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f i -i i v 1 t i s i? t I i - r Cin; OF MLEWE WEDNESDAY HORNING. JANUARY; 23 1853 ma VOLUME LVII. ft -. ? - U ft AU ! ; I ' txaw.. 1111 III ii n '.-..j.i - . - - . t ' Tiiii- mm iiH GISTBR i I ' J ft 6LISHED BY f SEATON .GALES, tMTN AiXO rOfITOE, AT i W IN ADVANCE; OR, X 00 AT THl4 ENf) OF TOE YEAH. f 0r'art thj plan of fair. Jdightfuljxar. Unvarpe by yarty pS to litt W brothtrt. SATCRDAT MORNIKO, JAN 19. 185C. WHERE ARE WE DRIFTIXQT. Thtt b!e; inflaenkial, nd eminently ctnicTra tire juuroal, tie Ka(ionl IntclUscnwr, ri iU ts5 in ppe4 froij the too apparent disposition of the AdminiMrati-m to precipiUte th twti..n into a riiPturelvrith brcat Britain npon tLe For- eii En lisinwot and Central American quertwn. - " . 'n i.r,,.u in thU The Intel igeni-er, qf all ther j.rnals in tnift .i-.i .I fr.m C4uatry, pernps, w, no ivw. ( the vriteoMsnU ami! whijl winds of popular pas- fcion, A& what it sarv therefore,.! entiUed to a weight and a usiiUration that no other prow in thi coantry isl so rightfully entitle.! to. I 'The inteilijncer plants itlf upon the wll- ! found! assumption -that, although there may be nothing puatifely, in our relations witi the mo ther country, p remonitory of a disturbance of the peaceful relations which happily exist with the Unitl States yet, unless -Cungresa look to it, we may diMCovr th ExecntiTerfn"ify into d'ffi ctdiiu, frjra wjach we cannot extricate ourselves. ' save at the sacrifice of national pride or national . tmoqnility. -" . - We are not kiven to exskscration' or onj"stifi- able apprehen4ons, in auglit that afl'ect our for eign relations, but, jas the "New York Express" remark,) cond-rin: the cirse of the Adraiuis ' tivti- n'in referlnce li the case of Mr." Crampt..n, and' the tone of tLejrresiJeat in his" Message, touohiij the icaracua difficulty, to s:y uoth ' in- of the spirited debate, on the same subject, which Wk place st Bie days since in the V. S. Senate coniiBeri-g these things, we say, it would Le idle to deiii that the attitude of the j h , two countries is certainly not such as snonia a a arra:.t the bypthcsis that tbe wisdom, discrt- tion, and coiiiiton seise ot -tue pi-opje oi vwu nations are nJt needed to -restrain their goveru inents' fnn. urecipiwting us. into a war hardly lfvirewe are kwarof it. While we entertain but little apprehension that the preposterpus j.reteuiious, pii: fortl. by the Earl Qareudon aiul Ird PaJmerstin, in reference to the prospective or perspective operation of the Clayton-Bulwer ( Treat', wilt belsnst ned, on calni reflection, by the people or te Press of Great Britain, if th alternative is war, " - . i 1A 1 musi oe jHTiuutci to ci press the belief that our own Government wed . r iriVji7,!f.r true as it may be that its di- j pl..mai?y may hot hp direct el to the provocation of a rupture, there is no telling in what disist r-ais direction it ma drift, it left to itself. . In this viewU tl case, therefore, the organi zation of Con Jresa 'assume an immediate and paramount inrportance. Every day's .delay to choose a speaker Uut tliickens the "sliadows, cl.vi.ls and darkness' that are gathering over the Capitol In tle present unorganized. House, the Representative of the people are not competent ti call up-n tie Prkident for information upoii the state of thcoii'try,iii its relations to foreign' powers ; but the knowledge of the belligerent attitude we am assuming, and" a due apprechi tion of the tremendus consequences clinging to a collision withj England, should sink party feel ing, or political preJilecti-ic, or sectional preju dice. 'The X.(Yr&rjires aays . If the so-ralfoi Republican Tarty were ani- mated with half tlie love of country half the friendship to omapity-with which they pro-fi-is to' be imbqevl a tilting opportunity, it seems to' us. is now presented to give to the world some proof I hat they are not men who preach one thing and practice j another. I What are all the possible evils dT slavery in Kansas or Nebraska -ror slavery anywhere else, to the horrors anq lisasters cert.uii ti result, immediately, from a w ar with Great Britain ? What are the petty burglaries of the SJorder Ruffians' to the stu penTlMis honors of; a foreign" var? -Yet, while we are drifting totcardt a conflict, the country is called upon toi witiiess, from day to day, an ob stinate refusal to organize the House, and, by consequence, a disregard of the warnings and premonitions, we axe having from the Adminis tration oracles, of tlie dangers that are gathering around us. Tlie welfare of a hundred, millions of white men J the commerce of two mighty em- Iiires, the prervation of peaee and good will tween England ftml the United States, surely, surely, are wWth more than all the Africans in the world. Can not some such, reflections as these elevate men's minds for. a moment above the belittling considerations of self, which so far bave ipcratelj as , barrier to the organ:zation of Congress, CiKgrefs that is alone competent to keep Use AdminiiitratM from the shoals and quicksands, to which it seems disposed, wheth er willingly of otherwise, to thrust; the ship of State;" "Fibk. The alarm of fire was given in our midst, ou ThrsiLiy night last, about 9 o'clock, wheu the office iu (he Court House, occupied by the Clerk of tie County Court, was discovered t be in flame. flte fire was with difficulty extinguished, futd iot until a number of books, valuable official pipers, &c, were destroyed. We lave nV heafd the positive extent of tl.e ' injury .lone, j The! Clerk, Mr. UlXEY, (who, we lejret to say',wasiuite severely burnt,) will, no doubt, en'er fTu:nJt!y and efficiently upon the work of atvcrt-iiniitg, and, as far as it can be done, remedying, whatever confusion or damage that have resulted! . . ( j 1 Military Fest val. The entertainment giv en by the "Independent Gu-rds," (Capt. DeCar teret,) f this CSfy, on Monday evening last, passjl off with decided trtat. The musical part of the festival; was excellent, and the other "pre ratious hi cajiul taste. During the "flow of ami," there were speeches by several geutlemen of the cor ;.. and? others. The "Independent Guarls" deserve much credit for this additional contribution It the enjoyment of our citizens. WAR COMM ERCE TRA D E. Far distant a the seat of war between Russia icd the A,jlii" is fron. our peaceful homes, its nmtence is nevertheless felt throughout the length ami breadth of the United States. Iu the trade cir cular of a commercial house in Liverpool, it is stated tiiat the rise in the price of breadstuff, and the. fall of cotton, are eutia-ly attributable to the war, or rather .to the present probabilities of a protracted war between these powers ; and there seems good reason to trace tile fact to-that source. The cot- tn manufacture is carried on chiefly by England, and iuce war necessarily Interrupts her extensive commerce iu all parts of the world, it raust as necessarily cripple her- manufactures, which' are the staples of commerce. Commerce, carried on i in the face of enemies, must be a great disadvan j tage, rwhicb the merchant natnrafiy endeavors to throw upon the shoulders of those to whom he sells as well as those from whom he buvs. His sales are smaller, and, as a matter of course, his purchases must be smaller. The loss thus falls !ack upon the ronnufacturer.-who is discouraged I ' .... ,.,' J . n ' n husmesa, br his mammy to spii , . ' , n t- i . M. I rwluceil to tlie alternative if shuttn . and he is shutting up his mills, or greatly curtailing his 'operations. . This causes a diminution in the demand for cotton, and a consequent fall in prioi. A war in EuroP therefore, injures the cotton growing interest, and seriously impairs the value of capital invested in it. But does not the des truction or curtailment of British manufactures aud commerce cause those of the United States to prosper in equal proportion ? We are decid edly .of opinion that it does not, for the reason that ou' best customer is England herself, and otl er European powers involved in the war along with her. Our manufactures for home consump tion no doubt greatly iucrease, but the cuiuitry iu the aggregate is not the better for it, since the vrry circumstance to which the manufacturing prosperity of the country is owing depresses and probably may ruin the planting interest, viz: the destruction of British manufactures. It may be thought a little singular that that which depresses the price of cotton will have t'.e opposite effect upon the value of breadstuff's. But, it must be remembered that breadstuffs are indispensable tliat they are absolute necessaries, in almost every way in which they are ' used, while ootton ministers in a thousand ways to the gratification of artificial wants, which in a period of. war, which produces pecuniary distress, are not thought of. British and 'American manu factures of cott.m are exported, to a great, extent, to the East and West ladies, I to Brazil, China, and other countries, where they are exchanged fT a thoiissnd agreeable tropk-al luxuries, embra cing the important oues of tea, coffee and sugar. When war intervenes, aud commerce is inter rupted, the prices of those articles become ex oibitantly high, and they are dispensed with by the masses of mankind, to a great extent, if not entirely. Thj producers of them, in consequence of the same interruption of commerceAmst dis- Pne with the gay .muslins and calicoes which they can afford to enjoy jn a time of peace, Bread is an indispnab!e-stap!e of war, as much so as gunpowder itself, and it is to be remarked that bread is the most indispensable of uecessa ries. It is the cheapet and most wholesome food which can be preserved for a length of time, and hetfee it is the last thing to be dispensed with. It is f r thisj-eason that war ruins the price of c- tton, and enhances that of bread. A large army is a great market for bread, and yt it draws away the produeers from their fields, and . turns them into idle consumers and destroyers of the staff of life. ' . j . . The cotton growers of . the South, therefore, are deeplyinterested in the preservation of peace in Europe and all over the world. War produces a temporary rise in breadstuffs, which would, of course, be beneficial to our griin producers; but the effect would only be spasmodic, and perhaps not permanently beneficial We dislike to contemplate a state of things iu which our prosperity is traceable to the crimes or misfortunes of other nations or people ; and we thiuk that the moral sentiment of our agri cultural population will be in harmony with our own on this point. ' j ' ' The tobacco interest willj be ; affected in equal if not greater degree by war than the cotton ; and, since the value of our slaves depends Upon the value of these great staples, we may safely set it down, that peace with all mankind is the true policy of the South, without distinction of classes or interests. j . " ' : r LITERARY NOTICE. - The Nightingale ; or, "a kind act is never lost :" A tale of the Republican War, forty years .ago. From the German of Christoph Schmid ; New York, Dance & Co. . , J , ' ' .This is an interesting and beautiful story, cal culated to elevate both the miodand affections of youthful readers; inspiring theni with a desire to.emulate the piety and virtue which brightened and blessed the noble characters depicted on its pages. The sUry exemplifies, in a very striking manner, the certainty of the ultimate' reward of the virtuous, the diligent, the upright, the bene voleut, acting in the love and fear of God, earn estly and devoutly desiririg His approbation. ' It teaches likewise the efficacy of that scriptural in junction, "Train up a child in the way he shall go, and,' when he is old, he will not depart from it"" . ' ; : . ? Tareuts wil' find it a happy auxiliary io their earnest efforts for the religious and moral ad vancement of their offspring, as well as a beauti ful Gift Book or Reward for diligence and good coudnct. For sale by Pomeboy.. . The Hon. R. C. PcbyeIar is at present in this city. , ;l . j Ko Sjxaler, no- jirospect of one, j CoMFLIMEST TO Ms. FlLI.MOEE. In his task argument before the Supreme Court, Attorney General Cushing paid a high compliment to Ex President Fillmore, who he declared hacl left in his office marks of the highest; integrity and in telligence. These evidences of ability and, char acter were made most apDarent in the records of the Attorney.General'i office. iTwfdtk Ecrald. THE PRESIDENTIAL COURSE FOR 1858: . Notes of preparation for the great quadrennial race of 185GV are distinctly heard among J the trainers in th4ag-JNichtlocofoco stables. The 4 " l)i'innrrti nnorat P.inim!ttfl " mat at Wftah- ington, on the 8tT inst., and made arrangements for the National Convention, wliich Is. to assem ble at Cincinnati in Jun. That Convention, judging from the number of aspirants for the Presidency, who are putting for ward their claims, bids fair to be a' f slaughter house," indeedas Greeley said of the Whig .Convention whicl nominated Gen, Taylor. .Here is a roll of n es a list of entries, presented by tho f Memphis Eagle" 15 the great sweepstakes of '56 : j New York enters1 Slaror, Seymour and Dix, a!l rabid freesoilers the first and old stage of approved wind and; training; the others, nothing particular to : speak 'of." " J ,. Pennsylvania trots out Buchanan and Dallas the former, the hero of ".Oateud;" the latter, a' bob-tailed nag, . of very questionable bottom, even in the "Nortliern Libeitie ." . Michigan enters Gen. Cass, but the General won t run, and himself declares that he Las " let down.j '., j, v .... - .. , Illinois enters the jj'little giant" Douglass long. in training, but without hope, even of an entry, until the letting down of CassT The trainers of this horse declare. Lis Nebraska pedigree to be pro-Slavery at the South aud aii-Slavery at the North. A very consistent proposition, as any1 fool (and none but a; fool) may see. Tjrginia, always ready with a plentiful crop of "short grass" ;tock. enters Wise, the'fiery Con etoga of Accom;ic, and Hunter, the crabbed lit tie scrub of Fauquier. S Texas enters Gen. Rusk a gallant steed enough, but wanting in mettle, need ng the spur and with fetlocks to kill. New Haanpshire and South Carolina, relyi upon' hia "traditional luck," enter tho now al most forgotten Pierce, a "granite" thundergustc'r, j without spetxl, bottom or respectability, who miraculously won a race once, without merit of bis own, - but simply because, bis competi tor made the bluuden of carrying double weight." ' 'vi . S - t ' It' ' ""ii' Mississippi enters Jeff. ' DaXis, Ihe "game chicken of the Soutli." with mre legs than brains and more brass than eitlu-rj Teniwissee or, rather I Andy Johnson enters Andy Johnson, a "hi tel and no niisuke xho. finest representative of tuejprintiples (which nlie; none at ail) of his party, iirthe Uniou ; the epi-j tonie of Sag-Nichtisiu ; au Abolitionist body and bones ; aud a hiunbugger aida demagogue beyond MephisUphe'es himself. All these, and more, have been entered f r the great serub race," which is to come off at the Cincinnati Cmventiou. Docs not any one see that the "shambles," which will be opened iu that abolition city next June, will have to "run blood; as free as festal wine," before a selection is made of a champion horse, f it the great day of November ? i .f . Hesry M. Fuller. We: publish in anoth er column the answers ljiuido by the Several aspirants to the Speakersliip to questions pro pounded by Messrs. Zolpcofftr aud Barksdalc. We cannot say tat we greatly .admir this sjiecies of catechism ; but! we feel proud of the manner in which Mr. Fuller sustained liitn ts'.L And thus he has sust;unel liimself from the commencement of these difficulties. Every diy he has, risen higher in the- public estniai tion, and in live confidence of his friends, than he was tle day before. It is not every man who can stand so severe a test as that which bfts lecn applied to Mr. Fuller. He has not only stoo l it, but has come out of. it brighter and purer th.;n be seemed at first. The American party put their trust in him wheu he was but partially known to them. Every successive day has ser ved to strengthen the confidence thus generously bestowed. By the way, Mr. Richardson declared 1Ts be lief, in the course. of the iuquiaitioa, in the con stitutionality of the Wilmot proviso, and yet the Southern locofocracy support and applaud him, as they did Van Buren, and do Pierce, and will any body who can keep the spoils ia their pock ets. "A precious set of patriots they are to be sure !. and most precious of all that pink of journalists, the Editor of the "Raleigh Standard 1 Our readers will doubtless recollect the violence with which the Philadelphia p!aform was assail ed by these same incorruptible gentlemen, ' be cause it pretermitted the expression of au opin ion with regard to this power of Congress. . They said it was an Abolition trap. If it was not, why did not the Convention say at once that Congress had no power to legislate on the subject of slave ry in the Territories ? Here is their own man for Speaker not pretermitting the expression of his opinion on the- subject, but boldly saying Congress has the power. Many sound Whigs, not at all tainted with . Abolitionism, were de nounced by these Southern purists for express ing the very opinion which their candidate ex presses. .Yet they hold on to him. Is it not a farce to hear these men prating about principle ? 'Terrible Effects of Conical .Balls. An English surgeon, Mr. i Langamore writing to the London Daily News from the Crimea," says : "The experience of .French practice, as well as our own, is, that patients scarcely ever recover with compound fractures of the thigh, caused by rifle shots in the upper part of the limb, wheth er amputation be performed or not. This hasled both the French aud ourselves to makesonie ex periments in cutting out some portions of the bone broken and killed by the injury, leaving the limb ou ; hoping that wl ilo one source of irrita tion is thus removed, aiiU a less severe shock to, the frame is caused than by lopping Joff the whole limb near the h'P4 nature may in time res tore the continuality oil th detached ends by; throwing out new bonesj There have not been sufficient cases to, warrant conclusions on the propriety of this proceeding in .the thigh. In' no previous war has the human frame been shatter ed by missiles projected', with such force as in this, and the conical form of the balls has caused a considerable difference in the kind -of Assuring imd splintering up of the bones. THIRTY-FOUBTH CONGRESS-FIRST : . : ..SESSION. , - , ' : WASHtSQTow, January 12, 1856. , SENATE. - ; - The Senate did not sit to-day.. ' HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Mr. Campbell, of Ohio, moved that the reso lution restricting members to ten minutes in de bate be suspended until Wednesday, unless otherwise ordered, f His reason for making this motion was the impossibility of candidates for the Speakership to pcfine their positions in ac cordance with the resolution adopted yesterday, within so short a titae. .; " ' v He offered for the' use of the candidates a scrap book coutaiuiuging all the past platforms of the Llast twenty years. Also, th? ancient platforms of the (Jjnstuution and the Declaration of Inde pendence, and he weuld -present the Bible had, it not been removed' from the Congressional Libra ry to make room foi the works of Eugene Sue.- Laughter.! . j' "' ''.', AJ debate" here endued. !n which several mem benrexprcssed thoiif opposition to, turning the House into a debating society, and opening the doors to an eudless sea of rebate. Mr. Richardson vid he thought he could get through with his r-art of the programme under the ten minutes' TUle, and Mr.- Campbell, at his request, withdrew ma resolution to rescind iMr. Humphrev Marshall suggested that the batches iof interrogation be filed, the candidates to reply in printed publications at their conveni ebce. fLaughter.T j - V ' Mr. Richardson then proceeded to reply to a series of written interrogations propounded by Mr. Zollicoffer, and commanded marked attention from the members and a crowded auditory in the galleries, 1 V- "': ' ; P0SITI01T OF MR. RICHARDSON. MrJ Richardson. I voted for the bills organi zing the Territories -of Nebraska and Kansas, be cause I thought them just to all, and i defended that vote before my constituents on that ground. I intended then, and I intend now, that the peo ple who go there, orj wno have gone there, shall decide the question iof slavery for themselves, and, so far as I could, admit them as States, with or without slaver, as the people should decide. In common with- northern and Southern gentle men, I have s.ifd that, in my opinion, slavery would never go there, but I have never, here or elsewhere, urged that as a reason why 1 voted for that bill. I voted for tue bill because it was just, right and prore?. ar.u wanted nothing more to defend myself. JLf a mmonty of the people ot Kansas or Nebraska are in favor of slavery, they will hive it : if a majority are opposed to it, then they will not have it. This is the practical re sult of every theory jp.dvocated by the friends of the Jsebraska and xvaiisas but.- It is a principle lying at the foundation of all popular govern ments, that the people of each separate or dis tinct community shall decide for themselves the nature and character o the institutions under which thev shall live. aud irv this principle lam prepared to live and die. I therefore voted for the Nebraska and Kausas bHl neither as a pro- slavery nor anti-slavery measure, but as a mea sure of equal right and justice to the people of all sections of our common countrv. Mr. Richrdsou in reply to the second questi on said: In 1803 we acquired; Louisiana ; it was a sl-.ve territory, in 120 we divided, by line of 3G deg. 30 ruin, that territory ; north of the line it. was to be free. In 1845 we annexed Texas ; that was. a slave territory ; we divided that by extending the nee of 36 deg. 80 min. through that ; north; to be free. In 1848 we acquired territory from Mexico ; that was free. I voted' repeat edly to extend the same line west r to the pacific ocean, j I voted for that line 'with a few representatives frora the North, and the whoie bKly of Southern representatives. When I eavi? those votes I did not believe then, nor do I believe now, hat I violated, the Constitution of the Uuited States. I If vou have power under the Constitution to exclu 'e slavery, from half of a territory, I thiuk you "have power to exclude from all, though such an exercise would be unjust and wrong . I havc never, therefore, voted to exercise that p6ve, except upon the principle of compromise. I uniformly voted against placing the Wiljnot proviso in any territorial bill. I voted against it because I believed it to be unjust to the people of a portion of this Un ion. ' ' . 1 Mr. R. continned The ' constitution does not, iu my opinion, carry the institutions of any of the'States into the Terriories ; but it affords the same protection there to the institutions of one State as of another. The citizen of Virginia is as inuch entitled, in the; common territory, to the protection bf his property under the constitution as the titizen of Illinois ; bet both; are depen dent upon the legislation of the territorial gov ernment for laws to protect their property, of whatever kind it may be. Thus it will be seen, that though there may 1 upon this point a dif lerence theoretically -involving questions for ju dicial decision yet there is none, practically, a mohg the friends of I non-intervention by Con gress, as the practical result is to place the decis ion of the question in tho hands of those who are most deeply interested in its solution--namely, the people of the Territory who have made it their home, and whose interests are the moat deeply involved in the character of the institur tions under which they are td live. . i position! or am. banks. Mr. Banks, of Massachusetts, had voted for. the resolution presented by the honorable gentle man from Tennessee '(Mr. Zollicoffer) yesterday, aud bad done so' with pleasure. He wished to distinctly say that he did not regard the Kansas and Nebraska, bill'jas promotive of the formation of free States, inasmuch as it repeals a prohibi tion of tlie institution of slavery 'rom that sec tion of the country to which the bill applies. 1 He believed in the constitutionality of that act which is known as the Wiimot proviso. He be lieved it to be. within the power of Congress to proliibit the institution of slavery in a Territory belonging to tlie Ignited States. Whether he. would advocate tlie passaru of such an act in reference to a Territory where it was clearly un necessary," because by the local or existing laws it had been already prohibited, would depend Upon circumstances, j; . . In regard to the application of this principle to the Territories emboditid in the bill of 1850, he would distinctly sayj that if he thought it was necessary, in order toprohilit slavery in these Territories, that the Wilmot proviso should have been passed, be. would have voted for it had he been in Congress at tlie time. . . . i He believed that the Constitution of the Uni ted States does not carry the institution of sla very into the Territories of the United States. His understanding of that question was based upon the declaration of Mr. Webster, that even the Constitution of the United States itself does not go to a territory until it is carried there by an act of Congress. Standing upon this principle, he did not believe that tli constitution of the U nited States carries to any of the Territories of the United States the light to hold slaves there. 4 He recognised the'i right to the protection of property on the part' of the South as well as the North in the Territories. When he spoke . of property he did not mean that which was pro perty only so long as it remained in certain States, and lost that character the moment it left these limits, but he meant that which is consid ered property by the universal laws of the world. He had no wish to disturb that proiierty in man which existed under local laws in certain sections of the country, but such property, in. his ppiuton, was not protected bv the Constitution .of the JJr nited States when it exists in, thb Territories jof J the United States. JHebelievetl that the Cmstitu tion of the United States was intended to d- jus tice between the different sections of the country,, to the South as well aa the North, and no speeck or declaration had ever fallen from . his lips, isu far aa he could remember, that expressed senti ments different from these. . ; r :i i- i i ? . . Mr. Banks further said that.it had been doubt ed whether the institution i of slavery - existediu these Territories at the time it was occupied . Without golag into that matter at all without resting on the question whether France; bj ' the decree of 1794, had prohibited the. institution oi slavery there he would say thaP if it were ue cssarv that the Coneress of the United- . fetates should interdict the institution in either of those Territories, in order to make them -free Territo ries, he thought that Congress was . right ia do ing it. If it was necessary; in order to give the South the right to . carry their -institution of shi very there, that the interdiction of. 1820 should be repealed, he thought that the Congress of 18- 63 was wrong in making that repeal. . He could not but aay, with the light that had come to him npon this question, that tlie interdiction of J 820, having abolished slavery, if it ever existed there, the repeal of that interdiction in 1853, allowing slavery to go there under certain .possible .cir cumstances, was not au act promotive of the for mation of free States, j;- .-. ' -- ::.' i- POSITION OF MB. PDLlB. J' ; , j Mr. Fuller-of .Pnnsvlvanfa. cordially annrc- ved of the resolution which had been adopted, He felt it i his duty, injustice to himself and to those with whom he was acting, to ueuiare cue opinions he entertained, and the course of .action he Would pursue under certain circimistaneesi-r In answer to theSpecific interrogatories .present ed , he would say, as to the first, that he did not regard the Kansas and Nebraska bill as promo- tive ot the iormation ot tree btates, nor yet did he consider it promotive of the formation of slave States. .r. 1 ; ; As to the second iuterrosratorv. relatinar to the constitutionality of the Wilmot .proviso, be had never, aud did not now, advocate the eonstitu- tionality of the Wilmot proviso. He had never j committed himself tf the position that it the ter- ritonai bills were silent on the subject oi slavery, leaving it to the operation f the Alexitan laws, he would vote for a bill embodviiig he Wilmot Provis-t. . .m . i . ... . f -i ' 7 As to the third iuterrog.tory, he had never ta-t ken a position ou the subject, but wasiwilling to pronounce Upon it now. blavery existed betore the constitution, and, iu his judgment, now exis ted iudepeiident of the oonstituti'on.i-,When the ien the people of the confederated States met by tlieir:? representatives in convention to form the consti-;.j tutiou, slavery existed in alt bufy one of the States of the confetieracy, . Hie people, having; the right to hold slaves, conceded through their representati ves the right to prohibit! the importa-j tion of them after the year 1808. ; They made no concession; so far as regarded the existence of. do-! mestic slavery. . They claimed the'right, and it was granted to them, to reclaim sLaves in ,c.ies. ot escape, ihey claimed the ngntit representa tion, and it was granted, tie held that Congress had no right to legislate upon the subject , of slavery, and that the lemtones are the com mon property of all the States. I he people of all the States, therefore, had a right to enter upon and: occupy that territory, aud were pro tected by the flag of the country. lie thought that Congress had no right-to legislate it into or exclude it from a Territory, and, in Lis.judgment, the Territorial Legislature had no right to legis-- late upon the subjec.. except so far as to protect the citizens of the Territory in the enjoyment of their property, lie believed he bad; answered all the questions and had nothing more to say. ; j f MR. BARKSDALE'S INTEROOATORtES. Mr. Barksdale, of Mississippi, submitted the following interrogatories, stating that he expec ted each candidate to answer them : ' I ' - " 1. Are you now a member of the American or Know-Nothing party ? :l .-.';. . ' ' j. ; i "2. Are you m favor of abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia, and in the United States dock-yards, &c? i .1 Do you believe in the equality of the black and white races in the United States, and ilo vou wish to promote that equality by legislation ? ; "4. Are you in favor of the entire exclusion of adopted citizens and Boman Catholics l'roin office? 5. Do you favor the same modihcation ot the tariff now that you did at the last session cf Con gress . ..I- -: -. J ! : . ; , ; ' . . . ' RESPONSE OF MR. RICHARDSON. . Mr. Richardson then proceoded to answer the1 interrogatories of the gentleman from Mississippi: (Mr. Barksdale.)'- He belonged to no American or Know-Nothing party, uor no secret political! organization. He was opposed to the alxilition of, or interference with, slavery in'; t he District of Columbia ; and. he was ; also opposed to Ct n gress interfering with it in the-dock-yards, r any place else.; He believed that i the Almighty) had made the negro interior to the white man,; and he thought that they could not be placed on an equality unless the white man; -was dragged down to a level with the other, j In relation to. Catholics and foreigners he did not care what a man's religious opinions might be.' He .would as soon support a' Catholic fur office as a member fanyothei denomination, provided he was quali fied for the place and his political sentiments cor-: esponded with his (M Ks.) owm - lie thought that th only safety in a government' like ours; was to keep religion out of politics, and that ye should never carry our religion to .the polls or j1 our .politics to the church. . j ' . RESPONSE OF MR. BANKS. - A r- , ' - -! ':',.., Mr.' Banks was elected a member of the House upon the nomination ofthe regular Democratic party and of the American party in his district.; the latter being very largely iu the majority. In ruply to the fourt h interrogatory j of the gentle-; man from Mississippi, he referred that gentleman to a speech which he had delivered in the House during the last session, in Which -he had expres sed his opinions upon the subject dully and; free ly, and Which he considered his Record. In re gard to the third interrogatory, he! believed in the maxim contained in the Declaration of Indepen dence, "thatall men are created equal." He had adopted the idea that when there is a, weaker ; race in existence it must succumb and be abso-b- ed ia the stronger race: This he ! considered -a universal law as regarded, the races, and he pni po?ed to wait until time 'should I determine the superiority of the black or the white iace by one of them absorbing the other. j " Mr, B. then went on to "answer the question, are you in favor of restoring the Missouri restric tion, or do you go for the entire" prohibition of slavery in all the Territories of the United States? The territorial question now referred to the Ter ritories of Kansas and Nebraska f as to the other Territories to come hereafter, he left them to the hereafter, f He. would say to the gentleman from Missiasippi and the House that j he wan for the prohibition of slavery in the Territories of Kansas and Nebraska.. " ' . . . . ' J .vw;- In regard to the clause in this question of "are vou in favor of restoring the 'Missouri :.G'm pro mise ?" he answered that litf desired that tfee pro hibition of the institution of slavery in the lern torles of Kansas and Nebraska,; as made by tbe Soathern States, should be made good to thepeo- 7 . m' - y,4- TIT maTF l WT it, shrill Irt rwk Aiinrt tho morhnlc annhanM anra - .w.x-v, rr"r"r' . States tiie prohibition-fijr which Southern states men aud bouthern btates had compacted and agreed frxtafce. a c'oiisfiiiTatioh, he had nothing to .say. lie Was for the substantial' restoration of the prohibition of slavery as it was prohibited by the act of 1S20. -He-stood resdy and willing, de sirous and determined,,! to co-operate . withthe men of the United States who are for the sub stantial restoration of the interdict on the institu tion of slavery in the Territories of . Kansas, and Nebraska; and he Avas ready to act with men of1 any principles, , of anyviews'or of any partyi who would co-operate with him in regard to this ...1 1 J - . l i - - i i 1 1 : l great question. . - "'-; ' ' -; " ' i ' '' : f Mr. Fuller was laboring under a severe indis- position,. and-could not pretend to any eloquence Ion this occasion.-. He would, therefore, answer the questions specifically and directly. He re- i - v . . i jfc .- . . ... 7 r. v. .r i- I- v., -uii.. 41.co,..., j-uu iu .awr v. restnng the Missouri restriction -of do you go Jr the entire prdnbitiojir of slavery m. ail the lerntones of the United States?. I am not. '.To the second "Are you in favor of abolishing J purpose. ,v . , , . - . . . -.slavery in the District of Columbia, in the United r Parties bidiing wil pleaie a&ireaa the'r letterf btates dock-yrcUr ' &e. I am not. To the i tUml 'D6 Tm believe pin the iequality of the white and black races4n the United States," and jw.a;i w jjiimiuu) iiint eqwuuy oy legisiiiiiou l I do not. Laughter. v - ' To the 4tb I ; '-Are von io favor of the entire exclusion of adopted citizens and Ramm Catholics from of- gee?" ; - . . . i ' j j lie thought, with General Washington, that if Would comport-best with the -policy of thiscoun- try to appoint native-born citizens m preterence" to those of torsion hirMi '. Ho. wmild nrnunhnn I . . . .. . . . X -'"VT" j ,ri 7 man because of In religion, and would denounce I no man because of his politics, but would accord to all the 1 ireest liberty-f rminiou.'and the free i expression of that opinion. He cared not what religion a mau might profess. He cared not what 4 -denmiination he might belong' to1: be he Maho- 1 medan, Jew or (Grentile. he would accord to him ! the ri?ht t. woilshin 'aotivdiitflr t4 tha diotatea of , his; own judgmejnt. With reference to theexclu- I sum of forein-li rn citiztinn. he did not desire to exclude them. He i:i viced them! -to come here i and enter upon khe public land, to occupy the , jiubiic te rnt irvl and to build' np for themselves hoinas, and tench their children to love the Con- - stitution and laws whicib protect them : but- he would say that in all matters of leeislation and of i administration, Americans should govern Ame-j nca jr. CCries of "Call the roll!" HD-DRED AND EIGHTH BALLOT. J. t tIip Ho f, QnAnlra. I The Clerk called the roll; with the following je- gH .... , .. i. ., .. ;.. sultf -1 v hole number of votes, 207 ; necessary to a I .choice, 104 ; bfj these Mr. Banks received 94, i Uichnrdson 69, H. M Fuller 34, Pennington 7, ocatteimg 3.; ; j There beirig rio choice, the House, at a quarter'! auer a, anjournea. ' Brooxlth, Feb. 5, 1S5U To Seth W; Foiwle : My Dear Sir Having expe rienced results of a satisfactory character 'from the use of Vf I STAR'S B A LS A.11 OF WILD CHERRY, in cases of sevore colds daring the pabt two years. pm inuucea w express the Jail laith i have in its rervovatiiitr jwcr. ' ;J ''; ;.;' J was, hrsti induced to try this tnedie-ina as an ex,ininr;nt, nooim two years ago.; m connection with ihtf strong recommendation ofva friend, who was well nish uciae with consummion. and whoso I relief fiO.n the luse of it satisfied ine of its great . value incaef ofeQlds and declinc.and mosiclear- ly dsmonstratrnji;, to my mind, its great value as a restorati vtfj that only needs a fair, trial to insur a grateful dehintration 'from the public.. . : ;Your obedient serva-nt," ! 1 ; SAMUEL Ai WALKER. rursaiB 41 iiiams .naywoou.. r ! Ceedit to whoSi Cbedit is Dua W have no I hesitation in saying that consumption can always DOt lessen his gsit either for opening or. elosiag be alleviated, anid in a great many capea complete the same. Now is the time to cure connty, pre -y cue l, simply by the use of Dr.1 Wistar's Wild incl or individual rights;A gate fabeinc areetr Wherry bVils;.m. Its soothing "and; healiag inflii- ence on the uiseised organs is truly wonderful. j I RALEIGH, N3VEM3ER 20, 1855. ' . T II i:. K A N K HOUSE 1 ' A RE-OPRNHin i UPON THE CASH PLAN. j;All the deficiiciies of the season served at all hioura. (Se Bills of Fare.) . . j ..-;. IN. B. ClaggeU's superior Ale oa draft., (tf.) Wanted, 300 Active-Young Men TO A(J.T AS LbCAL AND TRAVELLING A gents in a busings ey, -useful and honorable, -at a SALARY" OF $100 PEit MONTH. A capi tal of -j?-") ouly raquired. ' No patent medicine or book, business. Full particulars given, free, to all who enclose a post-ige taup or a three cent piece, aud ad Jre. ', -., i- - j; , A. II. MARTYR, Piaistow, N. H. . Jan.-17. 185G. .... - ' o 8tw. - rpo NERVOUS UFFEdEitS. A Retired Cler gvBian, ritst 'ed to health iu a few days, after many years of gi'xf' n srvoa-i sufforing, is aBziens to make knon the meaus of cure. Will send (free) the presort jiiou 'used. Direct tbe Rev. JOHN M DAGNALL, No 59, Fulton street, Brooklyu, N.Y. Nov. 1; 1&55.. , . ' 6m 88 EQUITY Fai.1. TkR.M, 1855. George Vnst laud 6thers vs. Lewis and Willis iVck." 1 'jwhfereai, it was made to appear to the satis fivctiou of our Cdurt of Equity, for Wake Coan ty, that Willis P ek, one of tho Dtfen lants in the above written caise, was at the Fall Term of our s.iid Court a nori-residnt of - the State of North Carolina; This, therefore, is to ttotify the said Willis Peijk, whe ever he msy.be, to be and ap' pe.tr. at our next Court of Equity, to be held for the County of Wake, on the 1st Monday after the 4th Moud.iy of Jl irch next, at the Court House, inj the1 city of Rrtjleigh, then and there to plead answer, or demur to the Bill of ;Complaint of tfuorjro Wert andiothers (filed for a sale and divi sion of Reil Kstiilje in the city of Uleigh,) or said irdl will be taken rao coxrsaso as; to him and a decree made accordingly. ' ' j ' " i Given uudc-r my Land, ai office, this 11th ol Doeeuibt-'r. 18V5.I . "' I' . El). Git All AM HAYWOOD. CM. E Dec. 14, 13o5! - - y-i - ww ..-100,,' To the Voters of Raleigh Dfs 5 r I - iriot, No. 2 TT OFFER "MYSELF A3 A CANDIDATE for I the office of. DLSTUICT CONSTABLE for lltleih District No 2, and should it be your pleas ure to elect me 1 pledge myself toi discharge the duties of the office without fear or favor. (Elec tion 3d 3ionay in January. - 1 i WILLIAM E. ALLEY. Jan. 3, 1S.-.6. ? '.. 2 td New , Crop Cardenas Molasses. 1 fl llitDS of Superior New Crop Carde- fc-U- ) nas Jolasaes now landing from Brig Ff li.own, jrom Oaradoas. t or sale by J & J. L. HATHAWAY fc CO. 'j; Wilaiington, Jan. l Or '58 it .4 Manteo MllU.: -:- TI?E U of the above Mill will take Uee at I K . . . : ne vourt nense voor, Kaieign, on Thursday, DAN'L 0. FOWLS, TrasUe. tj Jan. lth,185a 14 Sale of stats Bond. TaiA.sut DPATairtt N. ft. 3 Jan. 17, 1854. QEALED PROP09L3 wtH brtieir4 atthla office, until lOe'clock, A. M.. of the lth Fakw next, for the purohse of $2.000 of Bjnds. issued y the State of N . Carolina '' They will bear : - date Januarvlst, 1855, and will run thirty years.' Proposals wiR als be reeeivet for the ar- chase of $15,000 of Bon ii. which will be dtei January 1st 188, and will ran thirty years.; Both classes of Bonds will hare coapn attch4 for interest at six pr etat par an tun. payable oav the 1st of Tan. and July, id eaoh and every year,' and both principal and interest will be payable ai atj oanc oi u ftepuouo, . lore, ttniaas waerm th t rtf to have- them pajabU'at Ue TtZ.lth State of N. C. . . - , XUey wiU ie,u,4 ia bond of $i,ooa ' They .mr...;. f, 4.4,.,d- I te tlto uadrgned at j Rileigh, N. C- endorsed I "sealel proplo tiiu for C Btoolrg, Suoeess'ul biJJr, upea being Informed f Bpmnoo oi ioir diui, C'ia tteposil uit s ' mount, with the accrued interest, to the credit ef , the undersigned, ; in either the Bank ef the R-; putUe,5ew York, the Bank of the Stata, er $ank of. Cape Pew Raleigh, N. a Tha right ! aeeepting suoh bid in: whole, or la part, as' fy d,B.4 to08F advantageous .for the SUte. , . ; J 3 1?',e ... v ' . . ' i .iuD uiua m U9 Diranmi ! ldh ri mmti r m m n b Governor. ' SeereUry aud Comptroller ef Stat., 1 ... .. .. 7 . l - 7 7' I aua tne rreaiaeal or the BanK or the BUtoorN.,' ramiina ? v. ... . . v V - , td D. W. COURTS, PubUe Traasarer. Disolutlon of Copirtnenhlp. ij THE Copanaerfhip of NIEVIBVER WfllTB i ii this day dissolvel by mutaal eoosat. ; ' i Henry V. Niemayer will setUe the trauaaatioaj . of the Copartnership HENRT V. NIKWEYBRv ' JAMES a WHITE. I. rortsmonth. Jan. I, Ift'ifl. 'v . 6 It j REVISED Code, prioe. $4 r, Pelage whoa seat by mail 45 ota. For sale by,., , Ei . i - ' .r'.-, ;; ;V . vr,X 0ii0i'. :i ALSO the Revised Code interltaofd', a few cOpUi . ; : .1. ; . ... . Aff.f.t m . . oniy in this form remaining, - 40, for eale j ' -"''- W. 14. tl tUkfiAJ . J TT. L. P. has ' tilflo ' for aula GatAn'a Imwii I . ' Jones' Digest, Iredell on r sou tar a, together Witk j 'J Law Books ffenerallv. Darticularlr thoa rnm,l i- to b red for County and Superior Court J4- ' cense. f . " . '. . - .- . ' : Jan. 1858. Winegar's Automaton Oate.'i ' pHE only really practical self operating Gate !' I ever invented, calculated for Rural Rndn -eea, Farms, Lanes, Turnpikes and plank roads, 1 &e. : Hear what ia said ef It - - ; I The scientific Amerioan of Aug, 25 aaya : "The above gate ia tbe ne plus ultra in its way j aotk- ing can be more pleasing or satisfactory than its- operations. " Ifyoit are approachiag oas of thest : ia a carriage, you reach out the hand, and touch' a small lever placet on a side post ; when prsit, the gate opens and you pass . through. ' la pass-' ' Ing you touch another lever and thaOate elose la the same mtgio maaoer.' The eo&trivaaee is "-T' simple and its cost very . moderate. ' It eanket ' to become very popular. J. Thomas, of the Cultivator, aayt 'W . have lately witnessed the successful operation ef - simple contrivance effecied by Ci Wioegar. f We passed repeatedly through a gate of tola ki1, for some mouths in successful operation on the grounds of William H.. Chase of Union Springs, - without stopping the vehicle either for opeiinc or ciosiDg mo gate alter US. . I , . - j ; This gate can be ao erected that a fast horse driven at his best speed may pass tnrourh aad on the grounds of Q. W. Mordsoai, Esq., of this ' city. The subscriber has parohasaJ the rizhl ef ms atate to maae use ana vend to other U be used. Address : - L. N. WEED. Lawrenee's liotelr " r "! - - - , Raleigh, K.fX Jan 18, 1853. . tf.. . .;!j;;; :;A CARD. v.;r- - ";.''; THE fubscriber begs liava to inrorm the'ei'tl r sens of Raleiffh anil tha nnKli at la .. k. ! has permanently settled down la Raleigh to ear i ry on the '.,.,.;-;-,---, ;j . r ! . ' COPPERSMITH BUSINESS . k ' - a . - r w mmw v, m . in all its branches, and that he is fully prepared ' to execute all work entrusted to him, lacl) ' TurpenUne asd Brandy Stills, Cooking Utenaila -of brass, lead and copper, Pomps, Jto. ... - -' Orders fr m a disUnce promptly atUnded to. . Prices will be liberal to ensure a large patronage. This Establishment is oa Fayetteiile Street, ' . directly opposite the'M.rkt House..- r ' ., HENRY HE3SELBACH. . , Jan.-18, 1856. . - . ; )B : ;P wanted. ; .J ... BY a Southern lady, who is fully qualified U teach the English in all its branches. Mnsia on the Piano, with drawing, Jc, a aiiuation at teacher, either in a genteel private family, or ia a Seminary or Villaga. . Apply to the Jbditor of. Jau. 118)0. . . , I. tf i ' ; Bricks I Brioks I ! Brioks ! ! ! -. ! mHl SUBSCRIBERS HAVING MADE PER- mataent arrangements for carrying en the ' , BRICK-MAKING business on an extensive aeale. are now prepared to contract for the delivery, iur the ensuing season, of from H to two million et Bncka of the.but quality and at such tfrtftM aa will defy all competition, .v , .- -, ... i . Orders from a distance will be promptly UUnd ed to, and bricks delivered at either of the Depots. u aesirea-, . . U6U. CUUK.J1 CO., . Raleigh1, March 12, 1865. -i .v . 21 tt MRS. N. B. ' 8 MITII, respectfully In for ma U Ladies and Gentleman of Raleigh and vieiai lyj that she is prepared to mannfaetnre any kind of Ladies dresses in the latest style and most jant manner. . Also Geutlemen'a apparel exaew ted with the greatest neatness and dispatch. All -he asks is a fair trial. Charges very moderate. Raleigli, Nov. 1, 1865. , t " 89 tf PREPARE YOURSELVES WITH STAMPS! . '. ' RAtiiOH Post Office, Jan, 1, 185. . NPTICE la hereby given that from aad after this date, (according to aet of Congress and by direction of the Postmaster General,) a . letters will be sent from this offioe aa'eaa prepai4 by tlamp.' .it. ' " - . ..' (--' .. ' t. .. 3t r- WM. WHITE, P. If. . GENUINE EDITION MISS BUNKLEYg BOOK. Tbe Testimony of an Escaped No vice, front the Sisterhood of .St Joseph,- Eaatt burg." M'd, the Mother-House of the aistera of chanty in the wr.. ... n d. turner; J$. C Book tore.! "-'Vv.; : 102. Baeigb, Pee. 2llt, 1855. A ! .1 j . '
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