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SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 1S40. Democratic Jiepublican State jiighls Nominations, POR PRESIDENT, MARTIN VAX BUREX. FOR VICE PRESIDENT, UICIIARD 31. JOIINSOX. OCinr Cmintv Court was held this Week, but nothing of importance occurred. On Monday, eleven shares in the Wil mington and Raleigh Rail Road, for which glOO per share had been paid in, was sold at public auction for $45 12 J per share, at twelve months credit without interest. ELECTION RETURNS. We publish below the votes for Gover nor given to Messrs. Saunders and More head in 1S40, and to Messrs. Spaight and Dudley in 1S3G, which was the last party Contest for Governor. The statement is not official, but it is piesumed, is nearly cor rect, being taken from various sources. Morehead's majority is 5253, which is alto gether a sectional majority, as will he seen by the majorities in the western Congres sional districts, viz: Graham's about 4400, Fisher's 3200, Williams's 2700, &c. The immense increase in the popular vote can not fail to arrest attention, and excite sus picion that northern whig tactics have been extensively introduced by the whigs among our honest and unsuspecting people. 1840. IS36. Saun's. Mor'd. Spa't. Dud'y. beson, 1 in Buncombe, 1 in Rutherford, 1 in Ashe, and 1 in Burke-being a Republi can gain of 5, and a loss of 17 members giving the whig-a majority of 4 in the Se nate, and 38 in the Commons. vmWo xvpm nresented, a day or two since, with a fine piece of sturgeon by Mr David Barlow, of this county. Mr. Bar lmv we understand, has been very suc cessful in catching this huge fish in Tar ri ver. bv means of a trap. In one day he took 23, weighing about 1600 pound another time, 15, &c. at Counties. Anson, 422 Ashe, 534 Beaufort, 363 Bertie, 468 Bladen, 451 Brunswick, 244 Buncombe, 341 Burke, 367 Cabarrus, 395 Camden, 91 Carteret, 2S2 Caswell, 1137 Chatham, 603 Cherokee, 1 30 Chowan, 203 Columbus, 288 Craven, 643 Cumberland, 952 Currituck, 528 Davidson, 470 Davie, (not heard from) JJuplin, 766 Edgecombe, 129S Franklin, 636 Gales, 11 rr Granville, 760 Greene, 256 Guilford, 469 Halifax, 446 Haywood, 241 Henderson, ' 46 Hertford, 231 Hyde, 179 Iredell, 1622 Johnston, 611 Jones, 121 Lenoir, 3S6 Lincoln, 2056 Macon, 333 Martin, 574 Mecklenburg, 1201 Montgomery, Moore, 517 Nash, 791 New Hanover, 899 Northampton, 519 Onslow, 690 Orange, 1540 Pasquotank, 222 Perquimons,. 124 Person, 5S3 Pitt, 519 Randolph, 343 Richmond, 79 Robeson, 56S Rockingham, 1000 Rowan, 870 Rutherford, 546 Sampson, 723 Stokes, 1190 Surry, 978 Tyrrell, 4t Wake, 1157 Warren, 705 Washington, 96 Wayne, 777 Wilkes, 127 Yancy, 419 1100 274 501 431 S46 236 4S3 4S9 329 345 347 124 855 533 1555 516 840 227 524 49 448 243 270 1067 1075 627 292 292 163 242 1S5 671 669 621 800 150 419 1409 69 234 754 111 1191 3S3 564 i. 171 m 873 391 304 275 2211 475 622 465 438 459 451 395 264 457 15S 334 226 574 672 2t2 121 265 355 933 1674 723 450 244 519 9S4 1095 963maj. 93 560 545 73 679 219 730 513 239 142 51S 1662 1132 660 259 494 49 272 49S 625 510 1290 112 672 60 601 50S 533 S46 1613 117 1652 588 473 6GG 1167 802 1129 1035 427 25 1030 891 SS 673 379 34 263 716 1425 158 391 542 1012 376 755 336 324 359 1194 1257 643 425 371 116 932 rOR THE TAUIJORO FRE?S. Badger's Oran- villc Speech. No. 6. The hopes of the whig party, fellow citizens, to net possession of the govern ment appear to rise exactly in proportion to the distress and rum ot the country wnicn they conjure up. The trading classes in the Atlantic cities undoubtedly suffered great distress and bankruptcy, during the o-nml convulsions brought on bv the banks: but these were not the people, these were but a small proportion of the A mpriP.ill commiinitv. It cannot have escaped the observation of reflecting men, who have paid any attention to the move ments of the great whig party, that they en- iov with evident delight and proclaim with the highest satisfaction,thc ruined condition of the country. I he great mass ol agricul turists have never been able to discover the horrible distress so enthusiastically por trayed by the learned Granville orator. Every farmer and planter knows, that thn avcracre mice of all the necessaries of life is as low or lower than "eleven years ago." Iron, sail, molasses, sugar, cof fee, (the learned orator's sympathetic beve rage) domestic goods, were never lower, and even foreign goods; but the derange ment of the currency by banks, will forcv exist, raising or lowering price, until they are reformed and rendered subordinate to law. Uutil then, there will be periods of excessive circulation, when prices will rise and money will be said to be plenty; at other times, a reduecd circulation, when prices will fall and money will be said to be scarce. At present, the banks arc with drawing the circulation, and money will be scarce, and distress may become great and general by reducing the circulating medi um to an inadequate amount for the purpo ses of the community. But without the intentional bad management and the despot 343 210 268 499 70 1219 300 71 376 450 12 is 4 304 228 192 695 275 251 869 1048 342 102 224 604 252 1237 491 479 230 482 1000 617 409 300 1642 14 78 419 82S 583 339 864 92 377 ISO 1134 110 4'J044 30G37 35395 o i i r r it. oo lar as nearu irum, me ncpuoncans have gained 1 member of Assembly in Co lumbus, 1 in Greene, 1 in Craven, l in Sampson, and 1 in Yancy; but have lost 3 in Halifax, 1 in Bertie, 1 in Northampton, 1 in Granville, l in r , . .-uvu, 111 w u ic onnression of banks, the crcat mass of agriculturists will realize for the pro ducts of their industry a price regulated by the demand for them. Hear what the Secretary of the Treasury savs in his report of 1S39, page Sth: "It is an interesting fact, that during the last three years more than 86 millions annually, or an average of nine-tenths of the whole domestic exports have been derived from agriculture. More than seven-tenths ol our whole popuhtion are probably 'employed in this useful pursuit." Let agriculture refrain from the mania of speculation, and from trading with batiks, JU5and its productive energies cannot be kept (down even by the burthen imposed upon 9" jit by our execrable legislation, or the rot l"'tcnncss and oppression of our wretched 1 15 ; banking system; which hang upon our pros 565 ! pent y like a millstone about the neck of the 14 J rlrmvnincr mnn. A TietllturC IS but a beast of burden at the present day. it is the ass, not between two, but an hundred bur thens. It has to bear the burthen of mono polies, exclusive privileges, bounties, char ters, contracts, sinecures, salaries and in comes; the natural progeny of the worst State and General legislation, of which it is the victim; to be insulted, plun dered, swindled, and trodden under foot, and to have its rights and privileges filch ed from it by a purse-proud aristocracy of bank, commercial and manufacturing capi talists. It is this great respectable and use ful class composing seven-tenths of the whole population, that the whig party is endeavoring to excite against the govern ment of its own choice, because il stands forth on the part of the people and of pop ular rights to prevent a Federal, bank, ab olition, wiiig government from being fixed and fastened upon you forever. It is no secret at this day, that Alexan der Hamilton, the great apostle of the fed eral parly and his associates, the reprcsen- laiivcsoi ine commercial and asxopintPil wealth of the country', advocated in the convention which framed the constitution, a government ot king, lords and commons; or a government to lostcr the interests of the lew, at the expeneeof the rights of the many. A government which would con demn the poor to labor perpetually for the rich; a government of monopolies and ex clusive privileges for the wealthy. Such is still the object ol the great whig party, if we except perhaps royalty, which they know to be impracticable; but we have abundant causes of solemn reflection and painful regret, in observing the strides which this party has made and is making by encroach ments upon the conservative fi-.Uures of the constitution, and the violation of the principles ot morality and .justice. WTe see that a species of "monicd despotism" is already establisned, lo which the coun iry is tributary to the amount of 35 mil your elections, and now requires the people to withdaaw the support of the State trom Mr. Van Buren "and bestow it on on the Federal bank w hig abolitionist Harrison. With the statements which 1 presented for your consideration in the two last num bers therefoie, 1 appeal to you, fellow i.: 4 cur xrVkoltiur it is nnSSlble tO a- void the following plain and incontesti blc deductions: . 1st. That the exasperated position assu med bv the Granville orator, "that the ad ministration is the cause of the distressed condition of the country t" istalje and un founded, nav ridiculous. 2nd, That the United States Rank has been the real producing cause of the uu prospcrous condition of the country'. Another conclusion follows, as clear a the sacred light ol heaven, that this abused administration has faithfully and patrioti cally discharged its duty to the American people, in defending by its wisdom and vigilance, the national credit aguinst the as saults and oppressions of banks, and our free institutions against the attacks of the whole combined Whig party. Why should I spend time in endeav oring to prove the self-evident truth, '-that the fluctuation in the prices of labor & pro duce" is attributable entirely to the action of banks? The learned orator has pointed at the low price of cotton as the act t)f the administration. He cannot be ignorant, for every one knows, that the administra tion and Congress have uniformly labored for the promotion of all the producing in terests; thatthewhole diplomatic body, has been regularly instructed, to omit no oppor tunity, to relax no exertion, to remove the restrictions of European governments upon the introduction of our tobacco, rice, cot ton, flour, and manufactures into those coun tries. He cannot he ignorant that the price of cotton is fixed by the great consumer En- land in the absenceof ariilicial regulations, bvan invariable lawof trade, viz: the relative proportion which 'production & consump tion" bear to each other, n wc produced more than Europe can consume, especial ly when we have rivals in the production of this article in Egypt and the East Indies, the most ordinary understanding will per ceive that the price will go down to the cost of producing it. If wc cannot supply the European demand, ot course the price will always be a fair one. In other words, the price of this commodity like every oth er, must be governed by the law of "sup ply and demand." It can never differ in character from other commodities, it is not money, it is not exchange, whatever char acter some of our wise Soathcrn political e- conomists may wish to invest it with. But the price of cotton, has I admit, been af fected by unnatural and artificial causes, not however resulting from.ordependent on, or connected with any act of the administra tion, but traceable unerringly to the action of banks; and there are few men of the slightest intelligence unacquainted with the fact. For example. The Bank Uni ted States of Pennsylvania, in the plenitude of her power, or her weakness, attempted to monopolise the crop of 1S37, with a view to hold it back both in England and the U. S., & force up the prices upon the English manufacturers. These consumers could not remain uninformed of thisdesign upon their interests, and of course took measures lo couuteract the blow, which necessarily in the end had a fatal effect upon the price of this article. In 1S3S, a Southern convention of political economists of a new school, very wisely made an effort, to renew the "Bid ble experiment" through the instrumen tality of bank capital, and bank advan ces, in the very teeth of demonstration, and common sense. It has been esti mated that the planters deluded with the liberal advances of depreciated notes by the banks upon their cotton, and trusting to the high promises of the bank schemes, after paying interest, freight, insurance, brokerage, commissions, damages, losses,&c. realised something like five or six cents per lb. for their cotton; when they could have sold it in the usual way for nine, ten or eleven cents. Such must ever be the ef fect of bank interference, with the great products of the country7, arresting the na tural course of trade; and thus another po sition of the great whig orator is shown lo be as false as the "baseless fabric of a vi- f ii. . i route by the wrecks oi me .piupci-i ty, of the morals, and of the prosperity ot that country. Let us not be deceived. It is as true as that the shadow will follow the substance. If we would regain the pros perous condition to which our resources and industry entitle us, we must begin bv reducing the hank capital of the country to the lowest point compatible with the existence ol a sound and sta ble mixed currency. Such a point well ascertained, the banks should be held in the strictest subordination to the laws, so that the poorest and most ignorant man in soci ety could claim a certain remedy against any attempied oppression. (to be concluded in our next.) CURATOR. DIED, At the residence of Mr. jy... Greenville county. Va., at the junctio 15 Mr. Stanly Gov. Bradish the Aboli tionists. "The New York Stale Whig Convention "was held at Utica on the 12th instant, "and was attended by an immense con "cou i sc of people. Among the Speakers "were the Non. N. I Tallmage and the "Hon. Mr. Stanly of North Carolina. "The Convention unanimously nomina "ted Governor Seward and Lieut. Gov. "Bradish for re-election." Ral. A'es. Such is the intelligence which the Reg ister gives to its readers, and that with ap probation. The Hon. Mr. St unit of North Carolina attending a "whig" Con vention and uniting m the nomination of an avowed and open abolitionist a man who has had the boldness to declare him self in favor of abolishing all distinctions from color, and to proclaim his desire to see negroes elected to the U. Slates' Senate and Mr. Stunly attends a public meet ing and unites in the nomination of such a man. What an insult to the people of the State! And yet Mr. Stanly is the man to talk about Mr. Tappan and Dr. Duncan being abolitionists! That the "whig" party have been secret ly courting the co-operation of the aboli tionists, we have not for a moment doubt ed. But we had not expected to see such an open union, and that, too, proclaimed in their leading Journal. Raleigh Stand. the Petersburg and Greensville Rail R0 f on i nursuay uiu ium uu., jrs r. ' Tturr'ipt Hal tie. consort of. bic ' (t'b her age, after a severe and protracted ? nes of many months. The death of ! amiable and interesting lady h1g e M the deepest sympat.hy and regret am'0 her numerous friends and acriuainta ' and cast a gloom over the hopes and h' ncss of a disconsolate husband and ho ' cu iitiiiii ui uimuiuii Him relative? t estimate the character of this most e.-ci ii'm woman: lo uace nur nure anj ife; to depict her amiable demeanor ?! Suicide. Mrs Brooks, wife of the Rev. Warren Brooks, of Chatham county, hung herself on Friday last. Ral. Reg. (j!! Judge Toomcr has resigned his seat on the Superior Court bench. The cause is continued ill health. The Governor and Council will meet on the 27th, to fill the vacancy. IVilm. Chron. fascinating: limits of manner, wouiu exceed w an obituary notice. KU . . been endoweo by nature with a lovely pe son, whilst her disposition, feelings affections, were of the softest and gen'l.1,! mould; imparling to her character a pUtll! and intent that captivated and endeared .! who came within the circle of its influence At the head of a numerous family of chil dren and relations, she seemed to shed the mild and placid lightof her own disposition on those around her; and thus within n household all was joy, harmony and peace. Her husband and friends had fondly h0.,ej (aftci the entire failure of medical skill.) that a trip to ihc Virginia Springs miwhtrcl suscitateherdecayingsystcm; but the great and good Judge of all the Earth had other wise decreed. In a few minutes after leaving the cars she entered the "dark val ley "of the shadow of death," and without! struggle was wafted away, wc hope, to a world of bliss. Let not her friends ween as those having no hope; but say, as one of old "The Lord gave, and the Lord ta- keth away. Blessed be the name of the Lord!" Com. for Rul. Stand. Dreadful Thunderstorm. On Friday evening the 17th instant, an awful destruc tion of life was produced by a thunder storm which passed over Combahee, in South Carolina. In the moment of alarm, twenty negroes belonging to the Hon. Henry , Middleton, repaired to a house as a place of refuge and were struck down by a vivid flash of lightning, of whom four escaped entirely unhurt, live were stun ned, two were sevetely shocked, and hor rible to relate, nine were killed on the spat. Vtmi 8 in. Orange, I in Moore, I in Ro-f the whole Whig party,' seeks to lions of dollars annually; which aided by control sion. It will be recollected, that some years since the whole country was in commotion with commercial conventions," held here there and every where. These conventions as sumed for their object the establishment of a direct trade with Europe in the south ern states lo concentrate State resources. jrotect State industry, &c. Eloquent speeches, eloquent reports, emanated from them in redundant profusion, but what was the invariable result of their la bors? Why the amount of their con clusions, was, the same every where; more bank capital, more banks mnm hnn1r! moreof thesame panacea, which had already lesiroyed llie nest prospects of the country. paralysed industry, corrupted our morals, and Kept down prosperity. Moro banks. give us, more bank capital, unlimited baul capital, was the cry ot unfortunate Missis sippi, and it ever any State was blessed or rather cursed with the gratification of their wishes, surely this State was. Let the his iory ot this interestmir and ruined Stain speak to us in a voice of thunder, beware of oanks. It will ever be, fellow citizens, that the march of irresponsible and uncontrol- v. uuunnig in any country mean our .w iiiiauiuus inerican sys tem, will be marked through its whole La! e from Europe. The Steam Ship President arrived at New York on the 18th, and the Steam Ship Acadia at Boston on the 19th, both from Liverpool, with in lelligence as late as the 4th of this month. The lat named made her run across the Atlantic in 10 and a' half days, the shortest passage yet. The European news is in some respects important. There is a jws sibilily of a war between England and France. England, it seems, has in con junction with Russia, Austria and Prussia, concluded a treaty involving a settlement of the difficulties in the East between the Sultan of Turkey and the Pacha of Egypt. i ranee alleges that this treaty not only con- travencs her interests in Asia, but that it was made privately and in violation of her ights as one oi the leading powers of Eu rope, uence she has taken umbrage, and warlike preparations are active in every art oi that Kingdom. The crops in Eng land are coming in very good; grain conse quently on the decline. 1 he Cotton market was active and pri ces continued without any material change. Money was plenty, and the Illinois State oan tor a million of dollars had been ne gotiated without any difficulty. fVashington Market, Aug. 12. Corn Retail, J52 50. Bacon sides 71 afi cents, hams 10 cents. Naval Stores- New dip, Si 60: Old. Si 50. ScnnP. 70 cents. Tar, Si 25. Fish shad, Sa S9. Herrings, cut, 4 00: whole, $2 50 a S3 00. Ren. FARMERS' TICKET For Electors of President and Pice President. 1st District. Drury Dobbins. 2nd Distiict. George Dower. 3rd District. Henry Fulcnwidcr. 4th District. Burton Craig. 5th District. Littleton Gwyn. Gth District.. R. C.'Cotlen: 7th District. Lauchlin Bethune. Sth District William Berry. - 9th District. Josiah O. IVatson. 10th District. William P. Williams. 11th District. A. W. Mcbane. 12th District. Charles E. Johnson. 13th District W.L.Kennedy. 14th District James B. Whitfield. 15th District. Wm. S. Ashe. . T!1. ?llCrion takes Pace ou Thursday, llin 1 h TV.r 1... ... J v..w .wit iwytUlUCf UUil. Jit Tarborough and A'cio York. AUG. 29. Bacon, Brandy, apple, Cofiee, Corn, Cotton, Cotton bao"cfino-, Flour, Iron, Lard, Molasses, -Sugar, brown, Salt, T.I. -Turpentine, wheat, whiskey, - per Tarbord. iay York. lb 9 10 10 11 gallon 70 100 40 50 lb 13 1(1 9 13 bushel 40 45 57 C2 lb 7 8 8 3 yard 20 25 15 lb barrel $6 C $3 J 61 lb 5J 0 3 4 lb 9 10 7 10 gallon 45 50 22 30 lb 10 12$ G 9 bushel 70 75 32 33 barrel 150 1G0 225 2.'H bushel G3 75 120 130 gallon 50 GO 42 41 Yoticc. nTUIE subscriber wishing to set tie with cm iiciiiun, wisiies iu sen A TISACT itP ff.A'D. Cont aining between four and five hundred acres. 1 nere are a eomfnrtnhlft dive lm2 house and necessary building for a farni y: also, one other smull framed hoiK, with a good brick chimney; on the sums are orchards, &c. Those that wish to pur chase will call on the subscriber, they can vipw the premises when called on, and l will cive a bargain. W. D. IIOPKISS. Auguss 12th, 1S40. 33 Negroes for Sale. N Wednesday, the IGih day of Sep lember nexi, it being during Superior Court week, 1 shall offer at public sale, Seven Negroes, All of which are negro men, except one negro girl. These negroes are sold under an order of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Edgecombe county, issued at August Term, 1840. Terms of sale, six months credit, the purchaser giving bond with approved security. D UNCAN FERG VSON, for Martha P. Ferguson, Aduix. August 27, 1S40. 35 3 To the Public. EVVARR nf trrwlimr (rr o kinrl n.1V3' hie In fhp iinilorci.cufwl frir iltoctimcl one hundred and seventy d o liars or there ibouts, executed by Sulomon T. Hrad'y, and dated sometime in June, IS40 a liie aid bond has been paid. WM. NOR FLEET. August G, IS 40 32 3 Caution to the Public LL persons are hereby cautioned against trading- for or receiving e following Noles in anjT way, thai it?: 0(,'z note ol hand given to Marina Uruce m fifty" dollars, payable the Sth day of Sep tember 1S40, and bearing date the Sth pptember 1S3S, with ier hmin Moore stiDciibmg witness; and one other given to Martha ?ruce for fitly dollars dated the Sth September 1S3S, and on ot nand Sth September 1S41, with benja min Moore a subscribing witness; whicB noles I do not intend paying until I knrf who is the proper person' to pay t85 they were fraudulently - b'ai'-d. bus i li rrJro July 24th, IS 10. 33 3
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