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-----itf rOt4S- -ft -0 ft ' VkA A fS rl v Piii ;pwi ;: 7: volume -im- CITY OF RALEIGH. WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER mmsM wmm. PL'BLISHED BY SEATON GALES, ' B 9 1 TO I iHD rtOPEIltOE, AT $2 W IN ADVANCE ; OR, f S 00 AT THE END OP THE YEAR. " Our' on the plan of fair, delightful peon, Dnwarptd by part rag to live tike brother.'' RA LE 1 gh, n . c. SATURDAY MORNING, DEC. 1. 1855. THE THREATENED WAR. Sodm of the English journals affect to think a war with ' America a Tery Kght matter, and peak in the most contemptuous terms of our na vy, as though it required" scarcely an effort on their part to sweep it from the ocean. It is strange how soon some men forget the lessons of history, and how hard it is for some others ever to learn them at all. Mr.- Canning spoke in this Tery same strain in the House of Commons, in 1812, just before our declaration of war. He said the whole American nary consisted of "half a dozen fir-built frigates) with bits of striped bunting flying at their mast heads," and that it would take but a few weeks for the English nary to sweep them from the ocean. Well, the war came the British navy consisted of more than a thousand ships of war . nearly eight hundred of these were in commis sionyet our little nary was not destroyed, but, on the contrary, covered itself with imperishable glory. Our ships, when there was anything like an equality, always beat theirs. Out of nineteen battles between single ships, to the best of our recollection, we conquered in fifteen. Besides, we destroyed two fleets pf superior force on the Lakes, convinced all, the world that our seamen were superior to theirs, and undeceived them with respectio that very agreeable error in which they had so long indulged with regard to Britan nia' ruling the waves. "Not a sail '(said one of her poets, before the war,) without permission spreads." Our seamen, certainly, never asked them leave when they wished to hoist their sails. So badly were they beaten, that their Admiralty Issued an order forbidding their mgates to en counter our's single-handed ! This was the same nation that, fifty-five years before, had called for the blood of Admiral Bying, because he hesitated to attack a French fleet nearly doubly as strong as his own. Our nary, at the end of the war, was more than twice as large as it was at the commence ment. So much for Canning's threat. (The En glish newspapers, with a singular want of sense and memory, are repeating it now. But this, as we have before hinted, is not the most vulnerable point of Great Britain. Her million of operatives engaged in the manufacture of cotton would be thrown out of employment, and reduced to the starring point, by a war with the United States. A short crop produces, al wars, a powerful excitement among them. What would follow the entire withholding of the raw material, for a long period of time, it is impossi ble to foresee ? ' SECRETARY DOBBIN. The Washington Star denies, with alacrity, a rumor that Secretary Dobbin intends to resign Such a denial was, perhaps, needless. Resignation of office is an event of such rare occurrence in this free and happy Republic, that the public may be excused from believing anything of the sort until it actually takes place. to WSf No man was probably ever elected to a seat in a State Legislature in any State in the Union, whose election afforded so much satisfac tion we might almost say to the reasonable and liberal minded of all parties, throughout the whole country, as that of Mr Brooks to the New York State Legislature. He is, it is true, a very able, bold, fearless, independent man, whose aim in public life seems to be to know that he is right, and, knowing himself to be so, fearlessly pursues it. He is an accomplished scholar, n eloquent debater, and vigorous writer, who will do honor to his constituents, and serve the State well and faithfully. But, it is not on account of these qualities, re commendatory as they are in his favor, that his election has caused such universal rejoicing over the whole country. He was opposed by a Foreign Priest, backed by all his followers, who left no means untried to secure his defeat ; and this it was, and nothing else, that enlisted the sympa thy of the people throughout the whole country in his favor. Even those opposed to him in poli tics, residing in other States, hoped and wished for his success, because they desired the Foreign Priest, who thus mingled in politics and sought to revenge himself, to be rebuked for his arro gance and presumption. Hence his triumph over riest and demagogue is chrouicled everywhere with heartfelt satisfaction. Me. Fillmore jn Kentucky. Mr. Fillmore is evidently a favorite with a large portion of the American people. We recently gave a resolution in his favor, as adopted at a public meeting iu Montgomery. We now subjoin another, as a- dopted on the 13th at Bairdstown, Ky : Resolved, That Millard Fillmore, "the Model President," is our choice for the Chief Magistracy i of the United States in 1856, and that we present his name to the American people for that high of- ! nee as one whom we best love, most admire, and deem fittest for the general need confident that his election would be hailed with gratifica tion and delight by the true men of all parties, who love the Union, the Constitution and its com promises, and in every section of the country wherever our banner waves and our cruni-beat is heard. He has signalized his career by a stern devotion to the best interests of the nation, know- I ing and recognizing no geographical lines "no virtue and large nationality, tried by every test, yet "keeping step to the music of the Union," regardless of the cries and clamors of the Aboli tionists and Nullifiers, fearing neither and abhor ring both, and trusting to the ultimate judgment and approval of a free and enlightened people. Cheap Govebnment. Vermont appears be a model State in regard to the management o: its finances. The total disbursements of the State revenue for the year ending the 3d of Au gust last were only $153,127 or twenty-seven times less than the actual expenses of the govern ment of the city of New York, which has consid erably less than twice the population of Ver mont &nd there was a balance of money in the Treasurer's hands at the end of the year amoun ting to $16,700. . The expenses of the Legislature were $24,180 ; the State printing cost $7,421 ; Executive salaries and expenses $2,461 ; Judiciary and prosecuting, crimes $62,469, (nearly one-half the State expen ses). For the Relief of the Poor $5000. Paid for Paupers in the Asylum $733. For Deaf and Dumb $3,240. To agricultural Societies $1,855. Bounties for killing Bears and Wolves $265. Cost of the Vermont Militia $372. The latter item, says the Burlinton Free Press, is only about the cost of six of such bombs as were thrown at Sebastopol ! The Massachusetts Senators. The Bos ton Jdcertuer calls upon Messrs. Wilson and Sumner to resign their seats in the United States Senate. It says, 'and with force, they went out among the people and asked, Witt you support vs f and the people answered flatly, "No, tee will not." It was under precisely similar circum stances that John Quincy Adams resigned his seat in the Senate in 1808, his opinions on the subject of the embargo not harmonizing with those of his constituents. James Lloyd," Jr., was elected in bis place. We suppose Messrs. Wilson and Sumner, considering themselves not only the representatives of Massachusetts in the United States Senate, but of the " poor oppress ed " slaves of the South, also, will not consider it necessary to resign their scats. The Freeman's Journal, the official organ of Archbishop Hughes, never loses an opportu nity to attack the person or the policy of Ex- President Fillmore. To show our readers ho our statesmen are reviled, and the republican sympathies of our country mocked, we make an extract from last Saturday's Journal, which, re ferring to the civilities bestowed "upon Mr. Fill more in Vienna, says : Some of our European co temporaries do cer tainly make great fools of themselves by the in discriminating way in which they lavish their attentions ou Americans whom they suppose to be influential, lhis Mr. Fillmore was never elected President of the United States, but only to the very inferior post of v ice President. The occurrence of Gen. Taylor's death made him act ing President. During his administration, and by his act, an American national vessel was sent to Constantinople for Kossuth, and Mr. Fillmore never showed strength enough to crush the un American sympathizing with foreign red repub licanism, which did so much to excite distrust of American institutions and intentions on the con tinent of Europe. It was Mr. Fillmore's Secre tary of State who laid himself out to worry and annoy Mr. Hulseman, the Austrian Charge so much so that the latter retired from Washington till the end of his administration. It was the weakness of Mr. Fillmore that allowed constant fear of pretended ' intervention' in European af fairs to excite and do mischief at home and abroad. It was only on the accession of the Democratic party to power that these foreign scape-gallows received their nnal quietus. V e have no objec tions to Austria paying court to any American, but we think, nevertheless, that in this case the Austrian eagle is a goose. THE OPINIONS OF A HOARY HEAD. Th 'National Jntelhgencer'; publishes a long and very' able letter from the: venerable George Robertson, of Kentucky, late Cliief Justice of the State, and many years ago one of her most dis tinguished representatives in the National Coun cils. The letter was called forth by, and is in re sponse to, another, which appeared in the same columns, not long since, from the pen of the Hon. Robert Winthrop. It pre ents iu a very forcible manner the reasons of the writer for connecting himself with the American party. A few ex tracts, for which only we have space, will show the conservative tone of 'the writer's opinions, and the earnestness of his conviction. He siys : "On the fundamental doctrines of popular gov ernment, men have ever been divided into two classes one whose principles tend o unchecked democracy and disorganization ; the other to or ganic security and conservatism. These are the natur U parties in every Republic ; and, in all time, these contra-distinctive qualities have char acterized and classified tVe antagonist politics un der different phases and ti lea, shifti ng wi h acci dent and times. In our day and . country these I rame elements have ever classified our people in to two principal parties, called of late years De- i mocratsand Whigs, more anciently by other ti tles. In the origin of the Constitution the same distinctive principles divided the people into two ftpposing parties, one against and the othor in favor of its adoption Washington, our Fater Patrice, was at the head of the latter ; and in his administration and more emphatically in his Farewell Address, the "Father of his Country," as I think, illustrated the true principles of A merican policy and union." The writer goes on to say that for forty years his political opinions have been essentially Washingtonian," while his associations, of latter years, have been with the Whig party but, con sidering that party "denationalized by the sec tional strifes of its leaders,'' he could not, consis tently with his principles, "remain spell-bonnd by a traditionary name;" and he therefore felt no hesitation in uniting himself with a party "more national in spirit and more comprehensive in its aims. He wined the American party and says : "In taking this step I have neither been recre ant, nor faithless, no- inconsistent. To preserve my principles, and help to purifv and restore our institutions, I have only preferred duty to spoils, substance to the shadow of i name, reno vation to decay, patriotism to danism, national ism to sectionalism, constitution ism to effeteisni, Americanism to forei'rnism, a broader to a nar rower foundation, and a home-bred name for an imported title. I have abandoned no principle, 1 have changed not my faith. My object is not to innovate but to renovate ; not to bury or to desecrate the memories of '76 and '88, but to re vive and to consecrate them ; not to desert, but to restore, the spirit which animated the American patriotism of our American Joiners ; not to dis tract or divide, but to unite, regenerate, and ex alt our countrymen on a platform of American principles and policy, important, if not indispen sable, to the American Union. Judge R. expounds his views of the true poli cy of our government and the just interpretation of the Constitution and asks : Are these principles and doctrines unsound ? Are they not congenial with our institutions, and would they not be conducive U our happy des tiny ? Ought they not to be the practical doc trines of every patriotic Whig and of every Uni- on ljemocrat oi every true Amencn citizen I consider them, each and all, eminently Ameri can and they are therefore mine. Believing that they are essentially those of the American party, I am of it and with it. If outstanding W hies or Lemocrats concur with us as to all or even the more vital of them, and have no para mount repugnance to any of them, why should they not co-operate with us in our organized enorts to rescue our country from the local factious which disturb its tranquility and threaten its dismem berment? what is there in a name? And is not "American? more suitable to the times and more significant of our nationality than " Whig" or "Democrat ! But if nigs and Democrats who have opposed us cannot unite with u, sure ly we, who have left them, cannot fo back to them ; the motives which sep arated us from their organizations will c6ntinue to keep us where we are. For myself, I can trulv say, that I cannot now see any good reason whv I should leave the American party for any other political organization, because I consider it more fraternal and self-sacriflclng in its spirit, and more nation al, comprehensiw, and conservative in its princi ples and its purposes, than any other partv that exists or has existed in America, ana 1 teel that the time has come when the best interests of the Union require all its true friends to rally under a banner inscribed with just principles. After dilating in eloquent language on the madness of sectional strife and the high and holy duty of defending the Union from the insane and atrocious assaults of those who would sever the ligatures which bind us together, he proceeds "I feel that the fire which glowed on our conn try's altar at the baptism of the Unioh is not yet auenched. and I trust that, whenever invoked by the true hearts that should minister at the al tar. it will blaze forth and rekindle the great A- mericau heart of a free and united American people-, lo feed that sacred hre until our com mon country, from its centre to its circumference, shall glow with its genial raaiance, is, it 1 mis take not, the mission of the American party ; and, if I am not deceived, this new fraternity will persevere in their work and grow stronger and Stronger, until they can see that the Union is safe and impregnated against all coalitions of foreign foes and domestic traitors. Whatever may be tide its organization, its principle awl policy mnst triumph, or the Union will! cease to lice aid to Hess." He concludes : "Snch, my ancient friends, are the sentiments of an American citizen, born, in the wilds of Ken tucky, under the flag of the National Constitu tion, who, too old to be ambitious, has lived long ' : (iwpanderice of tb Baltimore Stan. " I Mr. Buchanan's Despatches (aKiaatien of the House' and Arrival of. Mcmb&aKnovNoOi .ing , Gaucusfhe Mexican Three Millions Santa Anna's Draft Question to be Referred to theSenateMioun&nalQr,gu;. The despatches jus$ received by the Canada from Mrv Buchanan are by no means warlike in their complexion, but are not so entirely satisfac tory as our government would wish. But, as I understand, the whole" budget had not been yes terday considered. "Lord Clarendon appears to have acted upon the wise principle that "a soft answer turneth awayVrath." At all events, the answer is. of a character that is calculated to flat ter and soothe the sensibilities of the United States. . A few members are coming in, and they are surprised to learn from the general tone of the newspapers, and particularly from the telegraph ic and other dispatches from Washington, that "every thing Is in confusion, as regards the or ganization of the House. Among the members here are Messrs. Faulkner and Carlisle, of Vir ginia ; Mr. Pennington, of New Jersey ; Messrs. G. W. Jones, Savage and Smith, of Tennessee ; Messrs. Volke and Whitney, of New York ; Mr. Richardsoh, of Illinois, and Senators Brodhead, Bright, Dodge, of Wisconsin, and Sildel. The tw4 members above named from New York are said to be discreet and trusted 'managers of the Know-Nothing party, and adherents of the Philadelphia platform. Several other members of the KnoW'Nothing order are expected to-morrow, which is the day assigned for their prelim inary caucus, The Tumors circulated for two or three days past that the Attorney General had decided in fa vor of the American claimants of the three mil lions have proved to be erroneous, as also the ru mor that the cabinet had the subject before them with the view to its immediate and final disposi tion. The opinion given by the Attorney Gene ral relates to the contingency npou which the three millions are payable, and they remove any doubt as to the validity of General Salazer's rat ification of the work as the joint boundary com mission. The monev will soon be payable that is, up n the fulfilment of a condition accompany in? Salazor's assent to the report. It is suppo sed that the question of the validity of Santa Anna's drafts will be referred to the Senate. This hs the dav for the election of a Senator bv the Missouri legislature. Mr. Atchison and Col. Doniphan arc the prominent candidates. It is said that if the whigs and independent demo crats combine, the latter may be chosen. Ion. EATING MISSIONARIES. e On the Island of Fate, (a most appropriate name,) in the South Sea, two missionaries, with their wives, were recently roasted and eaten by the natives' whom they attempted to Christian ize. The natives, having disposed of these unfor tunate brethren, are licking their chops, and ask ing for additional missionary. aid. It is not to be presumed that a humane and Christian people can turn a deaf ear to this Macedonian cry "Come over and help us." The places of the de voured missionaries must be at once supplied by others fat, juicy and well flavored or the hun gry inhabitants of the South Sea Islands will perish, both soul and body. We commend these interesting people to all who have bowels of compassion, and can, there fore, sympathize with the suffering bowels of others. Let the Virginia clergy take their case into consideration. Unfortunately, clergymen in our country are kept on such short commons that a bouth bea Islander would not deign to picK their bones. But we have one or two fat cleri cal friends, and to them we earnestly recommend the present vacancy in the island of Fate. Let them go forh, prepared to make of themselves a whole burnt offering in the missionary cause. If they would carry a gridiron and a stewpan with them, and give the natives some instruction in the culinary art, doubtless they would appre ciate and be grateful for the courtesv. Seriously, thi island of Fate presents a dis couraging theatre for the work of Christianiza- tion. It must be up hill business, preaching to a congregation who are anxious for the preacher to come down from the pulpit, that they may make a meal of him as soon as possible. We have heard of an audience devouring the words of aspeaker, but devouring the speaker himself is an evidence of admiration which the most apostolic spin might willingly forego. Eichmond Dispatch. The Public Printing of Congress. The New York Sunday Mercury gives a brief sketch of the rise, condition, progress and available pro fits of the office of public printer, from which we learn that, prior to the year 1819, the office of printer to Congress was unknown to the country What printing Con rress required was executed by Samuel H. Smith and Matthew L. Davis, as common job work. Mr. Davis removed to New York city ; and Mr. Smith, after conducting the National Intelligencer till about the year 1807, sold out to Joseph Gales and William Sea ton, who took with the Intelligencer the Congression al printing, and held it without molestation till about the end of the year 1818, when, finding that they were about to be surrounded by com petitors, they went to work and obtained the passage of a joint resolution of the two Houses, creating the office of Congressional printer, and provisions for -a tariff of prices. Through this arrangement they were enabled to monopolize the public printing till the year 1832, when, on the accession of ueneral Jackson to the Presidency, it was voted away from them, and given to General Duff Green, of the Wash ington Telegraph. From that time forth it be came a bone of contention, and passed into the hands of rrancis r. Blair, Blair & Kives, lhom- is Allen, and others. - The original joint resolu tion of 1819, which Gales & Seaton originated, and which yielded them immense profits vear af ter year, was never repealed, dfemgh often modi fied. In the,year 1828, we think it was, it was. so far modified as to allow each of the Houses of Congress to elect their own printer. The tariff I enough to know the paramount value and count of prices has been often reduced by deducting less 'bless'ngs of the Anglo-American Union, con- ten, fifteen and twenty per cent, from the old structed by the wisdom and cemented with the V .-. j .FOR THE BE)IS7ER. THE DEATH OF A GOOD MAN. ' When a great statesman or hero dies, the na tion has its parades and ceremonies and mock funerals ; Congress passes its resolutions and goes into mourning; but how few are the tears of real sorrow which are shed 1 Few are there who pos sess the qualities necessary to make them both great and good men. Those who follow the great man to his grave mourn that his influence is lost to their party; his good deeds are few, so few that the officiating minister and. the hundreds of infant Orators who are appointed to laud him can only speak of his publie acts. But how differ ent when the good man dies ; his many kind and benevolent deeds are remembered, the young nun he has counseled, the many to whom he has af forded aid while in distress, the feeble widowed mother whom he comforted when her first-born passed from earth, the friend with whom he was intimately associated, and even those who may have at one time or another opposed him, all mourn, all bow their heads with a feeling that one has passed from their midst whose place can not be easily supplied. A thrill goes over the country in which he was known, every man feels that he has lost a mend, and a vacuum is made in the heart of every one by the sad news. Such was the eHect, when, on the 29th day of August, with a sorrowful tone and sadder heart, the Dass- er by spread the mournful announcement, ED WIN HEARTT is dead! Just at a time when he had acquired an influ ence which would give him , iu his after life, tho power and means of doing much gxxl, when most men are looking forward to a long life of ease and health, he was taken away. As a dis tinguished sou of North Carolina said in a private letter, written soon after the sad event: " I re- et Mr. Heabtt's death, not simply as a most melancholy event to his family, but as a public calamity. He was just beginning to be known and appreciated. hie was in the 3oth year of his age. and had never been, as he himself told me, until a few years past, confined for a whole day in his life. He was Junior Editor of the Hillsborough Recorder, a paper which has been conducted by its present' editor longer tlian any other iu North Carolina ; under his management it became, from ,a struggling existence, ouj ol the best and most prosperous country papers in the State, and had it met with the encourage ment -it deserved, would have been inferior to none in either city or town. He held more Soc retaryshis than perhaps any mail in the State. If a meeting was to be gotten up, an association to be organized or a movement of any kiud to be put on foot, Edwin Heartt must be its Secreta ry, and, of course, manage its business and keep it a-going. He was for t wo sessions of the Legis lature reporter for the Raleigh Register, but as a member, he never entered the halls of legislation. He was Superintendent of the Sabbath School ; the duties of which office so few know, he per- iormeu to ine periect satisfaction oi an ; so much was he beloved by those ovt r whom ho" presided, ' that on occasion of his death, the children agreed to wear a badge of mourning for thirty duys, and followed his corpse to the grave in that array. In the church his services wero indispensable. and however active his pious suoK's.sur may be, long years will elapse before the church m llillsburo will have another such an elder. All the duties were cast upon him, for he, a true christian, never complained or plead that his secular duties were so numerous that he had no time to attend to those of a religious nature. In the arrangements for meetings of the session or congregation, he was always looked to as the rirt to move. 'He was beloved by all, whether in or out of the church, and it is more than probable, that no one man or perhaps no two men, in Orange county, ever possessed as good and unbounded an influ ence with all classes, of society as he. Ine re mark of an illiterate and piiius member of the Presbyterian church but indicates the esteem with which he was held by all. At a tune when the church was moving to get a pastor, and the preaching was somewhat irregular, she said : " I don't see why Mr. Heartt mightn't be our preach er, and then we wouldn't haveanv fuss about it." On his death bed he said : I have but one cne my ou earth, and I do not know that he is an en emy."' Then clasping his hands, he ottered up one of the most f. 'event prayers that it has ever been the lot of. those present to hear ; it was re plete with. the pure christian spirit which he dis played in all his walk and conversation. It is not accorded to me to describe that scene earth ly language will never be supplied with w-tds. SkiAthcicnt to picture it. It was one ot those scenes which breathe of Heaven, which give the chris tian a foretaste of theworld to come. With him there were no grades of society when :V IO: Coct lilW Zl iFWk J' I die. and the ambitious emulate their Great men hmo, but beyond t&ea0jaf'Pittcsta: law's, what inftueocdo . ttey4j8esa? . ijhtjgod 4g they accomplish 2 ;A.maj suib as fipwis Hjeartt, dies,.tle world doesc ciihira great, but gene rations yet to orne will -point to-Jiia grave and say : There .lies Edwin Heartt:,. And to those generations, old men will tell .of the good young man who first led. them JtQ Christ, who when habit was strong upon then, with his own hauds, led them from the accursed , tavern, au'd with his affectionate manner, urged them to sobriety, and tell them to emulate his example. His name, for time to come, will be a. talisman to. good deeds; the busy man of the world, as he mechanically fol lows some. friend to his last resting-place, will pause as he passes his grave, and with reverence look upon it. He taught me to use my pen with effect, and grateful, I have indited this feeble tribute ; and I can say, as others have said, with truth, he needs no eulogy ; his memory is written ou the hearts oi the people of Orange. Though monu ments of stone may be erected to him, the most enduring monument will be the good, he has done in the cause of Christ, and his kindness and benevolence, which. will ever be missed in the community from which he was. takn. C. Fob tub register. Mr. Register : I see in your issue of the 21st hist., also in the "Standard" of the 14th inst., that two Creeks, viz : " Bear" and "Roberson,'' are likely to run together. Asa convulsion of na ture generally 'precedes, attends, or succeeds such direful catastrophes, I feel it my duty to warn you and your readers, that the Guyascutus are Imse, but there's no tana in 'im. A short de scription of these Creeks may not be amiss. "Bear Creek" belongs to the 29th class of creeks rises in Pittsboro' runs- west to Glass-land at that place makes a gentle twist, to the Nor'east thence flows rapidly, east; to or near its source. It is in other respects a remarkable creek. One of its banks lias, for many yearSj presented a great study to the Professors of all.the Arts and Sciences in this world, particularly to those of Geology and Political Economy. The following is an analysis of this bank given by Prof. Past : " " Genuine Pol. Princ. 000 01 Guano of 'Portugal 667 81 People's Distrust 89,432 10 in. i ;h::.vj- u r.tg.. bii .itiiv.il. - LATER mOit QdUfOKNiil-jG . ARRIVAL OF TdE STArJp'Hg WEST" Mr TERRIBLE M AS 1 ACRE OF WHILES "'BtflSW i i''DIA-N8!i! !' r.-- vir , " New. Youk; Nov. he stearnStar f the West arrived to-day at 3 o'clock, with tve-week later California nows, and a large number of pas sengers. There is no news of importance from Cdifor- nia. '. . . Indian ravages were growing . mora serious. From Puget Sound to Shasta Butt, the savages had made a simultaneous attack upon the whites, and "massacred large numbers. ' Volunteers were turning out in all directions and troops under Majv Fitzgerald had turned out in pursuit if the blood-thirsty monsters. Nearly all the tribes 'north of the Columbia river have confederated, and sworn to extermin" ate the whites. . . r j . A band of 1500 Indians had attacked a small force of troops uudar Maj. Haller, who forced them to retreat. Nine companies had been called out, and placed under Maj. HaTler ; and h is now ready to act oil the offensive. . i i . ,: Business for tw weeks previous to steamer' sailing had baen dull, but closed more active. FROM NICARAGUA.' Walker was in full possession of the govern ment. ! , . s . Our Minister, GoU Wheeler has publicly ac knowledged the independence of the New Repub lic, on the part of the juiiited States-. 100 .000 00 During the analysis, one barrel of Port-wine was obtained. In this bank, also a "service of silver plate" was found some years ago by a Mr. Albright, for which, and past services, he was rewarded by the peojde of Chatham with a seat in the Senate of North Carolina. This bank changes its phase occasionally. Sec Encyclope dia Politioana, pages 1841 to 55; Arts. "Foreign Missions" and '"Corporal's Guard." Creeks, we are told, had, once upon a time, the faculty of speech, and the creeks under consider-. ation seem to be Jineal descendants of those of olden times, and the only degeneracy noticed by those disposed to notice at all, being the littleness of their subjects. Vide Standard of the 1 4th inst ., Art Discussion at Glass Kives Spoech. Ho lierson's Creek tunes up a similar string and gives to an " airy nothing a local habitation and a name" bv commenting upon Scar's uoudescript. Rolverson concludes his strain thus : "It is gen erally believed. I think, that Gen. Cotton, Turner Bynum, and his cousin, Dan. Hackney, will be on the curl. YV not a oeamiful con fusion mis will I-, if they run together. Thefollowiug table exhibits the feelings and inclinations of these gen tlemen. Neither of them wants to rim : But. 2 solicitations will cause Cotton to run. 4 " " ' Bynum 6 (more) aggravations " Hackney " With the expectation of hearing of lot of fun next summer, and the hope, that all creeks will not be frozen too thick this winter, I bid vou adieu. . ROCKY RIVER. Chatham. N. ., Nov. 24. 1855. Anothee Contestkd Seat. The new territo ries will give some work to Congress at the open ing of the session. Kansas sends two claimants for a seat in Congress, and Nebraska, it appears, is in the same trouble. Mr. Bennett, the Whig candidate, claims the election of delegate by 16 majority, but bis competitor says ' that persons voted who lived on the Indian lands, and their votes were Illegal. rates, but the parent resolution of 1819 still re tains its pristine vitality. Hon. Thomas J Rusk has been unani mously re-elected by the Legislature of Texas to the United States Senate. The Rise in Sugars. It appears that sugars had gone up in England within a week, at last dates, 6s7s the hundred, equal to 11 cents here. Coffee is also reported in quick demand. In the article of sugar in England the cost to the country, at present prices, of its supply for the coming year, Would be no less a sum than 7,000, 000 sterling, in excess of the cost of last year's supply. A National HolipaT . The New York Com mercial is in favor of haviug Congress declare the twenty-second day of February, (Washington's Birthday.) to he a national holiday, as a national memorial that would be as perpetual as the coun try to which his patriotism gave" birth and con tinuity. The Colossal Washington Moncmsn fob America. The Loudou Builder gives the fol lowing account of an important step in the pro gress of this wort ; "The casting of the horse for this monument, at Munich, is, one of tha grea feats, of mpderu foun dry, as fifteen tons oi bone had to be melted and kept in a state of fluidity. For several days and nights previously a large hre was at these huge masses, which required to be tirred at times. When the bronze was liquified, an ulti mate assay was made in a small trial cast, and. to heighten the color some more copper was added Successively all the chambers through, which the metal had to How in the form were cleared of the coal with which they had been kept warm, and the master examined all tlie air spiracles and the issues of the metal the propf of the tubes were then nlaced and every man had bis dutv and place assigned Jto him. Finally, the master, amid the intense expectation of the many art amateurs present, pronounced the words, "In the name of God, and then three mighty strokes opened the fiery .gulf, out of whiqh the glowing metal flowed ma circuit to the large form, the sight was magnificent, and in the little sea of fire stood the master, and gave bis commands about the sue cessive opening of the props. Hot vapor poured from the air smractes : in the conduits, tnaies boiled in waves, still no decision yet, as the in flux of the fcrouze in the very veins of the figure could be but slow, A finco flaming showers jumped out of the air conduits, and the master aroclaimed the cast to have succeeded. A loud cheer followed, when the master approacned Mr Crawford, the artist of the V ashington Monu ment. to congratulate him on this success. An other cheer. was given to M. de Miller, the chief of the royal foundry of Munich, who had person ally conducted the work. FORM BOOK. ; j . 'pHE-North -Cjtuliat Pawn Bok ; eoataiainjj L all the most useful J?or.aj whhjb" ocour in business transaction' between miu and man, as well an in officii sHtionv; together with th Constitution of North C;rouivi, an I f the: fjnitfd States ; the Art.uxin? tha .fees qf Clerks, Sher iffs, &?. C Uc date t tor the use'bf the Citizens of Vorfh Carolia i, and mada conformable to tw. Compiled by a Vfceaibar of the North Carolia?. " Bar. Price om 1 lUr. For sale by II. D. TCTRNETt, N. C Book Store. Any pri')u r-imittin;; 90 cents in money or postage stamps shall receive a copy free of postage. Nov. 29th, 1855. tf 98 . , , , ... ,, ... - ; Gunn's Dome stio Medicine nilHIS book points out, in plain language, free from doctor's term i, the Diseases of Mao, Women, and Children, and the latest and mast improved means hso.I in their care, and is inteud ed expressly for the benefit of f.irnilies. It also contains descriptions of the Medical Roots asd Herbs of the 11 .vited States, and how they are to be used iu tli-i cire of dU'J-we. It is arran ged on a new and simple plan, by whi-.h the prac tice of Medic in e is reiaco 1 t. prinsipled of cm inon sense. This invaluable book has passed through many editions ; it hm ii j beou r .'vual aa l improve! in every respect, an I calarge l to nearly double its former s'ue ; aal cjitiim nini" hundred oc tavo pages. It does not propose to dispeuse with physicians in severe cases ; .bat it dooi prjpase to 8 iva thou sands annually, by putting the mJ insof Cure into evWy man's hauls, aal ot'sivi ij tntny T ill ib ' lives (which is of fi mro Lu.) jrtuca) b ii structiug iadivi lasU ho.v ti c'ajjt l iJi-ij i i iti beginnings, befori it has avjiirel t) muj'i strength to resist and overcome. For sa e by II EN tU Q. TURNE t. Raleigh, Nov. 18jo. . . . 90. patriotism of the noblest band of.political patri archs who ever lived for posterity and died for mankind. Chubch Tower Blown Dowx. Saturday morning the tower of the new Episcopal Church, in Hudson, N. Y. the tower or steeple being up-' wards of 200 fetching was blown down by the gale. fell with a terrific din and in its descent cut a frame dwelling literally in twain. The in habitants had just arisen, and fortunately no one was injured. Ex-President Fillmore and Dr. Foote, of Buffalo, have arrived in Paris from the North, and are making arrangements to start soon to Constantinople, the Crimea, and the Holy Land. The number of parties going to the Nile this year is unprecedented. CLERKSHIP OF THE HOUSE. Washington, Nov. 28. From present ap pearances, it is believed that Gen. Cullom, of Tennessee and the regular Democratic nominee will be' the only prominent candidates for the Clerkship of the House of Representatives. The members Of Congress are fast arriving. Southern Rivers. Intelligence received at New Orleans on -the 18th ult. was to the effect that rivers in all directions (both in Alabama and Mississippi) had risen under the influence of heavy rains, -and .an immense quantity of cotton and other produce was coming forward, much to the relief of planters. During the week ending No vember 17th, 67,600 bales of cotton were sold at 1 New Orleans, 44,374 bales, received, and 23,000 bale exported.... duty was obvious; the poor received his attention alike with the rich, indeed, more of it, tor, said he the rich hae servants to wait on tliein, the poor have not. I have known hnu, when he was real I v too unwell to be out, to go to sec a much afflic ted young man, (who died a few days after him. I He dii( not covet riches, but to do good with thn ; he was nut ambitious, but to do good and lay up a treasure iu heaven. His winning man ners made him such a favorite that he could, in a way peculiarly his own. reprove young men who would have received a reproof from any other person with scorn. And it is a fact somewhat strange, that, being so universally popular, he should have lieen defeated wiien a candidate for the only oftice for which he was ever before the people. L p to the tune ol his death, I had been inti mately acquainted with him for more than two years, and never during that time do I rememlier to have seen him do an act or to have heard him say a word which was not perfectly rigid ami proper when judged by the very strictest stand ard of earthly morality. He maintained at all times and towards all persons the same urKiuity and kindness of manners. I do nut remember to have, heard him speak ill of any uue. and if at all, it was towards those of whom no one spoke good. The many who have been suffering oh bwU v4 Kk"es within his reach, all remember his kind and tender manner, when lie visited them and ministered to their wants. He was ever ready to advise or assist, and never do I re memler his having refused to do a favor for any one. I have seen him, when his own work was pressing, stop to oblige some one, and receive no pay, but seldom thanks, for their trouble, yet nothing winch he count no tor the beiieht ot a private individual or the public was too burden some for him. He was too good for earth; heav en needed another ansjel to complete its bright galaxy of holy spirits, and God took him to him self. He was my friend ; oft has he with the kind ness of a father counseled me; would that I shall follow his good advice; and now, in his coltLdark grave, his name, the thought of him, has more pow er to keep me trom evu. than thousands of those 1 daily see around me. He was my friend ; hun dreds can say so too, for who was there that he found in distress whom he did not succor. I loved him as a brother, and now I can see him as I last saw him ; he is iu heaven, the gaurdian angel of all he loved on earth. Some contend that God permits our friends and relations to re turn to earth to guide us in the path way. of right and good deeds; it this be so, then few with whom Edwin Heartt had an acquaintance need fear, if his influence can prevail, but that they will ere lone be found in the fold of Christ. His death is worth more to" the cause of religion than the lives of most men. GOVERNOR GARDNER AT WORK WITH THE GUILLOTINE. Boston. Nov. 24. Governor G ardner and the Council are now progressing in the good work of decapitating the free soil office-holders appointed last year, and who-proved false to Americanism at the recent election. In additian to the fish inspector. (Mr. Atwood,) recently removed, and several district .attorneys who dreamed themselves safe, it is rumored that D. S. .Iine. Warden of the State Prison, is in the same category, ami must walk the plank. How- this gentleman should have failed to support for re-election the Governor who appointed him. is quite incompre hensible, as the" emoluments of-iiis ofhee are equivalent to $3:000, with patronage in ap pointing under-officers to good salaries only sec ond to that of the-Governor. Weather fine,. md Council ht-eessinn. Geologioal Survey of North Caro lina. - REPORT of Prof. E nmona on Ws Geological Survey of North (J iro in i; Price 60 Cents. ForsaUb . HhHttV l. TUrlNER. North Carolina Bookstore. Junius G. Sjhed . Davii ,C. Shklton. S'H ELTON e SN EEO, : ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Will attend to all b uliihi tjutrmte 1 to th?m in WEST TKNNEiSBB. O.fi.'a in S jinerville, Tean. ..'.Nov. 30, 1855- 96 wly NOTICE! 11 Ms r'j:lE Pdif UFFTCY, 1 N. C , Nov. Ii, HS6. " f ON the sale, v.iki- Co e .")ril day oi .tor of th recently Boston Post says: "We have been acquainted, experimcu- tlie true value of Wistar's Balsam. truly valuable preparation we have, re- r recently used it ;otkirh, with entire The V.i not, miti tally, wit From thij eviveit a present oeuelU, hav in a-casv.of- severe cold and sneeess, anu nior-t clieerlully recommend it to tllose alike afllieti 1. It is a .scientific preparation, and worthy of eonfidenee,". This BaUitin is nvute from materials which Na ture has placed in nil the northern latitudes, as an antidrrte for disense caused bv Cold climates. " Natur is hut the name for an effect Whose cause is God." us not neglect her plainest dictates. Fur sal by Williams A Haywood, Raleigh. MARRIED. Nenr Terebinth, on the loth inst., by Robert I). Melvin, Esq., Mr. Marshall W. Fisher, of Bladen, to Miss Isabella, vouuirest daughter of the late Col. Stephen HoUings.voith, of Cumber land county. In Rutherfordtort, on the. Wth ult.. bv Rev. E. Rowley, James (VHanlon, of Favetteville, to Miss Mary J. Alexander, of Rutherfordton. DIED. Near Jacksonville, Onslow County, X. G., on the 24th November, of a congestive chill. Miss Vim E. Hemby, aged 20 years, 8 months anri 19 days. Miss Hemby was, a young lady of noted char acter, surpassed by none, and, up to a fsw days only of her death, she enjuyod all the blessings ot health; but, "in the midst of life we are in death." Her amiable disposition and Christian feelings won fur her a very large number of ac quaintances and frieuds, and none knew her but to love her. Tliough not a member of any church, she possessed all the feelings and quali fications of a Christian,- and should be an exam- pie for those lelt behind, iieuig in her perfect senses, and sensible of her death to a moment, and perfectly calm and composed, iu mind, she called her friends and relatives to her bed-tside, bidding them a last farewell.. She resigned her soul tu (jtKl, which immediately took its flight to Heaven, and recorded her name in the Botk of .Life, leaving behind, with her many .friends, an affectionate mother and three brothers to mourn her irreparable loss, Cok.-. . January, 1S30, 1 sh ill ( ffer for u not sold before, My Home Tract of Lund, containing sewn hundred and fttTty-threo acre?, and will d-'ducf otf ntd tract of innd fto.n 43 to 100 acres, to suit myself, or purchaser, if re juir ed: lying H said county and State both sides of Big Liek nd Sea wett creeks,, and near Neuse river, and in one inilts ol ih now Academy lately erected for school, &.v This laud well un proved, with a good Dwelling House contain nig four tire-places and eight rooms, and a ntw medi cal olfied for the accommodation of a practical physician, ami one. amongst ttie nest standi for a physician m o'ir section of the county Tiffs tract of land cannot be excelled for the production of tny thkur that a fanner wishes to-plantJ n6r sur- pase-by any in said count v, abounding with health and thu best of springs, frea ad.4imf stout water, and abundance of stock water, -never fail ing in plenty at ail season Those wishing to. purchase are invited to come and view tho ipro mises any time. ; i .. j Before thu appointment of sale, I will' sell at any time, on application, at a fair price, and njiakt the payments easy to the purchaser by extending a short credit in part and cash for the batanco. I will also on the same day, Ht my loose. If not soldi Ii before, sell to the highest bidder for cash ne tract ofTnrpantnie land, lying in the county of Nash, near Seeo Alc-ung House and Mockeraon creek. CONTA1 NING 400 ACRES, Also tret of land well improved, lymg t Joiuvstoa uoty, CON-TA1M-NG NKAliLy -DO ACRES, U, being the former residence of Dr. J. P. Rogera, now occupy d by. Dr. J. Owen; has on it a good two-story Houw kitchen, and onit-buildins Al?o, & hew im-dicul oflicc, with a great and plentiful medical spring, never failing, with other good waters ; a'mill-eat a-uear fpr saw or grist mill. Timber in plenty and Turpentine orchard on it. Land prodiletiv as common in that section of country. la feet, it is a beautiful situation, where roads and cross-road pass and not very far from where th plauk and rail roads ptusea; it is a desirable place for a physi cian or merchant, and as healthy a situation, prr. haps, as any in that section of the county.- In addition to this, I win aUoseii to thu" highest bidder for cash some KlfJRT or TEN LIKELY N ICG ROES, or more, roniting of Men, Boys, Girls, WotntHi aud Children, and none to ay old, at my residence; and will also hire out or the en suing year, soma two or three, or more, Turen tme hands, goud Distillers and 'Bara.-f-mukers of Oak and Pine'Timbers, and likely."" Al-o, some one or two good cooks,- and girls and boys for farmers ue ; and I will feo 'sell, if not sold before, one t--m of Mules" and two Waco n. liins, Biacuntniin iooi, Jcc, and llofses. N. B. The ageiyy of CulVin J; Rogers, an bere tofar?, is mutually revoked and agreed to, the Sth of inst, Nov. IS'6. B EN J. ROGERS. Nov. 16, iSv5. j (2 ILK and c f en-straw Bonnets and Infants' Hatl RALE1G& NOVEMBER! 20, 1855. TH E K A N K HOUSE RE-OPENED All ttoa deucaciea l ue hmoi fMrvd at all (tf.) . ' n d:ii o - N. B. Claggett'i aaperior Ale o draft '": - - - - i 1
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