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Vs vf"tV .v Ik 1 ir-TCT rf'fl T" iT ii r i i i i if 2 U' ' SHELTOV t PAUL, PUBLISHEBS. r iljia 3rtiuB o'tr tl)t People's rifjljtfl botlj'on eternal Digit keep : 'Jfo eootljtng strain of illaia'a Son tan lull Ijis I unbred reo to Bleep TERMS i S3 IN ADVANCE. !" . Number 32 Volume V. , WADESBOROUGII, N, C, UGUST 7, 18.12. s vr 4 . r V , C rje Nortl) Carolina Slrgtts, ... M r-USLISIIKO ITEUt (1TUKDAV, SV . . . . WlfTCp IN Till KUITOMAL DKfAftTURXT SV JTlllMd, 2;o Dollar a Ytur, iih-fUloanct. IVa Dollar ad Fifty Cent if paid before the expira 4ieu of aix month. Tare Dollaraif sot paid until f(rf tin expiration of ii nioiithe. Th above larini will be ('icily adhered lo, ml f any "f oar friends nezlrct to pay up tridiin three mouth, o-t ii mill, they cauuot complain If we elmrjje' l(p - iu yj.ai. .viuscniMini u-e oar terms very.we-e; im-lit they da Ml cu.aily with them it ie their own luulL ADVKKTISE.UCtTS. On nare, first iiiiertiaa J 1.0(1 h - each lub-vqiwiituuerlioa . ili A libcrul ducounl nisda to thuM wlx sdvurtiM by ihs , -. ' itern liuos, or Inn, malts si'iiurt. 1T All Ivltrn on biiiiui oonnrcted with "'is olHcc mu4 b piat-paid to iumire slteutinii. ' . " All baneMi tettor nnd oamniuiiicatioik for tfie papr tmnt bj Hat to tha I j(jliti-r. frirali Irllrrt to tho Editor mut bo ! to him st Kuckiuliain, N. 0. r LETTER Or OR- BILLIARD. " From tho Miilgomery (Alab ) Jourml. -; JJoxtookkrv, -(Ala.) July o, 1852. Gen'.lumeii: Since the nomination of General S?oti for the 1'ieaidency, I have been called on repeatedly by tny political ftietid, personally or by letter,- lo express my views of the obligation ui the Whig party of the Southern Saitos in re gird to that nomination, 'mid of the policy of giving it our support. . To avoid the necrnilv of replying to such calls from lime lo lime, uu j in the hope of bringing our friends generally to my on view of what is both right and politic, t wiah to UU briefly, bul very IruiiUv, llio portion - which I Itavo taken, and Uie consideration which Lave induced me to ajsutne it S4 promptly and so decidedly. . . It was the general wish of the Souih-trn Whigs shut 'het.M' V-k- A.-. Vi K-i . K lie c.iOM;n by tho National .Convention as tho tandiil tt of the Whig party for Uie Presidency. Mr. Fillmore is iinmovubly Qxe'il in their respect and utTectitin. The ability, the moderation, the jo-tice, the heroic fuiniHiss which lie husdislay- d lu his. Adinini-tralioii recall the better days of thu llepab'ic, and the pac w hich history will -tie vole to the progiess of lh -ovefnment ainvo hi ucfsioir to power will not be defeated by a aiiiglu sum. Unselu-th and pure, his career is the auiuai hvmg nlustraiion ol toe seutiiiieiita wlncli lh great drain ttitl make Caidiiml Wol sey n tJMo Cromwell . "Bo just auJ (ear at; Let nil tha end Ihou ainm't m Uf ihy Cooniry'a, Uud'a, sud Truth's." Or Mr Wtbsler 1 need not sny ihat. it w could have placed him at the head of thu 'Government, i' w should h ive regarded il. a a Splendid Iri- 'umph of statesmanship; the civilize J world would have hanVd his elevation Co ihe presiden cy as a just tribute to his intellect, his patriotic -(laiiojHiluy, mid his 'real public services; -every i intentst in the country would have been safe un der his guiding hand, and we should have looked for an Administration which, whtlfMl filled every American bosom with a noble pride, would have ' left upon our institution the stamp of his own great character. No living man blends higher uitliite; whether we regard him as a scholar,, n orator, a jurist, or a statesman, we do not hes ilato for a moment to assign him the lirsl place. He would at once be selected by acclamation us - entitled to the first rank among his countrymen if the reward were a mere tribute lo his powers, : considered without any connexion with party po lities, as Ulysses was from the Greek,. crowned upon the Trojan shore by thu descending god- " dess Ulysses first ia public Cares die found, ... . : i'er prudent counsel Ijke ths goda renowned." The mention of hi namu does not awaken more enthusiasm in New England titan it does in the South ; hi splendid reputation is as dear to us here as il is in Massachusetts ; he is toogreat to be appropriated by any section oT the country hi fame is one of the glorie of the, Republic. " The Convention which assembled in Baltimore "V, a";Va able; digniKtt. and pitriottc;b.Ky.i'Af -.Icr earnest conference and repealed ballotings,- ;; Ge-- VVintield Saott wit chosen by the unatiira ous Vole of tho delegates representing every . Xtale in ihe' Union as the Whig candidate for the 11 l'l.i.'.i-ncv. Tho Drotr3Cted contest was decided i.v tha vote of VirtriniaJ eisjht out of the four? MTi votes of that great Commonweulih'Verfl'ut lun 'tH cast lor ner - uiusinuus sun, mm venlion udopted him for the whole country. , have not. for a moment hesitated as to my ' own course. Upon learning the action of the Convention : I promptly avowed my purpose to give whatever aid I could offer toward making '- eood its nomination before the country. I shall continue to do so ; and I truly believe that, in thus contributing whaierer-of influence or nkiltty -- I may bring to th"? support of Gen. Scott, I shall be performing a high duly which I owe' to ray country. Before an attempt was made tojiomi- 1 n it a Citadidate for the Presidedcy the Conven- - lion adopted a series of resolulions, 'whieli an-' noUitoed in clear and bold terms the principles watch' should govern the ..Whig party in the ad minisirauon of the Government. Unlike" the De mocratic Convention,, which deferred this duly i until after the selection 6f candidates, and then -: adopted: lesolutions in a manner which look from Litem much of their potentiality' and 'impressive -hess, the Whig Convention deliberately, and di " tinctly aunouueed its jjrinciple in adyanoo; and " thus illustrated Us purpose to stand by principle , - before men. A wiut, a toutider, "a nobler pvtili-' k tical freed ha never been announced to the ro , fry.: It recognises tb powers of the Genertl " r Government andlhe"iig1its7of the Sttes; it pledges the Whig-party to a comprehensive, ef ficient, and constitutional system of national'po- ltcy, the only system upon which this' Goyera ;"' ment Can be administered ; and it eiplicitly adopts! lbs ComprSmise measures of' the last ;,V CongflAs as a final and complete settlement of Ihe 3a very question affirming the necessity of raattiluiritrW them att, including trreaytfire-sfaM atf, in ;hr full vigor. Ova. Scolt promptly accepted the nomination tendered lo him, and frankly pledged himself to nbide by and support the principles adopted by the Convention as the creed of II. o Whig party. Upon what ground can we withhold from him our support? Every consideration, whether it relate! to our obligation to stand by the decision of the Convention where we were represented, or to the policy which should govern us, impels ui to the support of Gen. Scott. If we evf. a-v (he Wliiys of the United" State U ivg.-iid tho right of the people o the Southern Klaus, we must co operate with kr fcllow.tkiAim of tho North in ailirming and maintaining tho great principles embrace.! m the r-oluliom of the .National Con i J vention : for tin; jfjwuoii of our candidates bv the. coMiu'on UulTiajet of ilie people of lie. whole counlrr will Lrivo us thu sliontrest guarantees which we can desire thut the Government will 0 - - y c ... be administered in reference to those principles. Our candidates pledge themselves, to their sup port and vindication. Hut if. we refuse to co operate with the Wl,ig of the Union, and insist upon identifying Gen. St'ottwith the enemies of our social system, we opioid distrust throughout the ranks of our parly ; we alienate friends who are to-day prepared to stand with u; and e give new and increased importance lo the anti slavery organization of the North, by associating with it one of the most powerful citizens of the f oiled Slates, who has just receiveJ from Xa tiona Convention, represcntig a large body of the Atneiicaa people, a nomination for the Pre sidency. Can any one fail lo see that this is the only just nnj statesmanlike view which can be taken of lliis'question ? The two National Coil- J ventions adopted resolutions approving: llieCom- promise measures anu ucnouiK-in me lariuer agitation of the slavery question ; Gen. Scoft and Gen. Pierce both accepted their respective no minations, and recognized - the.biuding aulliorily if the resolution of the Convention which pre sented their name to the Ameticni people; . so that, if either of ll.cin should he eh-vated to the Pre-idency, we may expect llm Government to be -administered in the spiiil of llieir pledgi-s, A decided national support u;ivei) lu thee c.tudi dales a support limited nyither to the North nor to the South --will elftiuu illy put down the anti-slavery party, and secure to the oounirr a nt3AIij- "I'u'cft lint faoll(.n cannot duloih, and. across whose smooth and majestic eum-nt the wildest fanaticism caAuol r iisea rippie.' llut it' we ahatidon Gen. Scott.. nnA cut ' hint olTirom the confidence nnd symp ttl of tho Soulliern people, ive do him a gnuvouwrong w throw him upon our enemies fi-sniftnorf and it ts per fectly clear ll . '' - -fVejideiicv ill- he. tui! .,...:., i. . U. is to be exist betwet lull .v . V il have long 1-eii iittence has been givt '- of the North than it w as ctmileu i-. jiU I hat its power has actually been increased by the distrust which has beru exhibited in sonic cases liosl unjustly towards the leading statesmen of the North. Statesmen eminent for their service have beeij assailed by the-piesses of the South, for temporary psrty purpose, -a imbued with free-soil sentiments': nnd in this way a dchV.ulc and local question, which-ought never to be thrust wantonly upon the arena of national politics, has ' been the suhjecl of unceasing di-cinMoit. U-we had sought to fix upon some plan for endanger ing the perpetuity of Southern institution, we could not have succeeded better than we have done in yielding.to a healed sectional partisan contest our very social system as an aliment of warfare ngainst ihe statesmen of the North. The Whig party mtit be a Rational party ; it must hold xipinion which embrace the interest'1 of tho North and the South alike ; nnd never have i seen a conjuncture more favorable to iho growth nnd Jilfusjon of patriotic sentiments sentiments co-extensive with the Republic than the present. .' I should deplore as a national ca lamity, an attempt to cut Gen. Scott off from the, support of the South, even putting out of the nay my sympathy, with the Whig party. I should regard it ns a resolution of sectional jeal ousies, which I boped -to see forever buried after that glorious fraternization lieiweenthe North and the South which took place in the trium phant passage of ihe Pom promise measure.' I fiintly believe that no -exhibition of true con fidence on the part of the South in the statesmen' of the whole country, -irrespective of geographi cal distinctions, Would result in it perfect restore litih' of fhtrigemmiartnt- natiomil-.yinpft.v. thy which up to a recent period flowed through out the whole Republic. : Tho hojtility to our so cial "system " would te prescribed j it would lie within narrow limits, powerloss ns if stricken with the lirfhtninfof a nation's indignation. So long as weencouSiigfJ it. and gbe it respectability by professing our belief that it gives tone lo either of the great National parties ; so long its we publish lo the world our district of some of the greatest American names, we must expeci to witness the growth of a faction which may in time become too formidable to be checked by the barriers of ihe Constitution. ' v... ' ; " " ' - The great evil of our times is the tendency of parties to seclional segregations. The Whig par ty ought to vindicate its claims tolhe,confidence of the whole people of the United States, by dis couraging hostility to tho peculiar property, pur suits, ort interest of any section of our Country, whether it be the slave property of the planu tion Suites onhe industrial pursuits of the Nor- thern States, with their large investments of c v pital, depnding for; their success upon a wisp, steadr. aad jist aduimistration of the Govern ment. .- - . So far as Gen. Scott's personal sentiments arc involved in the opening political oolites t, they are, bevond all question, conservative, patriotic, and national, Horn and reared in Virginia,, his sympathies arc of course will! ihe people among whon bi youth Tfita passed, a seafam when ihe heart receives its deepest and mosf eiiduring Im pressions. His studie were directed for some time to a prepation for the bar, and be was', I believe,3 ena "k& -iar-the study f 4aw-4iv Sout4t Hnrnlina , wiieti ha was appointed to the'army. He-received his comraissiort frjm ihe hands of Mr. Jefferson, and enjoyed the commence ol Mr. Madison, who tendered to him the place of Sec retary of War when he was but twenty -eight .years of age. .To bind him still more eloaely to -Ut nati ve State, he married in Virginia, sotrie years-after he ha4 ceatfca w reside ilicre -He is well known tp hie personally. His patriot- ic desire for the success of the com promise mea sures was well understood while they yet hung in doubtful scales ; and it so happened thai I dined in company with him on llis day of their triiim pliant passage nnd heard from his sirs lipi the uWeut CTjirtf.von of hit unbounded mtinarlioH ut tltatynosl A'i'y CMiiimmatiou, . 11a stand pledged to' support ihosa mea sures if lie should be placed at tin head of the Uovernmunl. nnd we have ample guarantee that u will make good hit pledge, for he w ill be prompted In it by his otvn predisposition, nnd lie will be bound toil by hi own untarn ished honor. Gen. Scott's biiliiwt military enroer i t. lie recarded in two. aspects ; it eituWli-lit.' hi j claim upon the gmtitmlo ef tha Ain.oionn poo i Die for faithful service, nnj illu-trate his tit' I . . aess for ifreat trust. - The first tr!eam of light that shot across tho gloomy horizon of our country after the early reverses of the last war with Great lltilain flashed from tho sword of Scott ; and his brilliant victoiies over the troops of our powerful enemy revived the drooping en ergies of our people. His couques', of Mexico, beginning nl Vert Cruz and travelling along the tract of t'orlei until he planted bis country's standard upon the capital of that republic, may be regarded as one of the most heroic series of brilliant and successful notion, without a single reverse, which history presents to our "view irr ancient or modem times, lie governed the ex tensive regions subjugated by 'hi arms with a window which demonstrated his fitness for trusts demanding the higher t administrative abilities His functions as the ruler of Mexico devolved up on him the most imporlanlcivil duties ; for il was a blended civil utid political power which was en trusted to him.- - Gen. Scolt has more than once conduce d de licate und important negotiation which, in hi bands, were breughl lo a successful termination, In view of these fact, looking from the point where H: place invsell, I feel no hesitation whate ver in giving my support lo Gen. Scott'a; the candidate for the Presidency. A In Mr. Or.t limn, nu uliji-ction is made ,to liim. A genllu muH, a statesman, a native of North Carolina, lie is A fine representation of the soldid virtues of the Slate which gave him birth. He lit demon strated his fitness for places which require high qii.tlilieniioiis, by hi uniform sucih-'s in peiform iug the duties of every station lo which he) ha btvn called. A Governor of the State of North Carolina, a Senator in the Congress of the Uui led Slate, and . Secre'.ry of the Navy, he has every where shown himself faithful and capable, nnd he is hiirhlv Qualified fur any of ihe duties which the Constitution devolves' upon the Vice Aesiiieilt of the United State, whether they be yjiiuinedi.ite or contingent. AluSSrS. &ilB Awu Vj'iitw livn.. ' " i li u ittr. yr tv 1 1 i , i III. i 'Important Revelation. Tlie Port Gibson (Miss.) Herald, of theOthlUJ insl., repoitsvthe following ciicuinstaiitial accotml f l(J J) Ul HII imei rllii iron i fc.v-.-- ...... the Mississippi delegation to the" liallimore Con vention. Surely such a statement as this should t .... : . I w.i lu.iu,( linn sir.,til am 1 iuch a statement as inustiouiu j t '; as la the Democrat, wio j mson and Gen. Piercn two ' of thu South! to them, of satisfy every hi; support Gov. Johnson niiL'lKV champions course, il musl be uiisatisfaclory : After the nominajon of thu Whig candidates at II iltitnorc, and the closing of the Convention, the dclciralion from thi State visited General Scott, to satisfy '.themselves whether tho slanders Circulated against him was true or false. They met him, and the result must prove suliifatlory lo all. A'corfesjiondenl,writing' to u says, uri der due of , .. W'AtititKarox, June 23, 1852. Mr. IJtifNEtt : I went to-day, in company with the Mississippi delegation, to call on Gen eral vVitilielil So ill. "' Winlo the conversation is still fresh in my memory, .1 jot it down for your information. The following contains tho sub stance : '' " . ', . : He said ; was, in point of lime, the fourth or fifth man who declared for the ' Omnibus Hill.' Clay und Foote nro theotily men I now -remember who preceded me. 1, afterward and during tfie progresV of the various compromise bills, sanctioned and sustained each a, il came up, in all its strength and breadth. 1 have, on an'nveragc, ever since, at least five times a day, declared ihe same sentiment. I declared for these measures as early us 1st February, 18S0. - UnssCiav. visUoiltilf .W-iho. day or tho next after their passage by "-Congress; aniTl mnv'iy,T,-;. bnued me a4 a brother and partner "in their sue-, "cess. I am surprised at, and 'cannot account fir; the contrary rumor that has gono abroad, espe cially among my friends at the. South. lam rrratihcU to liuvc tins opportunity oi seeing mj -self right in presence of the accredited men of Mississippi. . My opinions have not been conceal ed from Mr. Seward on this subject. About April, 1850, I met with him on the boat between Elizabelhtown (where I was going to superin tend and . direct about my garden,) and New York. It wa the first time l had met him for eight ycurs. He reviewed trie, acquaintance and alluded to ihese measures. I promptly told him I was Mead for the Union, dead for the Constitu tion, dead for the compromises of the Constitu tion, and dead against eery m in opposed to them."' I did not meet him again until last De cetnber, when he opened tho interview by n"il- lusion to and waiver of mv rudeness. to intn on the boat. I have declared these sentiments eti ervichcre anA before all periont without kkskr- vatios. or i-eirioi. committal. 1 will now, ever have, and shallfin future, express my sentiments tm.ll subjects of nubhoNimporta.nce, whenever oreowly called on, 1 am wining, ana evcr-ue- sire, if Xsx maii oy opoo ciiaiiacteii will stats THAT tlU KVBB MEAltD MB'SAV OTIIEtHVISB WAS I HAVE SAID TO V01T, THAT tha? WORD ' lSfcsMVS' BIIOULD BB WRITTSlt' BOTH BKFOKR AND Avf Sit MV same. .1 deerri, tire compliment paid, by your Convention the highest that oatl be paid to man on earthi'save electing him. to the olhce you have Ttonrittatett me ttfr; As- te-yi herence in Ihe balloting to rjrenouslv' been made to this by pany,) that leaves no henrtbburiihigs willirne You did what you thought for thrbesl interests of our common country. Yours, truly, Of the members elected to the Convention to amr'nd. the Constitution of Louisiana. 7 4 , are Whigs and 30 Democrats. .' " From the Wrldon, N. C. Patriot, Extra, July W. Attempt at Fraud l-Look at thli and Read. Ae of mi attempt to Deeiit th J'etijde v Xurlhrtinpttiu County, and of Xorlh Corolimx iftnrr-illif... . ' A ciii'timslanco has just been fully brought to Hghl in litis community, which imposes unon us one of the most unpleasant duties we over liad to peiform, one, in regard to- which we nre left no alternative, and from which wo cannot shrink. A deliberate attempt to practice H deception up on any. portion of the community in which we live lo attach to the. parly of n liic.li we are airbtitn hie member, by fraud, the odium of bein allied U, - AUMitiQiusm to uef.nno us honest a sot of ;jdc as ever lived Ihe Ouakers of Norll;!. imn- Ion is ronieihing which -we cannot aullei j pass unnoticed.- rof us to do sfl, would lie lo lender ourself unworthy the position we occupy un worthy the respect of the intelligent people by whom we. nro surrounded We confess our inability to portray tha trans action ns it deserve, anj we shall content our self with submitting it to I ho judgment of that public whom il was designed to deceive, with the simple remark thai we have known Mr. l ctcrson for several years past, and we know lhal he IS, and has been ever since we first knew liiiu, one of the strongest Democrats we ever knew. It may be thai Mr. Peterson is not alone re sponsible for this singular transaction. -And for his sake, and thai of his family, we hne that this foal attempt at fraud may bo fully investi gated, and every one Concerned have thrown up on him liis due pot lion of public oditlni. The letter disclosing this transaction, (which will be found annexed,) was forif aided lothis place by Hon. Kdwaid Stanly, under date of July 13, 183. He says ? " 1 rm-hr) you it Id ler signed h. N. Peterson, "Weldon, which I 10 me so singular, I send lo you, requ-sting you 1 1 ma kc some inquiiie concerning il. The aus :;estioiin a most unworthy one, and I think Mr. Peterson will hate cause to be .ashamed of his proposal il he is a Whig which I doubt ftum lu letter." " Mr. Stanly's letter can be seen by any one nislting to do so. ' And if desired, we shall pub lish It in the next issue of our paper. The following is a copy of Mr, Peterson's let IcT to Hon. Truman Smith : Wkcdos. N. C, July 1 1, rsM, JliinyTrmnHn Smith, II. S. Sennit: Dear Sir; Keeling a' welfare for the surcevs of our party, and having observed recently a num ber of publication.1 received at this place franked by you, I Inn thought proper to address you (hi, to infirm you there u n sentiment not fir from heie in the eounty of , Northampton, known Aa lite Society of "Friend," or Quakers, who ' 41. 'i h.ive rather an aversion lo Ut eolt on nc Vug man. I miio iit.d TlK-y Bojieve in th'wra adng I U::ot- ,,r i-im. live lo tight another dny" they also object tii'dtir platforirX relative lo slavery, Iho line Slave Law, tkv. I think their obtecliou the lormer may be overcome, if they can be sail-lied ns to ihe latter lbj' cliims, and I would suggest I ho propriety of supplying with some kind of a publication ihatslvould have a tuntleiicy kjltj llf )Ul,lication lhatsWould h u,Sa,j,fj, t,vm of this respect, am , a I,f .lozen eo(iies of apch favoring their views in tin and il you would some paper or peecn lavoring their views in Uiu matter, i win see that they got them. Send them under your frank, without being directed. , Our Couuly and State Klcclions come oir soon, and thes'c (iuuker's generally decido the clectioir.as tbe vote is such is" close one. ' . ; '''." very respectfully, - -. Your obedient serv't. (Signed) -';'. -: , E. N. PETERSON. DOWNINGVILLE R A.TIFICATIOW, AT LAj. . DowimjoUle, State of Maine, Jnty 20, 180i "Mr. Galks k Skaton, . Wuthinytoit Sent of Conyreti; Mv Dear Old Fhieniw ! We've made out Ic ratify at last, but it was about Ss hard a job as il was for .the the J5 iltimoiF Converitiou to nomi nate. And I'm ufraid lluyworst on't ain't over yet ; for Uncle Joshua shokes hi head and says to me, in a lotv tone, so 'ho rest shan't hear, "between you and mo, rJjr, IhVs 'leelioii will be a harder job still." : I grwrt faith in Un cle Joshua's fcclins.- IIi'.'s a . regular political weather glass, nnd can uLv,.vg ti )vhe.thsr we are going to have it fair Vr loul a good ,wysj ahead, w wnen jib snani! his neau i n;iitruny Hook xiuLfoTJVinJjJtl home from llalttiuore, fay i, ".iveii, vnolo Joshua, yoii got wy ettr in Jhtt Inlelligeticer, didn't you "And sayA he, " Yes." " Well, didn't WO do' that business tip Well?" says I. " I don't know ahum that,'' s'iid 1'iiclu Joshua ; " I have my doubts about it. Why, don I you think, says I, " the nomi nation of Gincral Pierce will put -the Democratic party'oti ila logs again, and give it a fine start ?". Uncle Joshua looked up to mo kind of quizzical, and says-he, "It has ci'o the parly a preHty con siderable of a start already, it come so unexpect ed." And then he sot as much ns two minutes drumming his finger on tho table, and didn I say noihin. '': ' " ' ':-.. , . ' And then be looked iip-ag un, and says he, " Major, who is Cfineral Fierce? It ain't u fie tiotis name-, is it?" - '-"' " Why Uticlo Johua," says I, " how ' you talk f It i Giueral Franklin Pieroo, of New Htimp.hir Gineral Franklin Pierce, of New"ll;tmphire, is it?" says he; " well, now. Major, nre you sure "there iVsuch a person, or did somebody play a hoax on the Ualtnnoie uonvention f ; ' " Yes,"' says I'm ns sure of it us I am Ihitl there i uch a person as Uncle Joshua Downing. To make all sure of it, nnd no mistake, I-'come through few Hampshire, and went to Concord, where they said ho lived, hhd inquired all nbout it The neighbors thero all know him perfectly well, and showed mo lite house hu lives in. tie wasn't at home, of I should a seen him myself, fourporeevuringad- boiild.gOlJi!5l4)JtMp tlif Powng auoiher, (allusion had ville post olftco for you. But you need t iie lis by one of the coin- afraid but whiit y ou II have it, for I sent s tele graph to Htm irons uammors, as soon as no was nominated, to keep it for you.'' Here I see by Uie loots of Uncle Joshua' eyes that be begun lo get hold of some new ideas. Says be, " Well Major, it is a fact then, is it. that he was nominated in real earnest, and 'twasn t uo joke?'.'' ' ."-7 Upon my word and honor," my 1 1, " there isn t particle of joke about it ; it was all done in real artiest." " Well, then, if you've really got n candidates" says Untie Joshua, I should like to know some thing nbout him. - Poet lie belong to the Old roggy CMS4 or oung America class ? " 1 guess about half and half," says I, "nth' he'll be nil the stronger fnp-rhut, boesiuse lie can draw Vole on both sides." "Alter all,!' says he, " I'm afraid it's a bad norhintilion. . Them old pillars of tho Democratic patty, Giueral t.'as. nnd Mr. lluuhanan,- and Governor Marcy, and Ginornl Houston, atid the rest, will feel so insulted and mortified nl beiw ' pushed usidulir t ranger lo tuke the lead 'hat they'll nil ho nln tin' iicililiriTWifNM ihillTnond too, and Hint II upset the whole ketllo of fish. ' Don't t on never fear that, Uncle Joshttn," snys I ; " them old pillar that you speak of nre all very much lieklu tvilh the lioiiiiiiutiim. Ye sec, il broko thu noc of Young Atnciici, and they was delighted with It. As soon as. the nom ination was out of the mould, before it hud lime lo cool. theV nil telegraphed light back to Haiti more that uothin in the wot Id could have hap pen fd to suil'cm letter ; it was a niwl excellent nomiiwlion, nnd I hey fell under everlasting ob ligations lo tho llallimoru Convention. You needn't have no ftars that they'll feel nny coldj nrsa towards the nomination. They'll all tuto lo and work for it like braver." Wall, how Is it," Said Uncle Joshua, " about that boy-candid. ito for tho Presidency that they cull Voung America? If hi nose n knocked out of joint he'll of course oppose the . nomination, looth and 'nail, ' There' where vou nre mi-dnkett again, Un cle Joshua," say 1; " On the contrary, hu rnie for it hotter than uny of 'em; and he teh-gtaph ed back to Ualtimore ns quick as lighttiitig could carry il that tho nomination w as jest the thing ; il couldn't be no belter. V see, lfjooks upmi i. in iho. light that it ohokes olfaii the Old fo gies and leaves the field clear for l.itn next time, lie think soHiighly of ilio iioiniiiation, nnd feels so patriotic about it, they snv he i going to stump il through nil the Slates, nnd make speeches in favor of Oilier il Pierce's election. loo may depend upon it, I nclu Jo-diurt, we ve got a eiy tittong n-uniniiiioii, otic that'll carry till afoie it ; every body Is delighted with il, und ev- Ury boilyV "going. tugw.Itu .lt.-. I didi;'l Cpecl you l hold taek a moment. . 1 tliotight you would have things all cut and tilted for a rousin ratification meeting-by the time I gut home." . ' Well, yon know, Major," wid Uiicle Joshua, " 1 always fello. Col. Crockett's rule, and nevifr CO hheud till I know I'm right. Hoi? foolish we should look to cull a ratification mm ting Dowtngvilhy and lie voted tf. .pamip 5'iTAr.i the Kreeso'iler are strong! .iiii.M r:7T!rw'wr-...Ml.,, ."M,;V tion tixedupa platfot nl HWvrm',fm that's ho I i.,.,l ,.r lti.1 .liMltil'.llniA (Will llirt :.,1lvt t..,IV anfl . , . ' . ,- 'i .. tt-r... I neao set agin tno r reesoiicrs, .sow, mujui, you musllono more undci standing than to think the Frcesoiters- will ever swallow that philfonn, ami if lltey don't ive are dished," "You are all wrong again, Uncle Joshua," says I, "for the bigftest l'rceoilcr in ttirAnur icti swallowed it righl doiit-iiiid didn't niako a wry face about it." : - " Wiio2o vou in'eiin ?"siys ho. " "I nieairjlr.-John Van liureii' says f . " " llut you don't mi!ati,"jt.y Undo Joshua, " that M-. John" Van Uuien accepts this plat form, ninl is willing to stand on it?" " Yes,. I do yxactly so," says I, " for. ho got right up in Tammany IhdJ iind'matU' a speech about il ; and ho said he would go iho nomina tion and he'd stiiud the platform ; nl all events; he'd stand the platform far this rleetioit, anyhow. Vou needn't bu lil all afraid of th Frecsoilers, Uticle: they ain't so sulfas you think for, and -Tthey aioas.nnxious to gel ihu ollices as any body,. , -ii I. 11 v.,. I, ,.j ant Wltl wora tit nam ior tin, nun iui - j-, to work nnd get up our rnlilication, ami blovv.it out straight. The Democracy of iho country expects Downingvillo to do its duty. " Well, Major," siiy Uncle Joshua "you've mado out it belter case of.it than T thought you could. I'm yviiling to lake hold and sco what we can do. Hut 1 declare I can't help laughing' when I think il's Ginet'al Frnnklin Piwrce, of Now Hrtiiipshite, that we've got to ratify. I wish sta knew something nbout him ; something that we could make a httlo flnVtertilion about, and Wake up ihe Democracy." '--... ' - "vGood gracious, Uncle Joshua." says I, "have vbu'liuen noatniaster of Downingvilttt this Uven- lV"yeawr anrt Blivy-atiKig. mu.tapi;ia, ,, uuu dim'l know that Ginerttl Pierce was one oTthq j - i . . ,. llCfOI'ir of tho Mexican war--'- ' ' At thut, Undo Joshua hopped up ottt'of his chair like a boy, and says he, " Major, is that a fact T'. ' " Yca " sttys I, " 'tis a-fact. You know Mr. Polk sent me out there as n piivaio ambassndor to look after Gineral Scott and Mr. Trist, And Giueral Pierce "mas out there ; I knew till about it, nnd nbout his pelting wounded." " ' Good!" ) Uncle Joshua, "mapping bis finger ;-" that' lucky ; then we've. got. some thing to go. upon ; so nelhing that tho boys can hoonih about, And if we don't have too strong S team agin u wc may carry the day yet. Who do you think iliu 'lother party will put up ?" " Well," says' . I, " it's likely to be MrV. Web ster or slry. -Fillmore, anil they can't either of 'cut hold a candle 'to Gineral Pinrco," Of conrsu-not," says Uncle .Toahtta, "tflie was tho 4ieto of the Mexican war, I 'sposc it was Gctleful Scott'a pa vt of the war that ho was in, becausO that's where you was. .Which of tho battles did he fight the bravest in, and mow down most' of tho'lexi:iiul:.L)id, lieLcIp storin that XlibriJiar'Mslle at Vera Crux '!" - tin" aavs I. " that little matter was all over bi-forfl Ginenlt Pierce trot lo Mexico 'Wll. llui I'reat batllu of Ccrro Gordo COtOO neit." said Uncle Joshua. "T dare say Gineral Picrco Wit loiemost in tnsrctiing up thatbloodjr. Bunker Hill and driving off Santa Anna and his tifierm thrMismid troons." - . " I'm sum ho would a been" "foremost; if he'if only been there," says I, ." but lie handn't got ihn eouiilrv vet. and Gineral Scott wouldn't wait for him. It seems as if Gineral Scott is a way ui a hurry when there is anyhgiitm to ao, and wont wait or nobody." " Well.itho next treat battle, if I remember the newspapers right, said Uncle Joshua, ".wa ("mtrra.aud.Jifiar 'tlj.t-t;imiiLiL il z' JUL'" hot times of Chtirubusco, and the King's Mill, anj Chepullcpeo, and inan-hing into tho City of Mexico. These wn the buttles, I spose, Where . ' General Pierce fit likn a lion, nnd ht-eome ihn hero of the Mexican war. llut which battle did he shine the brightest in, und cut down moat of the enemy " . " , ..' i"lo truth is," says I, " l got wounded at inintrerus, and so wun't able lo luke n pnrl in ' tht-n bloody allairs of Chtirubusco, and the King's Mill, and C'hepulteptc." . . "Then he was In. the battle of Conlreras" said Uncle Joshua, " nndjl. at can'l be disputed V "Oh ye,'' jays I, " ho was cerlttinlv i:i 'I'.- first part Of it, when they was getting the ba';!' reatlv,.for llartijuwliora liti g-it, woitnded js f s " tiood," said I tieie Josiuia ; " ho was ju i.i'e ' battle, and got woutulej ; that' enough to ni.-ke a handle of, nny how. -Whereabouts was hi-i. wound?'',- " i " Well, he had scverul hurls," said I. " I be lieve in hi foot and ancle, and other parts." '-' Itillo balls ?" said Uncle Joshua, very earn est. ' - ' O no, nolhing of that kind," nivs I. " What then ; sword cuts? Or did the Mex icans stick their bayonets into him?" ' " No, uu ; uothin of that kind, holder." says 1 - Then it must be grape or bombshells,"' s,iiu UocW Jwshua, " hbnr was it T" , " No, no, 'twnsn't none of thm thintrs." sav I; " the fact was, when they was skirmishing round and getting ready for the battle his horse fell down with him and lumed him very bad." ' Uncle Joshua colored a little, and sot nnd thought. At lust he put on one of his knewiti -looks, and says he, "Well, Major, a wound is a wound nny how, and wo can niiika a handle of . it without being such fools ns to go into nil tho -particulars of how he came by it.- I say lei's go to wotk and ratify General Pierce, and who knows but what wo can make something out of : ' this Mexican business ?'' - .' -r Well, Mr. Gales ft Scnlon, the thing was done, i We ratified 00 the; 21st of' "June, in the evening, . ttnd il was tall pkf of business. When I be gun, 1 meant to give you a full account of it, w ith ' some of the speeee,s nnd resolulions. ', Hut Pvo made my preamble so long thut I enn't do it iu this letter. We lind a grand toreliltgtit prooee- : sion. Cousin Kphrnim took his cari nnd ixen, ' and went into the woods and got a whole loud . ' of .Inch -bark and, pitch-pine kuota. Slid all the f , boy in Downingvillo turned out tuid .carried , lo'rches. The school house was illuminated with , fifty candles, Undo Joshua presided, as usual. , . Itaniiers was hung round the room, with larga. letters, giving tho names of.aj! the great ball-l-7 tn Mexico! ami the entluisuism was-.-utncn-oi. boreim.j When we'd pot about through, nd wn Jui down.' i wijidiflij up. vyJt ihre treitienjous cheers for tho g among ioHe'Sr. had just brought news thut the Whig vonvetittoii at Ualimiore had nominated Gtneral Scolt for l'icsiileiil. It gin the whole meeting the cold shuggers in ' u minute. ' Uticlo Joshua looked very serious, und says he, " Feller Dein octats, lo prevent any mistakes, 1 think you bet ter give them -three last cheers over again, and put tit the name ol Giiiernl Pierce." So wo did, and giulhreu rouin cheers for (iii)rntl Frank lin i' une, of Site Hampshire, the Hero of M rieii,, ' - Dow ningviliu is lvidu awake, and will do1 licr duty in November. '''; So I remain your old friend, , . MAJOR JACK DOWNING. Among the late decisions of tlie'Supremo Court ' of tho Statu of Pennsylvunia, sitting at llarri." burg, is (lie following: ' V ' - ... Ihe declarations nf an insolvent husliand con- ', not, under nny circuiiisiaiices. bo evidence, for the wife as to herowiiersh p of .property. When property is claimed by a niatrii j woman, she " must show by evidence -wlmib tlota hot admit of- "r a reasonable iloulil either that she owned iluttha time of the manragr', or m quirud it aftarwards by gift, bequest, or purchase. If the husband could create title to persona! property in tho wil'o by merely saying it is hers, no creditor would bo safe for a single uiemtml. Ii is not easy tr) con ceive how a hjghcr premium for tliihonesty could be offered. '1 lie roiatiou of hitsbatiil nnd wife is so intimate, nnd tho identity of their iutercsU so. -ithsohite, that even the oath, of either is irol tint) oi(glit nol io bo taken in favor of iho other. A ftiifVfj fortiori, the naked- declaration, should Tii rejected. ,. . . , A Sau l Aiiv Tmit out.- -When I was youi.i; thei-lfved in.o-ipvneigliborlitmd tt man whrj .w.s) .. universally reported lo be very liberal nnd utl TOnrmntily - 'upright in hi .dealing. - Whoil h4 : hud any of Che produce of hi f yrm to dispose of, he made it an invariable' rule" to give good measures, over good, rather more thitoCTmr be required of him. One of his friends, jibserv -ing his frequently doing so, questioned Intn why he did it, told him ho gave loo "inuub: and said il would nol b to his udyrtntago. Now, my frieus, inark tho answer. ' G'kI Almighty ha pe.rmituii mo but one journey through the world, and when gone I cannot return lo rec tify mistakes.' Think of this frieuds only one journey through the world. '"' : LorkszO Dow. Thu best .anecdote of Lo renzo i)ow i, that being one evening at tho ho tel kept by one Hush, m Delhi, ,cw i ork, this rcsidonce of tho celebrated General Root, hu - presence of tho landlord, to describu Heavon. " You say great deal of that place." stud tho Genornl, " tell us how it looks." LoreVo turned hi grave face and long waving .beard towards the General and Mr. Rush, and replied with im perturbable gravity, ." Heaven, my trumd, tin vast -ctteiit of smooth rich territory; there is not a roof nor a bush in it, nnd there novor will be." : . . .'" , An Klkct(j&' Dkcuhbb John J.. Bocacli. a I'resitlential elector of Westmoreland county, V-rrttiiia, notniiiati-d by the I'ctuQjjataJuaidax dlincd, on tho ground that he has been a .W hig all hrs4iferbut voted the Deraocratio ticket last year, under tho impression thjit tlie Democratic candidate for Governor wai in favor of soce- Novor open the door to a htdo vice lest tf wreat ono should enter also. j i (i AC v: ':