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CHARGE OF JUDGE McLEAN , U reference to Military Expeditions against Foreign Slates. In the United States circuit court, Octo ber term, in session at Columbus. Ohio, on the 23d ultima, the Hob. John McLean de livered a charge which was altogether wor ihyofhii high forensic reputation, and of which the following report appear in the Cincinnatii Gazette : CIRCUIT COURT UNITED STATES, OCTOBER TERM 1851. Charge of Judge McLean to the Grand Jury. After presenting to the jury certain viola tion! of the law of Congress, which ordinari ly come under the consideration of the Grand Jury, he remarked : A sense of duty re quires roe 10 call your special and serious at. tention to an act ef Congress of the 20th of April, 118, which is entitled "an act for the punishment of certain ciirces." . The 1st section of that act provides. That if any citizen of the United Satates shall within the lerritory or jurisdiction thereof, accept and exercise a dutnct, or people, in war; by land or by sea, against any prince, state, colony, district, or people, with whom the United States are at pece, the person o offending shall be deemed guilty of a high misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be fin ed not more than two thousand dollars, and imprisoned not exceeding three years' The 2d section declares, "That if any person shall, within the territory or jurisdic tion of the United States, enlist or enter him self, or hire or retain another person to en list or enter himself, or go beyond the limits or jurisdiction of the United States, with in. tent to be enlisted or entered in the service of any foreign prince, sate, colony, district or people, a a soldier, &c.. snail be deemed guilty of a high misdemeanor, and shall be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars, and rtnprisoned not exceeding three years.'' Sec 6. ' That if any person shall, within the territory or jurisdiction of the United States, begin or set on foot, or provide or pre-, pare the means for, any military expedition or enterprise, to be carried on from thence against the territory or dominion of any for eign prince or state, or of any colony, dis trict, or people with whom the United States are at peace, every person so onenaing snail be deemed guiliy of a high misdemeanor, and shall be fined not exceeding three thou sand dollars, and imprisoned not more than three years " To this section your attention is specially solicited. You will observe that the enu merated acts which constitute the offence are all in the disjunctive. To 'begin the mil itary expedition spoken of is an offence within the statute. To begin it is to do the fim.act which may lead to the enterprise. The offence is consummated by any overt act which shall be a commencement of the ex pedition, though it should not be prosecuted; or if an individual shall 'set the expedition on foot' which is scarcely distinguishable from beginning it. To set it on foot may imply some progress beyond that of beginning it. Any combination of individuals to carry on the expedition is "setting it on foot," and the contribution of money, or any thing els which shall induce such combination, may be said to be a beginning of the enterprise. To 'provide the means for such an enterprise' is within the statute. To constitute this of fence,-the individual need not engage per sonally in the expedition. If he furnish the munitions of war, provisions, transportation, clothing, or any other necessaries, to men engaged in the expedition, be is guilty, for he provides the means to carry on the ex pedition. It must be against a nation or peo ple with whom we are at peace. In passing the above law, Congress has performed a high national duty. A nation, by the laws ol nations, is considered a mor al being, and the principle which imposes moral restraints on the conduct of an indi vidual applies with greater force to the ac tion of a nation, "justice," says Vattel, "is the basis of society, the sure bond of all com merce. Human society, far from being an intercourse of assistance and good offices, would be no longer anything but a vast scene of robbery, it there, were no respect to this virtue, which secures to one his own." "It is still more necessity between nations than between individuals, because injustice produces more dreadful consequences in the quarrels of these powerful bodies politic, and it is still more difficult to obtain redress " These remarks are made and the law ci ted in reference to the late military expedi tion against the Island of Cuba. That expe dition was organized in this country, and was composed principally of our own citizens. Its object was to subvert the government of Cuba a part of the Spanish dominions. "With the Government of Spain we have a treaty of peace and amity. A foreigner was at the head of the expedition. He seems to have been a credulous and weak man. He was impetuous, but was wanting in sagacity and judgement. His melancholy fate may excite our sympathy, but his memory u loaded with the execrations of thousands. He was instrumental in corrupting the minds and withdrawing from their allegiance, many of our youth, who have paid the penalty of their temerity and recklessness. Their con duct admits of no other mitigation than that they were misled by falsehoods. They were induced to believe that a considerable portion of the people of Cuba were in arms, with the determination to overthrow their govern ment. Those who were instrumental in cre ating this delusion have an awful account to render to their country and their God. The invading force, instead of meeting friends, met determined enemies with arms in their hands. At every step the invaders were opposed; and it is not known that a sin rle Cuban joined the enemy. As might nave been anticipated, the career of the in vaders was short and extremely disastrous. Their sufferings were almost without a paral lel ; and, with two or three exceptions, those of them who were not taken prisoners and executed, were sentenced to an igno minious imprisonment in Spain. This second expedition terminated more disastrously than the first one. That was fitted out by the same leader, and the force was also raised and organized in our country, in defiance of its laws. The leaders and men were alike guilty in each, but as, in the first expedition, but few were killed, it created less sensation in the country than the late one. These unlawful enterprises have cast a shade upon our national character in the opinion of the civilized world. They unjustly, more or less, connect our Government with the outrage, and they ascribe it to a lust for power ana national aggrandizement. The Chief fc.xec.uuve, by proclamation, from time to time, warned the country of the unlawfulness of the enterprise, and of the punishment to which those engaged in it would be exposed. The Executive and ministerial officers of the Government were admonished to be on the alert, to check and defeat the nefarious de sign; and a part of the navy was charge with the same service. Hut tnese enons were ineffectual; in their madness and folly, those who were embodied trampled upon the laws of their count rv, and rushed upon their own destruction.' To suppose 'that they cou!d,un. uer such circumstances, have been impelled by any justifiable motive in their own views, is to suppose them to have been laboring un der a mst extraordinary mental aberration. The duty of giving effect to the law devol ves upon the judiciary, and you, gentlemen, for the time being, const itute an important part of that branch of the Government. And now that the excitraent growing out of the late expedition has subsided, and its fatal results are fully known, it becomes us, from the posi tions we occupy, to take a calm, a considerate, and legal view of the circumstances which led to it, and of the acts of our own citizens. In 'his respect your inquiries will be limited to the district of Ohio. Our own history may show in what light our Government has considered those op posed to us who placed themselves beyond the limits of civilized warfare. General Jack son, while engaged in the subjugation of sa vages in the South, captured two white per sons who were banded with them, and ic a great measure controlled their depredations. Arbuthnot and Ambrister were British sub jects, who having been taken in arms fight ing on the side of the Indians, against our ar mies, and within out territory, were sum marily tried and summarily executed; and the commanding general was sustained by his Government. Great Britain was too well acquainted with the laws of nations, and with the justice of the punishment, to make it a subject of serious remonstrance. Compare the acts of these unfortunate men with the invaders of Cuba. Arbuthnot and Ambrister united themselves with the weaker party, and took part in the war. They were associated with savages, but sav ages who, to some extent, were allowed to possess the attributes of a nation. Treaties were made with them, and they had always exercised the right of carrying on war a- .gainst the whites. These men idenlined themselves with this people in the war, and. in doing so, did not, it is believed, violate any express law of their own country. They incurred the hazards of such a war, were ta ken, and justly condemned- Our citizens, in the invasion of Cuba, put at equal defiance the laws of their country and the laws of nations. They were covered by no flag; protected by no public opinion; governed by no general law. They placed themselves beyond the pale of civilization, and in doing so became pirates and out-laws. They invaded a nation who were protected from outrage and injustice by the solemn guaranty of a treaty a treaty :n which our national honor was deeply concerned. No nation could be bound by a more solemn or higher obligation than our Government is bound to maintain the roost friendly relations with Spain. And the expedition was directed against an unoffending people. A people who were content with their government, and cot de sirous of a change. Neither in the landing of the invading army, nor in its progress through the country, was there found a trait or to the Cuban government This is a most extraordinary fact. It could scarcely be realized by the invasion of any other coun try under similar circumstances. The libera ting army found no one willing to be libera ted. They were everywhere received and treated as enemies. It is not known that any cruelties were perpetrated by the inva ders on individuals. It is beleived there were none. But their way was marked with blood blood shed in kirmishes and in more general engagements. There rever wes an invasion among civilized nations more atrocious and less excusable. Let us suppose a similar invasion of our own country. And here it may be premised that if complaints against our Government and a determination to overthrow it, in a cer tain quarter, afford any excuse for the com- I bination of a foreign force against us, a strong case could be made out. But suppose an armed force acknowledging allegiance to no government or people, should invade any part of our country with an avowed inten tion of overturning the Government, how speedily would it meet destruction. Such an indignity aud outrage would cause the blood to thrill through the veins of every American. Gentlemen, our Government must be just to ourselves and just to other nations. A government is responsible for the acts of its citizens not.it is true, in the first instance, where they commit depredations upon a friendly nation. But if such citizens are not punished, or given up to the injured govern ment, for punishment, the nation to whom they owe allegiance becomes a party to the wrong. This is an acknowledged principle in the law of nations. But the duty we owe to ourselves is of the highest obligation. No free government can be sustained which does not enforce its laws. A deep and abiding respect for the law has heretofore been the glory of our country In that consists our strength. Those who are unacquainted with the priucjples of our Government seem naturally to conclude it is wanting in energy and power. But they do not comprehend the secret of its strength. The majesty of the law pervades etrery part of the nation, and operates unseen; but its effects are visible. It has, heretofore ."requir ed no military display of men-at-arms to car ry it into effect But I am concerned to say that our late history in this respect will not compare with the past There is, I fear, a growing indifference to the laws. When Aaron Burr was suspected of being engaged in an enterprise against the adjacent provin ces of Spain, connected, as was apprehende J, with a absolution of the Union, the country was greatly excited, and he was pursued, ar rested, and indicted, for treason. Does the same deep feeling for the Union and its laws now pervade our country? If it shall appear, from the evidence that shall be given, that any of our citizens have violated the above law, it will be your duty to indict them. Lxws that remain upon our statute-book should be operative, or they should beteoealed. The national standard is lowered, and licenbousness is increased, by failure to enforce the penalties of the law. Our institutions can be sustained only on a moral basis. This is wanting in France, and they cannot maintain a free government. They may have the form, but the substance will be wanting. At this moment the pablic of France, as it is called, is restrained and governed by physical power. And if our Government, in our external and external affairs, shall be so managed as to destroy its moral basis, we may as well attempt to build a structure in the air as to sustain it I fear this great fact may not be properly apprecia ted. On it depends, not only the prosperity of our free institutions, but their existence. From the Greenville ( 8. C.) Southern Patriot. SOME GOOD THINGS, We were greatly amused the oiher day with some matters told us, and think they are worthy of being repeate '. In a neighboring districts a plain, though strong minded man, went into the printing office to discontinue his newspaper. The editor seemed greatly surprised that any one who bad ever been a subscriber to his paper should wish to quit it, and inquired the cause The countryman informed him that he did not like his politics, and on that account could not continue his subscription to the pa per. Then, said the editor, who has been persuading you to thiscourse? "Ao one," was the reply given. Who has been talking to you against secession, and trying to scare you into submission ? "Nobody," was the laconic answer. Then witat newspapers have you been reading "None but yours," was the reply of the honest man. "I have been convinced by reading your own paper that you are altogether wrong." This pro duced such consternation and indignation in the mind of the sapient editor that no further questions were asked. We have no doubt hundreds have been convinced in the same way. A gentleman from the lower country perhaps one of those little parishes where they poll thirty six votes, and have the same influence and representation in the Senate that Pendleton district has with four thou sand voters was returning this summer from Cesar's Head, and fell in company with a citizen of the mountains. A political con versation was commenced between them, and the lower countryman held forth' with great eloquence on the wrongs and op pressions of the Federal Government, and the absolute necessity on the part of South Carolina to resist by seperate State action. The mountaineer, who bad been reading some anti-secession document and newspa pers perhaps the Southern Patriot put a few hard questions to the eloquent gentle man, to know how and in what way seces sion would remedy any of the wrongs of which he had complained ? Whether it would extend the area of slavery, abolish the Mex ican laws prohibiting slavery in Utah and New Mexico, divide California, restore the dismembered portion of Texas, repeal the District laws of Columbia, or enforce the Fu gitive Slave law 7 these were hard ques tions, and not easily answered, and there fore not attempted. But with a burst of in dignation, the gentleman said, "I wish to quit this d d Union any how. I am tired of it." Well, said the Union man, "you can do so as soon as you please I presume there is no law compelling a m?n to live in the United States. He can go out and stay out if he wishes. But I don't think it right for him to carry others with him who desire to live in the Union." This broke up the conversation. A friend of ours returning from Georgia the other day, before the election, and when it was thought South Carolina would certain ly secede, kaw a man lying in the road on the Georgia side of the Savannah river. His wife, and children, and wagons, and horses, all stopped, waiting his movements. Our friend rode up and inquired what was the matter. H- ascertained that they were mov ing from Chester district, South Ctrolioa.into the upper part of Georgia, and that the old man had taken too much of the "over joyful," and would not budge step. He listened to the explanation given by bis wife, which was not altogether satisfactory to his mind; but the old man was not in a condition himself to enter into particulars Raising himself up, however, he was able to ay, with a most profound sense of gratitude, "Thank God, I am once more in the United Slate." ll seemed that he was flying from secession, and on crosssing the line had determined to celebrate the event by hearty potations to Bacchus. "Once more in the United States, thank God." We think the whole people of South Car olina, since the recent elections, ought to return thanks, not in the same manner, but in the same language, "Thank God, we are once more in the United Statet. A Base Sentiment. We have not seen the speech delivered at the Loco loco Meeting at Tammany Hall, New York, on the 22d ult. by Mr. Forney, Editor of the Pennsyl vania, the leading Locofoco paper in Philadel phia; but the Raieigh Register quotes from it the following passage: "I hate no hesitation in dtlibtraiely announcing tlds as my doctrine, that I had rather tote foe the wokt Democrat ihat ever lived thah the best Whig that ever lived. If that doc trim had been followed, the Whigs would rot HAVE TAXES TOOK OPUlLS AS THEY HAVE DOVE FOE THE LAST TWO OE THEEE TEAKS." In all our experience we do not remember to have known a baser sentiment avowed one more imbued with the very worst spirit of Locofocoism one that sinks allconsidera tions of personal and political integrity, of decency, of honor and honesty, of patriotism. iq the sordid consideration of "the spoils," which the speaker appears to consider as the property of the Locofoco party "your spoils." And men entertaining such sentiments are recognised as leaders of the Locofoco party which, in conclave assembled, received such an infamous avowal without any marks of dis approbation 1 This man Forney is a candidate for the important office of Clerk of the House of Representatives of the ensuing Congress- May we not hope there will be found in his party enough of decency to rebuke such a sentiment by givingan overwhelming major ity to some one else? One of his party must be elected, but let it be one who has the feel ings of a man. Fayetteville Obsurver. Free Blacks. -The Raleigh Register, in contemplation of the natural effect of legis lation in the free States, to drive thence the free blacks, anticipates that they will endea vor to find homes in the Slave States, and calls upon the Magistrates strictly to enforce the laws against such immigration. Whilst we are not of those who are inclined to ad opt harsh measures against those of that class of people who were born within our State, and have continued to reside here, we hearti ly concur with the Register, thai every con sideration of justice to ourselves demands that none should be allowed to come here from other States, and especially from the free States. The strictest watch should be kept in every county, nd prompt measures taken to enforce the law in this respect If necessary, let the Country Courts offer a re ward for every offending immigrant. Fayetteville Observer. XT Some curious person has calculated that if every article to the Crystal Palace were to be ex amined for three minutes, it would occupy twenty-six years to examine all. THE WHIGS OF GUILFORD. The Whigs of Old Guilford, ever brave and true, have recently held a public meet ing in which resolutions were passed favor ing the re-election of Mr. Fillmore, and res ponding to the nomination of the Hon. Wm. A. Graham as the Whig Candidate for the Vice Presidency. The meeting also expres sed the wiih that a Whig State Convention be held in that town on the 3rd Monday in February next. We think there can be no objection in this section, either to the time or place, but on the contrary that both will prove as generally acceptable as can be ex pected. Let these notes of preparation for the next year's struggle catch the ear of every Whig. There is work m be done both for North Caralina and the Union; and the country ex pects every Whig lo put on his harness and do his duty. Salisbury Watchman. THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. A week or two ago, when the appointment of the individual to take the Geological sur vey of the State was announce I, we inquired if the office had been offered to any of her citizens, and their names. Our natural cu riosity has not yet been gratified. We found no fault either with the appointee or the Governor, for the presumption was, that the interests of the State bad been zealously subserved; it was a work of vast importance destined perhaps to effect great results in the future. It was not inaptly the unlocking, the bringing to light of the countless treas ures, within the soil and boundaries of our favored Slate, and there seemed to us a pe culiar fitness in the selection of one of her own sons for the development of these rich es and stores of information ; a filial devo tion as it were in ascertaining the hidden qualities and virtues of the mother. If, how ever, ihe State could not furnish the requis ite intelligence and experience, then the services of a stranger could be properly en gaged. Will the Standard have the courtesy to state the names of those North Carolinians lo whom the appointment was tendered ? Wil. Her. PROPOSED DIVISION OF OREGON. A movement ha lately been set on foot by the settlers in Oregon Territory, which nas for its ob ject the organization ot a separate Territorial Go vernment for that portion which lies to the North of the Columbia river. It is to be called the Co lumbia Territory, and throughout its vast extent is well sdapted t agriculture, commerce, and manufacturing. The total absence of all munici pal law and civil oficem, the great distance from the seat of the present Government, ano the iso lated situation of this pari of the Territory there from, and many other reasons, are urged as lo the propriety of the organization of a separate Terri torial G veroment. For the promotion of this object a Convention of tweniy-fivo delegates as sembled ai Carolitx, Lewis county, on the 29ih of August, and. after discussing the matter, unani mously adopted the following resolution: "That a committee of three be appointed by the President of the Convention to prepare a suitable memorial on that subject to Congress, and that the same be forwarded to the Delegate in Congress from Oregon Territory, requesting him to ue his influence to procure ihe organization of a separate Territorial Government.'' Previous to the session of tke Convention, a committee on districts and counties haviug been appointed, the lerritory north of the Columbia river was divided into twelve counties, with well prescribed boundaries. The Convention is to meet agaiu at Olympia some time abou1 the middle of uext May, there to form a Stale Convention, pre. para tor y io asking admission into the Union as one of ihe States thereof, provided that Congress has not at that time organized a Territorial Govern ment National Inle ligeneer. MR. GORRELL'S ADDRESS. We bave been politely furnished by the Editor of the Greensboro' Patriot with a copy of ihe Ad dress delivered by Ralph Horrell. Esq.. before tbe iwo Literary Societies of Davidson College, on tbe 13ih August last. Tbe subject is "the influence of educated men upon society," and a hasiy per usal has satisfied us thai ihe author hs done jus lice to tne theme. His production is, we think, superior in Mr. Avery's delivered at Chapel Hill, although there is a similarity of design in both. The author after depiciing tbe situation of North Carolina, and alluding to her inferior grade among the Stales of tbe Union, declares "thai ibe disease of tbe State require a prompt and extensive rem edy, and never will its constitutional vigor be res tored till the whole of its territory is covered with a lattice work of rail road, plauk road and river improvements, extending into every important section ol its territory." He likewise alludes to "the depressed condition of her agricultural inter ests and pursuits, and the want of a proper stimu lus to her industry," and introduces the M owing sentiment which commends iuelf io favor : "To bring ihe agriculture of our Slate under a more enlightened system by the dissemination of knowledge; the formation ot agricultural associa tions, the application of science, and the force ot enlightened example.will be a public benefaction." Wilmington Herald. Destruction of a Ship bt a Whale. -The following remarkaole case of the prodigious pow ers of a whale is related by a gentleman who has arrived in Boston from New York, where he was in company with Capt. De blots, ibe roaster of ibe unlucky ship, who arrived in that city, Saturday afternoon, in the steamship Cherokee: Capt Deblois, of the whaleship Ann Alexander, of New Bedford, stated that on the 20th of Au gust last, when in lattitude 5 degs. 50 mins. 8., longitude 102 degs. W., while in pursuit of whales, two of hia boats that were out in pursuit were attacked by a large sperm whale, and com pletely demolished. The captain promptly or dered out a third boat and proceeded to the assis tance of the men, who were thrown into tbe sea by the destruction of their boats. He succeeded in rescuing all of them, and reached bis sbip in safely. But the whale becoming more frantic with rage, immediately directed bis coarse f.r the sbip, and struck her abreast of her foremast, injuring her so badly that she instantl y filled. All bands tok to the boats oo the 22d, and were subsequent ly picked up by the ship Nantucket, Capt. Gibbs, of Nantucket, and arrived at Payta, Sept. 15, whence the captain took passage lot New York, on his way home. This is certainly an extraordinary instance of the fearful capabilities of the whale, and we believe the like has occurred but once before, which hap pened in the cse of a Nantucket ship many years ago. Boston Journal. Gov. Reid has appointed, by and with the ad vice and content of Ex Gov. Juarcy, ef New York, Prof. Ebenezer Emmons, of the same State, Ge ological, Mineralogical, Botanical and Agricultu ral Surveyor if North Car .lina. MiL Chron. It is hardly worth while to notice such slang as the above; but we suppose we may as well say, that the Editor of ihe Chronicle, "by and with the advice and consent" of his Satanic Majesty, has perpetrated a falsehood. Standard. O" Why, Billy! Don't you see that you have made yourself out 'His Satanic Majesty !" for it was you who first inormed us that Gov. Reid had made the appointment, and did you not say that Governor Reid consulted Ex Gov.Marcy (by let ter) on the subject of the appointment, and that he fMarcyJ recommended and advised the ap pointmeat of Prof. Emmons 1 For all the 'crit ters' that we ever conceived yon to be, we never took you to be the d I ! We had considered you snable'irap'of old Beelzebub ever ready to do his bidding we ask pardon for mistaking yon. For tbe future ihesautation must be "His Satan ic Majesty, the Editor of the Standard. Milton Chronicle. KILBI6H RB6I8TBK. ttfr Oura are the plane of fair delightful peace, rjnwarp'd by party rage to live like brothers RALEIGH, N, C. Wednesday, Nov. 12, 185L DEATH OF THE HON. RICHARD HINES. It is with feelings of the most poignant regret, that we have lo record the death of the Hon. Richard Hiices, which ocenrrea in this City, on Monday afternoon last, after bis lingering illness of several weeks. By the death of Mr. Hines, the State has been deprived of one of its purest and most prominent citizens, society of ooe of its most valuable mem bers, and his family of one whose place canf ot be filled. Endowed by nature with a clear head and a vigorous intellect blending decision of pur pose with great kindness of heart and the most generous disposition, and firmness of principle with the utmost sincerity of feeling, he commanded respect and regard wherever he was known. Others have had a more brilliant career, but none in whom the mild and gentle virtues have shone more clearly, nor by whom they have been more steadily and effectively inculcated. He has gone down to the grave in the ripeness of manhood, and in the midst of his usefulness, leaving his family ibe proud inheritance of an unblemished name, and the encouraging example of an useful and honorable life. Mr. Hines was a native of Edgecombe county, and represented in the 19h Congress, tbe Dis trict of which Edgecombe then comprised a part. He was aIo for many years Chairman of the Whig Central Committee of tbe State. Few men have passed through life more uni versally acceptable in all the various public and private stations which he was called to fill. Mr. Hikes was, we presume, about 00 years of age. THE MEETING IN GRANVILLE THE TRUE SPIRIT. We cordially commend lo the perusal of our Whig brethren throughout the Slate, the pro ceedings of the recent glorious Whig Meeting in Granville County, aud the glowing letter of our correspondent, in connection therewith, which appear in another part ot to-day's Register. We would that we could infuse into the breast of every timid and faint hearted Whig in North Car olina a part of the staunch spirit and patriotic en thusiasm that those proceedings breathe. Let every one such read them, however, for himself, together with the abstract ot the eloquent speeches on the occasion, and, if he be a true Whig, be cannot tail of being re animated, encouraged, and incited, by them, to similar feelings and a similar deter, ruination. Will not the Whigs of Wake come up, on Monday next, and respond, with a like spirit, to their brethren in Guilford and Granville ? We feel assured ibat they will. It is time for those who have crept into power in this State, through unlortunate dissensions in our own ranks dissensions, the memory of which, we are confident, will be buried to begin to tremble in their shoes. The cry hs commenced, which will be echoed before long from every hill and valley, and shore and stream in our borders. that North Carolina must akd shall be re deemed ! RALEIGH ENTERPRISE. We were not aware, until within the past week, when we made a hasty visit to the establishment, of the extent and completeness ot the Ibok Fook- dry, which that enterprising and laborious arti san, Silas BcRNs.has recently established in this place. It is situated in the western part of the City and comprises three capacious buildings in each of which a different branch of the business is prosecuted ; and each branch, too, in all its ramifi cations and iu all of which a large number of skilful operatives are employed. ' The establishment will compare favorably with any similar one elsewhere, and can doubtless turn out quite as good a specimen of work. We hope to see most of the Engines for our new Rail Roads manufactured where tney ought to be in North Carolina ; and both in Raleigh and Wil mington they can be manufactured. Mr. Burns deserve great credit for hia enler priziog public spirit, and merits all the encourage ment thai tbe public have to bestow. The New York "Express" trulv says that Kossuth's abandonment of the Mississippi, and the way in which he did it. have thrown a cold damper upon the ardent aspirations we all had as to his welcome in the United States. We have given him the use of one of our finest steamers, and provided him and his friends with the means of being independent, but he leaves us on a mis sion to England, evidently in anger that our steamer cannot be used as ne wills ! It is hard, very hard, to eiv up the warm sen timents we have cherished for this distinguished Hungarian; but we see in him, we fear, onlv what we almost always see among the reformers of Europe, their incapacity to separate the princi ple of Republicanism from licentiousness or civil war. Java Coffee raised ir North Carolina. The Editor of the Milton (N. C.) Chronicle was recently shown a parcel of Java coffee, fully ma tured, that grew in Dr. John T. Garland's yard, about a mile from that town. It looked as natur al as the imported article. The shrub that pro duced this coffee is but two years old, and bears prolificly. The free sprouted from a grain of conee wmca was planted on the north side of the house. Tbe last "Chronicle" remarks, we are sorry to see, with reference to this statement, which has been going the rounds of the papers, that it is a complete hoax "mischievously perpetrated" by some fun-loving youngster. ttTbe "Norfolk Beacon," hitherto a neutral journal, has hoisted the Whig banner, and is now do- j ing spirited service in the cause. fXh The length of the proceeding of the Gran ville meeting excludes our usual quantity of Edi torial matter. J DEMOCRATIC CONSISTENCY. There could not be presented a nnre striking instance of the inconsistency of the Southern De mocracy than the one afforded by the contest which is now going on in Virginia for Governor and Lieutenant Governor. Their Candidate for the first office, Col. Joseph Johnson, voted, whilst a member of Congress, for tbe Oregon Bill with the Wilmot Proviso incorporated in it. It U well known that in reference to the passage of this Bill, Mr. Calhoun declared tl at "it wti done pro fessedly to assert the unlimited control of Con gress over the subject of slavery that it was the first bill of th kind ever passed, and worked an important change in the progress of aggressions and encroachments in reference to slavery in the territorial aspect of the subject It had given a new and powerful impulse to the abolitionists." This is the character given of that measure by Mr. Culhoun. It received the vote of Col. John son, the Democratic Candidate in Virginia for Governor. On the same ticket tbey are running Mr. Leake, who was also a member of Congress at the time that Bill with the Proviso was adopt ed. He delivered a violent speech against them. From that speech we extract the following : uMr. Leake presented reasons which would in duce him to vote against the bill, and against all similar legialation. He complained that the HOUSE SEEMED TO HAVE BEEN CONVERTED INTO A magnificent abolition sociETY; and expressed his fears that the abolitionists, after laying their profane hands on the altars of religion acd the halls of legislation, would next assail the bul warks of tbe Constitution itself, and break in like an avalanche on the peace anb security or the entire South. He was sick and tired of compromises; the South had entered into many and they had all been violated. He considered the vote or this morning as an indication that the Missouri Compromise was considered as no longer of an 7 obligation and an intimation that the institutions of the south were no longer to be respected. Mr. Leake went on to state what he considered as the ultimatum of the South, which amounted to this that if the present attempt to impose limitations with respect to the extension of slave ry should oe persisted in and should prevail, the South must stand in self defence, for they could not and would not submit to it. He went into a review of ihe adoption of the Wilmot Proviso complained (he North for having thrown a fire brand into the House appealed to their justice and patriotism, and warned them to abandon their crusade against the rights of the South, or they might see before long the " beginning of the end," but God only would see its termination." A janus faced ticket, indeed, this is ! It Mr. Leake's course deserved approval, Col. Johnson stands condemned. Yet the Democracy regard both these gentlemen as true representatives of their political faith and will support them with laudable zeal ! The Democratic Excellency dejure of this State, no doubt, feels a deep sympathy for the success of Col. Johnson, as tbey thought alike on the Oregon Bill; but he would hardly re lish the denunciaton ol Mr. Leake, that, in carrying through ihat measure, with the Wilmot Proviso ir. it, the House of Representatives "had converted itself into a magnificent abolition society !n How would he like to be told by a brother Democrat that he voted for a Bill with a Northern firebrand" in it ! Were a Whig to say so, he would be de nounced by the Mun terrified"' as propagating a calumny against His Excellency, de jure! Yet, Mr. Leake has said so, and he and Col. Johnson and Col. Reid are all marvelously proper men ! THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. What aro the principles of the Democratic par ty ? An answer is furnished by the following paragraph from the Philadelphia News : " The idea that the Democratic party of the country has bat " one fa ith" on national qoestions is obsolete. It may be, and at times is, tariff in Pennsylvania, free trade in Virginia, river and harbor improvements in the West, and a strict construction and opposition to all improvements in the South. Uol. Ui?ler, its candidate in Penn sylvania, was elected because he was friendly to tbe Compromise measures. Governor Wood, its candidate in Ohio, has been re elected because he declared himself opposed to them. Iu Pennsyl vania, it is for the Union; in Georgia, Missis sippi, and Alabama, it :s for ofC-aston ; while in Wilmors district it is all Free soil, and ia Phila delphiaall Pro-Slacery.n THE WILMINGTON RAIL ROAD. By the Report of Gen. McRae, President of the Company, we learn that the expenditures of the Company, during tbe past year, were $277,255 20, of which over $50,000 were paid for new Loco motives and Cars, to meet the wants of the in creasing travel and transportation of the road, and for the thorough repair, or rather renewal, of the Steamer Vanderbilt. Tho company certainly has never been in as good condition to carry on its operations as at present. But fourteen miles cf the road remain to be re la id with heavy iron, which is daily expected. Still another locomotive has been ordered, besides one now in process ol construction in the shops at Wilmington. Tbe President is not Alone in the opinion that "The Road, so far as it has been re laid, com pares favorably with the best pads in our coun- . i: . i c . i . i try, auu uisieau oi me complaints ana denuncia tions of travellers which have been heaped upon us for years without stint, and which were to some extent deserved when our old flat bar road was in use, we hear from all commendation at the speed with which they are transported over our line. FROM HAVANA. By the accounts from Havana brought by the steamer Empire City, being to the 30th ultimo, it appears that Mr. Thrasher baa not been released, as was announced by the New Orleans "Delia.1 A tetter to the Journal of Commerce says that he is to have an open trial the present week, and that the American Consul will appear in his de fence. The aame writer says that Mr. T. ia not permitted to confer with friends or the Consul The Consul has asked to be permitted to visit him, but is told that the case is out of the control of the Captain-General, and in the tribunals; and that the interdiction of communication cannot be removed. The prisoners that yet remain at Havana for transportation to Africa are iu tolerable condition and supplied with good clothing and other com forts. Five are in the hospital improving, and nine are in the castle at "Punta." It is not known at what moment transportation will be provided for them, or whether any more will meet with the clemency of the Captain-General and be permit ted to return to their homes. 1. A Pictxr as is a Pictek. An old lady who had her Daguerreotype pictuie taken gives the following description of how it was done : I sat down and had my head squeezed between two iron prongs till I thought I should get a de pression of the brain ; then 1 was told to look right at a speck on the wall; then Mr. McBride unscrewed the indof a brass pipe that was in the side of a mahogany box, and pinted it riant at me then after a minute he telled me that I might get up for the pictur was done, and it warn't Jong afore he brought it out from behind a curtaing, all passed into a leather case,and looking as nat'ral as life. He had even took tbe mole on my chin and the four gray hairs grown out on it were as instinct as possibiL State Elections. NEW YORK. The State elections in New York, it U known, took place on Tuesday last. From multiplicity of Candidates for the various Sta' offices, and the confused state of the present ' turns, it is nna.ifi' a vat in aJ....... . re -M.ai.tB nny pu,,tlv opinion as to tne resuii. Tne probability i, no aVRi. thnt tha VSttA rronera Hi 1 e -.- , 13 tt Klose or)ei that it is likely to be a drawn battle in the State the Whigs electing their Candidates for Attor' ney General, Treasurer, Canal Commissi oner a d Secretary of State, and the residue of the ticket being uncertain, or possibly Loco Foco. The Whigs have the State Senate, but tht As sembly is yet uncertain ; the majority being very small either way. MISSISSIPPI. Returns from all but sixteen Counties ojv Foote a considerable majority, and, it is in a Telegraphic despatch in the "Intelligent i, dated the 7th, that there is no doubt ot Gen Foote's election by a large majority. Nearly an the Union Congressional Candidates are elected though we are without a-iy particulars as yet We will giv them when they come to hand Mississippi has thus repudiated Secession over again, and that, too, though it was upheld bv one of her favorite sons, whose great personal pop. larity counterbalanced and overcame, io many quarters, tbe opposition of the people to the odioui doctrine of wnich he was the champion. This i evident trout the fact, that, as ii is stated, the a. gregate majority for the Union Congressional ticket is much larger than that over Davis. Had Quithan not backed Out from the field, there i( no doubt but that the gallant Foote's majority would have been two or three times greater. Whatever be the majority, however, this new defeat of the Secessionists this final and killing blow to their present nefarious purposes U "glory enough 1" Three times three cheers thrice repeated, for Mississippi ! LOUISIANA. The Election took place in this State, on the 7th, for Representatives in Congress, and Mem bers of the State Legislature. Both Houses of thd Legislature are thoroughly Whig; and the Congressional delegation is sup posed to stand as it did before. The election in New Orleans resulted in the choice of a Whig Sheriff, by over 5U0 majority. Messrs. Robb and Benjamin, Whigs, are elected to the Senate by about 600 majority, and the Whig ticket throughout is generally successful. In the Baton Rouge district, which has pre viously been Democratic, the Whigs have elected their State Senator, and" also a Whig Sheriff. MARYLAND. The election took place in this State, on Wed nesday, for the first time under her new Constitu tion, for a large number of judicial and other o fitters. The Loco Focos appear to have been pretty generally successful throughout the Stale. WISCONSIN. Mr. Farwell, the Whig Candidate for Got ernor of Wisconsin, is elected by a majority of upwards of 2000 votes; though we feel do grati fication at the result, effected as it was. Tbe Whigs have also a majority in the Legis lature. MICHIGAN. The Loco Focos have carried this State, of course, by a large majority. Georgia Lesislatpre. The Legislature of Georgia met at Augusta, on the 3d inst., and organ ized by electing James Meriwether, Speaker of the House, and A. J. Miller, President of the Sen ate. All those elected are of course, Union men. The secessionists had no candidate. Gov. Towns sent in his message. It is quite long, and nearly altogether occupied with State affairs, the State bank and railroads, common school education, &e He urges alse a line of steam propellers from Sa vannah to England, or the continent of Europe, and ihe arming of the mili'ia of the State, "in view of a possible disturbance, however remote it may appear to many, of the amicable relations existing with the States of the Coolederacy, or a disturbance more strictly local and domestic in its character." APPOINTMENT BY THE PRESIDENT. W. L. Sharkey, to be Consul of the United States at Havana, io the Island of Cuba, in place of Allen F. Owen, recalled. Dreadful Occurrence. We learn from Winchester, Va.. that a most dreadful tragedy enacted on Friday last. It appears that Joseph P. Flemister went to the house of a neighbor, Wa thaa Mulliken. with whom he previously had a quarrel. He found Mulliken with a loaded gun in his hands, and soon alter the quarrel was renew ed, and Wows passed between them. Mulliken was finally thrown to the gronnd. and while he wis down called to his son, a lad about 17 years of age, to fire at Elemister. The youth did so, but the load instead of taking effect on Flemister, enterea the father's side as be was lying upon the ground, and caused death in a few hours after. The following Extract from abasmess Letter to the Editors of this paper from a highly respec table gentleman in South Carolina corroborates sn opinion which we had lormed from the change in tbe tone ol the public journals of that State since the recent defeat at the polls of the "Secession party in Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi, as well as in South Carolina: Nat. Int. " , November 2, 1851- "We are thankful here or the result of the edi tions, which has been contrary to our expectaHoih. We leel like those who have escaped a gr ca lamity, without, however, any bitterness again those who would by their indiscretion have brougW it upon us. . "I think that the Stale has been sokresv stanter, and that all parties feel like the roan-wno has recovered from bis intoxication, and wonder at the tricks he played during the excitement- Fillmore Meeting ibt Iwduka. A call a public meeting, to be holden at the couiwry seas of Henry county, Indiana, oo the 6t J Ka t, - vorableto ihe nomination ot aiiuara President of tbe United States, and signed oy number of the leading aniens ol wi 6"" appears in tne Indianapolis senun ult. Ridwttw rTlliA .rro.t Rarnum, U is report has made an engagement with Ma Monies. He will exhibit this woman through tbe U State.. Her continental fame flood crowded houses, and will pour a fresh of cash into Barnum's capacious pouch. shall not be surprised to see youiniui, gray-beaded admirers sighing Mike a furnace in her train. Under these "'Tllw proof of the sagacious fore-thought of Bv wat, simultaneously wiw u "s-s, - . up r8 Monies, he has become the patcDtee of the m nrrarrKiiirui va ' Anuihilator. 1
The Raleigh Register (Raleigh, N.C.)
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