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I ...... . . : 7 f i I ? i s t -A :.;l VOLUME LIV CITY OF RALEIGH, WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 17, 1853. NO. it i RALEIGH REGISTER PUBLISHED BY - EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR, '',.0 15 DVANCE ; OR $3 AT THE END At$-. op THE YEAR. ' - , i " delightful peace ; 'limped by ip1'1! mre' to brothers." raleIg h, n. c." SATURDAY MORNING, AUG. 13, 1853. DAVIS'S SPEECH THE PACIFIC COL RAIL! ROAD. fl,e Washington .Union" of a recent date twneJ an editorial highly laudatory of Rus- jtjCiar,-nd despotic form of Government, iviffinity which exists, in the natureof things, uween Demagogueism and Despotism has of-1 jjjbeen tna SUOjeci OI remmm. uj IJ'Jmitui pur jjsophers, and this open avowal of it by the re vised organ of a locofoco administration joidnot have awakened the astonishment and prpriK which the Opposition Press has exhib it The most odious of tyrants have obtained r through the practice of demagogueism, a for instance, Dan ton, Marat and Robespierre, mdthere is more tobe hoped for from a man born to absolute power, like the Emperor Nicholas, from one who has smoothed his way to it courting the " sweet voices" of the people., Bus political affinity of Absolutism -with jlun Democracy has received another illustra tion in the speech of the Secretary of War, Col. 5,01,11 Philadelphia, endorsed as it is by Pre set Pierce, Mr. Buchanan, and the IVashing- ftTn'OB- lhe so-called .Democracy, assuming to represent the old Republican party, has al ijjs iffected to be troubled with Constitutional ictaples upon all sorts of questions, particular ly where those scruples could be made to pro mote the success of the party, or throw obstv des in the way of the Whigs. On the other bad, the leaders of this immaculate party are Ktiated with a benevolent design of " giving irtrj body everything ;" and the result is a con sent struggle to reconcile all sorts of measures, gd and bad, with the- Resolutions of '98. It bit be remark'ed that there has always been fcadifficulty in disposingof those enormous out ness upon the Constitution, such as the removal rftheDeposites. the " Expunging Resolutions," tie Meiican War, proclaimed by James K. Wk, nd the like, than of measures of doubt M constitutionality, which might promote the nhre of the people. Bat to return to CoIH Davis. He is a soldier, isd Diturally looks at things in a military as pect. He is too chivalrous to Untie the Gordian inot, if he could, and therefore cuts it. He fads in the war-making power a perfect extin guisher for all sorts of scruples. Like the word of Erennus, when thrown into the scale, tie resolutions of '98, State Rights, and ail oth ,e landmarks of the old Republican school are aide to kick the beam. Hear him : ''If, then, (says Col. Davis,) as a purely mil iary question, it is necessary to have an inter eommunication, so that the government's mu litions of war and men could be thrown upon tke Pacific for its defence, the application of 4e war power of the government to this case wold be within the strict limits of the consti tution." Enthusiastic applause. Disregarding the plain provision of the Con KitBtion whieh authorizes the Federal Govern ment to make " Post Roads," he first persuades limself, and then attempts to persuade his au dience, that there is no possibilityof preserving ' California and Oregon against a foreign enemy without a military Road. He prefers a Russian ilitary, despotic, inferential reasonfor doing fiat which is plainly and specifically authorised tjthe Constitution, for promoting intercourse nd trade between the several parts of the Un ion. But the case hypothecated by Col. Davis, in order to warrant the exercise of his war power, does not exist. In the first place, there is no probability of our going to war with any coun try capable of inflicting serious injury upon us. It is highly probable that the Administration By contemplate perhaps meditates ft war "to Spain and Mprion for nnmnsea nF eon- -1 , i i 18t; but those countries combined could not defend their own possessions, much less make aroads on ours. With France, it would be cult to pick a quarrel, for want of a ground difference. We have no contiguous territo ie which might give rise to a boundary dis V1' ; and she has no islands or tropical pos "aiuns to tempt our cupidity, and if she had, tail able to defend them a circumstance Uch has a wonderful effect in moderating the or of the fire-eating Flibutiers. With togIand, there are various questions about we might quarrel and fight, if we could fford it. But there is the rub. It would be Wieidal in either party to make war on the er- The people of the two nations are too diligent, and too wise, to permit their rulers," ""ler nv nrefATt. to vinlate nnhlin hmo r , ... r r "re would England buy cotton, which is the most necessary of the necessaries of Me to her which is the staple of her manu tares, and the basis of her commerce the of millions of her people directly, and in-; ""pensiMe to the nrosneritv of all T And j r , j . , e would the United States find a market f the great staples, cotton and tobacco ? Of (1e thre linden,,-., -l . j' u consumes nearly or quite two, and a war r th "that ,f,i-..M I.-- uu I " J VfU.v. JllUOUOTO iuc wiiviq ktst at once, and thereby damage every ioQ of the country most materially. Tb.6 Amerce of both nations would be almost """eu, and that of France, Holland and other Entries would take ita place. There is, therefore, not the remotest proba- -""yoi our tromw tA going to war with any first-rate Wc may capture Cnba and bullj Mexico, without in the slightest degree endan gering our Pacific possessions. Even a war with England would not endanger them. The people of California and Oregon number now near three hundred thousand, nine-tenths of whom are men there are few women and chil dren among them, and the men are of the most desperate and determined class. They could not be conquered by any force which even the wealth of England could transport there. And then a march across the plains can be perform ed in less time than a voyage from England to California. The most that England could do, would be to bombard San Francisco as to her taking the country, the thing is out of the ques tion. Shortly after the admission of California, as a State, one of the Senators of Georgia was C mimenting in the Senate upon the difficulty of defending a territory so remote, when he was told by Senator Gwinn, that California was abler to defend herself than Georgia, having as many fighting men, unencumbered with women and children ! The military reason of Col. Davis, therefore, falls to the ground, and if he has no other to fall back on, he should oppose the construction of the Pacific Railroad. As a consistent States rights man, he cannot favor it upon a fallacious allegation of necessity. We are in favor of building a Railroad to the Pacific, by the General Government, for the same reason that we are in favor of River and Harbor Improvements because we believe it will conduce, in an eminent degree, to "the eommon defence and general welfare," and be cause the constitution expressly authorises the eonstruction of " Post-Roads." There is no occasion to call in the war-making power ; and st most, it can only occupy a subordinate place, in the face of good substantial reasons of po litical ecououiy. In fket, we regard Col. Davis as having arrived at a safe Whig conclusion, ty a process of false reasoning and as coming to the support of a great Whig measure ; but, wanting the candor to acknowledge a change of opinion, he fallaciously sets up an overshadow ing allegation of military necessity, which he suppogeg will blind the people to his glaring in consistency as a modern "States-Rights" man. "Necessity is the tyrant's plea" for doing whatever his ambition or his cupidity dictates; and we repudiate it as applicable to that great measure of Peace, Commerce and Civilization the Pacific Railroad. SHAKING OF nANDS SMOKING SOB BING, &C. In the exuberance of giod feeling arising frOm our late-success in the 4th Congressional Dis trict, we do not wieh to enact Chapman; we, will not crow, if we can help it. We are quite willing that all the Venable men and all the Lewis men should come together at the ringing of the bell by the " Standard," and have a glo rious reunion. They may vow eternal friend ship over again, and have as much sobbing and sighing as they please. As they pass us in go ing to the great fraternal meeting, we will not extend our digits from the tip of our pro boscis at them, nor smile even, except in " such a sort." Their sighs of repentance shall be re spected; their gushing tears shall be sacred. Let them flow. The " Standard" may set the example. Let it blow its nose, confess all jts sins, an l exhort the brethren to do likewise. We are in too good humor with that glorious print for its late acceptable service to.the Whig cause, to find any fault with its present repen tance, felt or feigned. " When we think upon thee" friend, ' And all that thou hast done for us," it were base ingratitude to excopt or to sneer. When we recall its late very successful and ve ry useful vaticinations about Lewis' prospects ; when we remember that Lewis was going to beat Venable double in Wake that he would poll almost tho entire democratic voto in John ston -that ha would lead Venable at least one hundred votes in Warren that he was to get three or four hundred majority over him in Franklin, and not less than four hundred in "glorious old Nash" that he was gaining in Granville, and that Venable could not poll there more than half th: votes claimed for him by his friends and when we further read that from all the counties in the District, the weight of information was most decidedly in favor of Mr. Lewis and lastly, when we reflect that by these means, Lewis was lifted up from no-where, to a point that secured the election of Rogers, we ought not, we cannot, we will not object to whatever our friend and coadjutor may Bay or do by way of reconciling himself to the broth hood. They may bury hatchets, and smoke pipes and shake hands, to their heart's content. It will do them good, doubtless. Pour out your salt water. They are honest tears you will all feel better afterwards. But it will take many tears to spongo out the record of Rogers' elec tion, caused generally, by the " unhappy divis ion in our party," and specially by the ?eal and efficiency with whieh the Organ of the Party sparred up that very slow nag, A. M. Lewis, so as to save his distance. We thank the. "Stan dard." We feel sorry for our silent friend from Granville indeed we do. We give our parting blessing to the young gentleman from Franklin, and congratulate that sterling Whig, Sion H. Rogers, for his great good luck. Now let us all moke our pipes together. Kkstucky. In the last Congress the Ken fueky Representatives consisted of five Whigs and five Democrats- Td the next Congress, six Whigs and tw Democrats are known to be , . , n 1.1- . elected, leaving the result doubtful m two dis- tricts. The Whigs have elected a large majori ty of members to the State Legislature. J , , ,.Jj, Tennessee. We haye telegraphic ;pew only from the Nashville district, in which 'Felix K. Zollicoffer, Whig, is elected to Congress. It is confidently stated that Gustavus A. Henry, Whig, is elected Governor of the State, oyer Andrew Johnson, late member of Congress. v 2fat.1nt; MEN AND THEIR DOINGS. NO. XXIII. Washington, Aug. 8, 1853. A prominentVirginian, meeting Mr. Guthrie, Secretary of the Treasury, yesterday morning, congratulated him on the gratitude, shown by Kentucky to Gen. Pierce, for the favor he had done her, in making one of hqr sons his Finan cial Secretary ! Considering this high honor shown to her, and the very liberal sums of mo ney subscribed here for the purpose of having it to say that this administration had demo cratized gallant old " Kentuck," in whose bo som rest the remains of "Harry of tho West," the administration may Hunk it a littlo hard and unkind, that she should repudiate almost ! every democratic candidate for Congressand I . . -r, f , . return so many staunch Whigs.. But whatever may be the results of the approaching elections, j one thing is certain to any one who has had an j opportunitv of learning "public sentiment, by r , . j. , . mingling with the people in different sections i of the Union, namely, that the . administration has no hold upon the affections of the masses: that it is, in fact, decidedly unpopular. Kit i, nm-a tkn ,..,- ; A : T ' - so uiso irom uie asi, me loreign, wmcu wears j his spraT into their sides ; and it is now an an aspect of peace. No one in Europe now 1 nounced, that a new democratic, paper is to be seems to look for hostilities between Rmsiaand I csu!,Iisi1!-1 i:1 Xc'-V York, to be placed under t 1 rn -i . 1 ; the chaige of Mr. Fornev, for which ?0,0j' J' r 1 I P", lation undoubtedly desire a conflict with the the Russian bear, as ardently as Nicholas longs for a slice of Turkey. The religious feelings and prej udices have been invoked on both sides, and when over-fanaticism is arous;d, it is not easily allayed. The Mussulmaus would un- .3 r- u : .1. 1 1 . r r . i uuuoiuuiy ugnt wuu an me iui) oi men rouseu j to the highest pitch by their priests, and who i -i : . : . i t , ..ii t . .i. . . - .. i ut'iievuu i aruuise wouiu oe iir: curium rewu.ru t of every man slain in battle. But this contest j we are not now likely to witness, notwithstand- ing the imposing army and insolent demeanor j of tho Russian Autocrat. j It is hardly worth while to notice anything j occurring here, where there is such a eomnlete dearth of news and absence of all that can in- terest anyone. One thing, however, it may bo well to mention, namely, that, according to the ! . i lreasuror a statement, tnere are now twentv- j three millions of DOLLARS in the Treasury. ! This is a legacy. full treasury, left to the present, by a W hijr Administration. ' , . i i . It was stated m some paper, a day or two ago, that Mr. McClelland had gone to New ! York, to ferret out some ''monstrous fraud-. ;" this is all "gammon, intended, to throw dust in the eyes of those who should bo too inquisitive about the object of his journey, which is, as I learn from good authority, to charter a large steamer to take out a '"lot" of .Ministers, Charges, Consuls, &c, and drop them along on the Western shore of Europe, aud then to pro ceed on to China with Mr. Walker, making but one job of the whole thing. The Pacific Ilailroad question is already looming up into importance, from the fact that the democracy of the country will not a-.'t to gether upon it. The President and his Cabinet have fairly committed themselves in favor of making the road with the public money, while the strict constructionists of the South repudi ate the doctrine that- Congress has any autho rity to appropriate one dollar id money fir any such purpose. The L nioii, speaking for the administration, is now at issue with ;he Rich mond Enquirer, heretofore, and now, perhaps, the mouiii-piece of the strict-eon.-tructioiusts. In regard to this question of the right of Congress, under the Constitution, to appropri ate money tor internal improvements, it is curious to look buck into the l.iMory oi our na tional li-gis'.ition, and note liic changes of opin ion and action of public men, al of sjet'e t.s of the country thereon. Tor instance, in I IT, Congress pa-sed '"an a.et to set apart aiulpledg. r,rt:ii;i funds ithe bonus Lrlven bv the Hank i f the United States for it charter) for internal 1 improvement ;" " which," in the language of Mr. Madison, "set apart and pledged funds, for constructing roads and canals, and improv ing tho navigation of water-courses, in order to facilitate, promote and give security to iuternal commerce among the several States, and to render more easy and less expensive th- means and provisions for the common dcfei.ee." This was, I believe, the language of the aci, quoted by .Mr. Madison. This bill he refused to sign, on the ground that Congress had no authority to pass such a bill, or make such a disposition of the public monies; and he consequently return ed it to the House of Representatives, with his reasons for withholding his signature. Upon the question, "shall this bill pass, not withstanding the objections of the President?" New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Vermont voted unanimously nat ; Massa chusetts, 7 nays to 4 yeas ; New York, 8 yeas and 7 absent; Xew Jersey, unanimously nay ; Pennsylvania, all yea but one ; Maryland, di vided ; Virginia, all nay but one ; North Caro lina, 2 yeas, 2 nays, and four absent, including Macon; South Carolina, 4 yeas, including J. C. Calhoun, 1 nay, Mr. Lowndes, who onJy objec ted to some of the details, while ho approved and spoke in favor of tho principle of tlie bill, as did some others; Georgia unanimously aye. Upon such a bill now, or one involving the same principle, or construction of the constitu tion, every State t South of Delaware, would probably be nearly unanimous in the negative, while tiie Northern. and Western States would probably be as strongly in the affirmative. Such are some of the vagaries of politics the constitution generally receiving such a con struction as suits tho interests of States and statesmen ; our doctrine being orthodox, one year, which, upon a change of circumstances, becomes heterodox in the same State, the next. In this way has Pennsylvania shifted.about on the Bank and Tariff questions; her politicians, endeavoring to accommodate their cre.ed to that of their national associates at the South, man- 'gre her interests in coal and iron. In 1817, it must be remembered, South Carolina ,'was unanimously in favor of a protective tariff, and Massachusetts against it. South Carolina wished to drive out of use India cotton goods, that her own cotton might be wrought into fab rics to take their puce, especially shirtings: and I well remember the first shirts I ever had made of American cotton shirting, for which 1 paid 75 cents a yard, I think certainly over 50 -f-quite as good can now be purchased for 12J cents a yard ; and the consumption of Ameri an cotton has increased since then more than a thousand fold. At that time, no gentleman wore any other than an imported hat ; now not one in a thousand wears, any other than an American hat, and none better are made any where. t-: We have been looking wistfully for returns from your State, but as yet they are too mea gre to afford us any just idea of the result of vour elections : those irom Missouri show that the democracy of that State is very far from being a unit, and that the Whigs are by no means all dead yet.; i The frecsoil papers of the North and West are generally advocating a new formation ;of parties, repudiating the Baltimore Platforin, and adopting tho Ohio Democratic-Abolitibn Piatformj styling themselves " the Indepen dent Democracy." This course has been re commemjed by "Senator Chase, in a speech late ly made jby him, and is seconded by " The For est Citv;" an Abolition paper, published !at Cleveland, Ohio. The N. Y. Evening Post, the Albany Atla, and Buffalo Republic, all appear disposcdho follow Senator Chase's lead ; whil, at the same tiuu?, the New York Tribune pro claims that there is no Whig party, and the Al bany Evening Journal, Gov. Seward's organ, has beeii tor a week or two past virulently sailing ex-President . Fillmore, towards whom, and towards '.he national Whigs, it indulges in thfimos bitter and malevolent feelings. ; oo wejsee that political elements in various- 8QCtion3 the cJunU.y ure in a 8tate f)f f,rffion. tatidn, commotion and disintegration. What shape and combination will they taka hereafter? Tfa'8 is:a lotion the wisest vill find it no easy matter to answer. Orfeimng 13 prettv ':tilK W.r rhat wp hn , i " nt. esting tiini! h?re next winter. It would seem that the President has not been able to liuv off the editor of the New York 1 i ...1 10' is 80 obnoxious to the ers. iinrl who is ponlinnn v tnrustiiiL- have already, been subscribed. well. the more the merrier.1 OBSERVER, i J JE" We acknowledge the receipt from the publisher, Wm. I). Cooke, a copy of the lievolli- tionary History of North; Carolina. In point pf ; typography, it will compare favorably wit'i any w)1.. (on at the North ; in fact, the execution s beautiful as an addition to the History of the i c,,, -n, -i , ,.i ,,i i tU otate. 1 hose compilations are invaluable, lhe researches of men so learned as Hawks. Swain ;lnd (;ra)1;UI1; emi t fa-:i t0 jist!ntoIllb frm the records of tho past, evidence anough to place Xorth Carolina nst in th rank, of patriotism, and to bring to light facts for the establishment of her claims whieh her suoinetiess had permit ted to bd in darkness. Tho compilation contains the Lecture of Rev F. L! HaV, D. D.. LL. I)., b- fbro the Histo- . . i neal Society of New York, hating for its sub-, .ct the Meeklenbur ' Declaration of Indeneu- donee. The lecture of Hon. D. L. Swain', LL. i i, i r ,i n- . : i e . c -i t- a'm i1. liit; liisiuitciu ooi.u'iyoi uie i.mver- P - , . ". Mt-V ot ,.OTln Carolina, tne sunyct tlie lintish invasion of North Carolina, aiv: the lecture (jf , lloii. AV.-A. Cr.uiui, LL. D., b.fore the Histo- i i c . r - v i i . rical .Society ot iNew lork upoa the same sub- ' 1 cuu ject: to which, is prefixed an account of the J battle of Alamance. The work is iircttily il- luatrated with I Engravings, and sl.ould command an extensive sale. Greensboro", Aug lst, 1853. Ei;t. I hnd in yuur paper of tho 28tl. July, a eo:n- mumcation, signed ladkm, relative to the survey atout to be made, under tlie direction of the Iioarg of Directors of tha North Carolina Rail Road, from Goldborough to Reaufort Har bor. " In that communication 1 am thus noticed : ' -i Report says, that tic President of the North Carolina Kail Road U interested at some one of those pciwts. While my confidence in him. is such, in the dii-chacge of a public duty, that I hclk-ve be will Hot iiiteiuionally let his private interest "overrule the paramount interests of the public in this in at- r. yet he should guard against doing tiiCiStao- iii ;u..e, fruiu any fear of en- ! sure, boeati-'.' t:.c place in which he ni.iy have an interest, may turn ait, upon a full cxamiua- : tion.tobe the i. -a'ion n.r the lb. ail." : Having.:) cu t..u.- publicly referred to, and in a connection and manner to which I have no r'-"t t0 I must ask permission, through t,he same channel, (your valuable pa per,) to submit a few words of explanation, by which I hope tho apprehension (if Yadkin, and. all others,; will be allayed, so far as 1 am con nected wih that survey. For yeajs past, my attention has been direct ed to the i'mnieasui' .bie value, to North Caroli na, ot tlie (Jreat li.ii-bor of Beaufort ; and my surprise was. that so little regard was paid to ita importance by those, who knew- it belter than I did, and resided in its immediate vicin ity. j Some eighteen months since, I sent a friend I to examine ilie Harbor, who commenced negu- i . . . . - . , i . . . . i nations or our interest m tne lanus at anep- i perd s 1 omt, which eventuated m a purchase j by mo of an .merest, in October last-long be- I lore the Ml was introuuced into the Legila- ; ture, under winch tne survey is about to be , made, and when no one knew that such a sur- vey would: be i ordered, or if ordered, that I would j be connected t.ieie with. . ,,! I suppose no one, not even ' ladk.n, would . expect, or require me to abandon .that interest, I becauso l;may bo placed in a delicate position ' rt.iame tijciLo, vj nit nuuautjucui uiliuli ui tue K.l. f il. L,egisiature. , 1 do not complain, that "Yadkin" has direct- . ed public attention to the importance of this I survey, and ported so directly at myself. My j MoUuffio, and many other distinguished North views as to tne connection of a Ivail Kjad with era anJ Souths Democrats. That the last that Harbor were most fully expressed, m In- , Democratic Convention in this State, in caucus ternal Improvement Meetings held by the mem- ; assembk.d, uiodified the resolution in relation hers of the last Le-5islature, and Lefiro the Act authorizing the survey, was passed. I, not only do not object, but approve of the interest manifested by " Yadkin," or that may be hereafter manifested by any other citizen in this survey. That our citizens may see the course that I deemed ituny duty to pursue, before the publi cation of ?.' Yadkin's" communication, I must ask the publication of the following letter in re ply to on addressed to me, dated 20th June, irom a gentleman interested in the location of one of the, downs reteirea to by " ladkin." lours respect! ully, J. M. MOREIIEAD. COPV OF LETTER. Greexsboro', 4th July, 1853. Esq. Dear Sir : Your favor of the 29th ult.. is ats hand, in which you sav, " that we. should hajye an understanding about the laying out our lands at Beaufort Harbor, and also to fix the terminus of both the projected Rail Roads there, to Our mutual advantage." The first matter .to be looked to, is, not our mutual advantage, but the, great interests of the State. Arid if. any "point in that Harbor, shall prove, upon examination, to have better water, and be mbre accessible than Shepperd's Point, in which have some interest, I shall disregard Shepperd's Point, and go for the other. ; 4 "We can have, if we will, a great city at sbme point On: the Harbor, but the counter interests , of individuals, I fear, will defeat the public in teres, and thus cripple all exertions to make a great city. So far as I am concerned and in terested, I am determined to throw no obstacle in the way. From thoi examination I have given the Har bor, and the information I could obtain, I am free to sny, that the point of land to which you refer, is the place for the best accessible water. But it may not lie ; and I am unwilling, until a thorough examination of the Harbor is made, to do any act, that may prejudge, or prejudice the fairest decision of the question, where the great Central Kail Road should terminate, or rather the extension from Goldsboro', should terminate. Besides, it appears to me to be altogether! premature to be fixing the terminus of, a Rail Road, whoso st.,ck is not, and may never be ta ken, or when taken, its stockholders may wholly disregard any action I may take. For these reasons I must respectfully decline moving in the matter at this time. erv respectfully, vour ob't serv't, J. M. MOREIIEAD. FOR THE REGISTER. T11K GREEN SUN OF T831. In the memory of many yet living, there oc curred in lMil, a phenomenon which will nev er be forgotten by them, and which will be handed down by tradition to their remotest gene rations. Parallel circumstances gave the phe nomenon an unusual importance, and all the leanings of superstition added to its strength. In the year 1831, in- the month of Au gust, during the dun davs. appeared what was caiied i,ie tf?a: sun. i or many days previous, a heavy and mysterious silence had chained i the elements, no clouds had obscured the sky, j auJ no forked lightnings had cleaved the firina j ment. 'l he deep mutterings of tho thunder J were unheard, yet a pall hung over the face of ; nature. A str.vno and solemn calm rested I upon ever' tiling, and men looked wondering ' at each other to divine the result, i Those who huve read Latrobe's voyage down tlie Omo, in lMl, at the time when the great earthquake of that year devasted the west, if ! thi'v saw this p'i'Mkoinenon. can enter into his ! feelings. Then th.' Sun seemed to stand still 1 in its cnui'se, paralyzed and benumbed, shorn i of its rays, aril powerless for good or evil ; I while nature stoo l aghast, waiting the hidden I agency which was to assert a new power. Days j passyd on upon the Ohio, and while a general i gloom overs hrouded the country, the issue was u la.-t uuexneevuly precipitated, and the whole t I v'llll of Wl,st torn by the most terrible 'TT t'',ern Amer,ca- tn Lbol, nature here assumed the same niys- terious garb, and those who remembered the disasters of New Madrid and the valley of the -Y'''Pl tu-' same. lo ki;d forward to a repetition of t U-ugth the crisis seemed to have. . 'im i i i i n come. 1 lie sun, whicii rose clear and cloudless in tho morning, and reached the meridian in 'u'' e'orJ" alter passing it, bpgan to assume a P:;lc an'1 s'L'k!-: huu- ulld hy four o'clock was totally deprived of all illumsuating power, h. . , i i ; r i i i. t.icn had the appearance cf a greenish globe, thickly set acr .ss its diameter with black spots of various size-, which continued visible to the riViuJ 'e-vu' un!:1 sunset- D;l' afler daj; this was repeated, uiiti, the heart became sick with dread anticipation. Nor were fears misplaced or credulity t .'o active. It was then, by a strange coincidence of horrors, that the murder ous blows of N. lit. Turner were struck, and the ne groes of Southampton believed for awhile that they were iVee men. Then, in this State, and irginia, with the sky looming vengeance up on us. and encouraging the blacks to freedom, according to the reading of the oracle, were en acted those horrible tragedies, so eagerly sought to be renewed by the abolitionists of this day. No man went to his bed without placing bis gun within reach, and no family separated for the night without dismal forebodings. The enemy was of sheir own household. But the defeat of the insurgents iu Virginia, and sum mary punishir..;nt upon the rebellions in North Carolina, at length restored quiet, and though those disturb. I'.i-es will never be forgotten, they wili : r '!ii;i:r: ei :l as things that cannot be r.'peateil. While man rea-sumed his accustomed calm, nature pr ce U'd to do the same, and after a daily ob-curi'v; of some weeks, the sun shone out wiiii his usiiiai brilliancy aud fervor. A so lution to this phenomenon has never been offer- ed. It seems never to have attracted the attcn I tion of philosophers. It may have been owing to dense exhalations from previous copious . rains, which hung suspended in the air, with out assuming the cloud form. Why the sun, however, should have assumed the green hue, seems beyond explanation. It certainly did, however, and left the face of the King of day exposed to the irreverent curiosity of the pro ( fane, showing more patches and blotches than i he is generally willing to acknowledge. I D. Tue Pfm.ic Lands. We received a day or Uvo liim.pa poiiiical essay upon thia subject, by Ej,va..d Ca.uwell, Esq., of Wilmington, Fnnn Uie haMv 1;uice whioh wfi ,)ave been aUe t(J ive ;tg cJnteiltS we infer that Mr. Cant. we haa stLldiou the historv of tho Public Lands t0 s,jme purpoWt whilat his position as member of the Democratic State Cummittee has enabled him t0 Benk kaowingiv- of the position of the in-thU gEate - the suijject. , i',,,,!; !,r,wa that tl.o nrinrinU of ,1U. . . . ; tribntion has b ecn sanctioned by Jefferson, Monroe, Jackson, Van Buren, Tyler and Polk. That grants of lands to the States have been ad- to the Public Lands, expressly to meet the views of Mr. JIcKae, as expressed then Imd in the recent Congressional canvass. And that in the last legislature, the principle of distribution and tho right of North Carolina to a just and equal share of the lands, were sanctioned by tiie speeches aud votes of every leading Demo crat in that body. Mr. Cantwell's case against Mr. Ashe and the Journal is well made u.ut ; and had his essay been thoroughly circulated among the Democra cy of the District it would have told at the elec tion. Fag. Obs. The latest papers from California report that the weather has been exceedingly warm, and that the streams are almost up the flood mark. Duels have become so frequent in California that they are now merely referred to by the pa pers as "shooting matches." Mrs. SiowE.r A two cent subscription has been started at Geneva, where Mrs. Stowe is saying. The object of the fund is the V pur chase back to liberty of several negroes." New Hampshire. There are but seventy-six persons in the State, between the ages of four, teen and twenty bne, unable to read or write. DIED. In this City, about 6 o'clock. A. M. onlP 1858 . . . r" l e i T7Tiuuva; 11th inst., after but a fe days illness, Mr. George M. Ruffio, in the aotn year ot nis age THE NEW SINGING BOOK READY! THE SHAWM. A C0.MPLITI LIBRARY 01 CHUKCfl MUSH? " CONTAINING ahout oios thousand Tunes? An thems, Chants, Set Pieces, &c., including a new and original Sacrdd Cantata orOratorio entire, BY WILLIAM B. BRADBURY AND GORGK F. ROOT, ASSISTED BY T1I0UAS .HASTINGS AND T. B. MASON. Every teacher of music and leader f a choir, should examine this new work. The union of so many distinguished authors, has secured for it an unprecedented variety and richness of new as well as old material, with peveral important original features, which give it: peculiar interest. Any professional mdsician, desiring a copy for examination, can have;it sent to him free of postage by remitting 60 cents to the publishers. ' -MASON BROTHERS, ; 23 Park Row, New-York. Aug. 12, 1853. 4t 66 ! C LOT HI N G ' FOR THE FALL OF 1853. I)URCHASERSof Clothing are informed that we are manufacturing the Largest Assortment of Clothing (at wholesale only) Buitable for the Coun try Trade, to be found irf the States. B.We do business!on the ' ONE PRICE SYSTEM. Orders promptly filled. An examination of our stock is solicited. i HARFORD & BROTHER, 29 Park Row, (opposite the Aetor House, N. Y. N. B. We are the largest manufacturers of i OILED CLOTHING in the country. RUBBER CLOTHING at the low est market rates. June 14, 1853 '$5 w3m 49 I"1! BROWN . GER. 1 BROWN'S ESSENCE OF JAMAICA GIN- -This Essence is a preparation of un usual excellence. LU uruuiurjr uianunu, luuipi- ent cholera, in short, inf all cases of prostration of mahle value. During the prevalence of epidemic cholera and summer complaints of children, it is peculiarly efficacieus :' no family individual or traveller should be without it, .is it enables the system to resist the influences of incipient disease, which lurk in a changing climate. . Caution. Be sure to get the genuine Essence, which is prepared only by F. Browu, at his Drug and Chemical Store, N. E. Corner of Fifth and respectable Apothecaries in the United States, and in ltaleigh, N. C., by WILLIAMS & HAYWOOD, Aug. 2nd, J853. lv-f,3 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 lota, for the taxes due thereon, tor the years mcntionea, William Thompson, pt. So. 162, pt. 100, for 1850, '51, 't2, $79 15 E. P. Guion, Nos. 211, 227, for A852 75 00 bal. Chas. II. Johnson, pts. 7i, 77, 03 and No. 94, for 1850, H 67 bal. Do do do for 1851 and '52, 24 50 JAMES U. MURRAY, July 12, '53 57 Cw City Collector. j-niTi.- fiUA-ADTH rinntlVl C. Panphnrt. I ' i'ii ij : vio i r i v. .Ms. O. -Miioon, et al. uriginai cm peuuiug n Bertie Court of Equity. To the xisecutors; ot Jas. u. mhoou : Tn this cause, the complainant, Cullen Capehart, loivinir made his affidavit that said executors are non-resiuents oi me pwh ui onu wm'i"i "-" Viivin renuirei 1 advertisement according to the act of Assembly, said advertisement is hereby made, for the; space of six .weeks, in the tlaieign Rfi.-ister. notifvine the said executora to appear aud be ma.ie parties to said-Bill, at the next term oi uie vourt oi r4tijrt iui Jy lieiu on tne uuru .uuiwuj ui ocpmuci iiVv, au nro con fejsso Will be taken acamst them. Witness, i,. S. w COO, Uierx anu jiaaier, 01 er- j - . . ... . i r..i r T tie county, July 22d, 185.5. L. S. YEBB, C. & M. E. July 29, '53. : 62 6w O TATE OF NOltTII CAROLINA Nash Cou- TV. Superior Lourt oi xiqunj, maruu aciui, 185: l)..v;.l MeDaniel. r.- W. L. Otey, John 51. Bryan, George W. Haywood, Robert Otey Oriainal Bill. It aimearins to the Court, that Robert Otey, One of tlie Ueteu'lauts, vesiaes oui oi tne ouw: u1s or.lred. that nublicatioit be made in the RaleiKh . . .... 1 L 11 O A A. II : llesrister, for six successive weeks, notifying tne said Robert Otev personally to be and appear at our next Court of Equity, to be held for tne coun- tv of Nash, at the Court House m isashvuie, on the third Monday of September next, then and there to picau, answer, or aemur u tne riainuu o bill or iudsement will be entered up asraiust him, pro conjesfo. Witness Ii. H. mount, tierK ana iuasier oi our said Court, at Office in Nashville, the dra Monday in .March. A. u. li. a. jjluiiM, u. ai. Junc21, 1Bo3. pr. o z$ ow-ui S3 ' ... 1 T' I Ml VA1ITII 1 I T Tl I T XT I W . L-1 'ATV. TY. L-onrt 01 neas & quarter ouosiima, i.iaj. Session 1853. Aldert Smedes vs L. S. Ives Oricinal attachments, ;Levied on Persohal pro- perty. and Peter E. Hines and Wm. R. Smith sum- moned as Garnishees. It anvearinsr to the satisfaction of tjie Court that the Defendant has removed beyond tke Hnita of this State: It is ordered, by the Court that adver- tisemest be made iu the trRaleigh Register," anews- paper published in the City of Raleigh, for six weeks successively; notifying the Defendant to be andap- pear before the Justices of our next Court of Pleas an.t Quarter Sessions, to ne neia lor tne uouniy ui Wake, at the Court house in the City of Kaleign, on the 3rd Monday of August ilext, and then and there rcolew and plead" to the said suit t otherwise Judgment by default final wiilbe rendered against mm, una ui property aaa enecis conuemneu w i- ana au tne most approved form and preoedents tisfy the plaintiflPs Debti ' relating to the oflBoe and duty of Justice of the Witness, James T.Marriott, Clerk of onr said Peace, and other publio officers, according to mod Court, at Omce, the 3rd Monday of May, 1858. ern practice, by Benjamin Swahn. Second editioa. JAMES !T. MARRE0TT, Clerk. Jiilv 8. 1853. ! , w6w-66 N. B. All persons haying claims against L. S Ives will please present them to Mr. A. bmeqes New Coach : Shop. HE Subscriber respectfully informs the Pub lic, that he has ioccupiea the well Known Stand of Mr. Willie W. Johnson, on Wilmington St, about one hundred 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 mostfash- ionable and; durable style, 1 He would say to thosewho may wish to purchase Buggies, or; any thing in his line, that they would do well to call upon mm oeiore purcnasmg eise- where, as he is determined to fpare neither pains i nor exnense to please those who may favor him with their custom. He -is determined to sell at trices to suit the times. Also, repairing done cheap at the shortest notice j ' il AJHXiS OASai UiMJ.K August 9th, 1852. p .-- . wly-66 COD LIVER OIL:-H-i&esn supply or Roshton Clark & Co., just o hand at the Drug Store OD LIVER. 0IL:-HA. fresh supply of Rush ton of -4 H. & R. 8. TUCKER received this Beebe'e Fall Istyle Hata.; I r 1 AN ARY Birds and Cages, beautiful and sub- t.tiil fnr A.1a f Mta MUSIC STORE, - T PUBLIC MEETING. - THERE will ba Twfion of th beartttU Wew Hall, Situated ;eu the market apart fronting oa Wilmington street, by' Phoenix Kvil sionf Temperance, ok Monday evening ,224 bit --fcMiea ad Gentlemen are. respeotfally lasted to attendMd witness the ceremonies, and Imr the speeches' on the occasion. f Other City papers wjU pase'eopy ' " VALUABLE COTTON MACHINERY 'AND " LEASE OF MILLS WITS WATER POWSM. THE Canal Mflls Company, intendine to oIom their business, will offer at Public Auctiod. Tuesday, sixth of September, at 4 o'clock P? (unless previously disposed of at private vL valuable Cotton Machinery for C2Si2t cotton goods, as described below, WethetwiAta. benefit of the lease of the two isSX Water Power, belonging to the Appomattox CaS3 Company, for a term of years, boinjr at an Jwi i'nd ,rithin miaut walk froi the cenb of busmesa. Pull particulars can dTm! certamed by calling on the undersigned -The upper Mill contains the following iianchiaa- Gne 36 inch Double Beater Lapper i One 89 inch Card Grinder Seventeen 86 inch Cotton Crds - oiAvjr-otx oo men Aooms Three Double head Drawimr Pmm- Three geared Speeders of 24 Spiadles'eack ' One do lfi '- 1 One Counter Twiatdo of 12 stands ' f s;mr;smeWarpSpiimin "20 One Dead Spindle do of 64 Spindlea One Spooling frame, four Warpers, seven Drnw. Frames; one Cloth Pre. Cans, &b5E? Quilts, Spool Harness, ShuiSaf b Wheels. Tools. Yi l hr,A- r "Z' ot8'. Chang Wheels, Tools, Vices 1 Siide Lathe, 2Ed 1 Cutting Engme, Circular saw and tools in Mat chine shop, . " , ,4 ... .... 0ni taS R folIowinV Machinery! n"PPW rllntvthR unL V"thre e 36 inch Cotton Cardi Threelfi illT w?"? mS ed'L Loo" Sttj&J . . . , L ;Ta;nJu w F o - iU 8tancU oh g.Wh , Tw80pmdle8 acn do of 64 do One rntW f c . g" gSJS !?,?- One Spooling Frame, four Reels, one Yarn Press. T ?r8a8J.Ba'inK' Yan. Cans, Jkl also the Shafting, Gearing, and anew Water WheS , -.," c ' "m! ide of th. J$'J&. residence. shown hv M n.Z:S 5 v ine wnoie wiU be j auau i me Mills. TM ANDREW KEVAN, Agent Canal Mills Company. 66 ts Aug. 12, 1853. DRv STRONG'S COMPOUND SANATIVE PILLS. fXiHESE PILLS ARE entirlv Vat.M- 1 in imaal m,u; u.r.i ' . .? .J jv, incuivme m me cure or an muuo ompiamis, UHllls and Fever Dvgnmirfai Costiveness, Liver Complaint, Jattndice, Sick Hdl tuc, ocroiuia, can ttbeum, Fevers of all L,oss ot Appetite, Obstructed and n.inA,1 M ation and all umrerimr diseased. i - raeuicine wey act Jike aeharni.' add when taken according to the dimntinna 1 er fail to cure the very worst castes of PILES. afW I an otner remedies failv - I lUey purify the blood. aau&Hxa restore the Liver, Kidneys, and other Secrtor . w.& - wae ana action : and & am . x medicine tney have no 1qaL DR. STRONG'S SECTORAL STOMACH PILIA A remedy for Coughs, Colds, Catarrh, BronchitUt r i " uuupuig uougn, Astnma, ConsumpUa Nervous Diseases, Dyspepsia, Costiveness, Ery. sipelas, Disease of the Heart, Inflammation ant pain in the Chest, Back and Side, and all disea ses arising from a deranged Mate of. the Stom ach, and to relieve the distress and bad feeling from eating to hearty food, ia weak and dya- w1odh ' ' WARRANTED fQ BE -PURELY VEGEIABLB. I f 'maoa fiUs act as an Expectorant Tonio. and J Aperient: One 25 cent box nosseraes tare i times more power to cure diseases than a one dol- lar Dottre or any of the Syruna. Balsams, or Sana. I parillas, that.was ever made, and m simple trial of i uuiy uub ihuwiu prove tius important rtn. I They promote Expectoration, loosen the Phlcrm i viar iu uunga na otaer secretory urgans or im morDia matter, ana tnere as not another remedy 1 m tne Whom Materia Medica capable of Imparting t sucu ncaung properaes t me Lungs and Vital Or- i gansM uieee -uis. xney cure Costiveness, pre- i uu goou regular appetite, ana strengthen the I O V 3 Cell,'. I J t I i njedich. . . ' X vvmmilliu v UVilVBJ V4 I call on the Arent. wfcn n p;h. the .pi.ntA, ?,,. ttm , ' ,,, 6 F Both kindg of th, aboTe.named pUk, m for I iu Ralaiirh. Williama Jb Hown- fco .lvv . . .nnrt lv sn.n,,.. vaiMl tkii- ..j nuUg Celebrated Fm which stop the Chill and Fever the first day, and do not sicken the stomach or operate on the bowels. , August 12, 1853. ' wlv-66 ' Swalm's Justice - "u. UT11- UABULUNA JUHI1CE; ONTAININO a "Suminary statement of the i Statutes and Common Law of thia Htt . gcther with the Decisions of , the Supreme Court, j revised and corrected. For sale by MHuSKir v. TURNER, N. C. Booh-tor. : Jtaleighj Aug. 12, 1853. t :A W 4: FORM BOOK. THE NORTH CAROLINA TORM BOOK, CONTAINING all the most useful forms which J occur m business transactions between man and man, as weU in official stations ; together-, h the Constitution of North Carolina, and of the Umted States the f Aet fixing the fees of Clerks, Sher r,.'f : ' ;v , ; Calculated lor r the use of the eitizens vof North Carolina? aadmade conformable to law. Com I "J vi uxi aurm varwuiuk oar. Fr sale- bv HENRY D. TURNER, , . N. C. BookvatoM. - Raleigh Aug. 12, 1853; . - t " 6 T ANIEL R. GOODLQE, AttonieT & Coonsellor I at Iw, offerTiU profesflKmal services to th t Jt - j-wr-.-w wy w PblioMaa-Agent toJPension.Bonnty Land, and WWaBhinaiJ. C. ASr-al85&Vrr Ink day! .-"! gundani oopy, and ehsvM this OfBct, ; I . .u -TrjrSjT'.: V. U51 Prota. of LwLkid gtriwherrr and Va- I VTT nill flavor. ? . Jst to sand at the Drur 8tra t of WULIAS fiArwoox, 1';' r i ' ''f . .v - .- , : ! i'4