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CHARIiOTTE, LTT. O., 0"XJjLTr lO, 1355. jrxJ3vrEE:ir2- si. u 1 1 i THOMAS J. HOLTON, Editor & 1'uuraiETuii. TEH MS: t'.- Vf.rlh.rnrnliiiii SV liiir wi 1 1 be u florHetl In nub nbrr t TWO POFXAliS in ndvunce; ' .. L I L''l'l' t ' I," u - Pa . r ... 1 ! njU.Alif AN I) Flr'i'Y CENTS if payment be I rape of SHO miles of these Counties that fur dlllv;H f..r n.nr in. iMli. ; ami '1 11 li KIO DOM.AllB , j.j, g0 ar , a am0UI)t of ,hl! t(,nri!,.,c 0f i n end of t no ytr. " pwi will lie ditcuii. ', . i i .1 111 " t..lird"t.l ..I .o.r.u. r.Uti. t Ura " l,,e l'-y wo.. 1 be Killing to i,i,..n ul li F.dimr. I torero any dividends for the next live years, A.,crtimenlinai'rtenatOni' Diillnr prr nqunre if thereby they could Kecuro the building 'IS Inn" "r ''"i i"1'' 'yy ) fur llie first imo. of so important a feeder to their Roads ns ,,,n, nid i!5 cent- for euth ciiitiniimic.:. ( mirtari. ,10 Atlantic, Tennessee, and Ohio Kail ,.,.,.. t. and Hh.-r.ir. 8.I.. rhu,grdW4 per ,, lu al,itioD to the trade of East wl.h.,l.eri.iid.rtdu.t.onl331rr.i.l...ll t . ... ..... rum 1 hi rep tiur uncr. icr uuvi'ri.cr D.i . .. r 1 ... l . (hr yeir. A 1 -r li iiirut iimrrti d monthly or j (Dufitnfj' "i ftita F i-quure tor ouch tune rPeitmaitiT ire authorized lo act a agrfitf. (Dommunicalion; Kill TDK N. C. WHIG. Mr. I-jJiltir : I desire to brinp to the at tiiiliou of your readers, tho propriety of liking the prelimiuary steps for the survey a i .1 location of the Kail Koad intended as tne connecting link between the North I ' j roll 11 Kail Hoads and the Ka.-t Trnncsxee and Virginia Uoad, known as the " Allan If, 7 en nr. sure, and Uinu f,'utl HotuJ." I or the inforinatioii uf tho-e who are not finiilisr with the steps tint have already j woui.t traverse the Eait Teiinessce and ken taken in this enterprire, a brief bisto-'; Virgii:i Hail luiad, AH miles, and then' rr of the progress it has made from iu in-'enter upon the Atlantic, Tennessee, and' c-pitoii to tba present period, might not be Ohio liml Koad, to be borne to its deslina- j uuirtt roting. ltir.,i. Tl.i being nearer (0 Charleston from At the se-!on ef ls,ol-.'i21 of tho Ten-'its point of intersection by the K.n-t J't n rf Legislature, the charter was granted, 1 nesst-e and Ohio Hail Hoad, by 120 miles, luthorizinj the contiezioii to bo made it h than the Georgia Hoad, and T'i miles the K-t Tennessee and Virginia Koad at nearer than the" K ibun (i ap Uoad. Wil-; or ui-ar Jonesboro', and with the North ' iniut-in, X. C , by this line, would he about Carolina Kail Koad, at or near Charlotte, 1 70 miles nearer than to Charleston by the without niti.iu? any intermediate point. ; same line ; Pwaufnrt some D miles farther At the e.ion of I w'.'J-.r t, the Legislature jthm Charleston by the same line, yet do ef that Slate determined to put this Koad cidedly nearer thiiu Cliarleston by. either ' upon the most favored footing of any Koad th,- Kibun tiap or line of Georgia Kail in the State loaning to the Company, when llond. It i. true, if the Fr"neh Itroad they shall hive graded and prepared a see- ' should ever be built and the Cumberland i'.su of 20 miles ready for the iron rails, Gup Koad should cro-s the East, Tennessee J-i.i UO per mile, U cpiip the lto-d (at and Virginia Koad at Cheek's Cross Konds, ; tl.jt time, this was the iiiiou; t cranted to and connect with the French liroad Koad all Roads entitled to State aid. It has sub- at Paint Koek. on the North Carotin State it stieiit'y been rai-t'd to plO.OUO per mite, line, then it would bo nearee to Charleston, On the 1st July, l-iM, books were opened S. C, if the connexion bo nv-ie with thu f.-r the subscription of th capital stick at South Carolina Kail Koad at Sn'.rtati or?, Jmesboro', and other places in East Ten- by 1 miles, than it would by th- Atlantic, t'ssw, and on elosinj; the looks, it was Tcnnessfp and Ohio Koad; but to Wil- fvs;, 1 that some gl.","fj" ni.ro st-ck had hpcti taken, than the rhsrter required. J "hereupon, the Commissioner proceeded to hold u election fir a Hoard of Directors ra the lt July, lo The first step of the Hoard, after organization, was to take t.-rs for seenrinj corporate privilege' in t .e ."statu of .North Carolina, and for that fi'ro-e, appointed an agent to repair to lUleiifh, (the Legislature heine '.lien in ses- n.-'n.) to obtain, if possible, a re-enactment r,f tin; charter, just as it bad pased the lti.ii.fsce Legislature, and such other aid f-n the State as might be pra'-tk ible. The charter. ith some slirht auiendnu tit, i 't Biateriaily rbanpn; the original de- i;n, was passed near the close of the ses- fun. Those friendly to the m aurc, deem- J it injudicious without definite int'orma- tim to the feasibility of tbe project, to k hv thin? more from the Slate of North C-,r-)hti, than a liberal appropriation for ti;? survrya of all rot. u.- u.ed ractica He, leading from the North Carolina to the Vi i-lim North Caro'i'.ia Kail J.oada in the Hirerliop of Jolicsbe.o'. A IJII -' i.iing r this survey at tha expense of liie .'!'ate, passed the Senate by a decided vote, and would have passed the f.(uie nf Commons, l u! from the lateness of the session in which u came to that body. It only fuib-d oil the l.i-t reading, bv the absence of a constitu- I 1 quorum. Had thi proposition been s j ied, the surveys would have heen m ar- Ihr St i" nl fi i,rsrr. Hits would tiatu- I'- c n.pleted bv this time, and upon a prao. rally come to the Southern markets by the I c.i! le line h.ninj been foand, bonks of Atlantic, Tennessee, and Ohio K.,i Road, ' ili-cription would have hern opened in the it beini; a fixed principle in coniuieree that Ion. and places designated for the sub- the b"si. markets are sought hy the nearest Tiption of stock in the State of North and cheapest rout". arouna. Il must be first demonstrated i Thoe ho originated this scheme, look that there is a practicable line for a Rail pd beyond the East Tennessee alley, and load between the points JefigneJ t be desired a connexion with the Great Valley e mu' cted, before you can induce capitalists of the Ohio, and the charter au'horirea, t 11 1 11 ri st their money. I si luc.r ..iincy. anv unn; wi.mu .10.. .,Ki..i,' now to be seen whether the towns ' '". th' 'be road may be extended be unties immediately interested in this yud the Ea-t Ten.-'-, e and itgiuia Kail It i.s an countic 'drprisc, will supply the defect of the "lMe and raise an amount siillieietit to ur- 'V all clijihlo lines There is y-t time to t-'uiplete the surveys during ine pie-ent 'amnoT. if they should be eoiiimeneed at What sav you Ifurke, McDowei iI'IvtcII. Lincoln. Iredell, and M.ikl.n- 1 irg and Rowan? Can't you each, raise .'i.i Yancey und Watauga can raise tiiat sum between th. 1,1 Catawba and ian.1. r can raie a like Mini. Thi, it Is believed, would be sufiieient for eiperi- iii-iital surveys. If the Cointi' appealed w ron-nn.,,,,, ", .ur uu. ...... to. do not respond, will imt the North Caro- tion over 500 miles. I he Northern Hranch hi.a, the U esteril North Carolina, the Char- , would pass through the finest coal region ill lone and South Carolina, arid tho Wiiming- ' Kentucky snd irgima, that is to be found 'on.Chorlolte, and Kulherfordlon Rail Koad iu the I nit. d State In ciinef 0 the. Companies c.eh, contribule 1,0110, and at southern part of the line would penetrate once let the surveys be commenced. This, the heart of the great Iron Legion "! "lb would bo but a small outlay fur tbe bene- er valuable minerals, and 11. .Is passage fi'.. that would result from the completion of through the Klu., Judge and other oorres ti.i road to each of your roads. It is true po'"1'"!,' ranges of mountains, ,t touches the th charter uvea five years to comuiei.c, Copper, Zine and Gob Districts of Nor.h Md Cite. ,, years to complete the road, but , Carolina, and it . night be emphatically call ou will, by delay and hesitation, induce I ed the Urrnl -M..i he that is to bind 'he projection and completion of other lines together in one brotherhood of interest, the of Kail Koad p-'mih l with thi, which northerner wilh the southerner. Hut do not may supercede this enterprise altogether, understand 11.0 as propos.ng to undertake and vou will then have lost forever, the : the whole seh. me at once. No Let. us go niyun luutuiu trade nf tin. North-West, which ould nalurallv flow through this channel i,d by your Koads, reach the Atlantic rca board. Tennessee is anxio'lJy awaiting the action of N'grth Carolina iu this matter, and s impatient at Ihe delay and indifference "f vonr neonlo in nushiii!? this enterprise t . -ii through. Sho will, nt any time, furnish her p'opmtiun of the expense in making these "urn ). Could tha atockholder of your Roads be at the Eastern Terminus of the East, Tennessee and Georgia Kail Road du- 'iii the spring months, and sec tho amount "f corn, bacon, flour uud cattle that i sent by flat boats, a dLstaoce of 100 miles, from the Counting of East Tet)ticsee this ltoad ' is intended to tap, thence to be transported by tho Georgia Rail llutlds, a distance of 509 miles to Savannah nud Charleston. wlien Wilmington is within nn average of nines, and cuarleston. H. l;.. an ave. 1 eiiiicsscp. vnii .n nr tern Virginia, which is not an unimportant j - ...... , connexion to ortli Carolina. Do you know that Abingdon, a wealthy town in the popu- j lous County of Washington, (where salt uud gypsum nbouiid, and can be furnished to an unlimited rxtent,) wou.d lie nearer to W il iiiiiigton than to Norfolk, Virginia? and consequently, tho County of Washington and lhoo Counties still farther West in the .State of Virginia, would be tributary to the nearest maikeU of Noitli and South Carolina. Kentucky U now f-eckine a ronnexion with tin- KnstTcniiCf-ee and irginia Road, by the (Jiimljerlai.d 'i:p, mid it is under stood it will tap tint lioad or near Cin.vl, 's Crow Koad, fi t 0 1 1 1. .'n;il .'.i-t.int from IJoneboro' ti I ; r v 1 ! ' . . Tb" troduce nekit' n v .iieru market bv this line. niintou by the French Uroad Koad, pro vided the North Carolina We-tern Rail Koad should be extended to Asheville, it would be I "I tniles futther. Hut as there is a charter fir this Road in Suth Carolina,' aud the charter grant' d by North Carolina, fixes the eauo at I feet inches wbii-t 1 ..miesM-e and .south t. arolina have adopted a 3 feet pauge, it is very doubtful about this Knad being built. It will be a cotly Koad, and the capital mut r.uno from South Carolina to build it. Tho State of North Carolina has failed to make any pro-1 vision fir its construction, and it is thought, tci' serf, ns it jtnirit more towards Cliar- lestmi than any of In r own port. Lest any one should doubt my calculation, will annex a table .if distance by "II the routes sVieve referred lo, taking Chech's Cross Rand the point where the Cumber- land Gap will int.-rsret t!:- Ea-t Tennessee and Virginia Rea l, ,t t h'' 'tartlin; point. that all i'kii juire I r tli. tn-. ! . , which line it is the iw-r t of Noith Carti!i;i I 1 favoi even looking beyond the Ea-t Teti-ne-5e Vallrv. K it to ar in triud that 100 miles of leiiit irv in Ea-I. Tennessee, lies East of I 's ( V.i.vs V. and the Atlan tic, 'I'c ni;cs.i e. and 'Mini Kail Hold pro pose to t ..t. the centre of that Territory, which i tin; tiue-t wheat and grass1 grow ing Poiti.in "I the State, nd exports more flour than the same . xt. vt nf 'lerr.foiy nt nnv tunc within tilteen vc.irs irom organi Koad North, by tin' Moce.is.'.i tiap to the bend waters of the H:g Sand y ri1. er to the Ohio, and the Stale of Tciine . in il" lil erality, has made th ' - tin- pro -1 ion for the Northern branch '"' 't it In for the South ern; and I 1 mi lb proper time, this hi ancii o!" t'.ie eiit.-rprize will command that intcre-t from the p.ople ol the .North Wes tern States that it merits. The Atlantic sea-hoard can be reached by this route from the Ohio Valley much nearer than any line East or West of it. From Wilmington. N. U. j'o work am' build the uthern hranch and when we slit. II tic utile to wane up me .sorin Western States ue.l as the Southern States to tho importance of the whol. work and the means can be attained, let us undo! take to carry out the whole scheme. 1 fear I have extended this communica tion to an unpardonable length but impute it to zeal and not from a desire to be pro.y or heard for much speaking. I will howe ver conclude by suggesting that the surveys be commenced as eariy as practicable at Morganton, N. C, this being a point com mon to nil tho routes deemed practicable for thia cunucxiou if the funds aecossary to carry through it o surveys can be raised in the manner suggested. If not, convoke your people at sonic suitable point and in vite the cooperation of all who are iutercs- ted in the success of the measure both in and cut of the State and devise measures j for the prosecution of the work until tho aid j 01 ixmn-i-aionna can be ootaineu at tbe next meeting of her General Assembly. Very respectfully your obedient servant, TENNKSfSKK. Georgia Routt lo Charlftlon anil Siicannnh. Check X tinrti t Knuxvillc via E. Tinn. and Virii.ia Ruiid. .... ,,0 tn. " Hiii.ui, ; (K. t. mid f;. it.) 1 in " Auguntll ((it'll. It. It.) . . . 2i; ". l l rlnto-ii, 8. C, ' i 138 S53 Sone Histmiee to Savnnnnh via W. &, M. mill t'eiitriil It. It. of (icorji. H'lhtin Cap Koute. ( link's X Iioni! tn KiuuviOe (;. &. T. R. 5fl Tti Cliurleston vin It.ihtm (rjp lo Aimer. son C. II. and Cotuillbia, . . 4tj-l Kanttrn Route to CluirUttton and Wilmington. Cheek' X Rood In Junrsbnro'.t E.T.& Vs.lt.) 60 Morpunlnn (liy common Itnm') el) 70 no 1-M t Imrliille, d. de. Cfdllilihia, I liurlertoii, .... 43d I'rtnrh P.inatl Haute. Cheek' X ItoiiHs lo I'ainl ltork, . 'I u Ash. villi-, hy lunch Hmud River, " ."purUiiloirg . " 1'h.irk'stuu via Culuinlua 111 b.i 4J3 ri)iti:.s Of the Hnnrd of Mnnanere of the V'ahinpton .Vd timial iVunitmetU Society, lo the uple oj tne .'.of. ed Statu. ' Fei.liiw-Citizenr : Wo address von on a Hon National Monu- lliubuiil for your con- inc report of what has ' h behalf of the Washin incut Association, and sideratiuii, the fuilowing C't0"e: ... ,, 1 be corner-stono was laid on the 4th of .luiv, ii. -vi ilia 1 lime lucre was mine treason' of the Association the sum of .o-'.a.jti, no. The work has gone on with varied prog ress, uutil the sum of 2:10,00.1, the product of voluntary contributions aloue, has been expended ill its erectiou. The original estimate of tho cost of the whole work, the shaft, tbe base, und tbe or- uaiin rntal part, exceeded $1,222,000. 1 he ba", bunt of the blue stone ot the Pjtotnac, solid and iudestructible, is sunk .L-.i. 1 .n..i.iA r.....Ann -.. --..v. -"'-. y inches thic. in cour-es two feet .1, hc.gbt tied and bounded into the blue stone at every course. In its ascent, it diminishes grad tally and regularly in the exterior line. 'l'he interior is carried up a straight, un- j . . . t 1 w;. 1. :.. 1 ... the solid wall of this interior, according to the taste of the architect, has been placed, oeviumi1' enanirier. Miami 1.111. sii, nnj and are vet to be placed ,.t to h nlneed. the stones eontri- luted bv States, communities, aud associa- tjoll, This naked shaft, thns rigidly cut, thus firmly based, thus indisaolubly bounded, now rises in its simple and erand propor- 1 . .. . " . . .... 1 i n.i ii.ndred ami 1 tv-two and a ha t Its top designed lor lining stone still luie, and anxiously enquires the cause. Fellow-Countrymen : We are pained to sny, it is your neglect. When the cat- tured and subjugated Polish nation, and tho lii. tids of liberty in Europe, began lo erect a monument to K osoiu-ko, they made it a labor of love, and from every valley nud mountain, and plain and runuing stream, tar aud near, they brought stones and piled and heaped them into a vast pyramidal mound, to testily mat love. .11111 now, oi- , , r .i . .1.. ter the lap-e of thirty year, amid the con- t. .. . vulsions which have shaken tho unhappy country, pilgrim bauds still swell that pile with constant contribution. We are erecting a Monument to ono greater than Kosciu-ko ; to one who in his tory or mythology is kuown among every kindred and nation of the earth; who laid , luln l.nnnr which with miraculou, snced.has ri- .. ' . . .t . 1 en to tlie irotit raiiK among ine naiioii -, am. we call upon you for aid. Men well knowu to von. have L'iven to it long years of care- t.y, .... o.l 1.1, or Thev have been uno nt and' pressing in their calls for help, and you have to a certain ex'.-nt, responded to their, resMtig in their cans lor neip, ami you call. It wa not their worn, it was your ; ! they were stewards, giving their time, and j care, and labor, aud money, in the same ' cause with you. i Hut they have failed ; not for lack of .1 , , , .' their part, hut lion, want s-..l.rf not lor licir 01 1 energy, or xeal on j of that action and sympathy on yours w hich j was essential to success. Vou, the people f Ibis broad and happy land; you. the !cl: ., , .. i- 1 . 1 1. .. ,p.,i, ft asloiw.roti ; von lo v. ho 111 no " , , r as left the priceless bequest ot his servie- . . . . . . ,, , . 1 : has ' e. and his love ; have held back the con i ti ibutiou needed from each to erect to bis memory a suuanio ,.ionumein in ,n -. t , l . ... ...... V'. tinal Metropolis. While thousands have answered promptly the appeal to their pa triotism, and contributed the amount re ceived and expended, the far greater num ber, either fr ni apathy or want of oppor tunity, havo failed to join in this work of grateful duty. This failure compelled our predecessors to arrest the prosecution of the work, aud to appeal to Congress for as-, sistanee. lVllow-Conntrymcn : This is not a suita- J bl.s nhieetof le'Mslative provision. A trc, a prosperous, a thriving people, willinot allow n d.iiit ni nvn n i cruL iu it, t ij in itsii individual heart, ho discharged by an act of Congress! j A new Hoard of Managers have now ; been appoiutod. We come into office under! favorable auspices, aud with well fouudou eiL'lit leet below the suriace. anu rises sev- iitin. . r,nDr,l fmm tho I1 u . ,.f '.,..i. 1 1 v r .1 , ti, ,.rr,. ,c ,, ,. " .. . . , , , . hordes they command. : m each other s laces : ,s-o I often wonder poliiieians and i.eiiiagogtn . Pome c itccn and a had teot above the surtaee ot Carolina statin" that it had seceded from' , 1 .. , . 1 .1 1 .-is- s- ...... .1 o 1 t . 1 1 . -...1. 1. : . ...... c... ',aro' ,ln' "ml , , u 7"-(-.ua iron ho hist drew the line of denmrcat on ' how the editors ct the NewW s Tribune at the S-utli had lulched 111I0 the Ar , , l-, ,t , . ,1 . . ., , -, ,. -. , petween native and torcitn-lrn, l.ut.-....n, and tne l.ich.nonil J-.ii.nir.-e i- nn.l attemptmi to erusu ue 11 square at its top. t rom lias sp rings the to connect .ueli with the. K. E. ft,uod. Ihe jVotestant and Catholic ! It was the forei-n- Unmeet, without laughing in each others minded him of an Arkansas Hbr'r. The shait, with wan of blue stone titteeu teet COnmiittee on corresnondenre recommended in .: . .1 1. , 1. i.i-c.. .,-. 'II. , 1. ..? 1... .: .,1,1 ,1,. fnn... . 1 ne surrouiniiii" eariu. it is iiny-iivu u-iv ha t ...tni-in it.-tormeil l.linrc 1. ami wis . . .... . 1 ..... . .... ... . ... .... 1. ft above the blue stone base. It is alrea- niarhaMe, is the tact that it commenced "' ' ' " ,r ' - c-' ? - . . . s. dv one ot the first objects which meet the raining immediately after the wires were ' , V- ' '''''f 'e cv"r V': Z P the.r d.M.no on the subject. 1 he Sou b did not ask for eieofthe traveller a,'he passes through the cut, and a good shower fell, thereby con- "l ballots,,, the convention. Hughy ' c nationality. In he progress of a :,. a pro-slavery clause-0,1 y the guarantees Imlsby which the city is hemmed in, and firming the false idea that tbe wires pro-cut CKark go. Mxty-two votes, jum the number tion its character is developed H Pcc.,. ot the constltuon. In irgima, we were 1,.. sf,rts to find the immense machinery on rain.-.lWo Evening ,f'. of lr"h L:tllol,r3 V"- 1 h charactenstic of the Jewish people was "censed of bemg an anti-slavcry oruer. In hopes of means to prosecute tho work. Since i our election, on the 22d February laH, we have not been idle. Our arrangements bave . been begun, and are in progress. We op- peal to the neonle. We wish uo legislative uid. We look to free heart. : we call upon all ; not the liberal and tho generous alone. 1 Wo call upon each man who this day walks erect in all the panoply of freedom 111 this broad land, who is not dead to the com- won impulses of humanity; who is not worthy in the least degree of the countless and diversified blessings by which he is sur- rounded, we call upon nieji everywhere to coutrinute each ins n. great and among the people ol i ashtngton, w here be I ""' once go ami mcceeu in converting a hea-: should, lie does not leel bo UiueU bound t mighty pJeopbi of tTfn'.y J.fve inViiions, can-' had formed many (ttensant nd agreeable ' '-n fo Christianity. If I s-iulii1 make the tot proteetMhem. -; not be so dead to the sensations which are associations. He now returned to see this j attempt nn soniC 0f these heathen, w ho mis-1 The speaker then alluded to the Influence j innate in every breast at the bare naming glorious uprising of the people iu response ' represented us, I should not succeed as well of John lluglns, in divertitig the school j of such a bonefactor, as to refuso or neglect to the great pi iuciplcs which had recently ' as ''"'I Philip of old. Cheers. J They have I fund of New York from its legitim.it.; sourre, 1 to give their aid in such a cauo. been promulgated by the National Council 'conversed with the man in vonder White ! nd stated as a fact to show that our coun- Let every man, then, who feels his hea.-t beat wilh American pulsations, and every man who reveres the name ot vashinr'on, singly or in companies, communicates di rectly with our Secretary, and send in his contribution to our Treasurer, or fcuggctta mode for its collection. i Ky order of the Hoard : ! CHA8 C. TUCKER, Fec'y. Tho foil ow inrr are tha rircsenr. OITirers nnd Managers of the Soeietv, all of whom, ex- cept the President and Second Vice l'resi- dcuf, were elected on the 2 2d of I'cbruarv ! reciesiasrieai movement to innuence tl;c laal 10 wit : " ! operation? of one bi iiHch of the governnn lit. ; FRANK PIERCE, V. S. and ex nil!, i i!'1" Wi,s conclusive and the matter dropped. n t J ho rrc.bytcrians did not crv persecution, VESPASIAN ET.T.Iis l., Vice- ,.;!" ""cnipt to form a political party to get ,frl. T T TllWF'N IT Tf 1 f ' " 1 - ' ' Ji . - CI'OTtrriT T'T VVT t, v;,-, P,-.v;,..,. JOHN M. M'CALLA, Treasurer. CM AS. C. TUCKER, Srcninry. Manaokhs. Ilenry Addion, Charles K. . renc'i l' '''"'S Charles W . Davis, """ " TJ''fr:lPS, Thomas D. Sandy, Joseph H. KradU y, Samuel C. Krusscy, James Gordon, Robert T. Kuight, Joseph I.iiJjv, Sr., Thomas A. Krooke, John N. Ural', P. S. Editors friendly to the cause are requested to insert the above address. Washington, D. C, May, 1 """. PcTni Hwormeu Ciirnm and Slave ry. The question of dlavery has been troub ling the Synod of the Reformed Dutch Church, in session last week at New Kruns wjcl, v, ,w Jerev. for the Erst time in the history of that "Church. Rev. Thornton . , . . s. ...... us ai.imsston. it was n,covcrea tnat tnree 0,lt 0f eijht pastors in tbe Qasats were slave 0WUers, and tins provoked a warm W- sioa, Fiujy the Synod was relieved from its embarrassing situation by tiic withdraw- al ot me application " The Wir.ES ClT.-We Icarn from a gen- tieu.au arrived this morning from Jackson C.H.I Mississippi, that tbe wires to New Orleaus, at the State line, between Missis sippi and Alabama, have been cut down and 200 feet of them taken away. The act was prompted by the idea that the w ires caused the drought in that neighbor- ; e . ... i .... hoor.. nn is unioriunate, as wen as re Ccntous Tenny. We find the fo'low- jng in uu English paper : A person bclong- jug to Grangemouth , in getting change for a shilling, was struck with something iineom- nion iu one of the pence. On examination, jt was found that the obverse and reverse were divided, but united with a fine screw, Kcing opened, a half penny was enclosed, which was divided ; being opcnd, a farthing .as enclosed, and also divided: and this pemg opened, a null lar'liing was enclosed. mm- 11 . .1 .111 ' his elaborate penny is the same as the old 1 ... ... IV lOSt .1. heavy peunv ot Oeorgc 11 1, dated 1 .'.10. DEATH FROM A Tir K Kitf.. "We lenrned r r .1.. : .: .1 I... that a irentleman of this .-ountrv died about a week no from the bite of a tick. The 1 1 1 ., I. . W nn Vwo places, .vera, of his'rib, broken and severed from the spine, and his nhniA bodu smashed flnt kr the falling of - -v . -- j hers upon him. All this ho jot well to dio of a tick bite, idst of life we are iu death, ncaiy gin urn survived and got Truly iu the mid Marshal ( 7V-.rw) Mn iJion. v. --, ! Hkavy l.VMAiiKs5 roll Sl.AMEU; In the Circuit Court, for Lewis county, Kentucky, a verdict for ten thousand dollars damages,! was awarded last week, in a suit of slander . . against VMIIiam 1. innings, ine piamtni R Mjs i!a,.iot,v. t appeared 011 the trial that l.iddings had paid bis addresses to .Miss H., and had been rejected, previous o liia iii.il. !inr . Iim ! n n.l r o i. s clinr...-. n-hifh " w" " o fc - . , . the jury has so signally punisueu 111 aam - ' ' c ' S. .. . . . Anil...-.,.. ii ... 1... ,. .a.) .....ii-ti .1.. n I. rr phfir!iill' I i.i'rfiin t..ql ,.naj o..,..,,,. ,. I,... h t nrn tin. vl Imr Imi'n 11.1l t in r ,, '1, first drew the lines. J In v .in . and now tueir ceremonial laws. Ot the t. reeks, the the .North, we were accused 1 ' tire steamboat load of Sam's boys had ar Tho Abington irgmian states tint the . fmlll 1,.,-,irl , i n. which was received ,,:.,; f , ..,,li,r n..i-v in V "'" " " , . , '", ' , ceoit c.'uuiy, as nviw in. .......tun.. nn..n..-' J he next speaker was stance, but designed. A mulatto man be-1 Kknktii Kav.nfu, of North Carolina, longing to Mr Kane, and a white man, and.jj,, reCcivcd with cheers for the old his daughter, residing iu the lKigh'norhood., N.ltll S(.ltl, nml HnVner. He said there are suspected of having committed the deed. . Wl.n( 0,.ca!.ions in the" life of every feeling Ihe persons who were poisoned have all re- covered except Mr. Rishop, whose death has been heretofore announced. Mr. Roteler, of Virginia, in tho course of bis remarks at Monument Square on j Wednesday night, Muted that tho gentle - the iilatform in tho Demo - .-. cratic Convention new iu mis city in i?-. 'ho same gentleman who reported the American platform in tho National Council at Philadelphia, vir. Jud Cope, of Ga., dipper. spfj:('iii:s Dkmvf.ki-.I) in Washiimition 'in thk 21kt ult., at the Ratification op 'jhk A M KM t c ' A N 1 'l. A 1 Fi It M . The first speaker was ths Hon. Jaloii 15uooM,of Pennsylvania, who was received with cheers for Kroom mid Pennsylvania. Alter the cheers bad sub- sided, Mr. Kroom said: If any thing can cheer the heart, it is such cheers as those, that come directly front the hearts of tbo people. Some years ago he left this city with his family, ufter having spent tw o year.. at Philadelphia,. He spoke of the charge of attempting to persecute the Catholics on account of their religious opinions. This is not true. Wo do not design to . 1 r 1 '. 1 persecute tuein. .Many here remembered the petitions that came to the Capitol some years since, to have all the mails stopped on the Sabbath. It was remembered, too, had entered into the American family at That will be Mr. Campbell, of Pennsylva ' thatCol. Kiehard M. Johnson made his ecle- I Philadelphia. 1 can say with pride aud joy n:l aH a member of the Catholic church !" hrated Sunday mail report, in which betook 11,0 ground that the petitions partook of an control of the L'overntneiit. They submitted. .1:1.. ! -.- v . .1 . . .1 i- 1 IIKe f-" ciuzelis. .ot so tne catholics Who i landed on our shores, found the Kible in the I ....1 1: . .. .1 1 . .1 .- 1 1 . , ... 1 1 1 ; ruu'11 senoois, ami '.euianuca mat. 11 siiouiu . 1 1 r be excluded. Out of this demand crew the I . 1 .-.. 1 . , -. 1 , 1 iu injunction 01 reunion into politics. 1 would nut inttrlcrc with any one's religious rights. l WPU,i flVA niy tlt.:il t'a blood to protect Ca- tholic.s inth. ir right to worship God as th. y plea-e, but I will join Americans to put down their political interference in the affairs of the coiinirv. Cheers This tlf.ln tX ns i'ully a to is aecordin ' to gbts as f ully as to any American, o far as religion is concerned. The nttempt of the Roman hierarchv and their tools to control the political destinies I on qu-"on. there is no hope for unients through all coming time. On this of this country, is consistent with the histo- '!";"" '" "" the great question of oppo- j latlnni we will place two candhlntes on ry of that Church. It had destroyed every i1.".0" ' ,l,ei!' '"""""'"'hiiieiits there is 110 di- the 22.1 of February next, who wiil be men kind of liberal principle, w herever it had ' vl,on no North, no South. All over tho lor tlie Union and the country, who will re gained power. The design of the Allien- -ortli our camp tires are lighted 011 every , ., it from it degrading position, can party is to check this spirit of domino- i ''i'10!'' also do they send buck their . What is it 1b.1t has made this commotion ? tion, and put Americans, with American J V'(U"? 'he sunny South. Why do the despatches come on the tele- principles, iu power, instead of the petty 1 Cicero once s.iid that ho always wondered graphic wire bringing accounts of glorious pr.rty hacks w ho are ever ready to do tlm how to soothsayers could meet each other gatherings of the people? It is cau-ed by bidding of the Romish priesthood and the R )t.mo(.ra,ie convention fr the nomination of coun,v offie,.r. iu IMnladolrhia. c unpos- e(, of ,3-5 lllun,bert. we.fo,!n.l that 2 were, iri.h ('a7,0;;r.,1 The naVve ile 1trut .j, nninz0,'P,lt 'j'l'is it. s were rge nnm- her nf Catholics could not have bten elect- ed by the mere ordinary course of meetings ixuo ju-opie. now was 11 . j-,tore adjourned, we found out. A vote was pass- e .- , ,, - . , c. ,0 ,;u iiuu .uc ciec.ion 01 vouii.y 1 rca- surer, when up jumped an Irishman and said, I nominate Hughy Clark. 1 Ins opened our eves. We bad twelve ballotitigs, without an election. The Catholics declar- cd that they had been voting for the D' tii- oeratie party, and always assisting them, let them abide by it. We shall find no dif- tieulty in taking euro of thru, when we come to the ballot-boxes. Cheer. Both the Whig and the Democratic par- ties have for years been playiii" for the Ca. tholie vote. The Democrat's h.lve had it, and the Whigs constantly tried to steal it. If. urn ii'Ar.r fill iv mt nii'ftst ;.. thn .,sr I'm. sidential election. The Democrats had such and embodied a nationality from all the dif inen as liucbanan and Cass, but they drop- ferent tribes and people, and formed them ped them, and took Frank, Pierce. Laugh- . ., 1 I.I I'-i . . tcr. ine il niirs nau ri inure, a most exem- J, ., . , , , ,' . ,. . . pnin sri- President, leiicrs I nnd Ilann-l . . ' . ., . ,J ..... Wcb.-tcr. the greatest . statesman of this or 1 any other country, Cheers; but. they took up'Scott, because he had made the soldiers nf M.,i..A .or tn Cl...ti.. rf..,in..lm.. ...) forms of worship, and thou-ht he would have the Irish vote. Ji.ver since the days ,. i... ... 1....1 1 i:..'r i..., .....;n..ni u fercigners into office, iu violation of the p, ciples of U asbuigton. Cheers Look throughout the country, and behold the foreigners in office. We could not even be represented abroad by American. He must ' 1 . taL-p Cerium., n .lew a Frenchman, and !,.,- . nn iiantu, ior i'ur repi cscui .1 1. ninuing us a laughing-Block ail over Europe. Thc-e ixns!t caused the rise of the American j,al(y ",w ,Vehave raised acain that star-spar.-- t,,(i banner, which was trailed in the .lust ... . by tho Catholics of J'luladelphia, and the , 0f Sam would standby it until thev c,-,luJ b,out victory over our foreign ene- , nutivo po.itical demagogue. I 'e. . 1. . .11 t.1 . . . . . 1 n 1 ee Ci.ee. s iui 1 ne vou vr 1 -n oic .1 ate ; wor. lvt.u W1, , a h.-ar'v good w i,l. I , , , ll.iha li,.si.l..nr !tiiiiminr,.d th-it .tn ft... ' . . . , . , . with tnrce near.y cue..i. )0a fie rmoti,M 0f the heart could man, not find utterance on the lips. Snob an oc casion was the present to him. He appear ed here under somewhat peculiar circiiui- stances. Ten years ago he retired from yonder (. apuol, after six years service as 1 a representative, disgusted wilh tho cor- i ruiuiou that had taKrn possessiou of all . t - political parties, and fully impressed with the idea that the greatest honor in thi country was retirement from political offices aud the political strifes which had degeue ratcd into a mere scramble for the spoils. Little did I then think that T should ever) ,c """''' hen; to tesfify to higher truths. ' Little did I think it would he my good for-' tutio fo appear hero and to advocate prin-' ciples higher than any in which I partiei- pated at the Capitol during mx years sur- vit'n there. : The preceding speaker had alluded to the misrepresentations ot a New ork pa- per. This was not worth any comment. It is the lot of all men, engaged in a good ' cause , to be calumniated. He wns called I ''"'y' in on.; (if tho Kaltimore journal. I We arc informed that a certain rich man I Mouse, and they could not say that Ihcyjtry was old to foreigners at the last elec- j had talked to a " .Solomon. " Laughter , a'"1 uri'lfU'C-J onnng as I do from our labors at Phi- : ladelphia, it is right that I should itllude to 4 1. . : r . L 1 . . v . 1 .s I do llie transactions ot the lute National loun- col. 1 he enemy circulated throughout the land the story that division and distraction iuiii this is not tiin case, lhere wasncdivi- sion on the great American piinciples the distinguishing feature of the order. On that distracting question which has entered into and divided all political par tie, and many churches) of the land, there was a difference, of opinion: We did let ! attempt to patch up a theorv that shouh ... . .1 V C. .1 . . . I ' '"J i', nu uhpu 10 eacus.ee Hon; hut, loo liing to one common caine, to ' . I... c v ..: t . : "": I'"1' 1 "' ''"""i"11 ' ijiesianiiiii, ! WB w,'r,! united as one man. On slavery I...... 1 1...- 1 : n 'rt 1 . , " 1 uia n n imu'-h-thi'. j ne me inner ' ltcM 'he North, who disapproved, protest 1 -'. honestly and manfully, but did not sc- ot-lo. And now, instead of -on.ing into the 1 btld '! "he regiment, at the m xt elo- tiu. shall present two immense brigades 1 that will sweep every thine: hi fore ns ' I1-beers. Let not the powers here in Wah. niglon and the pimp of the lioman hii-r- . arcliy cackle over our division ot sentiment in the street without bursting into a laugh making c unu.o,. cause, and seem to fight , each other, continually stirring up section, al IVeli.iif. ii-jt if thev wait uutil after an leefion a few month. hei.ee they will fjcl more I1..0 bursting into a ctij when thev 'meet. Cheers and lau.:!.ter.J i " hat brings togetln v this quiet assembly 1 .... .'..-. 1 1 , . J 'I"!" " ol""l"r'V "' no riotous demonstration . It is the chan.c 1 v. .. . dec .o i-' i.m s. . The motto on yonder banner is the cl.arac 1 tcristic ot our people, (alluding to a trail: : pareney wilh the motto, " To pkiitei I : ate A.mkkp an Frf.epo.m oni oi;ji: r.) Cheers. This great movement grows n;i- turally out ot the development of the Anie- great epic poi in of the Trojan war contain- ed all the glorious characteristics of tin ir nationality. It was a devotion to their e0lintry 'bat would sacrifice life and every 'hing dear lor its houor and glory. j This Roman character was formed by : great event-in different periods of her hi- tore. The man who bad .1, Hrsr col!, ,o,.,l into one nationality, was elevated to the ... . . . . .1. 1 . Look at .... siai iu u seai ainuug me goo.-, ,. ,- ,, ,,.,, ,, 1 ,- the r.ne sh character, and nal on nationality. Ihe 1 .V e , , 1 very nam.; of John Hull has a charm for ! an Englishman. It expresses their charac- tor. They have developed their character from the .-rent event nf their losto-r nn. til the crowning event in the Revolution of l'i-H, which wa 1 110 crowning distinction Jistini.tlon thing, and certain of then, never die. When one of e,l iigton s Generals, at W aterloo, ..'!.. . . .. . . " . . . . j diers by the French, he said to the old Duke : " It will never do to let this slaugh- j ter go on." His reply was: "My God! I what will thev sav at home if we surren- !i ui ." 1 . t. 1 ue. . ants nn- i-n..i ..t iei . .1 is ine , home feeling the glory of a name at home , in their ow n nation. It is thi, that has sent home their druni-be.at tiiumpbant ' around the world. And it is this that Atnc- rican want, and that feel in? will make our .. - I 111 n perf et. We are now elitr. inntin. Kar rlin.,.!.. mil ! of th various elements that have been j throw 11 togetiier on this coniinent. Singular- ! I .. .... ... .1. . ; :.. : ... : i .:nun 11 1 lis ii 1111 11, 1. 10.1 o' . -11 .11 ..c. . 1 i; i 1 " - . " .... . p out ot the necessities ot the case the very oppressions and ah'iisthat have been heap ed upon the American people. 1 kuo.v will the sufferings and privations you have been nia,le to endure here. W'e see a liiau put ,,.. r th.. 1 1 of .-...m-ossi.-n, t,ir.,,1 ,.-. of employment In-caiisc he is an American. In st.'.ad of returning cheerfully to his wife and little ones, the hard-laboring man goes home sonic, night, and with 'otro mi his counte nance, tell his ilc he is discharge. I , ami no pi c to labor for his bread and know, not what to do. A oiee ; I hat s exactly my case; I have been turned out of employ, nient, and have six children dependent on me for support Vou have not the sacred right of secret voting. The mini 'lis of pow er are watching y.ni to be turned out by the pimp of the White House,''' you refuse ..s . is. in. Iii.il I I'lii,.. 1 man slir.L so low we can hardly hate. ' We have nothing but disgust, pity, and coutempt. His seven waiters look and act like v.-hi ft curs. T'uey are seven slaves who waitupon his bidding, and, who flouting ever any poor mau they can throw out of einp'oymetit for being iu depetidetit and acting like a freeman, Cheers. Oh! Is it not too inueh to sec such meu turned out ef employment to give place to Iri-h (..itholic: C.iiescf that sit It is against this tyranny that we havu aroused nud fired up Sam. ( h.cr.J Tho foreigner who lands on our shor"s has no heritage in our Kevolutionary battle grounds no tears for tbe graves of our ; fathers, lie cannot feci like an American ' about them. It is not natural that ho tion, the followir 1 Our late Mini-ter to Spain, Mr. IJarrin.'- cr, Muled to me, iu l'.altiniore, that tho pope's Nuncio at the Ou t of S-naiii said to- ... - . him, before the news of the formation of Jrce's Cabinet reached there, " I can tell von one man thm. uill . in .1... l'..1.;r This was evidence of a bargain with Bishop Hughes. It is against such humiliation that the people have aroused. lie concluded with an cloquint appeal for united action, and for devotion to tho Constitution and the t'hion. Three cheers wire given for Rayncr and North Carolina Mr. Ai.iikiit I.. I IKK was introduced, and received wilt. loti".contimi..il iirnd.nise . . , . e . .. . 1 r lie said there was not the siltrhtest nee.l 1 that he should sneak to-ni"lit. This holn . . va-t assembly speaks, to conquer. Every illumination 1 see around me is an orator, which, if we could translate, would fpiak in thunder tones for tho union of Americans nud patiijt. lo save their country from for eign rule, lie did not call the declaration made at Philadelphia a platform. Plat forms wtii! liable to lot and give wav. This declaration was imperishable as col- ulmis of granite. Thcv will stand as mon- Sam. Uiecrs.J It wa not ,a party for -t Ibeni imeriean A nnn rode up on ' a horse where two men were ti,hting. He asked, Are this a free fi.-ht ?'; They said it war. "Then." said count n:e 1:1. He got. off, and was knocked don n. He then asked, " Am Answer, " It an:.'" this a free fight'." " I hen count me out. 1 think some of tho Tocvnb's and Ste phens's will want to be counted cut before they get through with Sam. Cheers .Some others, 1 am sure, will be counted out nl'out the 4th of March a year or two hence, whether they want to be counted out or not. At the Philadelphia Convention, we of tho South were compelled, against our wills, to ins. rt u clause on slavery, lhc iorthern il pro-slavery. ' by Greeley aud others of his stamp. At the North, the frec-soiltrs stood nloof until they saw the movement growing popular, and then came in, attempting to control it. i At Philadelphia, these same frce-.oiler. dc- ' manded the restoration of the Missouri Compromise ; also, the Tight to abolish slavery ill the District of Columbia. This could not be conceded. I offered a resolu tion to exclude the subject altogether, but this would not do. Among the most literal f the New York men this was sustained, 1.... 1... ..n .i 1? uul 11 " !" 'cjccie.. v a.i uiiikii. t,ve.y compromise proposition was rejected by the , "'"jority ot the Northern men. 1 here was o otln r alternative but to pass the plat- ' "". as We did, in just'.CB tO the South. ' " "l,s rlaUorl!1 ,ve uow ail stand. We also changed the basis of representation for the National Convention. Instead of seven .U to their ' r' '"V'!;."' ''. .' r'U J 1 ii. . .11.. 1.1 .il1... ...1 1:: j c"' "P ne ncAi auuucu 10 cuice-sceHci s, politi cians, and editcrs, and the assaults inado upon the American party by them. They wpto nuisances, ami tic tnougnt euitors tuo greatest nuisances of them all. He had a riiiht to talk about politicians, for he never asked for an office himself, and never w ant ed 'one. He was a student and a philoso pher. He l"-krd rr-i polities pl.il oJsphi- c'' N ow was tne time for the American ! party to act in the South. A delay of five or six year. won.d throw the L lilted states Setiatc into free State hands. There would soon be teu new Mates, of which eight would certain1 y be free, and the other as likely as not. if we wait till that time, don't yc-.i see that the Norlhwilldo what they please with Slavery? Hut this great party would act as the conservative. How is it in Arknnsa? We cast "'0,000 votes, and in li' ni'Mifhs from the time Sam was in- trodueed he bad lO.OtiO of them, and on the I'liiladclphia platform they would carry the State. It was no consequence to the laboring men of New York whether slavery went into Kansas or not; but it was of some consequence wh -ther foreigners eroweVd to compete with their labor, and throw th- in out of employ. A gentleman in this city, Mr. J. C. Meliuire, not a member of the American party, had that day told hint that liish laborers had come and offered to underwork the American laborers in his employ ; but be would not discharge Amer icans to give place to foreigner. Ameri- cans wi'.'. i.-t labor a cheap as Irish. 1 h.- honest, industrious American deserves t. l"e (Ike a ci.in man, as He bin s t i 1
North Carolina Whig (Charlotte, N.C.)
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