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i i i i. i i 1 -I" -i 1 WEEKLY, 2 PER ANNUM IN ADVANCE. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING. 1 SEMIWEEKLY, $4''PER AtoNUMJN VOLUME XVII. CITY OP RALEIGH, ORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 26, 1851.

NUMBER 856.: i i. THE KORTH CABOtlNA STANDARD lot to act. No one can! tell what another year will be. called for from the executive of Massachusetts, tol to I AN ACT In the vicinity of this City, on Tuesday evening LurtV by the Rev. Dr.

Mason, Ford Taylor, Commoner from Nash, to Mrs. Hicksey Johnson. 4 In this County, on the evening of the 20th instant, by 0. L. Burch, Mr.

John W. Literto Miss Elizabeth Watson. put down insurrection in their respective States buch was the case ln putting down the whisky in Burrectlon in' The militia of that State alone were sufficient. If Massachusetts refused to obey the laws of the United States and to enforce them, there was but one thing more for her to and that was, to declare the Constitution of the Um ted State no longer obligatory. He then alluded to the case of Governor Quitman, who, in Obedience to the lawsbad resigned his post of Governor of a State and surrendered himself to the authorities, upon a charge of which it was well known he could not be guilty.

"Governor Quitman had offered to srive pledge that, upon the expiration of his term of ser vice, he would present himself for trial. -This pledge wis refused. Justice in that case was hungry for its victim. If this mob were an exposition Of the prin ciples of Massachusetts, he would rather let her go on than to vote to enforce ber obedience by means of the army and navy of the United States. Mr.

Foote read from the.State papers to show that, in! the case of the sinsurrection in Pennsylvania Washington had issued his requisition tor militia up on the Males of Pennsylvania, Mew Jersey, Maryland and Virginia. The militia called out were not alone from the State where the insurrection took place. Davis, of Massachusetts, meant, when he said that there was a sentiment prevalent in Massachusetts against the law that the law was opposed by the people but he did not mean that therefore the law would not be enforced. He ventured to say that all the speculations, that the army and navy would be necessary to enforce the laws ot the United states, were wholly unfounded. He would take the respon sibility ot asserting that the laws would be executed without calling in any such aid.

He was opposed to the law it was opposed by many as an onensive measure, but beneath all this there existed that pub lie! opinion which did not consider mubs as the prop er remedy, or the proper means to effect a change of the law. 1 he days ot the revolution and of Shiy rebellion were gone by, and the people have learued there is an easier mode of obtaining a redress of grtev ances that the ballot-box is the most efficacious mode. They have no desire to place themselves in opposition to the Uuited States authority. While he, had opposed the Jaw; still he would be willing to vote for a proper one. The people of the free States consider that it is an imputation them to deny in these cases a mode of trial which was allowed in every other case.

At a proper time he thought he could saiisly the Senate that this was not the proper kind of law. Mr. Cooper said tbat the militia called out to suppress the insurrection in Pennsylvania were from iew Jersey, Maryland, arid, Virginia. Their rendezvous was at Carlisle, and he believed they marched to Uniontown. The question was then taken, and the resolution was adopted unanimously.

AN OUTRAGE IN COURT. On Thursday evening last, whilst Wake County Court was in session, an outrage occurred in the Court-House which has excited the deepest indigna tion of our citizens. The Constable of the Court and City, Mr. James H. Murray, was sitting within the bar, when John Williamson came up behind him and struck him with all his force, with a rock which he held in his hand, stunning and telling him to the floor.

Williamson was immediately seized by the Clerk, Mr. Marriott, and held until the Court order ed him to prison. This outrage is the more atrocious from the fact, that Williamson had just been compelled by the Court to give bond to keep the peace towards Mr. Murray, who had only dealt with him previously as an officer in the discharge of his duty. Mr.

Murray was convey ed to bis residence in a carriage, and was immediately' attended by Doctors Hill and F. J. Haywood. We are glad to learn that his skulljs not fractured, though his head is cut through to the bone. Such an outrage, perpetrated on a worthy officer of the law, and under the very eye of the Court, calls for the heaviest punishment which that Court can inflict.

Williamson is noted for his profligate and desperate disposition, and is the very character of whom an example ought to be made at this time, for the good of the community. Mr. Murray was doing well on yesterday, and we are gratified to learn that his life is considered in no very serious danger. PRESIDENT'S PROCLAMATION. The following proclamation was issued yesterday, by President Fillmore, on account of the recent resistance of the fugitive slave law at Boston, and the vio lent rescue of an alleged fugitive from the custody of the Marshal by an organized mob, in which he calls the assistance of all good citizens, and com mands the full and prompt execution of the law against the offenders, and their aiders and abettors.

The course of the President will meet with general approbation, for if a mob may be collected and allowed to oppose the authority, of the General Government, there is no satety tor society. We are indebted to the Washington Republic for a slip containing the Proclamation. A PROCLAMATION. By the President of the United Slates. Whereas, information has been received that sundry lawless persons, principally persons of color, combined and confederated together, for tho purpose of opposing by force the execution of the laws ot the United States, did at Boston, Massachusetts, on the fifteenth of this month, make a violent assault on the marshal or deputy marshals of the United States, for the district of Massachusetts, in the court-house, and did overcome the said officers, and did, by force, rescue, from their custody a person arrested as a fugitive slave, and then and there a prisoner lawfully holden by the said marshal or deputy marshals of the United States, and other scandalous outrages did commit in violation of law.

i Now, therefore, to the end that the authority of the laws may he maintained, and those concerned in violating them brought to immediate and condign punishment, I have issued this my proclamation, calling on all well-disposed citizens to rally to the support of the laws of their country, and requiring and commanding all officers, civil and military, and all other persons, civil or military, who shall be found within the vicinity of this outrage, to be aiding and assisting, by all means in their power, in quelling this and other such combinations, and assisting the marshal and his deputies in recapturing the above-mentioned And I do, especially, direct that prosecution be commenced against all persons who shall have made themselves aiders or abettors in or to this flagitious offence. And 1 do further command that' the District Attorney of the United States, and all other persons concerned in the administration or execution of the laws of the United States, cause the foregoing and all 6nch as aided, abetted or assisted 'theni, or shall be found to bave harbored or concealed such fugitive, contrary to law, to be immediately arrested and proceeded with according to Jaw. Given under my hand, and the seal of the United State, this 18lhday of February, 1851. us. MILLARD Daniel Secretary of State.

It will be seen by reference to the proceedings of the senate, that Air. Ulay's resolution, calling on the for information as to the outrage at Boston, was after considerable 1 4- i JsalUtnore Hum I i a I assist in executing the law and arresting the offenders. Troops of the United States should, if necessary, be sent to Boston to assist in the execution of the law. If the slave or his abettors should be arrested. who will insure their'safe-keeping, (with the jails of Massachusetts shut against the United states,) except by the aid of military force We respectfully suggest that the present marshal and his deputies shonld be superseded by more energetic officers.

Every exertion must be made to cause the Jaws to be respected. General Washington exerted all his energies to suppress the whiskey insnrrection but the present crisis is more important, more intimately connected with the peace of the whole country and the stability of the Union, than a whiskey insurrection. Now is the time to ant with spirit; now. is the time to assure the whole nation that the laws must be respected, and that 44 the Union must be preserved." Boston all Boston, with the exception of eight or ten officers of the law stand quietly by and seethe law outraged, defied, and the Constitution of. the country trampled down by a band of infuriated blacks! We looked for this, or something like it.

These wretches have grown bolder day by day, and every failure to arrest a fugitive in that City, has but strengthened their infamous and law-defying purposes. It remains to be seen whether the criminals will be punished as they deserve, and whether indeed the State of Massachusetts be subject to the Federal Con stitution and the Federal law. We shall keep our readers duly advised of events I connected with this unprecedented outrage. THE BOSTON OUTRAGE, We present below the debate which took place in the Senate on Tuesday last, on the presentation by Mr. Clay of the following Resolution in relation to the recent outrage in Boston.

We copy from the Washington Republic "The Senate took up the following resolution, submitted yesterday by Mr. Clay: Resolved, That the President of the Untted States be requested to lay before the Senate, if not incompatible with the public interests, any information he may possess in regard to an alleged recent case of a forcible resistance to the execution of the laws of the United States in the city of Boston, and to communicate to the Senate, under the above condition, what means he has adopted to meet the occurrence and whether, in his opinion, any additional legislation is necessary to meet the exigency of the case, and to more vigorously execute existing laws: Mr. Clay explained the object of the resolution to be to obtain from the President any information he may possess in regard to the recent outrage to obtain from him information as to what measures he has adopted to. meet the occurrence, and also whether in his opinion any additional legislation be necessary to more vigorous execution of the laws of the land. Until that information Was received, he considered it premature to enter into any extended discussion of the subjbet.

But he could not forbear saying that he had been shocked and astounded upon reading the ac counts as given in the newspapers of such an occurrence taking place in the third city of the It was not alone that the laws had been resisted, the officers beaten down, and driven'out of the court-room, the person whom tbey had in custody taken from them but this was done in open daylight by a mob, and in the face of a population of one hundred and fifty thousand inhabitants. By whdm was this done? Not by people of our own race or color. By negroes, by Africans, arid the descendants of Africans. The question was whether our laws and Government were to be the laws and Government of white men of black men. At first he could not believe the accounts of this affair, as given in the papers but he had heard it confirmed by high authority by a per son who had received letters from The Senator from Mississippi (Mr.

Foote) bad stated yesterday that in an interview with the two'higtiest officers of the Government assurances were given that the law would be maintained; since then he (Mr. had had an interview with these persons, and had received a similar assurance. Jj Mr. Davh, of Massachusetts, said he had read the accounts of the occurrence in Boston which occurrence the Senator had condemned. Before arraigning any one, before condemning or commending any one, concerning this proceeding, he desired to have the information and facts before him, and when he had these before him he would not hesitate to express his condemnation or commendation, as the facts of the case woold show who was entitled to either.

It was well known that the law, whose operations had been resisted, was an unpopular one in that section of the country, ard that its provisions had been most fully discussed and commented upon. But the people of Boston were a law-abiding people. They were willing and content to leave this law to the action of the courts to have its constitutionality decided upon. They were not disposed to resist the law by iviolence. While the law was upon the statute book it should be maintained and obeyed but there should also be allowed freedom of speech, freedom; of debate apon the subject.

Mr. Clay. Freedom of debate upon whatubject? Upon an open, impudent violation of the laws of the country Mr. Davis, of Massachusetts, said he meant that freedom of discussion should be allowed upon the general merits of the law. Mr.

Clay asked who opposed any discussion of the merits, of the law Davis said that he had no allusion the Senator. Without the Senate there had been obstacles thrown in the way of a free discusion of the merits of the law. Mr. Clay said that Congress less than five months ago had passed a law to carry into effect a provision of the Constitution. It was passed after full debate by considerable majority.

And to those who now required its repeal they said, we will not repeal the act we have so lately passed, particularly in the face of an open attempt to resist it. He hoped he had not offended the Senator from Massachusetts, by expressing the indignation he felt upon hearing of the conduct of those who entered the temple of justice, and seizing the sword of justice itself waving it in triumph over the heads of the officers and ministers of justice. He would on this and every other occasion speak, offend whom it may, of any gross outrage and resistance of the law, whether by white men or black men. i Mr. Davis said he felt as indignant as any one at the' occurrence.

The people of Boston were a law-abiding people. But they were also a free people; and since the days of the Revolution they had maintained the right of free discussion and inquiry into every subject affecting them. Their remedy against the offensive law was by argument, by reason, and by au. appeal-to the ballot-box. 'j Mr.

Davfsyof Mississippi, expressed the opinion that theeopfe of the northern States would never allow the Slave law to be enforced. It was question entirely with the people, and not with the States. The Presidenfof the United States had the power to resist invasion, and to suppress insurrection, and for this purpose to use the army and navy of the States; j--Vf: fvi Jaw. was not executed when first attempted, and the marshal was not removed what' was this but an encouragement to violate the law i He1 was opposed to employing the army, and navy of the United States to enforce the laws in the States. When the States refuses, to obey those laws, the question was beyond the control of the Government, and became involved in the sovereignty of the State.

It was contemplated that he militia of the States were sufficient bring forth. If the crisis be difficult, let our prudence rise with the and amid all difficulties whether they present themseWes in the shape of Union organizations, disunion organizations, or en tangling alliances with the Federalists let us remem- ber that our principles are secondary in imnortance on to our vital interests acd honor as citizens of a slaveholding State; and that, after all, the Constitution is tho surest and safest guide in times of national ex citement and of peril to the Union of the States. 'I OUTRAGE IN BOSTON. Fugitive Slave rescued ly a mob of blacks! The Law trampled under foot WV btWa in nnntlipr inli mn thn dehatA in tho Sen. onTuesday last in rehtion to the Boston Outrage, i v.

ivwui muiviovu wo I a a a suDieci, wnicn was issued on me letn instant. It appears that some days since, Mr. John Cup- hart, of Norfolk, Virginia, went to Boston in pursuit of one Shadrack Winkley. a fugitire slave, the prop- erty of John De Bree. The slave was arrested by Mr.

Riley, the United States' Deputy Marshal, and carried before the United States Commissioner; for examination. A number of lawyers volunteered to appear for Shadrack, and the examination was com menced. We give the following account of the rescue from the Boston Post 44 During the first nart of the bearing the court room was very much crowded, but Mr. Kiley, who had the management of the, business, succeeded in clearing the room before it was finished and when the arrangements for the postponement were conclud ed, there were only present a few officers, the coun sel, parties, and some reporters, and the doors were closed against all comers, except such such' as the. of ficers were directed to admit.

From half-past twelve till a few minutes before two, there was no difficulty i. in uib couri-rooin, except some altercation oetween Mr. Riley and Elizur Wrizht, of the Commonwealth. There being some conversation about raising a sub scription to procure the freedom of Shadrack. alias 44 Frederick," said he would, if he had the money, sooner give it pistols and, speaking -T ment you cold lay your hands on; If 1 your nanus on; it had been there, and had had pistols, you should have had them to shoot them down with or I would have used them myself He rlso rebuked Mr.

Riley for taking any part in the proceedings, and Mr. Riley ordered him out of the court room, but he did not go. In the course of the forenoon, the sheriff of this State being prohibited from using the jails for the detention of fugitive slaves, under the act of 1843, Mr. Riley sent a messenger to Commodore Downes to know if he would detain Shadrack in the navy-yard; and the Commodore replied that he was not author ized to use the yard for uch a purpose. Having no other place within his control, Mr.

Riley decided to retain Shadrack in the court-room, agreeing to allow his counsel access to him. This was the state of affairs inside about ten minutes before two o'clock. From the court-room door en the outside, down the stairs, and winding round to the northwest door of the court-bouse, and standing in the street, was a dense crowd of colored people, and it was somewhat difficult to work a passage through them. About ten WntrhU and. before it could be closed, some of lne coi0red people outside made last to it and held it open, while the others rushed into the court-room, Growing down the officers, who were attemptin pull the door to, and made for Shadrack.

wfco wag jammed mlo lhe corner near lne door, called upon his assistants to resist the res- euers but their numbers were too great; and tbey dragged Shradrack out ina few secdnds. One oftheas- UiaGniamamirred toret hold of the marshal's sword. Dorlionof the rescuers him round the body, thus fastening his arms, and the sword was dropped in the struggle. A colored man carried the sword into the street, where he gave it up to a young man named Hosea, who was not aware that it had been taken from the The rescuers, ran with Shadrack toRutolph street, and from thence it is sup- posed that he 'was conveyed in a cab over Cambridge bridge. The whole anair did not occupy over nve minutes." I The Boston Times thus speaks of this atrocious outrage, perpetrated in a Court of Justice and in defiance of the laws and the majesty of the people of the United States High Handkd'Ootraoc a A Court ir Jcstick.

The city ot Boston was oa Saturday disgraced by one of the most lawless and atrocious acts that has ever blackened the character of any community pre tending to be in the enjoyment of an enlightened state of civilization. A band of two hundred negroes violently entered a court of justice, and by force carried from the custody of the officers a person arrested agreeably to an established law of the nation. The act is a burning disgrace, not only to the city, but to the commonwealth, and indeed to the whole Union for it was a court of the United States which was thus treasonably invaded, and its statutes and power pot openly and insultingly: at defiance. It was a dis grace to the city that the mayor took no interest in a riot which occurred in a building belonging to the city, and refused his aid in suppressing proceedings which, had the officers performed a simple and un questionable would have resuled in a sanguinary conflict; for the rioters were supplied with arms, and were determined to use them against all who.ob- structed them in their law-defying course. It was a disgrace to the commonwealth, that no provision had been made for the detention of prisoners arrested un der a law for which a majority of its representatives in the United estates uongress nad recoraea ineir votes.

And it was a disgrace to the Union itself, in that the naval officer commanding at this statien declined to furnish the necessary aid to enforce a national law. Looking at it in every aspect, we can regard it as nothing but a complete triumph over law and order, by a band of black ruffians, countenanced and encouraged' by a batch of white 'traitors legal, religious, and fanatical for 'whom hanging would be too lenient punishment. It. is a blow at the supremacy of justice, at the dignity, power, and glory of the Union, and exhibits to other countries the ease with which a law of the 44 Model Republic" can be set at naught by any gang of determined scoundrels who object to its It has indicate the predominancy of negrodomin the Athens of America, and 1 we may next expect the edicts of these black masters as if our city had been suddenly transferred to the dominions of his sooty Highness Emperor Soolouque of Hayti." Mr. Riley; the Deputy Marshal, states officially "that from the time of the first notice to the Mayor of Boston and City Marshal, immediately after the arrest, to the taking of this deposition, neither the Mayor nor the City Marshal has appeared, nor has a single officer under (heir direction appeared, or aided in attempting to disperse the mob, er in keeping the and My.

Riley gives it as his opinion that it was the predetermined purpose of both not to do their duty in keeping tho peace inpnd about their own Court House. The Washington Union, commenting on this state of things, ssys; 1 The rioters mast be arrested the militia should a or a To amend an Act, passed in the near 1803, entitled an Jet for the government of the City of Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina, and it is hereby enacted by the authority cf the same. That no person shall be entitled Jto vote at any election for Intendant and Commissioners of ''he City of Raleigh, unless he shall have resided within the limits of the said City, for at least six months, and in the Ward in which he offers to vote for at least ten days next preceding the day of election, and paidUity taxes within the twelve months preceding the day of election; or being a non-resident, shall own "in fee simple, real estate in the City of Raleigh, and shall have possess- i eu baiu real estate at least six mourn a prcceutng me day of any election.

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That whenever an election shall be held for an Intendant and Commissioners of said City, it shall! be the duty of the Sher iff of the county of Wake, to declare the persons receiving the highest number of votes be elected, and if there shall be a tie between any two ol the candidates so that no election can be made, then he shall certify this fact in his returns, and the Board of Commissioners attheir first regular meeting thereafter, shall elect some person by ballot, to fill the vacancy. Sec. 3.

Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Intefidant to preside over all meetings of the Board of Commissioners when present and in all cases where there is a tie upon any question, he shall be entitled to give the casting vote. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That the Commis sioners of said City, shall have power and authority to levy and collect a tax not exceeding twenty-five dollars on every Billiard Table, Nine or Ten-pin Alley, Victualling house or Restauratuer and upon every permission granted to retail Spirtuous Liquors within the limits of said City. Sec.

5. Be it further enacted, That it shall not be lawful for the Justices of the county of Wake, to grant any license to retail opriruuous ijiquors wiumi me Citv of Raleis-h. without permission of the Board of i i. i .1 Commissioners first had. and if any License shall be granted without such permission in writing, attested by the Clerk of the Board of Commissioners, first filed with the Clerk'of said County Court, such License shall be void and of no effect, and the person obtaining such License, shall be liable to indictment as in other cases of retailing without License, and to a penalty of twenty dollars for each and every offence, to be recovered by warrant before the Intendant of Police, oi any Justice of the Peace in the name of the Commissioners of said City for the use of said City.

Sec. 6. Be" it further enacted, That the Commis sioners of said City, shall have power and authority to levy a tax of not exceeding three dollars, upon every hog kept running at large in the streets of said Uity. Sec. 7.

Be it further enacted, That this act shall be in force from and after the passage thereof. J. C. DOBBIN, S. ti.

U. W. N. EDWARDS, S. S.

Read three times and ratified in General Assembly; this 28th day of January, 1851. LATEST FROM EUROPE. By the arrival of the Africa at New York on the 15th instant, from Liverpool, we have two weeks la ter intelligence from Europe. We quote the following items of news i 44 The Africa brings the gladsome intelligence of the safety ot the steamer Atlantic, so long missing, and of her passengers, for whose safety there has been so much anxiety. The Atlantic, after having been nine days at sea, and making nineteen hundred miles, experienced a very severe storm and broke her shaft.

Her bulwarks, paddle-boxes, machinery, were also much broken and injured. Captain West decided that the only alternative was to put hack under sail, which he did, and made the port of Cork, Ireland, with all the pas? sengers safe; The passengers speak in the highest terms of the qualities of the noble steamer. They say she braved the storm with masterly strength. They have past a vote of thanks to Captain West for his great. skill and masterly management of the vessel.

It will require two months to repair the Atlantic. Her passengers have all arrived safely on board of the Africa. The Papal excitement in England has subsided. The continental news is unimportant. The political affairs of France have been somewhat disturbed.

Liverpool markets, Feb. 1. Cotton. The market was dull, and prices had declined jd per lb. siuce previous accounts.

Breadstuffs. Flour and wheat were quiet at pievi-ous quotations. Indian corn had advanced Is. Provisions. Beef remained urichange.

Pork had advanced 2s to 3s. Lard had advanced Is to 2s. Telegraphed for the Washington Republic New Orleans, February 14. Fifteen Das Later from California. By the steamer Mexico, arrived here, we have fifteen days, later news from California.

She brings dates from San Francisco to the 15th Jauua'ry. The general news possesses nopecial importance beyond what we have had by previous dates. The country was quiet, and outrages, robberies murders, less frequent. The Legislature assembled on the th January. The Governor's message ha been delivered.

It is straight forward, sensible document, and is well spoken of generally. There has been no election yet of United States Senator. It is the subject of much speculation. The chances are in favor of electing a Democrat, though Colonel Fremont cannot get the office. MrWeth-ered is much talked of among the Whigs, Buisness generally has been Money operations continue with seasonable prosperity, Healthfulness generally The cholera has entirely disappeared.

I Emigration to New The Commissioners of Emigration have made their report to the Legisla ture for the year ending 31st December, It shows a decrease of arrivals of 7,902, as compared with 1849, attributable to a stoppage in the current of German emigration. Of the arrivals 19,972 were citizens, and 212,796 aliens, making a total of 232,768. Of these were natives of- i Ireland England France Switzerland Holland West Indies Spain Poland Nov4 Scotia Denmark, Canada East Indies Russia 117.038 Germany 45,635 28,163 Scotland 6t72 3,462 Norway 3,150 2,380 Wales -i; 1,529 1,174 Sweden 1,119 554 Italy 476 257 Belgium 230 Sardinia 165 164 South America 104 90 Portugal 65 61 Mexico 41 .32 Sicily 28 ,,,18. China 11 4 Turkey 4 Greece The passengers arrived In 1,912 vesels. Plank R6ad3.

In the January number of Hunt's Merchants, there ia nn interesting article oh the subject of plank roads.5 From it we learn that plank roadS' were first constructed in We next find them introduced into Canada by Lord Sydenham this was some tenor twelve! years ago." In 1846 the' first plank road was! built in the United States, at the village of Cicero in the State of New York. Since that timo they have multiplied rapidly in that Stated and are: the great medium of communication between the producer and-consumer! open to ail kinds of vehiotes very, beneficial to the country at large, and profitable to the stockholders. III LI WILLIAM w. EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. Wikkit.

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1851. STAND BY YOUR COLORS We observe, in various portions or the country, that attempts are being made to destroy old party or- ganixiUons get up what is piled, by way of ex eellence, a Union party hese attempts appear to manifest themselves arbre decidedly in the free States than ia the slaveholding and tkere is both propriety in.1 reason in this, for that is tie quarter in which a I sound nd jus: regard for the Union as it ought to be and for State sovereignty, prevails to the least extent, and is most needed. We hail this spirit in the free States, and hope it may grow and spread; bet here IT t.jkA waver Anlv tn no lot mnp to far as the Slavery question is concerned, and where SO blDU lSHIieu agaiU3 uiBiuimuuaiivc wu.w... ve can perceive no good reason for establishing a monjre! party, or for any organization of the character illoded to. The troth is, these attempted Union orjwiiations are calculated by tleir very tendency, in to reflect uoon every citizen who stands forward with a determined spirit in behalf of South ern rights, and to increase that very power in the Federal Government which threatens, in the end, to every valuable attribute of State sovereignty.

Whit have we in North Carolina done, that we tboaM be called upon to approve the late "adjust merit." ind to vote for no man for Piesident or Vice President, or for any other office, who does not ap- prote it! We acquiesce in it submit to it, and ii net that sufficient I is enougn lor as so say a will make the tugitive-siave aw a test oi sou mi- wM-and it is for the better portion of the Northern I people to compel their public m'en: to tnis sundard t. j-. bat as a Southern roan, ana as we o. press, we would go beyond this, and distinctly de- dare that we would support no man for public station, nHmn nf and all at- -j tempts to give Congress junsdicttpn in any Shane or of any character whatsoever over ihe Slavery question, That is the point, after all, on which this whole question tarns. If the people of the free States will agitate this subject in their primary assemblies and in their legislative chambers, let them do it, with the certainty that they are thereby daily weakening the bonds that have made us one people but at the same time, while we bear that as best we may, let oa demand, as right, and insist upon it to the last extremity, that Slavery shall hereafter be an unpronouncable word ikthnHitCtmtrresa.

We are the assailed and aggrieved v- lection. We have not harmed the people of the free States in either their character, their persons, or their estates and are we, under these circumstances with the thunderbolts which these people have launched against 8 still burning in our midst to approve their action, to laud therr love of the Union, and to proscribe our own fellow citizens by getting up these so-called Union associations There are no disunion-is ts in North Carolina, and there is, therefore, no necessity for organizing a Union party to put down disunion; on the contrary, in our humble judgment, that man who stands up most unflinchingly for the reserved rights of the States, is the best Union man, while he who is eternally ctjing Union Union! is most to be dreaded as the advocate of consolidation, and of a coarse of policy which would inevitably tend to the destruction ot every vitalprinciple of Union and of Constitutional liberty.That is our opinion. We state it generally, without any wish, or intention to reflect upon or any party. If the Democratic party of the United States had remained in power, hese Slavery troubles would hare been avoided, or piomptly met and settled. There cas be no doubt that the Administration of Gen.

Tsy-br contributed more than all things else to inflame these troubles, and. to put the South to the wall in the late exciting controversy. Always sectional, the biz Dartv. in the contest which resulted in his ele- Nation to power, pretended to be national and in order to succeed in their struggle for the spoils, they managed so as to array, under the sane banner, the bit ter anti-Slavery man of New England, who contended that Gen. Taylor thought with him on this question, sod the ardent Southron, who pointed with triumph nt satisfaction to bis three hundred negroes as evi-- iervce of his devotion to Southern rights.

The result tfsUthuis well known to the country. We do not ProPe to dwell upon iu. If Gen. Cass had been e-lected, we have Mr. Webster's anthoiity for saying that the Missouri line would have, been established nd that, with other measnres equally fair, woold hae given satisfaction to the most ultra Southern State.

v'-v- oat under tnv end evenr viaw of the auestion. as presents Ueft it become th Democrats the oM States right's Jeffersonian party, to 44 stand by Tt eolor-M latrftii no "safety; either in tho ranks the Federalists, of ander a new flag. Let as stand en we art, and watch and let es act. in the fnr. regard for oar vital interests may requirrj In the city of Glasgow, Scotland, (whither hs had cone to complete ths study of his proftssioo) Mr.

Alex- ander Strange, son of the Hon! Robert Strang. this No more afflictive intelligence could have fallen upon his family and numerous friends. i But a few months since, ne leu our miow i health and with buoyant spirits, to derive the of a finished education in the eminent schools of Scotland and those to whom he was dear, looked forward with high hopes and fond expectations to his future sttsin- ments in usefulness and excellence. But alas I been called to experience a bitter and sorrowful dtssp- pointment, and to bear the burthen of a sad and severe bereavement. It.

ThA nf thin nhitnarv exbircd on the svening OI the 16th of January the 21st yesr of hi sgf siUt a short but severe illness; during wwen ns was rounded hy the ablest medical assistsnce, and tenderly nursed by sincerely sympathizing relatives and friends. tunth of their heaw affliction, ths bereavea family of the deceased may find just cause of consols- t.t tion in the remembrance ot nw origin ana mau-5 ofc vigorous and cultivated inellect, and com- hinincr ths uiialities of a firm and! manly mind with an extremely quiet, and gentle temperament, and an amiable and generous heart, he was an attractive acquaintance a valuable friend, and in the closer relations oi iu, example of filial and fraternal fidelity. Tn vipw nf moral andi Christian integrity of character, and his uncommonly irreproachable and un-hlameable life, there is every hope that Almighty God-in his mercy, hath taken him from ths evil to come, caie(j him away to be at test. Fayetteville Carolinian. i i I 1 Sealed Proposals TTTTILL be received by the Subscriber, until ths 14th day of March, for the following work on the Lunatic Asylum.

CmrssTJCR'a Work. The flooring, including Plank', nails andl laying the same The price per squsre. Doors including frames, Sashes, Hanging snd sll materials except hinges and locks. The price for Window frames, exclusive of 'Japs jmd Bills. The price for Sleepers snd Joists.

The price per Squsre. Roof including rafters and every thing except tin. The price per Square. Stairs including materials, price per square. Misox's Door Sills and Caps per superficial foqt of Rough Stone, the price per foot Window tJills.

and Caps of Rough Stone the price per lineal foot. 1 The plans can be found at the Bank of the Stat. Boud with approved security will be required of the Contractors. 1 By order of the Commissioners. GEO.

W. MORDECAL Sec. of Com. Raleigh. Feb.

13, 1851. 31 NQTICE. ON the fourth Monday of March next, I will sell, for cash, in the town of Carthage, the following tracts or parcels of Lsnd, or so much thereof as will psy the taxes due thereon for the year the expenses of said sale. No. acres, Peron names.

Location. Taxes 45. Heirs of H. A. McNeill.

McDeed's creek, -04 cV 22. Mouth Big Pond, Ot 45. Hart's Branch, 08 50. Gut creek, 04 25. Little creek, Oft 25.

44 organ ton road, OS 10. 44 McDeed's creek, 0 4. Yadkin road, 04 64. 44 Mill ereek, 04 64. Seal's road, 06 15.

Stcar Branch 01 McDeed's creek, 05 225. Heirs of A. B. McFadyen, Govenor's creek. 63 110- Heirs ofJohn Black, Nick's 10 100.

Heirs of Alex Nicholson, Raccoon ereek, SI All the above Land will be sold if not previously paid. A. R. WADSWORTH, laU Sheriff. Feb.

12, 1851. (Pr. Adv. $4.) 29 6U JN 0TICE. Greenville and Raleigh Plank Road.

THE conditions of the Charter incorporating ths Greenville and Raleigh Plank Road Company hav. ing been complied with, nop'ce is hereby riven, that meeting ot the Stockholders of said Compsny will held at the Couit House, in the town of Greenville, Pitt county, on Thursday, the 20ib day of February, instant at 12 o'clock, for the purpowe of electing a President and nine Directors, agreeably to the provisions of the JOHN MYERS, JAMES E. HOYT, B. F. HAVENS.

BENJ. F. HANKS, JOSEPH POTTS, Commissioners at Washington, N. Feb 6, 1851. 29ld- Stray Horse, STRAYED from the subscriber, on Monday night, the 10th inst a very dark Brown or Black Horse, five years old this Spring, shod all round, snd paces rs--pidly under the saddle.

Nowhite spots upon him reeoU lected. He has a tolerably long tail and mane. The last time he was heard of he was on bis way towards Raleigh from Smithfield. The subsciiber would be obliged to any one who msy give him information in relation to the Horse, and he will liberally reward any one who may take him up and hold him so tbat he gets him Addresa the subscriber, at Franklinton, Franklin W. Holden, Raleigh or D.

McPhereon, SmitMeld. A. February 15, 1S51. 30 -tf. dissolution; THE firm of Barrett, Newsom" and Holden.

is this day dissolved by mutual All of ths debt due said firm, and liabilities are to be settled by Barrett and Newsom, a transfer of the ssme having been made to them. BARRETT, (NEW80M A HOLDEN. Dec. 28, ,1850. I HAVE now on iand all the Goods, Wares, and Merchandise; lately purchased from Barrett, Newsom Holden; and will be making additions to the fonnej stock as the custom msy need.

I will continue at the Brick Store House, nesrly opposite to the Tost Qffict, and will be thakful to receive a liberal patronsgrffwin nunrliiJ customers. THUS. W. HUJ.JJ Milton, N. C-.

Dec, 18, 1850. 31- 1 1 T' Noi If, Fayetteville Street, Opposite the' Post Offiei, IA RE now receiving an extensive assortment of Law. A Medical, Theological, Mitcellsneons sndfichotl Books gensrallv Annufls and choice Books far Presents, Novels, Stationary of all kinds, which. irs sell- invat Ka Wrv lnwest nrie'es. and which WO STS COIfl-; -T.

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