upon obvious and palpable demands of tbe
public nood. Of holding all chartered
institutions to their undcrtikins as the
price of privilege granted. Of requiring
from all public functionaries, fidelity in
public trust, and from the representative a
due respect to the public will. Ul prcscrv
ing in undisputed purity the freedom of
elections, and yieldinga prompt submission
to the will of a majority, that great prinoi
pie of a representative government and
zealously encouraging whatever shall ren
der the people ot the Mate contented and
prosperous, her character respected and
her ins'.itutions flourishing, solid and per
manent.
Allow me in conclusion, to lender to
Voit individual I v, the homage of my res
pect, for the polite manner in which you
havc discharged the duty assigned you,
and to return to the Convention my pro
found acknowledgements for ihe kind par-
tiaiiiy which influenced their selection.
With sincere respect and essecm,
Your friend and fellow citizen,
R. M. SAUNDERS..'
By the request of the Convention, that
body was addressed by its Nominee, in a
forcible and impressive manner, which
called forth repeated bursts of applause.
The remarks of Judge S. related to his past
political history his devotion to demo
cratic principles and his veneration for the
will of the people. We have no notes
of these remarks, and are therefore unable
to do justice to this eloquent and manly
exposition of his political views and
career. Ed. Standard.'
Several gentlemen were called upon to
address the Convention, all 01 wnom de
clined, except Mr. Hoke of Lincoln, who
entertained its members for some time with
a Speech rife with patriotic sentiments,
and occasional sallies of wit and hu
mor. The Committee to whom was referred
the Expenditures of the Convention, re
ported the following resolution as a part of
their Report.
Resolved, That 15,000 copies of the pro
ceedings of this fonvention, together with
15,000 copies of the Address of the Com
mittee of thirteen, be printed and circu
lated through the different Counties of the
State, by tlie Editor of the Standard.
On motion of James T. Miller, it is una
nimously Resolved, That the thanks of this Con
vention are due and are hereby tendered to
Mr. Smith, for the kindness and liberality
he has exhibited, in tendering the Use of
his Room to the Members of the Democrat
ic Republican State Rights Convention.
On motion,
Resolved, That the thanks of the Con
vention be given to the President, Vice
Presidents and Secretaries, for the dignified
and able manner in which they have ful
filled there several stations.
On the adoption of this Resolution, the
President adjourned the Convention sine
die, in a very feeling and impressive
Speech.
LOUIS D. WILSON, President.
GABRIEL HOLMES,
HENRY FITTS,
V. Fs.
L. E.' Thompson,
J. C. Dobbin,
Secretaries.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 1840.
Democratic lie public mi Slate
Mights Nominations.
FOR PRESIDENT,
MARTIN VAN BUR EN.
-oeo-
FOR GOVERNORt
ROmLUS HI. SAUKDlSltS.
J"JWe invite attention to the able ex
position of Democratic principles contained
in the admirable letter of Judge Saunders,
embodied in the proceedings of the Demo
cratic Republican State Rights Convention,
which will be found in the preceding col
umns.
(fJThe Southern Federal Whigs have
suddenly discovered, since the Harrisburg
Nominations have been made public, that
Gen. Harrison is a genuine Republican, a
Southerner by birth, and a Southerner in
principle. How far they are borne out by
fuels, will be seen in the following indis
putable evidence of his early as well as late
opinions on public measures. In a speech
a few years since in the Senate of the U.
S., John Randolph of Roanoke thus spoke of
Gen. Harrison:
"Now, sir, the only difference between
the gentleman from Ohio and myself is this
and it is vital: that gentleman and my
self differ fundamentally and totally, and
did differ when we first look onr seats in
Congress he as a delegate from the tcrn
ritory Northwest of the river Ohio, I as a
member of the other House, from the State
of Vimiuia. He was an open, zealous
fran ksunDorierof the Sedition Law and
Rhck Cnrksde administration; and I was
as Zealous, frank and open an opponent of
. . . i o - 1 : r l -I
the Black Cockade ana neuiuon naw ad
ministration. We differ fundamentally
and totally we never arec about measures
or about men 1 do not mean to uiciaie iu
ih irPtitlnmen let us agree to differ as
gentlemen ought to do,especially natives of
i he same Slate, who are antipodes 10
p.ach other in politics. He, I acknowledge
just now the zenith and I the nadir; but
unless there is something false in the phi
losophy of the schools, in the course
of time even these will change meir pu
ccs. ' '
To which General Harrison replied
and acknowleged his support of the Ad
ministration of the elder Adams, thus:
"He has been pleased to say, that under
the administration ot Mr. Adams, 1 was
federalist, and he comes to that conclusion
from the course pursued by me in Ihe ses
sion of 179.91600.
The irentleman had no means of know
ing my political principles unless he ob-
tiinpfl ihim m mivnte conversation. as i
was on terms of intimacy wnh the gentle
man.it is verv probable that he might have
heard me express sentiments tavoraoic 10
the then administration. 1 certainly leit
I hem," &.c.
These were the early opinions of Gen. II.
Since then it is well known that he has
been and is now an anient supporter
of the Tariff, Internal Improvement, U. S
Hank, and the whole system which the
widestand most latitudinarian constructions
of the Constitution have brought into prac
tice by the General Government. And,
as regards Abolitionism, of which so
much of late has been said, the follow
ing opinions expressed by Gen. Harrison
in 1833, and by Mr. Van - Huren in
1S31, plainly exhibit their views on this
exciting topic.
Harrison. "Should I be asked if there
is no way by which the General Govern
ment can aid the cause of emancipation, I
answer, that it has long been an object
near my heart to see the whole of its sur
plus levenue appropriated to that object.
With the sanction of the States holding the
slaves, there appears to me to be no con
stitutional objection to its being thus ap
plied, embracing not only the colonization
of those that may be otherwise freed, bul
the purchase of the freedom of others.
Hy a zealous prosecution of a plan formed
upon that basis, we might look forward to
a day, not very distant, when a North
American sun would not look down upon
a slave."
Van Buren. Letter to Mr. Gwinn in
1S34. "My opinions on the subject of
the power of Congress over Slave Prop
erty in the Southern States are so well un
derstood by my JYicnds, that I am surprised
that an attempt to impose upon the public
respecting them should be hazarded. The
subject is, in my judgment, exclusively
under the control of the State Govern
ments; and I am not apprised, nor do I
believe that a contrary opinion to an extent
deserving consideration, is entertained in
any part of the United States. 'I he charge,
therefore, to which you have had the
goodness to call my attention, that I am
in favor of an interference by Congress in
manumitting your slave properly, is desti
tute of foundation: so far from it I do not
see on what authority the General Govern
ment could interfere without a change of
the Constitution, even at the instance of
either or of all the slaveholdinjj States."
We ask of every candid and intelligent
reader, that professes to be a Republican,
a dispassionate perusal of the above indis
putable facts and opinions, and then let
him say if he is not also compelled to ac
knowledge that Gen. Harrison and himself
"are antipodes to each other in politics.
(JpIIcnry D. Gilpin, of Pennsylvania,
has been appointed by the Piesideat, by
and with the advice and consent of the
Senate, Attorney General of the United
States, in the place of Felix Grundy, elec
ted a Senator of the United States from
Tennessee.
CONGRESS.
In the Senate, on the 13th inst. Mr.
White, of Tennessee, presented certain
resolutions of the Legislature of Tennes
see, instructing her Senators to support 'he
measures of the Administration, &c, and
after reading a letter, giving his reasons
for non-complying therewith, announced
his resignation as a member of the Senate.
The Independent Treasury bill has been
ordered lo be engrossed in the Senate, by
a vote of 24 to 18.
The bill for the armed occupation of
rlonda, is still under discussion in the
Senate.
. The House of Representatives, by a vote
of 118 to 77, decided on the 13th inst. to
refer the New Jersey case with all the pa
pers and testimony, to the Committee of
Elections.
On the same day, Mr. Pickens of S. C.
called the attention of the House to an ar
ticle in the Madisonian, slating that Gen.
"Huff fl rion had hfifin offered $10,000 by
Messrs. Blair & Rives, of the Globe, for
.a ;nil.,pnPP in the election of Printer to
the House. Messrs. Blair & Rives, have
unequivocally pronoue'ed the article from
the Madisonian "lo be a tissue of false
hood."
TT S! Slonntr. Col. Benton, on Mon-
,ir th fith.. delivered a most able and
conclusive argument against Ihe cor.stitu
lionality and expediency of assuming or
providing for the payment oi tne ouiie
,ukta nr txTvrxr the land revenue to
that object. The reader will find in it
a clear historical view of the origin and
progress of this distribution, or assump
tion measure, which commenced some 10
rr 15 vears airo. The first successful act was
the deposite bill nominally but dislribu
tion bill in reality, which passed in June,
1836. The next step is now to assume
the Slate debts, or to secede the public
Innrls tn them for th.it nurnose. A direct
assault on the constitution has been anr!
will continue , to be unavailing evasion
is now the order of the day having pro
ved so successful in the deposite case
we shall have constant repetitions of the
same measure unuer every varuuy ui
forms. The country is indebted' to Col
Benton for thus early drawing their atten
tion to the dangers that tnreaten us
from this quarter, and for stripping these
insidious schemes of all their disguises.
Halifax Democrat.
Distressing Fire in Wilmington. A
fire broke out in Wilmington yesterday at
two o'clock, A. M. near the Court House,
which was consumed. We learn by a p is-
senger in the stage last night, that the two
most important squares for busines., and
the value of property were consumed, with
the exception of the Cape Fear Bank and
two or three other buildings, which were
preserved by the great elforls made, in
consequence of great rewards offered by
the owners.
The two squares burnt, were those
North East and North Wi st of the Court
louse, the latter extending to the river
and being that on which was the Custom
louse and Cape Fear Bank. The for
mer, that on which Kestoivs Hotel and
Dawson's Store were situated.
Fay. Jour. Jan. IS.
Appalling Calamity Steamboat
Destroyed and nearly Two Hundred
Lives Lost I A slip from the office of
the Bridgport Standard, furnishes us with
the following most melancholy intelligence
of the steamboat Lex-nglon, which left
New York on Monday afternoon 13lh inst.
for Providence, having, it is believed,
about one hundred and fifty passengers!!!
A large quantity of cotton was placed upon
her decks. At 7 o'clock, when about
two miles from Eaton's Neck, the
cotton took fire near the smoke pipe.
The boat w:is headed for the shore, as
soon as ihe efforts to extinguish the fire
proved unsuccessful. She was provided
with three boats yet such was the panic
which took possession of all minds, that
they were hoisted out while the boat was
still under headway, and immediately
swamped.
The engine a few minutes after gave
way, Jeaving the boat utterly unmanage
able. The scene which then ensued is des
cribed as most appalling. As soon as the
engine stopped, the passengers began to
leave the boat on boxes, bales, &c.
Capt. Manchester, the pilot, and Chis.
Smith, boat hand, and Capt. Ililliard, are
supposed to be all l hat are saved.
Accidents. Mr. Wm. Alexander, of
this place, was shot a few days ago by thej"ncr protest and' that its losses will
accidental discharge of a double barrelled
gun which he was loading, lie lingered in
great agony until yesterday morning,
when death put an end to his misery.
A Miss Elizabeth Jordan, of this county,
was accidentally shot, on the 25th ult. by
herbrother who was carelessly playing
with a loaded gun.
Mrs. Bell, who was so severely" burnt
a short time since by her clothes catching
fire, died last week.
A man by the name of Richd. Stone
was killed in this county last week, by
another named Simmons, whom
he had attacked with an axe. The Coro
ner's Jury returned a verdict of justifiable
homicide. Eliz. City Piienix.
Dreadful Occident. A negro girl,
about 14 years of age, the property of Mrs.
Mordccai, of this vicinity, was killed on
Wednesday last, by the limb of a falling
Tree. She was in the new ground, where
the hands were clearing, and as a Tree
was in the act of falling, was warned of
the danger, but she was either not quick
enough in her movements, or ran in the
wiong direction, and was crushed to death.
Ral. Reg.
Bank of the Slate. One of the By-Laws
for the government of the Bank of the State
requires that, at the General meeting of the
Stockholders, a Report shall be made set
ting forth the amount of indebtedness, as
well of Directors, as of Stockholders who
are not Directors. At the recent meeting
of Stockholders, such a Report was made.
3tul it appeared that out of a debt due the
Principal Bank of S714,000, only S23, 000
are owing by Stockholders, of which S7,
000 are due from Directors,, and Si 6,000
from Stockholders, notjDirectors. A paral-
lei lotbls can be found, we imagine, but
in few. Banking Institutions. ib.
fcj A singular disease is said by the
Newbern Spectator to be prevailing in
Currituck county. It affects the head,
in what way not mentioned, and is rapid
ly fatal. Eight persons died in one neigh
borhood within the space of a few days.
JIn consequence of some .part of
the machinery which connects the locomo
tive and train giving away, the other day,
one of the negri attendants was thrown
across the track of the Wilmington & Ral
eigh Rail Road, and his body severed in
twain. Wilmington Chron.
Death on a Railroad. Mr. Snyder,
;n'ineer of 'the Rail Road near Norfb
the
engineer oi "me Jian ivoau m:ar iohoik,
felFoffihe locomotive on the 2Sth ult. nd
had bo'h legs severed.
Wilmington and Raleigh Rait Road.
We recur to this work with peculiar
pleasure as the period for its completion
approaches. It is a proud monument to
the enterprise, and energy of its builders
who need no panegyrick at our hands.
The following facts are from an official
source.
From Wilmington to Tar River the
road is finished, and the trains run daily
over, it distance - 125 miles
From Weldon to Battle's Depot
the road is finished and in use
distance - - 29 miles
Total amount in use 155 miles.
Amount to be completed and
nearly done G miles
Total length of ro.id
1GI miles
On 21 2 miles G50 feet of this road are
curved, leaving the unparalleled amount
of 1391 miles ot straight road in. a total
of IG I miles. One of these straight lines
is 47 miles long; other? are 3 - 4 6 7
s and 15 miles in length. The shortest
radius of curvature used is 5730 feet
and most of the radii are 12 20 and 30,
000 feet, he radius of one curve is 6S,
2 10 feet in length which curve is consid
ered equal to a straight line The steepest
grade on the mad is 30 fret per mile
these occur only in approaching the few
streams that cross the line the grades gen
erally are level grades. Locomotives can
no where else make such performances as
on this line because of its line and grades
as aforesaid. When the unfinished portion
shall be completed, if only by the 1st of
March, this work will have been built
in the short space of three years from
the time the contractors got fairly under
way. Wilmington fidv.
Rencontre. We learn from the Fav
ctteville Observer, that in consequence of
previous alto cation, a rencontre took
place in that town on Monday, 30th Dec,
between Mr. Duncan MacRae, Jr., and
Mr. John W. Ochiltree, in which the
latter recieved a pistol ball in his head.
It is feared that the wound is mortal,
though Mr. Ochiltree was alive on Tues
day afternoon, and in full possession of
his mental I icullies. He is about 24 years
of age, and his probable premature fate
is a subject of deep grief to a large circle
of relatives and friends.
Mr. MacRae, (who is still younger than
Mr. Ochiltre,) was arrested, having made
no effort to avoid arrest, and was under
going examination before the Magistrate's
Court at the last accounts.
Alabama State Bank.--The Legislative
committee of Investigation reported that
.this Hank has $5l,S50, 756 93 in suit and
not vary much from a million of dollars.
N. Y. Star.
Harming Facts. The official report
of the Bank Commissioners of Ohio, states
that the loans and discounts o' the Banks
are over 815,000,000, of which more
than one half were made to 932 individuals,
and less than 1000 citizens owe every dollar
of the whole. ib.
Shocking Occident. Seven canal
boats were blown up at a landing place on
James river 1 1 miles below Lynchburg, on
the 28th December, and four of the hands
(free colored men) killed, and one badly
injured, by the accidental explosion of 75
kegs of gunpowder, which were on board
two of the boats. Fortunately the rest of
the hands were absent at the lime.
(D"A Michigan paper states that there
are in the two Canadas, 3000 colored
troops, most of whom are runaway slaves
from the United States.
Later from France. By the packet
ship Iowa, Capt. Pell, ad vices are received
from Havre to Dec. 7, inclusive.
The news from Africa is vet more disas
trous. Another body of French troops
to the number, it is said, of 15,000 men,
have been massacred by the Arabs, which
caused great sensation in France. " De
sides Ihe 25,000 conscripts ordered to re.-,
inforce the army at Algiers, several regi
ments have volunteered to go to revenue
the death of their countrymen.
Washington Market, Jan.2 Corn
S3 40 a S2 50; dull sale. Bacon sides
10 cents, hams 11 cents. Pork, $5 a g6
per cwt. Naval Stores New dip, $o o?.
Old, $2 05. Tar, Si to $1 10. FishLj
shad, $10 Herrings, cut, $6 to $6 5oZ!
whole, S3 00 a 4 00. Rep.
Petersburg Market, Jan. 1G. Cotton
Since our last report of this article a
decline of i to cent per Ib. has occurred
We quote it at 9 to 10 cents, as inequality
-the latter price for prime only. Int.
(QElder William Jones, of Orane
county, will by appointment preach at tjje
following places of wor.-hip: On Sunrli,.
the 19th, and 20th instant, at Tarboroua).
Tuesday, the 2 Is', Hardaway's m. h. np-,'
S. L
Shell
Bankf Thursday, the 23d, Falls Yj
Nash-county; Saturday, the 25th, Nasi
ville; Sunday, the 26th, Sandy Grot
near Jno. Taylor's; Monri.iv, the 27ii
Leigh Chapel; Tuesday, the 2Slh, flepsi'
bah, Wake county. Com.
pvim eumut,
Jit Tarbonugh and jYeio York.
Jan. 2i.
Hiicon,
H randy, apple,
Coffee,
Corn,
Cotton,
Cotton ban-nrinnr.
Hour,
Iron,
Lard,
Molasses, -Sugar,
brown,
Salt, T.I. -TiVpentine,
Wheat,
Whiskey, -
I per Tarboro. Xtw York
lb 11 li 10 u
gallon 75 100 40 50
lb 13 16 J 13
bushel 55 CO 57 Si
lb ! 10 on
yard 20 25 15 21
barrel $6 6j $5 Gi
ib 5J 6 3 4
lb 8 10 7 10
gallon 50 GO 2-2 30
lb 10 12i 6 y
bushel 70 75 32 33
barrel 170 175 225 23
bushel G5 75 120 130
gallon 50 GO 42 41
Horses for Sale.
"ii6 6""
TUK Wilmington & Ra
leigh Rail Road Company,
have 80 lo
lOO Superior ISorses Tor sale.
Aj.ply to the Subscriber, or to Mr.
Dune. 'ii Feig'M-xon, ngent on the Wilming
to.i and Uakigh Rail Ro.id Company
S age line.
JLRX.iXDElt AUCRJ2E,
(ieneral Ar.t W. & R. R. R.
Wilmington, Dec 14, lS.i9. 4
Cotton Yam.
' r 1 1 1 1 v subscriber has jut rrceiv d a
quantity of Cotton Y.irn, diffeient
numbers, which he will sell on reasonable
and accommodating U-rms.
GEO. HOWARD.
Tarboro', Jan. IS 10.
Fresh Garden Seeds.
fJlHE subscriber offers for sale a quanti
ty of fresh .Harden Seeds, recently
pitchad from G S Thorburn, seeds
man and florin, New York,
Among which arc:
Barjy turnip beet, Early cucumber,
While caicily do Long prickly do
Long blood do Short do do
Early York Cabbage Southgate do
M iy do Early Lettuce
B,nier-.ea do Cabbage do
Dutch do
Welling!, ;n do
Late Drumhead do
SugjiJ jaf do
Washington Peas,
Marrowfat do
Frame do
Parsnips
(Jreen Head do
Impel ial do
Drumhead do
Erly Frame Radish
Long Scarlet do
White turnip do
Dwarf beans
Lima do
Scjilet runners do
E u ly horn carrot
Loi.g Orange do
J1S. M. REDMOND.
January 12, IS 10.
JYotice.
ILL BE RENTED, for the pres.
ent year, on Tuesday in Februarv
Court week next,
The House ami I,ot3
In the town of Tarboro', belonging to the
r.siaie oi ur. John J. Daniel, dee'd
M P. DANIEL, Jldm'x.
Jan. 15. 1S40. q
JYotice.
npHE -subscriber has authorised Mr.
JL
Jesse Mercer to collect the debts due
the estate of
Dr. John J. Daniel, dee'd,
And also to pay all claims aa-oinst sai,l .
'ale that may be properly authenticated.
f MP. DANEL, Mm'x.
tan. id, IS40.
3 6
Pittsboro Academy.
rjpriE'ncxl session of this Institution,
urn uuijnmenceon ine 13th of January.
Tuition, 5 3' " 8 00
.' e English, 15 00
To. be pai.unryersall iii advance.
J. M. LO VEJO Yt JPrincipal.
Dec. 25, 1839. 14
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