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SlllKlllll REGISTER, .1 . nf fair, del willful neace : '0'" a?Z Jrt raae. to live like brother,." rmwrr rZ 1 - " -r . - RALEIGH, N. C. jiTCROAY MORNING, MAY 21, 1853. HEX AND THEIR DOINGS. NO. III. Wash ixoto. May 17, 1853. th elections for members of Congress are rth Carolina. Virginia. . A Q (0 " ' O i wme wer, "pu"-c"'- itielf, h il nd what ik ou?ht to be' '""rJlj uSst8 tt,e,f t0 tIve reflectln8 n,ind, "(jpecially to one who has seen as-much of 7. .. whom the Tpettp send up here to Lrt the; great - legislative business of the i -a.11 HeDablio, as 1 have, . $n we generally Ijave of 'the old Con- vi-gwji- taafitVas'cpmposed of able, r trfA ana distinguished men ; men who i lMirtiiiBi ui t-.---. r dtnee, and prosperity of their country. They uiht, and did, differ upon many questions, but ufich ma 'animated by the same ardent love fconntrr, and the same anxious desire to c- . . an A fur trhiih tViAV were inntnd- tare tne gre - there were no unworthy rivalries, no jeal- ill parties tnwarung the measures of each other nnd, above all, no seinsn amDition to mane w;hca for "Buncombe," or otherwise denia- gM for a re-election.- The objects for which oorfttlrtw were struggling were of great mag- nitude their patriotism pure and elevated; - 1 1.1 1 lL . 4. tbtir demeanor, as ucc:tuio uieni nu me great interests at stake, grave and dignified. Such was the Congress of the United States dnrine tlie revolution, and perhaps for many Lean after, except that it gradually became di iiied into parties upon questions of fureign and domestic pjlicy. But long after the country Ikcuuj divided into parties, it was customary to lend to that body.men of character, abilities. mi of pood manners. It was then supposed that those, whose ditty it would be to legislate iiustbe affairs of a great nation. to give di nrtinn t her foreign and domestic policy, to jive activity, scope and encouragement to the indntfrj and enterprise of her citizens, protec tion to her commerce, and respectability to her tune ought to be men of enlarged and well ttored minds, cultivated manners, no little in- itrcoorse with men, and of much practical knowledge in busiuess and the affairs ) life. J Saca were tome of the "old fashioned notions" (boot the fitness of men .for the ilien high and aptdtd position of a member of Congress ; and vbra ueh men were elected and came together, they enld not" but. have the bearing and de- aeanor uf gentlemen ; for each respected him- rlfand the other members of the body too highly tout otherwise. The business of the ooJy was inducted with order, decorum and despatch Xo member felt at libertv to absent himself for lav. a week, or a month, without leave, nor lietlicn think of drawing pay while he was knt, nor of making twice as many miles be- hm the capitoi and his house as there really u. W hile Mr. Clay was Speaker; tlio House i lii'nresentatives was one of the most able, vjiiitieJ; decorous and business like public ii'iia the' world, one to which an Ameri ca ijnuid noint a toreiirner with a ieclinir ol i'rT, hriJf! and exultation l C3 J hthis the picture of the last ftf several of ! lift "Conarcsse ? Is that assemblase of lara.ittin?.- standing, leaning, some with their 1-tiJs ajid some with their feet upon their I'-fis; some reading and some writing; some lulling and some lausrhiniF tibstrenerouslv. ade one is sawing the air with Lis arms, and 'training: hts lungs to their Utmost capacity, to we himself heard, amid the din of voices, and if rattline of Dnners in the hall, bv the Snea- Iw-is ihu, I ask, th at same House of Repre- Iwtativen, over wliioh Mr. Clay presided with much dignity and ability T It is the House f Representatives of the United States, but oh J w changed! Where now is your Madison. .'wr Ame, your Marshall, your Calhoun, your Iwwndes, your Quiney, your Cheves, your Oas IM. TOUT OfU Injniore I could name? Nay, where are the worthy to occupy their seats f The people ""not, of late, sent them here. That Con- F is not now what it once was, is a most la mentable fact, and is, in some degree, their fault- Ulej send small men. men aliko without in lull' IIITCDM and ,;.k..l U I, ..va niuiuui. maimers : iiivii w iiu J"9 u little respect for themselves as they lu" tor evcrvliodv l ml o-i.n ,.-. appreciation of the true character of an 1 1 leriuin w;.in ' i , that suiih 8PJno Will O Ofain AnnA1 ' made tlie nation blush for tho last ten or Keen years';. If remedy is ever to be ap- P"d, it must be bv Ol With thorn tho ,i. J f t --- ...v., Hlet rem. J , OBSEKVER. ; No. IT. Wasoinotox, May 18, 1853. '-Peakine. as I dill in mv lit nf th ITnuoa ''Representatives, and of Mr. Clay, the most "ui:u Bpeaitor uiai ever presiaea over wmU.i, .i.i.i-, ... .... -j. n'i wuo ma so in its palmiest aays, "nde me of a historical anecdoto once rela- to me li. ir iati u"nent democratic member of that body as hack as kia 11 io , vn .. ,. th fact, that Mr. Claw .u ftlaatofl .nnnA- "nthe-verv fii-t ... . j it a . -j.-jv vaj n ever ciitcruu lite uuuie teseiltnlitrnu oJ . -. Ul. . W V,,,, ,1, I T . . " Know, i presume, why be was e(l in preference to soma old OM Mmember- The an,cdot telu th reaaon. J Josiph B.4Vanuii, of Mass., a gentle- o?r '..thei,old icho1 of mnnera, had preaided l"C House for a nnmlmr nf .-1 WJU'TI 9 ..... - man 0i great dignity and suavity of manner, did not possess that resolute decision and firmness which was requisite to a proper control of the more erratic spirits of the body; he lacked discipline, and thejpower to enforce or der.; The consequence of this was that members had fallen into some of the bad habits which nave characterized the body of late years ; there was not preserved that strict order and deco rum, which members deemed essential. Talking this over, one day, several members who happened to be together, lamented the want of a, proper enforcement of the rules of the House, and expressed a wish to bring about a reform. "How can this be done ? " asked some one; "by tlie enforcement of the rules," replied another. "Who can do this ?" "It must be some one who can bridle John Randolph, and restrain him within the rules." "Then," said another," it must be some man who can meet him either upon the floor, in forensic conflict, or on the field in a more serious encounter, for John Randolph xyll never quietly submit to the rules being enforced on him." That is very true," responded the whole," and we must then look for our man at the south or west, for no northern member can or will do this." "True again ; but where is the man" "I will tell you," replied Mr. Roberts, my informant, "young Clat of Kentucky, who will be a mem ber of the next Congress, is the eery man ; he is a match for Randolph on the floor, and will not hesitate to meet him anywhere." "The very man," responded the whole circles" and now, let us set about preparing the way for him; let it be understood that he is to be elected, and each one of us pledge himself to do all we can to effect the object." This was done, and Mr. Clat was elected. I need not say how soon and effectually he brought the "House to order, nor with what distinguished ability he presi ded. Not a decision of his was ever reversed by the House. Would to ite aven we had a Henry Clay now to take the chair, and bring order out of chaos, and decorum out of confusion ! But "there were giants in those days," pigmies In these ; not that there is not intellect enough in the country, but it is either not soughtand sent here by the people, or it seeks more profi table, and, since Jaoksonisui swept over- the land like a burning tornado, more ennobling em ployment elsewhere. Jacksoni.iu was, and de mocracy is, the great "one thing needful ;" not talent, not experience, not great acquirements and elevated views. No man will do who has any notions different from those of "the party." If thewrysay so, "noiuternal improvements, no use of the public lands for the benefit of schools, no progress but progress downtcards " So it must be, and every manwho is ambi tious to make a fiiure in Congress, or have "honorable" prefixed to his name, must first bring his mind and views down to and within tho circle of this belittling creed. ' Is it a won der that wc have so many little men in Con gress? And now, having taken a pretty thorough look at that body which is not unfrequently de nominated "a moli," in this city, let us cross the rotunda, and take a glance at the Senate. Here once sat Clinton, Burr, Gerry, Bayard, Bingham, ffafus King, J. Q. Adams, GaiUard, Wm. II. Crawford, Gallatin, Barbour, Doggett, Mnsun, liana. G-ddslmntugh, Clay, Wubstor, Calhoun, Frelingbuysen, Lloyd, llayne,4 and many others of mark and note. It was a body of "irrave and reverend seniors." able, digni fied and decorous, whoso self .respect, regard for the high position they filled, and habitual suavity of manners, were sufficient bands of re straint, and rendered the use of rules almost unnecessary ; so far, indeed, as order and de corum were concerned, quite unnecessary. The very atmosphere of the chamber seemed to im pose restraint upon every one who breathed it. Senators addressed tho Chair and each other in a subdued voice, not in a loud boistrous tone, except when extraordinarily excited by the heat of debate, which was a rare occurrence, and observed the strictest decorum in their man ners. Such a sight as a Senator sitting with his feet upon his desk, or engaged in whittling a piece of soft pine, and scattering the chips around him, like some "Jonathan Swap," bent upon trading horses, yet not " letting on ".that he had any such notion in his head, was never seen in that chamber, until "modern degene racy" and flibustiering " progress " found its way there, in its half-barbaric, half-qivjlized garb and rowdy manners. 1 ' In the very decorous " slang " and " flash " of the present day, " Young America," whom Cave Johnson terms " Young Roguies," has driven these " Old Fogies," whom I have men tioned, and who dignifiod and adorned the body of which they were members, from this hall, and taken possession of their seats; and a beau- ' tiful " progress " they have made of it, truly ! " Progress !" yes, let tis have progress, but let it bo of that kind which advances, in all that is good, virtuous, respectable, moral, upright, just; which looks to the moral and intellectual improvement of the people, and the physical condition of the country ; which opens roads, cleans out rivers, levels mountains and makes them passable 5 which opens markets and high ways for the produce of the country, so that the farmer and planter may not have to expend half their crop in getting the other half to mar ket ; that progress which doubles the value of every acre, and adds to the comforts and con veniences of every one, rich or poor ; that pro gress which is onward and upward not that which is backward and downward I ; " OBSERVER. Got. Swain's Lecture. We resume and con clude, ia oar issue of to-day, the 'highly inter esting lecture of Got. Swain upon the "British Invasion of North Carolina in 1776." . In the publication of that portion of the Ad dress, which we gave in our last, the. asterisk, (which was employed to denote certain names of gentlemen who were particularly distin guished as "sturdy and well tried Whigs" during the Revolutionary War,) was omitted at the name of "Paul Barringer, of the County of Mecklenburg." . ,i -r NOTES OF TRAVEL, A correspondent of the New York "Times," who Has been sojourning at the South during the winter, has given the readers of that journ al, among other things, his views of Raleigh and the country upon his route to Fayetteville. It as strange that men who travel to impart infor mation to the public, should so often be led in to error, either from not going at once tci prop er sources in order to obtain it themselves, or else permitting some petty personal annoy ance to distort their vision, until an original picture can scarcely be recognized. But, upon the whole, the letters in question seem to be written in a kindly spirit, with a disposition to praise what is good, but with somewhat too much of severity upon what is bad. We pro pose to make a few extracts from the particular letter referred to, as the whole is too long for our columns. And first of the Raleigh and Gaston Road: "The train left Gaston an hour and a half af ter its advertised time. The road excellent and speed good, a fieavy U rail having lately re placed the flat one. A new equipment through out of the road is complete." The time of leaving Gaston is always de pendent to a certain degree upon the arrival there of tho train from the north, and while a detention from that cause may sometimes oc cur, it has no great effect upon the time of arri val here. Surely, travellers, in view of the re cent horrible occurrences at the north, may be content with an average speed of twenty miles an hour. The equipment of the road is fully complete, and we venture to sny that better en gines for the service required, and more com fortable coaches, are not to be found any where. Nor can any road suroass it in safe, prudent and skilful management. "The city of Raleigh, (old Sir Walter) the capital of North Carolina, is a beautiful . place, having many of tlie characteristics of the most lovely New-England villages; the streets wide, and lined with trees, and many whit? wooden mansions, all with porches of a similar style, and with little court-yards around them, rather Jinicallif adorned with fljwcrs and shrubbery." The writer pays the usual tribute to the beauty of our city. If he could see it now, em bowered in the rich foliage of the native oak, and its gardens and pastures gorgeous with their floral beauties, he Would withdraw his remark of 'finical" adornment. "The capitoi is the finest State-House 'in the country ; every way a noble building, construc ted of brownish gre- granite, in Grecian style. It stands on an elevated position, near the cen tre of the city, in a square field, that is shaded by some tall old oaks, and could easily be made into an appropriate and beautiful little park ; but which, with singular negligence, or more singular economy, (while !jvjOO,(X)0 has been spent upon the simple edifice) remains in a rude state of undressed. nature, and is used as a hog pasture." Wc regret, as much as the writer, the neglect cf the' capitoi grounds, and sincerely hope that future Legislatures may be aroused to a proper sense of liberality with regard to them. But it was not, upon the whole, to be expected, that try, who' had been lulled on from an estimate of sixty thousand dollars into an actual expenditure of five hundred thousand, should immediately impose upon economical constituents by spending mon:.y for fl iwors The square, instead of being a "field," is a beautiful-plot of six acres, (susceptiblo of very great adornment,) shaded with a magnificent growth of oak, numbering many fine trees. And the whole is surrounded with a substantial iron rail, upon a granite base ; and if, per chance, it should now and then atlbrd "pasture" to "hogs," it is not the fault of the indefatigable Col. Kiuy. r "The country, for miles about Raleigh', is nearly all pine forest, unfertile and so little cul- tivated that it is a mvsterv how a town of 2,500 inhabitants can obtain sufficient supplies from it to exist." We grant, that the country, upon the .line of travel, is not remarkable for fertility, and may r,roont no nr. pahlA nietnr in th dnth ,.f winter. But there is rich 1 md enough to keep 1 . us from starring, and to maintain a population of oOOO, and not 2,500, as stated. " After staying, at Raleigh a little longer than was necessary to have the damages repaired that my clothing and baggage sustained on the Weldon stage, 1 engaged a seat one day on the coach to leave at 2 o'clock for Fayetteville. As it was not ready to start at that time, I said I would walk on a bit and let them pick me up. I found a rough road for several miles a clay ey surface and much water--and was obliged to pick my way a good deal through the woods on either side. I stopped frequently, when I came to cultivated land, to examine the soil and the appearance of the stubble of the corn, which was the only crop that had been raised upon it. In three different fields I made five measurements, at random, of fifty feet each, and found the stalks had stood on an average, live feet, by two feet one inch apart, and generally they were not oyer an inch in diameter at the butt. In ,.1,1 1.1 ,.).. ..1. ...nu l.nlrm. . 1 f . new cultivation, I examined a most absurd lit tle plow, with a share not more than six inches in depth, and eight long on the sole, fastened by a socket to a stake, to which w-as fitted a short Geam and stilts ; it was drawn by one mule, and its work, where it performed any be tween the stumps, could only bo Called scratch ing. A farmer, whom I met, told me that he considered twenty-five bushels of corn a good Crop, and that he generally got as much as fif teen. He said that no money was to be gotten by raising corn, nnd very few farmers here made any more than they needed for their own force; it cost too much to get it to market ; and yet sometimes, he said, they had had' to buy corn at a dollar a bushel, and cart it home from Ral eigh, or further enough not having been raised in tho country for home consumption. Cotton was the only crop, that they had got any money for. 1, nevertheless, did not see a cotton-held during the day. He said that the largest crop of corn that he knew of, reckoned to be fifty bush els to the acre, had been raised on some reclaim ed swamp, while it was still so wet that horses would mire on.it all , the Summer; and most of it had been tended entirely with hoes." i . ' - ' - . . f - i We commend the above to the consideration .of our farmers, without comment. Our traveller arrives at Mrs, Barclay' sf after a long and weary tramp through mud and sand, and,' under the shelter of her hospitable roof, seems half disposed to see all things on the bright side. Old stagers, of thirty years stand ing all stagers along the route, will always remembe with pleasure that little oasis in the desert, and will recall many a time the genuine kindness -and benevolence of Mrs. Barclay, which disarm her entirely of the character of a public hostess. We append his remarks : " Then. I had for my lodgings a whole house, there being a chimney between it and the next, and the only connection a verandah or long porch between the doors. Here, too, I was a great fire a tub with warm water, without my having asked for it, to bathe my feet ; and a great bed in the English style, witn a canopy and curtains. And this was a piney-woods stage-house. I should as soon haveexpected to find the Garden of Eden in GrceIand. But genius will find its development no matter where its lot is cast, and there is as much a genius for hospitality as there is for poetry. Mrs. Bar clay is a Burns in her way, and with even more modesty; for, after twenty-four hours of such entertainment I was only charged one dollar. I paid two dollars for my stage-coach privileges namely, riding five miles and walk ing twenty-one." Journeying on to Fayetteville, ho is beset with all sorts of troubles baulking horses, bad roads, profane drivers, and every thing else to j mnke him wish himself at home again, x-ven the soothing influence of the last twelve miles upon a plank road did not mollify him. We are' not disposed to find fault with bis complaints in these respects. The transition from-comfortable cars ami rapid locomotion, to two horse backs and bad roads, is too great to be borne with patience those hacks, too, not of the host, and the horses of thj worst! Rutin remarking, iiwtliis connection, upon our backwardness in keeping up with the spirit of the age, the writer lus overlooked the important fact, that the route by Fayette- : ville is no longer on the line of southern trl .'ill I imn u-oa irhan if wla tlm An.ir means of transit between north and south. But the introduction of rail-roads mid sea stea mers has thrown it into obscurity, and it is on ly now used for the local travel of R ileigh and Fayetteville, and, we are sotry to say, with little encouragement from either town. A journey to New Y4rk includes much less rcrsonal in convetiienee than a trip to Fayetteville. We hope to sde these things remedied After all, as we have taken frequent occasion to say, that remedy depends upon us, citizens of Wake, in a great degree, in co-operating for the exten sion of the" Northern plank road frun Fayette ville ! THE CONGRESSIONAL CANVASS. The "Salisbury Whig" gives an interesting account of a discussion, a few days since, at Concord, between Messrs. OsuoxNEand Craice, the Whig and Secession locufoco condidates for Congress in the Seventh District. Mr. Craice seems to go a bow-shot beyond even the most ultra progressives of the day. We shall be more thanjsurprised if thu voters of tlie District do not sloji him in his headlong career: "Mr. Osborne spoke one hour with great beau ty and eloquence, and was replied to by Mr. Craigc, one hour, in a speech of decided abili ty, but exceedingly discursive and unmethodi cal. Mr. Osborne then rejoined, and Mr. Craige sur-rejoined in speeches, each fifteen minutes long. The distribution of tlie proceeds of the pub lic lands, and the policy of annexation of For eign territory, (and particularly ot t. uha,) to the United States, were the princiial ouestioiis debated. Mr. Osborne, on the suljoct of the Public Lands, argues, that as these lands were originally ceded by North Carolina, and the other old States, in trust to the General Govern ment to pay the Revolutionary debt, (and for no other purpose,) and that debt having been paid, that North Carolina, through her Representatives I in Congress, should demand her equitable pro- Vutu,u of these k1"1- Mr- Oraigo, as wo under-' I 8tood f e nnstook his position; we 1 W aff,ml hun a" opportunity to correct I advocates the very strange doctrine, that it ' is constitutional to give-the public lands, or the ! proceeds thereof, to the States in which thev j arQ located, but unconstitutional to give the 1 lands or to distribute tne proceeds of the sales ' to the old States. Can the injustice to North ! li ...I. .nl. ......I. tx Carolina, whichsuch a doctrine implies, he sanc tioned lv ithe intellijrent voters of the seventh Congressional District? Suppose Bennett's bill is revived, in too next congress, ana iur. Craige should be elected, and vote to strike out of the bill the appropriation to North Carolina, would the niere name of Democracy atone for such a parricidal blow ? Have we no rivers and harbors to open, no roads to build and no poor childen to he taught properly their duties of God .and their country. Do the people of ! North' parolina so love taxes as to desire to pay all, and receive nothing, trom the General Gov ernment? ' We had hoped that Mr. Craige on this question, yartictdarly, would have risen above party. On the subject of expansion Mr. Craige goes the whole figure, lie thinks the-American Ea gle should at once gulp down Cuba, and at a more convenient season swallow Central Amer- ionl nriil "ihA rpst of mnnkinil " Mr OhornA tlinks t(,at' ,,e Eagle had better dijjest what is : airea,y Ktieking in its craw, before it attempts t(J ..take ftnv more forl,ulden fruit." I ' J J CENTRAL RAIL ROAD. The Goldsboro' Republican says : "rc have tlie sratifieation f knowing that one carjro of iron for tha Central Rail Road has arrived at Wilmington from Wales, andthat one train load has already been delivered at the junction of the Central and Wilmington road, a short dis tance below Goldsboro'. The rails are large and heavy, of the T pattern, and appear to bo of an excellent quality. The Bridge over Lit tle River, a mile from the junction, is already raised, and will probably be completed so that the track caSi be laid across during tho present week. It is a Burr Bridge, of a single span, 150 feet in length, and the track passes through ifc Sleepers are already distributed on the road for several miles, so that everything is in readiness to go ahead. We presume we shall hare ihe pleasure, in the course of a week or two, of announcing the commencement of the track-lay 'ng which will be pushed forward with energy? as far as Neuse River Bridge, a distance of iearly twenty-five miles." - j "i f- il i l " I i 1 ttgT 'A valuable silver mine, it is said, has been discovered in Gordon county, Ga, t&" We ark gratified to learn that Thomas j Mr. Forrest has been playing for sixty :con W. Dewey, of this City, (at present a Clerk in secutive nights, to crowded houses, atthe Broad-: the Bank of the State in Raleigh,) has been ap-, wa? 1 heatre. New York: , V pointed Cashier of the Branch Bank of .the State in Charlotte, ruas William A.Lucas, elected Cashier of the new Bank of Charlotte. Mr. Dewey is a gentleman of most excellent busi ness abilities, and will make an efficient n : faithful officer. Virginia Election. The election in Virgin ia for members i)f Congress, the Legislature, and the Board of Public Works, takes place on Thursday, the 26th instant. Both parties are rallying their respective forces for the occasion. MURDER IN WASHINGTON. Washington, May 15. Robert A. Ilawke, messenger of the General Post Office, cut his wife's throat at tpn o'clock last night, an hour after they retired, completely severing the wind pipe and arterit. He then made two cuts at his own throat, lut was, as be says, prevented from killing .himself by his wife knocking the razor out his of hand. Their daughter, thirteen years old, occupy ing the adjoining room, was awakened by the screams of her mother, who jumped out of bed and ran down stairs, while Ilawke raised the front window, loudly exclaiming, "I have cut my wife's throat and my own, and intend to cut my child's " The wife, in the meantime, reach ed" the front door and attempted to speak, but was unable. The neighbors, alarmed, going in. found heron the floor in a dying condition, the husband standing over her with arms extended, exclaiming, "Oh ! mv wife, my wife, I have cut her throat." The child was screaming on the steps. The wife expired in about twenty min utes. An inquest was held this morning, and the Jury returned a verdict of "death by the hands of her husband, he be;ng in a deranged state of mind." -j Ilawke has been arrested and committed. Ile'was honest and inffensive, or dinarily, but for some time past has been in an extremely depressed state of mind Intending filicide, he had written a letter, saving "the t world was against him, and as he couia not live happy here, he wanted all his family to go to heaven." LOSS OF TWO HUNDRED LIVES ! Baltimore, May 1C. The ship William and Mary, from Liverpool for New Orleans, was lost at sea on the 3d of May. She struck a sunken rock near the great Bahama Bank and went down. By this awful catastrophe not less than two hundred lives have been lost. The Captain, mate, and six of the crew, to gether with two passengers belonging to. the ill fated ship, were picked up at sea and brought to New York this morning. GRAND EXCAMPMKXT OF ODD FEL LOWS. At the Annual meeting of tho Grand Encamp ment of the Independent Order of Odd fellows i of this State, lndil in this town the present week, the following officers were elected for tho ensu- j ing year.1 J. N. Washington, M. W. G. T.. New Berne, J. E. Morris, M. E. G. II. 1'., do Henry L. W ard,; R. W. G. S. W.,Colerain, J. R. "Newbv, R. W. G. S., Fayetteville, Chas. Lutte'rloh. R. W. G. T.. do Win. E. June. R. W.G.J. W., Washington. John J. Conol-y, R. W. G. S., Wilmington. The Patriarchal branch of theOrderhas made but moderate progress during the past year. liril. Ilcrald. SPIRITUALISM vs. COMMON SENSE. The Spiritual Harbinger has the following : "In the twelfth hour the glory of God. the Lord of God, the II !y Procedure, shall crown the Tribune Creator 'with the perfect disclosive il lumination. Then shall the Creator, in efful- jience aoove me uiviuc serapniuiai, arise nun t ie disclosure in: one comprehensive revolving galaxy of supreme Beatitudes." The Cayuga Chief thus responds : "Then shall blockheads in the Jackassical dome disclosive procedure, above the all-fired creat leather fungus of Peter Nip xi..v-Go, tlie Gooseberry Grinder, rise into dome of the disclosure until coequal and coextensive and! conglomerated lumuxes, in one comprehensive . mux, shall assimilate into nothing and revolve j like a bobtailud pussy cat auer the space where the tail was." GO IT! The tWO leading editorial articles in a paper in Western North Carolina are devoted to the praise ot Uurton Craige, ot Kuwan, and Mt.SS liosamond Unrncross. ilie latter is saiu to oe the most "exquisite dancer in the country at this time," and "those who are judges, say that her voice is equal to Jenny Luul ! VY lulst Mr. Craige is represented as "the very man for the present crisis ;" which "crisis" is said to grow out of the condition of things described in the following grammatical language : "Never have greater peculation been perpe trated on the treasurv department than have ury department than have ninistrations of Gen. Taylor been under the admi V1r ana .Mr. r uimore. Ana unless we uara oo.u bands in Congress to purge these tm punties, great evils to the country must arise from i And -much more in the same style. 1 he edi- tor wns nrobablvborn since the dav ot owart- . . W TTtt All I L J wourt, and Price, and Harris, and Gwin, and has never heard of those worthies. Fay. Obs. DISTRIBUTION HOW IT WORKS. A correspondent of the Baltimore Sun informs us that the donation of Fublic Lands to the State of Illinois, ;by the Gen. Government, for the purpose of constructing the Illinois Central Railroad, has enabled the Company to make their road without one cent ot expense to the , State or Stockholders. This road traverses the j whole breadth of the State. The same authori tv informs us that the Missouri and Pacific Railroad, 310 miles long, is also entirely con- structed bv means of donations of Public Land. The Public Lands are going going. It is time Old Virginia (North Carolina) had her share, Harrisonburg Republican. SAVE YOUR OLD RAGS. The price of printing paper has advanced 15 j per cent, within the last three months, on ac- j count of the scarcity of rags. Save your old j rags I In Philadelphia, last week there were 180 deaths; 100 were children ; ot consumption ol; convulsions 19 ; scarlet fever 7. The Democrats of the Mobile district, in Al abama, have nominated P. Philips and the whigs E. Loekwood for Congress. Hon. H? W. Halliard was violently assaulted in Montgomery, Ala., a few days ago, by a man against whom hei acted as counsel. The turpentine distillery ofBarnum fc Round tree, near CharleJn, was destroyed by fire on Friday. - Dr. Underbill, spirit rapper, &o.", has .been fined $200 for exhibiting "his nonsense at Hock island, III., without a license": The Maine Liquor Law' Bill has failed, in the'J Under the strict rules of th llousa no reconsid, eration can be had, neither party being in a po- siiion tnat oi a voter ,with the - majority to make the motion, i A child was killed in New York" last week by the negligence of an apothecary's clerk, who sent laudanum where paregoric was required. The Western Rivers are all reported tov be hifh and rising, and,, at last accounts by mail from St. Louis, a flood' was apprehended in tho Mississippi. -j A Mayor Fined.- Tho Mayor of New York city has been fined five" dollars for allowing a servant girl in his employ to wash the pave ment in front of his. residence after .hours.- - California Slave Laic-i-The Legislature of California have extendedJbr anotherv.yearthe. operation of the Fugitive slave law, passed fit th last session of the Legislature. . j A block of marble, from Indiana, for' the Washington National Monument, weighing 1,500 lbs., was brought from Wheeling over tho railroad, last week, without charge. A man named David Fender, popping the question" in a letter, concluded thus : rt'Ahd should you say "yes," dear Mary, I will truly be your D. Fender." 3- At Washington. N. C. May 11, a fine sample of ripe early wheat was exhibited, of this season s growth. Hon. Presley Spruance has been elected president of the Bank of S . yrna, Del. tsf Six slaves were sold at Milton, N. C, last week, at prices ranging from $1,000 to $1, 400 each. A Methodist preacher, after sending all his auditory to the devil, thus concluded: "You may perhaps, on the day of judgment, think to escape by laying hold of my skirts as I go to heaven ; but it wont do; I'll trick you all; for l 11 wear a spencer, I'll wear a spencer. The following melodious and touching poem is from the pen of the late lamented Wil lis Gavlord Clakk, and was written by htm for an early number of TUe Knicktrbocktr Mag azine : A SONO OF MAY. Tilt Spriiii's roitei buds all around ras ar swelling There art. suiij: in the stream, there i hlth in lua ale ; A wnse ot'1eli;;ht in each bottom i- dwellin-j. As flout the pure day-l-tsiiiis o'er mountain and Tula; The desolate rein of old inter i broken v The verd lire ia freh upon every tree: Of s ature'8 revival the cliurui. and a token Of love, oh thou Spirit of Beauty ; to the. Tlir son lookct-h forth from th hulls of the lnornluf, And flu-die the clouds that lc;iirt his career; lie welcomes the gladness and glory, returning To rest on the promise and hope of tlie year; lie tills with rich liuht nil the lialin-hreathin j flowers lie mounts to the zenith, and laughs on the wave; He wr.kes into music the j.-tt;cll f .rest-U.wers. And nil"! tl"-' cy plains which the broad riveri lava. Tlie younir bird i nut on hi? delicate pinion He timidly sails i.i the infinite r-ky ; A jrreeliiiK In May. and her fairy dij-minion, He pours ou the west-wind' fragrant nih : Around, aUive. there are peace and pieai-ure The woodlands are siuim: theheaveu is bright; The fields arc unfolding their eiiier.il'l tremura, Ami man s genial spirit is souruii; in liht. j Ala. for my weary and carc-liaiinted bosom ! The spells of the ppriug-timc artKise it no more; The souk in the wild-wood the sheen of the blossom The fresb-welliujr-fountain their niauic is o'er! When I list to the streams wheu I look on the flower, They tell of the Past, with so mournful a tone, That I call up the lhron:,-x of my Ions-vanished hours, And sigh that their transports are o i-er and gone. From the widc-spre.-idiii- earih from the limitless heaven, iiier nave -vanished an eloquent glory aau leam; To my veii d mind no more, is the influence (riven, Which coloretii life with the hu.-ol'a dream: The bloom purple ! landscape its l.Telinc.i8 keepeth I deem that a lijrht. as of old, :;ilds the wavy; But the eye of ui spirit, iu heaviness slecpeUl, Or sees but my youth, and lheL-ions ii gave. Tet it is not that a?e on my year hath descended Tis not that its snow-wre-iilis encircle my brow; But the newness and sweetness of Ueim; are ended 1 fi15! not their love kindling witchery now ! The shadows of Death o'er my path have been sweeping There are those who have ioved mo, debarred froui tlie day; The green turf is hrijlit, where in peace they are lccpiug, Aud on wings of remembrance my soul is away. It is shut to the glow of this present cxlstrmctj8--5- It hears, from the Past, a funereal strain; And it eagerly turns to the hi..'li-seeiiiing distance, Where the lost blooms of earth will begaruered again: Where no mildew the soft, damask-rose cheek shall nourish; When? Grief ln-ars no longer tilt' (Kjisonous sting; Where i.iliiess Uzxth no dark seepwr tan nourish., Of stum with his blight the luxuriant spring. It is tli us that the hopes which to others are given Kail cold ou Mr heart ill this rich month nf Mar: I hear the clear anthems that ring through the heaven; ! 1 lrink the bland airs that enliven the day ; ! "uZCZ Xn: j Oer the lost and the lovely my spirit is weepinc. For my heart's fondest raptures are buried with them ! MARRIED. In Wilmington, on Thursday, the 12th in stant, by the Rev. Dr. Drane, Gon, Alexander McRae to Mrs. Mary S. Herring. DIED. Near Elevation, Johnston Co., on the lGth ' in.t.nl M Vlnrir VT.i,I.ll l tha Crt,!, . - ' " ' J ...... ... ,.BU VVUII ((f hor The (ll!CeaseJ was a woman remar. kabl(J f()r ,er kinaness anJ j,08pitallty and , ,eaves ft , nu-,nbcP of descendants, relatives and friends to mmm her departure r In Wake Co., on the 17th inst., of apoplexy, Mrs. Betsy Sugg, wife of Samuel Sugg, Dec'd., aged 04 years. WE ARE REQUESTED to announe JOHN L; TERRELL as a Candidate for Clerk of the County of Wake, at the ensuing August Election! j May 18th, -18-33. tE-49 WE ARE REQUESTED to announce JEFF. UTLEY as a Candidate for the office of Countv Court Clerk of the County of Wake, at tli ensuing August Election. April 8, 18-53. , tE.-39 ; ! vg WE ARE AUTHORIZED to arinounSs j CALVIN J. ROGERS, Esq., former ) W3 Sheriff Of the County of Wake, as a i Candidate for Clerk of the County Court, at tk t Election to be held in August next. April 8, 1803. i j. U5. 99 WE ARE REQUESTED to announce OsBouxB BowKas, as a Candidate for Clerk of the Countv Court, at the ensuincr Auzust Election; If elected, he willxUvoU I i.! e :u : i ,.r . l n .11 i , ,. j fi f ... - ' . . March 18, 1853. tE 24 We arc requested to announce THOM AS G. Y lUTAhEK, Esq.. ai a candi date for Clerk of the County Court: of Wake at the ensuing election, - ..'- .. April 12, 1853. tl U n ARDLNE OPENER--with which a box of Bar- dines or Oysters can be opened without heat vr uuuviv u- j Raleigh, May 6, 1853. H. D. TURNER.- - -68 I Chariots, Velocipedes, atofbr Xait-P- --. -tie' jj'olks? t'- ZlX. chiWren? two, wheels. -r 7 . J - - , '- -. ..Four wheeled BaroiinhM - i - 4- tVelobipedes;forehUdiwaf3in2Veaa"mM, r pleasing and-healthful exercise'for.developing th4 " I H"-,. For sale by , 1' , Att . - " aoal'A - " -; C- Bookstore. :V- ' t "R AT-T I'M - P U i t DOii; -vi , " "TERYHght, strong and portable, much-used for 1.' 11 -jsountry houses, pia'xzas front tails arid ' perrooms. , ZZ.-; --'- - ", J"81? sewin Chairs; children's do. Voltotr do'i - T t office do,- with high and 'rouni backs; children's 1 f s sowing iAMrsoriight wood, to fold, fV -ainPA;uairs nd camp Stoolst"Tery eomfortablel j -mtableforpiaSs,-gardeils,xpic-nics, &c. ' - V Iroa Chairs and Settees, in bronze- of any color. ' suitaplooffiallsgnrdens riaiias.r" . i " - - .-i.w-1 ."''' - . 4 t jr - ' ! i' - w; 1, - . : f TURNER, r A - .-.May. 20, l&ft.; mHEsubscfibe'at May Session, l853,efWak i "t - v V . r?,;? -u aa AanwniStrator tlift Kt-,t win: o,71 - i i -j ivc . - " v. OUJi'P vec a. Notice is hereby given to all persons having dcbti, cUim8 ot present them' to me for ticate; withm the time preseribed by law other- Cry. - S" 2 :T,.r "y i"au in. oar oi taeir recot- PELEG ROGERS.- May 20th, 1853. 2-td I -- - i -f- .... - r .Ifotice.t - IS ALSO given that ihe cabscriber will, in tm suance 6f an order of 8aid3durt, proceed to sell at tlie house Albritton Mx:Dad, in said county, on Thursday the lOth of Jutie seven likely negroes consisting oC meniwomen and boys on a 'credit of nine months.i'Jiond and security will be required' of the purchaser i .h'ztpi - LEGE AND!S , BLACKING Snvparta the most brilliant polish to Bootsoes, Harness, &o., rendering the leather soffand pliant, and remark able for ot "coming off on the'Witaloons! i For' sale by; - WILLIAMS, fr. HATTVOOD-, - PERFEOT'LUXURT. That "Sallie Ward" brand tf Chewing Tobacat ; EXTRACTrOFJAMAlCA aiNtiER. For giv- ' ing tone and strength to the stomach and ' ' -bowels, arid the prevention of Summer complaints. ' 1 this article need no comments. For sale by 1 ' 4J -4- WJLLIAM3, & HAYWOOD.-"'''; CHOCOLATE AND COCO Ai' Of superior qual-" - ity in gtore, and for sale by f , -. : ,'. ' . WILLLLAMS & HAYWOOD. , - ' " '- '- - --- -' ..'- .-":-' . I TIOUNTS FOR BIRD CAGES. Also, Rape,:" L Millet and Canary Seed.-?-For' sale at tha '''' Drug Store of V WILLIA3IS & HAYVVO0D. . WINDOW & PICTURE GLASS. A large supply from 8-10 to 24-36;-', Jast received r at the Drug Store of WILLIAMS & HAYWOOD." May 20, 1853. : V 42 Sksf Star, Standard, and Spirit of the Age copy. SPIRITUALIST'S LIBRARY , . - Partridge & B ritt a nn,i NEW YORK, ' HAVE a complete assortment of Books and Pe-" riodic.ils devoted, to the facts, philosophy, and advocacy of SpiituJis' which ttiey will sup ply in any quantity, and on the most favorable terms. We refer to the Spiritual Telegraph for a list of our Books, prices, rates -of postage, &c. i THE SPIRITUAL TELEGRAPH is a weekly paper, devoted to the Elucidation of Spiritual Pas- " lioniena and contains a record of the most interes ting f.-vets, &c. A very interesting discussion of . the facts and philosophy of the Manifestations is now in course tf publication, between Dr. B. W; l Richmond and 8. B. Brittan. All the back numr ' bers can be furnished at Subscription price, $1 6Qt r"' pcraunum. Specimen copies sent fbei. ' ",: The increasing interest, and rapid occurrence of facts, demand more space and additional services, '- -and the Telegraphy (Volume II to-commence ia - May next,) will be greatly enlarged, after whiek 'the price will be Two Dollar 4i THE SHEKINAH, Volume It, is being issued. Monthly, anjl is devoted to mental and Spiritual Science. It contains many important facts and profound expositions of the psychological laws mm which they depend. Each number contains at leasl ! 48 pages of original matter, from the ablest contri butors, and is embellished with a portrait, on steel, of some spiritualist or Reformer. Terms $3 per annum. The firtt volume of the Shekinah is elegantly printed and bound, and its intrinsic merits and ar tistic beauty entitle it to a place in every Library. Price, iu morocco, lettered and gilt, 3 ; in muslin, $2 50. ; A liberal discount made to the Trade. Address PARTRIDGE & BRITTAN. No. 3 Courtlandt street, New York. New York, March, 10 1858. w3m 22 ; For Sale. ZfXHE undersigned having determiaed to -gJii change. Merchandizing for Agriculture, offers for sale all his i REAL ESTATE la the Tovn of Tarboro to wit: . His Store Lot on the Court House square, wall- -known as the THE BRICK STORE, with all neoes ; 1 . sary ware-houses and otiier buildings forMeiv chandizing. j -: . ' , , . , The Lot is considered one; of the most desirable , in Town, and has been tenanted as a place of trade without intermission ever since the foundation of. the Town. ALSO, THE RESIDENCE i . Of the subscriber, which has a good dwelling hoof . of five rooms, abasement and cellar, and all necea-i sary buildings for a town residence good fruIT -garden, etc. ' The residence is located in one of the best neigh-' borhoods f the town, and was successively eeen-' pied by the late Jos. R. Lloyd, James Weddell,and " the late Henfy I. Toole. j - - - ' . All the buildings and improvements are in good repair, ' Alto, for tale, veil assorted stock or OOODS. JOSEPH H. BOWDITCK. Tarbore', April 19, 1853.) : , " tf, &t f, BOGG ON THE CARNATION, Ac. A practical ! Treatise on the Carnation, Piak, Auricular. -Polyantheois, Ranunculus, Tnlip, Hyacynjth, Ross, " ' and other (lowers. With a : Dissertation on Soil and Manures, and. Catalogues of the most esteemed " varieties of each flower. By fhomns Hogg, FlorisV With colored illustrations. For sale by - ' ' 5 H; D. TURNER, - ' 'Raleigh May 10. 2fc-. f N. C Bookgtora. - ff . K.-.- WOKDSWOKTH'S f WORK ON THE 7 APOCALYPSE.-The Church of Rm . : the Babylon of the Apocalypse. Three Lectures by unr. Wordsworth, U. D-, with an Introduction by Re. Jarvis Bnxtou, of the ESoceseef RQ, T;" Just published and for sale by vw ' , y - , - .m : H. .TOESlili' , ' North Carolina Bookstore.' &sr ,r Raleigh, May 6, 1858.- f. -fQHW-'? X). M 1AM rnz.n A u-cm uppiy just to band. WILLIAM & IHATWOOP ar .af l -1 1 -1. - T - i
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