voted five or six timca ; we were then driven to the
Ilollidav street polls, voted there, and then shut up
in the coop there next to me pons, m me
we were then brought up into a room,- and ordered
bv the captain of the coop to change "clothes w;th
"nie ,even or eight other cooped individuals, which
nvstof us did. but I retained my own clothes ; the
ijaPVHIIl CIlllIlgBU UliHUCT ' " ' ?
,iici hue und bla; k overcoat in exchange for his hat
and co.it, which were of little value; we were then
voted again at these polls, and then we were led on
foot to Baltimore street, where an omnibus awaited
us, and wg were packed in till it was full, and driven
down to the coop house at the second ward again ;
arrived there we voted again at the second ward,
tuxl then we were driven around in the omnibus to
various polls and voted some -,ix times, until we
carnt to a poll the other side of Ensor street, where
there was a great hustling and pushing, screaming,
&c.; in spite of which we were led up by the arm,
by the rowdies, trough the crowd, and compelled
to vntn - I was let. o-o for a moment, while the row
dies who hail held me joined in the hustling and
pushing, and seeing the chance, I dodged into the
crowd ami escaped to my home ; I voted at least, in
the various wards, sixteen times, compelled each
time to give a different name; none of the judges
said anything to me, or any of us, that I heard, ex
cept one judge at the polls near Enser street, who
asked me how long I had lived in the city ; I told
him two years ; the rowdies behind me said to him,
"all ri:rht all rijiht !" and the judges took the
ticket without further nuestlon : the treatment of
some of those in the c-oor was disyrustin and hor
rible
the
extreme; men were beaten, kicked ,
anl stnmpol in the face with heavy boots ; ml Question.- Did the judge of election, in your
the cellar of the second ward there were about opinion, behave properly Answer. Mr. Baker
seventy or eighty persons locked up, not allowed J and Mr. Uoisuch did ; in my opinion Mr. Bond did
to lie about for a moment to justify the wants of (not.
vttnre, and in tHc upper room of which 1 ha.i
.spoken, as ui.iny more; the three men, who were
with me, voted, each of them, as often as I did.
Cross-examination. Question. Uive the names
o; any of the parties on
the tickets whi -h 3 011 voted?
n is on some of them, and 1
Answer. I read Ilarr
Davis on some of them, and tht name -f Colson ; 1 j
uo not remember precisely, tx:.l
Whitney's name
was also on them.
JliTCoop at I2ovjlt-Sliii Hull jliihiter and Extent
of the Cooping.
Win. Bartlett deposed that lie was bom in
Baltimore county, and that he had beena legal
voter m the first ward for 3-" ears.
Question Did you vote in tlie second ward
on November 2, 13:"9 ?
Answer. Yes, sir, Monday evening before
the elect ion witness Was 011 Smith's dock, and
came down in Fleet street to linden and A i i-
ceanua sis , ami was crossing me iui, i.v 1
three fellows came up behind me, wheeled me :
round iind asked tne, "Where arc u going. !
yon drunken oii of a bitch f 1 said "I was 1
goin-r home." and that "I was m more drunk j
Ti ! ... , , .fit. ... t. "Von I
hau tlie, uneolw,!!, ne W
have got to go along with us, and two ot then j
caught liu- by the collar, one 00 each side, and -
J tried to get loose and jerked them off; one
fell on on side and the other on the other
side ; the other fellow jerked out his blunder- j
buss and says to inc. "Vuii have said enough !
. ...,,, ,.r,,t I'.l M,.w vim- fbinnieri '
brains out ;" one of the fellows jumped up and
struck me over the nose ; then two of them
took hold of me and took me across two or
three lots there till tliev got me to Wilkes
street ; there they carried me through a house,
along a passage way, and shoved uie down into
a cellar ; they kept me there till Wednesday
about 12 o'clock before thev let me out : the
- . , , . -.1 i"
captain of the coop took me out wi.h hve men
put them in a room up stan. unu iook ue out
private, and nsked me w hat ward 1 Deiongeu
to ; 1 told him
"the first ward ; I don't belong
to this ward ;" then he cal'ed one of h'.s men
und whispered to him ; then told him to carry
me round by Caroline street into Wilkes street,
so that the people should not suspicion that I
II all Oecn in tVic -t-- , Til'tcr tlifc I uomo out, L
looked around to see if there was any police
about at the ward polls ; there was none there;
so the fellow said to me, "Come along, you
have got to vole ;"' then he took me up to the
window, and tlie judge, 1 believe, asked me my
name ; but the fellow with me said, "I know
his name, it's all right. (J;ve up your ticket,"
says he to me ; so i gave it up to the judge
und came away .
Mr Barllett further testified that from 150
to 175 persons were confined in the coop at
the same house.
Out's ii led 1 'roi'icth n '?
iu tlie Tied filt tea rd
Cole.
la I'u cl lot 1 '
'a- " Oiihi iut." etc.
l'eter G . Sauerweln, a merchant on Howard
street, a legal voter of the twelfth ward, testi
fied : The polls were obstructed nearly the
whole day by persons iu the interest of the
"A inerican" party ; almost immediately after
the opening of the polls a man named 13oy!e,
a nominee by the American party for the city
council, and some others took virtual posses
sion of the polls and behaved in a violent and
outrageous m inner, threateninsr the iudsres.
iVc.
day
; l supposed there wo-ild be no voting that
in consequence of their action, but a police
officer by the name of (Jeo. II. E. Bailev de-
of (Jeo. U. E. Bailev
dared h:s intention to sue fair voting ; he suc
ceeded iu quelling the tumult, to some extent,
with a great deal of difficulty ; he was much
resisted by Bo3'le and his associates ; Bailey
remained at the polls for about two hours ; he
was constantly opposed whilst there by per
sons in the interest of the American party, and
was compelled to use strong means to enable
legal voters, whom the other paty d;d in t
like, to get in their votes ; I am satisfied that
without his instrumentality there would have
been no possibility of any considerable number
ot persons desiring to vote the reform ticket
getting in their votes; 1 saw challengers of the
American party leavcr the window repeatedly and
go down hit ffSeerowd and strike persons who
were coming iiffto vote; idler Bailey was withdrawn.
Tarn satisfied that no person at. :i!l voted eveent. hv
. - -- i ' -'ViUM IU LU,
-vuiuriuan party, except uui ing short intervals, par
tieularl3' about dinner time ; foreigners were exclu
ded before they came near the jml.s; nu n whom 1
know to be blackguards kept both .-i-los of what
should hive been a gangway, an. I closed up imme
diately an the approach of any vote.- whom tlu y did
not like ; sometimes they would back up against the
window, and in other ways too numerous0 to men
tion they kept legal voters back ; early in the day
when 1 saw a man struck and kicked, "i crossed over
the street to a number of policemen standing there
and requested their interference; they said they
had orders to arrest no one without particular or
ders from their sergeant; I asked where h- was - he
was pointed out to me at a distant corner I with
several other gentlemen, went to him and made a
statement of the difficulties at the p lis and asked
for his interference ; he said his instructions were
not to bi at the polls, to keep away from the polls
I and t ie others offered to make affidavit to the fact
of men being beaten f.r attempting to vote he said
he would 'tiot arrest any man on the affidavit of the
best man in the city of Baltimore ; he also refused
to oi nii near the polls when requested to do so, and
I saw no more of him. Later in the day, Mr. Cole
man Yellott, (onoofthe candidates,) after voting,
went to a group of policemen who were standing
some distance from the pojls; I approached and
8aid to Mr. Yellott that these polioemen were neglec
t ng tluir duties by remaining absent from the polls,
while so much violence was being practiced; he
replied, they did no more than their duty, that by
act of Assembly the military were forbidden from
approaching the polls on election d;iy under a heavy
penalty, and he saw no difference between the mili
tary and the police. John Gambrill was flourishnx
an uwl in the presence of the judges.
Question. What threats." if
any, were made
-I was not near
igamst tlie judges? Answcr.-
ciiongh at times
to hear threats, but I saw Boyle
thrust his body partly into the window and flourish
his fists at the judges, cursing and swearing violen
tly, but I do not remember the words used ; they
amDunted, however, to swearing that every Ameri
can citizen should vote ; the occasion, I believe, was
that of the judges having required some man offering
to vote to swear to some point, which be was un
willing to do.
Question. What occurred which inducing you
to leave the polls ? Answer. I left the polls about
dusk, say a little alter o o clock ; I had been acting
as challenger for seme time ; the voters coming up
at the time were strangers to me generally, and I
finally pursued the course of challenging them all,
and upon being challenged, the votes of all were
rejected by the judges, with one or two exceptions
tor instances, the votes would state their resi
dence within the ward, and when the judges offered
to swear them, and ask them questions, they back
ed down and would not swear, saving, if they had
to swear they would nt vote; at last a broad-shouldered
fellow, whom I afterwards understood to be
Dan L'lrick, rushed up and backed m- away from
the window : considerable tumult ensued, and
found myself m the outside of the crowd, somehow
or other, for I do not know how I got there ; I saw
Henrj- P. Brooks, who had been challenger most of
the day on tbe part of tlie reformers, in the middle
of this crowd of violent men, and as I thought in
great danger of his life ; I also observed Mr. Yellott
standing near me, und begged him to try tv save
Brooks' life; just then a man was aiming a blow at
Brooks with a heavy club, Mr. Yellott arrested the
blow; some of the rowdies told me 1 had stayed long
enough and 1 had better go home, and I departed.
Pleasures anl I'ains ot voting in Vie Sixteenth
ward Tex Co mo hi f Theo, Wovdall
Just Bere tio wiudow was opened,-, there were
sraiij- of wretched-looking men who came up, I
should suppose nearly two hundred ; Richard Watts,
one of them, took his stand at the window with a
drawn xword in hu hand, and he slashed and cut
tlie wuiuow-snutter to muKe tne judges open it, and
suid it any body voted the reform ,icket he would
hav e to du it through the point of that sword ; the
crowd seemed to eudorse him ; when the window
opened there was a crowd of about a hundred rush
ed around it, and 1 took my ticket in my hand and
went to the edgo of the crowd and waited, for a while
to get a chance to go up through the crowd ; 1 took
my stand in the back part of the crowd, awaiting
my turn, when I was struck in the face and about
the lieu J, and attacked by about a dozen men j after
bein struck several times, I noticed one mail riiiht
in front of me who struck: me in th face, while at
the same time I was being struck from behind ; I
urc.w a plstol and snapped it at tne man in l-ont
who nad struck me ; I put my pistol back in my
pocket, ar.d then the whole crowd made a rush at
me, and an uttieer in citizen's dress, without any
k-dge, came up to arrest me j tins same officer a few
moments before had threatened to knock me down
WI had accidently trodden upon his foot in
the otUccr me h0,ding me hy
the aul,ei Gf tUe coat, and while so held I was
struck on the head with a billy, and I fell ; then
recovered, and raised myself to a sitting position,
and saw a crowd ru.shing at me some with drawn
pistols; I noticed particularly William Dix; I then
drew my pistol and su ippeu it again; 1
was then
taken to ttie staijon-house and kept there for two
hours before the magistrate came j after having my
head dressed I went again to the polls; I found only
some two or three at tiie window, but a large crowd
of nearly two hundred m the neighborhood ; no re
toriners or reform tickets were visible ; 1 walked up
to the window and voted ; as I handed my ticket to
the judges 1 noticed that the reform judge and clerk
were not there; one of the judges called my atten-
. - . . t . X" . . .1 . . I. . . . . . 1 . 1 1 .
lion to me luet imui loc uui a hcic eieur, itou lu
.. that difficul in voti
( j .j to M k.Q. . all well enou h n
1 fter they Uuve driven away everybody there was
to vote," I passed by the polls several ttmes during
the day, and it was nlways pretty much us wtien I
was knocked down ; this crowd was gathered round
the window, pushing, husiliug, &c.; now and then
they would seem to select some individual, chase
him down the jrtreet and then return to the window
again. - -
More of tlie Cooping nt Levy's John JJinsley abt-ut
again.
Patrick Finnigan, a native of Ireland, and who
has not been naturalized testified to being caught on
Gay St.; called the police, going to the watch-house
to make complaints, &c, and adds : When I got
outside I met two men, one of whom I knew, and
they insisted on my going along with them, and
took me down to llolliday street, between Fayette
and Baltimore streets, put me in a room in "lias
Levy's " house, and kept me there until the morn
ing of election ; in two rooms there were about 60
or 70 other persons cooped ; they beat me severely
with billies and espantoons, and I had the marks
on my body for some two weeks; on the morning of
election they took me out, right after the firing,
and made me vote; the man who held me did not
want to let me go, but a gentleman came over and
insisted on my being let go, and so I was.
Question. While you were in the coop did you
see John Hinsley there?
Answer. I did ; I saw hun there on Sunday
nisrht when I was taken in : 1 then called to him bv
name, but he wouldn't say anything to me, anMAN A BOLITIONIST CH ARG E DENIED
then they beat me ; he went out for a little while
1 : 1 , -1
and came back afterwards ; I sa A" him in coop after
wards; I think it was Tuesday, or it may have been
on Monday ; there were others cooped besides my
self in the room when Hinsley was in there.
The Young Men for Douglas.
A Millwaukee Correspondent of the Chicago
Times, thus nolif-e an element of strength which will
accrue to the Democracy in f;ir greater force with
Douglas as a candidate, then any other man. After
alluding to other reason why Douglas should re
cti ve the nominat'01 t Charleston, the writer adds.
"Another and weight argument, is that his nom
ination is asked by, and would be responded to with
unbounded enthusiasm by the Democracy of the
Union. The Democratic party posses a wonderful
power of accreatioii by perpetually recruiting its
numbers from the ranks of young men -It cou
taines to-day no insignificant number of those who
are of that age when all the impulses are warm and
the attachment to a favorite is nnchilled by the cau
tions lukewarmucss of disappointment or time ser
ving prudence. The profference of this large class
of electors for Senator Douglas is decided and ar
dent, t Whatever can be done by activity, iy the
magnetic power of a fresh and ernest confidence
and by disinterested but zealous-devotion to s reat
favorite, wjmld be brough by the young Democracy
to the support of Mr. Douglas. The want of experi-enc.-,vouhl
be made up by an untiring zeal and an
irrsistablc enthusiasm, ruch as no candidate has
over raised The party needs just sucn aid, and no
utln-r nominee would recede so much of it as Jud"e
Douglas, whom all the young Democracy hail as
their champion, and round whose standard they
would rally with a spirit that half waius a triumph
before tho battle begins.
K s.-uth writes a long letter on the subject of the
balioi. He says that w'u?n Hungary was blessed
witii a Constitutional form of Government, secret
voting was but seldom resorted to "publicity was
the rule." N protection of any kind was wanted
by the Magyars. Tenant right rendered tenants in
dependent of their landlords; and being essentially
an agricultural people there wafe " very little of that
eagerness with which in populous cities tradesmen
are seen to cling: to the patronage of good custom
er, me civic spirit ana sen-conscious patriotism
of the Hungarians, precluded anything like bribery
on a large scale and no" paramount imnortnnn"
was therefore attached to the ballot as a means of
picYcuung eiuier in iimiuation or corruption.
An investigation is now going on with reference
to alleged cruelty to prisoners in the East Cam
bridge, Mass., House of Correction, in which some
startling facts are developed. It appears that Mr
Adams, the keeper, was in the habit of giving food
to the prisoners which was unfit for hogs ; that the
meat contained worms, and was so offensive that the
matron could not carry it to the cells ; that the in
mates resorted to the swill barrel to satisfy their
hunger ; that some of them were forced to sleep
on the ground floor ; that two had their limbs
frozen for want of sufficient heat, and that they
were gagged and placed in solitary confinement
when theydomplained.
The Weekly North Carolinian.
?. J. SINCLAIR, Editor.
FATETTEVILLE. XT C-
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18.
THE PRESIDENCY.
; The New York " Courier and Enquire of
the 1 1th instant, gives come insight in rVjard
to the great flare-op that is destined to done
in the next Presidential campiagn among the
back Republicans. Iu speaking of the proper
programme of nominating. Bates, of Missouri,
and Cameron, of Pennsylvania, as Prer.dent
and Vice-President, and the acceptance of Sew
ard of jthe mission to Great Britain." It tys :
"It does not become ns to speak: or .to as-
snme to speak for the Republican party if the
Uuited States. We can however, and atlrays
do, speak very plainly for ourselves; a ud thir
ty-two years' experience has enabled c3- to
judge somewhat of the feelings and wishes of
those with whom we act. w e proclaim 'theo,
as our belief, that at this day, nine -tenths of
all the opposition to the Democracy in the free
States, are solidly banded together nudef the
Republican organization, And yet, thos nine
tenths are perfectly satisfied that a uuiot'tf "all
the elements of opposition to tbe Democ ?y is
desirable; and to prodnee such a
are willing to make any reasonable coocesn.
We do not doubt for a moment, that if the
one-tenth to whom we allude,, should say to
the Republican party in convention'be gener
ous act with magniuimity, and give us the
Vice-President," the response would be favora
ble, and that Mr. Bates, Mr. Bell, Mr Critten
den or any man of that class, could be placed
upon the Republican ticket for Vice-President.
There are no better men than they in tlie whole
Uuited States none for whom we antertain
greater respect; and individually we should re
joice in the nomination of one of them for Vice-
President, and believe that the Republican
party would approve of the act,
But when tbe one-tenth of the opposition,
say to ns, as they do, 'you must itake one of
our men as your nominee for the Presidency or
we will not act in concert with yo," our reply
is Never. Muck as we desire IJnion, we can
not and will not recognise the right of the oue
tenth to dictate to the nine-tenths ; and such
we belieue is the almost unanimous feeling of
the people who compose the Republican Party.
We believe this feeling is so general, that the
nomination by the Chicago Convention of any
man for the Presidency who acted against us
in 1856, would inevitably insure the defeat of
Republican l'arty ; and we believe too, tnai
the nominatio of any other person than V il
liam II. Seward, would eudangcr a sira'diar
result.
That paper then goes on to state that should
Mr Seward not get the nomination at Chicago,
he will doubtless abandan politics and return
to private life. So mote it he.
The Courier and Enquirer thinks that B,ates,
or Bell, or Botts, or Crittenden, would make
good Presidents; but here we give its words:
We repeat what we have heretofore said:
nobody has a higher estimate Of the qualities
both head and heart, of Mr Bates than we have;
and Messrs Bell and Crittenden, are life-long
personal friends whom we cherishi and love;
and yet we would sooner see our darty meet
with a rtohly nritd,wfttilJX'snport ef-f'v
ther of them, or anv other DersbnvrIfc Fts-
dency who aided in the defeat of the Republi
can cause in 1356. These men were then, all
for Fillmore, well knowing that it was only a
plea whereby to defeat Frenion and elect
Buchanan. Well, they succeeded. They have
perceived their error and repent of their couse;
and in this we greatly rejoice. And so sincere
are we in saying we rejoice in their repentance,
that we shall be delighted to support either of
them for the Vice Presidency; but when either
of them asks to become our Standard Bearer,
and modestly requires us to fall into their ranks,
iu the name of the Republican Party, we must
respectfully, but decidedly, decline the honor
intended to be conferred upou us. In other
words, we bolt iu advance.
Oh! how well the Black Republicans and
Southern opposition understand each other?.
s
STATE OF NOTH-CAROLINA, )
Cumberland County. J
This is to certify that I met J.
B. White-
burst on the road on this evening, and after
making known to him the suspicions of the
community that he is an Abolitionist, he placed
in my hands his Carpet-Bag and other baggage
which I have thoroughly examined, and find
nothing in them to confirm the suspicions of his
being an abolitionist The contents of his bag
gage showed the evidence of the catting which
he professes to follow, viz : A Cutter and a
Teacher of the Art of Cutting Garments.
Jairy 18, 1860. JNO. P'McLEANc
We find the above advertisement in the North
Carolina Presbyterian, and as a short notice,
exculpating the same fellow, was in our paper some
weeks since and had the effect only of producing
more abolition tactics from Whitehurst, we must
expose him. He visited us a few days since and
asked of us to allow him to put a reply in our paper
to the Editorial which referred to him. We refused
upon the ground of the length of time, and that in
the interval he might possibly hajiedone MNptelhing
which we could not justify he not having
cleared his character at the first interview which
he had with us. We have just returned from Har
nett County and whilst there we have found out
more of this scamp. Some eight or ten - gentlemen
were indignant at the article in our paper excusing
him ; and we hereby again warn that man to make
tracks or he will most certainly be cocped. There
is positive proof agaiust Whitehurst of various un
accountable acts and doings, besides if the negroes
are to be believed, he is nothing short of an aboli
tionist His conduct about the factory, near Mr
McDermid's is inexplicable, and he. has failed to
give an account of his proceedings, when interroga
ted. We will pledge our word for it, that should he
ever go to thatr county, he will return a wiser
man. Mr McLean found nothing in his bag ; but,
had he examined his condnct he might have learned
otherwise. It docs not follow that because he had
a pair of scissors and chart, that therefore he is not
an abolitionist, nor is it expected that an abolition!
ditionisi
will carry incendiary matter in a carpet bag.
Wn
I
Oub Indebtedness. We are indebted ' to the
Hons. S. A. Douglas, of III.; R. M. T, Hunter, of
Va.; Warren Winslow and T. I. ClMgman of N.
Carolina; Valandigam and Cox, of Qhi; Siokles, of
New York; Florence and Montgomery 0f pa frr
valuable publio documents our thankjs is all we
can offef, We djd'nt get any thing Mmd Penning
ton, Henry W. Davis, or John A, Giftner Nor do
want any thing from them it would
to publish it.
dangerous .
I
HUS-j
A HUNLYEARS AGO.
Coming down to later times, we know that
there are men, with scarcely sufficient compre
hension to calculate the simplest' question of
arthmetic, who presume to cypher out a problem
before whose mighty intricacies the greatest
mathemaliniau on earth would quail, and which
can be solved by no less a mighty pencil than
that of Omniscience itself; viz: tbe value of
this glorious Union. Seventy-three years ago
next fourth of July a Convention from all the
States met in Philadelphia, to agree upon a
plan of National Union. The labors of that
Convention were eminently successful. A
Constitution wa? framed, which is universally
recognized, as the greatest and wisest code that
ever emanated from the martiai mind, a Con
stitution which harmonized differedces, recon
ciled conflicting interests, crushed petty jeal
ousies, bound the scattered strength of our
people and showed to the world and God
grant it may show to us, that In Union lies
our Strength. A Constitution, which of all
human constitutions is all powerful to protect,
and which is powerless to injure the weakest of
our people. Can it be, O, can it be, that w"e,
who from our birth up, have with every breath,
enjoyed the blessings that Union has afforded
will allow fiatricidal hands to tear it asunder ?
No, we cannot It is a libel on gratitude to
make such a declaration. Nero sat Rome on
are, that its glare might make him momentarily
conspicuous, but we do not believe we have a
handful of men in onr country to the manor
born, save Greely, Beecher, Smith and a few
like miserable Jack Cades who would be wil
ling to sever this Union that its fail might give
them notoriety. It is true the patriotic heart
has been shocked by the anathemas of these
political serpants, as the miserable infidel shocks
the heart of piety, by denying the existence of
that God upou whose bounty he depends for
the very breath he uses in his vile and impious
denial. They are mere political madmen,
whose insane mouthings should excite our pity
and contempt. We intend no panegyric upon
the Union, to sirg 110 paeus to its praise. It
needs no tribute from our feeble pen, for itself,
has told its proud history upon the record of
time, iu characters, and in language; whose
strength and beauty shame the efforts of mortal
pen. The success of that Union is world ac
knowledged. It is written in letters of light
upon every hill top, while thanksgivings of
praises are borne upon the breeze, from every
valley and plain, it has filled with joy and glad
ness, with peace, prosperity, and protection.
It is written iu characters of light upon our
glorious flag of stripes and stars which is recog
nized wherever winds blow atyi water runs;
as a country upon which the eyes of the world
are turned, the hopes of liberty are fixed. Our
readers must forgive ns if our a'ticle is rather
long, but as we told them in the beginning that
the Editor is absent, we partook of the general
rladness. and did not know how much we had
written.
DOUGLAS STOCK RISING.
The Democracy of Maine have sent Douglas del
egates to the Charleston C onvention. IJouglas will
certainly get tbe nomination, and we shall see the
Standard taking him ''with a jirotest."
That is from the Raleigh Register, and a beauti
ful simple'of brass is exhibited in these few words.
The Register has indeed a face of bras, a nose of
steel, a head of iron and a tongue of leather, to thus
talk about Douglas, whose little finger contains
more of national, southern sentiments than does
that of Bates of Missouri, Crittenden of Kentucky,
or Filmore of New York. Bates, who says that the
decision of the Supreme Court in the case of Dred
Scott is of no weight. Crittenden, who is sectional
enough to be advocated as the nominee of Presi
dent or Vice President by the New York Etiqvirer
and Tribune. Fillmore who says that he regretted
the necessity that compelled him to sign the bill for
the rendition of fugitive slaves, and that he was
opposed to slavery. Yes, all of theF nd yet, our
sage friend would have no hesitency in supporting
all or any of these men. And why ? Simply be
cause he wants to ride his party into power if such
a course would place him astradle of his satanic
majesty, as his candidate. We never expect to
hear the Register supporting a candidate under a
protest, never ! A paper that would not protest
asrainst the vote of J. A. Gilmer when cat for
Swartz, and then for the arch traitor H. W. Davis,
there is not independence enough in it to support a
candidate of it own party under a protest, from the
crown of its head to the sole of its foot.
Will the Register tell us if Mr Douglas theory of
territorial authority is halfasbad as that of his idol,
the trreat Henry Clay ? Is it as bad as Webster ?
Is it as bad as every prominent oppositionist from
Hamilton up to the Register we ask you is it half
as bad ? And yet you talk about protests. When
a democrat goes astray we can condemn him ; but
you very seldom see one do a very misty trick, on
the contrary, when an oppositionist goes astray; they
fall so low, naturally, that the ' crack of doom
could not elevate them and they are condemned by
the press ex necessatati rei, only' from the enormity
of their guilt
A CONFIDENCE GAME.
Some eighteen months since a German, glorying
in the title of George Washington ?) Sperling came
to our town and set up in the grocery, liquors and
produce business, seeming to have capital, and for
sometime did a very fair trade. His actions were
such that there could be no exception taken to them,
and he was looked upon as a permanent fixture in
our town. Lately, however, having gained Some
credit and procured some of our respectable mer
chants as endorsers and having done a considerable
business in one of our banks, he ran into them to the
tune of eight thousand dollars in cash leaving up
on the plea of buying coffee in Wilmington, N. C.
He procured credit and endorsement for a stock to
the above amount; and the first heard of him, was
a letter stating that he was going to Europe pro bona
and of course to make themselves easy. It is sup-
posed that the money taken away by the scoundrel,
- A 1 nl..U f A i .1 3
cannot be short of twenty or twenty-five thousand
dollars.
ggT" We learn that the Contractors have about
160 hands at work on our Rail Rond, and are pro
gressing rapidly. It is though that the Road will
be finihsed to this town by the 1st July next. If
this should be the case, our next 4th of July Orator
will have two interestingmew items to enlarge upon
the Rail Road, and the Centennial Anniversary of
the incorporation of our town, which occurs this
year. Tfcr&ora' Southerner. fl .C
We learn that Gov. Ellis, by and with the
advice of Councel, has appointed George Howard,
Esq., to the vacant judgeship in the place of the Hon.
Judge Manley. Also, James W. Osborn, Esq., o
Charlotte, in the place of Hon. Judge Caldwell, re.
signed. The resignation of Judge Shepherd is in
the Governor's possession, and accepted, and will take
effect after Spring Court. No appointment was
made.
Of the selections above, we can only speak person
ally of one Jas. W. Obsorn, Esq., is certainly an
excellent appointment his gentlemanly deportment
together with his superior legal attainments will
make him a judge of great popularity. It is almost
a crime to commit his superior powers of advocacy
to the bench, and were it not that he is otherwise
so well adapted to it, we would be found objecting
to such a course.
REV. MR. SPURGEON.
The Southern admirers of this dirty greasy English
Cockney, the great preacher, whose sermons hare
been so very extensively read in the South, will no
doubt be taken aback by reading his sentiments in
regard to the institution of slavery. He is a con
tributor to the Boston Watchman and Reflector, and
in his last contribution to that paper he gets off the
following :
"I do from my inmost soul detest slavery any
where and everywhere, and although I commune at
the Lord's table with men of all creeds, yet with a
slaveholder I have no fellowship of any sort or kind.
Whenever one has called upon me, I have consider
ed it my duty to express my detestation of his
wickedness, and would as soon think of receiving a
murderer into my church, or into any sort of friend
ship, as a manstealer.
I I shall remember that my voice echoes
beyond the Atlantic, and the crying sm of a man
stealing people shall not go unrebuked.
Finally, let me add, John Brown
is immortal in the memories of the good in England,
and in my heart he lives."
We agree with the Raleigh Register, that after
this, any bookseller who offers for sale a copy of
any edition of Spurgeon's Sermons whicli is not
already before the public, should be arrested and
tried for circulating incendiary publications. We
believe it to be the duty of all Southern booksellers
to return every copy ot Spurgeon's Sermons they
may have on their shelves to the houses at the
North from whence they were purchased. We do
further maintain, that the people of the South ought
not to enrich a man who entertains such abominable
sentiments towards them. We would like a good
opportunity at this hypocrite preacher who pro
fains the sacred desk, in preaching from it his
fiendish sentiments, against our Constitution and
citizens. We would extract a little of his pluck
from him with the toes of a pair of coarse pegge d
boots.
fgpThe Scientific Aartisan, one of our best ex
changes (and which from its price an 1 the amount
of valuable matter which it contains ought to be in
every family South) comes to hand this week with a
cut representing a machine fbr the separating of the
cotton fiber from the the seed. The value of this
machine to our cotton planters may be seen partial
ly by the following from the Artisan:
Neither time nor space would permit us to recall
even a portion of the arguments that have been ad
deced of late years to show the planters of the
South what vast amounts of wealth were annually
scattered by them in the apparently worthless arti
cle of cotton seed.
Those little, dried-up lumps of dirt, with little
fibers of cotton sticking through them, seem at a
glance to be of litt'e value. But from careful esti
mates recen'ly made by able statisticians their value
soon counts up millions, and although "cot on is
king," in many respects, the cotton seed of the
same districts is becoming an able compeer, and may
in the course of everts, even assume the throne,
and sustain a supremacy.
To produce such results, however, the skillful in
ventors have been called upon for the purpose of de
vising some method by which the tough, dry and
lint-covered hulls could be removed from around
tho rich kernels, wherein lies such abundant wealth.
The same paper states that Mr Fee, the inventor
of the machine alluded to has also a superior oil
mill by which vast quantities of valuable oil is pro
duced from the cotton seed, making the seed as val
uable as 'the cotton itself. Our planterslmay not be
aware of the great amount of money which is in
the cotton soed that is thrown away by them for
manure.
The Gold of Mooue County. While at Har
nett we were informed tint our friend, Thos. Har
rington, Esq., of Moore county has upon his planta
tion a valuable Gold mine which has lately been
opened up for operation. The gold is not like that
of Mecklenburg, found in the rock, but, in the soil
upon the face of a hill, and down at the base it is
found where the rains have washed it. This mine
is located upon Lick Creek, and nre learn that its
yield is very great. "
Mr H. is now in Texas, viewing that promised
land. We think it will be some time ere he will
find property as valuable in that region.
A Fkee Nf.gro entices a Slave to Runaway,
Kitt Huffman, a free negro who was tried for
murder last spring in our Court, has enticed a boy,
the property of Wm. Cade, Esq., of this place, to
run away with him and go North. It seems that
for some time past he had been striving to entice two
of Mr Cade's boys (brothers) away, and prevailed
upon one to do so. Kitt was up here on Wednes
day, but left in the boat for Wilmington just one.
hour before the officer arrived at the wharf. It is
expected that he will leave the boat at White Hall
or some place between this and Wilmington, and
meet the boy at some place before arranged upon,
Kitt is a bright mulatto, about 5 feet 1 1 inches or 6
leet nign. xne citizens 01 tms ana adjoining coun
ties ought to keep a good look out for them.
g9fF Some of our opposition papers have taken
up the glove for Pennington, the Black Republican
speaker, and condemn the democrats for being too
much Southern. That course may pay the opposi
tion as a party, but, we doubt that it will pay the
slave-holder. This is the beginning of the proposed
unioa in the next Presidential campaign when we
shall see these papers supporting the Chicago nomi
nee of the Black Republican party. Mark us ! that
will be their course. Watch them.
gy One of our exchanges says that John Bell,
of Tennessee, is the -only candidate fit to be norai
na' ed for President bythe opposition. We think
so too. He is about the oldest one on the track.
and they may as well kill him now as to let him die
of old age.
A friend asks us, will we support Douelas
at the head of the Charleston nomination ? No but
we will support the Charleston nomination with
Douglas at the head !
3SP An opposition Editor writine to one of the
craft lately, said that another Editor in that party
was the 4lmeenest creature in the opposition ranks."
That was saying a great deal.
52T"Prentice has stopped punning, and Brownlow
is determined hereafter to tell the truth. The mil
Hnneum is just dawning
We are much pleased to learn, that amrfi na
tion will ahortly be made to the Post -Master Gener
al, for permission to change the day of departure of
the Cheraw and Fair Bluff mails from this office.
When the change is made, we shall be enabled to
give fb our subscribers on those routs, our wei kly
paper a day earlier than we do now, and to our sub
scribers to the daily, Saturday's paper, 011 the day
of publication.
Late News.
' AVashington, Feb. 13.
In the Senate the Kansas Wyandtt Com
stitutiou was presented. Mr Seward moved
to refer it to the Committee on Territories
Mr. Brown moved a resolution instructing
the Committee to enquire if the laws had been
strictly complied with in the formation of a
Constitution ; and if a census had been taken?
Mr. JJooLiTTLE moved to instruct th
ue cotu-
mittee to report immediate admission
Mr Pcgh opposed Brown's resolution 011 the
grouad that Congress had uot made an appro
priation for taking the census.
Mr. Brown's resolution relative to the ri ghts of
States and Territories, was discussed by Messrs.
Hale anil Toombs, but no action was taken.
The Senate then went into Executive session.
The House anthorized
Printing to report.
a .Special Committee on
LATER FROM EUROPE !
ARRIVAL OF THE BOHEMIAN !
Portland, Feb. li.
The fine ship Bohemian, with Liverpool dates to
the first, and telegraph dates to the second, has ar
rived. - ,
The ship Endymoin for New York, was burnt iu
the river Mersey, early on the morning of the :5.-t
ot January. The cause of the lire was not ascertain
ed. The crew of the vessel numbering 30, and -2't
cabin passengers, were aU saved, with their luggage.
A portion of the cargo was saved. The Loss" wil l
probably amount to 150,U00. iudenendent. ..fit,,.
I ship.
The English Budget was to be brought before Par
f. liamentment on the sixth.
The Times says a proposition will be made to the
United States in reference to the San Juan dillicultv,
which may fully satisfy both countries.
The rates of the Bank of Engiand had been ad
vanced to 4 per cent.
Comkkkoai..
Liverpool, Feb. 2. Sales of cotton for three days
past, amount to 30,000 bales ; market opened linn
at last quotations, but closed quiet, in consequence
of the advance in Bank rales. The estimated sales
of Wednesday and Thursday, were lo,U0U bales, and
at the closing, holders were offering Ireelv,- buc there
was no change in prices, although tlie article had an
upward tendency.
Flour quiet and steady at 23 a 2.1s. Wlu-at dull
f.nd easier. Corn firm and stightiy hi-her- yellow
o 1 3- a oos.
Provisions dull. Sugar quiet. Coffee steady. Kir
steady. Rosin firm at 4s od a 4s Gi. Spts "lurpon
tine firm at Stis.
Money more stringent and in active dem.md.
Bullion largely decreased.
The Paris Urn vers, a popular paper, had been sup
pressed.
second DISPATCH.
FURTHER AXI IMPORTANT BY
BO 11 KM I AN !
Portland, Feb
TIIE
14
The Loudon Times says, the proposal of
Great Britain, instead ot standing out for the
Rosario Channel, and the whoie "luun of is
lands, as against. Hero Channel, a tnird rn.. ..
nel is proposed which gives San .Juan to hi.g
laud, and all other to this American Govern
ment. The United States, says the Times, wili ul.si
be asked to give us tlie wuo.e of certain head
land, which the forty-ninth parallel now en is ,u
two.
The cause of the suppression of the Pans
Univer.-e was ihu publication of a letter iroai
the Pope to i hy ircli bishop, slating lus mo
tives for refusing to accept the advice of the
Emperor.
The steel plated frigate Clone, utTo il:o:i,
had been ordered to be got ready for sea with
ail pocsibie despatch. Her destination iu un
known A party hostile to the accession of Savoy
had made a demonstration at, Hamburg and
asked the Governor whether it was the inden
tion of the King ot Sardinia to cede Savoy to
France. The Governor replied that the Ling
would not willingly do so.
Numerous arrests had been made at Venice.
The authorities informed tbe people that it
was the intention of Austiia to retain and de
fend Venice to the utmost.
The Very Latest Thursday
A large Moorish force yesterday attacked
the right wing of the Spaniards, The former
were repulsed. The Spaniards then carried
the Moorish positions. Loss uu each sid 2,000.
The Paris Bourse was greatly depressed,
owing to Napoleon's breach with the Pope.
A state of seige was expected in Hungary
and Venetia. In the latter place tho officers
had been attacked by the people.
GREAT FIRE IN ' ELIZA BETH CITY t
Forty IIouhcs Burnt !
Norfolk, Feb. 14. The stage, from Eliza
beth City, X. C , reports that a great fire oc
curred there last niht. Forty houses were
burnt. Loss very heavy.
Messrs. Gwatkins, Cobb, Poole, Wheeler,
and other wealthy citizens, were burnt out!
Many families are without shelter, or means
of support. Insurance partial Fire caused
110 doubt by au incendiary. Excitement very
great.
CONGRESSIONAL.
Washington, Feb. 1.1.
The Senate to-day receded from the abolition of
the franking privilege, and passed the postal bill by
nearly a unanimous vote. The bill was signed by
the President, and is now a law.
In the House three balloLs were taken for printer
Defrees lacking but one vote of election on th( last!
Various bills were introduced on various subjects
including the French Spoliation, the Tariff Inter
diction of Polygamy in Utah; Pensions for soldiers
of 1812, and the admission of Kansas.
A resolution was adopted authorizing the Se
geant-at-Arms to arrest Sanborn, John LIrown, Jr
and Redpath, for their contempt in refusing to obey
th summons of the Investigating Committee
-After passing the Postal Bill, the Senate took up
tftft bill abolishing the Franking Privilege, which
Mtfej a. long debate, was passed. The bill cuts off
all franking privilege after the loth of April, with
the exception of those to whom the privilege has
been granted by name. 0
Only Hemphill and Williamson voted against it.
IMPORTANT FROM BROWNSVILLE.
Charleston-, Feb. 15. The Courier's special
New Orleans despatch says the Bella's correspon
denr at Brownsville, writes that the Texas Commis
sioners are fully convinced that the authorities and
principal citizens of Matamoras are in league with
Cortinas. The Commissioners have reported to the
Governor that war exists.
Cotton in Illinois.
The Prairie Farmer states that cotton hrs been
successfully raised last season in Sangamon County
111. The quantity grown was small, but it will
encourage further trials.
A squaw in Western Iowa got drank on strychnine
whisky recently, and when her husband undertook
to control her; she seized a knife and laid him out
and then she cut out his heart. Several Indians
looked oniudifferently as by their code vengeance
must be visited by relatives of the decased,