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5 tvw.fc'S-nB ' ) - - i - if r .i, l i i if ii i i u v.---v -, I inthA mineciiHUi tciun'uwy v f TComniaiidieiioe of the ';Borton Mtj,'-; r's"'-'.' Yiuoo-fiMisa,; ifytifiwM ; I wiVifldMngaiBtied nd iJecemsed po- tenUte, who waa'so uizioua to obUin"new pleas ure, nd was willing to pay such a very handsome. ' price for it, bad ever eaten the artichoke that erows : so abundanUy atvthe nthj if D0Vnd he were ' alive at this present time of writing, : I should, aug-; seat it to him and cUim the promised reward. .. Ihia . delicious vegctobWwhrch: should rank, with the : ' most delicate fruit, te something for which, did I re-; : side upon Mount Olympos, I would forego my '., " tomary ambro8ia.Do not.confound the arttchoka 1 I speak of with a smalt brown Tegetable that looks like a potato, and that you frequently see at: the north. That is the Jerusalem artichoke, which does not come from Jerusalem, by the way, bat from South America, and is so called from a resemblance to sound between that word and its Spanish name. The artichoke I allude to and esteem so highly, and which came originally from the shores of the Med iterranean, looks something like a large pine cone, and is green in color. It is boiled for an hour and a half served hot, immediately after dinner and be fore desert eaten with melted butter, salt and a slight suspicion of vinegar, and is a morsel of mest exquisite delicacy. .. ." ' While I am on a vegetable subject, let me ask if you are aware to what different and distant countries we are indebted for most of our vegetables? Did von know that neas came from Syria beans from Persia leeks from Switzerland cauliflowers from Cyprus spinach from western . Asia endive from Japan radishes from China onions from some where in the east, and rhubarb from Tartary t I was ignorant upon these points until I read a capi tal article on gardening in Household Words a few days since, and if the tacts are not new to you, they may be to some one of the countless multitudes who peruse the agreeable and instructive columns of your journal, to whom I beg leave respectfully to present them. I wish I had the power of description, and I might then convey to you a correct idea of a wed ding and grand ball I attended a fortnight ago this evening, but the thing is impossible. The parties concerned were ladies and gentlemen of the African persuasion. Every Saturday evening the inspiriting sounds of the tamborine and -fiddle are heard, and they have a dance, but on several occasions during the year, the negroes have a grand frolic, and this was one of them. It was given by their proprietor on account of their having finished cotton planting, and it had been postponed for a week at their re quest, in order that the marriage of a couple, who r intended committing matrimony, and who were not quite ready,' might take place at the same time. Two large rooms were decorated for the occasion in . the house in which the family who own them lived ' before their new one was completed, and the ladies spent the greater part of the day in gathering flow ers and making wreaths and bouquets for them ; presents were given the bride and bridegroom, and the most liberal provision was made for a hot sup- per. At ten o'clock in the evening (for they are ve ry fashionable in their hours) word was brought that the company were assembled, and they waited but our presence to have the rites begin. We found one side of the room arranged with chairs for their master's, family and the strangers that were within their gates, and as soon as we were comfortably seated Benedict led Beatrice to the centre of the floor,- the ceremony was performed that made the . colored swain a sable unit, the tamborine and fid . - die, whose impatience had been until that moment with difficulty restrained, struck up in the most quadrille-provoking manner, and the ball began in ; good, though by no means sober, earnest Such un mitigated merriment, fun and enjoyment I ba e rare ly witnessed. : It was decidedly better than any thing I have ever seen at any professional Ethiopian entertainment Old Bob, the fiddler, who thought the position of violinist to such an assemblage was , one that admitted of nothing that resembled levity, sawed away at the catgut, from the moment the ball opened until daybreak the next morning, with a nice like a Dutch clock, that was infinitely more ludi crous than any attempt he could have made to be comical. It was a greater assumption of eminent gravity, and affectation of self-importance, than I have ever seen beyond the limits of Boston, and only within them, in the case of some verr little men. Ben, the butler, with a surname like that of the Father of his Country, most energetically play . ed the tamborine with bis hands, elbows, knees, feet and bead, and called the figures. They danced quadrilles, contra dances, jigs and the polka, with - 4 an enthusiasm I had never seen exhibited, and even those who were not engaged in the dance going on ':, at the time, would find it impossible to remain qui- et under the enlivening strains, and start up and do a little dancing on their private account Occasion ally some celebrated double shuffler would be called out for a solo in the middle of the floor, but before be- had been under way for two minutes others would join in and it would eem as if every darkey in the room had . the St Vitus's dance to a most 'alarming extent This went on until one o'clock, when Ara bo the coachman, as fine a specimen of his . race, and as skillful in his profession as any one I :. know, determined the question as to the existence of any Bourbon among them by drawing forth several bottles which he tendered, first to the gentle partners of the dance with a grace worthy of your most popu lar dancing master, and then poured out a cup full for each of the "conflicting sex," each one of whom was led to the middle of the floor by the immortal Ben, who, with great humor, introduced him to the assembled multitude, expatiated on the distinction be had arrived at ; in his particular department, and made him give a toast ' Some of ihem were very or ginial and very funny. : After this ceremony was concluded supper was announced. " It had been serv ed upon a long table running diagonally from corner to corner of a large room adjoining, and it consisted of hot stews of all kinds, and tubs of hot coffee; and every dish was replenished as fast as it was emptied, until they could eat and drink no more. They re turned then to the dancing room, where soon "the fun grew fast and furious," and every one seemed to dance the double shuffle on his and her own account and as if their very existence depended upon it; and they ceased not til the rising of the sun. They felt highly honored by the presence of their master's family and friends, and were delighted at the pleasure we seemed to derive from their preform ances. One of the house servants told her " Missis'' the next day that "de servants all thought it was de best party dey had eber had dey neber bad bab so much company before dey were berry sorry datde' roisscses went off so early, but were glnd some ob de massas stayed to see the fun, dey neber did see an one enjoy anything like the northern massas-dey, tmk be would kill hiaself a larfin." I thought so too. for never, at comedy or farce, did I laugh so hearti' ly. ", : .' : -, , I Pnaonw it would not be prudent, politic or pro-; per for me to say that, after passing six months in the West Indies, and visiting many of the islands, which I did some years since, and after passing five months at the south; which I have just done, and having had many opportunities for observation in every place where I bare been, and having conversed with every intelligent man I have met with, non. slaveholder as well as slaveholder, upon the subject I believe the African race to b inferior in intellect and judgment to the Caucasian that tbey are not fitted for self-government, but are, like children, bet ter under restraint aod direction that were I the truo friend of the black, as the abolitionist pretends At i w, (which I am not, my preferences tending an other way) I should wish him to continue in bis pre sent condition ; but that being more interested in the prosperity of a superior raceI do hot care how soon thoinstuuhon w abolished - that the slates are gen v . orally well treated, and teem contented nri h.nn. ; r; that man who abused them would not only be put in Cohventry by every resbectahln k ij : iZ S5l,l-b5: o outside pressure jV ; that though the institottpn i liable to abuse, ho are , other relations of li Vuch as that af . huahandnd" wKr ?M B,tted than another -thai sue. wh S? "bednd ill treated , demago-' th ..r .ir 6 "w-jneir. tea -on WttaT'WWW belieye and'I - . rwwer-w iree persons from ihotutaM. JDPmes would lead BM-taK u I 1 r -,-v- y-v .v. ..;".:7Tr.. .-. .. niHu;.twiii amount to festefjng lnxhains, ikfcraeeine out raiser snows of Siberia 1 and H nal nw'rffnrm. in atoerson ed by .perpetually ?eiaspmti'ngMdxUg, their minds upon the subject ; V. n4i' ; i To Wealth or " ocb Statesmen. Jefferson died 'comparatively poor, yjndeed,- if ; Congress-had not purchased bis library, and given for it five times its value, be would with difficulty have, kept .the wolf from hia door. -. ? :. . ' .' V Madison saved mony, and was comparatively rich. To add to his fortunes, however, or rather , to those of his widow, Congress purchased his manuscript papers, and paid thirty thousand dollars for then ' i James Monroe, the fifth President of the United States, died so poor that his remains found a renting place through the charity of one of the citizens. . John Quincy Adams left some hundred and fifty thousand dollars, the result of industry, prudence and inheritance. He was a man of method and economy. Martin Van Buren is very rich. Throughout his political Jife he has studiously looked out for his own interest It is not believed that he ever spent thirty shillings in politics. His party shook the bush, and he caught the bird. Daniel Webster squandered some millions in his lifetime, the product of his profession and his politi cal speculations. He died, leaving his property to his children and his debts to his friends. The form er sold for less than twenty thousand dollars the latter exceeded two hundred and fifty thousand. Henry Clay left a very handsome estate It prob ably exceeded one hundred thousand dollars. He was a prudent manager, and a scrupulously honest man. James K. Polk left about one hundred and fifty thousand dollars fifty thousand of which he saved from his Presidency of four years. Zachary Taylor left one hundred and fifty thou sand dollars. Millard Fillmore is a wealthy man, and keeps his money in a very strong and safe box. Ex President Pierce saved some fifty thousand dollars from his term of service. Mental Attributes Superior to Physical. In one of our late visits to the gallery of the House, says " M. J. W.," the Washington correspondent of the Charleston, Courier, we found Mr. Henry Win ter Davis, of Maryland, engaged in the laborious task of anathematising the Administration and our venerable pilot who has so successfully weathered the storm. Though violent and denunciatory, it was a gracefully delivered speech and showed rare scholarship. As Mr. Davis resumed hi seat, an attenuate ! fig ure, with stooping, narrow shoulders, and long grace less arms (Mr. Stephens, of Georgia) arose, and in a moment you might almost have heard a pin fall. There was something impressive in the self-stilling of this restless body a tribute from the many to the power of the one. With the intuitive penctra tion of his groat mind, Mr. S. unraveled the artful pretexts of his ta'.ented opponent, and his shrill voice rose to a sharp scream as he tore into shreds its flimsy argument As Mr. Davis arose in his seat to attempt a reply, the constrast in their appearance was most striking, and implied that truth so universally felt, yet so little acknowledged in actual life, that men with superior force of intellect, can subdue and paralyze those far superior to themselves in physical attri butes. It was this force of intellect which made Mr. Stephens Mr. Davis' master. The athletic figure and bold front of the latter, was overpowered by the acuter, profounder mind of his shadowy opponent Whether the recent demonstrations of England are used as a premeditated cover fiy the Africaniza tion of Cuba, or only as an excuse to monopolize the African labor supply for her own colonies, it is certain that we have played very foolishly into her bands in making partmrships for the suppression of the slave-trade. This looking after slavers gives the pretext under which the bated right of search (sel dom exercised but never abandoned) is to be re vived. Every mail brings us news of vessels board ed, and some fired into. And mark the hypoc risy not one negro who u captured bp a Brituh cruiser ever get hack to his home in Africa, hut hi becomes an apprentice " in the Britixh colonies. Humanity and Philanthropy are the idols which are to be worshipped ; but English commercial selfish ness and dishonesty understand what philanthropy means. It does not return the poor African to his far distant home, but gives him the privilege of British colonian apprenticeship. We in this country will be supreme idiots if we continue the tools of this "philanthropy." So says the Baltimore Ex change. TnB Crops ano the Weather. We have had the best opportunities for viewing the growing crops in the South side counties between Richmond and Lynchburg. The wheat generally is thin and the heads small, particularly on unimproved lands, which, however, is no new thing : but where the fields arc well cultivated the crop is an average one, though the season has been too wet and cold to have given it a fair chance. It will be ready to cut, if the weather continues as warm as it now is, in a week or fen days. Some of the fields on the Appomattox look very well. The corn crop generally is doing very well, though that, like the season, is behind the time. The tobacco has been in some time, and the plant in some fields is nearly six inches high. Laborers are everywhere busy in the tobacco fields early and late with the cultivator and the hoe, weed ing and nursing. Our planters anticipate a good crop. Fruit will be plentiful but not abundant. In sheltered localities apples and peaches are fair. Rich. Enquirer. Tde WnEAT Chop. It is painful to witness the destruction that has overtaken the wheat crop, from the ravages of the rust A few weeks back and the prospect for an abundant harvest was never more flattering. It was really cheering to look upon the fields burdened with their heavy luxuriant growths, giving promise to the husbandman of a rich remu neration for his toil and labor. Now the scene is changed, and he can barely hope to gather more than will compensate him for seeding and reaping. We ar assured by some of our agricultural friends that the injury sustained will diminish the crop from one-half to two thirds. The small quantity gather ed will be of an inferior quality, the grain very small and very light The damage has been mate rially increased in many places by heavy falls of hail. We hope however an increase in price, may, in a measure, supply the loss in quantity, and thus prevent the farming interests from the heavy suf fering that now seems inevitable. Elizabeth City Pioneer. We learn, says the Camden Republic, that on the 19th instant, the body of a white man was taken up on the eastern side of the Alabama river, in this county, just below the landing of S. B. Mathews. The body had, appearently, been lying in the water for several days, and was to much disfigured to be identified. ' The body was well dressed and present ed the appearance of a very genteel person. . No pa pers were found. . .Circumstances led to the presum-. tion that it was a corpse of the unfortunate man, Mr. J." H." Taylor, whose suicide by drowning has been chronicled in the papers within a few days past - One more item we will give, though ' Small In it self, yet conclusive and -powerful, so Tar as it goes, in favor of railroads. . A gentleman informed as the other day, who has established steam mill in tbia vicinity, wiioj me uutiuiug m ao ienirai roaa, inn .he is now'payjng annually to the farmers of this county jtwenty .thousand, dollars Tor wheat--. -Ten years ago. we vent ure .to. say that that-, much wheat was not scarcely even raised in. the ou'ity. and sold for' less money, or rather was not sold at all.-)Fin-' Robert Harvie, of JUcbmond. -Va..;bas. received from the BraeilTan government the contract" for the second section "of the Don Pedroftbesendfairfoad of BraziL -The' amount of the contract mav be csU- mated at four millions of dollars Tbere rare about zis tpiiea or the road yet to be Jet, wbicb, if the eon carry on tne second settion satisractorihr, ft .rwiH,.ne placed in the Bame hands, i This able xisleheC apidhengressoiine yniieo pnues iwirani. if..v.wuwr 1000 -4597;- or a nation, can be enect- i tne Agiwaiuro ui th6h .;wv vH- zxmcEara U that T do not' think T fer his body to tne nauonai e vi THlnvu:.v:'IllJlnucnrlBlfar' m.Arwn. ; . ieee of placing it beneath a monument at the capital ! P ' ... , i .j 3 ? . - r. of that State; out ll Das oeen ueemeu j-igni wj Ter meet hia own wishesl ' The1 tomb" at Mount Vernon will soon become national property, thanks 'o rtke.f efforts of a company 'of ladies, aided ny the, Hon. Edward Everett and others, y. The tomb of John Adams is beneath, the portico of the Unitarian Church at Quincy Mass. The vault was constructed by John Quincy Adams, whose own remains. now repose in it Thomas Jefferson's body lies at Mon ticello, near Charlottesville, Albemarle county, Va., near his former estate, now owned by Com. U. P. Levy, U. S. Navy. The last resting place of James Monroe is in a little cemetery in Second-street, just below Third Avenue, in New York city. One step inside the neatly arranged grounds, and half covered with' grass, almost concealed by bushes, at the foot of a little wren house, which serves as his only monu ment the crave of James Monroe, who served his country in the capacity of soldier, minister and Pre sident, is indicated by a simple marble slab, bearing his name. The Legislature of Virginia has just ap propriated $2000 to defray the expenses of remov ing the remains to Virginia, and for the erection of a monument to his memory. In a quiet country church-yard at Montpelier, Orange county, Va., thirty miles from the grave of Jefferson, lie the re mains of James Madison. Until within a year, noth ing but tradition has marked the spot, but, recently a plain stone obelisk has been erected, to indicate the resting place of the departed statesman. :' The grave of Andrew Jackson is at the Hermit age, on the banks of the Cumberland river, about ten miles from Nashvilje, Tennessee. He was inter red in the family tomb, at his express desire. He requested that no pomp or commemorative show should distinguish his tomb, and he was known to refuse a proffered present of an antiquated marble sarcophagus, brought from the Mediterranean, and said to have once contained the remains of ancient heroes. The body of William Henry Harrison re poses in the family tomb at North Bend, Ohio, a few miles from Cincinnati, on the banks of the Ohio river. Immediately upon his death his remains were laid in the Congressional burying ground at Washington, but were transferred to the family vault Near Nashville, Tennessee, the former resi dence of James K. Polk, his body is now lying. The tomb of Zacharv Taylor, is near Louisville, Ken tucky, the former residence of his father. Like General Harrison, he was first interred in the Con gressional burying ground at Washington, where he died a short time after his inauguration. In the fall of the same year, however, his body was removed and deposited in the family cemetery. The other ex-Presidents, Martin Van Burcn, Jno. Tyler, Frank lin Pierce, and Millard Fillmore, are now living.' Boston Courier. Episcopal CiiuRcn in North Carolina. The 42d annual Convention was held in St Paul's Church, Edenton, on the 13th, 14th, 15th, and 17th days of May last - There were present the Bishop, 35 out of 44 Clerical Members, and 59 Lay Dele gates representing 32 of the 41 Parishes which ap pointed Delegates. From reports made to the Convention by the Bish op and Committees, it appears that there are 2,839 Communicants attached to this Church. During the past year there are reported 594 Baptisms ; 836 Confirmations; 4 ordinations of Piiests, and 1 Dea con's ordination. There are now 10 candidates for Deacon's orders, and 1 for Priest's. Two Churches have been consecrated during the 3-ear. The con tributions repotted to the Convention, for various purposes, amount to $21,341 10. The Committee on the state of the Church reports its steady progress in the Diocese ; that there has been an unusually latge number of Confirmations and additions to the Communion ; that there is a surplus in the Domestic Missionary Fund, affording means to increase the number of Missionaries ; and that there is in operation a society whose aim it is to build Churches in all the destitute places. A resolution was adopted approving the establish ment of the University of the South, and commend ing it to the patronage of this Diocese. Rev. Dr. Curtis, Hon. Thomas Ruftin, and Dr. Thos. D. War ren were appointed Trustees. Chas. T. Ilaigh, Esq., of Fayetteville, was re-elected Treasurer, and E. L. Winslow, Esq., was re-elected Secretary of the Convention. The standing committees are the same as last year. The next Convention will be held at Goldsborou'gh, on the first Wcdnesdoy in May, 1859. We gather these facts from-the recently published journals of the Convention. Fay. Obs. TnE Canvass for Cumberland and Harnett. On Thursday last, the candidates for the Legislature for the Counties of Cumberland and Harnett, and the Candiiatcs for Sheriff of Cumberland com menced their canvass at this place. Maj. Jno. T. Gilmore announced himself as a Can didate for the Senate in an effective speech about half an hour. W. McL. McKay, and Jas. S. Harrington, Esqs. declared themselves as Candidates for the Commons. Their addresses were well received. They as well as Maj. Gilmore pledged themselves to use their ef forts on behalf of the Fayetteville and Western Rail road, and do what they can to obtain State aid for said Road. They are also willing to have the affairs of Harnett to the people of that County to decide by ballot what they will have done. Mr. McKay staled that Mr. Barbee, the candidate for the Commons, had instructed him to say that his family being sick he could not be present, but desire d Mr. McK. to declare him a candidate. Hec tor McNeill, and Frank N. Roberts, Esqrs., declared themselves as candidates for the office of Sheriff of Cumberland. Fay. Carolinian. Alamance County Convention. By request we publish with pleasure, in another column, the cor respondence between Judge Ruffin and the Commit tee of the Convention, subjoined the proceedings of the Convention held at Graham, on Saturday the 7th of June. It will be seen from the proceedings, as announced in our last issue, that the Judge de clines to accept the nomination. If the press of the State at all indicates public sentiment, we may say, that Judge Ruffin's declining to become a candidate, is regretted by the entire body of the . people. Al most every oneseems to appreciate the importance of sending to the next Legislature- our most expe rienced and best legislators: and since Judge Ruffin has declined the nomination, we congratulate Ala mance upon the nomination of J. I. Scales, Esq. He is a young gentleman of very superior talents, and a good heart It has been our pleasure to en joy his intimate acquaintance for some time. He will represent the county with dignity and ability; and we doubt not but that the day will come, when the people of North-Carolina will be proud to honor him with a higher and more responsible position than a mere seat in the General Assembly of the State. Western Sentinel. . - Bladen County. A friend from Bladen county informed us this week that the nominee for the Sen- atorial district, composed of Bladen, Columbus and Brunswick counties, Thos. D. McDowell, Esq., will in all probability, be elected by a large majority over ( his know-nothing competitor, A. J. Jones. .; Our friend says that know-nothingism in that part of the country is completely abhorred by the people, and , that Mr. Jones will be obliged to shift hia grounds ; in that respect, to get even a decent vote. We hope ' the democrats .in that, district will not allow Mr. f Jones to run over the track under any other bead -. than a a' know riotbing. Let them : put it .to bint j wucrpTvr u?.uca. ; iiuvw-up 1x9- uim -coDMDuaujt: that he belonged to that order and har never openly' : renouncea -nia allegiance to tnat aark power. VWe ' learn from the same, source that Judge ElUs' pros i. pecW are excellent and tbat.be will probably, receive a largely Increased maioritv ' over Gov. nntro?.; A1 Upler, who -squinted awfully: used sometimes' ; 10 UHimu k.uai niH. cjrBB jiu :iioi .agree. :-). J M'Kai fato"9nklKa ' viurf iuux. Ll J I, Sea ted beft tntm on nre longgo." i.. 3The candidates, ta 'tThnferoLrannaw ftir&f ietond .jfc? itAtr CorERBWOB.'--TBe Gfeneral VTreinfa.-Sent j 18 : Oreenunsbure. Ky liOuisville.' Oct 6; nopkinsville Ky;, Virginia,'Nov; 24 j Ports- mouth, Va.,; North-Carolina, Dec.- S's.Newberny' ':.'' " "SECOHD BIStRICT. BISSOF vAiroW-;.?r;Vi - - Tennessee, Oct 20 McMinnville.'Tcnn.J Holston, Novt 8; Chattanooga, Tenn., South CaroHna,Nor 17; Charleston, S. C, Florida, Dec. .12 j Jackson ville, Fla. ifr::S- ''.-,' r f THIRD DISTRICT. BISHOP PAINE. '. V - Memphis, Nov: 10; Trenton, Tenn., Alabama, Nov. 24; Macon, Miss., Dec. 8; Woodville, Miss., Louisiana,. Dec. 16 ; New Orleans, La 1 1" FOURTH DISTRICT. BISHOP EARLY. ' . V : Missouri, Sept 8 ; Chill icothe, Mo., Kanssas Sept 24 ; Fort Scott, Kansas, Indian Mission. Oct. 7 ; Choctaw Agency, Arkansas, Oct. 20; Dardanelles Ark; Whchita, Nov. 8 ; Arkadelphia, Ark. ' FIFTH DISTRICT. BISHOP PIERCE. St Louis, Oct 6; St Louis Mo , East Texas, Nov. 10, Tyler, Texas, Texas, Nov. 24; Anstin, Texas, Georgia, Dec. 15; Columbus, Ga., Pacific, Stockton, Cal. Illinois Administration State Convention. Springfield, (111.,) June 9. The State convention of the administration democracy assembled here to day. Two hundred and sixty-three delegates, repr " renting forty-eight counties, were in attendance. John Dougherty wan nominated State treasurer, and ex-Governor Reynolds superintendent of public in struction. Resolutions were adopted affirming ad herence to the Cincinnati platform ; reaffirming the principle of non-intervention in the Territories; op posing the concentration of power in the bands of the central government; deprecating slavery agi tation; condemning Senator Douglas, and character izing his course in opposition to the administration as overweening conceit; denouncing the principles of the republican party as tending to a dissolution of the Union, and denouncing the late outrages by the British cruisers on American vessels in the Gulf of Mexico and elsewhere. The British Minister at Washington. The Washington correspondent of the Philadelphia Press says : Loid Napier is one of the sharp ones. He has connections all about here. Sir Gore Ouseley is un equalled at pulling the chesnuts out of the fire, and as he has any amount of American connections, the game may go against us rather badly in the discus sion of the right of search. I never saw the English legation so silently busy. They have great influence here in certain circles, vastly more than the French, or the Spanish, or the Russian. There is such a weakness to get into the charmed circle of the Queen's representative I Senators that plume themselves up on their ability and their influence, grave statesmen, courtiers, all seek for the entree to My Lord. State secrets have a poor chance of it in such a rush. The Business of Tns Pension Bureau. The fol lowing is an abstract of the business of the Pension Office under the act of 3d March, 1855, for the last month, (May :) No. of applications for bounty land received 875 No. of warrants or certificates issued 1,083 Total number of applications received 288,751 Total number of warrants issued 224,350 It will require 28,169,910 acres of the public lands to satisfy these warrants, as tollows : 80,729 94.735 48,070 334 472 5 5 224.350 warrants of 1 60 acres each 12.916,640 1 1,368,300 8,845,600 20,040 18,881) 500 50 28,169,910 do 120 do do 80 do do CO do do 40 do do 100 do do 10 do We learn that Charles C. Williams, Esq., has been selected by the Democrats of Camden and Curri tuck as their candidate for a scat in the Senate of North-Carolina, and that the Currituck Democracy have nominated Burwell M. Baxter, Esq., for the House of Commons. The two former members, Mes srs. J. B. Jones and Sam. B. Jar vis, declined a re-nomination. These are good and popular selec tions, and the Democracy have shown a just appre ciation of true merit, in tendering them the nomina tion. Democratic Pioneer. Gas in the Cars. The New Jersey Railroad Company, from New York to Philadelphia, state in their report just issued, that the apparatus for the introduction of illuminating gas in the cars has been satisfactorily tested. It is found to be a great im provement in cheerful light and economy over other modes in use, and will be introduced into other trains. After the first outlay, the expense is about one-third the usual cost. Vertigo, Extreme Languor and Exhaustion, will not trouble you after using one bottle of Boar have's Holland Bitters. Take half a tea-spoonful regularly, one hour before meals eat moderately take a short walk before breakfast, and you will find that all that has been said of this remedy is true. Try it; it rarely fails to relieve Sick Headache, Weakness of any kind. Acidity of the Stomach, or any symptom of Dyspepsia. Rail Road Revenues. This has been a bad year for rail roads. We do not remember to have notic ed a single annual or semi annual report that has not shown a falling off in receipts. People have travelled less, for business or pleasure, and there has been less transportation of goods. The reports of the Baltimore and Ohio road for eight months past show $3,073,328 of receipts, against $3,389,633 for the corresponding months of last year. A few months more of depression, and the tide wlil turn. Fay. Obs. Promoted. We are pleased to learn that Major James Miller has been appointed Chief Engineer on the Atlantic and N. C. Railroad in the place of Col. Thompson! resigned. Major Miller has been long and favorably known in this region, as a gentleman of indomitable energy and untiring industry, and his appointment will be hailed with pleasure by all who know him. Tribune. Madison. It will bo seen by the announcement in another column, that Wm. Brown, Esq., is the Democratic candidate for the Commons in Madison county. Col. John A. Fagg is the K. N. candi date. Asheville News. Haywood. Dr. Samuel L. Love is the Democratic candidate for the Commons in Haywood county. Dr. Love bas served the people faithfully and effi ciently in the Legislature, and will, we presume, have no opposition. Asheville News. We have been informed that the Bank of the State and its several branches resumed specie payment on Thursday last We were glad to hear it . It is high time that all our banks had adopted the same hon est course. Western Sentinel. v : ' - Great Freshet in the West Large Cities Threat l enedwitDestrwtic' r ' -' " Cincinnati, June 15. Reports of a, most alarm ing character from Cairo, HI., have reached here.. ! ; The water is still rising, and in some places run ' uing over the banks of the Ohio, ' It is now nearly ..or quite level, and it is thought one foot more rise, j will probably sweep' Cairo away enfirel."i 'Cf i;.: , The Mound City is also innundated. At the high est pointr where tbe' Depot is located, the, water ui - four and a half feet deep. Passengers are onvey ed I quarter of a mile from the city in flat boats. f-lirA-'.f A.v . :i.'.'V.:-.-f'' ' -- r.'f 'e TUe Cbartotte'and th-Carbllria' & .pany'has declared semf-snnuat dividend' of 2f per .juciiuf uvsiucb selling siuc. ,iuuu nmuv nniwiiiwa iiSrt taws. Jjtfie ItaridrbentirtrT flooded. J Jwa&edjiwaySt illlli .'.V. KAI.EIGH. SATURDAY. JUNE 19. 1858,.; ? HOLDEN WILSON, State Panmas, -i$X . :-. . -r. - : ' AND ' . :'.:' V- '-- ':.:'-'; 4VTHOKIXED PCBU8HXBS Or TBB LAW8 OF TBS VXITSB STATBS. ;- !. ':'-.; v. ? rr : Special ,; Notice. .' ,- -.XsS-l 74 Stawvako it conducted ttriettw vron the cMiitvstem All papers ar discontinved pi the exviration of ike tint for which they have been paid. Suoscnters trill be, notified rouB weeks before their time out, by a csobs mask on their paper 1 j and unless the subscription is renewed the pa per will be discontinued. ' This is a rule frofn which there will be no departure. Watch for the cross marky and renew your twotcnpmm, ; ; - - . v s-v weetlyjstanaara vi per annum, tn advance. ., Semi- Weekly Standard $4 per annum., . do. - S V- v KSS Subscribers desiring their papers changed moat mention tbe Poet Office from, aa well as . the one to, which they desire the change to be made. , -; . , m . . - FOR GOVERNOR: . ' HON. JOHN W. ELLIS, - or BOWAN. . . FOR THE SENATE: MOSES A. BLEDSOE. ; , FOR THE COMMONS: G.H.FARIBAULT, J. F. HUTCHINS, ED. G. HAYWOOD. FOR SHERIFF: WILLIAM H. HIGH. Appointments for Messrs. Ellis and McRae. Yanceyville, Caswell, Friday, June 18th. Wentworth, Rockingham, Saturday, June 19th. We publish below urther appointments for tbe Messrs. Ellis and McRae. They will address people at the following times and places : Danbury, Stokes, Monday, June 21st Winston, Forsyth, Wednesday, June 23d. Yadkinville, Yadkin, Wednesday, June 30th. Dobson, Surry, Thursday, July 1st " Wilkesboro', Wilkes, Saturday, July 3d. Boon, Watauga, Monday, July 5th. Lenoir, Caldwell, Wednesday, July 7th. Morganton, Burke, Thursday, July 8th. Congress adjourned on Monday last The President, however, convened the Senate in special session on Tuesday, to act on Executive business. It was supposed the Senate would be in session but a day or two. For a notice of the adjournment of Congress, Bee article in another column, from the Washington Union. The announcement made by the President that he would not sign any bills unless an opportunity was given him to examine them in detail, has had a most salutary effect on the legislation of Congress. No attempts were made, as at former sessions, to rush bills through at the close of the session, be cause it was known that they would not be approv ed unless time was allowed to the President to ex amine them ; and the result has been that no bad or doubtful measures have been passed into laws. Mr. Buchanan deserves the thanks of the country for this 6alutary reform. The two houses of Congress adjourned quietly and harmoniously, after a session of some six months, during which much business of importance has been considered and transacted. Franklin Connty. We learn that the campaign commenced at Louis burg on Tuesday last Menalcus Lank ford, Esq. m. the Democratic candidate for the Senate, and W. F. Green, Esq., the old member, is the Democratic can didate for the Commons. We learn with surprise and regret that D. W. Spivy, Esq., who professes to be a Democrat, has taken the Held for the Senate against Mr. Lankford, the regular candidate. John E. Thomas, Esq., old line Federalist and double-distilled K. N., is a candi date for the Commons against Mr. Green. . We sincerely trust that Mr. Spivy will reconsider his course, and withdraw from the field. No real or supposed grievance can justify him in opposing the regular action of his party. In the first place he cannot be elected ; and in tbe second place if he could be elected, his influence in the Legislature would be crippled by the manner of his triumph, and in the end his usefulness as a public man would be destroyed. In either event it is bad policy in him to be a candidate. He may injure the party in Franklin somewhat, but he cannot damage it ma terially, lie may yet save himself by withdrawing; but if be should hold on he will inevitably go down, and go down finally as a public man. Enow Nothing Respect fob the People. The Register, in an article in its issue before the last, in which it assails Judge Ellis and urges its Enow Noth ing friends to vote for Mr. McRae, speaks of the great body of Judge Ellis's supporters as " a mangy, un washed pack, who can he har-' ed upon any track hy the lash of the whippert in." . This is a specimen of the respect entertained for tbe great body of the people by Mr. McRae's file leader in North-Carolina. In the same article the Editor regrets that his "limited ability " prevents him from being " infinite ly more efficient" in Mr. McRae's behalf -than he can be. We think, if the Editor continues thus to assail and insult the people,-that Mr. McRae himself will be " infinitely ", obliged to him to cease hid! ad vocacy of his claims.?1 Jt will' do him more barm than good. ;'.'.-;.,:Vv ' V , ' . v:.'- 1 ' - : " ;y:--:-.J" 1 " High, up in thb Pictures." A. friend writing -us from Weldon' says: "MiC 'McRae Ao gone; to work, and figures .out thai he will be elected by a. large majority.". In bis speech here last Friday, his. estimate ran as high as thirty thousand; After.; bis speech. I heard several gentlemen, old line Whigs,1 remark that they bad intended to vote for him;' or not vote at all; but that now they intended to vote for Judge Ellis.! ; . V; V'' , So Mr. McRae is claiming thirty thousand roa jority 1 Why, if his whole vote reaches that..num- ber, he may consider himself a fortunate iMh.-? ' Mecklenburg Countt Bonos. Mrt .Guion: Presi dent of the Wilmington, Charlotte and Rutherford Railroad, has advertised the first issue of Mecklen burg County bonds, $30,000, to aid in tbe construe' tion of tbe Road. The bonds are all of the denom-. ination of one . hundred dollars, and. bear seven per cent, interest, payable semi-annually in the town of Charlotte, with coupons attached. v They are to run twenty , years. : Sealed offers are invited untilthe SOtb Jnna. i : f -'' ;.. -i--S :.;-"TBb BRimn 'OuTBAGBsIt appears Jf dTb taken for granted that ibe : Britnsh jyeramenf witt offer ample apologies for .the! outrages committed 4y her wi;. Tessels On oyf inrfcfasnt' yesraiahd ' that- assorancea will be giTen. 4bst the outrages' wnt Hot pftfiburi C1U1 1 :,aouro ,iBisn .miies npriw; Mnrej AJ!uapijiVMlf:llb9 orreo "istie lUch Developmenta ILetter frortt Mr. Venabl V The HonAW,Ve froin Congre!! m i860, a; notwUbstariding,bis District had b! ,!?A4?.W!n .'lltore' and sever al new Counties added, e declared himself a can! didate ffor. re-election, without 'consulting, M t should have :done: under the circumstances, th wishes of tho constituent body. He avowed a wfl! lingness to abide the faction of such a Convention .h?! 1' hot he; characterized Convention 8erally as aswmblagrf r ' ciailS. lbbJtftilAfl laarvVva ' anit i . ,nldc,ared hat he woald submit to the action of no such body." Such assemblages had never been known in this State ; andbence the impression at once made by the course and the manner of Mr Tenable, that he was averse to a Convention to be called in accordance with the time-honored uuee of the party. :; . . : ' In addition to this, MK Tenable had voted for Bennett's land bill, an unjust, unconstitutional, and anti-Democratic ' measure ; nd after having 'thus misrepresented bis constituents, instead of express, ing regret for his course and promising not to repeat the wrong, be endeavored to justify it, and labored to prove that he was right and the great body0f the Democratic party of the State in error on tbe subject He had also made a speech in which he opposed the acquisition of Cuba on any terms, thereby still further misrepresenting his constituents. In this way he provoked and produced a division in the Democratic party in the District ; and the re suit was the election of a Whig to Congress. Still thousands of good Democrats voted for him, under the belief that Mr. Lewis could not be elected and because with all his faults they preferred him to the Whig candidate, Mr. Rogers. They hoped, too that Mr. Yenable would profit by the experience of the past, and that he would again take his stand, fully and squarely in the Democratic ranks, in which be had wielded influence and been of no small servke. But they were disappointed. There are but few politicians who possess the philosophy or the honesty to put up with a defeat at the hands of their friends, however much that defeat may hare been provoked. Mr. Tenable, under the inflii. ence of his inordinate vanity and self-love, at once claimed that the thousands of Democrats who had voted for him were distribution Democrats, and had endorsed his vote for Bennett's land bill. This was one of his greatest mistakes, and has been the leading cause of his subsequent defection and apns tacy. In 1854 he was a member of the Democrat ic State Convention, and of course approved, as a member of that body, the resolution that was adopt, ed against distribution. But notwithstanding tins committal against distribution, and notwithstand ing his co-operation with the Democratic party, it was apparent to close observers that he was rest less and dissatisfied, and preparing, on the first fa vorable occasion, to take his final leave of the par. ty. That occasion presented itself not long since; and we now find him engaged in supporting Mr. McRae, another renegade, and consorting with Messrs. Arrington, Battle, Williams, and Sanders (Linn B.) in efforts to disorganise and prostrate the Democratic party, lnere is no naif-way House Tor traitors between open apostauy to the opposition and the Democratic party. The traitor must cither return and be forgiven, or go over and be condemn ed. He that is not for us is against us, and he " that gathereth not with us scattereth abroad." That mati who professes to be a Jeflersonian and Jackson Democrat, and who assumes to lead, must indeed be a Democrat from the crown of bis head to tbe soles of his feet an example for the imitation of others, and not a sickly edition of treason and apostacy, dwelling on his own supposed wrongs and ignoring the principles and the practices of the par ty to whose recognition and nursing care he owes his prominence and influence. We publish below a letter sent us by A. J. Tay. lor, Esq., the Democratic candidate for the Senate in Nash County, and which letter we have been authorized by Mr. Taylor thus to use. It was ad dressed by Mr. Yenable to Applewhite Richardson, Esq., of Johnston ; but Mr. Richardson being 1 sound Democrat, handed it to Mr. Taylor, and give him the privilege to use it in any way he might see proper. Here is the document : "Brownsville, 18th May, 1853. My good old Friend: .t write to urge you to come out as a distribution Democratic candidate for the Legislature. .The triumph of this principle by electing a Legislature favorable to this measure, en sures two Senators to aid in ' relieving us of the burden of taxas. If the 750,000 acres which Ben nett's bill gave North-Carolina, bad have been re ceived, we would have had one million less of debt and sixty thousand dollars less of interest to pay yearly. I expect to be a candidate myself; and let us old men lead the boys once more. With sincere regards to Mrs. Richardson and family, I am yours truly, x ; A. W. VENABLE. A. Richardson,. Esq.", . . Here is a secret and insidious attempt to produce discord in the Democratic ranks in a neighboring County, the object being a seat in tbe United Stt Senate, : And this confirms the view we have here tofore takenthat Mr. McRae's main object is, so distract and divide the Democratic party as to elect a distribution and Know Nothing Legislature, "o thus pave tbe way for himself and Mr. Venableto the federal Senate. Self is at the bottom ofU this ialk in favor , of distribution. Mr. Yenable is tomanage Granville Mr. Arrington, Mr. 0u and Mr. Williams are to manage Nash; wr. B. Sanders is to manage Johnston so as to elec Mr.. Willis Sanders to tho Commons: and Mr. Mc- ae7 fresh from federal office and fresh from is to manage tbe State generally. This, it " confessed, isf a brilliant and enticing programme Butfliy ,oU'riendn,Ur. Richardson notV be caught in this way. ' Like a true pt and sound Democrat, be bas exposed the P Some one besides himself must " lead the H tiioreT- Whether: Mr. Tenable will " Uad the ty .in Granville, remains to be seen. We trust n- Let him take the field, and our wora wr .. lant and; indomitable Democracy of that Coon J will so jbdshXbim as-a .litician that he will nev again aisturo our. ranKS dv nu treachery. ., u ..:, a ; :'f. - poLmcAi "P?S American Republican and Straight-A menw -Committee,;of Pennsylvania, have issued TCC"ite ;n datibns to their respectire organisations to 0 the State Convention, already called to ineel a rlsbiirg; July 3. on the basis of opposition w .Lecompion Bvindle khd protection to bomeiaw. velLemente of opposition to mocracy in the Worth are comoining b u iilLirk JJ.:L. while Mr :toin&hpiin:iitii tier administrauo" Flliu&iTb const 4 Tne rt tlirfi rtteWfor twould hae roted w WoTadnrtftislimnoainooiH-uiuBuv---B ,. if