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Itwish that "to' be ' m - for gcnUmen ic iroaUe tt?J S4ff - ? understood, thkt the 'positicnof gentleman f ; V U ;rK inrettWion fSuI I &4ehti:itUi tl.eM6t. may not be inistaHtfuU.ey have not -V .laves ingre.mto of defrre0 ple that, vith regard tothese et. had., the pPportunity,of speabng.or , vo- I 1- - r:l x ' m nalamitv 8,aer7 v 1. a til in Wh.cbl n.ar , reyIiS irom r. rPiirt Cwitb horrdf the Weafot i ; J SSkir and' hodv'.oi men.-, ci r-i-";r". t, Demi; iraiuwtipw. w. iri r . - . - I , i ..t 4-i,l.fT tlioiicrh oreWinu.ov'S tbeiriatliersarae ironvv" , ' feclino- of attachmc-nt ;4 for-this :isjtheirc:un ?- trv ell -as fours.?nyou cannot remoje i.ifi., rv.i. :rrtirn f t he lemtoncs as h from clhnate aiid soil are adapted to slavdl K I Ikkf 'II .111 . nill.il VI V V . i , have rios conflict 116 ; embftrrasment m 'meetiify-Tof tw'tides .pfi lanor'ers flV'" i th'e nr.rth ft'nd onh'i for the' kind of soil and 'fiMa! inr hm " 1.1 inn to allow ihe Douulation of, whichlhe forms ppoTtibn V?, spread its.eJf,-t6 "? nive ill room. vYou.pioriote his' comfort, Vu v, 'iinproVQ hisbeaIth,yoVdimiijish'lis''haidships. . '1 ... i ) - .r v. -.; :- vi i-. j If y0ii8urjlound a population snuaiea uki? puis uMr?K-Jz -v -i -it. . tr TofntAf pnf lr.hrflL'a and Kansas, xnera wm uuir uiy,i.uc . -i : - - J Ure-J -Iilcf Zli 'Ve have been kindly permitted. tft.puWisb 1- -flSSlyour country with them and I woufJ sayJ: that if hose the Ilor C hancellorJqhnston. bythe Hon. r .V0.10.. s?."-"4.:w. wflrts faithful arid jrdod ones, D. J.McCord. ; - - "L KW' y?" ,, ..inv th n,9 would deserve the reprpbation of For tvrd years I. mixed four bushels ot dry ' H ' iEfQ II Mill K' lift 1 1 L lAJ II 11 J - . I - 4 v i. .. 1 1 I . I I fi J- r nifn 1 fc 1 1 v it j v 1 7 1 v. ------ " ' 1 - . . 1 it5ffS& exus aSfs dol Would you too e UUe survantd slaves-to buy: who Aitpoh meund lire th me, and : ( 4tnHi-7L XAndrif you to whom I have-as strong; atfJaclirnents; as to tlmfte 'cruel a t of.tymmtf and ovvn inwiediatJ fc atnrerand cifneti apd ?aVt any. because I .want W mov4 to K mv put them , oppression ib of in thslaVe lreC and - sen Vdiem t: Sir I r them they to bhligd tot;reroam TJiere tromolJyge, anq.peruaps. aiujraru he? ire dbli-ed! to ba slaves. ; That, ' cUmu Avhom-be ishes to takej with-hini 1 in j Iier, age, iSvr sir aii anything: be more-1 vident (whenTbe is moving mtodne of these new ? "i i 4JK':Lw 1. nnm Situated5 Terriforfes for the betterment of ;tho fortune fc in this way, istto, aggravatehrincidental W yhol? h.mdy, way m .f. U-'t evils of i such a'cuditiou byiexasperiiting nTj should lyUxiy prevent it? o Do ou wish to n " cuirie8 A charges and. conn Ler-charges ! The force us to beconie :h ard-hearted slave-dealers?, - piopleevervWtion of the.UnitedvState Do yoir wish to aggrade ttne;evd,,vf: there 1 : Should meet this question ns involving a coiV ar evils existing m tjiis.lation ? , sDo you A :'i mon interest and, so far as there js calamity wh tti sit wo, shall o.l.Ioofeer have.a rautua comm6n calami; -: ;4 , 1 J u fendalnfeeUnrhbetw 6m; :Jepieiidants jand:; i:U?a? then -are you ,go to do ?i U it ourselves VffwanUo J -.; ; norolvious that the true policy as weu as me cenary ana. naraiueaj icu j inv. VarWhmtianphit involved in jfbis having, rusIiave mtouch of ;V ' tnatbr,-iso ?aow. this 'population,-., to diffuse " humam y,and some of the beneficia, and love- , -fj.ii M,v.i.-; Trtlnna f the -Territories as breathincr spirit bf Christianity to ; let these' cultivation! You can -nave -no iiijunous anu. us ; competition with your,lree laoor -oiaveiauor our siayes iianpyau p ueeuui iuhk, "vu V-!' wilHriot brfrorJtablargely employed we hear.the ion arirom'tlrwelhngs ' ' f any wllere, ' except upon 1 the grand. staples of at night, or see them dressed. in ; their,; neat ' j" the soutltobacco; cotton, sugar, and rice. clothes and lQing.toaitend their churches 1 -V.Will white meti make these products for ex- on Sunday? aba;reiaizing,jis,they look at ns V p6rtat6n?'hey will not. IWiJl ycnif jdorth- that we we tpe'btst friend that they have on 1? era peoplt compete withsouthern slaves for the earth? , it'J! I : I s t'-i-;: privilege of -making-ricei tfnd .sugar, and cotr Mr. President, iperhaps I manifest too much - to'nV, and tobacco ?, ,Ko, wr.';. :AVhere" that feeling abouUhiaj mattIt seeins to me . lr cultivilti6ri "ceases, ely upon jt, a slave popu- dear that no' interest; or tidvjtntagof human1 " i.;v. t!';! itA crvofi itself, ;"VV shall i n-i-fiWsl :l ttv fhU? f tiromoted rbv :-r t h ie's biri L with a Chinese wall or brner beyond which ;i itj cajjinot sprhadjitsUfriifC-yo'u compress rt, ; i; l wjikt Jlo you del Whyyou expose the mas- h ' Wrt td seriousTncon veuience ;: and. .discomfort,1 4 f aiidhvou- destroV'tliei " Hvlible happlines otltlie ' '. slave. 'raanJproposea ;to- add to 'this pbpu- iationi iuere.is hot-a man m:tiie ixew ling- land States-who- would more thoroughly and absolute! v resist anv attempt' tQ- bring'.ja slave Africa tb this coustry' "tbanV'bf ,jthc wbuldrurt ;''- '.. '- 1 l! j r "south y- jllejre.., then, is die great fact we JiaTeto deal with. Why not- let it adiustt ntself ? J; "Whyinot pursue l he t.iio policy inaicaUd m.. the '.neasures of 1850 ? Gease to quarrel and wrangle wifh each other, i. Live in your free J3tate$. Rej:ice in the possession of the' many- advantages yottl Ijave.'-But iftlitre is a strip' '; c( ladrbeknginglto .tlle'tUhited -S,tatw- upon which a southern; plantercan make-cotton or sirgari'whyNgrtulge it to Jhiiu ?JJHe reduces U no mim fiom freedom to iflavery in order: to 4 t " . - t r . i i . ' ' o vi- mase iu . lie transiers -ias; slaves irom tue 44; ; bants of the Mississippi; or the Cooper, orjhe .i i r 4- i , y . -a i " ;i ,' . CapejFtar, or -any of our southern -rivers, to: (5.j . t anotlipr place : and ho certainly will not db it 1. uriles the Tands ni e. bettef; the crops larger, y and he nnd his layesjean live more comfor H tablyjrand ihaye a more abunilant supply? of tjie, necessaries of life and, I wilLask, ju the , " natfiel of heaven, whom does ; it hurt iv You -.1, . .... : r - .. ' j , t -rr-j measure which can enable to make a proyrcsi siye jmproyement Aof his condition as the amouht o( .black f populatibn increases? I f I "'.'''; ..i t.ijstherefbre, as it seems to me, wise and' jus tp pursue the principles indicted in, and' out, of which sprang the legislation of 1850.- : It w.ijnjust tanio section of the counlr No I inortai man can show ' that it will do any injury to huijian beirg ihat treads God1s earth, wheth- - er he Jbe! free oiKslavei Thebrlalvefwii 14 benefitted by it Tlie master, with' a largo. nuitibpr of slaves; cramped foreland ina coun try! perhaps " wliere land is 'dear, who desires ''to.jd'oo'dar slaves who have. been perhaps traiUuiitdb'pwnj to him for , tbree k tweeny Wlibhiand, lmnlelf there are i mutual feelings -of protection 'on .the one hand,f hbd , of laffctionate submission '-and reverence' bb thej ptJier.twants.toreaklMp , from; the place "Iwherei bet isoUiged to ( stint" himstlf brj his peppU, and tcf rembvbwith his lktle familv. i;?ikf.lp,,ar:a,n land rM! 4m m J e ln flst enjoyment of the ' necessaries! and ccnifbrts of life ; and 'ypu ..np VVliynol'V You do not' want to grow jcotton; .you do not want'to Jgrow-bba'c co pr riccv Wjlvy say that this sbuthern.'iplab terlshftll not gro w them with his slaves ? Is it from hatred of themaster't4 Is jtbecausejthe' Temoal; while it benefits tho slave, will bene- fit ihej niaster also f ' i "'" , Jtelve thai any bo&y.can cber-L-Ara h4 U injury forthe ;sak3Sr of v jet if t it benefits the slave; Awhile itllne , ts thp mastery and 'injures;' nobody els44 in the ianii9of coCnion sense; anbur common -cnrmianitV, jxUnl moUve. emUctate sue . t must! be life f esuli elthtr of fr, ueu a ahafanatactsmbVpfan ."'S rpulation wiiado iiotishl -yTOVy.l .ThafcivaUye slaves . , .,r w -i j'i.i' vvnvifvt ;. i hit .uiiVg icv jr;4oe-s,a; tauIVMdkhbwa it yon please; tht. greater it i, the, moreow-l erftil f i rm,,V:TT - A T , T love peeoom. We do not. ask you to mjike freemfen skives. You. profess to have a regard for the black man can veil 'resisfcl'tho oftlv. wun laaiui. Aney ?verx.br6iightrlief 3 In I "'oiyourtatnera 'and'otir 'Cithersi. Your fathbrvught tkepSrl VecKme the purcllaseis-if Oyiyin an evil hour,' i be it so ; hut what am jrt A tt,.. 'lTfY? I mrpvmv.v I''. :c 1 -;. ;'' -- -"" - : ; tTTem. I have no inoio either .of j . . . -i --h :4-- s itf f VouJd sutterj my : ngm arm io. u cuujuu, fo& IVquI jldo itOThy. ib trifiMif some - t - " "7-5; i , . Routhem.ffnt!eman wishes to take the nurse the ni old womanhJtt rlnrse'dyliim in childhood, and re ''hofe'M ca1!edlammV( until be urned ,7" SjV- l,,, ureauiinfir 1 cry .j . i beihggo fortlrai theyap accustomed to do, lO rejoice we ioukuut rtiiu; cvo whicli dicratcs 4his - iprssaiit ropposUiou , to every measure which1-will itllow us to -improve 1 our ovru eondmona; hat of bur slaves to- leicitemenf aI h ness at out ltJGbd knows,! have none,- : not thOseistanfrofii us who take Urt false and" imllakn'iinesions rcspectinus. I know that f efforts, ) the"- most -wicked j and I x : f - r .n-r r ri4i.-ii.'Urij persevering, pave open Hiaua luprouuce uirae impressions; our northern cruelty Varid They Uiavb im pressions; and to present us t o the minds of our northern Mellow' titiilis.. as . monsters of id ' oi)presiori. I blame'tltcm no.tr- ay. nave : been trainea, to . enteriam tuese; sentiments anrfeeling.l They.aro-. 'm'nfortu nate.in having sucli ialse. estimates placed ih". tneir bosoms rrespeciing .-in eir irienos -ana lei- J tow citizens descendants of a common reyol: utionary ancestry i 'I. iHvou.ld to j uolthat 1 , could' obliterate hoseH elr "g?f. would j to God"that they would te, disposed to enfold me anq njHie,,asI aiiJthe--v jbretliren, , if, .theJT voiild tale ot my -nortnern pe vmi t. in die "ia mis . i of;.'ra, IVaternal and ;erpetual con'cord. - Sir, there-can ? be lid Id ifii-blty about ; this matter, if 'wesulfer'dtirselv'es tpbejnflVieiiced.by those c6nsidetibi& wlieh Spring fncccssarily and, naturally outlof the, facts' of the case,' and reji? Jize, lhatf i alter j all4o habolitiotV movement f ever yet adedmphsned good for j slave. ; ill ie t whole movements "of! the I abolitionists of the h'6thifaCall'.my outbernfrierids-aroundi . me i i ' f ' .1 !,. i Knowi so lar as tney.ti ave; -iiad-anv; mnuence 1 ,! i r : 1 . . . 1 . i withisJhaveC tended to restrict rather -than to" relax the j Irondage tinder whUh these JH'O pie live.TTheyJlbaye, ina great "measnrb striclbi frbriS. U ioi S-pacity to 4e useful f in . vajiQn4direcLi9n! pivirls;,them ' thbse hif- laiithrqpi(andS(ionorablef peojdeUyha. should, lead, and .otljerwse " Would lead'our'f society 'upon these tOpic..They exose ev ry oneto suspicion. They liave'a tendency ,to close the avenue' to the otherwise opening and expand ing heart, f They jdo rio goofl - to the skives. Ihy dpnoigolxl jtb the5 abnpiistl lhey are but a irujtfuf jsbiirce ol evis among them and evils i-''arnong 1 tis:t4w'itFiout?x)nei fi sihj.c coinpisatiii Jidyantage.. on earih, present ortfutUie.-4 -Jri--y ': ? Olr f ' MrJ-Prsidehl, if we could bnl v aree iQiaKe up tins suoject . as amatter ot tact. and agree to deal with 4t the best way we can, beliye me, siJ, the5 day w ill come, as in; dieafed by". Iniy j friend ifibm Massachusetts, pd.r,.Eyerettj w ten ..the ways, of;4Voyid"(nce, in permitting .thi irge xodus of tle natives of Africa to tliis country, will' be v: nd i ca ted ' toinanf Vbyir the light is already daw ;-.niwg fipon . lis' in; Vlii'ch weati ',bglnx , to;s see, ihbV ulmae and incalieulablo aol ; is to' kxi .wrought, out of the. temporary absence of .1 ' v 1 . ' r .t 1 4. 4- 1 t . i-;4 . mis population irom uieir uative" land. jrtThesnccessfnl coinWehcfientcf the co Jouization scheme sh.ows ns how! the ibaWd lave' may carry back to, the oiati ve Af-1 enianc; nca of their forefathers i the erf ilizationj in thpir n vv n nimtrv. , ' S iva I . 1 1a i staves on the earth are the1 native Africans in tbeir not as free as he hardest bonded slave io southern land.?J Tliejf'.f been. Yothd tlie- property pf)reir mces as an" English traveler says' havini? nothing as their own ei and if wfe 'ean ouly be content to strucrcrlo' on :nu me uimcuiues or ou aUknpfJDgo Wn follj. .Liuav. - ua. iJUittii .Li I tivwiiuii urrrnne unit i in le anay bej prpiluvvd hut IHi rsuine ihit steidy is 1 Aodrsen Iwhith Godhimslf in-'alt bis xmW lstralibns bri ag aboii t by g'rad Ual means and ojrfion eatioxi we! may be assured t&AtnhTm a tely all this wlirwor out great! and lasting K u 9? oi Tpeni men is.ca stins nvr h nnr slaves in tiiem Christianity, .aud the freedpmwhich they nev er had enjoyedah'l so far as we can see, Imt for this 'instrumentality?' never "could 'enioyr i lie v-. mcir Ba.ius.- j m me course or rrovidencc, !tbey were pel-mUted td be'lbrougbi helel 'Thevhavfe and mirlscendants- arba greaf jdeal better 'off tnlhWwere1n Afi icii, wnicn I, have' offered! or -jm'v of tberSriU-- - 4, -. L. i L:'!.' 1 t ! l : h.-' j Prom, ike Pet Dee Timet.. 1 sand 4ntli1"orir: btis!fei6freu anoV TO year' to save trouble, I -will mix two bushels of sand to one of guano. Fine . charyoal taken from t he "raUroa'abljw;.ksnth shor, or coal kiln is excellent, because like Gy psuraK it will re tain; the ammonia and dry fine dif f Will-do as well as sand.1 My object for mixing1 is to increase the 'quantity,io be'put down mofi'&oA curately by dull and careis bands. ? :stj ...My. modc of mixing-is UiisvIj take for the purpose some dry shed free from the wind is fetter, foi it may, mix and blow away much PpJ3ft?ienttake. a coarse. iron sieve" and sift a layer offsand and on' that'a lajer of guano nntill I getpt'an mixedlior' the - field, j If the sand or earthj is dfimp, it will cause evapora tion'and 7 loss. Vliert ..'thijs "prepared i you may put -it futb the ground just before you plant, or. a inonth before if put tinder the seed of 'corn.'" or cotton,'itshould t bs .covered bViihe plough or hoe, two, three or four! inch es, so that when you put Vhe seed ih the ground OvVr 'iy there'may bel twb, or three, or four inches between' the teed and guano, for if they come in contact it will kill the seed, but oy.me iime ine roots reacn u, it wut; be dif fused in the soil and nourish, aud'not destroy ;3t; -Ai -tut f,i - . . ; h J , v llave only onceiried it'on an acre-pf con, it was a very unravoraUle year or corp, oe-ingJry-r-l.put a table spoouful (uot heaping) of guano in eaeh. hill, and r covered if', with fresh earth, arid the corn was then covered abbuttwb iaclie'9' The adjoinirig (acre! was mawured asuual with stable manure anti cot ton seed mixed. .,f. ... ';. , i;rr'-"-4 ,. jThe acre "man tired with stable manure and cotton seed . was 7 : cr.-8jnch.es hiirh, whil that manured with?guauo was sb: small? anc sovretched ilmt I had sdrne' idea of,tCUttin 1 it in as np;ahdf replanting;; them.'-'' Jt f ramedvand onewek 'after wards the guanoed corn was large as the other, and soon became larger. and .with, much' stouter stalks and continued much the J largest, yielding much better fod-y der ; but tlie produce ott iorn Was about the SaiW; each acre ; producing between -10 and undX7': bushels, i l planted in 5, feet rows, the stalk two feet apart.' A table spoonful to a hill Mill takeomljBO tb 200 ' lte? Biit if I wer4u ten. ling to fuse guano on corn I v6uld hot put the, guano to it until it jwa np, and at'tbe;first ploughing run a" buir"tPngH0 hear the vorn,' nnd sprinkle the guanO Opposite; the corn a table spoonful bnJ each, side might do, brjhalf a talele' spoonful oh eacl side. . It must be followed by another plough and covered immediatelyi t l have heard of much less do- ing. 1 have never made any oher expert ment with corn. : . . , " A buslnd of cuano.weiffhs 58 lbs. fiow for Cotton. ' . J Oit CJttbn I have .ustd itatno for yy ears. The first year my ."experimentiwas'a'lpmall onei, but." clearly .'showed the importance, of truano. In 1851, 1 manured twentv acres old Yon out red lands with two hundred pounds guano toijie acre. It Yielded i 1st Pickint; " G00 lbs ' 2d :: 100 4295 f i4053 3d j 4th &th-i It t s U I" 76 V- ' ' Average per acre 61 0 1-2 lbs. r . j. One acre adjoining, same exactly, ut ma nured, yielded : ', . - ... ,i .., ' 1st Tricking , 00 lb?. 2d 00' GO 108 1 16 j&- 3d I . 4 th 1 ,5th . I.. 1 Yd .5 ' I V - 244 lbs. iPifibrepce per cere, in fayor'guant 372 1-2. Ju JS513 1 manured 3 6, acres witlt 180 lbs, per acre.' It produced . 31,540 lbs seed cot ton,' or 875 lbs. to the acre. More tha'n half of the "land way very pldsauuy land, (never manur6d4-plhe rest 'bfnbr !old Ted land. Of the adjoining acres ; 'untnahured; ! my overseer by m ist ake, did h c t keep the i r elgh t s,t but I do. not: believe that it averaged 450 lbs. At that ratej the difference , Was 426 .IbsJ per acre. . ... 1 853 T intend to manure ?4 acres witli 51 74. jlbswliich js 3 -biishtds bf gianb, and Vo acres wltli 100 Ms J to. the acre. ;-1 am told that quantity protluces well, and perhaps pays; best costing so much less j One bf my neighbors ; last year; u'tett; 1 bushel ! (58 lbs.) per acre. I He, kept no account' of u eight, his overseer told me, that he t. ought it produced mpre tban twice as mucU as that; not manur ed. Mr.:J) l'li Now for. my mode : of putting 'dowiu MJi are forty-tw O compasses square 60 rows to the! acre To t put down 174 lb. to the acre requires busnels guano, nnd if 2 1 bushels of sand or tMirt is put to each bushebf uano, it , will late' T ibel miitnral4 qviartslf pint '4 anti 1 gil. to eacb'row:;"Oi'C .': ; ' - . K , .Tp put , down 1 00 1 bvtp the -acre of r the same -mixture i requires! 2 -bushels of guano (less'l gaJJon) and takes 3 quarts of the. mix- i II .n 4f-v ilia . t - . F I If you mix 4V bushels-of sand to 1 of guano. 17 1-2 1. bushels of mixture will give 200 lbs to the acre. f . . I , ; f' lbs. to the acre. j 15 bushels i of mixture will give 174 the-acre.-1; . i y.yfr$, tik-.l' bs. trf j lVJ-'S busheb of mixture TviiU give IB0 lbs. tothp, acre. ' 'jt.mrjj -.:ui4v-'- ;';; ':rI ''' So ySu must. mako-5'our calculation in pro-1 parupa.1 t lew material you mix f 'wun ine gu an cn-d 'divide by;tbi umberbiitwa! in yuriare; iU s- t?rr a ttc: t4 f s I -Let each hand have a small box to hold the quantity measured " out of the . bags far eaeti rpw, andlake care that it hold out as even as itican be jput.aThey' soon-learn," after trying f ;";yoU ' must not attemjpt. to-put it' downing wmoyweatnerf or it wiu do "diowh away. ; 'Til - l.jJ..1L . r ft' t . 4. w-r " v :-uijrt.ui i 6houid'coo;t it.wuld injured bjetH1 - 4 - : . t i ' uaand at n Fertilizers1 ticg, wet, before covered in. the- ground., I torgot to say wliy you should finit. - In tne first place you mix it jhetter by so doing ;l and be8ides,, the guaho basmany lumps. 'laud by sifting you . get them out, and ?bojild;jreiik tbem in mbfV'or trough, so as to mix it with ..the "earthy otherwise these lumps would burn up every thingj '" " v a I - I-have been amused with some of the modes I have seen recommended by knowing ones in the. fhewjpaDers, Jiz.rubmng.4the jtjj;on 8eeiTwitb iC&cT-' It filled the seedai wberever it toUthed; it the firstiainised jtfand juy gardener not regarding my cautions burnt up every thing. ) ri f Trjilj;oursas,of;oM,f The Ase of tlie Patrlarchi. - -Some have not hesitated seriously to ascribe Id our fore-father Adam," the height of mine hundred yearsV-But-the accurate and ration al inyestiation ; of moderp, philaophy, has converted tlie supposed bones of giants, found .in , difTerent part of. tae'eat th, into those of Xhe elepliant and - rh inoceros,s and acute' the-' ologists havof shown that the (chronology of the earlV "ages was not the same as that : used at present. Some, particularly Hensier, have proved with . the highest, probability, , that the year, till tlie time-of Abraham, consisted only -of three months, and that it was not tillftheCtime of Joseph', that -it was made to consif. ..w.ev. Tbies 'assertion's' are, ! in a certain degree,' confirmed by some ', of the Easterb tVations ytflio s still reckon :- only three mouths to the. year, and, besides it would be al together inexplicable why the life of man should have been shortened one half immedir ately after therlbbdTt would be equally inex plicable f why the f patriarchs e did not marry till 'their sixtieth, seventieth, and eveu hun dredeth ;year; but ' this difiSculty vanishes when we reckon these ages abebrding to the' before-mentioned standard, which will cive uie, iweniietu or in iruetaj years ; and, conse quently, the sajue periods at j- which people marry at ' presen ii Ths whole therefore ac cording to this explanation, assumes' a different appearance. , Tli.sixteenhuhdred years be fore the flood ! will ; become four hundred 'and fourteen anl the nine f hundred" years (the highest recorded) ivh ch . Methuselah liv- d, will be reduced to tvyo hundredrah age which js not impossible and to 1 which soma ltien in modern times have nearly approached. Dr. VaixOrdenr- . tr'Td r jv 1- i 3 Hear tiim, IVorZfj Carolinians. We understand that the prinpiple orator at the Democratic meeting 1'in this citadel of Democracy," declared in his speech upon the 'resolutions that rather than see jau act passed : by Congress distributing the' proceeds of (the public lands or the lands themselves, he would "prefer to see North Carolina plucked from the; rcbnsten Ts that ithe .Democratic doctrine ? WjP , tlie party stand up to thist! Will they ; advocate the direct dissolution of this Union -rather than see jus tice done North Carolina and the old States f How did the Venable Zemocrats feels under such a declaration as this? Y111' they sub scribe to: such doctrinei ? I Willj they ciing to Mich a sentiment that 'would suit mttcb better! the latitude ? of South Carolina than of the good old con iervati ve State of ; North 1 Carpi i- na Is the patriotic spirit that animates this "citadel ; of " Democracy" com.to this that if Congress 3oes'an act of justice to the old Sratesthey would present the dire alterna tive of a dissolution of the Union ! Itcollecte this, North Caiolinians. Hal. Star, r Coiiicniplalcd I Ai rest . of Kossuth - A private letter from London to the New York Times states that Kossuth delayed his visit to j Constantinople for fear of being ar rested1 by ustria, and adds : J l "...JI ani positively informed that the day of his i proposed embarkation and the Vessel which was to have taken him; were known at Vienna before hand, jlbreover,' explicit orders Were given to Austrian steamers to?ilargermGtttStoY the imjbvemeht Of watch, his. movements, and, if occasion r of fered, to make seizure similar o the attempt also, no less upon i ar tin Koszia. l ? am. positively informtd, tha i Kos fuUihtfelligen'ee of theTcohteinpl Kossuth received ated action of the' Austran police. Consequently, it s probable that the Hungarian leader, will not goto the EastValthough tbe Turkish Govern ment, still deluded, is'mrst fritsndly tbwards him, until . - general. Avar shall vhave broken out,and the actual 'disposition of Aus tria have been thbrouirhly unmaskedJ"' Population and Navies of Echo pe.- The population? of Europe is 359.395.498. Russian has a population of 60,318 000. Austria 27,383,456. Italy, 24,068,317. Great Briuin. 27,619,866. Russia has a navy ofil75rXessels, aud 7,000 guns., y, Great jrdairt and Ireland, 678yessels 1.8,,00d'guns. han -e, 328 vessels, 8,000 guns. Denmark. 33lj vessels, 1,120 gmns.' rNetherlarcls,ll25 vessels, ' 2;500 guns.; Belgium, 5 vessels, 36 guns. Austria, 65 ! vessels,' 510 guns. . Prus sia,; 4 7, vessels, '.114 guns.Sweeden and Nor way, 406 vessels, 2960 guns, i Portugal.- 35 vessels, 700 guns. Sardinia, 80 vessels, " 900 guns. Tuscanyt 5' yesseli434f!guns. 'v Tur key 74: vessels. 4.000. guns. London. has a population V 2t363ll41 ; Paris, 1,053262 'M Constantinople, 785 990. St . 'Petersburg, 478,438 ; Vienna, 477,845 - Berlin, 441,831 ; -Naples,;6,575: 1 .f Suppression op a Small Note OuRP.ENcr. - The Legislaiure.of; Viiginia has !! passed! a law prohibitmg the circulation pf small, notes m that States One ofl;its provisions subjects .any-person' whose name appears on - the; face of a note of less denominatiou than.. Jo to 'a penaltyjfive times ,, thoambuntof, the note, wliicu may bb recovered by any one ! who may proceed against the person appearing to be issuer of th& tict. lire -act goed into, ops eration on the first of June; thus giving'trree months1 for those who have ' small notes, in circulation tbs withdraw them.! 1 '-' V" it 5 . .-i fCoMMEUCE Oy Tf Y0RK-Tlremp0rts Of toreign4 goods faibjB0brto has shown a cpn$taht comparative mcrease for more , than i eighteen . months previous ; to the openingofs the current year.'' For the first tefj days f January Iherblvias a.slisrht falling off, but this was soon overcome, , And tne total receipwiprs januaryJ,were $o,ioo,-: 826 greater than for the cjorresponding month of last year.- Since the beginning' ofFebruAry xna current, or increase , uas ueen acrain ar- resteThe1 total imports for 'February lara J 56,386,34a, less tnan JKebrnary ai?53 -and only. pbndine month of I852.'" T .w-MI I'. .ANTIC 03 KEWCEIirJ, r?0RTO CAROLINA WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15,-1854 ? : v roa covnisos - f - i'GEN ALFRED DOCKERY OFJCmiONDXOUOTYTI -f T - - ..-is Elcfeilon first Thursday in Angust. C?wCounQr;C5urt.for.Cravenr County. isC in.s ses sion piis.weekj'.W Blkckledgtj'Ksq, Chair- f hit - i Read the advertisement of Mr. Cohn.-r-He has just returned, from the INorth with a large stock of goods. He informs us, tn.U he . has y the largest i assortment! of ribbons ever j brought' to this market. ' fy 5 jryr 'Persons in Tbwn froraHh5 "country,? this week, would do well to call and examine i the Factory of Mr. Abmzo J. ;Villia; oh Union Poin t. f They,. would be . ,yel I n tertained. ; I" , ! ; Supposed Murder. t The i body , of Mr.;. Henry Brfnkley, who was'supposed tohaveeenrowned, as 8tat-A el iif our Jast has' been : foundapd rurnish eyidhce, that he camertlhis"'deithlby f pme foul means.- There was a gash in thelbwvr part jo( bis throat, whichi had tlie appearance of bving been made by ? -a knife, or some olhetj rsharp instrumient. ; There was no!bne on bbard the bbuL in whic'i Mr.Brinkly start ed fbt his honie, except negroes, and the ira- presston; exists tbat he was murdered by then Goroper James E, Morris, held ' an inquest, on1 the1 tiotly On ? Monday afternbon, and a verdict vi Rendered, '-'that becarae'tolris death fiom .wounds inflicted bv some sharp! instrument in the hands of some person or persons un- kripn. Three of the' Jury dissented, bel.iev- irigj that : the gash, in the throat was made by bird after the body had floated to tue shore. ,4 j I,. J yy . - ,., I .... : . ,-l i i Steps-'have been taken we understand, to ar rest the negroes. and have tbei matter under ro a' thorough' investigation. ' r I Splendid Exhiilibn. The Diorama and Panorama of the Funeral of jNfipoleon, now exhibiting in this place, is tfie! most interesting we have eve r witnessed ; ami the very crowded and intelligent audience that have attended it, is the best evyence of iU highly sublime and instructive character, il wHL be exhiKtedlthis evening fbjvtlie ast time and those who have!n)tseen it will do well jto embrace the opportunity: 1 X 4 ribree Clicors f or tiic Railroad! . I We h av e- barely ti me to . state, before go in fo press .that! the Cotinty Court, by the un.iriimous Vote bf Uhe ' Magistrates present, dbciled yelterdaytb b;ib;ahelectibn, on the firs (Thufsday in May, to; Obtain, the' sens of 'the people,, as -41 tP;t ! whether the County shal subscribe? 1150,000 to the i Atlantic and North Carolina,; .Railroad; , - The; people arc in j favor' of lit, -beyond a doubft -!,W!p are bbiirJd to have !the Railroad,. tbatV certain, f ; Tfie presen t Congress ii ''continually voting bt Her StatesVf The v find the means to con struct.rtheir Canals,! fheir Railroads, and to 1 J i ' .. iHi;-..--. s -i f -'J-.i enifirge tne iapuities ror eciucaiionaj purposes witjiiut imupbedifSculty. ..Congress supplies' tbeln. ; Thereis, a large surplus in the Treau- rv.i aud the Administration and - Congress both iappeaV Very ' anxious " to dispose of jt in some way or otherA Overnraent: bonds are bought up at a very highlpremium. Know, log tins to o ine siate oi anairs,we wjsu w bring this subject to.the consideration of the cominnity-shaii noVsbr4ethrng be done for us I j Our sister town Wilmington has exert-1 eel iilrselft auo! through the instrumentality of obi distinguished Senator, JLfr.: Badger, has obfiaihed an appropriation to remove obtruc tiops- V ger for the deep interest he lias 'maniesed in her behalf, But does r not New hern deserve BUi41:qtUlU WVVf : JMV U VVR UJ4 kt- - j . too Juet us ;ook, and see. I ; nj; the first J placejthen; theu,lderal Court is field altNewrbern, twice durg thb year, -at'' tbe same time , that , our Superior, Courts are held. Nowi we'sulmit tplbe citizbns of Newi belnl! whether itris riAxr-'cnsonfintitW tliyfiigtiity jof the!; Goyromeol, thatwin a phfcl as iargefas5'Xewb so Ppspicou3 .a posi uon m 5 the hisstory npu r States that the pount shouldbe . compelled tb fu rnish the plaf fb this Courf to bol J its sSipas at ? Every 1k1v knows that the Fed eral Court now sits in the. County Court House anil Works a yeiy great inconvenience to the pepple as well as' expense' jto he County, by protracting -the session of the Superior fcourt. Is'khisViAitf Ah'J! if It' be not righr'now how much greater, , T the, prospecU re. wrong fori trJis?iricotiveniener ahd ?thisxpenselvill biTargety mcreased, vben; tbe present coniem nlated -scheme of improvement art c6nsum atf erebyproport bnliiess to bS transiclbd1 by tht)hrtiVe tilce! It fbjgrantdi that no on supposes, for '4 tpoinent tbl JFejiei be;removedfrpm .Newjbrof;Xqr7j7tmatijn albno negatives any such ' idea;- - Odgbtiiot, tncreioreoUoite , Goverment to funutbe'buifdic&'TVhsrdiktv bold its own I. ? , 4. -'i r-i i itVpt nt. 1 fici.how great u &o aCMfeuaMW-ssetea with the. change which every new rostmasttT mae84J ih locality i of ib Office t Kew lrn is the centre of a considerable extend of country for mail (acuities. The .inhabitantii of this lection depend wholly on Ne wbern m f this ; respect. : Iow; how much - better it would it be, if the , Government would per manently locate the Post Office in some build ing, erected at its own experac;2tjrtthns free the community from the present system of in convenience, andwe might add, injustice ?-..-The" whole extent of .Country to which ire have referred , would receive xniicli benefit j-i Ansi4eJnojttQossiderableubWd hnio ;. in t. i J 'Ii' to Lprocunng an ofiice, fitting it &c4 tc sdiug ougjjcauuus are aiiso appiicaoie the Custbta House', and iU Officers. It too is K constantly .being changed, by 'every iicW np: folly even to narrate the injury uc a tte of affairs,! impress !'Vr,t'eafiiring fellowf cii2ens,;Whose mteiwsbould'.be,' we Hke'd bave said, before1! otliers.l ; The Custom Hbu'sp is first dbVh tQwn and then 'up town; at one time here; and at another'there. Every one, mustJ,eclat a glance, the'innurue rauie oujecuons wnicn migiit be urged to permtamg tbings to remain as tbey T Anothtr,u ea. ,too,4 here suggests 'itsblfl- 4rlno!i Uie papers and records of these wuiuw vi ovuiy lUIJJUIMIUipj OUOUid DOt Government .manifest some regard for that ' winch isundcr its own care an i protection i It seems easouabIe tha t it should, i Well, now in the event of fire how liable to loss, an to .r?7ath!.w98?! If nbtdes j-oyed they WObW;hav0'o be'iif the Trif'aaturaV hurry and excitement incident to such sn oc casion, bunded up together nd 'thrown' 'into the streets tolbe kicked about and trample uport, ir bnler -to'esefa-iba destructipn.! The governmenl should, tlierefo e. 4'cbnktruct -'ajD7e$ to defend tilem agaizwt such acciueuis. . 4 . I T In view of these things,(andctualecl by, a j desire to promote the .interests- of f Ntlvbei n we would modestly I propose to her 'c tizens j the following plan : let a petition be sent tb Congress; prayingt; that NeWbern may Ie put on , a .fooling with Wilmington and other places, and that a . comparatively -. sm all sum may' e' appropriated to co nstruct a fciiilding, ffi-e proof; anl; sufficiently lai-gefr itiie ;Post i'Office,": Custom 1 Hbtise and FederalouVt too. t it would not require over 30,000, Or ?40,00O i -w . -I - - - - - r - ; ' for this ; purpose, ! and ,!'' might be.' erected which handsome edifiob would be an orna- merit !to the town. Judge1 Batlger's pa ;t iality for the place pf his birth, and the justness of :be cause,1 would enlist his ahilitiefiland Ins untinfig industry on our side, beyond dispute. !ttiso, in" the House. Wep iot ihivk tnuch Shall ipuut exisi as to our uuimare success, .we uotfmake the attempt artyhaw? The Thermometer last Thursday wa: as high asf81 Xctxiocrati4S'iapc'rs 'aiad Gcu. Doc The pemtx-ratic. jwpers ' in the State have begun already Jo fire lutb: 'our Goveindn 4 fh'$, . libwever. ) is candidate for exactly. what i we expected, as 80n as we heard that AKTed Dpckery was the choice of tbe Whig. Conven tion. They ' know pretty well . wf'a' Alfred; Dockery is, what he ii and. thv-f think at any' rale what Iie Js destined to b& vh i Governor -l0 j-J?? r iP.15-f l kbowr' ..hat Cenj Dockery h often beenibefore the people for ' public office, ant I h has never beeu jfatcu, ! simply from the fact that 1 being cne of the people, bisi sympathies are with the pe iple, an d Iriiiai always espoused the cause ! of ' the ' people, j .He struts not about Mn TufHdhirt, tlad -id theafmen I with - a countenance ;wwhieh ; bespeaks thetoil f and labor the man , has . ucdergone, hewears tlie simple, homespun garb of a plain, lion est, , hardworking farmer. Hence, t his character dos not suit the ideas wbich Dembcralic Iii-f tors entertain mT regard r io the gubernatp rial offibe. s ilence, wesee the i GoJ Jsbpr j Ripttb Ixcan styling llum a manimuari in bis '.wars!' toxoid ! Grimes, !wKoyasf a gopdraeanrng ' sort of man &v" - The' Rtpubl icarv. wou Id have the people iKrlievo that Gen. Docker' who - wa a member of tlie Conycntion,in 1 8 i 5, wh o has been elected to the-LegiIature,ind has been V. ttigreii seyerairsessibnsi is iiothing1 rabrefor less" than ah old granny, because en-' ioyine not the advantages' of education. which -some other men have enjoyed, he hai risen from; 3 low station in .1 ife to become w a can-. ; didate for tbe high office of Governor or our crood bid StateNow we belrevo that such men, who! post ess. an energy and ari industry ; which know -no failure, !an istQlIecLwhicli wri mounts 'alt-theclstacles thct poverty throws- in the way ani ;honcsty'of heartwhich deviates not from the right p::th, are jiist the men tb be-rercrIedf L icauij by rewarding! ev i-taoiiicnminatiiJg pperJ , oi ine people- Wrill be sure tiicover Weir -flffijfie ;andthe tem ; ;ttf bffiee pyebca;;1wbo.de' i Ithebecarise of theirformeriow degreend " tbiirpresent republican manner of conduct--inV tfiemselves. :ThU hai been te cae in more insanceV than one,that .we might men- if. Uon if it "were necciry to dp.so., GeL-JIar- . risonlnllSiO notwithitain Uieimnnt n servicejbe h ad rendered, bifs country in manyj ; a hardfougbt.br,ttlff, ,wrJ sbussd after this y sac- riyhbt'eih ha&;fe$ ' i5t-?I6fir . ' uot'tiiv-ided by tbe pomp iM lixsvf be taken ;pff the f Postraaster,Iwhb now iM;N M, his .office, them, true met it h raised to a proper tan-i dard. ;Tiey -maljjridicv.! 1 they may be iaurhcJ".afi they mav bb tJ.!rd 'old Grimea,V i f 4f ' - 1 .-' ' 4 !-N. I 7 n i i .: i t ;V :! . " J!.' . i ? ' .- - . -- " ' . i ' .! il j r. i -,.1-,---.. -w -
The Daily Delta (New Bern, N.C.)
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