North Carolina Newspapers

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AUweekwe place atour mast head the name 1 Alfred Dockery, ot h.iclunond Ciun- rfi'csndiiiiite for the office of Governor of IjtSHUI worm j "ecu nui mi v R d' witn pleasure. e nave aireaay 1 thsit e regarded his name as boarin fu'tbe prestige of certain victory ; and w uAe assertion. The conqueror of everv Ukhich he has drawn Ms j ,od blade lur cause, he will not falter nor suffer de IjtM coming ;rl,,l u,lie" itHT lt' ueiierai ixcery enjoyea uch flffllie "f education as the country schools IHiin nffordeu : and these, were scant rttliftt time. Hi days and a considera- L-tof bis nights too were sedulously devo ithjlAbor of the farm while at leisure . 1 1: . 1:i.i ; 1 : 1. j 1 Ljs be reaa ins ni: aim j.uceu up such Uaneous inforuiiition as came in his way. . rif;v ie he married and took uiuui him Lari's "t :i family. , These however wt-re bsdimoni tj Ins success. 1 lie bread of Ulit never tasied ; and in a few years h. kit only in cointortaiiie. circumstances, .. morliily goods were; concerned, but h- uiidtu be, in reality one of the best 111 1 . ou-n of the community in which he re Elicited by his neighbors- to become :i Lute when delegates were to be chosen to tile State Constitution in 1S35. he eousen v so, and was returned over men of mark ,ni;itd Handing in the ci ur.tv lie er- iitt Convention with entire acc'ptabilitv to Latitut nts ; and alter the adoption of tin- jitton in its amended, form, he was chore n Hstct the Senatorial District composed of unties ot Ju-lntiOiid and Kobeson w hu h dur five successive Sessions, we believe. htlieiielected to the United States Ilonspof Uuatives, from the Congres8ional District t.chhe resided, and throughout the whole lierm he was found at his post attending tiikrests of his constituents, with an eve air winked and an energy that never h'end of this term of his public service, lie was re-districted,, and he wan thrown je same district with Hon. Daniel M tjfr. tin gave way to Mr Barringer, jirued'to his pursuits engaged in w hich Mined until the Spring of 1851, when it i oghts crisis had arrived in the politi- jirsoi .rth Carolina. 1 he Compromise "sot 1350 had passed the Congress of uru Slates: tne Democratic tidriv nl tins in .. . . " .. . . grounds against them ; Secession claimed as the safetv-valve of the l"ni- Jtireen W. Caldwell, of Mecklenburi-. hie! anion of Democracy in his disiriet i , . :. : j , , . , ''.ituut ns Uie candidate of his party ouicass, i' 'irtss. lu this emergency every eye nudtoGen. Dockery. He was eveiv s&itfcd to become the Whig Candidate. I'iedtothe solicitation, and strangled cent and the faction which surrounded In easily as the infant Hercules smother put Python." at-Duekery is now at home, encased in foment of his domestic concerns a itpretpnding citizen, a skilful planter, a liW and a good Christian. The nohi- F'liidi lias been conferred upon him he fwugtit : and we are sure he will not de- Lft hi ns f'l-itndt llu thair dutir nnl Tuecday last. The Convention, as j possess : . . i ., 'cuiiuieiii in ine matter oi iirm- I1! a disposition to arrange the prelimi- a decided victory in the ensuinii elec- ' pe concerned, "was superior to others of Iror. We have rarely met with a aen comprising more intelligence, and L" tl) tfpl more deeply their respon 10 the great party of which they were Pfntatives. than that band of oatriots hast and from the West, from the H" and from Is'1 Capitol on the 21st inst. 'j"he pro aofti.aP , 1 ur. " I.. 1 .... vuuicuuuu are Lie 101 e our ic.iu '11 le seen that linn 1 X 1 ram . Dnrtrviiv nd cuunty, received the nomination r.fn... ii-. -i ... ... .. ... . nne it is wen Known mat tins "i Was nut our first rltoiee for the im- i Nition he now occupies, we neverthe- 7j tiame with pleasure nt ihe head r'W linn.lo r .1 I. .:;..-..:.. --....., u, me pcupjc, n 1 uiiucttiiuu '"fiuft'ie Convention, which has en keeping the destinies of the great n" W hiir oartv. in the ftiinroachinir Iriftl jn thj8 State ih'L--.... 11 ij 3 is essentially a man oi-- rue ""fll in 1UlIlblp lif- ami Honriv-pd of tl.f tl..u I J ' . t icng unu extensive course 01 M..f, which thejnodern facilities nf A. by the native strength of his ''liscj hiiiiMcdf f-.r iilinva t'l.u no.,.-. In r -. i ins 1 01 1 11 uiHiiii'uiNiiL-u 11. 1 I "I'-'J Ins District in Congress. He 'in- oi me, in the full enjoyment of I'hysical Htrenp-lh. With mi en- -:W-,l.iu..... -ii .. . . , -....ij; iul opHiacies, a courage su "" ',-r, he will enter on the canvass. ,MAl ,u tl,e end ; and the Republi Have nn Hist nanua nr inm ril ,i i ri t should defeat rest upon its banner v entertain no apprehensions Ui&t .the contest is now i . . iWMll nnninmnn -i tU -in ' " ; : -v. -" . . mmmmmmmammmimmmmmmmmmmm that victory will rest upn our cause, provided , that we enter into this fight in the right spirit, I What is our duty, fellow Republicans of drift' section? It is to vield our i.redilictions, and give to the nominee of the Convention, a hearty as its father Douglas, of Illinois, the.followini; on the 28th ultimo, in the presenoe of the Gov nn tVuur priir,;! Vytn H j f the whidi have been , "nr' Comptroller of State, and Gen. Alfred Do.k.'ry, of Richmond County, was unanimously chosen to he the Whig Can didate fur the Gubernatorial Chair at the nest election. This choice is in every way a wor thy one. (it'll Doekerv i a tru as steel to his piinciplcs, and has served in Congress, where he discharged the duties of a representative with fidelity and ability. We presume that tha selection will give warm ni'd universal satis faction to the U lugs of X -rtli Carolina, and that Goneral Dot-kery's succss is considerably more iiian probable. lUcrsOury Lttelliyeitcer. We congratulate our Whig friends on the au spicious result, j Alfked Due lit rv is as general- , iy known, p.M.soimlly and politically, as any .nan, piotally. in the Stite. He uwds no eu logy trom us; but we cannot help saying, that we Imve ki.ovvu him for many cars "us a gen tleman ot unspotted intefirity. the maker id bis own way in the world, successtnl in all hisca I reiM-, because he pursued right purposes by the j right means; because when lie put his hand to 1 the plough he never looked b.ick, but pushed j right on, with az-al and ener-y which "kiiciv j no such word as faii." A plain farmer, with : j 110 advantag. s ofcai iy education, he yet has I lew euuals as a UoSilC Slieak.-l- Vu enni." h u ,,!. sesses a sound jnd no nt. a great fund of good , i-, 1, ik m . .1, .1 .......I. .1 I .1 J rived hi.ni observation and lea ling, and always j marches up stiaight forward to the purpose he j has in hand 11,; is a true Whig, capable of I leading the Whig p:irty to victory, tlr. has ntctt 6ct'( Ltufeit, and will not be beaten now, j wo think : lur be is ihe man to unite the Whig 1 purty, and brin- iu full strength to the polls. lie comes liwin lie only part of the Stale which has never received uny of the higher political honors which the Legislature or the people have had the power to confer. fo us his rniiuinatiiiii is altogether acceptable. It is exactly thai which we have desired ever since the lust Gulernatorial election. This pa per will tln ief.ii-e give it a cheeilui and a hear ty support. 'cy. Ot..-. A e have delayed the issue of our paper one day lur the purpose of announcing the nominee d the hii: Ma (e L on v en t ion for Governor And we take jjreat pride in being able to inform our readers, tin: that talented and accomplished gentleman, Gen. Alfred Dockerv, has received rh II.. I .... "i ... .!. Whig party for years, !ls having in every elec- ,n hoW much- 1 uleii our PeoI,le the Pe--tion, both State and Xational, taken a tir'm and : F''e tl,e States, speak out in bold permanent stand for t he W hig party, aud as I and fearless terms against such injustice, there having been found und. r ail circumstances to j w;n be no hope that we shall ever obtain our it-ienuiis piuicipies, wnciexiT auo wnenever they have been attacked. GuLL-. Tel. Ztrv5 It is said that tin-late Whig Convention of North Carolina, as contrasted with similar assemblages, vva- inure fully represented ; and so f;ir as hainionv, unanimity of sentiment in i the matter id principles, and a disposition to arrange the preliminaries of a decided victory 111 the I'litiiinir eh-i-riuii ori ei itieirniil u'tim sii. perior to others ot like character. Gen. Doeke iy, the candidate, is essentially a man of the - -. . : people. ii,. a lrnier, in the prime ot life, and in the tiiil enjoyment of all his mental and physical faculties. He is a man of strong mind and indomitable etieigy. The Whigs of the ' Old North Stale". have a candidate worthy of their siipp'.Tt, and if they do their duty his elec tion is certain. The democratic papers have already b-'-un their wholesale abuse of the Whig candidate, but when the people know him, the falsit v will be shown. .Vu'o'A Htacun. "The non intervention doctrine is not Whig, las, Democratic doctrine. Stan da, d. This is mere gas. The Editor of the?' Stan daid" has not forgotten that the locofoco State Convention, which assembled in this city, in June, li50, following the lead of the Nashville Convention, APPROVED Missouri Com ftrmuise liw, and demanded its explicit recog nition, at that time, by Congress! Mr. CaL Uoln, but a short time previous to his demise, denounced the Missouri Compromise, and said that it surrendered the principle of nou inter jrest assured that he will do his. Were I vcntion. lor which the Bourn had ever contend- ...... UU... IIMM . ,. I . i ... I , , , lbiraa people's man. we should do him ed. Vet, in opposition to the teachings of Mr. He is one of. the vem,le themselves Calhoun, and in the face of all thev had thith- N.ng.alj their wants and sympathizing : erto sai(J ,inj don. 1(,CufliC0 ..r,,. Co. in all their feelings; and on the first ; . , , , , . . . . H m August next,- they will vindicate i ve"u"l) asseinweu, gave tiicir soietun sanction 'ii uignity by electing bun to the Chief duo recommendation to a measure which they py ui the State of ISorth Carolina. 'must have believed. if what they bad said FayetLville At jus. j .lS ,u Le rolilJ up..,, -surrendered the rights i ,.f .,..ii, n.,,1 i,..i ... rv gate from this county, we attended the " "" ; e Convention, which assembled in a Power wl"c1' th"-Y li:ld "'".tained it did not Democratic doctrine," indeed! f J with similar assemblages, was more i " Doimlas " doctrine, too. is it ? Let us see. Fjttented ; nd so far as harmony, . Thc oriy e,-ound upon which Senator Doiiilas N a disnnsitw.n inUmmiMU nrJv,...i proposes the repeal ot the .Missouri Com pro- ; i;tory in the ensuing elec- ' niise. be it remembered, is, that it has been su perveded by tlte Compromise measures oj 18o0 ; while the Congressional record shows that he has avowed doctrines which strike at the dear est rights and most sacred interests of the slave holding States. As a proof of this, we copy the following extract from a speech delivered by him in the United States Senate, on thfi 13th of March, 1850, and which may be found in the Congressional Globe, Vol. xxii. I reference to the action of Congress upon the Territorial question, Mr. Douglas then and there said : " It is NO VIOLATION OF SOUTHERN RlullTS To prohibit slavery iur of northern rights to leave the people to decide the question lor them selves. In this sense, no geographical section of the Union is entitled to any share of the territories. The Senator fmm South Carolina will therefore excuse me for expressing the opinion that all of his complaints under'this head are predicated upon one great fundamen-: tal error the error of supposing that his par 1 ticular section ha a right to have a due share of the territories set apart and assigned to it." From the foregoing extract, it will be seen that Mr. Dou glas unqualifiedly admitted the j to upw irds of one billion, three hundred mil rress to prohibit slavery in the ier-l -Zf..Tb quantity of land, if sold rciiil,.,.i 1.:.. ,i- - i .i : 1 nnvrpr of Congress to vrohibii slaveru "f the State, lie has been a mem- ! Hlories! or, at least, that it would be no fiola- ''a.lilil t II n -n-.ia in iKa I"1. r, fa . . in I . p .1 . !.. J .. I ': lu -' , , j1(,n onsoutnern riguis 10 uo so i Constitution of this State: and! ,. J- Another New Press. The Wilmington IIer- aid of Saturday last is printed upon one of Hoe's Patent Single Large Cylinder Presses, which Mr. Burr has put in operation, and with which he expects to do work in a rapid and per fect manner. It is pleasing to witness such signs of progress and ptosperity in the Newspaper Press of North Oaroliua. THP W AY THPV rn t IT , f , W G Undt?r the operation of that " grab-system," w'tu regard to the" Public Lands, which boasts within a few years to the new States. ; Ohio are A portion of the grants made to these : . For schools, colleges. &.C., For internal improvement, For swamp lands, j Acres. 728,528 1,243.901 303.329 In all. . 2 273,858 There have been granted to Indiana ; ' Acres. For schools, colleges. &c, 073,357 r or internal improvements, 1,609,801 For public buildings, -GO For swamp lands, 981,682 Making an ngrrregate of 3.'jfi74C0 There have been granted to IHinois : i Acres. 1 -111 a!S SOU, (KM) 2 500 1.833.412 2.700,000 For schools, colleges, For internal improvements, For public buildings, F n- swamp lands, Fur Central Railroad, Making an aggregate of 0.030,707 There have been granted to Missouri: Acres. 1.222,179 500 000 2,560 1,517,287 For schools, colleges, ror internal imnroveineuts. ror nubile buildini's For swamp lands, Making an aggregate of There have been granted to Iowa : For schools, colleges, ie., For internal improvements, For public buildings, For swamp lands. Add Des Moines lands claimed, say 3,224,200 Acres. 951.224 825,078 3,480 33.813 900,000 -.j g- ' Here, then, are UDwards of eiahteen millions ' r ' ..,, e .l ii- i j i t ",v r ' " perty of all the States which have been given ; awa' to tiVE of the Northwestern States ! Had! , they been disposed of for the common benefit of j un me states, according to the tederal popu lation, North Carolina would have received a bout 800, 0(H) acres worth there is no estimat- .-ii.io.. . rights. The Whig party of this State have as sumed a position on this subject, lrom which they cannot be driven. It is the position of truth and justice. We of the old States need our share of the public domain. We desire to develope our resources educate our children-- relieve bur people of the heavy weight of taxa tion which is pressing them down, and all this v'"" "c ""upiisui-u, vuhSich iu uui uu justice. Will the locofoco party pf the State io Ii t..t .ins. m i. It.l.n.l .1 l-.-nn..... ....11 1.... .. still hold on to that policy by which we have been heretofore deprived of our jost share of the proceeds of the public lands? If so, let the issue be made. We "go into the campaign ou the resolution passed by the Whig Convention, and we again appeal to our Whig brothren of the press throughout the State, to enlighten the public mind on this important subject, give the people the facts, let them see the gross, the outrageous injustice w hich has been done them, and they will speak out in tunes which cannot be. mistaken in August next ! "We have the word of President Pierce, to which the Whig (Convention in its Resolution was careful not f allude, that so far as he can influence legislation, the Public Lands shall be managed as a "prudent proprietor" would his. own land. Manaard. The Editor of the "Standard" very well knows that this declaration was intended to cover the grants of alternate sections to Rail road corporations, arguing that such grants would not impai" the aggregate value of the lands, since they tend to raise the value of the alternate sections which remain in the hands the Government. Yet he suppresses the tact, and, seizing, upon this expression, ntfects to believe that it contains a sure guaranty that President Pierce would never give his sanction to any bill, which tends to rob North Carolina of her just share of the Public Domain I The idea of "prudent proprietorship" is ut terly inconsistent with the grant of the lands for any purpose, either to Railroad corporations in alternate sections, or to emigrants in parcels of one hundred and sixty acres. Exactly. Friend Cameron, of the "Fayette- ville Argus " thus (as is his wont,) discourseth most sensibly : " The Wilmington Journal presumes that General Dockery will not set out on the canvass until his opponent is put on the turf beside him. We presume no such thing. He would be a great blockhead to remain at home for a month, and let the Journal and the Standard publish all sorts of slanders about him, until the publie mind was perfectly poisoned against him, and then set out to stump it round with his adversary. Let those who have not the means of information or. the land question be inhumed. Discussion is what we want, and discussion is what we must have. General Dockery will consult his own interest and the interests of bis country hy putting out at once The democracy held back their candidate for the express purpose pi getting tne last swear that thev might the more effectually demagogue it in their resolutions. Let us not wait for them a minute." The Public lands undisposed of amount at $1,25 per acre, the lowest price at which it has been disposed of, would bring upwards of $l,749,000,0o0. What apimmense fund, which, if properly and justly disposed of, would spread the blessings ' of education and Internal ' lm provemeqts throughout the nation ! "But 'if the system of plunder which has heretofore chara-. terized the legislation of Congress js kept' up, of what little benefit will this immense , treas ure ever be to those.. States from; which most of l itwaa originally acquired I SALE OF STATE BONDS. TLe bids for-th $500,000 loan, advertised bv the Treasurer of the State, were opened by him s.. . luuruecai, rresiuenc 01 ui uns oi tne State, and awarded as follows : Carpenter, Vermyle & Co., Camman i Co., A. M, Burton. T v v J'l llc. 1. Ilufnn. $30,000 125,000 5,000 10.000 8,000 43.000 1.00 5.000 2,000 10,000 25,000 1.000 235.000 John Beard, Comptroller, W. A. Myatt, Alex. Cunningham, John C. Barnhardt T, u x nr J.uh" B" 0hver' " Lasa . A. it E Kron, J. Thompson, ir'500,000 The vho,e n'"nt hid was about $2,500,000 , . .... ,. t x- 1 laiger portion by citizens 01 .New York. 'ue successful bids ranged from 105 52-100 to 104 5 100, averaging aout four dollars and twenty-live cents premium on the $100. This premium added to that obtained at the two sales of a half million each, made heretofore, yields t the Treasury upwards of sixty thousand dol lars over and above the amouuts of bonds sold. The Treasurer has addressed letters to the successful bidders. SUPREME COURT. This Tribunal adjourned ou Wednesday, having dweided every case submitted to its con sideration during the term. The following opinions were delivered on the last day : By Peihson, J. In Hamlin t. Mebane, in equity, from Chatham, dismissing the bill with costs. r? .. d . t i ...: .. v..i. .i. "I Ullilb O . Ill XII I lllji IOII . X III UIOUKM, , ,. , e- ' x. .......... uiiciiinj in yieipe. accounts to be taken. j . Upon a petition to rehear anv order ordeciee 1 hereafter tiled, there shall be taxed against the Petitioner, should ho (ail in obtaining u rever sal or modification of such order or decree, full costs, including a solicitor's fee and five dollars for the fees of the Clerk. It is ordered that the causes be called on the third day of the term, beginning with the FTrst Circuit, Equity and Law ; then the second Cir cuit and so on and the Clerk will docket the cases according to this arrangement. From PoyEaoy. We are indebted to Mr. PoMEHor for a pamphlet, entitled "The Histo ry of the Epidemic Yellow Fever, at New Orle ans, La., in 1853," by Dr. E. D. Fenner. The learned Dr. goes into a searching and very able investigation of the causes of the existence ol tbe disease, and clearly point out thsj-aa' i regulations necessary to prevent its reeurrencw. 1 We are also indebted to the same Publisher for another interesting pamphlet, entitled "Re ception of the Delegates-from the Society for the propagation of the Gospel in Foreign parts, by the Board of Missions of the P. E. Church in the U. S., and Speeches at the Missionary Meetings." VefT" We conclude to-day the publication of the Comptroller's Report. CONGRESS Monday. In the Senate. Monday, nine bjlls granting land respectively to the States of Wisconsin, Alabama, California, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Florida, and Iowa, to aid in the con struction of numerous railroads in said States, were taken up and passed- General Cass addressed the Senate for more than two hours in spportf the Nebraska bill, and in general enosition of his views upon the questions of Congressional and popular sove reignty ovr the Territories. Mr. Cooper follow ed in opposition to the bill. ir. Broadhead has the floor to day. The House of Representatives passed a reso lution providing for the election of a printer to that body, on Wednesday, in the place of Robert Armstrong, dee'd, to sorve during the remain der of tbe. present Congress. The House,: ou motion of Mr. Boeock, sus pended the rules to take up the Senate's bill authorising the construction of six first-class steam frigate?, but refused to make it the spe cial order of the day for two weeks hence a two-third vote being requisite for that purpose. Mr. Wheeler submitted a resolution, which was agreed to, requesting the Secretary of the Navy to communicate to the House whether, in his opinion, the steamsnips, employed in me mail service of the United States, are of proper construction to be converted into vessels of war, in the event of an emergency requiring their use for such nwrDoses : and it bo, how many and which of them. ; Washington, Feb. 28, 1854. Sf.nat. Bills erantine land to the States of Indiana and Illinois, and the State of Alabama, to aid in the construction of Railwada therein. were introduced and referred. The Nebraska bill was then taken up. Mr. Brodhead, and Mr. Thompson, of New Jersey, addressed the Senate in support of the bill, and it was then postponed, ana the Senate Croceeded to the consideration of executive usiness. and afterwards adjourned. The House went into Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union on the Home stead bill. Various amendments were offered and discus sed in five minute speeches, but without perfec ting the first section of the bill, tbe Committee Tose and the House adjourned. APPALLING ACCIDENT AT THE TIIEA TRE SEVERAL LIVES LOST, tc. New Orleans, Feb. 27. A dreadful accident occurred here to-night in the Orleans Theatre. The building j was crowded to its utmost ca pacity with persons to see the opera. When the performance was about ommencing, twoof the galleries, mostly r filled with ladies, gave way and fell ? suddenly, with a tremendous crash, to the parquette, precipitating thaoecu paBts with them, and falling on those below. h.t ... .7 .:j .. .i : The .opera was being performed at the time. . . Already four dead bodies have been recover ed, and it is expected many more hava been killed. Eight persons were seriously; if not fa tally wounded ; five also bare been taken from lUCyirevi. biiu auuuvuitj viuci m miuwu be mora or less wounded.'.; , t' , OUR NEW YORK CORRESPONDENCE. Lieut. Maury His Lecture before tlte Gegraj,h teal and Statistical Society Lieut Maury Works and Labor The Government Ojjic'e in this City fur the distributin of Charts, d'c. New York, Feb. '2.1. -Week before last. Lieut. Maury delivered a lecture in B ston, on the subject of Naval Ar chitecture and the models of clipper ships, and last week be upptaied here before the Geo graphical and Statistical Society, and delivered the opening address for this year. Tue Guo graphical and Statistical Society of NV.v Y-rk is now in the second year of its existence, and )oratioo is now before the St.-P Mr , r- ,1 bt.ue. Mr. Bancioh, the a Dili 1 ir us mcorpor Legislature of the St historian, is its President. Sj.-h societies have existed for some time past in London. Paris, .... .w..Pj .w.e., .,a a.uui aim i.-iii-aiuis who have been exploring remote regions by laud or sea re usually invited to deiail their experience, the sessions are generally well at tended and instinctive. The writer ui this at tended a meeting of the Geographical Society in Paris a -few yc-us ago, when an iniei-' sting paper was lead on Persia. Sir John U ,ss t;f Polar celebrity was present on that oceusiou, ' and be lookd sturdy ennuh to brave Pilar winds and P-d-ar bears, bur he said nu.h.ng, ; he was fast asleep the whole time. i The New York Ideographical Society holds ' its meetings in the Chapel id the I'miei s i t , fronting Washington Square. L;eut. Maurv was honored with a large and intelligent audi ence, who were attracted Ly his reputaiinu, and who were not disappointed in the anticio.i tious they had formed. The lecture embraced i a comprehensive view of geopraphical science, and of the discoveries and researches which Imve recently been made, and of the coast-, sea and river sui weys that are now being presented in various parts of the world. The P.dar v.iv- j nges, and the discovery of the Northwest Pas- i sage, first claimed his attention. " To Coni mander McCture," said he, " belongs the hih i . .,,,-.,,. ., . I ...... I IrolKir ot putting to lest the veed iiu.'-.l-.n ed liU.-.. u!'a Xoitiiwest P.usage. On the 20th .-1 (ic..i,er ,850f lieiug on A tI.UVt.ling will, u iu! established the fact that the Strait i.etwi en Retiring Island and Prince Albert Liiiil, which Ire called Prince of Wides Strait, ami in which his ship was,' connected itseli by water and ice with .Baffin's Bay-through Melville Sound; Barrow Strait, and Lancaster Sound. It is conceded, and the fact lias lon been impa rl-nt, that for piactical purposes the Northwest i i '"' Committee on Public Lands in the House passage and navigation through the Polar seas ha . reported sundry bills granting large quan are unavailing and impracticable. The result titics ol me public lands to certain States to of all these Pt.il.ir voyages which have cost so enable them to construct the rail roads therein much life and treasure, has been only to settle i designated, w hich bills the committee and those some geographical points, to reveal some mag i neticat discoveries, and to enlarge our observa tions in the departments of Meteorology and Natural History. The favorite old idea ot find ing a short cut to the orient will soon be real ized by an iron track across the Continent, and half the wealth expended at the poles would have been sufficient to complete it. From the poie, the lecturer descended to the equator, and gave a very graphic aeeoimt of the explorations of the Am:iz'i"i and 1. J'Jufn, rti.d their bearings Sipon the tuture interests oT com merce and civilization. Lieut. Uerndon's work upon Nie Amazon has just been issued, and speaks for itseli. He is a native of Fredericks burg, Virginia, and co citizen with Prof. Maury biuiself, who hails from the same place. Lieut. Herudon encountered numberless perils and adventures, and accomplished the task confided to Mm, in a very thorough and satisiuetory manner. Lieut. Page is now occupied in inves tigating the River Li Plata, and the rich coun try through which it permeates. Professor R.iinev, of North Carolina, a native of Caswell Co untv. but more recently irom unio, vim nas received the appointment of Consul to Bolivia, j will soon be occupied in exploring the regions , nf th f. i Plat i Lieut Giles' Astronomical Expedition to Chili, Lieut. McRae's journey j . A t(;' Southern higs will, in all proba across the pampas of Buenos Ayres, and Lieut, i bility, vote in favor of the Nebraska bill, and Stain's Report upon the Isthmus of Darien, all the Northern Whigs, to a man, against it, with reference so a ship canal, will all be inter- ; it becomes interesting to inquire what is to be estingto the public, when the-y make their ap- j the upshot of all this? The vhig party, it is pearance in due form. j apparent, is nearly severed;-nor is the demo- When speaking of the rare productions of , cratic party in a better condition. Should the the rich valley uf the Amazon, Lieut Maury al- ! M.-ouri Compromise be repealed, and be Col luded to a vegetable wonder called the Liquor I 1 by an agitation at the north, such as Plant. This plant distils liquor, ami of a line j som very cool aud usually dispassionate men unadulterated quality, of course. As, in spite pied ct, there must be a fusion of parties there, of Maine Laws, our people generally are tak-i which w uld also be followed at the South; ing to hard drinking, the time will soon be at ! thus forming strictly sectional parties in the hand when every man may sit under his own I Country, and arraying the North against the fig tree, and sip brandy of his own raising. ; South aud the South against the North. And Allusions were inade to the surveying expedi- i let me ask, how long after the parties shall be tion of the North Pacific ocean, under Cum mo- thus separated, will it be, before the Hoe of de dore Ringgold, and also to Commodore Perry's j markation between them would become tbe line operations" Japan. The maritime conference : (!f separation between the two sections of the ,at Brussels was specified, and very compiimen- i Union ? Parties thus formed would be from the tary to this country and to a Whig Ad-ministra- nature of things anti-national, and the antagon tion it was, as well as the remark made by4 'ism between them would all concentrate on one Humboldt, that the American Navy had origi- line the line between the slave and the free nated a new Science, "the physical geography :- States. Every victory of the one would be felt of the sea." i ! :is a" injury by the other, and would soon be But one of th:e greatest novelties was an ac count uf the river Amur or Amour, a vast river . taliation, and thus the two would proceed,' goad of Chinese Tai tnrv. at present neglected and ing and wringing each other, until the pride of little known, but which is destined hereafter to be of great importance. Its length is '2,'2M miles, and it drains a country similar in extent to the Amazon or Mississippi. The sixth edition oT Lieut. Maury's Sailing Directions has just been issued. It is accom- ruinifd bv numerous charts, such as wind and current, fract, stform and rain, thermal, whale, and pilot charts. Many other valuable charts are in process of completion. All these works evince a great jdeal of patient labor and re search. The Sailing Directions and all the Charts are distributed gratuitously by the Go vernment, which has an office and agent, Mr. George Manning, for that purpose, in Pearl street, in this city. The recipients are required, however, to comply with certain stipulations and directions in keeping their logs, and report ing information to the bureau in Washington. I .7 . . i The first publication which i'rotessor Alaury made, was an elementary work on mathematics, when he was passed-midehipman in the Navy, This work is stiEl used in the service, and it in- dicated the bent of that mind which has since erappled with nautical problems of such, vast imnortance to commerce, to science, aud to mankind. j Lieut. Maury is in the meridian of his age. He is of medium size, pleasing in his address, and possesses a very intellectual, countenance. His left leg, below the knee, was unfortunately ..La4 n.vtnA T a A VA X' a alllal QlVfllvlor.. CrUJIlCU BVlUC T vui o efts. Kf iikiiioi.v4 Mviuv it An artiictal substitute supplies its place, but . gives him a limping gait when he wa.ks. M. . J r . 1 Philadelphia I eh. 27. The will of the late. Elliott Cressom distributes $127,000 to phUan:, thropic object, fficluding $50,000 to American ci ' i 5 t a ivnn ... ,.. o.i..l'f TV. Sunday Schools. 510.000 to the School -t Do sigQ, $10,000 totthe Historical Society, $1,000 to a monument o Wm. Penn, $t,000toEim:o. pal Missions at Port Cressori, Africa, $5,000 to the .Episcopal seminary at Aivaraoo, ?o,ijvu to 1 tue uuspiuu iui ;iiiv m.uu ., v,vvv w uimui..- " 1 phia city for plating trees, Sx.' '" ' oua WASHINGTON CSESPONDENCE. - W asiuv,:t,.v PK 07 I , . ha. id tliji"; renortinw nroj-reaQ -m.l L--n Iuo.- to s.'t n.iin. There in rerv i i : 4 - little ous,m..s no in eimer hi'i.Se ; nui verv liltie is likelv tn I... .1,.,. li thj -- ...... . .. j- MlMH. ui.il.. g. at obstacle ly,ii- in -,1 tr i, i4 demise.! c - " hi sonic way or otner, ot wis eh there is no ,,,, ? ,-pmMdl w o( cAtStJSZ'Af . Pit'. muit bo something like the t om.nitwe of the -compliance with your request, that I snouhi give 1 -,4 Whole sitting fir an hour or two, Iiearia'-ypa "J opinion in regard to-jour newlj- invtnte4 ..4--. speech upon a subject already hackney3dwith--D out makmg any prgr.ss 11. the busine-s in be.ltldnrs of the kind I hurn ovprmxvn , ff'''. ,1"r1.'1 "hile vet It is hardl nuity and enterprise, I'reiiiftio," yours.' raoftt re t' Z 1 ? uponpeetfully . WH. R. DKMP3TKR, , - - sra:. proevds witn unit 'These superb instruments, togetlier with a r iu.i.imi, d ii .rest and a.un.iHm, mid that many iried-,tssortment from the manufactory of B icoa i )d while uiy ; fcenUors are yet to be he in Ut,n it i , ll,,,i'u'1' 'v1'" spoke on Friday la-it, was f ID fli-ot .1...., ll" ti ti v; iihh, J .Ll it Ofllii has advocated the bill Ho did so iw a;L;irgu iue.it of some cleverness, and in a iiiMiiifr n'-"4 Xk-ltAC i JtJSiW offensive to good-taste m.r to the fe'e.iu 0fMrTERS"ANl IOLESALK DEALtKS IN ii orthern gentlemen. He was sjooeded by Mr. I1"' FOREIGN , AND DOMES IT-J liinicr, ,.t s. ., the chevaher Bayard of- ihe'i ' oeiiiiie. .Mr. Looper, ot ra'., is deairous to le hea.u in oppositrm .to the bill to-uaV. - Mr. Clayton, of Del., is expected to give h views 7 p'ssilT n:,twbVfo;'ek tu: M , A o' ioie ine miunie , - . - - - r- i , .,, i , , ... . t ia its liresei t s hanp th.o-.. w tlA lnni. d-.u b; i.o : ii r ; niw iv.i.-t , "' u,e "aS" the 1,111 111 the Senate ; 1 am correct! v Informed, an amendment 1 upon the bill some time this week, and a isn.Ju' V v,n f1r s unlikely that rive or six other Senators, net haps ( 9V'' Jl"S-Wr,-L"e!r more, ina v wish tn I,m I,,. .,. I Tl. , V... "K ,mPOTttt0 f .her, he SH i. : i ;; : . r . . -British, preach. " - "'v "in vim lltlL UC Uf tlUi'Ill UI i -aa .-.v '"' UWl Wlli "tfered which m be adopted,' We are No prepared , with a large stock k f '" aief put a iiei- phase upon the subject. ' " ready made CLOTHIXG-Jinanufactured t home, ine bill authorizing the builjing nf six steam under our own supervision; iu the latest and Lest'5"'- ".i- lr:-ates lias been passed in the Senate, and the ! style v . ey- s u.j IL.usc Committee on Xu Ati'aii s have a bill j With'Vatock uuusually largeV'and well selected; 4. f r i.i the cuuise of prep aiMtioti to reorganize the w'ta 'ucreased fucilitles for doiug business, ; and V !..vy, lo- wuiclt there is ahuudint need. The with every, exertion on pur part to secure the best ). leioiin cuiiit-mplated looks to the graduating of! .tr,tlle that, conies to the market, we respectfully x '.OC km iy acconiniir to serv co. Ii .in ipiv wi.ll ii "hat some o! the olficers belon-uiu- to the I mve contrived bv h,,ol; ,..,,1 i.v ........b m. ! e-eal.e do..,g sea serv ice", and have sca'rcely been j I,, sea ior many, many years; and yel draw as loueii p..v i, ll.ose Who have sniMit ,,-l. ine tune on tin oe. iin as they have on land. auopi me principle 01 no Sllll'r l.n .Oot.i.l- ' 'i... .... ,., :.. . ,,; ...:ii 1 i- 1 r- ; . " "uin, no p;iy, as 11: ougni 10 uu ; ana when strictlv carried out. may drive some of the drones from the comfor t.iole sinecures they have for so iininv years en' '""-,l-llu cie- tiy noxious to lorce through thc 11, Use : w.toout discussion in Committee of the vv .boh but in this ctf'.rt they failed, the old ctaie- and the unlavured ones li.i.r lwr...carl . to sci 'Uiii.ize this sort of lci-aslai inn Hinnvwlnir ore- closely than has heretolwre been done, and a ' ..... pe rh ips to put in claims for themselves. The iacl ll thev do hot nut ill thpir ,-. I lime nun- ! and ms,,t up.,n iheir being allo;rd there -;n ' be luiie use in donor it hereafter, as the order of the Jay is, to nisw ibute the piildh. lands as quick as possible, aud for every one lo et all thev can in the scramble. 1 Ib. re is some prospect of a very old, very 1-rge, and a very just public debt bein provi- ded for aud paid off,-or compromised" by the patient of a small portion of it. I allude to iiTi..:,,,, r , v,. j r i- . , e la,, is lor liench spohat.ons prev!0us to , , '. " , ''e. '"' 1,!lV"'f pa,.'Setl lh6ena,f Vs aim, be!. .re the House and will pass if not defeated bv tue doing., oi some of its outside agents, who in their ansiety to realize the largo sums they are to receive for their services, resort to means ol obtaining support for it which should rather j ue.i a. tioui a lei Uie bill. Such means of lobby- g l measure may do lor fictitious claims, but shou.d not be resorted to by those who have j j demands upon the rovernment. resente.i as such. Ibis would bring about re the weaker party would prompt it to resist by j tone, wt.at it could not prevent oy us votes, and a separation must follow, I must confess I look forward with no small degree of .solicitude and apprehension. May all turn out for the best, iu the ordering of a w.se Prov idence ! OBSERVER. MARRIED. At W.io lbourne Bertie County, on the 21st inst.. by the Rev. Frederick I itzKerald, W hit- mel Wrynhart Esq., of Southampton co Va., to Miss trances h. Norneet, T THE HEIRS AND CREDITORS OF WM. FERNANDO, dee'd, late of Prince George County, in the State of Virginia : lu oarsuance of the requirements of a decree 0t tue circuit Court of Prince George county, pronounced at November terra last, in the case of Samuel Davis, plaintiff, and Win. Gee, adm'r of William Feruando, and others, defendants NOTICE is hereby given, that all persons claim- ing to- be heirs, distributees or creditors of said Wil iaru Fernando, dec d, do appear here, ou the first day of Muy Term next, (the 10th,) of the Circuit Court of Prince George s-ounty, to be hold en at the Court House of said county, and show cause, if any they can, against the payment over to Samuel Davis the money and effects now in the t'' i ,i i i. , . . V . u;ii;m o said 1Viiruim Fernando, dec'cL And all persona - iu- wise iuterested are likewise notified, that t ,atVappoihted Friday,, the I0tb day of March -.' tud uy, and my" OfEco at PrinceGeorge j poart House as the place, for taking; the account v . s . Tv. - nt ..iil William Gee's administration on mud Wil iiam Fernando's estate ; when and where they are required to attend, at 8 o'clock, A M, tnt their vouchers and proof, in order thst I may be able io to taK me account iu baiu uecree orucreu. 0. GILLIAM. Com'r. . j Pr.Geo. C. H. Va. 10t Feb. 1854. 17 w4w Wnr,a -'ti--; - -I . ..ituiiu auu fiuueiusss.. I t'; ' I ,"Ci.yoiceX4mDnnaAttAi!faineBt:MrvDem'Vt-''v:''tv. ...J,..l ... va. v .. , ' ... ' , The efleets nr.vJneQ,! hv it mnxni mJ ViliTo!'"' f ? f igto mv ear, conveying tt the mind the. idea of.""5 y, i distant, ui.dsie r ojIIs; with nit any of the la-ifHJ ". yr 1 A tptie ; which" 'roherA1!v-.Ah,ntU ' hna-.f ni'.t.i" :T -r- i . tions.A " I Iiotivvu 1 f mTr 1u"i,l ll. L,.,r. .. i's' . -" " am., MTV1. W I It I f' IM.f 1. U , - . . - ' . wuu or wnuoattue accoinpamiuent af tlfu voice i - s - j - J Hoping y,a iniy rttit$ hshaRt froia your iaia- res- ried-;tssortinent from the manufactory of B icon A i:- .mi.... Kb r.wwi y - -irics np-' -is SlM.UONS & WHlXMailK. retersburg. March 81. , - , -19 DRYfiOOlS; -- - K fNb. 11, Fuurteeidh Street, tficfiMond t L A Z AZ ' 7Vt.w b.F,UN(j- TRADE, 1854- te:imers ana packets. - pool and HaTre,ur , VND GERMAN' , -.. i. a .. . :-i.- . I j ft ! ii ill . ;" . ; - p a: our3as a very lars-and splendid assortmeut " ri y. MP.iuium siyies.- .-vnu y variou ar v: : - j.. . .-.. , - . rivais iroia .ew lorKAUJ ISoston, we ar receiy--: ing a full Supply of AMfiittCAS FABRICS, em-- hrii'i1n'iraK' riH-iafA-JiiJiii -a.x.v--v--j--,lfv. .-.-:: luv,le mercnants oi Virginia, ftortti UaroUna and. . . .v ?uuc""c mne ur atoea ooiorepurciiftsing. MiU1 lue assurance .that our goods wid be sold as 3 tbey C.U ' HtMt tLU Al&Zu .u . r ' -...Z- Tl'. oat the year, aud merchants vtsitiug oar city, at n o..., ...... ...! "-n "".' nn. uuu u wen urvuiuvu fcu .wervw tUeiu. KENTrPAINE -&KENT. ... . - Kiel Richmond, March 2, 1804.1 .. -wCw 19 To the Correspondents of " ' HENRY CLAY. " - , ri HE subscriber being now engaged in; aa en- largemeut and completion of his Lira as D Times of Hexsy Clay, finds, on examination of Mr. Clay's papers and correspondeneaat Ashland, . that his Private Correspondence is of material im- portance for a corirplete exhibition of his character - and history, and of those portions of the history ' of the times with which he- was connected. 1 As Mr. Clay was not in the habit of taking copies of t.: i-.. .i . . .; iiis own letter, luey urc uow scanereu over tue Mnnin. . lo....l f 1.:. i... uuu.i ... uc ua ii'i.i v. UIB UUIUCIUH9 VUllCaUUIl' dents, and have doubtless been; preserved . v Na J J matter how private or even tfonfideBT' rgsnnmlanfiii ma. lia" w l ii uoi oi a nature to J- -r -..ir us posthumous publication' improper, it is very effective mode of illustrating characUr. aud is oftea important in history. The suhsCrlb- rt thererore" respectfully and earaestlj-MqiiMtrttil a54 V correspondents of Mr. Clay, whether in the.earlier. .-tr. j ' : or ater per.eas ot his me, m puoiic or lapnyste totin9. wkf mft' be haossession of original Jet-,.. , ter9 r Mr. t lay on aiyC subjej. whatever not sacred to privacy after death that they wiU be . pleased, if not inconsistent -with their feelings.1 to sucU letters to the publishers of the work, !"A. S. Bakshs Sl Co, 51 John-street; New York; , and tbey may be aasured tJiat the letters will be returned, or subject to their order, according" to instructions that maybegiyen.'Vr.'' j The subscriber will also be irreatlv obliged for any communications relatiugto Mr. Clay that may be thought new and important, addressed to the care of A. a. Barnes &Co.. as above mentioned. As the design is to publish the work ihe coming spring, it will be seen that immediate attention to spri this request will be necessary to maW it availa ble. The subscriber will be greatly obliged to all Editors of Newspapers who may take sufficient interest in this notice to give it circulation. C. COLTON. Ashland, March, 1854. tf 18 Splendid Lottery Mar-, 1854. GREGORY $ MAURY, Maniger$ (Successor lo J. W. Maury $ Co.) $51,164! Lottery for the benefit of the State of Delaware, Class 57. for 1864, To be drawn at Wilmington, Del., Saturday, Mar. 11th, 1854 78 No. Lottery 14 Drawn Ballots. BRILLIANT SCHEME. 1 Prize of $51,164 2 do.... 20,000 2 do.... ...10,000 2 do 6,000 100 do . 1,000 257 lowest S No. prizes.... 300 &c. La. &c. Tickets 15 dolls. Halves 7,60 Qu'r 8,76. Eh'ts I 87. Certfs. of Pkg's of 2U whl. tickets, $180 00 do do 26 half 4 90 00 d de 26 quarter do 46 00 de do 26 eighth do 22 60 'Orders for Tickets and shares aa d Certificates of Packages in the above speadia Lotteries will receive ; eacli drftwing wiu be sent immediately after it i ia ov,rto all WLU r.ler from me. Address P. J. BUCKET, Agent, Wilmington, Delaware. STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. Gkantulb Coitntt. Court of Pleas and Quarter Ses sions, February Term, 1 864 : James H. Twisdale aud others vs. William Ar nold, j petition roa a sale or lakd. It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that William Arnold, the defendant in tlu case, resides beyond tbe Mmits of this State, it is there fore, on motion. Ordered, by the Court, that ad vertisement be made for six weeks successively, at the Court House, in Oxford, and at three other public placet! in Granville county, and also in the Raleigh Register, notifying the said defendant of the filing of this petition, aud that, unless he ap pears at the next term of the Court, and answer the petition, the same will be-taken pro coufesso, and heard ex parte as to him. Witness, Augustine Landis, Clerk of our said Court, at office, the first Monday in February, A. D. 1864. A. LskNDIS, Clerk. March 3, 1854. Pr. .C2 19 w Dr Geo. Bettner, "OF (NORTH CAROLINA, Offiee, AV. 538 Broadway, or at hi lodging: , , FRESCOTT HOUSE, r .. . Corner of Spring and Broadway. ' Ktw York, Feb. 7, 18&4. 2 ly iv A - "Ms . I (-,i , v ,tf. . ,A '; t - ft if"- '':f VERY TIGHTLY BOUND