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i 1- ; ., V ' t, i I deration lias horn that not more than half the Soul hern stales will proUaLly he represented in the convention, and that its effect, under such circumstances, would he to weaken, instead of1' Ue can,,Ml ltu" W any such hill 1reiiilhen the' rant of tl. Sooth. In ll ffl this reasoning ln-rrt ii great firee, and we bave no lieiiiaium in saying that the Southern convention should at least be postponed until after the present session of Congress. In this 'view of the case, we should appoint no dele. . Bae.,, Here Is not only a positive refusal to co-operate, but a cool suggrst'ion to aban don the whole thing, by onn of th lead ing organs of the Democratic party. This is indeed n severe blow ta ultraists,. the full force of which they cannot but feel. AVe rhight multiply evidences of the disapprobation of tlnv people, but we. will not weary the patience of the reader af tcr si)f)miHing anotlier indication, which wo rind in tho letter of R. W. Flounoy, of Washington County, to th Editor of the Central Georgian, who had suggested Mr F. ns a suitable delegate from? the Eighth Congressional District, to the Nah .ville Convention. AOer thinking the Ed itor for the honor, and respectfully declin ing the nominution, Mr. F. proceeds: f, "The fact rantKit be ciMicealed that the peo ple of Vorgia hnve not responded to the ac Ii4n of the LegMlatnre on that subject. Nck is there sticb a unanimity among the slavehold ing States a could alone. selpuie due weight to the action of that convention. Nor will the . ton.e of Mr. Calhoun's speech strengthen the cause by promo' ing that harmony necesctrv to ill efiicienry. We, ofljie S-mth, cannot aim it", don the strong position, we now ocrupy bv ask- lngf.tr an amendment of the constitution, believ. tng it full and sufficient for mr protection, and that ue. can alone 1a injured hy it tiolniion; Resides, it t hoped and believed by many ttat the pteiient (!ngresi will settle the whole question, oft a basis satisfactory to the South. ! Which will prelude .he necessity of a couven- tlon. , Here, again, the pecessity for the Con ... Vention i seriously questioned, and a se vere thrust given to Mr. Calhouna Uto ptn theory pf nn alteration of the Con stitution. . These nre some of the signs in Georgia. VVhich induce the imnrpssifin nn nnr mind . that the jirrnt m:iss of the people are too i Intelligent nnrl cousf rvnti ver to place ibemsflvi.s nnrl thinstitutfnns of the ' e-niry ht the nrr- ,f a fewdetnagogues riid political tricksters. Let the country mark the progress of events. 1' -? ,r! information received by vtbe Nor:!i Carolinian in regard to ah nf ;ljlr which occurred in this town a few dnjs riuce is entirely incorrect. There i VI M ncv application of "a cane to the rjhouMert" of the Editor of the Chronicle. YihChrtHiich. ii anpearsina Ohio Legislature, making it a penal oflnre for any citizen to aid in the arrest of a iugitive i a . . r i - x m t!in "Tome a law-in unto; aim .Is mtioduc tion must be regretted as ihe evidence of a spir it as wild, as lawless, as unfriendly to the ITn-J- lon, as oirectiy treasonable, we might say, as that the country at this moment deplores and denounces in the miserable faction of Nashville Convention malcontents, who conspire the de. struriion of the republic. It is true that such a law as this is in nowise more iniquitous and unconstliutional than the South Carolina law by which citizens of North ern States as ihe colored sailors of Massa chusejjs are imprisoned in South Cstndina ports ? but it is iniquitous and unconstitution al notwithstanding, alid has nn even the, poor color of necessity, wiih which the Southern law ia attempted lo be excused. It is true, also. that it muM prove a nulity, destined to be swept out of exisJence by the decision of the first U. Slates court to which a case under it should be applied ; but this fact only renders glaringly im proprer the attempt to enact it. '."Whatever we may think in the North individually as to the slavery question, in all its different aspects, there can be no difference of opinion as to the meaning of ihe constitutional provison in regard to fugitive slaves; as there can be none as to 1he constitution iislf being the fundamental law, of the land, overriding all State laws which in any way eonfii.M with it. of with the law of the United Slates framed under ii No Slate has a right lo say thai its citizens f hall not n bey. a law of the United States, which is in it self a constitutional law ; and the attempt to interdict I hem is nothing shoit of nulihcationr precisely such nulification as was mce univer sally rebuked when attempted in South Caroli na seventeen years ago. It is, in fact, disun ion. If Ohio has the right to absolve her ciii zensfiom their allegiau ein one case, Missis sippi has, the same right in another ;j o has every State in the Union. And the moment 'a. aw",,on " K'nera uy nitempted, the Un- !n IS 81 an na' aT ,be KcPuhlc ri its no The Union of the Slates, in truth. eiUts in the submission of the States and of t4re people of the States to tho Constitution and the su preme authority of the General CSovernrnent ; and whenever the submission is withdrawn, in apy particular, by a State, that Slate i in ana against the Union North i American. Two Women frozen to death.-The New Brunswick papers speak of tht? cold as in tensely severe last week.) Two women, named Lindsey and Goodrich, who Attemp ted to cross the river t ear St. Joriri were upon the ice frozen to death. They each had bundles wnh them, and it s supposed that they first became benumbed, and j finally so overcome as to l(c pp-irp,; and j never rose again. ! M 01 think that it is not fit that everv man should traveL i It ml-p'n Ar se man Better, and a fool worse. i u inn iia.i pujj ii imi' in umi u in uitt as iili i l,,e fry hould erself; back. Giuil. theiex. cepUng. i m-mt n. e the work itting. jfir word! as oreedinffR of DAVIDSON ). ared we have re ws that Davidson ou.and seven bun up the sum yet re essary amount of in- the Rail Road. Tbis st that Davidson Will st handsome style. the names of thise. who. 5 per cent in every case 100!Caspr Smith, 200 100 Gersham Tussey, 100 500 500 500 500 100 100 Jesse Rankin, I Haley Brown, 1000 Silas Lambert, 1000 John VV. Lambert, A. F. Harris, - 500 100 300, John Had rick, 1001 ler counties take courage and go a will. Otherwise, let stirh not intend to help immediately hold leeting and frankly acknowledge that inV ",do anymore. Rowan is not an. ld such a meeting. Davidson will ir will Cabarrus or Guilford. What says fll, Forsythe, Randolph, and those counties ler East ? ere is a work to do in which all are inter . t T i t a i leu. L.ei us join nanus ana inaKe a liuiick it. Mr. Slanlu. Gen. Cass and Mr. CtaV. some time ago, in the Senate Chamber, spoke of, themselves as being the best abused men in the country. It is more than probable that they are not slighted on this score. But. lit North Carolina thesip gentlemen are dealt kindly by. as com pared with the treatment of the:Democrai cy, of the Hon. Edward Stanly. They give it to him right and left, hip and thigh. To use a marine term, they take him fore and aft. Every 1 species of weapon is brought to bear against him. except one ; and that one his assailants have, either entirely overlooked, or are afraid to hat4 die. It is a bright, glitter blade, keen and infallible. Ttulh. is its name. If Mr. Stanly whs indeed vulnerable, this sure weapon in a single skill hand would fell him at once- would do more at a single blow than those' baser things, mal- ice, envy, falsehood and detraction, can ever accomplish. It is vain for them to attempt to kill him off by accusing him of enmity lo the South. That is a vail so thin that the eyes of the blind can pene-i trate it. Let them say he is opposed to Locofocoism, and therefore we denounce; him. That is a truth so evident that any' fool may understand it. Let them say! we cant scare, oj drive him by our new' humbug, ihe Nashville Convention move ment. His speech of the 6ih of March. will satisly any man. that Edward Stan ly is neither to be driven or scared into the support of measures, which neither his judgment or feelings can approve. On the contrary, his quick mind and unflinch ing courage is a perfect terror to these Southern agitators, who are gambling for the spoils. He lashes them in the most refined style. , No winder they abuse him. ABUSE OF THE METHODISTS. Mr. Stanly in his speech personally a busive of Mc. Hilliard. M. C , and an em inent and highly respected Methodist Preacher, deridihgly and opprobriously called the preachfs of Mr. H.'s persua- sion. "hundred dollar liows: tie can t explain away the taunt and the reflection intended, tor there, it is. -hundred dollar fellows." Mr. Stanley may think that if he should lose Methodist Popularity by ;ii that he will propitiate the Baptists, of whom there are a great many in his district, so as to io,' in another if I M . 500 r m m A more than raako up for such loss. Wftan as she is now circumstanced. Rbwan believe, in baptists are too sensible to be caught in any such trap. . Wilts! about fiere are Tn&hamFJtocUTrrT'852 Tir-8 Of Uiis?nmoonrone gentle-j Which, in the opinion of the Treilr j i . ' ' i " . ... . itiu hinn Mr Pplpr AilHmn kmt Bitruml Ininnl Ytmmn renorled from rrirtni.t ' li. .hodist Whigs are warm in, ihrir dis'l rohation of bim.Iiornels l)est. (really appwar to us lliat it lhfditpr tW Hornet s'lNesf, had been as willing o iusiicf? lb Mr. Stanly as hn has wn himself filling to condemn him. t h could have sfen how Mr. Manly i- I . a ill Ht use ih lrm - huodrpd uoiiar h i- without meaning it in a - deriding" ppprobiouf sense. We often speak bur very best frieixl, as being a very lever fellow, jWho will pretend that irhen so tised it is to be understood in an opprobious" sense. Custom has made it the very reverse. To conclude m the face of Mr. Stanly's denial to the contra ry. that he used the term (if he used it at all, and the report of his speech in the Congressional Gldbe does not show it.) in a "deriding ami 'jopprobious' sense, it ap pears to us, betrays a willingness to con demn that gentletnan that would excite no surprise, coming from a democrat. But in this case, Mr. Badger professinglo be a Whig, this denunciation of as true a man as Edward Stanly, is calculated, at least, to attracttheattention of his friends. Whilst on this subject we will pursue it a little farther, and invite attention to the following article from the same pa per, i HON. EDVVARD STANLY. The speech recently delivered by Stan ly of this State, in jthe parts which replied to Mr. Milliard was a disgrace to himself, to the party to which he belongs, to the assembly in which1 he delivered it, and a damning disgrace to the State horn which he hails. We1 have not seen a man here whig or democrat, that does not agree that he has delivered himself of language unworthy an honorahle. member of Con gress, ami more suited to the brothel or bar room, than to the halls of a delibera tive assembly. He has done injustice to his State, pro ved himself recreant to the trust reposed in him. made avowments which mark him as a renegade to the South, and by his af filiation with northern fanatics, laid him sejf open to be called with more of truth than censure, a rank Freesoiler. We wash our hands of any and all sympathy with such a man. This article, to say nothing of its tone. startled us we snatched up Mr. Stanly's speech and reviewed-it with care, from beginning to end. He lashes the agita tors of the Slavery question, whether North or South. He charges, that if Cass had been elected there would have been t i none ol this excitement and agitation. and that it is a democratic scheme to'em barrassthe present Administration and to distract Whig councils and break the strength of the Whig party. We see no thing in the speech to justify the use ol such terms as we quote fiom the " Hor nets Nest and we should be pleased that the Editor would point out those por tions of the speech which excite him so much, and we will examine them mre closely still. If it is really true that Mr. Stanly has disgraced himself, the good old North Suite, and the purty to which he belongs. as members of that party we want to have it distinctly understood, how, when, where, and all about it. We want to see the proof. INTERESTING LETTER. A gentleman attending the meeting of the General Commissioners of the Rail Road at Greensboroogh last week, writes to a friend in this place as follows : rtThe Rail Road will be made. All the million has been paifl and will pay hut se-venty-six thousand dollars, and that is less than one share of the hundred to the county of those on ttie line. Eight hun dred and sixty thousand paid down and fifty-six thousand more were ready, hut detained by accident : l he work that we have heretofore done, has been prepara- t . rwy lory only to subscriptions. I tiere were no legal subscriptions till ihe 5 per cent. was paid, so that in fact we received 860 j thousand dollars of subscription since we ! came here. A pretty good dys work ! The 56 thousand will be undoubtedly paid in a few days, and the books are to be again opened for the remainder. We should have had more than enough if all had stwod up that promised to join the 100! men. hut several of these failed. The Pe tersburg Rail Road Company failed to make good its promise to subscribe forty thousand dollars. The rest of the failure was chiefly in Guilford and Davidson.- Some few have openly repudiated oth ers plead their inability to perform their contract, and some we have not heard from the ptesumption is that many of them will comply, j The harshest judg ment is pronouueed on all hands upon those who have wiltullv renounced their solemn engagements. Unless they make the amende honorable a list of them Will be put forth for the finger of scorn to point at. I am happy to say there was not h failure in either Cabarrus or Rowan lth did more than was promised ; Or ange, Wake. Johnston, Wayne, put up all hey had pledged; sjr did Allemance ; sn did Davie, (some 30 thousand dollars) Every thing ahead. Gui contest with is cheering in ihe prospect ford appeais badly in the Rowan just at present, but , they feel it rnre than you would suppose, and a convulsive effort will be made !o repair her lost credit. It will not be very difficult for Uu 1 1 lord lo go ahead of Row- has taken and paid -for 1530 shares, Guil ford 1178. There is only a difference of r X I I ltd take 80 diares. and another gentleman, j Air. Hunt, 80 'shares ; lhyiar bold ah Sf tit. hur it is confidently assertfil hy thfir (rientU that they will tand up to the mark. I hat woum reauce ine; ainr . nf .i ' tnc StHt to li)2 shares. ttn metr preseni .. . .. . . ...... l Wv ings this sum win pronniuy t , . i .i . i K '" up in a very M.or. itmvnn H ne wishes to mane ner iciory , complete must go one share of the hun dred more. Fourth cre-k has done noth ing yet, we must try and grt that. You knovv I had anticipated some failures, eveiVtnore than has actually occurred but I hd not expected it either in Guil ford or DavidsotU" They did not expect it themselves, and you may depend upon it they will make an effort to recover their position." We have omitted to notice more par ticularly the present appearance and lo cality of Drs. Brown & James Dug Store. In a former notice we mentioned that tbis Store is now situatejj in the new building of Mr. M. Brown, nearly direct ly opposite the Mansion Hotel. The room occupied is large, and being constructed expressly for Drs. Brown & James, is handsomely adapted to their business both as it respects convenience and show. We invite attention to their advertisement in this paper, and we venture there are few articles in the line of the Drugists that may not be obtained at this establish ments THE ONSLOW MEETING AND THE DISPUTED RESOLUTION. We present below an extract Irom a letter we have received from Owen Hug gins. Eq . who was one of ihe Secretaries of the Onslow Southern Rights meeting. It now becomes the duty of some one, ei ther of Capt. Eilheridge. Mr. Cant well, or the Editors of the Journal, to account to the public, and especially lo the people ol Onslow, how it was that a resolution of which a part, and a very material part, was rejected by the meeting, came to he puhlished with that part attached to it. I ill give you a detail of wha Hfiow. In the first place, I do not know wnt'fr the resolutions were written, nor by -whom. The first I knew of them was, they were read by Mr. Saunders in the meeting. Your information as to its not being known that a meeting was to be held that day was incorrect, for it was advertised a long time before it took place, but as to the 4th resolution, it is not in your paper as it was passed at Jacksonville. I was one of thr Secretaries of that meeting, which continued until night, when I went home. I supposed Capt. Etheridge, (the other Secretary .) had the proceedings. ! went to Jacksonville in the morning and siskd for the proceedings, when Capt. E'heiidge Siiid Mr. Cant well hd taken tjjem to Wilmington, and would have thern published. The lesolutions were all right hut the 4:h, and that should read, as adop ted be the meeting, thus: Rcsalird. That we hold the application of the Wilmt Proviso to the New Territories lo be un constitutional, inexpedient, unnecessary. unequal, and unjust ; the hnUnce. ("ami must eventuate in the dissolution ol the Union,)being stricken out by a vote of 29 It) 27. I therefore hope you will make ihe correction. As I have stated. 1 was one ol the Secretaries of tin meeting, or 1 should not have said one word." We copied fiom the Journal. Wil. Chronicle. PATRIOT EXTRA! GREENSBO RCT , APRIL 1, 1850. Meeting of Hie General Commiioii ers of the Carolina. Rail Road. Held la Greensborangh, March 30th, 1850. Al a meeiir. of the General Commissioners, appointed by the Act of the General Assembly, entitled " An Act to incoi porale the North Car olina Rail Road Company," ratified the 27ih day of January, 1849. held in Greensborough, on Saturday, the 30th March, 1850 ; pres. ent : William C. Meaxs. Concord; Joun B. Lord. Salisbury ; George W. Mordecai. Raleigh ; James M. Leach. L-xinjfton ; John M. Morehead. Greenhorough ; William A. Graham. Hillsborough; Samuel Margrave. Lexington; Archibald G. Carter. Davie. John M. Moreiietd, Esq., was appointed Chairman, and John B. Lord, Secretary. On motion of William A. Graham. Esq., it was unanimously resolved, that George W. Mordecai. E-q., who has been heretofore in formally appointed ihe Treasurer of this Board atid who has acted. as such, fie and he is here hy appointed Treasurer of the same, accoidinj to the provisions of the Charter of the North Carolina Rail Road Company. The Treasurer being then called upon, sub- united the following REPORT: That there has been subscribed and the five dollars per share paid in thereon in the several -i counties the following sums : ' From Raleigh, 134.000!From Orange. 97.700 40,000 11700 300 85500 Petersburg, 18,300 Wilmingwn, 50,000 Alamance, Guilford, Caswell, Davidson, Davie, New-Berne, 34,000 Johnston, 500j Wayne, IFlfWlj Rowan, ltfKlO Cabarrus, 8 .'00 Mecklenburg, 8,000 .naming in an ue imii 01 cos uuu. "f'n Vfbi. h there has been paid in 843 400 being live dollar ier hare upon 8 090 shares as re. 14 . : ' .11 .1 . r C.tr rrn .',,', - r i -i n nffil tiv Ihe nrovisioiis ol Ihe l.tiKiier. ' Tha. a, u"; rTo.cl a. .h. Hil!,t...ro' Con. vention there trad iieen sto.-t-iM'--u. iii ; J j In Forsyth County 320 shares, equal to ! Iredell . trO " " Burke & 60 ? " ' McDowell S Baocombr, 80 44 M Making in all, 560 M 832,000 SIOOO 8,000 8,000 856,000 ly, and ir.py be relied upon at po.i c I loll f. Tiiatit the- HilUboro' Conrentiomj, bU.i titmrrinlifin m(!f nf inn . name f II. D. Bird, but which - i n 0 ll fur i Km Ptlirliiircy Rail ilnu.! - , " '"npany the 1 1 a surer haa been infrr-j .' h been inlormed U , t their authoiiiv i . ' - . Irom Mr. Bird tha o (fa. k of c ha, . , ,,..; nr t:r . ''d I It a I m. nr K ait I icff t ikl Id ii imil I r- 't That there was also reported ai )nlt'f, bon Convention a subscription in , "'l of Johnston, Guilford and Davidoii.f f'61' more than the amount noon u-K;l r nfr tliMre Jinn been naid in in i V, - nlri I from tho niiiitie. ttr Owing to the failures last ahnre state tJ I remain mains lo be raised the ttim nf a.. ctt Which report was unanimously adm,,! I IIP lOIIOW : , . "'K resolutions were f,fr...j'. I VV r X f C . ,t0 Iti Resolved, That the Chairman rr irnfiiPftint ! v' -iTim. .-- tnrd " - - -- - iV n , J ,ls ""jwnmeui, prfr, " advertisement ,o be signed by ,be meiJJ me same, anc pumisned in Ihe- tww). " 'j the Slate ;ing'ha,,he umof8i(;S .scribed in the stock of ?aij cZ t been sul and hve ereent. thereon paid in to ihe ") surer of ihis Board ; that the sum of $56' more is known to bare been suhjcriledb sons who from accidental causes rneip) ' believed by the Biard, have failed to be re-?! ed on this day as having made such ai,senM lions and pr.id the first instalment tbe rroa tw! ihe sum of 876.000, yet remains to V,e rW by further subscriptions lo complete lie am I i nuvn irtjuiir-u lur tue organizatioa of J"; 1 Company ; and requesting and directio. flJ immediately after the receipt of paid sdreniU Tnent, ihe Books of subscription for tuci in V said Company be again opened at the et.. piares anu oy me iocaymmissioneri tezelo. fore appointed for that purpose ; and lUi tWt be kept open until the 1st day of May nex taJ that upon that day the said local Commum. erg shall return their Books and the iumi of money received thereon to John M. MorfhfrS,' Esq., al Greensboroogh. who it hereby author. 1 ized lo receive and deliver the same to uV Treasurer of this Board. Resolved further. That the aforesaid loeil Commissioners and the friends of ibij pt work ol Mate improvement generally, an) earnestly requeated lo continue their exertVonr in procuring subscriptions of siock as trfureiaidl mill Us success shall be secured by raiin the balance of stck required as above stated. The question being put upon the above re. solutions they were adopted. Th ere being no further business before tit meeting, on motion, ihe Board adjourned t meet at the call of the chairman. JOHN M. MOREHFAD, Chra. John B. Lord, Secretary. Fayctteville and Western P. R. Office. f March 25, 1850. Whereas the construction of the first Section of the Fayetteville and WesleTtj Plank Rond appears to have satisfied very generally the community of the Town ofi Fayette ville. and those Avho trade to that place, that improvements in the mode of transportation by these roads is well adorn ted to the condition and wants of this sfc tion of the State ; and the Board of Direc tors as well as the citizens of Fayetievillt nre deimus to extend these roads in er-l ery direction and the general mee'itig of the Stockholders of the said Company,' will tie a favorable lime for the consider ation of such matters. Resolved. Tbat an invitation he piven . . ft to the citizens of the counties of Chatham. Orange, Guilford, Forsyth, Stokes, and other counties in the North and West, aJ well as to the citizens of the countieso Robeson, Anson. Richmond. Stanly. Mon! gomery, and the other counties on tit South of the line, and all others who may please to do so, to appoint delegates to attend in Fayetteville on the 11th day o.4 April, at 11 o'clock, that being the day ol the general meeting of the Stockhold ers of the Fayetteville and Western Plait Road Company, to consult on the impor tance and propriety of building brancbrs to the said roadNorih and South, as pro vided bv thecharterof the said Company. Resolved. That the President of the Company cause this notice to be circular ted as generally as possible. ElTD LEE W1NSLOW. Pre U John M. Rose. Clerk ol the Board. We desire to commend the subject. of the above notice to the consideration of the public in this vicinity. We leant that the Plank Road survey is nearly com pleted up to Johnsonville(oId Cross Road) in Randolph county, a point 21 or 22 miles south of Greensboro, ; and we learn fur ther, that the Spirit of the Fayetteville pe! pie is up in favor of this mode of improve ment, and that they are ready and willing . . , i:i,-..l .tar in B. S S lonsMM iu n iiiw.-m iiucini caico tern of Plank Roads for the benefit of the up country and of their town. The intl taiion to delegates from this seetton ne.rhans ertended at a rather unfortunate time lust at the culmination of our Rail road nroiect, which demands the first al-1 tentionof the people. But even the great " scheme, we are sure, will not prevent the favorable regard of the people, or their aid to the Plank Road system. There is no danger of two much improvement North Carolina Greensboro Patriot. THE CUPOLA FURNACE LINCOLN- TON. When we were over in Lincolnton we t 0A f.x, mnminii. iinnn those enierpi" ! . . r .1 -A m V C ,i i.L-N ; young men, ine iessrs. rjuw"" j hpfn fr( m vehTfinceB indicated "M wf I . . . r .v- ,l.iermined to were there, to be men of iron, deiermm i were mere, to we mrn uj , .... i.mnls cceed if iron and mduMry lorm succeed if iron and indutry form elements success- n-j i j- r ,!e. success 1 b-.iness, -ppear accomm.dating and and having already gained a fair "P?11" , raithbdness an, i.au.e,. wbo mena mem io im- a.i"..-n- - . oT wish ratings of any kind, whether ol bruss. Hornets' Nest. ; TI eq qoireT.' rascri li -I If P' rone ii The! 4 Bonooiri : '1 '1
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