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v jk . . THE COMMERCIAL WILMINGTON, IS. G. . SATURDAY. APRIL 12, 1851.; ILMLVGTON &. MANCHESTER BAIL ROAD, We expected an ofljeial account of the proeecdV lugs of the adjqqmed meeting of the Stpckhpl- dere of this Company which was hcl,d In this town on Thursday lost, and consequently prepared no report. We bare been disappointed, and can now only atate tbt a Rwmttonwas adopted to sell the Bond of the Company to the amount of 580,000. A PATRIOTIC COUNTY. , 1' We learn that tha Magistrates of the county of Pasquotank bave laid a tax sufficient to appropri ate three hundred dollars to each District for the support of schools for ten months in the year. SCHOOLS IN CRAVEN. The Board of Supcrintendants for Craven coun ty, met in Newbern on Saturday the 29th of last ffionth, and adopted a Report and Resolutions calculated to Improve and give rigor to the sub ject of education. Teachers are to bo classified, and hare Certificates No. I and 2, according to their competency to teach. Provision was made for the erection of suitable school houses in esch District Urea could visit them whenever they fytfre. In thcdeufiofCj'. Mott, this community his lost an intelligent, industrious, and highly esteemed citizen,". ' I f . - '' -! ,J'K Connecticut- election. V ' Tho. returns from the State show the following eeatrt ' v:iT--r- : Thomas H. fUTxoi'B (Dem.) is re-elected Gov ernor by 1,000 plurality over Mr. Limn-re S. wm - ' ' twin I - MHr.-vwwym, mgsamr FOSTER, (Whig.) - ; ; ,,-... -r"" To Congress two gentlemen from each party hare been elected, via: v 1 V.'"- v -1st district, CsuRLta Cairuut, Whig, gain. 2d Coua M. Ikoersoia, Dem. ... ; jd , vi .c. T. Ci.vi;t.AKD, Free-Soil Dcrfc 4th' " Taoma B. Botur, Whig, The Legislature stands as follows ; - . : . Whigs. Dcma. ; Senate- 13 ..... - 8 House - - - - 114 i -r 110 The Whigs thus have a amall majority on joint ballot, which will secure them the United States Senator. , " , WE NEVER SAW: We say we never saw a finer piece of Pickled Beef than that sent to us on Thursday, by our friend Mr. George H. Sexist. No one can duly appreciate the merits of the article, till he gets a piece, and lets "expressive masticalion muse its praise." We have changed a word in our quota tion from the poet, which may be excused in speak ing of the universal science of gastronomy j which is not amenable to theoretical abstractions, being always practical in its operations when r'ghlty un v , : EXCHANGE OP STOCK. ;. By an act of tlio last Legislature, it is proposed to give to the Wilmington and Manchester Rail Road Company, two hundred thousand dollars in the Stock of the Wilmington and Raleigh R. Road in exchange for Stock in the Wilmington and M. Rail Road. The Journal thinks that to accept this proposition would be folly if not worse. Wo think so too confining ourselves, however, to the idea that it is for present purposes the aid is wanted- At. . M ..... . ... . H . . - '- were use -warns 01 me juancnester itoaa in per spective the case would be different, as the valno of the Wilmington Stock ia. daily increasing ; " and there are many iutelligenjt holders of it, who would not part with it even at this time, for less than par. The gentlemen engaged in the management of the Wilmington and Mnnchestef Eoad, are well enough acquainted with t&e business affairs oflife to know that every enterprise is liable to opposi- tion, and that they will meet continual obstruc tions to their progress? But they have the talent and the nerre Jo arrest and conquer every difficul tf, sustained, as they will be, by the approbation and encouragement of their follow citizens. ' TUB AGITATORS. A Writer In the National Intelligencer compli ments Mr DicEiMOH. of New York, for a remark In the Senate, jwhlch 'waa that t( one dozen ac. carted agitotora'i north and south, were kicked out of the Union, the country would be at rest." , Thlii may be ao. r But H should be remembered that Iffhere were no agitator at tU northf there vm1d be -none at tlit'jioiMWoDMbi ,; eufltucntiy countenanced to deserve 'a 'name: in the influences that control the country. k0' All tbat U required to secure peace, is, that northern agitators should cease Aggression, and then the south would not be compelled to agitate in awenav xne reading of Mr. Dickinson's re marks should be amended, to be just in their ap plication; ; Had he said, if one dozen agitators were kicked! out of the northern States, the coun try wotiTd enjoy peace and harmony, he would have asserted 'hat is strictly true. ' It may be said thcre,are men at the 8outh wh o wbh &suri(,,io tty anl every case. This is true but it is also true that ii number is qvite amal!(and would dwindle- into insignificance, if the compromlscif of . tlie,Cnst!tution were respected In the "northern States, o that the whole cause ' t of agitation arises from the Interacting of thoso peoplejbi maUer that does not concern them ; from encroachment and Insult, in a case that could as well.be avoided as not. ' ' . , ' ARRIYAL OF THE 0DIQ. ' fflnlo OiafroniBavana, arrived on Snnday last at Orleans. The Hon. Henrt Clay came as passinger; she also brings 482,000 - dollars )n gold dust ",.--.,.., 1 i . Orleans. Date from New Orleans to the 6th inst. state, ,. that though the crevassea are doing much injury, tothejrowing cropi, the piisln po dapgej K:t;;rlcp:L; mot?.,. r We learn, by Iho following article from the I4nooln BnublIca,n; that the body of Col. Motz, zwhO wswned. jrome weeks .since, has been ! found;1 i . .'; . -The Body ofCoL Mota found. The, body of , CoL" Andrew Motz was found, last Sunday Even- ' ag (30th) in toe South Fork of the Catawba, a bout one mile below, the place, where CTark's Creek , intersocto tbtf ,river, and about one ind a half r tnifca below tbe.brldge, over the'Creek which he ivi ut nn, u jTacn uomet ane lxxiy was loumi ty Messrs. llouser and Price. A Jury of . inquest ; was beld. and the verdict we give be low ' "? ' ' s ' ' T - ' J i " On Monday,, a pr..cessi(w jt,t tho Mountain H Lodge, of 1. 0. of Odd-Fellows, f of which. Col, Moti was. member) was formed, and marched nlo the Vicinity of this Towi recefved the re ; mains of thciri(ilenorted brotbeand proceeded ; 4 io iue .piojKti vnurcn, louowea ny a large con PrmtheN.O. Daily Delta. IS SUICIDE A CRIMB 1 ,; sTRixaa story raoM acit Lira in n. orlian a. When the; great St. Charles Hotel was burning, and the whole city was In a state of intense excre ment and alarm apprehensions being indulged from the quantity of sparks and burning frag ments which were hurled in eyery direloiilry. the prevailing wind, that the conflagration would extend much farther, in tjje midst of this ab sorbing panic and confusion, a strange picture of coolness and self-possession was exhibited in the fourth story of one of the buildings directly op posite the Hfltel. A poor tailor waa observed sitting on hjs board, intently engaged in his avo cation, and beguiling his labor by snatches of French airs, The heat was so great that the houses opposite were seared and scorched.'and the glare of the bright flames nearly blinded, ail be holders ; but the imperturbable little tailor main tained hjs posjtion, some fifty feet from the main body oi the flame, and continued his sewinc and singing amid the noise and confusion, the crush of tho falling walls, the loud huzzas of the fire men, and the noisy gusts of the conflicting ele ments, the fire and wind, which seemed to meet like two great giants in deadly combat. This philosophic individual was the hero of the following strange but true story; Charles Boussel, a poor French tailor, on St. Charles street, b 'lng depressed in fortune and spirit, a few days ago suggested, in tho hearing of his wife, the plea of suicide, as a last resource against the ills of a hard existence. This idea fell like a spark on the tinder, on the susceptible ajid infiamable character of his Parisian wife. She pronounced it a heroic thought, find declared that she would share his fete.-f thjits 'ttiey had long struggled together m life, so they would pass into the other world, hand-in-hand. ' Fortunately, she added, the means o carrying out their noble purpose were coureaiently at hand. She had a quantity of arsenic, which she had bought to poi son rats. They conld diride it in two equal quan tities, and drjnk it off together. The Frenchman accepted the proposition, and they were soon seat ed at the table, with a tumbler before each. Here was a scene for the pen of Sue or Dumas, a scene from real life, equal to the most exciting pictures in their wild romances ! With slow pre cision and self-possession, Mrs. RoiLsse'l measured out the arsenic, and poured the' two equal por tions into the tjUmWers. She then fined them with claret. They then Rooked steadily ftt each other, and a pause of some minutes ensued, dur ing which they seemed to be making up their last accounts wit i the world. At lost, the wife through his body at the junction of cross-road; We presume, therefore, tbat a person who was ac cessory to such an apt would not escape punish ment. But oqr law wiakes no provision for such a case. ' There firohowevcr.ctimstarices In this case which show' that there & a defect In our criminal Jurisprudence, ..The turpitude, and crimi nality of a person who, by false pretences , and promises. Induces another to deprive-' himself of life, arecertainly quite as palpable as those of the obtaining money or goods under false pretences, jrhich latter offence is made a serious crime.' U.' From the N.O. Tmlklta, Aril.S. , 7 AN AWFUL MURDER. . One of those appalling acts, which sometimes shers a manjnto eternity without gtvjng, blni time to think upon the wful change, occurred last evening on tfco cofnor QfQlrouile n' He via atreeta.1 The Victim was young man, in the prime and vigor of yottU, ndmed Timothy "Dono van, and he : who la accused of his' murder i man named John' Clarko. whq has a family de pendent on him' for s'upjort.""The circumstances, as ihr as they rould te (gathered "last night from the coqfnscd. and startled people in the neighbor hood . appeared to have been these. Timothy Donovan' and 4 comrade of his, named Michael 6rifljny were, last evening, about eight o'clock, in tn room lof a dress maker, named Margaret Dwyer, on the corner of tiirondeand Haria streets, when a woman, named Uebecca Clark, who resi ded in the adjoining house, commenced a quarrel . k 4 " .y ..... ... j witty her. Hotn women went into tne street aim were beating one another, when the husband of one, John Clark, interfered. Donovan and Griffin endeavored to protect the woman in whose house they had been, when Clark, drew a knire Griffin then caught him about the waist, and received a cut iqjhe' wrt. Donovan, the deceased, then advanced upon Clark, and received the latai diow. He staggered into the house he had left and died immediately. Donovan had lately arrived here from Boston, and received" the name or that city as ai) alias. He has been engaged in working on the Levee and on steam boats, and had visited this largaret Dwyer for the purpose of obtaining some clothing she was making for him. He does not seem to have been over twenty years old, and was rather a fine looking man I.- f rom the New Orleans Tnu Delta, April 8. ' " " ' CREVASSES. KERSHAW, COURT. ? On Monday, the 81st ult., his Honor J udge Wi thers, opened the Court &( Camden, and on Tues day, the 1st inst.i Samuel J. Love was arraigned for the Murder of Robert 1. Lessor In that town on the 18th nil", the particulars of which we gave at thq time of tho melanchply..occurrencc. Ber ing a case which elicited great interest, it occu pied nearly tha entire day.- Mf. Solicitos'- Fair represented the State, and thrPr.isogvjpi3 abljr defended by Messrs. Smart and Shannon.', The Jury, having been, chcrgedby bUVHoho? in -his 1 .1 1 . ...'! .......... . H..!.2.jt' -I usual eiear uuu iuiyrc3iTt! uiaimvi, ictucu, uu after a consul tiUoh of nearly twenty h ours, re turned a verdict of Gdty4 with a ' recontmenda- tion to Executive clemency. Notice, however, of an appeal baa been given by the Solicitors to the defence. ; , . , . :, 0a Thursday the 84 inst., Samuel J . Lore, who was also indicted for aiding and abetting his sun in the murder of Mr. Lestler we have heard it stated in this town, we know not how' correctly; that he held the unfortunate victim, whilst his son shot him was tried by the same Jury,' aha defended by the same counsel. The Jury acqwfc tedhim, returning the following "v6rdict--"We find the defendant Samuel W. Lore guilty of ejecu sable HomiciaV ' " ' ?'' ' ' We were not present at the trial, and know nothing more of the facts, thaii what wo ' have stated, but it certainly appears strange to us, that tho same Jury should find one prisoner guilty of Murder, and acquit the other on the grounds that the death of the party was an "excusable homicide, The proceedings at the approaching Appeal Court, however, will doubtless solve tho mystery, Stale Rights Republican . ' MASSACHUSETTS ELECTION. w " -"rT"" ';'m7" Bjstjm, April. 8 f Elections were beld yesterday to fill the vacan cies in the 2d, 4th( 5th and th districts. -. ' In tlie fiau district, Allen, Free-Soil, is ra-eleo- tcd, and, lii' the "seventh, Goodrich, Whig, has probably betn chosen. In the other district no choice. . Paifrey has gained considerably since last election. " ' -'' . of last Saturday, says course of relatives and friend, and interred hi body in their usual solemn manner. ! h t was truly , gratlfring, : amid tba tears ef the rriatloiui and, friends of tho ..late. Col. Motz, to bear that bis; body was found, and that his re mama were placed1 where bis a9"tctionat rela poke: My dear, you do not drink you are not af raid I" "Afraid," exclaimed tho heroic tailor "a Frenchman afraid !" and then seizing the glass, he drank every drop of it. Tho wife eyed him close ly, and when she saw that he had swallowed the fatal dose, her heart relented agaiust the cruel world, new views seciped to sprjng up before her, and her rniud resumed .the balance' from which it had been disturbed by the suggestions of suicide. She beeah to think she had 'better bear .the ills we have, Thau fly to others, which which we know not of.V Under the impulse of those new feelings, the heroine (!) arose from the table, threw the contents of herJUimblcr into the fire-place, and proceeding to anTJid armoir, drew out a much more powerful .resource agaiust the ills of flesh, than suicide a bottle of eau de vie. The Frenchman closely ob served the movements of his better half, and at first, thinking that she was only preparing to com mlt the fatal deed, in tho most dramatic style and attitude, he did not express any doubt or alarm but when be saw her deliberately assuage her grief and desperation in a long draught of eau de vie, instead of the eaudemort, which had been mixed for the occasion, it then flashed upon his mind tVat he had bectt the .victim to .tlie wiles of a second Luereiia Borgia. Ho upbraided her in the strongest terms, and called ia several of the neighbors, to whom he related the fecto as detail ed. The wife, however, assumed a distressed and affectionate bearing, and. fondjing her poor hus band, declared that she had only deferred her de struction to see that his remains were decently buried. Reconciled by these assurances, the poor fellow forgave hqr, and after giving her a last a . .a a " iona emorace, was taxen oy some Kind persons in a cao 10 me wnaruv nospiiai. ucioxB.eiaa ar rived at this establishment, the poison had per- ionuea us mission, ana tne poor jrrenenman was a corpse. The clerk at the Hospital refused ad misnion for a dead body. It was then carried to the Work-house, where a Coroner'i jury was call ea, ana ine foregoing iacts wore elicited. . The Coroner Immediately issuod a warrant for the arrest ofMr.Roussel, on a charge of being aecesaory to her busbaM s suicide. This nrocced io brings up the Inquiry whether 'suicide Is a crime. .Unless it be, there can be no accessories, and the warrant ef the Coroner has no. foundation. Under the old common law, aulpide was strongly reprobated and wai punished. The person, who dcitroyed litmsclf wa buried with a stake driven The accounts from the whole coast up the river are appalling. The country papers that came to hand yesterday, are filled with accounts of over flows from old crevasses ana imminent disaster i from new ones. Tho St. Francisville Chronicle of Saturday says : " There are some three crevasses Jo the parish of Point Coupeo; one juHt below Fisher's Store, one opposite Preston's and one at Van Winkle's landing. They were all doing considerable dam age at last Recounts. A breach has also taken place in the leyce opposite tho city of Baton Rouge. The crevasse at Point Look-out, is to be disastrous in its effects. " Should the present stage of water continue for any ongt of time, it will have a tendency to shorten tne cotton ana sugar crops oi tne state very considerable. The Monroe (La.) Register of the 15th ult., says: "We learn that tfceievees, th above and below our town, have given away. We are now onf the The Point Coupee Echo, that the river at that place was stul on the rpe and had risen one iach during the preceding nigbi. We take the following item, regarding the state of the river, from the Echo : " There was an effort at a crevasse immediately in front of our office on hist Snnday morning. It occurred before day, the levee giving away about twelve or fifteen feet. With the ahTuf our noigh bors, some old mattresses, hard labor and Provi dence, the breach was closed, and the old father of rivers eonflned to his own domain by daylight. The same paper has the following paragraph under the head of another crevasse : "A large crevasse .happened on Wednesday night, at Raccouroi. It occurred In the new levee. near the large crevasse of lost year, and we learn that there is not much probability of stopping it. The river has now attained within one inch the highest point of last year. The subjoined is from the Plaqucmine Sentinel of Saturday ; We have been peculiarly unfortunate with crevasses this season. There remains but a small portion of our parish which will be exempted from overflow. Thfl levee some few davs since rave wav at two points, on tho opposite side of the river, In front of Dr. Courier's and Mr. Ross's. Neither of these breaks .have yet been stopped, and it is sup- . .. ... ' ...... i . .... . posea.tnat tucy nave now reacnea mat poini when all attempts to do ao will prove futile .We opiae that these crevasses will drown all . it i li A tne crops on tnai suie oi tne river, juany oi we planters for miles above and below have already been Inundated, and the water is fast encroaching on their neighbors beyond We Jearn from another article in the. Sentinel that the planters had a meeting, apd vigorous ef forts were about being made to stop the o crflow under the superintendence of Mr. Baylcy, Assis tant State Engineer. The annexed article is from tho Bayou Sara Ledger, of Saturday: ( ."Again ta unpleasant task devolves upon us to announce ike, unwelcome intelligence of anoth er inunaation oi.our town, xrie town is now copjplyly under wetter, every street having from three 4o-six feet water upon it.'.. The 'river is high as this plaeo as the highest water mark of last year, and is still rising at the rate of an -inch " The inundation was caused by about fifty or sixty Jeet of the back levee sliding off, to stop which was impossible ; for, in less time than twen ty minriteslhe whole town was on -body of w tor. ' . From the Baltimore Sun. Fugitive Slave CagePostponement ot the Decision Probable Coilisiou between the State and Geueral Government Meettns; at Tremout Temple Arrival of Air. Web ster, &c. .. . i . Boston, April 9 Mr. Uurtis, the United states commissioner, has deferred his decision in the fugitive slave case UUV11 fllUU UClt. The case of the negro Simms begins to assume a more serious aspect, and a direct collision be tween the General and State Governments appears to be threatened. In the Massachusetts Senate to-day an order was passed, by a vote of 2$ to' ?, appointing a committee to inquire "whether the freedom of any inhabitant of this Commonwealth is in danger through the remissness of any officer thereof T or if any law for the security or perso nal freedom had been violated by any officer of bcity or Statel" ' . ' ' ' ' 'mtt. ' i. , a ... . . A 1 mis movement is n consequence 0 me reiusai of the Sheriff to serve the writ of replevin upon the Marshal, and also his refusal to serve a crimi' nal warrant upon Simms for assaulting the officer who arrested him both of which were designed as pleas to get Simms out of the hands of the United States authorities. The committee is now In ics slon. ' '' The Governor has also directed tjhe Atyowiey General to consult with the Sheriff relative to ser ving the writ of replevin upon the Marshal. Immense placards are posted about calling on the citizeus, and all opponents to slavery, to as semble at the State House on Friday, and v.itness the State's disgrace In tho delivering up of Simmy. The meeting atTremont Temple, in opposition to the fugitive law, continued its session the en tire day.s Hon. Stephen Phillips offered a series of resolutions asserting the right of fugitives to a trial by jury, and the habcas-corpus afct limler the common law, and declarring the fugitive slave law unconstitutional, and a violation of 'the rights of freemen. A proposition wai) made to sit all night, but, upon its being known (hat tiie com missioner had postponed his decisiop, tho nicot ine adjourned. Mr. Webster arrived last night, and put up at the Revere House. His health is still feeble. Oti his arrival jesterday at Springfield, the peo ple turned out e muse to meet him, and greeted him with the utmost enthusiasm. " Had the break occurred In, the night, we hare no doubCbuuhat the low of property would have been Immense; and there Is good reason to sop- ptwthat many lives would have' been lost. '"'' Froifftte Qoldsbaro' Patriot, -f f. NEW. METHODIST CHURCH. : This handsome edifice waa opened for divine. service 6n last, Sunday morning?' It ft a handr some structure, and reflects mnch credit on the Mechanical skill of it architect and builder, Col. Wm. R. Sixes, of thit place, 8o far a workman ship is concerned, there exists but one opinion in tblsootnraunity it has been executed with' fi delity, and a due regard to the obligations of the contract, ' " ' ' - : ' While much praise is due to thoso of our citi zens who havo aidfed in the erection of this beau? tiful little temple, consecrated to devotion and sanctified by prayer alike an qruament to our town, an infallible index of the moral and religi ous perceptions of our .citizens, and an abiding j monument of their deep sense of duty, to foster and perpetuate religious institutions while, we repeat, this is so, we cannot but regret that, it has pot been finished inside, in a manner suitable to the tastes and refinements of our magnanimous citizens. We mean no reflection upon those who have had charge of the work. They have done their whoJe'duty, But we regret to Ihink that. Circus companies can carry off our dollars by hun dreds, and that a House dedicated to the service of Goo cannot be plastered for lack of funds. Such a state of things ought no longer to exist. And wherever it does exist, we venture to' assert the public mind is monitor less diseased. We are none of those who object to innocent, recreative amusements. But he who has fifty cents to lay out for a Circus ticket, ought also to have fifty cents to contribute to every undertaking involv ing the public weal. We therefore hope that an effort will be made during the Spring and Sum mer, to plaster the new Church, and- to supply it with Stoves, that when winter again overtakes us, our citizens may have a comfortable mansion whertein to worship God. We wore not present at the services on Sunday morning, but learn that an eloquent dedicatory sermon was preached to an overwhelming audi ence, by the Rev. Mr. Jones. We heard him in the evening, when the bouse was agojja filled to overflowing, and were much pleased with the simplicity of his style, the perspicuity of his ar rangement and the force and cogency of his argu ments. In this we are but sentimental with all who heard him. We wish him a prosperous and ltappy journey on his sacred mission. MEXICAN CLAIMANTS. We sec it stated in a New York paper that tho Secretary of the Treasury had appolrited a honso in Washington to pay the claimautA under tho treaty with Mexico the amount wllich' would be respectively awarded to them" by tho Board of Commissioners now sitting irt this city. Havin made the needful inquiry on the' subject, wo are authorized in savins; that ho iuchlappointnient has been mode by the Secretary) who, on the contrary, has not decided in what inodu those payments shall bo made. The Board of Commissioners have nearly closed their labors; and will by law finally terminate them on the lOth instant. The whole amount of their a&ards, it is sa4d, will come within the three and a quarter millions stipulated in the treaty. The award will not be payable until thirty days after the Ubiuini.siiioners have closed their pro ceedings. Nat. Intelligencer. that for city consumption, is for Trinidad and the mines on the Kiamath riv - and its tributaries. There seer is to be but liu.o abatement in the a mount of importations, of the leading staples. ' Of these, flio. proportion which pays less than cost and freight,' is very consideratlo. It U very difficult for shippers at the East to bit the market, even when they have the latest practicable1 advi cea. - -; '' .' - : - v But when wo take Into account the fact, that most of the shipments are niadu'nqt npon orders from thbj StatJs, but almost at randora.'tfe'presenr condition of our market fails to'occasion surprise. ? There ia a great overstock here, is the article of Boots of all kinda, which are soll,ing at less than first cost. It is incredible'! tne vast amount!' of such goods that (ire in lWt WdrketandM'"It & with rjther articles, tfnd so if will be,cnntir ship-' pen can regulate their ; shipments more fit acc-r dance "with the r demands of trade: ' v . . T From the Raleigh Register. THE OUTLAW WILL CASE.. ; The trhl of this important and interesting civil luit, which was pending, at the moment of our' last going to Press, was continued until o'clock Saturday night at which hour, tl8 Jurjr, being unable to agreo upon a' verdict wer charged. ' So there is a mulrial, and the wbqt case) with tho laborious investigation of witnesses, Ac., will have to be gode over1 with 'again. We understand that hlsjUpnor, Judge Ellis, has appointed a speciafterm ferm of ihe Court far the third Man day in June. , rff.' ' We are suro that no one, vlio heard andg wit nessed the intellectual couflict betweon the able counsel jn this case, could haye resisted a feeling of just pri4e at the eminence of the bar ia North Carolina. Tho, respective arguments, on either side, -weso strong, lqcjd, and tolling, intermingled occasionally with as much eloquenco as the na ture of the case would admit. ' "LEAVING THE SINKING SHIP." We know of several gentlemen of wealth and worth who are about leaving South Carolina on account of the continued political turmoil and warfare with the General Government, which characterizes her. If she persists in bcr mad scheme of secession, her best citizens will leave in droves, and move, as one told us a few days since, "into tha United States." Thus says the Southern Patriot. We dislike to appeal to the fears of people as we think fear at all times a bad counsellor, We trust that those gentlemen of wealth and worth, who are demon strating their patriotism by "leaving' their coiin- ry for their country's good," will apply at the State Department and receive testimonials of ap probation from Mr. Webster. These eentleraen, by-the-bye, must have a keen scent for danger, if the statements of all cot respondent of the Patriot are ' cdrroet, for it ap pears that no one advocates Secession, and they must be afraid that' -'it will secedo itself" as tho whistling was dono according to "the school boy who meekly and innocently replied to a stern re buke from the master "please sir it whistled it self." We know some gentlemen of wealth and worth who will leave the Bute If the submits but we scorn to use thit as an'arguraent when Secession lsirfdicatdby',every consideration 'of duty and sustained by arguments addressed to ' reason and not to fear. Col. Tel. Imprisonment of Free Seamen. A correspondence has taken place between Capt. Portor, of the steamship Georgia, and Re corder Genols, of Now Orleans, on the subject of enforcing the Law of Louisiana, requiring the iin prisomnent of free negroes arriving on vessels en tering that port until the departure of the vessel Capt. Porter claims exemption, on the ground that the Oeorgla is a national vessel, under offi cers of the Navy, and subject to the orders of the Secretary of the' Navy. Mr. Gcnois, under tho advice of the District Attorney , docs Rot rccog nlse the claim to exemption, but, on accouat of the Georgia being retfdy for sea, consents to defer the issue of the warrants; nevertheless he notifies CaptTortdr that npok the tho return of the Ocor gla to mat porv un ium uwun uit un. MARINE NEWS. HIOH WATER AT THK BAR 9.48 PORT OF WILMINGTON. APRIL 12. MORE RELIGIOUS MOCKERY. The following was placed in tho desks of most of the churchos in Boston, on the Cth inst. Par son Colver actually read it, and complimented Sammy Seweil, with whom it originated, by giv- ng it an allusion in some of his propers. No one else disturbed it : The undersigned, a freeman, and in peril, de sires the prapcrs of this congregation that God may deliver him from the oppressor, and restore him to Imudoni, his THOMAS (-1 SIMMS. Witness S. E, Sewell, ' marx. E- W. Jackson. Boston, April 5,1861. ARRIVED. 10. Steamer Evergreen, Rush, from Fayette ville, to A. D. Cazaux, with Yarn, Cotton, &c. Bctir. J. A. Simpson, Haskil, from Boston, to A. II. VanBokkekm. v Schr. Evay Taylor, ftoms Philadelphia, to Geo. IJarriss, with nidze. a ,"vy Brig Montague, Mahoney, from Boston, to Miles Costih. - . i . - ' . Dutch Brig Enchantress, Blydenfrom St. Mar tins,. to Mles Costio, with 8201) bushels Salt. Steamer Gov. Qrahain, Hurt, from Fayettevillo, to T. C. Worth, with' nidze for sundry persons. Steamer. Chatham, Evans, from Fayetteville. to T.: C. "Worth. Passengers : James Wooten, A Gra ham, A. K. Cromartie, D. P. McNair, A. J. Currie. Scbr. Palestioe, Andrews, from Baltimore, to J. & D. McRae A Go with Corn, Colioe and mdze. Steamer Union, Wad vortli,' from White Hall, to J. 0. Latta, 3 passeugors. 4 11. Boat D. Lewis; SandyV from White Hall, to Miles (Justin; with 820 bbls Rosin, 44 do Tar, 65 do Spirits. ifmt t A Boat J. L. Cassidey, from Lyon's landing, to Miles Costing with . 825 bVlaRosu, GO. do. Tar, 04 do Spirits. $' , t. Norwegian Barque. Freial, Walloc, from New York iu ballast to J. & D, MoRae oVCo. CLEARED. t 10. Steamer Henrietta; Fdnnoll, jvltaillghwf i Dilligeiice in tow, tbr Fayeltovijlc, by A. 'D. Ca-'' zaux, with mdze. for sundry persons. "Rt ' t Sulir. Caroline Hall, Rogers, for WHmington. Del., by Geo. Harrisa, with 84,000 feet 8 8 Lum ber. .. . Schr. Hester A. Jones, Hudgins, for .BaltlmoTO, by J. & D. McRae Co., with 80 tons Iron,? 100 bbls. Tar, 100 do. Rosin, 15 do. PiueOilit l6 do. Spirits Turpcntinei - II. ochr. A. f. ajohossoi, prewsier, ior ew York, by DeRosset & Brown, with 1220 bbls Ros in, 203 do Spirits Turpenlioo, o Dams Cotton, 4 tto Wool, 8 do Rags, 1 bag Feathers, 8 casksSeod, 2 bales Moss, 400 bush. Pe&Nuts, 0 boxes mdze. Schr. Gazelle, Ktww, Tor rnliauoipuia, uy ueo. Harris, with 100 tons old Iron, 878 bols Rosin, 100 do Pitch, 100 do Spirit! i Turpentine, 12,591 f . Flooring -Boards. . Schr. Wm. Hart, Gandy, for Philadelphia, by Geo. liarrias, With 2 boxes and 2 casks Furs, 60 bains gliueling, 2'bales llatts, 13 do Wasto, 12 do Yam, 104 bushels Pea Nuts, 183 bbls Spirits Tun pontine, 170 do Pitch, 863 do Rosin, 20 do Dried: Fruit, 8 boxes 1 bog and 1 bbl. mdze. Steamer Gov. Graham, Hurt, for Fayottevtnc, by T. C. Worth. Passengers D. McMillan, J. Mc Millan, J. M. uartraan, Mrs, nict'iiorson ana cnu- dren, A. J. Troy, A. K. Cromartie, Mile Martin, J. Randall, J. Baino, Mrs. Owen, Miss Holenor Owen, Miss Lucy Brown. ARRIVAL OF THE EMPIRE CITY. Tlie utean-stiip Empire City, Capt. Wilsou, ar rived at her dock at New York, at 3 o'clock on Tuesday raorniDg, bringing 1,000,000 in gold dust, and 250 passengers from Chagres. The steamer North America, Captain Blether, sailed from Chagres 29th ult. for New York via N. Orleans, with about 400 passengers. During her stay at Chagres, the opposition among the steam boats run very high, and cabin passengers to New York were taken as low as $25. On the depart ure of the North America, prices were put imme diately to $50. MINING ITEMS. A lump of pure gold, of unique, shape, weigh ing 60 ounces, was dug up a few days ago in the town of Sonora. It is intended for the great ex hibition in London. Most of the vacant lots in the town of Sonora have been dug up and' quantities of gold taken out. !' ' s' '' Three individuals, having secured a vein in Grass Valley, cinnfcyed fifteen men, who, break ing tho 'qua'rtz" with more manual labor with ham mers, have uialle 820,000 clear of expenses in ton days. The miners at Salmon Creek are taking out from 100 to &150 per day. About 1000 persons were at Trinidad waiting with their provisions for mules In order to proceed to the mines. More Cnvlcts. 'Ashipjust arrived from 8yd ney has an board another shipment of felons. The constant arrlrahn San Francisco of this class of persons, constitutes good season for alarm. ' ' f ... . ' BUSINESS ' AFFAIRS.- (f; ' San Francisco, March ' Trade tiU'continuea quiet. ' The principal demand, at present, -except Schr. Hume. Godfrey, for Boston, by Wm. M.., Harms, with 4,019 bush Rough Rice, 100 bbla. 4 Rosin, 60 do Pitch. : 12.' Schr. Mary Powell, Brtggs, for wow xora, by Goo. Harrisa. Exports in next. . . . . A . ,f...l.IJ.. 1.1. 15r. ling t risK, wnitway, ior woniormco, wiiu 110,000 feek S. 8 Lumber, by Potter & Kidder. NEW YORK,-, Cliabcd. 8 Schr. Harrison Price. Rico, tor this port, do Whltaker. Handy! for this port. BOSTON.-' AaaiviD. 6 Brig Ella, Bryant, hence. Schr. Falcon, Godfrey, hence. do Ustaloga, Perry, hence. -Cleared. 0. Schr. James G. King, Wathwright, for this pt. DISASTER. ".. Schr. Fashion, Loring, from Philadelphia, for this port, put into Norfolk w the 6th inst., having carried away head of foremast, off Hatteras, du ring a hHavjthloV from S & ; FANCY ADVERTISEMENT. THAT Ulo tsy,-H you would look at the hand somest ssioriment' of iny Cravats, fsnc Scarfs, fancy "D'JolnVllle Ties' fancy Silk and pMsrseilles Vests, fancy Casslmer Pants, fancy Coats, fancy Pocket Handkerchiefs, fsncy J9love fancy Suspenders, fancy JShlrta snd Driwsrsifsnoy Suits for Cblldrtn. If yeu desire te '(salt tha eye by examining the "fanciee? ihe Igiesr "agony," perpetually going of- to our, numerous Cuspmersr , done up oeaeonably and according loAhslateat moc dropln at lV ' SOUTT. BALDWIN'S. . Clothing and Finishing Store, v ' . . . Maraei S.trsv t. AnrUl ; -"v: : NOTICE FROM and after tho 13th instant, .the Stssmore connected with the Wilmington and Raleigh, Rail Road Co.,' will leave for Charleston at It o'clock, or as soon thsreaner ts the Cars anlvs, f ,, . w 9 e a ft Ult f 1711 A wm Aptll 12. JA3. T.MILLER, Agent, 12. ., . - c , 4 6 fr -
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