viiLUMi-: lv " .;.;.' . j ; 'city of raleigh,. Wednesday morning, January u. m. ' Xyv.i ;
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jjjjKIiAY MORXISO, JAN". 7. 1854.
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TIIB WHIG' STATK CONVENTION. ;
Vj lg our Whig . Tricot throughout thes
m, Uir t coqtntly Jn mind, that tha;
S Confentio. to nominate a cftnd;4ate fot.
Jr ami trth wet other matters of high
Den:
,4tne to the party, Vill assembly in this
in about six vttks, on the 2lt day of Feb
! i i.vt 1r.l a vprv trreat deal -3S to
,w III
I'
within tiitt lime, o iu"uru iui icjjlc-
1 r..ll aikhtn (inn mrjt liifv
ordqr that the nomination made by the Con
"jftioft Will mit onI7 recct l',e an( w'8l8s
H the'gTR1 body of the party in the State, but
mid its hoarty and enthusiastic ondorso
,ttn& support.
In bur judgment, -the prospects of a "V hi
triampb, at the next election, are not only pro
'iiA but so fni r, as to leare but little doubt,
flit nothing more i" wautingthan the eelection,
it&oA and true man, and a"n active, vigorous
deficient management of the canva9, to en-BrtsnM"1-
Of one thinf we may rest well
rl : "r opponents will mate the most
fecials exertion to perpetuate the power at ,
9t in their lianu?, ana ui .airuiiaKt;
Jfth State and National Governments will
W freely used to enable them to accomplish
nth k rtr alt. We need, . thereforo, look ft.r
willing but defeat, if wo remain id and inac
tive; if true to our cause, and acrfvc in our ef
IrtiU cm and Kilt succeed ! We say that
JrtwnmeiH patronage will aid . them much in
patting the canvass, bnt it-vrill at the same
&ac Neatly embarrass their action, and add to
Aeirliifficultier. Taking advautage of these
jmbarUi'snicnts and difSculties, they will more
to dounterbalancc the advantages they may
i&rJ ;to those in power
. If K Wl.i ,xf hn
At li;
State t:
i!l but turn ali things now in tlie way 01
locofuio haruiciny and concert of action to their
.to account, as they can, they may look for
rd,With confidence, to a glorious result.
'Who 'shall be our candidate, is a question
tlichj though frequently referred to, has fortu
ne! jj been hut little agil'ded. We have
tttdioiisly avoided any expression of opinion ou
the subject, and, may truly add, (whatever per
feiudj preferences we may entertain.) have
KSreely an opinion o,our own to advance We
tiie iiot who shall be our candidate for Gover
lor, K that he bo well-qualified for the rjfce;
fijulir before the ieopU, and a TRCK and ke-
UiBLtWuio!
attain t t ofirnnstlv nntreat our friends i
" U: HLMIII U. .
M the various counties, to g to teo)k, to uoiu ,
dwir iprimary ineeting.-", appoint delegates,
and prepare for an animated, bold and vigorous
antasa, and a 'consequent redemption of the
01dortli from the greedy grasp of the spoilers 1
SUPREME COURT.
Hamilton C. Josks, Ejq., of Salisbury, has
Imd appointed, by the Judges. Reporter to the
Supreme Court of North Carolina, vice Pmrix
BcjstE, Dec'd. Mr. Jones is a erentleman of
bigh jdistinetion and standing at the Bar, and
will aiake an excellent and able Reporter.
The arguments before their Honors are fully
dct way. The following gentlemen from a
fence have thus far been, or, at present are,
i attendance upon the Court, vi : Tile At
torney General, Messrs. Banks, Wkigiit, and
Wisslow, of Fayetteville, McDucaIld, of
B'uden, Person, of New Hanover, Troy, of
Waon, KEi.LT.of Moore, and Riid, of Duplin.
INTERESTING-CEREMONY.
The new Episcopal Church in this city wa
nscrated nn'Tbursday last, by the Rt. Rev.
Toj; Atkinson, Bishop of the Diocese, assisted
'T the Rev.iPr. R. S. Masox, Rector of the
Cwrch, and he Rev. Messrs. Chesuibe, Smedes,
Hiibard, Oliistead, and R. II. Masox.
The services upon the occasion were highly
poing and impressive, and an appropriate
1 ioquent discourse was aeiiverea oy tn
p. ' A large number of persons were in atr
tadancs. ' '
UlOX'S BOOK OF PRACTICAL FORM Si
have been requested, by a gentleman of
KiMinence in the profession of the law, to take
1 farther notice of th boot . referred to in the
ption of this article; andijto v Bayr what tW
a more de1ihrati nnKidAra.tfon now enable
profession with safety-to pronounce, that it
"l ork of a 'high degree of merit ; and on
4t every North Carolina lawyer will be oblig-
W become familiar with, or lose ground vastj
via the race for distinction". The dissemina-
''OQ of this vlume through tthe Stote" is Wei
Saluted to imnrove. in hieh decree, the re-
fsbilitv of North rinrnlina iurisnrndence at
BOI
lffiand abroad, and to make young lawyers
j j 1 -
Attainted with a species of learning, in which
J are materially deficient. It gives to the
0UnS lawyer an opportunity of getting on'safe-
.-.vuuuv puiiing nimseii in to jeaujog
ritfg of his seniors, and it enables the older
?e"s to keen fresh in their memories sraneciea
JPlirn I n nr w Vi i f. U ,1. An MmV. wtAvAV (rm M OTt
fc -"t to forget. "
'V learn that Judge Peaksox, in the presence I
e two other Judces of the Supreme Court, !
Couri .... ' .t- ' : ,
sanction mat at once stamps tne wont.
Hthehigbest value. ...
CONGRESS.
. The Senate did not sit on Saturday last.' The
House of Representatives was in s.siou only
about an hour, but disposed of a good deal of
preliminary business. Bills were reported from
the Committee of Ways and Means, making ap
propriations for the support of the Army and
Navy for the next fiscal year, and for the trans
portation of the Mails by ocenn steamers a,nd
otherwise during the same period.
A bill was introduced proposing grants of
lands in all he Slates, for the purposes of educa
tion and internal improvement.
Some debate took place on the proper refer
ence of that portion of the estimates of the Sec
retary of War which relates to Rivers and Har
bors. Mr. Ewing, of Kentucky, desired the
subject to go to' the Committee on Roads and
Canals, that it might be in the. bands of its
friends. The question of reference was post
poned until "Friday next.
Mr. Bissell reported a joint resolution of
thanks to Major General John E. Wool, for1 his
distinguished services in the late war with Mexi
co, and especially for his conduct at the battle
of Bucna Vista. The resolution also proposes
to present a sword to Gen. Wool. The subject
was deferred for a full House, there being scarce
ly annrum present.
XeithtT House was in session on Monday.
Nr. Badger's Con-sistenct The Whig pa
pers are publishing with much apparent satis
faction, the remarks of Mr. Badger in the Sen
ate on the 22J ultimo, in favor of conferring on
Gen. Scott the-title of Lieutenant Gueral.
When the proposition was made, during the
Mexican War, to confer this title on an officer to
command the American troops, Mr. Badger op-
posed it, and delivered a speech which was
greeted vritn as much approbation by the W lug
press as his recent one has been. Mr. Badger
against the title is right, and Mr. Badger for
the title is right At least this is Am consis
tency. This is but another specimen of the "Stan
dard's" disingenuoasneBS. That print knows
very well that the proposition to create the title
of Lieutenant General was made, during the
Mexican War, for the purpose of conferring it
upon Col. Bexton. a civilian, over the head of
Gen. Scott, who was at the time triumphantly
conducting our army in the midst of the
enemy's country. It knows very well that the
movement was prompted by. the apprehension,
upon the part of the Administration of Polk,
that the glory of our triumphs might too much
attach to Whig Generals, and that it was dicta
ted by a malignant desire to kill them off. It
knows, too, that Mr. Badger opposed the pro
position, on account of that design of the
Administration. It knows, further, that the
present object is to reward a brave old vete
ran for a series of military successes, al
ways tempered by humanity, unparalleled in
the annals of the world, and which have shed
an imperishable lustre upon the American arms.
By the way, the "Standard" was in ficor of
conferring the title in 1847 ; it is fipxsed to it
now.
Where is iw "consistency ?"
A meeting of National Democrats wns
held at Philadelphia, on Friday evening last.
,
" r r
the interference of Federal officers in State or
local elections, aud " condemning all dictation
on the part of Cabinet officers, as an usurpation
and tyranny meriting unitrersal condemnation."
The resolutions also condemn the course of the
Washington Union, and applaud the position
and course of the Washington Sentinel. They
also denounce Governor Bigler for sanctioning
the railroad gauge law, which has caused so
much difficult v. at Eric.
Dr. Dickson's Address. Wc are indebted
to a friend for a copy of the Address of Dr
James II. Dickson, delivered before the Alumni
Association of the University if North Carolina,
at the last Commencement. To say that we
havo read it with pleasure, would very feebly
express our estimate of, its worth. In beauiy
of diction, fluency of illustration, and aptness
of quotation, there is everything in it to 6how
the finished scholar, and in elevation of senti
ment, everything that marks the Christian gen
tleman. KQi. We invite attention to the Manifesto of
Santa Anna, addressed to his countrymen, upon
occasion of accepting the prolonged and enlarg
ed powers which they have conferred upon him
The paper may serve to give our readers a just
er notion of what he is about, and of what he
alone can accomplish for Mexico, if anything can
be accomplished at all.
TURKISH AND RUSSIAN NAVAL BAT
TLES.
In giving an account of the naval battle be
tween the Turkish and Russian vessels near Si
nope, one of the writers remarked that it was
the' greatest fought since the battle of Navarino.
The attention of the reader is at once turned
back, and he inquires, What of Navarino? It
is described in the gazetteers ae follows :
Jfavarino, a fortified town on the southwest-'
em coast of the Morea, with a large harbor. In
1715 ifcwa8 in the hands of the Venitians, who
fortified it against the Turks.
Here (October 20th, 1827) the combined Rus
eian, French, and, English, fleets, commanded
by Admiral Codrington, destroyed the Turco
Egytian fleet of two hundred and fourteen sail,
in four hours. It required nearly two months,
in 1827, for. the news of the battle of Navarino
to reach New York. . ,
I THE ROANOKE VALLEY RAILROAD ?
The grading on this railroad, which is to run
from Ridgeway, en the Raleigh & Gaston Rail
road, to Clarksville, has been completed and
it is ready to receive the" superstrncturey T.he
contracts for the superstructure of the road will,
we understand, be made in a few days, and the
superstructure of the bridges has been com pi e
tedfor 14 miles, which is two-thirds of the road.;
The railroad iron, of 800 tons, is expected here
by the first argo - Sills have - been provided
for the entire road, and as soon as the iron" is
received, the laying of the raile will be eom-
menced. . It is expectea tnat tne entire iroaa
will be complete4 in Jane and July .-i..
f , ffbrfolk Beacon.
AauMr liua ur TUB DICTATORSHIP ; to honor me with, by placing in my hands all
BY SANTA ANNA. i that power which1 may bo necessary to snatch
On the 10th of December Santa Anna issued frni ruin and to restore to her lustre; pow
the following decree : i ef r7 ,,,PJ- 'ep obedient to her will, I will
That seeing the acts of all the authorities, 1 S;"ul-frT? dger or sacrifice to accom
corporations and most notable persons of all the t - Vl'r1 1 T
depart.nen ts and towns of the Republic, in sup-! M X.h1-1 th? oual tit es
port of the declaration made in the citv of Oua- i W,-th whlch tll7 hV? 8 ,lberaM?
dalajara on the 17th of November last, and hav-! adornec! mc ' 8.,nce .mJ Klur7 n,'1 greatest re-
ing particularly consulted the Council of State bv ! C"rf ait,'Sether " thf nnded
virtu nf th 'mnroM irh .ha h. i conhdtnce which they have thus bestowed up-
invo.stpd m T Unvn cf,-maA na r,.i!,ia. ' i
Artiele I. It is declared'by the will of the na-
tion that the actual President shall continue to !
enjoy the powers with which he is now invest-
ed. so lone as he shall iudL-e neeessarv for th
establishment of publie order, tho integrity of
the national territory and the complete regula
tion of the several branches of the public ad
ministration.
At. JL That in ease of the death, or physical
or moral disqualification of the said President,
he shall have power to select his successor, nam
ing him in a sealed paper, with the restrictions ;
which he shall deem fit ; which' document, un
der proper precautions "and formalities, shall
be lodged in the Ministry of State.
Art. III. The title of most Serene Highness
shall for the future be attached to the office of
President of the Republic.
It will bo perceived that by this decree San
ta Anna puts aside the rank of Captain Gener
al and accepts the pay of $GO,000 er annum
which were offered him by the Declaration of
Gualalajara. 1
On the 17th of December, his Most Serene 1
Highness issued the following manifesto ; j
Mexicans Events as unfortunate as they j
have been continual have , appeared to be con
ducting the "nation to its certain ruin. The
springs of the public power were all relaxed ;
the greatest disorder prevailed in all the branch
es of the Administration ; the army was destroy
cd ; the public wealth was dissipated ; liberty
had fallen into complete licentiousness, and tho
monster of anarchy threatened to overthrow the
very ruins that it had made. A change was
necessary, was even inevitable, which might
restore harmony between authority and rights,
between the laws and our traditions and cus
toms ; between reason, morals, and Religion
with Liberty: a harmony which is the indis-1
pensable condition of order and of prosperity
for nations. The short sighted who thought
they saw the great movement of Jallico effected
last year, a change purely personal, have prov
ed to be mistaken, as they always are'who mis
take things for men. A change of persons had
been made ; but the disordor and discontent in
creased; the general interest was not satisfied.
nor the object of that revolution accomplished.
It was not the paltry interests ot a party strug
gling with its adversaries, nor the wretched ma
noeuvres of intriguers which were at strife. It
was the struggle of high thoughts with visions
and miserable errors ; that of the noble senti
ments of nationality and patriotism with sel
fishness and treachery: it was, iu fine, the work
and the will of the nation, which, tired of endu
ring the yoke imposed upon it by insane sys
tems, rose up as one man, in order to resume
that original dignity with which it shone at the
glorious epoch of its independence.
And this magnanimous nation so often gen
erous to me turned its eyes upon me, calling
mo to co-operate with my fellow-citizens in sav
ing it from the dreadful fate which threatened
it. What heart truly Mexican could resist the
voice of his country, imploring the aid of her
children to such a crisis? I listened to it in
the retreat to which ingratitude and perfidy had
driven me ! and putting every thing aside, has
tened to offer to my country the sacrifice of my
repse, of my health and of my existence.
I did it with the enthusiasm with which I
have always served her. I took charge of the
government only the more that 1 knew the heavy
weight which it would impose upon me, and
the difficulties and inconvenience tu be encoun
tered in accomplishing the high undertaking of
re-establishing social order, and of reorganizing
the public administration. To this end I tiave
directed all my efforts during the brief period
which has intervened. Posterity will one day
judge of the acts of my government, on which
has fallen the hard task of repairing, in every !
branch of the government, the enormous evils
caused by others, and of effecting this in tho
midst of the cuinpletest confusion of all princi
ple, of the most scandalous relaxation of all o
bedience, an immorality the most general, and
of the most absolute disappearance of all rever
ence into which legal power had fallen, through
the ill combination ot our laws and through the
crimes or follies of those who were administer
ing them. I occupied myself with the utmost
assiduity in promoting the public good and
prosperity, thus performing what I had prom
ised to God and this nation, aud without aspi
ring to anything bnt the glory of leaving, at the
end of the tims fixed on tho Gth of February
last, the Republic respected and respectable
without, quiet and happy within; when the u
nanim jus, free and spontaneous voice of my
fellow-citizens, expressed by their legal organs
on all sides, came to exact of me the lengthen
ing of my sacrifices, and to extend the period
Eroviously marked to one of such time as might
e necessary in order to secure tho integrity of
the national territory, the consolidation of pub
lic order and the comrjlete organization of all
the administrative branches.
The will of the nation to this effect has been
heard from every corner of the Republic.
From the remotest places I havo had the hon
or of receiving Commissioners especially direct
ed to present to me their wishes, and to express
their adhesion to the acts of my government ;
and an unanimous multitude of honorable citi
zen, of wealthy proprietors, of persons distin
guished bv their rank and dignity, have made
manifest their opinion by the legal and pacific
means of subscribed petitions, declaring that it
is their will that I should continue clothed with
the fullness of powers which I have till now
exercised.
Never since the memorable epoch of indepen
dence had the public opinion expressed itself in
a manner more orderly, explicit, uniform,
strong and respectable.
The common sense of
good men nnd of distinguished men, of whatev
er represents tne true ana enective moral pow
er of society, of those whose interest forms the
interest of all, agrees in recognising as insuffi
cient the time allowed for consolidating order,
restoring respect to authority, drawing closer
the bonds of union among all Mexicans, and
creating confidence in the independence and
the integrity of the Republic The first neces
sity of him who governs is to know, in .Order
that he may oney tne irae puoue opinion.
That wbich has no.w manifested ltsett cannot ue
mistaken, cannot be .confounded with the rash
cry of the passions, nor the hoarse voice of, po
litical parties. - Quiet, majestic, and far-sound
ing, the voice ot tne nation is neara ; tne voise
of; the nation wbich, depressed by ? misfortune,
mates its last ettort to itve noBoraDie, ana
uch Is'tnV light in which things appear to
me. iut not trusting m mywu inouo, uuSui
nrer'i aaV
ice in the , high inteiugenee 01 tne
Council of State. That respectable body, in
which are represented the most elevated class
es f the . nation, ' has seen, like "myself, in the
manifestations ; from the people the authentic
will of the nation and the complete vote of con
fidence in that which our country has. deigned
P nie.; For the services which I may have;
r",Cf ,n l"nZ career to render, and
' , 1 w"" bound ,t(,.renJe' 1 ,e,r utllficence
t ',. f ewaraea me tar oeyona my mer
,u, 10 w,ai ?'se couia inspire r
I have nl-
rrnuy receiveu on the held ot Dattie, wnen my
sword bad already consolidated forever our
freedom; and independence,, the highest grad
to which, by our laws, can mount the soldier
who has nerved his couutry well. With that I
am perfectly content, if I acpt a powr
which I do not seek and the rightf transmit
ting it to a successor, it is because I regard
them as the powers necessary for realizing the
great purposes which the nation proposes to it
self in conferring them upon me, and because
the right of transmitting the power places th
nation ip safety from the horrors of anarchy.
But in order to be the first in leading the sol
dier to battle, it is not necessary to bear the ti
tle of Cfaptain-General, though it be a great
honor, which I esteem and appreciate at all its
worth. ;
It is just that he who consecrates his time
and his toil to the services of the nation should
receive from her a proportionate pay; and it is
probably for this reason the judgment of the
Cnunciljhas been pleased to bestow it upon me ;
but when the desti tute condition of the Treasu
ry is so known, I could not, without sinning
against gratitude, consent to impose upon it this
new burden. To-deserve after death the praise
of having served ray country well will be my
most grateful reward. I wish nothing I as
pire to nothing. Should it please God to pro
long my days until I may see realized my pub
lic vows, then afar from power I shall refuse
the Jioncjrs which my countrymen now oflW.
But it sfcall bo when the nation reaps the hap
piness which I have endeavored to procure for
it and is quietly enjoying the good which I have
shaped out. Should death lay me low before I
can consummate that great work, my country
men wil know how to do me justice, and will
then horior my memory in my family. These,
Mexican, are all my feelings all my hope.
To obtain these I judge nothing more neces
sary than tho lifting up again into respect au
thority so long degraded and forgotten. That
of the fiist Magistrate of the Nation should be
recognized and respected by all. To his digni
ty is due tiie same reverence as to the nation
which h represents. The salary, therefore,
with which the Mexican desire that their first
officer should be distinguished, I accept; but
not for any personal use, and only for the great
er dignity of whoever may be President of the
Republic, so that setting him apart from other
functionaries it may serve as the mark of that
respect and reverence whijh all owe to him
whom it has pleased all to place at the head of
their dearest interests, the interests of the
countryi
Protesting to the whole nation my deep and
eternal gratitude for the vote of renewed confi
dence with which it has deigned to honor me,
while it was placing in my hands such ample
powers,; which I will endeavor to ue with tem
perance ami prudence for the good of the nation
alone. 1 owed to my countrymen this frank and
sinceretieclarationof thefeeiings of my heart and
of the fjonest intentions which shall guide my
conduct in the continuation of the work which
has been entrusted to me, until such time as I
shall have brought back for the Republic days
of solid and positive happiness.
According to tlie Baltimore American, the
product of the oyster trade of the city is equal
to or greater than the product of all the wheat
and corn raised in the State of Maryland. Th
whole Miores of the Chesapeake Bay and its
tributaries are adapted to the growth of the oys
ter, and as but one year is required for their
full growth, an immense profit accrues to those
engaged in the business a profit which is es
timated at some three hundred to six hundred
per cent. There are 250 vessel engaged in the
business, which average about 000 bushels to
the cargo, and require nine or ten days for tho
trips. These vessels, making in the aggregate
6000 tripsduring the eight months in the year.
in which they are engaged, give a total of 4,
800,000 bushels per year sold in the Baltimore
market. The oysters bring an average price of
50 cents per bushel, which gives a grand total
of $2,400,000 per year, paid for oysters by the
dealer in the city. Some of the "houses send
by the Baltimore and Ohio and Baltimore and
Susquchinna railroads, to say nothing of the
other modes of transportation, from eight to
twelve cons of "canned" oysters per day. The
shells arc carried, for manure, to all parts of
Virginia and Nurth Carolina. In tho "sho "j.
ing" of ovsters, the shells will increase about
one fourth, which would give a total of about
6,000,000 bushels of shells, which sell for two
cehts per bushel, making a return of $120,000
per year for the shells alone.
Thackeray says a woman's heart i just like a
lithographer's stone what is once written upon
n . . - -
it, can't be rubbed nut. This is so.
io. Let an heir-J
ess once fix her affections on a stable boy, and
all the: preaching in the world will not get her
thoughts above oat-boxes and curry-combs.
" Whai is written on her heart can't be rubbed
out." 1
Thk Questiox Settled. A book has been
published in England, by Dr. Stowell, in which
he undertakes to prove that the "forbidden
fruit" was the tobacco plant ! "Put that in
your pipe and smoke it."
Lordj Aberdeen is said to have declared, that,
having once witnessed forty thousand dead and
wounded men txposed on a battle field, he
" shrinks from the responsibility of being a
party io any warlike operations."
f; - ;
The i)lde8t Preacher in the world is said to be
the Rey. Robt Fletcher, of London, who is 107
years of age. '
Paper II amlit. A little hamlet often hous
es made of paper has been erected near London
preparatory to shipping-for Australia.
We take great pleasure' in' calling attention
to the 'advertisement of Messrs. Edward Lam
bert &! Co., of this city,.;whose advertisement
will be1 found in our paper of to-day. The se
nior of this firm' was for many years at the head
of One of the most extensive Jobbing ' Jlouses
of Philadelohia, and for the .last four years in
tihis city, where he remoyed for the purpose of
t being aoie to give tne numerous patrons 01 tne
j house all the adva
advantages that were to be gained
by being, located : in ' the -Central : Commercial
Metropolis of the Union; and thus far the effort
has been crowned with unprecedented suceess.
We bespeak for them a continued success, as
their' effort to please and low prices deserve
i.Jtixceiszor. JS. X. .
From the
Richmond PerniT Post."
THE AVAR.
While the news from the Danube amounts to
very little, that from Asia, so far as it is authen
ticated, if we leave out the alleged coalition of
Persia with the autocrat, is favorable, in spite
of the victory at Sinope and the reported victory
of the Russians at Akholzik. With regard to
the former, though the Turkish fleet was de
stroyed, yet the desperate courage with which
they defended themselves, is calculated to have
a great mora! influence throughout the world.
Not a piefte of timber belonging to the1 Turks
was carried into Sebastopol, and Osman Pasha
refused to strike, even after his burning ship
had been towed out to sea by the Russians.
He was taken, severely wounded, on board of
the enemy's ships, and his own blew up, with
the crescent still flying from her mast head.
With regard to the alleged victory at Akholzik,
it is very certain that if the Russians did gain
it, it was of little service to them, for they were
repulsed from that fortress with ef ere loss.
In the meantime, it is reported, with an air of
probability, that the Turks and Circassians are
acting in concert, and that they havo already
captured Kaloh, one of the most important of
the Russian fortresses on the Black Sea. Tt is
said that the Porte is determined to reject the
new offersiof mediation, very possibly consider
ing them dictated by the Czar.
The resignation of Lord Palmerston, at the
particular! juncture at which it occurred, hus
given riseito a great deal of speculation. The
best opiniin seems to be, that it has no connec
tion whatever with Eastern affairs. Be this as
it may, his secession, just t this moment, is of
serious disadvantage to the Turkish cause, as
he was the only person in the Cabinet who was
understood to favor bold and prompt measures.
He has resigned just as the arms- orRussia hWo
been victorious on the Black Sea, just as the
Czar is threatening Servia for remaining neu
tral, and just as the Turks are relying on the
French and English squadrons It seems to be
pretty evident that this event will be followed
by the dissolution of tho Ministry, and that
another will be formed with Lord Palmerston
at the head. In the meantime, with such a
Cabinet ass that now at the head of affairs, re
spected by nobody either at home or abroad,
and known to be on the eve of dissolution. Great
Britain's weight in the affairs of Europe is for
the time completely neutralized, at a moment
when its absence ought not to be felt even for a
day. At Berlin, Vienna, Paris, and more im
portant still at Petersburg, it will be understood
that the pacific views of Lord Aberdeen havo
triumphed,; and that the effect of the triumph
has been ta drive Lord Palmerston from the
councils of the Queen. That tho commissioners
of Austria and Prussia will not fail to press
these views on the Divan, we may be well as
surred ; and what their effect may be, it is not
possible to pay, when we take into consideration
the Turkish losses at Sinope, and the faint hope,
growing every day fainter, which the Porte must
entertain of assistance.
As a praof of the estimation in which Lord
Aberdeen is held bv the Navy, we subioin the
i following :
NEW WAR SOXG FOR BRITISH SAILORS.
The following effusion, written by a midshipman
on board of one of the ships of Auniiral Dundas's
squadron, is quite popular throughout the fleet, and
lias found its way into the papers. It shows, at
least, what the sai:ors think of the figure they cut.
The song circulated quite freely tub rot :
a new naval song.
(Altered from Dibdin's, for the use of the disgusted
English crews of the Bosphorus.)
Come, shut up, my lads ! to dishonor wc steer,
To add sonic new shame to this infamous year ! ,
And if, bi ill luck, we should meet with a foe,
Our stents we shall quickly be ordered to show.
Useless oaks are our ships ! quite a joke arc our
men ! 1
And our rulers arc ready,
Aside i-(S?hady. boys, shady,)
To funk and to flounder again and again !
For a sham you were sent ' and a sham we shall be'!
Poor John Turk, (to his cost) has been counting on
wc.
We're to keep him at home, with his pipe and his
patch, ;
While tiit Russians are pitching his ships to 0 d
Scratcl !
Usc!cs- oak, &c.
' Twas"nt thus, in old times, when a foe showed his
That Britannia sneaked courtesying out of the lists;
l-'or hersclfj or a friend, did'nt matter a dump.
Sue was ready to fight while she counted a stump !
Useless oak, &c.
1
Thev've heard of our Nelsons, and Rodneys, and
"Blakes
And they think, too, old "Pam" never shivers or
shakes
But a diifercnt lot are now serving the Queen.
And our poor Sawney Admiral's old Ab d n !
Useless oaks are our bliips ! quite a joke aro our
men ! '
And our rulers quite ready,
Aside -(Shady. boys, shady.)
To funk unl to flounder again ar.d again !
Two French and English frigates have goue to
Sinope, nominally with medical assistance for the
wounded. '
Females were introduced into composing
J rooms in Albany, on Monday, tor the tirst time.
mi . .1 .1 . ttr . - l
-iney were set to worn on ine - country uenue-
man.'
; MARRIED.
In this iity, on Thursday morning, the 5th
inst., by Rev. W. E. Pell, Col. Owen Iluggins,
of Onslow county, to Miss Cynthia A. Phillips,
daughter of Maj. Phillips, of this city.
On the 22d of December, by Aaron D. Head-
en, Esq., Mr. Jonathan L. Hackney to Miss Su
san M. Brooks, all of Chatham county.
The Jbayetteville Observer and Biblical lte-
corder will please copy.
j DIED.
In this city, on Monday evening last, the 2d
inst., Elizabeth Moore, daughtervof John D. and
Rebecca C. Cameron, aged three years, one
month, and twenty-three days. . .
At Tuscawilla, Leon County,. Florida, on the
Gth ult., while on a visit to her son, Mrs. Nan
cy II. Carman, of inflammation of the tonsils,
consort of Thomas G. Carman, in the forty -sixth
year of her age. . !
The deceased was a native of Green County
North Carolina. ..; j.. - ...
rflAKEN'up to-day, by Diori6us Jackson, near
I I j Laws' store, in this ' eounty, some twenty
miles from-Raleigh, f stray Mare, 4 feet, 7 J inch
es high, and supposed to be 20 years old. 5 Her left
bind foot is white up to the fetlock, she has a dark
spot in the! face, and her value has been appraised,
by Riley Crawford and Allen Griffis, at 5.
i wiAdaa awn:, Kasgbk."
Janl b, 1854. ' S - . '. 3t 3 .
rpHE KTEXT: SESSION of the Subscriber's
School, near Littleton Depot, arin commence
on Thursclay, January 12th. ; .
- , - . -v J. DB. HOOPER.
rt Jan. ft,J18M. wSt S
; . -rnit nra &KOISTKR
Every patriotic'North Carolinian must exult
on observing that the Capital feels the impulse;
ine improvements which are animating ? the
State, from the mountains to' the seaboard.
Thij is as it should be, for, if the political; and
geographical cenire should be passed in the
career of improvement, it would not only be a
reproach to her-, but would repress, iNt did not
paralyze. enterpriesclsewhere; the heart muss
beat, tr the extremities mast languish for the
want of its vital currents. Raleigh, as tb seat
of government, should set to all parts of-the
Stato examples of order, enterprise , and;. iao
rality. .She has already shown her enterprise
by erecting a number of buildings during, the
year just passed. Raleigh is the seat of another
kind of improvement which has lately received
a fresh impulse. jWo allude to the increasing
number of herferaalo schools. This imnrovtV
ment, we judge from , many, indications, will i
continue until iiateign becomes ft iavorite seat
v icmata euuviuun. ioucu s reams seems pro
bable, when wa reflect on the superior ad van
tages of Raleigh as as educational- site ; that
very many of those parents, having the ability
and disposition to educate their daughters, find
it convenient to occasionally to Raleigh ; that
the general demand nor is for an education
that combines the scholastic and theoretical
with a practical, pb lite and polished c location.
If this be the desideratum, the demand, what
place seems so likely to afford facilities forts
attainment, as the busy, refined and fashionable;
metropolis of the; State? Of what town or
j place could the daily influence do o much to re
move trom lemale; schools the reproach bf ttnf,
parting the education of the. closet or cloister ;
in other words, yof being Nunneries, - which
once were tho chief seats of female education'
in this country, artd are yet so in Catholic coun
tries i This mu(h desired ' blendiu&i ,the
theoretical and practical, of the ornamental and
useful, wo confidently expect from the school of
the Rev. Arch'd McDowell. The others, to doubt,
are characterized by similar excellence, but it
is proper for me to speak only of what I know.
"Now, will not Raleigh do something for her
female schools, when they are doing or can do
so much for her?; Will she not improve her
local government, suppress intemperance in her.
streets, and banish disorder? But let it not be"
inferred from these interrogatories that Raleigh
is mora exposed to these annoyances than other
towns. Such an inference would be unjust, as
the writer has reason to know, for, on Christ
mas, at 10 o'clock at night, he walked, with the
purpose of making observations, from one ex
tremity of the city to much beyond its centre,
and did not see any instance of intoxication
On the afternoon of Christinas, with the same
object, he walked around the Deaf and Dumb
Asylum, and the depot of the Raleigh and Gas
ton Railroad, and did nol see either tciile or Hack
intoxicated, nor witness a single act of rudeness
or riot. Rut yet, much can be doue to beautify,
enlarge and recommend llalaigb. The lordly
and nristocratic porkers, the democratic pigs,
which have been voteiT. tacia voce, the " Free
dom of the city," or which, at least, perambu
late its streets, are to be disfranchised. Sable
urchins,, who are soinetimes to be seen in the su
burbs, in fullj suits of " black lasting," are to
be impounded. In short, Raleigh- may mend
her ways in various way. She may improve
her highways and her low ways, her byways and
her jirfeways, her cross-ways and her causeways.
VISITOR.
Bricklaying and Plastering.
C11IARLES W. PALMER takes this method f
informing the public, that he is now prepared
to carry on the above named business in all its
branches, and in a masterly and expeditious manner.
He thinks he can afford to contract for work of
this sort on as reasonable terms as any person in
the State, having made extensive arrangements
for so doing. lie flatters himself that tha work he,
has already done in Raleigh has given entire satis
faction, and he hopes by strict attention to his
business to merit a' continuance of public favor.
Jan. R, 18 )4. , )y 3
METROPOLITAN SILK STOCK !
REMOVAL.
EDWARD LAMBERT & CO.
III WRTEUS AND JOBBERS OF
SILK AND FANCY GOODS,
11AVIXU REMOVED TO TUF.IK
NEW WAREHOUSE.
NO. 55 CHAMBERS' STREET,
NEW YORK.
(Opposite the Park)
INVITE the attention of the Trade to their
SPRING IMPORTATION of RICH SILKS,
DRESS GOODS, SHAWLS, RIBBONS, EMBROI
DERIES, &c.
Merchants throughout the United States are
solicited to examine our assortment, which io
NOVELTY, RICHNESS AND VARIETY,
is believed to be unsurpassed in this metropolis,
and adapted to the wants of the very best trade
iif this countrj': aljl of which will be offered to
Cash and first class six mos. Buyers, ou the most
favorable terms. .
Jan. 6th, 1854. lm-3
Oxford (Male Academy.
J. II. HORNER, Principal.
. T. J. HORNER, Assistant.
rwXnTi next session will open on the 9th of Ja
il nuary, and close on the 2d of June.
Tuition ia th Classical Bepartment, $20
Do do English do $12 50 and $15
Board in the family of the Prirfcipal, $10 per
month ; do in the Village, $'J per month.
Oxford, Granville. IN. C.
December 2d, 1853. 88 tOtbJ
BRUNSWICK CITY, GEORGIA. Large and
peremptory sale of building lots in the city
of Brunswick, State of Georgia. The proprietors of
the city of Brunswick hereby give notice that a
sale of five hundred eligible lots -will take place,
by pubUc auction at the Oglethorpe ; Hanse, in
said city, on Thursday, the 1 2th day of January,
1854, at 12 o clock M. The sale will be positive
to the highest bidder. Terms One third cash -
ana tne remamingiwo-iniras in one ana iwo years
Title perfect. The port and site of Brunswick
hold out commercial and maritime 'advantages su
perior to those presented by any other south of
unesapcage uay.- id cnmaie is neanny; me
water pure. Further particulars, with maps, 4e.;
mar be had at the office of tho comoanv. 90 Broad
way, New Ydrk, or of Mr. John Brooks, agent;
Brunswick, Oeorgia. wai. CUAUCJSr,-rres't.
Thomas A. Dextbr, Sec'y.
Sovj29 1853jh ' ' w5w 9T'
Select Classical and Mathematical
; WAURKJMTUN
R. A.. XZELL A. ;M., Principal, assisted by eom
l - j patent Instructors.
t lHE Spring Session will cemmenee en the se-
JL .cond Monday in January, sdi:.. -&s'
1 i
Board for the session of five month8..'.;..$50,00
Fnet and Lights in Room;..............,00
Tuition in Languages and Mathematics, ...17,60
iu Jjujjvw vtauvunmi .Mii.ii,uv
in rrench, (extra) ..... .......10,
Fiel in school Room,.,.. ...,.;.,.
4.1,00
For particulars see Catalogue.
!: '5. i ; .:: - . & . A.T
EZELL.
Pec. 20, 1853;
w4w 103
- i TO.TOAViS!L!C.Sa8;. '
rpHE New and Superior bin Steam Boat Govwi '
L nor Morehead la now runaing' daily (Sunday' - , r
excepted) between Washington and flrepiiTill. ,
laectingwith the following routes,- viR-w v..- v
.jtjtHgBunoays excepted) between Wife ' ,
(j m the- Wilmington . ' Raleigh Kail - Kod an 4 - ' -Greennlle
leaving Greenville daily Sundays' exV" '
cepWdJ oa tne arritarofthdBoat from Washinz- :" -
--- .u ivrau )r Msou.arnTiDg time
for tike evening frains gehfg North" and South j re-
turpmg, tearing Wilson after the arrival of the mor-
nine train from the North: JUTIVXIIflr'' Sit frAnnania
famejday: in time for the Boat to Washington, r-- s
jStagee betvveen Greepville f via Tarboro'l 'and
Mount. leave Greenvillena THnsrinn Th,,.
u;? in oaiuraays, alter the arrival of the Boar f ? '
from Washington, and connect with the-'IUir Bead - '
evening train going North. 'f'l T " -j
Leave Rocky Mount on Mondays, Wedaesdays v .
andyFridays, after the arrival of the morning jtraia Jr'A:;
from the NprtffarTivingin Greenville inlim.ff
the Boat for Washington. i- '- -,---"
jTk Stage between WUWaa Raleigh 'liam. V'
Wilson on Tuesday, Thursday aud Saturday ibw t - ,
ning at 6 o'clock! amvimr'at lUfefoti tuMn.r.nin rrV-i'";
leaveiiBaleightfdii' Mondays, Wednesdays and 'e" '
Friday morning at 6 'clock, and arrives at Wilson
sama evening at "5 e'clock. - - .
ytyn$ MYERS SOIf. '
Washington, Jfc C.r Nov. 15,1 853. . w3m 91 ' j. -
-r . - -i iin I. - r .fSi
To Tanners.
fliHE sabsoriber begs leave to Wfonn tlt
!i-prietors of .Tan Yards throughout tli
i lr- . -5 .
State'
ot worth Carolina, that he is Agent for the salt of
Patent Rights iathis State for Drl DaVid tf,n V .
ysi new prowsi of-Tauninj -without th us f ,
KLeatber tanned by this method is.better trirj '
way thaaiat taBued by. the old or nv olhpr nw V i ; i
mode inow in use.' i lt,.is stronger and more imper- '-.
yipuslto ;wateiv while it Is equally as pliable and 'V7
easy to' work.' -? , ' T, x'
. lae process is a chemical compound, warranted,.' -
not to injure the skins, ;-A side f sola rTiarness '";
Leather, tanned by this method, will weigh 4 pound 'v
more than one tanned Jaj th old method, nd the
worth of this additfonal poundof Leather wUlay v - -
for thti -materials it takes to tan it. Sheep ekins' '
tanned by this method are as -strong, and4 will ' ? -wea,!made
into a ahoe or boot, equal to calf ekin' l
maintaining its ehape fully as well.; The time far " I
tanning ? the different kinds of; Leather is asfol-:
low:i Sheep. skins in 4 days ; Calf skins in" from V.-'" '. j
6 to 10:. days ;:Kip skiiis ItLt 21 days; Harness "' v 7"
Leather 5 to 6 weeks 8ole Leather a months ?:.'-r
Vne man, can tan and dress as much Leather in ...".. .
n year by this, method, as two Icanby the old
: 111 il4 1 iji , . ; . -
. Ail iciicru augjesseu 10 me at -Wilmington, R.
C, wijl be promptly attended to. , N .
WilmingUnfOst 28, 185J. .
88 w3mes
! J-Vj.-DRi'' STRONG'S i'Z '
COMPOUND SANATIVE PILLS.
rpHESE PILLS ARE entirely . Yegetabla, .and
I are a most superior Meuioine ia the cure of all
Bilious Complaints, Chills and Fever, Dyspepsia,
Costivenesa, LiverComplaint. Jaundice. Sick Head. 3
ache, Scrofula, Salt llhemo, Feversjjf alb kinds, if-.
Loss of Appetite,, Obstructed andpainful Menftrn-i.i -h
ation. and all lingering diseases.; -'- j v
' As a i Female Medicine they act like a charm, 'ani K
when taken according to the directions, they nev- :
er fail to cure the very worst cases of PILES. after''
u oiuer rcnieuies inn. . - t
Thejy purify the blood, equalize the eirCulatioB, '
restore the Liver. Kidneys, and other ' Secretory '
Organs te a healthy tone and action and aa aa
Anti-Bilious Family Medicine thty'hatene eqaaJL i
Prisa 25 cents per box;" ;" '- r
'i " '' DR. STRONG'S " - '
! PECTORAL STOMACH PILLS.' j- '
A remedy for Coughs, Colds, Catarrh, Bronchitis,
Croup, Whooping Cough,' Asthma; Consumption, V
Nervous Diseases, Dyspepsia, Costiveness, Ery
sipelas, Disease of the Heart, Inflammation and
pain in the Chest, Back and Side, aud all disea
ses arising from a deranged state of the Stom
ach, and tojelieve the distress and bad i feeling
from eating too liearty food, in weak and dys
peptic habits. . . ' . .4
WARRANTED TO BE PURELY. VEGETABLE.
T RPHESE Pills act as an Expectorant, Tonic," and
JL Aperient. One 25 cent, box possesses three
times more power to cure diseases than a one dol
lar bottle of any of the Syrups, Balsams, or Saraa
parillas, that ta ever made, and a simple trial ef
only one box will prove this important truth.
They promote Expectoration, loosen the Phlegm
and dear the Lungs and other Secretory Organs ef
all morbid matter, and there is not another remedy
in the whole Materia Medica capable of imparting
such healing properties to the Lungs and Vital Or
gans as these Pills. They cure Costiveness, pro
duce a good regular appetite, and strengthen the
Svstem.
Price 25 c ts. per box, on tabuing 25 dases ef
medicine. ,
Call on the Agents who sell the Pills, and get
the "Planter's Almanac" gratis, giving full par
ticulars and certificates of cures.
Both kinds of the above-named Pills are for sale
ia Raleigh, by Williams & Haywood, who also keep
a supply of Dr. Spencer's-Vegetable Pills, and Dr.
Hull s Celebrated Fills, which stop the Chills an
Fever the first day, and do not sicken the Stomaeb
r operate on the bowels. . u .
August 12, 1853. wly-6
1 Wholesale Stationery .Warcroomi: '
WM. A. WHEELER & CO.,
1 13 4 15 Park Row, v A
(dixectlt opposte tui asToft nersi.)
NEW YORK CITY.
Fall Importations, : ( .
,:J.: :;-RrILG0OPS.Sijf ww
THE Subscribers have now in store, just recely
edfrom Eurona. a -moat xtensiv And rw
fully selected stock of STAriiR' AND FANCY
STATIONERY, comprising every variety ttENQ?,
LISH. FRENCH AND GERMAN GOODS,
They have also on hand , the most complete as-
aortment of American, Cap, Letter and Flat Paper,;
I to be found iii the United States. . . j .
! They are sole Proprietors of Whitney's Patent.
j Abr-TJght Inkstand, and Agents for sale of Hadloy,
J 4 Field's Writing Fluid, and furnished at mueh
I Uwr rate.
J Buyers who nsult their own interest, will aat
1 aarcbase before examinmg their poods.
WM.
WHEELER 4 CO.'
8ept 20, '2$.
77 w6m
i Valley Academy, i
THIS Institution is situated in the beautiful,,
I quiet and happy valley of the Yadkin, seven ;
J miles North of Lenoir, Caldwell county, N. C
1 1 neawny loeanon, iiign-ionea morality or 1
the:
neighborhood, general intelligence, liberality and ,
industrious habits Of f the citizens, make it one of'
the 'most eligible points for a male school in the .
rood old north btate " The fourth session will :
commence Jan. 6th, 1864." - :
Tuition, in advance, Classics........ ....$18 00
EngUsh.:i..L::v:...;.:...:$10andS12 60 b
Ikiardmg in the best of families, includ- ' '
a ing all neeessary xpnse8.."......30 00 -
E. W. FAUCETTE, Principal,
'ft Sw,. vft-i .:FTt DefianceN. C.i
Dee. 16,1853. ,4 ;;; : 102 8t
Notice. .
y -'
I rTHE 'Annual . Meeting of the North Carolina J
-1 'Mutual Insurance Company will be bold at
I IUO UIQCQ PI Uv vompau, ill um VItT OI XVSieig uf
00 q Tuesday, the 10th day of January next, for thai
purpose of electing a . Board ef Directors for tbaM
enaumir yeai - ,- - .. - - .
- ' JXaC. PARTRIDGE, Sec'y.
' Ealeieb, Dec. 8, 1853..- : - 4w 1 100
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