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Captain Pleasanton accompanies Gen
Harney to the Pacific.
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THE DEMOCRAT.

PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING
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D. STOCKING, D. Z. STOCKING,
Pointe Coupee, Bayou Sara.
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@rDr. D. Stocking can be found at the resi-
dence of P. NJ. Moore, Pointe Coupee.
March 6, 1855 Sly
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On motion; 8 cornmittss 81 two, NicholaS Hunter
and haywood Ed1nundscn, were appointed 70 inlprm
Mr. Spreight Of his noninAtion and solicit h aecep
tsuce. rs & = &c. % 81 s =
III. james B. Averitt, u Craven No then called
upon, and the beautiful languske, il which was
couched his glowing tribute to the character OF the
old North State, and his congratulations upon the
unity OF the only constitutional party within her
borders, together with his eoquence and patriotic
devotion to the South, will ever be regarded, BY
those who heard him, rs an honor, of which more
experienced speakers might justly be proud. !.
q The Rev. PARROT Mewbern thea arose, and amid
the profoundest silence and that deep veneration
which trembling age alone commands gave utterance
to few sublime remarks which did honor not only to
his age, but even to the position which he occupies
rs christian minister. Once not ashamed OF the
name of Republican, once gloried in the name Of
Whig, but now, when the interest OF his country
demanded it, was equally proud of position in the
Democratic party, as it was the David which held
the sling of the Constitution, by which the Giant OF
black Republicanism should be slain.
On motion the thanks of the meeting were re-
turned to the speakers and officers; and the pro.
ceedings ordered to be published in the Goldsboro
Tribune and N. G. Standard, with the request that
the other Democratic papers Of the State copy.
On notion the Convention then adjourned.
COUNCIL WOOTEN, Chm.
WV. A. DARDEN, JR., Sec'y.
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~ They think they're pious,
When they're only bilious"
sSTATE OF NoRTH.CARoL1NA....wl

STATE OF NORTH.CAROLINA..
- COUNTY-In Equity-Sae Of Valuable Town Lodi
In the matters of William L. Terrell and ohrrs and On
Pursuant to orders made Spring Term 1885, of Wake
Court of Equity, in the above entitled causes the under.
signed Clerk and Master. will proceed to sell at the Court
House door, in the City Of Raleigh, the eth day of June
LIST. A lot Of ground lying and being in the Western
Ward of the City of Raleigh, known in the plan of ad
City as Lot number two hundred and seventysx (s6)
containing fraction of acre.
Cd lot OF ground lying and being in the Eastern Ward
of the City of Raleigh known in the plan of said Gyg
Lot number hundred and sixty $780, being part Of
said lot, and containing fraction Of an acre
TERMS SALE:-A credit of six months as to onehah
and nine months to the residue of the purchase money
will be given to purchasers upon their entering into bond,
with approved suretes bearing interest from the date
sale-$35 to be paid in cash on each purchase.
Given under my hand, at Office. this 9Th May, 1855
ED. GRAHAM HAYWOOD, NJ. E.
pr. Adv. $S.) 3S-w&swtd
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T4kr CAzs 81 SFAsr lfoxxrrs.- lea, .
boy came % tho door 81 aprincpal Of .ass k"ard
school, one morning and Askcdt 70 see him ~. DRAFTED
want eyed his mean clothes and thinking h. 1ne Ser
more like begear than anything else. tolS t looked
90 afosnd 70 the kitchen. The bow did ~ Ill am to
hidden. and eoen appeared e the back door. was
= I should like TO see Mr. said h.
g You want breakfaat, more like. s.;d =,
van. .apd can give that without troublin, h Ser
:. Thank yon, nsaid the boy; Il should Gha
see Mr. ---- IL he can see me.n IKE to
" Some old clothes mey b you want rem.,l.,
servant again cycling the boys patched cIo.s The
guess he has meme to spare-he gives '. ."e
sight And without minding the bows bows away asay
the servant went about her work. request
s /" Can see Mr. $3.50 again asked H.,
ter finishing his bread and butter. "'' 0oy' a.
We'll he sin the library; ifhe must he d;,.
be must He does ike to be alone, some,iua*a
said the girl, in Q peevish tone "'''mes"
She seemed to think it very foolish IN,
. boy into her masters presence. HowsSass such
wiped her hands, and babe him follow. she
Opening the library door, she said, "Here,s
body who is dreaful anxious to you, and 20 .
him in !" let
don't know how the boy introduced b;,..,
how he opened the business; but know ,ha. or
talking WHILE the principal put aside be r, s'ef
that he was studying and took up some Greek hou
and began to examine the new CONNER TN
question the principal asked the boy, was susrey
as readily as could be. ""'"eFed
Upon my word, exclaimed the prncp,, Ct 49,.
do WE'LL looking at the boy from head to foot yuu
his spectacles why my boy, where did you U UI
|. In my spare moments" answered the bov
He was poor, hard working boy, with fsv =,
pertunifies for schooling yet almost fitted for
by simply improving his spare moments Trn Ts
spare moments the gold dust of time" How n .'
cious they should bel What account can w" p Is
OF your spare moments ? What can you Show s .s
them? Look and see. This boy can tell Won h" m
very much can be laid up by proving them . .us
there are many, very many boys am afraid , ,ha
jail and the house of correction, in the gambling
house, in the tipping shop who, if you were to ,ss
answer. " In my spare nome ats"
(, Oh, be very careful how you spend your su,re
moments. The tempter always hunts you out in
small seasons like these; when you are not busy he
gets into your hearts, if he possibly can in lust sh
gaps There he hides himself planning all sorts Of
mischief! Take care Of your spare moments!
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LONG FAcEs-What sad mistake i. is to supnos.
that man should be gloomy because he is devou,:
as If misery were acceptable to God on its own ac.
count, and happiness an offence against His dignity
modern writer of much wisdom and pith Of wi.
ting, says: There is . secret belief amongst some
men that God is dispeased with mans happiness
and so they stink about creation, ashamed and afraid
to enjoy anything!" These are the people of whom
Hood says
>"They think they're pious,
When they're only bilious"
A good man is almost always a cheerful one. II
is fit that bad men should seowl and look blue and
be melancholy; but he who has Gods smile Of ap.
probation upon him, should show its radiance in bis
countenance. DR.. johnson said he "never knew q
william in his life that not, on the whole an uu.
happy dog"-and well he may be. But an honest
mantle man with good conscience-let him en-.
joy his sleep, and his dinner, and the love Of Bis
wife, and the prattle of bis children, and show 4
beaming face to his neigbbor. Surely, there is no
worse theology than that which teaches that he who
has given such fulness of joy to beasts and birds
delights in the misery of men, or that, having filled
our hearts with gadness, ought to give the lie to
his goodness by wearing faces beclouded with wo
and furrowed with pretended unhappiness. y
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THEOLOGICAL CoNvENTION.-ln accordance with
resolution passed at the last meeting of the Southern
Baptist Biennial Convention, held in Louisville, a
Southern Baptist Theological Convention was held
at Greenville, S. c., last week number of dele
gates were present, representing nearly all the
Southern States. Among Others were the Rev. Dr.
Jeter, of Richmond; Rev. Basil Manly, Jr., of the
same city; and the Rev. Mr.. Broaddus, of Virginia
The Rev. G. W. Sampson. Of Maryland; Professor
Williams, of Franklin College, Georgia; Rev. Mr.
Mcdaniel and Rev. Mr.. Toby, Of North. Carolina
The Convention decided to establish Southern
Baptist Theological Seminary, at Greenville C. H.,
s. c., the sum of one hundred thousand dollars hav-
ing been secured and pledged for that purpose from
the Palmetto State. The other one hundred thou
sand dollars is to be raised by Southern States
and the Rev. A. NJ. Poindexter of Virginia, was ap
pointed to accomplish the object.-Pet Express.
SENTENCE OF MAIL RoBBER-On Tuesday morn
ing. at New Haven, Judge Ingersoll sentenced Wm
s. luckerman, the mail robber, to twenty zone years
imprisonment. The prisoner was profoundly affect.
ed during the delivery of the sentence So ends the
career of one of the smartest of Boston bows who
belonged to goood family, was we'll brought up,
had the advantages of our excellent schools and
when quite young obtained the responsible place of
treasurer of the Eastern Railroad: Here he turned
out to be an embezzler and defaulter to large
amount. Had bis specuations been profitable, be
intended to have covered up his railroad dep, eda-
tons, and might have become rich and respected
citizen. But the chances did not favor him, and to
maintain the expensive habits he had contracted he
resorted to the daring, desperate, and ingenious
plumber of the mails, which he was carrying on
with such systematic pertinacty when justice over
took him. There was such GOODNESS in his vlany
that his escape from its consequences by pardon can
scarcely be expected.-Boston Post
MIk.-"Out Of milk, and milk alone the Young
elephant the young lion. or the young child, ex.
tracts the various substances which urnph muscles
nerves. bones hair claws, ETC.; milk furnishes these
in such abundance that the increase Of growth is
far greater during the period when the animal Is
fed exclusively it than at any subsequent period
! Of its career. s. In milk says Prous I'VE should
expect TO 6nd ! model Of what an alimentary sub.
stance ought to bea kind Of prototype, az ii were
Of nutritious elements 10 general The idea is 90
plausible that it's acceptance was general. Never
thelesss nothing Is more pertain than that milk is
mot this model food since. however 4 may suit The
young lion or the young child, We cannot feed the
adult lion of the adult msn on milk alone y . can
ised the lion on bones and. watet, and the mar Of,
bread ani water but NOS Oh MIX. a model food
sio! the young ceases be SO for tie adult; that
reiatlon which existed between the food and the
sanjan ins The enc nass no longer exists ID the
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CUMBERLAND AND HARRIET DEMOCRATIC CoNvEN-
TIoN.-The Democratic Convention for Cumberland
and Harnett Counties assembled at the Town Hall
in Fayetteville, on Tuesday afternoon, May 1lth.-
Seventeen out of the nineteen districts in the two
counties were represented by full delegations
series Of resolutions was reported endorsing the
Charlotte nomination for Governor, denouncing dis
tribution impractical issue, brought forward at
this time by Know Nothings and disappointed Office
hunters, for the purpose of distracting the Demo-
cratic party and expressing the belief that distr
button is unconstitutional The resolutions also
dorse the of the present administration OF the
General Government, and of Representative
from this distribution. Warren Winslow. Resolu-
tons adopted unanimously.
The convention then proceeded to ballot for cand-
dates. The choice finally fell upon the following
gentlemen: For the Senate, Major John T. Gilmore,
Of Cumberland; for the Commons, w. Mel. Mckay,
of Cumberland; and Jas. S. Harrington and G. c.
Barbee, of Harnett The nomination of these gentle
men was made unanimous. The convention pledg-
ed itself to the completion of the Western Road and
instructed its nominees to do all in their power to
obtain State aid for the said road.
The Cumberland portion Of the Convention recon-.
mended Frank N. Roberts as the Democratic candi
date for Sheriff of said county. All the gentlemen
nominated good and true men, and will, no
doubt, make good representatives, VIII. Journal.
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VISITORS TO " EST PoINr-The following visitors
to the Military Academy at West Point, in 1868,
have been appointed by the Secretary Of War, from
the States and districts entitled be represented
Rhode Island, Cd district, Francis Dickman.
Delaware, State at large, Andrew c. Gray.
Arkansas, I'd district, Hon. Albert Pike.
Virginia, Sd district, P. Henry Aylett.
South Carolina lst district c. W. Dudley.
Tennessee, Sd district, George w. Rowles.
Kentucky, I'd, district, Thomas c. McCrary.
Indiana Sd district, Hon. John W. Davis.
Illinois, Sd district, Hon. Robert E. Goodell.
Michigan, Sd district, James L. Glen.
Missouri, 9th district, James A. Scott.
Texas. I'd district, Gen. James w. Speight
California, State at large, j. L. Brent
NorE.-vistors from New Hampshire and Vermont and
New Jersey are yet to be appointed.
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Pitt County Democratic Convention.


On Tuesday, May 4th, the convention to nominate
candidates for the Senate and Commons in the next
Legislature, also the Sherifalty, met in the Court
House in Greenville.
The meeting was called to order, and Gen. G. B.
Singeltary was called to preside over its delibera-
tons, DR.. C.. j. OHagan was appointed Secretary.
The business OF the Convention was opened by a
speech from Gen. Singeltary, in which he after con-
graduating the meeting on the prosperous condition
of the party not only in the county, but throughout
the country, took accession to urge the necessity of
incesssnt vigilance and activity, which could only
be effected by thorough organization; lie suggested
a mode OF voting according to the Democratic
strength Of each precinct, as exhibited in the last
Gubernatorial election-which adopted.
The subject of the Sherialty, owing to the number
ofaspirants first claimed the attention of the meeting
On the first ballot Josiah Hodges, Esq, was unani
mousy declared the choice of the party for Sheriff
On motion, it was decided to proceed to the nom
nation of candidates for the Senate and Commons
On the first ballot, Col. Mathew L. Carr was an.
nounced as having received the unanimous votes as
a candidate for the Senate. For the Commons Dr.
W. j. Blow received 40 votes; Edmund Moore
272; Lew. DeBerry sO7; Peter Hines 1l9; Gen
Singeltary 81: Levi Dawson sc. On which DIR.
Blow was declared to have received the nomination.
having received majority.
On the second ballot Gen. Singeltary received
5s4 votes; Lew. DeBerry 191. On which General
Singeltary declared elected.
"A committee was appointed oy the fresiueI ~
wait upon Col. Carr and DR.. Blow, neither Of whom
were present in the convention, and inform them of
their nominations.
During the absence of the committee, the meeting
was envened by number of excellent speeches
from the farmers and members of the Bar then
present.
Among the former, Peter Hines, Esq, and Col.
Beardsley conspicuous, not only for the strong
common sense which pervaded their remarks, but for
the wit and humor in which they abounded Among
the members of the Bar, VIM B. Rodman, Esq {,
was as usual distinguished for the vigorous logic
which always marks his speeches.
The committee now returned and announced the
presence of Col. Carr and Dr. Blow. TO the
prise Of the meeting, both gentlemen declined the
nomination. did also Gen. Singeltary, who t"geth-
er with Dr. Blow deeply regretted that it not in
their power to accept this mark of the confidence
and respect of the Democracy. and that circumstan-
ces over which shey had no control prevented them
from serving their fellow citizens. As the day was
now far spent, and there seemed no probability of
selecting candidates this occasion, it moved
and after some debate, carried that his convention
adjourn to meet on Saturday, July 3rd.
G. B. SINGELTARY, Pres't
CHAs. JAS. O'HAGAS, Secy.
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A DESTRUCTIVE WAR ENGINE.-We mentioned some
time since that of ingenious citizens, Messrs.
Wright and Gould. had completed the model Of
rotary cannon which could be fired at the rate of
sixty rounds per minute. Since that announcement
the inventors have been engaged in having construct
ed a working model Of the gun, which is now fin
ished. and was tested yesterday afternoon in va
cant building on Washington street The piece is a
beautiful little brass gun Of the usual shape mount.
ed on wheels, and constructed that rotary cyl
inder constitutes the breech, which contains four
charges, replenished by means of hopper, and
fired rapidly man can work an ordinary lever
backward and forward. The piece is discharged by
electricity, and from this results important and
valuable discovery, which was developed after the
completion Of the piece. By means Of the battery
and wires connecting with the cylinder by which
ignition is caused the cylinder become perfectly cleo
rised which keeps cool if continually bathed
with ice. Some two hundred rounds were fired yes.
eray in rapid succession at the rate Of about thirty
rounds per minute. at the end of which time. with
out using the swab once, the breech was much cold
er than when the firing commenced. The rapidity
Of the firing was much retarded by the bad quality
of the cartridge in use, but such as it was il was
sufficient to demonstrate the complete success Of the
invention. We understand that as soon as arrange
ments are completed the inventors will proceed to
Washington and lay their plans before the Govern
ment.-Be6a1o Ezprs's, 2ard. 81
THE CRY IS Still THEY CoHE Pr S65, 600
DRAwN.-But few days since we mentioned the
large prizes sold in s. SWAN & Co.'s LorTERY, to
persons in Charleston and Savannah. We now have
to chronicle another of Sirtyps Thousands Dollars
sold BY them on on : whole ticket, Nos, 4, 90
80, in their Three Number Lottery, Class 393,
drawn Saturday, April 9Th. The fortunate holder
IS wealthy merchant Of Philadelphil, and though
We are ndt It liberty 10 mention his name, We kn0w
who he e, and his place of business. For rick
nrizea SwAN II IN = f4rnytf1A fl,a