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How ve-Juic-c falkn. In a time of profound peacer-a Uttlo Indian war excepted when tlie nation was" ' in a career of unparalleled prosperity ; - when tho public treasury was overflowing, and the Government embarrassed only to find ways to disposo bfltaBurplus reve nue ; when property apd labor cominanded the highest prices .arid no one wantedem ployment ; wtaifiutcrnat improvements on the grandest scale, were advancing with uuhcaraUoT rapidity; when agriculture, " manufactures, commerce, and. the' various ties yielded their greatest profit, and all branches of business 'flourished ; when si . iiio Krcai suinies 01 uie country luuiiu a ready market ; "when the boundless West , was peopling, and towtis and cities rising ' on 4ts bosom, as if by "enchantment ; when credit was unshaken, and afforded all need iim 10 iruue , wiu-'ii uio currency of tlie country answered the most desirable purposes of this vital agi-nt of civilization ; and when all nature conspired to sustain and augment our prosperity ;--at such a time, and in such circumstances of nation, a pride and expectation, bv sundry usur. pations of Government y irnd sundry modes of governing too much, credit was sudden ly and universally destroyed ; business of all kinds, except that of attorneys tod slier . . - ifli, was brought to a dead stand ; laborers . went beggi ng,for bread ,J 6r sta rved for want of it; a great portion of the community was reduced to a state of bankruptcy , and all to non-payment ; no man could tel ' what ho was worth,; and the GovenJvrwnt , itself was compelled to issue Treasury Notes rf paper based sole4y on credit 4to meet its current expenses!!! Milhonsof thepublic money were kwt, and lost fW ever, by this revolution in the fiscal trauji. Bcuuns o uie nauon. Hole the fcrpMmcet v nog JiJfer compute with those complained of inthel)eclaij. tion of Independence. V , Let the freemenif these United Stall's take , the Declaration of Independence n hand, and read tho specificatious of griov. Knees recorded there ; let them weigh wll the oppressions nnd cruel despotism whiflf -.bowed down the spirits of our fathers, ill - they could bear it no longer ; and then jet them decide and pronounce, on their ovil convictions, In-vww of that record, andof .the grievances which aro now crushing (lie spirits of this great nation, if -(hnnging tx. ceptcdof niiHjurn tyranny is more indirect and rcnnod)!et tberri decide, we any, with this exception; If tlK-y Train find hafw fal of grievances, kaf iha instances of despotic and cruel sway, half the want of sympathy .. with the miseries oi a suffering people, half . inn luugmng scorn thrown bock In tho lace of coraplulnt, half the pressure of complies. . tod and overwhelming calamity, of half tho moditatcd ruin, which are to bo found in tho history of tho Inst few years of this country, in our present condition, in our present prospect, undcrour own Government! Our fathers waged the war and fought the battles of the Revolution for prncoe, becauso tho : Crown claimed to tax tea .-Ace.- Now: in have hot only principles toTsbntchdBgnliiM, but their fatal, tremendous rendu! Then, " , our fathers strove to prevent what might , come Now, tho task imposed upon us is toy rid ourselves of tho evils that have al. ready-fallen on bur hedds. " ' ; i It can't be worse. Manifestly tho country cannot bo . worse by a change of Administration. But Jl must be better. ' . , First, because thero is no getting away from thoxfoct, that our Government have Itrought upon us most, of tho evils wo feel. A change of policy and measures is indis "pcnsablo to our dulivcrance: Next, because a new; administration will feel the necessity of granting relief. Thoso now in power ' eannot and will riot do it, Decauae they twill not hange Thirdly, becaus0the new administration, as we have ground to expect, will be a very ablo one: Fourthly, because they well know their fate before the .nation will depend on tho good they shall do in meeting Urn, great exigencies of the time. They must relievo the nation, or forfeit its favour. . There is no other alternative. They have maintained that tho cause of our distress is bad government. They must, - therefore, prove it by removing the distress. Fifthly, there is rottenness in Denmark, . and It 13 neCCStnry tn frrt it nut k UpT - ; leaS3 ol power to one class of men tempts , corruption, and they must be more than ;JhunvnJMt to .yicld to. it-tA change is tie: ccssary to expose these corruptions, and - bring tho causes of our troubles to light Sixthly a change is nccessaty to maintain v our happyJorm of jGovernment and its free institutions. The two great parties of this country will always remain nearly equal to watch each other, and every few years there t must be a change. This is essential to the preservation of our liberties. If power stays always in the' nandsof one party, tho lead crs would ruin us,- -This accounts for the fact, that we are nearly ruined now. . It is because the leaders have been encroaching -on thjiberties of thpcppleipijiernctuate " tbeTr power. As a nation we are nown the brink of a precipice. Ono step larthcr in the same diwtion, may plungo us from - agiddy height into art abyss where we may . have to wail our fall without hope of relief. pJLet it be, Remembehed! Thnt the terms "Log Cabin and Hard Cider" were not, as the false-hearted .villifiers in the 'ATan Buren ranks unblushingly assert, ta: ken up the Whigs to be used as catch-words; but were aneeringlycast bybur opixments, in the onset, upon . the excellent llarrison, as a reproach, which they foolishly tliought would ruin him with the people. Bear in mind, fellow freemen, that soon after. Gen. Harrison was nominated by the Ilarris burg Convention, the BaltimorCL, Republi--'rnn. n Lnrrifnoo print, pubjiedhc-fok- lowing : Give him a barrel of hard cider, . and " settle a pensioh .of two tliousand a year tapon him, and my word for it,-he will sit r the rcroainderiof- Vi-Ws in his log cabin, t by the sfdo of a scaTcoal fire, and study tnoral philosophy1 .. - '. the TUaruen IUvIms; St itUeSSCft. L - We give up our remaining space to the following vindication -of Major Kerchival against the gross and 'unfeeling insinuations of the parties named, and 'the' explicit let ter ot Major Hibb, of Kentucky, desenp. live of. the batttt? of jtheThames. Verily, the perversions of our opponents are bring, ing out mountain, of evidence, to sustain Uio recorded history of the country s Co lumbia Observer. ! TO THE PUBLIC. r Having recently 1eeo jnformcd that the Democratic party have "stated that the whig liave put mo up for the purpose of contradicting reports against ben. Uarn son. as to his military character, (which I I most positively deny.) I will state that I was at Spring llill, on the lfltli ult., when there were some speeches delivered by some kf tho Democrats"; and of the pufsons-that addressed the peojile, I understand one was named Burton. , liltt speech consisted al most, or entirely, of the lowest abuse of Gen Harrison, particularly as to his mill tary charartefv He stated .Jhat Harrison. was opposed to fighting the battle of the Thames, and that Co!, it. M. Johnson beg, ged to make a charge-on the enemy, which hcdid,and'capJj!Kjd the whole; and that Harrison;as.not nearer the battle ground than one and a-liajf miles. To this state. ment, I said it was not true ; that Harrison was on the, field superintending tho battle. v"hcnl made this statement, Mr. Burton' inquired of me which" of the Johnsons 14 waswith I rcpheq, neither. At this re ply, Burton and the crowd gnvc a hiss and shout", and stated that I could not he a good witness. I stated positively that I was -iri the battle, and shall state again, I was tn the battle, and ' tint Gen. ' I Inrrison was there. I was attached to the fifth Brigade, commanded by .Gen. Samuel CuldwtllT then acting as Infantry uiuhr tho command of Governor Shelby and I presume no onq will "dispute Shelby's being on tho ground. On tho 17th, the day following the speak ing nt Spring Hill, I understand that Berk ley Martin, one of tho filo loaders of the Van Buren pnrty in this county, addressed tho people of Benton, inwliich ho thought r roper to bring tri my ortnio, implying that Imd stnted a thing I could not substantiate, by sayiug I wus witli neither of tho John, sons. . Mr. Mnrtin, in using my nnmcas lie did, eoiild have had no other view than to en. Jeavor t6d,i!icrf;dif what Isnid tho day bo. fore at Spring Hill, that I was at the battle ftftlio-Thnmcs nnd know that Gen. Ilarri. on commanded in person in that action. I should suppose that no man in tho conn, try, who know any thing about the lust war, believes that Col. Johnsoji and his Regiment were all that were engnged In thnt battle. Bark ley Martin, in referring to my state, went nt Spring Hill, in his Benton speech, did not intend that it should hare tho effect to establish my statement as being true, but tohnvo tho opposite effect, that I had made n fulso staten!nt. l now have the satisfaci. tion to have it in my power to refer my neighbors and tTio punhc to Tlie slaTemeiiF of Major John H. Bibb lately received from him, whom fTic heard during Ihe eneasemenl, and whom I muko bold to state, is one of the fuirest characters in every point of view in tho State of Ken. fucky. If this assertion is disputed, I can substantiate ( by a thousand respectable persons. 'V. THU. KlSllUUUV Ali. Rcssellville, Ky., Sept. 25, 1940. Major Thomas Kcrclvval : Dear Sib: I received yours of tlie 17th inst., by tlie last mail. I was think ing of you and others who were upon the expedition to the Thames. buTa few days before the receipt of your fnvor, and won. dering whether you were yet in the land of the living, and where you resided. I was pleased therefore to hear from you. You state that sono of the administraion ora. tors question your being at the battle of the I harries. In this they do you great i. m - w v injustice,. and i feel no hesitation, in saying you were there present Surely my own eye's, and my own ears, cannot have. de. ceived me ! j Upon the" battle field you must have seen and heard much, and have aright to speak of it Gen. Caldwell, and rnnr mi-ymnt"T fn""v nill ('T'lli'Tf'H' Richard K. Call) and Thomas Lee have all gone to that eternal abode where all things aroseen-in weir true colors, bhouldyou deem it necessary, I hav no doubt thare are still in this county some of vour fellow soldiers whose certifiriotes. not onlv of .vour could be obtamed.) . But they, say tnat Oen, Harrison was not in the battle" of tlieThnmes! ! . Such a statement by those who undertake to en. lighten the public . mind, 'shows 'either a shameful ignorance of tho true history -of an event which forms one of the brightest pages hi tlie history of the latawaror wilful determination to nervcrt facts with the view of -deceiving the unttifortned. Tiiat GelnTnarrisoit was the commander inhief, thnt he formed the order of bat lie, and directed the movements of the nrr my on that occasion, is a matter of history, is known to me of my own personal know ledge, to you, and to a thousand ! living witnesses. Acting on that expedition as Brigade Major to Gen. Allen's Brigade of Kentucky oiumeers, i nau an iippunuiu, ty-ef seeing,-iind lcnowingVand hearing much of the conduct of uen. Harrison on that occasion. " From all I saw; and heard I returned with a still more exalted opinion , . r i . ,,, j of him as an ofTie, a soldieranda flnmnn. TTi nnnCinal facts of the battle tlcmnn. The principal facts of the battle of the Thames, as they are impressed upon my mind, are as follows When thcJjU'arTaTwas informed, upon our iaiid iimu h in puisuit, that thecng my had posted himself in an advantageous nosition and was drawn up ready to receive ys, he immediately formed his order of battle. When be directed the position of Gm., Allen's Brigade, he called together. the officers wbq were tlien , near bun, and Uattle of told them in a. very short and intelligible manner, die1 order of battle, j I Was partic. ularly struck at the time with his manner of doing itit was witlwut any bluster or parade, or pompous excitement. I cast my eye upon him and those around, to see what effect the preparation for battle had upon them. GcnXllarnson seemed , per. fectly calm and collected ; with a few en. couraging words, of prediction, is to io result, he moved quietly toWards Uie fremt He had, directed Col. Johnson'smounted Regiment to take position on tli6 left of the Infantry, out-flank the enemy and gain his rear; but ascertaining that the swamp" on his left was impracticable for the horse, and that the British regulars were drawn up in very open order, to occupy the open woods between the river and the -swamp,. he with the promptness of a military man ordered Johnson to form in front of the In fantr, to charge through their lines, form and attack them in the rear, whilo the .In- fantry come up nnd attack them -m front Accordingly Col. James Johnson, with tlie right Battalion chaTgcd thc British line with brilliant, success, broke through, wlioelcd upon it injlie rear, and cnpUrredi ft-wlbr;uy:'tber;thc IidantryJ Cl. R.M, JoG:vthiho left But- talioncame in cpntacnyith thcTndian line, but from the thickness of the woods and bashes at that point, could not charge rap. idly they were fired upon by the Indians from their concealment, when within a few paces, killing and .wounding some of the men and horses, and wounding Colonel Johnson himself severely, who was imme diately taken from the field. Ills men leaped from theirliprscs, let tliem go took tb'the trees and logs, and "gallantly com. menced the action w ith their fe inihi men style and Well did they maintain it." In the mean time, some of the Infantry came wpjnbejction,. The Imljans. .got. thro' tlie swonip, puuflankd them, qame around and endeavored to gnin llieir reor, but came in contact with the bead company 'of Gen. Aliens Brigade, which formed' tho crotch-'. et or angle, where 1 was. Gen. Harrison, Imd told us thev would attempt this.-nnd charged us nt a!l hazards to maintain that point left it point and turning to -Gun. Adair, said he rto hit discretion to bring up tho re serve to Support this iHiint at any time lie tliought pnie At tho timo tho Indians swung around to gain tho rear, and Allen's men were carrying oh a sharp and unimat. ed conflict with them, a most desperate struggle commenced in front f not for from the angle. This u d&sho lust effort of the enemy, and the impression has always been upon my mind that l ccuinscli fell in this onset. " Thus it is clear the action was not fought alono by Johnson's Regiment, but in con. junction with Shelby's men. I know snv- cral of our brigndo were killed, and I re- collect about tho close of tho action," Muj. ureutnouso and niysell dismounted and placed one of our young men who was wounded, on one of our horses, nnd gave him in ehargQ of soaio. ono-of his-mess-mates but I undewfood tho poor fejlow dieitTiexl hioriung. CjF. Jolmnon and his regiment lx:liuved with great gallantry, and arc entitled to tho greatest credit, but not to all every officer and man, so fir as I know and believe did his duty in that ac tion. : . - - ' If it should be naked, where was Gen. Iarrisonduring the.fight T I refer you to Col. Davidson's letter herewith sent for an answer, who says ho saw him after Col. WuisofrAvas-taken-tfronrthcrfoassing along tho front lino animating and encour aging the men. Col. D. is the treasurer of this State, and all who know him, will re ly upon any thing, he states. Thisletter of Col. D- corresponds with what I unde stood upon the ground, in relation to the battle---! would likewise refer you to Col. Johnson's recent letter to Mr. Carneal. I refer you to Col. John Speed Smith "s letter, a member of. tho" Van Buren party. I re. for you to Alaj. O l'alwn s letter, to Mai. Chambers and Col. Todd's and though last not tlie least, to Gov. Shelby's. 1 If the stump orators, who revile Gen. Harrison have never seen their letters, then they have neglected to inform 'themselves before they attempted to inform others; if they have seen them, then in tho face of the best, the most 'PTquy '"nnhle e viilwnee they are endeavoring to make false impress- ions. . ' .Johnson's regiment a ml all the troops nt the .Thames werc.Kentuekiana ; andthimc you, if Harrison had not been, there, if he had not done Ins duty, Kentucky would not have heard ot it she tells by her vote whfttshe-thinks-of it. Harrison not nt die battle of tho Thames ! I How super, lativcly ridiculous these gentlemen speak, ers mast make themselves, by ".such asser tions. If they go on to improve as fiist in wisdom, I suppose they will shortly discov. er that Gov. Slielby, nnd Maj. i Barry, and J. J. Crittenden, Ins aid, were not there, and that the whole historical auj tradition, al account of that battle is!" all a mistake," -and -to-truth there were- fiobody-Hhere but Col. Dick Johnson and Tf currweli and tlie whole afHiir was nothing more than a ground pitch battle between thoso. tw o ! ! ! ! I am yours, Sic. JOIIN.B. BIBB. The New York Locofocos propose invi ting Gen. Jackson to be whh and aid them at a Convention to be held at . Syracuse. Mr.'Van Buren is a gone man there, and bis friends now place their last reliancein the once potent name'. of Jackson. Next iiuYiiiiwr, iiR-y nui n ai n, mill juensuu j gcn-4foruer0r controller o the will of the I -. . --.' fc., . . .... November, they will learn, thnt Jackson is People. The freemen oftbc land are still freemen the poopleare still sovereigns and neitlier Jaexson nor Van liuren aro yetjble to overturn their 1 cbnstitutiQUflLio. vereignty. A young lady, at an examination in grammar, was asked why the nmm&aehe. lor wassingulnr..." She replied immediately and with much frankness " because it m very singular that tliey don get married.'' the messenger: , D. R. M 'AN ALLY tt J, BO IE Bf 8 EDITORS. 1.1 .11, "l I- 'l Friday Mornins, Q?lokr 23, 1840. THE EtECTIO-f " For Electors for President and Vice President takes nfocctt SECOND ThDKSDAT W ISOVEMBEI KEXT ; REMEMBER, the Second Thursday in November, (flie twelfth day of the month,) THEN LET EVERT MAN DO HIS DUTY. Each voter will voto tlie whole ticket ' 1. Col. Charles McDowell, of Burke, 2. -Gen. James WelborsI, of Wlkwfr B 3ri"ATiD RAMSorm, of Lincoln, ' 5." James MEbajce,. ot vastreil, 0. -Horn ABitAW'R."CTiEB, of Chatham, 7. John B, Kelly, of Moore,- 8. Dr. James B. Smith, of Orange, 9. Chables Maslt. of Wake, - ' 10. Col. WmI L, Long, pf Halifax. 1 1. Wiluam W. CuEBBy, ofJBertie, ; 12. Thomas F. Jones, of I'erijuhiKins 13. Josiah Collins, of "Washington, , 1 i. James W- Bbvax, of Jartant, 15,' Daniel B. Baceb, of New Hanover. U"(;ommunication crowded out this week. OCT We hope bur readers will not fail to lead, tho extracts which we make this week from a lttle pamphlet entitled tlie " Crisis of tho Country-j$$ Junius" It is one of the "most straiglit-forwawl,' common sense things wc have ?eeA for ; long time. We have seen the proudction spoken very high- ly of in a number' of orcxcliange papers, hut have never had an opportunity of see ing it until a fcwdoys since, when we re ceived a few copies, yhich were kindly sent us by an esteemed j friend in V itginia. We say again, do not fail to-read it it speaks plainly- it Ispcakii pointedly', and it )cak8 of things as they arc. . 1 . , OCT We see in tlie -Tennessee- Whig papers an address of T. II. CahaTj nc of tho most talented men of that State, di rected to the voters of tho Ninth Electoral District, setting forth in tlie most lucid and unanswerable manner tho superior claims of Gen. llarrison to tho Presidency, and proving, w think beyond contradiction, that if Mr. VaiiBarcn is not in heart a downright Federalist, ho was alw'ays found acting and bt?ing1dentifie4 with.that party up to the election oM3en. Jackson. We 'iiSIli!??! M?- JBpL iwnilto, publish the address, that our readers might be able to judge for themselves. . ?V We publish this week from the Columbia (Ten.) Observe a correspondence between Maj. Kerchival, of Tennessee, and Major Bibb, of Kentucky, in reference to Gen. Harrison's course at the battle of . the Thames. V With thoBibb family in Kentucky we have the honor of an acquaintance, and know them to be as respectable and worthy a family as the State afford. "Let the cor respondence be carefully read; and then say how much credit theso 1vou1d-be politi cians deserve, who are so unsparing in their denunciations of Gen. Harrison as a cow ard. , ; ." - Thb-Examination of our Academies. WCwere prevented from attending tlie ex amination of the Newton Academy, which took place on Monday last ; from our ac quaintance, however, with the principal, Rev. Dtt Dickson, we feel free to say, that. pupils under his charge would be ready at any timo to give salisfjitiuu 1 of their prbT ficiency in thoso branches to which their studies mighhayeJeen!directedSi The examination of the Female Acade my we had the pleasure to attend, and though we have personally examined many pupils and many schools, we have seldom examined any who were more ready, and gave fuller evidence of their acquaintance with tho different branches of learning in which they had been engaged, than the pu pils of our-Academy at this oloce. i We have seen those who had been carried for ward foster and pretended to know more, but where these had gone tliey knew it well. -This is as itsliouldJic-Wiihava-no opin ion of those hot-bed systems of modern ed uca tion, that pretend to teach etcry thing Hn a short time, and result id the teaching of nothing. The examination so far as we have kern ed, gave general satisfaction. Otf The present is the first week of bur Superior . Court Judge Bailey is presid ing, so far as we,haveiecirjbl(Oolqarn muoho the satisfaction of all concerned. A large concourse ofVpeophi are in attend ance, and, as usual, the public square is pretty wen iiirongea witn sutlers wagons, and not a few of those passing the streets 1 givaffmrl evidence of having well attend ed them. . 1 . (Or Gen. Harbison and.Gov. Ttleb were together recently at a convention in Columbus, Ohio. Tliey parted, ay the Nashville (Ten.) Whig, to meet jit) Wash, ington city-on the 4th of March next. Xr IlaiBPshlrC . - From the uneasiness manifested by the Democratic papers in New; Hampshire, and from their repeated calls on their party to " prganie,T" rally," &c-, it w lair ro that thev; consider .themselves in danger of beingdefeated thero. Tho Na tional Intelligencer thinks this is not wan- out cause ; the Whig; victory in Maine will, no doubt, have considerable influence in tlMt.Sta$and,mn result of the Presidential election doubtful. X -The Season. Thus far we have had at this placb little or no frost Until within a few days past tlie fall season has been remarkably and warm the hurt few days has been quite rainy, though still quite warm. Statistics ! Cherokee eannly. Throoph tfce kindneas of the Drpoty MarehJ fbr,C1ttstokcfe eoanty; Ve are enabled to by before ota rrmitn the following f tatistical view : Whole number rf white males, ' 1680 ., ' ' - females,., 1515 " free col'd persons, 23 Cmtre1icepopfilau6tl, ";' ' 3218 Stares, . . 119 No. of peraons employed in Agriculture, 691 I Do. in manafaetnrc iutd trade, 31 Do. in the learned profeeaioni, . ' 5 Cullrgea or Academic there ar none. i , Primary ebook,". . - 2 . Number of acnohra. 30 44 r 'i . in public charge, 25. " persons orer 20 yean old, who can neither read nor write, , 168. The amount of lire stock is reported as fgL Iowa: A' , . . Number U koraes and mules, . ' . 1141 of leat caUIe,; t- 5827 of sheep, ... . 2163 Sl ofawioc, 4 12755 Estimated value ot poultry of all kinds; Q22?5 Agricultural product -of the last year is thua reported: . . Number of bus holt of wheat. 2760 12,787 1,103 1 J67.167. 6,872 2,1621 of oats, -V" , of rye, u u lof com, " t " ,, of potatoes, Pounds ot wool, ' In the mining department, the report it that tlie number of; persona engafed in seeking gold, was ' v. - .: ,. i ' 29 Vrofito reaiized; $175 No profits realized from any other mineral than BlIBA nl Ihit ' ucta of the daily, estimated. at $10,444 Value of home-made, or family goods, $13,704 Number of retail drj goods, groceries, and other tores, ' 16 Capital invested, I . x' 30,750 Value of skins and furs,' ' - 731 Ginseng, and other productions of the forest Rvalue realised, : . '9400 ; There are 16 grist mills and 4 saw mills, which C!npIo;53hBndr-froliU realixed die-past year, "$4,715., :- -" " i: . .... . Capital invested, " : - t3,69jfl Vlule number of houses built the past year 142; Number of men employed' . s 140 Value of constructing, V $21,302 Number of distilleries,' J 9 " of gallon produced, ' 2,095 Cherokee, it will berecollected ' is a new count F. two years oolj since the land was sold conse quently, tlie ciliicna labored under all those diffi. cutties' peculiar to a newly seUlud conn try ; and I th estimate above, we take it, affords no correct data, either as it respects the resources of the country of the enterprise of the inhabitants. The reported amount of cereal grains raised the last year, we think very fair, ' for the number of inhabitants,' situated as they were. ' The Taluc of the products of the dairy and of home-made or family goods are certainly very fine, and on the whole, the county seems in a prosperous "con dition. We think, however, they hare rather too many distilleries. These are a political, as well as a moral and social cone to any community ; and a detraction is made from the political inte rests of the country in the precise ratio that they are multiplied. They are invariably the fruitful and never-failing sources of idleness, ignorance. bcenliousnesa and crime. It may be said there are few in this county ret, it mist be jfjmjA Uk county small, very small, as to its population, j and Mould they be multiplied in the same proper. .tion witft h creaa of population, their delete. nous effects must Soon be seen. It is tlie sound policy of any community to use all prudent means to arrest the progress of intemperance by striking St the fountain-head ; and we would always ad viae that, H be done by moral suasion, alone by calm and candid appeals to the good sense and honorable feelings of the' persons engaged.' t Another particular in the above report occoracd to Us as worthy of attention. Twenty-nine labo- rersare said to have beerf employed in gold-mining, prom oi one THOUSAND ua SKTHC rr-mm bollass Tbls, we believe, is aboiit thirtyseven dollars per man. Now, how long did they work T If a year, they were certainly poor. 'Z lid 1'ttle more than three dollars, per month. The fair presumption is, they wrought as long, and much harder than men ordinarily do to make a crop of com; 'and on the fertile lands of Cherokee the same hands would have" made from lourto are thousand dollars worth of com. The people of Western Carolina widely mistake their interests' when they leave their rich com and mea dow lands unimproved, and spend their time seek ing after what few particles of gold may be scat, tered through our mountains. Such a course for cibly reminds os of the old fable of the doc and bis meat. In seeking after imaginary fortunes. iney ollen lose the opportnaity of acquiring real ones. No part of the United States that we have ever seen, is bettor adapted to the culture of grass ana me raising or stock, than that part of North Carolina lying west of the Blue Ridge ; and yet, jniMimtje ihcre are -noVprcperly speaking. many nou larma. -mere is no lack of nln. power to carry on manufactories of any kind that might be desired; and sooner or later, it most be ascertained that these are the true resource. ,nd natural advantages of this country. We wul be happy to rccrire a similar report to ii t-ii uic ut pu ty manhals in tic sur- rounaing eoonbea Electlaa Retarps. I Maryland. The complete retunar Maryland show; an Ovtiiwhelrning majority. Only three .winUes ba have elected the entire VarT Burej , In no State,except Kentucky, has the tnumpn ueen more complete ! f GEORGiAFun ; returns from nZ I L have not as yet been received. Tbeny been a very unusual dcteptioo of somewhere. We Have' leanied enZl however, to authorize us to say thijftjt has elected the Whig ticket by a list a i1 tall of between three and four thousand-j ably greater. . - ' X Dblawaib. Elections, were rc.l nciu in uciawaro ior inspectors of th eral election. '. The vote was consider test;, and resulted in favor of tlw ip a majority of several hundred. Pbxnsvlvania. By the National y ItiMnMAf tlur 1 Rib Inoft Mr- - .1 1 'tt -WUIHlOt., TC UlJlI IC as heard from, the election jn Pennsjlrj, was going in lavor ot the whigs. We have heard nothing as"yetTromM or Michigan.-: . - ; . JX S.1ALL. NATTKS TO CBOW OVEL-J late number of the Ohio Statesman chiM iclcs.the election of a Van'-Burenitc toK respoiisiblc ofTicc of Justi! of tho flj Var 'ton" t laujuraa,j Va, T- J W.Sy HltU " Democratic: Thunder!?. : A small we slwuld say, '. ',-r': 1 '' ' '-" . CO" We invite tlie attention of ouriri crs to the article i this week's paper hi ' from the Greensboro' Patriot, and sbl ,A Many Whigs.') It speaks t Jthcij ana snows xno greni. aangcr ot indil t nee read it attentively. ;: . ' j , ' 03r Theiews from Florida this wi, not more favorable than heretofore. ' Postage, Wp'liavo of ate been charged k postage on pnekages franked by poslim crs, .If our friends willtak,e the troabl! exariihio the Post Office luW they will i certain tlianhey are nat at liberty to fhuJ beyond a ccrtuin weight ; A little tm tion to this rosy save us considerable d pensc for the time W comc j ' Bewars or Geosgia Monkt. Fori. benefit of. our frietids in this section uf 4 ...... I country we publish tius wctk Uw rntej bxchangu at Augusta, front which it t, be seen that many othe Georgia BaiiiJ arc in a qucstionable condition. It will well for ihoijeinterested to pay attentioe i this matter in time. . . ; . If the editor of the South Cant Temperonco Advocate is done with u Buncombe wedding," we have a qutniJ to ask him : Brother, how 1s it you tut correspondents to steal poetry from theSu mrunindi nnd call it tlieir own 1 Aasi us that J ., ' ' " ? Caution. Five dollar counterfeit BorJ on tlie -Bwik-of Ktmtuckynrersaidic it extensively, circulated through the countn V Poor excne. yomc" of our neiglilringi)cmoe prints arc attempting to acfount for M defeat in Maine by saying that tlie Dw cratic voters were i gone fshing." Tk; will be opt, we think, to be fishing or at ping again ia November. CO" Much sickness continues to pretii throughout the South-west particularly XA laba ma. Tlie mortality of tlint State k been far greater the present , than any pit vious ycar si nee .the settlement scf. n counrfy. r 0 Tlie population of Cliarleston,S.C according to the last census; isj?9,261 toss of black population, since 1830, 135 Gain in white population, 201. R8AD ' AND REMEMBER ! The followkj extract we make from a letter written byij strong Van Buren ma fi iii" the" interior New York to a personal and political fri of Geucral Harbison in the city of York:,:--., v-- ; ,;.y ' y -' "An nrrangement has been entered 1 in this Stat, and 1 believe in all the laf States, to add another name to" the Wte electoral vote, and thus vitiate ' the b Ucket! ' ' ; The Whig tickets are to be counterfcii- edrlbenam& added, (and4liensotne-i is to be obtained to circulate the spurkj tickets. J know tlie party think tliey c in this way "introduce enough of these vote t.'l: ..u. c. . at.' Vis iu gic uiu vine oi inis oiaie 10 Buren. ' An honorahl war 1 like, but I spisea trick of this kind." Courier Enqtririr. -- : '." -' -;' r '" To' Office-holders. Extract (torn circular addressed by Mr. Jefferson to , ofTicchlders, soon alter biaekjetion: " One thing I wonld say, that, as to future,iaercreii tn elections, whether the Statftor General Government, i) T cers of the hlter, aliould beseemed ci of removal; because the constitulks remedy by the elective nrinciple beco- 4 nothing , if it may be smothered by the eo mous patronage of the General uo' ment," Thomas Jeffeesow. "Tlie Torii! im tn atrenfftheninf General Executive Government: the W cherish the Representative branch as bulwark against Consolidation, which a ultimatelygenerale Monarchy." TV I I ... . .. pel Llinl nierl p ft 1 Jc; lKl bei r
Highland Messenger (Asheville, N.C.)
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