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will JblJH . HOITI CII0LI3I "ftvcrfnl ia JitdlcctBtl, ril tid flrjiln rtieirm, tkt lui f tnr stm Hi Iran it ir afftetlui." IEIX1 Tin lullin U ldTucc VOL. XLIII. RALEIGH, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JtJNE .10, 1852. NO. 25. V P1 siIvsms. P" sg- J Ml M " mttM " ! SJM s MB mi tl Iks jrssr. A.DTEMT8IX9. I Sqwsrv (tllnM)rttliitia l( M4 i a,uu for task nWqntBl lasartioa. isiimmn. PROFESSOR MA PES ION HIGH FAR MING.) V f JWiAr l Pkujk, tU Itom, nd Anvil : j . I ih Plough. Loom, and Jlnvil (of March,' appeared an article on "High Firming," from the Journal of Agriculture br Professor Mapes, in whiub 'ystem of what he calls "thorough farming." ss prac ticed by the best European and Eng'nli far mers, ia held up ss a lest Tor us to look at. Now this i all very well in iia way. and probably many of the English farmer can btumt afford to farm high, lhan ihey can to go oa a elieaper cale, a their real must lie paid at alt event. That llifre are come English fanner who make fortune out of ' litis yum of "Hif,h forming, with enormia . mu and taxes," w do not doubt. But that the mass of uch farmers make much money, or large fortune, we do not believ; although, in Ilieir eaae, if any kind of funning can pay, with all Iheir laxes," il must he . an improved system of farming, a We can better afford In be alack with our forming than (beyt and yet wilh br.tliisjtlndoffarimiig is not juat the thing lo py well. And if high ten ant farming lit EuitUiid pay o well, why i it that ao many of them are discontented, and wiah In emigrate to ihi land of "alack fsr ming and improvidence?" It mint be to a void ihene high ta tea ami eirormou rent. -From a parliamentary Unport, it appear W Uiaie are ia England now sixteen mill ion of acre of barren land, which might ca- lily b made productive; but before they can be made to par, they are covered with tithe and taxes. If we mistake not, the late Henry Colmansays: "If die barren land of England eould be brought into a high culiivatiun a aunie of ill beat counties arc Cow, it would aupport the present population, crowded a it may bf." Bul to return to "English high forming," (and without douhl thia ayatcm hi carried to a greater extent in England than In any otherrounlry,' that the toiling tyt lem or culling all the food nd feeding it to cattle in stalls ud stables, i practiced to aome extent, both in England and in Scot land, may be correct; but that the man or majority i f ourliigh farmcrri" practice thi plan, we have no goou resson in oeneve. ie that a it ma) , we are satisfied that the "coil ml ystrm"raii never be mai'e prat t e l in thi country to any extent. It i only near the large e.tie and town', with a lew acre of laud, that thi i practised: anil even there, it would require more time than most men would give it. It would be well for every far .. met wJboJiia diirenL.iiiidJtauuV.io.Jia! hi anil analysed on hi farm by a good sg nctilturial rheniii, a thi may be dune at a email expense. The truth ii, Professor Ma pen depend a great dual loo much on hi "chemical knowl erg," and ot: half enoufb n a -thorough Craeticai knowledge in farming, lo iucrerd. I aay in turximice, "Irf-t no mn altempi f high farmiiigil who think" a fact beroinet.a fiilfhood by--havmg IT JtiuiUiif, and he must even read book enough until he can ansver the following qucaiioua, if." "Do pjmte receive the whole of their nourishment from lite soil, or part from the :ni,.h:re' And . how much fnm . each ? Uu tlioae rlernenta from the atinoaphere enicr the plant above or below the urf:iee of the wil and if in pari below, what eondni. in of the Mil are neeeniarv lor their reception? II v to be. 'ained! How dm moiniure nlTrei the regetabhi economy f To what depth will )he root of planwcrilcr ilia anil if prpurly prepared? . To tvhai '(depth do the tululiont of mannre penetrate Ih soil; and if not to an indefinite depth whyf In what manner and frsxd what eue do plant rective the con tituent of mannre below ihe uiface of die oil! 'Of these solutions 01 inanurr whirh filler downwards, what portion fere loat to pianist Of those which rise as gases, what portions escape into the almoaphere without wing absorbed hy plums, snd why! What wde may be adopted to arreat them until the plan can make use of them?" We le'l Professor Mines, in few pliu words, thai Mo agricultural chemist in this country or in any Oilier country can answer llieae qnestiona in the strict sense, nf the term, because no chemist ean lake the question and carry ttoia out into the field wilh Ihe particular fur tner, and apply tin m and make tlirm work aaiisfactoiijy, ...They may make them read very well on paper to the uninitiated, but those farmer whehave had much pneurul know! edge, and who are governed by common sense, paaa them by a being of no particular conse quence, for one, we re perfectly wtl ling mat professor JIape should muke just ks raanv acienlifle farmers bv rradinv a few twoks, giving a course ol lecture, analysing eome ami oa their lann. ate., aa be may ckousei but we kn w well tint no thorough going practical f rnter ran . he made tOr. anv way at that a for h ia only after long se rieaot ear ef. diligent practice and study. tnai a larmerean besucceHluI in this huiuess. lite analyzing of hi noil i only a small part of a fanner's process There 'are ploughing, harrowing, hoeiier, sowing, mowing, planting. ku w mm ta metr lurn, anil at tiies it w nsrrasary that they should sll be done in the lm nuniMW. There may be aome men, who, (taring; made fortune in other business, hare rerod tn a farm, and have niade ihorough gains;, practical farmers, haviiu previously made themselves acquainted with the btui Jeea by rearing agriruliurul bonk and papers; ut (his only farm the exception, and nut the rule,. Of mot who ihu retire from buainese a a saratt weMiera ihst six fad whme one saraveedei and the reason is, they have not got the thorough practical knowledge neces sary o carry nn the hostile, and so, after a eawyewesif trial and -dwappmntrwmt, they '. llw farm IrrTttllrtoVTtievnr orciiy; Tfcey aruia raet, expericiital "hook farmer" nn' paper, 'a ilhoul the necessary practical, knowledge, uud so, nf course, they make a tailor of it. That eome men will learn more awnmrm la fiveyear' practice than other Ulinnftr, HJtnte; tut (Jit only forms the MtptMn, "! ol the rule. Generally peaking, mily tho farmers who have mad Jife-bu.ioet of Uieir ealling. with their tinda made up far all iiaproveisenla that com within their reach, are reaHr wmwsfiit, to t all that tW Prafeasorur about bWng owt mon- WO .(Sv (idWwt-M V :.'-f.u '' , I J , ey on laud for improvement, instead of bond nd mortgale, we agree with him. and We have maintained that doctrine for yean; and that asyuiia of high (arming will pay in thi country a great deil better lhan h any other, we are well t iliified. But lhat this ran be brought about hy a few experi ments insnilyiing the soil, snd applying soma special manures, ice , we do not o leadtly be lieve. I neae may be all necessary, but the best "consulting agriculturist" that the farmer ran consult, is hi own practicsl experience, logeleiher wilh his agricultural hooka and" pa pers always obtaining all the useful inlor mation he ran, touching his business, from whatever source it come. But Professor Mapm will pardoiiii if wi tell him in a few words that we think thai he makes "thorough practical farming loo much nf sing-song op eration; that it lo say, that any man, whether in city or country, after going on with a few "analytical experiments" iu the soil, auda little practical knowledge, ean go on sueeew-, fully. And another thing we believe that i, ihe Professor makes a great mistake when he making Use of r maay chemical terms in talk ing to f nonera. W ben he talks toa chemist of his owa clolli, he ia understood, but plain farmara want every thing told in plain language, ma king use of as few chemical terms ss possible. When fanners read "scientific articles," if Ihey are obliged logo to a ( hrmical Dictionay tn find out -the meaning of the wonts, most ui them will give it up as a bad job, although we ar nol sure but lhat some such training would be beat for them, after all. If by this method they could he induced to study, it miglii prove of benefit to Ihem. Derby, Ct, AprU 19, 1852. L. Dcsakd. TO FA It M E KS' 116 Yi A II I XT. Tux writer of theae tema(ks, says ihe .tilbany Cultivator, was once a farmer s boy, snd speaks from experience when he reciim m'eiuli alf 'iarmerV'ioitt UPlfpep " s7 "rcgTsfer" of every thing interesting coming under their observation, relative to their business. The time of planting or lowing crops, wilh the fVtulis ot late or early planting appended; the ilefs-of any peculiar mode of manuring; the beuclit or ileinmi'iit from thick or thin Bowing; the kind of seed; lite time or manner of harvtsting; the result of uiaming, of drep or shallow ploughing, and of numerous other matters; and especially including the tost and profits nf each crop, if accurately recorded, would nol fail to ) ield s great deal of imereat as well as usefulness. The time of the ap p a snce of birds, insects, the flowering snd Iruitnig of trees, or any thing else in relation 10 n. luie snd its productions, would sssiat much ihe acquirement of knowledge on these su 'jccls, if mafic a mailer of record. I am sure it would be a delightful employmeut, both at the time, and by iu examination after- wards. Now, all that is necessary is to get a small blank bpokLwitka .flexible Jeathjsrweromnnttgd talhirTOirteT let tj try Iter" 8rl, wtnen may oe nsa lor a dime at any boon or suuioncry sinre, and rule each page into two columns, ihe 6 rat for the record of planting sowing, and all other operations during their earlier stages; and the second eclumn fur the registry uf lhe - results... directly, opposite, on the same p,e, By comparing these results wilh the operations which produced them, a great deal of valuable practical knowledge wouiu soon oa oDiatneUf Another ailvaulage inicht result from this prarttci. When any operation waa deferrei?, ill ton late, and loas waa occasiond thereby, make a ineihoraiidum of this facial ihe prop er place m iiic sccona column. by the exam ination of which, the seeond year, this dlficul ty might be avoided. Many failure occur Imm a want af seasonable attention; such i journal would therefore leave an excellent i fefwh Tiv'nsfet to dally Ihe isc'j'cnil trTe rou mid year, or any oirjer year afterwanla, to remtuil onu ol what must be dune at the tune. Would not this he worth a thousand times its cost, by way of making accurate, intelli ligi'lit, practical, and successful farmers, ol lads snd young men in the country, besides improving their knowledge of writing? ISTKltKAL IMPROVEMENT. From tie Athevdlt Matrnger. RAIL HOAD CONVENTION. Pursuant to a previ'itis Call, a Rail ltoad Meeting was held in the Conn House at Ash ville on Ihe 31st day of May. On motion of t '!. J. Baxlcr.of Henderson, Joshua Hubert, of Buncombe, was called to ihe chair. On motion of N. W. Wooilfin, Eq.,of Buncombe, Col. W. W. A very, of Burke, W. M. hl.ipp ol Rutherford, Tb Lytic, of McDowell, Col. V. Ripley, of II endcrsoa, Jno. E. Patton, of Madison, Win. Kay, of Ysncy, and Col. J. H. Love, of Haywood, were appointed Vice Presidents,' and i. M. Edrey, of Buncombe, and R. L. Oilkey, ol Rutherford, were ap. iioiuu d Secretaries. Col. W. W. AVery.of Burke, on behalf of the Lomuiiltet appointed al a previous jieelmg to prepaie business for this Convention, eon sisiingof J. W. Patton, Cols. Baxter, Avery, and Uen. Bynum, read the restitution prepar ed hy die Committee, which he supported with speech of some lent ih, selling forth the im mense sdtanuges of Railroad communication lohe Wrst, viewing briefly the various routes in contemplation, and going for an extension of lis Central Railroad East and West. Cols, Ciaither, Bynum, and Baxter were called on in order, but declined in favor of Dr. Samuel Dickson, of Chsrleaton, who rosn and expressed hi senw of graiiiude for Ihe preU'nu) ;!;' A vtry their emcnd.d Preamble I'erence given him by his old friends, smstig whom he had spent nriny of his lisppiesl drs. lie wa a mend of Internal, external and sll other improvements, and aaid thai Ihe Spartanburg route waa Ih only en know to b entirely practicable, and nature hid mails it the cheapest mute, and it mutt be buill, and lhat more than oue would be buill if the Rabun Gap was prccucable both would, both ouulil lo be built whether they pay divi dends immediately or not. Not being pre pared, he begged be exeusad. Hit remark mm eleaf and" 6reiMe, and were litenetl Id with marked attention , Col. Baxter followed, advocating the exten sion ot ihe Central Road to the Tennessee lire, building up the Central Rail Uotil, Ih town of Beaufort, and tits whole" State; build ing up manufactories, preventing the raw ma terial from gng s) the North fld netning back wiJt a double lurid, a tariff uffieieni to build lb road of itself ia a short time that litis rxtetMton must N a good paying menu (or all Jloads heretofore buill the A Herhame i jrmrglhe iirut Wt. hav- paid well, here, a rmil stopping at a mou it- tain never pays tjiat -we wert rVrhted w sasdoplio of the lollowing resolution, T a x appropriauoa Irore Umi slat asourjnst right; four and a half million, having btea sppro- pnatril lo oilier sections of the Rule, lie ihen advocated a connection wilh Spartanburg, and showed conclusively the many advanta ge lo be derived from said improvements to' a, , su classes. Gen. By aura being called for, stated that ht had baeu enable, one of the committee, lo meet them till now, but heartily approved the ravolutinns offered by the other member. Aok trot tnttimt to extend the Uentral or the Spartanburg Rail Road; When may we expect the 8taie to aid s? When she does. he believed it would be lrom Halisbttry to Jnneslioro.' not ,by Athn'dU. Let us work now; let us connect with Hpartanburg, and thkn call on onr Hut to fill up the link from Charlotte. This was the bet, ihe near- eat, Ihe cheapest route, and ean be buill for one million less lhan the Rabun Gap. J,et us work at once, and build up the Road Irotii Spartanburg lo Kuoxville. (en. Kuoey followed, fully endorsing ucn. BVnnm's view adrtiralmg a connection to the nearest port or market, and ahowed that Charleston was Ihsl point; said lhat Kentucky was more willing now than ever before, to aid us in Ui great enterprise. W need not hope for immediate aid from our own Stale; let us Ihen connect wilh Spartanburg, and then our own Stale will connect with us. The obstacles in the way are nothing here, In what had been overcome on the great Erie R.iil ltoad. If as Jefferson ssid, ilia country- east of the mountains was the portico lo thai weat -f them, we are in the second story, and they mutt corns up and see us, Hauling tu market in wagons is more expense lhan pmnt; a man's lea.n would est up his load before getting to market. The health, the natural productions snd advantages we possess, will always drawK..-U..lhousands..frtLnx.Uie. sickly and epidemic Slates if we provide lor them the means of essy travel and transpor tation. He went for North Carolina, anil particularly this portion of it; tod if our friends in Ihe east will not help us, he wenl heart ami hand for connecting wilh South Carolins.- Eastern mm travel North, and know nothing ol the West. We must help ourselves. This is the bust country upon the esrlh. Col. Baxter stated in reply, thai his remark may have been misunderstood; he went for South Carolina, and also his own State, for making it ihe interest of both, and holding both together by friendly intercourse and per suasion. He was opposed lo allusion to oth er ection lhat hsd a tendency to array sec tional prejudices, lo sid in aliejafing our inter ests; let us be nniled let us wark together. Col. Avery explained the resolutions anil stated lhat the committee were for leaving ihe location lo be either by Morganton or Ruiher fordtnn. North Carolina bad appropriated $12,000 lo survey Ihe route West, and was and if aha fails, then get all t!ie aid we can from other sources. We ean build the whole road if Ihe Stale will subscribe 3,000,000 of her Central Rail Road stock, then we can aell it snd huild the road without calling on our people or increasing their taxes. - Hebehered the people on the Central line would aid us, and favor the extension ta the West by Afherille. Uen. Bynum replied, and ' repested" hir hearty approval of Ihe resolutions, yet he thought we ought to go at once fur the South Carolina route, and go for it first. He was aol for waiting toatftng forever (he 2, 000,000 of Central 8tock we not: yet raised, and would not be for year lo come. If N. Carolina built the road first, she would not lei S. Carolina tap her, bul if South Carolina buill first, Nonh Carolina would tap hrr ami lieftS.OOd appropriated was our own, and did nol commit Ihe Slate lo Ihe project; he opposed the 4th resolution, and oflered one additional one, which he read, and should renew it at a proper time. Gen. Edney was in favor offering to South Carolina immediate overiurea lo connect with her. On motion of N. W. Wood fin. Col. Avery read the original resolutions, when Col. By num renewed his resolution, and moved lo strike out the last resolution and substitute his. N. W. Wooilfin suggested thst further de liberation he had, and that the subject ha well weighed before taking final action, and moved an aihourninenl till 8 o clock, r. M, 1 hers would be no enmity between N. t srolina snd S. Carotins, who should build the main stem. Ccu. Bynum supported his resolution. Col. (isither believed every one west of Salisbury wss in favor of both project, the South Carolina and the Central roulc, Was in favor nf the . extension, snd if either one ef ihem could nol lie hsd, he went for the othei wilh all hi heart. He then moved lo adjourn till 8. P. M-, Tuesday evening. The m.f tinn being put, and not giving satisfaction. genrral discussion in the plural followed. when the original motion lo adjourn nil t thia evening, prevailed; before which s motion lo recommit the resolution, to the original com mitlee wa passed. J. ROBERTS, Pre. J. M. Edkct.) R. L. Gii.kxy.S Secretariat. 3 o'cloc e, r. at. -The Convenlitn met, and ihe President look the Chair. The committee offered anil' Keeolution! Tile Committee appointed at the Rail Road meeting held al tliui place in April last, tn col led information, and prepare matter for the section ot mis vvnveniion, nava enaeavorea to discharge the duties assigned them, and beg leave lo report, Ihst Ihey have respective ly collected such information as co-ild be oh. lainetL touching the.importsnt slthjeet likely lobe considered by this Convention, bul have deemed it most advisable, lhat each member of ihe committee should communicate ttrbmla such information in relation to WejKajJJtoasI connections eonlemplated, aa may have been acquired fler diligent inquiry. And lht, af ter a full interchinge of opinion snd views with the entire representation iu this yonven lion, the fact thus elicited eould be condensed in the form of an Addrees, prepared by a Hiilae appointed by this Conveoiioo, and ill Sentiment snd wishes of sll classes of etir people interested ia the scheme of internal iuvssl-liaiprovemeni, b note justly and oorreeUy re fleeted in thai Addrea than in any report Lmw4..VDMsMnmtoiMtW&li!ll'- j our committee, however, a'cummeiu Uie pressive of Ihe view and wihe of the peo ple oa the euhjrct tn which they relate. Resolved, 1st. That this eoaveotion most heart ily approve the pmpansd xtnsioa of th 5. Car oHaa Rail Road West, lo th Tennessee line, al the pint where the French Broad Rivwr passe into that State, anqWt frosa Guidabofougb ta th Atlantis Ocean, and asnst metly reeosa. aiend ssid prupoaitioa ta4b fwvorsbl eaasids ration ef the peonl of it. Caroliaa. Resolved, S4. That w eoaaider th extension uf tb North Carolina Rail Rued rTesrand Bail, a indieated, aa a project ia which all thanso. pi .af North Carolina ar directly interested, beesus of its te ndency to pruaioM every other work of ialeratl Improvement sow ccmpletsd, or ia progress witliin th Htatet And that a eoa tribution of " material aid " by the Stats, to ward ennsummating thia grand sch!ase is in peratively demanded by all classes of her pso ple. Resolved. Sd. That tb members of Ih next Legislature from the Counties mar inrmsdiats Iv interested In this subiset. are earnestly r quested to ask from tbs nut General Assembly a liberal subscription towards thi cnterprisei and lbs various gsntlsmaa whj may eoispat tar a seat ht th next Legislatam, are likewise re quested to bring this important sulijoct before the people of the several counties fur their coa aideration. Rssolved, 4th. That w heartily approre Ik proposed extension of the SparUnburs; or Green ville Rail Road to ths Tennessee Rail Roads down ths Valley of the French Broad, and that we will ask ths next Legislature of North Car. olina to rrn.it a liberal charter ta effect that ot jecL and will personally givs such " malarial aid as a measure so Important to our interests demands: Pmidrd, that in granting such charter. North Caroliaa shall reservs tu bsrself th right lo eonneet her North Carolina Kail Road therewith, in the event e will not eiteiid the same to theTeiinesses tins. ' Resolved, 6th. That a Committee of Br h appointed to prepare ao Address to tb psnpls nf North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tsone- in relation to th important luhjeet refer. red fo In ths foregoing resolutions. i. M. Edntr spproved th resolutions hearlilr and waa in favor of making over tures bv a resolution and a eommiltre from thi Convention to the Charleston cily Council and ihe President and directors of the South Carolina Rail Road Company in view of t onneeling wilh Ihem al Spartanburg. lie was lor vigorous immediate action, was for the Central road from the Tennessee line through the heart of the State to Beaufort, snd lor using all reasonable mean lo se cure it: if it could not be done, then he went heart and soul for a connection with Spartan burg. We mutt bare a read, ehaner or no charter. He waa for conciliating and uniting all parte of the State and believed aid would he had from the Centre and the Eaat. He had a resolution lo offer al ihe proper lime lo send delegate to Ihe Anderson Convention. and he considered it of the utmost im ports ne to us to haye Delegate lo represent as in thai Convention, particularly if Ih Kanun Hap should prove to be irapracticiWr. ITlf Teso lotions were then put and unaoimousely ear ned. J. M. Edney then offered the following resoluuon: Resolved. Tint in view of the great Interest now manitesteit in various sections of our toon try, with regard to interns! improvements, and particularly those that sre to pass through our own border, that th Chairman of thi meet. tn appoint Iva delcnte to. jrenrsasut s 4 set iorta our chums an the position, loeatiun, and distance of oar route via Spartanburg or Orssnville, to th R. R. Convention, to be held at Andersna Court House. 8. C. oa tbe 1st day of July next. 'N.-W Wood (in offered some obi ectioos but alter consultation th resolution wss pa- The chairman apjioiiiied on ilia 11 Com miltee. J. G. Bynum. of Ruiherford; W. W. Ave ry, of Burke; John Baxer, ol Honderaon; N. W. Wooilfin, of Buncombe; John E. Pallon, of Madison, and on the Andenon resolutions O. Columbus Mills, and Jason II. Carson, of Rutherford; Col. Jno. Baxter, of Hen- derso.i; J. W. Patton uf Buncombe, Dr. W. J. T. Miller, of Cloaveland. POLITICAL. THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE. , From th llaliimtr Patriot. Tbe convention ha consummated it work by nominating Frankliu Pierce, of New Hampshire, as the Democratic candidate for President. We rasy safely imagine thai w hear a'lhousand voice asking "Who is rranklin rierce l 1 he question is easily answered, but who will h satisfied wilh Ih answer f -: Mr. Pierce belongs to New Hampshire, and ha been in Congress bul what he ha aid, what he ha do,, how, in any way h ha distinguished himself, that he ehould be elected a a proper man to make President of the United Stale, no oa ean explain, ex eepl it be lo admit that party did it 1 So we go. The great men of the parly tnose who nave gone Uie Blals some nrvics those who hive a name thai i known, ill the sre st sside, snd Mr. Franklin Piere orershadow them all ! How true is all thai Shakrpear tell lie. Ha had lliis act pf ihe convention in mind wlien b .wntie t . "8c ait sssa ar bsr great,, soim achtsv great aess, ,';" And boom Wave greatass tbraat apea tbsst," Mr, Pierce belongs to ihe latter school; greatness i thrust upon him. He is, ss one of his supporter in Ih convention aaid, "blank leaf, upon which any thing can b written. Tbe report ia another eotnmn will show how ihe vote wa on the final ballot, and who of th delegate Blood out igsinst Ih nomination till it was made. The result wa received wilh joyous shouts snd warm applause hy the convention, and llie eioad which filled ibo hall, and cannon were fired lo announce lhat die deed wis done. It wa a matter, we sd mil, tu rejoice over. After ao long a drug gl a ihe convention ha had to mak a nom mation, they may wU rejoice thai Uiey have been able lo succeed wilh any one. The joy is not thai Mr. Pierre is nominated, but Uist a nom in lion 1 made. AfeHrnray be they have done better than they hoped, ' Air. Ptero is "hlsnk hsf," in be ure, far a political distinction goe 1 Vol bar i h 4 anlag nuMt of Uioss who were roost prominent forth nomitralinn Some ef ihem might have succeeded if Ihey were now known t bnl they were known, and hence they fell. Mr. Pierrs ia not known. land brace his juv..W.dte4Jpreidjt w cannot believe b till be au Uit w wish i lhat he may lhat he deentd the chievtd. show by hie act success he hss a- From Ike Stm fork JovrnoJ of Cmmmrrrr. Th axmiination wa made on ihe fBih bal lot, alter all the resources of parauaaion and mirigu had been eihauated in Ihe vain at tempt to secure a anion of delegates ia favor of eat and another of th candidate promi nently before th convention. The 48th bal lot indicated a retnotr a prospwt of harmo ny a ever ; and w ar not surprised lhat the convention cut the matter abort by uniting on a name acarcely before heaid of in connexion with th Presidency, not mentioned in the eon ventino.. till the last day of it labors, sad not receiving a single vol till the thirty-filth b.llot. . , , From I he. . T. Commercial Jdveriiter. Ueneral Franklin Pierce eat veil in th Mexican war. and wa respected alike, we beliewe, for hie military andeivil character. Wt apprehend thai in all personal qualities the selection i commendable, bul in those which should pool mend him taeohtgh a pub lic ofSee, w should think him interior to some of his competitor a he ia to either of th Whig candidates. From th A'tw York Day Book Juet aa we are going In press w leant that tha ehild is born, ami the cmest Yankee in Yankeedom couldn't cues it' sine. Ill christened General Franklin Pierce. "Who the devil ishef" you ask wilh surprise. Well, sll w know ahoul him i thai h is said ra- b from New iiampshir, and did rvie, mora or less, omewher in Mexico during th Mexican war. Of course he's all right ; but we don't believe he will lire to be Presi dent. : , , From th s J'rA 7Vownr. Franklin Pierce U a man of lair personal chsrectnr, mnderaM abilities, and the bitterest partisan fcelingt. lie evidently consider lhat this country was created on purpose lo be roled by Ihe psrly styling itself "Democratic," and never harbored a suspicion thai that par ty ever was or eouiu be m error, Jf asked wnal waa Ihe occasion of Adam s fall, he would instinctively answer, "Fsdeialism I" II never hsd one Jroeressiv itlea. bat hi in all tiling model Hunker. Ucnaral Pie re was rsresledlr chosen to ih New Hampshire Lrgislsture, (House,) of wnrcn ne wss onauy mane Speaker, lie was first elected to Congress in l833.(Msreh,) took hi seal ih followiffg December, and served through two term, when he wa eho sen into the Senate, where he served from 1837 to 1111, when h resigned. He won no position in either House, and wa aol qualified io win any. Hai sentitly-n rilinary man in every thing bat partisanship; bnl hi Locofucoiim is of a vindictive and malignant type peculiar to -New Umn- thiro Ohio alone vainly attemplin lo equal Ik 1 From Ih Arw Iri Erpreil, Mr. Pisrc waa evidently selscted on the ground of lua previous Insignihcane conteirr the unohjeciionsblenes of medio crily, W i shall now hear of hithrto an- discovered merit of his, in any quantity, and tn worm will loon nv cause ta Mush ihst il ha never heard before of the transeendanl talents, the peculiar film for this hurh office. ol lienors! ranxim rierce. It ta a noticeable fact, here, thai Pierce wi one nf th Iwa pert ens addressed by Mr. . Vir i !T. "h0 !-.. -ifo! JiZil, upon some delieste .ubjeeta, and aa to what , ,u.-i ? .1.. 11" V, " " they would do, in certain upposshl eonlin- gennie. How fsr this silence of his msy have conduced lo the result w now chronicle. we cannot ss yet ror recti) estimsle. We but nol it as suggest fact. THE DEV10CRAT10 NOMNIATIONS. The nominee of ihe Democratic Conven tion for th Presidency and Vie Presidency oi me unnea cosies ire nrior in eonnlry; and it will soon be the business of the Whir Convention al Baltimore to nominal tb can didates lo beat lham. . Mr. Frankliu Pierce, of New Hsmpshir. i a very amiable and worthy gentleman, an Old Iluiikernf ilia strictest sect, and nnejwho ha enjoyed diisrsified rxpenene in profes sional, political, and military mo. lie was born al tlhlshoro', New Hampshire, and graduated al Ilowdotn College, in Maine, am died law ana eommeneea us practice in hi native county. After an apprenticeship. in the Slate Lesilaltire, be wa elected a mnj her of the House of Representstives nf Ih Uniied State, where lie took his aeal ia De cember, 1833. During hi first Congress h served a a member of th ' Judiciary "Com- miltee, and meclisrged lint representative du- tie without saying or doing much thst is spe cially remembered. '. In his second Cons re s- stonai wnB nw vihii,,iicu ninweii ny nis , . L . ..i I i.: tr , , hostility tn nsrnor snd river Improvements. In June 1830, ha roled sgainst Ihe bill "inuk hig ndditiimat appropristion for the Dels ware breakwater, aad for remain harbor, and removing obstructions in and al ihe mouth ol certain river, snd lor other purposes, tb year 1830." A few days suUeijuently, Gen eral Jackson signed lha bill. Al Ih same session Mr, Pisrc ' roled against ths bill "making appropriation for Ih improvement or certain Harbor therein mentioned, which wa alio afterward approved by General JatMon. ; Al Hi sams aoseioa be voted fr gainst ''the hill to continue the Cumbrlnd road in th Stales of Ohio, Indiana, and llli oi." Thi ws on the 20ih of June, and on the SJ of July General Jarkana signed that trery Cumberland Rond bill. There is no "anise or eofiluion" in prevent us front arri ving at Mr. rierc opinum on Ihi que lion nf improvement. H I against all im. proveinenrs of roads, rivers, and harbors byjh.eJedrali,vM againet ihem on the journals of th House againet iheat on the journals of tli How rusitively and rcpeaisdly, If, in ihe event i is election, he should ever be railed upoa I of upo to tign ao improvement bill of any name or lure, our western friends' may took out Cora vkto. How will it read in low, Illinois, a- long llio .Mississippi, and lha real lake, "Franklin Piere and down with internal im- provtoieiila !" Bul Ihi bt merely tn ft mt. ' ''"" - ' On ihe t let of February, 1837, Mr. Hub bard prmntrd id Ih rUuste th credeniials of Mr. fierce, clceled Senator from Uie Stat nf New llainpthir, to' serve for six yei front Ih 4ib of March then fidhiwing During the seshoof 18a7-J8, b reeoroed himself against a barber bill thai w'a voted for by Mr. Buchanan aad by Wright for Mr. rwrr went with the eirenuea. Al ih am session he vnied against a bill for the benefit of th Alabama, Florida and Georgia Railroad Company which was a meaturo of such a ehemetrr that even Mr. Cslhoon and Mr. Grundy latest for it, and Mr. Pierce found himself in a minority of six in oposiuu But it wa enough that tbe bill contemplated "internal improvement." ,Al ihe earn ses sion, moreover, Mr. Pisrc gave a vote which w desire to submit loth particular attention nf those of our western friend who are so liciting aid from thf General Govern mnnl for building their roilmad. They should know thai th Democratic nomine set hi face aa a flint sgainst all these projects. A bill ws befor Ih Srusl for tlx ''benefit of tha Mount Csrmsl and , New Albany Railroad Company in th State of Indiana" providing for grant af ltmto secikm along the. road. In company contracting to carry tb mail for twenty year without rbsre e to the Government; which would pay (he Cnrem-, menl al th rate of on dollar and aix eenlaj r. ...I. - . l a. n.. l ""M WUIW gianKM IMF, ,IU RI,, Webster voted for thi bill. Mr. Pierce, in entire consistency with hi whole rou re on thia and cognate subjects, voted against it ! U would Itk to know if our friend Messrs. Henn snd Clara, of low, nrnnose to to mo th next can befor their people a the advocate ol a candidate who i not only pledged against lite improvement of harbor awl rivers, but against granting ant f ederal id by tlto Appropriation of alternate aaetioa to railroads, even on the condition ttf their esrrying th United States mails twenty ye re for nothing! - s. ( , ,- :;,t '. t e do not- nropooc,flst at-' nrescnlrto fbl-' low Mr. rierce through hi Senalnnal career. II ia tnough for nur purpos to show Ihst, ss fsr a iheir especial interest are concerned, onr wss tern frirnda would hav found lham mum better cared tor ny Mr. umigu or General Cass than by Mr. Pieree. It i to us ihst they have been a tittle overreached ia ths idea lhat Mr. Pierce' leg-ialatii ca reer wa a mere 'blank ah art of tisner." It ia written over with aome rery e rkwsn! com mittals. His most elaborate speech in th r i : Hensle wss sgainsi the bill for th relief nf Mrs, tisreiMon, tha widow of Ih lamented Ueneral l bul hi mou important rotes, prac tically, were those which ar recorded sgainst tha appeala of tha Great West, for the im provement of harbor aad river, and for tb grant of land In ih construction of bit rail roads. . In. 184t Mr, Prarc resigned hi Mai lb th Sensie. Winn th Mexican wr broke out. he volueteered hie services as a rtrivat an. dier, and rneid Jrom Mr.Polk th -conv mission of brigadier general ia thn srmy of the nciiM euie. ur hit aehievemenU in ihi capacity w believe that history tut pre servsd no record. Tradition nay, accord ing lo hi friends, that he , wa nor ular among the officers of th arm v. fr m hi arbana and gentlemanly deport. It iie m- eeded, w under and. lhat hi military cares i not to b relied on ss a-psssprirtlo His fa vor of the people. Hi civic arvier, inclu ding hi opposition lo al western improve ments, ire the great sources af th onfideue of hi friends. ' ' r- r ; Two or three poml occur to us In estimst ing Mr. Pirc' (Uength, ihst itmsy be well enough, to mention,- He eonwa from a small Stat that ha alway been Democratic. Us puwessr therefor no important local advan tages. II h hsd coma from a large at doubt' portanl element in Ihe canvas. , One other point may be suggested. II represents Mr, Marshall' idea of progress, which ws sxhtb iled a the great card of Young America, la Ih a trie extent lhat il would be represented by s mummy just unrolled by Mr. Gliddan. Th whole theory of Young America ma he abandoned in Iheir support of Mr. Pisios. New Hampshire ie the very ntipode ol Csliforiiis. On the sis very 'question Mr. Pierre is undouhledTy committed lo sooilirm news ; and in hh) support Mr. Rjotoul and hi associste Fieesotler of Lynn and Ihe n ghborhood will hav sa ampi opnortunitv I uf msnifesting ih itrnl to which they are wining (in air. tumour langttagei to "sat sontliera dirt." Mr. Ranloul wss moot un ceremoniously ejected from a seal in th con vention, to which he wa ineomeala'dy en titled, by Ihe brote force of a relentles ma jority. MsjorPulkdid ahathcthrekionedsome week sine in th Hon of Kepresentalis es; nd Mr. Rantoul, w venture say, will re deem hi promts not to be driven from Ih Democratic party. He will hold on at all venis and so will Governor Cleveland, snd Preston King, and Mr. Floyd, and all Ihe worthy men who bullied and blustered lo such an extent on the Door of Ih limine on the strength of th tabling' nf lha Compra mis resolulioBS ia th Demscm'M cau ea. , .-.',..... i.n . W ar gretifieil to iht Christain resig nslion msnifestrd hy th disappointed Candi da lc- Mr. Cat think lli nomination good." (I so era I llnuaion pronounces it "excellent ' Young America promise the largest majority in Illinois. Mr. Buchanan, no doubt, will do his best In Pennsylvania. Iroveraor Marry will vouch for .Now York. t nis is su at it mould be ( but wa musi be excused if w make du allowance for lhat "humin nlurn," of which there is said lo be good deal "in mm." With regard to Ih Vina President) il miy well he assumed that many of Mr. Ring' frwiul may. think with Isssrm, from hi long expense and hi ditinguihd services, that be should hsva occupied the first plan on the ticket. It is no great honor to iho disiin gnished Senator from Alabama thai h should hold a secondary position, Il ean hrdly be arsuoted, in his rase, thst he humble him elf with my idea of ultimate exultation. He I 1 81 Ml III a, a Ul HI 111 t Ilia slsXHIt il ,) Si, ili'tasaasl I J raitjas ssJ ar nuiiui ntaj a9jji niff it fvg igenete ol Hi day, and is gratelul that any one nf tha race denounced hy Young Amer ica ha hern permitted in Jisrliiiipal in the honors of Ihe contest. It to to the contest, no doutn, that the honor will be eonfinud I for if the Whig do not nominate a ticket on the Oth of June which wilt ewrepth field, it will be because ihey Merino to sections! discord and differenc Uie certainty of an overwhelming triumpsw H'atk. firp, i- , rtcohling 1 the ftepper of rnslriiHoiij tlir ladies the pepper boxes! ' ""' ' " v" THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION f Born ar "born great," and aom ha greatness thwrrt tpon their,'' a was Sagely mniaracu oy real man a gooa wi ll ago t and if the saying wanted eonnnnsikxi front some modem rasunce, which should elTectn- slly exrliMht all kles of the sftfwr 4egniorft as ins prrnrtpt pt promotion, the Democracy fcerttinly topplied it now. Not man who intellect, statesmanship or disiinniished publie ervic would aeera to indicate at a fit had for thia nation, atood th least chance lor Ih honor front ih first. In scripture phrase, though clearly not hi the acriptur sense,, il ha resulted lhat "tb first ahall h hut and last should be first" for th pominee who got no vol in tha beginniiTg, and only on on the 83d ballot, got i wo hundred al th end; nd Cms, who got most vole on Ih 11 rat bal lot, finally dropt down to tlte bottom, like a buchet in an empty well, wilh Uie wiodlaa let loose. Tha moat amnsinc thin- her, waa first the stolid amsxenreot. next Uie look of psrplexed anqn fy, ih-tt th graduslly sssum d. sir of atisfaeiion, to be een on th cnun'' lenamNM of "the Faithfut." when the new waa received. Never hid tha wire throw n sat of people into such bewUdarraenL W ho i Piere,' aid one? "Piere what Piere,' id another T They had it "Pierce" posted up in on place.) "Why don'l yon know, he tu iu Ihe Mexican War f" and straight way an waa seen wiih a penny history of Scoll' baitlM, aearchbig him but. -WelU' ssid a quid nunc, with a grave ahk of Ih head, -it a better nomination any how, thia Douglas and oertnhily it would b no x aggeraiion Ih aav tliat if th wbot assembled , Demoeracy of Vtrginw, tank and file, who will doubtW cast then--yow ihyPtere iCj" President, simply beeaus they ar told by their lender lo do so, (just they voted for Governor Johnson.) bad been pc. to ihe quee- itoiithr- dsv igo, b-ihrinirli, whor h "' uvd, and what waa hi history, not one in on Iboasand eould havo given any dear sn wer . to tha question so littles. . in truth. hsv tluty to do wilh iho-leetioa. they are -taught lo aelieva, are free, and ao eomplelely sre their votes made mere roonier. in the - thlmbl-rig praeding ,tf politiesns and Po litical Convention. Tha fact of uch a aom inslinn indeed, I tirikinf circumstance in th Philosophy, so to apeak, of lha two par lis. U Whig Conventions, there msy be a " rirslry a ainiggle for preference, bet w tea eaadidslMobut Mien 111 eoudida1 them. , selvss have been known, approved, admiredl long their nstars aad deed, household word with those who feeling nt! opinion are represented in Ihe nominating body. Fillmore, Wehsier, Scott in what homestsad in broad Amerira, sr thrs name unfamiliar sounds? What Whig is not now ready V say, If he ean't get one of these men for Pre, dent, h will readily lake Ihe other f Hut look at the Democralle proceedings I'ah'qvo tum, asf lgift' Polk, Pierce, and who next f in thi graduated declension into ob fJrity t A reret con.lav of eardintl en gaged in making k Pop Joan, wtr aol mora glaring oonlempt of U popular agency in lb bestowal of the Supreme Dignity . , """ " Bul it pper ihai iii'npliiiiljr Yielrr: f;lnia homiualion. For after voting many jkil-t ot for Buchanan, th delegate front thi Slate, cast their vote on Pisrc. who hsd been forgotiott in th previous cruggl :' and shortly after, Virginia Wss followed brio South, including Maryland l aad then by Pnn)lvnia and New York until at langut there wi a majority Jn. hi favour; Aad hat recommaiided him to ths delegals of . . Virginia I II ia eeareely wek sine th masterly movement" of Mr. Elector Soott re sulted jn procuring . front thirteen, pf ..flftren,'. . genllemea, (of whom Mr. Pie c waon,J whom he favored wiih hi eorrespondence, the "iru DemorfJiW PUtform" fs th En-' quirer lyled it) tt th subject of tha Ftigh y 1 3lvIjiw--ndw were further informrd that , "ih mail haa railed to bring response froiti only twt of Ui dUtiitguishsd gentlemsn id-dres-ed, vitt Gen. rVm. O. Butler of Ksrc incky, and Gen. Franklin Pierce of N Hsmpshir. " Dul lha Enquirer ataurad the public tfial from "what the Cditer knW ssf ths genilmnen and their devotion to the on slihitional right -of tb Smith, and thi Iran inters! and ssfuiy ol our blessed Union, h undsrtnokto guarantee lhat their replies, folly ' and affirmatively responsive to the iutrrognt lies of Mr. Scott, would htv bean received."1 but for diBtnuc aad lha irregularity of W mail.. W vsniured ihsa to surmse 0oa lingancy in which thi mod of getting -Plstlbrra" might fail of It ohieci soms . psrsoa, not intorrogaied, might get th tiomi- ' nation, and lhan what would be the value of lha replies T W could not possibly antick pate the other Ihirriaiiva that has happened , lhat if no reply from Uea. Pierce before thf nominalinn, snd still l that Ihe Virginia delegates would think o p.rfrty of lhMniaa terly movement," a an expedient, a to vot hi nomination, without even walling for lha mail I or Was It because of Ihi irregularity in lha mail, that General Pierre got ihe'r vot. and o got iheir nomination f Wehtva heard it aaid lhat the Freesoiler would nerrr rota for one of Mr. Scott' repondcnl for having pledged themselve to sgtisie thn repeal of III Fugitive Slav Ltw, Ihey would . nntatultify themieire by supiiorUng a can didal whaasd pledged himself lo veto it repeal,' though they might feel certain tha pledge itself was a nullity for any oeessloa there will srer be, redeem It. Withovl lhat vein, and in th avant of a disruption nf lli coalition hy which Frcsoilin and De moeraey now hold the ascendancy In aotn -of tb State, Ihe latter faeiioa would be pi'l tnxtreipinity waa the necessity of secirmg thai vot fell in the (election of lhat tnttiha nun who had mad no reply f If so, w hsv only to ay that our Mr. Scott is very far before lint "Csptlng Bcott," wilh whose Nimrod performance om facetious Ediior of ihe Demncraiie press hav likend his pre, ml achievement he hss not yet brought down our Gen, Scott, but he hss killed thir teen Democratic eandidalr by a single shot II on the ground, howaver, in a huJJl ami a ws railietthuik, ins somewhat uinnorts. I man-lilt mannei', , . s When a man i presented In lli country ',. for1 It first ofTice, w natm'slly nn our attrii- ' tion to bis auteccilcnt. Itiaxea ihe memory, however, to trac ihos of Gen. Pierce, lie served sn olweuro term in llie Senate, merely making en irt the promiseiious snd ir jl'ini diitous camp of Ihe . Democracy. Farther bark in the lower Hons of C.igres, hswas identiftfd wilh thai train of small Inckcry a" l Jecrprtun khKhj-uTYsnBuren iniothtf f e
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