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; . i" r - V -! niSqELLANEOJJS..,,., -MISTAKES OF THE RICH." - Io in excellent article unaer iftt. noonler Ppe". the ' Home J. ttrtial, ssjs : All that is valuable i this icorld isfb had for nothing. Genioa, beauty, aud love, are not bought .-i mLL Yan mav bur a rich bracelet, but not a well turned arm on which to wear it a pearl neck-1 lace, bat not a pearlj throat with which it snail vie. The richest banker on eaun wouia vainry oner ms acters. It was Utile suspected wnen mis an fbrtane to be able to writa a, Terse like Byron. One DOUDCeoenl was ordered, that at the very time corses into the world naked, and goes out naked. appoiated for playing, the star of attraction would The difference in taenneness or a tit 01 linen tor Bhrond is not much. .Mao is a handful of clay which turns rapidly back again to dust, and which is com pelled to relapse into the nothingness of sleep, to ret strength against the morrow.1 The above ia well written, and a eood deal of it true, exceni the cart which we find italicised All that is valuable in this world is to be had jor naming." wnere aia me - numc juurun discover that fapt! Our experience js opposed to iti: We have never found, upon visiting the market, that a good beefsteak, for example, or in deed anv kind of a beefsteak, was to - be had far twtMntr" It ia oftener nearer ten cents a pound We have never seen the market gardner. whose vegetables were to be had for nothing." We have never knowo the landlord, whether of a handsome tenement or a log-cabin, whoe house was to be had for nothing." We have not seen the Church where evea the "everlasting Gos peL" which was dispensed by its Divine foun der without. money and without price, could -be had for nothing ' We have not made the ac quaintance of the merchant who will furnish linen for a shroud" the coffin-maker who will supply comns or the sex too who will org a grave -"for-nothing.' , We would not exactlv reverse the maxim uf the Home Journal, but we would say : That which is valuable in this world generally costs something Tree, the Journal says genios, beauty and love are not boosht and sold, f we are not to sure of that always.) ' You may bay a rich bracelet but not a well turned arm on which to wear it a pearl necklace, but not a pearly throat with which it will vie." This is very romantic, but its logic is not as good as its poetrv Ueniu beauty and love" would fare badly without food and raiment. What kind of a figure would one of your brilliant poets cot. if reduced to a ward robe almost as simple as that of Adam, and with a atomach aa devoid of the real as his brain was full of the ideal 1 Can a man live on poetry rhetoric, mathematics, fancy or imagination 1 Can he breakfast on Hilton, dine on Shakspeare. and up on Wordsworth? Will his gastric juice solve the problems of Euclid, and joyously mur mar Q. . D. at the end of every demonstration 1 True.be may turn his knowledge into gold, and that will buy him clothes and food ; but then this brings us back to buying and selling again, which the Journal will by no means countenance. And so as to Beauty and Love. It is horrible to think, and a great deal worse to say so, we know, but Beauty must eat; nor is it always when 'unadorned" that it's adorned the mast." We dislike to dissipate sentimental visions, but yet, young man, those white teeth of your angel, which you fancy were created only to sip the nectar of Paradise, were made a good deal more for ite,than show. So you would testify, had you been an unfortunate joint of meat, or a por tion of the paetry-at yesterday's dinner. That well turned neck" would soon become scraggy and repulsive, but for the tributes it receivea from other sheep than dying courtiers ; and that " pearly throat" looks all the richer when the red wine" goes down, sending a glow over the alabaster throat like sunset etnpurpliug the -white clouds. The fact is, very little u to be had in this world for nothing," nor is it desirable that such should be the case. - The days of Eden, the good old day ot Adam and Eve' have departed never to return. By the sweat of our brow must we obtain all that is valuable. That curse, by the favor of God, has been transformed into a blessing, so that to live without exertion would be the most miserable condition of human exis tence. The strong arm thai wields the hammer, not less than the industrious hand that guides the . pen, feels trembling in ejvery nerve and burning in every vein, an electric current of joy and pride that lightens all its fatigues and makes it revel in its most exhausting labor. It is the prood consciousness that it asks ''nothing" in the world to which it is not entitled by its unti ring toil and its unconquerable energy. Not Notbiog on earth is to be had without cost. .Of the world to come alone can it be said that all that is valuable is to be bad for noth ing." And even thus applied, the remark requires some modification. Without self-denial, self sacrifice and obedience, nothing that is valuable is to be had in any world that the Creator has made. There is no place ia all bis universe in which an indolent and selfish spirit can make its home, and leel itself aecure from the shafts of perpetual care and universal scorn. Richmond Republican. Alligator Fight An Incident of the Crevasse. The quarters of our friend. Col. Claiborne, near Saave's crevasse, are some four feet under . yter. Night before last, a veteran - alligator from St. Tammany concluded to pay the Colonel a yieit in a friendly way, and congratulate him as brother detnocraton the nomination of Walker and Plauche. Taking his course quietly through tqe cornfields and pastures, he thought it would be polite to call at the cabin of the - driver," or head man, and inquire if the vCo!onel was at home. Finding the door closed, he walked un der the house, and bellowed, halloo ! at the top of hia voice. Getting no answer, he commenced a tremendous floundering acd thumping, lifting up the flooring and scattering the little "niggers" in every direction. The hubbub soon roused the aleepers. They jumped out of bed in a terrible artew, raked up a light, and at the same moment were sent bouncing among the rafters, the visit, er underneath lifting op one plank, and then another, flinging the whole crowd off their legs as fast as they could straighten them out. Such a scene of confusion was never witnessed. The . were completely bewildered, and their J vuwne. soon crew the whole establishment to gether. The planks were drawn up, and there was omnia niCK out a fellow much urlier . fr- mendous Alligator, with expanded jaws, shaking his monstrous tail in defiance, and sweepinz it round in rapid semi-circlea The instant he waa ifcT,';. : i!8,0110 " leaped upon him, but be?wien It Mlh ,hM. Uil lhe ,hcr be branched TJro rr.vJJ,W8- But by this time the iSiatw .tJS k- ,nU, nd bludgeons. The oVf1hmK00nd tnd " w "id measure, over, fiftee? feev H?i Bign. sending the skeleu Ti? laiborna 4e: lei. or thi. eVwSi iST oioos treatwe on the natural huf! T0? in&' :or.rY Orleans STy of MIU .uiJl, a Tf VWttsA!..!.:.. v . a io i wiay uewspaparv pwuta to the following into Jeadinx editorial conmnZ"& Washington-Union: -o.- - Has i he (Gen. Tayhw proved himself honest 1 Vrf .nae na not rather demonatratil iw. tei-i'.10 Politician- v may oe tounu r- . .Par. MaitBLiv The friends -of the late Mr Marble Vtit read whh a melancholy interest ibt following detail copied fromthe Louisville Cou rier of the circumstances of bis death, which, it would seem from tbia account, it to be attributed almost sole! to the. most imprudent exposure on bis partt, ' V ":. -.V ' . i - - - a til A UtBK roa uholeba." The p lay on is oi Saturday appeared with the above caption, and the details announced that Dan. Marble would poai- tively appear that night In one of bis favorite char iutidi.,us U101 monster working on him to such an extent that he could not perform. And it was little thought that in less than twen ty hours afterwards, Dan Marble would be in the collapsed stage of cholera. . Yet such was the fact at half past 11 yesterday, Mr Marble was o far collapsed that there was no hope entertain ed of bis recovery. Mr Marble arrived here on Friday from St. Louis. He called on us about noon Saturday, and in a half hour's familiar chat, he informed us that he had been in the enjoyment of excellent health until about 2 o'clock on Friday afternoon, when he was suddenly attacked with a diarrhcea. lie promptly used some simple remedies, but did not experience much relief until after the arrival of the boat at Louisville at 6 o'clock that evening. when he took rooms at the Louisville Hotel, and called for a physician. He was soon belter; and although still weak, when we saw him on Saturday, he thought he was out of danger. VVe urged upon him tho im propriety of exposing himself, by being out on such a damp and disagreeable day, and when he informed us of bis intention to p!ay at the theatre that night, we endeavored to dissuade him from it, and 1) reed upon him the necessity of remaining quiet. But the ardor of .his nature would not al low bim to be still; and during the day and even ing, he needlessly exposed himself, and again brought on the diarrhoea, which soon placed hia beyond the reach of remedies. Colonel Maribus. When the cholera first made its aDoearauce in one of the eastern cities, in 1832, a sanitary committee waa appointed to visit eash house in the city and enjoin e.eanlinesa on the inhabitants. In one of the suburbs of the riiw m a Hark al'pv. thev found an old Irish wo- j j , j man living in one room, which was not remarka ble for cleanlinesa. The spokesman admonished the old lady that ahe should be more cleanly, as sickness was approaching the city and she would bo likely to be attacked. Divi'l's the danger,' said the old lady, d'hirt is Houlsome ; it never kilt half as many as the devilieh doctors.' Just at this juncture a grunt, very much like the grunt of a pig, was heard to proceed from the corner in which the old lady's bed stood, and the spokesman of the committee inquired what was under the bed. Me peg,' said the old lady. Your pig?' re? ponded the committee. Yes me pag.' And don't you know, ejaculated the commit tee, that.if the cholera morbus comes here and finds you in this filthy condition, and a pig under your bed, that you will be one of its first sub jects V Who the divil's Cornel Maribus, .responded the old lady that I should drive out me pag for him ? To the divil wid yer Curnel Maribus ! Wasn't General Lafayette wid us, and me pag under the bed, and nobody disturbed him ; and wasn't be a better man than Curnel Maribus !' Ah,' said the committee man, you don't un derstand us. It's the disease the sickness, we mean. Don't trouble yourselves about that, said the old lady ; 'for it don't trouble me ; and now, gen tlemen, she continued, 'it won't turn out me pag for yourselves, so ye may jist as well leave my house.' They did leave, and the old lady kept her 'pag.' CHOLERA PRESCRIPTION. We have been requested to make public the follow ing prescription, as a mixture, which will arrest the severest pain and diarrhoea. This has been furn ished by one of our citizens, who assures us that it has been tried in many of the most severe attacks and uniformly affording immediate relief. We have been informed by a physician in extensive practice, that this prescription is an excellent one. We, under these circumstances, comply with the request for publication: 1-4 ounce of pulverised gam gai-acum. 1-4 ounce of ground cloves. 1-4 ounce of ground cinnamon. 1 pint of best brandy. Dose, from tea to table spoonful each half an hour, till arrested. Cvu Gax. EXTRACTS FROM A MODERN DICTION ARY. Prospectus and index Appendages to a liters ry work; tbe former allowing what it ought to be, the latter what it is. Gentility Eating your meat with a three, pronged fork, though you have not paid the butch er. Take a friend's adcice An expression used by a man when be ia going to be impertinent. Unbiassed opinion An opinion, the selfishness of which is concealed from the world. The most intelligent child thai teas ever seen Every man's own child. A PoETRAtT In a recent conversation about great men, one gentleman asked another if he had ever seen Col. Benton, and if so, to describe him. Why," said the interrogated, whether sitting, standing or walking, the Missouri Senator looks as if be were carrying on an inward and gentle remonstrance with himself for being of so much more consequence in the world than any body eUe." The more this portrait is examined, the more correct and life-like will it appear. X.O. Bulletin. The only objection to this portrait is its strik ing likeness to a great many other great men. Richmond Whiff. v Lire. Life ia a truly mingled cup, consisting of sweet and bitter ; it is changeable, consisting of lights and shades. Every day brings some cup of pleasure to slake the thirsty sool ; but it is not unmingled, for every day also brings its sorrow. Every day brings some good, ana every day exports some sigh. There ie no day so dark as to be cheered by the light of hope ; and yet its ght perpetually gleams upon tbe hour or men- al darkness and sorrow, as tbe aun often looks through' the overhanging cloud, and mingles its beams with tbe drops ot tne ratling snower. Such is life, and we must make tbe best of it as it is. To be elated with its pleasures and proe- pects softs not to think oT its sorrows, will lesd to disappointment, for they wilt find us out. ' T brood over its ills, to tbe neglect oi the good we may enjoy, is unwine. 4t V.WdmmaClhr 1849. PrBTi Ori Saturday xnonussr fast, between 8 and 9 o'clock the North Carolina Lamp Black Manufacturing Establishment, situated about 400 feet North of the Rail Koad UepoV was destroy ed by firev The building was of wood and quick- rr consumed, wiia' aoout iiw oorreis oi Lamp Black, and all the fixtures. Tfce loss is estimated m J5000, which is borne by a Company of enter pnsing citizens, who had but begun to realise on their investment. The Engine Companies beha- ed extremely well on the occasEm, and through exeruons ot tne citizens, the Distnierv of Mr. J7ts, with a considerable quantity of Tur- - PUBLIC MEETING IN CALD WELL. ' A numerous and hlfhlv respectable meetiux of th citixens of Caldwell Couuty, waa held on toe 15th Of May, (being Tuesday of Court week) for the pur pose oi considering the works of Internal Improve-. men auiaoruea.oy the Jast Legislature. ; The meeting was organized by calling General Sam'l F. Patterson, to the Chair, and C. C. Jones as Secretary. The Chairman, after stating the objects of the meeting, made a very satisfactory explanation of the Charter of the Western Turnpike, and the nature of the funds provided for its completion, and ably set forth the reasons why the Road should be made North of the Catawba River. On motion, of A. C Williamson, Esq, the Chair man appointed a committee of five, consulting of Gen. C. W. Clark. Wm. A Lenoir, A. C. Williamson, Alfred Hartley, and George Conley. Walter,W. Lenoir, being called for, made a very concise and able address, advocating the Turnpike, not so much as a whole or continuous line, but as a chain of valuable links, provided the same be pro perly located, end showed conclusively ,that the route North of the River, in connecrton with the Caldwell and Ashe Turnpike, would become a thorough fare of the greatest importance to our State. The committee reported the following resolu tions: Resolced, That whereas the Western Turnpike is the only State work which is authorised to be made exclusively at tbe expense or tne eiaie ; is mere fore just and right, tht tbe same shall be so located as best to promote tbe general interest of North Carolina, and the greatest number of her citisens. Resolced, That in the judgment of this meeting, (and we believe of every unbiased mind.) that tho route via Statesville, Taylorsville. Lenoir, and Mor ganton, will be the most useful and valuable in every part, will serve directly the interests of much the largest and most valuable section of North Carolina, and by connecting at Lenoir, with tbe Caldwell and Ashe Turnpike, will form the best and much the most direct thorough-fare, crossing the Blue Ridge to tbe West, and will be of the greatest importance to the Rail Road interests of North Carolina, and that .any route further South, would utterly fail to accomplish these. desirable objects. Resolud, That the distance from Morganton to Statesville, if increased at alt, by the route we pro pose, will be more than counterbalanced by the su perior ad Taut ages of the route in cost of construction and quality of soil, aa most of the Rood may be loca ted on gray sandy ridges, equal in many respects to McAdautUed road, near the valleys or farming lands, and on grades remarkably favorable for a road. Resolced, That in the judgment of this meeting, should the portion of 'he road between Salisbury and Morganton, be located South of tbe Cntawba river, through the Cduntjr of Catawba, much the greater part will necessarily cross the country and the chan nels of trade so nearly at right angles, as to be almost entirely useless for transportation as the trade to Salisbury from the West and tbe counties North of tbe river will in any event take tbe route we have indicated, while the counties South of the river, being nearer to the Ril Road at Charlotte, will trade there Therefore, it is plain, tL further North tbe road can be located, the greater will be tbe transportation the greater the benefits to the State, and the lar gest number of her citizens. Resolved, That the route we have proposed is pre ferable on account of the immense amouut of water power North of the Catawba river, especially in the counties of CaldwelL Alexander and Wilkes, which we think can scarcely be aurpassed by any section of the State, and with these and other advantages combined, we believe that this route cannot fail, un der any circumstances, to become, ere long, one of especial favor and regard on the part of the atate. Should the present road be made through the county of Catawba, we fear it will share the fate of the old State road through the same section part of which was discontinued at the last session of tbe Legisla ture. Resolved, That the Commissioners and Engineers, appointed to locate said road, are hereby respectful ly and earnestly requested to make an examination of the route we have recommended. Resolced, That the Internal Improvement Con vention to be held at Salisbury, on'the 14th of June next, meets our full approbation, and that a delega tion of ten persons be appointed by the chairman of this meeting from this county, to attend said Con vention. Resolced, That the proceedings of this meeting be published in the Carolina Watchman, Raleigh Register, Fayetteville Observer, and Highland Mes senger. The resolutions were then passed unanimously, and the following persons appointed by the chair to attend tbe Convention at Salisbury, to wit: Gen. C. W. Clark, CoL W. A. Lenoir, A. C- William son, E. W. Jooes, E. P. Miller, L. G. J ones, Jas. C. Harper, R. R. Bode, J. C. Newland, and Wilie Gaither. On motion, this meeting adjourned site die. SAM'L F. PATTERSON, Ch'n. C. C. Jones, Secretary. Internal Improvement Convention. A great State Convention ia to assemble at Salisbu ry, N. C,on tbe 14th of June, for purposes con nected with that important State Improvement, the Ureal Central Railroad, which was authorised by tbe last Legislature of North Carolina. We look upon this work with tbe deepest interest; for we anticipate from its connection with our city by means of tbe Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad, the future commercial elevation ot Norfolk to the high destiny fur which nature seems to have form ed her. We congratulate our citizens on the as seinbling of this Convention, ss sn evidence that the good people of North Carolina are bestirring themselves with a commendable spirit (o expedi e tne great work; and we hope and trust that every iMorioiK man win ieei a deep interest and a lively r. !. a. sympatny in tne glorious undertaking and not only leel but manifest it. We propose therefore that a meeting be held, forthwith, to give expres sion to the public sentiment and feeling of our ci ty in relation to this movement in North Carolina, and their sense of the importance to our city of the contemplated central improvement. Norfolk Herald. THE DEAF AND DUMB. It will be seen by the advertisement of Mr. Cooke, the Principal of tho Institution for tbe Deaf and Dumb in this City, that the next ses. sion will commence on the 16ih of July next. At the recenteession of tbe Legislature, the roan, agement and control of this Institution was con. tided to a Board consisting ot the following gen tlemen r John H. Bryan, Thomas J. Lemay, Per rin Busbee, Linn B. Saunders, Charles E. John son. James F. Jordan, and William W. Holden For the last two or three months the Board have devoted a good deal of time and attention to the Institution; and, it is now in a condition to go forward with increased usefulness, it is hoped, iu the discharge of the duties devolved upon it by the State. Tbe new Building, to which the .school baa been removed, is well adapted to the purposes for which it was constructed ; and in tho course of a very few years, when the grounds shall have been unproved, as is designed, elegance and beauty will be joined to convenience and utittiy. It is gratifying to perceive tbe interest which is felt in this noble Institution by the people in all aeetions. ' The members . of the Board, we know, (thongb they receive and ask no compensa tion, and though their duties require much of their time and attention.) are happy to be in a po sition of service in such a work ; while the Prin cipal, Mr, Cooke, is as unwearied in his labors as be is successful in imparting instruction to the unfortunate pupils commuted to his charge. -Standard. vOn the evening of a eertaia day near the close of lha year 1849, a solitary nun, closely aaaffled ia a huge cloak, will be seen embarking o board a stea mer bound for America. That man Is O. P. R. James. So the papers say. &5 Mr. Dufrogue, the' Mayor of Baton Roitge, has died of cholera. 'Jdnsmkii-pn We expressed vn patriotic willingness ta abide the decision of a fairly conttitu$ed Convention. ,Th following letter from GeW.DocixsaT to the Editof of the ttFsyetteviIle Observer explains his position in the matter : Dockirt's Stose, May 26th, 1849. Ma. HAUtDear'Sir&l had resolved to disre gard the carping of the Press upon my conduct in relation to the pending Congressional election in this district, until tbe arrival thia morning of the Obser ver of the S2d inst , with its strictures based upon a statement in the Charlotte Journal, that 1 had de clined a, submission of my, claims to a Convention, Sio. I now consider a proper regard for my friends demands a replication from me, which I prefer, from your taking the matter in hand, submitting through the Observer. In the first place, however, allow me to inquire whether yott can account for the non-appearance of a letter written by me in reply to several interroga tories propounded by a large number of respectable gentlemen in Cabarrus county, which, according to agreement, was to have been printed: whilst one from Mr. Little, written the week after, has been before the DeoDle a week or more. Is it for the pur pose of deriving advantages from u first impressions," or a fixed determination that my true sentiments shall not be known 7 The statement said to be in the Journal is a gross misrepresentation. I have at no time declined or re fused to acquiesco in the decision of a convention of the people; but on tbe other hand have been long nnd am yet an unwavering and unflinching advocate of the people's right to hold public meetings or con ventions to settle important questions, and have re cently in my public addresses invited the people to settle the present difficulty, promising most cheerful ly to abide by their decision, and th it whenever there should be a clearly expressed intimation that my services were not desired, ( would retire from tbe field ; which oft repeated declaration none knew better than the Editor of the Journal, who was on one or two occasions within a few feet of me when 1 advauced to large crowds these sentiments, stating clearly snd unequivocally that it was the abuse and not tbe institution I objected to. Uuta wag recent ly remarked that a convention held by the people was no convention at all, and perhaps this is the apology for tbe Journal's statement. I have said, and say now, that I could not acquiesce in the nomination of a convention gotten up in the usual way by portions or fractions of tbe people in particular localities, generally under the influence and control of excited and interested political parti sans, where the masses declined or refused to parti cipate; and preferring defeat to compromise of prin ciple, 1 eapect to adhere strictly to this position. 1 lie approaching convention I suppose is intended to determine virtually and substantially, and in its effects definitely, in June, who is to be our next Re presentative in Congress, precisely two moot ha in anticipation of the regular August election, when the whole Whig party are to be either coaxed or scared into a ratification. If the people participate en masse, all right. ' If the few assume to themselves this prerogative, it will be an usurpation of power. I am aware that a candidate who says much about the rights of the people, at the present day, is ob noxious to the charge of demagogeuism. Bat I have not been anfficiently steeped in that ism, to follow the example lately set me in long speeches, of eulo eizinz the glorious rights and privileges of the peo ple, whilst in the very act, by the encouragement of small conventions, or preventing the exercise and enjoymeut of those rights. As you have referred to my withdrawal two years ago to avoid a split among the Whigs, to my being the first Whig candidate in the field, and to occur rences since the canvass commenced, I beg leave to say to the Whigs of the District, that could 1 have anti cipated half the difficulties we are surrounded with, I should have again acted as I did two years ago, to avoid embarrrassing ourselves and friends. But be lieving it would meet with the approbation of the Whigs generally, I became a candidate, and believ ing at tbia time that a very large majority are de sirous to cast their votes for roe, I expect to continue a candidate, unless ruled off by a convention formed and based upon the immutable Republican principle of a general eoustituency. Since penning the above, which is longer than 1 had intended, a friend placed before me the Raleigh Register, containing an artiele copied from the Charlotte Journal, stating in very insolent terms that 1 had charged Mr. Little'with being brought out by midnight caucuses in Stanly and Anson. To this 1 roust reply, and in the seqnel it will be well if Mr. Little does not exclaim, "Save me from my friends." At Union Superior Court, Mr. Little remarked in his public address to n very large assembly, that he wished to state the circumstances under which he bad been induced to become a candidate, which he had assented to very much sgainst his interest, with great reluctance; and then proceeded calmly in his own way and time to state, that he had not entertained tbe least idea of becoming a candidate until Stanly Superior Court in March. At that Court, four delegations arrived at Albermarle one from Cabarrus, oue from Stanly, one from Mont gomery, and one from the upper end of Richmond, and waited on him, insisting that he should sgree to rnn for Congress ; he still however refused. At Anson Superior Court, two other delegations ar rived at Wadesborough, one from another part of uaoarrus, ana tne other rrom Kockingbam, Rich mond county. Six delegations in all, urging bim to take the field, and declaring they would sooner vote for a Democrat than for Dockery ; when he consented to have his nnmo announced. To which I replied, 1 lived in the neighborhood of the locations of two of those delegations, and bad travelled in Montgomery, Stanly, and Cabarrus, and mixed freely with the people, and had not in a solitary instance heard of the first public meeting or delegation, and I waa forced to the conclusion that the delegations must be the creatures of night caucuses. To which I will now add, to this date the delegations are unknown and are ashamed to be known to the immediate communities they professed to speak for. Fjr the correctness of the above statement of the Union speech, 1 refer to the large crowd at Stanly County Court last week, who heard Mr. Little assent to the correct version I then gave, only adding at that time, that he came out to save the Whig party from defeat. In conclusion, I authorise the Observer to say, that whenever the Wbigs, in numbers approxima ting their strength, take bold of the matter in con vention, or in any other way they may think prop er, I shall be ready to bow in submission to their decision ; but equally determined to resist the be best of the delegations, who, avowing their intention, secure the services of a gentleman to defeat me, though it may throw the district into the hands of a democrat, and immediately raise, so far as publio sentiment has been able to designate the gentleman, the cry for a convention. Hoping all Whig papers which may have pub lished your remarks will publish this,- 1 subscribe myself your sincere friend, ALFRED DOCKERY. Mr. Cooke, recently appointed Postmaster of Bingbampton, Broome county, N. haa been unable to fulfil his duties, the old Postmaster, Mr. Park, refusing to deliver tip the office. Mr. P. takes the curious ground that as his com mis sion iVfor four. years, subject to the removal of the President of. the (Joited States, and be haa been dismissed nly by one of the President's Cabinet, the Postmaster General, is yet legally entitled to hold his place. Foa California. Our fellow citixena. Or. S. Langdon, Dr. W. D. Co wan. Dr. John Moobk and Mr. Tnos. Asbs. left, here on Sunday in tbe Company's Boat fur Charleston, , whore, they take lbs steamer Falcont for Chagres, which will sail to-day.- Wilmington CommercUL , r 4 Honor to the Brave. A number of citizena nf Norfolk atv nhnut tn npont A A fcwA service of plate to Major Larkin Smith, now absent on duty in Mexico, through his father, j Maj. Charles Smith. fjCorrespondence of the Baltimore Sun. - ; 0- ''WasaisoTOK, May 28184 1 It is now pretty well settled that the Hon. Will; lata C. Riyes will be Minister to France, and Abbot Lawrence, Minister to England. Mr. Rives is, no doubt, well-remembered in France; and Mr. Law recce is, by his ample private fortune, well able to sustain our commercial interests in. England. Bar ringer, of .North Carolina, will probably go to Spain. The news received here from Missouri U that Col Benton, with the manly stand he took for the Union, is carrying all before him, and that he will, beyond a doubt, be returned to the Senate of the United States by , the new Legislature. The Cal houn movement in Missouri was instigated by pol iticians here, and must, by no means, be looked upon as the spontaneous expression of the will of the peo ple of Missouri Col. Benton was not the man to be thus entrapped by the. wire-workers, or to bring a great principle into tbe political stock market of bis State. He will maintain his place; not only in the Senate, but also in the democratic party. The whole South Carolina movement, as it is call ed, is an abortion, and no more threatens the dissolu tion of the Union than the effort to revive the fifteen gallon law in Massachusetts. There are enough Southern men to crush it to atoms, and' the cause of the whole tempest in a tea-pot will be removed .in less than a yetr by the admission of California as a State. The Union was never stronger than it now is, the noise of a few professional croakers to the contrary notwithstanding. We may, in tbe coarse of this Summer, expect the arrival of more than two hundred thousand emigrants from Germany mostly men of considerable means, more or less compromised in the late revolutions. If, as was estimated by the former Secretary of State, each of these men brings with him only on an aver age 10 sterling, the money thus brought to tbe country cannot be less than two millions sterling, or, in round numbers, ten millions of dollars. This is but from one European State ; the others will no doubt furnish us with their quota. HIGH COMPLIMENT TO THE UNITED ' STATES. We cannot forbear quoting the following ereat compliment paid to the Udited States by Mr. Cob den, in a late speech on his scheme of financial re form. He said: ; "America has three times, within the last 10 years, been in collision with two of the greatest Powers of the world twice with England, once with France. We had the Maine boundary and Oregon territory to settle with the United States, and America had her quarrel with France, arising out of a claim for compensation of 1,000,000, which the French gov ernment refused to pay. What was the issue of those controversies? When the claim was refused by France, General Jackson, at the head of tbe Ameri can Government, published bis declaration, that if the money was not paid forthwith, he would seise French ships and pay himself. At that time 1 have it from Americans themselves the French had three times the force of ships of war that America had; Admiral Mackan was in the Gulf of Florida with a fleet large enough to ravage tbe whole coast of Amer ica and bombard her towns; but did France rush into war with America? She paid tbe money. Why ? Because she knew well if she provoked an unjust war with the United States, her men of war were nothing compared with the force that would swarm out of every American port- when brought into collision with another country. Franee knew that America had the largest mercantile marine, and though at first the battle might be to the stronger in an armed fleet, in the end it . would be to that country which had the greatest amount of public spirit and the'greatest amount of mercantile ships and sailors.- "What was the case with England? In IS 4 5 there was a talk of war with America on account of Oregon. Bear in mind that America never spent more than 1,200,000 on her navy. We are spend ing this year 7,000,000 or 3,000,000 ; but will anybody tell me that America fared worse in that dispute because her resources in ships of war were inferior to ours? No, but we increased our navy, and we bad a squadron of evolution, as it was called. America never mounted a gun at New York to pre vent tbe bombardment of tbe city ; but didhe fare the worse 1 We sent a peer of the realm (L.ord Ash burton) to Washington; it was on American soil that the quarrel was adjusted, and rumor does say. that America made a very good bargain. Cheers R is the spirit of her people, the prosperity of her peo ple, the groning strength of her people, the union of her people t trie determination of her people, that com mand respect. Cheers Now, what! want you as a nation to do is to believe that other countries will just take tbe same measures of ns tbat.we took of America.' They wont come and attack us merely because we reduce our armaments to 10,000,000. On the contrary, other countries, 1 believe, will fol low our example." POPULATION OF CHARLESTON. A census has just been taken of the city of Char leston, and we regret to learn that the population of that ancient and hospitable city is on tbe decrease. A census taken by the Municipal authorities, makes the entire population, white and black, in 18-18, 20,457 whites 14,187, free colored and slaves 12.264, showing, on a comparison with tbe United States census of 1840, a deficit of 2,810. Tbe decrease in population, has been, however, with tbe free colored and slaves, which classes have decreased since 1840, 24,44 per cent, the white population having regular ly increased since that period in the ratio of 8,87 per cent But this is a very small increase compared with that of most our principal cities In 1810, Charleston ranked as the fifth city in the Union, in populat ion ; in 1830 she was the ixth. She is now in the six teenth. Cincinnati, Brooklyn, Albany, Louisville, Newark, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Buffalo, Rochester, Lowell, and perhaps Washington, Providence, and Troy having outstripped her since 1830. Charles ton must shake herself, put her wealth, (of which she bas an abundance) and her enterprise in operation, and regain her former elevated position. The following is the ratio of increase in population of seven cities iu thirty years. From 1810 to 1840, New York had increased 224 per cent; Boston, 157 per cent; Philadelphia, 137 percent; Baltimore, 220 per cent ; Charleston, 18 per cent; Savannah, 119 per cent. and New Orleans, 590 per cent. O. Bulletin. Auto Biograpbf of Dan. Webster. It is stated that in the preparation ot the Lite of Buck minister, by Mrs. Lee. which ia scon to be itnh. iished, she has had access to manv interest iner no vate papers. Among these Is a manuscript auio- u : u e rv :i r i - . uivgrpiiy ui asauiei iveosier. a paragraph quo ted from this shows us s fact which will be both encouraging snd consoling to diffident school, boys. Mr Webster says Mr first lessons in Latin' were recited in J ' seph Stephens Buck minster, at that time an as- : . . i i i . . . . viauiiii ai me acaueiuy. i maue tolerable pro gresa in all the branches J attended to under hie instruction, but there was one thing I could not sneak before the school. - The kind and Buckmmsier especially sought to , persuade me to periorm uo exercise ot declamation, like the other bova. bnt 1 could not da it. M.n. . : - T .. i.uj;-UCC did I commit to memory . and rehearse it in ;my M it a mmm anil am ft a ' " ' . w uu u.ct .gam; out wnen the day came, when the school was collected, when my name was called, and I saw ail eyes turned npon my seat could not raise myself from it. Some l,me ;hJBm frowned, sometimes they smtJ ed. Mr. Buckminster always pressed and entree, led with the most winning kindness, that 1 would ooly venture once y but I could not command suf ficient resolution, and -when tbe occasion was over, I went homo and wept bitter tears of mot tificallon.! f v , vrristtno Physicians. Warrants have been issued at Cincinnati, for the arrest, ot several medical gentlemen, charged with tbe non-compliance of an ordinance requiring every physician to report the number of cases of spasmodic chole ra, or any malignant or unusual disease occurring within the limits or vicinity of the city, that came under their treatment. c ? f - "lack Teas. UJJed, rulveriaed, Clarified nd To'wn Sn 4 Wfoturht, Cut Naila and Hr..i. r V German, and Cant Steel. I?. 40 Blow Salt. For ab l 7 "0nd "nd J. BltOWN Raleigh, April 12 , 30 Hy the President of the . st.itf. - purs nance of law If mvo it in, LI klent of the UnitH r ... . 7. n res. At the land office at the Falls or ST CROIT er; commencing on Monday.ihe foonh davSrj-lT next, far the disposal of the public l,na7 SSS witttn tbe undermentioned Townships and uru t Townships, vix: 1 u Puof North of the Rase Line and West of the fourth principal Meridian. 1 ' -Fractional township tweniy-five. and tonshin twenty sir, thirty, thirty one, and thirty two f range eenteen. . ' ' Fractional townships twenty fie and twenty g and townships thirty one, thirty two, and thirty ih,J of range eighteen, ' F.actional township twenty air, and townshint twenty nine, thirty three, and thirty four, of rantl nineteen. Townships thirty three, thirty four, and thirty fi. of range twenty. ' Atthxsaxe place, commencing on Monday the third day of September next, for the disposal of atl the public lands within the townships and frac tional townships above enumerated, which ba been, or shall be, reported before tbe day uf sale ai containing copper, lead, or other valuable ores, to l offer, d for sale in quarter quaner sections, at not leu than five dollars per acre, except the sections and parts of sections, if any covered by those mining leases which shall not be determined bv tho a.. fixed (wr the commencement of the public sale, in accordance with the provisions of the act, approved on the third day of March, eighteen ; hundred and forly seren, entitled An act to create an additional land district in the Territory of WISCONSIN, and lor other purposes." ' l . : .-. - . J -' At the Und office at MINE RAli POINT, com. mencing on Mondaylhe eighiieeuib day of J una next, for the disposal of tbe vacant public lands with io the undermentioned townships and paru of town ships, yjz : ' North oftfie Base Line, and West of the fourth pin. ' . cipal Meridian. Townships fourteen, fifteen, and sixteen of ran2 oue. Townships fourteen, fifteen, and sixteen, of ranea two 6 Townships twenty, twenty one, and twenty two, of range three. Townships nineteen, twentv. twentr on sml I twenty two, of range faur. T1 ,u : : . i. . . - a uwuswps uiueiecu nuu iweaiy, oi range nve. Township eighteen nineteen, aad twtaty, range six. Townships eighteen, nineteen, and twenty, ef range seven. : - . Townships eighteen, nineteen, and twenty of range eight. Fractional township eighteen, and townshipi nineteen and twenty, of range nine. Fractional township eighteen, and townshipt nineteen and twenty, of range ten. . Fractional townships eignieen aad nineteen, and township twenty, ef range eleven. Fractional townships nineteen and twenty of rang twelve. - - Fractional township twenty, of range thirteen, Lands appropriated by law for the use of school, military, and Other purposes, will be excluded from the nates. The offering of the above mentioned lands will b commenced on the difi arjDmnieii mil mMMi in the order in which they are advertised, with all convenient dispatch, until the whole shall have bees offered, and the aales thus closed. But no sale shall be kept open longer than two weeks, snd no private entry of aoy of the lands will be admitted until after the expiration of the two weeks. Given under my hand, at the city of Washington, this twenty seventh day of February, Anno Damini one thousand eight hundred and forty nine. By the President : JAM3 K. POLK. KICHAKU M. : YOUNG, Commissioner ef the General Land Ojfiu. '. TO THE PUBLIC. ' The lands embraced ia the above proclamation are located principally on and adjacent to the Mi issippt and St. Croix rivers. Tho. designated aa mineral are extremely valuable; because iu addition to the copper and other ores found in them, they ar well watered, and have ready access to market, either to the South, by the Mississippi river, or to tbe East, by the way of the lakes, and the several lines of communication that connect therewith. Valuable Umber and all other necessary requires for building and jmeltiog, are found, in great ubon dance, and of the finest , quality. Tue climate it healthy and pleasant the cold being rarely nore intense than iq the northern part of New York and many of ibe land are exceedingly fertile, produ cing all the grains 'and .vegetables that cau be raised iu Massachusetts or northern New York. ' Maps showing' the locaUuea of the, mines, and other valuable information! relating thereto, derived from tie geological survey die.; which cannot bo embraced in this brief noticej' will be prepared and deposited in the land joffice at St.' Croix for ii spec lion aa early aa practicable before tee commencemanl of the public sales. . V " '' . NOTICE TQPRE-EMPTliJN CLAIMANTS. Every person entitled to the right of pre-emtion to any of the lauds within the townships and arti of townships aouve enumerated. U required toestab fish' the came te tbe Satisfaction of the register and receiver of the proper land office, and make pa j meat therefor as soon as practicable after seeing this no tice, and before the day appointed for the commence ment of the public sale of the lands embracing tb tract claimed; otherwise such claim will be forfeited. .. KiCHAKO M. YOUNG, Commissioner of the General Land Office w NQTIC& Falls or St. Croix." The Sales advertised above to be held at tb7and office at the Falls of u Crix Kiver, on the -fourth day of June and the ilurddoj of September neit. will not be held i a new District havingeen organ bed out of the part of that Vwuici lying w the rotate of Wisconsin, and the land office for that psrt in the Territory of Minesota having bwn. directed to be rer moved to Stillwater, from and after the thirU.tb day of June nexti by act of Congress approved March i 2nd. 1949. 5 - , " TAYLOK. By the President J-l ; v ;V KIGHAKDM. YOUNU, Commissioner ef the General Land Office fFj ADIE Superior Tssach. Kid Gloves, Bhwk. tUUl white and colored, V v V Gentlemen's Kid and Bilk doves. Tajlor'a 300 yd. cotton. Lee's 200 Linen and Cot ton Tajwa, aad Bobbins, Needles, Ho, Combs sua United Broshes.--.,'V i-- ?? ' Threat, Bobbin, and 'Lisle Edgings sodLaee , Swiss and Jaconeite Edgings and Inserungs. Linen, Cambric and Pongee Handkerehiefc. Irish Linens and Long Lawn. v Table, Scotch, Russia, and Hockaback Diapers. Damask Napkins and Doblioa v Irish Sheeting, 9-9 Pllfew f.CfJ -?Foreleby J. BROwJi. April 17, 1849. 31 E X" 1 r k Otr Un- JON met( bar, Plac whef - Ty cent cord ofd; lear. ' diffe ,a cc Josi the out ever sons the pen whe will trar. poli to tl ti 4 wfll Ad; and j Eng Con expc enor matt denir inter caur and Let ' T froc cair - ', tar IA f hoc ,the5 beer J ent,l self1) U incc pier lens1 ciar heal wot tot: ing I mo: irespc 1
The Raleigh Register (Raleigh, N.C.)
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