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'NORTH CAROLINA ARGUS. TM Argue e'er teopst's rbM eslk aa eteraal vigil keep Ne eoothlag ctnli of Mats Is soa aaa lull its hutiel eyes to sleep- C. W. FENTON, Ebitoh. WADEgBOKtV, IV. C. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1859. The Chaeliston Coi'Rifc.ThU venerable journal bu appeared in its new dress, presenting to the eye an smplitude and beauty which make it attractive and interesting, although it has al ' most reached its three score. Mar -continued prosperity attend the proprietors of the Cvurier. e Stati Convention The u Executive Com nuttee" of the Opposition party of the State of North Ctmlioa, meet this day in Raleigh to ap- point t; time and place for holding the Opposi tion State Contention. Having expressed our views sorr.o time since iu relation, to this matter, snggesting, tot reasons then stated, a later time than that proposed bj some of the press, we await, with confidence, the decision of the committee. Tni Miring. We eallyonr attention, men of Anson, to the meeting of the friends of good government, and all who are in favor of the res toration ef oonfidence between North and South by the inauguration of the era of peace and good will, to assemble in Wadesboro' on the following Tuesday, to take measures to promote the suc cess of the eowae of the people against the polit ical " Regulators" who have obtained possession of the Government, and assume to be the odIj partj capable of regulating the affairs of th na- Men of Anson, it ' jemrmr cauwe that you are called npon to advocate your own interests that yon are asked to defend your own individ ual interests ; and, permit us to say to you, Ladies of Anson, that it is, in an eminent de gree,, your cause, for,, on its success depends much of your future peace and domestic happi ness; and all the future of your children and the children of your children, depends npon the es tablishment of this new era of " peace and good will." Young men of Anson you who are about to aarame the responsibilities and to enter upon the realities of life, your saccess is involved in . this matter. The time has come when oil, young and old, fathers antl mothers sisters and brothers, must, in imitation of the examples of their fathers snd nethers of revolutionary memory, exert their in fluence in the cause ef right against might. Be hold the mothers of the Revolution how they ' armed their sons and sent them forth to fight the battles of their country against that country's foe ; and shall not their descendants note, when the domestic peaee of their country is invaded, tod its future existence as a Union threatened by ceaseless agitations of questions intended to de- stroy the harmony and unity of the people shall. they not mote, as tKc, urge on their sons, and husbands, and fathers; to tbrow the Weight of their influence on the side of " peace and good will?" - Delegates to a State Convention are to be chosen. This is very important Men should be selected who rill go, and not only so, but they should be men of weight and influence. Send the farmer, the planter, the merchant, the" me chanic, for tbey are the men who know and un derstand the wants of the people, and they are the men who will go for the adoption of meas ures that will meet and satisfy those wants. Fact is, you can hardly go amiss, for among the members of the Opposition party of Anson there are few, if any, who are influenced by a desire for office. Tbey are all, we do verily be lieve, animated by a sincere desire to promote the best interests of the country the whole coun try and will adopt, by acclamation, that meas reor measures) which, will " most certainly re lieve :he country from the incubus of Democratic ... l ;.; i :trations, and institute in their stead the first ul a series of future administrations that will insure to the people of the United States the blessings of g'xxl government. Come, tUr.. and unite with your brothers on Tuesday next in selecting- and sending to the State Convention (soon to beheld) men who will faithfully represent, in that convention, the peo ple of Anson. Corruption or Political Partim. When a Daitv has been for a Ions time in possossien of a w " power, it becomes corrupt, arrogant, prescriptive and extravagant Hence it w that, a republi can government, where the peeple nwve the cor rection in tbeir own hands, frequent changes are essential to the well being of the republic That the party calling itself Democratic, obnoxious to this charge: will be admitted by all candid me having knowledge of the present con dition of eur Government. Look, for instance, at the enormous increase of the expenditures of the publie money within a few years, under Democratic aJminislnnons. 1 IsaZ, under Mr. Hillmore, tho expenses were only W0,889,254. The Secretary of the Treas ury, io his last annual report, says : "The ex pendituresduririglhe fiscal year ending June 30 1838, were $81,285,GU7JG." Why this enormous increase f It has been squandered on partisan favorites under the pro visions df fraudulent contracts ; such, for instance as the army, navy and post route contracts. The only way to put a stop to this squandering of the publie money, will be to make a change in the Administration ; and, whenever the incom ing party becomes as corrupt and extravagant turn them out, aud put in others. The people have this whole matter in their own hands, and can correct it, if tbey but will. The above is from the Richmond 11 k!g, and is true at preaching. The people are bavin their eyes opened, and have made up their minds to have a change, and they will hare it. r- Henrt Cl&y'sSentimexts The subjoined is an extract from a speech which Henry Clay delivered at Frankfort, Kentucky, on the 25th of November, 1850: " . "If the agitation in regard to the fugitive slav law should continue and increase, and become alarming, it will tend to the formation of two new parties one for the I'aioa and the other against ilie Union, Present parties have been created by tbe division of opinion as regard systems of national policy, and as to finance, tree trade or protection , the improvement of riven and harbors, the distribution df tht proceeds of the publie lands, Ac; bat those stems of policy, rpringing out of the adasialstration of the Government of the Union, lose al their interest aiid importanc if that Union,! to be dissolved. Tbey sink into utter insignificance be fore too all-important, pervading and paramount in terest of the Union itself; and the platform of that Union parly will be tbe Union, the Constitution, and the enforcement of iU laws; and if it should be neces eery to form such' a part, and it should be accorJ - ingly formed, I announce myself a member of that party, whatever may be its component elements. Sir, I go further. I hare had great hopes sad confidence ia" the principles of tbe Whig party, as being tbe most likely to conduce to the honor, ah prosperity, and the glory of my country;' but if it i to be merged into a -contemptible Abolition party, aad if Abolitionism ia oa the Whig creed", from that moment I renounce the party aad to be a Whig." This shows the estimation in which the Union was held by the gwtt Clay.. And it is proper to be mentioned, that in the flbrt now being made to revive and leoramize practically the Whig party, the pritsetpiesTNie enunciated as those which will male its platform, " The Union, the Constitution and the enforcement of the laws." u$We have been much amused at the re cent course of the licit Democrat. During the last Congressional campaign in this State, it bad little or nothing to cay about tbe matter put forth iu this district pertinent to the' canvi almost seeming to be unconscious tbat a canvass was progressing. But since the election, it has come out of its sleep, and has discovered, it thinks, considerable to charge us with. After assailing us groundlessly at different times, in its last issue to hsnd it has the vanity to hope that it has " not maddened nor excited us." Really, now, that' ia cool even supposing that it is pos sible for the Democrat to say anything that would put us out of our usually uniform and even tem per. Coupled with this, it has the impudence to dictate to us Aoir we rhould say whatever we have got to say professing to knpw what our readers would " think" of us. May be the Democrat has. been " bobbin around." When we commenced this paragraph, it was with the view of telling the Dmwcrat tbat we! have no desire to pursue the discussion it would fix upon us. When it assailed us with charges of " misrepresentation" and unfairness," we thought it a duty to ewrsclves to prove those charges false ; and we did prove them false. In doing so, we exhausted the original subject. Since, with the view no doubt of letting itself down easy, the Democrat has introduced extra neous matter, and we, finding that the discussion was taking a personal and profitless turn, have let it drop... ... If the Democrat really possesses the good sense it claims to hare so much of, it will do likewise. " Our Nortiiern Allies." We desire that the rankand file of the Sowrthet uDemooracy should see what ire the tiows held by their "Northern al- lie" in regard to the paramount questional slave ry. To tbat end, we remark that Judge lUnney, the, Dcmocratie candidate for Governor of Ohio, met his competitor in debate, at Tiffin, Seneca county, on the Cth ult., and in the course of de bate, he stated his own, and the position of party his in Ohio, on the subcot ef aktvuiy, as follows : "We claim tbat as to slavery in' the Territories, that thera should be absolute aon-intervtatioa oa the part ef the Federal Government; tbat there should be no Congressional legislation in regard te It, but leave it, In the language of tbe Nebraska bill, to Ihe de termination of the people. This was aeiuea in leou by the compromise measures, and by the concurrence of both tbe Whig aad Democratic parties. The ques tion arose, bow should the territory acquired from Mexico bt governed. Many of us at the North, 1 was among them, were ef the opinion that they should be organised Into Territorial Qoverameati by the Con- Jreet of the United Elates, and rrrjr skould e prt ibitrd m (Arm; We consulted our wishes and feelings only ia the matter, and that was Ihe wlh and reeling of most of ui. I have never changes) tut idea oa that subject. Hani to-Ji as I eV ;M8, ia esjr tlnng dttirt thai ill Iht territory sia- Itrittd Statu ihall it tecurid to freedom east J'rt tuUur. Tkt .nil mH cannot trpreu any more feeling upon tkat 111 jet t than I knee felt during til tkie time. The ijuestiou Is, now, honestly to come at It. Here is a confession of the Democratic nomi nee for Governor of Ohio that he has as much and as bitter feeling against slavery as the nomi nee of the lilack Republican party ! He desires "that all the Territory of the United States shall be secured to freedom and free labor." Now, what more do the Black Republicans want! What they desire is, to prevent the further ex tension of slavery to dedicate all our territory to " freedom and free labor." That is their sole object as avowed in the platform of their party, and as set forth by all their orators anl presses. None of them propose or desire to interfere with avery in the State Where it exists. All they propose or desire to do, is to exclude it from the Territories of the Union ; and thit is precisely what tbe Democracy of Ohio propose ant desire to do. Where,-then is tbe difference Vetween the Democracy of the North and-tbe liepubli cans of the North ? 19" When Mr Cobb was called oa to make a clean breast of it,, and saw how naawy leaftre he kept in his custom-houses, bow much- money these fellows collected, and how much thoy got for doing it, he was compelled to- acknowledge that at Wilmington, Delaware, the sum collected in 1857 was $2,004.57, to do whioh be employed eight men, whose salaries amounted to 115,848.88 a dead loss of nearly $14,000. " At Annapolis, four men, ardent as a 3oulhera sun could make them, were kept painfully busy a whjle year in collecting $374, for which they received $083. At Ocrakoke, North Carolina, 83 2 were collected at a cost of $1,300. At Port Orford, in Oregon, $5.85- were collected by two stout, abfe bodied men, who received I lie insignificant sum oi $2,702 for this extraordinary effort. At Mon terey, California, the amount collected reached the snug sum ef $12, but it required three men to perform the feat. They performed a much greater feat by drawing salaries to tho amount of $7,050. At Buffulo, in New York, $10,140.53 were collected, for which laborious service ten u;en received the comfortable sum of $10,890.51. Ths Battls or rtu Psrno. Tb Important news by the steamer Jforth American, ef the dlaauvtrwo tt- 9ae New York Tribune Informs the world that a special Provkdenoi has totervened to save ths oyster. tempt of th. dU p.-.poM.tUr.e. to s.Ur P.h.n, TuUuZZZ aitrnots rnh attention, i specially In diplomatic sir. ensteuser has dssooverH at. her very doer an oyster eles, as being hot the prelmde to 'further belligerent I bank ef IsanbsmatlMe talent and quality uaeioep. , t& Tbe Raleigh Register, speaking of the " Executive Committee," and the time of hold ing the State Opposition Convention, nobly says : "Whatever may be our individual opinion in the premises, we cheerfully waive it for the sake of harmony, which, if properly cultivated, will enable us to fully redeem the State next summer from the galling thraldom in which it has for years past been kept by the Democratic party. ' " In connection with the above, we respectfully urge npon onr Opposition friends the expediency of promptly holding meetings in every county for the purpose of appointing delegates to the con vention. That tbe day of the assembling of the convention has not been named, need cause no delay in the holding of these meetings and ap pointing tbe delegates. A day will sxm be fixed upon definitely, and made known in time to enable tbe delegates appointed to reach the post of duty in time to be present at the organi zation of the body so replete wth interest to the Opposition party of "North Carolina." Episcopal Convention. The General Con vention of the Protestant Episcopal Church which commenced in Richmond on the 5th inst., com- ' prises an amount of talent rarely seen in sny re- Irgious congress in America. The diocese of Western New York sends, as her lay representa tives, ex.Governor Seymour, ex-Governor Hunt, Hon. Benjamin Pnngle, formely member of Congress from the Thirtieth district of Pennsyl vania, and the Hon. Joseph J ulian. Besides the Bishops of the American church, there were ex pected to-be present the Lord Bishop of -Nova Scotia, and two or three of the Canadian prelates. The semen before the- General Board of Missions is to be preachetHy the Rev. Dr. Bedell, Bit-hop elect of Ohio to-day, and at the close of the con vention the Bishops elect of Ohio, (Bedell) New ! Jersey, (Oldenheimer,) Texas, (Gregg,) and Minnesota, (Whipple,) will be consecrated to the Episwpate.. The movement in regard to the restoration of Bishop Onderdonk, it in such hands, and has reached that point that repders its suc cessful consummation, in the judgment "of his friends, almost beyond peradventure. . A Model Democratic Office-Hot.3ER. Tho Administration has been unfortunate but characteristic in the selection of its functionaries in Michigan. The Detroit postmaster was de tected in sending false vouchers to Washington, pursuant to a system of " black mail" upon his lerks, which, it is well understood, is not re- tricted either to Detroit or to post-offices. Be cause of his imagined political (Douglas) here sies, rather than becaute of his knavery, tbe Post master was removed. . This piece of proscription" has provoked further inquiry; aud this inquiry (says tht Ral eigh Register) has revealed a scries of facts strikingly suggestive of the quality of the ma terial which the Administration has selected to fill the very fattest offices in its gift. It is charged against the collector of the port of Detroit : . 1 . That he admitted one lot of railroad1 iron tree,. the duty upon which would hare amounted to $IJi, 000. For this fraud upon the National Treasury, he it mid to bare received a permaal bonus of $G,0nul 2. That be has sent vouchers to Washington for money paid to clerks ht never employed. ' 8. That he bu allowed .express companies, c; to bring in goods free, to tht amount of several thou sand dollars a year. I 4. That he hat been in tht bMt of taking mer chants' notes (at usurious interest for revenue dues; and then returning goods at in bond, until tbe notes were paid? These are but a few of a multitude of similar charges brought against thit model Democrat. They-hare been before the proper authorities at Wasliingtoa for some time; but tht Cabinet has not form if conrea ient to act upon them. Tht delay is based, in some way, upon promises having reference to tht character of tht delegates to be tent to Charleston from tbat State. Tbe collector may not find it difficult to bold his teat in the saddle, if he can persuade ihe Presi dent of his ability to tend men of tht "right stamp" to the National Convention. A Good Definition. In a recent speech, Mr. B. F. llullett, a well known Democratic pol itician of Massachusetts, defines what " popular sovereignty" means iu the Democratic dictiona ries. Ho said : "Tli is whole question of popular sovereignty it tin merest abstract of an attraction , nothing llmt is prac tical; a question on which one man says 'popular tor ereignty,' aad thru means what ba has a mind to, and another cries out 'popular sovereignty, ' and meant what ever he pleases by it; anduobody Jeflurs exactly his position." ' It will be seen that Mr. llullett beats both Douglas and Black all hollow. His definition of the Democratic idea of popular sovereignty is in finitely better and truer than either of theirs. And Ilallett, too, is the author of the Cincin nati platform ; and ho says popular sovereignty "means whatever one pleases to think " Was there ever such hypocrisy, as these Democratic leaders practice f State Elections. Elections were held in Florida, Georgia and Mississippi on Monday last. Ohio votes on the 1 1th and Minnesota tbe ISth iiust ; Maryland on the 2d, Louisiana and Illinois on the 7th, and Mi'sachusctts, New York and New Jersey on the 8th of November. aaovamentt la that quarter. It stents not aaliktly that another genera European war may result should 'he altered, complicity of the Russian Government with tht Chinese in thit assault upon tht French aad English forest he p rover. Tht Russians have already a strong foothold in this part of China,. In tht-city of Ptkin thty bavt a tuts. lion, aad eolkrgt. QnttUnT lays thai the Maofchoo, Chineet aad Russian literature receive equal attention m tht aatieaa) aolU-ft, In whioh it coaecotrattd all Urn learDtaf of China. Tbit action oa the part of tht Chinttt and thtir aiders it naturally regarded at a piece of treachery Tht object of tht French, English and American plen ipotentiaries, ia visiting Ptkin was to exchange at tlit capital tht ratified treaties obtained about a year ago. Dy these treaties a resident British Minister is to be allowed to remain at Ptkin. - Tht pre seal belligerent attitudt of tht Chinese It a virtual nullification of tlit treaty, and must lead to very decisive action on tht part of tht Alllet. A very lingular feature of tht tftalr it, that tht American Minister bat been granted entrance to Ptkin, while tht French and English tnvoys were refused- This partiality arouse feeling of bitterness oa tht part of tht latter, which finds an echo ia tht London press. Tht official dispatches from Mr. Ward, our Chinese plenipotentiary, will now bt looked for with unusual tuterttt. Tbst tht English, tht tevereit lufiVren in this con flict, will takt energetic measures to redraw their mis fortunes there it no doubt. Tbt London Timet, in a leading article, sur rests that, la consequence of tht immense distance between England and north China, tbt natlvt troops in India -the Btpoyt aad Bikht, or funjaubtts be oetpattaea against tbt btlligtrout Lbinete. Tht Uovtrameat ia India hat probably at command some four hundred thousand soldiers, of which tnt hundred and any thousand art Sepoys. Io addition to these, there are aumaroui martial tribes who will fiirht anybody for par. Bv emplovint these semi-savages ia war againt China, most of tht na tives wboet dimaflectioa renders the British supremacy la lauia to precarious wouia De employed elsewhere, according to thtir peculiar iaatinets and desires. An invasion of China from India would bt oat of tbt most stupeodout military undertakings that hat occurred1 lines tbt Oayi or Mtala. Tht 8haorba correspondent of tht New York Even- ing Hoit, tptaat of tht English at attempting to bully theChinete. tat tayt ia a private note of July lflth: "I tn-l that tht commercial and right-thinking mea hare all deprecate tht hasty and ill-advised proceed ing! of th English Minister aad Admiral, which bavt ended so disastrously. Tn OriMiiiTii'S CoNviiNri.j It will be teen by tht following notice that tht merliug of the Eireutivi Committee to appoint time aud place for the opposi tion St Ue Conrrn'.ion bus bien potined to Thurs day, October Cth; .... . , ' ' feajr In consrquence of the Illness of scveial mem bersof the "Executive Comniitti-e " of the Opposition party in tliis State, the meeting of the Committee, appointed f r to-day, ia postponed to Thursday, the tjth ol ik.-wIkt next, at which lime a full attendance of its member! at this place is earnestly requested. CEO. LITTLE, ,Cb.'n. RaTcigh, Sept.. 24. 1800. The members of the committer, we are informed art George Little, Koq., of (take; lion. Kcnnlb Itayner, of Hertford; llou. K. S. Donnell, of Ue.tufuit; Hon. W. A. lLaliaui, of Orange; lloji, AifreJ Uxkery, of Richmond; Js. A. Long, Esq., of Uuilford: Ck.tlmors L. tilrnu. of Rockingham: itufus ILtrriuger, EsqJ, of (iartu; T. G. Waltau, Esq., of ilurke; and I ; Jas. A. I'iitlon, Lq , of -liunconjbe. 'ay. i1iurver. From, the above, it w)? e seen that there is sn "Exfj worn and dilapidated by tima at to-be-hardly babita 'ThiRkspomsibiutt. In his Augusta speech,. in speaking of tbe Post Office Appropriation bill, wbieh u just and proper, you are mistaken. We are tbe partisans of truth aad jnstiee nethiug TbvoCwgivaid. that-ew rakrtitasw -blinds oar eyes-to that j lis Jitu fm my namit ana i Mumfteu 11 ssurr wiy Jfrt."; .-. : 3 ' And il she Desueeray bare tried to put the enislied bill undue tht bated uf the Opposition, nd eodMforcd to throw the wbot rwapoDtiiwIity npoe tbata. We hope tbey bow see wkrt the -eapoajiibiltty Jtfcjerlv Jreloogt. MisTixs The Salisbury Watchman, bv mistake. eredits our article on "Politics in Railroads" , to the Wadesboro' Argus. We judge the Argus It too. much of a partisan to wish tc claim its naternitv. If. how. ever, it should occasion a fight, we would be glad to iura n over to ue Argus, out ir it does any good, wt warn uie creuu ol ll. n ojotayfo uujiattk. Beg your pardon, Mr. Dispatch, fight or no fight, we don't want it. Good, bad or indiffer ent, let niin have the credit to whom it belongs. We'had noticed the wrong credit, and intended te hare rectified it, so far as we were concerned; bus overlooked it. . ' Mr. Dispatch, mht do you mean by saying that we are " too much of a partisan to wish to claim its paternity V If you, mean to insinuate more. SL. It it reported that G. Douglas, of British Columbia, has imprisoned soaa America eitiiens tor alleged infringimiaui eat the rightt and .territory of tht Padeoe Bay Company. . ' Late Pcbuctions Russtll's Sldgatine. We find this excellent magazine for the current month on our table. Look at tbe table of con tents, and see what a rich treat is offered : The Dual . JForm of Labour ; Who, took it; Epis tolary Gotsipings of Travel and its Reminis cences ; An Old Story ; Patriotism ; The Slarble Bust ; To a Friend ; A Voysge in Search of the Man in the Moon; Fragment; Tbe Asphodel; Reminiscences of the Revolution ; The Finale of the Flirt; Actress in High Life; Soul Music; Fragment ;JBditor s Table; Literary Notices. There is one feature about this magazine and the Southern Literary Messenger, that we cannot but commend, and which we would like to see more generally followed by bur monthly publica tions. Their leaves arc always nicely trimmed, and when one is eager to dive into their pages, there is nothing to prevent. We consider it a most decided bore, before one can partake of the contents of a favorite magazine, to hare to stop to np open its leaves. We notice by a card accompanying this num ber, that in consequence. .of contemplated pro tracted absence from the country, the publisher is desirous to dispose of it The investment moy be made a highly profitable one in tbe hands of a person of energy and talent We find also on our table the October number of the Iforth Carolina Journal of Education Among other papers in its pages, is the first part of. one from the pew of Governor Swain, of more than ordinary interest, entitled " The War of the Regulation,'' wh kh-ie promisee! to eeencluded in the next number. It treats of local history. From some cause this publication does not reach us regularly. ecutivt t ommittee of the OopositiiiO party in tuis State, and that said Committee Is taking steps to dis charge Uie datien imposed upon it. Thia Committee was appointed lart winter during the silting of the Legislature, in a meeting composed of the Whig mem bers, and many leading Whigs of different sections ol the State." This- meeting was held and thit Committee appointed for the purpose, of thoroughly orgniiing the Opposition party of this State. It it said, how ever, that the acts of the Committee should be en titled to no respect, because heretofore tbey have done nothing. Will those who raise thit objection, please say what the Committee ought to havt done which hat not beea done. It it said they did nothing during tne congressional campaign, fid tbey have any thing to do? The "Executive Committee" could not call District Conventions to nominate candidates for Congress. Tbe "Executive Committee'1 of tht Dem ocratic party had no meeting and took no part in the Congressional campaign, so tar as tbt public know These are matters which are alwayt left to the dis trictt themselves, and. any .''executive Committee 911CII 1.1 LITTLE. A convention of infidels, calling themselves phlloeo- pners, utieiy met ia uunaio, .t. I., ana expressed themselves much dissatisfied with tht present state or thing. Most or tbt old stagers, who fijrurt oa abolition anniversaries, were present, aad tht pro fessional iiifilelt were well represented. Parker Pilsbury, a famous emancipationist, made a speech in wuielt na-neaouoota tnt. Church, Constitution and Uuion. Another speech was mailt bv a Mill Chanin. of Rrooklyn, who it described as a dark,, withered imie wom-iu, awkard ia gesture and monotonous in delivery. It ia laid that a large number of those present were lacftea a tew sleek end well-conditioned-" but the majority tnraggy and shrewish in appearance. A IluUalo journal says "it it curious that female re- f.irmert art generally destitute of personal beauty." One of tht male speakers maintained tht Monbodd i theory, that all men one wort tails. A New Orleant eerresppoodent saytr A" rumor It current iu tht 8eeoad District that an old seller of charcoal hat suddenly stumbled upon-a htm!some for, tone, lit lives ia a building at tht corner of Orleans and Bourbon Meets, dating back t the-years- of Span ish rue, (there art rainy such In- tbit city. ) and to SEVgBf o.N ; Doi'OLAg. A Democratiftjheni- be? of Congrest frorTAlabama, the Hon. Eli 8. Shorter, is severe enough on Douglas, as tbe fol lowing extract from a letter of his will show : "Douglas," he tayt, ".is a great man la many senses or iae worn; great in talent, in oratory, ia amtitioa, and ia treason to tbt South and hit old party, which hat showered it honor apoa hist. Bat be will find that Iht State Right Democratic party it tar greater than himself. Ha itanda not a shadow of a chance to tht aomtaatioa at Cbarltstaa. 1 would as tooa expect to see that tonveation aostlaats Bewarjff Hal or bidding, a Douglas. T would vott far aae of them a auou a I weald vote for kiu." No doubt ef it. Tbe nomination ef "the party" wonleT make either al right - P By the eeerlaod roate It fa teaorteeT that m. tan S. Latham, Deatcaat. has beea circled Govtmoi tiCaUtanshby 2t,000 ajoritf. . that wiuUI presume te dictate to tbe several districts, would be assuming powers never delegated to it, and powers that would not be recognised by those interested. Tbe Executive Committee" hare sot been idle, but, in tbe discharge of their duty, havt been active in endeavoring to inform themtelvet of what wai bet for the party. At a member of tbt Committee, we havt received numerous letters from tht Chair man, making tuggettions, and asking information, he being always ready to call a meeting of the Committee, wheuever it was thought advisablt, or there was any thing for them to do. To a proper organization of tbe party, it it neces sary to have an "Executive Committee;" wt arc aat-i-fied tbat there it not one of the present Committee who is not actuated by the most sincere desire to do every thing that will promote tht best interests of the party; and, when they shall meet, if the time which has been proposed through some of tbe papert fcr holding a Convention, shall be thodght best, that time will be fixed upon. If, however the Committeeman consultation, should fix upon tomt other time, we presume that all who desire the harmony of tho party will acquiesce, although thjy may differ In opinion wun mo Committee. ureeiuooro J'atriot, Gkxkral Okaxd Ciiaptkb or tux I'sited Statxi. Col. M. S. Ward, of the Panola Star, O. II. P. of Mis sissippi, informs tbe Memphis Knnuirer that this high Order of the Craft, which recently assembled at Chicago, adjourned to Meet in Memphis tbe second week in September, 18&. Dr. Albert i.. Mackey, of Charleston, 8. C, was chosen O. O. II. P ; Jno. L. Lewis, of New Yolk, Deputy O. II. P.; Ira A. W. Iturk, of Illinois, O. O. K.; Uiles M. Hillyer, of Natcbet, Mist., O. Q. 8.; James I'enn, of Memphis, U. O. Treasurer; Samuel O. Risk, of New Orleans, O. O. Recorder,- McClelland, of Bo ton, O. C. II.; Hacker, of Indiana, G. C. R. A. C. B. B. French, of Washington city, was elected O. Grand Commander of tbe General Grand Encampment, K. T.; which body alto held their triennial meeting at Chicago, and adjoevaad to meat at Memphis the same time with tht General Grand Chapter. The attendance in both bodies was Urge and moat respectable, comprising soma two hundred and fifty prvasiaeat citiaene from ail parte of the United States. Tbe session of th Genera j Urariii Chapter was marked by the adoption of important amendments to' Ihe Con stitution, denning and limiting tbe pewer.of that body. bl even for tbe moetaiaerablt tenant . While rtn.ir. ing a decayed floor with hie own hands a few days ngo, th vendor of eharcoil io tbe story goe) dis covered beneath it what had ouct been a strong, oaken, iron-bound box, which fell into dusty fragments under a few light blows, disclosing to hit aaaaied an.1 greedy eyes, a glittering pile of Spanish doaMoous, amount ing la the aggrrgate to about fJVwn. By whim they were thus deposited, or" for wnn -purpose, art questions not to be answered at ihi-i lata day. Wm. Frost aad Thomas Frost, father and ton, of I'otUville, Pa., who started for Pike't Peak, were found at oat of tbt mail stations in a starving condi tion. It appear! tha. tbey had lived oa grasshoppers and mildewed corn picked up from among that left by the animate which had fed at the station. " Providen tially, a few young shoot of corn wert found to be springing up about tbt station, and a dried skull of a buffalo had been thrown aside. They caught from twenty to thirty grasshoppers tvtry morning while the dew wai still on the grass, until they became too faint to prucore thai scanty iwpply of rW, which they had to hothead in order to make a stew of grasshop per, bitftaib bide and young eorn stalks, in a small tin tup, to tat at night, promote sleep an) prevent deli, rium. The New Tork Trrbunt tayt, tht discount dark of one ot tbt city banks racentlr named hi si tuition Jfis resignation was accepted, his accounts invesllga- ieu ana pronounces an ngnt, aad a complimentary vote passed by tht Board for bis attention to hit du ties", Sc. He then lUteo? to tht Board that bt had a communication to make, at a caution to induct them to watch bit successor, lit stated that, notwithstand ing nia accounts wert all correct at tbt time of m m. nation, ht had, in fact beta using tht bills receivable of the Bank for yean at collateral for loans, aad em ploying tht funds in tht purchase of paper at uauriout rate, oy mil eourtt bt bad accumulated sufficient property to meet hit moderate desires, and. !: further use for tbt facilities ha had enjoyed, ht had resigned. We learn from the Charleston Mercurr that Xfr W W. Walker, jr., of the Columbia Courant, tht fortu nate legatee of "tht plum" announced a few wek since by ".Not," in hit correspondence to the Mercu ry, hat received, by late steamers, confirmatory intel ligence of tht legacy, which will net 1 10.5,000 sterling, besides interest, exchange, ate, lit value ia tullv e-..ie w ft ..tir , . . . . - vw. mr. naiaer goes w new I org toon to complete arrangements for its transfer to bit credit a very agreeable duty. The many friends of Mr. Walker in Charleston, Colombia, and other section! of the State, will rejoice at thii favor of dame Fortune, who hat this time pound her treasures apoa a moat deserving and worthy reeipitat. Painting on porcelain teems to bathe nge tt pres. ent in Ptris. It it tbe pastime of all tht fashionable young ladies. Tha set of paroeiainh purchased, and then painted according to tht fancy of the purchaser, with paints pnpartd for the purpose. Then it is sent to the porcelain baker, who bake ft Hrree times, which to lies tbt colon that they become permanent, and will teat a long at tht china. Of ker mutt thoroughly understand hit business th. process of baking it apt, if not' properly attended to t) crack the chin. 'Not loot; since a baker fell ..Wn and brokt $8,000 worth of ponelaio, for which ht vungvu hi naaaw rcwiiuuoa. . Tht London Quarterly for July hat the flln.!. itoryr A native of on of tbe South Sea Islands went is a Missionary desiring baptism Fan Mix ico. From tbe Charleston Courier's special dispatches from New Orleant wt take the fol lowing items of Mexican news. Wt are informed from tbe City of Mexico, via 8an Louis Potosi, that the tliahnp of Mexico it willing to guarantee a loan of $5,000,000 to MixeaMB on a pledge of the Church property. Tbt Archbishop aud otner citrgy an utterly opposed tp thai measure. Oooeral Miramon baa revived a Je- ree psomulgated In 1M by Saata Aata, deelarinr. instant death aninit rerergnert landing in Mexico. It ia reported that General Vidaurri, Oovernor of New Leoa, hat goat aver to tht Church party in Mexleo. Al tbt last dates front Japan a telagrtph was build. betweea she etliea ef Jsddo, Negaaaki, Simoda, and Hakodate, aad betweea Jedde aad tha taamar real. dtaat af the Isspefor. All tht vessels aad tbt Impe rial Stat wsrt te be turaea) into ream propailare, aaa bttegairaadytceapltlreV. Japaa h) tejstairaly arsgreaa Tht Cfclrienr fU dlcciixi save about Mowed ant. Ahwat fifty eenoaa frees Paaann, wh heyva keen at werk six months among tht cravat, have sett cheated enough gala) to pay thai txpeaaet. tionablt, frota which the can draw forever,, without rear 01 lax-collectors or gun-noate before her tret. Tbit Important itrtttlifenee we kaetea to lay before ear readeri at It readies wt, merely promising that wt have it from tht vary beat authority. Lett Week a party of Ive tystermen, wtane op long Itland Sound, accidentally disoovered an oyster bad ef Eaton's Nick. Long Itland, about opposite Rorweik Conn., whlcn npon txaminalion, proved to be at least three miles in Itngth by two In breadth, the bed belna at least a foot thick, and composed af tht largest 'tail invert tvtr seea in uitt marxet. The discoverers swore each other to secrecy, and resolved to ma I tbeir fortunes; bat one of tha party, going among the oystermea of City Island, basely betrayed the secret r. AJM1 u L . . V...- tl,. I l , venae It havt been at work oa tht bank, fishing np the bivalves, and planting them for market purposes. On Monday last a tteamtug went np, and In a few hoars lauded over Ave hand red tuskelt at Roeky Point, Long Island, whittr, for quality aad list, an laid to- surpass anything that ever camt from Virgiaia wattn." A Memphis (Tenn ) exchange tavi: "Tht home of Porter aad Lambert, Kentucky bas-already a world- widt reputation at tbe "giant matt, ' but aha hat rt- etntly contributed anothet gam to tbt tasket of gianta, in tbt person or cuarut, a negro ,boyrwha made bis appearance in our ttreett yesterday. Charlie was born in Hickman county, Kj., tht iU Hemlember, 18 A and it therefore iu hit tenth ytar. At hit bixtle ht weighed sixteen pouoda, and tht ethtr day tippet) tht beam at thnt hundred and ten. pounds. iU is now 1st fett lit inobet high, and posaeatei most ex traordinary ttitngtb 'fur out of hit yean,' being ablss te lift four hundred pounds, whilt he carries with ease upoa hit shoulder, a weight of tbrtt hundred pouuds. This infantilt monstrosity hat a perfect physical for mation, aud enjoys good health. Ue it a alavt. ami belongs to Prsou ll. B. Bunt, of Faytlta- oooulr. Tenn." Richard Davit, landscape gardener, residing tr Warren county, Ohio, having led a dissipated lift for a namber of mouths past, and failed to furnish hit family, consisting of a wife and child, with tbt nieaaw of living, deserted them recently, leaving a letter stating bit determination ntvtr to see them again. lilt uiafurtaaite wife, being not only pennilees, but lis ea entirely deatitutteoadition, without furniture, fuel or food, became desperate and seeing nothing but ttarvatioa before her, resolvse) to quit a world which had proved to cruel to her without walling tht sum mons of Nature' By soma m sans she obtained a phial of laudanum, and gave a portion of it to bar child, a. littlt hoy about thnt yean of age, aad twallowed the nmainder herself. Taking her son ia htr arm, th lay down oa tbt bed. A dnwaiaet and ttopor over- oaaa tjem from which they never awoke again ia thia world. Ia 5rw York city, on tbe evening of the S9th ult.. a mysterious affair came to light in tht Sixth ward", tha dead body of a man being found in a bed in bouse on tht Firt Points, corner of Worth and Little- water street, covered with blood, ht evidently having been murdered .bat a few minutes baton. From pa pers fount on hit person, it it supposed tha name of tbe deceased wat McGea. Tbe house ia which bt waa murdered waa occupied by a man named Joba II. Bea- jamin, and his mistrev, Jant Bradford. . Tbt former it a vender i hot eakei about tbt Park, while hi mistrees gained a livelihood by al timet harboring girla of bad leputt. In Oweosboro, Kr., recently, a young man named Taylor struck and kicked a young hvly named Hughes who was passing him on the sidewalk, as she returned . from eburcti. He was arrested, and thtattt day waa tried befn a magistrate, who fined him 10. Tha Mr. Hughe aotsatitled with tht puaisLmtal the law bad in facte! went te Tarlor'i shop, after tha trial, and calling him out, shot him through tht neck, giving him a nrirtil wound. I Hughes waa arrested, but managed to make hit escape from tht officers. From tbe statement of Mr. Collins, Consular Agent at Amour river, in Asiatic Russia, it appears that American commerce at tht A moor i tteadily increas ing, fiwt .wnencaa built s learners art now plying on its waters, which an navigable for stea at boats 3,600 ilea, Tha commercial product of luat ngioa at pnseot consist principally of fun and minerals, but S ia thought tbat when navigation shall have developed tbt internal resource of tha country, trade will ba proportionally increased. From Moscow to tbt head of tha Amoor, an upwards of five hundred cities. town, and villages. At the County fairof Orleans county, N. V., which wa being held near Albion, au the tlternooa of tbe 28th alt., a large crowd of visitora wen gathered oa a easal bridge, tbt bridge aaddenly gave way under tneir weight, ana tne whole party waa lb row a into the canal, and many wen drowned befon assistance could ba rendered. The laaaef lift it estimated at eigh teen, and a large nuailjcr reeeiwd severe Injuries. Mo'.'abe, the. Democratic shoulder hitter, who brat ,. the editor of the New York News, the other day, ia out in a characteristic card, asking a suspension ef public opinion. Another of tha fraternity addresses a note to the editors of tbe Kipreet, intimating that it will bt their turn next, unless tbey an more careful in their commeate upoa rows and rowdyism. - Tha Express reubet--'IWtice hours from 7 a. m. to t p. m. All ready. Fighting editor at tbt door." The bones of quite a number of the soldiers who fell at th battle of Krandywine, have been dug up at Caadd'a ForwV, near Philadelphia, by the men engaged ia grading the IrhsUvtelphia tnd llaltimon Outre! railroad. Tht bones ot out man, tupposed to have bjen a German soldier, measured about five feet tix iucb.es. He bad oa the Hessian uniform. Tbe bat tues wtn mvle of lead, tnd wen not much defaced. Letters received from Rome, dated August 27th, tate that tho indposltion of. .the Pope wasol a much- more serious character than tht published -accounts represent. 11 i suffering under a tetera attack of erysipelas in- one of hit legs, keeping him a clot prisoner in bj room in tbt Palace of tht Vaticaa. . Tht Tappaliannoek Southerner tayt that lion. 8ber rard Clemens is now eonsidered by bit pby.teian in a vary critical situation. II wat lately on a viall will his bride, in file county of Westmoreland, but owing to tbt unfavorable condition of hit wounded limb, b wat under th necessity of returning to hit homt iu Wheeling. A man nam?d Vanover; formerly of Kentuckv. anuT taid to havt relatives of high atandiug ia JrtTeraon. city, Mo., a professional gambler, and tx-fillbiiswr under Walker, wat hung under the lynch law, on tha 6th ult. in Nebraska Territory, for attempting to tea , the lives of several eitixent. A Mrs. I'retcot Lawrence, of Wiahall. Vt.. died a few days since of consumption, and as a number of the fimily had .previously died of th tame disease. the family went through the tupcrstilious farce at burning tht lungs, heart tncf liver of the deoeaacd, to. prevent any more from dying of the same disas. ' The Leavenworth (Kn.) Times of September Mils tatea that a number of indict menu against parties charged with a. violation of the fugitive Slav act, wert stolen from tbe county clerk 't otfeea few daya since. Tht indicted pnrlies are believed to b guilt- lot of tht Ihtft, aud no trace of the delinquent have been discovered. Litealvicea f.om Pikt't Peak state tbst the pro po.il ion for orrnoiiinr a State government bad been defeated. 'Tbe mines wen yielding abundantly. A considerable quantity of dust had reached Leaven worth. A vigilance committee bad beea organised tor tht better pi oteciion of property. . , '' ' Peter 0. Washington, who wat Assistant Settttery of tht Treasury under Mr. Guthrie, is letting tbat Mr. Guihrie will bt the next President. Peter, it seems, ts still true to hit master, but there's no telling what 'es. - . dm Ui. y m r -"" ' ii lj QoniestfinK I -- " waim, uui lunn hu that hi bad two Wives, h"Wr totfl that E afl1.r-i,ot hPetor-wirl aVtefon coch-crowina, i-W rewire ftue ewmaeiM wall ua tnOUlU promts to 0 contented with one. Ife ntiredwlthout nakingfurtber explanattota. The next day ht presented himself again im reiterated hit deain for baptism, taying hi had only one wife. Upon examination It wit dirwv trod that he had quolijui himself for tbeeertmony by killing and eating one of bis wlvei. Ia tht town ee Pekra, it. Y., reside Samaal lo bertt, with his wife Saliaa, aad thtir four daughterar Tbey occupy a srnrm af a handrtat aorta, the work of which, such at plowing, logging, pUnnng, hoeing, taking can of teams, Ao., baa, during the leal year, been don by the atotatr and dausbtera. The ,m.i uauguser, agau, rgnteen, plwe4 twenty acres, and ont of the yeeng sisters dragged ia the grain. , seniijeo aociuent, ibe bursting of a teoomctiv boiter, while takint: ia tJaiaeaaaaalt. ' - "JS Jl" tut. uai I an aaat to malu. a..vei i . . . . n ... . J - r hi.i nj- vk- . ..t : i . ; 1 i . l ireigw era oa ue twilmar aad Ohio Railroad at Cameron Station, near WbtfMag , by which lb enat- , an Buemaa, and tee coadaetor, wen hattantly killed, aad alttew ethes voi The graatott sandera caell isiiej tty la Parts; . yr-rv. swoi tarn sarrry owe la at Has rburht Sursughis Hfe, lit watt worsted nraa aad-twtnty times, ant) only owe iwcsssd ha wounding his adveraarr 27 hit very beat frterrf, with wheat he had aaaneted. i, W Wt havt often heard of nltchinc ten to. bat a Demo cratic editor boaat tbat bia patty in tht spring time of ' t8;0 "will pitch their platform." Let them pitch it wen, ana mere may be a tnaace i uir siieKiiig to it. frtntiee. Gidton tumbled tht walla af Jrricho down by blow ing ram horns, and, w wonder -, what th Demo cratic organ at Waahingtoa proposes to tumble dewst by blowing olit Buck's horn Frmtiei. 8muel a Paul, of tht Petersburg Prees, was heluT to bail in Waahingtoa, oa the 80th alt., to keep the ?eaot an a chnrgeof an intention to fight a dael with. " hot. W. Ooodc, of Virginia. , Than an in Egypt throe himdrtd miles of Kixllroad. . wnenine rannmg of the train wat aounvneed, uiua- hl Urt-Th tappTv it almost uiexhaustible. and ther are weed ay tht cord. U m reported that Bishop (kteerdonk't res tore lioa hat ban requeatod by th Epiaoopalian Cosveulioa,of Ntw Vork. ,.,.'- Major Chspaua, of the United State tray, ttatloaedl at Old Poiat Caaaert, committed suicide ea Tuesdar 27th wit., by cutting hit throat J Kr, Jao. Wilton, f AaiteveerTt)rt-houi7T. C1 hat received a patent for Itnpvevtaaent la aretew gjaa,
North Carolina Argus (Wadesboro, N.C.)
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