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v.. ; lOLliME.LVH.' CITY OF RALEIGH. WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 39. 1855. NO, 8. n i 2. f v . 1 I i i J r-1 Till; I1ALHIGII REGISTER. PUBLISHED JiY SEATON GALES, KD1TOR AN D PROPBIKTOR, AT $2 50 IN ADVANCE ; OR, $3 00 AT THE END OP THE YEAR. Ours' art the plans of fair, delightful peace, Unwarped by party rage to lice Wee brother a." R A lE I (1 J,N . C. SATURDAY MORNINGf DEC. 15, 1855. THE PHILADELPHIA CONVENTION. The call of the President of the State Council upou the American party of this State, to etect Delegates to the Philadelphia Convention, ap pointed to' meet in that city on the 22d of Feb ruary, 1856, for tho purpose of nominating can didates for the Presidency and Vice Presidency of the United States, has been made. We entertain dcoided objection to the nomi nating Convention meeting at so early a day, and we take occasion to renew that objection, and express the hope that it will be postponed to a more suitable and sensible time.' Virgiuia , has spoken out both through her State Council j and State Convention, unanimouslyin favor of j a postponement ; other States have done like- j ing up of national expenditures that will make wine ; and we doubt not that if expressions of us involuntarily clap our hands on our purses the wishes of every State could be had, they j bat the underground and midnight operations of would accord with those already uttered. The- mammoth monopolists, of political .gamblers d idea of a uiuo mouths' cauvasa is absurd, to say , stock-jobbers, of place-hunters and Presideufma, the least of it. The people would become com- kers, of political venality, and private debauche p'.ctely worn out with so protracted a struggle, J ry, will remain to us matters to be conjectured and It would as completely wear itself out. Be- . and wondered at never to be. positively known. fore the contest would be half over, we would be exhausted, and with the battle undecided ammuni tion would be expended. With an enemy fresh in l tie neia, we wuuw ue jaueu uu .wesneu vu j inactivity. The excitement and party feeling, .i - t 1 11 1 r J I 1 J a I too, which so long a canvass would engender and ( keep alive, would unavoidably have a very bad eflect upou the country one which all should seek to prevent. But another and perhaps the most potent reason in fovor of postponing the nomination is, the opportunity that so long a canvass would give our opponents to misr pre sent and defame the nominees. And they would make the most industrious use of that opportu nity. If the American candidates should be men of characters as fatr as an angeFR, in nine months democratic editors and oratora would make then as black as the devil's and thus en sure their defeat. In further illustration of our views, we here introduce the remarks of he Richmond W hig on the subject, which fully agree with our own. " Th idea of nominating candidates for the Presidency and Vice-Presidency nine or ten months before the day of election is so utterly absurd and stupid, and so contrary to all prece dent, that we have never been able to understand how the Philadelphia Convention of June last could have entertained it for a moment. If one thing is mare certain than another, it is that the commonest policy requires that no party should heedlessly precipitate a nomination of Presiden tial candidates experience having invariably proved it best to have a short, but active and energetic canvass. If the object of appointing delegates to the Convention on the 22d of February, is fer them to attend in order to urge and secure a postpone ment of the nomination of the candidates to a later day, than we see no serious impropriety in the tiling. But suppose the Convention in Feb ruary should determine not to postpone, but pro ceed, at once, to the selection of nominees. Are we to understand that the delegates from Virginia aud other States, which have expressed a prefer ence for holding the convention about the first of June, are expected to acquiesce in this decision. ana participate in the proceedings of the conven tion ami the choice of candidates ? We ask only fur information, not knowing the feelings and purposes of the Councils, or "what they mean to require of the delegates, who may attend on the zzna of i ebruary. It is certainly proper, we think, that their constituents should have some iutelligible and just idea as to .the course to be pursued by their representatives in the important matter of selecting Presidential candidates, un less it is" their wish that they should go without instruction, and to act in accordance with their own individual judgment and discretion. - Our idea is, that it would be far more convent ent and proper for the President of the National Council, or for the American members of Con- Kress, to undertake on behalf of the party to de signate the time and place for the holding of the Convention. To put the delegates from every State in the Union to the trouble of going to rmiaueiphia m February, just to adjourn the invention over to June, seems to us wholly un necsssary especially when the same thing can be done by men just as well qualified, and who are equally well apprised of the public-sentiment oi tne party in reference to this question We should consider it the very worst policy in the world to make nominations for the Presiden cy and Vice-Presidency as early as the 22d of r ebruary. And we do hope and trust that tnose having authority in the tbine will conclude to defer the whole matter until several months la ter." . SOLDIERS OF TJHE WAR OF 1812 A meeting of the Soldiers of the War of 1812, residing in Wake county, was held at Raleigh, on Wednesday, 12th instant, for the pur pose of making arrangements to send Dele gates to the National Convention, to assemble at Washington City on the ensuing anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans ; when, on motion of Wm. Thompson, Col. Willis Whitaker was called to the Chair jn and, on motion of James Litchford, Alex. J. Lawrence appointed Secretary. The Chan-mad thereupon explained the object of the meeting, and, on motion, appointed the following persons as Delegates to the Convention at Wash ington, viz: Alex. J. Lawrence, Wm. Thompson, Capt. Jas. Wiggins, Capt. Alfred Jones"and Ma jor Nathaniel G. Rand: On motion of A. J. Lawrence, the Chairman was added tS tfie delegation. The meetingthen adjourned until Tuesday of Court week, in November, J856. Congress. It will be seen that no organiza tion has been as yet effected in the House of Rep resentatives, and the probabilities of such a re sult are as remote as ever. . 82y It would be interesting, just now, as the "Lynchburg Virginian" remarks,) to be put .en rapport with the national capital, and to be able to see and hear all that is going pn there. True, it might not much enhance our estimate of the disinterested patriotism and immaculate integri ty of many who figure before the country, in the garb and attitude of self-sacrificing devotees to the public good, but it might teach us some pro fitable lessons, and give us an useful insight into things which will never be voluntarily disclosed. We shall look in vain to the public prints 3nd listen in vain to the stump reports of : our public servants, the representatives in Congress, for a disclosure of the means by which many impor tant results are to be accomplished. We shall never know by what trickery and cheating, what bargains and combinations, what partisan wire working; and Presidential influence, the various offices of Congress are filled. We shall never learn altogether why and precisely how one man is made Speaker, another Clerk and another Printer, . We shall never have an honest disclo sure of the appliances by which lobby members commend themselves and their schemes to. the favor of our representatives, nor how the thou sand cormorants .that hang around the. treasury, like ravenous wild-dogs around a carcass, con- trive to satiate their cravings, Occasion.aliy we. shall see some grand and startling result and the Secretary of the Treasury may show a foot- lne opinion is now commonly entertained among those who have the means of knowing, it Washington is destined to become, if it be. not aireauy, me curruptesi ana most OJ isolate capitaj. in the world. Much of this, .is due to the fact 1 1 ..1 .. . . . . l . . - , that we send men there to transact the business of the nation without sufficient reference to their personal antecedents and character, but njore still to that demoralizing. doctrine, "to the victors belong the spoils," which brings together from every quarter of the country, to demand the wages of their service, men who have no other recommendation than that of the promptness and zeal with which they have always done the work of party. There are thousands of men in habit of congregating about Washington, who regard the public treasury a legitimate subject for private plunder, if it can be reached by any exercise of their wits and whose scheme of life it is to live on the government. These things will coutinue until the people discard from their service all professional. politicians,. and commit the management of public matters to men of sense and character, taken from their midst . IThe "Louisville Journal," whose language we adopt, says the recent .ejections have demon strated that the only national, conservative polit ical Organization in tha Union " is the American party. It has boldly and fearlessly met the is sue. It has confronted the Abolition Republi can party and defeated it. It has manifested its strength and its determination, to stand by the Union and the. constitution ana to oppose all sec tionalism. With it the anti-slavery prejudices of the North are made secondary to . the great inter ests of the whole nation. The New York Tri bune, the great advocate of Abolitionism, the right bower of the sectional Republican party, thus speaks of the composition of ., the American party , " . " . - Whatever may be the fact elsewhere, Pro-Sla ver Hunkerism is here a ruling idea with the contrivers and managers of the-self-styled " Amer ican - p arty. .. .Of the One Hun dred 1 housand voters wno sustained tne.tiara-oneti democratic ticket in 1863, more than'half are this day mem bers of Know-Nothing- hxlgesT and - voted, for Headly Sc Co. in our late -election. Hence, in part, the slim vote for Bronson last yeir, and or all the Hards not on thri Llqnor ticket this! year: .With these are united ourSilver Grays-wit& scarcely n exception ; and these congenial souls rule the."order witbtrat Jear oi resistance, to. yam. schemes.- - Hatred of Seward" atid "Sewardism", is their leading common impulse ; and two-thirds of our Whiff "magnates of ten to twenty years ago are iiow deep m 'Sam's counsels-, trusting there by to accomplish the down tail oi the man tney most envy and hate. . . : The Anti-American party of the South is wont to point to the position of the New York Hard Shell Democrats as an evidence of. the soundness of their party uoon the subject of slavery. Here we have an explanation of the- weakness of-- this, conservative action of the Democratic party, and at the same time an evidence of theireal 'Conser. vatism of the American party, -. "X' . Seward is the head and iront ; ofrtW abolition organization.- His peculiar organ places the union of the conservative Whigs and Democrats upon the ground of hatred to this great leader of Abo litionism, but tha feet is conceded -that the. A merican party, which ;has recently demonstrated its ability to -overcome all opposition $ New York and Massachusetts; is compose! of nation al, Union loving men, who are unwilling to pros trate themselves before the Juggernaut of Aboli tionism, and sacrifice all the greatest interests of the country, the Constitution,- and the .. Union- it self, to the overweening ambition ef Woii H. Sew ard, and his coterie of Free soil demagogues. No beiter evidence should be needed of the sure nationality-of the - American party than i - . - - - the acknowledgment of the leading organ of sec tional Republicanism that it is the great oppo nent of their sectional, Abolition dogmas. ' We regret to learn from the last Browns ville (Tenn.) Eagle, that Col. C. C. Battle, for- merlv of this city, has iesigned all connection with that jbufpal, and will hereafter deyqte him self exclusively to the practice sf law. Col. Battle has been connected with the press only a few months, 'but during that time has proved himself an able writer, a skilful editor, and a courteous gentleman. He . has OTV best wisb.es for bis futur success in the practice ;o his. pro fession. , - - ;' .-.;.f: RAILROAD JUBTLEE ! A meeting" of the citizens of Greensboro, we omitted to state in our last, was ,held on the 6th instant,, to fake steps to celebrate the completion of the North Carolina Railroad. Speeches were made. by GovMorehead, Messrs. J. A. Gilmer, D. F, Caldwell and R. P. Dick. Resolutions were passed to give a barbecue "to their fellow citizens of North Carolina, and of other States, who may houor them with their presence," and to appoint committee of arrangements and a com mittee of invitation. - These committees are to fix upon the day for the proposed Barbecue. The time for the celebration will depend upon the time of the completion of the road, and every effort will be made to finish the work of laying the track this year. - The road on this end is completed to Greensboro, and we understand that there is only eleven miles to fill up before the link between the t wo ends is completed. STARTLING NEWS The recent intelligence from Kansas is of the most startling character. The Abolitionists, it seems, have at length fired the train, and what is to be the extent of the explosion that wilL fol low ? AY ho is responsible for this awful state of af fairs, in Kansas? We unhesitatingly reply The Administration of Franklin Pierce f And why do we say so ? Because of the appointment by that administration of abolition Reedkr to the governorship of that Territory that doubly infamous man, who, in addition to his swindling speculations in lands, has all along fostered, en couraged and supported the abolition emigrants and all those fanatical hordes of cowards and as sassins sent out to the Territory by Seward, Sum ner, Greely & Co. It was well known to Pierce that Kansas might become a slave State, and that Nebraska never could, and yet he appointed a Northern Governor to the former, and a South era one to the latter I Had he acted in good faith in this matter; in all humajprobability the present state of affairs and the woes that may I follow would not have happened. December I To great misses who have declined into the "sere and yellow leaf," its an nual advent is fearfully frequent. The anticipa ted hilarity of Christmas will not smooth over the furrows that twelve months have grooved npon the cheek and the brow. Nor does the in terval 'seem long. The mouths spewl away upon the wings that mistical 'y flap in the realm of time and bear us on. The young, the beautiful, the gay, have no regrets to uurse. Time's twelve children, to many of them, are lingering bores that thrust themselves betwixt their hopes and the day of their realization. They would spur them on, if they could, and fling upon them the dust of flying feet. They are walking downward to the past eternity, and flout out upon its shore less sea. The last month of 1855! Let it go, the bleak rear-guard of one more year, that, whilst it has 'disappointed many, and fluDg the crown of beauty and glory over thousands, has, nevertheless, poured a torrent of light upon the world. Science, art and literature, are benefitted , and the whole world-enlightened- If Time, in its tramp, destroys one edifice, it builds another of more magnificent proportions. It builds a tomb for the departed ; it rears a palace for the living. It is stated by a Washington correspon dent, that Richardson's vote for Speaker consists of fifty-three Southern Democrats, eight South ern Whigs and Americans, and thirteen Northern Democrats. Who are those other Northern De- T " mocrats voting tor? Another correspondent tells us they are anxious for the election of Banks, of Massachusetts a notorious, Freesoiler. We call the Standard's attention to this little ugly fact. The Charleston Mercury is still violent ly ypposiiig" the suggestion that South Carolina should send delegates to theCincinnati Democra tic Convention. It thinks the South is again to be betrayed by high sounding professions, and will surely "!be "forgotten, as heretofore, and trampled under foot. I We invite attention to tha advertisement of W? S. Mason, Trustee, of the sale, on Monday next, of the valuable residence mentioned there in; THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Washington, Dec. 10. In the Senate to-day, on motion of Mr. Weller, the Select Committee on the Pacific Railroad way, appointed at the last session,, was ordered to be continued the present session, "the vacancies t be filled by the Chair. . Mr.' Adams' resolution, .providing for the elec tion of Senate officers, was postponed. 'Mr, Bayard gave notice of his intention to in troduce a bill providing for the public printing, binding and engraving. : The House or .representatives resumed the election for. Speaier. On the first ballot this morning the vote stood as louows Banks, Free Soil, 100 Richardson, Dem. 74 "Fuller, American "Whig, 81 Scattering,- ' "' 5 16 ., .Necessary to a choke, 111 Mr. Thorrington offered a resolution that, "after the third viva voce vote, if no member receive a majority, tbeoroll be again called and' the mem ber havinaf the highest number of votes be de clared elected Speaker. This proposition fell like a bombshell upon the members. 1 here was the most intense excitement in every part of the House, and after some debate the resolution pro- nosed was- withdrawn- mi a 11 i ' il. A." 1 1 . jne oanoung was iuea uouuuueu as oeiore. On the sixth and last ballot the vote was as fol lows Banks, 107 Richardson, 76 Fuller 28 Scattering, 16 Necessary for a choice, 114 And then the House adjourned. ; - Washington, Dec, 11, 1855. " . . SENATE. . Mr. Brodhead offered a resolution that the Committee of Finance inquire into the expe diency of reporting the appropriation bills for the support ef the Government, or adopting other measures with the view of obtaining some speedy action on them. He said he would ask the Sen ate to consider the question of the right and Vpower of the Senate to originate appropriation bills, his object being to avoid the evil of night sessions. Mr. Cass gave notice that he should move to morrow to go into election of the Standing Com mittees. The Senate then, went into executive session. : HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The House again resumed voting for a Speak- I4.V. .t. r.n ; ,i 1 er, wilu me joitowinz result : Fortieth vote. ;Banks. 107: Richardson. 74 : Zollicoffer, 4 ; Carlisle, 2 ; scattering, 10 : neces sary to a choice, 113. If orty-first vote. Banks. 107 : Richardson. 74 : Fuller, 28 ; Zollicoffer, 3; Orr, 2 ; scattering, 11 ; whole number of votes, 225 necessary to a choice, 113. Forty-Second vote.. Banks, 106 ; Richardson, 75; Fuller, 27; Zollicoffer, 3; scattering, 13. Forty-third vote, Banks, 107; Richardson, 75; Fuller, 28 ; Zollicoffer, 3 ; scattering, 12 ; neces sary to a choice, 1J8. Forty-fourth vote. Banks, 107 ; Richardson, J 74 ; fuller, 28 ; Zollicoffer, 4 ; Orr, 2 ; scatter ing, 10. . ' RForty-nfth vote. Richardson, 74 ; Banks, 106; Fuller, 27 ; Zollicoffer, 4 ; Orr, 2 ; scattering, 10. Number of votes cast, 223 : necessary to a choice, 112. The House again adjonrned without effecting an organization. The following is the vote on the last ballot, in detail : For Mr. Richardson Messrs. Aiken, Allen, Barclay, Barksdale, Bell, H. S. Bennett, Bocock, Thomas F. Bowie, Boyce, Branch, P. S. Brooks, Buruett, Cadwalader, Caruthers, Caskie, Cling man, Howell Cobb, Williamson, R. W. Cobb, Craige, Crawford, Denver, Dowdell, Edmundson, Elliott, English, Evans, Faulkner, Florence, Tho mas J. B. Fuller, Goode, Greenwood, Augustus Hall, Sampson W. Harris, Thos. L. Harris, Her bert, Hickman, Houston, Jewett, Geo. W. Jones, J. Glancy Jones, Keitt, Kelly, Kidwell, tfetcher, Lumpkin. Samuel S, Marshall, Maxwell. McMul len, McQueen, Smith Miller, Millson, Mordecai, Oliver, Orr, Peck, Phelps, Powell, Quitman, RufBn, Sandidge, J. H. Savage, Seward, Samuel A. Smith, Stephens, Stewart, Talbott, Taylor, Vail, Warner, Watkins, Wells, Winslow and John V. Wright. ; For Mr. Banks-Albright, Allison, Ball, Bar bour, Henry Bennett, Benson, Billinghurst, Bing ham, Bishop, Bliss, Bradshaw, Brenton, Buffing- ton, Burungame, James H. Campbell, Lewis D Campbell, Chaffee,; Ezra Clark, Colfax, Comins, Covode, Caagin, Cumbac. Damrell, Timothy Da vis, Day, Dean, De Witt, Dick, Dickson, Dodd, Durfee, Jonas R. Emne, Flagler, Galloway, Gid- dings, Gilbert, Granger, Grow, Robert B. Hall, Harlan, HoUaway, Thomas R. Horton, Valentine B. Horton, Howard, Hughston, Kelsey, King, Knapp, Knight, Knowlton, Knox, Kunkel, Leiter, Mace, Matteson, McCarty, Meacham, Kilhan Mil ler, Morgan, Morrill, Mott, Murray, Nichols, Nor ton, Andrew Oliver, rarker, Pearce, Pelton, Pen ningtoD, Perry, Pettit, Pike, Pringle, Ritchie, Robbins, Roberts, Robison, Sabin, Sage, Sapp, Sherman, Simmons, Spinner, Stanton, Stranahan, Tappan, Thorington, Thurston, Todd, Trafton, lyson, Wade, Wakeman, Walbndge, Waldron, Uadwailador O. Washburne, Ehhu Washburne, Israel Washburn, Watson, Welch, Wood, Wood ruff and Wood worth. For Mr. Fuller. -Messrs. Ball, Broom, Cullen, Henrv Winter Davis, Etie, Foster, J. Morrison Harris, Harrison, Haven, Hoffman, Kennett, Lind- ley, Alexander, K; Marshall, Millward, Paine, Porter, Puryear, Ready, Ricaud, Rivers, Scott, Sneed, Swope, Trippe, Underwood, Valk, Whit ney, and Zollicoffer. For Mr. Zollic offer. Messrs. J. P. Campbell, Carlisle, Cox and Like. ' For Mr. Etheridge. Mr. Dunn. For Mr. Walker. Mr. Eustis. For Mr. Carlisle. Mr. H. Marshall, of Ky. For Mr. Orr. ;Mr. Shorter and Mr. Williams. For Mr. Brown. Mr. W. R. Smith. For Mr. Harrison. Mr. Fuller, of Pa. .For Mr. Leister. Mr. Moore. For Mr. Savage. Mr. Richardson. For Mr. Underwood. Mr. Etheridge. For Mr. Williams. Mr. Wheeler. For Mr. Paine. Mr. Smith, of Alabama. For Humphery Marshal. Mr. Walker. Washington, Dec 12. The Senate appoint ed the usual Standing Committees and then ad journed. In the House of Representatives more ineffectual ballots were taken the last resulting as follows: Banks, Richardson, Fuller, Scattering,; Necessary to a choice p day five for Speaker, 105 75 33 11 113 After the fifth ballot the House adjourned. It is believed to be the intention of some of the members to move the adoption of the plurali ty vote to-morrow, unless some new teature is adopted in the conference tonight. f FOB THE BEGI8TER. A list of Premiums awarded at the last Fair of Martin County Agricultural Society, held in Hamilton, on the 1st Thursday and Friday in November, 1856 : s Staple Pbooccts. For the best acre of corn, Levi Howell, $5 "2d " W. R. W. Sherrod, dip. " the best acre of cotton, W. E. Spruill, 8 " 2d " " " W. R. Hyman, dip. " the best acre of wheat, M. R. Smith, 6 " 2d " - J. M. Sherrod, dip. " the best farm and farm buildings, A. Sta- ton, 4 2d " " " " Levi Howell, v dip. " the best and greatest varety of farm pro ducts, W; R. W. Sherrod, 1 Ladies' Depabtment. For the best 5 yds,, woolen cloth, Mrs. W. R. Brown, - - $2 60 2d " " ' " Mrs. W. R. .W. Sherrod, dip. " the best 6 yds. coarse cloth, Mrs. A. Staton, . 1 60 ' 2d : " " " Mrs. W. R. W. Sherrod, ; dip. " . the best patchwork bed quilt, Mrs. W. R, W. Sherrod, 1 60 " 2d " " Mrs, Levi Howell, ; dip " the best net patchwork, bed quilt, Mrs. W. K. Williams, 1 50 " the best fancy needle work, Miss M. J. Howell, j 1 50 2d Miss L. E. Biggs, 3d " " Howell, Smith wick, 1 00 MissL. E. Miss P. W. MissC.Cle- dip. dip. ments, .? dip. the best home-made blanket, Mr L. R. Brown, . 12 00 2d " " Mrs. W. , R. Brown, i , dip. the best Counterpane, Mrs. L. Howell; : 1 60 " carpeting, Mrs. A. Staton, 100 " hearthrug, " ". 1 0Q " specimen home-made soap! Mrs. W. R. W. Sherrod, l 00 2d " " " Mrs. W. R. Brown, ' dip. ; PotrtTBY. For the best coop Shanghais, Mrs. S. T. Price, $1 00 " 2d " " " Mrs. J. W. Howell, dip. Dairy Products. For the best specimen of butter, Mrs. K. . Taylor, dip. " the best specimen of cheese, Mrs. Levi . Howell, $1 00 Mechanism. For the best buggy, Nelson & Doughty, $3 00 " 2d " " E.Sawyer, dip. " the best blacksmith work, W. Beasley, 3 00 " 2d " " " " dip. " the best assortment of agriculturical im plements, W. Beasley, 5 00 " the best manure cart, W. R. W. Sherrod, . r 8 00 Horses and Mules. For the best Jack, J. J. Williams, $2 2 50 00 " " " colt, W. R. Brown, " 2d " J. Cooper, " 3d " " T. R. Coffield, " the best mide colt, R. Purvis, " the best mule, Levi Howell, " " " match horses, J. J. Williams, " " Jiharness horse, A. Garrett, of WasKfigifta County- --; " " " saddle horse, A. Gajrett, of Washington County, I " 2d " " " L. Cotton, of Bertie, Neat Cattle. dip. dip. 2 00 2 00 5 00 2 00 dip. dip. For the best Durham Bull, T. Jones, , 2d " " " " " the " -nilch cow, P. Winston, " 2d " " " T. Jones, " the " yearling, J. B. Whitley, " 2d " W. R. W. Sherrod, " the " yoke of oxen, Dr. Benjamin, Hogs. $2 50 din 2 50 dip 2 00 dip, 2 50 For the best hog for killing, H. L. Sherrod, $2 50 Pig. 2 00 2d the J. B. Whitley, dip. 2 00 boar, W. K. A. Williams, " " greatest and best variety of stock, T. Jones, 2 50 Fruits and Vegetables. For the greatest variety of fruits and vege tables, Mrs. W. R. W. Sherrod, $1 For the largest assortment of table vegeta bles, Mrs. Levi Howell, 1 00 00 2d " " " Mrs. J. B. Whitaker, dip. Fine Arts. For the best specimen of drawings, Miss M. L. Biggs, $1 00 " 2d " " " " " The Society also tender their thinks to the rest of the contributors. WM. R. HYMAN, Secretary. AN ELOQUENT AMERICAN. One of the Kentucky Breckenridges, who is a member of the Missouri Legislature, and inherits the proverbial eloquence of his family, thus al luded to the American Party, in a speech the other day, on a bill referring to . the regulation of elections and the purification of the ballot box ' Time does not now permit me, Mr. Speaker, nor is this the proper occasion, to enter upon the defence of the principles of this great party, the American. I shall eagerly avail myself of that opportunity at some more appropriate season. The secresy at which gentlemen seem to be so much pained has been removed, thank God. I may be penritted to say, as a matter personal to myself, that while good reasons can be given for the adoption of this plan of secresy, it was never agreeable to me, and further, I may say, that though I was not able, for some time, to an nounce the fact of my connection with it, I ne ver availed myself of any evasion to conceal i. That party at no distant day would prevail; the great heart of the people was fully touched and fully aroused. It has proved its faith in the doctrines ot that party, by various and wonder ful manifestations. He believed that the great masses nf his countrymen would be found stand ing on the platform of conservative principles, which that party had proclaimed. From the teeming cities the people were coming up to at test their fealty to those principles from the hill sides, aud the cabins, and the green pastures, were they coming in myriads to the American banner, and when they had acquired the power to reward and punish when they had reaped the rich harvest of victory they would remember those who had deserted and opposed them in the struggle, and bartered away their cause for temporary advantages." Mobile Election. A telegraphic, despatch, to the Montgomery Mail, dated Mobile, Decem ber 3rd, says, "The American Party has carried every ward in the city. Total majority 600. "Well done Mobile." MARRIED. On Tuesday morning, Dec. 4th, in Charlotte, N. C, by the Rev. Mr. Miller, John Lyon, Esq., of Petersburg, to Miss Maggie M. Springs, daugh ter of Leroy Springs, Esj., ef the former place. On the 28th of Nov., bv Rev. Wm. S. White, D. D., Rev. Wm. P. Wharton, of Milton, N. C, to Miss Julia A. Lewis, daughter of Wm. C. Lewis, Esq., of Lexington. DIED. On the 6th inst, at the residence of her son, Mr. F. R. Gotten, in Tallahassee, Fla., Mrs. Spencer D. Cotten, formerly of Tarboro', and for the past ten years a resident of this place, t IN EQUITY Fall Trm, 186. Georee Wert and others vs. Lewis and Willis Peck. - - Wfiereas, it was made to appear to the satis faction of our Court of Equity, for Wake Coun ty, that Willi Peck, one of the Defendants in the above written cause, was at the Fall Term of oar said Court a non-resident of . the State of North Carolina : This, therefore, is to notify the said Willis Peck, wherever he may be, to be and ap pear at our next Court of Equity, to be held for the County of Wake, on the I st Monday after the 4th Monday of Marh next, at the Court House, in the city of Raleigh, then and thereto plead answer or - demur to the Bill of Complaint oi Geqrge Wert and pthers (filed for a sale and divi sion of Real Estate in the city of Raleigh, ) oi said bill will be taken pro cosrssso as to him and a decree made accordingly. Given under my Land, at office, this I'th ol December, 18.V5. ED. GRAHAM HAYWOOD, C. M. E Dec. 14, 1855. w6w 100 OXFORD MALE ACADEMY, OXFORD, N. C. J. H. HORNER, . Principal. rBE next session opens the 3rd Monday in Jan Jl usry. ' Board and Tuition, without any extra charge, $76,00 per session. , . : The prinoipal will be assisted in the classical department, by his brother. T. J. HORNER. The Academy having been jfemoved some dis tance from the town, the school now has the ad vantages of a country school, without its disad vantages. Oxford, December 10, 1855. 99r5w. Twenty Thousand Copies sold in less than Three . Months. KNOWLEDGE FOR THE PEOPLE, Or, THINGS WORTH KNOWING. The Cheapest, Handsomest, and Best Book ever Published. Five Thousand Collars "Worth of Information. . A Book which should be in the hands of every person living. Sent to any part of the United States and Canadas free of postage, and carefully enveloped, Upon the remittance of Twenty-five cents, to F. M ACRE A, Norfolk, Ya. IT teaches the Art of Love, Courtship and Mar riage. it teaches how to win the favor of ladies. It teaches how to commence a courtship, and how to pop the question. Advice to young men upon getting a wile. The style of address for the principal Public Offices of the United States. How to tame cross, ugly, unruly horses and other am mala. Forms of messages, cards and billets, suitable for all occasion. , " How to raise double crops, and of double the usual size, without manure or extra expense.' How to restore, cleanse and beautify the hair, and make it rich, soft and glossy. Very important secrets to married and single persons. ' It teaches everybody how to got rich, and by honorable means. How to destroy rats, mice, roaches, and every other insect in your house, or on your premises, in one night. How to restore and preserve the eye-sight for life. A teeret worth knowing. How to write a secret letter, so as to be read only by the person to whom you write. How to hasten the growth of whiskers and mus- tachios. 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Syracuse Express, h.very person living should have a copv ; it teaches more than it professes. Albany Daily (Jlobe. A wonderful and useful book, and worth a thou sand times its price. We advise our readers t buy it and peruse its pages, and, our word for it, mey win nna vaiuaoie ana useiui miormation. Bangor Republican. ' i.et not tne careless reader imagine that it is a common book; on the cfmtrary, it is full of in formation : we commend it as a treasure. Smith field Argus. Address F.MACREA, Norfolk, Va., And the book will be sent by return mail, and free of postage Pec. 13, 1855. . 100 om HAVANA PLAN LOTTERY. JASPER COUNTY ACADEMY LOTTERY. By Authority of the State of Georgia.. .4 MACON, OA. THIS LOTTERY is conducted on the plan of the Royal Lottery of Havana, of single num bers and drawn at Concert Hall, Macon, Ga., under the sworn superintendence of COL. GEO. M. LOGAN and JAS. A. NI3BET, Esq. . CLASS I. Grand Scheme fer January 15, 1856. "When Prizes amounUng to $ 0,000 Will be distributed as follows : 1 Prize of $15,000 is . $15,000 1 do of 5,000 is 5,000 1 do of . 4,000 is 4,000 1 do of 3,000 is 3,000 1 do of 2,000 is 2,000 1 do of 1,500 is 1.500 1 do . of 1,100 is 1,100 5 do of 1,000 is 5,000 10 do of 600 is ' 6,000 10 do of 200 is 2,000 10 do Of 120 is 1,200 25 do of 100 is 2,500 70 do of 60 is 8,600 836 do of 26 is 8,400 28 Approximation Prizes 800 601 Prizes amounting to $60,000. Only 10,000 numbers. Every Prize drawn at each drawing, and paid, when due, in full, without deduction. Orders strictly confidential. Drawings sent to orders. Registered letters at my risk. Bills on ail sol vent Banks at par. Tickets $10; Halves $5 ; Quarters $2,50. , Address JAMES F. WINTER, Manager, Macon, Ga. Splendid Lottery October, 1855. GREGORY MAURY, Managers (Successors to J. W. Maury & Co.) . $87,6001! Lottarry for the.benefit of the r State of Delaware, Class 294 for 1856. lobe drawn at Wilmington, Del., Saturday, Dec. 29, 1855 75 number Lottery and 12 drawn Ballots. MAGNIFICENT SCHEME. 1 Prize of 37,500 1 do : 20.000 1 1 ' 1 1 214 do 15,000 do 10,000 do : .'. 6,000 3,368 do.. Lowest 3 No. Prizes 600 ' &c. &o. &o. Tickets $10 dolls. Halves $5,00 Qu'r 2,50 Certfs. of Pkg's of 25 whl. tickets, $140 00 do do 25 half do 70 00 do do 25 quarter do 35 00 Orders for Tickets and shares and Certificate of Packages in the above-splendid Lotteries will re. oeive the most prompt attention, and an account of ach drawing will be sent immediately after it is over to all who order from me. - ! Address " P. J. BUCEEY, Agent, Wilmington, Del. - FOR RENT, rpHE HOUSE BELONGING TO THE BENE- volent Soeiety. . - - - . . - Apr-ly to t r t T. McQJGS. Raleigh, Doc 33, 1855. . v HILLSBOROUGH ACADEMY- : The next session of this School will commence -on Tuesday the 2?d day of January, 1856. Terms : Classical Department, $3,1 : English, $17. Pay ment any time during the Session. eazkll Norwood; principal. December 11, 18.55. ' fiw 100. . i ' Notice- PURSUANT to th provisions of . a deed of trust, executed by Jas V, Jordan, I shall of fer for sale, at the Court llous? door, on Mon day, )7th of Dee. next, between the hours of 11 and 12 AM. a large brick dwelling house of eight rooms, together with a brick kitchen and smoke house. , , . The above house is situated on a lot of ground containing three qharters of an acre, at the coro ner of Jones & McDowell streets. Tbkms Cash, or paper negotiable at 90 days. XV. S. MASON, Trustee Nov. 15th, '55. 82 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. Geanvills CotiNTY. In Equity. September Term. ' Isaac Adams and wife, and others, against Elijah Hester and wife, and others. Petition to sell land for division. In this case, on motion, and it being made to appear to the satisfaction ot the uourt, mat John Lanier, George Cash and Nancy Jenkins, of the defendants, are non-residents of this State : It is ordered, that publicatiou be made in the Raleigh Register, for six weeks successively, notifying them to be and appear betore the Court of. Equity, to be held for tha County of Granville, in the Court House at Oxford, on the first Monday in March next, then and there to plead, Answer or demur to said petition; otherwise, the same will be taken pro confetso, and heard ex parte, as against them, the said defendants. Witness h. H. Hicks, Clerk and Master of our said Court, at office in xford, the first Monday in September, la;"5. E. II . HICKS, C. XL E. Nov. S, 1855. 90 w6w Notice. T I THE subscriber has resumed business, and is - I prepared to receive Consignments, fill orders lor Merchandise, and forward Goods, as usual. PETER. W. HINTON, Commission Merchant, Norfolk, Va. Norfolk, Nov. 8, 3855. 90 3m. Star please copy. Land Sale U TTILL be sold on a credit, and in lots to suit J purchasers, on Wednesday, the 12th of De cember next, at the late residence of Alen Gill, (Dec'd.,J by tbe heirs, the following valuable tracts belonging to the Estate of said Deceased, situated on Little Rooky Creeks, Eleven Miles North of Statesville, and within one or two miles of New Institute, in Iredell County, viz : ? - ; The Home Plantation, 164 Aeres. do White, do 178 do. do Dobson, do 83 do One half in do Calahen, do 26 do. do Madison, do 76 do. do Mrs. GUI, do . .800 do., , do Woodsides.do 338l do. The above land contains some good bottoms. Meadows, a mill site, timber, &c, co. Persons wishing to purchase, whtre there is fair prospect of public improvements going on, will please ex amine for themselves. Any of the heirs will at- ' tend to such persons. " Terms made known on' tbe day of sale by the agents. , H. L. GILL, JAMES S. ALLISON. November 13, 1855. w3t S i Public Sale of Residence, Land, &o. HAVING determined to change my ocation, I will sell at Public Austion WITHOUT RE BfciKVE on Thursday, the 13th December ensuing, at 12 o'clock, my present residence, with 220 a cres of land. The Land adjoins and forms a part of the village of Forestvitb, 15 miles North of Raleigh, and 1 mile south of W. Forest College. It is proportionally divided into Woodland, that which is cleared and in cultivation, with some low grounds and grown up old Fields, is particu larly adapted to corn, cotton, wheat, c , produ ces well, and much of it lies admirably for man ureing. The dwelling House is large and couve- uicutijr ui raugcu, uutmg o ruoms oeiow ana a a- bove stairs, -ith fare places a front Porch, back Piazza and Cellar. "Tis in complete order, situa ted in a beautiful grove of na'ursil oaks and hick ory, and in sight of th Depot. There is an of fice in the yard, 18 by 20 fc-t, with a chimuey. ti.a l. : . ..l . i n a -1 ,. . iits nwueu ua i ure places-nnu 4 rooms, gOOU Smoke House and Dairy with CHb, Stables, Car riage House nd Black Smith Shop pure Spring anu wen water, and choice Iruits, viz . the Scup- pernong grapes, Almonas, Honey Cherries. Ap ples, &c, &c. To any person seeking health, havinir children to educate, wishing to combine a farm and settle in a highly moral and cultivated commui ity, the above property offers unusual inducements. On the same day I will also sell my crops of Corn, rouaeranu shucks Horses Cattle Household and Kitchen Furniture, embracing Feather Beds and Bedsteads, Mat trasses, Bureaus, Sideboards, Chairs, Sofa, Piano, &c 1 Baroucheand harness, i iuggy anu narnesa, l horse Wagon and gear. Farming tools; &c., &c. Terms. All sums under Ten Dollars cash ; over, y montbs credit. Ac-ash payment of One Thousand Bollars will be required on the Land, the reinaingler iu three annual payments, each note to caray int rest from date. The sale will positively tkke place. WM. M. CRENSHAW. Forestville", N. C. Nov 9 th. 1855. 90 wfiw. 7M. ft. DltNEALE, WiLMIMQTOlf. N. C. Wh-. esale and retail dealer in Foreign and Domestio Fruits, Confectionary, ; &c , being in con stant receipt, per arrivals weekly by packets di rect irom JNew York, et Oranges, Lemons. Cocoa. nuts, Raisins, Figs, Nuls, &r Having one person most constantly in the city of New York, for the purchase of goads in our line of the beet, which will enable us to sell as low as any house South. All orders respectfully solicited ai I panctuallr attended to by the cars or boat. June 25, '55. 61 tf. SALT I SALT 1 1 9AAA SACKS of Liverpool ground Salt, yVV ) daily expected direct froo Liverpool. Also, in store, 300 Sacks Marshall's fine, (Fae ry filled.) For Bale by - . , J. & J. L. HATHAWAY & CO. Wilmington, N, O., Oct 26, '65. ti &0 LAWRENCE'S. HOTEL. RALEIGH, DECEMBER 10, 1856. WANTED for the ensuing year two good fe male Cooks, one of whom to understand the use of the brick oven ; twO Chamber maids ; three steady, sober and honest Dining Room ser vants; asd two likely boy 4 from ten to twelve years of age. ' '. "Dec. 10, 1855. I - 89 3t' - MACON HOUSE. -. - : Portsmouth, Va. " ' T BIS house, which has beeo closed for the last three months, and in which there havfieen no cases of yellow fever, is no w open for thj xecep-' tion ef visitors, Neitperpios nor jfeipenae have been sparel in refitting and refurnish mg Tt as a first class Hotel." The patronage which" it here ttofore received is again solicited. ' ' " : i -v . - -V-.- - - s i