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Money for the Office may be sent by mail at our risk, in pay ment for subscriptions, advertisements, jobs, ate. SjT Office on fatettetille st., one door below POST OFFICE. WHIG STATE CONVENTION. The proceedings of -this body, which Avill be found in to-day V paper, we feel sure will be hailed with the greatest satis faction by the "Whigs throushout the State. The resolutions in regard to national politics, are short, explicit, and to'the point They place the Whig party of North Car olina exatcly where we are pleased to see them stand having a decided preference for Fillmore and Graham, yet expressing a willingness cordially to support theJnom inees of the Whig National Convention "if they are unequivocally in favor of sus taining the Compromise measures" de claring against the doctrine of Intervention and for.a strict adherence to the foreign policy of Washington disapproving of the wholesale disposition of the Public Lands for ihe benefit of the new States, and insis ting upon the right of North Carolina to an equal and just participation in the same-rand lastly, declaring an immovable attach ment to the Constitution and the Union, and expressing a 'determination to resist every attempt to alien tie one portion of our country from the rest, and to enfeeble the sacred ties which link together its va rious part." The resolution relating to amendments of the Constitution, is just the thing. It enunciates a principle upon which, we be lieve, the Whigs of all sections can unite The constitution is left by it in the hands of the people; and, unlike our opponents, Whigs are not required to take quack pre scriptions for constitutional amendments, or be compelled to abandon their political principles. The nomination of John Kerr, esq., the able and eloquent defender of Whig prin ciples, is equally gratifying. With a zeal which, in a contest for principle, knows no abating; with an energy which brings him early to the conflict, and urges him on to i ,, , -.1, II an nonoraoie ciose; wuu a wen oiuicu mind, and a strength of intellect which en ables him to bring the rich store into effec tive use; and with a fervor of patriotism which enables him to infuse into his hear ets a portion of his own enthusiasm; Mr, Kerr cannot fail to rally at least the Whig party of North Carolina, if he does not se ct' re the support of many who are num bered among the Democracy. We there foie place his name at our mast head, with a well assured hope, that with such a lea der and such a cause the Whigs will a chieve a noble triumph in August next. Hills. Recorder. THE CONVENTION. The Raleigh papers, received Dy Satur day night's mail, biought the full and offi cial report of the proceedings of the late Whig Convention. An abstract of what wa3 done, is all we can find room for in this number, but the full proceedings shall appear next week. From the Raleigh and Wilmington and Goldsboro Whig pa pers, the Edilors of several of which were present, as well as from private sources, we learn that the predictions of our democratic friends, that jarring and disagreement would be the order of the day in the Con vention, were sadly at fault. From all accounts there never has assembled a cimi lar body in the State, which was charac terised by more complete harmony, una nimity, good feeling and determination to sacrifice every thing but principle, to the cause. We xannot now speak as fully as we tione to find time and SDace hereafter as to the result of the deliberations of the Con vention. We can merely say at present, that upon national questions no grounds could have been taken more worthy of the chosen exponents of the opinions of tbe Whig party of the State, and none so like ly to secure unanimity of action throughout the whole State. Tha grounds taken upon State issues, although as our readers are aware, they fail short pf GUf ideas of what would have been the most effective platform for sweep ing Locofocoism as with a besom of de struction throughout the length and breadth of the State, and placing the Whig party firmly and for an indefinite length of time in the ascendancy, they are yet such as it .appears to us, no good Whig or true re publican can object to. Like I he platform we suggested, they leave the decision of these issues to the people where they be long. The saving clause that if a con vention is to be called, it ought to be call ed on the federal basis, was intended doubtless, and ought to be effective for al laying any fears in the Eastern Counties, hal a conventien may alter the basis of representation. : We ground our advocacyn of a convention on the firm conviction that a convention called upon the federal basic, cannot even if the attempt should be mads establish the white basis. - As to the nomination, we learn that ihers was but one opinion nd one voice in ie Convention upon whom it should fajl. Below will be found a just tribute to the abilities and worth of John Kerr, the nom inee, and an allusion to his long and well tried devotion to the interests of the Whig party. Considering the unanimity that charac terized the action of the Convention, and the remarkable disposition, that from the first prevailed and was predominant throughout, and the spirit that animated the entire body, we have now, strong con fidence in the conviction that Mr. Kerr will carry the Slate, even without such a platform as we advocated, and that the fifth of August next, will witness the sig nal defeat both in the General and legisla tive election, of that party, which the di vision and apathy of the Whigs have suf fered to gain a temporary ascendancy in State. If our own efforts have contributed in any degree to promote the spirit of Com promise and harmony that prevailed in the Convention, and which we hail as a har binger of success we shall feel amply re warded for having discharged our duty to the glorious Whigs of the Old North State. Newbcrnian. MORE TESTIMONY. We have charged the Locofocracy of North Carolina with hostility to the Union and with a disposition to continue agitation on the subjects embraced in the Comprom ise measure of the last Congress. That charge has been over and over again deni ed. But facts speak more plainly than tcords. In a recent vole of the House of Representatives on the following resolu tion, presented by Mr. Hillyer, of Geor gia: Resolved, That the series of acts passed during the first session of the 3 1st Congress, known as the compromise are regarded as a final adjustment and si permanent settle ment of the questions therein embraced, and should be regarded, maintained, and executed, as such:" Messrs. Ashe, Daniel, and Venable, Locofoco members of Congres from this State, are recorded in the negative, along with Durkee, Preston, King, and Ranloul- Let the people remember this. Let them remember that Messrs. Ashe, Dan iel and Venable, do not regard the series of acts passed during the first session of the 31st Congress as a settlemknt of the ques tions therein embraced; but that they are for further agitation ; tliat they desire still longer to blow the coals of strife, and tug at the bands which bind the Union togeth er In its issue of the 17th of January the Standard avowed its purpose no longer to sustain any man who would not thence forward regard the Compromise, in princi ple and substance, as a final settlement of the Slavery question. -Mr. Daniel is tbe Standard's immediate representative: and now we have brought it up to the ring, let us see how it will dance. It never fails to step out of its Baliwick to straighten up General Dockery or Edward Stanly. Now it has work to do nigher its own door sill. Let us see it uncorking the vials of its righteous wrath, and pouring out of them upon the head of Mr. Daniel. Let us be hold (he Jupiter Tonans of the Locofoco Press baring his red right arm and hurling his forked bolts about the heads of Messrs. Ashe, Daniel and Venable while the smaller fry follow with a shower of those pebbles which, like Kenneth of the Mist, they never fail to have in their plaid nooks, to fling at moi e honest men than them selves. It will be refreshing to human n?ture to know that the Standard has, in the course of a longand not overly well spent life, redeemed one single pledge, and turned its batteries against he enemies of peace and Union. And will the S'.and ard and its satellites do this? Yea, ver ily when the sky falls, and when hones ty comes to he regarded as a virtue in Lo cofoco politics. N. C. Argus. Wc would suggest to the Whigs of the Fifth Congressional District, the propriety of holding a Convention at this place, some time during the present month, to appoint delegates to the Whig National Convention, which is to meet in Baltimore on Wednesday the 16th of June next. Tuesday of Orange County Court, the 25th inst., has been recommended as a suitable time for its assemblage, when del egates will be in attendance here from Al amance and Orange. This, of course, is only a suggestion ; and if "the other coun ties do not find it convenient to adopt the arrangement, their wishes if made known, will be promptly responded to. Action in the premises should be taken soon, that there may be concert. HUlboro Recorder Letter from. the Rev. Dr. King. The New York papers contain a letter from the Rev. Dr. King, the American who was recently imprisoned in Greece for preaching against the doctrines of the Greek Church. The letter is dated in the prison of Athens, March 9ih. He states that he had been treated kindly by the police, and that his friends were permitted to visit him daily; but of the prison he says: "Besides myself there are one hundred and twenty-five persons. A few days since there were one hundred and eighty. These occupy eleven small rooms, eight of which are about ten or eleven feet square, in each of which are from eight to twelve persops. The other three rooms are perhaps two or three times as large, and in each are con fined twenty five persons. 'From these facts you can judge of the accommoda tions enjoyed here. Most of them have no beds on which to sleep, and some not very warmly clad. It is enough to make one's heart ache to see them." i y 1IIJ I A V One of the Editors of the New York Express gives some account of a visit to Mr. Clay in his sick chamber ; from which we extract the conclusion : "Mr. Clay, though he thinks much of nil fnreicrn nnd domestic ouestions. so far as they are connected with the glory of . . j ...ui r his country, ana sometimes no uouui ui late has had a burning spirit to return to the forum, is enabled to read but little, or to have but little read to him of the occur rences of the day. But next to those eter nal truths which foreshadow to him the fu ture world, and which like the links of a connecting chain bind the things which are of this world to those which are to come after it, he. thinks most of that country which in one form or another he has served more than half of a century of time. Were he in the Senate to-day he would vote for protection to America labor, for the construction of works of Internal Im provement on the sea boaid and along the inland waters of the country, for an equit able distribution of the proceeds arising from the sales of the Public Domain, so that the old States as well as the new should share in the benefits arising from the common property of the Nation, and especially against that innovation upon the policy of Washington and all the fathers and chiefs of the Republic for all time, that it is not lawful for one Nation, under any pretence short of its own safety, to interfere in tne concerns of another country , especially when that other country is a na tion upon the confines of Europe. May these principles of National justice and patriotism long stuvive the life of Henry Clav. . ; "1 met Mr. Clav in his room with only two New York friends and with a melan- r.liolv nleasure. It was a sad sight to be hold the ravages of time and of disease upon his tall and graceful person. It was melancholy to realize that his learning, wisdom, experience, and all would soon be buried with him in the cold earth. It was painful to feel that his melody of voice would soon be changed to the whispers of death and finally die away in the plaintive breezes of his departing spirit. But it was a privilege to hear what must be among the last words of such a man, to see his unfailing hope as the embers of life spark by spark are burning out. It is not for Mr. Clay, but for his country, that I se gretted foi a moment in his presence that he had not reached the meridian of place, as well as glory in his country's history. But reflection teaches me, that it is not al ways compatible with genius, greatness, truth, honesty and service to secure public nlare. Genius and greatness often beget jealousies, the truth plainly spoken, even though spoken in love gives onence, nou esty is misjudged, or out of fashion, and public services are often forgotten as soon as they are performed. As Greece banish ed Aristide3 and Rome exiled Marcellus, so the countrymen of Henry Clay have at times preferred the least to the greatest of their benefactors. But posterity will ap preciate him, and defend him. He has even now survived his calumniators and all calumny, and we feel already that a Glory wit limit end Scatters the clouds away; and on attend The tears and praises of all time." Lis- DEMOCRACY There is as much variance and contra riety of sentiment existing in the Demo cratic party in regard to measures, as there are respecting the merits of candidates.- The party is inharmonious, and as divided upon measures as it is upon men ; and from contrasting the avowed opinions of leaders living at different periods of our government, ot in different sections of the country, it would be difficult to ascertain the real distinctive doctrines which consti tute the creed, or, as the vernacular has it the "platform" of the party. Modern Democracy is- made up of very different el ements from pure and unadulterated Jack sonian Democracy, and what is Democra cy in Michigan or New Jersey, is Federal ism in Virginia and Louisiana taking its hue and features from its particular local ity. . A few years ago, opposition co banks, to the appropriation of the public money, and to a protective tariff were the cardinal and distinguishing marks of a staunch Jackson Democrat. But times are changed, and old fogyism is becoming generally repudi ated. Now we see banks multiplying, fos tered and encouraged in the strongest Dem ocratic States ; millions of the public prop erty voted away by a Democratic Congress to works of internal improvement and a protective tariff openly advocated by Dem ocrats whose loyality to party is unques. tionable. The present Congress, in the prodigal expenditure of the public property for the construction of railroads, ha gone ahead of every other since the formation of the government.. Every State that has ap plied for aid, either has already received, or certainly will receive, in order, ample donations of public lands to enable them to build their railroads. Whatever may be said in favor of the propriety and expedi ency of thus disposing of the public do main to facilitate the great works of pro gress which characterize the present age, it cannot be denied, that it is in direct op position to the avowed and universally re ceived principles of Democracy. So gross ly has this orthodox and time-honored dem ocratic doctrine been violated and abused that the Virginia Democracy, who are the constituted regulators and fuglemen of the party , always on the alert to detect any backslidings & deflections from the straight line chalked out by the memorable resolu tions of '98 and '99, have deemed it ne cessary to rebuke their weak brethren by formally reaffirming their principles, the prominent one of which they declare to be that Congress has no power to appropriate, directly or indirectly, the proceeds of the sales of the public lands, or to grant, di rectly or indirectly, the public lands to the purposes of internal improvement. The denial of any such extraordinary power by the National Legislature has always been an axiomatic Democratic doctrine, consti tuting in fact the very essence of pure and simple Democracy ; and yet we find the present Democratic Congress giviug away with an open hand millions of acres of the public lands, to any or all of the States wherein they lie, for tho mere asking. A slight idea of the extent of these de mands on Congress for the creation and support of railroads, .and of the magnitude of the fabrics of which they are laying the foundation, may be formed from the fol lowing facts, which we obtain from the re cord. Besides the donation to the Illinois Central Railroad of two millions of acres of land, estimated to be worth twenty-one million four hundred thousand dollars, there are now before Congress eighty rail road projects presented at the last session, involving grants of incalculable millions. To this list are to be added the projects al ready to be presented the present session, numbering thirty-one. These thirty-one railroads measure upward of eight thous and three hundred miles in extent. If they could all receive alternate sections of land six miles in depth on either side of the track of each road, the aggregate num ber of acres would be upward of thirty millions. Assuming this land to be quad rupled in value by the roads in question, which is a moderate estimate, the worth of them would be one hundred and Jifty mil lions of dollars. It was doubtless in consequence of this flagrant abuse and perversion of a cardinal principle, that the Democratic State Con vention of Virginia deemed tradvisable to pass the resolution we have alluded to. It was intended as a gentle chiding of the wayward progressives, by the reverend and never changing "old fogies" of the Jeffer sonian school. Correspondence of the N. Y. Express. Washington May 1. The last levee of the season was given at the Presidential Mansion last evening. The crowd in attendance was immense, though not much moije so, 1 am told, than upon other occasions. The rooms were elegantly lighted, md the company ap peared in every variety of costume from high to humble life. The Heads of De partments and their ladies were generally in attendance. Distinguished Senators and officers were also there, among whom was General Scott and Senator Houston of Texas, the last of whom has just retur ned after about three months absence. The lady of General Scott was also pres ent. Many of the Diplomatic corps were also there. The most observed parly was an Indian Delegation, powerful in form and striking in appearance, who occupied a conspicuous place in the East Room. The President and family erformed the honors of the evening with grace and ele gance, and it is the general remark here, that the attentions of the White House have never been bestowed with more cour tesy and hospitality than they are now. Mr. Fillmore is a hard workman, an ear ly riser, and devotes himself heartily and entirely to the onerous duties of his office, but he bears all with a philosophy and e quable temper, which greath lightens his labor. Of the strangers who see him nearly all when leaving him desire to pro long the services of one so admirably suit ed to be the Chief Magistrate of the coun try. The strong conviction of Northern men and Southern alike is that he is a safe wise and just public officer, and in all things a man not to be swerved an inch from public duty by caprice, passion, se: tional excitement or even popular revolu tion. He looks solely to the Constitution which he has sworn to support, and to the laws which he has sworn to execute, and for the rest seeks to do his duty justly to wards all parts of the country an J all class es of people. And yet it would be idle to disguise the fact that Mr. Fillmore has enemies and very bitter one3, among extreme partizans and selfish politicians. The partizans hate him for hi3 principles, and such com plain, as I heard of one to-djy, because Mr. Fillmore executes even the forms of politeness towards his opponents. The othe.s delight in abusing and backbiting a man who will not be the President of a faction and who is too honest to abandon public duty to secure their honor and ad vantage. May Day has come here with the sitv ging of birds the perfume of flowers, the blossoming of trees, the opening of the li lacs, a blue sky, and a genial sun and a delightful atmosphere. The evening be gxiis, top, with music in the public grounds and this will pontinue through the spring and summer, Y, N. Express. An Apt Simllie. A T . n I, K nridk-t mmP liinfl since, in n nun j a. ii vttiuuiiL- j. v, - - -.-T - it Germany, on entering the pulpit, took a walnurj. into it. He told his hearers that the shell was tasteless and valueless that was Calvin's church. The skin was nauseous, disagreeable and worth lessthat was the Lutheran church. He then said he would show them the Holy Apostolical church. He cracked the put and found it rotten. CASS AND DOUGLAS. We have often called public attention to the fact that these two worthy and respec table "fogies" dodged the Vote on the Fugitive slave law. We have also shown the dodging upon the subject since, be tween Douglas and his friends. A Vir ginia paper puts a few questions and sug gestions on this subject which it is well e nough to keep before the people : "When the question was asked in Con gress why Senator Douglas did not vote for that provision of the Compromise the Fugitive Slave Law Mr. Richardson, of Illinois, one of Douglas's peculiar friends, answered, by saying, that he was prevent ed from being present in the United States Senate through sickness. Two weeks af terwards Mr. Douglas himself declared that he was in New York at the time the vole was taken. If in New York, did Senator Douglas go there to avoid the vote ? Whieh Version is corrects or who can harmonize the conflicting statements ? Did Senator Douglas dodge the responsi bility until he saw how "the cat jumped'? whether it would be a politic move to sustain or oppose the Compromise Meas ures. "But this is not all. Let the Demo cratic Press tell us why Senator Cass did not vote for the Fugitive Slave Law. Mr. Cass was neither in New York nor prevented by sickness. Mr. Cass was there, on the floor of the United States Senate, when the vote was taken, but be never even so much as said a word, when the Clerk called "Lewis Cass." The "noise and confusion" was not so great that his voice could not have been heard, but yet he failed to vote for this bill. "Here then, gentlemen, are two of your prominent candidates, both of whom had an opportunity to vote for this peculiar measure, yet the one held his peace and the other absented himself ! Either of these gentlemen you will support for the Presidency, and yet neither of them exer ted themselves for the Compromise, whilst the man you decry the loudest, General Scott, was their warm advocate then, and has never, "to this day, made a recantation. If he has, produce it." COL. WHEELER'S SPEECH, We rather "guess," from the flowing description furnished the Carolina Repub lican, (and which we cheerfully copy to increase the currency of the event,) that Col. Wheeler made a rousing speech at Davidson College the other day. In short, a speech "as is a speech." Listen. DAVIDSON COLLEGE. At the specified hour the members of the society, with a respectable number of the citizens of the village, convened in the Eumenean Hall. The meeting was open ed with prayer, after -which. the orator was introduced to the audience. He arose with a dignity and composure that elicited attention from the most giddy. The first strains of his eloquence were indulged, in portraying the advantages of History ; impressing on the youthful mind the necessity of holding converse with the "Forgotten Great" through the medium of that "revered chronicle of time -" and enforcing the obligation to secure from the j grasp of oblivion the uames of those whose characters should ever shine on the panor- i ama of memory, leading the auditors en tranced by his eulogy on Washington,vho has been appropriately sly led, "The Cincinnatus of the West, Whom envy dared not hate." He then proceeded to his subject, select ed for the occasion " The lives of the early Governors of North Carolina,'''' which he treated with such eloquence and perspicuity, that the mind had but to throw open its portals, enjoy the "feast of rea son," arid soar on the pinions of imagina tion to visit the monuments of ancestral icorth, that have stood, "Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds." In concluding, he struck the chord of sympathy, with peals of such glowing el oquence, that each heart expanded with delight, in hearing the immortal tribute paid" to the memories of those whose names, ' Shall resist the empire of decay. When time is o'er, and worlds have passed away;- '' ' For cold in the dust the perished heart may lie. But that which warmed it once can never die." We say, in fine, that the whole tenor of Col. Wheeler's speech displayed a pro fundity of thought a'nd an intimacy with the records of time of which few can boast, and these combined with his earnest and animated manner of delivery, eustamped an impression not easily effaced. There ye carping critics, "where be your gibes now ?" Observe, he comes at the specified hour, neither too late nor too soon, hut just in time, and rises dignified and composed. "The first strains of his eloquence," was it a strain, portrays Ais tory his favorite study, our matrimoni al guillotine ; and then away he goes "ou the pinions of the imagination" to such a height that it were dangerous to follow. And therefore we shan t attempt it. Wit. Herald. - The odorus matter of flowers is imflammaMe and arises from an essential oil. When growing in the dark, their odor is diminished, but restored in light, and it is strongest in sunny climates. THE ELIXIR OF LIFE. In all ages and countries the search lor an Elixir of Life has consumed the time of philosophers and impoverished their weal thiest patrons. And yet few persons, even if they could, would choose to live forever on earth. Our happiness here ia so invol ved w ith that of others, that he who sur vives his family and friends has little left foi which to live. Could a man's existence be protracted to five hundred years, he would spend at least the last four hundred years alone in the world, with no companionship of wife or children to alleviate care or sweet en pleasure. The legend of the "Wander ing Jew" is regarded amoBg all nations as typifying the most awful penalty which it is possible to suffer in this world. The desire for an elixir of life is a weak feeling, oppo sed to all experience and to all correct rea soning. It springs from that instinctive love of existence which beings to the mere animal nature, and is not sanctioned.in this its excess, by either tho soul or the intellect. To live for centuries, yet grow old at three score and ten, would be a purgatory on earth. To survive all our friends, even if we preserved our youth, would be like liv ing several lives,and enduring all their griefs, when the sorrows of one life are enough generally to bear down the stoutest heart The happiest lot, perhaps is to fill the usual term of life, and die a green old age before we are left entirely alone. Few, however, do this. But the fault is theirs, If all would live scoording to the laws of their being, human life would nearly always extend to seventy. But we scourge our selves to death with our passions, or wear our existence out with anxieties about wealth or consume our physical powers in the fire of intemperate living; and then, when death draws nigh, we reproach heaven with not giving us protracted days. There are some cases, it is true, in which a weakly consti tution is inherited from parents ; with this exception, we all have, as it were, a long or a short life at our disposal. A cheerful mind, methodical habits, and steady occu pation, are nearly certain to produce long life; But dissipation, excessive ambition;a passionate temper, and all other causes which wear out the human machine, inevi tably shorten existence. The true elixir of life is not to be sot'ht in medicine, therefore, but in the proper or dering of our days. There is not an hour, in our whole career, w hen we may not do some thing either to lengthen or shorten our lives. Yet 7iow rarely do we reflect on this! How little, when engaged in the pursuit of plea sure, do we regard this great truth. How frequently, when seeking fortune, do we openly violate it ! To live long we must avoid excesses, whether of body or mind, do our duty to our fellows, and take air and exercise; and thus, with a mind at ease and a regular mode of life, we may boast of hav iiiff found the true elixir. CASS AND STOCKTON. The Macon (Ga.) Telegraph, a leading Democratic paper, draws the portraits of Messrs. Cass and Stockton in the follow ing pleasant and complimentary style: Gen. Cass is par excellence, the Old Fogy of the American Senate. After him, but immeasurably behind him, comes Com. Stockton, havinir. thouoh in inferi or development, many of those qualities which have gained lor tne iuicnigan sen ator the title of "His most unapproachable Foginess," LikeGen. Cass Com. Stock ton is unimpeachably "respectable," and venerably stupid garrulous beyond pre cedent, and gouty without doubt. In debted for his position solely to his wealth, pampered by along course of flattery atid good dinners, a great man in a small neigh borhood, he has all the elements of prosi ness, dignity and dullness, "so mixed in him, that nature may stand up and say to the world, this is a" Fogy. A Washington desptch of the 20th says : It is understood Mr. Mangum and the other Whig members who agree with him intend to come out with an address in re ply. It is claimed that the address issued to-day does great injustic to the position assumed by Mr. Mangum and his friends. In the first place, that at the former meet ing it was moved by Mr. Cabell of Flori da, one of the seceders, that the rules of the Senate should govern the meeting; that this resolution of course remained in force at the adjournment of the meeting; that Mr. Stanly of N. C. moved as the first business of the adjourned meeting, the fix ing the time and place, and that accord ing to the rules adopted, both Messrs. Mar shall and Gentry's substitutes and amend ment were ruled out of order as not being germaine to the' original resolution; that Mr. Mangum distinctly stated in the meet ing his approbation of Mr. Gentry's resolu tion, if introduced at the proper time; that Messrs. Stanly, Cullum, Cooper, Tay lor, Ewing, and others expressed their wil lingness to take up the resolution immedi ately after fixing the time and place for holding the Convention, and vote for it. This will be the subetance of the reply, arguing the question of order, and at the same time expressing a full agreement in the compromise resolutions, as a distinct and substantive proposition. It is confidently stated that a letter wtIJ shortly be published from General Scott, avowing, in the most distinct manner, 'lis entire approval of all the Compromise measures, including the fugitive skive law. AMERICA FOREVER. America ! what charms cluster about that' name America ! exclaims the poet "I love thy ricks and rills ; Thy woois and templed hills, My soul with' rapture fills Let freedom ring." With the name of America is associated all that is pure, inviting, benevolentand ac cessible ;' along her shores of life, and com mercial activity, a thousand ports extend their arm of welcome to the homelesi stranger, and offer him a refuge in her ex tensive western plains.- In what does not America compare with other nations? Ia what consists England's fancied superiori ty ? Does she pride herself upon her an cient castles, her works of costly grandeur, the antiquity of her architectural ruins ?, America points to her roaring Niagara, her Natural Bridge, her Mammoth Cave, fctill more antiquated, and the work of a Divine Architect, Does the Eastern world boast of her magnificent gardens, Swiss scenery, and Italian sunset 1 Columbia points to the matchless beauty of her autumnal for ests, the rich vermilion tinted and delicate white leaved shrubbery of the South,-the glorious landscape about the Sierra Madre; of nearer home, her extensive' western -pleasure grounds, the broad prairiss, where the stag ana wild horse are tree, uiir nv -ers-for size and length, cast the Old World entirely irv the shade Where are those which can' compare with our great "Fa ther of Waters" the long and rapid Mis sissippi our broad and kingly Amazon our majestic Hudson, with its scenery ana grandeur old mild, sweet, blue Connec ticut, as k meanders through the variegat ed meadows, at the foot of rural, classic Holyoke. Shall we speak of Lakes? Lake Superior sways her queenly sceptre over the world unrivalled. Our moun tains, if not in height, a thousand times excel them in length. Our rock-clifTs,our long chained Andes, stand out in proud pre-eminence, and exult at least in strength of union. ! Would the Old World boast of her "first magnitude of stars' in the literary galaxy ? We envy not laurels which are fading before the wretched contrast of ig norance, and which wither before tho blighting, sickening breath of neglected Erin, vicious France, and degenerated Austria and Russia. i On the contrary our happy land teems wiih the rich harvest of advancing intel lect. America's very soil seems to be the birthplace of mind and enterprise; even the native Indian bears in his dark eye the fire of enihusi ism, and on ! his brow the stamp of determined purpose. Shall En gland boast of royal palaces and kingly purple? We may tell ol the more elegant simplicity of the "White House," drapc ried with the fadeless fabric of Freedom , illuminated with the flash cf wit. and a dorned with the gems of sterling intellect. God has blessed America and every hill and valley resounds with joyful praise. The far sproad land echoes with songs of grateful freedom; the free waving of her forest trees, the wild roar of her mighty waters, he murmuring rivulets, traversing plentiful fields of golden grain, proclaim, S in tones of richest music AMERICA FOREVER I Graxi Master's Office of the Grand Lodge of North Carolina. Newberne, April 19, 1852. To ihe Masonic Fraternity iti North Carolina, j At the last communication of the most Worshipful Grand Lodge, it was Resolved, that each Mason in the Stale, both resident and active, bo and he is hereby most can nestly requested, by the Grand Lodge of North Carolina, to transmit as soon as pos sible, to Brother A. T. Jerkins, of New berne, C. W. D. Hutchings, of Ralefgh, William Svaim,of Greensborough, or E. Myercs of Salisbury, as may be most con. venient, the sum of $5, more or less, for the speedy erection of St. John's College, the receipt whereof will be weekly an nounced in the papers published in the a forementioned places, j Brethren, with confidence of success, I appeal to your liberality in behalf of this enterprise, the importance of which has been fully established by the Grand Lodge and the general concurrence of the breth ren throughout the State. While enough has already been done to encourage tho hope of succe&d, and evinces its entire practicability, much yet remains to be done lo render this success certain,! and even to prosecute unremittingly the measures al ready commenced. And yet it is confident ly believed that the aid which you ar- able to render will be amply sufiicicnt to ac complish all this, and that epeedily. Up on your action then as Masons depends the success of an enterprise which premises the richest benefits to the cause of Mason ry and of humanity in general. Some of our LiOdges have contriDuitia prompuy unu nobly to this work, and we only ask your careful consideration of the subject, con vinced as we are that nothing more is need ed lo secure your cordial co-operation in a favorable and early response to this appeal. Remember that in this as in every other so cial movement, harmony is its strength and support. ' I I am Fraternally and Respectfully voura A. T. JERKINS, Grand Master A brave man thinks no one hia superior wh does him an injury ; for he has it then in hi power to make himself superior to the other by fnrgiving Pons. . - i .