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Movements are being made, in vari.us parts of tho
State, to comply with the soggestions Of ihose who
have indicated the time of holding the Convention.
The time meets with the general appreciation of ihs
Whig press, as far as We are aware but the senti.
and resolutions Of some of the Western meet
ings will certainly not be responded to by the Whias
Of the East 1t is therefore essential that the East bs
fully represented in that Convention. and that it BE-
represented by able and fra There no truer
lina-none who are more willing to make personal
sacrifices for the success Of their party. but they
cannot and will not sacrifice principle for the success
of any party or man. There are some issues which
will be dragged into the next canvass which will in
uriously affect the party, unless prudent counsels
shall prevail in the Convention. Our WhiS brethren
in the West. if the proper representations arc made,
will. no doubt. be disposed To- act with justice and
moderation-if they do moi. then any failure of the
party will rest upon them. ,-z.,...as-... ~ =
Elizabeth CITY Old NrM State, (WMx:J
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We learn from the last Washington Union. that
information has been received at the Department
Of the release by The Spanish government Of John
s. Thsashes. r- 3. -.- d.
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THE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS.

The Register replies to article in relation to the
Congressional Districts, but fails to meet the main
point, which we will state again, as follows: When
the Whig leaders Raynermanded the State in 1916,
they claimed that the party possessing the majority
Of the popular vote, entitled majority Of the
members and upon this assumption they relied for
justification Of the act before the people. This
the rule upon which they acted, and that was their
defence. Well, I" it's bad rule that won't work
both ways" The Democrats came into power in
1850. and found the law of ls42 repealed They had
the power to reenact that law and according to the
Wing rule above referred to, they had the right; but
they preferred the repose of the public mind and
conservative policy, to their interests. and they
permitted the Raynermander to stand. And now the
point is. were not the Whig leaders bound according
to their own rule of action, and as consistent and
honest men, to come forward and tender change of
the Districts to their opponents9
That is the question propounded by US to the Reg
ister and which that paper dodges 1t canno, answer
it without condemning itself, and it goes off
other points which have no important or proper con-
nexion with the main question.
The Register advises the people not to return
majority of Democratic members to the next Assem-
bly,. for the reason, that paper alleges that they
will re-arrange the Districts to give themselves
the advantage butt has not told the people what the
Whgs intend to do, provided they should carry the
Assembly. That is another point about which the
Register sings low and keeps dark. But that paper
can have at least one ray of consolation in the prem
ses; and that is, if the Democrats should continue
in power and re arrange the Districts in 1852, the
Registers party have the benefit of ten years
campaign against the Districts thus arranged and
Ohen they get into power again they change them.
The fact is. think the Register ought to be con-
tent to orego the supposed advantages of the ensu.
ing session with the view Of getting issue, for
by that time. unless all the signs delusive, Wing
issues will be about out. And no matter how the
Democrats may rearange the Districts, an issue will
come of it; and the Register will thus have some.
thing to talk about during the long Summer days Of
1854. 1856, and so on. Better accept the offer. Mr.
Gales. 1t is your last reasonable chance for new
| IS ue.
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MILTON.

The following gentlemen have been elected Com
mssioners of the town of Milton for the ensuing year
N. M. Lewis, John Wilson, Samuel Watkins, Capt.
]. M. Allen, Jarvis Friou, DR.. Brooks, Samuel b.
Holder, and DR.. R. B. Thornton. The Commission
ers have elected the following officers: J. R. Callum,
Intendant; s. B. Holder, Treasurer; G.. w. Thomp-
son, Secretary and Henry Rose, Constable.
The Chronicle says, at this election the question
of License no License to retail spirits in the
town was submitted and voted upon, and e No Lii
ceuse " was elected by three to one."
CHRIsrIANA PRIsoNERs. The bills preferred against
these ssamps for and riot have been returned
by the Grand Jury mo Bills !" and all the prisoners
discharged. What an outrage! Talk of Compro-
misses They are cob-webs in the North. MiL Ctro.
We told you so three months ago. You are now
bound. by your pledge voluntarily given, to ad-
vocate dissolution of the Union But we advise
you not to do it. By the way. is il not now your
duty, friend Evans to take back of that hard Ian.
guage you applied sometime since to those Southern
men who could not cordially approve this conpro'
mise ~ ..- ..-....I .,-.t. Is ,.'s.',s
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DIRECT COMMUNICATION By STEAMBOAT WITH
MuRFREEsBoRo, N. C.. We understand an arrange.
ent has been effected with the Postmaster General
for the direct transportation Of the mail to Murfrees
boro. N. C., by the steamer Stag. from franklin via
the <eaboard and Roanoke Railroad. Sheis to touch
a, the above place going and coming from Edenton.
Plymouth, &c. Tfis will be very great convenience
,ofore had TO rely upoR hiring conveyance in the
bes, way they could a. Newsom's depot on the Rail-
road, and would avoid about twenty miles of this
kind of travel.
We are always glad to hear of the opening Of a
direct and expeditions communication between Nor
folk and North Carolina and hope that it will be mu'
,ually advantageous. Norfolk Beacon.
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STATE IMPROVEMENTS.


We were told by the Register and many of the
hig leaders, that if Gov. REID should be elected
the Democrats restored to power in 1850, that
T system of internal improvements would be Grip
led and retarded, and the State thrown back in this
respect for years.
Has the prediction been verified Has the sys-
tenn been crippled! Look at it; and Judge for your
selves. Instead of difficulties and embarrassments,
every thing thus far has gone on smoothly-the diff
ferent works are progressing under judcious manage
ment; and the day is not distant when they will be
completed and put in operation under Loeooeo mis-.
rule"
These facts speak for themselves. But there is a.
mother fact o: small significance and importance.
1t is the fact that, under Democratic auspices: the
credit of the State has not only been sustained, but
paid for her bonds and this too at time when she
is meeting large payments on account of internal inn
provements. 1t is also fact that, under Democratic
auspices, upwards Of one hundred thousand dollars
of the principal debt of the Statc has been discharg-
ed since the lst of January, 1851.
This is the reply which we have to make 10 the
alluson, in late number of the Register, to the po-
sition of the two parties in this State in relation to
internal Improvements. The Register gives ample
evidence surely, of its devotion to the cause of in
ternal improvements, By seeking to inuoue it again in
the ssrifes and bitterness Of party. But We are not
surprised. Party is the idol of that paper-it sell
DON if ever looks above or beyond it.
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N,.ai hat nave to say Is, that these Denocidts
are all equal at the rolls and if this that shall
declare in advance that he will not be governed by
theon of the majority. another and another, of op-
Bosiie views as to men, may also make declarations
Of similar character; and the result will be, confu
sion, Reorganization and defeat-Whigism, Federal
ism, and Freesoism will triumph through our own
dissensions and divisions. and, instead of man TO
whom some of US may have slight objections, we
shall have placed over avowed opponent. and
man unsound-radicaly, from habit and principle,
uMound-on the great questions of the Union, Slave
y,and the Constitutional rights of the States. We
regard the so-called IS Compromise {" as permanent
and final settlement of the Slavery question, and
though do not approve all of its features we are
willing to acquiesce in it, and have been all along
wiingto do so, for the sake of peace and the Union
andFegadlng 1t in this light, we are prepared, while
We DO not discuss the events of the past connected
with this question: to forget the past and to act for
culture. But when we say we are prepared to for
get past, We do not mean to include such men as
Benton. Cambreing, Preston King. or the Van Blu.
nn No human power could force Us to support
either any of these men for the Presidency Vice
Presidency but the nomination of such men by the
National Convention is among the utter impossible.
"es' and we are speaking now more particularly Of
e party as it is, re-established on the old platform,
and not Of the Freesoil renegades and outsiders,
VINO claim to belong to it. We have confidence in
me NATIONAL Democracy. We are willing to meet
uen Convention, to confer with them in frater-
n PHt and to go with them. Eeart and soul, for the
A'ninee. We believe the triumph of that Democ-
'0! In the approaching campaign, is of the first W
p'ance to all the great interests of the country,
'u indispensable to the protection OF Southern rights
quo The preservation of the Union; and thus beiev-
"s' most religiousy and truly, we shall not permit
WI ps'etences for men, our objections to men, to
Vaao our action, to throw in opposition to the
VI" Oh the majority. We have our preference, it is
ous' out We have not announced it. and shall not.
' MOTTO is now as it was in 1874 and Is4s, Union
~u nafmony-fdelity to principles, but concessions
0e the other in :hings indfferent-erery thing for
u, &C. @a' and nothiny for men,"
'Nquestlon now is-and we call the attention of
'0''hern friends especially to it-shal we unite
~ 'us nan and aid in electing as President sound
,; 0c'a''c Republican, pledged to the faithful exc
,s' n OF the fagitive'save law and opposed to re-
a.. '' 0l the Slavery agitation; shall we differ
-" ourselves as to men, divide, and then be COM
" ..'' witness the election of man, whose SYM
.S's "e' are with Seward and Greedy, and who will
, ''ne In his own person and establish by his tri-
,:%' 'he bitterest Freesoilism and the worst doc
' ol the F:eesoilers and fanatics
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feasons.' why the Wing leaders should be restored
power in this State:
Because they are friends to the Union and oppos-
to Secession.
Because they are friends of the Compromise meas
es.
Because they are opposed to Intervention in foreign
hirs.
Because they are against Fillibusters and Flibus-
ism.
Because they love their own Country and WASH
kton, better than they do Hungary and Kossuth."
We'll, what practical difference is there between
Wings and Democrats on these points1 In the
place, the Democrats are as good friends of the
Jon as the Wings, and we believe their policy and
lciples are better calculated than those Of the
igs to preserve and perpetuate it; in the second
te, they will stand as unAinchingly by the IS CON-
mise" as the Wings, and insist as strongly on its
hful observance; in the third place, they are as
"a opposed to Intervention in foreign affairs :" as
Wings, and have gone no farther, as party, in
respect, than Mr.. Webster or Mr.. Fillmore; in
fourth place, while they would be glad to see
ba an independent State, they are nevertheless as
ch opposed as the Wings can be to any action by
citizens in her behalf, in violation of our own
utes or the laws of nations and in the fifth place,
hey love their own country and Washington bet
than they do Hungary and Kossuth,' or the
hole auorld besides.
$50 the Registers five s'reasons fall to the ground.
The truth is, the Democrats, who constitute vast
oritv of the people of this country, are entitled to
control OF public affairs. They have had this control
three-tourths of the existence of the government;
every great movement having for its object the
osperity of the masses the extension of ter
Dry. has originated with them. They, indeed, are
3 legitimate successors of the Wings Of the Revo-
on. for they have adhered all occasions to their
nciPles, and have improved, enriched, and extend
the glorious heritage bequeathed to Us by those
mortal patriots; while the present Whig party has
Farly shown, by its attempts to establish splen.
government and by its consolidation tendencies,
omplete identity with old Hamiltonian federalism.
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In the Senate. on Tuesday the 10th, Mr.. Downs
presented memorial praying the establishment of a
line Of :nasteamers between New Orleans and Ven
Cruz.
Mr.. Fish presented petition Of bankers and others
of Albany, New York, in favor vf mint at New
York city. .......
The bill to authorize the payment Of the moneys to
the State Of California which had been unlaw fully
collected by the United States officers in that State
was reported back from the Committee on Finance
with an amendmen, upon which Mr.. Gwin made some
remarks.
Mr.. Clarkes joint resolution the subject Of
intervention was taken up, and Mr.. Cass addressed
the Senate at some length upon his amendment to the
same.
On motion by Mr.. Clemens. the subject was post
poned until day after Tomorrow and short execu-
tive session, the Senate adjourned.
HousE REPRESENTATIVES. The session vas
devoted to debating resolution introduced on ths
previous day by Mr.. Lane. addressed to the Presi-
dent, and asking for information concerning the mea
sures Of the administration for the military protec.
ton to the coming springs em2a,ion to Oregon,
and the se''ers now in that Territory. Messrs Cor
man, Haven, Lane. Brooks. Marshall Of Kentucky,
Durham. and Evans, each addressed the House on
the subject. After its virtual withdrawal by Nj.
Lane, "ho had an understanding with the Secretary
OF War, in the course of the day. which precluded
the necessity of for its adoption, the House ad-
journed.
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am lEros's MECHANICS MAGAZINE. The Febru-
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o,." ''H CAROLINA RAILROAD. The gross receipts
b.. road during the year 1851 were 81 ,0OO, 900,
u. s an Increase Of 100000. or 20 per cent over
,.,s s'e'pts OF 1850. The expense of working the
A6 oeer about IS per cent. only of the earnings
,s ~ paying the interest on the debts due by the
saPany, and reserving fund of $780, 1000, divi.
~" per cent. is ordered.
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The Rev. Whtefoord Smith recently delivered an
Address before the Societies of Emory College, Ga.
Among the constituents of true greatness enumerated
by Dr.. S., the power of Self Restraint Industry,
Integrity, Courage, Humility. and Religion. In
developing the last, he says:
"Ifweunroll the historic pages and narrowly inves.
tigate the mighty which fame has there
ded-names which live on in the memories of pos
terity-we shall find that the truly great have never
been destitute of some proper sense of religion. True,
they may have lived under dark dspensation, their
views Of God may have been very inadequate and
obscure and reckoned among the grossest of vices.
In Socrates and Plato we look for the lucid know
edge and bright experience of st. John st. Paul
vet the one fell martyr to his religious faith, and
the other is said TO have prophesied of the Messiahs
coming. 1t is religion alone which gives dignity to
man, and importance to human nature. Nothing
surely, is so degrading to our nature and nothing SO
we'll calculated to dvest man of all nobility OF the
soul, as the skepticism which questions his future
existence the inidelity which consigns the hope o.
immortality to the grave-and the sensuaIity which
cuts off every aspiration after communion with God
For. what all the attainments of learning-wha
are all the trumphs of war-what all the successful
competitions of trade-what all the wealth that ava
rice can hoard, to give dignity 10 dying worm. >
NEW GOLD DOLLARS AND GOLD HALF-DoLLARs.-
" Observer" the Washington correspondent OF th'
Philadelphia Ledger, says:
81 have just seen the new gold dollar pieces SEN
down from the Philadelphia mint to the Hon. Geo
S. Houston, chairman of the committee Of ways ant
means. The coin consists Of fiat ring, on which
there is superscription but head, the place fo
putting head is cut out. The only objection to this
kind OF coin is the detron to which, it seems to me
it must be very liable. On the other hand. the coir
may be carried on string-a most convenient and
safe way of carrying money. Halfdollargold piec'
es, not yet called for by any law. have been sen
down, and look very pretty. These halfdollar gole
pieces would be convenient still than the doila
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