North Carolina Newspapers

From lU Fuleigfa fUg-iatar. THE TEXAS QUSTIO:i. f The Editor of ihe "Standard," ia Lis nimr nfih 2J of Anril aava Tha whole South is for the annexation, and we believe that in the cod the entire country, with arto exceptions, will be lor it. Ttxat now or never. Umutt form a portion of our Republic, to which 11 nuw airvit-uca iia uu ivr auvivi and protection or it will come under the Government of, England." In his piper of the 24th, in a spirit of exulta tion, hoping that on this question "the w hole South would declare itself favor able to anncxation,he inquires'soty Mr. Clay does not come out and declare his opinions, and asks if he is afraid to meet the question. Does he tremble.' con tinues the 'Standard, for bis Northern interests? ami continues: We observe that his friends in New York are holding public Meetings, in which they take the strongest ground against the annexation. What does that mean? What are we to think of it cusici a aim-a caua uiuvcuicma i Does he reflect the opinions of Mr. Clay ? We hope Air Clay will show his hand at once. He is now in Virginia. . Let him proclaim his opinions to the Virgin ians, and not wait until he reaches Wash ington, and feels the public pulse from all quarters. Dy the way, is the Regis ter waiting for the eve from its great leader ? In his next cumber, (May 1st) he publishes the "opinions" of Clay on this question, and passes them over without a single denunciation, albeit he boldly avows his opposition to the. proposed Tlf. H'-l.-. .: T t .ouucAativn, auuuuij uuM-.ca ai j u. letter by saying "The magnitude of this! question, and the source from which the letter emanates, will doubtless ensure for it a careful and attentive perusal." Immediately after noticeing Mr Clay's letter thus, he coes on to rive a brief nation. Was he waiting for his . cue ? In the last "Standard," he remarks : Mr. Clay is opposrd to annexation ei ther immediately or hereafier, whilst Mr. Van Boren, though opposed to it as n immediate step,' is nevertheless - in favor of it." In his paper of the fd ult, he said "Texas NOW or never 1" Yet he does not blame Mr. Van Buren for; saying "nay, not just note, but wail a while ; while he attempts to cast op pribum upon Mr. Clay who, as he says, u opposed to it "ever," whom he ought not more to blame for taking that stand, than his little pet for objecting to hit fa vorite project "NOW or never.'. ' In the -Standard" ot the same date, he says, "Mr. Van Buren, as well as the great body of the Democratic party, is known to be in favor of Annexation Let us see if Mr. Van Buren is in favor of annexation unpw or never," which the 'Standard' declares to be .the watch word. In his letter, he says : "Should not every one, then, who sincefely loves his country who ven erates its time-honored and .glorious in stitutionswho dwells with pride and delight on associations connected with our rise, progress, and present condition on the rteady step with which we have advanced to our present eminence, in despite of the hostility, and in con tempt of the bitter revihegs of the ene mies ol freedom in all parts of the globe constder.and that deeply, whether we would not, by the immediate annexa tion of Texas, place a weapon in the hands of those who now look upon us Snu OUT tusuiuuuiia nnu unuwuui onu envious eyes, that would do us more real, lasting injury as a nation, than the n'MTttmn pi men n icnnoryf vamaon sjf undoubtedly is, could possibly re our?"" The Standard" of the 3d ult. says, if we do not net Texas wu,it will come under the Government of England." Mr. Van Buren says this is nonsense, and expresses himself in the following manner : ' -lf ia'also aonrehended bv manv. that the British authorities will attempt to male Txaa a British colony or de pendency. I find it . difficult to credit the existence of such information on the part of any European power. 1 cannot bring myself to believe that any European government which has not already made up its mind to provoke a war with this country, will ever attempt la colonize Texas, either in form or in substance" To which of the two we shall award tfte greatest Statesman like views, Mr. Van Boren or the Editor of the Stan dard," is Hot our purpose now to decide but we merely draw a comparison to ask "when Doctors differ who shall de cide I", ' '' : . y. Term.? fhere are some people who are eciualty rtmmn rabid upon the sub- synopsis of-a letter from Mr. Van liuren i . name, ana rarnea lo.cingianu uie also opposing the annexation, and winds mwa uf Harrison's inauguration as to up by riving the exclusion of Mr. V. mny .julgmeniV' of Cd upon the nvtit.r. withfltit annroval or condem- K hw "parly 1 . We will not comment ject ol Texas. Tf.a most recent' and decided cats we have seen is that of s writer in the Enquirer over the signature of York," who asserts without qualifi cation or reserve that "Texas was gir en op by Treason. Does this Locofoco maniac not know who the traitors were If not, we will tell him.' They were James Monroe, Win. 11. Crawford, John C. Calhoun, and Wm. Wirt than whom the country never boasted of more vir tuous and honorable citizens. LOCOFOCO TRACTS. Amos Kendall ia now Tract Writer General for the great Locoloco party. One of his Tracts is a detail of Mr. Clay's duels though he has never fough' tut two, and fortunately shed no blood tn either upon which Amos descants wit; Upturned eyes, as the very quintessence of wickedness, invoking upon Mr. Clay the condemnation of the people of the A'orA, for which meridian this Tract is designed. Does Amos forget that General Jackson whom he is now glorifying in a fulsome biography was a Duelist, as well as Mr. Clay and that he was not a bloodless doclistt Does he forget that Calhoun fought a duel once with Grosvenor of New lorkT that Ben ton has been upon the field of honor? that Dromgoole has killed his man? Or is no duelist to bo condemned but Henry Clay? If Mr. Clay has been twice on the, misnamed field of honor, it will be conceded, by all who know the circum stances, that the insults which carried him there were enough to rouse even a meeker spirit than his. But Tract, No. 4,' is still worse, if pos sible. It groups together all the "acxi- dents" which have happened since liar- a i i a nn election-rrom his own death .o the bursting 6f the Princeton's gtm by which Gilmer, Upsbur and others were slain including the loss .at sea of the steamer Prtsidcntf because she bore upon-the impiety of the conception, not; upon the affected tone of ruvecenee for divine things 'in which it is couched. Did the writer never read those. wotds of the Saviour: "Those eighleen npoa whom the fower of Siloam tell, thiftk ye they were sinners above' all men that dwelt in Jerusalem ? I tell yoo, Nay J But Kendall, if he had lived in that day, and there hid been parly objects to ef fect, would have argued otherwise 1 Lyhcaburg rtrginian ' . . . , . i m 4 .' Locofocoism ltttitraled!Oo$ of our citizens, who was present at the' late Locofoco Convention holden in La Salta Co., lor the selection of candidates for countv officers, f ives the followiniramtH i.s.'i m a v -1 sing account of the wco-rfroOTa. 'Aftewtountie-'composing this Electoral .Dis a great deal ol wrangling and bitter al tercation between the members of the Convention, for the sake f variety, a JigAt came off between Mr Shorfe, she real editor, of the Ottawa Free Trader and another of the delegates. ' A third delegate, when this scene was at. its height, and who, it seems, was a coo tervator ol the peace, sprang upon a small table, and exclaimed, in a very authoritative tone, dla (he name of the people of the State of Illinois, I com mand the peace I" A fourth delegate, not relishing this interference, and who proved tajbe a stout, double-fisteof son of the ISmerald late, stepped up behind,, the peace maker, and vociferated iTn yotir peace !1 and suiting' his. action to his words, gave the peace-maker a knock that sent him sprswling into the middle of the room. All this the reader will recollect, occurred during the session of the Convention, and furnishes a ilrikinr yaluaiileiiUustraiiott-notnly -of-4ho- harmony-of our political opponents, out oi tne oeau-ti-s of their practice under the Cbnren lion system. Jl Hon Tclegrvph. , . There are now 2(53 prisoners in the Connecticut State prison. The expens es of the institution lat j ear were about 5U 1.000. ' '! iis income Jn roundjnum bers $18,000, The'nett profit were a bout $0,800 last year, and about 810,000 in cah were paid into the State Treas ury. . i. .. ' Mote GoId. We have seen a himp of gold, plowed up a few days since in a field belonging to Mr. John IJaul, about five miles north west of this .place. Il wctched 2 12 peny weights, was totally detached from any grosser substance, and is a fine specimen of pure native gold. ' bvro Beeorder. , '. V- ' . Pin Slicking A Boston paper states Jhat the pin manufactory near Derby, Connecticut, has acontrivance lor slicking pins in papers, which is quite marvellous. It takes in Encsnd sixty females to stickin one day, by aunlight, tiioctv packs, consisting ofSOSiCO jups ', the same thing is performed here in the same time by pee woman., Ilcrsolioc cupation is to pour them,, gadon at a time, into a hopper, from whence they come out all neatly arranged upon their several papers. Tbp mechanism, by which the labor of fifty-nine persons is daily saved jef remains a mystery to aIl but theiflvenibri and no person but the single one who attends to it is, upon any pretext whatever, allowed to 'enter the room where it operates. - - The Memphis Eagle of the 20th ult. states that John A. Murrell, the notori ous freebooter, who has been confined in the penitentiary for tho last ten years, was recently discharged from prison by the expiration of his sentence. the citizen: ASHEBOKQ' N. C WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1844. . FOR GOVERNOR WILLIAM A. GRAHAM, OF ORANGE COUNTT. . v FOR PRESIDENT, HEN it Y C LAX, OPKE.MUCKV. FOR VICE PRESinn.T, THEODORE FUELhNGHUVSEN, OF KEW JERSEY. - . AGLXCIES FOR THE SOUTHERN CITIZEN. R. S. Giltie,Eq.,Elizabc;htown,N.Cti RT Bladen count--. ... M. RauiuavilU, P. aL, Lexington, N. G, agent for Dtvidann ouiity. " .- WiUiain CUuk, P. M., New Salem, N. Cnnt for Cot. Staley! Repimrnt, Rnudolph county - Dr. Wiliiam Vluheli, Liakcl, J. C.t agent for Stolcee couurv. . " , . , Walter Leak Steele, CliapelHiil, agent fiw that plfree, aikd triciniij". j " . . Retloraur I revdenlanj Viet Pri idenVlhe'United,$tanL'jl'''' Ou TuesJay 'evening of Jtandolph Superior Court Special Term cji the 3d; Monday of Ju! next, (which will be .be.l&th day QfJuly 1844,) will be held a public Meeting in the Court House in Asheboreugh, fg'r jhe purpose of appoint ing. Delegates ' to- a Convention of this Electoral District, conrtposed of tbf cooo ties of RaTwlolph, Chatham, Cumberland, Mooje,' Montgomery fis Stanly, to agree. opotj and nominate a Candidate for Deo tor ia this District It is understood that said Convention will be held in. the town df-Carflfage, Motfre countvi on Tuesday the 23d day of July next, that being Toes-' day of Vioore- County Court AH 'ha trict are requCsted.and confidently .ex pected. to he fully repretetited by their Delegates. ; ! ; RANDOLPH. May 2d, 1844. f . ' ; fJJA pqrtioQpfouf readers will per- ceivennt a pat xt this"humer is prin ted on inferior papcrWro are in daily expectation of a new supply' of good pa per, which has not yet comic to hand. ft exit is duly received and will ap pearlnour next webk'S Cititen." FATAL AQCIDENT; ; On' Wednesday the 15ihinsL,'man of the name of Joho'Moulton .was eud- denly killed by accident in the northern part of this county, near New Sajem. We understand the circumstance's to he briefly these imi - 1 . -f , . Jesse G Hinshaw had the deceased, together withvseveral other hands, iti his employ, preparing andhiuling logyi6 the saw milt ' They were loading on to the wagon a very large one had il on skids in the usual manner with a long chain wound round It, drawing it up wit h the two breast horses. The lengi h of chain gave out a little too soon, and the hqoK tore out pHhe log, leaving it to rebound suddenly to the ground t and the deceased being behind for the pur pose of scotching or propping up, had no time, to make his escspe. The log caught his boaa on one of the skids and mashed it instantly and thoroughly .to a jelly. .; . We . describe the manner 'in which they were 'loading the wagon, in order that it may "put others on their jjuard, for we understand that this process of moving , heavy logs is quite common in ihe, country, r.y ':tl'-XS rr.osrrcTs c? the crriccraTic tarty. In addition to the letter of JudgeSaun- ders, (published last, week,) letters' and cards have appeared from various other members of the Democratic party i showing plainly that the spirit of faction is busily l worirandhat it will be im poisible for the Baltimore Convention to settloown on any one, as the candidate of the party, who will give general sat isfaction. Mr. Van Buren's letter on annexation seems to have widened the breach previously made in the party. Almost all the Southern Democratic pa pers, and some, of the' Northern, had committed themse'ves in favor of annex ation, before Van Buren's letter appear ed - 'After it appeared, some of them backed out the best way they could, and are now working finely for their great leader ; while others, who were not quite so tractable and so well trained as the rest, seem disposed to kick : and it is o v. ident that they wilt cause considerable trouble if pot a general i upture, in the Democratic fantily. We glean the fpl-: lowing items from our exchange pa'pers, and commend them to pur Demdcxatie friends who are not. so fortunate as. to. see them in their original form in. the Democratie'jirints:. '. V , " V . Mr. Crpss, the. Representative of Ar kansas, says, "be' will, under ho circum snances,'cast his .vote in' favor of a can' didate for the Presidency who is oppo Lsed to the imlpedjate annexation of Tex. as to the IJnUed SUtes.'iv.' , -T 1)0 who e Democrati6J)eieeaiion in Oongcess frem Ohio,denounce the mive- ment against, van Buren, declaring, him to be their .only thoice. ; , . , . Ir.llomgooe, of Virginia, fcotnes out ivilb a warm dercnte oT Mr. Van Buren, And an exposure' of the jbtrigoes sgainsl ium, dealing his old Iriend Khch re,of the (licbmnd Enquirer, some pret ty ha rc hlowsfor his warm advocacy of tbo annexation project f The eight Democratic Members .of Congress ffom Indiana, declare-the con viction forced'upon them, against their inclination, that they must be defeated if Van Buren be the candidate. . Tbe Members of Congress Vnd Dele gates 16 the BaJtimore'CoaventioQ from Mississippi, Unanimously declare,, that they will.avprt cooe but' those wbQ0 forTCxas: J' :: ' The Globe says thai -a ca'ueos" was held at the Capitol, on theTniirof the 5th insL, "the prominent proceeding taf which "was o repudiate Mr. Vsn Buren as a candidate, and -declare opposition to hirh as such. - . . . The New York True Sun savs. there hre .but 85 Members of Congress who are in lavor oi van liuren, outihey will stick to him at all hazards. The Richmond Enquirer, of 'a lata date, savs 'If things .go on: as toe ha've gone for tctrdays pasUue jp'orfy mutt beaten, mi Henry Clay "be elected Dictator of the BepubHc,'' These are ooly: a few '.Hie many notice; 'of the kindwe have'seen, but they serve t idpw jhe feeling of the Democratic p'a'rTyv With, -sucfi a spirit as this pervading their leaders, efell might Judge Saunders say that Ir. ysn Bursal -csnnqt carfy more thao saSren 5fttss Ipi if ho had added'lhat ne Democrat tould Scarry more than sev- iKinV k.-.wnM .,.i..rt,wc?a Son "fHti decided liar . t.? faje;belngon a motion u lay lAeflt 1 en States,'' we a faiMhanc4 to-have-hisedrctidrrreri ficd;-. CRANING WHEATV-' . ' . . - Our readers no doubt fecollect Mr. ... v Barrett's advertisement, which; we pub . . m - m nrai u. .iuivi wva-j vi u. jiiuuc, auu tlCCIUCU JO 11)0 CCjiVC cribing briefly his ''Patent GarlicandSo that the vote of yesterday kainot Smut Machine." We never saw one of these Machines in operation till s few days ago we happened to pass the nuns on ueep uivcr oeionging to mat enterprizing and useful citizen of ours in this county Jesse Walker Esq Having understoodjfhat one of these ma chines was in operation W these' mill?, we called to "see it.. And, indeed, it is a curiosity: We say if is a turiotity, bd cause we have an ojd futhernow living in'tnis county, not far" from' Walter's Mills, xyhq has, ever sjnee ourjremem- n- rv n. i i. .... brance, been a studious cultivator of wheat, and has always been lamenting that it nevor could be thoroughly clean ei . He, old William Swairn,pcirly 5 years old, rs Walker's f !:.:.:..3 does cleanse it, tz J that :rfecl!j. Wo; ; cannot' here uJcrtake ta dcccrila the, process and the.structars cf the. Machine -. we must refer the reader tack to the ad-' vertisement oi last winter, aoovo men hioned.'But really, it is astonishing to see the efTcct produced on tho wheat by ' passing' through if Not only is every particle of chafC cbcklet cheat, whito caps, &c., tc, taken out, but the very turf at oj the grain it polished until' ' it looks and feels as pure and perfect as ' the best refined gold. If, in a whole lot of wheat, be it large or small, there is a miriB vnin iiibi iiaa mc inn imiicricci non, the Machine detects it at once sjndV throws it out of the eood wheat. - ; o-" o r"" No extra charge ia made at this Mill for cleansing the wheat : the customer has choice to have.it done or not, is be ' sees propei and all that the machine ' takes out, he takes away if. lie wants it for bogs, chickens, or for any other pur Every flour Mill ought to hao cm of these Machines. Ap& the time is clort . at nana. 11 uui aucauy uritvu. nucu uta i " i". c. u. j: " J .i.W - Mill fhat altrnpu to make merchant . nnnr 'I M UAn aMMnit in Mirnminit and puttihtbe Machifaerin perfect op eritin cionot exceed. 5?H0. . , r ' ' - u m ' . ' ' . C3"Vodg Nash ba taken the Oaths . Of Office,. prescribed by law, endh tf . doV, therefore, duly commissioned as oneof ihe Judges oCtoe Supreme Court o'r North Carolina;. ' ' ' fc. '.' - XQ0n Saturday the 1st day of next muntb, (June J will be held a public meeting at New Salem to this county ' for .(die purpose of completing the' orgin 1 iration of a City Qub. All the citizefas, of alf parties, ere respectfully Invited to attend; Henry , 0. Elliott, Jonathan .Worth and Benjamin Swaim. are re quested to he present on the occasion. , " ;;biPqRTT.I-; - . Vwm bt' Kationat Iateaaeer, Kay VL: ' Latelsit evening, after an Executive ' session of several hours, tbo Sehate re movedhe inranclida of secresy from the Treaty, and Documents, accompanying if, for thj annexation of Texas.. VeL have nqt,of course, bad any opportu nity of examining these papers, but we vau viaiiv iiiai,. vj a cotnaiuaicauion from the President yesterday, the Sen ate was informed that he bad ordered a military force' to repair to the frontier of Texas, lo open a communication with the President of that Republic and act as circumstances miffhtreouire i ani had also ordered a natal force to. Vera, Croz, to remain off that port, andprs yenraay naval expedition ef Mexico, if ahy '.sucK'should bq - attempted, from proceeding against Toxast -V r THE TARIFF ftUESTJON fjaTTTLaU). fe have sincere, aatiafaciion' in be- mg auio i jBiorm our readers. trial tnoi reat qyestion of the present Session j oi tne present . Uongress, indeed was yesterday settled in the House of Repj tcavuiaiiTca ny morrjeciton oi , me Olgl d reduce' the dulieson imoorts. it w I a rejection uf form, thouefi not in fa i ie imiic, uuuersiooa io.oe a si question.) which was decided afliiraa- lively by a voteot 105 to 0?, e' fry Whig voting in the affirmative citpt one, who considered himself pledged to vote foi.the bill.-. After this .votef raa declared, a mntinn tni vennttrfr n( -w wv.w.w mtwtm now bercconsidered. Nor canihi bill possibly be resumed or revivedj a an " "7 w wrao a iwo-imras vuc jso that, figuratively speaking, it is Id only dead, but buried. This, as our readers may rqrember.' is the issue which .we predict even oetore tne meeting ofCongrcfi. f . National Intell'bu iMeiiinccr.t i ial hatvWted in , Governor Dorft tri his conVictton of the crime m Treason' against the State.' i He has rlred sn ar rest of. judgmeati. founded fa a bill of exceptions. ? - Jlwfu I JJenunciationff-The Globe of Monday, in its articla of tio Virginia uiccuons, aayf rSom Democratt da Atj Hainan! . I fate." ?