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Arrival of the Columbia.

the Unicorn.
The Columbia met with a success
sion of westerly gales. and on the
l4,h day out her milan shaft gave way,
and she had recourse to her sails and
one engine.
She met with one hundred and nj
ty ice bergs.
Bv this arrival we have Liverpool
dates to the 4th, and London to the
evening of the Sd ult.
In the British Parliament, the con-
%servative majority c%ontionues to sus-
tan the policy of Sir Robert Peel IN
regard to the Corn Laws. The ma
iority on Mr.: NlTers' amendment to
Lord ]. Russel's motion, which IN
volved the question of corn law or
no corn law, WIS voted down by n
majority of 3o3 in favor of co'n law
II is evident from this that the Cabi-
net has attained for many years.
FRANCE mas not ratified the treaty
in relation to the slave trade. Lord
Aberdeen had exchanged notifications
in London with AuS,ria, Russia and
Prussia, and it was left open tor the
Finch to ratiIy at a future day. Con-
siderable sensation was created IN
Paris, by the news that the other
powers had acted without Frunce,
and the funds fell. in consequence.
nearly half per cent. A delay oil
four moths has been asked and OBJ.
tanned for the French Governmet to
ratifv the right of search.
A rumor is current that French
Government has discovered n new
and formidable plot against the lives
OF the King of the Frnch and his
family, and that. in consequence. The
extraordinary precautions TO guard
the Tuilleries and various entrances
thereto. The army will it IS said, be
Immediately strengthened by the en-
listment of 5000 men.
Portugal.-A revolution broke on
at Lisbon on the night of the 18th
inch terminated in favor Of the t
of Don Pedro. The lmme-
late cause of the movement was the
of Viscount Sa de Bandeira,
minister Of war. into the cabinet,
on that evening by the Duke
# Pamela, and the measures resort
ID to by the Viscount Sa to put down
he Oporto movement in favor Of the
The news from India, is not much
alter than by the last arrivals, and
lnimportant.
Miscellaneous Npms.-In England
the prospects of business are dismal.
but the necessity of increasing the
in China is promoting employ
for the army and navy depart
The lords commissioners Of the
admiralty have ordered that, in future
steam vessels shall cary accomplishment
Of marines. First class steam.trIg-
ates one lieutenant. m sergeant,
one cornoral. one drummer. and
twen,y-eight men, or one sergeant
one corporal, and twenty men, accor-
ding to the accommodation on board.
The reinfnrcements which have al
ready sailed. or are about to sail,
for China amount 10 seventeen ships
of war.
The average price Of wheat per
quarter in England is at present high
err than that for the whole of France
by les. Sd. per imperial quarter.
There are MANY indications, Of
revolutionary movements IN
though ho,ilities had not yet
actually broken out. An union be-
tween the Crls,inos and Carlisis was
said to have taken place to a consld-
extent, under auspices OF the
French influence.
A descendant of the great Lord
was relieved by the magis-
Of London recently. His name
is Burroughs, his trade, weaving; his
great grandmother was Lord Chat
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punishment Of
suffice. The

PUNISHMENT OF
suffice. The
ed decidedly that
be done; and, the
..sf, demanded his pass
teiurned 10 France.
Te have heared nothing further OF
his national difficulty Until lately.
A New Orleans paper Of q few days
since has q translation ola correspon'
dence between NJ. Guitzot. Prime
Minister of France, and the Texas
charge d'affaires at Paris. The
French minister represents the hing
as having been insulted through the
indignity inflicted upon his minister
and demands reparation-tak:ng oc.
casion at the same time to upbrald
Texas for her failure to vindlcate The
dignity of France, who was first to
recognize her Independence.
Mr.. M'lntosh, the Texan ambas,
sador, regrets the view Of the matter
taken by NJ. Guizot, and promises to
refer it 10 his Government for further
instructions.
This-correspondence occurred last
fall, we suppose the affair is stlll unset.
tied. Texas is like TO get into a dit,
fculty with la belle France unless
she makes the amende honorable. II
she does not, and there should be an
appeal TO the ultimd ratio regum,
porkers will rise on the scale of AMI
mails, and be assigned a prominent
position in history.-Richmond Com,
plier.
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CONGRESSIONAL L

SEES, on the .3Oth ult.s: sketch
On etT the National Intelligsncer:
In the Senate, the lst and the 9Th
of Mr.. CIay's series OF resolutions
were agreed to. (the nth having
been heretofore agreed to) and al
the rest of the resolutions we're seve'
rally referred to the appropriate
standing committees.
But the important vote d the day
was ,ha, in which Mr.. Rivt's amend
ment. proposing a Suspension OF the
distribution portion of the Land Act
Of the last session, was negtlved oy
Il majority Of one vote.
In the House Of Representatives
the Loan Bill was taken out OF Com
mit,ee Of the Whole, after being Il
mended in all respects as proposed
bv the Committee Of Ways and
Means, and after the rejection OF a
number of other amencments Propo-
sed to it. The most important de-
cision was that in which n proposi
ton to suspend the operation oil the
! Distribution Act Of the asst session
was negatived by majoaty OF p
votes, being a majority muh large
than that by which the Distributor
Ac, was passed at the last session II
the House Of Representatives. =
ter all which, the bill being rep1rle'
to the House, the preriOns qass'''
was moved, and the House adjou'a
d. So that to-day the questItn n
he bill and amendments will b.
en- and decided without further
/
The In,elligencer says: 1t may be
Considered as beyond doubt, atier
he indications Of yesterday, that the
of the Land Bill will not be
by the present Congress.
/. reference 10 the land bill the
|n,eIligencer may be derived
Government credit is not yet as low
rs it may be before the end of the
present session.
SENATE, March 81.
Mr.. Benton offered 4 resolution
some DAYS since in relation to the
Lands, which was adopted.-
1t called upon the President of the
United States to furnish the Senate
with information as to the quantity Of
Public Lands surveyed and prepared
for the market at and after the 4th
of March, 1S4l, and not brought In
to market at hat time, and the rea-
sons why it was not done. Also, in
as to the quantity Of lands
now in market; also what quantity is
expected to be surveyed and prepar-
ed for sale during the present year.
Other resolutions were adopted,
but none of public interest. The
general orders were also considered,
and one or two private bills ordered
to be engrossed-one Of them flor
the relief of Enoch Hidden) was de-
bated at length, and finally amended
by giving the claimant $1,000 instead
of 5000 reported by the committee.
The bill, as amended, was then order
ed to be engrossed-22 to II.
The great event of the day follow
ed, being the retirement OF MIR. Clay.
The Senate Chamber was packed
full and over full, and MI. Clay rose
between one and two o'clock for the
last time.
In the end, he pronounced a formal
farewell to the Senate, and presented
the credentials of his successor, John
J. Crittenden, ,oIwhom he paid n high
compliment for his honor and integri
~ of character.
Mr.. Crittenden's credentials Of ell
ection were read, when Mr.. Preston
moved that he be qualified and TAXI
bis reat.
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTA-.
TIVES.
TIVES
BUSINESS.

This being private-blll day, the day
was devoted to that purpose for the
first time in a long while.
The bills upon the table of the
Speaker were referred to their ap-
propriate committees.
The President Of the United Sta
ties SEN a message to the House OF
Representatives by his Private Sec,
retary, John Tyler, Jr.
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yell, and disappeared: but the blood
left behind him showed that the shot
had .aken efect.-U. States.
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tent OF his capacity and quoting Mr.. Jefferson sustain
him, he thus concludes;
awe leave the editor Of the Enquirer settle the const
tutonal question with Mr. jefferson, tho great apostle Of
Democracy and State rights, and conclude with single
additional inquiry which we hope the editor will take in good
is understood be against National Bankthe pet Bank
system and the Subessuy and he is against, the ES
chequer IL would give the greatest happiness to know
what he is for.
"Anohcr remark closes this article We would have the
Enquirer know, ii he does already, that the Exche
quer is the Presidents plaza To give Mr.. Webster rap
the knuckles about il, and deliver him States
Rights lecture concerning IT, might become the Globe or
the Richmond Whig but scarcely Thomas Richie II Mr.
Webster has adopt il, unite the taste
of attempt therefore to depeciate it, but 1t
does not quite up the standard have
formed of the editor OF the Enquirer IL is exactly
fat to make Mr.. Webster responsible for the Presidents
plan of finance his opinions, forth in hs Message
We can't suspect that Mr. Richie had any sinister design
i'm DOING
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any member He had given practical proof OF this last
session. but il clear to his mind that this end would
be attained by encumberng the Journals with new
rules We had enough rules already.
Mr. ANDERSON did rise to make speech but as the
and had been demanded matter so very un
important, he would or the vote he should
give Rules merely the declaration OF the members
themselves, that they would perform their duties in par
tcuiar manner and they could At any time vary that
Il would have been well, without so
much writing have brought in rcsolution Resored,
That we will oil assemble here every day and 20 work
diligently in the discharge of the duties for which we have
here His strong obeconto the proposed Rules
that they implied that the members would not do their
duty without the ash without oversecrs;and the clerks
be their ovesccr. and they could no, even walk
without leave The right Of the people, too II petition
after 20 days To be taken Offend please whom
might he would his against such PROPOSE
ton; put upon record too that his constituents might
IL.
The roll being called the Rules were indefinitely post
poned rs follows:
AYEs-Mcssrs Ailworth, Castis Randolph. Leakc, Of
A. Mann. Cooke Powell, of A., Brooke Frazier. Byrd OF
b., Mitchell, NewkTk, Snodgrass, Wilson, Stanton, Mcr
edith Hubbard, Moore, OF Caben X Wayne, Nowhn
Samuel, Lacy, Broadus, Irving Goodwin Brown, OF
Elizabeth City & Warwick, Garrett, Smith, OF +, Stock
ton, Payne, Deskins Muse, Taliaierro, French Car
roll Cawcl, Jones, Stoval, Blue, Ward White, OF Han
over, Miles, Smith, OF Harrison, M'Rae, Galaher
Worthington, Parks, Davis of King & Queen, Wallace,
Halves, Edmonds, of Lancaster X Richmond, Gibson
Stoings Carter, Gray, Miller, of Loudon Banks, Nico
son. Miller, of Mason & Jackson Northingtou, Affair."
by Rice, Oliver Edgngton, Sioe, Cr;z Bird of Pende
ton Boiling. Keen, Tanan. Anderson Dey, Sturn, S,ro
Their, Moore, of Rockbrdge, White, of Rockbudge, De-
neae, Cootcs, Cmched, Warren, Walker, Spots, West
Goodson and Lewis-9O.
NoES-Mcssrs Holleman, (Speaker) Bocock Hancock
Powell. Off, Rust, Robins, Leake, of Goochand, Basel
King Jackson, Marshall, Kidwe, Martin Jggits. ronzey
Cabel, Taylor, Hopkins Brown, of Preston, Brawner
Burwe, Cowan, Kane, Gaewood, Williams, Tate, Spark
Hedgman, Henry, and Neal.-30.
On motion of Mr. MooRE. OF C., the House adjourned
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THE sNARL IN NORTH CoRoLINA.

Correspondent OF the Enquirer furnishes the follow
ing account the by which, the Democracy of the
old North State got into the very pleasant fix, IN which
they find themselves 1t il great scandal to the great
Democratic Family much discord in its midst
We thought, the boas, Of this amabc fraternity. that
there but right. and that each and all of them
supported that right invariably by instinct
That they disagreed about ingha perfect and
universal harmony the first and absolute law of Demo
cracy
Here is the commentary:
1.-The Legislature of North Carolina consists Of 20
bers-of which 81 Democrats, ~ Wings, and Bank
Wing and Democrat. \ caucus called early in the
second week OF the session. Mr.. Blown member Of
the Senate. He had appealed personally TO every Demo
cra to vote for him, ON the ground that he had been dis
graced by the Rayner resolutions and his election alone
could restore him credit After the caucus
zed there only So members present, pro-
posed to al ourn This opposed the part of Mr.
Browns friends, me being present They refused to nd
ourn-and here began all the evil that followed.
luton then carried that should be the nominee
unless he reeeired roes enough s6) 10 elect him joint
ballot Mr. Brown had Is, Gcn' Saunders -, and scat
erng Thus having majority, Mr. Brown insisted the
nomination. Gen SIS friends answered 'No'-such was
the rule. AT this stage of the proceeding Gen'l s.
for the first time, interered and mingled in the contest a
second caucus held and similar result-eNcept ON
the second caucus Cien'l SIS friends who present.
stood firm. The question adjourned. The day
day Mr. b. had himself nominated thus closing the door
against conciaton. The day after before his nomina
ton, Gent SIS friends proposed TO the friend of MIR b. who
had nominated him, that ifhe would Withdraw Mr. b., Cen
). should not be nominated. This was refused. Gen. -
nominated, and an early day named for ballot Mr.
b. opposed this and the yeas and nays carried
Mr.. b. thus finding himself minority proposed that both
should withdraw This Gen. y declined but proposed that
the whole should be referred menber-hve
be selected by each. This agreed Two of Gen
SIS referees, Van Buren, men, and OF Mr.. BIS
five, Calhoun They being unable agree, of
Cen SIS friends proposed that both should be withdrawn
which refused unanimously by Mr. BIS friends Such
the facts Gen. 8 believes he is the choice of large
jjty OF the Democratic party, aud that ground.
AS the w hln under pledge the
Democrats who may for him. If after returning the
people, there conduct shall be dsappovod and majority of
the Democratic who may for him shall call on him
resign he will do before the election for the egs-
Iaiure-thus submitting the the people,
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NEW PUBLICATIONS.

Messrs. Luck * PIERCE, the Post Office, have Extra
New Words-containng THE NsighJOurS'-a romance
translated from the German; and The Life and Letters of
Mary Qneea Of Scots" by Miss Strickland This last work.
tho partial the subject of it, and unjust Queen Eliza
bet-thc greatest sovereign England has known and
whom Professionalism is indebted than any other one
person-s highly entertaining
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The General Court adjourned Saturday night.
They granted trial in the of Fletcher Heath
the ground, si Of the ncompetency OF Juror and 2dy
of appearing the record that the prisoners
arrested in the examination Of Juror his poir dire
and that evidence appeared of said Jurors being free
holder.
B. w Green (and with him w. b. Dabney) absolutely
discharged by operation Of the law appearing the
terms.-E ENQUIRER
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THE TRUE SPIRIT.
Extract of n letter dated

"HARRISoNBuEo Dec. Z, 1912.
Dear Sir have invariably paid in advance for your
paper since have been subscriber; and since you have
appeared in SO handsome suit, within week or
two, good reason 1 should continue: but on
the other hand consider claims added and laid upon
meherefore, my friend, Mr.. c., (Locofoco) will hand
you five dollars. Yours, respectfully"
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From tlie Raleigh Register OF the l3th of December
UNITED STATES SENATOR

No has been had since last, for Senator and all
eainy and doubt the issue of the struggle. If
in the POLITICAL in the physical world the darkest hour
before daylight, then shall have brilliant SUNRISE
soon, for, present. the political darkness is visible.
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Found Guilty Of LibeL-Orazio de At;elis Santangeo,
has been found guilty before the ~ Y Court of Sessions
Of publishing libel the Hon. Samuel McRcbcrts L. S.
Senatoirom Illinois. During the TRIAL harsh words
passed between w. NJ Price, ESQ.,, and Mr. McRoberts,
which is feared may yet lead TO n duel.-Bdlt. Clip
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MOBILE MARKET-MoSp.y Tvy~,xo Ne. +,

The transactions day only a moderate extent say
about 1900 bales There a disposition among holders
realize but purchasers sxien. operations except NJ
reduction from ruling prices holders as vet seem
little disposed 10 aceedePces varied
from those Saturday. evidently easier
EHoHAsoK-Bhl drawers sitter pretensons today
than they Saturday day on New York
brought lo lOl The continues check
New York IL per cannot be had out,
doors at lower figures Sales Of per sight checks
y. Orleans -! per cent premium
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WE Drdncn oil MEDICAL SCIENCE, which
- DR. rLEAsANTs has made his special object Practice
or Office, IN Boshcr's Row.
Letter from Dr. j. X. Mitchell Professor Of the jefferson
Medical College Philadelphia. Doctors Nelson Watson
Richmond
lance Dr. James A. Peasants who France
to which county he complete knowledge ~ Dentistry
previously acquired by long study and practice. Dr. may
De safely recommended Dentist of
oencc wei ycrcd In the theory the practice ~ his art
and unqucston1bly entitled To public confidence.
am gentlemen, yours respectfully. j. X MITCHELL
The undersigned nj The request A. Peasants w. D. Of th.
city having set ri Auha Teeth made hy him for lady Of
hgh Standing express their they very perfect speci
men q" his art that They cannot h. surpassed In beauty
teeth.
Tbc Lady for whom they made and whom We have .ccn
wearing ten states that sc highly pleased both
raj appearance and the with which they NJ.
". BURTON W.. u.
TIL NELSON, 81 d.
H. A. CARRlNGrON, ". ~
". ". BOHANNAN, VI. H.
The statement above relating artificial given with
much reluctance, and with whatever
cinin"nce Ia profession Of Artificial an
hcr Than eyes porcelain teeth arc
made by manufacturers employed by The art
Tie Oculs and Dentist In supplying the place nature To
porcelain teeth variety names aer the fancy and
sometimes the flourish of the operator.
The Science of the Human emhrccs ct,epsc 70
aions and ympathc and requires knowledge ~ hse NJ Tho h
system We oen hnr of had consequences from ofcr,
by ignorant pcrsons for the Of property upr
standing these Would not better garsnc n, e
" be Diploma from Medical School from the COLLEGE ~ ~
tsy established certainly prelersiJe 10 a.. eu, =
oncedonc accordance custom ami form tbsn ,,
denee Of high professional qualification.
). A. PLEAsANTs MD
10 Member Of The Virginia Medical Society &C
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MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
port of uich mona.

Port OF Uic d on6.
ARRIVED.
Schr William Mowy, Capt j. Hoffman, lime TO Rankin
Whtlock
Schr I.chhcd benson Boston. sundries.
Schr Rowena, Williams Wilmington n. Carolina lumber
Schr Catlarne wilcox. Lincoln, New York, sundries.
SAILED
Steamer Pocahonias, Parrish Baltimore sundries.
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Last Trips OF the seaSonl
g,,s5ikk.e The steamer POCAIIONTAS. Can't
Parrish win make only trips to baltimore
this winter gsth nsfaus De uee sin e
The Spring the line win be In oporop again
do i5-dn IIDTAN pRpgrON a Co
MI ADDEn md indigo, Of the best quality, for ssn At
A'1 SOfiNSION5 Medical Emporium de u
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ELECTION OF GOVERNOR.

To-day the election Of Governor takes place On Tues
day evening" the domnent party had Caucus, and the re-.
port runs that they agreed support Mr.. Mcdowell The
stood Taylor 49, Stevenson l. and Mcdowell the re-
moinder We'll this is better than expected. MIR. Nc.
Dowel-bang his Abolihonsrn-and truth to say he is
more an Abotonst than Richie and JEFF Randolph
and the rest Of that sebut barring this and few other
unimporiani mators-such his Tariff and g. = Bank
notiOns--is very uncxcopionable gentleman. We do
not know the man, IN full communion with that party
whom should prefer to him. He is gentleman of very
fair undersianding-uly adequate the station in peace
ful tmes-oi mild temper, and kind feelings. lie is
Western man, and Western have heretofore made
good working Goyenorsand they very generally after be-
coming well acquainted with the sefshncss Of the Rich.
mond Junto-as necessary consequence, become whgs
The West too, claims the Goyernor-consdoring itself
sighted IN the distribution Of Offices.
But the browning merit Of Mr.. Mcdowell IT, that he had
the strength to defeat the Richmond Junto. Only eleven
for the Junto candidate Was the like ever heard OF
Alas alas,
As the election has been settled in caucus the public
will be deprived Of its accustomed sport.
1--WE had yesterday debate in the House Of nearly
three hours, upon Of Rules, designed shorten
the session. We think probable, they had been adopt
ed they would prolong the many weeks Most of
the departures from the old rules have that tendency Mr.
Anderson in n few pithy remarks made tho proposed
amendments entirely ridiculous.
" Mr.. John Jones has undertaken 10 give Mr.. Richie
aecturo touching the virtues Of the Exchequor After tak
ing the old gentleman aside aud enghenng him to the
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IL The South Carolina Legislature has made great ''to
do" Mr.. Calhoun's letter Of resignation With great
parade of mock sensbiiy, first referred to select
committee who required report what was TO be
done under this awful visitation. The Committee entered
upon the solemn duty with al.becomng gravity and while
the whole earth held in painful suspense about the re-
suits of their deliberations, the porentous limitations
thrown out from time time aGgravate the unver
cal anxiety. AT last when the socitude the universe
reached that pitch OF intensity that longer delay must have
caused the explosion Of the whole human family the Com
miitec gacously pleased to make report. The CO.
amiiy which about beiall them (by Mr.. Calhouns
reremenp (hey said the greatest that had ever be-
fallen any of the Of the earh and was more than
any people could endure and that they would resist il t.
the DEATH but for the consoatoy anticipation that the ac
ton could only be temporary and partial to themselves
while it would work enduring blessings for the rest Of man.
kind They therefore resolved that by mighty exertion of
Roman heroism they would submit the affection; but they
the world distinctly understand that they yielded
alone from the patriotic consideration of enabling the rest of
their conntymen to bak in the rays Of their great umna-
~ and share in the benign influence Of his matchess cu
In plain words, they econcied his ceasinR
TO he Senator as he TO bc PTesidenf
These Caroinians wonderful people.