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' ' TTTHE NORTH! : CAROLINA STANDARD -nr" . fflrflt ''.ir,' -WwK...Wav ? raleigh. saturday. march 31. 1855. :-Xgentsfor the standard. , - Mr Henry M. Lewis, Montgomery, Alabama, is our Gen eral Travel Ting Agent for the States of Alabama and Ten nessee, assisted by C. F. Lewis, James 0. Lewis and Sam'l. MrcT'w. James, No. J, Harrison Street, Cincinnati, Ohio is our General Collecting Agent fur the Western Stale's and Texas, assisted by H. J. Thomas, S. W. Ram av William 11. Thomas, TUvnias M. James, C. M. L. Wise man A. L. Child, and Dr. William Irwiu. Receipts of either will be good. . t . Mr. Israel jmnes, io. souin tenui onrei, x m L. Waterman, Alex. H. Carson, E. Mitstm, Ben. 1. hwam, T. Ashman, and P. Davis. ' ' . . ' . VflifilXIA. - Tha intollience from tho campaign in Virginiii is cheeritig. Mr. Wise continues to' mUrcss the people with great eloquence nml unflagging ener-o-v, and the Demrciatic papers of tlie State are sustaining him and the cause with s. spirit and abil ity never surpassed eves in the Old Dominion. The Know-Nothing candidates are thus far dumb; and it is believed tht'j will not dare meet Mr. Wise be fore the people, in the face of tho sun and in the eve of light. This was to have been expected. It is natural that those who plot and plan in the dark should shrink from public discussion and from the scrutiny of an honest people. The last Enquirer states that the re-action among those Democrats who have been seduced into the Know Nothing lodges, has begun. Eighty mem bers have withdrawn from tho lodge at Harper's Ferry, and openly expressed their determination to vote for the entire Democratic ticket. Seventy five more members stated they would withdraw at the next meeting. " It is the same," adds the En quirer, " all over the State. Know Nothingism is staggering to its fall, and woe be to him who is caught under its ruins. The delusion is past, and sober reason begins to re-a-sert its supremacy. The history of Jonah's gourd, will be the history of Know-Nothmgisni. It sprung up in a night; it will wither and disappear in a day. It is the de il's work, and will leave behind a mighty smell of sul phur. Miserable the man to whom in after years the infamv of Know-Nothingism will attach. Time will not obliterate the stain." The election takes places on the fourth Thursday, we believe, in May. We adhere to the opinion, expressed immediately after Mr. N ise's nomina tion, thai the Democracy will triumph. THE NEW PARTY HACKS. It is said that Mr. Patton, the Know Nothing candidate for Attorney General in Virginia, was anti-Van Duren in 1S32, and for Van Buren in 1830 ; Rives Conservative in 1S37-39 ; Whig in 1840 ; State-rights Republican from 1 84 1 to 1 S4 1 ; Democrat from 1844 to 1848 ; Know Nothing in 1855. In 184S, when Mr. Patton was picturing the rise, progress, and decay of the Native Amer ican party he described it as a hell-born and hell hound party" Mr. Beale, the candidate for Lieutenant Gover nor, is a disappointed office-seeker, having "hung round" and impos tuned at Washington for some time, in vain, fur a place. These gentlemen are the candidates of a party which set out by declaring, as one of its fixed and leading rules, that all old party hacks should be excluded from its countenance and support ! The truth is, this new concern of Know Notbingism is an ark of refuge a sort of commou sewer for de praved, disappointed, and broken down party hacks generally. DEATH OF THE CZAR CONFIRMED. 13y the arrival of the Atlantic, seven days later from Europe, the death of the emperor of Russia is confirmed. He expired on the 2d of March, his disease being atrophy of the lungs. It is said that a few davs befoe his death he succeeded in ettlct ing a complete reconciliation between his two eld est sons, Alexander and Constantine, who were at variance. Alexander has succeeded peaceably and quietly to the throne. lie has issued a manifesto, in which he says lie will endeavor to maintain Rus sia on the highest standard of power and glory, and will aim incessantly to accomplish the wishes and views of his predecessors. lie hopes the zeal and energy of his subjects will be exercised to as sist him therein. The news of the c-mperor's death was received in England with great demonstrations of joy. At several theatres, the managers came before the cur tain and announced the fact, which was received with the most tumultuous and long-continued cheer ing ! This looks as if tho English people were tired of the war. It was not the expression of sat isfaction at the death of a mere man, their great enemy, but the evidence of a hope that a change of administration in Russia might open the way to an honorable peace. Hon. T. II. Batlt. We observe that this gentleman is a candidate for re-election to Congress from his District, Virginia. He says he is a State Rights' Iepublican, and refers to his political rec ord for the last eighteen years. He is silent in his card about the Know-Nothing movement. . It is peither our business nor wish to thrust advice upon him; but if he should hesitate in his course in re lation to that organization, defeat will overtake him. He is a Democrat, and the Know Nothings will therefore give him no quarter. - A II experience Sn the Northern and Northwestern States has shown that the only course to be pursued towards that organization is that of stern, straightforward, uncompromising opposition. ' ' , ' Death of W. H. Lyow, Esq. We have learned, with much regret, of the death of W, H. Lyon, Esq., one of tho Commoners from Granville. He expired one day last week, at his residence in that county, of pueumonia. He was an honest, worthy, and most popular man. His loss la seri ously felt by the people of the County, and deeply deplored by many attached friends.1 Judge Douglas.- This distinguished patriot has recently been on. a visit jto his relatives and friends inocklngbam, in this State.- On his re turn he itoppecTjoj Richmond, and ' onTuesday night he addressed a very.v large audience -4n lie African Churcn. '"' "'..-' delphia, is our General Tniveling Agent, assisted byWni. II Weld. John Collins. James' Deering, J. Hamniitt, R. S. 1 ;? MR, CLINGMAN IN THE FIELD. V f. : We are gratified to learn, as we. do from the last Asheville News, that Mr. Clingman has 'declared himself a candidate for re-election in the Mountain District. He opened tlie .campaign at Franklin, Macon, on v Tuesday, of.,Superior Court j'Tind his Speech, as we learn,- produced a marked effect upon the largo assemblage present., --We heartily concur with the Asheville News, whicli says : ' " It, will be seen," from a highly interesting: letter in to-day's paper, from Franklin, that Mr. Clingman .nas aociai ctt nimsc-ii a candidate lor re-election, vv e are sincerely rejoiced at this not because the office can confer. any honor upon Mr. Clingman, for his reputation is not bounded by District or State lines, but extends to the whole continent. We are grati fied that the South is to have the benefit of his talents, his intluenco and his firmness in the next Congress, in beating back the tide of fanaticism and corrup tion which Know Nothingism and Abolition combi ned will pour into that body. Such men as Mr. Cling man men of nerve, before whom the hordes of fa naticism quake and tremble, will constitute the only hope of the South in that God-forsaken assemblage. Let the people of the South look to this matter in time, and see that none but men tried and true men who have stood fire are sent to the next Con gress. An error here may be fatal. We have no doubt of Mr. Ciingman's election. Tho people of this District are too well acquainted with the nature of the crisis ahead to dispense with the services of one who has acquitted himself so well; and who has so gallantly beaten back the foes of the South on manj' well contested fields. " We give lie low the letter from Franklin, Macon, to which the News refers : CurresjioiKienec of the News. Fkaxklix, N. C, March 15, 1S55. .Editor of Aslitille A'cs . This is the week of Superior Court here, and be sides Judge, lawyers and suitors, it has brought us some other things of interest, more particularly in the political line. On Tuesday, the Hon. T. L. Clingman, who had just arrived from Washington, announced himself a candidate for re-election. Proclamation having been made by the Sheriff, in a few minutes the Court House was crowded un til it would hold no more. Interest and expectation sate on every face, and a death like silence pervad ed the assemblage, while " the xi.vx" stepped for ward,'and commenced his address, by itc:ij)itu!at ing briefly some of the leading events of the last Congress, and giving his views of the present pros pect of the political tieid. He thought, judging- from many indications, par ticularly the ahivtniiig strength of the anti-Xebrasha movements, and the abolition representation which eve-y election in the Northern States was sending to Congress, pledged to the repeal of tho Nebraska Act and of the Fugitive Slave Jaw, that the exciting topic before the next Congress will be the repeal ol those measures. But he docs not despond as to the resut; being confident, first, in the conservative dispesitian of the Senate, and secondly, in the abili ty of Use South to repel the attack even in the House of Representatives, notu ithstaiuling the ma jority of some ten to twenty we are hkely to have against us, if we only send to Congress men of the right sort. We had beaten the abolitionists there, in the face of a Northern majority before, and with men of the proper spirit and firmness to represent us, -a:i do so again. All depends on what kind of stuff the representatives we shall send are made of. The speaker doubtless felt the proud consciousness of knowing, that his hearers J'tlt, what he would not say, that never a truer or firmer or more dauntless Southern n.an, had been suit by a South ern people to assert Southern rights on the floor of Congress, than himself. In connection with the elements which were to enter into the ensuing election of representatives in Congress, the Honorable orator touched upon a sub jeer, now much agitating the public mind the mys terious question of "Know Ifothingur.n" His opin ions on this topic seemed to be looked to with more eagerness, by the assembly, than ant' other part of his speech. He expressed himself decidedly oppos ed tc the policy of supporting such an organization. His remarks on this portion of his subject were in his happiest manner. There was no bitterness, no denunciation, no heated appeal to passion or pre judice ; but his array of facts and reasons fell with terrible and crushing force. He was opposed, in the first place, to secrecy in religious or j,oliticul organizations. In saying this he premised that he meant to make no fling at use ful or charitable secret associations, such as Masons, Sons of Temperance, &c. Though not a member of any of these, he had nothing to say against them. Rut he did protest against secret, irresponsible 2' litical or reliftiou societies, and especially when re ligion and politics Church and State were attempt ed to be coitiiiai'd. If the Know Nothings, as they profess, make it one of the cardinal docrincs of their creed to put down Roman Catholicism and promote the supre macy of the Protestant religion, he did not think th is "the best way of cil'ecting the object. He found from his reading of the Scriptures, that our Savior and the Apostles preached openly in the synagogues, in the light of day, nnL. never denud the Church they belonged to ; and he was too firmly convinced of the truth and strength of the IVotestanUre ljgion, to think it needed the aid of midnight cau ciTsscs, held under the auspices of a band of reck less, desperate political adventurers, to support it. He believed in the wisdom of Him, who spake as never man spake, and who commanded iws disci ples that they should not hide their light under a bushel. Xor did he believe in secret political societies. In France or Russia, where a man dare not assert his opinion except at the peril of his life, such secret organizations might be necessary. Rut in a free country, where all can speak without fear, he did not think this the proper method for freemen to as sert the principles of freedom ; and he believed the cause of truth was always best promoted by open discussion, in open day, before the people. But the most startling question connected with this subject, (Mr. Clingman proceeded, to say,) in his opinion, to us as Southern men, was the results of Know Nothingism, in all the States where it has gained the r.scendency. It was a fact, undenicd standing out vn bold, palpable, startling relief, that, in every State where this organization has elected a majority in the legislature, the most mark ed act of that legislature has been the immedi ate election of noted and rabid abolitionists to office. Especially, every United States Senator, elected by such legislatures, have been rank abolitionists men pledged to the repeal of the Nebraska Act and I of the Fugitive Slave law, and the abolition of sla- I very in the District of Columbia. In view of this . alone, he thought Southern men who were disposed j to join the organization, might well look to who would be their allies. lie was aware that some of his friends, Southern Rights men, under an honest, but he believed hastily considered sense of right, had learned to favor this movement ; but he believ ed when they came, in serious earnest to look into the matter, appeals to religious prejudice would not conceal from them the cloven foot, and they would conclude that such men were not the allies with whom they could act. .. , Of the effect of the speech of Mr Clingman here, there can be no doubt Many who on a superficial examination were inclined to favor the secret order, on hearing this exposition from one whose position has given him such means of detecting the corrupt motives of the movement, one whose .previous coursa has given them such juBt reasons to trust him, and, whatever else his enemies may allege of him, no one has ever doubted as a firm and true Southern' Rights man-have reconsidered the mat ter'anJdlrefuse to sell their . consciences to a secret and'h-responsible associations, whether ruled . by Southern political gamblers or Northern fanatics. Any one who mingles with the crowd in the streets, cannot be long in coming to one conclusion--that Know Nothingism has received a death blow in this county. A citizen of this place a man of mark, and rioted sympathizer (no one knows who is a member) of the Know Nothing order, asserted in my presence, on the afternoon of the Speaking, that by the first of June, Know Nothingism-' will : be dead in Macon county ! . People here have begun fully to appreciate the fact, palpable to all eyes, which stalks the streets ' at noon day, and cries aloud around the doprsof every hotef where the older member qftTie Bar do eongr$gate, that this wretched and unprincipled : movement is gotten upv and promoted by erery engine of hypocrisy pettifogging and humbug, by a set of men who have become justly odious by their federal, consolidationists and anti-republican princi ples, and who have seized on this as the last hope, in order by means of trickery arid-wire working . in a secret order, to gain . the power, which . they could never hope to attain by merit, and before the people. These men who deny their order, yet defend it with jest and gibe and sneer, which cover, not eyen with the veil of decency, the inveterate corruption of their hearts, who laugh in their sleeves at the public they suppose they are deluding, hope great' things from this new dodge, but may find themselves mis tfiken. Well may Mr. Clingman consider them legitimate objects of attack ; for it is well understood that the great object they hope to attain in this Dis trict, by their organization, is to breakdown him him whose enlightened and patriotic public course they cannot safely attack, and whom they have vainly tried to br-ak down in every other way. To-day Col. Thomas spoke, explaining his course in the last session of the legislature, &c. In his re marks, he alluded to a report he had heard that he had joined the Know Nothings, and denied that he belonged to nn order known by any such name by which it is presumed he meant a denial altogether of the impeachment. Of one thing there can be no doubt. The Senator has ably and faithfully repre sented the interests of his constituents, on the im portant question involving the developcment of their section of country, and perhaps few have ever done so much for their section of this or any other State as he has done for his. The Petersburg Democrat brings to light the following extract from a speech delivered by Dr. Duncan, of Ohio, in the House" of Representatives in 1843, in relation to tho real character of the Whig party. It is prophecy fulfilled. We pre dicted, in this paper, two years ago, that the next name assumed bv the Whig leaders would be that of the American party. They well kiow many of these leaders how to "steal the livery of heaven to serve the devil in." The extract is as follows : "Indulge me while I expose a fbw of the corrupt and iniquitous measures which have ever marked the course of the Federal party, not only to secure their elections, but to secure their favorite measures. It is a fundamental principle of Federalism, that the want of intelligence of the common people makes them unfit for self-government; and they being of the uncommon class, should of right be the govern ors. Hence it is, that all their means to secure their elections and their favorite measures, are directed to the supposed ignorance and stupidity of the people that theyk-itoic notting ' 1 will trace up some of those means from an early period of our govern ment, by which the Federal party may be ktiown under whatever laime thiy may have assumed, or may hereafter assume for tlie sake of political decep tion; for so long as they shall be known by their true name, and their principles are known to corres pond with their name, the Democracy must and will triimij.h. I begin with the unprincipled practice they have of changing their name. Tiny have changed their name with the periodical ret urn of every Presiden tial election : and this for the purpose of concealing their principles and deceiving the people. Their last name was Whig, and that name they kept as long as it would answer any purpose; but tiiey will never tight another battle, under the banner inscribed Wh g, again. Having exhausted the political vocab ulary, they- will return to the abuse and persecution of the Irish and Hermans which characterised the party in the administration of the elder Adams. Nothing is longer to he feared from a change of name. The people contemplate them as they do a stranger, who gives himself a new or different name in every town or village through which he passe.. They look upon him as a scapc-gallows or horse thief who merits the ropu or tiic penitentiary." FROM THE SEAT OF WAR. The Allied Powers, it is stated, have ordered their armies to press forward with renewed,energy. There had been more fijrhtinar in the Crimea. The French had stormed a redoubt. It is said that several hundred were killed, and it was ru mored that the Grand Duke Michael, of Russia, was wounded in the engagement, and had died. A large force of Russians threatened Balaklava, and a blockade of the Danube was expected. P.vv vock Postage. L'nJor a Jaw of the late Congress, those who neglect to paj-postage on let ters, alter the last day of the present month, will find their letteas ivma'ming in the oflices where mail. J. The Postmasters have been directed to post up conspiciiou-ly in their offices a list of let ters on which the postage may not have been paid, stating that, tln-y are held for postage. If not attended to within a certain time, such letters will be forwarded to the dead letter office, Wash ington. Mekting in Joiixsio.w We learn that a meet ing of the Democrat of Johnston was held at Smithrield on Tuesday last, to appoint delegates to a District Convention 1. II. Tomlinson, Eq., presiding. Raleigh was recommended as the place and the first Wednesday in May as the time for holding the Convention. No preference for any one as the nominee, was expressed. We ex pect the proceedings in time for our next issue. Pious IIoitACii. Horace Gtvely, Editor of the New York Tribune, claims to be a member of Rev. E. II. Chapin's Uuiversalist Church, New York, but says he does not partak? of the communion " because he believes the use of the vile and pois onous drug sold as wine is detrimental to the cause of total abstinence.'' Horace is too pious an indi vidual for this planet. He ought to be translated, or transported, we do not exactly know which time must determine. Cottox axd Bueadstuffs. The Atlantic brings news of a slight advance in cotton ; but breadstuff's of all kinds had declined. The New-Ham psiiiue Abolition Triumph. The Statesman, the organ of the abolitionists of New-Hampshire, tells the Southern people, as fol lows, what Know Nothingism has done for them in that Stale : " Tho anti-Nebraska forces have secured a very large majority in the house of representatives, a ma jority in the senate, and probably three of tho five councillors. The indications are that Messrs. Pike, Tappan, and Cragin are all elected to Congress three good and .true men who will be found im movable as the Granite Hills in their adherence to the views now entertained upon the slavery exten sion question by avast majority of the people of New Hampshire. The result of the election is more" than a victory it is a perfect rout of the; democrats," and has placed the State in the complete control -of the anti-JNebraska party." ' Plagiarism. The Rev. W..H. Goodwin, - know nothing Senator from the Oneida districts-delivered an oration on the last anniversary of .Washington's birth-day, which was extensively copied and com mented on by the know-nothing press. The Roches ter Union has made a discovery, that a large portion of the production is stolen . verbatim from Thomas Paine's eulogy on Washington, . delivered at New5-, buryport,- A. D. 1600.: The Arch-Infidel, as Paine is called, is rather a singular source from;' which a Christian , divine : should, draw his inspiration The discovery places the reverend gentleman in rather an Unpleasant attitude before the public, ' Buffalo Bepublie. -V- Remakks :bt Judge DouoLAi The abolitionists' are in' the habit of invalidating the infience of Judge Douglas, by1 imputing Jo hini mercenary motives, ; such as being influenced in his course by ; the pos session of a large plantation of negroes. .,Mrl.WAdiv of Ohio, in the TJ. S." Senate made the same insin-. uation which drew from Judge D.; the following" eloquent and affecting -emarks : - ,r . "Mr. President, the Senator from Ohio Mr. Wade has invaded the eircle of my private relations in -search of materials for the impeachment of my official conduct.' Ho has alluded to certain southern interests which he insinuates that I possess, and remarked, that where the treasure is there the heart is also: So long as the statement, that I was one of the larg est slave-holders in America was confined to the Abolition newspaper and stump orators, I treated it with silent contempt I would gladly do so on this occasion, -were it not for the fact that the reference is made in my presence by a Senator for the purpose of imputing to me a mercenary motive for my official conduct. Under these circumstances, silence on my part in regard to the fact, might be construed into a confes sion of guilt in reference to the impeachment of mo tive. I therefore say to the Senator, that his insin uation is false, if he has ever searched the records or has any reliable information on the subject. I am not the owner of a slave and never have been, nor have I received, and appropriated to my own use, one dollar earned by slave labor. It is true that I once had tendered to me under cirenmstances grate ful to my feelings, a plantation with a large number of slaves upon ic, which I declined to accept, not because I had any sympathy with Abolitionists or the Abolition movement ; but for the reason that, being a northern man by birth, by education and residence, and intending always to remain such, it was impossible for me to know, understand, and provide for the wants, comforts, and happiness of those people. 1 refused to accept them, because I was unwilling to assume responsibilities, which I was incapable of fulfilling. This fact is referred to in the will of my father-in-law, as a reason for leaving the plantation and slaves to his only daughter, who became the mother of mj- infant children, as her separate ex clusive estate, with the request that if she departed this life without surviving children, the slaves should be emancipated and sent to Liberia at the expense of her esta.c: tint in the event she should leave sur viving children, the slaves should descend to them, under the belief, expressed in the will, that they would he happier, and better off with the descen dants of the family with whom they had been born and raised, than in a distant land, where they might find no friend to care for them. This brief state ment, relating to private and domestic affairs, which ought to be permitted to remain private and sacred, has bevn extorted and wrung from me with extreme reluctance, even in vindication of the purity of my motives, in the performance cf a high public trust. As the truth compelled me to negative the insinua tion so offensively made by the Senator from Ohio, God forbid that I should be understood by any one as being willing to cast from me any responsibility that now does, or ever has attached to an' member of my family So long as life shall last and I shall cherish with religious veneration, the memory and virtues of the sainted mother of my children so long as my heart shall be filled with parental solici tude for the happiness of those motherless infants I implore my enemies vrho so ruthlessly invade the domestic sanctuary, to do me the fav-T to believe that I have no aspiration, to be considered purer or bettter than she, who was, or they, who are slave holders. Sir, whenever my assailants shail refuse to accept a like amount of this species of propcrity tendered to them under similar circumstances, and shall perform a domestic trust with equal fidelity and disinterestedness, it will bo time enough for them to impute mercenary motives lo me in tlie performance of my official duties. SuAitr- FiXAXt'ii.-isixu. In the times of 1 835, there dwelt in the pleasant town of T., a smooth oily-mannered gentleman, who diversified a commonplace pursuit by some exciting episodes of financedealing occasionally in exchange, buying and selling uncur rcnt money, Ac. . We will suppose this gentleman's name to be Thompson. It happened that a Mr. Rip ley, of North Carolina, was in T., having some $1200 in North Carolina money, and desiring to return to the old North State with his friends ; not wishing to encounter the risk of robbery through the Creek country, in which there were rumors of hostilities be tween the whites and the Indians, he bethought him of buying exchange on Raleigh, as the safest mode of transmitting his monc'. On inquiry he was refer red to Mr. Thompson as the only person dealing in exchange in that place. lie called on Mr. T., and made known his wishes. With his characteristic politeness, ?.Ir. Thompson agreed to accommodate him with a sight bill on his correspondent in Raleigh, charging him the mode rate piemium of 5 percent for it. Mr. Thompson retired into his counting-room, and in a few minutes returned with the bill and a letter, whic h he delivered to Mr. Ripley, at the same time receiving the money from that gentleman, plus the exchange. As the in terlocutors exchanging valedictory compliments, it occurred to Mr. Thompson that it would be a favor to him, if Mr. Ripley would be so kind as to convey to Mr. T.'s correspondent a package ho was desirous of sending, which request Mr. Ripley assured Mr. T. it would afford him great pleasure to comply with. Mr. Thompson then handed .Mr. Ripley a package, strongly enveloped and sealed, addressed to the Ral eigh banker, after which the gentleman parted with man' polite expressions of regard and civility. Arriving without any accident or hindrance at Raleigh, Mr. Ripley's first care was to call on the Banker and present his do.-umcnts. He found him at his office, presented the bill and letter to him, and requested payment for the former. That said the Banker, will depend a great deal upon the contents of (he package. Opening which, Mr. Ripley found the identical bills minus the premium he had paid Mr. T. for his bill; and which the Ranker paid over to that gentleman, who was not a little surprised to find that the expcit Mr. Thompson had charged him five per cent for carrying his own money to Kal ei"h. to avoid the risk and trouble of which he had bought the exchange. T. used to remark that was the safest operation, all around, he ever knew. lie had got his exchange the buyer had got his bill and the money too and the drawer was full protected ! There was profit, without outlay or risk. Flush Times. Hon. Bv-ktox Ckaige. We hoist to-day at our mast head, the name of the Hon. Burton Craige, our late able and talented representative in Congress, as a candidate for re-election to the post which he has lately filled with so much honor to hhnse.f, his Dis triet and State. The approaching campaign will, in our opinion, not onfy be different from any that have preceded it, but will also be one of the most animated, and we should not be surprised if it is the most bitter contest, that has ever been known in this District There will be at least three candidates in the field. The Whigs (that portion of them who have not connect ed themselves with this midnight association) will, no doubt, have a man in the field. Then this dark and mysterious order, whose power (where they have any) is felt and not seen, " will have a second candi date, and the Democrats who have triumphed in so many hard fought battles, will have a third. Under this aspect of affairs, it behooves tho Democracy to select some man, firm, tried and true, to carry their banner. The honesty, independence of character, devotion to liberal principles, the confidence reposed in him by the good men of all parties, and his sound, practical good sense and patriotism, all pointy out Hon.' Burton Craige as the man for the times. When this District was acknowledged to be unmistakeably Whig when Democratic principles were Fmothered up to- burn more brightly hereafter, it was then he was' induced by the entreaties of his many friends,f to take the field and make one effort to redeem this District from the thraldom of Whiggery." He did so, and the result every one knows.. He has borne our banner through storm as well as through calm, with honor to himself, and to the entire satisfaction , of his many constituents ; and in him are found more elements of success, than are to be found in any man in. the District. We hope our friends will rally arouud him as their standard bearer, and leave no stone un turned to secure his election. "v - Bee Dee Star. ; Tight nr Pkatek. Mr.' George W Curtis, In a lecture at New - York,; spoke of those .pious people who clasped their hands so tight in prayer that they could not get; them open when the contribution hox came round. Sim. Another Spahish Iksuit. A private let ter has been shown to us from, a gentleman of the highest respectability at Havana, dated the I5th in stant confirming the telegraphic statement via New Orleans of the arrest at Sagua La Grande of Mr. Thompson, the vice-consul of the United States at that port. -The'letter states that "Mr. Thompson is one of the most respectable merchants of this island, and the'leading one at Sagua La Grande the acting 'consular agent. - The arms of the United States had ;bccn put up at the office by his predecessor, and no complaint eVcr made of their ' exhibition-. until the time ol his. arrest. The 1 forcing them down from their position ,iu the rude manner in which it was done is a great indignity! His sudden arrest, and the forcing him to leave his extended business in two hours was a very grtat outrage." It is added that Mr. Thompson was a prisoner in Havana. We forbear comment upon this latest case of per sonal wrong and indignity by the Spanish function aries in Cuba until we receive the authentic details. Occurring upon the heels of the El Dorado insult, and involving a gross indignity to our national honor in tearing dowu our national arms and arresting and imprisoning an American citizen, it shows how crit ical are our relations with the Spanish government. We need uot add that the subject will receive prompt attention from our government. Ja the mean time, we may expect to see in the Intelligencer an early excuse or justification of the Spanish authorities. Waxh. Union. The Dublin Nation contains a horrible picture of the condition of Ireland, from the pen of Mr. Duffy. He says ' No words printed in the newspapers or elsewhere will give any man who has not seen it a conception of the fallen condition of the west and south. The famine and the landlords have actually created a new race in Ireland. I have seen on the streets of Gal way crowds of creatures more debased than the Ya hoos of "Swift creatures having only a distant and hideous resemblance to human beings. Grey haired old men, whose idiot faces had hardened into a settled leer of mendicancy, simious and semi-human ; and women filthier and more frightful than the harpies, who, at the jingle of a coin on the pave ment, swarmed in myriads from unseen places, struggling, screaming, shrieking for their prey, like some monstrous unclean animals. In Wesport, the sight of a priest on the street gathered an entire pauper population, thick as a village market, swarm ing around him for relief. Beggar children, beggar adults, beggars in white hair; girls with faces graj' and shrivelled, the grave stamped upon them in a decree v-hieh could uot be recalled ; women with the more touching and tragical aspect of lingering shame and sell-respect not yet effaced ; and among these terrible realities, imposture shaking in pretended fits, to add tiie last touch of horrible grotcsqucness to the picture ! 1 have seen them accursed sights, and. they have burned into my memory forever. Away from tlie town, othtr scenes of unimaginable horror disclose themselves. The traveller meets groups, and even troops, of wild, idle, lunatic-looking paupers wandering over the country, each with some tals of extermination to tell. If he penetrate into a cabin, and can distinguish objects anions tilth and darkness, of which an ordinary pig-sty affords but a faint image, he will probably discover from a dozen to twenty inmates in tho hut the ejected cottiers clustering together, and breeding a pestilence. .YVhat kind of creatures men and women become, living in tiiis dung-heap, what kind of children are reared here to grow up into a generation, 1 have r.o words to paint. " Roanoke Valley Railkoad. A general meeting of the Stockholders of this Company was held in Clarksvillc on Wednesday, the 21st instant. There was a full attendance, and the city of .Norfolk, which owns 700 shares (7U,U0O) of stock, was abty repre sented by Wm. D. Roberts, jr., and William Dey, Esqs. her proxies. The road has been completed to the flourishing town of" Clarksville, in Mecklenburg county, Va., when the Dan and Stanton rivers at their confluence form the Roanoke river. After go ing 42 miles from Weldon, N. C. passengers go 22 miles on the Valley Railroad to Clarksville, arriving at about G o'clock, after being delayed three hours at Weldon. James Williamson, Esq., was re-elected President, and Messrs. Wm. D. Roberts, Jr., G. F. Anderson and S. II. Harris were elected Directors by the stock holders. Three directors have to be appointed by the Bpard of Public Works. E. A. Williams was re-elected Treasurer by the directors. The Clarksville road owes $25,000. By an arrange ment with the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad the lo comotive and cars of the latter are to run on the for mer from Clarksville, for the present. We are glad to hear that the next meeting of the stockholders will be held in Norfolk this fall, a resolution to that effect having been adopted on Wednesday. JTorfolc Beacon. A Desirable Provision. The Guardian Angel in Paris is a man whose duty it is to visit t.tc drinking shops, and the momemt a man get tipsy to take him under his protection, to accompany him home and put him to bed. The individuals practising this profession are picked men, who never drink them selves, who have the neccessary moral authority to force obedience from the drunken creature they are conveying home, who can defend him against attack, and more than all, who can prevent him from drink ing at the shops they pass on their way. Tho price for this service is ten sous; and there is not an in stance on record of an indiviual thus protected home and put to bed. having failed to discharge this debt of honor. It is a ru'.e at the drinking shops that when a man cannot stand he must he taken off, and the Angel is straightway called. The Angels arc kindly treated by the shop-keeper, whose interest is to see that no one of his customers come to harm. They receive the odds and ends of the dinner, and are recommended to the neighbor when a reliable man for some confidential errand is wanted. Their honesty is proverbial, and a Baechana ian with a hundred francs in his pocket, who is confided to their charge, is morally sure of linuing his hundred francs where he left them when he wakes the next morning. To those acquainted with the character of the native Parisians, it is unnecessary to observe that tho Guardian Angel relies for custom princi pally on the English and other foreigners, who have not learned to use wine without abusing it. "The Native American." Wo have received the second number of the above paper, published at Goldsborough, by Messrs. Powell & Cooke, James W. Powell, Editor. It belongs to the Know Nothing order in politics, and seems to be more distinguish ed by energy of expression than purity of language or courtesy of tone. There is no accounting for tastes, else we might be inclined to think that a less denunciatory tone towards the democratic party would quite as well become a writer who has, within a few weeks past, held an office from a Democratic Legis lature, to which office we presume he was elected as a Democrat, although we have never taken the trou ble to enquire. If it were worth while we would venture to hint that sound and fury are not necessa rily sense, nor abuse argument. There were great men before Agamemnon, and patriots before the Know-Nothings; nay more, there have been patriots of foreign birth as far back as the days of Hamilton, and Morris, and Gallatin, and there will be again in the future, WiL Jour. ; Senator Wilson on Slavery. -Gen. Wilson, the new U. S, Senator from Massachusetts, everybody thought, did modify his abolition views, a few months ago, after bis arrival at Washington, but this seems to have hcen a mistake, or else the General has repented, for, on Friday evening, in the course of a lecture, in Boston, he said ; r vV If there is any one here (said the lecturer, with emphasis) who believes that I am capable of modify ing lny sentiments and opinions, cherished by me for. twenty years either at homer or abroad.'iither in" public or in private, before friends or in' the facoof enemies I commission him here -and nqvtf . to pro claim it send it abroad on the. , wings- of the. wind, that I am committed, fully comramitted',' committed to the fullest extent, in favor of immediate and un conditional abolition of slavery, wherever it exists under the authority of the constitution of the United States." , . ' ' ;-.',.- -.: ,; : .- :i VF - ' ..- j . . . ' ' - . ' :- r . I : Hard Times auto Newspapers.-The weekly pa-' pers all over the country, and some of the dailies; are- reducing their sizer owing" to the high price, of paper, i It becomes all good citizens.'- in these . .hard times to pay for their papers promptly. - f.-' The Bald will winOse thousand on him 1 1. The old Bald-horse has won the field in Poetry sublime, No other steed can run with him, when it comes to gaiterd " The brisk gray mare, does ran no where, ' -' -. rhyme j But nwar r Sown in the distance; ' - - -, The liald-horae travels, and mud unravels, t '" . . To spur him on, and to lure him on, ? '' - . ' , ? Needs naughf but "gaiter'd foot" assistance. 1 ' . .V ; ' . .'.GiASSW0R.;'M Fi-cm.i?it- WUmiijimi Ilerald. - TIS HOW SHE LIFTS UF.lt GAITER." -Heboid a woniuu luvely with form and features Siir, ' ' " "fis a picture so delightful not easy to compare j, " II er grace and her charms, lest we 8 Lou Id underrate her ' Hut one thing interests me most 'tit Aote !us lift ier gutter I A srlpli-like form so moulded and graceful in her air. : Kacli feature finely chisoi'd -wiin neatly braided hair . Han bows "your bumble servant " us "lis hs very nature. Yet ?ne thing most I look to 'tU Low she lifts hr gaiter A witching mouth with rosy lips, and teeth of pearl r white. Exc.ies one's adm. ration ttui ts dour as " life ancf light, A woman thai ia beautiful oh 1 I would like to take her 1'rvcideJ, that she pleases me iu hoto eke lifts her gitittrt ' f ' - " - i t T .J..' A multitude of charms combined, 'tis difficult resisting. And Reason tuys '(is quite ttfl-iiiir for one to be insisting! Upon purfuctiou iu ihe .while churms are iu the grta'tr, Suii, l c.n'i yield but mast confess 'iu time fhr lifts htr gatter! A sweit blue eye a pretty hand a Ilcbc in perfection. So tuuiilcss that the i aimer's eye must tearcA lor one object-, Combine the graces g.veu woman by her Creator ,ion. Yet still win 1 asseit ihe truth i h-nv she If her fiaxt'r! . OPKKA-ULlaS. :.l Wilmington, March, 1855. ' . . - - ,x Ax ExGiNEEKixi In ventiox. The Scientific Amer- ican notices a new invention winch mav be used ad vantageously for transporting cannon and baggage of armies across rivers and ravines. It can also bo npplicd to the saving of lives in a shipwreck, when near the shore. A fixed wire cable is suspended between two points, say the banks of a river, a car riage is made to traverse on this cable, guided by block and teakle, and made to act automically to cou ple and uncouple, for loading and discharging at aiyg desired point. By shooting n cable over a ship, and fastening it to the ship and the shore, the carriage can be made to run on the cable between the ship and the shore, and to save the lives of those on board the ships. It is called a "suspended purchase." -.. Proceedings op Congress. Ever since the ad journment of Congress, which took place three weeks ago, the Daily Globe has betn publishing the ar rearage of proceedings ; those of the last two days alone amounting to one hundred and eighty-four columns! - The Daily Globe will now be suspended until the commencement of the next session, but on andnfU-r Wednesday next it will bo issued three times a wce'.c until all the laws passed during the last session shall have been published in that paper. The Legislature of Pennsylvania, Indians, Mis souri, and California, have, each been unable to elect u U. ts. senator this year, and have in effect referred tlie matter to their successors. The vacancies thus existing were filled iu the recent Congress by two Nebraska and two Anti-Nebraska Senators, liesides these, there are two vacancies from New-llauipsinre, which will be filled by Anti-Nebraska men, and one in Alabama, which will be filled by a Nebraska man. The new Senate wi.l stand about two to one iu favor of the Nebraska law. Was. Union. Connecticut Election. On Monday next, the 2d of April, an election will bo held in Connecticut for Statu officers, members of the assembly, and four members of Congress. Lt. Geo W. Campbell, of tlie Marine Corps, died on board the U. S. frigate Columbia, at Norfolk, on Saturday. J Iu was one of those down with yellow fever on the arrival of the frigate from the West In dies. Return or Messrs. Mason and Buciianan.-! Let ters received at Washington from friends of our minister in France, Mr. J. Y. Mason, state that he will return to the United States as soon as the re storation of bis health shall enable him to do so. It is probable that by or before the first Of August next the mission to Paris and London will both be vacant, and rumor, as usual, points to two members of the present Cabinet as the successors of Messrs. Buchanan and Mason. Kew Yorls Batik Statement. New York, March, 26. The statement of the city banks for the past week present the following totals: Loans $93,050,750 ; specie $1(5,502,000; circulation $7,452,235 ; deposits $76,289,950. domination for Mayor. Portland, Me., March 25. A meeting of citizens was held last night, and James T. McCobo nomina ted for Mayor, in opposition to Ncal Dow. Death of Bon. S. S. Phelps. Rutland, Vt., March 20. S. S. Phelpp, late a U. States Senator from this State, expired at his resi dence .it Middlcburg yesterday. Su icide of a Duelist. , New Orleans, March 20. Col. McClung, ihe duelist, committed suicide at Jackson, Mississippi to-dav. ' The Gulf Squadron to be Augmented. . K Washington, March 2.U. Our gulf squadron ttvto be immediately augnmcnterl, and if any Spanish ves sel hereafter overhauls or tires into an American vessel she will be promptly chastised. ATTENTION! " INDEPENDENT GTJAEDS." i, A YOU A HE HEREBY NOTIFIED TO ATTEXD fZ$3t a meeting at MAHQXIC HALL, this (FRIDAY) EVE"IXG, at 7 o'clock, to. transact business of importance, A full attenduuee is desired. 15y order of tho Capt tin, S. T. SPARKS, O. S. Raleigh, March SO, 1 S5i. S7 It. ATTENTION! "OAK-CITY GUARDS. " At A YOU ARE COMMANDED TO ATTEND OX flMj UNION (Capitol) SQUARE, on FRIDAY Ohia) JiS&a Evening, tbe 30tu inst., at 7f o'clock, for DRILL, (By order of the Captain,) " CHAS. H. THOMPSON, O. S. J Raleigh, March SO, 1855. 371. DEMOCRATIC MEETING Iff WAKE. A MEETING OF THE DEMOCRATS OF WAKE County will be held in the TOWN HALL, Raleigh, on MONDAY of the next SUPERIOR COURT, for the purpose of appoint itfr Delegates to a District Convention to nominate a candidate for Congress. A fall attendance is earnestly requested. . MANY DEMOCRATS. Feb. 13, 1S35. 25 Our Principles are Onward, f TCI VERT-SEASON WE MAKE RENEWED EX JaZJertiuns to supply the wants of our numerous castomer. We hire this season purchased . . ..A LARGE AND VARIKD STOCK O? Clothing & Geudemen's Fnrnfshinff . Goods. . and to come to Ihe point, Vre prepared to sell as low if mot lower than any who self OUR KIND OF GOODS. Our concern is connected with one of 1 . Tne Largest Importing Houses in the Union with capital sufficient to make all purchases for the Cask, consequently tbe Proprietor of this The only Clothing Uoute (Exclusively) in the City t ff BaUigh, i ' ' i'4'-'f cannot and shall not be undersold ; and unlike the -"Town Clock" (vide Standard 28th inat. has not ceased to tick, but will continue to " tick " all those and those only who make prompt payments. ' " J:" -. M We are located on FayefteriOe St., where we have been for the last seven years, opposite everybody. : E. X. flAAtDIKG. Raleigh, March 3Q, 13S5. - . .87. Superior French Casaimere Pants I WE WOULD CALL.1' PARTICULAR ATTENTION to our style of Summer Pants. They are just tha thing." One hundred pair just received, itarch 30th, '53, at ' E. L. HARDING'S. " Superior French Cloth Frock t ). -V -v . c -60 JUST RECEIVED. I . C -W7-ERY TASTEFULLY GOTTEN UP AND UN IYER V sally admired, , t ' . E. h. HARDING.- March 80, 1355. - .C ' ' ' ' ' - : 87' Hosiery Gloves, Ac. :' t" rR ASSORTMENT COMPLETE.' LVivri March 80.1855."-- -'.- Register and Post cop. 4!