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Tlie following Letted was read to the Whig
General Committee at its session on the 4th
instant. The scatitnenjLs expressed vill re
ceive the hearty endorsement ot the conser
vative men -of the country r J
Letter from the Hon. Win. A. Graham.
JtfiiLSBOfto', (V. -G.) eb. 25;
Gentlemfx: I regret tla$ my ab
sence from I home and indispensable
engagement have thus loijig delayed
the acknowledgment of your letter of
, the 7th instant, transmitting, Tesoltt
tion of the Wing iGeneral (ponimittee
of the citjr of New York, and reqiiest
ing my Views on the present aspect of
nflairs. I stifl more regret the want of
(leisure at present which, would enable
me 4 respond to this rcquejet in a he
- fittktg manner. .-'
You dp inje hut justice, gentlemen,
.in classing me in the "Oh Guard'
r .'which was wnt to be marshalled under
the lead of Clay and Webster, and
which, in every time of public emer
gency and national danger, has ap
peared iUelfj the life-guard of the Con
stitution andj a Constitutional Union ;
; which, whether in or out ojf power in
a party sense, has vcn been loyal to
the Govcrrnisent and relied upoii to
extricate it froca difficulties and save
it; from the antagonisms of factions
and sections Most heartily do I con
cur vitn your committee that there
should be an end of agitation on the
subject of slavery. In the Constitution
formed by our fathers they mutually
agreed to stipulations on thjs topic,
, whjich in the first half century of the
Republic were rarely misunderstood.
ti)n successive enlargements of our
isrs and the instiiutiok of new
tcs and Territories it gave rise to
divisions of -tne most seriousjeharactcr.
These, upon wo memorable? occasion.",
were composed under the auspices of
Henry Clay ;j and, if the settlements
hu3made were not approved by . all,
they were acquiesced in, and regarded
as final by the great majority of the
American people. i j .
Vithout designing to censure those
entertaining and acting on a different
opinion,, I more than doubt tjhe wisdom
of re-opening this controversy "since
the compromise of 1850, It has been
productive ofy no -results but violent,
factions, and disgraceful contentions
ii the distant Territories, and section
al alienation, among the States. It ex
: cited hopes in- the South and fears in
the North, which have been alike dis-
appointed, aijd which never can i be
realized. The law of soil and climate
turns out to be nearlv the same in ef
fect with the law; penned by Clav. I
i-racucaiiy, iicreiorc, tnerq is no lon
ger an existing cause of discussion on
this vexed question, and agittionust
die out unless new fuel shall be found
for-the flame. The political j organiza
tion which may aspire to iguide the
future destinies of the nation! must con
sequently appeal to public jsentiment
. on topics morj5 expansive antTgeneral
than opposition to of zeal fir the es
tablishment of slavery in a Territory
which must soon become a State and
regulate its own institutions The per
iod is passed when this issue, like the
rod of - Aaron, can be permitted to
swallow up all questions of national
policy, to obstruct, as for yqars it has
done, the attention of Congress to the
national interests, and to proscribe as
unworthy of trust all who do not sub
scribe to the tests of political ortho
doxy set up by extremists on cither
side. . ' 'T T , '
In view of this approaching calm in
the public jniiad, I cannot but regard
the quickened appetite for t he acqui
sition ot tubal and the
dinary measure recommended to ob-
Uril, HIV T! VAtl tllt
tain it, as a new party device, having
for its object jto introduce 'a! new test
&f prty fealty, instead of that which
.is about to empire. It should ever be
borne in mind) that the extension of
their territories ras tot one of the ob
jects for which the people of the Uijii
tcdStates cm;ei-4 into the Federal
: jbjiion. " It is tWe that in the; progress
xtour Instory niagnificent domains have
been acquired adding greatly to the
national coramerce and power, but al
ways of territories contiguous to our
own, or the maan land of the continent,
. by treaties made with the i assent of
the fair sovereign for a reasonable ie-
quivaient, or by conquest in war.-f-
These, however, have been jbut inci
' dents in our course, and "to form! a
more perfect Union, establish justice,
.increase domestic tranquility, provide
-for the common defence, promote the
general welfare and secure the bless
ings of liberty to ourselves : and our
posterity," still remain the great pur-
poses for which the Government was
.... established. I do not know that, und
er all circumstance's I should say with
Ir. Calhoun, that "to us Cuba is for
bidden fniit." The ; time may come
when it may be expeient and necep
- sary to enlarge: our boundaries, and"
even to cover islands of the sea. But
; hp all such events be the results of
. time and necessity, and effected with
. out injustice or loss of national cliar
aetcr. The administration of Ir. Fill
more promptly refused the oviortureof
England and FrancefoF a stipulation
that neither of (the parties vfoidd ac
; quire this islknd, and at thesime tim
ileclarcd that the United Statis would
never consent to its transfer from
ipain to any other European' Power ;
And the enforcement of this declara
tion all that lour interest r honor
renuire. Tlw e v
TTnlfl Q,Tn T V s -
LtH.tcu btatcs qomprehend an emnirel
efls:,f ' j . 1
ot sufficient magnitude to patfv
ry just aspiration for national ,erand
eur, and care should be taken! neither
to sully our gootjl name, nor td burden
i
..i.i.r m -j --i i. .". J I
with exactions of hundreds of
niions
to purchase moi-e, lands, to the end
..that we may boa!st, raorc extended do
; wains. And when we know of a eer
' tainty that Cuba is not for sale, and
(that proposition for its purchase are
offensive to its nronrietors. i is not
Apnlyidle, but mischievous to nr
propri- J
ate moneys for its purchase, and there
fore eeiaure to the event of refusal.
Whig policy, gentlemen, is founded
on no one idea, which may form the
siibjeet of a temporary citement,
expending all its energies -now upon
Kansas and now upon Cuba,. It builds
its structures on no narrow platform,
formed to be interpreted in different
sections with different meanings ; but
it looks to all the great interests of tbe
nation confided to the Federal Gov
ernment, and seeks to adorn, them by
the means committed to its power.
While abstaining from the exertion of
powers denied, it contemplates the free
and beneficent exercise of those con
ferred for the public good. It endea
vors to allay sectional excitement, and
to promote sentiments of harmony and
union by doing justice to all sections.
Economical in fact, not in idle railing
or boasting, it estimates the amount
required for an efficient public service,
and appeals to an intelligent people
for its contributions not by direct
taxes, but by duties distinctly levied
andTioncstly paid on foreign imports,
with discrimination when necessary in
favor of American and against foreign
interests. When last invested with au-H
thority, under the mild and just rule
of Fillmore, it gave due attention to
all the national interests at an annual
cost of less than fifty-two millions of
dollars although there was an over
flowing Treasury, whieh it constantly
but vainly besought Congress to re
duce, and the complaint then made in
a higher quarter that this amount of
expenditure was extravagant, calling
for the intervention of Democratic re-
fprra, when under its author we have
seen expenditures mount up to eight v
millions per year, in a time too of pro
found peace, proves what . was said
Jong ago by the most philosophic of
statesmen, that "the art of gaming
power and that of using it well are of
ten found in different persons."
But our system of policy is too well
understood by the country to need de
tailed exposition, and in my Opinion
the people are ready to return to it,
as to the safe and tried paths of . ex
perience, if all who approve it in sen
timent will co-operate in action. They
want not war, nor rumors of war, but
peace, except when a resort to arms
may be necessary for the defence of
American. interests and power. They
are actuated by no lust for conquest
and dominion. They are wearied of
sectional agitation, and desire if pos
sible a restoration of fraternal feeling.
jEnstead of extravagance, they require
retrenchment, not by sudden efforts,
it i i r i i i
maae in areatt ot popular displeasure,
which threaten to destroy wholesome
public institutions, but by a well con
sidered reform and correction of abu
ses, beginning with those practiced
under the eye of Congress itself in
the department of public printing, for
example. They desire, in fine, a more
conservative, national, and healing in
fluence in the public counsels, and need
but a union of effort on the part of all
entertaining these sentiments to effect
the object of their wishes.
I am, with sincere respect, gentlemen
Your obedient servant,
WILL. A. GRAHAM.
' To Messrs. J. Philips Phenix, Willis
IHackstone, A. M. Bininger, D. ' Li.
Leuy, and A. K. Smith, Committee.
David Webb, Esq., Corresponding
Secretary.
Probable Discovery of Noah's Ark. i
! In the eastern portion of the good
old State whose staple productions are
'pitch, tar, turpentine and lumber
some remarkable fossil discoveries
have been recently made, among which
is what appeared to be a portion of a
vesseldeck, some forty feet in length,
and bearing a close resemblance to
lignite. jhe time has been when the
discovery of such a remarkable fossil
iferous specimen would have set all
the geologists and archaeologists in the
Country on their heads; but at this en
lightened period of the world's histo
ry, when the duty, of not only mana
ging but explaining all things terres
tial, has devolved upon a class of men
known as editors, it excites no -surprise;
for the simple reason that, what
ever occurs on the earth, or whatever
is discovered above or beneath, or in
the waters around it, is certain of a
speedy solution. See how easily, for
instance, the editor of the Wilmington
Herald settles this fossil matter :
How this vestige of human labor
and human art came there, is a ques
tion. We understand that somewhere in
Bladen county is found the "oldest
known geological formation in the
world. If this be so, if this be the old
est part of the world, it must, of course,
have been the first ready for the resi
dence of man, arid the first occupied
by him: ergoy the Garden of Eden was
somewhere in the Cape Fear region,
which was then a better fruit growing
country than it is how. We think that
Adam must have settled somewhere
around this way, for all the' people
claim fo be descended from him. 1
jll aukiu Him jeve sianea juc in i
Eastern North Carolina, it is not pro
bable that Noah had wandered very
far from the old homestead. This sup
position ,gains strength when we con
sider how Noah pitched his ark. .Where
else could he have got so much or so
good pitch or other naval stores to
pitch her within and without ? Follow-
H .n
mg un tnis tram of reasoning, whv
should not these human remains have
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wme uuwn irum xtoan DC, in lact.
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portions ot nis aric : lo be sure, the,
absence of Mount Ararat is a little in
our way, but when we get to be as phil- i
n 4i f.n t.LA..
; w.-wjjui..iii v ii-guiuicsa ui lucLSinai,
stantl in the way of our hvoothesis as
xi. . . . - . vf, . ,
are the great Agassis and the mighty
-amnions and the other stone-breakers,
u e won't mind little trifles like this.
The War in Europe." r
Letters from nearly all the Ameri
can Jimtjassics m Larope concur in the
opiniop that war is inevitable.
EUBBNEB. DBAKF SUIT, i
EDITORS AXD PROPRIETORS.
Friday, April 8, 1859.
Prtwjru DESIHaCg TO EDBI CT K03JTT,
Cu 40 ao at onr risk, by taxing tib Post Hastnr's Re
ceipt, to exhftrit, in caaa the hmwt grt lort. Gold dollars,
vbVn lent should N ittnck to the lnsiV of tfa lwet with
MtUng-nax or a wnT. Pontago-sfcunpa takra as Inonrj-.
W. A. Jurney, Esq Is our duly author
iaed agent .fir Iredell county, to receive sub
scriptions for the Express and eipn receipta
in the names of the publishers. He will al
so attend to making collections for our office
generally. J
New Advertisements New Gooda.
JOs. W. STOCKTON, Statesville,
invites public attention to his large
Spring purchase of seasonable Staple
and Fancy Dry Goods, Sic. See ad't
JAMISON, SIMONTON k CO.,
Statesville, are, receiving and opening
under the the Simonton House, an en
tirely New stock of. Spring and Sum
mer Goods to which they invite the
attention of the public generally
See advertisement. ; -
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J. A. k R. Q.DAVIDSON, are in re
ceipt of a new and very desirable
stock of seasonable Dry Goods, Cloth
ing, Groceries, &c. "To which they in-
vite tne attention 01 tne puonc.
T. II. McROHIE would inform the
public that hisjSpring Purchase is to
hand, cmbracinis; a large' Stock of ve
ry desirable Staple and Fancy Dry
Uoods, Clothing, and other articles.
OILS ! GILS ! Attention is directed
to the advertisement of Messrs. D.
Kirkpatrick & Sons, Philadelphia,
dealers in all kinds of Oils and Lea
ther. This is a large House.
Enlargement of the Express.
pur subscribers need not be told that our
sheet has been further -enlarged, for they
would perceive it by its more ample dimen
sions, which, tjoo, has been done without ad
ding any additional cost for the paper the
price will continue to be asherctofore $2 pay
able advance We hope for our efforts to
establish a first class paper in this part of the
State to receive a degree of patronage in sub
scriptions in advertising, and job-work
from Iredell and counties adjoining which
will' afford the publishers a fair remuneration
for their outlay ami constant labor, for the
welfare and amusement of their patrons. To
Iredell the county which we have chos
en for locating our enterprize we ought first
to look and to. expect most from. With as
good a paper, as any published abroad, will
our citizens not toa man, at least patronize
their home journal? when it will contain
quite all which might be worth hearing from
abroad ; at last'subscribe for it. No mon
ey can possibly he lost by the operation.
The Fruit Crop of JNorth Carolina.
The Raleigh. Standard says "one of the
beneficial results of Railroads in this State is
to be found in die great encouragement which
has been given to the culture of fruit. It
has been estimated; by competent judges that
the cash return to fruit growers in this State
for the last season; was not less than $300,
000 ; and others estimate it at considerable
more. Immense quantities in its dried state
are sent from Orange, Alamance, Guilford,
Davidson, Randolph, Chatham, and other
counties. The amounts realized wert clear
gains compared with the times when there
were no Railroads : for then there was no
market for the article at home, and no means
of getting to distant markets.
A friend well acquainted with the Guilford
region of the Stated and who is a close ob
server of men and thingSjgave it to us as his.
opinion n$t long since that the cash realized
from dried fruit alone in that region is equal
every year to the amount cleared by the far
mers for the same period ten years ago, on
all the. produce which they then sent to dis
tant markets."
Let the farmers of Iredell and the adjacent
counties heed this piece of intelligence and
direct their attention more to fruitgrowing
th an they have beeri doing hitherto. This
"section is as well adapted to successful orch
ards as Guilford or 'any other part of the
world, and it will only be necessary to plant
fruit trees and take' proper care of them
but be sure and get the best kinds and large
profits wilbbe certain. The demand for dri
ed fruit is increasing with every year.
In the Mountain District
The canvass for a, seat in Congress has
ujrvucu ueiween ALessrs vanee
and Coleman! ., There can be no doubt of the
result ; Mr. yance will, most ! assuredly be
electd, against any and all opposition in
his District. ; Ten years from this Zebulan
B. Vance wijl he a member from the Moun-
tain.if he want, and live so long. The Moun
taineers have had a surfeit of Democracy,
until it stinks in their nostrils as it has blis
tered their tongues, j They were betrayed by
Clingraan, but having dissolved all connecti
on with him, henceforth will support the
princi4es jf their first love HENRY CLAY.
Gov. Graham's Letter T
The excellent letter of Gov, Graham, pub
lished in another column, commends itself
to every,trie lover of his country. The sen
timents arf those of a true patriot and a
statesman. I iWould that euch
more abundant in our country.
men were
The Piece of Poetry
Addressed " To my Father" which ap
peared in a, late issue of the " New Bern
Progress," by " Lena Rivers" as an original
production, a lady friend Informs us may be
found in a volume of Poems written by II.
Kirk White arid inscribed to my Mother."
The only difference consist in a transposition
of the names " mother" and " father." Aa
Henry Kirk White is; supposed to have wrote
before " Ina Rivers" was born, it is a rea
on4l e inference that he is entitled to th
a a ii .
thorslupof he rare production, which had
in no small degrep helped to add brilliancy to
hi fame. Rut still Umav hemMii.i th t-
..t .. .. . r
iair. i,ena' tltougl) ; living in another
and countrv. nnaht b ur. v
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e same
sentiments, nay words to give them expres
sion as were used by he immortal bard ; and
hence we would by no means ha?e it infer
red that the Progress's fair correspondent has
appropriated the property of another, nor
she incapable of inditing some of the most
j beautiful flowers in poesy thatSjver adorned
a fair maiden's brow indeed not.
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WMrJEIeetimj on Thursday.
The Whigs of the County r Iredell were
inviud in hand-hill to assemble at the Court
House in Stat,styille, On Thursday'' of thU
week at 2 o'ejodc, for the purpose of uppoln
ting delegates to attend the nominating dis
trict convention, which is to convene at Wih
9ton, jon the I2th instant and select a Con
gressional candidate of the party. Wei hope
that pany who will be appointed will find it
convenient" to attend upon the convention,
and participate with their fellow Whigs of
the district for the gdbd of the cam?e which
wc alii have . at heart--tbe welfare of the
country.
It is to be regretted that our Superior-court
happens in the same week of the convention
which renders it inconvenient for some to at
tend,! who would like to be present" but una
voidably will be prevented. But wc can as
sure ur Whig friends in the district and the
convention when it assembles, that Iredell,
will do her share at the Polls in August for
the standard bearer of our principles whoev
er he ; be. Moreover, thai the rumor which
was put into circulation, by. an enemy no
ddubt, that the Whigs of Iredell were dissat
isfied: because of the convention 'being held
at, Winston, 13 without any foundation in
fact, and, doubtless, was the conjuration of
some 1 designing locofoco whose brain-is the
devil work-shop generallv. -
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Hon. Edward Everett
The Chapel Hill Gazette says: We are
most jhappy to inform our readers that this
uibiuiguisneu gentleman ana. most accom
plished orator, trill efflainty pay us a visit the
loth of this month. Hitherto we have been
disappointed in our expectation?, but now
we have the information from the most relia
ble squrces and are confident we shall have
the -pleasure of hearing one of the greatest
productions of the Age, delivered by its world
renowned author.
Statesville Produce Market
Within thelast few weeks large quantities
of Produce have been sold in this market, for
cash chiefly and for very fair prices, and our
business men now stand ready with the mon
ey to purchase all which may offer of the
surplus products of the country, as Wheat,
Flour, Corn, Bacon, &c, &c. ' One house in
tliis place has invested hear $20,000 in pro
duce ! within a few weeks. The merchants
all buy and pay in cash or in goods, at the
option of the eeller. .We would name the
house of J. F.. Alexander Scco, who are now
extensively engaged in tbe produce business,
vhile; many others will purchase in any
qauntitv. Stocks of Groceries and all kinds
of merchandise which farmers reauire for
family, use, are ample and selling on very
small profits. The frieght trains on our
Railroad are kept actively employed in de
livering merchandise and conveying off the
products of the country. Who can- doubt
that there is a good time coftiin".
Transfer of Tehuantepec, .
A letter writer in Washington states that
the Administration doubts the report that
Miramon has negotiated for the transfer of
Teh uah tepee to European powers, but look
ing at the result of British and French in
trigues in Central America, 'it would not be
surprised if the next steamer confirmed
advices. In this case, the government will
take strong ground against the act, and prob
ably will re-assemble Congress.
It is conjectured by some, that the French
government is Organising its immense navy
anticipating a difficulty with the U. States
upon this subject. Upon the whole we may
possibly be upon the eve of a bloody war.
A Busy Place.
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Having occasion a few days aro to
step into one of the several large brick
tenencments in which Mr. A. A. Mc
Kcthan carries on his extensive and
widely known Carriage Factory, we
were struck with the number of hand
some vehicles on hand and the co-a
head appearance of.cvcry thing about
it. yv e were led to make some inqui
ries, which resulted in ascertaining,
that during the last twelve months he
had done more business by one-fourth
than m any previous like period.
That he had s0Jd within that time 362
new vehicles, (all of course of his own
manufacture."! nearlv one for everv
day intheyear besides repairing and
sale of second hand work. He has
sold carriages to 23 different- counties
in North Carolina, and to & Districts in
South Carolina, besides shipping, (via
JNew lork,) several each to Georgia,
Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida
and quite a number to Texas. 'Those
to distant States have been ordered
by persons who had either previously
tried his work, or had heard of its
quality. He tells us that the letters
he gets from these Southern States
generally begin with some such re
mark as this: "Seeing your advertise
ment still in the Fayettevillc Observ
er," &c.-, &c. ! (Mr. McKethan long
ago learned the value of printer's iuk.)
lie employs 65 workmen, many of
them men 01 families, so that several
hundreds of our population are sus
tained by that ; establishment.
With the care, of this large business
'l . 1 - 1-1 1 1 . i
itsMsieu lnueeu uy a son. wno is em
phatically 'a chip of the old block.
he finds time to be an active and effi
cient Director of the liailroad, Direc
tor of a Hank, Alderman of the town
and participant in every public enter
prize and requirement of social
life. :
We copy the above" from the Observer both
in compliment to a most worthy gentleman,
and to show what industry and pereeverence
will accomplish from a well directed small
beginning, dependent upon one's labor and
integrity of character.-Some year's ago Mr.
McKethan, then a young mechanic, and a
Mr. Gardner. Arnnd an cstablisbmont in
Fa3-etteville on a small scale and manufac
tured plain vehicles, repairing, &c, and al
ways did their work well. We do not know
what became of Mr. Gardner; but Mr. Mc
Kethan continued in the business, as wje
could see by his advertisement which was
continued in the Observer for the last twenty
or more years. In this period he has at
tained to wealth and distinction, and his use
fulness as a citizen is surpassed by no man
in the State. He is one of the main pillars
of the town where he resides, and all
who lire in that town love A. A. McKethan
for his great heart and the good he is doing
in the world. The example of such a man
is a proper monitor for all to follow, every
where, and especially for the mechanics of'
our p ountry to take pattern. i
Cold Weather returned.
The past few days and nights have felt
quite winterish. Jn Tuesday night there"
was quke a. freeze aJd ice formed of oonsSt;
K1 l!L-rns : T-nibtlcfts tie&cka are
nwUvWiwrall? destroyed, but angles were
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not so early ana wm iare ter. uraruca
vegetables will suffer some.
The State Medical Association
- Will convene in' Statesville on the 10th of
Mav next. -
Dr- A. J. Derosset
Died at his residence in Wilmington, N.C
on 'Friday afternoon last, at the advanced
age of 92 tears. "
Population of Chapel HilL .
"-We learui from the Gazette that according
J to a late census of the town the population
of Chapel Hill stands as follows: Whites,
750 f Free colored, 115 ; Slaves, 450. This is
exclusive of Students and members of ' the
Faculty. The Gazette thinks the population
was not all included.
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A Husband Poisoned by bis Wife.
Greensboro' N. O., March 25
J A day or two since, Isaac Johnson,
a iarmer ot tms county, and a very
horfest and upright citizen, died under
such peculiar circumstances, that it
was, not only by bis neighbors,' but by
the physicians who attended him du
ring his illness, strongly believed that
he had been poisoned. Accordingly,
Drs. Glenn and Black proceeded as
expeditiously as possible,' to make a
post mortem examination of tho ue
ceased, to become fully satisfied as. to
.the causes of his death.' The parts -of
the body taken out were placed aside
tote reserved for a short time before
the physicians continued the examina
tion.. ! -Upon returning, neither the
parts of the body? nor the vessel in
which they were placed, could ibe
found. " -
This circumstance' fully confirmed
the suspicions at -first so strongly en
tertained, that Mr.' Johnson had been
poisoned, and innumerable other facts
relating to ms aeatn, antt many as
tounding revelations concerning the
domestic and family relations of his
household, were speedily brought to
light, which implicated his wife as hav
ing peipef rated the heinous crime.
Immediately she was arrested and
brought to; this place, and after under
going an examination before a magis
trate, in which the evidence produced
in behalf of the State was so entirely
overwhelming that not the least doubt
could be entertained as to her guilt,
she was ordered to be confined in jail
until the approaching term of the Su
perior Court, at which time, sho will
undergo &. regular trial, and it is
thought by; many that her conviction
there will he certain.
The excitement caused by this un
happy affair is intense, and owing to
the continual rumors that spread a
broad concerning it, anyone of which,
if established, will alone place the pris
oner beyond the mercy of the law, the
excitement increases, and causes the
sympathies of the community to tend
in the. behalf of the deceased.
Mr. Johnson and his wife have lived
unhappily together for the last vear
or two past, and it is reported that re
cently she beeame attached to a man!
ot tbe neighborhood (whose name I
have not learned,) who spared no pains
to produce all the trouble and misery
in the family that could bo possible,
for him to accomplish his purposes,
and there is but little donbt that he
was a prominent actor in the affair,
and that it was at his instigation that
the crime has been committed.
The prisoner's conduet since her ar
rest has been marked by feelings of
such total disregard and indifference,
as to the consequences, and with such
little, regret at the death of her hus
band, notwithstanding she at the same
time declares herself totally innocent.
Correspondence of the Petersburg Express.
A Whale, '
Our citizens many of them, at least,
went yesterday on a whaling voyage.
Their expedition, however, was not to
tKe Arctic regions, nor the South sea,
but one of those mighty denizens of the
sea, having wandered into this latitude,
unexpectedly found himself in' the
power of the 'native' of Shacklcford's
Banks. Hra whaleship was of ordinary
dimensions, neither as large as the
Capitol at Raleigh, nor as small as an
up country trout; but sufficient in size,
if his swallowing apparatus had been
extended to have taken a 'stranger in.'
Our duties were such as prevented
our visiting this aquatic gentleman,
and becoming 'personally acquainted
with him', as the Camden witness did
with the hog; and, therefore, our in
troduction of him to our readers is
necessarily lame, and wan ting in those
mmhte recommendations' which" would
add interest to the occasion. It is how
ever not at all improbable that we may
uereaircr inuite many a iucia para
graph by the aid of the light which his
visit to our coast will impart.
The whale wa3 taken by the whale
Creek Company, and is 40 feet in
length and about 31 feet in circumfer
ence. Eighteen men in their boats
were engaged in his capture. Beau-
fort Journal.
A Large Load from Deep River.
The steamer Haughton, with tow
boats, left Lockville on the 25 th ult.,
and is expected here in a few days
(being detained at some of the Locks
from which the gates had been washed
away. The river has risen so much
within the; last 24 hours that she mar
come over the dams to-day.) . She
brings 935 bbls. Flour, 255 bales Coti
ton, 59 bbls. Copper Ore, (weighing
700 to 800ft each,) 67 bags Wheat,
20 bags Peas, 49 bags Corn, 43 bbls-.
Rosin, 6 boxes Dried Fruit. The whole
load is worth upwards of 820.000. arid
it has been sold here, we believe, ex
cept the Copper Ore, which goes to
New York, and part of the Flotu
which was consigned elsewhere by the
owner. ' .
Th normr Ore is from a nomine
rwtotM&c
above jkVitLe.- b4 ' beenljnused,
2 or-mlles, and ia very ricH bbla.
oi line we.naving ueeu huuju mc uoun, uaoeuiuicu m m vuurt nouse
North to test Stqoality jand sot)i in its and, oft motion of R. W. Wharton
crndetate at $18Q. a toh. 3 , -; Esq Gen. . John ,F. Poihdexter was
, JSvery day brings to li;htoejiew cslled to! the;Cnairy and D.f H. Star
source of wealth and, jower iqn this lqck appointed Secretary.
wonderMJDeep River region.--06. The Chaff having explained thoob-
. ' . mm'm . ' iect of the meeting to be to take stens
Connetei-We ln ,h: t j haT; iu District represent!
1 North td test It&onalitY And 8otJ m its
rl- : . .v : - . 4 I :S
men
en namea -Km na , - ADo.in
dieted
, muruer oi
tim last Fall: wert tried
Boyett some
. v. v v t . -s
-r,.n- -
thisweek at Dupbn Superuorqnrt
and convicted or;the murdeg Jhe
negroes peiongea to k m.j r.. xii x.&q.
ot mpiinriney. JF?
their ownvolnnjeonssiofttheir
guilt. WiL Journal, -j. -
A Loss of Three Tiotisand lAfe&rt
' Near Taganrog, on the1 sea bzoff,
a- catastrophe acurred about ke be!
--u i-of iSiu i-
Solved a loss of life unparalletld ex-
cept by memorable earthquals or
volcanic eruptions:. It appearfihat
some
three thousand- irihabitijts of
Taganrog, relyin
clvim? nnoivUthe remise
r-,v ,otKJt :aAil- iti:it.JWui
ntmnsnhnrnnd th nTnndlpw slrf W
eeeded to the Azoff sea to inlge in
the sport of' fishing beneath tWjice
Irom Th
atmosnhere continuino- serene. Lnar-
tv were lulled into a flinkrof spri'v
.1 vntm fhrth thh. ne,,Jnnn
mtured further than usua'fupon
?, in the hope of Lobtaining Jgood
Suddenly a breezb sprag up
t . .l i i i'J
the ice,
haul.
from the. cast, -which
ous by degi'ees, whirled
and fine particles of ice ir
and before long succeeded
thf Jr fmm th Rhn - 'ITia t o r- V
fipbl thon hrot ift in nnmArmis mates',
which, with their terrified and hffeless
human freight, drifted toward the
open sea. sq assistance coij 11 -be
rendered the nnhappy bemgi biltheir
. t. . - A'.i -i
frantifr relatives and fnif? nn Shorn.
and within two hours nbtsigrilf life
was visible-on the surface of tlf sea. wton McOee, AUam hnow, ash
On the following day a cake if ice I mgton Payne, Nathaniel $cajes, Hen-
drifted in shore, upon whlbli weis five
nnfortunates three of them .deSa'And
the other .-two. numb and' insoluble.
The two latter a girl and! an ofll man
were restored by means of thefflsual
anDiiances: tne enrj. however. surive
but a few hours ; the man reco4redJl
but lost the use of his toliirtte- i
equence, probably, of the fright eiusef
i t. i i : L-j i ii.!!' i
wjr me sucue ue na.u passeu , ijut.ngn.
Hepreparcd a written narrativeilTthe
occurrences of that fearful nirtlt
theAzoK 13y this catastrophe a( east
three thousand persons found awMterv
-
grave.
lj
We learn that Maior D.lilill.
Professor of Mathematics in Damson
College, has tendered his' resiridtion
to the J5oara ot Trustees. 1 Thoi 2.de
. . -r . i v a--. w
sirous of securing the vacant ProbBsbr,
snip can send their names eitht .r to
Dr. Lacy at Davidson Collccre. L . E
Nye Hutchison at .Charlotte, 0- to
Rev. W, W. Pharr at Statesvili "
rrotessor Hill resigns for theaiur-
pose of taking charge of the Mittary
Institute at this place, lie wrl le
assisted by a corns of comneferD in-
structors,of which notice will be I h en
m a short time. Charlotte Demot at.
. A,-
Secession of California. L . i
xn aniornia the "reatest eihitp
ment prevailed on the reception cfl the
intelligence that the Taciiic Raitload
bill had been defeated in Con cifiq
The San Francisco vpaners arc mtl
with violent articles. denniWinffttvk:
gress, and oin so far as to thrllten
secession. I he severance of Cavfor-
ma irora the Union is hinted at i un-
mistakable terms. " ' . v'
i vl
Eev. A. M. Shipp. i. II
e regret to learn that Rev. 4fM.
onipp has sent in his. resignation as
Professor of History in the Univer sity
of North Carolina, to take effect a-i the
xuoc ui me uurrcnt session. '
or nearly ten years Prof. Sliiprhaa
wuuicm uis present position, .:ithl
credit to himself and usefulness tgthe
cuuniry., . , . , .
A'nativo of the State, si , : irradiate
of the University, he has meriteifthe
cudiauier ne nas won, ot bemgalri
scholar and an accomplished clirfeii;
gcntleman. As a member of thejac-
ulty at Chapel Hill, he has dischaj;el
M MlUllllLI at7t 1.11 IMIII
that he will be olActnd PrblJ? rtf
Wofford College in June1, but areQt
"""'v ms resignation looks to?"kat
evenL Wherever his field of usefutfess
may be, we emphatically saV to ABth-
odkts, that ho is entitled to their fffite-
iui anection and. their prayers. J$:C.
Advocate oj the 61st.
Eoguish Triclca.
W
iriA
The resources of swindlers appear
to be without limit. Whcjn oiirl of
their old tricks becomes known ac i is
exposed, they are never at!a losilfor
Aucic is n vtrnipany oi (. Cg-
gars now going through tlwj coufry
with printed cards, stating that f iey
have been in the hands of the Roiah
Catholics, and have been sqr desper
ately treatcd-that they had to fly lorh
their native homes. They profes i to
be now raising money to. enable fcm
to send after their friends, and ius
deliver them from similar ibondte.
Ill this way money is obtaicJdi frm
Protestants,- by taking advantage r of
their prejudices. Of course it it jail
made up to suit the case, arid makjVan
effectual swindle at the expense.; of
those who are ignorant and unsuspec
ting. These professional beggarsHth
printed cards are the veriest Bcailans
in the world, and wise pepple.iU
treat them with scorn and content;
Better give your money to your $or
neighbors whom you know to' bd in
J rt '.. J1-. rwi- - .vj'
uecu. Kuroitna vtxu nines.
mand the approbation of his collea lies 4?c Washington States says "the
the respect of the student amfcthe try will begin to regard the fail
grateful recognition of the friends of urc of thc post office appropriation bill
education. I . as a fortunate rather than calamitous
We presume, as a mflftmnf circumstance, since it is the occasion
si
Whig Meeting at Wuuton. J ; ,
On Tuesday of the" County Court
(March 22d,) many of the jWhigs of
Foreythj" during the recess of the
- s . neIt National Congress by
i ffAmw - crnvimrf v iiicr z
-.1- Whig ; and
..
for that
purpose it was important ti
.f-Jii. 6h 1 db'e renfesentd
that our
in the
Dt Wilig Convention- to
in Winstpn onthel2thpf April next
being tuesdayif. Forsyth Superior
Whereupon; .upon notion, it
,; T -
" Resolved, That the .Chairman ap-
V. egates from ejeh Cap.
tarn s district m the county to attend
said Convention to nominate a hic
Candidate to represent this .District
ia the next Congress. ;
erhich resolution the Chair-
man appointeu ine xpi owing ueiegates:
LJ mjis J. Wilsonit. VY.narton
Jesse . Attwood. George Foltz, L.
V . Blum, J. (j. feldCS, 0, U. Brooks,
f61" Wilson, Henry Rennigar,
lBh Bonner, C.L. Banner, Hiram
bwam, Henry M; Iasik J. r ixissen,
Edwi LiSht MosS Stewart, David
I Blum, George V; Fulp, Moses L.
Whicker, -Thomas Campbell, "John
.""?Ker, uomas vampocii, uoun
J-owry- LinvUle, Christian Shoaf,
P; Sides, 'Fleet Longwortli, Jacob
Smith. John TTn.st.pn. Onnt. K. Verr-v
l AHarper, Wm. B. Stipe "John
Blackburn, Col. Mathias Hasten, Mo-
S lorris, pencer V agoner, R. L."
; VVialL'Or .lrhr Mnafin Vrr: Msrtm
"wi,"" MUH.udum,
B. Carmichael, Joseph Wagner, W.
W?. Henry i,enmanL I'lalin
ki Lev5n' Grobbsr Dr. j Beverly
m - JNewsoin, -Xhos Long, Dr. Sam 1
- ilartm, Dr. E. Kerner. j
'On motion, ordered that the Chair-
miln a?J Secretary be added to the
llsto1 "legates. , r ..
- v,u viuciw -iiiai. mc uro
ceedings,of this meeting be publishtnl
in tJie People's Press, Iredell Express,
and Grfensborough Patriot.
JOHN F. POINDEXTER,
D.II.Starbuck, , Chairman.
Secretary. -.
Shocimg ASair.
:
A most distressing casualty (occurred
in lorsyth county, Georgia, on 'Fndav
zht week. .Ellis Waldrup i
and his
w"ff about nine o clock at night, left
their four children, two, girls land two
boys, the eldest twelve years old, and
walked to a neighbor's hoiisej a'quar-
I ter of, a mile off, to see a sick person.
xncy icu tneireiiiiaren all asleep. Un
returning' home, they found tie lions?
in flames, and were not able jto reach
M
ine pccnc or trie awiui calamity until
I after the building had fallen in. The
cbilctren afl penslied m the flames-
every one they had in the world
U. C. Asylum for the Insane.
The Directors of this institntiomheld
a mectihg'at the Asylum on Saturday
lasf, present, Jno. A. Taylor j of New
anver ! T-T. Tayloe, of Beaufort;
S' E. Williams, of Caswell ; j and A.
M. Lewis, K. P. Battle, M. A. Bled-
Lso V"-H. Han ison, and W. -R. Cox,
Wake. A. M.Xewis, Esft., was
cac to. the chair, in- the absence of
ur.' J. Johnson, the iTesident
. ine Joaiu wiro was preventetl by
sickness from being present.
We learn that the members of tlie
Board examined the buildiliic and
wards,, and found them in good con-
dition. Since th last meeting of the
Board in November, 1858, 2jpatients
navebccn admitted and 15 discharged.
mi-re are now in tne institution. !..
patients-99. males and 56 females.,
ve learn tuat the Jixecutive Com-
J niittce was directed to take the-initia-
tory steps towards crcctmir i a wall
arod the building. "
Moses A. Bledsoe, W. R. Cox, and
act in -the absence of the Board, fa
leighStandar
I i
of developing the miserable manace-
men.t of the. department, and o sug-
v? f? V, 1 , -"wwm ic-
form- But tho Baltimore' Clipper
oaja nmt uv propuCU 1 OSti IM1ICC
Bank will enable the Department to
oayta 1 1. . . 1 T k . j v t-r
avoid this much desired development..
and to proceed ad libitum wkhiits ex
travagances, so that even this crumb
of comfort is denied.
Eailrbad, Freight
The Newborn depot was literally
piled full of goods on Saturday last,
consigned to parties divest of this, and
several vessels weref still "delivering
freights at the wharves. We under
stand that thc agents had to stow a
considerable quantity in the ngino
house for want of room in the depot.
Wc noticed goods for almost (every
town on the line of the North Carolina
Railroad from Goldsboro to Chalotc,
among which there vras also a consid
erable quantity for parties in Columbia,
S. C, which arri ved per schooner Em
ma Elizabeth from New York to this
port orithe 22d utifNettbern Xrog.
North Carolina Bonds.
We-note sales in New York at par.
Virginia 98. Wc suppose that Friday
was interest pay-day.
Farmers Bank of T&g
. The caihier at Elizabeth City writes :
"I am redeeming onr issue in currency
growing- ouster- -" - z - v
Uje lOosgsnowf V?I J,0 lM un
lailldirellionsJ Kalejr ais, m. P- Ilcnley, Dr. E.
indetbhing Pmtb Vatel? VP. W esri ed-
ffer, josian nagoner, iienry liart.
V
ana exchange.
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