then ha been fairly presenred;'!
lIT rynJitinn. unre-
The issue
Frtt Svfrage, or a Ffte Contention, unre
strictedly anything but the viU of the Peo
ple f ". rL r
We have chosen to support if F?eb Cow
TEXT! on ' We opposed Free Sufy-a?e. not
because tee thought the people ooght not to
have it. bat because we 'old not like the man
ner of getting it. We can never 'sanction
the propriety of araendtaents to the Consti
tution by Legislative enactments. It is true,
'4 the constitution points out that as one of the
modes of amending the constitution, but it is
wrong, and never can accomplish the object
t intended by it. Let us see how it is to be
; carried into effect.' A bill i to be introduced
into one Legislature, proposing an alteration
I of the ConstitUTionV If it receives the eup-
port of three-fifths of both Houses of the
Legislature,' it is to be published, in
such mariner as the Legislature ray pre
scribe, for the inlonnation of the people; nnd
is then to be submitted to the next Legisla
ture. They have o pass it again through
both bodies by 3 vote of two-t birds fi both
houses; and it is then submitted to the peo
Iple who may ratify or reject it. by voting di
rectly upon it at the ballot-box.
Now, is it 'not perfectly obvious that, by
this mode, the will of a majority nay. of
two-thirds "of the people, may be defeated ?
We have already hown that, after 1852
thirteen Senators will represent a majority of
the people ol North Carolina. Tlio minori
ty is represented by thirty-seven Senators,
any seventeen of whom n.ay defeat the will
of the 'whole State. Is there any- principle
more thoroughly settled than that a majori
ty of the people have a right to farm or re
form their' ConstitutionAheir fundamental
law 1 All constitutions, it is true, are design-
ed to proiect the rights of minorities ; it is I vention which would redress every gnev
the shield which guards their rights against ance. We believe that a Convention can
nil Pncrnnphmpnta. Rut iIipK RhifLls these be called that: when called, it will be filled
guards must come, in the first instance, from
the majority. In no other way can fpower
be denved from the people only." Free Suff
rage has, it is true, passed thp present Legis
lature; but none but Freeholders yet vote
for Senators. : This right, which you are told
i3 an inalienable personal right, and which
you are degraded by not being permitted to
J exercise,' is not yet obtained; and we venture
flO;. predict you never will obtain by kegida
?tive action." It is deceptive and intended to
be deceptive. Many persons who voted for
it. avowed their determination to go home
rund electioneer against it. They voted for it
to kill a Convention, and congratulated
themselves thfct they had killed both.
But ii( you do get it, it will only be after
fnir more 'years of agitation. And every
other amendment is to be made with the
same difficulty. A generation may;" pass
away, before even one amendment may be
made to the 'Constitution, though demanded'
by two-thirds of the votes of your State, and
of the most vital importance to their best
ki t ejects.
Suppose there are not two-thirds of both
Houses of the next General Assembly in fa
vor of Free Suffrage in what situation will
you.bej ? The whole battle is to be fought
over again. You begin where you first star
ted. rou will not be as near the attainment
of your wishes as you are now. Is this an
illustration of that pridciple "contained in the
first section of our BUI of Rights, ".That all
politiciat power is derived from the people
o tly?"h The Legislature "is only the creature
of the people; and that mode of .amending
the conslitulion recognises the right of that
creature to dole out to them such amend
ments as may suit their pleasure. It puts it
in thepower of seventeen Senators, represent
ing one fifth of the population of the State,
to hold down, under the most grinding ty
ranny and oppression, the other four-filths.
nnd to taunt them with the insulting cry of
Dorr Rebellion. They say we have the
power to govern you ;" we will exercise that
power,; and you have no means ol redress
except by rebellion. Every principle of
Free Government is outraged by such a
course; every principle 'of ou nature re-
. volts at it.
The.mode of reforming the constitution
which we advocate avoids all these objec
tions. There is no possibility of mixing it up
with the political intrigues of the day. Dem
agogues have uo opportunity of seizing upon
some ono principle, and riding i: as a hohby
intoiower. There is no improper, and un
ratural agitation of the popular ,,mitjd.
When a Convention isauthcrised. byjiaw, the
people are sensible ol the importance of ihe
task they have to perform, and fully alive to
the responsibility which rests upon them.
They select its their Delegates not hot-brained
politicians trained in, the political atmos
phere of party corruption ; I'but men distin
guished for purity. l,or wisdom, for integrity,
for prudence for raoderatbn men who", have
parsed i the age when they are misled by the
i allurements of amhition ; and who may de
sire to secure for their descendants a .free,
stable and conservative Government. Their
deliberations are conducted with coolness
-and dignity.
; Lt such a body assemble in North Caro
lina, and take, into consideration the whole
Constitution. .Let their vyUdom determine
whether.any alterations should be made, and
i.if any,! what they are. Let these alterations
then be submitted to the people, and let
i them Jecl.ire. ,as the ballot box whether-they.
approve of the result of their labors -whether
they prefer the old Constitution- or Jhe
, new. There need be no turmoil -tio excite-
jneut. Everything willi Jbe conducted with
that calmness and dignity , becoming so im-
f portant a subject. Within twelve mor.ths
everything m iy.be done, and if a change is
mad&tthe, Guvernmeitt will be moving on
harmoniously in this new sphere of action
every grievance remedied-very cause of
complaint taken away md that which has
been Ihe bane ot Nortli Carolina, crippling
all her efforts to better. her condition retard
ing all her improvements- -Eastern and Wes
tern jealousy, buried forever.
Wo beg our Eastern brethren not to sup
pose ive desire to encroach.upon their rights.
ot a Western marharbors such a tliought.
Has the. West ever feeen unjust; towards the
Easv.3 fan one instance be -;pointed out in
the hutory of our Statewheri K the. West
was not true to' the East, wher she failed to
i meet her Eastern brethren in the spirit .rif
brotheriy.kiudness and affection 1 with that
spirit which should subsist between members
of the same great family ?
Then why persist in charging that our ob
ject in seking to obtain a Convention is an
attempt to deprive the East of any one of
her j ut rights 7 We aolemnjly avow it to be
beliet ihat every cause of complain! that
eirher has again the other, ran be cas.Jy.
rpfldllv removed bv n Onnvernion : ' that all
differences will be adjusted fairly and wisely;
and that we will then form one brotherhood,
united in feeling, and interest and speedily,
assume that proud stand amongst our; sister
States to which bur resources and the char
acter of our people so -eraiaentry entitle our
noble old State. i i
If this one object can be attained we shall
have done more lor North Carolina than a
quarter of a century .of legislation under our
present system can accomplish.
The mode of altering the Constitution by
Convention is much the most economical.
The time already consumed by the Legfcla
ture in the agitation and discosaion ol i this
one proposed umendraent, has cost the. State
more than the whole expenses of the Con
vention of 1835. Another Legislature will
have to discuss it; and even if we then fail,
the whole cost will have been icurreJ. An
other amendment may be proposed,, and the
exnense incurred. So that the mere discus
sion of each oroDosed amendment by Legis
lative enactment, zconld cost more than a
Cnnceiititm which would settle: the whole
at once and forever.
Entertaining these views, we have opposed
in 'the present .Legislature, the attempt to
take initiatory step o incorporate Free Suff
rage in our Constitution by legislative actio n.
YVe believe the mode. is anti-Republican, and
contrary to the free spirit of Free Institution.
We believe you cannot obtain Free Suffrage
in the manner proposed ; and, if we are mis
tnken in that, we are sure you cannot obtain
it without years of; agitation and i turmoil.
We believe that one amendment in this
mode will cost the State more than a Con-
with the wisdom and prudenceand moderation
of our State,; and that they jean and will ad
just ail those matters about which the public
mind is beginning to be agitated, to the en
tire satisfaction of all parties of the State;
so as to secure every one in tnet enjoj men!
of all his rights of person and p properly.-
Thin is the object of all free Governments.
We desire nothing more, and hre sure the
people do not.
Studious efforts have been! made by a por
tion of the: public Press to misrepresent" our
views, and lo attribute to us"-motives which
we never entertained. This is a stratagem
frequently ! resorted t , to ward off the force
of truth. We are charged with having pa
ly designs; aiid this is chaffed, as a party
movementj The charge is not true. It is
above party. Our object is to keep our Con
stitution out of the baneful influences of par
ty polities: to elevate it above all other ques
tions; and to induce action upon it by the
wise men of the land. We are the ad vocates
of the right of the people to form their own
organic law.
We have an abiding confidence in the
honesty and integrity oMhe people of North
Carolina. We have stood up as j the advo
cates of their rights. -Their &rood alone has
governed us in our actions. We appealithen
TO THE PEOPLE OF THE WHOLE
STATE OF NORTH . CAlipLINA, to
free themselves from the shackles of party;
to look at this as a question which may ef
fect them and their prosperity, for all time to
come; and to decide it as becomes North
Carolinians as becomes reemen.
John Gray Bynum,
Calvin J. Webb,
.Jesse B. Sloan,
N. W. Woodfin,
AIarcds Eawis,
W. B. Lane,
J. Al. A. Drake,
J. Thornburgh,
J. A. LlLLINGTON,
A. H. Caldwell,
O. G. Foard,
Stephen D out hit,
G. F. Davidson,
- G G. M'Kov,
E. M. Campbell,
Jos. M. Bogle,
Francis Locke,
A. M. Foster,
John A. Gilmer,
,D. F. Caldwell,
C. H. Wiley,
Peter A dams,
Rdfds Bahringer,
I J. W. Scott,
John Shimpoch,
A. G. Foster.
J Ad. Al. Leach,
A. B. McMillan,
David W. Siler,
John Hayes.
J..H. Haughton,
, Anous R. Kelly,
Z. Hussell,
S. Flemning,
.11. T. Farmer,
T. K. Caldwell,
T.G.Walton,
therford
Buncombe,
Randolp
Ro4an and
Davie.
Iiedejl,!
Stanly.
Wilkes,
Guilford,
Cabarrua,
Davidson.
Ashe, j
Macon,
CaUwell
Chiith'am,
Moore arid"
iMontgoniery.
Yiincyv
Henderson.
1
urke.
ANECDOTE OF GENERAL JACKSON-
The Hori ; who, a a Baptist
pre'icher arid lieutenant governor, had at one
and the ftarpe time been iu the service of the
Lord. an! ni the State of Illinois, become dis
sarisfied iviih the honors or profits, or both
of Uie posts he held, determined . to resign
mem. and aevoic nis wrne ana talents to the
assistance of the admistration in Cfixrying xjti
thu general government of the cou'ntry..; Ac
cordingly, he came to Washington, and laid
his case beiore the rresiderrt. , He stated his
pretirtionsand his wishes narrated at some
length all t.bet prominent eveiits of hU politi
cal life, dwelling especially upon his untiring
devotion toth democratic party.the sacrifjees
he had submitted to, the exertions he had
made in its behalf, and its consequent indeb
tedness to hi.m. but said not a word of what
he had dooe for the cause of religion. Gen.
Jackson heard the clerical aspirant through
in silence, and alter musiig 'a moment,' put
the following question to him :
Mr. K., are you not a miuisLer of the
Gospel?" ; ,
" I am, sjr,' was the reply, j
" TIen, sir," said the General, with hia
usual quiet dignity, "you hold already a
highrr office than any in my gft -an office
whose;eacred duties, properly performed;
requires your whole nitention ; and really I
think the Xet that I can do for you will "be
to leave yoq, atdiberty to devote your wh'oln
ttjm to tltejp j for, lrom what you tell ine, I
fear that hitherto they hare been somewhat
neglected." '
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WEEKLY COMMERCIAL
- WILMINGTON, N. C.
FRIDAY. JUNE 27, 1S51.
STATE OP THE THERMOMETEB TTEATHEB.
24th. Tuesday, 1 o'clock, 79
25th. Wednesday, 1 o'clock, 80
FOURTH p? JULJ.
Next Friday being the 4th of July, no paper
will be issued on that day, agreeably to loDg es
taliahed custom. . j- ,
' NEW ILLUMINATED FAMILY BIBLE. ,
We bare been shown a copy of Perry's Illumi
nated Family J3 Me, which for beauty and cheap
ness surpasses any work of the kind yet pub
lished, that we hare ! seen. Wu. Q. Perry,
who is stopping at the I Carolina Botelv intends
remaining in our place for a few days, and
will wait on oar citizens; to Introduce his Book.
NEW CHOOSER.
The new schooner Q R. Potter, Tolson, came
up to town on Monday last. She was built at
Smith ville, by Mr. R. B. Potter; is a fine vessel,
built of liv.e oak and cedar and copper fastened
and intended for the coasting trade ; 106 a 110
tons bur:hen. She was launched oa Saturday
last.,'" .!.!
CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM.
We conclude the address on the subject of Con
stitutional Reform in this number. We believe
all the essential points connected with this im
portant subject, have been presented in a candid
and intelligible manner, and it is now left for our
readers to decide upon the course they will pur
sue. ' ''' ; '
As a Convention Is proposed, we hope our
friends will take iato consideration the propriety
of sending Delegates to it. We presume there
wil he no difficulty in obtaining the services of
a sufficient number of our fellow citizens for this
purpose, if a meeting will give them authority to
go. It will b a pleasan trip and answer the
double purpose of advancing the cause of equal
rights, and of forming a taiore intimate acquain
tance with our good friends of the West.
! We shall now lay the subject of Constitutional
Hetorm "on the table" tor the present, where it
will remain for a season, j unless called up by some
of Our friends, or by some movement of its friends
elsewhere. We will, in due and proper Reason
recur to it again. Ki:
In the management of this affair, we see no
cause for the least excitement. If our people
will send Delegates to the Reform Convention,
our Western fellow pitizeps will be highly grati
fied, and they may be assured of a kind recep
tion and the administration of a hearty and gen
erous hospitali.y.
NORTH CAROLINA RAIL ROAD.
We have received a pamphlet copy of the Re
port of the Chief Engineer,. Mr. Walter Gwts.v,
on the Survey of the N. C. Rail Road, printed by
Swaim & Sherwood. This excellent report has
already appeared, in whole or in part, in mosft of
the papers of our State.
We make a short ex
tract from the. concluding matter of this Report,
which is as follows : i I
"The home market built up by the Manufactu
ring establishments will stimulate, encourage a.,d
foster the agricultural interest which is the great
interest of the State. And thus the great ends pf
government will be acomplished by tbe silent
workings of, the system of internal improvements,
without, doing violence ht the theories or prejudi
ces! of any one. The greatest benejit will be con
ferred on the greatest number. In fact all will-be
benefitted. For the North Carolina Rail Road is
not a, mere line of Railroad, accommodating a sin
gle line of travel and operating on a narrow sec
tion of (he.Slate; .Uiere. is scarcely any portion or
any interest in the State that jt not -benefitted by
this work. It traverses yearly the whole length
of the State; it is the Central Rail Road projected
by the old aud.ardent friends of internal improve
ment, crossing the channels of some of the prin
ciple water courses, bringing their water falls and
Manufactories into the actual vicinity of the Sea
board. It would be difficult to plan a work, so
properly so obviously and so jcssentially a State
work. The people themselves have made it so by
their wide spread and unprecedented individual
subscription of a million of dollars, and by their
endorsement of the copartnership of the' State
from one end of it to the other, in her Subscrip
tion of two millions more."
LATER FROM TEXAS.
Galvesjon dates to the 13th, and Brownville to
the 14th, have been received at New Orleans. ;
The crops have suffered in some of tho interior
t. : . . Ui
counties for want of rain
A Mr. McDonald, charged with stpjilinnfivprjil !
c - .--g, - .
thousand dollars .from Mr. Tate, at San Antonio,
has been made to convict himself of the theft, and
disgorge the money, by a stratagem rather a del
icate ,oue of" the sheriff. It was agreed between
the sheriff and the prisoner.that the sheriff should
receive one thousand dollars of the stolen money,
as a consideration for aiding the thief to escape.
The prisoner was to retain the remainder, and
the shwiff was to provide him with a fleet horse
and arms; he was released from the jail and pro
ceeded to the place of deposit, in company with
the sheriff, and the money was disinterred. The
thief was . then re-arrested, aud unless he finds
some other means of escape, .will doubtless go to
the penitentiary for his pains. The Western Tex
an doubts' the propriety of the sheriffs course iu
the matter.
MORMON OUTRAGE.
The Ust reported piece of rascality practised
by J.J. Stracg.and his gang, occurred at Grand
Traverse Bay, on Lake Michigan, about 40 miles
from Beaver Island, on the 16th April.' He pur
chased goods, for which he paid in bogus half dol
lars. When the cheat was discovered, the " Sher
iff, with a posse, started in pursuit of Strang and
his gang, who when overtaken, turned and took
deliberate aim at their pursuers, and dror them
back.
THE COSDEN MAS3ACRE.
The jury in the case of Nicholas Murphy, charg
ed with the murder of William Cosden, ami parti
cipating La the mass&cru of the family, returned a
Yerdiet of guilty, oa Saturda"y last. H was trid
at Elkton, Maryiand. Wo reported the conviction
of Taylor, a few days ago. The Cecil Iempcnat,
ia announcing the verdict against Murphy, says :
J The condemned man sat firm oai motionless.
He did not move a muscle c? his face. Ha was
taken back to the jail then his self-control for
sook him ; his spirit fell, broken by the awfvd
weight it had been upholding the last prop of
hope was knocked away, and he wept loudly and
long." '
COMMCNlCATKD.J
POST OFFICE STAMPS.
Mr. Editor Would it noi be well to call pub
lic attention to the propriety of procuring Stan ps
for all their correspondence 1 After the 1st of Ju
ly the-rates will be 3 cents when pre-paid and 5
when not paid. No Gentleman will think of im
posing the difference upon bis friends, surely; and
if I mistake not, Fashion wijl soon put her seal
upon it, so that an unpaid letter will be consider
ed from a questionable source, and be permitted
to remain uncalled for.
Editors friendly to the law, and looking to a fur
ther reduction, would do good service by pressing
this matter. , MERCHANT.
ARRIVAL 0F TIIJ3 .
vtsr-
STE1MER ARCTIC
4 DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
New York, June 22d, 8 P. M. The steamer
Arctic arrived this afternoon, in 11 days from.
Liverpool, with $7 passengers. Shel experienced
frtsh westerly winds d-urLng the whole passage
The Cambria arrived at Liverpool on the 8th.
ENGLAND.
Hyde, a cotton broker, has fa'led His liabili
ties amount to je200 000 to jC3(X) 000. The Messrs.
Finch, iron merchants, have also j failed, whose
liabilities are j1 80,000. )
The committee on India steam navigation have
reported against the Panama and in favor of the
Cape of Good Hope route. ;
ParliaiUient has adjourned for ths Whitsuntide
holidays.
The visiters at the great exhibition average
nearly 5,000 daily at a shilling per ticket.
The Dublin and Glasgrow Railroad will be
opened on the 1st of August. i
The crops throughout England and Ireland pro
mise an abundant harvest, though the season is
backward.
FRANGE.
The committee appointed to report upon the
revision of the French constitution, stand 9 in fa
vor of revision and 6 against it. Lamai tine made
a powerful Speech in favor of revision, subject to
the decision of the people by universal suffrage.
The President is about to make j another tour
through the Provinces, where his popularity is on
the increase.
. The accounts from Paris of the state of trade
are satisfactory. I
f PORTUGAL.
It jj reported that Saldanha is becoming un
popular with the army. A French fleet had ar
rived in, the Tagus.
' spain. ' ; ;
! A new levy of 25,000 troops was about being
made to enable the Government to interfere in
tie affairs of Portunal. I I
. TURKEY. '
The Prussian troops had completely evacuated
tie .Danubian provinces.
GERMANY.
1 A collision had occurred between some sailors
and the Austrian troops at Hamburg, in which six
lives were lost and many wounded.
HOLLAND.
Accounts from Amsterdam represent that trade
is completely stagnant. Coffee And Sugar wera
unchanged. Rice dull. 1 - r
CALIFORNIA ITEMS.
;We received the Alta CaUbrnial yesterday, of
the 15th May, from which we gather a'few addi
tional items. j
The loss by the great fire of the 4th of May
has got down to seven millions. The California
j . 4
much siace for us to copy. -
The officers of the Gustom House -saved the
specie of the office by casting it into a. well. A
bout 1 ,000.000 were saved in this ,way.
When Burgoyne's safe was opened $1,500,000
was taken out not singed or darnaged in the least.
The. books and. all the papers, deposites, &c., came
out fresh and free from the least blemish.
The California says : 'It is impossible to even
guess at the number of buildings or the amount
of property destroyed. A thousand buildings is
within the bounds of truth, we judge, and ten mil
lions of dollars could not replace the terrible des
truction. Some placo it twice or three times as
high. It 3 sufficient to say that more .han three
fourths of the business part o. the city is nothing
but smouldering cinders. It is impossible to give
a list of the buildings burned or the names of the
sufferers. "''
"But the most lamentable part of this sad sto
ry is 4he loss of human lif. "How many have lost
their lives cannot be known at presentperhaps
it never will be known how many; but several are
known to have lost their -lives. The following
.have .been reported :
" About o'clock a man on Washington street
dropped dead frgra. pver exertion. - 7 '
One man was taken out of the jtpre ofStarkey,
Janion & Co. about o'clock this morning, burn
ed to a crisp. '
i Mr. Mudge was dangerously burned. He, with
Messrs. James, Noyea, -and Forst were for four
hours shut up in the vault of the Na glee building,
which they saved, but -could not get out. -v -
" We have experienced several seywre conflagra
tions in this v ootaed city; but pone of them can
compare in extent and destruction of property and
life with this, which is stiU in progress, And all
of it is the result of carelessness of seme person
in the paint shop of Baker & Meserve, where tte
fire commenced."
Messrs. Baker & Mesrve have cctae oat in a
Card, declaring that the nmalj precautions were
taken in their establishment, and that they aro not
chfiTgeable with carelessness or negket. They do
not know what gav rise to the fire.
he shipping io the harbor escaped providen
tially the fate which for hours seemed inevitably
to await them. But by breaking up the wharves
and cutting off the connection, the progress of the
fire was checked at Battery streef. The only res-1
sels burnt were the Niantic, the-'Appoilo, and Gen
eral Ilajrison, storeships, which; were a long time
ago hacled in and tmilt upon close up to high wa
ter maik. The city has since extended far beyond
them, ind left them as it were in the heart of the
town.! j, !
Th Sacramento Transcript contains an account
of twa skirmishes with the Indians on the south
fork f the American river. In the first one a man
by the name1 of Wade, from Racine, Mo., was kill
ed and tw.o others wounded. Tne whites had lo
retreat. They collected a force of twenty-four
men, and went out in pursuit of Mr. Wade's body,
when they were again attacked j by the Indians,
one man, M. Clark, frQm Clay County, Missouri,
was wounded, supposed mortally, and the whites
again forced to retreat. Four Indians were killed.
The Indiaus were mostly armed with rifles at the
second skirmishat the first, part with rifles and
the rest with bows and arrows.
r For further accounts of the California Market,
see Commercial Head.
From 'he Alta Califomian, May 15.
THE CHINA BOY'S
Quite a large number of the Celestials have ar
rived among us of late, enticed hither by the gol
den romance which ha3 filled the 'world. Scarce
ly a ship arrives here that does not bring an in
crease to this worthy integer of our population.
And we hear by China papetra and private advi
ces from that empire, that theCeeling' is spread
ing all through the seaboard, and as a qousequenco
nearly all the vessels that are up for this country
are so for theprospect of passengers. A few Chi
namen have returned, taki ug homo with them
some thousands of dollars in California gold, and
haw thus given an impetus to the feeling of emi
gration from their fatherland -which is not likely
to abate tor some years to come, j
Through their Chief here, and their Agent, Mr.
Woodworth, they have got possession of a large
tract of land on the Moquelumue which they have
commenced cultivating, and are fast settling it.
They are among the most industrious, quiet, pa
tient people among us. Perhaps the citizens qf
vaiuauic. xucy acuiu iu live uiiucr uui ias u 11
bornand bred under them, and already have coin
menced an expression of their preference by ap
plying for citizenship, by filing their intentions in
our courts. -What"' will he the" extent of the move
ment now going on in China and here is not easi
ly foreseen. We shall undoubtedly have a very
large addition to our population, and it may not
be many years before the Halls of Congress are
graced by the presence of a long queued Mandarin
sitting, voting, and speaking, beside a Don from
Santa Fe, and Kanaker from Hawaii. x
While writing the above, a letter from a Chinese
in China t.0 a China, Boy ia this country has been
shown us by Mr. Gregoryand it will be forward
ed by his Express to it- destination at the Indian
Gulch i where its Celestial recipient is digging
old ind will feel himself happy by the - news
from home. Many fetters pass to and fro between
China and California, and at each departure of
ships for the Celestial Empire, its children here
send off to their friends, beyond the Pacific great
.numbers of California papers. It may be seen
from this how intercourse is increasing and knowl
edge extending. The day of fencing the world
atid infqrmation out qf China has forever passed
away. The glitter of our gold has passed the
gates of the couin of the sun and moon, and the
disciples of Confucius are coming and have come
to qualify his philosophy with the wisdom of
Washington and the utility of Franklin.
GraduaIlytheirwooden shoes give way to the
manufactures of Lynn and kindle a fire for bar
.beeuing a rat dinner. The long queue eventually
passes away before the tonsorial scissors, and
stuffs saddle or is woven into a lariat. The
yard wide nankeen unmentionables are found un
suited to our windy climate and neater fashions,
and are succeeded by a much better- fit. Hats
and other Americin garments succeed and soon
the chief distinction consists 'n the copper color,
the narrow angular eyes, the peculiar gibberish
and beardless faces. When these national cos-
tumes shall have passed away,, nationaiprejudices,
whether of politics, morals or religion are pretty
certainly ou 'their road to amalgamation. - The
China Boys will yet vote at the same polls, study
at the same schools and bow at the same Altar
as our own countrymen.
The New York JExpress says a man was seen near
Broadway ou Saturday morning in 'petticoats, and
with a bonnet on. When asked by the police
why he wore thiscostume 1 he replied, "My wife
has taken my clothes, and I have taken hers.'
' This kind of notoriety," adds the Express, 'Is
not likely to . be convenient? for modest young
ladies, or even for respectable old women to-acquire,
and hence our comparative freedom rom
Blcomei ism in Gotham. i '
3I0NSTERS,0F THE DEEP.
A Shark, of the Jiger species, measuring eleven
feet nine inches in length, and six feet two inch
es in circumference, was taken J in our harbor
yesterday morning ; and shortly afterward, an
other "was canght, measuring nine feet four inches
in length. We understand that the harbor is full
of these 'monsters of the deep.";Charlesfon
Courier.
' MESSRS. LEIGH AND DE.
Tho following is from the Kalcih r
Age, of Friday last: & "'ft,
On Saturday and Sunday takt e. ' .
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pleasure ot neanng an eloquent aiidahu hi
We bad not sen or heard this ditj'r s
vne for many years, and wer agrecat 1
Bed to find him looking no u-ull ti ,V
somewnat aecrepit uf
The strength and energv
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rerpaiu uuimpaired
fested by the venerable Minister, carri tt4:-'
to tha good old days of Primitive xt-V? u? k
Ihe name ot tiezeSiah u. Leih is Wem fi
our earliest recollections, almost, ai d
t'4
with delight to the lessons of in.strnt ?v... "CU:;4
ings of a vll-spent lit. ' -
At night, i Profcs-or Deems, ;rmidt ' f ,.
Greensboro'jFemale Collfge, prechel t Dt
large and attentive audience. Histhuiic Vc"
importance of the icuprovt nit nt of tie 11
hour" TMlau, if ye will hear hi v,iw l"'1
Th unaffected earnestness und sok-ninitv'
D.'s sjyle, the rich vein of thought an.l ini1 ' '
al culture, which run through ail his eti:,ru' t :
tkie unobtrusive purity and huinilitv'W V r
atrd character, always command for 'i.iia ri'! :"
divided attention of hU bearers and on l
casi.n. themarked silence which prevail,.,! 't
videnf that his word uuru . .
- "HV illll" I CIV K.
... wuivgmi4ij. llnU"h ri,vr:
er encijunaie in constitution ami plivNitat a!;
he possesses a gigantic rnu.d ; and hho il.l ' '!
and health be spared he is destined to U tT ' 4
nfsf ifncrlh t Tliliriiii ..t ...I . . l"r
North State. May a long, prosperous aad "
Jife attend him.
REVOLUTION IN PEUuT
The New York Tribune-has VahmraUn h,.-
of May 8th, from which the follow-in
a revolution in Peru is obtained :
Qeneral Echinique, the new Presi leiitrcceiv.
the executive authority on the 20th ufA , -;
The occasion was signilized by two events of vrr
different character the opening of tla. r,;;,,
from Cailao to Lima and the breaking u'uuf4r.
volt in the city of Arequipa It appeatsi tU:
company of the friends of Gen. Ecliiai-iue, 4
asseibLed together on the 20th of Ajuil ccfcl..
ting thel inauguration of the new Pretidci.t iji,
tookplace the same day in Lima, In the ujt
their enthusiasm they hung out a banner, Aui.
bed "Viva Jose Rulio Ecliinique!" and s-dnhi it
with cheers. This was distasteful to the ju pu!
tion, a majority of whom were friends of Vivakt,'
the defeated candidate. They collected iti grids'
and began to cry out ' Down with the latiih-tf-!
One of the opposite party, a Col. L.pez, orjl
out a troop of cavalry and attempted to dirs
them. This brought on a collLiou ; birncad.!
were thrown up. a general tight comtueiicei aaJ
each party begunii plunder of tho huiL-suf ibs
other. The Prefect of the city attempted to iiu-li
the disturbance, but without tlllct.
The people firvd on the town ef San Franciico
and the barracks of the solditiis; the belli wqs
i rung in all the chttrches to call them together, a;4
, , . F . . ' ; ' after 2b hours of incessant bghting the wa
were .driven from tl e city. .JSuine uf the proiiii
nent inhabitants then exerted themselves to res
tore peace. A deputation was sent to the Pa-fud,
wb,o entered the city. on the 21th, aijid geueral
acclamation. During the, fight 80 peristals
killed and wounded, the soldiers being the great
est sufferers.
At the latest date, tha 28th of April, there a
still some excitement among the citizens, and it
was feared that the troubles were not vholly qui
eted. ; v i '
FROM OREGON.
Oregon papers have been received up totbi
10th of May. The accounts from the gold
on the Klamath all agree that the mines wiiiai
a fair equivalent to the miner. Some beau::fa
specimens had been discovered, weigin f:.
five dollars to se reuty-five dollars. ;
The newly-discovered coal region is said It!
inexhaustibleand coals can be delivered onfe
ibank of the Columbia river at less thau tea 4
lars per ton.
The population of the whole Territory, xf
certained by the census of" 1850, is lZ4S'li;hfk
3,078; mills, 45. ! 1 '
A steamboat is about to ply between tbiCt
cades and the Falls of Columbia. Th c-vx'!
at the Cascades have already nearly curr.pfc:
railroad arpund the portage. i
The Western Star says that t he's last s?ea"
brought quite a number of passertgers from
States. Mr. Preston, Surveyor Gent ral Ar (N "
and family, and Mr. Nelson, Chief 'Ju.Ujs of 0
gon, are among the number, Also, fiwj1''
teachers. j i
William Kendall, convicted of marpr, .
executed at Salem, on the 18:h ofjApriH a3i;Jl
large concourse of spectators. J
ADDITION TO THE CAPIT0LV
" The Nationial Intelligencer of Saturday a?s.-J
corner-stone of ' the addition to- the C?j
authorized by the late act of Congress,
laid by the rresident of the United States or-K
4th of July next! in the presence of such o5
of the Government as may then be in tlic?
and of all citizens who may see fl.tj to as.ea&'
witness the ceremony ; and that an Addre-
that occasion will be delivered by the Stcre'
-of State. " ' 1 '- . i
MEXICAN BOUNDARY
Intelligence is received that Cprunaissfoa
pointed by the two Governments bsre1
initial point on the Rio Grande, where the ?
ern boundary of New Mexico strikes that
in lat. '32 deg. 20 min. north. The Jint 0
mission had agreed to meet at theinitlal p0;;'
above determined, on the 21st April to
decUion pf the astronomers,
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which -a.w
ner-fctone of the monument
placed thereon.
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THE PRESIDENT AT OLD ?0Vst- .
The Norfolk Beacon of .Wednesday &
the President and his Cabinet bare accei
inviution of tho proprietors of tbe.HjSJ
at Old Point, to pay them a visit. He -
Saturday last. k ' -
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