From the Washington Union. I
What tho Administration has done.
If the history of the parties which have at
successive periods opposed the democracy of
this country be scanned, it will be difficult to
detect any practical good to the country which
has resulted from their labors and agitations
Its a history of incessant struggle, barren of
result. Not a single measure has been estab
lished by them as a part of the permanent poli
cy -of the country; not a single monument has
Wen erected in the whole field of our politics to
(proclaim the wisdom or the success of their la
bors. Especially has this been the case in the
last ten years. Since the close of the Mexican
nvar, the entire talents and energies of the op
iposition have been expended in the agitation
of the slavery question; and it would insult the
intelligence of the country to ask, in serious ear
nest, if the least good has been accomplished.
Of all the barren efforts that have ever
been made by capable and intelligent men,
those of the party who have devoted their en
ergies to the agitation of the slave Question for
te i years past, have been the most fruitless and
nproQtable.
In what proud and honorable contrast do
the achievements of the democratic party of
this country stand out above the begarly re
sults of the labors of the opposition. We have
Forida, Louisiana, Texas, New Mexicor Utah,
California added to the Union; we have a gen
eral government virtually free from deUt; we
have a currency liberated from the control
f an arbitrary monster regulator; we Lave a
treasury receiving and paying outjaijly-the legal
gold and silver coiu Q.L, j&j
uvf mu .ueuaenr istat
sovereign willuu
""" their jurisdictions and supreme in
the regula
tion of their domestic and interna! affairs, in
stead of so many abject and dependent provin
ces which the opposition desired to make them;
we have a confederated Union, limited in its
powers, instead of the consolidated empire which
a great and strong party strove so long to es
tablish; we have a trade f-ee arbitrary shack
les and burdens imposed under the. deceptive
name of protection; as well as an industry re
lieved from the incubus of monopolies of ever'
name laid on for the purpose of crushing, under
the pretence of fostering it; and we have as
a consequence of all these results of democratic
measures, principles,, and untiring effort, a
country expanding in wealth, enterprise, intel
ligence, power, and population with a rapidity
nnaralled in the history of nations and absolute
ly marvellous.
Th ; people of the United States are too intel
lige it not to perceive the str king contrast be
tween the results of the action of the two par
ties competing for their support, which we
have suggested; and it will require a much
bier and more protected effort than the opposi
tion has eve- yet put forth to discredit the dem
ocratic par:y with the American people.
Their energies are now devoted to the task
of defaming and depreciating the present dem
ocratic administration, in the hope of
prostra-!
ting our party by embarrassing and rendering
unpopular the administration which represents 1
it tor the time being. But we doubt if he
democratic party was ever presided over by an
administration which has accomplished so many
important and difficult tasks. as the present one
has done during the short period of its term
uirougu wiucn it lias passed.
it found the territory ol Kansas torn
and
distracted by flagrant civil war
and inflamed
by a question which had not only set its own
.people to cutting each others' throats, but which
threatened a serious collision between the two
sections of the Union. Promptly did Mr.
Buchanan meet this grave emergency with
effective treatment. Tho;n- & Ultra body
oi troops into the theatre of
ceeumjis. he at oni-e rnt m to v o pucp
t . . " r
and outrage by the mere presence of the troops
without cinplovHM'- them ii: a single act of force-
so that from tiic first six weeks after his access-
ion to power, the territory of iansas has been
as quiet and free from violence as any newly
fettled border Territory of the Union. By
the firm and decided stand he also took on the
question of admission, he quieted one entire
section of the Union consolidated and harmon-
neu uiiu tim imuii -
izea. with a few exert ions t.1i ii.iiinn.it
ruocracv. and r:ive siu li si .nnr.il wt.i.. J.t. t,i hie
party in Congress and in the country. tRat
bill was passed in the first session of his Con-
grexs which has given complete satisfaction j have the further advantage of not only con
both ill Ivansas and t'lf Union at. Lirrf and i tino n wit-.b P'n rnno hut nlco ii-itli X-ii-tli
icuucea tne angry slave question
1 !. .1 T-
hi
K.;lilS;lS
to tne very tamesi and least
the dav.
exciting
issue of
Not only have the sect ions lost all their mor-
l)id solicitude to forre Kansas into the Union
vis a slave or free St.-ito but Kansns
herself has
been completely cured of her impatience to en
ter the confederacy, and will probably vote
next Monday week to remain a Territory for
several years to come. The firmness of Mr.
Buchanan first sldw-ed the civil war in Kansas
and afterivards inspired the democratic party
ith a confidence and resolution in pushing
their great measure of settlement through Con
gress, which resulted in its success and in bring
ing about the complete pacificatiou which now
reigns in Kansas.
Not less difficult and complicated was the
case of Utah. A whole people was in rebellion
and their leaders abusive aid defiant in the
most extravagant degree. Mr. Buchauau
pl&hiSy saw that it was a case for no palliative
measures, ffe despatched a force against the
rebels not only large enosph to subdue them
but of dimensions which show.ed that he fully .
intended to reduce them to succtioa. lie
tent a governor and civil officers . ia re&seert
the law of the SJuit.ed States in Utah, and
an XT-m y ekarged with orders to support these
civtt authorities. The result lias vindicated
the wisdom and firmness of the President. Brig
Lara Young has abdicated, and recognised the
lawful governor of the Territory. The Mor
vi on militia are disbanded, and the tvho5e as
pect of affairs in the Territory has assumed
the complexion Of obedteaioe tj the laws and
fabEQission to the authorities of the United
States.
Ket less efficient and succesfnl has been Mr.
BudbanauVj management of the filibuster ini
brog&o s Nicaragua. The laws of the United
States tmd Hie national faonor have lieen most
signsfly "vindicated Walker is io longer levy
ing co!t!f?iition8, prosecuting ca n aigris, ajid
iwndkuitg 3&s interests of oar country i that
taipiETlaait jnoiitSMa of our continent; bat is ;ni-
ii of'irsg &t recess tallents barralessly and
wit1wDt tbioodsbed itlie court greens of the
collos States Wh7le Ta3ter is occupied in
innorrnt speecli-nsa&iiig he. ft4ws Gulf States,
the administration is tskiog Eeastres to secure
forever, without question car Snlemnjption, the
rights f teaaisii ahich are. s jnJjKfe-laaiit to our
citizens, vr53 the desirable passages stf Cen
tral America, Meselea. aadl Nicaragua.
2? ot only has Mr. Boe&asaa sacxA fully me!t
tl,e expectatio3s of the. cosantry oif hicn
th tk trough awl perfect maaauer i &k-h lie
lias seled these delicat, clironk, and
coca plieaSiwi questiotK which cotjhed to
(embarrass Shoj at the oalact o Jiis adiciciisira
tion; but he ha establislie5 a sue' tklc to th-e
confidence and gratitude of the country in tb
&&ihf&btbrf bud yrtinyX Aiarur in vbick hi
has settled the search question with the British
government, iso great was his reputation
abroad as a statesmen and diploniatist,hnt the
British'cabinet. met his demand for the re
linquishment of that claim with the frankness
of ministers having con6dence iu the candor
and integrity of the government with whom
they were dealing. It Mr. Buchanan had not
been well known with the, British cabinet as a
man of probity and anrightuegs of character,
we doubt if they would have been half so un
hesitating, prompt, or unequivocal in acceding
to his demands. And we think the country
owes to the high personal character which Mr.
Buchanan had established at the court of St.
James, more than to any other cause, the early'
and satisfactory settlement ot a -controversy
which had subsisted between the two gov
ernments tinea the first day that Iheir
diplomatic relations had commenced. i
The confidence of the people in the capacity, '
experience and character of Mr. Buchanan was
great before his administration began. 'His
settlement of four of the most difficult and
delicate questions which have ever arisen in
the history of the country, has made this
confidence universal among his countrymen and
established it upon a firm and impregnable
basis. Politicians may vilify and assail him;
the country may be made to ring from one end
to the other with abuse and denunciation of
him; but the confidence of the people in him
will manifest itself whenever it. is tested, in
spite of all the clamor of his political foes.
toupported by and planted npon the
confidence ol the people, be cai
no! "
a siege to scorn.
Connecting the two Continents.
If the European and American Continents
1
manent telegraph line, we are inclined to
think it will pass by way of Northern Asia,
crossing at Beh ring's Straits, which are only
39 miles wide, lat. Goto G6, where the weath
er is not colder, probably, on an average,
than in lat. 50 on the Eastern side of the
American Continent. A telegraph on this
route is entirely practicable, and free from
any very formidable difficulties except the
expense, and that can easily be provided
J',.- V.T l.r lAoll,m il 1, i
.ji uy mr ncaivuj urinous Liiiuuifu niiuse
.!... -i. -ii . .r-,i ,
uouiiiuoiis u win run. witnout reierence
to a connection of the two Continents, the
United States will very soon have a line of
telegraph to the'Paciflc coaat, and there is
already aline iu operation from E norland
to St. Petersburg. It will ouly remain for
Ilussia, Great Britain and the U. States, by
a joint convention, to provide for the con
struction of the line from St. Petersburg to
Oregon, or as the case now stands, from St.
Petersburg to Missouri (U. States). The
n
wire will be a long one, but it can be con-
structed without
. . ... . .
as kin r
father Neptune's
leave; and every
foot of it will be with n
the dominions of Russia, Great Britain, or
the U. Sta'.es, each of which nations will be
able to protect and operate the line within
ita own limits.
The experiments already made with the
Ocean line, reveal the immense difficulty, if
not the utter impossibility, of construct ng,
keeping in order, and operating such aline
The proposed route by way of the Faroe Is
les, Iceland, Greenland, Labrador, &c, al
though it would avoid some of the most for
midable difficulties connected with the direct
Ocean'" route, would, we fear, encounter
rpi
! nrnf'i'B cfnrpp v U' tnr.fii hi rwn ri tine'
. w v '
j mtpnse cold, the barriers ol ice, of immense
tmcRness, resting sometimes upon tne grouna i
and then perchance floating off, wire and all
and other troubles resulting from' the extreme
high latitudes through which the route would
pass, are vey serious objections to say it,
to say the least. All thee objections will
be either entirely obviated or greatly dim-
; - i j , - .i n i , z . -.
; m...6 ... iu
which, though longer, is on the. whole more
a ' available, the wire would be more
easily
protected, repaired, and operated, and would
I . . ...
! prl) is n nnr from Northern Asiii bmrifhp&
might be run, connecting us,
Europe, with Indi;, China, &c.
as well as
The terri
habitable. tory aloncr the whole line' is
' Clusters of population would soon be gath
ered around the telegraphic stations, even
in the coldest and most desolate portions of
the route. A break would be promptly dis
covered, and easily repaired; whereas, at the
bottom of the ocean, it would be attended
with difficulty, delay, and heavy expense.
Let England, Ilussia and the U. States say
the word, and the work will be done. Jour
nal of Commerce.
Unwritten Poetry. Far down in the
depths of the human heart there is a foun
tain ot" pure and hallowed feelinr, from
which, at times, swell up a tide of emotion
which words are powerless to express which
tne soul alone cn appreciate, rull many
hearts ovcrflowina: with sublime thoughts '
and holy imagining, need but the "pen of
tire to hold enraptured thousands iu its
spells- The "thoughts that breathe" are
there, but not the "words that burn." Na
tures own inspiration fills the heart with
emotions too deep for utterance, and with
the poetry of the heart lies forever concealed
in its own nry&terioais shrine.
Unwritten poetry! It is stamped upon
the broad blue sky; it twinkles in every
star- It mingles in the ocean's surge, and
glitters in the dew-drop that gems the lily's
belL It glows in the gorgeous colors of the
decline of day, and nessls iu fcitae blackened
crest of the gathering slorsn-cloutL It is on
the mountain's lught, and in the cataract's
roai- in the towering oakfc and in the tinv
Sower, where we can see the hand of God,
there beauty finds her dwelling place.
One of the deacor.s of a certain church
asked the bishop if he usaally kissed the bride
at wedding. Always. wa the reply. And
how do yoa manage when happy paar are
negroes?'' wire the next qaestioa. JIa all such
cases, replied 'the bishop, "tle daty of kissing
is appointed to the deacons.
A fellow says: "Women require more
sleep than men, and farmers less than those
engaged in other occupations. Editors,
reporter, psicters and telejrranh operators ned
o sJeepat alb Lawyers can sJeep as moe'isiST
vAoo.ad ..tiius keep oat of mischief I
Sun-Stroke Symptoms and Remedy.
We find an interesting article in the New
York Post on the above named subject. It
says that the symptoms of sun-stroke gene
rally indicate a constitution previously im
paired. Sometimes there is -an act: e con
gestion and apopletic effusion within the
cranium, and in such cases death generally
ensues. But more often the s;gns are those
of physical, and particularly cerebral pres
tation: the uulse is freble, the cheeks, and,
in fact, the whole surface of the body is pale
and o-hastlv. ' The blood is defective in
quahty, thus impeding me vili piuccssrs.
The heart 13 evidently the organ at fault,
having suddenly succumbed tinder the fatigue
and exhaustion, though the head gives the
first intimations of danger.
Convulsions sometimes occur, and in the
intervals there are tremblings of the mus
cles and limbs, not greatly unlike those of
delirium tremens.
The premonitions of an attack are readi
lv recognized. There is a feeling of pres
sure upon the head, the blood tingles in the
vessels, the air geem too hot and tenuous
for breathing. A person who was once thus
affected says that he was cured by imme
diate bathing the head, arms and shoulders
in water. While undergoing this process,
he experienced a sensation as if burning
coals were spread over the wholesclj,but
xrppTt-ssive sympi
had passed away. A
brother of the same j
gentleman, similarly attacked, was not so
cautious. He fell to the ground insensible,
I while at labor in the harvest field, and after
lino-erino; two or three days, much of the
i timo r'Tmnncfi nrl vvirll wh:ir. a nh vcii-i r. Tl
1 . , , . , . j i , , j " 1 i
nistakingly termed and treated as typhoid
fev?r, was suffered to die.
Washing the head with cold water, and
rubbing liniments upon the surface with the
hands, Jreeping up the friction as long as
may be neeessan', is a good remedy. When
much dullness or stupor remain, coffee and
strong tea are efficacious,
i The means of prevention nre simple. Per
! sons in sound health are seldom attacked;
. , , .... , c
nrevious debility, rreneral acpress:on ot
the
1 ., . o .
Vlfc ' fes, unusual and excessn e physical
"lon, violent gusts ot pamon exces.ve
dnnkmff of cold water or alcoholic beverages
I suPPradded to exposure to the summer sun
wi i u .1 ctiti.- u.iiim. i vaniui i u j vib
ration in these particulars will generally se
cure exemption.
The Whole Story. A young man named
Jas. Powers was hanged at Washington on
the 10th inst. for murder. Just before mount
ing the scaffold he bade his brother farewell, and
said : "Remember what I told you, let the
liquor alone." The snnie counsel has gone
from a thousand scaffolds in this country, and
its echoes are heard in in. my a prison cell. We
waste much breath and ink in speculating upon
t lie causes of crime and its extraordinary increase
of late 3'ears. But the confessions of the
criminal tells the whole truth of the matter.
It is rum that make demons out of men of
originally good impulses; it is rum that is filling
our prison, feeding the gallows, and diminishing
the security of life and property. Under its
accursed influence men who, when sober, '.vould
die rather than commit a dishonest action,
scruple hot to prepetrute forgery, robbery, uA
fcurder. Of uti the propositions f-r th-prevca-"
J tioi; of crime we are strongly
persuaded that
rtf ....! r.fi:..,i,r iti, tb.
adrke of vQuiir1 10VVeI,sl"Let the
simple
liquor
lone."
''liiiule? nhia Journal.
The Productions
of the ITait - d States.
Ii' the physical resoi-r
es and industrial pr -
diictiveness of the United Slates could bt
fairly
ascertained the world would be astonished. In
,,,,6 last census. tiiKcii isou. tin
following were
given as the monev values of several
leading
agricultural productions, viz:
I Indian corn $296.03- 552
j Wheat 100.4Sa.944
Cot toil 98.603.720
.Hay 96,860.484
'Oats 43,975.253
i Ponltrv (estimated on the basis
I of 1840) 18,000 000
Feathers 2,000,000
i Ergs 5.000,000
! Butter , 50,135,540
Cheese 5,256.795
Milk (not included in butter and
cheese) 7,000,000
The Heroine of Tampico.
Mrs Chase, the heroine of a brilliant exploit
in the Mexican war, is iu Washington, and the
States thus describes her adventure :
The scence was at Tan pico during the
Mexican war. Our fleet, under Commodore
Conner, was waiting for a favorable opportunity
to take the town, when a boat sent by one
heroine, came off, bearing the plans of the
j fortifications, and a message .that tlie American
c"-r w oul1 be osted at the moment lampico
C-'U4U UC CU o' 1 y . t IV ii . j ui nci vuit, o a.
must sn
in a perilous situation.
Tampico
in charge
was full of the
j of treac!ierous
enemy, and tier nouse
ser ants, who watched her every
movement. The Mexican forces were with
drawing from the city Mounting quickly to
Hie roof, she unfurled the American flag. Th
manoeuvre was discovered by the enemy in the
streets, and a party was sent to pall down the
flag. They approached to the staff, bat our
heroine defied them to tear that, banner from
its place until she had died in its defenee.
pistols and swords were pointed at her breast;
fjces full of deaely hate scowled upon her; but
the courage of a woman conquered. The
Mexicans were cowards, and the flag continued
floating in the breeze. The signal was seen by
Commander Conner; the fleet stood iu for the
the town, and Tampico was taken.
Things Lost Foeevee. Tne following
words from the pen ol Lydia H. Sigouruey are
full of instructive meaning :
Lost wealth tnny be restored by industry;
the wreck of health regained by temperance;
forgotten fenowletlge restored by study; alien
ated friendship smoothed into forgetfaluess;
even forfeited reputation won by patience and
virte; bat who es-ec looked psn his vanished
hours, recalled his slighted years, stamped them
with windora, sr effaced from Heaven7 record
Che fearful blutef wasted time,- The Foot-print
onthK-saad 1 -wshd wit bv the eean wave:
"and easier tnigbt we, when years are Bed,
that foot-print than recall lost hours.
find
8- "My
learned friend,' 1 served an
a a j - '
?ocate; df rL
a recent trial. " "practises his
arguments heft-re a glass ""Better practise
For the Carolinian.
Sense View of a Vital
A Common
Question.
There roust speedily be an interference of the
legislative power with those mistaken persons,
who. in contravention of the sense of the sou tn-
i . 3 i I ,:iia i
L ,' (Ur il,pir ft!..-ft- EvPf-v flav we hi.nr
i !o .hn vorp hid masters who tnfeed i
that men WJ' ".a I
their negroes unmerciful y fed them f'?"1
and so meanly clad them that vjhile laboring I
in tr.e un - ti . i
scare-crows we near mat inese men at me
approach of death, conscience stricken by a re
view of their past conduct, or, more probably,
to indulsre a posthumous spite against tne next
of kin, under over of pretended philanthropy,
hennenth their slaves to freedom ; and thus close
' .( M-ndiinks 1p nn act of fnllv or of
act of
or ot
As a
indi-
a Ilie -".""-uui"u - ;
mpnnness.
A stop should be pot, to it.
wholp we say "no emancipation." but the
"vidual still emancipates. A house divided a
gainst itself must "fall. We have the power;
now, to suppress this --insubordination, and we
ou"ht promptly to do it.
Tf we believe half of what we avow to aboli-
tlonkt and to each other, we should not
h-8i-
tate to make it by law an act of forfeiture,
enuring to the benefit of the next of kin, where
any owner in any manner attempts to free his
nesroes. It might be difficult to prevent eva
sion of such law, even were the emancipation,
If or an attempt at it
made an indictable offence
j? ut .mi Pmetmentr Tf-thtB rBtr-wld have
off. ct and influence in the proper direction. As
it is, A. may bequeath his servant 15, worth
one thousand dollars to the colonization society,
or that he be carried to a free State, and the
personal representatives of the testator must
execute the beouest. By this, one laborer
tntpn from our fields, one thousand dollars
from otir State wealth, one thousand dollars
from the interest in slavery, one thousand dol
lars from legally, but, unnaturally defrauded
relatives, and besides, encouragement is given
to abolitionism, while a bad example is allowed
its weight upon other weak minds in our midst.
The State says slavery is right and our negroes
shall not be free; but A., 13., and C, cry that
it is wrong and that their slaves shall be slaves
no longer" This is treason to the South, rank
treason: for it weakens our strength, reduces
our importance, and gives "aid and comfort to
the enemy." Is it prudent, is it consistent to
allow this while we stoutly maintain that not
onlv onr political, our commercial, but our very
social existence depends upon a firm, unwaver
ing support of onr "peculiar institution?"
V have battled manfully a long time against
an opnofinst world; at the polls, through the
press 'in Congress everywhere we have fought
with a perseverance and a watchfulness never
defeated and but seldom deceived. AVe love
our slavery as we Jove our freedom. Indeed,
the eeemin""- paradox has obtained that this
southern inWtutlnn is of more vital consequence
to us than our very liberty; for more of evil
dire, terrible evil w'l result from ihe aboli
tion of the one. than froi the destruction of the
other. We might endure thC despot:? m of Louis
Napoleon, yet the certain cfltC's of abolition
would be horrible, insufferable, however, we
will .allow neither. If necessary we labor
and fight, lose and die for either of thee,? insti
tutions. But we are too apt to look abi oa
for danger, while, perhaps, it lies coiled at oui'
feet, or is warmed in the charity cf our own i
breasts. Silently, almost inipeiceptibly, na
tions, too strong, too vigilant to be conquered
from without, are broopl.t to a, terrible catas
trophe of ruin ly internal miifcs. The tale ik
trite enough. History repeats if from age to
age, in all her tongues. Is it to us like a
"twice-told talf, vexing the dull ear of a drowsy
miH'" Arouse! look about us! Do wc:
t.jear.
lv apprehend the significance of what we
6ee?
Here is a man sroing to Ohio to free the slaves
who accompany him; ttiere. one i devising
jn
the wickedness of his heart, how he may best
emulate the dog in the manger. y his dying
act; ami all around us are men complacently
eyeinr these things, while some from the very
depth of their stupidity applaud. Occasionally
an author, a professor, or a politician, bolts to
ward abolitionism. What is the meaning of
these thiols? Why, we are ;onniving at our
own overthrow; we are winking at desecra
tions of onr political faith; are indifferent to
(he stealthy stoppings of treason in the house.
What we see and hear are the consequences of
pre-existent causes, and these consequences, in
th"ir turn, are causes to effect similar
but
greater ends.
Let us act decidedly. If we be pro-slavery
in sentiment, as we declare, let our policy coin
cide with that sentiment, and let the strong
arm of the law be exerted, where needful to en
force the policy. If A. own a negro, it is not
a mat:er of interest to A. merely if the negro !
be freod. Every southern man is interested. 1
When a slave is liberated every slave-owner has
the seeurit' of his property lessened. The free
injr of one slave makes a hundred others think
thoughts uncomfortable to themselves and to
their masters. Let A. sell or give his slaves,
but don't let him free them. It is wrong iu A.
to do it; it is wrong in us to allow it: it wrongs
the negro, it wrongs us, and abolitiouists are
rejoiced.
S'ir Thomas Rrowne, I think, relates that
Iiefore the extinction of villenage ia England,
when a man came to die his holy confessor
wouid advise him to emancipate his villiens;
and that thus in time the exhortations of priests
operating upon the superstition and fears of
dy ing men, did away with slavery ; yet. he re
marks, the ecclesiastics did not free their vil
liens, because, forsooth, they thought it wrong
to impoverish holy church! So it appears that
death-bed generosity of men who. probably had
shown no generositj' at any other time uor
place in life, gradually restored the liberty of
the English villiens. Well, if thus gradually
and peacefully and happily we get rid of a
dangerous element and an exciting question,
where and what is the objection? There are
objectloi.s, good objections, even to that; hat
the mischief is that it is totally impossible for
us to emancipate our slaves so. Consider what
human nature is; the abolition feeling; the past;
the present. Consider all the circumstances of
the case. Now, encourage, or even allow these
bequests of freedom and the like, and the result
is that we are forced suddenly and disastrously
to aliolish slavery, or else we have a horrible
insurrection upon us One or the other is then
inevitable. We remain careless, private eman
cipation increases in practice and favor, slavery
is shorn of its strength, our Noi tbem foes en
couraged and incited to redoubled efforts, our
slaves -are excited by what is passing, are eager,
auxious. niad, revengeful; and theu ! Alas!
matters may be beyond our 'Control ere long.
"Be wise to-day." L.
JOHNSOSVILLE, July 21.
lila Editob: The Democracy in this section
will stand up .to the Nominees of the Coiiven
veution. Col. Murchisou will be badly let in
Harnett, aitd if the Democracy in Cumberland
For the Carolinian.
Troy N. C.
Montgomery Politics.
Mb ErjtToH: The candidates in I this county
commenced the campaign 011 the 15th. The
democrats have no forces iu the field, the op
position being 8o strong, but will not continue
to be the case much longer.
Dr. Criiran and Mr Chambers nn t.h atiti.
r.att fr t.he Commons and as they are birds of
, S!l'ne l,lama!?e tne democracy are not intense
ly concerned in the canvass, as the aralel of a
certain Bear fight might illusttate, and which
a affectionate wife once witnessed between the
atoreeuiu annual aim ner tiusoand, she did'nt
care a d-rn wnich whipped.
At D A R McDonald of Moore made
his appearance for the Seriate, he was loaded
cockt.a and primed with oae of his model
, Speccief! the sum of which saying much and
;IIieailjnr little, his hobby was Distribution, and
... i .1... H : . .......
ms umic uuuse ui mc A'eiiji;iiiiii party.
11 a id times, short crops-accidents extrava-
igance &c, &c. was all ascribed to the domini- I
tion of the Democracy 1 have heard many j thus abused. Jut the opposition must invent
gassy explosions and many political speeches some lie dogma to incorporate into the creed
but never did I listen to a more vulgar abusive i of this new "people's party." It will not i!o to
gratuitous contemptible gasconade that was : let the democracy have the honor of defending
barked by this little "Scotch terrier" from j onr rights, and protecting its citizens, upon the
JQoore. i sea and upon the land, ngainst insults in ra a-
Ile had a hundred horse power of cold steam broad, or invasion and revolutionary schemes
aboard, which was evaporated in flatulent i within. It will not do cither for the democracy
strictures upon the Democratic party. They ! to be allowed to put in practice the constilu
closed all the Banks he said, pocketed all the i tional principles of the Nebraska bill, or carry
money and now wanted to pocket the Public forward the constitutional doctrines of the
Lands (what capacious pockets they must ! convention at Cincinnati. It will not do to
hav.) j allow these fixtures of the democratic faith and t
I was really alarmed for the safety of onr j practice riveted by a democratic administration '
brethren on the field, for fenr they would be I "d a democratic Congress; but the opposition,
mobed by the excited multitude They sucked , foreseeing the popularity of these measures,
the blood of the people, he said (he meant already manifest throughout the length and
eggs.) To my surprise no assassinations fob i breadth of our confederacy, seek to re-
13 i lowed his terrible infection, ?nd the gentleman i
Itft the stand without being hoisted, his beam-! tion sTi, know-nothing sm, and black repub
ing face looked for approbation in vain and he j licanism, under the singularly-inviting name of
closed his safety valve with the mortifying con-, the people. A word with "the people," there
viction that his was lost steam, what an im-Jfore, upon this subject. "A wise and frupal
pressiou hi vvill make in the next Legislature. I government, which shall restrain men ircm
Capt. Jihn C.Nichols succeeded the piant ! injuring one another, shall leave them other
from Moore, and very soon reduced the pi opor-; wise free to regulate their own pursuits of
tions of said giant to the original dimensions of industry and improvement, and shall not take
ft "terrier." Not expecting any reply and not , from the mouth of labor the bread it has
being able to meet it if he did, Mr Mac. could earned," says Jefferson, "is the sum ofgoodgov-
not raise any more steam, and kept a mocdy
silence, Mr McDonald compared the Democracy
to a Bulf whose tail was in the hands of the
opposition for the purpose of keeping him strait.
It is certainly the psoper place for the opposi
tion, I hope it will not be taken away from
them.
C. W. Wolly and A II. Saandcrsare candi
dates for sheriff.
Mr Ellis will get an increased tote over
Bragg. E. H.
For the Carolinian
Mr. Editor.
The canvass in this conntyj
fairly opened on Tuesday last, at Capt. Walk-j
ers muster ground. At the close of the muster!
a ring was formed and the candidates begun to!
address the people on such topics as they felt!
most inlrustcd in. The candidates for the !
Commons are Maj. A Watson and Maj Jas.
Blount (the Democratic nominees.) Messrs.1
ilurdoch Mcllae and Wm. Davis (whig or :
american) and Mr Stephen Boddiford (inde-j
pendent) Major Watson took the lead mid in j
his own original way let before the people thai
true principles of the democratic party, and :
dwJ'lt particularly on the great question ef dis- i
tribui.0" which the anti's are endeavoring to
Invest ww',' so uiucn imponance. ir liHmt
t
concurred in ibe t.''8 expressed by his collea
gue. .Messrs jVicRae .ud Davis next followed
and discussed the qustio.' of distribution in ai
manner highly jrratifyinir to i heir friends. This I
! question of distribution from a mole hill is con-;
verteo into a mountain, by tne atil. sas a nohhy i
on which they expect to ride info office. But!
I it won't do; for every open-eyed stun can s.e at ;
once that it is only a scheme to cheat the sim- i
pie and un weary out of their votes. Every :
true democrat i? wide awake as the next elec-'
tion will clearly show.
More anon ROBESON COUNTY.
For tUe Carolialaa.
Selling Dry Goods.
It is really amusing sometimes to witness a
salesman waiting on a customer, especially if tbe
customer happens to be a ' hard case," then nil
the ready wit that he is master of is called mto
requisition, to effeitthe sale of the article iu
i question. Happening in a Dry Good store in
tne neighborhood of Hie Market House a few
davs since, to rae gome pureha es, and while'
making mv purchases a Gent from the "rural '
parts" walked in, and was met by Mr A one of
the salesmen, who politely offered to show him
thr at-t,-lr ho wkWH to nmelHiCA
Customer. "Got any coats?"
Mr A. "Yes sir this way sir Linnen,
Cloth, muslin or what kind sir?"
Customer. "Well, 1 guess I'll look at some
cloth ones"
Mr A. "Cloth ones, yes 6ir, here they are"
He pulls down a lot of them, of which the
quality suits, iwt experiences some difficulty in
getting a fit". At last gets one :
hat be "knows
will fit," trie's it on him, but proves to
be two
or three numbers too small.
Customer "Too small sir twont do sir."
Mr A. O my dear sir, that's a matter of
moonshine, it will stretch plenty large after a
little wearing, see here sir, its just the thing."
Places his knee against the customers coporosi
ty and presses it in, while he succeeds in 'but
toning' one button, he takes his kuee away when
"pop" goes the buttoa.
Customer. (Placing his hands where the
knee was, with a ughl)
" 7wout do sir too small, got any largver?"
Mr A. O yes fit yoa this time certat"
Tries another on him which proves to be as
many sizes too laige, as the other was too small.
Mr A. "There sir, that8 the coat certain,
you can button that easy -enough, and fits you
like a"?.
Customer. "Yes, ean button it, a darned
sight too easy, too big sir, got any between
'en" sir?"
Mr A "O but thot will shrink. Sorry to
say sir, we have not, but will show you some
cloth to make you one sir."
Customer "Let's see it theu"
He shows him some that he pronounces A
iVb 1, but the customer discerns cotton ia it.
Customer. ' Cotton hi this goods sir, don't
want it. Mr A. "Very little sir. In shering
the sheep, they had to drive them through a
cotton patch to the place wheie they shear them
and that is the way the cot Lou got mixed with
the wool."
Customer. ' "Well, the old sheep that this
wool came off, got-pitebed to pome of the cot
ton boshes, and got lots o'cot ton In its wool.
Twout-do sir, -Good .morning -sir.''
JBzit customer, myself and "Jbat left too
CLAUD.
Bachelors are not -entirety lost to the
refinement of sentiment, for the following toast
watKjriven ny one oi mem at a celebration :
The Ladies swefct lams ia tbe carUeu ot
THE NEW PARTY.
The Washington correspondent of the New
London (Conn.) Star pointedly remarks:
A few months have only elapsed, and we see
a call in the black-republican mid know-nothing
papers for the organizhtion of a new party, or a
reconstruction of parties.
The old coon is alive once more. Abolition-
ists must be made to assume a new guiRe
The
people most be ctjoled in some way or another,
and hence the opposition have conceived the
novel idea of a "People's party." They, have
i this, they fondly hope, found the talisman
which will carry them triumphantly forward
into power and office. The history of the op
position, no matter what names ihey have as
sumed, has shown thatcfEce is the goal towards
which all their ambitions hopes centered; and
when, through any disaffection in t he democrat
ic ranks, the opposition have triumphed, ihey
have as invariably abused the powers confided
. i i. i. . t i i .
to i neiu uy me peopie, ana oy tne people as
suddenly been hurled from the station they had
cognize the scattered elements of aboli-
eminent; and t bis is necessary," he adds, "to
close the circle of our felicities."
The Political Prospect in Indiana. A
prominent Democrat, who was in our office yes
terday, brings us pood news from our sister
State. He enjoys a pood opportunity of being
well informed, and is thoroughly acquainted
with the political movements that are on the
tapis, and the elements that vil! enter into the
ensningr contest. He is sanguine from all that
he can learn, and fiom the present nppeiirniice
of things,. that the Democratic State ticket
will be eiecte l by a larger majority than it was
in 1856, and that we shall choice quite as many
members of Congress as we did then. There
is an excellent chance of superseding the
l-epul 1 can member of Congress in the Eighth
District by a Democrat. Davis, the remgi.de
Democrat, who is running against Secret for
Contrress, in the Seventh District, he is
confident will be badly beater. Ilovty will
share the same fate in the First Distrht.
English will, doubtless, be renominated and
reelected; and also Hughes, in the third,
despite the desperate efforts which are being
made to defeat him. The Indiana Democracy
are aroused, and are preparing to give a good
a ceo nn t of I herns-el vis. Ii.dinun is a very relia
ble Democratic State, havii g lu-vi.r sli ce D 40,
with the exception of 1854, voti d ngniiiftt the
Demoeraic party. She contributed hugely to
the election of 5.1 r. Ijuchnnan for Prcsidtnt, by
chorsifg Willard Governor in October, IhXG,
which, v jh the auspicious result in Penn
sylvania, ;r thesnme tin e, virtually scttltd 'he
contest, and made the Presidential ole a
mere formally. , It wiii rejoice our Democratic
friends all over the Union to hear that cur
,'frijuds there are confident of maintaining fu
the fui .tp, the laurels they have VVun in the
past.- (Jinfinnali Enuui- cr.
The American Merchant
Hcst's Merchant Magazine says ' Tlie
American merchant is a type of a restless,
adventurous, onward-going r-..'ce of people He
send his men-hand i.-e all over th? earth ; stocks
every market ; makes wants that he may sup
ply them ; covers New Zcajuiid with Southern
cotton woven in Northern looms ; send clerks
of stores to the Sandwich Islands ; swaps with
rejee caunmais ; mi.uk uie wnaie snips
.anio tl iceberg ol the poles, or to wander
f,,e ol!taT fi:. 1,11 u'8 !uk tells the
3""rN '. ,J"ie
, 'ves lJl l6 AOrilieni WlllltTS to
the torrid zone ; piles up Fresh Pou! on the
banks of the Uoogly ; uladdens the sunny
savannahs of the dreamy South, and makes life
tolerable in the bungalow of nn Indian
jungle. The lake of New England awakes to
life oy the rivers of the sultry east.' and the
antipodes of the earth coaie in contact at this
I ' meetiisg of tle waters.'. The white canvas of
i I ,c every nook ot t lie
ocean, ocarcely lias toe slightest intormatiou
come ofsome unknown, obscure corner of the
remote sea, when the captain is consulting bis
chart, ia full career for the terra inagnia."
The Xwt Pikestd-i:.-.t. The following gentle
men have already been .named in connection
with the next Presideicy Howell Cobb,
Senator Rright, Senator Hunter, .of Virginia,
Senator Cameron, -of Pennsylvania, Speaker
Orr'Jehn SI idell. Senator Brnwn. of Jlississip
pi. Postmaster Oeuerai A. V- 15owu, Jacob
T'lompson, D S Dickson, John Letcher, Vice
President l?reckinrid'.e, S A. Douglas R. (j.
Winthop, R. JT. Walker, Governor Wise,
Crittenden, Kelt and Fillmore, Wm L. Yancv,
Seward, Banks, Chase, Senator Trumbull, of
Illinois, G. A. Grow, of Pennsylvania, Judge
McLean, Mayor Swan u.iOf 'Baltimore, George
CadwaHader, Humphrey Marshall and Samuel
Houston.
A Picture to be Setevto be Appreciated. -Holding
office iu Utah is nojuke, and not very
dignified, if the following passage from the
correspondent of the Tribune is as true as it
graphic
"J have seen the Oovernor of the Territory
walking gravejy up the road towards his tents,
carrying piece of stove-funnel under each
arm z 1 ha-ve cen the -Chief Justice cutting tarf
for a chimney, and punching the oxen winch
were drawing logs to build his cabin;
the Secretary cf the State splitting wood and
the United States Attorney and Marshal
plasterifig the wails of their hut with mud.
Yesterday I saw one United . tates Commis
sioner, stripped to the buff, and riding ou
iorseback. piloting a wagou through a ford
across tlie South .Platte w hie b he had discovered
by wediuc. wjile the other Commissioner.
.having Hceouiolished the nassase. sat up on a
j corn-sack on the opposite bank, mending a rip
'in his pantaloons These pictures may con vi nee
you tliat tii civil officers at least, in comn?tiott
With theUuU tiwliUou; urj ii0t juiititwfft ' "