RUTHERFORD COUNTY. '
A large and enthusiastic Whig meeting
Assembled on the 8th inst., in the Court
House, when on motion of G. W. Baxter,
Esq., Col. A.1 G. Logan was called to the
Chair, and C. L." Harris,,cappointed Sec
retary. .
J. G. Bynuro, Esq., being called upon,
addressed the meeting at some length, and
concluded by moving the appointment of a
committee of five to prepare resolutions for
the consideration of the meeting.
The chairman appointed Col. Jesse J.
Webb, Robert McFarland, Andrew Flack,
Jr., Robert McLean and J. G. Bynum.
While the committe were, absent, Mr.
Baxter was called upon and addressed the
meeting. The committee returned, and
through their chairman, Col. Jesse J.
Webb, submitted the following preamble
tnd resolutions: .'"'
Whereas, It is proposed to hold a Con
vention in Raleigh, on the 26th of April
next, to nominate a Whig candidate for
Governor: And whereas, we desire to co
operate with the whigs, throughout-the
State, in redeeming North Carolina from
its present Democratic misrule, and in res
cuing the Constitution from the polluting
hands of designing demagogues. Be it
therefore -
Resolved, That the chairman of this
meeting appoint twenty delegates to repre
sent Rutherford county in said convention.
' Resolved, That having been the firs!
county in the State to present the name of
that firm patriot and eloquent advocate of
Whig principles, JOHN KERR, Esq.,
of Caswell, foe. the office of Governor, and
having always since been willing and anx
ious to sustain him, we again present him
to the people of North Carolina, as the
man who can redeem the State.
J Resolved, That in the event the dele
gates appointed to attend the State Con
vention, shall not be able to be present,
they be authorized to appoint substitutes.
Resolved, That the chairman appoint
ten delegates to meet delegates from othei
counties in the District, at Asheville, at
such time as may hereafter be designated,
to elect a delegate to the Whig National
Convention, and also to appoint an Elec
tor for this District.
Resolved, That the firm and patriotic
stand taken nnrf maintained hv TVTtt.t.at?t
Fillmore, in behalf of the Constitution
and its compromises, entitles him to the
gratitude of every lover of his country, and
we therefore most cordially recommend
him as a suitable person to be presented to
the people of the United States, as the
Whig candidate for the Presidency.
Resolved , That the course pursued by
the Hon. Geo. E. Badger, our Senator in
Congress, in denouncing the new-fangled
doctrine of intervention or interference in
the affairs of the nations of Europe, and
in -sustaining the policy of George Wash
ington, the rather of his country, meets
with our most cordial approbation and
that the chairman of this meeting be direc
ted to communicate a copy of this resolu
tion, with our thanks, for his patriotic and
statesmanlike course. .
Delegates to the State Convention, ap
pointed by the Chairman.
Gen. J. G. Bynum, C. L. Harris,
(j. W. Baxter, William Smith, Jr. Maj.
Sam. Biggerstith, Maj. B. Blanton, Col.
Jesse J. Webb, R. McFarland, Esq., W.
M. Shipp, Esq., J. B. Sloane, Col. J.
M. Hamilton, B. Ledbetter, Maj. B. H,
Padgett, Robt. McLean, Col. C. J. Webb,
Gen. G. W. Logan, Col. W. A. Tanner,
R. G. Twitty, M. H. Kilpatrick, and
Col. M. O. Dickerson, and on motion A.
G. Logan was added.
Delegates to District Convention :R. L.
Gilkey, M. W. Davis, Col. W. H. Mel
ton, Wm. M. Shipp, G. W Baxter, J
W. Harris, Jas. Whiteside, M. Lyncb,
Toliver Davis and J. G. Bynum.
A. G: LOGAN, Chin.
C. L. Harris, Sec.
WHIG MEETING IN JOHNSTON.
A meeting of a portion of the Whigs of
the County of Johnstcn was held in the
town of Smithfield on Thursday evening,
the 25th of March.
It was called to order, and on motion
Major Ashley Sanders was made Chairman,
and Col. Wm. H. Morning, appointed Sec
retary. .
The object of the meeting having been
explained, Major Nathan WilHams, Jno. B.
Beckwith and Loverd Eldrige were appoin
ted a Committee to report resolutions for
the consideration of the meeting. After
consultation the Committee reported the
following resolutions which were unani
mously adopted :
1. Resolved," That the able and patriotic
manner in which President Fillmore has ad
ministered the Government entitles him to
the gratitude and confidence of the whole
nation, and we do not hesitate to declare
our preference for him over all others as the
Whig candidate for the Presidency.
"2. Resolved, That William A. Graham
will receive our most cordial support for the
office of Vice President, should he be the
nominee of the National Whig Convention,
and we have every assurance which can be
given by a faithful and patriotic perform
a nee of public duty, in times past, that we
wiir do honor to the nation if called to that
high post.
3. Resolved, That wc approve of and are
determined to stand 'by the compromise
measures, as a final settlement of the slave
ry agitation.
4. Resolved, That w 3 are opposed to the
doctrines of Nullification and Secession as
wrong and unconstitutional and it is our
purpose to sustain the laws, and aid in per
petuating the -Union and maintaining the
constitution of the United States.
5. Resolved, That as true Whigs desiring
the success of Whig principles, we would
sustain the nominee of the Convention, for
Governor, whatever may be hi views on
matters of State policy, and we appeal to
our Whig brethren throughout the State to
rally around their time honored banner,aod
secure the electoral vote of the State to the
Whig Candidate for the' Presidency. ".'
Delegates were appointed to the State
tmd District Conventions; and a resolution
adopted recommending that the District
Convention b held in Raleigh on the 26th
tit April, or the succeeding day.
WHIG MEETING IN PERSON.
A meeting of the Whigs' of Person
county was held at the Court House in
Roxborough, on Wednesday the lTthinst.,
for the purpose of appointing delegates to
the Whig State Convention.
Upon motion James Holman, Esq. was
called to the Chair, and G. D." Satterfield,
Esq., sppointed Secretary. The Chair
man explained the object of the meeting,
J and upon, motion, appointed a committee
to prepare resoluuons.
The following preamble and resolutions
were presently reported from the Commit
tee, by E. G. Reade,Esq., who accompa
nied them with a spirited address. They
were then put and carried unanimously.
Whereas,'a Convention of the Whig
party has been appointed to be holden on
the 26th of April, in the city of Raleigh,
to nominate a candidate for Governor of
the State ; and whereas, the Whigs of this
county approve of the time and place and
object of holding said Convention, and de
sire to be represented therein. Therefore,
be it Resolved
1. That the Chairman of this meeting
appoint fifteen delegates to represent this
county in said Convention.
2. That we cordially approve of the
Administration of Millard Fillmore, in
relation lo our foreign and domestic affairs,
and that we recognise in his sagacity, firm
ness and patriotism in his sacred regard
for the rights of other countries, and in his
loyalty to the Constitution the best safe
guards' for the prosperity and stability of
the Union.
3. That we have seen with pleasure,
the name of the Hon. Wm. A. Graham,
whose character and career are so justly
deemed amongst the proudest monuments
of our own State suggested in connection
with the office of Vice President of the
United States. That whilst we will defer
to the decision of the Convention, John
Kerr, of Caswell, is our first choice for
Governor of the State. That with a lead
er of such abilities and character one so
dear to all true Whigs for his able and dis
interested advocacy of Whig measures, we
cannot but anticipate for our cause a tri
umphant victory.
Delegates were accordingly appointed,
and the meeting adjourned.
yEWS OF MR. DOUGLASS.
For the benefit, of those 'Southern
Rights' men that have been nibbling at the
bait thrown out by Senator Douglass, we
copy the following extract from a speech
of the Honorable gentleman, delivered in
the Senate, on the 13th March, 1850.
(See Congressional Globe, vol. xxii page
369.)
Mr. Douglass then and there said, in re
ference to the action of Congress upon the
territorial question:
"IT IS NO VIOLATION OF SOU
THERN RIGHTS TO PROHIBIT
SLAVERY, nor of Northern rights,
lo leave the people to decide the question
for themselves. In thia sense, no geog
raphical section of the Union is entitled to
any share of the territories. The Senator
from South Carolina will therefore excuse
me for expressing the opinion that all of
his complaints under this head are preui
cated upon one great fundamental error
the error of supposing that his particular
section has a right to have a due share of
the territories set apart and assigned to it.
According to this, Congress may, in the
opinion of this aspirant to the Presidency,
prohibit slavery in the territories, and it is
all right and proper! It will be remem
bered, also, that Douglass did not support
the compromise measures till after the
same were passed and were generally ap
proved. The Explosion ani Loss of Life
at Hcrlgyte, N. Y. While Professor
Maillefort was engaged in blasting the rock
called the Frying Pan, at Hurlgate. N.
Y. on Friday, a terrible catastrophe took
place, by which two of Maillefort's assist
ants were instantly killed, one fatally in
jured, and several seriously hurt, including
the professor himself.
It appears that Mr. Maillefort, in under
taking his blasting operations, employs
two boats, in one of which is contained the
galvanic battery, and-in the other are plac
ed the canisters. Mr. Maillefort himself
guides die former, which, on this occasion,
was one of Francis life boats; while the
latter is employed by his assistants. It al
so appears, that immediately before the oc
currence of the explosion, one canister,
which contained about one hundred and
twenty pounds of powder, had been alrea
dy sunk in the water by the assistants, and
was fixed on the rock, while another can
ister was still in the boat. Mr. Maillefort,
who is generally about forty feet from the
boat containing his assistants, then ap
proached them for the purpose of receiving
the wire, which was attached to the canis
ter that was sunk in the water. By some
mismanagement or other, he was handed
the wire attached to the canister in the boat,
instead of that already fixed on the rock.
Having removed to the proper distance, he
then brought the wire in contact with the
magnetic battery, the natural consequence
of which was the explosion of the canister
in the boat, while the charge in the water
was not fired at all. The boat, of course,
was instantly blown to atoms, and the men,
three in number, were scattered in various
directions; two of them being instantly kill
ed, and the third shockingly mutilated.
The boat of Mr. Maillefort, who was ac
companied by his brother-in-law, was also
greatly damaged, and he himself thrown
to a height of sixty feet in the air. Such
was the violence of the explosion, that the
effect was felt all around the neighborhood
to the distance" of several miles. Boats
from shore were immediately sent to the
scene of disaster, the dead and the wound
ed were picked up and brought to Astoria.
The Coronation of the Emperor
of Hatti. This event will take place on
the 11th of April. The scene is to be one
of great pomp. Twenty-five thousand
troops and all the dignitaries of the Island
are to be present on the occasion. -----
In die List of Graduates at the Medical
College of Virginia, we notice the name of
Cyril G. Wyche of Henderson.
MR. BUCHANAN AT HOME.
The Lancasterian, one of the most vig
orous' Democratic Journals in Pennsylva
nia, fills several columns of its last issue
with the comments of other papers in the
State, of the same party, in reference to
the action of Mr. Buchanan's friends in
the Harrisburg Convention.- They concur
in describing Mr. Buchanan as destitute of
the confidence of the voters in his own lo
cality, notwithstanding his studied and fre
quent efforts to win popularity ; and they
attribute the larger portion of the exertions
that are made in his behalf to the manoeu
vres of political tricksters. Looking at the
broad line that now separates the Cass and
Buchanan sections, and its tendency to be
come wider, they regard the defeat of Mr.
Buchanan, in the event of his nomination,
as certain. The West Chester Jeffersoni
nian calculates the protest of the Cass del
egates represented forty thousand votes,
and remarks that the loss of one-tenth of
that number would endanger Mr. Bucha
nan's local success. Reviewing the un
mistakable evidence of disorganization pre
sented in these articles, the Lancasterian
arrives at a very gloomy, though very ra
tional conclusion as to the prospects of De
mocracy in the Slate.
Wash. Republic.
The Raleigh Standard says that Gener
al Scott is "considering." Well, that's
one good recommendation ; we like a man
of deep thought. But, the idea of the
Standard is that he will be a long while
"considering." Did it never occur to the
Standard, that another distinguished gen
tleman requires some time to explain to
the understanding of the people' "his
thoughts once matured"? How long has
General Cass been considering his "Nich
olson letter" can the editor tell us?
But, suppose, after Gen. Scott has fin
ished "considering," he should as we
have no doubt he will come out in favor
of the "Compromise" what will the
Standard say then? Why, just what it
now says without "proof" that General
Scott is the "first choice of Gov. Seward."
Well, for fear the Standard will not do it,
we intend to tell who, in all probability,
will be the first choice of Joshua R. Gid
dings, Chase, Rantoul and Preston King
men who boast that they are Abolition
ists of the deepest diet And to whom rea
der, do you suppose we allude? Why, the
nominee of the Baltimore Convention! If,
then, Gen. Scott should be set aside be
cause it is possible Gov. Seward will sup
port him for the Presidency, what ought
to be done with either of the gentlemen
likely to be the nominee of the Baltimore
Convention, supported as they would be
by Giddings, Chase, Rantoul, King, and
others of a like stripe? Wei. Herald.
The Democratic State Convention met at
Richmond March 25th. Mr. Cox, of Ches
terfield, was called to the chair temporarily;
and Messrs. William F. Ritchie, J. M. Dan
iel, and- Brunet, were appointed secre
taries. ... .. -
The proceedings of the assembled Dem
ocracy were signalized on the threshold by
a fierce and boisterous struggle between
"Old Fogyism" and "Young America."
Mr. Wise, the champion of the first-mentioned
wing of the party, offered a resolu
tion to the effect that a committee, consist
ing of one from each Congressional district,
be appointed, by the delegations from the
respective districts, to nominate the perma
nent officers of the convention. '
The Young Democracy, for reasons best
known to themselves, regarded this move
as an attempt to stock the cards in favor of
Mr. Buchanan ; and accordingly, Mr. Clai
borne, of Franklin, who is understood to
be a warm partisan of Mr. Douglas, offered
an amendment, the object of which was to
leave the appointment of the committee on
organization in the hand 3 of the temporary
chairman, and not, as proposed by Mr.
Wise, in the hands of the delegations from
the Congressional districts. A long and
excited debate Ensued, which lasted two
days. The upshot was that Mr. Wise and
the Buchananites were defeated by Clai
borne and the Young America faction, the
amendment being adopted, yeas 346, noes
261. The convention appointed fifteen
electors, with authority to the central com
mittee to appoint two for the State at large;
claiming for the State seventeen electoral
votes. A series of resolutions were adopt
ed. The first re-asserts the principles of
the resolutions, of 1798 and '99 ; the second-declares
tyat Congress has no power
to appropriate directly or indirectly the pro
ceeds of the sales of the public lauds ; the
third declares against a protective tariff; the
fourth affirms that the Federal Government
should in its foreign policy adhere to the
maxims of the Father of his Country, and
the father of Democracy ; the fifth re-affirms
the resolutions of the Baltimore Conventions
of 1844 and '48. No nomination was made
for the Presidency, and the Delegates there
fore are left free and untrammelled.
"La, me!" sighed Mrs. Partington
'here I have been suffering the bigamies
of death for three mortal weeks. First I
was seized with a bleeding phrenology in
the left hamshire of the brain, which
was exceeded by a stoppage of the left
ventilator of the hert. v This gave me an
inflamation in the borax and now 1 a'm
sick with the chloroform morbus. There
is'no blessing like that of health, particu
larly when you're sick."
The Whigs of North Carolina, among
the truest, most reliable and most conserva
tive men of the Union, are holding. Coun
ty meetings in all parts of the State, for
the purpose of selecting Delegates to the
State and District Conventions. The
meetings are all well attended, quite en
thusiastic, "and so far as we have seen, in
every one of them Resolutions have been
adopted favorable to Mr. Fillmore's nomi
nation for the Presidency. They are also
quite unanimous in favor of the nomina
tion of Mr. Graham for the Vice Presiden
cy, and as a general thing avow a willing
ness to suppoit the nominee of the Nation
al Convention- N. Y. Express.
As Interesting Relic. At a recent
conference of the. churches in Croton,
Mass., the identical Bible used by John
Rogers, the martyr, and carried by-him to
the stake, some of the leaves of which bear
marks of the flames, was brought lo the
meeting by a descendant of the martyr.
LATER FROM EUROPE.
The British Mail Steamship Eurpa ar
rived at Halifax on Friday with advices from
Liverpool to the "13th, anil from Havre to
the 12th "instant.
In the Liverpool Cotton market, a de
cline of l-8d. is reported, but mostly on the
lower grades and middling qualities ; Fair
Orleans is quoted at 5 5-8d. ; Middling
5 l-16d. ; Fair Uplands 5 l-4d:; Middling
4 7-8d. The transactions, for the week
ending the 12th instant, embraced 56,000
bales; of which speculators took 17,000,
and exporters 4,000 bales.
The decline in Cotton is fully l-8d., and
in some cases l-4d.
Intelligence from the Cape of Good Hope
had been received, announcing the close of
the Kaffir war, by the unconditional sub
mission of the Kaffirs.
On the re-assembling of Parliament on
the ISth.the Free Trade question was
broached in the House of Lords. Lord
Lyndhurst addressed the House, and, in the
course of his remarks, took occasion to de
nounce the efforts of the new Anti Corn
Law League, whose agitation,; he said,
would lead to a dissolution of Parliament.
In the House of Commons, the Opposi
tion, headed by Lord John Russel, had re
solved to vote supplies for only three
months, and, by that means, force a disso
lution of Parliament.
France. Decrees have been published,
declaring that the prescribed oath to the
Constitution and the President is indispen
sable, and that any person refusing to take
such oath shall forfeit his seat in tfce As
sembly. It is believed' that Gen. Cavaignac
will enter a chamber protest against this
action of the President, and then retire
from the Assembly. .
By another decree, the exclusive control
of education is tojbp hereafter exercised by
Church and State, and all Professor's chairs
in the Universities and Colleges throughout
France are to be abolished.
The arming of Paris is still progressing,
and more political prisoners had been sent
to Cayenne.
The opinion was prevalent that Napoleon
would assume the title of Emperor on open
ing the Chambers, on the 29th instant.
"There is no use in mincing the mat
ter; if the Convention of next month shall
require its candidate to advocate a free
Convention to amend the Constitution,
the people of the East will not sup
port him. VVe.may as well understand
each other in the outset, in order that fu
ture heartburnings and mutual crimina
tions and recriminations mavbe avoided."
Wil. Herald.
That is a fact "there is no use in min
cing the matter;" if the Whig Convention
shall determine to send a gagged candi
date into the field, or one who shall favor
amendments of the Constitution by legis
lative enactments, the Whig people of the
West may look at him but not admire
him. He won't take, and there is no use
in trying it. This question of amendment
has been forced upon the people, and they
have now got 'he whole matter into their
own hauds, and they are going to manage
it according to their own liking. It would
take a Philadelphia lawyer to explain ma
ny of the laws of our modern Legislatures,
composed as they are of County Court
lawyers and upstart!; the offspring of bro
ken down party Itacks and"s welled heads ;"
lubberly "availables" and cunning, self
ish partisans; and any one that knows any
thing knows, that a body composed of such
members, is not the most competent for
the work which is required to be done.
Since the Constitution is to be worked on,
they have determined the job shall be com
mitted to the hands of the wise, pruden
and experienced in their midst; and it is a
matter of too much importance to be cov
ered up hid and not talked about in the
approaching canvass, when they Will be
called on to give, indirectly, their sanction
to a piece of tinkering undertaken by the
last Legislature.- Sals. Watchman.
The usual luck of the Whigs has just
been exemplified in New York. The Lo
co's carried nearly all the offices at the last
State election. Mr. Cook, a Whig, how
ever got a majority of the voles for Treasu
rer, and took possession of the Office. His
adversary Mr. Welch, by virtue of an in
formation in the nature of a quoicarranto,
has just turned him out and taken it him
self. A long list of Whig votes were un
fortunately for Jas. A. Cook, instead of
Jas. M. Cook, and these being thrown out,
left him minus. Our friends of the Ob
server and Old North State, will discover
in this incident, another exemplification of
what may be considered a fact, that "the
Devil takes care of his own."
Wil. Herald.
A MODEL SPEECH.
The following is an extract from a
speech of General Buflcom, in favor of 54
40:
Mr. SpeaTcer when I open my eyes,
and look over the vast expanse of country
when I see how the yeast cf freedom
has caused it to rise in the scale of civiliza
tion and expand on either side when I
see it growing, swelling, roaring like a
spring freshet I cannot resist the idea,
sir, that the day will come when this great
nation, like a young school boy, will burst
its straps, and become entirely too big for
its boots. Sir, we waut elbow room the
continent, the whole continent, and noth
ing but the continent and we will have
it. Then shall Uncle Sam, placing his
hat upon the Canadas, rest his right arm
upon the Oregon and California coast, his
left upon the eastern sea-boavd, and whit
tle away the British power, while reposing
his leg like a freeman upon Cape Horn!
Sir, the day will the day must come.
FISHERIES.
Owing to the cold weather for the last
few days; and a heavy freshet in the Roan
oke, the fisheries have not done so well.
Those upon the Sound are improving; and
should the weather prove favorable, they
will doubtless do a good business during
the season. -Villager.
The remains of Ferdinand Harris, who
fell in a duel, some two or three years
ago, upon the Banks of the Dismal Swamp
Canal, errived here a few days ago, on
their way ,to Greenville, the former resi
dence of the unfortunate deceased
Ply.
Jlllagcr.
PUBLIC EXPENDITURES.
Mr. Buchanan, say3 the Charlottesville
Advocate, has attempted to introduce a
new issue in the Presidential canvass. In
a recent electioneering letter, he says:
"These expenditures (of the Federal
government) have now reached the enor
mous sum of fifty millions of dollars per
annum ; and, unless arrested m their
advance by the strong arm of the Democra
cy of the country may, in the course of a
few years reach one hundred millions."
To hear Mr. Buchanan talking about
economy in the expenditures of the gov
ernment is really funny. It reminds us of
a certain personage rebuking sin. But the
impudence of the thing surpasses belief.
Does l.b honorable gentleman suppose
that there is a child in the land who does
not know that the great increase of our
expenses is a legacy from the Polk Admin
istration, of which Mr. Buchanan was
chief? Not only so. We have good dem
ocratic authority for saying that the demo
cratic part' is now responsible for the large
expenditures of the government Mr.
Borland said in the Senate, on Monday,
" Upon what grounds can the Democrat
ic party ask a change of administration,
the old issues being out cf the question ?
Certainly not on the ground of lavish ex
penditures of the public money, because
they having the majority-in both houses,
could have controlled those expenditures
by refusing the appropriations. No man
of the Democratic party at the next elec
tion can go before the people, and ask a
change of administration on the ground of
the increased expenditures of the govern
ment." These Demociatic doctors disagree, and
we will leave them to settle the difference
between them.
Pennsylvania Whig Convention.-
The Whig State Convention of Pennsyl
vania assembled at Harrisburg on the 2oih
instant, and was permanently organized
by the election of the Hon. William Jes
sup, of Susquehanna county, as president,
with numerous vice presidents and secre
taries. "
Mr. Jessup, on taking the chair, return
ed his thanks, urging, in a forcible man
ner, the importance of harmony and con
ciliation. A committee of thirteen was appointed
to draft esolutions, and the- convention
took a recess.
When reassembled , on motion of Mr.
Kilingler, the convention proceeded to
vote viva voce for a Presidential candidate,
which resulted in General Scott receiving
113 votes to 5 as the nominee of the Na
tional Conveniion.
Ex-Governor William F. Jhnston,Mor
lon McMichael, and John C. Kunkle,
Were then elected senatorial delegates to
the National Convention.-
" Long may it Wave !"- General
Wayne announced to General Washing
ton the victory of Stoney Point thus lacon
ically :
Stoney Point, 2 o'clock A. M.
July 16, 1779.
'Dear General : The American
lias:
waves here ! Yours truly,
Anthony Wavne."
E squire .-r The question is often asked,
who is entitled to the title of Esquire, in
the United States, according to usage? -The
answer is plain every man who has
taken to himself a wife!
Just so. And the rest of mankind are
nothing more than Majors and Colonels,
and so forth.
Grccnsborough Patriot
The North Carolinian thinks that the
Whig Meeting in Moore was in a fog as to
where its delegates were to go and hence,
its reference to a convention of the Whig
or Union Party. Did the Carolinian ever
hear of a certain set of delegates that were
appointed to represent the respectable
county of Edgecombe in a Democratic
State Convention in Raleigh. They set
out for the City of Oaks in high glee, so
the story goes, "full of the fundamental
principles of Democracy;" but when they
reached the fork of the road there was not
a man amongst them who could read the
sign board. The consequence was, they
took the wror track and never got to the
Convention at all. Long after the body
had adjourned they were heard of in Nash,
drinking brandy and fighting chickens.
Y..: N. C. :' Argus....
France and Switzerland. Wil
mer and Smith's European Time3 discour
ses a3 follows of the relations of France
and Switzerland, and other.matters:
"Every day increases the anxiety which
prevails respecting the affairs of Switzer
land. The claim made by the French
Government for the extrusion of a few po
litical refugees from Switzerland, is mere
ly the pretext for ulterior designs. M. Be
rart, the Inspector General of Lyons, con
tinues at Paris, and is in constant commu
nication with Louis Napoleon. From the
concentration of troops in the Southeast of
France, there is little doubt that some seri
ous military movements are contemplated.
An armed intervention with the occupation
of Geneva and Faud by the French, and
of Ticino by the Austrians, is evidently
meditated , if not resolved upon ."
Philadelphia, March 27, 1852.
The jury in the case of the Skupinskis
came into court this morning with a verdict
of guilty of murder in the first degree.
The prisoners seemed to be fully aware of
ilifi npnl of their nosition . and watched the
jury, as the verdict was pronounced, with
the closest attention, jviamias, wuo nas,
throughout the trial, maintained a harden
ed composure, became as pale as death;
while Blaisgave evidence, by his inflamed
eyes, that he had been weeping bitterly.
New Orleans, March 23. Our mu
nicipal election came offon'Monday under
the new charter, and the Whig ticket was
successful over both Democrats and Inde
pendents. Mr. Crossman, the Whig can
didate for Mayor, was elected Over Mr.
Lewis, by about fifty majority.
RALEIGH TIMES
11 A L E I G II , N . C .
FRIDAY APRIL 2, 1852.
Mr. C. VV. James, No. 1 IIrrisnn Street, C in
cinnati, Ohio, is our General Travelinff Aent for
the Western States, assisted by John T. D'nt, Dr.
J. A. Wailsworth, Alex. R. Laws, James Ruther
ford, Dr, Lott Edwards, C. M. L. Wiseman, and
II. J. Tliotnas. ,
Mr. Henry Jf . Lewis, Montgomery, Ala., is nnr
General Traveling Agent for the States of Ala
bama and Tennessee, assisted by C. F. Lewisa
James O. Lewis and Samuel D. Lewis.
Mr. Israel E.James, No. 182 South Tenth Street,
Philada., is our General Traveling Agent, assisted
by Wm . H. Weld, John Collins, James Dcering,
A. Kirk Wellington. E. A. Evans. Perrin Locke,
George P. Button. Joseph Button, D. R. Goodin,
William J. Coxey, Isaac M. Bodine and Walter
D. Thompson.
Receipts from either of the above will be good.
WAKE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
The Wake County Agricultural Society
met at the Capitol onMonday last. It was a
very respectable meeting mostly of the far
mers of the county; Maj C. L. Hinton pre
siding. Able and instructive addresses were
delivered by Alpheus Jones, Esq., and the
Rev. Dr. Richard M. Mason. Brief but in
teresting remarks were also made by Messrs.
William Boylan, Willie Pope, W. F. Col
lins, L. O. B. Branch, and Dr. Hicks. A
constitution was adopted, and officers ap
pointed for the ensuing year; and the socie
ty adjourned to meet again at May Court.
STATE POLICY DISCUSSION.
Our readers will find scattcied over our
columns, some articles from other papers,
which may interest them. We leave all
concerning this subject ta the wisdom of
the people of the State intending to main
tain the: positions we have taken, on all
suitable occasions. We may as well have
no State constitution, as one liable to alter
ations at any time when it may suit a party
in the State, and a minority parly at that.
'If. the people of the State intend to sub
mit to it if the Whig conservatives choose
to surrender power on such terms, and
give up their parly organization, to be run
over by Locofoco innovations, much as we
may regret to see it, we shall be compelled
to submit.
We believe that a majority of (he peo
ple of the State desire amendments to the
constitution ; and we prefer to make one
job of the whole concern. If the people
are dissatisfied with their present constitu
tion, it is their undoubted right to change
it : and our preference is t i trust them
with it rather than the Legislature. That's
our whole ground.
So fur as the coming elections are con
cerned, we have all along indicated the
course which, in our best judgment, the
Whig party should pursue. If we are
wrong, the State convention can set us
right ; and we shall sustain,- as far as- we
can, the policy they recommend : deeming
it not at all likely they will oppose the Con
vention mode of amending the constitu
tion. But whatever be their action, on
this subject we are free : nor will our ef
forts to bring about a Free Convention for
the reform of our constitution cease, until
this question is settled by the people, one
way or the other.
gf Attention is called to an article from
the Newbernian, on our first page, on the
subject of agreement among the Whigs of
the State in respect to Free Suffrage and
Reform. To all sincere and well meant
efforts to produce unity of action in the
Whig party, our columns are open. We
might say much as lo the particular views
presented : but as we favor an open and
unrestricted convention, it is perhaps best
to content ourselves, at present, with a
general reference to the article, that our
readers may judge for themselves. The
whole difficulty may turn upon the only
points proposed to be reserved ; and in that
case, all we may say now would be thrown
away. ; ".-":";-.'-
Superior Court has been in session all
this week. No cases of great public import
ance have been tried, though the usual
number of indictments for assaults, disorder
ly houses, &c. have occupied the time of
the Court. A negro named Mitchell.charg
ed with murder, was examined by a jury se
lected for the purpose, by whom he was
pronounced insane, so that he was not ar
raigned, and has been left in jail. Judge
Dick presided at this term.
In one, case before this Court, indictment
for disorderly house, we learn the defence
set up was, that it was not a nuisance of a
noisy character, so as to disturb the imme
diate neighborhood it was alleged that a
man riding along the street could not hear
it. We have never understood, that in these
cases, the nuisance consisted in the noise, j
A dirty, filthy grog shop, where white men,
free negroes and slaves assemble to drink
and gamble, we conceive to be the worst
nuisance in the land, albeit no positively
noisy riot may ever occur in the place -and
surely, in a slave country like our's, all the
other facts being proved, the mere circum-1
stance that people in the street would not
be disturbed by the noise, should not suffice
to screen the corrupter of slaves and the
trader od ihe vices of free negroes and dis
solute white men from a punishment heavy
enough to break up his unlawful establish
ment. There are many nuisances which
are not noisy at all. An unhealthy stench
is a nuisance immodest exhibitions of
whatever kind, are nuisances; nnd, noise or
no noise, we must believe every shop or
doggery, where this indiscriminate tradino
with and gathering of negroes may be al
lowed, are nuisances in fact and in law, and
the peace and good order of society require
they shall be abated. I
What are our Magistrates and Commis
sioners and Police officers about, that so
many of these unlicensed grogshops are
doing business around us? Why is not the
law enforced, and" indictments sent up, not
only in one or two, but in dozens of cases?
THE COST OF IT. 1
The Goldtboro' Republican and Patriot,
in the course of an article upon the Con
vention Question, makes the following as
sertion: "The expense of a Convention will
not be less than $40,000," fkcT The last
session of the General Assembly was a long
one, about 70 days, we think, and the cost
for pay of members, clerk?, &c. f according
to the Comptroller's statement, was $45,685.
We are curious to see how that print will
support this assertion, by any calculation
within the range of figutes; for surely a very
wide mistake is committed here. The Leg
islative mode of amendment is far the most
expensive- one single amendment, by leg
islative enactment, will cost more than a
Convention of the people, by which the
whole constitution may be amended and
revised. In the speech of Mr. Foster in
the last Legislature, he gave the following
account of the expense of Legislative amend
ments, and the cost of the Convention pro
posed by his bill, on the basis of the House
of Commons: j
"Well, sir, let us endeavor, in the first
place, to form a rough estimate of the cost
of amending the constitution by legislative
enactment. The Legislature of North Car
olina costs the State per day $560, apart
from the public printing.fuel, stationery. &.c.'
Again: j
" Let u-s look at the cost of one amend
ment by this method, under the most favo
rable circumstances. I hive said the Leg
islature costs, apart from public printing,
stationery, Sec. $560 per day. Say, then,
that the bill receives, after being discussed
for owe week, which all will admit to be a
very short allowance the required three
fifths. It has then cost the State $3,360.
Well, sir, allow four days to its discussion,
at the succeeding Legislature, when ! it is
brought forward to receive the two-thirds
vote. That will cost $2,240, which makes
the sum spent for the passage of one single
amendment through the Legislature, $5,600;
and then, sir; after that it must be submitted
to the people for their ratification. Suppose
then, sir, three amendments passed, or at
tempted to-Be passed, then the State; has
pal"3. $16,800. -Now, sir, it must be appa
rent to every on that my estimate of the
cost is far too small. Now let us turn to
the cost of a convention. My bill provides
for 120 members, at $1 50 per day. Allow
$12 per day for clerks and door-keepers,and
you have, apart froni- fuel, stationery, printing-,
ftc., tiie cost of the convention per day
$192. Allow then for the discussion of
one ainendmtilt' the -same number of days
as was above allowed for the Legislature,
to wit, eleven. You then have the cost $2,
112, instead of $5,600. Suppose there be
three amendments discussed, you then have
the sum. of $6,336 instead of $16,800. The"
mileage aild pay of the Senate is also saved
by this method. So, sir, I' think no one
can doubt that' the method' proposed in my
bill Will, iri addition to it's- many other; re--commendatioiis,
save to the State Treasury
a large amount of money." S
Attacks ox Freedom. It seems that'
some attempts were made in Wilmington
to restrain the freedom of speech, with a'
view to prevent an American citizen from
lecturing in that town; and we were pleas
ed to see that the attempts were unsuccess
ful. In Charleston, disturbances were
threatened ; and in Baltimore, at one; of
the lectures, this same man was interrupt
ed, and shots were fired through the win
dow, but he stood his ground. Fine times,
indeed 1 What are we coming to next?
When free discussion is attempted tObe
prevented l-y strength and violence on the
part of an intolerant religious sect, it is a
bout time for us to consider whether our
freedom is not slipping away from us.
We trust never to hear of anything of this
soil in .North Carolina. Let all men lec
ture, write and preach in favor of and a
gainst Bishops, Popes and Devils, freely
enlightened public opiuion can and will
apply the proer corrective, and truth will
ultimately prevail. If the time ever comes
when Catholics can deprive an American
citizen of the right of freedom of speech
by any means whatever, there will be no
thing left for it but to begin de novo thu
work of liberty, which our fathers wil
have achieved for us in vain. j
Louisiana. The Legislature of this State,
has passed an act providing for taking the
sense of the people on the expediency of
calling a convention to ch.ange the consti
tution of the Slate. The questionto be sub
mitted to the people on the 12th of April.
"HOUSEHOLD WORDS." j "
We are indebted to Messrs. Angell, En-:
gel and He wit, fio. 1, Spruce st, N. Y.
for 'Household Words by Charles Dick
ens." We receive no publication on which
we place a higher value. Weekly, $2,50
per aimmn. Address as above,