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WAsHINeToN. Jan. 81. | am sorry to state the
grave illness of Joseph Gales Esq., the veteran edi-
tor of the National InelIigencer Mr. Gales is the
Dean OF the wing press of this country, and po.
litical essayist has no equal anywhere
The latest news from Col. King il not so Cratifv-
ing the previous accounts, and fears begin to be
entertained about his recovery.
The highest mark of respect has been paid to Gen.
Pierce by resolution passed at meeting OF the ciui-
Gems OF Washington, omit the usual inau guratiou
ball, and other festivals that custom has sanctioned
on the coming in of a new administration.
Corr. Bali. Sun.
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BISHOP IVES.

Bishop Ives, in attaching himself to the Roman
Catholic Church, has parted voluntarily with a
good living and dignifed position, and become a
plain lay member 1t cannot therefore, be charg-
ed that he has been actuated in his course by
mercenary motives. His sincerity no one can doubt,
whatever may be thought or said to the correct
ness Of his judgment.
The ex-Bishop cannot become priest in the
Catholic Church, unless Mrs. Ives shall consent to
enter a Convent and even then he will be requir-
ed to go through regular course Of Theological
studies Probably Professorship in some Catholic
College may be rendered him. We have no doubt
he will be provided for by the Church to which he
has attached himself.
II he should ever become priest, his labors will
be heavy and his salary quite small.
The course of the ex-Bishop has excited much
feeling in this State. The members Of his former
Church are-:s might reasonably have been ex-
pected-indignant and mortified, while the subject
has elected much talk among other Churches and
among men Of the world generally
But the gale will &c die along the Shore and be
forgotten. In few months we shall have calm.
The bubble will disappear from the surface, and
the waters will be smooth again. Those who are
indignant will learn to be more charitable and
merciful; and those who are mortified will forget
the past in respect and regard for the new Bishop,
his successor.
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WASHINGTON EQUESTRIAN STATUE.

Clarke Mills is already engaged, it is said, in
his preparations for the colossal statue of Wash
ington. A Correspondent of the Boston Post
says:
HE has procured the large open space necessary
near the present national monument, and is laying
out the grounds extensive scale. He will have
his own foundry, workshops and structures of all
kinds, In the progress OF his great enterprise he
proposes to connect with it American school of
art in which he will teach young artists the prInc
Piles he has himself acquired for such mpensatior
they may be able to render him by their services
You can form some faint idea Of the ma nitude of
Ms's proposed statue Washington, when | tell
you that the head of the horse is to twelUe
feet from the tip of his to the tip Of his
What must the body be, when such is 10 be the head
And how splendid must colossal horse and rider ap-
pear as they stand erect a monument fifty a
hundred feet high!
1t has been suggested that the present national
monument had better be furnished to Mr.. Mills for
this purpose. The idea is worthy of reflection by
the people,
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HIGH Prices. The Point Coupee (La.) Echo of
the 18th has the following facts with regard the
which attended on Monday last, we were struck
at the extraordinary high prices at which the neg
were sold. The terms fifteen per cent. cash,
and the balance credit of one and two years.
On these conditions, saw ordinary negro women
sold for $1,000, and field hands at over $I4OO.
When consider that our population is entirely
destitute of banking facilities these prices prove
degree of agricultural prosperity of which we may
well be proud"
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CADETS AT LARGE.

The following Cadets at West Point have been
appointed by President Fillmore:
Joseph l.. K. Smith, son of deceased officer oil
the Army.
S. S. Hetzel, son of deceased officer of the Army.
Henry w. Fowler, son of deceased officer of the
Army.
Presley o. Craig, son of the Colonel of Ordnance.
Edwin Turner, son of Lieut.. T. Turner, of the
Navy.
Thomas w. Thurston, of New Jersey.
Andrew Jackson, jr., of Tennessee.
Charles G. AmorY, of Massachusetts.
Lawrence Kip, of New York.
John II. Magruder, Of Virginia.
*Robert Andrews, of Delaware.
*Clarence Derrick, of District Of Columbia.
*Conditionally appointed, to take effect should
vacancies occur in June.
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SALE OF A Factory. The Amesbury (Mass.)
Manufacturing Company have sold out their estab-
lishment to the Salisbury Manufacturing Company.
The price paid for the real estate and machinery
500, 900. The Amesbury Company have on hand
goods finished and unfinished to the amount Of $780,
600, and about $4,000 in cash. The stockholders
will receive by this sale about 81 300 per share. The
original cost of the shares was $1,000.
Exchange paper.
It seems, then, that the Tariff of l946 has
ruined" the shares in this Factory from 81 900
up to 81 300!
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Very Truly

New OCEAN STEAM LINES. The English pa
pers announce the formation of a company for the
establishment of new line of steamers from Liv-
erpool to Brazil and the river Platte, South Ameri
ca. The vessels are to be seven propellors, 1000
tons each. The ports included in the route are
Lisbon, St. Vincent, Pernambuco, Bahia, and
Montevideo. A new line has also been established
in Liverpool between that port and Australia, to
commence the present month.
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NARRATED,

In Essex County Va. the 9th of January, by
the Rev. VIM. Boyd Mr.. John B. Whitfield, of Wayne
County, N c.. to Miss Elizabeth L., daughter of the
late DIR. James L. Wilson,
Oh may he live in peace and pleasure,
And never more heavenly treasure!
Also on the 18th, Mr.. John D. Worters, of Goldsbo-
rough, to Miss Nancy Blount of Lenoir.
AIso on the night, ChurcheIl Bell, of nston,
to Miss Susan Rankin of White Hall, Wayne.
Also. on the 3d. Mr. R. E. Davis to Miss Lucy
Ellis. of PikcsviIle, Wayne.
The " Live Giraffe - will please copy. TCoM.
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January, 1858.
From the New York Evening Post.


President PoLK's RETIREMENT FROM WAsHIS
ToN.-LErrER FROM President FILLMORE. The
following letter from President Fillmore to gentle
man in this city finally disposes of absurd impu-
talon against the late President Polk, which has OBJ
tanned some currency. Though Mr.. FiIImore's note
written in reply to inquiry from friend of the
deceased ex- President and intended for pub
Ication the gentleman whom it was addressed
felt that he would violate confidence in placing it
before the public:
WASHINGTON, Jan. %, 1853.
My DEAR SIR: Your note of yesterday came 10
hand this morning, and | hasten do justice to a
political opponent, who is in his grave. You
say that it stated in your presence that President
Polk was heartess and cold, and that one of his
coolest acts was, that he vacated the White House
several days before the President elect to WASH
ngton, for fear of opening his heart, ask him
to his house and table. II is due Mr.. Polk to say
that know this to be untrue. General Taylor and
myself were both invited to dine with him, and did
dine with him before he left the White House, and
l have no doubt all the cvties ordinarily extended
to the incoming administration extended by
President Polk TO Gen. Tayo and according to my
recollection, he did not leave the White House till
the 4th, rather the 9Th of March, which Mon
day. The confusion incident 10 the close of a
sion of Congress and the breaking up of house-keep
ing by the Presidents family must necessarily pre-
vent any President from doing more than Mr.. Polk
did in the case of Gen. Taylor; and, if rightly
informed, many of his predecessors did not do
much. am, respectfully, yours,
WILLARD FILLMORE.
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&c The people of Northern Oregon have me-
morialized Congress in favor of a new Territorial
government, to embrace all that part of Oregon
lying north of the Columbia river. The present
Territory of Oregon contains an area of $4,000
square miles, and its seacoast is $50 miles in ex-
tent. The proposed Territory north Of the Co
hmbia, contains an area of about $4,000 square
miles.
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CnndiLion o. The Markets.

New YoRK, Feb 1. Coiton-sales of 500 bales
at steady rates. Linseed o-sales of $1,000 gals.
at &c cents. Coffee-saes of 1900 bags Rio at 81
of $50 bbIs. a: 25 cents. Pork-saes of SOC bbls.
at $Is IS for mess, and SI5 81 for prime. Beef
sales of 400 bbIs, at Is IS $Is 90. Sales Of
400 bbls. beef hams at Is $l5 IS. Lard-sales Of
1000 bbls. at lO4 ii cents; sales in kegs at IL
IIs. Bulk meat-saIes of $50 bbIs. at 10 103 cts.
for hams, and Is for shoulders. Butter firm at
Is 19 cents. Flour hetter-saes 1000 bis. at
SO SIS Sc for State, 5 6S SIS Is for Genesee and
rs a S. 81 for Southern. Wheat-sales OF 900
bushels at 81 3I3 for Western white and 80 81
IS for Southern. Corn-saes 3 900 bushels old yell
low at 703 cents.
New ORLEANS, Feb. L. Sales of 1 900 bales of
cotton yesterday. The market firm at st for mid
ding. Coffee-hoIders of Rio are asking to ad-
vance. Mess pork is dull and declining at SIG IS.
Sterling Exchange 81.
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Re ELECTION SENATOR HoUsToN, OF Texas.
We take great pleasure in announcing that on the
18th instant, the Hon. Sam. Houston of Texas, was
reelected to the Senate of the United States for the
term of six years from the 4th of March next, by
vote almost unanimous. The Legislature of Texas
has thus testified its high appreciation of the eminent
" associated with what is most eventfu and glorious
in her history. Washington Union.
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W The earnings of the Macon and Western
Georgia Railroad for the past year were $500, 1855
SO, and the expenses $116,35s 74-leaving 81 3d.
697 10 clear. There was slight decrease of
passenger earnings, and increase of freight earn
ings of 70 percent. The aggregate increase of
earnings was 27 per cent.
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w Billy Bowlegs, it is said, has been "depos-
ed -! We do not know how this is but we do
know that the Editor Of the Register, after demoI-
ishimg Mr.. CIingman in a half column article, re-
tired with precipitation to the City of Whining
ton to hear Ole Bull.
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CATHOLICISM IN ENGLAND. There are 648
churches, chapels, and stations in England and
Wales-133 ditto in Scotland-ten colleges in
England and one in Scotland u converts and 7
religious houses in England, and grand total of
priests, including Bishops, 1899.
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CONGRESS.

On Monday last, the 31st January, the death
OF the Hon. Alexander Buell., a member of the
HOuse from New York, was announced in the two
Houses; and after the passage of the usual Reso-
lutons they adjourned till Tuesday.
In the Senate, on Tuesday the 1st, several pri-
v"te ols We're passed, among them one for the re-
i'el Oh DfeVet Major General Bennett Riley. The
resolutions from the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tons concerning the right of way across the 18th
mus OF lehauntepec, were debated by Mr.. Mason.
In the House of Representatives Mr.. Durham,
from Inc Committee of Ways and Means, reported
Oack' WIN amendments, the Senate bill amendato-
ry OF the act concerning certain coins of the Uni
teo 0'"'es' The Senate bill concerning bail in civ
il causes IN the District of Columbia was passed
ana afterwards the Army bill was considered in
Coinn'tee OF the Whole on the state of the Union,
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w We are requested to state that the Agent
of Ar7aold's Patent SashIock has taken rooms at
the City Hotel, Gawrences',) where he will remain
for several days. The public are invited to call
and examine this useful invention-patented
March 81, 1849.
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Wv s. TUCKER,

- HAVE this day received six cases of super
AMOLESKIN HATS, which embraces the Spring
Fashions for 1858. And will continue to receive
the LATEST i5rxLEs the Summer advances, from the
most fashionable Hatters North. They fatter them
selves that they will be able present their customers
and the Hat-wearing community in general larger as
soment of Hats this than heretofore presented
by them. -
February f. 1858. ZS-
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HURRAH FOR CHATHAM!
NEW TOBACCO FACTORY AT PTTTsBORo'
LONG & BURNETT.

n RESPECTFULLY inform the citizens of Chatham
and adjoining Counties that they have established
At BACCO FACTORY
in Pittsboro wish purchase all kinds of Tobacco
viz Common and Fine. For fine yellow Tobacco they
willing pay liberal prices from pc to $l23, ac-
cording quality and color.
All those having Tobacco for sale will do we'll to give
trial before selling elsewhere, determined
to give the full value for each quality.
Peterborough. Feb. 4, 1853. 2S-3m.
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The CAIoR1c SHIP. Capt. Ericsson states, in a
letter to the Philadelphia Board Of Trade, that his
vessel will shortly proceed to Norfolk, in compliance
with the wish of the Secretary of the Navy and
that he will visit Philadelphia thereafter, if at all
convenient to do so.
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Hoes PAcK"D IN THE WEST. The Cincinnati
Price Current has obtained from the following
States, in whole in part, of the business in pack
ing hogs during the last From the general
tenor of their advces, the Price Current thinks there
can be no doubt the deficiency in weight, through
out Ohio. Kentucky and Indiana, and still greater
deficiency in the yield of lard The former it thinks,
is certainly five. and the laIier ten per cent
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BANK TAX IN OHIO. There is much excitement
in Ohio in relation to the lax Banking Institutions.
Many of the banks have refused 10 pay the amount
for which they assessed. and resolved to
the constitutionalty of the law. The tax collector
having forcibly entered the Bank at Salem, after
desperate resistance the part of the officers, and
seized $4,000 gold, for the amount of due.
member otShe Legislature of the State has reported
bil-wtch the papers STYLE the g crOw-bar bll''-
to egalize this mode of collection, by making it the
duty of all collectors where payment is refused by
any bank, to break vaults chests, desks, &c.,
and take out the amount due.
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Dischnrpe of Neol,

PHpADELpHIA, Jan. 81. Richard Neal, the negro
ma harged with entcing slaves from Anne Arundel
conI13 Md, was this morning discharged from Gus.
tody BY the Supreme Court, the agent of Maryland
not being in attendance.
The agent for the State of Maryland, Mr.. John
Lamb; was so badly beaten by the negroes at Ches-
ter Ihathe could not attend, having gone homo by
the ad vice of his physicians.
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Mr.. Payne Collier has just published new edi-
others. 1t is printed from copy of the second folio
edition of 1852, containing 10000 MS. corrections,
which accidentally came into Mr.. Golfers hands in
the year ls49. All the critics ecsaces with it,
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GREAT Railway SPEED-IIcO Hundred and thirty
sic Miles IN TIT ee Hundred and fire Minutes. The
train that left this city at four o'clock, p. Sun
day, reached Worcester, As miles, in 81 minutes; ;
from Worcester to Springfield, So miles, in 70 min
utes, "a part of this distance was exceeding
mile minute } from Springfield to Hartford, %
miles. in 81 minutes from Hartford to New Haven,
Sc miles, in Sc minutes; from New Haven to Twen-
ty-seventh-street. New York, 76 miles in los min
utes. Deduct nine stops, and the time lost in break
ing up, the actual running time fine hours fire
nIinutes-average run AZ miles an hour. Considering
the distance this is the greatest made in this
country. Nearly all night time, and heavy rain
falling part cf the time, renders this achievement still
more extraordinary. D. +. Valley, conductor !;
George Lows, agent; and - Southworth, United
States mail agent There were twenty-five passen-
gers in the train, several of whom came by the Eu-
roPa. Boston Transcript, 25kh uA.
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- we present to-day portion of the recent
ADDRESS OF MIR. Chngman to his constituents. The
whole OF 1t will appear in our next Weekly.
Mr.. Clngman deals most Destructive blor,. mn
on tne Abolition, FreesoiI Scott party. No wonder
the Raleigh Register writhes and twists under the
lnfictlon. The Editor may continue to DISCHARGE
his poPguns at Mr.. Clingman, but thev will have
no more effect than if levelled against Gibraltar
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9 90
PaGe Josef

Can any of our readers interpret it? At FIRST we
took it for apothecaries' Latin; judge SURPRISE
then, when the key was given to US, to find the in
scrutabe items were simply these:
"a horse half a day. and ga taking him home
again.
Can any Of our readers beat that?
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@ The Hon. Edward Everett, at present Sec
rotary of State of the United States, has been
nominated by the Wings Of Massachusetts, to the
Senate of the United States. 1t is supposed he will
be elected.
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Es In the third paragraph of Mr.. Rencher's
Gard, in reply to M. Q. Waddell, published in onr
issue of the Goth January, is the following ouota
uon-" but the record furnished no evidence that
lie had paid any taxes whatever" It should have
oeen-" out the record furnished no evidence that
ne Pd'd any tares aOhatever.n
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The ScHooLMAsrER WANTED. The following is
copy of bill sent to gentleman sometime since ::
aosafada, SO
atacinonimomag in, SO
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% governor Reid has appointed Samuel F.
Adams Jr7 his Private Secretary, in place of VIII
liam II. Jones, resigned. y " -
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WINTER IN EUROPE. The past and present win
ters in Europe and America show that the remarkable
features of the season the continent rave a
great simitude with those on the other The severe
winter of last year manifested itself simultaneously
in Europe ard America, and now in both hemispheres
there is correspondingly mild one.
Accounts from Riga, in Russia, of the Sd of Janu.
airy, mention that, in consequence of the mild YEA
Their, the port still remained open, and that ship had
just been chartered for London, circumstances wholly
unprecedented at this period of the year.
The weather in Paris is mild, that the chestnut
named after :" tie Goth of March," in the gar
den of the Tueres, is nearly in leafs in the garden
of the Luxembourg, there several rose trees in
full bearing in Spring. and at the Jardin des Plan
ties, some of the almond trees in flower.
The weather in England has been of extraordinary
high temperature for the season. The mean of De-
cember, registered at Greenwich, was AZ deg. 7
mn Fahrenheit, and the thermometer only once des-
cended below the freezing point. The average of the
the past year 1852 rain fell than in any year OF
the past forty.
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We copy the following for the benefit of the young
bucks:
MAY GENTLEMAN WEAR FRocK-coAT AT AN
EVENING PARTY? The " 7. Home JOurnai in a
article upon changes in fashion, says;
1.-The disputed queslion-May gentleman wear
frock-coa at evening party? seems to have been
decided in the affirmative and, accordingly, young
gentlemen take particular pleasure in wearing that
long obnoxious garment, with the additional innoVa-
ton of black neeker-chefs. White wastcoats are
generally discarded. and white kids yield precedence
10 gloves Of colOrs.'
In the following lines the writer has put into verse
some thoughts which he found in prose
Harsh words are like the hale which beats
The heritage to the ground;
Kind words like the gentle rain
Which scatters freshness round.
AS polished steel receives stain
From drops at random flung,
So does the child WI en- words Profane
Drop from a parents tongue,
The eats in, and oft find
That naught which do,
To cleanse the metal or the mind,
The brightness will renew.
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LOST

ON Monday evening last package of money con-
Y J sisting of 10 or Ten Dollar Bills rive ana =
Fours, all North Carolina money
The finder will receive liberal reward ana the
of the owner, by handing the same TO Inc nui'oi u
Standard. 90 .e
Raleigh, Feb. 2, 1883.
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L OtdiS
Increase SO far,

The Price Current says provisions have continued
to tend downwards in value, and at close bulk
are fully one cent per pound and pork 81 ,25 per
barrel below the highest price of the season.
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0MOKING AND CHEWING TOBACCO, suPe-
rior quality-an additional supply just to hand ana lot
s e by =
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Just Received,

lust Received,
Z HoGsHEAD'S Of New Crop Cuba Moasscs.
. w. H. & R. s. TUCKER
February A, 1853. .
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TIE BANKS

friend writes us for information as to whG
the Books will be opened for subscriptions to tie
Banks authorized to he established at the late Sc.
sion of the Legislature-to w.t. the Bank of EIze
beth City, the Bank of Charlotte, and the Yancey-
vile Bank. We 90 not know when the Books Of
subscription will be opened or at what points; bu:
we suppose due notice thereof will be given in tie
public prints.
Some apprehensions are felt and have been er
pressed as to the result of the increase of Banks
in this State; and we have shared, to some extent
in these apprehensions. One great fact must, how
ever have its full weight in reflections and caeua
tons upon this subject, and that is, the immenss
quantities of gold which have been and are still
pouring in from California and Australia. With
out this increase of the precious metal, crash
would, ere this, have been the consequence of the
spirit of speculation which has pervaded the coun-
try.
But tho present high prices cannot be pern'
nently maintained. A change falling back "
the old standard must, sooner or later, take place
And it is to be hoped that at least, the Banks IL
this State will so regulate their issues to keep
themselves in sound condition, whatever may %
the result elsewhere