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Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1854-03-22

W@ We entirely concur with our friends of the
Richmond Enquirer in the following remarks on the
subject of the public lands:
"THE PUBLIC LANDS. In disputes touching the
disposition of the public domain, originated those
contentious which ultimately overthrow the Roman
Republic The divisions and seditions, fomented
by the guilty ambition of the Gracchi and provoked
BY the agitation of the agraran laws introduced the
more terrible convusions which preceded the estab-
lishment of the Empire.
1t seems that this question Of the disposition
of the public lands threatens our own republic with
fate not less disastrous than that which befe the
great commonwealth Of antiquity. With us are
found men with all the ambition, but without the
gifts and accomplishments of the Gracch who make
of the public domain engine of popular agitation
and sectional division Whether own public
lands sought to be consecrated to reesoi to the
education of the INDECENT the support of the
insane, in either the object is not the good Of
humanity but the aggrandizement of prohgate dem
agogucs. And every measure yet suggested for a
distribution of the public lands with reference to
at war with the spirit of the Constitution and the
welfare of the country. Especially do we regard the
bill which rallies support with the specious and aga
rian cry of " land to the landless, the most un
principlcd and pernicious measure yet bred in the
prolific brain of demagoguism.
Of less, but scarcely less mschievous tendency is
the proposition to squander the public lands on
schemes of local improvement. We rejoice to find
that the system of "grants to railways" has reject
ly sustained blow from which it will not recover
at least during the present session of Congress. The
miscarriage Of the Minnesota bill determines the fate
of other schemes of like character"
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When did General Dockcry deny to the poor man
the right to vote for Senator because he happened
not to have fifty acres of land - He never did any
such thing: and they who undertake to assa him,
without regard to the truth falsehood of their
charges, might, perhaps, do well to find out some
thing about his opinions before they venture too far
in random assertion. He'll be round among them
after while. Fay. Argus.
Is Gen. Dockery, then, in favor of Free Suffrage2
If so, why did he not say in his letter of accep
tance? Was he ashamed to admit that, in a free
State like this the rule ought to be to give poor
man as fair showing at the ballotbox a rich
man? 1t is not every man who goes up from Oh
scurity to respectabiity and opulence Gen. Dock
cry has done who remembers gratefully the power
by which he ascended. Such cases, undertake
to say, are rare and the fact that Gen. Dockery-
not to allude to rumors have heard of his over
bearing and aristocratical either
the disposition the nerve to come out for Free
Suffrage in his letter Of acceptance, is pretty strong
proof that he has little if any regard for those whom
the federaists so frequently dcnominate the COM
mon people"
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VALUABLE TABLE. The following table, com.
piled from the calculations Of j. NJ. Garnett Esq., Of
Virginia, will be found exceedingly valuable to many
Of our mechanical readers:
A box, 81 inches by l6 inches square. and % In
ches deep, will contain . barrel, 10,s52 cubic
inches -.s.
A box, "a inches by 10 inches square, and II In. :
chcs Deep will contain half barrel 476 cubic
inches
A box, 16 inches by 16s inches square, and 8
inches deep, will contain bushel or l5o4 cubic
inches lss
box, IL inches by 11.2 inches square and s in s
ches deep, will contain baif bushel, 075 cubic
inches. szsss ess
A box, inches by s.4 inches square and in.
ches deep, will contain ore peck, or 5S7.1 cubic
inches. = s'esss=5s
A box, S inches by inches square and 40 inches :
deep, will contain cue half peck, or s66.s cubic
inches. -
A box, inches by inches square, and 4.s In :
ches deep, will contain half gallon 1914 cubic
inches. essSi
A box, inches By inches square, and AZ In 2
ches deep, will contain quart, or 67.2 cubic
inches. s4ssss
The measurer come within q small fraction of q
cubic inch of being perfectly accurate, near in
deed as any measures of capacity have yet been
made for common use. sss@.fs ,
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But suppose the Legislature cannot call a restrict
ed Convention, how would that affect the case prac
tically? STAR
1t 1twould affect it in this way-Free Suffrage would
be postponed as it in the last Legislature by the
prcconcerted action of Whig leaders; for this talk
about Convention is intended among other things
to defeat the great principle of equality between free
white men. The aristocracy of the Whig party can
not brook the idea of giving men who do not own
fifty acres of land the same privileges with those
who do. Such party, in such States, for instance
as Kentucky TENNESSEE, would be secuted and
scorned and its adherents would fall from it and de-
nounce it by thousands, our foreathers the Wings
of the Revolution abjured and denounced the aristo
cratic pretensons f the British crown. The people
of North Carolina move slowly but effectually-they
are at length, by commanding majority, avowed
Democrats; and they quite certain, in our judg-
ment, to remain So
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DEATH OF GEN. KING. We regret to learn by a
gentleman from Tuscaloosa, says the Mobile Regis
ter that Gen. Thomas d. King died in that place
on Friday night last, the oath ut. lie was an elder
brother, we believe of late distinguished citizen
Hon. YIN. r. King, Vice President of the United
States and resided in Alabama since the establish
ment of the State Government Though not premi-
nent as public man, he was in 1885 one of the
Democratic electors and was firmly and consistently
attached to the same political school with his illus
trious brother In all the private relations of le
q husband, father, man, and citizen, he was
greatly esteemed and beloved, and his death will
leave a void in the community in which he had SO
long resided. Char. Standard.
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NUMBER 1914.
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WAsnINerox. March j,


WAsmSGroS March Is, 1884.
Inc 6taet Warrior Difficulty at Hacana.Sudd1a
Rep.eat Of an Old Lau Without Notice Want
9r National Comity-A Lesson in Politenesss
Needed-No Encouragement to Ffllibusterism--
Lord Clarendon and Mr. Buehanan-Southern
Detection from Mbrasko, &c.
The explanations given by the Captan.General of
CUBA In regard to the seizure of the Black Warrior
are far from being satisfactory, though they do not
constitute easas 6eti. The sum and substance Is
that an OLD Spanish law, Gn use, however with most
commercial nations, especially in frontier ports
which had been suffered to fall into dissuctude haa
been suddenly revived and carried into effect without
special warning.
would have required that notice should be given to
the commanders Of our ships that it was the inten.
ton OF the colonial government of Cuba to carry out
its old commercial laws, not to catch them in
a trap, causing them loss and delay. If Spain viii
allow such brea hes of etiquette to be repeated on
our commerce. We shall be under the necessity Of
giving the old dowager lady among the nations Of
the earth lesson in politeness for which she may
be obliged to pay q high price of tuition.
ihe motion to repeal the neutrality laws Of 1873
ana by 1t indirectly at least, to sanction fbuster.
ism, will, Of course not prevail in either House, and
ought not to be entertained If we have cause suf.
fcent, let US declare war and take the Island but
this government cannot, in honor, charter compa-
ny of freebooters to do il in its place.
We have already claims for redress on Spain for
former outragcs on our shipping, and we shall un-
doubtedly press them. In the meanwhile, it is not
necessary that We should become unnecessarily ex-
cited, or commence q war Of words which, after al,
are not equivalent to grape.
Lord Claredon's speech in Parliament giving the
world to understand that France and England are
not only united on the old continent, but ready to
act conformity in other parts of the world, or words
to that effect has probably by this time been satis
factorily explained to Mr.. Buchanan who has been
instructed to ask for such explanation. Mr. Buch-'
anan, who is diplomatist, not easily wrought and
ready to pitch into every body as some of our Hot
spurs abroad will acquit himself of his task in
statesmanlike manner, and reflect credit and honor
upon the country. As long Gov. Marcy is Secre.
tary Of State and Mr.. Buchanan Minister Plcnipo-
tentiary in England the amicable relations Of the
| two countries will not easily be disturbed.
The Nebraska bill is now suffering from Southern
detection, and should not be surprised if, in the
end, both extremes should unite to defeat the BILL
The principles of the bill will nevertheless carry,
now or hereafter.
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AARON BuRns WIFE. The Paris Patrie of late
date has the following:
At the last Tucres ball, the brilliant toilette of
stranger, with all incredtablc number of diamonds,
attracted the attention of all present. In moment
the attention changed to the most intense curl
ousity when Louis Nopolcon was observed to accost
the lady, and remain some moments in convcrsa-
tion Enigma was soon solved. Tho lady the
widow of Mr. Aaron Burr formerly Vice President of
the United States, with whom Louis Napoleon was on
terms of intimacy whilst in that country, and at the
end of fifteen years he had recognised the widow of
his old American friend.
This probably alludes to Madame Jumcl, the veal
thy second wife of Col Burr, who obtained divorce
from him few years previous to his deccase She
owns large landed estate on the Island of Malta.
Cincinnati En0uirer
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A MODEL SrEEca. We commend the following
speech to the careful study of all candidates before
the people 1t was delivered in Illinois by candi.l
date for the Legislature is brief and pthy and the
man who made it was elected as he deserved to be
" "Felow-citizens am speech-maker, bot what
say I'll do. I've lived among you twenty years,
and if I've shown myself clever fellow, you know
it without a speech Tn a candidate for the Legis.
lature if you think I'm the clear grit vote for me-
if you think MajGr R. Of d better stripe than
am vote for him. The fact is that either Of US will
make dcvilish good representative" !" s3tsss5
Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1854-03-22

EFFECTS or LUXURY Luxurious habits will not,
Of course engender crimes of turbulence violence;
will not become the parents of the rougher and fer
Ger vices; but not the less they may demoralize
truth, though it MAY sound like paradox, that, in
aggravating his selhshncss they soften and harden
man at the time. They soften him, as they
render him more and more unable to endure priva-
tons cope with difficulties and as they bind him
they harden him as they accustom him to live in a
state of caous apathy with respect to the necessities
and disresscs of his felowcreatures and they turn
his face like flint, against any appeal which may
disturb his repose offend his fastdiousness which
may give him trouble or demand of him effort and
excrtion; they make him s,k'y Sybarite neither
resolute nor gentle; without vgor, and yet without
tenderness
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Corr Err IN PERSON. Person County (says the
Milton Chronicle) possesses rich resources in its
metals and minerals. Its gold ores are well known,
and were formerly successfully worked. Black lead
of the purest Kind has been turned up by the plough
share in the Northern part of the County; and indi
cations of iron every where found in the same
region Novaculite of excellent quality exists in the
greatest abundance about Barnett's mountain. Re-
Gently Copper ore has been discovered in such quan
titles to open up the most brilliant prospects of
profit. 1t occurs along the ridge, dividing the wa
ters of Buewing and Mayo. In relation to the val
ue of this ore, we give below copy of letter from
Dr. Mitchell of the University, which has been fur
nshed us by DR.. JORDAN, one of the owners of this
favored region:
UNIVERSITY OF n c., Feb. 81.
When l first took the two specimens in hand
which you had the goodness to send me last night
Judged the black part to be the Mcaceous oxide of
ron but it turns out to be mainly the black oxide of
copper, of which copy Dana's account from his
"Black Copper. Tenorite An oxyd of copper,
occurring as black powder and in dull black mas
ses, and botryodal concretions in veins along with
other copper ores From Cornwall, and also the
Vesuvian lavas. 1t is an abundant ore in some Of
the copper mines of the Mississippi valley, and yields
60 to 20 per cent of copper. But part of what was
considered black copper in the west is an ore Of CO.
bait If absolutely pure, it contains 80 per cent. Of
copper 1t also is found of excellent quality in large
veinsr in the Lake Superior copper region.
Inc oXyde OF copper arc easily smelted by heating
with the aid Of charcoal alone. They may be con-
verted directly into the sulphate of blue viriol by
means Of ulphuric acid, but arc more valuable for
the copper they afford"
You will see, therefore, that this orc is of more
than twice the vaue-ton for ton-of that obtained
from the FentresS mneS-for two reasons: 1st,
That the quantity of metallic copper in it is more
than double. 2ndly, That it docs not require the
everlasting process by which the metal is procured
from the other. The ly question there can be
about it relates to the quantity. We will take up
the again when shall get little leisure, and
whether there is anything else queer valuable
in it, which do not think will prove to be the
Yours, &C., E. MITCHELL.
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COUNCIL OF STATE,

This body met in this City pursuant to the call of
the Governor on Wednesday last and adjourned on
the same day.
r. S. French, Esq, was chosen President, and the
vacancy in the Council occasioned by the death of
the late Perrin Busbce, was filled by Kimbrough
Jones, Esq, of Wake County.
The re-appointment of Thomas Bragg, Esq, and
Hon. Calvin Graves, as Commissioners of Internal
improvements unanimously confirmed.
Resolutions were passed testifying the respect of
the Council for Perrin Busbee, deceased, late men,
Der of that body. They appear in the Standard Of
to-day
The members in attendance were, Mr.. Hill, of
Guilford, Mr.. Henderson, of Rowan, Mr.. French, of
Robson, and Mr.. Stallings, of Gates. DR.. Mills, of
Rutherford arrived on Wednesday evening" after the
Council had adjourned, having been unavoidably de-
tanned on the way.
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w Gen. Dockery, it is stated, is soon to take the

w Gen. Dockery, it is stated is soon to take the
stump We are not disposed to complain of this,
as we do not fear that he will make any converts to
his cause; but then it looks little unfair for the
Wing nominee thus to take advantage of the Demo
cratic candidate, who has not yet been named We
trust our friends, where Gen. .Dockery may speak,
will not only reply to him. but that they will cate
chize him freely and sec that his remarks are fully
and accurately reported for the press.
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Arriral OF .Sieamers-A Million of Goa.

NEW ORLEANS, March II. The steamers Daniel
Webster, from San Juan, Ell. Dorado and Crescent
City, have arrived. The Daniel Webster brings 40
passengers and only small amount of gold. She
left San Juan on the 9th. -
A boat was upset in the San Juan river and 10
persons were drowned.
The steamer Star of the West left San juan on
the 5th, for New York, with BOO passenger, and
81 900, 600 specie. s.s,ss.s-[ :. :.
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Cabinet Council. dc.

sion most of to-day on the Black Warrior seizure BY
the authorities Of Cuba 49, -
1t will come up in the House tomorrow BY nes-
sage from the President though the message be
delayed until Wednesday.
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Free Suffrage and in its efforts insidious though they
be- to destroy the basis of representation and thus
render her-what the Whig party is, nationally
sidered sectional in feeling in movement and in aim.
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Tribute Of Rs,pset to the late PrRnls Busprs.

- KAiEICH, u. c., CouSCIL CHANpKE, l.
March Is, 1854. =
wuzaaAs, 1t has pleased the Almighty Disposcr Of Ill
events the ast meeting Of the Council State
take from out midst PERRIN BUSBEE, ESQ, late Pres
dent of the Council Of State, :, -.
Resarsd That the Council has been deprived Of its most
distinguished member, and the State eminent citizen
Reotrcd That deeply depIorc hs loss and will cher
ish his memory 1-77- = sssfssss
Kesogrsd as testimony his worth and deep
pec his memory will the usual badge
ing for thirty days. = - - 49,.
RsosUs That the foregoing preamble and resolutions
kesolred That the President of Council Be requested
to communicate the foregoing the fsm the deceased
copy to the publishers Of the different Of Rs
egh with request publish the - = Z - s. ss'
s s - . = - 49, - RS. TRENCH, - 8
Ss.ss>sss .ssss ss.szss lrs6 Cbsnc1 SEot&
SAx'r- f. Ab1M, jr, See. to cbsnez
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THE BLACK WARRIOR The state of facts as now
presented with respect to the seizure and confsca
ton of the cargo of the Black ar,ior Gays the Ba
Sum- will no doubt induce some decided and ef-
fcicnt action on the part of Congress. The matter
must be thoroughly understood. 1t is due to the
people of the United States that the action of the
Cuban officials should be fully justified, on the
other hand that ample indemnity and apology should
be made to the United States for the wrong that has
been done. The peculiar colonial relations of Cuba
to European government is likely to be frequent
source of annoyance to the people of the United
States. The cspricous exhibitions of power at Ha-
vana are to be submitted to by people unresist
ingly it seems and the process of redress, if
obtained at all, is to be effected though the slow
operation of diplomatic intercourse between Wash
ington and Madrid. Well, shall all have op-
portunty inculcate the virtue Of patience under
a system so conducive to the exercise of it.
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JEFFERSON MEDIcAL COLLEGE, PA. The degree of
Doctor of Medicine was conferred upon a7O grad
uates being the largest class that before grad
uated at any College in the world. The following
arc the names of the graduates from North Carolina
upon whom this degree was conferred j. c. Blake,
II. w. Cole, j. w. Earl, AS. Hoover, j. McClor-
mick, Fl. McDufie, c. 7. McMannon, j.. NJ. Brien,
(M.D.,) d. N. Patterson, w. NJ. Perkins, w. NJ.
Richardson, w. G. Roberts, d. S. Waddell, r. I.
Webb w. w. Young ~. !.
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PASSAGE OF THp NEBRASKA BILL. 1t gave US great
pleasure to announce, as we briefly did yesterday,
the passage ofthe Nebraska bill by the Senate. The
majority was more than t,eo to one, and this fact
will, we presume, operate very favoraby upon it in
the House. Its progress there will no doubt be
much retarded by long winded speeches, of which,
perhaps, fifty more will be delivered. But ofits
final triumph we do not see any reason to entertain
serious doubt 1t will be terrible blow oaboli-
tionism and FrecSoilism, both of which factions will
storm and threaten in the most awful rnanner-but
their voices will be all ..sound and fury-sgdying
nothing" A recognition in: this solemn and deci-
sve form by Congress of the great constitutional
principle which the ant-slavery agitators have SO
be pretty efcctual damper to their further plans
and efforts 8 Pet. lnto5ii0eneer.
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GAsroN MEErrse. The proceedings of this meet
ing did not reach us in time for our last issue The
gentlemen in whose possession they were placed,
was detained several days his way here by indis
posion. - - sassss
We are glad the Democrats had 50 lively . time,
present on the occasion. The resolutions sound
conservative and breathe the true Jeersonian spir
it. Our CASTOR friends VIII in the coming contest
as in the last give good account Of themselves and
still more deserve the title of the Banner County Of
the District. - RAsfA.n nAs. As-.s,---- 49,