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SATURDAY MORNING, JXN. 15, 1853.
L4ST DAYS OD THE SESSION."
The "Standard" of the 8th inst. contains ano-
thcr articic.u"111 r"-
.u:.,.. tho verv recollection of the "last
Havsot tne oeso"". -fc-"-- -r
. i MdnAlvani in ir nnor Ati on
a. ,T-a iF tliHilitnr of that naner.
Upon IIIO " " " r-r--
The vry menuon 01 ii miuno mm mw u.
splenetic spasms, auu una u ui
morse A","V," , t r
(jut iroin cnagnuanuuteivin)iiiiii;ui,i mo
n :r. i.'lpr)nV5s thwarted. Tv the
rccui h. l .i ii v. - - - -rf
firoincss ! tne i uigs. xi s uuiu wo .woo
darlin" "errvmanaer.coneocica in iiicoioco tuuu-
cils and over me nope oi passing uu,u uc
Editor had gloatea witn so muon aengus.
vhat a wieKea xning u was in mc 1113 w
i ,iv !i it. ri.:. t..
CStroY uil ills JJngui uupws avA
dreams', lie saw, in vu tmuurwim
T ' iL . a...Vi..a Af Kid
faucT the gerrvmanuer passeu, a u.uu-uiiu
mftJOiUj Ul h ii luwiwwo - --
next twenty. years, auu iuc h """""a
1 u wu: .... ) iinn .in-
r defeat, whenever party plunder had to be
... . a a 11 . r.i r 1 .
doled out to tne laitniui. Ana tne awiui iu-a
losing such a prize, by the stubbornness and
perverseness .01 naugiu nigs ; xue iai
tor 01 tllO isiauuaru a rais; g'aics
his nerves ! How it disturbs his dreams !
At the very 'mention 01 it, irorgmis,i nyarus,
id chimeras dire rise up 10 cusiurp ms trouuieu
lioastuauoii.
The " taodard " tries very hard to mai.e up
aa issue uiiwu .n. xu.ieii'?, vi t,u
1 T. " - AV.tuim I
Ourselves, ibtiiu l bui.i.vu. L-iiKryi
lXien IU r U 1 ' 1 1 1 LI nu.li lucjt tuiivciic .v uc m 1- 1
r J . I . .. . tl.AH .... .1 .I-.1 . . ,1 V.A.H
. ,1 ! ........... n iv f V- .11 nilitiiAd I fill. -. 1
cation 01 mac paper, vujccuuiiauie ns me
r- 1 . r ' - 1 1 . . 1.
bill reported by the conterence committee, yet
is not so much to the bill itself, as tathe vio
lent and revolutionary measures resorted to, to
force it through, tliat we object. Un tne iiigm
of the 22d, wheD, by joint , order, tbe two
Houses were to adjourn; in a lew hours, the
loeofucos were appealed to, again and arain, to
tvt an liiituiation even, mat tucy wouiu uu
uuuee : auu iiieii me 111 lis euiuu rciuv iu
postpone tne time 01 adjournment. xm 110,
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they refused to give any such intimation,
reanv to lei tne JLiC'risiature expire, anu leave
1 .- 1 ..I j 1
Ho senate at all. rather than ao lusticti ratner
... .. .. .. .
thu hazard the failure of their miauitous
cerrvmanaer. Ana yet, in tn iace 01 ail in is,
1 . . n f 11 ii '
the 'Standard has the effronterv to talk of Y hi 2
lulence and aisorranization. r
The "Standard " tries to pay a compliment
to our honesty, at the ex no use of our miorma-
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uon. It savs. we are " nnmfurmcd on the sub-
Met. e cannot return the compliment. v e
believe that tha editur of the "Standard" i
iniuruied on the Kulii,rt and vet wilfully mis
represents the whole matter. JNot only trom
the examination wp ravn thr Kiililni't. ourselves.
but fruui th ciiiirurrrrit tefctiuionv of ill an V of
the best infi.rnipd mintrfr of the Ieirislature.
into this nifitrpr o rpnpat that the bill which
the lucofucriA hiil rpsnlvprl tn forne throurh the
House, at. thA li:iv-.inl if anirchv anil "ivil runi-
o
tauufjn. illfl rivathA lAiinatirantlr.fi(rhr. Anil thn
, ft- - - ' " V 'n- -
WD1?K lillt icrlitppn loarinrr fniir in rbilllil'
A e hope that our whig friends, throughout
the tstattf. will keen this niiittpr . hpfitrA tbp npn.
pie, and explain to them the outrageous and
dan 'f'Tdlli PYinilnr-t tf tha lrtnfif.wrt lnitilard incti-
n-- - - . .
,'- J- and encourasred by the editor of the
oianaarn, in attempting, to plunge us into
the horror of anarch vl
Usgr The prettiest joke of the late, session,
perhaps, was the way in which the " Democra
cy were treated, r rather the way in which
they treated themselves, in -the election' of a
JadirP- A 0.0 r(l n f ta tVta ofattit-o s-liinivar o
vicancy hapDens, on tae MJircuit Court Bench,
the Judf that, mav hn Iotorl tn mnnl. tin
place, must be elected to reside in a circuit not
then hav I'll ft a rauilinr .Tn.ir in . f Tn r. rnl
JutlfftB ii! - Itf Jth ftn7U TU W7W.
j vw uiouiLta nuuuui icoiUciiii
o- ov, wu, Tiu auu 1 bii. xuc ww uiga,
gtnerallr. were in favor of plMtinfr JmW fnr
the 7th HP rhAiinlnn r.l-n.,'.. 1U,.A J. ! -
Myuuuiiu ' Vli UUlt. XlicLb CirCUili 19
Terrfe Of anv In tha Stnfn on1 An a 1' rv V,:,1, tnA
j - m,.-t U1i uaiQ A LA ITU1VII VUV
presence of a resident Judire is mdra npssnrv
thin in anv rthr r.oir tU Gtu TX XVua
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felt for tho w
WllliniT tn A, tf,.. ' 1 j 1 :
and at"in aa t. a :n Li. .
.v.. mdi uruuiu. OUI Jio, lue locoiocos
10 the SMFrata mmlil .1 . t k J
otranr(-il tn ri fa .1,,. n T?: ,
a'ler of the opposition to Internal Improve
ment in North Carolina or to Reid, of Duplin,
the hro of the odious Senatorial gerrymander.
W ell, after weeks and weeks of delay, the locos
finally succeeded in getting thifSd, or Raleigh
district selected. They were delighted in hay
ing thus.cut off Mr. Baxter from tho Bench, and
Elte'; friends thought the thing was all fixed.
Hut about this time, Mr. Saunders took it into
h's head, that he would be willing to f o on the
Bw';-h, if he could not do better. And the
" hi; concluded that as the locos would hate
the :;,J circuit, they would give them their
""oiit man, for Judge. Besides,-the Whigs
are a jUst 1artVi an(j they were wiuing t(J beap
ln "mid, that Mr. Saunders had done some ser
I,cit ilie State, in tho cause of Internal Im
ffrowiuent ; an,j) with the aid of a few deujo
era's, they elected him on the 3d vote. The
scene was a riehrf)ne, wlien it was ascertained
that Saunders was elected. The Editor of the
" Standard" " o-ial" the locofoco leaders grit
ted their teeth whilst the Whigs, looked as
calm as a summer's moruing !
DIPLOMATIC SALARIES.
Attention, has lately been called to a corres
pondence between the late Secretary of State,
Daniel Webster, and various diplomatic agents
at foreign Courts, through which, it i3 demon
strated, that the "compensation allowed is not
only actually insufficient to support dignity
and rank, jut to meet4he decencies of life.
Nine thousand dollars a year is certainly a
large sum, and, spent at home, can purchase,
besides the necessities, all the choicest luxuries
of life. The case is different, however, abroad,
and viha,t is wealth here, is mere poverty at"
foreign Court. An erroneous idea prevails
here as to cheap living in Europe. It is true,
that, contrasted with the expensive mode of life
in England, generated by the extravagance of
the nobility, and sustained by the weight of the
national debt, and consequent exorbitant taxa
tion, the continent holds out inducements to
the economical and the reduced, and thou
sands of English-fill France, Germany and
Italy; with no hope or desire to return home.
A false idea is thereby inculcated, that, out of
England, living is cheaper than elsewhere in
the civilized world. But it is notorious that
the lower orders on the continent live and work
at a rate of compensation that would not be
tolerated by an American." Meat is a luxury
seldom enjoyed, and their styleof living is in the
same proportion. Continental serfs can get
along more 'Submissively, quietly and cheaply
than with us here. .But it is different with the
wealthy ; fyr anything except persona, service'
is enormously high, and they are taxed to the
utmost of their incomes to sustain their rank.
Our country has assumed an importance in
the present dayi which has its weijrht upon I lp
foreign nations, however much they pretend to
be blinded to it. The time is not far distant,
when we will be more mixed up in the politics
of the world, and it is the imperative duty of
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uui uuiciuuiriii iu piuviue UKIL IUS lurtMirn
Representatives be properly maintained. Noth
ing if false economy, no delicacy of republican
simplicity, should interfere to withhold their
just influence, or restrain its exercise. They
stand the exemplars of our institutions, which,
mauifest destiny says, are to govern the world.
They must be clothed with the decent gafrb of
competency, to ensure our respectability.
THE' MAINE RAILROAD CATASTROPHE.
We copy froni.tha Manchester Mirror, of Fri
day, the- following graphic description of the late
accident on the Maine railroad. The statement
was prepared by the Rev. Mr. Fuller, who was
a passenger in the unfortunate car:
You desire me, Mr. Editor, toiwrite out, this
evening, all the particulars of the distressing
casualty ot this.:atternoon, which it was my lot
10 witness, and, to some extent, to participate in.
Considerably jarred by the accident,. I write
with some difficulty, and the shockof what 1
have seen is still too forcibly upon mo to allow
me to write of it as I could wish. The sight of
(horror is still vivid in my mind, having remain
ed on the spot till evening, and I can give, though
in a discount 'ou manner, all the details which
you desire, and iicli duty to a sympathizing
public, seems to demand. '.
We left Boston at 1-J P. M. I occupied, to
gether with some forty or more others, the back
car, which was so soon to be a perfect ruin.!
The train proceeded pleasantly as usual for
some liuio. A part of our number, I remember,
grew particular!' merry, and all seemed plea
sant as on anj- similar occasion. I recollect
particularly some young men criticizing their
railroad tickets, on which was written "Good
for this trip oulji," and speculating 011 how many
trips similar to that the same ticket had been
used. And yet to some there that trip doubtless
will be, has been, their last ojie. Our train was
an-express train, and we only stopped at Wil
mington, Ballard Vale, and South Andover, at
each of which places more passengers got in, till
our number was about sixty.
At South Andover, Oen. Pierce&nd his Lady,
accompanied by their interesting little boy, a
lad ol thirteen, entered the ear, and took seats ! , , (l -.-i , , , ,
: , ' ' , - . i almost (to some),-unaccountable rise and pro-
in the front Dart near where I sat. Prof. Pack- ; v ' , -, ,
ard, of Bowdoin College, a brother-in-law of ! Sress of some establishments, while others,
Mrs. Pierce,-was one of he party. I subse- I with apparently better chances, fail for want
quently learned from Gen. Pierce- that he was j 0f eVeI1 ordinary support. Just now a new
returning from the funeral of Amos Lawrence, , fi comp08cd of five enterprising, practical,
a connexion of his wife had gone to Andover ! ' ' ,
in the evening of yesterday, and stopped at the j business men, have commenced the bilk busi
house of Mr. Aiken, where the little boy had ness, with a capital of $75,000, which, with
been staying some five weeks. We had gone
about a mile and a half, and were at our lull
speed ; I was looking out at the window, when
we felt a severe shock, and the car was dragged
for a few seconds, the axle of the front wheel
being broken.
-Perfectly conscious of our situation, I remem
ber thinking what was the matter. 1 retained 1
. I 1. 1 w. T.-1 . n 1 11 mn (Vincpinnunfifla In an. i
othersecond the coupling which joined our car
with the other broke, and our car was whirled
violently round so as to reverse the ends, and
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we were awuns uown uie rucny leutre. xor
once, I had no hope of escaping death. I shall
never forget the. breathless- horror which came
over us during our fall. There was not a shriek
nor an exclamation till the progress of the' car,
after having turned over twice on the rocks,
was arrested, and with a violent concussion,
having parte 1 in the middle, and being broken
into many thousand fragmentis.
I received personally a fewj bruises and flesh
cuts, of no particular moment, and found my
self amid a mass of broken glass and splintered
wood, ana groaning men ana women, witn no
lliuua uii.un, 1 . 'r "1".' - . 1. . ... u w
C IT!, r. .-1 n vasi.s.r T li 1 1 1 T-l 1 Tl .1 1". . t n rva f
out at any door or window, ifor the car was a
I II 1 DIIIMIH IUUV. 11 11.'-. v m.ia fcv VW ,
fragmentary ruin. The nex moment, a man
covered with blood himself j-a noble fellow
said, "We are alive, let us (help others." I
passed from one frightful part or the scene to
another, and the whole is before me 'noW as a
fearful vision. Men came up dn every side drip
ping with blood, and few escaped some cuts" and
bruises. Before all were rescued, the top, cov
ered with oilcloth, took fire from the stove, and
added to the general horror and suffering.
Two incidents, among the many terrible ones,
are especially present to my memory. On the
biink sat a mother (Mrs. Stokes, of this city)
clasping her little boy of thre e or four years ot
age. He had been rescued from thruin which
had strewn the rock with splintered fragments,
and her own person was considerably burnt by
tho fire, but she was shedding tears of gratitude
over her rescued child, and rejoicing in his safe
ty, unmindful of her own pain.' But a few steps
from her I saw the most appalling scene of all.
There was another mother, whose agony passes
beyond any description. She could shed no
tears, but overwhelmed with grief, uttered such
affecting words as I can never forget. It was
Mrs. Pierce, the wife of the Pesident eleet; and
near her, in that ruin of shivered wood and iron,
lay a more terrible ruin her only son, one
minute before so beautiful, bo full of life and
hope. Slie was supported by her husband and
Prof. Packard. Gen. Pierce was himself bruised
in the back, but not severely; and the wounds
of the spirit far exceeded any bodily suffering:
yet. while deeply affected, he showed all the
self-possession and nerve which only character
ize great-hearted and nobis men, and which
few would manifest under similar circumstances.
He gave all needful directions about the recove
ry of his little boy, still entangled in the wreck
about him, and then afforded all that "comfort
and sj mpathy to his partner in sorrow which
was appropriate to the time. She was convey
ed to a house near, and there she Rave vent to
the grief which rent her heart, while he consol
ed and comforted. I may not draw the veil
from that picture. Sacred is the holy priyaey
of sorrow, and the hearts of those who have suf
fered can feel what my pen must not describe.
Soon we were able to convey the wounded
and the dead to the nearest house, which hap
pened to be that connected with the Poor Farm
at Andover, where every possible kindness and
attention were rendered. Go with me, Mr. Edi
tor, to that house and look with me awhile on
that scene of suffering and sorrow. In one room
were Gen. Pierce and his lady; in the opposite
apartment In' the mortal remains of their little
boy; and oh, sn sad a sight ! The blow, by which
he was killed instantly, struck his forehead, and
was so as to remove the upperportiouof the head','
leaving a part of the brain exposed. The face,
with the exception of a bruise about the right
eye, still remained uninjured, but bathed in
blood. Gen. Pierce and lady meanwhile retired
to the house of Mr. Aiken.
In .the sanie room was a lady, Mrs. Newell,
of Hillsborough, considerably liruisod and her
face cut. Her little daughter, twelve years of
age, lay near with her foot so badly" injured
that amputation will be necessary. She bore
her pains sweetly and patiently. In another
room, Mr. Kitt'redge, of'Pelhiim, lav with his
bfoken, arid a Mr. Chills, of Ilennikerl sat
bravely up, though with a face covered with
blood. Mr. Ncw.ell, an elderly gentlema'n of
Lawrence, had been carried home injured, as is
thought, l.itallv. Others much bruised had
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v... ha 11 iHU 11 II1I.U JCIUIUCU IOI U3 11UIU
Lawrence.
Every attention which could possibly be paid
to those injured was given at this house where
most of the wounded were carried. The phy
sicians were prompt in their services, caltn.kind
and so far as one not of profession c;in judgf,
judicious. After the head of the little boy had
been tenderly cared for by the physicians, and
all possible done to restore the look of life, he
was carried by us to the house where his afflict
ed parents were. I .shall never forget the look
of extreme pain that child's face wore ; and yet
there was something resigned and tender impres
sed even by the' awful hand of death. He was not
yet cold when he was in the room of Mr. Ai
ken's house, dressed just as he had been at the
moment of the calamity. The form which had
left that house but little more than an hour be
fore, full of life and happiness, with a heart full
of hope and bright aspirations.. was borne back
to those who bad parted frvm him ; that heart
now hushed and still ; ' fhat form motionless
and the. limbs fast crowing rigid under the icy
'touch of death.
And now, Mr. Editor, I have stated all which
you desire from me, very imperfectly of course,
but I believe as correctly as any one can, imme
diately after 'so heart-rending and confused a
scene. To nie the greatcnt cause of wonder
and gra'tUudo is that any escaped who were in
that car. When 1 looked down that jagged,
rocky steep, while sympathizing with the be
reaved, 1 fe.lt that all who stood there had great
cause for irrititudc that wo woro vet amoiij; the
living.
To ti:e wholo nation hc.v appalling would
have been the stroke had he, so recently chos
en by thrin to the highest oiiice in the world,
perished there by the fearful disaster ! May
the wounded recover from their severe bruises,
and may the bereaved ones obtain that real con
solation which tho Gospel affords in such a ca
lamity !
The excitement at Concord, upon the receipt
of the news of the accident, was very great.
The first account stated that Gen. Pierce and
fifteen others had been killed. The Legislature,
which was in se sion, adjourned at once ; and
the greatest sorrow was manifested by all the
people of the town.
JCSir" Good practical business men never neg-
ieet ti,e department of Advertising; hence the
5 their experience, and tho system of advertising
adopted by them, will undoubtedly lead to for
tune. Theit advertisement will be found in
another column.
jg Bishop Ives has written a letter to the
Convention of this Diocese, giving his reasons
fjr joining the Catholic Church, says a writer in
i the New York Times, who signs himself "One
Gf the Clerev of North Carolina.
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We are indebted to the Hon. E. C. Cabell, of
Florida, for a pamphlet copy of his speech in
Congress oa'the 21st ult. on the subject of for
tifying Key We6t and the Tortugas.
SMALL POX AT HAVANA.
Mobile, Jan'y G. The passengers by the
steamer Black Warrior, arrived here from Ha
vana, report that the small-pox is raging there
I to an alarming extent. The disease was still
1 uncheeked, and very many were dying from it
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DcatJi of a Distinguished Man Mr, and Mrs
Pierce.
Concord, N. II., January 10. The Hon.
Charles U. Atherton, father of Senator Ather
ton, died at Amherst on Saturday last. ,
Mr. Pierce, President elect, and his wife are
at.home. Mr. Pierce has . entirely recovered
from the slight injuries received by the recent
lamentable accident. Mrs. Pierce is recovering,
but she suffers deep distress of mind. :
Historical Butcher's BiiA The history of
the reigns of Henry VIII and Mary has been
defined to be an.atcount of stakes and chops. '
Fallacy of Naturalists It ia not true,
whatever may have been asserted, that whales
are produced by the sea lashing the shore.
1 DOINGS IN CONGRESS.
Congress presents some curious items fot re
flection the week or ten days past, to which we
ask thV attention of our readers.
s" RaIIiRoad Iron. Upon the proposition to go
ihto the consideration of a bill (of the last ses
sion) providing for the extension of time (fiiur
years)' for paying the duties on Railroad Iron,
the vote stood 73 to 74 ; a close vote, which the
Sneakier (Boyd) might have brought before the
House, if he had been disposed, by voting aye,
lis the.direct question was to lay on the table a
motion to reconsider, hnd a "no" from him would
have brought the bill before the House.
Foreign Affairs. General Cass has laid out
a wide1 swathe in a new declaration of the Mon
roe doctrine. He proposes to take in the two
continents, North and South America, to the
exclusion of British, FreivB, or Spanish coloni
zation ln case a European power settled even
upon Terra del Feugo, or colonized in Patago
nia, ori an icy island ne.ir the North Pole, we
should be obliged to go to'r. ar. The signs are,
however, that he will have no general support
for hi resolutions, .but on them will be a good
deal of "Buncombe."
Mr. Mason, of Ya., has introduced a much
more practical proposition. He proposes to de
cline any further negotiations with Mexico res
pecting the Tchuantepec route, and in case that
government does not renew the Garay grant, or
something like it', to our citizens, he says:
"It will then become the duty of this Govern
ment to review all existing relatiops with that
Republic, and to adopt such measures as will
preserve the honor of the country and the rights
of its citizens'."
This has a gunpowder look, but it is very
safe to-threaten gunpowder to poor distracted
Mexieo, with the Texans lacerating her on the
Rio Grande, and civil war tearing her to pie
ces beyond the Sierra Madre.
In all probability, notwithstanding the more
noisy clamor as to Cuba, Mexican States will
be first added to this Union. The Mexican is
sue is a practical one. These dissensions, dis
orders,, and revolutions are on our land borders,
and Mexico has no arm-, no fleet as Cuba has,
to protect her ; nor allies, as probably England
and France are, in tho case of Cuban invasion.
With additions to Territory in the Mexican di
rection, slavery is certain to be extejided, and
then again come troublesome questions to dis
tract the Union.
Mr. Everett's letter -to the French and. Eng
lish Ministers looks-to the extension of our ter
ritory m the course of time, and reasons upon
that assumption. It does imt even preclude
the idea of the annexation of Cuba injtitui e.
A Eew feature is growing up in our diplomatic
correspondence, an example of which Mr. Web
ster set in his celebrated Hu'scmann letter. Mr.
Everett's letter is an able oraiuii of the same
kind tohe English, the French, and the"' Span
ish pcdple ; but the people of th last named
nation jwill never be permitted to read it, though
the people of the two first will.
j CONGRESS.
In the Senate yesterday, the subject of the
Bulwer and Clayton treaty was further debated
by Messrs. I'earce, Seward, Cass, Downs, Bor
land, and Soule ; the latter had not concluded
at t Si e ad journment.
In the House of Representatives, the Deficien
cy bill "was taken up in Committee of the Whole
on tho state of the Union, and several speeches'"
were made upon subjects having 110 connection
with it.i Itrpubtic, Tuesday.
I WASHINGTON AFFAIRS.
Washincto.v, Jan. 10. The Seilate Tn secret
session, debated for some time the question of
removing the mjunction of secrecy trom trea
ties, but came to no conclusion. They ivill
proltabty resume the subject to-morrow.
The 6uban debate will be opened in the Sen
ate by an elaborate speech from Mr. fass on
Wednesday, who will be followed by Soule,
Wel!icr, Mason, Douglas, Seward and Butler,
wlio will continue the discussion from day to
daj." t
Senator Hunter has pesitively and finally de
clined a Cabinet appointment.
Mr. ,Marshall, it is said, will speedily irnro
duce his Sl0.tiin;(0 proposition.
A fine portrait ol i'n-rcc, by 1'aly, lor the
Jackson Association, was exhibited in the ro
;.unda of the Capital to-day and attracted .much
attention. A superb portrait of Fillmore, by
Simpson, of this city, will be placed tiiors to
morrow. A meeting of members of Congress favorable
to the Paso and Cihvrout for a railroad to the
Paeilic'was hold this evening, but the result has
not transpired.
LATE FROM EUROPE.
The Steamer America arrived at Halifax on
Tuesday last, with Liverpool dates tohe 25th
ultimo.,
. There had been a slight improvement in the
price of cotton. Flour and grain remained
steady,; without change in prices.
The British Ministry had formally resigned;
anl Lord Aberdeen is to be tho new Premier,
with the the entire concurrence of Lord John
Russell, and Lord Palinerston. It is a good ap
pointment. The new Cabinet is not yet announced. It is
rumored, however, that Lord John Russell will
take the Foreign Office, and Lord Palmerston
the Home Office. This rumor obtains but little
credit. .
France continued quiet, without affording any
political news. "
Anetfr Spanish Ministry has been organized
under tho Presidency of Senor Rocale.
SALES.
The trading spirit seems to be fully up. A
few days ssince Mr. D. W. Bullock Sold to
Messrs," Win. NorSeet. Rab't Norfleet and Jno.
S. Dkncy, a plantation and 18 negroes, for $30,
000. Mr. R. R. Bridgers to Wm. F. D.tncy 6
acres near town for $600. At a sale in Wilson,
we alsti understand, negio men, with no extra
qualifications, sold as high as $1225.
i Tarboroiigh ismciherner.
A Suicide, the alleged result of the spiritual
rapping excitemant, has been committed in
New York by Martin Langdon, a printer. It
appears, from the tistimony of his wife and
.others, that for ten months past his mind has
been absorbed with the subject of spiritual man
ifestations, and he was in the habit of attending
meetings of several circles interested in the sub
ject, iuntil his mind became affected, and during
a fit of despondency he cut his throat, and died
from the effects of the wound at Bellevue hos
pital. The coroner's jury retuned a verdict in
accordance with the above facts, and recommen
ded the grand jury to take measures for the
suppression of circle meetings at the houses
named in the testimony.
Unclk Tom's Cabin as a Sabbath School
Bodfc--The Pittsburg Dispatch states that the
cheap edition of Mrs. Stowe'a celebrated work
has been introduced as a Sabbath school book
in the School of the. Liberty Street Methodist
Eoiscorjal Church, in that city.' . Some opposi
tion is made, but the majority are in favor of
the tep. f- - -, ---
FOR THE REGISTER.
)CARD OF MR. RAYNER.
In the last Register is a communication 6yer
the signature "II. W. Miller," ia which divers
charges ate preferred against me some of which
are untruip some with just enough of the' tern
bUtnce of liruth, to mislead the reader and some
again, .thiiugh true to a certain extent, have yet
so perveriied the facts, as possibly to create an
erroneous!impression. I have deliberated whe
ther I should take any notice of this communi
cation at all. I doubt whether strict propriety
does not forbid my paying any attention to it
whatever. And I am induced to make this short
reply, from the single consideration, that my si
lence might be construed, where I am not known,
intoacquitscence. As to the tone and temperthat
pervade this communication, I shall pass themf
by unheeded leaving it to a calm and dispas
sionate poiblic opinion to judge of the motives
and feelings that have prompted this attack.
As to the covert insinuations, couched in mere
general terms, that are to be found in this com
munication, as I do riot feel at all annoyed by
them, I shall not notice them. I might, if I
were to do, so, subject myself to the suspicion of
feeling conscious that they were applu able to
myself. ''It was the"giiitg conscience of Lady
Macbeth, which put a bloody spot on every
thing aroulnd !"
As to the labored dissertation upon tpc inci
dents of tlie late Presidential election, constitu
ting the greater portion of tho article in ques
tion, the subject is thread-bare. It consists f
the shreds'and patches of stale stump speeches,
which are 'behind the times. It contains noth
ing Dew, or about which the public now feel any
concern. As to my dissatisfaction at the nom
ination of Gen. Scott, and my lukewarmness in
.his support that has never been any secret.
My uruloran and unswerving devotion to VY rug
principles has also, been no secret. My opin
ions in regard to public men and public mea
sures have'evor ben", and ever will be, avowed
fearlessly and openly, with the independence of
a free Aumricau citizen. My views and posi
tion in regard to the late Presidental election,
were well known to the Whigs of the Legisla
ture, when they nominated and voted for me for
Senator. They knew I had made no stump
speeches daring the canvass. And the "heiid
and front of their offending" for which they
are arraigned before the Whigs at large, in the
State, seepis to be, that they did not consider
stump speaking as the only test of fitness for a
seat in the Senate of the United States.
All the charges contained in this communica
tion signedi "11. AV. Miller," except two, are
vague, indefinite, and pointless. They consist
of what thfil one said, and that one heard, and
the other one repeated.- They are unworthy of
serious noiice. Now, I do not recognise the
right of anv one to arraign me at the bar of
public opiinion, upon charges founded on the
gossip of the streets, the tattling of tale-bearers,
or th gabbling of newspapers. I put in a "plea
to the jurisdiction."
There are, however, two specifications in this
manifesto against the course of the Whigs in
the last Legislature, that perhaps require a pas
sing notice at my hands. The first is that he,
the said II j W, Miller, addressed to me a letter
on the dth inst., enquiring whether I alluded
to him in ijy remarks before the caucu?, about
"those whii had hunted me with personal ma
lignity," and that I "declined giving him an
answer." This statement, unexplained, is cal
culated to mislead. It is true, I did not send
him a written answer ; but I did send him a
verbal communication, which he received, stating
that although I declined a correspondence in
writing wiilh him, touching the matter that
might be in issue between us, yet) if he would
select any gentleman through whom he would
make knowjn, verbally, any grievance of which
he complained, I would endeavor to remove any
'misapprehension under which he might be la
boring. Tlhat I felt conscious I had not wrong
ed him in word or deed but, if I was mistaken,
if I had wronged him and he would make me
sensible of it, through any gentleman he might
Select, I would make him reparation, if in my
powcr, &.C., &e. I thus invited an amicable ad
justment of nl grounds of complaint lie had
against nro.i thruiigh the agency of a thinVper
soa to be selected by himself. Instead of ac-
ce ling to t!ns proj osition, he preferred to ap-
peai to public opinion tnruugn tuc rrcss anu
on the judgfneiit ot public opinion, at u r a state
ment of thite facts, I am willing to rt ly.
The secoad specification which i-shr.ll notice,
is the following : That I " declared to at least
one person i (after the election) that I did not
take a stan for the Whig nominations, because
1 found, as the two parties were tied in the Le
gislature, siich a course-would injure my chance
to get to tlie Senate of tl'ic United States:"
This statement I nronouhce to be false. Tha
charge bears the stamp of falsehood and absurd
ity on the very face of it. It states that it was
" after the election," I gave this reason why I
"did not tike a stand" for the Whig nomina
tions. Wl iv, I had then taken the most une
qui vocal stand I could take. I had voted for
the Whig nominations, at the polls and that
was a matter of public notoriety. Again, it is
sail that I stated, that " because I found as the
two parties were tied in the Legislature, Jte
Why, at th;j time of the Presidential ejection,
Shaw had :been in his seat for a month, and
there was a certain, well-known democratic ma
jority of twD in the Legislature
Moreover, it is well known to the Whigs of
the Legislature, that I insisted throughout, that
my name slhould not be brought in competition
for the nomination against any gentleman whose
friends wished to give him even theconiphmen
of a vote. My preference for John Kerr, over
all others, iwas openly avowed, if the Whigs
could possibly control the election, whilst al the
same time I was ready to support with my
humble influence, any other gentleman, who
might possess respectable abilities, and good
moral character. Can any fair-minded man
blame me for accepting the nomination ?
No one can. Whv then, this assault up
on me? So far, then, as the blame of the
nomination; is concerned, it must be aimed
at the Whig members of tha Legislature.
Aud are they, acting as they were under the
responsibility ot duty, to be lectuFed lor then
conduct? If the communication in the Regis
ter, signed V II. W. Miller," is just in its strict
ures, then, these V lug members were either re
creant to ddty, or else they were a set of miser
able dupes-t-otherwise, this long newspaper ar
ticle degenerates into a mere personal matter
on the parti of the writer. The Whigs of the
Legislature, can, without doubt, justify their
conduct in voting - for me, to their consciences,
as well as t their constituents. And as to any
personal grievance, Mr. Miller may think he
labors under, growing out oi any act oi mine,
the reader will recollect, that I offered to sub
mit the adjustment of any difficulty he belie.yed
to exist between irs, to an umpire to bo selected
by himself, ! ,
My having been nominated and Toted for, by
the Whigs ojt the late Legislature, is a part pf
the history pf the times- which no dissatisfac
tion, in an j quarter, can obliterate from the
archives of the State, It is an honor of which
I feel proud: it. a token of confidence, for
which 1 Bhall ever feel grateful. Towards those
Whigs who were opposed to my nomination, I
have not a jparticle of unkind feeling. So far
from it, I owe them a debt of respect and es-
teem, lor tneir aevotion to we nig party, in
voting for me after I was nominated, against
their convictions, ass to the propriety of my
nomination. They have thus Tproven, that their
loyalty to tho Whig party is founded on princi
ple, and pot oa the gratification of personal
preferences and ambitious ends. . They have
afforded the best evidence, that non-conformity
with their special wishes cannot..-drive Aew
from their allegiance to their, party, under ihe
apprehension that others "may be plaeed over
their heads." They Jaave sliown, that their
" enVrgy a"d courage will ever be displayed in
any cause," where the discharge, of duty, and
not the accomplishment of personal aims, is
the main inducement to action. They Toted
forjne as thoj did for Genera Scott 'and asrl
voted for him because I was the regular nomi
nee of their party. .No matter what may have
been their disapproval of my inertness in the
late Presidential contest; yet, as fair-minded
and consistent men, they felt that, in refusing
to vote for me,;: after 1 waa nominated, they
would subject themselves to tfce same charge of
perverseness and' disloyalty Ui party, justly at
tributable to those whigs who: failed to vote for
General Scott, however much they may have
disapproved of his nomination. . - ..
There is one sentence in the communication
over the name " H. W; Miller," to which I
wish to recall the attention of the readers of
the Register, lest in the hurry of reading, jts
peculiar phraseojogy may haive escaped .their
notice. It is this : . . - t
"If the lukewarm, the untrue and the timid,
in the hour of trial, are, when the victory is won
or the result is doubtful. f to be placed otkh
the heads'3 of those who went forth fearless
of danger end regardless of personal conse
quences, when the battle raged fiercest, to meet
the foe, SflOH' LITTLE OF ENERGY ANDCOURAGE
will ever be displayed in ANY CAtJSE.""a '
I leave it to those, who are better versed in the
construction of words, when used as "the signs
of ideas," to put the proper interpretation on
the above. i f
I am done with; this controversy. It was not
of my seeking.
i K. RAYNER.
Jan. 13, 1353. ; "
FOR THE REGISTER.
Mr. Gales : Our city elections will come off
en Monday next;: and it is ouor wish, that you
win again allow:. your name; to be used lor a
seat in the noxt Board of Commissioners. We
propose the following ticket !
MIDDLE WARD,
SeaTox Gales.
Ed. Yarbroloh,
C. B. Root.
MANY VOTERS.
Jan. 13, 1853.
DIED.
In Wilmington.! on Sunday night last, Mr.
Sam'l Beery, aged 55 years.
F
ITS ! FITS ! !: FITS ! ! rerson who re
laboring under this distressing malady will
find the VEGETABLE EPILEPTIC FILLS to bs
tho 'only remedy ever discovered for curing Epi'.ep
sy or Fulling Fits. fTlicse pills possess a spcci.lc
action on the nervous system ; and, although thev
are prepared especially for the purpose of caring
fits, they will bo found cf especial benefit for all
persons afflicted with weak nerves, or whoso ner-
tfos system has beeu prostrated or shattered from
any cause whatever. Price $4! per box, or t--o
boxes lor $". In chrome complaints, or diseases
of long standing, superinduced by nervclCsSness.
they are exceedingly beneficial. Persons out of the
city enclosing a remittance, t. ill liave the pills ent
them through the mail, ffea,of postage. For sale
by SETII S. HAXCE, 10S H.iltimore street, Balti
more, Md., to whom orders fromi all parts of the
Lnion must be addressed" post-paid.
MEMORY;
T ISS PIKE will Lecture andl give a series of
I interesting illustrationson R. &.W. G. Pike's
ystem ot Mnemonics, m the Odd Fellows Ifall
mltaleigh, on Saturday Evening, January 15, com
mencing at i o'clock. Admission free.
Jan. 14th, ISO!. 2t-5
NEW SILK HOUSE.
Tuller, Hutchins Lasell,
IurORTERS AND WHOLESALE DcALCKS,
91 LIBERTY STREET, N. Y.
Are now receiving and opening a, very large and
entirely new slock' of
SILKS AND FANCY DRY GOODS.
C COMPRISING DRESS SILKS', DRESS GOODS
and Trimmings, BOJvNET and TAFFETA
RIBBONS, SHAWLS, KID, SILK and LISLE
GLOVES, WHITE GOODS, LACES and EMBROI
DERIES, together with a general! assortment of ev
ery variety of goods in Has line; Cash and time
buyers from every sectioii will find this stock very
desirable and at low.prioos. !
WM. G. Tt LEEIl. WM.iD. HART.
WM. S. 11LTC111NGS STEPHEN LASELL,
H. M. MeCOltKLE.
Jaa. 14, 18o3. 6 3mos.
JOHN DAILKY. K. SEWZLL.
DAILEY & CO.'S
CLOTHING WARE HOUSE,
Ab. 321, Baltimore St., near Hanover,
Baltimorb, Mdj
THE Proprietors of the above Establishment, in
calling the attention of Southern Merchants
to their extensive stock of Spring and Summer
Goods, hazard nothing in? saying tht their facili
ties enable them to sellt .as low prices as they can
be had further North. ,
Jan. 15, 185S. 6 9t
Taylor's Temperance Hotel.
riHE Proprietor takes this opportunity to in-
I form the Temperance community and the
public in general, that "he stifl continues, as he
has done for the last six years, t keep the above
named house on strictly Temperance principles.
Thankful for past favors, h would again invite
all who want a quiet, comfortable and cheap home,
while Btopping in the city, to give him a call. This
house is well located for business men, being No.
28, Cordandt Street, near Broadway, and the landing
of most of the Steamboats and Railroads in the
,city. , ELD AD TAYLOR.
New York, Jan. 14, 1853. 3 mos
P. Busbee & Brother
HAVE removed thir Law Office from the Court
House to the " Henry Cannon Office," own
ed by Willis Scott, EsqM corner or WilmiDgton and
Martin streets. . " .
Jan. 15, 1853. j 6 6t
CLAUDIUS B. SANDERS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
; : ! t
8MVTHF1ELD, NORTH CAB0LIHA,
M i 1
TTTLL attend the Courts of Johnston, Wayne
Y f andNash. - . i
Jan. 14, 1853. . ! i
For Sale.
A handsome Rqckawat, together with a good
Trotter. Harness, &o. . . . '
Apply te tha Editor of this Paper, forinforma-
Dw.ll."lf. ' I A "liflOa
- Splendid -Lottery Jan 1853 -jr '7
GREGORY fMAUJRTt Manager
K -$37,500 v. -
- , : ,
' $18,000 S , $8,000 i - '- -i T v r
50 Prizes ot! 1,000 Dollars' I -f ;tl
LOTTgRY JOB THE BKHEFIT Q .THB-rit
- STATB'OP' P-BLAWUtt;-"
-V r , 1 f Class24;fo SBoS. T
To,bedifawa at Wflnwngton (DeL,) op
Saturday,'
- - January 2yt 7
Drawn Nunibers out of J8."a i v
' SFDEXDltf SCHEME.
1 frizeof..
.,....$37,500
' 1 do j...:T'.:.;v ...v.i8,Ooat :
OV lTlH.DlM....Mrt,.,...ll'.
50 do..,...,.....'.,,,,,.
1 (XX)
500
182 do.. LS00
, &e. , ?&e. i T
-. Tickets SlGWHalvea &;UlCmArtr! 2 fin .
Certificates of eacka-iesof 26 Whole tickets $140 00 tv. -
Do. - , do of 26 HahM-d; S 0 W r7 )
Ti . . - .oen a. j-.. - tit; nrt
Orders' for Tickets.and.Shju-es and Certificates of - h!i ;
Packages in the above Speniid lotteries will receive i -f, -
the most prompt. Httention? and an official- account Wv- r;
of each drawing sent immediately after it i over te JlT
all who order from we. . ,z . "t - j
Address v E.'E. OJttEN,' AgenC --
' - :-1 Successor terJ; &JZ Maury,.v 7,! j, V
- A ' Alexandria, Va. 'j
DISSOLUTION. '
TipiIE business heretpTore conducted by the SuT v"'--'
j ; 'servers, nrider the firm of Brittoa & Todd, ia" T , -this
day dissolved by mutual consent, and the for f a f
aiationr of itie aew Co-partnershipvof BRljrTON, A
the old concern, will oblige ug by making immediate y
payment.: ; v.,V.t.Si---jj.f , C i -i-i
We most respectfully solicit the patronage four
friends aad the public generally to oar-. new-con j.
. . , " RICH'D b. tRITTOSl . ,i "
. ' L ' ' BE&NABD ITODD '
, Petersburg Jan. 1st, 1853.
. r. b. The name of the old concerm will sblL b r
used by either of us in winding up theoldbusinesa.
, " RICH'D O., BRTITON, i- .'A
UKKJN AUU TODD.
J .1 KEW COPABTNERSHri, "
BRITT0N &TODD having this day associaUd
with them Mr. BENJ. HARRISON, will, in
future, conduct a general Grocery, Commissi oO
and Forwarding Business, under the firm and styp
of ' 1 " : ' '
B1UTTON, TODD i'nARUISON, '
and hope, by a strict, attention- to .business -and
faithful discharge of our duty , to -our patrons, to
continue to merit and receive their patronage and K
support. We have removed to our hew store en t
Syokmore Street, one door above Mr. B. P. Harri- -j
son's Carriage Repository and opposite ' West : Hill r
Warehouse. ' f I 4--
y'e shall keep on hand, ai all times,; a large and
well selected stock of Groceries, and pay strict at
tention to the sale of all produce consigned to us.
RICH'D O. BRITTON,
BERNARD TODD,
BENJ. HARRISON.
Jan. 7. ; w4w-4
January 1, 1853.
North Carolina Manufactures.' -
BATTLE & SON ARE STILL MANUFACTURE I
ing, at the ROCKY MOUNT MILLS, about 1
300,000 lbs. of Cotton Yarns, per annum, (equal to i
the best Georgia yarns,) which theywill deliver to
Merchants, free of extra charge, at New York pri
ces. '
Orders addressed to Battle & Son, Rocky Mount)
K. C, will receive prompt attention.
" February 13, 1852. ly It .
New Coach Shop.
TIHE Subscriber .respectfully iniorms the Pub
lie, that he has occupied the well known
Stapd of Mr. Willie W. Johnson, on Wilmington St,
about one hundrdd yards South of the Capitol
Square, where he is prepared to execute every
thing in his line of business. Buggies & Coaches,
&c, made of the best materials and in the most fash
ionable and durable style.
He would say to those, who may wish to purchase
Buggies, or any thing in his line, that they would
do well to call upon him before purchasing else
where, as he is determined to spare neither pains
nor expense to please those who may favor him
with their df$tom. " He is determined to sell at
prices to suit the,, times.
Also, repairing done cheap at the shortest notice
JAMES BASH FORD.
August 9th, 1852 wly 66
; Sale of Negroes.
ON Monday, the 17th of January next, I shall
offer at public sale to the highest bidder, at
the Court House, in the city of Raleigh, on a cred
it of six months, about THIRTY NEGROES, be
longing to the estate of Sam'l Mordecai, dee'd., late
of Halifax county. Among these negroes are some
valuable-house servants, one House Carpenter, one
Blacksmith, the balance field hands and small chil
drem HENRY MORDECAI, Adm'r. , ,
Dec. 14, 1852. - 102 ta,,-
S?- P. S. The time and place for holding thie
sale have been altered. The negroes will be sold
at Palmyra, on the-lst. of February. H.- M.
. Ed. Graham Haywood,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, RALEIGH, N. C. , '
WILL practice in the Courts of Pleas and
Quarter Sessions for the Counties of Wake,
Johnston and Chatham. " He is to be found at tha
office lately occupied by Hon. Wm. H. Haywood,
Jr., deceased. :
Jan- 4, 1853. Cmos 4
PETER W. HINT ON,
COMMISSION, and Forwarding Merchant, No.
9 Roanoke, Square, Norfolk, Va,
Liberal advances on consignments of Produce.
Merchandise received and foTwarded with despatch.
NorfoIlfVa., Dec. 7, 1852. 100-ly
Ta WORTH, COMMISSION AND FORWARD
ING MERCHANT, W'umington, N. C
yuU 1st, J 851. 55-ly-pr
MR. & MRS. BURWELL'S FEMALE SCHOOL.
11ill8bobo', N. C.
rTMIE winter session will Commence on Wednes
J day, the 12th of January nxt. The school
is furnished with a new and complete apparatus,
and the young ladies have access to an extenaire
library.! Persons desiring to place their daugh
ters or wards is this school will address
-s' 1 ; REV. R. BURWELL,
! . , Hillsboro', N. C.
Dec 21, 1852. w4 104
r RUFUS K. TURN AGE,
.-4. ATTORNEY at law,'
MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE,
WILL attend promptly to all business entrust-,
ed to hia care, in West Tennessee, North .
Mississippi and Eastern Arkansas, pay Taxes, &
Refer to William' Ruffin. Esq., Dr. William T.
Turner, Memphis, and Davfd Melville, New York.;
Memphis, Feb. 26, 1852y 17 ly
Memphis,
Good News for Farmers.
15
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J. URUttS.
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