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i "Forever float that standard sheet Where breathes the foe bat falls before as; . With freedom's soil beneath Our feet, Abd freed oms banner streaming o er us. TAIinORODflI : SATURDAY) MAY it, 1845. $6fti (JOSGftESS, HENRY S. CLARK, of Beaufort Co Election on Thursday, 1th Mig. To the People of the Eighth Congref- sionat uistnuf. tfHow Citifeens we invite vour at terrtion to the following resolution passed by. the.. late Democratic Convention at Washington and offered by Mr. Dewey 6 Craven: " "Resolved, that the Tarboro Press, from its zeal and devotion to the advance ment bftlje principles of democracy is en titled iaCthe support of every demoera , r ! deserve the especial patronage of th is Cc.iressional district, ,as it is the only de mocratic paper in its limits, and has sustain ed itself through all its difficulties. " ; :Ve? reiuirrrour insincere thanks to M r. DeweV particularly and the Convention ;for.this mark, of their approb ix and fs teem. We have labored ard cuslv in the cause of sound Drincioles and expect to tlo so still, should a kind, prov -dence spare us and should our friencs mete out to us the patronage, which the only Democratic paper in the District de- The patronage of the Press is "very cmallj but by proper exertions it may be enlargdXn the mean time, we repeat, that the Press will earnestly advocate the claims off Mr. Clark ; because, we believe he was fairly yes, fairly nominated, and if c!e?ted will be an honor and ornn rneat to UB istrirt. We hope our frienc s vrill exert themselves to extend the circul; -tianofthepaper. h --7T0'efoct this object, we propose to fu rush the Press for the ensuing three months at 50 cents the single number, or six cop ies fcl 52,50 to clubs for a year we will furnish six copies for $ 10 to clubs. I These friendly to our paper are earnest ly requested to use their influence in our kfslialf.V. Our readers will also bear in miijd thst nro postage will be charged on netv i2zri, after the 1st of July next, when carried by mail over thirty miles. Progress of ihe Campaign -C lark and Victory. . Our accoiyvts from every quarter of the district are of the most cheering and anima ting character. Mr. Clark wins golden Opinions wherever he goes. His speeches are characterized by those who have heard h!ta as the most effective specimens of po pular oratory ever listened to. A gent el tnan, upon whose judgment in such matters Vr$ .place great reliance, says, that his rtaeecn at?lashviHe was emphatically the speech of-the campaign, and says that ij Daralleled. A letter from Nashville savi: I ! f . I saw and heard Henry pi CVark here yes'erday for the first time, and if the democratic party are not pleased with him, then fhev are hard to blease indeed nw eaoci nere vesternav, placed mm t in 't the front rank of nonnlar sneakers, and irrit "h m a . t i i measurably beyond any enort I ever heard; and I ; have heard the crack ones of the State. I hope old Edgecombe will lurn but in alt her force at the County Court to hear him. Yours, .c." . , To ttie Publishecj jte Tarboro ( Tarboro i Qfh of May, 1 845. i ,.:,Sir, I perceive that I am assailed in vari ous articles in your number of to-day. Of eourse, J expected a certain or rather un cr ista amount of abuse; and am so well ac . customed to being, abused by the whigs, that piy sensi hi 1 it ies are not particu 1 1 r ly wounded at being now in turn abusec by democrats, "Itho fleitiocrat myself My ODjeci in writing ims noie is not to com plain; but 'to correct a little mistake Snio which you have inadvertently fallen. cUtUiarlhaVt refused M r. --Clark's prb$o sal that we both withdraw. ; Now, the sm- pletruth is that Mr. Clark withdrew n,a Proposal, betore any I an f 5'i-' swer was returned by me.- I hereby cepi Mr.; Clark's proposal, fif vdu are ac- tainit is not wilhdiawn) as soon as a whig cer " There are various other small misrlpie vf,,Uua vm j um "uuiue.r o to day hardly worth' noticing ' but 4 . .. i A it t As I am a subscriDer iu uu. ppv. must be unpleasant to my family to see;me ahusedi you wiltplease ' nd my copy to my address at Factolus, ritt county, i. v. instead of my dwelling in town. 1 am with great respect. Your obedient servant, HENRY. I. TOOLE. In reference to the "mistake" above al luded to. we give the following particulars from a reliable and responsible source ! On the 21st of April, 1845, Mr. Hous ton as the mutual friend of Clark and Toole, presented to Mr. Toole the follow ing proposal from Mr. Clark. ' ; Whereas at a Democratic Convention, heldin the town of Washington onthe 12th of April, Henry S. Clark was nominated as the democratic candidate to represent ihe 8th Congressional district in the next Congress of the United States, and whereas on the same day Mr. Henry I.Toole pub licly declared himself a democratic candi date to represent ihe same district. Now for the purpose of securing the har- monr and certain success of democratic principles in said district, and for the pur pose of putting an eud to a controversy painful to our friends and gratifying to our opponents, Mr. Ulark suhmits to rvir Toole the following proposil. He propo ses that some other individual be selected 0r agreed upon, to be run on the democrat tc ticket and that we both withdraw our names from the canvass, pledging ourselves to the support of such individual, j This propqsol vvas handed to Mr. Toole 6n the 21st of April last, to which he re turned the following written reply. H. I. Toole, has read the above. He takes time to consult and consider. In the meantime he enquires of Mr. H. S. Clark, In what manner he proposes 'sorrje other person" shall be selected. To Mr. Toole's interrogatory as to the manner in which some other individual was to be selected in the event of the with drawal of both, Mr. Clark never returned any answer, for the reason that he did not belieye that it was proper or becoming in him to indicate the manner in which the: third individual should be brought out. That was a matter which he, very properly supposed belonged to the democratic party, and that it was for them to determine the individual, who was to be brought out as f vell as the manner in which the selection Was to be made. i On the Tuesday of the County Court of Greenville, which was on the 6ih day of May, nearly or quite three weeks after Mr. Toole had received the proposal, Mr. Clark addressed the people of the county of Pitt, in the Court House, inferring as was natu ral and fair, that Mr. Toole had ample lime to "consult and '.consider," ' and that his failure to make any definite answer to the proposal of withdrawal, was tantamount to a refusal to accede to it. After Mr. Clark closed his speech in Greenville, Mr. Toole followed, declaring himself a candidate without saying a solitary word about the proposal or about his intention or wish to accede to it. After he concluded, Mr, Clark replied to him and in the course of Mr. Clark's reply, a gentleman, in the crowd, who had heard some rumor, about the proposal, asked Mr. Clark if it was true that he had submitted such a proposal Mr. Clark said it was true, and read a copy of the above proposal which was,furnished him by Mr. Toole. Mr. Toole then ask ed if the proposal was considered as still pending, when Mr. Clark observed that it was pot, that Mr. Toole had ample time to "consult and consider," nearly three weeks that Mr. Toole had just made: a speech, declaring himself a candidate, in which he did not utter a syllable about acceding to it, and that he saw no use in continuing the proposal open any longer. Immedi ately Mr. Toole took from J his pocket an instrument of writing, which he had drawn up as a definite answer to the proposal. That; instrument of writing Mr. Toole never cave to Mr. Clark, : nor furnished him with a copy. The substance of Mr. Poole's answer, as we gather it from one who heard it, was, that he, t M r. Toole, re fused now to agree to the proposal, suggest ing with a great deal of modesty that if Mr. Clerk was really anxious to secure the harmony of the party, that could very ea sily be accomplished by Mr. Clark's with drawing his own name and giving up the held to Mr. I oole, or it Mr. Ulark was so rnde and uncivil as not to agree to that ve ry modest suggestion, why then ? Mr, Toole Would accede to the proposal, if a whig candidate should be brought out just before; the election. Mr. Todle was oppo sed, as he said, to acceding to the proposal now, because the democratic party would be, without a candidate, now when they Uvf ftmP! two or tJifee" months in .- rr.-vV wfHVt which to Select one; at; the anje. tunetnai he confessed,ithat he was -Hling. for botn ne coniessea, mat e v""& , , to Withdraw) if awnigauididate. should come out two or tnree wes ueiuiC -electionwhen there would, be no. time to MniiMatp.. If anv thihff were Ul HJll UUk CI V" l.vt.'w. j t (J Vnntmo' in satisfv the mind, that Mr. Toole, by the course he is now pursuing, is intentionally advancing and subserving the success of ; the whig party, jnotning could certainly be more conclusive; than his refusal to accede to the proposal now and his expression of his willingness for both to withdraw a whig candidate should be brought out just before the election. FOR THE TARBORO' PRESSi Mr. Howard: I was at Greenville last Tuesday and heard Mr. Clark, the demo cratic candidate for Congress, aaaress tne people. He delivered an able speech and defended himself and friends from Mr. Toole's famous charge of ' packing." I thought Mr. Toole failed to make out his case, and consequently the verdict of pub lic opinion was against him. After having met and overturned all Mr. Toole's posi tions; Mr. Clark drew forth a "Speech de livered bv Henry 1. Toole, at the Court House in Beaufort on the 5h of March," which he turned upon Toole with great ef fect. He said that Mr. Toole did not pro bably think that his own speech wpuld rise up so soon, in judgment against him. 1 1 e then read the following extract. Mr. Toole, in speaking of the last Presidential flection, says: Now e are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth," and hence it al ways occurs that after a great struggle, a dozen excuses are invented by the van quished to explain the cause of defeat: ev ery thing is alleged but the truth: just as when a horse is beaten, the owner will never admit that it was fairly done; foul play among the riders the bad order of the track partiality oj judges and the like are alleged and for a time' believed. So in the matter before us, we hear of Ab olitionism and Nativeism and the Empire Club. But, gentlemen, these are all af ter thoughts.' Yes, said Mr. Clark, this charge of "packing" is all an "afterthought." A dozen excuses are invented by Mr. Toole, "to explain the cause of" his "defeat"- "foul play among the riders the (bad or der of the track partiality of the judges" but, said Mr. Clark, with a very laugha ble expression of face, it is, fellow citizens, all an "afterthought." The truth is, Mr. Toole did n get votes enough! I Here I thought the old Court House would tum ble down with laughter at I oole s expense, All admitted that it was a capital hit and that Clark was "into him." I do not know whether Mr. Toole heard it but he certainly did hot reply to it. CROSS ROADS. FOR THE TARBORO PRESS. The passage, at arms between the Hen- ry s in Nash. It was our good fortune to be present at Nashville yesterday, and heard the candi dates for. Congress address the people. Bold Harrv the' 8th, "defender of the aith," with "bugle note and battle cry," came forward to the hustings' at I o'clock, ;nd introduced himself to the people of Nash as the Nominee of the late Pemocrat ic Convention. He told them became not there to teach the good people of Nash de mocracy, for in that they were well skill ed; but to compare notes with them, and to do away wiih the many false reports, so industriously circulated, of nisi being a whig. He came to prove himself ; a good and liege subject in the cause of democracy ; (which he did in a highly satisfactory man ner) and as the ojfficial banner bearer of the party, to claim the support of the democra cy of Nash. ' He defended himself in simple but elo quent language, from the many charges preierrea against him and his friends by AJr. I pole in their discussion at Green ville; arid to our minds completely unhor sed the "great unpacked" on his favorite hobby of "packed Conventions." Mr. Toole charged him with haying a cousin and an overseer in the Convention, and that two of the delegates rpde his! horses to town the morning of the Convention. On this hangs' the tale of packed." You have heard the bane, now for the .antidote. Mr.. Clark had a cousin in the Convention, so had M r. Toole ; and if we m (stake not , Mr. Arrington likewise had a relative among the delegates from Nash.: If there was any thing indelicate or improper in ihis (which we contend there was not) they all stand on the same footing. Mr. Clark had an overseer in the Convention This is not true. The person alluded to was befriended by Mr. Chjrk when a poor boy, and has' not been in his employ for eight years." ; Two dejegaUsaJdid ridfJo town on Mr, C la r k 9 a horses; they were poor, men, who wal Clark's house, and whohlamesf Mrv & for loaning themhorsescpf lAhey for riding them. 1 1 was nothi ng more, tbari a neigh borly act,: arid Mr. ,Tooev maj mak the most ol it. So these charges i are wmere. mare's nest afieVill. But what will Mn Toole's friendsTsay, whenliey ie hat hetooledoenothjp lotion .throtich a friend, to. the; primary meeting held" iriVyashmgtonns r the dellgat.es frorn Beaufort to cast ihe vote oC the bounty forHenry Jll U a fiwe ! How lily ronsistencv thou aft a jewel? ! How my then does the.charge of packing, come from Mr. Toole, when he commenced the n lRrtiinfort: and if dame rumor speaks correctly, there was some of it done Mr Clark alluded to the proposition sub m;iA hv ivi t; Toole-the night. belore tnat thev should both withdraw in favor of the Hon. A. H. Arrington. He had not con sidered it seriously, for he knew Mr. A. .nlft nni ocfPni the candidatcship on nrh tfirmsi but he called the attention of rU n f "rirnrkncltinil which he Clark) had submitted to him ( Toole; a iftw Havs after the meeting of the Conven tion, that they shouldjioth withdraw and leave the vermle to select anoiner canui date. This Mr. Toole had declined, after taking three weeks time to consiue it tftflv demohshiic the van- ous charees brought up against 'him, and saddling Mr. Toole with the very things Mr. I oole attempted to place upon ms shoulders, Mr. Clark proceeded to the dis cussion of the great national questions of the day. He took up succinctly the BanK TmifT. ' Difltiibutioii. and Texas; on all of "which subjects, proving himself a well in formed politician, a handsome speafcer, an able and skilful debater. Mr. C. closed his admirable argument with a beautiful al lusion to the Ione star of Texas," now about to unite her destiny with" the stars and stripes of our glorious Union. Mr. Toole then stepped forward and re-all- it seemed to us the former proud and chivalrous bearing of Henry I Toole, felt humbled at the position he occupied. Once the pride of warm hearted friends as ever man had, he now stood almost solitary-and alone, making desperate efforts lo sustain himself behind his feeble entrenchments. Some of his former devoted supporters were there, and deeply regretted the unfor tunate course he has thought proper to pur sue. The best sympathies; of our nature was touched, as he labored hard to prove Jie had been wronged by the Convention, and felt justified in'opposing its nominee, his unconditional pledge to the contrary notwithstanding. Were we in his confi dence and could gain his ear for a moment, we would call to mind the memorable speech of Woiscy to Cromwell: Oh, Cromwell, I charge thee fling away ambition. : By that sin fell the angels. How can man then, the image of his Ma? ker, Hope to win by it? - and beseech him by all the respect he once had for his devoted friends, to reconsider and decline a contest where he has every thing to lose. Mr. T.'s speech was marked by unques. tioned ability, and considering the cause he has espoused, he acquitted himself very creditably. fhe discussion was conducted very courteously by both gentlemen; and a very respectable audience paid great at ten tion dpring the whole time. We heard a member of the bur (a competent judge in such matjers) pronounce Mr. Clark's speech, the most effective popular harangue ne ever listened to. .UL,U FIELDS. Nash Co., May 1 1th. FOR THE TARBORO' PRESS. Mr Editor: I have been a subscriber to your paper for several years, and I sel dom inlerrupt you with my scribbling; but under the present circumstances I feel: in clined to give Mr. Edgecombe some of,my views, agreeably to his request; Princi ples not men let us carry them out. Sir, I am opposed to any Convention, unless it could reflect the will of the people alone; (viz.) when a Convention should be neces sary, for the democratic papers ta give no tice to the captains of companies through, out the 8;h Congressional district of North Carolina, that on such a day to hold polls of election and take a vote on such men as should be spoken of; an d s aid capita j hs to let it be made public, on what day polls would be opened and for what purpose. And after the elections are held, said cap tains to make their returns to the sherrlS, or clerks of the County Courts; and for them to meet at Washington arid compare the votes, and the strongest man go ahead arid every democrat support himl - Principles not men what kind of prin ciples are we to go for? I sayv for pure democratic principles; like the noble and gallant 'I OOLE, who has strove and fought harder in the cause of democracy1 than any other man in this Congressional district: But it is argued by some, that a'dembcrat should not support him, because the whigs will support him. Is that democratic? Is lie not the msn who wesent iorth in 1844, to canvass this district as elector : for Mr P.olk? Was. he not the only ;man the peo ple believed ncould canvass, thisldistrict to increase yotesiiibr: the democratic pearly? And if he could have gained the whol( whig vote at that time, as, it is said he will V?w he wou Id have received .shouts of glory, an orW'-: ?Ssure,7 must be. forgotten, that IfV ca" expect to carry this expect to drtye the whigs into our princi !? f9M? the Ume coau gMfl'-?nd to make evert ?. couragement amongst the whirs Jr bly can from hdw until th P08, of: 1848. ' ' t. .: i . -, r- . - i.irii i 'IUW tONErC Black TongueThh fearf.,1 . is excitlnsr alarm nnrt (nna : t t " w,,CT-crnauon in tVli ry direction. We learn from the Da that within a few weeks past, Georle6? Spruili, Esq. of Warren county, f0Jp of Halifax, has died with this disease also his daughter, aged, 1 5 his son Tho" as H. aged 26 the manager of his far ' the wife and child of the manager, and era! rif his servants. There is'not noT nor ha there been, a case of ths disease ia mis piace, exo.enunir that Thompson Who Came from Mr. Ell f Of and died here$ but We hear of several cji ses in this vicinity, of a more or less ag gravated nature -Virginia University Th Chariots ville Ad vbf ate of Friday, contains a no. tice from the Faculty, that the disorderly students of the University have been e pel Pexj j order restored, and the lectures re- en mfl . Prom the Pay el vide darotinictit. Colleges. It is stated in the baob that there are 179 Colleges in the United StatesJof which 10 are under the direction nC- I to t 1 ! at a ' -1 A unifpr tho A ipontinn ,fn i olics, 7 und r the direction of Episcopali. ans, and 12 under the direction of Meiho dists, tie rest are mostly Iree from anypo itive religious influence, but the Presbyte rian and.Congregational:probably predomi- nate. I j; . : , ViAiirag uiu uiucai ic uic lldl varu UnN ver-ity, at Crmhnuge, ivi ass., founded itf 1638, and has 61.000 volumes in the Li brary, being more than twice the number in anv other College Library, except Yale. The Library at Chapel Hill contains lOjOOOvblumes. The annual charge at the j University of North Carolina is 850 for in struction, $ I 1 for rqom.rent, &c. . 290 for i j inn r ! i: j ' l nuuru, ami p,vj lur wuuu, iigins auu wasn. inur. makine a total of . Si 71 oer annum. There are but three CoUees in the United r . . a i . t I f' It it . . i ' 1 : atates inai cnarg'? nigner in3n tnis; tney are Harvard, William & Mary, and the U niverMty of North Carolina stands among the first institutions in the country. 'Prom the Raleigh Independent.. f" . y ' ' v -" : : Fire in the Swamp. It harbeen slated that the large swamps in Beaufort, Tyrrell and Hyde are on fire, and that two whole families were burned up in Tyrrell. The . North State? Whre-." nrin led at WashinetOH in this State,, of the 8th rnst says: "The fires spoken of, have been raging for i week or two, and owing to the extreme in iic?s ui ui: laiui, oct:aiuucu uy tro w cessive drought, have been extensive and furious. In the juniper swamps in this county ; and in Tyrrell, much lum ber has been destroyed. In Hyde, the fire extended even among ihe plantations des troyed fences and houses and consuming the soil,, in some places, to ihe depth t( several feet. Of the destruction of the fam ilies in Tyrrell, spoken of by the Wilming ton Journal, we have heard nothing.,, The Hibernia arrived at Boston, bring! English-dates to, the 19 April. The news is of little interest and the only feature worthy of notice is the fact, that the appre hension of difficulties in. respect to the Or egon question, appears to have subsided, though ihe English papers had bferi speak ing in the strongest terms of war. i he money and produce markets which were agitated for a few days, pending and after the debate in Parliament, have become quiet and gone up, or settled down to the peace establishment. THTT HT? A VflHP. 1'H PILLS AKb entirely vegetable, and made on1 those principles which long experience b PrT" ed correct. It i now no speculation when they are resorted to in sickness, for they are known to be the best cleanser?! of l"e stomach and howels, and in all ayspept,c and blious cases they are a great blessing I .o! ov-,r fm;i boonihR Pills in tftC house v If faithful! v used, when there i Ani.:-1 rn -.fCnina ' J i will he verV dom that a doctor will be required. all cases of cold, cough, or rheumatism afflicted owe it to their bodits to use tnef Pills CANDIDATES. Tf We are authorised to announce D. M A CN AIR; Esq as a caiu'"rl 0f the office of Clerk of the Superior touri- this5ounty; at the ensuing election. (tjrVfe are authorised to announce HPENDEK, as a candidate for0 of Clerk of the Superior Court of this c ty,' at the; ensuing election. It aft tri nil H Notice. " Appointments of, Re 0( StantonsbUig, Sunday, Mar20' Tar River; Thursday, June 5. ! 5 it - !
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