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v nTr "n n 3 :.:llMi f NEW SERIES R. I. WYNNE, Publisher. I C. C. RABOTEAU, Editor. " GIVE ME THE LIBERTY TO KNOW, TO OTTER, AND TO ARGUE FREELY, ACCORDING TO CONSCIENCE, ABOVE ALL OTHER LIBERTIES." Milton. RALEIGH, FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1852. cfV- VOL. V. NO. 11 -- TERMS. The Times is issued every ThursdaVt and mailed to subscribers at Two Dollars per Milium, hi advance; Two Dollars and Fifty Cents if not paid in six months; and I hree Dollars u payment be delayed to the end of toe subscription year. O To Clubs, we will send Six Copies for Ten Dollars, and Twelve copies for Eighteen Dollars, wnen tne money accompanies the order. ADVERTISEMENTS, Not exceeding sixteen lines, will be published one time for One Dollar, and Twenty-five Cents for each subsequeut insertion. Court orders and Judicial Ad vertisements will be .charged 25 per cent higher. A reasonable deduction-will be made to those who ad vertise by the year. letters to the Editor must he post paid. Money for the Office may be sent by mail at our risk, in pay ment for subscriptions, advertisements, jobs, &c. O" Office on favettkviij.s st., onb door klow POST OFFICE. The Democracy give signs of disor ganization in regard to the Presidency. They are for men Jefore principles, and for spoils before men. The Cass men in Pennsylvania protest, because Mr. Buch anan has carried his own State ; and they tise no honied words in giving utterance to their disappointment. They say that- Mr. Buchanan-'s friends have wantonly dis franchised the people : that they are guilty of flagrant usurpation, and are tyrannical ; and therefore that the minority brand the majority, and secede from their delibera tions. We have no doubt that the majority ve ry thoroughly cheated the minority und who can blame the defeated party for express ing their indignation m very decided terms? General Cass, too, is getting some heavy blows in the "Old Dominion." There is a strong Buchanan party there, and apret tyf ormidable Douglass party. Hear what the Peteisburg (Va.) Democrat, a leading party paper, says of the Senator from Mich igan, and we give but a specimen : The South gallantly supported Cass in the last campaign upon a construction of his Nicholson letter, which, on returning to the Senate, he made haste to repudiate as unreasonable and gratuitous. Shall we be exposed to a like disgrace again? Shall we, after expending ingenuity sufficient to read the riddle of the Sphinx, interpreting his mystic epistle, be subjected to the mor tification of a rebuke for our unwarranta ble construction ? Can the south endorse Cass's doctrine of 'squatter sovereignty,' promulgated in the Nicholson letter, and !emnly reaffirmed in the Senate? This doctrine Democratic speakers in the last campaign denounced throughout the south, and with indignation denied that Cass maintained it. With what sort of grace can we support him now, when by his own confession " we were wrong and the Whigs right in expounding his views of the condition of slavery in the territories? Nor has General Cass commended himself to the favor of the South by coquetting with Kossuth ahd the interventionists. His late elaborate speech upon this quest ion is as ambiguous as the Nicholson let ter, and it may be that the Southmight err as widely in interpreting the one as the other. General Cass is doubtless an esti mable man, but it is suspected in the South that he wants' the elevated, the dauntless firmness of the statesman, and this appre hension of itself would he fatal to his for tunes, fa addition to all these objections, let it not be forgotten that Cass has been defeated ! He has been weighed in the balance, and found wanting ; his strength has been tested, aud what was it? He has been beaten ; he is regarded with pity rath er than respect and confidence. Under the leadership of Cass; the party would buck--le on their armor with coward hearts and a gloomy foreboding of defeat. Let us, then, select another chieftain : one whose prowess is invincible, and whose name in spires courage and confidence. Of such there are many in the Democratic party ; and so long as we can boast a Buchanan, a Douglass, a Dickinson, a Butler, an Allen, and a Walker, we have no need of the broken sword aud Delphic letters of Gen. Cass." The Richmond Enquirer, too, has a correspondent who at length cries out for Availability and Douglass ; and for the latter it says, in conclusion of a world of words : "The past admonishes us.to seek avail ability in our selection of a candidate. The canvass of 1848 taught us the sad lesson that a party with honest principles and a just cause, led on by a statesman of consummate talents, spotless character, and world-wide renown, could not resist the wild, enthusiastic support given to a suc cessful, yet incompetent, military chieftain. We pitted argument and reason against military renown, and suffered a crushing defeat." . " No carpet Knight is he (Douglass ;) the hero of harmless political tournaments, the dainty child of aristocra cy and wealth, or the ehiborate creation of pedants and text books. He comes to us covered with the dust of the arena.-y-a worker, not a dreamer, amid the active scenes of life a hearty, vigorous, strong minded man, fruitful in resources, calcu lated above all others to preside .over the destinies and direct the energies of a pros perous, flourishing, and young Republic." rpkp fortunes of the " Young Giant " seem to rise and fall like the thermometer. lie has carried no State as yet, however. Michigan in out for Ca$a t pretty much his jBtoct nj, trade, go inr, venmca.y i iui Butler Pennsylvania for Buchanan ; but most of theStatf? are tjjus far non-committal,. , L. Napoleon has been run llirough by telegraph, WHIG MEETING IN JONES. The -Whigs of Jones met at Trenton, on the 6th instant. Delegates were appoint ed and the following resolutions were a dopted : Whereas, It is proposed by our Whig brethren throughout the btate to hold convention at Raleigh on the 26th of April next for the purpose of nominating a can didate for Governor, and also for appoint ing two delegates to the Whig National Convention; We cordially approve of this recommendation and will join our politi al friends in redeeming the State from the hands of the 'spoils party" and its legiti mate offepring the present executive and Governor of North Carolina. Resolved, That the Chairman of this meeting be empowered to appoint thirty Deleaates to the Whig State Convention; and ten delegates to the district Convention for the purpose of choosmga delegate, (and alternate) to the Whig District Convention; tobe held in Greenville Pitt County on the 5th of May next. Resolved, That no instruction be given to our delegates to the State Convention, but they be left free and untranimeled in the exercise oftheir judgment, in securing harmony in the deliberation of the conven tion, and unanimity in the choice of a can didate for Governor, who will command the confidence of the people and ensure the success of our principles. Resolved, That the series of measures known as the compromise measures do not-meet our entire approval, but we will acquiesce in them as pacific and salutary enactments for the security and mainten ance of the Union; and we would again warn our Northern brethren that we have borne aggressions to the extreme point of endurance, and any lurther attempt to ag grieve and oppress us, and wantonly rob us of our Constitutional rights must result in direful consequences to the union of these States. Resolved, That Millard Fillmore, in it is-hart, nf tht hio-h rliitips of President of the United States, lias faithfully preser ved, protected and defended theconstitution of his country; and while his administra tion has been execrated by freesoilers and abolitionists, on the one hand, and seces sionists on the other, all true lovers of the country do not hesitate to bestow upon it their warmest approbation: and believing if re-elected, he would continue to defend the constitution, and execute fairly, the laws made and approved under it, we therefore recommend him as our first choice for the Presidency of the United Stales. Resolved, That, as North Carolinians, we would reioice in the election of Wil liam A. Graham as Vice President of the United- States. His known abilities and exalted patriotism, togelher with the high estimation in which he is held in ail parts of die couriiry, particularly recom mend him as our choice for the second of fice of the government. . WHIG MEETING IN HYDE, The Whigs of Hyde held a meeting in the Court House on Tuesday of County Court in February.- David Carter was called to the chair, and J. S. Jennett appointed Sec retary. Jones Spencer, Riley Murray, A. Sadler, W. H. Bunaloe, R. M. G. Moore, Z. Gibbs, and T. R. Gibbs, were appointed a committee to propose resolutions for the consideration of the meeting. The Committee reported the following resolutions whieh were unanimously adopt ed: Resolved, That we cordially approve of the proposition to hold a convention in Ra leigh on the 26th tlay of April next, to nom inate a candidate for Governor. Resolved, That the chairman ofthis meet ing appoint 25 delegates to represent the county of Hyde in said convention. Resolved, That we will cordially support whover may be selected by said convention as our standard bearer. - Resolved, That the" firm, patriotic and in dependent course of the present President of the U. S. has endeared him to the hearts of every true American, and he is our first choice for that exalted station. Resolved, That North Carolina's favorite son, the Hon. W. A. Graham, is our first choice for Vice President. Resolved, That we approve of the propo sition to hold a District convention in the town of Greenville during their May Court, for the purpose of choosing delegates to the Whig National Convention. Delegates were accordingly appointed to both Conventions. Beaufort County. The Whig Meeting was held in Washington on the 16th. John Kerr, Esq. was nominated for Governor, and 60 Delegates appointed to tlie State and District Conventions Proceedings uext week: MEETING IN CRAVEN. The Whigs met at Newbera on the 10th instant, and appointed Delegates. The following are the resolutions adopted. Resolved, That this meeting approve of holding a Whig District Convention, pro posed to be held in Greenvih, Pitt Coun ty, on the 15th day of May next, forlhe appoiutruent of a Delegate to attend the proposed National Whig Convention for the nomination of Candidates for President and Vice President, and that the Chair man appoint a suitable number of Dele gates to attend said District Convention. Resolved, That we have an abiding con fidence in the ability, integrity and nation al principles of Millard Fillmore, Pres ident of the United States; that we believe jn bis administration of public affairs he has rarely if ever been surpassed in pru dence, wisdom, and fidelity to the consit- tution, and that he eminently deserves the confidence and support of an parties throughout our country, and that we be lieve that his re-election would promote the best interests of the whole country. Resolved, That the ability, honesty and integrity of our fellow citizen, W illiam A. Graham, Secretary of the Navy, eminent ly qualify him for the office of Vice Presi dent, and -that his elecition to that office would also promote the best interests of the country. -, Resolved, That while we express our preference for the eminent individuals a bove named for the -offices of President and Vice President, we will cheerfully support any good, patriotic and national Whig who may receive the nomination of the Nation al Whig Convention. From thfi New York Express. Thi Tribune revives the storv that Henry Clay has said that he would rath see General Cass President than any man livinsr. ' We have been? permitted by Mr. Clay tn rnnv th following from a private letter of his, and addressed to one of his friends in this city. A more complete denial to all that has heen said to the conntrary could not possibly be given: " xou rignuy unaersioon me in expressing a preference tor Mr. t ill more as the Whig candidate for thePresi dency. This I did before I left home, and have frequently here in private inter course, since my arrival at Washington. T camrint how p-enerallv the fact may be known, but I should not deem it right to publish any formal avowal of that prefer ence under my own signature in the news- . i i papeis. Such a course wouiu suDjeci me to the imputation ol supposing mat my o pinions possessed more weight with the public than I 'apprehend they do. The foundation of my prefeience is, that Mr. Fillmore has administered me JCiXecuuve Government with signal success and abili ty. He has been tried and lound true, faithful, honest, and conscientious, i wisn to say nothing in derogation from his emi inpnt rnmnptltors. Thev have both ren dered great services to the country the one in the field the other in the Cabinet. They might possibly administer the Gov ernment as well as Mr. Fillmore has done. But then neither of them has been tried. He has been tried in the elevated position f now holds, mid I think that prudence and wisdom had better restrain us from ma- kins any change without a necessity for it the existence of which I do not per ceive. I am, truly, your friend and obedient II. Clay. servant. Mr. Stanly, from North Carolina, is preparing a bill to restore to the States, the fourth and last enstalment due to them from the General Government by virtue of the distribution act of Congress in 1836. The last instalment, it will be remembered was retained in the Treasury to meet the urgent and immediate wants of the Gov ernment Mr. Stanly 's bill proposes that certficates of United States five per cent stock to the amount of this fourth instal ment fome nine million of dollars- shall be issued to the several States, if they shall be respectively entitled, upon the express condition that each State shall appropriate the interest thereof, amounting in the ag gregate to over four hundred and fifty thou sand dollars, annually, to the transporta tion of free negroes within the state toxa beria, or to the education and improvement of the Liberian - colonist The principal is never to be touched without further Congressional legislation, and the certifi cates are not to be issued to any State until the legislative authorilies thereof consent to receive the same, upon the conditions above specified., if there should be, in a ny State, no free negroes for transportation to Liberia, then the interest money is to be appropriated in establishing schools and colleges, and in improving the moral, so cial and religious condition of the citizens of the Liberian Republic. This, it will be admitted on all hands, is a most important measure. We are glad . . . I'll i to learn that the tnends oi the Din nave great confidence in its passage. It would be hailed with pleasure, we are sure, throughout the country. - Halt. American. Edinburgh Review. We are indebt ed to the Publishers, for the January num ber of this able review. Its contents are : Genius and Writings of Descartes, Bishop Philpotts, Recent Progress of Legislation, Church Music, A few Words on Interna tional Gopywright, Palgrave's Normandy and England, The Ordnance Survey of Scotland, The Expected Reform Bill. Arrival" op the Cuban Prisoners. The ship Prentice, Capt. Woodbury, arrived at New York on Saturday from Viga, Spain, with ninety -five of the Amer icans who were engaged in the Cuban ex pedition, and have been liberated by the Queen, at the instance of our Government. They are in good- health, and speak well of their treatment. Fortunes Unclaimed. A committee of the New York Legislature, after an in vestigation into the trust fuuds of the Chancery Court, have reported that there is nearly a million and a half of dollars now held in trust; and that the rightful owners of nearly a m illion of this large sum are unknown. , The Convention and the Gover norship. Some of the Whig papers in the Eastern part of the State, are very much afraid the Convention question will defeat our candidate for Governor indeed it has been prophesied that such will be the effect, if he advocates this doctrine. We think directly the reverse. This measure is popular, and, in our opinion, would be irresistible before the mas3 of the people. If the nominee of the Whig Convention takes thld position, we will .have no fear of the result, even should there be a litde dis affection among our eastern friends. The strength of the Whig party is in the West; and when the time comes for the hardy mountaineers to ballot on this question, they will Toll up a majority in its favor, only equalled in the days of coon skins and hard cider.' But notwithstanding our views on this subject, and notwithstanding we still intend to advocate an Open Con vention and use every exertion in our pow er to effect the consummation desired, we will not, under any circumstances, with hold our support from the Whig candidate for Governor, should his views, on this subject, happen differ with ouf own. The National principles of the Whig party are too important to justify any disaf fection, in the ensuing campaign, on ac connt of collateral questions and minor points of difference. We have no idea that any considerable portion of the Demo cratic party would unite with us on this question. We are too familiar with the completeness of their system of drill and the elasticity of their principles, to expect any such anomaly. Above all things there should be no disaffection amongthe Whigs of the West; this was the cause of our defeat two years ago. If the Westr-i united we can beat Davy Reid with or without the Conven tion question. With it, we would beat him so bad, that in the perplexity of his mind he would anxiously inquire, 'did that storm hurt any body body else ?' Our Eastern friends, we think are un necessrrily frightened, at present, on this subject. But the longer the contest is de layed and it is bowidto come the worse, for their interests, will it be. We are in clined to think the basis question would not now be touched. There is, at any rate, no disposition in this county, as far as we know, to disturb it.--Even if the pres ent basis was attacked, there would, n6w, be a' prospect of a compromise. If the , Convention question i not settled at once, there is not a shadow of a doubt that, in a j few years, the whpleWest will be roused in its favor. Then the West will be ar rayed against the East- the bone of cbnten- tion will be the alteration of the basis of representation and the distribution of the school fund the West will get the. bone, and the East will be 'snowed under.' Such will be the end in our opinion. We are not a prophet nor the son of a prophet, and cannot exactly say with the wizard in Lochiel's Warning, "Tis the sunset of life gives me myFticvl lore And coming events cast their shadows before,' but time will prove whether or not we are correct in the premises. Concord Mercury Popular Error. The Richmond Re publican in a late article upon "Printers," shows up what really in many cases seems to be popular opinion concerning them. We quote: "There is a cherished delu sion common among mankind that prin ters by a peculiar of law of nature, are ex empted from the wants and necessities of other men; that they need no clothing .for themselves and their families; that they can breakfast and dine on air and fog, and sup on moonsh ine ; that they "require ho houses to cover them, no candles to light en them, no fuel to warm them; that they and their families enjoy perpetual health, knowing nothing of doctora' bills, and that they have no souls to be saved, and are consequently spared the expense or pew rent. Their children are presumed to be their own schoolmasters. When printers die they are all to be carried upwards in a chariot, which will obviate the necessity of funeral charges. Such must be the opinion, for it cannot be supposed that, if they be lieve Typo tp be a man of like appetites and wants with themselves, so many thou sands would refuse to pay him their just dues, and compel him, through the neg lect and dishonesty of others, so often to pass a life of trouble, sorrow and priya- tion." Printers Proverbs. Pay thou the printer in the day that thou owest him, that the evil may be afar off, lest the good man of the law sendeth thee thy bill gree ting., . ' : Remember him of the quill, and the devils around him, and when thou wed dest thy daughter to a man of her choice, send thou unto him a beautiful slice of the bridal loaf. Borrow not that for which thy neighbor hath paid, bat go and buy for thyself of him who hath to sell, ' Tkou shalt not read thy neighbor's paper nor molest him in the peaceful possession of it, lest thou stand condemed in the sight of him who dnveth the quul, and thy cha racter be hawked about, by poor children. Going it Blind. The late Democrat ic Convention in Maine, among other res olutions passed on that occasion, adopted one in which they approve the Baltimore platform of 1844, that of 1S48, and also that tope adopted m leoZ. t his lsgomg it blind with a vengeance ! Lei that plat form be what it may, the Democracy of Maine are resolved to be thar : --. .. - - T - "The Uncertainty of the Law." An acquaintance of mine,, some years since, kept a fashionable watch-maker's establishment in Broadway, and consider ed his store fastenings so secure, that he used to leave his! customer's watches, bro't to him for repair,. hanging in the window. The store was in a very public place, and adjoining a largjs hotel, so that he thought it impossible thai it could ever be robbed. One night, however, when the cold .and sleet added to the darkness, gave house breakers an exta chance, they did enter his store, and stole eleven of his customer's watches and, among others, the watch of his lawyer. The next day lie apprised the customers of their loss, and advised with his lawyer as to tke probability of his being liable for the value of the watches. The lawyer replied : "If any of them sue-you come to me ; but don't let any one know that any other one has sued you." The watch-maker took his lawyer's advice : he refused to pay for the stolen watches, and each customer in turn sued him. His lawyer defended him ; as each customer was not .aware of any other one having sued the watch-maker, they each brought their actions in the wrong wayand all a like. The lawyer succeeded in freeing his client from all these suits. A few months afterward the watchmaker met me in the street and seemed much ex cited. He commejiced berating his law yer soundly as '.'tricky" and "untrustwOr thy.'? "What has he done?" said I. ' Why, you recollect those eleven watches that were stolen from my window?" "Yes," I said, "I do; but I heard that your lawyer had beaten them all, and saved you from loss." "So he did with ten of them, but one was his watch ; and after he had beaten the rest, he came to me and said I must pay him for his watch; I told him he had beaten the other ten, and of course could not recover against me. "Can't I ?" said he, "we'll see a bout that !" So off he went and sued me, and I liad to get another lawyer ; and hang me! if he didn't get a judgment, and yesterday 1 had to pay it!" 'Well," said I, ,, which .'of the lawyers do you in tend to employ for the future?" "Wrhy, you don't think I will ever employ E , again, do you?" "You had better em ploy him," said I ; "for he evidendy knew how to take good care of your affairs, and he seems to know how to take care of his own, too !" r STATE TAXES. We have been intending to group some particulars of the statement of the Comp troller for the information of our readers. The Fayetteville Observer has presented the following facts,' which we have no doubt are correct, and we copy them ac cordingly : Wake county pays the largest amount, viz : b,su j i . iNew nanover o,vu 47. Edgecombe $5,275 73 ; Cumber land $4,955 40 ; Craven $4,739 88 ; Gran ville $4,529 44 ; Halifax $4,181 04 ; An son $2,450 60 ; Bladen $1 ,314 07 ; Chat ham $2,668 70 ; Duplin $2?0G936 ; Guil ford $3,325 65 ; Montgomery $8S5 36 ; Moore $978 70 ; Randolph $1 ,995 27 ; Richmond $1,704 55 ; Robeson $1,524- 3S ; Sampson $2,287 51 ; Stanly $737 99 ; ice. . : The Land Tax (6 cents on the $100 valuation,) yielded $38,405 94. Town Property $3,653 38. Foil l ax cJD,lrfcs- 07. Tax for Lunatic Asylum $20,07o 88 Tax on Interest $25,007 87. On Divi dends and Profits $3,115 24. On Law yers, Physicians, ccc.$676 80. On Watch es $1440 50. Un Pianos w. Gold and Silver Plate $1,055 62. Pleas ure Carriages $924 90. Store Tax $12, 822 61 . Pedlars $3,454 97. Taverns $5,5.61 64. Various amounts from other sources. Making an aggregate of $I57,t 137 71. Edgecombe pays the largest Land Tax $1 ,056 30. Cherokee the least $12 07. New Hanover pays nearly one-fourth of all the Town Property Tax, $886 15. Next Craven $304 yi. Then UumDer- land $298 24. Wake $233 82. Beaufort $196 25. Eight counties pay no 1 own Property tax, viz : Camden, Catawba, Currituck, Hyde, Madison, ivanuoipn, Stanly and Tyrrell. Granville pays the largest poll tax, $1, 115 59 ; Wake $1,094 91 - Edgecombe $1,012 18 ; Halifax $93643 ; New Han over $913 49 ; Warren $-W4 So ; Cum berland $839 80. Of the tax on Interest, Wake .pays $1, 758 81 ; "Craven $1,510 66 ; Warren $1,- 246 35 -Mecklenburg $1,235 13 ; Edge combe $1,17126; Granville $1,157 87. Cumberland only $381 68. Five coun ties pay nothing, viz : Cherokee, Macon, Madison, Watauga, and x ancey. Of Dividends and Profits, .Caswell pays $552 72 ; Cumberland $478 95 ; Rock ingham $337 98. Lawyers and Physicians pay $68 68 in New Hanover, $62 04 in Wake, $56 40 in Cumberland. And in 15 counties noth ing. Snlaripa and Feps Pav M69 20 in New Hanover, $98 70 in Cumberland, $67 66 only in Wake. (How is this?) And noth ing in 42 counties. On Watches, New Hanover pays $92 72, Cumberland $85 50. Three counties pay less than $1. Of Store tax New Hanover pays $1, 069 72 ; Gumberland &940 94 ; Craven $721 94. Madison and Yancey pay no thing. v . ...: NEW HANOVEH The "Commercial," referring to th j proceeding'3 of this meeting, published in out last, says : "It -will be recollected that the meeting passed resoIuUous repudiating e idea of connecting the Coventor's election with the Convention. TI,is was done, of course under the belief that'it would be attempted, and under the same impression the follow ing Resolution was adopted : Resolved, That in regard to the a mendments of the Consdtution, the only Democratic Republican luode is by an o pen Convention, in which the voice of the whole people may be expressed. Here is no recommendation of an open Convention, or of any other way of unend ing the Constitution, but simply a:, asser tion of the Democratic Republican mode of amending that instrument. It Tas a provisionary sentiment, in case the quest ion should be forced upon the public iha"t is, if the Constitution must be amended, this mode is preferable to that adopted by the Democratic party because theira is an electioneering plan of amendments in de tail, that will distract the public mind and disturb the harmony of the community, to an indefinite . period. Nothing more can be implied than a desire to settle the ques tion, if forced upon us, without leaving it open for the sport of demagogues, whose whole action tends to the promotion of party interests, and to victimise the State for objects of political ambition." $5 The 'Harmonious Democracy' now so inharmonious are'striving to bring the incompatible elements of their party once more into active combination. They wish to foro-ive and forget all past differences a mong their brethren. They are pray ing lus tily for the kind waves of oblivion to sweep over all such trivial subjects as Secession, Jackson's Proclamation, Union, &c. But the efforf is vain. They'may, themselves, pretend to forgive and forget, but the Whigs will remember them and the people shall occasionally be. reminded of these same things. 'Secession, Free Soilism, Fillibusterism, Intervention and the denunciations of the Proclamation,' will slick to them like the 'shirt of Nessus.' It would be well for the party in North Carolina, could they plunge 'Free Sufirage' into the waters of Lethe for awhile the Convention question will make them wish they had hever heard of Senator Douglass and the offspring of his ingenuity, Gov. Reid's hobby.- Concord Mercury. From the Southern Press. IS THE DEMOCRACY IN DANGER ? "Who shall decide when doctors disa gree?" We place before our readers the conflicting opinions of Mr.Cass snd Mr.Bu chanan, very recently expressed on this sub ject: y '- y . Gen. Cass, in a letter to Young Men of Baltimore: " The political prospects are so bright that they cannot but add to the social pleasure of the evening; for the decree has gone forth that the next administration of the General Government must be in the hands of the Democratic party." " Mr. Buchapan, in a letter to Friends in Baltimore: "If I rightly read 'the signs of the times,' there has seldom been a period when the Democratic party of the country, to which you and I are warmly attached, was in greets Ur peril than at the present moment.' A Grave Inscription. Mr. John Smith, died May 2d, 1777. Aged 59 years. ; The sweet remembrance of die just Shall flourish when they sleep in dust! This is certainly characterized in no or dinary degree by the -spirit of prophecy; and accordingly arter the lapse of nearly a century and a half the name of "John Smith" bids fair to live in every commu nity and through all coming generations. "The Compromise measures are now a 'finality' those who opposed them honest ly and powerfully.and who still believe them wrong,- having patriotically determined to acquiesce in them, for the sake of the Union, provided they shall be faithfully carried into execution." This is an extract from Mr. Buchanan's letter to Baltimore, and is a rather curious piece, of logic. Thcfse who still believe them wrong, are willing to acquiesce in them, if they are faithfully executed ! One would think the less a wrong is executed, the better for those who suffer from it. Richmond Whig. Number, of Landholders in the Unit ed States as shown by ofiicial records at Washington : Maine 46,760 ; New Hamp shire 29,229 ; Vermont 29 765 ; Massa chuaalis 34 235 ; Rh'ode Island 5 385 ; Connecticut 22 445 ; New York 17 0 621; New Jersey 23 905 ; Pennsylvania 127, 577 ; Cliio 143,887 ; Indiana 93,896 ; Illinois 76,208 ; Michigan 34,086 ; Wis consin 20,177 ; Iowa 14,805; California 10S ; Delaware ,063 ; Maryland 21,860; Virginia 77,013 ; North Carolina 56,916 ; South Carolina 29.969 ; Georgia 51,759 ; Alabama 41,964 ; Mississippi 33,960 ; Louisiana 13,424 ; Tennessee 72,710 ; Kentucky 74,777 ; Missouri 54,458 : Ar kansas 17.758 : Florida 4,304 : Texas 12.198 : District of Columbia 264 ; Min nesota 157 ; New Mexico 3,750 ; Oregon 1,164 j Utah 926. Total 1,44486. ( Camiell's 'Pleasures of HW.." mast declined by every bookseller in London and Edinburgh, and was published at last, on condition that the author should be con tent with the sum of ten pounds only un til a second edition appeared . It was prob ably with reference to this early disappoint ment of his "hope' that we are indebted for his toast at a 'bookseller's dinner' which occuned shortly after Pam, the German publisher had been executed by order of Napoleon. When the cloth was removed, Campbell was lled ' on for a toast, when, with much earnestness, "as well as gravity of manner, he proposed the health and prosperity cf Bonaparte. The company in much amazement, asked for an explanation, which the poet immediate ly tendered as follows :- "Gentlemen," said Campbe!. his eye sparkling with de- i light atid humor, "I give you Napoleon jionaparte ne is a line tellow As shot a bookseller V Virginia and the Presidency. The Whigs if Richmond, Va.r on Tues day evening adopted resolutions in favor of 7tr. Fillmore for the Presidency, and ex pressing the hope that the Whig National Convention will present for their accept ance a candidate whose fidelity to the con stitution apd the measures of adjustment known as the "Compromise Measures," shalt be beyond all question. . Illness of Bishop Heddinc. It is generally known that (he venerable Bishop Heddmg, the senior Bishop of the Metho dist Episcopal Church, has for some time been laid aside from Episcopal labor, by the physical infirmities and debility conse quent upon his advanced age. A letter from Poughkeepsie, N. Y., where he re sides, says he is failing fast. Swelling of the limbs,, and of the whole frame has commenced, and incieases daily. His physicians say he cannot survive much longer. j Cumberland, March 17. The Rev. John L. Gorsuch, of the Methodist Epis copal Church, who came here to the late Conference, and who has been very sick for sevetal days, died here last evening. Mr. Gorsuch was originally from Baltimore county, and a son of the late Mr. Gorsuch who was killed some months ago af Chris tiana, Pa. whilst endeavoring to arrest one of his slaves. He stood high us a minis ter, and his last hours gave evidence of the peaceful triumph which pure Christianity gains in death. j The Nightingale and herMte Going to EuRorE. -The Boston Com monwealth . learns that Mrs Jenny Lind Goldschmidt, and her husband, contem plate sailing for Europe in May next. It is rumored that they intend to return to the United States and reside permanently at "Round Hill," Northampton. j Assignability of Land Warrants. A gentleman in the State of Georgia requests us by letter to say whether land warrants are assignable or not, and if they are, to make known the legal form of as signment. As we presume his inquiries refer to the land warrants issued under the act of 1850, we tiate that they are not yet assignable. The Senate and House of Representatives have disagreed on-the de tails of a bill making them assignable ; and the subject is now, we believe, before a joint committee of conference. Republic. Si-iCiOE at Richmond, Va. Mrs An na Ma-ia Moore, wife of Edmund C. Moore, of Richmond, Va., put an end to her life Sunday eveningit Mrs Claiborne's boarding house, in that city, by the volun tary use of opium and laudanum.! She was a lady of rare accomplishments, and no cause is assigned for the deed. I Mr. Mooie has lately returned from California. Robert Burns, on hi3 way to Leith one morning, met a country farmer; .he shook him earnestly by the hand, ahd stopped to converse a while. A young Edinburgh blood took the poet to task for this defect of taste. "Why you fantastic gomeril," said Burns, "it was not the great coat, the scone bonnet, and the saun-daer-boot hose I spoke to, but the man that was in them: and the man; sir, for true worth, would weigh down -ou aud me, and ten more such any day." ! The fourth volume of Bancroft's Histo ry of the United States is now ready, and it commences the Revolutionary period of our annals. ' We are inclined to think that this volume will have more readers in this country than any historical work ever published. It comes out at a good time. VVe are all very patriot's just now, and millions of foreign ers here and in Europe desire to learn how our worthy fathers established a republic more durabje than paper. The Blacking Trade. Since the liquor law went into force in Maine, great quantities of bottles, labeled "Day & Mar tin's Blacking," have been imported into that State, and yet it is not observed that the bocts are cleaner than before. i A Rapid Increase. A few years since geographers put down the population of Europe at about two hundred and fifty millions. Judging from the unaccounta ble number of exiled Counts who , have Bougnt reiuge jn uns country, its pc'ua tion at thi timoipust be almost Qouncss.
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