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VOLUME LIV. 3 . ; , CITY OF RALEIGH, WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 10, 1853. ! :;V;yV' Na'43.
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SATURDAY MORNING, AUG. 6, 1853.
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ifORTH CAROLINA ELECTION.
The Election fdr members of Congress, Ac-,
tbHHighout the State, took place on yesterday,
(Tlwradaj.) In this city, the election In iui
,tlT conducted. -"WVhaTe; returns, at the time
Lfour going to rress, irom wm wuwta pre-
flDcUiii the county, at wbictt Kocits loots op
016, Ltns 4151 and VJfABUt 4231 Booia
v eeonfidently anticipate, will get within' a smAll
Action of the joiit vote of Lewis nrfYzxAiM.
Gloriously done for Wake 1 If tii'e othet Coun-
jieg of the District do near so well, the Metro
politin District will be reprssented by a Tlfhig
is tb next Congress.
yote in Raleigh was: kookrs o50!
it so, (a-iacK-a-ua ior m iuuuduotui ui
i!") and ViNiBiJt 116!
Fa have vague reports from rranklin and
i"" t Tl it
iGfcnvillo, but noming reuaDie. ii ine rumors
i credited, however, Roexas is sustaining
lliiiself well.
y?t shall be able, probably, by our next, to
Lunonce the result in this and several other
IPiiiricts.
STATE ELECTIONS.
Messrs. Boyd and Breckenrjdgk, locos, and
i isa, Cox, IIogk and Prestos , Whigs, are as
certained to be elected to Congress in Kentucky.
i Whig jaw of two members ! Four Districts I
w to be heard from. Well done, Kotcckt 1 1
la Missouri, C. t . Jackson, anti-Benton, baa
peea elected to Congress in the 3rd District, and
eiil CiiuTHias, Whig, in the 7th, Edward
ais,Whig, has been elected Judge of the
Lad Courts 1
DEMOCRATIC ALARM.
What has become of the Whigs It is curi-
luto w'tness, (observes the "Baltimore Patri-.
k") the look of dubious surprise cast by some
Vibe Democratic presses over the political bor-
mq. The calmness, quiet and self-restraint
npoied by the great Conservative Whig party
ipoo itself, ss by one consent, is something
lej do not understand, and are - quite unpre-
land to trust. Accustomed to find, in the
Inihenind eonnter-nushes. tiltin?s and loust-
M times past stimulus to their ojnr etrH-""
irjisa, the Democracy experience a serious de-
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ciency in the non-resisting policy of the
fhin. There was another advantage in the
'i manner of contest ; they were always able
know the direction in which they were to
p. All that was necessary for a Democratic
Jfitor to prove his fidelity j to his flag was to set
b piece in position, and blaze away generally
I the other side'. '" There might be no par ticu-
niim, to be sure ; still there was a chance
f he might hit somewhere. m In the existing
ot of this guidance, ono can easily imag-
te embarrassment felt by these doughty
HODS. , ;
hilt 6
t the constitutionality of constructing the
IJfie. Railroad at government expense, is an
t illustration of this vexatious posture of af-
,The"Whlpress Is generally favorable,
1 some members of it ardent, for the con-
nrtioo f the road. This is a plain matter,
pableto everybody ; prima facie, therefore, '
i Democracy should oppose it
and, in fact,
them are do-
is what a good many of
The Democratic presses of the South, and
tticalarly Virginia, have been the parties
betrayed by following the old instincts of !
?ttioa to fhe Whigs, .The fugleman at
thington has been unreliable; notes indis-
and uncertain have been sounded, and
Imgiaid adequately indicative of the" poli
te be pursued by the Administration. Si
te oas predominated in the columns of the
Continuing, therefore, in thn old track
trict construction and the 'resolutions of '98'
Southern phalanx stood hostilely to the
'fie Railroad as a National work.
Bat the wonders.of modern "progress" that
progress whose means are honorable" and
peaceful effected ' what policy was too
'1 and nenr-ftiirhted in imlnrtji.k Tha
lll Palace, that temple) of concord and em-
B uf Ifatf - uroctlcal as contrradiaM
B the abstract, hrnlra tha cSiunn -
Started from their official moorings in Wash-
""i uu mixing witu the people in thei r
fegated majesty, the Cabinet officers could
guue on on me popular tacs, ana meet
cordiality extended i them bv acknowled?-
0t &S Cordial nf th onnafcitntinnal intknm.
of Congress to construot the road. Id the
01 the Secretary who comes from Misais-
') with the most decided State rights repu-
'u country was taken by surprise.
11 now, at length, it is, that the Union per
' high time to come forth from its retreat
gmfy to the rank and file that the daci-
' U taken an1 UA J i . &
to line for San Francisco.
'err . v.... ii 1 .
.. u tun auuiiuiaLrauun iihji 1 11 fa it.
Iir V 1,111 "es inings must nave
t effect iu increasing the perplexities ari-
F "emocrafcin friar, si. n .r.J : 1
kdtal 3 ia the church-Ja'd, "whistling a-
j p bicorg up," they cry out that
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"u i weir own voices may do some
Bto rehove the awe of the surrounding i-
7 fl BUfrnrpat
fja. OO v w w wa Xt lOUUO,
ttat-abouts of the Whigs is so great I- The
2 i. . " mS8 are neither dead nor sleeping,
ga their mit... r nH.Jl- A
1a. - ibvuoui iouubo. xaruu?u
t viivuusuuiino, ffiuuu UlaTDUIi
rPen a?ajn i- a ,v, a .u iI
o v ruuunuil jp 01101110 largost
share of which they may justly charge anon
their own mismanagement the Whig party
Was somewhat tightly pressed to the wall in the
onset of last November. . The injuries they re
ceived were rather severe, and demand time for
a complete recovery from their effects. ; Wkh
all power and responsibility wrested from its
hands, the Whig party has nothing to do but to
remain collected and calm, employing everyday
for self-recovery. It has too much self respect,
as well as too: much confidence in the service lit
has yet the power to render the country, to
waste its energies in premature and bootless bat
tle, for no other end than to excite the waggefy
of its opponents.
Besides, present appearances give no small
indication of such a favorable change in Demo
cratic policy as to make it altogether prudent
for the Whigs quietly to await the upshot of
events. The Whigs will not factiously find
fault with what they do now, and always have
approved. Already, the fanatics and extre
mists who, in November last, occupied the
skirts and edges of the field are sounding note
ofjeouplaint. ; Tuoae irregulars who, a? inter
ventionists and fiHbasters, asked . for pay in
Blunder and nillatre abroad, are aulkilv rrumb-
MinjJ at the quieto.de of the Administration of
ftheir choice. They see no wars racing, no vio
lence concocting, no buccaneering under na
tional auspices, and they are discontented ac?
cordingly. We see certain relaxations of the
Sub-Treasury system proposed, to the credit of
common sense and the convenience of the busi
nessofthe country. We perceive the Wash
ington and Whig doctrine of non-intervention
practically carried out; and, lastly, upon the
Constitutional question involved in the Pacific
Railroad, the "powers that be" are just where
they ought to be.
If, unhappily, these things were reversed,
and active opposition required, there would be
no occasion to ask, "What has become of the
Whigs?" Weak or strong, few or many, the
Whig clarion would rally all their clans to dire-i.
tul battle. They would dare all and do all
that men and patriots ought ; and, be it remem
bered, with a sufficient occasion to bring their
energies fully into play, they are always victo
rious." The prospectus of Mr. Bxverly Tucx-
ib's proposed " Democratic" journal in Wash-!
ington, to be called the Washington Sentinel,
is published, and, as a sign of the times, de
serves to be referred to and considered. In the
first place, it is announced that " it will not be
ambitious to commend itself to the people by a
blind flattery of their rulers (a lick at the Uni
on !") It will seek public support by the bold
avowal of the sentiments which are" common to
the genuine Democracy of the Union, and by
the condemnation of all such as may conflict
with them, from whatever quarter they may
come." This is very significant. Next the
Sentinel is to be strictly " State Rights," and,
although nothing is said about nullification or se
cession, we should think no very great horror
is entertained in relation to either. In respect
to the internal administration of the Govern
ment, the Sentinel will sustain the settled policy
of the Democratic Party which is very indefi
nite. Finally, and most important just now,
" the Sentinel will advocate such a progressive
P,,wJ.wwul to tne ex.gen-f
cie antr -tserrespona wnn tne expanding inter
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ests of the country." And we are told, further
on, that "our foreign policy should, indeed, be
defensive ; but to be properly defensive, it must
sometimes be apparently aggressive." The Con
clusion of the prospectus states that " the pres
sent Democratic Administration has our best
wishes for its success in the establishment of
the great principles upon which it came into
power ; leaving a very wide margin for any dif
ferences of opinion that may hereafter arise! as
to the " principles" here spoken of, and which
some democrats think have already been aban
doned. The public will thus see, what is the
prospect, with this new exponent and organ of
the Democratic party, in Washington, of future
" harmony" and can judge of the probabilities
of acquiescence in the doctrines here avowed,
by all sections of the party.
" Sire," said a French chemist to the king,
"these two bodies (zinc and an acid) will have
the honor to combine before your majesty."
jiJKiuinge yupcr.
This is bad enongh, in all conscience, for
those who are taught to "bond the pregnant
binges of the knee," before the robes of imperi
al royalty, but it is not worse than a great deal
of the fulsome adulation and sycophantic fawn
ing which we have lately seen to the " Powers
that be'," even in our own country !
Dreadful Mortality in New Orleans.
New Orleans, July 29. The total number
of deaths in this city yesterday was 124, of
which number 100 were from yellow fever.
New Orleans, July 30. The deaths within
the last twenty-four hours have been 154, of
which 126 were from yellow fever.
The Next House or Representatives. The
followin'ew d'esprit was suggested by reading
the published list of members of Congress so
far as elected :
Of culinaries choice and Goode,
There'll be a Lamb, a Henn, and Trout,
With Mace and Sage to trim the food
A bustling Cook, meantime, about. .
Butv Sey-mour of the strange array :
Dan-ham and Up-Aam, Peck-Adw, too;
A Cutting member in the way, .
Whene'er there's table work to do.
The War Question. The Courier and En
quirer, doubting that there will be any war in
Europe, says: r
"The truth is, that in spite of all the bluster
and the turmoil, the sending of diplomatic pro-'
test, the concentration of fleets, and theproffers
of mediation, it seems at present as if the Czar;
were about to have his own way, and have it
quietly too' i
Hay- The President of the United States has
concluded a contract with Mr. Clark Mills, un
der an act of the last Congress, for the erection,
in Washington city, of a colossal equestrian
statue of George Washington, in bronze." It
will cost fifty thousand dollars, twenty .thou
sand to be paid during the progress of the
work, the remaining thirty thousand , when
completed. v y
New York Wool Market. Th'ere bad'beea
more enquiry for domestic wool in New York
towards the close of last week, bat particulars
of transactions have not transpired. Foreign
has been in better demand ; salee of 20,000 lbs.
washed Morocco are reported at 33 a 35 eta. -
GENIUS AND POVERTY.
It is an old remark, that " Genras will find its
level," but observation proves that it is not uni
versally true. The world can doubtless show
thousands of cases, in which genius, unaided
and alone, by its own innate, slf-propelling en
ergy, has forced its way through great discour
agements, to honor and eminence, and flashed
back a brilliant light over the darkness of its
origin, and the rough path it ha's travelled.
But the world would not consider these as es
tablishing a general truth, did it observe the
more frequent cases in which genius, fettered
and heart-sick, pinea in poverty strive in vain
to release its wings and lift them towards the
stars drags out a life of obscurity, unknown,
unappreciated, when it would have honored a
high station feels the chain limiting its move
ments to a narrow circle, while a great struggle,
in which it pants to mingle, which calls out'the
soul's energies, and makes life something more
than existence, is going on around turns its
thoughts backward upon their source, to rankle
in secret, and feels dissatisfied at its own burn
ing, but fruitless aspirations. Such cases do
not stand out before the public. The world
does not see them, but they exist. Most bril
liant intellects are following the plough, driving
the plane, or swinging the sledge. Many, who,
had a different fortune been their's, would have
added ornaments to literature, truth to Science,
and honor to the State, are like gold in the
mine of intrinsic value, but unrefined, un
stamped, and possessing no currency in the
world. Their epergies are never developed ;
their noble powers never find the range for
which they are fitted. The witless sons of
wealth are advanced before them, and seize by
mere accident, what is their's by birth-right,
and the gift of God. Poverty, misfortune, or
some untoward fate, has colored their whole
destiny, turned their thoughts and actions into
a channel which they can more than fill, made
them privates in the army of life, though qual
ified for loaders, and doomed them to be specta
tors, where their own honor, and the world's
profit, demand that they should be actors.
That genius will always manifest its exist
ence, is most unquestionably true. It will ever
be inclined to soar and gaze at the sun, whilst
its companions, by destiny not by nature, are
content to gaze at the dull earth. It will show
that it is an Angel, though it has never bathed
its breast in Heaven, and that the only reason
why it flies low, is, because its wings have been
clipped.
If there be a sight on earth which awakens
our sympathy, it is a youthful intellect con
scious of its power, and desirous of reaching a
station that will give it a fitting scope, struggling
with poverty wasting its energies in fruitless
efforts to improve fortune looking in vain to
the world for aid, or even an approving imile
And- finally turning back lnwvri-brokeBro weep
over a disappointment as deep as life itself.
How is iC that thtf world can look coldly upon
the honorable ambition of such a mind? How
is it, that rich men can look upon such a cha
racter pale, faring scantily, dressing poorly,
and holding fast amid all his embarrassments
the manly purpose of doing, what his secret
soul tells, with sure prophecy, that he can do ?
A fraction of their superabundant wealth would
relieve such an one from difficulty, enable him
to reach a position where he can achieve his
own destiny, breathe hope over a sinking heart,
and open life before it in bright promises.
"GONE OVER TO HOME."
The Freeman's (Roman Catholic)
Journal
announces that a distinguished American
statesman" has just become a convert to the
Roman Catholic faith. The Editor does not con
descend to enter into any particulars, beyond
the simple statement that the conversion in
question took place at Rome on the 2d of July,
which conversion was "reoeived by Cardinal
Fransoni." Also, that said convert is an Ame
rican Senator.
This piece of intelligence is given in the Free
man's Journal's usual enigmatical style. We
can recal the name of but one member of the
United States Senate abroad, just now, and that
is Judge Douglas, of 111., sometimes designated
by the appealiation of Young America.
If we are right in the hypothesis that it is the
honorable Senator from Illinois who has thus
travelled over the sea to give in bis adhesion to
the Pope, we trust nobody will impute to him
any 6uch unworthy motives as a desire to enlist
a Roman Catholic influence under the presiden
tial banner of 185G. a
: P. S. Since the above was written, we find
the following further allusion to the "conver
sion in question in the Journal s fans corres
pondence :
t "Letters from Rome, received here three days
ago, announce that a distinguished Senator of
the United States made his formal renunciation
of Protestantism, and was recpived in the Cath
olic Church on the Feast of Visitation, (July
2d) by His Eminence Cardinal Fransoni, Pre
fect of the Propaganda. I have not been able
to ascertain the name of the convert, but it will
Dot long remain wnlttvrTviT:"
j The same writer, we note, has the following
relative to the forthcoming "jurisdiction" of Sil
liman Ives, Esq., the late Bishop of the Prot.
Epi. Diocese of North Carolina:
. "Dr. Ives, late Protestant Bishop of North
Carolina, has finished a book which he has sub- 4
mitted to learned theologians in Rome, and
which .is highly spoken of in distinguished pla
ces in Rome." N. Y. Express.
I A Royal Psize of 1,400 francs has been of
fered for the best dramatic production of three
to five acts, to be produced in-the TheatrRoy
al of Turin ; another of 1,000 francs for the
.second best, of from two to five acts; and a
third of 600 francs for the third best, of from
one to five acts
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? Arrival or the Banshee at Monrovia.
The New York Commercial has a letter from
Monrovia, of the 8th of June, which announce
the'arrival of the ship Banshee, from Baltimore.
lit i . - -wv .'
at was port, l ne uansnee, - it wut be remem-
Dereu, iook out a large numDer ot emigrants to
Liberia.. I , ' .y;.: . L.;My - T
iu V '. - ' - , i
s A Monstre Packet. A tmor 375 't in
length is about to be built afLouisvUle, to run
a a packet between that city and Memphis.
She' Is intended to be the most-magnificent
steamer on tne western waters. i-
THE TWO PARTIES.; r
Since the election of General Pierce to the
Presidency in November last, the- press and
members generally of the so-called Democratic
party, have, until recently, for the sake of ef
fect, been in the habit of indulging the idle
vaunt, that the Whig Party is dead. We say
until recently, because, of late, the symptoms of
decay have manifested themselves with such
I startling rapidity in their own party, t&at they
j have no time to devote to others, but are busily
enjjagel in the most desperate attempts to avert
! the inevitable doom with which they arethreat
j oned. i'Xhe Whig Party dead, indeed ! Real
I ly, thisjis strange language to use of an organi
: zation which numbers one million; hree hun
! dred and eighty-three thousand American free
I men, less by only two hundred thousand than
j the motley crowd whicli elevated Frank Pierce
to the Presidency ; strange language to use of
an organization which cast a larger number of
votes fo its candidate at the last election tht i
haslaeetj ever given to any other mai,. save J?s
successful competitor f a number' nearly equal
to half the population of these colonies, when
they achieved their independence, and almost
ten times greater than all who would h'aye
been qualified to vote at that time under the
laws as at present constituted.
The Whig Party enn never die. It is found
ed upon principles, and principles do not pass
away. Under whatever name ic may be known,
it is destined to continue, as loug as the love of
truth finds a place in the American bosom.
Under the pressure of public opinion, Whig
principles triumphed three times in the last
democratic Congress, iu ppite of that rotten
structure, the Baltimore Democratic Platform,
and, vc' believe, within a fortnight after its
adoption; the noblest tribute that has ever
been paid to the memory of the great Clay, the
immortal founder of our party. Whig princi
ples are now workinga triumph over the hearts
of the honest, but hitherto blinded masses of
the democracy itself. Witness the principles
of distribution in Carolina, and elsewhere, and
the language of some of its prominent mem
bers, " we must change our position upon this
subject, or utter ruin is our portion." Whig
principles have triumphed over the present
Administration. Witness the speeches of Da
vis and Guthrie, at Philadelphia, in favor of
the great Rail Road to the Pacific, and the ta
cit assent of their "honored chief."
Now we would inquire how stands it with
the democratic party ? Has this pie-bald con
cern, thi Joseph's coat of many colors, a soli
tary thread which passes through the entire
woof? Is there .one solitary principle common
to the whole mass? If m, we would like to
know what it is, an inquiry which we have of
ten madefin vain, and which we expect to be so
now. Injone part of the country, the members
of this immaculate pafty are in favor of a high
protective tariff, in another they are opposed
to it; here they go in for distribution, there
they oppose it ; here they favor a strict and
narrow construction of the constitution, there
they stretch it until it contains with ease a
Rail Road to the Pacific, and a line of Ocean
Steamers : across the Atlantic ; here they love
the Union!, there they would sever its bonds in
sunder; here they favor the Compromise (f
1850, there they declare that it is "fraught
with', rum, and pregnant with disgrace' ; here
they favor a general system of internal im
provement by the General Government, there
they oppose it, and hold up to the shuddering
imagination, is its legitimate consequences, an
almost worse than Russian Uonsolidation. The
Whig party dead, indeed I It is the democrat
ic party that is dead 1 True, we recently' wit
nessed iti galvanized into something yf'Kich
looked lik0 life, by an application of the gal
vanic principle "of the five loaves and. two
fishes." its dead corpse rose up under the in
fluence, opened its ghastly eyes, threw its face
into a thoos'and Sardonic contortions, and rush
ed madly-about, beating the air with many
blows, to the discomfiture, we confess, of course,
of its living antagonist. But the principle
which animated it has become exhausted, it
has fallen prostrate to the earth, the symptoms
of corrupton and decay have already manifest
ed therusejves, and we shall have the pleasure
of chanting a requiem over its grave in Novem
ber '56, when Millard Fillmore, the wise and
the good, .or emue other, true Whig, shall be
elevated to the Chief Magistracy by the loice
of the people. Goldsborough Telegraph.
I A FERN LEAF.
"We do hereby proclaim that unless our
rights are soon given us, we will take immediate
measures to stop the population." Woman's
Right Convention.
Oh you benighted donkeys ! stop the popula
tion, will you ? How many does it take to make
a bargain f Now do ; for there is one comfort
about it, the world will soon be rid of you
"strong-minded women," and we poor quiet
souls can sit at home and sew our childfen'a
clothes, without perpetual appeals to join your j
standard, and direful threats if we dare refuse.
Stop the population ! Look at that unfortu
nate woman ; five children dragging at her dress,
two in her arms, and her husband folloving
with three more ! what a treasure she would be
to you ! arid how dreadful such a threat from
her would sound ! Now, if she would only place
all these children intraining as advocates.for
your "rights," (Heaven save the mark!) break,
the boys' poses, and pinch the girls' pugs a lit
tie higher what a glorious future would open
before you!
Stop the population ! Now when I look at
the list again, I am astounded to find it mostly
made up of spinsters and widows! Really,
you roust excuse me, ladies, but I had no idea
you were intending to keep up ttie population.
lhe tbreat.is too dreadful! "Uld maids' chil
dren" are proverbially prodigies. Now don't
deny yourselves the immense happiness of lis
tening ta tjioir little prattltug toues-.Xlon't you
see, dear creatures, that the "population" will
arise from another source ? Bless you, dears,
the men are not so easily scared, and sucn a
threat, wont move them, take Fanny's word for
it.
Stop the population ! Look at poor Jonss :
he has a strong-minded wife and eleven children.
Don't you think he would be delighted at your
proposition, ana willingly vote to decrease iif
Yes, indeed, and cry "encore" as often as you
wished! iiidn't he bring Mrs. Jones to the
Convention, and stamp and Cry "hear" to all
your niotionsr but wasn t it because Mrs. Jones
was treading on bis toes 7 Answer me that, JVlf
Speaker!
By all means, stop the population, dear ladiei;
then we can walk the streets without tripping
over piles of strong-minded .children, who are
bound to revenge their parents; wrongs, ana
trip you foi falling. But don't forget, deari,
there are w.eak-minded women enough to suf
nlv all deficiences. ? .
Remember, too, ye advocates, that a woman's
honest rights are a mothers, and that tne c ain
er who said "Suffer them to come to me" is
your judged and that it were better for you that
a millstone bung about .your - neck and you
were east into the sea, than one harsh word
epokeu to lis little ouqs. 4,.,
- 'Excuse hie, madam, but I would like to ask
why you look at me so very savagely f - 'Oh
beg pardon, sir
i tooryou tor my husband.
THE ANGLO-SAXON IN THE PACIFIC.
One day a mail from California brings ac
counts of the astounding discoveries, develop
ments, and progress on the side of our conti
nent bounded by the Pacific ocean, and the next
day a mail from Australia gives intelligence
equally surprising of the resources and r.ipid
growth of the: British colonies in another part
of the grand ocean. The rival countries divide
the attention of the world. The columns of the
press are loaded with the almost fabulous de
tails. Old men hear in silent astonishment,
scarcely believing they are not under some hal
lucination the young drink the inspiring news,
and soar high on the wings of expectation, to
look over the continents and islands to the re
motest parts of the earth under the conquering
power of moiern civilization. To calculate time
by the progress of the world we live a century
in a few years.
Our fathers read the narratives of Captain
Cook and other voyagers of their days of dis
coveries of islands, and of adventures iu the far
off Pacific, as-, when hoyfl,wa .JWftd obioaoa
Crusoe. They were looked upon like Bruoe's
Travels in Africa, and the adventures of knights
errants, as a mixture of romance and truth.
A voyage round the world what an under
taking ! And a man who had made it what
an extraordinary person !
And remember, this I
was not in a period far back in the middle ages,
but a few years ago within the memory of liv
ing men.
Now what da we see? Thousands" of ships
furrowing every parallel and meridian of Oceans
from fhe arctic to the antarctic circle, and
from the coasts, of America to those of Asia and
Australia. Two great empires have their foun
dations laid, and are assuming prodigious pro
portions one in the northwest, and the other in
the southeast of this vast expanse of waters.
The people are of the same race and speak the
same language. The two nations of which these
growing empires form a part number over fifty
millions, and gavern a fourth of the habitable
globe. They hold the commerce of the world.
In nearly equa: proportions the aggregate ton
nage is not tar from seveu millions. The ship
ping of all the world besides is insignificant
compared to this. In all the useful arts of life,
and in many of the ornamental, they stand first
among the uatians. In science and in litera
ture none are superior, and few can claim to
rival them ; while in their institutions and love
of freedom, which develop the man and give
energy of character, they are pre-eminent.
We speak of England and America together.
And though they differ in some things, there is
much that is common between them Not only
are they alike in language, but in their ambi
tion, in tenacity of purpose and determined per
severance, and in many other attributes. The
institutions of both have a common basis love
of individual independence ; and they are the
only people who appear to have ever apprecia
ted liberty in a practical, rational manner.
This characteristic has much to do, doubtless,
with the superior progress of the race. For as
England, with her free institutions has out
stripped the ress of the world, so America with
her greater freedom and superior institutions
will leave England behind in the race. These,
then, are the people who have made a highway
of the Pacific and every other ocean who are
fast bringing all nations and tribes into com
munication with each other, and who are spread
ing the light of civilization in the darkest corn
ers of the earth. These are the people who have
planted themselves in the east and in the west
oftbe Pacific as two points d"appu, from which
they will press with irresistible force upon, the
rich countries aad among the dense populations
of Asia and the Asiatic archipelago.
California in five years has become a great
State, with a population of more than 300,000.
Uer mines are yielding at the rate of $100,000,
000 a year, are increasing, and appear to be in
exhaustible. The commerce of San Francisco
rivals that of our largest Atlantic cities. From
January to the iiOth of Alay, 1853, there entered
487 vessels of 243,033 tons, and cieared 755 ves
sels of 2(2,245 tuns. Governor Bigler reports
that there was a capital of $108,522,508 employ
ed in agriculture, real estate, and improvements;
and, comparing her with other Status, he says :
"In hordes she. is iu advance of fifteeu of the
States ; in mules, of twenty-six States ; milch
cows, of twelve States ; in work oxen, of eight ;
value of live stock, of twenty States ; barley, on
ly equalled by New York ; potatoes, next to
New York, and more than one half of all pro
duced in the Unilon ; wheat, greater than ten of
the States ; oats, three-fourths of the other States ;
hay, exceeding nine of the States ; mining, with
out a parallel ; fruits, exceeding all the States
in variety, and one-half of them in quantity
produced.
Our Territories of Oregon and Washington,
though not making such rapid strides as Cali
fornia, are advancing fast, and will soon be
come States. They havo mineral wealth, a de
lightful climate, and the finest agricultural coun
try in the world. The abundance of unsurpas
sed timber, and coal, and water-power, with the
fine harbors of the strait of Juan de Fuca and
Pu"-et'8 Sound, must make this region a great
ship-building and commercial country, lhese
countries, stretching along from the 33d to the
49th parallel of latitude, embracing every cli
mate, and unparalieiea in tueir resources ana
capabilities for agriculture, mining, manufac
turing, ana commerce, ana mnaoueu oy a poo-
ple who will soon develop them, are destined to
be the controlling power of the Pacific.
In nearly a due southeast airection irom .
San Francisco to Port Jackson, New Couth
Wales, a distance of about 6,950 miles, is the
seat of the other mighty embryo empire of
which we have spoken. Sydney is a mag
nificent city, containing a- population ot
nearly 100,000, and has one ot the nnest nar-
bors in the world. It is the capital of New
South Wales, and the first city of Australia.
Melbourne, however, since th gold Uisoorery,
from being nearer to the mines, has advanced
astonishingly; and from central position, rela
tively to the other colonies, tnreaiens to nvai
Sydney in the contest for the seat of empire.
The colonies and settlements of Australia are
New South Wales on the east side of that msu
lar continent, stretching from the tropics to the
thirty-eighth degree of south latitude. This is
a great pastoral wool-growing region, and con
tains a portion of the gold district. Australia
Felix, or the Port Philip colony, at the extreme
southernmost part of the continent, bounded by
Bass's Strait, is a rich agricultural ana pasto
ral country the climate, like that of all the
colonies, is very fine. It is not so arid as some
of the colonies more north, and therefore is su
perior for agriculture. It has gold mines also.
On the west side f Australia, parallel to New
South Wales on the east, is the colony of South
Australia, of which Aaeiaiae ia mo capital.
Hfr are the areatBurraBurraand other Copper
mines. . This, too is a a fine pastoral and ag
ricultural country. The colony of Swan River,
further north on the west, baa not made much
Erogress. l nett tnere are tne coiouiev u ra
ieman.'s Land and of New Zealand.' These
are islands with the happiest climate and full
r ..,ium- This entire population in the col-
;. Twnbahlr over half a million. The dis-
. e annh a.n abundance of gold has given
them an importance scarcely less tha that 6f
California. The jamount of gold product ise
quaL or nearly equal, to that of oar own El Do-
' What, thep, day we not expect .from theto
ctuouMs, wnica must, before long,, tooomt in
dependent States? We shall havean.extein
siye intercourse with them, while we shall ri
val each other in the trade of tha PaoiSo. '-It
has been said that China and the eooatrieV, of
the northeast of the grand ocean will be. subju
gated either by the Sairaatian.pr4h;iSaxoii
Great and ambitious as is the Russian ; power.
we have no doubt that the Saxon will be sdpe- j
wvi w umo uaiuiajilkll, 1UIC1 tUU VTt BlWli aUlJU-
gate these countries, not by arms, but by the
peaceful And irresistible power of commerce.
X - , Republic.'.
I j -.i&wei'-
"Is them fellers alive now I" said an'arohin
to his teacher. "What fellers do you mean, my
dear?" "Why, Paul and Luke, and Deuterono
my, and them.", j ' . .... viwf
The Tobacco Crop of Kentucky, coraTng to
letters from various sestiods of the Stater, pul:
lished in the Louisville CoorierreMnts a'gloo-.
my pfiDgpoSoJoej
crop cannot ba grown while-others contS&S that
there will not be half a crop V fV:?
A Monument to;GeneraT David Wooiter, of
revolutionary fame, is to be finished on the 27 th
of April next, and 'eractAd in ihn nv iwrotUn
0f Danbury, Conn. called Mount MorisJiJ tn
entire cost ot JsJUW. o ' :,
Mr. Rembrandt Lockwood, a young artist of
Newark, N. J., is now engaged upon a work of
art, representing the Last Judgment, on which
he has been employed during the last eight
years, and which he expects to complete in a
year. ; .
Franklin's Grave.-A dilapidated, slab of
stone, at the southwest corner of Fifth and Arch
streets, Philadelphia, alone marks the spot
where sleeps thejpreat philosopher of his day-
Benjamin Fiankunl
"First class in sajred music stand up. How
many kinds of metrjj are there ?" "Three, sir,
long metre, short metre, and meet her by
moonlight alone !" : ":
"What are you about?" inquired a lunatic of
a cook, who was industriously engaged in strip
ping the feathers from a fowl. ''Dressing a
chicken," answered the cook. "I should call
that undressing," said the crazy man, in reply.
The cook looked refleotive. '
The appointment of George N. Saunders,
("Young America,") as Consul to London, is
for the 20th time 6ajd to be a fixed fact. Mr.
Saunders will sail fof London befoie the close of
August.
A faithful body servant of the late Tice Pre
sident King, it is said, is now living in Wash
ington. He was set free by Mr. King, who also
gave him $2,000 in money, and a gold watch,
for the faithful manner in which he had served
him.
DIED.
In Wilmington, on Sunday morning last, at
7 o'clock, of an extremely painful disease, under
which she suffered for forty days, which she
bore with unexampled fortitude, Mrs. Rebecca
Eliza Loiing, wife of the Editor and Proprietor
of The Commercial, aged 67 yeafs, three months
and fourteen days. She was a woman of vigo
rous and cultivated intellect ; of boundless be
nevolence of heart, amiable indisposition, and
highly exemplary in all the duties and relations.
of hie. Colt.
In Wilmington, NiC offlh 28th ult, at the
residence of her father, James M. Middleton,
Esq., Mrs. Mary S. MacRae, consort of Gen.
Alex. MacRae, aged 30 years.
At Business Hall, No U
JUST Received a lot of Blasting Powder, Picks,
Rock Hammers, Blasting Fuse, and a targe as
sortment of Octagon and Square cassteel, Loose
joint Buts, Screws, Locks, &c, which we will sell
low. L. W. PECK.
Aug. 3, 18o3. 8w 64
City Lots for Taxes.
ON MONDAY, the 29th day of August, prox.,
I will sell, at the Courthouse door, at 12
o'clock, M., in Raleigh, the following city lots, for
the taxes due thereon, for the years mentioned,
vis :
William Thompson, pt. No. 162, pt,
160, for 1850, '51, '62, $79 15
E. P. Guion, Nos. 211, 227, for 1832 75 00 fbaL
Chas. H. Johnson, pts. 7Q, 77, 93 and
No. 94, for 1850, 11 67 bal.
Do do do .for 1851 and '52, 24 60
JAMES H. MURRAY,
July 12, '53 57 6w! City Collector.
Tri-Weekly, Stage Line,
rriHE Stages will leave Raleigh, every Monday,
I Wednesday and Friday, at 7 A. M. by the way
ot Fittsboro . i ranklinsvUie, Uedar Falls, Ashboro ,
Copper Mines, sc., arriving at Salisbury by 7 P. M.
next day.
Fare from Raleigh to Pittsboro', ....$3,00
do ..do -St. Lawrence, , 4,00
do Franklinsville, Cedar Falls & Ashboro', ...5,00
do Salisbury, i 8,00
Four Horse Coaches, to Pittsboro ,
H. L. ROBARDS, & CO.
i ; Proprietors.
Stage Office Yarbrough House, Raleigh, N. C
Aug. 3, 1853. . 68
Medical College of the State of
SOUTH CAROLINA,
f CTVjIIE Atmual Course of Lectures in this Inati
B tution will commence on the first Monday in
November next, ! . i .,
Anatomy .....Prof. J, E. HOLBROOK, M. D,
Surgery........; Prot E. GEDDINGS, M. D
Institutes and Practice.
Prot J. HENRY DICKSOH, M. D.
Physiology... ...Prof. JAMES MOULTRIE, M. D,
Materia Medioa..Pref. HENRY R. FROST, M. D.
Obstetrics Prof. TH0S. G. PRIOLEAlL, MU.
Uheraistry l'rot. C. U. SaEYAAU, M. V.
Comparative Anatomy. .Prof. L. AGASSIZ, M. D.
Demonstrator or Anatomy, .
FRANCIS T. MILES, M. D.
Prosector to the Professor: of Surgery, ' .
J. F. M. GEDDINGS, M D.
CLINICAL INSTRUCTIONS.
Dr. J. CAIN, M. D., Physician to the Marine
Hospital and Clinical Instructor; lectures twice a
week on the Diseases of that Institution. '
J. F. PRIOLEAU, M. DJ, Physician to the Hos
pital of the Alms House, at which lectures are de
livered twice a week on Diseases, the diagnosis
discriminated, ' and the students indoctrinated in
their treatment.
Demonstrative Instruction in Medicine and Sur
gery, at the College Hospital, by the Professors
of the Medicals College. - i t : -f
At a special meeting of the Trustees and Facul
ty of the Medical College of the State of South
Carolina. Jield ion the Sd of January, 1852. Dr. L.
Agassi , waannanimously I elected ' Professor f
Uoraparauve; Anatomyywaa the f distinct under
standing that the eoliegiate expenses of the stu
dent are pot to be increased by this addition to the
course. j -, . j . -.
1 HENRY R. FROST, Dean.
Charieston, July .19, 1858. i . ; . ., wftv, 4f
' ' 4 . ' " . 1 . j i, i urn i
Lot of very SuperiotsJ,amiry Rear ins re
ceived JAXLS MCUMMQH
lay 6th,1858. jr,w . :
A JF??n8.': previous notios,.'a meeting
held at Auburn. Wake Oo- It R tw
29th
lalt, Jto; sleot offioers of $PBINGriLDi -UJCLB
maa ..jun4ij5 -.AyADJM' Jihn B. Johns, Ka."
being called jtO'jthais..vJAabcau
Appointed Secretary tfvfi'.i- 4 ZT
J; Thefoll6wmgbf&ers wers4eoWw r5
ooe F ARJitru President. , : rj -.'l1:'
J 'Bcs$be,v Corresponding Secretary, ,
Ob motion, J. J; Ferrell was 'elected Treasurer,
and,- on farther motion,' the following gentlemen
were- elected Trustees: "John Rr Johns, Wn.JU
FortaJStuiklevanVHardy Pool.: and David
.lwia,;;;,: . ifc.vvir ' :--T.
- .Me, .Lewis, was reqaestftd to wait on the Tfresi-'
dent, and inform him of his appointment; ' '
2. On. metion of Mr.'r Port, the meeting adjourned
until the 9th of . Aturasfe: when-th hniJAin
Acddfmy xntl lettih lowtMdtr, by tf Trmt .
tS-.:- "' W.'J.BTJSBl;gecrtaryV-t
Si'!','
ttlHE wholars inth's wuSaSUU6
;-JLtN. CbaymalreadyTtaM sarly;, in the ses-
"v", icaucn nouga aaumoer as vre Can at nres
et fMmiiMHUte;;AndL, ;
elaa eontinumg to multiply.; it becomes my doty to
inform the public that I shall hsreafler "pZtiijMy
J r otherjehoiar thaa thosTwo
have secured plaoea by prefiouspjMeU '
.FWfeFawmts and eUwrs,
wishing to place their daughters, relatives or wards"
under our care, not to set out with them for Salem, -without
having made previous application w tori
&ijr,;and then to await such vacancies, as may oo-
viu, vi iHuu.mKiwnc win De given them.
ROBERT DE SCHWEINITZ, PrincipaL '
August 6,
4w 64 ,
THE Subscriber avails himself of this mo4e .to..
inform hls iends and the public that the
school over which- he presides is in full and euo-.
oessful operation; with a larger attendance ot Pu.
pils, than at any previous "period; "
The Principal, assisted by ten competent Instruo- .
tors, devotes his whole time to the duties of ths
school ; and in every branch professed to be taught,
the public may be assured no pains will be spared
to.make the instruction imparted as thorough- as '
possible, f; The Musical Department is -under "the
charge'of Professor. Vincent Curda, aided by two
competent Teachers. ; . " f:
The buildings of the Seminary art . extensive
and for the' comfortable accommodation of a ' large
number of young ladies, ample provision has been:
made. ': . -.'-"-Vs-
Warrenton N. C. Female Seminary. ... i i"
v V- - DAKlEL TURNER," Prino.
July 22nd, 1853. ,: i-:; 4t60
T ImportsLnt Trustee Sale.'
HE. suOscrioer having been; constituted Trus-
tee, in a deed of trust," made by lUohn wT'
Hooker, will proceed to' sell,' to' tin highest bidder-, '
at the Gulf, Chatham ; county-oa MONDAY, the ' "
22d day of August next, all of ;the said John W.
Hooker's stock of Oood H orsev Cattle, Hogs,
. - "-,-'"",: ,r -w.. T
Eight ljkely young If egroes. .'-
All the household and kitchen' Furm'tore
Seven shares in the Cape Fear and Peep Rivers '
Navigation com'y V"'"' . ; fi&'i?
The land whereon his store and dwelling house
now stand, Ac. ' " is !t -,' v ':Si ''
By a provision of the deed of trust, creditors,
purchasing property, will have the amount of their
purchases applied to the payment of their claims. .
Terms cash. ""'""'-... -r
July 15, '63, I . ...68 ww'; .
Straved.1
ON the 22d May, a light Bat Mam Mom,
black mane and tail, with a small black streak
across her withers. Any person taking up said
Mule, so that I get her again, win be suitably re
warded, by applying to r
CASWELL A. SMITH, ;
St. Mary's District, 9 miles South of Ralaifrh. -June
10, 1853. ' . .. 48 wtf,
PATJST &WINiJBRENER,
iNPOBTxms wholisau d'salkbs a V"
FOBXWir $ DOMESTIC j... ' :
Hardware CutlerVCJuMaako.
No. 68i North Third Street, .
Between Arch and Rsce West side
PHILADELPHIA.
TTTE are new- opening our Fall supply of goods,
T T which is larger and more complete than ws
have ever heretofore offered, aad' which we will '
dispose of at as low prices -ms any house in the
country. - '";?."- -.
Orders, by mail orothenrise will receive our per
sonal and prompt attention.
July 29th, 1853. - :j 9t-62
Fayetteville Observer copy and charge
this Office. i
- ,
Business Hall,
NO. OKI fAYXTTS VILLI ITtllT,
PECK & BELYIN.
Trade Changed oil right now.
THE Subscribers having purchased the entire,
stock of PRY. GOODS AND HARDWARE of
Messrs. Evans. & Cook, at the old stand on lhe '
corner of the laU Richard Smith, dee'd, intend
keeping a general assortment of
DRY GOODS AND. HARDWARE,
such as will suit "the trade both. . in price -and
quality. The stock of Hardware is-nearly com
plete and mostly jteWf lately .purchased by Mr.
Evans, one of '. the late firm Intending - to : close
out the entire stock of Dry Goods, to be replaced
by new Goods we shall offer such indaoements to
parohasers as will satisfy them by giving us call
assuring the puWio that nothing shaJLbe Want
ing on our part to merit their confidence and sup
port - . L. W. BECK,
E. C. BELYIN. f
July 26, '53. -s;n 8w
i-
Hertnann J. 'Merer. .
184 Winux Sr., Nsw Yok,
tmhlished this dam
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after TrumbulL a a-Premium. ' '
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- THE Subscriber reqoeats all persens indebted to ' "
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by cash or BotetU teas. &r: JOHN KANE. ' :
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