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THOMAS LORING, Editor and Proprietor: TWQ DOLLARS Per Annum, invariably in Advance, -J 'JJJJ r1r- NO. 44 WILMINGTON, FRIDAY, JULY 9, ISoS. VOL. 5. From the National Intelligencer. DIRGE FOR HENRY CLAY- BY U. E. W., U. S. A. Iiibt i Daughters of Music, the mourners are nigh! 3h Pitcher is broken, the Fquntain is dry 1 Tis the wail of a widow.' Columbia weeps! Tlie Last or the Romans in majesty sleeps ! Conic! weave we a-chaplet of alive and bay, bur harp's cn the filIow. Come! weave we a lay ! How heavy a burden the grasshopper sings : Wo ! wo to the land of o'ershading wings ! ye halls that liave eclroed full many a time The silvery notes of his sweetness sublime, Be ye hung in mourning ! that music Shall wake from the Charmer his charming, is o'er. , Ye hearts that in rapture have hung on his thrill, In you its soft 'murmurs are echoing still. Let their euphony glide, and their choruses roll, As waves among rushes die over the shoal. Let them deepen, and startle, and angrily swell, Like a rock that is rushing down mountain and . dell; ' Let them breathe, let them whisper advice in your ear, - , When the dark hour cometh aud danger is near; Lit them burn, let them roar when destruction is nigh,' And the war-cry of liberty rings in the sky ! While freedom is calling for word or for blow, Let his bravery nerve and his eloquence glow; Let them burn in the bosom of sire and son While there's Error to vanquish and truth to be won ! ' To fields, green with harvests now gathering in peace, Take ye up the chorus that never shall cease. His word o'er the ocean gave peace to the land; His voice in the Senate linked firmer the band. Ye fields of long ages where glory is 'wrought, Behold what a harvest the Reaper has brought ! In the breach no'er was wanted a freeman to stand, While life gave its cunning to Clay's fearless hand! And never was needed a voice in the stGrm, ; While his tongue with its motion and!rnusic was warm. ' "Shroud the, plough and the anvil, the compass and loom ; ' " Ye artisans gather and kneel round his tomb : Deck the shrines of Religion in curtains of crape, And the temples of Learning in cypress leaves drape; ' f . . Hang the porches with garlands that bloom in the shade; Be the scales of blind justice in sable arrayed . Your altars and firesides, your domes and your doors, ' Be all hung in mourning on these happy shores ! And hushed be the bugle, and silent the drum, No hoarse muffled notes from the battle-field coaie; But Peace,.gentle Mercy, and Liberty weep ' O'er the urn where his ashes, still living, but sleep. Disturb not his rest till tho trumpet shall round That calls forth the chosen God'a throne to sur round ! . ' 1 And is there an hor.or. high office, or name, One inch that could heighten his statue of famel The twelve thrones of Caasar noTully could make, One breath of a Tully their empire could shake. . ... 1 Mf The twelve thrones of Cajsar forgotten may lie, And Cicero's fame shall resound in the sky; The Republic's White Palace shall ' crumble to earth; j, And the leaves of Clay's chaplet be green in tbeir birth ! One age an d one country his deeds may record, Posterity. claims him herself to reward. Pass on with his coffin ; lead on to the tomb ; . A nation of mourners follow after in gloom : His bright ej-es shall kindle a thousand no more ; His sweet lips are silent, their kelody's o'er. ACCEPTANCE OF THE WHIG NOMI NATIONS. As a part of the history of th faithful chroniclers of passin le times, and as iw4tui viii j ti j vi vi o vi mcci 1 Jc v uutOj do weu as lor the importance and general inter est, which they command we copy from the Washington Republic,. the following' porres Pondence between the President of the late Whig Convention and its nominees for the Presidency and Vice Presidency of the Uni ted b tales. In communicatinir the fact of Uieir respective nominations, the President w the -Convention accompanies his letter '5.1th a copy of the resolutions or "platform," as laid down and adopted by that body. Reply of Gen. Scott. t fr Washington June 2, 1852. ! Sir : I have had the honor to receive from Fur hands the official notice of mv "unani mous nomination as the whig candidate for we office of President of the United -States." e of President of the United -Stages, together with "a conv of thp. rpsolntinns nns- oy tne convention expressing their opm . " upon some ot the most prominent ques t!ons of national policy." This great distinction, conferred by a nu merous, intelligent and patriotic body, repre senting millions of my couutryrnen, sinks deep into my heart and remembering the Very eminent names which were before the invention in amicable competition with my" p, I am made to feel, oppressively, the height cf responstbility belonging to my new position. " vr--i.-- .. . " " ,. Not haying written a word tcj procure this distinction, I lost not a moment, after it had been conlerred, in addressing a letter to one of your members to signify what would be, ot ihp nrnnor timp ihp. Bllhstnnr.P. flf ITiV re- J" f vy . j - - ply to he convention ; and I now have the honor to reneat. in a more formal manner, as the occasion justly demands, that 1 accept the nomination, with the resolutions annexed. The political principles and measures laid down in these resolutions are so broad that but little is left for me to add. V therefore barely suggost, in this place, 'that should I, by the partiality of my eou-nlrypen, ' be ele vated to the Chief Magistracy of the Union. I shall be reacly, in my connexion with Con gress, to recommend or to approve1 of mea sures in regard to the management of the public domain so as to secure an ' early set tlement of the eame favorable to actual set tlers, but consistent nevertheless with a due regard to the equal rights of the whole American people in that vast national inher- itance ; and also to recommend or approve of a single alteration in our naturalization laws? suggested by my military experience, viz : giving to all foreigners the right of citizen ship who shall faithfully serveiin time pf war one year on board of our, public ships, -or in onr land forces, regular or volunteer, on their receiving an honorable discharge from the service. i ) In regard to the o-eneral policy of the ad ministration,, if elected, I should of course look among those who may approve that policy for the agents to carry it'-ihto execu tion; and I should seek to cultivate harmony and. fraternal sentiments throughout the whig party, without attempting to reduce its mem bers by proscription to exact coniorrniiy io my own views. But I should, at the. same time, be rigorous in regard to qualifications for office retaining and appointing no one either deficient in capacity or integrity, or in devotion to Liberty, to the Constitution and the Union. . ' Convinced that harmony or good will be tween different quarters of our broad country is essential to the present and future inter ests of the Republic,.and. with a' devotion to those interests that pan know no South and no North,-1-should neither countenance nor tolerate1 arty sedition, disorder, faction, or re sistance to the law, or the Union, on any pre text in any part of the land ; and I should carry into the civil administration Ithisfone nrlnfinlp. nf militarv conduct obediencd to the legislative and judicial departments of (Jovernment. eacn in us consuiuuouai spuerc saving only in- respect to the Legislature, the possible resort to the veto power always to be most cautiously exercised, and under the strictest restraints and necessities. Finally, for my strict adherence to the principles of the whig parry as expressed in the resolutions of the convention, and herein Rurrnrested. with a sincere and earnest purpose to "advance the greatness , and. happiness- of . - i.i I 1 the liepublic, ana tnus io cnerisu auq( e" rnnnirrp. thp. ransfi of constitutional liberty throughout the worlds avoiding every act and thought that might involve Dur country n an unjust or .unnecessary war, or impair llm f:1ith nf treaties, and'discountenancinsr all political agitation injurious to the interests of society ana aangerous io iuc uinuii,'iiiaH r fp.r no nihp.r rdedcre.ci!. guarantee than the known incidento df a long public life, nowun- 1 xl. - ww mnf lAn flergoirrg me eevttressi cAaunuauuu. TiWlino- rnvsnlf hicrhl v fortunate in my as sociate on the ticket, and with a lively sense of ray obligations to tne convention, anu io vnn r nprsonr.I courtesies. I have the honor to remain, sir, with great 1 - - A. esteem, your mubt uucuicui c vo.w,, " WlNFIELD SCTT. To the Hon. J. G. Chapman, President of the Whig National Convention. - - Reply of Mr, Graham. Washington, June 24, 1852. Sir?( I am gratified to acknowledge the receipt of the communicatfpa whichj you did mp. th. honor to deliver. in i person oh yester day announcing. tmy-unanimous nominatianr as tne wfliff caiuuuuie iu uic uiui.c ui president of the United States by the Na tional Convention which recently assembled in Baltimore, accompanied by a copy of the resolutions of the convention upon questions of national principle and policy. I cordially approve the declarations made by these resolutions. On matters of the most recent practical" interest they do but portray the conduct of an administration of the government of which for near . two years I Have been a member. On all others they but reiterate the doctrines and recommenda tions held by its chief in important public communications. . . Should the people of the United States gisre their sanction to the nominations of your convention, so far as I shall be invested with authority, a faithful adherence to those doc trines, may be expocted. i . I therefore acrept the distinction, so honor ably tendered, with a grateful heart, but with unaffected diffidence. It is a satisfac tion, however, to fcncw.that the place to which I have been nominated is but 'secon dary, and that for the first office the conven tion has proposed a citizen of tried patriotism ancf virtue, long and favorably acquainted with .public affairs and public iaeh.t A safe and sagacious' counsellor, who has wrell ful filled every trust heretofore committed to his hands, and who has illustrated our history by eminent public services. - i . With, my thanks for the courtesy with which you have honored me, in the execu tion of your office, and with the highest per sonal respect, I an your obedient servant, , : . William A. Graham, j The Hon. J.G. Chapman. President Nation-! al Convention." -. From the Memphis . Eagle. ANOTHER THRILLING CHAPTER "FROM THE CRIMINAL ANNALS - QM KENTUCKY. It seems that Wiley AVeatherford, his brother Archie and a man named Jas. But- ier were neignbors oi iUr. vvatsqn- ana re garded in the community as suspicious char acters Wiley, especially, being looked up on as not only suspicious, but a bed and des perate nianwho would scruple at no crime in nnrsnit rF Kla nhipit Tl pnmfi Ollt. in the fpctiirfnnw Jf?fHpcp m pn haiT pntP.red into a conspiracy to rob Watson ot a large sura oi w V a m j mmm tllf w money three or lour thousand dollars which he was known to possess. For this purpose they had as long ago as February last, bribed a negro girl, a house servant, be longing to Watson, to administer strychnine io the whole family, and inform them of the time of giving it, so that they might be near at hand to effect their hellish purpose! This conspiracy wa3 about coming to a head sometime in April, wlien Watson, whose sus niVinnR lpd him to keen himself alwavs arm- Ud, on returning to his houce one night, found n m:n whnsp. lffltlires ne COUia ILQt uisiin- guish in the darkness, lurking in tlie rear of his stables; and shot him. He was not wound ed so badly but that he was able, by the help nf his accomplices, who were not far off, to apt nvvnv. This man turned out to be Arch ie Weatherford having confessed it himself thoucrh he denied it at first and pretended to be contined to nis oeu ior some vvccks uy sickness. The confession was made to citi " . l li' !. 1 zens of the county who went-to him .While in bed and told him that such were the sus- nirions ntrainst him. that he must submit to a personal examination. Hia.cGnlederates, Wiley vveatneriora aua james uuuer, men came and cpenly acknowledged tnat they had all Ijed about the affair. 'Not long after this occurrence. .ne negro : -I Ur,A Knnn Kiril-iorl nnmp. forward and confessed to her guilty complicity with the ruffians and gave up the strychnine which they had furnished her to carry out their dia- bolical purposes, soon alter Arcnie vv uuui erford's recovery, he, together with his broth er, armed with double-barrelled guns, station . . . . i i ed themselved at a cliurcn in tne neignuor hood, on a day appointed for worship, for the purpose of shooting Watson, who Was expec ted to attend church on that day. Some of his neighborsj.however, went to meet him and turned him bacu. i Wp now nnnroac.h the denoumcnt of this revolting story, which seems so out of place in a Christian lana ana m me niueieenui P-p.nfnrv. . Monday the 7th inst., the County Court of Hickman county was to meet at : onnxon. Wiley Weatherford, who, it appears, was a full grown specimen of the rowdy-desperado, hnrl hppn heard to sav that he would take.the life of Watson whenever he met him in fact acknowledged that ha had been foiled only a few days before court when he attempted, to waylay him on his return fr.cm , Clinton". Watson, it was known, would. Be al.VClinton on the day of the session of the County Court. Accordingly, both - the Weathexfords and Butler were present in Clinton, on, Monday, all well armed, On Watson's arrival he pro ceeded to the Court House, where the Court was in session and the joom thronged' with people. On-enteringvhe found himself thrown very neaF to Wiley Weatherford, who was irr-jmediaiely seen to put his hand into his cnVtrilp-nncrs which contained his arms.i. Be- fnrp hp was able to p-et them out, Watson drew a rifle-barrel pistol and shot him under ho i-Jn-ht " ninnlp. the. ball massing clear through his body.. Weathetford still endeav- orea ta get out nis arrjnsjinu was iiu"g's i i JU Ills tllliajJ'Jlliai, ' 1. , mi l.nTi fh THnrcH hv thn roiirt cf inQuirV tO D e en- lirely excusable and wholly justifiable." The announcement of this result was re ceived with prolonged shouts of applause by the citizens of the country, hundreds of whom were in attendance...; .r Archie,,. Weatherford and James Butler; have fled the country .. .. ? Such is, in brief, one of the - romances ol the West," which is all fact. 1 Truth is strange stranger than fiction" When shall we hear the last of these terrible tragedies, and these still more startling conspiracies ao-ainst the lives and property of peaceful, industrious citizens? When ehall we hear the last of" the murrel'l men ? v.- AN EAVES DROPPER IN A "TIGHT v .. PLACE." Dick Corncracker was a restles, mischiev ous boy, whose prying curiosity led him into a hundred scrapes every year ; but the hard est one of all was that in which his earswere nearly scraped off his head in the following manner: Dick had a sister who had a beau, and Dick was very anxious to pry into, the mys teries of "courting." So one evening, after the twilight had faded away from the land scape, and the best parlpr illuminated faint ly for lovers uianticipsitiQn'.of the, chapel scene, prefer a did, religious light for their tete-a-tetes as some of the family were ab sent, Master Dick resolved to execute a plan which he conceived several days previously, and make himself master of the modus ope randi of the preliminaries to marriage. .'In the -parlor -there happened to be an earthen funnel j plaeed ' there to admit the r? eci TP for a Move moe from below, which was connected with a " dumb stove" fn the iff r" chamber above. It being cummer, the stoves vrere removed, and our young hero lound that! he could introduce his head throv the aperture and listen to the conversation be tween the loving couple. He listened accord ingly, very attentively, for some minutes, un observed by the occupants of the parlor, who were too much attracted by each other, to obaerve the inverted face above them. At length Dick, 'becoming tired of his con strained 'position, and of the conversation, whichJa-.ler he a versed to this d?iyt wasex treruf7y "sickish" attempted to withdraw his head from the trap into which he had thrust it ! To his dismay however, he found hlmsell fastened as securely as an ox m a sian. could not pull bis head out without stripping it of its ears and scalp, so he hung until his emotion, and struggles withal, brought the blood into his head, and he grew quite black in the face. At this critical juncture, his nose titillated with some particle of dust and he sneezed. This awakened' the lovers from their intoxication, ' and they soon discovered the prying rogue, who finding himself betrayed, began3 to kick and roar luctily for help;' AH hands were on deck, and, -it was found impossible to extricate theanlbrtunale youth, without first, prying ;oiit the earthen funnel, and shivering it to fragments with, a hammer. Dick-was henceforward cured of eavesdrop ping and is at this day a very "good boy." i i Yankee Blade. A GIGANTIC LIMB OF THE LAW. Billy Greene', or as he was commonly cal led! u Corubo," was the largest man in Ire land in his day. Some estimate can be made of his enormous size wnen it is Known tna. after his death the intermediate space be tween two of the front windows of his house had to be broken down m order to getthecof- fin out I It was a curiosity to see iwra ar.ven through the. town, the side of the car on which he sat almost touching the ground. whllse the opposite side was suspended hih in the air; two of his nephews frequently sat opposite to him as -a balance, and, although thpir Joint weight did not fall much short of j - four hundred pounds, they would, have an el- evation ot at least two leei; over tneir uncie ; in the absence of the nephews it was custo mary to, pile large rocks on the vacant side of the car. But Bumbo was a Falstaff in more ways than one, for he was proverbial for hi3 dry sarcastic wit and bread humor. r ttJ nftpn visited the market-clace for the A. W - 7 " sole purpose of scolding andbeing scolded by tne nsn women, uuu uu suuu uuuaaiuus mo abusive language that passed between the billigerants threw Billingsgate far in the ohno As o la wver. Rnmho was considered UllUVIVt -.w " J J ' " " - exceedingly shrewd; and; longheaded. It was quite amubingMo sue mm &ii.ujg m an ciihi hnir nntsidfi his hall door, surrounded by a ornnn of country clients seeking his counsel. previous , to the 'giving of which the client was . politely requested to deposit tne neces Inrtrft old cast-off hat of Bumbo's. which was placed in a convenient place for tKsf nnrnnafi. I recollect one evening as I wa3 leaving theoffice in which 1 was emDJ.oyed..andwnicii was riorht onnosite to Bumbo's residence,. he "hnllop.d-" mo. As I went towards him I could observe thatlie.wasin Ihe'best possible tr i 1 1' I j. . huraor. ana a gianpe at ine imi, which wcis nMrlv'fillpd with the coins of the realm, and a goodly sprinkling of flimsies, indicated that he had no occasion to os omerwise. ' at first opportunity if you werer related to G , the breech es-raaKer, wno uvea in Mill-street, lorrcerly " t JnHifrnnnilVi denied bearinsr the most dis font rpla'tt.onshin to the breeches-maker, and told Rnmbo that mv father had an old Irish manuscript, in which the several oranencs . i ot our larany iraceu up iu uyai viau, rk wfia rotpmnorarv with Moses, but in TCkllJi T was certain the breeches-maker did not figure, and that I would let him have look at the manuscript, n ne wisnea to see He said he merely wanted to know about lio Krppphps-maker. because, said he. " He : . . bade the first pair of doeskins for me that ever I wore." 1 Was quite nettled at his cool effrontery, and requested to know if the breeches-maker was alive, and that ifanother pair was order nt icst timp what kind of animal could be found whose skin would be capacious enough to make a pair to ensconse mm in. Without the least difficulty," said he, :for not one thousand miles from where you stand (and he looked me straight in the eye,) the most tremendous, gigantic, awful big Jackass skin in the world could be had." I now thought it time I was evaporating, so I turned on my heel, and as 1 went off I heard him chuckle until 1 got out of hearing, arid Tnwn it I felt somewhat like a dog that lost his tail: : '.V. Bumbo occasionally went to Dublin, and generally travelled in his own conveyance. rU onp omnsion he was obliged to go by tage: and. the day before he sat out he sent his servant, fat, to tnecoacn-oiuuc iu cnKac two seats for him. Next day, when he ap peared at the office, he learned that Pat did engage the two; seats, but one was an inside arid the other an outside seat. Bumbo was at one time cross-examining a witness at the Court of Ennis. vvhen the fol lowing dialogue ensued : -: Your name is John Keane,as it not i Yes. that is my name." ; 1 " Have yon any other name besides that of John Keane ?" . ' , . No. that is the name I was christened by. ; You are a man of known varacity, John. You on all occasions tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but truth ?n I endeavor; to do so." , V - " Now upon your oath, are you rot sucu a by the name of Brcagach,r' (c- Breagach.'? in the vernacular, is liar.) . " People can call me what names they like. It would make a -poor 'man of your honor to be obliged to stop every one's mouth with a two-pennv' loaf,, that calls yourself Bom bo !" " : The Coqrt was convulsed. Bumbo!s own fat sidp.s were seen to shake and '-Breagach" was told, he might " go down.'- 1 O'Blunderbuss. Austin, Texas, May 2ftl. IS52. , Confession of One of tfce Murderers of. Young IiChmau Eighty Murders Acknowledged Horrible Disclosures, &c. . , PuiLADELFirrA, June 23. A Polander, who has had an inierview with the two Skiiinski's the murderei-s of young Lehman, in the county pris on, made derelopements- of the most startling character to-tlay before Mayor Gilpin, being substance of a confession made by thsni. Mathias Skuninski said, "I killed young Leh man by striking him on the head witl a stove leg. Blaize. my brother, was present, as well as Kay ser, whose real name is John Ruthowiuski, and is still at large : I ! Mathias also said that himself and party had killed a farmer and ; his family, consisting of six persons, near Newark, Delaware, and afterwards set fire to the premises, from which they obtain- ed 873 and some jewelry. He also confessed to a murder near Baltimore, and said they had mur dered near eighty persons and burned thirty hou ses since their arrival in this country. The plun der, to the amout of near $8,000, he says, i.i bur ied in the mountains, and under the charge of Kayser. - This confession is so extravagant as to lead to the supposition that Mathias js now insane. He expresses his confidence of escaping through the aid of Kayser, and designs murdering a.l. concern ed iu his arrest and conviction, besides numerous persons in Ney York. Note by the Reporter.- TAs confession, if relia ble, will be looked for with great interest. It will be remembered that the Cosden family were mur dered at Georgetown Cross Roads, not far i from Newark, Delaware, and that Murphy, Taylor and Shelton, who were hung for the murder, died pro claiming their innocence. The other murder confessed, to have. been committed near Caltimoro, may probably be that of Mr. Buck, who was so mysteriously, murdered at tlie Copper Works on the ether tide of the basin. Should the Skupin skT's prove to bo the1 'murderers of the Cosden family, that tragedy will be clothed with addition al horrors. 1 .-' i j From the Baltimore Sun. The Mortal Itcmains of Mr. Clay jMovcracnts of the Committee They Remain in Haiti- more Over Night, &c. . .'' . "Washington, June 30, 9 P. M. The committee with the mortal rem??ins of. Mr.-. Clay in charge de sign proceeding en route slowly. They will stop in Baltimore to-morrow night, and leave for Phil adelphia sometime during tho morning. They also design tarrjing one night in Philadelphia and New York, and other large cities, in order to give those desirous an opportunity of viewing the corpse and paying the last sad tribute of respect to the illustrious dead. The arrangements for the funeral are in all re speets On the most extensive and c6niple order. The Senate Chamber and Hall of the House are being festooned in the deepest mourning. The Rev. Dr. Butler, of whose church the de ceased was a member and communicant, will read i ' ' i the Episcopal service and preach the funeral ser mon. Evidence of mourning in Washington are uni versal, without the slightest distinction of party. Buildings on the Avenue are now all hung in sa ble The eulogies in the Senate and House to-dayl were all of the highest order, causing deep cmo tion. That of Mr. B reckon ridge is spoken of, by all who heard it, as of unpommon eloquence s.nd beauty. . J i f ARRIVAL OF THE AFRICA. i -' ' THREE DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE. The steamer Africa, wvith 80 passengers, and Liverpool dates of the 19th ult , arrived at New York on Thursday morning last. ENGLAND. ! There were no indications of a dissolution of Parliament. The new steamers of the Cunard Company, for Australia, Panama and New Zealand, were in a great state of forwardness. ' , - . Mr. Keogh, an Irish member, took occasion to complaui of the Queen's Proclamation forbidding Roman Catholic Priests to wear;Ecclesiastical vestments in public. ; , . i . ; , " The London Morning Kemld contains the fol lowing alarirng paragraph : "We understand that the Government has taken means to . prevent by our naval powers, any efforts that may be attempt ed by American adventurers against the Virgin Islands." - ' - . . - - X.a. IRELAND. The proclamation against .Romish precessions has excited a great deal of indignation, coming, as it does, at so opportune a moment for Protestant electioneering. . : -;'..( ' ' - " J-;, . ' FRANCE. " - The French Jonrnals are xminteresting. . ' ; Our statement made a day or two ince, relative to a recent conspiracy in the French armyis par- fc.U riflMr frnin Hie rmblie knowledge have prevented aprorr.ulgatioa of the pafticulans. A revolt has broken out ia Algeria. ,Oa the 2d a tribe of Arabs, numbering 1.000, rose and at- tacked a camp of French workmen, kilUr soniO' and causing, the others to (lee. The hisurgnts af terwards marched .?n (ihelma, and on the 4 th and oth had an fcgagemcnt with the troops from Bona and Constantina, in whiclthe French, appear to - have been worsted. . INTERESTING EXERCISES. The Raleigh Post of Saturday latt l:aa an ac count of the annual examination of the pupils of tho North Carolina Institution for tho Deaf and Dumb and the Blind. The exercises took place on Wednesday, the GOth of June. . j These exercises embraced a great variety of re citations and performancts on the slate, on the part of the pupih in both departments, interspersed and enlivened by vocal and instrumental music by tho . Blind. The occasion was rendered the more in- i tcresting by the fact that, for the first time in tho history cf the Institution, a Graduating Class, who have passed through a full course of instruction - here, received diplomas, each accompanied with the gift of a handsome bible at the hands of th Principal. The names of the graduates aro Jo- j seph. W, Cooke, of Northampton co., Wilson A. Nichols, of Orange co., and Stanford L. Nichols, of Wake co. One of them, Wilson A. Nichols, de livered r.n duress in sign langungo to the audi- ence. ' Joseph W. Cooke, delivered a valedictory, composed entirely by himself, and not iu tho slightest degree altered from the original. ' A chaste, handsome and. appropriate address was delivered by S. W. Whiting, Esq; on behalf or the Board of Directors. The ceremonies took -place in the! Baptist Church, in the presence of a , large auditorv. . ' "j " ' j The Rev. Thomas W. Tobcy, Tastorof the Bap tist Church, in a very interesting report of tho proceedings, says: "The singing iby the Blind was greatly admired. For the time during which they have been -under instruction they havo ' mado most wonderful proficiency. The youn lady, herself blind; who imparts instruction in music, played upon the Mejodeon and the piano to the astonishment of all. Wc know of no 1-. dy in our city, who can play .upon theso lu struments with superior skall. Wo were greatly interested in hearing the Bliiid read. Books havo been prepared with raiised letters expressly for their use by passing the fingers over tho raised - surface they aro enabled to decipher tho words; ' We were pleased with the honesty of a Blu..a young lad-, who, upon being requested , to 'read: the 90th Psalm, frankly acknowledge that trto knew that Psalm by heart. She was then request- V ed to read the 109tli Pslam, with which she .was not familiar; she did so, to the admiration of all who heard." ! ' .. THE VUNERAL SOLEMNITIES. We have. not space to record the funeral solem nities at the City of Washington, in rclatiou to the"illustrious departed, Hknoy Cl.vy. Theyw;cre of the most imposing character, and participated iu by all the public, functionaries as well as thc li private citizens.-' The ceremonies took place on. Thursday last. The Intelligencer says: "Tho stores and residences, not oidy! of our principal avenues and streets, but of the more secluded ' quarters of the city, wore thcjgarb of mourning,, and were generally closed to tusincss during tho 1 whole after part of yesterday. ; The Public Dc- " partment and Municipal Offices were altogether unopened from Wednesday evening. Nor has our neighboring city of Georgetown been backward in her testimonial to the .nse she bcaf-s of tho worth and services of thd- gcat man, patriot, and friend of his kind, which tho country and tho world has lost. , Her stores and , residences vied with her sister city in; the solemn mournfulness of their asnect." , The Committee of Senators Appointed to con-" vey me remains oi .n. sists of , T.. , ' Mr. Underwood, Mr. I tsh, Mr. Jones, of Term.', Mr. Jlpuston, ' Mr. Cass, ' i ' .: Mr. Stockton. ' The Committee set out Thursday afternoon in the Northern train with the corpse, and were, to proceed by the way of New York and the Lakes, for, the sake of the advantage which that route affords of steam convtry.anQc all the way to Lex ington. - .- ' -. .. '. - V HONORS TO HENRY CLAY. The remains of Hnxav Clay were received in, Philadelnhia-oa Friday and escorted to a magnir ficent cenotaph in Independence Hall, . The func ral car was much admired, being drawn by six black horses, led by grooms. The train; reached the depot at 9 o'clock, amidst the firing of minute guns and the tcllicg of the 7 bells of the city. It ' was half-past li' o'clock when the body was .de- , pesited in the cenotaph. . The remains were con veyed to New York on Saturday moving, whero . the most splendid preparations were making to v receive and honor them. They will meet with sini- ilar honors at every place of note on the route to Kentucky. -; -.'7, " . -'..., V.. : ' : I ' rCST OFFICES IN CAROLINA. - " Post Offices have deen established at the fol lowing places in this State : Red Springs, Robe son County, Wm. McNeill,' P. M. Hintonsville, Pasquotank Co:, J. M. IIinton,I M. Cherry field, Henderson Co., Alex! Clement, P. M. Persim mon's Creek, Cherokee C6, A. B. McFalls, P. M.; The following offices have been , discontinued : Silver Hall, Davidson Coy . Miht-ry Giove, Mc. Dowell Co. v . . - ' . . t