WEEKLY COURIER.
EDITOR ATD PROPRIETOR, j
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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,
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"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. -
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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
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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,
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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. ' '
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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
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be called as follow : '
June 13, those from the I circuit.
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V
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25,
July 2
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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
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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
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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
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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