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V - . I' , " (If HW. , -v' - ..-! t;.-1 iust VOLUME LVDl CITYi OF RALEI6E WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 25. 1857 'i. i 'y i y '.AY ik Mi 1 1 IT -yrft4FSi'Xf firi.nir...frKrr n-' s ...'. vr t TUB IlALEIGfl .REGISTER. t , PUBUSHEI) PT JOHN W SYMB, -. . aBlo & A SB rioMiiroi. AT $1 M IX ADVANCE; OR. $1 00 AT, THE EXD OF .THE TEAK. M ALm or or. ddigtyU few, RALEIG H. N, C. WEDXESDAT MOBXINO. MABCfl 11. X' KOTICF. TO OCR 6CDSC3UBEES. W cS tk &ttotioa of lW of or Ucri bcn vbo La r op to ti prwnt titn og1octd pajiac n U kdnacc. to tl Uct lKt th lhr txsUu Wi wWck tVy r pwmitud to Uk tho ppr at ti df m rtw k' rl' pirad. AU wbo ttl to py Wow Um W of April wfll UcUrxl U rl- noaocl vbM w took chrf of b ppw. - pr utBB for U 8ni-Wek!y. and $3 00 for tLo W kly. AK ADMIBAKLS ARTICLE ON DISTRI BUTION. ' W Ula fron tLa CkarhttuvilU Jfiro fw tkofoUowiaj eapiul article on the policy of dutribatinf the Pablio Laod fair ly uaoeg tU State Altboigk thii artiolt u aidremd to the People of Virginia, it ap plka w0 equal fore to all Uj old State of tie Soali, and we bop it may bo read wiii tie at'enuoa of vblcb it is to U . ..1 R..f riu. wcj. ab8Iw.- rr ' and particolarlf Sendktm Sute RijjhU qae- tio, is tbe distribution of tbe Pablte Land. Sesolve of meetings and conventions, ro- lvtions and tbondsr-gnstical speeches, have never done any thug, and never will da any ibiec toward, strengthening tbe Sooth, in the only mod in which sh can be strength ened, to-wit : the development of ber vast resources, so many of which now li dormant and . useless. If the Sontb was improved to tb amount of ber capacity for improve ment, b would be atrengthnd ia a cor rjspooding degree, and thus would be lea liabl to attacks and bttur enabled to resist, and repel them when they did oome. Tbe artkl which we annex, does'nt oter Ut tb eonditioa of Illinois, or mak any tb alight! mistake as to tb ehief eaose of that eonditioa, Illinois, we know, Unfertile, and would ia any event bare looxa a grtU St ; but ah never would at ne ba bounded into greatness, as she bu done," but for tb propelling influence of tbe pablie lands given her by (ongret. Look at North Carolina and Virginia both politician-ridden both dreaming of abstractions both sit ting oa a log talking polities until thy have worn oat tb neat of their breeches both pressed dowa by debt and tax, and both embarked ia unfinished works of improve ment, which If ver completed at all, will be finished at a far distant day. This is a aim pi and trn 'statement of. tbe condition of those two Stat; so capable, under good eons, el, of wieldiog a commanding influeno in the eonfedcracy!- Ia it .aot enough to "of fend one to tbe very soul, when b thinks of what these State, so- aobl by natural gifts, might be, and what tktj ere, and what they ever will be "to tb last syllable of re corded tune," if their people, tbbir cttiiens, who ar content to liv cut cf office, do not ris ia tbir uught, and kick into never-ending retirement .sad banishment from place, ! tbe race of rascally, demagognieal office-seeking, office-holding, and trading politicians that cars tb age and country f When we think of tbi jelling pack of knave, we covet Dr. Slop' imprecatory powers, that w might let loo open thm as many maledictions as b vented oa tbe wight who tied tbe knot ia bis bsg of obstetrical instruments. Bat we will detain our reader bo longer from tb article. Ber it is : FELLOW-WHIGS. AND AMERICANS. AND fOUTHERX LOVINO DEMOCRATS OF AIRE J ABLE.- - 11 av yoa been, and are yoa now taking Bite of tbe bearing of tbe political eompas ! Have yoa observed it polarity, ia the Un ion in Virginia ia Albemarle 1 Do yoa remember, bow Democracy throughout the Sou lb, swot upon tb altar of Democracy, that tb last bop of the Sontb depended up on tho election of Mr. Buchanan; thereby inevitably securing Kansa to tbe South ! and that now, after baring quelled many of you, and ' thereby accomplished their pur poses 1 they boldly avow, that from the very nature of things, it is impossible ever to mak a Flav Stat of Kanas ! Do yoa not see that tbev tuiquitously refuse to distribute tbe Public Lands; emoBgat tbe Stat, but are daily giriog aat thousands upon thousands of aorta to tbe Free States, while poor old Virginia, who gar millions to tb Federal Government, gets aot an acre. Ala ! the eoosUteney of oor holy Democracy! Too pure that' th word eye,' too pure to re erite a acre of tb Publi Land, and there by build up Southern interests; because, f jrsootb, they say, 'tie unconstitutional ; and yet, wonder of wonders, 'tis not unconstitu tional to gits away, with both hands, millions of acre to Freeeoil State. Oh, the consis tency of Southern Democracy, that would beggar and start the inmate of its own family ! tax riding them, meanwhile, with whip and spur, unta tbey groaa, groan, groan; wbu with liberal profaaioB. they extend charities to aliens, their own families bit- tttwtgfoN.' Go 6p ft'wbil, gentlemen, If tbaa it nrw p. . vr w ui jow mmntii. i rerxrd yoa J worn nmi to tb South than Froiliam itaelf. Ton ler u but oa comfort, and that a poor on. ' Wbenya ink tb Soot era abip of Stato (a (ink it yoa ineviubly will nnkse yoa tack aboat) w whelm ovdepitoax nuag, iron brongbt this wo upon uj and yoortelve' ' marle, ax we not bartbened with taxes 1 And yet, ar our Baxlroadj. onv Canal, oor Tnrnpik completed f Ur ratter, dor not many of them ran oat into old field, or for- at, or monntaln tor, and there atop, stock till? Why is this? Ualy becans Soatb- em Democracy, like tbf dog in tbe manger, will not, itself, et the bay, nor permit its , or it friend' ox to eat it. Ala De- iiAiirui IhAn art vmrm tnam f.inni rin T He, pour brnt, was satisfied to ooespy bis bed of bay, and snarl at tb ex. Witi this. beva eocUnt Bat what does tba 1 TLo nskest thy bed on our national bay cocks., Tbon dost snarl, and gerrymander. cod premise Kansas Territory to the Sontb so that tho mavest enjoy protraeted repose upon thy bed. For this, tboa soothest Whigs and Americans with ' promise (and here let Kansa pledre bnnr enmson blashe to thy cheeks.) For this, thou bedgest tbrself roand about with a gerrymandering fence, of sncb peculiar shape and character, as effect ually to keep off natural friends and neigh bors ; and yet, ton call est aloud to tbe ene- nr.e of tbe conth, "come eat' and be filled ; eat, that yoa may acquire strength, shortly, to crash the Booth." I beg pardon of De mocracy ; bat this is neither christian chari ty nor Southern love. That bay erop is tbe wtnt srooertT of all tbe States. All are wgaiees, ana a pucu w wwu- pro rta.ahare. EsnecuUv is Virrinia. who eave most of it, so entitled. Let me assure you, Fellow-Whigs and Americans, that o sure as in the days of Andre and Arnold there were spies and en emis in the American camp, just so certain, ly are there enemies in ou Southern political camp. Upon what other principle ean we account for tb parricidal policy pursued by prominent Virginia Democrats ? Forgetful of the South ; forgetful of Virginia or if thinking of them, pleading meanwhile that it is unconstitutional to give them aid, by grant of tbe Public Land, and yet, they distribute them in such wsy, as to tell, finally, with tenfold fury upon tbe South. Tbe first object of this policy is selfishness. Gentle men are looking ahead looking to their fu ture borne, and future interest.- Where now is the Lieut. Governor of Virginia l i In tbe South or ia tbe North ! Where is be looat- in bis interest ? Just where other promi nent Southern Democrats contemplate locat ing theirs, at a future day, in a latitude ut terly inimical to the South. They curry fa vor now, with Freeooiler, by liberal distri butions of tbe public domain, for tbe "le and only purpose of enriching themselves person. ally in the prospective, and building up tbe interest of the Freesoil State, which is to be their future home. Let a few short years at most, verify this prediction. You will ee what yoa will Be .not " startled, then, ahould you, bear that leading Virginia Dem ocrats hare suddenly emigrated to Freesol States : despite their ardent protestations of Southern love ; and uncaring, whether old Virginia may stand or fall; or go to Guinea. While framing the fable of the dog in the manger, think you it ever entered the head of old op, for a moment, that bis dog ooold ever be so unnatural as (while excluding tbe ox) to invito tb enemies of them both, to come and take away the bed of tbe on and the food of the other ? Poor JEsop, thou livedst in a dark age of tb world, and never didrt thou dream of the political moral of this enlightened age. Fellow-Whigs and Americans, let us look somewhat further into this dog-in-the-manger spirit and principle. You bare seen, and now see Democracy ia our national coun cils. You see that they have attained that position, by a foul gerrymander of the 8tte, and by false pledges and promises. Draw, if you please, a diagram of tbe Congression al District of Virginia tho handiwork of Democratic handa then aak yourselves if so ill-s baked and deformed a progeny; dare trae it paternity to honest heads and hearts, and lovers of fa;r play. Let us now see the object and tbe result of these wiring in and wiring out gerrymandering hedge whom they were intended to fence in and whom to fence out. . Like the religion bigot, who is governed solely by appellatives, and takes cordially by the band and sustains. ll who ar called after hi name ; but rejects all not so called, wi'bout reference in either ease, to quality or character, so do these gorryman derers regard as heretics, all Whigs and Americans. ' These are all , to be' forced ouf, regardless of the. high personal qualities of thousands of them, and despite their antece dents. They may bav established their patriotism, upon the battle-fields of the Rev olution, and in all the succeeding wars of their country. . They may be (as they, are) ever ready at the first signal of their coun try, to fly to ber battle) fields.- Thev msy be as intelligent, as refined, as honorable, snd in every conceivable sense, as good, nd if yoa please, even better citixens than De mocracy may boast of ; andyet the cry is, "Fonoe out tbe rebels." We will not so fsr recognise "them as citizens, aa to allow them a solitary reprosetftatir in th national councils. They shall , be as abilately un represented, as if they were stocks and atones. or beasts of tho field.". ' Thank God there fa a Providence on high, who of times over throws th selfish and evil machinations of man. Democracy bad undertaken to do too watch of evil. ' Unknown to them, a pannel of their gerrymander bad tumbled, when a bold and gallant outsider (feeling as every Whig and American ought to feel) that his rights bad been outraged feeling as a free bora eitisea of Virginia, that be bad just the same right to enter tbe eoolosed area, as any ether eitisea, boldly stepped ia and, e1 aimed sad maintained bis right. And thai day, J. 8. Oarlil is doing, and will do bo more for Vir- f ghila, (if Dmocrabf will permit it' than tbe i eomDioea lorees pi ieniocracy nave aane in 1 20 years. " He wfll relieve Virffinia I of a bnV densom taxation, and by' ditnbutiph b I the Pablkf Landj amonest ill tb State ' w;l I forever deprive Congress1 of theiower to I bafld Railroada for', 'and theby ennob'tne' I Well may tbe Free,voutstrip tbe Slate States ' when" their eveit limb and 5oint U supported by'rovernmeni crutches: '.Take for example vriter bas twice traveled over oa horseback, and which is 'doubtless, by 1 far, the richest State ia the Union, and probably the rich st iwajw uaaoi ins same exioi, upon i-aa face of the earth, and ' therefore, well able I to take 'care of itself. 3 On 20tb Sf ptember, 1 1850, Congress granted tb that State 1,500. 1 000 acres of land,' whrch'she la now selllrg lit fmm IK yv m'MI vji anil .n.h A. tions of it as adjoin town; and contemplated town sites, at even a much higher price.' With tbe means furnished by Congress, she has now in running order 12 railroads and 3 in progress. 1 be Illinois Central Kauroad commences a Donleith on the ', Mississippi riter in the extreme Northwest of the State. opposite the City of Dubuque, in Iowa, aBd runs tb tbe extreme Southern point of 'the State, at Cairo the junction of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. All along the line of this road, tillages are springing up, like magic. containing already, f-om 500 to 3,500 inhab itants. Who has done all thin for Illinois? A Democratic Congress? 'What has .Con gress done for Virginia ? Nothing ! f De mocracy won't permit it. Verily, if thu sute of things continue. Virginia will be lost sight of, in the Union. And who gave the whole Sute of Illinois to the Union? Why good old Virginia. And what ia Blinois now doing ? Why she wants to sell and settle her lands, and she is making every effort to get Virginians to bay and settle them; and she is succeeding in doing so ; and thus Virginia is drained of ber citixens. The slate own:r, howeter, dare not go.''1 He dare not take bis property there. ' " '.V But we have diverged a little. Let ns now ascertain who has been fenced in by our De mocratic fenoe-makers. ' In - the first plaoe, many very decent Democratic gentlemen, who I dare say, would pass quite as currently any wbere. for patriots , and V irginia gentlemen, as Mr. Wise, alurajs insisted Whigs would. Som of whom, seeing the folly of their par. ty, ar using the land distribution question, as a gateway to walk out of the enclosure. Others would follow but for want of nerve to break tbe party oords with which they are bound. They love Virginia, and most bear- tily d'sire to M4 her in possession of .ber full share of tbe Public Lands, but full well do they know that tbe .sting of tbe .Democratic whip thong bas all tbe biting severity of tbe cat-o-nine-tails. But bark,, what guttural insinuations and ; whisperings , are -these we bear from. Democratic lips ? such, as "secret societies, enlverU, and dark Is n tern !''. Ep ithets applied to their countrymen and neigh bora, whom they know to be as honorable as themselves, and with whom they daily asso ciate! Ah, Democracy, art thou, willing that all thy wily political electioneering trickery .should b brought to light?, .Does long experience in culverts, and dai k lanterns, and secret trickery cause thee to judge oth ers by thyself I Think you that because you refuse political association with as high-mind-e-t honorable Virginians as the sun o'er shone ou. and take meanwhile into your gerryman der and bosoms, from Tunnels and Railroads and Canals,, the ignorant and. degraded re fu population of Ireland, and Scotland, aud Oermanyriand all the countries sod jails of Europe that may be drifted to our shore, that Whigs and Americana will do likewise ? Nay,. verily,.. Wbigs and Americans do no such dirty work.. Who cram th pockets of ignorant foreigners with, naturalisation pa pers, and insultingly takes them to the polls, to neatralix the . totes of native born Vir ginia property holders ? .Let such as . are guilty ,wear the cap we weave., Just here, however, we are proud to say, we love the intelligent," enlightened foreigner,' who has character. ; , ( ' x "' "T. Fellow-citizens of .Albemarle, the Whigs aud Americans of your county, loving ar. dently the South and trembling at Northern aggression, have, with all the ardor of South ern love, approached Democracy, and said : "Let's be friends.' Your interests and ours are identical. Let's agree to bear no more of Democracy or. Whigery.or Americanism. Bat to save the tottering South let us, as one man, rally under our Southern flag." And ; what has been the response "Away with any propa ition for compromise. We intend to nominate and tot for and elect too, if we ean, none but simon pure unadulterated Dem ocrats, who will carry out Democratic .prin ciple. ' ;-. Democratic principles! that can't fiih with Whigs and Americans in tho pure mounUin streams for trout, but can rake the mudpools of a tunnel ! - Alas my" country men, what a straining at gnats and swallow ing of camels, is here ! , , "j 'But enough. Democracy protests that it will not unite with us, eren for the high and holy purpose of saving the South- There is, then, but one alternative left us.r Let the cry of Sarragosss, "war to the knife's blade" resound from end to end of the Whig and American ranks.' " We bate a . decided ma jority in tbe County, and can easily carry it. Let us bold meetings at onoie, in each Magis terial instinct, and appoint delegates to a general meeting at April Court. Let us go no to that meeting in fall force oompare no tea nominate tbe. strongest men of. out party and resolve to .elect them. Tis high time to teaoh : Democracy.- that Wb'ffS' and Americans have not (as they boast) slept the sleep of death, but have only indulged in a refreshing nap, to awake to deadlier' strife, and to elect, without fail, distribntiou"dele gates, W none other, 12 ; 20tk of Mat, 1775. A meeting of gentle? men waa he'd in Charlotte era Saturday evening, the 7th nat, for the purpose of conmderinj; the Erooriety of celebrating the Anniversary of the ecklenbnrg Declaration of American Indepen denc. Committees of Arrangement; &o7, were appoint!. THE STANDARD AND THE "MILITARY i ' i ROAD TO THE PACIFIC." f Tht Standard; fairly broken down, and mired up to its hips, on the "Military Road to the Pacific," opened not Its mouth in its issue oi , vveanesaay last, on tbe subjects This,- if not c ndid, is certamly discreet, for never 3was there a more lame-cwcA: of a get-off attempted, than the i assertion that Mr. Bachanan meant in his message a "Mili tary', and . not a itW.Road to the Pacific Why.' does'nt the SUndard peroeite that if it proved that old Buck meant a mil itary, and not a rail road to the Pacific, that it would prote tbe said old Buck to be'an infinite ass ?. Just see Mr. Baobanan bases the power of Congress to make the road on the war clause, and says it will be necessa ry in order to transport troops, munitions of war, Ac, to the Pacific States expeditiously, to hate a road. Now, does our neighbor know, that no other road than a rail road, would gite the expedition which' Mr. Bucha nan deems necessary for the safety of the Pacific Sutes 1 On "a military road, the march of troops and transportation of can non, Lc, is at the rate of sixteen miles a day, and we leate it to our neighbor to say how long it would take troops to get to the aoifio States, at this rate of travel. But although the Standard thinks Mrf Buchanan ass enough to recommend for sake of- expedi tion, a military road to the Pacific, we en. tertain no such opinion. Mr. B. meant a rail road, and nothing else than a railroad, and all the Standard's formerly expressed views in opposition to the construction of a Rail Road to the Pacifio apply to Mr. Buchanan's recommendation. Let tho Standard answer to this, if it can. STATE INTELLIGENCE. Chakgb or SchebclxS. The jecliedulea have been changed on' both the Raleigh land Gaston and the N. C. Central Railroad, and an extra daily train added on each of them. On the N. C. Central road the; mail train which leaves Charlotte daily at 6 AJ M. reaches this city 44 niiuutea part 4 P. M., and the mail train which leaves Goldsboro' at 2 A. M., is due here at 82 minutes past 4 A. M. The Express train leaving Charlotte at SO minutes past 5 P. H. arrives at Raleigh at 17 minutes past 4 ; and the train .leaving Goldsboro' at 4 Pi M. id due here at $2 minutes past 6 These trains stop at Raleigh only 10 minutes. . On the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad the first express traiu leaves Raleigh at & a. due at Weldon at 28 minutes after m. XI and is a. ia. ; returning the same train leaves Weldon at 1 o'clock, p. m., and arrives here at 6. The ss cond express train leaves Raleigh at 6 o'clock p. m. and arrives at WeHoo at 10 p. m. ; return Ins, leaves Weldon at 11 p. m , and arrives in this city at 4 a. m. ; VnuTixo JBixiTABt. The Wilmington Light Infantry, Capt. De Ro&sett, contemplate visiting Raleigh on the 4th of May next. They will be the guests of the gallant Oak CHy Guards, but we can promise them a cordial reception on the part of our whole community. We understand that at a late meeting of the Guards thev deter mined to invite the Fayetteville Light Infantry, .Capt. Draughn, to visit them at the same time. w e trust they will accept the invitation. 1 he 4th of May will doubtless be a gala day. ' : i HaT" We are authorized to state: that John Randolph, Esq., of Jackson, Northampton coun- ty, has been appointed General Travelling Agent of the North Carolina Mntual Fire and Life In surance Companies of this City. Salary $1,9.00. Attempt to Throw a Pasmkngeb Tbaf. off the Tback We learn from the Weldon f.'atriot that some fiend in human (shape attempted on Tuesday l'st to throw from the track t7ae morn ing passenger train from Wilmington, by placing two logs on the mad between Battle's and En field Depots ; but the accident was luckily pre vented by the discovery of the logs by the engi neer in time to stop the truin befwre reaching them. The passengers, to show threir apprecia tion of th watchful car ef the enjiinew, made np a purse which they i nsisted npoM his accept- Snow-There wa? a considerable fall of snow in Salisbury on Friday last. The ground was covered to tbe depth of some 4 or S inches, and some of the yormg people brooch t out their slsighs. . j Death of an old aso beloved Minister. I Tbe Greensborough Patriot and Flag announces the death in mat place on tne h)th instant ot "Father Paislet, in his' 87th yrar j He was a Presbyterian minister, and his life id reprea-nted to hare abounded in deeds manifesting the most profound and exemplary piety. " The citizens of Greensborough ' showed marked, respect to the deceased, closing their business, bouses and at tending his funeral en masse. , ; Xw Military Company is Salisbury. A new volunteer. company ha been organized in Salisbury, and the following: officer Chosen, via : Captain, A; Bv Hendren ; 1st Lieut!, Ih Thomas Hill i',., 2ud -' dC do., J. B. Gretter; i2nd Lieut., L. S. Aldricb ; 2nd do. do , W C; Coughenour ; 0.' S., B. Parria.' The new company number 30 strong already, and will Htyn have the requi site tuimrnw.- It la to be caUed the f'Rowan Ri fle Guards"1 '.'""-;"'' -' '' V. Johnston CotJTrr. At the late term of the Qdunty Court of Johnston, the folVowing magis trates were chosen 'members of the Special Court : JL B- Watsrio..: (Chairman,) C J. Bingham, E. T. Robinsoa, Linn B. Sanders and. Adam Heath, Esq..' I -5 ' it i .. J Reugiocs Revival. The Goldsborough Tri bune states that there is conri.Verable excitement in both . the Methodist and Jjwptist churchea of that place, ana number naw been converted.. Death of an Old Sbeyant. A colored man named John, the property of Mrs. Mar tha Hester, of Granville county, died on tbe 8th inst., at the advanced age of 114 years. Be came to this State daring the Revolution ary war, as a servant of Col. .Woodard. ! . . About thirty, years ago he became the property of James Hester, , in whose family he continued, and by whom he was. kindly provided for until his deaths, " Maryland John," as be was called, was rather a remarkable 'man. He abounded in Revolutionary narratives, which delighted the children during the long winter eveniugs ; and scraps and sparks of wisdom and wit broke forth in his extreme old age. - For example : last spring be was.wending his way to church on Sunday morning : some young men were conversing upon the claims' of various persons as candidates for the Leg. islature, and by way of sport, asked old John his opinion. John thought such conversa tion unbecoming upon the Sabbath, and sur prised them by the following answer : "Mas ters, it takes but -three men to make good aws, Consideration, Reason, and Justice.' He was also quite a poet, and composed sev eral pieces well worthy a place in print, vf we had time to make some slight amendments in the metre. But better than all, he was deeply pious, and his end was peace. He was accustomed to go daily to the stables for private devotion ; and when asked why he selected such a' place, he replied, "The shepherds went there to worship the infant Saviour, and we should be as humble as they were." We trust he is nearer to the Saviour now, in his glory. JV. C. Christian AdvoZ cate. i The Ethiopian Twins. - Some few years agp a negro woman in Cumberland county, N. C. gave birth to twin children, more singularly and wonderfully united than the famed Siamese twins. They were purchisd by Capt. J. Q Pei-vis of this place, and sold to J. P. Smith, Eq., of Auson county, N. C, who entrusted them to Brower & Shelton. They were taken to New Orleans for exhibition, where thev wee tricked out of them. Recently Mr. Smith hoard they were on exhibition in England. Knowing th't he could not reclaim them as slaves, he purchased their mother and took her to England to reclaim her children. Upon reaching that country, he heard they were in Scotia' d, where he prooeedpd. He found them in Edinburgh;) and the mother's c'alm was respected, even in Abolition England, where the rights of the mas? ter are unknown or disregarded. No effort was spared to induce the mother of these children to desert her master and, remain in England. She said she had seen white slave ry, aad it was far worse in civilized England, than African slavery in the United States. In deed, so strongly was she impressed with the misery of white slavery, thit she clung to her master and returned with him home, to endure the misery of negro slavery in North Carolina, as not only a choice of evils, but as the happiest condition of the African race. Mr. Smith and negroes arrived at this place on Monday last. Ghcraw Gazelle, f- Raii.boax Meeting in Greensboro'. On the 6th int. ft meeting of the citizens of Greensboro was held for the purpose of considering the sub ject of a Railroad froni Greensboro to Virginia, as supplying tbe onlv remaining link of a ereat northern and southern railway rouU. RalpV Gorrel, Esq,, was Chaifman, and M. S. SHerj wood, Esq., Secretary. Mr. Norcros, the Presi dent of the Georgia Air Line Railroad, was pre sent and entertained the meeting with a speech of some length. Speeches were alo m'de bv D. F. CaltVell, R. P. Drk, GYP. Me ndenhall. and M. S. Sherwood, Esq'rs. The following re solutions were then adopted by acclamation ; ji Resolved, That we heartily approve th? move ment on tii part of our friends in Georgia and South Carolina to establish the great Airline Rail road ; and that we ar determined from this day forth to rprx no effort until the same be con tinued through lour State from Greensborough to the Virginia line , Resolved, That at some future dav, prior to the elctien of members to the next General As sembly, we recommend the calling of a conven'r tion of tbe fr'enas of this important w irk, from Virginia to Alabama, to take the subjct under consideration and memorialize our next Legisla ture." i" -"3 Wilmington, Charlotte anp Rctherfobd Railroad. The stockholders of the Wilming ton and Rutherford Railroad Cornpny met .in this town on yesterday, and organized by the ap pointment of Thos. A. Norment, Esq., of Robe son, and C. H. Dockerj, of Richmond, and Sam. H. Walkup, of Union, as Secretaries. The amended Charter of the Company was read by the Secretary, and a vote being taken, the same wa accepted by the stockholders. A communication from the Mayband citizens of the town of Fayetteville, suggesting the pro priety of making that place the temporary, eas tern terminus' of the road, was read, and referred to the Directors. No other business appearing, the meeting adjourned. In the af'ernoon, we learn that the Directors met ami decided that it would be impracticable t comply with the wishes of the town of Fay etteville, "because by the Charter they were re quired to build th roal through Lumberton ; and it was thought that the interests of the road would b sustained in a greater degree by mak ing th line a nraight as possible under the re- j StllriiMAui ides, after a fall disr j Cussion the Directors decided that tbe. eastern ' termjnus of the road should be at Walker's Fer,- thus settling this mooted and vexed poirit, to the real advantage of the company, we trust.-p JI immgion Herald. : T" " v..'- ;. ' - 'i J) xkv Bivkr. Mr. Douglas commences bis st wey of tbe works upon the Cape Fear and Lcep rivers,' this week, and will no doubt, prosecute it with tigoi. Immediate ly upon its accomplishment the work will be undertak'en by the oontracters and hastened to completion, when we pay confidently in dulge the fruition of hope' so long deferrel. Wilmington Herald. -. fg" An nletftion was held in Franklinton last week for Gt e tawn Com:n'38ionrs. . Three Ami" rkanp and wo 'Democrf its were chosen. ; Frank lint .n is in Fran klin, a strong Democratic county. Fatal Accin est at Golo-Hill. We leirn that Mr John Waters,' an Englishman,' aged about 25 years, was killed in a shaft at Gold-Hill on Friday last., - A bucket broke loose from the roiie and fell 30 0 feet to the bottom of the sliaft, where Mr. Wa ?rs was at work, striking him in iU ; descent, wott nded him so badly that he died is twoiioursaQ ar the accident. S3.7ii. Wateh- tn an. THk National Hotel at Washington ABOct to be cLoski TAe Recent Rat Poi toning', 4c It is said that the recent aoci dent by which so many persons were poisoned at the National Hotel in Washington bas caused every body to desert tho House, and that it will shortly be closed and the premises undergo a complete overhauling and thorough renovation. The National has, heretofore, occupied the first position in Washington as a hotel, but the recent disaster has driven the fashionable people to Brown's, which, bow ever, is much-the most handsome house" of the two,' the . latter hating a white marble front,! and being withal splendidly kept. .DEATH OF;l)R, RICHARD A URQUHART Our community, says J&q Noriolx wimon of yesterday,-was shocked on Saturday afternoon, by the intelligence that this gentleman died at l is seat some ten miles from Smithfield, Isle of v ight county, on the day previous. But a few days since he spent soma two or three, days at the National Hotel in this city, apparently in the best of health and spirits. His disease was a sudden and violent attack of pleurisy. His age we believe wes between fifty and fifty-five years.1 - "' We knew te deceased intimately, and take a mourrful pleasure in bearing testimony to" bis great worth of character. : The Appomattox River at Petebsbtjbo.- We learn from the Express that the work of deepening the river below Petersburg, so as to admit ; vessels, of larger size, is going on success fully. ! "Withiu the short space of one month,' says the Express, Mr. Payn, the superintendent of the improvement, "has succeeded in getting a uniform depth of eight feet, in the old channel north of the cut, three hundred yards above the old dam, and the ' same number below it. Iu one month mora, Mr. Payn expects to invite vessels to take this new route for entering our harbor. This accomplishment aurely bids fair of. ultimate success in the entire project." , The American Cotton Planter The March number of this valuanle Agricultural monthly is before us. Its Contents ' embrace many highly interesting as well as valuable sug gestions to farmers, among which we notice a communication on the subject of the cultivation of the Chinese Sugar Millet, from Absalom Jack son, faq., of Georgia, and one from Richard Pe ters, Esq., of Atlanta, Ga., on the value of the Cashmere Goat, We may hereafter, make some extracts from this work which we deem of gener al interest. The Cotton Planter is published at Montgomery, Ala., by Messrs. Underwood & Cloud, at $1 00 per annum, and is a hand' some as well as interesting Magazine. r Lectcbx Hon. A. W. Venable, of North Carolina, delivered a lecture before th Literary Association of Petersburg on Monday evening lost. His subject was, "Individual Effort and Self-reliance." 4 fiST We. take the following paragraph from the Sheffield (England) Times of a late date ! Died, on the Wednesday evening, the 18th of February, in the 85 th year of her age, Miss Sarah Gales. She was the last- survivor of the three sisters of the late Joseph Gales, of Raloigh, North Carolina, U. S., who left Sheffield in 1794 on political grounds With these ladies our late highly-respected townsman, James Montgomery. resJded for more than half a century. Bewap-e of Counterfeits. We learn from the Carolina Spartan, that a Mr. Carson, of Ruth erford, N. C, sold a mule at Union C. H. for which ho received pay in Cape Fear bills of the denomination of $10, which proved to be coun terfeit. As soon as this waa discovered he re turned with a friend and succeeded in getting $100 in good money. The men were handed over to the law, to be dealt with according to the facts' and the proof. Mr. Carson supposed that Fowler the man who purchased the mule, had about $1,000 of this Cape Fear money. Char- ht'o Whui. . .- . j MARRIED. - In Alainanc County, at the residence of Free man Leath, by the Rev. John H. Pickard, on the '12th ,inst., Mr. Z L. De Shough to Miss FraLces A. Leath, daughter ol the late Freeman Leath, Esq. . .- ... PEEPLES & WHITE, j COMMISSION AND FORWARDING 1 r MERCHANTS, 2ri OLD STREET, PETERSBURG, VA. LEML'EI, PEEBLES. 1 THOM KB WHITS, JR. SOUTHERN LOTTERY! ON THE HAVANA PLAN OF 1 KimLiiNiyiiiri. . JASPER COUNTV AUADKMf LOTTERY 1 1 1 j By Authority of tha State of Georgia. This Lottery has only, 15,000 nambers less than any Lottery in tbe World! , SATURDAY SMALL SCHEME be drawn"! n Public, at Maoen, Oeorcda, To under tbe sworn superintendence of Col. Geo. M. Logan and W. C Anderson, Esq. Every Saturday in March s Aprill867. : 15,000 Si LAlBLUa. ; '. Capital Prize $5,000 ! Pmes Payable without Deduction! Class 17, March 21st; Class 18th, March 28tb ; Class 19. Aprjl 4th; Class 20, April Utb : ' Class 21, April 1 8th, Class 22, April25tk. SCHEME. , t Prre of......... - $5,000 1 do 1 do 1 -r ,1. ' 1,600 1,000 , . 1,000 1,600 . 5.000 , 5,000 24,000 ? ..44,000 A SAW au U. Prizes of...!j5(K) are. 60 do.. .100 are. 100 , '' do...... 60 are l.fil6 -1 lo. ..... ...16 are i,'37 Prizes amounting to Whole Tickets $4 ; Hal res $2 ; Qnartrs $1. Certificates of Packages of tea Tickets, are sold at the following rates, which re . the risk : JO Whole Tickets, fs . , 24 10 Half , do.. -' ..'..- 12 10 Quarter do i . . 6 Bank Notes of sound Banks taken at par. Checks on New York remitted for Prizes. : fijr Address Orders for Tickets or Certificates of Packages f Tickets to . ... . . . James f. Winter, . ' Maaar. Msms, Q; . Extra Class X Large Scheme draws. Mar 16th. 1 1857, 0,000 ISumber Capital $69,000. COMMERCIAL. " " TfTF rPiTKl tiff VrtBTU Ct rJt . T- 1 . w v. . ... VnVUflA..Q UUUS4- I Stand that th Wheat is looking remarkably w.l . In this county, and farmers anticipate fully average crop. On th low wet . lauds, bo"er,; the severity of the weather b consider dly ibfn ned it. Some person .writing to the Editor S the Fayetteville Observer from Chatham Coun ty, saya: : . V ".' ...... .'' V '-, We have a second winter almost, as the weath er has been extremely cold for the last 10 day. which has don considerable ! injury to the oat crop, kiilirig a great portion of t. Tnere U not seed in the couuty to sow aain. Tb. garden veeetablea that were up are nearly all killed. The pach crop is also nearly or quite all destroy- ed ; the mcst of it Was killed in Jairary, th balance within the last few days. The Farmer iu thia.vicinity have hope that thU v"y coit' weather, after th very warm' February, may b the dei true tion of tb Chiucb Bag, that hav been so destructive, to our grain crop for tbe last two years. Should they increase f a few years more, we know not whit tbe end will be. RALEIGH MARKET. . . prices cuekknt, bepokteo by mills h, shown; FAMILY OBOCtB. Raleioh, ' Mar. 21. Flour The market U well supplied ; wo quote No. 1 ut $6 60. Meal in demand and selling at Si SI 06 & bushel. ' " . : - . ' Corn The demand ia active, with sales at 00 6c. f oushoK . : ' rodder, p hundred. SI to SI 30. acoordiui to quality. , ' . T' VV bite Peas are selling at 90o.Ci$ 1 and scare. , Stock Peas 90c. Butter 20 to 25c. ; ' ' Bacon The market is well supplied. No.-1 hog round at 12c. Lard 12 to 13c. Eggs 10 to 12,o Q do, r , . .... Cotton The market is dull at 11. to 12o. . ; Dry Hides 11 to 12 for good. , FAYETTEVILLE MARKET. - ' .. March 19 Bacon 12QH2t, . . . Cotton Ordinary to midaiing 11(311 : fair to good 1313. Gram Corn 1.10QS1.16; Wheat 1.10Q $1 20 ; Oats 70T6d.; Peas $1.00 ranted; Rr 90c f 1.00. -. Turpentine 1 ellow dip and virgin $1.90; Hard 90c. Spirits 88c . . v : : , WILMINGTON MARKET. Mabch 19 Turpentine Sal to-dav of 100 bbls. at $2 45 for virgin and yellow dip, and $1 46 for hard, $ bbl. of 280 lbs. - . Spirit Sales to-dsv of 220 casks at 42o. k ! gai. I .. ' .' . . Rosin ISotbingdoiue in common.. Sales to-, Hay of 890 bbl. No. 1, at $2 76 $ bb!., and ef 199 at. at $ y dm. ' ' . Tar ales to-day of 60 bbls. at $1 40 bU. Hay Sales yesterday of 260 bales Nor c ham at $1 06 100 lbs.; and of 144 do. at$l 10, t; NORFOLK MARKETS.' - ' V ' i NouFOLX, Mar. 18, 1867. Corn Sales of mixtfd at 84 cts prims waiU 6466 cts., and yellow 6768 cu. , ,. , . , Dried Fruits Apple iu active damaud at $2.00; Peachw 4.60$6 00. ... Flour Market well supplied, raruilv 8k(a $9 ; Extra Superfine 1(8 ; Superfine 7 7." Bacon Sales of K-g-rouad at 18 cts. - teas B.E. 1 66$1 A2: Black and Oay l.X $L3(r;: Beans $l.0--Tjd dull.-.- , i. Wheat-Rod $1 40 ; white $160. . , , . Cotton We quote at 12($12. A superior lotsuld to-lay for 18. '" -PETERSBURG MARKET. Peteesbubo, March 18. , Wheat Dull and but little doiuj. Pries very irregular, we therefore omit quotations. 1 . - Cotton The unfavorable recounts from Eu rope have caused a pause in our Cotton market. Buyers do not seem disposed to operate, and holders are stiff iu their views.- Toe transac tions to-day are small, and we quote nominally . at 13 to 13 for good to choice lots. r . . Corn Tne market continues dull sod th supply being greatly in excels of the demand prices are lower. We qiijte salea of .som lot at 70 cents for fair quality. Tobacco The receipts are increasing and th breaks larger We no tic an active demand for . dry keeping descriptions, for which kinds price are fully maintained.' , .... Spts. Turpentine Scarco and wanted. W quote nominally at 62 to 65 cts. Peas B. E. Peas in demand at 1 to $1 20. Beans Navy are wanted. W quote 1.60 to , $1.60. , '.-- ' , , -v . Clover Seed Are in good supply at 8 to Salt Market quiet, with small sales of Mar shall brand at 1.70 to $1.80; O. A. 1.36 . to $1 40. , ' ;, ., v . I , RICHMOND MARKET. March ' 18. Flour No transactions rather dull. Sates of hundred barrels Saperfin yes terday and Tuesday at $6 25. , '. Corn Sales at 77c x ' : " Wheat 1.85$1.40 fyr good to prim Rsd ; 1.451.60 for good to prim Whit. Baltimore, March 18. Flour dull and un changed. Wheat dull and 23 ctnU hiLrr. but unsettled. Con firm and brut. ,;. , , , Works on Gardening &.o. : " r AND8CAPE GARDE N' I. V Q ; OR PARKS jand Pleasure Urouuds. Wit prvctlcal otS on country residences, villas, pubd parks ud gardens. - By Charles H. J. Smith, t I Tb American Poulterer's Coutpanioa. With. li;0 illustrations. By C. N. Bemub . . ScbeneVs Gardener's Txt Book. . . , . Dewnlng's Fruit and Fruits tree of AoMrlofe Dtzon St' Kerr's- Domestio and Ornamental Pottltry. ;- ' - - ; ' . New American Orcbardist. . By Wo. Kamlck. The American Farmer By Biak. , . American Fruit Cult rist. By J. J. Thome. " The American Farm Book.' By Allen. , Family Kitchen Gardener. By Buiet. ' - Grain Tables ; Shewing value orbushsUaad pounds of different kiods of g-rin. .;.. Americea flower Gardea Directory. ByBoUrt Bnist. - ' . , The Flowir Oir leu. By Joseph Bock.' ' Johneoa'a Dictionary of Gardeuiag. Edited by David Landreth, .. . , Downing' Country Hoaaea. Downing'! Landscape Garlenlng and Rural Architect. '. l. Tb Fruits of America. Contain!; 48 ricbly colored platen, and ' full descriptions of all the ehoieett varieties in America. By M. HJ. A Treatise oa the Caraatioa aad other Ftvr. By Thomas Hogg . ; ; . Th Bos Fancier's Manual " " A Treatise on tb Breed, Managsmsst, Fd ine aad Medioel T realm nt of Swiae. By Was. i. it-, "t . Hoar on the Grape Via.. Weeks oa th Mknagem'at of . . Mile en the Horse's- Foot. ' " !TV. Via. TWm.n.i Vf ...... 1 ' Cold Grapery : By Wm. Cbwltoa.- - ' Asaerioaa Hand Book of Ornamental Tree. ' A Treatise oa Milcb Cow. , . Frlby i . . ' B. & . 1 .vT." '' !" - ' : r '. ': -' . I'-.-- i' .:.,-: ','' t '. . ' ' !
The Weekly Raleigh Register (Raleigh, N.C.)
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