North Carolina Newspapers

. .THOMAS J. LEMAY, EDITOR AND. PROPRIETOR. " TERMS. ' ScsicsirTiow, Ur.s dollars psraaaaar h ia asvaase " ' Pceeonaeoaidlag vilhoafthe Stat villb re .iire te 9Ttk nmwMil . ! Ifce jraar.'s oriptioa U advance . ' RATES OF ADVERTISING. far every eqaare (aot sseecdiagtt liertlbia tixe fypa f ral iwaertioa, aoe dollar) eaeh subtequenl iaaertloa, tweaty-aveeeau. Ta aOweiieeaaeate of Clerk and Shtriffi will be brfl SI par en( tiigheriaiot a deduct ion a 5J1 par et. will b madcfrooi lha regalar uri aet for advertraari by Ilia y ear. $y Ltitert i iba Editore dt be pott-pi'id. A. J. BATTLE. Conmhsloa Merchant and Goucr nl Agent, FOR ALL KINDS OF BUSINESS, (i crpl di-aling ia apirimnaa liquori,) H ilminglon, y. C . REFERENCES: fiov. E. B. DwDLtv, W. & A S'TtTII, A, BoaDcit, - Her. D. Wcston k Hassisc-m, Iter. J. Thompson, McDamie!.. 8 IMI Maryland Ktorte A Earthen '"Ware Potteries, BALTIMOUE. The wbteribar ripeUallr infnrma her friemlt anil the nul.lie. that !! alill aontinnea lha mnulac ture of STONE AND EARTHKN WARB. and hat on haml a large and aomplete aaaortmrnl nf an artialc that cannot be eacelled la qulit in the enun. try. and wliieh drlr ouM lo "ell lo call and e amin before purcb.ilnf. at nrl wi" at low at he tame arliatet aan be bought eltcwhcra All or dert iMiventd to anj part f lha aitr tree of rxpciMC or birftkfls-e Ptiri'r.ltlF.1. P'en nr Cait Bolliiaora Itreet WAKF. ROOMS, S . . S.m h itreei. M AUG KET PAUR. Widow ol the late Daid Parr. Ill it) Seven more PianoFoiics JUST RECEIVED Ur E. I'. .XJSH d... i. -i.-..-. l.i. i.. 1 1 ik. i.i.. nniiickeil. ronke mr Hock rerT lure and cow- blrtf. I havo a bemiiiui rieiT f pattemt rjr- ini in jnn iram no n"""' "cn.j.. . t hun irr.i di.iUrt. all ol which will be told .ob- jret lo be l emrned if not reallr gooil, and ill) an unenmmonW lar;e a ttnek (npwurilt al thirty in- timmen..) i ....not fa.l in pleate '".'''; or runt any ri.k iu parehaiiiic a Piano For from the aiibtcrihrr, at he it willing that pmahatcrf thnuld withhold payment nntil tlirr are. fully tried. E. P. NASH, Petrrabw-g.; . Oct. 18. 1141. ,4. The Thorough Brett Horse SIR WALTER RALEIGH. The tuli-cr her take lete Uiua early to inform hia frienda and the (tublic generally, that tbifc noble tallion wi'l lis under hit tupprintendence during the en.ru.ing eeason, and that hit arrvicea may be -ommaiid'-d at s price to tutt the hsrtlnrat nf the timea and the condition nf errry one. Thnee who miy deairs to improve Iheir stock, by brrrding from the beat bipod sod fineat horte now in thia terlion .f the State, would do well to avail llv mtelvei of ihit opportunity, at it may lie the lal they will ev er har; it binjr pnibahle tlia home wi l b re moved fn lit Orange at the eipirslinn of the aetton Ia regard lo hia pedigree, it ia only naceeiiary hare to ttate, ttiut tie ia of I he purr at and brat blood in thit country, bating deaci nded, in a clear and un polluted ft ream, on the part of hia aire, from. Sir I'harlrai and on the part of hia 'dam, from Montieur TiMitnn two of the moat celebrated and popular hiiraea that ever y-od tha American turf. He ia a beautiful bat, with black mans and tail; and aa to Inrm and air.r, ia unaurpaaartL All who err, ad mire him. For further panicutara, era hamthill. AltCHIUALD W. PARKER, I.itltle River, Oiange County, Jan'y 34. 1843. 4 It Hi laborough Recorder will pleate intert three limn, eve y other wrrk. A VERY FAIR OFFER. I JF.ItSONS wiiLing iopureha PIANO FORTES I li sm the tabieribef, aan have the privilrge of tning ihi m belore p)ing lor them, ami by ihit ar rangement, ao mailer how many frartthey may have, ihiff mn no rlk of getting an indilTerenl inttrument, at all the ri.k nf their bring bait retia upon my own ano-iiirer. rrweava aui, axa. i J, w, ana 11 aa to diO dollai a. 1 am perleaily villioslo take the litk ol aelecling for iiurchatera mftelf E. P. NASH. Prrrtbiirg, Va. I have aold about 300 Pitoo Pvrtea without evr ail'ing a bad one. R. P N. Keh i a if. TVw Dtfthman'$ ere4 Tlmt ohl Dutch ninri's horse,, js gone again. He looks the stable do0r every time he finds the horse out, andhen when he fimh the horte out, he leaves it open. Here is his last advertise ment: "He is run away again, mine little nlack horse, I ri'e him two lays in te middle de ntve, and ven ho not vHle see shu ruling, he aliumpa as if te tcvi vasint, and ho trows me town; 1 . not have such fajl since pefnre I tit tininl f ..! n Ul....k SKtn. ' ft j IUJ lllIU IUU VII nilVtv llilll- lei Clytnet,-; heiiar; iiver-wheet peforeriiHt 'tfelik'eglaswv He is "branded niit SFion "ClOIUI liiirgT:t, till 1MW CIIIIKJ VIIIV UI lliw tile. '..Whoever' vill take up de said horse,' and bring to me-top of mine house, neat Congarce, shall pay me two dollars icvard, and if dey vill not pring me mine horse agen, I vill put sure de law in force against all de peoples." . .j:. Ftrseve ranee. I know not what provin cial judge, a great bore in His iry, called epon Biutru, uiahing to--see him, - A valet. announced him.' 'Tell him I am in bed.' 'Sir, he say he will wait until you have risen.' TeJl him I am very ill. 'He says he will teach yon sonie remedy.' ' 'Tell him 1 am at the last exiremily. 'He says that he wishes to say adieu to you. 'Tell him I am dead! . He says he will sprinkle you with holy water.' 'Confonnd him, let him in.' ; ''-;..-'?; Eurltf Jliing.TUe late Chief Barg P'Urady, jvho like the matut'uie planets, was generally up befwe the sun, was always in the sanie predicament with' n-fereoee to ' ifls ewnofl,-l(3rmi?, Whose slnmhew irer ."oftetr prolonged far into die morning. Once, when the. Baron was on "circuit, and knew -that hie son was engaged as barrister, in the first cause, fie hurried iuto his bedroom,, and taking him without much reiemony, x- eiaimeti, "Up with ;'. 1.'. , , vtiu. Dennis! -remember -fL:" eT3 rU"? tr. "Tfm rabbin, Trie ' - " ' , Calvin's Personal .Ipptnranrr. A letter trasarytd in the Aichffologtcal roller lions (.L-aJ-UN-B. - ) North Carolina Vol" XXXIII " - 1 1 . .. of Grenus gives us a graphic picture of Cal-I vin's personal appearance: "He resembles! an old hermit of the Thehaid, emaciated by I that of a corpse, but his brilliant eye flow ! with an unearthly fire. - His figure) m slight- ; ly bowed, the bones seem bursting through his skin, but his step is steady and his tread I firm." A man recently received a polite note from ; ;,-uu. 7..,K:-VK;i.in L. i . visit) requestjug the loan 6an ass lor ... few . days. Being Jnable lo decipher is friend's U IICI j; I y v "wov vai va nwai vsta.'i a hif.ro.rlvnhirs. and wishimr In conceal his ignorance I rain his servant, he hastily re 9Vr.-..-, - m " " turned this answer- rVery well, tell your ,on Him myself presenUy." ' ' master I'll wait upon "Pian&llolind. We had the pleasure on OBlurusy ui nearing a penurum-ire uu mis instrument, inventeu oy james S. Wood, Esa, of Buchanan. Va. - It is a ctMnhinaikm' of the Piano and Violin, and is undoudtedly one of the most ingenious instruments we hare ever seen. The music is exquisile, the instrument belhg so constructed, that the performer can play on the Piano disconnec ted with the Violin or both at the same time, with' as much ease, as any lauy can a com ! mon Piano. J he best amateurs urs of Europe tired years to ii.o" Pinn v; me 1 lano-v i- i have endeavored for two hun i jnvcnt such an instrument as the ,. , . ,n,.,l.. f.,i p, niul u, p ari oill; put "a.ve wu laiieu aim we are glad that a Citizen of OUr OWI). late, end a near neighbor, lias succeeded ill this COinpli- catej undertakinir. Mr. Wood will remain 1 in this place for several days, and we would adv se all the admirers of good music and the arts, to call and see the preformance on this rare instrument, now exhibiting at the Franklin Hotel." Lynch. Urg. 'Ma wants to know if you won't lend her a. a a si . a 1 1 .:-:4.your-ltte;preserveri: .' ' east'. Ufi no, she is lomuiy sick, wun uie Sushe wants to borrow your life preserver and see what goodth'irt Will do. - - - - Old. but GooJ.- toruith East India captain, being sent la make a surrey and re port on a group t..savaoe tnlands, thus des patched the several heads of religion, man ners and customs: iTT Jleligion apparendy hone. Manner none. - ' . , Cttttoms not fit to be described. Our readeis (says the New York Ex- deducted the times I was absent from dio prcsn) may not be generally aware that Rail nerand supper 14'days, 2 meals perday Road Cars aje now beinjr constructed to rest 28 meals, 371 cents each 910 50. If on air springs, or in other words on iron you.vc not got die fifty cents change that's pistons, moving in air tight cylinders. The due me, I'll take a glass and the balance in effect is wonderful. Trie cars run smoothly tegars." and comfortably, and one may read Or write A description of the manner in which a in them very easily. . young wife is made out of an old maid is Adroit observers will find, that some who piven by an English journal. The story affect to dislike flattery, may yet be flattered furnishes matter for a good comedy, indirectly, by a well seasoned abuse and ridi- It is generally the case that the more beau culc of their rivals. Diogenes professed to tiful and richer a young female is, the more be no flatterer; but his cynic railery was in difficult are both her parents, and hersslf in other words, flatten'; it fed the ruling passion the choice of a husband, and the more oflera of the Athenian mob, who were more pleas- they refuse. The one is teo tall, the other ed to hear their superiors abused, than them- too short, this not wealthy enough. Mean selves commended. while, one spring passes after another, and Some Sciolists have discovered a short year after year carries away leaf after leaf of path to celebrity. Having heard that Jt is a the bloom of youth, and opportunity after vastly silly tiling to believe every thing, poportunity. they take it for granted, that if must be a Miss Harriet Sclwood was the richest vastly wise thing to believe nothing. They heiress of her native town; but she had al therefore set up for freethinkers; but their ready completed hertventy-seventh year, and only stock in trade is, that they aie free from beheld almost all her young friends united to thinking. It is not safe. to contemn them, mon whom she had af one time or another nor very easy to convince them; since no discarded. Harriet began to be set down persons make so large a demand against the foi an old maid. Her parents became really reason of others: as those who have hdne of uneasyi'and she herself " lamented in private' ! their own; as a highwayman will take grea- a position which is not a natural one, and to ter liberties with our purse, than die banker, which those to whom Nature and Fortune . . j t,. ur v . ry have been niggardly of their gifts are Obliged Bepamng a Ja,o.-The New York E- gub . bu Jiet, M webhave said, wa8 venmg Post lias a curious paragraph abou nJ rich. DXing up a uronjw. A gcuue.nan o. the army, who was employed in the Flori da service, during an engagement with a party of Indians, had one side of his lower jaw completely shot away with a musket ball. Both. he and his friends feared that the wound would occasion -him the loss of tWfniwtvwo aeaiai W.ir.ivft toltotUjt.. meeting with A. C. Castle, a dentist of that eitv. hf was prevailed upon to have an arti- ficial jaw constructed, which was according ly undertaken. The new jaw was made and fitted in, and the officer has perfectly re covered the use of the shattered but impor tant organ. " Tall Talkiso. The tatlcst specimen of heard yesterday, Though" very tall it was very short. I he, was this: It was short and the long of it insinuated that a certain man did not certainly act perpendicularly, or "right up and down," as the vulgar phrase runs, with another certain man. He at whom the insinuation was levelled contended that he did at least that he shared his con duct to suit circumstances, for," said he, winding tip his defence, "If a man endeavors to come the Giraffie over me, am I to be blamed for coming the Hippopotamus over him?' Wic. A. 5 A ItrreQAttncATiw.An Irfslihlati presented himself cs a voter at the late-election in this city. The following dialoogua took place between him and the judge, on the occasion: " ' ' ' Judge Am you an American citizen? Irishman! 1 father Mathe w teetotaller? Judge I hav'nt asked yoo what Faiherchoice of twenty suitors. Iler uncle advilcd Mathcw ls-but I have asked you. and I now '"f"' WK - . Irishman Whyf of course, I was a sub- ret of Vic-Toty, who, I'm tould, is a right good whij but I'm a citizen now, and the Powerful in moral, in intellectual, and in physical resource the land of onr eires, and the - . " ' RALEIGH N. C. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 1S42.'"" only thing I'm subject to is a touch of the toothache occasionally. ; Judge What's j our qualification? What nAfnni--What's me qualification? Be gor it's the very best kind ol aono a tVnrtVJ .nullification. j Judge Produce your deed. Irishman Yis, I will do that same. l.j - - - lTOe - :caTlin a Wend ad .countryman, who was present!. '"e "erev anu o dook; nice lfTf' " enfleman that 1 i nji i i-.i i i J"J' Teddy stepped forward to attest to his MMighl to rotei but strange to sar, the if h' testimony and ruled that the unlet qualilication of Teddy s patnouc countryman wjs hot such an one as the con- 8UtUUon Ol L.OUISI ina contemplated ftC. An old bachelor having been laugrhed at by a bevy of pretty girls told them that they were small potatoes. "We may be tmall potatoes," ierHed one of the niaideus "but we are s yeet ones." i lilnrtial Geniut. A blunt Kentuckian seeing a dandy at a hotel, who "was very proud ol his leirs, and, who touK every occa B'on Ut s',ow his azility, walked deliberately nI to nim an'' ny'' 8lr' "!' .vou nf ver have any fancy for the miltary profession?' .m-. u' . t .1 .1... 1.:- -i,u an , eiiiwriu uiu uiiici, iiuniiii uis hindmost teth 'my taste never run so.' Chcap Board. ''What do you charge for board!" asked a tall Green Moumtain boy as he walked up to the bar of a second rate hotel, in New York. "What do you ask a week.for board and lodging? "Five dollars " Five dollars! that's too much; hut I s'pose you'll allow for the limes I a''""1 from dinnes and supper!" llf'nrtn'inltr. t Vi t r-tir-Anuawra awkA O n a I T nnnta """."; c"v"- vi ..?u-.i-wi" r"""" ",,u . as Sw . . : . . i i ! . V. 1 j ,1 j..4 - . . I weens, iunnrj ims time i nmjra ami breakfasted at the hotel, bu'. did no take T." - . "1,T" i ? w, to 1 lit. vs ina an ainriHi.i utn mis imi 11 At the expiration ol the two weeks, hn again walked up to the bar, anil said, "S'pose we settle that account I'm going in a few minutes." The landlord handed him his bill "Two weeks board at 5 $10?' "Herastranger," said the Yankee, "this is wrong; you've ma le a mistake; you've not R . . - r ,hininl when her Such was the state ol tin ties uncle, a welthv man in the north ofEngtan l, came on a visit to her parents.- . He was a jo vial, straight forward man, accustomed to at tack aUdilficuhie boldly and coolly. "You see, said her father to him one dayi tralKtiScSiMaW felii: . ,- ; 1. . ... r,, -l. ia iritinir "rU,,," .'"st her, and yet she is getting to be an eld maid, "True," replietl the uncle, "but look yon brother, the grand point on every affair in this world is to seize the right moment, this you have not done; it is a misfortune; but let the irirl tro alone with me, and before the end of three months I will return her to you r '"toed toweU wfe.of mvl M vuit.ii4 wealthy, m herself." Away went the niece with her uncle. - On the way home, he thus addtesscd hen "Mind what I am going to say. Yo are no longer M iss Sclwood, but Mrs.- Lumiey , my niece; a young, wealthy, chidless widow: you had the misfotune to lose your husband, Col. Lumiey, after a happy union ol'a quarter of a year by a full Irom his horse while hunting." "Let me manage, if you please, Mrs. Lum iey. Your father has invested me with full powers. Here, look you, is the wedding rinar given you by your late husbaud, Jew elsTand whsietfet cls4 J bd need, your aunt will supply Vjou wiih, and accustom your self to cast down your eyes." ; ; The keen-wilted uncle introduced his niece every where, and every where the young widow excited a treat sonsationj The gen- demfn tlirOnVcd abotit, and she soon had the her to accept the one that was deepest m love with her, and a rare chance decreed that he should be precisely the most arniabk) and op ulent The match was Soon concluded, and one day the uncle' desired to say a few words to his future nephew in privsts. .. --i- 1 . v 1 ' j - - V; My dear sir," he began, .ve have told you an untruth." ."How so? AreMrs.Luinlcy's alfections. '.'Nothing of the kind; my niece is sincerely auacncii 10 vou ... LI.'.. ' "Then her fortune, I suppose, is not equal to wnat you told me. "On the contrary, it 'is larger." " Well, what is the matter then?" "A joke; an innocent joke, which came into rtiy head one day, when I was in a eood humor; we would not recall it afterwards. My niece is not a widow." "What! is CoK Lumiey living?" : N(i, no," she is a spinster." " The lover protested that he was a happier fellow than he had ever considered himself; and the old maid was forthwith metamor phosed into a young widow wife. ' - ELY ra vc r fro m the speech r Tit a '. HON. J. A. MERIWETHER, OF GEORGIA, DnlivereJ in tho House of Representatives of the United Slates, on the 29 ih and 30th of l)c . eember, 1811, in reply to the charge of cx travagant expendiiurea of the Lblio money by the whig parly. (Continued.) In the Indian department the policy ol he party has been fully displayed, nut only in the matter of its approjitialiiins, but in ''the system' of economy" introdu ced. In 1331 appropriations were $911,439 00 1832 1.306.9HI 00 1831 l, 353,519 00 lS3i 8.314.0C0 00 1837 8.303,120 00 1839 1,801,137 00 1840 1,049,770 00 So we see, Mr. Speaker, that 'ihe sys- Hwiomiy" nevre had being 1n the ihoushis f ihe ntleinn, fiiietrda until public money and its immense appropria tions had awakened up the people lo a Conviction of the immense frauds and ex iravarjsnre which marked lie conduct ol the Dtfthocraiic party, and the fury f their inilignani romplntnta, threatening political dcsiructiiin: to appeaae their wrath, and to cajole them into anothrr tease of power, began 'the sistem of eeOnomy" under Mr. Van Burrn. 1 might thus go through every depart ment, and show the existence ef the poli y$ but I wil) pass to the aggregate of approprittions for them, whrr, in Ihe irwsa, it is as rlearly and distinctly mark ed as in the separate objects.' 182!) ftl3.491.131 00 1830 11,976.171 00 1831 I3 5H8.6SI 00 1833 preeiJentul election 1R.397.75I (10 1835 U.9J0,f.81 00 1836 presidential election 37.7-r5.G0C 00 1839 33,863.560 00 1810 presidential election 31,658,874 00 Here, Mr. Speaker, in the compass nf this little tsble. you have the whole histo ry of Van Bui en misrule, and the "system of economy" begun by him. Though no title Iiralds to the world "an act to influ ence the presidential elections by large appropriations of money," or an "act t begirt a 'system of economy to racape detection in pal policy, quiet ihe people. and cajole them into the-re election of Martin Ven Buren." announces the pur poses of the gentleman and his friends. yet the rapid advance of appropriation in the- year f such ejections, -when -his pre decessor was re-electeil, and himself elec ted, the indignation of the people, through the press, on the hustings, and on this noor, through ihir representatives, against those appropiiations which no skepticism csn question. In conclusion", Mr. Speaker, I have wrl to say o the gentleman fion Vir ginia, I Mr, Jones. J anil the genlleinam from New Hampshire, QMr. Athkhton. The ...former i regarded de fuel o et dt jute, the leader of Ihe Onuotiiion nartv here. EngUnilde-miicrsty..-. 'riui!r4.;.'bth,u tee tl imetf as 1dttoriblenw pect -thra. They have done injustice to 1 ! jy hig Pr'y-Jo .lb e charges whicii they have made against (hem- The act which they have attributed to us were perpetra ted alone by themselves, ,: Their etandiug givea' their charge credit in aociety. Their position on the great finance com mittee of this House, their long member ship here- their active participation in le gislation "when Ihrir party was in favor, have all combined to inform Ihem that their own parly caused ihe extravagant expenditures made in 1341, which they have attributed to the Whigs, and that lite Whigs have only expended an amount Irs, hy Ur, ihsn their own appropriations. Now, sir, I call upon Ihose gentlemen, as honorable men, by Ihe duly, which, they owe themaelves and Ihe country, by the justice they owe their opponents, to retract unqualifiedly tire charge or extravagance They hate utade against us, and to srkaowl eilge to The' world, however painful the tak. ha.t their own party appropriated all.ind m re money ihtn ihe Whigs have expen ded under their appropriations. . , .; S ''..'if Bible cause tm North Carolina. RrV. 'J6mi!C. Bm.ioha'm,' CHespohding ' ecy'arilufneriian' Blbh 8ocitji. " ReV. and drat air: ' ,;,': .' . , .That you may be able to lay beforcour Board of Managers and other I friend general iw of what we ere do- home of our aflecliong." Z-lZv v ' "7" ' " , No ri. ingin North Carolina in II I have prepared ihe rilloti List winter the lle J the Bible cause, ing article. scow It. ahert- pard, ol Baltimore, came in this Slate as agent for the Amerirati Bible Society, but the feeble slate of his health did. not per mit him lo labor very elliciently. hrr ever .he went, howevrtv he - commended himself and the cause to ihe kind atten tion of the rhurchus, and his nam is ( ken of among us with much respect and BVctiun. AVlulfl . he. waa in . thia State, the North Cjiolina Bible Socirty rcrenl the services of ihe Rev, V illiam CloiJ, as a districting asent, -vhe real and Isboriousness will be een in the follow ing account uf his operations. Brother Closs has sapplietl Crsvrn, Warren, Franklin, and Washingmo counties, and a part nf Granville ciiSjietr. la t3rrvea to. the No. of tamltiss vltiisd wai " ' nVetitwia " " af Itible distributed " Teuamrntt. " the aalea at llibtct amounted to " eollectidnt for the tocirtr. " T47I - 9i IDS ITS 16 94 67.75 In Warren eo, the No. of larailiea vniinl was rr nVtiiiute " " at lliblea diitrihutril 11T ' " alto two Tritumenlt and one aopy ol '' Trttament und Ptalmt, " Iba anletol Hibltt amou.ied to 9IS 77 " eolleetloitt lor the toiiety, 800 In Prankliuoo. the No. of lamilirt vuited waa 108.1 " " ' " detlillll S " " ofRilde, diitribuled . 41 " " Ttimmenit 16 " the aalet ol HibWt auionntad to $M 00 odllcoiioii lor the aociety 11,00 In Granville county, 81 bbles wrredea tributed, supplying about one third sf .the county; toe sales amounted to 11.5 and co lections lor the society lo $80.25. ti ... ...... - ucsuiort anti wasiungton counties were also supplied, and other collections ami donation laken, the particulars of which have nt Seen furishl me- Me. Closs was also iirstttmenal in reorgni.tng tlje srirtetytrrTAewJjecnjLand tBr1urmiB3ieir Bible luciclies in ' Grrentille and Wah ifigton. ' " I am hsppv in being able lo ay that the services of this ftithful and elTn irnt azent are still retain d by the North Csrolipa Bible Soc'b-ly and that ihe society is ma king an rffitrt to piocure ' a distributing agent for our western counties. A the gennal agent of the American Bible, society for this Siate, I have hern engaged in the hesinrsa of my mission sincejjUe Jatter. part nf last June." I have hern able to viaitcongregaiionsin Caaweil, Guilford, Sipkca. Surry, Wilkes, Iredell. Davie. Ruwsn, Davidson, Orange, Wakej Chatham, Cumberland, Bl den, Bruns wich and New Hjnovrr counties have nisiaird in resuscitating old aoi ities in Yancyville, Salshury, Fayetteville, Cha pel IMI. and Wilmington, which were entirely dead, and in forming a new soci rty in Mocksvitle. I had the pleasure of being at the seasion of the Synod (of N. CJ.) of the. Presbyterian rhurih, and the crdia'ily with which your izeol was re ceived, ami the r.ral which the breiht en msnifeiied were'quite'sraiifying. A re- soludon was panned thai every member of ihe Synod be earnestly requested loin quire into the state of our auxiliaries with in his limits, and as far a possible to re uacitale Ihrm soon after Ihe adjournment of the Synod. We expect our brethren lo. do go, anil believe that some of idem nave already b' gun. The North Carolina con ferenceof ihe Meihodiat Episcopal Church Lai so passed -favorable. .resolution, and -t ministers have assisietl me in my opera tions, as have the clergymt n of other de nominationi. The Bible society at Ihe University of North Carolina has bees re vived, and the students hae taken up Ihe subject with much ear les'ness. 'I be gen tlemen of ihe faculty give such encourage ment and assiatence to it 'that we cannot but hope that it will flourish. The North Carolina Bible Society has celebrated it anniversary since I have been in the State, and we.Mrve haiF several "merfiii'gs ToT The" Br)r ..ma.nusi;rfr: 7-. s.t. . . a .;. ' ' in uring inc wuine o'tie intw a mure .1 tematic and liberal scion. lo forward Ibis ohjeoi ctrrolar was. published and sent to every ci-unty in the State, calling upon auxiliaries, end ministers, and indi tiduals to a wake to the importance of this subject. We have been -favored -with a brief vi-it from the Rey. Financial Secre. lary, ilr.r3ahei whre short aiy in tbli pUi e, and whose labor it the lair aesiion of the Methodist Confrrence at Chat lot tt have done much toward pr- paring the way lor your agent in llie Southern and Wrstern portions of this Slate. , : . - Ymr vvitrperreive. sir, 1hsl a love for the Bible cause has not died wu of 'he hearts of all in this Stale anil we feel eon fidenl that when the people shall be fully informed of our plan of operations, of the exiensive deslitolinn of this and other lands, that as patriate anil christian they will do what they can to advanceTby tlie cirrnletaiLjf..thf grrs uf c'gr ilistion and 'Religion. s -. -Yours, with reaped amVrsteem.- -v' J '. ' CHARLES M. F DEEMS. '! Agent of the American Bible, Society. Wilmington N. C. lebruary 25, 1842. '! 10s Oilier paper of the Slate ire re qurt'ctl to ropy the tbbVe. ' f: ,,r' I'.ji.n t ' 1 ... 1 JtH;M' MIL CLAY'S RESIGNATION. . . , XV. ubli.h.'bel,-th. letter. .ofiM ditinguihed lateman resigning liwetM in the Senate of the United State. 4 Totht Honorable the I , , ' , ; i. General, Assembly gof XenXu'ckyi t , 'WASlIl.tC.TOK.gtSATHCMAMBSa, February 16.' 1842. -J ' , .' Wben,I last had the honor of an ap pointment as one of Ihe United SiatesSv stors from Kentucky, I intimated, in my letter of acceptance, the probability of uty not serving out the whole term of six years. In consrquertce of there Jiaving breu, 1 ws. e xir srnKiuut uf Coiipress. I bavr alreadr 1 atieuiieu, since that appointment, as nmhy Lsrsaioo ol Congress ss ordinarily happen uurmg a wMenaiortai term, withoet rsuma -ling my service at the resent seasiun. "I have for several year dei ed lo re. tire into private life, bet have been hiih- eito prevented from rxetuting sn wish by consitlerattntta of pubhe duty. 5 1 hoult hav rrsijtned my seat i tite Senate, at !ho . commencement of Ihe present session, but forarvrrat reasons, one of. which ws that the General Assembly did not meet umil near a month afier Congress, during which tune Ihe Slato would not have bern fully represented, or my successor would havo hsd only the uncertain title of an Execu tive a ppot n-t mr n tam'';. ,..1.1 t The ; Tune ha now arrived when 1 think, that, witbwut any just reproach, I' may quit the public set vice, and bestow some attention on my private aflairs which have suffered much by the orcupation bf - me largest part 01 my nie in the public councils. If the Roman veteran had till to discharge 'after thirty year'a eryicyv I, who ha e served Much lunger period, mat justly claim mine, ; "I beg leave therefore, to lender to the General Assrmby and tin now hereby tender, my resignation of the office which I hold nf Sunittor, in the Senate ol the United States, from the State ol Kentucky, to tske effect on the 31st day of March, 842 and I request that the General As- embly uiU appoint my succe-sor to lake ' hi ceat on that day. I hae fixed that lay to allow me an apporiunify of atsis. ling in the completion of some measure which have been originated by me, ,v " "I embrace this occaaion to nfier to the General Assembly my mI profound arrd grateful ackiiowtetluient for ihe numerous and disimguinhed proofs, by which 1 have been honored, of its warm attachment, aud generous confidence during a long aerie of year. . s ... . I have the honor to be. &.e. "BERTIE COUNTY." We learn that a meeting of Whiz took 51 a I lo lace at indsur. in Bertie" County, en uday id ihrir February Court, at which it was resolved to send Delegates to the Convention 10 be held at Rslei.h on the 4th oT April next. V In consequriice of the late nes of Ih hoar beforv Court adjourned, enr - aa no previous notice of any meeting had been uiven, it was further resolved to adjourn the meeting until Monday on March Su perior uouri ami invite a general attends anee ol the hig parly at that lime; Th meeting was adtlrrssed by William II'. Cherry, who spoke in the highest term of commrBdation of Gov. MoaaHKAPr refi rre to the proceeding of the Dem ocratic Convention rrcemly held . in leigh: particularly to their Report, in which, they say "that Go. Morthentt has not done one ingle set of which the people csn approve." Mr. Cherry' ssid he waa willing lo take issue with them on tin ground, and he felt confident Ihst they could show no act of . which Ihe people . rould disapprove, but on the contrary, alt hi arts bad been those of a sound, ablo snd practical Statesman, whose chiel aim hajl lu.n Ia n rmnnl. lh IkAat tffllava.t. tt the State. Andat attempt were new mak ing by the lender of a party Jo eject him from office, he called upon the friend of Morehrad to be on the alert, to rally, and to sustain him who hsd, at such great ' sacrifice, so ably sustained our cause in 1840. , ' 1 iuf. werty ruriher ileclaretl that ir be. -should be a member of the Convention at Raleigh, he should insist upon the nomina- -linntf Hknut CtT for President, of ihe U. S. unqualifiedly and unconditionally (hat he, for one. aa for hoisting the Clay flag and was willing to ink or awira with it. He was for no half way man or meas ures Clay was his choice and he believed Jhe choice of a majority of the Whigs in thi State and in Ihe Union, and i was lime fur his frieJid ..loprocljiin it anI lake 'J proper measures, lo ecure his election. AiW'M tTWF!ni&:mtfH&&"1K D'd llie meeting in hi usually "abe afid efo quent mstiner.' He responded, he said. mot cordial! f to the remark of his friend Mr. C. spoke highly ol Gov, Morrheail, and felt salinfied the people would sustain him, , in regard to ihe nomination Mr, Clay for the Presidency, Col. Ouilaw staled thai he wsi one who . haiLbren ftp posed 10 that crest Statesman, but he wa now ready and willing to gi ve h'm hi lup- port ; He believed him to be the choice of ihe Whig parly n the country, aud ho believed the best interest of the country would be promoted by hi, election. Mr," D. stated further that he wa oppaaedi to N tional &nveniiona and thought it time; in the present situation of affairs, that tho -people should art ami that promptly and energetically " The annunciation by Mr C. and Col. Outlaw, of their determine ion to t fr Mr. Clay was received with the most rapturous ipplsoae ..iu.i,iTi-;JrSw,y..v;w.;:7JT . 'Novel Freight. The railroad from Ham burg to Charleston, one. day last week, transported rather a novel freight, being no let than a drove of upwards of one hun dred live hogs! which came V) Hambiirs from Tenneas'ee.'i One hundrod live hogs in a ftilroad 'cart -Si1 ': :' ' -tt. Th,e err rTlieqnists, aceorrJingly V tb.ej , You may indeed add augar to yinegw hal esnnot mk it win agatl. . - -