- ?' ' ' A. " ' j -' . I - 1 . ' i f 1 1 1 1 1 i ii Hi ii i ii i ii . 11HH1IJ JIUi)Jiiiuw i us intonations, to ei-ht hur.Jred fniltioni lions MnnSnW to two hundred milli.ni ar! ) of the creari ii'of the sub-Trjitsurv woulidx to raise them mK.h Wijhrr sn ihey are r .W, ;m i.m.'i "'ir "i-" r ri,c li u Sl e wR cor.sf qu'diy proportionally rosier .n 7 Vtidixy, utf. S'1 c. ; , j. keon raistd aginsUhi; l)r(iracy W if! they were; unjer the ir.fljonce of the Nation- cVriFsUS' ?!ic',ndcr4'vrcd lofrVawrr. cJteJf! Jhjf'UIhtA.' lie remised ibat ihc. constant , ' : . u if) TT t'! Ir" t!'s',reJ .omY d-'ffil arCdiiil VnxX ir.an-J for srci, w which importers would V AE ' "V v-1 -K -.A f 1 j: It J 5 , j rA nfikciwo cVao. in '.he gWrnrrrerit u( '.be cornpt Ited ta pay their dues of the custom OF .OUANfif: COt'NTV. . Bir.k?,, fwst .hitting ihiivaic pr0p- hwuk, nuijt iiiev'iubiy drain the country of i vofiiTM fr: i:fnr-nulje.rnr!i .f Ihr j.cxt j officer from voUng-asr proxy fof tho .jtk- 1. J'"-!-!''"'' " . 1 ' mm ;itlVir"! - ' 1- - 'I " ' ' U.arc nn,"':iKk. ZV """I ,, i' ?- " "' i: r "'.ner. n. -' :r.ftl in i be II f ll.'prinrr.ivesi' onU fuonm a (:; '" - fi'--"J tfi-. of lU olj J,f. I n.xccpti'n Vi.ijrs.1 Mr.lii'm, coin! ' ' 'He refcrrei to many other polnls, such as tine 'IVriiF, which he aurjteJ the Democratic parly forMjot' daiirjg' ti touch; the, Texas boundary ;he war qucsiiun, abd others of grca; i;t:fesT , which' lbs necessity of beioj nd - to vo'-o i brief nrteu:s ui. from noticing. SufLco ii ere without-'tt s?y ihVt all of these subjects he handled bnfof i!s "witb.hfe accustomed 'pjwur anJ eloquence, Wlaixk officers Fit SulTjeotafor the j Gallowa." , J . ' Ltst wett pjib!il!vcJa statcEn?DV 'fr:r.) i'u Milton Chrpoicle, to1 th crcl ilt Mr. rrmarktrd-in .r pecci a;' tVt ihit a!l Bink u.Uers wt-re fit s-.j'; Kcb' Tor tha gallo f Thcs ' !liik ic'h StaV f dard defied t.at Mr. Shepard used any such iWuag, and charged tho editor tf th; Ghropicl , wi;h faWhood. , Wcjt, ho "i be believed! .Lei us see how the Chronicle sustains its assertion' Lcfjrc tic conJrmn .ft for falsehood, upon the mere'ay( so of th Siandard. The Chronicle of the 26th in completely . Taste r.3 upon - Mr, Iliepard tlif chaTgo of uttering the iafaraousi sentimenl; With .which he stands charged,: proving Ly nine ' of the most respcctabla gentImvB irm r..i( ; . . j v-giii vv'!.utn JL"rj lht' tfftiliniTii .w) . j L'&st'd to c!! , a' tbv iMpuin. was lefi unprotected by his r7.i.v;r tp' "d.o ,.,,r.-ni Hdnru.nl- jViMtbia b.,.t an iboT ttonVand' in adotiiir i Ibimihibrc armv of fact knd argurnenL ? that Prt, of the country gefellcmeh be-; ,J: " 'f Ht v.VVy'?!; 1 P f-i spcfireaH.ero al 'one" ' do Mr! Graham.y speech,-M0 longingto both- pofitieal parties!, ,Vc wish I'tVirV .J i.8s-uu cr.-l .ihc f.,r th. .fr,rP yoJiJ v.H. lV: eoun l.'v far a chir.ee -Tor in Shepaid roao lo rejoin bik sj completely had we luJ ro0m flr Chrpciclc's arhcle ei- "'ju'a'l-irt 'I L Maa::-.i- ollhe." , rf'" i he 'uscd '"-lhat secip2 011 auem?V rer t Pdi' of thai paper, has' ben ' I..-1-. .u-.'" ' I l-i ,w '--,t .!.; it-; Ik0V;. fL at a r-jiiv-rit wrrp vain, he- romm,neod a ih mo-sl villainously slaniercd by tha Siandard, - - . - . - I' " . K.f f-.vrJ., V ."1 -O 1 1 i;airrii or -rali:mi UMI n LrV -Us !hv ciiiz;r.i n: placid or.c! t'rrr T:l!on'g; the Tin: A't Wajoifulle, Saturd.iJ 4th JuW II Mi'lcr ltiulrc-, ' Monday Oih r - , II j-:i-;rf r.!:on, U'imIijcs Jay 8:h -S!i-iy, Trf-Wiyt OJi. LSiiQo'.atoti, rrtday JOth " . ;., v 'Nuwton, Hitu'rduy 11th - sim ; A K I N U ON', w i:lk- i-;sdA y or il.M orTi'c uf (iotcrnor T!iiV'tiJ.,''v n't at u'.iJ placo tnintiftrnt, on (ijM.hi'i"":is i;l usiiyillj filh'd'with oa cn o!df Mattnvanf grown gJt-y in ths. or !. ureeurding to prtviou a,. j dnrsdav.' 'Jdlv . 1 . The i.u"'c.' ' Alter al.uJm rj.Jbf thu'Joest vu!.uri)y, using Jangii.ige in .presence, of , -the large assembJy conveced to hear the speaking, amon whom were a number of ladies from the countrv and town, that woutd haye disgraced 'the lowest .grog bhopn lanf language which shall not here be repeaux, and which'hus caused a feel mgof general indignation against, him in the bread's of the sober, and reflecting qf all pan .ties." Mr Shepard came among us 'a stran ger; .from- the position assigned' him by his t,i)n,'of. C eriur to"; ihc-penply.as'jpi tingl; Pty, we i.uppo?cd him a gdr.tlsniah, ancltas tliit fpr 'such a vote therc.'ctJiil j. he no t'.-'f-sucu 'je was- visaed at his lodging's by num.' .ft I' U- country and crown d w ith her fii-'hf bnors, Cijiin frottf a raWj young j-olilciis. m hearvrs could j j.!ge, ,' - -'v 6 rebuked as ho thought, sevetly, the orin t-iple a vowel by 'he higi theirs:. "Figlit 4t tVo wjar js k'r.jast and ut.jus'Jy cnirtictic'ed yy our couBtry ! ysking' if'vyhigs could fight fig-iinst jhtir conaeience ai:J j j-tiVe.;- He Admitted bavin-' ' made, the asei;:ioii' that Jraharh M -voted ngairrst 'givinjr tli'tr. c!ec- !o" J he Governor's ,k"nou"u ' ntiViiMvc orvli-jly'-ascmWage of the most j y''K llJ tnccitb, and tlianking !.-:.) riiiz-nt iif tho tfoiPrty.' ' " ' W0" linc for .their ,:tt;vtitiun t he set. ." .MT-'-.-pird,' lU'dJomratii cand'idah:; iV1' , Ph anj hour and forty ,VinroyK) adlrtslhe'nudiciicc. UU-Ji'fii j ,'Jn'cs' , ' -1 'i tir ii.'.nt!c wholi.-Kwidj-at le,;isl cniion. M(I,,irfrnw.-GM,lim rosC aiid - announced .bcrs.. of, both parlies, each one anxious to ob tain an introduction to him, and to treat him wilh.thatJailentiou duo the station we suppos ed, he occupied in society. ; Pj'omoted-by ahe same feelings, a number of ladies, 'whose friends and relatives arc of both . parties' . at- t tended tho speaking, as well to hear Mr. Shepi aro as jov. uraham, and the entire audience,, although. four-fifths of hem were Whigs, dis. agreeing with Mr. Shepard ih everyJposition he took, antiVtcMig him drrietto tfie wall on each of thee positjo-as by, hUi-able competi, lor'-r-ct treated bid with thc.ulmost attention duttfjg the 'vrholo of his.first speech; and in view of tho politeness add attention shown him, -.the direct insult-offered by him to the entire- assembly' was scarcely to be bor'nc and to such, ."an extent indeed was the dut rage -....hiiiK'b it ih A if p.-r!;- wh.-ihrr tlmi' I l""l h,s '--'if Pierre a to the jnjtut j rogarjoq tat natlung but the ' meanness and ;i''miu 't.-i'jlt.Qr nit. werJ ih-L'eivod in lilui h-i;i. most, bittarly. ettneked; I degradati-jn o'f ond-who could condescend to , ! CoinVxpeci?a n'-newal of. their' coV.fi. V ?,uI firVa! Vc uf J"'e j c su,c!l language in the prese.nc'e .of ladies . S.V -went fl to ih-cljrathit ho thought i lUix--'- ''i lj:iJ- regafi to thisj h;.s protcctedliim from their friend, who, had ' u- "Ma :uty of UVU''s IkmvsI. llK.o-rh mii- I lu "'Wt.'I-conJl&siveK ai.Muiiy tint the Le.! he not shon himself so contemptible and un. io: uwm: -at least cnoi J .- iu uili.v cisrs-io dUtraci' the attuivion llMnH-nsa cindidale for re-election, and al- hlkatrfrolnl0lirlrmrollsspeVclf, ,l,dt?d lo Jh? "fjf.l,,n Iomocrat'ic Con '! I;.nr.M.-kocJ'hi.nIUo ilie citizons of HunJ elion vhich met to nominate an opposition Vv .i'V at a tanli.iitn proposed .to tjiem tyl1'. Iilthcrt discovered no char?e;to. th.- Uomocraey of 'North Carolina for the of. i""-iak;c n'g:ust' himVt-lf or Us adnaJnistrtiti'on, j . f ,ti -c ,.f Governor, jut Oeclawd thai thiic d;t. 1 nor f"v-eh Puintd ayother.tnode by which i l rpi..-cin pihlici itI:J not. prevent '"lum1 fioin ! tlu .lhl- public; airdrs tn-iiia.J i r j. i.ih..g-a wwiji f.M iVd.hip for ihi' Whig pan:" u,f ; JaJ'l,ir.V tvenlhoughi.-till Jflr. Shc'p. ! ''n ' .t'i;..' prrnt.ne.m1bnt: II 'is,. chaVgrs ! ar'1 'U' ',:--,,n-'"V trKV inUU m?'n. j ii''. iv ,i, i " ,i i j. . ,i .. 'i 1' 1 1 li nl L'l' t'iu llH llo'idtao ho had acted V.nVno prn7 itMrgos.couhl 'ie made' a-! -wit.l,Au?h "'"prudetice and tegbct, .. .1. hen mrii,' mH would endeavor to point ov;t ! t . I'.y ih' ir -tnitakce. He phnv'ed irvmiedi 't nit-Has rcs;"' altackiii, at soihcJ j j ;i(;i!i the dustrihttiion of t!re. -.public lands', i. .it ttic VYlu-'slritl crrv i ' i i- ti iLe 1 art 1 h;it in fi ifmcr,l ;is i'Mhim'U to i oi aii;. .' , r- . l . . , ut ti. ir ph-dgf-Sj viz: ilni the procJt i ha'(5 iiinld bo equally divided among afl i3 i!t h, In I -van ai'I of iVo sam. paitv 1(J per1 S'isla'-ture'ha'd been advised to still greater ex p'ensrs for.tn)eri;al luiprovniet'iis by a De'rn Ora'tic; fonvctilion. wInjNc'l'riideiit was 11. M. Sauhllcrsl'aiVl'of vvhtcU.-' Loiis,D, .IIehrv 'w;is a pr'orV.ii;'!it lucinber. Infernal Improvident- o Any.;!--kind, if con- itiKM'j or a&si-jteu oy tnrr u.venun'nt, t-n'oli'p.-oretdiwere d.nha'.-d" nim-isa : .M? S'k parJ if Ar haj nulADlcd in CJon. luv-S'.ai,s l,.i;,.eiunv JrwM Twd bet n 1 v?l . pird V Yej against h.v. Tl Ltnl :ll,-lt'th,'tsun1oV'-t,.VJOim() acre a,yclor r'('I:'t,;d Ycl D iocrits-ablccan-l ! .!!,. ncfmllv PvJ to nino new S;,teS oV ,uarP cxpru-uceo supportea it vigoroo.iy. S " ;i,.i Itr-.-su-u-io the Ciiinboiland Jload-i '... u-.4,a,.. -ii I.l. .V,-r't,.1l l,t-'!? I UI" 1,1 t ViOSU I t. Willi' . MJVllll- i l:i ! , s 1 Kt n rtioi) he a-s .. -iI.v-.itor; wh . reminded him th it lio appro- j P"!i(-' of tbv -orvernmeiu to make the !qs fill i d-.Mhad bccix tnadi of tW funds for anU ''ls li?ht "Pun.h atc as (?0Sf.;UIe, askcJliis i '' i ! d hvvvu-m and Mr. SV.cn.. rd ask- ! mpemor howhrge, if hecoulJ have chg- worthy y would not. have pprmitted the outrode to pas uniojicjl." f i It is due. to a 'largo number of intell:geh!, inor,al goriifvmen of fhe Democratic, party After - rtfei'ri:i i in th'is count v to sV luat thev disapproved oi ttie, course ot tuerr candidate, and that ajihough theya re democrats,, and sd wil) rematn (perhaps) that they cannot be brought to ciSdorse or sustain outrogts such as Mrr Shtpard was ' guilty of hero, 'and tint Mr. Shepard is. destwied to fall lie low the P'(''i, strength irr lhi:s- county.- We re. y.y.ce- to Know mat. a goouiy portion ot ouj di rnocratic friends da not- place 'Democracy .. . , cl !. .t nil Icueei could be placed i.) tiuAo I PIacrs lir5l bllt have Mr. Graham slioweJ 'lhat'it was "in'-realiiv . y ,;i.f r promising a proportional : portion ' i I j.i I- N.'C. had dealt out" 'srieh i ; 'j iulitiV'55 t tho' we.st, while' if r.ny y a'u'.tv w as to lii shown x it -.fihouij' hive doub;M Tn liw wlietlicr he was .allowed '.to bid more th'an once declaring that in- such a, case the loss iif the Stale vfoir-H have been over uocencv. ihat -and all the other or morality graces inat adorn ' a gentleman, anl which tjihy . as' well Us the Whigs are con scious Mr. Shepard is' bo totally deslftute of, TH REE LtiCOLOCO FALSEHOODS. . v COKNKUBD!" . " .. Verity,-som of ther Democratic papers in this Stato are, becoming notorious for false and it is but right thai '-his vindication of himself should be spread before Hh.060 who have read the article in the' Standard; And he.re e may $ayf cevcr did a man more tri umphantly sustain himself against the shafts of malice and detraction. We qmto from thct Chrqnitle , J . .' - Fortunately,- for -js,: there Ve.ro many go mlemV'n 'present who heard Mr. -S, as we heard him w ho understood him as t we uq. derstood him. Let ti,lly Uolden, of the Stad- dard,.aud hi 'resp'e ctabfe corresp6ndeutt', turn-round anj ''face the -music! A lie seems tp be out: Let us-see who -does not ttll-it--let us See, loo, whether -Whig papers fie every time they .are charged" ivith ft by certain democratic prints,1 foul as V-Epliemera veTmin festered tTrom corruption-.'"' ' . . ' . ; : -t. ; . '. Her are certificates 'bearing 'the names of gentle-men of lolh politicil parties nstmes which (Jr virtue'and respe.cta'bilriyv-fof vera city and high standing in. society,' challenga the world for comparison. Therfe gen ill met) have decreed it an act of jutice.tocom3for., ward aodWefend "the assailed veracity o'f an humble fellow. ciizen, from the, foul attack of the Stahdard we thank them it. shwis that they duly appreciate the worth of chafe, acter.- Hear what ihey say: i ' " ' mi -r i . ' ' i lots is to certify that we, the unoersigncd, w'eivi pcesent atid heard the sp'tfech oflhe Hon. James B. Shepard, delivered in Milton on the-4ih in'st., and that while Is peaking 'of the Officers of State ,Ba.nks he 'said, . I hey are a set. of .desperate fellows, fit lor anything bul most of all"fit for the callows." jfhe 'declaration was unqualified and we, un derstood .its allusion to be to all of the of iiccrs of State Baiiks. i ' , E.'F, HA WKES., " : mcrs stamp &; DAN'L VERSE R, GEO, A. SMITH; . . ' ' n. to: lewis, " JOHN THOMPSON, ' ' ALEX.KEIRSEY, , Jane 24th, 184G. . j ..We, the undersigned, 'were present and heard the speech delivered by-the. Hon Jamesi u Shepard, in -MiltonJ on Hhe 4th of Jine, in-sl., and while'spcaki'ng of the Officers of Binks, we upoerstofcd him 46 say thai "They were a desperate setof fellows fit .for any thing but mosi'of all fit for the gallows." , , 'V. R. HILU .'SAMUEL WATK.IN3. -, June 24th, 1846.- : t " Will not this stop the Standard's mouth?' - ocs not, we know, what can. - ih!n The Greenville Mountaineer, a Democrat ic paper, is very miigont because t'corrcs pnJecl cf i iirs, 'J. IT. H ," in-an artic! written a weefc presume u to cadi in q-Dii!ijri . 1. 1 ancj. prJlnoirsm of i fi n i i ; ,? ; n It ; n..rf purpose la enter atdefenco of our corrcipun., it-nt, f t h Ii fv.lfv &L to take care of him. -vjj l ;t we v id just say Ma r.loastaicccr, thaiif.thi Democracy exnect- lo irratnn all wiioJjuU thd fcj;.es:y anl Vr:!cnry o the Prefiier.t, they l;av an awfu'.iy large jcb on han fcr we predict that whea lbs war shall be ended and-!' f. excitement is over, tho Afi i of alt pirtivs will be disposed to witness the overhauling of iho Administration p to di 90 ver w hether or no rascality "and reckless amhjtioa were the prompters and prime causes of. theu Mexican .war. , : j bsd 1 :t"a few teotnenu tr;.viOUJ tcvn ia Wj , mini of a fuH and ac 'X9 IiJa wcrS cp. posed tacur yicw a i-ss c; eh-ey U-z:' Up lo tlisbour forty.six bL cw atToveredi from tho. ruins. .' -Ma -.r bivc tcc tejnizcd." Tho, Kis tf greatfr tha in t!.o txca drcaJ cc-r.J-ra, tionjcf bst sajramer. ad wailifig rr1Jeoi 7 tbechy. Scarcely a street can b-a travrv, In which to cLsed shutters - or ihts t.an;.. t crape do 'rial betoken a ?uJJ:n. bereavement Fathers -titers childrcp of both acxi 1a.f du'ge in the ilocp'l hrccntatioo, ovct tho ca' la'mity vhich has liV.cn upcr many, for tht 10 were thus suddenly and awfully turn. looued luto the presence of their Creator ; We are gUd to learn that James M. Eduey J2qr. will attend at one of th churches 'ia this .place on the llthaud 12th ins:, for the purpose 0 making up' a singing1 school a thing, if .well conductcG) so much needed In our villagl;. 'From, his general character, thorough knowledge of music and experience in "leaching, we doubt nol tVut that he wil j b able lo givo entire satisfaction to his-patrons in t!is delightful science. IIo u-ses the black board, and gives verbal instructions on ..tho most edsy and improved principles, impart ing a complete knowledge ;of the rudiments and central principles of sicred music in a!l its; branches. WTe trust the citizens of, this place and vicinity ,wilP cheerfully embrace this opportunity of securing the, services of one so well qualified for the laik. The terms will be made known on Satur. daytle 11th inst..i " j . ' ; ' " DR. FA XVCETT, ' ' ' ioi.Fttirf . '.ff York: ' Th co&temptlL -. who" r.am jv ,urcsabovesetili3j ; . . . r:!;:.cct several " ilhS8gkwith a ic ' ' t U pub.iih itsta-r tmg.ihat tha bill shor.!d Lo paid on, prescr.ta. lioa. Acdordigly wo pub'i5.;ca it to tha amdu.r.1 of SlO. and after waitinr? sumo ttmo w w 9 the bill was forwarded to the pupprf but 1.0 ' tfidn 1 con :.'scend lo notice t. vV tjipn pla ced the account in the 'hmJs ( i our Agtpta in New York fur collecUuo, tut ihey wrlto us that it is;impossibli to collect bnecrntol , the Doctor being entirely to 1 smart'" ! pay debts, j Our agents write us 0U0 that ha' has swindled numerous pubhshersln the aame wy. V e advise Ihose who hare not alrra. 1 dy beeb -taken in by1 the swindler, to have nothing tol di with" him. The ' Doctbr can take this exposition of his progressive rat-' cality, asajclear receipt from us. : - - 1 1 v. '. . f' .iv;- J . . 'case the oss id the sta'.c woini have been '. ,,.. . . , ii -o .n m tiu:;irt ovVhms of . Itio prp- .. 1 hood, ndei and detratftion. The-Ralciah 1 1 iAi 1 .' .1 - i . . :. .heavy sbowea that it w as- his .tiiltv ns t . J. ' " -.-.:y. Ii. whenthe prine.pl J xyas inlro,, , - . . 4 . . i . Sland.rj, of tho 24lh , uh.. contains tlie fol-' j 1 o , n '!!. - ' i fV. ;-,T.Ui,a "'' as -Jo thtfihtCR'st of the fetate jto make his.! .. . , , . -.. . , -. . " . I..MVitor 'liywood introduced an , , , . -1 lowing balch pf falsehoods: J . , ,,1 1 ; ti-rt bid r.s larp-c the realvalud of the p(M'-I J -il 1 11 1 1 I"'' 1 'I no t; 1 wi ei.iv.e no . . . 't . 1 ' -have . just conversed 'with a friend 1 ! 1 1 -ii 0. ...... 1 liv wt-uiui pernui 11 10 oe. no uii-n p I ' , ' I - , 1 ' '. .- ,m, Cllf,r r bv icfi'rcncc to the act of Assembly, the ! 1 i..;i-n hid Voted allllft it.- Mr. bhcpardLa- . . . - , v" 1 .,. , ' ," . Shepard 'wa-j . vet liab'r. to the lu'lam a- i.u-: tl t.ir-;j ni f;iv or of -n n nd v alorem 1 - - .unt of i 1 .1 . 1. 1. 1 1 1 . l a-r- rtnri . .1 I. 1 1 .r ;i, unply f.ir the purpose of raising ' i-ev. ! " ' i . T- I-1 i '.i ui i .1 t k - whj ought to conduct s.uc,h litig ions in behalf er, i", and caj.ed oiuho W hijrs to say if, bo. .. fc- - Grevit ihiiaiii' fiiuiniained a' Taritr we vl.'ju'.Jfo!! that BCCOUUti ie a tax so large, i ! I impose is s'.u-.i'd exclude1 citifi-ly every article-from il.o ix -ilvt that' the Tariif does not " iu re 3"!.!y protect home labor asi il is designed, and ia pan only forms;4he. manufactures .to the m silliest ii:jury ofihp laborer and mechanic, -..,t!iat.thc: direct c fleet 6f the tax 'on importn t: -;.i. wtvj'.-l be o course .'to . throw the cm. of the Slate one who never owned a dollar of socki or ohe whose personal interest' it vvs to defeat the suhe of? 'that State ll -nlc, ,.r..r.d. Mr "Sh, n.V.d rn.irsei l'fhaps as'.lha StaVe House! " He ;. . . . , '" .. : . -i upon tlio RaH Uouds, and i'ndeaVo'red - - . , - V". P that the ilemocrats were responsible pear that he had votcd agamst tlo i purvey .f gtai.e Dbts." ' ,j . g u -4 lortue roacr in vv ukcs, aim au .ijiush I oyer m Great 'Britain .out of Vork and I . . - " - . , . , J . . .' r lull for the relief ot the Ghcrokee debtors, a Oi.ve a 'hord: f i;-.iipns - to ,beg .wotk. M t ' ' 1 ,, , ' 1 r ' ii i t . - 1 , . w . 'i arr.ss.st-all other measures Jfor thejocal i." r:Ii.jn capl-i!i.s. Thiw . enrwhiBg them . . ... '. He. then T'ihUo thaVlabofing poof... the Western Turnpike, tho Hiclor.y Nut lio id the NantahalahlTurnrike1 the appropriairon. for the Spring Creek road in-Buncombe,. and 'for tUe "road in Wi-!kes,atid a"o against-the and ad vantage of thc.Wfcstern people Mr. Graham noxt alluded to and criticised f yvho recently passed through Iho western part of ihe' State, .and whb heard Mr..-,Woo"dfin j a, .Whig Senator in the last Legislature; address the p:op5.ai Hbn'dersonville. , Mr'.- Wood fin, ' we understand, said he'was opposed to a Ben-.itentiaryr-.charged that' the Democrats were in ta'vor of it told the people howtnuch the! C TT . ' - . -J I - . .1 1 r. i cuue. iiuust! cost, au.u ninieu mai a i enuen tiarV would cost, an enormous sum as much also dwell to prove for the ': Now; we are authorized by Mr. Woodfin to say these charge's, plf three, are unquali fiedly 'false he made, no such assertions as are h'erii impuied to Wm. The Penitentiary qnestion'he discussed upon its own mterits a- paper having given the lie' to our slat'emenl, and we. haying sustained ,ourselt bv tho", best testimony in the, world",? we:sball see whether it corrects its "false statement about us or not. This matter will be.attended to. ' We might introduce 'farther testimony iho. tcsti- moiiyofa prominent '.democrat and a. .most excellent genilernan, but he preters to with.- hold bis namo as it is hot deemed essential 16 our purpose. ' : ' ' i Politics auil War. 'y v; i lAQ Lincoln Courier in a'niarticle reliitive ,m wte appointment, or a uoiooei.ior me ii CaWTina Regiment, after finding-fault," Dem ocrat like, with' Gov. Graham for. every thing he has done,- says:' ; '' t . "We1 had hopcd;to keep this " mMter free ffo-m politics, but the Asheyille Messenger, and --other federal -papers havett?ought proper to act otherwise. llfey boast of &hig volun teers', and . taunt .' .the democrats,- w.ih' being lukewarm; -again the war is... a; democratic measure, nnd,iho President oiust take the "responsibility.11 For mercy sake1, is this. whig patriotism? this' -fight wg--breeding, dying in imagipalion? It is true, Mr. Courier, that ve"dida couple bf.weeks since, take occasion lo exprc'ss our" for the Highland Metir'ngtr. s 1 " 1 1 Public Mcclliig;.-. ' t For tho celebration of- the glorious day which give birth to our independence and complimentary to ihe gallant young 'men of Henderson wlio have so nobly offered their sar vices to go a rtd fight the battles tf iheir country, a large and, .respectable.' portion of the citizens of the .county assembled at the Court House to "make suitable arrange. f . wit- i -ti ' -m . nients for; a public dinner on the :4th of July.' Tiro meeting was begun by calling - Gen. P.- Britain to the Chair, and "Vppointing VW. Bryson Secretary, rllenry T. Farmer Estj. ina plain and impressive manner explained the object of the meeting when. the follow ing resolution was unanimously adopted: - 1 .Resolved, That in ipken of -our regard for the gallant and patriotic, young men,4 who have so nobly offered their services at a mo ment's warning t.o fighf the battles of their Country, we will'tender to them, and to all .who may feel clisposed to par) akc with them, a barbacuo at llcudersonville on the" 4th of July. : On motion of George "Clayton ihe follow nig. gentlemen were appointed a committee of arrangements, to carry into efTecl.tJio above resolution, viz: Reuben Claj ton, 'Gen. P dlritain, lUnry T. Fa,ricr,'Cbl. John Bxt ler, Col John Clayton, and Benj. King, Esq : On motion, the Chair. appointed Volentine Ripley; J. A: Lee, VV.A'. Starns,'J.; W. Kil lian,.Col. Joseph Eiamiltsn, M. A. jGash John McClain, Capt. Benj. .- Wilson,' John Johnson, J. y. Jones, S. G. Smith, Jesse McMinn, Jo seph Maxwell, Capt. IlobeVt Jones; and Mer edefh Freeman a 'corhmitteo of invitation and that they be. requested to invite the two Candidates for Governor,. Govj Graham and Mr. J. tJ. Shepard, to be with us on thttocca si on1. If convenient. 1 . ' :. . : " On motion, resolved that 'tho Editor,, of tile Highland Messenger be requested lo pub lish the procecdiags of this -meciing. -t The meeting then adjourned" tine die P. BRlTTAi;-CrVm. 'W. BRYSON, Sjp'rjr.' . ' In Xlarwood county, March 12, ISIS.Afu Itr, cits, who o") oamuel v. tfycrs. c?lte una - und, v nin childref. fd a lanr connexcn t t jro their loss. Sbe was in the 3 1 tt year of her ajc, aad was member ofj good tanung ip the luiptut churco. . Also, on lb 17th of April, Kebxcca Gstcit, In the 35th"yc4r .f her Wifof William Grrco' Sho, too, wt an orderly ciember f tbs Baptist phufch, and died le&Tinr a huiibarnd aut two mall . chilJren, with a larje coanexloa to mourn their . -dcsolStiOB. 1 . ' : .;' , ' .. ' A!oi Aw M'CaACiccx, contort of D. V. MCrack j ' , q, aft'"" i protracted illnrm. on tho 6th alt., ! irfthe 3th ; - of her aje, leaving a kind bt&LandJ and five Bin.; . 'wldreti, and a larze sod reppceta. 1 bla family counciioo to ferret lie desorton. Sho waa high I j esteemed by all who enjoyed her aeqoaha.1 i tance. Slve'was a pious member of the 0pUat church, and bore Iter tidiness with- great fbrtit'odo ; and eoianoeuro or mtnd. tnd resignation to live will j , of God, and was engaged in - earnest prayer Jor the i weiiare oi ner iamuy. - fctie was a daurhter or wi dow Jones. : A- fit I END. ' mm 5 iiacie- '.;-ie, which he coc tended, had the.it filet of txr.cJng a larger lax from the consumers .of t-e coarser and Jrheaper articles than fronil t:.ce wo maSteust of the finest anu best. tli .iL.I.'yj'M.. T;l rnl nnK;tinn. tain u.iaiwy ) ,.... u- r. ..!:L, . r.,r,. , n,l.... verting that Mri Graham kcevy it to have V , .. , f La .v , iiu ouiu iiiuv ; ' "lav ,. iiivj jj. v..v .v. very severely his opponent's celebrbicd "Bil.lJ for the relief of. the People. tie- then al- iu3cd:to several cf the principal doctrines in times past alld' present ofi the Whig party. - Qf "hi-sCmarks on. these points, vye are bare. 1 cca a bad speculation from first to last, and J I'-it he. was guilty of diso.bodienco. cf ihd ..cornmandaf-ihei! General Assembly , whose v rct he wa?,in otfcbuyir.g the property v al , . Lie very (ftw est price. - - , V . He then went into a long and complicated ci'cu'.ation by vvl.Tch .he Resigned to prbv'c - tha; the vfrigs had fjun the State in debt; per ! 1 1wps-halfa millioti, and at the least $?00,000. I nstJ asserted ihat' 'SaunJers 'and Henry Ind .been deservedly, defeated for the" pamo crime - I''td'fiklcelk'ncy wgufd be fed from the : saroesppon.... ;i -L , -. . . He nejft referred to the Fob Treasuiy, assert'- that the Mints hadHlways been a species Sub Treasury J-thr iho: withdrawing of i .t l-lf a rn'ii'on cf. ccio per month could - r.ct pessiWy afTTt ti.e country poiscssed of cac hundred arf i millipnsi whos"cexporta cateof that doctrine, had entered the Cabinet as a free trade man, white; Cabou, the grcit supporter of'freo trade was forced to give placebo Buchanan, an equally jt roc g support cr'W the TarifL. Of the rdistribution.of.. the; public lands ho said that tlie hrg's had ever advocated the ejjual divisiorof sl funds aris-s IRC I rum Ulal auuicp n.itv.ii uiiwo lone, not beliqving that either Whis- or De mocrats would make it a party question The ridiculous story' that Mr. Woodfin said a Pen itentiary, wouhT cost as rouch as .the State Hbuse,over halT a-million of. dollars, is wor thy of 'progressive iLocofocoism. The last item in this bundle of; Locofoco ismis, that Mr. Woodfin charged tiro Demo, cratioi p.arty jwith being responsible for the State debts, f 'Every one acquainted with the history fof State affairs for a few years, badk know3 that liberal men of both parties' voted for the charters creating those Roads which have caused, to a great extent, the State's in. debledness, and no man who knows -whereof ho asserts; and who has a regard for veraci- ty;will charge that either the Whig or Dem 't :m sp X2 ic ii? : i ;t , SHERIFF'S SALli. I will sell 'for -rash, on the 5tli Mondar aflev iK 4th Mondajj in Jane, at the Court-bouso door in Ma. non, McUowell county, N. C, -'v 20 NEGROES, . the property ot Charles Canon, consisting of men. women and children, to satisfy sundry Venditioni exponas's and fi. fa.'n, issued Xron) Burke, Caldwell,.' McUowell, land Uuinerford Superior Courts, aodv Burkd Count v Court. In faror af JimM Krwin. Guardian, to the nse pf John Carson, William Mur. phy's Administrator, and others against Charles Lnrsoa. iuo atiendance will be piven. - " I ' - J. N. CURTIS &JT" July 3, 1846. tds . ."-....' 3J6 r . St atp or North Carouna. . , . HEN PER Suit COUNTY. W' I Superior Co6rt of Law 'June Term. 1848, - MarAnnWard, ' - ..'i''- i" i - -'iTSt. '-'.- -; ;.-:'.V I : ' .'il'"1 : I--. 5" .Benjamin-. Ward. . . - PETITION. FOR DIVORCE. , ( It a t Dear 1 up- to the satinfaction of th Cnnri that the defendant, Benjamin Wardr is not an inhabitant V of this State, and that process cannot bo. personally served oionl trim, it is ordered that publication ' be . rnado ip the Highland Messenger and the Raleigh Re'gitter "-for three months,, -omraandirtg the said. Benjamin ward lo appear at oar next superior: Court of Ltw to be held for the county of Header.- ' hrst Alondat afler .the fourth Monday in September neii, men ana mere lo picaa lo or answer ine said : petition,' otherwise the same wiir be beard tzparte.' ,' office, the fourth Monday in Jane, A. U., 1346. ' I . " J.C.GULLlUKpl'k. ( July -3 146. 6w . Printer's fee 6. j C306 ocratib, "party is tcholy responsible" for the State Viabilities. , . . onfidencq, an the peopIe have ih th. restatement or the Derrocra4ic press, when the leading, pa per of thaj party-in the State proportion to their population; 'while the Dem oc rats had ' advised the apprppriation of the whole'.to the new States ' a n.ij. wondere4; . at their complaining at a1 -small advance of 10 per cent- having been pa U to tho new States,: 'whicji . according to tUeif doctriqe,-ought to have had the whole1. AVith rejprd tothe sue- Treasurv, iho speaker stated that al ilioui. L must be tfcocause that reqtiirpssuclldespicS Exchanges were evep pow. ,-uuut-r oper'ntion of the National aok .theV'had becu much bcttc, hilo the ;robiblo etT5ct gives utterance to'such wilful mis-statements? Here is a partgrahof 'little more than a dof zen' lines, . containing three falsehoods! Bad ble means to sustaimit! .Aud blind indeed is the Jarty( which will continue to be galled by such shailovr arid dishonest devfees! views' lof .Democratic patriotism as conrieQl vvith the war and vfe cied the instante of Democratic Mecklenburg, where you will re member your party were furious for annexa. tiony your leaders declaijing 'there vas no 'dage'r of war; but if it should come, that the Democrats would .do the fishunjr, -where after evry means had been used to induce the vnterrified to turi out t but seventeen vol. unteers could bc raisedh And we mijihtirt a- proof of t"he assertion that the Democrats arc not disposed to' face uji cite tire instance of Capt. BarneU of Sullivan County, Tenn.l the banner county of Democracy ,m East Tonnessee, who. after reporting a Company a.d being accrpjed and ordered to march into .service, ingloriously craxejislitd! . An unpre judiced man would surely come to t he conclu sion frdm these two. instances only that the Demptratic party werea long shot from be ing fully agreed to fight the battles brought on by annexation. '. ' j '. . ( . 'Whig patriotisnr. -i lake pleasure; in in forming the Courier, consists in laboring'- td preveuf the w'ar, and thfcn f! hting m-infu1! 1 ly o,ut of it. , , . Terrible Fire' , at Quebec-Deslruction of V t Theatre Royal 1 v Awfi7 Loss pf Human Life. From ihe.. Quebec Murcuru, June V6th. 1846" Itlias again" pleased ffie Almighty to afilici our already chastened city. Last night at 0 clock a hra broke out in the' Theatre Roval Lewis street, formerly the ridirg school, at the close of Mr. Horns ejthibmon of hi Chemical Dforamas. From the inforraatio we have , been able to glear), the camphhue limp was overset from some cause or t her and the stage at once became enveloped ih flames. The house had been densely crowd fd, but some had fortuuately': lef$ before the, accident. I 1 . A rush was at onco made to the stair case leading from the, boxes, by those who,- in ihe excifment of tbe moment-forgot the other passages of egress. In an incredibly; shprt space of lima the whole-of ihe interior of .the building was enveloped in one sheet of Dame. The newly erected plaiform covering the pt and conimunicaiing at each' end with, the boxes, favored the progress of the flames." The siafr cases communicating with tho box., es was, a sleep one. and it Kad fallen from the One NOTICE - -' Of the alteration in the time of holding tie Tu$ka) i leige Baptist Association. - ; ; As theyestern Convention now meets at the an nual tiroo of holding that bodytherefore agreed that said ApsoeiatkH convene Friday before the 3rd Sabbath in: September next, with thofCbvrbh atSa. van nab r Macon county. N. C. ' 1 - W.;iIAVNES. ' - July 3, 1846. 6t 306 I mm-1 dr. p.JfAYN Ev-;;;' .; . CARMIWAXIVll liALSAtn. This Is one of the most efficient, pleasant, and Safe cornpoitionfl ever offered t6 the public for the Sure" of the various derangements of tb& stomach and bowels,' and the y article worthy bf the least confidence J for euring Cholera Infantum, or Sum mer Compkiat,-rand in the, above and following, diseases, i really acts like a. charm, viz , . Dysentery,' Diarrhoea, or Looienewi Cholera Morbus, Summer Complaint t Choh'c, Griping Pains, Sour Stomach, Sick and Nervous Headache, Heart! burn Waterbrash, Pain or Sickness of the Stomach.' Vomit ing; Spittinv up of food after eating,, and also where' it passes through the . body imchanged, want of appetite, restlessness, and inability to sleep: wind in the stomach, and bowels, 'hysterie, cramp, nervona tremors and twftchmgs, sea-sicknef s, faint ing Melancholy, and lownees of spirits, frettin j and crying of mfanu, and for all bowel aflbcliens and nervous diseases.' f - - I . .' Prepared only by. Dr. D. Jayne, No.8 Sooth Third street, I'iiiladelphia; and sold f by all reepec ta ble Dragtsts' throughout the United States. . , These Medicines, are lor sale jn Asiievilw by , - .'.'s j . - .. I attom .& UttBoaa. . ,- In Henderson ville by ' - v ' . Kkcbes Ciarrofi. ' The Whigs, of: Virginia alone, have sub scribed S 10,000 fr tho family of the late John ITarjpden Pleasants.' Knmerous dona tions hnve been received, also, Ttoi!, other states. weight of those who crowded oon'. it fee ws -interposed between Mhe Hapless crowd and eternity, and on that space w6, wiih five or six others stood, the fiorcegflames. arqund us nd the dense smoke repelling all efforts lo extricate- us.- As' far back as -we couW see there was a sea of heads of writhe ing bodies and outstretched arrris? noise there was oone.--But few means of escape, pre. senleH themselvs .lo the doomed at the ei. treme end in (view. ;. Ina funeral vale or smoke which gradually enshrouded them' a p, rteared caimly to 'drop into eternal sleep By our side was one brother striving to extricate another, but abandonment was unavoidable. One poor creature at ojr feet oflered.his en tire worl jly subsianac for his fescue." The aonizfns . expression of Ihe . faces befora us can never be effaced from oar memoryf . fThe "ir. c3. al tlje lima wera above and aroun , but 'human aid '.was ono avail. In five minutes from the time of w;hic'- ' nake mention the mass of hum3r ' ,,t.td t'PORTRA'IT. PAlNTlNGj-? xno.tiis sTEPiicf powEtt,;'. I . HEREBY informs the citizens of Ash v ilk; and alj other pcrsons staying here, that be will remain hero a short time 'during Which, any person deriroos of obtaining- Ja second version of himself, or herself, may be, supplied at the cheap cost of $15. If two figures tare miroaucea opon ma same pieee it may be had for 825. j No work-shall be paid for. ortaken by the; employer unless it gives satisfaction to the same. Jbttqutrtea can ber made at Ma; M'Dcnxs Tailoring J&itbltikihenL, ' ..p "' - . N. B---iLadie ean bo waited on at their own ' houses, or at the residciSco of . Mr. IIutaelL May?2 )tf ' A few Jacks of a!t for sale by 'llis sack 'or bushe --!ike every thing ele I stlt, Jieapfor CASI2. v,au he me ajiieap more of f April 2 1 1846 tJ36 tf. W," WILLIAMS. ti 1 ajua .sisr - w M.mff Just receiyed, and will .be 4d at the lowest prl ces. RANKIN &PULLXAW. Apr 3, 1546 n.s : ' ir ft 1! : f : -