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Commissioners.
Toe Twelfth Section keptoiated by Southmut
Know Nothings I We copy' the following from a
late number of the " American Eagle," published in
Louisbjrg, in this State :
" In accordance with previous notice, a very inter
esting meeting of the American party was held at
the Masonic Hall on Wednesday night, of the 23d
inst. - -,
Dr. Ellis Malone presided and W. H. Pleasants
acted as Secretary.
An election was made for officers of the Council
for the ensuing year, which resulted in the selection
of Dr. Ellis Malone for President, Jordan S. Barrow,
Vice President, Richard F. Yarborough, Treasurer,
and W. H. Pleasants, Secretary.
Candidates were then nominated to be. voted for
at the Town election to be held on the first Monday
in next month. The following is the ticket :
Thos. K. Tiiomas, for Magistrate of Police.
J. J. MinetKee, 1
A. M. Noble,
Ellis Ma lose,
J. J. Davis,
"The following resolutions were introduced, and,
after some vcrv appropriate and pertinent remarks
by J. J. Davis" and Thos. K. Thomas, Esqrs., they
were unanimously adopted :
Resolved, That the course of the American mem
bers in Congress in reUition to the Speakership,
meets our hearty and entire-approval, notwithstand
ing our regret of the unorganized condition of the
House.
Resolved, That we will persevere in the advocacy
the principles of the American party, believing as
we do honestly, that those principles form a platform
on which every true American citizen may proudly
Ktaml, and commend themselves to all who desires
tho ncrnctuilv of our institutions.
Re-wlc ed, that we desire no slavery plank in that
ulatforni. save the constitution of our country, and
what it (Tiinr.uiti'cs and secures t us and ours. We
ask nothing more than this, and we will have noth
imr W And lastlv we oledsre ourselves each to
other, that so f ir as in us lies, 44 Americans only
shall rnlu AiiiL-iica."
On motion, it was ordered that the proceedings of
the meeting be published in the American tagle.
ELLIS MALONE, lWt
W. II. Pleasants, See' v.
The ' Eagle," as a matter of course, approves this
movement. It trusts that the Southern K. N's will
tho 13th section, and savs it 44 wants
II Vi " ----- - j '
nk in the nlatform of the national
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American party." Now, let us see what this "slave-
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r,r nUnc " i. wliieh is thus reiected t V siavetioiuers.
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It is as follows :
"XII. The American party having arisen upon
the ruins and in spite of the opposition of the Whig
and Democratic parties, cannot be in any manner
responsible for the obnoxious acts or violated pledges
of either. And the systematic agitation of the sla
- very question bv those parties having elevated sec
tional hostility into a positive element of political
power, and brought our institutions into peril, it has
therefore become the imperative duty of the Ameri
can party to interpose for the purpose of giving
peace to the country and perpetuity to the Union.
And as experience has shown it impossible to recon
cile opinions so extreme as those which separate the
disputants, and as there can be no dishonor in sub
mitting to the laws; the National Council has deemed
it the best guarantee of commonjustice and of future
peace, to abide bv and maintain the existing laic
upon the subject of slavery, as a final and conclusive
settlement of that subject, in spirit and in substance.
And regarding it the highest duty to avow their
opinions upon a subject so important, in distinct and
unequivocal terms, it is hereby declared as the sense
of this National Council, that Congress possesses
no power, under the Constitution, to legislate upon
the subject of Slavery in the States where it docs or
may exist, or to exclude any Mate from admission ;
into the Union, because its Constitution does or does
not recognise the institution of Slavery as a part of
its social system ; and expressly pretermitting any
expression of opinion upon the powor of Congress
to establish or prohibit Slavery in any territory, it
is the sense of the National Council that Congros
ought not to legislate. upon the subject of Slavery
within the Territories of the United States, and that
any interference by Congress with Slavery as it ex
ists i i the District of Columbia, would be a viola
tion of the spirit and intention of the compact by
which the State of Maryland ceded the District to
the United States, . and a breach of the National
faith."
There it is. The Louisburg Know Nothings want
no sue ti plank in their platform. Wherefore? Be
cause their desire for success in the next Presiden
tial campaign is stronger than their regard for the
rights of their section stronger than their attach
ment for the Union according to the Constitution ;
they Inow that, if the 12th section be insisted on,
they cannot act in harmony with the abolition Know
Nothings of the free States, and will, as an inevita
ble result, be defeated. Turn and twist at you will,
gentlemen, that is your position. What next?
Who will follow the Louisburg Know Nothings?
We might enlarge upon this movement. ; but it is
not necessary to do so now, especially as it origina
ted in a local contest for office, and is the work,
doubtless, of a very few uninfiuential persons. By
the way, how did the election terminate? Did the
people of Louisburg slaveholders defend and sus
tain, or did they ignore their own rights?
Completion of the N. C. Railkoad. The Peters
burg Intelligencer notices as follows the completion
of this great work :
44 We take great-pleasure in stating that this.great
work has at last been finished, and that from Golds
borough to Charlotte trains are dailx passing
through, all the way. We congratulate the old North
State upon the occasion, as this road will be produc
tive to her people of immense benefits. It will open
up new sources of wealth and give additional im
petus to the spirit of improvement which is abroad
in her land. Nor will its beneficient influences be
limited altogether to North Carolina. A large por
tion of Eastern Virginia will come in for a handsome
share of its profits, and that not only without pre
judice to the interests of her sister commonwealth,
but in a way to promote those interests. In view,
then, of the many blessings which that work will
most assuredly dispense to both States, but chiefly,
of course, to the State under whose auspices and by
whose liberal assistance it was constructed, we con
not but feel proud gratification in contemplating the
career of successful operation which is now before
it. That its business and prosperity may be on a
. scale proportionate to its claims and merits is our
earnest wish, and we doubt not that evry annual
Report will henceforward exhibit more and more
flattering evidences of its rapid progress in public
favor. A great deal, however, will depend upon its
management, and on this score there is not the
slightest reason to apprehend anything amiss."
Jobs W. Fokset, Esq. We cordially concur
with the New York Day Book, in the following just
and well deserved compliment to Col. Forney :
44 The close of the exciting contest for Speaker
suggests itself as a proper time to say a word in be
half of John W. Forney, Esq., who, through the
whole two months of Congressional uproar, has
been compelled to act the part of presiding officer
of the House. The resolutions unanimously adop-
ted at the close of the contest, expressive of the abil
ity and impartiality of Mr. Forney, were well deser
ved, and the press throughout the country ought to
add a word of appreciation besides. We have been
looking over an address of Mr. Forney', recently
delivered, on the subject of 'Religious Intolerance,'
and find it an eloquent and masterly defence of the
principles of our government. Know Ndthingism
gets no quarter, and the illiberal basis of that party
H fully exposed, and the broad principles of the de
mocracy explained and established. Mr. rorney
has shown himself an able man in every position he
lias occupied, and proved: himself capable of adorn
ing almost any post."
: ? MOVEMENTS OF-THE K. N'S.
The dark -lan tern was temporarily laid aside, and
a daylight Convention of the Know Nothings of the
Wilmington District was held at Elizabethtown, Bla
den, on the Cth instant ' We learn from the Herald
that delegates were present from Robeson, Cumber
land, Bladen, Columbus, Brunswick, and Now Han
over Sampson, Duplin, and Richmond unrepresen
ted. Resolutions were adopted approving of the
Philadelphia platform declaring that they "will
not approve of Jhe nomination of any one who !s
opposed to the 12th section of that platform " and
instructing their delegates to use their influence for
the postponement of the Convention to a later day
than the 22d February. John A. Baker, of New Hano
ver, and A. A. McKethan, of Cumberland, were ap
pointed delegates to the Convention ; and Dr. S. S.
Satchwell and Dan'l L. Russell, alternates.
A Convention of the K. N's of the 8th or Moun
tain District, was held at Marion on the 28th Janua
ry. The Counties of Burke, McDowell, Rutherford,
and Buncombe were represented Wilkes, Watauga,
Caldwell, Henderson, Yancey, Haywood, Macon,
Cherokee, Jackson, and Madison being unrepresent
ed. But we presume that the lawyers who were
present, rcprcsenting,iMr Counties, deemed them
selves competent to act, not only for their four Coun
ties, but for the other ten Counties of the District.
Resolutions were adopted approving the Philadelphia
platform, and nominating "Mr. Fillmore for the Presi
dency, and Mr. Badger, of this State, for the Vice
Presidency. The 44 cold shoulder" is thus given to
Mr. Rayner. These very K. N's consented; in 1852,
to the slaughter of both Mr. Fillmore and Mr. Web
ster, and sustained Gen. Scott, who was more orless
identified with Seward. Do they suppose that their
brethren of the free States, who have, in all their
State Councils, repudiated the 12th section of the
Philadelphia platform, and who have gained strength
since 1852, by the agitation of the slavery question,
will now consent to nominate Mr. Fillmore? The
nomination of Mr. Badger for the Vice Presidency
presents a case equally hopeless and absurd. IJe
voted for the Kansas-Nebraska bid ; and there is not
a K. N. in all the free States who is nft irreconcila
bly opposed to that measure. They will never sus
tain a man who voted tor it. Besides, we Know oi
no public man in North Carolina, who leaving that
vote out of. view is more unpopular than Mr. Badg
er; certainly, there is no pub'ic man within our bor
ders who has less claim than he has on popular af
aff'ection and confidence.
Col. John Baxter and C. T. N. Davis, Esq., were
appointed delegates to the Philadelphia Convention.
THE CONTRAST.
The following extract, the former from the Wil
mington Commercial and the latter from the Fay
etteville Argus, both Whig and Know Nothing pa
pers, exhibit in strong colors the difference between
those who would sink party for country and those
who would sink country for party. The Commer
cial says :
44 And what is the duty of the American Party or
Know Nothings in this fearful crisis? Is it hot now
seen that no affinity or brotherhood can be held by
them with the northern wingr of that array without
doing wrong to the South? V hy do we say this?
From the fact that not a solitary member of the north
ern Know ' Xvthing or American Party roledjor
Mr. A ikes, the Southern Candidate.
For our part we think it is high time to' discard
prejudices as to the names of parties, and to cease
to cherish unwise affection for them. If there is a
constitutional democracy, as there certainly is, the
PresiJent and his Cabinet being the head of that
party, why should not all constitutional men at the
South go with them in sustaining the rights of our
beloved region Southern Rights Constitutional
Rights and no others? We arc confident this will
be the case throughout the Southern States, with the
exception of those who are unwilling to give up the
name of part', though all the nature of their princi
ples are embraced under another name. These citi
zens remind "us of a friend of ours who, when a
child, was very fond of chiclen. Being pressed to
eat some other edible, equally as palatable, perhaps
to him, he cried out 44 Well, say it is chicken, or I
wont eat it"
From this patriotic picture turn to the following
palpable non-truths uttered by the Fayetteville
Argus :x
The Democrats were at heart in favor of Banks.
They wanted him elected. He was the favorite of
Pierce and Forney; and the application of the plu
rality rule accomplished their wishes, as they knew
it would when Mr. Ciingman moved it."
The writer of this, unless he be insane, knew he
was uttering what was not so.
NOT AFRAID OF THE POPE.:
: It appears that there is at least one Know Noth
ing member of Congress who is not afraid of the
Pope. This gentleman is Mr. Eustis, of Louisiana.
The Know Nothings of Louisiana, it is known, do
not subscribe to the illiberal and prescriptive doc
trines of their, brethren elsewhere in relation to the
Catholics. On the 7th instant, Mr. Eustis delivered'
in the House of Representatives a speech, from
which the following is an extract. It will strike eve
ry one that he crowds his brother Know Nothing,
Mr. Reade, of this State, into a close place. His re
marks, in relation to the interference of Protestant
ministers in politics, arc especially just and pointed.
Hear what he says
" Gentlemen talk about the Papal power. The
honorable gentleman from North-Carolina, Air.
Reade, the other day a Meed the honorable gentlo
man from Georgia, Mr. Stephens, whether he
would vote for a Catholic whose religious opinions
he suspected of being hostile to the general interest
of the country. What right has that gentleman to
challenge the nationality of his peer, his equal, and
require him to purge his conscience, before he can
hold communion with him on the footing of the
American citizen ? What right have you to de
nounce him as a tiaitor to his country, and compel
him to stand before your bar as a criminal as an
individual hostile to the institutions of your coun
try? .
I tell 3'6u, gentlemen, you havejustas much right
to put your hands in another man's pocket, to see
if the money he has belongs to him, as to take that
position towards the American Catholic as to daf$,
to presume to ask him whether he entertains opin
ions hostile to the institutions of this country.
Gentlemen ought to recollect that here, in this
Congress, there is not a single Catholic priest And,
for my part, Iain opposed to all religious interference
with our political n Hairs. I am in favor of maintain
ing and keeping up the divorce between the Church
and State which has been established by our great
fathers. But sir, that very same reason which
The 44 Independent Guards." Cant DeCar-
teret, of this City, have received an invitation to,
and intend visiting the Cityof Norfolk, on the 22d
instant. . ... . ':'."'
Judge Gove, of New Hampshire, who was
recently in this City, and who is spending the win-,
ter in Florida for the benefit of his health, in aletter
published in the Nashua Oasis, speaks as follows of
slavery and of Southern character. Judge Gove is
a distinguished jurist, a Democrat, and one of the
delegates appointed by the New Hampshire Democ
racy to the Cincinnati Convention. As a general
rule, the only persons in the free States who stand
by the Constitution- and do justice to the South, are
Democrats. Judge Gove says :
44 The negro is the 44 gentlemen of leisure" here. His
task is little more than half that of a white laborer
at the North, and he never does his whole task. He
is the most happy, cheerful and contented being on
earth. He is heedless and careless, and requires
more labor to look after him, if any one is particular
about having things done right, than to do it him
self, if prepared for such work. But finding it so
onerous to get things done to their liking,' the peo
ple seem to have surrendered to their fate, and to
have adapted themselves to their condition. Although
Cutfee is obliged to do something, he generally does
it in his own way.
Christinas is one of CufFee's holidays, and if his
master requires any thing of him beyond the usual
choring, he must pay for it It was pcrfecf abandon
here. The darkies from all about assembled, played
upon fiddles, tamborines, and such other instruments
as they had, and trooped and danced and sung ne
gro songs at every place where there was any hope
of getting a 44 Christmas present." In the evening
they had a ball, and the ladies all came out in white
dresses. Wc all went in as spectators, and every
thing went off with decency and order, (while we
staved, at least)
The Southern - gentleman is a noble specimen of
humanity hospitable, generous, kind and friendly.
and very jealous ot any indignity or injury lonis
slaves. " Nothing will excite him so quick as an in
timation that his, servant has been abused, and woe
to the noor wicrht who is caught in. such an act.
may hereafter give you a sketch of what has passed
under my own observation.
Chow as Leads the Colcms. We have received
the proceedings of a Democratic meeting held in
Edenton. on th fith instant which shall appear in
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our next. R. R. Heath, Esq., presided, and W. E,
Bond, Esq., acted as Secretary. Excellent Resolu
tions were adopted. We learn that the meeting was
largely attended, and that the most enthusiastic feel-inn-
prevailed. Chowan leads the column! what
County will be first to respond?
Democuatic Convention in Alamance. We are
requested to give notice that a Convention- ot tne
Democrats of Alamance County will be held in Gra
ham, on the" third Thursday in March next, to nom
for the ensuins Legislature. A full
attendance is earnestly requested. v l:-. .
makes me a deadly enemy of Catholic interference
with our institutions, makes me blush for my coun
trymen when I see the Protesant Church soiling its
robes by draggling them in the mire of politics.
Cries of Hear, bear !' and Good !' Your Leg
islatures are filled with gentlemen who wear white
cravats and black coats. 'Hear, hear,' and laugh
ter. Your Congress has a large proportion of these
clerical gentlemen. And I ask you, with all due
respect and courtesy to gentlemen of the cloth, to
tihow me a Catholic priest or an accredited agent of
the Church of Rome in this Hall. Laughter, and
cries of 4 Hear, hear!' Gentlemen who talk about
the Pope of Rome ought to recollect that that poor
old man, .who is an object of soruuoh terror to them,
is now in the custody of a guard of French soldiers.
But Mr. Clerk, 1 have consumed more time than I
desired to have done. I will' simply close my re
marks by asking the gentleman from North-Carolina.
Mr. Reade where he gets the authority for thus
black balling his peers, his equals, the Catholics ?
where lie gets the authority for stamping them as
the mere tools of the Pope of Rome? where ho
gets the authority for considering them as unworthy
of participating in the great councils of this coun
try ? Does the gentleman find his authority, or will
he find it in the Constitution of the United States?
Will the gentleman find it in the treaty between
France and the United States, by which the terri
tory of Louisiana was ceded to this country, and by
which the religious rights of its inhabit nts were
guarantied them? Will the gentleman find it in the
Farewell Address of the Father of our Country in
that address which is so often quoted by the ora
tors of the American partv ? WiP the gentleman
find it in that gieat book, the Bible, on which so
much veneration has been wasted so unprofitab'ly
in the Philadelphia platform ? I will tell the gen
tleman where he will fintl it. He will find it in the
teachings and in the inspiration of that dark spirit
of fanaticism which is the curse of the Anglo-Saxon
race. The gentleman will find it in that spirit by
which Protestants were driven from New England
by their fellow Protestants, in our colonial days.
He will find it in that ? pi lit which made the Epis
copalians of Virginia drive away their Puritan bre
thren from that State. And where did these perse
cuted Puritans and Protestants in general go ? What
spot did they choose as au asylum in order to be
protected from their Protestant persecutors? I will
tell the gentleman where they went in those colonial
times. They went to the colony of Maryland- -to
that colony whose inhabitants were under the influ
ence of 44 the aggressive policy of the Church of
Rome and its corrupting tendencies." Yes, these
.Puritans sought a refuge in that colony which first
in the United States established the law protecting
every man from religious persecution."
CONGRESS.
The House was engaged, up to Thursday evening
of last week, in appointing subordinate officers, Ac;
and on the same evening adjourned over to Monday.
The Star says a large number of the members availed
themselves of the adjournment over to visit their
homes. Tlu business of the session was expected
to commence in earnest, this week.
Mr. Glossbrenner, deWcrat, after all his liberality
in advancing money to members, was barely re-elected
Sergcant-at-Ai ms of the House his majority
being only five. No doubt many of those who voted
against hiin had been relieved by his timely advan
ces yet who expects honorable or noble conduct
from long-faced hypocrites, in black coats and white
cravats?
No printer to the House has yet been elected.
The black Republican or abolition Know Nothing
nominee is O. Follctt, of Ohio. Cape Darling, of
New York, has been appointed door-keeper, and
Robert Morris, of Pa., postmaster of the House
both abolition Know Nothings or black Republicans,
and both nominees of' their caucus. We observe
that Messrs. Paine and Reade, of this State, voted
for them also those very sound Northern K. N's,
Messrs. Valk and Fuller. Humphrey Marshall, and
a few Southern Know Nothings, and the entire body
of the Democrats voted against them. .
See letter of our Washington Correspondent It
seems that Messrs. Paine and Reade attended the
black Republican Know Nothing caucus.
Naval Armament or North-Carolina and Vir
ginia during the Revolution. A citizen of Vir
ginia, having written to Gov. Bragg requesting him
to cause the archives of -this State to be examined
to ascertain the facts in relation to the sending of
' the ship Caswell, in 1778, on an expedition against
East. Florida 4c the Governor transmitted thelet-
;fc?r to President Swaiq, of-the University, who, it
was considered, from the documents in his posses
sion and his extensive and accurate knowledge of
our revolutionary history, would be able at once to
furnish all the information on the subject to be de
rived from the State archives ; and the following
correspondence between the Governors of the res
pective States has been handed us for publication.
There are very few persons, we suppose, who arc
aware of the fact that North Carolina provided her
self with a naval armament during the revolution,
and that s'le stood forth so early and prominently
for the defence of Virginia, as is so handsomely
acknowledged by Lieut Governor Page. Two ships,
the Caswell and Washington, were, it seems, con
structed in North Carolina, at the joint expense of
Virginia and this State, at an early period of the
revolution, and stationed at Ocracock for the protec
tion of the commerce of both States. Of the histo
ry of these vessels we have very little information,
in addition to what may be gleaned from the inter
esting correspondence, given below, between Lieut.
Governor Page-, Gov. Henry, Gov. Caswell, and
Gov. J Er person.
In Council, Williamsburg. Sept 26, 1777.
Ilis Excellency, Got. Caswell:
Sir: The Board having received information
that Ocracock Inlet has been blocked up by some of
the enemies' small crusiers and tenders, and it be
ing suggested that if the gallies, which were' direct
ed to be built and fitted out at the joint expense of
xNorth Carolina and Virginia, or even one of them,
could be expeditiously equipped, that important
pass might be easily opened to the great advantage
of these States, and possibly to the disgrace and de
struction of that part of the enemies fleet It is,
therefore, hoped that your Excellency will give such
orders in this matter as may appear to you most
likely to produce the disirable purpose just men
tioned. We have desired Champion Travis, Esq.,
one of the Commissioners of the Navy, to examine
into the state of the gallies at the South Quey, and
.to give directions for the immediate execution of
what may be wanting on our part that we may be
able, as soon as possible, to co-operate with your
State in the most vigorous manner, for our mutual
defence. I cannot refrain from acknowledging the
obligations I think the State is under to you, -Sir,
for. the orders you issued for one-third of your mili
tia to hold themselves in readiness to march to our
assistance on the late alarming occasion, and to the
good people of North Carolina for the readiness they,
have always shewed to assist us. May an affection
a.e, mutual attachment between Carolina and-Vir-"fcinia-cver
increase, to the honor and security of the
United Statcsin general, and of those contiguous
sister States in particular.
Last Tuesday evening the whole of the enemies
fleet, which had gone up the Bay, went out of our
Capes. We have received no auihentic accounts;
but from the best that can be collected, we lost C or
8 hundred men, and the enemy near 2000 in the ac
tion of the 1 1th instant
General Washington has received reinforcements,
and Howe has retired from the head of Brandywine
to Wilmington. 1 have enclosed you the paper of
the week for your further information, and have
the honor to bevith the highest respect, Sir,
Your most obed'nt scrvn't
JOHN PAGE.
Williamsburg, Nov. 23d, 1778.
Gov Castcell :
Sir : Congress have desired that this State will
furnish gallies to attack East Florida, without loss of
time. Those which we have here are by no means
tit to go, except the Diagon and Tartar; I am thtre
fore prompted, by the great desire which the Coun
cil and myself feel to execute the designs of Con
gress, to wish that the Caswell might be sent with
them on this expedition ; tor I suppose, from the
Schoolmasters. 44 All honor to those who labor
in school rooms," says Rich ter; for 44 although they
may fall from notice like the spring blossoms, they
fall that the fruit may be born." An idea as beauti
ful as it is true. No class of persons perform more
valuable or more important labor than do those
whose vocation it is to teach little children, and
i
youth. They are not honored as they should be.
The lawyer, the politician, and sometimes tho noisy
demagogue, are all more respected than the school
master ; but the truth is, they but operate on minds
which he has trained ; and but for him, therefore,
they would have to address themselves to masses of
ignorant and unthinking men.
Senator Douglas at Washington. The Wash
ington Union of Saturday last says : 44 It is with
great satisfaction that we announce this morning
that Hon. S. A. Douglas, who has been so long de
tained on his way to the seat of government by a
violent and protracted inflammation of the throat,
arrived in this city yesterday morning. He is in
much better health and spirits than his numerous
friends here expected or hoped for ; and we sincere
ly trust that it will not be many days before he will
be able to return to the scene of his distinguished
labors and distinguished triumphs in all his wonted
vigor of mind and body."
For President, Millard Filmore, of New York, sub
ject to the decision of a National Convention.
. r ' - . Fay. Argus.
A National Convention of what? Will Banks and-
his confreres be admitted? . ,t ''-'.-' ' ''O
particular construction of that vessel and the nature
of the service, that she would be of great use on
this occasion. From your well-known zeal for the
public good, I entertain no doubt that ever)' thing
tenuing to promote it, will meet your ready concur
rence. If you approve of sending the Caswell on
this expedition, and think her place can be supplied
by one of our gallies, I will immediately order one
of our best to her station. '
1 shall thank you for an answer by the bearer,
whom I charge witli despatches to you from the.
President of Congress.
I am, Sir, your most humble serv'nt,
P. HENRY.
Kingston, 1st Dccemler, 1778.
. Sir: I had the honor to receive your favor of "the
23d ult., this day, when I immediately laid the same
before the Council, who, from a desire of the State's
rendering every service in her power to the United
States, have advised me to send the Caswell, with
such o:' your gallies as you may think proper to the
attack of Florida, on your sending one of the gal
lies, belonging to your State, to her station at Ocra
cock. This appears to me to be absolutely necessa
ry for the protection of the trade of both States. I
shall, therefore, order the ship to be in readiness to
join such of yours as you shall order on that expedition.
. The time when you think your gallies will arrive
at Ocracock you will be pleased to advise me, that
the Caswell may be in readiness to proceed without
loss of time.
' I have the honor to be, with great respect and es
teem, Sir, your most obedient servant
R. CASWELL.
WiLLtAMSBURo, Jan. 80, 1779.
Sir : Since writing the within I learn that the
Caswell gaily is sunk at her station that her bottom
is eaten out, and her original form such, that she
could not be hove down to be repaired. The within
proposition, therefore, your Excellency will be
pleased to understand, is confined o the Washing
ton only.
'
I am. Sir, with the greatest esteem and respect,
your most humble servant
THOS. JEFFERSON.
Gov. Caswell.
Serious Accident to Gen.- Cats.
. Washington, Feb. 8. In descending the steps of
the Patent Office, about 1 o'clock to-day, Gen. Cass
slipped and fell down four steps, and received a se
vere cut on the forehead near the temple. Blood
streamed profusely from his forehead and mouth.
He was taken up insensible, and remained uncon
scious half an hour or more. His frame was much
jarred by the fall. There is some.danger of inflam
mation of the brain, in consequence of his advanced
age. He is now sleeping, during which time his physi
cians will dress his wounds. His daughter and sev
eral friends are in attendance on him.
second despatch.
Gen. Cass symptoms are more favorable. His
wounds were dressed this afternoon ; and he seems
to be more comfortable. His physicans entertain fa
vorable opinions of his recovery.
'From Wathinaton Citv.
1TT...n O T.iaii I'Viniminilinv JitnM
11 Adninuiuci, v. ----"o -
W. Cooke, has been ordered to the Store Ship Re
lief, which is now fitting out at the Brooklyn Navy
Yard for the Brazil Squadron. The United States
steamer Despatch, is also fitting out there, and will
be attached to the Pcnsacola Navy Pard as a tender.
General Cass is much better to-daj He is now
able to sit up, and his physicians regard him as out
of danger.
Lieut Rush of the Navy, has resigned his post
Mr. Cullom, Clerk of the House, has appointed
W. Perry Ingram of Kentucky, Chief Clerk of the
House.
The Bear Woman, on exhibition1 at the Town
Hall to-day (Tuesday) is certainly the queerest epec
i.i cn of an animal we ever saw. She is talkative,
. good-natured, and
and taitafet vW
CORRESPONDENCE OF THE STAITOAJlD.
WAsnrxGTOX, Feb; 8, 1856.-.;
Banks election a Know fT-iiking triumph Officert
of the House elected Rev. 'Mr. Etnns ifrfeated
General Rejoicing A Caucvt Paine and Reade
present Anti-Adminutration -men co-operating
A printer not elected The 44 wiblJivntert V af
ter office Altering the naturalization liw Sett
ard to le cared for The Spealer and the Com
. mittees Kansas to be the question of the Session
' Presidential speculations rMr. Crittenden.
Mr. Banks' election is claimed by the Organ of
this City as a Know Nothing triumph declaring
him to be an 44 American " in the political senc of
the term. It is questionable if this be not the only
sense in which the term applies to him. He is at
once the representative of Know Nothingism and
Abolitionism principles inimical to the spirit of the
Constitution and tending to. a disruption of -the
Union. Again and again during the late struggle
for Speaker, have Mr. Banks friends declared him
to be a member of the Order, and accordingly whe,n
the final voie came, the 12th section Northern Know
Nothings, the allies of Southern Know Nothings,
aided in his election by deserting the South, Fuller
at their head, and throwing away their votes. With
them Know Nothingism was stronger than nation
ality. Doubtless the Organ spoke advisedly when
it claimed the result as an 44 American" triumph.
The organization of the House has been complet
ed by the election of a Scrgcant-at-Arms, doorkeep
er, and Postmaster, but the opposition split again
when the election of printer came up. Mr. Gloss
brenner, was re-elected Sergeant-at-Arms, defeating
Rev. French S. Evans, much to the gratification of
pretty much the whole population of the Capitol.
Mr. Evans is one of the political parsons, and per
haps the most active Know Nothing about Wash
ington. He was nominated by the Caucus on Mon
day night, and it is said, he was" escorted to the
Capitol on Tuesday morning by at least twenty
friends ; after he had been defeated, he was seen
returning entirely alone. He is one of the Organ
clique, and although that paper has maintained si
lence over the result, he cannot be very well satis
fied to have been put up to oppose a person whose
election was admitted to be pretty sure. The Organ
does not appear, to be in favor with the black Re
publicans of the House.
The Caucus of Monday night was called as an
anti-Administration Caucus, and was attended by
not over seventy persons, members of the Republi
can party. They, exercised, the entire control of the
Caucus. Perhaps some of your North Carolina rea
ders will be astonished to hear that Messrs. Paine
and E. G. Reade attended it, yet I am credibly as
sured that such is the fact. They may have taken
no part in its proceedings, as their refusal to sustain
the Caucus nomination for printer indicates, but
their presence gave such countenance to the traitors'
as a Southern constituency should not excuse. But
one other Southern man, I understand, was present
It is apparent that there will be a pretty hearty
co-operation among all the anti-Democratic members
of the House on every question not involving a di
rect issue on slavery. On the election of Speaker
the sectional lines were drawn, and such is also the
case in the election of printer. If Mr. Follet, the
Caucus nominee, who is an Ohio Abolitionist such
as Mr. Campbell, is elected, he will establish here a
paper, as the organ of the interests he represents.
Southern Know Nothings arc unwilling to commit
themselves by indirectly endorsing his principles,
and hence the difficulty in the way of his election.
But whenever the slavery question is not directly
presented, the majority ot the House,' embracing
fully two-thirds of the members, will harmonize in a
war upon the Democracy and the administration.
Since the election of a Speaker the lobbies of the
House have been filled with a hungry horde of "n ild
hunters'" fo office, importuning the dispensers of
patronage for some little pUce,and the members for
their influence. For every office there are ten can
didates, and by the end of the week, hardly a Dem
ocrat will be left in the South-wing of the Capitol.
Verily, the chief end of the "American " party sccns
to be to get office. I refer to this, not to enter a
complaint, but to place on record the first acts of
the most prescriptive party ever organized in any
country. - The class of men now clamoring' for pUce
are of a lower order than ever seen here before
There is hardly a gentleman in appearance among
them. This is a humiliating fact, which should cause
) the people to rise in their might and scatter to the
j winds a party, whose . peculiar organization brings
I such men to the political surface.
! At an early day a bill will be introduced into the
LATE 'AND - IMP0K I A3IT FROM EUROPE.
H New York, Feb. 8th. Th New-steamship Persia
: arrived aftfy o'clock to day..- She brings dates from
Liverpool of the 26th January."
The steamship Pacific sailed from Liverpool on the
23d January. . . i, -.C ' .
The Arago arrived at Southampton on the 25th,
Peace negotiations are apparently poogressing,
though it would be some days yet before the prelimi
naries arc signed. -' -
The Czar has ordered a suspension of hostlities in
the Crimea. The chances, are in favor bfa speedy
and pacific settlement . .
Russia's sincerity isasjnuch doubted as ever, but
so far appearances are fair and straigbforward.
" France, England and Austria continue to accord,
though it is foreseen that grave questions moat arise
during the negotiations. -
Liverpool., Jan. 26. Richardson k, Spence. re
port cotton on the 23d as brisk ; since tbtyi steady,
and clused at 1-16 higher than the previous Friday's
quotations. Orleans Fair 6d; Midding.'.5; Up
lands, Fair 5 ; Midding '3 U-lG. The sales of the
week arc upwards of 70,000 bales, of which spec
ulators and extorters took 10,003 bales each. The
stock in port amounts to 390,000 bales, . pf which
220,000 are American.
Flour was quiet ; sales of Western Canal at 40s. ;
Ohio 42 s.
Wheat had a slightly improved demand; sales of
Red at 10; lOd, to lis. 3d. ; White lis. to 12s.
London Markets, Jan. 20. Baring & "Brothers
report iron in demand, at 6 5s. fur bars and rails,
pig 76s American Stocks have improved, and ary
in good demand, and prices have advanced. . Consols
90j to SO. 'The bullion in the Bank had Increased
to 8,000.
"gMB
THE MARKETS.
PETERSBURG MARKET.
CAKCFCIXT COIUECTKD WEKKLT FOB TBB STAXIUkR BT
'. M. MARTIN, BRO., & CO.,
Grocer a nl Coinm-Utiou JtrchanU, A'e. li'J, .eamor t.
f'KTEESBCRO, Feb. 9, 1&5C.
TOBACCO Breaks during the week larger and market
active at full prices for all prudes. Lnga at A (& 6fc; Leaf
6 & WHEAT L'uder steamer news prices have
receded some 10c per bushel COTTON active at t & Sc
CORN Downward tendencv. Sale at "& fcr nulling
lots. PEAS-Btack Evefl 1 1L BEANS I'riin
fl 50 (ft tl I'OSK g $9 fur small and me
dium hog.
NORFOLK ilARKEt.
BCPOBTED FOE TUB NO BTB-CA BOLI K A STAYBAKD'
Br A. M. M'PHEETERS k CO.,
WhUale Grocers, Fur raiding fc Commitsivn J!rchet,ts
NoEFOik, Feb. V, 1566.
The Arabia's news has unsettled uur markets. Bread
staff have declined mnd cotton ihows corresponding activ
ity. FLOUR Market well supplied with 3. F- "!c as
low as 'J; Extra and Fauuir source Extra f9 10;
Fsmilv lOfei 11. CORN dull. Mixed W 7s; elUw
80 Sic- COTTON Sales at S ( Mot on mar
ket held t latter figures, some ask S$. NAVAL
STORES Sales of 1500 to KK) bbls. Tar at 1J 2, clo
sing at the last figure. Spts. Turp 41. llACON
K. C. hogroiind IS ($ 1S,'; Western Sides 10 (11;
Lard & c
WILMINGTON MARKET.
Wilmingtok, Fcb.'-9, 1S28.
TURPENTINE. The market rules Liuiai kirmer quo
tations, with a fair demand. Sales yesterday of z41 boa.
and this morning 2-"0 dj. at $i 12 for virgin, f 2 S3 for yel
low dip and 1 05 for hard, f) SSOlbs.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE. There was considerable ac
tiTity in the Market af cr onr report of rcatcrdar, aud tbt
sales during the day reached sonie 1S0U bbl. at IV cents 3?
gallon. This mornirg ihe market it quiet and we have no
sales to report.
ROSIN. Sale resterday of 40 bbls. No. 1 at $2 50 & bbt.
Nothing done in Common.
TAR too bbls. sold yestcrdar at f 2 25 V bbl.
COTTON. Further bales yesterday of 6 bales at .
9 cents y lb. for low to good middling one suiml parcel
good middling-brought S cents.
FLOCR. Stcs yesterday of 50 bbls. Farettville super
fine at fj bbl.
TIMBER. Three rafts ordinary quality sold yesterdav
at $4 V M. . . . Journal. '
FAYETTEVILLE MARKET.
Fatettkville, Feb." 9, lSOtJ.
The market ha been well supplied with BACON, and
prices lower. Supply of CORN good, with salts at SO t.
cts. per bushel. COTTON has advanced sales at V for
best grades demand good. FLOUR i lower sales at "8 -ib
for super supply good for two dsjs past.
SPTS. TURP. So cts. RAW do. do change. Car.
House making some alteration in the naturalization
laws. This is claimed to be a practical issue, yet
every one knows that the evil complained of by
Know Nothings consists in the right of foreign-born
citizens to vote and that this is a matter entirely
within the control of State legislation. It is the
right of every State to fix the qua-ilications f elec
tors according t-i its own views of interest or r'ght.
An alteration of the naturalization laws by Congress
will not reach the evil complained of; but, right
or wrong, the minions of " Sam " must do something
to keep their party tenets befjre the country. There
is a desire too to t.'st the extent to which the House
will endorse a change in these laws. With a consid
erable portion of the black Republican party, Abo
litionism is paramount lo Know Nothingism ; they
fully appreciate the importance of the foreign vote
in several of the Northern and Western States, and
do not intend to do or say anything that shall dis
please those whose native land is indicated by " the
rich Irish brogue" or "sweet German accent." Mr.
Seward's interest is to be protected, and Know Noth
ingism must give way when it can no longer be made
use of to promote the ends of abolitionism. To judge
of the future by the past, it is reasonable to assume
that black Republicanism will control the question
according to its own interests.
The House adjourned yesterday until .Monday to
eive the Speaker time to arrange the Committees.
They will probably be announced on Monday. The
Parliamentary rule js that the Uomnultecs suouia
reflect the will of a majority of the House. Admit
ting that Mr. banks represents the views ot a ma
jority, the Committees will present the extraordina
ry spectacle or every chairman oeing irom me onu
and also a majority of every committee. Such a
condition of things never occurred before. Never
had a Speaker been elected by sectional support
alone. Some obscure and unimportant committees
may be arranged differently, but I hare no doubt
every committee of any importance will be organiz
ed on a purely sectional basis.
It was- rumored last Monday that the consideration
of Kansas matters were to be precipitated upon the
House, by raising objections to swearing in Mr.
W bitfield as the delegate. He holds the regular cer
tificate of election, and consequently is entitled to
the seat, until his claim has been proved to be frau
dulent The objection, however, was not made. It
would have been an outrage on justice and proprie
ty to dispose of the matter summarily, without sub
mitting it to the usual examination in the case of
contested elections. It will not be long, however,
before the whole question of Kansas, in all its length
and breadth, will be up for discussion. Upon this
will turn much of the abolition agitation of the pres
ent session. The war that has been waged on the
plains of Kansas is to be transferred to the balls of
3IARRILU,
lo Granville county, on tbc22d January,. 1ST.0, by th
Rev. Dr. Jackson Harris, of Henderson, Granville Connti .
Mr. Syduev Scott, of Wake county, to Miss L. E. .Moore, -ii
Granville county.
lu Caswell couuly, N. C, on the Sth inst., by . the Ret .
G. G. Walker, Mr. William A I drudge to Miss Bettie Don -ho,
all of Caswell.
Ou the 6'h of November, IS in Milam county, Texa. .
Dr. R. McCuiloch, formerly of Leuoir county, N. C, to M.
Eltz-ibeth C, youagest daughter of A. U. Moss, Esq.
On the 2nd instant, at the house of Austin Jones, by Re -J.
C. Marconi, Mr. A I ford E. Rowland and Miss Margan .
E., daughter of Austin Jones.
Also, on Sd instant, at-the house of Bennet Rowland,
bv the same, Mr. Qu.uu.u C. Rowland and Miss Eliza Jau .
daughter of Beuuet Rowland, all of Wake coocty.
MM
DI12D.
In Wake count v, on the 4th inst. Miss Elisabeth Strics
land, daughter of Bryaul Strickland, in the 21st year . '
her age.
RALEIGH Sc. GASTON RAILROAD.
Raleigh 4c Gaston R. R. Other,
Raleigh. February s, 1&56. ' )
AS THE NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD IS NOV
completed to Charlotte, notice is hereby gircn tbu
goods or produce brought down that Road, inteuacd f
transportation over the Raleigh k Gaslou Railroad, will I.
received bv this Company at the North Carolina Railroi
Depot in Raleigh (owned jointly by the two Coinpauie
aud will be transported thence without delay or ext. .
charge, and goods designed for the western merchants ai ;
others along that Road, will likewise be delivered at U -same
point.
All dues for freight must be paid at Petersburg or Port -mouth,
except on way freight, which mast bo paid in ad
vance or on delivery of l he goods.
Every effort will "be made by the officers and agunt ti
the Company to give satisfaction in the transportation i
goods and produce.
Owners and shipper of goods are requested to have the
distinctly marked, so that their destination may beknowi .
R. A. HAMILTON, President.
i-lf.
Raleigh Register and Star, Uillsboro Recorder, Greea-
boro' Patriot, Salisbury Watchman and Banner, Chariot t -Democrat
and Whig, publish till forbid.
ATEXT MEDICINES. YOU WILL FIND 1
our establishment a very extensive variety of U ;
paUnt and family nudieUes advertised ia our papers, .
Known to our community, which we will sell at prvprie oi '
prices, wholesale and reUiL .....
PESCUD k GATLING.
Raleieh. Februsrr 12,1855. tf.
fyiMMER'S QUININE. WE HAVE JUST Rl -0A
CE1VED one hundred ounces Quinine direct from the
importers, which will be sold low by
- PESCUD k GATLI5G,
Wholesale and Retail DrogguOs.
February 12, 18a6. Vi-tf.
WINDOW GLASS AND PUTTY.-JUST TO
hffid iu good order lot) boxes Window Glass, com
prising the various sizes and qualities usually called, for in
this market.' Also, l.VKI pounds Putty in bladders and
cans, for sale at a small adrauce by
- PESCUD k GATLING.
23 If.
February 12, 1856.
-fAlNTS AND OILS. THE SUBSCRIBERS ARE
laT prepared to execute orders for all kinds of Paints and
oils upon the most liberal terms.
PESCUD k OATLIKG.
February 12,1856. 23 tC
Congress, and out of it is to be made the next Pres- TF YOU ARE SUFFERING FROM SICKNESS OR
ident. if another sectional triumph can be achieved. I . Jl pan. if your skin is chapped, or covered with any cnip-
. .-. i I lion, if roar hair is unmanageable turnintr STSV. fauina'
out. or refuses to cure. If vou would have a clean! mouth
Since the election of Speaker politicians have com
menced to discuss the Presidential election, and the
availability of different candidates. The Democrats
do hot participate in these speculations as to their '
own candidate ; the Cincinnati Convention will set
tle that, all in due time, by naming the strongest
roan before the country. The Republican and Know
Nothing parties, being new organizations that have
never been tried in a Presidential campaign, there
.-is more room for speculation and greater uncertain
ty as to their course. It is thought by some that Mr.
-. . -3 t M.Lt- . 1 . . l t 1
unuenuen is uieir avanaoie man mat lie can ue
run at the North without a platform and at the South
as a Southern man, and thos "go in." Such a scheme
looks quite plausible on paper, bat the people will
be apt to place principles first, and require candi
dates to be their embodiment.' Such always has
been the policy of the Democratic party, and such
will it continue to be hereafter.
MECKLENBURG.
The Ccbrexct. Attention is invited to the com
munication in to-day's Standard over the signature of
. Datic," on the subject of the currency.- Iti from
quite intelligent and full of fan the pen of one of the. ablest and lest informed men
ladVhJwUfeWbir, '- -j in the State. T-V : .. . v
and teeth, call at Pescud and Gatlinz's and you will find
the greatest variety of Medicines, Cosmetics, Preparationa
for the Hair", Teeth and Skin. Soaps, Perfumery, Brushes
and Combs, upon very favorable terms.
Reader,-if you would look better, more -cheerful; and be
free from many of the ills of life, call and see
PESCUD A GATLING.
February 12,1856. ' . 2 tf.
CASH FOR LAND WARRANTS.
THE UNDERSIGNED HATING MADE ARRANGE
MENTS with Northern and Western Land - Warrant
Brokers, will pay New York , and Washington prices for
any number of Warrants that may be offered. ,
The cash will be remitted by. return mail after War
rant is received. The undersigned is the largest dealer ia
the State, and will pay the best prices,
- JNO. M. ROSE.
Fsyet tcville. Feb. 12. 1856. 3 wSmswlm.
For Vale. our soda water apparatus,
. in good order and ia which a bargain may be had.
WILLIAMS k HAYWOOD. -
Raleigh, Feb. I. 1856.
23 4w.
GARDEN SEED. WE ARE K0W 15 RECEIPT
of our atocr of Garden Seeds composing all the
most, popular varieties, which we warrant fresh -and gena-
A liberal discount nude to thos who buy to eN its
-i v . . : : - - -: WILLIAMS 4 UAY ttOO M. :