North Carolina Newspapers

rvrJ'J"tJai'' "It is hoped that the freemen of Guilford will, at an arly day second the movement of their fellow citi lena further west, by a formal expression of sentiment. It is suggested that May court will be proper time for a publio meeting ou the subject. The real ques tion for the popular decision is, between the plan of piece-meal amendmenls of the constitution by the Le gislature, and a Convention which shall take up the whole matter at once. The one will be interminable, and all the time nrxed up with political issues and party strife the other will be brief in duration, and connected with ne interests except those of the State. The choice between these two schemes must be made, nui every citizen should prepare his mind for intelli gent and prompt action." Godet's Lady's Book. The May num ber of this elegant and universally popular Periodical, besides its beautiful embellish ments, contains reading matter of high ex cellence and great interest. Trice $3 per annum in advance. After the 30th June, the postage on Godey will only be 2 cents for 500 miles, and 4 cts. for 1500 miles, on each number. Persons who subscribe di rectly to the Publisher in Philadelphia, will receive it two weeks earlier than by procu ring it from dealers. (jCfp We are indebted to the publisher, Thomas J. Lemay, Esq., for bound copies of the Executive and Legislative Documents of the late session of the Legislature. We are indebted to the Editor of the Stand ard for a very neat pamphlet copy of the speech of Hon.Wm. B. Shepard upon the right of Secession, Revolution &c, deliv ered in the Senate of North Carolina, Jan uary 31, 1851. Extract of a letter to the Editor, from a gentleman in one of the extreme Eastern Counties: "Let me urge you to advocate the ne cessity of an unlimited Convention by the people of North Carolina, with all the zeal, intelligence, prudence, and fearlessness at your command. The votes of the East will show the politicians of the Centre and elsewhere, that it is the people, and they -alone, that have the right to disturb the or ganic law. It is to be hoped that no Whig will be stultified by the columns of the Standard, or misled by the patriotic har rangues of the Pasquotank Senator upon a question so vitally important to our people as that of ' Convention or no Convention.' That a majority of us are opposed to any change in the fundamental law of the State we are not disposed to deny ; but, if that law must be altered in any particular, we decidedly prefer that it be done by a Con vention of Delegates chosen expressly for that purpose, as we would rather trust the people, through their Delegates, than a pet tifogging and party Legislature ; such, for instance, as the one held in your City last winter. Those Whigs that wish a modi fication of the constitution of the State, and yet oppose an unrestricted Convention for that purpose, must expect neither counten ance nor support from those true friends to popular rights who prefer the present con stitution to any that might result from the intrigue and selfishness of a mere Legis lature." William II. Crawford.1 We clip from an exchange the following extract, contain ing the opinion of the late William H. Crawford, one of Georgia's ablest and most cherished statesmen, upon the question of secession, or resistance to the Genersl Go vernment : "Permit me to make one ortwo obser vations upon the competency of the State Government to resist the authority or the execution of a law of Congress. What kind of resistance can they make which is constitutional ! I know of but one kind and that is by elections. The people and the States have a right to change the mem bers of the National Legislature, and in that way, and in that alone, can they effect the change of the measures of this Government. It is true there is another kind of resistance which can be made, but it is unknown to the constitution. This resistance depends upon physical force : it is an appeal to the sword : and by the sword must that appeal be decided, and not by the provisions of the constitution." Rich Scene. By reference to the arti cle on our first page, from the Fayetteville Observer, it will be seen how Wesley Jones, Esq. deported himself while personating "the State" at the late meeting of the stock holders of the Plank Road Company in Fay etteville. As the Standard devotes nearly a column to white washing the aforesaid Wesley, in a recent issue, it comes to be supposed that his dignity was rather com promised. Gov. Reid ought not to have left him to himself for it's well known that he can't go it "on his own hook." McBride. The Salem People's Press says: "Jesse McBride, who was convicted at the last term of Forsyth Superior Court of circulating an incendiary pamphlet, but appealed to the Supreme Court, made his appearance as he was bound to do. No ac tion having been had on his case at the late j term of the Supreme Court, on account (as is supposed,) of some informality in the re cord, that appeal lies over, and he was again : held to bail in a bond of one thousand dol lars for his appearance at next Court. "On Friday morning, his Honor pro- i nounced sentence of death upon Edmund Martin, when an appeal was taken to the Supreme Court." We observe that the inhabitants of James town have held a public meeting and re solved to deny the Church hereafter to the fanatic McBride, for his incendiary sermons. Senator Mallory, of Florida.-Mr. fjVIallory, of Florida, has dissipated all doubt about his intention to take his seat in tne Senate, by addressing a letter to Gov. Brown, notifying him of his acceptance of the "ex alted trust." Mr. Mallory is a native of 2iew York a democrat of the same sort of Senator James, of Rhode Island. While at Havana, upon being congratulated by Mr. Mr. Clay, Mr. Mallory expressed his satis Taction of the course pursued by the great Xentuckian. Refusal to Release Kossuth. A letter from Washington says that despatches have been received from Mr. McCurdy, United States charge from Vienna, of the date of March 29th, stating that the Austrian Gov ernment had refused the application of the Sultan for permission to release Kossuth and the Hungarian patriots, his companions, from confinement. Curious. We learn also from Washing ton city, that the Naval Court Martial lately held there for the trial of Lieutenant Fabius Stanly, for challenging his superior officer, have found a singular verdict, namely On the first count, "that Stanly falsely stated that he has challenged Captain Johnson," guilty. Second count, 'that Stanly actu ally challenged Cap'ain Johnson," guilty. The Secretary of the Navy has remanded the case back to the Court. The Washington Telegraph of Tuesday says: "The Cuban expedition now on foot is said to be headed by Genl. Mirabeau B. Lamar, of Georgia, and a Senor Gonzalez, of Havana. It is said, also, that Governor Towns, of Georgia, is identified 'with the enterprise, which has for its object the con ferring liberty upon the Cubans." The Norfolk papers of Tuesday announce the death of Commodore James Barron, senior officer of the United States Navy. He died at his residence iu Norfolk, at sun set, Monday evening, in the 83d year of his age. He entered the service 9th of March, 1798, and his commission bears date May 22d, 1799. Nox-Intercourse. The Boston Jour nal says it is estimated that the slavery agita tion in that city has injured the trade with the South and West to the amount of two millions of dollars or more. South Carolina. It is said that several persons who held stocks in Charleston have ordered them to be sold, and the proceeds to be remitted to the North, not wishing their property to be liable to depreciation by the bad conduct of political agitators. The New York Day Book, noticing the refusal of the use of Faneuil Hall to Daniel Webster, by the city fathers of Bos ton, says, "it is a pity Daniel's hair is not kinky then he could speak anywhere in .Boston, and on anything. National Washington Monument. It is stated, that since the first of August last, upwards of ten thousand persons have visi ted the National Washington Monument, nearly tour thousand oi whom have register ed their names, and contributed about ele ven hundred dollars. The last stone which has been received is a White Marble, from the America Whig society, of New Jersey. Hamilton Fish. We find the follow ing admission of the entire worthiness of the Whig Senator elect from New York for -the high honor to which the "Whig par ty have raised him, in the columns of the Albany Register : "We are enabled to state, upon the most reliable authority, that Gov. Fish, since his election to the Senate, has written a letter in which he says in substance that he shall exert himself in that post to give a faithful and cordial support to the Admin istration, at whose head he is pleased to recognise a personal friend, as well as a distinguished leader of the political party in his own State in whose ranks he has ever labored zealously." Sale of a White Max. A letter from Rushville, Illinois, states that a white man was lately arrested in that place, on account of inveterate habits of intemper ance, and tried by a jury as a vagrant. He was convicted, and the J udge sentenc ed him to be sold at public auction for the term of four months. General Winfield Scott left Cincinnati for Louisville on Monday, on his way to St. Louis. The old hero is in feeble health. Fifty guns were fired and nine cheers given as he left. Horace Greeley of the jVeio York Tribune, in his European tour. Durnoscs visitino- Scot land, Ireland, France, Germany and Italy. ne win write letters to ins paper. The Great Union Meeting at Mobile, on the 12th instant, even repudiated disso lution as a last resort. The resolutions de clare also that no grievance could warrant such a tupture. The last resolution sets iortn mat it is tne aeiiDerate opinion oi the meetinor that on the faithful execution ofthf fugitive slave law depends the preservation oi our mucn lovea conteaeracy. They re solved to support no man for the Presidency who was not for the Union, first, last and all the time. Pennsylvania Kidnapping Law. In the House of Delegates of Pennsylva nia, on Monday, the bill repealing the Gth section of the anti-kidnapping law pf 1847, was passed finally. This act of repeal passed the Senate some time since, and it was feared that, in consequence of the great press of business, it would not be reached in the House. But it has happi ly resulted otherwise, and Pennsylvania demonstrates her genuine feeling of broth erhood with the confederated States of the South, by refusing longer to throw obstacles in the way of parrying out the compn misespf the constitution. The section of the law now repealed, prohibited hereto fore tbe use of the Commonwealth jails for the confinement of fugitive slaves Mr. Clay was received at New Orleans on the 12th instant with a grand salute, and was waited on during the day by hundreds of citizens. He was indisposed when he left there on the 11th. Geh Cass ih the Field. Gen. Cass has writ ten a letter to a citizen of Texas, declaring his willingness to accept the Democratic nomination for the Presidency rFag Obs. DESPERATE. The editor of the Asheville (N. C.) Mes senger exhorts his subscribers as follows : Grease! Butter !! Tallow!!! For heav en's sake send us in "some !" "Gemes " throat is perfectly "thread-bare" from swal lowing dry bread. He'll have to be greased, or in a fit of dry desperation, he'll be found on a "bust '." We learn from the Edenton Bulletin that the fisheries in. Chowan have lately done an uncommonly good business. Hauls of thir ty thousand herrings and one even reach ing as high as fifty thousand have recently been made. . "-' , '.'.-. i True Blue. From documents relative1 to the,' wars of the Scottish Covenanters in the Seventeenth century, it appears that they assumed blue ribbons jaa their colors, and wore them as scarfs, or in bunches fas tened to their blue bonnets, and that the borderEnglish nicknamed? them" blue caps and "iockies." : Hence the phrase' "True- blue Presbyterian." Notes and Queries Industrial Exhibition. The London Athena;um, of April 5th, noticing the doubts that have arisen in the public mind as to whether the Glass Palace can be made wa ter-proof, says that the careful attention of of the Royal Commission has been giving to the subject; " and the result is. a strong assurance on their part that no cause for a larm exists." It adds that "Mr. Corbitt is preparing a report oft the subject, which will probably have the effect of calming every apprehension that has been excited." A Fight with Indians, The Western Texan,, of the 27th ultimo, gives an account of the battle between Lieutenant Dodge, of the oth infantry, and fifteen dragoons from Fort Lincoln, with a party of Indians, eight in number, who had been committing many depredations around Castroville. The lieu tenant and his men followed their trail a long distance, came on them on the San Saba river, killed two of them, and captured all their horses, ten in number. In the case of Edwin Forrest vs. Catha rine Forrest, (at New York,) Judge Ed monds has given a decision, dissolving the injunction so far as it restrains the defend ant from molesting his wife, because no act of molestation is shown ; and no good ground exists for apprehending any. The injunction is also dissolved so far as it re strains the defendant from disposing of his property, because he has not abandoned his wife without adequate support, and there is no reason to apprehend that he will dis pose of his property so as to avoid the jur isdiction of the court. But the injunction is retained so far as it restrains the defend ant from proceeding in his suitfor a divorce in Pennsylvania, because the defendant has not legally changed his residence from New York to that State, and has no right, while both parties are legally domiciled in New York, to subject his wife to a for eign jurisdiction for the purpose of obtain ing a divorce. : The trial of the persons arrested for as sisting in the rescue and escape ofShadrach from Boston, is to take place in the latter part of this month. Bills of indictment were found against all of them, some 10 or 12, we believe. It is stated that Shadrach has been liberated by his owner. Mr. De Bree of Nor folk, and is to be brought back for the pur pose of testifying against his rescuers. It is also stated stated that he was in utter destitution among the Canadians, and har written to Boston, not to any free soiler os abolitionist from these experience had taught him to look for no pecuniary assistance but to a gentleman in noway connected with these fanatics, for assistance to keep him from starving. Sale of Prof. Webster's Laborato ry, etc. The various appliances of the late Prof. Webster's laboratory were sold at auction, yesterday, by Mr, Leonard, Tremont Row. Among this extensive as sortment were unique glassware, electrical machines, air pumps, batteries, and the thousand and one tilings usually found in a chemist's apartments. A great many of the things were useless, having been man ufactured for experiments. The sale last ed two hours, and the proceeds amounted to something over $500 ; being about one third their true value. The most notable article in the collection was a magnet, once owned by the distinguished French chem ist Lavoisier, who, it is well known, Was beheaded during the great French Revo lution. After various fortunes it came in to the possession of Prof. Webster, by whom it was highly prized. It seems to have been owned by men who have met with a most unfortunate end. The mag net was purchased by Mr. Francis Algier, of South Boston, for the trifling sum of $5,25. We understand Mr. Algier would not dispose of it for $200. Its rare history gives it a value entirely beyond any intrin sic virtue. In this connection we may state that at the auction of Prof. Webster's Library, last week, his name was erased from all the books except one, which book is now in the possession of a well known literary gentleman of this city, who has one of the largest collections of autographs of any person in the country. This book con tains the Professor's signature, written in a bold and dashing manner. It escaped the detection of the family by one of the leaves adhering to the cover. Boston Bee. Uofit A W. Venable announces himself, though the Standard, as a candidate for re election to Congress. We hear of no op position, but if the House of Representa tives had not such a rowdish reputation, we would oppose him ourself, rather than suffer him to run without opposition. Un der the circumstances, however, a decent regard for our moral character forbids that we take a step so jeopardizing. We do not wish to come in contact with Giddings & Co., much less vote with and for them. Jililton Chronicle. Queer. The Raleigh Standard, which denounces Mr. Fillmore and the Whig3 as abolitionists, because they support the Compromise Acts, seems to have no dis gust for Democrats guilty of the same ill conduct. That paper speaks of Mr. Sen ator Douglas, as a'distinguised statesman and patriot, and its Editor joins in an in vitation to him to address the Democracy of Wake. The Standard's sincerity in its zeal for the South may be estimated when we re member, that this same Mr. Douglas not only voted and spoke for the Compromise, but claims to be tie author of the Calif or nia bill, and the chief friend of Califor nia, who secured its admission into the Union. Truly has it been said, that the prime cause of opposition to the Compromise is, that a Whig President approved it. A Democrat who does likewise, is all right, a true patriot and a firm friend to the South : but a Whig in exactly the same position A is a traitor ana an aDoutiomst ! Fay. Observer. The Rev. James McD.aniel pastor of the First Baptist church in Wilmington JN. l. will preach the sermon before the gradua ting class at Wake Forest College on the evening preceding the Annual Commence ment.. ' - " ' ' Washington, April 21. Rumor thicken upon lis as to existing projects for the invasion of Cuba. -The Spanish Government is well prepared to meet the pirates, and will give such an account of them as will relieve the Government of the United States from the trouble of either interces sions with the Spanish authorities, or tbe institution of fruitless prosecutions at home. It is possible, as has been suggested, that tbe expedition; has St. Domingo hi view. . Cut, as the subject is enveloped iti mystery, and is one that concerns the honor of this government, it be comes its duty to be very vigilant, and to be prepared to frustrate any expedition that may be set on foot in the United States against any power with which we are at peace. ; In connection with thissubject, I niay mention that the United States steam frigate:, the Snsquehaunah. now ready for sea at Norfolk, had been ordered for the East India station ; but that, a it is now supposed, she will be detained for service at home Such a ship might be very useful upon an emergency, if kept in readiness for sea. Washington, April 22. The Most Reverend Archbishop Ecclestoii, of Bal timore, died this evening iu Georgetown, surrounded by his most devoted friends in life. ; lie Continued sen sible np to the last moment, and met the dread mes senger of death with a calmness and resignation that cheered the hearts of the mourners gathered around hhn. To each and all he had a word of consolation and encouragement, his countenance occasionally wreathed in that beniguant smile of the heart so indi cative of the kind and amiable feeling that seemed al ways to predominate in his intercourse with his fel low men. Boston, April 22, 10 F. M. Mr. Webster arrived here to-day, and was greeted by an immense concourse of people, who escorted him to tbe Revery House. In compliance with long continued calls, he made a speech in which he expressed his gratification at meet ing the citizens of Boston, and congratulated them up on tho passing away of the receut convulsions, and showed the analogy between occurrences in tbe natu ral and political sense, which after their agitation is over, leave a calm and sunshine behind them. He expressed, further his gratitude for the kindness they and their farthers had shown him, and stated that whatever good he had done was owing to their con stant support and friendship. He also congratulated them that the events of the past year had placid the country under happier auspices. We see clearer, and feel more assurance of the perpetuity of our institutions He then went ou to speak at considerable length, of the character of our institutions, their advantages, &c. Great enthusiasm prevails. , New Orleans, April 20th-; Judge Billiard, whig, who was recently elected to Congress from the second district of this State, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. Conrad, disd yesterday. The judge was a man of ability aud his loss is deeply deplored by our community. The Pacific's news was received late on Saturday evening. Cotton is in belter demand, and the sales on Saturday reached 5.000 bales prices unchanged. Sales of Rio Coflee at 9 J, 9g a 10 cents, per quality market quiet. New York, April 2 1st. The "Union men" of this city without distinction of party, having united in signing a letter inviting Mi. Webster to visit this city at some period conveuien to himscif, in order that they may express to him in per son their approbation of his devotion to the great inter ests of his country during a period when the Union was inya great peril a striking contrast with flie re cent disgraceful act of the Common Council of Boston, in refusing the use of FanueilHatl to the friends of that gentleman. Three hearty cheers were given on Change Saturday afternoon, when the movement was first suggested. WILMINGTON MARKET, April 23d. Naval Stores. We note an advance from our last week's states iu Spirits and raw Turpentine. In Spirits the last transaction heard of was a sale of 300 barrels, in good order, at 33 cents per gallon : that may be consided the present market rate. Last sales of Turpentine as follows : Virgin dip at 4,00, old do., (Soft,) at $3,23, and Hard at $1,30. The sales of the weak past have not beeu haavy. Tar has declined within the week sales wer j made on Mon dav at 1,20. Common Rosin has also advanced a little ; a lot of about 1000 barrels was sold at 1. - Nothing doing in Fitch. Washington, April 16. Majar J5onelson. of Tenn., the new editor of the Union, makes his ad dress this morning ; Father Ritchie having yesti r day retired from editorial life. It occupies thespace of four columns. He says that the compromise act s as a tower oi patriotism, that towers above the ordinary spirit of party. While he has the edito rial columns ot the. Union under kis control, it will never become the origin of any combination of aspiring individuals banded together to promofp their own selfish or ambitious purposes ror will it ever be the organ of a single individual whose hopes are fixed upon and concentrated in the desire to eleiaie himself to power by abandoning or oppo sing the long established usages of the ancientand honored and great democratic party of this Union. Of that party it shall be the organ, in that sense a lone which ain.s at the accomplishment of truly national measures by constitutional and jut means. The Greenville Patriot of the 11th Inst, contains extracts from numerous letters ad dressed to the Editors from various sections of the State, upon which they make the sub joined comment: "It will be seen that a large portion of our paper this week is filled with extracts from letters received, we feci sure that our readers will take au interest in seeing what public opiniouisin different sections of tV.e country. Heretofore public opinion, in opposition to secession, has beeu a sealed book in South Carolina and the people of the other States were under the im pression that W3 were to unite in our folly aud mad ness. But it is manifest, that so far from being all in favor of sesession, we are all likely to be opposed to it. The great mass of the people are, aud it will soon be seen that no one can doubt it. The newspa papers and politicians will have to fall into ihe ranks of the people, or stand alone. All hope of assistance from the other Southern States is gone. As oue of onr Charleston correspondents remarks, the reaction n that city, since last fall, is iucredible. But it is the same throughout tbe Stole. The payment of our e normous taxes, as our Hamburg correspondent re marks, has opened the eyes of the peopl" to the begin ning of their troubles. It is now time, as another correspondent remarks, to turn onr attention to griev ances in oar Government at home. "For many years past the whole energy and talent of South Carolina has been directed to' a continued quarrel with the Federal Government, and to the neg lect of every thing else. What have we gained by it? Nothing but a constant political excitement, and the loss of our population, property, nnd rposperity. If the talents and labors of our distinguished nen. had been directed to the improvement of the State- in' her agricultural, commercial, manufacturing, social, and literary pursuits, how much more would it have re dounded to their glory and the glory . of South Caroli na? Instead of be mg behind the Sou thern States, as the late census shows, we should have, jeei equal, if not in advance of them, in prosperity." ANOTHER ARRIVAL FROM EUROPE. The United States mail steamship Pacific, from LiAerpool at 9'Pl M.April 9th, reached her' dock at New York at 10 O'clock Saturday morning,- having made the passage in nine days and twenty houts or, allowing five hours for difference of longitude, in ten day sand one hour. This i3 the quickest trip ever made between the two ports, She brings" dates from Europe' four days later thai those received by the Cunard steamer Ameriia. There is, however, litfe news of interest. The French Refugees hi London have published a declaration denying that they contemplate any meas ures of a revolutionary tendency, such as have teen ascribed to them. The British Ministry had obtained an important victory in the House of Commons, on a proposition moved by Mr. Herries the continuance of the income tax. After debate, the proposition was rejected by a vote of 278 to 130, giving the Ministers a majority of 48. Intelligence has been received from the Cape of Good Hope of the 1 1 th I ebruary, by which we learn that Forts White and Cox, which had been besieged Kaffirs, had been relieved by the troops sent for that purpose under Col. Mackinxo.v. An attack on Fort Beaufort was hourly expected. It appears by acuunts from Venice that the Empe ror of Austria is prolonging his stay at that city, where his presence causes great festivities. LATER FROM HAVANA. Intelligence from Havana to the 14tli instant has been received by the Prome thtis. -' . There was great excitement at H avana on the morning of the 9th, in consequence of a rumor that an invading party under Lopez had landed at Mariel ; The report of Cannon having been heard in that di rection. The Spanish war steamer Pizarro was immediately dispatched to assist in the de fence of Mariel. An English frigate and brig of war were also got under weigh for the scene of strife. The Pizarro, soon af ter leaving port, fell in with the Spanish frigate Espcranza, and in answer to the inquiries made by the captain of the Pizar ro in reference to the cannonading in the night, he was told that the firing was on board the Esperariza, while exercising at the guns during the middle watch. It was rumored that Government had received information of the forward state of the expedition at 'New Oi lcans and Gal veston, and that the embarkation was to take place during the present month. The U, S. sloop of war Albany, Com. Pkatt, arrived at Havana from Tampico on the 1 1 til. .. " ... ' ' KENTUCKY. The political canvass in this State is go ing on with-great spirit., John B. Thomp son, the Whig candidate for the office of lieutenant governor, has made appointments to address the people every day (Sundays excepted) from the 18th of April to the 9th of May. On the 13th instant he addressed the citizens of Garrard at Lancaster for some three hours, during the whole time command ing the attention of an immense crowd. The Richmond (Ky .) Chronicle says that if he can get to every county in the State, and deliver as able a speech in each, he will take things by storm, and run like lightning. On the Tthinst. Mr. Thompson addressed the people of Nelson county. The Bards town Herald, of the 10th speaks in glowing terms of his speech, and say that he created nn impression upon the people who were present, and listened to his eloquent appeal. The Congressional convention that met there on the same day nominated Clem ent S. Hill; esq., of Marion countv, as the Whig candidate for Congress. The best of ieekng prevailed, and our inends go into the contest determined to give our Gubernato rial as well as Congressional ticket an old fashioned Whig majority. In the sixth Congressional district, Dr. J. S. Pierce has withdrawn his name as a candidate, leaving but one Whig, Colonel Addison White, in possession of the field. By this act on the of Dr. Pierce it is Well said by the Ceronicle that the prospects of the Whigs in the district and the State are brightened, and that he deserves for it' the commendation of the party, as well as its confidence and respect. AN OLD FAMILY. The Boston Journal says that on Thurs day last a gentleman of that city invited his surviving brothers and sisters, w ith their wives and husbands, to dine with him. -They all responded to the call but one brother and the husband of one sister. Seventeen in all were present, and theit a ges were as follows: William, aged, 8 f His wife, 74 David, " 79 Abraham, " 77 Polly, deceased, 00 Her husband 76 74 58 75 58 42 Alice, Betsy, aed, 69 "63 " 06 His Wife, " 64 Her husbaad, " 62 His wife, " 57 " " Seth. Sybil. Marshall, Darius Ahuira, 679 457 679 Seventeen persons, whose ages Amounted to 1136 ; Tlip two aHspnt rTTinrlrs nnrorl Tl. and Almira's husband, whose age we do not know. Two members of the family have died one brother and one sister. It is not often such an assemblage is witnessed.- ;.'" An Irishman was requestetl by a lady, notorious for her parsimonious and niggard ly habits ta dot for her some handy work The job was done- to her complete satisfac tion. "Pat," said the old miser, "I must treat you" . "God bless your honor, ma'am," said Pat.: . "Which would you prefer a glass of porter or a tumbler of punch." "I don't wish to be troublesome, mad am,'" said the Hibernian, turning round and winking at the thin-ribbed butler, "but I'll take one, while you's making the otherJ An attorney in Dublin having died ex ceedingly poor, a shilling subscription was set on foot to pay die expenses of his funeral , Most of ihe attorneys-and barristers having subscribed, one of them applied to Toler, afterwards Lord- Chief jnetice Norbury, expressing his hope that he would also subscribe his shilling. "Only a shUling," said Toler, "only a shilling to bury an at torney ! Here is a guinea ; go and bury one-and-twenty of taero ! ' ' mnes addressed to a child. BY MRS. JAMES GRAY. Seest thou the rose? It springeth from the lowly earth, It hath a bright and lovely birth. Where the warm south wind blows So when God's Spirit breathes, my sweet flowers .start, Gladdening the low and earthly place, tlry heart. Seest thou the Star?? Theyshine with pure and 'heavenly light, Shedding their fodiance on the night ; No niist their glory mars So. bursting through the "clouds that darkly roll. May the pure day star rise, within my soul ! iIay thy yourij years Be given to him Who gives the call : No doubt disturb, no fear appal! : But all thy spring-time tears Flow out of gratitude to Him above "' Who draws thy youthful heart with cords of love. Still he a child, Even when age its snows shall shed, And years go dimly o'er thy head A daughter reconciled, As humbly to thy Father's footstool drawn As when thou sattest there in life's clear dawn . DIED, in Louisburg. on Tuesday morn ing last, Richard F, Yarbrough, merchant of that place, aged about 55 years, lie was prostrated hy appoplexy some eight or ten months since, from the shock of which he suffered very much till the day of his death. He was a valuable and useful citizen, and his loss w ill be long deplored by his family, friends and neighbors. We have received en Obiluarv Notice, which shall appear in our next. On the 22d March, at Marion, (Ala) Col. Edward T. Fowlkes, a native of Lunen burg county, Va. and for many years a resi dent of Franklin county in this State. He leaves a wife and eight children to mourn their paid bereavement. I!.M.:iiin. A nn i. 14,1851. At a meeting of the Stewards of the Methodist Episcopal Church of this City, held this evening, the following preamble and resolutions were itnan imously adopted. Whereas it has pleased the Head of the. Church to remove from the labors and -suH'erings i'f this life to t'.:e rest of Heaven, our bo'wed brother Ki ffis Tick er, who has long been "au exemplary member and faithful and efficient oflici'r of the. Church--having for 'many years labored . zealously and usefully as a Class Leader, Trustee and .Steward, cheerfully de voting his time, and liberally contributing his means for the advancement of the interests of the Church of his choice and the cause of our common Christian ity ; and whereas the church has sustained, by his death, a heavy and irreparable loss : Therefore, Resolved, That while "we mourn nut as those who have no hope" the life and lat end of our departed brother having been truly that of the righteous we most deeply and sincerely feel and lament his loss to this body, to the church, and to. the 'community ; and as a te j-tiiriony of our regard for his memory, and sin cere sympathy and condolence yi ill his bereaved and afflicted family, do order that this preamble and res olution be spread upon our Minutes, and that a copy thereof be furnished to the w idow of the deceased. Resolvod further, That the City papers' and the Richmond Christian Advocate be requested to pub lish the same. ' SAMUEL II, YOUNG, Secretary to t?te Board of Stewards. Select Classical School. riIIE, -Subscriber intern's ct open a School for Boys on the 16th of Juiv next, in Al.tmanep county, 13 miles west of Hillsborough, and 20 miles norlli west of Ch:t pel Iliil. ' The dentin is to have a School iri which Boys may be .thoro'iig.hiy.- irep'areJ. h i (Joiiew1 or tor business, ill a situation remote from temptations to idleness or vice. The number of sc'-iolars will be limited to thirty who will honnl in families in the immetliata vicinity of the Aeademv, two in a rfmrn I If. mill l.a n si-si-stod tit. I? Y Hri r nv A It ........... ..w r- ... i Tr.RMs : r75 per session in advance, for Board, t Tuition, lltiom. Bed anil 15-dclinir, Fuel and Circulars containing iurtber mlorination, can he obtained on application, to Rev. A. Wir.soy, D. Dl.at HilUhnrnixrh '.V. "C.l 'until 1st of June. and after thai at Burnt .S'liop, Al imanc? county, IV. U. Aljr.. ti l IjiUiN. Illlisboroiigb , X. C, April J, l'?5l'."-. A X TENT I O N L A 1) I E S ! I npHK Subscriber woii'd respectfully inform you, -- one and all, - that, Tha ing !:;te!y retnrned from the NTth, and Inv'-.iq procured, at heavy cx;kh bos, the services tf a superior -Workman, who has been brought .un at - Ihe tnrn'e. and who is confi dently recouTneiMpd. he can supply you with any thing you want in tho F'lXC Y CJ1RE OR ICE CREjUI lire. Jiist be kind euouph to eive me a trial, and, if every thing is not done up brown, there 'will he no c'arre. ' I intend to have none but the bst of materials ; and the citizens of Raleigh- may rest assured that the business shall be attended to, arid that by. the' best Workmen. Charges mode te. L.B. WALKER. April 23, 1851 22-tf. CLOTHING AND CLOTHING MATERIALS. Navy I)i:rAi:T.MEXT. Bureau of Provisions and Clothing, April 23, ISjV CUaLED PROPOSALS, endorsed "Proposals for Navy Clothing and Clothing Materials," will be received at this office until 3 o'clock P. M. on .Thnasday, the 2il day of May next; for furnish-, ing and deliverin;; (on receiviiijT thirty days no tice) ateach oreitherof the Navy i ardsat Charles town, Massachusetts, Brooklyn, New York, and Gosportj VirtrinU, stlch quantities only of any or all of the following named articles ot rsavy Vloili- in" nd Clothing M iteiials as may be ordered by j the Chief of this Bureau, or by the commandants of said navy yards, respectively, during the fiscal year commensing on the 1st day of July next, and ending on the 30th day of June, 1852, viz : 31ue pilot cloth pea jackets, wool-dyed 2,000 ih do do monkey jackets do 1 .00! Do ckith round jackets do do 4,U00 Do do trowsers do do 4.000 Blue fiannelovershirts, twilled & wool-dyed 10,000 Do do undershirts do do j do 8;000 Do do drawers do dodo 5.000 Do flannel do do yds. 15,000 Barns'ey sheeting frocks 4,000 Canvass dtick trowsers 4,000 Barnsley sheeting for da yards 7,000 Canvass duck for da do 7,000 Dungaree yards 15,000 Calfskin shies pairs 5.000 Kipskin do high cut do 5.001) Calfskin pumps do 10,0()0 IFoollen stockings do 10,000 Woollen socks do 10,000 Matlreuses, (witli two covers to each) 2,500 Black silk handerchiefs 12,000 Blankets 3,000 The clothing and clothing material will be di vided into nine classes, for each of which sepa rate proposals will be received, and a separate contract made, viz : first Class. Al! tbe woolen articles made up, via: blue cloth p--a jackets, blue cloih -' monkey jacket bluo cloth round jacket", blue cloth tro-w. sets, blue flannel oversh irt, bnle fl.uinel under shirts, and blue flannel drawers. Second Class.--AU the flannel that may be re quired for malting garments similar, ta those epec ified in the Cr-I c!a-o. Tihrd Class All the linen aitlcles made up. viz. Barnsley sheeting frocks and canvass duck trowsers. ' Fourth Class. All the Barnsley Meeting an.J canvass duck that may be required for making garment similar to trose specified in tbe thicf class, and the Dungaree. j Fifth Class. All the shoes and pump". I Sixth Cluss. A!lt he Mockings and socks. j Seventh Clasi All the rmitlrcjSt'F, including; twi covers to c h mattress. j FjiglUh ClasL All theblack silk handkerchief! ' Kinth Class.- ; ll the blankets -The shoe and pumps to be stamped with the contractor's name-, number of shoe a ml pump, atxl year when made ; th sizes to be in the following proportion for each 100 pairs unless otherwise ordered, viz : Two of No. 12, four of No. 1 1 , twelve of No. 10 fifteen of No. 9, fifteen of No. 8$, twenty "f No. 8, fifteen of No. 7.v, t ii of No. 7, five of No. f, "2' two or io. i). Al! the above articles artrobe fully frjnn', in the quality, texture, andfinish of material, pat'ern, ard workmanship, to the samples which are depos ited at the aforesaid Navy Yards ; the pea jackets, monkey jackets, round ' jackets, eloth trowsers. over-shirts, under-shirts, drawers, and blue flannel to be of American manufactured cloths and flan nels, madeof clean wool and indigodyc J, ami dyed in the wool. Tho number or quantity which will be required of each of the foregoing articles cannot he precise ly stated ; it is fven possible that of some now may be required. A contract will therefore be made, not for a specific number or quantity of anv article, but only for such number cr quantity of each a's the service may require to be delivered r.t those Navy Yards respoeti ely. The prices must be uniform at all the stations. All the above articles must be subject to prr-Ti inspection at the place of delivery as the Chief of this Bureau may direct; and no article will be received I fiat is not fully equal to the wimple or pattern, both in material and workmanship, and which does not conform in all other roprt-! to tho stipulations and provisions of the .contract to he made. The whole 'mast be delivered at ther risk nnd expenss? of the contractor, in good, tight, substan tial, and dry picking boxes or bales; each box and bale to bernrirked with the contractor's name . and the year and month when m miifactured or put np; the whola to hr in good shipping order free of all charges Trt t!i United States, a tid to the enfira satisfaction -oi . the tiispoctinff 'officers, i-a!d officers tobo appointed by !ie N.ivy Department. Tho offers must distinguish the prices for each article mentioned, and must bo calculated tn cover every expense attending the fulfilment of the con tract, includingtho necessa-y metal and navy but tons. A schedule of sizes wiil be found, wi'lhthe samples, at the respective r.avy yard.--. In ci-se of failure on the part uf the contractors to furnish anil deliver the several articles which may be ordered from them, in proper time, nnd of proper quality, (lie Chief of the Bureau of Provis ion and Clothing shall be authorized to purchase or direct purchases to be made of what may be re quired to supply tho deficiency-, under the penalty to-be expressed in the contract; the record of a requi sition, or :i duplicate conv thereof, at the Curpnn- of Provisions and Clocking, or at eitherof the navy yards aforesaid, shall ba evidence that such requi sition has been made a nd received. Two or rhnre approved euroties in a sum equal to the estimated, amount of the respective contracts will be required, and ten per centum will be with held from the amount of all payments on account thereof as collateral security, and not in any event to be paid until it is in alt respects cmnplie I with ; nnd ninety per centum of the amount of all deliver ies made will be paid by tlie-Navt Agent within thirty days after triplicate billp. duly authenticated, shall have been presented to him. Bidders whose proposals are accepted (and none others) will be forthwith notified, and as early as practicable a contract will be transmitted to them for execution, which contract must he returned to the Bureau within five days, exclusive of the time required for the regular transmission of the mail. Every cfier made must be accompanied (as di rected in the act of Congress making appropria tions for the naval service for lS4fi-'47, approved 10th August, 1846) by a written guarantv, signed by nn? or more responsible persons, to the effort that he or they undertake that the bidder or bidders wi.iii h.s or their bid Le accepted, enter into an ob ligation within five days. with good and sufficient sureties, to furnish the supplies proposed. The Bureau will not be obligated to consider any pro posal unless accompanied by the guaranty required by law ; the competency of the guaranty 'o be cer tified by '.he Navy Agent. District Attorney, or snm,r officer of the General Government known to the? Bureau. A record, or duplicate of the letter informing a bidJer of the acceptance of his proposal, will be? deemed a notifica tion thereof, jyithin the meaning of the act of 1S4G, and his bid will be made and accepted in conformity with this un ierstanding. Extract from ihe act of Congress, approved August .10,134(1 . . -'."Sec. G. And le it further enacted. That, from aud after tho passage of this net. every proposal for n ival supplies invited by the Secretary of the Naiy, under the proviso to the general appropriation bill for the navy, approved March third, eighteen hundred and forty-three, shall be accompanied by a written guaran ty, signed by one or-more respoiwible persons, to th" euect that he or they undertake that the bidder or bid ders will, if his or their bids be accented, enter into an obligation in such a time as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy,' with good and sufficient sureties, to furnish the snpplies proposed; No propr sal shail be considered: unless accompanied by suc guaranty. If after the acceptance of a proposal and a notification thereof to the bit der or bidders, he or they shall fail to enter ir.to an obligation within the time prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy, with good and sflicient sureties for furnishing the supplies, then the Secretary of the Navy shall proceed to contract with some other person or persons for furnishing the said supplies ; and shall forthwith cause the difference, between the amount contained in the proposal so guar antied and the amounfor which he may have con tracted for furnishing the said supplies for the whole period of the proposal to be charged up against said bidder or bidders, and his or their ruaran tor or guar antors : and the same may be immediately reeovrre;l by the United States, for the use of theNavy Depart- '. ment, in au action of debt against either or all d sad persons." April 125 1 a w-4w. GU N N ' S D O M E S T I C MEDICINE. 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