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WILLIAM a DOUB,, 1 rnirnt u rtortim.t. "' If paid triCy ia adnaee, twe nwllar per a, aa: dollar and fifty mu, if paid wiihia 1 .l...;f til s,J fif th year. " "" ' ' : ." - '- ADVERTISEMEXTS not exceeding ixten j",o will h inserted u tlin fur out duller. Mid wat-Bv eea, for eh suh-cmnt insrrtnn. fUu Y W,t.r lr m will ) ettarired oroDor- tteaarly. Coart Order end Judicial adsrlic.eata will bkarrea 2 pee tnt birher'than tb ahov , rat. A resaahsoVe aituctim wiH b mad to tea wh advertis by tba rear. Dank and Job Printirg dnna with neatness and despatch, aad on accoiamedtting ttnnf, p&T Lettera to the Editor must be patt.ptid. ; r nut pcbuc lands. , Tha Intelligencer publishes the report of the llcsiae Committee against and the minority report (Mr. Bennett) in favor of 'the Bill granting landa for the beneStof the indigent insane in all the States. The majority, it is stated in their report, favored tlas objeepnif th bill, but wen constraiii ad to report against it an unconstitutional. Tht la a question which it is scarcely ncces anrr Mt argue at this ij and which vould not prohahl? haT boen raid if the bi(l waa exclo airelr fur the benefit of the West. If Congresa tiaa the power to grant tliem f r . (ffifuisjfiil rait. -Wan), h bits the power to grant them for amMiter.; Jib UmaittutmsLpm Wijli th i,injjn.iai' - - iolmnil uuitulriultiiU aiui if tha landa can,- im a new i7iino v is u3Mfvy. uv,ij uv.frnvi hhc. preaont instance when a grant u, pniiiosed for useful and beneficial purjHixes, and in thertiirit of the deeds of cowtiun ur the benefit of all the States. The uniform practice of Congress alao, as official documents show, eonfirm this view. t'nder Jefferson. Jackson, Van Buren, Tvler, l'olkand Fillmore, grants of lands have bean made ty Congress and have receivod execuure sanction tt almost ererr imaginable iiiirpose: for schools. allege, universities, seats of goverament, public baildinga, river ininrorements, canats, rail roads. VWM KIN M U 111 U ' IIMH IIIMII1UU.II 1 1 U HI. M1MU" Bar of eorporatwiMi. .- - - y - These 'crania bare a tuaTtv exceeded tba sales in amount. Otfk'iol putilioations tlioW that to thirteen New States and territories, there have been given 125,0OO,OtK) acres, whilst the sales amount only to 103,00O,0u0 acres. And to thete " grants, if a eonstitutional oliioction can apply iri any eaae.it should Iw applied. Forwhilst profit fag one p irtion of the country they have in a -corresponding degre injured the nthvr, and if not unconstitutional are surely opposed to right 1 i ..e , , l hm juHiiue aira uiv uecui 01 cession uj Willi lrT were acuuired. . But this committee which denies the power to pass tliia bill for the common benefit, affirms the right to grant the lands to schools, colleges, ad rail mads in tha West, on the allernate section plait, by which it-ia argued IhiiIi the government : and the granteaa are bewetittcd-and Tarrvin? out this arvument is now reudv to reimrt LUU (ranting to railroads in the West la.U W.UlW acres saor. A the working of this alternate-section- plan is not genernlly wnderstnod w eopy from ine roport ot air. Bennett tiie lollowmg clear ex position of the manor : It is urged these are Constitution and proper, because nothing is lust by making them. If this war true, it is not perceived how it would effect the constitutional right to make them ; that de- sends oa tba buwer of Conanna io makit flu. ' '' ly made.) But nothing so often and so confident ly asserted was aver more erroneous. Take, tor example, the Illinois Central railroad, as jnost lAVoratilfl for thoaa rnivinir nn.m u,,m Mr,,n,u xue granu lur mat road weie as follows : Teltlinois ' ' 2. i9i.Oi3 acres. T Mississippi . 737.I.W " Ta Alabaiiia .Ji-r-4r.atSt AmrwTrt wrnntmt tprthat mad -S.jfthT i V RivaerT to be offurej at double price n. ' In Illinois avroa, In Mississippi - : iHM'-'A " Iu Alabama -itj7,tH5 Am'tlobeoTcred at d'blc price .0.'il,H74 Tbe land granted to the road 3,751,71 1 acres . vmouots, at (J.)Veruinent price, to t l,6;?,93J If all the reserved section could I mid at-d-ssble prie. it still leaves a clear gift to this toad of ?2,d-Jl,Kll7. Hut l!ic act only reserved thaae section, and vcquired them to Unfl'crtd at tba iacrev. I pr.oe before they acre sold at the .- arduaary sate, ... ; ---- Ta wit 1 r njrbt into market in July, 1852 ; and ap to fepteini.er at), looa,. ne vior and thro months,) there hsd lvn s.,ld.in l'ilino:, at tha double price, only i:S4,0ci acres, and the am suni over the ordinary price reeeiveJ eras .iW.KSI, (and from this all additii nal exfiense ahaerid U deducted,) to repay tl. item men I f.rrl.e grant or gift of land te the ain.aint of Jt.OW.OJ'J atone thirteenth part a much. It is doubt ful whether any railroad grant made, or to be de. under th'i admirable " lose-nothing "sya- ' teas, (for it ha eome to be a system.) will repay ti Uuvwrameot. including alladditioualexpeiuw, n dollar ia ten of the value of tli laud giieu ' as the road. " But when this argument U met by fad which disprove it, another ia retorted to that these r,L read grants greatly increase the sales of the pub- mm mugs. Again lacis Qisiiruve intt also. There was stl w land wild in ltUtj than) there aa baas, sold fur the last twelve year up to Jan uary, 1H6.1, (the return for 153 are not yet all anvde.) Ytt thia railroad avstem (that is mid ao rapidly to utrrmse the sales') had been ia full op eratic wa or tbrea of the last years. The War sales ia any one year Were in 18 12, (leas tbaa l.Outi.U) creaa.) being the very yiar the teaarrad Mrtiutu on tba Central Kailrotd were rsevgat lata market. Arm mlil, '1 Mi74,71 mm si l,t4.7l 1,119.217 l.lMkVJI'it' 1 T". 4.70-1 l.H41.57 I2r,.i.7.ii .2..'-!1.3iiS l.KHr.fi-,3 : I.Tri!r2 l.sA.tt.AH " 1.779 II .N.AO.MlS la lb year IfCO ;I lb year 1tl la th year 1MJ la the year 1H ' Ia lb year I "It la the "rear IMA . In the year jntA , la the year Is, 7 Ia tbs year PH la tba vast !" I the year Ix'-ii . In thayaar K.',l , la tba year Ifol Total for twelve year ' "a a4.liti.snal fealare in tliese railnwd grants laWsald b smtHwd, that of di-ubling Ih pn.e vl boat awe-third aa aiuch land as is granteil to th ia, iua la, I. an miles each sole .T lb mad, ad granting fifieea mile ea. b side.) of which " "a-lhird, rt I brltevcl, ia ever sold at the pries aia ss an a ia prirwii le. oonosed la all ll.a at mmrvm ,.f b-K laiion, lo a ia to rxluvs Prteerf the laads,Bd area to gits them awar m J" stttera. It was never axvtl.ing Isataa ""I htm, to rurnieh sn argnmeni and fraaf. baa m!e red talu eiruse alu. and aaai4a- U.f an. It .h.M I-sla.h,ed "Tf'. ' " a Us U- s the etihrs an lb r" nar lbs ueaehi of .r,ia emras saiwsaa awl ui.ni.i as a i,mii, rof itutoi '' " ... "f"" 'da may lii.lo.-e ,r1icr, to turata wheea they run s hot (hey do re I appear to 7 ""rt in asjiijiia a mi m """as. Il IS l.i .o.'. tl.) ,-relherSI" b a aaa mad it ni .,.., m bv rosier tl.aa " wout I w-m ti U ,.,r .,bcy to gira "7? """"y 'ssi ar- t lu i.i, a aiilrs la jsewaa JKI.II l , i.s. vr ,m ,! jin, ,4 "ad raikaf tbaa els. lirr. , sasUIli. ,1 r it lo lilsle llie.a grvftls. m rssaeaaasa to the otia ta naMtt.41. ,S.niti 1 lar'tcr gnnind. il.cir t t I dapeada anna) m arraaasnt ttist tha J li,sH...H Sam ralerrwl to this ojaevlir af lb diss rt ia vat tbe p-iUw lasla so aflaa thai p-.bsisi y a wUsa avary f w. Hot tlk sU- Itsafvttal smew,. 1 I Ibis ku, Mfafa volumexlV.- entering upon a system of interna! improvements ' which if tucrmeifullv-dcvelimed will result iu I" placing North Carolina inthe front rook of States. To secure tbit a heed aiu-i.-tjinca. and thai as sistance we hare a right to demand from the gen eral government in the shape of sn"e,uitable di riaioa of the lands or tlieir proceed. Fjtrttrrillt Obtmr. ENGLAND AXD KK.VNCE XECTBAL KKiHTS. ' ...... Not the letwt important feature of the recent advicee from urone, is the change inT,uglh noliey, with regard to a great question' of Neutral nights. We take a different view, however, from most of our cntemporaries, as to the value of the concessions of the two Eastern puaonvtothe commerce of our oountrv. With their immeiite armaments, it is ecan'ely possible that a single paten ot const In Kuesia, wilt remain Tree frum e.tfccteml blockaJo. So that we may give up Uie hope of doing the carrying trade of that Empire. It is worthy of notice that the Queen' pr. luina tVn cautiously guards against the ejuajjlislinieut of t precedent opilLtUlirT uf XadunK,.maiing free Wtoms fro goods, r" We had hoped that in i against the age, and dangerous to her ne lations oi peace wim uji, tjur government would eft wisely ui try at onee no settle tlie law ol .Na tion on the subject by a treity whose obligations hall be binding, aud uot subject to the occasions or incidents of. her Alait s'y's Orace. It is idle to say mat a treaty would give up the fact of the law of Nations, aud acknowledge u wrong Jiith- on the basia of tba Queen' proclamation front lime to umo,. wiuiout any such Unputation. W earnestly hoiie that our government will give its early attention to this matter, and place uiesunject beyond any eont ngency. iu a commercial point ol view, ana eeciaiiy itb reference to our shipping interest, the beu- efita we will reap from the war, will depend on the enpacitv of Eneland and France, to maintain . L . . L. V ,.,, . i . iiicir.prcseninuge navni osianiisnineiit, ana leave Uienisches seamen for their mercantile marine. Our upiniun is, that theextei-t of their resources in seamen will ho taxed to maintain thoirKocte. If our surmise lie correct, it can carcely huyipen but that the shipping interest here wiil receive an impulse beyond aitvthing vet reached. e once nearu er an rra gentleman wnoe an- i,ia inuriii oi vuij iobm, was, coiiiiuui.'u wais iri Europe and Targe harvests at home." Ite was a far better patriot than philanthropist. Wheal at two prices, rand ituubta Tcrop, will place the great powers at our feet. At first sight there is one singular feature in the foreign new. We refer to the dullnr-s in American Sux'ks. W account fur it in two ways. C'onsids have gone si low aa to attract all the capital in the English market, and the panic in money matter hunt have its influence on all sorts of investments; - The fe-hipn3etit of"Amerfcn tocksto pay fur produce will keep them up, how ever, and the enhanced value of our Agricultu ral product will give u surplus for inves nicut. It hy prudent foresight we can avoid being swept into the g:eat curren.t which i bearing along the rest of th civilised wor'J. t .e lu gmniog of th end is not yet, of th results which ..will aaeroe-f ue.--Vapital -wi,- tnme here to escape frim the volcanic eruptions ahich agi tato its pperntiims in .oilier lands, to repose rm the peaceful security of our undistur ed end prosperous greatness. W are no pritp'.icts, but we venture to foretell that not many u ouilis. await a rapid adv mce of An.e i an secor ties in the face of depressioa and scarcity ahma I, Our hroad acre will ,s I with the wealth of new culture aud new Inbornrs. Our forest will give war tiel'.ise the ei-espies n' new pepuUtion, our menu will grow with the enterprise oin w marts, called to these shores by the boundless fts, with which the baud of tj.sd" ha endowed lu.n, and driven away hy th burthens and the 1o; liles ol tlieir own. Patriotic men will strike f .r home and country, by taking a borne and country here, where a tag as how re I, a home sr free, climate as genial, and institutions aa ja fcot, aa that, could win by a tliousanj bloody victor e, invite mem, ;wn. t.t. PAHTV FOKTl'XES. Tbe N. X. Sun, a paper that until reeentlv gave its hearty supp n t to Ocn. Pierce's Admin istration, in aa article on the subject of party fortunes, snake th followiuc nointed remarks! A biaiorian of passing events, w may not overlook th rapid transformation going on in Uieptditieeof neghhrririg States. Twelve months ago, the dd Whig party was considered ao badly cut up and dispersed, that it would never be atrte to take the field again with any chances of success, me wecpui mi'iiiies ly hiH Franklin Pierre was clewed Piesiilent insuireil those whe believe that the Oov eminent of a free country can never lie well end imiartially con ducted upon a narrow exclusive part bssis. will th hot that lb elect of entile would wisely reeuguiie the true eaoses and various elements of success, and so conduct his Oovcrnu eat lliatil would amiear, and be the bold and c insistent reflex of that broad and liberal spirit of union and patriotism which animated the people. a e It ia ant merelv tliose who look with little con fidence upon party th independent min lei men who constitute the great popular forces which party cannot nmrnji whom President Ileree Las disappointed. He has broken up, diae uraited and disgusted the giral party which turn -d away from hotiored, veieran leadera, and placed him at tlieir bead ia th hop that they were securing a young chief who would awaken a new enthusi asm in tl'ir ranks, and win listing fame for American denwerarv. Il is a bit'er lhmi-ht ir them that M fbort vear baa blighted alt their expectations that H lVrica iugurins a inne as cendency r sosiavn f .IloaeJ by humiliating re verses ; and that opponent" lately resr IcJ powerlau, are now trtuaiphing without ll.e he- emity of raising a standard nr boldly prorla nj Ing a aew prngraniB ol pnaciplm. . TIIE rollEltj.N WAR. The Txadoa Timn, lb miaistsrial firgaa (treat Britain, ia a long rnmmenl ua the le rlaraiioanf War, sajsi "W bsi beea slow to tak the de-isivesten. The Kusaiaa beeevident ly eisneluded thai a preferred aejoliaiasa to tioa lbs tery nopulatintj of rH. Peterstsarg bis lsea taught thai a are too svsmaiercial In ! le al warriors, sad t fond of pr.St to I btmlT aeasiliva to Wfsmf. tVsrw that wa was Ikimrs away the scabbard and stand far to fan a itb nar msolveit atiia?i4, it only remi-ns to disa- him tbursuehlr of this iuagiNary at nuai I id oe lmn att.l ii.sf. ! That we hue aa dcnU aill ldnaa, hj! it i0 I i-s d , ell tha mre read ly ly our gallant 6Wt and armv, if it ls known that all Lor. land f.4- I low, her sons to battle. n l ai'I i nise.4i' the tt,tmm mJtmft j,,!!,, i ll ,n or lata the riglita i-f astiiAs and iba bls'rtiea of l.ur.iw rs- nn, a fre-h aaneii. ia tba aigaal puuisUaint e. toeg'trartfw verendee, - I - -- I la Tl manner ia wbirb II. dsrtratioi jf ! war wsa r.nd in England. vary d feren I fea thai ia whi. a it wa rw,eil ,a f nisn , nT ,(,, r.ngli-h l-d. w th tl ,, -1 r rsrlir si.) arri ntiel ,v the Frem j ,t, ,,.,i,'r ilh lb livelie-t df n-, -ratrnn 1 ' ssi.taafiie. a4 ,'s-iee,H,s rrii-a of "lies ! f mwnr," Km h ilid'reo, s of mvaner Bf t tlie issrasion nf an sot, ma a tie 'sratwsa iiJMrir tl,e,r asteiesl ilmra. iimnrt. I.nrla I gi-es int., th is sr a itb es'lness sod dele as a lloa- lrato aiih th utust ea'awsia-a,. Ta rs.-vH s,i a sen 11 r-cVnesa .the fcV.f s SmvJ'v?' ? n -rSri f tt"T whig fctfaoaraa far oan't g th Whig plat- prS'ttil' tt LTooLlut.1 H'Z i ht"m'll'auiet(m eventboughhrm.r-m.sarictod'convention.'t f bape Too wiU ca both the daguerwotw atruuti. ww!d at . ..ice account for tl. uV.m. occrnTind foTlar0nrrbejtv locif.eJ.Lmean.u create di-affcotion, and UJSJil t 9 Pl avaIanUufla,Und. i i. i m they are trving to do-bvunpiiJeiitlv assert- have a vol jme id progress and with to amid do- dwpot. The af ur at to'ld'J fyme-). RALEIGH, NORTH A ORE AT MISTAKE.."" The uVtriociaticfiapers are endeavoring to era- Btt hv W he. imprsmmni tint gmat 4i-uiutina a in the west, against the Whig platform, be cause h recommend eonventloa on tbe present basis. This is all humbug, ftajinow of AVhics tliat are dissatisfied. But at any rate those who are dissatisfied caunot certainty anticipate a more congenial platform from the democratic conven tion, whose delegates art generally pledged tothe baxis a it is. Tba only ttrotiff dissatisfaction against the plat form, that w kiuiw of, is exhibited by the Asb ville News a divatisfictlun which is rery natu ral, was generally expected, and we guess will do ao harm, notwithstanding the editor tWlikshe damaged John Kerr mm, The ''News" would go the loco-fuco ticket any how; either directly or indirectly. We believe the W'hig party in the west will be united. Those who favor an' alteration of the ba sis can hope for nothing from the democratic cun- venr.on, But welm"adtiie"nfc are as utaht ileniocraT" satisfaction that he toiagines every body ebe Is in the same a ay. The mistuko will be corrected iu August. CWuwd C'aieelle. BICII 1K V E LOP.M EN TS, From the following extract from the Washing- ton correspondence uf the I'hibidulpliia- lm(v(ivr4 xpect to witn i rich dc veiopmeiits illustrative of tlfe ' wonderful genius and statesman-ship of the Brigadier. Anything going to develop hi peculiarly beautiful charac ter, and to enhance tbe public admiration to ward him, will bo enthusiastically received by the country: "The rejection of the Oadsden Treaty by the Senate, will probably lead to atrange disclue- n : : . T!.i. t : ures. uenerai a lerce, nut sausneu wuu naving a regular Minister at the City nf Mexico; doe patcheil, on amission, a (rentleman of Pennsyl vania, who bad orders or instruction, to consult with General Uadsdcn, and also to watch him. This gentleman was nt the same tlmo an agent of tlie tiaray or Woo conipanifs, and it is now charged, hy the President' friends, that, in bringing alVrtit the treatt'; he went further than TinrTnsrrncirons; nmnpnieu. in muer worus. that hewaa more -anximrr-n to -the mteicst -pf-his employers, ti e private company, than of fh.ise of the Otivem.rnent. Thr anictneteK stoutly asicrt that this is not the caie, and that be will not permit himself to be made a fool if. for the hcnetlt even of the rieiuent.- no is accordingly, preparing a personal defence for nublication, aud it ia said to contniu wonderful ievclopmeiits showing a system of dipli aiafie tactics on ttiepartoi tiieaumiuiirniion, penectry uniijue, original and 'Tidttrulou, Let ni' bava I lie oev eh piuent i y all n.eans, so as to snow pnw little abilitt it tnkea to govern a wmntry. AVe regard the Administration of General Pierce a the highest compliment to our institutions; be cunso it demonstrates tlml they nr so peibvt, it rtqunvs nu brains whatcvi-r to fce p tueni goiyg.'i JJAUIXE.XLKUJMTY - AV were shown yesterday bv one of our ship builders, eoaaething iu the wsv of a murine euri- usityVUiui ibi i' ail m'if iiotToitS of iHirunrles and other testaceous appendage to a ship's butt'i'i, eutirelv in the simile.. It as a part of the plank ing of the Urig Pavilion, now on the Kailaay or repairs: with nuite an extensive buncti jjftiystcra. or whatever llicy were, I ut lately Uctacheu iroui it. I he-e ovstera, or cockle,, or sliell-nsli, s uck ouf from the b ittom of the vessel aUiUt four nelies. Wherever tho cottiicr had been kniM-ke.1 off, there was a bunch; indeed, the Hrtinnuf the vessel under water, we are told, looked like an ovster bed; and tlie wonder was that she made auV progress in sailing nt nil. ' Ina uxploits ot the sca-vf,iim, as exhibited hi tha; piece; of plank, ahoye .alluded, to,, weie cutJr iuis. I iiw utile teieiw nan witn 11 s snrnr, mir ed a round smtioth hole as large as tlie end nf our little finger, In the plank, .following the grain of the wood, but without perforating through on either siile. Ii as a beautiful piece of work: there is no t's.l in the carpenter's shops that could do it near so well. The brig is now ua the wsv for the first time in six years; having been on a whaling tovage in tbe PaeiBOh 1 he nvstera and worms bat e thus had a fin chance tbe former to grow; and th tarter to bora. H lmtifjtm Jirratd. MAHK THE II YltM'ltAT. The Standard I anxious etceedinglv 1o know a here General Ilorkery stands on tlie Nebraska bill, and whether h means 10 atsm!on Me-srs. Iladger and Kerr. If it would not be ton much trouble for the biandard to answer, should like to know a her itinera! Tierce stands on tbe Nebraska hill: aud whether be supports it, if t all, upoa tbe ground that it ia "a measure in fa vor of rreeilom, as lie declared to his friend Jcro. Clemens; and that if it pass, no other alave Miate tliougu w Slusuhl alimsrb th whole m .vleiieo evr Is admitted into the l uuin, vieuk i uL. Maka a clean braaat and let oa know if tbe lirtgadter ia in lacor of afjuatler sovereigntr. Hoe me rwarvlard mean to aliandoa Messrs, Badger and K-r7 It seems to have taken them under ila ire a speetid frulecti m. . Will it go for Mr. Badger' re-el tii n to th I'niled Htnte, Nensto! Purely it will it has such a tender re gard fisr hi fame is a much afraid that other will desert bisal And then principles, ave. yrimriidrM, not men, ia its motto. And does th Standard really suppose that It gulls anjliNily by ila afTer! regard h Mr. Iiadgerf Ioes it de ceive bunT Us-, I s B" know itisftddf Ila h nisi reail of Atna-a'a ilealli? "And Josh laid to Amssa, Art thou in health, my 1'therT And Ja In k Amaaa by th beard Wim Ui right hand to kie him. "Hut Amtaa took no heed to theswnrd that tnt n Jinb'a hatnl. Ho he smote lum Iberewilh ia th fifth r and shej nut bis bowels a ll. gnmnd, and struck hiia rss) again: and lis died." ay. Argtu, Bnwklvn, W ill amslrtir , an i llushwlck ar In 1st nmailidaled in one I itr, a law having liaased tothatevnet. ihieritvof Itruoklva, lliu iarg-vl, will contain, I v tba reivus of IkVi, a pfrouUtata of 1.1 1. -'..ii .Tlie increiee in tlie tliraa eii.as baa Issea very rapid during the past tan or (brae lean, and it is tbaig!it thai l) r-tala ew- aaa tnf la.'ia will sbuw a populitom, ia the aolidated city of IsV'sjklya, d'SUsS) souk Kit Koara's lva Th tiat steamer brings to Manaws id the destb, oa tlie third of April, of rroi.s,.r Joha n iison, e!rv tni as iih Cbriaaspber North nf JiUrkmfi Mtytlif, aad wh'sas w.rfks, sss-lir J aad sjv e, haa a- eurea him a warm w Icor a aiixmg all clasaee ui rnadera ia Englaud and America. lt-v,vT It vs seated that tetfaw r fe eeiielliT the bvsl Enns-an a.s ls imnhaloin 1 at Ul .Nspolsssa a oislinellv aiilKr4 the r. rssrnf nf Aasir,a 1 that if b sliow U, slightest irssiifMa l ,de with llussia ia th war. bs (the I r'ncb r.aiperoeiaill ras tha stoalard uf revolt ia Uuears aud IMalssrily. A N .sil K 4,a .t sj..r M ita. f ivwierty .wutrt,,,i.('..lw ef t4 iha NsIi.hin.1 I ,,,!, at 1 ii-fssssHi bsviat evjiesn.1 his contempt f r 'he 11. . 1 .1. -r, . .i,m Anna, h l-ea, I y or-lor t4 llw sinii I ts rasps, a rrssusl aad in,f.ris,.iird aninng tl,a ,itet lsn.l,ta a4 eui-'beiHiis, aifh tv-i x be is a,ea c'l Vll4 aad autHrelled la p ) i , I Ih vKJ ' f lrn-. nas wotkcu mmse!! imo Fuon a pnreuty in uir-r it, ' . JVill.vl l.tv ltiiv.v. . I -"--- w. (iwv Mu mv i CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, A?RIL 26, 1854. From the Barnwell (S. C.) Sentinel.. V 13" BsoiWAr, i Yna.it. - MaYrli. nntb.lSJJ. C. F. Tuatxl F.sa. rar ,?r Your name has been propuced as a suitable one'to occupy a place in "I'ort raits and Memoirs of Eminent Ameri cans" now living, of which several Tidiimes have been already )ul.lifld, This great work has been roceived with moeh favor everywhere,- and contains many of the first names in the country. For further information of its general scope and plan, I beg "to refer you to a circular herewi ii sent. Our portraits "are engraved on steel, by ttve first artisw, an that the likenesses are true and life-like rcprmentaiion of their originals, pos sessing greater value to the snbjects and tlieir friends than the most costly painting. You are respectfully solicited to occupy a place in the page of this work. Should your consent afford us the opportunity of thus giving to the world a true and permanent record of j our life and feature, please send me your likeness, (a good daguerreutvpe of the same ait aa our por traits it testJj&iiitJinAJ-hi: handed over-to-. r engrarers, )mr 5iV; The nboveeommunieatlon reached me last week, nnd in replication I beg leave to state that if I have ever done anything worthy wf the immortality your magaime is likely toeoutor upon me, 1 am not conscious of it. However, a true merit is always modnst, it may he to tliat virtue that I use ill V iifnnrtihcc. nt nn efents. and I amaniious tliewiirld at large should know it,) I have not sought fame, but fame has Wight me, a Alexander Smith, th poet would say,, " Fame 1 Fanie! tiex; grandest word to Omh" In taking a retrospect of my enrly davs, I can discover aoihini worthy of record, autoss it b the stealing of a few watermelon at school, for whicb I was beaten with many stripes, or the rid ing of a few quarter races, for M ini h 1 received an occasional ana wgitary ginur catc, or adven ture of similar import. At 17 I ran avvny fi'onimy venerablcoldGwiir lljan, the Kev. Hansford Dad liuncan (long life to him) and Vnmoused to the great far west, where I flourished fur a short time, and a short time only, and nKin returning I lost all uf my money utxin.a gamajulAtlaitfa-V4WKrwWl Xmsi. of course, jou know potliing,) upmoneoftlie boats ot the Alatiarua river, tins was shout tlie time the H-r t'nmKtin bunted and killed so msny and bad I not been standing near the stern of the vessel, you would never have hail tb opportuni ty 01 handing my name, roc simile, character, ani adventures, down to an eager posterity ia tha oolumns of your justly celebrated tnagaxine. -I returned to my own, my native land, fundlcr and perl'iups somewhat ecdy in appe trance, and run for istX.ieuunaiit i-a ilistinguMhed ntthtta company, but w uufortupatcly satea by the loss of (bio vote by my worthy competitor. In the year of our Lord, lW'J, uiy illustrious friend Thomas I. Condy, gave roe the office of Assistant Deputy Initvd states Marshal f ir tba District of Uarnwcll, and while taking the Cen sus, I killed oue horse and another ran awav and broke my buggy, njion which accusion,! rodeniv horse hare bai-t 14 mrlesin 40 minutes, of which (act Col. B. II. Brown is a living witiics. Aft I ba teftsidtWiibmla Bwtortak- g, a man calling himself "v. Frnnk Powell," wrote m fnrn AVasliington that if I would for ward acertain amount of money to him. he would pnieoc imrrny-ctaiTTrs Hit Tminrrnaws of paykiiflt cienr tn tvivef " thee inimense disasters, but I grieve to say that from the time 1 sent the money, I have not heart a word from the aforesaid and never tn lie forgotten C. Frank Powell, he proba bly having gone to parts, unknown. However, I still entertain atrong hopes of seeing hi distin guished name aid fun simile in your widely cir culated mawasinc. Last vear I rni for Tax Collector in Ibis im portant Township, and was beaten sn baolv br a onso conioiitniiufi, ,u wiiica sin wnoiiv smm- aeious nntil a lew moments before tb closing of the polls, that 1 have not since entirely recovered my equauiinity. A a aslvo, however, to this disnslee, and lust at this crisis, my distinguished but benighted friend, the Hon, James Campbell, I 'oat Masto Cvaral, gava nja th Puat Of&ca at thia plaits, the dut ies of which. I may it hoot vanity aav. I Have disehargH to theTOi;JyroaJ ra'iVr satisfaction of tbe w4oU communitv. Mv friends, anxious to secure (Sir me th dis tinguished honor you hare so politely tei lered, and a a reward fir my various aad anludis ser vices, am now busily engaTd in raising a ub ocriptiun for the (wrpoaeisf defraying tliee venae attendant upon this momtrntuima aflair.. 1 allude to th engraving of my par trail. They bare al ready appointed a eooimiftea to secure the er vices ol a eowitvetent artist (ut th all-biriiing jtcasion, and as soon aa th picture is ooutplelcd. 1 w:;i jjrwarc it to your aridress. Permit me to express the hope that Jou will delay the publiesition of the next number uf your magazine until! It makes lis advent. 1 avail mvselfof thisnpportnnity to assure you of the distinguished consider ion with which I re-nain, (leir sir, Tour pvsieful and obedient ser vant, C. r. TOWN. Postmaster, At Barnwell, C. II.. S. C. John Livinrstoo. Em. Ij7 Bruadwar. New Yurk. (TBA IN" PAKl.HMEXT. An interesting delatt in Parliament upon Die wsrmssnre, and a diseusaum nrsna tb reutt:nn ot I, real llntain and tha I mint Mates to I til si. are tbe chief points of inlereal in tha news from tlreat Britian. In the course af Ih Cuhaa dia eusaion, a Mr. Bailli mail this remark: ' Mint aaauraallv, nnlesa sh (pa nl fulfilled bar igsawtow4rh m. and took rare that Cuba should no longer m th grand and indeed sole seat of the alave trade, which alat bad andertaken to anppres, aha could not fairly enaa plain if Ktf araif Im an asraMref as ftretrnl (V4 yrvss fjW inn tMfa fas araws of fas A mmrima. To wlin b Sir Ja . (iraham oSeiallv rrx,led i " That tlimi gh he could ant at all concur In the pmrsaMiina tl , by war nf eolWleral argaiaenl, w s to band over Cal loth I ailed Mtalea, tha radeavisra of ottr cruisers, tsrth ai the esf uf Cuba and on the rtswt uf Africa, should Is, if pnasilile, anguMnitrd, and every me ins nasal far seewring Ilia raal evsiparalija of tb autbiriti ana. i iiaar.i - Me 4 V-Mei, took up tbeib fce'e of h'se 1'eilue. ami ins th Pillowing saiiislw aWlaratinfia t , " V iibnul saving una word alesat IheespeslieB-i ey nf giving I'uls to Ih failed htales. ar assist ng that nriiitry to take sissesl a, tit lh i.lm II b tbmiht it wauld lie gre itly f. tb intermtsof hnmanity if th I nitrd flairs, or anyniher anw r that wauld altogether i s.intenaueetlie, lav tra-le, should fissaus it." i b-en. - Hweb Uagasi.a as this is isnihrant nf a great (hanga of asnliweail ia lb English mind in reler ne toih iwuiry sf any interference Lfri tbe f niie l 'Vs antttfaia in- twfarant to the aispiiatiitf) vf I'uIm,, '! m Tt vu (VThs lUli mora Amrimn essmatenta in terms K just severity itissnUie aub saniel an I sivn-h l. o. m nhirb Musit,. Tvng i C., hate a.l lie-,-l il.r l).,n ,,f .", awking tb IsinMi s of li e (be . ( fi, ml U Hi "lllark arri.w." 1 1,, a.k h r il, Mi,n. tMr "M a grac whe-h Ibev km f. from lbs " .'"l lss,igiy i f lr 1 ai' '!." and in a st,l sf iris ,.i, j.n, - ami aervi nv wlm h ua ha,e a ,iiai,. I. ,!. pi. , harlva Tvng l' a the rovnl f,t "f . M tja ty." At a ajre With tit .tuirivo lhal Uo iietitK fT nterry may arr.il, pau!rrs il a. toai , asir tf oWit hi in i's d, insiid f r u-1 a. - i Tire Lonlon eorrcipiimlrnl pf tli J.-urruil of Commerce cnn.nnic.tes m. ,'ntetlng fact, . L.. . . t- : tuU'irng WfTam extraontitiarT means of offence the Emperor of Kussia ix saiil to huvo at hand. We qiKitc r ; - - tireat PShstcVrlatfon has- been CTflsed lv a tatcment t'.iat the t'sw is niwwl of a newlv invented projectile or infernal shell." as it U called, flie appaling efucieney of wiiicb is pre- sa.n . hi wave oeca proven in me nomine catas trophe, at Kinope, i he intention of this destruc tive apnaralus is attributed t two rrrnebmeh nimu? ( Firticrn'ii(ft'iianr(iion.theforhvr of which registered hi discovery in l'aria iu fWJ nador the title of the " litmlcl A'pyxutnU" and the latter made a formal offer of a similar implement, with improvement, to tlio FreiK-h Uovemnient la l33. Iuis Phillippe and his Ministers however, declined -to profit by either of these opportunities considering that the use of such murderous ma chine was inadmissible by the laws of honorable warfare. Champion atuemrsto have been a des poraie anu ucscrupu out cnaractcr, who, l a fmr,.'J; tM73 perate and uccrupu..us character, who, in a - ' a - , - . .-..: t JPWiJBJaV.a,iyti ?afr4to"eWrwr4nwtt 1 gned the sudden discomfiture uf their fleet to what 'they call "Urcok Fire, or me potent spell of witchcraft. It w is the exjmination of frag ments sif the wreck which firnt led to the suspi cion thtif iih invention hitherto unknown in war fare lui'l Is.mii uc l, nnd a French naval ofiiocr, who had been in the Bureau of the Marine, when Fortier's Boulet Aspyxiant'' a'nMiflVTed.writfred the similarity uf ibe effect to those its descrin tion prctlicleJ, It has not transpired what ha beoonie of Fortier and Champion j but scientilic tnn in Paris arc 1nily engaged in examining tbe Untnrr connected with rorticr regnitry, lor the purpoaa of lading soma duo to tha pri'neipln of the invention, though is it. nut yet known how far they hare succeeded. The e'tfeet of the ma chine is variously described. In addition to tre mendous explosive power, there ia said to be a kuid of liquid ttr burning under water aud tie etroying lite by aa emission uf surficatiiig vapour. One account thus concludes" If th Emperor of Russia h resilv in possession of this deadly element uf deetruetion, tb combined navies of th ani versa will be uowarlesa against hiin." It ia, newrthdeaa, moat providential, that ouronm nitnder have been put on their rnrrrl and w can only . hop that tout meaua may be devisej to counteract Una uysternius agemy, it it indeed kbits.Tu repine at flie disregiu-d of such dis eoverio. by France aud Enulund. is now too lute but, ns regards th future, the leason will not be lust. tut HrvoLt iiosxav Taotnt.t lit Mgxico. Tl Moiican papers wrs tilled with accuvint nf the doings of tho revolutionist under Alvaret, A dcti ohmeot nf troop eaormmg five ofiicer of in general stag ana a small convoy ot silver, on their way to join th army, lately to.l into an am ouah uf Alvaret' troops, prepared for them an I common nea ny one iiiaiua. una ot tn 01 fic m fell into th band of tb relxls and wa im- me l'mlely put to death the remainder of the de- tac unent etfected their eacaiie. A allalba and tw i of his companion! were conMKjiisntly m ule pri t'ners, tried hy coast martial, aud ordered to be )m,L Tb ri'port uf Vallallia.' aueraheivsHwi to, however, emtradioted ia later list and ft appears that the Hi rco chiefs ni the riniel army who were taken prisoners, are Jose Maria Torres, l.aurcanu. .i.ouriauca..auu a. -Arrioi. . li threo wore tried by eourt martial and ordered to 18 shot as traitors but before their execution bad takeu place, a csanmunieation waa received lv tiehrrel t'alacois from Alvaret, wbo llireat enwl in ease th three men wer executed to re taliate and hang a certain loval and much-loved Colonel, and several other prisoner now in his power. Alveret having tl'us mildly oiwned his c iiuiuunication, closed it in a still mora calm spirit, offering an ichauge of prisousrs, giving rank tor rank- -J'slacms IwmwtnMely stayed tlie exerutioa of the three relrel chiefs, aud sent th letter ufuenaral Alvaret to hanta Anna, Ih Prince President immediately answered, refusing an exchange, and saying that that the prisoners taken from Alvaret should l executed, and that h might retaliate as toon at he pleased. Ntw foritTm. On thi all-aUorbing brpic. nur friend Moore, of th Warrenton Air, liius discourses la a recent bso i Since the oriniuation uf tbe socictv eallod i'tba anow nothings, many others Have sprung up In . .. .. . vari rus parts of tlia eountry. Among tbcm are The know everythings." somewhere dowp east; Tbe Ioh't Cares," at Wilmington. N. C.i The Ep Parks," of this plant and 1h d d the olils," uf Usaiaburg. Th last mentioned hold tbeir meetings nn a deejved sill or tbe old lull. down on the banks of Tar Hirer. In th sunshine : but will movethrir 1111 up t'ie butik, to the north tide of ou- Id Isrech iree.aslhewmmerapproach- aa. The paaa-word it "tat bar rip," Willi tb aaut ol tha M-fsely hk d i th si en ts mad by ensuing lb left leg ever the riglit, while ia a sitting posture, ba king th fingers uf each hand m er ine anee xnua rtevaveii, anu snnning tsotn eves for tli stiace nf tw or three hours, unlnsa the dinner bell rings In tb mean time, in which rasa tha Inner part of the sign ia diseased with in part, vv bava aot beard whether Hi edi tor of th laiuisliurg Newt baa become a mem lr. A pni awhile since sn th rvierra Nevada, California, arrived Iu New York lately. Tb huedsy Atlas says it measure. I, when standing, 3'M fret In length, a itb diameiar of 21 feet at Sv feat from the gruand. Th trunk nf thai huge anon- xrt.h of tba luraat waa pastoatl aolid trata th aapwnnd to th centre, and, judging from th aumlssr of concentric rings, Ita age haa lie-n rati- mated at line tlumsand years. Of this vegeta ble prodigy UI fret of the bark, from th lower part of tb trunk, waa put ia lb natural lorw in nan t ran aeon liar eihioitioa. It there foia,eJ sfstrbtua carpeted s a.raitaiiiinga piam. with ae4is lor tony ior ns, m one oeeasHsa isae hundred and forty el l drra were admitted aitb nul ine.ialiiiieiu'ei sad at another time thirty two eoupSe a silted aithla ita eobaual circum ference a ith llxgnataat barnwiay. Public -hilali .n a ill let aurdsnf tin msalw trea in New A ork a aaia aa a euitabi pla, s van be pr carcd fur that puiiu.- - M. Ot fUi;nl tfm lf,yA, m tf- (t- ir ftlUAi to ,n(n-lof ft (fill in ulhv umi IV li'lft. ti Ijiu) ( (,- jf-m ut f -ria i ti8'Util(., h H! 'nftiiMfr,, ff'pni"'ft l.i .liit'i-.i un I HMtn ftat T"t. rb It. 11 rr(-rr tt(r tmttiioft lmrninmm nJ r - i ' k gr it rf " . -'' f tSt 1 f V NTJlEER 11 ilC - - I?" , t" seilous ail 'ttenrwHieTi nreurml on tba I n . . ' ... i IVterburg and Nmnnk llailrond yi-.ter.lay ! morning, a th half.a-t eiglit o'dnek Express Tram was oing to W eldmi. As related to us t nv a gentienian who wrs on the train, the partic ular are aa folio : When about three miles beyond Htmiy Cieek, the enpifrg gt.lfijM a rapid spoe.l, the engineer espied a drut e of cows cross ing the track, but tbev were too near, to allow him to reverse the engine before reacliirtr flifm.. One of the cow was knockel off by the ilow of the engine, but janni her fell Rndee the wheels, which eanod the cmpling pin to break that connects the render with the baggage car. The front trnrkof the rKisaengercnach next encounter ed the cow, which wn thro? suddcrilv around, thus ripping out tit bottom of theeonch.and let ting mine fifteen riossengera who occupied it through to the track. Mr. Jaines fl. Kxell, most worthy industrious voune man of this citr. employed by Wr. Adams 4 Crt'a Eipreasas a , . , , ' fonductorof the train " rvn ,1 1 t irrtt-"-l . Jl H'l milt7rH Hla ir fl IsVa . 1 wturr rarjAEj in talav. 1 Hey KtoTiT. 1 -vvc,, sihh every XlsSituutru aacaiied culirulv unhurt. . . , .,...,..aOTr..CT Thajawisengnrs were er'owcWd on tba baggage eoru-h. tender and engine; nnd th train pruaied-, if to' Webluh. tilu mAinff the eot,iuM.ti,M a. ilfltl place, . Dis. hdiuunds, AViughcld and Epp, of Sus sex, were promptly m attendance at the seen of tlie disastor, w hear, and set Mr, Etcll'i broken limb...;,-.. .... , The returning train of yesterday afternoon brought Mr. K. up to Pctersbgrg. anthwe arts grtititied to learn that though badly hurt, his injuria are not likclv to produce any very serious .,1. '1'' ' Tut Lixt CiTixtT-Th Lake citie are increas ing in an enormous ratio, i'loarcland has reached sixty thousand rnhabitanta, and so ha Chioniro. Hucb a growth i not equalled avan by tha of $ao Francisco. What the next census of these eitie will develop it is impossible to tcH, for we dally receive evidences that thestnmepnuiilation gathering at those poinlt ia too great to find so- wsniinnuatHvB, II atipeur to ho an indisputable foot thus hmiso rents arc higher iu Chicago than in either Philadelphia or New York. The hotels and boarding-houses are all crowded lieyond pre cedent, and buildings there cannot be multiplied fast enough to supply the demand. From these remarkabio facta we may gather that our bike frontier ia destined to bo "tit hication of several nf tho largest cities m America. A few vears is ansb aa idia assevmifo Ifln-lv'tii have its nmlitation vmry tit tho dsfrtnt fiilurej but the treowttt nf - Bnffalo,-t "tea Wlandr tlacago, and Milwaukee is enough to etmvince any one that th bonsummntion is nearer than that. Much of this Wonderful gmath is attributable tu the ra pid extension of our railroad system, but that is lint its sole cause. The commerce of the lake is beginning iit development: and tlie prosperity of iu port depott it but a natural eonscnuendc. To h sura, Clenwuwid and Chicago are the moat prosperous, because of their very extensive rail- road.eoiiiiexiui s; hot thia is U cause land com mvrca and water eommero am ao inscrarahlv blended in their interests, and the railroad ia the indispensable concomitant uf the rearort. Some of air coternnorariea ar diacusaina tba tlui quesliim" whether w ought tosympathite with the allies- or with Kussia In ti, b contest Which baa juat begun in Europe. For our own part weagraawitti iHoaa wiie svmiiruua that rhr is no particular call lio'sympaihrVin either side. We feel somewhat like ti e Woman whose husband ha4-the fls-frt T-vrh vfie -has wl.li t a ....tin. ,.r ;ri dilTerenc which bis. Under nlher cireunf-t slani-ea, it might not be so t but there are seri ous eonsideration which are calculated tu make Americans orupy neutral ground Ju tlieir s vm pathiea aa well a national position. On one side is our identity of race, loneiinc and religion with Englandi tb most powerful country on which the mn has ever shone. We eel as natural a pride in her pluck an I prowess, aa we do in her literature, el oin in e an I learn ing. ThVDuW of Wellington and Sirl'harh rvapi. r lielung aa much to ua aa rShakspeare r Thackeray, in all of whoinw claim a fumilv in. I est. Moreover, England i Uie freest country of Europe, and in Ih present contest, ia making war upon a uespoiiun. ui courso ws desire nr ova blood to triumph, and our tiwa prtni1ea, so far as the present contest may have any inllu auea upua tloem, to prevail. Hut the position which the allies have assumed toward tin country, neutralirce our natural and pnbitral sympathies. Wecannol forget that they r the allies of 8in agninst the I niled Slates, a well a nf. Turkey against Bussis, and that should uircuimtaneas render it rxpedinnt fur tuba to rss nniled to Iht ermnlrv. flic same esnnon which art Bow tbundcrinir on the Black He and the Ballio will forbid Ibe Unru. Tl.c pmlatbilltv, too, (hat notwiihstonding the ationt of , ictoria and Nsp,li-.n, l,c fiovcr.'ul navul forces nf England and Franc aill inier- ropt our peaceful uienhantmeu, and exerciso the right f search ia its most tdfensiva form, is well calculated to make us ocjuouiizo our si inputlucs, . lin k. lJu.. lATCOFOCO TllANSPAUKXCIES, - ThaAtbito lUait AVhiira a re t.,1.1 that it will nisi du for tlmo to to: tor Ova. DKkry, Wau. of Ilia W hig platform that Isrcnuse st has M.e "rotten plank," as somo are pleat I to term it, tli whole ia vitiated, and they must discard It altogether but that it totiM U right and nlp er and juat for tbeia to g Cr a Km a rat (s..f oui',) and aland upon a platform amistrocted enl rely of "rotten planka !' Niar wissld il La right which parity nf reasoning vtou M teaoh as (w a W hit Basis IVuiucrat to Is II th I'ew ucratie nominsa lcaiise he mig'it Inopjiosed to a chsniaof tb Besi. . llhuul . Kudt anadnet mould l-t looked apon in the liubtof hieh trea son. W hat is aauc for the goose la t'4 eauce for tli gander maotig bmerats. 'lit fact Is, th an-ralld democrat uf tin Distrii t mm properly called In-rralt at dmertnii.ed to sup.sirt tli aouiinaa U tb I'outeaiint) to be y Jis-a oa the I nh insi at all hasarda. what- sosfer may ls his poliiiral or even fltyi,rtl r-na-pleii... Aad yet tl ey a musings tarrihle to d.i alsmt Ihe chalirs if Imsis dc, aa If they ruied a pinch uf st.uf aliout tba bat a lmg rhangad. All tby cat f..i ia tl.s n...-.., u ineir pariy anq II a sfa.ila IIM'.ilent Ihriell, Tlam.aAi t-im aat la a IhH.i ...I I m At ...I. , - a J,. I Ihaa wa, rssem I f..t it, al tajn-o ,, . j dcr.ni ibe Ut tea-. Tat I outov lies, t A,s.Ursof r.rss ' ' and wbavs si ill seem determined to si J.. .1.1 the I Mr Partington , -lie ,1 i i . . prartiiw of duelling. II Philadelphia llf er j ant will, a g-and" j-iiy. t, sugjswts as aa improvement on Ibe old avibod of e.aiunon jut is grssd en-o?1.. a. I, Itl.tliie. (I, sultvtlllllionuf tbe faeliiiaiaU Dulch f It's" gnutj a h, a !e mm' a inrv I sine ,r( sniit-anee. Tl.ia, sx-eiad,ng to Park j direj to , ik to bin, f r a i i . --l-m,UagUwbi,.,d, T.uurFi...--ll - . I I ra. sh.. nsiled to alen.h. fcsvk a.k...f. u. nn, o . , ,.,, , , hist liattiil I 11 tl am staal ax I tl I. as tl.... ua-d u.a - 1 . . : li i-. fiii-ilitT, nifir titer mmht ! ftu .lm- lit,, .if .m f,f f ,. tnUt U tiw ifiirv t tu fvmr. tit ft tit nfl uvluf Ia iutnl hsstntrt U ti -Mf,'fjtl in rli!Mt:, a pw-eaw'ltt; faVttT ftt 1 ,4. l.i. , i , r4 li-riif)f. !, i. H (!iit , l,4l.rng,iii iHtfM. f fff . il.c r 4 Iw-M-BfnfX -nkti u'l hv ' inr" I tBIlal n" 1 ,rnwiii w -i ir -sl'ia w mn .1 J. 1 1 1 L UiatAatMtrtr wt-a-a gf miim f -w rm - l n n gsttjaiir, a Tut Vur L-t!-I( ! ii.pt tt'tt Kmr r Ha, 4 Aniir; h, M. , i,i t7 j-Ar el... 'ttr tl tnly HmitiMf .M'r ! f.u,t. m Hf ll'H IN r t tttlfit U', nu4 ftiifr lit (ttaajit f rtt ain fun jr k lp fS 1 iluwe J. .on !. r .nimrui d( irous f '. K.fir.g j,)oii.. a., y f.,i,, jn the (rt place, to r's ' '!' u" ' a slice or two of bread aed , toaM, drit-k a cp ot n-a nr C"t'ce. t! en r.'e :i miln, (either tr, p or cu.te-.t .At II i.i.-k. ' take a .p.nr,il ,.f r-.Uii. r ,!, f, ;:.,, 1 I T ' : e'fOplf A Imr'l crniVn ;, ii,,.,, .;s 1 .i" v f r j an hour. riiik at n.ons- t i f yn tl ., 1 , j Englieh or S-,rfcli al'-,t i t n,rr., d I,, a piet. i as s.m aa she i-m ai,d it. li,u,k tea in the evening .aihl r..fl.-e at brfikfiat. (in r'i-irg j liMween ten nnd eleven, ti.C a fjKiotifui of cti j liver nil and two crackers. Tlx-! rreserintvon t r.ilit.r.iiiw t.n i ii : . i i J '"""pi wl" iniinri ireniHie-s Tiiviuin- M 'U A 1,. ,.(,,(.. .!...( TI. - ft Oil i&ijes the plumpness, we spp.w. :. XATl'I'.AL COXSKtJL'ENCE. c ole-ervo by the limeeed.nEs of yesterday thnr, iii anticipation of the passage of tli "Home stead Bill," giving public land to actual set tlers,) petitions are beginning to com into Con gress from the pti irhnm-ri of pulilio land (recent ones, we pre.vl ur;.p f,rTji Mum of tlieir bikst. .voming, 11 strike , can be more reas mahla than thisrequest. If homes are now to be Riven, without money and without price, to eery body who will accept anti oee.u y tbcm, we do not see how the GovemmcM can refuse lo refund tlieir money to ftwtrj j ho arc original holder, aud tho ralua of whose purchased' lands will be so greatly depreciated bv the gratuitous svstem of Jistributioii. .'if, bltrlti:jt,trv. " t "T ttnx im Trivs Bv rent advice.' irouvoexaxwa loiru Uwt tW Indians haver be- -eunettuuhkiwMiw! ia the vv -inttiesef Sin Antonio. I I .1 . . - - - ttn cotntnittnt several rohheries ftmi murder, and jarci. it ia atanavt that pubis meeting of the e'tiiens of Webb county has been held at Ijirv Ja ftir the rnirrwis of takinr some ters besraida re- .uv.,rmTrT'gi i.-iuoves. i . c.i n 1. 1 1 .nswere anan iinously carried to forward the proceedings to th (iovornor, with the request that he will have th question-ef-tfie guilt or innocence nf tiie ljpan inquired into, and that the facto of the report I made known la the Cnitvd'Mntr limernment, and an urgent appeal alio made for sufficient force, v " CoTTOx is Kino. Clnirles Dickcua, in a lata numlarof his" Iliaisehold AVords," after nii- iiingmtj sTriKiiie rai'ts r ci.llon sa w . " IsCft ant aoeiid or phvui.-al cotivuKiun visit lliebnited "States, and England would feel tho shock from Land's End to .lolmO'Uroat'a. The lives" of nearly two millions of our countrymen are dependent upon the cotton crops of Amiiiica : their destiny may l.c said, without any sort of hy Serbole, to hmig upai n thread. Should w!y ire ealainitv I efall the bind of cottnii. a th..u- aild ofoiirmcrehuttt ship would rot idlyin dock; ten thousand mills must slop their lnov hsims, . and two million in.. ill lis would starve for lack of food to Iced thcW iWiatsa or Armxi.i. During 1,'i.l.tliepo. pulation of Australia increased bl.t-'io. The iinporta at Mcllsiumc alone, for tbe war, wera jEl4,l:tW,tX.l aguiiiat X4.tVtHi.tHM, for 'the h l. ClllonV In 1'. til lha kiiu.lL,. ........ . Jau. o, lJvii, the volue r,f gisids imported n,i Melbourne from the Inititl Stntrs ass rienrn five millions of dollars, 'fhe tote I gold prv.duc, uf the year in all th fields of Atitinlia wns 12S tmi 1. Ait peumls 8 mmees. The result 'i a decrease on Ix VJ of of 4H tons, but IS tons of tl receiptsof Wii honldbavelsM-n credited to le.M. A largo nnmber of Auiericuns, baling mai'a nor or leas nwrnev, were lea-ii g the colour for Peru, iu tftarcli of gold, and it not so j.iul would gti to California or the Atl .ml ic Sui'.i-s. Tho AYaahingbift Onrrespiunlcht of tlie liulti aiore Patriot boldly rbarire that the bluiidcring .lem-h which Mr.' Carroll ripence made to th Sultan wa written out or a draft of it furnished by Secretary Many ; he savsi "Mr. Sience. on the eve of his departure from this country on his Jwiasbair-enii.liimi-nllv rli-Ured that l.ii would utter ho opinion on (he 'I ureo-Hussi;m cue-iion nnlil he shoo! I nriivetl Corjstajaiuopltt.aud tha his despatches. i.-r in-trii, lions, wuld exhibit hi unuiiotis. j oe tirt ilespnich re:civd in thia country bom I. on contained his speech, uudar instructions, o coiir-e, to (he ult,ni," ,. ' Th K''"tial Boad, (.nce He pridi fib conn- trT. since the COtni,letin of the I1ull,n,nra mmA llli in Hailroad lo Vhe."1 ng, has, iu a measure, dwindled into liisicnifunnc romiare I lo its for mer iiiiponnnce, A few years since, the travel ler was never out of sight of coaches, carriages, wagons, slid every thingof that kind, butagrsat cliRiigo has eoiiie over tlie scene, and mile aiay now' be passed nv-r without niestmg a moving thing. A great manv inns are now standing un tenanted, - ' 0th MV. We understand tb.d the Com mittee of A fran cements to vilio.n vi .is rutrustcd tli preliminaries of the pr .. ..... I c ' h aiion. have agrecl to postpone it mml the . m .l-iinn of the t'entrnl and Atbinto- biil ; m-U. ' Tlo v deaired to have a grand arnir in v)i li u!l II, titixen of the Staie nmy p.irto if.tc, e l.i h t'nv Cannot oonveuioiitly do in the present m hio-ii-1 state uf our linproveinen's, -C'fliof.. i',m- A newspaper pu!ilil,c.l in Ni -w t I i i . - i lanu, says tliat a slierl tune sim-e n l- ircr re aiding in. that town, nwm I an nr,' -r t i n, i',, a child' Ciffln, or.ii el tl, e,-n.,...i,a that it sliould havca 1 . s a.l key. ll,a ftil.tr aished toireserv s.:Me i.n, ii i,, niciiioriil cf th last reeling place ol 1. cml l, and Ins in tention was to a ear the key uf ita c H.u r,,mid hi nvk. fl.lrovit. Tliera will pmUbly j ;n per w." .i ti ,.i., i ,, , ,iui, n, o'n in nv ciaie thia yeor than thee was last. I I e crop of irirer u uf barley nun h less. Avery lane numler if milt tree and graj vii.,-s to nig set init. 1 he f irntrrs aie now vn; i-e,t in pluuimg tlur arly p-.ltiie, A priia'o leiter from IV. King In the New York Oh-rer ciiinin the f-.lloaing intelli gence! "I baie this v.rv ni nneiit recited th news that 1 am no bmger uu ler aeniene af lieuishrucnt. 1 hnoili ll.e orders nf Uie hunt, it is announce I that I am m I me, r io t o, nuil nd aa eiile from tir e.." The rVeretary of S'ate of rw A',.rk hvs bib Ira re .rt. in who ii he slil. i tl,vt t),r a I. ,1c uu;ul r v,r pihjsra reheird during tlie i !,r 1 ,.,. , a IC',"-( , l lllss .HMt, ; ll'll, ,.i .MOTS 41',".. i f whom warn Irish, tin the l-i . f b.nUi, I Vi.i, there weie 11111 p n-.. is in the il i rut fisar hotnss in the Mat i f li,, I ,, , . era. " Tl.e. entv-lt rn In Ibe Calif ,rn!a aivrri c'tsihie K,-h, i ice in ft p,,,-..,,,,! wlu, rejoii on ahu i. a a ir. ,.f l!, rti . I ; t a wid af. 1 n e mesnlM-r nf the l-tiststiii i, 1, th youngest acnlyll,''ei. k , . ' I The.r.r fin lo. h C. , V Ml ! r i A jrHi hrr Ml i i '''" i t ' i I. I 3. ri' I l ) It k I..f i . , S I rinf l. irtr I - ( II B mi ! ft -i 1 u I
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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April 26, 1854, edition 1
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