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The Norfolk Herald Of Saturday says Unsh Cherry,
who killed hs own broshsr, Solomon Cherry, Deep Crsek
on tuesday night arrested Thursday in the woods
not ar Rom where he hsd concealed him
an Another unnatural feature Of this most unnatural trans
seton - that The prisoners Own daughter the only
witness 70 the bloody dssd.
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BATAvIA, IN. W APRIL Q

not occurred yesterday among the Irish laborers TN
africa railroad in which several wounded and man
named McCann killed A body Of six hundred Trshmso
were on their way from Warsaw to A,tca 10 drive Of all
workmen the railroad An express arrived here for two
hundred stand of srms rspel the sssaiants.
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The Columbus (Ohio) State Journal utterly de-.
mics the story which has been pretty extensively
circulated, that Ohio has passed law nullifvino
the fugitive slave bill in that State. The journal
says that no such law has passed che Legislature,
or either branch oft.
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FALL OF CoTTos.-The New York Dry-Goods Reporter
furnishes comparative view Of the prices Of cotton during
the last two years, BY which appears that from the first Of
November last the Of this month"; change adverse
to the planter has been as follows: aa
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The carpenters and jonen Of Wankegan (Ilinois)
scsing substsntisl tos given when finish
"a to poor woman Whose husband recently died in California.
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Hon. JOSEPH w. JACKSON, late Representative
in Congress from the Savannah district of Georgia,
has addressed letter to his constituents in which
he declines being candidate for reelection.
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ELEcTRo-MAsNETIc LOCOMOTIVES versus SrzAM Locono-
TIvEThe eleven o'clock train from Baltimore got
the wrong track and drove into the house occupied by Prof.
PAaEs electro magnetic locomotive. How much dsmage
done ascertained but the conflict and crash
mendous. Fortunately person was Injured, although
fences doos and tmbe flew in all directions. One curious
freak performed the boz casing Of carboy Of acid
entirely stripped off without breaking the carboy
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The United States sloop-ofwar Portsmouth bearing the
flag Of Commodore GRreoRr and United States brig Perry,
Lieut.. Commanding Foor, at Port Prays, Cape
Verde, 18th February officers and Of both vessels all
well
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IsDIAS WARIs Paosrxcr.--Tbe Cherokee Advocate Of
March 4th says, ge.s ss
eve understand that Of our Usage friends (Chie)
Wolf and Tally, intend making visit some Of the
Western tribes residing in the Rocky Mountains In order 10
wage upon hem, and give them little brushing, for
their carniveous propensites upon the Of manknd"
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TIE SILvIR MINIS OF VEyEzUYLA.-Ws undeEstand
that company has been formed in this city, with large
capital ot the purpose Of working the silver mines Of Vs0e
zuea project also foot to establish bank Carsc-
cas- with capital Of million and half Of dollars.
1PhiladeIpkio American.
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the keystone Of the Arch Of the Union.
had happened a have been before this assemblage, in
this place. year sgo to-day, the first Of April Of last
year. should have met you with fer less gladsome heart
great import have taken place within the last yearhat
sures have been adopted, by the general concurrence Of
of ali parties calculated adjust local differences and settle
the sgitating questions Of the country. Il is time that
should feel kindly one towards anotherthat should feel
that people, that have interest," char
acier, one liberty, and one destiny.
bore humble but earnest part in the procurement Of
that adjustment established by the last Congress If every
thing that all could wish, il much the rational could
hope for trust to your perception 10 the great
degree OF chseruness prevailing in society around you, and
the general progress of all interests under the influence Of
the industry Of your people and ask you whether do
not meet you under the better auspices for you and for me-
for united liberty, for established dissemination among Gov
enmens Of the republican ith than would have met
you year since 81
discussing any political question. This age Of discus
sion, and We are people Of discussion and all know has
been said 30 often that afraid to repeat it. But have
here to present in person. and repeat what had en-
express by letter, my profound
the Legislature of your Stae for che kind in which
they were pleased TO take notice Of act of my official
life. tie compliment the remembrance of which shall
carry with me 10 the grave.
has appeared, and docs appear that the time has come,
the progress Of sar in Of the growth Of the coun-
acer IN the scale OF mproyemeu when the descendants
Of thoee who achieved the independence and established the
Constitution Of this county, bound TO speak out to the
whole world Of msknd and bear testimony to the cause Of
popular republican government Tremendous applause
Let other Goyernments do they will, it not our duty
10 traverse the earth and make proseyes Our business
make Proseyes by exsmpeto connect mankind TO
rspubcanism BY showing what repubcsHism can do In pro-
noting the true ends Of government prolonged applause
BY this We can do .ose hsn BY thousand essaremofe
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uence Pledge and what is better, never
rested until l had persuaded the man whose
Bible had been Of so much use to me, to
sign the Pledge likewise.
And now, Mr.. President, / am keeping
a Temperance Grocery, and making restitu-
ton as fast as possible. There are at least
half dozen families, to whom l furnish a
small quantity Of groceries every week, in
many cases equal to the amount that used to
be spent at my bar for liquor. Four of my
Oldest and best customers have signed the
pledge by my persuasion, and I am not 90
ing to rest, until every man helped to ruiz
is restored to himself, his family and society
A round of HEARTY applause followed THU
address, and then another of the reformed
drinkers took the floor.
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.>1eH&w~

- If the Members of our Order were above
the f~railties incident to human nature, it might
with some degree of reason be expected that
they would bear, without retaliation, the abuse, de-
rision and malignity which our opponents too of
ten heap upon them and their cause. But as
they make no pretensions to infalibility, it is I'M
reasonable to expect this at their hands. The
opposition to the Order, in many instances, is OF
the most %riralent character; 1--WE use the term
in its full sense) the best and purest motives Of
the heart, and the hottest aspirations of theiI
lives are not unfrequently traduced, and theii
noblest purposes vilified and condemned by theil
opponents, and yet, ~forsooth, they are expected
to bear all this without a murmur. This is i'm
possible. Our opponents forget that they com
menced the war upon us; and in their hue anC
cry against the retaliation which they have caus
ed, seem to forget that they are eondemning il
4 us what they practice themselves without scu
plel Brethren, let US far as possible, refrai
from an imitation of the ignoble conduct of thei
enemies, remembering that truth, which is sy
nonymous with our cause, is mighty and mus
, prevail. And when we hear of their abuse, lie
us remember the justice of our cause, and lie
I their venom pass unheeded, being satisfied, t
use the language of a contemporary, that all sue
opposition to the Temperance Reform but pr
- pels the ball which is daily gathering strength
: it brings out the people to hear discussions, an
no instance is yet on record where the Lecture
on Temperance has failed to make some convert
n This work cannot be stopped-it will progress
for the day is not far distant when every Mini
ter in the land will be found advocating it fro
the sacred desk.
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IuAirs' DRpurtmrnt.

DAUGHTERS OF TEMPERANcE.-We hear
from a number Of different States that new
Unions are springing into existence under en-
couraging circumstances. In many places
where no previous movement Of the kind had
been made, the ladies have combined, resell
wing to make their influence felt through the
medium Of organized effort, and we have fire.
quent intimations Of their encouraging sue
cess. We could point to many towns where
the cause of Temperance finds its most devo-
ted and efficient supporters in the Daughters
of Temperance. Would that every village
and neighborhood in the land were blessed
with a Jealous Union Of Daughters. There
Is a great work for the ladies to do, which
none can do as well as they; and n of The
most e~fectual ways in which the Sons cal
promote the cause we love, Is by encouragine
the formation of Unions where they do no
exist, and aiding them where they are in op
Grafton. The union Of the ladies every wher
in these associations, would exert a wonderful
influence in favor of the complete triumph c
our glory-N. Y. Organ.
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while they can point to ladies of standing
and fashion daily crossing their thresholds
to satisfy their domestic necessities from their
shelves, what force have all our arguments
with them to prove the disgraceful nature of
the %traffic9 They are not disgraced !! See
what company they keep-see who endorse
their responsibility! Let the ladies of our
communities resolve never to give a farthing's
trade to a grocer who sells rum, whatever in
dueement he may offer in the cheapness and
excellence Of his wares-neyer to enter aeon
tectioner's saloon for refreshment where in
toxicating drinks may be obtained, never of
free choice tog 20 to a summer "aOateringptace"
where a bar is kept, and these strongholds Of
intemperance are by this one act demolish-
ed.
PUT DIREc EFFORTS TO RESCUE the
coptiges to strong drink. Here is a mission
worthy all the self-sacriicing benevolence OF
woman's heart. 1t IS one for which in her
g~entleness, her true delicacy, her ~incompara-
BE tact, she is exactly fitted. Speak to the
young man whom you see leaning to the vim
tage. You will know what to say. You
will win bis ear without alarming his pride
He will respond to you without taking offence
He viii yield to you as a favor, as a person
al qualification, what argument and reproach
es would never have wIung from him. Th'
forfeiture of your good opinion may be
more prevailing appeal with him than an.
5 loud-voieed warning. You will have the I'm
: speakable satisfaction of saving him.
Go to the fallen one-the poor outcast-
the leprous drunkard. Show him what kind
D ness there is yet felt for him. Give to hir
e the hand he never hoped to see extended &
gain to such as him, and plead with him. I
you he will listen-your ministrations WI
melt the rime about his heart. Your yer
presence will bring healing. He will feel Ii
e ted a little from his degradation by sue
transient companionship. The memory Of
If will chasten him-that any SO far remove
from him, thought Of him enough to see
him for his good-that they did not fear
soil their garments by approaching him {
their Grand Of love. From your cheeri1
and sympathizing words he will catch t
:" hope of redemption, and
Like the stained web that whitens in the su
Grow pure by being purely shone upon"
~ Be you thus Sisters of Charity"-angels
"A mercy to the shining md hopeless, and t
dark places of guilt and woe shall brighten
~ your coming, and instead of accusations fC
dying lips, there shall come upon you, ct
m blessing of many ready to perish"
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STATE MEDICAL. SOCIETY.

At the Annual Meeting ofthe State Medical
Society of the State of North Carolina, held in
this City on the 2Ist, 22d, and 23d of this
month, the following gentlemen were elected
officers for the present yeai:
DR.. James E. Williamson, President; Drs.
T. N. Cameron, W. G. Hill, J. B. Jones, N. J.
Pittman, Vice Presidents DR.. Edmund Burke
Haywood, Corresponding and Recording Sec
rotary and DR.. ]. J. w. Tucker, Treasurer.
The following gentlemen were appointed
Delegates to the American Medical Associa-
ton, at Richmond, Va, in May, 1852, to wit i:
Drs. Edmund Strudwiek, Charles E. Johnson,
J. Dixon, J. G. B. Myers, and B. C. Watson.
The next Annual Address before the State
Medical Society, will be delivered by DR.. w.
A. Norwood.
The State Central Committee consists of the
following gentlemen Drs. E. B. Haywood, J.
J. w. Tucker, C. E. Johnson, w. G. Hill, and
w. H. Mckee.
The Committee on Vital Statistics of the
State, to report at the next Annual Meeting, is
as follows: Drs. J. F. McRee, J. L. Meares
]. Dixon, S. Miller, and D. DuPre.
The following Resolutions were unanimous
ly adopted:
RssoIred, That this Society has heard Wit
deep regret that it is the purpose ofthe nation
t al government to deprive our Medical Staff il
the Army and Navy of the very small eonces
sions of relative rank and position heretoforv
granted.
n ResoIrsd further, That if # is important tina
: the. Surgeons of the Army and Navy should b
n scientific and educated gentlemen, it is neces
: sary that they should hold a position in tn
II military in which they live, corresponding I
that held by physicians of equal standing i
civil life.
The next Annual Meeting will be held in tn
:. town of Wilmington on the second Tuesday
u May, 1852.
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THE ARIsTocRACY.

1t has become 30 common for a certain class OF
would-be aristocrats, to jeer and ridicule the
temperance cause, and particularly the Order of
the Sons of Temperance, that the whole band of
dwelling sycophants who cling to their skirts
as the only way Of being noticed by these dig
%nitaries," "and bend the supple hinges of the
knee" for their kind consideration, must needs
follow in the wake of their masters, and parrot
like, repeat the sage sayings of ther superiors.-
For the former, we are as regardless of their
sneers, as We are moved by pity and contempt
for the latter, who but echo the dictates of their
lords. We once heard the opponents Of the
Temperance cause denominated "the head and
tail of society" and though as remotely separa-
ted as the two extremities of the hoopsnake, yet
whenever an attack is to be made upon temper
ance, the head opens and graciously receives the
tail, and thus they perform their revolutions
And SO it is. He who luxuriates from the mar
bleslab sideboard of his Bordeaux, Burgundy and
Champagne, and he who in the vile grog-shop
or miserable howell partakes of nauseating " bald
face whiskey," are each and alike engaged in the
same cause; and, as ga fellow-feeling makes
them wondrous kind" hence it is that they ar'
hail fellows, well met when they come tt
mingle together their opposition to the Temper
ance cause.
But, while we are proud to have registered il
the temperance annals the names Of many oft
: greatest and best men of our country, we We
feel thankful to the genius of our r~epublical
institutions, that the PEOPLE is the only sover
eign recognized in the land. The masses rule i
our democratic government, and while we hav
+ the sympathies, countenance and aid of the vii
tuous and good of the unsophisticated and III
corrupted portion of society, we can bid def
ance to the wit and ridieule of the "higher ci
" cles of politeness and refinement" as they al
facetiously termed, and look contemptuously u
on the malice of the low, the vile and unprinS
: pied worshippers at the shrine of Bacchus.
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REVISION OF THE LAWS.

Gov. Reid has appointed the following gen
tlemen as Commissioners to revise the laws of
this State, under the Act of the late Assembly, to
wit: Hon. r. NJ. Saunders, Hon. Asa Biggs,
and B. F. Moore, Esq. We understand they
have accepted, and will proceed at an aarly day
to the discharge of their duties.
These gentlemen are well qualified for the du
ties to which they have been called. We fee
confident they will perform them to the satifac
ton of the assembly, and of the people generally
Mr.. Moore has resigned the post of Attorney
General, which he has filed for some time pas
with 50 much ability and fidelity.
We understand that these gentlemen will still
continue their practice in the Courts.
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81. Louis ReueilLe.

Our Court House was well crowded on
Thursday night last, with ladies and gentle
men, citizens and visitors, to hear several
Temperance Addresses that were to be made
on the occasion.
DR.. E. N. Hutchinson, ". P. of Mecklen-
burg Division, called the assemblage to Or
der, and moved that General John A. Young
be appointed Chairman.
On taking the Chair, General Young made
some Introductory remarks, stating in sub
stance, the purpose of the meeting to be, the
promotion Of the great cause of Temperance
the cause of mankind in general.
After an appropriate Prayer from the Rev.
Cyrus Johnston.
L. Blackmer, Esq, of Salisbury was intro
duced to the meeting, who delivered aspeech
of more than an hours length, showing the
absurdity of the opposition that was adyan
ced against the Order of Sons and urging
the members to persevere in the work Of put
ting down the use in this town of spirituou
! liquors.
james W. Osborne, Esq, being then loud
" called for, arose, and it is enough to say tina
he made one Of his best efforts in behalf {
4 the noble cause he processes to have so niue
II at heart.
V 1t has rarely been our good fortune to liste
i to more effective addresses, and it was appa
v ent from the interest and attention mantle
ted on the occasion by the large audienc
that the unanswerable and conclusive arg,
4 ment of Mr.. Blackmer, and the thrilling Ell
o quence and powerful appeals of Mr.. Osborn
e could but have the happy result that he
If been fondly anticipated.
n The Chairman closed the meeting with
lie few pertinent remarks.
Charlotte Southron.
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couch of a fellow creature, holding with unsteady
hands, and considering with unsteady mind, the
delicate and important scale Of life and death;
while Death himself, perhaps, peers through the
curtain with him, and prepares to strike the ia
tai blow through his wandering Judgement
We're angels allowed to interpose would they
not cry hold And will not you prevent such
scenes, such outrage and such woel
As conservators OF the general health constant
ly discountenanee Aleohols as a drink The
word and example of the Profession is mighty
in Hygiene. Danish them from your Practice
except as articles of Materia Medica- Many
times it IS worse than death to prescribe them.
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NORTH CAROLINA RAIL ROAD,

The President has advertised for Proposals at
the following times and places for the Gradua-
ton, Masonry, Stills and Bridging required for
the N. C. Rail Road, viz:
At Goldsboro' on the 10th of June, for that
part of said Road between the Wilmington and
Raleigh Rail Road and the Wayne and John
stOn line.
At P~ineville, in Johnston, on the 2lst of
June, for that part of said Road between the
Wayne line and where said Road crosses Neuse.
about four miles above Smithfeld.
At Raleigh on the 23d of June, for that part
OF said road between Neuse and Pratt's Store,
in Orange.
At Hillsboro' on the 18th of june. for that
part OF said road between Prattis Store and the
Alamance line.
At Graham on the 9th of June, for all that
part of said road in Alamance.
At Greensboro on the 8fh of July. for all
that part of said road between the Alamance
line and Prospect Westinghouse.
At Lexington on the 30th of June, for all that
t part OF said road between Prospects and the Yad-
s kin river.
At Salisbury on the I'd of July, for the same
, between the Yadkin river and Cabarrus line.
At Concord on the 4th of July, for the same
, from the Rowan line to Charlotte.
Q Specifications, Maps, Estimates, &C., Of eve
~ Section Of said Road will be ready for exhi-
4 bition by the Engineers on and after the LIST of
= June, viz:
v By L. NJ. Provost, from the Wilmington and
Raleigh Rail Road to Mrs. Belts 6 IL miles
! West of Raleigh;
By John C.. McRae, from Mrs. Belts TO the
e. Alamance and Guilford line
By ]. l. Gregg, from the Alamance line o.
n Lexington;
By John McRae, from Lexington to Char
ir lotte.
The Engineers will make appointments an,
US give due notice, so as TO afford eyery facility 4
persons who may wish to take contracts.
u the Surveys, Maps, PrOfles, quantity an
y kind of work to be done, and the estimated va
20 ne of each kind of work, have all been urepare
with so much care and accuracy, that it Is b.
to Ieved contracts may be safely taken on an
W Section of the Road.
he Contractors will be expected to commenc
vi work at the earliest convenient day, and d 4
in case to delaythe commencement Of their Cd,
led tract beyond the first of January. 1852 and Ii
de- completion thereof by the LIST of january, 1876
receiving in pay-mentien on their eontrae
IN one half in stock of the Road-the other ha
lex in cash.
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~ Bro. P. S. WHITE has made his last speech
in North Carolina, at least for the present. He
spoke at Germanton on the 10th to a large con-
course of people, and succeeded in reviving the
Division there, by adding many valuable infiu-
entail members thereto. He also procured the
signatures of gentlemen to form two new Divis-
ions-one at Stokesbury, and one in Forsythe
County. However persons may differ as to some
of the sentiments and views of this distinguished
advocate of the cause, land who is there so near
perfect as to speak four or five hundred times
on one subject, as Bro W. has done in this State
for the last six months, without making some un.
fortunate remark y yet all must admit that he
has accomplished wonders both in physical abil
ity, and in winning many hunnreds of our cit
zens to the glorious cause of total abstinence !
He leaves the State bearing the prayers of thou
sands for his prosperity and happiness, and 70
a long career Of usefulness in the temperate
field where he has won SO many fadeless laurels
God prosper him on his mission of love and hu
mainly.