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POLITICAL. From the Baltimore Jlmtrican. YOUNG ME.YS NATIONAL CONTENTION. It vnll be seen by the subjoined resolu tions, unanimocrsly adored by the Citj Whig Convention on Thursday evening, that a Youno Men's National Conven tion is called to meet in ihe City of Balti more on Thursday, the 2d of M;y, 1844. lo re&pond to the nomination of Pr sident and Vica President of the United Ssates to be made on Wednesday, the first of May. Tho grand assemblage thus convoked will usher in the next Presidential campaign. as i he fourth of May Convention i 1840 g ive the first impulse to the chiiv..s- of i iia year. If thre shall be any difference b--t een the two, coming and the canvass which is to follow, will be the more signal and Ihe more decisively triumphant. We are fully persuaded uf ihis. The bafB-d enthusiasm of 1840 will rise he higher for its disappointmen ; the energy of a siern determin ition will give it strength ; the pros pect of victory will impart hope, and a cheering confidence. We have, if po&sible, pi eater incentives to animate us to activity. Wo had then a country lo redeem and an adversary to dislodge ; in addition we have now lu visit upon Treachery he just retri bution it merits at the hinds of a betrayed party and n.i insulted people. The work be"uo in 1840 must and will be consumma ted in spite of treason within and opposition without. To our young Whig friends and brethren, nil and several, in every quarter of the Re puhlic, we may say, in the gpiri" which ani mates he resolutions and which is ft It by every Whig in Baltimore, come to the treat Assembly of the People ! Comu in mulii ft 1 t i v tuues. we nave room enough lor you in out hearts and in oui bosses. The grent ni'Ss of your numbers shall Out enlarge iho compass of your wchome. If the result of the deliberations of tho nominating Convention shall be to give forth the u i me of Henry Clay as tho candidate fn the Pr sidenry, the shout of ratification which will go up from the congregated Iiom on the following day will sweep as it were, on tho wings of the wind, and move with a rushing sound to the uttermost extremities ot the land mingling as it goes with the ac cl im aliens of evt ry State and city and town throughout the Union. It will be an earn est of ih joyful pa y men', soon to be made, of iho lung arrearages of a nation's gratitude on an honored and faithful public servant whose Culel'ny has been equalled only by the worth of hi sei vices, and the ability wnich bat maiked their pei formance. llnltiinore IViiig Convention, At a meeting of the Whig Convention of the city of Baltimore, held on Thursda evening, the 21st of September, the follow ing prca nble and resolutions were unani mously adopted : Whereas, a joint meeting of the Whig m'mhci s f Congress was held in Wash intrion, on Saturday, ihe 18th of February last, f'r the purpose of considerrng t tie pro priety of holding a iNational Convention to nominate candidates to be supported by the Whig party at the next election of Presi dent and Vice Piesident ; at w rich meeting the following resolution was adopted, to wii : Resolved, That the Whig mcmbeis of Congress, concurring in the expediency of the proposed Convention, ai d yielding to the wishes expiessed, that they should de' signate tho time and place, do respectful!) t'fcommeiid th t a Whig Nation A Conven tion, for the nomination of candidates for President and 'he Vice President of the United State-, beheld at tho city of Btl tiitiore, on Wednesday, the 1st of May, 1844, and that the Kai l Convention be com posed of delegates fiom the respective Slates, ?q'al to the number of Senators and Representatives of each Siato in the Con gress of the United Slates." And Whereas, The Whigs of the city of Baltimore, being deeply impressed wiih the import mce of g'vieg the nomination of the National Convention tho most conspic uous and authoritative ratification which their brethren throughout the Union are able to confer ; and holding in lively re membrance the admirable service of the Y iung Men1 Convention, assembled in this city on the 4th of May, 1840, and the de seivedlv great i 13 ence of that Conven tion over tho coun ry ; and believing that the canvass of 1844 may be animated by Ihe same patriotic enthusiasm, and be conducted wiih tho same eminent success, if it be com menced and directed under the same intelli gent guidance, they unanimously recom mended through their delegau s in this body, to their Whig brothers of the several States, the formation ofa Young Men's Convention of ratification, to b- composed of delegates from every district of the country, who shall meet in the city of Baltimore, on Tnums D.Y, the 2d day of May, 1844. Therefore Jlesolved, That it be recom mended to the W higs of the several S ates, to appoint a Young Mi-n'tf Convnuon ot Ra ification, to assemble in the city of B.I timo.o, on Thursday, 2d of May, 1344. who shall have full power to Ratify the nomination of the National Convention, n id to nuke such arrangements for the con duct of the canvass as they may believe best adapted to insur success to the cause. Further Resolved, That this Convention in the name of tho true and patriotic Whigs of ilia city of Baltimore, invite the largest appointment of delegates to the Young Men's Convention of Ratification, tendering them, as well as the membeis of the Nation al Convention, cordial welcome to house and liome, and hospitable entertainment du ring sh ir stay. Resolved, That lite editors of the journals throughout ttie United States friendly 0 .tf Whigcuuse, bS requested to publish these i solutions, and to invite the concurrence and aid of the Whigs to give them effect. GEO Rs RICHARDSON. President. JAMES FRAZIER, y' Vice Presidents JOSEPH W1LLEY C. C. Egerton, Jr. KCBLRT M. ProUD, J Secretaries. Frcm the Richmond Whig. THE TARIFF. We can hardly open a newspaper from any part of the country, without meeting wiih the most cheering evidences of the good the Whig" Tariff is doing. In spite of evil auguries of Locofocoisro, in spite of their hopes that this measure might fail of the in tended t fleet, it is rapidly producing a change nd biphjy oeio fi ial one in tho country. The ab'.s d and vilified Whig Congress, the only one we have yet had, hs produced this stale of things. T.e Locos know tint, nd hence their unwillingness to acknow ledge the fac. Thest gentlemen, the lead ers we mean, would prefer, geatly, seeing the Ship of State stranded, to seeing it safe ly navigated by Whig pilots. In order to obviate the etTect that the improved condition of the country must in evitably work upon the public mind, it is Oiavelv stated that the mcsent in flux of prosperity has taken place in spite of the tardf ; that the country has flourished in spite of the astringent qualities of the restrictive system; (drat,, we believe, i the phrase.) It has flourished, then that is admitted, if a pitient is languishing unto death, under the treatment of one set of physicians, and, in a fit of desperation, he dismisses ihem. and calls in another, under whose treatment he rapidly recoveis ; shall the fiist squad of practitioners be allowed to say. thai his re vival is taking pi c in spite of the reme dies of their successors? We aio disposed to think that ihe patient himself, at any rate, in case ofa relapse, would be apt to call in those whose physic had done him no htrm ; had no prevented his reco ery, if it has had no active effect in pi educing it. A lain statement of facts, is worth all the theories ot all the sky scraping absttac lionists in the univoise. The taiiff, by the compromise bill, to insure the peace of the co nir, wa.t subjected o a gradual reduc tion. Tho prosperity of the country do dined pari passu, with the decline of duties, uniil ihe bod politic secured beyond the reach of medicine. A Whig Congress came in, ih" tarifl bill, as it now stands, was passed, and the prosperity of the country began to ievive ! In other words, when we have had no tariff, or scarcely any, we have always been in a declrne ; when we have h d one, we have invariably been in a flour ishing condition. We appeal to the history of tiie country, for the truth of this state ment ; and we venture, drawing a moial ft om experience, lo predict, that such will always be the case, whenever our National L"'eislature shall have the folly to make oilier tiptriments of ibis nature upon the country. Ihe experience ot this country has been found to correspond with that of others. When 'he tariff ol Russia, was re duced to the free trade standard, in 1816, ruin and bankruptcy deluged the country from o: e end to the other, h was not un til the system was aliered until ihe a iff of duties wan restored, thai the nation began to recover from ihe feaiful effects ot this erpe rimcnt. In Holland the effect was the same, under similar circumstances. In both these countries, hs soon as a new tariff was 1 id, trade began io revive, in spl of its as tringent q . .lines." Th re is some propiie ly in tiie use of this term. All toi ics, we believe, are astringents, and ihe tanffot last .session, it must be owned, has acted as a most powerful tonic up'n this cuuntry. We would again remind our friends, that we are no in favor, not vt believe is any reasonable Whig, of a high Protective T' iff! We Wish only to let the present rale of duii. s stand as they are, confident th t they are amply sufficient for all the pur poses of revenue and protection. So conn dent are we of the necessity of a taiiff, that were it not fiom motives of patriotism, we would wish the Dtstructives to have their way in the next Congiess. We would wish to see the taiiff abolished, that iho nation might find, by experience, how soon its aff.iis would relapse into h same state of confusiuu, from which ihey are just em rg ing ! This, we are convinced, would have the effect of convincing all minds, and ot eradicating forever, the prejudices which have been carefully instilled into ihe public mind, by Demagogues, for their own selfish and wicked pui poses. The country would soon rise up tn masse, and de rand a ta:iff; it would be tail, by acclamation; and ioi the lutuie, it wo dd be beyond th- leach of Demagogues. But, in ihe meantime, s-uch individual misery must occur, as humanity shudders to contemplate. For this reason, and this alone, we hope the n xt Congtess will not meddle with th Tariff If it should do s we have no doubt that it would bo the fust step towards settling it finally. More Democratizing. It appears that Air. Robert Rantoul, who was recently appointed to the station of Collector for the pori of Bos on, has gone to work in earnest with a view to ' democratizing" his subordinates. The Alias of Monday gives the nam. s of eleven persons who were ejected Irom office on Saturday for no other offence than that of having been Whigs and oting the Whig ticket in lo40, and refusing now to forsake their political principles.- Nat. Int. The Statt of iVisconsan. Gov. Doty, of Wisconsan, has issued his proi-Iamation, reciting that there are 00.000 people in the territory that they have a right to form a State Government; and that the Legis lature had taken no step to ascertain the sense of the piopleon that subject he 4k0,Qf.r Hirpr.t a vote to be taken of those for and against a State Government, to ascertain the sense of the people, whether it is expedient to call a conven tion to form a constitution. Independent. The following eloquent tribute to the character and merits of Henry Clay, is ta ken from the conclusion of a biographica notice of this eminent statesman, prefixed to Raymond's life and speeches of Henry Clay We have thus recorded the prominen public services of Henry Clay, with an his torical sketch of his country just sufficient tn tender them intelligible. His persona biography has been left untouched, but it will readily be seen that these noble quati is of mind and heart, which have made so glorious bis pubi c life, must have invited his domestic rehtiois wiih the highest charms. He bears about him that surest mark of greatness, the power of being ' great in little things;" of lei. dinar to the nv-st common incidents of life a dignity which stamps them with the heroism ot bis . .ii- personal cnaracier. in puunc Me. he is ihe g;eaiet statesman of his ngp. His elo quence, wiih which the nation is most fami lia, is in fact one of the slightest elements of his fame:, in a deeper source than this, resistless as it is, must be sought the secret of that power which ha rested the nation upon his arm and interwoven his principles with the very framework of her policy -All the impulses of his heart the instincts ot his lature are those ofa statesman. No crisis, however sudden and fearful, surprises or disarms him.- In the most perilous emer gencies, when upon the counsel or decision of an hour hangs the faie of his country for years, his lofty mind moves with the same undaunted strength as in the must trivial concerns. In the words of Wordsworth, we may describe him as one, "Whose powers shed round him in the common strife, Or mitd concerns, of ordinary life, A cons ant influence, a peculiar grace ; Dut who, if called upon tu face Some awrul moment, to which heaven has ioincd Gr: at iesuea, good or bud, fer human kind, is happy ae a lover rs attired With such brightness, like a man inspired ; And through the heat of conflict keeps toe law In calmness made, and see what, he foresaw." In all his public life iNIr. Clay has evin ced a nrni reliance' upon great and en during principles : and in this perhaps, may be found one chief secret of his power and foresight. A fundamental truth is always stronger than any man ; and by building faith and firm reliance upon it the man shall receive a portion of its strength, and see, through the m sts of ihe hour, the future to which it leads. Tho confidence of Mr. Clay in the leading political principles which have formed ihe rule of all his long public life, has sprung from a firm faith in their perm nent Iruio, and not from that blind devotion to a rule, merely because ii is ab stract, which belongs, sometimes, to men who have something of greatness in them, but who lack tho essential wisdom to pro fit by experience. Though fnm in main taining the lights of each portion of the State, he never allows a passionate and blind defence of them to plunge the whole into disaster and ruin. He feels that the principles on which owr government is ba sed have a high woith, t.ot only of them selves, but for the sake of the superstructure of happiness and glory we have erected upon them ; &. ihe safety of this he is not willing to pi-ril in llu n fruitless defence. H has norre of the zeal of lhat ignoiant worshipper who dug beneath the ruins of the Ephesian lem pie for the fuel o which it rested, to feed the flame upon its altars. Though he has ever pr.veri himself a zealous defender of the rights of man, in all countries and condi tions, he never seeks the dsli uction of establUhed order, regardless of the happi ness of those most nearly concerned; nor even in the assertion of light would he deem it well to trample, with ruthless violence, upon all the institutions which might stand in his way, and rush headlong to tho end, like the cannon ball," "Shattering that it may reach, and shattering what it reaches !" His democratic principles, therefore, ar dent and . spontaneous as they are, are tem pered by a deep revtrence for the permanent reason of the State, and a profound regard for the well-being of his fellows. All his as pirations are to build up, not to lear down io create, not to destroy. All the safeguards, then, which the sound wisdom of tiie people, triumphing and establishing a law over that f transient impulse, has thrown about in dividual righis, by reverences, and, so long as thev s"fin to be needed, seeks to preserve, Like Schillei's Wallenstien, while be knows thai the fiht of d' Sliuciiun is straight and swift, he feels that, ,tlie road the human being travels, That on which Blessing comes and goes, both follow Th river's course, the valley's playful windings, Curv 8 around tht cmfi-dd and tbi hill ot vines, Honoring the holy bonda ot property." Mr. Clay has always been the proud champion of lhat poli ical party which main tains the true pin pose of civil government to he, not merely the prevention of wrong, but the establishment of right -not merely lade fin and punish offences, bui to confer bless ings and secure the highest good to those who live beneath its benignant sway. His public life has been consecrated to ih de velopment of this gieat principle ; nd if his efforts seem not yet to have been auended with full success, they have been oft nies of saving service tc the countiy ; and the eye of Hope sees in them the germ of power which shall yet work itself fiee from all crush ing calamity, and accomplish the great end for which it was first put forth. He is one of those great men whose influence, even when unseen and despised, is potent and con trolling. The spirit of his life has wrought even more than his active ;ffort. ; and, far more than any other statesman among us, he has thus given sirength to those principles of public poliry which alor.e conduct nations io the heigh of prosperity. The value of his public services can only be worthily set forth when candor shall have made a faith ful record of his life and bis acts: and jus in proportion as that record is tncomp'-te, will this great fnnd of mankind be defraud ed of honor. It were rash and uniwss to Coleridge's Translation. ask that his own age should rightly esteem and fully reward them. But, as in the old religion the lightning made sacred the object upon which it fell, so even now does Death oallow the victim whom he strikes. Future generations will not lose sight of his worth : those words of wisdom which, tittered by his living voice, fall too unheeded upon our hearts, shall come from his tomb with power as from a holy place ; for 'such is the pow er of dispensing blessings, which Providence has attached to the truly great and g od that they cannot even die 'without advantage to their fellow creatures ; for death cons crates their examole : and the wisdom which mipht have been slighted at the council-table, be P comes oracular from the shrine. heshrinfi. Awctrt QTiitn.ifn !T-vr. .-....- U New Orleans papers of the 22d furnish the particulars ofa terrible steamboat explosion, i ne uayou oara steampacket Ulipper, Uapt. Laurent, while backing out of the wharf at Bayou Sara on the 19:h, blew up with a tremendous explosion, all her boilers burst ing at once. An extra from the Picayune office gives this dreadful account : AT. Y. American. Machinery, vast fracments of the boilers. hupe bams of lin.her. ...rmtnro .n,i beings in t very degree of mutilation were I n ivmi'un. unu iiuiiiiiu snot up perpendicularly into the air. On reaching tiie greatest height, the various bodies diverged like the jets of a fountain hi uirections raiirag 10 Hie eartn, arm I nimn mtxCr rf i . : uvfii ivui9 ui iiuuf, 111 soijj;- ijisi'i net's hs i much as two hundred and fifty yards from the scene of destiuciion. The hapless vie J tims were stalled, crushed, torn, mangled, and scattered in t verv diiection manvrninl the river some in the stteeis. sotjte on the other side of the Bayou, nearly 300 yards- some torn asunder by coming in contact with pickets and posts, and others. shot like cannon balls through the soiid walls of hou ses at a great distance fV'-m the boat. Ail in front of the wheel houses appears as though swept by a whirlwind. But any thing like an adequate description of the scene of wreck and ruin is utterly oui of tlie question. What remains of the hull has been firmly lashed to the shore, but it seems have broken in two and partially sunk. bhe had just taken on board, at the railroad depot, about 86 bales coiton, nearly allot which, together with the money chest and most of the cabin furniture, we are glad ti iearn has been saved. un reaching the spot, the scene presented was sum as we hope never to looiv uoon Sgatn. I he tloors of tne two large ware rw . . i rooms were literally strewn with the dead I and dying, and others pouring in as fast as It was possible to convey inern -pray ir.g. groaning, huwling.and writhing in every pos sible contortion of physical agony. In the midst of this confusing din, up to their arm pits in oil and cot ion and bandages, we found our praise wo thy physicians like good Samaritans doing good quieily nnd silently, but with the energy and activity apparently or" fifty pair of hands now wash ing a bom, now dressing a wound and an en splintering a fractured limb. Indeed our citizens generally appeared only anxioas a to how they might render most service to he poor stiff rers white and black without distinction. The following are the most important particulats as far,as wo have been able to gather them : The crew consisted of 1 captain, 1 mate 1 clerks, 3 engiueeis, 2 pilots, I carpenter, 1 watchman, 1 chamber maid, 5 stewards, 3 cooks, 15 firemen, 8 deck hands 43, Passengers. L. Thomas, missing, P. B. Mohtamat, commission merchant, iV-w Or leans, and one small boy, wounded. D -ck passengers, I wounded, 2 not hurt. Captain Laurent escaped unhurt ; Mr. Bessey, chief clerk, missing, and iho second clerk killed; John Tyson, chief engineer, badly wounded ; Wm. Sumpter, 2d engi ueer, thrown 150 or 200 ards through the roof and gable end of a house, into the back yard against the fence one arm was torn off and the fragments of his caicise scattered over the trees ; Wm. Nelson, 3d engineer, free man of color, killed; Araul J. La vond, pilot, missing ; Wm. Wall, pilot, hii led ; John Peterson. ma'e,badly scalded, though likely to recover; G.biiel Pool, carpenter, missing; Watchman killed; chambermaid sved unhurt; stewards all killed or missi"g ; two of the cooks killed and one wounded, eight firemen killed or missing ; four deck hands killed or missing It may be well enough here to state, thai alt those we have put down as missing, are doubUess dead, as every search has been made in ihe vicini'y lo recover their bodie in vain. They have doubtless found a wa tery giave. The remains of those picked up on shore, were interied decently. The watchman, a white man, was thrown alive, 100 yai ds, through the solid wall of Baker's Hotel inio a bed. He retained hrs senses peifectiy for some time afier, but th'' poor fellow expired during the evening The cabin boy was thrown about two hun dred yaids through the roof of a shed, and was picked up in a mangled condi ion. From ihe New York Herald. French Line of Steamships Weekly Mail to Europe News Arrangements. We are pleased to have it in our power to state, that the line of magnificent steamers established by France to girdle the Atlantic, will commence operations oarly nxt Spring. This line is to be combos d of four's n ships, equal in point of speed and beauty to any n iw afloat. We have obtained a correct list of their names which we give for fu ture guidance : Names of Steamers. C. Columbus, Ulloa, Darien, Labrador, Panama, Carribbee, Oronoko, Magellan, Cacique, Green land, Canada, LaDorado, Montezuma, Albatross. These vessels are nearly completed, and the Christopher Columbus, the plmeer of the line, wil be ready to leave France soon' after the Gomsr, which 13 no? at Pen-acolaj retarns home. Tlie Jlewbcruian. Jl ewbern, C. SATURDAY, 14th OCTOBER, 1843. -i . - tm ,. 1 t.".t;"". " '.;r.-":: . -. ' , t, FOR PRESIDENT. HENRY C L A Y. 0? WHIG MEETING. jl 7ncee,mg oj cae tv tugs oj .craven county a f trri r yr wiU be held at the Court-house, in Newbem. "I at a oVlorl: P 71 T rm HTnnJmi. 'tJiP 23rfin- - ' ' . J' . tanty (being the first day of Craven Supe - T10T CftJrt.. ) tJtf tnmn en nf on? vj n Delegates to attend tJte Convention which will beheld in Raleigh, during the Winter, to 7iominate a candidate to succeed our present worthy Governor in the Chief Magistracy North Carolina. MANY WHIGS. Oct. 7, 1843. TflSSFS RV TUP riTr vidv t , . uec" &5Srebcea uo us mat it was desirable to i. i nave an estimate of the individual losses by lIlc 'ate nre published, we have been at some pains to add the folWmo- r) oCt; ? .J . , . , , ' perceived, aoes not corrcsnoTiti rn . t -. r tne estimate of the gross loss. The amount is however the estimate given us by the in dividnnl snrWor xuuiuas iiuiiius, loss, Mrs. Blaney, do. $400. . - T. L. Hall, between 800 and 81000. R. Castex' loss, 625. H. W. Latimer, between 300 and $500. J. Charlotte, between 300 and $500. Samuel Simpson, loss, $50. John Brissington, about $400. J. R. Green, loss, $200. FIRE AGAIN ! About 11 o'clock on Thursday nidit last, tne store owned by the late rancis L,amotte, situated on Craven-street, and occupied by David J. Greer, was discovered to be on fire inside. Fortunately the fire had not pro- far ana by timely exertions was ex . , , Tin (ri i r i i l iipjirrr milieu rl !i ti l rrn iru rtnna 1 1- J ! ..... .1. T -1 . Circumstances render it very probable tiiat it was set on'fire designedly. commoN to ratify. The first of May next is the day that seems to be generally agreed on for the meeting in Baltimore of the Whig National Convention. An excellent suggestion it will be seen by reference to another column, has been made in order to sanction and give an additional impulse to the nominations of the regular Convention. We trust that our State, congressional District, and county, will be well represented in both these Con ventions. We see from our exchange papers from different parts of the Union, that the right spirit is at work in reference to the National Convention. Some have hereto fore suggested that such was the unanimity of sentiment as to the candidate for the Pre sidency, that a convention was unnecessary. The general feeling now seems to be, in fa vor of calling a convention ; if for no other purpose than that of agreeing on a suitable candidate for the Vice Presidency. The people of the United States have had a les son we think, that will hereafter make them more cautious how they look upon it as a matter of little importance who fills this of fice. SIGNS, POLITICAL THE TARIFF. Experience soon teaches a man to be cautious how he admits the great mass of matter set afloat for electioneering purpo ses, as evidence of coming political events. By noting however the general tone and spirit of the press on both s'ides, there are frequently times at which a careful observer can form a much better opinion of what will be the result of a party contest, than from mere statements, .baying aside then all other evidences, do not the general tone and spirit of the press on both sides, for some months past, indicate a triumphant ascen dency for Whig measures at no distant day ? A great variety of topics might be dwelt upon at length, to show that this is so. But not to be tedious, we will at present just call attention to the general tenor and spirit of the political press in reference to one particular : we mean the tariff. Principles and measures, we are aware, are kept too much out of view by both parties. But so far as the Presidential election isconcerned, the Whigs have a much better excuse for this, than the Democrats. The Whigs have no occasion to " define the position" of the man of their choice. Every body that knows any thing of politics, knews Henry Clay's political principles. They have nei ther been put off and on to 9 suit the times nor concealed. Take then a tariff, the great measure of which he has ever been the open and decided advocate. - What in dications of the direction that popular senti ment is now taking, does the press give 1 As to the Whigs we know their sertiments. put, me-. rone or even a great por tion of the democratic press plainly inai- conviction thatyit will not do any longer to talk above their breath of what i3 called "free trade principles V It clearly tlTn We ,notice that even the organs of .Tr110 wmrr of the Democracy nr pose their i", pCi,M- BTOUla "W JS""" PPsi l a on for re oi rne joco didpn i cuiihj oui srnritu, c a - i J tQf the r i . . ....--. ---lt, 1 1 J IlfIIfT1. operation, by saying XVrio , , democratic votes. T.f passcu uy 1, cneraliv conv;n J??5 b clearly or I V.C . o... . OHl OI o y "-v.v4. Kji. ii o .: blind their eyes as to the prlpablc fact f who have ever been its real friends. j The Newbebkian iTthT title published at Ncwbern in this state, u h. re.ch. a paper ed its 12th number, though just reached m, wr-ii send him a paper boys; he has rather a dirtv ice, our. wo uae urs iookb ior an we are drspo c . t:t- ' std to think he is true grit. One thing we like in nartirular hn irnes far FTenrv PIav fr P...:j. . r . f . ' J ueni. "d so do we ; he goes, or will go, for Edward Stanly for our next Governor, and so will J end as we first named him in connexion with that I OE,cei we are Sl&a Bee ma name passing round and Iike lo become a watchword," around which the Whi2s of this state will rallv nexY summer, r the tune of acme 10 000 mamrirv. nr,.nrtr , ... 'i r- i v the triumphant conquest for the presidency. We clip the above from the " Highland Messenger," published in Ashevillc, Bun combe county. Ve are gratified to meet among our cotcmporaries of the Old North State, with a gentleman with so clean a face, and of so spruce appearance generally as the Messenger. Were it not for the old maxim that comparisons are odious, we should be tempted to say that in this re spect he stands at the head of the North Car . But we forbear reckon however a peep at himself had made him more than half conscious of this, when he said, our face was rather dirty. Sly way of bragging has the Messenger TV"o &.. such a piecr of truth though in the hit, that we can't find it in us to take it amiss, or to deny the fact. Nevermind brother, we in tend to wash our face soon, and spruce up by degrees. It won't do you know, to come out at once in our best ; some of you might envy us ; and besides we might be less likely to be able to heap up a smart appear ance. So don't be fustratcd if some of these times a rival in good looks comes to hand. Touching Henry Clay and Edward Stan ly and Whig principles, if you can roach half way, give us your hand across the moun tains, brother. As to the gritt although wo don't profess to be one of the piping hot, pepper pod politicians, we trust you will find 'us Buncombe. We believe the wes tern Whigs of the old North stand ready to rush, side by side, with their eastern bre thren to the rescue, at the war cry of Clay and Stanly. Let the press then in that quarter let us know if we arc right. Give us some facts on this head. There has been time enough to feel the Whig pulse ; if, as we suspect, it beats at fever heat, don't fear but that it will meet with a corresponding throb in the east. YELLOW FEVER. A correspondent of tlie 44 North State tin x vv nig rates the Washington Itcpuhlican soundly for its assertion which we published last week, that it is settled hcvond contra diction, that the yellow fever exists in Washington. The Whig also seems to sanction the idea, that it is a mere raw head and bloody bones notion, and censures, in directly al least, the course of our commis sioners for stopping intercourse between Washington and Newbern. The Whig is so good a Whig, and has given on other matters so general evidence of having a ju dicious head for its conductor, that we re gret to differ with it, even about the " ycl- ow fever" a matter about which it seems even doctors disagree. Without pretending o know whether the disease that has pre vailed there is yellow fever, or not, and which even the Whig admits has caused the town to be nearly forsaken, wc -think that our commissioners acted very properly io the matter. They decided on evidence that to them was satisfactory, that this disease did exist in Washington. Unpleasant as was the duty of interdicting intercourse be tween the towns, what else could they do 1 The yellow fever although not under all circumstances contagious, is yet admitted by the ablest physicians to be highly so in par ticular states of the atmosphere. It j3 not necessary to " bottle it up and pour it out like a vial of wrath," in order to its infect ing any particular portion of the atmosphere. -The commissioners are supported mtheir belief that the yeUo r can be spread m particular states of the atmosphere by means bf clothes, baggage &c that have been ex posed to the air infected by it, not only by our physicians, but by those among us who have frequently been in themidstof it, and had better evidence, cf the fact. On the whole then, wo think our commissioners I' i t
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