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SATURDAY MORNING, SEPT. 1, 1855.
THE PRESENT THE rtJTURE
It can not b deoied, that the political move
ments now is progress, are portentous of evil.
Bigotted partixaoi may abut their eyes, and trj
to blind the eye of others, but every one who
look calmly and reflects deliberately on the
political movement! in different portions of the
country, can not fail to foresee, danger to our
peace And harmony, danger to oar institutions
and to the Union. If these movements were
the result of ordinary party combinations, the
recollection of oar escape from the'threatened
esnger of agitation arid crisis heretofore, might
induce as to hope that the coming storm would
also pass by, and leave the country unharmed.
But there are influences now at work which have
so excited the public mind, and which appeal so
strongly to sectional pride, prejudice, and pas
sion, that it is feared appeals to reason and pa
triotism may be in vain.
We allude more particularly to the combine-
rmna van to nin nn in tha Northern States.
Meh threaten to fuse for a time.' all the , t0 06 tondinS t0
various conflicting ism of which that section
has been so productive, and to eliminate there
from a grand and powerful organisation, based
on the one idea of opposition to slavery. Hith
erto, threatening as have been the agitations
and excitements growing oat of this question,
yet, in the hoar of danger and of trial, enough
of conservatism has beta found to weather the
storm, and to save the Union. But unfortunate
ly, as dangers thicken upon us, and as the de
mand fat self-sacrificing patriotism', increases,
the supply of commanding intellect . and devo
Hon to the cause of constitutional liberty, seems
to have declined. The age of great men seems
to be passing away, and the dynasty of small
men rules the ascendant. The problem is now
being solved in this' coantry, with how little
wisdom the world can be governed.
As lons- as nolitics was the occupation of
- o w- m
statesmen; and parties were organised on prin
ei pie, slavery agitation, though violent, and
sometimes alarming, yet always met with a
peaceful eolation. But since polities became a
trade, and place and patronage the reward of
partisan servility, abolitionism has been in the
market r add with all the sharpness of commer
cial craft, it has exacted and obtained the high
est price for its support to one party or the
other, according to the exigencies of the times.
The Compromise of 1850 was a deadly blow to
the f f 11 spirit of abolition. That compromise
left it no sustenance whereon, to subsist left it
no foothold w herefrom to assail the South.
The raving appeals of its votaries were laughed
at, and North and South went on in the march
of their destiny, regarding the vexed question
of slavery agitation at an end. But in an un
fortunate moment for the, country, the selfish'
ness and ambition of one man, in bis unhallow
ed greed for the Presidency, prompted him to
move the repeal of the Missouri Compromise.
He was a northern man. In this movement he
was sustained and encouraged by . other north
ern men some perhaps from, principle, others
as camp-followers of the moverothers from
jealeusy, lest the popularity to be gained -by it
in the South, might enable him to out-stnp them
in the race of ambition. .
What was the South to do T Whit alterna
tive was left to Southern meat They did not
aek for the repeal. Although the principle of
the Missouri Compromise wae wrong, although
the South was crippled by its provisions yet
after it had become sanctified" by time after it
had become a part and' parcel of the existent
institutions of oar country they were willing
to abide by it, as the condition on which harmo
ny had been .restored, as the price at which
peace had been purchased, in a dark and try
ing day. But when its repeat waft tendered by
the- North, under the pretense of a returning
sense of justice in that section, the South did
what any people would have done under the
circumstances it accepted the proffered boon.
The passage of the bill was the signal for a
general uprising throughout the North. Abo
lition raised its prostrate bead from the dust
the work of msjbhief commenced the Northern
press, with some honorable exceptions, teemed
with abuse and misrepresentation, and charges
of violated faith against the South and " war
to the knife" against Southern institutions be
came the battle ary throughout the North.
Those who affected to be actuated by friendly
regard for the South, in the introduction and
consummation of the measure, deserted the
South as soon as they saw that they had conjured
up a storm around their heads, and that they
bad over-calculated the pliancy of partisan feel
ing at the North.' President Pierce, who bad
pretended te favor the measure, as a friend to
the South, told Senator Clemens that the re
peal of the Missouri Compromise was calcula
ted to enure more to the benefit of the Ami
Slavery interest than to the protection of the
South ; and Douglass, the mover of the meas
ute, stated in a public speech, in Chicago, that
the effect would be, to allow Congress to inter
pose and forbid slavery Sooth of the Compro
mise line.
But no matter what was the object, or whose
was the blame. We fear the result will prove
that the repeal of the Missouri Compromise was
the sowing of the wind," and that the South
is likely to "reap the whirlwind." . No matter
ubat party bigots and servile partisans may
wy yet no honest man can deny that it has re
jusoitated abolitionism galvanised into life tht
dying body of fanaticism, excited its rage, and
sharpened its fangs. ' Present appearancee in
dicate, that after the South has been decoyed
into this measure, it will be in the day oftrial,
left without any support, from any respectable
portion of the Northern people. All parties
and factions at the North, with the exception
of the inconsiderable " Hards " of New York,
seem to have quailed before the grim and threat
ening visage of anti-slavery pbrensy. The
truth should be told here at the South that
we may contemplate the danger, and prepare
to meet it. The entire North seems to be mar
shelling its foroes, for a grand cruaade against
the institutions of the South. The spoils press
es and the spoils party here at the South, who
consider our rights, our institutions, our very
liberties, of very little moment, compared with
offices and patronage, jobs and contracts, and
party plunder, will try, and are trying, to de
ceive the Southern people with the false hopes
of recieving aid and support from their party
compeers at the North. But tbey know they
are trying to delude when they hold out these
false hopes. Looofocoism at the North has
proven its affiliation with Anti Slavery by the
election of Trumbull to the Senate from Indiana,
and Hale from New Hampshire. The Whigparty
at the North has combined with it in the election
of others, equally obnoxious. President Pierce
has exhibited bis ingratitude to the South,
and his proclivity to Anti-Slavery, by filling the
offices at the North with Free Soilera and Abo
litionists. We are sustained in this charge by
the "Hard" Democrats of New Yprk.
The political elements at the North, all seem
a "fusion" to the merging
of all differences of opinion on all subjects
and to the elimination, from those heterogene
ous materials, of a great anti-slavery organiza
tion. And in proportion as anti-slavery gains
strength at the North, it rises in its unjust and
insolent demands. Not only the restoration of
the Missouri Compromise, but the abolition of
slavery in the District of Columbia, the entire
repeal of the fugitive slave law, and the abro
gation of the slave-trade between the States are
the oonditiontf-on which they offer peace to the
South. And the issue to be tendered to us
judging from the late tone of the Northern
cress, is the repeal of the Kansas bill, or the
stopping the supplies for the support of the go
vernment. Can it be, that the people f the
North are prepared for this? If reason could
prevail, tbey certainly would not venture upon
such an extremity but reason seems to have
become dethroned, under the appeals of a wild
and reckless fanaticism. They will have the
power in the next House of Representatives
and we confess we have our fears, that the ex
citement of an angry debate, and the efforts of
fanatics and demagogues are likely to aggra
vate the storm, rather than to allay it. We are
no alarmist. We have a strong and abiding
faith in the conversative tendency of our insti
tutions,: and in the deep-seated conviction of
the public mind of this country, of the inestima
ble value of the Union. But we frankly admit,
that the future is, in our opinion, fraught with
danger. We fear that the clouds of evil are
darkening bur political atmosphere, and that
the storm may burst before we are aware of it,
or prepared to take shelter from it.
This certainly is a time when all patriotic
men in the South, who love their country, their
homes nd their altars, ought to merge party
feeling into a common love for their common
country. They should counsel together, as men
having a common interest, and prepare to meet
a common danger. The preservation of our
rights ought to be dearer to us than any party
the protection of our institutions, our wives and
our children, should give us more concern than
the triumph of a party or the division of spoils
But notwithstanding onr perilous condition,
what is the course that the locofoco press at
the South is pursuing T - Why, trying to de
ceive us with falsehoods, and lull us into a list
less feeling of security. They are pretending
that the northern looofocos are sound on the
subject of slavery, when they see them capita
latmg to, and amlaung with, freesouerg every
day. They .tell us their abolition compeers at
the North will protect our rights, when they
know such protection would be that of the wolf
to the lamb.' They tell us that Pierce will be
friend us, when tbey see that freesoilers at )he
North are the favorite recipients of, his favors,
They pretend to be sensitive about Southern
rights, and anxious to have concert and union
at the South ; and yet they are daily telling the
abolitionists of the North, that half the people
of the South are inclined to favor their views.
Instead of thinking of the dangers that beset
us, they are studying about party plunder. In
stead of appealing to, the patriotism of our peo
ple, they are appealing to their party prejudices.
Instead of devising some plan to save the South
from mm, they are planning and plotting how
to cheat their opponents in an election, and
how the offices are to be distributed as the re
wards of partisan bitterness and brawling.
.There is one political organisation, whose con
servatism, patriotism, fraternal forbearance, and
broad nationality, we have hoped, and still hope,
may come to the relief of the country and of the
Union, in the hour of final trial. We mean the
American party.' It is the 1 otoly "party now ex
isting in the country, which has enough of na
tionality about it, to rally the public sentiment
of the country in the preservation of the Union.
It is eminently conservative, because it is based
on principles that comprehend the entire terri
tory of the Union. It appeals to sentiments in
the human heart, higher than those of party.
Anti slavery is now endeavoring to do with the
American party, what it has done with the other
parties, vis : to abolition iu We are sorry to
say that it has succeeded in Massachusetts.
There Americanism has been undermined, de
stroyed, by the insidious efforts bf Abolitionism.
The American party is now engaged in a death
struggle with fanaticism in the other States of
the North. Our only .reliance at the North is
on the American party. If the South had with '
ananimity stood by and sustained this party ii
this conflict, it might and would have proves
too strong for abolitionisms. But in the day oi
trial, the locofoco spoilsmen at the South assail
ed the American party in the rear, whilst it was
containing with freesoilism in front. VV hilst thu
pressed, many of the old Whigs attacked it in
flank. The final conflict must decide it.
The greater portion of the old locofoco party, a
smaller portion of the old Whig party, aboli
tionism and all the other isms are now united
in an effort to overthrow Americanism. If they
succeed, we fear the South is prostrate.
WILFUL MISREPRESENTATION OF
AMERICANS.
The Washington Union, the paid and pander
ing minion of a puny Administration, in its last
issue (says the Memphis Eagle) denounces
seventy thousand native Americans in Virginia,
sixty thousand in Tennessee, seveoty thousand
in Kentucky, and more than two million others
throughout the Union, as " secret conspirators
who disgrace the American name," "offerers of
public premiums for perjury," " prostituters of
the press and the pulpit," and as " proscribes
of helpless women 1" The same atrocious sheet,
with a fiendish mendacity unparalleled in mo
dern times, attributes the foreign . riota at Co
lumbus, Cincinnati and Louisville to the agenoy
of the Americad' party, when the first two had
been proved in courts of justice to owe then
origin entirely to foreigners, and when all the
proof, in reference to the last, before the Union
at the time its infamous article was penned, went
to show that it, too, had been brought about by
foreigners! Verily, Forney and his coadjutors
deserve immortality an immortality of infamy !
INDEPENDENT GUARDS.
This handsome and spirited Military Com
pany turned out on Saturday, fur the purpose
of shooting for a beautiful silver cup, presented
to their Company by Maj. William J. Clarke, of
this City. For beauty of uniform, as well as in
point of military skill, this Company cannot be
surpassed by any in the State, and it appears
almost incredible, that they could have arrived
at such perfection in military discipline; in the
short time they have been organized.
The target-firing was excellent the best we
ever saw the board being completely riddled
all around the bull's-eve. The cud was won by
Private J. Sidney Bryant, who made the three
best average shots, and was presented by Mr
A. M. Qorman, in behalf of Maj. Clarke, in a
beautiful and appropriate speech, being short
and very much to the point.
After the exercises, the Company paraded
through the principal streets of the city, and
dismissed.
;T FAfr FOR THE P9ftE. 'S,
.Who can reo3 thefojlowiag facts and then
deny that Northern Democrats are Abolitionists,
enemies to ihe South, the Federal Union and
the Constitution? '..
It is a Fact-i-That the Democrats in the, Free
States have elected none but Abolitionists and
Free Soilers ,to the Congress of the. United
Sta.Ua. ,'
It is a Fact That the Administration papers
at the outh are unable to designate a represen
tative elected to the Congress or Senate of the
United States, in any of the free States by the
Democrat, who is not an Abolitionist or Free
soiler. Lisa Fact That every representative from
the Free States in the Congress or Senate of the
U. S., that the Democrats have elected or assis
ted to elect, since the passage of the Nebraska
uMi:-r e-. ..
uiu, is iu lavur oi its repeal ana toe repeal or
modihcation ot the iugitive slave law.
It is a Foci That Judgs Loring was not re
moved that he now holds his office that lien
ry Wilson, a Abolitionist, et id omnegenue
have seceded from the National Council, and
are not now in affiliation with the National men
of the Order who have adopted a National Plat
form, embracing all the South ever asked for on
the slavery question.
It is a Fach--That Durkee. elected to the Sen
ate of the Uuited States by the Legislature of
Wisconsin, is an ultra-abulition, anti-Nebraska
Democrat, and that the Legislature which elee
ted him passed resolutions (unanimously) de
nouncing the Know Nothings.
It is a Fact That Maine and Michigan are
Democratic States, and that a majority of their
last Legislature were anti-Administration anti'
Nebraska Democrats.
It is a Fact That the last Democratic Con
vention held in Ohio, denounced Slavery, and
passed a resolution asserting it to be the duty o
Democrats to use all constitutional means to eiadi
cote slavery wherever it exists.
It is a Fact That the notorious Fred Doug
lass is a Democrat, and has repeatedly addres
sed Democratic meetings atthe North and North
west.
It is a Fact That the arch abolition agitator,
Charles Sumner, is a Democrat that Martin
Van Buren, John Van Buren, David Wilmot,
Preston King, Dix, Durkee, Trumbull, B. F.
lip tier, iiallett, Wentworth, Bryant, of the Post,
Fowler, Postmaster at New York, Redfield,
Cockrane, Chase, Wade, and others are Demo
crate, and Abolitionists or Free soilers of the
deepest dye. Milton Chronicle.
THE TRIBUTE TO ABBOTT LAWRENCE
The meeting held yesterday at Faneuil Hall.
largely attended by the merchants and other
citizens of Boston, was a beautitul and httiag
tribute to the eminent man whose loss the com
munity is called upon to deplore.
The meeting was called to order by Mayor
Smith, whose remarks were impressive and ap
propriate. The opening address by lion. Wil
liam Sturgis, the preamble and resolutions by
Hon. Nathan Appleton, and the speech otJ.
Thomas Stevenson, Esq., three prominent Bos
ton merchants, were in admirable taste, and ex
pressive of the public sentiment. Then follow
ed truly eloquent and beautiful speeches by
Hon. Robt. C. Winthrop, and Hon. Edward
Everett, which were well worthy of the occa
sion. It was a meeting of unusal interest, and
mournful satisfaction; and one that will not be
forgotten by those who participated in it.
The sorrow in the community at the death ot
Abbott Lawrincx, is deep and general. The
kindly influence be has rendered to the cause of
education, to commerce, and his country ; the
rare integrity and true Christian principle that
lay at the basis ot bis character, wilt make his
name a precious legacy to his xmdred, and con
nect it, all the time, with the annals ot the city
which witnessed his achievements, and of our
country, whose welfare he aimed to promote.
liis death is universally regarded as a public
calamity.
The passing away ot such a character sug
gests thought to the most thoughtless. Another
name is added to the roll of illustrious citizens
of Boston, who, because they personified the
general intelligence, enterprise, and patriot
ism, were loved and in their day ana genera
tion. W ben such men die, tbey are, as it were.
transfigured; they but begin to live; the Bpirit
of their lives enters into, and torms a part oi,
the living current of humanity which flows ever
on out of the past and towards the future. And
the real Boston is not its perishable stocks and
stones, but it is what the great intellects and
souls of the generations that have lived in its
midst have made it: and for their great deeds
the grateful living should erect in their heart
statues to their memories.
It is remarkable that within a short space of
time, Boston should have been called to mourn
the loss of so many who have promoted her pros
perity and added to her fame. In the theologi
cal world it has lost Sharp, Young, Ballou and
Channing ; in the commercial world, Appleton
Shaw, Henshow, Perkins and the three Lawren
ces ; in the arts a Greenougb, and in politics a
Webster. Here are men who made their mark
on their age ; whose virtues and genius adorned
it and enriched it : whose beneficence and pat
riotism bleesed it: ana whose names will go
down with increasing lustre to the latest poster
ity.
a i i u :fi l
OUOU eminent murmmv, buuu nvmi reuiwvui
of old landmarks, seem to make the sands of
time ooze from beneath our feet, and to open to
our vision the potrals of eternity. And then the
way the world moves steadily on as whole as
ever, when it seems as though a permanent rent
had been made in it, and it must, at least, pause
awhile T This shows that the hie of the individ
ual is but a breath. It comes forth like the
flower: it contributes its allotted portion to the
general life of humanity, and then it flees like
the shadow. Ii8t all need thought, that there
is no enduring fame but for those who promote
the well being of their tellow men.
Boston Jrost.
GEORGE D. PRENTICE AND THE RIOTS.
It is becoming the fashion with certain na
tive Anti-American journals in the South to de
nounce this gentleman, because he has chosen
to show by incontestible facts that the late elec
tion riots at Louisville were caused by foreign
ers and not by ourown native countrymen.
Such as are engaged in this orusade against Mr.
Prentice should recollect that it is not by reck
less personal abuse that great principles are to
be controverted or "crushed out." Even Mr.
Prentice's bitterest political opponent the Ro
man Catholic Bishop of Louisville, Mr. Spald
ing in a recent card, "appeals," in so many
wurds, "to the sense of fairness and justice mani
fested for so many years by the editor of the
Journal," and it is a well-known fact that Mr.
Prentice, by an address to the populace, saved
tho office of one of the Sag Nicht organs the
Louisville Times from destruction, at a time
during-the late riots when its abuse of Ameri
cans and its incendiary appeals to foreigners,
were believed to have materially contributed to
the breaking out of the disturbances. We can
not believe that such a man so endorsed and
so powerful among his neighbors Would wil
fully misrepresent the facts in regard to the late
terrible disturbances in our sister city. Ou the
contrary, we believe that he has given the best
and truest account ot them which has yet ap
peared, and which all of our readers nave doubt
less perused. Memphis Eagle.
Correspondence bf the Petersburg Express,
YELLQ W.; f EVER AT NORFOLK ,AND
PORTSMOUTH.
, NoxroLR, Aug. 27, 5 P. M.
Diab ExFRiss: Mayor Woodis lay in state,
in the drawing-room of his residence, several
boars before his burial took plaee, when all of
our citizens who desired it, had an opportunity of
taking their last look, through the glass open
ing of the metallic coffin, at the noble counte
nance of their beloved Chief Magistrate. Num
bers availed themselves of the privilege, and
many tears were shed o'er bis untimely bier.
His manly and expressive features wore an air
of deep repose, as if he lay quietly sleeping
the only alteration being in the color of his
skin, which had a tinge as yellow as gold. A
long line of oarriages filled with citizens, each
one a mourner, followed his remains to the
grave. He was interred iu the new Catholic
Cemetery, two miles from town, the Rev. Father
O'Keefe, officiating on the occasion.
Mr. Woodis was 35 years of aze. and has left
a widow, the daughter of Henry B. Reardon,
Esq., and four young children to mourn the less
ot a tond and affectionate husband, and devoted
father. His family are now at the North, and
the sad blow will fall heavily upon their gentle
hearts.
Alas! on what a frail tenure hangs the lives
of us alll On last Wednodoj, M. Woodi
was actively employed in the discharge of his
manifold duties; he was taken that night with
the fever, and died yesterday at 11 o clock.
But three short days ! How many more will
be cut down in the same swift manner God only
knows I The arrows of death are flying around
us as thick as hail, and truly we know not what
a day or hour may bring forth.
The Howard Association continue to relieve
the sick and needy with a liberal hand. A visit
to their office any hour of the day, though pre
senting many distressing scenes, is full of in
terest. Crowds of applicants for the Society's
bounty, of all colors and sexes, throng the doer.)
continually, and their conversation frequently
leads to painful recitals, of sickness, destitution
and death. The Irish appear to be the greatest
sufferers.
We yesterday reported Dr. Moore as having
been taken down with the prevailing epidemic
it gives us pleasure to say that his sickness
arose more from fatigue than fever, and that it
has not as yet assumed any serious form. We
saw him this morning, and he was better, though
still unwell and feeble.
The following are the latest deaths -. Lucy
Foreman ; Jno. H. Hall ; Mrs. Dr. V. Friedman ;
Mr. Henry, from Ferry Point; Felix Ricks;
Miss Wieland ; wife of J. Fountain Wjatt, who
isa sister of Mr. Wm. H. Chapman of your
city ; Miss Ship, Brewer stl; white child, Brewer
St.; son of Mrs. John J. Camp, being the third
one of her children who have died of the fever ;
Master Christain, (the third of three brothers
who have died) Allyntown ; Mrs. Hamilton,
Cumberland st. though dying with the fever
she gave birth to a child three hours before she
died. The little innocent is, strange to any,
alive and healthy. Mr. Smith, foreman of W.
smith, (Baker) Bank St.; color d woman, Church
St.; Mrs. W. White, Boush st.; negro man. (free)
Union st total 17.
Dr. Higgins is better ; Dr. Constable is very
sick ; Capt. Fatherly is dying : Edward Sey
mour had the black vomit this morning, and is
very low; Thomas Lewis, Main street, his son,
and daughter, are all down ; the youngest
daughter of Thomas Spratt ; Thomas Owens,
Merchant; W. Parsons, (Clerk) Frank Tar
rant; T. B. Boothby's wife; J. Tatem and son.
Ferry Point; W. D. Dunbar, Attorney at Law ;
Rev. Mr. Dibrell, of the Granby street Metho
dist Church ; and a number of colored persons
have been taken with the fever since yesterday.
lbe weather is hot and showery the worst
kind for yellow fever. SPECTATOR.
-'' 1 " ,;.i?p?.Tw 33IED ...;-..f?:'.-:
, At his residence in Beaten eoouty, Teaasaee,
on the 18th day of July, 1855; HotLowax BJt,
an old and highly esteemed citizen, bf this county.
He was native bf Wake county, 'N,T CV; 1
STATE OP mtnl icABOLIN a.-GATxax
Copntt. In Equity,., a k ......
Alice P. Davis ys. Francis Davis,
Petition for Divorce.' t
It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court of
Equity of Carteret Gounty, that Francis B. Davis,
the defendant, is not an inhabitant of this State,
it is ordered that advertisement be made in the
"Beaufort Halcyon" and "Raleigh Register,' for
six weeks, notifying said defendant to appear be
fore the Court of Equity to be holden for the Coun
ty of Carteret, at the Court Bouse in Beaufort ov
the Seventh Monday after the fourth Monday in
September next there and then to plead answer
or demur, or said bill will be taken rxo cosrssso,
and heard accordingly.
Witness Benj. L. Perry, Clerk and .Master in
Equity for the County of Carteret, at Beaufort,
the Seventh Monday after the fourth Monday of
March, A. D. 1855.
; BENJ. L. PERRY, C. M. E.
Beaufort, Aug. 80th 1P55. wflw 70
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA Berth Cbc
TT. -
r. J. JHnunvtftft. &c . vs. Jos.
B. Cherry & others. -
Original Bill. In Equity.
It appearing in this cause, that the defendants,
Solomon Cherry, James Cahiil, and Beverly Irwin,
are residents of ithe State of Virginia, they, the
said defendants, are notified in the Raleigh Reg
ister, according to, the act of Assembly, to appear
at the court House, at Windsor, on the third Mon
day of September next, and answer or demur to
the complainant's bill or judgment pro conftsso will
be rendered against them.
' L. S. WEBB,
! " C. M. E. for Bertie Co.
Wiodsor, Aug. 6, 1855. 63 w6w.
Mayor's Office,
Raleigh, Aug. 24, 1855
A MEETING of the citizens of Raleigh and
3Lof Wake County, will be held in the City
Hail, on Friday evening next, the 31st instant, at
4 o clock, to take into consideration the proper
means' of contributing provisions or' money or
both, to the relief of the citizens of Norfolk and
Portsmouth. I invite all who feel an interest in
the matter to attend.
WM. DALLAS HAYWOOD,
iMayor.
Raleigh, Aug. 25, 1855. 69-td.
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THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO PARIS.
The interest excited by the certainty of the
visit of the Queen of England to Paris increases
as the moment approaches, ine presence in
the French capital is indeed a novelty.
During her stay the yueen will visit, it is
said, at least four of the theatres of the capital
namely, the (J rand Opera, the Opera Comi
que, the Theatre Francais, and the Gyninase
With a delicate attention the Emperor bas, we
understand, already transmitted a list of the
pieces in the repertories of those establishments
for her Majesty to select trom. marvellous
things are told of the forthcoming feativites at
St. Cloud, Versailles, and r ontainblean. At
this place it is said that the whole forest will
be lighted up, and a hunt by torchlight, as in
the time of irancis l. will take place, lhis is
probably an exaggeration, but there is no doubt
that the noble grounds belonging to these na
tional establishments will be exhibited to the
best advantage, to do honor to the Royal vis
iters. At the Hotel de Ville measures are be
ing taken tor extensive illuminations in gas,
and the court yard 0tLi0ui8A.lv. is receiving
new decorations. The apartments of the Tuil-
leries are filled with workmen, who are engaged
in fitting them up most splendidly. The palace
of St. Cloud is already prepared tor the reoep
tion of its illustrious guests. In the palace of
Versailles, the theatre, which is decorated in
the style of Louis XIV., is being provided with
chandealiers, carpets, 4c. In the Champ de
Mars a grand review is to take place.
Un triQay, M. Aitrea aiagne, Jr., and pri
vate secretary of the rrench Minister, of xi
nance, waited upon the Lord Mayor, for the
purpose ot conveying an invitation to his lord
ship and family to be present in Paris during
the period of the approaching visit of her Ma
jesty to that city, and be at the same time pi a
ced at his lordship's disposal the ministerial
residence.
TEN DOLLARS REWARD.
TRAYED of stolen from my plantation in
Franklin county, on Saturday night,, the 4th
inst , o large Sorrel Horse. The above revard ot
ten dollars will be paid for his recovery and deliv
ery to nre.
A. S. PERRY.
Louisburg, August 13th, 1855. 56 tf.
Portsmouth, Aug. 27.
Dear Express : I am too much occupied to
say much, but send you a line or two, as I am
writing to a friend. Drs. lrugien and Mau
phin have been very sick, but are thought to
be doing better at this time.
John L. Porter, Assistant Constructor in the
Gosport Navy Yard, has been carried to the
IN aval Hospital sick ot the tever.
The Scourge ib said to have broken out on
board the U. S. Frigate St. Lawrence, now ly
ing at the Naval Anchorage. It is reported
that some forty cases have occurred.
For the 24 hours ending at sunset yesterday,
the deaths numbered 17. Up to sunset to-day
there were only 7. This is a very decided de
crease in the mortality. 1 hope it is the begin
ning of a continued decrease, for they have
now been on the increase a long time.
Yours in great haste, R.
POSTSCRIPT.
A gentleman of this city received a lettei
last evening, written yesterday morning, which
communicates the melancholy intelligence that
D. D. Hiske, Jisq., Mayor ot Portsmouth and
Editor of the Transcript newspaper, is down
with the Fever. His son and wife have just
fassed through the terrible ordeal. We sincere
y hope that the husband and father may be
spared.
The same letter states tnat ivir. uonn wooa
ley, a most estimable young man, and nephew
ot Dr. wm. uouins, rresiaent oi tne iseaDoara
and Roanoke Railroad, is down with the Fever.
The family of MrB. Robert n. Tatum, is also
afflicted with theprevailing epidemic ; and two
of the children of Mr. Jones Totterdell.
The Nebraska Bill. The New York Jour
nal of Commerce has the following calculation :
Twenty-six of the thirty one States have elec
ted members of the new Congress. The total
number of members thus far elected, exclusive
of Trumbull, of Illinois, and Morris, of Massa
chusetts, (who have resigned,) is 207. Of these
29 members of the last Congress; of which num
ber 42 voted tor the Nebraska bill, and 61
against it. More re-elected who voted against
it, o. In this calculation we assume tnat lay
lor, of Tenn., who voted against the bill, is de
feated. The States of Maryland, Georgia, Mis
sissippi, .Louisiana ana lexas are yet to eiect,
or to be beard trom, and send zo members.
Various explanations have been offered why
cannon, are fired over drowned persons to bring
them to the surface ot the .water, and philoso
Dhical cause of its producing that result. It is
supposed that the sudden rarefaction of the air
bv the explosion of the cannon .creates some?
thing like a vacuum, diminishing the pressure
upon the water, and upon all the objects in the
water, and thus of course creates a tendency to
bring them to the surface, as the water, and all
in it would, by a well known principle, rise
and seek, to occupy the vacuum so produced.
A young lass went to 'a Camp Meeting and
came back full of the revival which they had,
and did nothing the following week but sing,
" Shout, shout, we'er gaining ground I"
She had this tune so well, that all she said
was but a continuation of that song, and not un-
frequently rhyme was too long tor tune. Une
day old Jo well slipped in and took a bone from
the tabl, ana just as ne was mating tor tne
door she sung out
" If you don't go out I'll knock you down ;
Halla, hallelujah !
Von nasty stinkin' flop-eared houod,
O, glory, hallelujah 1"
SHOCKING OCCURRENCE AT A MORMON
BAPTISM.
About half past five o'clock yesterday morn
ing, a party oj, Mormons, numbering probably
about fifty, under the direction ot Elder II.
Greenholy, crossed the river by Captain Air's
ferry, tor the purpose ot administering baptism,
to some eight or ten converts. Tbey proceeded
up the river bank to the toot of .hast Kow, where
the converts composed ot both males andlemales,
were prepared for baptism. This preparation
was indecent to say the least. ISjth men and
women were required to strip to their linen, in
the midst of the crowd on the river bank.
The Elder led un old man, aged about fifty
years, by the name of Alexander Williams, who
resided near the corner ot w estern ltow and
Front street, into the water, baptized him ac
cording to the ceremonies of the faith. After
this the old man was a good swimmer, ttruck
out into the water for the purpose, it is said, of
taking a swim. It is supposed that his drawers
slipped down over bis feet, which destroying
bis motion, caused him to sink, liis son, also
named Alexander, about 23 years and who was
stripped for baptism, seeing his father sink,
plunged in after him. He could not swim at
all, ana gettingintoueep water lmmeaiaieiy sau&
and drowned before bis father.
Dragging hooks were obtained as soon as pos
sible, and in an hour's time both bodies were re
covered Coroner Foster of Campbell country,
held an inquest over the bodies, and the jury
returned a verdict of accidental drowning.
The bodies, were delivered over to a son and
brother, who were present at the holding of the
inquest. Cincinnati Daily Times July 2.
1T-
"Capital punishment," as the boy said when
the schooinustress seated turn among the gpis.
L. S- PERRY,
Dental Surgeon,
RALEIGH, N. C,
BEFEEENCES '
The Faculty of the Baltimore College of Dental
Surgery,
Rev. Dr. Smedes, Raleigh.
Rev. Dr. Lacy, do -
Rev. Mr. McDowell, do
Dr. Chas. . Johnson, do
Dr. Fab. J. Haywood, do
Hon. Jno. H. Bryan, do
Prof. Owen, W. F. College.
Prof. Wingate, - do
Prof. Wheat, Chapel HilL
Rev. Mr. Fitzgerald, Jackson, N. C. ,
April 3, 1B55. 37 ly
Agenoy at Washington City. i
JENNINGS PIGOTT and JNO. W. HANCXJ&Bt
(late of North Carolina.) '. . ' '
WILL prosecute claims of every description
before Congress, the several Executive De
partments and Public Offices. Particular atten
tion will be given to Claims for PENSIONS and
BOUNTY LAND. -
Mr. PIGOTT will practice in the Supreme
Court of the United States, and the several Courts
of the District of Columbia. Address PtooTT ft
Hancock., Washington, D. C.
Feb. 6, 1855. 11 rly. -
Desirable City Property For Sale.
THE SUBSCRIBER OFFERS FOR SALE HIS
residence immediately opposite the Bank of the
State. Tne lot faces 81U teet on Newborn street,
and runs back 150 feet with Blount street. The
improvements consist of the dwelling, containing
six comfortable rooms, a servant s house .with five
rooms, a kitchen, an office, and a stable.; . The gar
den is one of the largest and most productive in
the City, and is well stocked with fruit trees.
Persons desiring to purchase will be shown the
premises, on application to
. WILLIAM J. 'CLARKE.
Raleigh, June 26th, 1855. 51 tf.
Plastering', Brick-laying and Brick-making I
npHE Undersigned would inform the Public that
I he continues to carry on, and has made large
ly increased preparations for carrying on, the
above branches of his business. He flatters him
self, and those for whom he has done work will
bear him out in the opinion, that he can afford
to contract for it on as reasonable terms and exe
cute it in as masterly and expeditious a manner as
any other contractor.
He will shortly have on hand a large quantity
of good FIRE PROOF BRICK.
All orders for him are to be at left at the Yak
brouoh HotrsE. CHARLES W. PALME 1.
Raleigh, April 20, 1855. 32 tf
1 2fc
, A LU ABLE A EA L1STAT1
Valuable lLoti tfc Impe&vetoirtti -s
SITUATE on the Booth Side "of PpnJCk Sfreer;
The improvements consist of a large an! hand
some Brick Dwelling House, Asishedia the modern
tyie. in. uit uaseaant is a Urg Dining Room with"
rautnea aweae4iana cellars forvwaljmd Wood.
On. the first flooraare three handsome Parlors With
elegant Marblei .Mantels and ornamental mk ,
French Windows opening noon th fS&MM-t mA
Mahogan Doora, all fitted with the best and heavi
est. SAver Plate4 figures, Connected with the Din
ing Room on the first floors, ore large. Pantries and;
ciose yioseis, wrjn ai the modern convenient apart
ments and fixtures., On the second floors, is fine"
Library Room jrith Book Ca'es handsomely fitted
upandthreepleasaiit Bed Booms with Dressina '
xwiua jmim, viuacts aitacnea. in me AtttC, ara
three Chambers air neatly finished.1" Connected
with the Dining Parlor on the first floor. Is the'
Aitcuea wnn a- rrasn nou ' rump aha Boiler,
o. beneathi Adioirin the i Dwelling ITortm.
handsome Office with two Room. haVin7 crnameV
h unwiMMcoumuHt owe vases,-ana COnnec-
wa wwn me iweiung ty a spcttds Han,' VEiefc
oonrauraeates both with thebaclfrKrlrAhJ JD5m
liouse. xnere are on in promises a nous con
taining convenient and comfortable lodges for Ser
T.0, a tvg aud convenient Store House, and
the Grounds and Garden are stoeked With the best
and choices jrruit Trees, The Stables, freak, ea
George Street, and v the lot . oa whioV'thoj
situate, communicates on th backwith the Owsja
ling House Lot. There are on this" lot, . Stables
for five hoWes, a Carrisge House, Cow House .and
Shed for Cjfrts, && ' There is" also on thVprerni
ses communicating with Trent River, a large Brick
subterrafie'an Aqueduct built during the adminis
tration of Got. Tryon, which open! in,w;lhis lot
and keeps, the entire; premises ,'perfecty, dry and
free frotnSdatapness and wateri4 AB '"iKh premises
are in fine order, and it is believed a more desira
ble property never was offered for sale; in New
benw Xlie furniture, much of Which was made to
orders U1 be sold with the Dwelling House If desi
red. - - v: " t Ji
Als2that Valuable Dwelling House and Lot
Adjoining the above premises on the South Side
of Pollock Street, and at present occupiedby Mrs.
Susan B. Waples,. This is one oUhft-pfsVJmilt
auuoc? iu new uciii. ioe uweuinflr . Houah . - a.
DoOble'pne of Two Stories and has two.Parlor
on the first floor, with two pantries in the back part
of the Hall and a pantry in the Piazza, threshed
Rooms on the second floor, a: large" and spacious
Atticund fine and dry Cellars. On thef premises
are all convenient outhouses that are desirable
The entire premises have just been put in complete
repair and are in fine order. AlTof this property
is situate in a very desirable and pleasent parTOf
the town, and on oaa-of the principal 'anoV- most
fashionable Streets in the place, and In the imme
diate vicinity of the best water- to be had in this
part of the State. a
,' The Subscriber also Offers for sale his i
SUMMER RESIDENCE ' -
In the town of Beaufort, on the Front StoeCa'
immediately opposite the Inlet and on lie Soond.
This is one of the most beautiful and desirable lo
cations in the town, or on the Sea Ooast "The
improvements consists of a Cottage with ' sit
Rooms, with front and back Piazias, Lodge fo
Servants, Stables, Carriage House, ftc ' The lots
are situate on a bluff and are high, dry ad of a
pleasant soil to live on. The Furniture used -in
this House will besoldverj cheap to the purcha
ser of the premises. Persons desirous of purcha
sing the above described Property caa view the
premises at any time. Tjsbjcs . or 8AiV,wilL be
made easy to purchasers : and application jsan be
made to GEORGE f. ATTMORE Esq. at-Kew-hm.
who' is duly anf hnriiaa ''li --u
property. t '
JAMES TSY BBTAN.
To the Public
THE undersigned hereby gives notice, that Jo
seph Betts, of the city of Raleigh, is no longer
my agent, nor will I be hereafter responsible tor
any ol his purchases or acts, saia agency hav
ing been dissolved some weeks ago. I also fore
warn all persons from paying any accounts to the
said Joseph Betts, now due, if any there be.
L. A. RAND. .
August 27, 1855. 69-3t.
COACH SHOP.
i lHE Subscriber respectfully informs the Pub
I lie, that he still occupies the well known
Stand of Mr. Willie Johnson, on 'Wilmington St.
about one hundred yards South of the Capitol
Square, where he is prepared to execute every
thing in his line of business. Buggies $ Coaches
&c, made of the best materials and in the most
fashionable ana durable style.
He would say to those who may wish to pur
chase Buggies or any thing in his line, that they
would do well to call upon him before purchasing
elsewhere, as he is determined to spare b either
pains nor expense to please those who may favor
him with their custom. He is determined to sell at
prices to suit the times,''
Also, repairing done cneap at tne shortest notice
JAMES BASHFORD.
Feb. 14, 1854. 14
' Notice to Contikotbri ,u X4
OWING to the failure of the" tommisWoners
of Beaufort to make' the iubscrlptidn of
that Town to the Atlantic and North' Carolina
Railroad, in accordance with the resolution of the
Directors, in regard to the Eastern Terminus of
the Road, the period, for receiving -proposals for
the work between Newborn -aad Beaufort was
not dosed on the 28th, as advertised but win be
suspended for a few, weeks, when the estimates
will be prepared or the lines to Carolina City
and Shepherd's Point, and; proposals invited for
the work upon the lines also at some future dayj
of which due notice will be given. ; . t , .
jn. u. a nose proposals already senton wUljaot
be opened until the day above referred to.
JNO.D. WHITFORD, President, ,
W.BEYERHOUT THOMPSON,. T ,
Plantation for Sale.
FOR' sale a valuable Plantation, on the South
side of Pamlico river, at" the mouth of South
Greek, opposite the Steam Mills of Respaas & Jor
dan, consisting of between" i
150 of which are cleared, well fe need, and bx suita
ble condition to cultivate. Upon the promisee are
situated a large and commodious dwelluigrhoase4a
excellent condition, forty feet long" by birty-fiye
wide, containing five rooms and twb Targe, passage s
or balls ; a'fine 'dairy built of stone; all the ne
cessary out 'windings, barns, ldfchehlplitabes,
&c Also, two Mills, one worked by horse bower,
and the other by wind; the latt er of which. la capo-
uic ui giiuumg u-uui tuur iv six onsneiB per oour.
To the horse mill machinery is attached "acot
ton gin, wheat thresher and oat cutter. "The
whole tract of land is bounded by water except
upon one side and any vessel sailing t from-ths
port of Washington can load withia en hundred
yards . from the shore. The adjacent waters fe
bound in fiiih of, superior quality.; . There is upon
this place one of the best orchards in Beaufort
county. ' Upon the w ood land there are tree crops
of new Turpentine boxes, two of which have been
cut' since last J anuary. The purchaser caa obtain
upon the premises, at reasonable terms aa im
proved stock of cattle, hogs, to. For further
particulars, address the subscriber at Washington
or Greenville. TiL T. MARSH.
July 20, 1855. ) tf 68
(1 EOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORTH CARO
"TLINA. Report , of yPr of eor Emmont on. his
Ideological Survey of iJxorth Carolina. J nee ou
Cents. Forsale.bj, HENRY D. TURNER,
North Carolina Bookstore.
Raleigh, 1855. ' 55. ,
CHECK MARSEILLES PANTS, 50 PAIRS
received yesterday by Express.
E.L. HARDING.
May 28, 1866. - 48-'
S ALIUS & CO., 7 Beaver St, N. York; offer
for sale, in large er small quantities, their cele
brated Peru Hammered Charcoal Iron , quality su
perior to Swedes; sixes from $ square to 12 x
thick, including all sited Rolled Iron, Horse 8hoe,
Nail Rods, Rivet Iron, Bands, : Scrolls, Hoop, Nut
and Oval Iron, Slit Shanes. . imitation Swedes!
Blistered and (L) Steel. Plough Iron Moulds, all ef
the first quality, and superior to any iron made.
Have also on a hand full assortment of English com
mon ana renned Sheet and Swedish Iron, all at
lowest market rates. ',
Aug. 16, 1855. mp 66
.T. o, i. Q. r wosrrar '
Commission and Forwarding
: MERCHANTS, , .
Brown's. Building, Water Street, .
. WILMINGTON. N C. 4
trstfAL aovancw bads os coHSiaimxirTs. '
MarcVbth, 1855. - V Vl9'lr. .
JUST received at Ne. 18 Fayettevilu 8t, two
casks of 4th proof White Brandy, for trteserr-
Lisg fruit. -. JOS. & O. ROCLHAC.
BaligAug.tU, iW. wJ . tt.
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