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improve m:sv. Fro u the Gn'onshom' Patriot. - - RAILIWAD JIBUTI G AT UNION 1NSTU ' TV i'E. The people bavin; hcird ilia! fit; a 1:8, Mork mead, (iii.mgr, mi ! Th us. w re coming, camp pouring in from nil i mi Hits, until Ilie spacious, hall of ill Institute, was. donsedv crowded. A: 11 o'clok'the meeting was ralhil to order by Mr. Thomas, and organized by appointing D. W. C. Johnson President, mi. I B. Craven Secretary. G:iv. Morehead pi;ilain.Hl the object nl'ilif meeting in his !io(l nauirej inimitable Way said lie and his col leagues were On a iru,de against the IiiliileU of Rail-road-revelation, tlie Turks of Dollar-worship, and Ihe Barbarians of Apathy; hoped none of these lrdesltirked'abHl tbe Institute ; declared Ihe rond a tolerably gmd thing: -introduced Cen. Graves., and retired amid some cheering. Mr. Oraves waia si ranger and a Democrat too. Well the good Whigs of that section, determined not to kick the floor any to his honor : they would listen like men, but that's all. Pretty soon ho talked about boring a hole through the Cumberland moun tains; of outdoing the Mississippi ; of shaming the thunder's roar and the lightning's speed; of the Iron-horse whose nostrils breathe fire, whose neck la clothed with ihe wealth of nations, at the thun iter of whose ear, our Jbilhtaml ('ales should resume the lost glory of Eden, atkl our liomesteuds should change from cabins to a lace ; he spoke of the Old North Slate's arousing from her lethargy; of her putting forth her giant arm, of the gigantic power she could wield at home and abroad; of the voice of her sons that now charm innumerable multi tudes in Western wilds, and now awe a world in rational debate. Ho said her sons were power, ambition, talent and invincibility; her daughters were pffte, intelligent, fair, and lovely ; and cnnV, siafl tee not have a RaU Road ! Yes ! was the response, with thunders of applause never equal led in tnat hall before, (I reckon they forgot he was a democrat ! they didn't care, they kaew he was a man.) Mr. Graves looking far beneath him, spoke of certain broods of party yelperewho wishei to make this a question of politics; he kicked them out, put his shoulder under X. Carolina and called upon all men of big souls to Mp raise her up. He t'nvw down the glove and challenged the Whigs to a elite o( emulation. The good things he said at the close cannot be written. Is not N. Carolina proud of Gen. Graves? Mr. Gilmer arose. The young men greeted him with a little cheering, the ladies with a smile. After all that had been said, we did not ex pect any thing new; we would not have listened to any body else but Gilmer. He told ns more about money than we ever knew before; described so vividly how the Rail Road would bring the rash, that numbers were actually feeling in their pockets. Ho placed Wilmington, Petersburg, Richmond, and Charleston so near our doors, that not a few looked for the spirit. With a dignity, si gene ris he declared that this was the last effort Tor North Carolina. Let it fail, the wail of despair prolonged from mountain top to Atlantic wave, Would wake a slumbering people to a sense, of their loss. Soon our young men and fair daugh ters, our noblest citizens, our capital, our all would depart to ennoble ntn lands, !o build Bp other communities more enterprising, more prosper , more blest. Mr. Thomas, thai man of Davidson, arose and, nab), " Who will be one oT eight to take, a hnn dreth part of the unsubscribed stock." III said several voices, tontil soon the company was formed. Though lew of onr inonied men were pres et one eompaay was ruird. The influence of the meeting will tell Tor mtny days. Jan. 3, 1850 ELECTION OF U. S. SENATORS BY THE PEOPLE. Mr. Clemens, the new Senator, from Alabama on the 31st December, gave notice that ho would To-morrow, or some subsequent day, introduce a resolution proposing a amendment of the Consti tution of the United Siatra, aa follows Strike out of the first clause, 3d section, 1st Article, Constitution of Ihe United States, the words, " chosen by the Legislature thereof," and insert, "elected by the people thereof." The Section proposed to be amended is in the fcllow'mg words. "The Senate of the. United State shall be composed of two Scnalora from ach,Ste cbaecn by tbe legislature thereof, for six yenr, ad each Senator shall have one vote ." The object of Mr. Clemens therefore, is to take from the Legislatures of the Several States, and gave to the people f each res; actively, the election of Senators. CALIFORNIA. Accounts nave been received iA New York, per learner Fnteorn, tothe 1st of December. ' Pet"f II. Baraott ha been elected governw of California ; John McDougal lieutenant governor, d George WW right and Edward Gilbert rep resentatives in Congre:' ' Aboni fifteen thousand vote war pdUed. US course United States Sen ators bate not yet been elected. This is taking time by the forelock, we think, ae it must be a good many months before the constitution of Cal ifornia be acted on sa as Ut give validity to all ithese eleetiens; Ut we suppose that the State offi cers will probably at at once and provisionally, mail it i known wht lias beeo the action of Con grn with regard to tin) constitution. -San Francisco coutains-twenty thousand ishab utama,ad aaswt We certainly the queerest looking city i (lie faee of the globe ; but, tea years hence, with a population, probably, ef more than one hun dred thousand, iU queemes will disappear, and beaiit elegance, and wealth take the place of it. .So mote it bei Affairs i Nicaragua Recall' of our "CruRuF.. A despatch from Washington to the N. Y. Express atatesttbat the feU f Mr. Sqnler oar charge t Nicaragua had been determined Up ton by the &verieUuid mid : I have, moreover, Mil But official aoUtorrty for sttiig that it ia mare la ta prsbaUleitheSrilish Gov:aient will deal siin II ir'y titk it ecrrcuil3 agent, Mr. Frederick, Coalfield.' His return bnme,iiideed, may have al edy beeu tktormiuiid uboo, ' v , rOUEGX NEWS. AIUMV ILCK TUG (lADl. TWO WEEKS- LATER FROM EUROPE.-.-IJ..i.v i.i Cotton Breadstuff's firm end inde- maud Insurrection in Slaxonia Trouble be tween Austria and Turiry. TKLEKRArii Office, IlALirix, ) Sunday, Jan. 1 3 10 a. m. The stMinship Canada, with two weeks' later intt l!ij;ence from Europe, has just reached this port. A rebellion of a formidable character had broken out in Servia, which had alarmed the Austrian government. , Cotton with an improved feeling, has advanced one-quarter of a cent per pound in the Liverpool market. The corn market with a moderate tone, has somewhat improved. In the money market there is much competition for first-rate japer, and money continues abund ant i , American securities aro firm and in good de mand. In the price of funds little or no variation has taken place. From England there is no political news of con sequence. j Parliament is to assemble on the 3d of February. Liverpool, Dec. 31. Cotton has, since the de parture of the last steamer, advanced one farthing per lb. on general descriptions. The prices quo ted on the 28th were, Fair Uplands 6J; Mobile 6J; Orleans CJ, with an upward tendency in the mar ket. Sci.avonma Rebellion is Sekvia DirEtcut.- TIF.S BETWEEN AUSTRIA ANDTuRKET Accounts from Vienna and Berlin of the 25th till, state that a rebellion of a most formidable character had broken out in Servia, Sclavonia, and the military boun daries are up in armsagaiust the Austrian govern ment. The Sclavonian and Servian boundary regi ments have revolted and raised the cordon of the Turkish frontier, so that their reuis fully secured from the Breton of their rear in Turkey. They arc assured beforehand of all support a circum stance which will complicate the relations, already sufficiently perplexing, between Austria and the Porte. :'y The boundary regiments which have revolted are among the bravest and hardest soldiers in the Austrian service. The grounds of their rising is resistance to the decree of the Norman 1 8th, organ izing the Woodschaft. The chief movement is in the Servian, Petcrwardein and Weteck military districts, which are exasperated at being excluded from the Woodschaft, The military force of the rebels is estimated at 120,000 men. This force, it appears highly pro bable, will be hourly swelled by desertions from Ihe Austrian regiments in Peterwardeio, Esseg, It is said that Russia has been intriguing to get up this insurrection, in order to have both Austria and Turlrey entirely dependent upon her. The proof of which Russian agitation ia daily growing more open and daring, and the incredible activity of the agents ol that power leads to the conclusion tnat a sanguinary entanglement will apeedily break out between Russia and Turkey. The Prince of Servia has already refused to pay the tribute due to the Porte, of 34,000 ducats, and the arming of all male adults is being carried on with the greatest possible activity, without any one knowing where the arms come from. Speaking of the annexation ef Canada to the United States, the Moraing Advertiter says : "Can ada has under consideration the question of sever ance between Ihe mother country and Canadian possession. The conclusion is, that England would be an actual gainer. The maintenance of that part of our colonial possession costs nearly three hundred thousand pounds per annum. Colonel Webb,- minister to Austria, and suite, had arrived at Liverpool, by the Yorkshire, en route to Vienna, to commence his diplomatic du ties at the Austrian court. Russia. An extensive conspiracy is fermen ting at Moscow, which has been discovered. The object appears to ie to depoje the dynasty of Ro monolf. A Coup de Main against the Czar, waa to have been attempted on new years' day. The conspirators are all of the high nobility and the Russian national party. It ia the intention of Rus sia to concentrate all her force on the frontier of Turkey, to be able at once to take advantage of any events. This, it is believed, may cause Aus tria to garrison Poland. France. But little news of moment from this country. The French capital Jonrnai Du Havre states, on the authority of private letter from the United Statce,hat Ihe Cabinet at Washington have just admitted the justice ef the demand for indemnity made by M. Pouasin, which was the origin ofhi dispute with Mr. Clayton. Ai'stbia and HrasAitr. A mutiny broke oat inoneof ihe Austrian regiments inCamora, Sev eral superior officers were killed by the exaspe rated men. The Papal States, The Pope will not return to Rome until after the projected loan ha been completed. The Fort Smith Zfo-aWleafai from a gentle man who reside in tbe Seminole country, that the great Seminole chief Wild Cat is making arrange ments to remove, with a party of hi nation bis adherents to Mexico. The cause, it ia supposed, is in consequence of his popularity and influence being on the wane among his countrymen. Tnc Death or Geosgi Washington Lamtsti', son of General Lafayette, '.u announced by letters from Paris. He accompanied his father in the final visit to the United States, and deservedly shared the the manifestations and regards of the American pet pi. In all tbe relations of life, h enjoyed the wann est esteem in France. He never swerved from his republican principles and tbe example of bis illustri ous patent.' His dissolstioiiitcok place at Lagrange, the family; seat, abo rt the 1st of December. The corj se was interred within Ihe walls of the ancient convtut of Pieptw, where, under a simple tomb, lie Geaeral Lafayette. George Washington Lafayette wis during the stormiest days of the first revolutions, a rr.onibor of the family of General Washington, by J whom he was formally adopted. POLITICAL. HUMBUG AT THE NORTH. . lathe discussion in the U.S, Senate Ja week which ensued on Ihe presentation of the Vermont Ami Slavery resolutions, the Hon. Mr. Ilale.of New Hampshire, indulged in the following candid explanations with reference to the anti-slavery ex- citemcnt in the Northern States, which Mr. Phelps, one of the Senators from Vermont, expressed him- self much pleased to hear and admitted to be for- rect : "The true state of the Northern States is this : there has been a small band of fanatics there who have been so ncisy that many people have imagined them to be greatly more numerous than they are ; and the Whig and Democratic parties, thinking them to be some consequence, have star- ted in a game of resolutions. The Whig party started, and the Democrats followed them verjf lately ; for it is a new game with them, which thev have undertaken to catch the "fanatics," for "fa- natics" there have votes as well as other persons ; and the resolutions are intended lor home use aj - together. This is the reason thev have not been instructed to present them here. 'As the question ' comes up, and the Whigs ' .nccnsetlie Democrats ' and the Democrats accuse the Whigs of being pro slavery, each points to the record to sliinv that ( they have passed the slronge-t resolutions. Reso- lulionsofthis kind have been passed by both pir- ' lies to make a winding-sheet for everv slave and , slave-holder in the Union; but, after all, ifthe nut-i ter is sifted tothe bottom, there will be round verv'j litiln resolution in nil i wnl..iiWn. 1r .rL ! fore, any sort of excitement has been created on 1 not f,,r t!,om t,K rnm(? "' rog Shop t"e wpcw upon these tnatte.s, to n Inch we take the part Of our slaveholdin friends ; il thev think I 'ml""r- tliongl. :!ie were friends to them, and had , "'MX !o ".,; to' fx,.rcss our views these resolutions mean anv thin-, I can'assure i Pron'id lo S f',r."',"S for if U-y St would ; P or two points. Some of the ; paper are them that they are the most 'harmless thin's in the ' c",,SI-, ,l,pm ,0 los(' some vo,os. -wllich ihey hilJ i rr c,l,1,ne Convention at an early day, and for world. They are merely intended to USe nboll, , I'Wff' to them from (he other side. . entering into a long and animated rWicnl State election times on great occasions, when favorite Wc!'' pl'PnS 'hat everything was fair in j ?"?, at .! "cx' rtinn-nnd others are nntn candidates are to be elected and ethers to be defoa- nar' 1 W f0"1''ll, anl cci.tinned to electioneer j 'a"g )'' respective favorites for the office of ted. That is all they are intended for and all they j for ",l",' l,,p rpi'' S?" G'ng Shop repre- i Governor, and recommending to the people to ns- are intended for in Vermont. The IXrhdalur of : that State, at its next session, will have to re-elect I 01 "M",X' ' """ '"pso vpr' !,lpn sallln? "n,ler nn one of these gentlemen, and it will bo very conve-! ,lipr aml 11,0 VPr-v fl;,P' 'W. which-, those op nient then to have "a rrood resolution to show. And i Pns,1 10 "s llild over Ticket ! ; so in all these States : and. when looted l in il,i ' point of view, they are very harmless affairs ; and iremlcmen will have to wait some lime nntil these i fanatics aro more numerous than they are before these resolutions will do great harm ..nt of their i immediate neighborhood. I do not say this to. lis-; parage the resolutions of the State of Vermont, b,,t because this great confederacy and the whole world I are waiting to know-and it is desirable to know I it-what we are doing. It is necessary that the I true state of tbe case should be known." GENERAL CASS. The rVeated hero of the late Presidential cam paign, has recently made a speech in the Senate upon the Hungary question ; which, we are free to concede, is tin able and eloquent production. We have no disposition to disparage the intellectual excellence of the Michigan Senator, and wefwly acknowledge that his general tone in the Senate is dignified and courteous. This much we must say injustice, but there are other fact which justice also compels us to notice, which prevent us from regarding Gen. Cass with that dnmingled respect whidi we can feel personally for a pclitical oppo nent as well a a political friend. There is this peculiarity about Gen Cass, which strike ns as in very disagreeable constrast with his general manner and profession;. Ilejis civii ; he is courteous j he never loses the gentleman in the politician. But, beneath his oily manner, there lurks a concentration of political venom, which ever anon is most quietly and gracefully, with most malignant purpose, ejected at those who may cross his path. Thus, in his letter of accep tance to the Baltimore Convention, ho undertook to assert that General Hamilton was the exponent of IVhig principles, and that the H'higs have en tertained doubts of the capacity of man for self gov ernment ; and now in his Hungary speech, he must travel out of the Record to charge Citiditv for office npon the Whigs. : And there is this peculiarity also about Gen. Cass, that he is fond of assailing others for the very sin of wiiich he is peculiarly guilty. Feder alism, for example, should have been the la 4 thing he should ever have mentioned, if he remembered his own youthful history. And Cupidity (ornjice, when his whole life has been passed in rotating from one office to another, where his regular al lowances from Ihe government have never ceased, and he ha received enormous sums in tlio way of extra-allowances. We have tiever seen anything to equal the cool assurance of Gen. Cass's reproof of office seekers, save Jack FlstatT, rebuking Prince Henry for cowardice, and cursing all cow ards, just after be himself bad run for his life Ircm an inferior assailast. " A coward is worse than a enp of sack with lime in it ; a villainous coward. Go thy ways, old Jack ; die when thou wilt, if manltood, good manhood, be not forgot upon Ihe face of the earth, then am I a shotten herring. Thore lives not three good men nnhanged in England? and one of them is fat, a-nd grows old: A bad work), I say! I would I were in hea-ven j cou'd Bmg psahus on anything ; A plague on all cowards, i say still." Truly when we see Gen. Cass battling virtuous ly against office seeking in his sympathising Hun gary speech, we think Silas Wright must have been more right than complimentary when he said, "Our friend Gen. Cast it a perfect time terter and demtgorue.n Republic. HOW IS HE FALLEN! Scarcely two year have elapsed since the lea--ders o( the Democracy in the Senate stood ready to sustain Mr. Polk in the very wise and patriotic plan of making T. II. Benton Lieutenant General of the U, States Army. Now, the same men will not permit him to rrtain the insignificant post of Chairman of the Military Committee. Poor "Old Bullion." Poor old Lieutenant General ! An other Benedict Arnold. Gone on the same track with Benedict Arnold Van Buren.and carrying off at his coat tails, Benedict Arnold Drown Alas, for the mutability of human tilings J Ibid. A bale of cotton weighing 8010 pnrmds was 're cently brought to iho Graffin market This i de cidedly the largest bale oo rooofd. COMMUNICATIONS. For the Raleigh Times. , Mn. KniTon : Although you aro opposed in a1'"!' lo'me on the questions involved In'lhc City Election, which ia now near al. hand, I hope yoa wi" not rofuse 1110 rhnnee to be heard thro' your column!.. I am a plain man, and like plain tlci,,inP- ' carr.V but one face myself on all quec- n"n "nd 1 desPisc' to SPe any man putting on moie ,,mn one ,0 8ui' the "'Msion. I have usually hoard of 1 assuming two Cices to accomplish polit- icul or i" k; "t I dn't know that I ever knew ,hret tohe m,m(i mllil '" P'went times, Nl"v,I,n f"r granting licenses to retail liquor to AlL who ask' oml Rre recommended, and not to a FKU"- 1 am TP0-' to exclusive privilege in any- ''""S- T,,cse '"S my opinion'. I was determined to vol fnr ,wo cln,li('i,R "who had declared such to 'e 'heir sentiments, and who bad como out in op- J ro,i,io" ,0 '",0 "I',W n"J 0r,l(,r Ticket"-' "of the 1 f''i,'e,crn Want. But what did I behold ? Hardly ! M I congratulated my friends in good earnest that we M Wnln lmp "GrnS S,10P Ticket ", nut' 11113 W'v' M,m 1 ',-" t" P"per, their mf "rra 0l! ""Jer ,,,e ,,fdinS "The People's ' 'c';tV 1 beK"n nt ""'e to'inqnire what docs this mean? Ar(" """J' nv'"'' 1" come out for I lie principles RnJ lnPn tl'ry dcrlaro.l themselves for at Jirst, and 4""W'' ';""'' 1 """'S1'' IaaW-snme- ,l'in.in 1U vvl'il'11 Wi,s'nt exactly right; bull was tn,l! ''.was all exactly the thing, because it would se.uauves.-wnea a, : in laKmg up the Standard 1 rcs",v(l1 '"'I'''" '' them, -as not descrv " c"",wce 01 ",e uroS ; nu n ti.ey trl,s,cd b '1'" who a re opposed lo licenses, l"r'J ' my rpPrpspn'1"i'rB who will blow hot and cold at the 8:,Te "'' ,nhl slunv hi ,,al,d: ttnd 1 WRrn meH tt''10 thi"k with mp' ,n Ui0 c"ro l,ow """J v"lp-r,,r p ,llpnof lllis who goin "n,,pr nrh ' Will not their hands be it... ....j.:. ... ,t i ... --j. - "1 1 "l,VP sil"p" m,,,er fa many nags, I should like to know 'whether they are fish, Jtesh or finrlt A 'ruw jian or the Eastern Ward. Jan. 10, 1S50. For the Raleigh Times. Mn. Editor: I sec there is afloat a new delini tion of "La w and Order." The way to keep up these very valuable- commodities, is to charter as many Grog Shops as possible, which Rre known to be the cause of more than half the violations of law and the disorders' which occur in our midst. There were chartered lst County Court, retail places enough to supply the most voracious appe tite of a place four times as large a Raleigh; and there are now seven more petitions on Ihe Com missioners' Table, to be passed on by tho-next Board; and yet the candidates In the Eastern Ward, who are claimed to fie in favor of these petitions, are sailing, in the last Standard, nnder the Law and Order flag ! - Heaven save the mark ! And uhodo tliey expect to dupe by this ? A VOTER. citF electionT" T'10 election for Municipal Officers of the CHy of Raleigh takes place on Monday next. We per mit our correspondents to speak their minds pretty freely, through our coUmuis, this week; as we have no disposition to engage Jo the discussion oursclf. Of course the wiinle matter is now closed, and in our ne.1 paper we shall be able to announce the result. We publish the two Tickets for general infortna lio;i : ' For Intendant of Police : WM. PALLAS HAYWOOD. For Commissioners in the Eastern Ward : P. F. PESCUD and ELDllIDGE SMITH. For Commissioners in the Middle Ward : E. B. FREEMAN, JOHN PRIMROSE and T. R. FENTRESS. For Commissioners in Ihe Western Ward : S. W. WHITING and SILAS BURNS. Foi Intendant of Police ; WM. DALLAS HAYWOOD. For Commissioner. . Western Ward: W. W. IIOLDEN ajd W. F. COLLINS. Middle Ward: E. B. FREEMAN, C. B. ROOT, and R. SMITH. Eastern Ward : O. L. BUUCH, and T. M. OLIVER, For the Raleigh Time. WOMAN. Woman 1 when we reboot on thy blameless life, thy artless tenderness, thy pious simplicity, thy confiding love, and the meek and lowly resignation of thy heart and feelings; consider the important relation in which woman stands to man in every department of life;, consider that in one relation she is' the chosen companion of his heart, the vol untary sharer of his prosperity and misfortune, the sincere lover of his virtues, and the admirer of heroic and noble achievement. She urge him to the performance of hi moral dutiea, and to those sentiments of patriotism which gave to the Ancient Republics their statesmen and hcroe tojreland herEmmetts,toEngland her Sid neys, and to America her Washington. Without her animating influence the hero would soon de generate into a mere poltroon, the statesman into political driveler, the philosopher into a novice, and the pit riot into a mere citizen of the world; with out friends, without home, and without those en dearing ties which bind us to our native land. Place man in her situation, and compel tjira to pcrfom the duties of woman, and he would soon either degenerate into a tavage or sink into perfect insignificance. Man, placed in the limited sphere of the employment of woinan, would soon feel himvelf a slave, dooni.vl lil;e her to a life of n'mcii rity and domestic cares. If there were no histo rians to record his deeds of benevolence and pat riotism, his boasted rnngnanimity and fortitude would expire like ) meteors-of night, and leuve him a monument of powerless and fallen ambition. "Woman alone tru furin'd to bKss Tlie life of man, and share his care ; To soothe hisVreat wheu keen distress ...Hath lodg'd a poisou'd arrow there.'' R. II. T. THE RALEIGH TIMES. R A IK I G II, N. C. Ivibav, lllorning, Jamtarii 1$, 183 0. STATE CONVENTION AND NEXT GOV o KHN'OIt. Wo have seen various suggestions in several of , l'"''X '"ugS lor .ne purpose of taking action. It appears to us that these several movements are premature. The important measures of State policy wllich our people have upon their hands, and "8w-ica i " of more .nterest to us than any difference be- tween the political panics render it highly proba ble that there miy bono such distinct difference of views, at the present time. ns will lead to any opposition to our present Executive, who is known to be favorably disposed to the Improvement of the State, and to the completion of that system of great works now projected for that object. It would be more prudent and wise, therefore, to await the a& tion of tlie other great party of the State; and, if they should determine upon a contest, o ir course wou'd be at once decided, and would be plain and obvious to all. , In t'le second place, we remark, that a writer in the Star, indicates his preference for one or two gentlemen, among them, a distinguished Senator in Congress, and the Editor adds, that he would be satisfied with either, provided Gov. Manly "declines a re-nomination." We happen lo know that Gov Manly had less to do with, his nomination for the office of Governor than any man upon earth. But being called by the Whig partyi who elected him, we cannot think it would be right for him, at Ihe middlo of his term, to indicate, by any means, his own wishes upon the subject icven if he has any. He is in the hands of the people of the Swu wlw are his friends, in the hands of tbe Convention which may assemble, should one be necessary. It has been usual, in this Slate for the Governor to serve two terms; and we are at a loss to sco yvhy the rule should be departed from in tho present instance. The Charlute Journal ;r es with us in this, as will be Been by Ihe article below. If the Editor will reflect upon the views we have present ed, we have no doubt he will also agree with us upon the subject of a Convention. We conclude that there is no necessity for the present action of the people in this matter; we have at least two months longer in which to watch e vents, during which public sentiment may develop itself sufficiently to point out our safest and true course. At ay rate, the agitation now is iinoe-cessa-ry, upon the supposition that no one in iiio State desires a six or seven months' canvass. "From the Charlotte Journal. "NEXT GOVERNOR. " We have noticed that several of our brethren of the Whig Press have been suggesting tlie pro priety of holding a Convention for the nomination of a candidate for Governor, and several gentle men's names have been thrown forward a suit able candidates. Now as far a we are concerned, we see no objection to a Convention ; but we do object to seeing other gentlemen' names brought forward, and for this reason : Since the election of Governor has been given to the people, it has been usual for the individual last elected to be consid ered the candidate for two terms. Now we would like to know what Gov. Manly has done that he should be made an exception to this rule 1 are the Whigs willing to bluff him off because Mr. Rcid by the aid of the Free Suffrage Question, came so near defeating him t We are for doing justice to Gov. Manly. It is true, the Convention may re nominate him, yot we ee no good in suggesting the names of other gentlemen before theasam'ding of the Convention ; it will no doubt do harm. When the Convention assembles, if they find upon a free expression of opinion that Gov. Manly is not the strongest man, then let that body do what the interests of the Whig Party require at their hands, and select onr strongest champion." . In connection with this subject, we observe that the Roan. Repub. sees bo necessity fora Convention at all, but "should it be determined on to hold a Con vention, we would name Raleigh as the place,, nd Wednesday the first day of May a the time. That day is plenty soon three months i long enough for any one to canvass the State, &e. We agree with the Editor as to the time. For the place, our own opinion ia it should1 be held somewhere else but there is time enough to set tle that. .MORE SNOW. The aspect of things around ns to day Is decid edly Siberian. House tops, hill tops,.- fields, trees and shrubs, as far as the eye can tako them in, are a white a snow can make them, and tlie weather is as uncomfortable aeUun, Casa' prospects for l the next Presidency. Ptf. Intell. mmmMkm ISililillayS CEN'TIIAI. UAH. UOA1). Our renders are referred to the articles we copy from the Greensboro' Patriot, showing the progress which the West is making in Subscriptions to tlie Central Railroad.- It would give us ple;?ur, if our space would admit, to copy the procecdiiz, also, of the, Conventions at Goldsboro' and Wil mington. Yft we may say that they were well attended, and the best feeling prevailed.among Ihe friends of this great enterprise. We verily believe no people in the world can ex cell the citizens of Wilmington, in the gallantaud determined spirit they exhibit to make their Uwn prosperous and great as a commercial emporium. They have done wonders heretofore they have achieved tasks of much magnitude but the ad miration of all has been still further excited, by their actually raising, for the Manchestr r Road.au additional subscription of one hundred thousand dollars in two or three days ! Oh, could we, in this section of the State, and a long the line of the proposed Central Railroad, catch but a portion of this enthusiastic and active spirit, how soon,-from the dim atmosphere of donbt and uncertainty, could we elevate ourselves to the sunshine of realized hope and prosperous fruition ! We niustuwA, one and all of us the time has come, When each, who wishes to see this enter prise 'succeed, must put forth his utmost exertions, and do all that he can ! We are unable to state how many of the Hun dred shares remain to be taken but we suppose not moro than twenty. Wake has done a part bnt wi respectfully submit , not her wholo part. Johnston and Wayne, and all that section eastward to Newbern, are bound to help. Will they not ? We trust soon lo hear from Iho sectnd commercial town in the State ; we Irust soon to hear that tho subscriptions are closed, and the Company ready lor organization.. : It is useless now to enter into any further argu ment, it is ours only to chronicle results. Yet we may say, that wo regard the accounts as de cidedly favorable to the tilling up the remaining subscriptions among the different counties. Either Rowan or Guilford will bear away the palm from all others, Why will not Wake enlist in this gen erous strife? She sonld, if she would, take as ma ny of the Hundred shares as both these Counties united. ''CONGRESS..'-. The mails have -been too irregular to admit of any connected account of the doings in Congress, such as they arc. They are interesting no doubt thedrbate in the Senate has been, in sonic degree, exciting, up on the presentation of the Vermont resolutions, which wo regard iis more abominable and outrageous than any wd have seen J et. However much We may hope, however on.yous our ucsiro, to see this vexed question of Slavery amicably and fairly settled, by which alone the tnion of the States can be preserved, wo cannot close our eyes to the fact so complete has b -en the disregard of our rights, interests and feelings at the North, that unless a rndicial charge in the public sentiment there is effected, we see not how tho Southern States consistently with honor, can remain in Union with Northern Sisters. It is better, far bet ter, for us to part, than to remain divided iu feeling ; discordant, unhappy, jealous of sectional power,er dis turbed and agitated for any cause. If now, at this Session of Congress, some compro mise shall not be effected, by wllich harmony may be restored and tho Union preserved, we trust to w the combined Southern States, dropping remon eirnnrea. and no more repeating impotent threiif act, promptly and at once, ft iKtlr own security and happiness ; and, as they cannot reform this govern ment, form such a new ono as may best comport with their own security, independence and happi ness. But, what an altcrativ e ! ITow unfortunate (he circumstances which may render it necessary ! It is a consummation we have beon unwi'ling to look forward to, oven in the contemplations of the mind wo are 'unwilling to indulge the idea that this Union cm, for any cause, be dissolved but, if so, the South will not be rcsjionsible. The forth must be the losers and may thank their own reckless interfer ence, with the guaranties of the Constitution their own unhallowed tampering with our rights and our " peculiar institutions,'' for whatever of disaster ; wreck, and ruin may befall. EXACTLY RIGHT. In the House of Delegates of Virginia on Sat urday last, the Governor having laid before that body the insulting and fanatical resolution of tho Legislature of Vermont, Mr. Syme of Petersburg, offered the following resolution, accepting as an a mendment that part which says that "the Legisla ture of Virginia know their Constitutional rights, and mean to maintain them": Resolved, by the General Assembly of Virginia, That the resolutions from the State of Vermont, on the subject of slavery, be returned to the Governor of this Commonwealth with the request tb'.t they be returned to the Governor of Vermr,nt, and that ' the Governor of Vermont be informed that the Le gislature of Virginia understand their Conttitu tinnal rights and mean to maintain them. The ayes and noes having been ordered on the adoption of the above, it was passed unanimously. Mr. Burwell, of Bedford, offered the following resolution : : Resolved, by the General Assembly, That it be and is hereby recommended to Ihe people of Vir ginia, n to import, purchase or consume, any ar ticles, the produce or Manufacture of the State of Vermont or of any other State in the Union, wlirf) shall address to Virginia the language of menace or rep'oacb. It waa adopted without dissent, and referred to the Select Committee, having under consideration Ihe Wihnot Proviso and other kindred suhjscts. ID" The Milton Chronicle comes to a much im proved in its new dress with no abatement of tbe spirit with which it is conducted. tVe do hope tbe Chronicle will bo more liberally patronised, as w learn from the editor's remarks that Ihe additional outlay he has made ia scarcely justified by the nip port which tho paper receive Surrly his friends will not permit him to work for nothing. . , .y tT Ma. Stanly has at once assumed in the pre sent Congress the stand which his talents and moral intrepidity assigned him. Democratic faewspsper writers attack him with peculiar malignity. What at tho reasou 1 . I it because he opened tho- way far tho exposure of tha disreputable collusion b"twern the would-be-locofoco-Speaker Browu and the I'tef f ul lers 1 Ortemhon Patriot
Raleigh Times [1847-1852] (Raleigh, N.C.)
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