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SATURDAY, AUGUST 11,1838. ELECTION RETURNS. Halifax County. Andrew Joy tier, 110 opposition, striate, m. A ilcox, v ni. W. Diniel,aml Spier Whiinker, Commons James Simmons, no opposition. Sheriff Poll: Senate J. ner 304 Commons. Wilcox 531, Daniel 5 ! 7. Whitaker 4ST, B F. Moore 486. Tlios. Oti!iy 474. S Co AC! St., .:n"Simmons 798. For Governor Dudley 45S, Branch 321. Northampton m. Moony, o. j. Amis and II. Faison, C. Franklin. John D. Hawkins, S. W. P. Williamsand Therm I lovverion ,C. G IVrrv, Shff For Governor Branch 4C0. "Dudley 234. Johnston Joshih Hotilder, S. John F. Ellington and J. Toinlinson, C. Poll : Senate Moulder 372, R Saunders 3JS. Commons FJlinuton G07, Tomlinson 5S0, Adams 533, Boon 4S3. Fur Gover nor, Dadley 732, Branch 142. Wayne, John Enm,S. Elias Barnes and Curtis Brogden, C. Washington. II G. Spruill, oo oppo sition, S. D S. Gwither, C. R B. Davis, Shff For Governor Dudley 322,Braucl, 25 Hyde. Tilman Farrow, 0. Greene. James Harper, S. (Greene and Lenoir.) James Williams, C John W. Taylor, Shrfc Poll: Senile Har per 1 S7, Allen Wooten C6 Commons Willi am 303. Clnrles IJnperl20 She riff Taylor 442. For Governor Dud lev 350."Branth Gl. ",noir. Wendal Davis, CT Poll: Senate Harper 85, Woolen 145. Com monsDavis 270, Finkney Hardee 2?0. For Governor Branch's majority over Dudley 43 So far as heat J from, the Republican ftai'i of numbers falls short of the loss. Halifax county, which returned all Whigs to the list Legislature, now sends three Republican members to the Commons. 01 A few weeks since, we took occa sion to notice the flattering prospects which then greeted the eyes of the agi iculturists in this and the neighboring counties. An unprecedented drought since that lime, has occasioned a deplorable change in the ap pearance of the crops. It is now conjec tured that should the season hereafter prove propitious, not more than two-thirds of the corn crop can be realized. The cotton fields we are pleased to learn have not suf fered to such an extent. The Raleigh Register says: 'Our Sum mer has been so dry, that independent of its blighting effects on every thing vegeta ble, animals ran scarcely breathe for the dust the mill ponds are nearly all dried tip streams, which before were hardly ever known to fail, can scarcely urge their . higgijh currents, and, in many parts of ihe county, the wells have scarcely a fool of water in them. The Com Crops are so totally burnt up in some p iris of Wake lhat a second deluge would scarcely bring ihem to. Seasonable Rains, however, would still be of immense service, and rerily relieve the fears of the desponding husbandman. Only think of the parched 'nodiiion of crops where not a drop of Rain has fallen in nine weeks! as has been ! ! e case in some parts of our county." The drought appears to have been general ;;i the whole Atlantic course. In New Jer !y, a dry soil, the corn is curling like tea loaves, and the potato crrips destroyed. ! a Rhode Lland, the streams are dried up, .iiid the mills and manufactories stopped. (pThe Vicksburg Sentinel contradicts ;he article, which we inserted a few weeks .iiice, slating that the Court House of Lau derdale county was burnt down that the Sheriff and Coroner had resigned and ;'.iat the Judge was completely defeated in ihe attempt to hold a Court. The Sentinel ,iys : "Perhaps if there is a county in any Iiate which deserves the name of peace able and orderly, that one is Lauderdale, Mississippi." some few mor.l'.is ago, on the subject of the Gubernatorial election. I was induced to institute an enquiry of this naiure, by an impression, designed to injure the election of Gov. Branch, made on the public mind in this part of the State, by the circulation of a report that he in duced Gov. Dudley, by ihe mn$l urgent solicitations, to suffer his (Gov. D's) name to be put in nomination lor re-election, and that the latter was, consequently, very much astonished to hear thai Gov. Branch had consented to be brought oul in opposi lion to him. How far this report is true, or "who has the most cause to complain" mav be seen from the letter below, the publication of which, together with I Life explanatory note, is respectfully icquested by Your most humble servant, RUB I A. EZLLL. EnfvlJ, July2lh, 1S3S. My Dear Sir O.i my return home I had l lie pleasure lo receive yours of the 13lh insl , and 1 avail myself of the fust mail lo acknowledge its receipt. I was happy to perceive that you possessed the sagacity lo see the true issue made between the National Republican and Stales Rights parties, and ihe firmness to meet the crisis as a freeman, and as a pan int. Let the ignorant ami prejudiced man heedlessly throw himself on Scylla lo avoid Charyb d'ts, but for ute and mine I invoke a kind providence lo enable us to v orship the only true i"iiih, regardless ol our prepossessions and prejudices lor or agaiot men. 1 re- j )ii e, raiher than repine, at ihe vitupera Hon heaped on m? falsely lor us sake. H my country men can evt r be permitted i see the truth, I have no fear but that they will do ine justice. lfon ihe contrary, our free and h ppy institutions are destined lo be short-lived, then, hi me sink with them It will be a glorious iniriyrdotn. "A day, an hour ol' virtuous liberty is worth a w hole eternity of bondage." I however, do not despair of lite Republic: "truth is mighty and will prevail." My colors are nailed to the m.isl. If ever 1 stepped for ward to serve my country, under the influ ence of a siucetv devotion lo principle, 1 have done so on the present occasion. If my countrymen have not ihe wisdom to perceive, and the justice lo appreciate my motives, the fault is not mine. It remains for me lo notice your enqui ries in relation to the circumstances con nected with my becoming candidate, and the conversation held between Gov. Dud ley and myself. O i my way to Florida, last O. lober or November, I passed through R ib igb, and in a conversation with the Governor, he told me that he had determined not lo be come a candidate for re election. I re marked lo him that he had better not act precipitately. He replied his purpose was fixed. On the evening of ihe same day I was strongly solicited by several of my friends to consent for my name to be put in nomination as Gov. Dudley's successor. This I consented-to. The next morning I lefi Raleigh, via Chapel Hill and Hillsbo rough. On my way I was overtaken by a distinguished citizen of Oiange county, belonging lo ihe Whig party, who told me that he had thrown himself in the stage for the purpose of overtaking me, anil joining in the solicitations for me to become a candidate that he would put ihe ball in motion us early in the spring as would be respectful to Gov. Dudley. Wlint follow ed you know as much as I do. Governor Dudley was prevailed on to continue. Bv w hat, you Cill ask, was this- change pro duced? 1 have my opinion, not altogether unsuslaiued. Time will probably devel ope the whole affair and dispel the myste ry. Governor Dud ey was, doubtless, as certained lo be more conformable with the views of ihe Nationals, or Federal party, and hence, he has been used (unconsci ously perhaps, on his part,) lo give ihe as cendancy to the ultra Federal doctrines. The facts are of unquestioned authenti city. Who then, has the most cause lo complain? The theme is a fruitful one, but lime and space forbid further comment. Your friend, JOHN BRANCH. Rob. A. Ezell. der. The navy yard under admirable management. Globe of July 28. From the Raleigh Standard. Jackson, N. C. July 26th 1833. Mr. Luring: Dear Sir l'i,e f0owing mmuunication received by yesterday's o til from the Hon. John Branch, was . ritten in reply lo a letter of enquiry, (a py of which I omitted to preserve,) ad 'essed lo him by me, in relation to Uu "jivumstauces under which he became a .ndidate for Governor, and, especially, in gard to a conversation said to have taken hce between himself and Gov. Dudley, Branch Mints and Silver change. We have been under the belief, and have so expressed ourselves, ihat the bill to author ize the Noith Carolina and Georgia branch minis to coin silver change, had passed the Uoue of Representatives, and had become a law of ihe land; but we fi.id this lo be a mistake. The bill was not acted on in the House of Representatives, but was one ol the many w hic h remained untouched in the mass of unfinished business. We greatly regret this circumstance, as that bill is one ol those which belongs to the system of measures lor supplying the whole Union with silver change, und for preventing, in all lultue lime, all preiesi for another re sort to shin-plasters. The value of the bill would be immense, as it would supply that quarter ol the Union, which has the leasi chance of being supplied from the mints of Philadelphia and New Orleans, where alone silve. is now coined. It is not the coining of small change alone which requires ihe are of Government, but tin diffusion ol it also. The States south ol ihe P.-lo:ti u' are out of ihe line of diffusion either from Philadelphia or New Orleans. They have no chance lo receive supplies of change from either of those places, and it became highly desirable to obtain that supply from the branch mints in North Ca rolina und Georgia. Globe. thy citizen of Canton, Ohio, formerly Post master of lhat place, has been arrested upon a charge of having been accessary to the commission of a forgery on the Bank of Massillon in 183G, to the amount ol about $7000. A man named Anderson was taken op at the time, and tried for the offence, bul was released on a point law. He was however, recently re .meu, which he made a full confession, in which .., ;.rJi.viied Van Rennsalaer. The ac ne iiiijii' ------ cuscd was held to bail in tbe sum of $15 000, not being able to procure which, he was committed to jail to await his trial. Louisville (Ky.) Gazette. Jit Tarborough and Nno 'fJs A Horrid fW. Those who disap prove the practice will not mourn the dreadful issue unpreet dented we htlieve, as recorded in the following, which has just come to hand, from the Louisville Ga zette of July 20: ll is stated in the Brand on Miss. Repub lican of the 4Ui iust., thai Messrs. Di aue and Drinkins, citizMis of Madison county, Miss., gentlemen of high respectability. fought a duel a few days previously with double barrelled shot guns, and lhat boiii were killed. AUG. 7. Bacon, , -Drantly, apple, Coffee, Corn, Cotton, Cotton bagging, Flour, -Iron, Lard, Molasses, -Sugar, brown, Sali,T I. -Turpentine, ' Wheat, Whiskey, - lb ; gallon 1! bushel lb yard barrel lb lb gallon ll I bushel burrel bushel gallon ' Tar 'Lor if 8 10 100 U5 13 hi f-5 20." S3 8 50 10 GO 173 llJO 50 CO 9 2.1 f) 5 10 5.) m 155 ISO 123 53 1') 11 9 H D h; 3 Bonds of the. United States Bank. We learn llial I lie Secr-i.ny of ibe Treasury uas aciepied ihe offer of Charles Maccal ister, eq tor the sale, al par, of the bond of the Pennsylvania U mk of the United States, for about two million1', whicii 1 alls due ill SetHeoiliiT. IS. 10. A omii.ir nflV- ...... L . , . .I I,,, I seven years in the slate pi ison was made lor I lie b-ml payable in lb40;; J 1 out liie sale has been delened for the pie eui; one reason for whirb, we understand, is the uncertainty now whether the money will be repaired during tbe cun ent year. Globe. Case of Mayhem. A man has been tried before Jode Willard, ai. the Oy er and Terminer 1 6t. Lawrence county in this Siale, for biting ofl' hU wife's tongue. He bit off" about an inch, and the woman's snrtV iogs were great, besides being d:sa bled in her speech. The husband wa proved at limes insane on religious snb jeci, beiiewug himself L-hrist, Sec. The wile i el) died him for it, and this Caused him lo in die i punishment on her. lie was however of bad temper, and lived nnh ippi lv wiili his wif.. He was sentenced to (7The Secretaries, Messrs. Poinsett and Paulding, and Mr. Gilpin, Solictor of ihe Treasury, w ho accompanied ihe Presi dent as far as Richmond, on his way to the Vi rginia Springs, returned yesterday even ing lo the city. They were received every where wiili ihe hospitable courtesy for w hich Virginia is distinguished. The spirit of parly hostility ceased lo exist, in ihe generous social feeling with which the Virginian welcomes a guest to his house, aod to his bosom. At Norfolk, Ports mouth, the Navy Yard, and on board the ship of ihe officer commanding the Lxplo ring Expedition, elegant repasts were spread lor the President and Ihe friends who attended him. At the dinner given by the corporation, distinguished men of all parties united in paying their respects to the Chief Magistrate. Among the resi, we are pleased lo learn that the late Go vernor Tazewell attended. The lowlands have indeed given the President a highland welcome. We understand that the ships and crews f the Exploring Expedition are in fine or- To Sheriffs Sh nils are r quired by the Constituii -u lo forward duplicate re turns of ihe votes f r Governor in the dif ferent counties; both under seal, addressed to ihe Senetaiy of Stale - one id' which copies is intended for the Speaker of the Senate. 'The law requires lhat the returns should be made wiihin thirty days after the eleiliou. Penally for failure, $100. Bul. AV" Death of Commodore Rogers. We Do lice with regret tne death of Com. John Rogers, of the U. S. Navy, at Philadel phia Wednesday evening, 1st inst. This veteran ofii er, one of the oldest and most experienced in the service, a severe disci plinarian, an accomplished seaman and most skilful commander from ihe earliest peri-id of the rripolitau war, is now gath ered lo the same honored tomb thai con tains so many of his comrades of lhat epoch, which will be looked buk to in af ter limes as the most" chivalrous and me morable in the aswials of our navv. For many years Commodore Rogers was Pre sident of ihe .Yivv Board, and during the latter part of his hie has been .ifflicled with a deplorable mental malady, which has in a measure removed him from the societv before death itself closed his melancholy existence. Peace to his ashe! A. K. Star. Murder. A Coroner's inquest was held on Saturday last, on the person of Mr. Alexander McDiarmid, of beson coun i.. ...i. r. a ... i . . j itiuuiiu i.ean soine ten or twelve feet, from the Camden Road and about four miles from Payelteville. Mr. McDiarmid left here on Friday evening, and we understand his horse Went home, which gave the first indication ol his being missing He was first discover ed by some of the neighbors on Saturday morning, laying some distance from ihe road. The jury state that be was murdered by t-ome uiiKiiown person; and from the wounds on his bead and side, there is every appearance ol bis having been wil fully murdered. uuitic, mcic uas ueeu no irace or clue of suspicion, as yei, fixed on any person, but we hope the officers, and the public will keep a vigilant look out and bring the Murderer if possible, to justice. Fay. Jour. H7"An inquest was held on Sunday af lernoon on the person of Mrs. Moseley, wno aiea very suddenly, rerdict; she came to her death, by the visitation of God t6. 7We understand the Yellow Fever has made its appearance in Charleston, S C ib. Horrible. A negro woman at Balti more, named S trah Henry , having a spite against one of her color, enticed her out on the Common Saturday night, plied hei u iih liqu r, and having lied her arms set fire to her dollies and burnt her lo a crisp The victim was discovered before deajh wjs produced, bul her life is despaired of. The other woman has been aiieud. PROSPECTUS OF The Republican ii 7 f lliPrP hp j"rri J lr fT is proposed to establish in tar Washington, North Carolina, a r,cv? under the. above title and niotUi, 'i'ie j:i catcs the political character of tht p-nit,'!'; mott' indicates its purpose. It vi!i'av; stn.iir!y and warmly the doctrines of iho (j publican pv.rty the tiueiriues c.f lTyviiK,' doctrines of Thomas Jefferson, h v.i.,',, a strict construction of the Federal j4.""," It will of course resist the re-elmrit'i ,i . N . Cank in every form which Fedi rai i:in. lV', t propose. Such an institution is bclii-u-j'i"'.. only at war with the Uonsuiutiun, hut tu- - . foe to the commercial independence or ih...v ,' It Iras besides, many dangerous p -jliucul "u'vV cies. The Republican will advocate a ,,.,; tiveen Bunk and Stuic. The union of Uj;,; . State is mutually corrupting. ju5t a ihe U:: Church and St.dt has beea lbanaia ail udla. . And as in our free government it iu3 beca t . " that government can got along very w;ii vj ' the aid of church, and the cnurcii best ui;" its purity without tho interference vt ni-i eru.nent; so it will be found equally advm;t .,J V to separate Government and Uank, and i . . r".st upon its own nit nts. A greai ipies;. before the people of tins c;n.irj. in-; . the people govern tiie banks, or Lie l. r the people?" it involves another qu.-au. . thepeople capabio of seif-governuieiu ! Aret, . prepared to succumb to UiedoiuuiK.u ! ai;,.... aristocracy The odds are formidable: uma' . power and a power ever adverse to jmjLi-ui i. J oin . The danger fruin such power h in prj.;. lion to its concentration: and ii may saleiy tt sorted, that a more extensive and tonnine centration of the money power u;vu t-visu-du an' country than now exists in our uui. !; waging open war with the people, it is tv.. now sweeping counties and States in its nr.i..,:: and conquering march. ' All the pu-chasHaiu'. ent of the couutry is enlisted agatiisi the ;.;,. t i i:i ... : . .. .. j'i . . . ' i upuiur ijueriy is iu uuuger. uic pe-Ji'.c- rally to the rescue. Thanks to tne wi-dom...! valor of our forefathers, the political piav.tiavi .i. i i , . e . u - i . ......... in me nanus ca uie people; una surciv n IuU jU be necessary that they should be aroused t.'; sense of the dangen The iii publican k t found on tin side of the people and ar,ii!bU:;t- sponsible power. Will the people be tiuetuuu- selves The interests cf the Farmer will notbeov;: looked. A portion of the columns of the ktiu lican will be devoted to improvements in A "pic ture, .Markets, 6cc. 1 he Keoublican will he nnhlis iw on a Sur-r- royal sheet, weekly, at two dollara htiy paid within three months after the receipt of u first number, three dollars if paid afierw.no.- au communications addressed, "i'ublishtr a & C7lr. Cunningham Boyle, of South Carolina, was murdered by a party ol his own slaves, on his plantation near Colum bia, a few days since. Four of the slaves have been arrested, found guilty of ihe of fence, and sentenced lo' be executed on the lOih inst. A speedy and merited punish ment. Ral. Reg. Forgery. Mr. Van Uennsalaer,a weal- Interesting from Texas By th steam er Columbia, at New Orleans, e have in telligence lo Joly 21st. The country was busily occupied canvassing for the I'resi dency. The Hon. Ja. Collingivoi lb, Chiel Justice ol the Republic, is dead. The Mexicans having taken possession of Corpus Christi, on the iiver Nueces, on the Tamaulipas frontier, in order to elude the French blockade; the Texiaus talk of retaliating by marching on Mala moras, and meetings at Brazoria and Ma tagorda had proposed to raise volunteer corps. The Mexicans had also exaspera ted the Te.iau by depredations on ihe border, a parly of 200 having plundered j Republican," will receive attention. boliad ol all its horses and mules. The Aug. 183St .1 1 1 1' V IV :i n I i l n ! 1 1 r .( I "7 n inn ...c .C ... . " .i;a ii.iv.i- cbandiz neai Copaua, and kill d the tw.. JlOllCC. drivers, Putnam and Harris. The Hon. Anson Jones, Minister Plenipotentiary from Texas to the United States, arrived in the Columbia. The Cimam lies near Bexar have become exceedingly hostile, and the President is censured for not rais ing ihe Dragoon corps, for which the Con gress appropriated $50 000. President Houston has announced by proclamation the adoption of a rummer cial arrangement with England, by w hich the trade and intercourse has been placed on a footing advantageous to both coun tries. 1 bis is not only equivalent to a tormal recognition of the Independence ol i exas. uui it goes even beyond it in recog nising me ptvver ol lexas to sustain lhat independence and to establish commercial relations wiili all the world. jY. Y Star From Brazil. Letters from Rio Janei nun the 1st of June, with the sight of winch we have been lavored, menliun H e receipt of advices from Rio Grande to May 22d, confirming the loial defeat of the Government troops by the Insurgents of that Province, with a loss of 2,000 men. Unly a lew cavalry and three Generals es caped. The rebels were marchinc to wards Rio Grande, and there was no hope "i me uovernmeut uemg able to withstand ihem. The Province" (Rio Grande) was considered as lost lo Brazil. R js t,e soutbermost province of Brazil, and bor ders on ihe Oriental Republic, of which .iiuuioiueu is me capital. Jour. Lorn- Petersburg Market, August 3. Cot ton The last European accounts by the Royal William Steamer, has cast a damp ... i.,c uiaruei, ana prices have declined i lo h cts. Our quotations are merely no niiual, ihe manufacturers being supplied lor the present, and there is no demand for export. We quote prime at 11 cts. the common and middling qualities 9 a 10 cts. Flour, $7 50 lo9 00 Corn,((whole sale,) 3 75 to 4 00 Bacon, (Hog Round,) H to 1 1 cts Int. Washington Market, Aug. 7. Turpen tine, new dip, $2,95; Old 1,90: Scrane. $1 00. Tar,$l IQ. Whig. rlTUih Mibscnbtr, as Admini-habr o: i he estate of Thomas Uichcitscn, ilic-d, lien hy noiihe all ..e iu n?, oJ -aid Uifli Liison lo come forward or make L.U'Vn their title to tl ch-s d?f ctnt-. lnco:i jectured that William DickensonM or of the ih-ccaM-d, who removed loSiviih Cai(d:na evcr.d y tats ince, i now ii'.'i i or ha- left heirs u ho are ( iitilled !op :' of said estate. The will ol the dail was made Void, and all the hciis cent- is according i0 aw estate is now res- dy lor seitlement, and if application i" 1 :Cl oadj to the Mihcrber in "otioiy, North Carolina, within the lime limited by law, I vj feel my sell" auliioti sed to eltle vyiih tin- heir- thit ;ue k vvr. MOSES BAKER, Mm'r. July 14, !S:iS. $50 Reward. npiIE undersior ied will give Ihe abov: reward ol Filly Didlars, fur ihe V prehension and confinement in ihejiiU' Louihurg, N C. of who was lound guilty ol the muider (' Pleasant Burnett Jun'r. by a foro oer's lnquet held over the body of l-c deceased, in February, 1S37, since wh: lime he has not been heard of, to a to ta reached by a process ol law. Pleasant Buhnett, SenV is abcut filly two or fifty-three years old : cupPoS; fd to be six feet high : with a down lc when spoken to : large eyebrows, nuetnS in the middle and exentlin: a littls on 'd nose: with small blue ey es: round face and an excellent set ol leelh: tolerably dark curly hair: and weaisa liuss. lie is supposed to be lurking in Hounly or Nash, or in reach ol his wife' iher, (Robert Melton,) who lives ia Nadi, at which place, I have been creel j 'ably informed, he has been seen sevtrsl 'imes since ihe murder. In addition to the above reward oi a ') dollars, I will pay alp reasonable charts for his apprehension and confinement m trauklin j-iil, or any other i-nl n )r,,s tate, so that he pan be bronghi to ju-tice. GREEN BURNETT. Louisburg, Franklin Co. June 25, 1S3-
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