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RALEIGH. SATURDAY. SEPT. 8. 1855.
MESSRS. RAYNER AND BARRING ER.
"He published in our last the letter of Mr. RajT
ner to Mr. Barringer, and the reply of the latter, on
the subject of the charge preferred by Mr. Rayner
of a corrupt bargain between the Democrats and the
Roman Catholic Church. "We propose now briefly
to rtfer to this matter again to re-state the charge,
and to sum up and expose the proofs offered by Mr.
Rayner in support of it and to show how conclu
sively it has been met and overset by Mr. Barringer
himself, on whom Mr. Rayner relied when he pre
ferred the charge.
The charge made by Mr. Rayner was as follows :
That there was a corrupt bargain or understanding,
during the last Presidential campaign, between lead
ing Democrats and the Roman Catholic Church, by
which the support of the latter was pledged and
carried in consideration of high political station to
be conferred on a member of that Church. And
for proof of this charge, Mr. Rayner relied in the
campaign upon what he stated Mr. Barringer had
told him to wit, that the Nuncio or Minister of the
Pope at Madrid had said to him, Mr. Barringer, be
fore the news of the formation of Mr. Pierce's Cabi
net had wraehed binrey -or had reached Madrid, that
he, the Nuncio, " could tell him of one man that
tcould be in the Cabinet to wit, Mr. Campbell, of
Pennsylvania." See Mr. Rayner's letter to Mr.
Ellis. This is the charge, as made by Mr. Rayner,
and this the proof offered by him to sustain it.
We have also the authority of our Weldon cor
respondent for the statement that Mr. Raycer, in
his speech in that place on the 20th July, declared
not only that Mr. Barringer had told him that the
Nuncio informed him, Mr. B., who " would be " in
the Cabinet, meaning Mr. Campbell, a Roman Cath
olic but that he read an extract from Mr. Barring
er's letter of the Gth July, to the same effect ; though
it is well known that extract having been frequent
ly published that Mr. Barringer says therein, "the
Nuncio told me that Judge Campbell, of Pa., icaa
appointed, and that he was a Catholic"! I Again :
Mr. Vespasian Ellis, of Washington City, who, ac
cording to Mr. Rayner's admission in his Weldon
speech, received his information on the subject from
him, declared in an oration delivered on the 4th of
July, that "the Pope's Nuncio to Spain, before the
Cabinet of the President was known to the public
here, declared, in Madrid, that the present Postmas
ter General, a Catholic, tcould be a member of the
Cabinet of Gen. Pierce." See Weekly National In
telligencer, of July 7, 1855.
Mr. Rayner note says that Mr. Barringer told him
that " before " he " had received any information in
regard to Mr. Pierce's Cabinet, before it was known
in Madrid, and was a matter of doubt and conjec
ture, he, the Nuncio, stated to " him " that Camp
tell, of Pennsylvania, a Catholic, was a member of
it." Sec Mr. Rayner's letter to Mr. Barringer, of
August 7.
At one time, and during the campaign, and that
too when Mr. Rayner had Mr. B's letter of the 6th
July in his possession, correcting the erroneous im
pression, Mr. Rayner declared that a corrupt bargain
had been made, and referred, for proof, to the Nun
cio's prediction that Mr. Campbell "wovldbe"n
member of the Cabinet ; and at another time, af
ter the election, Mr. Rayner admits that the sub
stance of the conversation with Mr. Barringer was
that the Nuncio had told him that Mr. Campbell
" ims " appointed ; and the fact that the Nuncio
heard of the appointment before MrBarringer did,
was seized upon by Mr. Rayner's organs here as dis
creditable to the country, and as proof of the bar
gain referred to. These are facts, which Mr. Rayn
er and his partizans will find it impossible to meet.
Wherefore did Mr. Rayner, if he did not fear ex
posure by Mr. Barringer, shift his ground ? Why
did he, after having so long and so confidently relied
upon the prediction of the Nuncio, fall back upon
the statement of an existing fact ?
Mr. Barringer, in his letter of August 28, fully
meets the ingenious, and, we must add, "jesuitical"
appeal to him by Mr. Rayner of the 7th. He is ev
idently disposed to deal lightly, and even kindly
with Mr. Rayner. He no doubt regrets that Mr.
Rayner has thus involved himself; and it is appa
rent that he makes every effort in his letter of the
28th, which can be regarded by himself or by oth
ers as compatible with the truth of history, and of
the facts as he knows them to exist, to relieve Mr.
Rayner of his embarrassments, and to reinstate him
n the public judgment, as a straightforward, candid,
reliable public man. Speaking, for example, of his
conversation with the Nuncio, as detailed . to Mr.'
Rayner in Raleigh and in Baltimore, he says:
" I repeat, I have never connected it in my own
nind or otherwise, for the purpose of proving the
charge of political corruption to which you refer
ut for a totally different object, as just stated.
M herein fag your great mhtalc but one into
v'nch,mlh you; views on the subject oftJiat charge
without the Inoteled'ie of the facts connectedwith
lyfefati, which I possess, you might natural-,
tin ' r ,ucnuonea 11 tor one purpose you era
- inur anotner, witnout,
as I think, any just
ground for doing so. TYou are mistaken in suppos
ing that I ever- mentioned it to you at any time as
confimatory of the political charge to which'you re
fer. . I could not have done so,' for J never believed
so. .Ido not now believe to. . It would have becn
absurd in me to believe so, unless I had imagined,
as you teem to think, but which the facts do not
sustain, that the Nuncio had previous knowledge that
the appointment was to be made, and before it real
ly was made." . . . ' . .. . ' -" , , "
We have made this extract from Mr. Barringer's
letter, first, to show the kind and liberal spirit in
which Mr. Barringer is disposed to deal with Mr.
Rayntr; secondly, by way of additional proof that
Mr. Rayner, during the campaign, treated the state
ment of the Nuncio to Mr. Barringer as a statement
involving " previous knowledge'1'' on the part of the
Nuncio; and thirdly, that we might again spread
before our readers Mr. Barringer's unequivocal de
claration that he never believed the charge of bar
gain and corruption preferred by Mr. Rayner, and
that he does not now believe it.
Mr. Rayner appears to be much irritated, because
" a portion" of what he is pleased to term the "anti
American press," has "pretended " to discover an
issue of veracity between Mr. Barringer and him
self. Doubtless he meant this for the Standard.
To the record! to the 'record, Mr. Rayner! Can
any fair-minded man any intelligent and indepen
dent thinker any sincere searcher after truth, re
concile your statements and your inferences with
those of Mr. Barringer's? Yon, yourself, declare at
one time that Mr. Barringer told you one thing ;
and at another, that he told yo another. Is not
that so? Wherefore, if conscious of straightfor
ward dealing on your part, and if ready to challenge
and defy scrutiny, did you promise our Weldon cor
respondent to publish, and then fail to publish Mr.
Barringer's letter of the Gth July ? Why is that
let'.er still kept back from the public ? Mr. Bai rin
ger's letter to you reveals the fact, which you ad
mit in yours to him, that he wrote you on the 20th
July, urging you to publish that letter "as soon as
possible." The election, it is true, was over when
you returned to Raleigh and received that letter
but ihe honor of the country was still at stake !
the charge was being used in other States, on your
authority! and the immediate publication of the
letter, aside from these high considerations, 'was
due alike to yourself, to Mr. Barringer, and to the
public. And wherefore is it that 3Tour organs here
the Register and Star have persisted up to this
moment in concealing from their readers Mr. Bar
ringer's letter to Mr. Ellis of 23d July ? We' pub
lished j our letter to Mr. Ellis ; and we intended, as
a matter of justice to jrou, to publish your letter to
Mr. Barringer which you requested us to do in your
note of September 2nd ; indeed, we have given all
the documents on the subject, from first to last.
One word from you, Mr. Rayner, would have in
sured the insertion in those papers of Mr. Barrin
ger's letter of July 23d but that word was with
held, and the people, so far as those journals arc
concerned, have been kept in ignorance of material
facts involved in this controversy. A "pretended"
issue of veracity indeed ! The public will judge.
As to the slur cast by Mr. Rayner upon the Dem
ocratic press, that may pass for what it is worth.
We know of no such party Mr. Rayner knows of
no such party as the " anti-American " party. By
one stroke of his pen he has slandered thousands of
high-toned American presses, and millions of Demo
crats, his fellow-countrymen. Can he expect for- .
bearance at their hands? Has he any right to ex
pect it ? " Americans " and " an ti-Americans "!
Mr. Rayner and his friends are " Americans," and
his opponents are alien jn name and in deed ! This
is a specimen of his liberality, his fairness, his sense
of truth and justice. And what has this "Ameri
can " been doing? He has been charging upon the
dominant party upon millions of his countrymen,
a coiTupt bargain with the Romish Church a charge
which, if true, would blast the character of his own
government, and consign the American name to per
petual obloquy and disgrace ! In his opposition to
an administration which is inseparably identified, as
alll administrations must necessarily be, with the char
acter of the people at home and of the country
abroad, he has been so charitable as to impute, with
o'ut proof, corrupt motives and corrupt conduct; and
to pronounce and insist upon guilt, where, as Mr.
Barringer truly observes, he was " bound to pre
sume innocence until guilt was shown." This is
" Americanism " is it ? And " anti-Americas isin"
consists in repelling and disproving such a charge
in vindicating the honor and the spotless character
of the Repubiic at home and in foreign eyes !
There is one point connected with this charge
which would, of itself, suffice to repel and render ridic
ulous all the imputations thus cast by Mr. Rayner up
on the Democratic party and the country. It is this:
He states that thfc fact that the Pope's Nuncio was
the first to hear of Mr. Campbell's appointment, and
the further fact that he exulted over it as evidence
of the strength and influence of his Church in this
country, afford proof conclusive of the understanding
or bargain referred to. Admit this, for argument's
sake, to be true, and what is the position he would
assign that functionary ? Why, he would have us .
believe he would have intelligent, sensible men
believe that this wily, shrewd, sagacious Jesuit
had suddenly become a child injolicy and action,
by admitting, in substance, to Mr. Barringer the
existence of a corrupt bargain, to which he and his
Church, here and in Europe, were high contracting
parlies!
It is rumored we know not with what truth
that Mr. Rayner will make another publication on
this sulject. We may, therefore, feel it to be our
duty to refer again at some length to this matter.
We arc entirely willing to rest it here, satisfied as
we are that the Democratic party and the country
have been signally vindicated by the publications
already made ; but if Mr. Rayner is disposed to
prolong the controversy, " a portion of the . anti
American press" at least will bo found, as hereto
fore, bearing its part in the contest, and taking care,
so far as it may he able, of the cause of truth and
of the unsullied character of our common country.
Since the foregoing was written, we have seen the
Raleigh Star of Thursday, which contains certificates
from Messrs. J. II. Haughton, G. E. B. Singeltary,
E. A. Crudup, and J. B.- Cherry, published by Mr.
Rayner. We shall publish these certificates in our
next. s Surely Mr. - Barringer ought to know, better
than others, the purpose he had in mentioning the
conversation with the Nuncio ; and he says em
phatically,, that he spoke of it for the purpose of
showing the interest taken in our country by the
higher order of the. Catholic clergy in Europe; and
" '' '' ' "' ' "-'.': ..' . . V . . ' " ;
t hat he has " never connected iL in " Jus " own m ind
or otherwise," with the charge of corruption referred
to." ' -:- ; - '-: -; -
-Yellow Fever at Norfolk and. Portsmouth.
Distressing : Details of theJ.Pestilence. 1
Wo gather the following items from the Richmond
Dispatch of a late date ; and also give below from
the Petersburg Express, the latest intelligence from
the afflicted Cities :
" Our informant, who left Norfolk Saturday, says
that the state of things there is truly appalling.
While walking one of the principal streets, he saw
a man lying on a cellar cap, in' almost the agony of
death, with no one in sight of him. A little further
on he saw a young child rush, screaming, from a
house, and upon going in, found that one of her pa
rents had just died, and the other was lying on a
bed of death.
Among the last new cases is Wm. E. Cunningham
the senior editor of the Beacon. Of the whole force
of that office, Mr. Gatewood is the only one left in
health. From pressmen to journeymen, from jour
neymen to apprentices, from apprentices to the edi
tor, all have been taken down by the disease. I am
happy to add, however, that no deaths have occurred
or are likely to occur among them, and several are
so well that you need not be surprised in a few days
to see the old Beacon again among your exchanges.
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Dr. Freeman I can never forget. No reward that
man could give would be a sufficient compensation
for his noble conduct. He was in attendance upon
little Mary Eliza Starke, to whom he showed a de
votion equal to that of a mother for her first born.
The child as she drew near her end seemed inspired
by the good angel hovering over her to carry her
spirit to the God who gave it. She spoke as never
child spoke before. Her thoughts were altogether of
heaven,and Dr. F. was fully capable of sympathising
and responding to them. She named a prayer she
wished him to pray for her he prayed it, he read
. to hor from the holy Bible, he unfolded to her the
true piety of his noble heart, and as a physician,
to both her body and mind, performed his duty most
skillfully, most faithfully. God bless him! But
alas! the Almighty tiat had gone forth. The beau
tiful child followed her father through the region of
death, her mother commenced her eternal journey
last night, her aunt and little sisters will in all prob
ability have commenced theirs ere I write you again.
Great God! Thus are whole families swept oil by
the fill destroyer, leaving not a trace behind.
Ricardo, of New Orleans, and his gallant party of
doctors and nurses, are doing noble service. They
are an unique organization, and I cannot help tell
ing you of a neculiaritv of Ricardo. who. as vou i
know, is a whole-souled Southerner. He calls his !
nurses the "French Artillery," and has them in as
good discipline as you ever saw a military company.
They sit together at the hospital at the old City Ho
tel, and the instant he calls for one, he or she rises
and answers, and immediately bundles up and trav
els to the place designated. I never saw such sys
tem. Pity that we had it not before."
A correspondent of the Petersburg Express speaks
of the gnat dilficulty of obtaining physicians and
good nurses of the want of good hospitals of the
nine hundred sick in Norfolk, out of C,500 persons,
and states that the deaths in Norfolk up to the 1st,
amounted to cut-: w.
Special Correspondence of the Express.
LATER FROM NORFOLK.
The Sabbath same every day Coffins must bv
made Divine service bum Gatherings Skits
DrigJitening Don't be too hopeful Robert S.
Bernard down Dr. Campos tick Dr. Ualson
Dead (X Brine Dead V. Henry Garnett deul
Latest Death Arrival of Cortins Martial
law about to be Proclaimed.
Norfolk, Sunday, Sept. 2d, 5, P. M.
Dear Express : To-day is the " Sabbath of our
Lord." Six days shalt thou labor and do all manner
of work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest, for
it is the Lord's day, and he has made it holy. How
difficult it is to follow out the divine commandment
literally in these distressing times! Every day
seems a Sunday, so quiet, so calm, so free from
every kind of labor, save one-&nd that must be
pursued with as much activity on the Sabbath as on
more worldly days. Yes, coffins must be made and
the dead buried ! And there is no rest for the doc
tors, the nurses and the undertakers !
This morning divine service was held in the dif
ferent churches, but, if the congregations of all
were gathered together in one church, they would
not make in numbers a respectable meeting. In
Christ Church, usually so well attended, we could
only count thirty members present, and among
them few, very few ladies. So it was with the other
places of worship owing partly to the paucity of
our church going population, partly to the general
tear of exposure to the sun, and more to sickness,
which detains many, very many at home.
Since yesterday, while the number of deaths has
increased, the number of new cases of fever, has
somewhat decreased, and we are not without hope
that the dread destroyer haspent its fury, and that
a brighter day is commencing to dawn upon " poor
Norfolk." However, we must not indulge too much
in hopes that may prove false and illusive for yel
low fever is a most treacherous antagonist to deal
with, and while it may hold out symptoms of abate
ment to-day, to-morrow it may " change its mind"
with a vengeance, and resume its deadly work with
renewed, and remorseless activity ! On several oc
casions it has pursued this course in Portsmouth,
and we tremble with apprehension for the future,
while we observe its wavering march for the pres
ent. Mr. John Clark's father, wife, and daughter,
were taken down this morning; alsoRobt. Bernard,
the popular Druggist ; Dr. Campos is sick with the
fever; John Williams, Clerk of the Court, is better.
Among the deaths to day, we regret to announce
that of Dr. Geo. J. liaison ; Dr. Wm. Silvester, son
of the late Dr. Silvester; Mr. A. Ferrett, book
keeper of the Exchange Bank; and Wm. Henry
Garnett, an active officer of the Howard Associa
tion. Mr. O'Brien of the firm of O'Brien & Quick,
died this morning; Robt. ami Jack Balance died
within a few minutes of each other; Dr. Wm. Sel
den is better ; Pax Pollard is very low.
The following are the latest deaths: Sally Pctree,
Pepper's Lane ; slave owned by John Croel ; Mrs.
Jones' Magazine Lane ; Mary Kavanagh, Queen
street ; Rosanna Pcttet ; white child, Bouch street;
Peter Holland ; child of Mr. Murdcn, Addington's
Lane ; Mrs. Landram, housekeeper at Cain's Hotel.
(this was a very singular case, she complained of
noain, but went to bed, and sank rapidly for 10
hours, when she expired) ; Wni. Hen$y Garnett ;
W. Silvester; Rob't Ballance; Zach Ballance;
Thomas Foreman ; A. Ferrett ; Dr. Geo. J. Halson ;
Mr. Wright, of the firm of Webster & Wright; Mr.
Daly and his wife ; Mrs. Burke, Boush street; Leti
tia Bradford, (free col'd) ; Foy, (slave) owned by N.
Parker; Frank Fitzgerald, (the Purser's son); J.
M. Brooks, grocer, Mr. Lepage's grandson ; O'
Brien, of tha firm of O'Brien & Quick ; 5 negroes
total 31. ' .
Win. E. Cunningham, Esq. editor of the Beacon,
was severely attacked last night ; also, two sons of
the late Rev. Mr. Dibrcll ; and G. AY. Camp's wife
and three children,- and Tom Keating succumbed,
and went to bed last night.
In Portsmouth, at 8 o'clock. this morning, we
learn, there were orders for 14 coffins.
Wm. Johnson's (the hatter) wife has the black
vomit. -''-'. ' .
: ; Fifty coffins arrived from Baltimore this mornirg.
They have been looked for with great anxiety for
they arc distressingly needed ! SPECTATOR.
P. S., 6. P. M. Martial law is about to be estab
lished, and the carriages and horses in the city le
vied on, for the 'use of the physicians and sick,
wherever found by order of the Acting Mayor. It
is also proposed to force the blacks who arc able,
but unwilling, to act as nurses for the sick. Some
thing of this kind must be done, or numbers of neg
lected and forsaken fever struck patient must per
ish, solely from the want of common attention. -
Correspondence of the Express.
. STILL LATER FROM NORFOLK. :
Awful Mortality in Xorfolk Demand for Coffins.
Norfolk, Sunday, Sept, 2, P. M.
Deab Express : Norfolk suffered horribly on
Saturday night, and to-day, I am imformcd that the
number of deaths reached at least fifty, and among
them are: Drs. Silvester, Jr., H. M. Nash and Geo.
J. Halson ; and Mr. Wm. Garrett.
The Baltimore boat brought down a lot of coffins,
and when she arrived at tho wharf, there were more
persons in want of them, than there were coffins to
supply the demand. Iam informed that thero was
a regular scramble for them. Burjicda.
Special Correspondence of the Expresa.
LATER FROM PORTSMOUTH.
TJie Blackest day in the Fever Calender Thirty
two Deaths List of the Dead Persons Sick
Distressing Visitation to Dr. Minor's Family.
Portsmouth, Sunday, Sept 2, 10 P. M.
Dear Express: We have had an awful day
the blackest in our Fever Calendar. Since sunset
last evening up to the same period to-day, there
have been THIRTY-TWO (!!!) deaths in Ports
mouth. Among them, are Mrs. George Davidson,
Mr. Laurent, Jesso G. Oakley, Mrs. Samuel Bain,
Wm. Fay, Mrs. Corcoran, Mr. N. F. Cocke, Pa
tiick, O'Donncll, . Wrn. Condry, Mrs. Kelly, Mrs.
Macklin, and her sister, Miss Livcsay, James Mullin,
Wm. Murphy, Miss Rosalia Tatem, a child of Alex.
Etheridge, Wm. Ford, and nine others.
Miss Caroline Williams, Mrs. J. D. Cooper, and
Mr, Jack's daughter, are still dangerously ill.
l)r. Lewis Minor, the surgeon at the Naval Hos
pital, lost a most interesting little son, (aged 10
years,) to-day ; and has a beautiful daughter, aged
7 years, now lying extremely ill. He has the war.
mcst sympathies of our people in this calamitous
visitation.
John L. Porter, master ship Carpenter in the
Navy Yard, and brother of your esteemed towns-
man, Wm. P. Porter is convalescent
lours
GOSPORT.
Special Correspondence of the Express.
THE YERY LATEST ! ! !
7'errible Ravages of Fever in Portsmouth List of
latest Deaths C'pt. Allen Dying Forty-fire
Burials in Xorfork one day Coffins not to be
hid Bodies buried without them More aid.
Weldox, Sept. 3, 1 P. M.
j Dear Express :-?The Seaboard and Roanoke
Railroad train is in, and from the courteous and at
tentive Conductor, W. Daughtrey, I gather the fol
lowing : ,
The following persons died between sunset last
night and sun-rise this morning:
A negro woman owned by Mr. Guntcr; William
Weston; child of George Thompson ; Miss Cecilia
Ohio ; a negro owned by W. W. lMv-s ; Col. Chas.
Cassell, Master of the Sail-maker's department in
the Gosport Navy Yard ; Mrs. Charles Bilisolly ;
Mrs. John Lash, and some four or five not reported.
Capt Seldcn W. P. Allen, of tho Seaboard Road,
was at the Naval Hospital this morning sinking
rapidly. It was expected that every moment would
be his last I , . , ,
In Portsmouth yesterday there were tlurty-two
burials, besides eight coffins ordered for the Naval
Hospital.
In Norfolk yesterday and last night, the deaths
reached forty-five(!). It is said that some were
buried without coffins, as it was impossible to obtain
them.
Drs. Miller and Balentlne, with five female nurses,
from Augusta Ga,, are now here en route for Nor
folk. Yours, &c, C. J.
Later from Norfolk and Portsmouth.
We deeply regret to learn, from the Petersburg
papers of Wednesday, that there is no abatement in
the terrible pestilence now ravaging Norfolk and
Portsmouth.
" From sunrise to midnight," writes a correspond
ent of the Express under date Sept. 3d, 44 fifty poor
creatures were shoveled away under the cold sod !"
The. feeling was awful among all classes. Many
were making their escape. Whole families were
being swept off Great distress prevailed, for the
want of physicians, nurses, nourishment, and pro
visions. The following arc among the recent deaths: Rev.
D. P. Wills, W. E. Cunningham, Editor of tho Bea
con, W. K. Stores, W. G. Dunbar, W. H. Hallett,
Paxton Pollard, J. W. Harwood, Mrs. Dr. Chandler,
Mr. Jenkins and Mr. Wren, D. D. Fiskc, Mayor of
Portsmouth, and Capt. Selden P. Alien, of the Sea
board Road. R. Gatewood, Assistant Editor of the
Beacon, Capt. Page, of the Navy, G. W. Camp, W.
M. Pannell, Mr. Ferguson of the Custom House, and
Rev. Mr. Jones of the African Church, were among
the sick.
Mr. Finch, of the Argus, is not dead, as reported,
but still in good health and at his post ; nor was Dr.
William Collins, of the Seaboard Road, sick, as waa
stated.
A correspondent of the Express says :
" Forty persons dead with the fever are awaiting
burial in town to-day. We can't pretend to find out
their names they are scattered about so in differ
ent lanes and alleys and only note prominent ones.
It being found impossible to dig single graves, a
larsc nit has been dug, and the coffins placed in lay-
crs above each other ; ana so mica up wun nme ana
dirt!"
A meeting has been held at Hampton, at which
committees were appointed in aid of Norfolk and
Portsmouth. Committees were also requested to
wait upon the President and upon the Governor oi
Yirginia to ask of the latter all the assistance in
his power, and of the former permission for the peo
ple of Norfolk and Portsmouth to remove to and oc
cupy the grounds of Fort-ess Monroe.
We shall keep our paper open, so as to give tha
latest intelligence from the two Cities.
Latest from Norfolk and Portsmouth.
The news is not full, and we see no ground for be
lieving that there is any abatement in the fever in
the two places.
The Norfolk correspondent of the Express, under
date the 4th, says the number of new cases ban
slightly diminished, but the deaths have increased
awfully. The disease was considered on the incrcas.'
also in Portsmouth.
The Rev. Father O'Keefe ana Mayor Fiske, it is
now stated, are not dead.
A Portsmouth correspondent of the Peten
burg Express complains that the funds contribute ;
for Por tstnouth and Norfolk are not fairly divided.
He desires contributors to state what amount is in
intended for Norfolk and what for Portsmouth. Oo
of about $00,003 thus far contributed, Portsmont
has received but $15,000. "
- -' Bio Beet. Col." S. M. Williams, of this county,
has left at our office a beet weighing eight pounds,
If any body else has a beet that, cm beat our beet,
let him bring it along. . The ground in - which it
grew was enriched with hog hair. ,- -
' . CORRESPONDENCE.
It will be seen from the following correspondence
that Ch. C' Raboteau, Esq.; has consented to deliver
an address before the Raleigh Typographical Spcietyj
at its first' Anniversary to be held on the 15lhinst :
. Raleigh, Sept," "1, 18 5
Dear Sib: We, the undersigned, were appointed
a committee to select a speaker to deliver an address
before the Raleigh Typographical Society, at its first
Anniversary, on the 15th inst
The committee have selected you to be the speak
er on that occasion, and hope you will do them the
favor to accept
. lours very respectfully.
J. . CnADWICK,
W. T. WOMBLE,
A. D'G. Tcmbro, y Committee.
J. N. BrsTixc,
W. W. W HITE.
To Ch. C. Raboteac, Esq. "
Raleigh, Sept 8, 1855.
Gextlemex: Your note informing me that I have
been elected to deliver the address upon the anni
versary of the Raleigh Typographical Society, on
the 15th instant, has been received. The short time
allowed for preparation might well deter me from
responding to your wishes, in this respect ; but the
honor conferred upon me by the-Society heretofore,
renders me unwilling to decline any duty imposed ;
though I very much fear I shall hardly be able to
justify your expectations in the selection.
Very respectfully, 4c,
CH. C. RABOTEAU.
To Messrs. Chadwick, Womble, Tumbro, Bunting
and White, Committee.
THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.
We learn from a private letter received in this city
on Saturday last, that there was a white frost at
Cincinnati, Ohio, on the 17th inst, and that fires
were comfortable for two days.
The Savannah Georgian of Sunday, says :
44 The first bale of new Cotton brought down the
Savannah river, arrived in the steamer Randolph
yesterday morning. Ii was grown by Mr. Robert
Martin, of Matthew's Bluff, S. C, and consigned to
N. A. Hardee & Co., Factors, of this city. It is of a
very excellent quality."
A letter to the Mobile News, dated Fairfield, Ala.,
says :
44 We had up to the 1st inst, as fair prospect for a
heavy cotton crop as I ever saw in the prairies, but
since that time we have had ruinous rains; all the
forms have fallen off, and the worms are playing
havoc with the bolls, and I am creditatly informed
that their ravages are greater in all the prairie coun
try from here to Aberdeen, than they arc here.
Nothing like the anticipated amount of cotton will
be made.
Great corn and wheat crops have been made in
Pickens, and Col. John R. Bealle, whose plantation,
is six miles southwest of this place, made on ten
acres of second rate prairie land 235 bushels of
wheat"
The Yicksburg, Miss., Whig, of the 18th instant,
says :
44 We have conversed with several planters living
in the vicinity during tho last week in relation to
the growing cotton crop. They are all of the opin
ion that the crop will be a short one. They say the
at drv weather on the hill lands has caused all the
late blooms io ran wr tunMjn;niijTit,tlt( Q cot
ton on the stalk, only what is nearly nramicn-
thertfore, the picking season will soon be over, and
the crop a light one. We believe the river lands
are all more or less effected in the same way."
The mast crop of Texas this year is said to be
one of the largest ever known.
The Gonzales Enquirer, of the 11th instant, says:
44 We continue to receive the most favorable ac
counts relative to the cotton crop of our county.
The late heavy rains have not, as far as we can learn,
done much injury. A more suitable time for pick
ing than the present could not be desired."
j A letter from Gulf Prairie says the cane and corn
crops in that neighborhood promise a heavy yield,
I but it is feared the rains will injure the cotton.
The accounts ot the crops from the interior, says
the Lavacca Hercld, are highly encouraging. The
incoming crops exceed anticipation ; an abundant
and teeming harvest can be relied on.
The Galveston Confederate learns from a gentle
man from the Brazos, that the crops upon that river
and in the bordering sections never looked better
or promised a more bountiful yield than at present.
Any quantity of corn will be made, while the yield
of sugar and cotton will be one of the largest ever
made in that rich section.
The Marion Star of Tuesday says :
44 We have had during the past week frequent
showers of rain, which has in some measure inter
rupted thi progress of stripping and curing fodder,
but we suppose has not damiged the cotton crop, as
the weed seems to be quite luxuriant"
The Scluia, Ala., Reporter of the 23d inst, con
tains the following :
44 Wc regret to learn that the 44 cut" and " boll
worm " are destroying the cotton at a terrible rate
We were informed by a gentleman on yesterday,
that near one-half of his crop was literally ruined,
and that it was general in his neighborhood. The
44 insect", " with the cold weather wc have had for
several days past, will materially lessen the crop
but to what extent wc are not able to say. " If the
destruction is continued much longer, not more than
half a crop will be saved, at least, we are informed
so, by planters of undoubted authority."
The Wetumpka Spectator, of the 21st inst, says:
44 A great change in the temperature occurred on
Sunday last ; a stiff north wind changed our sultry
season into chilly and cloudy weather. Yesterday
the wind was from the north-east, the day gloomy
and cloudy, and tho weather decidedly cool. This
weither does not suit tho cotton crop at its present
stage ; and we fear that the fever infected cities will
not find the change for the better."
Wo take the following from the Tuskegee (Ala.,)
Republican, of the 23d inst:
44 Wc have had three or four days of the worst
'weather we have ever known at this season of the
year. It commenced on last Saturday afternoon,
and continued ever since. It has been windy, cold
and wet What effect it will have upon cotton wo
cannot yet determine ; but it must necessarily be
anything but good. At this season of the year cot
ton needs warm, sunshiny weather, and we have had
the very reverse. The planters have been picking
out largely of late, the bolls having opened freely ;
but this weather has, of course, set them back. We
hope it will soon clear up, and we shall again feel
the vivifying rays of a genial summer sun."
REPLY OF THE PRESIDENT TO THE NOR.
FOLK DELEGATION.
Washington, Sept 5. In response to the Nor
folk committee, the President, after consultation
with the Cabinet, caused an order,to bo issued to
the commandants at the Gosport Navy Yard, giving
him direction to advance a month's pay to the em-
?loees who wish to leave Portsmouth, and close the
ard if necessary; at the same time, directing the
commandants of other yards to employ refugees. It
is probable other suggestions will be made by the
Executive to-day. The President assigned as rea
sons for being compelled to decline the committee's
request, that there was no suitable place to remove
the troops and occupants, who number about 1500
in all, and time was' required for preparation and
removal. He said the subject of relief was the prin
cipal cause of his early return from the Yirginia
Springs.
Several cabinet meetings had been held to consid
er the subject
The President gave the committee on behalf of the
Cabinet, $353 and stating that his own private purse
was at their disposal. . -
Wak Tho Wilmington Herald of Srpt 1st.
:. tiT" The 'Editor of the Fayette villa Argus, speak-.
. ing of the number of persons foreign born in this
State, says: v . , '--v ;..
;' ' The paucity of their numbers only shows tho
meanness of a party that would impeach the rights -:
and endanger the institutions of the whole native
population, for the mere purpose of securing "tho
vote of so small a fraction of the citizens in tho
State" - v . .- - , -J
The foregoing contains a gross . and deliberate
slander on the Democratic party. "..., 17
Did not the Editor of the Argus support Gen.
Scott for the Presidency ? and did not Gen. Scott
tako the ground in 1852, and the Editor of the Ar
gus endorse it, that all foreigners who should serve
one year in the army or navy should be admitted to
the full rights of American citizens? Did not that
look like an effort to secure the votes of persons for
eign born! Failing to do so, however, these un
principled Know Nothing Editors turn round and
abuse and calumniate the Democrats because a ma
jority of the naturalized citizens choose to vote with
them. Look at your Philadelphia platform, Mr.
Argus, and see if you do not, as a dark-lantern, ex
pressly invite foreigners to this country I "Ye
blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a
camcL" '
Capon Springs. It will be seen from the adver
tisement in another column that the proprietors of
the Mountain House hare determined, in order . to
accommodate their Southern friends, to keep open,
until the 10th of October. The three tournaments
will lake place on the 28th of August, and the 12th
and 26lh of September. There are now 500 visitors
at that place
In sneering at the American party of this SfaU,
the Standard is aiding with all its influence, those
who arc making war upon our right?, and inciting
our slaves to rebel and cut our throats.
Iby. Argus.
The above, from the Faycttcville Argus, is a miser
able lie but it is a specimen of the manner,in which
the Standard is assailed by some of the Know Noth
ing presses.
Petersburg Female College. Wc hare received
a Catalogue of this College for the session of 1854
55. The total number of students is 124. The
Board of Directors is as follows: D'Arcy Paul,
Chairman ; W. T. Davis, Secretary ; J. U. Cooper,
Treasurer ; Wesley Grigg, E. P. Nash, John Lyon,
and Wm. Lea, Jr. -
Affairs in Kansas.
Chicago, Aug. 31. We learn from Kansas that
Chief Justice Lecompte gave a dinner on the 22d
to the members of the Kansas Legislature, in return
lor t nc honor ot locating tho capital at the town
named after him. Judge Elmore was present, and
on being toasted, announced his determination to
resist the President's usurpation of power. The
announcement was received with great cnthusnsiasm.
Advices received from Fort Pierce represent the
troops as healthy and the Indians quiet
Cuicago, Sept 1. Judge Elmore, of Kansas,
nee fiission, Augus tJ2nawi-sUUt,lire-has
not violated a single law of Congress or of the
department ; and he is satisfied that his case has
been prejudiced, and that his removal is on grounds
of policy. He also says that by the 27th section of
the Kansas and Nebraska act he holds his office for
four years, and he gives notice that he will resist
the action of the President through the courts.
The last number of the "Squatter Sovereign"
doubts the reliability of Gov. Shannon.
Massachusetts Politics the Kansas Emigrant Aid
Society.
Chicago, Sept 1. The Hon. George S. Hillhrd,
of this city, was nominated for State Attorney Gen
eral by the late anti-Maine law convention without
his knowledge or consent
A meeting of the Kansas Emigrant Aid Society
was held last evening. Addresses were made by
the Rev. Edward E. Hale, of Worcester, George B.
Emerson, Rev. Mr. Wilcox, a resident of Kansas,
and others.
Three committees were chosen ; the first to con
sider and act on the best method of making all tho
ministers of Boston life members of the Aid Society ;
the second to correspondend with the various reli
gious societies of Massachusetts on the wants of
Kansas, and to invite their contributions ; and the
third to raise by general subscription in this Stato
a fund reaching with the other contributions
$20,000.
WEW MEDICAL BOOKS-Copland's Dictiona
JLi rr f Finctical Medicine, vols. 1 and 2 now rcadj to
be completed in three volume.
Clinical Lectures on the diseases of women and children,
by Gunning S. Bedford, A. il 21. I)., lYofesoor ot Obstet
rics in the Unirersit j of New York.
Todd on the nervous system.
A Lexicon of technical terms emplored in medical science
at the present day. by U. M. Reese, M. L. L. D.
The Dispensatory of the United Kiatcs of America, by -Witod
and liacbe. Last edition.
The Diseases of the Iluman Teeth, by Fox and Ilarri.
For sale bv
W." L. POMEKOY.
September 7. 1SS5. 82
TT AND FOR SALE. THE SUBSCRIBER OF
JLi fers for sale the land on which the late Robert Ve
rell lived, lyinr 10 miles west of Nashville, in Xash countr,
at Harrison's Store, near Bel ford, containing 200 acres.
The land is well adapted to the growth of grain, cotton acd
tobacco. Eighty acres arc in cultivation. The facilities
for improving it are enod, the buildings comfortable, cor
sist ing of a good dwelling with six rooms, neoessarr ou'
bonscs, tobacco barns Ac. lie will also sell anotrer hous
with 30 acres of land attached, near tbo Academy, adjoin
ing the above. This house is small. The attention of all
those in pursuit of a healthy, well watered, and pleasant
locality is particularly invited to the above. Terms made
favorable, for which apply to the subscriber or to W. D.
Harrison, Esq., near the premises, who will take plcasnre
in showing it Possession given at anv time.
Snffmhr 7 lSXS.
waa jl. XiAtViilrtUA.
62 if..
Tarborongh Southerner please copy.
VALUABLE LAND FOR SALE. THE StJB
scriber offers for sale privately, the tract of Iaod in
W'aTrcu County, X. C, .known by the name of "Buck
Spring," the former residence of the late Nathaniel Macon. "
It is one of the most valuable highland plantations in the
county, containing about 1,750 acres from isOO to looO of
which are in original growth and heavily timbered. . There
are 250 1 cres of very fine creek low grounds, half of which
arc cleared, (part very recently.) The Stables, Cribs and
Barns are in full repair the latter capable of curing from
25 to 30 hogjheads of Tobacco. On the tract is good water
po rer and a mill site, aud the location is eligible for either
a Grist or Saw Mill. It is within feix miles of Macon and
Lyttleton Depots, on the Raleigh and Gaston Kail Koad,
and adjoining the lands- of John E. Bord, Esq., and Miss
Elizabeth Mitchell. The overseer is on t&e place at all time,
and will go over it with any one who may wish to purthasa.
For terms, Ac, call on or address
ROBERT L. JONES. ;
Palmer's Spring, Mecklenburg Co., Va
September 7, 1855. lofcO 2m w. -
AGENTS WANTED.
HAKE MONEY WHEN YOU CAN.
THE SUBSCRIBERS DESIRE TO PROCURE THE
undivided time of an Agent in every Conntv of tha
United States. Efficient and capable men may tnake sev
eral dollars per day, without risk or hnmbaggery of anv
kind. Full particulars of the nature of the business will
bo given by addressiug tbc subscriber, and forwarding Oh
Post Office Stamp to prcpav return postage.
. FUREY A CO., 520 No. 6th St, ' 4
- ' ' 1 Philadelphia, Pa. - -
September , 1&... . ' i 83 It. -"
WANTED WHISKEY, OR OTUfcK TIGHT BMsI
will be purchased at the Heron Lead Mines. - . .
. Sept. 7, 1S55. ... ... : - . : . 83 4tpd.
ANTED,-A.: FIRST RATE PAINTER, AND
. also a coach bodv maker. '. -Lib.-ral warns ar.d mn.
staai employment rilf be g en tj go id ateadr workmem
appiy 10 meat. rutaoora.V- ' - . D. KIRK
KIRKEEY.
; Sop"-710 IMS-
1090 Stm