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F,oln die New York Express.
THE CABINET.

The President having nominated, anl the
Senate having confirmed. :" the Cabinet" we
now have the persomtiOfihe government from
March 4th. 1885,, probably to March 4th,
1s6l,-an 0lympisd Of some importance in
the brcyity d life.
Gen. Cass. the Secretary Of State, has
great faults rs public man, but great ,ir-
tues. nevertheless. lie il able. well.neanirg.
and loves his country ; and his chief fault Is,
that he does not lore the human race enough
to absorb, al times. bis patriotic prejudices
IN the general good Of all mankind. But few
men living are as well informed IS he i, III
all the laws. serial, national, international,
aud diplomatic, that regulate, or ought 20 re
guIate. the intercourse of nations. Ifno fancy
strike him for a coup d aaf with England,
or, il be has courage enough in his Depart
ment TO execute the principles 81 the Presi-
dents Inaugural. he will make most excel
lent Secretary Of stsfe.
Howell Cobb. Of Ca, was speaker 81 the
House when the Compromise Acts Of 1880
we're piloted through. aud indeed he was the
chief pilot ID the House Of Representatives.
lie took his position as a Union man against
the Nnllifiers, Secessionists, aud DisUnionists
IN his nwn State, and KEEP, Georgia IN the line
Of the Union,-lur the State was very much
disposed 10 slide ~ with South Carolina, upon
The sectional appeal. thai the South had lost
everything BY tie Acts u 1880. lie Is an
abie, upright, and fearless statesman. His
only fault IN his position in the Treassry Will
be dislike d bard work That place asmsuds
a uorksr Of The highest ortler.-and ~ must
work, il lie will nnt be over. sia1ghed.
Exstioyeruer Floyd, % Va, is a name 81
no;e IN Virginia, but nat 10 much knownrout
81 the limits IL the Old Dominion. His pp
sitiOn requires no great labor. and he is sur-
rounded by ~ able staffof military advisers.
Isaac Teucry, tie Senator from Connec-
iieut, is well known. aud is an able man. but
q better lawyer tiaa statesman. We have
doubts u him. IN his new position Of the
Nsss, because lie las 10 re educate himself
10 properly discharge IL duties.
Jacob Thompson, 81 Miss, was in Congress
many years. but was put out after the Com.
promise act " 1850, berause of being over
States Rights in, with some tendency to
secession. lie is an able man, aud, if he
will work. will discharge well the duties Of
/" the Interior"
Judge l,lsrk Is one 81 The very first lawyers
10 Pennsylvania, and will soon be athome IN
lis part 81 legal adviser. lie was 10 Con.
gross many years ago, and has long been ~
the head of the Judiciary in Penus, Ivsnis.
The selection is a very jodieions one, IL,
with his legal talent, Is united statesman.
ship.
A. v. Brown Is an Ex-Governor IL Tenn,
and was 10 Congress fof some time. lie ia
man Of note in his State, but is now called
apon q GIL the most srdaous position IN the
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Adeu, East indies, ceylon. Maaritius. Isle
Of Reunion, Penang, Singapore. Hong Kong.
Shanghai, China. Batavia, and other countries
whose correspondence can advantageously be
sent BY Suez, 80 cents 10 seaport Of the Indies
or sea of China to which the British packets
ply prepayment required.
Countries beyond seas other than those
designated, 80 cents to port Of arrival in the
country Of destination; prepay ment required.
AS the balances now in use in our post Of
fees are adjusted 10 no weigh below the hall
ounce. the quarter ounce may be asceftained
by placing die Ga new quarter Of dollar
will answer Of the weight Of a quarter OF an
ounce upon the plate Of the balance with the
letter.
The previous arrangement for printed mat
ter, on which each country collects its owl
postage, remains unchanged. The United
States postage on newspapers is two cents
each. and on periodicals aud pamphlets on'
cent an ounce, or fraction Of an ounce pre-
payment required. Books and all other kind'
Of printed matter are ehargeabe with III,
United States domestic rates; prepayment
also required.
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as I can. though he gave them 10 such . way
that they are not exactly satisfactory TO all
concerned
there was wagon. with spirits, drove up
TO the place. saw the wagon before Y
stopped, aud went Immediately to the COM
mitteemen, aud asked them TO accompany
me, and we went together to this dealer OF
death, before he sold any liquor, aud forbid
him to sell any there He Immediately, and
deliberately. drove his wagon down the road,
saw about the distance OF one hundred and
eighty yards, and there. in violation Of the
orders Of myself, Of the committee, and OF
the church authority, set his keg out. then
drove his wagon To the house again. and
soon collected crowd around him, where he
yended his liquid fire until great many be-
came intoxicated, among them was Mr.. Him.
shaw, who was found dead about o'clock
that night. not more than rod from where
this key was during the day!
Now, Mr.. Editor. or readers 0f your pa
per, must We submit to such outrages a.
ihesef Has il come to pass that schon
teacher or committee cannot protect tlleil
schools from the direlul raysges Of the run
traffic. Has II come to pass that man--l
such he may be called--can thus impose upor
our common schools, and kill our respectable
citizens. (for such was Mr.. Hinshaw wher
SOBER without even the slightest punishment
for the offence? Is there no law to TAKE
hold Of such men and bring them to justice
Will some one answer? II there is nom
there ought To be. There are laws in forc'
for the punishment Of every other crime
then why not one for this killing OF people
BY the administration Of this hellish stuff!
Yours, &C., y. NJ. A.
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POSTAL CONVENTION BETWEEN THE
UNITED STATES AND FRANCE.

We are authorized 70 state that Postal
Convention has been concluded betseen the
United Statesand France, having been signed
On the II instant By James Campbell, POST
master General. on the part Of this Govern.
ineni. and by Count de sartiges. Minister.
&c. On the part II France. II j. 10 70 into
elect Oh the ii u April next.
The rate fgr letter of the weight Of one.
quarter q an ounce. or under. is fifteen cents
and fifteen cents for each additional quarter
81 aB oBnre, or fraction % quarter o. an
ounee, from ans part Of the United States 10
any part of France ~ Algeria; prepayment
optional. Tie postage Is the same whether
The letter passes through England or direct
20 ~ from France.
The rates on letters Of quarter of an
ounce, Or urder. lor countries beyond France,
viii be u rDiiows, viz:
Great Britain. Belgium. tie Low Coun.
tries, the Grand Dgchy 81 LBSemburg. The
swis. Cartons. the Sandman States. aud the
Gefman States. except the Empire d Aus.
tris.) q cents % destination prepayment
optional.
Denmark. Empire u Austria. Sersia,
TuTsny, States u the Church and Duchies
of Parma and NOdeaa. q seats u Jestina.
zion prepayment optional.
Russia, Poland. the TEo Settles, Malta,
che Kingdom II Greece, Alexandra. Jsfa,
BeyrOVt. Tripdi 10 syria. Lattskia, Alex.
sndrelta, Ma.ina. Rhodes. Smyrna, NIFTY
lsne. TIE Dardsnelles. Gsiiipglis, Constant.
napls. Tsnis, Isngiers, Pondicherry. karik.
al, Yanoan Mahe, and chsndefnager, 50
cents 10 destination prepayment optional.
Kingdoms u sweden and NOrway, % cgnts
% destination prepayment optional.
sp,in. Portugal. ard Gibraltar, u cents
10 Bshobia prepayment required.
I0nisn Islands, 81 oehis 70 Trieste; pre-.
riymeni nqaifej.
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Washington, March Q

THg New CABIxET.-THE PoLIcy.--rhe
New Cabinet was in session this morning,
engaged, as is supposed, in the consideration
Of the policy to be pursued relative 10 the
executive appointments.
All the departments have furnished Isis OF
the officers who held places in the same under
limited commissions, and the opinion prevails
here that such officers will be permitted to
continue until the expiration OF their com
missions. to be reappointed or not, as the
administration may prefer; but as general
rule. such vacancies are to be filed by new
men. which some Of the incumbents already
understand; aud this will be the case espe-
cially in New York, Philadelphia, and other
principal cities. The minor places will Of
course be effected by this policy, which is
regarded as one Of rotation.
Almost an entire change Of foreign minis,
tiers and consuls is anticipated.
The Democratic members Of the Senate. in
caucus, have concluded TO adjourn IN Satur-
day next. provided the President has no
occasion todetain them beyond that time.
Mr.. Cass has rented the dwelling now occu.
pied by Gov. Marcy.
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THE Rsr PoIsosiSo AFFAiR-DEATH oF
oSs of THE yIcrns.-'rhe editor II the
Cleveland Plaihdealer writing from Washing
ton, on the LIST inst, saws:
"The great wholesale poisoning rase ex-
cites much interest here. The National, the
largest hotel ii the city. being oserrun with
rats. the proprietors undertook a general
slaughter b, poisoning them with strychnIue.
They took the poisnn and then took TO the
nearest water which was IN the cisiern
tanks aud wells about Tie house. where they
iumbled in and died. The water being
concealed and raised b. pumps did not
expose the condition Of things TIL by IFS daily
use some hundred or more Of the baanlers
we're suddenly taken sick. doctors were called
aud q health officer sent for. Who we're not
long in discovering the cs1se. On removing
the covering 10 ihr big eIsiern IL presented
The most sickening sight ever seen. IL vas
literally packed with the dead bodies Of
poisoned rats.
Mr.. LEs.x. IRON our State. was guest al
the house at the time. was taken sick. started
Tor home and died on the way. No other
deaths have bren heard 81. but many Of the
borders are still very sick. Mr.. Buchanan
was also stopping at the house, and has not
yet fully recovered IRON its effects. The
tanks have been thoroughly cleansed.
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At the Superior Court for this county, held losLweek
the estate Of James Woods, deceased. put on bis
trial. on charge Of having murdered his master some
six or seven years ago. Mr. Woods was found dead
in the woods the road and at the time il was sup
posed that he killed by the fall from his horse. The
charge against the negro rested mainly upon what was
alleged 10 be his owe confession made to Of his
companions but the evidence was deemed 10 be in
complete in some important particulars, and he wa'
discharged.
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LATE FROM EUROPE.
New York, March Il.


Tie streamship Kangaroo, arrived 10 day,
bringing l.iverpool dates to 25th Of February.
The London Times, in . leader on the
virtual rejection Of the Clarendon Dallas
treaty, by The American Senate. deprecates
the renewal Of negotiations on Central Amer.
lean affairs.
The Madrid papers are discussing The
outrages on the Spanish citizens IN Mexico.
II is Announces that eight thousand troops
will be sent Immediately to tuba TO replace
those to be sent to Mexico x fo8
Fears are entertained at Madrid that there
will be another insurrecton. Large quanti-
ties of ammunition have been found hidden,
IN the city. II is believed that the Demo
Gratis and progressitas have conspired togeth-
er against the govern nent. ~ x
Orders have been sent 10 the squadron
lying at Mahon, to proceed to Cadiz and join
the expedition to Mexico. A line Of battle
ship and three war steamers have been
detailed to the same destination
PARIS, Feb. PA settlement has taken
place between England and Persia. The
conditions we're agreed to last Friday. II is
rumored that the Russian troops had been
dlsembarked at Ballruck, on tie Caspian Sea,
and that the Russians have forwarded NUM-
tons to ieheran.
LONDON, Feb. 24.-The Earl Of Derby
made speech to-day in support Of resolu-
ton condemning the Chinese war.
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20, The HiIl.bpoush Recorder.
Roek Crrrk. N. IA. M1trh q.

HVtF NFtcN' " W. winch TT Ib5Is
Ma. EDIToR Sir, 10 your last number Of
the Recorder, noticed that correspondent
from Randolph county, had. in his conmu.
nication, some remarks IN reference 10 q
public Exhibition ~ the western part VI
Chatham county. at which place Mr.. L..
reno lIinshaw was found dead from the
effects Of ardent spirits. which was suffered
10 be sold there.
II 10 not ny desire to enter into any de.
bate, OF anything u the KIDD, bot merely
wish TO state the circumstance as IL really
was. ! have no doubt bat your correspon.
dent gave you'll Circumstances as correctly
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The London quarterly Review 3

January, conisins, !. History and Antiquities 81
Noribampionsbifc. ,. Ferns md Their Portraits. ..
Homer and biz Successors in Epic Poetry. 4. Rats.
5. Salmon Fishing, Breeding. aud Legislation. 9.
Lord Raglan. q Life Of sir Charles Nsper T. Pros.
poets Political and Financial
Published BY Leonard Scott Co.. Nev York.
Price 90 per- annum. 8, any me Of the Reviews. NJ
BlaekwoOd for any two o. The works, S. for Black.
wood, $40.
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pnIIcY OF Mn. BucHASAS.-The New
York Herald, reviewing the reported Cabinet
appointments &c Mr.. Buchanan, aud the
opinions of the gentlemen mentioned, SAYS:
Tile most important Specification VI the
appointment of Gen. C.ss. the appointment
nf Howell Cobb, and The setting aside Of Mr..
r. J. Walker, lies il the fact that il IS =
slInt between wind aud water 10 the fire.
eating, di,rninn. agitating sec.ssion,sts 81
the Snuth. Gen. t.ass, side by side with
CLAW and Webster, MAS the Democratic
leader IN the Senate in behalf IL the great
compromise measures af lS50-Mr. Gubh
was the most conspicuous S,lthern Denn.
cratic advocate Oi these measures Ia the House.
IheirappnintHents.t therefore. To- the twomast
importan; positions 10 Mr. Buehanan's ,'abl.
net is equivalent TO the positive aud emphatic
restoration &c the Union conservative policy.
compretended in those healing measures Of
1850; aud IL is declaration OF war against al
fire eating DISTINGUISHED the Southern Jeffer-
son DAVIS srhool on the one hand, aud against
III solutions agitators Of "nU more slave
States,'f Of the sellu0l of The Van Buren
Democracy, the Seward Republicans, and
the Aboiitionists Of Tie North. on the nther
hand. These appointments Of Cass aud Cobb
ere thus proclamation from the President
elect Of a return TO the Union policy uptn
which Pierce wss cleried, bot which. ~ the
very act Of appointing his Cabinet, ppor
Pierce deserted and betrayed. Thus Mr..
buchanan. heedful II the eloquent arning 81
pnor Pierce's inelaneholy fate. has taken care
to avoid the racks and SHOALS upon which
this outgoing dynasty has been wrecked. and
TO start 10 the sale aud clearly marked
channel IL the Union aud tie Union srnti-
nent Of The country.
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government, which requires iadsmitable per-
severance and industry.
intellectually, the Cabinet is strong one.
and. what is very important. is Of materials
{unike that Of General Pierce's) which can
agree to work consistently together. The
,liscordant elements may be Thompson, oi
Miss, and Brown, Of Tenn, sll the
others have had for years and years concor-
,ant opinions. The cost Of the Cabinet, we
may add, is pledge that national union SEN
timents will prevail, with justice to the North
as well as TO the South.
The Cabinet is an honest one, we feel sure
nay, without one suspicion in the past. save
in one case. This point. in these corrupt
times. is also very important.
We hope to have, therefore, from the Pre-
sideut and this Cabinet, good government
for four years,--anil we shall cheerfully sup
port it, It it is good; and il not, as hearth,
attack it. The principles it processes arr
sound, and the men now organized TO carr,
out these principles, are men the nation cal
trust. We shall soon see whether these pro
LESSONS are to be lived up to, and carried out
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CmLp's LIFE SAVED 81 a Doo.--The Cali
~ W. REPEATER tells this story;--" On
Wednesday last, q little girl about seven
years old. the Daughter of Wr James Cav,
was standing 10 the middle Of the rad oppo.
site bis residence. when person came driving
alongat rapid rate IN sleigh. A dog seeing
the child just 10 the track. jumped lorward.
and 10 an instant dragged the child out % the
way, allowing The Team TO pass Il without
injury.
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Public nul,dlng.-we learn from the

Public Duilding.-Wc learn from the Stand
ard, that appropriation Of $50 600 was made just al
the close Of the las, session Of Congress, for the Pur
pose Of building cour-house and Post-ofiice in the
city Of Raleigh.
We learn also from the Observer. that through the
untiring exeriions of NJ. Wnslow. an appropriation
Of $4,000 was obtained, 10 procure machinery-en-
CINE. lathe. &cprrparsiory to extended operations
at the Arsenal near Fayetteville.
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peep RIyer.-The Wilmington Herai

Deep Riyer.-The Wilmington Herald states
that Mr.. Douglas has commenced his survey Of the
works the Cape Fear AMI Deep rivers and it is
pectcd that he will prosecute il with yigor. Immedi.
atey amer It's accomplishment, the work is be under
taken by the contractors and fastened completion.
We hope the friends u this enterprise are doomed
TO be again disappointed.
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Acknowledgment.-weh have

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS have had the plea
sure Of receiving from our friends Messrs. Hurdle q
Hurdle presen, Of some very fine Smoking Tobacco
prepared at their factory Our experience has not led
US to an indulgence in the destinations produced by
the Of this weed but we frequently have visitors
who know how to enjoy the pleasures Of "a smoke,
and through them take share Of the pleasure.
The tobacco Of Mcssrs. Hurdle is web prepared, and il
pronounced 10 be Of excellent quality.
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Aillsbaruugh gerprhsr.
HlLLsBoRoUGH, N. G.
wednesday, March IS. 1857.
Union, the Constitution, and the Laws the Guar
dams Of our liberties.

snow.-we had more snow here ON Friday last
II commenced about o'clock in the afternoon, and
continued until in the night, leaving the ground cover
ed about three inches From the first Of the month up
10 that time we had continued spell Of cold weather
since then ii has become moro moderate, and we have
some appearance Of spring.
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QUIET WORKING OF OUR GovERNMEN,

QUIET WORKING OF OUR GOVERNMENT
A Northern journal says. that Upper. the
poet, who is devoted loya to his Queen,
expressed his admiration Of the quiet and
transformations working Of this great govern
ment, embracing so vast an extent Of country
and SO great variety Of people. DE Toe.
queyille SAYS: " have never more admired
the good sense and the practical understand
ing Of the Americans. than in the manner in
which they extricatc themselves from the
numberless difficulties that arise from the
Federal Constitution. ! have hardly ever
met with one Of the common people Of Ame-
RIGA. who did not discern with surprisine
facility the obligations arising IRON the laws
OF Congress. and those originating 10 the
laws Of his own State. The Constitution ol
the United States resembles those beautiful
creations Of human skin which give glory and
wealth to their inventors, hut are unproduc-
tive and useless ia other hands. OF this
truth. Mexico affords striking example. Ii
has adopted almost literally the Federal
Constitution Of the Anglo. american States
but II could not acquire the spirit which
WHITES it,"
On Wednesday an immense multitude as
sembled in Washington to witness the in.
auguration Of a new President. The spec
tacle then exhibited was worthy the obserya'
tion and meditation of royaists all over the
world. The only military present were
volunteers, assembled not to enforce order
but TO add 10 the show and pomp Of the &C.
casion. There were 10 armed policemen
! Every citizen, on ;hose national occasions. !.
his own policeman, and feels that the honnl
and dignity Of the nation are conided to hii
hands lnr safe keeping. Without undue ma
tional vanity, il NAV well be doubted whether
any other country Of the world could presen
such spectacle. The spirit which WHITES
our Constitution" and which proves itsell
upon every great emergency as powerful 4
preserve as 10 create the virtue, the simple
habits, the keen discrimination Of the right
are. as our Northern cntemporary truly SAYS
derived from the colonial foundation: no
from the wild enthn.iasm Of the Spanish ad
yentnrers. but from high and enlightened
principle. drawing its alment FROM the Bible
not from the impious philosophy of the lllumi
natl, but from the light that shone iron
Heaven. DiP0fth.
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THE NEW CONSTITUTION or MEXICO.

THE NEW CONSTlTD IION Uf MBAiCO.
The ceremony of swearing allegiance to
the new Constitution of the Republic 81
Mexico took place on The 5th Of February, 10
the city of Mexico, and has been already
briefly referred 10. IL appears 10 have been
an occasion Of tie most lively interest, and
TO have been accompanied itllnuch display
IL national enthusiasm. The constitution
itselflad been well considered. having been
before tie Constituent Assembly for nearly
a year. All the members Of that body signed
il. 10 the early part of the day on which
il was sworn to BY President fomoniort il
was publicly signed by tiomcz Parias. the
President Of Congress. BY Senor Guzman. the
Vice President, and then BY others, all kneel.
ing aud swearing fealiy TO il.
At three o'clock 10 the afternoon President
romonfort entered the Hall d Deputies amid
the ruar Of cannon and the sound Of music.
In brief and neat speech he congratulated
tie nation and the Congress upon the com.
pletion Of 80 great work. and then swOre 10
obey the Constitution Of 1857. II Is repor.
ted that this Constitution is well received
throughout the Republic. and that high hopes
are entertained respecting It's successful ope.
ration. To such expectations j. attributed
The pretent comparative freedom Of Tie coun.
Try IRON revolutionary outbreaks.
NY CON. 5dsutis0.
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for January, contains. !. The War IN A.is. ?
Scenes Of Clerical lifcNo The Sad Fortunes ofthe
Rev. Amos Baron--Psa u. .. Ticket u Lsase-.A
Letter 70 Irensus. =. The A,eIing.; Or, the Three
Gins-Pah TX. 5. Fror, The Pers % Bucharest. G.
Leuers from Lirhthou.s-No. |. =. Lord st. Leon.
ards.
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srcoNp DIsrArcm.

ToRoSTa. March l3.-'rhere were between
seventy Eve and hundred passenger. on
hoard the cars, all Of Hamilton, Toronto
and the adjoining towns. including many pro-
minent citizens. Only fifteen have been taken
from the wreck alive. five have since died.
The engine and tender pitched headIuns into
the canal; the baggage car and two passenger
cars are complete wrecks. Fifty corpses.
consisting Of men. women. snd children. have
been laid out in an out house on the bank of
the canal. Many have already been recag-
nized BY their trends Nineteen others lie
IN one d the eompany's buildings. only three
Of whom have been identified.