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It V fc A late number of the "Natkxullntel , Jtacerroatamt aliigalY interesting a&d. tile Cornmnnicarion, from. Gentleman .'in 'Alataxarc; upon the subject of Slavery end tflw'-Soathem States copious extracts from Hrhlclt we subjoin below. ' ' ' 1 ..shT-HII s out hern states., Metat Edttom : From the era of the for tnavtion of our Union until now,, the question of slavery haa been a constant bone of con Vutiun bctaitii the two great natural divis ions of pur country, the North, and the South ; cr, to,adopta,toore modern name, the .Free lanxTlhe Slate StaUa." This controversy in (tead of yielding to the effort of time, and 1ewming less, and less violent, has increased in importance and Virulence, tin it is to be Trfapta (hat, under its blighting influence, this gkxioua Republic, this colossal monument 94 the wisdom and patriotism of the heroes of the Revolution, will crumble into dost, and the Unite, Staetbecame, " What A .thens is." . ft may beTfial my excessive adV juon for our noble institutions males me overearful--iIke the Qpees of Carthage, f pmnim tuia Hmenif bat, living as I do in the heart of the South, I cannot be insensi ble to the murmurs that I hear around me. I cannot but feel that there is danger; and, IhVjugh. my arm be .but a feeble one, I would etrikh k forth to avert iL - ' A rewdeoeeof two years in the State of Alabama has enabled me to judge somewhat $orrectty 6T the Sbuth, and her peculiar "in sCtvitioT'. J)uring that time, Thave been eouallv in the palace of the slaveholder and Tthisf cabin of the slave; I have examined slavery in all its phases ; and discarding, but wilh'mE cully, the prejudices and opinions formed by early habits and early associations, f for ntif' that time my life had been spent inane' of the free States,) I have found that slavery, is not such an evil as it has been re presented ; that the sufferings of the slave Se nothing in comparison to what I have of n witnessed in the cities and poor-houses "of the North. It has appeared to me there--fare a duty, which I owe both to my friends at the North and the people of the South, to , stale candidly, and frankly the results of my observation, Jeaving them to judge of their correctness; and I nope the rectitude of my intentions will b a sufficient apology for my temerity. J - The traveller through the States of the! North gazes, with wonder and admiration. Upon the triumphs of human science and kill as there exhibited. He sees their har bors" tilled with vessels from every nation, loaded with the products of every dime. He aeea thftit canals and their railroads penetra ting every yalley and winding at the foot of every TulL Their rivers either bear navies on their bosoms, or propel the machinery of a thousand manufactories.' And, where water power fails,' the enterprising Yankee has cal ico. 10 nis aia ine potent energies of steam, and made we loom to weave and the shuttle to fix even qq the dry and arid plain, or the barren and dreary rock. . All it life, activity, , and bustle;; and his wonder is increased a hundred! (bid when informed that this is the -ax.qL only a ball century. Bat, when he turns his face southward, and breathe the milder air of Virginia and Caro lina; tar amereat prospect meet nis eyes. There saw few large cities and towns ; the Ibcornotive and canal boat are cot so often ri maHng their way among the hills ; the sound. of the 'steam engine and the mano faco but nrely upon his ears. The husbandman alone crosses his path. Noth ufff4ut fields of cotton, of tobacco or corn. wwisjcrinuiK Mivuiuniaruy exclaims ".till country U far behind the age; he tufa Tiad scarcely begun enlr "eigaw-bn Ught bales were exported from America the ensuing year. Br 1804, ear crop bed reached eae hun dred thousaad of our present bales. la the next fifteen years, ia spite of embargo, non-interceurae. na war, it had agam increased threefold : and in hai It &naecesry for me to recspfta!its thsnv SoiSee it te say. that they eocaist ia lh asuite bleeeseaf the climate, the ravages of insects sad Jworou, aaddaashypf the population, which ren- nere 11 necessary tnt ovist of lha soil M u e lor the 'arodactioa of food. It Will harllv rten VS?1-? DDU) lXiJX04xp4 that the constantly increasing wants the crop of 1833 beini fmrfold that of 1819. At this tatter period h was thought the maximum of production bad been attained. Indeed, it had fre quently keen, believed that this limit was reached. INc-w, however, it was the universal conviction Yet, ia only sua years mora, we had dombled the crep nrotn; aoanotwithstanding the low prices, since 1842 the production has been on the increase, and the crop of last year is estimated, while we wnaa, at ZJSJUJM) sales. ut Nor have the other agricultural productions been neglected in all this Ume. The ancient sta plea, tobacco end rice, havet slowly but steadily increased, and the sugar crop, which in 1832 was 83,000 hogsheads, had risen by 1847 240,000 hogsheads. Beany threefold m nineteen years. In bread tuffs, our saperfluities would enable us to supply the wants of the world, with scarcely an effort 10 increase them. How, then, can a people who can do what we kmc done be justly called idle or ignorant, unfaithful to our interest, or un skilful in parsuingthem t In agriculture there is no charlatanry. We do not parade dividends. We publish no seductive calculations. We build neither palaces -nor cities. No subsidized press proclaim our feats. Kvea agricultural journals art anhappily at a discount with to. We ply our labors in solitude, alar from the thoroughfares of men. We do not roar in the midst of congre gation r out it b wtth us, as the Psalmist says icaoui azainsi ine lacx of enerrv and en' jrise rU inhabitants, and wonders t terpnserof its inhabitantSj and wonders that they'do not imitate their more fortunate Nor Ineia neighbor, that, Eke them, they may be crowned with plenty, and the wealth of nations flow into their laps. .He finds that, at thoitime of, the formation of this Union, and for the succeeding twenty yean, the South was even superior to the North in commerce, manufactures, and wealth. He wonders what can have been the cause of this decline in prosperity; Immediately con cludes that negro slavery has occasioned so much ejil, and calls upon the 'South, with affectionate earnestness, to liberate her slates and follow in the wake of her northern com- Eetitor. The concluMon has been received y the peat mass of the people of both sec tions of ux country, and I am not aware that any attempt has been made to prove that the South' has not degenerated so much as has been almost universal v supposed, until Mr. Elwood Fisbek, of Cincinnati, gallant ly threw down the , gauntlet, and, in a mas terly address, delivered before the " Young Men's Mercantile Library Association," of that city, triumphantly vmdicated the honor of the South against all the aspersions that have been heaped upon her. To this ad dress I am indebted for many important facts. of which I intend to make use in the course of Uus-discuasioo- - Is the generally received opinion of the premature decay of the South correct ? The object of the presenU communication is to show that it b not jAfter the forcible presentation of numer ous statistical, facts, the writer proceeds to ..sAiter such an expose as this of the coodi tieaof the two sections of our country, who wfll iepeat the stale charge against the South of Wint of thrift, nr lack of energy and en terpriser The annals of history throughout the-xirilixed world do not record an instance 0 greater enterprise or more indomitable per severance than has been evinced by the Southern planter in the cultivation of his great 'staple. I have before me f the July number of the Southern Quarterly Review, said find the following extract so apposite, that I hope I may be pardoned for makimr wepit: 8 Bettbs 1 Sonth ia habhually denounced and she habitually admits the truth-of the denuncia tiow want of akin and enterprise and per severance in all her pursuitsaad sa enlightened regard fcr liev peonuary iaieteats ; for her apathy aad idleness. A rlancc at ibe hxtory of her coi tOTeultufewia "Win a moment how msrrly fak all this is. TheSosrtaera planters have not erinead a tuns for commerce, though possesstnr aa immense coast, and materials for snip-buildin as en exhauatlese extent They are not apt to the trkka ef trade, nor eaanmgln the inanufactura of awtio-They have indeed been, perhaps, atir paory nerlectfol in not converting htto ckxaa. aa theVhswht do at leas cost thaa any othwTia the wortd, their o-wn cotton. But this they am aboet to do. Hitherto they, have4 devoted themselves ereloarrely toUMmore congenial occupation of agneufture, and not unwisely, since it has netted them fifteen per cent, per annum on their capital. And whereand in what pursuit did people ver' before exhibit such enlightened enerVuchk: donutabU persererancil And when were such vast results ever before produced in so short a ne- i nod by the same aumbew f la 1790, cctlon cut. M was of old, wben'a man was famous accordiaz as be had lifted up his axe upon the thick trees? We supply the tuVbfood which sustains the trade and commerce and finances of the world. We keep steam expanding, macbioeryJn motion, and the lightning traversing the wises, and we do it in silence. We are scarcely known' amid the stu pendous operations whose sole basis is our labor and our skilL The power of a people who can do all this, who can do what eV, must be im mense in every way whenever they see proper to exert it, and incalculably valuable to theus. must be that institution, though it be undisguised slave ry, whkh makes them what they are." Such is a picture, drawn in graphic colors, and glowing with all the fire and spirit of Southern chivalry, inflamed with resentment under injury, but yet not exaggerated, of the "enlightened en ergy and indomitable perseverance" which the Southern people have manifested in the euluva- 1100 of cotton, xaey have made America the market of the world ; tktjf have built the navies of the Union, and freighted them for other lands, till there is not a sea over which the stars and stripes have not floated, not a harbor in which the nasal twang ef the Yankee ts not beard. The immense profits which the manufacturers of the North have derived from the South have enabled them to build new and enlarge ok! manufactories ; to make from the Lowell of 1840, with its two hundred inhabitants and its capital of 1100.000. a city with a population of 20,796 and property worth $ 12,400,000. It ia not the energy aad en terprise of Massachusetts alone that have done this. She is dependent upon the South for the 434 XX) pounds of cotton consumed in that single city per week. Let the energies of the South be prostrated ; let indolence and aa ignoble love of ease seize upon her sons : let that decay aad deg radation upon whkh the North has so long harped be her lot ; let slavery be abolished, and Lowell and her sister cities will relapse into their former insignificance; their factories will be deserted; their operatives will be cast upon the world to fill the poir-houies and prisons of the North ; stagna tion will seize upon commerce, for its life blood will have ceased to flow ; the sails will flap idly against the masts of the useless ships that will be ranged beside the deserted wharves of New York and Boston 1 the Western farmer will find no ot. the world can he supplied by. the smopni rodaced in Ind4a. The same physical cauoes that prevent its growth ia Asia srt in ntol coun tries in the torrid none. I Braai' the p'aju grows to be a small tree, having few boll, and living fire or six years. It other parts of South America similar difficnhies have to be conteeded with. In Africa, from the tyrannical and arbitrary nature of 1 he Governments, it is impo-siblu thti a lirge capital shoald be invested in this or any other branch of business Mexico can never be an exporter rill amxber race of people shall -ess her fertile valleys. The home snppty if never equal to the wry small demand 0 her own nantifactwr.? . ' t Where, 1 hen. can we finds country able to compete with oar 8 uihem Stares in the prodnc (ion of cotton ! No one that hs investigated the subject at all can hesitate in saving tbev stand alone without a competitor Here nature baa been lavish of her giftv. To a climate exactly suited to its growth, she baa added a soil capa ble of sustaining a plant so exhausting to it as cotton. With these oat era I advantages, togeth er with the mildest and beet regelated Govern nent under the sun, and possessed by the hardy Anglo Saxon race, wh can wonder that the Southern Stales of thie union have far outstrip ped every other part uf the world J And yet thr Sonth can and will, if a market be supplied, doob le their last crop, great as it was, ia tea years, la fact there is no limit to its capebiliivSa for pro duction. , . IW vilitbe eoasainrtiou eease to keep pace with the supply. As Christianity and ciriliaa IkM are extended, so will the demand for clothing increase, and the world mnst flock to our shores to procure it. The consnmpnoa of col ton mu been increasing very rapidly in Europe within the last three years, and yet not more than two thirds of her people use it; and of the one thou sand miHiooe.of people on the surface of the earth, not one half nee it aa aa article of r lot li ng. The dav is about to come when the remain ing five hundred millions will eoineto buy of us ; when our commerce, great as it now ia. will be- cntne yet more extended ; whea the utmost ener gieNofthe producer will be taxed to supply the wants of the consumer ; when America w.ll hive reached a pitch of rreatneasof which she never yet has dreamed. Nor will the South be an in- cabus to weigh down and retard our country in its onward and upward mari'htn glory and wealth. On the contrary, on her prosperity, on her untir ing industry and pe'severance will depend, in a fre U degree, the success of the whole. If she givee back, tho whole machine will atop; the genius of liberty will droop her pinion, and ink down from her prood position ; another Ita ly and another G eeee will bOj seen on the western shores of the Atlantic. But I have not touched upon hah' the resources of the South. Cotton is but -a small part of her productions. I have before me a (able, compiled from the census of 1840. which shows the whole productions of South Carolina for that year to have been $33,937,807. The value of cotton raised was $0,100,000, leaving a balance of $24, 837 ,807 produced in South Carolina, exclusive of cot too. The same is true, to a greater or less ex tent, of every other Southern State., By a recent chemical analysis, it is ascertained that the wheat ixcorocx)'cdNsistENCr We have, time and again, called attention to the hypocrisy; of the Lbcofoco Editors of Nortn Carolina, as exhibited m relation to the question of ..Slavery in the Territories. We do not intend to. let this matter rest with what we have said on the subject. It ought ti be kept fresfi in the recollection of the peo pie : and with this purpose in view, we shall again advert to some few of the counts in our indictment, on which we have perhaps here tofore been more elaborate. , And first, ts to the- Wilmot Proviso. They the Editors aforesaid' 'say that Congress has no power to legislate on the Subject mat ter of this abominable measure. Congress, then, has no jurisdiction of the question, and it cannot acquire, any, even by consent of parties : yet the" last. Legislature of North Carolina gave Congress to understand that the adoption k! extension of the Missouri Compromise line by that body, would be a pro per and satisfactory disposition of the Slavery question t and the Locofoco Editors every where chimed ia, and hoped that Congress would so set tle the question. These editors therefore wanted Congress to legislate on a subject matter of which they say it has no jurisdiction, and thereby violate the Constitution and perpetrate the crime of per jury. Again: Congressdid pass the Wilmot Proviso, so far as the Territory of Oregon was concerned ; and a Locolbco President aDDroved the bill, un der the sole rau obligations of the oath which be had taken to support and defend the Constitution : yet these same Editors,' who say that Congress possessed no power to-pass any such law or in any way to legislate on the subject, justified and appbuded him for approving the law, and de clared that he was. guilty of no infraction of the Constitution of no violation of his plighted faith tp the South! Again : They lay it.down as an axiom a mat ter to be of all men admitted without argument that all who entertain the opinion that Congress has the constitutional power to legislate on the subject of slavery in tlie Territories, are unsound in the faith, and utterly unworthy of the confi dence of any friend of the South. The Hon. Thomas L. Clingtnan says that Congress does possess the constitutional power to legislate on the suDjectoi slavery in tne lemtones: yet a very THE ST1AMER EUROPi GS$ 1;: nOJrE WEEK LATER. 1lt& -J? W1 .,.ir lf ? Jlir? I Favorable Declaration of England of Turkey. THE TURKISH AND RUSSIAN WAR. Large Net m bet ef sUeauaaers ef War isa Use BcMpbetrosaa. , Englitk Fleet SiiliBj or the Dardfiiellei. Extraordinary Preparations of the Porte for Defence. 100,000 MUiV IN THE 1 lEf.D. Departure off the Re I najees from Turkey. FAVORABLE FINANCIAL NEWS. Advaiicc ia Cotton. members of the last Legislature, with a full knowl edge of Mr. Clingman's opinion on this subject, voted for him for United Stales Senator, and no Locofoco Editor in the State, that we have heard of, found any fault with that vote. On the con trary, they immediately set about flattering Mr. Clingtnan, whom they had for years been sland ering and reviling, and have ever since endeavor ed to make him believe that they regard him as a marvelousJy proper man, and one who is entirely orthodox on the slavery question. And yet again : They hold up Mr. Calhoun as their true exemplar the great expounder of the genuine Southern doctrine on the slavery question; and think that all should be dealt with aj abomina ble heretics who dare gainsay the wisdom or pro priety of a single sentiment' that he utters in rela tion to the subject Mr. Cfngninn. however, says that Mr. Calhoun's views of the Dowers of the General Government in relation to slavery in the Territories, as set forth in his celebrated Resolu tions, "though perhaps plausible at the first glance, are really the most shallow and superficial that could raised in the South contains nearly fifty per cent, withstanding this his well-known opinion of the mo nutriment than that rawed in a colder eh- TMokL- rw, mm ,i r, kL k Wdncfday. Oct. 248, P. M The steamer Buropa brings the announcement f her own arrival at Liverpool, on the 7ih inst. with five drs later intelligence from New York than that by ibe steamer Washington, which ar rived at Sju'hampton on the 6 b ins'. IRELAND. A fain! erTtt is being made to revive the pnti tical. excitement f lha country. Conriiiation Hall h-ts been opened letters of adhesion, as old. have been read from the chair, and JE25 0. iff rent collected. J hn O'Connell is, of course, the principal. THE TURKISH &. RUSSIAN DIFFICULTY. Pending the decision of the Emperor of Rus sia upon the appeal made to him respecting ibe extradition of the Hungarian refugee, the En- glinh papers eor.tam many reports respecting tin orob'tbilities concerning the inoe. but of course large majority of the Democratic and Locofoco ! nothitig definite can b arrived at until there- Odrs are the Diana of fair dellahtfnl reace. Vnwarp'd by party rage to live like brothers. RALEIGH, N. C. Wednesday, October 31, 1849. t3- We send a few copies of our weekly issue of to-day to Gentlemen who are not Subscribers to the Regisfer. If they are willing to become such, will they be kind enough to notify us of the fact? mate. The yield is nearly as good. In Indian corn the South leaves the North far behind, both in the quantity per acre and the whole amount raised. The State of Michigan produced, in 1840, 2.277,039 bushels, and the home-market for his wheat, but will be compelled ! State of Arkansas, with not half the population, j -1 t . 1 1 mo rai 1 L -I- 10 wi aoo gaze an sueni oespan upon bis overstock- I pnMoceu ivw mnrn. ed granaries, waiting, but waiting in rain, for some one to come and buy. There is no truth more evident than that of the mutual dependence of the different parts of this country on each other. The North cannot say to the South, " I have no need of thee." The East cannot refuse the aid of the young hut giant West. LAke the diflerent w beets or a deucaleJy wrought watch, when all are properlv adjusted and move in perfect harrooov, man admires the curious me chanism, and how each part, however small and insignificant of itself, coo tributes to the same final result. So has it been in our great and magnifi cent eountrv. Ia the West is our irranarv : in the Sooth do we raise the raw material 10 supply the factories of the East; and in the Middle do we procure the material by which the Steamer cross es the. ocean, the locomotive traverses the bnd, and a thousand looms and ten thousand spindles are kept in motion. Through the whole are seen our rivers pursuing their devious war. our rail roads and our canals, leaninc over vallevs and nier- ciag through mountains, hke reins and arteries, conveying nutriment to every part of the system. How beautiful the arrangement! How admira ble the adjustment and uses of the parts ! How wonderful the wisdom, and bow beneficent the Creator, who has devised all this, snd has united these parts, so different, and yet so admirably a dapted to each other, by bonds that can never be broken f Where, oh where, is the man that can be so blind to his own interest, so filled whh mad ness, so much a traitor to his country and his race, so full of daring against the Majesty of Heaven, that be would attempt with his puny arm and fee ble strength to sever those bonds which His hand has forged, and cast the noble ship of State, that has so galtaodv breasted the billows of adversity, and so manfully withstood the surges of war and of treachery, upon the rocks of faction and the quicksands of a bigoted fanaticism, a dreary and abandoned wreck 7 Lives there such an one, and does be breathe our air? Has the South attained the maximum of her prosperity or not ! A little attention will, I think, show conclusively that she is yet in the dawn of her greatness ; that the sun of her glory has but risen above the horizon ; and that its beams, which now shine upon us with so much effulgence, are but precursors of a yet more glorious brightness, before which their lustre-will be paled and dim med. T 1 a 1 1 1 mjtx wa, a j UK-ay, mo at ine cotton crop in this country, as compared with that in the rest of tne worM.and see what are the prospects for its increase. In 1791 the amount of cotton raised in the world was 490,0001)00 of bounds, of whirh 1 K iTniti States produced two millions, leaving 488,000,000 to be raised ia other countries. Ia 1848 the Uni ted sates produced 1 ,120,000,000 of pounds, and all other countries, according to an estimate in the report of the Secretary of the Treasury, (Doc. 146. Pf 135-6) 440,Orj066.V So that while the United States have increased their pro ductioaw geometrical ratio, the rest of the world actually .Pfudoce now, 48,000,000 of pounds leas than st did sixtv rears am. In 181ft rimt Rrit.;. imported from the East Indies 247,659 bales of cotton ana irom the United States only 217,580 bales. In 1840 she imported from the United St46J9l bales, and from the East ladies Zl 6,300 bales, whieh was more than she import ed?, thooe countries in any single year since 1816, wnh the exception of 1836, when 3000 bales more were imported. Here, also, we have s great increase on the part of the United States, and a de cline 00 that of the East Indies, the second coun try in the world ia the production of this article. What can be the cause of all this? Isitowing to the superior skill, and energy, and industry of the American cotton-growers, or to some peculiar adaptation of coil or climate to this plant, which Nature has furnished to the Sooth? That the en ergy and enterprise of oar people have been one great cause, no one can doubt, out it is not the on ly One, as we will presently see. . According to the report of the Secretary of the 7 ""'"w to sieve, the production of West ladies 8,000.000; Egypt 230000 : there Africa SirxOJOO; SS. ZMtZrTk. A""', txelasive of Braxil. 85 -WOOOOi had 13,800,000 eUe.here.- Frota Uue we see that India aad the south of Asia pro. dsor. lha. half Ibe cotton produced fa the orkL aot uudading the U.uedSuu VVe have already seen that ia those countries there 1t?bB0aliU"?dL4ecl th Production. Wnb the causes of ibat decline all .rT familiar ; 1 ne lomcco crop 01 tne southern estates in 1840 was 174.908 hogsheads, worth 414,181,156, of which 119,484 hogsheads were exported. The value of the rice exported ia 1840 was $1, 042.076. Why need I speak of the sugar crop of Louisia na and Texas? Why of the hemp and flax, the lumber and mineral productions of the South ? All these, of themselves, are an inexhaustible source of weakh. Such is the South; such it will be. Let' the North, then, learn that the South ia not so con temptible and unable to take care of itself as they hare supposed. A dark ind gloomv cloud is ris ing above the horizon, and ualesaall arise to sub due the fires of fanaticism unless compromise and concession take the place of bigotry and m tolereo.ee, we are gone ! Our eagle, our glorious American eagle, which has soared aloft on the breeze for seventy years, twice defying the as saults of the English lion, aud penetrating to the capital of Mexico, will lie shorn of its strength, and fall prostrate to the earth. The Genius of Liberty will rise with drooping pinions, and whh a sad and mournful flight will bud adieu to earth and wing its way above the clouds. Oh ! that Americans, American patriots, would feel that there is danger I The South has begun to "cal culate the value of the Union." Thev find any solution of the Emperor and his Imperial Conn cil shall be made known. The reply of the Em peror, which was expected with the most imens anxiety. would, it was thought, reach the Turkish capital about i lie lOili or 12 li of October. In the army of 100,000 soldiers assembled a round the Turkish capital, drilling and review ing were going on from daylight t dujk. A letter of the 2-rh alt. state, thit before en tering the '1 urkinii territory, offi -ial assurances were given to Kossu'b, lhi be and his lei low rcfugoes were welcome, and should be alJowet! to proceed io any par of the world. A considerable number of refugee have been. put on beard American corvettes aud the French steamer L'Arau. Their destitution is said to be Greece. Kossuth Ins written a very eloquent letter m. his present position to Lrd i'almerston, which i published entire in the English j ournals. ' From Widden the news is oiiewlii startling It appears thai Amillah had been nl to urge tlx relugeea to embrace Islamisin, and has not beei U -ce-s'j!. Kmuth, D -mbingki. Guyon, Zi nioyski and other, all swore that no persot should induce them to apostacy. Bern had no such scruple. . The uvtet unwelcome feature of the news from Turkey is. that those pahalics in Europe, which are pirtly Greek and partly Turkish, are in a state of great foment in consequence of the threa lenea ruprure between i urKev and Kuseia. an emissaries, chief- Dtlpkic Oracle , was voted for and be-praised the disciples of Mr. Calhoun as aforesaid ! And vet these abominable news-hawkers are crying, Wolf! Wolf! Wolf! and trying to make the honest yeomanry of the country believe that there are men amongst them who are not to be trusted on the slavery Question t True, there are .. i . . , .. , r if-nrn ruuiure uemrrn j ocn persons . and tnese very Iwlitors are the menrl Undr ,he mfl uence of Russ yiu-m iraurm ui me wrong oone in em by the passage of the Oregon bill. We told them that it was the Wooden Horse, in the bowels of ' which the enemies of the City were lying con- j cealed, and te trust it not within the walls. The Locofoco journals cried out all was well : and now i they have the face to hold themselves up as the ex- ! elusive friends of the South Out upon such bra zen-faced hypocrisy ! They are not to be trusted on this or any other question. Prejudice has so Winded their eyes party, has so corrupted their principles, that thev are no longer faith-worthy : and all who pot their trust in them, will assuredly be deceived and betrsyed.--V. C. Jirgm. NORTH CAROLINA. Of all the States south of the Potomac, none has more titles to respect than North Carolina. This State has not received in other parts of the Union the esteem and con sideration which are due to her modest worth. Her situation is unfavorable to noto riety. Her extensive sea-coast is rendered almost useless for the purpose of commerce by a barrier of sand. She has no large city which serves as a point of attraction, and collects ind distributes information resnec- Alrea- i ting the State. The country on the line of thing better than disgrace snd dishonor. dy I hear the notes of preparation. But it is not J the railroad, which is the principal thorough ll!!!! happens to bT the most IU.I upUII 111 J (-.1 . t M UICWUIIU VI IOC MUI1I and the artisan's hammer; it is the heavy breath ing of the steam engine and the whirling of water-wheels. They are preparing to throw off the shackles of dependence, to manufacture their own goods and use their own ships, that, when the melancholy day arrives (if it ever do, which Hea ven fort fend !) which shall sever those iron bands which now unite our country ia undivided and we hope indivisible brotherhood, they may march on alone to independence and wealth. R.H.G. FioaEHCE, Alabama, Ocroaaa 15, 1849. A i EL.oe.cx.KT SurriMEirr raoM a Wm Gov Eauoa. Governor Brown, of Tennessee, in his recent annual Message to the Legislature of that State, holds the following language on the slave question : " I see nothing in the present aspect of the ques tion to justify either a resort to violence or disun ion, or to threaten them as remedies. If it should present a graver feature tn its progress. Jet the emergency dictate the remedy ; in the mean ume, let us insist on our rights ty all constitutional means, and also resolve to maintain the Union ' at taU kaxmrdi mnd to the latt extrtmUy.' I am willing to yield the honor of disunion doctrines to those who rely upon them as a cure to anv pres ent or probable evils to arise from the question of slavery. Upon them will rest the responsibility (and a fearful one it will be) of calculating the val ue oT tbe Union, and cheapening, its dignity and duration, in the estimation of any portion of the A mericaia people. With the Union, we baveeve ry thing to inspire the hopes and impel the ener gies of patriotism, amid the vast field of improve ment that lies before us. Without it, we bare nothing worth maintaining worm living for' worth dying for ! Clouds and darkness rest upon such a future; sectional jealousies border frays endless collisions the prostration of trade and commerce, and the ram of American liberty, fill up the baleful picture. Against such a contem- rAt all . -r - ii w i . . - i jiauvu, ui ukh ui mu parues ougm to turn wnn instinctive horror. The Union ought to be deem ed invaluable as when it was formed it was deemed indispensable. It is invaluable, and de serves to be the last of human institutions that snad lade before the trumpet of retribution." ev. m - i hi ootrraasa Ikdix. The Rev. B. Craven, oi union inaiiiuie. Muni's Store, W C proposes to publish, ooce every two months, at f 1 a year, a periodica! under the above title, with the foU lowing leading objects: L To review the text hooka now in na ini Scboola, Academies, and Co! leges ; that knowing 'br wenta, we may snake a wise selection. 19 review books, periodicals, and reading asauer of every description, shewing the charac ter and tendency of werka, aid aad new. 3. Te suggest, the heat method of atadying text books, aud of reading generally. ' 4 Te point eat the beet sources of informa tion ee all subjects of interest. ft. To announce the various forms and prices ef hooka. 6. To give concise notices of the different lite rary mentations in the South. barren and unimproved part of her soil. let she is rich in revolutionary remin iscences, in resources of the forest, field and mine, which are still i undeveloped, in va ried and reannificent scenery, ia literary in stitutions, and a substantial and well dis posed population. Situated between two States, me of which is foolishly endeavor ing to maintain the pomp of departed great ness, and the other haying a strange passion for being conspicuous at the expense of be ing ridiculous, she has avoided the errors of both, striving neither to rule nor to dissolve the American Union. Her domestic affairs have been managed with prudence and suc cess. She has neither been eager to try novelties nor neglect the real improvements of the age. In internal improvements she engages cautiously and moderately, anxious todevelope her resources, but careful not to hazard ber credit. She has an. excellent system of courts, and her judiciary has been adorned by some names that would reflect lustre on any tribunal in the world. Her i citizens are orderly and quiet, and generally yield an honorable obedience to the laws. She has not been as much distinguished as some other States for the brilliancy of her public men; but a State which has sent to the national councils a Macon, a Stanly, a Gaston, an Iredell, a Graham and a Badger, has no cause for mortification on that score. Her general quietness has gained for her the appellation of Rip Van Winkle ; and though she may perhaps be liable to the reproach of inertness, we confess that, in these days of public and private recklessness, we regard such a tailing as "leaning to virtue s side." Manchester (JS..H.) JlmericoA. The Washington Union says the complaints against Air. Polk's Administration had no end. It would have been fortunate for the country i the Administration itself had never hid a begin ning. Lou. JnurnaL Miss Beemee is described by those who have had the pleasure of meeting her, as very plain, much older than is usually supposed, andvery German ia dress and manner. But this is atoned for by her sprightly conversation she is quite at home when speaking EugGUL her q uaiu t homor and great intelligence. Put man, the enterprising Broadway publisher, proposes to issue her works. uueiy pnuieu anu illustrated, paying a per centage to the authoress. Philmtdphta Bulletin. WAirrxn. Somebodv to do the dirtr Cnrlrnf "a broken-down corporatx Botlon Poet. sena on tor the editor of the Union. tt7 The Editor of the Ptnvirfene Htm, U .JL the man that minds his own business. No de scription is given. !y members of the Greek church, three vansah ot the Sudan betrayed a serioup intention of tak ing advantage of the present bpprtunity lu gel up a revolt. The greatest activity prevails in the sending ol couriers for and front all the principal ports ol Europe ; but the general firmness ol the publir funds indie ites that the prevailing opinion is, thai no serious results will arise. The correspondent of the London Times, wri tin? from Pjtis, says thtt a note addressed by the Knglish g ivermnent to the Amtiapsadur at St. Petersburg, on the subject of Constantinople, couched in firm, moderate terms, contains not a single expression or threat calculated to wnuntf the susceptibilities ol Nicholas, whilst it announ ces the determination to support the Porte against .exigencies thai would compromise the dignity o an independent sovereign. lvird Palmerston hna, likewise, sent proper in st ructions to 8ir S. Canning, and has placed th Mediterranean fleet at hia dispoeal, which has, by this time, sailed tor the Dardanelles. I have a Isf reason for repealing, that France has imitated the conduct of England, and that the most perfect unanim:ty exists between th two parties. AFFAIRS IN FRANCE. The Monitenr anoounced the appointment of Ln- cien Marat as Minister to Turin, and M. Buis La ' rAMM kj : : . t. ' . ... n. vuiiips nuw in in w rr .11 i arm, as .viiaisier rlem potentiiiry to Was hiogton. Bat t ae fact was stated, of whieh there was no doubt, that the governaBent waa loiaiiy ignorant or what bad passed ia America when M. Bois was named. The only allusion made In any of the papers re ceived, to the difficulty between the French and American governments, is the following, copied from the Paris Presse : 8ome expUaalioBS of the affair are necessary. The French governmeat demanded an inJemnitj for the losses caused te French subjects by the war ia Mexico. This demand having met with some dif ficulty, the French government charged our minister to announce to the American government that the in demnities claimed would bo kept back out of the an nuities not yet due out of the twenty-five million' francs for which we were the' debtors of the United States. It appears that the letter written on the subjeet by M. Ponssin wis couched ia- rather an suitable language, of which the French government, maintaining the claim, has expressed its disappro val. As was expected, the proposal ef M. Napoleon Bonaparte has met with the approval of the Com mittee to which it waa referred. They declared mat ine entuagi) or tne uourbons, and amaesty to the insurgents of Jane, being included la the same proposition, established an unbecoming assimilation of lha twe parties mentioned, and atone anaai moualj decided on recommending the Assembl lor 10 iu 11 uoaer consideration. The procecdiags of the Assembly, between the 5th aad 1 1th fast., are quite unimportant. COMMERCIAL SUMMARY. , Livearoot, Oct 13. If we except great' excite ment which has prevailed In the Cotton Msrket, business during the week has not been active. . The Produce Markets, both here end In London, continue to receive large suppliessnd to most descrip tions of goods there bus been a moderate injury. The Corn Markets are firmer, and, If any thing.' have an advancing tendency. Nevertheless, the translations going forward are by aomeaas 'exten sive. . . r . The cotton market baa been much excited. On Monday, when the Europa a advices were known, prices immediately advanced d. per lb., and both spinners and specotjtors purchased to a large extent. Tuoadav was a holidav at the public officer, acdoo Wednesday, when the mar ket re-opened. I he buyiag was aa brisk as ever, 30,000 bales having changed hands. Oi Thursday the sales were 20 000 bales, and yesterday a large business was transacted at very full prices, which are now fd to Jd per lb. dearer than on this day Veek. The sales of the j week extend to 118770 bales, of which specula f tors nave is ken ,UUU and exporters 17.000 bales, leaving the trade CaOOa The American descriptions so!d were 22.050 Uplands, at 4 3 4 a 4 7-8; 33t70 Orleans. 4 7 Jd; lO OOtf A Tabs ma and Mobile, ar 4 7-9 a 0 J1 ; 830 Sea Island.' at 8 3-4 a II pee lb. The Cotnmereial - tiofw aa declared by tho hoard nf Brokers at iheir meeting yesterday are fair . Orleans, si 6 l-4d s fair Upland and Mobile, fid, and MiddJiog nasti ly. 594 a 5 . 8 per lb. The estimate stock of wjton st this port-ul 45d,lD00 boles, of which 34I.TOfcWAtnerfcsir,'kjralnst a stock's the same period last year of 350,000 bales, of which W3,000 were American. ! - THE EUROPEAN NEW3 . The laM intelligence from Europe indicates no immediate change ia the aspect of a Raits on the continent. All efforts to revolutionize have been suspended at least for a season, and until some new developement of the smouldering heat of re volution shsll force an opening, and break out in some unexpected quarter. A sort of hollow trace seems to have been entered into between the revo lutionary spirit and the despotic powers that be; and as no one is gifted with a prpphet's ken , no one cau speak, with confidence, of the hour or the day wheu the struggle for freedom will re-coia me nee. The nations of Europe may repose in a long sleep of despotism, or may rouse themselves to a new conflict with their masters, after a brief period of inaction. Already has the spirit of revolution accomplish ed much. Germany, Naples, Italy, and others, have demanded and received concessions some by constitutions, where none existed before, and others by more liberal ones. France, though far from a state of real freedom, is sufficiently near it to prcvenl her people from receding to monarchy ; and Hungary, though bound in chains by the des potic power of Austria and Russia, still has a heart in the constitutional cause. But by far the most interesting feature in Eu ropean attain, at present, is the recent demand made by the Czar of Rusia on the Sultan of Tur key, for the delivery of the Hungarian refuffees The Sultan, backed by England and France, has refused the demand of the Czar. What will be the consequences of this refusal, cannot be told. War may ensue, and if so, a general one. The Empe ror of Russia may make this individual act of the Ottoraau government an adequate pretext for commencing hostilities. No doubt he would be glad to plant his banners upon the walls of Con stantinople, that is a point towards which a covetous eye has been turned from the North for many a year; but the hour, and the man for that deed are not yet come, and Nicholas must know it. In a contest with England, France and Tur key, he knows success cannot perch upon his stan dard. His iosperial eagle must wheel round and round in many a mazy circle of political machi nation, before he can alight safely on Constantino ple, the great goal of his ambition. BliATER? tw "Pirn TSTiVTrW ' ' 1 Wife bvtbe jfeasuTeorcallibg the atteationof our readers, of ..bpth pqlidcal parties, to tl Com munication signed R.", in gjr paper of to-day, opon the subject of the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia. , This Communication, which is the first of a series, is from the pen of 'one of me leading and most gifted public men in the State, formerly a Member of Congress,' 'add distinguished, while there, for his bold and fearless defence of Southern rights, on, more than one occasion and from the veryable manner in which he treats his subject he has unquestionably bestowed much careful thought and research upon its investigation. We concur most fully and cordially with the views as expressed" by the-jrriter.. --'Jit very, properly thinks Jthat JnearewoFbkohen Ab olitionfstsjnponi the Southern institution of sla very, wheh thaiatett tlie integnty ptthr-Union, should' be neglUabai'g : in their efforts to abolish Slavery in the District nf Col umbia ; and we take the liberty of commend ing his articles to the especial consideration of the Editor of the " Standard, hopfng that 'he may find much comfort in lher cogent reasoning by which " R." proves the want of constitulual power in Congress to abolish Slavery in the Dis trict. For we regret the unfortunate position of the Standard" io this matter, and sincerely wish it a speedy recovery from the infatoation and par tizan madness, which have induced it, for mere party ends, to take ground against the South J But we cannot seriously believe that there will be any ttctual difference among Southerners upon this vi tal sulyect. Why should Slavery be abolished in the Dis trict ? Her citizens, that we know of, du not de sire it; and nothing worthy the name of reason can be given for it. It vitl be the madness of par ty a paltry yielding of infatuated and ambitious leaders to the dictation of fanatics! It will be the offspring of the political frenzy of those, whose minds and hearts are not attuned to the harmony of the social compact, and of kindly- fraternal re lations, who cannot seethe beauties of our admir able system of checks and balances, which was the glorious discovery of uurPatriotFathers, which has been the aJmiration of the virtuous and great in every Country, and is now, without doubt, the surest reliance of our best and firmest hopes lor the perpetuity of our free institutions. And yet, these very fanatics, for whose lasting benefit, in part, all this was clone, urge on their leaders in Congress to the unholy work of laying the axe at the root of this noble tree, which has sheltered our ?'J.fs,An!Lus..0f neaJT -1-h.ree' quarters of a century, aod which has been spreading its brandies far and wide, not only to shelter us, but to offer an asylum to the oppressed friends of liberty in every land. Shall it perish by the vile assaults of religious or political fanatics? Cod forbid .'for if this be. the moral or poliiical condition of our age and Coun try, and the abolition of Slavery in the District of Columbia, lie the first fruit of what may be expec ted afterwards, then it is high time for us, though with fi.-anful anticipations, to take csrc for the fu ture ! If this, we say, be the state of things, then we hope and believe that the South, with one heart and one mind, will bring into action some antagonist principle or effort that may redeem us from the impending ruin. But we cannot, we wilJ not, believe, that-this Government is thus, or ever, to tumble into ruins : though we do believe to tumble into ruins that the wjclccd ambition and vulgar insensibility gcj-VVeare requested to call the attention of those interested, to the Advertisement, in another column, of Hooper's Patent Netting Machine. The loom was exhibited at the Fair recently held in-Ballimore, and excited much interest and at tracted much curiosity among the Fishermen. Though it has been at work but about twelve months, we learn that the Patentee has sold a ve ry large number of his seines. fXJ- We are pleased to acknowledge the receipt of a pamphlet copy ofHawar W. Miller's able Address before Fellowship Lodge, No. SI, of Ma- cmc -t 1 I ' c I r II . - . 1 utH.cicu iu omiuaeiu, on tueyiia June last. A Benton Organ at Washington. It is stated in the Northern papers, that Messrs. Blair and Rives have dissolved partnership ; that the latter will continue the publication of that very valuable paper, the " Congressional Globe," and that the former will set up a paper to advocate iir I'lCKTusiuua tn wiu uuiuon to ine 1 resiliency. Mr. Blair has imbibed at his romantic " Silver Spring," very decided free soil notions, and hold ing with Benton, that they are the true Demo cratic Jefferson ian doctrines, he is determined to bring them into practical operation. THE AURORA- Mr. Toole has announced that the number of subscribers already received is sufficient to justify his enterprise, aud that he expects to issue the first number of his paper on the first of November, by which time he requests those holding subscription lists to send in the names obUineoTXHb address is Wilmington, N. C. NEW POST OFFICE. A Post Office has been established at Bealtyt Bridge, Bladen county, and C. J. Dicxsok ap pointed Postmaster. . ; '' ;. . RALEIOH PAPER MIZX. We are much gratified to witness the enterpri se efforts of James D. Rovrtatsq.; who has leased the above EslablisnmehfJlQ make such fn provements ' in the manufacture' Of the i various aiuus 01 i-aper, as win enaDre him to gie entire satisfaction to all who may , .Qhihwith theis, orders. He has pum'fcised jpeyif and coinplete macninery, employed experienced and skilful op erauves, and, from what we know of Mr. Royster nunseu, ne will devote his assidbous personal-ex- eruons and supervision to the Manufactory. We have been shown a specimen of his Paper, ana ao not hesitate to pronounce it superior to any that we have ever seen manufactured at this Es tablishment before and equal in quality, perhaps to a great portion of the Northern Paper nsed so generallyin our mid $t. We expect, to obtain much of our paper, hereafter, from Mr. Royster, as, we have no doubt, but that, with a little long er experience in the manufacture, he will be able to furnish as good an article as that we have been accustomed to use. v yy- Major Hnrrowi State Treasurer? returned to this City, on Saturday feist, from hfs recent trip V .Ml. 41VIIUI : Solicitor of the Treasury. The National fnleffigencer says : ' ; -' -1 "' ' "We learn , unofficially that .Walter Ipbrward, Esq., of Pennsylvania, has been apjwinted Solici mj'reastr' J.KPwB'H. GiHet, of the Abolitionists are well calculated to sully it! The Wilmot Proviso, itself, we have ever regarded as fraught with great evil and wrong to the South. We have, to the extent of our ability , coiubatted its injustice, its disregard of scctioua equality, and its violation of fraternal ties.. And it is well known to our readers, that we have earnestly insisted on such a union among Southern men, as would secure a firm and vigorous resist ance to it, by all lawful an I constitutional means. In the pursuit of this object, we have been com pelled to expose the hypocritical pretences of some among us, who, by jhe affectation of an intern- perate zeal in favor of Southern institutions, have been endeavoring to convert this into a party ques tion. - , We have been assailed by the "Standard," " Newbern Republican," " Hillsboro' Democrat,' 9 and mtch like, because we could not discover that the Wilmot Proviso was unwarranted by ihe con stitution. Earnestly as we have opposed that measure, yet, in our regard for truth, we have been forced to admit that the mere poteer over the question had been conferred upon Congress, and we did not choose to fritter away the strengih"of our opposition, b attacking it from a weak and untenable position. Offensive as we have ever conceived it would be, and ought to be, to. the Souths yet we have seen its exercise could have no direct practical bearing on the institution of slavery. in the States inasmuch as nature had already, by laws more stern and unyielding man ; any of human enactment, forbidden the mtro dnetion of , slavery in New Mexico and Califor nia, in consequence of their utter' inaptitude for slave labor. We have said before, and the result begins to proe that we Were" no false prophet, !kOvken : something practical was presented, when some crisis directly involving danger to the South had to be confronted, we should be found in the hreach when' these Boh-JlcreM heroes who have been , deriding us,,, would be , found fleeinc from the very position, ou which alone they de-. dared, the! true friends of the South could consent to stand. 1; ..j-' , . The u Standard,' as we have said, in tho eagerness of its seal to bring discredit and dis trust upon- Those Whigs who could not deny the mere eonstitmbnal power of Congress to passthe Wirmot Proviso-" minor question admitted ha ebhsVitutional rawer to abolish slavery in the Dfsl inci 01 LOiuniDia a question oTTauDore exceed ing and learful' import We, stated some time since, that we.could not, admit this powerT Our Convictions have tbecomftstrengtliened and con-' firmed, that Congress can not, without a violation of the constitution, interfere with slavery iu the District.. For expressing these views, we are pre. pared,'in advance to receive the same measure of denonciation and vulgar abnse which has, been lavished -on us, for opposing the Wilmot Proviso on the grounds ' which jseemed tenable td us, and op which alone, the South could 'stand united. "certainlyshall .receive this abuse and denun cjation, ' if our. views conflict with ihe party ar raBgmenls of Io-focoism here at the South 9t wth the , p'lan of the next party campaign, as laid down, Jiy heir free-oi-aboliuon allies, at the North.. ... ti ., -1 We challenge the f Standard' and its ' small-fry allies, to answer the arguments contained in the article signed ''R-'fia' to-day's Register, and the numbers that will- follow from the same source. Let there ' be no 'dodging, no evasion, no: mere party etep-trapyn waiting to eonsuh theienders of its partybut 'let it meet the argument fairly - UIOIIU41IU OUIUIU IIIC T.U1I31UU lV!ldJI( Y folly: Jft ofaboliTtoH in the District. We denv it. The
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