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.PU..I.I5i.IFJ WEEKLY BY CH. C. RABOTEAU,
EDITOR AD PROPRIETOR.
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VOL. III.
RALEIGH, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1850.
PROSPECTUS
FOR ENLARGING AND IMPROVING
The Kaleigh Times,
ASD FOE PUBI.ISHINQ SEMI-WEEKLT AND WEEKLY.
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The objeet of the Editor will be maiuly to sustain
and defend Wmn PaiNCiri.Et to oppose the leading
Jmocratio 1'resses and to eudeavor to rally and
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will devote his energies and abilitiea to this work,
with fearless independence and zealous industry.
To the ereat Conservative Parti or thb IInion,
we look for the preservation of the Union. It is go
verned by Patriotism it is free from Fanaticism.
We look neither to Nullification, Secession, Disunion,
or Revolution, as a remedy for the grievances which
the people of any section of the Nation suffer. Ou
the contrary, we believe that the applicatiou of any
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pression, as would destroy Liberty and establish Des
potism. In our Vmon u mt Strength and Safety.
Far better that our Legislative Councils should ar
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zealous supporter of the Whig Party j and the active,
tearless enemy ol iiocofocoism and Disunion.
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We will thank our brethren of the Press for
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capture the fugitives,) tn fees the same ta those 1 The Hon. Thomas M. T. McKenmah has sent
paid for similar services mother cases. In cases ; to the President the following letter resigning
the onice of Secretary of the Interior, upon which
he so lately entered. This announcement will, we
doubt not, be received by our readers, throughout
the country with the same deep regret as It has
been in this city. Republic.
Washihotor, Pa., Aug. 26, 1880.
Mr Dear Sir : I respectfully tender to you my
resignation of the Department of the Interior, to
which you aid me the honor of calling me.
This determination has not been reached with
out the most serious and anxious deliberation.
A consciousness of my peculiar nerous temper
ament, which too readily responds to causes of ex
citement and depression, would have prompted t.c,
in the first place, to decline the offer ; but the kind
manner of the Appointment, accompanied by the
good wishes of the Cabinet, and backed by the press
ing urgency of my friends, made so strong an im
pression upon me as to leave me no alternative but
to accept. A brief experience of the arduous la
bors and onerous responsibilities of the position, in
connexion with considerations of a private and do
mestic nature, which press upon me with great
force, has brought me to the conclusion that a due
observance of duty to my family and myself re-
quire my withdrawal.
In thus dissolving my brief official association
with yon, permit me to say, that I cherish a confi
dent reliance upon the patriotism, capability, and
worth of every member of the Administration, and
a hopeful assurance ol its success. To this end
no effort of mine, in my retirement, shall, at any
time, be wanting.
May I not also assure you of my grateful appre
ciation of the kindness extended to me by you and
your official associates f
With res pectful and sincere regard, I am yours,
faithfully, TH. M. T. McKENNAN,
His EX. Millard Fillmore,
President of the United States.
where the fugitive is discharged from custody for
want of sufficient proof, these fees are to be paid
by the claimant. This section also specifies the.
amount of feet which shall be paid to the commis
sioners and other officers aforesaid. I
Section 6th provides that, in case the claim: nt
has reason to apprehend a forced rescne of the
slave, it shall bathe duty of the officer making the
arrest to retain him or her in his custody, and to
deliver him to said climant, his agent or attorney.
In order to enble him to do this, the officer is em
powered to employ as many persons as he chooses,
all of whom are to receive the same compensation
and to be allowed the same expenses as are now
allowed by law for transportation of criminals, to
be certified by the judge of tho district within
which the arrest is made, and paid out of the treas
ury of the United States.
Section 7th makes it the duty of the claimant to
apply to a Court of record in the State, "Territory
or District from which the slave escapes, and there
give satisfactory proof to such court of the escape
aforesaid, and that the person escaping owed ser
vice or labor to such party. The court then shall
csuie a record to be made of the matters so proved,
and also a genera 1 description of the persons so
escaping. A copy of this record or writ must be
presented to the judge or commission to whom
application is made for a surrender of the fugitive.
It will then be the duty of said judge or commis
sioner to grant to such claimant a certificate of his
right to take away such person indontified and
proved to be owing service or labor as aforesaid,
which certificate shall authorize such claimant to
seize or arrest and transport such person to the
State or Territory from which be escaped.
Section 3th repeals all acts coming with the
provisions of this act, and ordains that this law
shall be in force from the day of its passage.
THE FUGITIVE SLAVE BILL.
The Union, speaking of this bill, "faa :
"It is decidedly liberal in its spirit, for the benefit
of the South efficient, it is believed, id its pro-
visions, and well calculated to carry out the guar
anties of the constitution. The gist of the bill is
principally to be found in the fifth section. The
marshal Is compelled, under a penalty of (1,000,
to discharge his duty in arresting the fugitive, and,
further, to pay the value of the slave, if he suffers
him to escape from his custody. This supplies
to a great extent, the clause, which was proposed
and rejected, for Indemnifying the master out of
the public treasury for the loss of hit slave.
"The adoption of such a bill is not only favor
able to the rights of the owners, and is calculated
to conciliate the southern people, but It is another
most gratifying evidence of the liberal disposition
of the North to carry out the guaranties of the
constitution. We hail such a spirit with great
pleasure, and hope it will remove some of the pre
judices which the extremists have entertained to
wards the North."
The bill is so voluminous in its details that we
cannot insert it entire but in lieu of it, we lay
before our readers the following synopsis ,( for
which we are indebted to the Richmond Whig,)
which will give them a very comprehensive idea
f its general provisions :
Section 1st make it the duty of the Judges of
the District Courts of the United States, and of the
Judges of the Superior Courts of the organized
territories, to appoint three commissioners for the
time being, holding office under the United States
Government, whose duty it shall be to examine
witnesses, administer the necessary oaths, and
In short, to superintend the process of reclaim
ing fugitive slaves in said States or Territories.
Section 2d makes it the duty, of marshals and
their deputies to obey all warrants issued under
the provisions of this act; they are alsoempow
ered to appoint deputies to assist them in execu
ting civil processes, and to summon to their aid the
bystanders, when necessary, to enforce the clause
referred to in the Constitution, in conformity with
the provisionsof this act
Section 3d enacts that a slave escaping Into one
State from another, his owner or agent may pursue
and reclaim him by procuring a warrant from some
of the courts having jurisdiction. The slave shall
do taken before the judge ; who shall hear and de
tertninethe cause of the claimant; if it appear
that service is due the claimant from the person
escaping, it shall be the duty of said judge to re
move such person back to the State or Territory
whence he or she haa escaped. In no trial ur hear
ing, under tills act, is the testimony of the fugitive
.admissible. ' ;
Section 4th prescribes a penalty not exceeding
: $1,000, and imprisonment not exceeding six
, months, to all persons who willingly hinder, obstruct
H .or prevent the claimant, hit agent or attorney, or
r .v kxhax ns skAtoAM 1 aw fiitlv as aaiuri nt liim
' J yV'mJV Ul p-sis-viiss istv iu.sj uivki tig ssiiist Mil)
r thenvfrom arresting such a fugitive from ter--vice
or labor, cither with or without process as
foresaid ;-or shall rescue, or attempt to rescue,
jsnch fugitive from servics of labor. By way of
.civ!! damages In ihe party injured by such illegal
.conduct, this section, moreover, prescribes that
1,000 additional shall be paid, to be tecured by
taction of debt in any f Ihe courts within whose
.district the offence nay fee aomniitted.
' Section 5th provides payetent for the services of
the V S, officers, (whose basinets it is nude o
From the Baltimore Bun.
STEAM COMMUNICATION WITH THE
WESTERN COAST OF AFRICA.
The report of the naval committee on establish
ing a line of mail steamships to the western coast
of Africa, and thence via the Mediterranean to
London, is perhaps the dawn of an era pregnant
with the most beneficial results to mankind at large,
and especially to the two races who inhabit this
continent. We can only refer to the project in
outline, as it is unfolded In the report; but this
will suffice to Impress the reader with a high sense
of its importance and its significant relation to the
common welfare. The report embraces a variety
of information respecting-the condition of the wes
tern coast of Africa, it several advantages, its pro
gress in agriculture and the general arts of civili
zation ; its capacity to contribute to the wants and
enjoyments of its inhabitants and its peculiar a
daption to the habits, constitution, and social ne
cessities of the colored race of mankind. These
data have been gathered from communications of
the Colonization Society and other sources, and
have been chiefly spread before our readers at dif
ferent times. The objects of the Colonization So
ciety, as set forth, are specifically
1st. To rescue the free colored people of the
United States from their political and social disadvantages.'
" 2d. To place them In a country where they
may enjoy the benefits of a free government, with
all the blessings which it brings in its train.
3d. To spread civilization, sound morals, and
true religion throughout the continent of Africa.
" 4th. To arrest and destroy the slave trade.
" 5th. To afford slave owners, who wish, or are
willing to liberate their staves, an asylum for their
reception.
It is for the promotion of these important objects
that the plan of a mail steamship line to the wes
tern coast of Ai rica has been brought before Con
gress ; and addressing itself to the most lively sym
pathies of the people of the United States, and en
gaging their peculiar interests in its success, it is
a subject which cannot fail to command popularity.
SECRET SOCIETIES.
The " Odd Fellow " contains a brief description
of a scene that occurred between a husband and
wife recently, on account of Odd Fellowship. It
appears that he bad been receiving many benefits
from his Lodge, bnt she was opposed to the institu
tion of Odd Fellowship of course, because, like
all others not members, the knew nothing about it.
One evening when he returned home, he found
his wife waiting for him. He aaid nothing about
Odd Fellowship that night, or about having receiv
ed his dues. The next morning he put on a mel
ancholy countenance, and ventured tossy, "Emi
ly, t have about concluded to leave die Lodge."
His wife looked surprised, and enquired the rea
son. He replied: " It consumes to much of my
time and betides, it I very expensive, and I be
lieve I shall leave it."
Emily sat a few moments In tilenc, and finally
bursting into tears, replied " Husband, t don't want
you to leave the Lodge."
"But why not!" asked her husband.
" Because I do not think it would be right to leave
the Lodge, after the brethren have been so kind to
you."
It was evident that Emily's yppotition to secret
societies had evaporated into air; for in a few
weeks after, she joined a Union of the Daughters
of Temperance. Her husband remarked to berths
evening before she joined, that if she joined the
Daughters, he believed he should leave the Lodge
"But what are you going to leave for now?"
asked Emily. '
" Because I am opposed to secret societies," he
replied. ' ' '": "
However Emily joined but she keeps entirely
mum about secret societies. She probably thinks
the toeftis in " all in my eye."
COOL HUMBUGGERY.
: Some of the disunion presses, the lickspittle
echoes of South Carolina Quixotism, are claiming
the election of Reid in this State, as proof that the
people of North Carolina, sanction the Nashville
Convention.
We take such an assertion as this, to be about
the coolest display of presumption and Impudence,
that has come to light since the opening of this hot
season. The people of North Carolina sanction
the Nashville Convention, quotha ! Where is the
evidence of thit, we should like to know? Ia it
in the fact that Mr. Reid declared himself oppos
ed to the Nashville Convention in his address at
the opening of the campaign ? Is it in the fact
that the people of only two Districts in the State
appointed delegates to the Nashvilhj Convention 1
Is it in the fact, that out of the Corporal's guard of
delegates that were with great difficulty appoint
ed. not one attended the convention ? And why
did they not attend 1 Because they were perfect
ly satisfied that Ibe people even of their own dis
trict, did not approve the Convention ? If the peo-
pie of this State sanctioned the Convention, why
did they not, when the disunion organs and some of
the professed Union Democratic organs, sounded
the bugle so lustily, why did they not assemble in
masses and send delegates to the Convention ?
They called and called, but the people did'nt
come.. . ''
But what was there either in the constitution,
numbers, moral force, or action of that Convention
to justify for a moment the notion, that its assemb
ling changed the opinions of the people of North
Carolina from opposition to favour, in regard to
that famous humbug 1 Only six we believe of the
Southern States sent delegate at all, no State was
fully represented, and most sf tho delegations,
were in numbers only impotent apologies for bod
ies authorized to express the will of the States
they professed to represent. No stretch of the most
Quixotic imagination, can pretend to represent that
Convention, as an authorzed body to pronounrs for
the Southern States. Men of talent and of influ
ence were certainly members, of the Convention,
but half the States were not represented, and those
that were had authority only to speak for a small
fraction of the people of any State. It lacked
then any moral force, not only to control the action
of the South, but to exert the least influence. But
what was the character of its proceedings 7 Bril
liant displays of oratory , fiery invective, mingled
with tome truth, were, it is true, contpicious in
several of the speeches that were made. But the
thing dragged from the start. It lacked the stimu
lus of public confidence and public approbation.
What did it resolutions amount to but common
place truisms, and self evident maxims, piled up
sky high, Pelion upon Ossa " t And what sort
of an address was that to tend out accompanying
tuch a set of resolutions, by a Convention too
that professed to have been called to save the Union?
It was but a repetition of the exaggerated state
ments of facts, and the inflammatory appeals,
that spring to spontaneously from the brains of
South Carolina politicians. The address and the
resolutions mightbe likened to a lighted locofoco
match, to heat a tin enp of milk and water.
We atk again then if the debut, entrance, acts
and exit of the Nashville Convention were tuch at
were likely to change the opinions of the reflect
ing judicious people of the Old North State f No,
it never found favour here from the start, and after
the tremendous mountain was delivered of a ridi
culous mouse, it was scarcely thought of, in North
Carolina. It tunk too low to have influence one
way or another. It it then the height of absurdity
and the climax t" impudence for the friends of
that measure to pretend, that the late Democratic
victory it any evidence of approval by the State ol
the Nashville Convention. Ntwbernian
gTTwo lines are necessary here to fill thit
, column. Will tome friend find them t
OUR JOHN JOHNSON, OR THE MAN WITH
EXTENSIVE CONNEXIONS.
We are not, dear reader, about to inflict upon
you a long biography of the distinguished person
age whose name is so conspicuously paraded be
fore you at the head pf this article ; for, to own the
truth, our peraonaP)acquaintance with the individ
ual has been nextlo nothing. Indeed, we are not
quite sure that we have his name right, as it stands
recorded in the old family Bible ; for a sense of
duty to all the world constrains us to confess, that
we quote from recollection not having seen, for
several years, the family record, of the very repu
table generations of tne Johnsons. The name it
self signifies, as any body may know, that the hero
of our story was neither more or less than John's
son. ...
When we first heard of him, John Johnson lived
in Charleston, S. C. and was a member of an or
thodox church, in good standing. Suffering his
own garden to be overrun with weeds, he spent
much time in weeding the gardens of his brethren.
He was to pure and godly (in his own estimation)
that all others were, in his eight, amazinelv defi
cient as regarded all essential qualities, and quali
fications for the kingdom of God. But his chief
business was, to keep his minister in the strait and
narrow path of duty. By virtue of his admirable
skill in fault-finding, he could detect, in an instant,
ueiecis iu a Bermon, or a prayer, which other peo
ple had not the wit, nor the wisdom to discover.
As he was always in the wtht, and his brethren
always in the wrong, he was always, from moral
necessity, opposed to whatever the majority were
in favor of ; and as he was of course always in the
minority, because, broad is the road that leads to
death, and thousands walk together there, while
wisdom shows a narrow path with here and there a
traveler, he was compelled to resort to intrigue, and
miscuiei-makiDg, in oraer to carry his point and
secure his end. This kept the church to which he
belonged in a continual turmoil, and rendered the
life of hit poor minister a life of continued anxiety
and wretchedness. The Rev. Mr. Psalter for such
we must call him, worn out with hit lauors and
trials, and tormented by tho vexations intrusions
and importunities of brother John Johnson, asked,
and obtained leave of absence for a few months.
for the purpose of taking a long breath ; beine de
termined to obtain a situation, if possible where he
couia enjoy exemption irom the evil which had
well nigh worn out his patience.and rendered life
a burthen. Keeping his determination to himself.
not daring to tell his wife and children ofit.Ust
John Johnson should get hold of it and prevent hit
going, he started on his journey, and arrived safe
and sound in the good city of Philadelphia. In
tent upon the object which he had in view, he lost
no time in calling upon a ministering brother to
wnom ne relates nis troubles. What was his sur
prise to learn that the good brother to whom he had
gone for sympathy, wa in like nredicament :
" Alas," he exclaimed, " you have come to the
wrong place for relief ; for in my society I have a
man , one of the most officious of my communicants,
wno exactly answers the description of your Mr.
John Johnson, and he keeps the church in such an
uproar all the while, that I have been praying for a
call." Losing no tune by delay, Mr. Psalter took
passage for New York, and made the acquaintance
of several of hit brethren there. Great wat his
grief on finding that each one had a John Johnson
in his parish. Ha went to Boston, and diligently
inquired into the state of things there, thinking
that in the metropolis of New England be would
find at leait one religious society that had no John
Johnson in it. In this he was disappointed, and
making all convenient haste, he went to Salem,
Doping that the race of the Johnsons had been ex
terminated when the Puritans drove off the Baptists
and Quakers, and hung the witches. Calling on
me venerable vr. Worcester then alive, and
preaching there, Mr. Psalter told his pitiful story,
and repeated his earnest inquiry for a religious so
ciety without a John Johnson in it " Go back,"
said the Doctor. " and make the beat you can of
the evils of your condition, for in all my long ex
perience, I have never known a parish without
one of the Johnson family in it."
It is hoped that the society of our faith are sel
dom, if ever troubled in like manner. But if any
are thus afflicted, they will do well to resort to the
summary process of excommunication. May the
Lord deliver our churches and societies from the
influence of so great an evil as John Johnson.
Western Evangelist.
NO 40.
miSHiS
Gettino used to rr. Somewhere about here
writes a Southern correspondent lived a small
farmer of tuch social habits that bis coming home
intoxicated was no unusual thing. His wife ur
ged him in vain to sign the pledge. "Why you
see," he would say, "I'll sign it after a while, but
I don't like to break off at once ; it aint wholesome,
The best wsy is to get used to a thing by degrees,
you know." "Very well, old man," hisjielpmate
would rejoin, "see now if you don't fall into a hole
tome of these days, when you can't take care of
yourself, and no one near you to help you out.'
Sure enough, at if to verify the prophecy, a cou
pie of dayt after, he tumbled into the well. Here
the old toper, after a deal of useless scrambling,
shouted for, "the light of his eyes" to come and
help him out "Didn't I tell you to ?" said the
good soul, showing her cap frill over the edge of
the parapet ; "you've got into a hole at last, and
it's only lucky I'm in hearing, or you might have
drowned, you old dog you I" "Well," the contin
ued after a pause, letting down the bucket, "take
hold." And up he came, higher at each turn of
the windlass, until the old lady't grasp flip
ping from the handle, down he went to the bottom
again!
Thit occuring more than once, made the tern'
porary occupant of the well suspicious. "Look
here," screamed he in a fury at the last splash,
"you're doinp that on purpose I koow you are I"
"Well, now, I am," responded the "old Wan"
tranquilly, while winding him up once more.
"Don't you remember telling me it't best to get
used to a thing by degrees ? I'm 'fraid if I wat to
bring you right op on a.tudden, you wouldn't find
it wholesome I" The old fellow could not help
chuckling at the application of his principle, and
he protested he would sign the pledge on the ins
tant, if she would fairly lift him out. Thit she
did, and packed him off to "swear In," wet at he
wat. "For you see," she added very emphatic
ally, "if you ever fall into the well again, I'll
leave you there I will " Knickerbocker.
XT There will.be a Nashville Convention of
small nosed men, held at Pugville, on the 1st of
April next.' Agitato! agitate !l agitate!!! let
there be a fun allegation,
SENTENCE OF DEATH AGAINST JESU
The following is a copy of the most memorable
judicial sentence which has ever been pronounced
in the annals of the world, namely, that of death a
gainst the Saviour ; with the remarks which the
journal Le Droit bat collected, -aid the knowledge
of which must be interesting iu the highest de
gree to every Christian. Until now, I am not a
ware that it has ever been made public in tle Ger
man papers.
The sentence la word for word as follows :
''Sentence is pronounced by Pontius Pilate, In
tendent of the Lower Province of Gallilee, that
Jesus of Nazareth shall suffer death by the Cross
"In the seventeenth year of the reign of the Env
peror Tiberias, and on the 25th of the month of
March, in the most holy city of Jerusalem, during
the pontificate of Annas and Caiphas :
"Pontius Pilate, Intendent of the province of
Lower Galliko, sitting in judgment in the presi
dential seat of the prsetor,
"Sentences Jesus of Nszarethto death on i
cross between two robbers, as the numerous and
notorious testimonies of the people prove :
"1. Jesus is a mislcader.
"2. He hat excited the people to sedition,
"3. He is an enemy to the laws.
"4. lie falsely calls himself the Son of God
"5. He falsely calls himself the King of Israel.
"G. He went into the temple followed by a mul
titude, carrying palms in their hands.
"Orders the first centurion, Quirilliu6 Cornelius,
to bring him to the place of execution.
"Forbids all persons, rich or poor, to prevent the
expeution of Jesus. '
'The witnesses who have signed the sentence
of death against Jesus are,
"1. Daniel Robani, Pharisee;
"2. John Zorobabel ;
"3. Raphael Ilobana ;
"4. Capet.
" Jesus shall be taken out of Jerusalem througl:
the gate of Iruenea.
This sentence is engraved on a plate of brass in
the Hebrew language. A similar plate has beei
sent, to each tribe. It was discovered in the year
1820, in the city of Aqtiila, in the kingdom of Na
pies, through a search made for Roman antiquities,
and remained there until it was found by the com.
missaries of the arts, in the French army in Italy.
Up to the time of the campaign in the South of
Italy, it was preserved in the sacristy of the Car
thusiant, near Naples, where it was kept in a box
of ebony. Since then, this relic has been kept in
the Chapel of Caserta. The Carthusians obtained
it by their petitions that the plate might be kept by
them, which was an acknowledgment of the sacn
Sees which they had made for the French army,
The French translation was made literally
members of the commission of arts. Dench had
fac simile of the plate engraved, which was bought
by Lord Howard, on the tale of hit cabinet, for
2890 francs.
There teems to be no historical doubt as to the
authenticity of this. The reasons of the sentence
correspond exactly with those of the Gospel
MURDERED.
Thos. Latham, Jr., residing within five miles
Willims'on, Martin Co., was found dead on Fri
day morning last, on the road side near his resi
dence, with his throat cut. Having a long kni
in his hand when found, it wat at first supposed
had committed tuicide ; but on hit head being ex
amined by a physician, the skull was fonn to
broken in two places, and several stabs ne ft und
in the body. Undoubtedly he wat mnrt'sred,
then his throat cut and the knife put in hit hand
for the purpose of creating the belief that he had
killed himself. We understand suspicion hi
en upon a man named Webb who lived nes:
Latham.
Mr. Latham wat a man in eaty circumstancet,
only 21 years old, and wat recently married. He
wat a neohew of Col. Thos. Latham of thit coun-ty.-JV.
is. Whig. ;
Pofotatich or WlLinntoToH Mr. Thomas F.
"PROURESSIVENESS."
Democbacy, and SoMETirir. More The fol
lowing resolutions were aiiopted at a Democratic
meeting in the Eighth Ward of the tity ef New',
York:
Resulted, That we, the Democracy of the Eighth
Ward, respond to the measures recommended by
the Congress of Workingmen, and commend the
consideration of labor reform toalltrueDemocrnw.
Let us abolish wages slavery before we roeddto
with chattel slavery. Give us lreedom ot the puU-
ic lands, land limitation, inviolable homes, prohi
bition of Government debts, repeal of laics for Ihe
collection of debt, direct taxation, freedom of trade,
isbandnpent ol the standing army and navy ; the
various plans of co-operation and association tor
the organization of labor; the best system ot city
education ; the expense to be paid by a tax to be
raised in the Ward, and not to go out of it and
the people will be satisfied.
Give the Democracy of the Eighth this little bit
of their own way, " and tho p'rople will be saliffi
ed." We modestly suggest a doubt c-n thut sub
ject. ' However, let. none of the people fret them
selves in advance, since it is not very probable that
either the present Democracy of the Eighth Ward
or the present generation of " the people" will live
to see the boon conferred. How near election-time
must be. f. Y. Com. Adc.
of
Gause, deputy marshal for taking the census of
New Hanover county, hat got to near through
with the enumeration of the Inhabitants of Wil
mington that we are enabled to state the aggre
gate to be about 7,100. It will not vary a doz
en from thit either way. The population, at to
white and black, it divided at follows ;
Whites 3,570
Free Blacks 657
Blavet 3,873
-. 7,100 "
The population of the town in 1840 wat 4,744
increase 3,356, about 50 per cent.
W0. Chton.
CAPITAL TOMATO RECIPE.
The following hat been handed to ua at the re
cipe of a good housewife, for preserving or curing
tomatoes so effectually that they may be brought
out at any time between the te asons 'good at new,'
with precisely the tame flavor of the original ar
ticle. Get sounJ tomatoes, peel them, and pre
pare just the tame at for cooking, squeeze them
at fine at possible, put them In a kettle, bring them
to a boil, season with pepper and salt; then put
them in stone jugs taken directly from the water
in which they (the jup) have been boiled. Seal
the jugs immediately, and keep them in a coal
place. ; ;: - ''.. .;
Bestow upon thy youth so that thou ma jest have
comfort to remember it, when it hath forsaken thee
and not sig and grieve at the account thereof
Whilst thou art young thou wilt think it will rev
er have an end but behold the longest day hath
its evening and thou thah enjoy it but once, that it
never returns again ;uie it therefore it the spring
time, which toon departed), and wherein thou
on gh test to plant and sow all provisions foi a long
and happy lift, Sir Walter Raleig to Ms Son,
By direction of me President of the United
State, the head-quarters of the Army will he re
established in the District of Columbia from and
after the end of October next.
Col. Bentoh. We infer from an article which
appeared in the St, Louis Union, that if defeated
as a candidate for the Senate, Col. Benton will at
once offer himself asa candidate for Congress in
1852, and Btump tne tstate till that time, arraying
the embattled hosts of the democracy tor the gree t
f residential contest ot that year. , ,
A Good Suogestion. Nearly every officer re
turned from the Mexican war has had a sword pre
sented to him for his gallantry, the money being
contributed generally by good natured fr'ends, aid
ed, in some instances, by the recipients of the pres
ent. One of the journals proposes now to present
each volunteer private with an axe and a hoe, and
show them where thevcan be used to the best ad
vantage. Society, we think, would be much bet
ter benefitted by adopting this suggestirn.
A Fruitful Mother. The census taker in
the Western part of Scioto county, Ohio, informs
the editor of the Portsmouth Dispatch, that he vis
ited a family in which the mother had recently
given birth te her twentieth child. He says it
was a sight worth beholding, to see the youngsters
running about the house, ranging from small to
great like the pipes ot an organ.
The Mobile Advertiser gives a brief account of
a meeting in Dallas county, Alabama, at which
Judge Hunter, one of the delegates to the Nash
ville Convention, was present and made a Bpeech,
in which "he argued that the object of the Nashville
Address was toptepare the public mind for a dim
lutionof the Union." There were only about aixty
persont present. :
The World's Exhibition of Manufactures, -It
will afford some conception of the extent of the
building at London for the reception of specimens of
the arts and manufactures of different nations, to
state that it is to cover 18 acres of ground to be
1 10 feet high, and to cost 150,000. It will re
quire 1,00,800 feet of glass, 24 miles of gutter,
218 milesof sash bar, and 4,000 tons of iron. It
will take 3,000 men to construct it.
Spool Cottok, of which the consumption has
been almost altogether confined to that of foreign
make, is now manufactured largely in the States,
and of a quality fully equal to any Imported. The
ground of inferiority, usually mentioned as attach
ing to American spool cotton, wat In its compar
ative weakness of thread. Thit objection has
now been overcome, and cotton thread at made by
the Sacamore Company, of Portsmouth, New
Hampshire, fully equals the imported.
PRESBYTmAK Mission. The following statis
tics, derived from the annual reports of the Board
of Foreign Mission to the General Assembly, show
the rise and progress of the mission of the Presby
terian Church In. May 1838, there were 8 sta
tions, 31 male and 17 female missionaries, three
churches, 27 communicants, 131 pupils, 1 press,
and the contributions amounted to $44,744. In
May, 1 850, the stations were 27, the maie miasion
aries 91, the female 47, the churches 17, the com
municants 350, the pupils 1781, the presses 6, and
the contributions $126,075.
. A young man who, cannot dance or talk, or
talks no better than he dances, or vice versa ;
young man who wears clogs and mittens, and
sing sentimental songs with a lisp, and has trim
down collars, and a miniature wnich he always
carries nearest his heart, would take rank in house
hold estimation, as a "spooney."
A Complimentary Answer.'-Smith, the Port
Edward dentist, wasbusily engaged in filling a
tooth for a pretty girl, when she suddenly put away
his hand and said
"Mr. Smith, caa you tell me why ladies' teeth,
decay sooner than those of gentlemen ?" '
"Certainly, miss. It is because their Hps are to
saeet."8andy Jitfl Herald.
At Editorial Gem. Glo amcsl The town
ofGoldsboro' is fortunate in the possession of an
Editor, who delivers himself of a glorification aN
tide, In the following style. "t-v,
"Redeemed from the inglorifrm dominion of a
prond whig aristocracy, North' t?ro!ina stands
forth among her sister States, one of the ' prondest
monuments of the purity, justice and equality of
Democratic principles. Supported on the wings of
her own beloved eagle she hit fcscntled the loft
iest summit of pure republican ijlnrv, n nd has plan
ted her shining banner un the topmiMi tower of th
Democratic fortress."
What a strong eagle "our own beloved" must
be! Does the Patriot mean to say that he took
the whole State on his wings at one time ) Sure
ly if "lhe topmojt tower of the democratic fortress"
is at all remarkable for height, that Eagle's back
will require the application of "Jew David'
Hebrew plaster None genuine unless signed
I. BUTTS on the wrapper." fay. Os.
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