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THE NORTH CAROLINA STANDARD WEDNESDAY NOV'R 5, 185C. 9 a whole people light it to a sure and swift damnation. Exalt the Flag of the Union I its stars are all there now, radiant as of old not one has been destroyed by the black hand of treason. Not sixteen, not fifteen, but thirty-one, with a field widening for more, as now States shall come singly or together, to mark their presence and to emblazon their existence on its folds. country or, indeed, to collect the revenue or administer the laws of the United States If not, what new rule is the President to adopt for selection to office, that the people themselves discard in selecting him? These are serious but practical questions; and in order to" appreciate them fully, it is ouly necessary to turn tbelables ourselves, and suppose that the South, having a majority of the electoral votes, should declare that they would have slaveholders for President and Vice President, should elect such by their exclusive suffrages to rule us at the North.

Do you think we would submit to it? Cries of No No, not for one moment. And do you JfARRIED. At the residence of J. W. Carry in Chapel Hill, on Tuesday the 21 at at 9 A.

by Rev. H. T. Hndson, Durell Tilley, to Miss Manerva Bullock, both of the same place. On the 28th of October, at Morgan ton, N.

by the Rev. W. C. Sbeetz, Dr. Christopher Happoldt of Charleston, and Miss Emilie A.

Greenlee, or the former place. The Columbia Carolinian, and the Charleston papem will please copy. By Rev. C. D.

Smith, on the 2nd at the residence of Capt. Wm. Siler, in Macon county, N. Mr. Horace W.

Nolen, of Massachusetts, and Mise M. C. Siler, dauehter of Capt. Wm. Siler.

By Rev. C. D. Smith, on the 14th Oct, at the residence of Ephraim Osborn, in Haywood county, N. David W.

Siler, Representative elect to the next Legislature of N. from Macon county, and Miss L. Osborn daughter of E. Osborn, Esq. Mb, Choate at Lowell Nabsow Escape of the Audience fbom DESTBtrcTioN.7-The announcement that the Hon.

Rufus Choate was to address a Buchanan meeting on Tuesday evening, at Huntington Hall, in Lowell, attracted an imtaense throng, of all parties. From statements in the Boston papers we gather the following Ladies were admitted to the galleries, and these thronged, the doors were opened to the multitude, The hall is one hundred and twenty by eighty feet. At seven o'clock it was filled to repletion. Men stood packed together in the closest possible manner, and it was estimated that there were over five thousand persons within the walls. The orator was hailed as no man in Massachusetts has been hailed since Webster and everything promised an hour of intellectual enjoyment and instruction rarely afforded, and a satisfactory termination.

The meeting came to order, wasorganized the president, Mr. Whipple, was introduced, and was gracefully saying that be would not detain us that this audience was here to hear another and while thus agreeably engaged, a sound, as if from a cannon at a distance, filled all ears, and we felt the floor yielding. There was a Raleigh and Gaston Railroad. The stockholders of this Company held their annual meeting in this City on Thursday the 30th ult, and adjourned on the evening of the same day. The attendance on the part of the stockholders was not probably so full as usual, although a large majority of the stock was represented either person or by proxy.

The meeting was organized by the appointment of Alfred Williams, Chairman, and Maj. W. W. Vass and W. A.

Eaton, Secretaries. Alfred Jones, of Wake, appeared as the representative of the stock held by the State; The President of the Road, R. A. Hamilton, presented his report and accompanying statements of the Treasurer on the operations of the year ending September 30, 1856. The Report is full and explicit It refers to the dimunition of receipts on freight, and accounted for it to the improvements going on between Gaston and Weldon, their present cost and the further amount to complete the same to the bridge across the Roanoke at Gaston which has been put under contract, and the re construction commenced.

The President speaks encouragingly of the capacity of the road to pay good dividends when the extraordinary repairs now in progress shall be completed. It appears that the receipts for the year from freight, passengers and mail were about $175,000 and lhat after paying the current and extraordinary expenses there was left at the close of the year an unexpended balance of some $25,000. T. Brown Venable, Chairman of the Com mittee on Finance and Inspection, submitted his re port, which was adopted by the stockholders. Among other things, it is the doty of this Committee to examine the accounts of the Treasurer, to look into the fieancial condition of the Company's affairs, and to carefully inspect and report upon the condition of the road all which seems to have been faithfully and energetically done by this Committee.

They report against the declaring of a dividend out of the profits of the year's business, of even so much as had not been expended, since the improve ments now under construction had not beeu fin ished, and the funds might be needed for that purpose. At this stage of the meeting an interesting dis cussion arose on the proposition of Frances E. Rives, of Petersburg, to declare a dividend of 5 per cent on the capital stock of the Company, payable in scrip bearing 6 per cent interest and redeemable in five years. After a lengthy debate, in which Messrs. Mordecai, Venable, Rives, Hinton and Hamilton participated, the resolution was withdrawn.

The stockholders then proceeded to elect four Directors on the part of the Company, which resulted in the re-election of the old members. The Governor also re-appointed the old members on the part of the State. The Board stands now as last year, namely, R. A. Hamilton, Geo.

W. Mordecai, Gaston H. Wilder, Dr. W. J.

Hawkins, Thos. Miller, Jno. G. King, and A. C.

Perry. The next House Democratic We copy from the Washington Union the follow ing tables, showing the gains thus far of Democrat ic members of Congress, and that the next House of Representatives will certainly be Democratic. The struggle over the great principle of the Kansas-Nebraska act has been prolonged and fierce, but the people of the Union have at last decided in fa vor of it by an immense majority. With a Demo cratic Senate, a Democratic House of Representa tives, and a Democratic President, the patriot, whether North or South, will have nothing to fear 44The Next Congress. The Nebrasba-Kansas Act triumphantly vindicated by the People.

Elections have been held this year in the following States for members of Congress with the following result Next Congress. Pres. Congress. "jjU.EHiH. WEDNESDAY, NOV.

5, 1S5S. DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN TICKET! FOR PRESIDENT: JAMES BUCHANAN, OF PENNSYLVANIA. FOR VICE-PRESI DENT JOHN C. BRECKINRIDGE, OF KENTUCKY. ELECTORS FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT.

For the State at Large HENRY M. SHAW, of Cikhituck, SAMUEL P. HILL, of Caswell. Districts 1st District, WM. F.

MARTIN, of Pasquotank, 2nd, W. J. BLOW, of Pitt. 3rd, 4th, fth, Cith, 7th, 8th, B. SMITH, of New Hanover, GASTON II.

WILDER, of Wake, S. E. WI XT A MS, of Alamance, TIIOS. SETTLE, of Rock'ham. R.

P. WARING, of Mecklenburg. W. W. AVERY, of Burke.

ELECTION, TUESDAY, 4TH NOVEMBER. Special Notice. Tie Standard is conducted strictly upon the cash system. All lowers are discontinued at the ejpirauon oj ute nine irhtci tity nave oeen paia. rortt weeks beore their time is out, by a cross mark on ft tr p'tvers ana unit vnr utt il--, Th in a rule from which there Iff Ut't, t't- 7 no departure.

uci u' flwrf, ua -eiej yj'fr tyntrt. IVci-y Standard $2 per annum, in advance. mi- Weekly Standard 4 annum, do. Subscribers desiring their papers changed must mention the Post Office from, as well as the one to, which thev desire the change to be made. Kenneth Rayner in correspondence wiin anu speaking for the Abolitionists, advising Northern Know Nothings to Fuse with Fremont The New York Times of the 3 1st October a rab id Fremont abolition paper contains a letter trom Kenneth Rayner, of this State, dated Raleigh, Oct.

25, 1836, in which he charges that the Democratic party of the country, and especially of the South, is responsible for the existing slavery agitation and in which, after much bitter abuse of many of his own Southern fet'iow-citizcns, he advises his friends, the Know Nothings of the free States, to vote the "SAME TICKET with the Fremont men, in or der, if possible, to defeat Mr. Buchanan! of We saw it rumored, several davs in the New York Herald, that Mr. Rayner was out for Fremont, but we could not credit it. Some friend sent us the Herald with the article marked, asking, "can th; niei7.7 Tt is pvcm so The letter itself is the proof the letter in the Times, a leading organ of Fremont and the letter has been followed up liy Mr. Rayner in person, by a speech delivered in f.ivor of fusion in Philadelphia, on Friday night lat.

Wc have the speech before us, in the Philadelphia Times of Saturday last. We shall not argue with Rayner. We did not condescend to meet Mr. Iledrick with arguments and we shall not reflect upon the in telligence of our readers, nor upon their devotion to the Constitution and the vital interests of North-Carolina, by reasoning with any person who would submit to John C. Fremont's electionJor who prefers him to Mr.

Bu chanan or Mr. Filimore, or who is capable of combining with the avowed enemies of his own section of the Union in a contest involving our honor, our fortunes, and our very existence as a people. It is evident, from Mr. Rayner's letter, and from his speech in Philadelphia, that no hope of Mr. Fillmore's election by the people.

But he desires Mr. Buchanan's defeat, at any and eyery hazard and so, while professing to be for Fillmore, he allies himself with the Fremont men, and urges his friends North to pursue the same course. What he advises them to do, of course he would himself do, if he were a citizen of a free State that is, he would vote for Fremont as against Buchanan or he would vote a fusion ticket, half for Fremont and half for Fillmore, in the hope of sending the election to the House, being at the same time anxious Mr. Fillmore not being really in the contest, whether before the people or before the House that Fremont Ehould defeat Buchanan. That is his position.

Mr. Rayner attributes the slavery agitation mainly to the South. He has no denunciations for Seward, and Wilson, and Greely, and Sumner, and Raymond, and Burlingame; He says the knaves and lloclheads" of the South the contemptible party hucksters of the South, who 44 could bo bought by any abolitionist at the North, any day in the year, for much less than the price of an ordinary negro," are the ones who are to blame for this agitation, and he adds, speaking of his own section, as well as of the country generally, that in the bubbling and boiling of the waters of strife, the very froth and Kurn of the social elements are floating on the sur face In relation to the election of Fremont, Mr. Rayner Bays In reply to your second inquiry, whether the Southern people seriously contemplate a dissolution of the Union, in ae Fremont should be elected I answer No! emphatically No! The masses of the Southern people, whether lugs, Americans, or Democrats, are devoted to the Union and they will maintain and defend it at the hazard of their lives, and the expenditure of their hearts' best blood." And so he ad vises' the Northern people not to be alarmed at the prospect of Fremont's election, and Urges them to unite, without reference to the difference of opinion on mere abstract questions," to dtftat the Democratic party. He concludes his letter as follows If all those who are opposed to slaverv agitation who uiiiik that the Piei ce-liuchanan party deserve to be rebuked their having brought the country to its present unhan- condition, will unite cordially in the support of the SA ME our country may yet be saved, and peace, and win, and sunshine will return to our borders.

Hut if they allow differences on MINOR QUESTIONS to mar their ncert, and to paralyze their energies, awful may be the ensequences which they will entail on their country." And now let us see the view which Mr. Fillmore Jakes of John C. Fremont and his sectional party. Ir his Albany speech Mr. Fillmore said Can it be possible that those who are engaged in such a "VTlf rtflected uPn the consequences inevitably follow in case, of success Van thev blthrS.

foU'Jto belieBe that Southed, iratft to be governed by such a Chief Magig- "A 4" follow the same rule pre-nu elected him, in making his appo.nt-k not 80uth cf Mason an Icon's line Piwr i pTes'dent or Vice President, would it cbiuet one same quarter as one of his wt couqciI, or to represent the nation in a foreign upon only and over let you by to JfMr. who a not Agree buT Mr. in Mr. Mr. yet or time late it and it not of be by ot the eral ortr be and it this be this as and all of of he of of oefwc your toulhern brethren less sensitive on this subject than you are, or less jealous of their rights If you do, me tell you you are certainly mistaken.

And, therefore, must see that if this sectional party succeeds, it leads inevitably to the destruction of this beautiful iitbrjc, reared our forefathers, cemented by their blood, bequeathed US as Tirireles inhei-i1jinrp Trpmpniliin okJrintr Rayner, a Southern man, say thf South ought to submit to Fremont's election, and that those counsel otherwise, are traitors Mr. Fillmore, Northern man, has declared that the South ought to submit, and that the triumph of Fremont would lead inevitably to the destruction of the Union. There are Know Nothings in North Carolina wjio with Mr. Rayner not many, thank God 1- there are some, and with such Know Nothings Fillmore unquestionably lost ground by the above speech. It has injured him here even in North-Carolina with members of his own party; but Know Nothing as he is, and silent as he has been while his friends have been fusing with the black Republicans the free States, it has gained for him additional respect among the Constitutional men of the South.

Rayner and John M. Botts are the owners of slaves Mr. Fillmore, Mr. Choate, Mr. Evans, and W.

B. Reed of Philadelphia, own no slaves; and we, a slaveholder and a Southern man, would trust either of them sooner than we would Rayner Botts. Mr. Rayner says truly in his letter though he meant it for Southern Democrats that the worst enemies of the South, and of her institutions, are here in our midst." This letter of Mr. Rayner was written just in to have its effect among the too to be republished here before the election.

If could have reached every precinct in the State, been read and commented on to-day Tuesday would have increased Mr. Buchanan's majority less than live thousand votes. Botts, it is known, is for fusion also and the same paper, the Times, contains a letter from him urging a fusion in Pennsylvania between the Fillmore and Fremont men. And right after the letters Rayner and Botts in the same paper, comes the address of the Black Republican Co mittee of the State of New York -in which, among other things, they say An equitable and perfect union of men opposed to Slaverv- Extension has "been effected, and there is in our minds little doubt that the vote of the Keystone State will given by a decided majority, on the 4th of November next, against the aiders and abettors of the scheme to extend hnrnan haidaoe of -hi- white man, as icell as of the negroes, as a National Institution over our unoccupied Ter-litorits. Intelligence received from Maine, New-Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Iihode Island, Connecticut, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Ohio, Indiana, New-Jersey, California, and every part of this State, indicates the overwhelming triumph of the cause of Republican institutions, based on the Declaration of Independence and instituted the Constitution, over the iniquitous designs of Slavery promt fjanJixi.

The struggle is admitted to be narrowed Fremont and Buchanan and the itriotism of nun in American organization is daily indicating the noble sacrifice of party prejudices upon the aliar ot their country's destiny. Their reward will be to witness its glorious advances in ail the arts of peaceful progress, and the gen diffusion of intelligence aud virtue among its citizens II conditions in life. hetber free labor shall make our Territories smile with happiuess and plenty, or slave labor be encouraged to throw them iiuick t-nli mi--try, infamy ana poverty, is to determined at the coining election. The principles on which the Kepublican Parly base their action are eternal, the effort for their cstablhnient will never be iuter-mitied until this country, by a retrograde course, now attempted to be initiated by Southern Slaveholders, shall deny by legislation the equality in civil rights, and the liberty of all men. The Republican Party is but an infaul-, but, like Hercules, is capable, if its energies arc exerted, of strangling the monsters sent to destroy its existence.

It should decide struggle now. A continued contest will embitter the already excited public mind. An energetic effort now niaac win resuu in so aeciaea an expression or tne rree North, that the evil designs which endancer our Union will abandoned as hopeless in their prosecution. Arouse, then, ye friends of free soil, free speech and free press, and make the potent voice of New-York speak in ifs loudest tones the popular will that ry shall degrade no more men, and bUist no more soil devoted, by common consent, to Freedom, and its beniticcnt allies, Industry, Education and pure Regliion." And the New York Times, one of the abolition organs, pays Mr. Rayner the following compliment: Letter frou a Tri Soctherx Patriot.

We publish, morning, a letter from lion. Kenneth Rayner, of North Carolina, to a distinguished Whig politician of Pennsylvania, in relation to the proposed fusioD of all conservative parties in that State to defeat the Buchaniers. Mr. Rayner is decidedly in favor of fusion, and scouts at the idea of the South going for disunion in the event of the election of Fremont. He regards the defeat of Buchanan the first duty of all Union-loving and conservative men, recommends his Whig and Americau friends to forget minor considerations for the sake of accomplishing this object.

This letter of Mr. Rayner is a manly rebuke to the timid doughfaces of the North, who are trtmbling in their shoes lest the defeat of Buchanan shall so exasperate Bully Brooks and other chevaliers of his kidney down South that they will destroy the Union. Mr. Rayner knows the30 Southern braggarts too well to stand in any fear of their bluster." Here, then, are Mr. Rayner's allies; and not content with writing a letter for their benefit, he has visited Philadelphia to speak for thgi in person.

The Times of that city, a Fremont paper, contains the report of his speech on Friday night last, headed The Eloquent Kenneth Rayner on the Stand," "Sentiments a Southern Slaveholder." That paper also compliments him in high terms. His speech in Philadelphia was, in the main, a rehash of his letter; but among other things, he said he was not afraid of Frtmont (if he were elected, which he did not expect at all,) if he were in office he could be taken care of; but if Buchanan wero elected, it would be beyond the power of the American party, and all other parties, to check or control the despotism of the locofoco party under him that if the fire-eaters the South should march to Washington to seize the archives, as they threaten, their footprints on their way North would be marked with blood. He also said, Before leaving Raleigh, had consulted with a dozen prominent political friends slaveholders, largely interested in slave property who advised him by all means to visit Philadelphia, to heal the dissensions existing, and to get the party to unite in a solid vote against Buchanan; The words they used to him were "Rayner, for God's sake, go and do your utmost!" Who are these Raleigh Slaveholders11 who advised a fusion with black Republicans Let us have the names. But letters, and speeches, and treason, have been no avail. The people have spoken, and the fu-sionists North and their friends here, have been consigned to a hopeless minority'.

The Democratic party has again saved the Union. Abolitionism has been rebuked, and the administration of James Bnchanan will grind it to powder." Let all good men rejoice, for we shall have peace and harmony again. The ark of the Union rests on firm ground, and the dove of peace flutters and circles to the window, bearing in its beak tidings of hope and of great joy to the American people, and to the people all lands, who look to these shores ms the only asylum of oppressed and down-trodden millions. The blood of heroes has not been shed in vain. The people have been true to the principles and the teachings of Washington and Jefferson.

They have again demonstrated their capacity for self-government. Sectionalism writhes in mortal agony, with the iron tramp of the Democratic hosts upon its body. Here let it die, and let the burning wrath of Ifor the Standard. An Enquiry. Messrs.

Editors What has become of that flaming, rantankerous luminary of Know Nothingism, the Signal? What has come over the sapient editor? Has Boots spirited him away, or has some evil beast devoured him? We fear that some serious evil hath befallen him. The loss of one Pleiad was a trifling occurrence to this disaster to the dark culvert order, as with lengthened visage they ask in lugubrious tones, what has become of. the Signal? Can you tell? Any information thankfully received, by ONE OF THEM. Graham, Nov. 1st, 1856.

But for some enquiry, like the above, we should not have alluded to the defunct concern of the Signal. As it is, the Associate Editor chooses to answer The Signal is dead and buried, unwept, un-honored," and, as justice is not always meted out in this world, we may also add, 44 unhung." It outlived its party, beoauso (as rumor says,) it had 24 purses and 17 editors to sustain it. Injustice is done, however, to 44 Boots for 44 Boots," as compared with the Signal editor, is a gentleman of the first order, and he would not 41 spirit away any such trash. We presume enquiries will be instituted by the pressman and printers of the used to-be Signal as to the whereabouts of its editor and when they report thereon, we will answer further. The last we heard of him he had betaken himself to the country, where he was singing doleful dirges over the grease spot of 44 Sam." Meanwhile a remnant of the 17--a forlorn hope remain in town, with their noses in front, their eyesight dulled, and their power of saying 44 howdy entirety 41 ewaporated," as Mr.

Weller would say. They sing So farewell hope, and with hope farewell fear; Farewell remorse; all good to mt is lost Evil, be thou my good. And the (ostensible) editor, from his rural retreat, echoes back What miracle Can work me into hope Heav'u here is bankrupt The whole twenty-four blush at the want of power, Aud quite abashed, confess they cannot help me." And the printers may be imagined repeating: They may be false who languish and complain, Hat they uho sigh for money never feign." "Shame, Where is thy Blush We copy from the last Salisbury Herald, the following notice of a speech delivered at that place by Mr. Victor C. Barringer, brother of the Hon.

Daniel M. Barringer. The Herald says "On yesterday the mass meeting came off in this place. In the morning," Victor C. Barringer addressed the large crowd assembled in Murphy's Hall, in an abie and masterly manner; aud it would have done our readers guod to have heard him handle that brother of his, Hon.

D. M. Barringer, who is, in fact, like Brooks, a co-operation disuniouist, and who threatens to place the halter around the necks of all who will not join in the unholy plot X. C. Barringer handled Daniel more roughly than we had expected him to do but, nevertheless, he was just in branding him, Clinginan, and all the disunion Democratic hordes as traitors to the country." We have, indeed, fallen on evil times when such conduct is applauded.

The crime committed by the Hon. Daniel M. Barringer is his declaration in favor of Mr. Buchanan a declaration made, not as a Whig, not as a Know-Nothing, not as a Democrat, but as a citizen of the country, regarding the slavery question as paramount to all party considerations, and anxious for the preservation of the Union. 44 His offence hath this extent, no more." And for this he is 41 handled" by his own brother, and denounced as a traitor We respected him while a member of the old Whig party, and we honor him now for his patriotism but Mr.

Victor C. Barringer but we will drop the curtain. We still adhere to the opinion expressed a week or two since, that Mr. Victor C. Barringer will never be either President of the United States or Sheriff of Cabarrus County.

Hall's Varieties. Mr. Hall and his troupe have been playing at our City Hall for about a week to delighted audiences. The song of 44 Billy Barlow" alone, as sung by Mr. Robinson, is worth more than the admission price.

Mr. and Mrs. Hall are both excellent actors; and Mr. Robinson is inimitable, while Miss Russell performs her part well. We learn that they will play this (Tuesday) afternoon, for the benefit of the people from the country who may choose to attend.

No one will regret his quar ter he will get more than his money's worth; but we advise a care as to vest buttons. Robinson has no doubt broken off thousands of them. The controversy between Mr. Clingman and Prof. Mitchell as to the highest mountain in West ern North-Carolina, 16 still unsettled.

We wish we had it in our power to decide the matter, and knew how to decide it, for we like them both, and would be pleased to see them both go down to other times associated in with the everlasting mountains which are the wonder and glory of the State. Meantime the map-maker, Mr. Cooke, is somewhat embarrassed in assigning a name to the highest peak, Fiist it is Mount Mitchell, and then it is Mount Cling. man and who shall decide We suggest to him for tho present to call it 14 Mont Blanc." There are thoueands of patriotic Fillmore men in the free States who have scorned Kenneth Rayner's advice and voted for James Buchanan. Among them, Rufus Choate, of Massachusetts, who does justice to4he 44 youthful, vehement, exultant, and progressive nationality" by which the Democratic Dartv has ever been distinguished.

These are Mr. Choate's own words. It is rather" singular that Maryland, the old est Catholic State in the Confederacy, should vote for Fillmore, the anti-Catholic candidate. Maryland has but eight votes, and these are all Mr. Fillmore will get, even if he obtains them.

It will be some indication, however, to the heart-broken Fillmouin- ers that Know Nothingism will continue to veget8. The New York Herald commends Mr. Ray ner for his letter, and speaks of him as 44North Caro lina's favorite son." The Herald is wide of the mark Mr. Rayner is this day by far the most unpopular man in North-Carolina. Outside the circle of a few abolitionists, and a few prejudiced and fanatical Know Nothings, he has no influence either in this State or in the South.

He was at one time popular, and a favorite with his party, but that day has gone, never to return. To Purchasers of Pianos. At a time when bad pianos are being scattered broadcast over the land, purchasers will know how to value the assistance of an experienced musician in making their selections, especially when such assistance may be had gratis. We refer those interested to Professor Kern's card in another column. DIED.

At Oakland, Chatham on the 7th October, Mr. Jordan Watson, aged 53 years, leaving a wife and six children with numerous friends, to mourn their irreparable loss. FOR SALE, A NEAT AND COMMODIOUS DWELLING HODSE and lot in this City, at present occupied by Mrs. W. Ramsey, on Martin street.

The House has seven rooms and is two stories high, with all necessary outhouses, and a most excellent well of water in the vard. It is only a square and a half from Fayettcville street, possessing all the advantages of retiracy, and at the same time convenient to the business part of the Cit y. If not disposed of privately" before, it will be sold at public sale on Monday of Wake county Court, being the 17th of November instant. For terms, Ac, apply to J. J.

Litch-ford, Auctioneer and Commission Merchant, Fayetteville Street. JAS. M. HARRIS. ALSO, at the same time and place I will sell three houses and lots, all comfortable dwellings, on the street immediately in the rear of the above, provided thiy are not previously disposed of at private sale.

M. H. November 4, 1856. 100--td! Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal Company THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCKHOLDERS of the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal Company," will be held at their office in Norfolk, on TUESDAY, the 2nd day cf December next at 11 o'clock, A. M.

A. M. BURT, Secretary. November 1, 1856. loo lm.

To Purchasers of Pianos, Hfelodeons and other Musical Instruments. AG. KERN, LATELY PROFESSOR OF MUSIC in Greensborough (N. Female College, would respectfully announce, that having made arrangements with all the best manafacturers, he is prepared to receive orders for Pianos, Ac, of any good maker that purchasers may be partial to. If they should prefer to leave the selection entirely to him, he will order in every case from the house which happens at the time to enjoy the enviable reputation of making the btst pianos in the icorldl Buring at wholesale, at a large discount from the regular prices, he is enabled to sell as low as the pianos can poss'bly be bought at the Factory.

All instruments sold by him will be tuned for several years without charge thus savimg a very considerable item of expense, and will be exchanged if they should not proi-e perfectly satisfactory. lT' Tuning and repairing, in all'its branches, executed in an unexceptionable manner. Prof. K. may be found (for a few days only) at Lawrence's Hotel.

Orders for Tuning, Ac, must be sent in without delay. November 4. 1836. 100 It. MASONIC NOTICE.

ON the 3rd Saturday in November next, the funeral of Brother Asael Vick will be solemnized at the late residence of said deceased in Nash couutv. Also on the 3rd Sunday in November next, the funeral of Brother Thomas W. Wright will be solemnized at the residence of Thomas J. A. Cooper in said count v.

Also, on the 4th Sunday in November next, the funeral of Brother Adison P. liovdeu will be solemnized at the residence of Hiram Bowden in said county, by Morning Star Lodge, No. 85. Members and brethren of the fraternity generally, are respectfully solicited to attend the above funerals. J.

J. Q. TAYLOR, Sec'y. October 30, 1856. 100 2t.

VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE. THE SUB- 'Scriber being desirous of removing to the Eastern part of (he State, offers his Farm for sale. The farm is situated in Wnrren county, on the Louishurg road, about four miles South-west of Warrenton and the same distance from Shoceo Springs, and contains about 20O acres, more or less. The land lies well, and is ditched wherever necessary. There are about 120 acres under cultivation, which has been very well manured by the proprietor, and is finely adapted to the culture of Wheat, Tobacco, Com, Oats, Ac.

There is upon the premises a very comfortable dwelling house, with an office near, a large smokehouse, a fine, large tob acco bam that will hold 8 hogsheads of tobacco a fine set of stables and granaries, an overseer's house, and a Brick Tannery, the vats of which are built of heart pine timber, and are in excellent condition. This Tannery could be put in working order at a very trifling expense. The buildings are all nearly new and iu good condition. There is also upon the premises a fine Apple Orchard that will give to the owner a full supply of most excellent fruit the entire year, and a sale for everything raised upon the farm both at Warrenton and Shocco Springs, at good prices. This place will be sold at a bargain to any person desiring a farm of this size.

Any one wishing to purchase said farm, by addressings letter to the subscriber at Washington, N. will receive prompt attention. Terms accommodating. There will be a gentleman on the farm who will show the premises to any one desirous of inspecting them. JNO.

BEEKE WILLIAMS. November 1, 1856. 100 It. NOTICE. Office of the Wil.

Weldon R. R. Co. Wilmington, N. Oct.

3, 1856. THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCKHOLD-ers of the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad Company will be held in the town of Wilmington, on Thursday the 1 3th nf Vnrpmhor. TAAflva noprv cv October 31, 1856. 100 Un. STATE OF NORTH-CAROLINA JOHN-ston County.

Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, August Term, 1856. John D. Tatten.adm'r of Sarah Price, dee'd, vs. Ransom Tatten. Petition to make real estate as? ets.

It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that the defendant, Ransom Tatten, is notUn inhabitant of this State; It is ordered that publication be made in the Raleigh Standard, for six weeks, notifying the said Ransom Tatton, that he be and appear at the next term of our 6aid Court, to be held for the county of Johnston, at the Court House in Smithfield, on the 4th Monday of November next, then and there to plead, answer, or demur to the plaintiff's petition, or the same will be taken pro confesso as to him, and heard ex parte. Witness: John H. Kencday, Clerk of our said Court, at office in Smithfield, the 4th Mondav of August, 18.16. KENEDAY, Clk. Oct.

24,1856. 1156 w6w. A Female Teacher Wanted. I DESIRE TO EMPLOY A LADY TO FILL A vacancy which will occur in my School at the close of the present session. A Southern lady who can produce satisfactory testimonials as to qualification to teach the usual English branches, with Mus.c on Piano, French, and Painting and Drawing, will be paid a liberal salary.

The location is healthy and the society good. Any who may desire to apply will address me immediately. JOHN W. STUART, Leachburg, Johnston county, N. C.

October 25, 1S56. 98 tf. Age copy 8 times. NEW NEW L. C.

MURRAY, 2 DOORS BELOW WILLIAMS HAYWOOD'S DRUG STORE, HAS JUST RECEIVED AND OPENED AN ENTIRELY new stock of Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes, Hats, Bonnets, 4c, Ac. Old customers and new ones are respectfully invited to come, sec, and be satisfied that by purchasing here they will save money. The whole of his stock has been purchased this Fall and from first hands. He feels confident that he can soli GOODS of equal quality as low as the lowest as cheap as the cheapest, and us good as the best. Cull and see, though you do not buy No trouble to show goods.

Any enumeration of items is deemed useless as almost every article to be found in any retail establishment will be found here and be is confident that he will be able to sell GOODS as cheap as any house in Raleigh. NOT FORGET WHILE LOOKING-11 around for FALL AND WINTER GOODS to call at the new Store. D. MURRAY, Two doors below Williams k. Haywood's Drug Store.

Raleigh, Sept. 22, 1856. 1151 wtf. 925 4 Re ward. ANA WAY FROM THE SUBSCRIBER, NEAR Anderson's Bridge, Franklin county, N.

about the 1st of August, 1856, one negro man named GEORGE Said negro is about eighteen or twenty years old, 5 feet, 9 or lynches high, dark complected, and has the scar of a born extending from his right ear down the side of his neck. I will give the above reward of wen tv -five dollars for his delivery to me, or if confined in jail, the remainder of the above reward alter paying his prison charges. Said negro was purchased from the estate of Eppy Timberlake, dee'd, abont five miles south of Louisburg, and is probably lurking in that neighborhood. WILLIE CROWDER, September 22, 1856. 1152 wtt mj OTICE THE UNDERSIGNED HAVING QUAL IFIED as Administrator en the estate of P.

R. Tom-linson, dee'd. at August Term, 1856, hereby notifies all persons holding receipts against said deceased as an officer, to come forward and nandia their receipts and take their papers within the time prescribed by law, or this notice will be plead in bar of their recovery. E. 3.

TOMLINSON, Adnftt September 2, 1856. HW tv general panic and a movement toward the platform, and a great deal of excitement Finally, however, the fright subsided. After Mr. Choato had spoken about three quar ters of an hour, however, another crash was felt in the centre of the hail, which settled two or three inches, and the vast audience rushed to the outlets of the hall. For a few moments the'panic was fearful, and the screams and cries of the people who were crushed in the crowd were appalling.

The ladies in the galleries were the most self possessed of any, and remained perfectly quiet, although their blanched cheeks betrayed the fear1 in which they stood. Mr. Choate sat down and seemed as calm as if safely seated in his own study during the whole of the scene of excitement. Mr. Butler, with a Lowell architect, Mr.

Rand, who went to make an examination of the building after the second crash, returned in few moments, and Mr. Butler then informed the audience that they had discovered that the heads on one or two bolts had given way, and that in order to avoid the possibility of any catastrophe, the people had better re tire trom the hall in as quiet a manner as possible. The audience then left the hall at fast as they could, and reassembled in front of the, Merrimack House. A platform was soon constructed, extending out of a second story window over the porch, on which Mr. Choate appeared and delivered the remainder of his speech.

The gentlemen on the platform were of the last to leave. Mr. Choate, while passing to the door, for the first time seemed to indicate by expression a realization of the danger which environed us. The floor actually sunk under him two or three inches, and he was heard to remark 44 This is go ing but he retained his sell possession anu walked on. It is stated that Mr.

Butler on returning from the inspection of the floor disguised his fears, and never expected to leave the hall alive. He discovered, with Mr. Kand, that the noor had yielded perceptibly, that the noise which so alarmed all was the snapping of the iron fastenings and supports that if the audience was not soon removed, the floor and the rocf, and perhaps the side walls, would soon come down. He discovered that certain timbers and joints upon which the floor resterl had given way, and that the Ceiling or the depot beneath was opening and threatening. Altogether, it was a most wonderful escape.

Hon. J. C. Dobbin. We copy the following just and comnlimentarv reference to the Hon.

J. C. Dob bin from the North American of this morning 44 The Secretary of the Nanv. It is announced that Mr. Dobbin, who has been absent from Wash ington ior the purpose ot recruiting a shattered state of health, will resume his duties at the close of tha present month, much improved in condition.

During his whole term of office, the Secretary of the Navy has bestowed earnest attention in elevating the character and efficiency of that branch of the public service, and he will retire from office, carry- ing with him the respect ana good opinion oi tuose who differ very widely from him on political sub jects." Cantwell's Justice. We have been favored with a copy of the invaluable work entitled 44 Cantwell's Justice." The following is the title page 44 The North Carolina Magistrate, a practical guide to the Laws of the State, and the decisions of the Supreme Court, defining the Duties and Jurisdiction of Justices of the Peace out of Court under the Revised Code, 1854-55, together with full instructions and numerous Forms and Precedents, by Ed ward Cantwell, L. L. The above is a new work of great merit, and is evidently a desideratum in that branch of the legal art It has been gotten up by Mr. Cantwell at the sacrifice of time and professional engagements, for which he receives no pecuniary remuneration.

He deserves, and no doubt, will receive, the thanks of those whom it is designed to benehc. VharLotte Democrat. Judge McLean for Cincinnati Enquirer recently announced (says the Pennsylva- nian) that Hon. John McLean had declared himselt in favor of the election ot Mr. Lucha lan to the Presidency.

This announcement is fully confirmed by the Daily Commercial, a rampant Fremont paper of Cincinnati, which attacks Judge McLean bitterly for this preference. It is one ol the most gratityiug signs of the times to see nearly if not all, of the reallygreat.and patriotic men of the nation rallying around the standard of the Democratic party at the present crisis. The accession of Judge McLean is another great proof of the fact that in times of real danger to the confed eracy who desire the perpetuation of the Union, the preservation of the constitution, and the maintenance of the prosperity of the country, will array themselves inline ranks which alone can preserve them, despite all former political predilections and prejudices. THE MARKETS. NORFOLK PORT ED FOft THE NORTH-CAROLINA STANDARD," By A.

M. M'PHEETERS Wholesale Grocers, Forwarding db Commission Merchants Norfolk, Nov. 1, 1S56. FLOUR continues dull, and we quote-Family at Extra S. F.

Prime white WHEAT, $1 551 60 red $1 45. DRIED FRUIT is in demand at 5oX for peaches $1 for apples. FLAXSEED $2 Beeswax 25 cents. COTTON dull and we quote, nominally, lfglSJ cents. NAVAL STORES quiet.

Spts Turp. light demand at 4041 cents Common Rosin $1 25 pine rosin 3 Tar dull at $1 LIME is scarce at $1 20 for ThOmaston $1 50 for W. C. GUANO in good supply. Pure Peruvian $53 for 1 and 25 tons.

The market is well supplied with Groceries, and we have no change of consequence to note in prices. WILMINGTON MARKET. Wilmington, November 1, 1856. TURPENTINE Is in fair demand, and market firm. Further sales yesterday of 337 bbls.

at $2 55 for virgin and yeliow dip, and $1 55 for hard, per 2S0 lbs. This morning 218 do. went at same figure. SPIRITS TURPENTINE Further sales yesterday of 113 bbls. at 38 cents, and 100 do.

at 38X cents. This morning 100 do. sold at 33 cents per gallon which is an advance ot 4 cent. ROSIN No sales. COTTON Sales after yesterday's report of 50 bales at 113' cents for middling to good middling; and this morning 100 do.

at 113 to 12 cents per B). for middling to good middling. The lot of 40 bales reported yesterday at 12 cents, should have been at 12 cents. CORN A cargo of 2,600 bushels received from Hyde county, but not yet sold. FISH Sale yesterday of 94 bbls.

Mullets at $5 75 for pine, and 6 50 for oak bbls. Journal. FAYETTEVILLE MARKET. Fatkttbvillr, November 1, 1856. BACON dull at 15 cts COTTON 10 to 10 cts FLOUR, family, $7 25 CORN 90 cents per bushel veltow dip TURPENTINE, i 15 scraped $1 15.

Spirits 35 cts. WE ARE REQUESTED TO ANNOUNCE MR. ERASMUS PARISH, of Waite, as a candidate for principal Doorkeeper of the House of Commons, at the ensuing session of the Legislature. Nov. 4, 1856.

100 td. TTO'flCE. APPLICATION WILL BE MADE AT LM the next session of the Legislature to incorporate York Collegiate Institute in Alexander County. November 4, 1856. 100 td.

Dem. Opp. Dem. Opp, 4 3 2 5 2 2 2 11 3 8 6 15 1 1 6 6 15 10 6 19 8 13 21 7 4 2 9 43 41 21 63 41 21 2 Opp. maj.

old 42 2 Missouri, Arkansas, Iowa, Vermont, Maine, Florida, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Dem. maj. new C. Democratic gain, 44 Twenty-one States have yet to elect From the manifestations ot public sentiment in those fetates, we are disposed to believe that the following esti mate as to the political complexion ot the delegations yet to be chosen will not vary materially from the actual result Next Congress. Opp.

2 8 1 2 1 20 3 2 2 Dem. 1 2 1 2 4 2 13 6 2 2 13 7 7 5 4 4 7 1 7 2 7 99 Dem. 43 99 142 92 New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, California, New York, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Virginia, North Carolina, 1 Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Maryland, 2 Tennessee, 3 Delaware, Georgia, 1 Texas, Kentucky, 3 51 RECAPrTUTATION. Opp. Already elected, 41 To be elected, as estimated above, 51 92 Democratic majority, 50 According to the above addition of actual with estimated returns, the democratic majority in the next House of Representatives will be fifty.

Under the jnost disadvantageous circumstances lor the demo cratic party, the actual returns may reduce this es timated majority to lorty but our present convic tions are, from a calm survey of the field, that the democratic majority will be above rather than be low the mark indicated by us. Tom Corwin, the Ohio abolitionist, telegraphed to Philadelphia about the time Mr. Rayner was speaking there, that he had abandoned Fillmore and would go for Fremont. There must have been some secret understanding between Corwin, Rayner, Botts, and Stockton. Fillmore Withdrawn.

Philadelphia, Nov. 1. Considerable excitment among politicians this evening, in consequence of the report that eight Fillmore electors have with drawn, as well as three others whose names are not given. Among the former is Andrew btewart.