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- : W-g .E:::"s" 0 w?T EMM m n"g il l t F 0 S T . 7 ;, , MEETING OF CONGRESS. ooth houses of C.Hiprws were duly organized on Liv last," In the House ti.ere'were 217 members :,cnt The Ho..; Liss Eovn, of Kentucky, rece.v 43 votes for Speaker, and w of course elected. J Fomev was e'ected CVrk, and ail the subordi lc offices were filled by the Democratic nomma- jns. Th.'ari 37 Detnoc r.iH. 21 "Whigs, and 4 vacancies the Senate; 150 Democrat 71 Whig-, and 4 Free ilers m thelbu.e. SovV Carolina is reprinted rJud re Badger Idone ia e Senate, and by Messrs aV K,,ffin- -Crfae.- Shaw, Rogers, Kerr, Puryear id Cling.n.-m in .c House of Representatives. Six ( f these arc "new -.members. On Tuesday the President's annual Message was t in by ihe hands of lits private Secretary, and read lire itV assembled members of the two Houses. ,e pu-u'i'sli the whole of this important paper in our pj.endix.this w eek. - ' Xone "fiiie Raleigh papers were favored on this j,Vion w'ith.copies from headquarters. We .-.rent lo-s tj know w hy the Capital of 'North Carolina ha cn ihus slighted. It was practicable enough to fur sh them in-fore the organization, as was-done tinder Jk- last administration. Our city is small, it is true, p population, but can boast of metropolitan dijnity, pd thirteen newspapers published within its limits We hope our North Carolina delegation will succeed i brinirihg' the State and its Capital to-the notice of he Cabinet with sufticient emphasis to secure for them pore respect Another time. -.-'-.-'- Smith and Cmlby vs The Western- R. R. Com- IASV The points at is-iie between these parties, owing out of the failure of the plaintiffs to pay the jecoiid inst ilment of the stock subscribed f'-rbythem ri the Western Railroad Company, were defu i.ively Settled at the late session of the Federal Court in this ity.It vill be recollected that nil injunction against the sale of their stock had been previously granted." jV liTotion foi:i continuance of diis injunction wast submitted by Mr. Moore, counsel for the plaintiffs, which; after the cac'c had1 been thoroughly argued, Was overruled and the injunction dissolved. -Mr. jM'iore ave notice that he 'should appeal to the Sti fjit'tme ..court, but afterwards declined. I We notice-that, the stock subscribed for by Smith fain! Colby, is advertised in the FayettcrUle Observer, J tit-be soM at .public auction on Monday next. w i i L . ;,; I. ,i f u- i We fuik'fMo notice iarfi week the -accession of W. Il.mn, Jr., to the Go!dsl,n,' Telegraph.' Mr. J. hav- j iriir hcvuglit the .interest of the late- Mr. Separk, the j Ttlegroph will be -conducted herc.ifter by Messrs. j Dunn cc Whitaker: "j The Republican" & Patriot has-also been sold, to j Wm. A. Stn.n- & Co., l.y Mr. Gulk-k, who retires. j We wish these . pcntlemen success and happiness in ; '. -& 11 tlieir respective enterprises.' ' . .. j Read, the "exciting account which we publish to-day, j of the tragical .trial of Carawan, at tiie. Courthouse of j Keaufort co'untv. A more awful occurrence has el- f i : l ' - .. . . i i .i i . - i- t . fi'iin oeen rccoruci in me-iiisuiry or crime, is nm crime greatly on t lie increase in the United .States, ai.d what is thecause of it ? Attention is invited to tjie letter of Mr.-Ive'rson, of ie'ria, kindly' furnished . V us for publication Uy Mr.- nail, to. whom it is addrfes-ed. ' The': '.Rescue tlrass," some account of which we puhlislied a week or two" since, i.s upposel to be- admir-bly adapted to the soil of the. South. ' , W'e learn by telegraph tii.it tiie -teamer Eurona, whose (fe I ay had occasioned some uneasiness, has ar-'mrU.- At The time of iroiny to press, how ever, we .have received np'particuiars of the intelligence which she brings. ' LITERARY Mmy-- The January Number of Gooey's Lady's Look, is alre'aily befue lis, and is truly magnificetit. The vari ous illustrations are ricleand heantitul, and the ladies l will thul in the i'a-diion-plau-s 'and patterns "much to de- ! .light and instinct them. VVc Uike this opportunity to ! say that we know : of no publication, fm- the ladies ! espei-i.-.Hy, that, c, n be. fr 'a moment compared w i h this-long estahiished and elegant' Magazine. Every lady -who c in afford to -ub-enbe for a monthly -period-f ical -d all-, siioiiiVl take.Goi.Kv, for' there is no other similar periodiea' iii the Cnited S ates, whu-h furrii-h- es so coaip.ete an array .of ictine'd attractions for the female reader. .-- The firsi Ninnbrr of Aktiii iv's Uoie Magazinc for IS.jf, is hanilsoint lv : embellished, ai d contains an cx- eellentvtdectien (.." reading ma tier. ' The reader will ! the, transactious-roiiriected-w ith tit inurder occur find the Pr ns of this valuable Miiga.ine in our', red. A vol time: .will t.e issued from the press in a ; advertising columns. We take pleasure in re.com- I'few days containing an accurate report of the trial, ; mending, it as a fiunily Magazine; at once the .cheap- lMvparcd' by a member of the Bar, when everyone est.-the ounuesi, ami tne sates; eniulical ot the kind 5. i., .. . th.it is published in this country Here too.we; lmve, the Peieinher- Number of the Kmckeueockek w i.li its ever i ntcit.iii:ing ;oid :i(iVct ing coinliin itions of ihe comic :nii a:.i;e!ic especial ly in its editorial .depar-tnent. Wln-n we are laboring under a lit of the the old Ki iekerboiker. ia its bliif p;iper coyer, comes in very opportunely to hrtiyh hi-out of our melancholy niood. 1- - -We have sgaiu been f.iv.red with a' visit 'from "Vanke E: Notions" and ' jl ason's Picxokial.'' C-ih-a-'. has now absorbed "Bar num.' Illustrated News," ".rid is cnt out ,o :m immense army of subscribers. . Last winter we published thq jn-o-pectus of this papei gratui'ously in a somewhat condensed form. Tiie re- tunt we received for this voluntr.ry favor w.-;s. a w ith drawal from our table, because we presuiiie we did not ! publish the nrosiH'CUi.s entire, on account of its ereat ! U-fcl'th. " Wil,or, .A C-.V (Wuipnx nrArh. ersare welcome to the whole benefit t be derived from: such a curse. When we publish ' prospectus of a i resectable length, gratuitously, we. consider if as ; more than equivalent to the benefit ofan exchange. If; they ditfer from us. w e can devote ihe sa me space to otaer and perhaps better periodicals published nearer t ' hndomXhGTV'E; r JTi Efcut0rship 'Mta! n-nctsotnely bouivi and pn-.ted book sent to us bv the t.ub'iher IiuIU-itt i n t - t- ' nil. I-UUIMH.I, lttTT .illll llAVFVPUHr I r 1 n Tie ion with the high ends of truth as its nhn rj" dned - as another blow r.t the .fmd ions' of the Romish Church. It purports to be an. autobiography of a seeeder frotn thdt comtcdie.i,, nul deve ens manv of tfie mystenous inuiities eo ..in0nU attributed- to it. . ... , - - . t ' "i Pr h;UC W!l d wun a conv ot V LI Enemv" a tale of the l,ter crVa,l,, l v , Springs,' Esq., author of Giauaf al IWmaki The oriihal price of the hook in papi-r covtr U tiftv e-ents. We have- not had time to re-id this work, but find 'elsewhere the following de.sciipii'on f Us. character. .... lltvt.ut or 1,1 i;....ri.t Thr Monk's. Revenge r or. the' Secret Enemy i iu "tie ot an excellent rumauee just received trom the t - nter - prising firm of De Wish a ITavenport, whose lx.ks havo -,t ; least one quality to recommend them, and that is the clear tul handsome strle in which ther are got np: We sh.mM tUink. if a book will not' pay' to have it put before the public m a decent garbj it better remain unpublished, .for we are truly sick of the miserable specimens of. workmanship which .e occasionally receive, and are expected to'read. The in cidents of this romance belong to an age when men earned - rnHvn only ou j the battle-field, and sought repose only in Jhe kp of beauty, i The Christian and the Pagan hosts are here br.iutrlit vividlv before the reader, and the; r desperate encounters are rendered more sungutnarv and rurjaless by tKj 'fluence f anaticisjn. It is a well-written book by a r-Vw uif, fcnd Juttes nunenf w nwre prvHMneirtel ments of success. It furnishes an admirable portraiture of the times when religious enthusiasm led wholec ountries to enlist under the Banners of the Cross, and wage exterminat ing war in the name of the Holy Church. A friend has presented us with !a copy of an address on "The legitimate goal of professional ambition," introductory to the course oflectures in the Medical Department of the St. Louis University, by Wm. M. McPheeters, M. D., professor of Materia Medica and Therapeutics, ,- Dr. McPheeters is yet a youag.man, hajring left this city as a medical, student not many years ago. By his talents and industry he has already reached an envia ble position in his profession. The address gives evi- . dence of his high qualifications as a Professor, and of the sound principles he is laboring to inculcate upon his pupils, i ':'. The " Nop.tiiehn Farmer " is the title of a new monthly periodical published at Utica, New York, by T. II. Miner, editor and proprietor, It is devoted to Literature, Agriculture, Poultry, Bees, &c and is both a cheap and excellent publication. The price is only $1 00 a year with reductions to clubs. r NEWS DEPARTMENT. STATE INTELLIGENCE. TRIALOF REV. GEO. W. CARAWAN, FOR THE MURDER OF C. EL LASSITER- There hrs been great excitement in Washington tne past week on, account of the trial of Rev. Geo. VV. Carawan for the murder- of C. II. Lassiter, in Uyde county, in November of last year. Carawan was arraigned before the Superior Court of Ifyde, at. the Spring term of this year, and on his afh'da .vi' that he could not have justice clone ."in 1I de, the case was removed. to Ueauibrt. The trial com menced on Wednesday last-in the Superior Court, Judge. Bailey residing. The case was managed on the part of the State by Geo. S. Stevenson, So licitor, E. J. Warren and D. M. Carter Esqs.; and for the defence by J:imes W. Bryan, F. B. Satter thwa'ite, and W. B. Redman, Esqs.? and lion. R. S. Dorme!!. We doubt if a cause was ever tried i - i i t i i , . , ! which was more thoroughly prepared on both sides than was' this, or in which more ability and fidelity to tln-ir trusts were displayed by Counsel. M Stevenson opened the case for the State. s' 1 c' wlienl tu examination of .th? witnesses for the Stat.' commenced, and was continued till Friday night. Sat unlay morning Mr. Rodman made the opening address for the defence, and at 1 o'cloejj, j. m., on that May the examination of witnesses cIoseJ Satuivlay'afiernoou was consumed iv Mr. . , , i i i" . .1 i .1 , Crti-ter in his address, to the im v, and the court ad- . ,'.,, i . . , , journed till Monday morning at 9 o clock. -.Monday's proceedings commenced with a speech by-Mr. Satterth waite for the defence, who was fol lowed "by Mr. Stevenson -for the State, and Mr. liodman for the defetice. On Tuesday Mr. Bryan closed for the de fence, and Mr. Warren for the State, e;rch occupying about four, hours. At half-past six o"chek. p. In., Judge Dai ley commenced the charge to the jury, the court house being thronged to its .utiiiost cajKicity. Tiie delivery of the Judge's charge occupied only one hour, and was strongly iii favor of 'the 'prisoner, requiring the jury to re ject entirely the testimony of the 'main w itness fur ... the 'State. The jury, then retired to .-make up their verdict; but in thirty minutes the Judge, officers of the court, and counsel wore again in the court room, the prisoner was 'again brought to the bar. and the jury sent for ; w hen the judge stated that he had called them back to correct an error into vhich lie had fallen in his charge in regard: to the law applicable to the attempted impeachment of the jnain witness for the State. He then stated fully what theiaw was, that it did not requiie them, as he had first charged, to i eject, ids testimonv , but allowed them to weigh it, and ive it the consider ation which tli-y nught think it entitled to. 'The jurv again retired, ;nii at tin time e write (1 o'ciock WeincsdayBioriiii:g) have not agreed upon a verdict. ..Tin.- testimony adduced, on the trial was so vol mniiioiis tiiat we cannot give ew-n a synopsis of it, and if w e could,-it would not b; understood unless -accompanied with a map. of the localities where - . r wishing to acquaint- himself with the particulars of one of the fouh-st and most extraordinary murders ever perpetrated. c:hi do so. can give 'here otdy'the main facts elicited during the trial. Carawan is 56 years old. and for many years has been a popnl.tr preacher in the Baptist Church a man of strung 'will, exercising a powerful influence over his friends, and 1'eared as much as hated by his foes. Lassiter was a quiet young man engag ed in the "business of teaching. Some months be- 1 1 1 1 i i ij in ri ni' oL.'!T,iJ' ivAOpn,,,! in r ui ninn ftr .. .1 i. r -.1 i i .i t uiui'itl, JUtlOItVl UUtUUCU .111 tliC UUUC Ul ,J Carawan; and a quarrel arose between them, Cara wan alleging that Lassiter' wa too fami iar with his (C's) wife. Carawan talked very freely among rj his neighbors n the subject said that L. ought to : be shot that shooting was too good for him, and that !i- and "L. 'could not both live in the s me neighbo. hood, etc., and finally tried to get out a peace warrant against L., alleging that he had attempted to take Lis life. He went on in this Way for some time, when-L. sued him for slander, j.- the jamages at 2,000'. A- few hours after the w.w ou c Lnssiter vas killed. He had finished a school on liose Bay, and on Monday the 1 5th of November; started on foot , . . -. . ,- .... , . .-' T , . i wiUkii carpet oag in ins nana to g to tne lyase : -t. 1 a i wKtf-h-J engaged another scjiool. About 3 i o'clock, p. m., he passed C's house, on his way to i the Lake. Shortly after he passed. C. left his house " und went across the field towards the woods which" j i; kMweeii the liCuse and the si.ot on the road , lit i 'v ; - v . . I ,hore L. was killed, his wife Allowing with a gun ! i .1 . 1 . .1. . 1 "rapped lUMii her apron. Mie retarneu 10 tne ' hUse i,nmedi:itel' ; arawan uU sun down.-r 1 liflt n'ehl be was Sone tlje w,"tness could not tell ' hw long he was not at home when the witness ; went to bed. Tuesday he remained at home, but J on YWvIt,,!.,,- , riinv Har. 'he took a hoe and ' " , , wer't into the woods, and was ffone several hours. Thn'r,,. .,..;.. t - rU on thtf I itiuic nmmu.s, r-vrv, Lake thinking hs was at the. Bay, and the people at the Bay thinking he was at the Lake,) C. went to one of the neighbors and inquired if he had seen anything of L.. stating that his (C's) family had seen him pass his house on Monday yith a package of clothes, and he was thinking he had run nwfi Fridsy evening when tolU that tlie peo- pie were searching for L., he expressed great sur prise that he should be missing never had heard any thing of it. Saturday morning, the search for L. still going on, he wrote to a friend to come and see him that L. was missing supposed to be killed and added that he (C.) was at home all day Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, and that he could -prove it by Carawan Sawyer, (the mairr witness on the trial for the State) his nephew, a bov who was living with him. The body of L. was found Saturday evening in the dismal back of C's house, in an open spot which was surrounded with briers, underbiusb, fcc, and which was covered with moss. The moss over the grave had been carefully removed, the grave dug just large enough to hold the body, the body press ed iuto it, the , grave filled up even with the. sur rounding earth and pressed down, and the moss carefully laid hack upon it. The moss leaving no trace of a foot print, there was no sign that any body had ever bee"n there, except that the moss over the grave had faded a little, and about a hand full of fresh dirt was near it, and a dead limb of a tree had apparently been recentl' disturbed, the bark which bad evidently just fallen off it lying in one ,spot and the limb in another. The men who were searching for the body had stopped in this lonely spot to rest, having given up the search for the day, when these appearances attracted their attention, and the body was found. L. was killed by gun hot wounds. Several shot were taken from the body, three from the heart. There were three sizes of shot found in the body and in one of the barrels of C's gun found in the house, just such shot, and of three sizes, were found. That nightC. left Hyde county, telling his nephew (Sawyer) that if he staid there he should be hung that he should send for his family, and he (S.) must go with them. Sunday morning he landed from a canoe at I hit ham's Creek Mills in Beauforf countv, about ' hirlv miles from his home, telling the man who rowed him over that he was aftei a piece of 'land which another man was Irvine to 1 buy, and that was the reason of his- hurry, and charging him to keep his movements secret. From this time till his arrest at niiriit in his house ' ! , ; i in January f -llowini;. the State did not show his I j J ! whereabouts. But from letters received bv the 1 i .',,' . " Sherift' of llvde from Tennessee, it seems he had . ; I been in that State preaching under the assumed I : i o i i name of John Forbes. ; . j After his imtrisnninent in Hyde county jail, he j ' i i i i' i I tried to get a hMend to. lure the witness baw ver to i go awav. lie had offered this same witness, lie- ! i fore the body of L. was found, a negro if he tfould ; j swear he (C.) was at home all day Monday the j York, giving invitations to -at tend the lii'iding up ! murder was committed. And whilst in Hyde jail ; of the village of Greenpoiut. (adjacent to Wiiliams j he wrote to a friend (the letters were produce! in ; burg.) by Ga made exclusively from American Court) to get Sawyer out of the way. He had ; Coal, on Tuesday evening the 22nd November, ! given, he said in one of the letters, Mary (his wife) ' 1853. ' 500 to get Sawyer oil' if that" woudn't do. hiin 1000 and if that wouldn't lo, he (his friend) j must get rifj of Sawyer u by hook or crook," and ; not sutler his (CV) "neck to be broke." j The.se were the main facts brought out by the mass of testimony on the trial. We have sketch- j ed them hurriedly and imperfectly. t The defence set lor the prisoner was that three of the ' witnesses (including Sawyer) had sworn falsely, committed wilful and deliberate per- jury, an. I that it w as impossible for Carawan to have gone through the woods after Lassiter passed j his house quick enough to have cut him off.- The .'danger of convicting a man of murder on circum- j stautial evidence has been learnedly and engeni- ! ously and elaborately dwelt upon by the counsel for the defence. In fact there has been more in'e- j unity and skill displayed by llid.hi in the progress j of this cause than we ever expected to see exhibit- j ed in any one trial. Tin the olttc-r side, in behalf j of the State there has ' been no . less ability lnani- testeii. inotign uieir wotk lias l.eeu, apparentl v one .of easier pel fo'Hiianee. 'Ihe trial has been deeply 7 ? T'T "f thr T :f closed, out abo tor the tact and power displavea bv eoiitisel. The general opinion among those who have heard thJ trial indeed we may sav tlwj unaiii moiis opinion so 'far as we have been able to -ather it -is that Carawan is guiity of the murder. Carawan has maintained his self-control throuMi- out the trial, even when the clothes worn bv T.assi- ter when he was ki.le 1 were exhibited in Court, ! pierced with bullet holes and stained with blood. He is a tine looking man as one would find anion a thousand tall, admirabiy built, with a massive head,showing with enormous animal passions large intellect. These passions have destroyed him, hav- iug given himseif all his life to their unbridled sway. His w ifer apparently about Ins own age, and his three children have been with him du- , rin-r t ne rial, accoinoaiivi i"' nm to am tmm the . -i .. i . , . - - - i - - - - v s.' . - i s-y . ,f l ! . . ., -w . - . .il Anronfftkn n(i, iwr.n.i . 1 1 . L Court House and jail. It is a melancholy sight. POSTSCRIPT. The Verdict -Guilty! Carawan shoots Mr. ; Warren and kills Ja'ms Iff At half past eight this morning, the jury came in with a verdict of 1 f"- Mr- lir.V nioved t,iat the jury be PH- This was done, each juror as his name w as called, ; answering "guilty" The Judge then discharg- ! fd the" jury, and ordered a recess of the Court for j one hour' i the crowd commenced to leave a report i oi a pisioi was neani, iouowea immediately oy an ; other.: Carawan had two self-cocking, single bar x.x Y;.K i. ;..i r- ; t -- ' - : m t ii . i .... . .. 1 he ball struck just above his heart and glanced, ; making but a slight w und. With the other he ; shot a hole through h s own head. As we are go- Hng to Press- he lies a corpse in the prisoner's box, ' a goj part of his brain having run out upon the I floor. As may be well supposed, there is intense excite ment in the community. Xorth State Whig. Murder. Tt is reported that a German pedler bv the' name of Strauss was found dead in the ! woods, on the east side of Cape i ear Ki ver, not tar from Eiizabethtown. His throat was cut, and it is supposed that he was murdered for DurDOSes of . . - . ' r -r plunder. Jay. Car I Fire. -On Tuesday night last, about half past j 7 o'clock, a fire broke ont at Benbow's Factory, in ! the " Picker's RHm," which destroyed 800 lbs. t Cotton. It was extinguished without further dam- age; Fop. Co.n From the Raleigh Register. CAPE FEAR AND DEEP RIVER IMPROVE--V- MENT. Mr. Gales : I had the pleasure, the other day, of ascending the Upper Cape Fear, :rom Jones' Falls, 'near FayejLteville, to Northington's Ferry, within fifteen miles of Haywood, in Chatham county, in the company's new steamer. The boat performed the trip without accident or difficulty. In the course of onother week, she will be able to reach the mouth of the canal at Buckhorn, nine miles below Haywood jand as soon as about another month's work can be done on the Hrje, the steamer will be able to commence her regular trips from Uaywood to Wilmington. The steamer has two cylinders, and an eighty-horse-power engine. She made with a tow boat that will carry seven hundred and fifty barrels, a speed of about eight miles per hour. I timed her passage through some of the locks, and found it was about ten minutes, and she will be able to make it in less time with a little more experience in the handling of the lock.gates. The steamer, with her tow boats, will carry from 4,000 to 5,000 barrels. According to the informa tion I received on the river, I suppose there are fifty or sixty thousand barrels of rosin above Fayette- ville, awaiting the boat. In making the run to which I have referred, we passed through Smith's Falls, without the least difficulty, to the evident surprise of many persons residing in the vicinity, I some of whom had predicted that a boat could never accomplish such a feat. To the forecast and indomitable eneygv of our excellent and worthy President, Col. Alexander Murchison, are we, in a great measure, indebted, in having a boat ready at the first moment to commence operations. A belief that the above would be very acceptable information to a large number of the readers' of ! your valuable paper, besides other considerations i not necessary here to. mention, must be my apolo gy for asking a small space in your columns. Very respectfully, yours, J. II. UAUGIITON. rinsnono,' Nov. 26, 1853. I'. S. Since writing the above, I have just hoard I from an authentic source, that, a veirr of oca fii , .i- , v i i- , t-. feet m thickness, has been discovered at Egypt, at A- . c ocn e f Ji i i .T a distance ot 300 feet, and that several other de- -. ' e i i v posits ot coal have been very reoentlv discovered, n . . t ' ' , " by the use ot the boring apparatus, at other points "r i- av-i n i i i . i on Deej Kiver. Who will longer doubt the mi- , . ,- ,i , , portance and vaaio ot this great work ? T 1T 1T J. ii. 11. . North Cmmlixa .Coal. We reoentlv saw a card from Tiros. ( r. Baxter, of high position in New In this card. Dr. Baxter said : " Tiie demonstra- : tion is intended to show that Gas Companies an: , no' longer dependent on England for their si supplies. l ' the North Can .Una Coal being more bituminous j and purer than any .imported giving a greater bulk of coke and capable of running oft" eight charges within the twenty four hours.", A gentleman who write from New York to his friend in ibis lacc says : " The experiment was i very successful, both as to the quality of tho.Grs I made, as well as the quantity, though there will be j another operation made with a view to compare the latter (l'eep Bivej-) with the best English coai. j " If the Navigation were now completed and coal in market, -we could without'doiibt obtain at j least xpj per toil by:the quantity.'' Greensboro j I ariot. i Ninety Shares of the Capitol stock .of the Bank i of Cape Fear were sold, at pubiicvauction, yesterday, : by Mr. Auctioneer ''Ilaiilou, at -M21 per sha're, a ' pieimum oi i j"r cent. '. ar. I 1 GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. ' 1 DOMESTIC. I "Woman's Bk;h is State Convention. Raclies- I r' X"r- 30-"A Roman's Bight State Convert- ! u" a'nuj!eu re tu-ll:i.v- AITP H'tendance was S no! IarSe' Tlie lne(til,S A"!'s lted.to r ''" Bev. m- 'wmning, uev. Samuel J. May, ot Syracuse, was chosen President in the absence of Mrs. St: m- j Jon' wl,om il was slesigned to put in the chair. - I Twelvt! Vice Presidents were cjiosen. Jieveretul i Miss lirown opened the meeting with prayer. Several committees were appointed, and the rest of I the u,renoon was occupied by a speech from Mrs Koss. In the afternoon the business committee reported solutions. Letters and papers were read, and i Si peeches were made by a variety of persons. The s - , i It will i continue throughout to-morrow. Things ix New York. Yankee Sullfvan, who j The Jennings Estate. Hector Jei.nings, of was arrested a few days ago for violating his par- j Ohio, it is said, is one of the heirs of the Jennings don, has been discharg e! on habeas corpus. ' estate in England, estimated atfrornjifty to seventy Mr. Thompson, an old shipmaster, lately deceas- ; five millions of dollars. Mr. J. B. Bacon, of Yates ed, has left 82.500 in bequests io charitable and COuntv, N. Y., has just returned from London, and religious societies. J j states : that Mr. Jennings, is one of the heirs of this During the last fifteen days, the receiver of tax- j immense fortune. es has taken in 1,861,934 for city, taxes. Charles C- Davis, alias James Howe, w ho, it is n a j j. , t ' j . r ! alleged, escaped from the Leonard street police - t station, on the niht of the 21st of April, 1852, - wiiere he Imd been placed on a charge of passing i . , .. v . counteneit money, was re-arrestec on Wednesday . evening, while at the concert of -Woods' Miristrels, in company with his wife. . No less than seven first class packet ships arriv- ed on Thursday, from Liverpool and London, bring- ing a large number of emigrants. Bait. Sun. , ' Settlement of, the Methodist Chcrch Pro- perty Suit. Xcw York, Dec. 2, The suit re- lative to the property of the Methodist Church, yor.n ana south, which has been a subject oi liti gation since the separation, was settled to-day. The terms of settlement are an equal division of the property between the Northern and Southern sec tions. The Latb DisasterMaine Law. Petroit, Mich'., Dee. 2. It is now ascertained that seven persons in all lost their lives by the explosion on Lake Superior, of the steamer Independence. Maine Liqaor Law went into effect throughout Eh'e Slate of Michigan to-day. Reception of John Mitchel. On Wednesday night, the various Irish companies of New York, accorripanied by several bands, proceeded to the re sidence of Mr. Mitchel, in Brooklyn. The soldiers formed into .line, gave three times three cheers, and the bands played after which in response to re peated calls, Mr. Mitchel appeared and spoke as follows: Gentlesiex : I see by the number before me, that the people of America have reversed the de cision of Lord Clarendon and his peaked jury of Dublin cheers and that the issue made in '48, and said to be decided, is not decided cheers and that the people of Ameiica are to decide that issue. Great applause 1 have come here to pro cure a verdict from the American people on the is sue made, wherein I was charged with felony, for asserting the rights of a nation of Irishmen. WThen, over five years ago, I received my sentence from the English Judge, who although he had on his head a whalebone wig, and ermine on his shoulders, was not an honest man, Laughter and applause. he told me that the government would give me 14 years to reflect on and repent my crime. Gen tlemen, I have reflected, but I have not repented. Tremendous applause. I feel that though England has done her worst there, the spirit of liberty still lives in Irela'nd ; and that spirit, is, I see, syirjpa- imzeQ w,tn'in Amer,ca- l" ot - it is, it is." J It i naci consulted my own taste it I wisnea to pro- vide only for myself and family, and be happy, I should have remained in California, and taken up my abode-on the banks of the clear streams of the Sierra Nevada, but I came here to know the decis ion of the American people in my cause th cause of Ireland; You here to-night have given it to me, a"d my h?art is filled w5th 1,0pe IshaI1 everProve true to that cause. It cannot be brought to a sue cessful issue by the use of nice language only it mut be attained by horse, foot and artillery may I rely on vQur support ? (" You may, you may.") And now1, gentlemen, you must excuse me from speaking at- greater length at this time. I thank you sincerely thank you. Good night. i Mr. Mitchel retired amidst a hurricane of ap- i plause, and the bands again commenced to play Messrs. Smith and Meagher afterward" made." speeches. At the close of Mr. M. s remarks he said : " . . : ' (rei tlemen, I can clasp to my heart those bay--: onets, and pledge myself, in life and death, to sup I viort the colors which I now see before me. i A Voice Where was that sword ? i. Mr. Meagher some one asks where was that ; sword ? I answer, the swon was here, placing ms liana on ins siae,j ready to leau, n uie uayoneis folio wed. 1 1 - - T 1 . 1 . 1 1 . . The Latk Pjuzk Fight. The Philadelphia Sun gies the following account of the brutal encounter, near Phccniw iile. Pa., on Thursday, between a man named Sloan or Sliul h n, from Baltimore, and another named Bradley, from Moyaiiieiisiug : ' Sloan w as terribly and shockingly mutilated. At the commencement of the fight, Si--an appeared to be the better man, but at the fourth round lie came to thne with blood streaming from his mouth. After eight rounds had been fought, Sloan became very weak, and staggered up five times more, a perfect gore of blood; to receive the blows of his adversary. At the thirteenth round Bradley-was i proclaimed the victor, w hen Sloan was taken from ! the ground, presenting-a most horrible appearance. ' ; We earnestly trust that both of these lien Is may ; be brought to justice, and the extreme penally of the law be meted out them." ! IIOHUIBI.E Sl'ICIOK. The Savannah Evening Post, of the '20th, gives an account of a horrible ! suicide, committed in Cassilie, by a Mr. King. j It says: i B-fre shooting himself, he seems to have fa-.; ken liiaj knife and ripped open his bowels, severing ! an intestine. lie then seems to have taking the I same kiafe and dropped it into an aiieady loaded i gun, w hich he had by some means contrived to get , hold of, and placing the. muzzle to his temple, and with his foot and handkerchief tired it off. The j shot took effect in the lack of his head, tearing a teiribiediole. while ihe knife was found buried in he ja ws in ins Loir.oie. Hkavv I'knaliiks run Paying Oct Small Notes'.: The Cuizeiis' Deposit Bank of Pittsburg has been sued to recover the penalty of 3,000 for issuinf L&ix small notes; the Pittsburg and Cleve- ; laud railroad to recover 6,500 for issuing thirteen ; tie Ohio and Pennsylvania road to recover 3 1,000 fur issuing sixtv-two the lVnnsvIvai-.ia road to re- ,wr ftsft nno fVir Usui nor spvfMi t v-sewn. and the Allegheny Saving Fund Company to recover the ' penalty of $7,000 for issuing fourteen small notes. j 'pie jw imposes a penally of. $500 for each note ' p-ul out, and its violation also involves a forfeiture of the charter of the offending company. Laban Mercer, who was arrested for murder in: Wetze county, a., ou tue nausauuu u mo ai.- ; " 7 - ' ' i actully had his prlieminary examination, and 'has i been ordered for further trial. The British Navy. The present naval force of Great Britain consists of 545 ships of war, i (either building, in ordinary, or in commission.) J carrying from 10 to 130 guns each. Also, 118 i ships doing harbor duty, and 59 revenue vessels for the coast guard service. Of this number 180; are armed steamers, from 200 to 800 horse power; 4 (many of them propelled by the screw,) constructs ; ed on the most approved principles for active ser- vice. I Prince Wm. Paul, of Wurtemburg, has arrived, j at New Orleans from the Pacific and Lord Elmley I and Viscount Incestre from Vera Cruz. . A petition in favor of a prohibitory law, signed by 8,000 males and 5,000 females, has been pre sented to the Georgia legislature. Cholera at New Orleans. New Orleans Dec. 1. Dr. Hestor, a distinguished physician, flkd here to day; suddenly bf cbolert- , Disaster to the California Packet, ad Fifteen Lives Lost. Ad view from j Limerick, Ireland, state that tie brig California Packet, Mc Jelly, sailed from Broadhaven on the 3j ulU, with four hundred tons of iron; and fifty pasngers, for New York. On the next day, having sprling aleak, her crew and passengers" were compelled to take to the boats, two ofwhich floated about the sea for several days, during which 15 persons, after great suffering, died. The rest were subsequently PlCTOU Coai A receut nim.twr f"il.A PUrm Nova Scotia) Chrouicle has the following respect Tbsr the coal IraflA UA4 : i " The shipment of coal Jill continues brisk for so late a season of the vear. and viJ ; Ha- mand, at very high rates, to carrv coalito Boston and other cities in the United States. Freights as high as four and a half to five dollars, per chaldron, to Boston are now paid, and will likely continue to be given .to -as many vessels as may offer until the close of tlieiseason." Gen. Gcyox. It appears that Gen. Guyon, who made himself famous as a soldier and officer in tiie Hungarian war for independence, led that portion , of the, Turkish rmy -wfeicb crossed th Danube from Turtukai and defeated the Russians atOltenitza. The Turks call him Imael Pasha, thongh, it is said, he has not renounced Christian ity. Fugitive Slave. A Montreal paper mentions the arrival on that side of the water, jrithin a day or two, of a man and his wife from Xew Orleans, several from Missouri, some from Kentucky, Vir ginia, and three from SfWi Carolina. Lin addition to the above, it has heard from the Amherstbur"' depot; where a still larger lot of this description of freight has been received during the week. From last evening's Courier we learn that the Rev Tiberius Gracchus Jones has declined the Pres idency of Wake Forest College, X. C., and will ' continue his labors in this city ; ind ihat he has also let-lined an increase of his present salary. Nor- '..-! j' 11. IT,.. .11 j-7""1 J2t,l"'-. ' Longevity in the Navy. There is not at pre- I sent, it is said, u captain in the I,, b. aw who j was born in thisoenturv. The average age of offi cers of this rardk is aboat 70 years. Prof. Shipp, of the N. C. University, has recent ly been -elected by the South Carolina Conference of the M. E. Church, Professor of English Litera ture in Wofford College. . MARRIAGES AND DEATHS. 1 MARFIED, i- In Tarborn", on the !i"'.h of November, jai thf Baptist j Church, by Rev. Thomas R. Owen, Mr. James Knight j to ; Miss Mary A. Dancv, daughter of Wm. Daiicy, Ksq., dee'd; dieix, . In this vicinity, on Sunday nicht last, Mrs. Nancy A. Rideout. In Windsor, N. C, on Sund.-it- niitlu, the '2th of Novem ber, 1S53, Julia, .intant daugliter ol H. B. and Josephine Hardy, aged one year, eleven months and two fity-seven dnys. THE LATEST MARKETS. WILMINGTON MARKET Wholesale Prices. REPORTED EXPRESSLY FOR THE SOUTHERN WEEKLY POST, By V. A. GWYER, i- Cohiuiis&wn Merchant, Hrilniir(toi, A". C December C, 1853. Bacon The s?ftpplies heavy and prces declining it is dull at quotations Shoulders 8 8i ; Sides 8 (?. 9 ; Hams, VI iff, 1". Beef Mess 813 (l $1-1; I-'uhon Market $20 y barrel. Butter Is in better supply, and prices not so firm 23 25c tp lt as to quality. . Candl- s Tallow 14 (a 15 ; Adamantine 20 35 ; Sperm 40 (.i 60. . Co fl"ee Is in better demand and prices firm at quotations ; Kib 10V Cii ll)c ; Laguyra Ul?4 j 12)ic ; St. Domingo 10 't (.' 11J4C- Corn A cargo of 1500 bushels has arrived and sold at 75c ; selling in lots as wanted at 80c. Ch'-ese- Active, 11 (5, 12c, aifcording to Quality. Cotton Arrives in email lots, and is readily disposed of at 9;i 10. Cotton planters may rely on quick sales aDd re munerating prices in our market.' Flour Receipts moderate i-nd selling at i$6,40, $60 and 16,75. Fish Supply nearlyxhausted prices firm from store at Hay Stock moderate sales of New York at $1, and 150 bales Eastern at $1,17, V 100 t. Lard-Dull at 12 12. . Lime No change to note selling from, store at 11,25 3Iolasses No arrival? 21 25c f gallon in lots. " Nails S5 u! $5; 100 It,. j 'Pork Market well supplied and prices tenciing down ward $16 (a, 87X- ' ' Rosin Very dull, no sales to note, at $1.05 f 1,10. Rice Clean from store at llt 5. Salt A cargo of 1500 sacks Liverpool has arrived, 500 of which brought $l,42s sack, at 90 days- Sn?ar Porto Rico 5 (g 7c ; Granulated. 6 9e. ; LoaflOJlc Xar The receipts continue moderate and prices firm sales at $2,35. . Turpentine Receipts of the week abou 1 7000 barrels, all of which was readily taken at $3,75 3,30 barrel of 280 Ihe. The market is tirtr and a further advance could b realized. None in market lor sale. Spirits Turpentine Has again advanced tho market opened on Monday with sales at 6lc, and Tuesday 62c was obtained, and sales have been effected at 6-ic;dunng the wee. Total sales 1000 casks. The stock offering is very light, and prices firm. Respectfully yours, W. A. GWYER. PETERSBUEG MAEZET Wholesale Prices. 1 : REPORTED EXPRESSLY FOR THE SOUTHER."! jwEEKLY POST By Messrs.. McILWAINE. SOIf &. Co. Grocer and Commission Merchants, PKTERSBCKG. VA. j November 29, 1853. Bacon Market dull and prices lower ; fthe demand very limited. Com 66 68c. bushel of 56 lb. Cotton An active demand, with some advance the last j,.,rto. We auote 9& & V, and one aale at 10. Cofl'ee Still continues firm. Laguira ; Rio UK & 11 ; Java litf k 13. . . Flour But little seems to be doing in country flour, wmca we quote at $7 for good parcels. ' Grocerier-Market firm, and several article, advanced. Coffee 3c. higher. I M Gnano From wharf 46 ; uom oh . . Iron Swedish S95; fcnguan 5 12K as ia quality. Wnila 4W (3 l- Salt Very scarce fine at f 1 90 2 00 ; ground $1 60 Oh ftl 50. xaA no supply. Sole Leather Has advanced fully lcl !b. Tob icco Breaks small, prices well sustained. Wheat Red 40 $1 46 j white t 45 $1 52. i . , s-J n
Southern Weekly Post (Raleigh, N.C.)
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