took up na tional politics and he very soon convinced the democracy that though they had a candidate for the Presidency for whom Governor Reid could say nothing, that there were some little matters that might be brought up against him such as refusing to answer Robert G. Scott's letter pledg ing himself if made President to veto any bill that interferes injuriously with the fugitive slave law ; voting against a small appropriation for the improvement of Nags-Head ; being support ed by sueh'men as John Van Buren, Rantoul, Preston King, and that immaculate abolitionist Benjamin F. Hallet,who goes for abolishing sla very every-where that it exists under God s shi ning sun, and who was the chairman and master-spirit of the Great Democratic central com mittee of the Union. Poor Pierce ! what a pity for him that he has such a prosecutor as John Kerr, and such an advocate as Gov. Reid. After Mr. oh ! I beg his pardon, Gen. Pierce was dead and buried and with him the democratic plat form as adopted in Baltimore, Mr. Kerr discus sed the Whig platform and the candidates of the Whig party, and just here I shall be candid enough to say that there has been some, disaffec tion among the Whigs in this section because Mr. Fillmore was not nominated, but on yester day that disaffection took its final and everlast ing departure from the confines of Old Burke and to John Kerr tho Whig candidate for Gov ernor be all the honor and all the glory. And for the comfort's sake of all democrats who have been counting on Whigs of any kind or shade in Mr. Clingman's District going for Reidfor Gov ernor or Pierce for President, let me tell them that they count without their host;. that though we may divide among ourselves between two VV higs in our own community, yet when we come to vote between aWhigami a Democratfor President or Governor Ive will present an undivided front and such a phalanx of determined Whigs as will make the Democracy of North Carolina faint at the onset as did their candidate for President on the plains of Mexico. I cannot have the vanity to attempt to give you an account of Mr. Kerr 8 eulogy upon bcott ana uraham ; to know what it was you ought to have heard it; suffice it to say that its effect was tremendous and all that even he could have desired. Many, many men who have up to this time been hesitating, wavering and halting, now come out openly and say they can doubt no longer, and let others do as they may, for themselves they will give a lon pull, a strong pull and a' pull altogether for Scott and Graham; During the whole of Mr. Kerr's speech he was interrupted by frequent bursts of applause and though he spoke for two hours to a people who had already, before he commenced, been pa tiently listening to a two hours speech, yet eve ry body seemed to regret that his time was up, When he took his seat, the ladies, a goodly num ber of whom were present, cheered him on in his good cause by their approving smiles and the waying of their handkerchiefs, whilst the sturdy yeomanry of the County made the wel kin ring as in the days of 1840. , LINVILLE. - f -lux, uu:if t i jenow vo uiue"iai&ieion- you subjects of National Politics, but there are uues- tions connected with the welfare and honor of the State of North Carolina which should not ivo mWol' -aritk tt. i:i. i.u 1 be mixed up with the partizan conflicts of the day. One of these, is the subject of Free Suf frage a measure which strikes at the very foundation of our system of Government, and if adopted, will bring upon us a train of evils, the end of which no man can foresee. It has been contended by Gov.-Beid and the Raleigh Organ of the Democratic Party, to which I belong, that the establishment of the White Basis will be endangering the rights and interests of the slave holders of the State, and will inevitably bring upon us the domestic agitation of the slavery question. But I submit, that it is f lain, the adoption of Gov. Reid's Free Suffrage will produce the same fearful consequences. I would appeal to the slave holders of the State to look at this subject, and consider it calmly, and not suffer themselves to be humbugged by the out-4 cry ot." equal rights which has been raised for party purposes. I am attached to my Party, but I love every section, and the prospority of my State much more than I do that Party. Let the slave-holders look this subject in the face, and see the disastrous bynseq U'tucejjto Tvhicii the adeptibn hi FrriW -Si-u ay vt?-,Iff?f every m&n wo-now Totes fn the House of Com mons is permitted to vote in the Senate what follows? Is not the protection to property at once broken down ? It should be the object of all Governments to protect properly as well as persons and not to give the one unchecked control over the other. That protection is af forded now, under our present form of Govern ment. But every man knows that a large ma jority of the voters in the Commons in each : County in the State are non slave-holders, and i non land owners. What i3 to prevent the Gen-1 eral Assembly in the event of the adoption of j Free Suffrage from placing the whole burthen j of taxation on the landed interest? But this is ! not half. The Constitution now declares that " Capitation tax shall be enforced throughout the State upon all persons subject to the same," and then proceeds to specify that " free majes over the age of 21 years, and under tlte agejof 45 and all slaves over the age of twelve years and under the age of fifty shall be subject to cap itation tax and none others." By this clause, a slave cannot bo taxed higher than a free fter- sou. If Free Scffrage is adopted, what is-i prevent the Legislature frcajfcijinjTr same process) this clau.se of the Cn'stration. and taking to itself the power to tax slave prop erty ad libitum f Both branches of the Legis lature will haVe the same constituency, a major ity of whom will be non-slaveholders. What check will there be ? What protection against the action of that body on the subject of slave ry ? It will not do to say, that they will never exercise, or abuse such a power. Men are too prone to abuse power whenever they possess it. Nor would there be any barrier in the Consti tution against the adoption of a system of eman cipation dangerous to the rights of the slave owner. Whether the Legislature would be rash enough to venture such a measure is not the question. Give it the power and no one can tell what it might not be induced to do under the influence of sudden excitement or the machina ations of selfish and aspiring demagogues. Ttus matter is too plaiu to admit of argument, lhe most ignorant slave owner in the Stato can see the bearing of the whole scheme, if ho will but give it a moment's reflection. I look with fearful foreboding upon the disorganizing scheme of Governor Rtia. It surrenders every ting eve ry protection, so far as the owiuys o ldAgd slaves are coneernedT" Tvuldappea! to vfn to pause Deiore tney rusn into tne aaoptioa ot a measure, which will be fraught with such ru inous consequences to the whole State and es pecially to the Eastern and middle sections of it. Many intelligent and patriotic Democrats who were led away by the popular cry when this scheme was first broached, are beginning to open their eyes to the evils which will flow from its adoption. In the County of Caswell (I learn) that sterling Democrat George Williamson has taken ground openly against it. In Warren County Weldov N. Edward, than whom a more enlightened and patriotic citizen does not live in any soction of the State, has again pro claimed his opposition to it. Others are break ing ground against the scheme as ruinous and disastrous. 1 would submit then, one enquiry for the consideration of Eastern Democrats, who are the owners of land and slaves. .Would it not be best to forego the support of Governor Reid, and secure by defeating his election, the defeat of Free Suffrage, by putting down at once this system of Legislative tampering with the Constitution 7 If he is elected, and a ma jority coinciding with him are sent to the Leg slatove, have ( Slave-holders any , hopfe of sccun ty? I entfeat all conservativ ralS, to look at this matter and answer to their country! I know full well that party ties are strong, but this is amatterthatshould.be disconnected from all party bias, and should be held up above party. It is evident we are approaching a fearful pre cipice in this projected reform SU ttKi hor-! tofore were distinguished for conservative views, ! nres taken by the Jintish Uovernment in re havn hwn hiin-inH aimt Tit ttio nrmilar nntorr ! card to the uuestion will cause a loss to the and the barriers which haVe been, for just and j United States of these valuable fisheries, and a wise ends, thrown around the rights of proper- j complete interuption of the extensive busines ty are about to be broken down. Is this Bern- i in them now carried on by New England. This ocracy f Is thU conservative t What right have j will give rise to constant collisions of an unpleas the friends of Governor Reid to denounce under ! ant and exciting character, and inevitably en such circumstances the White Basis principle as unjust and ruinous ? Will Eastern men dis card and repudiate one evil to embrace another equally as fatal to them ? I again appeal to my Democratic friends to reflect on the conse quencos of their policy. Let Gov. Reid be elec ted, and it ensures the adoption of a measure which will be frightful in its effects upon the ; nguis anu interests oi siave noiaers r inins you under such a state of things the local price of such property will pot fall f Wil i nn ear ry hundreds from the State ? Ponder well on these things ? AN EASTERN DEMOCRAT. THE PIERCE DEVELOPMENT AGAIN. "I had almost made up my mind to vote for Pierce, but now I would not do it to save his life." Such was the remark made to us on yesterday morning by a W hig friend, who was dissatis fied with Gen. Scott's nomination, and who had just read " the Pierce Development." This de velopment will not only have the effect of bring ing back into our ranks the few who, in a mo ment tf disappointment, had left them, but we shall be greatly surprised if it does not drive from the support of the Democratic nominees many a Southern Democrat. It must be borne in mind that the remarks attributed to Gen. Pierce were made on the 2nd of January ; and it is exceedingly strange that, if he was misre presented, he or his friends never thought of making a correction or giving a aeniai unui ne was a candidate for the Presidency. The lan guage attributed to him, to wit vtu4 ne " nas a most revolting feeling at taeteri-Op of a slave ;"' that in his opinion the'gitive Slave law is " opposed to humanity," snd is1 " opposed to moral right," is published in two Democratic papers, published in different places one at Concord and the other at- Manchester. It is true, that the Manchester paper reports Gen. Pierce as having said, in connection with the Fugitive Slave law, " Our fathers made the compact and we niust fulfil it," But, taking tus fedmission connection with his other T& Gen. Pierce's language was, ia Mihstagcejnif effect, this s Our fathers made a compact tc- jolting to humanity and opposed to moral right : but the comnact is vght ;" but the compact is made, and we must. however reluctantly, fulfil it- Vhen it is to mesibered with what difficulty and at what enormous expense the Fugitive Slave law has been executed at the North, can arty man doubt the ffect of this language, uttered by such. a man in the presence of euch a people ? What would be thought of a Judge who, in charging i a jury in relation to a law which he knew was ! obntixious and offensive to them, should say, " this law is opposed to humanity, opposed to ' moral right, and I have a most revolting feeling 1 wlienever I see it executed ; but you must be bound by the law, and fulfil it ?" Would not ; such a J udge soon be stripped of his ermine and driven from hig high station? Gen. Pierce's ( opinions in January of the present year were, ' at that time, of comparatively little importance. ' He was an obscure man, holding foryi in an j obscure corner of the Republic. But now the matter is presented in a very different point of ! view, Relying upon his obscurity for his strength, his party friends have dragged him j out of the granite clefts of New Hampshire, ; d made him a candidate for the Presidency of the United States; and his opinions of mat ters in general, and especially in relation to the j Fugitive Slave law, have become of vast impor- ; tauce to the country, it he shall be elected ; President, the South must look to him for the execution of the Fugitive Slave law ; and, we ask, with what grace would he send troops to aid his marshals in the execution of a law which he has publicly pronounced to be most revolting to his feelings, " opposed to humani ty," and "opposed to moral right?" With what conscience can he cause to bo arrested, impris oned, aye, if necessary, shot doicii, men who re sist a law which he denoune ;s as mostarevolting to his feelings, as opposed to humanity and to moral right? Wo wish these quostior.s an swered. Petersbui Intelligencer. CONGRESS. Yesterday, after the usual morning business, the Senate proceeded to the consideration of Ex ecutive business. The House of Representatives passed (he Sen ate bill authorizing the Mayor and Common Council of Chicago, Illinois, to excavate a por- n of the public reservoir, at that place, j with a view to the improvement ot the naviga j tion of the Chicago river. They also passed i the Indian Appropriation bill, and receded from their non-concurrence in an amendment ot. the Senate to the deficiency bill, which now only re quires the signature of the President of the U nited States to become a law. Republic, 2.0th. THE GEORGIA CONSTITUTIONAL UNION CONVENTION. Charleston-, S. C, July 18th. We have accounts here of the action and final adjournment of the Georgia Constitutional U nion Convention, after having been in session two days. Anything but union and harmony characterised the deliberations of thus political body. It was found impossible to make any u- nited nomination, or come to any general or satisfactory agreement. The Convention broke up at wide variance. The Seott men withdrew entirely in other words "vamosed." The friends of Messrs. Webster and Fillmore numbering in all, in the convention, from forty to fifty, fraternized and nominated Daniel Web ster tir the Presidency, kbA Mr. Charlae G. JonkrtiiCof Georgi a, for Tic President Tho friends of Howell Cobb were mostly from Cherokee county. They went to work and nom inated what they call a'Pierce and King ticket, and what is remarkable, those who participa ted in this nomination were most of them a mong the really ultra Whigs of Georgia. The friends of Mr. Cobb, it is said, are much chagrined at tho result and quasi distrustful. The Convention, or several segments of tho Con vention, adjourned sine die. RUMORED DIPLOMATIC DIFFICULTY WITH ENGLAND. Boston, July 18. Rumors have been afloat for the last twenty four hours of a serious difficulty having arisen between the British and American Governments growing out of. the seizure of an American fish ing vessel at the Magdalen Islands, and her sub sequent recapture by the American fishermen. A special messenger arrived here yesterday from Franklin, New Hampshire, (whore Mr. Webster is at present,) and left again for Wash ington, with despatches for the Government. The trouble is said to be of a most serious na ture. Mr. Webster's statement regarding die Fisheries. Boston-, July 99. The Courier of this morning publishes an official document from Mr. Webster regarding the American Fisheries. He says that the mcas- danger the amicable relations ot the two coun tries. Thewhole subject will engage the imme diate attention of the Government. HORRIBLE MURDER AT RICHMOND, VA. Richmond, Va., July 19. A most horrible and atrocious murder was committed in this city this morning, between 4 and 5 o'clock. The bodies of Joseph Winston and his wife Virginia, and their iptant daughter, five months old, were fodnd in their bed horribly gashed about tbeir heads and breasts, apparently by "an axe or hatchet, by some unknown fiends. Mrs. Win ston and her daughter died soon after being dis covered, from the effects of their wounds, and Mr. Winston's life is despaired of, his injuries beinj of a dreadful character, rendering recove ry almost impossible. Two negroes, man and wife, the property of Mr. Winston, have been arrested and eoinniitteu to prison on suspicion of beiiig the perpetrators of the diabolical outrage; WASHINGTON RUMORS. Washington, July 20. The Telegraph, of this city, states that Judge Chambers, of Md., de clines the appointment of Secretary of the Na vy, and that it will probably be offered to the if on. John. P. Kennedy. It also says that Abbott Lawrence has posi tively resigned the mission to England, and will return so soon as his successor is named, Judge Conklin, of New York, has been ap pointed Minister to Mexico, vice Hon. Robert P. Letcher. "Fuss and Feathers." A couple of "colored gemmen were overheard discussing politics, in Broadway this morning. One says to the oth er, "What makes 'em call General Scott Ole Fuss and Feathers V "Why, Lor, Sam, don't you know? If s case he's fuss in war, fuss in peace, and fuss in de hearts ob de country peo ple Y. Mirror. DIED, At Rose jejjjtk)ttage, Madison Co Va . of apnpiexyon toe itn xnsi. tioec iMtnKtvx-isqtyi theT0thT-ekr pf his tup4&Mta&attT. relutrcfcs and friends tnUrn Aeii'iirenaeahW loesft Mr. B. was the only la-other of tiki HoxC-LyBB Banks, Dec'd, j Standard and Star please copy, i Southern Female Institute?. FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA. THE next Session of this institution will open on i the 1st Monday in October, and close on the last day of July, 1853. ! "Ehcrc are two classes, the Junior- and Senior. Thei mode of instruction ia bj daily lectures, and text books accompanied by rijgid daily examina tions, Is The Young Ladies are 'required to be present only during the lecture hours if the Class to which they may belong. Their recitations are prepared at their homes. An hour and; a half a day is devo ted by each Professor to each class. Quarterly reports, giving the average ofi claas; and conduct marks, will be sent to parents or guardians..)- , The trustees of the Institute have prevailed- on many of the most, respectable jirivate families -in the town to receive young; ladies as boarders ; thus enabling parents to subject 'their daughters to whatever social and religious JnJUiencesjthjjjnay preferj and" at the samc.tinie to avoicTthe evils nec essarily attendant upon large Boarding Establish ments. FACULTY, Professor of Moral and Mental Philosophy and History. ; D. Lee Powell, Professor of Mathematics. Guillaume R. De Rinzie, Professor of Languages Latin, French, Italian and Spanish. Robert J. Morrison, Professor of Natural Philos ophy and Chemistry. Until an appointment is made to the vacant Chair, the duties thereof will he discharged by the other Professors; TERMS; Board for 10 mos. (exclusive of washing) $15Q 00 Professor's fees, for entire Academic course per session 10 mos., half payable 1st Oc tober, the remainder 1st March, 70 00 No deductions made except in cases of protracted illness. : MUSIC. This valuable branch; is taught at Instructors own charges Messrs. Nax, Kehr and Adams, In structors. For further information, address Dr. BEVERLY R. WELLFORD, President ioi Board of Trustees, Frederickburg, Va. July '22, 1852. ! (til Oct. 1st)5 Gl EblCALDEPARTMENt7F IIAMPDEX SIDNEY COLLEGE, RICHMOND VA The fifteenth annual course of Lectures in this Institu tion will commence on Monday, the 11th of October, and continue until the ensuing March. U. L. Bohannan, M. D., Professor of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children. L W. Chamberlayne, M. D., Professor of Materia Medica and Therapeutics. S. Maupin, M. D., Professor of Chemistry and Pharmacy. ! Chas Bell Gibson M. D., Professor of Surgery and Surgical Anatomy. ! , Carter P. Johnson, M. D., Professor of Anatomy and Physiology. David II. Tucker. M. D., Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine. A . E. Tcticolas, M. D., Demonstrator of Anatomy. The study of Practical; anatomy may be prosecu ted with the most ample facilities-, and at inconsid erable espcuse. Clinical Lectures arc regularly given at the Col lege Infirmary, and Richmond Alms House. The Infirmary under the same roof with the Col lege, and subject to the entire control of the Facul ty, 13 at all times well filled with Medical and Sur fpea! cases, and furnishes peculiar facilities for clini cal instruction". Many Surgical Operations are per formed in presence of the class : and the students being freely admitted to the Wards, enjoy, under the guidance of the Professors, unusual opportuni ties for becoming familiar with the symptoms, dia gnosis and treatment of disease. EXPENSES Matriculation fee, $5, Professors fees (aggregate) $105 ; Demonstrator's fee, 10; (graduation, fee $25. -; " The price of board, including fuel, lights and ser vants' attendance, is usually $3 to 3 50 per week. The Catalogue, &c. containing fuller information concerning the Institution, will be forwarded to those applying for it, or specific enquiries will be answered bv letter, S. MAUPIN, M. D. 1 Dean of the Faculty. July 22, 1852. i 61 Valuable Propertythe Reed Gold Mine for Sale. BY virtue of a Deed in Trust, executed by A. Hartsell and Timothy Reed, for pur-jBjjji poses therein specified, 1 will sell at public Auction on the premises, on Tuesday, the 12th day of Oc-1 tober next, that very valuable Tract of Land known ' as the REED GOLD MINE, lying in Cabarrus county, N. C, on the waters of Meadow Creek, a bout 14 miles South-east of Concord. This Mine was one of the first discovered in the United States and has never ceased to yield the greatest abun dance of vein ores turning put from 50 cents to $100 per bushel ; whilst large quantities of deposite gold nave alwa3's been found on the surface and along the water course. The tract contains 745 acres, with veins of Gold and other ores passing through all parts of it. No doubt exists as to the richness of the ores : and the immense value of the mine ; and nothing but capital is. needed to make it the best property in the country. Capitalists are earnestly? requested to examine it. The title is undoubted ; and the sale Will certain ly take place. Terms 12 months' credit with inter est ; Messrs. Hartsell and Reed will show the "Nline to persons wishing to purchase. For further particu lars, enquire of Rufas Rarringer. Esq., at Concord. j THOMAS J. SH1NN, Trustee. Concord! July 23, 1852. 61 tf Piney Point Line to Baltimore. 1WICE WEEKLY UJSXWjSISS IMS-, tersburg and Baltimore Fare only. The public are hereby informed that the comfortable and commodious low pressure Steamer MARYLAND,; Captain Charles . Mitch ell, having been entirely refitted, enlarged, and im proved in every respc&t with Staterooms for those who prefer being retired, is now on the route be between Petersburg and Baltimore. Passengers by this agreeable and economical line, will leave Petersburg by the morning train, on Mondays and Wednesdays, at 4.V A.'; M. and reach Baltimore on I the following mornings in time to,proceed with the early trains ot those uays to l'huaaelpuia, or by the splendid new Steamer General McDonald, via French Town and Newcastle, at the rate of $2 50 from Baltimore to Philadelphia for first class pas sengers, and $1 50 for second class passengers, making the whole "fare from Petersburg to Philadel phia only $7 50 for first class and $6 50 for sec ond class passengers, if meals on board of the Ma- iryland for the 2nd class passengers inclusive.) Re- turmng.passengers will leave Baltimore on tne after noons of Tuesday and Thursday, at 4 P. M., and connect at the Creek on; Wednesday and Friday suc ceeding with the train which arrives in Petersburg at 6 P. M., of the same days. Fare in either direction, $5, (state rooms and meals or cabin passengers, extra,) except in the ease of Ladies , and families, who will have the privilege of state rooms free of charge. Forward cabin passengers, (including meals and lodging on board,) $4 50. 1 i - For further particulars or through Tickets ap ply at the office of the, Richmond and Petersburg R. R. Co., in Petersburg. :;; THOS. D0DAMUAB, Sup't July 17, 185?. j , W Prof. Morgan's emal SerrxinJiry. fHSthywiaieBtim the 1st nS J5epta- . Classes &&HMi. mf $60 foe. 5 SKcrtte. ' . The exaajlwaion developed to, aTfffy Mgt degre the advantages of iKn plan, wfriVpgi y.jT.. tff ;; long practiced in tne training of- jrnta.; It wa manifest to every observer, tha-Vtb ' yonnsi Ladied of the graduating Clasr were vof a high order fit ' - ' " mind, well instructed. - Their polish of manner and evident thorough ness in the several studies, their command of - -language and freedom in composition, and their skill and taste in the ornamental branches, could noi but be the result of a weU, devised System, rigidly par sued and sucessfully applied. REy. A BAKER,, ) RE D. A. PENICt, l Examiners. BEY. F. T. PENICK, J Salisbury, July 19th, 1852. 60 5t The Husketh Heirs, ABOUT thirty-five years ago, Nathaniel Hak eth, (a one armed man) removed from the county of Granville, North Carolina, to the coast of Logan, Kentucky,' where he died, leaving only one child, whoso name was Isham Huslceth.v lsham " ' t afterwards became a Lunatic, and died in the Aav- lum at Lexington, Kentucky, leaving an estate of abont $5000, which-passed from thesJuB of hut ' Committer into the hands vf hi Administrator. Isham left no heirs nearer than first cousin. At.-!-' the instance of some of said heirs in North Carol!-' na anil Tennessee, as an attorney, I instituted suit j and obtained a decree in the Circuit Court for Simpson county, to distribute the estate. Some of the heirs have received their portions. . The fol lowing persons, who are proven to be heirs, have not applied for their portions, viz: Lewis H. Kittle, Isham M. Kittle, Prudence H. Kittle, Nan cy Carroll, William Husketh, Jesse Husketh, and Thomas Iluskcth. Now, unless the above named persons shall apply for their respective portions, on or before the first of September next, their por tions will be decreed to the other heirs who have applied for and received their portions. Any of the above persons applying for their por tions, must identify themselves as the, same per sons named in the decree ; and to enable them t do so in a legal manner, either myself, or P. H. 4; Boisseau, Clerk iof the Simpson Circuit Court,'' ' , ? (Kentucky,) will, give the necessary information upon application. Mr. - BoiBseau has actST'aJI agent for the others who have drawn their portions, feSM and indeed in procuring the decree. I take this method to notify the heirs with the1 assent of the Judge of the Court, having been successful in finding out a portion of the heirs in Tennessee, by similar publications in the Nash-' vilie papers. J. C. WILKINS. Bowtisa Green, Warren County, Kentucky.'- , June 80th, 1852. Pr. Adv. $7. 53 6w. - A PROCLAMATION By his Excellency, David S. Reid, Governor of the Stale of North Carolina. Whereas, three-fifths of the whole number of members of each House of the General Assembly did at the last session pass the following Act: . . AN ACT to amend the Constitution of North , Carolina, 1 Whereas, The freehold qualification now requir ed for the electors for members of the Senate con flicts with the fundamental principles , of liberty : Therefore, - Sec. 2. Be it enactid by the General Atstmbly the State of North Carolina, and it it hereby enaetii - ' by the authority of the same, three-fifths of the whole number of members of eaoh House concurring, that the second clause of third section of the first Artiol of the amended Constitution, ratified by the people of North Carolina on the seoand Monday of Novem ber, A D., 1835, be amended by striking oufc th.'v words "possessed of a freehold within the same district of "fifty acres of land for six months next before and at the. day of election,! so that the said clause of said section shall read is f&ows i !4J1 free white men of the age of twenty-one years (ex- -cept as is hereinafter declared) who have been in- . habitants of any one district within the State twelve months immediately preceding the dayof any elec tion and shall have paid public taxes, shall be en titled to vote for a member of the Senate. . Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the Governor " of the State be, and he is hereby directed, to issue his Proclamation to the people of North Carolina, ; at least six months" before the next election fpr mem bers of the General Assembly, setting forth the pur port of this Act and the amendment to the Consti tution herein proposed, which Proclamation shall t be accompanied by a true and perfect eppy of th- '-i Act, authenticated by the certificate of the Secreta-'l ry of State; and both the Proclamation and the copy of this Act the Governor of the State shall ' cause to be published in all the newspapers of this State, and posted in the Court Houses of the respec tive Counties in this State, at least six months be- ' v fore the election of members to the next General -Assembly. ... . - Read three times and agreed to by three-fifths of the whole number of members of each House re spectively, and ratified in General Assembly, this the 24th day of January, 1851. - . J. C. DOBBIN, S. H. C. W. N. EDWARDS, S. 6. State of North Carolina, , V Office of Secretary of State". '- 1, William Hill, Secretary of State, in and for the State ef Ntfrth Carolina, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and perfect copy of an Act of the General Assembly of this State, drawn off from the original on file in this office. Given under my nana, tins giss aay or December, lool. WM. HILL, Sec'y of State. . And Whereas, the said Act provides for amend ing the Constitution of the State of North Carolina, so as to eonfer on every qualified voter for the House of Commons the right to vote also for the Senate : Now, therefore, to the end. that it may be made known that if the aforesaid amendment to the Con stitution shall be agreed to by the two-thirds of the whole representation in each Houbc of the next General Assembly, it will be then submitted to the people for ratification, I have issued this my Proc lamation in conformity with the provisions of the before recited Act. ? " ' , - , ,.'. r In testimony whereof, Patid S. Reid, Governor of the State of North Carolina, hath hereunto set his hand and caused the Great Seal of said State to be affixed. j. "v. Done r.t the City of Raleigh, on the thir- SEAL. )ty first day of December, in the year of viTYour Lord, one thousand eight hundred and fifty one, and in the 70th year of our Indepcn- deuce By the Governor, DAVID S. REID. Thomas Settle, Jr., Private Sec'y. Persons into whose hands this Proclamation may fall, will please see that a copy of it is - posted up n the (Coart Houses of their respective Counties. ' Jan., 9, 1852. wtlA 3 NOTICE. finHE candidates for Wake County will meet , g and address their fellow-eitizens at Simms , Saturday, do 17th. Franklin's; Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday,, Saturday, Monday, .. , Tuesday -Wednesday, .; Thursday, . - Friday, lo, 4o do do do ,19th. i , 20th.- : 2ist. 22d. Upchurch'B, TniPree'f Bsrny Jones', Banks', Busbees', . Dunnsville, Fores tville, RolesvQle, Hortons', ; Hoods', '"" t . do .3 24th. . do 26th. do do ; ' , do - do f do 27th.- 28th. .29th. 30th. 81st. , Wakefield, Saturday,' ; ; Opportunities will b offered at the various places above caned for persons to pay their taxes. WM. H. HIGH. Sheriff. ' Jane 15, 1852. '49 r -.". 5 - v -'' -....r.'jnti.i urnv i run V DAMMn
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