The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1854-12-13

or The Ladies Of Orange who have been
engaged in collecting funds Tor the purchase Of
Mount Vernon, are requested TO send 10 the
Direetress. during the present month. the sub
scription papers. together with the money con-
iributcd, which is 70 be Deposited with the Co
vernon of the State. to be held in trust until
called for.
or We ara requested TO state. that nects
ing Of the Alamsnce Agricultural Hociety win
be held IN the lown Of Grahaa. on Monday the
9Th day OF January, 1855. at II o'clock, A. NJ.
A full meeting Of members and friends d cas-
nes.ly solicited, that the Society may be-.pisced
upon sarp Footing, and proper impulse Civ
en- 70 its operations.
Congress. two Houses Of Congress
assembled at the Capitol At Washington, on
Monday the 4th instant. at 18th O'Clock, and
quorum in each being present, they Immediate
" proceeded to business.
A letter was received from Mr.. Atchison, Pre-
sident pro tempore. informing the Senate that
he would not be present until ,hs third week
in December
Mr.. cass was appointed 10 preside for the
day, he having declined 10 serve FOR longer
term; and on Tuesday, Mr.. Bright, Of Indiana.
was elected President pro tenn. in place Of Mr..
Atchison.
The House was called to order BY the Hon.
Linn Boyd, the Speaker.
At two o'clock the Presidents Annual Mes
sage was received and read, and the usual NUM-
her Of copies were ordered to be printed.
The Prcsident's Message. - We
have given in to-day's paper full synopsis Of
the Presidents Message-thc synopsis having
reached us before the message ITSELF To our
readers generally this viii be more satisfactory
than the message in full, as they may have the
substance Of Ii with less expense Of ,imp-
The message ia well written document.
The portion referring TO our foreign relations
will be generally approved; and, indeed, there
is but litlc in II to which objection eau be
made. No direct allusion is made TO Cuba, the
Sandwich Islands, or the slavery agitation -
omissions which arc cohsidcrcd, by some Of the
papers, significant of desire TO avoid response
bility--the political lessons Of the present year
not having been unhcelcd.
n Conventional will be seen, BY re-
ference to the Legislative summary in another
column, that Gov. Graham has introduced into
the Senate q bill providing for the call Of Con-
yention to amend the Constitution, after taking
the sense of the people upon the question. The
bill contains fi;tcea sections, and is carefully
drawn. 1t was made the special order for last
Thursday, but on that day was postponed to
Monday Of this week, when it was expected
that Gov. Graham would address the Senate on
the subject. Mr.. Bggs, the Senator from Mar
tin. protested against the bill on its introduce
ton, and the Standard denounces il as "palpa-
bly, unconstitutional and revolutionary" Whe-
thSi TINS hu'eeecS stc pSStetoii VI thS 1chApeth-
tic party in the Legislature or not upon this
question, we cannot say, but we think it high
ly probable that it docs. We repeat what we
have often said before, that we have no desire
to sea our Constitution changed; hut we are
fast coming 10 the conclusion that convcn-
,ion will be inevitable. There are no less than
three amendaeats to the Constitution pending
in tho Legislature at present, and each of them
will find strong supporters both in the Legisla-
tuse and ast of it; and rather than see amend
mcnts ,de by piccemeal--taus d.s6 surirfg that
instrument, and destroying the harmony of its
parts-wo SHOULD much prefer to have Con-
vcntion at once, ani make such chsngcs as the
people may desire,
Virginia PoIiiics.--rhe Virginia De-
mocratic Convention, which RECENTLY met al
staunton, nolninsicd the following ticket:
For Governor Henry 4. Wise.
For L;egt Governor, Elisha w. McC,mss,
For Attaaey General, Willis p. Boeock,
NJ. Wise, j. will he remembered, was once
an ultra Wing, aud the author Of the sentiment.
"Thc'union of the Wings for the sake of the