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f COMMUNICATION. fOR THE EtGISTE.,-? A JCORTH CAROLINA HOMESTEAD BILL. Mr. Editor : Whilst the two candidates for Governor, of the opposing parties, ere "mP' ingt' the State, to obtain the votes of WE the People of North Carolina, and inasmuch as, at the same time, when we Tote for them, we will bewailed upon to choose our agents to enact la for the general welfare, it may not be anuss for me to make some remarks through thrf columns' of jour paper in relation to the subject which heads this article, to wit: the enactment, by our next Legislature, of a real, gninr " Homestead BW,'7 without a particle of jh ingredient called, "squatter sovereignty. I rlncerely believe that the want of a similar taiate has caused many an unfortunate insol vent, (made so by imprudenee, extravagance, orltanding security for a friend) to leave the State, and seek his fortune in other and more c nzenial climes, where a debtor cannot be txea 1 1 tVs criminal. Bur, methwks I hear some sol ot fortune, who has never been called upon toass through the fiery ordeal of insolvency, m t Why our laws make provision for the pir debtor, by allowing him so much, say fite dollars worth, of property, and besides, be cafnot be imprisoned unless his creditor swear that he has property concealed which cannot b reached by the ordinary process of law. Afi very true ; but supposing the debtor has a i.; hn sold over his bead. h must take up his little family, goods and chAttile, and henceforth be a wanderer over the faie of the State, resting like a bird of passage, a Van? ft? a onftPter of a vear at a time, perhaps, a J the will of some benevolent " Lord of the minor" mav determine. paying whatever rent he mav extort from him in the shape, if in town of: " Iuaim rent" and if in the country, one third, or more of all that his industry may cause oujr mother earth to produce. Anus you wse, v,. Ks-,.m nf th landed eemry, and n often nd a hard master. Tired at last with Knffotin'T -with anch untoward circumstan ccs where ail is up-hill work, he hoards bis r. i - J.,4Aaiinalt little earnings, ana purcnases sin-v.j perhaps, a horse and cart, for his creditors have their eyes open, and stand ready to pounce down upon him, as soon as ever he acquires aify visible property, and wrest it fromshis grsp, for poor men have not many friends. Witb his little family and his all in the cart, he starts upon his uncertain expedition to a fron tier State ; trusting rather to his God and the help of strangers, than in many cases to his qtumdam neighbors. A few years has elapsed, wk hear of him as a wealthy farmer, member of Coneress. Legislature, Judge, or something of the sort. On the other hand, be may be un fitunate. and still drae on a miserable exis tence, but still it is paradise compared to what h had to endure whilst amone the playmates of h;s youth; for one of his creditors rarely met him without reminding him of "that little just debt which you owe me, and can't you pay some thin tr.wB.rds it." The creditor may be roll ing in luxury, whilst there may be then and there an achiug void in the region of the abdo men of the Door debtor, for the want of the needful to fill the vacancy. But rich men care not for that, thev feel not their ills themselves, and imagine others do not. Many such scene as this enumerated above often arises from the thoughtlessness and want of penetration of the nmditnr. awd not from anv real badness of heart ; for were he to become acquainted with the true facts of the case, his heart must be made of adamant indeed, who could thus per secute the poverty stricken. It often happens also, that every avenue to employment is closed . against him,' for in the day of adversity men drel, who has.made an assignment to some friend, brother or son, often thus demeans him self, but it is hot he that puffers the jailing pro cess, for no one would have the hardihood to ca sa him.- No indeed 1 Jit is the poor real in solvent, ton whom the whole force of the law. fall; while his rich brother insolvent, mere ly for form sake, takes the oath, after giving security for his appearance, and is invited per- naps to taxe a arms; Dy nisiuwje. of Court. You would not have the innocent suffer for the guilty. Better an hundred rogues go unwhipt of justice, than one honest man should suffer ; -as you, Mr. Editor, are a lawyer, 1 believe, I refer you to VUoke" tor autnoruj. It cannot be considered amiss to seek to direct the public mind into a channel so proper for its deliberation, as the one which is the subject of tbia communication, unless jrouncians iuu the poorer classes are unworthy a moment's thought. The nronrietv of developing the re sources of the State, and building her up, so that her citizen's hearts " mav Ml with gladness whenever we name her," ought to be the pride of her sons ; whether that object be accompiisneu by a judicious system of " Internal Improve ments," or by wise, wholesome laws for the bettering the condition of a helpless class of the community, and constraining them to re main in the homes of their childhood, by pro tecting them from the tvrannv of the callous beaned, and affording them a refuge trom every pecuniary misfortune. And now, Sir, a word with you asja politician; do you not think that he who would advocate the exempting of a sufficient number of acres from execution, of the poor insolvent farmer's possessions, or a house and lot intowo for every inhabitant of a town, or village, would reeeive the largest vote ever polled by any candidate before the people of the State? Yours, &c, TUCKAHOE. Lenoir Co., N. C, May 31, 1854. npxr TmmrfPV ' 1TC HALIFAX. I COMMENCEMENT AT WAKE FORES1. aVVU ; I - " ' ' - a w - a rt. ..A.in TTali-l W had the nleasnrft. on Thursday last, or un xuonaay last uen. iwerj TV. " Z.ZiJ-.l ,17" l- w.b. vmt fiLx. Owinjr tofamilv afflictions we were unaoie wuneeiiK w c.uaiug v. v to attena, uuewe are grauuvu saose wu .iot -r- n w.jn... v lm that p received and made a verV One impression, wmc r'P"- . J- , Th finra1 w learn, discussed, all the dif- the add reSs before the literary societies was de ferent questions that are now engaging public livered bX the Rev.T. G. Jones, of orfolx, V a. .ii t. , n w.aw ti-iiitr and mui.iv t 1 11 me wkiuuuu ui hue bu.v j , aiieuuuu uu leave uw firno t j i - . r . ,. - - . 1 l; aUma.. T n I a i varan art a n ri rOBfl upon them all. wnmj, uiimuuiuuu, i education, and the valedictory sermon was i n itinniiHV rvkiuuh lie wcuv w -- ; k , no T,;rhtflnd minaled with nreachedjat night by the Kev. Mr. lucker, ot xl 1 - T..a.m r nA m A fiVnf TC H El- I A RXAUUnj. don. and left at 2 o'clock on the cars for Hen- The exercises on Thursday commenced about deWn intending to be at Roxboro' yesterday II o'cloc, the Uhapei or tne instituwon and Greensboro' to-da y (where he will meet Mr. brass banti from Petersburg was in attendance, t x J and the nrocession of officers and students hav- Mia istfVMnt. tri.&lG( t Vl P Irom the information we are awe to gtnrr meiunuwi " "7" "-"? ""7 . - i. -i. r t. - K5 roirinn t huiidtnc tmid the in8birine strains ot mstru- we in i ii K uen iounery s aiu w fo i . o ; --1 - - & . - briefasitwas-ha-had and will have a good mental music. ror. uwen presiaing, nye effect. The people have seen him, and are sat- young genUen en the graduates of the occasion, isfied that he is a man who may be safely trus- delivered ther addresses m order, and in a style x-j U7.U rj I anrt manner tmaLWOUia nave uonocrcun iu u. reu. rremcnim. - . 7 J. t- : A .natitntinn. The names oi tnose woo reoeivcu ininiKM-in John H. Mills, of Halifax. Yir- North Carolina ; John C. Patterson, Orange Co., ot jrni, and Rufus P. Jones, of Wake. At a meeting uOurs are the plans of fair, detightfkl peac Vhwarped by party rage, to live like brothert., - THE PRESIDENT'S PROCLAMATION. The followine extract from the Washington correspondence ot the Baltimore isun appeareu N . Wi Jo8eph j. Williams, A wna I . t,. t t fW... At in the Savannah Qeoraian of Tuesday. at the head of the editorial column "a leader," and we suppose endorsed' by the weorgtan " Pbisidint'8 Pboclam ation. The W ashing- ton correspondent of the Baltimore Sun says the President's Proclamation (about Cuba) meets the general approbation ot all parties in on recollect only his evil deeds, and reject as un worthy a moment's consideration whatever good actions he may have performed, lhus it is he flees his country as it were a pestilence, as I have before described. IPy examining the "Revised Statutes" of the State, under the head of " Insolvent Debtors," I think you will find. (I have not the book pre sent with me, and write from memory,) that thf debtor taken under a ca sa. can free himself fbfever from the debt, by going in jail, and al ter remaining there twenty one days, and giving ten days notice to all his creditors, is forever Xefcased from all liabilities in law for payment of his debts due those thus noticed. Ur it ne dots not wish to be lodged in " durance vile,' as' if he had committed murder, or something of! the sort, he may give security for his ap nearance at the next term of the Countv or Su fterior Court, (if he is sued at the latter Court.) and by giving ten days notice to his creditor, discharge his person from all liability as regards thf debts for which notice was served. Suppo sing however, that he cannot give security, as sometimes happens, he is taken from his family and lodged in jail, until he complies with the abpve requirements by giving notice and lying in jeil twenty-one days, &c. It often happens, tbit the debtor may be residing in another C f ntj from that of his creditor, -when the writ is served upon him ; if be cannot give security, he'is lodged in jail, and carried fom the county in Vbich he resides to that in which his MAS TER resides, baod-cuiTed, teihaps, as 1 heard ol 'Un instance of the kind the other day. Now, Mr. Editor, wiiO is benefited by these vejy stringent proesdiiigs, the debtor or the creditor, which? Neither, I think I hear you say, for certainly the creditor is not, unless hp thinks he is whon he swears that his debtor ba propf rty concealed when he knows he has noj merely that he may induce his debtor'r frvtnds to. pay the sum that he may owe him ; thejfby committing wilful perjury, and laying himself liable to indictment for that crime if thfact can be proved, vthieh is very hard to dry I acknowledge. Sometimes, however, from a pim of rtttnge, the cieditor ca sa's his debtor, and thus makes the law his instrument to fied one of the lowest and meanest passions, that ever pervaded the huvan breast. t may be said wi h truth, that a man should not contract debts that he will not be able to liquidate; very true ; but does it never happen that misfortune in the Bhape of unforeseen losses occurs, that are beyond his control, and sometimes from the want of employment be may not have the ready cash to pay for the coin Dioji necessaries of life, to support himself and family T According tothe above doctrine, his family and self must starve, in this civilized country, and not go in debt, trusting for better times to afford him the means of paying. Again, a nfan's extravagance or imprudence may be the origin of his pecuniary fall ; well, is he for one fault to be forever precluded from all op portunities to retrieve his broken fortunes or go in jail ; and this too in a republican country, and in the nineteenth century. Forbid it hu manity, forbid it justice!! Ie who has no better hope of ever surmoun ting his difficulties, than the clemency of credi tors leans on a broken reed, as every one will find! who has tried it. Lawgivers too. often whiftt securing the rich from harm, neglect en tirely the necessities of the poor ; or if they do remember them, it is but a outer kind of nro- toctjjon, and then is always some loop-hole tnrougu vrmcn me ncn tyrant may, it he pos sesses (he will, have the ability to punish the misfortunes of his poorer neighbor. In who would abolish imprisonment for debt, ana secure to every neaa ot a tamilv. a snot nn which he can stand, and say " never mind what ever ills may betide me, here I and my family are 'safe from the Sheriff and his mvrmidons and .o more will my family and self ie subjec- wu io mj caprice oi vinuicuve man, or he dri veu jorth upon the cold charities of the world, like sheep without a shepherd," will deserve a crown of unfading love. comDosed of th gratfful tears of women and innocent children, ' mors precious in the eyes of the truly benevo lent) an, than all the gold of California, or the highest station earth affords. It may be said by the friends of imprieon mtn for debt, that " it is the only means for a man to get bis money." And, "do we not of ten fS rich debtor riding in his carriage or enjoyjof? himself luxuriously, whilst his credi fcrrwff(r fer the want of the very money he . KUfityld from them T" Granted, the rich scoun- DOCKERT A'ND BRAGG. Agreeably to appointment, Gen Dockery and Mr. Bragg addressed the people in thia place on Thursday last, the Sth. The day was remarkably fioe, and the assemblage was much larger than we anticipated at this busy season with the farmer?. The speaking commenced between 1 and 2 o'clock, and occupied most of the afternoon. We shall not attempt to make any thing like full reoort of the debate ; first, because in disposition forbids the exertion, andnext.be cause we have already copied from other pa pers circumstantial and lengthy statement oi their several subjects and arguments. Uen. Dockery made the opening speech, llis positions on btate questions were brieny ana plainly stated, as in favor of free suffrage, and r f v . .i... .3 i .:..:, in iavor oi enectiDK mai anu oumr cunsuiuuun- al reforms by means of a convention instead of legislative enactment. He expressed himself, voluntarily, in favor of the Basis as it is, and afterwards had occasion to repeat it, in re sponse to his opponent, who evidently expected to make caoital out oi his position in this re' spect in this region. Gen. D. charged that lr. Brace had declared himseli in the .hast unwu line to trust the Whigs, and to trust the West, with a Convention ; to which Mr. B. replied by stating that ha was arguing against the Whig platform ot lboU (we think it was) leaving the call of a convention to a majority of the people. He was opposed (if we understand him) to risfc ine the revision of the constitution with a ma jority of the people and thus afraid not only to trust the Whigs, and the West, but quite as apprehensive, of the acts of a majority of the people. Gen. Dockery's next topic was that of Com mon Schools and popular education. He was a hearty friend of the system, on which he ex patiated with much feeling and force. His position on Internal Improvements was boldly stated and advocated with great spirit and ability. He is in favor of an extension of the central railroad east to Beaufort and west ward to the mountains.and of the State provi ding efficient means for tho eventual carrying out of these schemes. He complained that he could not get Mr. Bragg up to any definite po sitions in this regard a complaint which was not satisfactorily answered by Mr. B s speech in reply. But the chief portion of Gen. D's remarks was devoted to an advocacy of the distribu tion of the public lands. His array of argu ments was strong and unanswerable, except in the minds of partizans who have no reason at all for their views and opinions, except that their party says or does so and so. We shall not attempt to recapitulate the arguments which he set forth. He showed that the right ful share of North Carolina in the public do main would do wonders for her people in the way of education and internal improvements. Mr. Bragg opened h's speech in an attempt to show that there is no national whig party that therefore whigs can do nothing, and the democrats ought to have their own way. He argued against a Convention to revise the constitution, because there was no knowing what they would d because such bodv might be composed of politicians, &c. that the peo ple in the Legislature hare the reins in their own hands, and ought never to give them up. To whom would the eina be surieudered in a Convention? Mr. Brnsrg wa laborious on the subject of Internal Improvements, and we aver that we could not understand bisi. If the drift of his discourse did not end in a fog or in nonsense.. we should be thankful to some of his friend. to show us what it did end in. Was there a man on tue ground who could have told, an hour af ter he ceased sneaking, what he was for. or what he was against? He was in favor of the eastern and western, extensions of the central road, and in favor of granting State aid, be cause he thought the State would be safe in subscribing to projects where individual capi talists risked their money ; but his argument was evidently as strong as he knew how to make it against the State's borrowing money for the purpose. He presented the subiect of taxation to pay the debt in its worst colors ; and seemed to delight in the argument and in the hope that we should never get our share of the proceeds ol the public lands, to pay any debt that might be incurred in this regard. JNow, it any body has the ingenuity to make all these things fit together in the character of a genuine internal improvement man, be must do it we cannot. Mr. B. indulged the stereotyped arguments of hiB party against the old States being allow ed their equal share of the public lands. He insisted, moreover, that the government, at this juncture, should husband its resources in an ticipation of war. But his reliable argument evidently was this: you cannot net it; the De mocratic party are opposed to the principle ; President Pierce will veto any measure of the kind ; it is thus impracticable for the old States to get their share of these lands ; therefore, it is useless, If not impertinent, in the Whigs to talk about it. He charged that Distribution was notnmg out a vv nig noooy, ana usea as a hobby "to sustain demagogical appeals to the people, lhis was the way, amid much verbi age, in which he disposed of our r'ght to an equitable share in the public domain ! Such were some of the chief points of the discussion. After the main speeches, there were rejoinders, which, we regret to say, de generated into angry personal altercations. Greensboro' Patriot. of th Tnitea dnrin? the commencement exer cises. the pev. Mr. Wingate, now agent for the Colleffo. and Prof. Henson of the Murfreesboro - . All .f A. . v. ln8titute,:were appomtea to un two oi ww iu chairs. An effort will be made to secure the ! - t nfiallfiai) iraniAmftn forthfl , 1 , , ., . ... f Service Ul SUUJD ptuvjuaimw - gress, and of everybody worth talking to out of Pre8idency and ai80 to raise a handsome fund cos. . ... r It the (Swn correspondent is correct, ana w do not doubt it) one of two things is true as to a larze number of democrats and democratic editors along the Southern Atlantic and Gulf coast. Either their degraded, servile devotion to narty has produced a very great change in their sentiments, or they "are not worth, taiiang to." vv hicb horn of the dilemma does the Georgian and its associates prefer? That they cannot escape both, every intelligent man in the land snows, who re collects how caretuliy tney ransacked their vocabularies of coarse invective to annlv to Millard Fillmore, for makings sim ilar Proclamation in relation to the identical subject Cuba and the Filibusters. Cannot the "Georgian" turn back to that period and repub lish some of its own editorials, (we think it was in the category.) or of its contemporaries, by way of refreshing the memory of its readers ? It would perhaps afford a pleasing task and most agreeable recreation to gratify the public, who may, perchance, feel some cunospty to Know, why an act which wps so bitterly denounced, when perpetrated by Mr. Fillmore, is received with silent approbation when performed by Air. Pierce. Such an explanation is due from many journals and democratic leaders of the bouth; otherwise an uncharitable public may suspect them of a servility to party as degrading as ab ject. Will not the Georgian and the other apolo gists and advocates of the Filibusters, the Fed- ral Union and Columbus Times, enlighten the public on this subject? Aug. (Geo.) Lhron. " And here, or about this time, Gen. Dockery advanced the fine legal opinion that "practice, in the absence of statute law, becomes law." We confess we wish well to the "practice." but do not wish to see "law" made in that way. And now, we suppose Gen. Dockery, after thus playing the lawyer, will at 6ome other point renew his denunciations of the lawyers, and advise the people not to vote for them." The Standard upon Gen. Dockery in Raleigh. The foregoing precious morsel, which we cull from, the Standard's account of General Dock ery's speech in Raleigh, was intended as a hea vy fling at the General's ignorance : and yet it shows a far more just conception of the law than that entertained by the Standard whose editor, we believe, once obtained a license to appear, as attorney, in the inferior Courts. " Practice," itf the absence of statutory regula tion, we say, is law and far the greatest body of law that we have in North Carolina. How is this " practice" known and by whom is its validity determined? By the judges, "the liv ing oracles" of the law, as Sir William Black stone elegantly terms them, who, from their " viginli annorum lucubrationes" are supposed to know the practice of the Courts and the de cisions of their predecessors which make up nine tenths of the law regulating the internal affairs of this State. So if the Standard would make sport of General Dockery on account of his ignorance of what constitutes " law," it must hit bim somewhere else: for, if we are to judge from this specimen, the General, who perhaps never opened a law-book in his life, from mere " strength of intellect" knows more of the nature of this science than the Standard man, who once advertised himself in the Ra leigh Star as an attorney and counsellor at law, with a reference to the Hon. William A. Gra ham, whom he abuses, with as much bitterness as if he were a common pick-pocket, in the very name number of his paper in which he attempts to hold up General Dockery to ridi cule. It is hardly ever a safe experiment for a man to undert ike to show off by criticisms on a Bcience ot which he is ignorant. " A little learning is a dangerous thing : Drink deep or taste not of the Pierian spring." Fayetteville Argus. frr tha morn liberal endowment of the mstita i ... . On Thursday evening the college grounds De- came the scene of cheerful festivity, ; and many ladies and: gentlemen remamea to participate iu of th nirht. The weather was delicious, land when we left by the regular mail train, there was every prospect that tne occasion would haye a brilliant close. neeiay ron l . . THE KNOW NOTHINGS. The nftj-tv callintr themselves the "Know Nothines'' are makine their mark in the po litical elections of the day. Who are they? and what are they ? are Questions not easily an swered. None but the initiated appear to know anything about them, and they take good care to say nothing. They act whenever the oppor tunity presents itself and thus far they have heen most sicnallv successful in carrying out their purposes. It has been asserted that they are "native Americans,' banded together un der a secret organization, but we know nothing of them, niore than that the result of their vic tories shows the elevation of Americans to office over foreigners, or those who truckle to the for eign vote ot the country tor support, This organization made its first deraonstra tions in the New York elections last fali. They came near triumohine then against the election of the district attorney the only candidate which it seems they opposed in that election. Since that time it is estimated that their num ber has increased to 25,000 in the city of New York : and it is said that this organization is extended throughout all parts of the State. From Boston to iew Orleans they have contest ed the election ot Municipal officers in many of the chief cities, and with astonishing success in most instances. The recent election of Mayor in Washington City furnishes the most forcible illustration of the influence this mysterious par ty are able to wield. They sprung up quite un expectedly in that contest and succeeded in elec ting the candidate upon whom their votes were cast by a triumphant vote; and that too against the Administration candidate, with all the pow er and patronage of Government to sustain him. Kichmond YVhig. THE RALEIGH R ALE ft H, N. C. WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 14, 1854. Republican Whig Ticket. FOR GOVERNOR, ALFRED DOCKERY, OF RICHMOND. ELECTTOH OW THTJSSDAY, AUGUST 3rd. GEN. DOCKERY'S APPOINTMENTS. Wednesday, June 14, Yadkinville, Yadkin, Thursday, j " 15, Mocksville, Davie, Friday, " 16, Williamsburg, Iredell, Saturday, " 17, Statesville, ' Monday, " 19, Mt. Mourne, " Tuesday, " 20, Salisbury. SUPREME COURT. This Tribunal assembled in this city on Mon day last, all the Judges being in attendance The following gentlemen, afcer examination, have been admitted to practice in the County Courts of the State, viz : Jno. H. Ivey, Halifax Co. ; J. P. Jones, An son Co. ; B. Brown, Wake ; L. R. Waddell, Pitts boro'; A. J. Rogers, Warren ; Henry R. Strong, Goldsboro' ; Jno. A. Baker. Wilming ton; DuBrutz Cutlar, Wilmington; John W. Hayes, Oxford, Granville; R. H. Sandford, Fayetteville ;; W. S. Winder, Brunswick ; J. W. Roberta, Gates ; J. L. Wooster, Wilmington ; O. R. Rand, Wake County ; E. D. Smith, Wake County. A KNOW NOTHING VICTORIES. The first city election in Philadelphia, under the recent act ot consolidation, took place on Thursday last. Hon. Robert T. Conrad, Whig ana ivnow-isotning, was eiectea fliayor. The first election, under the new charter in Kingston, N. Y., took place on Tuesday, and resulted in the success of the Know-Nothings by a large majority. A NEW AND BEAUTIFUL TREE IN ORE GON. Mr. Brooks, a respectable farmer of Olym ! . l . r i. r. pi;i, vregon, writes 10 a inenu in Boston a very interesting account of a strange and beautiful tree lately discovered in that country. It was communicated to the Journal of Agriculture. iron, which we tarke the iollowing extract: "A strange and beautiful tree has been dis covered in Washington Territory, which is not known to exist in any other part of the habita ble globe. The tree's destined, I think, to make some noise in the world. It is remarkable, be cause its like isuot found elsewhere, and on ac count of its great beauty and fragrance. The tree varies in height from one to seven feet. The leaf resembles that of the pear, while the trunk and branches look like those of an orange tree. The upper side of the leaf is coated with gum, having the appearance of oil, and of the consistence of honey. Handling them, causes the gum to adhere slightly to the fingers. The gum, as well as the leaf and bark, is highly o dorous. The fragrance, which is quite strong, resembles that of Bergamot, or ripe fruit ; a few leaves are sufficient to perfume a room. A leaf fully wrapped up in paper so as to be entirely concealed, was handed to several persons, with a request that they would tell by the smell what it was. All expressed themselves highly delighted with its fragrance but gave different answers as to its character. Some said it studi ed like ripe pears some that it was Bergamot, while others thought it smelled like ripe ap ples. The flower resembles that of the white Jessamine. This will certainly make a very beautiful and desirable ornamental tree, to grow in our gar dens, around our dwellings, near the parlor windows, or to form a choice bower. Its intrin sic value for these purposes is greatly enhanced by the consideration that it is an evergreen. This specimen is brought from my farm and is taken from a grove of about a quarter of an acre. The plant is very rare even here ; the ol dest settlers of the country say they never saw it growing elsewhere. Still I have no doubt it will be found in other places. It has been known to the priests of the Catholio Mission of St. Joseph for some years, but has not attracted attention until recently. FURIOUS ELEPHANT AT LARGE SEVERAL PERSONS INJURED. An elephant broke loose from his keeper on the 5th inst., oh the way from Pawtucket, R. I , to lall Kiver. It was the large elephant Hanni bal, of the Broadway menagerie, weighing 3,500 lbs. The Providence Journal says: "When about seven miles from Pawtucket he became furious, turned upon his keeper, who had to fly for his life and take refuge in a bouse, got free, and rushed along the road, destroying everything in his way. Meeting a horse and wagon belonging to Mr. Stafford Short, be thrust his tusk into the horse, and lifted horse, wagon and rider into the air. He mangled the horse terribly, and carried him about fifty feet, and threw the dead body into a pond. The wagon was broken! to pieces, and Mr, Short considera bly hurt. The elephant broke one of his enor mous tusks in this encounter. A mile further, the elephant, now grown more furious, attack ed in the same manner a horse and wagon, with Mr. Thomas W. Peck and his son. He broke the wagon and wounded the horse, which run away. MK Peck was pretty badly hurt in the hip. ! The next man in the path was Mr. Pearce, who was riding with his little son in a one horse wagon, lie was coming towards the elephant. and being warned by Mr. Barney, turned round and put the horse to his speed, but the elephant overtook him, ana seizing the wagon, threw it into the air dashing it to pieces, and breaking the collar , bone and arm of Mr. Pearce. The horse, disengaged from the wagon, escaped with the fore wheels, and the elephant gave chase for 8 miles,! but did not catch him. The ele phant came back from his unsuccessful pursuit, and took up his march again on the main road, where he next encountered Mr. J. Eddy, with a horse and wagon. He threw the whole estab lishment in the same way as before, smashed the wagon, ; killed the horse, and wounded Mr. u.aay. tie.tnrew the horse over a tence into the adjoining lot, then broko down the fence, went over and picked up the dead horse, and deposited htm in the road, where he had first met him. He killed one other horse, and pursued an other, who fled to the barn : the elephant follow ed, but at the door was met by a fierce bull dog, which bit his leg and drove him off. Once on tne route, tne Keeper, being aneaa ot him, saw him plunge over a wall and make for a house The keeper got into the house hurried the frieh tened people within to the upper story, and ?J- l .l "... proviumg nimseu witn an axe, succeeded in driving off the furious beast. The elephant finally exhausted his strength, and laid himself down in the bushes, about two miles from Slade's ferry. Here he was secured with chains, and carried over the terry at fall Kiver. A part ot the time be ran at the rate ot a mile in three minutes. A FEW PLAIN QUESTIONS FOR THE "STANDARD." 1. You have assailed Gen. Dockery for voting in the Convention of 1835 to continue to- free negroes, under certain restrictions and qualifi cations, the right to vote. Charles Fisher voted with him. Would you have supported him for Governor, had he been nominated by "the Par ty?" Was he not at one time your favorite for the United States Senate ? 2. Asa Biggs, Esq , voted with him also. Were you a resident of his Senatorial District, would you vote for him f He is now a Candid ate for the State Senate. o. iviMBRO' Joxes, iSq., oi Wake, gave a similar vote. Would you vote for him were he nominated by your Party for the Legislature ? A T 1-v a .a t. judge uaniel voted in the same way. Would you have refused, on this account, to support him for the Supreme Court Bench, to which he was an houor ? 5. Geo. Bower, Esq., of Ashe, voted side by side with Gen. Dockery. How often have you exrouea to the skies this same lieo. Bower as the "wheel horse of Democracy," and did rumor tell the truth when she said, that you were per fectly willing to support him for Governor? 6. W ii. P. Dobson, Esq., of Surry, was in the same box. Did you never praise him as . t CV T TV . a .a oimon rure democrat," and worthv ot the un divided Bupport of his Party ? It is said you broke out (under the most extatic feeling) "huzza for Dobson !n the last time he was elected to the Senate from Surry. Tax your memory, and say whether lhis be so ? 7. Lewis H. Marsteller, Esq., of New Han over, also voted with Gen. Docker-. Did he not belong to your "Executive Committee" few years since, and did you not, (with numer ous others of your party) sign his application to be appointed Collector of the Port at Wil mington ? If you fid yourself obliged, under the pres sure of truth, to answer all or any of these ques tions in the affirmative, don't you think you ought to be ashamed, and blush a little, for as sailing Gen. D. in the manner you have for his vote ? Come; Mr. "Standard," "tell the truth and shame the Devil." You are so little in the habit of doing this, it will, no doubt, prove quite a luxury I - l .'" ril ?m im fXi-aver identi- "Tu fame- ot .vura viw ; 1 a rirnnd and commanding fame it -Wiethe: for 9aoI years to be, as the locomotive s"" ' tZ from'the mountains o the sea, and as the i improves, and becomes strong, and great, anu as the eyes of her sons, in whatever land, spar kle with exultation when she is named, Oalvis Gbavss, it will be said, was largely lnsiruu... tal in producing these results Aw casting vote gave existence to a work which was destinea :i- :- Wn -Inn anA rlononrlpno.i AS. to Shea W1IU 1W HI UUM ICO ' , - all these benefits upon the people and much or this lustre upon the character 01 tne oiair. - does not hesitate to commit mis mp'""' work, together with the whole system ofinter nal improvement, to the hands of Thomas Bragg; on the contrary, he prefers that it ill we reneat. most kAoi.r,iiiir onri nnWUallir htiRtoin him at the. polls." Standard. Well this caps the climax 1 True it is, that "there is but one step from the sublime to the ridiculous." But stop 1 When that tame 'locomotive goes thundering from the moun tains to the sea, and as the State improves and becomes strong," think you that Mr. Bragg's "eyes will sparkle with exultation ?" and will it be said that lie "was largely instrumental in producing these results ?" Has he contributed any thing to "give existence to a work which is destined, with its tributaries and dependencies, to shed such benefits upon the People, and lus tre upon the character of the State ?" It is said there is an Eastern monarch, who, after taking his own breakfast, has a trumpet sounded, and solemn proclamation made by some of his serfs, that all the other potentates of the earth can eat ! The "Standard" grave - y announces tho most important fact that the Honorable Calvin Graves, of Caswell County, North Carolina, will vote for Thoma3 Bragg, Esq., of Northampton County, same State, for Governor 1 Let the fact be proclaimed from the mountains to the sea shore let it ring through every valley and let the waves of the ocean give back the sound, that Calvin Graves will most assuredly vote for Thomas Bragg I After this announcement the Whigs had as well cave in" and General Dockery is "a used up man " Morribile dictu I u hat a lamenta ble reflection that so much of the precious breath of as clever a fellow as Cameron of the '"Argus" should have been spent for nothing at Rockfish ! "Sic transit aloria mundi'J' There seems to be a sort of epidemic rascali ty prevailing just now. We scarcely take up a paper which does not record a riot', murder, or some other horrid crime. Satan seems to be let loose for a season. There is also a more than usual number, of terrible casualties. Abolition SrMPATHT. We have already stat ed that the Marshal's guard, having in charge the fugitive Burns, raised by subscription enough of money to procure a good suit of clothes breastpin, hat, boots, etc., and some $20 pock et money, with which Burns was supplied bsfore his departure. But it remains for us now to state the extent of the sympathy of bis abolition friends in the same cause ; they took Burns' old clothes, had them mended and cleaned, andre turned I. Boston. Tunes. ? MR. SOULE. It is inferred from the Madrid corresDondence of the London Times that the Spanish Govern ment are aesirous ot bringing about an amica ble adjustment of the difficulties with the Uni ted States, without any intervention on the nart r c o , - -n .c . . . y oi xur. oouie, rui, u we interpret the writer, the Queen is no party to the scheme on foot to deprive him of whatever honor might accrue ironi oegociations resulting advantageously to his country. , It seems to be s Ministerial nlot. but the plot, we gather, has been whispered in the ear ofvthe American Minister, if not bv x i fiii :..ir ! - i . . J mo niruue itseu, certainty Dy a voice near the Throne. Thus, after all (diplomatic urbanities and fair-dealing aside,) there is this to be said by way of compensating Mr. Soule : Just in proportion as be sinks with the Ministry, he rises in favor with the Queen. Her smiles, surely, are worth all their frowns. So far as the main question, the Black War rior affair, -js concerned, we see nothing in this connection in the Times, at all dissipating the agreeable impression, founded on well ascer tained facts, now, that the difficulties will soon be arranged) to mutual satisfaction, not at Madrid, but at Washington. N. T. Express. Mr. Chapman, editor of the Chanticleer the same who in 1840 was told to crow of fers himself as an independent candidate for Congress in the Indianapolis district. Daniel Turner, of North Carolina, brother-in-law of Senator Badger, declines, it is said, the appointment 0f Naval Storekeeper for Califbr- Candidateb for the Legislature. In Bla den, Col. J. G. McDcqald is the Whig, and Geo M. Whitb the locofoco, Candidate for the House. In Columbus, A. J. Jones is the Whig, and Fornit George, the locofoco Candidate. In Washington County, Gen. n. G Spruill having declined running, II. H. Waters is an nounced as the Whig Candidate. In Rutherford, W. M. Shipp, Esq., and Col John Graf Btndm have announced themselves as Whig Candidates for the lower House. Geo, W. Baxter, Esq., is the Whig Candidate for the Senate from Rutherford and Cleveland, in op position to Dr. Coluhbos Mills. In Cumberland, Warren Winslow and Jas S. Harrington, both locos, are Candidates for 1 c . 3 r 1 TT . iue oeuaiu , wu lor me nouse mere are no less than eight Candidates, six locos, and two Whigs, Messrs. James Banks and Ralph P Buxton. We are particularly gratified to see these latter gentlemen in the field. It is a long time since the Whigs of Cumberland have been represented before the people in their local campaigns ; better and truer representatives they could not now have. "It is rumored, and the rumor anneara to be well-founded, that special Ministers will be sent by the President to Madrid, to make final settlement witb Spain in relation to Cuba. The gentlemen spoken of to fill this high com .mission are Ex-President Tyler and Ex-Vice President Dallas. They will be empowered, it is said, to offer Spain a certain sum for the island ; and, after representing the condition of feeling in this country on the subject, to pre sent as an alternative of a refusal to make the transfer the probability that it will be the duty of this government, out of regard to the safety and protection of its own people, their interests and institutions, to take and hold the island the sum offered, however, to be paid to Spain in good faith, whenever she will receive it." Beautiful morality this ! B. wants his neigh bor's land. He offers him "a certain sum," and says to him, "You may accept the prioe if you think proper, but, if you do not, it will be my duty to take it by force and hold it I" Can any thing be found in the laws of nations to justify such an aot ? Is it the purpose of the Admin istration to send Commissioners to Spain with the national parse in one hand and the sword in the other ? If there be just cause of war, why do not the Administration go to work like men ? Do they expeet to accomplish any thing by cunning and bravado ? IN DEFEAT OF THE DEMOCRACY PHILADELPHIA. The first election for Municipal Officers of the Consolidated City of Philadelphia (inclu ding the former county and city.) took place on Tuesday last, and resulted in an overwhelm ing defeat of the candidates of the locofocracy. Robert T. Conrad was elected Mayor by a majority of nearly 9,000 votes over Richard Vaux, Dem. ; Isaac Hazlehurst, City Solicitor, by a majority of 11,000 votes over Wm. B. Hirst, Dem. ; John N. Anderson, City Comp troller, by 8,000 over Wm. Badger, Dem ; Ad am Much, City Commissioner, by 3,000 votes over Geo. C. Leidy, Dem. The term of the lat ter officer is three years, and of the others two years- lhe newly organized city is divided into twenty-four wards, of which twenty gave ma jorities for the Whig candidate for Mayor. The returns from twenty Wards show the election to the City Council of 43 Whigs, 11 Democrats, and 3 Reformers. Twenty-two Wards have returned to the Se lect Council 17 Whigs, 4 Democrats, and 1 Re former. Many other officers were elected, but the re sult in all cases was equally disastrous to the locofocos. The Discussion ik GriLroRn. We copy, ia another col a mo, from the "Greensboro' Patriot an interesting account of the Discussion in Greensboro', on the Sth inst., between General Dockery and Mr. Br ago. A correspondent gives us the following additional particulars ".Gen. Dockery is a plain, honest, straightfor ward, matter of fact man, honest and sincere in all he says, as he is independent and patri otic in all he does. As to his opponent, I think I can say, in all sincerity and truth, thaf he is the most perfect Jesuit, special pleader and unmanly quibbler, 1 ever listened to. I queg. tion much whether the Union can produce hit equal in this respect. No trait of his charac ter stands out more prominently than the one I have here mentioned, I will venture to assett, unless it be the cool and unflinching impudence with which he can and does misrepresent facl. His party are always good at this; but in this branch of their daily business, the unterrified may and do brag on Bragg. I wil! give one or two examples : He took up and read a pat of Gen. Scott's letter of acceptance one line of a sentence and then proceeded to argue from what he read, that Gen. Scott was in favor of the Homestead law, and nothing had been raid in the Whig platform he acsepted about distri. bution. ' Such conduct and the mode of arcu. ment he resorted to can and will have no effect on any candid and honest enquirer after truth Our countymen expect letter things of all men even tnougn iney De running lor a constable's place, than such glaring injustice and inisrep. resentation, by suppressing a part of the truth. Again : Gen. Dockery spoke first, and when he concluded his remarks, Mr. Bragg took the stand, and, after proceeding for a time, he com- menced catechising Uen. Dockery on several matters, and, pausing for Gen. Dockery to reply, while the Gen. remained silent, he would call out to the assembly, " see, gentlemen, he won't answer ! Who is dodging now ? My cat-hook won't draw it out of him, no, nor. would fifty cat-hooks di aw an answer tt ot bun. lie con tinued to proceed thus, while some of the more zeaious of his triends present cried out "drag it out of him," until Geh. Dockery arose and stated, with some animation and proper indig nation, that the gentleman had the stapd, nnd when he had concluded his remarks, he would reply in his turn and answer all of his questions. But this did not 6uit Bragg; he said he wanted the answer then said he had no time or right to reply to Gen. Dockery. The Gen. said this was not true ; he kneu, and the people present should know, that he had the last reply on this occasion, and when he stated that he was seeking to take any ad vantage of him, he was doing him injustice, and stating that which he knew teas false. Bragg then replied that he knew he had the right to reply, but that the people would all leave for home. Gen. Dockery replied to this, that having, as he had stated in his first remarks, traveled from Roxboro,' 60 or 70 miles, he was too mucb exhausted, even if he desired io reply, to do so at great length. But all this did not satisfy Bragg. He still continued to assert that Gen. D was dodging his questions, so that he, Mr. Bragg, could have time afforded him to reply to them. He was assured by Mr. D. F. Cald well that the people would not leave until the stars rose he would have time enough afforded to him to reply to Gen. Dockery. He then re marked he wished to leave himself before the stars should rise ! This is but a very faint outline of one of the scenes that came off in our town. The lococrats pretended to be pleased with their champion. The Whigs were more than delighted with their standard bearer. Mr. Bragg's deportment was uogenoroua, contemptible, and little. Guilford will tell him a tale on the 3rd of August. Look out ! A FARMER " t&" The traitors in Boston, who could mur der an officer in the dark, but would'nt fight in open day, are now amusing themselves with hanging in effigy the U. S. officers who did their duty in the recent fugitive slave case. Thej iwanlowimtL Ph renologv. Prof. McM ullen, a blind Phre nologist, is at present in this City, at Guion's Hotel, (No. 17,) where he will be pleased to make examinations in his line, from 8 A. M. to 9 P. M. We have had an opportunity of wit nessing some of Prof. McM's. examinations, and do not hesitate to endorse the following flatter- - f r i i-n , ing nonce oi nis proiessionai skui wnich we find in the last Petersburg "Express :" "The divine command, "Man Know Thyself," can now be easily obeyed by calling on Profes sor McMullen, at the Bollingbrook Hotel, where he will be pleased to make an examination oi the heads of those who desire to know themsel ves as they are known. Prof M. called on us yesterday morning, and examined in our pres enoe the heads of a couple of gentlemen, who pronounced every remark made by the Profes sor, during the examination, as strictly true, so far as they knew themselves. One of them was a practitioner of medicine, also a minister of the gospel; and we know that many of his prominent characteristics were faithfully por trayed. Prof. M. is entirely blind, having been deprived of his sight some ten years since by a very violent attack of small pox. This ren ders his very accurate descriptions of the char acter of his subjects more remarkable, as it is impossible for him to be aided in the con elusions he arrives at by viewing the counten ance, which so many physiognomists contend is the surest index of a man's character. Many persons are distinguished from others by very peculiar characteristics, which can only be known by the application of the principles of the abstruse science of phrenology. Such was the case with one of the gentleman examined yesterday ; and he freely confessed, that he could not have given a more faithful and accurate ac count of himself than Professor M. had done." S& The locofoco papers have been raising a very silly hue and cry over the fact that Gen. Dockert, at the urgent solicitation of friends, re cently made a slight variation from his published list of appointments. We perceive, however, from the last "Salisbury Banner," that Mr. Bragg has done the same thing. He has made an engagement to address the people at Gold Hill, Rowan, on the 19th., instead of meeting Gen. Dockery, at Mt. Mourne, Iredell, as pre viously announced. What will the locofoco press say now ? Military Company. We are gratified to learn that there is every present probability of a large Military Company being raised in this City. The want of one is a reproach to the communi ty, which every good citizen should desire to see removed. The interests of the city, indeed, demand the protection which would be afforded by an efficient military corps. afcThe Bos. Courier, (Whig) which, through out the late scenes in Boston, has borne itself man fully, is much opposed to the Nebraska bill ; and yet, it says, "forty Nebraska bills cannot absolve people from the fidelity which is due to the laws of the country." t& A capital portrait has been published abroad of the King of Prussia. He is represented as standing between a bottle of champagne and a nig sword, uncertain as to which of the two he should draw. It is called "Meditation, on the Eastern. QaeaUou." FOREIGN NEWS. Victory by Sir Charles Napier 1,500 Russian Prisoners Taken Japan ports rpen to the U nited States, dbc. From foreign files to the 2Sth ult., we take the following extracts. THE EASTERN WAR. Admiral Napier, after 8 hours' bombardment, destroyed the fortress of Gustaffsvoern, at the entrance to the Gulf of Finland, and 1,500 Rus sians were taken prisoners. The British steamer Tiger, taken by the Rus sians, near Odessa, had been burnt. Her Maj esty's ship ran aground. The Russian soldiers immediately surrounded her. Captain Gifford lost one of his legs, and a midshipman both legs, and five seamen were wounded. The Russians had two killed and several wounded. Two hundred and twenty-six prisoners were captured by the Russians. On the 10th sever al large men of war appeared off Odessa, and sent in a flag of truce to the town. Nothing further is known, but we may be 6ure the Ad miral will make serious reprisals. Six more Russian vessels had been taken as prizes, and put into the port of Memel, where prise-masters were put on board, and they were despatched to England. There is a confirmation of the news that the Russians,. losing all hope of defending the coast in consequence of the blockade, have evacuated their position from Batoum to Anapa an ex tent of 200 leagues. Plan of operations in the Black Sea. The Paris correspondent of the Times gives the following as the plan of operations said to have been determined upon, namely, to land oO.OOO men in the Crimea, while the fleet will attack and destroy Sebastopol ; the Anglo Fi ench fleets then to leave the Turco-Egyptian squadron in the Black Sea, and Cronstadt to be attacked by the whole overwhelming forces of the combined fleets. The arrapgement for despatch of the Engli-h contingent at Constan tinople on the I5th gives probability to the a bove. It was said the whole English army could be embarked in 24 hours. The Siege of Silistria. Constantinople advices state that on the 15th Marshal Paskiewitsch with his staff crossed the Danube below Silistria to reconnoitre. On the 16th, terms of capitulation were offered ts the commander of that foi irebS", and the bom bardment was suspended. On the 17th Musa Pasha rejected all terms, and on the same day the bombardment re-commenced. On the 13th Paskiewitsch bad his head quarters at Kalarash. This shows that the bombardment had not been finally suspended, as was inferred from the previous dispatch. It is stated that the van guard of Gen. Luders, about the 13th, experi enced, at the hands of a Turkish division, a de feat, accompanied witb very serious loss. Sub sequently, however, a telegraphic dispatch from Bucharest, of the 10th inst., states that an encounter took place on the 18th. on the road from Rassowa to Silistria, and that the Otto mans retreated to Silistria. Bridges were thrown over the river on the following day, and three Russian divisions crossed ; so that Silistria is now enclosed on all sides by the Rus sians. FRANCE. , France will augment her army in Turkey to 170,000 men, particularly as no complaints a bout sacrifices which the country must make are heard. The Mohiteur publishes the report of the budget, from which it appears that the receipts for the year are estimated at 1.560,ul2,213f., and the expenditures at 1.562,030,308f., which leaveB a surplus of 3,981,905f. General Baragaay d'Hilliers is coming home to command the Northern French Armv, un der the orders of the JSmperor. Gen. d'Haut poul, Baraguay d'Hilliers, and Ornano are cre ated Marshals of Frauce. A country girl, writing to her friends, say of the polka, that the dancing does not amount to much, but the hugging is heavenly. Sophistry is like a window curtain pleHses as an ornament but its Um aava is to keen Mt tb lifcht.
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