TIII1 RALEIGH register;
" Ours' are the plans of fair,delighifui peact f
Cnxarped by party rage, to lice jikebrotkers.'
HALE I G ILK
WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCII 30, 1853.
TUB FAYETTEVILLE -AND .WESTERN 1
R A'l L ROAD TflE; COMPANY-FOLLY
ORGANIZED. '. js..'
AYe are under obligation to cut- friends of
ti? "Fayetteville Observer" for the gratifying
intelligence, received by Telegraph, on Monday,
that the Fayetteville and Western Rail Road
Company was duly and fully organized on Sat
urday last.
Dcncax G. McRae. Esq.,of Fayetteville; was
elected President of the Company, and Join M.
Hose, E-q., Secretary and Treasurer.
Messrs. Smith and Colbv, of the New York
Firm, who subscribed the $400,400, and seven
Favetteville gentlemen, were elected Directors.
The greatest unanimity and good feeling pre
vailed, and there can no longer be any doubt,
that the Road will be put immediately under
construction.
CENTRAL AMERICAN AFFAIRS.
Senators Clayton and Ejetett, together, have
utterly demolished the excitement "dirty Doug
las" and others were getting up on Central
American matters and therefore that crisis
may be considered as blown over.
It has been shown that, under Mr. Polk's Ad
ministration, all the British assumption yf pow
er and extension of Territory there beganeven
to the occupation and cannonading of Greytown
(San Juan de Nicaragua) by British ships of
War.
It has been shown, that in Gen. Taylor's ad
ministration, the British were excluded from
Greytown, and that during Mr. Fillmore's Ad
ministration, the practical Government of that
place has come into the -hands of American
Citizens. .
It has been shown that the Ilise Treaty would
have involved us in all the petty squabbles of
N icir.igua, and so .entirely and utterly changed
our Foreign Poficv, that no Senate, ever would
raut .u comrury ,0
Jir. uuciiauau s luairucuuus, auu n its u; ngni 1
and propriety, never recognized by our Govern
luant, . . , ,
It has been shown that the Clayton and Bul
wer Treaty was ratified by a large majority of
Democratic' Senators, that . it never did in
clude the Belize, and British America, (see Vice
President King's letter to Mr? Bragg, "of Ala
bama.) , '
It has been shown that even Democratic' Sen
ators will make no eSbrt to exclude the British
government from the Belize, Douglas, of the
advance guard of the 'Democracy,' having ex
pressed an opinion, that the British were no
' more lilrely to yield it than to yield Canada.
It has been shown that the British government
is ready and willing to yield, and,eyen desir"
ous of yielding the Mosquito Protectorate, and
.that it only awaits he decision to whom shall
be awarded the jurisdiction of San Juan de
Nicaragua whether it be a free port or not, &c.
It has been shown, Mr. Everett, Ex-Secretary
of State, so expressing the opinion, that
the British will yield, if we demand it, the gov
ernment of the colony of Bay Islands, a poor
miserable colony of negroes, -run away from
Jamaica, who begged from the British Govern
ment British protection. -JIv"
Tiie Senate, after months of palaver and talk,
generally of what Senators knew Cut little about,
till i f late have laid the whole matter on the
tabh, and wisely IeQ its settlement to the Ad?
mini-tration. Thus has exploded that new af
fair of 54 40. with another lesson to the tribe
of "Yung "Americans."
ftsT" Among a list of new appointments by
the President, which have been confirmed by
the Senate, we perceive that of Greex W. Cald
well to be Superintendent of the Branch Mint
at Charlott rice James W.- OsBOBsarEsq rc
m lived. -iwr-."-
A Correspondent of the "Baltimore Sun"
states that Maj. Edward CAXTWELiof Wil
mington, is a prominent candidate for the, very
)ucrative post of District Attorney for this State
"his only competitor," says the authority
aforesaid, "being Mr. McRae, formerly an in
cumbent of the office." If this be so, we should
call the latter application quite a come-down
from the Chilian embassy !
Judging from the recent tone of the
locofoco press, says the Louisville Journal,
there is nothing for which thelocofocos so much
sighed as for a Cabinet of Che most decided a
bility. They were prodigously contemptuous
whenever they tnoughof Mr. Fillmore's Cabi
netwith such dwarfs in mind as Webster, Corwin,
Everett, Crittenden, Graham, ic. They constant,
ly talked of the imbecility of such men, and looked
forward to the accession of Mr. Pierce with the
confident hope that he would select a Cabinet of
giants. Well, they have got their giants, and
whatdo they think of those sons of Anak such
world-renowned men as McClelland, Campbell,
Dobbin and Davis? If men of such vast intel
lectual dimensions can't satisfy their relish for
transcendent human power, let them think of
the President himself, and be filled with the
idea of greatness !
f'A. Dcdlet Manx, Esq., has been ap
pointed to the Under-Secretaryship of the State
a new office created just previous to the ad
journment of the late Congress. The appoint
ment was first tendered to George Suxner,
Esq., brother of the notorious locofoco' Aboli
tion Senator from Massachusetts but he de
clined it. Of course, all this will be gratifying
information to those who denounced Gen. Scott
so bitterly, whenever he was seen wittin a hun
dred vards of Seward J
In the
recent communication from
Macbici Q. Waddell, Esq., published in this
paper, there were two inaccuracies in the cer-"
tificate of .Wm. P. Taylor, Clerk of Chatham
County Court. Vhere it reads 100 acres of
Land valued at $15,00, it should read $1500 ;
and where it reads 6U0 acres valued at $24,00
it should read $2400.
Hawthorne, the "biographer" of the
new President, has. been' rewarded with , the
Consulate to Liverpool,--aid to be one of the
most profitable offices within the gift of the
Government.
m
- THE CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS.;
The Whig Paktt in . Ifortb Carolina has a
duty of patriotism to fulfil, in the approaching
Congressional Canvass, and at the Congressional
al Elections in August next. We mean the du
ty of preserving its own strength if no other;
so that, in the undeveloped future, when the
occasion may arise, -fas' arise "it certainly will
in Jess than the next four; years, which will
call for its exercise, it may not find itself power-
less through it own default. "
According to the recent arrangement of the
Congressional Districts, wo regard it as almost
certain that the Whigs of the Stare canwith a
proper degree of organization and activity, se
cure five members out of the eight to which the
State is entitled, under the last decennial enu
meration. "
In the first District, composed of the Coun
ties of Currituck, Camden, Perquimans, Pasquo
tank, Gates, Chowan, Hertford Northampton,
Halifax, Martin, Bertie, Washington and Tyr
rell, a Convention of our friends is to be holden
on Tuesday, the 3rd of May.-atEdenton. There
can be no doubt of the success of its nominee,
if individual preferences are disregarded in the
selection, and te success of the cause alone
consulted- as we feci every assurance will be
the case.
In the second District, composed of the Coun
ties of Hyde, Beaufort, Pitt, Craven, Junes,
Carteret, L-noir, Wayne", Greene, Edgecombe,
and Onslow, though there is no,probability, ex
cept under a most extraordinary conjunction of
circumstances, that a Whig could succeed, we
hope thai the locofoco candidate or candidates
will not be allowed to walk over the turf. Ii is
the poorest and most suicidal, policy in the
world for any political party to pursue, to allow
a canvass to go uncontested. To that policy,
too much adopted by our own partTitTpast
campaigns, in Counties as well as in Congres
sional Districts, where we have been yin large
minorities, must be attributed, more than to
any other cause, perhaps the reverses which
we have suffered, within the past few years.
History records many an instance, where small,
compact, well-organized bodies of soldiery have
triumphed over the loose and scattered forces
of undisciplined recruits. Besides, Whig prin
ciples, surely, are worth propagating and how
shall this end be effected, unless there may al
ways be found some unselfish and daring spirit.
freaJ to ra;se the lorioug banner whch
ey are inscribed, in the midst of doubt or dan
ger? Such a man has always been Edward
Staxlt ! And now that he is compelled to tear
himself away from his District, and from the
State, which he loves and has served with all
the devotion of a son to a mother, what other
gallant Whig will take his place in leading,
what Jtc has never failed to lead, when called to
the field of action, (what seems,) "a Jorlurn
hope?"
The third District, composed of the Counties
of New Hanover, Brunswick, Columbus, Bladen,
Sampson, Cumberland, Robeson, Duplin and
Richmond, is another Beotia of locofocoism,
and the chances of success are more desperate
than in the District of which we have spoken
above. But our remarks apply equally well in
either case. In no District in the State, per
haps, is there better Whig material than in the
third. We need only point, without disparage
ment to a score of others, to such men as Docx
kry, Davis, Banks, Haigu, McDcoald, Wixs
low, Meares, Steele, and Macltsdv.
The Jourth District, compose ! of the Counties
of Wake, Franklin, Warren, Granville, Orange,
Nash and Johnston, is jet another "of the same
sort," and bids fair from all appearances, to
be the scene of an interesting family squabble.
But we shall doubtless have occasion often
enough, hereafter, to speak of matters in con.
ncction with this Di trict, so we pass on to
The fijlh District, which is composed of Per
son, Caswell, Alamance, Chatham, Randolph,
Guilford, Moore and Montgomery. Of our suc
cess, here, no one, who will cast his eye over
the list of Counties, and mark their political
complexion, can, ol course, for a moment enter
tain a doubt.
The sixth District, composed of the counties
of Stokes, Forsythe, Rockingham, Davidson,
Davie, Yadkin, Surry, Iredell, Alexander and
Ashe, it will be seen, is no less decided in its
political character. being largely Whig. Our
friend." in this District, we are happy to per
ceive, -are making aotive preparations for the
campaign. Preliminary meetings have been
held in nearly all the Counties, and a Conven
tion, to nominate a Candidate, will assemble at
Winston, in Forsythe, on Tuesday, the 12th of
April.
4 The seventh District Is, strictly speaking, the
enly debaleable ground in the State. It is com
posod of the Counties of Catawba, Gaston, Lin
coln, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Cabarrus, Union.
Anson, Stanly and Cleveland, and although it
gave, under peculiar circumstances, a small
majority for Gen. Scott, in November last, it
has voted otherwise, at all previous elections.
The locofoco majority may fairly be put down
at about 500, odds very easily overcome with
energy, determination, and close union upon
the part of the Whigs of the District. We be
lieve that they will do their JuU duty in the
premises.
The eighth District, composed of the counties
of Wilkes, Watauga; .Caldwell. Burke, Ruther
ford, McDowell, Henderson, Buncombe, Yancy.
Haywood, Macon, Cherokee, Jackson and Mad
ison, is, with a slight exception, the one at pre
sent represented by Thomas L Cli.vgman.
Now that the enlightened constituency of that
District know where to find him, we can have
but little doubt that they will leave him in the
embrace of locofocoism, to make now overtures
for promotion at its hands. Such a contempla
ted disposal of him is evident, we think, in eve
ry indication of popular sentiment among the
mountains.
So much, in plain and general terms, for the
Prospect before us 1 Our friends will see what
they may justly expect, and what exertions
they must make and sacrifices of personal pref
erences undergo, in order torealize those ex
pectations. In our next and some subsequent
issues, we desire to speak of some of the induce
ments to actiox which are resting upon the
Whigs or North Carouxa. Of one thing we
are felly convinced : that the positive, reliable
strength of the party in the State is this day
greater than at any time since 1840. Cleansed,
by ordeals through which it has of late years
gone, of many who only sought a plausible pre
text to "leave its ranks, and who have thus
shown that they could not, at any time or in
any emergency, have been depended upon,
purged of that scum, which will always rise to
the top of the pot which boils highest, ifj
made bp now of what has been proven to be
the . pure metal 1 . With jno. faint spirits or
treacherous hearts in the camp," we can sally
forth to meet the. enemy-with a .sorer trust in
the chances and issuo of the conflict 1 y
' f i nj r nrn mjilii Vm-ir - -i -ir t i .1 w.i 11" ' '"
0 - .WHialMEETINQ IN ASHE.
A meeting of the Whigs of Ashe county was
held at Jcffersonton, the 16th inst and - organ
ised by the appointment of A. B. McMillan, as
Chairman, and of Messrs. N. U. Waugh and J.
A. Faw as Secretaries. It was recommended
that a Convention, to nominate a Candidate for
Congress in the District of which Ashe consti
tutes a part, be held at Yadkinsville, in the
County of Yadkin, at some early day, hereafter
to be designated. Ten delegates and five al
ternates were appointed to said Convention.
IMPROVED WAGON BRAKE.
We see it suited that a self-acting brake for
wagons on common roads has been invented
by W. D. Williams, of Raleigh. This brake is
intended for retarding the velocity of a wagon
while going down hill, and is so arranged that
the action of the horse in drawing, when arriv
ed at the bottom, will restore the brake to its
former position, where it will remain while the
wagon is on level ground. The arrangement
consists of two irou clamps encircling the front
axle, and each connected to a front hound by a
link and two joint pins. The hounds are se-
cured to the sides of the reach, as well as to a
cross-piece, and the latter by rods is connected
to a similar piece, which carries the bar for ac
tuating the brake blocks. An additional ad
vantage of this brake, due to its capability of
swinging on a centre, is, that it can be thrown .
forward when it is desired to dump the load,
and then replaced in its former position.
More Facts for tub next edition of Uncle
Tom. The Richmond (Va.) Common Council I
have just passed an ordinance that
"Every slave shall be provided each day, by
his owner, or if he be in the employment of an
other person, by his employer, with food suffi
cient for his sustenance, and a suitable place in
which to cook the same, and shall be provided
.every night with a place of lodging, and with
whatever is necessary for his sleeping in
the last mentioned place. For every day or
night on which there is a failure to make such
provisions to any slave, the person so failing
shall be fined not exceeding twenty dollars, and
such fine shall be imposed notwithstanding the
slave shall be furnished with food or other thing j
in lieu of board and lodijins." !
Oh ! that out Northern "llumanitants," ex-!
claims the "N. Y. Express," would join in pro-1
curing the passage of some such enactment, for
the benefit of the poor free negroes in the cities
of the North. Cannot Mrs. Harriet Bcocher
Stowo write another book, if possible, to induce
the law-givers of New York, New England, and
those particularly free-negro-loving States, llli
, V. ,i T 1 : , . : i .u i -
au ...u..., lU f,roMue ii.iu, on nnu nut-r
a certain date, "every black man shall be pro-
viaeu witn toou sufficient for his sustenance.
Also, that he "shall be provided every night
with a place of lodging." What a prodigious
revolution it would create, to be sure, in and
about the Five Points ! AY hat an exciteuu nt
along the docks ! AVhat a rejoicing down in
the sewers and cesspools into which Northern
"society" thrusts the "free colored citizen," to
look for his daily bread by day, and to 6:id
shelter by night I Such an ordinance, indeed,
woultl make the poor darkey leap for very joy
in the dark dingy coal holes and underground
cellars of Centre street and AYest Broadway.
The "free negio," whom the free State of Illi
nois has just declared shall have no rest for the
6ole of his foot ou her soil, may well fall down
on his knees and beg fiotn the North just such
a law as that which A'irginia gives to his black
brother in bondage ; a law giving him shelter,
and food, anil clothing! There is no statutory
enactment in New York, or Boston, or Philadel
phia, or Ilarrisburgii, or Syracuse, making it
obligatory upon the white man to see that the
necessities of the black are provided for. No ;
the negro there is free free to starve, if some
body don't throw him a bone that the meanest
white man don't want!
North Carolina Fisheries. The Plymouth
(N. C. A'iilager says: "The seines on the Ro
anoke are doing a pretty fair business, the
freshet having subsided. The shad are much
larger and bettor flavored than those taken in
former seasons, and will probably command
much better prices. The seines on the Sound
will soon be in operation, with a prospect of
doing a good business.
Great regret is expressed throughout the
South, in consequence of the apprehension that
Mr. Fillmore will not be able to make his con
templated tour. AYe hope, still, that the jour
ney may be made.
aT" A quorum can hardly be kept in the
Senate, and an apparent impatience to close up,
and adjourn, is manifested by the members on
duty.
A TRUE AYIIIG.
Among the multitudinous host of worship
pers of the rising Presidential sun, it is grati-
fvinj
to meet with one who has not vat nuitn
forgotten that sun which has just sunk with
such dignity to its rest. Horses and harness,
f oats and coaches, boots and breeches, vests,
hats, rings and brooches arc daily heralded by
the Locofoco papers as presents to President
Pierce. VV'ell, a friend from St. Louis informs
us, that Melville, the fashionable hatter of that
city, as an offset to all this, in his own voca
tion, is "building" a magnificent hat for the
worthy head of ex-President Fillmore. Well
done for Melville ! Louisville Journal.
B& Hon Edward Stanly arrived here on
Sunday. He will remain a few days, and then
leave for California. Washington IV. C. Whig.
The survey of the route for the Plank
Road to Tarboro' was begun yesterday. Ibid.
The annual meeting of Beaufort Countv
Agricultural Society was held last evening.
Addresses were delivered by Dr. J. F. Tomp
kins, and F. B. Satterthwaite, Esq. The Socie
ty is going ahead handsomely. They will have
an Agricultural Fair and distribute premiums,
in November. Ibid.
The Largest Paper ix ths World.- We an
nounced the other day th it the Journal of Com
merce, at New York, by enlargement, had be
come the largest daily paper in the world. , The
Courier and Enquirer, of the same city, by ano
ther stride, has now attained that distinction.
The dimensions of these two great commercial
papers are prodigious.
The Savannah Republican learns that the
Colonization Society will dispatch a vessel to
that port this spring, for such emigrants as
may desire to go to Liberia. It is expected
that the vessel will leave Savannah in the lat
ter part of May.
7,r-THE JLRST DSITRICT. . vf
That great efforts will be made by the Dem:
ooratic Party to carry this District, there can
not be a doubt, .The nope to " divide and con
quor," is at present uppermost in the minds of
oar opponents. Bat where is the Whig who
will, by any act of bis, cause division in our
ranks? Ave have beard of no one who would
give countenance to such a thing for a moment.
All in this section, at least, are determined to
give to the choice of the Convention, a zealous
and hearty support.
Although-some of the leading principles of
our party have received adulation at the hands
of the party in power although our glorious
Union and Constitution have recently had heap
ed nnon it poeans of eulogy, truly beautiful, from
one highly exalted in the Democratic ranks
although the laws of 1850, commonly. called
the Compromise," have baen by Gen. Pierce,
contrary to the opinion of many of his friends
in this District, pronounced clearly constitu
tional we intend not to desert them, nor on
this account, to reverence them less. What,
shall we, now that so much of what we have
ever held dearest at heart, is recognised as right
by the chief of our opponents, be less courage
ous in thir defence than heretofore ? Shall
we not rejoice rather, that, though recently de
feated, our principles in the main have trium
phed and beam forth with a splendor even
brighter than they would perhaps had Scott
and not Pierce in November last been elected
President of the United States.
Dear, indeed, are the principles of the Whig
Party, to all true lovers of liberty. In them is
centered the hope of the Republic. Its life
blood is there: and when let out the nations of
the earth will cease to gaze with rapture upon
our happy form of government at present the
admiration of tho world.
tin ...
tvmgs, our cause is just, ana tnus are we
thrice doubly armed. But, let us not rely
t to much on our strength. Let the uecessary
t reparations be ma le for battle in AugusJ next,
et there be no division in our ranks. Our foe
! is both wilv .ind inilnst rii.u :ml mi nff"ii-fa vill
be left untried to rescue victory from our grasp.
If attacked, as dobutbss we shall be, like "old
Zac," of Palo Alto memory, let us fight, and
like him, let us triumph. " Whether Paul, or
Apollo, or Cephas" whether Barnes, or Out
law, or Simmons lead, wo must come off "more
than CM'pieror ."' IVeblon Patriot.
LATE FUOM EUROPE.
New York, March 25th.
The steamer Asia, of the Collins line of stea
mers, arrived here this afternoon with Liver
pool dates to her day of sailing the 12th inst.
and 57 passengers.
She brings intelligence that the Austrian
government was proceeding in the perpetration
of its cruelties with increased severity and a
dPfree of inhumanity disgraceful to the age.
A great number of executions had taken place
in Pcsth, in Hungary and Mantua. There were
btill the most extensive sequestrations of prop
erty in Lombardy. A nunfber of refugees had
sought the protection of the Piedmontese gov
ernment, which had protested in their behalf to
the Court of Vienna.
The Queens of England, France, Spain, Por
tugal and Greece, are all Reported encietite. A
very intureling piece of intelligence by tele
graph ? Certainly no similar item, for the num
ber included, ever came over the wires before !
The Emperor of France is to be crowned on
, f , f . .
the first ot May,
j iively to be present to perform the ceremony.
Hi mere ue yum in me paragrapn aoovo, n
his Holiness will wait a little, he miht have
the pleasure of performing another interesting
ceremony.
The King of Naples had been severely woun
ded by an assassin. He was so much injured
that it became necessary to amputate his leg to
save his life.
RETURN OF SANTA ANNA TO MEXICO.
New Orleans, March 20. AYe learn by an
arrival from A'era Cruz, that the Mexican com
missioners' sent out to solicit the return of Gen.
Santa Anna, returned to Vera ' 'ruz on the 4th
inst. They report that Gen. Santa Anna will
accept the Presidvncy of the Republic. He
breathes vengeance against Gen. Arista, and
harbors a strung hostility to the United States.
VALUE OF COMMERCIAL PAPER.
A cashier of one of the State street Banks
was asked by a member of the Legislature, a
day or two since, what was the proportion of
Bank losses in comparison with loans? "For
what length of time ?" asked the cashier. The
time was placed at five years ; ami the cashier,
refcring to his books, found that the Bank had
loaned from fifteen to eighteen millions of dol
lars during that time, and had lost but S191 22.
This is not only an evidence of the strictness
with which mercantile paper is borrowed, but
is a strong testimony to the value of the old sys
tem of bauking. Boston Cuur.
CHARITY A DOUBLE BLESSING.
There is no virtue in being relieved ; a poor
man is not a better man for the charity he re
ccives ; it brings with it an increase of duty, and
calls upon him for a more sure trust in God, for
greater thankfulness to him ; and some obliga
tions it lays him under with regard to his bens
factors here. And it may happen, that the char
ity which is his present relief, may be a burden
upon his future account ; and will bo so, if he
misapplies the gift. But the giver has a better
prospect before him ; charity is the discharge of
duty, and has the general promises of obedience;
it is a virtue likewise distinguished from the
rest, and has its own reward : the blessing of
the life which is, and of that which is to come ;
it is a debt which God will own at the last dav ;
it is a treasure transferred to heaven, and will
be re-paid in never-failing riches. To conclude,
charity is a double maintenance ; it gives tem
poral life to the poor and spiritual life to the
rich ; it bestows the comforts of the world on
the recoiver, and the glories of immortality on
the giver. Bishop Sherlock.
Joux Randolph Clat, Esq., recently appoin
ted by President Pierce as Minister to Peru, is
a son of the late Hon. Joseph Clay, of Philadel
phia, formerly ono of the leaders of the Demo
craiic party in that city, which he at one time
represented in Congress. In 1830, when Gen.
Jackson appointed John Randolph, of Roanoke,
Minister to Rusxia, young Clay was chosen se
cretary of legation, which position he held un
der Mr. Buchanan and Mr. AYilkins, and sub
sequently he was himself appointed charge d' af
fairs by Gen. Jackson. Upon the accession of
Mr. A nn Buren, he was, at his own request,
transferred to Vienna, and afterwards, by Presi
dent Polk, to Peru, where his servicers in the
Lobos dispute were so effectual that on the es
tablishment jf a full mission to Peru, he was
immediately nominated as Minister by Mr.
Fillmore, and though his nomination was not
acted on by the Senate, it was renewed as one
of the first acts of General Pierce, and unani
mously confirmed. Mr. Clay is an accomplish
ed scholar, speaking the French, German, Ital
ian, Spanish and Russian languages, and is said
to be the most veteran diplomatist in the ser
vice. IT The following is the composition of the
Missouri Legislature which has just adjourned.
Occuoations.
Places of Nativity.
Farmers, 97
Lawyers, 39
Physicians, 10
Merchants, 7
Printers, 2
Legislator, 1
Builder, 1
Carpenters, - 2
Brick-mason, 1
Black-smith, 1
Miller, 1
Nothing, - '1
Coppersmith, - 1
Beef Packer. " ' 1
Kentucky, 50
Virginia, 40
Tennessee, 20 .
Missouri, 16
Maryland, 2 .
Maine, 1
South Carolina, 1
N. Carolina, 12
N. Hampshire, 1
. Prussia, 2
New York, 4
Pennsylvania, 5
Railroad Pres't, 1
142 are married men.
34 unmarried, St. Louis Democrat,
MNJSSTOPPEjV
The "early bUtory -f the jurisprudence of
Michigan,. it, faithfully chronicled, (it would re
quire, the pen of an Irving to do it,) would furn
ish forth an entertainment abounding with the
soul and point of humor. - Many of these' little
legends yet float around the scenes which have
given birth to them, and serve sometimes to
give zest to a bar dinner, or to enliven " a bar
meeting. Among them is the following : t
but no lawyer, was once county judge of Oak
land, under the old system. A cause came on
for trial before him on one occasion, in which
the action was founded in tort, and the plea of
the defendant which was special, was such as
to give him the affirmative of the issue, upon
the strength ef which he claimed the right to
open and close the case. This point was deni
ed by the counsel for the plaintiff, "who never,
in the whole course of his practice, had heard
of such an enormity as the defendant's presum
ing to open the case." Authorities wereorought
and cited, however, and the Judge, after mature
consideration, determined that such was the
defendant's right, and so pronouneed his de
cision. After a short pause, during which the
plaintiff was grumbling his dissatisfaction, the
court told the defendant's lawyer to go on.
" Your honor." said he. risinff." ""I am not
5uite rady to open the case when I get ready
will let the other side know I" This opened, if
not the ca, at least the eyes and mouth of the
" oilier side," who sprang to his foot and bellow
ed forth denunciation upon the stupidity of the
Judge, whose absurd decision had placed him
in such a dilemma. "You see, your honor,
what you have done ; you have actually placed
the case in the hands of the defendant. He
took possession of our oxen, and when we
brought an action to recover them, lie took pos
session of that also." "I can't help it, sir,"
said the learned Judge, with great sternness,
"the decision is made, and it is too late to alter
it : the law must take its course. You must
withdraw your action, and sue again."
" If he does, your honor," said the defendant's
counsel, " I shall plead the pendency of this
action in bar and beat him." " Then Mr. ."
said the Judge, " I Boe no other way for you
but to sit down quietly and wait till the defen
dant gets ready to try this cause." The plaintiff
took the Judge's advice, but the " time appoin
ted" has never " elapsed," and he is waiting
jet." Detroit Advertiser.
ROYAL LOVE-LETTER.
Napoleon was very fond of Josephine, and
his letters to her were written in a spirit of per
fect romance. In one of them he says :
"I am very uneasy to know how you arc. I
am in the village of Virgil on the shores of this
! lake by a silvery m-oiushine, and not a moment
without thinking of Josephine !" In another of
those curious amatory effusions, he writes as
j follows : "A thousand kisses, as burning as
j ni- heart, and as pure as you, I have sent by
the courier; he told me he had seen you, and
that you had no commands for me. Oh, fie
naughty, ugly, cruel, tyrannical, pretty little
monster ! you laugh at my folly. Ah, you
know that if I could but put you in my heart,
you should remain there in prison !"
A Pleasant Incident. During the last week
an agreeable feature was exhibited in the ladies
ordinary at Brown's Hotel not less than six
brides with their happy husbands being seated
at the same table ! The several parties were
strangers one to another; but when it was dis
covered that they had all recently entered into
the marriage state, a "reunion" was suggested,
which was readily agreed to, and, separated to
themselves, several hours were passed most de
lightfully by the company. Republic 20th.
AVhite II vir Dte Wanted at AVashington.
The old foies are in the ascendant at Wash
ington. AVhite beards and bald heads have it
all their owii way. A full head of hair black,
brown or red is said to be considered prima
facie evidence of the incapacity of the person
for a fat office. He is too young. Therefore,
the candidates of Young America are very d
irou of obtaining a white hair dye, which will
change, over night, the most raven black locks
to a hue as white as the driven snow ; or
"Leave no hair on the top of th head,
The place where the hair ought to grow."
Powder and pomatum won't do for the ap
proaching hot weather. Young America wants
a white hair dye. Apply at all the hotels at
AYashinston. .V. Y. Herald.
Gl ano. It will be seen, by advertisement in
our paper to-day, that the Raleigh and Gaston
Railroad offers to transport this valuable fertili
zer as low rates as possible throughout the
year ; and it is to be hoped that the farming in
terest will profit thereby. AYe learn that the
farmers of Warren, Granville, and Franklin are
applying large quantities of guano to the forth
coming crop ; and they are doing this as the re
sult of experience, having realized signal ad
vantages the past year from the use of the ar
ticle. Standard.
The North Carolina Copper Company adver
tise for sale at auction in New York 200 tons of
copper ore, part of the same quality as .the 100
tons sold some weeks ago, and part less rich in
copper. I no company send immediately to ttieir
location 40 more miners, and purpose to get out
during the summer 250 to 300 tons per month.
Several gentlemen who rjturnod last week from
the mine fully confirm all that has been stated
in regard to its richness. Bait Sun.
Tariff. This puzzling name is derived from
the town of Tarifa, at the mouth of of the straits
of Gibraltar. It was the last strong hold which
the Moors disputed with the Christians ; and
when the former held possession of both the
pillars of Hercules, it was here that they levied
contributions for vessels entering the Mediter
ranean, whence the generic name.
They have some odd specimens of the genus
homo out in Wisconsin, if we may trust the
report of a correspondent at Madison in that
flourishing State :
"An anecdote is related of a somewhat note.d
politician hereabout, who was at one time a
candidate for Judge of the Circuit "'"ourt. A
gentleman inquired of another if he intended to
support the candidate in question- "No," said
he, "never ! I'll never vote for a man for circuit-judge
who spells God with a smaliy"
A capital "J" would probably have removed
his objection. Knickerbocker,
The Union very complacently declares that
"the AVhig party has just been beaten to death."
Badly beaten, we admit. But there is still
strength in it. Its vitality is not to be destroy
ed by the adverse result of a Presidential elec
tion. The Union, we predict, will find yet, that
it is "alive and kicking."
Sa)r Pneumonia has prevailed to a consider
able extent in the upper part of Rockingham,
Guilford, and Stokes. Ave heard a physician
in Stokes say that he administered medicine to
about 40 negroes in one day, on a Dan River
plantation. The disease most prevalent, pneu
monia, with occasionally cases of erysipelas,
pleurisy, 4c. Greensboro' Patiiot.
Chickkrixo's celebrated piano manufactory,
of Boston, not long since destroyed by fire, is
again under way, and turning out twenty pi
ano! a day.
The Secretary. of the Navy has confirmed the
purchase, by the Commissioners, of the lot of
grouqd on main street, opposite the Virginia
Rank, at Richmond, for the erection , of a cus
tom house, federal court-room, and post office.
Thomas Ritchie. Esa..
the
ye teran, editor.
- w 1 - - ' W
publicly contradicts a report that be is an ap
plicant for office under General Pierce lie
adds, that he would not accept an office, if it
were tendered him.'
, ."Physic,, for the most part, is nothing else
uukuj vuueuiuu oi exercise or . tempo
It has been a 'matter of remark that a ' large
number of the appointments are either of mili-
wry aien, who served a the Mexican war, or
of men," whose influence waa derived froni mil
itary service.; ; "'.
The public are informed that the New. York
Times has not sunk $75,000 in two years. The
Times, it is added, was started with a capital
of $i00,0Q0, of which thero is "still enough yet
left to fill its sails."
The citizens of Mobile, in public meeting As
sembled, have adopted resolutions inviting Mr.
Fillmore to visit Mobile, and tendering to him
the hospitality of the city. -" ' '
PETERSBURG MARKETS.
, corrected daily for the express
Wholesale Prices Current. ,
Those buying by retail may expect to pay an
advance on annexed quotations :
Tobacco Active demand, with better sup
plies at full prices.
Cotton There is more doing at 9 to 9J,
with a good enquiry.
, Corx 55c. per bushel very dull.
'i- Wheat Sales of red at 108c; white 115c.
Fuoca City Mills, 6a$G.
Bacon 4Sales shoulders at 9a9 Jc; sides 10
cents; Virginia hog-round lOalOJ. -
Lard. Western, in barrels, at 10 cents.;
kegs, 12 cents; Va., 12 cents.
Beef. Mess beef, per bbl., 13alG. Nomi
nal. Pork. Mess Pork offering at $19
Fish. No. 3. Mackerel $8 and scarce ; No.
1 North Carolina clipped none ; do. roe $0 ;
gross, $5 ; Nova Scotia, gross, $4a4J . scaree.
Salt. $l.G5a$l. 70c. for fine ; G. A. $125alf.
Guano. $48 per ton.
Plaster. Petersburg fresh ground, unpack
ed, $6 per ton ; packed $7 ; northern $7.
Lime. Thomastown $137a$145c.
Liquors AVbiskey 25a26 : Apple Brandy 50
a65. New crop 40a45 cts. Sales of pure peach
Brandy at $1 for 3 year old.
Coffee- Old Java 12al2; Laguayra 10al0 ;
Rio 10 cents.
Sugar Porto Rico 6 to 7 for common to
prime. New Orleans 5 to ; Refined loaf 9
to 9 cents; Crushed 8a8c; Ground Loaf
8c.
. Molasses Cuba 24 a 20 ; N O. 33a35.
Rice 4 to 5 cents per ft.
Iaon -Swedes at $100 ; English at $80 per
ton ; Tredegar (Richmond) $85 ; Up Country
$90; Nails 5aG cts.
Candles Tallow 13al3 ; Hull's patent 14;
Sperm 35a37 ; Adamantine 26a28. Jackson's
patent 13al3. cents. Expies , 23.
FAYETTEVILLE MARKET.
Corrected weekly for the CARofcJSix.v,
March 26, 1853.
Bacon, 10 a 00; Coffee Rio, 11 a 00; La
guira, llalU; St. Domingo, 9alQ Cotton, 9 a00
Candles Sperm, 40 a 50 ; Fayetteville mould;
14 a 00 ; Adamantine, 30 a 35 ; Flour, 4 Co a
0 00 ; Grain Corn, 00 a 65 ; AVheat, 75 aOO;
Oats, 45 a 00 ; Peas, 70 a 00 ; Rye, 65 a 00 ;
Molasses Cub:, 24 a 00 ; New Orleans, 45 a 00,
Salt Liverpool, sack, 0 00 a 1 75 ; Alum, per
bushel, 45 a 50 ; Shot, per bag. 2 25 a 2 50 ;
Spirits Peach Brandy, 50 a 55 ; Apple, do. 40
a 45 ; Northern, do. 40 a 43 ; N. C. AYhiskey,
35 a 00.
Remarks. Trade for past week has been dull
and but little produce on tho market. Cotton
has advanced best quality in good demand at
9. Receipts small for two weeks past.
New York, M irch 26. The advices by the
steamer Asia have further depressed bread
stuffs. Sales of 2000 bbls flour at $4,31 for
State and $4.6Sa4,81. Rye flour and corn meal
moderate, prices drooping.
AVheat in fair r&viuest. Sales of 2500 bushels
at 114c per bushel. Nothing doing in red.
Corn depressed sales of IMX) bushels at 59a
G2c for white and mixed, vellow 63c. Oats 48a
39c ; rye 93c.
The Cotton market is dull, and unsettled. un
der the Steamer's news. Sales small. Buyers
asking a concession. AYhiskey 22a23c.
MARRIED.
In AVashington, by Rev. Mr. Geer, Mr. Thos.
H. B. Myers to Miss Julianna, daughter of
James Ellison, Esq.
In the same place, on the 22d inst. by Rev.
Mr. (Jeer, AVill J. Ellison, Esq., of AYilliamston
to Miss Augusta, daughter of Jas. Ellison, Esq.
In the same place, also, on Tuesday morning
by Rev. T. PT Ricaud, Dr. J. Frances King, of
Beaufort, to Miss Theresa -M., daughter of Geo.
R. Dixon Esq. .
DIED.
Iu AYarrcnton, at the residence of his grand
father, Dr. T. S. Brownlow, on Monday, the
21st inst., about 3 o'clock a m., Benjamin Crit
tenden, only son of Benjamin AV. Edwards,
Esq., of Halifax County, aged 5 years, 2
months and 19 davs.
WINSTON & CLARKE,
COUNSELLORS AND ATTORNEYS
RaJeigh.N C.
P. II, AVixsto.v. AY. J. Clarke.
March 29, 1853, Gm 27
WHITE &, McKEJNN EY
Successors to TEEBLES, SCOTT 4 Will'
t Wholesale and Retail Dealcrf tp
STAPLE AND FANCY
CP tfi. S" 2 CEJ 2S S3 9
SYCAMORE STREET.
PETERSBURG, Va.
J. AXDKKW WIIITE,
March 29, 1853.
R. A. McKEXXEY,
(Late with Jno, Steventon.)
ly 27
171 AMI LY GROCERIES. 25 bbls. Crushed, Clar-
ified, Loaf, and Brown Sugars. Old Java,
Laguira, and Rio Coffee. Superior Green Tea; al
so B ack Tea. For sale by
J. BROWN.
Raleigh, Match 29, 1853. 27
HATS! H AT Fashionable Black Moles
kin, AVhite, Drab, and Black Summer Hats,
Leghorn, Panama, and Palm Leaf Hats. Black
and White Wool Uats, for Sambo.
J. BROWN.
Raleigh, March 23, 1853. . 27
B
ARGAINS. 200 pieces of Calico of all
shades and prices, For sale by
March 29, 1853. ':- --iS-, 27
ON HAND. 100 pieces of Brown, and Bleach
ed Shirting, and Sheeting,
12-4 Linen Sheeting, '
9t8 Pil.ow Case Linen by the yard or piece,
Brown, and Bleached Jeans,
Drab Corset Jeans,
All for sale by the yad or piece.
J. BROWN,
. No. 9. Fayetteville St
March 29, 1853, 27
GUANO will be transported over the Raleigh
and Gaston Rail Road, at low eatks, through
out the year.
- L. CB. BRANCH,
President.
March 29, 1853. . . . 1m , 27 .
A; . Splebdid Article and no Mistake. White
and Black Pomatum highly perfumed, and in
very large sticks Just received, and for sale by
r. F. TESCUD.
Splendid Lottery Apr!', 1853.
- Successors to J. W.:2Iaury f C.
50 Prizes of $1,000
lottery for the bexsfit or th
STATE OF DELAWARE,
O ' Class 82 for 1853. -
To be drawn, at Wilmington, (DeL,fon Saturdsr.
' April 9th,
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12 Drawn Numbers eut of 75,
BRILLIANT; SCHEME.
Prize of,
.......$50.000'
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...20,000
.10,000
5.000
4,000'
3.500- .
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8,000
....2.500
1,000
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Prizes of
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Ac. . " Ac-
Tickets $10 Halves $5 Quarters $2.50
Certificates of packages of 2tS Whole tickets $130 09'
Io do of 20 Half do 65 00
Do do of 26 Quarter d 82 5fr
$30,145?
Lottery for the benefit of the-
State or Delaware,
Class 88 tor i8.J3, -To
be drawn at Wilmington, Del. Saturday, April--16.
1853
13 Drawn Numbers in each Package of 2o Tickets.
SPLENDID SCHEME.
Prize of ....$30,146
Prizes of 6,000-
1
10
10
20
20
20
20
185
do 8,000
do t 1,000
do .- 600
do w 400
do l,t 300
do 250
&c. &c &o, ' ' ' "-
Tickets, $10 Halves, $5 Qua?. $2,50
Ccrtfs. of Pkg's of 26 whl. tickete, $140 00
do- do 26 half do 70 00
do do 26 quarter do 35 00
Orders- for Tickets and shares and Certificates of
Packages in the above spendid Lotteries will receive
th$ most prompt attention, and an official account
of each drawing will be sent immediately after it
is over to all who order from me..
Address P, J. BUCKET, Agent,
Wilmington, Delaware.
SALMON, LOBSTER,. HALLIBUT. Just re
eeived a small lot of the above, put up in tin
pots, hermetically sealed. Warranted fresh and
genuine ; prepared and ready for the table.
"-V9vV"i JAMES McKTMMON.
Marctf 29,v1853;r 27
M
ACCAROXL-HBest quality, imported Macca-
rum ux Biore, na xor Bate oy
JAMES McKIMMON,
Search 29, -1853.- , 27
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QTATE OFTENNE -SEE, Ik Cuancekt at
Dbesdex, November Term, 1852. -Bill.for
Division of Land.
John A. Gardner, Complainant ts George IX Bas
kerville, JohnW. Baskerville, DiihaP. Boskerville,
Roberta P. Baskerville, George D. Baskerville,
Lucy C. Baskerville, Isabella H. Baskerville, James
L. Duke, Miry R. Duke, Albert C. Jones and Mary
Ann J ones, Defendants.
On motion of complainant's Solicitor, it U order
ed by the Court, the Hon. Calvin Jones, Chancel
lor. &c. presiding; And it appearing to the sat
isfaction of the Court that all of the defendants are
non residents of the State of Tennessee ; and that
the Defendants, Roberta P George D.- Lucy C.
and Isabella II. Baskerville, and Mary R. Duke
and Mary Ann Jones, are minors, under the age .
of 21 years; that publication be made as to, the
non-resident Defendants, m the "Raleigh Regis
ter," in the Couuty of Wake, and State of North
Carolina, for three weeks successively, at least
thirty days before the 4th Monday in May next, ,
notifying them to appear in our Chancery Court
at Dresden, on the 4th Monday in May 1853, or
within the three first days of said Term, and de
mur, answer or plead to Baid suit,' or the same- will
be taken as to them "pro conesso" and set for hear-i
ing accordingly - ' -
- A true copy from the Records of the Court.
W. F. HAMPTON, C. & M.
March 8th185a. . w3w-2l
Copartnership Notice
f HE undersigned have this day entered into ee
JL partnership, under the style and firm ef
Shepparo & Chambcblatkb for the purpose of
transacting d General Commission Busines, and of
fer their services to their friends and the publie
gezerally,- for the sale of TobaccoAVheat, Flour,
Corn, and all other produce, with the pledge that
they will use their best endeavors, to advance the" :
interest of all who may patronise themfe fix's
They are prepared to make liberal advances on
all produce consigned te them. ' -.'-
JOHN,M. SHEPPARrVvT
EDAVIN II. CHAMBERLAYNEV
Richmond. Va., March 1st, 1853 - '
Thankful for the liberal patronage bestowed on
me for the last ten years, I respectfully solicit a con
tinuation of the same to th9 new concern,' with the
assurance that every effort will be made to please
all who may be disposed to patronize it.
JOHN M. SHEPPARD JR.
March 22nd 1853, . r lm-25 .
The Union Steam Ship Co's Line
OF PACKET SHIPS, ;
From Philadelphia to Norfolk, PciEKtBCfta
axd Richmond. .
THE splendid Sea Steamers, Alrrinla," Capt.
al, and Pennsylvania," CaptBayaiore, leave -
theseveral ports alternately, as fonave-r
LeaVePhiladelphia every Saturday for Norfolk,
Petersburg and Richmond. :
Returning, leave Richmond and Petersburg eve
ry Wednesday and Norfolk every Friday.
These Steamers are handsomely fitted up, and
offer to the travelling community accommodations
uasurpassed by any other route, and each ship is
provided with two life boats. Freight taken at
lower rates apd delivered in quicker time than by
another route. ' -,.7.f
Passage from Richmond and Petersburg $8, and
from Norfolk $0, meals included.
THOMAS P. CROWELL, Ag't, Norfolk, i
ROWLETT, 'HARDY & Co. ? Petersburg
ROBERT RANKIN, ' Richmond,
LEVI ELD1UD0E, GenT Ag't, North AVharvci,
Philadelphia. "
Passengers, via Petersburg, meet the
Steamers at City Point on Thursdays, op arrival
of the 4 o'clock, P. M., train of Cars.
ROWLETT, HARDY & CO.
Petersburg, Jan. 28, 1853, ! 10 wly
Megrioiiltiirai So$U0$'
THERE will bo a meeting of the Wake Agricul
tural Society, at the City Hall, at 12 o'clock
ou Monday of our Superior Court A punctual at
tendance of all the members is earnestly requested,
as business of great importance will come before
them. " - ": :-.
-vV,-: AY. W. WHITAKER, Seet'y.
RaleighMarch, 9th 1858. ,td 22 .
THE BROTHER'S STEAMBOAT COMPANY,
OR BANK'S JANE : ; rf
prepared with Steamers "Brotksri,"
and "Douglass" and a compliment ef
Tow Boats, to carry with dispatch, all
Freights shipped by them, between Fayetteville
and Wilmington, or to any intermediate landings ea
the River. JOHN BANKS, Ag'VWilmington.
D. & AY. M'LAy REN, Ag'ts, Fayettevine.'
Sepi.,21, 1852, J ' 6m. 78
NEW NOVELi-By Mrs. Marsh, Castle Avoa,
by the Author of ' Two Old Men's Tales,"
"Ravenscliff" &c . Just published, and for sale by
. . I - H D. TURNER,
ft C Book Store.
Raleigh, March. 1, 1853.
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