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All advertisements, not otherwise diteet re inserted in the Semi-Weekly, and charged aceuid ' When the number of insertions is not marked on hvrtisenient it is inserted until forbid. Money sent us by mail is at our risk. l.Yl.EIGH: SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 1859. I10LDEN A WILSON, State Teixters, AXI rTHOIttZtD PUnLISn!:KS OF TUE LAWS OP TSK" UNITED STATE Federal Whiuisin Revivrftg. In IS-r-r, in 18-18, and in 1859 we had Whigismin lis State : and besides this Whieisni oid federal hMsm and Democracy, there was nothing else. is all Whigism or all Democracy J W hits in ise days were proud of their name Tfnd their prin 'is. A Whin in New England was the same in 44 as a Whig in North-Carolina. The Whigs . , i .1 . . l ipl .1 ,t.-d a national Hank, a high Tariffj bankrupt laws, . . , . , i i nni improvements oy tnc general government, v! the greatest good oi the favored few at the e- ! of the neglected many ; and true to their fed- .I-inis thfv nmutcMI too rrnTr,.s:s nl mmMn Inure Institutions over new territories. They deelar- 1 that as they were V higs then they would be fhiss always ; that it was more honorable to be de nted m a eoon cause titan it was to tnumnn witn a nl one : that it made no difference, so far as the in irity of their principles was concerned, whether i v were successful or unsuccessful in nnlifical coli cs; and that, AO holding and so believing, they mid always mwrtiiiii their organization and their inriples. But Henry Clay died; and the question ' si -very, with the unsoundness of their Northern :vz on that subject, pressed sorely upon them. In lilition to this, they became wearied with defeats id they began to long for the .spoils of office. In i evil hour for them and for the morals of the rantry "Sam" suddenly appeared upon the stage, vring them the fruits of victory over the l ights of afholics and naturalized citizens. The proud old rhig party was tempted, and it fell. Thousands id tens of thousands of the men whom Henry Clay ad rallied to the charge, and who declared time 'id again they would never desert the old Whig tanner, reneanneft from their allfMMjinra with rho fflaration of fidelity almost warm on their lips; A in ISO:!, 1.854, 1S55, 1856, 1657, and 185, we ul Sam'' with his test oaths, his midnight meet- and his dark-lantern, instead of the proud, , 1 f J -1.1 ,1-1 ... T.. us resort failed also; and now we find these same ouucians renegautwg ikick io uie oia n nig ioiu. ey arc returning with tattered garments and al- tvii Kni-cic will, , i ii.oii.p iiim.' nt iiiupm.' V tan they ever indulgi-d before ; and with less of ieir own respect, and less of the respect of othi rs, dor of defeat and of faithlessness to their own i i ,v - j - i t benefit. But this is not all : They are national i j - .- - c i. l i ir x- il . i ,ii u n I'll lii'i.iiiii r i'o, f -I 1 1 1 1' ("is T 1 1 s nnw iiiMf'K : mi i rt'nnium nnil fhie Iktanlr KAnnhliCftniem nm. i with Know Nothingism South, constitutes what mr known as ''the opposition."' It is this oppo- n 1 should it succeed, the country, will be substan tially under black Republican rule. We have been led to these remarks by the pro- reedings 01 a big Jleeting in Anson County, (rhicfa we find in the last Register. The leading Jiiors in tnis meeting were sucti men as lien. Uock- -v and Col. John W. Cameron men who were brmerly Whigs, then Know Nothings, and who are now trvms to oe n mis atrain. We give below j tome ol their resolutions : Baolred, That we are tired and sick of the use- ess agitation of the slavery auestton, which we hone. Wever, has at last satisfied the Southern people 'At there is some difference between Democratic promises and Democratic performance." 1 ery well, so arc we all tired of this agitation. But how is it to be arrested ? Br vicldinz to freo- I demands ? AVhat did the old Whig party or the 'uiow Nothing faction ever do to arrest this agita- on, to give to the South peace, and at the same ''Ms her rights ? Why, nothing. One of the main Buses of the dissolution of the old Whig party was t('C rottenness of its Northern wing on this same TK-stion of slavery ; and we all know that the Know I'ing platform ignored Southern rights out and Wit The Dntinnftmfs have made po nroniisps on I subject which they have not kept. They passed fugitive-slave law, and Democratic Presidents 'e enforced the law at the point of the bayonet. Tiny defeated and put to rest the Wilmot Proviso ; thev al l!V.nrlr1 ,1, IfiMAmH linn wVtVl IMO tin l,n v .gawu tin; .uiL-.-'iiii I line, n iii.u ,, c,o uu uu- J18' and odious discrimination against the South ; 5n'l they have never elected a President who was ,,J! as sound on the question of the Constitutional "guts of the South as the Southern people them- lelvea Ike Anson Whigs, alius Know Nothings, also Ettohed. That the defect of the Dem 1 J IS. Ill Our rilnniro, mi 1 1 ni4i.li t ilc tr, tlin waIIWm and continuance of the Union, and is, therefore, a frr-n.. ... national necessity. ti&O red. That vn flpnm It the diirv of wprv con. Cn':itive man in the Union, with whatever party he l nave acted in the past, now to use and exert Ilk li.C. . . . r 1 ..... "'uiiinee to the uttermost to defeat this scc- n d Mul ivery agitating party, and to unite him- f urt national party the National W tug ow, the Union has existed, and the affairs of the jernment have been successfully administered, J because the Democratic party has existed and 16 sway. Everybody knows that, and the whole Wmm Vol. XXV. No. 17. history of the country proves it. But the first res olution above given was meant to pave the way for the second, in which the Anson Whigs declare their willingness to co-operate with all parties and nearly all kinds of people in the free States, so they are called "conservative." in order to defeat the na tional Democracy. The great "national Whig par ty " indeed ! Why, where is it ? Talk of Whigism in the free States, and you would be laughed at. There are no Whigs in the free St ites, with the ex ception of a few antiquated fossils, who have no in fluence, and no hold on Northern public sentiment. The fact is to he regretted, for the old Whigs North are better, or yvere better and more conservative than the Republicans, or the " American" Republi cans ; but the fact is as we have stated it. So a bare reference to a u national Whig party" at once exposes the weakness and the sectional character of these North-Carolina (Anson) Whigs. Tliey are sectional as Whigs ; they are national only as they belong to "the opposition," and thus affiliate, as Messrs. Gilmer and Vance have more or less done, with the black Re- ublicans. But in another resolution the Anson Whigs say : " That as Whizs of North-Carolina, we are deter mined to know no geographical parties, no sectional distinctions, no North, no South, no East, no West but our country our whole country." That is all very fine ; but if the Anson Whigs adhere to that they will find no party North, with the exception of the Democratic, with which they ean co-operate ; and they have solemnly declared j that the defeat of the national Democratic party is j "a great national necessity." What, then, wi 1 I they do? Wiil Gen. Doekery, Col. Cameron, and the balance of the Anson and Richmond Whigs get up a nice little national Whig party of their own in North-Carolina? That would be more amusing than profitable fuller of fun than it would be of success at the polls. Rut the next resolution of these Anson Whigs i which we copy, distloscs fully the cloven foot of ; Know Nothingism. They declare "That our naturalization laws should be revised and amended so as to extend the time of probation now prescribed, prevent the emigration of panpers ' and rrinrinals, and debar all from participate in our elections who have not complied with the letter as well as the rit. of the law." There it is! 'Sam" with his dark lantern and all the ceremonies of the test oath and the cm! vert That is Know Xntuinsism, and not Whigge- a f j ry as taught by Henry Clay in 1844 It is apparent from all the signs of the times that 1 " the opposition " so called, wid resort to every im aginable device in the approaching Congressional 1 campaign, to weaken the Democratic party, and to carry the First, the Fifth, and the Eighth Districts. In one locality they will be Whigs, in another Know : Nothings, in another American Whigs, and in an other "no-party men," as they were to a great ex tent in 1843. Let the Democrats war on them as Know Nothings, for Know Nothings they are; as 1 the allies of the black Republicans, for they belong to the same "opposition" to the administration, and would he gratified beyond measure to see it over thrown, though they may assail it with different , weapons. The Know Nothings South and the Re publicans and 'American" Republicans North be long to the same grand arm", and are divided only into wings and brigades. Let us charge one brigade of this grand army, whose object is offices and plun der, as we would charge the other; and let us, while our Northern Democratic brethren are contending with the black wing in the five States, show no quarter to the motley host in the South, who would rejoice equally with their Northern allies over the defeat of the administration and the only national part- which new exists. Wilmiuuton and We'don Road. We are glad to hear of the constantly increasing prosperity of this Road. The receipts and expendi tures for the six months ending March 31st, 1S50, have been as follows : Gross Receipts, $250,845 48 Expenditures, 100,482 77 Nett Receipts, For the same time last year : Gross Receipts, Expenditures, $150,302 71 $237,075 01 113,097 99 $123,977 02 Nett Receipts, This comparison exhibits a difference in favor of this year, or rather of the first six months of this fiscal year, of 20,375 09 in nett receipts. The amount of cotton carried these last six months is 5,000 bales in excess of the amount carried during the corresponding six months of last year. ' Increased Receipts of the Raleigh asd GasJ tox Road. We learn that the receipts of this Road Nfrom freight for the six months ending 1st April, 1859, were $74,531 40, against $54,459 75 for the same time last year; and from passengers $37, 038 21, against $30,185 41, for the same time last year, showing a total increase in receipts of $20, 924 51 for the last six months. This is certainly a gratifying result. We learn that large quantities of merchandize are passing up the Central Railroad for merchants west of this. Business of all kinds is reviving. The tobacco crop has not yet gone forward, and when it dees it must add considerably to freights. If the j wheat crop should be a gojd one, as the prospect j now is that it will be, a much larger quantity will be transported over the Central and the Raleigh and Gaston Roads than has been done during any for--mer year. . Ths Sickles Trial. We have not given to our readers the details of j this trial. We doubt the propriety of doing so, with our views of the duties and obligations of the press. The details are, however, given with much j particularity in the New York, Baltimore, and Wash- j ington papers. The trial has been going on some fifteen days, and the probability is it will occupy eight or ten days more. A deep interest is taken in it by the Washington and Baltimore public, and the cars for Washington are crowded now and then with 1 persons going to and from the trial. The Court has ruled that the counsel for the de fence may go into the proofs of adultery, and the proofs come fast and thick that Mr. Key and Mrs. Sickles were in the habit of frequenting the house rented by Mr. Key as the place of meeting. The fact of adultery is really as unquestionable as the killing of Key. The general impression still seems to be that Sickles will be acquitted RALEIGH, N. C, WEDNE John W. Cunningham, Esq. We publish below a letter from this gentleman, addressed to the Editors of this paper, in which he declines to permit his name to be used for Congress in the Fifth District. Mr. Cunningham's numerous friends in the District will hear of his determination in this respect with regret. The State contains no more thorough gentleman, no sounder Democrat than John W. Cunningham. As Mr. Cunningham observes, " the Democracy of the District have many worthy and noble cham pions of the cause ;" and we trust indeed we feel sure that they will rally as one man to their nomi nee. With proper efforts, it seems to us, they ought to be able to defeat Mr. Gilmer, the great congratu lated of Joshua Giddings, and the constant actor on party tests with the black Republicans, in their ef forts to embarrass the administration. The ques tion for the District to decide is, whether they will have a man who will contend for all their Constitu tional rights, or one like Mr. Gilmer, who will strengthen as far as "the opposition" interests re quire him to do it, as he has heretofore strengthened the black Republican party in the House of Repre sentatives. Mr. Cunningham's letter is as follows: Editors of the N. C. Standard : Dk.u: Snts : Having been often urged to be a can didate for Congress in this the Fifth District, and having seen also a number of public demonstrations in my favor, I desire, through yoi' widely circula ted paper, to state my position on the subject I feel very' grateful to my friends for their partial ity ; and if my fixed purpose could be changed, I would be actuated solely by a desire to gratify that numerous class of my fellow-citizens whose kindness and confidence place me under obligations which I shall ever feel and acknowledge. Bift 1 cannot ob tain my own consent to the use of my name, as a candidate for Congress, in the Democratic Conven tion shortly to assemble in the District; and I hope, therefore, that it will not be presented, while I most respectfully and earnestly request my friends to consider me as entirely out of the question. The Democracy have man' worthy and noble champions of their cause in the District; and who ever may be selected as their standard-bearer in the coming contest, shall receive my ardent support Availing myself of the occasion to express again to my numerous friends my grateful appreciation of their kindness and partiality, and my strong hope that the candidate of our party will carry the Dis trict at the election in Augistt, I am, with much respect, Very truly vours, " JNO. W. CUNNINGHAM. Terson Co., N, C, April 13, 1859. Settlement of Difficulties with Paraguay. The Union of the 17th contains an interesting letter from Mr. Bowlin, the Commissioner appointed by the President to adjust the difficulties between the United States and Paraguay, in which Mr. Bowlin gives an account of the settlement of tluse difficul ties and the manner in which this desirable result was reached. The letter is addressed to the Pre.-i dent, and is dated at Asuncion, Feb. 11, 1859. Mr. Bowlin was very much aided in his efforts by the President of the Argentine Confederation, Gen. Ur quiza, who went before him to see and advise with Gen. Lopez, the President of Paraguay. The whole matter was adjusted w ithout the firing of a gun, and with credit to both countries. By the settle ment a new treaty is made between the two coun tries, with more liberal provisions than heretofore ; a convention to setilc claims against Paraguay, ten thousand dollars to the family of the sailor killed on the Water-Witch by the gun fired from Lopez' fort on the Parana ; and a satisfactory letter of re grets and apol-.gy from Lopez, with full permission to the United States to expdore the rivers of Para guay. The adjustment of this difficulty without blood shed is a matter for congratulation ; and the Presi dent, the Secretary of the Navy and Mr. Bowlin, are entitled to the thanks of the country for the energy and discretion with which the movement against Paraguay and the negotiations have been conducted. j The Campaign in Virginia. Messrs. Letcher and . Goggin, the candidates for Governor, addressed an I immense audience in Petersburg a few evenings ' since. The inference we draw from the accounts in I the papers is, that Mr. Goggin did the pretty, and j Mr. Letcher the sensible talking ; that Mr. Goggin ' got the advantage in the pyrotechnics, but that Mr. ; Letcher was greatly beyond him in the solids. This ; is generally the case in discussions between Detno j crats and " the opposition." The champions of the j latter are all Henry Clays and Patrick Henrys, and they enjoy an' quantity of glory until the people j have voted. Then the aspect ol things is changed. ; These champions become ordinary men again ; and their friends, while they deplore their defeat, see so i many means by which they might have been elect- ed. This will be the case in Virginia. Our tieighbor of the Register, not having heard a Know Nothing speech these many months, and thirsting for the opportunity of defeating the Demo crats one time more in imagination, went over to Pe tersburg to hear the candidates. We have no doubt he has returned strengthened in the faith, and fully assured of the success of Goggin in advance and on paper. No doubt he will tell his readers that Letcher was nowhere and Goggin everywhere in the discussion ; and that Constitutional liberty itself and the best hopes of mankind are vitally at issue in the contest, and in the entire keeping of Mr. Gog gin. Still Letcher will be slightly triumphant, and being a modest man, will not pile up more than fif teen thousand majority. That w ill do, under the circumstances. Farmers' Bank. This institution having accept ed the amendment to its charter providing for re moving the mother Bank from Elizabeth City to Greensboro', we learn from the Timet that a mect ing of the stockholders was held at Greensboro' on the 11th inst., and elected the following Directors: Jed. II. Lidsay, C. P. Mendenhall, W. D. Smith, C. F. McAdoo and W. A. Winbourne. Mr. C. P. Men denhall was chosen President, and W. A. Caldwell appointed Cashier of the Principal Bank. Of the Branch at Elizabeth City, L. J. Johnson, Esq., was appointed President and R. F. Overman Cashier. It is stated that funds are provided for the redemp tion of the present circulation. The Greensboro' , Timet says that the Bank now stands upon a foun dation as good as any in the State. North Carolina Tobacco. The Winston (N. C.) Sentinel says that the farmers in that region are turning their attention to the cultivation of tobacco much more than heretofore, and that they will have a large quantity ready for market this year. msmmm SPAY. APRIL 27, 1859. Management of TnE Post Office Department. The following article from the Washington Union demonstrates the wisdom of the administration, while it exposes the weakness and wickedness of the black Republicans and their allies in the South in their efforts to embarrass and injure it, and there by injure the country. The Union says: " The events of every day demonstrate, yet more and more clearly, the far-seeing sagacity of the Pres ident in declining to yield to the Black-republican clamor, which demanded that he should call an ex tra session of Congress. The preparation of a ne cessity, which would force the Administration to this step, was most careful and persistent on the part of those who are leagued together for its over throw. In fact, this extra session was arranged as a regular trap, of which it was intended the Post Of fice Department should serve as the bait. It was believed that so intense was the solicitude of the Chief Magistrate in reference to this branch of the public service, on which the social and commercial intercourse of the whole country depends, that, rather thaKseu to jeopardize its interests for a mo ment, ne would not hesitate to run the hazard of all the political disasters threatened by the assem bling of Congress in advance of its regular session. It was known that if Congress was thus convened by Executive proclamation a large number of Dem ocratic States would be unrepresented, the majority of the body would, in consequence, be black-republican, and the House be necessarily organized with a black -republican Speaker, and committees in which the same sable political complexion would predomi nate. Hence, this result was looked forward to w ith impatient longing as promising a carnival of agitation, distraction, and defamation. With such committees to investigate and report, no doubt was entertained but that the work of black-balling the measures and functionaries of the Administration, and of preparing armor and munitions for the cam paign of 1860, would go bravely on. But, alas! for the fallacy of all human calculations, the time hon ored and homely adage, that " there is many a slip between the cup and the lip," was lost sight of in the adjustment of this progamme. Through the fac tious strategy of unscrupulous politicians the Post Office Department was abandoned was turned adrift and denied the use even of its own earnings for its support. The bait was thus temptingly ar rayed before the eyes of the President, and he was caressingly besought to remember the great constitu tional power with which he was armed for such an emergency. But cunningly devised as was the scheme, and adroitly as hal been covered over the ditch which black-republican spades were digging at his feet, he was not deceived. He saw his duty in a light above that which shines upon the pr.th of timid and time-serving men, and had the courage to meet it, regardless of the danger which threatened him. Through estimates furnished at his sugges tion, he at once possessed himself of the actual fi nancial status of the Department, and, having dis covered that it was but an affair of four or five mil lions of dollars, he did not hesitate to conclude that, for this, a substitute could be found in the public spiiit and fidelity of the contri-cors and agents en gaged in the transportation of the mails. Did he reckon without hi.-, host '! No pause, r.o alarm, no distrust, has followed from the announcement of the fact that, because of the dereliction of another branch of the Government, the Post Office Department must be administered upon credit after the close of the present fiscal year. Confidence in the public honor and faith remains unshaken. The service is every where performed as heretofore, and not a jar is perceived in the working of any of its countless ramifications. The spirit of the contractors is cordial, and their resolution to execute their contracts in expressed in every quar ter. It is well ascertained that the banks and bank ers. North, West, and South, will advance promptly, and that such of the public creditors as choose to 1 realize their claims will be enabled to do so with but J very slight loss. This prospect is in every way en couraging. It proves the unshaken trust of the as- I I surances which have been given by the Administra- j tion. and awakens the grateful thought that the Re- I i public can, at all times, summon to its services in fluences more elevated and stronger even than gold ' influences which defy even the closing of the 1 Treasury doors to paralyze or impair." Our friend of the Charlotte Democrat has I answered the Greensborough Patriot so completely, ; that .ve copy his remarks in lieu of some of our own ! which we thought of submitting. The Democrat says : "The Greensboro' Patriot has an article with this i caption, " The Standard and the Charlotte Democrat 1 endorsing Mr. Gilmer." The Patriot copies ourre I marks in favor of non-intervention, and very com ' placently replies that this "is precisely the doctrine : contended for by Mr. Gilmer, and for which he has i been so much abused." Our cotemporary is very i much mistaken Mr. Gilmer never was "abused" for maintaining the doctrine of non-intervention, but I was reprimanded for pursuing a course directly op ! posite. The Lecompton Constitution, against which I Mr. G. voted, was the offspring of a Territorial con ; veution legally assembled; this constitution rccog l nized slavery, and Mr. Gilmer had no right to inter I venc in the affairs of the territory and say that it was a fraud that it did not express the sentiments of a : majority of the people. If the abolitionists in the ! territory, through stubbornness and a desire to agi tate, refused to vote, and thus allowed the pro-slavery party to get control of the Convention, what right had Mr. Gilmer to interfere against the interests of the South, and say no, we won't let you into the Union because we think the constitution is a fraud anil opposed to the sentiments of a majority of the people of the territory i Now, we ask the Patriot if this was not interfering with the internal affairs of a territory. If Mr. Gilmer had carried out the doc trine of non-intervention, he would have voted for the admission of Kansas and left the State to settle the slavery question afterwards, and thus deprived the black republican party in and out of Congress of a subject for agitation. So the Patriot will see that when the Standard and Charlotte Democrat approve the doctrine of non-intervention, it is a very different thing from " endorsing Mr. Gilmer," who went hand in hand with the black republicans in the last and previous sessions of Congress." A Handsome Dividend. Toe President and Di rectors of the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad Company have declared a dividend of four per cent, from the profits for the last six months. This will give to the Literary Fund $10,000 for the last six months, or at the rate of $32,000 per annum. CnANGE of Schedule on the Raleigh and Gaston Road. The passenger train now leaves Raleigh 30 minutes after 8 in the morning, and arrives at Wel don 50 minutes after 12. Leaving Welden at 11 A M., it reaches Raleigh 30 minutes after 3, P. M. Countt Solicitor, On Monday last, W. L. Tate, Esq., was elected County Solicitor "for Buncombe by a handsome vote. The confidence reposed in our friend is well grounded, and he will be found alto gether worthy of it. News. Important Cabinet Meeting. Washington, April 19. It is understood that the Cabinet to-day had under consideration the Cass lrisarri Treaty, as ratified by Nicaragua. The re sult is as yet unknown, but it is generally believed that the Nicaraguan amendments will be rejected, and that Jerez will return home in the steamer of the fifth. In the meantime, there will be no abate ment of Naval preparations at the various stations to augment our Gulf Squadron, with a view to en forcing a recognition of our rights, and securing in demnity for past outrages, as well as security for the future. Whole Number 1257. District Convention. We have just learned, after going to press, that Warren County, at the meeting held at Warrenton on Tuesday last, recommended Franklinton as the place, and Thursday next as the time, for holding the Democratic Convention for this District. Nash, Franklin, and Warren have recommended Franklinton ; Johnston and Wake, Raleigh ; Orange, Hillsborough ; and Granville has held no meeting, so far as we are informed, but we take it for granted the Democracy of the latter county would prefer Franklinton. We therefore give notice that the Convention will be held at FRANKLINTON, on THURSDAY the 28th inst. V, e trust there will be a full attendance. French Broad Railroad.- -We learn from the Asheville Netos that the Magistrates of Buncombe have unanimously passed an order to submit to the people of the County a proposition to take stock to the amount of $125,000 in the French Broad Rail road ; and that the Magistrates of Henderson have unanimously made a similar order for that County for $100,000. Buncombe will vote on the proposi tion on the first Thursday in June. The Sent is quite sure that the people of the two Counties will ratify at the ballot-box the action of the Magistrates. 22T Ye are under obligations to some young friends at Chapel Hill for copies of the second edition of Mr. Dobbin's Address delivered before the two Literary Societies of the University, June 5, 1850, reprinted by order of the Philanthropic Society ; for the Catalogue of the Trustees, Faculty, and Students of the University for 1858-59 ; and for "An Oration delivered before the twelfth annual convention ofithe Delta Psi Fraternity, at Raleigh, N. C, December 28, 1658, by William Bingham, of Orange." Peterson's Cheap Edition of Waverlt Novels. We have received Rob Roy, by Sir Walter Scott, being the third volume of T. B. Peterson & Broth ers' new and cheap weekly issue of the Waverly Novels. The edition embraces the whole of the au thor's novels the most celebrated in the world consisting of twenty-six volumes ; and the whole set will be forwarded by mail, free of pottage, for 5. At this low price, all should possess the Wav erly novels. Address T. B. Peterson & Brothers, Philadelphia, Pa. Late Foreign News. We have the latest foreign news by the steamer Arabia. The advices are again threatening and warlike. Large bodies of Austrian troops are on the move tc wards .taly, and the movements and increase of the French troops are on a large scale. Cotton had declined a nineteenth of a penny. The Eclectic Mr. Rood, the agent for this in valuable monthly, has returned to Raleigh, after a very successful tour to Chapel Hill and Greensbor ough, and is now prepared to deliver to subscribers the first number of the new volume, commencing with May. The present is an excellent opportunity for subscribing. Recollect the portrait of Hon. Ed- 1 ward Everett will grace the June number. STANnorE Male and Female Academy. We learn that Robert G. Lewis, Esq., of Raleigh, will deliver the annual address before the young gentle men and ladies of Stanhope Academy, Nash, on the 3d of June next. Pkettv well Described. A friend writing us from Davie says : " I think Gen. Leach will be brought out against Mr. Scales. This is about as well as the K. N.'s can do under the circumstances, for Leach can talk all day about nothing jxttt at tcell as about something." RALEion, April 10th, 1859. Ms. Edward Cantwell, Raleigh Dear Sir : The undersigned have been appointed by their fellow students of the Holly Springs High School, in the county of Wake, a committee to wait upon you, with the request that you will do them the favor to deliver the annual Address before the Lite rary Society of that institution at the Academy, on the" first Friday in June next. We trust that you will authorize us to announce your acceptance of the appointment. Your friends. &c, DANIEL E. BECK WITH,) r JAMES T. ADAMS, ) c"w' Raleigh, April 16th, 1859. Gentlemen : I am honored by the commands of the Literary Society you represent. As the school is in Wake County, I do not feel at liberty to refuse 1 obedience. I beg you, however, to say to tnc young gentlemen at Holly Springs upon your return, that 1 have almost ceased to be a " literary" person. Be sides ordinary office and professional engagements, the Journal of the House of Commons, which I am now engaged in putting through the press, already exceeds six hundred printed pages ; and as soon as that is completed, 1 ain engaged to go on with the large work upon the " Law Practice," which my election to office last winter interrupted. I mention these things to you to break the force of any disap pointment my incapacity for the occasion may ex cite ; but I assure you that if my county men and friends desire me there, or anywhere else in their service, I will cheerfully submit to their wishes, and contribute what I may to their instruction or their gratification. Being, gentlemen, very truly yours, EDWARD ('ANT WELL. To Daniel G. Beckwitu and James T. Adams, Committee. Connecticut East Annual Conference. New Haven, April 19. The East Annual Con ference of the Methodist Episeopol Church, is in session hce, Bishop Janes presiding. The Conference has passed a resolution almost unanimously that slaveholding is a sin, and that the word slaveholding should be inserted in the generd rules as one of the things forbidden by them. THE NORTH-CAROIINA FORM BOOK. 4N IMPROVED EDITION OF THIS VALUABLE work recently published bv H. D. Turner, Raleigh, N C , printed on good paper, and substantially bound in laid calf. It con ains "Forms" of all those legal instru ments wh'C.i people have occas:on to use, and furrishiiig also a gui.ie to Justices of the Peace, Sherifls, Clerks, Con stables, C- r.mers, School Committees, 4c , Ac, to which are added ihe Constitution ol North-Carolina and the Unit ed States, an account of the principal officers of the State, and of the counties, titles of address, 4c, Ac. Furnished at tbe unparaiiellcd low price of one dollar, (being the cheapest bonk ever ottered for sale.) When sent by mail an extra charge of 20 cents will be required to cover post age on this edition. A hherai discount made to those wbo bur to sell again. Published and sold wholesale and re tail by H. D. TURNER, at the North-Carolina Book Store, Raleigh, And by J. B. LIPPINCOTT A CO., and HAYES A ZELL, Philadelphia, And by A. S. BARNES. A CO., New York. ApriU, 1959- M tt Trial of Daniel R Siikle-Thirteenth Day. Washisctos, April 18. The Coort met to-day at ten o'clock, A lengthy argument was made in the forenoon by the prosecution, against the act of adultery being ad mitted as evidence in the justification and provoca tion for killing. Judge Crawford decided that it was a question of competency of evidence for any purpose. This waa not a point to be decided here, but after the evidence was all adduced It was due to the prisoner as well as right for the jury, that this expression should bu explained It wasonc which ordinarily Would have but one meaning, but still it might bo differently understood by the jury. The Court was of the opinion that it was admis sible. ' During the delivery of the Judge's opinion, the most profound silence was maintained in Court. Several witnesses were then examined as to th frequent visits of Key and Mrs. Sickles to the houso on Fifteenth street; the length of time spent there; the signals at front window; position of rooms; appearance of bed, etc., etc., all of which agreed ou the facts elicited. Another witness testified to seeing Mrs. Sickles and Mr. Key, in the parlor of former, drinking cham pagne and eating salad, during Mr. Sickles' absence at the North. The Court to-day dismissed the regular petty jury, for a fortnight, leading to the conclusion, that the present case will last up to that time. Washington, April 19. The proceedings to-day were unusually interesting. The testimony was principally confined to two coachmen of Mr. Sickles, as to the intrigues between Key and Mrs. Sickles. Wooldridge concluded his evidence, it having been interrupted by a question of law on a former occa sion. Washington, April 20. Mr. Wooldridge was cross-examined at great length. Nothing of impor tance was elicited Felix McCluskey, of Brooklyn, testified to the cir cumstances which transpired at Sickles' house, af ter the return of Sickles from the killing of Key. AVasiiington, April 18, 1859. Secretary Cass, on reading the Cass-Yrisaari Treaty as modified, promptly expressed to the Ni caraguan Minister his approval of it, but said it re mained with the President to say whether it would be acceptable. It was immediately carried to Mr. Buchanan, who. having examined closely the addi tional article, with its modification, declined giving his approbation, saying that he would suspend judg ment until General Lamar arrived, he being expect ed here on the 28th inst, The Treaty was objectionable in what is known as the "additional" article. This provided that "the United States shall enforce their Neutrality laws, and prevent any armed expedition from leaving their shores for the purpose of invading the soil of Nica ragua." This article presupposed a dereliction on the part of the United States in enforcing these laws. To this our Government objected. The clause now comes back so modified as to read, " The Govern ment of the United States will do all in its power for the enforcement of her Neutratlity laws, and the prevention of any armed expedition into Nicaragua." The clause without modification, is similar to tire Ouscley Treaty. Senor Perez speaks in high terms of General La mar, and says that he possessed the respect and es teem of Nicaragua. The Paraguayan steamers will be 'ordered back to the United States to be coppered and repaired, after which they will be d:striuuted among the Squad rons. Secretary 'Cobb says the Treasury receipts are far beyond the estimates, and as yet Ire has not found it necessary to touch a dollar of the Treasury notes authorized by the late law. 1,509,000 lbs. RAGS! RAGS!! 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