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From the Clevoland (O.) Plaindealer, Sept. 12. SPEECH OF GEN'L. SHIELDS AT .mic rJTV OF P.TRVRT.ATVIV September 11, 1848. -:- ; After an introduction by Mayor Kelsey, and nine thundering cheers by the whole assembly, Gen. Shields remarked as fol lows: Fellow-citizens I return you my sin cere and hearty thanks for the honor of this reception. This is a truly enthusiastic welcome. These are enthusiastic cheers. They are just such cheers as used to frigh ten the Mexicans; and I cannot say r..: 1 4 1 i miivii iiiuicntu mem ui se, uui iiiccis, or our cannon. , . .. . . f Fellow-citizensj I have consented to tome here, not to make a speech, but to give . you a talk health will not permit j my lungs, which I find are not yet healed, must be my apology I do not mean to throw away a life which has been so provi dentially preserved to me. I mean to save life enough, if necessary, togo through another war, Qcheers.Q I hold it is much better, however, to fight than to talk ; and 1 am only sorry that the land which gave me birth, Ould Ireland," had not fought more and talked less. QGreat applause, j T"lIfw-ntl'Anc. T li:iv lirfri imliirtwl tr come here to gratify the curiosity to see a man who was mortally wounded, yet did not die. Stamping and cheering. I stood here mortally wounded by the army record, and dead according to the rules and regulations of war, shouts! But I am a resurrectionist ; and returning to my coun try, I find another and different campaign that the one I have recently been engaged in. I am glad to say, that in our campaign in Mexico all stood together whigs, de mocrats, and free-soil men all fought shoulder to shoulder, and achieved our vic- their 2 re at now. I recollect the time when, in system of government. It : was the regulator, witnout-wmcn mecuuuuj uuiu go to ruin A high tariff, too, to "protect American industry." But the whigs never had a fair trial to get fairly into operation and show off their gorgeous government. The people, the working classes, the democracy of the country, would always interfere and cut short their, hopes of splendor. Latterly, however, they have got sick of the whole system: tariff", bank, distribution, bank rupt laws, are all now abandoned. lhey have not now a rag of principle left, and are about as naked as a model artiste. Roars of laughter-3 They are now about trying a new experiment; which is to see how a party can get along without any principles ; good, and I believe they will make as good a fight without as with. 1 am an admirer of Old Zack ; have al ways wished to see him succeed, except now. That he has been ever successful in war cannot be denied, but the greatest victory he ever achieved was over the whig party- QShouts. They wanted him to pledge himself to their principles, lie did not know what their principles were, and thought he could get along without any: so the whig party struck their colors and came over to him body and breeches. fStampins and cheering-l They not only surrendered their principles, but they sacrificed their great leader, Henry Clay, the only man who for twenty years has kept the whig party together. I know Gen- Taylor well ; he is a brave, stout-hearted, honest old soldier. I would rather my right arm should be palsied than say aught of him. I like him better than those who support him. I like him be cause lie has fought well for his country. I love him lor what he has done, Whigs tories together. But one opinion pervaded affect to love him for what he is to do. I the whole ranks of the American army, as know. too. he is only a soldier, a profes- to the merits, justness, and necessity of sional soldier, and beyond his profession tlie war. xsut in this country the thing is different. I find some who say the war was uncalled for ; that it was an invasion of a weak and inoffensive republic.- I have listened to these arguments in Washington, have heard grave senators cavilling about the boundaries of Texas, the Rio Grande, the Nueces, &.c. Let me tell you, gentle men, that the 3fexicans laughed, yea laughed heartily at such idle stuff"; they did not disguise the fact, that they claimed the whole of Texas as a revolted province, and that the army which Gen. Taylor met and defeated at Resaca was an army of invasion, instructed by the Mexican gov ernment to push their conquests, not only to the Nueces, but to the Sabine. The President, in ordering Gen. Taylor to re sist Mexican encroachments this side of the Rio Grande, did his duty ; and Gen. Tay lor, in obeying his order, did his duty, too. Here the speaker's lungs began to fail, but he proceeded by saying : Fellovv-citi'.ens, I regret I have not a voice like your tall senator who talked down a steamboat. Great cheering. Our troops were actually compelled, in some instances, to deny their own govern ment, and put themselves under the pro tection of the British flag ; so great was the hue and cry in this country against the war, that the Mexicans ceased to respect our flag. This exasperated us the more, and we felt if ever a nation deserved a god flogging, that nation was Mexico ; and if ever a nation got a good flogging, it was she. Great applause. ico, at can L.uis fotosi. directing and ing charge ot such an affair. BOTTS ON TAYLOR. CHOICE BITS from the dish servedup to the Taj lor men, being 'beautiful extracts" from a letter published in" the Richmond Whig, from Jno. Mi Botts, Somewhat as a continuation of his letter to the Clay meeting in New Yark. The "locofocos" have never served "Old Zack "as bad as this whig leader serves him, in tiie follow ing paragraphs. Speaking of Gen. .Taylor Mr Butts says : 15ut when he was asked whicliof these two parties, General, will you represent? he answered, substantially, neither! I will not be the exponent of either party or of their principles.' if the people elect me, they must take me ori their own responsi bility. -I will administer the Government as 1 think best, according to my own judg ment and my own will! This was someth ing novel, 1 think unsound, if not alarming in the history of our party warfare. It was establishing" a precedent that might lead to a dictatorship and a despotism. This came from a mere soldier, whose lame and name were alike unknown to the country only two years, ago, who has not since traveled farther from Mexico than to his own planta tion in Louisiana, but who is now known, personally, to everv simpleton in tlie streets as the most honest man alive, and the only one who deserves to be classed with the Father ot histCountry. This may all be true. 1 will not deny it. I can only say 1 have had no means of finding it out. Now, in regard to the Allison letter No. 2, which 1 have read since the above was written, I am free to confess that the opin ions therein expressed, and the positions adopted, no matter at whose suggestion, arc more satisfactory to me, than any other that has preceded it and if this had been the only one, it would have been entirely so. It what Gen. Taylor means to say, is, what 1 infer from this letter, he does say, that when he said he was ' not an ultra whig,'' and would not be the exponent of any party principles," and "would not be the candidate of any party," and would accept no party nomination," and 4 would look to no party doctrines as the rule of his action," and "would express no opinions on any political subjects," aud that the people must take him on their own responsibility," and "that he would as soon accept a nomination from the Demo crats as the Whigs," and ki that he would only accept a nomination of the spontane ous and unanimous voice of the whole people," and ' that'he would look to the constitution 'f which aj Presidents are sworn to do,) and not to the views of either of the great parties ot the country as his guide'' if by all this lie only meant to say what he now says, he did not mean that he was not a party candidate in that straitened and sectarian sense that would prevent his being the President of the whole people, and that he would not be fetter ed down with pledges that were to be an iron rule of action in despite of all con tingencies, and that he would not be re quired to lay violent hands, indiscriminate ly, on all public officers, good or bad, who might -differ with him in opinion, and that he would not force Congress by the coeer cionofthe veto power, to pass laws to suit him or none at all, then I must say he has written a great many letters to very little purpose, beiuuse no body ex pected or required it ot him; he cannot blame me or any body else for not under- meant I-never should THE BUFFALO HUNT Gen. Shields here took occasion to re mark that he had been charged by all the whig newspapers in the country with being at the head of a movement, (the Sierra Madre,) for the purpose of establishing an independent republic ; that he was in Mex- tak- All I have to say in reply, tellow-citizens, is, that I am not a conspirator! I have fought for my country, and have poured out my blood to maintain its honor, and I will not now be be guilty of doing anything to disgrace it Immense cheering. No, gentlemen, in stead of trying to be the President of a re public, 1 am doing what I can to make a great and good citizen of our own republic President ! Prolonged cheering. Fellow-citizens, there is no nation in the world which attracts such attention just now as this. f The tyrants and despots of the old country are looking with dread upon our movements. If this experiment of republicanism proves successful, they know there is no safety for them. But let it fail, and you may bid farewell to liber ty torever. But 1 am one who believes that this nation will succeed in spite of temporary bad governments. I say this th?t a succession of maladministrations will ruin the best government on earth ; but of this there is no danger. There are now three parties in this coun try seeking to control its destinies. There is the old democratic party, the one to which I have the honor to belong, and which, with slight interruptions has held political control ever since the foundation of the government. The democracy of tins nation has managed its affairs, as 1 said before, with but two or three slight inter ruptions, ever since it .had a being, and have set an example to the world of a good, a staole, and free government. These in terruptions were occasioned by the iwo Adamses and one Tyler ; and it is a ques tion whether Tyler was so much an 'inter ruption ' to the democrats as to the whis. 'Cheers irom the laylor men. Whis wonder at the continued success of the de- motruuu Pa,7 1,1 country. it is no secret atall. The democratic party is a national party ; our principles are nation al principles, Ifnd apply to the north, to the south, to the east, and the west. There is the currencv ouestion. Who but the democratic party could have throttled that i.oiossean monster the United States Hank! ,,,s lhe ta"ff. Who would or; who could have equalized, its burdens but the great uemocratic party? Our whig friends are the next claimants to conduct the af fairs 01 mis government. They used nave some have he does not claim nor does he know or care to know anything. I believe now he could not, if he would, give a pledge to conduct this government on any fixed principle whatever. He says himself he has no claims or qualifications or that high office. Clay has one consolation, however, if con solation it can be called. Although assailed and perhaps abused by his enemies, he never was disgraced except by. his own friends This reminds me of an incident which occurred in the army. A country man of mine by the name of Donnelly, j was a butcher in the army. He used to at J tend to his duty as a butcher until a fight came on, and then he would snatch up some kind of uniform and pitch into the thickest ot the fight. At Chapultepec he got in advance of the line ; and having on a Mexi can uniform, was mistaken for a Mexican, fired upon and killed. I soon came across and recognised him. Ah, ha! Donnelly, is that you, and are you w ounded? "Yes, General," said he, "1 am badly wounded; I am good as dead now. But, General," said he, " thank God, 1 was not killed by the" Mexicans. It was my own friends that shat me." So with Henry Clay. It was not the democrats who killed him, bat it was-his own friends. Fellow-citizens, there is one very strange feature in this campaign There are those in this country who wished me, Gen. Tay lor, and all others with us, "welcomed with hlitoilv hands tn hosnitnhle oaves" in their 1 Statu fur-off enemy's country ; and what is very j have guessed it for to my mind his letters nave uorne a very uiuereni reauing. i nai is certainly not what I should have under- i i i stanuins: what ne strange, these same men are following the standard of the very man they wished dead, and who made his whole character in what they called a " wicked unjust,and damnable war." If we, as a party, can not succeed without stooping to such dis honesty as this if we cannot select our favorite as a candidate and adopt a plat form of principles open and avowed then let us be beaten. We want success on no other grounds in no other way. Good! hurrah! stood an ultra whiit" to mean. I FREE-SOIL PARTY. The next party looking to rule is what is technically called the "free-soil .party.'' They do not expect to succeed at this elec tion, but have hopes of an hereafter. They have but one fixed principle, in this respect are a little better oft" than the whigs, who have none. California and New Mexico are the only Territories to which the free-soil-soil principle can apply. I have trav elled over the southern portion of these countries, and do not believe it possible to legislate slavery into them. So far as it relates to these countries, this third party movement is wholly impracticable and useless. Our candidates are Generals Cass and Butler. I know them both personally. I regret that some of our whig friends have descended to such low, vulgar, and per sonal abuse as they have, of these distin guished men. I hope no democrat will do this of General Taylor. We can beat o. u.,s government. They used I to some principles ; but I believe they got tired of them and got rid of them whigery and him too, either without slandering From tlie Dayton (O.) Enquirer, SUspt. 23. The Great Mass Meeting of Thurs day. Ten Thousand Freemen in Coun cil." Thursday was a gieat and glorious day for the democracy of old Montgomery ami tne lUianu valiy. ; he people were here in their strength by thousands. With out exception,, and beyond doubt, it was the largest political meeting held in Dayton since the great 44 Clay demonstration" of 1812. We believe.it also to have been by many hundreds the largest meeting held during the present campaign, in the State of Ohio. It was an occasion worthy of the anniversary of the day which it commemorated. Deserved Compliment The officers of the 3d Regiment of Dragoons, who were stationed on the Rio Grande with Major Green W. Caldwell, have presented him wiui a suver pitcner, asa testimonial of tneir respect and regard tor him both as an officer and associate, and for the very cred itable manner in which he discharged the arduous duties of commandant of the camp. Lincolntori Courier, v - s :; should think any man who would give such pledges was nearer an ultra Democrat than an ultra whig, and nearer an ultra fool, than either; and no man in his senses would either give them himself or require them of another. Why did we complain of the cheat that was put upon us in Pennsylvania, in 1844, in regard to Mr Polk's K.ane letter, that had one construction in the South and another in the North? why did we de nounce our political opponents for a trick that was unworthy of a great party, and discreditable to them as men of honor? Was it only that we might follow their example in four short years? I complain ed of it, and denounced it as a miserable and unworthy cheat practised on the intelli gence or ignorance, of the people : so did we all ; the whole Whig party denounced it ; ami now I am denounced for not leud ing my aid in practising a similar cheat upon them. 1 will not do it, let the conse quences be what they may. TO APPLICAN'rS. We learn that a number of the patriotic young men, who have served in the late . war, and others emulous of fame, are eager applicants for commissions in the army. Since the dis charges which the law required to be made on the termination of the war with Mexi- .t t i i . co, there is no proDaoiiity ot any such ap pointments being made for time- to come. We learn, on inquiry, that there are now attached to the army fifty-eight brevet second lieutenants waiting promotion. Of these, forty-one are graduates for the Mili tary Academy, and seventeen are non-commissioned officers appointed brevet lieuten ants for meritorious services, binder the act of March 3d, 1847. As vacancies, occur, these brevet officers will be com missioned, and it must be some considera ble time before any other can be appointed. We trust, therefore, that it will be seen that the wishes of those now in civil life, who desire to adopt the military profession, cannot be gratified. Washington Union. Chloroform. Some weeks ago, through the politeness of Dr W. F. Bason, an emi nent Dentist, we were favored with an opportunity to see Chloroform administer ed to facilitate a painful Dental operation. The patient ..suffered' no pain whatever, conclusively showing the great value of this ' SKETCH of; HISTORY. . ' . The Horn ,Thos: Butler King, of Georgia, hav:r 1 Ing made a speech at Paterson, NewJersey, sal" that Gen.' Cass was the hero' 'of. Hull's surrender to the British, and that he and his regiments sur rendered to a single British officer. - And say Mr King : .? V- " If General Hull committed .treason is not Gen. Cass a traitor ? Yes, he is an - j and a vil lain. He should have been tried . J hung." To ascertain the facts about thi t.ttement, the Hon. Robt. Smith wrote to Goi Jesup. The following is his answer, which "is interesting as a piece of history, related by an actor in the times, as well asa refutation i of the calumny against Gen. Cass: ' " Washington City, Sept. 5, 1848. Sir : T have received your letter, dated the 23 instant, calling my attention to cer tain charges said to have been made by the Hon. Thomas Butler King against Gen. Cass, in a speech lately delivered by him at Paterson, New Jersey, in the fol lowing words, viz : ' Gen. Cass is the hero of HuWs surrender. Ordered away by Gen. Hull before the attack upon Detroit by the British, Gen. Cass wassummoned by a single British officer, 14 miles from Detroit, to yield: and he did yield. IVith two or three regiments of men, Gen. Cass surren dered to a single British officer, fourteen miles from any other enemy.'' And in com pliance with your request that I should give such information as I possess in regard to the situation of the detachment rcfe.rre.il to by Mr King, at the time of Hull's capit ulation, " anil the position of Gen. Cass in relation to it, and whether the Gen. was in any way guilty of anything unbe coming a brave and gallant ollicer.'' I have the honor to state, in reply, that the charg es made by Mr King relate to the surren der of a detachment sent by order of Gen Hull, on the 14th of August, 1812, to meet a convoy of provisions, under the command of Captain Henry Brush of Ohio, supposed then to be on the route from the river Raisin to the army at Detroit. As the acting adjutant general of the army, I detailed that detachment; and, by order of Gen. Hull, placed Col. McAr thur, (not Col. Cass) in command of it. The General directed that the detachment should consist of one hundred and fifty men from Col. McArthur's and tlie same number from Colonel Cass's regiment, and a few. mounted men were directed to ac company it. Before the detachment marched, a number of volunteers join ed it from both regiments, so that the aggregate force when it left the camp was about four hundred men. Colonel Cass was not a part of the detail he joined asa volunteer. When 1 understood that he desired to go, I objected to two colonels going with so small a detachment ; but the service was considered by us all as extremely perilous. Colonel Cass claimed it as a right to share the dangers with his men, and he was per mitted by the General, not ordered, to ac company them. On the 15th of August Gen- Hull surren dered the fort and army, by capitulation, to the British forces under the com mand of Major General Broc,k, and includ ed Col McArthur's detachment in the capitulation. The colonel had been order ed bv express to return to Detroit, and he was within three or four miles of the fort when he received intelligence of the sur render. He fell back about three miles to the river Huron, where he received the articles of capitulation, with an order from General Hull to surrender. The colonel was, I believe, bound in good faith to sur render ; but whether he was or not, he was compelled to submit, for he had not a day's subsistence, nor a dozen rounds of ammunition for his command. He was as gallant a soldier, and as patriotic a citizen, as the country could boast; ami he did all that was possible under the circumstairces; but whether the surrender of the detach ment was right or wrong, he alone was re- Later- From - Europe- v In addition to the news by the America, which will be found on the first page, the following par ticulars i have sinpe come to hand : - At Clonmel, on the . 14th," several out houses of Protestant clergymen were burned. " ' ; ' . - , : "; : I Her Majesty's third royal buffs came in to day with twenty-eight of their men hand- f cuffed, for shouting repeal and exhibiting a determination to Join with tue. insurgents. The insurgents have now encamped about seven miles from Clonmel, where they seize upon provisions, &c, belongi ng to the "entry around, roasting bollocks and sheep, and pressing everybody to; join them at Glent Bower, some eight miles distant, .. One of the principal causes towards this unexpected outbreak of the Irish patriots, is believed to be the scathing, abusive, and indiscriminate ridicule heaped upon them and their leaders by the English . press, as well as a determination upon their part to rescue the state prisoners from their im: pendindoom. The excitement is spread-in"-like wild-fire throughout tlie whole is land, and it is believed the rebellion will be general. charges 1 Desr;n- subtle agent when managed and skill. -Lincolnton Republican. by science CROSS CREEK MILITIA! ATTENTIOX , YOU re hereby ordered to appear at the Court House in Fayette? ille, on Friday 13th inst., at It) o'clock armed and equipped as the law directs; for Regimental parade By order oft-pt. K. Wooteu, 4 . JOHN I). CAILAISIO.S. sponsible for it- Colonel (now General) Cass had no more to do with it than the honorable gentleman who makes the charg es against him. ' From the foregoing statement, you per ceive that there was not even a single re giment to surrender, nor was Col- Cass in command at the time and on the occasion referred to by Mr King. That gentleman has been so unfortunate in the random statement of his facts, as not to have stum bled upon a single, truth. His know to be 'utterly unfounded-from rung to end. i here is nothing: in the his tory of the country, written or unwritten, to justify any one of them in the smallest degree. As to Gen. Cass, I served with him in two campaigns, a part ot the - time under his orders, and attached to his brig ade. I have seen him in situations and under circumstances that would test the courage of any man, and he never faltered but always acted in accordance with the dictates ot high courage, and patriotism. W liatsoever may be the course of others, i . t .. . " ne is never tne apolojnst ot the enemv. but is always found on the side of the countrv. I am, sir, with great respect," your obe dient servant. TH. S. JESUP. Hon. Robert Smith, Washington City. OUTRAGE. A Max Missing We learn that on Sunday morning the 24th ult. an affiay took place in Rockfish village, in which a stranger, who called himself John or William Jenkins, was shockingly beaten. Eafly on Monday morning, a warrant was issued by C P. Mallettand Colin McRae, Esquires, against four men, viz : Black man Honeycut, James Moore, - Alfred Moore, and Douglass Powell, of whom the first named were arrested. The others absconded. The examination of wit nesses, as we learn, disclosed a most bar barous and inhuman transaction- ami h Magistrates refused to admit the prisoners is- tail r r 4lA I a . '"j-" v" giounu mat. jeniuns Where to be found, been made for him success. SPAIN. . '" . " Gen. Parvia has resigned the government of Catalonia, in consequence ot ill health- - 1 ..Ml iKItr ciir-ri'inl 111 111.' A hoot. Vvoiuovil win jiMwy.j Vpw.Mpvifl) n r.P ttiiiiicmw t'ar ists are in arms against ; - ; - " . : J , V - " '-' - - from the Baltimore Sun c " LATEST NEyVS FROM SANTA f ' .ThYst: X,ouis Republican announcP arrival at that place of Mr F. X. a , from' Santa Fe, having been but ten on the route, bringing dates to the loft3 September. V 4tl Mr Aubry reports as water hniinj Sand Creek, Major Reynolds' divis ' the Missouri volunteers, Major Walt11? battalion and 'Lieut. Love, with a number of U. S. dragoons. Sr,i' He passed Col. RalU and a port',0 the V Missouri volunteers at the glf Ground 15-niiles beyond the Arkansas ' Col. Eaton's battalion, with the rec . under Lieut.. Allen were at Fort MaU' Gen, Price and staff were water bj! at the Pawrjee Fork ? also. Major X),J,t sor s division t Illinois volunteers Jieut. Cooly of Col. Gilpin's comma At Cow Creek he passed Capt. Cunin ham and Bond's division of Illinois vol ' I teers, wraterbound. He passed Col. Newby, Dr Robin,, and Lieut. Hamilton at Willow Sprite He met Gov. Lane, on route for Ore at Council Grove. From an extra issued at the office of i' OTi'ia re ivepuuucan, anil dated 12th inst., we gather the followin. in information : Company H. First Dragoons, conm ed by It. Uuford, from Fort Gibson.V rived at Santa Fe on the Gh inst., all -good health. 13t Lieut Col. Washington, appoints it is said, civil and military irovcrnin was expected at Santa I a- n th- tCITi5r,; the government. SCllLKsvv iu nui.3 i Hostilities have doubtless recommenced in Schleswig llolstein ''although the Ger man troops had commenced evacuating the Duchies, and the blockade hail been raised. ITALY. Tuscany had been the scene of a ftight ful disorder. At Leghorn, the populace rose in consequence of an attempt to put down the political clubs. A conflict en sued, and one hundred and twelve soldiers were killed on the spot- From tlie Raluigh Standard. MR.- McRAE'S SPEECH. Mu Editor : On Saturday last I had the pleasure of hearing our talented follow- citizen, lJuncan iv. ivicitae, isq. address j an assemblage of six or seven hundred ! people, at Joel Jones's in what our Whig friends tauntingly call the " dark coi ner " of Wake County- A Battalion Muster was held there that day, and after they were dismissed, about two o'clock they repaired to the Church, and crowded it to overflowing. The assembly was also grac ed by a goodly number of ladies. Mr McRae spoke for upwards two hours, in strains of brilliant ami stirring eloquence. I cannot pretend, ot course, to follow him in what lie said, nor to present any thing like a sketch of his remarks. Suffice it to say that he handled all the main topics of tlie day Gen. Taylor's position Fill more's Abolitionism the Mexican War the noble conduct of-the Democrats in sus taining that War, anil in encouraging the brave men who fought it, contrasted with the aid and com form " basely and u n pa triotically . afforded to the enemy by lead ing Whigs in this countrv. What few VVIiigs there were present seemed pleased with his remarks j and one of the strongest Whigs you ever saw came out and declared he would not sup port Gen. Taylor; and the way he goes many go. Upon the whole, I believe much good was effected by this masterly effort The Democrats in that section of the Coun ty are wideawake, and will give the true cause of an old-fashioned majority in No vember next. A. J by the 20th of this month Major lieall, U. fctates Dragoons, w in command of the military force in Mexico. He had received petitions Taos; Peralto, Albuquerque and utlr points, asking ;for troops to garrison i!,t , ' frontiers, as the inhabitants were in dan. ger from the daily incursions of the h.f dians who continued to murder them and to drive off" their stock. Thi: sma & force lett to garrison the countrv mad impossible for Major Beall to comply Vjt these requests. Lieut. Love and escort, Mr J. Vir.dlev. Mr McCarty, and other gentlemen, Id! for the States on the 1st iu.t. le ii : The SuuiiY County. We understand that it is the intention of H. ' M. Waugh, Esq. of Surry, to contest the seat of Mr Oglesbv, one of the Whig members elected from Surry County. Mr Waugh, as the poy luily siamis, was oeaien, oy Air ugiesoy on two votes ; and we learn that it can be proved that MrOglesby received a num ber of illegal votes as many as six at one box.-, Mr Waugli has given Mr Oglesby the necessary notice. We are gratified to learn that the Demo crats of Surry are in fine spirits, and de termined to do their whole duty in Novem ber. Speed the good work! Standard. was no Diligent - search has or his bod v.- wit hu t- , - . 'A. reoortl-was : current iht u was seen on Little River, on his way to Cane Creek, whence he reported himself s but there is no confirmation of this report 1 his notice is inserted partly for the niiri V7r "'Muiinig iniormation as toji Muiiiincucmive. uoserver. s' en- (K'-Fra ncisC Labbe, a native of France, but for many years a most respected citi zen of Washington, "died in that city last Fiiday morning He was formerly a mid shipman in the French service, was taken prisoner by the English, and for several years was so confined. It may be worthy of mention, also, that Mr Labbe, whose middle name was Corday, was a relative of that extraordinary woman, Marie Anne Charlotte Corday, who in 1793 took the life of Marat, the leader of the sanguinary party called the -"Mountain" in therench" Revolution. Charleston Evening JVcws. Fatal Accident- On Saturday morn ing lasfabOut 10 -miles from town, the up ward train on our Rail Road passed over a ..v6.wuiaii, ui inc worKmen on the Koad, who was asleep on the track; and cut his neaa on. jt was m a curve of the.Road, wnere ne could not be seen until it was ioo iate to stop the head wav of the train Wilmington Chronicle. i Potato Rot. This disease, which for the last three years has almost ruined the potato crops in Ireland, has made its ap pearance in; this section of the country. VVe learn that almost the whole potato crojj in this region is more or less diseased, and that some of the farmers will lose their entire crops. Centerville (la.) Whigt v Creditable The subscriptions for the families of the survivors by the burning of the Ocean Monarch," amounts to $35,000 in England. A diving apparatus has1 been sent down to the? wreck, and some copper recovered, , ; . . - FLYING Tilt: TRACK. -V. C. IVhia folate Com-ntfi'j'i. t not unfreonently the case thr.t il,c cates of Gen. Taylor t ill deny that t!u- vk: party, as a party, h ive pronounced the v;ir' :j,. constitution " " uuiieccastiry " " unjust yet this is not only so, but many other h 1H1 ;iM unbecoming terms have been employed, ;!! : which, instend of having tlie desired ell'ect, lm sunk them into a still lower deep in pitlilio oiiv ion. f!ut those persons who make such dcm..l, it from a want of intelligence. The full. win; resolutions were passed by the Whi St k ( in vention which assembled in Raleigh in I fliiuuv, IS 17 : . Resolved, That while our npituwi i,--main .unchanged in- regard to tiieso old issues, on which we have, for years, nun batted the party in power, yet, we con.-'nf-er the now perilous condition of tin: num. try, growing out of an uiinecess;irv am! h i constitutional war begun in a spiiitu' selfish ambition, and persiU'd in with a view to party .triumph as preseniin. new issue, which, for the time he in.;;'," over shadows and - transcends, in impm hi hit. all the old questions, 'which have lufi.'t" fore divided parties, momentous ami impor tant as those questions are. Resolved, That we consider the order in of the march of the Armv of lii" United States, by the President Jaiue f - i 1 1 - . . . t ii iv. roik, in me lace or me pU'Ujie ! which had been given by the Ansi'iiti Congress, in the terms of Texas arniexa -j tion, that the boundary betwixt Texas ami ! exico. should be settled by pf;ni.'!in negotiation, as an unauthorized are.ii--upon the rights of a neighboring nation, an! as unbecoming that magnanimity ;ml sm.. of justice, which should have maiknl i' course of a great anil powerful (ovciihhm; towards a weak and distracted one. Resolved, That even if this counlrvb! sufficient grounds . for war against Mexic". yet as the Constitution expressly rcri" to Congress alone, the power to make w,v, we view tlie' conduct of the President. James K; Polk, in bringing, about arid tan- to exist a state of war," by ordcrin; f injr Gen. Taylor to invade the territory i dis pute, between the United Statesaiul Mexi co, as manifest usurpation of the authori ty of Congress, and asa palpable violation of the Constitution of his country. Resolved, That this unnecessary, expen sive and unconstitutional' war, oujdiUo be terminated as soon as possible, consis tently with -tho---honor of the country ; tha too many of our sons have already la! len ; that too much of our treasure has al ready been wasted; that millions of acres o conquered territory cannot compensate ' for the loss of the one, and the expenditure of the other ; and that, in negotiating eace, we owe it to our position among the . - i nations nf, thp. f.-irtb. nnt tn forre harsh ana oppressive terms upon a conquered and prostrate foe. ' Resolved, That we would prefer tha--the negotiatiens for Peace should be con ducted with a view to the establishment w an equitable boundary line between us ami Mexico, and the acquisition o. a safeai"' c onvehieht harbor on the Pacific ; hut thai wc are entirely opposed to forcibly wrest ing from Mexico, by conquest anyjiortion of her territory. . ' ' Mysterious Disappeauanci-; of a Ves-SEL.r--.The schooner Ostrich,'. John Da master, which arrived at New York fro"1 North Carolina on Saturday, with a carg of corn, was -eogagetl. on that day to u n load on'Mbnday, buj; during Sunday nTgn the vessel, captainaml cargo mysteriously disappeared, and nothing has been heai" ot them since.' " ,
The North Carolinian (Wilson, N.C.)
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