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: CHARLOTTE, MECKLENBURG COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA.
VOLUME 5.
Office oxx Main Street,
ONE DOOR SOUTH Of SADLER'S I3TEL.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1856.
TO""w Seriei
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NUMBER 3-
OF THE
TBRJ4S Of THL PAPtR:
f luo Dollars a gtar, in uh;uuf.
Having recently visited New-York, and se
lected from the old and elegant
Foundry of Geo. Bruce, Esq.,
a yt AN 1 1 I i Of
3!ruj nub .fanljininiblf ctqpr,
We are now prepared to Execute
I ix tlio Best Stylo,
"'Mitliip 'J oilcans, ui yon
in amply the ilesnlts,"
Is one of the established maxims of business.
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ORDERS KR
PAMPHLETS,
CLERKS' BLANKS j
SHERIFF'S do.
CONSTABLES' do.
M VGISTRATES'do.
ATTORNEYS' do.
i
IIAN'DIULLS,
CARDS,
CIRCUL BS,
LABELS,
or FOB
Required by the business Community,
WILL lit: r.xi't in. D with
COiiBECiltfSsSS,
D I S P A T C fll
AND
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ALWAYS ON HAND.
5 0c (L:vctutci) to rttr.CD
MRS. HI. .1. CRAIG,
Dress Manlier,
Three doors below Trorb i s Carriage Manufactory ,
it.sui.ti rrt:.
April 22, 1856. ly
1UZ. WHEAL Alf,
Dress Ma.ls.er,
ilosti- Mm ll-?llic'.
I.L DRESSES cut and
Blade by the celebrated
A-I8-C method, and war
raated to tit.
T" "A T T-l m
Trmtii .1 in the latest Style, at 8 rj
nW h..a. st anticp, H
Charktftr, Feb 12, 1SoT. t! " '
FASHIONABLE TAILORING.
TUB snlicribrr ISSMSBMI
to the piililic m-iierally, that lo
ts bow reivi ing a large assort
mi in ot new
Cloths. Cassinieres
jL t Gcnll. nu n's wear, and will
as I'll i i., i Vmmk .it a sta ill pro6t,v aiade to or-
del icc-iiic to tlii- lat -t Mytoa. Slioji in xt ;
il o t F.lm ' 'Irorery St re.
S ;.t. O.l. tS5t 0- t D. f.. RRA.
AM)
JEM ELRY.
rWlHOM VS TROTTER
' N bavej,i . I . ;
e :v.-d (and will i ..-u- vi'. -s55'
larty roe iviug additions thereto) a choir stock
of Baa Loin and nwhiooahk W.VTCUL (rasa
ttwasoat c.-l baled m.ik. is. AUo, a rich assort
steal ot
K.iNhion iMe Jewelry, Chains, &e.
All of which will h sold low for cash, or on short
Base to poncMal d -abrs.
THOMAS TROTTER & SON. )
Cu.iriorte. .TmiH lit. IfJ.i it'
rPHK. SUBC'.'IBF.IJ BRWS leave to inform
-- las friends ami the public geneially, that I
n" sti I carrying on the e sj r r i I
IKf ssj Hittiit's in a! its various
bfari. hes wi h all the increased facilities af
hr i ,1 by moilHrn improvements. Me na- now
" an.J. a Urje tmmher of BL'JUI K , t'A
UUES, UOGKA AYS, Ate, made on tbf
m w approved sty es out of th best material,
which ne asks the inspection of purchaser .
Uts estahiisliBsasMa is on College anil Dei'f
treats, where La will be glad to see. his
'fiends.
JOHN HARTY
rnarlotte, Jnlv 28, 18-55. tf
MJi KINDS OK
Various itincls 01
BLANKS,
mm
if i
L : wc !-w - r L 1 i f
SADDLE vxacl.
Harness
4 1
3 DOORS SOUTH OF THE MANSION HOUSE,
Charlotte.
S. M. HOWELL
HAVING made more extensive preparations
for t he Manufacture of
SADDLES and HARNESS,
He would respectfully inform the citizens of
North Carolina, that he is now prepared to fur
lunnsh A ! I II 4 It MISS
of a superior quality, of his oicn manufacture,
at the
Very Lowest Possible Prices.
JilM11F
UJJJZjJ
Wanting S,ca.ca.lo
Bv leavin" their orders, can be furnished as low
as they can procure the sanit
at the North.
(tori 1". 1856 tf S.
M. HOWELL.
,,.v(.on!AGE Tnis KSorRixc
rWIHE undersigned hi gs leave
M to return his thanks to those
who favored him with a call dur-
.ug the last year ; and he would
reap -ctfully inform the public thai
In- has removed to the Machine
Shop formerly occupied by Messrs. George &
Whisiiant, adjoining Mr. .1. RudiBill'a Steasa
Planing Mills, where he is prepared to execute
all won in his line as cheap and as good as can
he dime in the Slate.
Turning, Cutting Screws, Impair
ing Boilers and Engines of all
descriptions, Making and Re
pairing Mill Spindles, Wood
Plainers, Making Ploughs, Iron
ing Wagons; and in Horse-Shoeing,
&c, we will yield to no one
for neatness, wear, and dispatch. Inter
fering Shoes ;gl y.", common ditto $1, cast
Btee toes, or steel plate, 2.
I have also erected an Air Furnace for mend
ing Brass, which answi rs finely. The public can
now g-t brass and composition castings by call
ing at the above establishment, and furnishing
pattern. Old Brass melted overat a reduced price,
with neatness and despatch. Old C opper and
Brass wanted.
S. J. PERRY.
Charlotte. Jan. 1, 1856. tf
ISOREKT SHAW
TAKES thta opportunity of informing the
public generally, and all who intend going
to Kansas in particular, that he intends to con
tinue the
Saddle and Harness Business,
At his old stand, in Springs' Corner Building,
where he intends to keep constantly on hand a
supply ot
Saddles, Bridles, Harness, &t
Of Mlvcry Description.
His friends are respectfully invited to call and
supply th mselves, as every article in his line
will be afforded on the most reasonable terms.
It i : 1 I I "I I GS done at the shortest notice
and with neatness and dispatch.
Charlotte, Feb. 96, 1856. tf
TO THE PIBLIC.
1TIAVE JUST RECEIVED and opened the
Iassws4 ubbsI kairtk vari l to k of
Drills, irledicines. ( hem
ieals, Paints, Oils, Wil
low t;iass, Putty, Dyc
Stuffs, Pertumery, Toilet
Articles, Ac. Acjever offer
ed IN THIS MAUKET.
All of which will he siM at extremely short
profits, for cash.
I ilffu C - M r E r I T i o N a nil if you want articles
in my In-, call, Vi.u shall hw satisfied, both
with regard o price aioi quality.
Res.eft!iill v.
II. VI. PR I mil RD, M. ,D.
Wkotesmit Sr Hi tail Dritzsist,
Gkamti Kow, So 3.
Charlotte, May 6, 18o6 it
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LEXICON OF FREE
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Containing a di-finition
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Th-' N -w Haabwks Tnistle Board.
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Charlotte. March 4, 1856 Book-Sellers.
ftrtos of gag.
Adjournment of Congress. Both
houses ou Tue.-day adopted a resolution to
close the present session on 18th of August.
James B. Clav, the son of the great
II enry Clay, has come out for Buchanan
and Breckinridge.
EF Mr. Dobbin, the Secretary of the
Navy, is at the White Sulphur Springs, Va.,
where he will sojourn for a short season to
recruit his health.
P. S. He has returned to Washington.
Beecher and the Slave Girl. A
: correspondent of the New York Daily News,
says that the slave girl from Virginia
whose freedom waspurchuseu by Mr. Beech
i er's congregation, absconded lately, taking
with her certain articles not her propreity.
j It was a trick, it is said, concocted by the
I master and the girl to raise the $121)0.
i She returned to hiin, was quite happy, and
getting along as well as could be expected.
Important from France. A lady cor
respondent of a New York journal states
! that the imperial baby yelled tremendously
j during its baptism at which the congrega
tion luughed considerably.
Railroad Accident. On Friday the
train going south from Wcldon to Wilming
ton, N. C, ran over a cow near Enfield,
throwing six cars off the track. Four of the
cars turned bottom up. Four or five pas
sengers were severely but not dangerously
hurt. ,
Suicides. A letter dated Milwaukie,
July 21st, says: Our city has been start
led by the suicide of two young men of very
respectable lamilies. Un 1 uesday evening
Geo. II. Skilman, son of C. H. Skilman,
lawyer, and about 20 years of age, was
found drowned in, the river under circum
stances which leave but little doubt of self
destruction. On Wednesday evening G. M.
Smith, aged about 21 years, and son of J. B.
Smith, President of the Horicon Railroad
Company, shot himself through the head
with a pistol. It is current that both of
them had been disappointed in love affairs.
The young men were intimate friends.
Neither left any word to their relatives.
Hon. Edward Stanly. The lion. Ed
ward Stanly, recently from California, has
been in this city for several days past, and
has been warmly greeted by many of his
old friends. Mr. Stanly is looking remark
ably well. Immediately on his arrival in
California, he took a high stand at the bar
there; and, we learn, was so fortunate dur
ing his brief residence, as to realize from
his practice a handsome competency. We
hear that he thinks of purchasing the resi
dence of his father in Newbern the lament
ed John Stanly, and of taking up his per
manent abode in North Carolii.a. We trust
this rumor may prove true. Raleigh
Register.
A Singular Coincidence. We visited,
a few days since, a spot rendered somewhat
memorable ns having been the scene of a
duel between two of Kentucky's chivalrous
sons. The position of the duellists, about
eight paces, was marked by two trees, one
of which bears the initials of one of the
party's entire name cut into the hark, the
other bears only the initials of the last name
of the other party. The tree under which
the party stood who was killed is dead,
having, as we are credibly informed, gra
dually decayed from the time. The other
tree is singularly typical of the condition
of the surviving party, who is now an in
mate of a lunatic asylum, standing, as it
does, with the lower branches full of life and
verdure, while its top is dead and leafless.
Strange thoughts crowded our minds as
we stood and gazed upon these unfortunate
witnessesto an unfortunate deed. George
town, D. C Journal.
A YOUNG Husband. On making a call
the other day at the house of an American i
missionary in Jerusalem, I saw a little boy,
sitting on a sofa. My first thought was,
'What an enormous turban the boy has on,"
and my second " How very small he is!" j
Judge of my surprise when I found he was
a husband, being little more than ten years
old. and his wife not nine ! Truly, this is ;
beginning life young. And this reminds
me that a friend of ours saw an Armerican
lady in Ale'xandria, who, although bitf 26
years of age, was a grandmother ! This
goes quite beyond early marriages in the
Lnied States.
Fatal Casualty. On Wednesday last,
a stage coach approaching Salem, N C, la
den with 26 passengers, broke down, when
the horses took fright and ran off, throwing
from the 6tage a large number of the pas
sengers, some of whom were slightly and
others seriously injured. A Mr. Urquhart of
Southampton County, Virginia, just married,
with his wife on board, was thrown out and
instantly killed. But six out of the number
escaped uninjured.
Republican Electoral Ticket in Ma
ryland. The Cecil Democrat states thut
the Republicans have determined to run an
electoral ticket in this State, aud that r ran
ois P- Blair, Esq., is to be one of the elec
tors at large.
THE REVOLUTION IN CALIFORNIA.
The spectacle of a whole State revolu
tionized, and in the hands of a Committee of
Public Safety, is something new in our his
tory as a nation, and is one that may well
excite our special wonder, even under the
peculiar circumstances which led to this
result. The Committee are apparently sus
tained by the people, and. the opposition,
even allowing for the influence of the over
whelming display of physical power, are in
a weak minority. That the objects of the
Committee are just and pure, will be admit
ted. That evils had risen" to a great height
in the State of California; that life and pro
perty were equally unsafe, and that the ad
ministration of the laws neither gave safety
to the citizen nor inspired dread among
criminals, none will deny.
The elective franchise had become an
empty delusion, and the political machine
ry both of parties and the State was virtu
ally placed in the hands of gamblers, ruf
fians and malefactors. Offices from the
highest to the lowest were purchased al
most in market overt, and those who dis
pensed them were the vilest of mankind,
and immunity for past and future outrages
was understood to be part of the consider
ation for the sale of magistracies, seats in
the Legislature, and other political stations
of honor and trust.
This was indeed a deplorable posture of
affairs; the State disease had reached a
stage of the utmost danger, and stern rem
edies were felt o be necessary. But the
end never sanctifies the means in politics.
The establishment of the Vigilance Com
mittee, the seizure and execution of accus
ed parties, and the raising of an armed
force was substantially a revolution. The
support which has been given to the Com
mittee is proof positive that the other rem
edy of electing suitable me.i to office was
entirely within the power of the community
which is now found in open rebellion.
The last scene in this revolutionary drama
grows out of the resistance made by . Judge
of the Supreme Court of the State to an ar
rest which was sought to be made in his pres- i -.
ence by one of the officers of the Vigilance I BLOODY AFFRAY.
Committee the infliction of a serious and j The death of John Turnbull. a wealthy
perhaps fatal wound on the officer, and the ! planter of Bayou Sara, Louisiana, in an af
imprisonment of the Judge for the crime of ! fray with S. H. Lurty, the Sheriff, has been
treason to tbe revolutionary authority. j published. The Baton Rouge Advocate
The seizure of the arms belonging to, or in I says:
the custody of, the State, is another measure I "Turnbull called Lurty a thief, and the
which may place the Committee in an atti-
tude of direct hostility to the authorities of
the Union.
We hope that no collision may grow out of
these acts of rebellion,' but that the Com-
mittee, who have acted honestly, bnt most
unwisely, will at the first opportunity abdi
cate into the hands of a regular and respon
sible civil government the power they now
wield, with the consent evidently of the
people. If the same energy and constancy
which has been displayed by the Committee
and their supporters will be continued, and
an honest and discriminating selection of
candidates for State officers made, they can
secure as stern and incorruptible an admin- j
istration of justice as they may desire.
The Magistrates, who have been the con
federates and protectors of rogues, will be
replaced by thoso who will be a terror to
the evil doers, and California never again
require the terrible remedy against her le
gally constituted Government which she is
now trying. Disguise it as we may, it is
still a civil war: and though fortunately part
of the machinery of the State goes on as
usual, the precedent is full of danger and
alarm. New York Newt.
tjp" The Vigilance Committee of San
Francisco have notified Senator Bigler of
California, and Mr. Herbert, one of the Re
presentatives from that State, that they must
not return to California.
VISIT OF A SLAVE TO THE NORTH.
Messrs. Rowland & Bros., of Norfolk,
Va., own a slave, James Wiley, whom they
permitted some months since to make a trip
to the North to see the curiosities. They
not only gave him a permit to take a pas
sage in the New York steamer from Nor
folk, but also gave him the necessary funds
to "bear his expenses. He visited Falmouth,
Fall River, New Bedford, and sundry other
abolition towns in Massachusetts, and on
Saturday last returned home, via Philadel
phia and Baltimore. The Norfolk Argus
savs :
j
mm ... .
"W hen Jim (tor this is nis tamitiar name,)
was in New Bedford he met several fuci- j
tives whom he recognized as former slaves
in Norfolk. They supposing he had runa-
. . I JS ...
wav, received mm wk oown cast looks,
and assured him that he had come to the :
wrong place, and remarking that they were
"making out" very poorly, bavin- to labor i
very hard, and get but poorly paid in re-
turn; they expressed great dissatisfaction
at the treatment thoy received at the hands
of their abolition friends. Jim told them
that he had not runaway, that he was onlv
on a visit, and would return to Norfolk in a J
few days. At several of these towns in
Massachusetts he was importuned by the
Abolitionists to remuin, assuring him that
lie was then a free man; he declined their !
kind offers, and assured them that such
freedom as a black man enjoyed with them
had no charms for him he vastly preferred
the slavery of Norfolk, accompanied with
an abundance of the necessities, aye. the
comforts of life as he enjoyed them at home,
to all the freedom that Massachusetts could
tender him.
NICARAGUA.
inauguration op president walker.
General Walker was inaugurated Presi
dent of Nicaragua on the 12th inst. Ex
President Rivas still holds possession of
Leon. It is reported that many of the na
tives consider the new government a usur
pation, and have declared against it. Among
the deserters from Walker are Col. Mender
and Gen. Chillon. There was much sick
ness among his troops, and frequent deser
tions occurred.
Maj. Waters' command was sent to Leon,
by Gen. Walker, on account of a rumor
that the Guatemalan troops were at that
place. They were fired ou by the Rivas
party and one of the company was wound
ed, while several of the Rivas party were
killed. Major Waters waited outside some
time, but the enemy not appearing, retired.
There were no signs of an invasion, but it
was considered that a certain league of the
Northern States still existed, and an inva
sion was looked for at the close of the rai
ny season. Gen. Walker needed men and
money for the coming struggle. The whole
vote for President was 21,000 Walker re
ceived 14,000 and the remainder was scat
tered between Rivas, Ferry, Jerey and
Salizar.
CALIFORNIA.
The last advices from California state
that at San Francisco' there is no abatement
of the excitement touching the revolution.
The Vigilance Committee were still in ses
sion. Judge Terry of the Supreme Court
had been arrested for stabbing one of the
Committee police while making an arrest.
The Committee was firmly established. The
Governor still remained ut Sacramento.
All the arms collected by the law and or
der men have been seized by the Committee.
Mr. Durkee, a member of the Committee,
had been arrested, charged with piracy and
seizing arms belonging to the State, from a
schooner.
The accounts from the mines are encou
raging, and the agricultural prospects cheer-
fight then commenced, Turnbull firing a
pistol, the ball of which broke Mr. Lurty's
I right ankle. They both drew knives, and
j for two seconds, or there-abouts, the fight
I was desperate Lurty laboring under the
disadvantage of having his leg broken
but they clinched, and Lurty drawing his
adversary to him thrust his knife into his
heart, which caused almost immediate death.
Turnbull fought with a right good will,
worthy of a better cause ; and after the
deadly wound had been inflicted, and he
said himself, "I am a dead man," he carried
on the war, and had not his arm been
caught, there is a strong probability that
Lurty would have been killed too. Turn-
bull even felt for Lurty's throat to cut it.
It is to be hoped that this is the last difficul
ty of the kind that wilt ever occur in our
quiet village. Both of these parties have
friends who deeply lament the occurrence.
Lurty is not considered entirely out of dan
ger ; but strong hopes are entertained of his
recovery."
P. S. We omitted to say that both the
contestants received three cuts each, with
knives.
A Costly Habit. The habit of writing
one's name on tlio backs of bank notes is a
very foolish one. A gentleman writes to
the Hartford Courant that about a year ago,
while engaged in counting over money, he
carelessly put his name on the back of a
$2U bill. A son of Erin came into his office
a few days since with the $20 bill, and said
he had come from Eat Hartford to get gold
from the endorser. The gentleman looked
in the Bank Note Reporter and found that
the Bank had suspended payment, and he
was obliged to give the man a good bill
for it.
"It's a bad Rule that wont work
BOTH ways.'' One of the Mormon women
who was in the company of the late crowd
which passed tiiough our towu for Salt
Luke, we learn, had no less than four hus
bands. She is said to have been an intel
lisent lookinff individual. She contended
I. , j-iiii
t iat n-nin a i hava n cr t u I el n rifrht t n ):ivr o
" " " " i
number of husbands, as a man had to have
as many wives as he wished, provided the
men were all members of the Mormon
Church. There is nothing like making cir
cumstances suit occasions, and these Mor- ,
mous aPPear to nave a Pecuiiar y
puch transactions. Rock Islander.
J. K. Melvin, Esq., who was appoint
ed by the Wilmington Know Nothing Con
vention one of the sub-electors for Bladen
county, has written a letter to the Journal,
stating that he cannot under any cirOutn
stances support the know-nothing candi
dates, but shall use his influence to secure
the success of the democratic party,
jyMr. Louis Thurman, of Richmond,
Ky., has taken the Fourth degree of Know
Nothiugism. He writes : This is to noti
fy all whom it may concern, that I have taken
the Fourth degree in Know Nothiugism,
and intend from now, henceforward ana for
ever, to vote as I please.
LETTER FROM GOV. RE ID.
We take pleasure in laying before onr
readers the following letter from the Hon.
David S. Reid, disproving the charge that
Mr. Buchanan voted for or favored the
Bankrupt law; and also showing thereat
character of the present contest for the Pre
sidency. Gov. Reid, by his residence in
Washington, has had excellent opportuni
ties for forming a correct opinion as to the
condition of public affairs. This opinion
he hero gives to the people of his State
without reserve; and the character of the
man is a sufficient guarantee thut it is well
considered, unselfish, and sincere. We
trust it may not be without its effect in the
coming elections. David S. Reid is the
steadfast friend of the people of this State,
and has never misled or deceived them.
He raises his voice to warn them of the dan
gers ahead, and invokes them to make com
mon cause against the enemies of the Con
stitution and the Union. We repeat, it is
the roiee of a friend and a man whose
judgment is seldom at fault, and who can
have no motive to deceive or improperly
influence his countrymen. Raleigh Stan
dard. Washington City, July 18, 1856.
Messrs. Hold en & Wilson : I have re
cently received letters from various points
in onr State, informing me that the Hon.
James Buchanan is charged by the politi
cal friends of Mr. Fillmore with having vo
ted for the Bankrupt law of 1841. To save
the trouble of answering these enquiries
separately, I have written this letter for
publication, giving a statement of the facts
us I find them.
At the time this act was passed Mr. Bu
chanan was in the United States Senate,
and on July 24, 1841. lie is recorded as vo
ting ugttinst the passage of the Bankrupt
bill. See Senate Journal for that session,
page 115. Ou the same day, Mr. Buchan
an made a speech against the bill. See Ap
pendix to Congressional Globe for that ses
sion, page 2U5.
On February 25, 1843, Mr. Buchanan is
recorded as voting for the repeal of the
Bankrupt law. See Senate Journal for the
session, page 229.
When the act passed, Mr. Fillmore was a
member of the House of Representatives,
and on August 18, 1841, he is recorded as
voting for the Bankrupt bill. See House
Journal for the session, page 378. Mr.
Fillmore made a speech in favor of the bill,
Augu.-t 16, 1841. See Appendix to Con
gressional Globe for the session, page 480.
On January 17, 1843. Millard Fillmore is
recorded as voting against the repeal of the
Bankrupt act. See House Journal for that
session, page 215.
It will, therefore, be seen that Mr. Bu
chanan did NOT vote for the Bankrupt law,
but that Mr., Fillmore lid; and moreover,
that Mr. Buchanan voted FOR THE repeal
of the law, and Mr. Fillmore voted AGAINST
THE REPEAL.
The ensuing Presidential election will be
the most important that has over taken
place since the adoption of the Federal
Constitution ; and as there ought to be no
difference of opinion among the people of
North Carolina upon the great issue involv
ed, it is to be regretted that a huge party
are engaged in a course calculated to prove
disastrous to the interests of the South and
fatal to the principles of the Constitution.
The larger number of those who support
Mr. Fillmore are no doubt actuated by pure
and patriotic motives ; but we must remem
ber that this fact will not render theircourse,
if it succeeds, the less fatal in its conse
quences to the country. The error may be
discovered too late to repair the injury it
inflicts.
Every one who has taken the pains to
make an impartial inquiry in regard to the
state of political parties and the tone of
public sentiment, must know that the contest
is between Mr. Buchanan, the candidate of
the Democratic Constitutional party on the
one side, and Mr. -Fremont, the Black Re
I publican Abolition candidate ou the other.
No candid well informed man will venture
to express the opinion that Mr. Fillmore
stands any chance to be elected by the peo
ple. Every vote, therefore, given for Mr.
Fillmore weakens Mr. Buchanan and will
strengthen Mr. Fremont. The Know-Nothing
party of the North has been absorb
ed by the Black Republicans, and if the
Southern Kuow-Nothings should, by carry
ing a few Southern States for Mr. Fillmore,
succeed in throwing the election into the
House of Representatives, then wlTat have
we to expect. ? Could we reasonably hope
that a sound man would bo chosen by a bo
by which has elected a Black Republican
of the deepest dye as its Speaker, and has
thus far cast every important vote in favor
of that party r It is true that in choosing
a President the House votes by States, but
that dues not make the prospect of success
more favorable at this time.
I repeat, the contest is between Mr. Bu
chanan and Mr. Fremont. Those who pre
fer the former to the lattor and desire to
preserve the rights of the States aud main
tuin the Constitution, ought to vote for him,
ucaiuii'99 ii Mtuiri '''ui.cii BJ)miviaiiuii9i
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1 am gratified to know that hundreds m-
eluding the masses as well as politicians.
wno nave not nererorore acieu wun me u--
mocratic party, taking the proper view of
the subject, havo determined to sacrifice
party for the good of the country, and are
giving a cordial support to Mr. Buchanan.
Mr. r remont is a purely sectional can
didate, representing a party held together
by the one idea, of inveterate hostility to
the domestic institutions of be South, and
we have nothing to hope from him. On the
other hand, Mr. Buchanan is the candidate
of a national party ; hois a pure man, a
statesman of wisdom and experience, and
will administer the government according
to the principles of the Constitution.
The deepest interest is felt by the Con
stitutional men of the North and of the
South in regard Ut the result of the August
election in our State ; and I am sure ,bo
will neither disregard her own interests nor
disappoint their exectations.
The result of the North Carolina elec
tions has often been to me, as you well
know, a source of peculiar pride and satis
faction ; but I can assure you thif I have
never before felt so deep a solicitude for
the triumph of the Democratic party , for
the reason we have nover had so much stak
ed upon the issue.
Very respectfully, 6rc.,
DAVID S. REID.
S
VALUABLE ACCESSION TO THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
By far the most important acquisition to
our ranks in the west, is that of the St.
Louis Republican, the most able, ridiuble,
and extensively circulated political paper
west of Now York. It has for many years
been the leading paper and acknowledged
organ of the Whigs in Missouri, Iowa, Illi
nois, and ull Western States South. It
comes out for Buchanan in this wise :
" We make two points in defence of our
course the first is the utter impossibility
of the election of Mr. Fillmore, in the pre
sent state of parties, or any arrangement of
parties between this and November and
the next is, that as between Mr. Buchanan,
the Democratic, and Mr. Fremont the Black
Republican and Abolition candidate, no pa
triot no mau who wishes to sec this Union
cetneuted together, instead of being broken
into fragments, ought to hesLato iu de
ciding in favor of Mr. Buchanan. Put the
Black Republicans in power by the election
of Fremont give Seward and Wilmot,
Preston King and Giddings, Wentwofth
and Chase, Sumner and Bc-echer, Lovejoy
mid Parker, and the three thousand politi
cal preachers who have made the men of
the Free States mad by their infamous ap
peals for a dissolution of the Union, and
a desecration of the pulpit put theso men
in charge of the government, as they would
be when they had Fremont in leading strings
and then wbnt would be the situation of
the fifteen slave States, having interests pe
culiar to themselves, which this party aro
sworn to crush and destroy ?
This is the issue, and the only issue, in
the coming election. It is an issue which
puts the Union in jeopardy, and which the
Black Republicans wouij glory in seeing
take place, ruther than they should not be
successful iu their political aspirations. In
a contest of this kind, Mr. Fillmore is no
more than any other man ; we want success
iu the defeat of the enemies of the Union,
and Mr. Buchanan's election presents the
only means for the accomplishment of this
object. He can beat Fremont, and it is the
duty of every good citizen to aid in the
work." '
Clommumcatroir.
For the Western Democrat.
ENGLISH AND AMERICAN MAN
NERS. It is quite amusing to ubserve tho awk
wardness with which Johnny Bull strives to
balance accounts with Brother Jonathan.
Having rather the worst iu diplomacy, John
wishes to show he has some advantage in
"manners."
Every one conversant with the continent
of Europe understands tho phrase, "Eng
lish manners," as a proverb which betokens
anything but good manners. A mixture of
bashful conceit, stupid indifference, and for
ward insolence. The English, in fact, aro the
laughing-stock of their neighbors, for the
want of manners !
And yet the British Journals cry out,
"When will Americans learn manners?"
There is a bad school for (is in England,
certainly. A modest, intelligent, learned
gentleman, one of the ablest arithme ticians
in the U. States, desirous of seeing Queen
Victoria, was tuken to the Palace after tho
usual preliminaries, by our Minister. Mr.
Dallas, is perfectly acquainted with the
requisitions of that Court, and no doubt
had considered every arrangement pro
perly made. Dennis II. Mahau, L. L. D.,
Professor of Civil and Military Engin
eering, at the Military Academy of the U.
States, at West Point, is a Virginian by
birth, distinguished for quiet gentleness,
good sense, and better manners, by British
standard, than the average, at homo or
abroad.
In proposing to present himself at St.
James', he no doubt made as much prepar
ation as he would to dine with the Presi
dent of tho United States, or, for a much
more important occasion, with, us the ar
rangements at his own wedding. A cos
tume being customary upon such presenta
tions, he wore tho uniform prescribed by
the Army Regulations of tho U. States,
being a blue cloth dross coat, with Engi
neer buttons, worn by all the corps blue
pants, white vest, black stock, and a round
black hat. It appears the English Court regu
lations require what we call a cocked hat, and
a Parson's neck tic, in order to approach
some other absurdity, in the costume of a
regular "beef cater" a company of whom
are paraded on State occasions, in & mas
querade dresis of tho time of Henry tho
Eighth.
Tbe British papers give a variety of ac
counts, equally wanting in truth and good
humour. Some accuse the Professor of a
frock coat an artiole he never wears
others declare he va ited his indignation in
loud and boisterous tone. Those acquaint
ed with the Professor know this to be ab
surd, as he has mo.-t perfect command of
himself is cool, collected, and seldom
soeaks above his breath. Thoso who havo
his acquaintance are also assured he went to
Court without the slightest idea that any
exception would be taken to his dross, ami
with ou impression he wa showing a win-