Ni ITYMN OP VICTORY,
fir tfc 4ttffcry, ISO, TwV IV.
Rise! to sing the deeds cf glory
By oat brave old fathers done ;
Deeds dt hallow song and atory,
Tvrants crashed end freedom woo r
Hail! imrarartah hailLto ye
Who woo your country's liberty. .
n.
God vs thereHis arm sustaining-
His pure fire within their veins ;
His dread power their cause raaintaining
Glorious ! on their native plains
Hey fought they died to win for thee,
Oh, hand beloved ! thyh"berty!
rii.
See the beacons brightly blazing!
Ranks of war in deadly fright ! ;
Wives and mothers speechless gazing
Conquerors shout! and foes in flight!
Sons of freedom! thus will we
Guard and strike for liberty.
- iv : -. -
Hail! to him the helm now guiding,
Long and glorious be his ways!
O'er his name like stars presiding,
Polo JlUo-Monterey.
Chosen! favored! long may he
Sector his country's liberty.
V. '
Raise oar banner, proudly soaring
With its eagk to tie sir,
Trumpets sconcing cannons roaring
' For a nation's victory.
America,' for thine! for thee!
The sacred land of liberty.
PROCEEDINGS OFTfJE WHIG CONVEN-
- TION. -
.Tftich reassembled in Washington, on the I9tk
turf., to nominate a Candidate for Congress, in
the Sih District, to svpphj the vacancy occasion
ed by the declension of James IF. Bryan, Esq.
The Convention net at 2 o'clock, and was organi
sed by requesting John Blackvell of Craven County
to ad as President, and Josephas Wallace of Car
teret, M-CBogey ef Craven, A. G. Entmnk of Jones,
Dr.H. W. Blonnt of Lenoir, Dr. R F Williams of
Greene, B. F. Eborn of Pitt, Col T. D. Smaw, of
Beaufort, T. E. Pender of Washington. ' S. S. Sim
mon of TyrreLi and J. E. Bloant or Hjde, m vice
Presidents, and W. C. Hooter ami E. C. YeMowley,
Seei e aries. All the Counties of the District except
ing Wi rue were represented in the Convention as
follows:
Tyrrel8 S Simmons, J F Davenport.
Washington T E Pender, H B Short, E J John
son. -'- " -
Syd N Beefcviih, J E Bloant, David Carter,
II Farrow, P W -Sparrow, F A Gibbs, J L Martin,
John Pike, R I Wynne,
enfrf Joha Albert, Eben Herdnell, David
J arris, John CL Watson, R A Chancey, Cannon D
Allen, nomas Totea, James F Clark, W H Tripp,
T H Archbcll, B T Bonner, Benj Satehwell, G W
Mallison, T C W Barrow, W N SatchwelL J B
Marsh, C E Hammond, T D Smaw, J H Small,
Henry Dhnoek, B F Hanks; Joseph Potts, S P Al
loa, John Myers, Allen Grist, R C Cherry, G M
Bonner, J R Cherry, Harrey Hill, Samuel T Char
1kT.l I.tTT 1? - n tl wr. Cl.l
ly, B F.Tripp, Stephen Dowty, D B Perry J Edwin
raw, ii uniu nannnxr onn u m it, r ltiism oui-
uarnam, Joan w urot, w M Marsh, Martin
8tabba,C J A Rnff, W J Martin, John Latham,
William Farrow, R H Reddick. Ransom Tankard.
Saaoel VSmaw, G WPeed, B F Havens, W Dana,
do. u Yviiaon, a u joorn, Alfred Latham, John
i-eanreek v j u riarvey.
PUt'-B REboro, W S Hanrahan. F B Saiterth
vaite, Godfrey Langley, E C Yellowly, W H Per-
ajjia, 4 nmraj, oms tavaras, L, U kittle.
CrevenJ ohn Blaekwell, J H Dibble, Wm H
Washington, ril C" Bogey, RS DonnelL Wm C
Hunter, George Green, E R WiUon, W H May
hw.
Carteret Josephns Wallace.
Jones A. G Eubank, J osepfc Whitt r.
Lensir T J Bkkely, Walter Dunn, Jr W H
Whitfield, W J Vause, H W Blount, J H Peebles,
J chn Patterson, .
Greene B F Williim.
Tha Hon. William H. Washington at the close
of a brilliant and thrill! n aneh
Hon. Edward SUnly be unanimously nominated by
the Convention. The motion was received with a
long and load bnrst of applause, and was adopted
with the same spirit, without a dissenting voice.
Oa motion, Messrs W H Washington and D B
Perry were appointed to inform Mr. Stanly of his
nomination, and reqaest his seceptance. Mr. Stanly
soon appeared in the Contention, and in a feeling
and souUstirring speech, accepted the nomination.
Messrs. Wynne, Donnell,8aterthwaitef Washing
ton and BUekwelt in response to calls made oa them,
addressed the Convention in brief but appropriate
and effective speeches. - -
li Allowing persons, one from each
county in the District, were appointed a General
Committee of Correspondence,
of 5?.!L1MT,t0B f CpTen, Thomas Sparrow
PlCt0 Dr V7. B,0BQt of Lenoir, Charles
Edwards o Grnae, R I Gregory of Waj n EC
f wSf LPiUR JWJ S Hjde, TC Pender
of Washington, Joseph Halsey, of TyrVsX
t.Sl2? V00 thi lhanks of thft ConvenUon were
t LT .of5cersi ad the proceedings ordered
WM,P bi?eiin the Newbernlan and tfoVth State
rhe Contention then adjourned. Sine Die.
JOHN BLACKWELL, President.
JOSEPHtJS WALLACE,
M. a BOGEY,
A. G. EUBANK.
H. W. BLOUNT,
B. F. WILLIAMS,
B. F. EBORN.
T. D. SMAW, '
T.E. PENDER,
S. S. SIMMONS,
J. E. BLOUNT,
. Vice Presidents.
AVl5 8060 tb jwoceedings, Mr. Stanly
wa nonnnated in open Convention, by acchuna,
which" wS SSvS?1 address,
plansew i T;. rounds of tp-
EackweH SlS9 "a4
meeting, and elidiedr1 .pervaded "the
baaon. - In short but
num'tU Wt4 r- WeiH seemed to
vrri-riY v?? that w that
lfcn KA-- would do
aMriSSnfe1
aMrjarrKcdd-manim the next Ckmrrr 3
r W- -.- -
V& Stindard beam, of the D&tHct. Of his
wenhhts to tm to honorable a post, of hisetni-nttUll-ry,
of hh urrkea to the party with which
bt tttcd, and to his Country; of the sacrifices
Kt h&s made on the altar of the public good, of the
deep a&d abiding hold be has "upon the hearts of
bis Wbij brethren, we need not speak. Hlsnom
inatioa has inspired at once,s by an electrical
touch, a feeling of confidence and an enthusiasm,
that is the augury of certain success.
William K. Lane will find that he has no child's
play, to make good his conceited and ridiculous
boast that be cared not who his opponent was, as
he should beat him, be be who he would. We
shall see--Vu btrnian.
TWENTY-ONE DOLLARS' WORTH
V OP "EDECATION."
(Among the many funoy incidents connected
with Lane'a sayinga and doings down in Hyde;
we learn that en .one occasion ha attempted to
show himself learned on, the subject of Tariffs,
declaring that 20 per cent duty on a yard of cloth
which costs 5 cents, increased the cost to the con
sumer to 8 cents; and when asked where he got
that kind of arithmetic from, held up his hands to
tbe audience, and exclaimed "These bands,
gentlemen, have grabbed "many a'day, and 921
m all that was ever spent Mon nry education."
Here we have the exact value of the "edeca
Uon" of this candidate for Congress this ex
tensive farmer' and large slave-bolder" Twenty-one
dollars worth, no more, no less ! This
woold be hardly tolerable, if he had been born
poor, and his large farm and 60 slaves fthat, we
underataod, is the number be boasts he owns)
been acquired by his own exertions. -But on
the contrary he inherited both the farm and slaves
from his father buLoaly 21 dollars worth ofEd
ecatian! Was soch an insult ever before offered to an
intelligent people? A candidalo for Congress
boasting that be has an extensive farm" snd
sixty slaves, but only 821 worth of "education"!
Why, in tbe 40 years he has lived, with the am
ple means his farm and staves hare furnished
him, has he not acquired at least education enough
to save him, when a candidate for Congress, from
being the laughing-stock even of school boys ?
North State Whig.y
STANLY SONG.
av A BKAiroai WBIO.
- Tuna u Dearest May J
The cry is up pass on the word,
- Our Stanly's in the field ;
With Truth etnblaxoned on his sword
And Honor" on his shield.
Then raise the banner o'er his head
Till biases every Star;
. And noblj fighting, nobly led
We'll wage our country's war.
cnoavs.
Hurrah! hurrah! for Stanly brave and true,
He is the man
. To lead oar van,
And he will triumph too.
He is the man, Sea.
The enemy are scouting round
Bushwhacking under Lane,
A farmer who ne'er ploughed the ground,
A farmer's meed to gain.
Then on his hobby let aim ride
Strong in his vaunting phrase,
While 8tanty with his patriot pride
But seeks a patriot's praise.
Caoausw Hurrah ! hurrah 1 &e.
Then where the battle leads o'er hill,
O'er swamp, o'er terdant Lane,
We'll fight, until our Whig hearts thrill
With victory again.
Then raise the shout. " On Stanly, on f
On ! friends or brave old w Rough !"
On 1 on I uatij the battle's won,
And the locos cry " enough !"
C ho aus. Hurrah I Hurrah 1
GEORGE L1PPARD.
A fierce man sits restlessly upon a fiery charter.
The steed paws the ground, the lightning flashing
from his hoofs.
The knell of a distant bell strikes his ear. It is
the knell of hope !
A curse issues angrily from between his grind
ing teeth.
b Does he spurn met no o&ce! Does he think
me a dog that will chase his enemy for sought V1
A blinding rage was in his eve he wheeled and
sped like light nine Into the darkness 1 Ha reaches
a cave 1 A scratching, of infuriate tieers, is heard I
He comes forth ! His eve b bloodshot I He raises
to the silent ease of the stars, a scroll !
He spoke in slow, guttural utterance, General
l ayior, l am your enemy ! Yes, 1, Ueorge JUippara,
na-aa-a-e-a, J "
And' the Locoftco papers all over the United
States copied the words written in that scroll, and
made fools ofthemselTes. Well, they did.
Springjield Republican.
Psoscaimon as it cskd to at When this ad
ministration came into power, there mas not a Whig
iff thirty Foreign Missions maintaiaed by the United
States; hot a Vhi fitting the ejtee of Marshal, Dis
tnct Attorney. Collector. Naval Officer. Inspector,
Receiver of Public Moneys. Register, etc, not a Whig
fitting the Postoffice, the emoluments of which were
worthy the attention of a democratic partisan, certainly
not filling an emcs or tbe class vnicb requires the
incumbent te pass the ordeal of the Senate. At
Washington, two Auditors, whose whole adult lives
hare been spent in office, and whose knowledge of
the peculiar duties tf their bureaus rendered their
retention desirable, have been successively spared by
Jaekson, Van Burenaad Polk, as monuments of de
mocratic liberality, though, in fact, constitution, un
der the circumstances, exceptions which go to prote
that proscription lsine rule. A few subordinate
clerks,' useful in their respective spheres, and mali
ciously called Whigs by those who wished to get
their places, escaped also the hurricane. The last
and least of democrat o Presidents turned out every
Whig he could, and bis worst enemies, among his
own party, cannot accuse him of ever appointing one
te an office which a Democrat could be found to filL
Speaking generally, we may aay with truth, that all
the offices of the country were considered as beyond
the reach of the Whigs, as much so aa if they were
constitutionally ineligible. A Whig would have
stood a better chance of reeeirinr an extent;
pointment at the hands of the Emperor of Russia or
UQV ?"" lB.n ! d of James K.
i-eia, u rresiaeni or me democratic party.
Lynchbttrg Virginian.
raxsroKirr op the Ptntn Tv,. r wm
saV,Sl?r? and politicians are crying out that Gen
eral Taylor has. violated his promise to be the Pre
a People, and. not of a Party. They
inferred that he was to let every (ffice-holder remain,
whether qualified or not Now this would be a
pretty way to be the People1 President. Would
rt not, m reality, be making him the President of
tte -Loccoeo parry ? .How would he be just, to
the People, if be did cot equcdize the offices and
luc impure f
Mr. Polk, in a speech at New , York, promised
Whig
by the
I ' Is not this bowling on the jiart of the Locos as
unmanly as jt js unjust wo. JureeJtrest.
;v Wo aaaatT.Cowitn.-A young gea-
ef popping the nuestion
- a youn ji. i...,.; J L .7k.-
esquiring what they were about.
: i:uN: iedsVair.one,
" Mr. was just
daami tm Tarn, mmA ka
tf ""c annexation." " WelL" Said J
an tgrse on a teeaty, "rjjjattfjr it"
immediate anmexatiamP - Wn. e!f Pan
7
A;;:lTHB FACTS Of? DEMOCSIACT; !
, - We cannot too often or too earnestly direct the
attention, of the intelligent and reflecting masses to
the deceptions which are constantly practised by
the managers of that party of heterogeneous de
ments, which has appropriated to itself the name
of Democracy" as a catchword for the unwary
and as a term which' may be used to signify eve
ry thing or nothing,-as occasion may reauire.
Flattered by the success of the fraud of 1844,
when the rjeonle of Pennsvlrania were caioled in-
to tne Deuel that Mr. roue was a better mena ot
- a A . aft , J
the protective policy than Mr. Cay, the wire-workers
hare now extended their plan of operations,
and seized upon a-qTIestion as an element of po
litical warfare warfare which, of all others, is the
most delicate and dangerous that was ever drag
ged into the arena of party, and which, if pur
sued with the recklessness - that has neretoiore
characterized the discussion, must end in some
terrible .catastrophe "to our institutions.
It is a wilful and foul desecration of a pure and
philanthrophic cause, such as that of emancipa
tion, to make it apart of anelectwneering contest,
and to mingle, it with the violence and asperities
of the party, warfare. ' But Locofocoism, ever
watchful of its own interests, and unscrupulous
as vigilant, has seized upon this subject of slavery
and made it a part ot its trading capital in both
sections of the Union. By agitation it has suc
ceeded in inflaming the public mind at the North
and South and by misrepresentation it has ex
cited a spint of hostility between a large portion
of the community in the free and slaveholding
States, which, if permitted to grow, must termin
ate in disastrous consequences.
What care they for tne peace of the Union, or
the prosperity of the country, so that Locofocoism
can nave full swing, so that the ' Red Republic"
can rejoice, and so that the spoils" are posses
sed ? The ambitious demagogues who control this
party, in their desperation to enjoy poweresi
tate at no expedient and recognise no other princi-
Ele than that the "means sanctifies the end."
discomfited by the triumph of Gen. Taylor, they
feel that, without some new and exciting element,
the death-knell of Locofocoism has been sounded.
In this emergency, by a preconcerted arrangement,
they have introduced into the political canvass a
question which touches the firesides of one-half of
the States, and which affects the -conscientious
opinions of the other half. And how has this
party adopted the question ? Have they proclaim-
ed a fixed and general principle? Have they is
sued a common creed f Let the following reso
lutions, both professing and claiming to be ' De
mocratic" in the strongest party sense, answer :
DEMOC5LACT IN YSSMOHT. DKMOCSACT IN ALABAMA.
Resolved, That as lib
erty is the clearest right
and dearest interest of
the individual, and its se
curity the highest duty
of the-body politic, we de
clare, as the first point
and article in this organ
ization, that American
slavery is a great evil and
wrong, which ought to be
repented of and aband
oned. Resolved, That we claim
no authority in the Fede
ral Government to abol
ish slavery in tbe several
States ; but we do claim
for it constitutional power
perpetually to prohibit
the introduction of slsve
rj into territory now free,
and abolish it wherever,
under the jurisdiction of
Congress, it exists.
Resolved, That this
power ought Immediately
to be exercised in prohib
iting the introduction and
existence of slavery in
New Mexico and Califor
nia ; in abolishing slavery
and the slave trade in the
District of' Columbia, on
the high seas, and wher
ever ebe, under tbe con
stitution, it can be reached.
Resolced, That no more
slave States should be ad
mitted into the Federal
Union.
Resohtd, That we re
gard the pnssage of a
law by the Congress of
the United States abol
ishing slavery or the
slave trade in the Dis
trict of Columbia as a
direct attack upon the
Institutions of the South
ern State, to be resisted
at every hazard.
Resolved, That, In the
event of the passage by
Congress of the uWil
mot proviso,? or any
law abolishing slavery
or the slave trade in the
District of Colombia,
the Governor of this
Commonwealth is re
quested iromediatelj to
convene the Legislature
of this State (if it shall
have been adjourned) to
consider of tbe mode
and measure of redress.
Resolved, That we
Warmly approve the
course pursued by those
members of Congress
who signed and publish
ed the Southern address;
that the tone of the same
is calm and dignified,
and its facts true; and
the emergency which
called for such an un
usual but thrilling ap
penl was so strong, that
we acknowledge our ob
ligations to them for the
frank and fearless move
ment with deep sympa
thy. In order to appreciate the force of the foregoing
resolutions, it should be borne in mind that elec
tions are now pending in the States of Vermont
and Alabama, and that the same party which u
nited in the support of Mr. Cass, and will contin
ue to unite in the support of any other candidate
that may hereafter be presented, without regard
to principles or platforms, have thus officially an
nounced through two regular Conventions
sentiments upon the quesuon of slavery which
are in flagrant conflict with each other. The ob
ject of this audacious movement is plainly marked
upon every feature ; it is to acquire strength in
the free States, by enlisting the sympathies and
passions of that section against slavery, and to ac
quire strength in the South by exciting the preju
dices of that section n favor of slavery.
JYorth American.
WHAT CONSITUTES A STATE !
This is a question, asked by Sir William
Jones, and answered by himself in lines of grand
import and of high sounding melody. In the
drift and eddies of our tide of exchanges there
may be picked up, now and then, aome floating
treasures worthy of being rescued from a random
current ; and among these we find an unaccred
ited extract, moat probably from Horace Mann,
which th intelligent reader will prize, whoever
may be tho author.
Let us thank Heaven, too, that there are stan.
dards of greatness besides vastness of territory ;
and other forms of wealth besides mineral depos
its or agricultural exuberance. Though every
hill were a Potosi, though every valley, like that
of ibe Nile, were rank with fatness, yet might a
nation be poor in the most desperate sense ; be
nighted in darkness or barbarism and judgement
stricken of Heaven for its sins. A State has
local boundaries which it cannot rightfully trans.
cend ;but the realm of intelligence, and tbe
sphere of charity, tbe moral domain in which the
soul can expand and expatiate, are illimitable
-vast and boundless aa tbe omnipresence or Uie
Being that created them. Worldly- treasure is
of that nature that rust may corrupt, or the moth
destroy, or thieves steal ; but even upon tbe
earth, there are mental treasures which are un
approachable, by fraud, impregnable to violence,
and whose value does not .perish, but is redou
bled With its using. A State, then, is not neces
eerily fated to insignificance because its dimen-
ions are .narrow,, nor doomed to obscurity and
power lessee, because Us numbers are few.
Athens was small j yet low as were "her moral
aims, she lighted up the whole earth as a lamp
lightaop a temple, Judea : was small f but her
prophet and her teachers were and will continue
to be, the guides of tbe world. The narrow strip
of half cultivated land, that lies between her east
era abd western boundaries is not 'Maaaaeho.
pelts ; but her noble and incorruptible men, her
pure, and exalted women, the children in ber
schools, whose ily lessons are the prelude and
rehearsals of tbe great duties of life, and the
prophecies of future eminence these are the
State.
u"t;BENt6N' DEMONSTRATION. ,
Mt; Benton is to bave as an antagonist, one
wboni, cf all men in bis own party,- he would se?
lect as a gladiator to iigbt with; Mr. Foote, Sen
ator from Mississippi, is the man. He draws his
aword and lays, htmaelf out for the fight, in a let
ter published in the Washington Union. : - -VWehave
tooted at the letter.' It fills" aix cot
umns in the Union. That is enough to deter any
man from attempting to read it, with the thermo
meter at ninety. We willmake no Such rash at
tempt, far wejhave a fear of the consequences be
fore us, did. we renture upon it. The general
matter of which it treats, is, however, of sufficient
importance to. authorize some notice of it
The letter of Senator Foote is preceded in -the
Union with extended extracts from Mr. Benton's-
speech, and a letter from Mr. Jackson, the mem
ber of the Legislature of Missouri, who offered
the resolutions of instruction, to which Mr. Ben
ton excepted, and which he made the ground
work of his speech to the people of Missouri.; In
mihlwhimr this, the Union' is careful to sar no
thing that would imply censure or approval of
any thing that any ot tne parties u me cumroTer
sy have said. The fetters and the . parts of the
address, as published in the Union, will, it is cau
tiously announced, give its readers, " correct idea
of the nature of the contest now going on in Mis
souri." Beyond this, the Union says nothing,
and its silence may be wisdom.
- The interference of Senator Foote in the con
troversy, whilst it surprises no one, must give
great dissatisfaction to those of the party who are
dissatisfied with Mr. Benton's course. The Mis
sissippian has that reputation, with all parties,
which gives him a power to do injury to a cause,
that no man else can hope for. His support is
death.
If we hadi doubts before, of the result of the
movement of Mr. Benton, this assumption by Mr.
Foote of the championship on the other side, must
remove it. For another now to interfere success
fully between them, and exclude Mr. Foote from
theCTound. is scarcely possible. Mr. r. never
backs out and never eives up, beaten though he
be ever so often, and conquered at every turn.
He goes in like the son of &nn, " merely to ngnt,"
and the more blows he gets, the greater he deems
the sport. Mr. Benton, now that-his old luck has
given him such an antagonist, has all the advan
tage which certain success can give him with the
party. He must be their next candidate for the
Presidency. Baltimore American.
A Man who never saw a Woman. From
Visits to Monasteries in the Levant, a very
entertaining book of travel, by Robert Cruson,
we make the annexed extract :
" He was a magnificent looking man, of thirty
or thirty rive years of sge, with large eyes, and
long black hair and beard. - As we eat together
in the evening in the ancient room,' by the light
of the dim brazen lamp, with deep shades thrown
sectors his face and figure, f thought he would
have mado an admirable, study for Titian or Se
bastian del Piombo. In tbe course of conversa
tion, I fouud that be bad learned Italian from
another monk, having never been out of the pen
insula of Mt Athos. His parents and most of
the inhabitants of the village where he was born,
somewhere in Roumelia, but its name or po
sition he did not know had been massacred du
ring ibe same revolt or disturbance. So he had
been told, but he remembered nothing about it ;
he bad been educated in a school in this or one
of tbe other monasteries, abd his whole life had
been passed on tbe Holy Mountain ; and this,
he said, was the case with msny other monks.
He did not remember his mother, and did not
seem quite sure that he ever had one; he had nev
er seen a woman, nor had he any idea what sort
of things women were, or what they looked like.
He asked me whether they resembled tbe pic
tures of the Panagia, the Holy Virgin, which
hang in every church. Now those . who are
conversant with the peculiar conventional rep
resentations of the Blessed Virgin in the pictures
of the Greek church, which are all exactly alike,
stiff, hard, and dry, without any appearance of life
or emotion, will agree with me that they do not
afford a very favorable idea of the grace or beauty;
of the fair sex; and that there was a difference
of appearance between black women. Circassians,
and those of other nations, which was, however,
difficult to describe to one who bad never seen a
lady of any race. He listened with great inter
est while I told htm that all womon were not ex
actly like the pictures he had seen, but I did not
think it charitable to carry on the conversation
farther, although tbe poor monk seemed to have
a strong inclination to know more of that inter
esting race of beings from whose society he had
been so entirely debarred. I often thought af
terwards of the singular lot of this manly and no.
b'e looking monk; whether be is still a recluse,
either in the monastery or in his mountain farm,
with its little most grown, chapel, as ancient as
tbe days of Constantine; or whether be has gone
out into the world, and: mingled in its pleasures
and its cares.'
A Sad Predicament. A young parson lost
his way in a forest, and it being vehemently cold
and rainy, he happened upon a poor cottage, and
desired a lodging or a bay loft 4o stay in, and
some fire to warm him. The man tdd him that
he and his wife had but ono bed, and if he pleased
to lay with them he should be welcome . The
parson thanked him and kindly accepted of it.
In the morning the man arose to go to market,
and. meeting some of his neighbors, he fell a
laughing. Thev asked him what made him so
merry about the mouth? "Why says he. -I
can't tbinkhow ashamed the parson will be when
he awakes to find himself alone in bed with my
wife."
L.aughtek. " Laugh and grow fat," is an old
adage, and Stern tells that every time a man
laughs he adds something to his life. An eccen
tric philosopher of the last century used to say
that he liked not only to laugh himself, but to see
laughter and hear laughter. Laughter is good for
health ; it is a provocative to the appetite, and a
friend to digestion. Dr. Sydenham said the ar
rival of a merry-andrew in a town was more ben
eficial to the health of the inhabitants than twen
ty asses loaded with medicine.
Sublimit? Behold yon comet that aets ouf
oo us career through the heavens. It shoots like
a glance of the, eye accross the blue e tbe rial
plains. It passes out of the reach of the tele
scope. It sails into regions unftnown; No race
horse can equal it no eagle. upon the whig can
caleB it. T 1 bousanda gaze with wonder upon its
rapid motion. .The birds of the air halt upon the
wing to observe' it ; the lion pauses over his prey
to survey it ; the stare etandalUl to look upon
it; and my wife stops scolding to gaze at it!
v ' " ' '''' '
ErrLorrixo a NswsrAria.--The proprietors of
the New Yerk Tribune, according to the Mirror, have
exploited their property, by-leaking It up into 100
shares of $1,000 each, whicb have been sold to tbe
employers whose talents and character bare helped
to make it what it is- The original proprietors,
Messrs. Greely & McElrath, we understand, hold
but a, fifth each of tbe property, but still retain their
positions aa manager and editor. The other partners
In the .Tribune are, aa we understand. Ma Snow,
the money article editor; Bayard Taylor, the poet ;
Dana, the political philosopher and critic, and some
of the reporters, pressmen, $-a - - - ;
An Irish Judge said, when addressing a prisoner
convicted of murder " You are to be hanged, and 1
hope ir will be a warning toy on.n
RA&XX6H REfilSTBR.
Oxsxu sure the plana of fair delightful peace,
TJnwarp'd by party rage to lire like taotherav
RALEIGH, N: C.
Wednesday July- 4, 1849.
TO OUR PATRON&L .
Having purchased the entire Establishment of
the Raleigh Registkb, ; we this day enter ipon
the continued discharge of our duties as its sole
.Proprietor. In so doings we experienee'a gratifi
cation at being thus enabled to follow in the imme
diate footsteps ofthose, under whose auspices our
journal has been conducted for more man half a
century, which words are inadequate to measure,
and which, we flatter ourselves, will be entered in
to by those who have clung to the " Register"
through many of the mutations of time and caprices
of fortune. Called most unexpectedly, and under
circumstances of an extremely painful nature, to
the Auditorial helm, we have endeavored to per
form our part acceptably. How far success has
crowned our efforts, we leave others to judge ;
while tee may only renew our promises as to the
future. Having every incentive to active exer
tion before us the consciousness of a just and
glorious cause, the cheering approbation of kind
friends, the sure reward that always awaits indus
try and merit, the memory of those who have gone
before us, and the generous emulations of the age
our readers may rest assured that we shall nei
ther be wanting in our duty to them nor to our
selves. In closing the few remarks suggested on the
present occasion, we respectfully salute our pat
rons, and with a full appreciation of the forbear
ance they have manifested in our behalf, grate
fully acknowledge their encouragement to our
labors of the past year. We have it in contem
plation shortly to enlarge considerably the dimen
sions of our sheet, and greatly to increase the
facilities of our Office. ; This will require no. small
outlay of money, and may we not depend upon
the assistance of our friends for remuneration, in
the way of accessions to our list? What say
they ? Let them procure us a few hundred new
subscribers, and we will present them with a
sheet that shall not be surpassed any where.
PROSPECTUS
FOR EXLARGIITG A1CD OTHXJtWISX IMPROVING .
THE RALH REGISTER.
fPHIS Ions established Whisr Journal, bavin?
passed permanently into the bands of the pre
sent Editor, he has determined (provided sufficient
encouragement be given) upon so enlarging its
dimensions, aa to make it contain nearly .Eight
cojxvirs more matter than it now does, and upon
improving its appearance in such, manner as to
make it one of the
Largest and Handsomest Sheets in the South!
To effect this object, it will require a considera
ble expenditure in the purchase of a new Press,
new Type, and other necessary materials ; and as
we do not intend making any advance upon the
present rates of subscription, we shall have to rely
solely for remuneration upon accessions to our
Est. We have issued this Prospectus with a view
to the attainment of this object ; and it is desired
that our friends will exert themselves in procuring
us subscriptions. '
TERMS :
For the Semi-Weekly, $5, or $4 50, in advance.
" Weekly, $3,or2 50, "
Ocf- Will our brethren of the Press oblige us, by
giving the above Prospectus an insertion?
.Fairly backed out ! -
A Whig friend of ours, after listening very pa
tiently, a few days since, to a Loco Foco neighbor,
who was ringing the changes upon Mr. Clat's
" abohuonism," made the following proposition j
to him : "Asa Southern man, I will never cast
my vote for Mr. Clay, for the Presidency, provi
ded you will give a similar assurance with regard
to Mr. Benton, your great leader, who has lately
come out an open and avowed FreeSoiler" ! As
might have been expected, the Loco Foco decli
ned the bargain ! !
This may be regarded as a pretty fair mdication
of what certain Southern Democrats will do, in
the contingency of Mr. Benton's being the nomi
nee ofthe party in 1852. This result we regard
as almost certain; and every Southern conservative
man who remains in the Democratic ranks, plays
directly into the hands of Benton "and the Free
Democracy of the North, who established the Buf
falo AtetitioVrtforni as the baas of meir rjoKti
cal creed. Why is it thatthe ' Standard" speaks
so leniently of Mr. Benton? Aa Situg, the join
er, would say'1 he roars him gently as a suck-
mgdoTe., 1 '
CO We received a few days since, a little " six
by eight" penny sheet, published at Winnsboro1 ,
S C, (which place, by the way we hare not
been able to find on the map) ontaming a very
fierce onslaught upon the Register, for a late arti
cle on the chiyaky of South 'Carolina. Mr.
Calhoun has certainly taken a pmch of fresh snuff,
from the manner in which our weakly friend
sneezes. - . , v '- .--
Hon. a. xl BTuyuna opqeohqia.
We regret w Jeam jroih
(gkirjW He
has recently suffered from a severe attack of fever,
whkb has rendered mm Tery feebU. t Th? Stfuth
nuinbers among her sons, lew more gifted or chiv
alrous than A. H. Stxviks.
OCK Copious -and delightful showers oC rain,
recently, h ave greatly enlivened and invigorated ev
cry thing, animal and vegetable, in mis region of
country. - ; "
Ccejnort the friends of freedom hafl .
of the joyous anniTersary of American jj
rm.1-r.i ' i .. luau lade
dence-hThkFestival, emphatically nom,i.
t4Qht i.wi. puiar, will I
le
r
survive, cherished through ages, a precioul'!111
-
monal for our nation at raiM i .
of its founders, and the date of one of the
events that adorn the annals of nvw ,n(
noblest
Instituted SDontaneouslv bv th .i. , 7
people themselves, acting in their sovereien
pacity,it bas now for three quarters of a 3
been established and celebrated by the onl
FederatiTe Republic that ever correctlv I
the united benefits of liberty, equals aL
in diffusmg maxims of sound politics, and r '
and invoiating public spirit, must be obtb
an,edncatei,'ree,andtbmk Th Uto
lice of wfedoni u on this occasion flavored b k
enjoyment of the senses j and instruction
ened by the blandMbments of social delwhTT
monarchies, thefestirity with which royli b" k
days arereceminendedas been supposed,,
ishtoyal attachments to feudal masters, if a.
opinion be correct, bow much superior, and mT
valuable the effect of properly celebrating the lj
day ofa free and mighty empire !
. On this glorious anniversary of our national
birth day, by the established usages of million,
both men and principles are held up for '
Or approbation. But the Hberality of applause
predominates. Party feuds are generally allayed
by joyful recollections of the common welfare of
our common country. AndL thus the customary
proceedings of countless groupes and communi.
ties, seated throughout tbe immense area of ow
clustering repubhes, annually minister wholesome
aliment to public spirit, and public opinion.-,
Without descending to minute shades of diflW
ence in toasts or dissertationsi actkms great ot
useiul to the majority of the people; or to the en
tire confederacy, are generally .distinguished and
extolled republican doctrine is recommended, and
the heroes and ges of the revolution, living or
dead, are embalmed lii the grateful effusions of
individuals and societies, "i v
Since the olympiads were instituted in Greece
perhaps no finer general, theatre has been erected
by any nationthan is afforded by ours, for the dis
play or the diffusion of patriotic eloquence or sound
good sense, on each Anniversary of American In
dependence. ' TJie admirable use which the Gre
cian statesman, bards, and historians, made of
their chief national celebration, is familiar to us all
and possibly it may to some appear pedantic even
thus to allude to their usages. Stil, from the
dawn cf civilization, and in the most renowned
nations of antiquity, the wisest lawgivers hare
uniformly employed popular and festive observan
ces as fit instruments for engraving on the gener
al mind of their, country memorable events and
mighty revolutions. ;
No one has forgotten the noble enthusiasm of
the venerable John Adams, in communicating the
event of the Declaration of Independence, from
the scene of its transaction, to his friends at home.
Tbe same sentiment -pervaded the minds of the
patriots of that day. And is it for us to be back
ward, tardy, or lukewarm, in our testimony of
respect for the day ? When it shall be for
gotten or disregarded, we may retain the, name
and attributes of freemen, but we shall have lost
the tone and relish of the character..
Progress of the Cholera,
New cases.
Deaths.
24
13
2
2
2
1
1
402
589
150
98
2
1
1
2
1
1
17
New York, June 28,
60
40
1
9
Philadelphia, " 28,
Richmond, - 27,
Brooklyn, 28,-
Buffalo " 26,
Lexington, Ky., June 22,
Nashville, " 21,
St. Louis, week endg June 17
Cincinnati, " 25
tf tt 26
Columbus, Ohio, June 24,
Rochester, N. Y. " 24,
New Haven, Ct., " 26,
4
2
2
New Brunswick, N. J.,
Dayton, Ohio, June 21 and 22
Lebanon, " , " 22
Deerfield, " J ' -Dupont,
la., June 21 " -
Petersburg, Va., June 22 to 26 35
The Western papers are filled with accounts of
the appearance of the- cholera at various points
along the rivers j but it does not- appear to have
assumed an epidemic form except at Aurora, la.,
where the deaths were 28 in four days.
At Ehzabethtowri, TIL, on the Ohio river, the
fatality was very great Out of a population of
less than 300, there were 24 deaths in the course
of two or three days. ' The inhabitants were flee
ing from tbe placed V
. The Cincfnnatt Ckunercial publishes the re
port of me board of health, and says there is a
considerable discrepancy between it and that fur
nished by its reporters. The Board report 62 in-
terments from cholera on the 23d, while the Com
mercial reports only? 47.
r The new York Courier says that the cholera
made its first appearance at Rondout, the termin
us of the Delaware 'and. Hudson Canal, on the
21st inst. It is said that some who were well
enough to be at church on' Sunday evening were
dead before moming ; that the engineer of the
steamer Ncrwichwhicb plies between that place
and New fork, died on Saturday morning, after
a VeTy abort illness, with the disease, and that,
LfVom Sunday noon till Monday evening, mere
were 10 deaths in the place. v
deaths were reported, from the same disease.
-! ys --y v
W We learn from the lichlnDnd Buhfr
canthat the Rev. Majclt, vho is now the
President of the University of Alabama, has been
unanimously invited to succeed Mr . Ixm as Pas
tor of the First Baptist Omrch in Aat City . Vr.
Manly occupied a toy pronitotposiubn among
the Clergy of the Baptist Church, for bis piety,
learning and ability. . Th " Republican" says:
From what we hear of him, we have no doubt
that'Dr. M: will prore a great and valuable ac
cession to the Baptist Church of Virginia. His
family is distinguished for its talent, and one of to
hmthersistheF
We lear rrpm the - Greensboro' Patno"
that but a single case of Small Pox now exjsts in
that place.