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iut the tendency to centralization will not stop It will be, indeed, a victorythe barbinffer of tlfere. The appointment of delegates en masse by new and hrrerhterand hioHpr State Conventions, would tendat thesaraetime and Much less, still, can I give my support to any even with greater force, to centralize this control in candidate who shall give his aid or countenance the hands of the few, who make politics a trade, to the agitation of abolition in Congress or else-The farther the Convention is removed from the where; or whose and influential friends peoplejhe more certainly the control over it will i and supporters shall. I doubt the sincerity of any be piaWWn the lian of the interested few; and man, who declares he is no abolitionist whilst at when removed three or four degrees, a has been the same time, he aids or countenances the affita-shown, it will be, where the appointment is by 1 tion of the question, be his pretext what it may otaie ounvCuu, power 01 ne people win it we have a right to our slaves, we have the rieht cease, and the seekers of Executive favor will be- to hold them in peace and ouiet If thp CWri- o.mrnmo A) Vo c-lo rwr, nn I 1 i aiueu imion guaranuestne one, XI guaranties the other; p-irty, raod if it forbids the one from being attacked it e-ued to qually forbids the other. Indeed the one stands to MR. CALHOUN'S ADDRESS.

We present to our readers to-day the Address of Mr. Calhoun to his political friends and supporters. It will be seen that he withdraws his name from the consideration of the Baltimore Convention, and gives as a prominent reason for so doing, his belief that the 'body I rr.A u- I and read nm mil piupanv consiKucea. we neea not THE PRESENT TARIFF. We devote a large portion of our paper this week to the great Speech of Mr.

McDxtffii: against the present odious Tariff law, and we bespeak for that speech an attentive and serious perusal. Let it be road and laid again and again, for its facts are strictly bespeak tor the Address an attentive perusal. It will be true, and its arguments of the soundest and most unan- universallv rpnrl iml ha l. w.j UIU1IC3 uiajJiajrcu uj usieii come supiir. luaioiayc, an ttaive, iraineu tuiion guaranties the one.

it OunrnnHc ihs nA i-nmhinpn rnrns will tnrmoA in tko rrtr 1 i whose whole time and attention will bed.rec i 11 9 I Ja.aawa.v.U. HiC UUC OlUllUCf lO politics. It will be their sole business. Into their the other, as means to an end, and is so avowed by 1 hands the appointments of delegates all the sta- the abolitionists; and on the plainest princtDs ofi ges win iau, am n.cy uikb special care mat morals, il the end be prohibited, the means of ef-none but themselves or their humble and obedient fecting it also are. Of the two I regard the de- dependanis snan oe appointea i he central and luded tanatic far less guilty and dangerous than Swerable character.

TM li author will be everv h. a revenue tysiemss the federalists term Still less is it necessary for us to discuss the various prin- moSt nd "vstem thai ever ciples upon which a National Convention might be con- I f.0 Pondfirou3 Potions upon the people of stituted were we disposed fand we are noO to find fault carpetings theer centage ranges from with the course pursued by New York, and Georgia, nd I Clieap is an article of almo8t Ohio, and other States, it would be too late to enter a the poor mechanic wanTs it on the floor State Conventions will be filled by the most expe rienced and cunning, and, after nominating the President, they will take good care to divide the patronage and offices, both of the General and State Cioverments, among themselves and their de he, who, for political or party purposes, aids or countenances him, in what he knows is intended to do that, which acknowledges to be forbidden by the -Constitution. It is time that an end should be put to this sys- pentad Bu, why say I. i. nt aiy tht aT Lve bT case Have there not been many instances of horn In pno.K Wn i 3, after making trie norama- Union is concerned.

While the tariff" takes from I I I offices in the State among us the proceeds of our labor, i TmSkSZ wH, ii 3 partisans and joined re-1 the labor itself. The one robs us of or incoma, Iv ,7 didate whom the fm while the other aims at destroying the source from 2 2Li elC JOHN CALHOUN. Kef W. ffi 77 arc mnurea measures iT 5 "W1TC1" i anc nostile, as far, a least, as one nortion of the nnd office seekors. who nffpr makmor thfi nnminn.

tt- puiuu" ic un on 18 concemea. While the tariff" takes from lllw, uiiiucu U1C 111 themselves and their rnmiP.pndilKr to thfi ranil .1 wniieineoiner aims at destroy nated to appoint therr. to the offices to which they which that income is derived. nave oeen rapecuveiy miotcea. it sucn oe the us to stand patient much longer, under their dou- i7yT Zliri operation, without beitvr impoverished and usage, in the President's nominating his succes- TIT sor.

yy non it comes to that, it will not be long before the sword will take the place of the Constitution. Such are my objections to the mode in which the proposed Convention is to be constituted, and my reasons for entertaining them. They are such, that 1 cannot retuse to obey them without renouncing- the principles which I have often avowed in public and private, and which have guided me through the whole course of my public life. In corning to this conclusion, I have not passed over, without careful examination, the reasons assigned by its advocates for constituting the Convention as they propose. They have not diminished the force of my objections.

I propose to no tice the most prominent. THE STANDARD. Wednesday, February 7, 1844. FOR GOVERNOR Col. MICHAEL HOKE, Of Lincoln County.

protest against that course, or to endeavor to arrest the current of opinion, and turn it into the channel so steadi ly and firmly occupied by the leading statesmen of South Carolina. Mr. Calhoun has left his friends unembarrassed. He has released 4hem from all obligations in the present contest. He says "Having now assigned my reasons I for refusing fo permit my name to go before the Baltimore Convention, it rests with you who have placed it before the people, and assented to abide by a Convention fairly constituted, to determine what course you will pursue." And his friends in South Carolina have alrea dy answered lor themselves, and for their gallant and pa- State.

They eav thev cannot sutmort a Whitr Do they propose to do all ection of Mr. Clay, or will It is impossible posmon 01 a 1 he Mercury says, tiar a I have fheir own fate in their own hands they will make defeat or viclorj as they please," Defeat for whom? Victory to whom? We await with patience the current of events The course of the Democracy of North Carol.na is as and hour rlarr a thn nn Af I i I paw vi tur sun in ueaven. i ney win support, to a man, the nominee ofthe Baltimore Convention. They have high and weighty reasons for so doing; and whomsoever else may falter, whatsoever else may be considered of sufficient importance with other portions of his little cottage the neat country house-wife wants it on her pai lor floor; and all business men of ordinary fortunes, desire to clothe their rooms in such a way as to make them Warm ac3 comfortable in the winter season. But what says the Federal Whig tariff? Onnc carpeting, such as the rich use, the rich shall pay only 81 per but on common carpeting, such as the poor man uses, the poor man shall pay 103 per cent! This is the answer.

Look also at Flannels. The fine article is taxed 40 whilst the coarser and more common pays a duty of 100! Printed cottons calicoes, used as Mr. McDltfie says, by all American females who are not too proud to wear them are taxed from 45 to 162 per cent! Nor is this the fiftieth nart. This nUlnnm i law enters into the dinner-pot of the farmer, By faxing his salt, not five, nor ten, but one hundred per It goes into his smoke-house, and taxes his meat, for his meat must have salt in it it follows him to his stables, and he feels it when he gives, in the winter season, a handruU ofthe article to his poor and shivering cattle; I'ke the frogs of Egypt, if goes up, and enters into his tray, for he must put salt in his bread and day by day, over him, his lord and his mas ter, and takes its portion of almost every thing but the air he breathes. It taxes his sugar.

If he puts this article in" his" coffee and perhaps a cup of coffee, and a good conscience, are all an unjust Government has left him he must pay an hundred per cent for it if he would Ol the DartV to kepn them alrwif Irnm tha etonlorrl lha make a pound-cake at Chr.stmass, or on the birth-day of vj i i iii mh JVV 11UII3 II LAI AJ II combe to Currituck, from the Virginia line to the South We are compelled to postpone until next week the second number of Caswell. We received vesterdar.bv the lonflr-delaved mail That which they have urged with the areatest Cpies of Washington papers for five different days, but at PrutJence and diret.oa nfidenee, is, that each State has a ap- to late a 'o furnish any additional items of Con- most re9Pectabe coiinufiicf, is, mat eacn oiaie nas a to ap point fJelegates as she pleases. I meet it, by utterly denying that there is any such right. That each State has the right to act as it pleases, in whatever relates to itself exclusively, no one will deny but it is a perfectly novel doctrine, that any State has such a right, when she comes to act in concert with others in reference to what concerns the whole. In such cases it is the plainrst dictate of common sense, that whatever affects the whole should be regulated by the mutual consent of all, and not by the discretion of each.

That the ap pointment of fJelegates to the proposed Conven tion is a case of this description. I trust I hare con clusively shown. I have, I also trust, shown more that the supposed right is perfectly decep- uvc, ior wnue it claims lor eacn State the right to appoint Delegates as it pleases, it in reality gives the larger States the right to dictate how the others shall appoint If, for example, the Empire tate, as it is called, adopts the mode of appointing (as sne nasj wnurn win concentrate her whole strength, what discretion would she leave to oth ers, if they go into Convention, but to appoint as she has appointed, or to be ruled by her It is thrn. neither more nor less than a claim to dictate. unJer the garb of a right, and such its cxerciye has proved in the present case.

It has left no option, but to conform to her course, or be overrulrd, or refuse to go into the Convention. I regret this, because I sincerely desire to preserve the harmony of the party. I had strong nope that the rally alter the defeat of 1S40 would be exclusively principles. This hope was greatly strengthened by the truly republican stand taken at the extra session, and the earlier portion of the succeeding regular session. Durinsr.that period of rigid adherence to principle, peifect harmony pervaded the ranks of the party.

I beheld it with joy. I believed the moment highly favorable for the thorough reformation of the Government and the restoration of the Constitution. To the republican party, I looked for the accomplish ment of this great work; and I accordingly felt the deepest solicitude, that the stand taken, and the harmony which existed, should be preserved. In order that it should, I made up my mind to waive tne objection, which I have long entertained to any intermediate body, unknown to the Constitution, between the people and the election of the President, in the hope that the proposed Convention wonld be so constituted, that I might, consistently with my principles, give it my support. In this I been disappointed, and being so, I am compelled to decide as I have done.

The same motives which impelled me to separate from the administration of Gon. Jackson, in the plenitude of its power, and to come to the rescue of Mr. Van Buren's at its greatest depression, compels me now to withhold my name from the proposed Convention one of his children-, he may, but the tax must be paid. Tf f-lVDff Ilia Ipnn 1 aro inn lino will rallv mrsr. ..,1 I- oia au" hoe, his mattock, and his saw He may plough, but cluster around it more thickly and firmlv as the sounds me iax is mere, ana win not oil at His bidding.

It rol- of the contest shall swell and deepen on the ear. The de ts fci Br I lows him to his field it clings to the very hoofs of his ttlullua laiien no step it rmlll n. (k.i,.i. A .1. great matter which has not been sanctioned by pirty ZZ avenue standard, mil pass the House usage, commended to the people by its corre'etn Suttt 1 fcS i uini ij ii 1 hit in mi i "fj melius, ru 1 an eecnons arpQniin- Their primary meetings, hig coffin Thia-ferm Nnh 1 n'.

"i8" our MIC VUlll- CONGRESSIONAL. We Kive below a letter from a valued correspondent at Washington City. It furnishes a sketch of all the important proceedings for the last four or five days, and will no doubt be read with more interest than our usual sum mary or Congressional news Washingtm, Jan. Slst, 1844. My Dear The news of the City of Washington, out of Congress Halls, which mostly interests the public, are the appointments by the President, and the probable fate of the nominees.

Mr. Heashaw, you know, has been rejected for Secretary of the Navy, and it is confi- uenuj rumored mat your immediate Renront.i;.. Gen. R. Sauaders will be nominated, in a very few days, to that office.

Yesterday the Senate rejected the nomination ot Mr. Porter as Secretary of War. Report says he received three votes, and no more! To-day they have rejected-" taken off the head "-(as it is called here) of Mr. Spencer, who had been nominated as one of the Judges of the Supreme Court. It is generally believed that the nomination of Mr.

Wise to Brazil, ii place of Mr. Proffit, will be confirmed. So a Prophet a wwe-man, provided the Senate agree to it. Mr. Cushing is still suspended before the Senate upon his nomination to China, and it is understood that both parties divide on the question of confirming him.

No one is positively spoken of as Minister to Prance. As you fake a special interest in the course of your democratic Senator, Mr. Haywood, it will not be amiss in tne to state that he is believed to have given his votes so far favor of the President's nominations. How he will vote hereafter, in relation to these nominations, I have no authority for stating. One thing, however, may be set down as certain his votes will be conscientiously given, without regard fo his political opposition to the appointing power.

Everybody here, whether political friend or foe, gives him credit for this. And what high- picoo wu a puonc servant receive i Mr. M'Duffie has replied to Mr. Evans on the of Ihe Tariff. His speech was of considerable length, and delivered with great eloquence and power.

His first speech was unanswerable. Of course you will spread it before the people of North Carolina. The Senate certainly has a right to pass a bill reducing taxes already fmposed-at any rate they have a right to debate it, and the opponents of the oppressive law are determined to be heard. My decided omninn is OiLt aui ItTUUClIlJi .1 com iand Cfeul v. Pornell, in Equity, from Halifax, declaring that there is no error in the decree.

Bf DiNisi, Ji. In den exdem. Wallace v. Corvit, from Bladen, affirming- the order of the Court below. Also, in Locke t.

GibBs, from Brunswick, affirming the judgment below. Also, in McCastern Allen v. Ouin' Adm. from eieaVrfit-id, aetttitjr aside and directing judgment for Plaintiff's. Also, in Dalrymple Curry, in Equity, from Moore, declaring error in the decree below.

Also, in Ellisoa r. Jones, from Randofph, affirming the judgment below. Also, in Roberta fc Hin-a Jones from Wake, affirming the judgment below. Also, in Arrington v. Smith, from Wake, reversing the judgment belew.

Also, in Lister a Skinner, from Pasquotank, affirming the judgment be W. UlARftTlED In Fayefteville, on the 30th ultimo Sfr. James S. Grant to Mrs. Jane Evans.

Also, MV. William Baker to Miss Ann Harvill. In Guilford county, on ihe 30th by the Rev. Dr. Wilson, Mr.

George Gaskill to Miss Martha Tvre. Aiso. William W. Warren to Miss Catharine Wright. Mr DIED, fn Wadesboror, on the 23d Mrs.

Emilv WadSilt' wire of Gen. James M. In Mecklenhurg, on the 23d William B. Alexander, the 80th year of his age. Mr.

Alexander bore a part, in his youth, in the great and glorious struggle lor American Independence. This is praise etmogh. in Stokes county, on the 19th ultimo, Mrs. Christina Kerner, widow of the late Joseph Kerner Also, in the same r0Unfy on the 12th ult Christian Lasfa Esq, in the 85th year of his age. PRICES CITRREPfT.

Prepared and corrected tceckh for 2rJV. C. Standard. Convention, were held with what Mr. Clay and the Federal Whigs have done for you.

1 nil rnn oroat lacnoo At- it Sessional news. 1 he House was still engaged, on the 7 7 ui.aai- ybo pay high prices for your iron, your sugar, your salt, second instant, in the discussion ofthe 21st Rule. The TlSW Cy re8.lVed to aPPoint their delegates calicoM) your carpetineg. your (oo8. and the likp Globe of that date comments on Mr.

Calhoun's Address Among other things, it says: Mr. CALHOUJV trill cordially support Mr. uren. We say this on the assurance of one of best friends. on the District plan, to leave their preferences to'tbe 1 CHEERING NEWS FROM VIRGINIA We have cheering news from Virginia.

The democrats of that State held their Convention on the first inat Gen. Gordon presided, assisted by Messrs. Joel Holletnan R. M. T.

Heater. Thomas Sloan, and Samuel E. Good-son, as Vice Presidents sad Thomas Ritchie and John Lynch acted as Secretaries. The Convention Was ably and eloquently addressed by Messrs. Barbour, Hopkins, Wallace, bollard, Barnard, Treble, and Caskie following is the Electoral Ticket for the State nponlp whn annninln1 tliri mr 1 tr .1 1 ui me menus 01 measrs.

Am burks, valhouii, but do you, in return, get high prices for what you make? country. ways ana Means, is laboring with commendable ardor in this great work and I assure vou thai will do all a man can do for his constituents and for the The markets of the world nave been On the 291h instant a resolution was submitted in the 1 ncoi tt 1 ru! vaii Kr tViia nn n. 1.1 I LJ dJoHnsow, resolved also to confide in the wisdom of! Trr.H"! lDe resolution-directing the President of the National Convention, and support the candidate might point out as the best and most available. No man goes before us in admiration for the high and splendid genius of John C. Calhoun.

To praise sueh a man would be to waste our words. His name has been continuously upon all lips since the war-session and never, in the darkest hours ot the Republic, when many Who started with him faltered in their course, or betrayed their country, has a whisper against his parity and integrity fallen upon the public ear. hope yet to see 1 a ww The 1 reenr. now ne would bear nimself in that great office with what zeal and energy he would labor to make the Government all the people desire it fo be with what firmness and integrity he would administer all high trusts connected with it and how he would frownJ 11 fn nrs fra a. ir 4A JA a s.

uu Hct 01 me House to adjourn their re- cent, upon their capital, your produce, your colton, your spective Houses on the 20th of May next. On motion, c.u nm luuiii" 111 your uarns Are auitnueu oy substituting the 1st of May but final- AH mmmm 1 1 Www. WW. www. A.

w. 1 1 A wwWw, remmu ru enuri was also made with the view of abol- wwmmymm i own rit nun i ne cuei aiisis. cm 'niHg i nc 1 1 na rr a cade my at West Point. Mr Hale if you wish to have better times if you wish fo provide of New Hampshire.noved fo instruct the Millie for yourselves and your children if you wish fo save the atittee fo bring ia a bttl for this- pwipusj bat the resolu- coonrry oe asen, oe leaepenaenj, ief pavry sbadcleaj iw was objected ror nd of eawsa lies orer. Another 'bc' "ul cm orer ro out iae, ana neip- hot oaear roaoe, ot a character seme whaf sin us to oeai nown mis ruinous and oppressive system.

RALEIGH, Feb. 7, 1844. ft uvu, rounn; Beef, (on hoof,) Beeswax, Brandy, Apple (Nash county,) (Up-coun(ry,) Buffer, (plenty at) Corn, per bushel, Cotton, Flour, per barrel, Fodder, per cwt. Lard, per Meal, per bushel, Molasses, per gallon, Tallow, per lb. Whiskey, per gallon, 9 00 a 09 3 tf IS tr Vt 85 40 28 1-2 a 85 12 1-2 a 35 a 40 7 25 a 8 25 00 a 4 25 50 a 60 6 a 7 40' oj 50 45 a 59 7 a 8 25 a 30 EWUflf Rogers' IW Just received at February 7, Patent Flannel.

H. SNOW'S, 484-lu 1st District. Arthur Smith of Isle of Wight 2nd do. Thomas Wallace of Petersburg. 3rd do.

Wot O. Goode of Mecklenburg. 4th do. Wm. Daniel of Campbell.

5fh do Archibald Stuart of Patrick. 6th do. Thomas J. Randolph of Albemarle. 7th do.

Wm. Smith of Fauquier. 8th do. Wm. P.

Taylor of Caroline. 9th do. Wm H. Roane of Henrico. 10th do.

Robert J. Poulson of Aceomac. Ilth do. Henry Bedingcr of Jefieison. 12th do.

Green B. Samuels of Shenandoah. 13th do. James Hoge of Pulaski. 14lh doT Henry S.

Kane of Scott. 15tb do. Robert A. Thompson of Kanawha. 16th do.

Joseph Johnson ot Harrison. 17th do. William S. Morgan of Marion. The Enquirer says, we have enough to satisfy us enough in the noble and conciliatory speeches of Messrs.

Gordon, Barbour and Wallace enough in Ihe free intercourse which has prevailed between the friends of Messrs Calhoun and Van Buren enough in the glorious sturiUTaJVteq efforts of our party enough in (he down-cast looks and crest-wlr0 tneir fallen countenances of our opponents, to satisfy us that 1 the Republican party is now one and indivisible." ThiV" "PARTY MACHINERY." glorious Convention, be it remembered, was held imme- Intimations have been thrown out from high quarters, diately after Mr. Calhoun's Address had been received. that Democratic National Convention will be a pacft-We tell Virginia that North Carolina will be bv her aid i ed affair- and lhat those democrats who may go into it in this great congest, and that the blows of the one will wU1 for success upon the skillful management of be seconded by the efiorts ofthe other. Let no democrat mach'nry. Imputations of this character, how- despond.

Men die, bat principles are immortal. There ever wel1 inten(ed. are disrespectful to the democratic is a recuperative energy in true democracy which sur- party' We can 8Peak for Nortb Carolina. There has vives all time, braves all calamities, and finally triumphs i been no Partv machinery, no packed system at work in in the open day of truth and reason. Let us then be of i thl9 State- Ever-' important movement has been made one mind and one soul.

Let jealousies be forgotten, and Dy tne PeoPle themselves; where they lead the politicians local differences be forever buried, and let all move for- guiar. Mr. SHdell of Louisiana, proposed fo Const itafe a Select Committee of five members fo sit during the mon loe. he? Or will his friends in South Corolina remain unconcerned spectators of the fearful contest? (Ve hope not We shall greet their entrance info the heats of Ihe battle with sincere applause. Ardent, and talented, and ward to the enjoyment of the splendid victories- that a-wait us.

THE PROSPECT BRIGHTENS. Under the head of" good news from Washington," the last Richmond Enquirer has the following We received last night, a letter from a distinguished member ofthe House of Representatives, dated on Wed nesday, (Jan. slst,) trom which we are happy to make the following extract McKay will begin with the Appropriation Bills to-morrow. The Committee of Ways and Means are engaged on the Tariff. They had atrial vote or two this moiuing.

The motion, that there shall be no alteration in the existing laws, was rejected, by 7 to 2. The motion, that it is expedient to change the law, so as to reduce on any article, was rejected in like manner. The Committee are collecting information, and reducing the specific fo ad valorem, to show the abominations of the present system. MORE MUMMERIES. We perceive from the Register of yesterday, fhat the Coons of Forestvillc have lately built a log cabin in a Clay soil," and that they intend to desecrate the twenty-second instant by dedicating the aforesaid cabin to the purposes of the Club." The argument is, that the peo- We have every confidence in the democratic nortion of the present Congrese, and we fook, with considerable reo Congress, and to have power to consider the nxiety, for the Report of the Committee of Ways end carrcy, coinage, end the like.

This waa also object-Means. We believe the democrats of the North wi da- prove true, as they have heretofore done, to foe interests Tfte recently passed by the House, to refund to ofthe ronnfrv hnt it mav i. General Jackson the ftn i i il i i ficaciii fvwmwiw vu UIUI I II JO 1 3. upon Peculation, and mere favoritism, and mad party Senat. end Executive, fo do all the South desires Should -f the Senate.

ThU was done Mr spirit, let thirtv nan at arHnniu iml ii i i oe aooe. in the mean time we say room- friends, be 1 aiso reporred an amendment to the bin puuiic service answer But, the language of the firm, be united, be faithful to the greet doctrines of Free! The aweadrnent provides ffiat norliing in the bill Richmond Enquirer, we hope also "in the perfect re- Trade, and our final triumph is cerfoin. The barriers hal1 construed fo express or imply any centre of the union of all portions of the Republican party." A com- heretofore presented bv aflcien alwi 1 a-l conduct or character of SHrlm HarK tk. mon enemy is before ns, between us and the best kit er- 1 rutions are giving way Free Trade as cnnfrad.sting.iish- Whi eir old tricks again. mm of the country, and we must fight like inenJ We ed from Protection, already waves its banner over the! The Washington papers give youa regular account sf shall need every soldier-every arm that can -wield the commercial metropolis of the world and the period ii the but they afford you no adeouate batlle-axe of argument, must strilrp Iimmmm ti ti iapiui appruaciuug wnen me ruinous doctrine ol pro- luv 'um penormea Dy rnose members who are Jna win ftir.

Calhoun stand aloof Can tection shall be scouted frnm th aiainfa.hnt active and industrious thA i ww tj UIV.II 1IIIUI dlKt i i -1 i-epuoiic. r--ponsioic aut.es, i nearda Senator (whoseldom, speaks SECRETARY OF THE NAVY. fen engaged for thirteen hour, per day, either in the Sen- Rumor says there is a strong nrobabilitv that the Narv ate, or writi patriotic as they are, they can do much and before-our Department will be offered to our present 'able Represen-! Committees. The reply that was made showed luf tative in Congress, General Sadbdehs. We know not difference between two prominent classes of men fhat this rumor is true, and if true, whether Gen.

Sac- in Congress. It was, that it was best to confine one's d-ehs would accept the appointment but we hazard lit- to a few leading topics, and take facts generally for tie in far as this community is concerned, that grantei. That Senator is a hard-working man and it the President could corner (he appointment upon no one requires no gift of prophecy to predict that he will not more agreeable to all partus than General Saonders. serve six years without establishing a high and endurimr uetw a. nas many warm personal friends and it is their reputation.

pride that he has filled no station (and he has filled many) In he Senate, on the 25th inet. Mr. Haywood attacked ill which he has not added to his character. We should speech of some length, a bill proposing to give to regret his loss in: Congress, where hejiow occupies so i Wisconsin some millions of acres of the public domain respectable a standing, but should feel gratified in seeing the purpose of cuffing a canal. His speech was for-him transferred to a station in which he might be of more cible ad eloquent, and evinced great good sense and service to the country at large.

fine discrimination. No Senator has taken a higher stand I he has, and yon have good reas to be proud of him. SUPREME COURT JUDGE. His vigilance arrested the progress ofthe bi through Ihe Council of SIhIa will musmhla in this 1 1 Scnslp nnl h- 1 r- I i.i m-w -AfvmcS ne niouc ill TKIaHOTt lO It OUlint heLfflelSi SiSft Mnday fOF mn ther aP i ,0 Pnhrent itS final P- 1 to hear him tell neamiy co-operated with those of I pointiIlg a Judfie of the Supreme Court, who shall per- ihe Senate that he should continue to ehallemr the strong defences of Federalism will final fall Attention Raleigh Guards, Parade at the Capitol Square, on Saturday nea. at Hi o'clock, armed" and' equipped ftj Winter uniform.

By order nf rhe Capiarn. TPTEO. H. SNOW, O. S.

Private Meetrnjr on Fiiday evening, at the Ciir Hall, at half p. si 6 o'clock P. M. Every member is quired to bring his Musket. Carrridar-Bn.

ami jj-) sun--puncnim aicenuanee requiretk February 7, 1SU. 48i-It. TAVASHjTNCTOJV hotel. WE Subscribers- respectfully inform- the public, et fficy hare tafren ellaf welt gnown srnd the Washington Hotel, where they will be at all time aY? accemuKJdkte these who- may favor then with fhe.r euefom. Their fable wHt be supplied with the best the marker afford.

Tneir stables srs extensive, and provide! willi attentive and1 experienced hostlers No pain will be snared to make it a welcome home to the traveller or citizen. Prices moderate, accordiug to the foS kt BUFFALOC A. HALL. Raleigh, N. Feb.

7, 1S44. 484 Sti CSMt 8vtM.wES. THE subscribers are now 6fferi ng she balance their Stock of Goods at reduced price, for Cahr or on short credit to punctual cos omer. Their object is, to do a greater cash business for smaller profits, and also to present to theisfriends and eustomess au satire aew stock of goods for the spring trade. Ever grateful for the riberaf patronage they hftvehrt-tolore received, fhey are de term toed to please all who may favor them with call-.

Persons ftirnishing- their own cloths can have there manufactured in the usual superior sty le, for cash-, end a cheap as any similar establishment in the City. They would also-most respectfully remind their friend lhat their accounts are due semi-arrnrralfv the first of July and the first of January a which time they must, in ail cases, be closed either by note or cash. xr w- SMITH BIGGS. Raleigh, February 5th, 1844. 484--8C fcj- Star and Bibtiear Recorder six time Slieriff's Sale.

The undersigned. Sheriff ofthe Count BrnMiii will exposeto public sale before the Couti House door in SmithviHe, on the first Monday in March next, (for the iinur me years ioi and IB42, twenty-five cents) Hurry acres of land lying on the north side of Crow Swamp, joining lands belonging to William Gause. Tbj said thirty acres of Iand belong to the heirs of George Clewis deceased. R-W-WOODSIDE. Shff Price adv.

$2 00. 84 8a Having now assigned my rrasoas for refusing to permit my name to go before the Baltimore Convention, it rests with you who have placed it before the people, and assented to abide by a Convention fairly constituted, to determine what coarse you will pursue. Be your decision what it may I shall be content. But I regard it as due to the occasion, to you and myself, to declare that under no circumstances whatever shall I support any candidate, who is opposed to free trade, and in favor of the protective policy, or whose prominent and influential friends and supporters are. I hold the policy to be another name for a system of monopoly and plunder, and to bo thoroughly anti-republican and federal in its character.

I also hold that so lonjr as the uuues are so laid as to be in fact bounties to one pie are expected to vote for Henry Clay, because Gen. puiuon ot me community, while they are onpres- Harrison is said to have lived in a log -cabin Gen. tv ww. i D. S.

Crenshaw" was appointed to deliver an address. Shade of Grimke Since writing the above we have received a letter from a friend, who says, you will be a little surprised to learn, after the Waterloo affair, that the Whigs of Forest-ville are trying to make a noise. About a dozen of them met here yesterday, with carts, wagons, horses, and spades, and in a little time put up a log cabin, overlooking the Rail Road and smiling on the Cars as they pass, to be smiled back again by the passengers." A very good idea. For who can help laughing at such folly Catullus" shall appear next week. are content to follow.

And no steD has been taken, irnm the first primary meeting up to the late State Conven tion, in which the Carolinian have not Mr. van JJuren and in the present contest, the entire form th aemocraltc party will march together, shoulder to shoul der, and shield to shield. sive on the other, there can be no hope that the Government can be reformed, or that its expenditures will be reduced to the proper standard. Were with the evidences before me, to say other wise of my course, it would be, practically, to declare that I regard the protective policy to be an open question, so far as the party is concerned; which I would consider, on my part, a virtual a-bandonment of the cause of Free Trade. That can never be.

I have done and suffered too much for it, when its friends were few and feeble, to a-oandon it now now, when the auspices everywhere, on this and the other side of the Atlantic, Drnrlnim tUr. ril -c uc protection, Gabriel Holme. Esq. has been selected as the who te Ve- Delegate from the Wilmington District to the Democrat 11 aSamSl n0PLy Pi rVJ1 National Convention, iae worst of times, and braved the menads of Ad- COL. RICHARD M.

JOHNSQN. We see it stated that the withdrawal of Col. Johnson from the Presidential contest in Pennsylvania, by Col. Seth Salisbury, the Chairman of the Johnson Committe in that State, is premature and unauthorized. Col.

Johnson's frieuds in that State declare that he is still before the people, and that the Baltimore Convention muft sit in judgment on his claims. The decision (hat Messrs. Calhoun and Buchanan have withdrawn,) will therefore be between Messrs. Van Buren, Johnson, and Cass arid with that decision we shall be satisfied. We believe that Col.

Johnson will be satisfied with it, and that he will receive any thing or nothing from the Convention with equal kindness of feeling. This we believe also to be the spirit of Mr. Van Buren and Col. Cass they, not less than the great body of the party, consider themselves as nothing compared with the final triumph of the great cause they so highly prize. duties ofthe office at least until the meeting of the next Legislature.

It is the duty ofthe Governor to nominate, and the right of the Council to confirm or re- schemes, and should offer no apology for doing his duty. i your aemocratic members are men of the right fttamn anrl llioi'r AAnMi wuuuv.1 ai me pieseiu session nas rtnec- ject. Who the Governor will nominate is quite oncer- ted no small share of honor upou their honest and enligh- ministration and ODDOsition. when hacked but bv a single State, will not cannot abanbon the glo-Npus cause now, when its banner wavrs in proud triumph over the metropolis of the commercial world. No, I maintain immovably the ground I have so long occupied, until l.have wit- tlr? and finaI victory ifit shal1 please 'he Disposer of Events to spare my life so long.

Cotton. The Fayetteville North Carolinian of the 3rd instant says: We quote nine and three quarter a the top-notch for cotton this week, that price having-been paid for a lot on Thursday. The article sells readily. 03- John B. Francis has been elected to the Senate of the United States from Rhode Island, in place of Mr.

Sprague, resigned. What does it mean The Raleigh Register says med-ern democracy is the greatest curse that ever afflicted any people, while, on the other hand, the political associates of that paper at the North are uniting in what they call "Democratic Whig Clubs." Will the Register ex-explain The Twenty-Second. We percei re that the Greensboro' Guards have made arrangements to celebrate in suitable style the approaching twenty-second of February. This is as it should be. Mr.

Cyrus P. Mendenhatl will deliver the Oration, and the Farewell Address be read by Mr. Lyndon Swaim. LADY'S BOOK. We hare received the February number of this rich and excellent work.

The engravings are very fine. One article to say nothing of other good ones is especially good i The Right of Childrea," by Mr. Embury. A murder. We have been informed, by letter of date 2nd FebTuaTy, but without a siguatute, of a murder committed on the night of the 1st instant in the county of Wayne.

Mr, Robert Applewhite, it is said, was killed by Basill Thomas, a free negro of Johnston. i lam and whether he will divest himself, as he unaues tionably ought to do, of. all personal and political predi lections, in making his nominations, is considered equally nncerlain. Generally, to act in direct and open opposition to the opinions and advice of such a man, is to do right but he may, and we hope he wiil, take such a course in this matter as the more liberal and enlightened portion of his party will be inclined to sanction. It has been very justly remaiked that, to make a good Judge, requires a combination of qualities not every day to be met with.

It requires a firmness and integrity ot the first order, and a mind not only by nature strong and penetrating, but improved by long, and arduous, and unremitted application. A Judge ought also to be a good man. His hands ought to be free from bribes, his heart should beat high above the atmosphere of personal meanness and of petty arrogance and tyranny; he ought to have a clear head, a grave countenance, and a disposition to mingle the balm of mercy with the severer sanctions of thelaw. The truth is, we are governed too much we pass too many laws and we go too often to the tribunal of the law to settle difficulties that might be otherwise adjusted- Hence, a Judge should discourage unnecessary and vexatious litigation and he ought also to set an example of brevity (for fhat is the soul of wit) and economy, by holding short sessions, and delivering short opinions. Now, in all this we maybe wrong.

If so, we pray to be enlightened. Bnt if right, what we say will be hearkened to, without regard to the humble source from which it emanates. We might suggest names to the Governor, and we might withhold others, whom, if brought before a Jury of twelve men, would be adjudged guilty, under the of presumptions, for having aspired to any station beyond the dust of a County Court Bar but we shall not place ourself in a situation to be convicted of impertinence towards the one, or of uncharitable ness towards the others. North Carolina has a host of able men son worthy of their common mother and we sincerely trust that the mantle of the great and lamented Gastoi will fall upon no shoulders not as spotless- as his own. 8rj The Independent ought to know that Nullification is an obsolete idea." tened constituents.

I dislike to be invidinua ami i not' be when I say one of yur Represesentatives, Mr. Reid, has distinguished himsell by his vigilance, his caution, and his prudence. He is anew member the only new one, I believe, in your democratic delegation and unlike Mr. Ch'ngman, who has appeared, for the first time, in Congress, he watches the progress of events, ami will take no step to compromise the interest or honor of his constituents. He speaks only when he has some thing to speak about and my word for it, he will plunge headlong into no debate, but will hold himself up, like a prudent man, for a forcible and comprehensive Speech, after others have been heard.

The twenty-first rule, which exclades abolition petitions, continues to be the principal topic of debate in the House We have cold weather here. Th Potomac is closed with ice and the consequence is, very great irregularity of mails. Yours very truly, ARGUS. Notice, WILL be sold at the Court House door is the towa of Fayetteville, on the first Monday in March next, the following tract of tend and town Lots, or a much thereof as wilt be sufficient to pay the taxes due thereon for the year 18-12, and cost of advertising, vi: MP Acres, listed by Anthony Cobb, sit. on Black Ri 100 Brian! Morgan, Bek, River 300 Archibald McKilhen, Hughs' creek 50 William Rarmbaut, Neill's creek 200 Jessee Woodardy for heirs, Stage road 186 Rail Whittenton, Black River 138 3-4 James Colvil, Black River I Town lot, James Colvil, town of Averasboroogh 150 Acre, William Shaw, dee'd, joins D.

Shaw lewn lots, 150 Acres, loO 17U 65 160 HERMAN HUSBAND'S BOOK. The Greeasborough Patriot deserves the thanks of every Worth Carolinian for its efforts fo rescue from, ob livion the prominent events connected with the history of the State. It is now publishing Husband' Book," rare work, which we shall endeavor also to publish. We have the promise of an esteemed correspondent and there is reason, to anticipate a speedy fulfilment of it of a fund of information upon the history of the -State, its public officers since its establishment, the origin of the Counties, and local a well as general matter, which will no doubt be of no-mcnnaidcrable interest We can neverbe untrue to ourselves so-long as we remember and cherish the name and great deed of oar glorious ances tors. town of Averasboroogh join Buys joins Bashes join Stewart joins Lovet Roy Royals for hcisa af Whitman.

Hill, on Stewart creek 834 Burwell Dawson, Stoney Rjm 2 Town lots, Bttrwell Dawson, town of A verasboraueK) 50 Acres, Jonathan Geddin, Black Ming 82 1-2 Riley Jackson, Black Mingo 100 John Ladin, Black River 1 Needttam Moore, Stoney Ren 330 ilUaur Moore. lack i as 400 Josiah Pope, Black Mingo 248 Ollin Royals, Black Rivet 164 Susanah Anderson, Mingo 82 Nathan Tarte, Stoney Ron 400 Lewis Tue, Black Mingo 187 Wm. Weaver, for Wiley Johnson, Flat 20O Isham Harreli, Black River 80 Isaac Bletcher, Norrington's road 225 Mal-com Dawch. Doner Little Rirer 200 William Holder, Fish creek 100 Jonathan Hawley, do 100 George Holder, Upper Little River 100 Jacob Holder do 100 hhee Holdci do 320 Atexaader McPhate db 63 Daniel McDonald, Campbell creek 278 1-2 John A. McLeod do SUPREME COURT.

Opinion bare been delivered in the following cases By Rukftw, C. J. In Alston's Adm'x. Jackson, from Chatham, affirming the judgment below. Also, in Bran-nock tr.

Boulding, from Stokes, affirming the judgment below. Also, in King v. Lindsay, in Equity, from Guilford, affirming the decree below. Also, in Freeman v. Eatman, in Eoorty, from Wake, declaring the aeienaani ooonu ro perioral tne contract.

Also, in Mal- 82 180 121 17 50 127 56 50 67 1-2 Timothy Taylor, Hector' creek no 640 50-640 200 100 Jonathan Segars, L. Creek John Scoggins, Campbell's creek Nancy Blaiock, Cooper's Branch Wm. Belts, for Adam Banks, Mill creek Darid Good mon Hector's creek Jeremiah Johnson, Cooper's Branch Richard Mason, Hector's creek William Ram ha at, Neill's creels John Tavlor. do Heirs of" Lewis Atkins, unlisted, Black River Heirs of A. Csrter, unlisted.

Fish creek A. Jones, unlisted, Marsh Branch Robert Nadin, unlisted, Johnson Branch Big Branch and Fish creek ALEXANDER JOHNSON, Sheriff; Bv C. H. COF1ELD, Deputy Sheriff: Feb. It 1844.

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