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1- - J-.xi.nJ.-.rprrAlf-LAJ&lr -.fr fV.ffa-.. ..y l-k.,--M,--i.1ii.. -1.-.l , - . " ' ' VOLUME LV CITY OF RALEIGH, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 10, 1854. no. n 4 i . III; RMIiCH REGISTER. "Our' are thepldns of fair, delight fulfmace; Unmapped by party rag, to live like brothers." " RALEIGH. K. C. SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 6, 1864. Republican Whig Ticket. FOR GOVERNOR, ALFRED DOCKKRY, OF RICHMOND. ELECTION ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 3rd. Alabnma. In our Gen- pthI ivwiQ ADt.forth stti of ,A1"bam "!"n ! l.".Tis. M r. C. W. J A MRS, N I riiirrlFOH Street. ttnetnnnH, Ohin, i ur (ncrJ Tnuellng Arent for tJic WeRtern .Siatr uv IVxns. axima bv H. J. Thorn, J. T. Dont, V. D. Tier. C. M. L. V"i;mrii. A. L. Cblldn, snd Dr. Wm. Irwin. lUnreipta of either will be jroort. Mr. ISRAEL K. i"AMK3, No. 182 South Tooth Stwt, PhlW n l-tpbfn. It our 0it.1 Traveling Agvnt, awUted by Wm. 1J. W i"M, John iVill'ins. Jitmix Derrine, K. A. rvuii. Tbnmno It. Vi.hi, .iovph llarumit. Joseph Hutton. Kobert V. Morriwm. K.lw!irt W. Wlby. William L. WRti-rmsn. 11. J KwMick, I". - V. Mickcn, Thoman A.Tobin and D. S. renwv. THE LOCOFOCO PLATFORM. AGAIN. We have already called public attention to the double-faced, disingenuous, intended to mean avy thing or nothing Resolutions, of the late locofoco Convention. But there is so much in ihem which demands animadversion and cen sure that we must pay our respects to them again. The second Resolution, laudatory of Presi dent Pierce, is as follows : Revolted, That President Pierce, by his In niisrural Address and Annual Message, and l' bis devotion to the constitution and right-of i the Statf-s therein manifested, has signally jus tified the expectations of the American Democ racy, in elevating him to the distinguished po sition lie now fills; and in the Administration f the government, upon the principles thus boldly avowed by him. he viU place himself, j where he deserves to stand, high in the lit of ! American President-. ! llow equivocal ! "By his Inaugural address and message, and by his devotion to the consti- 1 tution and rights of the States, therein manifs ted, hehas justified the expectations of the Au.e,- loan Ueuiocracy, and in ihe aduanistration ot tl e Government thus boldly avowed by him. he will Idn.sdf .t Not has rtaced hnnsef!" ; No, the most rabid aniougst theui could not" j 1 -quite stomach such a bare-faced misrepresen tation and falsification of the truth d' history us that would h ive been ! It may ie true, that some of them tried to go the whole figure, but ihen the ghost of the decapitated Branson rose op before them the eyes cf Van Buren "laughing with very gladness" for having been re-established by Pierce, in the locofoco house hold, fell upon them, the letters of Call ing and Guthrie thrusting the power of the administration into the State elections, the lone, gaunt, lean vi.-ags of the many free- soilers appointed to fat offices by Pierce, pass- ' - ' ed before their im-igi nations, and they were made to pause, and, in that pause, they con eluded, that to say "Pierce has administered thlf Government upon the principles of his In augural and Message" would make even the Brigadier himself blush for their subserviency, .and expel from amongst themselves all trmh and honor ! They have praised his promise but they have said nothing, and could not have said any thing, commendatory of his perfor mances and fulfilment of those promises ! For once have they shown scruples. We com mend them for ir. But how small the virtue ! rh-y cnnld not assert boldly the truth, bnt by j ihe device of language endeavored to suppress j t? Why did they not speak out like men, de- j i-rmined to do right, and say "President Pierce I . ns not iHhain istered the Government on the principles nf his Inaugural and Message, and therefore has not placed himself high in the 'list ef American Presidents?" Why did they not fchm speniv ? They knew it to be the truth, snd nothing hut the truth! Out of the mouths of their own friends he is convicted. Did the it ar f KxecttJive disfavor overcome this spirit of independence 'I Shame shame, that in ft free country there should be such servility. -If he will he will"' But then he can't, anntlemen. for he is in the hands of a set of nveo, so dishonest, corrupt, selfish and unpa-;'rjoii.-;. that he has been long since driven to forgot .every tittle of the principles oontained rn, his boasted Inaugural! ;The next Resolutions to which we ask the serious consideration of ever' voter of the Ssate ara those on the subject of the Public Liwds, They are fiii: L?-jso?crJ. That the public lands are the ct limivon property of the people of the I'nifed States, and therefore any-disposition of them fortlie svde and exclusive benefit of any one if the Si:Ses would be unjust and unconslitu liojnal. v If they ha4 stopped here, the inference mignt halve been eauily drawn, that the disposition of hj'in for the benefit of alt the States vould be iofet and. eoustitwtional. Perhaps this wedge was driven in, for the benefit of the Land dis- tribution Democrats, who in the hut Congress- '.ual election exhibited so inueb patriotic ardor bthalfoi the rights of our People in tide "'coiDtttuti property." They may even yet be .-idled by it. But let it be remembered th.tt the 'ast plank in this platform end'tfe the JJtdti- iinre p:iatfoi48 which declares the distribution or the proceeds i)f the lands (or tba lands tkem sve.H, .as the "Stidard" and the leaders have nU'iMrs icontended) unconstitutional. . 1 his Re- solution places the locofoco party j.n a direct hostile afcjtude to the just rights of our State in this "com own property." Under no contingen- y, if they have any regard for their Constitu- t onal scruples, can they do any thing to ad - vance the distribution of the lands amongst the : S'ates, by which our rights can be secured, he fri re this vast property is absorbed to gratify :the cormorant desires and demands of Western States and immense Rail Road Companies in lhat section of the Union. But we trust, how- rer recresM to our rights the leaders may havtf, proved, that the ope-those who have to .ay ' ftie taxes to support our schools, and build up and extend our Internal Improvements, will stand firm, and say to such men, so regardless of all jnstice, "we c.me out from amongst you." But what does the locofoco party of the State propose to do with these lands? Hear them in their next Resolution : Resolved, That the pnhlie lands, being the j common property of the people of all the States, : V lit ,. 1J: , I," A. should be heid as a common fund and disposed of for the commo-Wfit of al -first.in the payment of the rmWic debt and then in 'defray ' me the expenses of the federal government, so n 10 reduce the taxs now imposed upon the j and centre of the party. T'hcup, and th" coun common necessaries of life. , j tty geneMUjr were caaly surprised and dis- This is indeed a bright idea ! They "should i ousted to witness the bestowal of offices unon nnd Jet hould be "disvosM of for the uuiiimun wpoect 01 mi. unit, ues not lite ex- j perience of the last ten years prove cnclnsire-; ly, that the longer they are held, the sooner they : nnd strife. A SouK a B .rland and a Gads will be squandered, for the benefit of the North- j den were sent abroad ' from, the somh to con western States f Look at the immense grants j filiate tiie iire eaters : while, to satisfy and win which have been made for the benefit; of Ohio. ,ne freasoilers of the north, for every secession- ! Indiana, Illinois, Missouri. Iowa and Wisconsin. , Nearly 30,000,000 of acres have been bestowed upon them, whilst North Carolina has never re " ceived a foot of thin land which she, as welj as otner Mates, contributed Doth treasure ana . blood to acquire. It is only by insisting now on our rights in this property, that we can ever hu, a T10ient hatred to the compromise mea expect to obtain them. Delay will be ruin.-us. pure8 of m0f Rad to the LTni0n itself. But according to the wisdom of the locofoco ! It is imp0Hsibe thank G,d, for any party to platform, how Phould these lands be "disposed ; hnM together- any great length of time, or to of for the common benefit of all ?" 1. For the . cniman(l its own or the respect of the world, payment of the National debt. 2. For defray- fwhich comeg imo r with no hifiher ain)8 uig the expenses "of the Government. -But is it ! th;in tr, Vm and ehare among th,mwlvea the not well known that the "glorious Democratic j poil8 cf victorv. It 5s the soe prinolDle Hnon fariff," which has received such high lauda- ! whiilll ?irates-and highway robbers band lo tions irom tnern, is paying on tne putiiic t"ht as rapidly as the creditors are w Hiing to have it j discharged, besides meeting the expenses of the Government? Do they wish this tariff altered ? I , t .. . n "ao ' . ucr, as , 1,c P0"' ihat "the lftnds ,huulJ ceBse to he A we of revenue" But "they are to go to de- j fra3' e expenses of the Government, wo a to re'hlce ihe taxe imv ""P WF the common "ecetaarut oj life." Now, this is genuine de- magoguism. What man of half Sense supposes , 1 j 1 int,s' S0U,S ' treasury, w.n or "My affect materially, if at ail, the du- ties under the present Tariff ? j If they were sufficiently large in amount to effect such a par j-ose, yet, we nil know, that thej would be ap j. lied tti some other purposes, to jopen harbors, or build Roads, or clean out Rivers for the Northwestern States. Would it pot, under any circumstances, he better applied, to pay off our present State debt, extend our improvements, advance our education, so a to lessen tlie present uirect taxes t The difference between the Whigs and loco fooos on this uin.-t vitally important issue is this: The former go or dividing the lands amojt ihe State according to their representa 1,... mi,.. turn m CoHuress : ihe latter for keeping tnein for revenue, when they know they will be squan dered for the benefit of the new States! This is the difference. Let the People answer! THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. "There is no disguising the fact that the de mocratic party, powerful and triumphant as it was twelve months ago. is now supine, indiffer ent, and distrustful. There is no disguising the fact that the elements of opposition have been growing every day. A universal distrnst has grown up among the people, even among the truest and sternest de- mocrofa. who hplipvp that thev hn.7f bcn dun- defrauded, and cheated, and that the high places of the government are surrounded by mean, low and contemptible men. that keep off irom nigner surees every expression oi nones ty and disinterestedness, and do but "crook the pregnant hinges of the knee that thrift may follow fawning." The above precious confession is from th Waahington Sentinel, a staunch democratic pa per, and therefore good authority ; especially when, as in the present instance, its testimony is wrung from it as from an unwilling witness, and it is compelled to speak whether it will or not. And what a tale does it unfold, what reflec tions does it not suggest ! "A universal dis trust has grown up among the people, even -imongst the truest and sternest democrats" ! And why? How has it happened that an ad ministration, coming into power one short year ago upon a sweeping wave of popularity, with n majority almost unprecedented, is now looked upon with such distrust even by "the trues; and sternest" of those by whose efforts it wa brought in ? These questions are easily answered : In the first place, the democrats took care to brinj; forward as their candidate for President a man whose whole strength consisted in bis having done nothing, and in his being com paratively unknown. In the next place, there was a general banding together of antagonismi and extremes; the softs and the hards; the frebsoilers of the north, with the fire-eaters am' secessionists of the south, who were brought to j gcthcr by a common hope of victory, and a common expectation ol being rewarded with 'the spoils of office." This was at once n atiwiulus to action aud a temporary bond ol union. But victory severed the buud aud at once arra.yii the vaiious factions against eacl other, like bo macy wolves fighting for the ear case they had united to run down. This, o course, shattered the party ; but had ther. j beeu an able, experienced, firm, inflexible, j honest and upright man at its head, one wh ! looked to the honor and welfare of the country and wlwse line of policy was run by that com j pass alone, one in whose honesty of purpose, ' judgment and capacity the people could plact ! confidence, he would, despite the contentiom of factions for the spoils of office, have won th respect of the nation and held his party ii wholesome subjection and order. 'But it is in vain to expect order, discipline. esprit du corps, courage and pride in an armv commanded by a weak, vnscuhting, inrompe-j tent general, especially when it is known that promotion is gier to favorites and flatterers, j not to gallantry and and eomiption ri - ot, in the qnarter-miuWs an,l commissariat'. ! departments. j General Pierce know that he was elected by . a iemp..r.iry cuni.:nnuon 01 extremes turn an- tsroniums and he hAd th fol'r tr think; he !' tgonims, ana ne tiaa th, loi.y to thinlc he could bind these together after he was elected, bv "the cohesive power of public plunder, " - 1 ich was at once hower.d upon them, to the . IT' 1;., utffr neS!ect wf ,he tr"'N enservatire, solid, union men, who constituted the g'pat body men who, if 'distinguished for' anything, it was i C3 ( lor their ettorTS to dissolve the ininn, or at PftRr to stir up seetionnl jenl'xisies, hatreds r up seetionni jeninusses. on(, ,,f the other extreme was rewarded i wilh office. The whole policy and aim of the i administration has been to distribute "the I J. spoils"; and, in doing so, to keen the accounts PSacily balanced between the ultras oi the ! north and the south, who agreed in nothing ' t gfth'r. Asrainst such a combination, the mor prtwm9 porf;on of the C(in)mUll;tv wi,i goonpr or later rise in ornosition. . ,, , . ..u u. pep are now riMng in opposition ,o thft administration an(1 thp for th?8 very reason : and they will continue to array them wUw if opposition to a Preside;.t. and Cabi- fQ the.,ancaBe of the Sentinel, at M of tb.g ..(,nrrounded by n)pan ( &nd cant(,mpti,)la mKn and who uftn wJth infiuence or weight, moral or pohticah Contrasted with such an administration, how bright, patriotic, able and elevated does that of the dignitied, the prudent, the wise and pure minded Fh.i.morb appear! LITERARY NOTICE. Russia as it is By Count A. De Gurowski, New Fork 1). Ap;Ueton and Company, 1854, pp. 312. The author of this book is a distinguished Polish Count who, thirty years ago, was driven an exile from his fatherland by the political tem pests that overwhelmed it, as well as other parts of Europe. For many of these years he resided in different parts of Russia, but has now in his old age become a citizen of this country. To one as ignorant of the Russian Empire as our selves, the hook would be very instructive and interesting at any time, but it is especially so in the present aspect of Eastern affairs. The infi rmation it contains seems to be derived not only from reliable sou roes, hut from the per sonal observation of the writer himself, who, in his earlier life, was an almost unqualified ad mirer of Czarism,"and still entertains enthusi astic notions of the high destiny to be fulfilled by Pahslavism. A thorough change has come over him with regard to the former, but none relative to the latter, which bethinks isj3r ordained to play a most important part in the great drama of the world's history. In fat Panslavism is his idol. In the closing paragraph of the work, the author says: ?'In the pages of this book an attempt has been made to show that in the nature, and in the feelings of the Russian people, as well as in its institutions, and in its present or eventual geographical extension, are contained seeds of better destinies for the whole slaw race, and promises of ft civilized and peaceful onward march for the FiUropean world. The time, the hour, tor the unfolding and growth of these gems thickly veiled now will be revealed and sounded by the ever-watohful genius of hu manity," The reader will, perhaps, be disappointed with the views presented in the last chapter with respect to the denouement of present events in the Fast. In the imminent crisis now pending, af. in several past onej5, history, which seldom commits errors, stands opposed, as he thinks, to the sympathies and excited feel ings that exist in this country in behalf of Tur key. He regards these feelings and good wishes of our people as generous, and to a certain ex tent seemingly well deserved. But the Ottoman Empire, in his opinion, is rapidly approaching ti end; and that all powers of Europe or of the world cannot prevent its "manifest destiny," 'hat inexorable history marches onward, un folding events from its womb, unmindful of the clamors or sufferings of the day, and that when he Czar and Czarism, as tools used by the ge- ius of history, have fufilled their work, they will be broken and shattered and thrown aside is worthless. This reminds us to say that the accomplished writer, on several occasions, lets out politico-theological views, with which we are not disposed to agree. H lived too long a time of his. exile in Paris, and was too intimate tfith that great communist, Fourier. But for these things, which occasionally slip out, we hould not hesitate to yield the book a very ligh commendation ; and indeed we do regard t as exceedingly interesting and instructive. L'o be had at Pomeroy's. l-Mr. Braqg'b letter of acceptance ap- dwellings.: .. .u i c. j i t. . , , Resolutions were passed unanimously, de pears m the last Standard." It partakes of th Hnn. j, ,m .T: fipittan(J(in. ..be character of the resolutions adopted by the Convention which nominated him, beingvague, vasive and non committal. The Hon. Daniel M. Barringer, late Minister to Spain, arrived at New York on Friday, on the steamer Pacific irom Liverpool. MR. K03ERS' SPEECH, j We rbHhf fllt - onf ;88oe of ! the Tecent Breech f (he rT.,n Sion II Rogers i ! ! ' "Jd w mmd 14 the ;ra rtAtMn,t of fact3 and able in arganient. l a .,!,,,. r u;n.u :D,:: : WATStn A eentlpman of hich (listination in Washinffton ! , . .. . - thu8 writ(H, cncfTrrin!, i. Rogers effort: " Your Representative made his debvi on Fri- j I J I. rr n i..jn:ti I " J ThT T Th and 1 a"saP -V'U he d,d him8elf hoDorT AnJ rf.6ected ;rpdU rot only upon his immedi ate eonprituencj, but upon the State from which he come. No young man has made, during the i ney n7 ot commendation, lie sur 1 . . - 0 - , ! prised ana delighted his hearers. We had ex- present session of Congress, so successful an ; Uted a Dlain. Htraiht forward. tronr -neeeh- enitn. N. C. RAIL ROAD. We learn that the laying of iron on-the Wes tern e.ttenson nf the -N. C.- Railroad, leading fnm this plac. will be commenced on Monday next. It is probable that there may be some appropriate ceremonies upon the occasion. After a suspension of a few weeks for the purpose of refuting, the "Milton Chronicle" j has again made its appearance, looking "as j neat, as a raw pin - - - , in its bran new dress. OUR WASHINGTON COREESPONDESCE- AsnivcTov, May L', 1S54. : The off ring of the following resolution in the Senate vestRi-dav, by Mr. Slide!!, of Louisi-' ana, ihoiih vi i iHuuwii-AiiauruinaiA movements , , - l J , 1 and fumti,ant jtiuu.f of the nre.senr ! i v . f : Z.. j: .. n . - - i ! be R?.oled, Xht th Commttm? u Kpn-in K stations renuf-l to in.,.,ir.- inf4 rh xw-lionry of suthorlsintf the ', rriMtioutof tb- i nit.Hi ptnms iinrinit anj futur rws.. of ; ;, ". .j i r,i, .i.iL. -' ,l c.. h ts argument, nor len. lAM'.kery s rejoinder. wit, . so.s-s-n.1 by prorUmatt-.n, either whoi: or far- ; !l t would be of the ablest men in the State, We mav allude to these to-morrow The dis tiaiiy. the ?(.,-r3u-i of of.; ,.-t -in ndditk,,, to an .,Vi f,r th. : elected for the purpose, such change in the or-! ma-T w tntse . to-morrnw. 1 ne ais- puDi.montoi wh,n,-r,n1,pmnil1o 1-n.tA., .(;,...' ! proved the 2ut b cf April. IMS.- a..d aUo of tb .n .uppw- .il.t,r.n-.,.l II. Ml .if ari'll IJtv c.n .1.1 in 1S.W, hi opintm; th nnbii- inters nmiirf. wich total or partini tiK- ca.i,... Thith 'hull k,i,!,!,,o.j th- PrwiJout t-. nr- olnini it to !h- nimiuiH-aui to Conros imnu;diat-Iv oa iu . .:.-.i..-.. - nWmm,,ifM,m,,,, , ,n their hands than in those of politicians The' Committee on Foreign Relations of th : who tinker at it fi-r political advancement. Stnate, to whom the resolution is referred, con-j n this connection, he paid a high com sists nf .Messrs. Mason, Douglas, Slidell, L'l.iy-! p'.iment to the distinguished men who corn ton, Weller, and Everett. j ped the Convention of 1835, and gave a slight The proposition is no more nor less, than to, ; history of Free Suffrage, which he said was the inquire into the expediency of allowing the Pre- bantling of Mr Cobb, of Geo., who kindly gave sident to let loose, by proclamation, all the tilli- j it to Gov. Reid as a hobby. husters-pt tho country, to majse war upon their i own account, and at their own cost and risk, ! upon whomsoever they please ; either the ( u- bans, theMexicans, the Canadians, or any other j people upon the Iwbkable globe! That a mm- when vonng.t As a sick man could appreciate j j'a us ia tne demand for our share of the pub ber of the Senat of the United States should the b!e"ssinA of heabh. so. deprived of the bene- lic Iad3 we should soon have in our power to rise iu his seat and deliberately propose to let slip all the discontented spirits of the land, all who have every thing to gain and nothing to lose by any adventure or enterprise, howover mad or desperate, to give free license to all privateers, pirates and buccaniers to fit out their expeditious and enlist their men in the cities aud forts, of V the model Republic," is a thing so strange and unlooked (or, that one is forced to" askjhimself "where am I?" Iu what country f what age of the world ? Am I among civilized, christian men. or savages and pagans? Is this the 8th, Pih or lOih century, and am I among the vikings or sea ravens, pirates and robbers of the .North: or is it the 19th century, and am I a citizen of the United States, that Republic founded by Statesmen and Patriots, aad once presided over by George Washington? If the latter, what ix our " manifest destiny?" The son of wealth, family and station, arms himself y the teeth, gops to the school house, calls out the harmless, unsuspecting, unarmed school master, deliberately insults him, and then, because the latter raises his hand, shoots him down, the very purpose, apparently, for which he went, and when tried for murder is acquitted! and now a Senator proposes to abol ish the law against fitting out armed expedi tions in the United States, against any nation or people with whom we are at peace ! Truly we are a law-loving and a law-abiding people ! We have a country where " every man may sit under his own vine and fig tree, and there are none to molest and make afraid," for the law protects rtje innocent, and punishes the guilty, and Jcstice knows no distinction between the rich and the poor ! 4i Pail, Columbia, happy land." , The, ' , the great organ of the United States Guverhment, read Mr. Buchanan a lec ture a few days since, for venturing to express the hope, in some remarks made by him at the dinner given to Lord Elgin, in London, that the time would speedily come, when it would be as discreditable to war upon private property upon the high feeas. as it now was tor a general to burn and destroy private dwellings on land. The organ goes in for privateering, or what has heretolore been considered hy ail truly enlight ened, christian and philanthropic men, as a relic of the barbarous ages, unjust and inhuman ; and against swhich our own government has proudly taken the lead in opposition. The veto of the Insane Poor Bill ia prepared and will be sent to the Senate to-morrow. The President will demonstrate to the entiie satis faction of-every boily who wishes to be convin ced, that the United States have no right to dis pose of their public lands for the benefit of the whole people; that they have a right to give away just as much as they please to the new States, to Railroad companies, Colleges, Schools, Academies, Deaf and' Dumb Institutions, and, in fact, to any company or institution whatever, in those Slates, but have not the right to give any lands for any purpose, good, bad or indif ferent, to eny of the old States, or in any way by which the inhabitants of the old States shall or may be. benefitted thereby ; and if the people of the Old North State, which surrendered her lands to . the United States, upon condition "that said lands shall be disposed of for the common benefit of the United States," don't like it, why, then, they may lump it, and bo hanged to them ; whopar'es ? not the President, nor the democratic itar! u. . The Housens this week engaged on Territo rial business, and the Senate on the Indian ap propriation bill. OBSERVER. TREMENDOUS EXCITEMENT AT LOUIS- VILLE IMMENSE IN D I G N A T I O N MEETING THE WARDS BURNT IN EFFIGY ! ! ! i legal share only, and he deemed it true manli Baltimore, May 2. A dispatch received here ness to insist upon our rights. The Lands were from Louisville, Ky., 'states that tremendous being given away. It was perfectly Constitu excitement prevails there, in consequence of the tional for tbe New States to receive them, but acquittal of the Wards. An immense indigna- it was un-Constitutional for North Carolina to tion meeting has been held there, and the-Wards I do so. This was Democratic logic. Democrats ! all burnt in effigy directly in front of their own ! severe terms, and requesting him to resign his i seat in the Senate of the United States. Serious j consequences are anticipates I " i A REyiNED Gentleman. Nicholas boasts of being aetiued gentlemen excessively refined. We suppose be has gamed his refinement, like that of sugar, by means of blood, GEN". DOCKERY IN WILMINGTON, According to appointment, Gen. Dockery ad- Messed the people'of this County at the Court Room F .Ued OTOrflowin :? ? ha r!T ly mtnwed at any poh ,cah meeUng ,n thic interest which ordinarily attaches to tbe dis- ..i r r, J. ' : - : ........lyw, w3 wm uatu rai regaru oy toe ivepuoiican W nigs tor tae suo- eeS in l.f.. 5l . t. n. f th.i candidate-, comparatively as he was a stranger. In the rliscnsNion whinh took nlnnt hatiwAon Cian Dockery d j Person, EsqT( who ap for Mr; Bragg.) we are sure we speak the con- viction of the Whigs present, that our candi- date bore himself with an ability, candor, and ! lint he added to all this such an intimate knowl edge of the subjects he discussed, and illustra . ted tiiem so forcibly, yet so clearly, with so much ease and terseness, that we felt that the Whigcansehadanable, a very able defender ! and supporter in him. Of this conclusion, we . l"r ,mu "'W" -. imagine! were the Loeocrats, before the end of V lf." d-wlpment of the resources of North the discussion, for it cannot be denied, that he . -"lna. and fiir the prosperity and trne great bore off the honors in this fight. : ""u 1" r v, George Davis, Esq., having introduced in 1 j He md a 4j favorable impression coming terms, the General to the audience, he, I PTP t .i'"' v aBum'?' after a few introductory remarks, took no the ! nothing of the politician about hinu ' l )tl tnnir him nr Anoa ha o tanL' mnnler subject of Constitutional Reform, and .. J I I avowed' himself in favor of Free Suffrage. Hi e had al I v.n ;to .,, ,i JT.jj k. .k- ' ; .:a .u: . i ' .l ii ? iitjiiijiT iimiitu it:i. uiiiiii-; in iu vousiiiuiioii, , I and that he was ready to give itto them. The r. !,.,.i ,.,n, i 3 ..ji . , hted up.m this suhiect, but what had italla- mounted to ; after running the State to vtMj : great expense, the people were as far from get- ting this change, as in the outset, lie conten J...3 .! .1 1 -1 . I ueu inn mivrirM., vucaucBi, purest inoue 10 i . i i a. . , K ,j . , i have this ohanire enected. would be the mode ; - - i ' i r', JO,rv,-'K t i.: ' ',k, ri, ' i ?,ropMed by the higs, that of a Convention, i Rv 11 1 V.nvpntion nronerly ortraniAd comn.wpH I .r..n;,, iaw. !ls m;ffht lw ileomed essential cmihl r " ' ' i . ' ' . c ' V u u T t I ft' IJIil'lfJ. n U lit? Till illttll IV Llll' TltflMllf- 111 IIIIK 1 p,:xth the time required by the Legislature mode, i and !lt mhcit ! ss pxpense. He was not afraid ! t; irutthe people. The Constitution was fifVr ' . . . ' r - 1 On. Dtckery nest referred to Common Schools, and his remarks on this head were forcible and at times eloquent. He alluded to the blessings ,-f Education, and his own limitei ted opportunities fit, f good education, as he had been he knew ' now to appreciate them, riis neaa was now silvered by age, but all his exertions had been, and would be, to extend as far as possible the advantages of education over ail the State. His remarks on this head were appropriate, and feelingly expressed. On the subject of Intern il Improvements, he was. as in all things else, candid and above board. He had always been the friend of Inter nal Improvements. He was in favor of the exten sion of the Central Rail Road, East and West. When recently at Edcnton, Mr. Bragg, his De mocratic competitor, had asked him whether he was in favor of the extension ; he had promptly replied that he was Turning then, said the General, to Mr. Bragg, I asked him whether he also was in favor of the extension. Mr. Bragg replied, that hehad no right to catechise him ! I asked him again, aud received the same replyj 1 then charged him with dodging, and asked him thefurtherquestion,whether he(Mr.Bragg) was not in favor of borrowing money to build, this extension, and he replied tfi at he was not ! The General then proceeded to show that this amounted to hostility to the Road, since no Rail Road was ever constructed without borrowing money, unless it might be the case of the Rail Roads west, which were built by donations of the publio lands. He commented upon the Resolutions of the Democratic Convention on this subject, upon which Mr. Bragg, from being a strong anti-Internal Improvement man, had planted himself, and showed its utter insinceri ty and speqiousness. What did it amount to. Generalities. Resolved, &c, " that it would be politic and proper for the Legislature, from time to time, to extend such further aid, &c, fcc, as a just regard for the means and resour ces of the State will prudently allow !" What ' is "a just regard ?" Who is to be judge? When will it be prudent to make appropii ition? Nothing definite, nothing tangible. No direct pledge of assistance to Interral Improvements, either those commenced or to be commenced, but simply vague declaration, that "such fur I ther aid'' should be rendered, as "a just regard," , will "pruaently allow. What a misera ble, equivocal Resolution was this. It amoun ted to nothing, and the Democrats knew it. Yet this was the Resolution on which Mr. Bragg relied to make the people believe him an Inter nal Improvement man. General Dockerynext alluded to the improve ments of Hirers and Harbors, and in this con nection, referred to our own Bar, and paid a 'high compliment to th-3 efforts , of Mr. Badger in procuring through the Senate an appropri ation of $2013,000 for its improvement. He al so commented upon the efforts of Mr. Ashe in the same cause ; and while he charged Mr. Ashe with Bo delinquency or inattention as re gards this very important business, because he believed he would exert himself in behalf of the interests of Wilmington, he nevertheless show ed that thus far his efforts had been unavailing and proceeded to explain the reasons therefor. It was impossible to obtain appropriations so long as the Democratic doctrine prevailed ; for no member of Congress could get an appropri ation for his: own port, when ha steadily refus ed to vote fur appropriations for other ports, on j the ground that it was uo Constitutional to do so. On the subject of the Public Lands and their i disposal by Congress, General Dockery was clear and satisfactory. He gave a succinct his tory ot the question ami claimed tor JNorth Car olina her just, equitable and religious share of the Public Domain. Mr. Bragg, his competi: tor, had declared that he would not see Ivortb Carolina a beggar at the foot of the General ' Government. Nor would he ; he wished her argued that the Lands should be used to meet the expeuses of Government ; but the time had come, according to Gen. Cass, one of the great Democratic lights, when Gen. Jackson's pre diction was verified, and the lands wore no lon ger necessary as a source of revenue. We had now a surplus in the Treasury of $30,000,000, and it was daily increasing. The General al luded to his vote on Bennett's Land Bill, (in re ply to remarks by Mr. Person) and stated shat although the bill did not render to North Caro- Una her full Justice, yet that be voted for it on the principle that half a loaf was better thaa no bread, and he would vote for it again . were, he in Congress. Hie remarks on . thie subject were extended, and we cannot follow him-as we would wish.. . , The Editor of the Raleigh Standard, said the General, was very desirous of knowing his po sition on the Nebraska Bill. , He. the GeneraL had no disguises ; he would gratify him. While, repudiating the doctrine, of squatter sovereign ty, and stating that the bill oontained excep tionable features, yet, that Tecogniaing as it did a southern principle, .were be. Congress, be woold vote for it, . He, oueopied ground sim ilar to that of Mr. Badger and of Mr Kerr on this subject. Butt why did not the Democrats Eass the bill ; they had a large majority in the louse ; he should uot be surprised in the event of its defeat, that the Whigs would be made responsible for it. In the course of his remarks, the General paid a deserved compliment to the enterprise, and prosperity of Wilmington ; spoke of the content in wtuch ne jras engaged ; that, terrai " l ,T nw "V. energies " -w ilium uiiuv W U tienmi (iftla -i' nill"r , uu uumnwry, RtMiye Doara, Bin- ,u Riniemenw me people may reiy. "o is a much stronger man in debate, too, than , , , r , , . - . i 1,ad uPr08ed; rJ. rmed at a I points, equal to the emereenoy. He "woolled" his i.mratio adversary yesterday m beautiful fi yit- ; luriit-u liio lauifl on iiiui niu rourn oi !......-. v. i i u: i,:. .: 'w tZT wZ "'HZ MIC rt-MlltUI the result of the interview ; more smiling faces ; , . r . ... '-' we have not seen for a long while. i . wt . . Mr. Person replied for Mr Bragg at much j -th - . nnt t. .n , f, ' " e "avc ""LP?e l. uv to m.w WH;ul,,cu mwsrwwu, and was conducted with courtesy and eood ha- - --' , .,n ;j, ' A rctniri Iriia ckery left this morning to speak at pursuant to appoinment. He will return this afternoon, and to night leave in the cars for Whitesville. Wil. Herald. COMMON SCHOOLS. Both parties in this State, by their respective platforms, evince their kindly feelings towards the Commau School system. If democratic ex travagance had not deprived us of the fourth instalment under the distribution bill passed bv Congress, (in 1836 we believe,) our Common ! 1 i .jvHwia iui&iii uuvv uvuupy ujiivu uiguci giuuuu than they do. Indeed if democrats would now keeP UP our B'-""0" the whole year round, and educate every poor girl and boy in the State. How stands Mr. Bragg affected towards the Schools? What has he done for the education of the children of tbe State? Does he claim North Carolina's portion of the public domain for the purpose, among others, of enlightening the benightedchildren of the poor and ignorant? In this respect General Dockery 'a conduct hae been above all praise. He is not only for get ting North Carolina's share of the public lands, to be applied to purposes of education and in ternal improvements, but he has shown nis taith by his works. Of his private means, earned by the sweat of his brow under the scorching suns of summer, he has frequently and liberally con tributed to seminaries of learning, and particu larly to W ake Forest College, of which he has been a generous benefactor. But it is in his own county, and amongst his own neighbors, that his zeal for the education of the poor child of misfortune and want has been most conspic uously displayed. He was Chairman of the Board of Common Schools in Richmond Coun ty ; and in order to save the money for the use of those for whom it was designed, he took his compass and two of his own sons for chain-carriers, and, at his own expenses, laid . off the whole country in School Districts. And, when it is recollected that the County of Richmond is more than sixty miles long, and fver thirty broad at some points, the magnitude of this' la bor, as well as the generous and patriotic im pulses by which it was prompted, may be esti mated by every one. lay after day and week after week, through the burning sandhills between Lumber River and the South Carolina line, he toiled on, looking for and caring for no other reward than that which he might find in the smiles of an approving conscience and the blessings of those scattered residents to whose doors he was striving to bring the benefits' of education for their poor children. When oar system of Common Schools shall have approxi mated perfection When the blessing of edusa tion shall have reached every hut and hamlet in the land, and "bosoms pregnant with celes tial fire," though now buried beneath the rub bish of poverty or enveloped in clouds of mis fortune, shall shed abroad their light to dazzle and astonish the nations of the earth. General Dockery may be looked back to as one of the most zealons aud efficient supporters of a ma chinery by which results so grand shall have been accomplished. And shall such a man as this be denounced as a low demagogue and an uncombed clown, because he can't talk Spanish, or so emphasize the syllables of his words as to please the aristocratic ears of the democracy? No ! The people of the State will sustain him. The poor boys of North Carolina, who know the difficulties of getting an education while the iron wheel of poverty is crushing them to the earth, will gather around their warm hearted benefactor, and with their own sinewy arms bear him tricmphatly to the Chair of State, maugre all the grins and grimaces of the pam pered aristocracy. Fay. Argus. Lots for Sale ! THE undersigned offers for sale FOUR VAL UABLE LOTS in the Eastern suburbs of the town, near Dr. Watson's late residence, and Mr Putney's. Persons desiring to purchase will be afforded an opportunity of examining them. For terms, particulars, &e., apply to - PENELOPE SMITH. May 5th, -1854. 37 8w Fresh Pickles ! A Fresh supply of Pickles just received and for sale at ANTONIO VIZZIM'8, May eth, 1854. Sew Confectionary Store. FIRST PREMIUM r '' SMUT AND SCREENING MACHINE, YOUNG'S PATENT. IMPORTANT TO H1IXER8 AXD KILL 0WSERS. TH IS M achine received tbe first premium at the North Carolina State Pair, and was reedamen ded to the public as the best now io use . in the State. Seven Hundred of them are new running in North Caroline., all of which are now in opera tion and have given tue most entire, satisfaction, in regard both to performance and durability. some having run six years and perform- as well no w as they did at first, and have bot bien out of order one day. We nave thrown out ten different smut Machines to make room for this. ' Ther are warranted for five years, and delivered at the Mill any where in the state. '' Manufactured1 and sold by JNO. A. McMANNEN.' South Lowell, Orange eo, April ii. tf-80 oBrrtyAHir. . . In Oxford. N. C,' on I.ThuradaJ artfreon, Axiril 2Tth, lg54, of enjargernetit.of the hear, Thomas- Mertter Atkinson, yeungent son f the late Gen. Roger P., Atkinson,; of Vieksbarz. Miss., and Margaret M. Atkinson, egd 17 years and 23 days. Thus, in the morning of life, has gone down. to the dustTlrid the grave one who was universally esteemed, by his ao- ?uaintance and dearly beloved by hia reUtiuna or his gentleness and urbanity of character, his lofty sense of honor and integrity, and his uniform observanoe of the proprieties of life. His loss was awfully sudden and Unexpected, and he has left a deeply distressed mother and fond sister wrapped, as it were, in .the darkest mantle of sadness and mourning. lie left many relations, and, without one exception, they are most painfully impressed with their sudden bereavement, and mouro in deep" sincerity the death of one, so 6jnrabJe in aH that adorns" oharacer or beautifies life. Whilst they sor row for his untimely and early loss, they are yet" .consoled with". firm and .well-grounded hope, jthat, in throwing oi" the fetters .that bound him to this world, he bnt enrobed him self in the radiant garments of everlasting. sal vation, nnd, now .rests & happy angel in the bo son of bisGod. K. Petersburg and Richmond papers please copy. On the 23d April, at the, residence of Mr. Louis Thompson, io Madison Co., Miss., Wm. Sutton, M. D., formerly of Bertie Co., N. C lie was an affectionate, son and honorable and high toned gontleman. In Nash Coanty, on the 15th of April, at the residence of William Whitly, Mrs. Mary Dani el, wife of Scion Daniel, cw'd, in the ninety fifth year of her ago. The deceased has left an interesting family of five children, only two of whom, however, "wre nsar her at the time of her death. The others, having emigrated c, mi- . , . , , to the tar West, havo yet to receive the sad ...... . M news, that their mother is no morel Mrs. LinnUl ilvoti Ah nriht J,.Jkmninr,; nr- Daniel lived ah upright and exemplary life. respected and loved by all her neighbors. N. H. M. 1& Spirit of the Age please copy. MKNRT MARBDEN WADDELL. B8Q, Tbero i a voice from tbe tomb sweeter thaa song a mo mory of tbe dend to which w turn vd from the dvvoUon of the !iviii. Wfeun such a xi: ai Henry WaddU dU ao yoHOR, and yet o ri-h in the best gift of Hatur, culture, social poirfUoQ and chomn companionship, bervd aiiecUoa cannot content !llf vriih tne bsre, brief aitDouDccmaot of the tact 1W; luntie ia th tt'jjnt-r. Hiilesrt pvaka loud, and we sbctatd wrong it To lock it in the ward of covert boaoms, When it do.erveii, with characters of bras, A fnrtM reside cea 'gninvt tba tooth of tuna, Aiui razuruof oblivion." Mr. Waddell waa uniremilly beloved and esteemed for bin goodnesaof hart, hu hi'h-toned honor, his polished man ners, bis irreproachable morals. Ilia mind was of a hirfb. order. Hi scholastic attainments solid and expanidve. Ilia reauiag weu-aireciea ana iriuuiu. He was admitted to the K;fK, STJtT 1hi that forecast ina anaoow ot inji nrttmnLiiri' iiiiiKrtnr,. iim.un iu.1 Klu liiuft ia tbe practice of so laborious a professiou. ifavin speoi 3 years in l.ouMano, ho returned to North Carolina iu Juuts. 6.i. Ililisboro had been for man; yea the family residwuce, but, lik t'etrajfh'a Vaucluse, it had become too puinfnily eloquent of a rare beauty and bright ness that, with an angelic daughter, had recently pa.dd away ; aad Mr. Waddell removed with tliem to this clace i0. H.l 1 This valuable areeesio to pur society was most agnseably enhanced by Mr. WaddWI's marrtatce, in HUliboro, grpleiw ber lett, to Miaa . E. Browning, of Mississippi. From tfcis time, with occasional relapses, his health seeded to be slowly but steadily improving. Indeed, wil hia the last few weeks, ha had increased in flesh aad weight, and bis friends were fondly hoping he would completely recover. He was confined to his bad but about twenty hours before ha died, and so sudden and atunalng has been the blow to the young wife, tbe still drooping parents, the Ido&Jng maUrnnl aunt, and the tenderly attached brothers, that they can wtih difficulty realize the absuodlBg ooaKdntioal with which thjt Divine Comforter would rand up their broken, heaxta. Yea 1 though IVath has a Mtag, and the fcreve victory. we are aeuespnu, not ne; ours uwi anfTulso, ttot nisi Mr. Waddell had been deeply concerned oa the subject d religion, for some years. For a while be doubted soma ot tba distinctive doctrine of the Gospel of Christ, But when fully satisfied upon these pninta. he made a paMte profession oT his faith, and as baptized by Rev. Dr. Wheat, of the pi eopal Church, in Ucenjbor last, was confirmed by Bishop At kinson, ia February, aad has sinot regularly received the sacrament of tit Lord's Sapper. ' The moat striking charaeteristks of Mr. Waddell's religious development were Lis tendcrnxstof bnnscienoe, his humility, and tba superiority of his sense of duty to all cocaiileraiioos of mere fi-eliny and convenience. Ka was very much afraid of Mng himself deceived as to bis true spiritual condition, and very unwilling that bis pastor should think loo It v r ably of it- Ho humbly and coturienUously sought to put himself in right relation to God and his Church: and locat ing only in his Divine Redeemer, bo bore with the greatest fortitude the severe suQuring af the mortal hour, and, as I doubt net, U now "-with Christ, which fafor tbe better," tban even his favored earthly lot. Ten, thus would faith console us. - -- "Toil wished him long llf; be is aJlvc forevar more he- Sond the reach of sickoens or decay. You wished elm wealth, neor aad happiness. He has a Inheritance Incorruptible, undeflled, aad the fadelh not away. You hoped for him a farther development of bis uoodiy Bowers, a wider sphere of action aad urcessful enterprise. He was bet at school here, and is now gone some, to a nobler theatre of action,, end more glorious enterprises, with more fruitful viatoriea and more enduring triumphs. ou wished hint blast eompaiUoc ahlp. He has met toe worm welcome of kindred saints and angels. , you had fondly bopod to have hlza. wit& yo emil the cares and i triaia of fife. He is not gone far off to a ration of forgetful nets. He hoe not oeered to regard you toitb a a isticgu teniae Seetioa. He is not dead, bet only gone be fore. He lives more truly than we who yet straagaly pity him and call htm poor." " Thus to the eye of Faith a light fsom Beavwa above the brightness of tbe sun is shlnhig round about us, aad a voice from the excellent glory, in sweeter tone of more en trancing melodythan Harp or Violin give to festival Joyanre, ius oerearea aaecuon, tnr.ugo, percnanos, tnrougn Minim i tears, to "write, from henceforth, that blessed are the dee s wno cue in we Lord. ' : For myself. Mr. .Editor, I can only say with, the great En glish dramatist, "In his eomiarailatisn I am fed ; !t If a banquet to me." aw wii.n uu un poet, iiultis ilie bonis Hebi'.is occidit; TtulHs OebUlor quern nobis. Cbnpel Hilt, May 2, 1S34. J. T. W. Just in Seasan. ' XII E subscribers have just received from New York the largest assortment of WALKI.N.tf iES, comprising Whalebone, India Rubber. Lignum Vitae, Malacca, Rattan, &c Also, French and Spaaisb Fans of all descrip tions. Come and see. and we'will give you'aatis faction. " F. MAHLER. A CO. P. S.s On hand a few beautiful cold and silver Mountings, manufactured by H- MAHLER - GREAT SALE OF COAL LANDS- ACCORDING to the provisions of a Seed in trust, executed to the undersigned, y fl-. Lep River Mining and Transportation Compa ny, to secure a judgment! $91,042 30, rendrd in the Supreme Court of the. State of New. York, in- istot oi jeBjamui I . MOserjr ana William Beach, .against the .Company, I shall proceed to sell at public auction, on the premises, for cash, oa Saturday, the 27th of this month, a tract of land, lying in the county of Chatham, N. Carolina, on the waters of Deep River, adjoining the lands of the late Dr. Watson and others, and known as the Fannersville Coal Field eontainiag by esti mation 987 J acres more or less waving and ex cepting the fenruU place of old Mr-,, Barns, Dr. Watson and tbe children of Mr. Thomas Farieh ; also, the ground on which the Free School House is located. And upon said sale and the payment of the purchase money, the -undersigned will execute and deliver to the purchaser, a conveyance of the said premises, and every part and parcel there otV with the appurtenances in fee simple 'There are oa the premises a good dwelling house, with ooavenieut outhouses ; leo, a sew engine hotue, built of oaad stone, and sundry good hotuea for operations - The above lands are esteemed to be as rich in eoal . as any portion of the Peep River country. They have already been euceeasfn ly explored. Mere particular ipfermatioa can be had of Mr. Piatt, oa ths premises, or, of Mr. B. J. JJowze, Haywood, r JOHN H. REYNOLDS Trunte. May otbT-wti : 37 fTIHE S8tfa Annual Convention of the Protesant Jj Episcopal Church in the Diocese of IT C. will be held in St. James Church, Wilmington, on the 8d- Wednesday in May 1854, (being the 17th KiIw'D. LFJt WINsLOW, Sec'j. May &, 1854. ' i II 4 I:
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