North Carolina Newspapers

THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. We learn from the Charlotte Journal of tlie 25th alt. that there U tome doubt about the boUing a Convention for th nomination of a Whig candid ite for Congress, in that District. The 2d inst. war the day fixed on hot trie time being too short, :he Journal now suggest that tlie Convention be iield at Albemarle, on Wednesday the 4th if July next. It is a pity that any disagreement should exist among the Whigs ( that District or that any fee'ings of a persona" 1:ttnre should so deeply animate any one of the candidates, as to induce him to reject the only means of settlement, and endeavor to thrust- himself into Congress, nolens vulem. The Whigs of the D.strict should have taken the matter in hand at once, and enforced respect to their wishes. The fourth of July seems to us too late a period for any beneficial action: the passions of all the candidutee will have been aroused and excited by that lime : and we are com pelled, therefore, to admit a state of anarchy and confusion existing which forbids much hope of success against a united Democratic vote: reluc tantly, we nre compelled to admit this. These things should always be met at their rise, and promptly suppressed. Almost at every election wo have cases of this kind in the Whig ranks, which embarrass our party, and prevent their suc cess. What else prevented ns from having a strong majority in the lust Legislature ? Will nothing but disaster and defeat prove salutary as warn ings to tho Whig party I Then .disaster and de feat we must assuredly suffer to bring ns to our right senses. As it is, vye see little encourage- ment to hope for a success! ul termination 01 me difficulties in this Third District, and shall not be surprised if it resulte lit Democratic triumph, un less thn good sense of the people tit the polls shall correct and rebuke the obstinacy of any refractory candidate. TIIE CENTRAL RAIL ROAD. We have been authorized and requested to state, ' by Dr. Josiah O. Watson, of Johnston Counly.that o anxious is he to see the Central Rail Road con structed, that he will be one of one hundred men to take the entire etock, one million of dollars, at ten thousand dollars each. This is Dr. Watson's plan for ensuring the completion of this work ; and it is his opinion Tin which he is sustained by many others of sagacity and ample means, that in no other way, probably, can it he effected. The heavy resources which Dr. Watson has at hit command, both in labor and money, as well as his experience and knowledge as a man of bnsi ness.fiirnish the strongest guarantee to responsible individuals who may he disposed to unite with him, that he has examined thp proposition maturely ,and will do his full share in carrying it out. Other gentlemen in this community ,who are able to stand up to any amount to which they may pledge them selves, have also, as we know, signified their wil- ( lingness to adopt this proposition ; and the whole matter it referred to the Salisbury Convention, which meets on the 14th of uext month, then and there to be considered and matured. i The understanding as to this plan is, of course, that these one hundred stockholders will have (in connection with the State) all tho work under their own hand or such as they may hire for the pur pose, or farm it out on fair terms to others. Thus, as the State subscribes two-thirds, each stockholder becoming responsible for ten thousand dollars, will command twenty thousand from the State; and contracts for suitable amounts will be made out, on terms Just alike to the State and to the member of the Company. It is the opinion of many of the friends of the en terprise, with whom we have conversed, that every thing depends upon the action of the Sulisbnry Con vention. It is of the first importance, therefore, that gentlemen who feel an interest in the work, and who are anxious to push it fonvard,hould at tend, at all hazards and at wlutever personal in conveninnce. Standard. There have been several plans proposed for buil ding the Central Railroad, of 'which the oue indi cated above may be the most feasible though we doubt whether it is the only one by which the Road can be built. We have been much pleased to see the deep Interest manifested by the people of the Western Counties in this work of improvement and could the people, along the whole line of the Road, enter with the same spirit into its considera tion, we doubt not, apon the plan ofJGov. More head, that the citizens of each County should build all that part of the Road within their limits, the work could be accomplished. . The same end could be reached, probably, upon Dr. Watson's plan as many of the stockholder might be willing to farm the work out to others on such terms as would be fair and reasonable. : The Salisbury Cohvestior meett the Wih of tail month, June, and we agree with our neigh bor upon the necessity of all who feol an Interest in the work being present on the occasion. It will probably be the most important meeting which ever was held in the State, and thousands are looking to its result with the deepest interest, - they re gard the destiny of the State o intimately con nected with the plan which may there be conclu- kd. " '- v. Tltfre i still time for the Counties below ns to be represented ; and we trust, from tin portion ol the State, large delegations will go up, to aid all they can in putting properly in motion tho great Internal Improvement ball. North Care!;.. culls upon us now lor nnr aid and best exertions. Shall he call In rain? Nay, It is onr best interests which demand that we shall go to work to improve our condition. 1 And who can fail promptly to re- GUNPOWDER VS. CHOLERA. When the cholera visited London in 1832 and 3J the city authorities had email quantities of gun- jynwdcrtied tiglrtry (a strong paper and fired in the alleys aod densely populated portions of the great snetrepslis. The ooncastioadi tsrbedthe air,and odor from tiie powder displaced the noxious efflu via and purified the atmosphere.'. It was used In ebeat resell arches sad school rooms, and was found to be powerful disinfecting agnt, the smell re maining upwards of 24 liours in the buildings. It was used in tlie Uaaretto of Trieste and Malts, and wa tried in Paris in 1843, and alio in Montreal. In the latter city canrtno were placed ia the narrow streets and fired with blank cartridges. .In some of the westers town recently afflicted, the same remedy has been tried with success. The annual mortality of Imdon Is 20,000 ; and this number of persons is buried in only 200 acres of ground. Consequently tut greatest abase pre vail In relation to interments. TARTY PROSCRIPTION. , I We ptihlished last week the letter of Mr. Secre- tary Walker to James K Childress, of Tueiloo - ! - sti .declining to make an appointment heluid pnrm- isei hiin.because he had found out he was a Whig. It goes to show how for the late Administration carried its proscriptiee spirit, when to be a Whig, was, in the estimation of the pure Democratic Sec retary Walker, a crime of surpassing enormity not to be forgiven but to be held as a disqualifi cation, absolutely, for a public office. In connection with this subject, the N. Y. Ex press of Saturday last, has some comments which s rike us as just, forcible and applicable, when the Locofocos make so many complaints of proscrip tion under the Administration of General Taylor. We extract : " We begin with the seat of Government, and what has been done there we know, in tlie fact j tut of mue hundred clerks in office, up to tins time but twelve clerical removals have been made; and yet the Whigs, when seven hundred. and fifiy Democrats are actually in office, at Washington, are charged with being a proscriptKe party. They rather should be complained of lor not exercising more justice towards their friends and lees com placency towards tivir enemies. " An officer in one of the Departments has hand ed to one of our correspondents a statement, which he snys a Loco Foco Committee made out last September, when they felt certain that Cass and liutler would be elected, of the political complex ion ol all the employees of the Government in this city, in orJer to spot what Whigs there might be for decapitation. The Committee reported the names of 712 Loco Focos and 1G3 Whigs. If Cass and liutler had succeeded, where now, in the third month of the Administration, would those Ki3 Whig clerk and messengers be? " Of the thousands appointed to oftice under Mr. Polk's administration, nut one Whig was ever se lected when a Democrat could be found who was willing and competent to fill the place. And yet the supporters ot Air. Lass claim that the proscrip tion ol all Whigs,which has prevailed with scarce ly any intermission for twenty years, should be continued under President Taylor 4 years longer. "Wo mention these facts to show, in the first place, that tlie complaints of the I-oco Foco party are unfounded. The case of the New Orleans Custom House, about which such a hue and cry has been raised, is in point. It seems really to be anticipated by tlie magnanimous party who have held all the otlices of the country for a score of years ami more, that a Whig Collector should be content to yield up fourteen-tifteentlis of the offices to his enemies, and to men opposed to tlie whole policy of tlie Administration. " It is called proscription to restore a good man to an office of which he has been deprived by some hungry cormorant of a ruthless party. It is called proscription to displace incompetent, noisy, and brawling politicians, who have spent a life-time in tlie abuse of those whose favors they now demand. Dcmdcracy ultra, hard headed, stony-hearted, einsh democracy seems to have claimed a me lease in all the office of Government. " Air Walker, the ex-Secretary of the Treasury, seems to have been shocked at tho thought of a Whig getting a clerkship from him; and the ap pointment, we see, was cancelled as the terrible secret was disclosed. We have seen all iheBein ecmcy of the Federal Metropolis more than once in an uproar because even Whigs were retained in office when their services were deemed neces- sary by their chief to the discharge of their official "We 'trust the Administration will give those I r.rt,muur iw.iin. ..... 1 . i ,.i ii. tiiey have yet had. v We do not advocate "a clean-1 sweep," but we do hope to see in all the Depart- menu at Washingtonnd in all the custom bosses i j it . in- i . land office, ost office-, and public . place most . thorough reform. If there is a Democrat who r,a i J d i.eharge his duties better than a Whig, keep hiui. If thore is one unexceptionable in character, and ! compctent to perform his duties, who i honest and fathful now, and has been so always, retain such. J " But these are few and far between. Thousands and thousands must be removed before the Whigs shall receive even one-half of the offices, ac I elore the Augean Stable shall be thoroughly clcmsed of the corruption loft there by those v. no have been so long in power. Let the Administration then go on and even put the spurs to its Pegasus, not proscri bing, but romoving, negligent. inconipetei.t, and defaulting officers, and filling their places with honest, competent, worthy men, and ft cannot fail to win the approbation and support of tlie Amer can peop'c." . INUNDATION IN NEW ORLEANS. We learn from the Bet, of May 23d, that the flood continue to extend, and has in many places now reached within four squares of the river. In the lower part of the second Municipality and in Canal street, the water has backed np to Ca rondclet and liourbon streets having risen pearly three inches since Monday. In the back streets the depth of the water can only be arrived at by taking soundings, but experienced navigators in form us that it varies from 18 inches to fout feet, thus affording plenty of tea room for all kinds and sizes of watercraft, from a skiff up to a top Bail schooner. Tho inconvenience and discomfort to people residing in the overflowed district is ter rible indeed, and we fervently trust therefore, that no time will be lost in stopping the crevasse. We have no further Information from tho Cre vasse at Sauve's plantation, but have beard that Cup. Grant is busily occupied with his labors. The repairs on the break at Tunisburg on the other side of tho river are progressing favorably. Meetings iu aid of tlie Sufferers by the inunda tion had been held, and proper measures taken to afford them timely and cneotual relief. : The Dee also aays t , "The water in the Buyon St. John has risen seven inches since Saturday, and is Dow only three inches below tlie level of the highest water-mark during the hurricane cf 1831. The hihkbitanta of (he lower portion of -the Fau liourg Treme are beginning to be alarmed at the rapid rise of the element, and we are free to con fess that their fear are not without some cause." The Rtcrrr Snnrr. The Laarensville Herald in noticing a meeting held in relation to the Rail Road from that village to Newberry, says: "The meeting, instead of patting Resolutions, went heartily to work, and in a few minutes pas sed their lignaturet fat oyer Twenty-five thousand Dollar worth of stock." , , . , . , ' " MAMMOTH MULES, H't ; The Cincinnati paper apeak of an exhibition thereof two mules from Scott county, Kentucky, winch are th largest ever seen In that city. One, a black unle, four years old, eighteen balds high: tlie other the tame age, a brawn femahsalsorigh teen hands liigk. The two were put on scales 'o gether and foond to weigh 3,000 pounds. The price demanded for them is 8200 each. Both raised by'Mr.Tbflmas.iu Scot comity. ' PRESBYTERIAN "GENERAL ASSEMBLY. We learn from Pittsburg, May 26, that the Old School of the Ceneral Assembly of the Prefbyieri- an Church have resohed that it would be inexpe dient and improper to propose or attempt, any measure in the work of emancipation. A very sensible resolution, indeed. We do hope and trust onr Churches will all let this matter a lone. We honestlybeiieve they can do no good, in that way, to the slaves, while they can easily inflame and embitter men's minds, and thus mate rially Injure their own Churches, and the canse of feEgion. .-. We commend this resolution of the General Assembly to the consideration and imi tation of all ecclesiastical judicatories, under whatever name they may assemble. The General Assembly of the New School, the Northern Church,adoptedtlie following supererog atory resolution : 1st The right of men tn civil liberty. ' 2d That Blavery is unrighteous, and opposed to the interests of all concerned in it. 3rd That it is the duty of Christians to use all righteous endeavors to effect tlie extirpation of tlie evil. 4th Christians are enjoined to abstain from buying and selling slaves, under severity to them, orthe separation of the members of families, by any act of theirs. 6th That the Assembly does not recognise the participation cf any meinlmr in the evils alluded ta. but if they are any, the attention of tho proper judicatories is called to the same. SMALL POX IN GREENSBORO'. We read in the Patriot, that this disease is nre' vailing to a limited extent in Greensboro', and that ! the panic in the neighborhood is very considerate. There were five cases in town and four in the country nine in all, up to Friday last. The Pa triot goes on to say : " The trado of the town is almost entirely stopped. Our stores and shops stand open without customers, and a strange quiet reigns in onr hitherto busy streets. This is May court-week, but suitors, witnesses, and many of the jurors have failed to appear J no causes have been tried, and none will be tried, unless some scamp who is indicted and bound to apjeoron this (State's day) sha'l take it m head to come. On Tuesday a day when our streets are usually crowded with citizens who come up from all parts of the county to transact business and to inter change .salutations there "were, not a hundred persons present. "Fair Ground" where tobac- co, cakes, beer, pies and other notions, to say iioth- . ing of good honor, are dealt out on Tuesday of court to a dense and jolly throng of customers was deserted ! Not a soul was seen there. It Was icsyjfftc as the streets of Tadnior of the des ert. .'..- " It were perhaps" useless for us to say so but there is in fact but little more danger now to be apprehended from the infection in our streets than in tlie country." "PROSCRIPTION PROSCRIBED." The I-oc'ofoco press continues its crumblintrs ,ho administration for displacing a few of the most "C"VB rrl'z;"" 01 " opposuiop. i ne louowing . - i .1 - .' mi f ii. ' ettcr troni t io late Assistant rostmaster-ticneral. over whose uisplacement a great many tears were wj ,iw what L'Kofocoism deemed a nf- ,. r.. i. v Iiceut cause lor removal : . w .... ' Appointment (Jine,T O. Dfiarlmfnt,.) July 20,1848. Sir: Your letter has been received and submit- ted to the Postmaster-General. I think your rea- nns for abandoning the Democratic party wholly unsatisfactory. The Postmaster-General nan here- tofore refused to listen to applications for the re moval of Postmasters for such reasons. But the p.trty to which you are now attached having tak en ground against the administration, and the reg ular nominee of the yarty for President,! do not see how tlie 'administration fan farther refuse to act in these cases, without subjecting it to the charge of lending its influonte to defeat the can didate of the p.irty. . I am yours, &c, W. S. BROWN. II. J. Sickle. Esq., P. M. Thus, it will be seen, siys the Albany Journal , that "taking ground against the regular nominee of the party for President," was a sufficient cause for removal while Cave Johnson was in office- But (he very men who were loudest in demand ing the practical application of this rule', are now tho most boisterous in tlmlr denunciations of tho Administration, because It has turned out a few men who used their" efficml influence for party piirposes.-Pii'ii. .Vcim. SEMI-WEEKLY COMMUNICATOR. The editor ofthe'Cemniuuicator,' at Fayellevlllej proposes to commence the publication of a Semi-! Weekly, next month, of tho above title, at $3 per' year. Success to the enterprise ; and in saying this we feel that we are but expressing the ardent wish of many of those who have patronized tlie Communicator, as it now is; many of whom we have heard speak of it in high praise. Salisbury Watchman. -o .-, , . ., - THE CROPS. Tlie injur- done to the corn and cotton crop of Alabama by the late frosts, though extending to every portion of the State from which we have ac counts, doe not appear to have been very destruc tive in some neighborhoods. In most place, all the growing cotton and most of tho corn was tut down; but in localities that seem to hare been in some way protected, the corn was not materially Injured, and the cotton had only to be partially re planted while the fruit was nearly uninjured. As an Illustration of this, we have seen several plan tation on which tlie corn-was about to tassel, while in moat sections the-orop re-planted is not six "laches high. The cotton, generally, i far behind its usual time, and without favorable season and late frost In the fall, thecrop most inevitably be a short one. Macon (Ala.) Rep. , ..-!! ' Suoulah. A telegraph despatch announced, a few dayttgo, that Dsn' Marble, the comedian, died of the cholera en the 14th ult, at Louisville. The play bills there, announcing his appearance iliat eveiung were hoadedjJ'A Cure for the Chole ra." It wus little suspected, when thi snnnsnce. mailt was" ordered, .that, at the very time appoin ted k.t tho playing, the star of attraction would have the insidious monster working on him to such an extent that ho enuld not perrorni." : And it was little thought that in less than twenty-fou hotiri Dan Marble would be in a collapsed stago of the cholera. - Yet such was the fid. ' . ' ' I SUMMARY OF LATE NEWS. The Northern mail dan here at twelve o'clock on Wednesday, was delayed until five o'clock on Thursday morning, by the locomotive giving out. Messrs. I lowland and Aspinwall, of New York, the owner of the Pacific Mail Steamers, have re ceived a despatch from New Orleans, announcing the arrival at Panama of their steamers Oregon and California, from San Francisco, on the 6th ult. It is supposed they have over a half a million of dollar in gold on board. ' We learn from New YorkMay 28,that the Flour Market is dull, Cotton steady, and no change to note in other things, as the day has been very rai ny, and scarcely any thing done out doors. Tlie latest advice from Rome, by the Caledonia were to the 2d May,and the city is still unsubdued. Otidinot had not made any further attempt to en ter. An exchange of prisoners had been effected. The Roman Government had placed the city under siege. ? Tlie Norfolk Herald, if Saturday, says : Since Tuesday there has been only one rase of cholera terminating fatally, and we have heard of only one other decidedly marked case, which was in suspense lust evening. There have been several cases of cholera morbus, which yielded to prompt medical treatment. . The N. Y. Eve. Post, ako of Saturday say : Dr. Geer, Resident Physician, reports two new cases since yesterday, at No. 10, Mulberry street, once of which has since died at the Centre street Hospital Though we are glad to see the Cholera abating somewhat at the West, we think there is much ground to fear its rapid advance to the Eastward and it may now be expected in all the principal Cities along the Coast, Prudence and watchful ness become all eur citizens, ns no one can tell what time its ravages will commence. GENERAL ORDERS, No. 32. WAR DEPARTMENT, '...'. Am't Gesekal's Office, V ) Washington, May U,i8W. The painful duty devolves upon the Department of announcing to the Army, the death of Brevet Major General W. J. Worth, Colonel of tho 8th Regiment of Infantry, who died the "th May, 1819, at his port, San Anlonia, Texas. ; Ueneral Worth entered the army a Lieutenant in 1813, and served with distinguished credit ring tho war with Great Britain. His whole life lls hnpn fvntiil In thn soriMPP nf Ilia rmmti-v and ,e na3 cWed with manv conspicuous and important commands. His brilliant and suc cessful conduct in tho campaigns of Florida and Mexico, was rewarded by promotion to the two highest grades in the army. And now, while in the performance of the responsible duties of mili tary commander, on the Mexican and Indian Fron tiers of Texas, his long, useful and patiiotic ca reer is suddenly terminated. Mis loss, as a sol dier of supenoY merit, and a gentleman of high personal accomplishments, will long be severely felt. . : ( . .. ' , - As appropriate military honors to the memory of the deceased, each post within his late geo graphical department will fire minute guns (thir teen) commencing at 13 o'clock II., and display the national rluir at half statf. from the same hour, .... . . . .' . .. . mi sun down, on tlie Uay mxi alter me receipt oi " orucr, The usual badge of monrnin if not already directed, will be worn for thlrtv days, by tho offi cers of the army, serving ii) tlie department late under his command, and by those of the Regiment ol which ho wa Colonel. '..;''-. By order, R. JONES' AdjlGen'l. ' The Southern Christian Advocate gives the fol lowing interesting particular of Southern Method ism : f ; . , There are nineteen Annual Conferences in the Chnrch South, covering the southern States and the Indian territory. The general superintendence of the whole, is in the hands of four Bishops ; the re gular pastoral and missionary work U entrusted to the care of 1476 travelling preachers, being an in crease during the past year, of 73.. The total num ber of superannuated preachers is 103, and of local preachers 3,026, a decrease of 116, though some of the Conferences give no returns. The towrinumberof members is 491,780, viz : whites 354.258; colored 134,153, Indians 3 875, exhibiting upon the returns of last year tlie large Increase of 26,223. The Missionary collections of the past year are reported from sixteen of the nine teen Conferences, and amount to a little upwards of $65,000. , Putting down the Conferences, not reported, according to tlie. returns of the prevfous year, the apcregato Missionary revenue will stand at about $67,000, an improvement of more than $1,000 upon last year's operation. : ;i ,. sow afteI themjmle of may; . We have information from au aged respectable man, living two miles from town, that he actually saw it anew on Friiluy last, the 18th, between day-break and sunrise, for about 10 or ) i minutos together. The flakes were pretty large and feath ery in appearance ; and they fell so thick as to cover his large broad-brimcd hat completely, and the npper back part of his coat, and so as to whit en the ground more or less In various directions nmiinil tbim flit ftilnminn f . . 1 1. tw.n . . 1m- i nivuiw mm., . r-.i .vvuiijiii iw iu iiuu ni mni 20 or 25 minutes afterwards (tho sun having then risen) his attention was called to a pretty consid erable quantity of it still lying in the piazza. Not only did it lie for a while, along the edges of the fence "and houses, but it was "unmistakably" and fully visible on the open ground, in almost every direction. Newbrrnian. . ' -,y- , . 7TIIB EMPIRE.'" '-' 'New York, May 239 P. M. The steamer Empire ha been raised five feet. No more dead bodies have yet been discovered. The total number lost is not above thirty.,. Mr. Mac ready, it turn out, did not, ns some of the New York Sunday pipers made it their busi ness to asseit, send to the Mayor of thateity f), 000, to be devoted to the necessitous relative of the persons killed in the recent riot at the Astor Place.,, . , ,. . :'-- --'-' ' M DAVIDSON COLLEGE. We learn that Judge Strange is expected to de liver the annnal oration before the literary socie ties of Davidson College, at the next commence ment, on the second Thursday in August. ' ' ''' r' CrewAuru fat. : ,Tm Pike-tree insect. The ' Wilmington Chronicle informs u that the snow of the mid dle of last month has had thn effect nf chucking the strides nfthia imeet, and rl:st more roeontly Immense swarm of a hrgo fly have maii heir appearance, which attacks mid kill; the tree in sect.. . J '. THE INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT MEET-1 I NO. I The Rail Road Meeting that was to have been i held in this city on Tuesday week did not formally ' convene, nor were the Books opened to receive sub-! seriptions for Stock for the Central Rail Road. It was thought best to refer the wliole matter to the Salisbury Convention, which meets on the 14th of next month, when it is hoped the scheme will be perfected. It is therefore, of the utmost importance, that a general attendance of the Delegates appoin ted, be given, at the time and place above designa ted. Wo hope that Wake County will be fully and ably represented. Register. ' SEAT OF GOVERNMENT. - Riot at a Fire. Montreal, Monday, May 21. On Saturday last the question w hether it would be expedient to remove the seat of Government of the two Canadas from this city, and to hold the sittings of the United Parliament, for the future alternately at Toronto and Queliec, four years in each place.was debated in the Asse.nbly. An ad dress was voted to the Governor Generally a ma jority of five, in favor of said removal to Toronto and Quebec. There were riotous proceedings at a fire last Friday evening. The mob pelted a small body of the city police. No damage was done. Tho city is perlectly quiet. THE CHOLERA AT THE WEST. CrxcwNATi, May 35th 6. P. M. The Board of Health report fourteen new cases and two deaths by cholera since yesterday. St. Louls, May, 2.1,1849, Persons hare arriv ed from tlie Plains, who state that the cholera had broken out among the mounted riflemen and the emigrants. A company of New Yorkers, number ing about thirty had left twenty five behind them. Their teams had given out, and their wugons were broken. Proohess or the Cholera is St. Louis. For the week ending 13th inst. at night whole number of deaths, 276; deaths.fromCholera, 181; percent, of latter, 66. Previous week whole nu nber of deaths, 135; deaths from cholera, 78 ; per cent, of lattcr,6il. Previous week whole number ol'deaths, 141 ; deaths from Cholera, 41 ; per cent, of latter, 29. For the eight days previous to the 15t!i inst, the deaths per diem, from Cholera, were as follows; Monday, 16 Tuesday, 36 Wednesday, 25 du-frf.; "77," ,V TI........1.. .. on I?-;.l., 51 J.. ..)-.. in o I Cholera at Ciifcix.viTi.-The number of deaths, of Cholera at Cincinnati for the week ending, 19th disaccording tothe Report of the Board of Health, was 39; hew caseslSl; total, since may 1st, 108 death, and 431 cases. The Louisville Journal has the following brief but significant paragraph. It speaks volumes in lavor of cleanliness as a preventive and eradictor of the'cholera, and we commend it to the attention of our own city authorities, on whom so weighty a responsibility bow rests. "A striking illustration that cleanliness is a sure preventive for cholera is,that i.i the square on Fifth street, between Main and Market, not a case of cholera lias occured, altliough in the immediate ntighborhood where the disease committed its worst ravages." . - MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE". A gentleman (says the Weldon Herald of Thurs day week,) arrived in this place on Friday even ing last, by the Southern train of cars, put op at " Jones' Hotel," and on the following morning, af ter having breakfasted, walked out in the direction of the river since which time he ha not been Jieard from. He has been represented to ns as 6eing genteel in appearance, dark complected, having small Whiskers, and about five feet ten inches high. ;IIis baggage remains at tho Hotel where he put np, but docs not afford the means of acsertatning his name, or anything else eoncern ing, him. . ' TOBACCO AND MORTALITY. At a meeting of the Academy des Sciencos, a paper was brought forward by M, Carbonnel.upon the effect of tobacco on the workmen employed to make cigars and prepare tobacco. It would ap pear that out of 420 females whose husbands fol lowed tlie occupation, 356 had twin ; but with regard to health, out of 1000 workmen, 340 be came emaciated to the highest degree, and 64 in a secondary manner. French paper. The Virginia Episcopal Contention met at Charlottsville on Wednesday week. The two bishops, about forty other clergymen, and from -forty to fifty lay delegates, were in attendance. The appointment of Bishop Johns to the Presiden cy of William and Mary College, wai confirmed, provided tlie bishop and assistant bishop, on fur ther conference with the board, of visiters, think the ciuse of religion and literature will be pro moted, &c. . That conference is to take place on the 12th June. ' ' EPISCOPAL CONVENTION. , This.body ia now in session in thi Town. Bishop Ives arrived here on yesterday evening. The strangers who have -been brought here bjr th meeting of this body, and thi being the week of our Superior Court, our Town presents an unusu al lively appearance. Salisbury Watchman. Senator Bektos, one of the ablest statesmen in the country, has appealed from the Legislature of Missouri,wbich recently passed resolutions approv ing th course of Mr. Calhoun and the sou'hern members, upon the subject ef Slavery ,and instruc ting Mr. Benton to obey them. His appeal ia di rect to the people ; to their decision lie will submit and to none other. He fl'y .?' ' , "I do not admit a dissolution of the Union to lie a remedy, to be prescrilied by statesmen, for the dis eases of the body politic, any more thin I dmit death or suicide, to be a iemedy,.to be prescribed by a physician, for disease of the natural body. Cure, aod not kill, is tliei only remedy which my mind can contemplate in either ease." ,y.,f .. ..The Hot Place Dowi Beloiv. In allndlng to the dispute now active in thut j city, between the deniers and advocate of bell, the Philadel phia Spirit (not one of darkness, we hope,) ays: Now it would be unbecoming in us to give any1 opinion oh the subject, we shall content- nur itelve with the judgsnent of Fpederir k the Great, whu when appeajed toby the citizens ,of Konigs berj to decide the- controversy whether j th"y Would le;ilanined heretfter, : replied, "If tho gjod people of Konigsberg with to le damned. It t thorn be damned." " , ' " Tv ATM fv m rrottrio iir. ribiier is wen snotvn neriy- x j :f -mc nun ef considerable ability, having beep- a int nilier of me legislature aim 01 congress, in me nuiin cation excitement he became a popular leader, and possessed great influence in hi District. He was a man of acute judgment, crrat annlic.ation. t O " D -,l and untiring perseverance in the objects of hi de sire. He was much esteemed by his personal friends, of all parties j but suffered that portion of censure as a politician which ft-II to tlie lot of nil men who engage in public life. Wil. Com. POETRY. From the New York American. BIS1IOPRAV ENS CROFT. " For ha was a good mar." lie lies iu his saintly rest, Aud his labors all are done, ' And the work that he lov' d the best. The good old man is gone But the dead iu the Lord are bless'd) I stood in the. holy aisle, When he spake the solemn word, That bound htm, through care and toil, The servant of the Lord : And I saw how the depths of his manly soul By that sacred vow were siirr'd. And nobly his pledge be kept For the. truth he stood up alone, And his spirit never slept, . And his march was ever, on .' Oh ! daeply and long shall his lorn be wept, The brave old mail's that's gone. There were heralds of the cross, By hi bed of death that stood, Aud heard how he counted all butloM, For tlie gain ol his Saviour's blood ; And patiently waited his Maxtor's voice, liet it call when it would. MARRIED. In. Philadelphia, on the 17th ult. bv Rev. E. W. Gilbert, D. 1)., Rev. George McNeill, of Fayette yille, to Margaretta M., daughter of Dr. Gilbert. Iu Eayelteville. on the 23d alt. by the Rev. D. J. Simmons, Mr. Wm. McKendree Lumsdeii to Miss Grace Burroughs. ' - DIED, In this City on Tuesday evening last, Winfield Scott, infant son oi Mr. Willie VV. Johnston, aged one year and se en months. '"(Suffer little chil dren to come unto me and forbid tliem cot, for of such is the kincdom of Heaven." . Aud wilt thou, parents, then lament,' (Like those whose every hope is fled,) When life's short feverish day is spent, Those whom it numbers with tlie dead? No, rather lilt thy weary bead, Raise from the dust thy tearful eye, When nature's pious drops are shed, Let faith her cordial cup apply. CoM. In Fayetteville.on Thursday night week, in the 33d year of her age, deeply deplored by a large circle ol friends and connection, to whom tlie extreme amiability of her' disposition had much endeared her, Sarah Blount, wife of Edward Lee" Wimlow, and daughter of the late John Littlo, of Edcnton. In Warren County, on the Iflih ult., of Dropsy Mrs. Rebecca, wife of Thosi J. Judkius, Esq. SCHOOL IN FRA.NKUNTON. THE Second Session of the School at Frankliuton, under the management of Muw REKIX'CA I'. l'L'RMAN, will commence 011 Uo ."tb of July. This School has been very successful during the pact ses sion, aud ia attaining a -very high character in thn neighboihood. i'rauklintou is proverbially a h-liliy locatioi, and pupils entrusted ts the care of Mips l' will receive every attention neei-riry te lle-ir intel lectual training and moral culture. It i desirabl that those wishing te avail them si'lvesef tlie advantages of thjs rSclionl should com mence early in the seseien. If parents from th low country are desirous of placing their daughter where they will enjoy the Messing ot' health, while pursuing their sluoVs, this School presents to the iu an opportunity unsurpassed in convcuieuce and eligi bility. Board on favorable terms, (say from Five ts Six Dollars per month,) P'y be obtained at the Rev. K. C. Mayuard's who has added several rooms to his bouse, and also in the familts of oilier respectable geutlemen. . ..- . Any person wishing further iaformatien in relation to the School, can address ' Rev. R. Fvshan, V. M. at Franklintoa: Refer also to' tlie Editor of tho Times, Raleigh- . . . Fmuklintoii, June 1, 1643. . 26 tf ' IJ" North Slate Whig tnd Newbemian copy sii times, and forward bills to R. Furmon, P. M. Frauk . ... . . .'- ,. ' ' !( ; - r, ;., t -- ' t -' HOTEL IN FUANKLLNTON.' TO THE PfBLIC. I - - I" 1 rpHE Subscriber takes thi mctliod of returning hi thank to a gener ous public for the liberal patronage be .stowed upon him, sine he took ehsrm of the Kuil Koad llot.il, m the town of t rankhuton. Wilh great pleasure he ow inform hi aumerou friends, aad the public generally, that h has recent ly goue to the expense of adding a targe and commo dious Two Story building, wilh a sufficient aiimber of rooms to accommodate from eight to tea famihro Cu ring the Summer months, or letter if ropiired. Those persons ia the lower counties, and elsewhere, who may desire a healthy retreat will bud eur towa unri valled hi point of health and morality. 1 There are two extsellmt Female Schools, to which parent can (if 'hey wish) send their children. t y Then are also two skilful Phywc'ian Residing in the tows; should medical aid at any time be eeroVd. The subscriber promises that hi Table shall all times be fnrnithed with the very brM the country af fords, and bring supplied with first rate servant, th Very best attention may be expected. - i . T. FOWI.KES. ' FrankliDton, May 23, 1849. " So at ; FRESH FAMILY GROCERIES. PlttME rown, Clarified, Powdered, CrnsTx-d, aud Loaf Sugars; Port Rico, Lajiiir and Old Java Coflce; very superior frcth Imperial, t.impowder and Black Tea; Viuegar, Xamp Oil, Are. AVe. Ac. '" , . ' ' JAMES 11. TOWLE3. Raleigh.lfay 23, 184'J. . STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, j IRTH CAROLINA, ) FHISSLIS I'OUNTV. i r Pes.., March Term, 119. !--t 'A ' J 1 , .... j: tt Court of Plea aad Q inrUr i ',.) . ,.iUiiur t ooko, I " ; . . . Wilbs P, A!ferd .Jeremiah A I ford and trn. Alford. Caveat te NuncKpatitriYilt of M J,,vi At fori. It appearing to the estisfr.ctum ot the court, Ih at Arthur Altonr.whe is oue of ihe next of u to diciai A Hard, Tetide beyond (' li.i.it, of (!, ;-(itn ; li a ordi.-md that pijiiijuifn bp made for six week hi 4h-s Kuleigli i ones iii'ify-e iMtn fo wnrwur it the Court iiouc in Lotii y in i III Vi. 1111. I IIWI IJIV. The Hon. Charles Fisher, dii 41 HHU'i'im," Miss, on the "th inst. in the 5"If .-n '"f 'n- age. t ' t 1 June artct, to o ,;. i:t 10 i, r j.,- to ahnw eaast-.il ai. h will shall osit bd a !!..uU;ii to pro -ttifeii wiidM mv hand at oill ..,.;' - vo't'-i.i'ATi I'r. adv. $3 ti.'J. . ' , v . Hi Vl.ll, i,.t .ii e ll