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John L. Taylor Tracy walbridge, Rlhu B. Washburne
Israel Washburn, Tappan Wentworth Wheeler, Yates and
Zollicofer-S3.
The resolution was then referred to the Committee
Military Affairs.
Senate bill to continue in force entitled An act
20 ascertain and settle private land claims in the State Of
California and for other purposes then read twice
and referred to the Committee Public Lands.
Senate bill to amend the act making appropriations for
the Improvement OF certain harbors and rivers approved
August S0 1852 also read twice. and referred to the
Committee on Commerce.
The resolution of the Senate for supplying new mem
bers Of the Senate and House of Representatives with
such books Of public character have been heretofore
supplied was next taken up and read twice.
debate Of considerable length ensued when, without
dsposing OF the subject finding itself without quorum
The House adjourned
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ORNAMENTAL IRON WORKS.


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Forsyth Place. public park in Savannah, containing
acres, enclosed with beautiful pattern of Wire Railing
Akin Square and Flynn Church. property of the CITY Of
Chaeston s. c. have just been surrounded with Wire Rail-
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Cemeteries dwellings, public grounds, banks insurance
Offices hotels, hospitals asylums theatres mills in all
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orders.
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Consisting OF tables chairs settses, harack washstand
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HORSE POSTS \
or new and beautiful design.
Wickershams patented celebrated
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For prares, railroads, FARMS lawns gardens &c. at So
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Wire Fence of the above description cannot burn or float
For countries subject to fires and nundatons this fence ia
invaluable.
The second edition of "New Phase the Iron Manufao
ture which has been greatly enlarged containing designs
explanations and prices the above articles will be forwards
ed by addressing the subscriber.
Ten Gold Silvor and Bronze Medals and Dplomas have
been awarded by various institutions Proprietor and manu
facturer, JOHN B. WICKERSHAM, III
Warehouse No. 312 Broadway, 4
Works Nos Ss IS, ST. 49, and 81 Lewis street. New York
jan I'm =
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BREACH OF MARRIAGE CoSrRAcT.-A case for breach
of marriage contract tried few years since in the
Franklin County Circuit Court The contract was not
denied but the gentleman plead compromise by which
the lady had agreed to release him for the sum Of 5000
The Court however decided that the lady being under
age not competent to make such contract Of release
without the consent Of her father and gave her verdict
of $500 The case taken up to the Supreme Court
and that body has reversed the the ground that
If the lady was competent to make such contract when
under age she also qualified TO give legal discharge
for IA t-Riehnord lind PaAadtuu.
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/" THE LOST PRINCE"

Such is the title Of book written to prove remarka
BILE event An attentive perusal Of it has rpencd the
impressions produced by the Bourbon articles in Put
nams Magazine into thorough conviction that ELEAzAR
WILLIAMS, the Indian missionary, is the Of Louis
XVI 1t is theme of curiosity, and perhaps nothing
more But it must be admitted that it is strange and
wonderful story, having features Of the strongest
If it is true, is truth stranger than fiction
The accomplished writer, Mr.. HANSON, has produced
work which combines history biography, and powerful
argument Those who have observed the articles in Put
judge what such work in his hands is likely to
be- and it found possess high interest without re-
gard to its additional evidences But it comprises
facts which, added those already given on this curious
subject cannot leave reasonable doubt with minds that
both candid and intelligent the question of iden
tty This the writer feels to be bold declaration but
it is confidently hazarded.
The most important of the proofs is the evidence
Of an old lady, Mrs. Brown, Of New Orleans Her stua-
tion in life had brought her much into connexon with
the other members of the royal family of France Her
affidavit given, and 1t s proved that she has been for
many years in the habit Of saying that she believed the
Dauphin to be alive and in America and bore the name
Of Williams.
But OF all the evidence furnished this subject at any
time If L challenged to point out the most COM
mandng portion it would be the statement Of the inter-
view between Mr. Williams and the Prince de Joinve ut
Green Bay in lS4l If this statement is true then the
question is at end Now, let it be remembered that
the introduction this interview, which was anxiously
sought by the prince is proved by other witnesses But
the interview itself rests upon the statement of Mr. Will
lams and for myself, find it impossible not to give
credit to the truth Of the statements and that two
grounds In the first place, the anecedens Of the man.
his whole character for simplicity and truthfuness from
his boyhood to the present hour is all at war with the
idea that he would that he could fabricate the tale
that he relates and secondly his journal gives the story
He has kept journal oil his lifetime and it is now to be
seenmuch of it is copied by Mr. Hanson-and in this
journal he set down, evidently al the tine the full details
Of this most singular interview. The manuscript has all
the marks of genuneness has rested among the papers
Of Mr. Williams since rS4 and has been brought to
light and published through the efforts Of Mr. Hanson
JANUARY A. 1854. J.F.A
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1QSd Boston American Almanac and Repository
lOcFs Of Useful knowledge, Statistics, de-
For sale at N TAYLOR 4 MAURY'S
jan bookstore, near 9th street
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ID. q. HARE, fsngrsver.
State, County, and Corporation Seals Presses
furnished.
may 13-cpf WAsu,soro. n N
MUSTER ROLLS--Muster Rolls Of the Virginia Nj
1N1 ta in the War Of 1912, being Supplement- 10 the
Pay Rolls printed and distributed in 1851 copied from Rolls
IN the Auditors ofce at Richmond This Supplement con-
ains companies and parJ Of companies which wars
in tho printed Pay Rolls. On salo at
dec2o Bookstors sasesr oh ,.,...
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Thirty-Third congress.---First session.
WAsnINeToN, March 4, 1854

u.
The Senate from u O'Clock ,,5t;i 8 ,..s o,a..,
IN sharp debate between Douglas Chase Weller
sumner ana others. - "A 8 - - 4.
8, MT douglas answered the iInputations of Messrs
,ssd anu his bill bid for the
me manner Messls Chase and Sumner bsS
managed to secure their election as Senators IL
sai "a It was done by corrupt bargain for votes
= ; MI. sGhase replied that Mr.. Douglas uttered 4
sons. - - :, 800 '-a''ssls's
:, Mr.. sumner said Mr.. Douglas could not Sustain
ms assertion by facts. He never sought his esitio
the movement which elected him. =
Mr. Douglas replied. OH nol--tbe Senator aid
not steal the money he only took it and put il in his
pocket ~ - 49, * - - s'
I'm t explained By saying that in speaking Of
ing offensive to Mr.. Douglas He did not regard
an ambition to be President as dishonorablc am
gbiton. - - - 49,
AT hive o'clock the vote was taken, and the bill
passed by yeas 81, nays H. as follows:
3 :. EAs--M essrs Adams .Atchison Badger. Bavard
benjamin, Brodhead, Brown Butler, Cass CLAY.
Dawson, Dixon, Dodge of Iowa, DOUGLAS. Evans
EI Ftp Gwin Hunter johnson Jones Of
Rusk, Sebastian, Shields, Slidell, Stuart THOMPSON
OF Kentucky Thompson of New Jersey, Toucey Wei
Ter, Williamson. -
3 NAYs-Messrs. Bell Chase, Dodge of Wisconsin,.
s sessenpen, fise. Foot Hamlin Houston, James,
,Messrs Bright, Toombs and Mallory were sick, all
OF whom would have voted for the bill,
mr.. Allen, who was absent on account of sickness
IN ms family would have voted against it.
and Wright did not vote.
Inc title of the bill was changed to ga Bill for q
Government for Nebraska and Kansas"
. ueneral Cass Immediately after the passage of
the BILL rose and said-eI congratulate the Senate
on the triumph of squatter sovereignty" sss65
The Senate then adjourned until Tuesday next
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THE GOTH OF MAY.

We give place with pleasure to the proceedings of
meeting of the citizens of Mecklenburg County,
called to make arrangements for celebrating the goth
of May the anniversary of the Mecklenburg Declara
ton Of Independence. We trust that the occasion
will be duly honored, and that its observance may
be perpetual.
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THE LATE DIR. GARDNER.

The circumstances attending the trial. conviction
and death of DR.. Gardiner, continue scnsbly to af
feet the public mird
Yesterday morning, as on the day before, large
number of persons were in attendance at the jail
where the jury were engaged in holding an inquest
and physicians making post mortem eXamina ton
The antopsy was conducted by DrS Miller and Stone,
together with Dr. Senmes the physician to that in
stitution in the presence of Drs Hall, Riley, Tyler,
Johnson Duhamel, Berry and Steiner, and perhaps
others.
In the absence of chemical test they came to the
conclusion from the phenomena exhibited, that DIR.
Gardiner died from the effects of strychnne. There
was much congestion of the scalp, as also of the
brain and the spinal cord; quart of dark thick
blood having escaped from the base of the Uranium
and the spinal column.
Evidence of this effect given before the jury,
who in order that chemical ANALYSIS may be made
Cby Drs. Steiner and Breed) of the stomach and of
powder which was taken from the pocket of the de-
ceased adjourned until next Friday morning, thus
postponing their verdict
Witnesses testified various points affecting the
circumstances of his death. Two of them said they
noticed that Dr. Gardiner while in the courthouse,
put some small substance into his mouth, which they
at first supposed to be tobacco crumbs, and then
touched his lips with water and from this they sup
pose he at that time swallowed the fatal drug.
We have merely alluded to the testimony, our linn
its precluding full report of the interesting exami-
nation.
Il NAV be added in this connexion, that an init
mate friend of Dr. Gardiner gave a negative answer
to the question asked by a juror as whether the
doctor had informed him what he would do with
himself in the event of his being convicted
The coroner authorised the friends of the deceased
to take the body in CHARGE and, coffin and hearse
being in readiness, it was conveyed from the jail to
to his late residence.
Washington Sentinel Of Sunday.
The Washington Union says: Is
On the Gardiner award $42s, 75o was fraudulent
ly abstracted from the Treasury $238,O0o of which
has been enjoned- be probably returned into the
Treasury THE deceased DIR. George A. Gardiner,
also drew from the Treasury $153 900 on the claim
of DR.. H. Mears, IS, 600 of which went directly to
his endowment. Mears, who is in Mexico, hav-
Shameless fraud, and unblushmgly defies the Gov.
of the United States; there being no extra
dtion convention or treaty between the two govern
for trial under indictment in this country
NationoL InteZligencer :
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LUCKY M4N.-Adr franklin J. May, bar tender in
the porter House of Messrs. Farlar & Kelly No. 81
South ST. New York, received from GeorgetoWn to-
in n. Jersey, and valued at So, 600 The number
of the ticket held by Mr.. May is five thousand five
hundred and thirty 1t is said that one of the
Committee has waited upon Mr.. May, and offered
him $40, 900 for his prize So
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A Politician from rural region, being told in
Washington last week, that consuls" had declined,
asked to know which consul, for he might like the
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THE NEBRAsK 4 PIE.

bras,,a and Kansas ts e.
49, IL 3 8 :. -s - - s, Il. - -
- - u - = 7i5 = siss pslolxa q
F analysis o. the vote IN the Senate and our readers
must be impressed as We have been by the contras
iexhibited ilthe nationality of the Democratic M
sSVk;o. ,,.rt;as
s1y,.Es s, g
J . s Ply ~ slis f2ehate JUS
before the vote vas tai Ken. Judge Douglass In sum
ming up the arguments for the meas and in charo.
ling home on abolition Senators, made the erea
80 i;s l;f MS -, -
~, y 3 ,
,.5.si g 8 " '.is'
psapslshs Y OUT ne 4
FOR THE BIZ & FOB THE BILL.
Soasthern democrats. Southern Wigs.
Adams of Miss Badger of N G.
Atchson of Mo- Ban]amin of La.
Bayard of Del Dawson of Ga.
Brown of Miss. ~ Dixon of Ky as
Butter OF o o. Y. Seyers Of Mo-
{ Gay Clay OF : a ia :, Jones OF Tenn
Evans OF D y Morton of Fla.
FltzpatI1ck OF Ala. fTatt of Md.
+ SSoso1, - = " -. -
- 80 IT, 3
Sebastian Of Ark
SlidelTof Ta-14 49,
-,
u FOB THE D. BILL. FOR THE BILL BILL
eG po No o aoon rags
sCass of Mich N,
Dodoe Of Iowa
Don@Ias Of m
GIyi5 of Gal =
ZONES IF Iowa
Norris of N Fl
Petit Of Ind
Shields of m
Stuart Of Mich
Thomson of N j.
Toucey of Conn.
Weller of Cal.
Williams of N H-14
AGAINST THE BILL AGAINST THE BILL
Southern Democrat Southern WHO.
Sam. Houston of Texas. John Bell of Tenn.
AeA1ssT rup pu1 AGAINST THE pr1
Northern Democrats. Northern Whiqs.
Dodge of Wis Fessenden of Me-
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ILLINOIS FIRM AND RIGHT!

The following Resolutions were recently adopted
by the Legislature of Illinois. The vote in the Sen
ate fourteen to eight, and the majority in the
House was more than two to one. Illinois comes up
nobIy to the support of Judge Douglas, her distin-
guished son:
ttThat our liberty and independence are based
upon the right of the people to form for themselves
such government they may choose; that this
of Heaven, secured to by the blood of our ances
tors-ought to be extended to future generations !;
and limitation ought to be applied to this power
in the organization of any territory of the United
States of either territorial government or State
constitution; provided the government establish
ed shall be republican, and in conformity with the
Constitution.
Res0lred That we will stand by the compromise
of 1850; that attached to that great funda-
mental principle of democracy and free institutions
which lies at the basis of creed and every
form such government as they may choose, with
out limitation restriction or hindrance save obed-
ence to the Constitution of our country.
ResOLced That the institution of slavery was one
of the principal subjects of compromise embraced
in the Constitution that it is recognized therein
and that deem the restriction of geographical
line upon the right of the people to form such gov
eminent they may choose, in regard to the qucs-
ton of slavery, gross violation of that sacred
right similar restriction upon any other question
of goyernment-the right whereof is equally recog
missed by the Constitution of the United States.
ResoIred, That this principle is contained and car
red out in the Nebraska BILL offered in the Congress
of the United States by distinguished Sepator,
Stephen A. Douglas; that we approve OF said bill;
and that we will sustain our Senator in his advocacy
of the same :"
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MARRIED..

In this City, on Tuesday evening the 9Th Of March, by
North Carolina Standard, Mss LOUISA ". daughter Of
/ the late Robert Harrison, Esq -
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- The Salisbury Banner takes the following
strong view of the 9th Resolution of the late Wing
Convention:
g But the sxth-that as a rich one. It us unrepub-
can to permit the Legislature to alter the Constitu
ton, and they therefore recommend q Convention,
aost6 ats poscers prescribed By the Legislature! This
thing of changing the organic law is too important
a matter to be entrusted to the Legislature, and
Convention should be called to do it; but this Legis
lture must tell the Convention scat 1T shall not GoA
The beauty of the consistency is only equalled by
the soundness Of the logic Will the Western while
basis Wings give in to this ?? Have they not time
and time again. declared that one of the chief OBJ
ects incalling Convention to change the basis?
Has not their strong thunder against Free Suffrage
been that it was shadow without the substance
unless change in the basis could be effected? How
will this sixth resolution go down with the sgners
of the great Western Address? All, this Tesolut on
was another bungling 6 compromise. The East
would have flown off the handle if this proyiso for
the basis had not been inserted and the West ca
we'd inn In the East it will be preached that the
basis is secures in the West it will be said that the
Convention. being higher power than the Legisla-
ttlre, will disregard any restraints imposed upon it
and alter the basis or do any thing else it pleases
The Janus face looking East and West, viii new
er elevate Gen Dockery to the gubernatorial chair
nor resuscitate the dead body Of Whggery in North
Carolina. = ~
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SUspIcIoNs OF PI1vATEERING. The N. Y Timesa
chiefly Chief wi Clipper schoone are being Il
that port and Baltimore destined according to thef
explanation of some of the parties concerned for
the Danish West Indies. The entire feet IS reckon
ed at elye thirteen sail, manned chiefly, # not
altogether by Danish and Swedish crews
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Are you Christian Indian Pr asked gentle
man of one of the Cattaraugus tribe No" was the
answer, 81 whisky Indian
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[OFFICIAL1
RALEIGH. Mari

RALEIGH, March 4, 1854
Regular meeting of the board of Commissioners
held this evening-Present:
W: ID. HAYWOOD. Esq, Intendant, and Messrs W.
II. Mckee, c. B. Root, A. NJ. German, Seaton Gales
E. Smith, Commissioners 81 -
On motion, the Committee on Night Watch have
further time to report
The Committee on Grave Yard also have farfber
time to report ssgss5
On motion, the Intendant Messrs Mckee and
Gales compose committee to examine and coliafe
the same. - e
An account of VIM. Hill, Secretary of State, for
$500, was presented and allowed
An account of w Whitaker, jr., for So was al
An account of w. W. Holden for IS s71 was al.
lowed 80, 49,.
An account of Willis Byrd for $21 80 was allowed
The lntendant reported to the Board that the Fire
Companies Nos. L and 2, and Hook and Ladder
Company, were formed. sSass
Mr.. f. G. King rendered his resignation as Weigh
Master, which was received
On motion, the Board proceeded to elect Weigh
Master; whereupon, Mr.. +. NJ. Gully electedl
On motion, it was
Ordered That the Weigh Master give bond in the
sum of $500.
On motion, Mr.. Bryant Miller was directed to call
on MIR. F. G. King and obtain from him all claims
he may have in his hands due the city,
On motion, Messrs Root German and Mckee
were appointed Committee on the Fair Grounds.
on the part of this Board.
On motion of DIR. Mckee, the old rules were adop-
ted for the government of this Board.
On motion, it was
O'Aered, That the city Constable be instructed to
call on the Superintendent of the Central Railroad
in the, Western Ward, to put at least good foot,
crossing over the street leading from VIM Andrews
and Sylvester Smiths, and to have it erected with
out delay; and in default thereof the Tndendeft be
instructed to issue his warrant in provided
No further business arising, the Board adjourned
t'e1ar j. j. CHRISTOPHERS. -(9Ze7E
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hampshire for Governor members Of the legislature,
'aa other State officers takes place on next Tues
S'y week. Upon the legislature chosen, will de-
'OVe the election oftwo o. S. Senator's
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Extract from letter to the Editor, dated " arren
county March 4, 1904
Old Warren seems to be aroused on the subccto Of
Education: last week being February court tax Of
80 cents on the Poll and 16cents on the 100 value
Of land was levied for the support of Common
Schools in the County noble act--it VII produce
about So, 500 = ~ =.
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Get the Testament, Isaac, and see what it saws
about the New basket bill,' said Mrs Darlington,
as she came from church the other Sunday and fold
ed up her shawl, and placed the bonnet in the old
Indian basket under her bed. Sc 1t don't say nothing
about it, said Ike who reading thestory of the
Avenging Sword, or the Ghost of the Red Tow er of
Lunenburg, and didn't want to be disturbed "Dear
child, said she, admringy, he is so busy with his
Sunday school books!" Ike said not a word, but
kept devouring the '.Avenging Sword with as much
avidty as if it were whole Sunday school library
perhaps more 1t must be in the Bible, Isaac, or
our minister would not preached about it, and on
Saba day too. 1t must be in the Bible Perhaps
its in the hypocrisy, Isaac. AT any rate if it inst in
the good book it ought to be, for what right has
minister to dispense with the gospel il it isn't in the
Scrpture!" She said this Isaac, but the boy had
just got where the :" Ayengng sword was beginning
to acenge-wherc the thrilling part came in--and
was obhvious. She might well have talked to the
ancient corporal who hung there in rigid perpendic
ularity upon the wall Boston Post
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HE OUGHT no KNOW.

he OOOdl ~
We clip the following from the Wing Resolutions,
passed in Cabarrus Mr. Rufus Barringer was the
author:
frage three successive Legislatures have demonstra
ted at enormous cost the State, their utter
fitness for amending the Constitution. Indeed, we
are beginning to doubt the capacity of that body to
make L1acs, either sound, salutary, grammatical,
much less to engage in the more arduous task of
amending Constitutions.
We have no doubt Mr. Barringer as well as many
other Wing leaders, doubts the capacity of the Leg
isature to make laws. We think the people ought
to stop sending men who thus believe tothe General
Assembly.
We never heard that it was the business of a Con-
yention to teach grammar school The same
consideration that induced Mr. Barrngers constitu-5
ents to send him to the Legislature would no doubt
induce them to send him to Convention and we
do not see that thereby his grammar would be at all
improved
AGRICULTURAL. The committee of the State Agri-
cultural.Society has awarded the first premium for
the largest quantity of corn grown on one acre of
land Originally capable of producing not more than
Is bushels to the acrc) to j. w aYoodfin, Esq, of
Buncombe county, who made 100 bushels of corn
on one acre the I'd premium to J. K. Cathey of
Buncombe, who made I01 bushels and 10 quarts,
and the Sd to Rev Sidney Weller of Halifax, who.
made 73 bushels and 6 quarts.
N. w. Woodfin showed by certificates that he had
made 149 bushels and 8 quarts; but he could not
receive the premium because he failed to forward
statement of his mode of cultivation
"a Our readers win find in the Standard of to-
day aportion of the First Annual Report the State
Superintendent of Common Schools. We offer no
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FARE 70 CALIFoRIA. In answer to inquiries the
N. Tribune states that the fare to California
the Istmus by steamship from that city is 81 80 i'm
the first cabin 1926 in the second cabin and from
S75sto in the steerage; first class clipper ships,
via Cape Horn, from $3.50 TO $500 is charged The
per cubic foot.