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ROsoiNoa or our r STATE LEGISLATURE.' Wednesday, Nov. 22. SENATE. ' The Senate did no business, except bal lot several times for Speaker, without result. ioe in an election. -HOUSE OF COMMONS. The House met at 10' o'clock, and Mr. Courts, of Rockingham, arose and withdrew the name of Mr. Dobbin, who wag a candi date for Speater. On motion, the House then proceeded to the election of Speaker, and Mr. Gilliam be in the only gentleman in nomination, was elected by the following vote : Gilliam 81, Dobbin 12,, Courts 7, Ellis 10, Stephenson 1, Person 1. Those who voted for Mr. Gilliam, were Messrs. Hargrove, Walser, Trull, J. M. Lerich, Mast. Stan ly, Clement, Hay-nan, Spivey, Cherry, Green, Biars,Canday. Allen, D F. Caldwell. Atkin, John sonT T. R. Caldwell. Erwin, Doak. Barringer. Long, Scett, Sroiih, Miller, Farmer, Ferebee, R.iyner, Pippt, Farrow, Hackney. Mcintosh. McClenahun, R. J. McDowell, Headen, Campbell, Hiyes, Koonce. Paine, Shuford, Wadsworth, Hicks, Stevenson, N. A. Harrison, J. J- Williams, Keene, Russell. Beau, T. J. Person, Logan, Peebles, Wilkhis, Kixon, Brown, McDade, Palmer, Stockard, A. M Gamble, Mebane, Blackburn, Proctor, Nicholson, Skinner, C.H. K. Taylor, Blow, CM. Williams. Satter thwaite, Sheeks, Skeene, Ojrlesby, J. White, Mo Cleese, W. L. Steele, Nicholls, Regan, Carmichael, McNeil, J.J. Gambill, Courts, Brogden, Coffield, SI Those who voted for Mr. Ellis, were Messrs. Coleman, McMullen. Thigpen, Dancy, W. K. Mar tin, Edwards, J. N. Dans, T. II. Williams, Thom son, Mosely 10 Those Nrho Toted for Mr. Courts, were Messrs. R. Jones, Lore, J. H. White, Reinhardt, Stowe, Herring, Newsom 7 "Those who voted for Mr. Dobbin, were Messrs. T. S. McDowell, N.L. Williamson. Pegram, Grigs, Kelly, Dickson, A. J. Leach, S. J. Person, Foy, El lis, Simms, Sherrard. 12 Mr. Woolen voted for Mr. Stevenson, and Mr. R. H. Jones, far S. J. Person. Mr. Gilliam having received a majority, The Clerk thereupon appointed Messr. Stanly and Courts to conduct the Speaker elect to the Chair; which being done, Mr. Gilfiarn addressed the House in a brief but highly appropriate speech. Air. Ferebee, of Camden, then moved that the House proceed to the election of Frinc pal Clerk, and nominated for that office Mr. W m w - . . t ft m a J as. 1. Littieionn, ol uranville. nlr. Haves, of Cherokee, added to this nomination the name of Mr. Maurice Q. Waddell, of Chat ham. Mr. Dobbin, of Cumberland, the nam of W. B. Gulick. The House then proceed ed to ballot as follows : Littlejohn 32, Waddell 23, Gulick 5?. No candidate receiving a majority of the votes the Hoase, on motion of Mr. Hicks, of Macon, proceeded to ballot a second lime, as follows: Littlejohn 14, Waddell 44, Gul ick 59, Busbee 1. Again there was no choice. Oa motion of Mr. Steele, of Richmond, the House proceeded to ballot a third time this gentleman nominating Mr. Pcrrin Bus. bee, of Raleigh. Mr. Ferebee withdrew the Dame of Mr. Littlejohn, and Mr. Dobbin that of Mr. Gulick. The vote then stood thus : Waddell 39, Bosbee 59, Gulick 18, Lit tlejohn 1. So Mr. Busbee was declared du ly elected. Mr. Tod R. Caldwell, of Burke, moved that the House go into an election for As sistant Clerk, vand nominated for that office t- T r TV- 1 - o . . T r jxir. J. iv. lsougc oi ourry. jir. rerson, oi Moore, added to this nomination the name of Mr. G. C. B. Singeltary, of Raleigh. Mr. Dodge wa3 chosen by the following vote : Dodge 68 Singeltary 49. The following persons were then put in nomination for Principal Door-keeper Messrs. Lovell, Moody, Jackson, Wright, v3Valton and others. Mr. W. R- Lovell, of Surry was elected on the first ballot. On motion, the House then adjourned un til to-morrow li o'clock. Thursday, Nov. 23, 1S4S. SENATE. The whale sitting was employed in ineffec tual efforts to elect a Speaker of this branch. HOUSE OF COMMONS. .Tbe House met this morning, pursuant to adjournment. After the reading of the Journal, the House proceeded to the election of Assistant Door keeper. There befng a large number of candidates before the House, there was no election on the 1st trial. -Mr, Steele, of iticbraond, moved that the Rales and Regulations of the last Session, govern the House, until further Rules be adopted. Mr. Mebane, of Orange, moved that a Committee of five be appointed to draw up Rules for the government of the House. On motion, the House again proceeded to vote for Assistant . Doorkeeper, all the can didates having been' withdrawn except two, which resulted as - follows : Livingston 32, Webster 79-. Mr. Mehaae offered a Resolution, notify, ing the Senate, that the House was fully or ganized.'and readv to' broceed 16 business. Mr. EUis, ot Rowan, offered a Resolution, appointing a: Committee of three, to in form the Governor ! tut tbe House was ready to receive from' his Excellency, any Com munication which" he' mi rht hav i lav be- 1 Mf EU' '!od the object of u ivMuiuuuu 10 tie, nt to ask f the Uov eroorhis Biennial Message, but any Com munication tnat properly belonged to tbe consideration of the House. The Chair ap. pointed, under i the above Resolution, the louowing.Renuemen, viz - Messrs. Ellis, - The Chalrannouneed the following een tlemeVtfie Committee on Rules i vi aiawvwuc, vuuris and oieete. J be Speaker presented to tbe House communication in relation to the contested in i crquiraoni vounty, wnicn, on . tie. Smtiij; was hid upon tbe ta Govern;, "lee Wanted to wait upon the port, that thV, K UlnU W"1 re 5 ana L onVhi. Excellen Wfurcthe Huus" coramur'Uon (o hy A message, in relation to the resignation of Mr. Flemmiog, the member from the County of Yancey, was immediately receiv ed from the Governor, and read. Mr. Ellis then moved that a Writ of elec tion, lobe held in Yancey County, on 8th of December, be forthwith issued and sent by special messenger, which motion prevail ed. Mr. Hayes, of Cherokee, moved to recon sider the question just passed, on the ground that the 8th of December would be too early a period for holding the required election. On this motion, there sprung up a short dis cussion, which was participated in by Messrs. Ellis, Hayes, Stanly, Walser, Hicks and Doak. The House refused to reconsider. On motion of Mr. Williams, of New Han over, the House adjourned until to-morrow, 10 o'clock. HON. MILLARD FILLMORE, The Vice President elect of the United States, was waited upon at the Irving House, In New York, on Tuesday evening, by the Whig General Com mittee, and their chairman. Hon. Philip Hone, ad dressed him in some congratulatory remarks. Mr. Hone alluded to Mr. Fillmore s birthplace, tne state of New York; to the fact that for Vice 1'resident he was New York's first choice; and expressed the confidence of his fellow-citizens that, iu the distin- guished position he was called upon to fill, he would seek only the country's welfare ; that he would pro- " ' . . tect and promote the arts of peace ana consult me good of the people. ; Mr. Fillmore replied very happily, acicnowieug- 1 ,1 i .u ine tne compliment, ana mouesuy aunuuung me ( successor the W his nomination to the name of Gen- j eral Taylor, of whom he said : In that man, and his simplicity, energy and straight forwardnes. I have the hiehest coufidence. i . - o I have never had the honor of taking him by the haud,or of meeting, him face to face, bull have stud- ied well his character, and I feel, therefore, that 1 know hrm well, for it is a character plain and open, to be read by every body, and not of that complex nature that deludes and puzzles the observer. I have no doubt that under his administration you will realize all the high and patriotic expectations that you entertain, and that the country will re ceive an impetus and a direction, under his honest hands, that will go fur not only to make it flourish, but to make Vs institutions endure. I look to him with confidence for a restoration of sound republi can principles, and for an administration of honest meu ; and with him, I a:u sure, we shall have the government of the popular voice not the expres sion of the arbitrary will of one man. What the people demand the people will have, and upon them will depend the success of the administration of Zachary Taylor. Cheers. Gentlemeu, 1 thank you heartily for the kind ness with which you have welcomed me, and I wish you all happiness und prosperity. Prolonged cheer ing The company then shook hands with Mr Fill more, and numerous introductions took place. Hon. John A. Collier, one of the electors for the State at large, being, present, was called upon, and briefly addressed the corn pa uy. TUE DEATH OF THE DOMINIE. LV THOMAS HOOD. 'Take him up, says the rooster.' Old Spelling Bool;. My old schoolmaster is dead, lie 'died ot a stroke,' and I wonder none of his pupiis have ever done the same. I have been flogged by many masters, but bis rod, like Aaron's swallowed all the rest. We have often wished th he whip ped on the principle of Italian penmanship up strokes heavy, down strokes light ; but he did it in English round hand, and we used to think with a very hard pen. Such was hia love of flog ging, that, for eoine faiiure in English composi tion, after having been well corrected, I have been ordered to be revised. I have heard of the learning, and he did justice to it ; we certainly never went a stage in education without being well horsed. 1 he mantle of Dr. Busby descend ed on his shoulders and on ours. There was but one tree on the play ground a birch, but it never had a twig or a leaf upon it. Spring or summer. it always looked as large as if the weather had been cutting at the latter end of the year. Pic tures they say, are good incentives to learning, and certainly we never got through a page with out cuts ; for instance, 1 do not recollect a Latin article without a tail-piece. All the Latin at the school might be comprised in one line Arma rriumque cano." An arm, a man, and a cane. It was Englished to tne one day in school-house, when I wad study ing Robinson Crusoe, instead of Virgil, by a storm ot bamboo that really carried on tbe illusion, and made me think for a time that I was assaulted by a set of savages. He seemed to consider a boy as a bear' cub, and set himself literally to lick him into shape. He was so particularly fond of striking us with a leather strap on the fiats of our hands, that he never allowed tbem a day'rf rcsL There was no such thing as palm Sunday in our calendar. In one word, he was disinterestedly cruel, and used as industriously to strike for noth ing as others strike for wages. Some of the elder boys, who bad read Smoliel, christened him Ro derick, from hi biting like Random, and beiug so partial to Strap. His death was characteristic- After making is will, he sent for Mr. Taddy, the head usher, and addressed him in these words " It is all over, Mr. Taddy I am sinking fast -I am cin frnn the terrestrial globe to the cclesiial and have promised Tomkins a flogging mind he has it. and don't let him pick off the buns I bare asked Aristotle (here bis bead wandered,) and he says I cannot live an hour I don't like that black horse grinning at' me cane him soundly for not knowing his verbs uan lego lo, non quod odio habeam O, Mr. Taddy, it a a breaking up wan me the vacation s coming Ufere is that black, black horse again Dulci moriens remiuucUur we are short ot canes Mr. Taddy, don't let the school gel into disorder when I am gone t ant afraid through .my il!nP6s the boys have gone back in their flogging I feel a strange feeling all over me is tbe new pupil come I trust I have done my duty and have made my will and left all (here his head wan dered again) to Mr. Souter, the school bookseller Mr. Taddy, I invite you to my funeral make (he boys walk in good order and take care of the crossings. My sight is getting dim write to Mrs. D. at Margate and inform her we break upon the 2Ut. The door is left open I am very cold where is my rulergonn I feel John, light (he school lamps J cannot see a line O, Mr. Taddy venit bora my hour is come I am dying thou art dying he is dying. We are dying you are dy ." 1 he voice ceased. He made a feeble motion with his hands, as if he was rulin a copy-book the 'ruling passion strong in death' and expir ed. An epitaph composed by himself was discover edin his desk with an unpublished pamphlet a gainst Tom Paine. The epitaph was so stuffed with quotations from Homer and Virgil, syid al most every Greek and Latin author besides, that th mason who was consulted by the widow, de clined to lithograph it under a hundred pounds, be Domino consequently reposes under no more Latin iban. Hie acel i anJ wilhout a particle of reek, though he is himself a Long Homer. n 1 stron1y impressed with the opinion that a ureat Charge has been goirgon In the public mind." Gin. Cass to A. O.P. Nicholson. vikLi " '"" in that way, when the Nicholson letter w!ta written, we should juge he vs? prcttr xrtll eourinad of it bv this tlaic C 0 MMfaN I CATION S . (No. 2) To the Members of the Legislature. We premised in this number to notice some of the evils resulting to the community from the pres ent system of County Courts. 1. How do they affect the Bar? It is notorious that the lawyers loci do all the businesssof any im portance in these Courts. The attendance of others at a distance, therefore, is not only an almost useless expenditure of money, but it is also time taken away from nttention to their legal pursuits. Yet they are compelled to visit the sittings of County Courts, in order to watch over such little as may be committed to their bauds in them, and, chiefly, to get practice in the Superior Court. It is, in effect, attending two Courts, when, under a better system, one would bo sufficient.' Every lawyer will testify how wearisome and harassing it is to go the round of Courts in North Carolina, coming as they do, in such rapid succes sion as to leave no room for the improvements of the study, while at the same time, they but little com pensate the purse. Besides, County Courts, from their very nature, tend to make bad lawyers; and this is an injury both to the profession and to the community, for every man is subject to incalculable ills when bad lawyers arc abundant. Thus much we thought it necessary to remark up on the operation of County Courts iu reference to the Bar, who are, it is admitted, of all others, the lightest sufferers. 2. It would be a decided objection, we think, to any judicial system to say, that it does not prevent " on 5 "e '. saw, mai it wtues a,ui rnuh,plies litigation, the objection becomes too over- who minor tn ho racmf Arl Th( m,r tnl.. ln on . ,1 , -j of the County Courts. Being low tribunals, of easy ' r , i . . Y " DOTtunitv 13 afforded to to law. nnil npnnlp true ., . V . rri their nature, rush in oit under the slightest spur. ' uu.ri3 "erV , " .sieusi7 a "'S1'" V"ce b th?, dl2D1, earning and ability of the Juuge. wouia not people, iruc again to tneir nature, ! be more apt to reflect before they took upon them selves the risk and nnxieues, the necessary delay and expenses of a law-suit ? We find, iu accordance with this reasoning, that most of those trivial cases which crowd and disgrace the records of justice, were commenced in the County Court?, and but for them had probably never heen commenced at nil. 3. More and worse. We have seen that tho County Courts open an easy path for people to get iuto law do they show equal despatch and facility in getting them out? They do not. On the con trary, they prolong litigation. This will appear up on a brief examination. It is uot of the nature of County Courts to in spire fceliugs of confidence and satisfaction in their decisions, and iu verdicts rendered unJer their eyes. Hence uo suit, especially no important suit, termin ates iu them. All the time, consequently, that the suit remained iu the County Court, is lost, unless it appears tht a trial in that Court hastens and as sists the trial in the Court above. But this does not appear. On the other hand, a trial in the Coun ty Court rather perplexes and protracts tho trial in the Superior Court. For owing to the loose style of business which obtains in the former, one or two Terms are lost in getting the records right ; and when at length tho case is reached, and the trial gone through, the party cast puts in the plea of sur prise, so different are the facts testified to from those in the County Court, (t he intervening time being employed by the parties in hunting after tes timony) and therefore the Judge grants a new trial. Now, all this time, all this vexation, all this ncce- mulating expense might have been spared by bring ing the suit at once before a tribunal, which could ueciae promp;iy ana satisfactorily. To illustrate, in a few words, our whole system of judicial procedure, take the case of a suit before a Magistrate for $5,00. It goes to the Court, and re mains there 12 or IS months ; an appeal is taken to' the Superior Court ; one or two Terms are lost there in getting the records right ; it is then put on the docket at the tail ; stands there two or three more before it is reached: it is tried; the losing party are surprised at the facts testified to; the Judge grants a new trial ; finally an appeal is taken to the Supreme Court; and there too. three or five years are spent in litigating tor five dollars ! Is this ad ministration of justice in North Carolina? Age, thou ovght to be ashamed ! 4. County Courts open a door to perjury. A case is tried in the County Court upon one. pre sentment of facts. It goes to the Superior Court, and it becomes necessary for the cast party to prop their sinking cause with testimony to suit the exhi bitions of the facts made in the Court below. This testimony is found too frequently, it is to be fear ed, in the facility with which some persons can dis regard their oaths. The case is, consequently, tried" in the Superior Court upon another presentment of facta surprise now seizes the other party, and it comes their time to hunt after new evidence, to suit this.new array of facts. They find it probably in the same way. 5. A word or two, in conclusion, on the expen siveness of County Courts. If time be money, then the community have good ground to complain of the enormous amounts which County Courts abstract from their daily avocations and pursuits. The truth is. we have little time in North Carolina for any thing else but to attend Courts having, as we do, six J ury Courts iu a year, while muny other States, especially the new States, have only two or three, and find them amply sufficient. County Courts are for the most part oc jj -j . . .. ... cupied with business not requiring the intervention of a jury; the time, therefore, speut in attendance on them, by jurors and witnesses, is uselessly con sumed uselessly to themselves aud to the public. We attended a session of the County Court lately, aud though the juror and witnesses were detained the while week, not a single case was tried on the civil docket. But the expense does not ston with time it includes money also. Before, however, presenting nny statistics on this point, we beg to re fer you to the 2Jth page of Gov. Graham's Message to the last Legislature, where you will find not on ly all that we have said comprised in a nut-shell, but also a reform indicated to which we are entire ly Tavorable, aud the expenses of which we wish to place in contrast to those of our present system, nere are me lacts. 1 he expense of a County Court per term (averoge) is about 3225 00. Four sessions a year, will make this J900 00. The; ex pense of an additional Superior Court, including pay of 'Judge, jurors, officers, &.c., will be a boat $280 CO, which taken from $900 00 leaves $020 00. A Probate Court once a month by three justices, will support itself, except the pay of the justices allow for this $72 00. A County Court of all the justices, for County and Police business, of two Terms a year consisting of one or two days each, will cost about $100 00. The expense of the two Courts together $172 00, taken from Sfi20 00 leaves our present system still ahead, by $448 00. We pot it down for a certainty that the proposed system will be a saving to each County in the State, of between $400 and $600. We make no comment upon this showing. But we hazard nothing in saying, that if you would pre vent the annual waste of so large a sum, and either divert it into useful channels, or let it remain in the. pockets whence it is drawn, you will "deserve better of the State, than the whole race of her politicians put together." O.t FOR THE REGISTER. Mr- Editor : In a former communication. I urced the improvement and extension of the Raleigh and Gaston Rail Road, and promised to say something of the advantages of such extension. That Road has already greatly benefitted a laree porxion oi mis oiaie, oy reducing the freight on 1 ronalt, Groceries, and other heavy articles, and giving facilities of getting produce to market. Improve the structure of tbe Road, extend it fur ther, snd reduce the price of Freight still loiter, and a much larger portion of the State will share in the advantages of the Road. This would enhance the value of lands, by giving Agriculturists greater fa cilities of getting to Market ; and greatly increase both the business and travel of tie Road. I was somewhat surprised to learn some -months past, that a portion of East Tennessee, and a part of South western Virginia, received their goods via Charles ton, S. C. The extension cow viconiuicadcl would certainly give those sections of country a more di rect and expeditious route, of receiving their sup plies." Such extension would bring into favorable notice the fertile lands of the Western portion of the State; which from the mildness of the climate, advantages for agricultural purposes and stock raising, including the Wool-growing, hold out strong inducements for set tiers from the Northern States, whose lands are much higher in price and the climate more cold. I perceive that the Rail Road leading to Winchester, Va., is said to have had a very large increase of bu siness this Fall, exceeding for the month of Septem ber, three thousand dollars over the same period last year, and that the emigration to Western Virginia was very large. Make facilities of reaching the Western portion of the State and reaching the mar ket, and North Carolina may expect an emigration of a valuable class of citizens from the Northern States, who would find it to their advantage to do so in preference to going-to the far West The State is amply able to embark in such a work as is now recommended, and when we have so many instances in other quarters, where Rail Roads properly constructed and well-arranged have been successful, we should not hesitate. Individual en terprise might also be brought to bear on the under taking; if not by the adv&nce of large amounts of capital, it might at least be effected by Farmers and others pu the line of the Road, engaging to complete certain portions of the work, and taking the amount in stock. The time is uow very favorable for pur chasing. Iron, at an unusually low price; then let our citizens without regard to geographical or sectional prejudices, determine to have a Central Rail Road, worthy of North Carolina. ENTERPRISE. Presentation of our Regimental Colors. The following Addresses were delivered on the Presentation of the Colors, carried by the North Carolina Regiment of Volunteers in the Mexican War, to Governor Graham by Colonel Paine, on Monday last : ADDRESS OF COL. PAINE. Governor : This flag t received at the hands of the Adjutant General of the Statiof North Car olina, with the instruction that he was commission ed to bear it from your Excellency as-a precious gift from the Legislature of the State to the North Carolina Regiment of Volunteers. It was the stand ard under which those brave men left their native shores to meet the enemie of our country on for eigu soil. The alacrity with which the citizens of North Carolina pressed forward to enrol them selves in the service oftheir country, then engaged in a war with Mexicfe was a sure guarantee of their devotion to the public weal, aud entitled those sol diers of the State to this act of munificence and this token of regard from the representatives of the peo ple of N.orth Carolina. It was to be expected, sir, that you, as Commander-in-Chief of the military forces of North Caro lina, and every citizen of the State having its in terest and honor at heart, would look with great anxiety to the achievements of those, into whose hands was confided for the time, the military char acter of our State, Sir, I had the distinguished, and I fear the undeserved honor of leading our gallant Regiment to the land of our enemies. This post of honor and of high responsibility I received at the hand of your Excellency. I received it, sir, with great difhdeuce and distrust in my own powers to meet the expectations incident to so great a trust. I sought it neither directly nor indirectly. It was, I believe sir, freely conferred by your Excellency by me it was received and undertaken as a high public duty, involving in its discharge personal dan- irer. as well asDublic responsibility, and one to be :. .-. . - . regarded as even paramount to the dearer ties of do mestic life. The manner in which I discharged this important trust has become -matter of history, and 1 cheer fully acquiesce in its impartial verdict. Sir, it did not full to the lot of the North Caro lina Volunteers to meet tbe enemy on the field of battle, but as the commanding officer of those brave troops whose duty it was to observe and study well their disposition, I say with pride and with a full knowledge of the truth of what I utter, that they were not only ready, but desired to meet the enemy in a conflict of arms; and had an opportunity offered, they would have sustained in battle that character for prowess and bravery which was hoped and ex pected of them by the most anxious' of their friends at home. But, sir, it is not deeds in battle alone that give character to tho soldier. He has many other and more trying duties to perform, which go to form his character as a soldier and to stamp that character with high and deserving merit. Through all the most tiresome and arduous of such duties, through the hardships and privation incident to a soldier's life, through great sufferings from sickness and mortality, the troops I commanded, as a regi ment, bore themselves with fortitude and patience and with a deportment that deserved and received on occasions which brought them under the imme diate eye and observation of our superior officers, high and distinguished commendation. Sir, it is fit and most proper, on this occasion, that I ebould say, that in the midst of other corps, dis satisfied with and deserting from tbe service of their country, the North Carolina Regiment remained true and st ed fast in their duties, and by their con duct and deportment so fur acquired the confidence of the commanding officer as to be called upon and especially designated to prevent such desertions. They bring back sir, ii is true, no trophies won in battle, by which this flag may be surrounded and its history perpetuated ; but we have brought it buck unstained by rapine or violence, and honored by the fortitude, patience and endurance of those to whose keeping it was entrusted. To you, sir, as the commander-in-chief of the military forces of North Carolina, I return this flag, hoping that we who have had it in keeping, have in the service in which we were engaged, merited your opprobation and that of our country. GOV. GRAHAM'S REPLY. , ! Colonel: I receive with much satisfaction, the Colors now returned, and will'direct them to be de posited iu the office oi the Adjutant General. Most heartily, do I congratulate you sir, and the officers and soldiers lately under jrpur command, on your safe arrival at your homes, and restoration to the comforts of domestic life, and again present to you the thanks of the State, for the service voluntarily rendered on the call of your country in the recent war wth;Mexico. This Flag was presented to the Regiment, as the emblem of the prowess, and brave ry and honor of the State, at a time, when however great was our confidence, that in the pending strug gle, our arms would ultimately prevail, it was yet uncertain what would be the cost of success, land who were the victims to be sacrificed for its attain ment. iAs you have remarked, it so chanced in the fortunes of war, that it did not wave over fields of conflict with the enemy, and therefore it comes back to us with no trophies of victory. This however was the misfortune, and not the fault of the brave men, who rallied uuder its folds : and I am well as sured that opportunity only was wantine to render it at once the incentive and the witness to valiant exploits.; It will be preserved with the military ar chives Of. the State; a memento of the services of your comrades and yourself, and a pledge that the N ational honor, when once stoked, bv the Constitu tional authority, will never want ready and gallant defenders. Feeling a deep concern that the Regiment should acquit itself, as became tbe character of the State, I have heard with sincere pleasure of its general good order and high discipline, and the compliments accorded to it for those qualities. To yield a prop er deference to tbe regulations prescribed for their conduct and the discipline required for effective sol diers, was but to render, in their new situation, that tributewhich we habitually pay to the civil author itv- To yourself sir, on whom so much of the reputa tion of jtbe Regiment was necessarily ; to depend, knowing 'as I do at what sacrifice you accepted; its command, without solicitation on the part of yourself or your' friends, 1 feel it but justice to say that you have returned to your country with a Military char acter of which any man might be proud. To ; have so performed the duties of a new and difficult; and most responsible trust, as to merit and acquire the encomiums of Bragg and Washington and Ham truck,j3ind ether npprved and experienced masters ; of their profession, who wre witnesses of your bear-1 ing as an officer ; to have had the uniform approba tion of your superiors, and these such soldiers as the veteran Wool, and that other great ehieftain who has stamped his name on a new era in Ameri can arms, and been recently eleVated to the Chief Magistracy of the American people, is enough for the desire of the most ambitious spirit. These tes timonials of fidelity and duty are a sufficient com pensation for the want of opportunity for distinction in battle, and render your Military reputation a part of the fame of the State. May all prosperity and happiness attend you and your late companions in arms, in the pursuits of civil life. Nortli Carolina. Election. Owing to a few inaccuracies, as published in our last, we insert in a corrected form, the official vote for President, in this State : . PRESIDENTIAL VOTE Official. Aug. 1845. I Nov. l84Si g - so H O p . 2. 3 g . o Anson 109 400 ' j 10S4 .359 Ashe 551 7S2 ( 6C0 358 Alexander 334 201 367 . 151 Burke 1299 396 f 1210 286 Buncombe 921 C44 996 434 Bladeu 281 516 j 2S0 341 Bertie 524 370 524 302 - Beaufort 857 512 t 923 463 Brunswick 301 194 : 319 237 Cabarrus 743 377 756 377 Craven 742 730 ' C96 616 Cumberl'd 578 1023 812 1191 Chowan 293 228 295 17,1 Columbus 174 440 169 274 Caldwell 5S9 133 503 96 ! Camden 489 SO 493 70 Carteret 407 3C5 474 317 Caswell 263 1081 293 1087 Chatham 935 781 1033 519 Cherokee 582 2l7 549 175 i Cleaveland 421 727 314 421 i Currituck 177 5S3 193 466 ' Davidson 1096 669 1087 520 ' Davie 542 391 448 251 Duplin 218 921 318 939 , Edgecomb 104 1406 143 1335 Franklin 319 673 341 653 Gates 371 390 379 289 Greene 207 315 313 237 Granville 1016 916 959 831 Guilford 1567 442 1714 373 '' H;Pywood 412 430 413 213 j Halifax 601 507 582 446 ! Hertford 330 173 316 144 j Hyde 469 298 495 236 ' Henderson 656 227 541 116 : Iredell 1042 257 1137 211 J Johnston 720 814 646 746 ! Jones 215 181 . 242 136 1 Lenoir m.259 ; 2S2 334 j Lincoln 632 1877 828 1593 ) Martin 339 507 361 545 Moore 544 556 1 533 406 Montgomery 609 86 583 82 Mecklenburg 668 1068 775 945 McDowell 559 161 Macon 451 352 427 207 Nash 106 887 113 798 N. Hanover 275 1015 464 1255 Northampton 512 500 493 488 Onslow 176 663 . 211 686 Orange 1714 1726 1667 1585 j Pasquotank 471 176 570 244 Perquimons 366 265 434 253 Pitt 589 71 636 479 I Person 360 578 346 518 Polk 228 128 226 52 Randolph 1199 313 1195 225 Robeson 581 623 633 545 Richmond 545 68 699 71 Rockingham 340 968 380 766 Rowan S27 696 859 560 Rutherford 1037 311 958 126 Sampson 530 692 612 741 Surry 1090 1226 1132 852 Stokes 1003 1223 1014 912 Stanly 746 26 725 14 Tyrrell 336 106 300 96 Union 775 945 Wake 991 1293 1028 1247 Warren ; 172 630 156 667 Washington 358 182 373 149 Wayne 264 1097 258 903 Wilkes 1299 309 1060 121 Yancy 357 634 31m. 42,360 41,486 43,450 34.869 24,869 Taylor's majority, 8,581 THE STUDENT. t: He trimmed his lamp, Which, like a marsh-light, quivered curiously, And from his oaken book-shelf, taking down A ponderous tome, he did unclasp the boards That bound it, and with deep and earnest glance Scowled on the letters; then anon, he raised liis raven eye, and said his name was Study. There is great magic in the word Student. It conjures up a very strong and vivid picture. We see a thin, pale, young man, with long black hair which appears to have been unprofaned by a comb since its last visit to the pillow. We see him sit ting in thread-bare black coat, old pantaloons and slippers, bending over a table enlightened by a sin gle candle, tbe wick of Which is beginning to grow of portentous length. His breast is curved, his head is bent towards the paper,' and a little on one side, and his right hand holds a pen which traverses the paper with eager and steady velocity. The on ly cessation is when the labourer raises bis eyes to guide the pen to the inkstand, or when, in endeav oring to recover some idea which, in the rapidity of thought, had escaped him, he raises his left hand to his forehead and ponders for some half minute. Behind him stands his shelf of Books, and upon the table, iu one promiscuous melee lie quartos, octavos and twelves ; ooetry, philosophy and criticisim : Newton and Milton in friendly contact ; and the 4lape of the Locke quietly resting on a book of t luxions. " Unheard the clock repeats its hours." In tfre fever of intellectual eleitements the mind takes no account of time. The candle gradually de creases, and, as its last Same is quivering in the socket, the exhausted Student casts himself on his bed, to snatch amid phantoms of books and ghosts, - J . , . m ' oi pens ana lUKsiuuas, & snort respite irom conlinu ed action of mind. mm. JfJXfllS dc CLARK have turned ont the I l above number of Piano Fortes, from their Man ufactory in New York, since its establishment, and we therefore conclude, that with all the facilities to procure the requisite materials, which they have readily at command, (aided by the improvements which bare regularly progressed in their manufac ture ;) they have now arrived at considerable per fection in tbeir tone and finish. . Amoag a supply recently received is one with 6 octaves, made of rich . and beautifully variegated Rose-wood, small round cornered ease, projecting front, carved gothic tablet, with large swelled octa gon legs. This with others, received from the Man ufactory of II. Woacwa, a boose of equal stand nig with any iu this country, iuak their assortment "erLmp ete the prlCM of wuicn vry from 200 to 450 and in every instance they will warrant tbem to give entire satisfaction te purchasers. GAINES, RICHES A, CO. Sycamore Street, Petersburg, Vs. Not. 10,1848. . - 92 HOUSE FURNITURE Ml f liS 1 t IF not sold at private sale earlier, I ofr Public sale,on the premwes, on the 1 5th of D 11 ber nefct, my House and Lot In Greenville .m"8 Furniture of every description. The Building new and completervarious and well arraneed Tk1" is a two story Dwelling, two Office, and1. ' of good drinking water in the yard. Sale peeH)l,11 and terms made easy. For particular, relW ted Bills. LEWIS P. OLn October 3, 1848. l 6- 71 if Land and Negroes ! jfKN Tuesday the 12th of DecemLer y IrshaU sell to the hiehest balder ., .u. 'shall sell to the highest bidder, at th n"tt. t ilprifA nf Jnhn Show ilprfncti! 1 ?1 fl.e rfsi- e late , , Jliues iorUj of Haleigh, " Wet Twenty Seven Likely ffeirro. about 2000 Acres of valuable Land Fiv Bales of Cotton, the present crop 0 Cotton, in the seed, 2 Wagons 4 Horses, 1 yoke of Oxen ' 1 Ox Cart, and the re- ' mainder of the HOGS, CATTLE AND SHEEP belonging to the Estate of John Shaw, j' Terms will be announced on the day of fll JNO. B. LEATHERS T... South Lowell, Orange, Nov. 1. .9 u Land and Negroes for Sale ! BEING very desirous of leaving this Stale 1 n offer for sale the TRACT OFLANDou which I reside, containing by estimation, 1300 acres, and T ualed in the County of Halifax, with the Ralei and Gaston Rail Road on one side, and the RjV(r Roanoke on the opposite combining the advaiuap of transportation, by the River and Road, and in! few hours run ou the Rail Road to Petersburg r Raleigh haviug Gaston in 5 mile and Littletou Depot the same distance. The Dwelling House it iu a mile and a half of the Rail Road. The subscriber deems it unnecessary to go into a description of ih, many advantages and inducements held out to per. sons desirous of owning such properly. He request, that any petsou desirous of owning such propertv will call and look at it ; and he can confidently say that il combines as mauv comforts and advautatrps ,,,. place in the country, and is known as one of the heal lest places in that section of the State. If tie a bove described Land is not sold before the I.t day of November, it will then be put up publicly, aud sold without reserve at which time the Subscriber pro poses to sell from 15 to 18 Valuable Slaves, mostly house servants. They will be sold in families, as I am not disposed to violate the laws of humaniiv by selling or separating children from their parent. R. H. MOSBY Halifax County, July V7, 1848. 57 ff- AGENCY TO LOCATE SOLDIERS' CLAIMS 7"IT1HE undersigned, a citizen of Lafayette Coun. U ty, Mississippi, proposes to locate Claims, for Bouuty Lands, for citizens of the State of North Car olina, on the best Cotton Lands in the Northern part of Louisiana, and the Southern part of Arkansas, up on the most reasonable terms. For Terms, address Rufus Barringer, post paid. Concord, North Caroli na, or the Subscriber, P. B. BARRINGER. Refer to Gen. A. B. Bradford, Hon. T. J. Word, J. $ H. A. Burr, Esqs. - Hon. H. R. Miller, Judge J. Pinson, , Hou. D. F. Caldwell, D. M. Barringer, Maj. G. W. Caldwell, Holly Springs, Mississippi Oxford, Mississippi. ) Pontotoc, V Mississippi. Salisbury, Concord, Charlotte. 85 3ra Oxford, Mississippi, Sept 18, 848 REV. DR. HOOPER'S : ; IN THE COUNTRY, JWear Littleton Mejwt, Warren County, W. C. THE Subscriber, having spent upwards of thirty years as au Instructor in the Colleges of tin two Carolines, is desirous to retire, for the rest of hit life, to a more private situation He proposes, there fore, to open iu January next, at the place abort- menuouea, A Select School for Boys, between 8 and li Yean ef Age, in which their intellectual and moral cultivation can be carefully attended to,1 and where they will be withdrawn from tbe usual temptations ot our towns and villages. The Subscriber hopes that his Ion? services iu public Institutions, have made him suffi ciently known to the public, to turntsh to parents i guars uty that their sous, it entrusted to him, win v well taught and well taken care ot. Me is nupp; . - 1 .1 .I.... I. : - I. 4 1, . .f Prnf alSO lO uuu, llioi lie K iv nave hid aoaiaiauuc ui Deberniere Hooncr. for many yean past, Instructor iu Classics aud modern Lauguagei, iu the Uuiversity of this State. Terms, 200 per auaum, Modern Lancmaires. S2U extra. Tbe first year, there will be accommodations fr only 14 or 16 ; applications, therefore, should be early made. INd boys over fifteen will be taken, u atuw o.int number under that ar. be offered. All ether particulars given in a Circular, winch will be sent to any on on applicatkn,to the subscri ber at'Wake Forest College, N. C, till the 15th of December next; after which time, applicatiou niurf bs made to bun at Litllelou, Warren Couiiiy. v- W. HOOFLK. Nov. 6. State Qt North Carolina -Gbantuli Cocktt, In Equity. September Term, 1848. John Wimbisb, Administrator de lonis non with the Will annexed of James Vaughan, dee'd., export. Petition. j This cause coming on to be heard at the present Term, upon the Petition and exhibits filed : h -dered by the Court, thai notice be given te tbe heirs-at-law of James Vaughan, late of the said County o Granville, dee'd., as well as lo all others, vUon may concern, by publication lor the space of si of' cessive weeks in the Raleigh Kegister, lo be A "j" pear at the ensuing Term of the Court of Equity w be held for the County Granville aforesaid, m Court House at Oxford on thejirst Monday of Mare" next, and show cause, (if any they haTs) wnj ,D fund in the Master's office, being the proceeds ariwof from the sale of certain Real Estate, of the ssw Vaughan, deceased, should not be paid out to tw I titioner, as Administrator de bonis non, with the annexed of the said deceased, to be dieposed j distributed under the residuary clause of the saw according to tbe provisions snd directions tie contained, relative to tbe same, ss in tbe said peui is prayed ; and that in the mean time, the aU r lion do stand over. THO. B LITTLEJOHN, C. M Oct. 10. (Pr. Advt. 8 00.) JU, 6 WILLIAMS, HAYWOOD 4 CJ, Apothecaries, KEEP constantly on band, wl well selected stocuof tt OUt Bye Stuff, Perfumer y, w " aow ana nctitre Druggists' Glassware, fo Atao, Wines and Brandy, of the IJ2L' Medical purposes, and superior Segars, 1 ow CC Arc, which they offer for sale, on the aw KCai daUcgr terms fi j, . lltJeigh, Oct. 16 84 -
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