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. . tl -JSIfeefetg aai-ejji .egiS'te . J i .. . . - " " : ...... ". ' , . ' . V y , ' ' . ; ; - t - ' j : ' - - - .- T 1 . . - - -i f VOLUMELYII. ' . ' , - ;"V;;:CITY OF ;RALI6E - WEbNSDAY.lIQRNIN6,' APRIL 30- 1856. ' l ' . , : - NO. 2G; 1' f 1 THE RALEIGH REGISTER. PUBLISHED BY SEATOK GALES, tiiToi asd rioriuioi, AT $2 60 IN ADVANCE; OR, $3 00 AT THE END OK THE YEAR. ' 0r mrt Ou plana of fair, ddigklftd peart, Uartd by party rag to Unite brother?' RALEIG II. N. C SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 26, 1856. ."':".T . "" 1 ", NATIONAL AMERICAN TICKET! FOR PRESIDENT, A MILLA HD FILLMORE. OF KIW TORX. FOR VICE PRESIDENT, ANDREW J. DONELSON. AMERICAN ELECTORAL TICKET, FOB TBI ITATK AT LAKQK. L. B CARMICIIAEL, of Wiikee, JOHN W. CAMERON, of Camberknd. 11 District, : 3d r- 3d 7th ' Jaa. T. LialejoLn, of Qnmrille. A. J. StcdmAO, of CfaAthMi), Gen. J. M. Lrch, of DAvidnoa. FOR GOVERNOR, JOHX A. GILMER, OF GUILFORD COUNTY. V 1 That w nUty m4 pnn tka hli at .iil ta rhiliiltin tm rtow7 Urt. tba n W tk IUU, Hi Kk M UI sot ortaM Ui A. (MJU, Tkst r tU policy of tk 0- ral n 1 1 qifarit b yskllr Uaala to yrovUa j - - fcnt( a4 anrtrta. Wuuu, TUt axirt vartov u4 oaairtiac esialoa 1 1 Vai ud DBtrata. bota aa to tarn profnmtj of tmm I In Um Atata Oatitatio. aa wU aa Um aiiMf aa4 UM1 ta vkira UMadawl aaoaM aa aiaao : 4. Imim, Taat la ardar Uat Lb aaraawtaat BriaHpIr f A amliaal at ay m ka triIUJ la ta aaaotac m Wt ay a4 Ataaa airtiiai, atW aa ay oar nrair pollii aai anaauaHaaa, tba aarty, aravtc aartinaaj laoaa la a lata a wail aa la Dm Caiaa, oaciaf thair aoraoaa of aalaU ay aa4 at talahilng taa Tiyr aUUra baaia af tha MMt CoaatitaUa, ( Kaaalatfaaa of Ua Qraaaaboro OoaalioaJK Kaaalatfaaa of U QrmmborcT Ooaraalloa. - I f tha Jml a! iiUmfa Lb aaaalaatioa Vila ta Flarvaaa aaaazad ; a rumaa with ta anaalaatiaa aaaaxad." AIJ' aboro OMrvatloa. TOR THE CAMPAIGN I CIRCULATE THE DOCUMENTS! "To met tha demand that tbre will doubtless for A paper, which, during the ensuisj Preai 1oUa1 CaxapaagTi, vjl keep full j informed apoo the poioU to be discussed in the CanrajM, the "lUixuun RroiTE" will ba iued aa a cam paa(n paper, at a price ao reAAOOAble aa to place C ia the hAodi of every tain, commeadog on the first of Maj. m Teams, wkzxlt, foe six month. Clcbs. Fire eopiee for- - - - - - $4 Ten do do , - - $ 1 $12 Twentj do 'do - - -jL1 ta be aent to am aJJreaa. lac GLOBioci AmiiCAKa or New Hanotee. We au ATAtined to learn thAt the America a XAtificetiun neeting in Wilmington, on Tueaday eeolng laet, otaa An MOTAtion," a triumph. The rrerj beet.feeUog pre railed ad4 the WArmest en-fhr- it aiinV4 Ter7 AmericAn present. The nomsAtion of Jo A. Gilmkb for Gorern or waa rsiiiad with AccUrAAtion ; and the "Her L1 ezpreaeee tU xeiet Sbl Holden of the StomLird, who-hae been injiiouly ndesroriug to rorneot distAtitfactkia U thai- secVou, was not preeent, te see bow utter! futile wece iuA.ejfortA, aahI bow WAnxdj the AxnericAnA cabm up to he uppurt of the nominee of the GreenAboro.' Coa . -rentioo. He would bar learn ed (saja that pa per,) that the American pArty of New HAnorer, - w airing most readily All personal predilections, for the sake of principle, were prepared anil anxious to extend to Mr. Gilmer a hearty support, that not the slightest feeling of diauUifactioa existed .at the result of the Coorention, end thAt the 'jrty would do its whole duty ia the coming Geo. DsTis, Esq., pre4J, And, upon Uking Li, aeat, Adresaed the meeting ;n eloquent term, in the coarse of which be atiudeJ most raoefullj to his own onnection with the nomi sation. And paid a deterred tribute to the cLar cter and serricea of Mr. Gilmer, in whose cause ' and that of the party of which he was the repre sentatire, he would labor with such teal and ability at it was in bia power to exert." This was to hare been expected from Mr. Daria, who, 'whether as leader or private, is Always nnself ih and ready to do good 'service in behalf of A uneriran principle. The meeting was aIao Addressed by Messrs. Jbjo. A. Baker, O. P. Mearea and R. II. Cowan, all good men and true. Aa-KHica-N- meetiso i Bacsswick. A rally cf the American party of Brunswick was held in hmithrUle last week.- Daniel L. Russell, Eaq., prraided. snd George Da vis, Eaq and Gen. Jno. G. Bynum addresaed the meeting. The nomina tion of Jons A. Gilji kb, as the American can didate for G or era or, waa enthusiasticAll j ratified. JOHN A. GILMER. This gentleman has been selected by the Amer ican Party as their candidste for the office of Got. of North'Carolisa. He is, in our opinion, the man for the present emergency. Being the pi oneer of his own fortune, be combines more of the elements of success than any other man who could hare been selected to bear the standard of the partr thtvngh the coming ca&tasa, Char. afAI. Thomas jKrrtasoji. as ."American." The following extract froui Jefferson's Notes on Vir 4iaiA, written al.ut the year 1802, m re tlwu iiAlf a century ago, hows tli!t its diinguisheil author was An "Americo,n And even At thai early period entertaine.1 strong doubts, to fAJ tlie least, of the policy of holi)tijg out cnconrAge roent to immigration, at a means of increas ing our then limited population, j Mr. Jefferson thought, in common with the oher great states men of his day, thAt howeyer proper it might be to invite mechanics and artisans from the old world to ette-Bmigt US, in "consideration of the knowledge they would bring with them in their respective branches of mechanicAl pursuit, of which we then atood In, need, it would be un wise to look to immigration as a source of popu lation merely as such. The reasons assigned by him for bia opinion are it will he seen, identical withtluve which have led to the formation of the "American" party, the soundness of winch has been tested by the experience of more than half a century. This, it will be remembered, U the riew taken of the matter by a statesman, whom hi opponents charged with being under foreign influence, and who was the founder of the true Democratic party of the country, which has, we all know, been in the a.scendant ever since the days of the elder Adams, and the name and mantle of which, assumed by false prophets and deruagogu's, hsve, in modern days, been the cloAk of political sins without . number. The people Are all powerful, for good or evil, and when mUled by the artful wile which cunning but unprincipled politicians kno& but too well how to make use of, far self inferest,' have too often been made the instruments t of their own loss. The name of Democracy, held sacred as the term must lie by all who believe in the right of the people to govern, themselves, has been made the rallying cry of men, to whom its spirit is hateful. Men who axe, at heart, aristocrats of the strictest sect, havefc from time to time, avail ed themselves of the power ofc this tftlwinanic word, and led the unsuspecting and single-minded masses, the producing classes, the bone and sinew ofjhf country, to war against their own dearest interests. When? asked why they thus lent themselves to these wicked men, their an- a . 1 . . 1 i.T ff J ?a swer nas oeen mat tne "ijeinocracy uiu u. Democracy,' or, we should rather say, "Amer ican Democracy," for we must admit that we loathe tle bastard "Democracy" engendered by foreign oppresr n, which is the bantling of vice, writhing under the bloody lah of despotic pow er, the mild, teuipertfe, well-balanced "De mocracy" of our own dear native land, which concedes equal privileges to all and breathes the spirit of universal toleration, but owes allegianco to itself, its country, and its God alone. We would a.sk was it American Democracy, as here Uenneu, to place nuicni.au uicvuu.va uu equal footing with the pauper labor of Britain, France and" Germany, and, not contented with making Americans tributary to the work-shops of Europe, call to our shores the occupants of her jaiis and almshouses, her penitentiaries and her brothels, to partake with us of our politi cal privileges ? Was it "American Democracy" to bow the knee to every foreign renegade, who had "lei his country lor his country's good," and extend to him honors and deference never bestowed upon the beat aBd the bravest of our Republic ; paying up their tavern bills, to the amouut of thousands upon. thousands, with the hard-earned money taken from the pockets of American mechanics, as in the case of Kossuth and other "strangers of distinction ! ! ! ?" Was it "America u Democracy" to send foreigners by birth, scarcely able to'pronounce our language intelligibly, as the diplomatic representatives at foreign cour ts of our people and our free insti tutions the genius and policy of which they could not uuderstaad ? If so, there are no A mericans, but the citizens of these States are. nothing but the very humble servants of for eign monarchies, ready to do .their bidding and bail with acclamation the arrival upon our shores of those who have been so very .fortunate as to be born abroad. But what says Mr. Jefferson ? " Here I will beg leave to propose a doubt. The present desire of America is to produce ra pid population by as great importation of for eigners aa possible. But is this founded on good policy 7 the advantages proposed is the multi plication of nuajbers. Now let us suppose (for exsmple only) that, in this Sute, we could dou ble our numbers in one year by the importation of foreizners ; and this is a greater accession than the most sanguine advocate for immigration has a right to expect. Then I say, beginning with a double stock, we shall attain any given degree of population only 27 years and 3 months sooner than if we proceed on our single stock. If we propose four millions and a half as a competent population lor this State, we should be 54. years attaining it, could we at once double our num ber. ; and 81 years if we rely on natural prop agation, aa may be seen by the following table : Piuxadlng aa our prtorat alerk. PruoMdiog on a doubia aluck. 1T81 &67.614 l,.35.2-,'8 18081- 1,183,228- 2,270,456 1835 2,270.456 4,540,912 102 4,540,912 - In the first column are stated periods of 27 years ; in the second are our numbers at each period as they will be if we proceed on our ac tual stock ; and in the third are hat they would be at the same periods, were we to set out from the double of our present stock. I have taken the term of four millions and a half of inhabi tants for example's sake only. Yet I am per suaded it is a greater Dumber than the country ipoken of, considering how much inarable land it contains, can clothe and feed, without a mate rial change in the quality of their diet. But are there no iuconveniences to be thrown iuto the acale again.-t the advantage expected from a multiplication of members by the impor tation of foreigners? It is for the happiness of those United in society to harmonise as much as possible in matters which they must of neces sity transact together. Civil government being the sole object of forming societies, its adminis tration must be conducted by common consent. Kvcry species cf government has its p"cific principles; ours, perhaps, are more peculiar than those of any other in the universe. It is a com-loitk-n of the fwest principles of the English Constitution, with others derived from natural right and natural reason. To these nothing can be not opposed than the .maxims of absolute monarchies. Yet, from such, we Are to expect ! he greatest number of immigrants. -! They will ring with them the principles of the govern nent they leave, imbibed in their early youth; r, if able to throw "them off, it wity be in ex change for au unbounded licentiousness, passing, is. is ' usual, from one extreme to another It would be a miracle were they to stop precisely at the point of temperate .liberty. Thfse princi ples, with their language, they will transmit to their children. In proportion to their numbers they will ahire with us the legislation. 1 bey will infuse into it their spirit, warp and bias its-di rections and render it a heterogeneous, inco herent, distracted mass. I may appeal to ex perience, during the present contest, for a veri Ucation of-tiese conjectures. But if they be not certain in event, are they cot possible, are they not probable ? Is it not safer to Vait witbJ jxitienco 27 years and 3 months longer, for the attainmeut of any degree of population desired or expected 7 May not our goverraent be more homogeneous, mre peaceable, more durable ? ?uppose twenty millions of republican Ameri cans thrown "all ef a sudden into France, what would be the condition of that kingdom ? If it would be more turbulent, less happy, less strong, we may believe lhat the addition of half a mil lion of foreigners to our present numbers would produce a similar effect here. If thoy come of themselves, they are entitled to all the rights of citizenship, but I doubt the expediency pf invit ing them by extraordinary encouragements. I mean not that those doubts should be extended to the importation of useful artificers. The po licy of that measure depends on very different considerations. Spare no expense in obtaining them. They will after a while eo to the plough and the hoe : but in the meantime, they will teach us something we do not know, It is not so in agriculture. The indifferent sUte of that among us does - not proceed from a want of knowledge merely ; it is from our having such Juantities of land to waste as we please. In Europe, the object is to make the most of their land, labor being abunlant ; here, it U to make the most of our labor, land being abundant." CROCODILE TEARS. The following article from the Lynchburg Vir ginian so exactly expresses our views , in relation to some of the concomitants of the late celebra tion of Mr. Clay's birthrday at the SJash Cottag-, Va., that we transfer them to our columns. We have not the slightest doubt that the surmise of the 'Virginian,' as to the motives which prompted this locofoco pious pilgrimage to the birth place of Henry Clay, hits the nail on the head, and green beyond all power of expression will be any true friend of Mr. Clay when living, and when the de votion and sympathy of friends pourd a balm into a heart lacerated and torn by the malignity of unprincipled and unscrupulous foes, if he shall be imposed on by the crocodile tears recently shed over him : . ' v . "Post obit Praises. The spectacle presented last Saturday at the Slashes of Hanover has elici ted much remark. That men should have left their p.tts in the Cabinet, the Senate and the House to have come , together near .the humble scene of his nativity to do honor to the memory of an illustrious citizen, now no more, would not have been so remarkable, if they had been men who had ever given reason to believe that they entertained for him living any of the sentiments they profess toward him dead. But when such men 8A Secretary Cushing, Senators Douglas, liigler, Mason, Butler, and Jones, of Iowa ; Mr. Cadwallader, Caskie and others of the Houe men who scarcely ever held apolitical opinion in common with the lamented statesman who be long to a party that hunted him through life like a beast when such men are found putting them selves to unusual trouble to evince their love and admiration for Henry Clay, other men who attes ted their devotion to hi m living as well as dead may be pardoned if they attempt to find an ex planation of conduct which to them cannot seem less than extraordinary. It has been only twelve years since Henry Clay was a CAndidate for the Presidency. The gentle men whom we have uanied, without an exception, opposed bis election, and sustained that of a citi zen of Tennessee, whose birth-day it has never yet been thought appropriate publicly to celebrate. To what extent they or any of them may have joined in the hue and cry of detraction and cal umny, with which their party assailed him then, we have not the means of knowing ; but we think if any of them had gone to his vindication against the foul aspersions that were poured upon him, we should have known it. We have before us now an editorial article from the Louisville Dem ocrat, then as now one of the recognized and most influential of the organs of that party in the country in which, in the space of a band-breadth, Mr. Clay is charged with the "foul murder" of Cilley, with "making his wife a maniac," with having "perjured himself to secure a seat in the United States Senate," with having made "an in famous bargain with J. Quincy Adams.-by which he sold out for a 6 thousand-a-year office," with being "a gambler and a sabbath-breaker," with entertaining "political principles precisely and exactly those of the Hartford convention feder alists," and other most base and villainous false hoods, that should have palsied the hand that penned or the tongue that uttered them. Where then were these ardent Democratic friends and admirers of the persecuted and slandered old man 1 The jyfc,ola can v as howled with the clam ors of his assailants." Did any of these men who have now come from Washington to Virginia to attest their veneration for his characterdid any solitary one of them then open his lips or raise his hand to hush the storm or shelter the brave old Commoner from its furv 7 Not one of them. Lin his own language, at the time : "The vile curs of party are barking at my heels, and the blood-hounds of pereonar malignity are aiming at my throat. I scorn and defy them as I ever did." It is enough to make one's blood boil to think that men, who then cried on the brutal pack, and joined in the wild halloo of the chase, should now triHe and meek the sensibilities of those who really revere the name of Henry Clay, by utter ing maudlin panegyrics in his honor. Why has not this occurred before 7 There have been other celebrations of his birth-day, both, before and since his death. How does it happen that not till now have prominent aud aspiring Democrats come forward to lay their offerings on his shrine? Why have they come just at this juncture in such numbers and with such votive fervor 7 The mys tery does not lie too deep to be fathomed. A Presidential election is near at hand. There is a large Whig vote supposed to be floating and ca pable of being netted by skilful angling. Num bers of the old friends of Henry Clay stand dis connected with the parties of the day, and it is, thought that adroit management may enlist them in the. ranks of the Democracy. Hence this irruption of Democratic leaders into Virginia, and heuce this sudden and surpassing aRectioi for the consecrated sage df Ashland It has not been a great many years since the Richmond En quirer called upon the Democracy of Virginia to meet him on her border, as he was coming to ward his native State, And drive him back from their soil. Now, for purposes of their own, the potentates of that party, whose mouth-piece the Enquirer was, themselves Crowd into Vir ginia to aid in making immortal the day and the spot on which he was born. There is a monl in these things which the coantry; not c tne intelligence to deduce. Either the abuse by the Democratic paHy of Henry ; Clay while living was insincere, or its praises of hira now dead hypocritical or -their judgment of him was immensely and monstrous ly erroneous. Their word,, or their judgment, the one or the other, is not to be trusted. It follows that we must take as entitled to no weight what they may now say of other men? of Millard Fillmore, for example. For, who can tell but that in a snort lime the chorus of defa mation they are now chanting over him may al so be changed into paeans of praise I Who can tell that the soil which shall after a while inurn his ashes may not, like .the sod' that covers the prostrate and mouldering form of Henry Clay, be moistened with the tears of the Democracy I" THE DEMOCRACY "AND . FREESOIL. Gen. Zollicoffer, of Tennessee; one of the ablest ( members of the House of Representatives, made a speech in that body the 8th inst.in which he made the following examination into the course and position of leading Democrats, with regard to the subject of freesoil. Raving and ranting abolitionism, of the Garrison type, can never ac complish any thing in this j country; but the plausible and quiet system of extending the area of freedom, pursued by the North-western De mocracy, will, if not checked, effectually and forever bar the extension of slaverjr an inch fur ther. We make an extract from Gen. Zollicof- fer's speech : "I have a sketch of a speech before me, which Gen. Shields made in defence of the Nebraska bill, at Springfield, Illinois, in the Fall of 1854, which appeared in the Washington Union of Oc tober 28, of that year. Now, remembering that the Nebraska bill is the present Democratic platform, this extract is important. Here it is : see upon what ground he defends that measure 1 He said : , 1 "Kansas and Nebraska were free now and the people there would keep them free. The estab lishment of slavery in those Territories was not only improbable, but impossible, and it was al ways wiser and better to let people wort out a great good for themselves, than .have it forced upon them by others ; and this was tha way in which freemen always do what is great and good, by their own free and voluntary act. The prin ciple of non-intervention would not only keep Kansas and Nebraska what they are now -free but would, by jts full and fair operation, if we acquire the contihert to the Isthmus of Darien, vork Kith such powerful frce and effect that no man would eter see another slave territory on this continent. The Washington Union, in the article copying this extract, expresses its gratification that Gen. Shields is in the canvass in his ' State, giving powerfid aid to his distinguished colleague. Judge Douglas, and remarks, that in this particular speech, "he sustained the principles of the Ne braska bill with great force and effect !" He was giving 'powerful aid to Judge Douglas. And what was Judge Douglas doing; 1 have no copies of the speeches he was making in Illinois; out 1 nave an extract or a leiier ne aauressea 10 the editor of the Concord (Ni H.) Patriot, dated February 16, 1854, in which, speaking of the allegation in the North that the Nebraska bill opens the whole country to slavery, he asks : ''Why do they not state the matter truly, and say lhat it opens the country to freedom, by leav ing the people perfectly free to do aa they please?"' This is very similar to sentiments expressed by the same" distinguished gentleman in' the Senate, in his speech on the Territorial question, on the 13th and 14th of March, 1850. He said : j : "Last year I introduced a bill for the admis sion of all the country acquired from Mexico by the treaty of peace into the Union as one State, reserving the right te form new States out of any portion of said territory lying east of the Sierra Nevada mountain." 0 0 "If my bill of last session had become the law of the land which it certainly would have done, if he (Mr. Hale) had not united his forces with those of the Sena tor from South Carolina (Mr. Calhoun) to defeat it the whole of Vie territory acquired in Mexico would at this moment have been dedicated to free dom forever, by a constitutional provision." In tbe same speech, speaking of the effect of his own amendment to the Texas annexation re solution, ho said : ; ' "Wbile Texas remained an independent Pow er, it was all slave territory, from the Gulf of Mexico to the fortyrsecond j parallel ef latitude, By the resolution of annexation, five and a half degrees of this slave territory, to wit ! all be tween thirty-sixand a half and the forty-second parallels, were to become fixed, pledged, fasten ed to ha' free, and . not slave territory forever, by the solemn guarantees of law. Here is a territo ry stretching across five and a half degrees of latitude, withdrawn from slavery devoted to free dom, by the very act which the Senator (Mr. Wkbsteb) has chosen to denounce and deride as the work of Northern Democracy." "And when the northern Democrats are ar raigned and condemned for having contributed to the extension of slavery, the five and a half degrees of latitude north of 36 deg. 30 min., for which provision was made to be converted into free territory absolutely, and probably double that amount south of that line, by the action oj the peo ple themselves, when they come to form a State constitution, ought to have been brought to the notice of the public, and put ta our credit in the statement of tne account." Here we have Judge Douglas's own interpreta tion of his .own action, connected with the three most momentous measures touching the public ter ritories, for which his southern friends give him credit I Is it not legitimate to present these re cord facts of history ? Still it is just to say, that Slessrs. Douglas, Shields, and Richardson are of the very soundest of northern Democrats, and are really entitled to much credit for the patriot ism and general nationality of their sentiments. They Are far better than the masses of tlie Democratic party at. the North, who have been so fearfully complicated with Freesoilism and the Wilmot proviso. So generally has this been so, that, after Mr. Pierce's nomination for the Presidency, the Washington Union, edited by a Tennesseean, was forced to say at least, I have often seen this language quoted from it : f The Freesoil Democratic leaders of the North are a portion of the Democratic party; and Gene ral Fierce, if elected, will make no distinction be tween them and the rest of the Democracy in the distribution of official pdtronage, aivl in the selec tion of agents for administering the Government" The public offices were accordingly filled, to a great extent, by Free-oil Democrat from the North such as Dix, Bishop, Cochrane, Fowler, Crocker, &c.,- while sound national men such as Dickinson, Bronson and others-were neglect ed or proscribed W.' J. Brown, of Indiana, who would have been j made the Democratic Speaker of this House, in the Thirty-Second Con gress, but for the accidental discovery that he had given rritten pledge to Wilmot that he would compose the committees with Free soU ma jorities, was appointed : to and now holds under the Administration a high and important office. The present Secretary 6f the Interior ia.a WUmot Proviso Freesoiler of to strong 3 type as to day that slaves ore property. 1 Our minister Plenipo tentiary to Russia is a Freesoiler. Of the se venty delegates appointed by the Softs to attend the Democratic . convention in June next, all werjold Buffalo platform Free-soilers of 1848, (say the New York National Democrat) but se ven.! But I have not time to go fuither into these prolific details. - - ' . What is the present ostensible position of the Democratic party ? Why. its platform is not fouqded upon principle at all, but upon a solita ry measure- the Nebraska bill which ia con strued variously by its various supporters. Gei. Cass, for example, heads those who see in it squat ter sovereignty : my colleague is of those who understand it very differently.: Gen. Shield is of the class who think: it a measure " for ree dorri," and the distinguished C. C. Cambreleng, as orthodox a demJcrat as any of them, ia, in love with it, because be says it will so operate as to leave "not a single .'square inch of slave ter ritory in the United States." r- r Where, then, is the . identity of vrinc'ple where the soundness of the Democratic party, of which my colleague speaks ? Jl he same radical differences of opinion, which characterize them. , on slavery questions, also attend them on other J leading branches of pnbjic policy. But my coir league claims that his party are strict Construc tionists ; and. before I leave this slavery a ues tion, let me call attention to the fact that there is a large section of the Democratic party who are such strict constructionists that they deny that the Federal Government had the con stitutional right to pass the present fugitive slave law." . ' I GOV. BRAGG. It is our intention to hoist the name of this distinguished statesman; (who is a candidate for re-election to the post he now so ably fills at the head of our Campaign paper, and we intend to Jend our aid to insure his election. , : J . Norfolk ( Va.) Argus. This is decidedly the coolest specimen of im pudence we have met with in many a day. There may be more, however, in the movement than meets the eye. Mr. Brago's Virginia affinities are well known, and certainly no Vir ginia politician ever hugged an abstraction to his bosom with greater fondness or swore more de votedly by the Resolutions of '98 and '99 than this same Governor of ours. Help from' Virginia I : Gov. Bragg will need help from other quarters, besides, before John A.; Gilmer gets through with him ! Had'nt he-better cy? send over for his Ebo-shin Excellen- The Americans are opposed to every mea sure which has not for its obj&ct the perpetuation of our glorious Union. They are conservative and national arid, hence, are hostile to the intrtduc tion of a controlling and arrogant foreign influence into our political concerns. They believe that the descendants of those who achieved our liber-, ties are the proper persons to whom the guar dianship of those liberties should be entrusted : and therefore they combat against all parties who favor the elevation of a raw foreigner, whoimay not understand our language, and certainly; does not comprehand the true policy of our govern ment, into an elector of President and other pub lic officers, before he has had the time to learn the true principles of our institutions ;; and the ques tion for the American people to dec'ide is, whether the children of those who fought for our country, during the Revolution, or the descendants ofthose who fought against it, should have the control of public affairs ? Can there be any hesitation with a genu'ue American as to how be will cast his J vots on such a question ? We . think uotj In btiuet, vyithout reflection, would guide ilyrhand to deposit the right ballot. NOTICE?? OF' NEW BOOKS. ! . .. Aii Essay on Liberty and Slavery ; by Al bert Taylor Bledsoe, LL. D., Professor of . Mathematics in the University of Virginia. Philadelphia, J. B Lippincott & Co., 1850. This is a volume of 383 pages, neatly pound and. beautifully printed. ' In size aud literary at tractions it is unpretending, and presents ho me retricious fascination to the public eye ; , Bui if we mistake not. it deserves to be hailed as ione of the ablest essays of the age. The discussion is close, logical, clear and conclusive. The reason ing is of. almost mathematical severity, and the impression it makes as overwhelming as a pure demonstration. The author treats his subject, first, morally, then scripturally, - and concludes with its political and egal relations. Pissing by such works of fiction as " Uncle Tom's Cab in," and" other superfiqfal works on slavery, he boldly assails the strong positions 5of the aboli tionists, as held in the writings of such men as Channing, Waylahd. Gurney and Barnes, and in the speeches of Chase, Seward, Sumner, and other leading politicionsbPsfthe anti-slavery; party. These strongholds disappear before the irresisti ble'logic of the professor like frost-work before the morning sun. One after another they are utt.erly, irretrievably defeated, and their hollow rhetoric is held up triumphantly in his hands to the derision of .the 'vorjd. Often as these men have been refuted be fori?, they have never been silenced. We-are at a loss to imagine how they can ever recover from this general, sweeping, overwhelming catastrophe. . It will do the heart of any southern patriot good to read this noble vindication of our cause. We only wish it could circulate and be read in every northern community. It will not be read because it- cannot possibly be answered. While thousands on thousands of such books as Mrs. Stowe's are eagerly devoured in the South, the people of the North 'remain wilfully ignorant of what may be written en the other side of the question, and we fear that even the unanswera ble' essay of Professor Bledsoe will rerSain unno ticed and unknown in tljat section of the Union. So let it be. Their ignorance may prove -their ruin. The South will survive them ! This book is for sale at H. D. Turner's N. C. Book Store. " CAiwyG Names. The London Times calls Gen. Cass "a very intemperate and very fou1 mopthed old fellow' . The Alexandria-Gazette thinks that the London Times is "a very intem perate and foul-mouthed" journal. - i LOCAL' NEWS. -hepobted fob the beoisteb.3 - Insane Asylum. Last week gome six or seven insane persons were received into the above Insti tution. Some of them were quite violent and straight jackets were immediately placed upon them..: .- ! . " - . . - - Fight.A. fight occurred ion Tuesday, on Co logne Street, in which several persona were en gaged Three upon one "were the odds, but, much - to the satisfaction ef the by-staniers, the plural number were defeated. Cause oTthe whole occurrence, mean whiskey, and too much of it. " ' -r '-' -' Drunk Again. A friend of ours, passing up Fayetteville Street, a few nights since, stumbled over something, which wns supposed by him to be one of Mr. O'Whack's proteges, but, on ex amination, it turned out to be a well known'en Ueman by the name of Medlin. : Upon being dis turbed, he broke forth with the following classic refrain : I " . -Gli I went ("e('own to Tennes (Ate) see, Jut to court (Ate) Aggy (fcte) Rhee On an old (Aic) log, I laid my e) head, " And dreamed (Ar) I was in a (Ate) sh'uC.bed." Oh get along Aggy, . , h get along Aggy, &,c. Our friend passed on, delighted with the air . Fashionable Singing. Being in vited to a fash ionable party a few days since, (a la concersa- twne, a la musicale, &c, &c.,) a boarding school young lady, Miss Fitzfidget by name, Vas re quested to favor the company with a song, and after many excuses, such as these: ." I have'nt practiced this ;" " thafs too difficult j" " that's old-fashioned ;" " thafs too high for my voice ;" " that I've sung so often;" " that I'm sure you would'nt like," &c, &c:, at length consented to sing Eobin Adair, (and if any of our readers can make out that it is Robin Adair, we'll give in ;) as follows ' 7 . " Raw-haw, he-heens, nor-hot, he-yer? 4i What-wawst-I-weeesh't-to-see, Raw-haw, he-heen, ah-ha, day-er, Whe-ers all thee j-'y and mirth5. v Made thi-his tow-un a Haav'n on erth I Ho ! they-er aw-hall, flayed with thee, : Raw-haw, he-heen, ah-ha, day-er." Quantum sufficit. Smart man. Passing through market yesten day (Thursday) morning, we overheard the fol lowing trade, made between a merchant and a retailer of roe-herrings, to wit : . "What do you ask for herrings ?" " One cent and a-half a piece usual price." " Well," says the mer chant, " I'll give you thirty-seven and a-half cents for fiftv." " Done," said the wagoner - and a; he trade closed. Now, who was bit? V Unpaid Letters. Below will be found a list of letters, which are detained in the Post office in this city, for want of pre-paymeuf j Miss Lizzie W. Fitch, Valparaiso, Sth. America. C F. Dunbar, Lexington, Missouri. G. W. Adams, Petersburg, Virginia. Mack Taylor, . Richmond, ' ".- Mrs. Fran McCanby, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Sion Williams, Spring Hill, Alabama. Wm. Blake, . John Kimberly, Miss N. E. Taylor, Ewd. Williams, Miss L. Hartsfield, Rachael Iredell, Wiley J. Palmer, Geo. R. Hanrine, Mr. E. Harris, Wyatf Earp, Thomas Carter, W. H.Apthy, ' E. 'B. Wilder, Arbacoochy, Nashville, Tennessee. Macon, Louisburgr Rolesville, Edenton, Milton, Fayetteville, Gulf, WaTcefield, Newberne, Lincolnton, Greensboro', Alabama, " N. Carolina. . New Bridge. The North -Carolina Railroad Co. intend placing a Bridge across the deep cut be yond Dr. Sjitfh.'s premises on the old Haywood road, and distant from tha city about one mile. It i4 very much needed, and' should be speedily built. . j " - ; Detention The cars on the North Carolina Railroad were detained an hour or more.an Wed nesday. last, in consequence of a freight train be ing in the way. The recent thange in thesche dule on that road will at hrst cause derange ments,. butno accidents need be spprehended on the; part of the travelling public. Hope is like a bad clock, forever striking the hour of happiness, whether it has come or not. '. . . . 1 Our devil says if he is " born again," he wants to be born a Dutchman, just to enjoy lager beer. " It has been but a few years since the epithet " Old Fogy" began to be applied to men whose opinions were supposed not to be abreast with the spirit of the age. - - The British admiralty has, with commendable promptness, sent out two steam vessels of war in quest of the Pacific. - RevV Wm..G. Browntow, of the Knoxville Whig, has written a book in reply to Rev. Mr. Graves' " Iron Wheel" " I will bring him up imbued with the idea that nations-must not be egotistical," said Louis Na poleon to Count Walewski, who offered him the congratulations of the Congress upon the birth of his son. . ; . . . .. " Mr. Dallas has been most flatteringly received in London. He dined with the Premier after his arrival, and various other fetes were gijven in his honor. f Misses Fox have realized afortuna'by snapping the joints oftheir toes, which the gullible public mistook for spiritual rappings. ' The Bank of tbe State of Georgia has declared a semi-anuual dividend of 7 per cent. . UeS" The South Side Democrat thinks that 'Franklin Pierce will receive the vote of Vir ginia at the Cincinnati Convention." MARRIED. At Richmond Hill, Yadkin Co., on Tuesday, the 15th inst., by the Rev. Jno. H. Parker, Da niel G. Fowle, Esq., of Raleigh, to Miss EJlen Brent Pearson, daughter of the Hon R. M. Pear son, of the Supreme Court. ; " BOARDING, P-R-R-A-T-E A-N-0 T-R-A-N-S-I-E-N-T- ; FRONT STREET. " ' '. ' V I. Mallett. WILMINGTON, N. C. - Mar. 4, '66. . s 3m .19 ELK. jad cpe (-straw Bonnets and Lufanta' H au H.B.SAD. T WUUA . CIRCUS. 1 ; FOUR GREAT j3 HOWS IS ONE. . 1 ROBINSON & ELD RED, , - t PROPRIETORS. ' , HIPPODROME, ANIMALS A CIRCUS. Will Exhibit at"Raldgh Mty 5th & 6th, 1851 :r-;-:, " CARD ROBINSON & ELD RED Proclaim to the South (hat, ai return for the generous patronage that has ever crowned their efforts to please, they hare ihis season combined ". FOUR GREAT flOWS I and engaged the world renowned . FRANCON,I HIPPODROME TROUPE .. x to appear in Conjunction with their splendid A VIM A L EXHIBITION, GliKAT SOUTHERN CIRCUS, j Making in all the most eoauplste. i intereajtiaff and satisfactory enter- i tainmeht ever seen under any Pa. ' rilion, and the best ' FIFTY C ENT SIIOW Ever offered to the People of th S. HENDRICKS.- AgsnL April 2S, 18 -,6. 3t 84. BANK. OP CAPE FEAR, . ".--.If"; April lth, 1856, UnklvTiJJRND The Board of Directors hate d il M clared asval-innual Dividend of Five ptr cent., payable at the principal Bank and Brn- ches, on and after the. 1st May next:-XJitraoafr .books will be closed Irom this day to May" itt H. R. SAVAGE Caah'r. , April 24th? 1866. ' I td. -84. NOTICE. The Annual Mesting of the Stoek. holders of the BtQ of Cape Fatr will be held at the Bank in Wilmington, on Thursday, the th day of May next. H. R. SAVAGE, Casa'r. April 24th, 1 856. ; tm. 84 Valuable Prop arty For Salo. . Will be soli, the: 24th day of M ty at the Mark-' . at House in Beaufor. the lota batw aan front Street and low water mark. Trm made known on the day of sale .-,.-... JNO. P. C DAVIS, B L. PE 1RY, JOHN RUM LET, JOHNPIGOTT. , L Commlsslonsrt. BENJ. LKECRAFT.J April z, io. wtd 84. STATE OF t NORTH CAROLINA Waii Cobntt Court of Pleas and Qaarter Ses sions, February Term, 1866. ... Charles Dewey, Cashier vs. J. H. Beasdict It Co. Original Attachxcnt levied on Lan aV - Pxbishablk Paofebty. , In this cause, it, appears to. the satis'abtlea of the Court, that the delendants, James U.Benodiot and John S. "Andrews, have kbioonded or so eon ceal themselves that tlie. ordinary preoess of lair cannot be served upon them : It is ordered that advertisement bi uitde in the Raleigh hegister for six weeks, notifying said defendants to come forward and plead or replevy, on or before the next term lof this Court, to be held at the Court House , in Raleigh, on the 3rd Monday of May next, or the property levied upon will be. condemned te the use of the pla'ntiff s claims. - , Witness, Thomas J. Utley, Clerk .or said Court, at office in Raleigh, the 3rd Monday of Fsbraay, iooo.i - iuya. j. viiioi, wiers. . ' April 24, 1856. w6r 84 STATE OF NORIH CAROLINA W am 1 County. Court of Pleas and QuArter See- sions, February Term, 1856. .' ' John Creech vs Elizabeth Sv Ryali. ' Original Attachment. ' In this cause, it appears that the, defendant has ' absconded or so conceals herself, that theordiaa. ry process' of law cannot bo served on her: It is ordered that advertisement be made in the Ra leigU Register for six weeks; notifying said de fendant to come forward and plead or. replery, At the next term of this Court, to be hew at the Court House in Raleigh, on tke 3rd Monday at-. May next, or tbe property levied upon will be condemned to tbe use f tha plaintiff's claim. Witness, Thomas J. UCley, Clerk of said Court, at office in Rtleigh, toe 3rd onliy of February, 186. ! TJIOS. JV b TLty, Clerk. , April24,J8j6. i - . w6w 84" Unusually Attractive Stock! 1856 Spring and Summer Supplies I fp R. FENTif-SS. Merchant Tai'loa, would I respectfully inform hU friends, patron , and the pubi'C at large, tiit he has but recently re-, turned from tue JNortheruiUiues witn by rar tne most superior 'articled iu the line of hi business ever exhibited iu tui City. To prave this state ment, he inntesan examination of his stock of 1 CLOTHS. CASS1 v KHES AND 7ESTINQS. of almost all colors, as well as rap D'Etcs, pUla ; and figured, Drillings, Marseilles ot evryvariety, Satins, &c. &o together with hi rich and gene ral assort meat of Scarfs, Crarats, Tiea, Pocket Handkerchiefs, Gloves. Suspender, Hnirti, and -other things too numerous te detail in an orii nary advertisement. : The above goods will be made up, sold, ka., on the most accommodating term for Cash, or, te ' ' punctual customers, bn six mouth's credit. And thbi leads me to aay that' my sea-tone for the ma- turity of accounts are the lit of April and tbe 1st of October This I have frequently .. eutioned, but some of my customers are uuwdling or uua , ble to comprehend it. I hare written very many letters to very many of tbem. but tna only eonse lation I hare derired in the majority ot loetaneee has been the exceedingly pour couao atioa of har ing bad to pre-pay tlie postage on their letters. Those living at a distance might at least oblige an by informing mt of their location I ' . ' . T. R. FENTRESS. N. B. A reduced stock of READY MADE Clo . thing on hand, which will be sold,or cash, at eosC - f f PARIS AND AMERICAN FASHIONS fer the Spring and Summer of . 1850 Jaat received. The subscriber wishes to employ 1 , er S rood ' -Journeymen iuuaerfiateTy; aUo, would take 1 er 2 Apprentice boys 1 ne oys mast om weu ta- . commended. ! ' April 22, 1813. gga. Standard and spirit I of the Age J timet. STATE MEDICAI. SOCIETY. TRIHE SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING ef Ut jj Medical Society or the State of North Caroli na will be herd in the city of Raleigh, on Tuesday, the 13th of May, 135H, tbe secoud Taeiday ef that mouth. The Society will oonrene at S o'clock, P. M. . . 1 Delegates, Permanent members, and' the pre tension generally, are invited to attend i 8. S. SAlUUWfiLU, m. y., 1 . Ueo. N. C. Med. Soe. April 8, 18.16. ' wtd .29. f For Business Men. s UITS of Casirnere and Marseilles ndl eisas. Just recuiVvd. ' ... H S. '.... . . W. 11. n ILtLlAJnO, affW. . For Sale. WE have for eale a tirct rate " HERRING'S PATENT SAFE" in perfect order, and secure in every respect. It i Fold foi no fa'tlt, whatever, but the increase of books and paper has compelled us to procure a larger one. - , W. II. & R 8. TUCKER. , April22, 1850. ; ;M mm 1 - I
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