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his Farewell Address, that the Union can be preser- veo. . ...... tt: 9nd Union asaoci tions It is said inai ""k- rth for the ,;nsare useless and absurd at the Nn . reason that there are no enw ; ed lhat Admitting this to ne irue. '""" who are il8 oprion of'-""'- heTdisunionist. The mulga.e, 1 ? jl'JoV" J am I'rnud of; and 1 love my L ...on which I Jeitbind. me. I Jove it because countrymen to uhorn i prosperous 11 "kM ro,!idXrwise beV because it contributes tha" V?1Z Ld .romo.es .he welfare of the people ; totlieaein"-t . . difrus- ejvjiIM. ST'ti-" 'h!o, powerful, and i" nficent. And when I speak ol my attachment to th Union', I have reference to and include lhat which ju (.ggence me coiiijiutv hih . oius-, nuu in which it lives. The constitution of the United Slates constitutes the Union. of the States, as much as the blood, bones, and flesh constitute the man; with out it there is no Union, or another and different sort of Union, of which I know nothing. But if I looked upon this constitutional union as a degrnaaiion a crime, and if I regarded my country men of half "he States as oppressors, as outcasts and outlaws, with out the pale of the church, and without the pale of the law, to whom no charity was due, and to whom no'oath cold bind, it seems to me that I should not lose a moment to break such ties and part with such associii.es. And yet the men who proclaim such sen linienis are offended if a question is raised of their at tachment 10 that Union which they pa.nt in such frightful colors. it is no doubt a strong proof of the general attach ment of the North to the Union, that its enemies are compelled by the force of puhlic opinion to pretend themselves its friends. And yet the insidious war fare which they thus carry on is more dangerous than i T . ..nAi.M r, 1 11-1 Q"i it ilia troll open attacK. 11 is nreroMi; "--j which conceals their designs, and expose the inevita ble tendency of their measures. It is incumbent up on us to defend our constitutional government, and vindicate before Christendom our character as a na tion. Let us repel with scorn and indignation the accusation lhat our fathers entered , into a compact condemned by Heaven, and with but one parallel in its iniquity (for so we have been told) in the history of the world. Save us from such friends of the Union as these! Their false doctrine can hurt more than 11 the rowers of the earth. When such shall be the lessons tauaht in the schools and preached from the pulpits, iheYime will he come to burn the Capitol and tear down the monument of Washington; fori think there are not many who could support a gov ernient which maJe them infamous in this life, and exposed them to damnation in the next. Gentlemen, it is for you who have prospered be vnn.l all others who have seen your city spring as by magic to a place among the great capitals of the world who are already .he merchan.s and carriers of a continent, and may look lo Become me commercial centre of the globe it is for you especially to vindi cate the form and maintain the supremacy of 01 r fed eral government. The constitution of the United States is the talisman of your greatness, it is the fountain whence your riches and magnificence have unceasingly flowed ; and when that fails, your decay will begin." It is in your power, from your numbers and wealth, from the unanimity of sentiment prevail ing amongyou, from your facilities of coiumun cation, and your command over the press, to exert a great and wholesome influence upon public opinion. Join :to these advantages a discreet resoluteness, and you will triumph overall obstacles. fJT" It is my fixed belief, formed at least upon much observation and reflection, that the continuance of the Union depends upon the suppression of sec tional controversy upon the subject of slavery. If that controversy shall be renewed now, I have no hope that it will ever end. If it is to continue always, the lUnion will be worthless nay, a curse. Be not deceived by false signs: agitation is suspended, not .abandoned. The ambitious hopes that depend upon it will not voluntarily die. Watch it in its incipient movements crush it before it gains strength. There is no option you must kill it, or it will kill you.rj The compromise measures should be held as infe rior only to the constitution in sacred ness. They are to be regarded as in he nature of a compact that may jiol be changed at the will of one of the parlies, bill ! only by the consent of both. I see safe!' here, and j J see it nowhere else. There is one way (and only .one) to secure this result; hut that is very simple, very certain, and requires nothing but concert ot ac tion to make it pprfecily successful. Let the men for -whom you vote be uhigs or democrats as you mav prefer the one or the other ; but he sure, abore all -else, lhat Ihey will standby the settlement. If that! -ehali be maintained, the constitution upheld, and the Union preserved, I shall sleep soundly, whether the duties be specific or ad valorem. I am, very respectfully, &c. WILLIAM DUER. Wehave placed a hand at the commencement and end of one of the above paragraphs, for the puipose of calling particular attention to it. Let the fuels which thai paragraph contains be noted and remeiii bered. They proceed from a Northern man. There is one point in the letters of Messrs. Buch anan, Dickinson, and liner, which is worthy of notice. Mr. Dickinson speks of lhe Constitution as a " com pact" -Mr. Buchanan speaks of it as a" " contract," among sovereign States" and Mr. Dner speaks of the Constitution as the " essence" ot the Union, and as the" compact " from .which the Union " arose." The North is the point, of all others, where Union Meetings ought to be held, and where a reverence for the Constitution and the great principles on which the Union is founded, ought to b inculcated. We record such events with pleasure, and have only to -express the .hope that gentlemen who hold these Meetings and-shape their proceedings, will steer clear of party feeling, as they declare they desire and in tend to do. We observe that one of the speakers on the occa sionthe Hon. .Ed ward Everett, of Massachusetts coupled with the declaration that "ninety-nine out of every hundred of the people of his section were in favor of strict obedience to the laws, this expres sion : In reference to aggressions against the laws outbreaks, either at the North or South,-he Baid he Relieved they carried their own correctives with them. " Now, we should like to know what out breaks" against the laws the Southern people have been guilty of. Why not speak of the Boston out. xage.qf itself, and by itself, as it deserves to be spo. ken of, without lugging in the South to soften the expression, and without doing the Southern people gross injustice 1 We would not give a rigid and honest enforcement of the fugitive-slave law, for all the declarations on jnper that could be made by the people of the free States from this time forth and forever. Let them carry out this law in good faith, and let us alone for the future, and tbe Union will stand; but let them neglect or refuse to do this, and they will hare ' out breaks" indeed. This is tbe test. The issue is with them, "God save the country! Thomas B. "Bailey, Esq., of Orange County, has een appointed Travelling Agent of the North Caro lina Mutual Life Insurance Company, for the South ern Stales. The officers of the Company have been fortunate in securing Mr. Bailey's services. He will bring to his work a great deal of energy, and a full and accurate knowledge of his duties in this capacity. We are gratified to learn that this Company is still on the high-road-of prosperity and success. They have already issued over one thousand policies, and we learn that, one day laet week, the Secretary re ceived by one Mail (the Southern ore me hundred applications for insurance These facta apeak loud. r thaa thing W(j eou(d gay in iu beha,f The last Wilmington Commexejal sava " Th. . Ijort thai Mr. Ashe acted as the friend or second of Mr. atanly, in the Jai dttel, it wUhou foundation CONGRESSIONAL. In the Senate, yesterday, the joint resolution from the House explanatory of the general land bounty act, 1 and rendering land warrants assignable, was taken up, and a motion, after debate, to lay it on the table was rejected yeas;i8, nays 36. The resolution was amended so as to include some additional classes ot soldiers, and then passed. Two messages of execu tive character were received frsm the President. Tbe civil and diplomatic bill was taken up, and many amendments were offered, discussed, and disposed of. In the House, Mr. McW'iliie, from the Committee on Priming, reported back the joint resolution, to them recommitted, for the relief of Thomas Ritchie, as contractor for the priming of Congress, accompanied by an explanatory report. After various proceedings thereon, the joint resolution was ordered to be read a third time yeas 106, nays 103. After other proceed ings, the bill was finally passed yeas 106, nays 101 and the vote was clinched in the usual manner, and the joint resolution was sent to the Senate for concur renew. Mr. Duer moved to reconsider the vote where by the Canada reciprocity bill was committed to the Committee of the Whole, so as to bring the same be fore the House. Mr. D. made some remarks in sup port of the measures, and was followed by Mr. Mc Lane, who also advocated it. But the motion to re consider was, on motion of Mr. Ashmun. laid on the table. Mr. Johnson, of Tennessee, made an ineffec tual attempt to coll up his hill granting land to landless citizens of the United States. The army bill was again taken up, and, after the recess, the amendments reported from the Committee of the Whole were dis posed of. The army appropriation bill was passed. The House took up the Senate bill to grant ten mill ions ol acres ot public land to the several States for the benefit of the indigent insane, and, after consid eration, it was ordered to a third reading. But, with out passing it, the House went into Committee of the Whole on the statu of the Union, and took up the navy appropriation bill. Mr. Meade addressed the committee on the subject of contracts tor the estab lishment of lines of mail steamers, and in favor of the policy of granting the credit of the government to contractors in aid of a line from California to Chi na. Mr. Stanton, of Tennessee, followed in some remarks in favor of the extension of tbe system of mail steamers. Mr. Mann made a few remarks ; and then lhe committee rose and reported. Mr. Julian moved a suspension of the rules toenable him to offer a resolution for the appointment of a committee, with power to send for persons and papers, to investigate a charge against the Secretary of Stale, to tbe effect that the Secretary received forty or fifty thousand dol lars from bankers as an inducement to accept office. The yeas and nays were ordered on the motion ;and then, without taking the question, the House, at 10 o'clock, adjourned. Union of Saturday last. The late Congress expired on the 4th instant. We have seen nolhing as to the closing scenes, but we shall give the best summary we can in our next, of what has been done. The bill remunerating Mr. Ritchie for his losses in the public printing, was no doubt passed. So also, we suppose, was the general appropriation bill. The River and Harbor Bill was in the-Senate at the latest dales, and has probably been defeated. We do not know whether the postage bill was passed into a law or not. We shall know by our next issue. MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. The Charleston Courier, speaking of the next an. nual meeting of the American Medical Association, in that City, says : "American Medical Association. This associa tion, we understand, will hold its next session in Charleston, early in May next. It has held four an nual meetings in the principal cities of the Union. viz: Philadelphia, Baltimore, Boston and Cincinnati. Il has been attrnded by the most experienced, scien tific, and skillful physicians from all parts of the Union, to the number of from four to five hundred. Its avowed object is the advancement of medical sci ence the promotion of medical education the sup pression of quackery and lhe cultivation of a liberal and enlightened sptiit anion? the members of the pro fession. Their meetings have resulted in a yearly volume of "Transactions," embracing much valuable information, and extending not only to the subjects of medicine, but to lhe prevention of diseases, hygiene, and improving the condition of communities. We anticipate a large assemblage in our city, and under stand that the committee of arrangements are busy in making preparations, and are exerting themselves to extend a cordial and welcome reception to their nu merous professional brethren from distant parts of the Union. We feel assured that political differences will not prevent a full attendance of members from ev ery section of the country for the harmony and pur poses of the association, 'limited tc scientific objects, will never be marred or disturbed by political considerations." I I 5 I rm Tr. I 5 - COUNTIES. 9 -S ? ? l a" i - a. q o . -.r. . , D CENSUS OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Ashe, Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Buncombe, Burke, Cabanus, Cad well, Camden, Carteret, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Chowan, Cleaveland, (jolumbus, Craven, Cumbf r'and, Currituck, Clu-rokee, Duplin, Davie, Davidson, Edgecomb, Franklin, Foray the, Gates, Granville, Greene, Guilford, Gaston, Halifax, Haywood, Hertford, Hyde. Henderson, Iredell, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Lincoln, Martin, McDowell, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, M oore, Macon, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Orange, Pasquotank, Perquimons, Person, Pitt, Randolph, Richmond, Rowan, Robeson, Rockingham, Rutherford, Sampson, Stckes, Surry, Stanly, Tyrrell, Union, Wake, Warren, Washington, Wilkes, Watauga, Wayne, Yaticy, 7,915 4,655 6,581 8,122 7,731 5.486 5,06; 3.663 11.197 5.480 6.943 4,994 3,576 5,167 7,074 7.281 12.184 3.005 8.593 4.264 7.223 12,463 4.639 6,499 r, 197 5.616 12.151 6,336 5,666 9,680 4.170 10,529 3.244 15,890 6.035 5,740 5.929 3,589 4,800 6,431 10,548 8,913 2,153 3,569 5,659 4,637 4,771 8,321 5,081 7,201 5.608 6,000 8,220 5,998 5.029 11,423 4,627 3,571 5,622 6.677 13,806 4,920 9,895 7,240 8,689 16,433 8,352 7,277 10,204! 5,455,' 3,382 8,026 14,236 4,617 3,226 10,784 3,243 7,815 7.739 I I 5' 2 382 22 77 68 837 295 352 303 86 160 113 121 288 158 426 13 295' 102' 43 142 1,536 930 189' 8 309 79, 168 256 540: 140 386 j 1,114 140; 664; 12! 1,896! 707! 833 j 244! 30; 1401 137 143; 33, 319 213: 158' 43 165 232'i COl! 883' 826; 167! 413! 1,218: 507; 276' 87 396! 194 111 1,221 436 217 465 134 242 47 128 49 1,260 441 215 173! 28 ; 652; 51! 3,197 107 935f 39 1,522 585 29 677 4 827 6,876 181 876 31 1,166 595 13 1,406 3 1,407 5.249 198 660 92 1.663 7,380 140 583 56 1,070 4,359 126 630 70 1,005 3,302 116 401 87 771 1,737 105 2,287 21 1,942 2,132 116 373 4 983 2,688 133 883 45 1,262 1,203 55 397 b 926 2.187 122 6C3 15 770 1.506 61 208 20 972 7.780 341 713 56 1.375 1,569 61 503 3 1,237 5.902 185 1,782 48 2,2f0 3.797 110 366 28 613 1,747 91 972 23 1.523 1.503 53 453 5 779 5.914 97 388 67 1,844 7,'217 234 972 103 2,541 2,443 92 520 926 336 37 459 5 1,020 6.006 169 1,417 63 1,419 2.171 70, 509 41 1,027 3.192 170 1,233 18 2,308 8,557 216: 926 15 1,653 5.507 122; 612 24 1.116 1.358 112' 936 80 1,737 3,8731 110' 496 22 880 9.986 341 1,230 55 2,107 3.257 60; 437 21 684 3,186! 18lj 1,692 55 3,048 2,114! 35i 805 10 !072 8,960 335 1,051 4 1.759 4I8j 105' 820 1,110 3,704! 141 397 21 831 2,618 151 415 6 927 924! 48i' 574 1 929 4,162 1631 1.U5 16 1.834 4,720 124! 1,149! 102 1,704 2,838 62 240 14 453 4,116 93; 362 17 700 2.075 76; 749 80 1,022 3,873 99; 583 9 923 1,261 59 j 557 30 860 5,412 142 1,075 16 1,632 1 783! 721 303 15 902 1,975) 75j 718! 8 1.286 549! 67i 643 21 907 4.0561 126: 732! 20 1,248 8.661 269! 697! 186 1,884 6.511 229 682 7 1,344 3,116 72; 374! 27 961 5.255' 133 1,094; 17 2,205 3,105: 94; 572 II 1,150 3.250 143 288. 21 818 4,893 lit' 741 17 1,070 6.633! 196. 816 42 1.316 1,440 155 2,016 41 2,517 4,704 102! 497 3 949 3,853: 202' 1,118 108 1,841 4,3C4 155' 1,264 07 1,513 5,329 166 71 C 45 1,693 1,905! 140 967 28 1,833 5,685 161 976 56 1,582 1,881 j 70 606 34 1,260 2,000: 148 1,606 48 2,806 1,459 81! 545.1 15 946 1.712: 57i 213 41 635 1.982; 107! 1,235! 9 1,422 9,419: 248j 1,526; 71 2,844 8,887! 204! 543, 21 905 2,215! 205: 509; 24 670 1,142! 59 1,514 9 2,050 129! 23! 40l 1 569 5,020! 224 729 70 1,575 346j 66 1,323 13 1,322 1,522 827 1,166 1,407 1.673 1.078 1,007 771 1,942 984 1,293 926 770 972 1.375 1.237 2,210 613 1,524 782 1.844 2,555 926 1,020 1.419 1.027 2,833 1,653 1.116 1,752 880 2,107 634 3,050 1,072 1,759 1,137 831 957 929 1,838 1,704 453 700 1,038 923 860 1,642 901 1,286 951 1,258 1,884 1,314 961 2,205 1,150 818 1,078 1,323 2,528 950 1,868 1,513 1,703 1,890 1,582 1.303 2,816 951 635 1,422 2,845 905 670 3,050 573 1,576 1,388 THE STATE OF THE COUNTRY. The times are still full of trouble, and we derm it An, An h . f .1. 1 ,. . . 1 - 1 r w... ui.ijr iu hCTp too ptsupie 01 irginia savisru vi j important movements at the two extremes of lhe con federacy, so that oor State may intelligently and wise ly pursue lhat course which circumstances may im pel her to regard as dne, not only to her own safety and honor, but to the rights of the South and lhe preservation of the Union. However other States may fly off from their orbits, Virginia will, whi)e she can with safety and honor, continue to stand on the basis of the rights of the States and the Union. She will neither countenance central consolidation and tyrannous power, on the one hand, nor d'sunion ten dencies on the other. She will pursue the plain, straightforward middle path of doty and her con servative course will, as heretofore, be brought to bear powerfully, in obtaining Justice and iu checking disorganization. The details of the outrages and ajgiessions at the North are familiar to o ir readers. They are startling enough, it must be admitted but they have not yet reached a point which demands a resort to the last extremity the awful necessity of a rupture of a con- ; federcy, founded by our own Washington ana nis nn I mortal compeers. How soon the fanatics of the J North may attain the climax of madness, and force ! this dread alternative we shall not dare to depict. W e have nolyel, however, abandoned all hope that the re j cent lawless acts of lhe North will burn into the j hearts ot the masses there, a sentiment of the neces j sity of prompt and decided action to save lhe conn , try. by crushing the cockatrice of fanaticism and outlawry in their midst. They must do something, or all Southern confidence in Northern honor, and love of law and order, will vanish like a mist. Enough has transpired to alarm and ercite the South but not enough to justify the extreme meas ures to which our Southern brethren are preparing to ; resort. The action of one State at least, bouth Car-, I olina, looks threatening enough. Unless wiser coun J sels shall be wafted to her by the wings of time Sunless favorable developments of the next twelve i months shall allay her excitement and soften the ap ' parently firm resolution of her leaders we may ex ' pect to see her in Convention taking measures for in stant secesston,and then a reil crisis will come upon the cou J eyes fiercer, the Charleston Mercury says that, though not ! finite all the returns of the election for the State Con- I vention are in, yet the result can be stated wiih suffi cient accuracy, lhe Mercury remarks: "The Convention consists of 187 members equal to both Houses of the Legislature. Of these we think we are quite safe in saying 127 are, in the words of the Intelligencer, distinctly and .unalterably for "SECESSION and withdrawal of the State of Sooth ! Carolina alone from the Union ;" or, if the Intelligen- : cer is modest and would prefer their description by i another hand, they are.men who, as an old friend from the country said Jto us yesterdiy, " have made ! up their minds that the Federal Government is a j cursed bad bargain, which it is high time to get ; rid of." These men go for secession by the State i alone, because there can be no other secession than : by the States as individual sovereignties, and beciuse j the withdrawal from the Union will thus in every j stage of the act be under the sanction of the supreme : authority, and give to secession the same basis and ' support of the sovereign will expressed in the same ; form as the act by which South Carolina entered the Union. A minority of the Convention consisting of, we j ; think less than forty, are opposed to the speeny ac 1 tion of the State by herself. But let not the Intel li ' gencer imagine there are forty subtnissionists in the Convention. We are certain there are not ten mem nalelzb Catton Rail Hoad BOOK9 OF SUBSCRIP TION to the capital stock of the Raleigh end Oaston Rail Road Company, will le opened by the fesSi Subscribers ii tbe City of Ral- ill) I sws53e 7? ...jKgg- . . . fi . Monday hi March, the space of ninety days. R. M. PAUNDEK3, EO. W. MOKDECAJ, E. P. GUION. W. W. H OLDEN. 53" The Book of Xubtcriptimis may he found ci Mr Turner's Bookstore. RIei2h, Feb. 17, 1851. 3iit. GARDEN SEEDS, Growth of 1850; raissd by the U'itei Society cslleJ Shjker, and Dr. Ltnd.eth. For sals by Hanry D. Tarn3r. Xorth Carolina Biolt Store, Kalelh, X. C. Art'thoke Green Glo!e. Aspra:;'J3 Giant. Bzans Early Chin Dwarf, Early nix weeks, (yellow.) Refugee, or thoussnJ to one, Horticultural Pole, Liirjre Irms, Carolina Li int. 2et Early Flat Bjwann. Eirly Uloo3 Turnip. Early Ofanja Turnip, French Ara'i?r Su?ir, White Selcii Sj'ar. Lonj Broad, In-y Man-jel Wurtzel. B-ocJli Large Purple Cape. Larje White Cjpc. Cat!ikjwer Early, Large h.ite. Cabbage Early Sairar Loar, Eirly Tiork, Early Drum he ia Large York, Largo Drumhead, Mammoth, (new.) Fiat or Late Dutch, Drumhead Savoy, (net.) Celery Large Vhite Solid, Rose coldred, Solid Silver giant, (new.) Corn Early Hawk, Early Canada. Early Smiths White, Sioux or Dutton, Early Tuscarors, Early Sujar, Early White Flint. Cress Curled or Pcppergrass, Broad Leaved, Extra CTni-leil fnew.i Water. ountry. from which all good men will avert their j Cucumber Early Green Cluster, Early Frame. Early with sorrow. In reply to the National Intelli- short Green, White SpineJ, Long Green Turkey, Long Green, (Keens.) small incrKins. Carrot Early Horn, Large Altringhnm, White FisUL W Plant L.rge Purple. White, (rrname.-ti.l.) Eulirc Green Curled, Broad Leafed. Kale Green Curled Scotch, Sea. ( Leek Large Scotch, or Flug, Large Loudon. Lettuce Imperial Sugar Loif, Early White Heau, Est. ly curled Sileaia, Large Green Head, Icehead, Ice Coas, Royal Cabbage Head early. Extra Cabbage Head, Brown Dutch. Melon Large Musk, Large Yellow Cantelope. Green Citron, Fine Nutmeg, Ward's Nectar, Pine Apple Persian, Pomegranate, Fragrant, Water Imperial, IV a tcr Early Apple Seed, Wsler Long Island, Water, Ca rolina. Water Citron, for preserve. OAva- Long White, Short Green. Onion White Silver Skin, Yellow, Red, Welsh or French, for Soups. Parsnip Guernsey, Long White. Hollow crown. Parsley Plain or Single, Curled. Dwarf (Juried. Peas Early Cedo Nulli, Early Prince Albert, (new,) Early May extra. Early June. Early Charlton, Bish op's Early Dwarf, Large White Marrowfat, Largs Black Eye, Dwarf Marrowfat. Radish Long White Summer, Early Scarlet Short Top, Long Salmon. Long Scarlet or Early Frame Scarlet or Cherry Turnip, Philadelphia Large White Turnip, Yellow Turnip, White Fall Spankh, Black Fall Spanish. Carrot Long St arlet or Blood, Long Orange. bers who will not unhesitatingly affirm both of the En,;.h Garden Broad leaved Spinagc Broid Leaved Savoy, Round leaved, new I 553,775, 27,567,' 289,453;! 10,273.! 63,4661 2.609,1 106,084j 106.628 POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES. In the Table of population and Representation, as given on Monday in the Intelligencer, an error oc curred in estimating the Representative population in North Carolina at 618,000, instead of 748,000, based on 575,000 free inhabitants and 283, OOf slaves. This, of course, will entitle North Carolina lo eight members and a small fraction over. We republish the table (properly corrected) from the most reliable data within reach : MR. STANLY DECLINES. Mr. Stanly publishes a Card in the last North State Whig, declining to run again for Congress. This is a wise determination on Mr. Stanly's part; for, had he gone before the people iu the approaching campaign, he would most certainly have been defeated. He felt and foresaw this, and hence this Card. Mr. Stanly says, in his Card, that we shall " short ly see the noisy ; tritators, North and South, over whelmed with public indignation." We know of no " agitators " in the South. They are all North ; and no man has encouraged them more than Mr. Stanly has done by his truckling and submissive course. Mr. Stanly is entitled to speak of" public indigna tion." He knows something about it. He is him self overwhelmed." "At least, Sir, let the star of Massachusetts be the last which shall he seen to fill fro. 11 heaven, and to plunge into the utter darkness of disunion. Let her shrink back, let her hold others back, if she can ; at any ralp, let her keep herself back, from this gulf, full, at once, of fire and of blackness ; yes. Sir, as far as human foresight can scan, or human imagination fathom, full of the fire and the blood of civil war, and of the thick darkness of general political disgrace, iunominy, and ruin. Though the worst may happen that can happen, and though she may not be able to prevent the catastrophe, yet let her maintain her own integrity, her own high honor, her own unwavering fidelity, so that, with respect and decency, though with a broken and a blending heart, she may pay the last tribute to a glorious, departed, free Constitution." Thus spoke Daniel Webster in 1832. Massachu setts has done more, since that day, to destroy this " free Constitution " than all other causes combined ; and Daniel Webster, up to a recant period, has been with her in all her movements and all her purposes. If the calamities of dissolution shall come upon us, as the result of present difficulties, Masssacusetts will be marked in all history hereafter as the prime cause of these calamities as the most " skillful architect of ruin " the " m mi faithful extinguisher of high raised expectations that any age has ever produced." ! I ! States. Free pop- Slaves. Rcpresen-No. of Rep- I ulation. tative po-'rescntatives J puliation. I & fractions I Maine, 582,026 6 22,970 iNewHamp. 318,003 3 33,475 i Massachus'tU 904,724 10 02,904 i Vermont, 314,221 3 34,794 Rhode Island, 147.549 1 54,373 Connecticut, 370,913 3 91,385 New Yo k, 3,098,818 33 i4,0l0 New Jersey, 489,868 5 24,019 Pennsylvania 2,341.204 62 25 11.S04 Ohio. 1,931,940 21 25.244 Indiana, 990,258 10 58,498 Wisconsin, 305.&9B 3:26,068 Michigan, 337.576 4 24,872 Illinois, 850,000 g 11,416 Iowa, 192,000 2 5 648 California, 200,000 I 21, 13.648 Maryland, 492,661 : go,355 54fi,874 5 80.b94 Virginia, 940,000460,000 1,216,000 13l 4,712 N. Carolina, 575,00o'28o.u0d! 7-18,000 8j 2,640 S. Carolina, 2S0.0J0' 350,000! 43'J,000 524,120 Georgia, 555,l0j'3fi5.000 774,000 8 28,592 Florida. 45,000. 22,00J 58,200 li Alaa:na, 440.000 330,0t0 638,000 6 78,994 Mississippi, 300,000 120.000 492,000 . 526,I20 Louisiana. 250,000 20:1,000 37o,UL0 3 90,472 Texas, 1U,U0 t0,"00 150,000 1 56.824 Ar ansas, 150.0Oo 45.O0J 177 00.) I 83,824 Missouri, 590.000 gi.OoO 614,928 6 85,872 Tennensee, 800,00il ;250,000j 9o0 OOo' 10 18,240 Kentucky, 782,000 21 1,01)01 908,600 9 70,016 Delawar., 90,s77j 2 332! 91,676 1 i I i i A Havana Correspondent of the New York Tri bune states that 610 Africans were landed east of Cardenas, in Cuba, a short time since, and disposed of at thirty ounces each, making the round sum of 311.100 for the whole lot. The name of the ship which landed these slaves is not given, but we think it more than probable that this piracy was committed by some Yankeee. It is a notorious fact that all the American vessels engaged in stealing men, women and cnunren trom Africa to be sold into bondage, ai from the free States. We learn, from the last Asheville Messenger, that the new County of Madison, formed out of portions of Buncombe and Yancy, was organized on the 24lh of last month. The citizens assembled at Smith and Baird's, twenty-one miles from Asheville, and elect ed County officers. The Court-House was notlooat ed. That is to be done this month. History or North Carolina. It is stated that the Rev. Dr. Hawks, of New York, has been engaged for soma time past ip writing- a History of North Carolina, of which State he is a native. ENTIBE POPULATION. Free Status Slave States District and Territories Free. I 13.574,797 6,409.938 197,985 Slave. 3.075,234 3,500 20,182,720; 3,078,734 The entire representative population is about 21, 710.000. The ratio of representation will he about 93,170. As the law of 22d May, 1850, determines the num ber of Representatives at 233, and as but 222 of these are provided for in the foregoing table, without tak ing them from fractions, it will be necessary to select from the States thirteen having the largest fractions, to each of which is to be assigned a Representative, to make up the, entire number. The States entitled to Representatives for sueh fractions will most probably be Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Indiana, Maryland, Ala bama, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, and Kentucky 11. The States which gain, irrespective of the fraction, will be Pennsylvania 1, Illinois 2, Mississippi 1, Michigan 1, Missouri 16. The States which gain, in all, are as follows, viz : Arkansas 1, Indiana 1, Illinois 2, Massachusetts 1, Mississippi 1, Michigan 1, Missouri 2, Pennsylva nia 1 10. The following States lose, viz: Maine I, New Hampshire I. New York 1, North Carolina 1, South Carolina 3, Vermont 1, Virginia 9, Rhode Island 1 10. The free States gain six members and lose four. The Blave States gain four and lose six. ' National Inleligenter. William the Conqueror introduoeJ into England what was called Troy weight, from Troyes, a town in the province of Champagne. The English were dissatisfied with it, because the pound did not weigh so much as the pound now in use'in England. Hence came the term avoir du poise, which was a medium between the French and English weight. ONE WEEK LATER FROM EUROPE. The Royal Mail Steamer Europa arrived at Halifax on Wednesday evening last. She brings 61 passen gers, an I dates from Liverpool to the 15th instant, and London to lhe 14th. The Europa left Liverpool at 11 o'clock, a. m., on the te I5lli instant, and on the 18th passed the United Slates mail steamer Arctic. The American steamer Atlantic has been towed to Liverpool for repairs. It will probably bo two months before she is ready for sea. England. The attention of the English public is chiefly occupied in the exciting debate going on rela tive to the Piipal-aggression question. Four nights' continuous debate resulted in giving Lord John Russell permission to introduce his bill of pains and penalties, by a majority of 342. It is confidently stated that the Duchess of Kent, tho Queen's mother, and lhe Duchess of Suther land, the Queen's lady-in-waiting, and the richest heiress in England, are on the eve of becoming mem bers of the Catholic Church. The Chancrlor of lhe Exchequer was expected to deliver his budget on lhe 17th instmt. Of the trade and revenue, it is said they are now more satisfactory than heretofore reported ; and it is expected that ma ny ohnoxious taxes will be repealed. France. The breach between Louis Napoleon and the Assembly appears to be every day widening. It is now proposed toorganizna national subscription to relieve the President from his embarrassment. German Affairs. Additional advices from Dres den state that, with the sanction of Russia, Austria and Prusia have agreed to reconstitute the Central German Power, each nation taking the presidency by turns. The Markets. Liverpool cotton market. HoI ling;shead, Pelley, & Co's report of the cotton mar ket suites that the sales of the week amount to 24,700 bales, at prices showing i to jd. per lb. decline. Under lh datt nf Saturday, these gentlemen quote middling Uplands at 6 ; .Mobile, 7 ; Orleans, 7. The Kales on Friday were 4,000 bales, and the mar ket closed with less pressure to sell. Breadstuff's. The corn market is unusually de pressed. VVhert has declined one lo iwo pence. There is also u decline of 6d. pet bhl. in dour, and 6d. per quarter decline in Indian corn. Provisions, The provision market has been more active. Old and new mess pork has advanced from one to two shillings. Lard has advanced Is. BJ. to 2s. per cwt. The supply in market is small. Com mon butter advanced from 2 to 4 shillings. Ordina ry American sells at 40 to 46s. 6d. per cwt. REGISTRY OF MARRIAGES. Informalinn to Ministers if the Gospel Justices of the Peace, $'c. It will be recollected, that the late General Assembly of North Carolina passed an act requiring a Registry of Marriages in this State. Knowing that il will be some time before the law is published, the County Court Clerk in this County wrote to the Secretary of State for information as to its provisions. The following is the Secretary's an swer: Lincoln Courier. Raleigh, Feb. 12, 1851. Robert Williamson, Esq. Dear Sin Your favor of the 9th instant, was re ceived this morning. On examination, I find the act providing for the keeping a Record of Marriages, makes it the duty of every Justice or Minister of the Gospel, who may marry any person, to transmit a cer tificate of the fact to the Clerk nf the County Court of the County in which the marriage takes place, and it is made the duty nf the Clerk to record the same in a book to be kept for that purpose, with a suitable index, in one month after he receives the certificate. Either failing are liable to a fine of $25. Very Respectfully, your friend, &c, VVM. HILL. following propositions; 1, That the State, as one of I a Confederacy of sovereigns, has the clear right to ' secede ; and, 2, that the action and position of the i Federal Government afford ample justification for j the exercise of that right. They think h politic to ' put off decisive action till the other States or some 'of them get ready to join us. j The minority of the Convention, as a body, will ! not be opposed to the majority, but only a little in the ! rear of it, and when the decision is made, they will, j with few exceptions, take their place with the fore j most in its defence. The act of secession will be ! emphatically the act of the whole Stale, and her peo ple will unite in defending it to the last extremity" j South Carolina seems bent on extreme ine.asnr?s land it well becomes Virginia to consider whether the i time has not arrived, when she should specially ap ; peal to South Carolina, to desist from her purpose and j yet longer remain in the Union at least until the : North shall enact further aggressions which shall 'compel Virginia to make common cause with South ! Carolina and the whole South, in a redress nf common Flanders Pricklv. Salsify or Vegetable Oyster. Squash Bush Crookneck Summer, Dutch Summer Scallop, white and yelfcw, Vegetable Marrow, Sweat 1 otatoe, Valparaiso. Tomato Large Smooth Red, Yellow, Cherry. j Turnip Early Dutch, Large English Norfolk, Red Top f lat, Wtnte f lat, Kutaoaga, x enow oweuuu, r rcuca, white, Long White. Herbs Caraway, Dill, Fengel, Lavender, Lemon balm. Sage, Summer Savoy, Sweet Basil, Mojo-Thyme. Grass Seeds White Dutch clever, Lucerne, blue Gross Lawn Grass mixed, Cole or Cape '4ecd. Feb. 26lh, 1851. 35 FUEK.TIA, HODGES, & Co. I3IPORTERS AND JOBBERS, So Ssi JLiberty Street, New Vr, (Between Broadway and Nassau.) ARE now receiving a rich and beaulilul assortment of Fanev Silk and Millinery Good, to which we wrongs. Ssouth Carolina has called on irginia lo wo(i(d particuarly jnvi,c tne attention of all Cash Pur. . yj n nil in, i i 1 ci knuiiiiiii That call now lies on the tables of the two Houses I of our Legislature, and it must be considered and an- swered. Should not the Legislature take the occasion ito make an appeal, firm but respectful and kind, lo j South Carolina such as we have above indicated to j pause in her course and not shiver the confederacy to ' atoms ? In 1832 Virginia, by such a course of bless j ed mediation, averted the passion of South Carolina ', and saved the Union may not a similar appeal, now, j under aspects more alarming than then, be attended ! by the same happy results 1 It is for the Legislature i of Virginia to act in this matter and to initiate a movement, which may save lhe Union. Tha subject is one of deep importance and should be maturely considered and carefully carried out. Richmond Enquirer. Telegraphed for the New York Tribune. Boston February 27 1 P. M. , Government Officers Arrested ! Yesterday Geo. Luut, United Stales district attorney, wasarres led by Deputy Sheriff Coburn upon a writ brought by A. P. Burton, of Salein, the man arrested in that city a few days since and brought to Boston upon the charge of being an aider and abettor in the rescue of Shadrach, charging that Lunt maliciously, and with out any just and probable cause, under oath, made a complaint in writing before Benj. F. Hallei, esq, one of the commissioners of the circuit court of the United Slates for the district of Massachusetts, against the said plaintiff. Damages are set at $10,000 ; and Mr. Lunt was required to give bail in that sum, which he did. 8KC0ND DESPATCH. A writ was issued about a week since for the ar rest rf Capehart, attorney of Debree.the alleged own er of Shadrach, but ne has thus far escaped the officers. Men are employed to find him, and are to be reward ed if they succeed. The case will come before the court of common pleas in Salem on the third Monday of March next. A writ of attachment has first been served by Depu ty Sheriff Coburn upon the goods and the estate of Geo. F. Curtis, United Slates commissioner, and Patrick Riley, deputy United States marshal, for $10, 000 damages. This suit was brought on behalf of Shadrach, the alleged fugitive, alias Fredrick M in kins, laborer. The suit charges that defendants did arrest and cause to be arrested, and did then beat and ill treat, the said plaintiff. The defendants are held for trial in $10,000 each, to appear at the April term of the court of common pleas. Several olher government and. State officers will be arrested shortly. The ground upon which these suits are brought is, that the fugitive slave law is unconstitutional, and that the officers prosecuting acted without authority. A sufficient amqunt of stock having been taken, the work of rebuildig the splendid St. Charles Hotel at New Orleans is to be commenced. at once. It will cost from 9250,000 to $280,000. Important Invention. A young man of St. Louts is about to astonish the world by the development of an invention, lhat in point of universal utility prom ises to be one of the most important discoveries of the age. He has invented, and is now completing, an apparatus by which to manufacture gas fiom the at mosphere, the light of which will be more brilliant than that produced from coal gas, and which can be supplied almost as cheap as sunlight. It will also produce light of all colors and combination of colors. Mrs. Partington hearing that a young man bad set up for himself, " Poor fallow," said she," has hs no friend that will sat rp for him part of the time !" And she sighed tobe-young again. On Wednesday, the 26th. of February, by the Rev. W. T. Brooks, Mr. Simon W. Saunders, of Wilming ton, to Miss Verites A., daughter of William K. Martin, Esq., of Franklin County. I. Wilmington on the 25th February, by Rev. R. B. Drane, Geo. V Strong, Eaq., editor oi 5i. C Telegraph, to Miss Anna Eliza, daughter of tbe late Robert. 11. Cowan. - In this County, at tha residence of David Gill, Esq.', on the 5th of February, by Prof. Brooks of Wake Fo inert College, Mr. Junius W. Fort to Mia Frances C. Uill, all of Wake. ' Democratic Meeting In Frank!! u. 3MHERE will be a Meeting of the Democracy of Frank L lin County, in Louisburg, on Tuesday of April ourt week. K full attendance is. desirable. MA.VY VOTERS. Eeh.9i, 1851. So tin. chasers, and will make H an object lor them to give us a call, a we are determined lo sell our assortment lor Cash, lower than ever bclore offered in Ibid market. Milliners can aupply themselves with every article in their line, at aboi.t the cnl ot Importation or Auction price. Many ol" our good are manufactured expressly lor our own sale, anil cannot be surpassed lor beauty or low pi'iees. Rich Hat and Cip Rihbnns.a large variety. A'llks and S.ilun lor Bonnets. Crapes, Crape Lisse. Tarletniis and Illusion Laces. Trimmings tor Hals, Caps and D'efses. , , Jenny Lind Caps, Paity ami Opera Head Dresses. . Embroidered Capes, Collars, Cull, anil Cliemiseirs, Embroidered Edgings and Inserting. (Swiss aud Muslin Thread, Brtissils, Valenciene. Silk and Lislo Thread Laces. Embroidered. Reveire and Plain Linen Cambric Hkfa. Gloves and Mitts, Kid, Silk, Lisle Thread and Sew. I'lie Silk. Scan's, Cravats and Dress Hkfs. Swiss, Jaconetl, Book Muslin, and Bishop Lawna. Embroidered, Damask and Plain Canton Crap Shawls. A full assortment of Straw Good. French and Anii-ricaii Amficial I'Mowcr. Wilh a Ure variety not inenrioi-ed alov All wishing to avoid paying long pri-es will make money bv calling and yalislving themselves. Jan. 25, 1851. " 25 St. NEW BOOT AND SHOE STORE, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, THE undersignod, having formed a co-partnership, ca dcr the firm and btyle of Win tc. jr.!iitioii & Co, for the purpose of conducting a Wholesale and Retail Bool aiid Shoe business in the City of Prtentburg, will offer early in Februray a large and varied assortment of all articles usually embraced in the Shoe trade. They have taken the store on the east side of Sycamore Street, two doors below tho bouse of Messrs. Paul & McIIl waine. Purchasing their goods for cash, they will be en aided to sell on the most accommodating terms to cash paying or punrtual customers. They will also pay par ticular attention to the Wholesale Trade, and invite mer chants and other wholesale dealers to examine their stock before buying elsewhere. They will also keep on hand an assortment of all articles in their line well suited to a retail custom, and respectfully solicit a call from their friends and the public geuerallv. "WM. R. JOHNSON, SAMUEL B. PAUL. tT" Being in the employment of Messrs. William R. Johnson fc Co.. I respectfully invite a rail from my friends and former patrons. PETER W. ALFRIEND. N. B. 8. B. Paul continues to practice Lsw, and may he found atbis Office over Messrs. Dunn it Spencer. Petersburg. January 10, 1851. 11 2m. 1 REMOVAL. WM. G. NOBLE takes this means to inform hi friends in North Carolina, that he contiuMs with Cameron, liny ward und Edward. (Late Lindsley, Cameron & Hay ward,) who bave removed to - ' No. lot, Broadway, 3few York, adjoining Rathbon'a HoUl.and r.-now opening and win continue to receive by every Steamer from Europe th Fewest, Richest and mot desirable stylet of ; i F. eneh, Grma, EngUtk, UhaHam. Mndia BUk mt.4 FANCY" GOODS, ' to be found in this market. 12 particularly invites sa examination by Merchant wiling the city, aa he ia ! tarmined to sell at the lowest prices for rash or approved credit. Order will meet with strict attention. New York. Feb. 0. 1850. , ; 32 4w. . . Frcali Garden seed. OF all tha popular Varietia this day received and for al at th Draft Store of WILLIAMS. HAYWOOD. & Co. Januarv SO, 1831. 20 fm.