A 6003 REPLY TO A CHALLENGE.
tf r no admirer of ihe H muk John M.
n. r- rni,
ihfenwwg04 and calm reply oHo ,n
fwllenga froai ih BJuot ol iha Kichmnnd En
staitsfe . fey. Obttrnr, .
aUeajsure, Ooc. llth, 1KB.
gut I wis lenwani nrw y-ui ' or-
a,ae I hid P"vi( tHl you hul pul him forward
m !! iiHultt whirb you bait no frue hi
fbifi train shoulder nf another. Determined
lAksTwdyn no ,ilVT , ,r "ding 'ho
with myself, I consented in mm down to
level i h ymir n. Having disposed f him,
I no etvifrnnl you, and ileinutd the etifc
linn which gen len.eit are alway ready 10 ren
der that upon whom ihey hiveinflieted wrong
and ioauli.
ROGER A. PRVOR.
lion. Job Mtroa Uotts.
P. C By my hiend, Mr. Banks.
Ricrwosb, OcU l.ih, 1858.
Sia: Your coinmuimtion of yeserday
;wsa funded m l't night, by vour friend, Mr.
B inks, of Petersburg, 1 1 winch you make
nereumtorv ileum! fur eau-firiioii. for what
you a lege M have h en " wrnnj" and " instill"
lufi cled upon you. without staling ill what til
wro g and invm consisted. Surll a ile.n.nil,
nwler lb eirriimsiaiires, wouUl have o'-casion-rd
infinite surprise, ex-cpt that I had hea.d,
from varum source, that, holii in vfaaiiingirin
end here, you ami your trietid had freelt anil
Willi iut reserve announced u b a deleruiiita
turn on your pari.
I might nh gteat propriety he returned
Tour ii oe tmai.ieredt in ih ground ihtl it
contained an allii-uin Id my ton marked with
uch Ur:n iud'-licy, o ne no lmni;r trrm,)
indfi ih v ircu(M-.ianri that fj"t!"d bnwfii
you, a Ui d. pn yuu of all rl.iim u eour'rav
al inv iiand ; btl , a I wmh now to put an rnil
10 all roiniDUiiiRdiion b in u for the fu urr,
I procrrd hi anwrr.
Al fiial : Lfi ibv ailene m'g'U b -oii:ruiil
im arquionrt, rmphxiirxiiy rpniinr ,
utifou drd any tttinriiy up'in whirh you may
hut rrltd for iha jruon "hit I had put my on
forward to rJnl mvulia offered It we. So far
from i', la-J'.imrd lb re(Mmihility n( with
drawing and aupprrasinc th publiraiion of l"
fimtrrd. whirfiratneai'rid'iullr tmy know
lfi! aftf be bad ae-it il i tb pre ; and 1 re
mmtrated with him am-l hia imerfcrfiirc.
and fra.n the bai.inuif hare det,dy rgr!lrj thai
hniid htf leil himst-lf e'inairaitied, by th
tiigbet at-nta o' iMi aiion and duty lo him-eif
a well at to me, in adopi the cuurae pursued.
And ihi being diapnaei of
In the serond rUre : I rfir!aiin anv and all
r'tjiii on yar pari in make a demand for atW.
fanion from me, f r any lhngl bste aaid or doge,
which yoa may ht ehimen io apply to your
wll ; a. Irmn firl to lai, I bare ac'ied only on
IV ilefenM. aTimSing a'l pennnaliiii-e eicepi
where they had been fi el offered. Thai ynu
have turn me an pie eauw, if I had 'deaired
opporiuiiity, to oVinand aali-fjrii.m ol you is
Iio-Umn'jle ; bin lean tee no found upon which
jon ean demand il of me.
In t' e ilti'd pUre : Your I le enold not be the
value of a pi ne point tn me, and I am eure I
Imuld derive no comfort from making ynur
-wife a widow or ur rhddren failirilea
Iheref-ire. I liae n draiee lo tak it i whilst
wit own life is not only of tlue to mf, but in
lipnsrle lo ih support an. I happineas of my
fatnilr. and 1 hope t m-ake it hsrfnl to my
rant iy therefore, I am not disposed lo lace
it i your disposal.
In I he fourth place: f I were lo afford ynu
the iippmlonily you ek, Ihe demanils upon
ane would be without end. as I eould no!
ronsisiemly derline lo indulge one and all of the
ediinrul of whose tiiia'ed laties might lead
them to atlow their .political niniiies io de
generate in'o personal eqnabblre a"d ahn-e ;
and there are al iht mmmi eme 4tn or
ni-ee already ocupyieg thai pitioi m thi
Siaie, lone .oihiiif thoe elewhere.
Ia the filili plaee: The digamy in our ag'e
aid posiiuwte in do.ne.ne life would relt me
of aiT oMiga'i'm lo meet yon, unless I was.
eeus ble of list ing d ne y nui-h wroi'f as
enuid d'rt be otherwis siooi-0 f ir ;
ease, belie1 e me, 1 would pennH ho
' i'ii-i
In nepreome my sens n propriety ami the on
tigitmne id liuc lu t'sfC. in preernl my mkntg
ti seSdiwieUvnieni; roi, l retie. nisi in iros
t, ,w .,.ng ... en ,.,oire. and ha been
eaiiied nn er1y l? ennrely on your side.
1 1 ihe i h. jies Mi' tHrnin tibeen !
eeadv l-keo b'f the mi'Im", w'oeh mol have
been ko'iwt im u. a I oioe l, io wbom I held
vnvs lf les-w .-t-le, and in wl.,m I did .
. ' . ... .
Ail I eeita d. did not iifluile the press. I '"'i'"1" "'. . . - -, -
t.e we, m , ,e. ,m ! eh, g ih.t p a-tmn. ! thouMn.U ..f lamtshcd operait.es dnven into
w..wi! ai.r,.ire.,M.i.ihd.iy r-a .,- already exterminating in.urrection. The pobl.e
ek-o.l.ijg-d one i.sia-iee uliii ihe la'wind IwlU side of the Atlantic is quieted,
k i nd pei'ple thoroughly keep out of view the
1 1 the sevefh p tre: I sol fre- In svv the
?se most He a strong one, an nni'iesjumsble
e-U s). tt,s w.wid Midaeeme . .o'.ieei my fami- P" nas eiapsei ana tne mo. ns, t...ne . .......
Iy in ihe ...eiore H ey hae endure,! I. ihe l.i or anoi!.ef and commotion, which, in
tend.tsu .-Wa nre aP1r.li....in of wlmi it turn, a , are. the fate oftliefirat.a.iiUuon
, i . i i.... .1.. ,... n.itv the end of the chanter.
Kitl -w ib tor wri bfe an I hi.p..ie.s. but ihe
ial.l . .k.sa asult ) tlaa ta al O tBl fa,
an """i. ii".
.n,l h,.l,i. tJ a w.i .!e fa a le. mht have )-.ne
ri.eri.tlo k no ti frfcmi.tirt or m,', sol
th f rr 8 Itg'li aid Mvn'm.s Cause, I rt'ief
Ml que.ii .,.a .ie. Tin. tit . be !i. l railed
tsras ng poHl.e oP-..,n ; .., t! v tie .e .. n in.
I he.e . t erimed, rod tt,efe.it have , pie.'.icuoii. urtereu wnn ao air .min ij
1w.j.e-i enM m a -id g.vo.g the iV.i U Sand a well-slTeClrd patnotuiu, doubtless for
fence, and h.i t.iw -anh mueti trial omlr i the t.m being alarm the limul and unrellect
.herr.rcui..taiiee..I.!...ll nm. At a mme Imgt bat it requires very little shrewdne and
mihfol per. sJ oilfe. I mg!i. hwt been a. in ght into Uie inanwuvres ih certain party
iaed by less es, .ae. le.lwf. Uctician to discern the fact that the whole
i t the eiehih idaee T-u be neiiber i I, j tumult is maiiufactuted with the same ease
. l.awaa awsalsla.liaaal Ml itaaul k; Mtl i II I II at nf m a Mr. De Har -tieriei bis rirst-rst lliun-
i'iai give. one omeni' d stuaoee, (hii -
evereaa-e I miy liave in ro plain, J lot me
I'sili m. it h.s heea es ie I so lai ss lo lose ii
tin;, sod, tlierei.ice, lea o to indulge
ymir issie in ymir bean' content,
Fio dly t For these reason, and wish. mi
liie least hesitation, f dietiorily an I unequiVo
rally decline your miiaiian m lie fi Id, and
iherehy f I'lUtue the aero-nplshmni of an ob
eu pprn Iy desired hy mn Mif heving it
nOieif power los.y iltsl thy hve sent me a
rhallenie, which I 'l ise I la a eep. And, s
I have If q4nily beea m'ot oed thai there a
fewMed asovemeal among .ae f your poll
tieal (rier.s, 1 1 involve me in per. al animv
aoeee, I wo 4 he g' J sf l' ge le nen would
eoiider I'teir ehailengei si a I iMivee n I
derini'd pn ih same ground and lr ihe lasae
e.n herein assigned, which I b,t r H
lree tffcirry i tit.
JSwrn tWlfMrwaslKflW'- . !
tiOlNDjBENTI!HENT. " ' -In
Ihe strife and din of the Freaideutia!
contest the eln vuica of reason i in every
quarter ao druwntd, and ao few men in either
svrt'on lu th cour.iga to oppose them
selvea to tha.raadiieM of party zealot,, that
it is quite a rarity to witneae the avowal of
an ordinary national political sentiment. Thie
feeling prompt us to eeieorate Rni io copy,
for the admiration of onr national readers,
the annexed remarka from a Sottlhtrn Demo
cratic Bucha:ui journal, which ha had the
indfpenilence to condemn the mischievous
habit which the fanatic of each section have
fallen into of ihreatening to subvert the Qov
eminent, and bury the whole country under
its ruins, if the antagonist party should
succeed in sleeting their candidate to the
Presidency. We are glad to be able to re
produce remarks ao sound and judicious from
the narticular source where wa find them,
anJ the more su as they do but inculcate, in
. t.n. i( nlra&antrv. sentiments which wa
hv uracUe latelv undertaken to enforce
Such opinion, avowed by a Southern journr.l
ami tuniiM-ter of Mr. Buchanan, are worthy
of the greater resprct at this time, when so
manv of its political colleagues the official
i r . 1 1 1 a nu mli.l'
orsan ol me vioveriinieui ninn
-are preiiicting, if not counselling, the
olutiim bi the Union as owe of the issues tie-
nenilinron the result of the approaching 1 re
sidentul election. The idea i too monstrous
for grave argument, and is indeed hardly
ui.T-iiiv nl bcinir treated seriously. To
make 'the eiistence of the Government de
pendent upon the result of a regular period
teal election, would be reducing mir institu
lions to the level and the precarious tenure
nf a Mexican or Buenos Avrean pronuncia-
miento. But the men who laid the founda
tion of the Constitution, and of the Union
which rests upon it, knew what they were
about, and laid them too deep to he shaken
or subverted by any tempest of parly passion
or transient e-ciiement. This glorious Union
has stood firm during ixty )e-r, and with
the blewinz of Heaven, it will stand firm
siatv vears longer, though the nashtngton
I'nion ami its minted confederate should
lite all the time to predict it downfall.
From ih Miaaauri Democrat.
The furethatlowines alternateW of two na
tional calamities have been the stork in trade
nf the whole tribe ol notitical croakers, who
for a quarter of a century have constituted a
distinct estate in our cuntry. These pre
dicted evils in their departure and return
observe a uniformity as strict a that which
governs those of eclipses and comets, or rath
er, in the language oi mroirai mm, uict -
hibit a ptnoditity something like thai wnicn
regulates the march ol ciioirra or any .ncr
vagrant epidemic in it fearful progress
through the nations
Unlike that scourge of
mankind, however, these maladie ot the
hiule oolitic are btit
tne vain saailow ami
empty image ol tit-ease, meir wuoie eun
being" to ketp alive and surround with im
portance a host of political quacks, who other
wise would be obliged tu resort to honest la
bor for a living.
War with England and a dissolution of the
Union are the two evils which are caused" to
start up before the public mmd whenever
other methods of political action and influence
have failed or are likely to fad. Five Tears
is a Ions oerind for the nation to pa in quiet
' . - .. . - or
ness without the revival of bugbear the first
The process of evoking it from the vasty deep
has, from frequent repetition, become so ge-1
nerallv familiar a scarcely to need desvrip-
lion The letting oft ol inuelintte quamitie
of blaster from the press of both countries ; a
few ferocious harangue in Congress and Par
liament, at which their authors, like the phi
losophicalTony Weller. get ml in the lace
and require slapping on the batk on account
of internal suppressed laughter; considerable
activity in navy yard and a regiment or two
added to her Mai'esty'a Canadian forces; some
j whining and snuKLnganmng the men of peace,
I pins, and penknives at Manchester and Shef
I field j Mr. Cobden in hysterics; the funds
fluctuating ; the times at lat taking a milder
i tone: a few after diuner speeches on com-
n(itn"uPhlnunily of blood, race, and free institutions,
. i-'i.- .... i. 'ami other trite commnDlaces. in the most
I - , -
apiirovnl stvle of international flunaeyistn ;
and, finally, a r-ew convention on the subject
. ---t - -0-- - -
J """ the controversy than the ocean
asleil ma anu urrain e(eriiurii in uii" "i,
it to a close. In the end it aUsv appears
that New York is not for the present to be
burnt to the ground, nor our cotn-oercul
"ne swept in.m i.ieseasj mat . . .i
..( SS...k.,.. ... .nl l Urn .tnnnsil ni.e na
: P"lH'' any liosllie Crnnirt 0"iwe, ,.,r
two nation until the regular permd of re
i , i-..
t Vie eiigenctes
'"teat and clain-ruu
of ati'ction. The
t atiing Mi the bow is theref-re taLed
;' requisition, m irons one na stie-
j I Otofl lo lite Oirier resounu ine mhimi
I ropHe.ving M uaiionai anipwr,t ,.. ...
j b.vrr.rr it would carry in its train. Hies
der storm behind the arenei, ami I partake of
the some and no more reality. How i ihe
dioltt'.ion to be bruug'it about, where it i
tocom uence, who are to be the parties lo it,
and bow any measure vsich might poscble
lee taken to com p! ao mighly an iniquity
would be austained, when it is a clear a
sunshine that the overwhelming m ijur.ty of
the nation would aorremler the Umot only
with their lite, are quetions which our
alarmists have not taken Ihe trouble very
plainly to ei pound. It would not serve their
purpose very well to attempt any sach et
position, for the groundlessness of their
alarm would be at once apparent tu the aim
pleat intellect. It suits t'lem better to gel p
an a-nif stoning cry of danger in our institu
tion, into the ground I of which they hope
moliitailei will not atp to inquire, taking it
lor granted that men leaeneil iu oar eonstitu
fioral hiitoyy gad familiar long with lhJd, hii iht while lubjeet ! rt nsosiei'ia
M-tUi wlAivigflU6ovrTnntit wouM
not sound the trumpet were no uanger ai
hand. . . .
Meanwhile the clamor ha; been wafted
across the Atlantic, and the foes of our insti-
tilions are beginning to rejoice in the pros-
pectsof our speedy ilt-meiniiermenianti even
tual extinction. ' With all the facts of the
case before us it is amusing to read accounts
of their premature exultations over our fall.
Yet in our early youth, nd with a vast and
glorious destiny to work out, bound together
with corils ol a common political traumon,
of consanguinity, nf thousand-fold material
interest, and oi a lonir-nuriureii patriotism.
the talk about disunion i simply absurd. The
integrity of our institutions has oiten in the
Dast. and doubtless will often again be seri
ous! threatened 5 hut whenevera crisis comes
the latent patriotism of the nation will arise
in it maientv. and. rebukinz the evil spirit
f discord and destruction, restore harmony
and neace. In the men time it will ever be
a uart of the game of politicians, hard pushed
lor a tlevict, to repicsetit me viuon as ueiog
on the very verj-e ol destruction, nd only to
be saved by the success oi mis or mat party
GOOD KEASOV WHY ALT. PATRIOTS
ellOLLD VOTE TOR FILLMORE.
The Hon. I'reston S. Brooks, of South Ca
rolina, in a recent public speech, used the
following language:
Mr. Pi more is. nrtvate v. a verr res
pectabl gentleman. He made a goud Presi
dent, and I believe sincerely that if elected
he'would desert his own pirty, and, make
- - i i j -
a better President than we think. EU" But
that is the very thinz I don t want. I am
afraid he would do so well that he woutd
throw back the prospects of di-untun. jgQ
Mr. Brooks is a Democrat and an avoweU
Disuuionist. But done he not asign the
best reason in the world why all men of all
parties who desire the preset vation of the
Constitution and the Union, snould support
the election of Mr. K.llmoje. Why doe Mr.
Brook oppose Mr. Fillmore and sustain Buc
hanan ? He tell voo. frankly and bluntly,
lie tell you that he is ardei lly in favor of
an immediate dissolution of the Union,
and that he fears his wihe.and purposes in
5-is respect would be thwarted should Mr.
rill in ii re be made President, fehould not
this argument of Mr. Brooks against Mr.
Fillmore serve to impel all loyal and patriotic
citizens to stand by and sustain Millard Fill
more to the bitter end ?
The very best reason why Mr. Brooks d-'t
wan't Mr.'Fillinoremade President. I am
afraid' savs Mr. Brooks, " he would do so
well that lie would tl.Vow bick the prospects
of disunion '." Hear that, people of Virginia
and ths South ! Is not tai the first time in
the history of the Government that anybody's
flection to any olhce, much ies tne rtesiuvn
cy. na oeen openty opp.eu upon im Krouii.i
tiiat he would litiiare his duties loo tetll
and toofjUhfvlhjt Verily that is, the high,
est compliment ever paid to the patriotism, (
integrity and wi.iiim of any randidate for;
mi Mir .titiun : and Mr. Fi.linore is the most i
1. lii.i.l. ..f .nAn m 1..11 nnnnlnil fur th.
Preiideiicy. ami by hii bitltr t.wmet, for a
rean like thia
We implore the intelligent mnJ pariott
reorda to consider well Mr. Brooks ol.iec-
lion to Mr. Fillmore, and then say whether
that objection i no; a conclusive and over
whelming argument why Mr, Fillmore
should be elev.ted t the Presidency of tl.i
great Republic e implore them to cnnn.
et whether the election of either r remimt
tin
I
Buchanan, woutd not almost certainly even
tuate in the violent disruption ot tin glori
ous Umoo and in the frarfu: and indescrili.lil
horrors of an interminable c:d ar. e
ioie v" "v;
implore them to think and to deliberate be-
r..JL .1..- ..... -.t iK. .ir;..i ....I
good citizens, lo te for him who will da
?o well that he ill ihrow back the pnwpec t
of disunion." In a word, vote for Fd.more,
and preserve the institution and the g'urie
ot the Republic. Kick. HV;.
WHAT MR. FILLMORE CHANCES NOVVt
Tni question ha been fiequendy asked
since the recent State elertinn in Penneyl-
nia. O'ih, and Indian. Ii nsfurslly sugesia
itseli to ihos who feel nio on fte auhjeer.
tori,ing .lirecilyiri the poini, we answer. In
. , , ,
f;emouragmg at present ihai ihey have to-en at
any wue siiicv; iii ii"m-n" "- -
I dered certain placed bond all drHibi since
ul ana and Pemisylvaiu have pro utunceii
emphaneslly against Mr. Frein-oii, or ih Re
noMiesn party, thai liiielf anil friends can not
indulge eten !' ig'it-i hope of suece.s.
W iilu.nl iheiwo State in question, sdin t ing
all o he' free S 'es lo go for Fieinont, he falls
short of a ms.irjiy the KireiiKal Clli'ge,
and musi, with unerring ceruuny, aniieipale
iM-'at. ! my also be a(ey atseried that
oilier free 8 'e. upni which liis par jr Itsse
oe......,e ,eeU, ,.... .... .
eontroveit.Ve a id escee l.ogly g'ee.b!e lel I
didefore et.ldi.lied. n onely t t at not even
line aludow of a hope eat now he entertained
ill go a( unit them.
. . .. . it
' eireton by the ewiple. Tit' msii be ad.nil rd
ion all h.nd.- B-mg aHd.nely eecti-H a', de-
pewoinf aineiy wp-vn iih nmv aupmi.ata
I anurng il s liorss-a iuei, inrr eai nn I'm
gercsislany apprehensiou upon the pari
f
S miherriet. national men, nd Lm in-Living,
emiservaiiv ei izeu everywhere, of disunion
i a remit of Fremont a election, because the
evidence are now indisputable at be cannot
beelecieil, is warm-st frwn t know ib'a,
and being eonvimed, will lose ih'ir fmoer
srdw. Mr. H ichanan, tlierelore, being i post,
live antipodes, the lufrirnee is, Mr. Fillmore
ill lnseoi himself io their e nsideraioii a
ihe (east of two ed, ihot eeurnigs large ie
that, will any shade f hotie for Mr, Fremont
eurre. would ha- been east for lorn. II nee
ine rvniesi, to our mml, fid betaeen Mr,
Fillmore and Mr. Iturhsns.
With certainty that Mr. Fremont esnnot
secure enough S aies lo elect bios. Hot appre
hension, per eonerjueoee, of riisnftton, are eb.
Mgated, and wi have a possib liiy of Mi, Fill
m ire Iretnf chosen hy the people. 8 ime ot i,
Nririhern Sisle llial wihiIiI. mid t different
eoinplelinii of sffiir, he i0 Republiean
inajofiit , am no free lo aid ihe Uai -n Amert
ean party, wliil.l onr bereiofore apprehensive
frteti I lit ihe S mih old lme Whig and wstm
ad nrerof r. Fi'l'nore need no longer cin
template tne t'nson'e ieril, t-al freely, cordially
eipre their preference fof liirri whoot they
most adu re ii.e tJnmn Ametiean randide
ihe fiiosfei Pntidfitt." AH 1'iing (on der
Ible ani empre1irnie!igW w are ponstrsin
rd to believe Mr Fillmore's chances of suc
cess, even by the people, vastly more encotirag-
m now man iney were prior m toe mrin
rLrliuns. Bait. I'ulriot.
How Ha Looks.' A New York Correspon
dent of a Georgia paper says : " I saw Fre
mont the other tiny a uarfc compicxioneo,
av.i-th man nf 43 thouh some seven years
younger in appearance. I should say he is
about 5 feet 8 incltes in height, and weighs
140 pounds. His forehead is low out oroati
eye deep set and very close together
nose (his bct feature) long and straight
and untiling," either in fare of manner, to
round a Uvoraule opinion, in respect ettner
to character or talents. An inferior, or at
least ordinary looking nun, such an one as
anions a thousand strangers would be about
the last designated as a candidate for the Pre
sidecy. The luxuriant development of hair
and whiskers which delight the Jessie Club
in ni pictures, are minus in iuu urigmn bum
far from being abundant. His beard strag
gles thinly over a considerable surface, and
his black hair, utiquietly parted in the mid
dle, is manifestly beginning to assume the
same consideration."
Democratic Blcsders. The New Orleans
Crtolt truly remarks, that s blunder in politics
is a ctime," and thai the leader of the Demo
cracy in Louisiana Icel that the leader of the
Democracy in Louisiana feel that the enure
movement nf ihe nanv ha been a series of
blunder. They blundered in allowing the
North li nominate James Buchanan a their
candidate. They blundered in avowing alle
giance lo the Kmsas bill as a leal of Democracy
without any dcAnttion of hl na construction
should be. They blundered in nomiuaiing
J.C. Hrerfcinri'lge a douhilul Nuiihcrn man.
Vice Piesidenl inalead ol one-who was firm
and true as steel. Then Buchanan b'undered
in announcing hi approbation oTih doctrine of
squatter sovereignly. And J. C. Breckinridge
blundered in declaring he belonged in no pany
which desired ih' extension of slavery." And
the leader blundered wre lhan all in thie,
that they boldly endorsed ihe doctrine, and ihen
showed they were not in earneai, by attempting
lo explain away iheir endorsement. The ac
tion from ths day the nomination wa made ai
Cincinnati up lo ihe present moment, ha been
bul a series of singular rrfiike.
Freemen of li South, will ton endorse these
blunders, and approve Hie odious doctrine of
Buchanan and Breckinridge, Mqnaitcr hose
rrigmy and all ; or wdl you, like independent
mm, think and set for yourselves!
CHEEKING 81GNS.
The Philadelphia American reekort the
rollowinir events in that city among me
cheering signs betokening the strength and
nernrtuitvni' the Union I
"The National Agricultural Fair tronght
to our fire-sides rt least a quarter of a mil
lion of the real America:! bone and sinew.
Texas and Maine, South Carolina and Mas-
1 a
the Pacific and the Atlantic
e. " T , ' ' i . t V V .
Thee compared cattle and stoclnif all kinds;
-ajrac-ltfjwl implements and inventions
"?'. 5 "
tables ; shook hands with esch other, brsggd
of their farms and their improvements, and
vied for the premiums in every department.
I he. Mouth carried ofT many of the best priy.es,
and, we are compelled to' say, our neighbor
Marvland made a better show than reiinyi -
vania. That gathering rrfierted the f-elinjs oj
three millions ol the be.l population tne cPt
vilized world ha ever ennuineil. ami on the
rreat nay. when a bnliisi t iKtoher aun
- -- -j - . , , ,, ,
P
iaitce. and a hundred thousand freemen, with
A,ttr. were "bled
j f - f "'V ' ''r,n
ue rraiiJbru. a iiry iiih nm jiiv .iivh.,.'!,,
but rather of the glorious competition which
should be encountered a year hence, when all
the States would be agair enlisted in a noble
rivalry in ihe art of peace.
There ha been for a fortnight pt, and
is still sitting in thi city, a General Conven
tion nf the Protestant Episcopal Church in
the United State a religious denominatin
distinguished for it intelligence, numbers,
weatth.and worth wild delegates from every
part of the Republic, the great objects of
which hae been lo consider how the moral
intrrrsts of that church and the can ,,f
Christianity ran best be promoted throughout
the whole Union, and wnh"Ut any narrow or
bigoted division as to North or south. East
or West.
t There i not only eonsolati"n in ucli a
sembtages of tlienicle, a betokening how
deep and pervading i the inleiesl in moral
and material advancement, but at the pre
sent time, when the political pulse beat
quick and paai in mislead reason, they are
cheering tokens that the great heart of the
people i aa aound.a national, and a patriotic
a ever, and that, though partisan and de
magogue may fret and foam, ihe Union can
not be shaken or endangered by their vicious
A mEASO.ABI.E PKAYCR.
At the present time of political eicitement
ami agttati-m, the following prayer of Ihe
Reformer John Knot, wriHen three centuries
ago, atrikra as peculiarly appropriate.
It occurs in a volume now in press, and soon
to be published by Charles Scnbner, entitled,
" A Hook or putiltc rrayer, compiled irmn
t!i aulhorised formulariis of the Presbyteri
an Church." f-- '
- Most gracious Iird, we humbly beseech
thee to grant u heart mimllul ol thy past mer.
cie toward this natim. SuRero never lo fall
into unlhaiikfulnes and forgeifulne of Tby
benefit publicly rereiyed. lie pleased to
continue Thy fatherly guidance and direc
tion in our ways. Dissipate the counsels of
such as labor lostir upllie heart of thi peo
ple aiinst one another let their malicious
nraedce be for (heir confusion and grant
Thou of The mercy, that love, concord, and
tranquility may continue and increase among
ihe inhabitant of thi land, even until the
coming of out lord Jesu Christ ; by whose
glorioul fjospel Thou dol call In unify,
peace, and Christian harmony, the full per
fection whereof we shall posses in Thy King
dorn; whcrfall otTencei ahall be removed, all
iniquity suppressed, snd Thy chosen ones
endued with that perfect glory in which our
frrrd Jesu now reignrib; unto whom, with
I he and Iht Holy .host, be ill honor and
glory, evcrmer. 'Amen,
lillsliiwugli Uetflrtei.
Union, the Con-iitution, an J the Laws -the Guar
dians of our Liberties.
' I1ILLSB0ROCGH, N. C.
Werlneaday, October 29. 1S56.
' ' FOR PRESIDENT.
MILLARD FILLMORE,
Of NKW YORK.
FOR VICE PRE8IDENT,
ANDREW JA' KSON DONALDSON,
OF TENKRSSKK.
" AMERICAN ELECTORAL TICKET.
IT UN THE STATE AT LAHOE.
John W Cameron, of Cumberland.
L. U. Cartnicharl, of Wilkca.
.. .... - , ; - FOB Taa :
1st District, Lewis Thoinpsna, of Bertie.
il
4th
8th
6th
n"
6ta '
E. J. Warren, of Beaufort.
O. P. Meares, of New Hanoter.
James T. Littlejnhn, of Granville.
A", J. titedman, of Chatham.
(Jen. J. M. Leach, of Davidson,
' Gen. A. J. Dargan, of Anaon.
John D. Hyinan, of Buncombe.
Election. Tuesday, 4 th November.
(W We earnestly request thou who are indebted
for mors than one year's subscription to ihe Recorder,
or for advertisements or job work, to call and settle be
fore th 95th of November. In cotuplisnr with t for
mer notice, many of our subscriber cams forwsrd and
mads pavmsnts, for which they ' bavs our sincere
thanks. Ws hope a still larger number will respond
lo the present notice, that we may be saved from ths
necessity of a more pressing call. Having la pay mo
ney Iut ws jes, snd all.that we oae, ws feel the nereaar
ty of reducing our business more to a cash system.
All Orange, coiue lo the ralr,
and bring with to Ih bttt ef rsery thing yen
The Fair GrownJe of ihe Orange County Aerieuhu
rsl Socir-tv, will be ojienej for Ih rcerolion of visiters
on Thursday the 30th instant, at 3 o'clock, P. M
All animate and articles intended for eihibition
must be upon the grounj by II o'clock on last dsy. '
TU ceremonies w ill be commenced by Ihe presenta
tion of, aoJ hoisting the sIsnJiJ Flag givm to tbs
rliciety by lleir esteemed President, Psul C. Came
ron, Eq.
On FriJay at IS o'rlnek. Iher will be a general
meeting of the Society at th Mociety'a Hi!l, foe the
elect iin of ofS-era, Ac, fr the nest year. Itiiroelte
ty slrr whicli the Annual Oration arid be ditivcred.
Al 4 o'clock, oa Friday afternoon, th premium
will I avrarded. .
A punctual attenJanre on Uie ground ef a!! persons
wbo have been sppntnted judges isesraesCy Je)uestd.
A band of Mune "ill be present, and the Orsngs
Guarda. w leara, will be eat. , '
By order of Ihe Eseeutivs Committee,
JOUN C. LEAThCRS, Chsimsa.
Prealwrniftl Llectloru-On rawest asurf,
and before the Beit iseae uf our paper, ih Etsrlion of
President of ths United 8tatee!br the neit tour years.
- l!Miwu.w('dmfon,arrMalastworJiH'eahoruiioa
, oorf,rfi.tJgatolliepolUad vole foe Fillmore and
DnntU!m. Lct none svv asy. unoe. the dslasiv
impression that Mr. TiHcrs stint!s Do chance of elec-
tiun. TUia. if true, eould have no effect patriot
accustomed t do Iheir duty and Isave consequences
to a higher power, especially when voting for a man
who was imc elevated lo Ibis high ofCux, and admio
iU t ita various duties with estistsrtion to all seeliooa,
snd who, if bs hss since lost popularity at the North,
sacrificed it by the justice and 6 leluy with which be
held the .Egi of tb Conslitutioa aver lb light end
interests of Ih Southern tHalra. Abolitionists snd
disonionists alii oppose hits, so morb stronger, there
fore, is the motive (of Matronal American patriots lo
sostsia bun.
Thankssli Inite IIiaEllcney the Govornor
ef thi Slate, in eonformily la) Ih resuiremnU of a
resolution of the General AsroMy, ha by proclamc
! lion appointed Thursday the tilth dsy of Noveuilier (
day of Pubtie Thanksgiving to .Vmigtily Cod lor past
blessings, tad of supplication for bis continued kiud-
oees and ear ever ss a Stale aad a Xstioo.
Toe Governors of Mams. New Hampshire, Vermont,
Connecticut, Nrw York, Missouri anil Maryland, have
also appointed Tharsday lb SOih ef NoiemUr, ss a
lay of ThaiiVigivirig and Piayer.
PennsjlTanla.FJernot. The eni:re offi
eil qrtorns uf the lal election in th Mute f P.'OB-
ejltioi have her a received, and are ss follow I
F.r Cunul Ctmnuiantr.
rVott, (Drraserat.) tlt.Mt
Csvhran, (Uuwn.) I10.IU
Bcoll's aiajnriiy. 1.774
T Attorney General, the Deraorratic majority was
I.J07. an I f sr Murveyor General 1.73! ; mailing an ver
ge Demwratic majority ef S.S49 a small majority
eonaidermg thai lb sg gregala vote ol th Mat waa
arar 42.1,000 1 loo smell a majarity lo give any cer
tain indication aa to bow lb election sr.B ge ia No-
veailer.
In lb ft 1st easle the Unionists have a majority
of three, and ia lliejoasr H mss the Dentucrsts bsve
a majority of it. Pemncrstt majority sa joint Iwl-
lot three.
The Dera icrit. bate elected fi.leaa mrmbrri of Coo
greas ; th oppnsitina tern.
riorlda Tb returns sre now eomptste. Perry,
Ilemocrsl, is elei led Governor by 400 majority I Haw
kins, Democrat, to Congress by a bout ftuv majority.
onlli Lowell Acalejiy--W lesm ftosa
Ih t'brisfian Adtocst. that th Re. J. P. Bby bs
resigned his position ss Principal of Mouth Lowell Acs
demy, for Ihe parpns of removing le Virginia, and
lhal Mr. Joseph H. ttpeed has been elected la H I ihe
vscsnry. Mr. fpeed is sdmirsbly tilled fit his present
position, and Ih 8- hrxl will aa doubt mora than main
tain its past re,Utstion.
Our thsnks are due In the Editors ef the North Cere,
lino Htandard for a neatly printed copy of an oration
delivered al Raleigh on Hie 4th of July lest, by W. YV.
Holdea, Esq.
Bishop Onilenlunk, of Ih Dine ef New York,
b for m twelve years had bean suepcorM, ha
been restored, sid rnlereil urow the duties of lis efTica
on Sunday laal. In the House of Ulalop. thtvrteupon
hi rcat.iration a SI in fcvor and sgunat hia resto
ration., Biabop Alkinaoa, of lliii Hlatc. voted in ths af
firmativs, and Biabop Davis, of 8. Carolina, in ths na
gativ. ' .
It is stated in the Wilmington Herald, that whsn
the Steamer Tsnntasse left San Juan, Col. Wbeeler,
Aineriran Miuiater at KicarBgua,awaa ill' at Granada
ofapopleiy. - . .
W learn from ths Standard, that Professor Hedriek
has been disuiiasod from his poaitioa in Ih University
of North Carolina, by sn unanimous vote of Ih Ea
ecutiv Committes of ths Board of Trustee. ' ' ;
The Presidential Election. The follows
inir is a summitry of the laws and ennsttto-
tional requirements in the election oft Pie-
stdent and Vice I'resiuentt
1, Etectori elected on the first Tuesday
after the first Monday in November, ,
2. Electors mtet tut the Drst vrunrsiiay
in December and cast their votes. They then
sign three certificates send a messenger
w ith one copy to the President of the senate
at Vakhintoii before the nrst Yv eilnestlav in
Januury another by mail to the smne person.
and the third deliver to the United state!
District Judge where electors meet. '
S. Each Slate provide! by law for filling
any vacancy in the Board of Elector occa
sioned by absence, death,. or resignation.
Such of tne elector ai are present are gene
ral'y authorized to filly any vacancy.
f. a lie vi-sriiitr gives iihiiiv i.i cirnun
of their election belore the first Wedneit'ay
in December.
5. On the seebnd Wednesday in February,
Congress shall be in session and open the re
turn. The President of the Senate shall,
in the presence of the House of Representa
tives, open the cerrifica'es ol reiarns, and
cunt the yotes. The i rin having the
greatest number of vote,- for Preidert, if
such number be a majority of the whole num
ber of electors, shall be the President. -
6 If no person has a majority ai above,
the choice is to be made from the three high
est rrlurned. The members of the House,
by Mates, form themselves into Electoral
1'ommiitee, and the majority determine
which ia to be the rhoice of the Bute each
Stale having only one vote.
7. If neither of the candidate get a majori
ty of the States before the 4iH of March, then
the Vice President shall act as President.
8. If the people do not elect through their
Elector a. Vice-President, then the Senate
of lite United States shall Make the election
from the two highest candidates returned to
them by the electors.
THttfT ATE .FAIR.
The Annual Fair of the North Carolina
Agrii uftral Society, was held at the Ground!
near ibis City, last week, and was'ihe niii-t
imposing display ever yet made at any Fair
in the State. 'The weather waa dreadful.
however, being a cold, rainy, disagreeable
time from beginning to end, which doubtless
prevented hundreds and perhapa thousands
from attending, especially of the Fair lei,
who had contemplated doing so; bat' never
theirs there was a large concuurse presen",
thus evincing in the moat unequivocal man
ner, the very great interest felt by. Ihe citi
zen of the Mate in these annual cihibilioua
of the spirit and industry of our people..
We have not room to enumerate the van.
out article on etbibinon, and inut therefore
content ourselves with general summary in
each department. m
Ilokal Hall oat brilliant in specimen ol
Ihe handiwork, i c , "f th Ladies. Bed
Quilt, Piano cover, Counterpane, Crochet
work, Painting! Drawing, .Needlework in
endless variety. Carpeting, very aaperiori
jean, casiineres, flannels, &c. eve. , Uestoea
th artirles eslnbited by the ladir in Una
a. I, il . . f - m n
nan, were collections m tne nnesi rruu we
ever aaw apples, pear, quince. sVc., eihi
tiled by Wettbrooksft Mendenhall, of Oail-
ford ; and by the Messrs. I.indlev. VV. A.
Eaton, Esq., nf Stoneland, Csranille,resen
ted some of the largest, most luscious Peach,
e we etrr tasted. There were also mine
rals, botanical specimen. Cnpeland' wn-
Irrful color-lvpe likenesses; Havens' atn-
brotvpe; retfumery, shrubbery , flowers,
chairs, bunts, hoe.&r., ic, etc.
In MtCHasir' Hall, were rarriages, bug.
girs, every variety ol cabinet ware,gunf
pistols, garden tools, saddlery, aie, leather.
cotton em, smut machine. I. inset celebr.
ted
notary rump a very complete pump,
and a hundred
ed other things we have not time
lo mention.
Plaxtkb's Hall was filled to overflowing
with the finest sperimen and varieties of
wheat, flour, cotton, corn, pea', navy bens,
ramlle, Inhaecn, egr. potatoe. beetl, ra
dislie, cabbage, pumpkins, ham, citrons.
Inmstoe, egg plant, Jtc.
The MAiHivrsy wai endless, almost, in va
riety and number.
There were some 300 horsea, male, a'al
linns, jack, jennies a very large collection
of blooded cows, bulls, heife'rs, calve, merino
sheep, hng, rashmere gnats; and sach an ar
ray nf Fowl, as were scarcely ever dreamed
ofhelore. '
There wai mme good I rot t rig on Thuisitay
and Friday.
The Annual Address was delivered on
Friday, by Dr. Milthell, of the University.
Of course it ws able and contained meed
valuable information. It will b- published.
Ue have thus given a hurried and meagre
account of the Fair. Vi e have not room, at
Ihi late hour (Saturday.) fori mme el tended
notice. When the Premium are published
we will try and maki room for them.
tflrit of Agt,
- -"-inrinninirt, -'
A Goon Ova. There Si a distinguished
Democratic politician in Mississippi, aavi
the Mrmphi Enquirer, remarkable for the
rrrk!snrss of hi assertion on the stamp,
ho is not enftrquently called "The Will
Digger." The other ay, o it is repnrled, an
fid man, a Triinesseeaii, wia introduced to
him dirertly after one of his speeches in the
Slate, who remarked
Well, Governor, I think are the msit
who i uimetimescslled the AVrll Digger f"
. " said the Governor, I believe they
sometimes call me thai; but the truth il I
never dug well in my life,"
"I thought ao," said the old countryman,
They say Truth lie at ihe bottom of a
well," and from your speech In-tlar, thult
yudgt ihnl yvu hud ntvrr bn Hun."