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Till! liAllitill REGISTER " j rUDUSIIED BY j S EATON GALES, rntrot and rtortixTOt, AT $2 50, IX ADVAKCE; OR, $3 00 AT j THE END Of THE YEAR. i " Ourt are fSe plan of fair, Jeiigft pen. Uiurarptii fry party rage to lit like brvikett.". i n a i v I il II v r I a f u ci i u ir. v. SATURDAY MORNING, FED. 2, 1854 . i . CONGRESS. No prospect of an organisation, i In the HMise, on the 80th ult., Mr. Clingman o.Tered a rfaolutinn for the election of a Speaker bv tlie'plurality rote; ami if do choice be made at the urxt three trials, then proceed to vutenra ror. lie sahl if the resolution wm adopted, a majority uut concnr in the election, and it would dt-volve upiid the Americans to choom between (rr anil lku.ks. , Tlie rwMjlotion u rejected by a rote of 110 t 10 Fire democrat voted for the plurality resolution. v.. The.Emkrob Soclocqce. The star of Fau-, tin I. has cuhninateiL " The creator of four prin ce ami fifty-tven dukes is skulking with '' the headsnjan at hi heels- Faustin, i though born a !are eamV to be an emperor, fetep by step he rscemled the rugged steep of tame ontil upon the throue of ; Hajti he might sip from the impe rial g4let the juice of the beau, which in former yrs it was hi lot to "bring forth" by the sweat of his irow from the field of his master. Having eulisted as a soldier, he gradually rose to the rank of ,'Ooloncl. We find him Uking n ac tive part in all the political conspiracies, which were set on fqot in Ilaytifrom 1843 to 1847, ami yet taking care nt to commit himself irretriev ably in favqr 'of- any particular project. It was t. this sateity that he was indebted for his elcctioi as Pnjaideut. . The sangnniary event f 1343 Jiowfli Faustin to be, instead of an im partial' ruler, and frrefnjju the vice of ambition, m had ln !sqpp.ed a cruel and relentless des p.t. .Had it! uot bwn for the energetic remon strances of thf French consuls: his fiendish pur p:e of exteniintinr the mulatto, who coiu- fifth iJrt of the wl.ole"Tvtulation. would . t - - t . !oubtle have lecn execute!. In 1849. while erigsgil in 'hostilities against the Spanish por tion of the !U:uil. which had been em-ted into an iu'lepemjent State under the title of U e re public of !SC. Itemingo, he wa elected Emperor. The empire, however, is rather a petty affair, it wL.Wxteni being only 29,000 square miles a . liltie more than one-half the si ff the State of Vvv Yorkj, Fautm own revenue amounted .inly to about $ 1,000,000, i which the emperor received pefsonally $15,20d. per anuum, the $i.2UO,'and each of his ministers ' The conqnest of St. lXming. has, fri long time, leu the favorite project of Faustin. That conquest he has recently attempted with an ar my of 30.000 pien, but, as we have been inform ed failed failed with ,tbe loss of his empire, al pr..baUy hihea.l. ThiHia the second defeat which the Hajtien have buffered ill attempting In coiKjuer, St. - Domingo since that section as serted its independence. The prospect for the Mat k pXunUt-ou of llayti, which numbers about 00,000. rather a bloody one. The different military aspirants will now doubtless each set up f.f himself, and we shall have another of those fearful dramas of which that miserable Wand ha to freqwntly been the thsffllrc. ENi;nH VfRTCE. Although, as colonies, the X'nite-lSLitMjha.l troubles enough with the En- . and next in declaring tleir imlependence were eubjectej to a hazardous and glorious strug gle for their freedom, and though we are yet.the . rivals of Great Britain in iupplying the markete of the world with manufactures, and conflict ,withjher in peaceful T,ictories upon the sea, we cannot fail to admire her admirable courage and -EnglUh virtue. T'uese qualities have been 'the theute of the historian, and furnished lays to the pet nr has the present great struggle which the flritish nation i making, in oVder to keep her place anung the other nations of Europe, failed to bring forth her olden- valor and her John Bull individuality. , ( Nothing his impresaed us more fully with her unconquerable pride and determination, than the table conipileij by Elihu Burritt, setting fortlj the amount cotributetl to the English Bct iievolent Societies for the last year, from which it c-ras, that iq the face of all ' the contributions' which the country has been forced to make, indi rectly and directly, for the war with Russia, not irrludiug the Scotch or Irish charities, there wag ; given to thirjBible Soeictu, JC230.C16; Foreigu Mission, X44,OOG; Irish Missions, X42.147; Home Missions, X 153,694 ; Educational Societies, XTSlij Benevolent Societies, X127.G38; Mw r ,-l!anHM,'X57,637 ; Total, X 159,644. There, t hen, U a sum total of more than six million cf d illars, given! by the people of England alone, in a year, whep the private, demands upon the piir- of the co irounity must have been so con stant, and when "so many families must havo exr p.-nd?l their mite, that would have else gone to pharity, npn thpir relatives and friends in ei ther tio land or naval service. We think this table diiuw (hat benevolence and philanthropy is iiit a vaiu!boa&t it England ; it proceed from pnmtple, it lies ueep ui me popular tmnd ; H is wnietliing operior to wars with Russia, or coo qiris iii .Iiflia, vr the subtleties of diplomatic e-.rr-i.,ndence. May we, who have ntore op p rtunity.: improve the English example, and in a tane of pacef that we do nHl forget The jw-r, Ue school, or the church I , ThejSiww i almoht entirely gone, and wc have evey pnepect now of fair and delights ful eat Us. Succs to the operation of our Frnrs. ! ' PIJTR1CT, AMERICAN CONVENTION. Aa yet we hre heard of no move ii any one of the several counties compbsiug Una (AmR" aioual District towards the appointment of De legate to represent it in the Natiuuai American Convention, to be held in Fhilddpbia, on the 22nd iaat. ; nor, indeed, of the designation of a da for holding such District Convention. This b the season of the courts, in some of the coun ties, !d it would be well for the friend of the American party to hold meetings and appoint delegate. Even in counties where no court intervene, there can be no difficulty in getting them up. As to the day and place, how would Thursday, the 14th, at Raleigh, answer. , . It w indispensable, ft seems to a, that the American of the Metropolitan .District should bo represented at Philadelphia, and hence these suggestions. .. . i. ' , - . .THE TRUE AFFINITY. . The locofocu party of Galveston couuty, Texas, have elected an Abolitionist to the Legislature. We learn from Texa papers, that this fellow's name is Sherwood, aud hi abolitiwum leaked out in 1848, in a discussion with Col. Wigfull, at a public meeting of the! citizen of Galvestoi). From a report of that discussion, wc extract the following : j . . . "From his own acquaintance and "observation, Mr. Sherwood would assure ti e audience that he had never found more than three or fonr in dividuals win) pretended to vindicate the institu tion of slavery iu the abstract. They have af fected, and still affect, to regard it as an institution prejudicial jq it operation an evil introduced without the fault of the present generation, and araign a an apoligy for its continuance the dif ficulty of it abandonment." : Col. Wigfall having replied and "expressed hi surprise at having an abolition lecture before such a meeting, and on such an occasion," Mr. Sherwood rejoined in the following language : " Upon the subject of slavery, Mr. S. said he would not hesitate to avow hi sentiments, if called upon, either in public or private. Ho had accorded with Northern meu in general, who had felt no desire to Interfere with the in stitution of it in the States where it now existed and were content to leave it exclusively to the people of these State. But, said Mr. S., if the people of any one of those States, in their sove reign capacity, saw fit in deliberate judgment to abolish it, and could see it for their interests so to do, it would be t him a source of high grati fication." Now, this sanfe fellow, it seems, has been giv ing utterance to abolition Hentiraenta, within the past three or four week, and that too nchang- ed and unrebuked by a legislature which cen sured Sam Houston for hi Nebrita vote ! -Ver rily extremes inert, are! the abolitionists of tlie North and the fire-eaters of the South should ever be written down in the self-aame category. ! j SITERIOR COURTS. The Jollqwing ia the; arrangement of the Cir cuits for tlie Spring Term : Edenton, Judge Manly, M Saunders, " Person, . Dick, " Caldwell, i Ellis, " Bailey. Newbern, Raleigh, HillsborfHigh, .Wilmington, Salisbury, Morganton, Govebnor Reeder. This gentleman has written a letter in reply to the late epistle of the Pn-sident. Tlie Governor indignantly repel the accusations of the President, justifies thrf per -pie of the Territory,' and promise to couvict tlie President of gros 1 miNtatnnent and injus tice, a soon as he shall be allowed to take his seat in Congress. The latter event, however, we are inclined to think; will not be for some con siderable time, if ever. ,l. - ... " Hox. W. R. Smith, or Alabama. Thu gen tlenian peems to have breu bom for the express purpoee of plagning the locofocoe. ; He published letter some day ago, in which he fixes the rest ponsibility ol the disorganization where it belongs of right. There i no getting over, it, or under if, or around it. The locofoco party iu the House, with Mr, Cbb aV it head, is the cause of all the mischief. But for it the House, would have been organized, with a conservative Speaker, in the-j chair, six week4 ago. H government has been impeded, the country alarmed, the public busi ness neglected. Abolitionism encouraged, and tlie representative system brought into discredit, they, and they alone, are to blame. ' If a Black Re publican Speaker should be elected, the commit tee packed, the slavery agitation increased, the institution disregarded, and the Union shaken to its pse, on thrir heads will be the responsibility. Tlie Americans have done all that pen. could do. They have prevented the election of a Black Res publican Speaker, which would inevitably have taken place, had the secret wishes of the loco foco been consulted. Let the damning respon sibility rest oh the proper heads, and let it sink them to that political perdition from which tliere is no more escape than there is from Tophet! ' : t ; 4 1- . : ' B3T A resolution asserting that the Missouri compromise ought not to have been submitted to, errn to tave the Union, ha passed the popular branch of tlie Alabama Legislature by a vote of 72 to 26. There is one carious fact, my the Richmond Enquirer, connected with these pro ceedings and that is, that the author of the aforesaid resolution (Mr. Walker.J is the ton of Senator Walker,-, who represented Alabama in the Senate of the United States, in 1820, 1 and voted for the Missouri Compromite, ' The son now voted that his father did wrong in voting for tlie Missouri Com prom i e, e ven to save the Union I Which is only an illustration of the promptitude and rii with which "Young America,''-, at the present day put it veto upon and repudiates the Fcywrn of the part. . r j Municipal ArrAlR. The uew Board of Com missione was regwlarly installed on Friday night last the Mayor presiding., R. H. Battle, Esq., was elected Gty Treasurer, E. E. Harb8, Esq., aty Nonstable, and Wji. N. Andbiw, Asi? taut. The tuoal number of Committees were sp- AFFAIRS OF BRITISH INDIA. The forced surrender, to the Rus.ins. of the gallant and enduring g:irfiiW.oF Kars, attribu table as i generally believod to tlie v.ii'f'iil ueglect and . petty jealousy of the Driti Ji ofticiitl at Constantinople, seems likely to give rise 'to se rious complications, endangering the material in terest and the supremacy of Groat Britain in India. It ever the reproacnt-.itivds of a great power should have laid aile looir jr.Joiifiics and private feelings, and acted with yigr aid single ness of purpose, apart from c very other considera tion, it was here ; for on this ditastrou cveut may depend not only the mere-triumph or defeat of an army in Asia Minor, but the t'uturu interest and security of the British Lmj.irejii Indiu: The latest ax-vomit from Boiulmy and Calcutta are of the gravest character, i ncv aiiuounce ttie insurrection nf the Santals uusutliie.1, aud the necessity for' tlie irK-liiniauon , of martial law in their district a considerable portion ol -the IVo- vim-e oj' Benual-i-tiie continuation of Ute religious warfare between 'the Hindoos aud Musuliniuis ot Oude," aii.l the stilt graver mje!lk,ouoi of the i 'f tne nmetcenth century ? a literature made il enptura or auuexatkai of H.eratjthe frontier town . jJuHtris by ScoU,; Dickens, Bui wer, and Thack of Affglianistau and Chorassaa, by the Shah of : h ay in fic tion ; by Byron Wordsworth, Cole- Persia, the undoubted favorer of the Czar, id- though nominally the ally f thu Qii'a of Eng- I m P''try ; by Jclircy, MacaulaV, Brongh land. - ' Sim in criticism, to sav nothing I of hundreds of This latter event if authentic when viewed in connection with the recent triuimfh of Russian arms in Armenia and Minrelia. 'tuo capture of - . . . -V J ... Kars ana the retreat r ot Ulnar i a 'fia,) wlucli muscovite energj' and fceal w ill not fail to turn to good account is one of the deepest bntiortance, and call for prompt aud decisive action on the part of the English Government. It is not difii cult to believe that if the corrupt and feeble ruler if Persia ha taken this step, he was prompted j to it by Russian agents at Teherou, and that it , was intended as a direct menace against British'; India. Herat, situatel just within tl e boundary ' of Affglianistau, once the Gipital of the Mighty empire ruleil by limour, i the great mart tor , the prtnlucU of Hindostan, is the Indian gate of ' the only road leading from the Caspian to the ndua,and has in consequence been designated ; the "Key of India." - From this point a Inutile army might at any time be marched iut the cen- tre of Afghanistan, and although any attempt at conquest would be vain from the natural facili- ' tnat ever gave dignity to the English ' tongue I ties for defence which this country aSonh, the j Every one of that galaxy of great writers, whose moral effect upon a restless and disaffected p pu- genius radiated the commencement of the aine lation mieht be incalculable and might ent.iil; as J- teentr century, was first permitted to ,see the the tombay correspondent of the iAn hm uuxea saya, "the re-conquest of Northern 1 n iia." Eng land must not forget that her domii.iou in-India over the various vanquished races of which the population is composed, has on'y 'been secure o long as it has been upheld by - the su'wrdj :wtd so long as she has been able to preserve, the prestige of indomitable armies and colossal power Con quest can never be very palat.ile to the4;ou qiUTOfl, victories cannot le gained without in flicting injury on the "Vanquished, aud the system pursnel by Great Britain in Indi.u for more than a century, of continually making fresh conquests, and extending her froutiers by tlie ahsorptiou of neighboring States, for the purpose of procuring order and tranquility in those countries already submitted to her rule, does not t?nd to efface the bitter feeling of subjection and inferiority, which the inhabitant of these couutriesmust feci ag i ist their invaders. The arrogant policy of F.n-land toward the native population h;s not We o s ich as o obliterate this recollection. They obey becam-e they fear not because they lot e ; and were any event to arise Uj weaken this fear, by diminishing theprwipof lirilwh rwer. the most fearful und wide-spread oonfiirt wouhi be -thu n-sult. which, were it to take place at the present ni'iiuetil. when England's utmost energies are reouirod in Europe. when, to strengthen her army id the Crimc:i, f lier European tDiops from her liulrm Pitsesioiis,' would obviously lie productive.!! her ol the most serious difficulties, aud V herjffneuiy of the moat incalculable benefit. XvhetLtr, tiii-Ftforc, Russian intrigues have nccarioicd-thi ivwn ted act of agression on the pxirt of tiie Shah of Per sia against the drunken Khat of Herat, or not, if it be not promptly and eiiectuallj- rep- ImhI. it will be mme the less injurious to England. The obstinacy with which General Mot:ravivii..bUs tained t'le siege of Kars pnved the iniportaoce which the Czar attaches to the pocsmon of this fortnssas a protection to hi.s TsiUisciuc:i.ia-ii Provinces ; aiui were lie to succeed in rc-ii leriiU his inJluoiice al! powciful at t!ic C urt of Pr.-.i.i, being already in posscs.-)ion As- rai.ad, n t t.e i'f rsian siiore ol tne Cispiau - would have little difficulty, in cct!ii.g all tl ueedtf, and thus obviate one of th vnltics in the vay of his MicceS chores of the Black Se.t are in ihe c siipplies he : gve..teit. difii -ikav. that t' e POSst'sai-Ul ol hi adversaries, and coiistqiiudiy cioscl agiunst him.'- But thia is on'y the materia! advanfage lit would gaiu. . His increase of ( iu. 14I power over the Khurda and other setiti-bai h.rou iuabi tauta of the?e countries, is fully cotiutk nMimte with, if not greater than, hit material triumph. The capture of Herat by his, Persian satellite would,, at any other time, ai:d under any olh-r curcumstances, be of comparatively trivial impor tance, but at tlie present juncture is an event of extreme moment ; and, however disastrous may be the resuita which may. ensue frm it to 'Eng . lish ihtcret-t in India and ;in Asia Mir or, the British Goverument is .alone to blame. Their dii-gracefid negligeuce to use the abundant means-. within tbeir reach to succor the deicudei sof Kars, and tbeir feeble and un. killfnl diplomacr at Te heran, are the aole causes, j , The insurrecuon of the Santals the aborigin al tribes of the. Rajmalial. hills aud the swumpy plain in their immediate i eishborhood, on the banks of the Ganges.-and the fana'k al war in Oude, Which the profligate King and his corrupt Government., have principally occasioned, are matters of lesser moment, .if considered by themselves, apart from other circiimstr.nce.H i the former only requiring jativu measures of coercion to he suppressed, and the latter, ' the, adoption of that coun-e which.it is sULed, hss been already ordered, n:jiuely, tiking the Gov ernment out of the hands of the present weak,; Und incompetent ruler, and annexing Oiide to the Province of Bengal.- . ! The . Santal and otlier Li nil fed tribcrv, occupy ing principally tlie District of Vlj:i':gulpore, on the Ttglit Iwtuk of tle Ciunges. who; .faaati' al hatml of the Hindoos, Mohammedans arid Cliristians has cnutinuall driven thein to revoltj, have licen committing frightful .atrocities in the name of the Goo of the Santals, who, thej- as-sertj appearcil in a flame of fire to four brdihers, who are the leadersLof the insurm tion, ami ordereil them to exterminate thv enemies and persecutor of their religion ; but it is Wiieved that religions zeal has much less to do with tl.eir. insurrection than a desire to wTeak vepgeanco upon the tnx and tribu c collectors, who haye always been tie objects of their peculiar drte-taliou. In f )ude, the contest is lietwceu the.MiLs uIman and llin doo zealot.", the. one assisted and abetted by the King and his Durbar, the other fomented and supported by the people. Ti e piincip-d danger to be apprehen!ed from tnis religious antagonisni is. that it may take root amongst the Sepoy troops, in whose ranks many of both denominations are to be fouud; wh1, iosteatl of being efiuient to sfppress disturbance and maintain the laws, would probably take &idc with the combatants. and sow the seeds of wider aud more alarming revolts COMPARATI VE LITERATURE OF THE 18th ' ', AND 19th CENTURIES : The Boston i'osl is an exceedingly able- and respectable jurual.: It is a high toned, fearless aiwi, independent literal organ.' By no .consid erations caoi.it be deterred from devoting a ube rd portion of its space to the cause of literature and art. And hence, when it desires fr be in formed upon a point wherein we are supposed to have erred, although contrary to our usual rule of allowing such observations to pass unnoticed, it if but Cm that we should endeavor to enlight en it. ' We will not deprive our critic of the ben efit of kit "deep" attempt at sarcasni f'i- DetpThmtgkt. The Publishers' Circular says: No honest-minded thiuker can regret that .the darkness whioh overspread England and Ameri ca in tlie miditie of the' seventeenth century, should la so effectually dispelled as it now is ; while it is impossible not to deplore that the el- cgauce, the graftriness, and beauty, which char actenzed toe Anglish literature of the eighteenth U enttiry, scemahn mt foreign to that of the nine- i s v. , ,- , - i "Wegauce, . gracefulness, and beauty teem ulinostJvrcigt they; tthe English literature Tidjre, lo ire, Iveat?, Shelley, Hood, and-lenny- J'right lights in other walks of literature, and of hundred lesser ones m the specialities we have, : iiamefi. We should be glad to hear of anything t ... I 1 . .1 . . ...T .1 . 1- - J.I.J nie eignieenm ceuuiry itisi can uc inuicjieu. ' torn ecen the great living authors of the nrst half j; . Now, pray, who were "the great living auth ors of the first half of the nineteenth" century ? Were not the nob'est of the list of names here e uumerated bani in the Attic age of English in tellectual grandeur ; and as Italian art culmin ated in the glorious triumphs of Angelo and Rap hael, who were succeeded by the extravagance of the Rennaissonce did they not live to witness its decline ? They might uot, indeed, have ex changed jokes at the table of the Lady Monta gue ; they might not have witnessed the inter view of Dr. Johnson with the Earl of Chester field ; but the youngest among the most celebra- ; ted of them all was old enough to have heard, j seen and known, many of the most eminent men light -during tne last half of the eighteenth ; and, Couseqiiently, they were thus allowed Jto behold toe zenith and decline of the Penclean age of English history. They, came upon the stage, when David Hume and Edward Gibbon, when Joseph Addison and Alexander Popej when Rich ard Steele aud Laurence Sterne, were retiring from it, or had already retired. Many of them had heard the copious eloquencf of the Earl of Chatham, on the floor of the House of Commons. All of them 'were familiar with the brilliant ge nius and convivial qualities of Richard Brinsley Sheridan ; with the matchless oratorical powers of Charles James Fox ; with the impetuous, pol ished, and patriotio, Grattau ; and with the ge-iiial-hearted 'and sympathetic prose-poet of Ire land, John rhilpot Uurrau. The triumph of Mrs. Sid Ions were achieved ; the star of Miss U'Neil wa then arising. 'They could have eu- jj oyed the majestic and gorgeous conversational fiowew ot ur. Johnson, anu 'the wit of David (rarnck. L heir advantages, itideed, wre great ; nnd the models of their emulation unquestionably siil lime ! Iu that age had lived two of the most 'celebrated of English artiste William Hogarth and Sir Joshua Reynolds. 'They had inherited from the generation which was just passing a way, the most perfect of English classics: 'Tom denes," the finest novel iu our language, and f Rxlerick Kindom," hardly its inferior; the best translations of the'Illiad" and "Odyssey;" the splendid writings of Jonathan Swift, whose wit and satire remain yet unrivalled ; "Rasselas," the "Vjer of Wakeiijhl," "Tristram Shaudy and e Deserted Village," the 'Tattler,' the "Ram bhr," and t'no "Uaardinn," the 'Idler,' and 'Spec tat In L. citury appeared Bishop Berk eley's '.lcip:ir." :i -Nw Theory of Vision ;" D.ttid Il-.i.iaoV ':uis'..uy ,of Englaud," and hi in i l i ,!iud'!i; 'U rhilosophical Treatises; and A hiu Sm:i..: "'.Voaitn jf Nations." Grafton, ." ... r;. I. .; M.'iiniid,. Sir William Draper, atv-l ti'.r V i.Lain P.htcksiue the most emiuent, lr!i :ps of Engiis?. jurist were writhing bo .ie Uj e hU of "Junius." The best historical work i our ltuguage "The Decline and t'allof ii:e iionf in Empire" had leeu given to the .v rid. One.', of -thv fiuest Comedi'JS upn the sUg, 'The j-cImv ! for' 8caulal," was .written by iini who had delivered the mot brilliant public quech ever heard in Western Euiope. The Brit-i.-!i Snatii Wailuuorcd by a statesman, whocom hi'ied.wikh the , ehxj uence of Domostheues, file coinprcheii.-ion and political sagacity of Pericles, and he prophetic power of .both the good Ed muud Burke. . His noble essaj' on the French Revolution . inspired ' Sir James Mackintosh to enter the lists with him. Tom Paine had attain ed faine ; Benjamin Franklin was enviably emi nent ; Thomas JeffuFSon's writings were subejets of no sniiill admiration ; aud those of Alexander Hamilton, in their peculiar department, have nut yet been surpassed. Such wa the era in which was cast the lot of Wordsworth, Scott, Byron, Mixire, arid others of their contemporaries ; such the influences and associations-that . clustered; a round them. They were all born and educated in, and had drawn their inspiration from, tlie eighteenth century. Before the opening , of ; the nineteenth, their literary career had commenced ; and lolig liefore the first twenty-five years that succeeded.. had, passed away, all that could ; par ticularly immortalize their names were given to the public, Hence they did net. belong to ;the present century. They resemble some of those stately trees that grow on river-banks, which, while tbeir boughs jpverhang the current, and cast their shadows upon it, yet their noble trunks and wide-spreading roots seem proud of the soil that has given them birth and to which they in alienably belotig. ! But granting if it were cons:stent with facts to do sd that the names enumerated by the Post did really belong to this century, our asser tion that the literature of the last century was superior to that of the present is incontroverti ble. The dignity imparted to dt by Burke, Bob ingbroke, Addison, Pope, Chesterfield, 'Johnson, Goldsmith Swift', Sheridan, fcod a host of others, has never since been approached, much less, e quailed ! And Charles Dickens is the only En glish author of the present day,' to whom we should willingly apply thtr sacred epithet of ge nius ! That Bulwerandf Thackeray are iaUni- writers, is undeniable, u " ,.v 41, -. : , ' ": :l . 1 The ice npori which povertr often slips is dignity. A poor nian had better stand all the days of his life on tlie uppers of his shoes, than attempt a "standee ticket," labelled Dignity, es pecially if his edit has more thau seventeen par-ti-K-olored patches and fifty holes,' i -4 Geeelt. Washington,1 Jan.? 20 -Thia i aftex nooii as Horace Greely.V editor of the N. York Tribune, was coming from the Capitol, he wa attacked by Mr. Rust, of Arkansas, who inflicted several blows on his head with his fist. ' As Mr. Greely attempted to get into the National Hotel, Mr. TL struck him upon the arm with hi stick. WHO WROTE THE MESSAGE? j ine wasrungton correspondent ol tne JNew York Courier says: .;''.--. ..-.'; : I s !v I,n respect to the authorship of the message, the impression is general that it was edited by the President but that it was ' written in scraps by the members of the Cabinet and other person attached to the administration. The first part wiich treat of foreign 'affairs," is attributed jo- M0vernor:Marcy the closing division, referrifj' ! to Federal politics, to General Cushing.. In reif-', erence to. the sectional nart of it. Hon. G.'AV. i Jones, of Teunessee, rernarkedthat the President i had got farther Soiyth han he had ever gone." j. gone." i Mr. George W. Junes should recollect that lie voted for tlie Oregon bill, and .also that 'General Pierce, like himself, ; belongs to Jaceb'a ladder school of politic. ! - ' r, ; . i - r : ; it ) How to Break up a! Cold. Dr. Hall, in his Medical Journal, give the following directions tor breaking up a cold : , v j "A bad cold, like measles and mumps, or other similar ailments, will run its course ot about ten days, in Bpite f what you may do: for it, milegs remedial means are employed 'wjthin forty-elgBt hours of it incetotkm.- Many a useful life may i? spared to be increasingly useful by cutting a-cold snort off in-the following safe- and simple man ner: Un the first day of taking a cold there is-a very unpleasant sensation of chillubss. The mo ment you observe this go to your roota and stay there; keep it at such a temperature as will en tirely prevent this chilly feeling, even if it require 100 degrees Fahrenheit, In addition, put yoijir feet in water half limb (leg) deep, as hot as ydu cau bear it,; adding hot water from time to time for a quarter of an hour, so that the water shall be hotter when you take your feet out than when you put them in then dry them thoroughly, and put on warm thick woolen stockings, even if it be summer"; colds are then most dangerous ; and for twenty-four hours eat not , an atom )f food, but drink as largely as you desire of any kind of warm teas ; at the eud of that time, jif not sooner, the cold will be effectually broken, without any medicine whatever.' , RALEIGH, NOVEMBER 20, 1855. j THE KAN K HOUSE RE-OPENED ; ' 1 UPON- THE ! CASH PLAN. j All the delicacies of the season Berved stall hours. (See Bill of Fare.) i - - - ' , N. B. Claggett's superior Ate on braft. " (tf.) 1. 1 -: r f Timber Wanted. j . 4500 TELEGRAPH POLES !' - : : i are wanted ou the Railroad from .Weldon to i! miagton, N. C, ' f 'the following dicriptiorfj RED CEDAR, BLACK 'LOCUST, CI.1ESNUT,' WHITE. OAKi BLACK CYPRES j. They must be .At least 80 feet long, traighj; , knots trimmed closely and perfectly seuni ; if of Red Cedar at least four inches in dianieter at the smaller end, excluding bark juid sup ; if of any' other kind of timber five inches in diameUT, es cluding bark and sap ; in other words, the Red Cedar must have at least FOUR iucbe-i, aul t ay other timber FIVE inches of sound heart at the smaller end. Parties are requested to state price both for peeled and unpeeled Poles. ' : This timber most be cut before the end of Feh ruary next, and delivered at som Ht itioa or sta tions on the Wilmington and WeMou Railroad, before the 1st of Mav next, where it will on no tice be inspected and paid for by the undersign ed. . .- . ; ; .' . .'" The whole lot may be of one kind of timber, r of vsrious kinds above uaiarl, the price being attached to each, and offers will be received for any smaller number not less than fifty. Proposals must be addressed to the undersign ed at Petersburg, Ta. i ' J. R. POWELL, Superintendant Washington and Ntie Orleant Telegraph Line, January 8 1st, 18'6. - 4: 10. Fire Companies. The citizens of Raleigh are hereby invited to en rol their names aa members of the City Fire. Com panies ; two of which companies to consist of Forty men each, and the other of Twenty nieu : the first two to be known as Pirn jQotnpauies N3 1 and 2, and the other as the Hook in-1 Ladder Company, iii aecordauce with tlieiprovtelwus of au act of Assembly entitled 'au act for the protec tion of the City of Raleigh from losses by fire." Persons disposed to volunteer as members fof the 'same will furnish the City Constables with their names on or before Friday, the loth of Feb ruary, l8rC, on which d.iy, if the prescribed number 100 havei not been .previously vo'uu teereda draft wiU be made from the whole num ber of citiieus to supply the deficiency.' Mem bers of the Fire Companies are exempt, by act ot Assembly, from Military duty, during their term of service, except the country should be at war. 1 WM. 1. HAYWOOD, Mayor, , Raleigh, January 31, 1856., td Id. ; NOTICE. . I IS hereby given,, that I fare warn al! persons not to trade for, or take as aa equivalent, to any value, a note of hand, given by me to Samuel T. Sugg, in. March, 1855, for one hundred and twelve dollars ana fifty cents. The noe was given for property, to which Sugg had no legal right ; hence it is a fraud, and 1 do not intend to pay off or take vp the note. ' . : EDWARL TEASLEV; Feb. 1, lftf6.- I x :.- fit 10. OXFORD MALE ACADEMY, j . ; ,,. . OXFORDS, c. ; , J. If. rHORNER. Principal.: pHE next session opens the 2d Monday in Jan- j laaryT1'?'"'''" i-"f:'"! :';- , f Board and Tuition, without any extra charee. $75-00 per session, i ' . The princip.il will be assisted in the classical department, by hi brother, T- J, ilORXER. Tbe Ac idemy haying been re nove I some dis tance from. the town, the school now Iris the. ad vantages of a'counry school, without its disad vantages. - j . Oxford, December; in, 1855. , - 03 w5w. SALE OF VALUABLE CltV PROPERTY- URSUANT. toadecree of the'Countv Court of iake, i snail oiler for sale, at the Court House door, in the city of Raleigh, on 'Tuesday. the 29th day of January next, a part of the lot oc- i cupied by the late Seymour W.Whitiug, fronting, on Jones Street, aboat! 110 feet, aud also the re version ia that portion of said lot, on which the dower of Mrs. Whiting has been allotted. : ' The sale will bo made ou a credit uf six r,nd twelve months,' and. bonds with approved security will be required of the purchaser, and no title will be made until the whole hurchase money is paid. - K : v I ' GEO. W. MORDE0AI, v : r- '".' :-!!.'Adm,r'of&"W. Whitings ?. Raleigh, ec. 18, 155.- ! wtd 101 T BRICK ! BRICK ! iT; -."l THE undersigned bason hand some 5'0,000 Bricks. His prices range, between $ti,$7,50 and $15. The latter are oil brick: .: CH'g. W, PALMER.' Oct 15, 184A. tf 81. Diss olution of Copartnership. j f jnilE eopartnersHip of NIEN1EYER 3t WHITE w is this d.-iy dissolved by mutual consent. ;s Henry ..y. Nieuipyer trill settle the transactions of the Copartnership ' a h j - i ' . HEN'RY VI NIEMEYER, 1 JAMES Ct WHITE. . - Portsmouth, Va., Jan. 1, 180. - j -, i v V .,..r- , - J-. HENRY V, 5IEMEVER, f ..'.!. Portsmouth, Virginia, : Commission Merchant .... AND DEALER 7xV Liioiber, Provisions. Lime, Coal,' Silt, an J Naval .STORES. Feb 7tp 10 lame, Salt & Coal.: 200 CASKS Thomastjon, Camden and Washington City Lima fresh nar- iVi'.st and in nrime ordur. I t.000 Bushels and Salt. . -.'- : 600! Sacks of coarse and fine j 600 Tons of Foundry, Gratej Stove and- Smut Con., tor sale by Portsmouth, Va., Feb. H. V. NIEMEYER. 1, 'f6j i liup 10 PAINTING ! PAINTING ! T T ENRY M. LEVY takes this opportunl- XX.v f informing his friends aud the j,f i public generally, that ho Will do PAINTING of, erery dfseriptioa, such as Houses, 1 Carriages," Buggies, Ice, at the shortest notice, aud cheap for Cash.:.:. j " " ..; Raleigh, Feb 1, 13C6. tf 10 t Negro Hiring. , HAVING been very dtjuirous, as the Executor of Sherwood Haywood, deceased, to distrib ute his negro estate amojig hid representatives, aud having been prevented fronk so doing by one ninth of the claimants, I am , reduced to the ne cessity, of hiring them out, aud Will hirout those fit to hire, of one hundred aud (forty j negroes, on Monday, thfe 4th of February, ait the Court House, in Raleigh,,to the highest bi ddejr. The hiring will take place at 1 1 o'clock, and Mr. Lewis W. Peck, Auctioneer," is authorised to conduct the hiring and will also receive applications, before that time, to hire any of them privately id good and humane masters. , JOHN D HAWKINS. Executor of Sherwood Ifaywoord, dee'd . Jan. 29th,'18f6. - j ! - l r 1 1 1 - A Proclamation. BY HIS EXCELLENCY TltOMAS BRAGG, UUhEJtNOIl OF THE STATE OF HERE AS, an act was jiassed by the la'sf General Assembly of thij State, by a Vote of tUr?eM.tL of all the meuihers thereof, a duly, certified copy of which it as follows H r AN ACT i attt.eiid the Constitution of the, Stat, of North Carolina j . , . YK':ESi A large mmibur ot;lhe people are dis- fianc'!iisfd,by the freehold quatificatioii no- re quired of voters fur members of tint Senate, There fore. ? i. . J-:- . I ;..., .Se:. I. -Beit enacted by the Genera Asttmbiy of the St Ue 0 North Carvlina,and ishereby enacted by the authority of the tame', (three-filths Jot the mJioIo umber of membsis of each House ttoneurrilig That the 2nd elniue ol the 1st section of the 1 Is tirt-ielo of the aiiiended Constiunion, ratified bj'-the people ol .Noi uijOainlina, on the second Monday of Ndvcinbar,' in ihd year of -Dur Lord eighfeeii buiiJredaud thirty -live, shall be amndrd to read as follows: Ev?ry free white iiian of the age of twonty-o!ue years, being p native oil '.naturalized citi-z -ii of th.- United States, aikl who has been an inhabitant of thi 5tat' f'er- tw elve months imnie- diateiv precedriir tin day of an ir feleetidii, and shall have pattl p'tibhc taxes, shall bp entitled to vote for a member of the-Senate lor thel'distric! in which ho resides. . ! , Sec. 'i. " Be il further enartetf. That the Gover be?eby directed to nor-of the State bt and he i issue his 'proclamation to the pleople 61 No.-lh Car olina, at least six months belojre tlie next election far 'the-fjk-neral Assembly, setting forth the pur port ol liiis aet, .and the amendment to the Constiiuiioii herein proposed, A'hich proelaination shall be hceompanied by a true and perlect copy 'of the act, authenticated by tl;e certificate of the Secretary of State,' and Voth tle procjaination and the copy of this act the Gokernor;of the Stale s.hr.11 cause- to be'published in" teii jnewspapers of this'Siate, at least six months before the election of members to t he General Assembly. , Read three Jtirnes and, ratified in General Assem bly, this 3d day of February, SoS. j SVMX .P HILL, -Speaker of, the' House of Common. WARREN' - WINS LOW , , . ; - : , ' Smaker of the Senate. bite of Nai jli Carolina, Oilice of thy :;uy of Stnte, I, William Ilii!,' Seortuty of btato, in and for tho Stale of North Carolina, tjp hereby certify that the fo.-egoi.iig. is a trne copy of the original as rati fied and on file in this oilice. -' ' , Given under my hand this 24th day of January ' 1J56.- (W. HILL Secretary of State. Now, th jrefcre, in -conformity to the Constitution of the Stale and the requirenjients of tho aforesaid act, 1 do issue this my Pijpclaniation, ; making known to the people of Noni; Carolina the provi sions of said act and the amendment thereby pro posed to bc inad3to the Constilurion of the State, and do- cause the same to be published in ten news papers of this State six months before the election of members of the next Genejral Assembly. - -In tessiiuony uher'e'ojf I; Thomas Bragg ,- Governor of the Statei .of North Corolina, have, hereto setj my hand and caused tbe. L. S. great seal of the State! to be hereto affixed. Done at the City of,. Raleigh, this the 24th day of January, A. D. 1.856, and in the SOth year of our Independence, i " - : . i THOS. BRAGG. By the Governor ; , : :- i ' "' Pl'LASKI CowPER.i' Private Secretary Raleigh, January 30, lSotv 0 wflm. ''-,;,..;; A CARD. THE subscriber begs leave to inform the citi seiivf Raleigh. and tha public at large, thai be ha? permanently set tle J down in Raleigh to car ry oa the i . ' j i.. ,.i ;;. f : COPPERSMITH-BUSINESS ; ; (f in all its branches, and that he is fully prepared to execute all workj entrusted to him. such Turpentine and Brandy Stilbi, Cooking Utensils of briws, lead and copper, Pumps, &o. l i OrVlers Ir. m a iistauee promptly ; attended to. Prices will be liberal ti ensure a large jJatronage. This EUaMishment is onj Fayetteville -Street, Jireetlv opposite the M-irkft House-,. ' i - ' I! HENRY HESSELBACH. . Jan. lr.6..i ; -i. ..m v Julius Guion, : ATTORNEY AND (COUNSELLOR AT LAW. RALEIGHl N. a . , i :'.',- : OJico at Guion's Hotel. Jan: I "55. 5 ly 11RESH GARDEN SEED THE SUBSCitr ber are expecting to receive, this morning their.stnck of Foreign and American Garden and Grass Seed, whid is much 1 arger arid more varied than any previous supply. j. , ! -. . .. , ; They are prepred to execute orders front mer chants, ia. any part of tne f late,j on the most fa vorably terms '-and willal'bw, them the privilege of TeturniLg aU unsold by the 15th'June. , ! ramuift wishing seed will please send tneir-1 or-dera while our. stock is full. "All our seed are warranted fresh and genuinefaud among them arc tome new and eplendi varieties. ' (r - PESCUD k GATLINQ, ' . . . ; Druggibis and SeedHtnen. ft ' : ;' ; , j...:.. ..j'.ftaleigh, N. C Jan. .7 th, 180. t : DRUGS MEDICINES, ' DYES, GLASS C" THE undersigned are opening for their Sprif . Sales afresh.i.idrtment of all goods Itl their line, both dome'ati'o and foteljru. ' : ! if ' ,lo offering their stork, they are ensbleJ liy ira' pbrtant changes in their huinMS to 'insnre-'toi' cash Jand proinpt ft mouths buyer bargains l aU descriptions of their god: th quality to be strictly as reprejenteJ. . ' A ' f : 4 hywcians UHra .an opportunity . of t electing' . fron our stock tha motreliahle and popular phar- maeeutical and chemical preparations at reduced prices, rr '. ' ' si . ';- ... , . ... . '-. . . . 'iJ Druggists, Merchants, and buyers geaerally, will, find a larjre supply: comprising aU new and approved remedic's ; Standnrd Patent M.d1clns, ' fashionable Tcrfiimery, Toilette jjreparatlons 46' &o., which will by furuidici) of the best quality' aud the very lowest price ; . . '.' Catalogns of price furnished when desired i and an examination of our ?tock slloited.4 1 - ' i JOHN C. BAKER & CO. -C ', . . : '.: No. 100 N. 3d St. I ' ". Phlladelphis I Jan. 28, 18V Pr. Adv.. J 12m 9 Winegar's Automaton Gate. 'pHE only raally practical self operating 0te ! 1 ever inveuted, oftulated for Rural Rsi len- f c.es, Farms, Laici.Turnpikes and Plank roarf ic. Hear whnt is said if it. '. '. . The scientific Ameriean of Aug. 25 says f "The' -ihovegato is tbe no plus ultra in its way; noth- -iug cau be more pleiAiug '"or satisfactory than its operations. If you are approachinj oua of tbenf in a carriage, .you reach out the hand and.toaca a small lever place! on a side post ; whea preotf ' " the gate opens and you piss through. Iu pass ing you touch another lever and th GUte clo4 ia j . i .. a. : - . pl- - 1, c . . ; tun 111 e uivjic uiwuuvr iui ou.mriTaubv tuivo simple and its coat very moderate. It cannot; fail to become very popular." ' " :' '1 '( 1 ! '" -J. 3. Thomas, , of tbe . Cultivator, iays'l ' f'We y. have' lately "witnessed the Successful operation of ; a simple contrivance effecied by' C. Vinegar. We passed repeatdly tUrough a gate of this kind, , for some months. in successful operation on tk ' grounds of'WIl iain II. Chase of Union Springs, without stopping the vehicle either for opening or closing the gate after us." , " r i ' i - j This gate can he so, erected ,t hit, a fast horse driven at his bet upeed may' pass through and not lesaen bin gait either for opening or- closing the same. Now i the time to secure county, rrr ' ciuct or individual rights. A gate is being erect ed on the grounds of G. W. Mor Jecai, Esq., of this . city. The suVscriber.haS paroli.vso I the right of thi.4 State to make use and vend, to others; to be used, i Address 'L.,NVWEEp,v Lawrence! Hotel. Raleigh, X.C.J : Jin. 18, 1853. 0 tr. ORTII CAR0LIK. Nash CoaTT4 Cearti nf l!nn!l, P.ll 'Pwra' I8',3- ' . .1 1 ' 'Fhomas W. Wright, Adin'r of Margsret Drake, ': Plaintiff, vs. Allen Drake,, Wniitw' F. Drske, ; Nathaniel B. Drak, MsttheW ' Irake,' Pope, and wife, formerly Harriet Drok, !tUo children if I Betsy Uriffiu, to-w'it : E:iztbeth Criffla. Uilly ' Griffin, Charity Grithn, and Jautford Oriflin, 1 and the. children of DillV M--S William E- . vais and wife, Mary, letendi' j ... I i tin this Case, It appearinsr'to'thfl Gou,rt that all of the Ut-feddants except Allen Drake and Wjl liaui T. l.'trke) are u'on residents of thisSt ite, It is therefore ordered that publication be.Biade in the Raleigh Register far six wock,, uotilying th ?aid noa-rebident defendant to Appeal At f he next term of bur Court tf .Equity for the Coaty f Nash', to be hold at tho Court tlonae in NsshvilW on the third Mondjy iu March next, (hen ami thu; to plead, aunwor onilcinur tq the n-sid bilj, or jud-j ment pri eonfio will be eutired 'up against lhairt and the canse net for . hearing. ", y' i Witness li. .11- Dloiiut, Clerk anl Master of onr said Court, nt.iffiv br Nashville, tp. 8nl iMondiiy of September,' A. D. 1855. ' ' T vf' i, : ; r . B.- FL BLOUNT; C.-iM. E. . Jan. 21, 18t.l, . -.J,, ....;. , : w6w,6. I; !' STATE, OK :?0RTII CAROLlA.Pit Cockty. ' '-. -J- -: . .": T '- i-:. ; 1, Phenetta Wilson and others, by their gaarJlaij ami j next friend, Elinlieth Wilson, vs. Jas. Wilaonj Sr., Canuon AVil u and wife Lizzina, James 1). Wilsoh, Dicey Cax. John. V7, Wilson, Uenj. Jj j) Wilson, Frauce ,WilouK John Hadjock aud j wifa Dicey, MaiV Mills', LewU Jonia jnd wlfe'i --SaUy.sWitliatu Wilson aud"wlfe PatscyEdwiit j Petit, Oliver E'it, William ' Petit, and William McCullnin ai wife Elinor, V 1 ; . , . j : - Petition i fa sale or L.vm Tor Partition 1 In this cas?, it appearing ta the- satisfaction of the Court, tnat the dufcadia., KJwin I'etit, 0;i ver Petit, aal Wiiliain Petit, are not ru.iIviits of this State, it is order I U-U ub'ic.ition be made for six successive weeks iu t ho lUleigli-Register; ' for the aid defendants to appear, at , t bo neit terto of our Court of Kqaltj1, to "be liel lfi-r tt County of Pitt,' at tho t,'ort : Ibiuse.'tn Q reeni. vijlc, on The ftrt MOadny in .March, next, then and there to pica I, answer Or demul4-to the ploim tifis'jit'titwn, er thu auaiO win We'tkeu i-o CwT rssso by them and be. heard x.raKTa..-,f ...J., ., ,, j WitueBS, (JoolJ lloyt, Clerk, and .Master of ssid Court, at Oirice", in Greenville, December 22, ; 1855. ; i'.: .,' ' . '?',.'"" t ! .. t ' ' G00LI) HOYTVC & M. E. Dec. 27, 1855, : ' ': w8w IQl 4 TV EOIIITV ifcVt.r. T iMK: I George West and others vs.Lewrs and Wttlfs Peck.;.: - .'' i I UJ Whereas, it was .made to appear' to the satis faction of our Court of Equity, for Wke Cowni ty, that Willi. PecJt,.Hje f Ihe.lkfcn lantsin the above written cause, was at the Full Term nfn..r said Court a n m-residont of the State ef North! Carolina:" Tliis, therefore, is to notify the ssid , ; " .Willis Peck, wherever' be may be to be and ep.j ' ' pear at r next Cbvrt of E.eity,;to be 'shelil forf theCoimi f Wake-; 2n the 1st AJenday aftfMh 4th Vlo'ii I y of JIarcluiext, At tbe Court Iloimej in tho City of Raleii. thh' khd there to Dlead.i - I answer: or dmaur'to he Bill, of Complnint .cf. 1 'Georgo Wert and 6Uior (file-n'or'a: tale an ivU ' xionot rtfai r.srate tn theeity or lUleigh.) br Sa d, bill will be taken pko coxfksho as to him and dwree made'weeordiitly, 4. . g J.j . . ' . Given under my Land, at oiSpe, this.:) '.ih : December, 18w.- t . 't . .. ;.. i .u. uiiAiuJi UAkWOUli, C...M. P Dec! 14, Jc-56. s TAR RIVER MALL KikbiifoZ y t ; ; - aftANVlLtdi CO. N. C. ! i f pIIE' excreihes of' this School will be rvMutned JL on the 7th d1y of' Jtin try 'J 5'i6, un l-t ttu uanageiuent of Mr. lamea Cau1ibelL"k tradunia uf the University uf Ai.t;.-.': i Board !4 per sleuth ; Taitlon i heretofore. For partieulata address "the Principal either of . tne irusteed; or tnebeeretary... : . i THl'STEES.. X. J, A. Roaei, Wuu Clement, Jaa. art F!it AlttanVlir .1.. V All..,. C.Cot. r ? , ' C. W. ALLEN, Secmaryr: tj ";',; -Tar River. P. Ot. GraaiiHe Co: Dee. 27. '55 :HlllSB3R0UGH; ACADEMY. ' e next tesxiod'o? fhis School will torui Abe next mission or fins hciioot win eomraetif oil. Tuesday' f be 2'd 'day f January.. 1 f tt. Term : Claasic.tl Deptmefit, 2l ; English, $17. Pay ment any time during the .Sewion. ' - -''UAKELli SOU WU, .Principal , - PesemVer H, 155. .,, ... . . u .' ' A tiw 11)01. TO HIRE I . , ; ,; . . GOOD JStA.MTREbS ANI NUItSri.u. -Jari 2 IbvO. i .r i, j , A i I t I