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. TUB SEXATORSIIlPa.
There were, a will be aeea bjoor He porta,
a ojo'ion made bjTod R. CalJwell. Eqr la
lb House, and by Ralph Gorrell. Krqr., in
tat Senate, oa Wednesday, to go forthwith
into the election of iU. 8. Senator to fill
the anexpired term for which Jadge Biggs
mu elected. Messrs. Caldwell and Gorrell,
kaow veil, aadoee everybody else, that
tatil these Senatorial Seala are disposed of,
so progress will be made with the important
huisees which this Legislature was elected
utranjaet. The dominant Party, however,
tkiak ctherwie. They evidently think: thai
State bniinaes aboald bo sabordinated to the
hntowal of o&ces connected with the ad
Biaiatratioo of the Federal Government, and
they have not got the triggers set yet,
they voted down, and will continue to rote
dowa all propositions tending to remove from
the Legislature ' the embarrassments thrown
is the way of it basiaese by these Senatorial
ec tests? When we look at the vast mijori
tj which the Deaiocracy have in both Uooses,'
we want no better proof thaa this conduct
of theirs to ahow that Ihej look ' npoa the
oooeUe concerns' of the People of North
Carolia, as aiere matters of jnoon-sbina when
compared with tb proeaotioo to me of this,
or that asptranL It proves, too, that they
are wofally divided amoog' themselves. ' Else
why not have aceedsd to the proposition to
roioto aa election! ... . " .
The longer these elections tare postponed,
the mere eomplieated will matters become,
tad the more completely, will the attention
of members bo diverted from State matters.
Whea the Legislature met, there were but
three Senatorial ' candidates openly in the
Seld. Since then, a fourth baa been added
U the comber of aspirants, and one who wQl
take some trouble in the eaaap, if he 4 does
act succeed in carry iag off the prise. labia
HcanT of a recent date, Mr. Holden, among
other things, declared, that while he would
tot seek a teat a the Senate of the United
$tafe, he would not say that be would
decline one. Sineeihen, he baa reconsidered
his determination ax.d is bow, as we bear oa al 1
ades, openly and avowedly, a candidate . for
Senatorial honors. The Senate-seeking quar
drille then, is composed of Messrs. Brsgg,
lliagman, II olden and RelLTbeUtterlanow
ducicg at the foot of the act and there, we fear
he will remain, anleas be comes the "double
taa2e over the other figurantes. Neither
the "beck atep," nor the 4forestep,w will
hriag him a p. A strong "double abuSe"
a-j mve bim, and we tell him in all can
4r that aothiag else will, or can.
Since the ' above was written, we have
hare heard of the results' of a Caucna on
Wedaesday sight which brings up aomsthiog
orthy of ooe. ! '
The Caucus for the office of Secretary
cf h'ute, has made developments, not to be
disregarded. What are they 1 We shall see.
NECBETARY OF STATE. - " ' ,'
Caucus has again been at work, and Mr.
Secretary of State md interim Page has bees
aomioated by a tremendous acsjority. Ce
IIWja, if not the Son of a Prophet, t
Prophet. Mr. Page, Governor Bragg! ap
pointee, a "gradoate of the Renegade Class
of l?i " i the language of the Warro
toa News has just walked ever the coarse.
We hare rarely seca eaueus machinery work
d with mora power thaa in this instance.
With Page and his friends it was a complete
ai", n'Jj, net,' sort of business. They
nt ia and hang op their hats, and, civilly
ii io the rest of the aspirant, Yoar case
a all around our Lai' n we are berc ia Ral
"f. and tho yoirVe "very giod' looking,
jo ea't come ia. It is not lo'ag siacw that
o told the War-enton News that Lis "Oli
Hwhj" st RLj;gh ss sjDOoimoua with
"AWi-garehy.-
Piaeo the aboTe was wrilUo the' Rdiet of
Cauens hu teen regute'red, andMrj
JV e!eetedSctetary ef State. Mr. Lew
. we hops, wUl comfort Limself witb the
S.caca that if Le had beea elected it would
"t Lan "adled a feaiL k ha ap.- 1 '
THAT. TOP. JIOOT JiGAIX.
Tb toore we think rf it, lie more we are
troubled about that a'range trp-root vagary
of oftr'Arrioulroral friend of the StanJari.
e
Agrioulrara
We
ject,
bath
are. indeed much exercised on the sub
and wef cannot help it. ' That be,' who
es-aved to lecture on farniinf, and on
rotatiou. of crops both agricultural and po
litical ; be who Aai been a hopeful candidate
for the Executive Chair of the Sta'e, and is
repotted to le an atdent aspirant to Senato
rial honors, when the : great Cotton interest
will be under his" peculiar charge, aboald
fail to be oogn:aant of the merit of the tap
root economy,, aurpaascs.our comprehension,
and. plants in oar fraternal and editorial
heart much . mortifioation we . mar almost
say, sorrov: We awfully' fear that that the
Edgecombe planters a
for this unaccountable
ill never forrive bim
antagonism to their
fkvorite sod. , We also fear thai there may
be coldness ia the hearts of the cotton plan
ten of Duplin. . .They . know all about this
tap root arrangement, .And we think we
know, bow. our Agricultural neophyte came
by bin idea of root culture.) In prepar
ing his Deplia address, he came across the
proceedings .of a- famous Agricultural 8oci
ey - held in Warrenton a quarter of a cen
tury sinoc, reported by that inimitable wag,
the late 'Doctor P .and circulated over
the State. Oa the oceaaion a learned Judge
made a 1 speech an sgrioultural speech, as
did bur friend which speech aa reported re
commended in the era vest possible manne
the cultiration of the cabbage as it progress
ed to maturity, - with the bead in a deep
ground trench, and the roots turned upwards
or on top. We laugh at the waggish pcrver-
aion of the good J ad go's speech. It had long
died away and there remained nothing but
the cool and grave report of it the striking
idea left was the growth of the plant by the
top toot. , It was deemed new and valuable,
and ever since has been running through the
bead and type of our friend. : Or perhaps
be may have derived his idea of the top root
cotton from bearing the farmer discourse on
the tp crop of cotton, very naturally con
cluding that as there was a top crop, there
must be a bottom crop J and that as the bot
tom crop was supported by roots, so likewise
must be the top crop ; hence it was perfectly
natural to class the roots into bottom roots and
top roots ; aid it was of the latter, as distin
guished from the former, that be supposed the
Kdreoombe addres was particularly dis
coursing, so, it was very natural in at our
friend anould be empbatio on the top roots
with, a view of impressing upon the reader
the . important ; distinction. The intent was
was doubtless good, and as be seems ingeni
ously susceptible of acquiring knowledge in
the ; noble Art, 'and lo be "pursuing it with
Hungering and thirsting, we will take the oc
casion to give him a short lecture on the tap
root. .We know nothing of the top root, and
therefore will not discourse on that.
The . root vegetation is in the general
the great renovator of exhausted soils ; not
directly by means of the tap root, but indi
rectly by its . arency. Nature teaches the
lesson' by her old field pine and like vegeta
ble growth and man follows ber teaching. Thus
whea the top soil is exhausted, and the field
grows poor, and is turned out to shift for itself,
the first marked vegetable product is a thick
et of old field pines. This, the only tree whioh
the poor soil will grow, is provided with an
engrossing tap root, whioh searches out and
fiads its general nutriment far beneath the
former viaitings or plow-anare, and . grows
up with luxuriant foliage in the midst of an
atmosptere loaded with ibe rich gases of de
composed matter of all the regions of the
earth. The leafy straw feeds on the gaseous
pabulum, converts it into substantial matter,
and' then Uja itself down on the earth to
rot. A succession of these straw crops re
invigorate the exhausted top soil until it be
comes regenerated with all the rich elements
of virgin soil, and assumes its pristine fertil
ity. A close observer will ree, first, the old
field pine, then the Sassafras, mixed with hie
ory, coming one after the other or mingled
together, all feeding with a long tap root
which penetrates far below the stratum dis
turbed by harrows or plows, and drawing
their principal support from the dark and
deep recesses of the eaith by means' of that
tap root,' which. our contemporary has so
strangely ; ignored. Presently' an abundant
vegetable deposit begins' to revive'tbe ex
hausted top soil, and the irtas which luxuri
ates ia a mould of rotted vegetation.; spreads
over, the ground, amid the dogwood whose
roots skim the surface, and give proof that
the upper soil is reviving into life; then, and
next, an oak of the primal forest is seen
here and there sprining into being, with tap'
and lateral roots, fed by the newly prepared
soil.: And so is the process of replenishing
fertility continued until the original forest is
replaced. This is th,e economy of Nature
unaided by man. . A generation is required
to '' accomplish , the.jgreat end ia this way.
Man, however,-by art, shortens Ibe period by
paouagmore short-lived Up root vegetibles,
as eloverpeas, ic. The acknowledged value
these as a restorative is, that while the veg
etable is sustained by the. tap root, ;tvsends
forth myriads of leaves vKicb catch the riob
(aset tWfiiua, tl sir,' andrttuxn them,
KALEIOH,
fixed in a new and stable composition to the
earth. The peculiar use of the tan root to
the Cotton plsnta will be discoursed of when
our neophyte shall hare digested the learning
of this pur leoture on Agricultural matters.
Verily our friend did not well thus to ig
nore this same tap root, so wonderful in its
effects, and so illustrative of the wise econo
my of a kind and superintending Providence.
In this view of the oase he might be exhorted
to look upwards indeed ; not running . a
wistful eye 'up along the ladder by which
politicians . climb to greatness, but with a
vision much higher and purer. 1 here be
fine moralities in that upward ease.
Just here and we know not why it should
be Aers, . unless the peculiar circumstances
around our aspiring friend may have created
I the picture wo seem to see some half a score
I of men, and be unmistakably among them,
in all the bud and bloom of joyoua hope, sud
denly turned upside down like the Judge's
Cabbage,' their heads resting in a deep trench,
and their heels like top roots sprawling about
in the air after some foot bold it is impossi
ble to reach. Underneath the picture b
written i
"Hope for a season bade toe world farewell
As Cabbages and men promiscuous foil.
MR. JOHN KERR.
We were very glad on Thursday, to bear
this gentleman take a liberal, and patriotic
view of the course which he thought ought
to be pursued towards bis quondam friends in
the Legislature. The Previous Question"
in tne bands of a tyranical majority, is an
instrument of extreme oppression. Mr.
Kerr could not to far forget his old feelings
as to be unmindful of their claims upon his
consideration and kind offices. We congrat
ulate Mr. AVrr on his suooess "in defeating
the tyranical effort, and refer to bis remarks
as reported.
FINE CHEVYING TOBACCO.
We are indebted to our friend Daniel Ly
on, Jr., of Petersburg, for a present of some
of the Tobacco which took the premium at
the Virginia State Fair.
f At a sale of land recently made by
tbo Clerk and Master in Equity for Edge
combe county, we learn that one tract of
840 acres was sold for $15,820, or $18.83
per acre ; another of 240 acres for 7,000
r $29 per acre.
B. DeYVITT, ESQ.
We had the pleasure of welcoming to our
sanctum the other day B. DeWitt, Esq., late
Editor of the Richmond Examiner. :
Tins EDITOR OF THE IREDELL EX
PRESS HIS OPINION OF RALEIGH.
Our sanctum, was visited a week or two
ago, duriog our absence from the city, by
Mr. Drake, the Editor of the Iredell Express.
We regret that we did not have the pleasure
of seeing him. In a letter to the ExpreA
from this eity Mr. D. says :
After the storm of last week the city is compar
atively quiet 'this, and dulness rather preva!U,lut I
notice considerable Dreoarations are makine " in
pots" for the accommodation and business of tbo
in-coming Legislature. Kaleign is a nanasome
city, whoee increase has been accelerated conside
rably within the past few years, and will enlarge
for years to come. The Capitol is a magnificent
structure, was reared at great cost to the Stale, but
deservedly is the pride of all her sons for its gran
deur and accommodations afforded to our State of
ficers and law makers. The citv is laid offinto large
sqnares with streets crossing at right-angles, and the
improvements generally are on a scale of great
magnificence; palatial residences meet tne view
in every direction, in the midst of green lawns,
umbrageous groves, picturesque hedges and flower-
yards to captivate a Parisienne. A new Baptist
Unurcn will soon be nnunea, erected at a cost oi
$19,000, located opposite the Capital square, which
is a beautiful specimen of architecture, insido and
out, and would do credit to any city in the Union.
But enough of a qtv so generally known to every
body.
Soon after my arrival I sought out the mem-
twasM 9 ika Psats aa i-il ansaA tVSsa wawinaifntoviwa rt
ucis vi auw A aw smiu sieu vuw sv.uwa i muvv vs.
such Editors as I could find "at home." A few
minutes were spent very pleasantly with Mr. Gor
man of that excellent sheet the Spirit of the Age.
Mr.Svme was absent to Petersburg, but his asso
ciate I found very agreeable, and regretted that I
had not time to cultivate his acquaintance more.
Messrs. Holden and Wilson of the Standard, 1
found " at homo" and spent a half hour or more
In most agreeable conversation, upon various
topics. To Mr. Holden I am indebted for very
polite attention in transacting a portion of my
business. He is a younger gentleman than 1 ex
pected to meet with for ' so ' able an editor, and
possenseo evidently a well cultivated and enlarged
mind tne leader or his party, he also is tiieir u-
Crior in the State, perhaps. I notice quite a niun
r of manufacturing establishments in wood and
Iron, and suppose that the mechanic interest is
erV well supported. But the most attractive fea-
ture I have yet perceived in the city, is its galaxy
of beautiful and superbly dressed lsdies, that in
the afternoon of each day adorn and sanctify the
sidewalks and promenades witn tneir guy plumage,
rosy cheeks, sparkling eyes and enchanting smiles
and prattle such a wealth of beauty charming
captivating..
Ltxch Law iw Kentucky. A mob from
Campbells villa broke into the jail at Qreensburg
Kentucky, on the loth and hung Thompson and
Detipaus, who were committed on the charge of
murdering Henry Simpson a year and a half ago.
Another prisoner, named EHat Staggs, committed
suicide, and another confessed bis crime, implicat
ing six others in the same affair. At last accounts
the mob were after the remainder.
Rtxxrrrs or ma Stat FaW The Peters
burg Express speaking ..of the State Fair in that
city U.t week, says that the entire receipts, includ
ing membership, donations, and, admission fees,
amounted to about $6,500, which enables tbe So
ciety to ride' easily through every CCD Uneenoy,
and come out with a' handsome surplus. Tne
amount of premiums awarded n, in run num
btr, $3,600: other expenses may be seldaaa,aa
WEDNESDAY MORNING,
CONTESTED SEATS IN TIE NEXT CON
GRESS.
, According to newspaper repoiU A J. William
son, American, will contest he ' right of Hon
Daniel E. Sickles, Democrat, p represent the third
district of New York in the. thirty -sixth Congress.
Qouverneur Kemble, Demotrat, ' will join issue
with Hon. John B. Haskin, Unti.Lecompton, for
the ripht to represent the iintn 'district of that
StaU. John W. Ryan, Republican, denies the
claim of Hon.lThoa. B. Florence, Democrat, to the
seat of the first district of Pennsylvania. Alfred
W. Johnson, Democrat, will endeavor to show
before the next House of Representatives that he
is better entitled to speak anil vote for the thud
district of Maine than Ezra B. French, Republi
can, who has received the certificate of election.
Francis P. Blair, jr.," Republican, has announced
that he stands ready to prove that his opponent,
j. it. narrett, uemocras, " we sni au
Missouri, was elected by fraud, and on that ground 1
he will claim the seat.
iCafturk or Slavers. Another slaver has
been captured on the coast of Cuba. The barque
Venus, formerly sailing under the Mexican flag,
was taken by a Spanish war steamer a few days
since, off Moro Castle with nearly six hundred
negroes on board. The barque Ketch Brothers,
captured on the ccast of Africa, arrived at Char
leston on Wednesday morning. She was former
ly owned in Charleston, but was sold to parties in
Havana.
Mr. Murray has sold one' half of the Newbern
Gazette to Mr. W. B. Smith, of Virginia. And
Mr. D. Davies, one of the propietrrs of the
Newbern Neva Era, offers for sale his . in
terest in that establishment, and offers him
self as a foreman in ' some office in this
or any other State. '
MEETING OF THE STOCKHOLDERS OF
THE WILMINGTON AND WELDON
RAILROAD.
The Stockholders of the Wilmington and Wei
don Railroad held their annual meeting in Wil
mington on the 12th inst .The meeting was organ
ir.ed by calling Owen K. Kenan, Esq., of Duplin
to the Chair', and appointing John M. Washing
ton and Patrick Murphy, Esqs., as Secretaries. TLe
following report of the proceedings we copy from
the Journal :
The committee on stock reported as follows
Shares represented in person, 2.218: by proxy
7,963 total 10,181, which being a majority of the
whole ainount of stock, the Convention wasdeclar
eJ ready for the transaction of business.
The report of the President and Directors was
read by Hon. Wm. S. Ashe. President.
From the report of the 1 'resident and Directors
and accompanying report of the Engineer and
Superintendent, we learn that the total receipts of
tne Company for tne year ending sept. 3uin, 1858,
have been $446,583 30, being $47,925 25 less than
during the last proceeding year, while the reduc
tion in expenses has amounted to $493113 53, ex
hibiting a falling off in nett income of only one
thousand dollars, which is belived to be a re
markably favourable result, in view of the fact
that the past year has been one of the most trying
upon the business of the country generally and of
the Rail Koad interest in rarucoiar. indeed, tax
ing into account the reduction of floating debt the
nett profits of the road have been $2,177 23 in ad
vance of the preceding year.
The main falling off in receipts hag occurred in
the department of through travel, and to this re
sult a number of causes have contributed. The de
presion of the country restricting travel the open
ing up of rival lines, and perhaps more than either,
the difficulty if not impossibility of keeping up a
through ticket arrangement between this point
and New Tork. A mode is suggested by which
these constantly occurring difficulties may be re
moved, to the certain benefit of the Company and
of the travelling public. To this matter we have,
from time to time, called attention through the
columns of the Journal.
The first English debt of the Company falling
due this year, has been arranged by the payment
of one third in cash and an extension of time upon
the balance. The debt of the Company on the 1st
October 1858, was $944,726 23. Of this debt $250,
000 consists of the bonds of the Company en
dorsed by the State, which are payable in equal
installments on the 1st of January, 1859, 1860,
18GI '1862 and 1863. The report goes on to say that
"these payments can be readily made, as they fall
due, by withholding a semi-anual dividend,
thereby distributing among the Stockholders $46,
000. instead of $92,000, for the ensuing five years;
or, if the State would renew its endorsement for a
short period of time, say , four, five, six, or seven
years, the debt could be easily paid without any
interference with our seven per cent, dividend. -The
matter is respectfully submitted to the Stock
holders for their determination.. Our six per cent
bonds, issued in 1848, amounting to $443,555 56,
will tall due in 1868. The legitimate accrues from
our sinking fund will put the Company in full pos
sion'of means to meet this debt at maturity, as
well aa to liquidate the "bonds endorsed by the
State. We. will then have four additional years
to meet the debt of $148,444, which has just been
extended. Thus at the expiration of fourteen
years the Road will find itelf relieved of debt and
that, too, after a regular annual distribution of
seven per cent dividends."
The afternoon session or yesterday was taaen
up with the consideration of the recommendation
of the President and Directors, having reference
to the purchase of a controlling influence in the
Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad, or the construe
tioa of a branch f-om some point on the Wil
mington & .Weldon Road, in the neighborhood of
Enfield, to Suffolk, Virginia. This gave rise to
an animated and lengthy discussion, which had not
closed , when a recess was taken for tea. When
the Convention assembled again at seven o'clock,
theques'ion was taken upon certain resolutions
offered by P. Murphy, Esqr., instructing the
President and Directors to make the contemplated
purchase of stock, in the Portsmouth Road, or
take measures for the construction of the branch
refered to, if in their opinion, such course should
be for the interest of the Company; and also, to
apply to the Legislatures of Virginia and North
Carolina for a grant of the powers requisite to
carrv such plans into effect.
The matter in relation to tne dent or S250,ooo
becoming due in five instalments on 1st January,
1859, '60, '61, '62 and '63 was also taken up and
considered, and it was decided to ask for a re-feq-i
dorsementby the State. ...
The other business having been disposed of, the
Convention proceeded to the election of officers
fr tbe ensuring year. 7 The former President and
Board of Directors were re-elected.
A fter the appointment of an Auditing Commit
tee, a Committee to superintend the publication
of the proceedings; and the parage of a vote of
thanks to the Chairman and Secretaries, the Can.
vention adjourned t " " "
' The citiaens of Baltimore- are getting up a sub
scription for the benefit of the families of police
officers Rigdon and Benton. The' total amount
subscribed, up to Monday evening, was about
i $3300, of which sum $1050 was contributed by
the members of the Corn and i lour .bxchange-
Sals ot Asblskd. Tb Memphis Avalanche,
states that Jamas B. Clay -haa sold the residence
oC Usury Clay, Ashland, for 200,000 acres of Texas
NOVEMBER 24, 1858.
) ' " From the Baltimore American.
THE ROCHESTER SPEECH AGAIN. : ':
. It we advert a second time to what, with some
characteristic felicity of alliteration, bas been styl
ed the " brutal ; and bloody" programme of Mr.
Seward at Rochester, it is with the view not only
to re-affirm the opinions we expressed some days
ago, but to strengthen those opinions by calling
attention to a point which did not strike us so
forcibly upon -the first as upon the second perusal.
We do Indeed congratulate the country upon the
fact that the great apostle of anextreme Northern
sentiment bas felt himseif called upon to avow his
incendiary and absurd principles it a language
so unmistakable as to , place him forever without
the pale of men eligible to ihe highest honor with
in the gift of the whole people ,of the Republic
That Seward has done this, none will deny..: But,
unless we are greatly at fault,, he has done much
more than this. He has . tot only impaired, be
yond the possibility of restoration, - bis chanc es
for the Presidency, but he has deliberately, wil
lfully and maliciously done his utmost to injure the
- p,, to , which, ie professes to
belong, and of which he was at onetime consider-
tsu uieitsauer. . : . ..
To understand the latter part of this affirma
tion the reader must bear in . mind several things.
He must remember what the most brilliant of
British essayists has said concerning the facility of
. . , . . . . i
expression ooiainaoie dj constant aeDaw; nemuss
not forget Howard s 1 native . and ; long cultivated
cunning, and be must recall the most memorable
occurrence ef the last session of Congress. Infe
rior to none in the expedients, either of parlia
mentary or of popular eloquence, our public men
excel in the art of attacking under the disguise of
deience, and even of praise. Thus the distingui&n
ed Senator from Illinois, Wnile deploying his col
umns against the 'President, Invariably masked
his batteries under the coverture of the President's
arguments, and cheoredjthe van of battle with war
cries borrowed from the very lips he was striving
to silence forever. But, however skilful Douglas
may be in the resources of rhetorical warfare, Se
ward is his master in the Italian art of disguising
sentiments with language. A moral sapper and
miner by birth, he has educated his original
talents to an extent so surprising, that now he is
no more capable of a plain, single meaning and
direct approach to the real object of assault than
a Martin Van Buren or a Macniavelli. He is full
of schemes, of plots and counterplots, of intrigues
of every sort, as a pomegranate is full of seed.
Under his apparent meaning, lies a world of con
cealed meanings. , And this is the case with the
Rochester speech, as will presently be shown.
tfeyond question, tbe most important act of the
last Session, of Congress, was the acquiescence of
of the Republican party in tbe Crittenden amend
ment. Politicians may place what construction
they please upon this amendment, but they can
not deny that the support of it by the Republican
Kty was the most notable, and, in its future
rugs, the most important event of the session.
It was the triumph of the good feeling of the whole
people over the sectional agitators, whether at tbe
North or the South. It announced, once aud for all .
the steadfast purpose of the American nation to
countenance only those parties and those measures
wnicn loos: impartially to the betterment of all
classes and all sections. By this single act, the
itepuDlican party underwent a literal metempsy
chosis its spirit was changed, and it henceforth
became a party eligible to high national trusts.
iJy this Bingie act, the party ostracised its radical
leaders and opened the way for the. reception of
a leader, whose fidelity to broad principles and to
the Union, was beyond the reach of caviL Indeed,
it was boldly announced ia the House, that never
before was there such an opportunity for a South
ern man fo assure his own -immortality bv the
rescue of his country from the most absolute party
rule that had ever disgraced its annals. "We
want a leader," cried a patriotic Republican, "and
we invite you, men of the South, to place one at
our head." And the very act in which the Re
publicans consented nor without a struggle, as
Humphrey Marshall stated, to participate, seemed
to point out this leader, or. if not the man him
self, the party from which he is to be chosen.
Only tbe great name, the high chivalrous charac
ter, and the unspotted reputation of Crittenden
could have carried an entire and almost a domi
nant party to the measure, in question: and to him
and to , those .who coincided with him in all
things save only the amendment, the country
looked, and still looks, for a captain in tbe next
great battle with Democracy. . 7
.Hearing tnese facts in mind, it will not be diffi
cult to discover in the Rochester speech an ebulli
tion of chagrin rather than the honest avowal of
principles or the expression of opinions honestly
entertained. Mr. Seward himself would not deny
that he has had his eye on the Presidency for
years. JSntrusting the attainment of his desires
to tbe supremacy of a radicalism which he has
labored his life long . to propagate and diffuse.
cautious until he thought caution was no longer
necessary, he unbosomed himself last winter only
to find himself turned aside by the great ground
swell of popular opinion, and a man not even of
his own party selected as its champion in the cri
sis which witnessed its metamorphosis, After
wants have proved that the selection made at a
critical moment must remain permanent that the
candidate of the Opposition in i860 cannot by
any ; possibility , be . Mr. : William H Seward ,
wherefore he comes forward, as -Lord John Rus
sell is said once to have done, "to say an ill natur
ed word of everybody."' He belabors t,he Demo
cratic party properly. Whigs and Americans he
utterly ignores. And to his own party he attri
butes principles which are all the wildest and ;
roost fanatical abolitionist could wish principles ;
which he knew would outrage not only the North- I
west, but tbe consei vative men of the whole coun
try. Rather than see the Republican party, suc
ceed, without himself at its head, he is determin
ed it shall not succeed at all.' If he dies before
1866, .well and good. If he lives, and theuGovern-
ment remains in tbe hands of the Democracy, its
want of principle, its corruptions," will by that
time have so increased and inflamed the sectional
piritat the North as to ensure his (Seward's)
nomination and election.
This we believe to be the true meaning of the
Rochester speech, and, so believing, we hold it
to be a matter for congratulation. The path of
the Opposition is now clear. If it is to succeed, it
must succeed not with but against Seward. It
must embrace principles which the best men
throughout the entire Republio will embrace! It
must prepare to contend against Douglas, ' whose
whole aim will now be to secure the South Al
ready his success at home is followed by the an
nouncement of the removal of a distinguished
Southern editor from Richmond to Washington,
and his connection with a press devoted to the
views and fortunes of the "Little Giant." -Other
like phenomena are at hand. The Opposition
must be ready to meet them '
' Thx Go.vt.HT Traqkdt. The New York Tri
bune of Monday says: . 7 'S-Ct
Elizabeth Carr, one of the victims to the. mur
derous assault of young Gouldy, died on Sunday
morning from the effects of her injuries. . She was
one of the two domestics who were wounded, and
it was supposed that her wounds were comparative
ly slight, but on Saturday an alarming change for
the worse took place, and death soon ensued.
Johanna Murphy, the other servant, is expected to
recover. Mr. Gouldy Is still in a precarious situation;
at times he is rational and inquires for his son; who
he supposes is in. prison." Nathaniel is rapidly re
covering, as is also Mrs. Gouldy, but Charles,- the
youngest son, will probably sink under his wounds.
Coroner Hills has been notified and will probably
hold an inquest upon the b&ly ; of Elizabeth Carr
today. v.-.'-w
Ttpooraphical EaaORS. One ; of . our ; ex
changes says "the ici crop of Gasconade county,
Mo:, this year iestimated at 35,OOQ gads " - The
Wine crop i refer! to, but ?uoa galls will make
gcxt wivai witnsisjdjpg.;
NEW MOVEMENT . IN LITERATURE
AND ' PATRIOTISM. LARGE CONTRI-
i BUTION TO THE MOUNT VERNON
f FUND. , x'7V':.:;v::;:-.?;V
i A couple of months ago, Mr. R. Bonner, the pro
prietor of the New. York -Ledger, wrote to, the
Hon. Edward Everett that if be would write one
original article a week , for one year, ; for
the Ledger, he (Bonner) .'would,: .immediately
on receiving an; affirmative reply,- send him his
check for $10,000 for the benefit of the Mount
Vernon Association. - Mr. Everett's reply is dated
on the 6th Inst, and from it we quoto: , t H
7 " This liberal offer has received my thoughtful
consideration. -1 have been and am strongly tempt
ed, on the one hand, to make this noble addition
to the Mount. Vern m. Fund. - On the other band,
among other grounds of hesitation,- I have been
afraid that I could not do justice to-your liberality,
without giving up more time to the preparation of
the articles than is consistent with other engage
ments and duties.- r v . , i -- -
r feel, however, that it is my duty hot to forego this
opportunity of adding so large a sum, at once, to
the Mount Vernon fund, and I accept the offer.
T ill l r v .1. t
i wui uegiu vj luruwu me aruues as woo as uuj
immediate demand upon my time to fulfill soma
previous engagements shall cease in the course
of a month at furthest and I will continue them',
as far as possible, weekly, making up at the end
of the year for any omission in the regular sup
ply.". . .. x ; v - 7.a- 'A-
Mr. Everett adds that his 'articles will be called
"The Mount Vernon Papers." -. ' ' "
The check for the $10,000 was immediately sent
to Mr. Everett, who, on the 10th inst, paid it over
to F. H. Peabody, the treasurer of the auxiliary
Mount Vernon fund at Boston.
Mr. Everett is now in New York, -and was on
Monday to pronounce, at Niblo's Garden, his ora
tion upon tho life and character of Washington
the proceeds to be devoted towards the purchase
of Mount Vernon. - . - " ' ; "
North Carolina Mkthodist Contkbincx
A Storm Ahead. The annual Conference of the
Methodist Enisconal Church of North Carolina is
to assemble in Newbern early in December, and
we fear that some of those unpleasant scenes which
cnaracterized tbe last Conference at uoldsboro
are to be enacted over here again, V 7
We learn from good authority that one Dr.
Carter the doctor in his case, we believe, is begus
a member of the Conference, has preferred char
ges against Dr. Deems, and '.that he will be ar
raigned and have to defend himself at' the next
meeting of the Conference.
Newbern, N. C, Progress.
SPOTS ON THE SUN. - -
Caleb S. Hi Jlowell, principal of the Alexandria
( Va.) High School, bas furnished the following
description of an interesting group of spots observ
ed on tne sun on Wednesday morning.
They are not far from the centre of its disc, and
are consequently in a favorable position for being
seen. The largest of the group1 has a distinctly
defined penumbra of twenty-two thousand miles
diameter, enclosing a dark nucleus of about balf
that size. 1 he peculiarity ot this spot consist not
in its size, but in the fact that an exceedingly fine
wnite line can be traced across . it, dividing the
nuleusinto nearly eaual narts. ' '
Solar spots, when carefully observed, are found
to present very varied appearances ; they all grad
ually travel across tbe face of the sun, appearing
on its eastern, and disappearing on Its western
edge. Some spots increase in size, while others
diminish, and the velocity of thb Increase or di
minution is very " variable; none, however, are
permanently fixed upon ; the sun, all being found
sooner or later to disappear. .Recent observations
upon these interesting obfects would seem to
prove that each spot revolves' about its centre, be
ing m fact, a gigantic whirlpool 61 flame.
. Dixd on her Kkkks. Mrs. Catharine TidenJ
wife of Mr- Daniel Jones, of Glenmore, Kent
county, Md., died very suddenly, recently, aged
fifty-four. She arose in ber usual health, and be
fore starting for Sabbath School retired to her pri
vate room for her morning devotion',' and there,
upon her bended knees, she ceased to pray and
live! --' '
bENTENCBCF A PICKPOCKET. L:
Petersburg, Va., Nov. 15. Philip alias John
Howard, charged with picking the pocket of Mr.
Fleming Griffiin.of Richmond. Was convicted to
day, before Judge !Nash, and sentenced to Jour
years' imprisonment in the penitentiary, .
The Debt or NashvilLb. The city of Nash
ville, Tenn, it is said, owes a funded debt of $662.
500; a total debt of $805,338. - Its means of every
description are put down at $841,350; the revenue
this year js estimated at $166,130. The liablitiea
for the present yearexclusive of ordinary expen
ses, are put down at $154,776, and the ordinary
expenses are at least $120,000 so the deficiency
at the end of the present fiscal year will be $107,-
646.. ,- .... . '. : ' ' - ' '"
Ths Browns. A remarkable exhibition recent
ly took place at a fair at Hopkinsville, Tennessee.
Ten brothers named Brown, all mounted on fine
gray how es,-rode into the ampitheatre and display
ed their horsemanship, nil being good riders. The
eldest was aged forty, the youngest twenty. Thoy
had not all been together for fifteen; years. Their
mother was present and they reined up in front Of
the glorious matron and saluted her . while she
shed tears of joy and pride. ' '
; A New York letter says: . i
At this port, once (he home of our magnificent
merchant marine, there is not a single vessel of any
dimensions on the stocks, anu in such time-honor
ed yards as those of W. H.Webb, Christian Berg
Eckford Webb, Abm. C. Bell,, Steers, Roosevelt
and others,' the . sound of the adze,, the. -hammer,
and the mallet - are hushed, many of
the yards being employed for lumber, stave and
stone yards.; " " i,... ,'; ;A : ?':'' .
' Shoemakers. It is said that one man in every
eight in Massachusetts is a shoemaker - In Lynn,
5,000 persons are employed in shoemaking, and
th sales in r 1857 amounted to $4,000,000. In
Boston there are 218 firms engaged in the trade,
doing business to the amount of $52,000,000.' In
Now York there are only 44 houses. - - ;" "
Scspknsion or North Carolina Tbadk. -For
the last sixty days there has been almost a
total suspension of North Carolina trade with
Norfolk, consequent upon the inadequate supply
of- water in the feeder "of the Dismal Bwamp,
Cana. It is stated that forty or fifty vessels ara
detained at the southern end of the canal. ' The
want of a good ram In that section of country Is
greatly needed. 7 41 -. ? ' ' '7""7;T.
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! In Tawboro', N, C, on Thursday morning, the
1 1th inst, by the Rer. Joseph B. ChsshixsV
MR. JOHN S. DANCT and MISS, ANNIE JL.t
pYMAN, first daughter of the . Ute Henry Hy
man.7 - "v ' "; " , 7.r "''- -V. n
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In Tawboro', N. C, on Thursday avenlnr, the
llth inst, by Rer. T. R. Owaw, MR. WIL-I
LI AM A. MOORE, to MISS MARY ANN
OBBBRY.2 j.V; v-..-P'-V -..
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In Whitakar's Chapel, In Halifax county, N,C,
en Monday, evening last,, by ' L. H, B. Ware
ixia, Esq:. DR. JOHN. T. BELLAMY to r
MISS SARAH ,S. W. , COFFIEILVjOI of that i
w'yv: a',vV '4 -'iW-rA--' - y -.r
I At Heath Seat, in the County of Granville; on 1
the 10th inst, by ReV. L. K. Willie, Miss MARY
L. STONE, to Mr. WM. N. FULLER,
V - ; DIED. .
' la Petersburg, oa, Friday -the 12th ' Instant, .
MARTHA ANN AGNES, daughter of Via- 1 .
giuia Elizabeth and Paraa FaAXcts, of
Raleigh, North Oaroliaa. . . v 77
oiuv into xiaaven ana laaea. -
' As the star when saorn appears, , .
"While we stood la silence around her,,.
' -Gazing at her through our tears. .
THE .LITER . IN VIGOBATOB f " " ;
PR E P ARJf D :lTf DB. SANFOKD
17 Compcwnded Entirely Frowa GUMS, . ,
10, ONE OV THE : BEST PtJUGATlVs? AKD, t
Lirer MmUoIms now bate the pwaUe, that Sots .
as a Cathartic), sitr aUl&ar, and awr CseSaal tkaa
aay other msdieina known.:. It is aotonly aCaiaavtla,
bat a Liver remedy, acting first oa tbe Urw le 4s 1
its morbid matter, than on ths stomach and bovsla t
earry off that matter, thus aooomplUMo two porposoa .
effectually, without aay of tbo painful fading sxpo...
iienoed in ths- operations of aiort CathartUa, it '
Strengthens ths sysUm at ths same time that it sargoa
it 1 and when taken oauy ia moaorase oea, wus
strengthen & had Hup with anusaal rapidity. 7 ; .
Ths Liver is one of
the principal reguUUrs
when it performs its faae-
of the human body: and
tions wall, ths powers a1
the system 1 ara felly de
al moit entirely , depea-
tioa of the XW for the
vsloped. Ill ttotmaeh is
deat oa ths healthy ae-
proper porformane of its'
IfunoUoa j whea tho sto , .
(els aro at fault, sad the
maoa U at fault, tne 00 w-
whole system sasen la
leoaseqwoae of ens or-
ran the Liver bavud
eeaaed to do Us dnty.w -organ,
oae f ths preprt
stady, la 'a praetUe ev
lor the diseases of that
tors has mads it .. his
more than twenty years,!
ta. and s tessiSy '
wherewith to counteract
the many Aersagamaate
to whioh it U liable
To prove that this rem"-
edy la at last feaad, aay
er Complaint, ia aay
try a, bottle, and row vie
persoatroabioa wuni.iv
of its forms, has - bat to
Hon is certain. '
These Oamiromovsan
morbid : or, bad', matter
iag ia their place a heal.
from the system, supply
thy flow Of bile, invigora
food to direst well, part
ting the stomaeh, eeuaieg
lying tne- i, giv
whole Btaekiaery, remove
ing tons and health to the
ing the eaose of the; ais-
esse, effeetlng a radical :
cure. -
Billieas attacks are
eared, aasL, what Is.
the oeeasioaai as of the..
setter, prevented by
Lirer Iavlgorator. j
' One dose after eating is
suBeient to rellere tfca i.l
stomaeh and- prevent the
food from rising and soar- '"
lug....- . . -,( . ,. .
Only one dose taken
before retiring, prevents '
; e .. .. ',
night, loosens the bowel 1 '
tiveness. ...--. : ! 1
Nightmare. . r .
, - Only one doss taken at
renUr. and eures L.OS-
. One dose taken after
H
leach meal will eare Dye. n,J
peneisu
; One dose of two
relievo 8ick Ilead
One bottle taken for fe-
teupooafula vU always ;
lache. , . t, .
male obttruetion removes
the cause of ths disease,
and makes a perfect ear '
1 Only one dose lmmedl-while-
ately relieves CkoUe,
One dose often repeat-
led is a sure ears1 for
Cholera ; JUL r b a s J
'and -a':
provMllv
Cholera. ,
I 3 Only one bottle is
needed ta threw oat ef "'
msdioiae after a 1 loaf'
the system the Sects of
siokness.
O
- J-'-"Kl .W.I !
One bottle taken
for Jaaadice remevMi r
allsallowness or annatn-
Iral eolor from the ikia.-,
One dose taken a shorn
time before eattagrivMr
vigor to the appetite; and)
(makes food digest well. .
- On dose often repeated
crares unroaie Alia-
rhoea in its worst forms.
IwhUe 8 a aa as a r and 7
Bovel somplainte yield
almost totbe' lrt doe",
attaaks ssliti by --f
there Is no Sorer, safer, .
. una or two doses euros
Worms ia children
or speedier remedy in the
S9 A few bottles
world, as M aeoee fmxU.
, Icures Dropsy, by set-
tin g tho absorbents. !
We take pleasure la n
eine as a proven tire for
Sing this attdV
Fever and Ataaei'
Chill rever, and all
Type. It operates with
Fevers of a Billieas
loertelntv, aad tkoasaads
jwonderful virtaee .
are willing to testify to its
aAU who ase it are (iviaf their aaaaiaaaaa.
estimewy ia its favor. ' 7" .1 ,7 ', 1 -
- ?S- Mix Water in the asoath with1 the Ia- '
igora tor, aadswallawhoth tfwthen
- THE LIVER INVIGOBATOn
IS A SCIKTIiIO MXDICAL DISCO VI aT aal v-
ia daily working euros, almost too creel U Wiava. It -;
euros as if by saagie, aa tkeJUtt 4 M$
and seldom more thaa oao battle is raawjiwawsaiwaaw
kind of Liver OoawlaUt, frwsa the went Jamiim m '
Dypeptia to aoommoa reMfaea,aU af walohatwthe '
result of a Diseased Liver. ... . 1 ,. ',.-.-r . u; n
rarea eaa aouaa saa aovraa.
8ArOB.I A CO Proprtetois, SAS, BMadway, ST. T.
7 tWhalesala Areatsl .v-o-i ,i
Barnes Park, Hew TarkVT. W. Pyett A l
Philadelphia; M. ft. Bart M G, Bsetoa JL B. fiay
A Co, PertUadf John J. Park, CtoelnaU arW
A Hammoad. CUvelaad) laaaesteik A Davis, Chte
ago: O. J. Weed A Ca-Jt. Lewisi SJeafge & atsymv.
Pittebarfhi 8. . Baaea, FsMsssta, Aad leeaSad 1
all DraggisU BcMalsoby . ' ! u-.:
,' raauv s waruae,
fehS fwlys
Ti UN AW AY
8LAVE.-TAKEN VP . AND -
I Veommitted to the Jail of
Davidson Ceaaty, a
Sepe woman, who says asr name Is CHARLOTTE,
and that she belongs to Robert Bailey, of Tennessee
Said slave is about ii years old, above medium site,
aad very black. Upon proof or property aad pay
ment of ooeta, she" will be delivered to tho eaa.
. ; St. D. ILA.HT-1UM,
Ctep la worn Sharif eCDavidsaa eoaaty, aa
r? TATE OF NOJXTHCABOLIfCA, FITT i :
O County Superior CoartofLaw Pall Tana. 1S4S.
- ; . Elixa Jane Bedford Joha Bedford .' . r
, :T "i .''f-y.'fsMom lorjDlreraa. . ,'? t
' It aonearine to the satisfaction of the Coart that tbe
defendant, Joha Bedford, is not a resident of the State '
of JJorth-Carollna, so that ths ordinary process of law
cannot be served npoa him, it is therefore ordered that
tho clerk caste advertisement to. be saade ta tba Ka- 1
leigh Register, for six successive weeks, notifying tftw
defendant to appear at the next term of tbia Coart,
held at tbe Court-houte in Greenville, eoanty of
Pittoa the Brat Mobday of Uareh aezt, taea sad
therq to plead answer or demur, er the petition wUl ho
heard, e part. 1 w..r f "' l '' li;v
Witness, M. 0 Cherry, Clerk of tba gaperio Coart
of Law for Pitt county, oa the 1st Meaday la 8ptem -ber,
1868, aad ia the 83d year of ear Iadepeadeae.
- ' ' - " : '7 - MO. CBEht, -
oet 18wSw (Pr. ad. t J .. -. . CUrk, ,
B
L ANK E T 8 BLANKET . 1IED
Crib aad Negro Blankets full stoek, at rMncsd
prices. . ,
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XTOTICE.--TIIE ENTIRE STOCK Of
Clothing and farn ihlg 0 eods a Ka. II Pr.
ia ore Street, will be sold off at greatly lduoed prW
for the cash only, . 400 pair Caaaimer Pante, blark
aod fancy ; 60S fin Cloth Cassimer Summer Coats, at,
ruinous low price, they must be sold ; SOI Yete. alt.
bw, aad as prices that will aatoaUh yoa ISS'Sae
Travelling Tvaaksf -VaUeas and Carpet Bags areeU
f weash 30 doeea ghirU, by the dvrt at teeecaaa
i voa ever saw thrm mU before : iM ad elaase fader. s
, aiitrts and Drawers, wib i r g" all potag, 1
off at; , . - 7 ;.,tTU0S."Vr, HQlSTSmtht : 1
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