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WESTERS DEMOORAT.i
CHARLOTTE v
A STREAK OF LIGHT ON MR FILL
MORE S DARK PATH.
The fallowing letter is interesting, because
of the information it supplies in regard to
Know-
May 26. In the Senate, Mr. feller pre
sented the petition of 75,000 citizens of Cal
ifornia, for a Wagon Road to connect the
Pacificwith the Atlantic States. Mr. Wel-
hMJil Ufiiin:r. JnilP 3 1S56. Mr- ri'Unorc acceptance of the
v , N othing nomination. It i infinitely more ler introduced a bill fdr the construction of
A PATRIOT. interesting, however, as an enthusiastic ex- ! a military road from the Western boundary
Wall- ; J. .. Med. , V.-.u. u di.-tiiigui.-died position of Mr. Fillmore's opinions on the I of Missouri to Carson Valley ; and another
Whig ..j" Richmond county, . ('., has with- repeal ot ihe Missouri restriction. j bill for tlie construction of a military road
Arwim from the K now Nothing party, and,
as
rbe lines in italics admit of no equivocal i from El Paso to Fort Yuma. Mr. Pugh op-
:u u letter to tl.. i'-i otter iUe Observer, us- construction. They ure equally pointed j posed the admission of Kansas with a Free
Ins reasons nr uumiuoningupaxy. j iNut m yvewnog .ur. ruiunuva . jatate constitution on account or tne small
Jr. St..l in 1-li voted fop Um Rr.-i time, oppoaitioa to the repeal of the Missouri res ; population, and hu was very severe on the I
ond tlie rote was cant f -v Goj (iruhara a- j triction, un,i hi pledging hiin to its restora- j Emigrant Aid Societies. He replied to the
gain t I'ol. Moke. Sin i then, he baa .-tea- ' tmu. What else can he meant by '-bring- argument ot Messrs. Seward and Sumner,
dily voted for tl.t caudi .t. of the Whig j hur.k t,lu COWitry to its old conservative Mr. SeWard introduced a bill to authorize
party, lb Ofcwjr su4jortetl any other can- j position ?" And this result Mr. Fillmore j prot etion to be given to American citizens
ditlatetj mt$H hist Congressional idee- proposes to accomplish by the instrnmen- ! who may discover deposited of guano in the
thn, arfeegi he his aid to Mr. R,.:j, the I tIity of the "American party," "tlu; only ; pacific. The bill was referred to the com-
andiuaje u the Know Nothing party. He i efficient centre" on which the opponents of mittee on Foreign Relations. The Senate
been five times a Whig member of the ( tlie tvansaa-Mebraeka Bill can rally, and i then adjourned.
eu. ral Assembly from the Whig county , organise for the restoration -jf the Missouri In the House, Mr. Humphrey Marshall,
was likewise requested. These officers are
as this Government still believes impli
cated in a riolation of the laws of the United
THE LOGIC OF SHARP'S RIFLES
KICKING BACKWARDS.
The beating of Charles Sumner in the
States, contrary to the reiterated instruc- I Senete chamber is the natural consequence
tions of their own Government. . This.com- of the powder and hall gasconade and rant
plicity did not rest for proof solely on -the ' with which the fanatics of the North have
testimony of Stiobel and Hertz, but upon ' een making the land riag for several years
original letters frm Craiuptoa and others. ' past.
The Message gives the details of the evi- Not long ago an aged citizen of Mary
dence against tliose British officers engaged I land, pursuing a fugitive slave across the
in the business of recruiting. The message lino of Mason and Dixon, under the author
was referred to ihe Committee on Foreign ity of the laws and Constitution of the
Relations, and after a slight debate the Union, was waylaid on his journey by
i Senate adjourned. bandits in league with bumner, and shot
In the Hoi;se. Mr. Campbell, of .phic, down by unseen and cowardly assassins.
reported a resolution to allow the committee ' The venerable Gorsueh was not the first or
. -
Richmond. The reasons for the present
i COrM uf Mr. Steele are those of a patriot.
W '
He says :
I shall not support tbe nominees of the
IKaow Nothing) party, unless I believe
them BOSj likely to defeat the Black Re
publicans. Then, objectionable as the po
sition of the pai l v is, I would not healtat
ftO support them. 1 regard iIk. rightaofth
South as paramount U every thing !.-.,
ami I never will sop port a party which
docs not. in my opinion, boldly stand up
for the guaranties of the Constitution, and
thus pledge itself to protect the BfjOtion bi
which 1 live. And yet, I do not claim to
be u better firiend of tbe South than many
who differ from me. 1 have not questioned
their honesty, and will not do so. I have
been ami am a believe in that part of the
Kansas Nebraska bill which leaves the peo
ple free to mould their domestic institutions
a may please them ; and I announced in
the last House of Commons that I w ould
support no man for United States Senator
who was opposed to it. 1 voted for Mess!
Hadffer ami Bunuger, who were known to
be its friends. The platform (if it has one)
of the American party denounces the repeal
of the Missouri Compromise, and .tlu-refon
places the party m opposition to thu Kan
sas bill ; for it is veil known that the two
are incompatible. For that reason, 1 can
not g. tor I itlmore uml DunteUon. 1 trill
nai sfrneancs President Pierre jr signimg
u bill uSrjeA resksaesi m oihus statute from
the books, when by foul injustice was June fo
thr South.
I cannot but oppose a party which, though
claiming to be natiomml, has not a Represen
tative in Congress from the North (no not
one not even the gn at Fuller.) who pre
ferred the eloctaoa of Gov. Aiken to Banks
the Black Republican. I cannot support a
party Nwati every Convention in the Nor
tnrrn States denounced the Kansas bill,
Compromise. j from the committee on the judiciary, re-
Now, this is genuine Bbjilk.-Republican- ported a bill authorizing patents to issue on
ism. Kobody can deny it. Mr. Fillmore j the final adjustment of the California land
! claims, prior to January, 16oJ. The con-
closed with those memorable words:
"Liberty and Union! Now and Forever!
One and Indissoluble!" What a descent
deep as Erebus from that time and that
man, and from those noble words, worthy
of that man and of all Time, down to C.
Sumner, calling his adversary in discussion
"a skunk!" Richmond Dispatch.
KANSAS.
In obedience to a call of the U. S. Mar
shal, a number of troops, a few days ago,
made their appearance at Lawrence, the
head-quarters of the free-soilers of Kansas,
and aided the Marshal in making a number
ice
H
of arrests. A demand was then made for
of the gumner investigation to present their last citizen of the South, by verv many, the arms in the hands of the free-soilers.
report with u journal of its proceedings at who has been thus murdered in cold blood j lhey rctusea to surrenuer mem, anu wnen
any time which it shall be laid on the by the Sumner confraternity whilst lawfully
Speakers table. The resolution was adopted exercising a privilege guaranteed by the
unanimously. The President's message .; Constitution.
was received and referred. Mr. Grow, of
Pa., from the Committee on Territories,
Not long after that brutal murder, a citi
zen of Virginia went to Boston, Sumner's
and the "American Party" aim at the same
e nd which Seward and the Black-Republicans
contemplate; the difference between
these leaders and parties being simply a
difference of opinion as to which is the most
"efficient centre" on which to rally and or
ganize an opposition to the principles of the
Kansas-Nebraska bill.
It will not lo to :iy that these are Mr.
Kennedy's and not Mr. Fillmore's senti
ments. Mr. Kennedy puts the words into
Fillmore's mouth, and declares that they
sideration of the bill was postposed two
weeks.
May 27. In the Senate, Mr. Trumbull
gave notice of his intention to introduce a
bill to prevent civil war and to restore peace
in Kansas. Mr. Slidell called the attention
of the Scnnf.e to a telegraphic despatch
giving Mr. Sumner's statement before the
House Committee, and published in this
morning's papers. A long debate ensued,
with some excitement. Messrs. Slidell and
express his opinions. Kennedy has aright j Douglas disclaimed any knowledge of the
to speak for Fillmore. He is Fillmore's contemplated assault. Mr. Toombs denied
confidential friend and accredited agent. being near Mr. Brooks at the time, but ap
But, in truth, he implies that it is a matter j proved the act. Mr. Butler said had he
of notoriety and universal concession, that ' been present he would have assumed all
the position assigned responsibility. Mr. Wade said if the prin
ciple of assault were to prevail we must
submitted a majority report, proposing to ! immediate vicinage, in pursuit of a negro
man, Anthony Burns, whom some emissary
of the Sumner fraternity had stealthily
spirited away from Richmond. The valiant
fanatics of the town of Boston, character
istically courageous qn their own muck
heap, roee up to the number of many thou
sands, for the purpose of preventing a single
unarmed citizen of the South from reclaim
ing his negro man. A few patriotic soldiers
were called out to protect the single citizen
against the multitude of angry assailants,
and succeeded in awing the ferocious mob
Mil.
Fillmore occupies
him in this letter :
HON. JOHN P. KENNEDY'S LETTER OX
FILLMORB'8 ACCEPTANCE.
Baltimore, May e, i?r6.
My Dear Sir In answer to your inquiry
as to the acceptance of the nomination by
Mr. Fillmore, I can only say that I am in
daily expectation of hearing from himself
upon this subject. I foryarded to hup, about
conic here armed. Although you are four
to one, I am here to meet you. A man can
die in no better cause than in defence of
the liberty of speech. Mr. Wilson said the
assault was brutal, cowardly, murderous.
Mr. Butler promptly and emphatically
denied the charge. The subject, after
upon the Virginian. Nevertheless, an Irish
lad, who had volunteered to enforce respect
to the laws, whilst accidentally isolated in
a crowd of these Boston Thugs, was marked
as a victim and murdered by an assassin
who was never discovered, and who proved
himself as expert in the art of secret murder,
as any pick-pocket ever did in the leger-
; further debate, was dropped.' Mr. Cass
me miUUle ot .March, the letter of tho Pnm.
mittee, annrisinar him of the nroeeedtniya of :
the Philadelphia Convention, and soon after j nnflle further explanation in reference to the
a duplicate
eoiimiunic
hute
plicate. 1 have as yet received no Crampton correspondence, which misrepre
tiinication from him in reply. I attri- L. i l ti , , ...
this to the fact Of his bavin set out ' !fU him' 1 b rdr bcinS th
for the north of Europe, and the delay in
cident to the- transportation of letters to him
on his route of travel. I have no doubt.
the
President's vetoes, then came up. Mr.
Toombs defended the veto of the bill for
the Improvement of the mouth of the
acceptance, and have no I Mississioni River. The snbient wnf.,rfl.,.r
however, of his
hesitation in repeating to you what I said
a few weeks ago to some of the members of
the American State Convention at Greens
b trqnirb, S- C. that a formal letter of un
qualified acceptance may he confidently
expected at an early day.
It may he, indeed, that Mr. Fillmore.
having received the announcement of the
committee at the moment of his return from
tne Continent to England, may defer hi.,-
and opposed the admission of new States I answer until be arrives hero himself; but
upon the question of his acceptance, vou
may assure your friends there is no reason
to doubt that it ill certainly be given.
Mr. Fillmori is too deeply imnressed with
a sense of his duty to the country to shrink
at such a time as this from high responsi
bility cast upon his political position. He
is aware that his past service, in a nerinri
of great embarrassment and danger, in the
domestic affairs of the Union, has formed
the principal inducement to the call which
has lately Len made upon him by the Con-
into the Union whose Constitutions tolerate
alavery. I aunnot aid in the snccesti .f a
party, at the North, which caQs upon me
to defon.l it against the Irin and the Roman
Catholics, while it is untiring on my rights,
i r iL i ,
ii Hii-i can i ici us in. me, we, who are not
troubled with Foreigners and Romanists,
ought to allow tin in to defend themselves.
I cannot support party which is rmti-Ro-rnanism
in North Carolina, and not anti-No-mftnisni
in Virginia, South Carolina and
Louisiana. I cannot sapper! a party which
joins with Seward and Giddings and Hale
(not F. J. tV Son) and Greely and Sumner,
in denouncing the present patriotic Execu
tive, on account of his 're-opening section
al agitation, by the repeal of the Missouri
Compromise." I cannot support a party
which in June endorses the Kansas bill
and in February denounces it.
i discussed. The Senate then adjourned.
In the House. Mr. Walbridge, from the
Committee on Public Lands, reported a bill
granting about thirteen hundred thousand
acres of land to the Michigan Rail Roads.
A motion to table the bill was negatived
ayes 67, noes 80. The bill was then passed,
ayes 78, noes 57. The House adjourned.
May 28. In the Senate, Mr. Pearce, of
Md., from the select committee of investi
gation into the Sumner and Brooks difficul
ty, presented a report stating that no pre
cedents are to be found except in the House
of Representatives, the Senate having never
been called on to pronounce iudement in
similar cases. Several of theso precedents
were cited, and the committee came to the
conclusion, that, although the assault was
vention in Philadelphia. He would not be l in violation of the privileges of the Senate,
admit Kansas as a State with a free State
constitution. The consideratian of the sub
ject was postponed until the 25th June.
The House adjourned.
May 30. The special Committee ap
pointed in the House to investigate the
Brooks and Sumner uffair, reported to-day
recommending the expulsion of Mr. Bracks'.
They also censure Messrs. Edmundson, of
Virginia, and Keitt of S. C.
SECOSD MESSAOjS.
The President's message on the subject of
the Clayton-Bulwer treaty contains only a
letter from Mr. Mercy to Mr. Dallas, in
J which the former says that the proposition
of England to arbitrate is not fully under
stood, but is supposed to mean a reference
of the differences to a third power, assuming
the ground tint the only difference of
opinion consists in the interpretation of the
treaty; whereas our government considers
that England had no possession nor tern- 1 demain of secret theft.
loriai jurisuicnoa in central America, when
the treaty was sitrned. While Emrland
contends that sie may by virtue of an old
protectorate of the Mosquito territory, take,
and with a military force, hold San Juan
and the Bay Isknds such ideas are totally
irreconcilable with our ideas of the inde
pendence or neutrality of the Isthmus.
Instead of submitting to arbitration, the
more practicable way would be to annul
the treaty, and relieve the United States
from its present restrictions.
The President cannot consent to admit a
doubt as to the construction of the treaty.
While declining to submit tbe treaty to
arbitration, he suggests so far as the right
ful limits of the Bay Islands and Mosquito
Coast are concerned reference to eminent
men of science.
He instructs Mr. Dallas to ascertain
whether the impending differences cannot
be settled by direct negotiation, and if it
cannot, then to discuss the conditions of an
arbitration relating to political geography,
it being assumed that all other points would
then yield to a conference with Lord Clarendon.
an attempt was made to take them, the free
soilers resisted, and fired at some of their
opponents. This was a signal for a destruc
tion of the town. The Free-State Hotel
and Gov. Robinson's residence were burn
ed, and the office of the " Herald of Free
dom" battered down by cannon balls. A
number of arrests of free-soil leaders were
made, Recder fled, and at the last accounts
was at Chicago, making a speech against
the destroyers cf Lawrence. But one man,
on each side, it is stated, was killed during
these exciting proceedings. After the pre
paration which the free-soilers had been
making the last twelve months, for a bloody
conflict in maintaining their lawless and
treasonable proceedings, when the hour of
trial came, they played the hound from the
ouron;n
"The bosom of America is open .
ceive, not only the opulent and regr t
stranger, but -the oppressed and rr
of ALL NATIONS and of ALL KvH
GIONS, whom we shall welcome to
ticipation in ALL OUR RIGHTS V'
PRIVILEGES." Washington KD
"Our civil rights have no depend
our religious opinions, MURE than
r"J auu ireometrv t
scribe any citizen as unworthy tbe
confidence by laying upon him an ineUbl'C
city of being called to offices of trust"
emolument unless ho profess r. aDl
this or that religious opinion, i8 $ .
him injuriously of those privileges lul
vantages to which, in common with ' t'
low-citizens, he has a natural right t
tends, also, to corrupt the principles, nf a
very religion it is meant to encourage b
bribing with a monopoly of worhllv i. '
bribing with a monopoly
rill externally
form to it. Every person has an o
ai. .u ...;u -..ii "urs
iuusc I, hu iii lAiLi iKii iv proicss and
into a discreet avoidance of an? open assault leader to the tale of the pack. And so will
rrom tne Boston Courier.
ROWDYISM IN HIGH PLACES.
the man he has proved himself to be. if
from any fear of contest or consideration of
personal ease, he should decline a Btunmnna
which so strongly addresses itself to his patriotism.
knom, and so do you, with what nra-
found regret Mr. Fillmore noted the action
oj tne n ,s, nt administration and its friends
in oyemng anew mat angry ami dangerous
discussion on slavery, by the. abrogation of
the compromises o"1850, and with it the. re
peal ot the old Missouri Compromise. He
I mean to discharge my duty to the conn- YforLsaw, in it what has hem so sadly realised.
a more e.rjispi rated agitation of sectional
strife and increa.se, I difficulty in the way of
peaceful st Ulement ; aid now, when the mis-
chtrjkas been done, I know that he looks
untk a strong faith to the American part if as
the only effective centre upon which the intel
ligent and patriotic frunds of the Union
may it rallied and organized, with, a good
hope oj bringing back the country to its old
conservative position with reference to this
unhappy dissension. He confides in the
loyalty of that party to the Union, its devo
tion to the constitution, its true estimate
of the national sentiments of the people,
and its determination to maintain a noaiti.i
which shall enable it to check the excess of
faction in both extremes of North and South;
he confides in these as presenting a basis
upon wlncti all sound and earnest friends
try. as an ladepondeat tn eman, and I shall
support the candidates of that party which
endorses the Khumis and Nebraska bill and
Fugitive slave law, if such a party can be
fonnd, by whatever name it may be called.
If the condition of the country was such as
it wn in ISM, I would vote the Whig tick
et, if one was presented. Now, things arc
changed. The great issue will be between
the friends of the Constitution and the ad
vocates of the "higher hiw." Southern
Know Nothings I believe to be good men,
but I have po use for Northern ones. (I
found them pwt hist Summer, when among
them.) My belief is the race will be be-
tween the Democratic party and the Black
Republicans, and that the ticket of Fill
more and Dmelstm will not carry three
States, and not one which would not other
wise go for the nominees of the I JemoeratL
party. Tbe first object ..fall Southern men
of peace and constitutional supremacy may
be united in the administration of the gOTs
eminent.
The virulence with which this party is
assailed just now by the two antagonistic
organisations which have entered the field
against it, is an ankiMtwhwltrmon :.
' , '
Each
ought to be, to defeat the Seward alliance, strength and a proof of their feurs
at all hazards ami sacrinYes. and for one I
am willing t. make them.
Very Respectfully,
WALTER .. STEELE.
N. B. I neglected to say that 1 once
belonged to the Know Nothing party; but
when I found that Northern and Southern
Know Nothings were by no means tlie same
thing in principle, I left it. ,-rt r VKgptm
belvneing- to thi mi.
it was not within their jurisdiction, the of
fence being only punishable by the House.
This being in accordance with the strict
parliamentary law and the requirements of
the Constitution, the committee recommend
the Senate to make complaint to the House,
and submit the same in the form of a reso
lullon to that body. Resolution adopted.
Mr. Tombs, of Gu., only voting in the neg
ative. Mr. Mason made a speech defending
the President's veto of the bill for the im
provement of the mouth of the Mississippi,
after which an adjournment took place.
In the House, a bill was introduced ced
ing the public lands to construct Railroads
in Minnesota, Nebraska and Kansas, and a
bill was also introduced ceding government
lands to States wherein located. Mr. Green
wood, of Arkansas, presented a bill to ro
peal the act establishing the court of claims.
The House passed a bill granting a. million
of acres of land to Louisiana railroads. Mr.
Galusha A- Grow, of Pennsylvania, asked
the unanimous consent of the House to in
troduce a bill admitting Kansas with a Free
State Constitution. Objected to.
May 29. In the Senate, the House bills
granting land to Wisconsin, Alabama,
Louisiana and Michigan were passed.
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT.
A message from the President was re-
We made such comments as occurred to
us yesterday in regard to the assault upon
Mr. Sumner. We are no friends to violence,
and especially are we unable to justify the
mode chosen by Mr. Brooks for his attack,
or to find any apology for his selection of a
place which should bo kept sacred from
such scenes. It must be admitted, however,
by all who are disposed to regard the sub
ject reasonably and dispassionately, that
the portion of Mr. Sumner's speech which
prompted the act of violence, and which
wo publish to-day, is excessively insulting
and provoking, and not only highly indis
creet in sentiment and language, but unjus
tifiable, in any view in which it can be re
garded. We should despise the son of Mas- J
sachusetts who could hear his native State
arraigned in such a temper without feeling
and manifesting his indignation, and it would
be strange if a South Carolinian did not re
sent the arrogant and contemptous tone
which Mr. Sumner saw fit to indulge towards
South Carolina.
In regard to Judge Butler, inasmuch as
his expressions were more pointed and per
sonal, they would be likely to excite even
keener resentment. Mr. Butler is an old
man, long a member of the Senate, an ac
complished gentleman, and a most aimable
and honorable person. Of course he enter
tains extreme Southern opinions on the sub
ject of slavery, but his character deserved
ly stands very high ; he is a gentleman of
urbane and courteous demeanor, and is un-
Emboldened by impunity in many like
secret murders and acts of unprecedented
outrage, this Thug fraternity proceeded to
make arrangements for carrying on such
transactions by the wholesale; and accor
dingly obtained acts of incorporation for
the purpose, under the name of Emigrant
Aid Societies. What acts of rapine, mur
der and brutality have we not heard their
speakers defend and extoll during the pro
gress of this Aid movement, and during the
heyday of Sharp's rifle fanaticism at the
, North! Ward Beecher sermonises from the
pulpit in the name of God and the Prince
of Peace in defence of murdering Southern
people in Kansas by means of Sharp's rifles.
An octagenarian professor in New Haven
boasts that he burns with a desire to shoot
a "border ruffian" with a rifle of Sharp's
manufacture, and has publicly exhorted
pupils yet in their teens, to unite with the
Killems who figured noisily in the congre
gation in contributing the deadly instru
ments to the aid of aboli ion emigrants in
Kansas.
The telegraph is bringing us accounts of
the inevitable results in Kansas of all this
Killem logic and gasconade of the Sumner
fraternity. Southern men and government
officers have taken the Beechers, Sillimans
and Sumners of the North at their word,
and meet their minions as insurrectionists
with Sharp's rifles in their hands deserve
to be met. Let us await the result quietly,
for there is no probability of but one issue.
Who felt any surprise at hearing of the
attempted murder of Sheriff Jones, while
lying in his tent at night, by a secret assas
sin shielded by the cover of darkness ? This
was but a link in the chain of secret and
cowardly murders of which that of Gorsueh
was one, and that of the Irish lad in Boston
was another. Richmond Examiner.
Q
ceived, announcing the dismissal of Mr
-A i I. . 1 .1. If t r , . , l i r, , 1 1 .a
oi uieni na.o tiieir own serious reasons for mo revocation ot tlie exe-
t unking it expedient to spread the opinion j luators of tho Consuls, at Cincinnati, New ! iversally beloved, esteemed, and respected
" .IT!"3 "1L;tns u feline, or 1 orK and Philadelphia, who were implicated
ought to be withdrawn from the canvass. in the ,i;,fm .i:k.,u: . l, - ,
uimi.uiuc. aiso enuorsing
Mr. Marcv's renlv to T.nnl nkm.1..
l J v ii i i v. i i i e 'll
Mr. Sumner's personal attack upon him
was, in our opinion, unmannerly and inde
cent in the highest degree, and none the
From the Columbus (Geo.) Sun.
THE SUMNER AFFAIR.
We attach very great importance to this
affair, and all similar ones. They are not
petty affrays between man and man, but
between North and South. It is impossible
that they continue to recur without rapidly
precipitating a much greater struggle, to
which North and South will be the parties.
And to say truly, we see no escape from
this issue at an early day. The South has
acted on the defensive now for many years.
Her enemies have been reasoned with, but
without avail. They seem to grow more
fierce in proportion to our own mildness.
Well there must be a time when argument
shall be exhausted. That time seems near
at hand. For ourselves we confess a sub
lime weariness of argument. We have ar
gued and argued ; reasoned, and entreated;
appealed to justice, to patriotism, to com
mon sense. But it all does no good. Are
it ever be, with men in a bad cause. As
the "Richmond Examiner" remarks: "We
have never felt a doubt of the issue, if mat
ters should como to the arbitrament of
arms, between our gallant "border ruffians"
and the gangs of hireling clowns who boasted
so loudly what they intended to do with
Sharpe's rifles, before they got upon the
ground vis a vis with a resolute enemy. Af
fairs are only reaching a natural consum
mation. Tliose who have had tears to shed
over tragedy and blood in Kansas, are
likely to bo amused at news of a Jbut-race
instead of a fght; and Kansas bids fair to
become a sweepstakes instead of "bloody
ground." The Herald of Freedom, pub
lished at Lawrence, Kansas, on the 12th of
January hist, issued the following challenge:
"Come one, come all, slaveocrats and
nullifiers ; we have' rifles enough, and bul
lets enough, to send you all to your (and
Judas') 'own place." 'if you're coming, why
don't you come along V "
Well, at length thoy pame. and the editor
and his party went, w;th coat-tails stream
ing behind so straight that the boys might
have played marbles on them.
Gen. Pomeroy was amongst the number
who escaped from Lawrence. Boeder, it is
supposed, left behind trunks containing let
ters from parties East, involving him iu a
conspiracy against the Government. Col.
Eld ride is en route for Washington to dc
manddamages from the Government for the
destruction of his property at Lawrence.
The Hotel destroyed, it is said, was owned
by tho Emigrant Aid Society.
The abovo intelligence at Boston, caused
a call for a public meeting, to assemble
this (Tuesday) evening, to adopt measures
and obtain aid for the free-soil men of Kan
sas. A hundred thousand dollars is expect
ed to be obtained. It will, however, avail
COu.
malrini.
frYhiSl r n v o t si ,ui,l..n.... P . 6
v .11 oi ma fallow.
citizens, resulting, NOT FROM BIUtr
BUT FROM HIS ACTIONS, and ftj
sense of them." Thomas Jefferson.
"Resolved, Thai the liberal attmbfc,
embodied by Jefferson in tho Declaration
of Independence, and sanctioned in the con
stitution, which makes ours the land of m,er
ty, and the ASYLUM of the OPPBgos
ED of EVERY NATION, have been
CARDINAL PBXXCI9LES IX THE DEMOCRATIC
faith, and every attempt to ABRIDGE
THE PRESENT PRINCIPLES OF to.
COMING CITIZENS and the owners ,f
soil among us ought to be resisted with tW
same spirit which swept tho alien and se.
dition laws from our stutute books." c.
solutions cf the Baltimore Democrqtif Con
vention. "The history of tho present King 0f
Great Britain is a history of repeated iu
juries and usurpations, all having in direct
object the establishment of an absolute
tyranny over theso States. He has endi-av-ored
to prevent the population of these Btatej
FOR THAT PURPOSE OBSTRUCT
ING THE LAWS OF NATURALIZA
TION OF FOREIGNERS, RKITSINi;
TO PASS OTHERS TO ENCOURAGE
THEIR MIGRATION HITHER, and rak
ing the conditions of new appropriations of
land." Declaration of Independence.
"No religious test shall ever bo required
as a qualification to any office or public
trust under the United States." Constitu
tion of the United States, Art. i, Sec.
AND
SUMMER GOODS
AT
not!
ling. The race of free-soilism in Kan
sas is run.
FROM NICARAGUA.
We have accounts from Nicaragua, which
state that tho Costa Bicans, after their late
defeat, in which they sustained heavy loss,
fled from Nicaragua by land, having first
shipped 300 of their wounded at San Juan
del Sud. The Costa Ricans say they had
been deceived in regard to the feeling of the
people of Nicaragua towards Walker. They
expected to be received with open arms.
Baron Bulow is bitter against the false rep
resentations. This news indicates that
Walker is firmly established in Nicaragua.
With the large numbers who has gone to
his aid from California, New Orleans, and
other places, he will be fully able to con
quer all opposition. In reference to the
Quixotic invasion of the Costa Ricans, the
last Wilmington Journal humorously speaks
as follows : "Walker it appears has rather
flaxed out the Costa Ricans, who have gone
home with a flea in their ear, after having
"come down like a wolf on the fold" not
Shakspeare. They swore that they would
not leave one of Walker's men alive, and
grave hints were thrown out that the unfor
tunate "Filibusters" were not only to be
slain, but afterwards eaten. The Nieara-
guans would not turn against the existing
NO. 4, GRANITE ROW.
mm
A
Mr. Marcy says the more to Mr. Sumner's credit that it was
made in Mr. Butler's absence from his place
and from tbe city of Washington.
laR FILLMORE AN ABOLITIONIST !
That Mr. Fiilmore, the present Whiff.
I rs EMM, ami American candidate for the
next Presidency, is an abolitiowj
be doubted for a moment, bj those
t;ispoe l to think undayt honestly
we .-co Soutln ru (?) papers, in
Mutes. protcc!Iv ;oiithorn in sentiment, 2enp, ka
ticra.uiii- hu aams at ;heir column head as without respect to their connection
llis prospects, aererthqless, are better
than any man who can be brought
him. In the South I give him Delaware ' dated 27th May
1 .....I X ... t, I- ...
nwui Carolina, Kentucky and
I eiinessee, ns certain; Louisiana and Mis
sonr,, I think, will also give him their votes.
Virginia and Georgia Sm mv
. . .. ; o r ...... --. anu i-,-,. i
. ii MiwLivit.i.: i. l t i . am ...... tl .i . i- -,, . In "lid 1 1 1 1 i , i . . . i l , . i j.i r j - 1
. Tl"- mwuga i uo not count on m lw ic inenuiy rela- j - l" cnecn. me neeuom ox ue- j slavery question mut bo ettled and if ar
South thnT LTWelt lr t7;ueraJeDtii- The '?at debatie CCfct-1 ement avail nothing, patriotism nothing,
not socak. ie , s.; l1-::claimer to V1,1,ate thB s of the Jt and fair princ iples, is another question, the constitution nothing let th stron
upon future devehipoineuts. lutre j L uited States, and expressions of regret which we will not discuss now. But, in our
I have recently returned from a iemwmmm ' that' contrary to the intention and direction judgment, no man who professes the doc-
t resident lias carefully considered Lord
Clarendon's note of the 30th April, and is
much gratified by its conciliatory spirit
trj.i nirtJ..t 1 , t i , ,
fnr,.n- . j.x . ,. r - , : gv.riim.i iH, m nnicii acs mciroiny chance
we torever to nnrsiiA f hla TwiHon i n . . v "
not RiHrlJ n 1 77 V I Qt Seen,S hmv the jvaJij; business works,
not. .Bitterly as we would deplore a dis- 1 i i .......
solution of tViii. T ,, , pvlicm they occupy the position of defendants
solution of this Lmon, wo would welcome it ; ;nstpju1 ,
i. a. imppv e.xciiange ror a nte
of nMmofnal C...A .1 : 1. r i
1 v- ...-.v.,M " , thn' ik r.r ii r.
mi. -win .u,i v . wuiei reimis ill tne oimre
The accounts from Nicaragua are up to
No person can reasonably suspect us of j be a change and that right speedily. The
mruum several .t the South..,-,, . i or tin. ntL , i... l i ?. . trmo of ,ir.nrr. a.i i
i w-vwwwmhctjjbii i .......u, luno naj oii'ii SUCH lllirillire- I fvwvvl una u ii-m i. cwpiuj lliai
t, cannot Wit'i pleasure observed, while tb.-re. ih,.t m..i,t . . , , . , I t-in.t ..f io . - , , , , !
tin. lm T-. - r ... . v ' ' r-uw.-mciory io tne I'resuient, and "gg which niewuiuiy provones
wln nr.. Tl" -cuieru-an partv were wisel v callino-into i .u , . , .,
noar0 . I J anillir IIUO tho main inmn U nl..,..: n r . , war. find tnAn ,,,1 .1.1 1.: ij
ami v t T,u lr "eCC, as candidates for their elec- r. r"""-eeun-ntt iqajeaiy s : " u"ucu""' l" cem muiseu
s . l nc-Kets anu torotlier responsilde trusts, 1S mus removed. J.ut the""""" non-resistant aerences. And
. out In in the worthiest nnl m.wt .l.t;, . President pttrnmnU . L. . : if be find MmuW i x. I
afirarion. of nn, nn rri a. 1
0 .., u.-,,cuSe. x neie musi : rpnnblicvvl.no tho r-o.to f..n
.... i ........ - my iu.- i i v lua
of internal commotion, with a prospect of
the speedy overthrow of President Moras.
The elections in Nicaragua were progress-
j ing, and the re-election of President Rivaa
was considered certain.
Q
ititution nothing, let the stronn- arm
w 0
give us either a peaceful tranquility or an
honorable grave. There is a God of battles
as well as a God of peace, and to Him we
may in the last resort, confidently appeal."
tho next proi.j. nti.d ;andjdatc. Oh con-
M.-tcnoy, thou ;:rt in deed so rare a jewel,
as scarcely to be found on earth never
among political parties Of party men. There
i one consolation, ho-vever, Mr. Fillmore
will not be elected; mark the propheev
brother Whigs. Mi. Millard Fillmore, the
polite and ntieauudj ! .ditiouist, will mt
M the next Pr-tideut of these I'nited State.'
in our opinion, although no partisan in
..ueh srraaiblea, uml no dog in that huut, j
jat, wo opine the Democrats will tree the
coon spiln Camden (S. C.J Journal.
A P06 Brsixuss. A man wuited $i0,
000 damages firsflD the N. Orleans Crescent
for libel, but the jury after mature delitera-
1 ' iJ'7 0 'uni the round sum of one cent.
it a a I optical bods
I liono that th
own and approved for their conser- concur with Lord Clarendon in the opinion : suff( r the l,e,'tltv of his intemperance, who
without resnoot to tl..;r ... ... r , . -
With the nartr thV. ll.M " 'Vn ! that Mr" Crampton and the Consuls are not ! can be bluI He has voluntarily put
l,,g only to their infinites with the party in ' imPhcated m t"0 proceedings. Regard- j b,m8" "P011 par with the intemperate
seidiniontnn(opii.i..n -theygivingabioader mZ those wuo have n connection with this j au1 violeut' a"d must submit to the conse
in. n o just foundation to their own now- i Government, he has not ..L u i queuces. iEson informs ns that a trmn0.
. - w i. -iv ji 1 1UI 1 - I
.Majesty 3 Government; but in the cases of ' ter' wll ,,nce taken prisoner in battle.
common fate of
ancient times, on the
i -I m.uhuu . . 1 - u i.iMii- una wu lit 11 OPS 0 - tc u nc ouu as
til . ..P: intend to make any interruption in the ! eta non-combatant. "Non-combatant"
party, larce enough to embrace everVfrieud ' dillomatlc rtatioua between tho United j sakl enemies, pointing to his trumpet,
of th. t niou and the Cstitution, mad ! tt8 Great Britain; but, on the con- ' as tne-v Im pared tu put him to death, "why,
you bold in your hand the verv instrument
1 none taat tins course will ho adopted I J J ' out in tac cases ot " P'l!
generally, and the objections of enemies si- ' individuals mentioned, ho deems it 1 claimed exemption fironi tbe
K''r' lh ih,,WiUg tht iu t,le "ouduation ' Pper that their relations with this Gov- Prisuncrs of war, in ancient
at Mr. I ilbnoro, the American organization j ernmeut ceat-e. In taking this step he does ?ronud that he carried no we
ha advanced from the rKnruMn, nj I ... . h iWT"Bw .
, ALAS, HOW FALLEN !
Mr. Sumner, in a late speech in the Senate,
likened Mr. Douglas, of Illinois, to a certain
nameless animal which emitted a noisome
odour. The U- S. Senate was once as
dignified and decorous a body as the British
Hnnsp nf T.nnU TTr.n- I- f 11 i t -
t.::: "l : " , 1UliCU- I,0n l Pweer. at Panama
nulls iiQc u come, wnen a man can
be elected from a sovereign State to a seat
in Ihe
LATER FROM CALIFORNIA.
The steamer Illinois arrived at New York,
on Friday lu-t, with the California mails to
the oth inst. She brings $1,800,000 in
treasure, and G60 passengers. It was
rumored at San Francisco that a large party
were going down on the steamer Golden
Gate, with which the Illinois connected, to
, revenge the late outrage on the American
The Republicans had held a meeting at
Sacramento, and appointed delegates to the
rtrori- enough to concentrate a power that ; fary, is desirous of keeping the two coun-
t i 'wth0 C ?0riCtU- ! J1"1? a ( -ting. Mr. Cramp-
J. P. KENNEDY.
'-IT Mr. Kendall, late Postmaster of New
Orleans, has been tried and acquitted of the
charge of robbing the Post Office.
tou's withdrawal was asked exoresslv on
the grouud of his connection with the
enlistment business, which had rendered
Him an unacceptable representative of Great
Britain near this Government, and for the
same reason the withdrawal of tho Consuls j
which incites our foes to tenfold fury
gainst us."
CTTIUM.ini i : 1 here ws a time when Massachusetts was
t--sr l iieie are 4o0 convicts in the Massn- ' . i A, ,
cbusetts state prison at this time, and Z T n " tbewSeUatC ?J?
more than double the number out who ought Thinkofhim,
to be m g luiuireiuai anu moral majesty,
in mat great debate with Hayne, which
r'niforl sit, O a. - - ii Ml
, v. uulco oeuaie, capaoie ot RmmU... l'nnt;n .i.:u .
emnlovint? hnmaM Jr. i . at
i o T , uS I'Mladelphia on tke 17th Jane. In a fi'dit
..-cuoiui, tucu as was usep in Sum
ner's late extraordinary outpouring of vul
gar ribaldry and billingsgate. No wonder
they proclaim abroad that the United States
are a nation of ill-mannered and ill-tempered
vulgarians, fast relapsing into barharianism.
j with the Indians, Capt. Embree had been
j killed. The particulars of the Panama
j Railroad accident, show that 30 were killed
anu 4 wcuuueit tour have died since the
accident.
Ex-Governor Bigler, of California,
and Ex-Governor Bigler, of Pennsylvania,
brothers, dined, with the Hon. James
Buchanan, at his residence near Lancaster,
Pa., on the 26th ult.
X entire fresh assortment of t.-ishiuualilf
Spring and Summer Dress Good. Con-
swing of Bareges, Tissues, Muslins, GineimH,
I. awns, Barege de Laines, and a large ussohnirni
of Fast colored Prints from i t JjJ (.u uta Ak,t
Jaconetts, Cambrics, Swiss Muslim, Lian,
Bieaehed and Brown Domestics. A large msm i
ment of Pantaloon tjtufl's. Also, hau'lseiuc Vot
ings, &c, &c.
Neat Styles of Mantillas from 2 to 12 50,
new Bonnets and Ribbons.
A large stock of Boots and Shoes, watse aud
fine. Gents Cloth Gaiters, $ 1 7o. AdsoyoagRM
Gaiters, and Opera Ties.
A good assortment of Clothing, (offered kw,)
Hats, Caps, Shirts, Cravats, Ties, .J.ewi lrv, kt.
Just received ti5 boxes Glass-Wan-, which 1
offer very low.
Also, on hand, and just receiving 50,000 Cigars,
assorted Brands.
Cash buyers would do well to give me a call,
us I am a young beginner, and must ainl ufl
sell cheap. All I ask is a trial.
P. W. AHKKXS,
Next to T. Trotter & Sou.
May r, lf.'G f.
Charlotte, 3NT. C)
APRIL 26, lriGti. j
AT a meeting of the Board of Commission
of the Town of Charlotte, orth Carolina,
at their Council Chamber this evening.
Present, W. F. Davidson, IjitendHiit, W. T.
Phifer, It. M. Jamison, and Was. Harty. It ii
ordained by the Board, that the following Tax Ik
assessed for the year 1858, at the following rat'i
upon each different object of Taxation as follow,
to wit :
On each $100 value of Seal Estate, $00 SO
Stock in Trade, 0 30
" White male Poll, f M
Black Poll from 12 to 50 years, 5 W
" Free Black Poll,
Grocer and retailer of Spirtuous
Liquors,
Company ofCirrus sMersJSqacs
man penormers anil all otaers tnb-
j ct to pay a Stat.- Tax, a Tax of
" Bach Concert per week,
" Company of Ethiopian Serena-
ders, arid all others snbject to pay a
State Tax, to pav per week
On each vender of Spirituous Liquor&,
Dy tne quart, per ai:num.
On each Itinerant .Merchant or Pedler,
or Hawser ot goods, wares & Mer
chandise, not the growth or Manu
facture of Pi. C., except Books, s
l ax ot,
On each 8)00 worth of Interest,
On eaeh Surgeo... Dentist, Practising
Physician, Practising Lavvver mid
all other person-, (except Minis
terscf the Gospel, of every denom
ination) w hose practice, salary or
fees, or all of them together, shall
yield an annual gross income of
$5)0, shall pay the sum of 83, for
the fir,t$500,iind 9 for every ad
ditional $500, until such income
shall exceed $1500, and $5 for
every additional $500 above that
amount.
On all pedlers of Patent Soap, medicines
for killing crows, chinches, and other
vermin,or for the curing of head-ache,
tooth-ache, or coins, and of all patent
medicines, razors and razor trans. a
Tax of
On each Carriage of the value of $50,
On each " H $100,
and under $200,
On each Carriage of the value of $200,
and under ftJOO,
On each Carriage of the value of $:J00,
and under 400,
Qn each Carriage of the vidue of $400
and umvurds,
Bach Gold watch,
" Silver watch,
" Forte Piano,
On cach$100 value of Gold or Sil vcr plate
One per cent,
Laeli Dog.
" Bitch,
Public Dray,
2 horse omnibus,
4 (
Livery Stable,
Stud Borse standing in Town,
Tavern,
BdlLrd Table,
W. F. DAVIDSON, Intemlant.
Teste, J. B. Kerb, Town Clerk
May 27, '56 fit.
O Whig please copy.
2W
50 00
20 00
5W
5 00
2 5 00
25 00
2
6 .
((
((
((
CC
500
05
21
300
1
2
10"
2 (fi
10 00
10 00
11 V
10 o
13 0
5 I
2j 0fl