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Fire. 49, On Thursday last about two o'clock, a
fire broke out in the Union Hotel, occupied by Maj
Thomas Howerton, which destroyed the entire build
ing. The fire commenced in one of the upper front
rooms and was not discovered until it burnt out Of the
roof and into the piazza in such force to defy all
attempts to subdue it. The furniture was removed
from all the rooms on the first floor. and saved but
very little Of that in the chambers. BY great exetions
the fire was prevented from extending beyond the
building in which il originated, though for little
while the corner above, and the hotel kitchen and
smoke house, were in imminent danger The hotel
belonged to Long, Webb q Co.. and was insured for
$4,000. Aportiono Of the furniture belonging 20 Maj
Howeron, had been insured but the policy, UNDER
stand wassufred to expire last summer without being
renewed.
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Presidents Message. - The Message d u,

Presidents Messages The Message q The
President n the uaiicd Sia.cs communicated 70 the
,wo Houses On Thursday came 70 hand too late 70 make
RON a. The whole of Il In this issue; We arc there
fore compelled 10 divide i, isan able and INTEREST,"
ING document; and ~ az ss We have seen opinions
expressed in our exchanges the views Of the President
ss eel forth in ihis message meet general sPpfoba
lion. lie gives fair and gratifying statement Of al.
fans Il hems and abroad with very Sigh, exceptions
We are 81 pesee with al The world. Especially are We
grasd u the emphatic aud express terms IN which he
condemns the fIIibus,srng expeditions which have
long been % rife 10 our country. And We hope hi'
.s,iee will bs taken, snd such Measures adopted b,
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United States senator. - The Hon. R. NJ
7. Hunter was, Monday Of last week, reelected by
the Legislature Of Virginia by almost unanimous
vote, United States Senator for six years from the 9Th
Of March 1859.
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srr. usRae's Letter. : We place

sIr. usRae's Letter. = We place on our
arsi page ,o.da, The very able letter q Duncan X.
MRae, Esg- rpon The important subject Of estate
Del, and Distribution" Nh. MRae has always been
! prominent and active member u the Democratic
party. and however bitterly he may be denounced BY
portion II that party because q the position which hc
nos % shIy Defends Ne viii b. none the less Demo
cra.. hut whelhcr Dcmocra o. Wing. The sub.
ees presented IL this e,l and the reasons BY which
H. snorces Them. deserve the attentive and serious
sidefa,ion 81 every citizen q North Carolna.
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HILLsBoRoUGH, x. c.
wednesday, December r6. 1857.

~ Richerson Nichols. Esq. is our authorized
agent in the county Of Orange, collect arrearages
due for subscriptions the Recorder, and for adve-
Using.
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Congress will esctually put an end to these out
rageous forays upon neighboring States with whom
our Government Processes to be at peace, and which
tend so greatly to impair character nation and
to destroy the infuence.whch example otherwise
might have in extending free institutions and advance
ing the interests Of civilization.
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The crop cf wool in Ohio this year isvalu.
ed Al u, O0n, 900. Itesceeds W shout 1000,
600 pounds the yield Of 1856. The middle
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LAND FOR SALE.
4 Z &c Il

vrvHE sul,serrf having II be Court nos sitting fof
ufanrr county. qualified as administrator uIon The
estate II Iiemnrl VI Nosatn. decreased. hereby gives
notice 10 al pefssus indebted to said esle 70 come for.
ward and make payment. Persons having claims viii
present them. this nsce viii be pleaded IN bar Of
recovery. JAMES n. PATTERSON, .qim'r.
N,veutst ~. iI-4n
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NEGROES FOR SALE.

TNiiE subscriber as administrator Of Lemuel ". Nor
gan. deceased having been duly commissioned by
the County Court Of 0mnge, II its November Term,
1857, 10 expose 10 public sale the slaves belonging to
the estate Of the said deceased hereby gives notice that
Of Chapel Hill, Friday the IL Of January. 1855 be
will offer 70 the highca bidder, at public auction,
Thirteen or Fourteen Slaves.
all hut two Of which arc very valuable some Of them
having respectable kill IS carpenters. &c.
Term.-six months credit. upon bond with good Sc.
eurl'y. JAMES n. PATTERSON, .fdm'r
November 90. H.
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Pine Shingles.
NEW TANNERY.

's1HE subscriber having established Tannery 10
Mcanrsyille Alamsncc county, on the North caro-
lima RioaI will be pleased 10 furnish 10 those who
may favor him with their patronage, good article Of
Sole, Upper and Harness Leather.
HIDES taken in exchange for Leather, and bera
prices pail in cash Tor them.
BOUTS aud SHOES manufactured to order. and
made d the very hest French and Northern skins. an
from l.paiher o. ms own tanning. Awork done IN N
shop warranted to he well done.
STEPHEN A. WHITE,
Sent. I6.-o5- Mcbanesyile, Nc
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Sale Of Valuable Property.
November ~.

Sale Of Valuable Property.
& Executors Of William Cain, deceased, We viii
n offer forsaleon MONDAY The 18th day Of Ianu.
sry. 1858, Ill The stock 81
Horses. Cattle, Hogs and Sheep belonging
to the estate; also quantity Of Corn,
Wheat, Proyender, &C., Farming
Tools, and many other valuable
articles not necessary to
be enumerated.
A credit Of twelve months will be given; notes 10
bear interest from date and good security required.
The sale will lc ~ The late residence of licensed
eight miles east II H.borough on the Oxford road.
JAMES Y. CAIN, r.
TODD r. CALDWELL. 2" -
December 0. ls-td-
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counties of the State. which were formerly
distinguished for their large crops Of wheat,
are now equally famed for the amount Of
wool they produce.
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DRUG STORE.

hK. CAIN will Keep constantly on hand tomPIeIe
- assortment Of
Drugs, Medicines, Oils, Paints,
yarnishes. Dye StuIls. Perlumery, Stationery,
Grass and Garden SEEDS. Anomalies,
Vinegar, Pure Liquors, sc. &c.
and all other articles ~ his line Of business. and with
the special design Of keeping only genuine articles.
He hopcs Nv Gloss attention and moderate prices, 10
merit and receive the patronage Of the public.
December 10. H.
The Washington union., 1857-05-09
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.

The State of Michigan has established College of
Agriculture, on farm of seven hundred fertile acres
near GA city of lansing where the State capitol is
located. Joseph r. Williams, late editor Of the
Toledo Blade, is president. 1t has an endowment Of
$50 O00 the proceeds of the Salt Spring lands orig
nally given to Michigan Territory by the federal gov
ernment. The Legislature has appropriated $4,000
per annum for two years to the support of the col
lege. There already accommodations for eighty
students. No charge is made for tuition but
each student is required to work three hours per
day, for which he is paid.
The Washington union., 1857-05-09
NAVY DEpAnrslEsr.

NauaI Sores. Contracts have been given to the follow
ing named persons for furnishing to the Navy Department
naval stores
Chas Fl. Brown, Norfolk, light biscuit; and for Bos-
ton and Norfolk, dried apples
Mullett L. Bradbury, Boston, rice and molasses.
Doyle Jervis, New York. dried apples
William Macomber, New York, Boston, and Norfolk,
pickles.
William Lang, New York, Boston, and Norfolk, sugar
and beans; and for Norfolk, whiskey.
Henry b. Williams, Boston, tea.
Joseph Mckee, New York and Norfolk, tea.
David Cooper New York. coffee.
John Walower Son, Boston and New York. whiskey.
There are, besides number Of bidders for other ar
ces who have not yet entered into the contracts always
demanded by the government These stores will be at
cost to the government of more than $500, 900
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took place within the become worthless to say po
ing Of their intrinsic improbability
Although hostile correspondence was pending between
Mr. Murphy and myself, there had been no ntin,aioD
given to me that he meditted personal assault still les
had any reason TO imagine that person who WAS an
deavorng to assert the claim Of gentleman by demand
ing meeting would suddenly betray his real nat
by clandestne and cowardy assault But he o,ms
armed" as he says, with small cowhide" H.
moment he raised this weapon seized it, and befo,e h
had struck blow with it, wrested ii from him ths
proceeded 10 cowhde its owner and while was 40 an
gagged, he struck me single blow in the face with
sharp instrument which he held in his hand tba0
seized him by the throat, and choked him into submit
sion.
This Is the short story Of encounter which lasted
the most two minutes, but which Mr. Murphy, appa,
emily anxious to make himself the hero Of dcsDeri
fight, says lasted ten minutes; and which, according n
his Bombastes Furioso bulletins marked with su
fearful and bloody vicisstudes On the previous dav
his report written for the Washington press he said t
affair occupied minutes il goes ON Increasing a,
the rate of three minutes day it will soon become
second thirty years war
II will be likely To discourage even the most natro,o
gentleman hereafter from accepting the position of rem
resenatve in Congress- il he to be attacked with bind
before he gets in the morning. because he thinks
it his duty to advise the removal of an unfit incumbent ~
Office. The prompt dismissal of Mr.. Murphy to-day
proves the experiment to be Improbable that It will
find no imitators.
remain, with great respect, yours &c.,
d. f. SICKIFs
The Washington union., 1857-05-09

we ma IN late NUMBER OF tne AlDany Atlas ana
Argus the following pointed "remembrances y
"In 1888 William H. Seward opposed to mig
gers He very emphatic against granting them the
right to vote Not only but he in favor of allow
ing the shareholders Of the South who chose to
Saratoga elsewhere in this State for temporary resi-
dence TO bring their niggem with them and hold them
as slaves provided they did not stay beyond nine months
He was distinctly in favor Of the doctrine that masters
have free hghwaya right of transitfor their slaves
through this State,
sNow, in 1857, the same William H. Seward is In ia
vor of niggers He wants to allow them to vote-he
their votes He denounces the shareholders aris
tocysts, and instead of allowing them to bring their
slaves to Saratoga in 1885, he goes with Speaker Lit
tlcohn in favor of preventing them by arms from pur
suing and recapturing fugitive slave within this State
and with Judge Foot against allowing even United
States marshal to carry fugitive in his custody across
oyT State. NJ o.t'.t !.
ffsuch loas William II. Seward in 1888. Such Will
liam H. Seward fh 1857.
{. =. How strangely mon change ~
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Mr.. STATIONS REPLY.
EXECUTIVE OrrIoE, LEcoMrros, X. T.,
atH H 8..., A,,r;I Q0 lQE7

GENTLEMEN Yours of the 25th inst. reached only
by last nights mail Iproceed without delay to reply
to the proposition you make in reference to the election
about to be held for delegates to constitutional convcn
ton
Az take different view of the laws of the Territory
from that which you express it will be impossible for to
consent to any proceeding in opposition to that which
has been sanctioned by the Legislative authorities
did not hear from Gen. Maccan any such admission
as you represent him to have made That gentleman
spoke only his individual action in the particular
toned and whether that action was right wrong,
whether it occurred in that individual instance only
in thousand Others by either from Missouri Mas
sachusets it could not invalidate the laws which
prevail in the Territory. If believcas do not be-
lieveyour assertion that the laws of Kansas were
acted by legislature elected by the people of adon
ing State it would be still impossible for to set them
aside the attempt to do would be act of gross
rsurpaton not less Objectionable in Its character and e
fects than the fraudulent interference which you attribute
to the people of Missouri must therefore, say to you
in the most explicit language that do nothing which
denies the authority and validity of the laws enacted with
in this Territory Congress alone has power to abrogate
them.
have no authority over the probate Judges 1t is not
my province to advise them in relation to the perform
ance of their judicial functions. Yet 1t will not be inn
proper for say that it would be very udicous and
becoming in them to obtain every possible information
from respectable men OF both parties in order to enable
them to correct the list of voters If such impartial
men of their WILL and within the time limited by
law could take and present it to the pro-
bate judges with sufficient proof of ITS fairness and acc
racy think the probate judges would be bound to adopt
il and return it to the governor the true list legally
corrected
should be sorry to any probate judge in the Terri
tory refuse to receive the testimony of two respect
able men, differing in politics. as to any matter within
thsr knowledge connected with the residence Of citizens
and thsiy qualifications voters. do not believe such
wrong can possibly have occurred, and therefore
that IL you had beep desrous Of obtaining correct list
of voters for the coming election you had 1t in your pow
ar IN occomplish that object N perect conformity with
The Washington union., 1857-05-09
THE BURDEIL MURDER.

The New York Daily Times of this morning says
The trial Of Mrs Cunningham, charged with having
murdered DR.. Burdell, continued yesterday until
o'clock when the evidence in the case was closed IT
will doubtless go to the jury to-day. The testimony
ceived yesterday of the character generally,
that taken previously in relation to the Of
heday and evening preceding the murder and the sub
sequent morning The why Eckel left the house
at an earlier hour tnn usual the morning after the
murder was explained by merchant who said he met
him business at o'clock in accordance with request
left by the witness at Eckcs residence the previous
night The odor noticed by DR. parrnly and others in
Bond street, the night Of the murder, accounted
for by witness living In house the doctors resi-
dcncc who said that that night he had burned leather
and woollcn cloth in in which he trying
chemical experiments. The Judge announced that he
would limit counsel TO four hours each side to close
the case. The court meets at o'clock this morning"
Dos'r UsDERsAxD II The Albany Atlas and Argus,
in closing pointed and sarcastic article on the constu
tonal amendments lately adopted in Massachusetts
.We only wonder that the tests were not more com.
prehensvc, to- embrace the fonr rules of arithmetic
tare and tret and fractions. Z
We beg contemporary to inform itself better this
subject The legislators who submitted the amendments
made the standard to conform to their own qualifications
and not having reached the point indicated by the Atlas
and Argus were content to stop with the reading amend
mcnt. When they have reached tarc and trct shall
doubtless have test submitted AS to fractions
they "know nothing" being accustomed to spend the
people money in round numbers Springfield argus
RICH AMP ANOMALOUS INFORMATION. IAN exchange says
The British East India Company, according TO recent
and authentic documents now rules directly indirectly
an empire Of 500 900 square miles, with population Of
more than ono hundred and sixty millions This vast en-
prc, no less remarkable for it's hcalthfunes and the
beauty OF ts scenery than for it's extent embraces almost
every variety Of soil and climate producing not only the
cereals Of the North and the tropical fruits OF the South
but many valuable articles Of commerce peculiar to the
Fast The nominal money capital Of the company vet
down at $4,000 900 sterling Or eighty millions Of dol
lars. Its annual revenues are estimated at one hundred
and thirtyfve millions and with the development Of
country and the consequent enlarged trade of the comps
ny, they are annually increasing
The Washington union., 1857-05-09

Wreck Of he Naeooches- Information has been received
from A. n Blythe, United States consul general at Ha
of the wreck of the barque Nacoochee of Feepor
Maine George Waite master going from New Orleans to
Havana upon the reefs about fifteen miles to the west
ward of the Moro, where she lies, every effort to
haul her of having proved fruitless She has been sold
at public auction, and her register cancelled
The Washington union., 1857-05-09
LATER FROM VENEZUELA.

~ i II i +
We are indebted to the Philadelphia Evening Journal
for the following
sWe have advices from Caracas, Venezuela to the
23d of April The Congress of Venezuela had approved Of
the constitution, which thereby became finally adopt
ed The ballotng for President and Vice President
then proceeded with in secret session. and resulted in the
reelection of President Monagas, and of ST. 0riach
his son-in-law, for Vice President, for the torn Of six
years.
Monagas has already filled the presidential chair for
eight years. and his brother four years. and their present
election to establish their rule In the republic Gen.
Flores of Ecuador who has lately arrived In Venezuela
received vote for President He has asked to be in
corporatcd in the military list of Venezuela, but with
what idea is not known He is already in the army list
Of Ecuador, Peru, Chilli, and Bolivia, and is well
known for his attempts to regain the presidency Of
Ecuador. II
''Coloncl Smith, an Englishman, who served in the
war of independence and had since been Minister Of
Finance in Venezuela, has died. He WINS about fifty
eight years Of age and enjoyed the respect Of the
public /" iS 44
The Washington union., 1857-05-09
From the Kansas City Enterprise May 2.
LATEST FROM THE MOUNTAINS.


Tim Goodell the celebrated mountaneer and guide,
arrived in this city Monday last He spent the winter
on Green river west of the Rocky mountains The win
ter was one of the most known. From Mr.
Goode we learn the following particulars
CAT the crossing of the North Platte he met an IN
dian trader named SAUNDERS who had just returned from
an expedition in search of Crow village. His party
consisted setting out Of three white and four
Grow Indians They attacked on Powder river by
party of thirty Blackeet who killed of the white
men, named Scott Canadian trader and two Of the
Crows Saunders was wounded in the shoulder.
About three days after the above occurrence, band
of Snake Indians party of Blackcet
berng twenty-eight warriors Fremonts Peak and
after hard battle killed twenty leaving but
to tell the story his tribe This the most successful
battle fought in the mountains. The Snakes lost
not single bravo The widest reoicings going
In the rbefeasting dancing, and all descriptions Of
savage orgies being carried day and night They
eated that they sent portion Of their scalps by
French trader to the Sioux, having as they said
tban they wanted s.E
m q On his way in Mr. Goodell few lodges of Chey
cnnes They told him that they had killed whites
than the whites had killed Of them, and If the govern
ment wanted to make peace they willing but If
fight wanted they were ready He also learn
ed TINT the Chcyennes mostly collected on the Re-
publican Fork of the Kansas river and that they
expecting visit from the United States troops the coming
summer. They did not expect or intend TO fight the
troops great deal but going to put the and
children out of the way and then scatter In small bands
from the Platte the Arkansas and they say that they
can in that way kill all they want and get plenty Of
white women for prisoners This is their exact Ian
auage."
The Washington union., 1857-05-09

We regret to learn (says the Nashville Union) by
letters from Enpxyjlle that Hon b: Alexander, judge
of the second Judicial district Fgnesse died at his
residence on Wednesday last Society has lost ssn
ornament and the Judiciary Of It's ablest and
most useful officers.
The Washington union., 1857-05-09
ooRREspoNDENcE.
Lals, from M. M.rpAy o M. s.esls..


WILARDs' HorKL,
Washington May 3, 1857.
SIR have learned indirectly that in your efforts to
effect my removal from the Brooklyn navy-yard you
have assaied my private character and imputed To
motives and acts unbecoming gentleman and man of
honor 1t is, however, possible that my information
this pent be incorrect in which ii your duty
to relieve from any unjust impression towards you
this account. To any legitimate criticism upon my Off
cal conduct can OF course intcrpose objection but
wish you distinctly to understand that shall hold
you personally accountable for any and every attempt to
impeach my integrity reflect my good As l
do not desire to mpicate others in my affairs at this stage
have taken the liberty of leaving this note in your box
at the Office.
Respectfully your obedient servant,
j. Mcleod MURPHY.
Hon DANIEL II. SICKLES.
The Washington union., 1857-05-09
OFFICIAL.

APPOINTMENT BY THE PRESIDENT.
Alfred J. Vaughan, of Missouri, Indian agent for
the Blackfeet and other neghborng tribes vice John
H. McBrayer who declines the appointment.