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enuntofanourrage perpetrated otf Mr. MaCtedy,
on Monday night, at the Aator Place Opera House
in that city : . ? ' . j 'isv ?
-The announcement thal'Mr. Mscreadj would
appear ia this theatre, in the character of Mac
be thf-attracted"- -very rcrowded house iast'eve
ningi As aooo as the doors were opened, a very
large number of persona altogether of the male
sex. entered the theatre, and took their seats in
diflfcreat puts of ihe boose. .They were followed
by many others, amoojw hom were probably fifty
or sixty ; ladies, Lug before the curtain rose,
the bouse was' well' fi fled, the gallery and par
qnette being quite crowded. It novr began to
be -whispered abduf that thu reception Mr.
Macready would not be favorable on the part of a
portion of the auditory i and the1 appearance of
Mr. Matsel, thVchief o( police, and a very strong
body of force under bis orders, seemed to strength
en the rumors which were circulated throughout
thetheaire. -The house was, however, perfectly
fluiet until the curtain rose upon the first scene,
whea the appearance of Mr. Clark, who persona
ted, ihe character of Malcolm, elicited three loud
and enthusiastic cheers from the parquette snd
gallery. , tFrum this moment, the cheering, his
aiDg, whistling, sod other expressions of feeling,
began, and not a syllable was heard, the remaiu
der of the scene and the succeeding, till the en
trance of Macbeth, passing in dumb show. When
Macbeth and Banquo catered in the third scene,
the oproar was deafening. A perfect torrent of
groans and hisses assailed Mr. Macready, and a
deluge of assafoettda was discharged upon him
from the gallery, filling the whole house with its
pungent and nut' particularly fragrant odor. A
rotten eggi la Montreal, was projected against
hm, but missing- the face of the eminent trage
dian, bespattered 'the stage at' bis feeu- The
friends of Mr. Macready, who appeared rather
to oit number those opposed to him, now mani
fested their feelings by cries of 'shame 1' 'shame!'
cheers, and waving of haudkerchiefs, provoking
a response in the form of renewed groans, hisses,
and half a dozen rotten potatoes on the part of
the others.- Three cheers for Edwin Forest !'
were called for by some one in the pit, and were
given with great enthusiasm by those unfriendly
to Mr. Macready. Then came the cry of three
cheers for-Macready ! responded to with equal
enthusiasm by the opposite side of the house.
The scene which followed beggars description
Hisses, groans, cheers, yells, screams, all sorts
of noises, jo the midst of which Mr. Macready
still, maintained his position in the centre of the
stage. .Off!' . off! shouted one party. Go
on I. go on !' screamed the other. Mr. Mac
ready approached the lights, lie was greeted
by roars of ironical laughter, and reiterated hisses
and groans. - A banner was at tbis moment ex
hibited in1 frohrof the' amphitheatre, bearing on
its side, No' apolosries it is too late ! and on
the other, Ydd have ever proved yourself a liar !
The' appearance of this baouer was the signal for
a perfect tornado of uproarious applause, laughter,
cheers and groans, in the midst of which an old
shoe and a cent piece. Were burled at Mr. Mac
readr who picked up the. copper coin, and with
a Singly ah, put it in his bosom, bowing at the same
time, with mock humility, to the quarter of the
gallery from, which the visitation nad descended.
Lidy Macbeth, who was represented on this oc
casion by Mrs. Uolemao rope a very beautiful
and ; queenly-looking woman fared little better
than nerfard. Not a syllable of her part was au
dATe. With treat calmness, and without the
leastryering, howeverthi lady made a show
of going through her part. . All on the stage fared
alifce.'. .It jVs evident that lhera was a fixed and
settled determination tra the part of that portion
of the auditory whicU occupied nearly one third
of the parquette and the greater portion of the
cra'.lerr. between whom a communication was
kept up throughout the evening, bj means of Big
nals and exclamations, not to permit the perform
a ace to proceed. Several of' Mr. Macready'
friends bow became much excited, and shouted
U) '"'film to go' on, Ind not give up the ship.
which, elicited tremendous groans, hisses, and
criei Of Three groans for the codfish aristocra
cy I which were responded to With marked en
thusiasm', 1 V ;.-'."
.M pries of Down with the English hogl'
'take off' the Devonshire bulll' 'remember
how Edwin Forest was used in London I' and
similar exclamstioos, were loud and frequent.
ThBS'-passedHhe whole of the first and second
acts,4he uproar not ceasing for s moment. When
the curtain fell, in the second set, the tumult
was fiercer than ever, snd it was quite apparent
that something still more fiercer was approach
ing. Yet the greater part of the auditory op
posed to Mr. Macready seemed in excellent hu
mor. ; They cbaunted snatches of the witches'
choruses, and amused themeeles by asking re
peated!, 'Where's Macready!' Where's fi
ll za Brownl' and other, interrogations of that
character. One gentleman in the parquette, a
mongst those who were hostile to Mr. Macready,
ogled the house through a stupendous eye glass,
large enough for a horse collar; and others threw
themselves into a variety of attitudes, more pict
uresque than becoming. Threo cheers for Mac
ready, Ngger Dooglsss, and Pete Williams V
were called for, and given with marked enthusi
asm. At length tbe curtain rose on the third act;
sad, in dumb show, Banquo, advancing to the
lights, commenced the soliloquy,"
Thou hast it, now, King, Cawdor, Glamis, all, .
As the weird woman promised.'
bat not a syllable was audible. Then Macbeth
reappeared, and the uproar was greater than ev
er. Smash came s chair from tbe gallery, nearly
grazing the head of one of the members of the or
chestra, and strewing the stage with its frag,
seems, within a few feet of Mr. Macready. Mr.
Macreadv bowed and smiled, Another chair falls
at his feet, with a crash, which resounds all over
the house. Some of the ladies start from their
seatStf-snd grow quite pals. The shoots, and
groans, and hisses are redoubled. Mr. Maerea.
dy stands quite unmoved oot the slightest tre
nor visible oot tbe least bravado either, in bis
manner. Another chair is hurled- on the stage,
and the curtain suddenly falls. The ladies hurry
from the boxes; all but a few, who betray not the
lightest -alarm. Still the oproar continues.
There is loud tslking in tbe lobbies. A great
crowd outside thunders at the doors, and threa
ten to break into the theatre. Mr. Matsell and a
strong party of his policemen barricade the en
trances. The ladies sre hurried out by one of the
doors that open in Eighth street, and in a few
mtnatesftsrwarda, Mr.. Macready. in a close
carriage,' was driven rapidly and safely away,
was i.jored by any of the
5K?2J .m I- l ening, but almost
all of the; actors received a cooi. .it r
the fetid liquid which was mWharged frni th.
tlery.-Durtag the banternine u L the sU.
io African actors playing wkh MacreadyVwrere
frequently warned by the people in tbeg.llory to
ElSu! ? r expecl 8imil" treatment!
hereafter. In consequence of these warnings,
jirtneplavwasuspended,Mr. a W. Clark
peared injroot of the. curuin as an apologist;
hr remarked that bis family wt dependant upon
his exertions tor" a maintenance, and he pleaded
th fad in joatificatios of himaelf, for having con
tented to lr whbalr. Miemdr:. Ur. curk.
explanation ws -cordially received. ' -When k
was found that theperforman'ee had been eflfec
! tually interrupted, and that Mr. Macready hud a.
bandoned the effort to proceed with the play, the
f. i crowd." within-itni rotrbegtn to "dtperse,-and i
ir tn t si i ST inn ii m m mmmm m a-THg ft
Ahnui MBtvlnnt oast tM-'r.I(V.r. tflonoia-t
scene was nejectly' qiiiet It was said; that a
bottle, Dliea who gun-cotton, nsving matcnes at
tached,' was thrown on tbe stage, but we saw no
thing of the k;nd; and fwe were, within a ew feet
Ol tne fltO luiuuuuui iiiv nuuiv qisuiugi
M We may also addt that the missiles thrown
came from'the ffallery, and that uone'of them sp
oeared to be aimed directly at the person of Mr.
Macready. The object seemed to be lo Jrive
him from the stage by every species of contume-
ly witnont personal vioiencr, ana inre -couiu oe
no doubt that the effort, which was quite success
ful in its object, was the res all of an organized
and preconcerted movement. It is also proper to
state that the Jadies. who came to the theatre, re
mained to the last; a few expressing their feel
ings in favor of Mr., Macready by waving their
handkerchiefs; snd we ought to add, that very
many of those who were most conspicuous and
enthusiastic tn favor jof Mr. Macready, were A
merican citizens.
THEY WILL LEAVE NORTH CAROLINA !
"Our attention was arrested, on 6aturdsy last, by
quite a long train of wagons winding through our
streets, which, upon inquiry, we found to belong to
a party emigrating from Wayne County, in this
State, to the "far West." This is but a repetition
of many similar seenes that we, Sod others, have wit
nessed during the past few years; and such specta
cles will be still more frequently witnessed, unless
something is done to retrieve our fallen fortunes at
home.
M If there be any one consummation, "devoutly to
be wished." in our policv, it is that our young men
should remain at home, and- not abandon their na
tive State. From the early settlement or xxortn
Csrolina, the great drain upon her prosperity has
been the spirit of emigration, which has so prejudi
cially affected all the States of the South. Her sons
hitherto neglected (if we must sajr it) by an on pa
rental government, have wended their way, by hun
dreds upon hundreds, from the land of their fathers
that land, too, to make it a paradise, wsntiog nom
ing but a market to bury their bones in the land
of strangers. We firmly believe that this emigra
tion is caused by the lasreard policy of our people on
the subject of luternal Improvement ; for man is not
Drone, bv nature, to desert the home of his affec
tions. While'other States are digesting and carry
ing out magnificent systems of Internal Improve
ment, blessing their eititens with bountiful means
or bappiness and wealtn, we ioia our arms in inuin
erence, permit our citiseus to get poorer aud poorer,
and our State lower and lower. Though among the
foremost in this confederacy of states, when tbey
commenced together their free and independent ca
reer, she now classes among the most backward."
There is much force in the above remarks of
tbe Raleigh Register. Only two lines ol public
policy are open lor any State to puraue. One is.
the General improcevunl policy, which retains all
the capital, talent, enterprise and laborers ihat the
State possesses withio its limits; snd the other is.
the general deteriorating poltcy, whicn anves cap
ital, talent, enterprise and laborers beyond tbe
blighting influence of its rule.
It is not in the elements of civilized communi
ties lo stand stnne still neither sdvance nor re
cede. Every Commonwealth must, by an ever
ruling law of its organisation, grow in strength or
grow in weakness, as time advances. These si
lent changes are often invisible; and it is only by
comparing the relative conditions ss to population,
agricultural snd internal improvements, common
schools, public libraries, the mechanical arts and
rural embellishments of two or more Slates, aficr
tbe lapse of ten or twenty years, that one can dis
cover the extent and (rue character of thrse in
evitable mutations. We may closo our eyes
against unpleasant truths and prospects; we may
deny their existence; but such a course neither
abates one jot or tittle of the facts, nor serves any
oiber purpose than to prolong and aggravate the
evils as they exirt. An inelligent, common sense
man, who wishes to better his condition, is al.
ways ready to 6ell his property in a non-im pro
ving, a deteriorating county or city, and to invest
his money snd employ bis servsnls in a rising, an
improving coiumunity.
Let a Slate foolishly bury its one talent in the
sand, and a of old, God will take it sway from
her. If s Commonwealth would not lose ' that
which she hath," she must learn to make ood
use of all the means that a bountiful Providence
has placed within her reach.
H In the sweat ol thy face shalt thou tat bread
all the days of thy life,' is a command to be in
dustrious for some useful purpose, which spplies
to every descendant of Adam Being favored
with high moral and intellectual endowments
with a large, and perhaps unlimited capacity to
improve both ourselves and tbe earth out of which
we were takenour duly to improve cannot be
neglected with impunity. We talk and write a
great deal about our rightst for which we are ev
er ready to shed our blood and expend our pro.
perty; but when it comes to tbe prompt snd
cheerful discharge of oor duties, we are spt to
answer like Cain : "Am I my brother's keeper V
we roust not only do something, but we must
do that which is good, and do it with allour miffht.
To labor and encourage industry are the first
great duties of civilized States. All our poor cit
izens should be furnished with profitable work
snd a fair opportunity to educate their children.
Wby not 1 Must they not be fed and clothed on
the fruits of some body's Isbor! Are their sons
not to become voters and sovereism rulers in the
landl Is it desirable to have King Numbers a
tool or a knave 1
The children of the State can not safely, nor
innocently be permitted to erow Up n ignorance
and idleness. Augusta Chronicle.
Mohe About the Fremont Disasters. The
St. Louis Reveille publishes the names of the
emire party of persons who died in consequence
of their suffering in the Fremont expedition.
Wise and Andrews, citizens of St. Louis; Proue,
s native of France ; Mora in, a resident of Illinois;
Beadle, a resident of St. Louis, Mo. ; Rhorer
and King, cititzens of Georgetwn, D. C; Hub
bard, from Milwaukie, and Cra ver, from Chicago.
The fate of Mr. King was most heart-rending.
He was, says Mr. Tsplio, in tbe spring time
of life, of cultivated mind, and of most engsging
manners. He had been married but two weeks
previous to his departure on the expedition, and
was only a short time with the company ere he
had gained the friendship and 'esteem of every
member. When Fremont's psrty had first lost
their horses, a company of four men, of which
King had been appointed leader, were dispatched
to the settlements to procure succor. Sixteen
days after their departure, Fremont, (having be
come impatient of their protracted stay, had de
termined to go himself in sesrch of supplies)
overtook them. He found Willisms, Bricken
ridge, and another, scarcely able lo proceed from
exhaustion. ' , -
King bad died, and hi remains, which the par
ty carried, with them, had been more than half
eaten up by his companions. A dire necessity
bad left them no choice, aad it was done in self-
protection. Up to nearly the day of his death.
King had kepra journal. The last entry written
upon it Is this : " December 11th. This morn
ing, as nasal, I bavo bade quarrel with Bill Wil
liams. Nothing to eat. We travelled one mile
and a half 10 day The",cause of the difficulty
with Williams was the letter's daily increasing
weaknea, and his Inability to proceed.' King en.
deavored by remonstrance to urge him forwsrd
J ahes Coon, aged 97, who fought in the battles
of Moomoath and Cooperstswn, died at Oswego, N.
Y., on the 1st He was the uncle of Fennimore
Cooper.
C 0 M M1U NTC A TTrJ N?
l "lu . vox tub asciSTsa
Host. AaaaBax W. Vknarlk.
Sir . Yon are again a candidate for Congress,
and being In a District decidedly Democratic, "you
nave good hope of re-election. Were the subjects
of your speeches the common topics of political dec
lamation, aitboogh 1 could not support you, I should
refrain from any active part in the canvass. As for
i he ordinary questions of the Tariff . the Subtreasury,
Internal Improvements, or the lata Wsr, however de
rided my opinions, 1 desire not to turn out of my
path either to make or to meddle But you are sup
porting a policy, whose grave importance strips eve
ry other question now before this people of all claim
to interest. Yen will pardon a private citizen of
North Carolina for laying aside bis usual indiffer
ence to politics, for the purpose of questioning this
dread phamtom which you have raised before tbe
people of y our sdopted State.
In the addresses which you have made since your
return from Washington City, you have beeen un
derstood uniformly to advocate tbe passage of a law
by our General Assembly, prohibiting tbe entrance
of Northern vessels into our harbors, or the bring
ing of actions in our Courts by tbe citiiens of tbe
North. A consideration of the amount to which our
Northern brethren would he injured by such an
enactment, might be to inquire too curiously ; a cal
culation of the benefits which would flow to Wil
mington and Newbern, and to our mercantile com
munity, from the joint operation of two such notable
provisions, is not unworthy of the Algebra of Hu
dibras; but I have no time for them here. Let us
suppose them to have effected all the results which
you can desire. A so happy example is followed by
every Southern sovereignty, and the credit of the
scheme rests with yon alone. I leave it to yourself
sir, whether you can desire a more complete success
for your plans. If there remain any thing of glory
beyond, 1 will add it; upon the slavery excitement j
you have carried your district by one thousand m
jority : the Southern Quarterly announces a lead'
ing article upon your political career, and throilgh
the columns of a hundred journals, your fame is rais
ed to tbe starj, in such strains as the Gods permit to
tbe cotton growing region.
Amidst all this glory, one slight compunctious vis
iting a little detracts from your enjoyment. You
have dissolved the Union.
It may be, sir, that you do not believe that this re-,
suit wiU follow from tbe adoption of your proposal.;
But if you seriously propose the closing or our ports
and our Courts of justice to our Northern fellow-
citizens, I cannot give you credit for the belief which,
you profess. You are a lawyer, ana t neea not icir
you, thnt justice supposes every man to intend that
which he deliberately does. You are aiming a dagger
t the heart of this ereat Country, snd have the ss-
surance to say that if death follows the stab, it will
be a result wholly beside your intentions, vy ny
sir, ir lue ooumcru owio pu jr mtyij
practice (and, if you are not chargeable with gross
insinceritv. you ereatly wish that they would) that
act will not lead to a dissolution of the Union, any
more than a pistol ball through the heart of a man
ill lead to death : no sir, it will be dissolution, ana'
the (Treat doom's image itself. Surely that mind is
subjected to a dreadful hallucination, which supposes:
that with your scheme or retaliation in run play,
this Union could stand for a month.
The Union then has been severed, and you are,
Member-elect to a Congress, which yon have taken.
care shall never meet. But is this the end ? Un4
der no circumstances ean I suppose that this Coun
try shall die without a struggle.' In spite of the'
anxious efforts of unprincipled politicians in tb
North and South of those whom an honored citi-
ten or our state cans "tne Abolitionists and tbe
Ebullitionists" there is too much vitality in its'
system for it to leave this upper air without resist
tance to its assassins. But now, with a large terri
tory claimed by both Sections, a territory, the pos-i
session of which is the cause of the present dissent
sion, who can be insane enough to suppose that the
partition snd the settlement of the eonflictiog claims
between these brothers offended shall be consun
mated in peace? I have your example before me.
sir, lor tbe use or the ngure amtapetton ; permit ms
to anticipate.
We w ill aay that the year 1865 has roiled around.
A few years of civil war followed the sundering of
the Union. Boston, Mobile snd Charleston havs
been bombarded; Cincinnati and Baltimore sre still
d ashes. At leneth, by the repeated intervention ca
England and the French Republic peace is restored1;
the South obtains one half of the new territories:-
and two broken and independent nations with weak
ened resources and divided counsels, occupy the ter
ritory now inhabited Dy a people, one in every imv
portaut interest and duty, separated only by tempo
rary excitements, and by those even less than by
tbe long continued efforts of unprincipled and des
pairing politicians. In the war that has passed, as
became your prominence in its origin, you bore a
distinguished part; a well earned military title
marked your services at the battle of Winchester, at
the storming of Pittsburg, snd doring tbe long siege
Whicn terminated in tbe capitulation or Kichmout,
defended to the very last by your gallant little band,
worn down by famine and war to less than a fourth
of its original numbers. Peace has returned, your
hair is white with more than sixty winters, yo
have honorable scars upou your person, and your
battered sword is bung up as an heirloom for your
descendants. You can tell of having cut down with
your own hand a Rhode Island officer' by the name
of Greene; you were present when Pinckney fell
before the pistol of Warren, aad yourself gave the
order to level the cannon whiph swept Hamilton and
Knox into eternity. 'r
Such, sir. are the stories with which yon shall a
muse your grand children, by the fireside, upon the
long winter evenings. But with all of your honor, ;
obedience, troops of friends, I do you nothing mori
than common justice, by supposing that now and thea;
mv unwelcome taoiigut win iniruae, mat tne bloo-11
which rusts into your sword, is tbe blood of a broth
er, and that to you is it chiefly owing that the Un
ion was dissolved. I certainly do not envy you this
prospective glory ; and 1 pray sir, that you may ne
ver more than anticipate it. It shocks you in its
horrible detail, and yet it ia by far the most favora
ble result for yourself, which can possibly arise from
the outrageous policy which you advocate.
Nothing is more common than for a public man to
mistake his own motives. He compounds with his
conscience for the harshness with which he treats
his rivals, by a proportionable lenity in his criticism
of himself. Pascal tells us that the Jesuits, who in
their books of religion taught, that a priest might
murder one whom he knew to be privy to some crim
inal act of his own, in order to prevent its disclosure,
and that the invention of mental reservations stripped
falsehood of its sinfulness; Pascal tells us that tbe
Jesuits had no design of corrupting society. Accord
ing to him, they bad persuaded themselves that it
was absolutely essential for the good of the world,
that they should enjoy every office of profit and
trust in the ecclesiastical community ; J hat they
should have the education of youth entire! under
their control, aud should be the confessors of- saints
and siuners in every grade of life. So, when they
met with one who was disposed to religion, they
spurred him to his dutj by all the hopes and fears
of eternity ; but when the penitent was a dissipated
man or woman of the world, who would neither con
fess nor perform pensnce, their course was " not to
drive them to despair." -' The great end which the
holy fathers had in view, necessarily sanctified every
means for its accomplishment This Jesuitical prin
ciple seems to have crossed the Atlantic and made
its appearance within the political world. I cannot
helpsuspectrng thstyou, Mr. Venable,have condn
ded that the paramount necessity of your contiau
ing to represent the fifth district will hallow say
means by which you shall attain this end. That
this overriding necessity exists in your judgment,
is settled by the dearest demonstration. Notwith
standing the deep drawn sighs with which you hate
over and again lamented ever political life, and ex
pressed your sirtsr horror of the ssme, no less thin
your disgust with tbe insufSdent per diem of Con
gressmen, vsur feet had scarcely touched the soil of
u ran villa before yon announced yourself as a can
didate for the next. Qongress a candidate too who
wss not fo be driven off of the turf by any disiffec
ted cross road-caucus, but only by the unequivocal
voice of tbe district the voice, it is supposed, which
is heard at the ballot box. Such conduct left us na
doubt of yor opinion as to the necessity that Messrs
J ones, Jackson and Smith should awhile longer dkl-
. j;tM.ta at nrivate life, whilst your self-
r I aa(dnInri:hivalfvelievedrihem of theBTsgust and
pitiful psy attending two years more in Washington
City; '' -H' ' H
- Speculation hss been much employed In determin
ing the probable origin of this spectre of necessity,
which, disturbs your' longings after private, life--Some
there are who suppose it td he tpe same neces
sity of which Jona'nl Edwards discourses so abstruse
ly, and betwixt which and free will, such , a delicate
distinction is said to exist. . Others again, rejecting
this hypothesis as transcendental, reduce your rea
sons to those well understood and homespun Virgin
ia doctrines, older thah those of 1798," which make
such nice calculation,, as to the comparative, claims 1
of a Virginian and a common white man to office.
They add that Virginia baa oalffteen Representa
tives in the lower House, where North Carolina has
nine by giving to'the Old Dominion our fifth dis
trict, the proportion of merit between the two States
will be better observed, and Virginia will have two
members to our one. Fortifiyiug this position, tbey
proceed to remark that you have evidently not been
domesticated within our bord -rs long enough to un
derstand the position of the State, or to sympathise
with hep illntrimia mipeer of attachment to this U-
nion from the 20th May 1775, down to the Summer
of 1849 : that your conduct makes you as esteeming
vourseir still what an Atnenian wouiu wu u
avoikos from Richmond, and that your present sen
timenta towards the General Government, whether
those of a true Vireinisn or not, are the very anti
podes of those which animate the breasts oi every
genuine son of this Good Old North State.-
Such are their-speculations ; etii oia, some say
one thing and some another. For royseif I am not
troubled about the cause which gave you this per
. . .
. . . . m
suasion, so much ss aoout tne couaequcutc iuw
which it is about to lead you. You are endeavoring
to excite antipathy between different portions of our
Country, and then use the excitement wnicn jou
.have produced as a sulking horse which shall con
duct you to place aud power. You are s gentleman
of middle age, of fine powers as a stump spefl.k, and
for many years have been a memoer oi
spected branch of the Chorch of Christ and you
are advocating measures which must necessarily lead
to a civil war, and the destruction of this common
defence sad general welfare, guaranteed to their ctt
tens bv the United States of America and this, so
far as can be seen, merely in order to insure your
re-election to the National Councils. Are you cer
tain that roar and will be attained by these means?
Have you not made a great mistake as to the dispo
sition of your old constituents 7 I warn you that
you have. . Nothing is more uncertain than the turns
and changes in the political world ; but I will ven
ture to predict that some one else I will not say
some Whig will be returned to Congress from this
district at tbe election in August.
Very Respectfully.
A Votxs or ths Fifth District.
KALBKiH RE&ISTBK.
Ours axe the plans of fair delightful peace,
TJnwarp'd by party rage to live like brothers.
RALEIGH, N. C.
Wednesday Morning; May 16, 1849.
THE RIOTS IN NEW YORK.
The late disgraceful outrages in New York, an
account of which will be found in another column,
ill shock the public mind throughout the length and
breadth of the land. Whatever may be the differ
ences between the two eminent Tragedians, who
have been indirectly or designedly the causes of this
popular storm, (and our sympathies are strongly with
jMr. Macbeadt,) tbej but enhauce the folly and
Criminality of those lawless men, who have seized
iupon such trifles to justify a demonstration of riot
pus license and savage rowdyism. Such occurren
ces sre disgraceful and dangerous to any enlighten
ed community, but especially so in our country,
where the tendencies to degeneration from a Repub
lican to a lawless Democracy, are easy and rapid.
In this instance, we are rejoiced to see thst the pnblio
peace has been restored, snd the strong arm orthe
law exercised and vindicated thanks to the efficien
cy of an energetic Police, and tbe firmness snd prompt
decision of thst safe-guard of every commuity the
Volunteer Corps.
Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
The Right Worthy Grand Lodge and Grand En
campment of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows,
convened in this City on Wednesday last, it being
their Annual sessions at each of which there was
a larger attendance of Representatives from the va
rious Lodges and Encampments in the State, than
at any previous Communication- During the past
year, six new Lodges were instituted, and the Or
der bids fair to increase rapidly in tbe State. The
two Grand Bodies brought their labors to a close on
Saturday morning last The following are the Offi
cers elected for ths ensuing year:
Gband Lod4se Officers :
J. Blake Newby, M. W. Grand Master.
Alex. Bethone, R. W. D. do. do.
W. D Cooke, R. W. Grand Secretary.
D. McMillan, R." W.Grand Treasurer.
J. Wilcox, R. W. Grand Warden.
J. H. Manly, R. W. Gr. Repressive to G. L. U.S.
J. C. B. Ehringhaus, R. W. Grand Alternate.
GsAifo Encampment Ornctxs:
T. H. Hsrdenburgh, M. W. Patriarch,
Perrin Busbee, M. E. Grand High Priest.
8. G. Smith, W. Grand S. Warden.
J. B. Newby, W. Grand Scribe,
E. Yarbrough, Wf Grand Treasurer.
0. W. Telfair, Grand J. Warden.
1. Procter, W. Grand Sentinel
Seventh Congressional District.
The Democracy of Cumberland, at a public Meet
ing m Fayetteville, on Thursday last, expressed
their decided preference for the Hoe. J. C. Dobbin,
as their Candidate for Congress, !n the 7th District.
Mr. Ashe,, the able Democratic Elector of '48,"
of fraudulent ticket memory, will doubtless be laid
on the shelf. Well, as a Locofoco must represent
the District, we know of. no member of that party
whose election it would afford us greater pleasure to
record, than that of M r. Dobbih.
tt That celebrated individual, " Johw Smith,"
known, doubtless, to most of our readers, by name,
was among the wounded during the recent riot in
New York. It will be gratifying to his numerous
fr!.nH to learn, however, thfft thnnvl. - I
however, thfft
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jured, he is not considered dangerously so. 1
w e ax uun niwwnuj TCiujroueu to corrrca mis
statement in oor last issue, that the several Whig
Candidatef in the above District have expressed a
irillingBess to abide by the decision, of a fairly eonstl-
tsted Convention.! We have since learned, from the
u Charlotte Journal)0 that Gen. Docxssr Mjuene
out decidedly against submitting to jhe actitu of ag
Conventions - There is hoi one wsy noyr to remedy
thatnattar. Let the Convention be held, and. let
the one who refused td 'acquiesce laj its decision, be
east aside. We have very much jBistskenhe char
acter of a true Whig, If ne is nos ever reauy w
make a generous and amicable compromise ofhis
pretensions, or even to sacrifice private feeling and
personal. ambition,when Jie. otherwise jeopards the
success of the cause. - '
It cannot be denied that a very great necessity for
unanimity and exertion exists at the present time.
Our opponents, encouraged by slight successes in one
or two recent State elections, and animated witn tbe
hope of acquiring the ascendancy in the next House
of Representatives, are concentrating all theirfn
ergiee for a decisive struggle at the August elec
tions. With half their exertions, we shall be sure
of success.' Nothing ts,wsnting to ensure a briliant
triumph but that vmity sf counsel and design-that
oneness of spirit little ' of. that patriotic self de
nialwhich : are essential - to" every victory. Let
there then be no split in the party, no division, no
dissension ; but, shoulder to, shoulder, let us show to
our brother Whigs throughout the Union, that the
Whig phalanx is firmer than ever in North Caro
lina. The new Commissioner of Patents..
Mr. Ewbanx, the new Commissioner of Patents,
has been appointed to that responsible position with
out any solicitation on his yart. He is the author
of a scientific work, said to possess great merit, on
the subject of Hydraulics among the ancients. We
understand that this work has commended the au
thor to the notice of the Secretary of the Interior,
and that the appointment has been conferred as. s
tribute to his scientific attainments, associated as
tbey are with other qualities which fit him for the
station.
In this connection, we will remark, that the office
of Commissioner of Patents, .besides being 'one of
much responsibility and usefulness in ths strict lim
its ef official duty, may become one of great utility,
as the medium Of disseminating-valuable knowledge
in relation to the industrial pursuits of the people.
The custom has grown up of issuing a long Report
from the Department, containing statistics of the Ag
riculture, Commerce and Manufactures of tbe coun
try, together with suggestions and calculations ap
pertaining to such matters. We have examined se
veral of these Reports, and while we find in them
much valuable information, we have generally hod
to complain of bad arrangemeut or, more properly,
none at alL There is also a prolixity about the Pa
tent Office Reports, which should be avoided. Facts
should be briefly stated, and as far. as practicable,
they should be condensed into tables. Estimates
should not be made, where it is possible to obtain of
ficial statements. This error the late Commission
er fell into. In fine, there should be an index. '
A book of statistics, made up after tbe plan above
indicated, would disseminate a greater amount. of in
formation in a shorter compass, than any of whieb
we have any knowledge.' Ji high Offieer of the Go
vernment at Washington enjoys opportunities for col
lecting'statistics, which no private citizen can have.
A J very little trouble would enable the Commissioner
of Patents not merely to reiterate in his Reports
whst we find in tbe Census 'tables, with, estimates
for the years subsequent to the census, but he might
collect from the public documents of the several
States, the-official, returns of the assessed value of
Real and Personal Estate in all the States and Ter
ritories, and in all the Cities and Towns.
Aiweswed Value of Ileal Estate.
A
1840. t 1847.
In New York,
In Boston,
$187,141,464
.60,174,200
9187,314,486
97,764,500
Difference,
$136,967,264 89,549,986
Ass ess xn Vai.uk or Pxbsobal Estate.
1840. 1847.
In New York,
65,721.690 57,837.917
34,157,400 64,59.500
In Boston,
In favor of New York, 31,364,290 Boston 6,757,583
We have not seen the -Return for New York in
1848. Boston stood as follows:
Real Estate, $100,403,200
Personal Estate, 67,324,800
$157,728,000
94,581,600
n 1840,
n crease,
$73,146,400
Rochester Democrat.
We apprehend that there is less disparity in fact,
n the increase of wealth in the two localities, than
these figures would indicate. The lateral growth
of New York has ceased from s physical necessity,
the whole width between tbe Esl River and the
Hudson being densely built up and peopled, (the
ower part of the Island we mean.) The New York
ers nave taererore eroasea over the East River lo
Long Island, and there reared, within fifteen, years,
another city, Brooklyn, nearly as large as Boston.
Most of the wealthy merchants of New York sre
said to reside in Brooklyn, besides which, a consid
erable commercial business ia now transacted there.
The population of Brooklyn is now nearly one hun
dred thousand. That of Williamsburg,' which lies
above Brooklyn, on the same side, le about twenty
thousand ; and the villages on the Jersy Shore, num
ber as msny more. They are m excrescences of
New York, and are part nd parcel of its wealth and
greatness. The ides that the wealth of. New. York
is stationary is ridiculous, if we consider the immense
augmentation of its population and commerce. What
is called London, is in point ef fact, three or four difr
ferent corporations as distinct and independent as
those of New York, Brooklyn and WilluunebsrgU
London snd Westminister were originally a mile or
more apart, but: have graduallyfilled np the inter
mediate space. Tbey still constitute distinct corpo-'
rate bodies. Old London city proper constitutes bull
an inconsiderable portion of the vast aggregation of
nooses and people which have grown up sround it
to say nothing of the rotH aide of the Thames," cell
ed the Surry side.. t AfdJatinetion la made'tetween
London 'and all London. t We are Opposed" tw the
contraction or ear great Commercial Emporium to
the narrow limits at. Manhattan Island. Brooklyn
may in luy years rfvaT the old city. It will not do
to cripple our BaUonil" magnificence by these petty
corporate timite. . ' ,:
The wealth and prosperity of Boston constitute
one the marvels of the age. The new impetus which
it hss had within the last seven years, ia the great
w esrern Kan Koad, backed by tne extensive mana
u DMsea oy tne extern
factures of Lowel, and a hundred other tewiisreJa
linked together, and to Boston, by Ran. Roins.
" t t" y1 act.
'fSnmi danht bavina Wn . .. .
7. - .t rr: 'T 9 wiyw hio taeinfep.
uses uriYo ro uis via section of the Bi
inrcuofia rifM u a oiate," passed at the
cent Session of the Iegialatare, and the beari."!
hhtFroviso, at the dcae. of that section, uponne
, Attorney uenera J, at the request
of the State Treasurer, has commnnicated the ik.
joined opinion on the premises :
.. ': t Ralsixoh May 9, 1849
Sra: You have requested my opinion on t"h.
proper construction of the 7th section of the T
passed at the recent session of tbe Legislature. '
litIeditt,n. Act 10 incpeue the Revenue of
State." The question yon present, arises on the civ!
viso, found at the conclusion of that section tud r
whether that proviso extends to the whole act and 'r
not, 4 0 how mwckthereyxiyt--'-.:. . "
I am of opinion that the proviso extends to tL
entire frtn section, to each and everj subject of ta
sUon therein specified j aud that it extends to.no oth
er part of the act 1";"' "
if that proviso was, as is alleged by some, intend
ed to be less extensive than to the whole J
section,! sm unable perceive that latent in th
languagexz tne law.
Very ' Respectfully,
- i e ' Your obedient servant,
; " (:- , B. F. MOORP
, Chabxes L. HwiTOif, Esq., Public Treasurer.-
. , A MERITED COMPLIMENT.
We have been permitted to copy tbe followinz
agreeable Correspondence which speaks for itself:
Executive Dr abtmbnt, N. C. )
Raleigh, May 8th, 1849
Hon. cIknby xott : IJtar Sir -la the
ytar
ivy, just oau s century ago, you were appointed a
rusteeof the University of North Carolina: nA
the Records of. the Institution show that, besides h.
ing at .'the head of CatalogXie howtyoa hare
been at all times, ana "especially In tne- early and
darkest periods of her history one of her must effi
cient and steady supporters.
In view of these facts, I am instructed by the Ex.
ecutive 1 Committee of the Board of Trustees 'to air
you a special invitation to attend' tne7 next anuual
Commencement, on the 7th of June ensuing:
in tne iuinuuient or tats-nigniy agreeable dut v.
permit me to express the wish tbat you will accept
tkis invitationland to,bope,anat aunougn it canuot
be expected that yon will answer to If our name on tht
calling of f he J0,"on another nitietb anhireriia.
ry, yonnay yetiong uve to witness tbe ntuturity,
prosperity ,and usefulness of this object of your cou
stant supervision and solicitude. --"
- '. ; -1 have he honor to be ? ;
' Dear Sir, with high respect, "
Your obedient servauk '
Cti AS. MANLY,
Pres. ex officio of Board Trustees.
Fatetteviu.e, Mat llth, 1849.
Mr Dear Sis: The Executive Committee of the
Board of Trustees, of the University of North Car
olina have done me great honor, in giviug me a spe
cial invitation to attend tbe next annual Commence
ment. - ?. . .
For this distinguished notice, 1 . render the hom
age of my sincere lhauk ; and to you sir, as their
organ, for your friendly and Well meant, but orer
weening and ! anniented' praise, for my poor services,
e Trustee, i return, juy grateful ackuowtedgeiueots.
Thai l labored hard with, my wenby ccmpeers to
sustain and promote the bestinterests of the Uuiver-
siiy. "m tbe. early ana aaraest perious or ner bmto.
ry," is a trutn most true. ' out we seemeu for a loor
time to labor in vain ; -for pe had. to sail (if sailing
; : . : - j "j tar l.i.i i.. 8
It was l iimiiw uiu autu- uus. w c uciu ua aoweT
er, hoping tor better days -aind after a long series of
trials and dicul ties, av gleam of .hope sprung op,
aad tiuu gleam,: spread by degrees, until it ushered
inxhejuli blase of prosperity, to our beloved lasii-
tution. She now fulminates aloft withoutan inter
vening nebula to cloud her brightness and it is our
pride to know that she now bears a favorable com
parison with the best Colleges in the Union. And,.
this, her prosperity Hhd glory, has been acbiered
chiefly by your efficient agency in the State of Ten
nessee. " t' .H - "v
If I have discharged my duty as you suppose, and
as 1 desired to do, A am rewarded in tbe success of
the enterprise. You , know that a conscientious dis
charge of duty brings with H its own reward.
1 have done nothing for the Institution for a long
time, and perhaps I ought to hare resigned my seat
years ago, to give place to a more efficient man bat
really sir, I do not like to give is op. ? it is s sort of
toy a plaything for me, in my old age, to cherish
and dandle as reminiscence of past days. Aud I
feel myself under obligations to the Board for their
indulgence, in not reporting me as a delinquent
1 know not how to refuse your earnest solicitation
to attend the next Commencement. ' it would be to
me a gratification indeed, to meet my old friends on
that classio snd consecrated Hill, to give Jhem s
cordial shake of the band, ence more, before 1 go
hence. Bat you are aware that my Court at Ra
leigh commences on Monday, the 4 th of June. Should
the Court adjoern en Tuesday, and no providential
hindrance occisjr, 1 will endeavor to go upon Wed
nesday, so as to be at Commencement, onThursdsj.
( l am Dear Sir,' very respectfully
Your obedient servant,
.s i r H. POTTER.
Gov; ChaXXES 2di.VLt. ' -
THE INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE.
VVa desire ta . ia mora in lh nmrwra1i
readeri touching the. Indedendent Candidate."
Under this style, Capt. Caldwell lias produced ths
snnouoceroent of hie name before, the people of
this DuttrKtas s Candidate for a seat in the next
Congress of the' United States. - Now it is known
that Cspt Caldwell u nflrf a Whig. It is equal
ly well snownmat this District is Whig clear
ly snd decidedly Wbiff. v There can be no sort of
doubt whatever, on either oi these points. Thea
tow oexijniMgiu Deaxcena.aeats.are you a uew
ocratl If so, ean you vote for Captain Caldweli!
-What does Democracy mean ? Does it not
signuy a goverrunent Dy the peopre ; now are
the people to govern ! J By the voice of the ma
jority,, most assuredly. He that would have them
gorern otherwise is no. Democrat. ' But the ma
jority limine District is against Captain Caldwell-
bow iben can you vote lor him 1 Will you con.
derun by your, practice the' thing which you main
tain in your tneory.l rWuIiyou prove to mo
world that all your professions of Democracy are
"as sounding brass and a tinkling. cymbal!'
Are not the Whigs entitled to the Representa
tive! Would you deprive ' them of their rigbU
and thereby give the lie to your own professed
creed ? I We trus t not. If you be a geaame Detn
ocfat, you cannot. You will stand aside and let
tbe Whigs select s. Representative for Htfem.
selves.,;, ThiaVwitl be Democratic : this wiH be
falr aijd rightand let us hope that you i will do
it. . N. C. Argus.
Wit, .ifcyM) ' '' feT " "
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, . MURDER. - J
v. Last nieht, just about dark, sa -May Bachaiisn,
eq4 waa ! his way bomefrooi Wsdesbirreugh, ssd
within about a quarter of a awls of his own hoase, hs
waa attacked, and beat to death with a stake ; tbe road
having previously been stopped with a pile of brash,
for the purpose of impeding his horse.
His family heard a erf, and immediately sfter, bis
borse ran home, with a part of his sulky, the remain
der having been lodged against -a tree. His faaniy
and overseer ran to the spot and found him jnst ali
but it is thought he never breatbeo. tjeswc
and partly coTered with, blood, they found ataxe,
about eight feet long, such as are used in TuiBDl
fences No traces, could be found of the vilum or
villains who perpetrated ths lawful deed. ,
The deceased was an old and excellent citixen, saa
his death Is involved in mystery, as it was notthoogn
he had an enemy living. Wades. Argus.
Macseapt, in s letter to a gentleman in Boston,
says he will leave New York for Europe, the 6tt
next month.
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