TIIE SYNOD Of NORTH CtOOt! S A.
This venc-x.tte tsnly held it annual session in
flii placAConmieiiciiig en Wednesday evening the
3lst of October tiuicUiitiHgon JKrViiPily night (lie
3d Instant. Bi tvtt-en seveutv .nd'eiirhty. members
were in allend.irkv about. Efiy. m'uiWterts aad be-
tw,en twenty and thirty elders. The Rev. John
A. Grelter of Greensborough was elected-Mhrfera-tor,
and Rv J. M'Neill anil elitr Charles Phillips
were elected temporary clerks.
The busingss-of the Synod was conducted with
all the decorum and order becoming an ecrlesiasti
nl court. Some questions before the body gave
rise to animated debatc.andQnsomasubjectsthere
wis mailt diversity of opinion-; hut when decided,
though the vote may not have been riiianimons,
there was manifested a chceful Sacqtiieseetiee in
the iWUions of the mnjprKy J affording thereby a
pU'ttsirig fliirstrutinn of the efficient aod harmoni
ous working of the-repaWicar system of govern
aient wiitcb prevails in the Presbyterian church.
Though severatmatterof importance were acted
u jio by the- Synod, yet ve were able to attend too
i'w of the siuii.g3 huisderlruke is) give the details
to our readers. We will mention, however, as a
subject of particular interest to Presbyterians, and
which" aught to lie of interest to all Christians, that
die Synod adopted a plan for en crying on more ef
fectually the fTdporm ge system of distributing the
excellent Boolis piiWisnefS'by the Presbyterian
: Boaftf. - These' publications embrace Doctrinal
works it is true, but a kirge proportion of them are
works on evarrgolicaT Christianity, presenting the
hroad platform of salvation through-faith In our
Lord Jesus Christ, upon which- all christians may
stand. We are pleased to see that this system is
eliciting so much favor, not in this Synod only, but
ihroughont all the States. The plan adopted 1y
the Synod contemplates the appointment of an a
gent to visit tlie churches and arouse them to great
er diligence, and also an annual collection in the
rhurches to facilitate the object. These books are
'disposed of at extremely low prices, barely cover
ing the cost of publication.
The next Synod will meet at Centre Church, in
Robeson county, on the Wednesday before tlie third
Sunday in October, 1850, at 12 o'clock, M.
IhiUborough Recorder.
CENTRAL RAIL ROAD MEETING.
The meeting held on Thursday afternoon, for
the purpose of appointing Delegates to represent
Petersburg in the Greensborough Convention, was
very numerously attended. Independent of the in
terest naturally felt by the people of Petersburg in
the object itself, a notice that tlie meeting would
be addressed by ex-Gov. Morehead, of North Caro
lina, offered an attraction which few, who could
spare the time from their business, could resist.
Gov. Morehead's reputation had, long ago, preced
ed him to Petersburg, and most fully did he sustain
it in the remarks thai he addressed to us on Thurs
day. Tliese remarks partook largely of the great
characteristic of Gov. Morehead's mind plain
practical common sense. There were no lofty
figures of speech no tinsel ornament none of
what our friend, Commodore 0. P. H., sails high
faloodin, but honest, plain plantation talk, which
.'. the simplest understanding could comprehend, and
the most cultivated profit by. His intimate ac
quaintance with the resources or North Carolina,
and particularly that portion of the State which the
Central Rail Road will traverse, enabled him to
lay before his hearers facts and arguments, of the
weight and importance of which, they had previ
ously noadeqnatc conception. His speech, we are
well assured, will do good will awaken' a renew
ed interest in a subject always of great importance
to Petersburg. . By reference to the proceedings,
it will be seen that a Delegation of ten has been
appointed to represent onr Town in the Greensbo
rough Convention, and'we trust they will not only
attend, Jut carry with them a substantial taken of
the interest Petersburg feci in this gnat enterprise.
Let there be no fear that other Towns and markets
will ihars with ns the increased trade that this
Uoadwilldevelope. In Gov. Morehead's language,
"there will be enough fur all," and if Petersburg
does not get at least her full share of the great sta
ples of cotton, tobacco and wheat, it will be her
own iault. The days of monopoly, of damming
up trade in artificial channels, have gone by.
Produce will seek the market that it can most
cheaply and conveniently reach, and where it can
tie sold on the best - terms. Now, our situation
jfives as facilities, at least, cqiial to any enjoyed
the other parket Towns within reach , of this
f 'entral Improvement, and' we have, only to avail
ourselves of these facilities trfbe amply rewarded
for any pecuniary outlay we may make in pushing
lit this great work. . Ptt. Int.
.WILVf WE NEED.
We see that Mr. J. D. Roystcr, has established
Paper Mill in Raleigh just the very tiling that
should have been done long since: On several oc
casions onitpaper has fallen short, and we could
not arcomtt for it.Vnbwingt'bat we used the full
number of quires; curiosity led us to count the
number of ahcett m ihfe qmro, and there we (bund
the cause, many quires' faHingihort one, two, three
and fourshsets. Whethfr thusc mistakes were in
tentional or not, is not for as to say : but let every
North Carolinian palronine tlie Raleigh Paper Will
who can possible do it. Plymouth .Veit.-
REVENUE TAX ON INTEREST.
We L-arn that the tax imposed by tlie last Gen
eral AaeemUy of this State of "three cents opm
every dollar of interest upon all sums of money"
4.u, is likely to prove unexpectedly large in some
of tlie counties. In Edgecombe, we team that the
s mount at interest subject to the U w, exceeds eight
hundred thousand dollar. lu Pitt, the promissory
bonds of a einglo individual, Thomas Hanratian,
KNj.jfitcecd (jvo hundred thousand dollars, and
tlie wIkiIo amount in tlie county will Jail little short
f that in Edgecombe, if any. 'IVse amounts are
exclusive of; Bank Stuck, and of the debts of indi
viduals sutject 10 the tajt. Auror.
. An Irishman going to market met a farmer with
n owl. iv Mister, what f ill you take foryer
hi? ej W Turkey , i i un owl,' replied ihe astun
' iihiu UtiaH. 'O-'nl a. bit do 1 care whither it's
UJ or jiiutij jJifos lae tird.' -
RUSSIA NOT GOING TO FIGHT TURKEY. '
. We cannot find anything by Hie Hibernia tend-1
ing to show whafthe Czar has made up his mind
to do beard the Turk, or back out; but public o
pinion all over urepe,we set, now scouts the idea
that he is goingto make the extradition of fhelluu
garian refugees a count belli:' Not that Nicholas
r not barbarian enough, but that it might be a
gams he would be sure to lose at As a matter of
self-interest, therefore, Russia will keep her Cos
sacks at home for the present. Turkey and a pas
sage to the Mediterranean are wanted, to be sure,
but it is not the time to seize on the prey, while
England aud France are looking on, with armies
and fleets ready to act against him at a moment's
warning, I u use a common but verv significant
phrase Czar Nicholas is no green horn. He will
b.de his time. It is quite possible that the present
fraternal feeling between France nd England will
not last for all time ; and it may be that the Rus
sian Rear, instead of going to war, will use the po
tent influence he' has now acquired in European
affairs to break up the entente cordiale between
those two distant 'friends' of his, and then cluistise
the Sultan for his contumacy. Nicholas, a keen
calculator, ia evidently reasoning in this wise :
aud hence "the general war all over Europe" we
heard so much of awhile ago, is indefinitely post
poned; perhaps only till a new revolution breaks
out in Franco, though. The following paragraph
is important, if true : "The Deutsche Zeitung re
ports that the dispute between Russia and Turkey
had been arranged, through the mediation of the
Prussian Charge d'Affaircs at Constantinople, on
the following conditions! 1st. That the converts
tolslainism were not to be appointed to any public
situations under the Turkish Government ; and 2d.
'that the other fugitives were to receive passports
for America."
The Commercial advices by' the steameT Hi
bernia are of the most importance, not only as re
gards the great Southern staple, cotton, but as res
pects tobacco, provisions, iron,etc. The Cambria's
news from the United States, advising the back
ward state of the crop of cotton, on account of the
frosts and the ravages of the worm, had created
even mrre excitement in the Liverpool market than
was existing when the last Steamer sailed. There
was a larger amount of cotton sold during the week
prior to the Hibernia's sailing than ever was
known before; and the fact is one that will glad
den the hearts of our Southern friends, we are
sure. Prices forthwith went upland kept up till
the day before the American mail left, when a
slight decline was established. Provisions, too,
are a little higher, and so is tobacco, another arti
cle in which we are greatly interested. Pig Iron
had gone up a shilling on the ton. Business in
the manufacturing districts was brisk, the money
market was easy, and though American stocks
were not in very active demand, prices were firm.
Altogether, this is certainly very encouraging
news. Cotton, we think, must go a little higher,
when the later accounts of how the heavy rains,
the early frosts, and the worm continue to-shorten
the crop, in Louisiana, Alabama and elsewhere,
goes abroad a hypothesis somewhat strengthened
fey the fact that tlie stock on hand at Liverpool,
just now, is some 90,000 bales less than it was
last year at this lime. The progress of the pota
to rot in Ireland renders it not impossible that a
demand during the winter will ba made upon us,
for a sufficiency of food to supply the wants a
calamity of this kind is likely to occasion, though
it would be unsafe to calculate confidently upon,
for if the harvests turn out well elsewhere, enough
will be thrown across the Irish channel to shut
out any and very extensive supply from this side
of the Atlantic.
FRANCE.
Paris Friday, II P. M
In the course of his speech M. Matthien (de la
Drome) said : "It is not our party (alluding to the
Montagnards,) who have alternatively bespatter
ed the President with praise and blame. It was
not our party who said that the elections of Louis
Napoleon would be a disgrace to France. These
words were attributed to M. Thiers if he disclaims
Ihem, they no longer exist."
M. Thiers rote in his scat, and said, "I deny
them "
M. Bixio I myself heard you use them.
M. Matthisu then said, "Between M. Thiers,
who repudutes those words, snd M. Bixio, who
declares to hare beard them, I leave France to
decide."
Thereupon M. Theirs st once sent M. Piscatorj
arid M. Heecheron to demand satisfaction 'mm M.
Rixio, who said he was ready at that moment, and
appointed Ml Favreau and M. Victor Le Franc as
his seconds. This took place about four o'clock.
The seconds finding M. Bixio would not retract
his words, st once entered their carriages, drove
from the Chamber to the Bois de Boulogna, posted
their men at 20 paces ; each fired s shot Ineffec
tually : the seconds then interfered, and declared
that tlie honor of each of the combatants was with,
out stain. They then returned to their carriages
and drove back to hear tlie conclusion of the de
bate iu the Chamber. ' Tlie whole affair did not
occupy more than half an hour.
MEMPHIS RAILWAY CONVENTION.
This body adjourned on the !8th ult. The fol
lowing is the substance of what wss done :
Prof. Maury from the committee on resolutions
reported a series of resolutions, that, in the opinion
of the convention, it is the duty of Government to
provide for the construction of roads at an early
period ; to provide competent corps of engineers to
survey the proposed routes ; to locate the road so
as to comprise as many advantages as possible;
that the public lands constitute a legitimate fund
for that purpose ; that it is the duty of Congrei
to aid in the construction of branch toads to con
ned the main road with the principal thorough
fares of the country: that military prts should be
constructed throughout our territory oa tlie con
fines of civilization, and emigration eucoursged by
pje-euiption rights to actual settlers ; that while
said road is constructing, private enterprise should
be aided in building a road or canal across the
Istmnns, by annual con:nbUons for ea trying
mails, troops, fee. from the Atlantic to the Pacific
ocean. Tlie.report was unanimously adopted, and
a committee of seveg appoidtcd to memorialize
Congress ',.-
ELECTIONS.
NEW YORK The votefor State Officers is so
very close that it will probably require the official
canvass to settle the result. The genow.l impres
sion was, however, thai the Whigs had elected
their candidates for Secretary of State, Comptroll
er, Treasurer, "and State Engineer ; and that the
Democratic candidates for Attorney General, Ca
nal Commissioner, Judge of the Anneal Court,and
State Prison Inspector bad also succeed. These
were all1 on the Anti-rent ticket The Tribune
publislies returns from all the enemies in the State
but three, and makes the Whig rmijority 8,043.
The Senate is certainly Whig by two to four ma
jority: and the Assembly probably Whig, hough
still doubtful. The Tribune expresses a hone that
Beach, whig, has been elected Canal Commission
er over Follet, deal. 1
A telegraphic despatch dated New York, Nov.
10, says, "We have how returns sufficient to ren
der it certain that the Senate and State are Whig.
The Tribune estimates the Whig majority in the
popular vote of the State at about 800."
NEW JERSEY. The Whig majority in the
Legislative is considerably larger than first stated.
The Newark Advertiser of Thursday says : "The
Senate comprises 19 members, of which we have
10, just a majority. In the House of 68 members,
the whigs have 33, including the Passaic Assem
blymen who were elected on Union tickets, one be
irg an old Whig member, aud the other said to be
a Whig, which gives 9 majority on joint ballot.
Tho whig majority on joint ballot last year was
25, viz : 5 in the Senate : House 20."
The Locofocos are claiming a majority on the
popular vote, hut local questions so entirely af
fected the election that it cannot be considered as
any test of politisal strength.
MICHIGAN, The returns indicate that "she
is joined to her idols." Jno. S. Barry, Locofoco
candidate for Governor,has 700 majoriiy in Wayne
county ; 600 in Oaklan ; Livingston, 400, Monroe
300; St. Clair, 200 ; Macomb. 300 ; Ingham, 100,
and 20 in Kalamazoo total majorities 2620.
Flavious J. Littlejohn, Whig, has 1 10, majority
in Vail Buren county ; Washtenaw, 75, and 240
iu Calhoun total 425.
Nctt majority for Barry in the above counties.
2,195. Lass had J.tob majority in tlie same
counties showing a Whig gain of 1291. Barrv
is doubtless elected by 4 or 5000 majority.
MISSISSIPPI. Returns from two counties
have been received, which vote for Governor as
follows: Lea, Whig, 1051 ; Quitman, locofoco,
1202.' .-'.'.';.-'
The same comities give Harris, Whig, for Con
gress, 1099 votes ; Featherstone, Loco, 1134
Featherstone's majority 35, being a Whig gain of
25 as compared with the last Congressional elec
tion. In 1844, Mr. Polk had 310 majority in these
two counties. Featherstone's majority in the
whole District two years ago was 810. General i
Cass's majority was 351.
LOUISIANA. The only news we have of the
election which took place in this State on the 5th
instant, is contained in the following telegraphic
despatches which we find in the Charleston Cour
ier of Saturday last. . '
; New Orj-eam, Nov. 7.
The elections of tills Stale took place on Mon
day last. The Democrats were successful in the
city. Walker, the Democratic candidate for Gov
ernor.has a majority of 253, and Louis Dene, the
candidate for Sheriff, 28 majority. There has
been a great Democratic gain throughout the State,
as compared with the vote given at the last Presi
dential election, and it is probable that the Demo
crats have carried the State.
New Orleans, Nov. 8.
In the 1st District, the Democratic candidato
has been elected: to Congress, and in the second
District the Whig candidate was successful
there will, therefore, be no change in the political
representation of Louisiana in Congress.
A VILE IMPOSTOR.
A man who represents himself to be the nephew
of the Rev. J. N. MafFut, and to be deaf and dumb, ,
has, for the last three weeks, been levying contri
butions on the good people of Petersburg. He was
recognised in this town by a gentleman who had
known him in Owensville, Ky. where he had pass
ed by the name of Wm. O. Chapman, and where,
as Mrs. Malaprop would say, he "suffered no as
persions on his parts of speech," in other words,
he could talk and hear as well as his neighbours ;
in proof of which, the gentleman who recognised
him informs us that he can makes pretty good
speech, and is no bad hand at a sermon I He told
our informant on Thursday, that he had levied
some $23 on the Methodist clergymen now in at
tendance on the Conference. He is about 5 feet
6 inches in height, has a mole on his left cheek, a
rosy complexion and has a slight burr on his
tongue when he condescends to use that organ of
speech. He has been going about town selling
tracts. We hope that our contemporaries will
aid in the exposure 6f this scamp : for, we take it,
he will soon change the field of his operations, and
we write this to put other communities on their
guard. Pet, Intelligencer.
MiTEoa., A large Meteor, travelling from West
to East, was seen on tlie afternoon of the 31st ul
timo, by some hands at work in a field near David
son Collegs, who also heard two or three loud ex
plosions in the air, and the long continued rumb-
ing noise which followed them. This noise wss
also heard at Concord, by some travellers near
Charlotte, at Shelby, and thirty miles South of
this place in Cabarrus, where, we learn, a frag
ment of stone 18 pounds in weight caroe to the
ground. It first struck a log near which a small
boy was standing at the time ; and ending its way
through, was buried in the -earth to the depth of
it own diameter. Two other pieces are said to
have fallen about nine miles further South. A
gentleman has promised to bring us the 18 pound
piece, when probably we shall say something mare.
,. Salid. Watch.
PRESENT PRICES.
We learn that at the extensive sale of the prop
erty of B. Buna, dee'd, in Nash couoly, this week,
ost negro wheel'Wiight sold for $1875, and an
other for 1 1605 No. I field hands sold from $700
to $300. Wilmington and Raleigh Rail Road
Stock brought from $10 50 to 12 per share, for
$100 paid in, Turh. Prist.
THE RALEIGH TIMES.
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RALEIGH, N. C.
.friitai Hlorning, November 16, 1819.
RAIL ROAD MEETING.
Onr readers must not forget the Meeting of the
Internal Improvement Association of WakJat the
City Hall on Monday next, st II o'clock, A. M. to
which every friend of the Central Railroad in the
County is invited. Let us have a grand rally, and
prepare to go to work in earnest !
THANKSGIVING.
We anticipate our usual day of publication, in
order that we may attend the Services of the first
Thanksgiving Day proclaimed by the Governor of
the State, uiidor the resolution of the last Legisla
ture. Its observance will no doubt be general,
accompanied by appropriate public worship in the
different Churches.
TO OUR READERS.
We have now finished the various discussions
into which we have been drawn upon subjects of
so much interest lo us all as Southern men in
volving not only our rights but our safety. It
could hardly be otherwise, in otir position, lhan
that we should suffer our political feelings to en
ter deeply into the views which we have present
ed. But we are sincerely desirous that all South
ern men should stand together ; and, rejecting as
we did, and do, all thought of a Contention to war
against an abstraction; to act against a contin
gency now deemed altogether improbable ; to pre
pare to resist the application of the Wilmot
Proviso to tlie new Territories, we or prepared
to go as far as any man ; to unite in any meas
ure of resistance which may be deemed right and
proper ; in order to prevent the abolition of slavery
iD the District of Columbia.
We have not deemed it necessary to discuss the
Constitutional pmrer of Congress on either ques
tion. It may or may not exist in each case. If
CongTess possesses the power in the Territories,
there will be no chance for its exercise, because
they are both coming, at the next session, with
their Constitutions, to ask for admission into the
Union as States with Constitutions expressing
tlie will ol the people, on this subject, as on all
others, and which, if republican in their form, and
not repugnant to the Constitution of the United
States, Congress is bound to accept. This will
settle that matter what could a Convention in
North Carolina do 1 or a Convention of the South
ern States do 1 Fulminate threats and denuncia
tions upon an abstract question of power ? Cut
iono.' What's the use of that? The Californi
ansand New Mexicans will settle their own af
fairs in their own way. They have the power
when they come to form their organic law, and
exercise their incipient sovereignty. What right
have we to dictate to them ?
By such action,, the. question of the power of
Congress will be evaded, It is trueno tested but
we trust, also, put to sleep forever, ss to them.
Neither have we discussed the power of Con
gress over slavery in the District of Columbia.
We deny its existence but the unfit y of the South
forbids the exercise of any such power, if it dors
exist. Its attempted exercise will leave no other
course for us to pursue, than for the whole South
to make common cause with the slaveholders
there; and, if needs he, fight the quarrel out! We
speak plainly, and feel deeply all Southern men
can speak and feel with us..
If we can be saved from such an alternative, we
freely confess it is to General Taylor, and the
great Whig party of the United States which sup
ports him, that we look for such salvation. We
shall have him on onr side ; on his wisdom snd
prudence we may safely rely; and we hope and trust
every Whig in the Souih will stand firmly hy him,
in every emergency that may arise for him and
for us.
ELECTIVE JUDICIARY.
The Kentucky Convention, after a week's de
bate, has adopted the several articles of the new
Constitution reported from the committee, provid
ing for an elective judiciary. The four Judges of
the Court of Appeals are to be chosen by districts,
one to be chosen every second year, and are to
hold their offices for eight years,
ARRIVAL OF RETURNING MINISTERS,
The American Mail steamer, Washington, from
Southampton, brought to New York a number of
passengers, among whom were the Hon. Romu
lous M, Saunders, of this State, late U. S. Minis
ter Plenipotentiary to Spain ; Hon. Richard Rush,
of Pennsylvania, late Envoy to France ; Hon. W.
II. Stiles, of Georgia, late Charge d'Affairs at
Vienna ; and Hon. R. P. Flenniken, of Pennsyl
vania, late Charge d'Affairs at Copenhagen, each
accompanied by bis family.
HJ The Wilmington Journal comes to qs In
new dress, and is one of the largest and neatest
papers in (lie State, We wisSi its enterprising pro
prietors success.
The Goldsboro' Patriot has psssed out of the
hands of William Robinson, Esq. its late Editor,
and is now conducted by Messrs, John Robinson
and John VV. Davis. - -
A copy of Powers' "Greek. SJave' hat been fijd
at New York n the managers of' the Smithsonian
Institute, and is to ba plated in its gallery of sculp
ture forthwith. .Quite a joke was cracked
some of the sensitive abolitionists on the occasion
who were assured that a sUve had been actually
sold in New York,'
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CENTRAL RAIL ROAD.
As the time for the tumbling of tlie Greens
boro' Convention approaches, the prospects of this
great project grow brighter and brighter J until we
almost feel safe in predicting that the whole of the
Stock will be taken at. or sooo after that Conven
tion. We regard the buildinz of At Road as a set
tled thing and thus are our hopes proportionally
raised and strengthened of seeing out State com.
mence a career of greatness and prosperity, which
sha'l place her in rivalship with her Northern and
Southern sisters. Mr. Thomas, the respected snd
sble Senator from Davidson, informed us of the fa
vorable opinion entertained of this line of Road by
substantial capitalists at the North. The article
we copy fronVthe Petersburg Intelligencer is evi
dence of the deep interest which the public spirit
ed citizens of that town feel in tlie success of this
great enterprise. They s re a people who watch
well all chances of increasing their trade, with a
close eye to enabling their market to compete with
all others for custom and the" rich agricultural
country which this Road will open could not fail
of attracting their serious consideration. We feel
convinced that Petersburg will aid us to the extent
of her ability in pushing along our Roads. We
are aware she is doing a great deal for herself in
that South Side Railroad, to which she has contri
buted largely of her means, and which will benefit
her greatly but we, submit with respectful defer
ence, from the view we have been enabled to take
of the matter, hardly more than will our Central
Railroad. At any rate, when our Road is finish
ed, and our rich Western Tobacco Country, capa
ble of producing an immense Bupply of the weed,
afforded that first rate facility for finding a market,
we believe the quantity will be only limited by, the
ability of the Virginia traders to buy And where
else will a market be found, but in Petersburg and
Richmond the former having the choice 1
ID" We had the pleasure of meeting many of
our old friends and subscribers iu Granville, at
their Couit in Oxford last week ; where our time
was pleasantly spent among the citizens of that
largo and prosperous County. We desire to re
turn our thanks for the friendly attentions we re
ceived on all hands, and for the portion of patron-
ace kindly extended to us, during our Btay. It
shall be our study to deserve their confidence and
support more fully, as we shall endeavor also to
extend our acquaintance with the people of Gran
ville.' We have already pronounced Oxford one of the
handsomest towns in the State. The Court House
is near the centre, and is a substantial, spacious,
and elegant building, well adapted to the purposes
of a Temple of Justice. The various offices are
large and convenient, while the Court Room will
accommodate an immense crowd, not only of mem
bers of the bar, but of the many who congregate,
either for purposes of business or curiosity, every
Court week. It is unfortunate, thai, owing to
some defect in the formation of the roof or the
manner in which it was put up, the building needs
repair in that part of it ; and .we learn that a
Committee was apjieinted during the Court to de
vise proper means of preventing the mischief
threatening to ensue.
There are seven Stores in Oxford, some of
them extensive, and with heavy stocks of gxids,
and Ihe business part of the town is pretty well
built up but there are many handsome private
residences, which last constitute the chief beauty
of the place. Among them we may mention those
of Messrs. R. N. Herndon, Kingsbury, Uilliard,
McClanahan, &c The mansion of the first nam
ed gentleman, would be deemed elegant in any
country. It has every convenience appurtenant
to a private residence, and the grounds are laid
off and adorned with taste and beauty. Nor are
the others mentioned, and many others, much in
ferior in these respects ; they realize our idea of.
separate iiiia, each setting off, while rivalling the
others. Oxford is hard to beat in this particular,
so far aa our knowledge of Southern towns ex
tends.
The Hotels, we learn, are excellent kept res
pectively by Messrs. Thomas, Young, and Pas
chal), whose tablet are well supplied with the
choice luxuries of the season whose rooms are
convenient and comfortable, and whose servants
are polite and attentive. Commend us lo an Ox
ford "table d'hote" during Court week, judging
from the profusion and excellence of the one to
which out diurnal attention was more particularly
directed. The market we judge to be a good one,
as it furnished so varied a supply.
There' are four neat Churches in Oxford ;
Masonic Lodge, and a Division of the Sons of
Temperance. We learn that efforts are making
to establish, in sddition to (he Male snd female
Schools already in operation, a Baptist Female
College, in which many of the citizens are deeply
interested. We should think Oxford, being
high and healthy situation, supplied with excellent
water, would be a desirable Summer resort for
our low country friends, especially those who
would wish to avail themselves of the opportuni
ties of Education which it afjbrds, and oj the re
fined apd elegant social Intercourse of its citi
zens. -
WHAT RAILROADS WLL DQ,
Georgia Railroad. It is an incontestible fact,
says the N. O. Picayune, thai fur miles on either
side of every linerf Railroad which hat been
made in Georgia, tlie lands have appreciated from
one hundred to five hundred per cent., and in ma
ny instances much, more, to that the increased
ytjya of lands alone has been much more than the
whqlecost'of the roads. 'New life has keen in
fused into the whole gtate. Towns are springing
up as if by magic All the productions of her toil
are speedily and cheaply wafted to a feady path
market, and return freights cost not more than
onstfourth part of former prices, aqd she is now
reaping tlie rich fruits of her liberal aqd enlighten
ed policy. ,
The Washington correspondent of the Baltimore
Sim ssyt The rutnor that 5) r. Bullitt, of the Ro-
publie, It about to be appointed as Charge In Na
ples, it very current and very plausib)e. As the
appointment was given to Louisiana, in tlie person
of Mr. Chjnq, who was obliged, by jl heIlb, to de
cline it, it is pot improbable fast it tfl bp again
pltM to Mtui'MRa,
RUMORED APPOINTMENTS,
Our readers will do well to receive with distrust
most, if not all of the rarnored' t,ppointmeoU re-,
ceived by Telegraph, and chronicled by the letter
writers at Washington. They seldom hit right. -Two
week agr, we published the Telegrashio "
report ofthesppointsoent of Hugh. Waddell, Esq.
to the 6th Auditor-ship of the Treasury ; and the
correspondent of the Register gave currency to it
too. It has also been stated that be had been of
fered the Solicitorskio of the Treasury. All these
reports are simply untrue. Mr. Waddell has re- '
ceived no appointment, nor hat any been offered
to him. North Carolina may as well rive up the
hope of any high appointment and all these ru
mors of little ones are anything but complimentary
to her.
There ' m reason why North Carolina should
not have two full missions, as long as she receiv
ed no Cabinet appointment and those who have '
lighted her hopes and wisliea may live to repent
it in dust and sackcloth, when repentance is too
late.
"THE ORGAN V
Our blows are too heavy for the Standard, ami
he turns his "attention in mother direction," with
the insinuation that we are "morbidly sensitive,
and "totally incapable of doing justice to an oppo.
nent. We will be judged by the readers of both
papers, whether we did not do full "justice" to hie.
Mammoth cheese" story. The lash touched theV
sensitive raw nntil the whole animal squirmed be-,
neath the sharp infliction. ; There are some natures,
so wrapt np in self-conceit and arrogance as to.
deem themselves invulnerable; and while tossing
bits of plcanantry" amongst others, seem to for
get that two can play at the game. The Editor of
the Standard, however, has lately learned it to hit
cost; he flics into an uncontrollable rage at the
lesson ; wraps himself up in a mist of superlative
and mighty dignity ; cuts our acquaintance, with
supercilious and pharnsaical scorn ; and turns his
"attention in another direction." Tho Editor is a
sagacious and prudent man, as all his neighbours
have known for a long time.
We have no wish to overhaul hie affair with
Flemming and Col. Childs. That's his business ;
and would never have been alluded to by us, but
for his gratuitous interference with our's, under
the specious semblance of a "bit of pleasantry."
Having repaid his "pleasantry," with interest judg
ing from its startling effect, he can go for this time.
We suppose, if we would suffer' ourselves to be
written down by every scribbler who can wield s
pen, we should be in high repute as a fit object
against which all their long-winded disquisitions
might be directed until the patience of their rea
ders, and of our's, was worn completely threadbare,
and the mere heading of the articles, In both papers
turned them away from the page sick and disgust
ed. We beg to be excused we dispose of our con-.
troverted subjects in a shorter and more summary
manner, and our-opponents all the sooner "turn
their attention in another direction," where weaker
and long-winded entertainment may offer fcesh in
centives for an indefinite continuance of the dreaaV
ful bore. Verily their readers must Lave gri i
patience!
XT The Editor of the Hillaboro' Democrat will -excuse
us from discussingoregon conclusions with .
him. We have aided in killing the projected Con
vention, and feel perfectly easy on that score.
We can relieve him on another point. If it
gripe him asy to notice our humble sheet, we
hereby release and absolve him from any obliga
tion so to do. "The best-looking Editor in the
State" ought not to compromise hit patrician dig;
nity by any contact with one whose life has been
mostly spent in a printing office ; and who, in hi -plain
Whig simplicity, was utterly ignorsntof the
immense distance between himself and the huge
Democratic magnates he chanced to displease.
We commend him to follow, for the future, ihe ex
ample of the Editor of the Standard, whose pru;
dence, with regard to us, has been observed of all
men. Verily, the Isst dost of "Mammoth Cheese''
we administered to him disturbed his equanimity '
some ! Beware another I ; If he of the Democrat
wishes to escape, his way is clear to Smith
Carolina, which he admire rather mors than lie
does his own State.
: That we do not please these gentry, It after all,
matter of no astonishment They seem lo think
they have a monopoly of all the talents, courtesy, .
fairness, fnifA and decency in the land snd the
proof of it all might readily be educed from their
colnmns, were the gam worth the search. He
must not attempt to reply to anything they say
if we do, why then they allege we wont "conduct
an argument with fairness," and do an "adversary
justice 1" Aha I that's the point ! The jusiii-e,
like the "cheete," t lings top sharply ; and the elite
of the distinguished Democratic Editors hold The
Time in mortal Teas. ,
As a specimen, however, of hi Editor's decency,
we annex two pnswiges from aricea admitted into
his paper of October 25 which. ettle that point '
conclusively ; (with sn apology to our readers :)
Tht first is from ap Editorial article on the Mos- '
quito question ; '
"The English, who are ever alive to their inter
ests, saw al once the value and importance of tint
country to them ; and no they patted this "bare
footed and bare Majesty'' on tht back, took
him snd bis country under their own specisl charge'
and now actually claim exclusive right of wsy of
the San Juan snd contiguous country by a grant
from this self-same Mosquito King, w)Pn they hacj
placed in power." - ' ,
The second is more decent and elegsnt sti)l. The
'bestilooking' Editor did not perpetrate it, however, :
IJe w only responsible for it at aecoudrband-"in a
remote degree, at it were" :
" 'Np sooner at) he done it, Andy Jit light slap
top on him, snatched him up clear of tlie ground,
and before you could Say Jack Robinson, he'd bit
his tail off within an inch of his 1 Fact, gen?
tlemen, pon my word an honor ; there's more u q,
hundred men can prove it I' n
After (Ms, the Editpr exlajm", in his paper of
Nov. 8 : "It is dp kmge a wonder p nt'tM
profession in which we art engsged d(.ft not tike -a
higher stand, and pj members bf treated with
greater respect by (tie world, at arge !" Etlioin(j
his sentiment whjle washing our hands, we leave
tlhe best-looking Edilorto hi patrician and decent
medjtationt.
. Tlie jiiion heads a notice of Mr. Cs)'-s srjivaL
In Baltimore tUnv." Mr. .CJaycn. t$t ir4" -