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I VOL. I. THE LEDGER (8 PUBLISHED KVKRT WEDNESDAY BY j BUNN & RICHARDSON, EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS. A. D. TUMBRO, Publisher. TER MS : invariably in advance. One copy One year, ............$ 2 00 . 8lx copies, j ... ..J . .... 10 00 ! - Twenty copica, ..:..... 25 00 ! Persons sending as Clubs of six or more will be entitled to one copy grdtif, Postmaster and gcboql Teaohers arere quested to act as Agents for the Ledger. TERMS OF ADVERTISING : ' 1 square (12 lines or less) first Insertion, $1.00 For eac. subser(nent Insertion, ' ' 25 . Longer advertisements in proportion. Contracts will be made at the above regu lar rates for six or twelre months, and at the close of the contract 25 per cent will be de- cuctra from the gross amount. Professional or business Cards, not exceed ing nve lines win be inserted in me Ledger for six monthsfof $6,or $10 for twelve month's. Court orders and Judicial Advertisements will be charged 25 per cent higher" than the rates specified above, f fi . v Transient advertisements must be paid for In advance. 1 i. . wUlb Inarted until ordered out, and charged aecnrdlnaW. - JOB WORK of every description neatly and, expert Uourty executed at tbis ornce. : Money sent to us by mantnu-rtjBfr For the Wilson Veekly Ledger. f. k W. W. HOLDEN. Messrs-. Editor: J '. As your p.i per. professes to be "neu tral in nothing.' although not yet very ,'forgly tinctured with political. articles. presume you will not objer.t to publisl tht e following ket,h of an EditorVlife an Editor .whose name is now so conspi primary meetings of the State, and re commended in so manv counties as their! . choice for Governor. This notice is ex . tracted from the Winston Sentinel.- 1 Sincere! v honincr that Mr. Holden mavi be the nominee of' the Charlotte n - vention, although possessed of an exalt ed opinion of Judge Ellis, for whom J: should be proud to voW,f I am yours,! very respectfully, i B. ! From the Winston Sentinel. Missrs. Atspxuon ABowkeb: , Gentlemen Allow me to introduce myself to you, and through' the columns of your paper, to the readers of the ' Stntinel, by asking the publication of this article. Mr. Holden. tbe senior ed - itor of the Raleigh Standard, being the ' subject of the communication, I could , . not expect its publication in that pacer l yallhe. things which I desire to bring - to U mrau of u people are exsineuU due to the distinguished merit and abi ity of that gentleman ; and they thould make him universally loved and esteem ed not only by the Democratic party, but by every honest and true friend of the M good old North State." Holden now stands among the most distinguished men of the South. The masses of people in every section seem toi singling him out, as the man of their choiot for the next Governor of te State. It my be of interest to your readers, and to the public generally, to know something of his origin, his early training, his poverty, and the manner in which he came to the position he now holds in the hearts of the people of his coustry He was born in Orange county, near Hiilsboro, in about the year 1818. He was of the most humble origin ; and be fog very poor, without friend t, or those influences' which wealth, early edoot tion, and a more illustrious parentage give, he-was cast upon the world at the early age of eleven, to fight its battles alone, to be buffeted by its frowns, to feel keenly the chagrin, sneers and scoffs of the proud and the rich, to . yield to hfes privations and wants, or to ride upon the boisterous waves of prosperity and hew out his own fortune by the la borof his own hands. Holden was never the man to despair without an effort, or to give up the field without a fight. He felt that a better fate than a life of igno rance and beggary awaited him, and he resolved at an early age to make him self a man. Having graduated at an old field school, he soon won the high position of ."printers devil" in the office of the Recorder, at Hillsboio', wbeia he served the usual time 6f apprenticeship. In 1834, then sixteen yeUrs of age, pen. iless and with his. bundle upon his back, he left the associations of his early life, and talked in quest of employment to Muton, well county,' where j U'tlum to yanviie, Va and was en 4 gaged for several years in- an office in that place, where her succeeded in can eling most of his liabilities, for as yet his earnings had not equaled his neces-J . .. f . A oiy wjusw. iweniyone years ago he again upon his feet left Danville, and went to Raleigh, and worked for four years, as, a journeyman printer in the Star office, then conducted bv Thomas J. Lemny. Here he read law while otb ers slept, and obtained license. Here too he commienced "writing his first arti cles for publication, and was for a short while, according to the influences of the offices in which- he had lalored and been brought up, identifie.1 with the whig party; which may be considered the greatest error of his life. But soon dis iv"0S ht the whig party was not the party to promote the interests of the masses, but tended rather to aristocracy and proscription, he wheeled ' instantly about, and having acquired some means and made a few substantial friendsiu 843 he took the Standard, then under the most discouraging circumstances. Toe whig party had an overwhelming majority in the State. The Legislature and the affairs of the State generally were influenced and ruled at the time mainly by what was known as the Ra- eigh Whig Aristocratic Clique, and it required tome nerve to be a Democrat to stand op in the face of derision and contempt and fight alone for the inter est And welfare of the masses. But he lougTilurela TStwl the word goftfeiiight them from the beginning, fought them to the last, and has done more to make North Carolina a Democratic State than any other man, who has unsheathed the sword in defence of Democratic princi ples, He has been prominent in all the great measures which have revolution ized the State during the past fifteen years. He has been" the friend no less of Common Schools than of works of in ternal improvements. He hat encour aged Agriculture and the Mechanic arts, and ia a meohanio himselt He was chiefly, in connection with others, in strumental, in 1848, ia bringing out Gov-Reid, for Governor. He wrote the ! first article that ever appeared in thsStaUin tavorof &ee suffra-e. He was iu friend and did more for its fioij establishment, thaoi tleid himself; for wmle &eid talked for it, be wrote for it, and it was thus kept constantly before WILSON, Is the minds of the people, until popular sovereignty triumphed 'and it became a law of the land. But it was in the days of .Know Nothingism, when the ! sickly glare of the midnight lantern shone out from every secret holeiand cellar, and the si radon of proscription and religious intolerance swept over the countrv. and for a time threatened the destruction of our noble institutions, when perhaps his transcendent ability, ana purity of heart was more exhibited than 'at 'any other time. He uncovered tneir culverti. ex posed their intrigue&j and disbanded amid shouts and curses and strife, the miserable plotteis of intrigue'and fanat icism. Thus he. has labored, and thus - ! -i he has ! served hia country, never.des- ponding, and never giving back before 'the enemy : but like a faithful sentinel, has watched alike the disorganizer aud the infuriated partizanj who would glory in his own triumph, even upon the ruins of his own country. .EoQIesgrv JU. no pyh can ,ac- umenw resulting ererrom. fj His policy has ever been to bhuD them and to rely or support upon the geqius ot his intel- ect and the sweat of his brow. True, in 1846, the Democracy of Wake Coun- iy, wimoui soiicuaiion on ms pari, nom. inated him for a seat in the Legislature: he was elected and served one term, and at the end of the sessioh published a card declining re-election : and with the ex- ception of having been a member of the L,itefary uoard sice i8ol, he pas never held an omee of any emolument whatev- r. ' ! But the characteristics which i com mend Mr. H. to the admiration and con fidence of his fellow-citizens, is his . un yielding devotion to principle, his deter mined opposition to faction and disor ganisation, his unflinching animosity to assumed or'titled "aristocracies, and above all his love of the masses, people and for tbe people. He is of the He hasnev er turned his back upon, them or, upon an enemy, A genuine working man, a statesman and a patriot, not ashamed of ms eanv iffnorance and povertv. a rl rjiJA rii. a . -.x. to the orphan and to the poor.' In tbis communication I have not at tempted to eulogise but to speak simply of things that are true. . I Orange. i ; . XT V ir tr A lu fflABui, warcn at,. Little change in market produce since last week, and none expected unt,l the produce comes in from the South. 900 bales. The last California steamer brought 11,400,000 in specie to' swell the sur plus of the banks, which are already glutted inthe present depressed state of ttoft - I ; Milttart ScHOOL8.r-The citizens of uwioue nave suDscnoea 915,000 to found an Academy of high grade on the military principle. The j town will sub scribe the Jremainde necessary, $10,- 000, provided the citizens assent thereto by vote on the 27th mst. . Paaroro by Regulation W it stated in a New York naoer thai at tfi revival meetings now nroirresaW in ibat MwMe m w vv aM w?i wiUe aU UJ mm o o o on: -Prayer and exhortationa not to kr ceed five minute in length It is said that whenever the leader in prayer ex ceeda tbe prescribed time, he iaimmev diately called to order., C, WEDNESDAY, IRISH POTATOIS. The following mode of planting and raising Irish Potatoes, we cfij from the Christian Sun, written, as the Editor says by one of the best and most suc cessful raisers, of this favorite esculent in Alaiftance County, N. C. I A section where they make as fine Potatoes as Can be produced any where in the world. The writer savs : "I propose to trive vou ov mode of planting; which has for sereral years proved eminently successful, without a single failure. I select a friable soil; inclined to be sandy, if convenient, if not already rich I make it moderately so, by a dressing, broad cast, of well j-otted manure, the scrapings of the kitchen yard prepared but any well rotted manure is good prepare the ground thoroughly by re peated plowings or spading if necessary, This done, make furrows j or trenches two feet apart and four inches deep. mjaake' a composUW 20 bushels ruvian Guano, and 1 busbll of fine char- coal, (uch as on be had 'Aout Railroad stations, or black-smith shops) or in- st6ad thereof half bushel of eround Potl h, thor9ughly incorporate the ingre- dients and spread at the of tbe furrow at the rate of one We handful to two "steps, about, six feet. Cut and drop the potatoes in the or- dinary wav, about nine inches anart. then fill the trench even full of -earth. leaving the surface perfectly level, and if at aWine lime vou are not satisfied with the yield your success will not equal mine. I have raied from this mode of culture over 400 bushels from 8 bushels of seed. t When tie grass makes its appearance I put with the .hoe or pw, a sufficient quantity of earth about the plant to I fnvnr tha rrrao ariH this IiJ.v1,a ....It! . . . ' exftePl to- ove and Pul1 ou me iHrgesi; weeas. : This plan of planting ((or our latitude) is founded oU1 common seme. Our climate is warm, and soil hot anrl . . I dry in summer, hence, t s potatoes in ridges scald and begin tdrot soon after, often before maturity, pf we dig them so early they will not kpep, but when the plan now described js adopted, the Guano compost hastens the growth, the I DTOiinrl hf inor Kara, ia mfim aakiIv 1i, I J ded xnA kent i and ,ifl f, ' w;n b founrl Konml A rn u unti, vhen ou d5 I.j tAZJ' 6 well in Virginia ana X proline, as Maine or Connecticut. '&&me may think in their land too moist for this mode of planting ; to uch I would say : The Irish deep njellow moist soil, DUl II your gTOUDU "uijr iw aamp for such a crop, it needs ditchinjr, and w;n not otow anv thinff well until this one.1 r CRAVEN. I A ktw Book. rThe Rev. C. F. Deems has written, and the manuscript is now in the hands -of the printer, a new book of which the following is the complexion: uTk CkurehdUturbeaC. Fl lUenceThe cause oj unce j he I - TTT ' ter Hear the other sideA Request The book will contain 176 pages and will be sold at 30 cents per copr, or four copies for $2. Address Geo. H. Kelly, J Wilmington, N. O APRIL 7, 1858. Rssources of'the South. Govern- or Hammond, of South Carolina, in his at speech, gave the following glowing ana lescripUonoftheresourceaoftheSouth: The South, he said, has eight hundred and fifty thousand square miles of terri- tory, an area as large as that covered" by Great Briuin, France, Austria, and Pros- siaand Spain. The North, even after the admission of the two large Territo ... .... ...... I nes of Kansas and Minnesota, will fall one hundred thousand souare miles short sable pructioo, that eaonot be grown elsewhere, a shore line of three thousand mites, ana so inaeniea witn pays ana i crowded with islands as to make the whole measurement twelve thousand miles. Through the heart of our coun- try run's the mighty Mississippi, into whose bosom are poured thirty-six sand zoilea of inhSSTitreaics;1! thou- &a Um I the world's- empire. ation four times as large as that which conquered our independence, and a thousand fold as strong. Upon our i muster rolls we have a million of men. At any time the South can raise, equip, and maintain, in the field, a larger force than . any power on earth can send against her men, too, brought up on horseback, with guns in their hands. The wealth of a people is to be estimat ed by their surplus productions. All the enterprises of peace and war depend on what a nation is able to spend. The reports of the Secretary of the Treasu ry show that the exports of the United States amounted last -year to, $279,- OCO.OOO, exclusive of gold and foreign merchandize re-exported. Of this. amount the productions of the Sonth are $185, 000,000. In addition to this we sent to the North $35,000,000 of out staples, making our surplus productions worth $220,000,000, equal to 16 56 per head of our population, supposing it to be twelve millions, a dividend which no nation on earth can show. This is a giand picture and true, eve ry word of it. Echo Akswewho. tt What must be done to conduct a newspaper right !" w write." . 44 Speaking of the Eastern war, one asked what will be the expense V "pence" - . 44 What's necessary for a farmer to as- V: mm ma. n 44 What would give a blind man the greatesi aeiignu light. 1 44 What's the best counsel given bv a justice of peace !" 14 peace," 44 Who commits the greatest abomina tions r 44 nations. - . ' 44 What cry is the greatest terrifier T -"fire, ." 44 What are some women's chief exer ciser "sighs. 44 Who is more beautiful than shet I demand an answer. 44 Ann, sir. RK8X7XFTIOV OT SPKCIK PATJfXTB. The banks of Agusta, Ga, have re solved to resnme specie payment simul taneously with those of Savannah wheth er the day fixed upon be the 1st of May or June, irrespective of what may be donein Son jh Carolina. Dont fan to read "fTs" comTmnr.a tion on Wrt, to be found oa next pag .he territory! a ofth.Bocky VZnTipSSwrof 4otMgd. Sb I tW. Mountains, which will never corns into piebian birth, but of exceeding beauty that all physicians are quacks, and that antagonism with the South. .We have and accomplishments, won the affections since yoa are a physician, yeu are a the best soil, the best climate, indispen- of a young nob!eman, who, baviog ber utdc r ? - ' A TRADE A tUKTUriE. If parents would consider tbe welfare WS'S . hnm niltMA of ihTricb. who. aside from, their income have no means of tub- sistence.J How often does this daughters. I O . ..a.. . . I u It he nchf n me aaugnier asiaouar; ana in kwuct ipnuwi w ftwers, u Yes he is rich, he is a gentleman, tor. ad ao on. wilh 1 crowd whose tame neat in ms areas, au 1 . I, a trrm Vr ttnmr in 1 w7i., jj- marine the astonishment of the I n0Deman. I u Am I not!" said he, 44 of sufBdent rank ts aspire to your daugbUr's hand T I "You are undoubtedly of the beat bI. they . not " ,i J - Your etU is msamificehl, and your 1 iTea sent, how bottkl I expct a rafoaal f Inia, air, the father repaad, u my only child, and her happiness is the chief concern of my life. All the posses sions of fortune are precarious ; what for tune gives, at her caprice she takes away. I see no Mecunly for the independence and comfortable living of a wife out one; in a word, I am resolved that no one shall be the husband of my daughter who is not at the same time master of a traaeF - The nobleman bowed, and retired si lently. A year or two after, the father was sitting at tbe door, and saw ap proaching the house, wagons laden with baskets and at the head of the calvacade a person in the dress of a basket maker. Ana wno ao you suppose 11 was 1 ne former suitor of his daughter the no bleman turned basket maker. - He was now master of a trade, and brought the wares made by his own hands for inspec tion, and a certificate from his employer in testimony of his skill The condition being fulfU!ed,.no fur ther obstacle was opposed to the mar riage. But the story is not yet done The Revolution came fprtune wr plundered andlords were scattered as chaff before the four winds of henAn. Kings became beggars some of them teachers and the noble Pole supported his wife and her father in the infirmities of old age, by his basket making indus try, THE CAVILLER UI go through the alphabet, and I find there is not, really, any difference- at least for the better between the ac tual live of the men who belong to the church, and of those who make nosach vrotamonT. T tWer coecJade that the whole body of church-members is unsound, and that the religion itself is a cheat or a .delusion, and that the Seas I have to do with it, the better for me. 44 Does that seem to you sound reas oning F r .. "Whyuotl 44 Do you not reason from exceptions to the rule ! 44 1 claim that these instances form the rule. , 44 Can you prove it t 44 Perhaps noL" 44 Do yoa really believe itr -44 Why should I not T 44 Yoa are a'pbyskianr 44 Yea." . J 44 Regular bred T "I hope so three year in Paris, csd tea in the hospital vpo the top of tie regular course ooght to entitle me to use that language." Suppose Isay yoa are a quack T NO. 6. I shoald deny, it aird be maa u:n yoa if you insuted." I go UirottgiJoswo, aMitoa everything by one herb ; a4 a caacer doctoi in another, who will cocjart j ow cawerroto a quart ootue toroocsApt- . ration ; and a mesmeric doctor in anolh- who wiU Ull yo. aU that U the mat- lon ? Low 10 " ,or .1 1 . 1 ! ? 1 ' 1 UIrcion,whoare, .1 . . -HufO-los-. I -J" . At gd as yonrs, tn my jongmtci 'wwuju.iuww. are many profesaed Christians, whose lives bear melancholy witness thrt their m iarincere, but thetery tween their Uvea and our deal of Catm- turn life, taay teach us that there yreyatiottaJist. A Foams Chasixo a ParrTT.Wo m Air bt True air Hv Some two weeks ago (says the Louisville Democrat, cf the 24th nlL,) there arrived in our city a beautiful young widow of twenty-five, obvioasly, mere quicu fa Hungarian by birth) on cer wsv to New Orleans en route to Havana, where she btended to engage In her proCsaaion -aa a female physician, bhe was aboe an exile from Hungary, where her hus band had lived and died a patriot, Feel in? cow that the M fatherland," in it subjugated condition, had Uule left cf promise vox ser iuture, ana, wiu true woman' heroic' resolution, betook her self to travel in search of a new and more genial home in aaother ' hemis phere. ReachiDcr New York, she took the inland route to New Orleans, shak ier Louisville a point. After tarrying a day here, she continued her journey,- twi, on one of the rood packet steam ers, she reached New Orleans a few days ago. Oa rndsy last, an agent from the house of Rothschilds, the great baskera, also reached our. city, in chase of the young, self-reliant widow, who is intent upon ber journey to Havana, lie has been dispatched from Europe to aetk cut the wanderer and bear to her the "gad tidings that she had recently come into immense poasenioes at home, and to re vile her to retrace her trip. With the aid of the telegraph, he learned that she had arrived aauly In Kew Orleans, and was stopping at the St. Louis HoteL . A secoad dispatch, urging hex to wait his arrival, was. forwarded, and on ha ha kaaUaed, to bear to her the infer ration, that she lis a fortune of eleven. ri&me mi aCo mrmkitj hr if-f . lainkrof this bUJ of fortes tryir in escape Tk wealth she all tmcmciousl7 paean ad. and how it has chased her to the Kew WorU ; and, by the aid of Cup ful agents, quick travel, aud ttlejrsptio wires, she at length learn the story of her wealth. ' -v- - A chivalrous Termouter, cce llajor Beale. ha rcaury returned tu Augusta, Ga from Paris, where it seem he ehanesrad a French Colonel, and they foeght with swords. At the first stroke, the 2Ijor uoa vraarrd from hi Csoa Utlj piciirj tp atd rtpWif g crjan, he tied hi hxnd ksrchlef war it. Jiix (aarlsjcu tha besdage for eUvca daja, ha resoeed il wheQ to hHcrsatarsxriou ha fourd tiat be had placed it wroog ai4e up, aud ft waa sow healed. Altlcegu it doe cci. fasYrowe hi pevacua! beauty, he Ccds jveiy cocTcnitct for Ulirg ittufi, J i I
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