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the Census for the year lo46, can be had at the ''Banpern office.
 We are indebted to MEssks. WILLIAM DA- vlpsoN & Co, of New Orleans, for later dates than our exchanges, from which we extract highly important Foreign news.
 They have our cordial thanks for their kind attention.
 We are indebted to the Hon A. II. Sever, and Hon. A. Yell for continued Cengression- al iayors They have our thanks. NORTH CAROLINA STATE CONVEN-
 TON.
 The democracy of North Carolina, held Convention at Raleigh on the Sth ult, for the purpose of nominating candidate for Governor, at the ensuing August eleclion,- which resulted in the unanimous choice oF the Hon. GREEN w. CALDWELL, of Meek lenburg county. The democracy of the 'sOld .Norih Staie," promise themselves brilliant and triumphant victory, under the banner of CALDWELL.
 We heartily wish them a victory equal to their most sangune antieipatons APPOINTMENTS BY TIE PRESIDENT. By aud 7rih the odrice ard consent ot He
 iSeAaic.
 JOHN W. BRoCKENpRoUGH, ot Virginia, to be judge of the district court of the Uni ted States for the western district of Virginia, in the place of Isaac $. Penny packer, re- signed.
 GEORGE H. LEE, 10 be attorney of the United States for the western district ei' Vr- ginia, in the place of Moses C. Good, re- moved.
 PAINFUL 0ocURRENoE,-We notice the death of Dr. John c. Jenifer, of Helena, am nounced in the Journal of that place on the 23nd nlt.
 Tine particulars are not given, as the other party is in custody for xaminaiion-lurther than it appears some misunderstanding had existed between tue deceased and Dr. Grant, who is also a citizen of that place. Upon meeting. some words ensued, weapons were drawn and the aifiay ended in the death of the gentleman above named-he having received pistol bail from his opponents weapon, en- tering near the pit of the stomach.
 He lived about an hour after receiving the wound.
 Dr. Grant was taken into custody; and we learn from the same paper, of the 29th ult., that his examination was still progressing before the court, up 10 that time.
 Dr. Jeniier was a son, we believe, of the late Minister of the United States, to the Kingdom of Austria.
 SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSEN GER.
 We have received the December number of this highly and deseryedly popular pe- riodcal, and a perusal of its contents has convinced us that the present number is not inferior to its predecessors, in point of nse- ful and interesting matter.
 New and advantageous improvements are promised in the January number.
 Itmay be seen, by reference to the ''Pros- pectus,n which we publish in another CO., lumn, that union has been effected between tIis periodical and SiMMs' Monthly Maga- zine of Charleston, S. C., which will evil denily increase its already wide circulation.
 The editor and publisher of this periodi- cal has claims on the Sonth and West, of the highest character, for support and patronage SENTIMENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC PREss ON TIE NOMINATION OF Col" k
 ". JOHNSON FOR CONGRESS-.
 It is with feelings of most complete sats- faction, that we are enabled to lay before onl readers, and particularly the democratic par of them, in the State, the sentiments of the democratic PREss in the WEST and EAsT upon the nomination of Cor. K. w. JOHNSON for Congress.
 We present to the Democracy of the State the remarks of the editors of the IatelEgea- cer and JoHrttal; showing in plain and broad terms, the entire satisfaction of the people in those sections of the State, with the result oI the tlemocra aiic convention that assembled on the 9th of January They warmly and en- thusiastically approve and confirm the nomi- nation of the convention. The editors givt to the nominee their cordial support, an' hearty cooperation in the approaching can yass.
 The editor ofthe Ielligencer ln the course of his remarks on the nomination says: "Mr JOHNSON will receive from the North West, that sstower of strengthn to which the demo- cracy ever looks for victory, an earnest and hearty support, so confident are they of the endorsement thus given by the united demo- cratic party of the Stae"
 This expression of public opinion from the IntelHgencer, is most gratifying to the demo- cracy of the Sta,e--and douby so to those who were delegated by their iellow-demo crats to seat in the convention-who wer' more immediately interested in the nomina