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THE LEGISLATURE. '-Er tu Brute !' 7ho i.-llowit-g paragraph is Upon this Legislature will devolve the respon- j from the Aheri'ie .Yews, a paper devoted to the in r;!'i!iiy of saying whether the prospect th.it the tercsls of the Hon. Thomas L, Clingman: Charter of the Central Railroad opened upon the I " They have just held a great Union meetinjat E:.ff, ! again to b darkened. Whether the .'Greensboro, ami parked sundry esohi,tioriH in I'a- Kii-rifirps which with the m.tio.ilv in that luidv " ' m:.Jc. and whose eJ.rt tor tlie good o( that blute ; v vrc m nobly seconded by a Graham, a. Mdrchoad.f a Ciilmr and a Saunders, in sustaining the. Char (er, and providing fur ill being carried into effect, Are ail to be nullified and made worse than useless, I v t'lia Legislature-. Is the fell 1-pirit of party a pin to ri-e up, are pally interests ami party fcucoess again to step forward, and sweepor t.'if prospect which was opening upon us, as wit!: the hesoinorck'snlatioii? Must the central Railroad gi under an honest impulse produced by the at fail nmsltate and dead, at the hi Ming or party die- j !,ude of Northern Abolitionists -nade fiery speech Tiit" hi 7 is ihe ureal enterprise that the wise, the j es threatening the Union. Mr. Clingman of N. ji'.'.iHons, the ii lel'igpnt. the patriotic, regard as j after a virile made a cold-blooded calculation . tl-e Sot ard essentia! ' step towards 'regenerating j of the value of the Union, and cyphered it out th-; -State.:'.- i-sii-niieed to the uiidnch of Locofo- j worthless to the South. The Georgia members c-. n, HiiJ .; i iranoe and prejudice and to the ' cordially co-operated in the passage ol the peace j beamy. What will the plow avail us, without the Clip Hi' y f a lew capitalists who begrudge the j measures of Congress, and are now devoting their , loom, and what the loom without the anvil, and what frijll pi;:ai.ce of tax, iiwn tke money they have ! Bat talents at home to the preseratiun of the all, unless united ? Here where we now write, tvurj-il out of the liberal patronage of tiieir fellow j Union under these measures. The No.th Condi- J ;3 :;,e gaiden 8Kt ot earth, in soil, in climate, in eiLsens, for whose benefit this great work is called j member has come liouie and taken tlie stump health, and In beauty. Here rushes the beauti fy? We trust not.: Weyrthope for bctlerthings with the purpose and effect of continuing this j ful Chatahoochee, foaming and dashing over its fn -i this Legislature. Instead of this we hope to j sectional agitation. And his organ, the Aeic.s is j rock-bound bed with power, and might, and will (rr. and mean to advocate, not merely the preser- j seconding his effort by sneering at the true men j to set in play ten thousand times ten thousand .vs.ii-.-n of the pledged faith, of the State, in carry- j who are "in favor of the union of the states.'' j looms, working into usefulness and beauty, and con ing out to the letter, the provisions of the charter We would respectfully propound a question to j turning the produce of the plow ; and here may ,'for t'le building of the portion of this great work JIr- Clingman and his organ, for their own con-l the forges shape out the implement for the farm, t -o ii iJ.iurlotte to Gohlshoro' but we mean to d- I sitloratioii and that of the good citizens of the j may blend in harmonious beauty the vast tnachin , v '.: -it.- that making it what this was. designed as j State : Are you in favor of a continuance pf the ' ery for the loom, uniting in bonds indissoluble the . v, ndation for, a great Slate work, extending j Union under the operation of the late adopted ad-1 plow, the loom, and the anvil. It is this union that the extreme Western portion of the State to ' justment laws or not ? If not why all this bother j- will make Georgia ereat. rich, and independent :.' e sju board from Buncombe io Newbcriie or ( al,d fault-finding against Union men? If nay fit. 1 why not boldly say so ? T:iis in one of the things we go for tlie great ' apprelieml the plain English of all this bit .and. import nt enterprise that it u the duty of this j'sines's to be, that Air. Clingman is making his L'.- ' dature to make provisions for carrying into j wa.v as fast as '"s lePs can farry nim' into tl,c : - e.liate effect. . j Democratic party, under the impression that, a -H'ain, we go for a. revision of our school law P''"'? Visuniimism vt'M make him more wt a more tlmrough and eflective system j welcome there. lie tailed to rise in the Whig par sue adequate lo the increasing -intelliocnce of 'y.over older and abler heads, as fast as his am- i'iir people, and their dcraud for the udvanta (."sofa good Common School education for their vbiliiren.' Tiie voice of the people too, has clearly called fe s"ime changes in our State Constitution. T!:e adjustment of the suffrage question the rigid of every man who now votes for members of t:ie House of Commons to vote for the State feeimtcrs the election of Judges, &c., by the peo ple tor a term vt years should be submitted to the decisions of the people, As a Whig, we are in earnest in oar maiHiainance of the doctrine, that rhc popular will when fairly expre9sed,sliould us ea rried out on questions of popular rights.- FocoTrcoism set this - ball in motion, without any previous indication that . the people desired any changeinourStaieConstilulion. The Whigs now go for giving the people the chance of voting di rectly on the question,"Conveniion or no Conven tion.". Will our Djmocruicfriends now face the Music t Tnese are some of the more important meas ures, which it is clear, the circumstances of the fctate rail for at the approaching session of the Legislature. We hope and trust that all the fore -feodiiii;s which are now entertained hv snmo l,9 gogism, and party maneuvering, are to bo ! the cidT of the day at Raleigh this Winter, and the real interests of the State are to be sacrificed to tilt se, will prove groundless. Xatbcrnian. Deep Rivsk Coal Ws learn that Thomis Farish, Lsq. of Chatham county, has soli his riantauon and Coal Aline, on Deep R)ver, for -S7,-500, to a Noithern gentleman, or company, whose .intention it is to proceed at once to working the mine, with a large force. Tlie speedy completion of the works of the Cape Fear and Deep River Navigation Company will enable the purchaser, and the owner of other Mines on Deep River, to sup.ilv to this place and Wilmington, and perhaps to sliip from the Slate, any quantity of this valua ble Mineral. Fay. Oij. . ' : InpOstrul Cokvejitiohs. It has been propos ed, belli in this State and in Virginia, to hold Con ;tniioris of those engaged in Alanufacturing, Alin : ig,&e.;andthe propositions have met with much fvor.. . Jn Virginia, a committee of arrangement wasappeiiitedjaid a tiineasid place of meeting fixed, viz ; the 5th of December, at Richmond For want ef concert of actijn, and of any persons who -feel willing to take the responsibility, no time his been definitely fixed on in this State, though t iicli a Convention might be made as useful as in Vi'ginhi, and is perhaps even more needed. The I8:h of December, at Raleigh, has, however, been stig.restedjsnd as no objection is made to that time and place, we hope they will be concurred in and the Convention be held accordingly. Circulars have bees received here, inviting-the prws -nce and co-operation of the ManfacturerS r.fthis place a iid. its vicinity, in the Richmond Convention. ' 1 We are much gratified to find that warm interest is manifested in virions parts of the State in this subject. When the proposition was first made ,we supposed, thai like must other schemes projected altiongns.it wonh) excite so lit Je attention, and te bo partially acted on, that it -was useless to make the attempt. Bin the pruspeets a re altogether different Circumstances, North and South, have' aroused the public interest, and we hear verbally and by L-tter of a denire to participate in the meet ing. We now look forward to a large and highly useful meeting at Raleigh. Let every manufac turer, mechanic, miner, editor, who has thing to impart that may be of use te his fellow citliens, or desires to learn any thing that may be of use to iiiuiself,attenil the meeting. , Ibid. In regard lothe industrial exhibition proposed to h( fudd ill Raleigh this winter, we believe it Is n good move, and hope to see it well attended. AVill ht the rnerchau's, manufacturers,, miners, &e..nf this region prepare for it, and take down i p'-cimens of tVir skill and industry. If the thing should be carried eitt as it ought to he, it would certainly open the eyes of many who ate now ig norant of tlie resources of tlie -Stale. Ii would at one become apparent how great would be the be- re-fin of the Improvements proposed h) be made. rr'ialisbury Watchman. . ; , CUMBERLAND. ." , The Snperinr CVurt of this County is in wjseion 'Jinfcrp BaTtle presiding, Tlie Criminal Bucket s so full that ii iny.obdblelhaf scarcely any of the causes on the Civil Docket will ( e.tilion op. In adiiirnn to-three capital caws heretofore alluded to, lr-. Simpsom telarnedtuhis town on Friday last, and sareiitleTvJ beTttlftd Sheriff, by whom she -w is immediately committed to jail to wait her trial nil the cImitc of murdering her husband in this jiiu; utilu-S.il of ilov, Uk. f'jy. Cbi. vor oi me union ci me ciait-N, ai every nairu ! an: n ! hp Lisr pvlreinitv. J nl n -mn ton hep s of tlp Irill IU C()MV j,.,j0 u a f,,)ow rr preaching nbolitinn, this mectinff was vsrstlv rratriotipt Very.- indeed!! In this case, the consequences vvent liefore tho cause followed ! Glorious old Guil ford ! Pity yon cannot shake oft" tlm abohiioniils anil submission's that bear you down, and" who' will eventually make you a bye word and reproach I among your sisters." j At the commencement of the late session of 1 Congress, Messrs. Toombs and Stephens, of Ge-or- bition prompted. We are not of those who are disposed to keep him whalkil in our ranks. Even though he should carry with him, like the bad an gel, "a third part of '.he stars of neaven," let him go, iVeics and all. Infinitely shall we prefer an humble position in an honest and pure minority, to the eclat of a place in a minority entertaining prin ciples we cannot approve, and swayed by a leader ship we cannot respect. The allusion of the Aews to a connexion oftho peopla of Guilford with a fellow tried and convict ed lor 'preaching abolition,' was of course intended as a deliberate insult to the county. As such it willl secure from our people a filling respect of its author. Grensborn' Patriot. TIIE PRESIDENT AND THE BOSTON NUL L1FIERS. We are highly gratified at having the views expressed in our last paper concerning the duty of the President of the United States in relation to the execution of the Fugitive Slave Law, sustained by the following article from the Baltimsre Clip per. ' CONTRADICTION. "We published on Saturday last, a letter from Washington, in which it was stated, that the Pres ident had directed the assemblage of a naval and t military force at Boston, with the view of aiding the marshal in enforcing the fugitive slave law Letters written to ether papers have since made sum lar statementsbut tlie Republic'' vcslerdav i asserts that no such movement has been made by ! &c: 'e annex accounts from several of the papers .i r, i ,, ,. . , . as follows t the President, andlhatnoapphcation foraesistance I ., , , , ,. , , . , ' -. , V , , - . . t Street Assavlt. A highly censurable assail t has been made by the marshal of Massachusetts ; I w mH(le )p jKlncsU j,, Kfiq Pliloro- jhe and, of course, we are bound to suppose that our i Herald, this morning. He was walking in Broad correspondent was mistaken. Now, although the ! way about ten o'clock, accompanied by his wile, marshal may not have applied for assistance of United Slates' troops, we think it evident that their presence in Boston is required. Writs for the apprehension of certain fugitive slaves, known to ' . . . -n . . .. . resioe in Boston, Have been issued and placed m the hands of the marshal, and it is hisduty lohave them served. Why has he not performed his duty? Simply because he is deterred from so doing by the threats of an armed mob of negroes and aboli tionistsand thus the law is nullified. It may be policy on the part of the marshal not to a6k the co-operation of the naval or military forces of the Union ; but it is the duty of the President to see that that law be enforced. He ie acquainted y. ith the fact, that it is openly resisted in Boston; and he must have reason to believe, that it would be hazardous for a public officer to attempt to enforce it unless backed by a competent force. We, there-1 fore, think, that he would be jnstifiedan issuing his proclamation requiring all good citizens to assist in carrying the law into effect, and to have troops prepared to put down art opposition. The crisis should be met m a firm, manly and determined manner, and the law should be executed, cost what it may. Jf the faclionists, black and white, of Boston, can succeed in defeating the execution of the law, we would ot give a straw for the Union; , I fur the power of the general government will thence-' forward be resisted snd defined, and each Stale j will actfor itself. Nothing but obedience to the laws can hold the Union together it is therefore, of the utmost importance that every law of Con gress be duly enforced. ' fcThe factionists ot Boston have made the issue of Union or disunion, and have declared in favor oftho latter. They have made the illegal protec tion of a few fugttive slaves preferable to the pres ervation of harmony. They have apparently over awed ihe civil authority, and intimidated the re spectable portion of the community. They have placed themselves antagonistic to the Constitution and to the power of the general government. And is tlie eoniToveisy to terminate althis point? Will tins President acquiesce in this act of tiulli ficaflon, and permit the negroes of Boston and their abolition allies to triumph over the constitu tion and laws of the country? We think not jand we are given t-i understand that he will -cause the law to be enforced. The proper time and occa sion have arrived for aclinn.ss the question Bbould he settled prior totheasfmblageof Congress next month. We have -confidence in the President's firmness and patriotism, and look fur speedy and decisive action in 'ht premises" Coortrod Creaiman Ihe imrn ibo was sentene ed to be hanged in Buncombe, on the 25th October, for an attempted rape on his own daughter, was TMK PLOUGH, LOO .TAND ANVIL. England's long line of ancestry with their gor geous heraldic emblems, can boast no prouder mot to than can tlie humblest American citizen in the Plow, Loom, and Anvil. It is our heraldry of in- . i . f j-rM . i ... a t,k- i 1 ' 3 1 ' lion of our country do we especially commend this tri-union. The improvement daily making .in the work of the plow, is subject of eratulation to the Statesman, the philosopher, ami the divine, the skill given to the inanimate loom utmost super seding kiie necessity of human fingers, is no less the philanthropist's boast, and the patriot's hops. The rough unshapen metal, from the deep bowels of the earth, that on the anvil's hard bosom assumes every shape of usefulness and beauty, well aiay entitle the anvil to its position in the trinity of our heraldry, of which every man may boast his coat of arms. Now as the products of those three great emblems are united in cue common interest, let the prulucers unite in giving them stability, utility, and In view, then, ul'all the prospects before us, does it not become ns to rouse from the apparent lethar gy we have so long had upon us, and strive to im prove these great advantages, which Goo and na ture has given us ? Ho is tint the only patriot, who wins the batileto be free, but hiiii also w ho teaches the free how to live; anil to live truly, we must live independent. '.That farmer or mechanic who habitually borrows from his neighbor that which he can make or buy himself, is the worst ol slai-es ; and that community, whether agricultu ral or mechanical, that are dependent upon distant I lumiiiumui-s mr m.j one aiutiu lur uieir necessny or comfort, which they can as well or perhaps bet-1 ter provide at home, have yet to learn the first j principles of true independence. We say then, 8peH the plow, drive the loom, and let the anvil ring, and their united music shall be as sweet to happy and prosperous homes, as were the notesof the fair Swede to the worulcr mongers of the far famed Gotham : "Here then let our forests, out prairies, onr moun tains, and vales, Resound with our snvils, our looms, andour flails." ASSAULT ON JAMES GORDON" BENNETT. The NewYork papers, Saturday afternoon, con tain accounts of a violent assault that morning in the street upon James Gordon Bennett, the editor of the New York Herald, by John Graham, Esq.. id Company with others. Bennett, it appears was with his wife at the time, according to the Joarnal of Commerce and Post, (also the Tribune, which says, however, she had stepped into a store,) though the Express and Commercial Advertiser, says nothing as to the wife's presence. The af fair grew out of personal politics, Mr. Graham be ing the defeated candidate for District Attorney in the late election in New York city, whom Dennett has for some time assailed as the tool of the "infa mous siool-pigeon police;" (in the Hefald's lan guage,) under Wilkes, of the Polite Gazelle, Sam Drury, of torpedo memory, One-Eyed Thompson, when he was attack-.d by John Graham, Esq. with a cowpioe. airs, ucnnelt .immediately -.tainted, away and fell to the pavement but was taken into a store by some of the occapants. A captain of the prlire interfered, but was lolled to the ground by n kL... r- m:.i.a 7.. i..k a blow from Alike Walsh, Several other persons became involved, and in the conflict which ensued, Alr.Bennett and his an- tagonist were thrown to the ground, and a vkdent slrile for the mastery took place. A reinforcement of the police soon arrived, when hostilities were terminated. Both tho combatanls were roughly handled. Theoulrage is rendered ferocious by the fact that Alrs.Benneitwas with her husband when it was made. This occurrence took place about 10 o'clock in Bioadway, near While street'. Sir. Graham was the defeated candidate for Dis trict Attorney at Ihe lale election and the attacks published in Ihe Herald, since his nomination for that office, probably provoked the assault. ' Journal. Assault on Bennett, of the " ftr4i." This morning, obout 9 o'clock, James Gordon Bennett and John Graham, late opposition candidate for District Atlorney, met in Broadway, near the coi ner of White street. Bennett was aecorenaniod by his wife, who, however, had just stepped into a siore. Graham, who was accompanied by Alike Alurry, sonewhat known us a "fighting man," struck at Bennett wilh his fi-t as he approached, but the latter partially dogged the blow which took effect on his hat and knnrkeil it mil nt oil Wilh the second blow Graham knocked Ih-nneii down, after which he struck him several blows witli Ins nst and a small whip he carried in his band. Bennett suffered most in the face; his nose appearingvery much swollen d Woody nftrr tlie eneouniet. lhese are the facts as related in by several eye-witnesses Thpre were a number of spectators to this outrage, but no attempt was iiiaue vt prevent n, anu we oenevo that, up to this lime, Air. Graham lias not been arrested. Tribvm. CowHiDms m Chicago. Air. Wilson, of the Journal, gave long John Wentworth a bad row hiding last week, to escB-pe which the valiant M. C. ran into a livery stable. . Excitement -in Mississrrn. Senator Fodte Hung, in fey.The reception if Gen. Foote in Mississippi is marked by strong i.isitudes. At Columbia hie"DriHism" npeech was well receiv ed, and at Jackson he was welcomed wilh a salute ofartilrrry. At Jackson and in Madison, if we are to believe his former admirers and now prejn- eiced spponents, ke met with-'-perfect discomfiture." At the lat'er place, we-learn from the same author- ity, Gen. Foote was, in the discussion, denounced by "Hon. Franklin Smiih" as "a trailer, and as desecrating his seat in the U. S. Senate," and the "people became so es-aaperated.in the course of the evening that AI r. Foote was hung in effigj ," These statements we receive witli many grains ol allowance. 1 he Misstssippian, bowever.says "There is a majority of at least 40,000 fn Afississip- Ik! in tfimt nfnlnl anilair..:..n t ! v, mibuvc uiuitaures oi rs' U.xe. i Jiali. Sua. NEW YORK ELECTION RETURNS. New Yoiik, Nov. 7,6, P. AL The return of the vote for Governor in the counties '-beyond the Cayuga bridge," which have come in to-day, have put quite a different complexion on affairs, and it is now generally conceded that Horutio Seymour, 'the Democratic and Union candidate, is elected 4 Governor by about 2,000 majority, over Washing- ton Iluiit, whirr, The Congress delegation stands 17 whigs, 16 democrats, and free soiler- showing a democratic gain of 18 members. f The Legislature is decidedly whig by a majority of 2G on joint ballot, and secures the electionof a whig Senator in place of Senator Dickinson. There is a whig majority of two in the Senate, and twenty-four in the House. NEW JERSBY ELECTION RETURNS. Ti.enton, Nov. 7. George F. Fort democrat, has -1,806 majority for Governor. Democratic Congressmen are elected in the first, second, third and fifth districts, and a whig in the fourth district, as follows : Nathan T. Slratton, Chas. Shelton, Isaac Wildrick and Rodman AL Trice, democrats, and Geo. 11. Brown. whig. The dele gation in the present Congress stands four whig and one democrat. The State Senate stands 9 whigs and I-J demo crats ; the Assembly, 25 whigs and 35democrats giving 13 democratic majority on joint ballot. This secures a democratic United Slates Sen ator in the place of Hon. Win. L. Dayton, whig. MICHIGAN ELECTION. AIiLWAitKm, Nov. 7. Elmore, democrat, and Dales and Durkee.free soildemocrats, are elected to Congress. ' Front the. Sacramento Transcript, Sept;l5th. The Relief Committee have not a single pound of flour east of the mountains. Copt. Waldo en tered the Desert on the 7th : inst., met two men n-ho had given up to die from starvation ; same day two men died of starvation on Carson Deseit; that those with wagons have no food buttheirpoor exhausted animals ; that footmen subsist on the puirid flesh of the dead animals along the road, and disease and death are consequently sweeping mem down. , 1 tie Cholera made its appearance 0n the 8th and eight persons out of a small train died of it in three hours. The Indians take every advantage to steal their animals, and thus many are left more thun 600 miles beyond the settlements. Fighting between them and the imigrants occurs almost daily. Twenty thousand persons are yet beyond the des ert, of a liieh number fifteen thousand "are now destitute of all kinds of provision, yet the period of their greatest suffering has not arrived." "It will Ve impossible for ten thousand of this number to reach the mountains before the commencement ofwinter." From the truckce lo tlie head of the Humboldt the cholera is killing them off; the sick surround the Truckee unable to proceed. Capt. W. wasa bout starting to try to persuade such as are from four to six hundred miles back to return to Salt Lake. He calls for ten thousand pounds of flour for the station at Truckee, and the same amout for the Summit, lie says that those back several hundred miles will die ol starvation unless re lieved. . W'e regret our inability to give asmucli of thii communication as we would wish. He asks for contributions and offers to the City Council his claim to $10,COO worth ofpropeityif they will forward that amount in flour and articles for the sick to that place. His report is fearful. A black man from Boston rode express 409 miles with the information Caniiot something be done hereto save the lives of these our countrymen and friends? Alany of them are women and children, widows and orphans, their husbands aud fathers having died with the cholera. The Oregon Spectator of a later date, Sept 19, contains a melancholy account of the imigration. w"'1'c'' we shH transfer lo our columns. There are thousand of persons in California who feel a deep interest in every thing touching the inier- ests of Oregon, and especially now that so many of their acquaintances and friends and relatives tie seeking in that land a home. Class OriNums A Fabie. A lamb strayed for the first lime into the woods, and excited much discussion among other animals, in a mixed company, one day, when he became the s-Aject of friendly gossip, the goat praised him. "Pooh!" said the lion, "this is too absurd The beast is a pretty beast enough, but did yon hear him roar? I heard him roar, and, by the manes of my fathers, when he roars he does noth ing Lut cry ba-a-a " and the lion bleated his best in mockcTy, but bleated far from well. "Nay," said the deer. "I do not think sobadly of his voice. 1 liked him well enough till I saw mm leap, lie kicks with his hind legs in runn ing, and, with all his skipping, gets over very little ground. ' It's a bad beast altogether," said the tiger. "He cannotroar, he cannot run. he can do notkinir and what wonder ? I killed a man yesterday, and in politeness to the newcomer offered h'rni a bit: upon which he had the impadence to look disgust- ed, and say, 'No. sir, I eat nothing but grass.' " bo the beasts ormcised the lamb, each in his own way; and yet it Was a good lamb, neverthe es. NON-INTERCOURSE. At a meeting in Mobile, held by those opposed to Ihe late, settlement of the slavery question by Congress, he following resolution, introduced by J. G. Caniplien, Esq., was adopted, i. Retohea, That it is the duty of tlie Southern people, in this conjuncture, to give every encour agement to the labor and industry of Ihe people within their limits, by preference and uremisins : to pa'troniie mechanic arts and pursuits at home ; to provide by subscription for the .erect ion of man ufactures; to maintain their own teachers, scWU, colleges and churches j to discrlminale in their commerce against -those individuals who show hostility to their institutions ot maintain political alliance wifhlhfir enemies ; and'thifs,by fostering the interest of domestic industry, education and in tercourse, to lay tlie foundation of a Southern in dependence in the good will and mntual U.in endenceofsJJ classes af their xilueav OYSTERS. " ( Some prying oJ codger sav9,"open an oysler, nt tin the liquor in the lower or deep shell, and if vioweilwiih a microscope, it will be found to con tain muliiliides of smalloysters, covered with shells, and swimming nimbly about, one hundred and tWPIIIV of wilirh lit & rriM? u-nnhl vl,nil nlmllt all ; 1 n . , :. " Y"V inch. JJesides these young ovstera the hqiior.coii- Kins a variety of inimarukr-, and myriads of three distinct speeies if a-orms." ) Who would have thouaht it ) Now this is know we shall never see a mouth yawning to en gulf a "ra w," but wo will fancy we can see great hairy worms in every drop of liquor Faugh I it is horrid. We always did like ojsters; we al ways were partial to their fat and sleek carcasses, and nothing pleases ut reorc than to have our fill of these luscious bivalves. But nowthe worni6 ! the worms ! Whig. The Farmer A BEAUTim; Picture. By the Hon. EdirardEierett The man whostands iion his own roil, who feels that by the laws of the land in which he lives by the laws of civilisation he is the rightful and exclusive owner or the land which he tills, is by the constitution of our nature under a wholesome influence, not easily imbibed from any other source, He feels other things be ing equal more slrorgly than another, the charac ter ot man as the lord of the inanimate world. Of this great and wonderful jphere, Which, fashion ed by the hand of God, and upheld by its powers, is rolling through the heavens, a portion is his his from the Centre lo the sky. It is the space on which the generation before him moveiljin its round of duties ; and he feels himself connected by a vis ible link with :ho.-8 who follow hhn, and to whom he is to transmit a home. Perhaps his farm has Come down to him Trom his fathers. They have gone to their last I ome i but he can trace their fool steps over the scenes or his daily labors. The roorthat shelters him was reared by those to whom he owes his being. Some interesting domestic tra dition is connected with every enclosure. The fa vorite fruit tree wag planted by his father's hand. He sported in his boyhood beside the brook which still winds through the meadow. Through the field lies the path to the village school of earlier days. He still hears from his window the voice of the Sabbath bell, which called his fathers and fore fathers to the house of God, and near at hand is the spot where his parents laid down to rest, and where, when his time is come, he shall be laid by his children. These are the feelings of the own er ol the soil. Words cannot paint them gold cannot buy them ; they flow out of the deepest foun tains of the heart; they are the iife-Spfing of a fresh, healthy and generous national character. Oun Fathers. Old fashions, they say, come new every seven years ; somehow knee breeches don't come rotiod any more. They say when Gov. Bowdoin reviewed the troops of Alassaehnsetts in 1785, he was dressed in a gray wig, cocked hat, a white broadcloth coat and waistcoat, red small clothes and black silk stockings, : In 1782, Gov, Hancock received his guests in a red velvet cap, wihin which was one of fine Unen, turned up over Uie edge Of the velvet one, two or three inches. He wore a bide damask gown, lined with silk, a white satin embroidered waistcoat, black satin small clothes, white silk gown, lined with silk, silk stockings and red morocco si ippenii - The Judges of the Supreme Court of Massachu setts, as late as 1773, wore robes of scarlet i faced with black velvet' and in sttmnaer, black silk gowns gentlemen wore coats of every variety of color, generally the cape and collar of velvet, of a different color from the coat. , In 1789, Genera. Washington arrived in New York, from Alount Vernon, 13 assume the duties of tlie Presidency. He was dressed in a full suit of Virginia home-spun. On his arrival in New England, soon after, he wore the continental uni form, except on the Sabbath, when he appeared in black. - John Adams, wlieh Vice President, wore a sword, and walked the streets with his hat under his arm. At his lovees, in Philadelphia, Presi dent Washihglon was clad m black velvet; his hair was powdered, and gathered behind in a silk bag yellow gloves, kneeaud slice buckles ; he held in his hand a cocked hat ornamented wilh a cock-; ade fringed about an inch deep, wilh black feathers i a long ..word in a white scabbard, with a polished steel hilt, hung at his hip. THE LIGHT OFNATURE. Ths celebrated A! r. Hume wrote an essay on the sufficiency of the light of Nature ; and, the no Jess Celebrated Robertson vroteon the necessity of rev elation, and the insufficiency of the lightof Nature. Hume came one evening to visit Robertson; even ing was spent, in conversing on the subject. The friends of both parlies were present ; and, it is said that, Robertson reasoaed, with unaccustomed clear ness and power. Whether Hume tras convinced by his reasonings or not, we cannot tell, but at any rate, he did not acknowledge his convictions. Hume was very much of a gentleman, and as he was about to depart, bowed politely to those in Ihe room; while, as he retired through the door, Rob ertson look Uifi light to show him the way, Hume was still facing the door : "O sir,'" teld he to Rob. ertson, "I find the Jightol Nature always sufB- cient f1 and he continued, "Pray don't trouble your self, sir; and so ho bued on. The street door was opea, and, presently as-he Vowed along in the entiy, he stumbled over something concealed, and piwhed down stairs into the street Robertson 'tarn after him, with a light; and, as he held it over him, whispered sodly "and cunningly, . You had better have a light from above, friend IInnle.,' And rat ing him up, he bade him good night, and tMumed to his friends. When we see a mam buying and driiking a'lcho holic lirjuors a a ibwerage.'wo compare him to one whoisAhe rpossessor (ifmaiiy fine jewels, slsnd-ing-on precipice-, smd throwing them over one byomvhrte .he floep slbyss below, whence nothing retnms. He continues to itirow until a II a ro gone, andlhen deliberately throws himself after them. Newythe man who begins to drink, possesses many fine jewels ; wealthy friends, home, reputa tion, mind and talents J but one by one, he casts them all away, until none are left, and then casts himsoll, soul and body into the dread vorte .that has swallowed all he ever owned. The.r.ost pre cioHS jewel ever set in casket (he .immortal soul itself, is nothing when weighed in tha balance iifus wiUiil'ed jiiioious. . C. Ttm.MU. Jj' We are of opinion that a convei lion of Ed itors of this Si,iie is a matter of as much iu.;rtance to the Press of the Slate as any other one thing that can he thought of. We feel a great delicacy however in making suggestions on this subject to ..U.. I . . t t .. 1 miu more rxpri ii'iicni ureiliren, living as ,1. ,, . , , . ,, - ., , , , ' iawa her" miles from the railroad, nd furthermore, being only a suckling, as i " wpre of tlie fraternity ; but we should Ike for some of the older heads to give their views on thi-a subject, and if ihe tlung U right and proper and important, let's try to bring it about. What say you all ? you'll want to go up to Raleigh this win ter anyhow.- Could'nt we agree to go about the same time and have an Editors' Convention there. !Vurrei,'i, .-.!. Fugitive Rescued. A negro woman was res. cued last week.neai Del roil , from a slave-eatchor. after he had taken her three miles from the Illi nois and Michigan Canal, on his way North. Great Whio AIketij-g at Postox Thern was a large and enthusiastic Whig meeting in Fanueil Hall last Friday night. William J. Hub. hard, President. The speakers were tho Hon. S. T. Stevenson , Col. A. II. Bullock, of Worcester, and Hon. F. C. Gray. While they all went fora modification of the Fugitive Slave Bill, they de. nounced any nullification of the. laws. The Hall rang with lond and enthusiastic cheers for Dan iel Webster and the Union. Gov. Collier, of Ala., has is.ued an address lo tlie people of that State, declining to coHvene the legislature, as requested by several memorials nu merously signed, to ta ke into consideration ihe pres ent stale of affairs in Kfercnce to the late action of Congress. In the course of this address, be lakea occasion to offer some very wholesome and practi cal suggestions seeking to impress upon tho minds of thepeopiethe necessity of building up the South oy improving her agriculture and eatabllshltig manufactories, to an extent to render her wholly independent, or neatly so, of the North. Liverpool Cotton Maria, Oel. 26 Tlie cotton market has been quiet this week ; but at the same time adv ices brought by the steamers Niagara and Atlantic, which arrived this week, givo holders more firmness on the grounds of a short crop for 1850 and 1851. Prices are again in favor of the seller, though not generally so. The quotations of to-day are about above those of last week. The market closes steady this even ing, and sales of to-day are 6,000 bales. The to tal sales of the week a re 38,390 bales. Speculators took 8,590 bales, and exporters 3.3G0 bales. The estimated stock on hand is UGfiOU bales, against 432,500 bales this time last year. Private sales i London for the week are 3,1500 bales-market clos. ing firm. . .. Colored People in Ikdiaxa. In the Indiana Constitutional Cewention the committee have re ported an article prohibiting the' immigration of negroes intothe Slate, and also their right to hold real-estate. The convention also voted, by 4S majority, to prohibit negro testimony against white persons, and refused to extend them the right of suffrageby a vote of 124 lo I. Slaves Liberated. Airs. Darusmont, belief known as Sirs, Fanny Wright, recently arrive at St. Louis from Alemphis. She had it is said, just liberated three hundred plantation slaves. Tliey resided on a plantation near Alemphis, which she owns. South Carolina SIustering. The Governor of South Carolina has invited a large portion of the uniformed militia of the State to parade at the Slate capital, on the 4th of December, when the Legislature is in session. The Charleston News talks about "rendering niore serviceable the mili tary force of the Stale." UT A. W..Ttitr, late proprietor and editor of the Danville Register, has transferred his interest in that (taper to Kelita B. Townley, late editor of the Lyncbburgh Virginian, and us son Jolm W. Towley. Tits AIomioNs. This most remarkable people under their prophet Strang, have made vast Im provements on Beaver Isimtid, in Lake Michigan. They number atari six hundred, and each man holds 40 to 160 acres of land as an everlasting in heritance. Beaver Islands have the best inland fishery in the Union, and the best natural harbor on the lakes. They have two sail Vessels of their own, and are building a wharf for passing steam ers to stop at. Garden Island, six miles inuare. Is one ef the tidiest and most biautiiul islands oat the face of the earth. The Big Beaver is six by fourteen miles in extent. Several beautiful, well timbered islands surround the Big Beaver i each about six miles square. We see, however, that dissent inns have broken nut among them. A co-respondent of the Ceaveland (Ohio) l'laiiidealer says: . -, ,--; (., -.. "Elder Adams, wlio is Mormon preacher an) Tragedian!))- turns, had to flee for his life, in con sequence of having provoked the wruih-of Jmes K. Strang, one of flio prophets, wlio, it seems, seta up his wit! as tlie supreme law. Strang is charg ed wilh nibbing ihe Gentiles, as he Calls all wh do not acknowledge bin hw,of )irovis'rons and such other goods and chattels as Ihe saints require.--Adams promises lo -expose -die wicked -praclice of Ktrsnir and his fnhWers. Strung has been arrest ed, taken to Micltinw, where he avastreu snd sen tenced to bus months' imprisonment in tlie county Jan. - '-.1; WAenWMm, h Rbv., S858. . The Bostonians are giving out liiallliey intend executingithe fugitive Slave Law, but that they must 'have time to do sol III is Temivtfkab'e thatt tli is change uf toire has taikon place, since :h -was intimated that the military forces of the United States wore ordered to assemble in that' region.-. The medicine is working. t-shoiild not be surprised ifa Union meeting were to take place in Boston in a few days, perhaps he fore Air. Webster shall leave., on bis Mum tuWatiri. ington. But it maybe, that the election, nexit week, wil1 suffice to -vinoWte the Union and t'ut huvs, frum ihe rrntb cif negrodom. ' '-T' - ' There is no longer a ny donl.thcteoftiie election of Bouswell,1e,, to be GoveriMrlf Massachus-, elts, H-nll Cawbing, dein., to beiUnlledfltirtesScni! tor r'iceWiiilhrop. The iiitnllijiviice fsomfJen. Foolt's progress in Ilisxissippi is very gratifying! the friendsof the Union and tiigmtlleu)n. 'The General isalhrwt and armed ut'h: is with the tiuth, he will put to flight a legion pf disunionish, even if vo many of these enemies uf the South sr-iild be drummed up I see that Col. Jefferson Davis has denied that he is for a Disunion. One more brand spa.tchijj bumieikeJ JJict Ry.
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