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- v : , 1 i 11 1 ,V i . - : I i; 1 if IP ' -- t it 1 r ; t 1 ivFrora the -Wilmiogtoa Herald.J 4 THE BAR CONTENTION- v V :i Convention 2222 f pl-j ' oA Tttsnr. at 11 o Clock - - ton li f Vnention m tprapnrarilj nrg?111 L.n:r.K- M.W Owen K. Kenan, of DupUn, to the Chair, an by the appointment of Allmand dld tdWlthronnfonnUem.hwT5 number of Delgtea ppere4 4 took ,t in the CenTentioiir -rvH iy On motion of Oeo.JkTirEq, tteTretdnt appointed a Cooinittee of re e, eonMsUBgof GPeolje Paviv RobW Strang id P1 pon Ilis Excellency.Tia o.i Uhis State; and to rqlt b J KeiJ, Uoernor i aia oiaio, . .ill. n.antinn.. - On motion of iU. Strange, a Committee .of one from each of the Coantte repreaenw appointed bj the President to reoom mend. per- The Committee vaethne eomittUited : i Alamance Oen. Behj. Trollinger, i 117. -TAV- Rff.I.-:V--'!' If .o , - iWarren Dri OH. Mcon, v . Oranze Dr. Wm. II. Moore, Doplin CoL C. D. Hill, : Northampton -John W. 0J, Sampaon YV uuam jt aison, . Bladen John McDowell, Cumberlind -Jamea Banks, . j, 0olambu Forney George, Brnnewick John D. Taylor, lauoitDr.- II. WrBkmot, Way ne Willie Ilalk I , Mecklenborg Dr. C. J. Fox, New Hanover CoL James T. Miller, Chatham H. A. London, Guilford T. C. Worth. -l t- On motion th meeting adjoarned nntU 3 o - - clock tbia afternoon.. V." : AfTiaxooK Sxssioh.. TheC ConTsntion met' pursuant to adjouxn- rs,mnH hf Mii.Joki l Richardson, of Blafen, all persons present from counties which be4J sent Delegates, were inyiiea t PAmmittM n nominatiae permanent of ficers for ihe Convention, thnwcli their ! Chair- man, ir. v. c "" bc Jolldwing report. ; - : v-Tri " tr- fWiii ITU Exeelleacr. ' David S. Beid, Governor of the State of North Carolina. Steflwn W Davis, Mecklenbarg, DrJWniiam MeKoy, Sampson, Job Bnrgwrn, Northampton, - -? Hearyilarris, Warren . t :. -David Beidjhiplin, Dr. A. J. DeRosset, Jr, N. Han., A. H. VanBokielen, N, Hanover, A. -WUliama, Meckknborg, S. L. Fremont, Brunswick' . j. Allpand A. MeKoy, Sampson, Jnkn C. Blocker. Cumberland. VieePr. Sec'y. Gov. Reid was oondaeted to the - Chair, and onlakhie bu seat ss President addressed the Conention in very hippy manner, express ing himself fully alive to tne necessity oi me work now under consideration', and giving the anokla annlmKltHtll. " On motion of Robe Strange, Esq., the Report of a committee appointed at a previous meeting of the citisens of Wilmington to report to this Convention was read by their Chairman, George Daris, Esq,, of Wilmington. - (To be published ia our next.) On motion of Dr. C. J. Fox, the Report of said committee was referred to a committee of one from each eounty to be appointed by the President. Friday Moesino, 10 o'elock, May 26th, 1854. Convention re-assembled pursuant to adjourn. meoC ' : ;-'-;vr" . A number of additional Delegates appeared and took their seats: ''- t communication was received from Prof. A. whe,Stiperltttendentpf the U. S. Coast Sur vey, presenting for the use of tbo Convention, sundry Charts and Sketches of the recent Sur veys at the entrance of the Cape . Fear, and the Rhnala in tha luHbborhood. On motion of James Banks, Esq of Cumber land, Gen. W. W. liar Ilea, President of theTVil- miogton ana Mancnester xwui iw&u, u iu.r td to take a seat in this Convention. The Resolutions reported, through its Chair man, JssBanks, Eeq of Cumberland, by the conjmittee' appointed for that purpose, axe as follows: -i-v-1-- I- --. -The Committee to whom' was referred the Re- nort of the Committee of the Citisens of New Hanover, beg leava to return it, for the action of this Convention, and recommend its adoption with the following Resolutions : - " . Resolvvd. That the General Government, by the erection of Jetties on Oak, Island for the protection of the fortifications there, and the conseouent washing away of the sands upon ; the opposite poTot of Bald Head, and their de- poit upon the Main Bar of Cape Fear, has been the; cause of great and lasting injury to tne Commeroe of North Carolina, Resolved. Therefore; that we may rightly ap- peaj to the Government, and we do appeal to it by all the claims of magnanimity and justice, to undo what it has done to our Injury, and to restore what it has taken from ns. - qesobed, That in the judgment of this Con tontmn thi imnrortmnt of the Cane Fear bv the cloiing of the New Inlet is a work national in ... . it , v. lit jnaracter, cousuuiunnmuj uuuLgcvuuaauic, ' feasible at a cost far below comparison with the benefit of iu results, of equal importance to the shin owner and underwriter nf the North, and the Merchant and Farmer of the South, and of vital necessity , to the Commercial interests of this State ; And moreover, that it wouiq oDviate, at great saving of expense to the Government, all necessitv for eomnletine the plan already adopted, and as yet bnt partially. executed, for the fortification and defence ox vape. rear xiar- Hetolvett' That North Carolina, who has al ways : been loyal and true to the Constitution and the Union, who benn. her national historv by a magaaaimooa aaorifioe of her individsral interest to the general 'welfare, who hasr given munificently and received most scantily, who haa cheerfully borne her share of the common burdens, without any just and equal participa tion in die common- benefits, has a right to ex pect of the Government, in the prosecution of , - "" tnis wora,. an aia. proporuona jm ii impor tance, and to ner fieed,., " ; " Resolved, .That the President of this Conven tion be requested to. forward copies bf the Re port and Resolutions to our Senator and Rep resentatives in Congress, and that they be re quested to lay them before theirreepective. nou ses, and to exert themselves in carrying out the object of this Contention. . ' ".'.. -". ?. t . The Resolutions were then taken np for eon sideration ; when addresses were made by Gen. Alex. MacRae, of New Hanover; Irrof, Fhillips, of Oranee : Jas. Banks, Esq of Camberland; Dr. C. J. Fox, ot -Mecklenburg ; G eorge; DaviSf Esqi. of New Hanover j James H- Headen, Esqv of Ouihanv. -" -f. " ; -- ' On motion, the Contention adjourned to meet at 3 o'clock fhu afternoon f t i; . - Tha Convention met according ,4o. adjourn- meat. -when the discussion on the resolutions wu reaunsl, a.ni addresses were made by Gen . W..W. Hsrllee, President of the -Wilmington and, Manchester Kail Road ; W. J. Houston, Xsq of Duplin Dr.Sam'l A Williams, Jrof Warren ; 11 aj. John A. Richardson, of Bladen; and W.'.CV Doab. Esq., of Wake ; after which, they were unanimously adopted. -.',' On motion of CspU S. I. Fremont, of Bruns wick. ' . y-:.- SesoleeJf That when this convention adjourr, it adjoorri to meet atFaysttevill, oil the fourth Monday ia Hay; 1855. ;-'" 2 o . . -cticn cfR. IL Cowan, Eq., of New er, wbioS he Tref ixnl with agitable rft- ( .000 nark, reinvention ass-em oieu in North Carolina:' lor the promotion of Internal ironware the plant ladttstrj ancUIberfrUtj, Uio.PWBem.yorka yt .v Internal JmDrofeaen o Urgelj indebted J for toeireonpletum'tod ooceaa.-... - : - . Resolved, Tbatw deeply ajmpatttisewitn mm his ill health would .not permit bins to be preH sent to asntjn onr deubereuona ' . . ' On ' motion,4 the President nppointed ' P. K." Dickinson; WnJ A.irighV nd R. IlVCowsn, a committee V wait on Got. Dudley, and furnish him with a cony of the aboTe resolutions. - i0af motion of G7ree Daris, Esq., of New tfanoTer, : v- -v- , .i;. :: Kuvivea, i. n&c ine tnanu or iqwAyonTBBviwu i p be tendered to Hu Excellency, Oor. wid, w.i ced him to consent to- be present, nd preside j r - FK W TT.11 F. . ..r KTsr Hn. va uiuuuu vt ,u if iuwi, - - - i wer, , v. . ' . - . i Revived, That the thanks bf this Conrenuon i re daa. and herebt tendered to the Hon. George E. Badger, for his patriotic and sncoessful ef- ' ' I forts in securing n passage inrougnuie ocow v wu iuuia bu r r vr uwu - 1 ject. .. - .-r ' ?. x- vm motion 01 ueorge. ivis, 4n c...j ' j in.- v- t,.Vv. r h:. pnvuntinn ... i u i j.i TTrn Wm. a . . . 4 ?i t 1 . 1, Interests of hisoeUtneoU, and especially in behalf of the great work whwn it is tne odjcci On motion, the Convention adjourned, after listening to a few remarks from the President, 1 Gov. Reid, in which he alluded to the unanimity which- bad prevailed in mis, tne .largest wm- venti on which has ever assembled m this Sute, . THE CONVENTION. Gov. RtiB. in declarinr the-Convention ad iourned veeterdav afternoon, stated it was the Urireit pntherin? of the. tMonle in eonvention T O . . . . - be had ever witnessed. tie baa seen numerous assemblages. Whir and Democratic, in the edorse of his experience, but none so large as thu. tNor any actuated Dy a newer letting, . - t ? 1 j -..iw.itat H 9 aaMtimanl I - . . a .. . 1 I LTf-lL nn The Governor was ngui j especially iu vuv Rauunu wuwu . mcu the . Convention. There was but one thought, one .polse, one expression. It was the first authoritative enunciation of a genuine North Carolina spirit,. which, commencing at this point, will permeate, may we not hope, through every portion of the State t Apart from the moral Torce which sucn a gathering oi tne peo- I" TSZZrZZ ndod a mo t hao: py effect, in bringing closer together men of different Counties, creeds, and opinions; in r " - . . : - . . . I merrine part v affiliations and asperities; in brightening up the chains of friendly inter course. Viewed even in this light, and the ef fect is most happy. How soon vanish away the hostilities of distant communities, when closer contact demonstrates the false founda tion on which they rest. The deliberations of tbe Convention were .or. much enhanced br the deliverv of the able addresses which prolonged it. We do not desire to particularise, wnen ail were so gener allv successful and interesting. It is euffi cient for tbe occasion to state, that the speeches sure marked bv ability, and breathed a spirit, which, if carried out, would lead our good old State to that high position destined for her by nature. The proceedinn of the Convention, publish ed in this paper, will be found interesting. It will be seen that a deserved compliment was . . - tendered to one of the pioneers of Internal lm provement in the atate, JL,x Uovernor Edward B. Dudley, the DeWitt Clinton of North Caro lina, oocn a resolution was doe tne services of our distinguished oitisien. To no man with in ber borders, is the State more indebted for active exertion in the great measure of Inter nal Improvement than to uov. Dudley. And the recognition of his services in this behalf by the convention, was a graceful act. tYti. Herald. NOVEL AND INTERESTING PROCESS. We perceive by the report of the Wilming ton ana Manchester Railroad, submitted to tbe Company . at its general meeting in January last.. that a very remarkable and successful method has been adopted by Col. Walter Gwynn, the distinguished Chief Engineer of the Company, to overcome the extraordinary difficulty of crossing the Great Pee Dee river. The difficulty arose from the fact that the bed bf the river proved to be an unbroken stratum of sand, into which piles could not be driven to a sufficient depth .to ensure . their permaneucy. The difficulty might have been avoided by "a bridge' of a single span, stretching entirely across the river, but for the necessity of ma king a draw for the passage of steamers. In this dilemma, Colonel Gwynn, whose attention had been drawn to the subject by publications in scientific journals, examined very particu larly tbe novel and interesting process of Dr. Potts, of England, for sinking hollow piles by the pressure of the atmosphere ! In this pro cess, which. Colonel Gwynn observes, is one of the most beautiful and simple applications of a natural element to the use of man yet discor ered, "an air pump is employed, which being connected with the head of the hollow pile, the air is exhausted, and a stream of water, sand, shingle and gravel, sucking up from below, the f ile sinks gradually into the displacement. t is, therefore, a kind of sub aquatic excava tion, tbe lower end of the hollow pile becoming converted into a kind of scoop, worked by the air pump on the platform above.'.' After ma ture consideration and thorough investigation, CoL Gwynn became convinced that the process could be successfully applied in sinking hollow piles or cylinders in such materials as compose the bed of the Great Pee Dee. In endeavoring to aeeompliah this object, numerous and vexa tious difficulties were encountered, and after tffese bad been overcome and the apparatus put in operation, - it was pronounced by many a failure, so' that at one time Col. Gwynn stood alone in tbe support of tbe plan. With his characteristic firmness and determination be persevered, until his efforts were finally crown ed with complete triumph, and the process of Dr. Potts applied to the sands of the Pee Dee with the most signal success. .. This is a great achievement, and places a new feather in the cap of Col. Gwynn, whom we have always looked upon si one of the first engineers on this continent. The stockholders of the Company, to whose work he has render ed this distinguished service, passed a resolu tion at their last . meeting declaring that tbe construction of the bridge across the Great Pee Dee, upon- pieces resting on, and mainly composed of least iron tuber, -(a work which the Company now regards a- of; undoubted success,) marks a great step in the progress of American enterprise and skill in tbe art of Civil- Engineering,' and has', exhibited masterly professional, ability energy and perseverance, To manifest their' Appreciation .ot these quali ties, the President and Directors were ordered to procure suitable medals of gold, to be pre sented to the Principal and Resident Engi neers, with proper inscriptions, upon the; com pletion of the bridge and the first trausit of the cars across t Rukmo4 Dispatch. . -- It seems curious that,1 at tbe time when war has been declared by Great Britain, against m powerful nation ;wben' money is every day rising in Talus, and property proportionally falling when calls of the most urgent impor tance are made for men and money ; when the reform bill has been postponed, and when the public mind is in a state of anxiety as to events which most be on the very eve of development very nearly half of tbe time and attention of I Parliament ia directed to.eaeWiaitical object THE RALEIGH REOTRR -v tJ-w.- , . 1, ' t.l2 rZJt7Tri7niI77TC , . , t WJSDWJSS1IAX MUKiw,:AX di,o? -. - -. -; , , - v . .FOR . GOVERNOR, ALFRED.DKERY;iO'RlGHMOm: , : xlecho os tuttesdat, AUGUST Srd. GEN. DOCKEBTa APPOINTMENTS. r - : - - Jone 2, Brassfield's,' Granville, " 3, Oxford, Granville, " 5, Roxboro', Perron, " 6. ranceyville, Caswell, 44 7, Wentworth, 44 8, Greeniborough, " 9, Thomasville, Davidson, 44 10, Lexington, .4 12, Winston, Forsyth, " 13, Mt Airy, Surry, 44 14, Yadkinville, Yadkin, " 15, Mocksville, Davie, 44 16, Williamsburg, Iredell, 44 17. Statesville, 44 19, Mt. Monroe, " 20, Salisbury. co - V.; jue8(jaVr Thursday J' FridsT. SatQr' Tuesday, 1TKIIII1H. T. Wednesday, Tbursday rriaay, w; j s.H.r - Monday, taesaay, MESSRS. ROGERS AND PURYEAR wuk., i.,,n th. ri.nn. which induced these gentlemen to vote against the Nebraska Bill, the "Standard" has opened up- on them a most bitter and hyena-like attack. Tbl. is U8t what miscbt haye expected frwm k . . , nr. - :,K justice, whilst it is ready, on all occasions, to cloak the acts and motives of members of its own party, however indefensible they may be. Such malice will but recoil on the head of the Editor ; it will not hurt the objects of bis as sault. Now the "Standard" knew very well, that Mr. haa Uen an ardent friend of thtK Bill, as came pm the Senate, thai he is in favor of Government, on the tubject of slavery in the Ter rilmt,. Could it not -ee at once. did it not , . . . ,. t . nov,- rn r. . ..... against the Bill T The Senate Bill had in it what was called the "Clayton amendment." In tne uoa,e af R.pr.eutatives, Mr. Richaedson ( " ' l u J : J j l .1 tj J . WU1CU UlU nvt IU It .U IUU aUICUUiUCUk. Whilst this substitute was under consideration, Mr. Rooxss (as the proceedings show,) made strenuous efforts to incorporate the amendment, and make the Bill what it was when it came from the Senate. But he was ruled down, and all amendments declared out of order, by a loco- foco Speaker. Now what was the effect of the Clayton amend ment? It was this : By the original Bill, all foreigners going into the Territories had a right to pnte at once, without being naturalized, as required in other cases. The amendment made if necessary for them to reside there a certain length of time and to be naturalized, before tbey could exercise tbe privilege of voting. Tbe effect of the Bill, without the amendment, on tht interests and rights of tbe South, is too plain, 'jre take it, to admit of much doubt, especially should the Ilomeatesd Bill become the law of the land. Thousands and tens of thousands of foreigners, having no knowledge of our institutions, would pour into these Ter ritories. They are large enough to make ten or fifteen such States as North Carolina ; and but a few years would pass, before six, or eight, or perhaps a larger number of States, carved out of the iu, would be admitted into tbe Uuion, with non-slaveholding Constitutions. In the mean time, ice could look no where for as rapid an increase in that section where slavery will like ly go. What, then, will bo the consequence ? Not only the balance of power broken down, between the slave and the free States, with a large preponderance in the Senate in favor of the latter, but that very section which is now i held out as open to trie slaveholder, by thievery measure, filled un hv a foreign nonulution vio lently hostile to our interests 1 j We presume that no member of Congress j from the South, of either party, is opposed to i the doctrine of non intervention, unless it be that arch locofoco, Thomas H. Benton. This is a great and salutary principle. But is there not such a thing as surrounding, encumbering, hedging in a principle with such provisos and conditions, as to render it worse than useless, make it even mischievous and dangerous in the extreme, when accepted with such incumbran ces? Congress says, in substance :" We ac knowledge the right you have to carry your slaves to Nebraska and Kansas, but, to prevent you from doing so, we will force or decoy into those Territories a population, who will never let you go there, and who will drive you back, or take away your property, if you do go !" These things are entitled to some considera tion. We can well imagine bow Messrs. Ro gers and Pcktbar could have seen much in the Bill which might be injurious to the South, without the Clayton amendment, more espec ially in view of the probable passage of tbe Homestead. That tbey were honest in their motives, no man dare gainsay. The disgrace ful and contemptible effort of the "Standard" to reflect upon them, by proclaiming that they voted with 4 Giddings and others," deserves the scorn of every fair minded man in tbe. State. That paper knows that their motives in voting against the Bill were as wide apart from those which governed the freesoilers who did the same thing, as the poles are asunder. Yet, by a sneaking and covert insinuation, it would leave the impression that they were co-operating with abolitionists! 'AT -. v But why did- the "Standard" pass over its own friends, Houston, Harris, Benton and 2ft & ton, to vent its mean malice on Messrs. Rookbs and Puarsua? . It was "not willing to let it be known that they were in the company of some of its own special pets and friends. , As to the enquiry, whether their votes do not place them in a hostile attitude to Messrs. Bad okb and Kirk, tbe "Standard" need give itself no uneasiness. Any one of five grains of sense, and a much smaller quantity of honesty, can well see how these gentlemen might differ as to the effect of the Clayton amendment, whilst tbey agreed on. the great principle-asserted, in the Bill. But we ask pardon for saying this rnueh. Messrs Rooxas and Ppxtkar will -doubtless define their own positions, nod . that they are able to take carer of. themselves, before , their, constituents, without tbe aid and despite the en mity of the "SUndard," we tare not the lest misgitingsl ' ' :.... ''- It mt 1mVmithi of deeo' mortification to- -Levery pmtfcraan, wr mni of refined feeling belonging to. tbe locofoco party in ".North Caro?' lina, to witness, or learn, tne manner in wnicu tbef rabid and, unscrupulous leaders of their pitrty-7 botl speaker and wHters--continue to assail Gen. Dockery. If itls Ctnen are they "dead to every sense of justice nd 'awry; consideration of fair dealing between man and man t No epithet in- the catalogue of billings gate appears to the vulgar tastes of bis trad u cers too low and degrading, to apply to him. Though he has often represented his own coun ty! in the Legislature with credit to himself, though he has been twice sent to Congress by his district, where he seVved with honor to him self and usefulness to the country, command ing the confidence and respect of all who knew ! him, though he has been nominated for the., highest office in the State," by the unanimous vote of as respectable and intelligent a political Convention as ever assembled in its borders, though he bos by industry and perseverance built up for himself a high reputation, and se cured for bis family a competence, though he maintains, with those who know him best, the character of an honest man, and' a christian gentleman, though all this can be said of him with perfect truth yet, were a stranger's eye to light upon, or a stranger's ears to bo saluted by, the abuse,' misrepresentation, ridicule and vulgar depreciation of Gen. Dockery, publisbea and uttered by his political adversaries, with tbe profuteness and nralice of accomplished libellers, that stranger, would conclude, (were he ignorant of the true characters of those who assail him,) that tbe Whig party had nominated a man whose reputation for every thing detes table and degrading is not much better than that of a pick pocket or highway-man ! And why is all this done ? What are the purposes and ends of those who thus act? Is the coun try or State in imminent danger, that private character and public worth should be thus tra duced? Has nnj one of these men received wrong and injury, either private or public, from Gen. D., and are they seeking revenge f Nothing of all this! It i tbe venom of party malignity, bekhed out by the dirty tools and lackeys of party, who, like all scavengers, shew that they are ready, at all times, for value re ceived, to turn their hands to tbe filthy work of those whose biddinz thev follow, and whose edicts they obey ! And what is to be the end of all thisT If Gen. Dock ery is to be sacrificed to gratify the malignity of such men, if he is to be made the victim of such party traduction, if his fair fame, earned by hard blows and steady perse verance, is to be tarnished by the efforts of snch black-hearted slanderers, if what he, (and every honorable man) holds dearest on earth, is, by such damnable means, to be drag ged down to the dust, to gratify party malice and eeenre party success, what high-minded, honorable, patriotic citizen will seek tbe office of Governor? A system of political tactics will have been established and approved which will drive from competition every man of high and noble sensibility, and tbe field will be left free to eueh as now use the means of the moral and political cut-throat and assassin to defeat General Dockery ! And what a condition of things this will be for tbe people for the State Are the people prepared to sanction it ? Will tbey not rebuke it ? Will they not "do unto others as they would that others should do unto them ?" We believe most sincerely that they will. They will act justly. Thev will suffrr no faithful and long tried public servant whose head has grown grey in their service, to be thus immolated by a set of partisan execu tioners, whose whole and sole business it is to do tbe cruel and dirty work of paktt, caring not by what means their base uds may be ac complished. e appeal to tue menus ot uen. v., yea, we call on every trie aud correct hearted man in tbe State, to rally around his standard to re l uKe boldly the slanders, vituperation, false ilot and unscrupulous malignity with which " has been pursued ! Let this be done, and ,here WN he in store a signal triumph for jus TIC ight! FINAL PASSAGE OF THE NEBRASKA BILL. The Nebraska Bill, as amended by the House of Representatives, finally passed the Senate on Friday last. The following was the vote upon the re-incorporation in the Bill of the Clayton amendment, vis : . Yeas- Messrs. Bayard, Bell, Brodhead, Brown, Clayton, Pearce, and Thompson, of Kentucky 7. Nays Messrs. Allen, Atchison, Benjamin, Butler, Cass, Cbase, Clay, Dawson, Dodge, of Wiaconsin, Douglas, Fish, Fitzpatrick, Foote, Gillette, 9win, Hunter, James, Johnson. Jones, of Iowa, Jones, of Tennessee, Mallory, Mason, Morton, Norris, Pettit, Pratt, Rusk, Sebastian, Seward, Shields, Slidell, Stuart, Sumner, Thomson, of New Jersey, Toombs, Toucey, Wade, Walker, Weller, Williams, and Wright 41. And the following was the vote upon the pas ssge of the Bill, viz : - Teas Messrs Atchison, Badger, Benjamin, Brodhead, Brown, Butler, Cass, Clay, Dawson, Douglas, Fitzpatrick, Gwin, Hunter, Johnson, Jones, of Iowa, Jones, of Tennessee, Mallory, Mason, Morton, Norris, Pearce, Pettit, Pratt, Rusk, Sebastian, Shields, Slidell, Stuart, Thompson, of Kentucky, Thomson, of New1 Jer sey, Toombs, Toucey, Weller, Williams, and Wright 35. Nays Messrs. Allen, Bell, Chase, Clayton, Fish, Foote, Gillette, Hamlin, James, Seward, Sumner, Wade, and Walker 13. The Bill now only lacks the approval of the President to become tbe law of the land. Ware Forest College. The annual Com mencement of the exercises of this Institution will take place on next Monday, the 5th proxi mo, and close on the Thursday following. The young men of the College will take part in the public exercises on Monday and Tuesday even ings. On Wednesday forenoon, the annual ser mon before the graduating class will be deliv ered by the Rev. H. H. Tolker, of Alexandria, Va. On Wednesday'afternoon, the Rev. Basil Manly, Jr., of Richmond, Va., will deliver the anniversary sermon before the North Carolina Baptist EducaUon Society. On Thursday, lr.w6 cihi, Address to the two Literary Sooietiea College by the Rer. Tiberius O. J ones', flk- ' - t : ossau a vgq sv au w a w v of the of Norfolk; . Jli; Bear in mind the discussion that takes place to-day, (Wednesday,) between the candW dates for Governar. HOW T II EY STAND I , In ths Senate of l84Ci, when the Engrossea Resolution ;iti relation to the Publie Pmirr' thm Whitf- doctrine, were taxenup for their second reading David S. '"Beid, the Senator from: Rockingham, proposed an amend ment, the firatWsoiutfonbf Jours jr-'-t' '' " ' : T rThAt the Itblte Domain i the property of the ffeerat&overninnl, and any act on the part of Congress; 'ceding U to: the States, in which it lies, or, any other disposition of it tncojwtt with- the deeds of cession, ' iro tild be a palpable violation of the spirit; oUhe Constitution and the interests of Jhe people , Nowi thb iS'irtbedoctriM cessioVfJiemselvestv.': -."." Thentl6m ?wTorkays: "for the, use and benefit of suoh o the Siaws as are or shall beoomeejArtie to the confederation." Tbe Vireinia cession was: "as a common fund for the use and benefit of such 6f the Uni ted States as have and shall become members of the Confederation Virginia included, accor ding to their usual respective proportion in the general charge and expenditures." . "' ; The Connecticut grant says: 44 tor tbe use ana benefit of the United Slates." The South Carolina grant saysi "for the ben efit of tho States." - That of North Carolina uses the words : "for the benefit of tbe States." So with the Georgia deed of cession and to the same effect was that of Massachusetts. We insist that te language and intention of these deeds were to make the General Govern ment a trustee for the States, to hold and dispose of this Domain, for their common benefit, and not the absolute owner of the properly in the same, as in asserted in the resolution we have referred to above, and which received the whole locofoco vote in the Senate of 1840-1, Now, further, this.ocofoco Resolution also declares, that Congress has no right to make any disposition of this Domain, 44 inconsistent with the deeds of cession." Would a division of the lands, or n part of them, amongst all the States, in fair and equal portions, be inconsis tent v'uh those deeds? Would it not, on the contrary, be in accordance with their express j provision ? It is only necessary to examine our Lcgisla- tive Journals, to show the ridiculous absurdi ties which the locofoco party has been play ing, for years past, on this subject. And in the face of this Resolution, Reid and the locofoco leaders are moving Heaven and Earth to procure the nomination of Douglas, who has opposed, by act and speech, every prin ciple laid down in the Resolution, except that which declares the lands to be the properly of the General Government. How can such inconsistency be tolerated by the people ? That Virginia paper, which has Mr. Bragu's name flying at its mast-head, is doing good service to the North Carolina Democracy. It is rather more eulogistic of Mr. B. and rather more abusive of Gen. Dockert than our own "Democratic" papers of the straitest sect. Its last very decent thrust at the old farmer is in a "Street Conversation" between a mother and her hopeful son, in which the latter is made to speak of Gen. Dockery as a "self-made man," and to express the opinion, that, "from the way " uu u,e bluu,f neuner uuu nor t,,e schoolmaster had much to do with making him." l.v A1l , it. . . . .. 1 I 1 1 .1 i ne two locoioco papers in this City-u.ually quote from their allies all that is said against Gen. Dockery, as well as many ridiculous en comiums and deifications of the heroic Bragg. We suggest to them that they should by no means sink in the shade the witticisms of their Virginia coadjutor, the "Portsmouth Globe." Let them, by all means, save from oblivion that gem entitled " Street Conversation." Why should not their readers know, that their aiders and abetters in another State, which calls her self the "Mother of States" and deems herself tbe mother of JNorth Carohua, are even more o..v. uui, reuuieoi 01 "gwanny," than the savory sheets issued bv the Democracy in our own borders? It is natural, that Virginia should feel interested in the pro pagation of her own peculiar doctrines, that she should hold up the hands of her own boy, that precious abstractionist, Thomas Brags, and, for this purpose, that she should mingle in our canvass for Governor. But the interfer ence is neither decent in her, nor desirable to us. We can manage the family quarrel our selves ; and whether Gen. Docxert was made by the AlmigSty, a school-master or himself, is a question which, we think, can be decided here quite as well upon natural principles, as by the Resolutions of 98 and '99, as promulged by the ante diluvian school of Democracy. Gen. DocKEar was not made by that schoolmaster, at least ; and Mr. Braoo may bless himself, if he be not taught too late, that he has lived on the Virginia 'ine too long, and has been too much taught in her schools, for the prrgressives whom he now seeks to lead I Mr. Braoo had been so involved in Virginia abstractions, that he was much of a laggard in our own Internal Improvements, until quite lately, after a certain nomination, when tbe larger views of some of the leaders of his party made it necessary for hint to ride under whip and spur in order to catch up. Since he emer ged from his own dear low grounds, he seems to have been indoctrinated with a fair share bf the spirit of the age. He now goes the exten sions, with sundry provisos I But when he is beaten, and returns home, to wander and muse on the banks of the Roanoke, bis mother (we mean old Virrrinlo arill kaxll. 1 - ye.---. '-4r ww nerson. ine same, but ah I how altered ! She will look with astonishment at the chanze that K as coma " ... WUIB , -6-ut, uureiy, mis is not our Bragg, our own Thomas Brairir Esq.. of the Virginia line, whom we have so faithfully taught, over whom we have wept and prayed, for whom we have so ardently struggled, and in whose heart of heart, we' had the precious words of our glorious ResolaUonsI How is he fallen I The net of tha r.,m- k been spread over him, sorely hath he been beset, he hath been lured to hi i t. i hath abjured his old mothevand IrivWhlir i up iu ids wiia spirit oi improvement tKJK rageth In our provlnW of North: Carolina; ft is but a 4Rogue harbor,; l any how; and "m boy Tammy",1s no" betted than Ma'Dsiehbors uvu v. dtwun luee j - vo, preach tbe ubjects of Riny an Wintle nd ; the-rest of mai-kind,- the proper "mode vof rbnouncin over him, since his nomination for Governor. I the charge", and calls for thm T -Sha will exclaim, in hr ..3. ... .f 109 Proo ?ts 7ri litr Hflnatelso. s' to meet the tiews pKwg.yrv who the signers erer r we know nov our vWrtonr trie' H rt bad omen to hear,vof . the tariouo T"J - ?r 4- ihlococracy nLthei? con urea resorted to by the. iococra t,y . a federates to Pif didato-unnbepeople'" Internal Improvement.manr;)fooe lthing. bo tion must have created in the locofoco xank.nrasthey Utoto prove the incorrectnessof L w in'the discussion betweenGen. PocxxaV and Mr. Ba-oo this placef.on the m,K i, nitinctlt recollect, and 'can adduce testimony of snch a cbaracter as will no$ leave . , . j u tn. thA truthfulness ot the snaaow 01 .. : " th. assertion, to wit:-That Gen. DocMXT as ked Mr. Braoq " If be was in favor of the ex tension of the North Carolina Railroad. East tn ReWort and West to the Tennessee Line? and thit be (Mr. B.) replied, 44 J am not Wert to be catechised; you htve no right to catechise nw." New. if there is not an evasion of a farr rJin nnestion. then we must confess that .-a ;.rrw.rnt nf the nroDr mode of aov bi v - r r rftririfr ouestioos. Mr. Bragg did not hesitate about answering with an em phatio "NO" the General's next interrogatory, to wit: Are you in favor of the State's borrowing the money to build that Roadf ' Aeain If Gen. Doceert did. not have the rieht to catechise the gentleman opposing him. and who had set himself up as the champion of the lococracy, certainly Mr. Braoo had not tho ritrht to take' the stand in reply. The idea is' preposterous for any man. let alone one who is acting as the champion of his party, to take the stand, and thereby claim the privilege of being1 heard, to say to a regular nominee, I am not here to be catechised," and that you hare no right to catechise me, upon questions of iState policy. No wonder the plain, unassuming old Farmer is making a favorable impression' wher-r ever he has been; and on the 3rd of August, the people of the State will convince Mr. BraCO and his friends, that inasmuch as he denied the right of being catechised, in regard to topics effecting their interests, they will deny him tbe right of being the Chief Magistrate of the glorious Old- North State ; but will say unto the unassuming old Farmer, 44 Well done, thou good and faith ful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, we will make thee ruler over many things." Edenton Whig. DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM REPUDIATED. We understand that David Coleman, Esq the Democratic candidate for the State Senate in this District, in his speech last Saturday at Whitson's Mill, repudiated that portion of the Democratic platform, which commits tbe do mocjacy against a change of the basis of repre senttrtion "under any and all circumstances, Mr. Coleman declared himself a White basis man out and out. Now Mr. Coleman was a member of the De mocratic Convention, and was on the committee that prepared the resolutions. We had not been advised what took place in the committee room or at tbe preliminary caucus ; but we find upon reading the official proceedings of the Convention as Dublisbed in the standard and other Locofo co papers, that the resolutions werr unani mously adopted. Mc, Coleman was there. Why did he not protest at the time and have bis objection placed upon record? it e oner inis as a nut lor eastern Liocofocos ! to crack, who have been powwowing and cack j ling over the 6th resolution of the Whig Plat form. What will the Ralelsrh "Standard" that so recently declared that the democratic party was a unit without regard to section on all questions? There are Democrats also, in this region who are dissatisfied with tbe resolu tion on internal improvements. Ash. Spec. It will be rather a "hard nut" we assure yon, friend Hyman, for some in the East to ' crack." But the leaders will "smash" it as easily as swine would masticate an acorn. What care they for principle or honesty ? Were they ever known to practice them, when party was at btake j Now, as to what the 44 Standard" will say wuv, luss noinna at ail I If it does, it Will be but to conceal the real truth from the East. The same game it is playing towards the West in reference to Mr. Bragg'e position on Internal improvements ! Mark what we say ! CANDIDATES TOR THE LsGlSLATCRX. The Whig Convention, which met in Hillsboro' on the 23rd inst., unanimously nominated the won. William A Graham as a Candidate for the Senate, and Messrs. Samuxl F. Phillips andJoftiAH Turner, jr., for the House The locofcyos hare nominated Can Jones, jr., Esq., for the Senate, and Capt. Jno. F. Lton and Mr. A. S. Jones for the House. Tbe Whigs f Gates hare nominated their former excellen t representative in'the House of Commons, Mills H. Eure, Esq" for -election. The Convention which nominated him also re commended that staunch Whig and sterling gentleman, Henry Willit, Esq., for the Sen. ate, from the District composed of the conn ties of Gates and Chowan. The Whigs of Rowan have nominated A. H. CAtDvr.ix. Eq., and Dr. J. G. Ramsat, for the House of Commons. That gallant Whig, John A. Lillinqton, Esq.,ia again the Whig candidateor tho Senate from Rowan and Davie The -"Plymouth Villge.earnestly recom-"-Bflel?- Sw the:Whoandi; tvof W v r8 Con Sna the conn. JJ of VYashington. ; 1; The ' Faye tte villa rPdenies fla ith insru,n response fn ni-: a v . . - J f -ragg, admitted thr ,t;-.. ' Kfi. umittea that'th-:-.. Probability of getting an, nortLTm I land, for r..7 7 PP'On of the public ' lands for North Cani; . -v. VAfUHDS 'I ' . . - ma. w argu aenies The Hon. Kksnktr RaVne ted vitation to deliver the a??l?P' i. Agricultural Fair vjS!. ' gndsear Norfolk " on ' i day of OotoW .L? k' -n 24th Q'"" i " , ,', Suiciiv-ln oine4to U. r.i.i v.- J a Itt II K or (lA?fl r m. . a ' on : T. !! Den Wmmitted suicide. throaL ' r lM -bycutUng hi, hanks. We are Indl.-.. ; .T rrend at'Mm Bank G ' -n ,n-?ne" f- posed to Internal Improvements a" B ' ftrUc aome Club'of Subscriber. nothing more nor less than a stnc t Vrry'IeW; SWiWJSilBI-i " 4" ..; tne man i... ... . llnn-D..M aixujcK, ih? wuioisier to Spain Ei n V. Brown, of Tennessee, and the Hnv I'oiK. -ot tne. same 5fet ate, gpent sat 't Sandaast in this City,-stopp5ng ;brongbIIuse.A number f ..urcitl, i6 pay their Tespeots to these distin-m- L Mr. BaRRWger, we are glad to heaHer will be cordialll, welco' numerous iricnas tnronghout the Stat discharged the; duties of his imr,!,16; won afroad with the most consumm9( ,"li4 and discretion, and his humanp pff r"i half of the unfortunate suiferers of th6 exnedition have won for him which any man might feel justly ,, J happen to know thatrthe manner in Wh" coraiai apprutai 01 me late Admi to Ob iinistratl,.. that it has elicited from the existing WotV 'H approbation, for the time that he remai duty, after its accession. 01 uov. duwij, ii win ue recollected liver toe-Annual Address before the '8 tn k l Lit. ary Societies of the Cniversitv. The Hon.' A. O. P. Nicholsov, (,f tU "W4 IDgion union, nu me lion. S. j . tt: 1 . 1 TT Tbe Hon- Richard C P'RVEig through Raleigh on Saturda S'en rt h0ll!!. wards. "Vv The Hon Sioh H ls prfwntjj this city. .. From the American Beacon. V. " ' AMUSING. r ATI tnA fRflfoco nanen in V r. i- one (weun anow now mnny more) in v. ja .seem i to M -particularly horrified coverjr iucj nam icvcmir "i:tiie mat Uen IW . , , l . I 1 i . -'01 , v1 'jnnLai folio in .tOoU. yoteu agiunsi a ni'ition to uke from free negroes who held rirnnertv oj ,s? taxes tn nsni. oi uunrage. it appears th.'tL did so tote, and trom the record wefindtbt-L . . in MilSf TAfi Idnf (tam,.A..:. I Arrinirton.' Branch. Bower. Wpb! other- pillars of the present locofoco nnT .mAfii,trlirttn vn-ur!ii.? la. . - 6 ' I """"ft"" "f , , ""-"6g. At.i. man wno presiaea over me late ConTentionb,. ! fora-its permanrnt organization. andtK. who 'was chairman of the committee tlm...... lea vresoHiuuuB j . abb, me very same. y Mr. Biggs is now a candidate for th. Senate. ""The Ashville News and the hm. mouth" Globe have had a good deal toisrlu ly about.44enthosiam among the free lor lucu incuu ocu, uwsierj. ftg tot lilrtf tn rtfnr$ if ftnv of triont riatTA U j . excitement among the free negroes in a wnu Senatorial. district. (not one-fourth the dism. oi our eosemporary's correspondence) fw tk triena air. Asa Jiggs. xne nragg men dctr dodge never ana ot course we ll get a dim answer to our interrogatory r we shall gee. 'A LITTLE MORE GRAPE CAPT. BRAGG." In 1848 Gen. Zachary Taylor, the hro Buena Vista, was the Whig candidate furtk Presidency ; of the United States. Keowi Ravner was the Whisr Elector fur this Di.;. and, Thomas Bragg, the present Lucocnuit candidate for Governor, was the Elector cta ,by the -Democracy. .Mr. Rayner used the n press! on which heads this article as an evident of the coolness oi uen. laylor in the Wall danger, asserting it as the generally receinj 1 opinion that such language was used La & heat of the engagement at Buena Yisu,u. addressed to Capt. Bragg. So anxiua. tn Mr. Thomas Bragg to detract from the mm of Gen. Taylor, that he emphatically imd that any such language was ever used, icik even went so far to write to hi brother to tain from him an endorsement of this demii.- But now, when capital is sought to be mtic for this identical, Mr. Bragg, by the lustrtte ffceted from the well earned fume of hiswlkul i brother, we bear no syllable of denial. E ry liococratic press is heading flamiDg editun sis in 'honor of Mr. Bragg, with "a little mon grape,' Capt. Bragg." Why this change ii conduct?. Was General Zachary Taylurlai deserving tbe eclat of the expression thin Mr. Thomas' Bragg, of Northampton? W3 some kind friend in the ranks of the Democn- cy inform us JOld Xorth Slate. We cannot pretend to say that Tbonu Bragg s mind has not undergone s cuus upon the subject of Internal Improvement! W e cannot, of our own knowledge, say that W has not always been a steady advocate of ewj scheme in which the State has been engsgei; bnt we do say that if he has changed his mini land if he now favors what he formerly oppwd 1 it is but right that he should avow snch change, openly and frankly. And we further mj if has always keen a steady advocate, he bu pp sued a different policy lrom his Lococwa friends in this District. They hate opposv suoh Improvements tbey have denounced ties they still denounce them their leader, Kit ted to represent them in the County of quimans, most bitterly denounced tbe Ceotm road and its extension, in a speech accept"! his nomination, avowing his determination oppose its extension to the death, if ne,h'11 be elected, and bis speech was applauded bj the assembled Democracy. Still more, we knot of Democrats in this County who are fopp to tbe road. Mr. Bragg is not looked opo a railroad man in this District all his are in opposition to the Central road the W gun 'in this District has denounced it; ana feel confident that if the Democracy hereco be brought to a test, they would oppose ital to a man.' We know there are some few'"'" ranks, who would, for the honor and credit the State, favor the extension and even adwcw other schemes calculated to develop the reiw ces and improve the State, but these are exce? tions, and they' are Tery few at that. - , T Old North S , v Front the Goldsboro' Telegraph. . Clinton, May 13th, 18- Messrs. Editors : Having learned frn j friend that the Journal in Wilmington JM do not read the paper myself) that Gmkab Dockery did. not produce a favorable impj sion ia Clinton on last Monday, now, lor parpose oof informing the Whigs over J Carolina tbetruth of the matter, I D u fully -say in behalf of the Whigs of th ' wjg that no candidate has ever appeared ihem that gave more general satisfaction. my word for iv Gen. Dockery will po" Votes in. this county than any former tsandidate, (Taylor no excepted.) i . Stii to you; that if the other eeanties in tni wiU do' as well as Sampson, Gen. u majority will be counted by thousands ins of hundreds. Yours truly. - .. . xm. rtinii. JUeneral Dockery is raF'"'-'wBn0tb. strength, in all quarters, and we at all. surprised, if he did beat bu Jd eating land dodging opponent finj 1 TOt SMI.BUIUdOCU, U 1W . .UnUgAD ' cwiogVwii dodgioj opponeo' fid Tm 1 auoju avis if'ttvo wiwuo-. wUT 1 the like in thaknown world ; almost every I for, Dockery,-and every day tne g-r rnVAhine in ti.nlitnHa tn nig Hlsl'u 1 that manDockery,-talk about run" np. iyernJiragg, orortharopton, 7:, life,"" lthe; worldandithe rest of niankina. j "gwanny." It is all yon are- fit for now ''' It lag 300 pounds," - widow wei6h: f havw not yet seen ii history "bf- fDoekarj was defoated. riyu
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