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SEMI-WEEKLY STANDARD . Tba CoBStltntloa and lb a Union of Ui Statcai " They mast be Preserved. RALEIGH SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 15, 1851. TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS. All our subscribers who are in arrears, can have the benefit of the advance payment by settling up " old scores." Those who wish to know how their accounts stand, with the view of paying up and paying in advance, will have a statement made oui ana iiansmiiieu 10 uum, on appli cation. Money may be sent by Mail at our rink, and receipts -e : .L rj - 1 . lor all sums, speciiymg; uie ami paiu ior, will do prompt' lv transmitted. We hope our friends will, in every in stance, send us their dues by Mail, or by hand, as occa sion may oner, and tnus save us the expense of com missions for collecting. , THE ATTACK ON THE BASIS. The Raleigh Star alleges that we have raisrepre resented its position on this subject. We have done no such tiling-. What we have uniformly said with reference to the course of that paper on this subject, is this : Before and after the Equal Suffrage Act had received the sanction of the late Assembly, a numb er of the leaders of the Whig party were pressing.an unlimited Convention, with the avowed object not merely of establishing Equal Suffrage but for the nuTPose of changing the basis of representation. Af ter the Equal Suffrage Act had passed, these leaders -wrote and publishedjan Address, in which it is distinct. iv declared that they desire the people to consent to an unlimited Convention, in order to give them an op portunity of altering the basis; and these leaders are now engaged in a scheme of agitation with this al teration in view, as their paramount and leading object. The Star knows these things to be so; and yet that paper goes for this Convention, and takes this paper to task for opposing it. We have not charged that the 'Star was against the basis directly, but that the ..fleet of the policy it advocates would be to throw the whole question open to discussion and agitation, and thus unsettle, and probably destroy, the present compromises ot the State Constitution. But the Star says it is opposed "especially" to any attempt to disturb the " Federal basis " of the Commons. That paper, as the advocate of this sectional movement, may well say that. The Wat er Own tits already have a majority in the House of Commons, and with this they are content; but those who put forth the Address above alluded to, wish also to obtain the sway in the Senate, and in order to do this, they are now laboring to change and destroy the Senate basis. What does the Star say to that ? It is useless for the Star to attempt to disguise the fact that parly, party is at the bottom of its course in this matter; but we are determined that that pa per, and every other paper in the State which plays at such a game, shall be thoroughly exposed. Indina and Illinois severally and expressly instruc ted their Senators to insist on the positive prohibition of Slavery in the New Territories. They were par tially obeyed in the letter, though not in the spirit of this requisition, and the present Legislature of both Slates have rescinded the instructions and expressly approved the acts done in contravention thereof ! The following is one of the new Indiana Resolves, preceded by a strong approval of the Adjustment measures of last summer : " Sec. 4. That a joint resolution on the subject of Slavery, approved January 19,1850, be, and the same is hereby repealed ; that the said resolution did not express the' sentiment of Indiana ; that Indiana then was and now is in favor of the people in each State and Territory passingall laws for their own govern ment consistent with the constitution of the United States." This passed the House by a vote of 65 to 23 : Ayes, 50 Opp, 9 Whig ; Noes 25, Whig. 3 Opp. The Senate was certain to concur. Illinois has passed similar resolutions by ahont55 to 15 nearly a party vote. New York Tribune. All this grieves the Tribune, but it is just what the South had a right to expect. We are slad to find a better feeling springing up and acting in the free States and no thanks to the'New York Tribune. We learn from the last Elizabeth City Old North State, that Mr. Outlaw is a candidate for re-election to the 32d Congress, from the Ninth District. Mr. Outlaw, it appears, has caused himself to be an nounced for re-election with as much coolness as if he possessed a life tenure in the office. We have heard other gentlemen spoken of among the Whigs as Mr. Outlaw's successor before the people; and among them Mr. Barnes, of Northampton, and Messrs. Win ston and Cherry of Bertie. We hope our Democratic friends will hold their Convention bring out their candidate, and elect him. Thpy can do it. All they have to do is, to start an acceptable candidate, who will give the District a thorough canvassing, and the day is ours. The Register publishes Mr. Shepard's Speech in defence of Southern rights, and accompanies this by one of its characteristic attacks on that gentleman. That paper seems determined to put every man under the ban, who will not subscribe to Mr. Badger's Fed eralism and its own submission doctrines. Mr. She pard can take care of himself. His position and his principles speak for themselves. He needs no de fence at our hands. Hillsborough Recorder. The venerable Editor of this paper has associated his son, Edwin A. Heartt, hsq. with him in its management. The Recorder is uniformly courteous to its cotemporaries, and it has generally made the best of a bad cause. Mr. Edwin A. Heartt is well qualified for the post to which he has been called, and we wish him both pleasure and profit from his labors. The Congress Printing. The contracts for the printing of the thirty-second Congress were opened at Washington on Monday, and the largest portion awarded to Mr. Rives. The prices accepted are said to be below those of the present Congress. Mr. Hamilton, of Philadelphia, was the lowest bidder for the remainder. Catawba. Cuttings. We are under obligations to David M. Lewis. Esq., of Franklin County, for some cuttings of the Catawba grape-vine. Now is the time to plant. Mr. Lewis, we learn, has sent a supply of these cuttings to Messrs.- Williams, Hay wood & Co., where they may be obtaineJ on reason uie terms. "on. A. W. Venable of this State, has accepted an invitation from the Whig Society of Princeton College, to deliver the annual address before the Lit erary Societies, at the next College commencement, D A" Ice. - Some half dozen vessels, loaded with ice, were sent out from New Haven a week or two since, to North Carolina. They are to return Rilb shad for the Northern market. The P ostmaster-General has established the fol 1 owing new Post offices in this State: Lake Com fort, Hyde, Reuben Benson, P. M. ; and Danbury blokes, rerdinand Dalton, P. M. No tidings of the Steamer Atlantic. THE TRUE COURSE. The Baltimore Clipper states that the interference of Northern abolitionists with Southern rights, and the apparent determination of many of them to con tinue agitation on the subject of slavery, have natur ally alienated the feelings. of Sou thernera from the North, so far at least as to cause them to prefer a Southern over a Northern port for commercial opera tions, r i t vv; . ; t . r..--. The consequence has been, says the Clipper, that Southern merchants, who heretofore procured their supplies of goods from Northern potts, now resort to Baltimore; and the effect is seen in the following list of clearances from this district for Southern ports, during the months of January 1850 and 1851 which is copied from the American of Saturday last : "Clearances from the District of Baltimore for Southern ports during the month of January, 1850 : To Charleston 9 " Savannah " Apalachicola " New Orleans " AttakafJas 4 1 4 1 19 18 16 1 2 2 1 1 41 January, 1851 : To Charleston " Savannah " Mobile " Apalachicola " New Orleans " St. Marks " St. Augustine The Clipper thus continues : " This is a great increase within one year, and ex hibits the feeling which prevails at the South. Our merchants have no doubt anticipated and prepared themselves for this change in the trade of the South, by an enlargement of their stocks of goods but there is one more object to be effected by Baltimo re ns; and that is, to establish a regular line of packets between this city and Liverpool. This would attract the whole Southern custom to our port. We know that this important subject has received the attention of the merchants of Baltimore, and that a memorial to Congress has been presented but we fear, that, unless it be diligently pressed, it may be passed over during the present session. Direct im portations of goods from Europe would make Balti more as a market for Southern custom, all that could be desired ; and we cannot see any reason why gov ernment should not patronize a Southern as well as a Northern line of packets, as auxiliary to the Post Of fice Department." This is the true course. One of the most effectual checks to Freesoil aggression will be found in the dependence of the South on the South. In the lan guage of Gov. Floyd, of Virginia : " Show to capital that danger besets its path, and it will speedily put forth all its energies to remove it away. And here lies the only certain hope tor the redress of Southern wrongs. The capital of the Union is concentrated at the North. The South are apparently weak, but in reality strong, for the com merce of this mighty republic rests upon the pto ducts of the South. Our cotton, rice, sugar and to bacco uphold and sustain the trade of America. De stroy these crops, and you obliterate North America from the commercial map 01 nations. Divert them from the channels in which they now flow and you leave New York and the North like the bottom of the sea, which the waters hare deserted dismal and forsaken." A Fees Version op ths Bible. The Governor of Texas, in his late proclamation for thanksgiving, gives the following quotation from the Bible, which may be new to some, if not all of our readers : "In the beautiful and expressive language of the liible : 1 he winter or our discontent ' is gone ; the rain is over and past; toe time ot the springing of flowers is past, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land.' We have heard of a practice which is said to pre vail betore justices ot the peace in the " rural dis tricts," where Bibles are scarce, of swearing, witness es on the next best book to the Bible which is at hand. The recollection of this usage suggests to us the suspicion that Governor Bell has been obliged to promote the works of ohakspeare to the place in his library which the Bible ought to occupy. We com mend his case to the Bible Society, as one calling for immediate relief. It is shocking to think of the uovernor of a sov ereign Slate being in such a destitute condition as to be obliged to eke out a half-remembered sentence from the Scriptures with a soliloquy from the hump backed and murderous Gloster. New York Evening Post. We find'this Proclamation of Gov. P. Hansbrough Bell, in the Texas State Gazette. The above extract from the Proclamation is correctly made. Gov. Bell no doubt had the following passage from " Solomon's Song " in his mind when he wrote the above : " For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth ; the'time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land. Gov. Bell no douht intended to quote the passage correctly, but he certainly made a strange mixture, in the attempt to do so, of Solomon and Shakspeare. He will do better next time. SUPREME COURT. The following additional opinions have been deliv ered : By RurriN, C. J. In Wilder vs. Creecy, from Chowan, affirming the judgment. Also, in Smith v. Bryan, from IMew Hanover, reversing the judgment for plaintiff and directing judgment of non-suit. Also, in Den ex dem. Bucket v. Skinner, from Perquimons, affirming the jndgment. Also, in Brickhouse v. Brickhonse, from lyrrell, affirming the judgment. Also, in Anderson v. Jernigan, from Hertford, re vers- ng the ludgmentanu remanding the cause. Also, in Slate ex ret Jones v. Briggs, from Beaufort; judgment reversed and venire ae novo. Also, 111 Adkinson v. Simmons, from Bertie, affirming the judgment. Also, in Marsh v. Brooks, from Beaufort, affirming- the udgment. , Also, in Cook v. Arthur, from Beaufort, affirming the judgment. Also, in Den ex dem Murrell Koberls. from Brunswick, directing a venire de novo. Also, in Fagan qui lam vs. Arinisstead, from Wash ington, judgment reversed and judgment here for de- lenaant. Jennf Lino, &c. New Orleans, February 7. Jenny Lind, Barnum and suite, have arrived, and met a most enthusiastic reception. When the Falcon lan ded at the Levee, the wharf where the divine song tress stepped off was covered with elegant carpet. She was loudly cheered by hundreds who had con gregated to bid her welcome. She enjoys fine health and good spirits. James Gordon Bennet, of the New York Herald. has also arrived from Havana. ' Governor Quitman is now here under arrest. He delivered himself up to the authorities. A proclama tion has also arrived in regard to his case. He has resigned his office of Governor. The trial is soon expected to commence. We have advices here, stating that halt of the town of Gorgona, on the Isthmus, has been burnt, and a large amount of California gold destroyed. The Canada's news has been received by telegraph. Sales yesterday and to-day of 9,000 bales middling at 11$ a 1 1 J cents. Sales of 400 tierces rice at 3$. Sugar steady. Prime Molasses 25c. per gallon. ViRsmiA Convention. The Committee on the Basis of Representation made its report on Monday. It states that the committee was "equally divided' in opinion, twelve of its members agreeing and ad hering to one principle of representation, and the other twelve members agreeing and adhering to anoth er and different principle. - Each moiety of the com mittee has prepared an apportionment and distribu tion of Senators and Delegates upon the principle of representation proposed by them respectively." This state of things was very naturally to be ex pected from the original composition of the committee itself. It was made op of an even number, one half of whom were pledged to the principle of the white basis, while t he other moity was equally pledged to the mixed. The report was laid on the table tor the present. - menmona nig. 7 RICHEST MAN IN VIRGINIA. A Correspondent of the Richmond ' Whig gives the following sketch of the richest man ia Virginia : " Gentlemen- I have thought, for some time, I would write to your paper something" in relation to the richest man in Virginia, and the largest slavehol der in the Union, and, perhaps, in the world, unless the serfs of Russia' be considered slaves : and the wish in your paper, a few days ago, to know whom it was so wealthy in Virginia, induces me to write this now. Samuel Hairs ton. ot fittsyivania. is tue gentleman. W nen I was in his section a yecr or two ago, he was the owner 01 oeiween sixieenand seven teen hundred slaves, in nis own right, having out a little while before taken a census. He also has a pros pective right to about one thousand slaves more, which are now owned by his mother-in-law, Mrs. Ruth Hairston; he having married her only child. He now has the management of them, which makes the number of his slaves reach near three thousand. They increase at the rate of near one thousand every year, and he has to purchase a large plantation every year to sett'e them on. A large number of his plan tations are in Henry and Patrick counties, Virginia. He has large estates in North Carolina. His land ed property in Stokes alone, is assessed at six hun dred thousand dollars. His wealth is differently es timated at from three to five millions, and I should think it was nearer the latter. You think he has a hard lot; but I assure you Mr. Hairston manages all his matters as easy as most persons would an es tate of $10,000. He has overseers who are com pelled to give him a written statement of what is made and spent on each plantation, and his negroes are all clothed and fed from his own domestic manu facture and raising, leaving his Tobacco crop, which is immensely large, as so much clear gain every year, besides his increase in negroes, which is a fortune of itself. And now for his residence. . I have travelled over fifteen States of this Union, and have never seen any thing comparable to his yard and garden, except some of them in the Mississippi Delta and none of them equal it. Mrs. Hairston has been beau ti tying it for years and a good old Minister, in preaching near the place, and describing Paradise, said " it was as beautiful as Mr. Hairston' s ;" or as a friend who had visited Washington city for the first time re marked that "the public grounds were nearly as hand some as Samuel Hairston's." Mr. Hairston is a plain, unassuming gentleman, and has never made any noise in the world, though he could vie with ,'ie Bruces, the McDonoghs and the Astors; and it is strange, that while their wealth is co-extensive with the Union, he is not known 100 miles from home. I believe he is now the wealthiest man in the Union, as Wm. B. Astoris only worth about $4,000,000 and the estates of city people are overrated, while Mr. Hairston can show the properly that will bring the cash at any moment. Mr. Hairston was raised within a few miles of where he now lives, in Henry county. He has sev eral brothers, who are pretty well to do in the world. One of them, Marshall Hairston, of Henry, owns more than 700 negroes. Robert Hairston, who now lives in Mississippi, near 1000; and Hardin Hair ston, who has also moved to Mississippi about 600 slaves. George Hairston, of Henry, has given most all of his property to his children, reserving only about 150 for his own use. This, I believe, is a correct statement of the cir cumstances of the Hairston family ; and, for further particulars and the troth of the statement, I refer you 40 the present delegate from Henry. COSMOPOLITE." The Frenchman's Revenge. There are but few pleasing reminiscences of the time when business and credit were prostrated by the hurricane which swept over this country in "thirty-seven" when the banks generally suspended specie payments, and hard cash was a phenomenon. We recollect but one mirth-provoking incident, connected with the great panic, and that was the presentation of a hundred dollar bid at the counter of a city bank by a French man, with a demand for the specie. " Monsieur." said the fierce little Frenchman. " vill you pay zis bill ? Vill you givemezemonnaiet" " We cannot redeem it at present," said the teller, in a very bland tone, we have suspended." "Suspende! Vat's datl Hang by ze neck like one tain thieving tog 1 No Bare ! You no deceive me sare ! I vill have ze l'argent, ze gold, ze sil vare, ze coppare !" " We cannot pay it. We will redeem our notes when the others do theirs." " W hen oder bank redeem theirs. By gar, ze oder bank say ze same, sare ! I will shoot you sare, vis ze pistol, ze gun. ze cannon, sare !" " You had belter wait sir. You had better keep cool." 44 By gar, I will not wait, I will not keep cool ! will have, by gar revenge. Sacre ! Look here ! I tear your paper note all in leetle piece ! I chew him ! I stamp on him ! You lose your little tarn billet note ! There sare, 1 am revenge ! am, by gar, revenge ! After having destroyed the note, looking full defi ance at the cashier, teller, and all hands, the little Frenchman stalked out of the bank with the air of Napoleon. Yankee Blade. Brain Labor. To many persons it seems a small thing, to sit down and prepare matter for the period ical press ; but let those unexperienced with the pen, and whose brains have never been trained to syste matic labor, attempt to furnish intellectual food and recreation to their fellows, and they will soon realize that mental labor is the most destructive to health of all other toil. Were one to grub up the stumps out of the earth, or sling the sledge hammer twelve hours 1 a day, he would be able to stand the drudgery with less inj ury to the body and soul than half the number of hours devoted to mental employment, in the Way of writing matter for the book or newspaper press. Those pithy sentences which constantly appear in the periodicals of the day, contain the very essence of J mind or thought, and such literary gentlemen as are bestat itemizing are the very first whose constitu tions are broken down. ScoWs Weekly Paper, Phila. Arrest of a " White Fugitive " from England. Our city news reporter furnishes the following: 44 On Saturday, a man by the name of Ernest Moses, a German Jew, and also his wife, Sarah Fairbarn, were arrested, charged with stealing gold watches, a silver tea set, silver spoons, ladles, and jewelry, val ued in all at several thousand dollars, the property of Mr. Harnett, residing in London. An advertisement was forwarded to agents in this city from London, in which the accused is minutely described, and 100 sterling offered for his arrest. Moses was engaged on board the Steamship Empire City as steward. He was accordingly taken into custody, and on his person was found a gold watch corresponding with the one set forth in the advertisement, and in the possession of the wife another watch was found ; also several finger rings and other property, said to be the proeceds of the robbery. The accused were convey ed before Justice Osborn, who committed them to the Tombs for a further dealing." Moses being a white man, (says the New York Express,) we presume our Abolition friends will make no effort to save him from going back to the Old Bailey. Fugitives from foreign countries to the Northern States of this Union, should always take the precaution to paint black; and turn woolly head, if they expect any assistance from the peculiar friends of freedom here, who go for helping black men only.) "Union Parties.' Mr. Foote speaks bt the Union party he is so busy forming) under Mr. Clay's auspices, as " composed of all the best men of both the old ones." This reminds us, says tbe Si. Louis Union, of Randolph's account of the " Union party " which was attempted during Thomas Jefferson's ad ministration. After Randolph had fallen out with Jefferson, he was invited to attend a meeting or cau cus in Washington, to be composed of the " honest men of all parties." Randolph says he was late in getting to the meeting, and when he got there it was organized with Aaron xiurr in the chair! Strang Request. One Henrv L Tbbin has sent a petition to the New York Assembly, asking mem 10 appoint Horace ureeiy U. o. Senator, In place ot u. J. llickinson: , He must, in every res pect, belong to the " higher law " gentry. We are glad to see that Beekman, the recussant Whig from New York City, who holds the balance of power in the State Senate, still holds out against the election of Fish, and will thereby defeat his elec tion, .v.w. v.-. ":.l i' .;' Rich Enq. uy By a recent act of Parliament, the English gov ernment has prade itself ' tesponsible for all moneys paid into the sayings banks by depositors. " r NEW YORK DRY GOOD'S TRADE. We copy from the last New York Tribune the fol lowing statement in relation to the Dry Good's Trade in that City : ; ' u ' " The Dry Goood's Trade has assumed a state of considerable activity, and more so in foreign than in domestic goods. Stocks are fair without excess, prices are firm with much buoyancy and the demand la wholly for distribution and consumption, there being no symptoms of speculation apparent, and job bers are operating so as to check if possible the up ward tendency. . Shipments to California continue active. Unbleached Shirtings and Sheetings are in steady but yet limited demand for the season with great firmness in price. Bleached goods are in mod erate and increasing request at full prices, with some tendency to advance. Drills are in request at steady rices.- -Osnaburgs are much wanted, but are scarce, lenims "are in fair inquiry and steady in pi ice. Stripes are in moderate demand and firm. Ticks are firm with increased activity. Printing cloths are very turn with a lair but not active business, In this branch as in others, 'dealers delay their pur chases as long as possible to prevent any advance in prices. Prints are active at firm rates. Ginghams, with a slight stock, are steady in price and ii.eeta fair demand. Lawns are in good assortment and supply and command full prices for a demand yet moderate since the recent public sale. Cotton Pan- taloonery is in demand and firm; the stock is limited Muslin de Laines are in request for the South and the supply is ample at steady prices. Cloths are buoyant and stocks are moderate, ena bling holders to be firm at their advanced prices Cassi meres are in demand with a very light stock ; fancy mixtures and plaids are very active and at full prices. Satinets are in good supply and in active de mand at steady prices. Sheep's Grays are moderate ly active, with a scarcity of the better qualities. Brit ish Goods are active. Cottons, Woolens and Linens are selling briskly at steady prices. "The importations show a fair percentage of increase on last year, but meet a good demand, r rench Silks and fancy Goods are active and buoyant in price, with a large demand in prospective. But in all foreign Dry Goods there appears by the Canada's advices to be a falling off in the shipments of the States; if so, the bulk of the importations are therefore here. The value of the imports taken for consumption last month is about $9,250,000 against $7,250,000 in Jan. 1850, which is a considerable increase, and one greater than was expected ; but it is not so great as it appears to be for two reasons: one, ot the increased cost ot goods this year over last, so that the same quantities are repre sented by higher amounts, and secondly, that the January imports include what in part were expected to arrive in December, so thatthe comparison should be instituted for two months, December and January, in each year." Telegraphed for the Baltimore Sun. Condition of the Markets Sailing of the Steamer Georgia, rc. New York, Feb. 11, 6 p. m. The steamer Geor gia sailed to-day for Chagres with 144 passengers. The steamer Southerner has arrived from Charles ton, S. C, and the steamer Florida from Savannah, bringing papers ahead of the regular mail. Stock 8 firmer. New loan coupons 119 offered. 120 asked. Canton Company has improved, with sales at 59. The Flour market ia slightly in favor of buyers. Sales of 4,500 bbls. at $1 68 for common, and $4 75 for straight State brands; Southein $4 87 a $5; Genesee $4 94 a $6. Corn Meal $3 12$. Rye Flour $3 94. Wheat is dulle sales of 5,000 bushels Southern white at $1 05; Genesee nominal at SjU 23 a $1 24. Oats 44 a 47 cents. Rye 85 cents. Yellow Corn 67 cents. Provisions are steady sales of Mess Pork at $12 a $12 12 ; Prime $9 18 a $9 25. Beef and Bacon unchanged. ' Lard 8 cents in bbls. Groceries are quiet sales of Coffee at 11 a 11 J for Rio. Sugars and Molasses unchanged. Rice steady at 3 a 3 9-16 cents per lb. Cotton is slightly depressed sales to-day of 800 bales, closing rather dull. Wool continues .in good request, and the market firm. Tobacco firm stock light, Whisky steady at 24 and 211 cents per gallon. Foreign Correspondence of the New York Tribune. Thb Author or " Festus " Gkorob Gilfillan. Apropos of Nottingham, 1 have seen Bailey, the au thor of " Festus." His father is proprietor of the Nottingham Mercury, and the editorial department rests with bim. lie is a heavy, thickset sort of man ; of a stature below the middle size ; complexion dark; and, in years about eight and thirty. His phvsioarnomy would be clownish in expression, if his eyes did not redeem his other features. He spoke of " Festus," and of its fame in Ameri ca, of wlticb he seemed very proud. In England, it has only reached the third edition, while eight or nine have been published in the States. You know my' opinion of the work. It is as far from being a great poem as the Thames, compared with the Mississippi or the Ohio, is from being a great river. Anxiously, anxiously have I sought one striking original idea in the whole poem, (appalling in its length ;) but to no purpose. The transcendental literature of Germany absorbs all that, at first glance, ai rests the attention, , - -. . , . ;,; - r . o . koani Till main fliltB that of 1 Rnnvnon'd" PrineM."l I am at a loss to know what has given this poem its .............. ,v. j- , , notoriety. Not its daring speculation, surely ; for it is but a timid compromise between Orthodoxy and Universalism. South Carolina. An active canvass is going on in South Carolina in relation to the election of mem bers to the Convention which is to be held in that State on the subject of their Federal relations. The last Charleston Mercury contains the addresses of six candidates. The only difference between the candi dates appears to be between secession of a single State and concerted action with the other Slave holding States. Most of them go for secession by separate State action. New Orleans, Feb. 7. Yesterday an acfive feel ing pervaded our cotton market, and some 9,000 bales were disposed of. To-day, however, there is a pause. (1 small sales are making at 113 a 11$ cents ior middling. The Canada's news has had a most de pressing effect. Cantain Harrison states that the ice fields fallen in with by the steamer Canada, near Halifax, were from three to ten feet thick. At one time he was obliged to put about, but finally mndea push through. thouo-h with a loss ot nearly all his noats. iapt. 11. is of opinion' that the Atlantic is safe. Boston Tran. Teleoraphic Correspondence. Quebec, Jan. 30. Dear Tom : I'm freezing. How are you t Yours, Henry Smith." The reply was : " New Or leans, Jan. 31. Dear Harry: I'm melting. Send ice, by telegraph. Yours, Thomas Haines." Five years since, this would have been put dowu as a Munchausen of the first water. Cotton and Coffee. Eleven thousand bales of cotton, and abcut nine thousand bags of coffee, were sold in market yesterday the heaviest operations in the two articles which we remember on any single day since the season commenced. N. O. Delta. 30. George G. Bullock, former cashier of the Cent ral Railroad Bank at Savanah, (Geo.) who last sum mer, after abstracting one hundred thousand dollars of money belonging to the institution, fled to Europe, and was there arrested and brought back, has been tried and convicted of the crime. . Hon. Martin Van Buren declines going to the World's Fair as a delegate of the New York Stale Agricultural Society. , Frederika Bremer was in Havana at the last ac counts, having arrived in the steamer Philadelphia from New Orleans. ' In Guilford county, on the 26th January, by William Coble, Esq., Mr. John Robertson, of w akc county, to Miss Betsey Robinson, daughter of Mr. Allen Robinson, of Guilford county. . ','.;. .'J. C" . In Alamance, county, on the 26th January, by John S. Fogleman, Esq, Mr. David Coble, of Guilford, to Miss Laura Ann Etilya, daughter of the late Mr. : Win. Eulys. ALLSORTS" OF PARAGRAPHS. KuTCctT. There are, according to the present cen sus, 211,237 slaves in Kentucky, an increase of 18,079 in ten years.- mare are also 83.059 farms. ISO. 743 dwellings, and 3,495 establishments of productive Indus try. i he representative population is 908,849, and the total number of inhabitants 994.314. Bbaxiiiak 8lavk Turn. . From official documents it appears, that of the vessels engaged in this traffic, 19 were irom .Massachusetts, 13 from New York. 3 from Pennsylvania, 3 from Maine, 2 from Rhode Island, and irom Connecticut. All from free States the hypocrites! MTtir P. Torrti. In a recent letter to th Kw Dr. Teft. of Cincinnati, the Gazette of that city says, that Martin F.Tupper.Esq., the celebrated Enclish Doet. an nounces his intention of visiting the United States within tne next six months. Th Democratic members of the Indiana Convention have held a meeting and nominated Gen. Jowph I.ane, recently Governor af Oregon, as a candidate for the Pre sidency in 1852, and pledged 25,000 majority for him in case ue is a caniuaaie. Pheseitt to Daitiki. Webstek. The friends of Mr. Webster in New York are about to present him with a magnificent carriage, which cost $1,400, and a pair of horses worth $1000. The carriage has just been fin ished. It seems a constant plan of nature's to build exquisite structures with worthless and often loathsome materials ; the brilliant plant and the phosphorescent light spring from rottenness ; and among the decay of expectations and the mangled relics of happiness, hooe blossoms ami sbines, at Once a flower and a star. Misery of the Beuuliful. It is said that 500 guineas have, been offered for the privilege of advertising on the last page of the catalogue of the great Exhibition of the Industry of all nations. A gentleman, once upon a time, entered a small shop in which vegetables were kept for sale, and inquired of the proprietor if he had any onions." " Onions, onions," repeated the puzzled vegetable dealer, " onions ! no, sir, I believe not." Afier the gentleman had left, the perplexed vegetable man scratched his head for a moment, and then as if struck with a sudden solution of the mystery, exclaimed " wonder if the ignorant fool didn't mean ingons." Tue Telegraph. There are now 22,000 miles of telegraph in operation in the United States, 12.000 on the Morse principle, and about 1 0,000 on the House and Bain principles. The telegraph now extends from Hali fax to New Orleans, and as far West as Dubuque, Iowa. Extensive Ship Building. The Boston Journal states, that fourteen ships are about to be built in MeJ ford, Massachusetts. Fifty-six cars, loaded with ship timber, arrived at that town on the 27th ulu A pahtv of 400 Mormons sailed from Liverpool, on the 5th ultM for New Orleans. Their destination is the Valley of the Great Salt Lake. A second ship, with 280 emigrants of the same persuasion and for the same des tination, was ready to sail from Liverpool. Burxid to Dkath. On Thursday last, a smnll child of Mr. Kurfrcan, in Washington county, Md., was burn ed to death by upsetting a spirit lamp. , Etert Max his owx Lawter. In the Ohio Legfs- lature, last week, Mr. Bee gave notice in the House, of a bill to permit all persons in the State to practice law, without examination or admission. ) It might hate bekx worse. It was seriously feared J that Ohio would send another abolitionist to the U. S. Senate, as a co-agitator with Chase. The Legislature, however, have adjourned without electing a Senator. On the 1st ballot the vote stood: Griswold (whig) 46, Payne (dem.) 40, Giddings (abolitionist) 11, blank 4. On the 1 0th ballot: Griswold 48. Payne 44, Giddings 10, three whigs and three democrats having paired off. The citizens of Milwaukee have subscribed over '67,000 to secure a Concert from Jenny Lind. Their northern neighbor, Sheboygan, puts in its claim, and is waking up j rTH HE conditions of the Charter incorporating the to a determination to have the Nightingale among them, I J Greenville and Raleigh Plank Road Company hav if they have to mortgage the town property, or give a I inn been complied with, notice is hereby given, that a draft on the town pump. meeting of the Stockholders of said Company will be Uxivehsai Scffbake iw Vibcjwia. In the Vir- ginia Convention, on Tuesday, the Committee on the Right of Suffrage reported in favor of universal suffrage, Charleston Mercury Three cheers for " old Virginia !" Decision in Rkoabd to Land Wiibiuti for Substitutes. The. Republic understands it has been decided by the Pension Office that, where a soldier en gaged to seme six months, and actually served four months, and then hired a substitute who served the le sidue of the term, both are entitled to bounty land under the provisions of the act of September 28, 1850, accord- 1 ing to the actual amount of service rendered. j Dr. Gideon B. Smith declares that the " seventeen year locusts " will appear this year in certain parts of , Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia. j Thk Miwf.8. The Dubuque Tribune says that Mr. ' Levin, of that city, with a force of six hands, on the 23d ultimo, raised 126,665 pounds of lead mineral, valued at : ' - .1 .1 1 1.11 - ' oomeining over (urce i-uuusaiiu uuuara. i uis is oeiier than going to California. A Lesal Cubiositt. The other day, in tbe Supe. rior Court of New York, a caUHe came on for argument, when the defendent's answer was produced to tbe court i in uie biihuc i a uocumeni 01 some six mousana JUt'iS. - . I I . C . 1 . - f . . I , m f. Judge Duer inspected the prodigy of pleading, and then I " . . . - ijrravelv i gravelv suggested that it had bv all means letter be sent to the World's Fair as a specimen of American indus try. Tho juJicial lon mot was considered a very fair reply to the mammoth answer. Fall andDeatb of Hkbb Rktnix kb, thf Wim wa lk kb. A telegraphic despatch in the New York Express, dated at Baton Rouge, La, February 5, states that Herr Reyninger, the celebrated performer on the wire, in attempting to walk from the tower of the rapitol in that city to another point, fell from the wire and was killed. The Council of the Cherokee Nation have imposed a heavy tax on all free negroes and mulaltocs residing in the Nation. , Spirit Rappers. These characters, it is said, in conjunction with clairvoyance, are procuring autographs from such persons as Noah, Sinhad the Sailor, and Mac beth. ' They are all written in good English. x A landlady in Philadelphia, it is said, makes her pies so light that her lodgers can see to go to lied without a candle, after eating a moderate sized piece. How is it proved that Noah did not come first'out of the ark 1 Because the Bible says he came forth. An Editor received a letter with the word weather spelt thus : wethur. He said it was tbe worst tpell of weather he had ever seen. f For what do you wink at me, sir 1 " said a beautiful young lady, angrily, to a stranger, at a party an evening or two since. " I beg your pardon, madam," replied the wit. " I winked as men do looking at the sun your splendor dazzled my eyes. " A line ot steamers between Philadelphia and Ports mouth and Richmond, Van is now in operation. Counterfeit Tkjt Cent Pieces. . A vast number of ten cent counterfeited coins have, we are told, been issued from a secret mint in Connecticut. They hear the dates, respectively, ot 1 847 and 1 848. are well exe cuted, and are passed without any difficulty. , . . . Always be good natured. A few drops of oil will do more to start the most stubborn machinery than all the vinegar in the world. , Illinois i tbe Compromise. Tbe resolutions offered by Mr. Edwards, of Sangamon, on the subject of slavery, passed the House of Representatives on the 22d ultimo, after a short dobate. In favor of the Compro mise measures tbe vote stood ayes 56, noes 14. For re scinding the Wilmot . proviso resolutions ayes 55, nays" 15. f , , The Papeb. Mascfactcbe. 'At a complimentary dinner to Mr. Corwiii, M. P. at Edinburgh, recently, Robert ChamlieM, Esq., alluding to tbe rapid progress of paper manufacture, remarked' " Yon may convert the beggar's rags into bank post, and the maid's apron into invitation cards for her mistreat, in twenty-four hours." Dr. J. C. Atkbs, proprietor of " Ayer's Cherry Pec toral," has just been elected Mayor of Lowell, Mass. If he makes as good a Mayor as he does a medicine, the municipal afikira ef Lowell will be kept in a very health ful condition during bis term at office. , ' s ! ' Jtlbany Knickerbocker. Patience is a moral Binaquito aet. Politeness is like an. air cushion there may be nothing solid in it but it eases ear Jobs wonderfully. !- :.-.- i , COUGHS, COLDS, HOARSENESS, BRON CHITIS, CROUP, ASTHMA, WI100P . ING COUGH AND CONSUMPTION. Among the numerous discoveries Science has made in this generation to facilitate the business of file in crease its enjoyment, and even prolong the term of hu man existence, none can be nanfd of more real value to mankind, than this contribution of Chemistry to the Healing Art. A vast trial of its virtues throughout this broad country, has proven beyond doubt, that no medi cine or combination ot medicines yet known, can so surely control and cure the numerous varieties of plu monarv disease which-have hitherto swept from our midst thousands and thousands every year. Oour spare here will nol permit us to publish a:.v proportion of the cures affected by its use, but we would present Ihe fol lowing opinions of eminent men and refer further en quiry to the circular which the Agent below named, wilt always be pleased to furnish free, wherein are full par ticulars, and indisputable pi oof of these facia. Krom the President of Amherst College, the celebra ted Professor HiUhcotk. ' James C. Ayer Sir : I have used your Cherry Pec toral in my own case of deep-seated Bronchitis, and am satisfied from its chemical constitution, that it is an ad mirable compound for the reliet of larjngial and bron chial difficulties. If my opinion as to its uperior char- ' acter can be of any service you are at liberty to use ii as yon ihinlc proper. EDWARD HITCHCOCK. L. L. D." From the widely celebrated Professor Silliman, M. D , L. L. D., Professor of Chemistry, Mineralogy, tfc, Yale College, Member of the Lit. Hist. Med. PhU. and Scientific Societies of America and Europe. " I deem the Cheiry Pectmal an admirable compo sition irom some of the best articles in the Materia Medics, and a very effective remedy for the class of dis eases it is intended to cure." New Haven Ct., Nov. 1, 1849. Major Pattison, President of the S. C Senate, states he has used the Cherry Pectoral with wonderful success, to cure au inflammation of the longs. Prepaied and sold by James C. Ayer, PracticalCbem ist, Lowell, Mass. Sold in Raleigh by Williams, Haywood, i Co., and by Druggists throughout the State. February 14. 1851. ' 855 Ij. NOTICE; ON the fourth Monday of March next, I will sell, for casli, in the town of Carthago, the following tracts or parcels of Land, 01 so much thereof as will pay the taxes due thereon for the year 1849, and the expenses of suiJ 811 le. 1 . No. acres. Persons names. 45. Heirs of H. A. McNeill. 22. " ' Location. Taxes. McDeed's creek. 04 c. Mouth Big Pond, 02 45. " " Hart's Branch, 06 50. " " Gut creek, 4 25. ' " Little creek, ' 00 25. " " Morganton road, 03 10. " " McDeed's creek, 03 fi4. " Yadkin road, 04 64. " " . Mill creek; 04 64. " " Sual's road, 06 15. " " Stear Branch, 02 22. " " McDeed's creek, 02 225. Heirs of A. B. McFudyen, Govenor's creek. 63 110- Heirs of John Black, Nick's creek, .10 100. Heirs of Alex Nicholson, Raccoon creek, 21 All the above Land will be sold if not previously paid A. R. WADS WORTH, late Sheriff. Feb. 12, 1851. (Pr. Adv. $4.) 29 6t. M 0TI0E. Greenville unci Raleigh Plank Road. 1 held al me toun nouxe, 111 ine iowu 01 ecuviue, rm ennntv. on Thuradav. the 20th dsv of February, instant. at 12 o'clock, for the purpose of electing a President land nine Directors, agreeably to the provisions of the' Charter. JOHN MYERS. JAMES E. HOYT, B. F. HAVENS. BENJ F. HANKS. JOSEPH POTTS, Commissioners at Wajhington. Waxhingtoni N. C-, Feb. 5, 1S51. 29 id- Stray Horse. STRAYED from the subscriber, on Monday night, the 10th inst., a very dark Brown or Black Horse, five years old this Spring, shod all round, and paces ra pidly under the saddle. No white spots upon bim recol lected. He has a tolerably long tail and mane. The last time he was heard of he was on his way towards Raleigh from Smithfield. The sulisciilier would be obliged to anv one who may ! give him information in relation to the Horse, and he will liberally reward any one who may take him- up and bold ! him so that he gets him again. Address the subscriber. at Frank liiiton. Franklin county W. W. Jl olden, ha leigh or D. McPbereon, Suiillifield. J. A. STONE. February 15, 1851. ' SO tt Work on Cooking, Ac ; f flHE Modern House Wife, comprising one thousand 1 Receipts for Ihe Economic as.d Judicious prepara tion of every meat of the clay by Alexis Soyer. The complete Cook and Confectioner by J. M. Sandersons The United Stales practical Receipt Book. Miss Leslies Lady' New Receipt Book. Modern Cooking by Eliz. Acton. Virginia House Wife, 01 Methodical Cook by Miss Randolph. Miss Beechers Domestic Receipt Book. Miss Beecher's Domestic Economy. Well and cheap, lor Domestic use,' a book of useful Receipts. For sale at TURNER'S N. C. Bookstore. Raleigh, Febuary 8, 1851. ' 28 Raleigh, and Gaston Rail Road. MEETING of all those interested in the recon struction of the Raleigh and Gaston Rail Road, pursuant to the provisions of the Act pasaed at the last session of the Legislature, for that purpose, will be held at the Court House in Raleigh, on Tuesday, tbe 25th instant, at 12 o'clock, for the purpose of taking the same into consideration. A punctual attendance is requested by THE COMMISSIONERS. Raleigh. Feb. 12, 1851. 29 Petersburg South Side Democrat, and tho Intelligencer' will please copy. Also, the Norfolk papers. t ACADEMY It A "LEIGH. rnHE School of the subscriber is now open for anr additional number of students. The terms per session are as follows: Board, , . $45 Tuition, English, 10 Classics, 15 , JOHN B. BOBBITT. February 12. 1851. 29 3t. MUSIC. AT the North Carolina Music Store, received this day, another supply of new and fashionable Music, a lot of fine Guitars, and fine Cocoa-wood Flute., by K. W. PETERSILIA. February 15, 1851. 3 A LOT OF FRESH THOMASTON LIME, just received, and for sale by R. TUCKER & SON. Feb. 11,1851. ' Swede Irou and Nail .-. TONS. Stvedes Iron 2 to 8 inches wide. H 2000 lbs Nails and Brads, 4 to 40 For sale hy J. BROWN. No. 9, Kayetteville St. Raleiith. Jan. 29.1851. . New Rice, JUST Received, and for sale by ' ' ' ' . . B- TUCKER, & February 3. 1851. ' ' - - : y ' . SON. 27 RIME Family MoUssea, New Crop, Hhd. Stewart's Syrup, Zr;. ., . Fnr bv R- TUCKER, & SON. 3d February I4 1851. ; : yturw V .v - Job Printing. " .. , ;" JVeatly I.eetit4 at tlte Jtaiidar4 Prlat. Office.