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. ' ' . .. W Si1" ' !(-- i , A.M.V if:'i-. t'' &i,' 'I i From tb North State WWf. PROCEEDINGS OF THE WHIG CON. - , .VENTION. .. - , In compliance with public notice, the Whig Convention met at 3 o'clock. P. M. in the Cfcurt House, in Washington Tbury, th 6t ttwt for the pnfpoee of nominating candidate !to rep resent the Ikh Cfcngressioual Dtnct w the net motion of Col. Joshua Tnyloc, Alfred MoTit Esq- of Pitt County, wm called to the Chair i and on motion of II. F. Harris Edmund W. Jones, of PJvtnouth, and F, J. Prentiss, of wherBf-were4ppointef Secretaries.' ": The Counties cotnpoeing tthe district having been called by the Secretaries, the following gen tlemen presented themselves as delegates : .Zl&mWahikgton County. f R.-Wt oeey fc "v Joseph Beaslv, Jehn NichAllaV-.? : ;'v :ta. til W. W. Mizell. ' t ' Pit Clcnmlu. F. B. Sattertbwaite, ; W. J. Langbinghouse, Foreman McDowell, Chas. Green : W.D.Moye, v 'John L. Eason, AV. I Bonner, sf James McClure, . Wm.CUrk;- -Dr.J. Redding, ,T.B.Sbeppard, Wiley C Moore, l B.G.-Albrrtton,' " David Clark, A.. G.Jordan, Churchill Perkins, -H. F. Harms, : John Stubbs, Jordan. ' County. Benj. Streeter, " OwenW. Jones, W. H. Dixon. Li Whitehouse, a B. Brown, V JohnA-Selby.' Alfred Moye, W.S-Tafr,. v Dr. VV. J. Blow, ' . P, R. Atkinson, J.S. Brownr John Moore, L G. Little, . H. A. .m : Oreene W. H. B. Taylor, . Willie Dixjn, Samuel T. Cobbj Robert G. Moore, County James, Pritchett, Alderson Ellison, John Blackwell, J.BShenc m. a F. J. Prentiss. Beaufort County. DrW.B., Hodges, John Cherry, John Litham, J. F. Clark, James Windley, Col. Joshua Tayloe, Joseph Potts, W. L.Harvey, Nathaniel Harding, Frederick Grist, D. B. Perry, J. L. Tankard, J. B. Marsh, W. W. Hayinan, Edwin Gorham, . Martin Stubbs, D. H. McCabe, W. M. Marsh, R. L. Myers, Josephus .Tripp. The Convention having been announced by ,the Chairman as ready to proceed to business, on motion of Mr. Blackwell, of Craven, it was Resolcsd, that a Committee,- to consist of two members from each delegation, be appointed by the Chair to prepare Resolutions expressive of the views and, wishes of the Convention, on the subject on, which it has been called to deliberate and determine. Messrs. J. Nichols and J. Beasley, from Wash ington; Edward Gorham and F. Grist, from Beau fort, H. F, Harris and Dr. Blow from Pitt, B. Streeter and W. Dixon from Greene, and R. G. Moore and J. Blackwell, from Craven, were ac cordingly appointed a Committee for the purpose designated. . The Committee having retired, Mr. F. B. Satterthwaite was called on, and addressed the meeting in a patriotic and spirited Speech. The Committee, on returning, reported through Mr,: Moore, the following Resolutions, which having been read, aeparately, were unanimously adopted; . - , " Jutolved, That, as freemen of North Carolina, we have a right to select our own Reprenenta tives, and as good citizens it becomes, our duty (more especially - in time 'of. political treachery and corruption like the present) to be especially careful in our selection, .that the end we aim at our country's welfare and honor may be ac complished. " Resolved, That we have entire confidence in the purity. of purpose, ability, high honour, and genuine patriotism of the Hon. EDWARD TANLY: and that the Whigs of the district owe him respect and gratitude, for his tealous and faithful advocacy of the great principles for which they contend. . Resolved, thercforcThzl we nominate Edward Stanly as the candidate of the Whig party of the Eighth Congressional District of this State, respectfully solicit his acquiescence, and pledge ourselves to use every honorable exertion to se cure his election. On motion of Mr. Harriss, of Pitt, Jfcsciced; That in the opinion of this Conven tlop, the hijh and commanding talents, the exalt ed -patriotism, and the just and dignified senti ments of the Hos. HENRY CLAY, of Ken tucky, entitle him to the esteem and gratitude not of the Whig party only but of every Ameri can citizen : and this Convention considers him better calculated to. guide the Ship of State wise, ly and successfully, than any other whose name has been mentioned in connection with the next Presidency. r. . v This Resolution passed unanimously, amid lively evidences of the approbation of every member. . - . On motion of Mr. Myers, of Beaufort, Resolved, That a Committee, to consist of one delegate from each County represented in this Convention, be appointed by the Chair to prepare an address to the Freemen of the 8th Ccngres- aionii iisiricu Whereupon, the Chair appointed Messrs. U. C. Bogey from Craven.Benj. Streeter from Greene, J. lisasleytroa' Washington, Joshua Tavloe irom ueauion, ana il i . narnss trom I'itt On motion. , Resolved, That a Committee of five be appoint- ea Dy m nar 10 inform Mr. manly of his nom in at ion, and to solicit his acquiescence. Whereupon, Messrs. R. G. Moore, E. W. Jones, C. Perkina, a W. Jone and W. B. Hodges were appointed. Mr. -W. W. Hayman hiving bean called on, entertained the Convention with, an animated and excellent Speech. . In this stage of the proceedings. Resolutions were received, signed by a few of the Whigs of CdgecomD, wnien ror zeal, enthusiasm and pat riotic sentiment, could not be surpassed : and on motion' of Col. Tayloe. they wero read to the Convention, and produced bursts of soul-thrilling On motion, . Resolved, That the proceedings of th:s Conver. noa oe.signea oy id unairman and Secretaries and published n the Whifir Daners in the district and that tho. qther Whig papers in the State be requested to copy. , ,- . Resolved, That the thanks of this Convention be presented to the Chairman and Sbtiiri The Chairman having delivered an appropriate p imag Aaaren, on moiion, ine Uonvention ad ' vH V ALFRED MOYE, Ch'm'n. - ' - .-' . K'- EIGHTJI CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT t;r roxTH caxoluaI : FtZb9.Cdxtn$& Coramitteo' wtis appointed by the District WhigConreatien , which assem bled in Washbrtoa this' day, Cth April,) for the purpoea of aidrexzir. jqo; respectfBlly and ear nestly . on th subject -of the nomination-4ut maae oy the qonirentron of the Honorable Ed ysriMJs CrAjaT, a candidate - for tho-tohor of representing too in the twentyJiighth Congreas U Out .Unite Cat?:: In obedienee t! will ' ' i. ' 'it k, Bogey, of the Contention,' the Committee attempts to perform the duty assigned to it m the brief re niarke wlilcli JbUoWi 2 ,,. 'f& -WlV Every refl&tingipan must be, ware," arid nx iously so, that & approaching electionHhe prtsWential electioii inclttded, iriJl be fruitful, of weal or wo to our country; to art extenunprece dented by former result of a similar kind. TJus forewarned, and convinced by the downward course of our republic, during ah 4wt fifteen years, that the tyeisiftge which Heaven so-freely offers to tho acceptance ol our noble country ;bave been, and ere being perverted, by corrupt ruiers A-fSii-wMrvn4ttt hner on"! 'tnere5Can ne but one honest course of action apparsnt to every patriotic citizen, one paramount duty to be per formed: and this action and this duty are com prised in one short sentence, Hurl from the high placesbf the land those who have proved incompetent or uufaithful to the people, and re place them with' honest men ; men who have uni formly opposed lite reckless and Insane measure and experiment which have led, net only to the imtt of nnr nnvrfird nrocrsess to unexamDled prosperity, but to a state of demoralization which threaten to sap the very foundations of rational freedom and aocial rel iance. It would be a worlt of supererogation, fellow-citizens, to recapitulate the lawless and ruinous acts done during the ad ministration of Presidents Jackson and Van Bu ren, by which the deplorable state of things that you witness has been produced. They are as familiar to you as household words, and the honest conviction of your reason and experience must have placed on them the seal of your sorrowful and Indignant disapprobation. - Would that it could be said of the present in cumbent of the presidential chair, that his course has been purer, wiser, moreetatesman-like, more patriotic, or more beneficial to the country. But this cannot be said. All the mental blindness, wilful disregard of implied constitutional limita tion, and all the love of irresponsible personal dictation, which led his two immediate predeces sors to array themselves against the most im portant interest of the republic, seem to have descended to him with his accidental elevation to the oresidencv, and they unfortunately govern hs acts with a malign an influence as distinguished theirs. From this quarter, therefore, we can ex pect nothing pleasing to the patriot, indicative of reformation, or useful to our much abused and ufferinc country. The same polar-star to which all their intrigues and actions tended, namely re-election awd power so attracts the devoted gaze of John Tyler, that all the better qualities of the man are totally absorbed in the reckless and aspiring politician, and his country s interests and hi own future title to honorable fame, are as dust in the balance, when weighed against his fallacious, his preposterous belief, that, to be the President, is to be the irreatest and best man in the United States. Experience might have taught Mr. Tyler, that no statien, how high soever, can seduce the free and intelligent citizens of the Union into the belief that the occupant of that station possesses virtue or abilities of which he is destitute. If high fame be the object of his aspiring and grasping ambition, let 'him remem ber that the acts of President Jackson so nearly absorbed und neutralized the applauded and pat riotic acts of General Jackson, that it is extreme ly doubtful whether the historian's page half a century hence, will bear the record of hi name. Let him also remember, that Martin Van isuren's -illegitimate, or rather hs surreptitious, elevation to the Presidency, has lowered, rather than ex alted hi character as a man and a citizen, m the opinion of all whose esteem is desirable, as well. we honestly believe, as m his own. Let him re member, in short, that nine-tenths of the Ameri can people, are thoroughly persuaded of the truth of Pope's line Worth makes tbe man, want of it, tbe fellow." No man, Jiving or dead, ever encountered or un dertook responsibilities of greater magnitude or of higher: importance, than those which Mr. Ty- er assumed when he ascendeJ the chair ol Wash ington. lie anew, nay he publiciuy admitted, that Jackson and Van Buren had misgoverned the country, dried up the sources of her pros perity, and polluted the high morality of which she justly boasted from the adoption of the Con stitution to the re inn of Jacksonism. He allied himself with the great Whig party, and lent his aid to brinsr back the prosperity and purity of past days. This party, judging him by their own integrity of purpose, received him, confided in him, exalted him. How noble, how glorious a field was thus, opened to Mr. Tyler! How un bounded the amount of benefits and blessings which he might have been instrumental in pour i rig on a people who deserved all his gratitude, all his devotion and services ! Did he enter this field with tbe high purposes of a virtuous and good man, with a heart beating high with be nevolence and philanthropy, with patriotism and gratitude? No, fellow-citizens, no! John Ty ler had not the moral virtue sufficient to render his name illustrious or his country happy ! In stead of taking council with tbe wise and the good men of the nation, he cast them from him. as obstacles to his unhallowed ambition, and threw himself into the arms of a narrow-minded clique of selfish demagogues, 44 powerful in evil, but impotent nv eood." By him and them are the destiueis of the nation directed, and through hiin and them must we continue to suffer, till we arise in oar misrht and prostrate them and their iniquitous intrigues together in the dust. The low means to which Mr. Tyler is daily re sorting to gain votes at the coming election, are truly demoralizing and degrading. Honest and efficient men are ejected from office, that worth less sycophants ready to do the dirty work of those In power may occcupy their places. In a word, the arbitrary exercise of the one-man pow er, which proclaimed President Jackson an over bearing dictator, is carried to an alarming extent i i mi t - i t .... v uv jonn i yier,wnne ne cannot, lite lien. Jackson, plead, in extenuation of his usurpation and injus tice, a single service rendered to his country Can any party of American citizens be found" who, will rally under the banner of such a man! It is utterly irnpoaMble ! He will fall, ingloriously fall, amid his Corporal's Guard" of office-seek ers ; and his (political) obsequies will be ac companied by their curses, "deep, not loud," for having failed to secure their expected reward, and by the contemptuous sneers of the demo cratick phalanx, whom he is so meanly and so ineffectually courting Turn we from this self immoia'ed man, whose greatest efforts to regain the presidency will raise no greater obstacle in the way of even the most unnonnlar ranAuUt whose nam may be put up by any exb ting par. .j, uvn..iiiu wuuiu oe in me path ot an elephant"5-;' The course of the Whig party, fellow-citizens, is a plain one, the course of patriotism and man ciple. N We have at least one prominent candi date for the presidency in whom we can confide one, whose whole life and actions bespeak his patriotism, his ability, his .'aithfulness. This man. we need scarcely; say, is HENRY CLAY. Full of experience, h ghly gifted with the wisdom a. rising therefrom, scorning the temptations of a false and unhallowed ambition ; he lices hut for his country, and would be a willing sacrifice to promote her happiness or guard her fair fame from pollution or stain ! Thi i the man around whom we must rally, in whose keeping we can afelj piece the interest we to highly cherish. i The nomination made by the Convention to-day, m an important step towards the elevation of thi great statesman to the station which he wooM adorn, and from which hia nstvinKam n4ar;im i Jkwim? pa our country:; Deeply Cxat lore his country, he surpasses not Edwakd Sfrin thidevotion ; faithful aaJbe :- -. i.;. nit. ko-.iaWtt sunerior to him, in this urn w , r , , - respect; and Sa oble & disinterested aer$fiee Ol Jul ciunu. new ua bchidu cvii..... t t. rMifMiit with the dntv of natriot-citizeftineiBier tan justlf claim pre-eminence over thf other. In a word, the fullest confidence oi every irue hearted American citizen may be safely placed in both. As a prelimln ry step, therefore, to the grand result, the restoration oi the country tMlij former virtue and prosperity, iet u rally,around Mr. StaSl Hie own merits, and abilities have dsservedly' won our affection and confidence ) and when we find hti aetionsland opinions in strict conformity with those of America's greatest and purest statesmen, on all important watters of na tional policy, thia- confidence 'cannot but be m- creased. : to effect or wrr-Ttoe To denosUe every Whig vote in tks bedlat-bdx, is all that is necessary. And where is the w lug, or can any man be a VV hig, who will foil To do thw, t soeh a crisis in our cooniiy's destiny ? In 1840, our pre sent district, (ile 81b) gave, in tfe several counties or whieh it is composed, an aggregate W big majority or 2381, ami an aggTegtedemocratick wajomy of l8, leaving the net Whig majority 423. Tliis is an en couraging proof f what can be done, and what, we hope, will be don. Should we fad to do it, the dts. grace will be tlecp and abiding, to ssy nothing of ibe consequences to ourselves and our country. The op ponents of our cause boast of having beaten us by a majority ol 659 vote at ilie gubernaioriel election in 18-12. True, tliey '1ul ; Uu why ? Because 118 Whigs who voted in 1840, chose to absent themselves from the polls, in 1842, while but 1 16 of the democrats were among ihe,iriing, as appears by lbs following ftatement of majorities, on lioth occasions I Aggregate nnv. 1840, Whig, 2381 ' Dom., 1959 Net Whig majority, In 1842, Dem., Whig. 423 1842 1183 59 Net Democratic majority. Here, it may be seen, Gen Apathy as our neg lect ol' a high duty is quaintly called, arrested the Whig sq.tadrons, to the number, as slated above, of 1193, while he picket! up and detained but 116 strag gler, from the enemy's encampment. Let not your selves be persuaded lei low citizens, that the democrats received any accession of sirengthor numbers Irom the Whig ranks; fur no muni who ever wms an honesj .. Whig, can, ly any possibility, become a democrat. So fwr Irom this having been the case. However, you will Kce, by the Spires alve, that while tbe Whig vote was reduced 1198. by deep frit disgust at Johu Tyler's treachery, the democrats gained not one Whig vote, but lost 116 ol their former strength. As the time of the Committee is too limited to lay before you, at present, even a moiety of what is neces snry to be said, another opportunity will be taken to address you more fully. One important recommen dation, however, cannot be omitted. It is of the high est importance to our success that the Whigs should at once organise themselves for tha contest, by forming themselves imo committees, that concert may give ef fect to their labours in the cauo of our country. The Delegntes sent to the Convention would be a proper nucleus fur such committees in each county, as they witnessed the earnest and patriotick enthusiasm ofilie hundreds of substantial farmers and others, who com posed and sustained that assemblage ; and are, con sequently, the better able to speak of their cheering confidence of success to their neighbours. One thing is certain, and we stake our trnth on tlie test, that if every Whig in tbe district will deposite his vote in the hallot boi, in August next, the election of Mr. Stasly is not even doubtful. We pledge ourselves to do our part, and are, Very respectfully. Your fellow citizens, M. C. BOGEY, 1 PENJ. STREETER, J-JS. BEASLY, JOSHUA TAYLOE, H. F. HARRIS. l Committee. LEGITIMATE SATIRE. As a broad satire on useless legislation and ab surd attempts on the part of a Legislature te bring all creation within its control, we have never seen any thing better than the subjoined draught of a Bill which was introduced into the Legislature of the State of Maijie on the last day of its late session, when all other mundane affairs had been disposed of. It was twice read and committed to the fire. STATE OF MAINE. In the year of our Lord tme thousand eight hun- areu ana jorty-tiuree. An act to define -the length oi Comets' Tails, and for oilier purposes. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives as fellows : From and alter the first day of April next no comet shall be allowed to come within our planetary system with a tail of great er length than one million of miles, except in the Con gressional district or Lincoln and Oxford, in Which case it may extend northwesterly and southeasterly in a crooked direction, to the utmost limits of said district. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted. That. forVtery vio lation of the provisions of this act, a fine shall W paid to the county by the inhabitants thereof, of not less than five thousand nor more than ten thousand dollars, at the discretion of the chief just ice of the town court where the onence may be committed, payable within thirty days after conviction in gold, siivqr, or moon shine. Sec. S. Be it further enacted. That for aiding or aliening in the violation of this act, the private proper ty ol the inlrabttants of said cornet, and of all oilier persons within the range of its orbit, shall Le holdcii tirouga all coming times " Sec. 4. Be it further enacted. That it may and shall be lawful for t lie democratic candidates for Con gress (not exceeding twenty-three in any one district) to ride on said comet, or the tail thereof, without charge, for the purpose of effecting .heir own elections. Sec.. Beit further enacted. That the provisions of this act relating to comets shall be held to apply to all other vagrants and vagabonds, including phrenolo gists, animal maaueiizers, jugglers, locorrx lives, loco- locos, pedlars, niglitwalkers, Millerues, Mormons, and all other persons going about from town to town switch- ing tails or extraordinary length. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That this law shall take effect from and after the first day of April next, any law passed by Congress, or any veto I Captain Tyler, or any forcible resistance of Thomas. W. Dorr tattie contrary notwithstanding. , Sec. 7. Be it further enacted. That if any person, before ihe twenty-second day of March, anno Domini eighteen hundred and forty-four, shall illuminate tlie people of this Slate with noithern lights on the subject of banks Kmi banking, or defeat the ireay of Wash ington, or make the State liable for seizing plundered timber, lie shall be exempted horn be penal lies of this act, and shall be allowed the privilege of ridina free of expense, beyond the reach of daylight, upon the tail of any cornci ne may cnoose to rule. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted. That this act shall continue in force until ibe Legislature of Maine shall have recaptured the Califbrnin?, effected a treaty with the Celestial Empire of China, reformed ibe South Sew cnnniljals, instructed ihe inhabitants of Nova Zembla in ibe science or democracy, regulated the af !airsl all ether nations, Rlto le Island included, pkl General Jackson's fine, rejected ihedi trilaition mom y, executed summary vengeance upon all banks and banking, abolished all justice and enuhy in tlie Stafif, converted all men into lawyers, substituted bsrHPoqhw ior oar ruiea, ana equalized Ui population and proper ty of the State. TpREz Horses ant One Hcsbasd. A rever end minister of the kirk of Scotland, sympatfiaed deeply with one of his parishioners, who, in the course of a few week, wa reduced ta poverty by the death of three horses ; and, to add to the trial, her husband took Ul and died. The minis ter wrote a petition for her, oliciting contrtbu tiontfot )ef relief, a follow: The bearer, widows, has met with a severe lose by the death ol three horse and one husband, making in all, four since May; and, on that account I would recommend her to your support. ' , ';'" .-. : Selected. ? ttixL 8, 1843. v-ihe Editor of theMtssengdtf , have just read a communication pnMisbed.m yfitjir st papeiigned TiJ Clingman,& whucb tar refers to a pitpos1tlon which he sayVl u thorised his friends to make to me two years ago at Haywood Superior Court. I will now present the specific charge which he has made against meMr.piingm, says ithe Mopeepger, fhat tfifs it maye f,?r "J?! viT Buren sod he informed h frknd that thev werethorisedJ moo. base-Uyidet epo" MW"n J?urh"'?r he informed his friends that thev were ant! oaf hi part to say to me, thai he, would them with- VKJed -I WouW agre W'delTne Jeing 4 eaftdtaattr at the end of two years, if my political frieccs . 1 . 1 r m i a ' - 1 -. 1 should then think it expedient to "do so. He says that propositon by his authority was accordingly submitted by some of his friends to. me, ana oy at once rejected and as he was informed 1 added, that I Mould neither, buy out nor sell out That is the charge. What may have passed be tween Mr. Ulmginan and bis friends 1 do not enow. So far as I am concerned the fact of the case are; these: At Weynesville, during the Superior Court of Haywood county, in the spring of 1841, when I was standing in the street an individual came across the street from where Mr.Clingman was stand in?, and beckoned me to go a few steps; I went ; that individual then said Mr. Clingman had authorised him to say and propose to me, that he would then withdraw and decline being a can didate for Congress at that time, if I would then agree to withdraw and decline two years after wards, and ht Mr. Clingman be the candidate for Congress in this district (There was not one word said about the condition now ad Jed, "if my political friends should then thjrik it expedient for me to do so.") I answered immediately and promptly, I would neither buy out, nor sell out And why did I so answer; because 1 wa no man for a political bargain and sale. I could not agree to buy out any other candidate in consideration that he would sell out to me. All other men in the district had equal rights with myself to run or not to run : to be or not to be, candidates for Congress then or at any other time. If I had agreed to that proposition, and ratified and con firmed that political bargain, in my opinion. I would have been unworthy to receive the votes of the people. I now repeat, I will neither buy out nor sell out. I would not, if I could : and I could not, if I would. All political power is, and of right ought to be, vested in the people. There let it be and remain. Let their will be done; let them select whomsoever they please to re present them. Let no candidates enter into con tracts or bargains that one shall go at one time, and another at another time. Such agreements should never in my opinion be made by candid ates ; and if made, they are a violation of the privileges of the people and the rights of free men. The people, not the candidates, are to say who shall represent them. Mr. Clingman says the proposition he made by his friend two years ago, he thought a reasonable one. Well, there is no accounting for taste, or the strange opinions of men ! That which he says he thought reasonable, I thought most extraordinary and unreasonable, and at that very Court informed f some of my friends of it, and expressed my sur prise and astonishment that such a proposition should have been made by his consent and au thority. Mr. Clingman says, I seem to regard myself as possessing a vested estate in the office of Re presentative. He is mistaken. I have no vested estate in that office; and that is one strong rea son why I said to his friend, I could not buyout, nor sell out I desired to do then, just as I intend to do now, trust to and depend on the voluntary votes and freewill offering of the people, and by their decision I will most cheerfully abide and submit I have been elected to five different Congresses, and had one contested election. Mr. Clingman obiects to the length of time I have been in Congress. Well now, he is the last man in this district who should make that objection. He moved here some six or seven years since from 4$urry county. That district was ably and faith fully represented for 27 or 8 continuous years by the Hon. Lewis Williams, who died at Wash ington during the last year, and Mr. Clingman voted for and warmly advocated his election after be had been in Congress 18 or 20 years. I presume the real canse of his objection to me is not length of time, or he would not have voted for Mr. Williams after he had been in Congress about double the time of my humble services : but because he is uncommonly anxious to become a Member of Congress himself. I make no ob jections to Air. uhngtnan, or any other man in ihe district becoming a candidate for Congress. It is the right and privilege of any man; and I hope I have that right which is common to alKo'hor men. I do not think Mr. Cliagman ought to plead the political statute of limitations oe me, after goirg down to Raleigh during the last Legislature and sending on to Washington and getting e copy of the Journals of Congress to condemn and expose my votes and course in the House of Re presentatives. Members of Congress and Mem bers of the State Legislature apprised me of the arrangements that were made and making to defeat me sDon after the last session of Con gress met After all that flourish and other pre parations to oppose and condemn my public course, I resolved to be a candidate and defend myself before my generous And noble constituents, who have stood by me and sustained me in six troubles, and I firmly believe they will not desert nor for sake me in the seventh, when all manner of evil reports and groundless charges have been circula ted in my absence to try to prejudice the people Against me, and to prejudge me without a hear iug; I have an abiding confidence in the virtue and intelligence and justice of the people. I hve no charges to mske against any body : but I shall endeavor to defend and justify myself against the unfounded charges that have been, or may be, maue against me. Mr. Clingman savs he has a L firm conviction the majority of the people of this district are opposed to ray election. Perhaps his wish is father to that thought He said so two years ago. but a majority of 1357 freemen differed with him in opinion. I cannot say how the people are disposed, but I would rather take the verdict of peventy thousand disinterested Freemen than one interested Candidate. Yours, JAMES GRAHAM. A TOUCHING PICTURE OF RUIN. A Clergyman correspondent of the Episcopal Recorder, writing from Antigua, under date of February 8th, gives this touching picture : Antigua is in ruins: an earthquake having near ly swallowed it up. There is not a stone build iug in tlie Island thati not level with the earth; lor rendered uninhabitable. Mv beautiful parish Church, in which I prided myself, rent in every direction from the top to the bottom the pretty Chtpel of All Saints, a heap of reins Falmouth Church, St Mark's Chapel, St John's Church annihilated good Archdeacon Holberston nar rowly escaping wrh his life while in the act el marrying a couple. The mill, which are the rati priog of the Island' resource, the crop havaw commenced with a pleasing prospect, have shared the same fate as the Owrche. Actual ly, some of them have not one stone sfnd nr upon another. . The earth reeled to and fro ke a drunken mair, for over two minute the inhab itant just having time to Tush from their home and look ..around; with breathle ,we: With , maddened amazement I saw the house crnmhKnr asd fallmg around me, every minute expecting the earth te open V ''nraewt for noticing the following, is, that itAise a Question of veracity: .ptftwn tbe Konl Cofimiu & Ufciy.--What will! not recklew rfrt; V iraist.bis opponent to suit h'A oerppse lj 1 tie last Obsetror says Mr. Van Buren has disfinctly as serted the power of Congress to abolish slavery m the Disirict of Columbia M We ae never seen any such distinct assertion" by Mr. yan Buren. anu iwwever io tea unort tue paiMV awtteve um, -server produces the proof, for which we hereby call. , . w tlw public, es a reckless calumniator. www Avnin fFrom the last Observer.) ' In the heyday of Jacksonism, it was publicly and unblushingljr avowed as tlie princi4e or action of tbe old-chief, thai he would, uaeihe jOlncea of, the country to reward nis lrienus anu iHimtu uia rw- -. ,- - , t t: ' W are constrained.) pwnotfnc the above to be untrue r ibr as sure as 5 and 3 make o, so sureiy dkl Vot flie Democratic or any other party; ever publicly and dnbkishingty avow?' any sttch. thing. It i unreasonable and carries falsehood upou its face. We really did not suppose that there was a ingle individual witb the? slightest pretension to political information, much less one who ha et himself up for a teacher, who wa so ignorant of the A B Cs of politics, as to make the above as sertion. TJut we were mistaken. Aud we are called upon to prove what every body except the Editor of the North Carolinian well know to be a a aL true. Fortunately we can turnisn mm wiui vm proof from a source which he at least will scarcely dispute. We refer him to his ovm files, for the North Carolinian of April JL 1340, m which he will find a letter from Mr., Van Buren to Walter F. Leak, Esq. a prominent member of his own party, as follows : Washiwgtow, March 27, 1840. I havs received your letter of the 21st tn?t. and can have no objection to say In reply, that the sentiments etpressed in my letter to Junius Amis, and other, on the 6th March, 1836, and substantially repeated in my inaugural address, are not only still entertained by me, but have been greatly sttenathened, by sttosequent experience and reflection. 1 am, sir, very respectfully, vour ol t- serv t. ' M. VAN BUREN. To Walter F. Leak, Esq. Chairman, 4tc. The following is an estnict from the letter to Junius Amis, which he wilhfind in the same pa per, via: the North Carolinian of April 11,1840: As anxious as you can posbly be to arrest all agitation upon this disturbing subject J have considered the question you hare propounded to me with a sin cere desire to arrive at the conclusion that tbe subject in relation to the District'of Columbia, can be safely placed on the same ground on which St stand in re gard to the States, via: the want of constitutional power in Congress to interfere in the matter. I owe it, however to candor, to sey to you, tltat I have not been able to satisfy myself that the grant to Congress in theConswntion, or the power ol ' cxcruiivc legis lation in all cases whatsoever," over Ums Federal District, does not confer on that body tlie same author ity over the subiect that would otherwise have been possessed by the States of Maryland and Virginia; or that Congress might not, in virtue thereof, take such steps upon tbe subject in this District as those States might tliemselves take within their own limits, and consistently with their right of sovereignty. " Thus viewing tlie matter; I wonld not, Irom the lights now before me, feel myself safe in pronounc ing that Congress does not possess tbe power of inter fering with or abolishing slavery in the Utstrict ol Co lumbia. " ' And this Editor, thus ignorant of these things. venture to employ the term, reckless parti- zan," "base slander," "reckless calumniator, &c As to Gen. Jackson's rewarding his friends and punishing his enemies," we quoted the iden tical language of the U.rS. Telegraph, len. Jackson's own most favored, organ, well remem bered by those who remember the occurrences of the early days of Gen- Jackson's administration. That paper, speaking for the Administration, did publicly and unblushingly avow it as it rule of action, that the public patronage, the honors and emolument of office, would be used to reward the President's friends and punish his enemies." And this was no idle threat They were so used, during the whole of that reign. If tlie ob ject were worth the trouble, we think we could, by a search among old files, refer to the date of the U. S. Telegraph in which the declaration is made. But our reader, we feel assured, enter tain no doubt on the subject As well might it be denied, and we called on o prove, that Gov. Marcy, in the.U. S. Senate, boldly and unblush ingly avowed it as the doctrine ol bis party, that M to the victors belong the spoils." And a well might it be denied that he meant by this declara tion, that the offices of the country belong to the victorious party. Our Whig friends should bear in mind the in dignation of the North Carolinian. It amounts to an unwitting admission that Van Buren is not sound on the subject of slavery, and. that the spoil doctrine is as vile a one as we have always contended it to be. FayetiexUle Observer. Chateaubriand. The Jewesses. The . ac complished Chateaubriand has, in the following extract from his writings, given to the daughter of Israel, one of the most exquisite compliment which it is in the power ol language to convey. We have often seen the quotation before, and we think it has been published in our columns at least once, but it loses nothing by repetition. Tile JxwEssEs-Fontanes asked Chateaubriand if he could assign a. reason why the women of the Jewish race were so much handsomer than the men. Chateaubriand gave tlie following tru ly poetical and Christian ; one : Jewesses," be said have escaped tha cursa which alighted up on their fathers, husbands and sons. Not a Jew ess was to be seen among the crowd of priests and rabble who insulted tbe Son or God, scourged Titm, crowned bin with a crown of thorns, and subjected him to ignominy and the agony of the cross. The women of J tide a believed in the Sa- - a . s s viouk, ana assiAteu ana sooinea mm ueaer .mic tions. A woman of Bethany poured on hi head precious ointment, which is kept in a vase of ala baster. The sinner anointed h: feet with per fumed oil, and wiped ;h;m withh rhair. Chkist on his part extended mercy to the Jewesses. He raided from the dead, the son of the widow of Nain, and Martha' brother Lazarus. He cured Simon's mother-in-law, and; the woman who touched the hem of his garment. To the 'Sam aritan woman he was a spring of living water, and a compassionate judge to the woman in adul tery. The daughters of Jerusalem wept over him ; the holy woman accompanied him to Cal vary, brought him balm and spices, and, weepingi sought him in the sepulchre. Woman, why weepest thou 1" . , t . .. t His first appearance after the resurrection, was to Mary Magdalene. He said to her Mary At tbesonnd of his voice Mtiy Magdalene eyes were opened, and she answered, "Masrer." The reflection of some very beautiful ray must have rested on tbe brow of the; Jewess. " " l v! NkmBCB or Mnov Tke first Lor4 Lyttletoo was very Absent in eompanyr and when he fell into & rive fey the oversetting ef a beet; at Hag ley, it was aidof hbtf that he fcad?mml twice before he recollected that ne'couW ewim " ' T?nrrrfeAi? tfaotss tw w il Aii3AlKR ten. published a long article, detailing several r ' experiment in Phreno-Magtietism, rna,:"1'0u, " w . a - viai r ik. highlt respectable Physician in this r:,u, .7 1 afterfwere called upon by an intelligent r who promised to furnish us with an !r'eD counting for and exploding the whole VJ e" delusion, a he then seemed disposed to d of it He delayed Ihe matter, however. fJ?rr,be 8)Tstem of Ascribe rom,iav dav: and vcaterdar he furnished . .:.v .. vto lowing, from which it will be seen that U has witnessed some extraordinary DTtt,,a,,. lgo mgivem'Titgin4nf for what it is worti?1" with the single remark that our correspond. ,$ a gentletnaft o unquestioned character and ' acity, and viUd ii'very incredulous ffenerallv 6' to new doctrines, systems, and discover;. " 11 To the Editor of the Inquirer. Dear SiiYout will remember, sometim since, a day or two Lafter you had described your column, the marvels you had witnessed Animal Magnatism, that I called on you anH ,'" ted that I believed it all a delusion ; prom at the same time to condense for your pane,. artirl from Mackae'a hist or nf nnnl.l.. j.i . 40 j j fwuuiai UeHl0f) in opposition to th humbug, as I then believed it. I had not at that time witnessed any expr ments. I have now to narrate a single fact, that has made me doubt, and I confess somewhat pux zled mo. I will staie.it exactly as it occurred Walking, with my wife, in the western part J the city, a few day , since, a young gcntlemin whom J had known i many years, came out of house which we had just passed, and requeued u to go in and witness some experiments in An iraal Magnetism. We went in. His sister lt the Somnambulist, and was then in the magnetic state. We were informed that she had been in that state for upwards of an hour, and had dti cribed, with unfailing accuracy, the situation and ailments of persons absent. Her eyes w ere c!o. sed her muscles were rigid, and her condition of body was evidently an unnatural one. I Wag unknown to the maghetizer, but was requested to ask through him a few questions, I putiU following. Magnether 'Goto Mr. R's house in Sixtk street, see his daughter Elizabeth, and tall whtt is the state of her health. Somnambulist ' She has a very delicate con. stitution' Mag. Look at her face and see if anything is the matter.' Som. ' Oh, she has got a sore there a path, ering.' Mag. Touch your own face in a placs cor. responding with that where yousee the sore on Miss R.'.' (Here, with much difficulty, she raised up hr right arm, and placed her finger between her chin and under lip, on a spot corresponding precisely with tnat wnere my aaugnier nau a small, but in. gry bile.) I must confess that this seemed to me strange ; my daughter was then a mile off. I did not it the time know what to make of it, nor do I cow; collusion was impossible, and no one present, ex. cept my wife and myself, knew the condition of my child's face. I pursued the questioning no father. The sleeper wa shortly afterwards wa kened. I saw, therefore, but little, but that little make me hesitate before .pronouncing Animal Magnetism all a delusion. The young lady is in telligent, pious, and highly respectable. Allthott who were present, speak of her answers as uni. forraly accurate, and as marvellous as in the cue of my daughter. From the National Intelligencer. UNITED STATES vs. WILLIAM GIBBS. Indictment for stealing M one ham of bacon," and charging it as a second offe nee of the prisoner. 1st Witness 1 carry bacon to market to sell, and had some on my stall when this here littls boy ups and tells toe "Cottnsrt Never mind what the boy told you. 1st Witness Well, as I .was saying, this hers little boy that is I I can't tell it no other way th , Counsel -District Attorney Court Neve: mind what he told you. ' " 1st Witness (bolting1 if oHt)-rthat this here Bill Gibbs had stole dne of my hams, and he sou him take it. 1 can't tell it no other way, and (to tho District Attorney) that's the reason I wanted him to tell his tale first. District Attorney Very well ; let him tell hii tale first. Boy I was standing in the market, and I taw this here Bill Gibbs walk up to that 'ere gentle man's bench, and take one of his hams of bacon, miiA plan it nn)r Vila j In air snrt atin . And u . u yr . w. ...w v. www, w... j . I goes And tells him. Co-we(soot?oce--Tbat's rather suspicioui) Were you near enough to be sure it was Bill? Boy h yes, sir, I'm sure it was him. Counsel Are you sure it was a ham of baron 1 BoyWhy I reckon it was, sir ; it looked lik one. Counsel (brightening up a little) -Are yoa sore it , was not a shoulder 1 By (loping doubtful) I don't know, lir. Counsel Very Well. The other witnesses can tell us whether it wasn't a shoulder in disguise. 1st Witness recoZtt-We 11, as I was saying. I had the bacon; there was four shoulders cut round Counsel -Ah! it was a shoulder, then 1 WifnessNever mind if it was it were cut round like a ham, and he never knowed the dif ference." He stole it for a ham, any bow.. Cpuh.nl Mr. Attorney, I think that's a dead shot. ' The prosecution ha committed suicide, and the only verdict the jury can render is uftW de se" against it. . Disirict Attorney---That's not so certain. Counsel I suppose your honor cannot doubt upon the point Ttie prisoner might as well be convicted of stealing the District Attorney's spec tacle upon this indictment for stealing a ham, be convicted of stealing a shoulder. The charge i ham the proof is shoulder, and with middling luck the prisoner ought to be able to sate his becoiu District Attorney opening Johnson's Diction ary) Dr. Johnson defines ham to be the hinder part of the articulation rf the thigh ; the thigh oft hog salted." Tbe grand jury do seem rather to; have transcended his definition, and I suppese 1 must send up another indictment. It shall be large enough (though it is, rather a bore) to g? the whole hog against Master Gibbs rand wet see if he can shoulder that Enter a nolle frosty And so the accused " saved his bacon." The following: exquisite piece of self-complacency, in one of Prof. Maffit's lectures, the other evening in New York, is too good to be lost: Sometime sir.ee, (said Mr. M.J I met on boarij steamboat on the Mississippi, a lawyer whom l known fflwir year before in Boston. I1 can hsrdlf describe to you the ettet change in his parMnlr pears nee. The' bloom of manly beauty bad pa Irom bis face, and left bim grey, wrinkled, care-worn, r-gy. ! How is it Mr. Miffjt," said be to me. M that iHtm Ihm Amlt .tlw .nh nu t Ho " 11 thai your hair has preserved it ftoasiness yoor fo its Uoona of health, ami your tceb their pearly wun eet ?" ; t replied For these many years you w been serving the dovil. and1 1 have been serving uoa L And God has preserved h flower.1 Killwg rwo BixDS w-ira ota Stoat- I1 aid that for a political salute of ens huijdrta gun, fired at Alhajoy oa Thursday, tb WWkJ juruumou us gun in uonor oi uw Albany, and the Democrats the powder, in boa 'of their victory in JNew York. Thi wm good natured and economical. """ "' .. f ...V ' .V . -! 15 -:' r - r tip' f