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fctftf'LT TAYLOR'S CHARACTER At a birbacoe given to the Kentucky Volun. leers at JeflVrsontown, on the 10th inst, i Col. Humphrey Marshall delivered speech,. iff the tourse of which he spoke fn ihr followin-terms t the p rs n l character of Old Rotigh and Ready. It may be remarked that those qualities which aire so conspicuous in the character of General Taylor, such "as she simplicity,1 sincerity, manli ness and honesty, are the very attributes that en dear him tuMhe masses. Nthing recommends a man inore.speeddy Io the affection of the peo ple than Mift'prescnce of those" homely and old fashioned virtues, which prove the sterling metal of his "nature ? ' K " My service in Mexico frequently brought me ttcor'to:.Gen.v Taylor," and I was industrious 'in my examination ; of the actual character of the roan whenever opportunity was presented. I have no motive to "deceive you. and yod.mnst take J he impressions 1 received for what they are worthy If J. desired to express in the fewest words what manner of man Gen. Taylor is, I should say, that, in his manners and Irs appear- 'a nee he is one of the common people of this coun try. He rnight be transferred from his tent at Monterey Jo his assembly, and he. would not be .remarked among this crowd of respectable old farmc ts as a man at all distinguished from those around him.' Perfectly temperate in his habits ; perfectly plain in his dress ; entirely unassuming m his naflners, he appears to be an old gentle man in fine health, whose thoughts are not turn ed upon his personal appearance, and who has no point about him to attract particular attention. I a his intercourse with men, he is free, frank and manjy. . He plays off none of the airs of some pre at men whom I have met. Any one may ap. proach Itim as nearly as caa be desired, and the more. closely his character is examined the great er, bean tics it discloses. - . .-J. He is an honest man. I do not mean by that merely that he does not cheat or lie. I mean that he is a mac that never dissembles, and who scorns all disguises.' He neither acts a part Among his friends for' effect, nor assumes to bo what lie Is not. Whenever he speaks you hear what he honestly believes, and, whether right or wrong, you feel assurance that he has express e his. real .opinion.' His .dealings with men have been of a most varied character, and I have never heard his honest name stained by the breath ot the 8 lightest reproach. 2. lie is man of rare good judgment. By no means possessed of that brilliancy of genius which attracts by its flashes, yet, like the meteor, expires even while you gaze upon it; by no means possessing that combination of talent which penetrates, instantly tbe austrusest subject and 'measures its length, and breadth as if by intui tion. Gen. Taylor yet has that order of intellect which more slowly but-quite as surely masters all that it engages, and examines althc combi nations of which the subject is susceptible. VheTf'h6'lannourices"'hi8 conclusions you feel confident that he well understands tbe ground up on which he plants himself, and yet rest assured that the conclusion is the deduction of skill and Found sense faithfully applied to the matter in hand. It is this order of mind which has enabled him, unlike many other officers of the army, to attend to the wants of his family, by so using the means at bis disposal as to surround himself in his old age with a handsome private fortune, and to be blessed wih anv almost perfect consti tution. J wpuld tc-day prefer his advice in any matter of private interest would take his opin ion as to the value of an cs,tate would rather follow his suggestions in a scheme where prop erty or capital was to' be embarked, would pur sue more confidently his counsel where the man agement of an army was involved, or the true honor-of my country was at stake, than that of any other man I have ever known. I regard his judgment a? being first-rate at every thing, from a hoire trade up to a trade in. human life upon the field of battle. . ' 3.. Jd is a firm man and -possessed of great ener gy of character. It were a waste of time to dVell . upon these traits of his character, for his military career .has afforded such abundant examples of hi exercise of these qualities as to render them .familiar to every-citizen who has ever read or heard of the man. In his army they are daily exhibited and 'Stand conspicuously displayed in every order which emanates from his pen. . lie is a henexotent man. This quality has been uniformly .displayed in his treatment of the prisoners who. have been placed in his power by the vicissitudes of war. No man who had seen him after the battle of Buena Vista as he ordered the wagons ' to bring in the Mexican wounded fronv the battle field, and heard him as he at once cautioned bis own men that the wounded were to be treated With mercy, could doubt , that he was alive to all the kinder impulses of our na. lure. The indiscretions of yoqth he chides with paternal kindness yet with tbe decision which forbids their repetition, and the young men of his army feel that it is a pleasure to gather around him, because that they are as welcome as though they visited the hearth stone of their own home ; and they are always as freely invited to partake what he has to offer as if they wero under the roof of a father. ; His conduct in sparing the de serters who were captured at Buena Vista exhib ted at the saipe 'lime, in; a remarkable manner his bejieyoience and his judgment.'. Don't shoot them," said he ; 44 the worst punishment I will inflict is to return them toibe Mexican army." When Napoleon said to one of his battalions, M In scribe it on theif flag: No longer of the army of Italy , he used an expression which was deemed so remarkable that history preserved it for the admiration of future ages, yet it wbs not more forcible as in illustration of his power in touching the springs of human action than is that 'of Gen. Taylor illustrative of the manner in which lie would make an example for the benefit of the army. 6.-Ifi?is a'inwi of business habits. I never have known Gen.' Taylor to give up a day to pleasure. I have never visited his quarters with out seeing evidences of the industry with which he toiled.1. ;If his "talented adjutant was surroun ded with papers, so was tbe General. And though he would salute a visitor kindly and bid him with familiar grace to amuse himself until he was at leisure, he never would interrupt the duties which his station called him to perform. When these were closed for the day, he seemed to en joy t a remarkable degree, the vivacity of young officers, and to be glad to mingle in their society. As a conversationist, I do" not think Gen. Taylor possesses great power, lie uses-few words and expresses' himself with energy and force, but not fluently.- Hi language Is select. I would say, however; from the knowledge of the man, that he'is entirely capable of producing anything in the shape of an order or letter which has ever appeared over his sTgnatnre, and in saving so roach, J understand myself as asserting that he is master of his mother tongue, and can write i.?"1," ?N?,,7 nd handsomely as he can fight Such, then, is the picture of the man' not of the genferal--who won my esteem. -"I am .pot in the btjHLoCeulogiaing nen and'have in. dalgeann this occasion because I desired to de scribe to yen with the exactness of trutbahose qualities; which, combined in Gen. Taylor, made him -appear to'je a first rale model ,f a true American character. Others will dwell upon the chtvalryKe Jiw spfjeh displajedndhis great: XiciMocolijipi tfpon ihe field tf battle "I formed "mV ideas hf The rnan i he era free fron duty, andJTad no motive 'to apL pear in any other light tVan such as Vas,ihrown upon him by nature, education and principle. LETTER FROM GEN. TAYLOR. VThe Lawisiana Fleftdian, of (be 7th Atust, eon tains the fdlbwing' Tetter from Gfn. TaylorIt is addressed to Dr. Delony, of Cliaton, in this State, who Is one of the most radical, determined outnd tat DemocraU hi Lousiana or la,' tbe South.' -The General replies to the direct interrogatories of the Doctor, io regard to his opinions on ihe lending top ics involved in the contests of the two great political parties, on declining, .very properly, to give on. opin ion upon tbe justice of a war which he is himself conducting. iV. 0. Delta. , . Camp nia Mo!fTsaT, Mexico, June 9. Dear SirYour letter of the 15th ult. from Clin ton, Loaisiana, has just reached me, in w4Uch you are pleased to say, u tbe signs of the times in relation to the next Presidency, and the prominent position of jruur juuuc 111 wuurvuvu wiui ti, Us m BUulCieuk rX- ctlsefor this letter.' " That "It is a happy feature in our uovernment tnat official functionanes under it, from the lowest station, are not beyond the reach and partial supervision of the humblest eitixen, and riui. luuereni in every ireeman to pos sess himself of the political Drincinles and omnfona m mjsc into wnose nanUiUie Administration of the Government may be placed," &c to all of which I fully coincide with you in opiniou. Askine sit views on several subjects, First: As to tbe justice and the necessity of this war with Mexico on our Ert, Second: As to tbe necessity of a National ink, and the power of Congress for creating such an institution. Third: As to the effects of a hizh protective Tariff, and the right of Congress under ine constitution, to create such a system of revenue." As regards the first interroiratorv. mv duties and the position I occupy, 1 do not consider it would be t""! u me iu giT an opinion in rcgaru iq me same ; as a citizen, and particularly as a soldier, it is sufficient for me to know that onr country is at war with a foreign nation, to do all in my power to bring it to a speedy and honorable termination, by the most vigorous and energetic operations, without in quiring about its justice, or any thins else connected wiiciujf, us i uo, it 13 our wisrei policy io be at peace with ail the world, ns lone as it can be done without endangering the honor and interests ot ine country. As regards the second and third in quiries, I am not prepared to answer them ; I could only ilo so, aTter duly investigating those subjects, which I cannot now do ; my whole time being fully occupied in attending to- my proper official duties, which must not be neglected under any circumstan ces ; and I must sny to you in substance, what I have said to others in regard to similar matters, that 1 am no politician. .Near forty years of my life have been passed in the public service, in the army, most of which in the field, the camp, on our western fron tier; or in the Indian country ; and for nearly the two lst, in this or Texas, during which time I have not pswed one night under the roof of a house. As regards being a candidate for the Presidency at the coming election, I have no aspiration in that wa-, and regret tbe subject has been agitated at this enrly fUiy, and that it had not been deferred until the close of this war, or until the end of the next session of Congress, especially if I am to be -mixed np with it, ns it is possible it may lead to the injury of the pub lic service in this quarter, by my operations being embarrassed, as well as to produce much excitement in the country growing out of the discussion of tbe merit?, &c. of the aspirants for that high office, which might Iistc been very much allayed, if not prevented, had the subject been deferred, ns sugges ted ; besides very many changes may take place be tween now and 1S4S, so much so, ns to make it desi rable for the interest of the country, that some other individual than myself, bettpr qualified for the situa tion, should be selected ; and could be be elected, I would not only acquiesce in such an arranseiuent. bnt would rejoice that th Republic had one citizen, and no doubt there are thousands more deserving than I am, and better qualified to diicharge the du ties of said office. If I have been named by others, and considered a candidate for the Presidency, it has been by no agency of mine in" tbe matter ; aud if the good poople think my services important in that station and elect me, I will feel bound to serve them, and all the pledges and explanations I can enter in to and make, as regards this or that policy, is, that I will do so honestly and faithfully to the best of my abilities, strictly in compliance with the Constitu tion. Should I ever occupy the White House, it must be by the spontaneous move of the people, and by no act of mine, so that I could go into the office untrammelled, and be the chief magistrate of a na tion, and not of a party. But should they, the people, chance their views and opinions, between this and the time of holdincr me eieciion, ana cast tneir votes tor the residency for-some one else, I will not complain. With consi derations of respect, 1 remain your obedient serv't, TAlJLUK. Mr. Edward Deloxt. P. S. I write in great haste, and under constant imcrrupuon. ARRIVAL OF THE CAMBRIA. A Further Decline in Breadstuff's Decline and Kecoteryjn the Cotton Market, tf-c. The steamship Cambria arrived at Boston on Wednesday afternoon, with dates from Liverpool to the 4th inst The French steamer Missouri, which sailed previous to the 4lb, had put into Halifax for coal. Her mails were brought to Bos ton by the Cambria. We copy the following summary of the European news from the Phila-i (Mphta inquirer : The prospects of the harvests continue unex ceptionabty encouraging, and every where procn ise a most abundant yield.. It has already com menced in several of the Southern counties. The crops of wheat, oats and barley are unusu ally healthy, and the potato crop, notwithstand ing all that has been said about the re-appear ance of tbe rot, is affected to a very insignificant extent. Repprts from Ireland are equally glowing. Famine and disease are rapidly vanishing fTom Ireland. The accessions of the prelacy priest, hood gentry of the country to the old Ireland par ty are large, and the weekly contributions stead ily increase. It is expected that a large propor tion of the Repealers will be returned to the Ira peria Parliament at this election. The remains of Mr. 0ConneII were embarked at Brikenhead for Dublin on Sunday, where they arrived the following day. Several failures have occurred in the corn trade, and many others of a serious character are apprehended. Parliament has been dissolved, and the new elections are proceeding vigorously. So far as the returns have been made, they show a com plete triumph for the free trade principles. Lord John Russell, who will form the new Cab inet, has been re-elected for the city of London. A formidable conspiracy of the most diabolical character has been discovered at Rome. Tho object of the conspirators, who amounted to sev eral hundreds in number, was to massacre tbe citixens aud remove the Pope to Naples by force. Five Cardinals of exalted civil and military offi ces, have been discovered to have been abettors. - Tbe Cotton market had been languid for ten days preceding the arrival of the steamer of the 16th ulu. with a decline of id. per lb, but since then the market has acquired more firmness and the decline has been partially recovered. INBORN GENTILITY. ' A gentleman observer at one of the Viroinia Springs makes the following remark : u"The Southern ladies are not deficient in beauty, but what renders ihem and. a 11 ladies so much more charming, is their affability. Never losing their self-respect, they are yet exempt from that affec. tatioo of cxclusiveoesa and ill-boru pride that springs frotn sudden , opulence acquired some times by. one means,. sometimes by another, sometimes by being a fashionable niuffin-maker, sometimes by a run of luck in trade." Th.e jievv. Stephen .Thurston, of Deersport, Maine, has been attacking Odd Fellowships His principal argument appears to be that it makes a grear gulf. between a rnan and his wife ! Manv a lovely and faithful wife has nined becanra bp husbaad would not disclose his secrets.! ! ! ' DEMOCRACY ALIAS LOCO FOmfSM V Reluctant' as man Democrats have been to ac knowledge we adaptation or the terra Loco Focoisra to adumbrate of the more striking characteristics" of .that party, it has become by use and the constant .conformity of their principles and practices to the idea embodied in that epithet, a title, which we fear a large class of so called Democrats are ready to em brace. Applied at first with great fitness, to the mongrel disciples of St. Tammany in New York, as lerm oi reproach, on account of their ultra views and conduct in reference to political subjects, and repelled by the great body of the Democi4cyls ut- terly inapplicable to their nrincinles. it was hoped. that they were ready to repel at all times any en croachment of its peculiarities upon their system, as an odious excrescence, nnwortby of their counte nance. But the rapidity with which those ultraisms have gained ground even anfong the more sober of that party, has given license to those who detest all affiliation with them, to brand the whole party with that uncouth cognomen. In the jar of political con tests we have had occasion to employ the use of that term to express our idea of what we thought most objectionable in our opponents, without however in tending to give it that universal application which marm its use in common parlance. Democracy, as the term was originally utd, is another name for Republicanism, and was designed to define the position of those who advocated a gov ernment of the people or rather a system of govern ment in which the voice of the people was supreme. At no period of onr history, has there existed a counter sentiment among us ; but while all have ad vocated a free government under certain "metes and bounds," some however contending for stronger authority for the rulers, than. others, a contest has arisen; as to the real character of those restrictions upon the governor and the governed ; some on the one hand urging a rigid enforcement of those restric tions upon both parties, only. relaxing when the '; general welfare" is to be promoted ; and others contending for the widest liberty possible in the ex ercise of what they call men's " natural rights." It i; among this latter class, that we find this fungus Democracy, since termed Loco Focoism, springing up Not to go far back, we find in later times this feature exhibiting itself in Pennsylvania, in the ad vocacy of the right of tho Legislature to abrogate or abolish solemn contracts, known as the Dallas doctrine; which showing itself under a different guiso since, did not then ostensibly find many advo cates. Later still is it exhibited in the South, throwing a pall of portentous blackness over the in tegrity of the nation, in the form of reptdiation. Dorrisra in Rhode Island, anti-rentism aud making the Judiciary a supple tool to the popular voice in N. York, with the first of which, Whigs have become contaminated, are other exhibitions of it- Dema gognism, the sacrifice of patriotism at the shrine of party, u to the victors belong the spoils " a resistance to the authority of the constitution and the laws, as in the caw of the New Jersey delegation, and those States which persisted in voting by general ticket for members of Congress, and many other cases, are me outer traits ot it. What it will come to. time alone can develope ; and yet with these bad tenden cies controlling a party, we find honest Democrats clinging to it with a death grasp. Light and truth alone can break the spell. NtirBtrnum. From the Louisville Journal. Robert Dale Owen has hitherto been supposed I to be unconquerable in his district. His recent defeat and the large majority with which it has been accomplished has astonished the Lncofocos and somewhat surprised the Whigs. We have been looking for some such result ever 6ince we were informed of the course pursued by his op ponent in the canvass. Judge Embree, restrain ed by no feeling of false delicacy, assailed Owen at every vulnerable point (and he is vulnerable all over) without mercy. He had files of the Free Inquirer, the atheist paper that Owen for merly edited and published in the Citv of New York, in conjunction with the notorious Fanny J Wright, and read copiously from thern. He al- I so read " elegant extracts" from his book entitled Moral Physiology," a book written to excuse prostitution, and to teach how it can be practised without exposure. As Owen has never repudia ted the- wretched declines inculcated in these works, and as he, for any thing that the public is aware of, still cherishes the opinions he then endeavored to force. Judge Embree's exposi tions had prodigious effect. Owen writhed under the torture, grew furious, and did every thing but deny his infidelity. That he could not do. for we have been credibly informed that he still maintains the infamous and impious sentiments thatla was formerly proud of holding and pub lishing. The defeat of such a raan is a moral triumph, and we congratulate the friends of Christianity, and good morals on it. Owen has fallen to rise no more in his district. He cannot azain take an nalh. At the aantn v ni .uhiMi ho l....k U f .. ..., . ,ug.io uic Legislative Halls of the naton, and, unless Polk uKr"M" vmv.c, m prvoauiy remain in i ni :.n 11 r: 1 . , , vvsiuiiiy. uis irieiius say ue is just and moral I in his social relations. If this is true, he is so in I spite of his doctrines, for they teach men to dis- I regard religion, and to laugh at the doctrine of moral accountability. We hope that he will, now that he has ample leisure on his hands, endeavor to repent of the evil that he has done, and to ex change his wretched opinions on religion for those that the best and wisest men "have held sacred. The absence of Owen from Congress will be a severe loss to his nartv in that Iwlv He was one of the leading advocates of all Loco foco measures. He is tale'nted and ingenious, and his political friends depended much un him to defend them against the assaults of the Whigs. Owen was elected to Congress in 1845, by a majority of more than a thousand, and he is now deieated by a majority of about six hundred. Whether he accounts for this extraordinary change in the District by the well known un, op ularity of the Administration, or charges it to the disgust which the people feel towards himself, we do not know. We think both , . . J " J I NB-kA 1 1 m. 1 . - J .' - I r iiw I. effective in bringing about his overthrow. Let'the advocates of the odious measures and doctrines of the Locofoco party who are also scoffers at Christianity be warned by his fate. nu not unuenak-e to gel into public offices ; for when the peopje, who are generally deeply at tached to religion and believe ia its divine au thenticity, find them out, they, will certainly over whelm them with defeat We heart. rinc " "cu 0 icjjuuMuon oy ine people of his Dis trict, not so much because he is a thorough Lo cofoco, as that he is a heaven-defying infidel who has insinuated the poison of atheism into many weak minds. J Colonel Hardin, who fell at Buena Vria tbe nephew of the Hon. Henry Clay. He was a man of sterling worth, once a member in gress from Illinois, and was at the hP,l f i".r'ffi"' 1 U """""" " "iel"ae i; was killed A letter from Lexington. pivinfT n r the occurrences of the battle of Buena Vista says: - Colonel Hardin, of Illinois, and Colon! k ell, of Arkansas, who were also kilUH rva tv, vis, of Mississippi, who was wounded, are all f?rr!?7' WTlrra "ucauon, ,nd scarce- If . - u : l. l. : 1 . . - ... . iku icia iy a Mmny in our vicinuv hut hart . -u live in this desperate encounter." A Liar. Among the manv anerrfni of n.i eni i Visla, one beats all others. An Arkansas soldier.. wounded, asks an Indianaman to help h tm off the field. The latter does so by enabling hira to mount hw horse, riding himsllf before. curing me rioe, me poor Arkansian had his head shot off unknown to his companion. Arriving at the doctor's quarters, the Indianaman was asked what he wanted. - uIvvT?,htlhr TLn iohe his leg dressed." :"fh '."Plied the doctor, -hwfcSidtouff!- Th4. h" . ?laimed the man of Indk ana, looking behind him, be loU me hi was on ly shot in the W !" hC " D : mr. bextton Chicago letter. 'fAs everything which falls from thepen' of Mr. Benton, is, in tbe eyesj of, one man at least in tbe community, of immense importance, I take the liberty of forwarding to you. a correct and authentic copy of sua scttd Mr u vuiuiu vVuicIIUOU. w .. Yours, . , " ARIEL. The Messieurs who compose the Chicago Committee uan'S torgei tnat returning from Jefferson vy I expressed (bnt too briefly) the gratincation U iffivfiJLT ?V" d TvWV ' gjS. fSf""?1 HV,nS ,J Convention, nu; buvi us wueretwre, i u noi again meniion, a ue mmg, mougn n opens so tempting a chance To talk ef myself, and Tom Benton's advance. Most happy I'd be, if at all times and platies, I could use this forbearance, but just this, the case is, And I pray yoa, good gents, that you'll candidly view it, If people won't praise me, Tom Benton must do" it Twenty-nine years ago, when I did not foresee. The foreseeing's my forte, that my party would be, Set up and establish on such a foundation, As denying the right to construct in the nation A great public work, while to dig a canal IZJItVL Through the Mexican Isthmus, we may kick up a war- That would eost,to say naught of blood, more money ty far, Than the schools, the canals and the roads we require, To do for our country what good men desire. Twenty-nine years ago, I repeat it, I wrote In a Saint Louis paper whose name I'll not quote, jviany articles, nimsey, perchance, and verbose, To prove that same thing that now every man knows, That Chicago, then not Chicago indeed, but that's nought, Was the very best place for canaling, and ought To be joined to onr river without anv stop ; 1 wrote it I said it and I let it drop. Moreover I wish you to know that the man, Who conceived, by himself and unaided, the plan For surveying our rapids, was Thos. H. Benton : That's myself you well know, and this letter is sent on, Not to prove that surveys and canals I invented, Though the truth, but that I may be fairly presented To those who hereafter may have something neat To let drop on one's head in exchange for a " seat" The river Missouri's indebted tome For being improved, or being ordered tobejt Twenty-five years ago, I made this neat movement, By slipping its name in a 44 Bill of Improvement," And by jt, my object was gained, 'tis confessed, As Benton's Improvement, was sure in the West. All these things, and more, I did twenty-years back, Since which time I may sav. without tellinz 'a crack' 've been t0 much employed in President making x o iuiuk oi my country, ner wenare, or taxing A part in such matters besides, I suspected The thing was not safe, that's to say, not connected With tbe "policy JucksonJ1 and his was a clincher, Though had he approved, I had not been a fiinchcr. Be so kind, my good friends, as to tell the Conven tion, 1 And if for Tom Benton's authority mention, That the cose differs now, toto calo (that's Latin For the President House, and it comes very pat Tell them now, that the session of Congress is past,) Mr. Polk is convinced he was going too fast Ho thought, so did we, that the veto would bring All the votes in the. country, tied in a string. The fever J acksonian. he hoped would be roused, And he for a second term, safely be housed ; But alas! 'twas the saddest of all his sad blunders! He hears from Chicago the mut'ring of thunders; And on me are laid bis especial commands, To tell the Convention, that, though he still stands un the very same ground, yet, that all is nought, When he and his party, think voters can be bought; AnJ now an1 for 80 llis station he keep, I x mujR' resi we" v im e ews asleep. N. O. National CUSTOM HOUSE INTERFERENCE. Toe most officious individual at tho polls in this . m - - piace on election day, was folk's Collector, at this port Regardless of the rule laid down by Jeffer son for the government of his office-holders, that -me patronage ot the government should not be brought m conflict with the freedom of elections." he stood by the polls nearly the whole day, dictating to me inspectors as to who should vote and who should not, and endeavoring to prevent peaceable cnizeus irom voting as they desired. His Officious- ness was exceedingly offensive, so much so as to ex. cite disgust iu those who previously had some re gard tor the pompous Collector. We have heard often of such scenes iu that sink of political corrun- tion, New York, but never before, we believe, has uy mmg uae it oeen witnessed in xorth Carolina, .ua occasional exception ot a drunken light boat keeper) to go to the polls, and vote quietly, and then . .. . . . .... return io ue amies oi meir respective omces. and 1 .... . . . .. 4 . ' e- nonesi ciiuens Tote as mey pleased, 11 is that the Collector took the part he did 'n he election, to save his head from the block that Polk requires his office holders to be active at elec tions, under pains and penalties of his displeasure. If tins be so if the rew York system of turning loose rousiom i louse omcers at ine polls, to bully peacea ble citizens, and endeavor to prevent them from cas ting free suffrage, or in the words of Mr. Jefferson, to bring "the patronage of the government in coa- flict with the freedom of elections," in which that fvis vi JJiuviki oaw ov muvu vi 11 IU UUJT IliSll .... . . . a. tutions ltthis system is to be introduced into North Carolina, it is high time our people wore considering the danger that threatens the Palladium of Liberties, uB UiaUUb OOJL. iTVIIW OtIUE n Hlg , A SINGULAR CASE OF DEPRAVITY. About iu aays ago, atter tne southern train passed Warsaw, Mr. Owen Filltaw, of that place, found on the piazza of his storu. a boy. a stranger, jaying wun a scorcning fever. He was too sick to give any satisfactory answer to inqui- ..to iuiu (iia name, juttiH UOBYi; UUl WlieTC he was from, or where bouud he could not or would not tell. Mr. FILLY w cent thft boy to Mr. Best's Ho tel, and became responsible for all expenses. On Sunday week he was better of the fever said he was from New York ; that his mother died some two years ago, and that bis father mov ed to Wilmington, and about one year since he died also. He said he had been with Mr.. Jonas Russ, for the last three months, who resides about 40 miles from Wilmington, on the Cape Fear. Gory subsequently became worse, and Mr. Fillyaw took bioi to his own house, And by ad ministering the proper remedies the fever was broken. x . On Thursday last Mr. Fillyaw's family left home on a visit and did not return until Friday evening. They left Goby at the bouse, and on '""iDfi : ofiheT he "raT,;S; III wes seen to take the train goine North and had with bim considerable money. Mr. FVlitiw in a retter to the Editor says : We found that eve ry Trnnk under lock had been broken onen and $8 50 stolen from one of them, a $5 pold niece I J nn err. j mt ; .... . h" - I 1 do $2 50, and $1 in silver, which is all that we have missed up to this time, excent th book which contained the money." ut. . ' This notice is given to put the public on their guard. Goby appears to be about 15 years old well grown for that age ; had on a palmetto hat, linen drilled box coat, and striped cotton drilled pantaloons a heavy head of hair, and his moutli much broken out from the effects of fever. Wilmington Commercial. t GOOD. ' . ' The Glasgow News" tells of awrealtbV tw ioliSS SaJnt in that neighborhood, who lost one or twe hundred s on the sale of bis Wheat, because he was Subscriber to a paper, and consennontw . . . 1 .... 1 -.J uU SSI T mIormaf l0Q hf P of produce in Tj H3 "rnot being o eubscribcr was t. . 1 -v 'not ojford it. J ' V - "" '"V. ' 'f r Our' art the plans of fair dtligktjul peace, Uniearp'd by party rage to lite tile broilterii' RALEIGH, N. C. Wednesday, August 25, 1847. ? , CT The Letter published in our last, to the Edi tor of the i: Concordia Intelligencer," relative to Mr. Polk and a second term, is said to be from the gra phic pen of the Hon. Jons F; II. CtAiBOBSE, of N. Orleans, a Lbcofoco of some note; who was formerly a member in Congress from Mississippi, and did not a little towards tbe election of Mr. Polk. Probably from a long acquaintance with Mr. Poutj and a close study of the character and calibre bf the man, Mr. Claibokme has been enabled to produce the best and truest picture of both that has yet been put up on paper. Mr. Pouc gave bim an office the Live Oak Timbergenoy and afterwards took it away from him and gave it to another and more devoted pet, Mr. John Claiborne," (without the F. and H-) formerly of Nashville, Tennessee. LIEUT. MO YE. We regret to learn that Lieut Wat. H. Move of Company A. of North Carolina Volunteers, from Edgecomb County, died at New Orleans on the 9th inst. He had, we understand, suffered severely with the diarrhoea, (of which disease he died.) previous to his leaving the Army. COL. BIGGS AND HIS VOTES. The "Standard" says CoL Biggs " had good rea sons for his votes,'" amongst which we suppose he includes his vote to censure Gen. Tatlor. We know not nhat may constitute a "good" reason with that paper, but we presume that the one assigned by the Loco Focos who voted for this censure, viz. that of relieving the President from the difficulty into which he had gotten, is considered not only a "good," but a most legal and commendable reason ; and we suppose it is that, to which reference is made in the above quoted sentence. THE RESULT IN NORTH CAROLINA. In speaking on this subject, the lost "Standard" says : " ine uemocrauj nave none. as weu as tney expected, and the Feds no better than the law al lowed them to d t the former counted confidently on but three members, while the latter felt certain that the Raynermander would secure six to them," This declaration on the part of the "Standard,' convicts that print of either the verriest hypocrisy and insincerity in the world. During the campaign it confidently asserted that Col. Biaus would most assuredly beat CoL OvYlawj which, hod such been the case, would undoubtedly have given the Loco Foctw foitr of the Congressional delegation. Now one or the other of two things is very apparent cither that it does not speak truly when the " Stan dard5 says that it " counted on but three members, or it acknowledges, that its declarations of the success" of Btggs was most hypocritical, and thrown out during the campaign for mere party effect 5 either of which horns of the dilemma places that paper in the most ridiculous and unenviable position before the public For surely that party must have very little confidence in the predictions of its organ, which makes such assertions during the progress of the campaign, as to induce them to believe of their suc cess, and after the Election is over, and the result of these predictions are not verified, to come out, and with the most unblushing effrontery, declare that he did not calculate upon any other result Truly, tivth like " honesty, is the best policy." POPULARITY OF THE WAR. "What shall we do to bring this War to a close," says Mr. Pout" it is vastly unpopular, and if I can only bring about a peace, I am made for the next Presidency." " True !" most noble, sir, says Buchanan, " and to this end we will send on Mr. Trist, who will take the whole matter out of those rascally Whig General's hands, and then tlte peace will enure to usP "Hurra! for the War I It is one ef the most popularest things in the world," says the 'Standard. " and will be the making of us !"' When Doctors differ, who shall decide V HURRA 1 FOR TENNESSEE ! It is confidently stated that John W. Hakeis, the Whig Candidate for Congress in the Memphis District, is elected by a majority of 225 Totes, over Stanton, his opponent, and the late member. "This is a Whig gain, and secures to the Whigs the major ity of the Tennessee Delegation making 6 Whigs to 5 Loco Focos. , :":-. P: S. Since the above was in type,' we have seen it stated that Stanton was elected by 48 majority ; but we received a private letter from Tennessee on yesterday, which spoke of the Whig candidate'a election without doubt " LOU1SBURG UNION" Charles C. Raeoteatt, Esq., has retired from the Editorial Choir of this paper, which he filled with credit and ability. Mr. Rosemond, the Pub- hsher, says "the Union will be carried on in -the . . ...... . - 'same style in which it has heretofore been issued.'7 He intends enlarging the Paper in a few. weeks. , DT" On Thursday night, the 5th instant, the au rora borealis or Northern light, made its appearance in great brilliancy in the Nprthern States, and Was seen in some parts of North Carolina Terr plainly. "-'..' . .. J. .' ANECDOTE." " '; ' ' :;-1 The late R. B. Sheeiuan being once on. aParlia-' mentary; Committee, happened toenteK the "room when most of theJMembers of the " jCconn&teA were present and. seated, though' pusiness'iadoV com ' mcnoed;when, lrceivbghat'there wasnok ano ther seat vacant, he, with his usual readiness, said-i. '! Will any gentleman viote Ih&t I may take the Oiair? .AlRlClAY NORTHERN TftTTr ' "V?henfkPoLt made big visit to -this State May lasti h;as received with ahoarty welcomed "l?? parties, and in net a single Whig FapWytluU'tre remember, was he charged with hav ing any political designs in making the visit He was received by ; as the President of the Uni ted States, and as a son bf the old North State, and to whom was extended the universal civilities and hospitalities thereof. ? It was the same case, also, in his late Northern tourJnTsycryS tate, party prij dices were laid aside, to do honor io (negation's head. Even in old "Federal-Massachusetts marked were the courtesies extended to him there, that the "Standard", had to compliment that anciem old Commonwealth therefor. f But mark the difference with reg.ard to a distinguished Whig, who is"'more deeply epshnedTid i the hts4 pf hisounrjen, than any living American, and who stands second to none but the Father of his- Country." The Hon. HknW Clay is, on a Northern tour seeking health, and relief from a severe domestic ca lamity. The crowds which flock around him come unbidden by him. have no doubt he would be heartily glad could heroceeo! TOinterrnptedly on his journey.' The circumstance of this visit, and the popular demonstrations by which he has every where been greeted, has called forth intimations from sun dry Loco Foco Journals, that he is again on a popu larity hunting expedition." The surmise is not only an uncharitable and an unfeeling one,' but' disrepu. table to the basest of the AaministrationV slanderous prints. To suppose that Hejiby Clay, so soon after the death of a dearly beloved son, would seek to min gle again in the. fierce turmoil of a campaign forth? Presidency is to bV guilty: of an act of injustice which his bitterest enemy should scorn to perpetrate. He is now a private'eitizen. taking no part whatcv er in the agitating contests of the ,day, and bavin; retired, as it may be rationally presumed, foreve, from theexcitingtouraamentof political strife. The glory that lingers about his setting sun and irradiates the whole firmament with its vivid light, 13 mistaken by his ad versaries for the lustre of a rising orb. Let them be consoled. Bitterly as we regret" that such a man, supported by such enthusiasm and energy a never before were put forth by 'any man's friend? should yet have been pursued, villified and traduced to his overtfirpw, we find some consolation in the be lief, that the evening of his day will be unmolested by the fierce passions of party that the "hunted deer," leaving far behind the bayings of the hounds which so long have tracked hisfootstepsrwHl be per mitted to drink in peace at the cherished fountain of his home that posterity, whose yerdictis worth more than all the empty pageantry-of 'poweVnd place, Vill reflect the radiance of hir-famefor ages after the fire flies, Whose puny light only makes the darkness around them more viaihle," have . vanished from the sky. MORE INCONSISTENCY. " The last " Standard,'7 in reference to the Eighth District, says: "We repeat it as onr belief, from all the information in our possessionj that the defeat of CoL Biggs is mainly attributable to false issues and downright fabrications," &c In the same No. of his paper the Editor declares that the Whigs in Re districiing the State, had so arranged them that his party could not elect bvt three members, which three were, of coursefrom the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Districts, to-wit : Messrs! Venable.Damel and Me Kay ! If this be true, then, it required no "false issues" or " downright fabrications'7 to secure the alknn of CoL Outlaw in the Ninth District The Locos knew they could get but three members, and calcula ted on no more but still, if there had been no "false issues" or "downright fabrications," why .fceLBiccs would not have been defeated, and the Loeo Focog Would not only have gotten more than they "expect ed," but have gotten more than they could get; by the re-arrangement of the Districts. Imagination works 5 iow she can frame "Things which are notf" t&- The " Wilmington Jonrnal'' chimes in with the ."Standard," and says" They (the Whigs) ac corQingly 2foynr-mandered the Districts so, as to give us but rAree members, while they very delibe rately took six to themselves.? ' We stated in our paper issued on the day of election, that If We elected three members we should do fully as well asjve expected, undr the present arrange ment of the Districts." , Remember this, Mr.,." Stan dard," and don't grumble any more, about the Whigs not allowing you tq be dianppointed, by the election ofswr members to Congress.,' THE NEXT CONGRESS. . . There have been eleeted ll Whig and 04 Dem ocratic members of the House of Representatives, leaving 21 torbe elected, which if they stand as last year, the whig majority will be six members. -. ' . 1. ' A GQOD SALARY, T The Rev. Dr. Hawks, pastor of Christ Church, at N. Orleans, receives a ilarj of $S,000, in addition to which he has been Jnade a Professor in the Louis iana College, which ViU increase his yearly income to $10,000. y,- -v.. FATAL AFFRAY AT NEW ORLEANS. . . On the 12th inst a fracas occurred at- NwOr leans between Major Orra-s Byrd, and M,. C. Ei wmrds, a member of the bar. Byrd commenced the assault with a cane, and ' then drew a : howie knife, when Edwards produced a revolverj and ' ooth came to close quarters. Finally Ed w.ds fired three shots with fatal efect, causing the death of Mr. Byrd ia a few minutes. Edwards was badly" wounded, but immediately gave himself up. . - LOW- PRICEtOFrpilOD The news by the last Bteamer exhRnts an atrful falL Whose fault is that Rooeut J.' Walkeu? Where are the sages who enxkavorcd to' make the farmers believe; that tha .femercoad prices were owing to Hhe TariflT of 4fill If that he the fact, whai has caused lU Drodiirions decjfnV? Ve trusi thai sensibte a'jitarists of Amer ica will be convinced by these fluctuations of the su perior value of a stable Home Market : A PEOPLE'S CONVENTIONi ; The KNew York Mirror' suetrestft, that on the 4th of May, ISiS 'CONVENTION OF TUB PEOPLE zbiktl assemble In Baltimore, to nomuaate GeBU TaHor for5 the Presidency, together with a 8uidorfhe Vice Presidency, and that the members of this CeBvehtioB shall be selected without paxiy rfmmels and With n'ar pledges but those of Freemen; viz : their devotion ta the Con stitution and the Laws of the 'United States, and to the clearly ascertained will of the people. "
The Raleigh Register (Raleigh, N.C.)
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