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Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1854-02-22
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The tteVIle Argus, q ~ hig paper, say
This bill Produced by Mr. Senator Douglas
rs we ndersand it to establish the terri
tories OF Nebraska and Kansas. extending to them
to negro slavery, and abolishng the Missouri Com
promise line of 1S20s AS might have been expected
and as was no doubt intended much excitement has
oeen produced and what the end may be, no one
can foresee. Some very wise and considerable men
think that the introduction of the bill with these
features in it, was i'll advised others of differ
ent opinion We can lot say We have no conf
dence in the introducer- We cannot help thinking
of the cat that rolled herself in the But
the game is on foot The question has to be met :;
and we go for the bill. W. hope it may pass"
The Raleigh Register, another Wing paper after
hardly knowing what to do, at last says:
We have not the slightest faith in the motives
of the author of the movement-we believe that he
has been actuated by that low demagogueism for
which he is so VIGOROUSLY distinguished; but, since
an issue has been must be made, we see no other
alternative left than to carry the through"
Lashed into it,! And this BILL be it borne in
mind proposes to carry the ugitveslave law, in it's
letter and spirit into the Territories of Nebraska
and Kansas! Whit will Southern Rights Wings
say to such this on the part of these pa
persP What will the Southern Rights men of the
Mountain District say?
And now hear what Horace Greedy, of the New
York Tribune, says of the Nebraska bill, of Gen.
Pierce, and of Judge Douglas. That paper calls
Judge Douglas "riUain," and adds:
douglas, with his insane aspirations for the
Presidency, is content to play second fiddle to the
Executive, trusting that his Mississippi plantation
covered with human chattes, will turn the scale of
Southern support in his favor"
Greedy, like the Register and Argus has " no
fdence in the introducei." of the Nebraska bill. But
hear Greedy again:
''Mr. Douglas and Mr.. Pierce, it is to be presum-
ed, favor the imprisonment of honest men and benev
client women for teaching little children their letters;
it is to be presumed they opposed to allowing
mechanics and laboring to learn to read and to
write it is to be presumed they are in favor of
claiming laborers to trees and burning them alive
for acts of INSTRUMENTATION to their employers"
1t is not to be presumed that the New York Tri-
bune lies, for the is too clear to admit of pre-
sumption But hear Greedy in continuation:
This is fairly to be presumed, for they
lively and warmly striving to introduce the system
under which these doctrines flourish and these prac
tees occurdoctrines and practices that belong to
that system and to that system alone and whose
hellish deformities exist no where else the globe
but where that system prevails
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ag-The Register, after complimenting Truman
Smith, of Connecticut, for his speech against the
Nebraska bill, says
"But the question having been broached whether
all the States have equal rights under the ConstItn-
ton it had better be settled at once and Tor all.
Now Truman Smith is Freesoer, and one of the
most dishonest of dishonest Wing politicians; and
yet he is complimented by Southern Wing journal
The Register it is obvious, is troubled because the
question under consideration has been preached.
The Editor it is Clear would have been better plea
sed if the slaveholding States had been kept just
where they are not equals in their rights with the
free States for the Missouri line is against the Con-
stitution and papably unjust to our section OF the
Union; yet the movement comes from democrat
and is endorsed by the Administration, and hence
the reluctant acquiescence of the Register. That
paper prefers its party union and the chances OF
party ascendcncy to the rights Of its section. we
Judge it by its course and Language. WAT Will
it say of Mr. Badgers speech? Will it compliment
Truman Smith for speaking against the bill and Mi
Badger for speaking for it?
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cT WEDNESDAY. FEB. u. 1854.
oT.rHE HOS. RoRERT sTRANaE.

~~u OF THE HON. ROBERT STRANGE.
DhAii aoupce, with deep regret the death of the
We nihort Strange, of Cumberland County He
Hon. n - his residence, in Fayetteville on Sunday
elplreu ,.st at three o'clock, of paralysis
pOni'5 c,rsnee was native of Virginia, and was
'da gnt , Goth, 1906. He was educated at
born 'sf sidney College. He had held many impor-
IaDa's honorable offices in this, his adopted State
tH anu tilted himself with marked distinction in
sd aIq He possessed fine natural endowments,
them u" orc. cultivated to high degree. As wri-
Fnen . voc clear chaste, and eloquent; as spea-
ter nc ~ ras most impressive and threw over his eff
kFf III the bar, in the Senate, and in other public
fts az ho charm of rich and fruitful magma
S0dS'' II, manners we're most attractive, and won
ton -, MANY friends both in pubic and private
cncFS .hole State will deplore his death. One of
in' and most useful sons has gone down to the
hT We are reminded in the rush of life, of the
gave, orv nature of earthly distinction, and of the
Han'' .,.i,o bour" which awaits us all.
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SUPREME COURT.

By NASH G. j. In White Costin from Chow
an, affirming the Judgment, Also, in Spruill rs.
Life Insurance Company, from Washington; judg-
ment reversed and judgment here for plaintiff AL
So in carp carp, in equity from Johnston, dis
missing the appeal at defendants COSTS
BY PEARSON, J. In Moye rs. May, in equity, from
Pitt, dismissing the petition with costs Also, in
Bland Is. Whitfield, from Martin, awarding centre
de mono. Also, in Hart, in equity cs Rosser from
Richmond, directing reference. Also, in Ameri.
can Bible Society Executors of HOLSTER, dismiss
ing the bill with costs.
By BATTLE, J. In Dozier as. Gregory, from Pas.
quotank, directing trial--the Court holding
that the action may be sustained on the second
Count Also in State Brown, from Randolph,
affirming the order, Also, in den er dem Copeland
us Sauls, affirming the judgment. Also, in Moore
us Percy, from Chowan awarding cerpire de moro
CONFIRMATION The Senate has confirmed thief fol-
lowing nominations.
Duncan K McRac, of North Carolina, to be Com
sui for Paris James Mcdowell, of Ohio, to be Com
sui for Leith, in Scotland Robt. G.. Scott, of Vir
ginia, to be Consul for Rio Janero in Brazil. Ed.
ward Worrell Of Delaware to be Consul for Matan-
zas, in Cuba.
Lord Brougham is &c, and his wife 70 years oide
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DIED.

At Cherry HILL Milton, Sunday morning 18th
inst Mr. James Palmer Sen in the 18th year Of his ug
a native of Orange county in this STATE. 80
At his residence in Tyrrel eouaty Thursday, tie eth
inst Joseph Halsey ESD aged IS formerly
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FREE Soil CONVENTION. Boston FEB. 16. 4 great
Free Soil Convention is being held to-day in Faneuil
Hall, in opposition to the Nebraska bill Ali the
leaders of the party are present. Letters we're re-
ceived from John p. Hale and S. p. Chase.
SECOND DESPATCH. Boston, Feb: lie. The Fred
Soil ant1Nebraska convention largely attended,
Arson Bowngame, Joshua Leavitt, Amos Tuck,
Amasa Walker, Theodore Parker, Henry Wilson and
others Tack said if the bill passes the people must
prepare for bitter contest with the cry for the repeal
ofa the compromise. A letter from Preston King,
ofNew York, read. The resolutions were strong
and threatening. 81
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Opposition to the Nebraska Bin.

BosTos, Feb II. a convention of the PEOPLE of
the third district of this State was held to-day at
Dedham, irrespective of party, to demonstrate against
the Nebraska Bill. 1t not largely offended but
speeehes were the Ho
and others. A series of resolutions so nnly pro-.
testing, and calling upon the people Of the district
to demonstrate against the measure were pHssed,
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Mr. Badger made mastery speech III tie Senate
to-day, in favor of the Nebraska bill. His whole
evincing deep convictions of the justice of his cause
and of sincerity His examination of the several
points of the subject matter severely logical and
ne eyinced to-day his peculiar power ofanalysis in
ity, that every Southern Wing Senator agreed with
him in his conclusions upon the subject and would
vote for the bill Seward viii speak tomorrow
Mr. Chase of Ohio, in his late speech, said that at
in 1850, no Southern member of Congress contend
ed that they repealed the Missouri Compromise.
This statement is erroneous. Among others, Judge
Bayly of Virginia contended that the great point
gained by the South by the Compromise of 90 was,
that it repealed that of1s20. In circular to his
constituents in 1850 and in the next year he took
this ground in speech in the House of Representa-.
tives. understand that Judge Bayly viii shortly
make speech upon the Nebraska bin which may
be expected to be an able one.
Fash. Cor: c5'Ms Richmond Enquirer. 4
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1854-02-22

GEoRG1A SEAT OF GOVERNMENT. + The bill autho-
rizing the change of the Georgia capital from Mill
edgeville to Macon Ga, provides that II the city OF
Macon shall build State House, superior IN every
respect to the present one, and deliver the keys
thereof to the Secretary of State free OF expenses
that then Macon shall be the seat of Government
1t also donates the present capitol to the corporation
of MilledgeYile for a college.
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MARRIED.

Al ST Johns Church. Fayetteville, Tuesday evening
the 18th inst, by the Rev Joseph G. Hske; Mr. Wright
Huske to Hiss Harriet E. Hail. daughter of The late VIM
W. Hall. -.
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De b.. 4 new Post Office has been established on.
II G,,ta sn and CASTOR Road, three miles this side
Hostn,'' called Spring Hill, John Everitt, Esq,
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! " H. aaSfe Is new post Office in Forsyth coun-
as w.. Aame of Sedge Garden, situated few
eG Oh Germanton, Jos. Waggoner, Esq,
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CHEERING News FROM WASHINGTON. The follow
ing vote in the Senate the amendment of Judge
Douglas to the fourteenth section of his Nebraska
bill, declaring the Missouri Compromise to be incon
sistent with the legislation of 1850 would seem to in
dictate decided sentiment in that body in its favor.
YEAs--Messrs. Adams, Atchison, Bayard, Bell,
Benjamin, Brodhead, Brown, Butler, Cass, Clayton,
Dawson, Dixon, Dodge of Iowa, Douglas Evans,
Fitzpatrick, Geyer, Gwin Hunter, johnson, Jones of
Iowa. Jones of Tennessee, Mason, Morton, Norris,
Pearce Petit Pratt Sebastian Slide, Stuart Thomp,
son of Kentucky, Toombs Weller, and Williams-35.
N&Ys--Messrs. Allen, Chase, Dodge of Wisconsin,
Everett, Fish, Foot Houston, Seward, Sumner, and
Wade--1O.
So the amendment was adopted
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THE MARKETS.

FiYErrvILLR; Feb. 49,
COTTON is lower h:s week and sales have
CORN continues in good demand al 81 10 q al4Is.
ohTSsnnS Ow saed dlce od as. IS 80 or
SPIRITS at 5sc 'i per gaions
NonroLk, February Is.
hAr0HI BT Aoh n Ts sslsS
"S''t'a' Goe' 30 fSyTss ssgs sa ,saee
ca1 aRotHg M Rfrs " aas ssgr
price Since the africa sailed Our market, Which Was
rather angud under the "Aficas accounts is rner NM
s. nS = o?q F%eiy p'ss ssPssn9i
COMM o good demand at SD for White and Mixed,
NAVAL sToREs-spirits Turpcntine, csc. "a ssei
Rosin no sales; Tai, - IS % 81 rs, for Black and
COTTON.-Tr Transactions limited at s5(c. a s1<c
this head Mould Candles have Advanced 1xe
We quote approved brands at 15c. Other articles las
GUANo.-In good supply at Government prices.
Nd Ew ARD OF 600 FOR THE APPREHENSION
away OH the st inst He may be readily remarked BY his
br5ws &C. He has the Power Of twisting his face in ali
nrEably large feet Another marx by which he s Be-
known is that the end of his is gone having been
1t is thought he is making BIS way for Iberia The
above reward win be gwen if unprecedented in this State
EDaUND BELL, ST.
BAEMeCRATIc MEETING IN RANDOLPH.
ROUGH on TGEsDAT the asth Of 10 appoO
tendance is desired. -. e,,ts s. -. tss
Feb 81 1854. esestds
INDIA RUBBER GooDs:-EE HAyE JUST
an nsoice Of India Rubber Goods,consisting of So
Sack !. Walking i Riding Ieggins
White Saddle Bags, &c.
wh FEB will sa i Be sold at Manufacturers
-- ~, -l9e. T. IL. ~ isDlNG SO
II w. PRICE. OF SMITHFIELD, JOHNSTON Co.
% en- C. would announce to The citizens of Smithfeld
and vicinity that he has PURCHASED The of Col Mo-
AND RETAIL GRbCERY s II hers he Vii fesp
constantly hand large and choice assortment of Fa
Gsr cheaper and of better quality than before
ter myself can gSe satisfaction all may
AUCTIoN.s1f shall offer for sale at public acction at
my old stand entire stock of Dry Goods Queenswarcs
and Hardware. Ny Dry Goods consist Plain Fnr.
ed Delalns inghams Prints of every style and quality
white and Red Ffanne beautiful Dress
Silks Broadcloths Cassmeres Snttines Kentucky jeans
and an assortment OF Ready Made Clothing and oh
grade also my OF and Cutlery which
Is ood BY any = the for
disc every day and evening during Court week and every
Saturday after Court week until stock is disposed
of =
February IS, 1854 eY
a LWAYSa READY ron a TRADE.-JAMES
AN HalTss3 atters himself with the belief that from
his Of he knows pretty well what will
road OF Jorn and accordingly he has
himself in the Livery Stable business heretofore given
handsome and substantial Bueaies which for Cash vii Be-
sold at great Not however, but would
3 ONE s e ~.d saa
carriages for HORSES do 70 the
public He has Buggs and horses for hire ~
Raleigh, Feb. Is, 1854. Ieol1-A
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s,rrs. Oue OF the Editors of the Fayetteville OBJ
raw perpetrated day or two since, in that very
nno, @Iu antlquated journal, piece efaoiti The
ID p: ua' was accidental, is regarded as unbound
ucally considered, the Observer sails for the
hs,,, ' =, under the broad pennant of Dockcry and
alONance of expletiyes and obiurgations.
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FIRE IN PErERsBuRG. There was another destruc-
tive fire in Petersburg on Thursday night last The
fire broke out in the factory of Messrs Brooks and
Williams, and in addition to other losses the beau
tiful Episcopal Church, ST. Paul's, was reduced to
ashes.
fY The President, by and with the advice and
consent Of the Senate, has appointed VIM n Mitch
ell surveyor Of the customs at Windsor, n. G, IN
place Of Geosge W. Glauhon, removed.
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q The Wilmington Herald, speaking of the
ny enthusiastic and general nomination by Wing
NJ 'alngs OF that well known Wing statesman, Geo.
S' ESQ., of the town of Wilmington, says in his
~ quiet and humorous manner Should the
'H'.On ratlty these proceedings, and tender the
s.. NATION to this gallant son of the Cape Fear sec
so.." :" "eN 10 a judicious thing" A very "judi-
way, 1t strikes US, of pressing friend for
N,r iD''lOn But do you think, Mr.. Burr, that Mr..
n, 'Oula be "judiciouszy . elected? Atany rate,
laws Is thus far one "Tally " ahead.
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SPEECHES OF SENATORS WELLER AND BADGER. Our
paper to-day is occupied by the speeches of Senator
Weller and Badger on the Nebraska question. One
democrat but on this great question there is har-
mony of sentiment between them which shows that
patriotic statesmen, without regard to locality
party association uniting in support of the
Both of these speeches marked by great
ability and they will contribute much towards the
formation of sound public sentiment The high reps
utation of these two senators will at once command
for their remarks q wide circulation. We doubt
whether either of them ever spokewth more power
and effect than on this occasion. 1Vush Union.
Among a list Of NAVAL promotions, confirm
ed by the Senate" we notice that Of Alexander w
Lawrence, of Raleigh, to the appointment ola Pro-
lessor Of Mathematics, from july 90, 1853.
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FIYETTvILtR; Feb. 49,
COTTON is lower shs week and sales have been made
Q &c for test.
CORN continues in good demand al 81 10 q el 10.
FLOUR is some lower since Monday-S7 so foF super
OATS.-Suppy for seed good. Sales from wagons
SPIRITS TURPENTINE.-Salesa at 66c. per gallon
RAW TURPENTINE-No sales.
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CONGRESS- appears to be quietly engaged in voting
away the public lands to railroad companies in the
new States and in the discussion of the Nebraska
@ Fayetteville Argus.
And yet no bill of this character has become
aF For several Congresses last past that body
0Rd away lands to the new States, and Mr. Fill
more, model Wing President, "quietly" signed
The bills. And then again in 1871, the Wing lead
fh with Mr. Badger, Mr.. Ewing, Mr.. Webster, and
0efS at their head, after promising the old States
great returns in cash from these lands, "quietIy"
passed bill giving the new States about four mil
aS Of acres, and then quietly" repealed their
~ cutting off the old States from the last dollar,
Viii 81 the same time raising their tariGtaxes to an
aOrmOus amount.
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,aIr, Inc Foreign News, which we give in anoth-
an - l Is highly important A general war APP
B,.. - Ue more and more probable.s
and cotton, it will be seen, have slight
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lion oppose all monopoles, and go for lively ro-
M Onlce Fayetteville Argus.
M, aO' OF it. The Wing leaders, who have been
f,.lO out, are likely to have both long and
time before they arc g rotated in again.
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1854-02-22

Lord Broughana is &C. and his wife Fe years old,
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-05-10

THE CLOTHES QUEsr1oN.-The Lon
don correspondents of the New York Tri-
bune says the diplomatic clothes ques-
ton has again been revived at the British
Court:
The livery question is again revived
Several members Of the American Lega-
tiop were present yesterday at the draw
ing.room held by the Queen. In the be-
lief that the great American complication
was already settled in England, they ap-
peared in citizens dress, and indeed,
looked like the only gentlemen among uu-
slightly Englishmen in the awkward court
costume. But suddenly the Master of
Ceremonies approached one Of them in
great CONSERVATION, and remarked that
the Queen had gone as far as she could
by not Directing to plain, black attire,
but American Republican was presuming
rather too far-pointing to the elegant
Pantaioous of the gentlemen-blacks small
clothes would debut pantalcons 1t
was worse than the annexation of Texas.
In fact. lie protested solemnly against
this hre"co al etiqa,, e which, !, seems
cannot bear PantaIoonN,. he American
g"ntI",u"n most galIhnnx kept their
ground, and did not seem 10 Rsea Tie pro-
testation.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-05-10
Public Meeting.

A public meeting of the citizens of
Harrison county. will be held at the
Court House on Monday next, the 18th
inst, for the purpose Of appointing dele
CATER to the Railroad Convention, to be
held at Fairmont, on the 18th of June
next. The meeting will be addressed by
T. L. Moore. Esq, and probably some
others. A general attendance is request
ed.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-05-10

INTERESTING Personal "REMINISCENCES.
Gen. Houston's recent speech against the
Nebraska bill, recalls some interesting
personal "reminiscences concerning men
with whom he had been associated in
times gone by:
Mr.. President, said the Senator from
Texas, I came into public life under the
auspices of this compromise. More than
thirty years ago occupied seat in the
other end of the capitol. Since then l
have seen much, and have not been I'M
observant. have seen great changes
take place in this government and but
one memorial remains of the period when
l was first acquainted with it in an official
position. Mr.. Pleasanton, the Fifth Au
ditor, is the only officer left Of all who
were then attached to the Federal Co.
vernment. Even the porters of the pub
lie buildings have disappeared. New ge-
nerations have succeeded. Ten Presi-
dents have filled the Executive chair
Out Of nearly three hundred representa-
lives in the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives, but three remain. A distin-
guished member Of the other House from
Missouri, Mr.. Benton who was then a
Senator on this floor; the distinguished
Senator from Massachusetts, { Mr.. Ever
stt) who was then a member of the House,
and myself, are the only memorials now
left.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-05-10

ERRORS OF THE CENSUS. I'm looking
over the census report of 1850. we OBJ
serve that the populationof many the most
respectfully sized towns of this States are
not given, while those Of other States Of
far less population are stated. This is
of course. not attributable,to the commits
siOner appointed to prepare the report
for publication, but rather to those by
whom the census was taken. This over
sight or negligence, would naturally lead
10 the impression that Virginia has even
less towns of sufficient importance to be
designated in that report. than she really
has, and great'injustice has thus been done
our State. Although this omission can
not be corrected in the present census re-
turns. repetition Of itcan. and we hope
will, be avoided next time.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-05-10

A Coon RULE.-Amongst the rules
adopted by the editors of newspapers, in
Convention at Winchester, a few days
ago, was the following:
call advertisements forwarded by
newspaper agents, will be charged at the
usual advertising rates; and must be &C.
companied by the cash or its equivalent,
deducting the commission"
Another good rule adopted was a reso-
luton to charge advertising rates for all
communications designed to promote the
personal interests of individuals, or that
do not possess general interest. A very
common error is to consider a newspaper
an omnibus free for every one to jump in
and ride from one end Of the line to the
other, free of expense. Printing news
papers, like keeping omnibuses and hor-
ses, costs something. This is fact ma
ny poor fellow Inexperienced on the
subject, soon found out after starting his
paper team.-Richmond Enquirer.