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S3r Jiuhsc riters and others who may wish to send money o us, can do so at all times, ly mail, ai d at our risk. Electricity versus Rlercury. A correspondent reports to the N. Y. Evening IVat, following case til the elimination of Mer cury from the human system by electricity ; TOE CASE. Mr. Fried mann. a Or r man mining i ngineer id Union county, North Carolina, was attacked with Cnngcslve rhills in the month ul July, lt-54. tin lhiid ,,MM-ii" of which, in ihe diali ct oi ihe South, is "ri ckio d" Mri on ly dan rotta. Mr. Fin-de-ajaaatfl Jxing at the bouse ul a plant, r, and having uo'-reguhu" physician (here was administered to t. ,., : . In the e in ii Ctltl)ll (ll till' r-nllll. llllfl, I U I - I" 1 rv. laroe nuaulitiea of mercurv, in the lurm ol ; ' O I - c domel, which reatflted M checking ihe chills, but which U-fa the ptifeai badly aalivalrd. VV'hen Mr. Par: first saw Frkdemann be was ucarcely ab!p o articulate, and w is suffering from severe panf in ihe heid, pariieulsrly in the j-is. which bf been broken. Mr. Paris saya that ini- meditiy upon heboid. ng the condition ni Wiede mann, the question arose in his mind : if il is pos sible by means of the electric' fluid to t-xlrfci any nit talic substance from its solution, rr otherwise, ip Q fesseli may it not also be pnaible, by the same means, lu exrract the mercury from the hu-in-i n vi ss i ! The hyporli si scrnnd to him plausible, and Unopposed by any theoretical nlj ction, and l.e therefore resolved practically to lest the value ol the sv22CtioB. Th a this miabt be done, Mr. Friedem.inn was speedily removed to Charlotte, ivhere Mr. J'.irfz had a galvanic battery, well suited lo his purpose, and the exp riinent ol extracting the mercury was successfully tried in the presence of (inert ihilou-) Mr. Graham, an ctlictr of the U. Ltates M;nt, ol that place. Mr. Parts took a tingle element of a Bunsen , battery (coal and sine), the zinc cylinder of which I is about nitie inches high and seven inches in di- .... , , . , I I ame er. Silver coin was attacln tl to either pole ; of ihe battery, am! placed in the mouth of the pa- ! tient, one on either side, between the cheek and jaw. Left thus 1 few minutes, the positive pole was taken from the mouth, and placed in the hand, and again in a few minu'es changed to the month, and so on alternately during a half hour, when lite coin on ihe negative pole was removed from the mouth and found to be covered vi h a heavy coat ol amalagam ! On the morning following this very satisfactory experiment, the application was again made thi time behind the cars of the patient. At ihe e. pi ration of forty minutes, the ncue'-ve pole hail produced a blister, whence r xuded a yellowish white matter, and at !al a very small quantity of blood, when tV coin was removed, and aguin ffiiiml ns hefure eiialed ivith a in lira nn ' In like firal experiment the coins were used un- rresoyierian throve on l ticKday. vVllh unex coicred, and Priedemann was almost entirely free am pled liberali'y they waited upon the Federal from pain at its expiration. During the second I Whig Know Nothings and invited them to have a application, the coins were . ny loped in wett. d c,,an - on he nd The discussion was I Uien. On the day upon wl.u h the last xpen- ; , . . . " , , ,. men. was tried (. xpe.hn. nl now no longer.) Mr. iu m d h-V Jumus A" FwX' E ' (ft""h of this Eiiedcmann r turned to his duties at the mine, and ,0n Lllt now a risl,,g member of the Columbus, Lac iuA. since discovered any indication of the j Ca., bar.) who had been invited by his Demo presence of mercury in his system! This dis- eratic friends to take part. He commenced with COVery, so simple in its principle and easy of ap- a mosl beautiful and touching introductory, in plicalion, is ilestnipd to be hailed with acclama- ,. , , , . , ,. , . . r.k i . in- i I which he referred to the earlier scenes of his Hons oi thanksgiving by thousands so lie ring Irom that terrible, and, hitherto incurable malady a youth, the triumph of that parly with which it mercurialized system. J had been his pride lo act, that quiet and calm of Should any of ihe readers of the Post desire to j the political sea when he left and its violent agi- lest by experiment the efficacy and practicability I ,,, ow Ir then t0ok u ,ha varjous points ol this remedy, let them observe the following ; - xT i - i . .. . . v , i , ii ,-i . m the lynow Nothing cieed and brought a his your battery sbould consul oi only one or two ; " large elements, so as to produce the required quan- : ' sarcasm, ridicule and argument to bear on it My of electricity. To produce chemical action j with such effect that many of the dark lanterns you must have quantity. To act physologicaHy j hung their heads. He spoke for an hour in a Of upon the nervous systen, intensity is required, j mingIrd strain Gf eloquence and power, more than 1 tie onis ts obtained by a single lare element I . . . . . Ihe other by multiplying the efemen.s. j rea,I,nS lhc expectations of his fr.ends, during The proper apparatus si Cur d, common sense ! ,nu whole of which he was frequently vociferously vill suggest to nearly every one the proper place j cheered. lor me application sua inr tune necessary tor the , ifT.-c;. These observations and dir. c ions are of course intended only fur ihe nun-professional. Howjng this discovery will attract from the pro fession, alo, that attention which its Iranscendaut importance so manifestly demands. 1 remain very truly your, D. C. SU RGES. 4 Taunt. The aiional a, the organ of Abolition ism At Washington, say ; The Northern press and Northern statesmen having demurred In the force it I lhtl argument, And declared their resolution to curtail ihe en croachmrufs of slavery at every hazard, there seems to be less disposition to urge il. The South j Carolina papers, oven, nave o'come merely con tingent disuninnisifl ; and if the North maintains the high spirit which i iiow in ihe ascendant , we predict that ihe contingency will never arise which will bo deemed suflicient to v MTfvnl o dissolution of the Union.' ?.le of Mules in KENTUCKY. Our enter prising fejlnw countryman, Lew is Castlemenj Esq , sold last week forty mules, out of a lot of one hun dred, for the sum of one hundred and tucnty fiic tiollais each. The mules were an average of the lot only, and were sold to a Southern planter who carna to Kentucky lor the sole purpose of pur chasing mules for his farming purposes. This does not look as if the mule market was very mucb depressed. Lexington (A?.) Observer, Have you any limbhorn hoaWMta ?' inquired a ; cry modest miss of a shopkeeper. Any what V Any Jim'ohorn bonnets?' Anv vou don't J , , menu reborn ! j The young lady was brought lo by the proper restoratives.. j - i A Lovklv Spectacle. The New York Times tf the lllh instant sayl : j - . 1 I I . - .11 1 . t . ' T ' I A ccioreu military company , hihu i:i -i inner Guard,' headed bv a white band, passed our office yesterday, on its return from a target excursion. Tbsy made a soldier-like appearance.' Kjaep yourself innocent, if you would be happy. CHARLOTTE: FRIDAY MORMJVGa July 27, 1855. lev IV. S. LAWTON & CO., (South Atlantic Wharf, are our aatajoraaiJ agents in Charleston. 8. C, at.d are duly LUlBPii ortd to take. Advertisements ai d Subscriptions at the rates requiiid hy us, and grant receipts. FOR PRESIDENT, HON. HENRY A. WISE, OK VIRGINIA. SEVENTH DISTRICT, FOR CONGRESS, HON. BURTON CRAIGE, OF ROWAN. Election 2d Day of August. Hl.lKLOTTE I1RKKT. Charlotte, July 27, 1S55. Plour Limited supply ; new flour brings $3 j. j Ppr irtf' Cotton Very littie oil red j market heavy exli ernes fJ a 9. Cum 90c .; slight decline. Meal QQc. P icon 9 a lUc, bog round. Lard 10 cents. Wheat $1.25 a $1.50 per bushel. Very little j offered. (K7 We publish to-day tiie reply of James A. Caldwell, iwj., of Lincoln, to the articls of "Old Mecklenburg" which appeared in the Whig of the 1 7 th. It is full of information read it. - Read he 3d No. of 'Tax Payer,' in an. other column. - . a a Democrats of Mecklcuburgr. Wo warn you to be vigilant and itctive, your old enemy and malignant foe under a new name is in the field, and working day and night be true, be firm listen not to their eloquence, nor ihe cut anj drie(j Cl,umns nf scrnp3 nnd figures and facts, . ., e . . as they pronounce litem, lor with all their bland- J 1 ,1(JSS nd insinuating address, they, the itinerants of the campaign are aim it. a death blow at your principles. Again we say beware! Let your voices be heard for Craige on 2nd day of August, and a shout from the seaboard will mingle with them, and be flung from (he mountains nnd valleys of the old North State, which will be to know, nothingism its final quietus and anathmi. Demo cracy and victory the constitution and laws for ever ! Democratic Meeting. In accordance to notice to that effect, the Dem ocrats of Mecklenburg held a Mass Meeting in the t a . in f tie was followed foot answered) by V. C. Bar- linger, Esq., of Concord, on the Know Nothing sid , in a speech of great labor. It was evidently an up -hill business with him. Sam, dress him as he niiirht, he saw was odious to the people. Some of Mr. B.'s statements were drawn from very rr. mote sources, particularly his ideas of Catholic toleration. He must have travelled in Europe to a very poor purpose if he could see nothing but eul even in the Eternal City. He stated thai a Protestant could not have the right of Christian burial in a Catholic country. In that be diff ra from all travellers and writers. In Leghorn, the historian SmolJet lies buried in a Protestant cem-. tery, where all who choose to visit that city can see. Young's Night Thoughts, and kindred me!, ancholy works, seem lo hive a very gloomy effect upon this young aspirant's mind. We would ad vise him to luin his attention to fields til gayer t . Iterature, and occasionally look upon the bright ; side of the picture. We do not think he succeed- ed in removing from the mind of a single indivi. dual the favorable impression made by Mr. Fox. After he concluded, the II m. B. Craige arose and addressed the multitude for more than an hour in his best strain. We have so often reported Mr. C. that we will not attempt it cm this occasion. His speech was replete with facts, arguments, nd j occasional bursts of ihe highest eloquence, which i infused in th" multitude the greatest enthusiasm. We could hear on all sides Ihe exclamation " he M a (.uieaman and a d. hater all should love to" , 1U , , . , honor. We are proud of our champion, and ee i inter, sts entrusted in his hands are safe, that he has the ability and the nerve to protect' them come the assault from whatever source it may. Mr. C.'s speech was masterly nnd overwhelm- - ing and did a vast deal of jjood. Meeklenbur. fully aroused and will d her whole duty. IS The ellow fever has made i's appearance in Portsmou th, Va, KsiOfVeXotiiiiighitu alias Native Amr icanisai. This is a docirine fraught with the elements of more evil and danger lo pur institutions ihan our enemies have ever iprung igpoq us. It was con? ceiveu in sin, ntftured in secret, ana alter me in- j cubation oJ the Philadelphia council was brought forth in iniquity, to spread a moral blight and mil j dew over life hope of the lovers and d fenders of j consti'utional religious uud political toleration fur i all time to come. It appeals lo tae psuedo-nat ive prejudices of northern men against foreigners, and the more malignant spirit of fanaticism thai sometimes in their midt loom tin hke the fires of hell to blast and crush to the v ry enrtk, tjie liberty of pon- braces nothing that demands our attention. Self . ,, , f l- j, I is uppermost with him, and the Legislature mtend- science, and the frei mans franchise. It is a poi i , 1 T, , ... . . . b , . 1 ed the Road to go just lo suit his peculiar inter- souous leaven worked into a lump by the bitterest . wJ: prejudice, at the expense of the . enter enemies to our instituiions we have on earth. 'Uprise and to the injury of the public. If the is a compound of tie worst eJemen'S of iheif worst Leoislature intended the Roat to be located by the nassions and isms and faction, lliey would . i:... ,i i,..v ilu i I in 1 1 1 ii" ii I'M arm ii vi u i lips, uiih iu.- "-j ...i .w e ' ' . , 1 sicken Utf UlUfl ueutn. i sprung u in me uusmn of that people, whole States of whom would break over every barrier of the constitution thrown a- round it for our protection, demolish the fair fabric ' ..... . . , . . itae f, ana ride exulting v into power over its sa- ' e ' cred fragments! Can jou, will you freemen of j this Congressional district, join therr in their un- j holy crusade ngaiust us by going to tin polls on 2nd day of Anyust, and casting your votes for the apologists and exponents of this order we believe it not, but that you will cn masse give your suffrages lo the able and fithful Craige, the champion of your rights, and thus serve to save our country from the influence of that band of icrelched marl men at the PFartt, tcjio ha ve sworn upon the altar if higher laic, that abolition shall be accomplish ed, if not hy the moral agency of the free, it mast be done by the physical power of the enslaved. (Ct VVe are pleased to learn that Messers Brem di Steele, have kindly consented to act as agent for the planters of Mecklenburg in ordering, (free of charge) guano in s ich quantities as may suit purchasers- Many of our planters availed them selves of M'-ssers B. di S. services fast season greatly to their advantage in the ordering of Guano Wheat &c. - . . CORRESPONDENCE. Dallas, Gaston Co., July 23 d. 1855, P. Waring Esq., R Dr. Sir : It is my happy privilege to be the medium of presenting lo you the accompanying Silver Cups, which are tendered by a number ol your friends ol Gn oa C itinty, as a very feeble but sincere token of their appreciation of yourefforts in the cause of internal improvements in our County. Hoping you will be pleased to accept the same,l am, Very truly yours &c, ' Wm. SLOAN. Charlotte, July 27, 1655. Dr. William Sloax, Dear Sir: Your note, with the cups which my friends in Gaston, through you, have been pleased to present me "as a token of their appreciation-of my efforls in behalf of the cause of internal im provement in their county," I receive with deep sensibility ; the plenstire of which is only dimmed by the conscious reflection that this demonstration is ar greater than my feeble efforts deserve. To their kind and friendly regard, and to the sincere desire upon my part to advance the internal im provement movement in ihe right direction I must attribute this flattering compliment. It is one that I feel deeply grateful for, and will cherish until my heart grows as cold as the clay that wraps the dead. Permit me. dear sir, to thank you for the com plimentary manner in which you have been pleased to convey :hem lo me, and through you to express my gratelul acknowledgments to my friends in j Gaston for this highly valued token of their re- ! spect and esteem. Very respectfully yours, R. P. WARING. DR. II. M. PRITCHARD. We are glad to see it announced in the last Western Democrat.1 ihat our esteemed friend Dr. II. M. PiMTCiiARO lias become associate editor of that Journal. VVe regard him as quite an access ion lo the corps editorial, and hope he will find the exchange of the Mortcr and Pestle for the Quill pleasant and agreeable. We congratulate the de. moeracy ol Old Mecklenburg in securing the ser vices of such an able and faithful exponent ot their political (ailh, and humbly trust that the doses be may administer, will fit and prepare them to ac well lheir ptrt in the terrible storm destined ere long to agitate the mind of this great, and once glorious Republic. Yorkville Enquirer. From the Intelligencer. Riill Road Meeting. The Stockholders of the western end of the Wilmington, Charlotte & Rutherford Rail Road, met (a portion of them) at Shelby, on the 14:h July. Ou motion of H. VV. Guion, Esq , A. E. Collins, of Cleaveland, was appointed President. R S. Johnson, of I.mroln li V P . I7.ii: . --I - - -1 . . , xvi. ii iiiifi iii Sloa of Giiston, 2ii V. P.: Gen. Lon SrA V P.; and R. P. Warinu and A. J. Cansler were appointed Secretanea. A committee, consisting of V. J. T. Miller, J. i i Stowe, A. P. Cacsler and G. W. Logan, were ap- j oomieu to ascertain the hmonn' of stneL- rnro. seated, who reported as follows : V from Lincoln cousTv i COUNTY, 725 shares. 1225 In person, By proxy, Total I I IVN 1 FROM RLTHEREoRO COUSTV, 20 In person, 20 Total FROM CLEAVELAND COUNTY, In person, 927 By proxy, 10 Total prom Gaston County, no return. Afer several speeches by H. W. Guion. W J. T. Miller, J. Stowe, H. Cnnsier und C. W. Lo gan, il was Resolved, That this meeting adjourn, to meet ai tan piuce, on omuruay, ine 4tn uay ol August . . ,r .... e . -i i ... o -i ., . . . . . next; and tnul all the Stockholders in Lincoln, . 7 " " "'"uuu" uul no Gasion, Ruthterford, and Cleaveland, be requested ,fliiouS Ust shal1 cvev Lc f(quicd as a cjualiica to be represented, in person or by proxy. j tion to any office or public' trust under the United Resolved, That 200 notices ol the adjourned ' meeting be stricken off", und distributed among the four L.ijiires. Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting be published in the Carolina Intelligencer, Char lotte W7hig, Western Democrat, ilokeville Ex press, and Western Eg!e. A. E. COLLINS, President, IJ. S. JOHN SON, 1st V. P., W. SLOAN. V. P., G. VV. LOGAN, 3rd Y. P. R. P. Wahiwg, i A. J. Cansljjk, $ Secretaries. For the 'Western Democrat. No. 3. Messrs. Editors :" -In the last ilokeville Ex- press 1 find an nriicle signed 'Lincoln" which em- f . I i - ' O il way of Hopewell i tJ Jjtncolntou, thai 0'uy was certainly very remiss in not n ulling these points - - ... I, . in the Charter. What are the claims set up by Lincoln for the Road doe? she claim that her retire is cheaper that h r subscription is so much above the Gaston subscription as to entitle her lo ihe exclusive right in ihe R ad ? As to ihe sub- scnntiun we win state wnai we learn is taaen oti . . , . r i i ... each of the books Ltneoln subscMplMn, one lllin(jreu .Ull ti.in y-.-six thousand dollars; Gaslon, one hundred and ten thousand dollars. Now. sir, will the difference of iwenty-six thousand dollars sel t t. ...t. i-.n t-ii-- ii rruinn i si ; t , in t rr ' Will that .um justify Cleaveland and Rutherford in sacrificing the great interests they have in the wtrk to gratify Lincoln? In mv first communication 1 set down the Liin- cola and Hopewell route fourteen miles longer than the Gaston route ; and will the twenty-six d will ttie twenty-six thousand dollars build that fourteen miles of road ? No. But will build barely two miles, if there should be no obstructions, leaving twelve miles of Road for Cleaveland and liulherf-rd to build, in addition to their building ihe entire line fr im Charlotte to Rutherfordton over a direct route. Lincoln seems to think she is, hy the charter, en tilled to it, or at least the Legislature intended it whether they said so or not. This seems strange that Lincoln should assume to herself ihe exclu sive right to this Road with all the facts against her. The subject i3 one, to Rutherford &, Cleave- l;inil rif irreMt imnnrtnilfp ;iiil should lint he passed over hurriedly. There is no doubt that Stock to secure the Charter on a direct line c;.n he taken, if proper time he allowed to do so. 'I he citizens of Mecklenburg have not moved in the matter yet, and wi'l not until they are assured that the Stor k on the Wilmington end of the Road of the Road will be taken, then they will come forward and bear their part in ihe work. What is to be gained by going on in advance of Wilmington in surveying ami taking unmrborized steps in doing th& work before ihe Company is formed. Surveying the Road is the most import ant part of the work and should bo done with great care, and under the immediate supervision of competent men legally authorized to act. Will the stock thus far taken on either route warrant such a proceeding' The aggregate largest amount being only a little the rise of two nwndred and eighty thousand dollars, leaving over fifty thous and dollars yet to be taken. The step seems to be premature, and a survey of the Road should not he attempted until all the Stock is taken and the Company legally formed. Works of such magnitude are entitled to a mature deliberation, and all the parties duly consulted. To Ruther ford and Cleaveland we look for safely in their hands lie the destiny of the Road on them will devolve the duty of settling the dispvte between Lincoln and Gaston; that duty I feel they will perform with a deliberation the importance of ihe subject demands. Gaston sets up a claim to the Royd bi cause she is situated ou a direit line; subscribing her proportion of Stock, and the coun try being peculiarly favorable for a Railroad. The claims of Lincoln, as I understand them, are that her people are clever and her subscription liberal, and for that alone should hive the Road at great expense to the public and a total disre gard to the interest of the Stockholders and ihe Road. Will the Stockholders ol Rutherford nnd Cleaveland agree to build severity miles of Road (the distance on a direct line) and tin t miles more to please ihe good perq.de -all for love and esteem ? .Such lovowts build five of Lincoln, is this is rare Lincoln sub- in these stormy times. The etitit scriplion a ill build only nine miles of Road, leav- trig five miles lor ihe Company to build ; all this 'be good people of Lincoln expect to be done, and j they seem to forget thu their offspring G ts'on has any interest in the matter either as lax payers or Stockholders. In my next I will speak of the Road. TAX PAYEPv. Written for the Western Democrat. The North Carolina Whig of the 17 h, con tains a communication of two and a half columns devoted to "Mr. Caldwell's Card and the Know Nothings." I propose, if you will allow me the privilege of appearing in your paper, to notice the arguments of "Old Mecklenburg" first his per sonalities afterwards. It is evident that the wri ter (Old Mecklenburg) has intended hi effusion for the public mind, and having finished his work in great self-complacency has pronounced it 'good." His rapid utterance, his triumphant tone, and his hypermetrical abuse oi bi celf oontitutocl foes, forces the conviction on the minds of the reader that he (the author) is satisfied that lie will demolish all of his adversaries if his wind don't j I was then, and I contend that the history of the fail. . As I cannot take time to answer all of Ms j times bears me out in my conclusion. VV. H. Se questions, I shall content myself to take the most ; ward has been elected lo the United States Senate, important ones, the clinchors, and do the best ihat j by a majority of the votes of the know-nothing I can witn them. "VI ill he," says Old Mecklen burg "notv vote for the man who thinks that the German and Irish foreigners, convicts, criminals, paupers, santags, catholics, and all, should have as much rights in this Government as native born American citizens, I answer that I am ffoine to . ... ... VOle 'r tfle ma wh makcs ,he constitution ; .he supreme law of land, the " rule and guide of his i ianu) iam.-i man ioi nun who maxes trie con. j s itution subordinate to an invalid oath. The 1st j & . l I CI ..i , I Arucic uu oecuon ist clause ol the constitution says that "the electors in each Stale shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of ihe most numerous branch of the Slate legislature." The I 2nd clause nrnvidew that nn norim, cK..II I i ' . ! a rep- , resentat.ve in Congress unless he has been seven j 1 he drd j Section 3rd clause prohibits any one who has not "becm nine years a ciuzen ' from being eligible lo the Senate, and the 6tb Section 4th r-l,,,, ho.h a..-.-. s ' 7, . I - i'"- .-"- a vciioiuia tsiia ue ;.,;, ,i . . .i . l,niintl. Im aatn to ennnnr Una nr. r. c 1 1 7... . States. Now that constitution suits m, i ' W ' and I doubf not "Old Mecklenburg" will make a "solemn affidavit," that it s just the thing, nd 1 does not desire to mar or destroy fhjs sacred in strument. f hav a publication in my hand from which I make the following extract: I, of my own free w ill, in the presence of Almighty God, and these witnesses do solemnly and sincerely . l i it.. A..nn I iwill when swear mat li H mav oe n gany uui, elected, or appointed to any official station, con. ferring on me the power to do so, removs all for eigners, aliens, or Roman Catholics, from office or place, and that I will in no case appoint such to any office or place in my gift." I have perfect f.iith in the truth of the assertion, that this obliga tion "fills the eye" of "Old Mecklenburg" to a T, and yet it looks to me very much like swearing to violate the constitution. Does Mr. Siowe approve that obligation ? has he not taken it? if he has, will he, when he presents his credentials swear to support the constitution. If he does, which swear will he keep? Can he keep both ? I prefer to stand by the constitution and its supporters, rather than with fanaticism and its abettors. If I aban- i don the consiuunon ana let nn oatn, muue uy mu j individual who has no legal right to administer it, I i i -. l t . 1 - j t;(ke precedence over it, may not my example be pleaded against me with ovcrwhelmning force when I come to interpose that instrument, as a barrier to (he aggressive spirit of the North when she raises her banner and inscribes upon its folds "the repeal of the fugitive slave law" "the aboli. tion of slavery in the District of Columbia" "the prohibition of slavery in any of our territories" and in the end "civil war rather than submission J lo iie constitutional rights of the South." "Old iioiiunk.." itQ,a" do million m that .in nii. iiuillg ujivvj J s7 no iinng av & 1 " these foreigners who fought against our fathers in the revolution, who tried to crush American liber ty in its infancy, and who used their deadliest arms against it in its darkest and most trying hour these hireling Germans and Hessians who cut the throats of so many brave patriots of our glo rious revolution in their struggle for liberty ?" "Barkis is willin" providence they didn't die with ihe small pox. If they did ; then it would be as well to put them with the lories, Quoth "Old j Mecklenburg." "Is he willing that these beasts of prey, these running wolves should come in. i and enjoy equal privileges with the sons of the soil?" If the "beasts" and "wolves" will, when they do "come in" suffer themselves to be cnged and sent to B irnum or "shot and scalped" without a muss. I think I can safely say that I am willing that they should enjoy all the privileges guaranteed to them by the constitution again. I am asked if "it is right to tabejjhe childrens bread for which they toiled so long and so arduously and cast it to the dogs ? I think not, I am sure it is not right to do so, unless "the children" consent to it, and the dogs are very, very hungry. Is it proper that those ignorant and pauper masses who pour into this country &c, &c, should without reasonable training be forthwith be allowed the full right of citizenship, and the sacred right of suffrage ? NO. Let them, one and all patiently await for the corn in" of that time which the law made in obedience to the constitution, has assigned to them, and if experience has proved that this period is too short let it be extended to that which is proper. Let it be done by dignified and impartial reason and ar gument, which is seemly in the mouth of a gen tleman, and conclusive to the mind of our intelli gent listener, and not by decending to the level of a blackguard, and damning that man as a foreigner or a catholic, or heaping abuse on his head with out scrutinizing his character, and awarding him the meed due to his merit. I opine that no one would gratify a Virginian or New-Yorker for heaping unmerited abuse upon us because we are North Carolinians, neither do I suppose that it would he just or truthful to denounce the entire population of Meckh nburg county as murderers because the brothers Sharpe killed a brother. I trust we shall not be subjected to the charge of! arrogance for claiming at least sufficient capacity j to judge of the character and ability of an indivi- i dual after 3 years association in all the business j transactions of life, nor, do I hope, shall one be j adjudged to be political myopes because we are I willing to abide by the constitution and the laws. In my card announcing my withdrawal from the canvass, I took a position that the South had better j trust a foreigner with honorable places in the government than "Y'ankee Abolitionists," and that know. nothingism was a foil given by the North to i the South, with which our attention should be at- I traded, while Henry Wilson, Gardiner, Pollock and others of Mr. Rayner's brethern were matur ing their plans to destroy us, now, notwithstand ing, I shall subject myself to the charge of being blind lo the most "palpable truths" by a gentle man who now knows that Mr. Stowe was a very j respectable member of the State legislature in ls-i", Oi oO nnd 51, but who than know him as a hardened locofoco. I say, notwithstanding this, I am of the "same frame of mind" now that party, in the New York legislature, yet, since Mr. Greely denounces the party, it is a "palpa ble truth" that these know-nothings are not aboli tionists. A quartet: of abolitionists, to wit : Messrs. Fessenden, Durkee, Hale and Bell, are elected by the know-nothing legislatures of three States, but as Mr. Greely denounces ihe party, as a pro-slavery party, it is a "palpable truth" that mese Know-nothings are not abolitionists. The' know-nothing legislature of Massachusetts having I . . . - nullified the fugitive slave law, and removed, so far as it could, a judge from the bench for hav- ing dared to do his duty, the opposition of MR. GREELY, makes it a "PALPABLE TRUTH" .i . rr,r. . . . mat i know-nothings are not aboliiionists And what oh ! what evidence is relied on to prove' the nationality and soundness of ihu i i majority of whose members refused to walk lite Southern plank" in .he Philadelphia platform L . .. . , . . I,U0UllPl'H platform, 1031 ' Uton SO "SslicR. elabor- i ,t. si: i i: . c iojur b inner Dy a "new man." who J wilO "j " in. twenty years ago declared that "religious intoler. n nrm Lao ii I,an L j y -..v. vii mh: nana-mairj ol despotism, and . . , " par'' hHCkV and "P"rty ti lin t a r r ii ; - - - - corruption, taut strongly favors party Gods l nese areuauy, nay itouriy, serveu up to us wj the exulting exclamation of what more d0 y0ll want ? Arc not these "palpable truths?" I have already consumed more time insn j wished to, and shall conclude without dise.ugjn the ''Catholic question," by shewing what g0o whigs thought of catholic men, as late as the year 1840. The' Hon. Mathias E. Manly had been nominated by Gov. Dudley, as a suitable per,0n to succeed Mr. Saunders on the bench, he govera. ors council refused to raiify, because fie Wa,a communicant in the Roman Catholic Church Judge Manly's name was proposed the follow,,, ' winter to the legislature and "the members being mortified," as one of them expressed it, agi intolerant spirit of the council" proceeded to ballot and among others, appear the following person, who voted for Manly the catholic. Anderson Mitchell, Lewis Thompson, Frederic I. Hill, Mon. trevillo Patton, B. S. Gaither, D. M. Bnrringer Christopher Melchor, J. T. Moreherd, R. f Paine, R. B. Gilliam, Hi L. Robards, G. C. Meny denhall, Andrew Joyoer, B. F. Moore, Gen. J0 A. Young, Edmund F. Lilly. W; L. Mangum, W A. Graham, M. W. Holt, VV. B. Shepherd, Johql a than Worth, W. B. Law, H. C. Jane; J0m J. G. Bynum, W. J. T. Miller, R. C. Purjtw, and Nathaniel Boyden. These are seme of the gentlemen who instructed me in the conservative principles of the whig "party they infused ima my youthful mind an utter abhorrence of religious intolerancej and they instilled into my youthful hRrt a gensroui sympathy for the oppressed ol nations. I "have said that I would notice the "personalities" of "Old Mecklenburg." I do not know your name and therefore cannot speak to you personally, but I say this lo you, yov are s contemptible puppy, and cowardly poltroon for hiding your face behind a mask when you speak of one, as you have done of me, who has dons you no harm. JAMES A. CALDWELL. The Subscription Safe ! We have the gratification of announcing to the friends of the Wilmington, Charlotte nnd Kiitlier. ford Railroad, every where, that ihe vole on the proposition authorizing the Commissioners to .sub scribe, for the ion, $200,000 to ihe cap if a I s.'ock of the above Road, was taken yesterday, and ihat :he following is the result : Subscription, 531 No Subscription, 103 or more than five to one ! A two thirds vote wus necessary. Hurrah For Sam ' VVe want to hold Sam out lor a fight. We liko Sam as an opponent much belter than we do i)r ley and S-ward's Northern hive of isms. W'e can and will whip them, it is true, but had as lief make war on a nest of vipers, or yellow jiciot. Fighting such enemies is disagreeable, and victo ry inglorious. For it more stirs the bi ood to rouse the .'ion Than to start the hare ! A short while ago, Sam was an enemy worthy of our spoiir. He is now brui-i d, dilapidated nml flat on his back. He was stunned by the full we gave him in Virginia. He got up, brushed bis breeches, cried Hurrah for Sun ! nnd hied In Philadelphia. Ther,e Slip boasted, tint. iuV, Olympian Jove, he'd astonish the world hv bring ing forth from his wise head another Mh'tvi, full ol wisdom, and armed for fight. But M r num's baby-show was going on. Sun peeped1 jr, o-ot to longing and 'brought forth I i i 1 i . .N' t Minervas, hut mice. Nr were they wJiiv mice. The eldest born was phek as a cod. San swore he would not father it, kicked it mil nfilw house, nnd now ih li'tle precarintH thing Ins n up for i'self somewhere in the submits of (liistoa and amuses himself dni y hy cir-ing his dully. The next born was a while m U"', pure v hi e. Sam, however, did 'nt like bun 'Tie r, ;ui I forth with despatched him South, and be is now nihil ing bread and cheese in a convert in Lotii-dana. The third and novv Sun fhoughl his irnmiU were ended, and his glory b gun was a Urge mulatlo mouse. This, to be sur , would plinM everybody, h vvas neither too hi iek for the Soulli nor too white, for the North. Doik Isoii migU fondle it, nnd Frederick P.tuglaa adopt it. In trying to please everybody, Sam has pleased nobody. The Week mouie is all the g.t in Bw ton, and the little whiteonc highly re-p ced Sou h, Sam's big favorite, the mulatto, meets the could shoulder every w here. Indeed, since he was i troduced into the family, the desertions which Ik- gnn during me tigm wnn wwo, multiply everv day in number. Retreat is engendering panic panic begetting a .tampede, nnd the stampede fast becoming a regular leave ! rjuipeut! Sam's situation is a most distres-iing one. In attempting to stand on three stools, (h-mihle fett for a featherless piped,) he has had a fall that's knocked tho breath out of him. We pily Sm and have made a new stool for him. IVe hae dispensed altogether with each ol the old and long and lumbering platform. Our pedestal is worthy of Sam. He can stantl on it, firm as the Coloss us of Rhodes, brave as Mars, strong as H -mile. It is a small affair, "simplex munditiis" W strong as Sebas'.opol ! firm as the rock of Gibral tar. Here it is! HunRAii bor Sam ! Now, mv dear good fellow do rise ! There, lake our arm! One step more, and you nre up, and safe ! Rs up! and "Richard is himself again." See ! h pulls of his hat and waves it 'HtTRRAB i ok SaX Did Stenlor ever howl like that ? The bison on the prairies of the West, startled a! th" sound, rusli headlong down a steep ihe whales in the ocean dive deep, and deeper into the abyss the miner in California ihinks of earthquakes, and quits hi workt All nature trembles in alarm ! Ih, ""J friend, try it again 1 'Hurrah for Sam ! Hurrah for Sam ! Ask me no questions, and I'll tell no lies !' My dear fellow! ihat'n the music! Heretofore you blabbed toj much. Your platfe was loo long. Yon drove off' the foreigners, you drove off the Catholics, and their vote on election day. You offended the new Slair who welcome immigration because their popui' tion is sparse. You offended the States Rig'1' men, hy threatening them with the Supren.1; Court You displeased the old States, by proposing 10 give the regulation of social and domestic mail'' that of immigration, to tho federal government.- New York may wish to check emigration, ll" West to encourage and promote it ; hut Virgif and the South are entirely satisfied with things aJ they are. Diff rent Stales have different interes" 8nd different policies on this subject, and not ? regulating the right of suffrage, can carry out ft" own policy and promote their own interests, sb you must not play the dog in the manger. 'ihe Indians wished to do that a handful, to occupy a continent and witness their fate. Now, Sa"1 we are but a handful, when we look at our mense domains. No, stick to your present PIaT form, 'Hurrah for Sam ! Ask me no question and I'll tell you no lies.' Hear how (he hoys tak" it up. From Boston to New Orleans every urcha it exclaiming, 'Hurrah for Sam!1 The rising generation is all wilh you. We will icat y this time, but if you will stick to the platform V"" now occupy 'Hurrah for Sam ! Ask me n questions and I'll tell you no lies i'you'er buu, to succeed. fm i i i i