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VOLUME LVIIL
CITY OF RALEIGE WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 7; 1857
NO. 3.
HE RALEIGH REGISTER
PUBLISHED BV
JOHN W. SYME,
MTOi ao riortiiroi.
,T v IN ADVANCE; OR, 3 00 AT
71 IK KXD OF THE YEAR.
.,W tf jrfi tffir. idigktfvl ptact.
ALE I ) H. N . C.
MTTWAT MORNING. JANT. S. 1M7,
THE NEW YEAR.
itbe Cklrodw not amaged thu
rr rrtcuwl? in reference to our dar of
lUxitloo, we are compelled, fortj-cight
Vir afur itt dawning, to tender to oar read
er ikw compliment which we, could we
b?t done so, ahould hxf offered on the ad
irtt of lie new jear. Th Old jear had
r oe and tbe Xew jear 's come sajs the
t.cz, ami come ' ioo witn au iu Dopes,
p'ii, and reponaihilitiec. Of ita hopes,
-fcrjht as rainbow tinta," who would speak
a vord of discouragement to chill the heart
t&h often Urea on hope 1 but of ita plans,
est ve not saj, " Man propout and God
iliat$ . while of its responibilitie?, it
iwar datj as an humble teacher of the pub
lic to saj, to each one in his respectiTe sphere,
uie beed that jou as well and as honestly
i$ nomao fallibilit j will permit, do jour dutj.
Eteen hundred and ftj-ix, with its bas-
ucgcires, iujojoasanticiations,its blight-
J Bjpes, iu marriages, its christenings, its
haerals, is rone, and its successors will in i
cxrB,coiLe in and go out " until the last syl
Ulle of recorded time," u lighting " in their
jimgt generation after generation, the way
to " duity death."
But we do not mean to make oar first New
Tcar't bow to the subscribers of the "Regis
ter" through tho medium of a sermon.
Till we leave to a more appropriate place,
i3 J to those who have the qualifications to de-
Er it effectively that we so utterly want.
Frta our heart we wish to all a happy New
Tar, and many auccesaioo of happy New j
liars, pledging oursclf that if in our humble
-re ana vocation we can contribute any
i .
&a; to that happiness any thing to the
vLOiog away yf a dull hour, any thing to
uuue, ad above all. to instruct, to bejortb-
eotuing with it.
It may be emphatically said of New Year's
ay "heavily and with clouds, the morn
ae lowering on." and those clonds per-
f rmed what their looks promised, for before
rht oow began to fall in small flakes, and
vajeterdij morning the earth was covered
tj a white and thin mantle. The tempera-
tare, too, did any thing but remind one of
lit trcpias, and we at one time feared that
ve were at the beginning of a second edition
i iaai jear a memoraoie epeu. uappuv, we
vere aiutaken, as the snow began to disap
feir hj G o'clock and by 12, had, with the
exception of a small patch here and there,
TiaUled.
. Rifore we conclude this brief paragraph,
vf taut not omit to mention that Governor
Bnr's inaugural address on entering upon
U second term of service, was delivered on
Nw Year's Dy before the two Houses of
General Assembly, the oaths of f ffice be
g administered by Chief Justice Nash.
TU inclemency of the weather prevented a
attendance of Carolina's fair daughters,
al iolispansahle business elsewhere prevent
J the public's humble servant from being
jrwett. This we much regretted, as for the
e of school-boy memories, as well as for
the pleasure of hearing a rreech which we
kve beard many warmly commend, we would
f 'Hj have been a listener as well as specta
1 Bat we couldn't help ourself, and the
tt thing that we can now do is to make
tie liuvcrnor less of a Democrat than be
look out Governor. Yours, is a
case, we know, but we went to school
teiler. and jou took the good lady who
nw"owns ve'Maaan Irishman voaM ut)
j ,
mb our old town, and we won't give yon
P m a political reprobate. We finish, Gov-
r, bj wishing a happy New Year to jou
&1 Tours.
'mce the above was written, we have re-
Iagunl Address, which wt take pleasure
111 I'TUIV .f.rm vn. t .1. t
"CO.
NEW BOOKS,
eare indebted to Meaara. D. Annltn
l ! r
-t K ubliahers, New Y'ork, for some new
ki which they had the kindness, through
-v. Turner tbe well known Bookseller of
State, to lav on our Table' tU :d r--
we returned to this Citj. Not having
U1 the time to ' pay due attention to these
. aoii nd desiring to say what ahould be
about . them. mnt nnalnnnn tA nnr
bane, what we would write in the pres
oti M we time or space to do to.
1 I imiil Jl .-Y - r rt r
. a alk aac.
A SKW YE All's GIFT. THE RAL
EIGH STANDARD.
We reallj had began to fear that w ahould
get do gift" this jear, but oar contemporary
of the "Standard" has taken compassion on
as by "ginn" as some advice, which is none
tho less Taluable because it was unasked by
us. We feel no scruples about taking it,
for as it is the cheapest thing the Standard
had to gWe, it didn't strain its back much in
making the present. Whether, howerer, wo
shall use it, or lay it op as a memento of the
Standard' kindness to cs, we shall deter
mine for ours If. We hare been noted for
gratitude all our lift, and shall be on tbe
ook-out for an opportunity to requite suita
bly oar ooa temporary's kindness, and in the
mean time tender him the "compliments of
the season," accompanied by "assuraices of
our most distinguished consideration."
P. S. If not presuming too much, may
we not ask the Standard if it is the custom
for Judges, young or "old," to attend polit
ical meetings and make political speeches ?
We hTe heard that quite the contrary is the
custom that the Bench of this State had
scrupulously refrained from taking any other
part in party politics than that of exercising
the right r( suffrage. If we are in error we
wish to know it.
SUPREME COURT.
We published in our last the names of 17
of those who were licensed on Tuesday last
by the Judges of the Supreme Court to prac
tice in the County Courts of this State as
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law. The
follow icg names complete the list, there being
together :
Maj. F. C Roberts, Newbern.
John S. Moore, Goldsboro'.
M. S. Rubins, Randolph county.
David M. Furches, Davie county.
Jas. A Faisen, Sanpaon county.
J. N. Suitings, Duplin county.
J. P. Holderby, Rockingham county.
L. Blue,0 f Richmond county.
Henry T. Torrence, Pittaboro'.
In the Supreme Court on Wednesday, tho
following gentlemen, after examination by
I the Judges, were pronounced qualified axd
conse(1QentIj lieensed to practi8e in the Su
a,,.... of thi. StAtm .
J. Marcellua Taylor, of Nashville, N. C.
John H. Bullock, of Parson.
M. M. Cowles, of Yadkin eounty.
Jacob Davis, cf Richmond HilH Yalkin.
OrKTHaoVTrorxorrn tarotaia.
Thomas C. Fuller, of Fayetteville.
J. I. Sal, of Rockingham county.
B. R. Moore, of Person county.
Jesse J. YeaUs, of Murfreboro'.
John Williams, of Elizabeth City.
Alexander Mclver, of Moore couaty.
Eugene Martin, of Salisbury.
N. H. Fennell, of New Haaover.
Hayne Davi, of Irle!l.
George Wabington, of Lenoir.
MUpriuteil "J. Blow" in our last.
A DlFFlCCLTT BCTWII MESSRS, SlT-
pkxs and Hill, or Georgia. Hon. A. II.
Stephens, of Georgia, recently published a
Card posting Hon. Z. B. nill, one of the
Fillmore Electors of that State for cowardice
in refusing to fight a duel. The correspon
dence between these two gentlemen which
led to this result, is published in the August
papers. Mr. Stephens asks Mr. Hill if in
allusion to a discussion had at Lexington, he
had charged upon him (Mr. Stephens) that
be had "betrajed the Whig party, and acted
worse towards it than Iscariot, by abusing it
afterwards." Mr. Hill replies, speaks of
many unpleasant things uttered by Mr. Ste
phens during the recent election contest, and
says that his use of the word Judas was but
in reply to him, and that he simply wished to
be understood in reply to his charges. Mr.
Stephens is not satisfied with this, and wishe
further that the charge of "treachery" be
removed. Mr. Hill replies at considerable
length professes great respect, &c,
for Mr. Stephens, and repeats in effect that
be was but aim ply replying to the charge of
Mr. Stephens, and asks him to judge his
meaning by bis own. Mr. Stephens then
sends a challenge which Mr. Hill declines.
Mr. Stephens then posted Mr. Hill, and the
latter in reply says :
"I regard duelling as no evidence of cour
age no vindication of truth, and notest of
the character of a true gentleman. I shall
be :braggart, liar and poltroon" enough,
now and forever, to declare that what tbe
laws of God and my native State unite in
denouncing as murder, could give me no tal
is fact ion to do, to attempt, or to desire. r
The determination is but strengthened, when
the contrary course involves the violation of
n.y conscience and the hawird of my family,
as against a man who has neither conscience
nor family. But I have lad, and shall con
tinue to have courage enough to do my duty
firmly and truthfully, and to defend myself 1
anywhere and everywhere, even in the Eighth
District, and if any gen tleman doubts it, there
is a short and easy w?y te test it." !
A Si icroa. A younz lady, named Sophia
Defoe, who was aUeo'"nDg school at Tonawanda,
New York, committe d auicide by hanging on
Satnrday last. Her pareou reside in Michigan.
Deceased, about ten days since wot to Tona
wanda to attend ach iI, mad her suicide is attri
buted to grief at be ing separated from her rela
tives. Jut before aha went out to - commit tne
act ahe oompUinedVo being home sick.
A DIFFICULTY 8ETTLED.
On yesterday, rumors were rife in town of
an intended hostile meeting at Fair Bluff,
between Atlas J. Dargan, Esq., of Anson
county, and T. L. Hargrove, Esq., of Gran
rille oounty, both members of the Legisla
ture now in session ; and these rumors gained
confirmation from tho fact, that the parties
with their friends, it was ascertained, had re
paired te the place of meeting. Later in the
day, however, a despatch was received to tbe
effeot that the difficulty had been amicably
settled, and this morning the parties returned
to town.
The difficulty crew ont of a misunderstand
ing in a debate in the House of Commons re
cently, between these gentlemen, but we
deem it unnecessary to make any further al-
lasion to this matter at this time, settled as
it has 'been by the intervention of mutual
friends. Wilmington Herald, 31s ult.
The following Card was sent to us, yester
day, for publication :
A CARD
The undersigned, the friends of Gen. Dargan
aod Mr.' Hargrove, take pleasure in saying that
tbe recent misunderstanding between these gen
tleman, has been adjusted, without in any res
pect compromitting th honor of either party.
J. EBORN,
THOMAS SETTLE, Jr.
Dec. 30, 1856.
MOODY'S HOTEL, WELDON, N. C.
We take much pleasure in recommending
this well kept Hotel to tbe travelling public
The table is always supplied with every del
icacy the surrounding country and the ex
cellent maikets of the Seaboard cities can
afford, while the servants are as prompt and
polite as any we ever saw. Mr. Moody cer
tainly consulted his own interest when be
engaged the services ef that popular young
gentleman, Mr. J. M. Turner. Mr. T. su
perintends the dining room, and by his ur
bane deportment and kind attentions, makes
a favorable and lasting impression upon trav
ellers. Mr. T., front his long connection
with betels and public houses, has become
widely known to the travelling public, and
his great experience in such matters renders
him a perfect adept in the business.
We obnerve by the official vote of Vir
ginia for President, that John Minor Botts runs
but about fifty votes behind the K. N. Electoral
ticket in that State. Treason to the South ap-
Etars to be honorable in the eyes of Virginia
now Nothings, as it is with many of the same
faction in this State. Bui. Standard.
The assertion that the American Party of
"Virginia" or of any part of the South is
treacherous to, or in any, the slightest de.
greo tainted witiTtreaaoti either to the South,
or any portion of this country, no matter by
whom made, shows a lamentable ignorance,
and party bigotry, which should enlist the
pity of tbe candid and well-informed every
where. To be angry at such a charge is
only to give to it and its authors a dignity
ef which it and they are wholly unworthy.
The Standard would have been more perspio
uous, and run less risk of misleading its read
ers, if it had stated that Mr. Botts ran, not
as a candidate for the Prasidency, but sim
ply as a candidate for a seat in the "Ameri
can" Electoral College of Virginia. We
know that the Standard did not mean to mis
lead, but it is best to keep things straight as
we go along.
If the Standard will refer to the proclama
tion of the Governor convening the Electoral
College of this State, it will find that there
was an inequality in the number of votes
given to the different gentlemen composing
the Democratic Electoral College. Did this
denote "treason" to tbe party or "treison"
to the country and if treason to either,
will it please tell us whieh in Democratio
estimation is the greatest offense f
MORTGAGES AND DEEDS OF TRUST.
There have been so majay applications for this
bill that we have concluded, to publish it, so thst
aU may be gratified.
A bill concerning Deeds of Trust and Mart-
gage, introduced by Mr. Pitchford, was put on
its second reading.
Mr. Ogburn moved all be stricken out except
the enacting clause, and a substitute be made,
which he subnrtted whit h was agreed to.
Mr. Gilliam moved tbe vrhole matter be indefi
nitely postponed, upon which Mr. Ogburn de-
1 manded the ayes and noes, which resulted in
ayes 44, nays 50. A long debate ensued, which.
was participatod ia by Messrs. Pitchford, Gilliamr
Ogburn, Jenkins, White, of Bladen, Bridgers,.
Mann, aud Caldwell. The question recurring:
upon the passage of the bill, it was decided in
the negative ayes 47, nays 58. The following is.
a copy of the substitute ottered by Mr. Ogburn":
A Bill Concern cno Deeds, Mortgages, anp-
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of tkr
State of Nortii Carolina, and it it hereby enacted
by th authority of He tame, that all Deeds of
Trust, Mortgages, or other Assignments of real
or personal estate, exicept as hereinafter Provided,
executed afW the lsrt day of March, 1857, shall
be deemed, hekl and taken in law, f t the benefit
f all the creditors of the bargainer or assignor,
whether named in at id Deed of Trust, Mortga ge
or Assignment or net, iu proportion to the
amount of their resf -ective debts, provided, nev
ertheleM. that any p eraon who purchases real or
personal estate, may . as a part of the contract of
purchase, make a I toed of Trust, Mortgage or
other Conveyance, of property mo purchased, to
receive the purchas. money.
rrocided, further, that all persons claiming
rociaea, lurwer, mat aii persons ciaimma; 3
r any Deed of Trust, Mortgage or Aasigu- fl
t, as above- pt ovided, shall present their Jj
as to tbe Trvsees within three months after I!
under
rueut,
claims
the sale, under aay 1 tch Deed of Trust, Mortgage
or Assignment, v , excluded from any benefits
awing therefnaaw-
INAUGURATION OF GOV. THOMAS
BRAGG.
On Thursday, the 1st, in the Commons
Hall, in the presence of the members ef both
Houses of the General Assembly, and a large
conoourse of persons of both sexes, Gov.
Bragg took and subscribed the oaths of office
for his second term. A few momenta before
twelve o'clock, 31., the members of tbe Sen
ate, headed by their Speaker and Clerks, en
tered the Commons chamber. Mr. Speaker
Shepherd and tbe members of the Commons
rose to receive them, Mr, Speaker Avery, of
the Senate, taking a seat to the right of Mr.
Shepherd. Soon after Gov. Bragg, attended
by the committee of the two Houses, and by
the Chief Justice and Judges of the Supreme
Court, entered the ball, the members rising
te receive them. Mr. Speaker Avery then,
in due form, proclaimed Thomas BaVAoatbe
Governor eleot for two years from and after
the 1st January, 1857; and the oaths of
office were administered by Chief Justice
Nash, after which Got. Bragg delivered in
an impressive o.anner the following very ap
propriate address :
Gentlemen of the Senate '
and JTotue of Commons :
Two years ago it was my fortune to appear
before you and rive the pledges of fidelity re
quired by law before entering upon the discharge
oi me auties oi unlet Executive omceroftbe
State. The time for which I had then been
elected has expired.
It may hardly be becoming m me now to speak
of my past official course. Mv fellow-citizens of
all political parties will judge of that, and, from
Knowledge of them, I confidently believe they
will do it. pot onlv considerately, bat kindlv.
Errors, no doubt, have been committed by me.
I claim no exemption from the weakness inci
dent in a greater or less degree to us all, and
trust that I am sensible, to some extent at least,
of my own imperfections in particular. All I
ask of them is, to believe that I have been ac
tuated hy honest purpose, and have, on all occa
sions, enasavored to maintain the honor and
dignity of the State, and to advance her welfare
aud prosperity, so far as I had power to do it.
within the scope of my official authority.
A majority of my fellow-citizens have re-elec
ted me Governor of the State. Indebted to
them as I was before, for the generous confi
dence reposed in me, .when comparatively a
stranger to most of them, I can find no language
now adequate to express my deep sense of the
obligation under which taey have placed me,
aod my gratitnde for their decided support, af
ter thev had had an opporountty, to some ex
tent, of passing upon my official conduct.
It is under thest circumstances that I appear
before you to-day to renew the pledres of official
fidelity heretofore given ; and if J enter upon
the discharge of my official duties for a second
term, not with entire confidence, 1 shall do so
with alacrity, feeling assured that my official
acts, whatever they may b will 'te fairly and
impartially passed upon by all, and. that my er
rors, if any, will at least meet with the kind in
dulgence of those whose good opindon and sup
port l nave neretotore been so fortunate as to
scure.
We enter to-day upon another year wheth
er it is to be one of weal or woe for ow country
and our State, known exdyiaiZ&Tmo rales
and directs tftc destinies of nations. , . v .
Thought the prospect before us is not one of
calm ud broken brightness, and fragi nents ef the
storm-clouds which but lately overh ung the latd
still float in our political horizon, y et they have
ceased for the time to threaten us with danger
or to excite our immediate apprebea sions. These
indications may be delusive, but I Juave persuad
ed myself that there is a calmer , a better and
more tolerant spirit abroad in the -country. Our
people have profited by the breath ing time they
have had since the late struggle, tJarough which
they have passed. Educated in sniif-governnient,
they have, on several occasions, been able to
withstand excitements which woo) id have proved
fatal to other institutions thaa tb.eirs, and have
triumphed over dangers which seemed almost
insurmountable.
To thoae unacquainted with the character of
our people, these excitements appeared like up
heaving from tbe great deep of society.: Time
has proved that they were but as the tempest
tost ocean waves, agiuting the surface, while
below all was tranquil and unmoved.
While taking this hopeful view of affairs, I
am not unaware of the fact that many regard
the present apparent calm as deceitful a' mere
lull in the storm, which a destined at no distant
day ts buret upon ua with renewed violence.
However this may be, it is now the duty of
every good citizen to en leaver to allay the ex
citement, abating at the same time none of our f
rights, but firmly and t infalteringly sustaining
them, as the surest mea as of their preservation
and of perpetuating tha; Union and those insti tutions,
under which w e have, in a short timr ,
grown to be one of t.tie great powers of t) ie
earth.
Simple end unostea tatious as are the ceremo
nies to-day, we havw here represented the thtve
departments of our State government the Ex -ecutive,
the Legislati ve, and those who compose
our Supreme Judida 1 tribunal. We have all of
us, distinct but important duties to discharge.
The most important, however, are Yaose de
volved upon you of the exclusive lav-making
power of the State.
Ii the progress of events, these ibutfes have
become more varied and important th an former
ly, and therefore requiring more tim e for their
dispatch. As the resources of the State are
brought to notice and become bet er known,
these duties are likely to increase rather than
diminish, and the scope of our leg! station to be
widened and extended. ' "
I am aware, gentlemen, that several of
the most important subjects upon wt ich you have
been called to act during the preset .t session are
yet undisposed of, but it is not my purpose now
to speak of these or others, having so lately had
an opportunity of communicating witih you in
another way. 1 tritet L may be r rdoned, how
eT" for expressing the hope tka .although your
? OA U r mair ItAfiSm A ..nAafl4' M sxtv.n nfirl sill
will not suffer yourselves, on that Account, to be
hurried into hasty -and imperfect legislation, al
ways producing se rious evils, and to undo which
is oftentimes imp iraible
For myself, wj,ea my official term shall have
ended, and I ret urn to the walk a of private life,
I can hope for uo higher gratifit sation than to see
North Carotins distinguished by ail the qualities
which const itt ite a great State,, andj" taking the
position at home and abroad w hich every one of
her sons shoruld wish her tooijcupy. Whether
this shall be the case, depends more upon your
labors than mine.
That this hope may be realised, I am sure that
yew, and all who hear me to-day, will most hear
tily desire. ... , :
Official Votk of VisGtsiA. The offi
cial vote of Virginia giver the Democratio
Electoral ticket 90,352, Am eriean 60,132,
and Republican 28G. The lowest vote on
the Democratic ticket was "90,350, and the
lowest en the AaurUaa C0,(J'7G, 1
THE POPULAR VOTE FOR PRESI-
DENT. . 'i
The following table, eempiled mainly from
official sources, and which we suppose to be
DQarly if not entirely accurate, gives the
votes cast iu the several States on the 4th of
November last for Electors of President and
Vice President of the United States :
States.
Buchanan.
38.038
FSltnore,
:i,23. '
414
511
. 19,726
1,675
2,616 .
124,667 s
24.115
82,178
6,175
47,462
60,132 .
36,880 .
42.429
4,833
28,552
24,213
20,731
66,178
63,391
15.X44
10,796
48,524
9,444
579
37.451
23,386
28,125
1,560
35,131
Fremont
05,514;
38,158
39.561
108,190
11,467
42,715
374,705
306
.281
28i
Maine, (a)
New Hampshre,
Vermont,
Massachusetts
Rhode Island,
Connecticut,
New York.
New Jersey,
Pennsylvania,
Delaware,
Maryland,
Virginia, (t)
North Carolina
Georgia, Florida,
Alabama,
32,57
10,577
89,240
:6,680
34,995
195,878
46,943
'J80.154
18,008
89,115
90,352
48.246
56,017
6,358
46,639
25,393
22,169
;73 638 .
69,509
28,757
21,899
&8.164
36,241
52,867
105,344
118,672
170 903
.52.139
51,925
Mississippi, (c)
Louisiana,
Ternessee,
Kentucky, (d)
Texas, (e)
Arkansas,
Missouri,
Iowa,
Wisconsin, (f)
Illinois,
69
44,126
66,092
96,180
94,376
187,497
71,762V
20,339
Indiana,
Ohio,
Michigan, g)
California, (A)
1,828,022 870,358 1,437,625
(a) A few townships and plantations not re
turned in season 'to be counted. They would
not. have materially affected Fremont's majority.
(6) Calhoun county received too late io be
counted. It gave Buchauau 335 and Fillmore
23 ; which sums are included ia the above return.
Jc) The votes of the small counties of Tunica,
Green, and Wayne were not returned. Tuey
would have increased Mr. Buchanan's majority
to 11,175. I
ia xu- vote oi me cumiues 01 rn-ueuucu,
Harlan. Marion, Rockcastle, Union, and Rowan
were thrown out for informality. They gave an
aggregate vote for Mr. Buchanan of 8,408, and
for Mr. Fillmors 1 2,431. Ihree other counties
not reported to the Secretary v;z : Grant. Brack
en and Letcher gave together about seventeea
Democratic majority.' Ihese. aded to G. 118 as
officially counted, would raise tbe tot il Demo
cratic majority toi 7,1 12. j
() Fourteen counties not received in wason to-
be counted. These would increase Buchanan p
majority to about 16,000 in the ytate.
( f ) Nine small counties not returned in sea
son to be included in the official statement, tz t
Chippewa, Dorr, Douglas, Ooonto, Dunn, Ct
pointe, Kewanee, Pierce, and Poik.
(or) Tne counties oi &neooy;;an, unippewa.
Emmet, Mackinac, Se way go, Ontonagon, anp
SchooWiraft returned too late to be included in
the official canvass. They would not have ma
terially varied Fremont's majority, j '
(h) Complete, except that of two small coun
ties, San Bernardino and Tulare ; only tbe ma
jorities are given, f :4'.
Tb Electoral C&llege of the. different
States, with the exception of Wisconsin, me,t
pursuant tb'law on the 3d ultimo, and cast
their votes in accordance with the will of the
people of their' respective States. The elec
toral votes will therefore stand thus: For
Buchanan and? Breckinridge, 174 : for Fre
mont and Dayton, (less Wisconsin, 6,) 108 ;
and for Fillmore and Donelson, 8. These
votes will be canvassed by the two Houses of
Congress on the second "Wednesday of Feb
ruary next. Nat, Int.
.i : j'
TJONGRES1. !
Washington Dec. 30, 1856.
The Senate was in session but a short timer
(a portion of? which was on Executive busi
ness; and, after the reception of memorials
and the adoption of a resolution to print the
report of t ho Coast Survey, adjourned over
to Friday.
The Hcuss of Representatives, after
listening to I a discussion between Messrs.
Ws shburne, Marshal, and Harris, of Illinois,
in regard to the issues of the last Presiden
tial canvass, went into Committee of i the
Whole on the bill making appropriations for
the consular and diplomatic service! Much
debate occurred in regard to the appoint
ment of Consuls at certain points. Finally,
the clause authorizing an appropriation for
the appointment of consular pupils to be
regularly instructed in foreign ports, so as
to be qualified for the discharge of duty, wa
stricken out. After further amendments,
the bill was r eported to the House and pass
ed. The attendance being thin, the House
adjourned oviir to Friday. - ' i
TBE NOBLE SIX.
The six Fillmore members of Congress vo
ted to allow, WhitfieJd to take his seat as
the Delegate; from Kansas. The Cincinnati
Times, the American o.rgan of Ohio, justifies
Ihem in their Vote, and argues that Whitfield
was legally entitled to his seat. These men
were denounced as 1 Jlack Republicans by
the Southern 'Democn icy during the cam
naiffn. Wonder if the tr will now do' them
justice? iMO ;lt IS no tnas pany a youvy
to do justice to a polit ical opponent. ' They
will find some excuse for the votes of these
men, and attriliute to them some dishonora
able motive. j?ut for their votes, Whitfield
would have b)e rejected. These six men
are defeated .i left at home by the late elec
tions iu the States from which they came.
Why ? Because t ley showed too auch kind
feeling for tbe Sou th. Harrison is bea eu ra
Ohio by a Republi.c n, and Fuller is beaten
in Pennsylvania byr a Democrat. So we go.
' . Memphis Eagle.
w o
Disunion CoSvxrr
A number of the citi
who profess- to belief
Presidential election
of pro-slavery gover
io the hostility eetot
Union," and fin&or
ion te be a failure,"
a convention to mee
of January to"poos
bility and expw'ikii
the free and slajve S
measures as th j eon
quire r Shoi ridth
solve to go o- at of
riON IS MASSACnCSETTify
:9ns of Worchester, Mass.j
e "the rult of the recent ;
to involve four years more
iment, and a rapid increase
n the two sections of the
believing "the existing Un
' have published ft call for
at Worchester on. the 15th
iderthe pracUbilityj- proba
cy of a separation H between
tates, and to Uke such other
dition of the times may. re
ts coryention of madmen re
the Union, the fact will be
i to the world,.
I promptly- anx mtubgb)
CONDITION OF WALKER'S ARMY.
The steamer "Illinois", brings us no Ister
news from' Nicaragua, but the California
papers are filled with the most dismal narra
tives of some of General Walker's " volun
teers' who had wade their escape. Walker
is bitterly reproached , for cruelty to his own
men', and accused of ' giving currency to the
most shameful', "'misrepresentations in his
newspaper ' . organ " El Nicaraguense," of
actual events, in order to deceive people "at
home';', that is,1 in the , United States, the
home of nearly all his men. Positive defeats,
they say, have often been manufactured into
brilliant ' victories, while, at a time when
many of the reoruifs were, dying of fevers,
aua omer diseases nauve io. ine country, me
official organ was publishing elaborate essays
upon tho salobriousness of. the climate and
the general good .health, of the .army.. The
effect of these revelations was to cool off the
filibuster fever in California, its original
source; and we infer from the spirit in which
the journals comment that Walker is to got
no more volunteers from that quarter. One
of these refugees says :
"There were .about, one hundred persons in
the hospital when good fortune allowed me to
get away. The very recollection of, that horri
ble time is enough to sicken me, however inca
pable I am of giving a full diacription of its hor
rors i Many of the soldiers are ready to die be
fore entering it, and many sick ones report them
selves Et for duty rather tho go there. Walker
has now no' natives in his army. Many-of bis
troops have deserted' and gone over to tne Cha
morrista party. His officers are generally drunk.
He himself is hardly ever seen." It will be ne
cessary for him to do hard fighting to get food,
and the only way in which he gets provisions
now if not by fighting; is by taking them, from
the natives and compelling them, to take cocoa,
of which there is plenty in the , country, jn re
turn." ' " ': " : .,;!. ' . :
It is difficult for an American to make his
escape from the fillibuster army, f or
' No person is allowed to go from place to
place' without a passport. No i person, either
citizen or soldier, is allowed to; leave Granada
l ... . , : . ;D-l,f
1 .w 4U"U, "c w -T " . ZTllZ
ing to do so, he is taken as a deserter and shot.
Such is his inevitable fate. If a person escapes
Walker he runs great risks of falling into the
hands of the Charaorristas, who would also shoot
him. If he escapes both he must get out of the
country the best way he " can; and runs many
ri-ka and dangers too tedious here to enumerate. '
These statements seem 80 to coincide with
those we have lately been publishing on this
side from persons; who had served under
Walker, that we apprehend there is little or
no reason to challenge their correctness.
. .: f JVeto York Express.
FOUrt DAY8 LATER FROM EUROPE.
New Tork, Dscembeb 31. The steamship
Fulton, from JIavre and Southampton 1 7 th in
stant, has arrived. r ; - - s ,
The steamship Niagara, from Bceten and Hali
fax, rrivedjrat.' Liverpool on the 14th, and the
City ofWashington, from Philadelphia, on the
39th. .war m.. ..: ' "
The'ltearhshipJWashiDgtoBltonched at South-
ambt oisMthe--l4th insUnt, en route for lire-
men. f i I' ' ' 1 " 1
The Hermann put back to Southampton n
the 14th instant with a broken Bhaft. Her mails
and passengers were "jtransferred to the Fultn.
The Arctic exploring ship Eesolute was at
Cowesj ' JShe had been visitedby Queen Victoria,
accompanied by the Boyal family, the American
omcere ini port, 1 and a large number of distin
guished' personages. '' All' the American officers
who went out in the Resolute have been invited
to the Queen's palace on the Isle of Wight.
Just before the. Fulton left Havre a telegraphic
despatch, was received .from. Bordeaux that the
rumored 'arrival there of the captain and fifteen
passengers of the Lyonnise was untrue.
The reassembling of the Congress of Paris is
fixed for the 25th of December. It was believed
that the difficulties concerning the Isle of 8r
peutsand Bolgrad would be arranged befire-
hand. , j - .; -f ,-'. , ,
, The quarrel, between Spain and Prussia had
gone so far that it was feared the next step
would be open hostilities.' f
The marriage of Prince :' Frederick, of Prussia
'with th Princess ltoyal of England was fixed
for the 21st of November next.
PersiaToroially accepts the English declaration
of war. ' s .r :
The British have taken, the islands of Ormus
nd Karack, in the Persian Gulf.
The Russians have retaken Sonjouk Kalch af
ter a desperate resistance on the part of the Cir
cassians. "
The Liverpool cotton market was firmer, but
quotations. were without change. The market
for breadstuffs was, generally .dull and lower.
Wheat liad declined adored 8s. a 9s., while ..
Flour had declined 6d. ; Western,
Canal Sis. a 31s. 6d.; Baltimore and Philadelphia
31s. 32s.M9d. ; Ohio 34s. a, 35s. Corn had de
cPnedv I Provisions were very dull, and without
chanio in prices. ; '
' The London mney market was unclianged.
Consols for money closed at 93 a 93.
' I Missouri Legislature
ST.hoi'is, Dec, 31. The Legislature of Mis
souri has organized by the choice of W. D. Mc
acken (Democrat) as' Secretary of the Senate,
raid 'Robert Harrison ' (Democratic Whig) as
Mpeaker of the House. The :Bentonites and
. imericans fused." '
Mr. Gaucn C. Walkee, deputy warden, was
killed i the chapel of the Massachusetts Dtate
Prison at Charlestown, on Monday, by a Con
.lamps Maoe. At the close of the
i usual morning devotions, most of the prisoners,
f having left the chapel, Magee sieppeu up w w.c
I wanien and extended towards him a slip of pa
per, which Mr."' Walker stoopea w iaae, auu
while so doing Magee seized hun by the anv
And plunged a knife into his neck, under the leli
ear, and severed tbe jugular vein. At the mo
ment of the wound - Mr. Walker seized the
prisoner, and received also a stab in the groin
and one in the breast. The chap ain of the pn-
f pJ Mr Hamostead. struck Msg-e with
I the Bible, and then seized him by the hair, con-
fining nim unm inurnT w
Maiee was put in irons and conveyed to a dun
coon, i Mr. Walker was immediately taken to
the inspector's room, ana aiea in a momem.
i Boston Conner.
uu , . .
AprttoraiATiE. A young married lady, whose
union bad not been prolific of . "littl darlings,"
has snspended on tbe wall in her bedroom, direct
ly overj the head of the oed," a neat little pic
tare underneath which is the following quota
tion from Scripture i1 "Suffer little children to
come tinto me, and forbid them not, for of such
is the kingdom of Heavea." ' '
'ter, Thfr- Legislators of South Carolina ad-
jesrnea am bwj
PiTSCniPT
ARRIVAL OF THE NIAGARA J
THREE DAYS, LATHI! !
IIai.ikax. J;i. J. Th (Juutnl NUJHJiij.AV-
agara, with turue uayn J4tr rfai-bed Wt
last evening. ,
The Niagara ilM fr"in l.ivi'rpil iu Satur
day, tlie 20th, and for the wnx-m, had ijuite a
pleasant voyage.
It is stated that Franco propose a con.ri
mise wittrRus.sia, in the D.tlnuJ irir, and thut
the latter accepts.
Eugland is s(!Uliiig rt inlltri-wnents to the e
j)editiou agaiuiit Persia.' Eight regiuieHts . Ii;ive
also been 'ordered. ,
Prussia is preparing to commence o.r.ii.)im
agaiust Hwitxerlaitd. Trouble ih aUo brewinii
in Huugary. J '
In regard t the proposal Cinpr nnise con
cerning Bolgrad, Russia proves to sccept in
the place of Bolgrad, a piece of la-d Itetween the
river Tulpuk and one of its tributaricn. ... .
Capt. Hartstein, the ofhYers and crew tire
Resolu't, will return in a British ship provided
by the government.
. An editorial in the 1'trin "Muniteur, whirli
speaks in very harsh terms of Swirlaud con
cerning the Neufchatel afTair, has attractol con
siderable attention.
Persia is making great preparations to m u e
against Switzerland. Cmtuderably more thau
the army corps will be mobilized for immediate
service. A Paris dispatch says a friendly power 1
not uamed, is understood to have suggested that
Switzerland should be required to accede to I'm-
sia's demand for the release J)f the Neufchatel
prisoners, by a collective note; from the Powers
which signed the Protocol of Indan. This would
enable Switzerland to make an honorable retreat.
The failure of Robert Johnson tc Co., war
honsemen in London, and George Ashworth &
Co., manufactures at Manchester, are announced .
- All is tranquil at Sicil v.
- COMMERCIAL. . "
Breadstuff very dull, with a decline during
the week on flour of from 6d to Is.; corn declin
ed 8d.; wheat is without change since the sailing
of ie Fulton.
Lower qualities of cotton advanced an eighth.
Better qualities are stiffcr, but quotably nnclmug
ed. Sales of the week 66,000 bales Tbe Persia
arrived out on SaturdayT Her advices caused n
further advance in the article of from one six
teenth to an eighth. ,
HORRIBLE AFFAIR IN KENTUCKY.
Cincinnati, Jan. 1 A special despatch t.
one of the city papers here, states thai a faunljr
of eight persous, namei Stith, residing in Ilardeu
county, Ky., had been p-isoned by a negro cook.
Six had died, and the others were not exited
to live .
NEW YA'hfs DAYAlr WASHINGTON';
Washisqton, Jan. 1. The President's Ivs
to-day was attended by ail the diplomatic crpi
in full dress. All the heads of the Cabinet,,
many members of Congress, judiciary officers,
and those of the Arniv and Navy, were present .
All the Cabinet Oflicers aiul many metnber
of Congress, kept open house. The public of
fices were all closed. '
. v
A Laboe Papir Mill. The extensive
paper mill situated in Trenton, New Jersey,
was sold on the 13th nit. or $64,800 cask
The purchaser was Mr. James Gaunt, of New
York. This mill produces paper at tbe rate
of sixty feet per minute, measuring from fif
teen to sixty inohes wide, five widths, which
makes in one year, running time in length,
25,371 miles, weighing 1,800,000 pounds.
Something ok an Income. It is estimated
that one of the rich men of New Y'ork has noy
a "regular income" of 3.000 a day ; or about
$1,100,000 a year. Out of this he can probably
manage, with economy, "to lay askle against a
rainy day" the respectable sum of. a million
year. AdJ to this another million by the rapid
appreciation of his real estate, and we have an
annual increae of wealth for this individual,
amounting to two millions of dollars, j Wm. l'.
Astor is that gentleman. .
D. Q'- Fowle, !
ATTORNEY AT LAW. .
HAS removed bis office to No. 2, Regtr
Row.
.jan 3-3m. ' ' j .
7 PubUo Hiring;!!
ON Wednesday the 14th iust , will be hired to
the highest bidder in frout ef my Store, some
20 or 26 Servants,' consisting of Men, Wonn,
Boys and Girls. 3. J. LITCHFOHl), Auct.
Jan8-lt.
niflflOLUTION.
THE CO-PARTNERSHIP heretofore existing
between William A. Philpot and K. N.
Harndon, late partaers of tbe Oxford HoUt, ua.
der the style of William A . Philpot Co., is this
day dissolved by mutual consent.
' WM. A; PniLPOT.
R. N. HEARNUON. .
Deo. 24tb, 1856. r ' '
For the future the Hotel will be conduct! by ,
R. N. Hbado.i, with the assistance of ills. A. t
W. BajiBTT.
jan 3 3t '
The Biblical Recorder of N. C.r publish
three times and send bills to
R. N. H EARN DO V, Oxford, N. C.
ALE OF 66 NEGROES AT JETERSVILLE.
Amelia County Virginia. As the special
commissioner under a decree of tbe Tounty
Court of Amelia, in the ease of Vaughen'n ad
ministrator to., vs. Taagharfs legatees ac, I
will offer for sale at Jetersv tile lepot, oa tbe
Richmond and Danville Rail Road, on Tuesday .
and Wednesday, the 20th aod r21t of January,
1857, 40 negroes, consisting ofMe, Women, Buys
and Girls. , "
Terms six months credit, tbe purchasers tir
ing bond's beariag interest from day of sale, witU
satisfactory security. 4 . " ' - '
ja 8761 I" MAalTERM.
4 DMINISTRATOR S SALE or 26 NEGROES.
VAt the same time ami place, on tbe same
term as above 1 will offer 2tt negroes 1 beltng.
in to the eeute' of J. P. Vaughan, deceased.
JOSEPH M. VAUGUAN, .
ja8-5t Adm'rof J. P. Vaugbaa. '
SPECIAL NOTICE Drugs, Glass, Paints,
&., at No. 11, Sycamore Street, Petersburg,
Vurinia. j . ... , .... p. atLi lf
. We are now in receipt oi ut i v.
Drags, Medicines, Paints,' Oil, and, ia abort,
every article usually found ia a Drug Store, ca
be had at No. 11. , . ,.
In offering onr Pall purchases to the pnbhe we
do so, feeling ooandont that the goods, boagbt r
ia person by one of the ' firm with mack ;rs,
cannot be surpassed, either in price or quality
and respwjtfally solicit an examination from alt
in wwut of Fresh o rure Medicines, in wkiehr
case we skail vftevleecau iadueemenis m eaaoot
fail to live entire aatiafactioB, ' .f -v,
" . v ; WILSON k ALFRIEND. r ,:
- -4 No. 11, Seamare altreii: .
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