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a iAA.AA:'-. a. .xaa;..!K '3 lS j- ' ;vl ' : -' 7 .y?.'. --- 7-..V,. ; ,-i 7. y -' l : : : ! -I A Ifc SADGEl, Edite and; Proprietor, y A FAMO PAPER DEVOTED TO POLITICS, LITERATURE, AGRfCULTUKf, MANUFACTURES, MINING, AND NEWS'. : :,- , .,: i , . . .- j .1 -. .,,!,: , s PRICE" $2 PER YEAR--In Advance T IF JVE WOULiy PITESEIfVE OUR GOVERITMENT WE MUST" PREVENT INJUSTICE; TO PREVENT INJUSTIQE WE'. MUST UNITE AT THE SOUTH.' u If- VOL. Tr CHARLOTTE, N. C, SATURDAY BIORNING, SEPTEMBER. 7,. 1850, NO. i JDMOBIIEW nEsr AND. (TRUE SOUTHRON. 'THt OPTH IT Mcrr BK PRXSXRTED. CHARLOTTCr ! V. E ALMERXK1- th 'American- Newspaper Arrnt. ia tbe oolv autbomm Aj?vwt iur tbia paper in the cuiea nl lioactxt. New York aorf lMiaii-h4 ua. nd 4u1r empowered ; fo take advirataefwnia and subscriptiona at liie rasea m prqiiirrd trm uiw 11n reccHxa will be rcganfe-d aa pormenf. f lis office are BoarrooL SmJay'a RnWin? ; J e. Tribune Build , .pgs ; Pmt-ftoELrtn, N. IV. cornef J bird and (beatout s. CarrtiatiideBCO ! Ih True Sllirii.' Below va present a ! miotation from a letter : tie have received from oae of tho most distiu f msheJ gentlemen In Congress a gentleman re- ; rrfcselmsr a Western StatQr We are not at Iib- t erty to gfre Jis name, tut ean assure our rea-Iers : lhat a ejieecE le eMtyered duriffg tha preceiit ses , ston. has been -one of the ablest for a Iog time delivered in tlie'lloirse cf Representatives, in point of argument, vigor cf JnoBgnt, terseness of expression and beaaty of composition. - i uh such men in Congress, the So nth will Lave no cause to .fear a total resignation of her claims to a just, and equitable settlement of the Slavery question. They will rtand by her in that dark hour which precedes day break, for a day must yet dawn which will shew to the world, the i South is to be respected in all site claims as rifrhls inalienably hers. . H Nq vandal cloud of Northern fanaticism shall permit!ed longer to darken the prospects of the kfvjMth. We put our trust in such men as the wri ter of this brief extract : j -V ... .,; j Augut21st, 1950. I f I Eaq-Mv dear air ",la reading from this number cf ypor'a, I eaaaet ronaeot to drown in siKsoce m y bumble probation of the will to defend' the right, and all tbe right of the South, which yoa manifest.. If every other SMMitiuon owl iiJrewtae, tbe will that would oppreaa would tjaail, and thla Union b.'eed' would live forever, which, when ace uraed, wilj inialliUy die. . M The pe. pie are not casoiata. They debate not every: quibble on the Constitution. ; .But enact jnult, oppres sion and proapectire deaoJation eeltle in their minds a deepaenae of conviction ahow them it emanate from nnd ia the erfiet ml tW gwtw, I h fi !! heart nLaeinr hope that they have power yet to secure rel f, and all will asren that the Constitution has been violated or at least tails ia the object lb at Jed to the -compact. '"'.! If objects now contemplated axe effected, we have bet the beeinnin; of the end. t Five years may but 3) " v-itx consummate a bitter .Revolution and retribution for eJi this cruel aad self-willed iatanity. - I hope Tories and traitors will be called first to anawer, nr.doo their heads rest tbe bli'Lt nnd ruin ef wisdom's fairest and profonn eleat fbrie.' -,, j : . i Promoted. At an election held on the 15ih of August at Allen's' Old Field, Captain Jaxcs CwcasAtvwas elected Major of the Cabarrus Vol unteers, rica Gen. J. A. Yocxo. cotomander 11th Brigade N. C. Militia, f f . -Tbe order for the olunteers to parade at the OJd Field on the 19l& October has been coun termanded, and Concord Heed on s tbe place and the same day for the parade. i The Evracarrw. This is' tbe title of original monthly magazine, proposed to be pub lished in Ashboro, N. C, by Messrs. Drown and ; Craven : . to contain ' 33 paces each month. Price $2. The editors promise that the Ever- gTeen 'shall at all times pretest a field pleasing and alluring to the snealal eye. It will be a pure Miscellany of Literature,' Fiction, Fancy; Poetry, American Lecends,' &c. .The first number will appear in October. . ' ' . .-The Spirit of the Ags has appeared in an enlarged fcrsa. The editor is an able writer and exhibits considerable zeal for the "Order ef the Sons of Temperance. Tbe Age is a atly f tinted and issued' at tha low price of $1 X per annum to smgle ssbscribrrs, and to efuhe.at 81 each, which is low enoegh ia all conscience. '"The .second . number of rlie Warrreaoi Jvews by Messrs. JJoore and Collins haVbeci re- 'Some of our exchanges coirbnai the prospec tus of a new paper to be published at Halifax, in this State, by Wm. ; L. ; Long, to ' be called the WhDanner., Sorry ta bear It. The Boston Bee contradicts, on good authority, that there is any truth in the statement 'made a few days since, that a subscription of $20,000 had been made for the relief of tho family of Professor 1 Webster. i I -1 - ' GasAT Excitxxkxt ix Macox. We perceive from a Telegraphic Despatch in the Savannah Georgian, of the 24th ulL. forwarded from Ma con by one of the Editors of thai p? per, that greatest citerncoX vas caused there on the previous day by the pMblicalion of two articles in the ' Georgia Ci tizen which caused a meeting of the citizens to be held, to take the mattes into consideration ; - great excitement was manifested. Resolutions were passed, requiring the imme diate discontinuance of the paper, and that tlie edi tor should lean the 'city in tea days. States Rights Republican , -. i . . - 1 j . . - -w 1 ' i Tlie II near J tf Treachery Denton Defeated! Accounts from Missouri report a decided ma j'oriry of thirty, five against Bxxroir, in joint bal ot of the Legislature just elected. ' j ; .There can. be no Jonger, . therefore, the least probability of bU re-election. , wri i 09 tin cf j LadeTsfaAdinc-'.bat in several aeirhBorbeed' in this unty, Cabarruaand Get ten, soma persons are desirous ifxrakingnp cluh for it he "Hornets'. Nest atxf Traw boothron," we aava seen induced to make publication of rhe follswuij ferms, which are low enough to bring fche paper withia tae reieh ef alfc, . .' . ! j CluSsof Sit i . ; 9 9 " . Twtfv j j $15 0J Our agents can receipt at these rates. In putting the paper e law, it is'ro Lrisg ft within the w. . i-. of every one dispoaed to subscribe, and ts give tho advocacy ti in principiea we riams'in tiicuiir, in;c, uo pending for our rirofi S" Vn the Advertising which lerse circulation will c T ' " -f ' ' AGEJJT3 FOR TIlE " H0RNTSf NESTi AND TRUE SOUTHRON," W. Ml Mecderson,,Kaq., Concord, N. C, W. C. Caaton, Eaqi., Travelling, j j jonn v. crown, t-fl i And Post : Afasfefs generally. .''4 i tibiiiij flu tag. i .. 1rtue i the aeed plrfnted by Tlearen i j. III In Paradise it took its growth, . ! j : And though man may eoltivate it 'by the sweat t trow, Mfa-eu smiles upon thj febor, and b.esses it with fruits." 1 For the Hornets' Nest. i ' Tbe Larlc. . fligh op, high up, fkf away in the cfoada, , 'Bore bristling tope, where smoky dimness shrouds, The wand'ring eye, he soars and sings, alike! ' Kcgardless of each bond, till, down to strike, i ! . ; He-tarns with weary wing, and slowly ainks i Wantons wifh the garish air, drops and linksj i I To the jqrriverirrg Bopg, where softly ridingj ; I He proudly scans dull beasts en earth abiding, j " Sweet bird and vain;! thea fidst, 'tis true, quite near The farthest verge ejtf mortal sight appear j Baf, Tost to ns, thoa canst not boast; old space Will laugh to shame, thy little heart and case : Thee still, where thoa wilt stay, from fields unknown A lesson good, to all; who, fasti j grown Te this vaia scewr, seet xrof a ptrrer cUmc f Thou giv'sf, dear ene of wild4, exalted chime?. A region high, 'bove earth's unwholesome breath, Akin to worlds of light, where naught beneath Offends, thine to lore, yea, visit off, j ' WLile men, enslave to vice, ne'er look aToff. 1 Awake, Q man, instruction .. 1. . , ,m higo, - And, Iark-tanght, hrnward gj try, f y, onf fry. I " . j -tr. Madison County, 'Kentucky. 1 ?irctilar ! To t)ie Citizens qf each JHstrtct throughout i - - - the Stale f South Carolina, - . j At a meeting of the citizens of Richland District held this day, tho j following resolution, amonc: outers, wai aaopiea: - ; ILesUvcd., 1 hat; this meeting, recommend to our sister UistrictS tuo lormatton 'of Southern Rights Associations: within their respective iknits and that the Secretaries of this meeting be rerroi- red to convey said fequest to such persons as the mav think appropriate in the several districts of tr,"Sfte ' - ! V :;!.- The undersigned Secretaries of the meeting Leg leave to present the above resolution to your;notico and ask for it such 'a consideration as in ! your judgment it aeserves- Kesphctlully. jlJOHNG. BOWMAN,! 1 W. B. JOHNSTON, : f W. B. CARLISLE, 1 ' ALEXANDER CARROL, Secretaries. CbirxBTA, S..C.J 24th Aug., 1850. ' Tbhwikatiox or thb Flokida Wah. The U. S. steamer Monmouth, Capt. Freeborn, arri ved here on Saturday, and we loarn will be laid up for the present, er services not being longer required, a correspondent iniorms us that tnre are 22 companies of U. S. troops still in Florida, some four or five ooj the coast near Indian River, the remaindtr in the interior; those on the coast are remarkably healthy, bnt those in the interior suf fer from diarrbcea ; some of the troops, with their baggage wagons, etc., hare been ordered to Tex as, with intentica tq chastise the Carrrartehes, it is supposed. Since the fittle affair at Pease Creek, tha Iaxliens nave cbirnnitted no act of hostiRty, but have' remained cuiet and peaceable,. The del- B f r-r ir . . e.i w egauoo oi oeminoies sent to-norma irom Arkan sas by the U. S. Govern merit, with the -intention to induce the Florida Indians ( to emfgrate, have entirely failed in their mission Some few Indians alone have left fW the West. The remainder have steadily rejected all overtures to emigrate-, and probably will be) allowed to remain in Florida, restricted! to-the boundaries the 'government shalf see fit to make out for tbem.--Savannah. News . j - , ; ; , Pars bttktri ait Mxsfos, A writer in the Sou thern Presbyterian gives an interesting account of the rise and progress of the mission of the Pres- aytenan cnurcn, in me coo roe oi wntcn' occur mo fonowini; statistics, derived fioor the- annual1 re ports of the board of Foreign Missions to the Gen eral Assembly, In Miy 1838, there were 8 ', sta tions. 21 male and! 17 female missionaries, 3- chsrehes, 27 commanicants, 131 po"-" 1 pyess, and the contributions amouated to '. : ; i;' - In May. 1850, the stations were 27, tlie le mis sionaries 91, the female 46, the churches 17, the communicants 350, the pupils 1781, the .presses 6, and the contributions $126,075. . r Iowa EtECTio.--The Iowa ' City Reporter gives returns which; are very unfavorable, to the v bigs, and indicate a Democratic gam in the Leg islature. ' r i ' ConnrBiA, Aug,26, The Conearee has risen about seven eetrince Saturday morning, and on yesterday evening still exhibited an upward tendency very decidedry. I . Richmosd, August I Promising Hoys.-A affray occurred here this afternoon, in the market house, between two boys named Jesse Irvm aad John Coleman, when the latter received a slight wound from a pistol iired cy irvin. now much spanking is necessary T , TEe author of the following flang if off throoghj a whim. : A lady had asked to have him pointed out to her. IFe replied as follows : 1 ' ' r ' j" If yoa would see me, look not on' the brow, J N Where the fierce fevers cf the mind' have wrought Paler with tho asfaea of the fires of thought That have burnt out and ara extinguished now : While shadowa darken on the sinking rmud ' And in tho pallid farrows Toft, behind. - If yon woufd fee rne.Took pot on the eyff , - Saddened By looking on mortality: ' '" . 'That now with earnest viska wwuld descryr From the eaJm regioes of philosophy And' through the thick clouds that beere it lie The shadows moving on to-morrow's sky y And weary of the actual present pry Into the darkness, of futurity, And in the spirit of sad prophecy liOok'olT from lime upon eternity ': "-; And scan the secret worke of destiny. Oh look not on that cold, gray, glittering eye. The frozen font of gone humanity, There ;yoora wonfd moet no answerhig sympathy, . But which would pass your charms unnoticed by Or with a painter's curiosity ; ' !. Terhaps, subject them to closer scrutiny. Remembering them Sa subjects for his a rt, Itut feeling not their beaaty in his heart, j (Because, forsooth, betwixt (hat and the brain A fink is lost from feeling's golden chain ' Which future yeara cannot replace araiu.y Nor mnst you look upon the hanghty Curve Of the pale Hp betokening proud reserve, Or oarfing with the cold, contempluons saeerr Which strikes the present company with fear, For theref keen shafts of irony abide, ! And cutting sarcasm and relentless wit j (Scattering its pointed arrows far and wide, &ot caring waere fliey fight nor whom they hit flo that the victim feer its mastery J c And writhe beneath that cutting irony. Ob look not on the thin, pale, withered lip, Which . yours would never meet in fellowship, Whhch fntalng from taw pore fbanrs of Miss, Shriveled snd shrank in passion's horning kiss ye,'brow, and lip, are not myself, but mine, - ; I As ht tbe hand thai moves along this line roorhamf. fa Chat it ne'er clasped thinet' True, they are features you and nil may see f (But these are erring indices te me) But woofd yotfkmjwmo then at evening's hour. When de w deseend cpon the grateful flower, IJrcafhfnff out rweeta. When stwiset's eLbing sew la hearina like your &oeom paaeefufly. ...L-; OV those blue cnoftntams on tbe- horizon'e ergr, When rteaminr with a soft ai.d tremlons motion Throbs out the roae-star of that upper ocean (Tweet iefe of fight, the Deloof to sky, potent to fix the eafhuntsfct wwderrng- eya Till dreams ef youth, of woman's parity,, r Of beaaty, love, renejierand poetry, T Throng on him with tha prsBetrs rosy beam i CiTi'ng their own rich coloring to his dreams While music roormuvs on his lip. Oh their When secret transport fills yonr fiosom when 1 I J f Like tears of pitying love, the twilight dews. Softness and sweetness to your thoughts infuso. Then, maiden, would I iese yoa", thkik rf mef Then hant yew, tbfck my spirit's form yoa see, Hovering Bear In tho hallowed eventide : But, no, yoa woatd not M sae by your aide. Wlu.ii ntmneaa rtticme alons- the azure skies- 1 1 And sUrs are out nkeMeased angel eyesl ' And pensive as a pityirrg spirit's sigh, h The odorous breath" of nighf is floating by WbeH spiritoalry soft, the moon-Beamspale, I?es ia lone mountain glen and dewy vafc: Where Ican'mg Beauty would not start fo hear The tale of love breathed in her listening ear, Bo sweetly would it mingling in her dream Chime with ffie mnsie of the murmuring- sfreanT A nf voles, of whiSTJcrim? winds. Then thin 6 of me, TherCmaiden, think my spirit's forrnyotf seer Ilusbed like adoring nature beat in prayer, But, no, you wouTJ not &ro we with you there Then elttmber's placid spirit eomcto steep 4 Your senses in tho honey -dews of sleep,. When vour fair hair falls o'er your snowy pilfowS Liko the long swecpfng tresses of thn willow, And heaver poor sweet breast like a hippy Billow Dreaming in Moonlight, ' When yonr soft cheek Sea Pillowed on your whrta anrtf Whewo'er, yeuv eys Sleep's downy spirit waves his dewy pinion And seta the impress of his soft dominion . . . - On their bright glories sealed. When like a pose; Z . l' . I in ail ine unconscious oeauiy ot rcpuuo ; Your charms expand, your rose-rips lie spirt, ' Stirring with the pulaasions of yonr heart,. - j Like ffowers in Uieir own fragrance, When a glow ' Like that of love spreads o'er your limbs of snow . (But, oh, wird heart, what are we dreaming of : I ' No ours fliis bright apocalypse eif love; : j Like that which lit the lonely isle of Patmos- - J And blest the shepherd -boy on dewy Latinos, j When dreaming with his eyes turned to the moon, Was given to his arms the choicest boon - On this side heaven. Oh, for the perfect joy, . That blessed the- slumbers of thitf love-sick boy, ! When floating on that planet's silvery beams Lighting the sleeper's beatific dreauis, j ! A, goddess leaving her brfght sphere above Shed on his lips the first sweet kiss of love.) But when in snowy folds of purity,,;:. Swoct maiden, yoa recline like foams that fie Reposing on the white clouds of the sky Floating O'er its sweet azure dreamily. ' . When peals' the sifoery masie of tbe spheres' . Which falls unheard on worldly mortal ears. But which, entranced the exiled spirit hears: When' beating th-orthe MgHt veifo'yoar alambers Rings on your finer sense heaven's mystic numbers. When wond'roua visions clad in star-beams sweep' In mute procession-tSire the house of sleep,' ' f Then,.maiden, teeuld Aace yo4-t!ream of me.-1 Then let yost dream nvy spirit's form yoa see" And separate from the souls of other men, . j . But,no, yoa' would not have me by you thenr f But sweeter far than this, aye than all these, , , ; When h'for your lattice steals the evening breeze Bringing fronv ffowers and brooks sweet message To whisper in yonr dreamy ear when now, Its kiss of coolness moisten on yonr brow. When your, soft cheek it lovingly caresses j . And wreathes its dewy fingcre in yourtresscsi Freshening tan beantiea Which it breathes upon- To richer bloomruntil its m'ssion doner.u ;, Its errand" of deep joy it sinks fo rest f And folds its airy pinionr on your breast:" Oh,thery sweet maiden, feel me in the breeze, Whether it comes acrose year flowery leas,' Freighted with fragrance : or o'er field and grove .In iucenee floating like the bveath of fovej- i 8ALVATOR ROSA RutkerforirK AU9, 850; j THE LATB f OALE. ' ;. " Halifax, N. C, Aug. SfT. The most violent, terr ifisr asf destrustive 'For 4 ,nado ever known in' this section, accompaniec with liairand a heavy rain, visited our Town SaU urday night last,- about 10 ocloek. Commencing rn the South, it toos its' course nefarTy due North, lightning lip as it paased the surroimding atmos phere and particularly the embody ment of tho storrn'wiii a bright twi-Iight glow. , We have notf ascertaind how, far South ii commenced, but if passed thwugh a large portion of ,Durnpin Town; prostratir fences, trees and hotlses in course and sweeping From fields of Corn and Cotton, j every vistige'oftlieir, luxuriant growth, T. M. Crowell Esq;", had several Necro houses torn from their foundauois; some of his; Negroes were carried, irresistibl about 200 yards,; six were seriously injured ai i otjo it is thought: fatally. j : jj The Rr. 1 Road B'ridgs across QuanEy, which1 cost the C mpany, wo learn, $15,000 is totally de molished lot a piece of timber iremains fpon the Piers, bui there they stand fractured and follow ing in sol, ary grandeur, the lone chronicles of departed , reataesa. The entire bridge, 500 feel in length, i as carried a distance from its foundation and preciptated with a tremendous- crash to the bottom of the Creek. , i'';' 'I ; Tho Gtnve which has stood for generation past, the ornarrent ofour Viilage-j is a complete rein. . Huudreds'of the stoutest OaXs are shivefed to the Earth Xargo trees were carried 20 steps from where thejr grew and lirrrbs of enormous site were whirled htndred of yardi infaiir light as a feather on the surKe. Thojaice folding door. of the Railroad warehouse was forced open and the en- tire eido of tko house bTownj down.-Republican. Chestkeville, S.' C, Ag- 28. On Stiordav last our DiatricV throtrehout its for its severity and devastating effects has seldom been witnessed in this region of cpuntryj1 . It was attended with heavy falls of rain, and with, winds of long continued and destructive . violence. :: In some sections of the District, it seems to! have iat- . r. ml i il iriniifjr fiV-it 1 rirl n VTnrir P. M.7"and ia others at '& later period of the Several htrrricanes have left tfieir tracts throngh the District, having traversed dlffereat directions literally sweepiag tho country clean in cheir course. From what we Rave learned, their Violence was chiefly spent in the western portion of the District. from tha neighborhood of the town oij fo ! Broad River. Sornei plantations appear swept of near ly every improvement ;. fences are everywhere thrown down and tfie rails I carried .fcunditeda -of yards distant; the forest is in many places com pletely dismantled, aad hage trunks ape seen standing literally stripped of every j)imu; iargo trees lie everywhere torn up by thej roots; the crround is in some places furrowed up : as though by so mo gigantic pfow, and iri other places, it ap pears cleanly swept of all vegetation.' We have as yet heard of no iastaaaes: fcf severe Jpersoaal injury. . .. ; -i ' U The chief loss occaaroned" by the storm is in the injury done to the crowine crops. This extends to every portion of the DistriciL from- which we have as yet heard.- o sjome plantations the corn and cottoii lie Drostr&te. as though bora to the earth by some heavyweight; whilst elsewhere the stalks of corn stand erect, but literally stripped of overy ear and bftide Standard. 1 J I H ; ! AsmntixtB, A us. 29.' French Bro-id and all the; creeks in this region have been Juil to c,?rKbwiSg doting tne past weeK. We regret to learn that heavy losseti have been the consequence. The Freei Bridge over French Broad at Capt. Jones,' four miles above this place the new Bridge at Col. Garmonfs foar miles below ant? CoL Alexander's Bridfee, ten-milfes befow, have alf been carried away, Tlie bridge over Reems' creek is also gone ; :. ; 1 ! ; I - : I. French . Broad was higher oivfounday than it nas been since 1840.' Moth' darrarge has been done to the crops cfn the river bottoms, aBo nsuch fine land washed and iniured. The turnpike down tfie riv er we fear, too, has been greatly injured, as the river was runoms over a large portion oi u.- GrebNboro1, Aug. 31. ; 'Last Saturday flight tfie cotmtry was- visited by a storrrr of wind and rakrAore exteneive ( and de structive injts effeots than ever Before came with in our recollection. We have not learned how far west if extended, bat understand that the wa ters of the Yadkin were exceedingly high. Tp the east, even down fo the I coast, great danger was done by the wind' and freshets; Jhn bur own L section of country, , fences! mf.es, bridgest and crops on the low grounds have sustained unpre cedented da'mage. The wind blew down great nnmbers of trees andprostrated the growing corn,; We learn fharthe bridges ait Madison,; Leaksvillfe, Danville and Milton on tfiej Dan river have all Been swept away, and the c,rops on the riverbot--toms ruined. f Patriot. i j " ;;-;: j. ' ' -. . 'v..; Ca'Mden, Aug. 30. 4 We noticed in our last, tlie sadden? rise' . in' the Watcree. . On' Tuesday the i waters readied a height they have not attained for many years, sub merging all fhe low grounds itf the vicinity of the river,, aad- patting off the hopes- of tfa planters. The stdrnvof Saturday destroyed a large qttanrit; of corn and cotton in this nerghborhood, ! ' a lid; we are told' was equally destructive in the adjoining Districts Journal. : ; f ; r V '. ; '-' u . ; T'-v.;;. :- : 1 !''- 4' - Newber-c, Aug27.' ; We. had a tooch of the war'of elements here on Sararday night last, that would' fiafe done no dis; credit to the repotation of an Indian tornado. The j rain commencing moderatery at first, came down for a short time in torrents.,- For two hgurs or more we never nearer lire wma; diow naruer. We fear.it has nearly finished what the late storm left of the growing crop. -Newbernian. r ffoiitfrof. !- il From the Notth Carolina Standard-.- ' I A CARD TO THE PUBUC. . Tfie uiidersigaed finds himself compelled' to ap pear befgre tho public, ia his own Vindication, willjhe recollected that during the late can- rasa mi vrufcrnor, ix uiuieu wun omersjin signing a certifiealo with reference to the nositirm. aaiunn A Wy Govvfanly at Wontworth, upon the subject of tho taf ol Ke presentation." At the time of sig fling Uiaj'certifice iO Suihors had -notlie most rmote ide;th2 thrv.trel involving themselves in a diflicufty ffith GovvJVlanly in a matter of ve racity, for they did not aftticipajte that he woutd deny the facts as set forth by them."; 1 -T-. 'f , Their purpose, in setting forthNlie certificate, was to meet and correct the misrepresentations of a portionpf the Whig press-, ,: whose Editors were hot present at the discussion, and of coarse could not know how the facts realty were. X . The Governor, however, greatly te the surbri&e of the undersigned, not- only denied '"those facts. uui cuuuiieti nra ueiuui ui teruia oi uasjruvaieu in-, snlt to the undersigned and his asociates.- Had he merely denied the facts, as set ;; forth in that cer tificate, or had he, with some cJtarity, allowed to the undersigned" and his associates; even the a Iter native of having misapprehended his position, the undersigned, for many considerations, might have fore borne a farther prosecution of tho matter ; but farfrorn pursuing this course, -Gov.-Manfy, in a letter, dated "J"uly 17th 1950," addressed to Mr. Gales from Morgantonuses the following languages "The chareo tha I have come . but in favor of changibg'the present basis of representation undeij tficr Constitution, to the White Basis, eitherj. in the Federal 'or Sta',.ovGoT3J"nrnent,:is ; utterly and unj qualified ly false, from wliatsoever source jit may have orgnaled or been . prQmurgatebv' .Ihus di4 rectly Charging the undersigned and his associates with falsehood. Tho undersigned islhus forced, ia defence of' Ms own character for .truthfulness , to prepare the proof which he herewith submits to the public the issue of veracity having been nei ther made, desired, nor expected by him. In calhng the attention of the public to the" let' ters and1 certificates which he exhibits, ho will merely staled ' . ' i ; y-.' 1st. As to l.;v letter, from 'ltawley (jalloway, Esb. that Mr! jralloway is a geotleman of as high ?hfK- iVrttesritv as; Rvea i 'm the State of ibrta jJaroD.' He is a WHifijfand was an elec tor who amoi4j others cast the vote of the State at the Iasi Presidential Election.- - ;- 7 2ndJ Messrs. Dillard and Aiken ore bolh deci ded and prominent Whigs in the County of Rock ingham, and universally reputed as men of the ffcily. Of tScse who signed thb certificate here with presented, many, viz : Richard H, Scales, Alex, Woodson, W. B. Johnson;- James W. Mi Cain, Samuel F Adams and Robert Galloway are Whhrs-. and all are most , respectable citizens of Rockingham: I ; ' -:! .". -V ;;..' f;- i"v".'.'Xf. - i The' undersigned hp no 'criminations-'' to makey but m the exhibition of this proofhe s.imply wishes to discharge a duty to himself and his associates,- and he appeals to- the public for his own and tneir vuidicatioav r ! i ; I; ":!: - (T. KUFFIN, Jr. 1 I We1twobtik U-trgust 0, .1850. ; Mr. GAttoWAYj Dear Sir : ' You hae, I dare say, observed the controversy that has-arisen- as- to tM position assumed by Gov. Manly, in his speech here, owthe sirbject of the JJasis-of Kepresentatioi? in JVorlh Carolina- and as I know you were pre sent on that occasion, I have takea- the liberty of addressing you this note to inquire of your '! 1st. J vv hether or not you miderstbod uotr. Alan ly as being in-' favor of abolishing the Federal or UtacR JJasis in IMorth uarolina, and ot aoopuns a, White-one in its stead. "if : I - 2ndly. Whether you understood7 CoL Reid'as opposmg such a change or not. . . j i oursr with' great respect, vtj F, Kur t IN, Jr. ;5fr. .Gallowat's RepiT. j i?j WenTwot, August f,- I85t)- Wr: Ttvtfis: Dear Sir : I have -re 'i'AA your note of this date, and in compliance ih the t . "quest it j contaisr.r-make'the followi? i - '- V Uh the occasion to whiewyou'r-eier i icersiood Mov. aianiyio say --inat j h e uu i of a new; Constitution wouldgcr farther in- support of free " suffrage run J- f lit cia wi iuu j -1 tbe geiMlemail himself, (C01. Reid, ) and "that white ooulatioa should eonstitate'the bnfr pasrv of reprepentatiori.'J In reply, Co I. Reid a-'.T" he understood correctly are you m favor 1,1 abolishing ihe Federal Basis of representation ': is thaf your positron wilt yow stand up to it i will you swear by it T' la which the oovetnor nodded his assents The Col. then went on- to re murk tfrat "that was precisely! the position which the northern ;abolitiqnist would desire hint' io j" occupy,-and that it was-dangerousH for the South,-" Again I understood (jrov. Maniy to do illustra ting- the inequality and injustice of the federal ba sis of representation,, when he said that SOO" tnen in Onslow County were equal in political power to men uf some western or mountain- uoun. i ' i " - . - . st1 ' w ' :V i : i ties;- And again, 1 understood. Ooj.vKeid 1 tor as Govl-Manly how he could advocate so great a cnarrga ift ou(r State Consiitutionijwhenit wai not raentiofled in the Resolutions of the Whig Conven tion which nominated - hiirrj as two years ago, on the subject of free suffrage, lie had assumed the position that he Harjno authority or right Ito Com mit hi party to a' new Issue. ' -: i .' f .- i . - " ; J . I This brief recapitulation' of points lrHhej discus sion sustains me, I think, ir saying1 that my deci ded impression was that Gov. Manly was in- faVor of abolishing the Federal Basis of representation in our State Constitution;, and that CbL ; Reid. was opposed to it.- ' ":; - T-- .'-j . ' ; ,-! '-- :" ..' ' ' : l"-- IWith mucrP respect, your ob't servt.r x;:" -'- ;!7 ; tf.:Z'-:.-: ; R. GALLOWAY, .--u u , ; . . . a'":' ' r :. ' - j r .. v , Appended to the above are the following : - -: Mr. RvtsiX,- DcarSir .- As amr requested to state my impression of the position of Gov.' Man-fy- at Went worth, on the 29th of June last, i ft re gard lb the basis of representation the foregoing letter of Mr,.Galloway being shown me, I will say that I concur in the statements of Mr. Galloway fully, instead ol repeating the same things at length on as other piece of paper. in additon to thrTacts set out in Mr. Galloway's? nuie, tremerrjujor that ov. Manly said that ho' was in favoiTof the mixerJ: basis as to CongreKP, in order to tfie keeping up-the ; equilibrium' betweei Ihe Nortb and South, r- iYours, etc. I 1 j ' ; JOHN rL DILLARD.- ' Wif. Dear Sir : In answer to: 3'our" inquiry as to my recollection of Gov. Manly's po--sition at Wentworth oft the Basis-ef Representa tioh, I ean say that I understood Gov. Manly ,-of say in so many words that "if the Constjtutiorr to be araenidecT ha woald'bo iri fator of the White Baeia-as to the. Siat TjoTcrnmrrrn tjat uf favor of the mixed basis as- to the General - Gov--; CIUIUCUI , . Yourps,- GEO; L. AIKEN. We,lie undersigned, wer pre'scnt'at Wentwortfj on the 2&th-of June last, and heard the, discussion which then occurred between Gov.' Manly and Col Reid, and we have no hesitation in sa-ing that orj" that occasion Gov, Manly distinctly and empha ticalfy declared himself to be m favor of abolislimgr the Federal or Black. Basie in North Carolina, anJ nstkuing a white one in its stend. . XVI B. CH A in 15U, V RICHARD JL SCALES'. J. H CARD WELL; it ; ' !: . ALEXANDER ilrOOISO?r XV. B. 'JOUNSOJYr 1 ! ' JAS.W.McCAIX, ' u V. D. BimiELL, WILLIAM P. WATTr ' V . 1 JAMES P. SCALES, j; I). W. COURTS,' . i 1 WILLIAM M. WITHERS, ; SAML. F. ADAMS, i ROBERT GALLOWAYr . S. C. EDWARDS", E. R. HARflISS, I W. P. CARTER, i ; A. M. SCALES, r W. N. SCALES, - NoTfi. The gentTemeh ..whose names are' in italics are Whigs." ; ' ' : - CLAY'S RECENT PRONUNCIAMENTO; The Richmond Exammer', of fhe 0th ult., 5 tliu-1 severely, comments upon the senseless bonst ofthy braggadocio Clay, that he wooldtry the "strengtbi of tfte Government" on the So.athern States, with" the Regrments of Kentacky and of Biinois, prom ised hyMrrBissel: f! : ' 1 1 ls h "We forget the numbers. says, the Examiner,, "but it is very 'great like1 thai which rnarchetf against Macbeth f" . M ' ' , I'' .. ;jj . .' - Enter Messenger -My lord, ten. thousand V.MadOt Geese I villain V l .... j f , . These 'deadly prophepies1' from Kentucky andT j Illinois recalled to the mind that over which gen. ! eroeily had almost thrown a veil-tfiat in the two' ! last great victories gained by American-arms, the -! Kentucky aud Illinois regimtnt cere tlne mdy men, that ran avcay ! Gen. Jaefisoa "posted" the Ken-- 1 tacky troops at oiie of the batteries at New Or. leans "and t&ey '. i-K;toirtio-:sL rLKW'i These ' are the word's of Jackson's dispatch", "aib TnEtf" ; iKGLORtorsLy FLKrrr Very disagreeable, but ve-- j ry true. ' We need not quote the words-of Taylor's- dispatch which detatfedkhe similar adventure ybf , tho Illmoia- regiment, at the. battle of Buena Vista:- r 1 they are well remembered.- Mr". Cl'aywe sup-- pose, waflbarrtho "XentuCKy htmters 'en Virgin--' ia;- he once "thought he copld'sla? A- Msxic-ax, we suppose he can-slay a feilow-eitizen too. I But ; who is to lead the Illinois regiment on 1 South Caro- )'mtkl 'Not their Colonel at Buena Vista ; for after j. frying In vain-to rally thse who were rpthen but are wolves now, he threw away his swordan!1. , shouldered a musket under the of another ;; Sa.J f tlsey will'scareeiy get him back now.- ' "Ife that fights nd rana away", . ( I "klay live to see another day,", - ('j-" '. eaysari ofd rliyrne. The South' Carolina reglmchf t stood- its- ground' m Mexico and was cut to pieces- Of all; fhe brave nien that went, forth from" that ) bravest of States,- but a handful returned ;' and of that haadfulr none without a scar! But th&Jli. nois regiment ;w her away, -41ive lo bcr marched on-The South- or a( least to wear the ' 'ion's over their' ass'sv skii in the halls -of Coo-- ; ress!-' I . . ' ':. I ' - . . - 3'..- i ' 1 1 --' t ; 1 1 4 , ' ' , ? . ' t" - ;"ffJ,i C. .Ellir?fvaslon county was recent--. ' '!::'i j? his horse in tbe stafjfe. Thfi animaf ',.j was-a verv v-icioas one arid after getting his U is-- , ... L . - . . , anF after netting his . 1 terd- v.'n iramnled him to' deatlV. manlibg: hit i ? i,ki..t norribro manner. The deceased, it i I; sa. v , a young man of fa lent and ioduaii ' ; and porieised of many exceirertt qualities-, j .' r -'" . -j. ..iU '' I ;''. '. j Mountain Banner.- V v'-' i-'l .. f i ' V! 1 V; L.'r.ir?3f by ;tb- Sk-.i- -A fellow s-teprtr-fF ; . ii''V.-'.LWhrfwn- tho other day, nrKr enquired' ! of ik!if he had any ' famify- whiskey. On , being told "he had, hb requestisd to see somrrattd ia; -sampling it he drank about half a pint; on Jeav ;; , ; .. ing he fold the clerk that ho would be on lr a few , . days in his cart, and-would bring a jug along; arxf . take a quart, if he would sell it to him on' credit... To lJte Fo'utersqfJSorth Carolina ! Having discontinued the North Carolina Farmer for want of sufficient patronage we shallendcavor to make the "?tak interesting to such of our fronds-r who may think proper to transfer their subscrip tions t this paper, by devoting, weekly, several columns of Original and selected' articles, on thcr allimportant, but too ruuch: neglected subject, of Agriculture, 1 . . -' ' " ' v - Will not the Farmersuml otlrererbf North Cufo lina, repay our zeal in their . behalf, with the 'treas ures of their pens and purses! "Agriculture is tlwr. Great Art, which every gbvernment ought W pro ject, every proprietor of larjd practice, and every inquirer into nature improve;." asd we would es- i peciajly exliort out Aricttltu-rists to rouse Op to the rreat imrJortanCe of this species of. inormation let them read agricultural works anA give to tho State-and- the world the result ot their own erjxrir e nee -Real and Write I Our,' Column will be ever open- to their rbmrwiiiicnt'ionfi. . ' k The Star will also contain as usiial, Foreign and ; Domestic Nows and Political and ComrrKircial Irt. ; telligence, besildes4 a considerable amount of Lite rary,' Scientific and Miscellaneous matter, wjiich j we trust wi'l interest a classes of the c wnmunity. j, TERMS $2 50 per" annum in advance. V ; - r T.3'. LE.MAY &SO.L Raleigh,: Aug. 21, 1850. '. ': Ot J - ."V .'1 A: IH 1 ! -1