Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1858-07-09
IEcIsIATURE OF NORTH CAROLINA.

For the convenience of our readers, publish state
ant below showing the number of Senators and members
the House Commons, entitled to be elected 10 the Lee
aure of North Carolina until the first session which shall
be held after the year ISL ISL; ,,,,rr,crs
I Pasquotank and Perqu 3 5Sth p peaGnn
d. Camden and Currituck. Both. Orange. u,.,-,
81. Gates and Chowan. 3dst' Ala1ance ""''ipn'
4th IyrEen ana nyue 33d Moore and Montgomery
c ctl Hor 34th. Richmond and Robson
III Portie 35th. Arson and Union.
'.h' HTortin and WASHINGTON Both. Guilford.
on, Halifax. S7th. Caswen
,G Gth Fdoecombe 38th. Rockingham.
i i9th Pt7 l39th. Meckenburg.
I I5tb Beaufort 10th. stany and Gabarrus.
i3tb Craven. 4lst. Rowan and Davie
l4th. Carteret ana Jones. 40 DaVldson.
18th Green and LenOlr. ADD Stokes and Forsyth
iGt6 New Hanover. 44th. Ashe, Surry, Watauga,
i7th Dupln. and Yadkin.
18Th OnsIow 45th. Wilkes, Iredell, Alexan-
iqb Brunswick, Baden and der.
Columbus. 18th. Burke, Mcdowell, ana
5ntI, Cumberland Caldwell
5I.f sampson 47th. Lincoln CASTOR, and
so WAYNE Catawba.
"a Johnston 48th. Rutherford, cleveland.
1rL Wake 49th. Buncombe, Henderson,
nm Nash Yancy and Madison.
l1h Franklin 50th. Haywood, Macon, Cher
9TH Warren Okee and Jackson.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.
Three Members Edch.-Cumberland Granville Guilt0rd,
D Tro Members emf Eacl-Davidson Edgecombe Halifax,
Ircdell, New Hanover, Orange Randolph, Aamance, An
son. Beaufort BERTHE CasweI Cleaveland Craven, Dupin
Forsyth Johnston Meckenbnrg Northampton Pitt. Robe
-on, Rockingham Rowan, Rutherford Sampson Warren,
Wayne and Wilkes.
Gnc Member Ecch.-Buncombe Madison, surTy, Yadkn,
Ashe, Baden Burke Cabars Catawba, Cherokee Dave,
Gates Henderson, Hartford, Hyde Lincoln Martn,
Moore Nash, Onsow, Pasquotank Person, Richmond stan
w. Stokes Union, Yancy, Alexander brunswick, CALDWELL
Camden Currtuck Columbus, Cartcret, Greene, Jones,
Lcnoir, Mcdowell, Montgomery, Perqumans, Tyrrell,
Washington, Watauga, Macon, Haywood Jackson Chowan
aud Franklin.
FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS DAMAGEs.-A suit which
has hitherto excited little interest has just been de-
ridcd in Warren county At the election for State Of
fccrs on the 14th of October, 1856 a colored man
named Jesse Beckey, few shades darker than ala
aster offered his vote at the Fourth Ward Polls, and
il was refused by the Judges Rufus K. Paine, VIM. H.
Glass and Michael Clearly upon the ground that he was
not citizen Of the United States" according to the
meaning of the act of Congress- Beckey had taken
cyera friends with him witnesses to the tender of
his vote and its refusal by the Judges, for the purpose
Of testing the question in the Courts, in case he
not permitted to vote. On the same day after his ballot
had been rejected he began suit against the Election
Judges laying his damages at 81 900. The city assum
ed the responsibility of the defence and instructed the
City Solicitor to contest the claim. The
tried three times in the Courts of this city, and in each
instance the jury failed to agree. Upon motion by
Rccklcy's counsel the venue was changed to Warren
county, and the case came up for trial on Monday
ING last. The city represented by Judge Hart and
Mr. PrObascO and the plaintiff by Messrs. Getchel and
Chambers. The case occupied the attention Of the
Court for nearly two days when the jury returned a
verdict for plaintiff of five hundred dollars. trial
was granted by the COurt-Cm. Gazette, .j1ne "a.
SIR COLIN CANPBEIL.-The well inormemed editor
Of the Philadelphia Press has the following condensed
account of Sir Colin Campbell:
Sir Colin Campbell will get his peerage, and deserves
it, if not particularly for his Indian exploits, for his
whole lifetime Of military service He is gallant old
man. SXty-siX years ago he was born, of humble pa
rents, in Glasgow the commercial capital of Scotland,
and exactly halt century ago he had the good luck to
obtain commission in the British army. He served in
Portugal under the Duke, and atterWard IN the I'M
fortunate Wacheran expedition, in which forty thou
and soldiers destroyed by fever in the swamps of
the Netherlands. He repeatedly wounded, and was
present at most of the great battles and seges during
the cnnsular campaign, when for five years the Fab-
an policy Of Wellington bafed, and finally beat, the ge
MUS of Napoleon and the valOr Of his best eutenants
In l8l4'15 he served in America officer in the
Rife brigade. Subsequently he in active service
in Dcmcrara in the Chinese war of 1912, in the Pun
iaub campaign of 1889, where he obtained special
notice in the cOmmander-in-chief s despatch for his
steady GOODNESS and military precision; > subsequently
under the late Sir Charles j. Napier, in India, and, fl
naly in command of the Highland brigade, in the Cr
mGa When the Indian war became alarming ne quit
ted England to take chief command of the AnglOlndiar
army at twenyfour hours notice-his too at the age
Of Co. after fifty years of hard service.
HINTS FOR THE FARMERs-Dig your potatoes whel
the ground is dry you then gather them free iron
dirt then stow them away under cover where the frOs
will not touch them.
Toads the best protection Of cabbage against lice
E(hlS WItI uTOopluS, are revived ny lew grains
CamphOr.
Sulphur is valuable in preserving grapes, &c. from
insects.
Lard never spois in warm weather. fitis cooked enoug
in frying out.
In feeding corn, sixty pounds ground go far on
hundred pounds in the kernel
Corn meal should never be ground very fine it injure
the richness of it.
Turnips of small size have double the nutritious matte
that large ones have.
Rats and other vermin are kept away from grain b
sprinkling of garlic when packing the sheaves,
The Rich IRISH BRoGUE AND THE SWEET GERMA
ACCENT" AGAIN-At the recent public reception
Cincinnati of Hon. John j. Crittenden, the Know NJ
thing Senator from Kentucky the Hon. Thomas Co
win, thus addressed him and prepares the opening of tn
first campaign of the new peoples party" The or
is no longer foreign paupers and criminals " for Kno7
NOthngism is dead-and the patriotic naturalized cit
zen is to be wheedled again with the rich Iris
brOgue and the sweet German accent. The appeal wi
fail of its intended effect but it is at least the evidenc
the admission of an enemy-Of the patriotism and low
of liberty of the naturalized citizen:
There are republicans here-Black! (Shouts
laughter and chcers.) There are Democrats here (AI
other chcer.) There are old Wings here! (Vehemer
applause and shouts Yes there arer "a wild CHI
of yells) And, sir, there here of fOreig
BIRTH who have fled from European oppression to fin
homes in country whose hearts throb with the Low
Of this Union, and whose souls are inspired with IL
love of constitutional liberty" Vehement appause.)
SQUAw SLAVES IN UTAH-The New York TrbuI
says intelligent writer in the train Of the Utah Pea(
Commissioner states that the system of buying and sc
ling Indian is carried along the route Il
plains among the traders and frOntersmen as regular