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v' m. i TMf tftF of tha Jf .-CrArrw two letters published oyer; the Signature f J Afrt Dockery cno dated Ma tbe jh, J54. tn &Vl Bobber of gentlemen ef CabnrroaConnty, Sffik forshortnessl shall hemftwc.ll his Cabar rVs letter: the other dated 26ih .May last, and ad dressed tu Mr. Hale, which forthe sate of distiiio tio t shall denomlaala his Observer letter. These letters I do not propose to scan minutely but m they nay produce wrong Impressions oa the public mind, by slight raadinz, I shall make some general obeer vuient respecting them. First then m to his Cahnr rus letter; l-eubmjt to tho gentlemen of Cabarrus taenwervaa tar -who his letter w addressed, andto the reading public, lilt is sot the most equivocal, dodg log, noncommittal and unmeaning letter ever written ts any respectable and Intelligent gentlemen or com munity;' and whether the Editor of he Charlotte Journal has not doae the General ample justice, in the eonstrnction which he has given it: Does it ad mit of any other construction I w bat else dos he mean by a pretty geaefal constituency, but a gener al meet! eg of the Whigs en masse, or a general up rising of the Whigs of, the District, to meet at one triaee to nominate a candidate, end then to meet again r. . -i ? i. .t.i. at toe several election. preciBcwm mii wu ties " T Clitrlct has been heard1' to my. that he has been eTW solicited, unless 11. was oy bit own reiauonsj or -oj-LU-ownroremct.He save In his Observer let-: liter, tbaL" Ulievfcs t would meet with ihVappro- Ml ion ox me w nin generaiiyy., ua oecanw didate: .and believing at this tints that a very Urge majority are tUsurou to cast t h eir votes fdrj' aim, he u expects to continue a candidate, unHsa ruled, off by a convention formed and baaed upon the tm mutable republican principles of a general consti tuency -(What htgh-soundlng words!) I sup pose he means, unless' ruled off by the People en masse, as he says that Is. the only kind of conven tion be will submit to. " " ' He rarely did not get that idea from the conven tion that framed (he Federal nr Stale Constitution, nor from the convention that nominnted General Taylor for the Presidency, nor from tLe convention that nominated our present Governor, nor especially from the convention that out - Henrf Cloy t HOtnixa tieHer the Presidency kef art the- peeple of North Car olut. That General Dockery did withdraw from the contest two years ago, I am free to admit ; but wheth er it was front magnanimous and patriotic motives to avoid a split in the Whig rants, or from fear of being badly beaten, is not for me to determine. As to his being the first Whig candidate in the field, 1 shall only say that any. person who hd no regard far publio opinion. Or courtesy .toward the then in cumbent, (whom the people, were still willing and I? ' ; ; , '.1 .l I k uld.ut.rf lath. Vn. .Uf T nuih. x i.roniiiv riaw, ; ....tui?rt Hen- Im K- iinit'eA qifi -wnieo Kreasaurcu our loreign policy, ana tne sew J .rvrT-fluIse me lmDrovpm. . It Tss daring iUpaBto of 1828, that a gentleman I2 viaionsNo reflecting man eaa dVobt thaIn then Thi' Alnmni whw we shall call Mr. Thompson, wo. KVedwiiJ of ftatral warWbe. fW?1-.061 Wednesday somethleg of a melancholy loolt iahi. dreary back lttiTV"J T3?ltn?Ztu? rt'W.tviba t. 2 lo transact ptirate business. Several wi room,w.r.hiag hi. cIerk.Jpajig w.y thouind. of ffA arbitrSoS of .wordT and when all tnr nation, n'pposed to the pound, hourly. ThompaoV was a banker of esellent !a0f.w.ro??,"i , ?7 S Ex;11enc of Europe are either engaged in the ttrnggle or Jn Dr CAt nr irCJi. morj' 0f credit there exUted perhaps in the elty of ilndon "bordinate tiUe .ppl if to Onmni( the smallest Jf g of WI loto blghert - submitted, but as every es. no safer oonoern than th!i of M ThL i colonies, to Envoy, and -tonther suuons i held under Zunht X GovermJent. its true Interest, and i, ttmate Car exceeded the amount of fond i.i v -TtTRTiTtK OP THE' PRESIDENT. eeauaaMBMMMBaMi 1 1" 07 One,nd by no mean, the least' of the' ad ! and interest in lWtn vM.u. j i':.' "' r.. iiii:lh.i1 r.i. u i-.-. tvanuirea waica.uavsjoiwwea tne result Tine Fre- . FW-- wrwwwa -aVW UUltl ItlVBt . t . - -W-..T -a- - .!- ' "IU ft Itft . - rtmnn t aiwircw m.,a. .v re, . m. nom niton - - - a rA . k . t " T7L i m rr. 6?jP0 loxat r mott petcj, princes or c-tirope. 11 rec;w;d thf people ofthe UPite4 Statwillingthat their reflection was admitted, no former stability w'as look ed to; a general distrust .wa. felt, and every one manifest tluty i. tfftelf Our neutralitT should be J it was resohpd hat the Monument Commin yarded and 4rfde4w to the Alomn.' m . .a a m a i . a mnm t(MMMi.w : W"?iJliri AUirWW 7? " amain, stating , atL a' : ft a . a. aa . ful that the next instant would b. too late, forget- Vl -3" "lo !h?mxalr f JSf' " iropef Ivoii r7 insure the mtn he sought to dictUi ta power nd . lauding of tnV i at wkata a a k ...vj a. .e w ...aai r on the 8d August next to con arm tnat nemtaa- wpwj jjguw hbj bbouuim u.ui.. . m w -a. sl a. -. - eV fir! tvfaitaw Ivi iahaa Amv 1 rtMunma hnwRf ap U Ui mllot C6Xf irsioii v do propmr j . -" v ut9Vv . r"T"-v a- tion construction meaning at all, but is. altogether nonsensical and unintelligible. ., This letter,va copy of which was addressed to all the Whig candidates by .theua several geaUemen of the highest respectability, and residing in the .dif ferent sections of Cabarrus county, the gentleman well knows, was gotten up by them, without any a eency ofhis, Mr. Ingram's ur mine; and I beiieve we were all ignorant of such a move being made until the Wter was handed to each of us--which for the first time informed me that a similar Jetter was ad dreseedto each of the Whig eandidates: and although I relornedjcny reply, forth with.-jet 1 know the fct, that Gen. Dockery t got his about eleven o'clock ott theopaday, slept on its contents all night, and re- Slied about 12 o'clock lhenext" dy,in,the manner ci which it iads. Gen. Dockery also know.thnt Mr. Ihgram had left Coacdrd when the letters were handed to us, and did not receive his until the next week at Monroe ; that Mr. Ingram wrote,hls answer from Monroe, and that all three or, tne letters ware read publicly at Albemarle the week after -Monroe court, and were handed to the Editor of the J nuron, the Whig Organ in tht section of the DUtrict, the aasaa week, of Albemarle' court - (t Mecklenburg court) for publicmtiou, mud that they have since been Subletted, as speedily as possible, in the Journal, the kfgus and the Observer, the principal Whig papers that circulate in this Congressional District. The Geaaral saya that his' was. to have been published in mgreememt. . Thai ra y be o tor what 1 know ; bat 1 did not know that the others would be publubed ; sordid I ferire nets with the view of its being pub lished. .Still, however, approving of iu contents, I thank the gentlemen of Cabarrus, for publishing the whole eorreapondabce f and I can Inform Gen. Dock ' err that I hv reo nested the Editor of the Argua to keep the whole correspondence in -his paper until after the election . to be bald oa the 2d Ausust. it will now, t hope, he publUhed to his. (the General) u heart's content n Read it, W higs, and juJ0'c fur . Yourselves. ' T r ":r . - - Aa to his Observer letter: the eentteman' in ther first place complains 'of the non-appearance of bis- Cabarrus letter, and insinuates tbatit wasneid bacK In order that one f -miue, which was published in the Areas, michtco forth to his prejudice and to my. advantage, set hat 1 might make the x first inapres eiona9 on ni publie mind This much the General has said no doubv with the view or maaing capuai, but it will not do; far he knows very well the gen tlemen of Union who addressed us at Monroe in the same , manner that the gentlemen of Cabarrus had dona the week before, received no answer from him a hat be merely referred them to his Cabarrus letter;-iand then my replyto these highly reepecta blejf intelligent Whigs, was the only one they re ceived, and of course the only one they could famish to was published in the Argus as soon as it was receiv ed. Will the General now pretend that the Editors have not .done him justice f Or does he pretend that theeehighly respeeUWe and intelligent gentle men, from Cabarrus and Union have done him any wrong 1 ' '" Bat the gentleman says that , the statement said to be in the Journal is uagross misrepresentation, tkat'he sever baa declined or refused to acquiesce in the decision f a convention of thejxpe, but on . . ' a ; a jr.l W aoHsideruttpa, either in convention or at the ballot box. In conclusion, I enn unhesitatingly give it as my opinion, that General Dockery will be badly beaten anyhow, and that I shall be elected, (if I get votes enough.) unless ruled off by the eonven'iou on the 4th of July next ; to the action of which convention I shall cheerfully submit, as 1 believe that all intel ligent aspirants approve of them whey there is a necessity for them; nud all unintelligent aspiranta disapprove of them under any and all circumatancea, becauae they never hope to receive a nomination from them. A. LITTLE. the other hand, has lone been ia favor of them1 words to this effect. For the correctness of this de claration 1 must again refer the Whigs to his cele brated and brag letter (to which 1 admit be has al ways referred -the people in his publie speeches.) vix : his Cabarrus letter Has the Journal misrep resented Mm I "A candid public will decide Again read a little further the Observer letter, and he gives his meaning bf a eon veution. lie says: "if the people participate -m masse, all right". Here then you have explained: by his own political dictionary what he -means by a con vention, and' which 1 cou atrue te mean the same as. his Cabarrus letter. Who ever heard of such a convention before ? It is altogether impracticable : and therefore, we can all see. plainly , that General Dockery means nothing more nor less than that . he sets public opinion, oth erwise expressed, at defiance, aud intends to be elec ted, r to defeat the Whig party. He cannot sue ceaXln the first it is possible, but not probable, that he may in the latterand I presume he cares net : for he publicly declared at Monroe, to the multitude assembled, that he never would trouble this Con gressional District sgaln,.. he had mid e more ad vantageous arrangements for himself and family. Although I am averse to any newspaper contro versyend -particularly with a Whig yet having bees dragged into it by the Observer letter, I reel constrained to repel the dark insinuation contained ia one ' cf the paragraphs of that communication namely, that of being a demagogue, or any part of one. J had long been taught by our Declaration of Rights, -"that- a free recurrence to fundamental principles' is necessary to preserve the blewingsf Liberty f and by the same instrument; in the very first section, we are taught, w That all political pow er is vested in and derived from the people only .n lam yet to learn that, any reference to either of those principles savour, any, thing of Demagogue ism. Bat Demagogueism doe. consist in appeals made to the prejudices snd not Jo the reason of in dividuals, in d captanfan vulgus arguments, in ar raying one class of the community against another, publicly or privately as for example the poor against the rich, the farmers sgninat the lawyers. wtwta wj.- ii u ciuer uencnu uocaery or-mysesr. hss been guilty of this, is a question lor the poodle v UCGiUC To the Freemen of tha 8th Congressional District of North Carolina, Feulow-Citizcns: I was nominated by the Whig Convent ion. which atembled in Washington, on the 24th instn as a candidate to represent this District in the next Congress of the United States, and with a gratefal sense of the honor thus conferred upon me, accepieu me name. Aiinoogn ai, me lime inu bimu iualion waavm d,e, J. was confined to a sick bed, by severe indisposition, and barely able to make my ac knowledgments for ibis too partial mtniiestatioc or regard and confidence ihey evinced for me, yet by the advice of sanguine and devoted friends, 1 was in duced to accept the same under the mttenng nope aud belieC, lhat my health would improve and enable me to comply with the time honored custom and re quirement of the country, of meeting you, in the va rious parts of the District, and addressing you oa the deeply exciting and Interesting matters and ques tions connected with our national politics, in tnia hope and belief i am pained to say 1 am moat sadly disappointed. After being confined to my bed by sickness in Washington for one week, I repaired to Hyde county on Monday last, and indue time made an effort to address the good people of that County at their Court-house, but was physically unable to do so, In consequence of my continued indisposition. My, health from my youth up, has been very feeble indeed, and the sickness with which I am now afflic ted with all its alaraiug symptoms, warns me against further exposure, and demands of me both rest and mental quietude. Sincerely desirous therefore aa 1 am to represent jou in Congress, I am constrained both by my sense of duty to you and my family, to decline this nomination 1 have .no hesitation in de claring to you fraukly and honestly, that I am una ble to perform the severe labour required of me in canvassing the eleven Counties composing this Con gressional District, and if 1 were to attempt It, I should be doing great injustice to you and the country,-and I fear the .consequences would be fatal to me. I have deemed it a duty which I owe both .ip yon and myself, promptly to advise yon on my return to Washington, from the County of Hyde, or the feeble condition of my health, and of my increasing inabili ty to perform this trust, so that our friends may a vail themselves of the ample time and opportunity which are afforded before the election, of making a selection and nomination, from the many gentlemen among us, who are so much better able and qualified to diacharge thia important trust. ' In thus declining the honor conferred upon me, and of which I was so undeserving, permit me to express to yoe, my grateful sense of your generous confidence and too partial regard, and to assure you that no act of ray life could have given me greater pleasure than that of being your Representative in the Congress of the United States, and that none has given m greater pain, than that of beingrom pelled by my feeble health to tender to you this de clension of that high honor. I have the honor to be your friend and fellow-citizen, JAMES W.BRYAN. Washington, May 31, 1849. in It is true that I took the opportunity at MonrOe, Union, at Albemarle. 1n S tanlrl and o1iu1i4 of stating to the people bow it happened that I be came a canditste that t had ben aolimtiNl K. pectable gentlemen of the Whig party from the ukv i MM. pars m nicomona county, fretn Montgomery, Sunly, Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, and .h"JnuV and that at the Soperior Court at riSSr?6' p Ql Dockery had announced himself eaaduutea-1 was waited;upon by highly wspectable tetiUmiM f. .vi vl- v 15531?.. Cabamu and Abson, c. t - " V. wonoar evenmir of An- -o.r wn, as soon as I W Tr HOWS I WasagHlu'wait n": Court e whether I would conlentTi . not. when I repUeA itV?2 Wbdite or pteaseu. WLeihef B VnT T,T,kk . "f yl the word'gfiaa cr bUo ocoasien. 1 ItnakeallmrpabHe addLLn.not BOW J they pleased. vsed as l make all mr Publ If Abe word wa.ued .by me at To the Delegates of the late Whig Convention, from the Counties composing the 8th Con . gressional District, Gemtlsmk.v : From the published Card of James W Bryan Esq , you will learn that on account of his continued illness and debility, he has felt him self imperiously compelled to withdraw from the can vass, as a candidate for the next Congress from this District, to which honor your partiality had so re cently called him. This intelligence will be received by you with sincere regret. There is however ample time to repair the disap pointment. The Wbigs of the District are in the right temper, and they are ready to charge upon the foe under the lead of any sound Whig you may select. A ware, that my position as President of the late Convention does not empower me to act in the prem ises, yet, with a diffidence which could not be over come, but by the circumstances which surround, us, and at the earnest solicitation of many intelligent and prudent Whig gentlemen, 1 do hereby request that the Delegates appointed to said Convention do again assemble in the town of Washington, on Tues day, toe 19th or the present month, for the purpose or supplying toe vacancy. JUHK BLACK WELL, President Newbern, N. C, June 5th, 1849. tX ttmtwM D ell,h the above seese, and convert din I am confident I never said 7h!Lnieaain?-- there Were" Wilmington, June 6th, 1S49 Public Meeting. in accordance with a notice issued by the Magistrate of Police on Saturday laat, a portion or our cinxeus met at Masonic Hall in the afternoon of that day, for the purpose of couferriag together Qn the proposition to send- delegate, to the Internal Improvement Convention, to be held In sal isbury, on the 14 b of this month. Co) Miller, the Mngistrnte of Police, acted as Chairman of the meeu ino-. ana Messrs. l nomas uinnz ana nauesvoetin as Secretaries. The Chairman and General Alex McRae made cuntory remarks on the subject of the meeting, urging their fellow-citisens to leodheir countenance and support, so fat a. la within their enropetency, to the Central; Rail Road, concerning the interests of which the .Salisbury Convention has been called. : " -a u'- ; The gentlemen whose name, fidlrtw were appoint ed delegates to the Convention: Ex-Gav. Dudley, Dr. Thomaa Hv.WriKhi,Gen. Alexander,-MeRne, Dr. P. J; HilL Capt. Grtbrrt Potter, Col. Gaston Mearea, WillUm S. Ake, Wniiam JlilL O: . G Parsley, Hiram R. Nixon. Donald McRae, Thomas W. browi Henry Wot fr Thomas W Sanfwrd, John DaweenTC. Worth. R. H Cowsn CtronuU. TKe Commercial says We hope and believe avoid. But to return. .The wealthy eitixen sat gloomily watching the outpouring of his gold and with a grim smile listening-to. the clamor, on his -cashier; for although he feityerfectry easy "and Secure as to the ultimate strength or his, resources, yet he could not repress a feeling of bitterness as he saw constituents rash in, snd those whom he fondly imagined to be his dearest friends eagerly assisting in the run upon his strong box. - Presently the door opened, and a stranger was ushered in, who, after gnxing for a moment at the bewildered banker, coolly drew a chair; and abrupt ly addressed him M You will pardon me, air, for asking a strange question ; but I am a plain man, and like to come straight to the point. ' Well, air ?" impatiently interrupted the other. u I have heard that you have a run on your bank, sir?" "Well?" "I it true?: " Really, sir, I most decline replying to your very extraordinary query. If, however, you. have any money in the bunk, yeu had better at once draw it out, and so satisfy yourself? our cashier will instant lj PtJ ou ;'lanil the banker rose, as a hint for the stranger to withdraw. " Far from it sir : I have not one sixpence in your hands.'' Then may I ask what is your business here?" " 1 wished to know if a small sum would aid you at this moment ?:' Why do you ask the question ?" " Beciuse if it would,! should gladly pay in a small deposit." The mney dealer stared. M You eeem surprised : you don't know my person or my motive. Til at once explain. Do you recol. lect some 20 years ago when you resided in Essex "Perfectly." " Well, thn, sir, perhaps you have not forgotten the turnpike sate through which you pnssed daily? My father kept that gate, and was often honored by a few minutes chat with you. One Christmas morn ing my father' was sick,' and I attended the toll bar Ou that day you pussd through, and t opened the gnte for you. Do you recollect it sir?" " Not I, my friend." . "No, sir; few such men remember their kind deeds, but those who are benefitted by them, seldom forget them. 1 am perhaps prolix: listen, however, only a few moments, and 1 have done." The bunker began to feel interested and at once assented. , u Well, sir, as ! said before, I threw open the gate for you, and as I considered myself in duty bound, I wished you a happy Christmas. u Thank you, my lad," replied you u thank you ; and the same to you : here is a trifle to make it so f and you threw me a seven shilling 'piece. It was the first money I ever possessed ; and never 6hall 1 forget my joy on receiving it, or your kind smile in bestowing it. 1 long treasured it, and as 1 grew up added a little to it, till 1 was ibletorent a toll myself. You left that part of the country, and 1 lost sight of you.- Yearly, however, I have been getting on ; your pres ent brought good fortune with it : ,1 am now com paratively rioh and .toy oil f consider I owe a,lL So this morniug, hearing accidentally that there was a run on your bank, 1 collected all my capital, and have brought it to lodge with you, in case it can be of any use; here it is;" and he handed a bundle of bank-notes to the agitated Thompson uloa few days I'll call again f und snatching up his hat, the stranger throwing down his card, Walked out of the room. Thompson undid Ike roll ; It contained .30,000 ! The stern hearted banker for all bankers must be stern burst into tears. The firm did not require this prop ; but the motive was sonoble, thst even a millionaire sobbed be could not help it. The firm is still one of the first- ia London. - The 30.000 of the turnpike boy is now grown into some 200,000. Fortune has well disposed her gift- L . THE END OF FOUR GREAT MEN. Tbe four great personages who occupy the most conspicuous places in the history of hf. world, .were Alexander,. Hannibal, Ccaar, and Bo'naptr'e. Alexander after- having climbed the dizzy heights of his ambition, and with bis temples bound with chipleta dipped in the blood of count less million, looked down upon 'a .conquered wnrld.and wept that tbre waa not any other world for him tu conquer. set a ciiy on fire, and died iii a acene of debauch. - Hi nkibal alter hating to the astoniahmen: and consternation of R me, passed the A pa, and Having put to night the armies of the (metres, of the world, and stripped three bushel, of golden rings from the fingers of herslaughiered knigbis, and made her foundation, quake, fled irom hi. country, being hated -by those- who once exult ingly united hw name to hat of their God. and ailed him IJani Bal, and died, at last, by poison administered with his own huxl, unlatnented and unwept, io a foreign land. Cesar after having conquered eight hundred citietf, and dyeing hi. gannn. in the blood of one million of hi fi.; alter having pursued to leath the only rival he bad on earth, wa. misera bly assassinated by those' whom he considered hj. nearest friends ; and in that very place, the attainment of which had been bi. greatest am. birtnn. Bonaparte, whose mandate, king, and popes obeyed, alter having filled the earth with the ler ror of his nam-, after harms deluged Europe with tears and blood, and clothed the world with aack cloth, cloned hi. day. in lot.elv banishment, al most literally exiled from the world, yetwhere he could .ome times see hi. country, banner waving over tbe deep, but which could not bring him aid. Thus these four men, who seemed to stand the representative, of all those wnoni the world call great these four men who, each in turn, made arth tremble to it. very centre, by their simple tread. aeverally 'died one by intoxication, or aa wa. supped, by prison mingled in hi. wine. one by euicide. one murdered by hi. friends, md one a, lonely exile, How are the mighty tallen 1" ; . Habeas Coartrs. As it is generally known that Augustus Buchanan and two slaves one as in- party, aa. I la t Kshaaaai a ftn.4eaai -nf t. am nAa naa -Y aanawaa saaia en BMNtct vi ..asigiA- a ua ars teaa v v av e uvs we always see, on the part 4f European officials, a great-readiness to bestow tjtles of inferioity upon tion.' and that thev then nmixvi , 15 '"tiecj ana erect a swtoble inonunient. The funds m Wamoum to about $600, while $1,000 wiUbe neededV TLtf Aimual Oratum' before th r . mainuin, and let us confine oaf propagandism of the ciatibni'MTered by James T M.. trua principles of -government :wtbt:iowwp.a- -- " - -r W- mmmn WMIMIIOI I 1 BIB TTMlrt fc IntionarT and dvnastic conflict s which bave almost converted the eastern continent into one great battle field. Let the people of Europe settle their own affairs in their own wsy. ; juet mem aaop suo u forms of government M they choose snd tfs they t in view of the subject, we know that President Monroe always refused to receive any communication -from a fomgneT with that prefix to bis name. Esq searf The ise au-ijusw -vrowa ' Ar.,,i Qt. Vt t r Gen. Taylor, and of the men whom hetbas caHetl v -f. " T-'. tu,"v" amongst us, -. . .....- ... .......- mi irua DTUlO oir nawons, ana panicuiariy on ivepuwica. ney . firderthicb wehold out to the view. :5 ar Vthererore very pmnpt iaXccordiag tbe tit of- baUons. !' 1 1 r seaitb of a practical and interesting character u Excellence to the head of our mtuon. for it Con- I I .i 7 " :r-v - i-r - j J . . . . s "racier.-. vey. the ide of a rank am equal to a Field Marshal TOJi "Thi JSa vtew. tt t Ka. - n.,b- i .i;, K!iir init,;. : mimsfration. Such are the wise and just view aa sews a sv. in t wa ea wuav a aa a uvu mwi . M 1 The anusions of the Speaker to those great mind around him pand in this assurance .every eitixen rests secure that the eountry will be brought into a ar -5 -. n meetings. or. conventions te'appolnt dawj. 7 u v . i J . licit uie : amt aa t iwys bava mm -1 otll "a eo-4 r gruueuu appumieo ou una uccawn, rtatesaent to tht w o, the Whig. ! that l th ) gW go to the Conrention. ; But, as we tended o V myself upon the district .. . 1 Jr . ""V tore, the tune of the Convention data, or to endanger the Whig party. C-n a' ral Dockery say the n thing! He' well VaaZL this charge ba. been made .gainst him ; and noio! teaigenor raepecUble man in this Congressional so nxed,as to render it inconvenient and .in some elaiHv 1 for manf 40 attRn'J would Tfiil tnemseWes of the opportunity oTraan- ,7? -1T zesJ lor the promotion of that 1 and glonous work-the denSl Rail Road... the property, of Stephen Williams and the other belonging to the estate of the late May Buchanan were committed to the jail of this county some three weeks ajo charged with having perpetrated the homicide on . the body of May Buchanan on the 7th ulL, h maf gratify friends at a distance to learn the issue of a proceeding instituted for the relief of the accused- On Monday of last week, by Tirtaeof a Writ of Habeas Corpus, then re tornable, they were earned before bis Honor Judge Caldwell; at Chambers in' Salisbury, and aftera full and particular ; examination "of the witneWs on both Sides of the charge, as well as the inspec tion of the written testimony taken by- the Coro nor's jury in the case, the prisoners were ordered to be discharged and set at full liberty there not uemg uie suguirai lesumony against them on whichto" found a sugiicion ot the horrid, and. un natural crime for which they had been confined. This result must be highly gratifying not only to the immediate friends, of the partiesbut to all the parents of the land. IVadesbcro' jfrsrus. ' ? J , xionisname. itj- .-.M. rnM;m Pnmmr v, 1. v" r:.j....j.... ii..D.ii:.L 1 no uanecesaarj vwuuvw .iv.6-......1; uc nu8,u w.r r r , ah 14 djfficaliif& qnhappily wUe, they wil be met Government sent commissioner, over to thi. country. JW" SSa which will .eek Ihe.'ioaintenance of friendly relaliona. and with a firmnes. which .will to treat on terms for an arrangement, they addressed their first Communication to George Washington, Esquire," which the latter refused 10 receive, as it did not give him his proper and official character. They then proposed to change it to " George Washington, Esquire, etc eta etc.'' they contending that every 1 thiug Was included under the ft at eras, but Wash- ingtou replied that it ' e( cettras1 meant r even L f. . T , f ... f" , fki,,n it ln m,.nt am iiUaV .l tKi. Pnmmil iw15TO.mi rV v. siouers finally gave way, and addressed their dispatch to him us " Comma nder-iu- Chief of the armies of the United States" This was far from being an empty show of etiquette on the part of Washington, and cho' We acknowledge, it was of much more importance to obtain an official recognition of his rank and station at that tiiue, from the representatives of the mother country, than to obtain proper recognition from for eigners, when addressing our President, whose rauk and btation are undisputed, and universally .acknowl edged ; yet still, tbe principle iuvolied in- thotwo cases, is precisely the same. - ' Majesty," which, in its general acceptance i acknowledged as the highest title in the world, was originally republican, and the first and only applica tion of it for many centuries, wa. The majesty of the Roman people" When her Emperors robbed them f their republican institutions, they stole at the same time this tijle, and it has continued to be stolen property for nineteen centuries, until the monarchies of the world, we suppose, will be 4in wil ling to cede it buck to Republics, but will continue to claim it, by prescription. The proper address then, in our opinion, tq the present chief magistrate of the Union, is either, 41 Z ichary Taylor, President of tbe United State" or " President Zichary Taylor, ' without any prefix or addenda of Muter, Esquire, Honorable tit Ercci lency. It is not often that we have had occasion to address a President de facto, but on all such occasions we have invariably adopted the former plan. We recollect seeing, a published communication from tbe former Vice President, R. M. Johnson, addressed, tbe 'Lite President, as u Colonel Polk," and we could not help thinking at the. time, and particularly coming from a person who certainly must have known better, that it. was not only a breach of etiquette, but that it exhibited a want of proper respect for the head of the nation. A President of the United State, will, of course, always receive any respectful communication from his fellow-citizens, however it may be addressed ; but we hope a different rule will always be adopted as regirds foreigners, and particularly from those who may be clothed with official authority, and that they will not be permitted to parade our Chief Magistrate before the eyes of the European community, with a title inferior to that enjoyed by hundreds of subjects in almost every monarchy, in the old world, for it is evidently done with the express intention of under valuing our importance and influnce, and with the view of creating that impression abroad. v- Nno Orleans Bulletin. yield nothing of the national oionor. ,; JS very .man feels this; every man reels tnat vie nave a rresiueni. who sincerely desire, peace, yet who is not afraid of war."' Now. will any mau say that this double security, a security-both Jbr the honor efJhe"cou-n J trv and for tbe preservation .of peace, could oe xeit the extension of the area of freedom, the annexation of Cuba, and tbe manifest destiny of this eountry to meddle in the affairs of another parts of the world 1 Would not every one feel that tbe Admin istration, from its own imprudence, or driven by the clamor of its supporters and the consistency of its professions, would be in constant danger of involv ing the country in the conflict which rages in the old world 1 Providence Journal, vs. ....... HALI5I0H KBiilSTlUl. Onra are the plana of fair delightful peace, Uawarp'd by party rag to live like brOthexa. DANIEL BOON'S COURTSHIP. In the immediate neighborhood of hi. father's new settlement on the river Yadkin, another ad venturer, named Bryan, soon- made hi. appear ance, and planted himself upon a beuutiful .pot, washed on one aide by a lovely mountain stream nesr which had been the favorite huoiing ground of the young sprrrtstnan On a certain evening. Boon engaged a friend to meet him at that .(Kit for the purpose of engaging in a fire bunt." In" this wild sport, one of the parties usually ride through the forest, with a pine torch borne on high, which shedding a glaring light through th gloomy precincts, sxlaziles the eyes of the deer that the other party, who is on foot, shoot. th gam between the eye., whlo the bewildered annual is staring at the blaze. Booh, compan ion was to bear the torch and accordingly ap peared on the fieldrand commenced the u.uaf round. They had oot proceeded far, when Bon gave the concerted signal to keep the light ata tionary. The horaemen obeyed, and watted in momentary expectation of hearing the .harp and ratal report of hi. friend' rifle. Not hearing i, however,- be turned h . horse to ascertain th" cause of the unwonted delay, whn he saw hi friend drop hi. rifle and aetoff in pursuit of some shadowy object over brush and briar, fence and field- When Bonn gave the signal to hi. friend, he indeed saw the flume of the torch reflected by a pair of brilliant eyes, and he immediately cocked hi. gun and brought it to hi eyes; but instead of j standing stupified at the light, to be shot at, the supposed fawn wheeled precipitately and fled During thia unuaunl movement. Boon caught a glimpse of the flowing told, of a-petticoat, drop pvd hi. rifl, and made chase after h's .game a intense in the pursuit, that he wa. little lesasur prised than his new neighbor Mr. Bryan, when he found himself standing in the doorway,' having driven tbe object of hi chase into tbe paternal arm.. ' Bwin's embarrassment and surprise may easily L . J ' . I .. oc iinignieu. wnrn ne saw ,ine consiernation ot. the father, and the pantinir.terrnr ot hi. beautiful daughter, who hid scarcely turned her sixteenth summer, and whose JuctrOus ringlet, were flying about her face, neck and palpitating bosom, tu tbe richest contrast of light and shade. Strange as it may appear of our hardy back woodsmji, he became agittted io his turn; with all the stern and mgged qualities of hie nature jit wa. 'taken capuve by a Jha-den'a charms. And what wa. no lens .trange.'tbe blushing llebe, who had run into her father' anna. decUrimr that ahW wa. pursued by a panther, now tvrcived that he 1 w ..u. ucu a ingmiui animal as her Brat im pression in the dark had led her to suppose. ImleedfcBKn was at this time jaat in the first nnsn of youthful vyjor, hi. person; trarght and well proportioned. atid rth.; whde -appearahce of the man presenting such a hero to the ya of th hnaophisticsted girl. a. her imagination w likely l( create for herself in that remote and aerluded renewtn ihorr; tby Joyed; mutually; 'and Mi.a Reoerca Bryatf in a very short time became Mrs. Boon. "v ---.jt-.-o- . - v.-; -r.-p j''' -tjt . v ... . . r ..- .'.-?t . ' -- '. .' v .T.j. .'-.h'- ' i iwrtract&om a letter written by an American gentleman in Paris, dated May 10, 1849.'" ' ; " Civil war or revolution would hare broken out, if not before this, certainly to-day, in France, in consequence of the intervention ox the Govern ment in the affairs of Home, were it not for uni versal suffrage,, which, by making itself felt in; the elections, takes away the necessity of . resortrng to arms. , It has thus far proved asafety-valve against revolutions of the most bloody kind." RALEIGH. N. C. Wednesday, June 13, 1849. OUR UJNIVKRSITY. There are no exhibitions in our Country from which we derive more pride and satisfaction than from the periodical manifestations of the progress of Education. Regarding it as me great conser vator of our free institutions, it is a pleasure to re flect upon the number of cultivated minds which now annually emanate from our nnmerou acad emies and colleges, and diffuse its benefits mrough out the Country. v " " - We had the gratification, last week, of attend ing the Commencement" Anniversary of the Uni versity of North Carolina, and rarely, within the history of that Institution, - has one occurred of a more attractive and interesting character. The I number of Trustees in attendance was unusually large, and all the literary exercises were of the most elevated and creditable character. - The usu al fortune too of Commencement days attended the College on this, occasion. . Delightful weather gave additional zest to the enjoyments of the Week j and we feel impelled to remark here, even at haz ard of being deemed deficient in literary , tastes. that no inconsiderable portion of our pleasure re sulted from the contemplation of the really bril liant assemblage present. The large audiences, assembled during the various exercises, were so arranged as to produce the most beautiful and highly artistic effect. The foreground of the pic ture, was made up of as brilliant an assemblage of ladies as it has fallen to our lot to look upon; and we refer not so much to brilliancy of dress or or nament, as to the bright circle of pleasing and in telligent faces, various, indeed, in its individual i forms, as were the many colored draperies -yet j all beautiful and intellectual. " The, back gronnd and extremes of the picture were appropriately occupied with the darker shades and stronger forms of manly intelligence We know not to how great an extent this , as semblage was indebted to other sections for its beauty and intelligence, but if the portions repres sented on the occasion can, unaided, furnish such an array, and there be many others- in the State that can. equal them, we shall become prouder, if possible, of North Carolina. ; y lJ-l On Monday evening, the Valedictoij'seinioa to the Graduating Class was delivered by the Rev. C. P. M. Dexms. ' We-had not the good fortune to hear this . discourse, but it has been spoken oi in terms of the highest praise. Cm Tuesday evening, there was Declamation by a number Of young Gentlemen selected from the Freshman Class.' - r ':- ? " r On Wednesday morning, the annual Oration before the Wo literary Societies was.' proftounced by the Hon WmaaM ,A-Gsukit Further comment than the mere mention of who the Orator was, is, in this casey superfluous. " But we can-. not pass by me'aiiimirabie etfort of Gov. Griham on tins occasion, without paymg-our "humble tribute of thanks and admiration to men who, like himself, (mulatingr the example set by the illus trious SroxTengaged -m the pio labors cf an euriubus avocatics; cjah yet finl ' leisure not only to apply themselves to' Uterary aiid scientific attaiiunents,but,' hys nh oveTmrnq uninviting pur suits, to invite other minds to ibDow thenV; After theconclrnof Uus' Address, Dr.Toc o n native pf Cocaca,Jbut for many yeara a Pro fessor of Modern Languages, hi the Uniyersiry of Virgilua favored the" auditory by previcts solici tation of a number of gejmeii; with a disserta tion upon Agricultural topics generaHy but espe cially upon the culture of the Grape Vhie in North Carolina. , Dr T.'s intimate acquamtancewith. .w rr.; wuwioi, ana most favorably received. ? ; '. 7.Before uieoTa delivered, obituar) Bo. ticeV cf ihe following gentlemen, . Alumni of thr i University, who have -paid the great debt of Na 1 ure since me last commeueement, were read, viz Wm, MiT S.nxed, a Graduate of 1799 ; Durikt Hatch, a Graduate of 4806 ; James McCixkc a Graduate of 1816 j-,H. W Covington, a Grad uate of 1834 j and James S. Jopksok, a Graduate- The present Officers of the Association are : Hok. Johk. M. Mokheaj3; President ; His Ex cellencyi Ch as. AIaitLT,v Jwo. Dir Hawkiss, Dr. Thos. II. WaioTi KatPH ."Goaaixt, Chas. L. Hiitton and Jko. ?IojtwooDyice Presidents ;-. Hok.' W. jH;,BATTy;DKvREE and Ashbel Cr. BaowV, fouveCkwniuttee ; S. F. Pmixrpjs,; Treasurer Sec- On WedeyEyetm tioh frim; JeedL4 meinbers' fithe .Sophomore Thursday wasf ' Onximencement Jday; and the following was the scheme of exercises : , : x; yoitfKooK . -' l'. C4rM'MsC-.-4''--v' v 8,-Prayer: 'S:-- -v-- Salutatory Oration, in Latin. Peter M. Hale. Fayettevillc. : . . 4. Oration.' Necesry Dependence of Liberty on Law."7-"-William BDorteh, Lagrange, Ttnn. 5. (TbeBible considered apart from its Divine Character." WiUinin G. Pool, Elizabeth City. 6. ' Agricultare." Needham ,B. Whitfield, 2?-mopoliSy-Ala. : : '; 7 'Pietry of, the MiJdle Ages.,, James P. Scales, Rockingham Co. . ..- 8. ? Authors--Thei Influenca and ResponsibHi ty FourDey George Columbus Co. . ' ft. loflaeoce of othuil on Civil and Religioai Libprty.? Jubn C. MeNair, Aobeson Co., 10. "Infiaeoca and rostuoo of A oaerica." Charles E. Lowther, E dent on iJ'S"rr ; vv-.: aftirhook. "' "1. Oration. Actiw4voe true- Principle of Human Progress" Thomas M Arrinirton, Nash v 2 Oration- Ianoeace Wf Poblic Opinion.''--John.A, WbitfieW, Xw Oh, Miss. -- a ' Oration.' y Love of Country .M Thomu D. Haigh, FayettevUle. 4. -Oration. "Chrktiaaity and CivilixaUon." Charles R. Thomas, Beavfort; ' , & Oration. Palestine.,,--Thomas J. Robinsoi Fayetteville . v,:; V -' : ,- 6. Annual Report., , . k ?.. Degrees Conferred. 8. Valedictory. Kemp P. Bit tie, Chajxl Hill. 9 S-icred Mnsia - . - 10. BeBedietiov. v ' r These exercise were of a very meritorious char acter, mdiaiting, as a whole well developed and highly cultivated mteflect, and reflecting equal credit upon the young gendemen and their In structors. . V The foflowing young Genlkmen graduated up. on the occasion ur --- Thomas M.'Amngton, John panics, Kemp P. Batdei Benj. Y. Beene, E. J. Brevard, James .P. Bryan, John A. Corbett, Alex? Cunningham, Johnson MallettPe Berniere, WiiBiam A. Dick, Wm; B: Dortch, H. McR. Dusehbury, Fournev 6reorge; Thomas DIHaighr Peter Mi Hale, Wil liam E. HiB, Peter E. Hines, Saral: T. Iredell, James M. Johnson, John.McA. Johnston, Wil liam H. Jones, Chas.'E; t-mr, Nathaniel Mc Lean, John a McNairVMa Icomn MeNair, Ed ward Mallett. William G. Pool: -ThosJr Robin son, Isaac B. Saunders, James P. j3cales, Charlei R, Thomas, Daniel T. Towtes. Bryan W,Whit- field, John A. Whitfield, Needham B. Whitfield, Greo. V. Young. : ' - ''r ' The following disunctions were awarded in tl.e different Classess ; ;';Mc-"-? ' In the Senior . Class, the firstv dkuhction was awarded b MessrsvBatde; Hale and Robinson the Valedictory being drawn by. Mr. Battle, and the Salutatory; by Jbfr. Hale The; Second dis- uncuon was assned toMessrs. Lowther, Haigh, Johnson and J, Whitfield ; the Third, to Messrs. J: MeNair, M. McNav, Hrnes, Thomas, Dcrtch, Pool, audN.;Whitfieggg v. . In the Junior Class, Messrs. Hill, Kerr, and Johnson obtained the highest distinction. In the SopnorjpOTe, It waa bestowed upon Messrs. Hed rick, patton ani Sanders'; and m the. Freshman, it was awarded to Mr. W. A. Moore. Several honorary degrees of A. M. were con ferred upon Genuemen, whose, names we have F not been able to obtain. . The honorary degree of LL. D. was conurred upon the Hon. Wjujam A. GaARAM. : "; Before concrading this imperfect sketch, we ixrust he allowed loi say, that if there be any one thing ot which:NorthV be justly ptt:k-:'tfnfnm The whinK ah nowrTanataina is mdeett a source fpride to all her sons however humble or exalted their slanon in Kfe-Jiowever tar aoroaa oyer om va Cfeuhtryfortune may have scattered them. It tt Mobject of special gmttuatioo, that an en hghtened hleraKty, at home and throad, has ena bled the guardians the Insfoitiba to obain the tfuUerid education so ample! and complete, and to secure a board of instniction that wouW honor to any mstmition; m;m We trutt that every lover of htejature and science, thst ere rv Mtraen of the State, will continue to fed deep- Hr interested m so matntnmtng the Unirersrfy that she shaU be enaDied to sustain jfroht rank of American Colleges--- i ...k. Afmanv veart well spent. Of virtntnith well tried, aod wise experience. l-&jikh ktrlxi Esq., of FayeteviBe,. has been appomted Dy me rreseiu, genVnt mat place, tfJeorgeMcNeUl removed. :-?i ceiT the Gei ted the wh: the lint 3th3 res; . : 'CPI1 ileral :'jgav. was 'defe cfV ! be 84 mor; tere. net' the i iIt that -cent! ' gressj nom; been drat; 1 says of pi undc cess his 1 effec'. theCf lydic eontr! edto haust indict the p1 trem. solve' Kbpej z4 natet conv day com: whic aays at ler than that 1 any t damp their j sacce: rigar. learn,' aindc signec made.' recenj Hour Moor Court Georx' Freel W excel wick,' doubt best c: cation tence good ahstr those' atelvl thef nied of in' andl Judge ' sures Nortl simiL portic attacl regarc . theref ment oneo tages, m pre ' 0 in the j last,tl unann Res) of Nor' greet t of cot oar c! 'Misau facilit our'ar South perpe Bes fewer ! getiec and tr beanT servin dUpos large f mayo; Bes. reijoer ventio: and tl to, -fill natnbe The' men t tobel W.N W.Sc Conw. Jobhs Whit i ,- -r j
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