WEEKLY COURIER. EDITOR ATD PROPRIETOR, j 33 SATURDAY MORNING MAY 26. FOR GOVERNOR, J XKIITvI TT. E li li I 0, - . Of ROWAN COUXTY. - . r ' TOB THX SENATE, - V:DTOTCAI; SHAW, i rca !the "itouse or commons, ' , 4 J CG: WRIGHT, C, fl, COFFIELD, - j S?IIARRrNGTON, xoe. snmtirr or cciib ek la x d coxthtt, FRANK! N, ROBERTS. JiCTORS FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT " " fOK THE ST1TK AT LARGE : ALFRED It. SCALES, of Rockingham. ED. GRAHAM HAYWOOD, of Wake. DISTRICTS t 1st District, JOnX r. MOOnE, of Hertford. 2d WJI. B. KUDMAX, or lleaufort. WM. A. ALLEN, of Duplin. HENRY TV. MILLER, of Wake, J. R. McLEAN, of Guilford. T. W, KEEN, of Rockingham. J. A. FOX, of Mecklenburg JOHN A. DICKSON, of Burke, 34 4th 6 th 6th 7th 8th "The Standard knows 'that the Abolitionists wold makeeapital oat or the dlsensslon which the ad valorem proposition would excite, and inker eo Hid do so bow or at aaj. time, it is anarument to saow inai as longas tae pro daets of slave labor constitute the prlncipa wealth of Xorth Carolina the proposition should not be hronbt op in the State." The Eateigk Ji emitter, tke central org of the Opjtosition party of Xortk Carolina, January 21,1800. - m . i Let the poor ma- remember that tcjten h reaches. 45 yean of age he ceases to pay tax al together -But according to Mr, Joots plan, he mm j i must pay tax alt Jits lie. . There are at the North a few thousand lunatics. j wild, demented negro maniacs, miserable and pi . tiable, yet hideous beings in whom all the higher qualities and instincts of their race have perL-h ed, are utterly lost beyond redemption. They hare brooded over an abstraction till it has be come to them, liko all other monomaniacs, an ac tual and real thing, aud it has transformed them not into slavering idiots, but frantic and hideous moral monstrosities. European writers, necessa rily "ignorant of negroes, have told them that these negroes 'are-men like themselves, except th4 their color is different, that they spring from the same common parentage, and therefore have the same nature and the same natural -rights as themselves. And they seek to make this sense less abstraction an actual fact to transform this imaginary black-white man into a real white man; to change .the eternal harmonies and re-construct the work cf the almighty.. But they are excee dingly TimlTAiumteT, and still feebler in ia Huen.ce-' -At first the natural Wealthy instinct of the people prompted tbni to drive them out from among them as social lepers, unworthy of a place in their midst, but it was soon seen they could do little harm beyond, the circle of their own bewil dered and nigger-struct sect, and they were given over to their disgusting delusions .and the popu lar contempt, Meanwhile, the broken down fragments of a once powerful party have organized themselves on the basis of this nigger abstraction, and, with their candidate in the field, dare to ask the peo ple to place them in power. True, they do not presume to present their .candidate or party doc trines at the South, whers lie and the imposture are practically understood, nor dare they avow the doctrines of their legitimate authors and foun ders, the abolition lunatics at the North.; But they mystify and bewilder the people they pre sent slavery, real shivery to their imaginations, they talk of freedom and slavery as abstractions, w m ana. except occasionally, trnen some one more honest, or rather more demented, lets out a word or two of their hideous devilLnns, they studiously keep the negro out of sight. . Well, suppose they elect their' candidate ; suppose the Democratic party fail to enlighten the people, fail to lift the Curtain from the .mind of the North, and expose : the imposture, the hideous and loathsome theings -wrapped up in this- self-sty led Republican party fail, in short, to show the northern masses that :-this Lincoln party propose to degrade them to .level whu souuiern nejrroes. o appose, we re peat, that this strange dalusion U permitted to sweep on, and place Abe. Lincoln in the ehair of Washington, what then ! ,What will fol low? what course will be taken by the wronged and outraged citizens of the South ? Wo cannot . answer perhaps have no right to answer; for, though every man at the North is equally wrong ed, and equally disgraced by the success of such a party, or rather, by the success of such a stu pendous imposture, it seems to fall especially on the men of the South. But there is a probabili ty in the case, an extreme and frightful, proba bility, that should be brought home to every voter at the North rthat should be - placed be fore the eyes, and rung in'thc cars, and brought home to the fireside of every family north of the Potomac.' i Chatham Coumtt. We learn that the Dem ocrats and antif -Know Nothings of Chatham have ' agreed to support W. G- Harris Esq., for the Sen ate, ana;Meesra. Daniel Hackney, R. C. Cotten and Turner Bynum for the Commons. Mr. Moore, one of tne late members, declines to be a candidate t - M m ; Candidates Nasu' The fallowing gentle men d eclared themselves candidates at May Court : L- N. B. Battle and A. J. Taylor for the Senate; ' Henry G. Williams for the Common, and Nerer son H7. Cooper and B. T. Mann, for Sheriff. . Mr. Battle is former Senator ; G. N. Lewis, the former Commoner, declines being a candidate for re-election- ' Mr. Cooper is the present Sheriff. Rev. James McDanieL of this place, will deliver the Annual Sermon before the graduating class of Oxford Female College, on Thursday tiy; Hon Eli Thayer will please except our thanks, for. valuable puilic documents. v " j Remember,, that'.by adopting Ad Valorem taxation you give the non-tlaycholdcr an interest ia the institution of slavery and make him doubly ready to do battle in defence of your property. ' Vrttrrn Advocate. If this is not an attempt to array no chu-s aguinsC another we are egfegiously mistaken.. - The editor of the Advocate, for instance, we beliere has no pecuniary " interest in the iqstitu- tion of slavery," although ire feel quite cure he would fight in the defence of property or any thing else as rapidly as any one.i Here Is non- slaveholder vertu$ slaveholder. I Which would fight the hardest t Liter art. We learn that W. F. O reen, Esq., of Franklin, will deliver an address before the students of Belford Academy on the 6th June, and that W. T. Williams, Esq., of HUIiardaton will address the stndcuts of Union Hill Acade my on the 1st Jane. ' ' - -7Z 1 T. C' K.nick. Knax. -Mr. Mark otafiv.o pro. poses to publish for the next six in on t lis a 'paper to be devoted to wit and humor to be called Knick Knax. in the town of Franklin, at 50 cents per wngle copy, . j THE SUPERIOR COURT Will commence its Summer Term iu Raleigh, on Monday, the 11th day of June. Causes will t be called as follow : ' June 13, those from the I circuit. u u 13, V n iu i u 25, July 2 u u 10' VI and VII Circuiu. M&- We notice an adTOrtisenicnt in the Nor- fulk Day Book which reads thus f "The real U- stand the youths and maidens; wlo had no de sue, The man for the Times. For President, sire to vex the sons of Rachab, for they said Henry A. Wise, of Virginia.' Campaiox Advocaek. We the first number of the Campaign ave before us Advocate pub- lished in the town of Kiiton, by Walter Dunn, Esq. Opposition in politics. j Jjq?" John C. Gorman & Co., propose to com mence the publication of the North Caroliiu Monthly Advertiser in the town of Wilson on or ? . o 1 ; about the first of June next. Success to it. The follow in 2 hi the list of the candidates who were found qualified by the recent Board of Med ical Officers, assembled, at Philadelphia, for ad mission iuto the United Ftates Navy as Assistant Surgeons : James Ev Lindsay, North Carolina ; Henry F. .McShcirry, Virginia; John J. Gibson, Illinois ;; Osborne S. Inglchart, 3Iary1.iud; Sam. uel J. Jones, Pennsylvania ; . Robert R. fiitbs, of Beaufort, S, C, Jtseph W Shivcly, Ohio. The Japanese Invited to Boston. rMayor LlNCOLX has forwarded to the State Department at Washington an official invitation for the Ja panese P'mbassy to visit Boston and receive its .. ... . ' t hospitalities. The invitation will doubtless be ac ccptcd. The'Fioiit Between Sayees and HeLnan to be Renewed. The London Era i-tatcs upon authority that the fiht between tbe?e two pugil ists will be renewed io two month. Mr. Wilkes, of the Sjnrtt of the Tnr wireitc IreLind as the next fighting grou J t 1 teyoan ha agreed to fight an individual calling himself the "tah-y bridge Iufaut," the a.-tpf September, for $1,000 aside. The "Infant" j a bigger and heavier man than the -Boy," j The CAMr.uax.-oAn intelligent correspon dent of the PclrLury Esjtre$, writing from Nashville says ; J Nah is the htrouget Democratic county iu the State called the u banner county " of that party and of course they are down on; Ad Valorem, and strong for Ellis, the Dcmix-nttio candidate for Governor. Chowan Institute. The Annual Address before Chowan Fcuiale Institute, will be deliver ed on Commencement day (July 4th) by Rev. Josiah B. Solomon. Wake Forest College. The annual exam-; lnation of the students of this, popular institu tion will commence on the 4th day of June next, and continue through the week. The trustees' will meet on Tuesday the 12th at 10 o'clock, A. M. The Annual Address will be delivered before the Societies on Wednesday at 11, A. M., by Rev. T. G. Keen. TIia U.lnci l.r.M l .1 ,..., u. .f 3 T T jiui. &4ki t.-o fcVV 1 . r. f m v, -A . . on Wednesday, by Dr. O. F. Baxter. And the Valedictory Sermon on Wednesday. 8 P. M., by Rev. L. W. Seely Declamation on' 3Inday and Tuesday nights, by members of the Freshman and Sophomore classes. - ; - - Commencement exercises on Thursday 14th. Dead. Hon. Wm. V.. Preston, grand nephew of Pafrick Henry jj and formerly Senator from the State of South Carolina; died at his' residence in Columbia, on Tuesday last, in the ixty-ixth year of his age Iu noticing the sad event the South er Guunltan says : . s j " Wc grieve to announce that the Hon w, c. Preston u no more. The enchauting orator, the brilliant wit, the accomplished man of society, the elegant scholar, trusting Christian he who had so many and such strong titles to our regard and admiration, bus yielded up his spirit and gone to his rest. Honored and blessed be his memo- I ry, and warmly cherished be the associations of his name and tnultiplcd honors with our commu nity ! The gave into which ho hxs descended so hopefully, has swallowed up all, in the living around him, but the kindest thoughts, the most touching recollections, andtbomott heartfelt ben- isons. r The bell tolls as we write, and sends a thrill of sorrow into the hearts of all, that the venerable form, which enshrined so much genius, so many accomplishments, such spotless honor, and such lofty spirit, bhall be seen no more amongst us .. mm orever. iuan eoetn to nu long nonie, ana the v ,i . . i , . ,i mourners go about the street. ' But they mourn . . b . . -r- , ' ; not without hope. 'If the mere conception of the re-union of good men in a future state, infos- ed a momentary rapture into the mind of Tnlly: if an airy speculation coujd inspire him with such delight, what may we be expected to feel, who , m , . . , . , are assured of such an eTent by tnte tayyigt of God!'" S&m Ex-Senator John.. A. Dix has been con firmed as postmaster at New York, vice Fowler . - - (for tha Courier. THB FKAST OF FLOWERS. . On the morning of the twclveth, month of May, in the fourth year of King Buchanan's reign and when Ellis was sovereign of the province of N, Carolina, it entered into the minds of the youths and maidens of Sprta, to gather themselves to gether and hold a feast. j mlle at a pleasant place, and keej the feast of I Fwosoa, And each one brought bread made of Now it was a yearly custom among tlicm to a.- fine flower, and of other things not a little, and they spread a table and bad all things in common. - And there was great feasting and mirth, and the youths and maidens wcre comely to heboid, and they sat under the shade of the trees and communed together, and their hearts were very glad. '..' But when the sun was going down, the maid ens said one to another, come let us go back to the city, but let not the mirth cease with the go ing down of the sun, for we will even meet again to eat the remain of the feast. ; Aud they all answered and said yea, even so; but where shall we meet ? Then soid one of the maidens, behold I is not the Academy near unto the city, and is it not large aud'eonveuient also ? Let us, rpray you, meet there. Theu sjwke one of the youths. Nay, but there is a certain man called Thaddeu, ho says that it must not be so, for the sous of Racbab, that drink no wine will meet there to-night ; But said the maidens, is not the house large enough ? Verily, let them take the upper cham ber aud we will take the lower chamber of the houre. So they all with one accord hearkened to the voice of themaiilen, and raid, what thousay eat that will we do. " Andwheu the snn was down, the maidens ar rayed themtelvos in broidercd work and ctistly ap parel and gathered tlunuelrcs together at the Academy. But when they came tothc place they found wvrnil of the son of ltathub. and al-so gome tneuof Belie!, w hich lat, had come to with- we will not disturb you wttn tne psaitry, ncr tue dance, go ye therefore iuto th upper chamber, aud there take eouuel tgethcr, attcr which we will hold our feast. But certain mou of Bclicistirrcd up the people, faying: We built this houre for a houre of in htructiou, and not for j4hou.ccf fating; depart ye, therefore, for ye, f hall not Uld the foast in this place. Then . anawercJ th youths. Are we men ! or are wo children to b thus dealt with " ? uepart we wu ic ne.u ,n uenion by the maidens lor thev will sat, we thought ye Jm M . , . Vrt JWkVn .i... , ; were men ; but children ! I Then certain valiant ones, saiong whic'i were Wibiani, John, Conderry,and llaiburn, went out to thcui aud aid : Ye tee that we have not conie together to do iui.ckitf, thca I Dray yc be recon ciled. But ax thair aner still waxed hot there went out to' them one called Rory. - Now, this man wus me that wxt wcllacjiuinted in the law ; and withal a mau of peacablc dipoaitUn, and he rpitkC kiinlly to leujaiui, wto was me tniei leader ot the hons of Lclu 1, for I naddens was a mighty man in frnXKh otd. ' But Samuel, who was al-o a physician, htayed ia the bouse to com fort the luaideu:, for they tresibled exceedingly. Aud it came topaA when tke supper was ready that John went out to them and eaid : Couie yc into the House, and partake of the ruppcr, but thry said, we will nt partake of it, neither will we touch it, fir ye set k to dciide us in that ye r. . . I say. come cat oi our fupner . Ana to j esse ana Willie they said, ye strive !o fret ir?, for why ebould ye be merry when we arc wroth. ' rk Iicujamin tecaujc somewhat apj'ca-ed, vet be still said, vc fchatl be tried by the law for hit ye have done, and will doubt!cs Ions " much mo- tivy by pKinir Uie rules; and aJJ h younj m. mid we will bear again vr itus matter. ncv- crthehts wc wilj keep the feast. So they fonstcd and played, and their hcarU'were very merry, Hut a.H the SabUiih drew nigh they returned to their nomes. And the yonths spake comforting words to the maidens, and said let not these things make vou sad, for wc ate more than they that are against us, and we do not fear what they can d.. An the rest of the act of Benjamin behold ! they t written iti trwi nn-i'j i.l si.rf m v . l. I&4 . v m tmJ v. I. IVI v.. ASTRHA. GREAT DEMOCRATIC MEETING New Orleans, May 20. The National Dem ocracy appointing Delegates to the btateCouvcn tion, to be held at Dona!dvillc,which will choose Delegates to the Baltimore Convention in place of the Delegation from Louisiana which withdrew from the Charleston Convention. It was one of the largest aid most enthusiastic nicctinjrs held here in a long time. The Hon. Pierre Soule for merly Senator from Louisiana, made a long and eloquent speech, and his remarks were warmly ap- plauded. He denounced the Fecedcrs, and said it was the true policy of the Democracy of Louis iana to maintain tue integrity of the National or 'r.tnization. He was followed by Mr. McFree. of Kentucky, who delivered a bold aud forcible m - .-pecch. Delegates were then chosen to represent the Democracy of New Orleans at the State Con-1 vcntion, and the meeting adjonrned. Lhnrluton Courier, IlllNDN OX ANOTHER- STRING. it SCCniS that Blondin intends changing the location of his rope for the pecformanccs of the coming season, The Nia gara City Herald say: 3Ions. Blmidin, avuted by his agent, is now here superintending the arrangements necessary for the stretching of his rope across the rirer, and erecting tire neces sary enclosures on the American and Canauian khores. The cable is to be hung across just be low the Suspension bridge, directly over the mrt terrible rushing rapid of Niagara. The ieats which M. Blondin contemplates performing dnr ing the prsent season promise to outvie athf 2 that he. has yet done in his most haxxrdous sod dangerous of all calling?. Among other things, the rumor preraiU the danog rope-walker serious ly contemplates diving from toe centre in a life boat, made for the special purpose, into the roar ing flood tide and foam-wreathed rapids of the river helow." . " ' We learn from the High point Reporter that that town is growing rapidly, there being no less than seme 18 improvements in progrej s. tSr new' Postoffice has been established intfat- awba county called " Young's Turn-out," Edmond Sigmore, Esq., P. M. ' wssj--sjpjs Wishes of ax Old Foot. A correspondent of one of our exchanges loncs for the rood: old times in such terms as the following : " I am not sure that the telegraph b any ben- fit to the country. Formerly, before the tele- ph was invented, it took so long to transmit news, that one part of the country Rot over the excitement before another could hear the excit- m? news ; but now, transmitted as it is by hsrht- muz iroiu oue euu vi me country 10 me otner. 4. vi - -4 , " : vr ' the whole people get excited at the same tone, and EWaJ at other by means of the wires. Now give me the good bid days of slow coaches, sleepy papo b, dull Tillages, peace and c m . .i .T ixua consuam exciieuieni, n , ,:TT' ' J" 4 O, for a lodfca ia some vast wilderness, Some boandleaa conUgoitr of shads wEcre I could hear the birds sing, as the deer bound through the forest, and listen to the whip poorwill. without hearing forever the battle-cry of Nagger I'niegerT nirrjrer!! Mf ;From tha-Savannah Jfewj. ' - . - ' A PATRIOTIC SOUTHERN EDITOR. ; It U peculiarly cheering,- at a time like the pre sent, when the great issue, ia vliich are inrclted the equality, the rights, safety and honor cf the Fouth, is to be determined, and when those whom hcr"pcr'c have hopored and trusted, and to whom they had a right to look as the champions of her caiuc, in the hour of trial, are counseling lame submission to the arrogant dictation of her enemies -it is cheering indeed asuch a time, to find some who, uuseduced by the hope of personal ad vancement and unawed by fears of proscription, are capable of rising above the thraldom of party associations, and of taking a decided aud patriot ic stand in vindiction of the rights of their sec tion. Such a true Sou thorn is Johnson J. Hoor-EB, the able editor of the Montgomery Ifaxi, the leading opposition or American paper of Mont gomery; Ala.- Happy would it be for the South and for the country- if the press numbered more such men in its ranks. Esteeming principle above party, he is unwilling to countenance the rueau expedient by which the political organ irv tion to which he belongs wqujd deceive and de lude the South Spurning the cowardly tactics of the late Constitutional Union Contention . at Baltimore, he ignores its no-principU) nominations, and boldly and fearlessly declares his determina tion to sustain no man for oGco who dues, not dis tipctly and uncqqivocally accord to the South all the justly claims."' , Wc take pleasure in transferring his cditerial to our columns : OUR POSITION. ' Wc regret to learn that the course of the Mail, ia respect to the nominations of the Union Con vention, is seriously displeasing to a few of its readers and friends.- While we treat with the re? spect which thcir personal characters entitles them to, the nominees of that Convention, we feci it to be a most sacred duty we owe our country and the South, to oppose the policy on which, as we understand it, Messrs, Bell' and Ererctt arc sought to be made Ircsidcnt aud Vice Presidcut of the United States, For years at least, since February, 1850 we enter and enjoy the common Territories of the Union,-with their slaves, and to be protected there in that enjoyment ; and at tho American Convention of the year mentioned, we, in common with all tho members of the Amer ican party prcacpt,yfy- ourselves to. maintain the doctrine and not sj2ort for any office any man who failed to assert and maintain . that (hx! trinc. And now, when tho South is precd to the list extremity by her foe after her invasion of one of the slave States by a military force from the free States now, when the Democratic party has hcen convulsed into fragments bv the discusj-ion of the shivery subject, now, some hundred of Northern men assembled at Baltimore, and without daring to attfett the equality of the South, (which is eve rywhere denied by the North,) nominate a ticket composed of gentlemen, neither of whom, in a long public Me, nas ever made a single effort to estahindi the equality of the citizens of the slave Mates with tho-e ot the tree btates. row, when every church (except the llomanj in the union is rent asunder by the lever ot the slavery qu tiou when the ireprcscntatives of the " two sec tions arc almost at open war in the Capitol, by reason of the aggressions r.f the North upon the South no, when e.ery child kuows that the ques tion of slavery alone roars and surges bcucath our feet the South is coolly asked to come forward and vote for men who have never done anything for the strengthening of Southern institutions themselves, and ,irhoe party frimd refuse to de- r ... ..i Clare how they stand ou a -oinl protection in tne Territories which .involves the lite or death o African slavery. j. , j As we have eaid, the Democratic rurfrtJ parted the middle, because the National party could not nUJ tit nrc Lh Simth guarantee of protection on account of Northern hatred to Mavcry. And yet this new Union party suddenly collected from all quarters nominates a ticket and ignores the slavery question as if it were an utterly un imtiortant matter. We put it to fvery caudid reader : Has the whole South lied for the last four, years, in declar ing that the time had coinc when guaranties were essential to the srfcty of the South i Have we all been under a delusion in supposing that the North was bent on excluding slavery frotnt he territories 7 Is the capture of Harpers Ferry a fable 1 Well, if the South has not bod if the North has teen and is hostile if abolitionism is ahnot-t universal and deadly at the North, how can wc, Southern men, wishing to be loyal to our pledges and fuithiul to the institutions among which we were born, supjort a ticket no single antecedent of which guaranties practical friendship to our section, aud standing ou a platform the builders of which dared not assert the equality of these Southern States J We quarrel with no man for his opinions, but we must be auowcu to entcrtaiu ana express our own It pains us to part with old friends it would dis honor us to desert our honest convictions. Thiuk- inz as we do f : the platiorm, and the mode of structure of the Union Convention, it would be rank treason in us to bupport its nominees. e say nothing in personal disparagement of either ; wisimply believe that neither is that sort of iricud of the South which her present necessities require. Bell and Everett may be successful but the question with us is, how cau the South conquer T By no other question or consideration arc we in fluenccd. J Wc therefore can only regret the difference of opinion between any fnends of ours and ourselves. We can-not yield our right of opiniou or our loy alty to the South. Our position may lead to heavy pecuniary loss subscibcrs ruoy ceafo to be such all business maybe withdrawnthe. utmost punishment may be dealt us for what some may call contumacy notwithstanding all, we shall stand firm (without even a wish to think otherwise) on the position, that the man and the pla(form UtQt tee support miw Jreey ana tctfnout earn co- fat ton accord to the South ait aAejutty claims. As we (the senior) shall be absent forsome days, we have deemed it best that this explicit declara tion ot our view should be made at once, and in response to the earliest notes of coin plaint as to our course. e acknowledge au mat is cuimou. the power of the public over any journal nta abil ity to crush it out of existence, even for unpopular views. And acknowledging it, to the fullest ex tent, we assert our riirht and intention to adhere to the course dictated by justice and patriotism, even if our reward should prove to be tlottetl out I Later From Mexico. A". Orleans. 2Jan2. The United States Steamer Pochaontas has ar rived with dates from Vera Crux to the ICth in stant, bhe brings dispatches for V ashinrton. Ou the 1st of May Zuloaga issued a decree de posing Miramon, and assumed the Presidential hair. Th is movement had caused a general feel ing of alarm, t . Gen. Miramon has sustained some reverses, and imposed heavy loans oo the City of Mexico, and foreign and native comercial houses doing busi ness there. . Gen. Uraga,with C900 Liberals, occupied Gu anajuato on the 5th of 31 ay, was preparing to at tack the city. ; ' Charleston Courier. Later, From Havannah. Xino Orleans. May. The steamship Cahawba, CapL Smith, ram Uavanna, May 18, arrived at this port to day. She repeats the Sugar market unchanged. A new issue of $250,000 has been made by the Spanish Bank, which it was thought would re lieve the naone market. - From the Jlurfreiboro Citiaen. AD VALOREM TAXATION OPPOSITION TO THE TRUE LTi:ilE5r OF - POOR A V MEN. . - . - ; - v ' ' " ' . "Opposition spouters are trying to prejudice the minds of the poor against blaveholders, by saying f laves are not taxed high enough, and that, as (hey allege, the interests of the non-slaveholders should induce them to increase the burthens cn this speciea of property, because, as they foolish ly ay, the poor men are not interested ia it. Let us for a moment examine this subject, and see how much justice or truth there is in the al legation. Slaves upt only do cot conflict with the interests of the poor rhite men, .but they are a source of benefit to them in a multitude of ways. We tax slaves in the rst place to maintain the poor men, who are from afiiiction or misfortune unable to maintain themselves, while no slate is ever permitted to enter the poor' bouses of the State. If by the aSliction of God, a poor man loses his reaaou and becomes a lunatic, the slaves oftheSuie are taxed to maintain him iu the Asylum, They were Ued to build tbe Asylum, and yet no slave is ever permitted to . take the. bencu'ts of the institution, If a mania too pour to ckucate his children, the slaves of the State are taxed to educate them for hint, while on the other hand, no slave is ' ever permitted "to enter one of our publie schools.- We do' not ' mentiou these things to complain of them as hardships, by no rne ps. We sjiyply gUduce tbcin to shor the poor men of the country the immense bene fits conferred on them by the slave population, while there is no corresponding benefit to the slave himself.' Some of the Lawyers ' and doc tors, and men, Vitb huge sums of money at in terest, say they arc over taxed,-and try to curry fayor with the poor people by abusing slavehol ders. Let the people remember that no one man of these ever pays a Lawyer, Doctor, or Capital ist, one binglo dollar, either to feed the poor, to educate poor child red, or to maintain poor luna tics in the Asylum. Another reason is, that if wc Lax slaves high ly, if it docs not drive alt of them out of the State, it will, at least, moke shtveholding so unprofita ble that none but the very richest men can a fiord to hare slaves and pay the high taxes upon them. Then, fellow citireus, instead of those Opposition demagogues being the friends of the poor mecn, they are in reality pursuing a policy which will keep poor wives at the wash tubs, and you at the plow haudles all the days of your lives. Any in dustrious saviug map in our tftatc, may, iu a few years, if pot burthencd with too Urge a family, make euough to buv a negro women to cook and wah for him,' instead of his faithful wife having all the drugcrv of the household on -her hands. If you tax negroes too high to poor man can af ford to own them. Thus these .men, true their ancient interests, arc pursuing a course of policy, which must, and will, eventuate, in a thousaud different ways, to the injury of the poor men of the Stale. - How can can poor men cat the food bought with taxes levied on t-Livcs for their benefit, and say they are treating their owners right, wheu they vote for taking them to death. How cau they forget the beuefits conferred on their help less children, in enabliug them, by meaus of the free schools, to obtain an education, and thus fit themselves for usefulness iu all the spheres of life i ' How can the man whose neighbor 'a slaves are taxed to maintain his insane brother, in safe ty and comfort, recuncile it with his conscience, to burden with oppression, the very man, who, with no respect of rcturu, is taxed to sustain his blood and kindred. ; Wc do not believe the people arc going- to be guilty of any such folly and ingratitude as the ruLrrrble charlatans, who arc presuming on their credulity and ignorance, think they will. it is not the hist humbug tlo &ss IJdr Fun kit have brought around to gull them with. They recollect t on skltu ami hunt cider they remem ber the luiJnijht oaths und dark lanterns they remember the great fortunes thry vere going to jire crrrybody when the pajde yottfhcir rhar ff the public lauds. The people have known thct-e men .ong enough to understand that their prom ises are made to be broken. They Inow they don't believe the tenth part of what they profess, and they have treated them accordingly. Of all the schemes thry have yet introduced, we pro nounce ad valorem the very meanest, for the men who advocate it, first run to the poor man and say him, "it is all gotten up to tax negro," and then they go to slave owners and tell them, Oh, don't you be afraid ; wc arc going to tax all the proper ty these poor people, which uOw don't pay any thing, such as their beds and ccwr, and hogs Ac- and thus make it lighter on you." Can human imagination conceive of a baicr prostitution of political influence than this. ONSLOW COUNTY. Th rough a friend, just from Onslow, and one that has seen gentlemen from" every quarter of that County, wc hear the most flattering account of the 44 signs of the times " in that section. The Democracy iu Ouslow are enthusiastic and are de termined on a decisive victory such a victory as will completely annihilate the last lingering hope of ot the Oppositionists in that. County. We learn that ad valorem is sinking fast in the esti mation of the people all over tho County, and many of the Opposition party have puqlicly de clared that they bhall most cheerfully support our candidate for Governor. We send greeting to our friends, and the friends of the Constitution as it was, it is, and as it should be, in the other sec tions of the State, and can assure them that the gallant Democracy of old Craven are abo up and doing, and "if the other Couaties in the State will do as well as old Craven," mark the predic tion, John W. Kills will lead John Pool by twen ty thousand majority II So mote it be..Vrdr ,mtprter. ... Gov. Ellis' pEosFrcrs " ix -Tr West. We have just received glad' tidings from some of the Western Counties, and the pros pects are bright and brightening " throughout the West. A gentleman from Iredell says, that ww. mum " ujvi i4i any Democrat ever before received in that County. k Ilia will r;. . 1.. .1 for, says he, ' the Ertrister's ad valorem fever is plying the very d 1 with the Opposition party in the west." This is no Democratic authority, but from an Opposition gentleman from Iredell County. He further says that Mr. Pool cannot carry the strength of his party in any County in the West. Hurrah strain for our leader and the cause of Democracy generally. Xetcoer 27- qutrer. From the Daily Morning Newt, Two neighbor were talking to-Anr on tb Sqaare, ' About politics here and about politics there; Says one tthe other, ia accents quite beany, . Can joo tell why the ConrtitutionJ-Cnfti jvartr Resetnble sheep following: an old ran with a bell?" u Indeed," replies the other, " I really can't tell." Why," says the first, "'tis plain as roar cose Because they'll follow their BtU where Era- (it) et Ces." Pa vies. Every husband thinks that he can tame a shrew except the poor fellow that has her. Don't locate yourself on the back of a wild horse unless you want to be J located. A country editor perpetrates the following upon the marriage of a Mr. Husband to the lady of his choice: This care is the strangest we have known in .. our life,-"'- - - : . The man is a husband and so u his wife.- - . miNciPLr It Ls always L. cti tl,-. j -rij to aavoc-ti jr. son;.i c ..mzis ci cca. par " his goinel a: 1 r cvs. r ail the oilier part.es. . r-rted from this met to ia tl.z one can deDy. Ia this. tbcv i blunder, and an i the natnral result. .ujjarceLt to A great r . -: to the convention," not t.: ; ci pics of Democracy, iut ty s- i-J.z i. : : claims cf men ; or perba7?, v-e s';u.L 1 j j, The coosequeDce wsj, as t Lare I , a Kted, disastrous to the party i r t'.e tlie rrbapa it was for the. Let li vzs pcrience is the lest teacher. It r .11 c party to return to its old mot'.', r- i more tenaciously than ever. Y.'e C . : . as some do. that there is any til. r .! ' . r in the result cf the CI:.ir! : V . the proepect etill before u.-.. no means ceased to be a rut I nsl pa r t v. , that the Oppositinnists Lrc sl ut t. ? f Clarlsstpa, and ay that 'tie Ir;:.r:t.' has last ita nationahrv ll,;t tL'iliilla L -if the Democratic partv will nomir.it a s . servatiye man- like 11 u pier, Dickir.s the Democratic vote will t e icrcc a c " I" : ; North, and the nominee cU ciod. " .That there are tl;-:r..'j cf P.: :or ti :z North true to the South ai:J Natirrcl Dcux--r2 we again assert. To f ui'in ouryolrc-s ia sertion, we call attention t the followiig cxtr from the Manchester ((. 11.) Democrat: . "Xorthern Demoerat will 1. no parley with fanaticu-m of any character. 11 course will not be changed the Lrciifu tf a ! or anytninr tiie seceucrs aare c .7 - r.e or r - j If thetf tri.; no at h' XLS Alolitioni.', tee vilf-f.ht tf alune. iXuuiy Raiu. rational uc::. vriCT x..-c.xct May the star and stripes ever cvHitij.ua to wave over this great and pnvjHiroas Ci'.i. through the ir.Supnce of the National Dci-ocrati p nr. Democrats, you that lave' decried, rctr.rtj u the old land-niarks of the party 1 Let prbcij l-5 uide you, not xncn.--S'ar of Frreiun i. TnE Irixce De JaiNvitCE. The Prince de Joinville, who is very quietly fiayir. tl th? National Hotel in Washington, though i; ;i. ixed than the Japanese, receives much attc-nti. u from General Cass, who was once Minister t Lis father's court, and others who made Lis ac-iqu.iln-tance in former yea r, either in Europe, or d ur ing his previous vLit with the frigate La Lcho Poule in 41. -nK.NS.S DfMOCEATIC CoxyEXTlOV Tjois May 21. The Dcpncratie Couyc. cn in the first congressiun.tl district of Ark.ir.-a.-i h. i nominated lion. T. C. llindiu.in far re-cic-c-riu ta Congre??. The Convention then cnJorscJ th action of the Southern States it thcCharh-:-:i Couvcution, an,d apfolnted, N. 1. Durrmrs . D. Carroll as deletrates, acd llon. T. T. HinJen and N. Ear?. Pcartp as altercates to the Bah Liz re Convention. ,Vc have a seciuien cf railroad literature that can not well be beat. The rula i a safe oe, an i vpry sure Ihe directors oirrr- road were ip i'-l' n. Many an important mettsnre had hcn deciJel upon. The business was rcnrly comp leted, when the Superintendent rose ai'd rcrarakeJ that he intended inning an iiiiportar.t order itnr-.ll-te'y on hLs return. The road was a double track; anl a th -rt t::. i prior to this there had been a very serious acci dent, caused by the eastward bound train jjnrj - the track just as it met the train LouuJ u-t, rcn ning into it diagonally, and doiti reut Jai:;.:-- t life and htub as .well as prejrty. To rTcut like ocearrenccs it tl future, il; Suyerintcndcnt propoeed to Lmc to eon Ji.et.-r and engineen the following rule: Hereafter, when train- moving in an o- -l:-? daection are approaching each other, oa M'arato track., conductors and cngicecrs will I e rey-iri-l to bring their rcspcctiTe trains to a Ia l I i!i be fore the point of meeting, and be very cartful t, i to proceed till each train has pa.ved the ctLtr." .4 Gooti Thit'j on Jc." ,f"h G. HatJv'H, lately of Alabama, author of " Flth Ti:ue,' Ac. is now a Judge ia California. His vocation respi red him to travel in the mi no, and necessity re quired him to sleep with an Irishman. i?avs the Judge to Pad-ly, Vou'd be a long time in IreUnl before you could tlecp with a Judge." I'addy to the Judge," Vw andye'd be a long tii .e in the Ould Countrce before ye'd Lc elected 7aJge." A.bdy who had been subpeenaed a a Tri:-c- on a trial, asked her hatband, in great trepida tion, what the would Bay if the lawyers inquire! her age. Say V he replied; " why, tell the i you haven't yet reached the years r.f discretion." Sitcial Despatch to the Charleston Coarier. ratal KixlIroaU Accident. Savannah, May 20. By the steamer St. MaryV, I learn the pcrtic olars of a fatal accident that occurred c a the Florida Gulf Central Railroad, on the Eiorr.ir .r of the ICth inst. A train cn?L-tir'r cS as i gine and tender, one yassengcr car, and a to berof freight car?, loaded with lumber and 1-, was approaching Jacksonriile, about S o'clock cn the morning of the ICth inst. AYheu about sev en miles distant, it encountered some cattle, t? t of which were thrown off by the cow catcher, a third cut and pitched off, and a fourth ria.-h el up and carried under it. The loccnotlTc j..v-c 1 over this one safely but the tender was thrown c J the track, followed by the pasencr car, which was turned aarcrs the road by the vh :.-.ee f t T. e shock. Upon this caV and the tea Jsr cce th: loaded freight cars, crushing and piling up ia a dense mass, and breaking the pascu jor car i-ta fragments. There were thirteen ffrsuniiR thts car.iaJ ing one lady. Of thee three were killed a-J several badly wound ed. The names of the killed are as fellow : Ceo. L. Bryant, cashier of the Hank cf Si Jfthn t VI . r.n TT M.f er ' -T r t ree cl road ; Mr. Martin, a valuab'a el cd i the lumber buineas ou the St. John's Iliver. The wounded are as follows : Mrs. Hope, of Hernando Co., FU., baCly lured : Mr. Robert?, re-.idk,;r m an a County to Jactsoaille, so rauch render his recovery doubtful. injure t- 4 3 Thrco other persons names u !lh;: injured. The remaining ie p ".3 TT-;: slightly hurt, all escaping with tr.Z'.z trjl- Tho train was runr.tr zi prczt f - i grade, at the time of the unfjrturate tTair. 2" j blame, however, Ls imputed to the c "ccrs in chirr 3 as the track was wet, a Laivy rin harlrj j fallen, and th3 Lackers cf t-t denly checking ii3 onward pre sudden emergency. The frtr 1 cipally loaded with heary jl:.; the Etrong impetus cau. ; 1 1 7 t the train, rushed headier j t:.3 c:? c3 in c eu i vr -: s b c: a car, crushing it to a , 1 C. life and 1