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VOL. 5.
WILMINGTON, FRIDAY, JUNE 4, ISn2.
NO. 39
TVBITTKN FOIl THE COMMERCIAL.
THE VIA) BACHELOR'S FATE.
"What i. i ihe name. of common sense are
yon doing James Edgar ?" asked Theodore
Sykes of a proud, happy looking genii; mar.
who was. playing with a chubby, rosyrhtek
fd babe, on the front piazza, on a pleasant
evening in Ma 3-.
Taking care ofiii3 own.'- replied Edgar;
and permit me to ask in return. what youre
about Frirnil SyUesT
'''Steering wide of that Maelstroom" an
BU'trt (1 S kes, who had -stopped at the door
:o Ji ive a .friendly chat with his' neighbor. .
'You may use any metaphor you please
Mr, Sykes; but I think you have rather ti
. hard time to stem the popular current that
thnviN.iiS to 'eugu Jph you."'
You are insulting Edgar: knowing as you
utli iln, my si.iccrc aversion to the "conjugal
start;1' as you please, Vf term it."
You arc avtTfi: to it Mr. Sykes, because
voiiJouk only on the d irk side of the picture,
a;,il Know nothing of the bcautits of the
bright one.''--.-
I think, Edgar, if it ever had a bright o;k,
it was cast in the shade when our first Moth
er, disobeyed her first commandment, and
t'icroliy forfeited her claim as a f'aiiliFui hand
maiden, and entailed -unnumbered vices up
on the, whole of her daughters."
"All Nature'fejt 'that wound,' Mr.: .Sykes!
lliu earth trc'mh'a I at her foundation; and do
you pretend to affirm that Man, cf all crea
tion., stood alone in the native purity and in-nna-'nre
with winch-he. came forth from the
harnl tif his Maker?'' "
I d'uv the insinuation Edar.r
Wei!, as yon have dated your standard
-as Tar back a that, let us speak of their re
maining viituesjind mutual assistance. We
read that man was created nerl'ert anil had
every thing in choice prolusion that could.
please the eye or benefit tne body; and had
he been left to "himself, he perhaps, never
would have dreamed of an additional pleas
ure, or thought of his lonely condition but
ihe great Master builder knew the require
ments of his nature and said. 'It is no'.ood
for man to be .iJone.' and in his wisdom and
pawer created far him a "'helpmeet.' You
dire not attribute, it to folly iti Him (M:
Svkes . . - ' '
j
"I do not question the propriety, wis. lorn
or necessity of that proceeding Edgar; but
I do say, that marriage, like all other ne
cessary evils, should, be avoided when it is
possible."
'"I differ w i h you there S kef-; for I have
tried both slates, and .experience proves t hi t
lam a happier man man now than when I
was tirgle.'
- You earn your happiness Edgar, for do
not the numberless cares, troubles avrd r!x-fi-ns's
that throjigyour jjathway merilrsorhe
"reward ? !
'd am willing to be deprivc-il of the happi
ness and 'bliss you speak of for the ease, quiet
t:on;'I way of liviiigf.' :; '
Hcie their conversation Was interrupted
hy.a lively little riil who skipped up to her
Pa and told him Ma requested him to walk
in to tea. -After" slyly kissing her Pa she
danced back to her Ma and told her Mr.
Sykes w4as with her Pa.
Mrs. Edgar immediately canoe to the door
and joined her invitation with her husband's
for him to stay to tea. both of which he de
fined and arose to depart. As he left the
uoorj lie caught some tender expression of
we that passed between husband and wife
4SlIleV OTPPtrwl ivii'li nltipr- mvl no lir ..mil.
home he could not help exclaiming, "Ed
gar must be a happy man after all." '
Mr. Sykes was a bachelor of some of 37
years, but was net thought incorrigible by his
hiem! Edgar. Consequently, lie tried to per
suade him by gentle means to change his
tnodeol !ife5aud to convince him by argument
wl'the necessity and importance of marriage.
But he was aavajs ready to refute any Ion
ic and repel any persuasion He lost hi
toother when young, and having no gentle
sister to love and protect.- iit:d 'tuflieicnt
wealth to defray ail current ' cipensee, he
naturally became selish, moroee and ungov
ernable. Whnn
Wanted by . a beautiful girl of 17 and deter
mined to marry her. Accordingly he paid
"pr ffreat attentions, which u -
M V . IMltVtVU DilU
-'cccived with unbounded pleasure. Onoday
taueu on tier anujounu tier ia comnanv
"wi cinoiner gentleman, wnom she treated
R,lh the same graceful politeness that had
always characterized her deportment to
r lrds him. -
What ! a smiling face for every encs,
flight Sykes as he tried ioimononolize her
fc'hole atteutiou. Fortunate Wm I to discov-
er her treachery in rime. After a fewj cornel penrte c-nffict with conscience, he determin
monplac.; remarks he inforru.d her he had e l to' marry if he could suit himself: But
railed to request the pleasure Vif" her eomp.t this was another rub ;Jic discussed the mer-
u niui mm tiur i!g .n njorumg nb' hut as. j us and demerits of every girl cf his arqunm
she was onir ig-nl ho would not insist on it ;' j tanre ; he 'proposed this one, and rejected
and took his hat and ief. her frever. ( j j that one ; and at last he decided to take the
Alter lie reached home he thus soliloqqizi j belle of 18. whose vocal powers and musical
u , 1 once mouiini her !tM angel in riisguis-!
Ui I Woman. Iiow fascinating but deceitful
are your charms. I am more than thankful
tor discovering your shameful treachery in
time. Mv neck is out nf rhni ihW'r . n.,vi
thanks to Cupid. I will keep it out! Thus
we might trace his train of thoughts. 'up y
his 37th year when he was introduced to the
reader. His nearest relative died a year pre-!
viously arid be took a house- i(nd eng.fgud as
colored. woman and tooy to manage h.'s house
hold and kitchen furniture. Hti fancied un-i
equalled happiness and contentment t m his
solitary home, with nc companion but an old- the Ilellespont'W to caress the lady's lap-dog.
gray cut that heallqwed the liberty of stay-!- He stoops from his lofiy eminence, hitherto
mg in tlie room for-the sole purpose of de-ij unapproachable arid prepares himself to pick
stroyingihe. micA; ;whicli unu-oyed his jriivityl; up the smallest, youngest and most feeble of
unmercifully, by their 'daily gambols and j the whole flock of lambs into his fatherly
midnight revels; but so grc.it was his aver- j protecting arms. However, he had the pre
sion and horror of peta of all kinds, that he! caution to consult las gold repeater to know
no sooner heard of an addition to his canine ! it was too soon to call at the house which he
family, th.iii he consigned the w hole litter to,? had never entered ; and takrfg a paper from
a Vatery grave. He generally bought sulli-l! his pocket he took'a seat beneath. a shade tree
cient provisions lor ids family,, but ' through j a few rods, from her door and; pretended to
the mismanagement cf the cook who did not i read. After a few moments he saw the ob
consider herself at all interested n his "tvcl joct of his thoughts and his "early love" en-
fare. he scarcely eve" had any thing pa!a-;
table; and his birder wanted replenishing so
often, the reality almost gave him convuisionsJ
In vain he discharged one cook and ensaged
anot her : all wire of the feminine species;
and none pleased him; none -appreciated hi
selfishness, none studied his interests. When
he returned from the -comfortable and happy1
home of James Edgar, th& iflrst sound that
greeted bis ears was the voice of Molly com
plaining of having nothing- for' her Master's
supper. k Yes." snys Molly. Massa'll be her
presently, linking as demure as aiji old hen
iliat hi'ts to scratch tor a dozen chicks; and:
he's got nothing rtf the-foftand heben knqws
its no piiy. lbr.be- cant aford enough for his-l
self b ibe lo k of mis here pantrv.'' 'There's'
o!e: Jiai across the street that has S children
-and a sick wife and ' he lives better ever)
clay of his Wii". than Alassa does."
"More giumbltng AI0I13'." interrupted
Sykes. w!u had beard enough to know an
other demand. -was made on his pocket. Is it
possible tha'" till the provision,'-, for which I
paid 25 dollars-week before last is gone1?"
"Yes sir said Molly" j !
' Confound you waste fulness : have I no
thing for supper ?" j
sIo Massa. nothing but a, few cold scraps
left from dinner." He was I about to 'order
tlie.n spread on the table, but recalling It 6
rniud the supper table of his neighbor Ed;
gar. he stalked out jof the kitchen and told
M-diy it was -;too late to' purchase any thing
then adh would wait till mprning." j
r After seating himsblf in his comforttible
rocking-chair he could tiot help contrasting
his cheerless condition with that of his friend
Edgar. Yes, thought he ' Edgar has 10 ex
ert himself more than I do ; but.-then he has
a cheerful fireside and a palatable . supper
prepared for his return without any precau
tion of his, and in addition lie has a family
'that 'adore him, a wife-that loves him. while
I, poor olFeasT. have none in the wide work
that cares a straw for me. farther than inter
est demands; But what can I dd? If I can
not afford the- comlorts of life for one; I
cannot for two ! That is a self evident -proposition
J" and to dispel the uncommon gloom
and disquiet from his mind, he walked out
into the street. He passed several squares
before anything diverted his attention. At
last, the soft warblinirs of a 'feiKale voice, ac
companied by musie frcm the piano attracted
his notice-; and--docking:' up he observed the
music proceeded from the house of the gen
tleman who married the lady 'that had a
pleasant smile for every one." He listened
attentively, and then mentally exclaimed.
"Yes that is the voice of the ildest daughj
ter of her whom I once loved; how proucf
she must be of h'er offspring !" While he thus
soliloquized, one of the front windows of ihej
parlor was 'thrown up and his early love and
her husband took their seats on the sofa, be
neath it to listen to the music, and enjdy the
balmy air that floated through the room.
The roora was Brilliantly illuminated and he
could distinctly .see the comfort and happi
ness that reigned within ; and the i-dea of the
ionely quiet antf (Jrcary lassitude of his own
home, siekend him ; and turning his footsteps
homeward he exclaimed ''Too thick by far,
but still thriving.11 He soon retired to rest,
but not to sleep ; and tifter tossing on his pil-i
low 'till midnight, and holding a most tes
j skill bad so completely charmed a few hours
since.
Accordingly he dressed with great care on
j the morrow, and after Molly had given him
h
to call at her home on pretence cf business,
and cultivate her acquaintance. lie knew ii
would create suspicion, but what of that ?
Whuu :t bachelor becomes .disgusted with
lite mode cf life and determined to change it
he baffles all etiquette and is one of the most
unceremonious fellows in existence. He is
prepared for climbing the Alps, "swimming
ter the porch to twine sonic woodbines that
were running on the latticed balusters. Hi:
thought he was unobserved, but he was suf
ficiently near to her to hear exclaim ' Oh 1
Ma. there'is Sykes, the-old bachelor. I won
der he never married." .a . ":
Perhaps he has irever determined to take
that step yet. Ellen; but I should not be
surprised if he's", changed his mind yet.
They say he has a very hard time of it at
home; and I pity him, though 'people say he
is a hater of all females."
'I am not sorry for him" ejaculated Ellen;
he deserves a hard lot. for why did he not
marry., when he had something 0 recommend
him to notice. 1 would like to bring him to my
feetJor the sole pleasure cf spurning him
Wo aid it not be capital Ma ? lil think the
daughters should resent the slio-ht of their
Mothers."
i
'Oh ! no Ellen. 'you are too young yet to
know how to retaliate, and if Mr. S)'kes nev
er married I never knew him to trifle with
the leelings of a single lady. That demands
some respect for him." "Perhaps you know
best Ma., but I do think" his selfishness de
serves punishment. His variagated locks
how his origin, and his face is wrinkledjanddo
you suppose any girl of sense would marry the
man who was eoteniporhry with her mothers
girlhood? I know.-I would not have him lo
brush Pa's boots, for I know he cannot see
well enough noV -,o j olisli any thing."
Sykes stopped to hear no more, but stalk
ed -off with all the grandeur of an iceburg
surrounded by its broken fragments. "What!
said he, am I the butt of all that fiery wit
and biting sarcasm? or are all woman a
treacherous, deceitful, complicated mass of
sin and foolishness ? I am rightly served lor
deserting my cherished principles. Tlnksl
to lortune, 1 am a nine m acivanee ci uer ;
t i r 1 1 .
as "ancient as she considers me," ;
While in this rever- he met Edgar whose
face Was drenched with tears, and who ap
peared in "an agotiy of despair." ;
'What ails you Edgar ?" asked the bache
lor after recovering from his surprise.
'My eldest boy is dying!" replied Edgar. -
'Dying! did you say .air. Edgar ? "Yes
the physician just informed me he can live
but a few hours longer!"
The two gentlemen were too much affec
ted to remark farther and they separated, the
one for the house of mourning, the other
fo- the house of cheerless Folitude, to brood
o'er his fancied wrongs and fortunate escapes.
He. never recovered from the blow hiVpride
and selfesteem sustained ; and never contem
plated marriage again. :;,I pity Edgar from
my soul, for I know how well he loved his
boy: fortunate again am I ; for if I have no
thing, I can lose nothing ; for. better is it not
to have, than to have and then to lose."
He lived to an eld. age in solitary secjusion.
of i;single bleccidness'7 as he termed it.'and
managed t6 preserve a cahn. satisfied exterior
until Ticdoloreau; with all its insupportable
agonies barked him for its victim. Several
sisters of -charity, hearing of his afflictions,
ventured to visit him, but he received Uieir
attentions with eo much cold indifference,
and positive" ecorn, - they t were afraid to ap
proach him again, lest he should order them
out of the house. 1 Consequently he was left
alone with Molly, who cared not a farthing
for hira provideder pantry waskeptsupplied.
The physician was regular in hi attendance,
knowing there would be a plenty of gold to
liquidate his bill. : ;- - , -
, After suffering death in a thousand form?,
hi? spirit took its final flight and left his body
lo be buried decenth. or otherwise according
to the option of his survivors. He died with
out a loving voice to bid him look beond the
grave for unalloyed happiness, or a gentle
hand to administer a cooling draught, or perv
form n jingle ttct of kindness! '
Mr. Edgar survived the loss of his child and
... , v
submitted with christian fortitude, and in the
end was enabled to bless the hand that dealt
the blow ! He also had other cares, troub
les and disappointments incident to m:n1dnd
in general, but he was b!e3sed with the love
and kindness of a devoted wife and affection
ate children. He survived the wife of his
bosom' a few years, but nothing that duty
required or love suggested was withheld by
his children ; and as his last hours drew near
1 . I 1 7 il U 1
a close, tnev ciung uur uruunu mm anu
caught the last accents that fell from his lips
and wiped the last moisture from his brow.
when his happy spirit took its flight to meet
its mate in the region of the skies!
VIOLA.
F07 THE COMMERCIAL.
JUNE.-
Ah here the comes," bright leafy June,
Sweet May has gone to give her room,
She comes in crowned with many a gem
From Nature's brilliant diadcni,.
How pleasant to roam in the furest free,
To sit 'neatb the shady: greenwood, tree,
And list to the murmurs of the rippling brook,
As it wends its way through the flowery nook.
'Tis Nature's mirror',' ;tbje bright 'waters clear
Where the Indian maid doth deck with care,
Her flowing tresses of raven's hue,
With buds and flowers all bathed in clew.
On the mossy bank of the silvery stream,
Where the biightningraysof the sunlight beam,
The lonely Violet lifts its head,
As if conscious of its beauteous bed.
The Wild-wood rose with Us cluster fair,
Throws fragrance on the balmj air,
The liily bell fair, with its petals white,
Presents to the eye a pleasing sight.
The silvery cascade's musical sound,
As it leaps from the rocks, to the moss covcrd,
ground,
Enchants our ear, attracts our e-e,
And causes our hearts to look upwards on high,
To thank him, the bounteous gi.crof all,
Tut tkt vnnumlf-red blessings (hat on as dcth fall.
EVA,
! SELEOTKD BO 3 TUG COMICKKCUI., BY K.
"Wanted, an IIoi;esr, Industrious Hoy."
We lately saw an advertisement headed
as above. It conveys o every boy an impres
sive moral lessoiv ';An. honest, industrious
boy' is always wanted. "He will be sought
fori; his services will be in-deniand.; he will
bei respectud and loved ; he will. be spoken
of in terms of high commendation ; he will;
;I vays have a home ; will grow up to be a
man of known wprth and established charac
le He will be wanted. The merchant will
wint him as a salesman or clerk ; the master
mechanic will want him for an apprentice or
journeyman ; those wi,th a job -to let will
want him for a contractor ; client3 will want
him. tor a lawyer; patients for a physician ;
rehMO;Us congregations as a pastor; parents
for a teacher of their children, and the peo
ple for an officer. He will be wanted.
Townsmen will want him as a citizen; ac-
' a'iU.cs !l3 a neighbor; neighbors as a
ri . . .. .,- . . - ii. ... ii
hiend ; tamuies as a visiter, m wurm a
acquaintance nay, girls want him as a beau,
and finally for a husband. t:An honest, in
dustrious boy !"' Just think of it, boy's; will
you answer this description ?
CONGRESSIONAL AMUSEMENTS.
The following capital hit at the late mode
of conducting Congressional debates, we clip
from the "Lantern." It purports to bq a
prospective debate in the. House of Repre
sentatives, furnished by a clarycyant report
writing under a Washiogtoridate of July
5th, 1852, indicating a length of session not
altogether to our mind, but etill neither un
precedented nor improbable:.'
Mr. L). Facer (Derii. Ky.) brought forward
a motion for the suppression of oral discus
sion in the Legislature. The .honorable
member proposed, as - a substitute, that all
questions at issue should be settled by single
combat,, with bovvie knife or pistol. Honora
ble members were, up to the present period,
in the hajiit of sticking at nothing and he,
Mr. Facfer. thought' that his proposal f would
certainly obviate such a state of things, by
mv'inv them something to stick at.
Mr? Barker (Dem. Va.) seconded the mo
tion, and also would be happy to second any
of the combatants ia want of his assistance.
He believed that his qualifications in this
respect were well known to that Honorable
House; and if any member was igucrant of
them, he would take the liberty or recapitu
lating The Hon. member was here pro
ceeding to give the details cl -several san
o-uinary -difiicutUes," when he was interrupt-
f Mr! Whittle. ( Whig, Te'nn.) What doea
the Honorable Member mean by thrusting
the details of his duels on the House? Good
nPiTt no btisfi. and a successful duelit
neoiii nn nraise.
There was no oanger 01
the Honorable Member'- deed3 not biix
trumpeted fjrth to the worhl. because, every
body knows '-that murder wilt out !"
Mr. Birker You are a liar and a" thief !
(No sensation whatever.)
Mr. Whittle The Hon. rascal oppesitehas
called me a liar and a hief. I befieVe that
the Huse will s ipport me. when I term him
a forger and assassin. (Lesa sensation than
before.)
Mr. Barker Who' robbed, the man on
board of the steamboat ? A-h-U I
Mr. Whittle - Wiio ran away from the Re
vere House without paying his bdl ?Eh-h !
Mr. Barker (shaking his fistsWSilver
spoons !
Mr. Whittle I didn't insure mv house for
double it9 value, and then set firi to it.
Mr. Biirker If the Honorable Member
isn't a coward, he'll have it cut with ne
now.
Mr. Whittle j umping on the table) come
on you ruffian !
The Speaker-T-Fair play, gentlemen ! Re
collect, it you please; that our proceedings
will be reported.
The Honorable Members then had a set
to, in which both displayed considerable sci
ence, and great animosity. Bets ran high as
to who would win,' and we understand that
the Speaker speculated heavily. After five
rounds, however. Whittle gave in, and wus
chaired home by his triumphant friends.
We believe that a meeting between the two
gentlemei is arranged to come off to-morrow.
This incident agreeably relieved the mono
tony of tlie week's debates, which were grow
ing exceedingly tedious.
From the Jt'ilvigh Standard.
Proceeding? of the Council of State Called
Session of t!i2 Ijcsislaturr.
Pursaant to a call of the. Governor, the
Council of State met in this City on the ISth
inst., a id a quorum not appearing, the Coun
cil adjourned to the 20th, when a quorum
was in attendance. Wilso i S. Hill. Esq.,
was chosen President, ar.d Mr. W. H. Jones.
Secretary.
We have been permitted to copy, for the
information of our readers, the proceedings
of the Council in relation lo availed session
of the Legislature.
The following communication' was receiv
ed from Gov. Reid, and considered :
Executive OrnpE, , . i
Raleigh, May 20, 1852. J
Gentlemen : The construction placed on
the 2d clause of the 1st section of the 3d
article of the Constitution of the United
States, requires the vote for President and
Vice President in 1852 to be according to the
Census of 1850. This construction has been
generally acquiesced in. and will, I presume,
be adopted by all the States. Although I
have not been officially informed of the fact,
yet it is well understood that North Carolina,
according to the late apportionment, will
only ha entitled to ten Electoral votes fn the
next ele'elton. The act of the General As
sembly of this State at the session of lS52-!3
divided the State into 11 Eleetonal districts!
Therefore the act of Assembly provides for
the election of eleven Electors, while the
Stale under the late apportionment will only
be entitled to ten Electoral votes. The next
election for President and Vice President
will take place before the regular period ap
pointed by law for the meeting of the Gene
ral Assembly. It is provided by law that
"the Governor may. with the advice of the
Council of Slate, call a meeting ol the Gene
ral Assembly, if the same shall be absolute
ly necessery, at a sooner day than the same
may be adjourned to or appointed to meet."
I submit to your consideration, whether
under the circumstances it does not become
necessary to convene the General Assembly
at an earlier day than h provided by law for
its regular meeting, to have further legisla
tion to avoid illegality in the election for
President and Vice President. If your body
should advise the General Assembly Jo be
convened for the purpose I have ' mentioned,
the question then arises as to the most ap
propriate time-for the meeting. It occurs to
me that it should not be called together till
after the next August election.
The Constitution provides that "the Sen
ate of this State shall consist of fifty repre
sentatives biennially chosen by ballot, and
to be elected by 'districts; which districts
shall be laid off by the General Assembly,
at it3 first session after the ear one thousand
eight hundred and forty-one; and afterwards
at its first sesiion. after the year one thou
sand eight hundred and fifiy-one." It is
also provided that the apportionment of tne
members of the House of Commons t;shall
be made by the General Assembly, at the
respective limes and periods when the dis
tricts for the Senate are herein before direct
ed to be laid off." If the General Assembly
should be called together before the regular
period it would of course, be a session, and
the first after the year one thousand eight
hundred and fifty-one. The language of the
Constitution i3 not the first! regular and bi
ennial session, but at its Jirst session.11 It
would, therefore, seem that if the Legisla
ture is convened the Constitution requires
the Senatorial districts to be laid off and the
members of th House of Commons to be
apportioned. If t is convened before the next
August election it will be composed of mem
bers chof en in 1850, who, I presume, were
not elected with a view to laying off the
Senatorial districts and apportioning the
members of the House ojf Commons. I
therefore submit whether a regard for pub
lic interest and a respect for public opinion,
do not require hat the time for convening the
General Assembly, should be postponed till
the first - Monday in : October next. The
Legislature then caUed'toether would be
fresh from the peop!ef and lolly piepared to
reflect their will oo lEeae tubjecU and all
othtr "
The next fCSiann of t!i f2nrrtl A.mM..
will in all probabpy.b.e . nc f more than
ordinary length. Laying off the Congrfs
sioaal and Senatorial distorts, apportioning
the members of ihc.Hoysa ol Commor and
acting upon the Report' of the Commission
ers appointed to rcvisrc the Statute, added
to the ordinary business of leirislaticn, will
protract the session. The people might go on
and in thtir primary meetings nomiunte'thcir
candidates for Electors, and the General As-
semoly, when , convened, -might pars the
necessary net in time for th 'PrvvMiMiii'it
election , -!:.
The Legislature coulJ then proceed to
lay off the Senatorial districts and apportion
ijiruiucis ui me inuse oi Lomtnons: rc-
tinl fiir tlir -.....' .1... . ? t. . . "
,-...r .v.. ...v r.csvNiMj. nn; jixing uic time
lor the meeting of the Gweral Assembly,
and then act upon the Report of the Com
nmtcc appointed to revi.se Statutes, or upon
any other business of legislation. In' this
way it seems to me the expense and incon
venience of:
This commumcaiiin, yon will observe, is
predicated upon the facrthal the term or the
members of the Legislature "commences ut
ihe regular biennial election in August.
Upon thii I point ,1 think there can he no
doubt. It has been sai l that this; construe
tion would operate as an inconvenience, fotjf
.iiicr uic eicewn in umi, inen more
would he no sncn?rr of ihn Snnnir fr"cii
ceed him. Even admitting this to be true, it
argues nothing; for we all know than an in
convenience experienced i from a provision in
the Constitution does not itnborize, us to
change its construction. ! The Constitution"
provides that members of (he Asicmbly shall
be biennially chosen. All ecem'o admit
that they are elected for a term of two yars.
In 18.75 the Constitution wasnmerjded, and
instead of each county having a Senator and
two merabera.or the Houso of Commons a
different mode of representation was substi
tuted. Although the amended Constitution
was ratified in November, 1S35. an ordi'nanro
of the Convention postponad its operation till
the lst.'Qf January. 1S3G. Trc Con6tilutio.n
which went into effect on that day, abolish.,
ed the Assembly elected under the old-iCon-stitution,
and consequently the first j Assem
bly chosen under tho new Constitution wii
elected at the summer Heel ions of 1 1820.-
The term of the members ol that Assembly
commenced from the election. If the term
commenced at the election then, it must bo
so now, for he .-Constitution, hos not been
changed since that time. x i 1
I mosi respectfully ask your advice in re
lation to convening the General Assembly. I
1 am, very rpspec fully,
Your obt, servant,
- DAVID S. REID. ,
To the Council or State. .
WlIEIlEUPON IT WA8 ORDERED, that the
call a session of the members of the. General
Assemblyto be elected in August next, to'
meet in (lie City of Raleigh, on the Jirst
Monday in October next, as proposed in the
preceding communication.
W. S. HILL, Pees. Council.
No farther business v coming before tho
Council that body adjourned. ;
Shocklus and FaUl Hall ltoadfXccIdent,
: JJostONy May 10.
Last evening on the Fitcbburg P.ailroad.at Wn.
verly, Mr. William Sawyer, an eminent lawyer of
Cbarlestown whilt riding ia an onn carriage with
his wife anl three duugliters, attempted to crow
tho track of tho railroad, and csrne in contact
wiili the down traui running at the t rate cf forty
miles per hoar. The carriage wa3 completely de
molished, and Mr. Sawyer, and hip dioshtcr urcro
Instantly killed,' whilst tho tin rcr received fatftl
injuries, and MrsT Sawyer bail her fckail so' badly
faefnred as to c;raso the brain to protrude. Tho
dreadful occurrence h attributed entirely to tho
rashness of the ddrer in attcraptln, to cross tb9
track. , . , ' '
The way a; Cmpcror and limprew Travel.
We have already stated that ihJSmpcror tjd
Empress of Rn3&ia bad arrived at Warsaw on thb
2d instant, and on the Cfh 11. d Jlir-g and Qacea of
Prussia left Berlin to tacet( ttyL.ro at thorfronHcr.
The Emperor goes to Vienna, ibenco to Tragao to
visit tho Ex-Erapercr cf Anstiia, aal' aftcrsvanl
pomes for a few days to Berlin. Extraordinary
preparations vere made on the road frcia SL Tc
tersbnrgh to Warsaw fur tlie journey of the Em
press and her numerous suite. When the Ercpe
ror travels alone ho generally docs .o in a moro
mm'' m i m
sinrpio rnanner. a sintienian ivjio came a hlllo
in advance cf the Iraierial train, describes tho
spectacle along: the whole - line &i extraordinary.
The road for 400 Eaolis'a miles was repaired and
swept by hand, every stone being removed, and
at every post station 17G horses were kept read
harnessed, that not an instant might bo lost.
THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT.
Tho Finance Committee of tho City Council of
Savannah (Georgia) havo recommended that tho
Mayor of that city do auinorizeu 10 reran , o ino
Hon. Elisha Whittlesey, general s agent of tho
Washingtoa National Monument Society, one hun
dred dollars; and that an ordinance be enacted,
in virtue of which it f ball bo the Mayor's duty to
make for tho name ohject, on the anniversary of
Washington' bittkd&y every year, cntil a sndcient
sum is collected for the parjiose, an annuel den
lion cf not less tken one hundred dollars. 8tich an
ordinance (says the Savannah Republican) will
ensure a yearly contribution-of one -bnndred dol
lars until a sufficient amount shall bare been col.
lectcd to build tbo Monument, and we aro kuro
that no citizen of Sarannah will nudgothe amooat
thus proposed to; be conlribated. Tbo moremcnt
U worthy of taaltatloo j other corpora;joas. ;