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SOUTH CAKOLINIAK FAYETTEVTLLB, IT. C. SATURDAY, May 28, 1859. THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. FOR CONGRESS. SON- WARREN WINSLOW. OP CUMBERLAND, What Made The Imposition. "What does the cry of extravagance amount to T It is one of the great bugbears manufactured by the opposition by which to get into power. To give an adequate idea of this, it is necessary to go back to a former period. Long since the Whig party having become so corrupt by its own misdeeds, fell to pieces with its own weight. A few Who had been accustom ed to live on public plunder, and could not well do without it, conceived the plan of raising the cry of foreign-born citizens that worked for a time, and some few honest people were led to believe that there might be some sincerity in their cry ; but like all acts committed or attempted to be committed, when the motive is a dishonorable or dishonest one, it had but a short life expiring for the want of principle to support it. What next ? Poor Sam is gone; He has left nothing to remind us of him nothing that could indicate the dimensions and propensities of the animal except a few deserted halls " whose lights (t) are fled." But where do we find the same old Sam ? Why we find him the leading? spirit in I this cry of extravagance. When one horse breaks down, Sam is 3-oung enough to catch another and ride it although it is as widely different from the one which he had formerly ridden as honesty is from rascality. Poor Sam has tried long enough to gull the people, a desire for power made him Sam, and an inordinate thirst for office made him the Imposition, and placed in his mouth that plaything called ex penditures ; and a determination to have power will make him South what he is North anti-slavery. Poor Sam ! The Washington Dispatch, in a long article on the bitterness of party warfare, praises the North Carolinian for the ability of its editorials, &e., and then comes down upon us with a vengence, with reference to a remark we made in our issue of the Tth in?t., viz : If you hear a member of the Imposition advocate an alliance with the Black Republican, set him down as a knave a thief who would lie and steal and cheat. .- It &ay.s that we by this, charge Messrs Gilmer and Vance indirectly with the above characteristics. We would lik the Dispatch to al low us to draw our own utfereawses whatever we say we will hold to we do hold 3 the above as stated. If Mr Gilmer, or Mr Tance, or the Dispatch, advocate any such aUiaiiee, we must most respect fully, though reluctairfly say, that we would apply the above lanrjuajj-e to them : we have never known some, nay one 01 ine imposition pwj. did so. The language is pretty hard, to be sure, perhaps equaled only to the dishonesty and boldness of the paper which would give such doctrine circula tion. We do not like to be misrepresented ; we do not believe the Dispatch would do so knowingly. In this instance however, they have misconstrued. Second Congressional District-Slanders Refuted. Messrs. llolden Wilson : Gentlemen : The Know Nothings and their apologists, in the secondCongressional district, ure industriously employed, just now, in circu lating a batch of unmitigated slanders, their old trade, on the Hon. Tbos.Ruffin, which, I beg, you will allow me to refute through your columns. rt is asserted that lion Thos. Ruffin refused r yeplected to use li is influer.ee to have a Post Office created at Carolina City, and that lion. Warren Winslow promptly aiid cheerfully performed that duty. This is slander, number one. Mr Winslow had uo agency whatever in proonring a Post Office at Carolina City Hon. Thos. lluffin had the office created and the postmaster appointed It is asserted that Hon. Thomas Ruffin has seldom or ever voted with his colleagues, from North Carolina, on the ciaestion of Internal Improvements. That he is or was diametrically j opposed to lion. Mr Winslow on this question that when the Hon. Warren Winsiow se cured an appropriation for the improvement of some work at the mouth of the Cape Fr, the Hon. Mr Ruffin voted against it. This is slander, number three. I think I may afely assert that Mr Ruffin has seldom if ever, differed from his democratic colleagues on these questions. Be this as it may, however, Mr Winslow, notwithstanding his good intentions and laudable efforts, has uever yet secured the appropriation of a single cent for the improve ment of tbe jEOntJi iof the Cape Fear ; and, in oil his effforts to xia so., if any were- made of which I am not at ithe moment advised and have not time to search the record, which is at hand I say, in all Mr Window's efforts, if any were made to seeure.U ropriation Mr llntEu vvo.tod with him." ITe ean nftst cordially endorse the arewers to the landers taken from the Correspondence f "Argus' jn the Standard of the 21st inst Why these slanders should be circulated is a matter unknown to us ; but we think any party who resorts to such unfounded statements as contained in the above, ean look for nothing but a refuta.tien. We weifid be sorry to do Mr Winslow an injury, and just as eossry to do Mr Ruffin an injury for the -sake of Mr Winslaw. As to the Post Office at Carolina City, numbers -of persons here were interested in tliitt matter, and at their request, Mr Winslow called with Mr Ruffin at the Post Office Department, to aid him if it were necessary. Mr Rulfin has never ia aoy important matter differed from his colleagues. Both our dele gate have been a unit on most of the great measures of the day ; and we have Mr Winslow's authority for say in0- that upon the vote to take up tiae Bill for the improvement of the Bar of Cape Fear, which, by the bye, failed by a very slervier, though requiring a twcvthjrd, vote he (Mr Winslow) had the 'earnest cc-oneration and support of Mr Ruffin, as well by vote at by his efforts on the floor. Both these gen tlemen agxe together on the subject of Internal Im premnt by th.e general government Pe&3)eb Hbrl The Editorf this paper offers the establishment Smr Bale. As he wishes to engage Jn other pursuits, asd being anxious to sell as soon as psjole, the j8prSstor will dispose of the prop erty upw good temis. " We will answer these questions by asking Borne others. How dares tha editor of the Banner, who is a I'ennsylvanian by education and training, sxid a Southerner of lees than a dozen years, pre sume to lecture those on this subject, who have been bred and born in the South, and who are in every respect identified with its interests and its institu tions ?" We don't like to mix ourselves into discussions between other papers, but the above from the Sa lisbury Watchman upon the Banner of the same place attracted our attention, and we thought it was carrying the doctrine of Sam a little bit too far. The Watchman lectures the Editor of the Banner because he was a Pennsylvanian. Now we' would like to say a few words to the Watch man in all friendship and kindness, and tell it that the South can not boast of men more true to her interests than the Democrats of Pennsylvania that Pennsylvania Democrats ought and may be trusted with the interests, faith, and concerns of the South far more readily and with far less dan ger than the sons of Sam at the South. For proof, see acts of John A. Gilmer in Congress vs. Hon. Wm. Bigler, of Pennsylvania. Why ? Northern Democrats re so from principle. Southern Dem ocrats or Whigs are Southern, it may be from in terest or euhcation. Education, association, and interest are against northern men being Demo crats; on the contrary education, association, and interest are motives which may guide many South ern men. The highest compliment paid our friend of the Banner so far as Ids Southerness is con cerned, is paid by the Watchman because it ab solutely gives us to understand that the Banner is Southern from principle and not education. But one other little paragraph which we clip from this paper, is certainly luaicrous, and must be given. Well might we cry " Watchman what of the night!" for he surely lives in darkness : And the pledges of the Democratic party to the people of the South, to make it a slave State if they would elect Buchanan ; and how those pro mises have vanished." Did any one ever hear ? This same paper, which a few days since held up John A. Gilmer as a paragon of perfection politically, crys out now, because the Democracy did not make a slave State of Kansas ! Oh ! If you are a zealous watchman if you aro a Southern watchman, guarding over her interests with a zealous eye, if yon are honest in the above complaint lift up your voice ! cry aloud and spare not stand upon the battlement of old Salisbury and in a voice ot thunder, proclaim to the freemen of North Carolina from Cherokee to Currituck, how the South was betrayed and de ceived by John A. Gilmer ! that through his treach ery and by his voting with Northern abolitionists. Kansas was forever lost to the South. If you are not frank enough to do this, go don sackcloth and ashes for ninety days, for the sin you have com mitted in bringing this unfounded charge against the Democracy. 3F That filthy and' unprincipled sheet, the Wadesboro Argus, pitches into us particularly, and the Democratic party generally, in its la.st issue. This is a print to which we have never cared to reply, knowing its filthy propensities, and the age of its Black Republican editor would even now caution us to keep from the unclean thing, did its low-lived, comptemptible blackguardism not seem too much for decent parties to let pass. Not satisfied with in dulging in personal abuse, he has the effrontery, the boldness, and hardihood, to declare the most palpa ble falsehoods to be sound truths. However, we presume it is inherent, natural and obligatory upon him. from the position which lie holds as Hie editor :oTTtTfuasi Bin' am I -yy-g wjh s;mply reply to some of its erroneous misstatements, and then wash our hands after hand ling such a filthy subject, for fear any contagion or contamination might ensue. Hereafter we will cease to reply to its aspersions, upon paper, con sidering it too contemptible, mean, low and degraded too far removed from decent society, and too low sunk in the depth of political and moral depravity to be worthy of a reply from ns in this form ; nay, we are even descending now to notice such a rotten subject, and promise our readers not to wound their feelings so much, by placing before them our pri vate opinion of such a disreputable and unprincipled sheet. Prevarication No 1. consists in the following: " Now, the editor of the above named sheet knew, or ought to have known, that although Mr Polk created the war, he did not pay any of the debt contracted in consequence of that war. That re sponsibility was shoved on to Mr Fillmore's admin istration, and nobly did he acquit himself of that responsibility." It is not a fact that the war cost Pok nothing; and it is not a fact that the responsibility was ?hovcd on to Fillmore. That Polk began the war and endei! it honorably, without paying a cent, is in itself a sufficient commentary as to what confidence may be placed upon the statement of this unprincipled sheet. Mr Polk had to pay for the war, and what he did not pay for was added to the public debt ; and now we ask, how much of the public debt did Fill more pay ? Did not Polk, in two years of his term, pay more of the public debt than did Fillmore during his whole term ? In two years of Polk's term, he paid $12,110,239 99. Inthe whole of Fillmore's ad ministration, we can only find paid by him, of the public debt, $9,544,919 98. James Buchanan's much abused administration paid, in one year, nearly as much as Fillmore did in the whole of his. But we pass on to prevarication No 2, which consists in tha following : " You borrowed fbrty-flve million yes, and that is all gone."w There was not forty-five million borrowed for the ordinary expense of the Government, and the Argus knows, in making this assertion, it does that which can be refuted. Prevarication No 3, consists in this : " That's all gone, isn't it? most assuredly, for the Treasury is bankrupt and there is not a dollar in it." The whole of this has no foundation in fact, and the editor of the Argus knows it ; if not, his " hun dred eyes " are magnifying things. He asserts that the expenditure of the government is $94,000,000 This is most unqualifiedly false false as might be xpeeted from a Black Republican sheet. Now, all this is hard language to use, but it is simply what is called forth by- the manner of the Argus in its attack. When we meet wi-h a gentle man we will treat him as such, but when we meet with a Black Republican we treat him as a scoun drel. We 'know what we say, and for whatever we say we are responsible, this can be easily made mani fest to the Argus or its Black Republican editor, if he will put himself to the trouble of assertaining the fact. And now to lre expenditures. We find that by the report Of ihe-Secretary of the Treasury, the ex penditures .fcr'iheyear are $81,585,667 76. For the payment of he public debt there was of this amount $9,684,587 'S9, making the expense of the fiscal year, ending June 30th, '58, $71,901,100 67. This was rinnrrl by the Black Republican Congress under Mr Pierce, aod one of the chief spirits in bringing orJ this amount was Cnllom, the Know-nothing clerk, who paid enormous stuns for Mirrors, Pen-knives, Reticules, (ladies') &c, &e,; and we find that by the estimate of the same report, that the expenditures for the fiscal year ending June 30th '59, to be $55, 295,048 22. And now we have done with thfs absurd" and! un principled sheet We consign it to that place where men place animals of a lower order at their feet, unworthy of a passing notice. EgP We clip the following from an Imposition paper, printed not one hundred miles from our sanctum : " A few years hence the Democracy may as readily admit the purity of its opponents mow to point a period of denunciation of its opponents tken." Who are the opponents of Democracy ? Is it dot Black Republicans f And who will doubt the Black Republican tendencies of such a sheet, after such an expression? A yankee coming in stage from Raleigh, th other day, asked the driver why the miles were so plagy long. The driver answered : "you see now the rnads are not good, and the plank road is very bad, so the plank road authorities make up for it by giving good measure."" A Virginia editor accused a piratical corres pondent of having taken a pretty fancy from the Carolinian. We do not know how many persons have taken a fancy from the Carolinian, but certainly thousands have taken a fancy to the Carolinian. Stop That. There has been a threat lately made by divers and sundry young gents in onr town,"i the e'ffect that before next October they will have committed matrimony with most of 'our young ladies. It ain't fair, one at a time, gentlemen don't take them all, if you do, you will make an old bachelor of somebody. We must say that we have never seen a greater amount of beauty in any one place of this size, and indeed, 'our young men seem to think as we do, from the heedless and im petuous manner in which they commit the abeve offence. For particulars see list of new marriages. , Democrats Beware ! ; During the present campaign, the opponents of the national Democracy will exert themselves' to their utmost to defeat us. No stone will be left un turned ; all the tricks, chicanery and fallacious argu ments which characterize them as a party, will be brought to bear. Their vociferous cries of "cor ruption " and " extravagance " will be heard re verberating upon all sides. Do not mind these; un just, yea, false charges with which the Democracy have ever been assailad ; their own records prove most conclusively, that to them and not to us, their grave charges should be attributed. Let not their contemptible whims divert you from the per formance of your duty. If the Democracy in those districts which are now represented by Gilmer and Vance, would but do their duty, our State would, for once be triumphantly redeemed. '; Chapel Hill. The Annual Commencement exercises of the Uni versity of North Carolina will commence on Thurs day next.' The President, Secretary of the Interior, and other distinguished gentlemen will honor the " classic shades " with their presence. The exer cises will le highly entertaining, and the presence of so many distinguished visitors will add greatly, to the festivities of the occasion. The President and Secretary Thompson will leave the seat of government on Monday, and will reach Chapel Hill on AVednes- dav. Jime ?nd. Irom trie crtis Ihevwill receive a heartv welcMUf; I ....... : meeting of the citizens of Raleigh was held an Sat- ' ....... urday evening last, to make arrangements for their reception. A committee was appointed to wait upon them on their arrival, and " extend such cour tesies as may be suitable and proper on the occasion." After all the efforts of European Governments, and the vociferous cries of some American patriots, (?) the tide of emigration has begun again to flow to this land of liberty. The New York News gives the number of arrivals during the past week at that city, which in all, amounts to 6,000, and concludes with the following sensible remarks : " As a great number of the above emigrants have but very little money when landing, we will strike the average for each as low as $25, which gives $165,925 for the whole. Now, in seven days this sum has arrived in the hands of emigrants at the port of New York alone, giving an average of nearly $24,000 per day. Then there are Boston, New Or leans, Philadelphia, and several other sea ports con tributing their mite to swell the population and the wealth of the Union. Let the tide flow on there are yet forests to be felled, virgin soil to be tilled, and lots of room for millions of people. Let them come." So say we, we have still an unbounded forest, ihrough srhich the foot of the white man has never trod millions of acres of land going to naught Emigration is one of the greatest source of nation al wealth and greatness ; they come with stout arms and strong sinews, reaay at any time to spill their blood in defense of their adopd country give them a hearty welcome, their children will be natives if they are not. Come one, come all, say we. . . " When Ignorance is Bliss," &c " The discord in the democratic party is not ephemeral. It pervades the whole party organi zation, which in no two States of the Union, and hardly in any two counties in a State, stands upon the same platform or supports the same princi ples. The above paragraph, which wc take from the Baltimore Clipper, tliowa very clearly either b blissful ignorance with regard to, or wilful mjplt; presentation of Democracy at the South. Una nimity ot action bus always been, and is now, one; of the strongest bulwarks of genuine DemoeraSy both North and South. . It is true, we admit, there occasionally occur instances in which profested Democrats do not concur in principles promulgar ed by the true men of the party, but apply theteat- and you will see that those who pretend to Demo cracy are not so from principle, but are good (1) Democrats only when thy see some favora ble opportunity for their aspiring, ambitious pro pensities to be gratified. Whenever you see an assemblage of good and true Democrats, you,do not see them repudiating the principles of thalr party. It is a lame, short-sighted policy for the Imposition party to endeavor to rebuke Democra cy for this offence, whilst at one assemblage they recognize as their worthy patriarch the invisible S vaa, nd at another, utterly repudiate his doctrine and the idea of ever having been his meek' and lowly followers. So long as this party has uo re cognized leaders and no fixed principles. Democra cy will be able to withstand all its treacherous as saults, and, as now, evor retuin the gratitude of tho conservatives of the land for tho doctrines which they main tain. - J3A youngxaan in New York, was so mtKjh taken with Picorommi after an tour's drive through the streets with her, that he presented the young Princess with bis beautiful carriage and pair of bays of course she took them. Rail Road Excursion. By invitation of the President of the Western Rail Road a large number of our citizens paid a visit to the large and substantial bridge, which has just been ended over Little River, about one mile west of Man Chester. This bridge is 200 feet long, and the plan of Town' lattice height of truss 15 feet with 50 feet gpsnateaehend and 100 feet span in the centre. The track runs through the bridge 3i feet below the top cord. The abutments are built of red snd stone, being the strongest and most durable kind. Before the Train erossed the bridge, the Engineer set his in strument and took the level they stopped in the cen tre when the level was again taken". Whilst upon it, the bridge settled t of an inch. When' they ran off the bridge, it came back to its original position. By competent judges, this bridge has been pr&nounced a substantial aod durable jb, and does great credit to the Contractor, Mr J. H. Gallaher. , , . " Let the opposition hosts in the contested Dis tricts but do their duty, and we may count upon having Jive out of the eight Representatives from NortlfCarolina in the next Congress." What Districts do you novo claim, friend Register? We ask the question merely to satisfy ourself about one thing; tht is whether or not you are a " prophet or the son of a prophet." Although nat urally blessed with keen optics, we glory in the belief that this prediction of our esteemed cotempo rary will never be verified. ggp Mr G. B. Waterhouse, of the firm of Water house & Bowes, builder of Gas works, arrived here on Thursday last. He visits our town for the pur pose of endeavoring to effect arrangements with our citizens for the erection of Gas works. The works constructed by this firm have invariably given sat isfaction to all parties, as their references will testify, and we feel assured it will be to the interest of our citizens to consummate an' arrangement with them for the constructiou of Gas works in Fayetteville. Mr Waterhouse will call upon our citizens in a day or two, and speak for himself. The Editor of the " Live Giraffe," R. H. Whitaker, Esq., has ceased the publication 01 that paper and commenced publishing in its stead " The Democratic Press." Thanks a thousand thanks to our friends of the Newbern Daily Delta for the kind and complimenta ry notice of our Daily enterprize. In this matter it has done more for our town than other who are more intimately connected with it. Harnett Scperiob .Coukt. This tribunal, His Honor Judge Heath presiding, is in session this week. There is no criminal case, indeed none of interest to the public on the docket that we have heard of. This is the last court in this circuit. Robeson Cocxty Cocrt. This body, T. A. Nor ment, Esq., Chairman convened on Monday last No business of importance. " If the Carolinian and Delta togetbder for a few days, were to fail to kill time in the right kind of style, then we should be horribly mistaken ! Yes we would 1" Daily Delta. That's a fact friend Delta ; we are certain we could kill the old fellow if not he would have to move along mighty fast. We trust friend S. will make it a fixed fact concerning his visit, nothing would de light us more than a good shake of his hand. Daily Bulletin. This is the name of a neatly printed sheet, just started in Charlotte. We are in formed that it is Democratic. "White Fish. We had the good fortune to taste " - , ,,itt tv s. rv-. t ,t.AoA J3l I V jl. IIUUUI L3 .- V . I I & Co. It TV e would T2r ftTiTX 7ilir r. ncnr, advise our friends to go and try some. We return our thanks to the Fayetteville Cadets for an invitation to dine with them on Mon day next. Thanks to our esteemed cotemporary, the Hillsboro Recorder, for its complimentary notice of the Daily North Carolinian. Such remarks are prized the more highly coming from the source they do. We cordially reciprocate the kind wishes of our friend, the Cheraw Gazette. May its enterprising editor receive the reward which he justly merits. The Imposition of Wake County held a meeting in Raleigh on Monday last. Brother Syme and Seaton Gales Esq., made eloquent and patriotic (1) speech upon the occasion. This small Band of Brothers" took it upon themselves to nominate Col. L. C. Edwards of Granville for Congress in opposition to lion. L. O'B. Branch. Broken Doses. " We take from4he committee's report the follow ing paragraph, commencing on the first page of it. It is a very long one, and ail in one sentence, so that we cannot select the particular part we desire to com ment on, without it from its context, and therefore we shall give the whole of it : ' With respect to the stationary furnished to the present Congress, it appears in proof that immediately after the close ol the last Congress, advertisements were prepared in the Clerk's office, hy seme of the old incumbents, under the personal direction of tbe Clerk, to advertise for the kind and amount of stationary that their experience in ill? office, extending back in some cases nearly ten years, shoTd to be necessary ; that he himself took no part in prepai :W the adver tisement, than merely to give it his official signature ; that, with the exception of a single instance, a hou?e in New York, he personally invited no bids, that when made, and tbe samples furnished, the latter were opened i a one of the committee-rooms and carefully collated by the oldest and most experienced employes in the office, at the request, by the direction, and in the prsNiof tWC terk,. who having -little. -fcnowU ede ret-pecting tho (tiCFerent qualities of stationary, took no part in making the selections, but left it to the larger experience and better judgment of his sub ordinates ; that they selected fiom different samples, such as appeared to tbem suitable, regard being had to both quality and prices ; and that contracts were awarded to some four or five different bidders, resi dent at different points, and all shown to be firstrate dealers ; that the accepted bids were, made known through tbe office,"and instructions given by the Clerk to carefully inspect the articles delivered, and to eee 1 that they conformed to the samples, instructions that were faithfully observed that in receiving and accept ing the bids there was uo collusion or understanding between the bidders and the Clerk, or any of his em ployes ; that no margin was reserved, and no bonds was paid, or agreed to be paid, or demanded to be paid, by any of the contractors, either to the Clerk or any one in his employ ; that the quality of jTbe sta tionery furnished is very goodj and that the skill and judgment used in making selections have been called in question only in the single article of wrapping paper, and that to the extent of but a few cents per ream, certain bidders being ef opinion that their own samples were equally as good as those upon which contracts were awarded, while their bids were a trifle lower. " The evidence in this case, most of which may be found between pages 227 and 287, discloses the facts. There were about thirty bidders ; four of them obtained contracts, namely ; Taylor & Maury, of this eity Wheelwright, of Baltimore i Ames, Herrick, Barnes & Ithodes, of New York ; and McSpeddon Baker, of New York. George S. Gideon, of this city was the agent for the three firms last named above, and obtained eon traets from each of them. The com mittee discovered that all the bids put in by him were made on printed forms, and all filled up in the same handwriting. They sailed several of the clerks be fore them, who had assisted ia opening and examin ing the stationary, and asked them if tbey had noticed that those printed bids were all filled up ia th same handwriting ; and they replied that they had not, un til their attention was called to it. Mr Gideon, tbe agent, was then called before the committee, and he acknowledged that he had printed the forms and bis clerk had tilled them up. He" said he printed the lorms, because he discovered that the bids sent to him did not conform to the requirements of the Clerk's advertisement ; that some of the gentlemen 'who em ployed him as their' agent bid agai net each other ; but that was none of his business. It turned out that tbe firms that Mr Gideon bid for all obtained contracts : and ncbody else did, except t,w Manrv. of this citv. Hndson Taylor, of that firm, testifies that they obtained a contract for $600 ; and what they bid " pretty much" for that was advertised. . The firms that Mr Gideon acted for received, as ap pears from Mr Cullom's accounts, as follows : Ames Herrick, Barnes & Rhodes .$16,678 31 McSpeddon & Baker 2,523 29 J. Wheelwriffht 12,661 55 The substance of the le'ting out the contracts to furnish stationary for the House ot Kepreseaiauves, during the Thirty-Fifth Congress is as follows : There were about thirty bidders, as Mr Buck, a clerk in the Clerk's office, who rilled up the contracts, testifies. Four of tbem obtained contracts, and twenty-six did not. George S. Gideon, of this city, who furnished stationary for the House during the Thirty Fourth Congress without being a contractor, we be lieve, was agent for three of the four fortunate bid tiers to furnish stationary for the House during the Thirty-Fifth Congress. The three contractors for whom he was agent received contracts which amount in the aggregate, to $31,863 42 ; while the other con tractor received a contract for $600, which is less than one fifty-third part of the amount the other con tractors received. This may all have been fair. We know nothing to the contrary. Mr Gideon may have " struck a good streak of hick." But this much we do know ; a lottery of thirty numbers (the number of bidders who bid to furnish the stationary will make 4,060 tickets, hav ing three Of the numbers on each ticket, and the chances are 4060 to one against any particular ticket drawing the high prize fairly. Correspondence of tl)e N'ort!) Carolinian. Petewsburg, tthy 24, 1859.' Mr. Editor: Tito, priricipal'tbpic which en gages the public attention at this time,' is the elec tion which is to take place on the day after to-morrow. Go where you will and you- will hear tho issue of the present canvass vehemently discussed by excited politicians, whose earnest zeal for their party principles cause them sometimes to overleap the bounds of moderation. I think it all well enough for every man to have the prosperity of his country at heart, and accordingly desire and strive to secure the success of that party whose principles will tend to that result ; but we have some men in our midst who manifest too much zeal in the cause, in that they must quit their business and keep their courage up to the sticking point by frequent, potations of suthing strong." The Democracy of this city is thoroughly or ganized for the coming election, the several vigi lance committees liuve been diligently at work and the party will come upon the field of battle in one unbroken phalanx, to rout and put to confusion the hydra-headed monster Knownothingisrn and so deep will Sam bo hurried on the 4th Thursday in May, that he will never know a resurrection, j 1 ho eyes ot the nation are turned to V lrginia, and await with auxtety the result of the contest so soon to be decided, and the Democracy, which has heretofore so nobly stood by their leaders who have led them on to victory under the flag of the Constitution, will never prove recreant to tbeir high trust and the South need have no fears on their account. Washington street. uTar Jarratt's Hotel, was the scene of some very beligereut demonstrations yes- terday afternoon, A gentleman by the name of Boyd made an attack 011 .Mr. A. A. Allen with a cane, and breaking that pitched into h;m with his fir-ts, when some of the bystanders interfered and took from him a pistol which he had reserved as a kind of last resort. Boyd was arrested and this morning appeared before the Mayor, who admitted him to bail, iu the penalty of one thousand dollar?.' The ladies connected with the Market Street M. E. Church, will hold a fair and feast in Me chanics' Hall for two days, commencing this 'after noon. They have introduced a new wrinkle into the arrangements, requiring each visitor to pay 25 cents to go into the Hall. Van Ainburg's great eirens and did you ever hear of one that was not a crreat one " have ar-nv- ana- yunui, . ,. -.. iimP nun. a,fr rfr-rmr.,i This is the third circus that lias visited us in the lust month, aud yet they are vall so crowded that hundreds are compelb-d to go home without get ting a sight of the " Elephant." We have been blessed with several days rain, which has proved most acceptable to Jhe farmers, many of whom were beginning to complain of dry weather. The growing corn and oat crop needed moisture to push them ahead, but most of the wheat is so pearly made that a drouth could not do it much injury. The general indications are that the crops will be very good and the present vise in breaustutrs is thought to be wholly unwaranta ble and cannot be maintained, being caused by speculation alone. Below I give a list of quota tions, Cotton is much depressed, and the transactions are. of a very limited character, tho prices are merely nominal and are quoted at 1 U j and 1 1 cts. for prime. The wheat market is considerably excited. White $1.9d, prime red 1.70. Flour has advanced one dollar per barrel. Bacon has also advanced. Western shoulders 9 a 9j, and sides 11 a 11 4. Corn 90 cents. Western lard 13 cents, Virginia 14. Exchange on New York, Philadelphia, and Bal timore i , North Carolina money per cent. Yours, C Salisbrtjy, N. C. May 24th 1859. Messrs Editors : Afr three or four days of very wet weather, tbe sun has again burst forth in all its billiancy, cheering the hearts of all as we again look forward to a plentiful liar vest. Since last writing to you, I have taken a trip through the counties of Iredell, Cabarrus, and Mecklenburg which must be my excuse for omitting to write you last week. On my trip to Iredell, I passed over the finished portion of the Western N. C. Rail Road, which passes through a finely cultivated country. The road itself will compare favorably with any road either Horth or South. Some of the viaducts on it are equal to asj that I have have seen of the same dimensions and far superior to any that I have examined-ia the Southern. .States. The Erst viaduct in the road after leaving Sal isbury is the one over Grants Creek, it is built entiiejy of granite and consists of two arches of about 50 ft. span, the second is over Second Creek and is a wooden truss. The traveller can see nothing in this to praise except the workmanship which was executed by your fellow-townsman Mr Walton, but be can find something to condemn as the Bridge is far too narrow, and this surely can not be the fault of the workman, but of the one who furn nished the plan. About two hours aftej leav ing Salisbury we arrived in Statesville, which is a flourishing village fast rising into impor tance. Here is located a fine Female College, which will soon become one of the first in the State. About three miles from Statesville we passed over third Creek, which although here comparatively an insignificant fctream is spanned by a noble bridge consisting of five arches and is about 60 ft. high all the abutments and pierg are of granite as well as the principal arch, the others are of brick. This bridge is a noble monument of the energy and perseverance of the contractor Mr Anderson Ellis, and of the mechanical skill of his excellent superintendent Mr Robert Hendry. On passing along the l'ne of road I was sorry to see the havoc that the dry weather had made of the wheat in some parts, I am afraid that in the West we will scarcely make a two third crop. On the twen tieth I went to Charlotte to participate in the festivities of the celebration of the anniversary of the Meclenburg declaration of independence, out as you will have received before this a full account of it in the papers, I will not take up space in recapitulating them. In the political world here there is very little interesting, every paper appearing to have the settled conviction that the.. Mo J3.arton Craige must again be returned from this district. It is true the devo tees' of the " dark lantern" conclave, held a con vention in Charlotte last week,' to nominate eC candidate for Congress and alter a great deal of talk and bravado about the extravagant course of the present government they nomi- nated Mr Ashe, of Anson Co., as their Standard Bearer. Truly the Latin quotation applies well to them. Parturiunt monies nascetimrid ieulus mus," as I have heard some of the Able gates who attended tbat convention saying that they did not think Mr Ashe would accept, I hope not, as I would not wish one whom I res--pect as highly as Mr Ashe to be beaten as bad ly as lie must inevitably be. I think that the electiou in August will show these so-called " Old Line VVbigs" that the people of this dis trict have still unbounded confidence in their present representative and the present govern ment. Mr Craige left for Concord yesterday to enter upon the Campaign if he should meet with any competitor. EONA. Charlotte, May 20th, 1859. The day has gone by when the State of North Carolina could be pointed at by the citizens of other States as the "Rip Van Winkle" of the Union. No State can be asleep whose social and political rights whose farming, manufacturing, and commercial interests, are discussed by the fearless voice of a manly press. The rapid strides towards a healthy and vigorous progress made by the press, East and West, within a recent date, vindicate the active spirit of our people and proclaim the dawning of a brigther day of prosperity. A few years ago and the mention of a daily news paper in the State of North Carolina would be ridi culed by many of her own citizens. Now Wilming ton and Newbern in the East, each supports two flourishing dailies. To these, during the present week, Charlotte in the West, and Fayetteville in the eentre of the State, have added a daily each, the Bulletin and the Daily North Carolinian. I have named the Bulletin first, for it was isued just one day in advance of the Daily North Carolinian. I state these facts because they are unmistakeable evidences of the spirit of enterprise, which, from the heart to the extremities, is animating the "Old North State." By last evening's mail your first daily issue was received in our town. Your correspondent but ex presses the sentiment of many when he says that its type, matter, all exceed his most sanguine expectations,- and he predicts for its enterprising Editors great success. This is an exciting day in Charlotte. The citizens' from the surrounding towns and counties have all met here within the " Old Hornet's If est' to com memorate the celebrated 20th of May, 1175: This day is to North Carolina what the 4th of July is to the Union. While I write guns arc firing, drums are beating, flags are waving, the streets are lined with the military of this and adjacent towns, some on foot, some on horse, followed by the usual squad of the orderly and disorderly. One thing was lack ing an orator for tbe occasion. The Hon. H. W. Miller was expected, but for some cause he did not come on. One of -our own citizens, however. Dr. Charles Fox, in presenting to the Charlotte Riflemen a beautiful Flag, presented by tbe fair hands of Char lotte, made a most interesting and eloquent address. Everybody feels patriotic to day. To-morrow morn ing the wave of excitement will be over, and many of those who are to day in commotion will no doubt cooly reflect on the vanity of all transitory earthly enjoyments. Such is the world. Business is at present dull. The rain of this week has revived our planters and plantations. Tbe crops in the surrounding country promise favorably. The Superior Court of Mecklenburg county is in session this week, presided over by Judge Bailey. A man named Floyd was on trial for murdering a free negro boy in Gaston, on the 17th of last December. He had able and eloquent counsel, but notwithstanding, the iurv brought in a verdict of murder in the tirst degree. His counsel, J. W. Osborne, Esq., was to day to arjrue a motion for a new trial. It is supposed that the motion will not be granted. OBSERVER. Scraps of Scottish. History- NO. III. m Messrs Editors The Island of Keriibury, on the western coast of Scotland, is situated in the midst of a cluster of small islands a few miles north of the far famed Island of Stnffii, connected with whose history are facts which may be of some little interest to your readers. Like the Bass Island, it is an old fortress, held by the McLeans of Duart so early as the 13th century, and continued in the possession of the house of Duart, till the Revolution, when James II forfeited his title to the Scottish crown. The MacLeans having remained faith ful to the house of Stuarts, took part in all the struggles of Charles II, and his broiher James, to sustain their authority over the Scottish nation, till they (the house of Duart) had, like many others, all llicir possessions forfeited id the crown. Kernbury, held out against all the assaults of King William's Knights, during the war between himself and his father-in-law, both in Ireland and in the north of Scotland. When the Earl of Argyle invaded the Island of Mull the majority of whose inhabitants were the vassals of Sir John McLean of Du art, and of course adherents to the Stnart dy nasty as well as their Chief. Sir John, with a few of his friends, took refuge in the fortress of Kemburg, where he was not only safe from any danger of being attacked, but where he was enabled to annoy the royal cruisers which were sent out to aid the land forces in subjuga ting the Islanders to the government of Wil liam. Although the invading force of the Earl of Argyle amounted to nineteen hundred foot, and sixty dragoons, he failed to effect tho reduction of either Duart Castle or the Fort of Cairnbury (Kenbury). It is even said that Sir John McLean, while retaining this Fortress in name of King James, captured more than one of the government-frigates. In a letter of the Highland Chiefs to General MacKay, and -to which the name of the Chief of MacLeans is attached, with eighteen other Chieftains. I find the defiant and determined opposition to the government of William in the following sentence: " We will shortly endeavor so give you a requital ahd those of ns who live ia islands have already seen and defied the Prince of Orange's frigates " My object is not how ever, to introduce the Fortress of Kernbury, mainly for the purpose ot snowing bow it stood; out like the Bass Rock against the government. There is another very interesting character. whose name and history, have some connection with the Island of -Cembury. A man of daring exploits, and whose very name was a terror to the luhabitants ot the sea coast ot the beotch mainland, as well as to the inhabitants of the Hebrides. This personage is no other than the famous Allain na Sop (Allan of Straw), the son of Lachlan Cattanach, laird of Duairt aud Chief of the MacLeans. To be continued. SCOTUS. Favetteville, May 21st, 1859. Messrs. Editors : Please allow me the use of your columns to call the attention of the Town Com- missioners toine conaition oi uie siue-wmss uei ween the Market House and Hay-Mount on Hay Street. I myself do not feel sufficiently interested in he matter to complain, for I am very fond of water (a fact which I wish I could impress upon the mind of the Superintendent of the " Fayetteville Water Works," who has charge of the town pumps and charges for the use of them,) but my wife who walk out occasionally " fusses," and has commanded me to state to you that unless it stops raining, or some thing is done, that she will soon get to be web-footed : spj With many others, no doubt, I will be gratefu 1 for any improvement. Yours, &c, PUDDLE.