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" 'v- -n 1 K. P'S ,TUL LAKLX jUI&lWxui! i v-. ' V MO&TO i MOW N , "hvv-' i " axd "ins Mecklenburg iTeclaratSbio?pendence.: A- .t'S'"-;MJ : ALECTCRE - - -':-'- .p.. - . '.-'.; .j v t .' : Goxclvdep. '-"'ylip V -""Tr f.iAto 'V.v atiii;K(l-- thkt- there: 1 'was meeting on tho 1'Jflh and 20th, arid that a ' I-pnperlwas read,i it puts, an end H the claim of ' the dtcumentf Hhe. Oth ;t0 bo the declaration, ' l"f of lndftftenden'ce far its Qwu date disproves it. ' i -v ' The first :pap'erK any, would he, prepared in. r answer to tne icryjor io pem mcu -. - . .rienlare our- indeDe'ndence jr.itf wrfulti ; - made wbilo the people, we re. then and there as-. V ' eembled, and fyoukl beVead 4 to- theui, not con t Vc vcocted afterward bytthe ! County -Committee at ' l-JA one. of their , meetlnv anct bythem set forth lo: ' -1 k. rxnn1 at their homes Tit would sav some- V ; l.i ji i n-nrin!vii(!i.livabbui..-xnden6n- ; ? 'f dence, about refusing further allegranca to the British Crownr it would not set forth a; docu In Which the word in devendittce not ; ' ; r onco occur it would not be content with' a deli- ' rinnn Are recinrocaL'therefore. th 'King hav- ing pnt.tneuv out 01. iiis prwwuyn, utejuy. make, a; tow 'temporary iecuiuions joc 1. iill th ' Provincial Conzress should act. y selves, . . . inat JS ROC IUO 1KSUIUU UI 1 npoew -vi-w vvu- ' . trTmen ia that region.' They are not atraid to ' just exactly tthat they mean ; and 1 am apt to . - '',-. thuilt. they kuow-. as welh. what independence T ' t " weans as anytset of meai on- this broad contK - , i ' V nentJ i- But thie instrument of the 30th furnishes r othnp fividence that it.wa. hot meant a a.De- ' ftlamtion of Independence: -for ib is avowedly "r'V A. to be of force .but Jor time until, the Previa - ' -cial Congress should direct otherwise' fin regu- l-vtitif the iurianrudnce of the orovince." Thus . ' , Bhowing,first, that they must have -wished a ternporartf independence, inia ce meir aecia ' . .i tion t and, seoondlv. that the true intent of the ' document was vto regulate the jurisprudence Of e-A.'. t0 province f- tnereiy:!';l v. . ' Xr - ' But there is rino fat incidentaHy mentitfntd j .'itfthestorrohe 19th and 20tltof Slay; wliich .: whh" A- knowledge of the localities, becomes very 1 ' "vi'i strong confirmatory testimony. . You remombcr . limi oil lue uiljr ui uiueuug,. tun nuiiau ' ' with tho news of Lexington and Concord. Now, - J II anv .on WHi lase lue iruuuiu w vuru 10 -, '584th page of.tho 2d. volume of Mr. Lossing'a ; 1 - Interestine. useful and patriotic field book of the ''l'Beou4itm.;Iiailfind! there a letter. from Rich AA"'i Md Cagwell, One of the North Carolina delegates :"''y'v-t6the4:Contiiie.ntal;Cohgrew; an attentive ;x- "f.-aminationofj vhieh will show that: Governor " ; , Caswell,- on Sunday, th 1st of May. 1 lT7a, met 1 " i Al ". MasaaChusette, bringing the news of the battle i;(;of LeSirigtonl- ;W mayywell believa that the ' ;H"r -' bravo men of Nw-Englan(f lost no time in com- if : - mnnicating to the sister coloniss that war had ; . begun. 1 he battle near lioston occurred on the ; ; ' "T';SJ 19th of April: 1775; wo wifl - suppose that they t- ..sent off tidincs on tne zutn; ot Apm; you must ''."'tS' ipnr in tntriff that' thoBfi -wgY-o not the davs of ' - . railroads; steamboats, or public conveyances; so - . : vy0u will not bo sarpnsed to find that a horse 7 4 J' Dack traveller,- making all the speed he could, had occupied ten or eleven days in reaching Pe- ?"torsburg. His journey southward would next take him to Halifax, in Nfirth Carolina, for thith er led then the onlv mail route. . This would pc- J, . . : ; . . i cupy him, borsebaeis, probat.'iy six days, .which would brine him to the 7th of Mav. lie . had then to diverge westward from Halifax to Charlotte, a distance of some hundreds of miles, ' ' over a country jwith bad roads, and difficult of travel even now. it wouia taxe nun in uie then - S-w. " state of that eountry, about twelve days diligent A: - 4 Twlinir tet rtokp.h Churlntte. unit this vmilil hpintr 'y V,-. : him to the 9th-of May. He could not at any . ' Mfn -ihmit Anminal IniraFinir n n trt.it trkrv . . . 'w'v.. -V--..- 1 . " 1 , 1 1 A -i"';v-' ..'his iourneV from Haliiax to Charlotte to 23 a?'; : days, never; reaching it until the 30th of May; and yet the testimony shows that, he arrived on j i the day independence was declared, and that 1 ..his arrival quickened the declaration. It must .-.then have been made on the 20th; and this is to :,j'Kiay niind ad least conclusively proved by the fact j .', th'at the document ofa day . does, distinctly i: A'ji- refet in exOress terms to the slaughter of our Northern "brethren near Boston, on the 19th of ; April (a fact which roused the Carolinians al i moist to frensy,) while that of the 30t'h is perect 1 1 Iff tilent coiteerning Jjexingtont-y not a syllable in I ' it of this most exciting event. If the (esolves , of the 30th were the Mecklenburg declaration, ' and if the Carolinians were quickened in inak- ing it, by the hews of the murder of their breath- ren at the East, is it not most marvellous that ' not the slightest allusion should be made to the "Sblo od-stirring story? I might go further and 1 show the mistake arose of confounding the pro- Vceedings of the 30th with the true declaration pf the 20th; for I discovered among the Revolu tionary papers of an ancestor of my owp, the - document 6n .which the whole error has been "founded. It was the proclamation of the Royal Governor, dated after he fled, on board, one of the arjned vessels of thfe Crown, setting forth among other matters that he had seen published in one of the only two papers in the Colony, cer tain "resolves of a sc of pe6ple styling them selves a Committee fofc tho County, of Mecklen burg, most traitorously declaring the entire dissolution- of the laws, Government and Constitu tion of this Country, and setting up a system of rule and regulation repugnant to the laws and subversive' of llis Majesty's Government." This document,' from the description of it, applied xactly tojthe resolvesof the 30th ult., (setting tip a system, &aA which were printed, and again ' Te-printed' in Massachusetts, New York and South Carolina; but had no reference to the '..--abort declaration of the 20th, which set up no rules' or regulations whatever and n-as not printed. It was n9t printed, because every - ' irhere outofMcklenburg--even in North Caro- 1 Knar herself it was thought to be too strong to permit any hope of reconciliation, and it was i ; ; therefore deemed injudicious to mint it then. ; V The resolves were printed, because their chief ,:' Object wai to establish a temporary gotemmeni, .. and they were valuable as furnishing a model fl . to other counties in the State, which, in point f.-,':- of .fact, those counties very soon followed. After ' the national declaration the end was gained, . and there" was no need of printing it; beside v which,-the men of Mecklenburg were - too busy v fightiiig fqr what had been declared on. the 4th . of July, tol trouble thenisolves about printing; ; when they were Some 300 inilefrom any prin ting, press; It was no time to be discussing the f t point who first made a declaration of indepen- dence; there it was, made, and it was thoir bu . eihessjustj to maintain it by hkrd fighting; but y .they nevei forgot in Mecklenburg what they had f. done, and the, whole story ,.showipg the entire 1 popular belief of the country, is told in the 1; ; Homely but expressive answer of a grey-haired ..':'' old Scotchman, who was nresent a vonh t fi Charlotte on the 19th and 20th when tho dff lara. tion -was made, and fought through the.whble . war of the Revolution. When -asked if he knew anything of the affair, he answered: "Och,aye; , Tain Polk declared independence tang before any . body due." . I pray you, pardon me for having 'so long trespassed on your indulgent patience. I am ' . ': lecturing out of my proper place in. the .course, and have not had time to make my lecture shortf let me hasten to tho moral of my story Yearo my countrymen, gathered from all parts of our broad land. Probably lha blood of some brave oldier fronr each one of the glorious Old Thir - teen, that, -with Washington to ..lead, went jv; through fire to baptize a nation in their blood, ; and to name it Free, is represented here to-night! v There is circling here through our veins the - , ; Wood of New-England and New York; 0 Jersey and Pennsylvania, brave little Delaware, Mary land, Virginia, the Carolinas, and Georgia ; and the blood of men from all these once made a ;. . common pool on more than one hard fought field. -.Zy- No sound was then heard of sectional feeling) Massachusetts, and I for Tir- j fo Connecticut ;and I for ..Carolina. I irlmeVnud. I for Georgia. ' No, no, the cry vas we fight for tho freedom. of aU-vre want no freedom which does not cover artwe win have no freedom hut for art ana have it tor ot, with God's good help we will, or leave our bonijs tahleachon the fields of our country. Oh, )t is clorious, to sit down and turn over the pages of t iL'i- ,;mf;i i. t,nvt throW and , - ... I a luoae Biirruiz nuica. uuui --1 the eye waters, anl we rise to the full apprecia tion of'the dignityUha sublimity of that purest,, mostunsemsB rexuiuuuii, rvvuiucM ... -history.. - Ah 1; that is tho. process by which to bring out the true feeiingrr-mtcnsely American. Lookback;' look back, my countrymen : Oh, how1 our brave old fathers clung,together. Bos ton was in trouble' in i774. North Carolina ex pressed her resentme.nt, and at a cost of 800 sterling, sent to her a vessel loaded with provis iomi llie town from which it we fit had but 600 nhahitants; and' 'the whole colony but 150,000. Again Jhear them'after the acts of 'Parliament ProVinciat Congress : ' Resolved, that the in habitants of Massachusetts Province 1 have dis tinguished themselves in a manly support ot tne Rights of America in general, and that the cause in which thev now sutfer is the cause of every honest American who deserves the blessings whieh the constitution holds forth to him. That the .grievances tinder which the towu of Boston abors at present are tne enect 01 a ressfiimeui evelled at them, for having stood foremost in an Opposition to measure! which must eventually Jiave involved allf British America in a state of Object dependence and servitude."- These be noble words. . Again, hear these same men of Mteklenburg, (of whom I have said so much,) in one of their meetings ot ma: "ine cause 01 Boston is tha cause of ail; our destinies are m dissplubly ; connected with those of our Eastern jfellow-citiiena, and we must either submit to all the impositions, whicn an unpnncipieu rarna hient may impose, or support our brethren who are doemea to- sustain tue nrst siiocK or uai power which, if Successful there, will ultimate ly overwhelm nil in the couimou calamity." Thesawere brotherly tones, and think you the 33oston men ot that day did not appreciate tliemf Why Massacnusetta had her sons down in Caro lina, and the men understood and loved each other.- Let Josiah Quincy, the young patriot of iioston, tell the story, tor lie vras tn man wno could tell it. "lie was at the house of Cornelius Harnett, "the man who drew the resolution in the Provincial Congress, calling'on the Continental body for a Declaration of Independence: the man whom Quincy described to his countrymen as "the Sam!. 'Adams of N. Carolina." He says, "Robert Howe, Harnett, and I, made the. social triumvirate ot the evening. iney set tled then the plan of "continental correspon dence," and Qu'incv went home to tell his coun- I'trymen that North Carolina, and indeed all the South, would join Massachusetts 111 iier resis tance. The North and the South then felt as brethren ; and now. ye sons of the North ye men with the blood of the dead soldiers and heroes of New England, New York, Jersey, Pennsylvania, coursing through your veins ; ye sons of tho North, one and all, I stand here with the blood of the Southron in my veins and I hold out my' hand in love to; you and 1 say to you, our fathers were brethren, and fought sie by side, knd they conjforted each other in death, On tho battle-lield, and they loved each other ; what should we do Will ye refuse my offered hand 7 Oh, no I it cannot be, ye cry you are our brethren, for we are all children of one household. Aye, and so we be and so with God's blessing, would we ever be. And as children of one great household, wha,t should be our conduct? Mutual forbearance "and love, and a united resistance to all, come when th"y may and from where they may, who would sow discord between us. We are a large household -r there mu.st be some diversities of opinion ; let there, however, be none on this great determin ation, viz : that our diversities of opinion shall be so discussed, with entire respect tor the rights and consciences of each others and our mutual Ldetermination in all honor and honesty to sup port each others jest rights shall bs so fiuhlled, that there shall bo no discord that can lead to a rupture of family ties. Paramount to all other matters of interest with us just now, is, 1 apprehend, the determi nation to do as "our fathers' did, stand together through life, and if necessary, jn death, on the battle field. How near we may be to the need of all our strength, God only knows, but the dav is corning when we shall need it. May it find us, when .it comes, neither disunited nor unprepared tor its appro.-ioii. lue moral yt my Btory, then, is bristly this : that, sprung from fathers who all did well, and manfully acted their parts together, it becomes not us, thfcir sons, either to forget, their sufferings and achievements, or to spurn their example. May I not, with becoming modesty, say, in conclu sion, for the good old St.ite that has furnished my theme, that, as one of tho children' of the common houst-hold, while treated with respect and kindness, she is exceedingly good natured, ...u V.v0 " wrong ;s meant, sue can understand, too, a i c. 1.. ci.. : . - .1 childr ren of the family, especially the little and fj ...rii .a-..i the'voung ones, should (if it will afford their childishness any amusement,) call her "sleepy old Rip Van U inkle." Rip Van Winkle be it .r. . :. ..n. 1. . u tan iiiii.-. ; iup tan vtiiiaic uv j l , t 1 Dutch, and North Carolina has rather a fancy 1 r..w Tl.tr.1t 1.T.U..1 innantltr.il .. u i , lio t . l-.i i- . - I ed itself cowardly : but le-t me tell you, sleepy as you may think Rip to be, he tollows t?he fashion of his country, and generally sleeps, to use tho phrase of his 'people,. " with one eye open." Rip thinks he was wide awake on the 20th of May, 1775,- in Mecklenburg wide awake, when, on the morning of the 27th of February, 177G,; he fought the loyalists to the number of 1,500, and made a clear field of it, scattering them and crushing their principles throughout Carolina wide awake on the 12th April, 177G, when he told the Continental Con gress to shout out, without fear, Independence; wide awSke, when, after thc war, almost 011c of his first acts was to found an University ; wide awake when he took the lead and ordered the first geological survey of any State in this Union ; ani above all, wide awake when he saved the nioney he earned, and so always paid Eromptly every dollar he owed, from the time e was a freehian, aiuj never had occasion to give his prorijissory note, much; less deny his signature to it Afterward ; wide awake when ha resolved to use a little of his surplus money to how his respeci anil regard Tor a very worthy gentleman and. friend of his, one Mr. George Washington, amd so caused the best sculptor in the world to make a marble imago of his de parted friend, and had it set up, that the chil arh might ;know what was old Rip's idea of a man. Who would have thought, by the way, that the sleepy old fellow w.-.s so full of grati tude and good taste ! Really, ho does not seem to have been such a drowsy character, after all; and now; go where he is,' perhaps hoJl be ly ing down, -and perchanc,c you will think he is again asleep ; but let me tell you, he knows very well all that is going on in thc great family household, and how each child is getting on in the world ;.and he knows, top, something about the families that are of bo kin to him ; and just, whisper tq him that i you think there are thieves and enemies prowling around the old homestead, and he will tell you that he knows it, and you will see him on his feet in an instant ; and when he is wanted, there he will be.jifie in hand, with a man's heart and a man's strength to do all a man's duty; and nfhen ho has done it, he will, perhaps, quietly ' - he down again ; and whether he is too sleepy; or wnetner tip is too moatst, x cannot Bay but so it is, that after ha has done j all that a man should do, he will be very sure, unless obliged to speak, to say little or nothing about it. La dies and gentlemen, this is Rip.Van Winkle. I hope you like him. . Two hundred and ninety-one thousand near ly three . hundred thousand tons of railroad iron were imported into this country during the last year; and only eighteen thousand tons, during the same .time, were ; manufactured in Pennsylvania. ! : 2 . ; ADJOURNMENT OF THE LEGISLATURE V Ha? the action of the Legislature reflected the wishes of the people? or has its course been such as to secure their confidence and respect. Would that we could answer these questions in the affirmative; or that we could join in a public ! nlaudit of well done'- But we cannot-j-wo know that no. such piauuit goes loru ... know, that in many things,; tho action ot t ie T-ofislatur not reflected the wishes ot iu- - - ' . r 1.1. V r r.mlo nnr it rniirsa Kecurid their confidence - ... and respect. And we know, too, that the Dem ocratic party has been betrayed, divided, thwar ted by self-seeking aspiran s, and reckless dis organizes in its own ranks, whom it would be a gross scandal and injustice to the party long er to call Democrats. If the Democratic party be again betrayed by the same men, it will have only itself to blame. In matters of this kind, and upon occasions like the nresent. it has been our rule to come nut nlaitilv ami unmistakabl V in all CasS. When we have seen our party strength endan gered, our energies paralyzed, and our hard-won victories rendered fruitless by the action ot a few 'rule-or-ruin politicians, duty to ourselves, to our principles, and to our position, nave anw imnerativelv called unon us to cry aloud and spare not to throw our influence, however fee ble, into the scale of Democratic Organization and Democratic faith. We have never yet fail ed to be sustained in: Such a course, but had the reverse been the case, we had none other to pursue we have none other now. When the Legislature met, it was felt by al that untilarnitpilStfites Senator should he elec ted, little efficient progress would be made with other business. Then, if ever, it was necessary for the' Democratic nartv to act in concert. Willi parties so closely balanced, it was lolly to expect success without a perfect union of the party as on man. With but two majority, there was not a vote to spare: An immense majoritv of the party, in caucus, centred upon Hon. James C. Dobbin, a Democrat beyond suspicion, and a gentleman beyond reproach, whose election would have been hailed with pleasure by his own party and received with re BDect and confidence even bv his opponents. As the party candidate, he should have received the vote of every Democrat in both Houses. But he did nt. "Mr. Saunders scared up a few to vote for him, while he himself threw away his vote for Mr. Craig. Mr. James Shepard got a vote or two for himself the Whigs scat tering upon these gentlemen tor the purpose 01 disorganizing the regular Democratic party - Why did. Mr. Cotton, Mr. Watson, Mr. Byrd, Mr. Love, and " other Democratic friends ot Messrs. Saunders and Shepard, refuse to vote? for the regular choice of the party ? and why did Mr. Saunders refuse to do so ? Simply for the purpose of defeating the election of Mr. Tobbtn of thwarting the wishes of nineteen twentieths of the party, in the hope of receiv ing the support of the Whig party, or of even tually forcing the seventy-six Democrats, who steadily and consistently voted for the nominee, to. surrender to tlnj fivor six disorganize who were acting ajrainst him, and playing into the j hands of his party opponents. At last, away towanls. the close, alter the disorganization i.ayi been fully effted. and Mr. Saunders found that he could not get the Whigs to elect him, lw. came forward and backed out from a position which no good Democrat could have occupied for h single inomeiit. About the last act ol the drama, wis li is fleetion to the office of Jlld''e. ! by Whig votes. Verily he has his reward lroui the party to winch his services in the late ses sion have been rendered. To that party he should be left to look in future for promotion Atone time Mr. lKtbbiu would have been .upon the lace, Hack and sides ot his bully an elect.ed, had Mr. Watson voted for him, but he tagonist; with hss natural sledge hammers. Bob threw awavhis vote upon Mr. Shpitard, whose i stared up the strength and ire of the tullvstran- Cunfidential friend he is, aud to whom he would not have so pertinaciously adhered, had such course been contrary to Mr. Shepard's wishe. Tle result" has been that no Senator has been elected that the Legislature was a scene of squabbling almost from begiiniiii-r $0 end that nii'th of the indispensable business of' the ses- sum was hurried thro at the vervclot that . . , , - ,, 1 many important matters have been totally nee- leeted, that meritoriijiis Democratic ineum- bents have been sacrificed, as in the case of Mr. Eaton, Attorney General, who was turned out by a Democratic Legislature to mske room fiir Mr. Ransom, one of the bitterest electors on the Scott ticket ! Wilmington Joi.iuul, (loco.) NORTH CAROLINA UNREPRESENTED.: It was the duty oMh Legislature at its late session to have elected a U. S. Senator to suc ceed the Hon. Willie P. Mar.gu.ni whose term of office expires on the 3d of .March next. This the Legislature has left undone. As the Dem ocratic 1'arty was ostensibly in the niaiority, k ! may be supposed by some that if is responsible ' for the present state of affairs. The facts of thc ! case. clearly show however that the Democratic Parry proper is not so responsible. The inem hers of that Party in the Legislature met in j council and nominated for Senator that gallant : democrat anil most estimable man. lion. James ' (V Dobbin, and str,,v bv nil th ;., ,1.;, 1 ' oonui it, nniiic inn r.'ieciion. liutllie seipssion ! V , V ,"i l"r , u ,t U'e ! Hon, Loniuhis M. Saunders chief! v resmonsil, e. I ""' ""'"" j ,leIt:ad their I n thef r efforts. We 'mean not to (Ip sa inon 1 iwiv ov i.u ... i . . . , - uieir consmuenis lor tne course t iev hav scon proper to pursue. But we call upon the JIV1110- I cratic Party to mark I hem iceHewrv man of! , 1, ,, ... 1 . .,,.. 1 t 1 .......... ..w ,'-li,tl. . V Itl.llJ WHO has once been t dt'Cfivcd is unfortunate. But a man who has twice been deceived bv tho same faithless agent is little less than a drivelling id iot. rayeneviue L ureHnuin, Ioeo.J STRAN(JM 'LANGUAGE. Thc Concord, N. 11. Patriot, s.ivs d: . 1.. . 1 .1 ... 1 1 icra is uci,ei-iiiiiieu mat tne corruption , . . .,. , t O xeiice and imbecility of the nresent robr. olictll be reformed, and the officers bani.-hed from the r , , . 1 . . . - " t i . -.. i pnu.es thoy have disgraced. W e arc satisfied that this Kditor sneaks with- ; out authority from Gen. Pierce. There is neither . cense nortruthnor propriety in thecxtract;but it j has, for its size, a greater embodiment of radical ' rascality than any thing wo ever saw or heard 1 of among persons having the least claim to de- ! ceney. Wilmington Commercial. Spot on- the Sun. A writer in the Delewaro Republican calls attention to an unusually large spot on tne sun, which may bo seen through smoked or coloredglass. The writer adds: "By a rough measurement of the present spot I found its diameier to be about thirty-three thousand miles, consequently occupy ing an area on the sun's surface of "eight hundred millions of square miles, equal to four tiaies thc super- ficiat contents of our mighty earth. It serves to give some idea of tho stupendous bulk of our solar orb when such a vast deduction may be made from its luminous surface and yet any di- minution of emitted light be imperceptible. "We have. seen the idea somewhere suggested by astronomers, that these solar spots served to produce hot summers and mild winters; if true we may consider our present winter an ldlustra - tion. Crowmxo or Loeis Natoleox. M. Gaillar det, in the Courier des Etats Unis, gives curren cy to the report thaMhe Pone has decided to coma to Paris at the e'hd of May next, to crown . 1 I ;..:.... xv- i ' t their-majesties, the Emperor and Empress of the French, and that he will afterwards bestow tne same consecration upon the Empecbr of Au stria, at Vienna or Milan. 7 . We read that "somebody" in Indiana, after two years labor, has. perfected an instrument which enables him to see through the human body. Flesh viewed through this instrument is rendered sransparenfc s glass, and has a pink tinge, Mr. somebodynnist be near a relative of Baron Munchausen. Teetotallers will be glad to learn that an ex traordinary rise has taken place, in France, in the price of brandy.; This is partly owing to the falling off in this year's Vintage, and partly to the demand from Australia. : , DOG FIGHT IN FROGTGWN. v 7. The most remarkable d6 fijrht on record came off at rrogtown. oai the frontier of Maine, some years ago? , It engrossed the entire community in' one general indiscriminate fTintermina blo Jawsuits, or suits of lawsuits distraction of tho town, its downfall and ruin. . ,1 - A fanciful genius named Joe Tucker, a man about town a lounger, without visible means of support !a do-nothing, a lounging, cigar gmok- ing, good matured leiiow owucu-a -, intplliopnf. and rather-pretty beast, always at Joe's heels, and known as well as his master, and liked far more by the rogtowners.- yni day Joe and his dog were "passing Bunion's grocery store, when a great, piebald, ugiy-iooK-ing dog, standing alongside of a wood wagon, i....,ro.i r,n tvi .Inn Tufknr's doir knocked bun heels over head, and so frightened Bob Carter s wife, whol was passing towards her husband s blacksmith shop -with his dinner, that sho stum bled backwards, and her old sun-bonnet flop ping off, scared the horse attached to the wagon. He started, hit Latherem's barber pole, upset the loadlof woodjhalf of which falling-down Gumbo's refreshment cellar, struck one of Gum bo's children on the head, killed it for a time stone dead,' and so alarmed Mrs. Gumbo, that she dropped a stewpan of hot boiling oysters into the lap, instead of the dish, of a customer, who sat waking for the savory concoction, by a table in the corner. Mrs. Gumbo rushed for the child-i-the customer for the door. Mrs. Gum bo screamed, the child screamed, aud the cus tomer yelled. "Oh, oh! oh oh-oh-b, my poor child!" cried Mrs. Guiiibo. "Eh, eb-e-e-e-e !" screamed the child. : "Oh. murder! O. my everlasting sin, 1 m scalded to all eternity! Murd-der er-r!" roared the customer. The horse, the part of the wagon, and some of the wood were on their mad carter. The owner of the strange dog came out of the store just in time to se Job Tucker seize a rock to demolish the dog; and not waiting to see Joe let drive, gave hiiu such a pop on tho back, that poor Joe fell forty rods up tho street, and striking the foot of a long ladder, upon which Jim Edderby was perched, paint-jot in hand, some thirty feet from terra tirma, bwught ladderi Jim and pnint pot sprangling to the earth, crippling poor Jim fur life, irtnd sprinkling blue paint oopiously over the broadcloths, sattinetts and calicoes of Abraham Miller, a formal and even-tempered Ouaker. who ran out to the door, just as the two dogs had gone fairly at it, hip and thigh, nip and catch. A glance at matters seemou 10 L-onvinca Abraham of the true state of the case; and in an unusually elevated voice, Abraham calk'd out to Joe Tucker, who had lighted up "Joseph Tucker, the dogs are fighting." "LA 'em fight it out," yelled the pugnacious owner of the strange dog. "Let 'em fight it out; I'll; bet a load of wood, my dog can 'eat any dog in town, and 1 can cat the owner." ' We have said Abraham Miller was a mild man ; (Quakers are proverbially so. But the gauntlet thrown down by the stranger from the country stirrdd up thegall of Abraham, ami he rushed into the store from the back yard ; having slipped his collar, Abraham brought forth a brindld cur strong and all powerful. "Frieiid," slid the excited Quaker, "thy dog shall be ; well 'beaten, 1 promise thee! Hike, sicze upon him ! Turk, here boy!' and the dog went at it. Bob Carter, the smith, coming up, in time to hear the stranger's defiance to the town, and bent on a tight with somebody, for the insult and damage to his wife, damped the collar of the stranger ami by a series of ten-pounds-tcn ger to tiio top of his compass, and then made the sparks ttv dreadl'ullv Joe Tucker's dog. reinforced by that of Abra ham Miller, took a frct-h start find between the two the: strange dog was put to his trumps. Deacon Puiih. one of the most pious and sub- j stantul men in Frogtown, came up, and indeed 1 the whwle town was assembling, and Deacon , , . , , - , .7 . , , ! 1 urh armed with his heavy walking stick and ; shocked -at the spectacle before hiin, marched I up to ttie dogs, exclaiming as he did so, j valuable working force, even if it is made peacea- "Fie, i fie, tie. for shame ! disgraceful ! you j bly. Of that, there is no hopo, for Spain is men, citizens of 1-rugtowiL,-will vou stand by, , 1 . - .1 . 1 , - -' I proud and pertinacious in the retention of her and j ' "Don't thee, don't thee strike my dog. Deacon ; ol(i colonies. Cuba, particularly, the first set I'ugh !";eried Abraham .Miller, adancing to the j tlemcnt of the new world, though not the first deacon.,who was about to cut right and left a- i ,lis,.,.vered. has the strongest claims imon tUo mong tsK! dogs with his cane. "Your dogs!" shuuted the deacon, with evi ibnt fttrvor. "Not iii v dog?, Dea.-on Pugh :" echoed tho speaker, : " hat did you say so for, then," shouted j "I n'ev'.-r said do. Deacon Pugh." j "You did!" responded the deacon,- with ex- 1 ekement. saiVnTonSpf tl,Ce 5 Soundlessly, ' 'v f'.nr 7'.'i...v,...t,i ii.ral.am Miller "Tho inters a mendacious assertion '." reiter . , .,5., ' " - 'Yout von von tell a lie !"bwled the dca- "Thoe has provoked mv evil passion, Deacon i 1 urn . snoutPii tun stalwart Pugh !"'' shouted thc stalwart Ouaker, "and I j -m i . . 1 , '"T" ut:v. -Vn'1 nito the deacon s wool went tho Quaker, Thejloacon, nothing loth, entered into thc spir- 1 . ; it tt tu tlung, and we leave them thus nip find tuck.' to look to the stranger and Bob ar ter, who fit and fought, fought and tit, until Squire Catchem and the town constable came aJiVa" ,tC,roCK. IKI tK through the window of a neighboring watchma - j ker, doing a heap of damage, while lawyer 1 IIKIM . 1 n i' " 1 I' ' 11 U 1 I t tin..-, .. . ' . r . . ltir li. n mlo.il.n l.t- ltn f.... 1.1.. 1 :.l, I Tl int. t.t it.nii.'um t. lm7 itiiitiiic, o iVt; KUI I IU ' .i u.-. :i j t . i- , .. , i ui! sum i rios auo went reeling nown Vinmoo s i Juh r..;-ir.,i i,.:r i "ti.. a.:.i t i mi ii ir,imuj t K'luy i l 1111 ll iniUft il"' ; fPl,,w churchmen of Do.Wn Pno-h t,A ;!.. a- gainst the. Quaker antagonist, and tho shop boys t'l .iMutii.titi, .-'.r-iiiir, lilt i t-llipioiri Ult.l, ITaiili: , iv uiu nsciio, nnc two irisnmpn, mil ot tuii and frolic, believing it to be a 'free fight,' tried their hands and sticks upon the combatants in- discriminate-, so that in-less than an hour the flSilSilTtnnl Frot1own,7:as f1 from its propriety by one grand, sublimely ridi- culous ahd terrific battle. Heads and windows i . 7-i r ii c r .. were shiashod children and mien screamed j dogs barked dust flew and so furious, mad ! and excited became the whol" community, that ' a quiet looker on. if there rad been any.'would j have sworn the evil ones were all in Frogtown. i A heaw thunder storm finally put an end to ! the row,, the dogs were all more or less killed, j a child severely wounded, a man scalded, a j wagon broken, the horse ran himself to death, j his owner was beaten awfully by Rob Carter,' ! whoso w.fc and the wives of m'any others were ; dangerously scared, thc painter was crippled, j dry goods ruined, a, Quaker and a Deacon, two j Irishmen. Joe Tucker, town Constable, Lawyer Hooker, Squire Catchem and some fifty others : shamefully whipped. Law suits ensued feuds ; followed, and the enti j " ..... .....v, X lltjlUtU j o: Frogtown annihilated all by a remarkable Kt O '1 fO Cinfl (Tf.J-l.l dog ngnt. Eclipses for 1853. There will be two eclip4 ees of the sun and one of the moon during the vear 1853. The first ee.lirvso of tho mn n-ill ftiV. place on the 6th of June, and will bo visiblo in California, the southern portion of the United states, ana in nearly the wholexrt South Ameri ca. The second will be total, and will take place oh the 30th of .November. It will be vis ible in California, Mexico, Central America, and nearly the whole of South America. Both of these eclipses will be invisible in Washington, A partial eclipse vof tho paoon will take place on the 21s$ of June, begining at Oh. 28m. A. M., and ending at 2h. 5m. Digits eclipsed 2J on the northern limb. Lola S Montez has turned up again, down south, where, it is said, she has just been slap ping a theatrical manager's face. It is now re ported jtha she is about to "marry again; and that tb4 happy man is a former member of Congress from a Southern State. '' RALEGH REGISTER I Jill LI "Ours' are the plans of fair, Udigldf ut peace ; Unwarped by party rae, to live like brothers." ; RALEIGH, N; C. WEDNESDAY MORNING, JAN. 5, 1853. ' SUPREME COURT. 1 Since our last notice, the following; gentle men have been admitted to County Court prac tree, viz : Wm. P. Solomons, Franklin co., f Julius L. Gorrcll, Greensboro'. John Manning, Jr., Pittsboro'; TI108. M. Garrett, Bertie. W. II. Jenkiiis, Oxford. And tho following have been admitted to Su perior Court practice, viz : D. M. Carter, Washington, N. C, Jno. 0. Badham, Edenton, E. C. Jordan, Person co., Wm. II. Johnston, Tarboro', Wm. II. Bailey, Hilkboro', A. S. Merrimon, Asheville, L. M. Scott, Greensboro', Willis L. Miller, Raleigh, R. F. Armfield, Greensboro', Jas. C. Davis, Robeson co . - Wm. T. Marsh, Greenvillo, Geo. Y. Strong, Goldsboro', Alfred M. Erwin, McDowell, W. S. Devane, New Hanover co., W. J. Houston, -Kenansville, R. W. Wilson, Alamance, William S. Mason, Raleigh, t Joseph Baker, Fayetteville. WILMINGTON. There are few persons, even in this State, who are aware of the value and variety of our ex ports. - We do nut know what may be their character from other ports, but the exhibitfrom Wilmington, as compiled by the editor of the " Herald," shows a result, if not equal in value, at least equal in variety, to any in the Union. The total value of exports from that port, for the year ending Dec. 1, 185$, is $4,540,009 57 Of which (excluding caluey is: Lumber, feet, - - . - - 32,33G,99 Timber, do .3,409,010 Spirits Turpentine, bbls. - 5 - - 03,071 Turpentine, ----- 33,590 Puncheons, 221 Rgsin, - - - - - - 339,200 Tar, 19,059 Pitch, - - ' - - - - 9,800 Peanuts, bushels, Cotton, bales. 93,225 12,998 Cotton Goods, bales, manufactured, r'h, 4,13Gi Rice, casks, - Rice Rough, bushels, ' 2,300 100,000 Wheat, Flour, Flaxseed, dried Fruit, Copper, Copper Ore, Iron, Iron Ore, fcc, were also ship pod in very large quantities. Itisa matter of gratulation that Southern j men, without distinction ot party, have come forward in the Senate of the United Statos and put their hands against Filibusterism. In fact, the question of Cuban annexation is one with which we, as Southern men, should, deal with thc utniot dclicacv and caution We have lit ,, . , , r. .. ,. . tie to gain, by anr addition of territorv, which .. . J - w'" "yitajly absorb, or drain oil, our most ! pride and affection of thc mother country. - - Spain does not forget that, however ungrateful sho mav have been to Columbus, in his life time, yet, in the bosom of the Queen of the Antilles, i ; hu ho will not willingly part1! with tho domain that reminds her of bygone i glory, or relinquish the spot in which are em- i balmed thc remains'of the donor of a continent ' Tho youn ra?h,vngagl.d jn the Ix). pcz expedition, seem to have thought, tha'uthore I was a distinction .between private iinmoraiuv and public crime ; that, while thoy yvould fear the commission and exposure of ofiinces in their individual relations with. society, they could cn. gage in enterprises upon a large scale, not the less repugnant to morality, with the belief that thc magnitude ot the offence secured them f rom censure or the implication of guilt. Such, n doubt, was and is the feeling of many who en- tertain the project of the acquisition of Cuba. V lser heads have come t the rescue, aud we I Wo the day is far distant when, at tho risk j of foreign war, and domestic convulsion, a j Country even so beautiful as the Island .. X . .1 L . . 1 1 1. 1 iciireseiueu to ue, snau De aaucu to our con&tei- i 1 t . i Jat ion. Jr or her perlcct independence she has n . - . I our heartiest wishes. If imW nd..it her vol. " 1 v. ! nntarvnrfinnal for nArntJ..n K i;.r.. j ed to witl, rc.8pectful consideration. But we i aunoinie lui'.i oi uiiusuug noertv aown tne ..I.- .c .1.. .: im. . j i " throats of men unwilling to receive the boon, I and who cannot appreciate the blessing. I At the same time, foreign influence must be I checked and no transfer of Cuba must be al- . ..uo. "c lowed. Tho sea, to the mouth of the Missis- sippi, the highway ot the west, must be kent open, at the alternative of wan No foreign I uelloerallve noaies ever oeentnown in tree gov power must interpose to affect our relations-with I ernmenu ? Uyw are fl-aud and corruption to the gulf of Mexico. It is our own sea, washing j be cxPosed' lf- the number is once in his our coast for fifteen hundred miles, and tho re- j 8eat' the bod-v cannot inve8tiSat the. facts ? centacloiof tho trade of half the Amorican IIow ar0 riSht and truth evor to triumph, if tinent. Bttt Cuba must be left- to work out her own destiny, and, if she wills to bo free, God speed her! L The Union rather gives coun tenance to the rumor that Senator Suule "entertains the design .ot proposing to intrust ll),UUU,O0q to tho incoming administration, for tho purpose of enabling it to meet any extraordinary exigencies that might arise in the foreign relations of the country." It says that it "docs not wish to dis credit the rtport," and argues that Vthe measure is not without precedent, and that it ia impossi ble to foresee what momentous national exigen cy may arise within the next twelve month, so unsettled and threatening is the' aspoctjof the political world.'.' The Union, also, speaking of Mr. Calhoun's reported declaration that "Quba was forbidden fruit," remarks that it has rea son to know that the declaration attributed to Mr. Calhoun does not express the conclusions of his judgment; that his views of the policy of tho acquisition of Cuba were not at air In ac-t cordance with those promulgated by President Fillmore ; and that it would not be surprised, if Mr. Calhoun's opinions on the subject were aui thoritatively developed during the debate now progressing in the Senate. ' : ; REVIEW OFTnE LATE SESSION. : ' 1 . - - t ' i Never, in any irganijed'IiCgisLiture, la any, government pretending to tho forms of, -liberty and law, did any party "ever exhibit such otter contempt for Constitutional right8,"ind such ut ter disregard of th popular' will,, as did the locofoco party in the late General Assembly of this State. And never ;-was the chalice so eP factually commended to the Hps of those who had mixed its ingredients for the ruin of others. The Whigs -havo cause to congratulate them selves, that for this trampling upon Constitu tional law this useless expenditure of public money Jhis mocking the wishes and desires of the people--no responsibility rests on them. Being in a minority, they were powerless for good ; but by their firmness and unflinching re sistance, they have prevented much of evil, that would otherwise have been done. The locofocos were in a majority of 4 on joint ballot, (for Dr. Mills has almost uniformly voted with them, except in tho election of a Speaker.) The locofoco party were in a clear majority of six in the Senate and so thoroughly drilled were they, that on all questions, like Automata, thoy obeyed the. directions of their leaders, with the regularity' of soldiers,' ander the word of command. " They commenced their reigu of tyranny in that body, with one of the most un" patalielled outrages, known in parliamentary his tory, As nominally classified,.parties were tied on joint vote when the Legislature met. The election of a locofoco to the United States Sen ate was a darling object with the. party ; and, right or wrong, they resolved to accomplish it at all hazards. Messrs. Barnard and Shaw both appeared at the bar of the Senate, claiming the seat from Camden and Currituck.. Neither had the certificate required by-law whilst one had the certificate of the sheriff of one County, and the-other the certificate of a man styling himself "Returning Officer of Currituck county." Instead of sending the whole matter to tire com mittee on elections, to be investigated, the loco foco majority resolved to go beyond the record, for evidence to bols.tor up the cause of Mr. Shaw, and pretended to rely upon unofficial and ex jwle statements in regard to the number ef votes polled ; and by figuring, to chraw the con clusion that Shaw was duly elected. Mr. Jones of Perquimans then took tho ground, that if tho Senate, would go out of the record, to ascertain who had the prima facie title, .that he had ex parte evidence also, (which he read) showing concluaively that Barnard had received a ma jority of the votes. This latter evidence was disregarded, and Mr. Shaw was ordered to be sworn in. ' This was bad enough in all conscience. To admit a man to a seat in tho Senate in utter disregard of the law, that had expressly declar ed, that from it district composed of more Coun ties than one, the certificates of all the sheriffs should be necessary, would seem like stretching iConscicncc to its utmost tension, Heaven knows ! For in Shaw's case he did not have the certifi cate of the sheriff of his own County even but the certificate of a man stvline himself "Return ing Officer"' of Currituck County a designation not known tjo the law and that not under seal, as the law expressly requires that it should be We say, this was bad enough but in a very liberal exercise of charity, something might be panlonrd to the infirmity of human passion to the greatinxiety for party triumph and to the want. of time to investigate. But this was noth ing, compared to the outrage whic followed. Mr. Gilmer introduced a resolution directing the committee on elections-to enquire into all the facts, and report them to the Senate for their information and future action that the Senate might know, and the world might "see, who real- i !-v wa8 elected by a majority of the voters of Camden and Currituck. And this proposition 1 way' &ftcr debate, deliberately voted down by a slrict I,:irtJ vo:? a3 the Journal will show. We insist on it,' that there is no precedent in the parliamentary records of any constitutional government iu the world, to compare with this cn,"nlitJ'- That many, that most of those who thus voted to stifle investigation, should -have d"pe so' tloe,, not ailrPrise us. Men who never I unnK' are noc 10 De s"PPOsu to understand the i responsibilities of public duty. Men who i ncver read' arc not t0 be "PPd to under- stand. the requirements of constitutional oaths. ; ul ""ltro werc f'omc mcn ln tne Senate, be- j. s'nS 10 lhe h'Co.oco party, ol education, of I intelllince and of gentlemanly association. It ' bolon5s n-jt to us to impugn their motives but J !'ow th' can s,ecP soundly at nights, after the "ath.theJ took support i the Constitution, fob I 1 '" ",c" rcoraeu votes on this ques- tbn, is indeed a myster, t0 9. By the Consti , t'on, caen House 13 made uie judge of the el ru- ec- tions anil oiialitifttinn rtf ifa ........ . 1 s 1 1 1' v.i uti o. This 1I1UI1..I 111 ' I.LiA 1 Lit rttfrv ll I ....in. n.A r 0 J Mum un-m I lu.1- At north Linnfl f 1A v.. K 4- - .. , . 1 v"" "- person I privilege, to have tho facts of every case, in which the question is raised, as to the right of every niift of hi ft-tllnw iintmKpra in lirtl.l 1, seat, fully investigated. This-has ever been OD n i. , x. - t ho case in 1 lcgi.laUse bodies, known to the hlstorJ of constitutional gdvernment. The : right t0 hava th election and qualifications of ! eiube investigated,, is a matter of privilege, u . , , ..,,! w-.. - V"' so-whJ has a standing comrnittee; on ! v s y- JO c id an I J.1!1 , t 1 c re p0wfcr w.iU not allow the facts to arPear ? I at. Protpct;n have minorities,' if facUous I majoruics are tnus auowed to tie their hands ; and how are. oppressed minorities ever to obtain J rodress. if the means of proof are thus to be sup-" I Prosscd ? T outrage perpetrated by the 1 m congress, in tne celebrated New Jersey case, did not approach the enormity practiced by our locofoco Senate'. In thi New j Us the pleasant custom of interchanging friend-' Jersey case, although those having tho lawful jy greetings, and burying old animates, vhM certificates wcre-not allowed to take their seats, ' exists in the cityiof the Knickerbockers. In yet the contestante wore also set aside and al- j 8tcad of that pleasure, indeed, householders are though tho latter were ultimately voted in, yet ! 0n the run for new!houses and new servants; and it was done under Reforms of law, after refer- ence to tho , Committee on Elections, and thorough investigation and report the facts. But this tardy course would not answer tho ' ! rip-lit MieadilvJ Thf -Diatrlnl-a Vii-it-b P..r, i r i j 1 vuiiit.o- sional and Senatorial, had to be gerrymandered, and that without fail. And although, by the firmness of the Whigs, the locos were foiled in both these purposes and although their con duct has afforded us the best kind of material for party issues hereafter, yet, for the honor andrrcdit of the State, we could wish that no record of it was in existence. But there it is it Will go down to posterity as a foul blot on our name: It is for !the people, who have thus purpose oi our iocoioco senate. A locofoco more scrutinizing and exacting than tlieir eiu Scnator in Congress had to be elected, and that ; nior, nd often nut the white man to the ouijr ,wrwigeu, u correct this evil. Th precedent is we of , most, dangerous esiim l' It is for the freemen of Camden and CurroP 1" MBAI, : .Aril ....... . L ' . . . to say whether they wilL like whipt CUrR . 1 ..... .v- n, vMaSj Vn fcueir rigins, and ki rod that has scourged them or l . m Will, like freemen; avenge their wrongs. say the indomitable Whigs of ,t!01d Trap " of "Indian Ridge?"- Will you agree that Tt voices shall bei stiflcd--will "you submit tot' deprived of tbej privilege of electing youro' representauve ana allow, a -locofoco fact in the Legislature to elect one for you ? jj you allow your dearest rights and privilege, to be sacrificed on the altar of partv ? This ia question that oouc8rns not only the voters of Camden and Currituck, but of the whole Stau It is a question of liberty on the one band, nj oppression on tlie other. Your time will comt next. If the precedent now set is to go u0ri. buked, then the freedom of tho ballot-box in' North Carolina is at an end. Whenever a fac tious majority wish to increase their strennh for the purpose, of carrying out some nefarFouj party end, the 'only question will be whi county's representative shall be selected aa victim to appease the Moloch of party ? in name, hcii, of their violated rights, we upon "the freemen of the State to "nurse thir wrath " against the day of election, as it cornu round again. Teach these hard-hearted sans, who treat the honest peoplo of the Statu as if they were so many swiue, that they hU not huckster off the rights of freemen, in tbt party market. If this inroad upon their f. dom is quielly submitted to by the p&ple of the State then all the forms of electing their own representatives jnay as'well be abolished and the locofoco . Raleigh clique, presided orer by the editor of the Standard, be invested wita dictatorial powers. " We have got through only the first chapter in our review of the late session. We ihall " tttv nufjbt., ouiu ituicaiwf. VJI on thing the editor of-tho "Standard" m'&y rsi assured: we are' not yet done, with the revolu tionary and disorganising attempt of the loco foco leaders, to overthrow the State govern ment, and subject us to all the horrors of anarehy, rather than not fasten their detestable gerrymander upon usi u. s. senators" W perceive that several papers in this Sute are contending that, fes the Legislature has fail ed to elect a United States Senator, the Govern or has the right; tinder the circumetancei, to appoint. This is, undoubtedly, a mietake. The "Baltimore American" thus puts the case : "As-the Governors of ths 'States have only authority to fill vacancies that "happen" durini the recess of the Legislature, it has beenjccideS by the Senate, that the'Oovernors have Wtwwer to fill a natural vacancy, that is one thAi occun by tne expiration 'ot the term tor wh.ch the Senator was elected. This vacancy, it is thai decided, does not "happen" that "is eccur by chance, as by dath or resignation but it ii certainty of which the Legislature has bea fully admonished so if it fail to electa Seuator. to supply the vacancy, the Governor has no power to do so, and the seat must therefore remain va cant till the Legislature meets and fills it by aa election." The U. S. Senate, then, has decided, -by the authority Vhich the Constitution gives them to judge of the right to seats in its body, that the Governors of the States have no authority to fill natural vacancies that is those which occur by the expiration of the regularterm for which Senators were chosen. The decision was male, it seems, twenty-five years ago, and has always been acted upon since. It will probably come up again, however, for revision and decision at the extra session after the 4th of; March n xt, at we s? that Governor Foots, of Mississippi, has made an appointment for the vacancy which oc curs on the 4ih of March next, in the Senato rial representation from that State, by the expi ration of the regular term for wtiieh Go. Foote himself was elected. Mr. Brooke was selected to fill this vacancy till the 4th of March next! and now Gov. Foote has undertaken to mskan appointment to succeed Mr. Brooke. Of coum, unless the Senatje reverse their previous decis ion, and thus unsettle the whole question a to the respective right and authority of the Gof?r nors and Legislatures of the Statos, in regard to filling vacancies in the Senate, the appointment made by Gov. Foote will be decided to bo againei law, and made "without authority. The. "National Intelltgancer," hifcb authority in this as in all other matters, remarks of the cases occurring both . in North Carolina and Mississippi : "The Governor has ho power over the appoint ment, aa he can only fill a vacancy incidir tally occurring. A case directly in point was settled twenty-seven, years ago, by the Senate itself, when, disregarding several precedents, (being cages in which no objection had besn raised,) it refused to recognise the commission, commen cing with a regular term, which was granted to Mr. Lanman by the Governor of Connecticut. Tjjiis judgment, given against an Executive ap pointment -which was prhaps entitled to greater weight fr6ni its having been ude in pursuance of the statute law of Connecticut, Wj stood un til the present day. We presume," erefore, that Mississippi Will remain unre-presenwd in one of her Senatorial chairs until her .Legisla ture shall elect a person to fill it J and in this respect she will be in the same condition North Carolina, whose Legislature has in like manner failed tohooae a Senator to occapyone of her seats that will become vacant on the 4th of March next." t 6- There was little in .our goodly City, to remind one that the old year had expired by limitation, and that axiew'one had been install i ed- Some; for pastime, satf-out ,ths night of j the 31st to witness the passage of nother mil post of life, while others, perhaps, busily occu- r,ied. drasriod throuirh the nitrht in labor, and looked forward with no pleasant feelkngs to the J advent of another year, as to a series of toil, i -gtill bo-innin never ending. i - We do not nherw unon ueh oecanlons among n0 board, bountifully spread with cake and gar- nished with goblets, greets the eye, till all is right at home again. .Hirers are more to bo pitied hiring- day than slaves ; and the latter tre mucli blush by the closeness of their enquirio ..into the standing and character cf; the bidder. r j , r. J6g?" regret a want of space, to-day, to at tend to two or three articles in the last dard." Wo shall do so, however, in good ti.ne- Bfeg-Neither House of Congress was in Soi:,):i ; on Friday, both Houses having adjourned ots j on Thnrdav until Monday.' T "1 1-
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