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Mr.. ATKIN:A The following gentlemen have been
licensed by the Supreme Court, now in session at
this place. to practice law in the Superior Courts
q. b. Vance, of Buncombe; A III. Gather Burke;
J. 7. Graves, Surry w. J.. Hill, Guilford; A. j.
Stedman Stokes; Eugene F. C1ewell Watauga; A.
NJ Scales Rockingham; E. NJ. Campbell Iredell
The following gentlemen received County Court
license Louis E. Henry, of Wake county; j. T.
Dula of Caldwell; William Quicker, Buncombe /;
Riley III. Cannon, Buncombe j. L. Alexander and
T. Fl. Alexander, Mecklenburg.
Opinions have been delivered in the following
cases, viz:
By NASH, G. j. Shoemaker VS. Hall, from Macon
Judgment reversed and venire de novo.
A. j. Patton VS.. -amercement-rule dis
charged.
State vs.. Zachary, from Macon judgment reversed
and venire de novo awarded
By PEARSON, j. Wills VS. Forney & Forney, in
Equity from Rutherford-Bill dismissed but without
costs as to Thomas Forney.
State vs. Hauser, from Lincoln judgment af
frmed.
Bryson VS.. Slagle, from Henderson judgment af
firmed.
By BATTLE, j. State VS. Graves, from Macon
venire de novo.
State VS.. Alternately, from acknowledgement af-
frmed and judgment arrested.
Heirs of j. G. Blount vs. Lunsford, from Bun
combe-judgment affirmed. -
Morganton, August 10, 1853.
AsheriZLe Neacs
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The ADMINISTRATION AND THE PACIFIC RAILROAD
PROJECT For the last month we have done our best
to ascertain if possible whether the Administration
haze formed expressed any settled views upon the
Pacific railroad question, and candidly confess that
we have not been able to obtain the slightest reliable
inkling in this connection. Messrs Jefferson Davis
tour declaring in favor of the constutionalty of the
Governments connection with it under the defence
clause, whenever its construction may thus become
necessary No one, if we are not mistaken, has yet
met speak the subject True, the Union advocates
the project But the editor of that journal has taken
due care to say that in doing, he merely
pressing his own opinions. In view of these facts
we are inclined to believe that most of of the press
who have been crediting the Administration with
having formally taken their stand upon the question:
have been writing "ahead of time" and that in
truth no one outside of the Cabinet has yet the
slightest reliable information concerning the position
in which they will eventually be found upon this
question. Waahamgton Star.
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For the standard.


NATHANIEL MAC0Ns
In the Weekly Register of the 18th instant,
under the head, Men and their Doings' is letter
s No. %, from Washington Correspondent, in which
the writer undertakes Co give the vote by States
the bill " to set apart and pledge certain funds for
Internal improvements, passed at the I'd session
14th Congress, but returned by Mr.. Madison with
his objections to it for the want of constitutional
power toEpass it. The writer commits many mistakes
and especially does great injustice to one of the best
and most faithful public servants this or any other
people ever had. He sets down " North Carolina 2
ayes and noes absent, including Macon" is
strange he did not know that North Carolina then had
ID members in the House of Representatives, and
still more strange he should be ignorant that Mr..
Macon was member of the Senate at the time.
- The truth of History is North Carolina gave 8
ayes and noes-Mr Macon's successor being pres
emit, and voting with the noes-5 only being absent;
the vote was the last day of the session. and on
the question, "Shall the bill pass, notwithstand-
ing the Presidents objections pr The Bill was pre-
sented to the President that day, and almost inn
mediately returned. Mr.. Macon being member of
the Senate voted against the bill in all it's stages and
upon the several amendments offered in that body
always voted so to weaken the claim of power
serted by the friends of the measure.
This explanation is due to the members of North
Carolina, who were not derect as they repre-
scented to have been and especially is it due to Mr.
Macon against whom charges of neglect of duty
can never be preferred with any sembance of truth
lie ao1s not the man to be absent from has post and
the record of his very long and eminently useful
public life shows that he was upon all occasions
even the most trivial-scrupuously exact in atten-
dance upon all his duties.
ONE WHO KNOWS.
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NORTH CAROLINA Coal We have on former occa-
sons directed the attention of readers to the fact
that there in the neghboring State of North Car
DINA vast fields of anthracite coal to which Norfolk
is the nearest seaport and might be made the eXclu
sive market These fields in the county of Rock
ngham of which Leakesville is the chief town and
less distant from Norfolk than Cumberland Gin the
great coal region penetrated by the Baltimore and
Ohio Raroad) is from Baltimore. The road to them
from Norfolk has already made considerable way
one hundred miles being completed and twenty more
in state of forwardness far ClarkSville-leav
ing we believe, some forty OF fifty to extendit
to Leakesville. The distance then, is neither unat
tainabe, attainable at too great an expense to
justify energetic prosecution of the enterprise the
completion of which it requires argument to show
will be fraught with the most important results to
our port. We have seen specimen of the Rocking
ham COAL which is the real anthracite such as is most
esteemed for the CRATE and is in in Mr.. G.
H. Richmond's foundry Milton. We learn that
the subject is exciting much attention in the neigh
borhood of this coal region, particularly at Milton,
where they are getting up subscription for survey
of a route for railroad from that town to Clarks-
vile to connect with the one from GAINESVILLE to
Norfolk. Our City certainly has deep interest in
the matter, and it is to be hoped that citizens
will enter heartily into the spirit which is anmating
our North Carolina friends in regard to it.
Specimens of the coal may be at the count
ng room of G. F. Anderson, Esq
Norfolk Herald
The Herald.makes no allusion to the main coal de-
posites in North Carolina. There is coal in abund
ance, no doubt, in Rockingham, but the Counties of
Chatham and Randolph are considered most favored
IN this respect The coal from the latter quarter will
most probably be sent out to market down the Cape
Fear, and by way of Wilmington and it is also
probable that Railroad will be constructed from the
mines to the Central Railroad
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KENTUCKY. The Hon. Mr. breckenridge election
to Congress from Kentucky, against ex-governor
Letcher of the strongest and most eloquent and
popular Wings in the State-the battle ground Mr..
Clays district" too-is event of great significance
and importance 1t does not indicate any dsaproval
of the conduct of the administration, certainly.
Wing writer, speaking of this contest thus audes
to the two candidates:
fletcher and Breckenridge the district
together, speaking once and sometimes twice every
day. 1 had often heard of Gov. Letcher unri-
vailed stump orator. but he must be heard to be ap
preciated. His forcible style and manner, and his
inexhaustible fund of anecdote, are inimtable and
the effect upon promiscuous crowd indeseribable.
He is protect veteran in the Wing ranks Although
1 can seldom see anything in democrat 1 can APP
prove, much less applaud, constrained to say
that Major Breckenridge is one of the most gifted
men in the nation He is very youthful in appear
ance, tall and commanding, with black hair and fash
ing eyes His gestures rapid and graceful, his
language pure and imprisoned and in every respect
he is certainly model of beauty manliness and ell
oquence. have heard many speakers, from Daniel
Webster down to jealous democratic leader in Erie,
but for pure soustirring eloquence, John G. Brock
enridge stands unrivalled. Were he Wing he would
certainly be worthy to the mantle of Henry
CLAW. "
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RELIEF FOR New ORLEANS SUFFERERS has been rails
ed in various cities by contributions to the following

TOBACCO CROP IN KENTUCKY The following ex-
tract from letter in regard to the prospect of the
growing crop of Tobacco in portion of Kentucky,
instant:
wrote you on the Goth ultimo giving my views
IN relation to the growing crop of tobacco in the
Green river country stated in that communication
tnat mere could be- with the most favorable season.
weather has been remarkably dry and unfayorabIe
Tor the growth of the plant in this section of the
country 1t is true there has been partial showers
IN na. some neighborhoods since that time; in many
; 1tIers' however, the earth has not been wet two
cnes aeep IN three months and there is in this and
tne adjoining county one-fourth of the crop lust
spreading on the hill have never seen the entire
crop SO uneven and SO much missing, and have
been tobacco grower in this county for twenty-five
S.alS am now OF the opinion that, under the
country" VI UGH iA'er
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From the Fishing Grounds.

BosroS, August 22d. Advices from the fishing
grounds state that the u S. sloop of war Cyane
was off Holmes Hole on Thursday in fog The
steamer Fulton left Portsmouth on Friday for Hall
fax.
The British steamer Devastation last week passed
by feet of IA American vessels without noticing
them, and proceeded two miles further where the
Starlight and another vessel were lying becamed
Starlight but suffered the other to 60 The per-
son who brought this information does not know what
was done with the captured vessel. He was told at
the Gut of Canso that two armed vessels had passed
through, but he saw nothing of them.
[sEcoND DESPATCH.
BOSTON, August %. The Starlight was captured
by the Devastation in Magdalen Bay, and taken to
Gaspe. The schr. Highlander was also seized by the
same steamer, but was subsequently released. The
schrs Mary Niles and Ellen Proctor had been chased
out of the bay by cutter.
Much excitement prevailed at Gloucester on the
subject.
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METHOD OF DETEcTIGG COUNTERFEIT SILVER Co1N.
piece of silver be dipped into solution of chro
mate of potash, decomposed by sulphurc acid, thir
ty-two parts by weight of water three of chromate
of potash and four of sulphuric acid) the parts of
the silver immersed in the solution quickly assume
ly when the silver is quite pure, and dimnishes in
proportion to the quality of alloy mixed with it. Of
course this process will not hold good when coat
ing of silver has been deposited piece of white
metal &c. in such cases as plated or electrotyped ar
filed off; upon trial by this process, the German sill
will remain of white color. No other metals
give the order silver when submitted to this
test; copper, zinc, &C., acted upon by the sou
ton, but not colored as in case of silver.
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From THE SANDWICH ISLANDS. Honolulu July
18th, 1853. The Legislature of the islands, after
long and stormy session, adjourned yesterday.
The United States frigate st. Lawrence, A guns
is now lying here. We had few days ago, a visit
from Swedish frigate Of So guns guns--the first
Swedish an-of-war that ever was here They were
the whitest looking sailors ever saw, and looked as
if they had been in the in their lives The
St Lawrence is stationed here to fight the French,
if necessary. We expect the controversy between
them and the Hawaiian Government will soon be re-
newed, and probably settled 1t may interest you
to know (what till lately did not know that when
we arrived here an American and French frigate
lay here with guns shotted and all ready for action
the latter for the purpose of firing into the town,
and the former for the purpose of preventing their
doing so. Two or three American flags had been
prepared, and the first gun from the French would
have been the signal for hauling down the Hawaiian
and running up the American flag on shore The
French commander appraised of the intention on
the part of the Hawaiian Government to hoist the
American flag, about an hour before the firing
to have commenced The odds against him seemed
too great, and he was compelled much against his
WILL to postpone his revenge, until news could be
had from France. That news now daily eX-
pecting; but as we have the st. Lawrence to take
care of u.s. anticipate no trouble, the difficulty
will probably be settled without any guns in the
matter Albany Ereaing Journal.
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SUPPLY OF GUANo An immense deposite of Gu
has been discovered in the Indian Ocean, between
Anritius and Calcutta. 1t has been analysed by Pro-
lessor Anderson of Glasgow, and is also in the
hands of Professor Way of London, for analysis
Four kinds of it have been taken to England two of
which are of superior quality, resembling the guano
of Saldanah Bay; the other two are comparatively
inferior.
The discoverer relates that being bccalmed off an
island he sent his boats ashore for water They re-
turned without it. but told what they had found. The
captain visited it himself and having made several
voyages for guano to Ichaboe he at pronounced
the substance with which the island is covered to be
guano. Having traversed the island in various d
rections he found guano everywhere; its greatest
depth, however, in the and crevices of the
rock He secured samples and brought them home
The samples having been taken from near the
face the quality is supposed to be inferior to what
may be found beneath is injured by the action
of the weather. The deposite is reported to be inn
mense, the island being twenty miles long by seven
broad, and thus 40 times large Ichaboe. There
are strong currents the island, and it
is said that convenient loading stages be erected
with great facility, in the creeks and bays along its
coasts Steps are being taken to make the guano a
valuable to the British farmer
This discovery shows what may be reasonably
ticipated from search in other quarters, and espe
caly off the rainless coast of Peru This is the true
way to break down the monopoly of Peru, and to Sc
for the agrculturaliss abundant and cheap sup
plies of guano.
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LATER FROM EUROPE.

l.
NEw York, August 90. The steamer Arabia ar
rived here today bringing Lii rpool dates to the
18th August She saw steamer ashore on Nam
tucket Shoals believed to be the Pacific.
LIyERPooI, August Is: Cotton is steady. The
sales of week amount to Al 900 bales Flour has de-
clined Cd Wheat has declined I'd Sd. Corn is
firmer. Consols have advanced to 9S5 a 9s4.
1t is believed that the Turkish question will be
amicaby settled, though nothing definite is known.
The French Wheat crop is only about two-thirds
of average one.
The London Morning Post boldly asserts that the
September and soon after the French and English
fleets will leave the Turkish waters
A despatch from Trieste states that the Porte
ccpts without modification the proposals recently
drawn up at Vienna.
An extraordinary Ambassador was to leave Con-
stantinope for st. Petersburg with the Sultans de-
cision, the Russian troops are ordered to
evacucate the Principaites
The latest Geographic dispatches received at Lon
don, August the 10Th, and dated at St Petersburg
August 18th, state that the Emperor Nicholas had
made definite proposals to the four powers.
A despatch from Constantinople dated July 31st
says that there is much excitement there in conse-
quence of the refusal of the Hospodars of MoldaVia
and Wallachia to obey the summons to repair to
Constantinople The old Turkish party is so indig-
nant that fears entertained for the safety OF the
City, and revolution, it is thought will be the re-
suit.
The Monumental City steamship was totally wreck
ed, May 10Th, in her passage from Port Phillip to
Sydney. Thirty five persons persisted.
An Arab ship, with the Bombay mail on board,
foundered, and 179 Lascars were drowned
The Chinese Imperialists were preparing to relieve
Annoy. The Insurgents forces were within four
days march of Nankin. A private telegraph says
they had beaten back the Imperial fleet from before
Nankn and had COZ luded not to attack Canton until
September.
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FHE HOMES OF THE DEpARTFp.


BIZ WI. LEGcRfF
IF yon bright stars which gem the night
Be each blissf1l dwelling sperel
M here kindred spirits resunite,
Whom death has torn asunder here
How sweet it were at once to die,
And leave this blighted orb afar,
Mix soul with soul to cleaye the sky,
And soar away from star to STAR
But oh how dark, how drear, how lone.
Would seem the brightest world of bliss,
It wandering through each radiant zone,
We fhiled to find the loved of this!
If there more the ties should Irvine
Which deaths cold hand alone can sever
Ali then these stars in mockery shine
More hateful as they shine foreyerI
1t cannot be-each hope and fear
That lights the eye and clouds the brow,
Proclaims there is happier sphere -
Than this bleak world that holds US now;
There is voice which sorrow hears,
wv When hen heaviest 1s weighs life calling chain;
The pure in heart shall meet again?'
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despair. Has been to Saratoga and his eyes have
beheld the style of Waiting there practised, and
which he denominateth hugging, and he declaims a
It is no doubt pleasant but wrong; and what pleas
ure is there that don't derive spice and pquancy from
a slight suspicion of wickedness? Such is human
nature. The dress, too, at fashionable watering
places is rather low in the neck But as old PREM
TIcE of the Louisville Journal said about the Bloomer
costume, "He always liked the ladies, and as he
getting old wanted to mach of them as he could
before he died, object which fashionable dresses
seem made to facilitate. Wilmington Journal
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The CHINESE REBELS. letter from clergyman
in China says I" You will think it strange when
say that the rebels of the North have the Scriptures
in circulation among them. Their law is the ten
commandments They keep the Sabbath day.. They
worship God, and trust in Saviour, Jesus
Christ. Some of their books which they circulate
are excellent. Others have supersttons connected
with them. The only way account for this
discrepancy among them is, that of them
genuine Christians and others fanatics and 9TH
ers, again, have associated with them for worldly
pain -
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No man can ever borrow himself out of debt If
you wish for relief you must work for it-economse
for it. You must wear homespun instead of broad
cloth-drink water instead of champagne rise
at four instead of seven Industry, fugality, econo
my-these the landmarks of wealth, and the true
sources of relief
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writer in the Intelligencer communicates a cur
GUS incident A little girl was standing at window
before which was young maple tree. After bril-
was found imprinted on her body This is not the
first instance of the kind but it is asin gular phe
nomenon. Neo0rE Adtertzser.
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Texas hIPRovING. The Texas correspondent of
the New York Times estimates that upwards of two
Education are the two prominent topics of CONVERSE
ton. The next Legislature, it is thought will ap-
point commission to mature scheme for the State
to embrace the whole course of complete education
from the lowest Primary School to oneormore State
Universities. - ).
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Ex-senator flanagan has become amember of the
Temple of Honor, at Covington, Indiana This is an
association to promote the cause of temperance.
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that Shocco Springs, including the plantation, has
recently been purchased from Mr.. Calvert by the
Messrs Aston for $4,000
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A SWARM BEES. Wallace, of the Philadelphia
Sun, has discovered swarm of BIS in the admins
trative functonaries of Pennsylvania
Bigler-governor
Black secretary of the Commonwealth.
Banks-auditor general
Brawley-surveyor general
Bickel-State treasurer
Here is Battery easily Broken down. COM
binaton of busy BIS that hold the purse and sword,
and almost the laws in their grasp. The watch-word
is G look out for the BIS. ,"
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August Goth, 1868.
DAVIDSON COLLEGE.

The Commencement Exercises at this flourishing
institution, for the Collegiate year ending in August
1853, went off last week in fine style. The atten-
dance of its friends and patrons very large and
Those whose opportunities have enabled them to wit
ness such exercises at many different institutions of
learning freely expressed the opinion that those at
Davidson College, this OCCASION equal, if not
superior, to any they had ever witnessed, even at
Colleges of higher pretensions. The speeches by
the representatives of the two Literary Societies
excellent whole, and some of the very superior
The following is list of the Senior and gradua-
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DIGNTY, GRAVITY, &C. Professor Boyle of the
Dublin "Freeholder," says:
az have seen the gravity of parsons in the pulpit
Lawyers in court-judges on the bench-Quakers
at conventicle- at public meetings-the
chancellor in the Lords-the speaker in the commons
soldiers at dril-doctors near apatient-cients at
a law suit -auctioneers putting worthless daub-
antiquarians brass arthing-old gentlemen at
funerals young gentlemen at tailors bills-baliffs
1 have the gravity of author when his play
was damned, and of a coxcomb taking his place at
twelve paces-of an attorney drawing out bills of
city feast; have Mr.. Rogers and Belzoni's
mummy; but the gravity of each and all taken to-
gether does not equal the gravity of chea0img
her c1td ~
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a pM1N1sTRAToR,s NoTIcE.-The aabseriber

a DEMONSTRATORS NOTICE.-The subscribers
A having qualified August Term 1858, of Wake County
Court administrator of the estate of Thomas Ormond
deceased hereby notice to all having claims
against said present them duly within
the prescribed by law this notice will be plead IN
bar of their persons indebted to the estate of
the said Orond are requested make payment
the subscriber. JAMES CONNER, admit
August oath, 1859. 9S7--Stw.
TUlO SADDLERS AND COACH MAKERS
IL As shall not pay my usual visit to North Carolina
this Summer and Fa any my friends having orders or
funds me- viii please send them the House
I, Mckenzie Sons Baltimore, where shall be happy
see any of them and will give their
prompt attention. C0SBf0 n MCKENZIE.
Baltimore August oath, 1853 sl-2tpd: Is
UyOResALE. The snbscfiber living ten miles East
he wishes to dispose Of N. PRICE.
August 20, 1855. e S2-2t-
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Intellect can't bear fashionable refinement, and
dies under it one or two generations. fyou would
select youth who is likely to make his mark in the
world, take one who is carting mud in clam shell
delicate baby whois fondling China lap dog the
parlor carpet Daniel Webster's father made a
die for little Dan out of pine log with axe an
Hampshire mother, ina second hand sugar trough
The greatest architects for the manufacture of gent
are Poverty and Republicanism. -
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beds had to be made up in the bowling saloons On
Saturday and Sunday week, il is said 800 arrived