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mat. ,mKT.; mM-jm Hii inimmri1"1 i"ff i m . THZS rJOIISTTilTIOrJ, For President,' WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON. One Presidential Term the integ rity bf Public Servants the safe ty of the Public Monty, and the general good of the PEOPLE. For Vice President, JOHN TYLKR. For governor of JYorth Carolina, J O UN M. MORE H E A D . HALIFAX: iif'ElESDAY, MARCH 4 1840 ' QjVVe are authorized. to announce WILLIAM ,W. BKICKELL, Esq. as a Candidate for Sheriff: of Halifax County 'at the next AuguslElection. (IT" We are authorised to announce WILLIAM W. DANIEL, Esq as a Candidate for Sheriff of Halifax County at the next August election. CG" Elder George M. Thomp son, has taken charge of the Church at Conhonnary, and will preach at that place, the present year, the 4th Sunday in every month, and the Saturday before. r Junius of Halifax' was , received too late for publication this week. It will appear in our next. We propose that ihe-Counties of Halifax, Warren, Frariklin and Nash composing this Electoral District, shall send as many Delegates as each county has Representatives in the Le cislature, to Sims, on the first Sat- urdav in Mav. for the nurnose of ' nominating an Elector on the Har rison and Tyler Ticket. It is an important crisis- in our af fairs, and we are truly glad to witness the zeal and enthusiasm displayed by the Whigs. It argues . wrU fnr Jrep principles agaiustnisrule. vLet eve ry , Whig do his duty and the days of Van. Burenism are numbered. J. C. CALHOUN. In 1830 there was a general ex plosion in the Cabinet of Andrew Jackson Esq. Mr. V. Buren by a vile system of intrigue and court syc ophancy, supplanted the then Vice President in the affections of the old Hero: and Cataline took shelter un der the palmetto tree, hoisting, what his present allies called, the dark flag with a single star and stripe. Tlieu came thunder and lightning, Tory principles and 'Federal doclrioes, in the shape of a , Proclamation and Force Bill, and Carolina's Hercules was threatened with an ignoniinous death. But what a cooing now , be tween Calhoun the High Priest of Nullification, and V. Buren the master-spirit of intrigue. After placiug himself in bfsliie position to Jackson's Administration after taking ground " agUiiai life iciuuai u icpuoncs) the protest,' the Specie Circular, and the illfated measures which have brought ruin upon the country alter denouncing the little Kinderhooker in the tiros i .opprooious terms, ana spurning the servile sentiment, It was glory enough to have served under such a chief' and ridiculing that sla vish promise to follow in foot .steps of such an illustrious predeces sor," the hollow hearted Senator from South Carolina is found hand- and glove with Mr. Van Bnren.V 'Hil good fellows well met" going as far as Tom Benton or Fanny Wright for disorganising principles. . He" has out on the Loco Foco Jacket, and conspired against the. happiness of his country "by entering into an unho ly combination with the Tory party. The prize which he expects the swiss phalanx to bestbw oh him for services rendered is Presidential honors and i the Van Buren 'men like so raauy weather-cocks, -during the ensuing summer, will press him upon the country, as one worthy of the highest esteem and warmest affections ol ; the people. Yes! They who would have hung him not many moous ago as a - traitor! Would that 'we could . see ourselves-as others see us." We shall li om time to time keep the people advised of the tergiversation of the Tory party, and bring some of their political movements and expressions to bear against them when they shall umun to tne orefZQ me ominous oan ner of J. C. Calhoun. - . Iotwiiljstanding the aitacks vliich the Tory Party has made upon cor rectf principles within, the ; last t- few years, the republic however" is still j safe. The pillars of the Constitution have been rudely -assailed, t but they are not yet prostrate; and we feel as sured that the edifice of liberty will . pass through the tornj,of faction, ."un- j injured byj the conflict, -nndwill long be a she fter and an abiding place to those whb come , after us. The clouds which now darken the political sky, j will be di.rpatedf by the bright sun-shine of hope, " and- our land will a gain be gladdened by "the smiles, of prosperity. Ever $ince the nomination of Harrison and Tyler, the opposition party seem to. have ri sen up. from Maine to Louisiana vl'nh as one man vyuh but one voieef in their m r ill. favour, .whilst a few. cracked-brained and cold-hearted politicians . of the South are making efforts to enlist our people uujler the banners of Martin Van f Buren, who. ' was a Missouri Restriciiohist ih 1320, who voted for a Resolution in the New lork Sen. ate that ni Territory should be ad mitted in the Union as a State, the people of i that Territory; owning Slaves, anj who now when j our do mestic in&t unions are endangered by the folly and rudeness of the Fanatics at the North, comes forward and con cedes to Congress the Constitutional power to Abolish Slavery in the Dis trict of Columbia, and this is the man that j John C. Calhoun, of notorious memory, would have the people of the South, sustain for the Presidency. iJohnC. iC'alhoun. Amos i Kendall Martin Vao Btaren, FrancisjP. Blair and Ton: Benton we have not thought. proper to associate the little, minnows, Fisher and Shpard of lIonh Carolina, Rhet and Pickens of bout!) Carolina with these master spirits of intrigue, who are now .figh motto "to titic. side by side, for the the victors meu uever beloug the spoilsJ" Such worship virtue as a diviiii. em it always seemed an tv. To tl cuijjij- uenntr. tTuigs QucK;e on your armour fdr the political battle which is. to be fought in November next. By aiconcntration of our forces, vie tory will bs ours, and the people will declare for i Harrison of Ohio and I'ylftr o(Virginia. r - For the Advocate. TO EPISCOPAL JUNIUS OF j Halifax. Gentlemen: , ? In your late disputations relative to Church nobler pur Cjrovernnent, the higher and poses of your cfalhng, are, p in the whirlpool of pas swallowed u sion and prejudice. Yoq have chosen to put on tne armour of the priqee of tlarkness, order to do battle as cham pions tof Ksligion. 'J'ho command to go forth into all the world and preach the Gospel unto every creature, is nar rowed to . limits within which onlv the most iinchr stian feelings are brought to bear. VVln.t. havo the readers f the Advocate l do with the petty quarrel between yen? Rely on it 4 gentlemen their hearts .; will not. be improved by the morality i which you inculcate, nor their minds i benefitted by the light, of your knowledge. The dispute betwixt yon has aire dy degenerated into" a low system of silliogsgate abuse, in which the victor n ust lose whatever of char acter he possesses iniproving himself to be a. more xpert blackguard than his "antagonist. ! You aret both members of tho Church .perhaps preachers of the Gospel and in your ecclesiastica? wri tings frequently refer to Junius' letters which are ne t distinguished for brotherly love or Chr stian forbearance. Gentle men you have satisfied the community oi one raci jitt least, mat you have no thing of Junius but his malignity; Sure ly you do ne t expect to make converts to tho c'ausi 'of Religion by the exhibi tion, of so much rancoj. Such advo cates of tbe Gospel are well i calculated rto amuse thb wicked world at th v. pehse ef thai glorious doctrines taught by the Apostles. . Cease this disgraceful effort to render yourselves notorioas un der the pretext of serving: tne Church- tor tipds law cannot be extended e ! ' m- ! . .w. by such auxiliaries. ; MAN OF THE WORD. For, the Advocate. i Miss KATY. ; I : cannot deign j you the courtesy o a tuperfluous; splulter meut, as I c eem your scurrilous letter an index t j your habits, and a small specimen cf your character: I am not yet so "hard rim", as; to accept any buaon wench who is not alto, gether the f'clean cat." Tho'your fame is shielded by anextrinsic re spectability. , r presume -there are some wha dan vouch for ;ypur capu bilities, and in some degree vou are niininafi ' r. and "recommended." But if a; whistle and I jews-berp . form the height "of "your ambition, and the climax of your attainments, you are certainly tod vulgar" for a decent bed fellow, and may well be transfered to the ; kitcheu.to gratify your musi. cal propensities with the congenial jingle of pots and kelllesf I shall not attemptva':solution. of your riddle; as I do not wish to ,incur.the penal - 4 "" '6.- -fr. -. ' V ty. r v -y - .. - "The lips that all may press. -Shall ne'er be press'd by.miue." " f -.;,:.'? - . .' -v. ".; Z " "' -" For the Adyocate. Miss BOUNCER. 1 Your kindness aod condescen sion deserve at least a respectful con sideration; nor can the 'most fastidious criticism detract from you the merit of having done the thing that was right. I' have long regarded the squeamish modesty ol your sex, as a lawless re straint npon your privileges, and a pro voking harrier between the sexes. But feiv however, have had the indepen dance to vtndicato the rights of worn m kind; aod among that few the names rf. Mary VVoolstancraf't,: and Fanny Wrigrht ! are proudly conspicuous. Miss Crah-i i - ' " - - t- ..... ' tree ann yourseil nave also engaged an the laudable enterprise . of liberating your sex from the fetter of-an unsocia ble prudery, for which you deserve the thanks'pf all who are not too servile to be free, and too selfish to he useful. J rejoice dear Betty, that the visita tions of hope have once moe ilawlied upon the darkness and maturity of your maidenhood;- and I eqnally regret that tho enp, sparkling with the 'delirious ir. ught of love is so soon to be dashed frpm your lips; Your letter failed t raise ini my bosom , those . blissful tr;m ports, with which your own was so plea sura My agitated. Tho' I venerate the honorary badge of ago which time has left upon your bro-A tho' I adnitre the graces that yet linger in your, wrinkles, and tho' be lieve you harmless because of your in ability to bite; ? .still I would deem it un generous to rob the f grave of its tenant and the worm ot its food Thero is a iovliness in youth, particularly, wherj painted with the warm blush of virgin sensibility, and a luxury in yonng life which ( would not sacrifice lor the jq firmities of passionless ago. And tho' your beauty "Like the Aloe fl3wer,;has blossoui'd and bloom'd at, fourscore' you have certainly passed the day of grace, and must "waste your fragrance on the desert air." Cease then to dream o ver the raptures of the bridal night, and instead of plucking roses fo.r your bed, gather, weeds for tour grave.; Do not agitato your delicate frame by thinking how you" would affect to shrink from j'ini intensify of a lovers flamo, aod yet tan it with ambrosial sigh of 73. I dislike to deal unkindly with so bid, i and so gentle a creature, but I must "kick" you. As our dashing coquetts say, you will soon get oyer it. If forgetfulness does not' relieve you, death ill. , . "Gb forget me" c. : . . r : ' ' Q. Z. 'MASONIC PROCEEDINGS. On the announcement of the death of i our ; friends and brothers, Col. Jesse H. Simmons and John W. Simmons, at a regular meeting of Enfield Lodge, No. 88," at their hall in Eufield, on Saturday, the 1 5th of February, A. D. 1840, it was resolved that a committee be ap pointed to draft resolutions expressive of the feelings of the lodge on the occasion; . whereupon Thos. L. B Gregory, M. U. Whitaker and J W. Batchelor, were elected to con stitute said committee, who reported the- following preamble and resolu tions: i - A - Whereas this Lodge has heard i with ipx nrn.;nr,.i r id, i death of our friends and brothers. Col. J. H. and J. W. Simmons; and whereas it is the opiuion of the lodge that their, devotion to the prin ciples of our - institution, and their many other virtues and amiable qual ities of heart entitle them to the es pecial consideration of this fralerni- Be it therefore resolved, . That this Lodge do 'most sincerely sympathise with the relatives and friends of our deceased brother; and be it further resolved, that in testimony of the high respect and esteem which' we entertuin for. the memory of our de ceased brothers, that the members of this lodge- be requested to wear crape on their lefU arm for the next thirty days, and further that the altar, candlesticks and other furni. ture of this lodge be; put lnmnur-ning and remain, so, for the next" twelve month. A tid be it urther resolved that the above proceedings be jub lished in the Roanoke Advocate and theNorth Carolina Democrat. J. W. BATCHELOR. Secy. THE DEMOCRATIC CAN DIDATE. , . Thev Chilicothe (Ohio) Gaielte, reference the leading paper iu; old Kos, in to recent defections iu the Van Buren ranks, says.- ,We may state," that by scores and hundreds,; the .old" Democrats of the regious which heretofore supported the. 'administration," are declaring their determination to stick by,-their ancient faith and "vote for the trnVj Democratic "Republican candidate Harrison and Tyler. A QUESTION OF VERACITY. i The JG lobe of. Tuesday, stigma tixes General . Harrison as the -hero of defeats, and failures."' r Colonel - Richard M. Johnson, now, Vice-President, iu his speech in Congress said of General Harri son that. r was Durintr the late war, he lonuer in active seriice than any general officer he was, perhaps, of- tpnpf in - ariinn than anv of ihm. uuu never ausiuiucu. ucicai. . a The Globe's authority is a leder atist probably inimical- to the war and friendly to Proctor and the In dians. ' Our-anthority is a democrat. I he . loco foco-federal (;ajno,JH coalition charge General Harrison with having received laie emoJu- having ments in the sggregate Irom the va rious public offices he has held. Presiilerit Mddison said: -General Harrison has dond more for This country with less compensa tion for it, than any man living. 11 CONGRESSIONAL. In the Senate, on .Monday Mr. Webster presented ;& itemorial rel.a tiug to the establishment of a uniform system of bankruptcy . throughout ilie United States. In giviiig his views in relation to the necessity of such a law at this juncture, he laid down the following- propositions as a-basis for such a measure, vix; That the circumstances of, the country require that Corlgress should exercise its constitutional power of eEtablishing a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the Uuited States. '- 2. That it should be made appli cable, to all pertons whatever owing debts not less in amount than dollars, who shall pvow their insol. rency, and by petition; to the proper tribunal pray- for the bent fit of the act. These shall be deemed voiuu tary bankrupts. 3. That it should apply compul- j sory to merchants and traders, whose debts lb one or more creditors shall amount to a sum ttot less than dollars and who have or shall fail in business, or be appareiyly insolvent, i l . . . I ; . i. . . c . or unapie 10 pay uieir ufOis.i suciii persons to be deemed involuntary bankrupts, and to be subject to. t lie provisions of the act upon, the ptti lion of any creditor or creditors whose debts together .exceed the sum of Hollars. 4 No voluntary or involuntary bankrupt to be entitled to a discharge w ho shall, iu contemplation of bank, ruptcy, and. intending to take the benefit of the act knowingly give any preference, by anyvpayment or trans fer of property, to any one or more of his creditbrs, to the exclusion of his creditors generally. 5. Every .bankrupt, surrendering all his property and rights of prop erty for the benefit of his7 creditors, and conforming to all other requisi tions of the act, shall he entitled to i 1 1 i i. i . . . 1 1 i i . i . I a i in i oi&cuarge ironi an ins ueuis, land shall receive a certificate of discharge from the proper tribuual. out it ne is iruiny pi any iraua or conceal -H"H in respect to his proper ty, he ih sli noi tf entitled (o any certificate; or, if granted, it shall be avoided ou proof of such fraud. 6i i All creditors coming in and proving their debts? under the bank ruptcy to be bona filjle debts, to shaxe in the bankrupt's . properly and ef fects, pro rata, without Jany prefer ence or priority, except debts Jo the United States, which are first to be p,ajd. - . 7. The District andCircuit Courts to have concurrent jurisdiction in all matters of bankruptcy, to be ex ercised, summarily, and for this pur- pose, tne (saio uuun iu uc ueemeu always opened. 8. One: commissioner only to be appointed rn any one case, to act in bankruptcy, on the proof of debts, &c, and one assignee only, to col lecf and administer the bankrupts effects. The ommissione and as since to be appointed in each case by the Court, and subject at all times to its order rin all things , touching its duties, and the sale and distribu tion of the effects. , 9. The proceedings in each case to be filially closed wilhin two years from ahe time: of the bankruptcy, ex cept as ; to ", matters which may be then pending in. law or equity; but v the" pendency of any such . sun in" law orfpquity is not to suspend the general ' proceedings in the, case, nor postpone 'distribution and settlement so far astir;. Can be made. - 10. All .iuits by, against, or con- cerning bankrupts. . to be brousht f l ti htrn t'sorc nClttr lti tinnLrtiMt. cy, and not afterwards, except on causes of action . which shall not then have arisen. But all debts not pay style till a! future day may be proved in the bankruptcy, and paid projrata with proper abatement tor interest or -discount. - 1 1 . A ny person proceeded against as an involuntary bankrupt to " be entitled, at his election, to trial by ' jur3 to ascertain; the; fact of such j bankruptcy. j no persun to oe entitieo to a I dist i.arue w bo shall, be proved to have lost, . within' years before his bankmptry, by any gamiug, waging, or belting of any' kind, whether at one or fmore tiroes, the sum of dollars - 13. - The Circuit Court in each i listrict to esiaolishia,Tate : oi lees lor 1 lJf cers of the Circuit .Court and w'rici ouri, iu an cases in uaim- I . : J . I .- . I ' I. I . I. rupicy, auu mote raies iu uc jjuuiiau ed. 14. The act to continue in force five years, and until the then next session of Congress. . ' . - i . Air. VV. was followed by -Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Tallmadge, -and Air. Wall, all friendly to that great ob Ject : ... The Senate continued in the a meudments' made by the House of Representatives to the . census .bill; and then adjourned. MR. KIVESrS POSITION. Mr. VVm. C. Hives has, in a let ter to the Charlottsviile Republican, (which fills nearly one side of that paper,) declared himself in. favor of Gen. Harrison jfor the Presidency. Mr. Rives's deservedly great influ ence will go far to redeem the State from the thraldom of Van Buren ism. We copy tire follow wg ex tract: Re-ardincf Geiieral Harrison, for ih'e reasons f have mentioned, as the true Republican candidate for the Presidency of the two now presented to the choice of the cpuniry, I shall unhesitatingly give hfai my' sup port. I shall doso with "the more cheerfulness because, whilst best con suiting thereby, as I honestly believe, ! those - grreat Republican- nrincipies j tviiiLii i nave ever iuumucicu iu - inseparably united with the happi" ness of in y country, I shall assist to 1 rnnfpr its liicrlipct iitppd nn an pminpnl citizen who hs rendered it the most signal "and important i services at a time, wheu to serve meant something far other than merely to reeieye the emoluments of office on one . who, having sue t ssively enjoyed the con-" fideiice ol V .hington, Jefferson and Madison, - ta Id be naturally promp ted to euMiiate their high example who, in all "the various and delicate trusts he has held, i has ever shewn that he preferred his country to him self, and has retired from them all, amid the numerous and allur.ing temptations ihey presented to private LTcllUtt Willi ticail j tiniitjo auu uucua- oeced honor, beiiber auiliv o( infi hands and delity himself nor winking at it in others and who now in tiie honor able retirement of private life, com bining the ennobling pursuits of the agriculturist,! the scholar, and patriot-citizen, is emphatically one of the people, .knowing hovyto appre ciate their interests, ns HI as to main tain and defend theinriffiiis. I can-1 not doubt that the principles we have held in common wifl have brought us to a common conclusion; but whether this! should be the case or not, you will I am sure, do me the justice to believe that in forming the j judgment 1 have done, upon the most deliberate and careful - reflection, I have been actuated by no personal fetfliiig, by no mere party views, but by a sincere f and anxious wish for the liberty, happiness and honor of mycounlry. 4 l amvery respeclfufly,' and truly ,your friend, WM. C RIVES. ..-To Esq. WHO WILL EVER FOR GET IT? J :. . Who can -ever forget the gloom hlch was cast over the face of the w United States by the defeat and sur render of Gen. Hull? And who will ever cease to ' remember how speedily that gloom and . dismay were dissi pated by the appointment "of General Harrison t take bis place as commander-in-chief of . the American forces-on the northwestern froutierr This circumstance caused every pal- riotic eye lo gleam with joyevery patriotic bosom to beat high with confident and rejoicing expectation -and every patriotic tongue to grow nimble in predicting the scenes of deliverance and glory wbich were to be speedily opened upon the view of our; countrymen, by the wisdom and prowess of the heroic Harrison. We have only to say that the public hopes , never centered Jn General, Harrison in vain. Ralrigh Star . - - . THE- EMPLOYMENT OF BLONDHOUNDS AGAINST THE INDIANS. It will strike 'the reader as charac ter i si i c 6 f l h i s f a I se , c u n n i n g , s w i n d -ling Administration, that the Globe, the authorised organ of Government at Washington City, when interro gated on the subject, says he is au thorised to say, that "the War Ue- parlment knows nothing of the trans action except through public, ru mor. - It nevertheless, now appears ojji daily, that the Wac Departmtnt tias authorised the employ meni of blood hounds in the War aghinst the Flor ida Indians. , We s&y it appears offi cially but the information reaches the pnblic somewhat singularly, and in a roundabout way. Mr. Wise as a member of the House of Repre sentatives, calls on the head of the Department and demands to know how the fact is: being thus formally and pertinently called upon, the dis. graceful fact coiHd no longer be coir f cealed, it is admitted by the head of Department, and Mr. Wise in hi place states the information to the House. Comment on this whole affair is unnecessary. It shows what little chance the people have to get at the reaf acts and. doings of their rulers. What a wise and provident set of Rulers we have: The soldiers are encamped on the banks of the Dela ware. the officers are sent abroad to electioneer and frolic (their pay still continuing,) while DOGS are sent to fight the battles of the t ounfry. 1 . t- . The Cuba bloodhounds do not know the English language. JJo.v will they " be able to . understand the orders , of the commanding officersf Fred. Citizen. The commanding officers must give .li em their orders in 'dog-lat- in. i Lou. Jour. THE MAN FOH THE PEOPLE, Not loner since we heard from an authentic source, that General H ar rison was busily engaged in execuj tiiig a contract which he had made for the , delivery of a large amount of bricks to a trading company in Ciucinnatli. The next thing we? hear of him was, that he was earnest ly engaged in ploughing in his own fields -the last intelligence we re ceived concerning him, however, was, that he wa? with flail in hand, earnestly employed in threshing out grain in his own barrs Tbe next thing we expect to hear of him is that of having threshed all the lies and calumnies out of .' his ' enemies, which thev mav be adequate to the ; , r i I ask of trumping up ngamsl luffl- le . .f . - next thing, that he has so completely j threshed the scales from the eyes of the Tories as to enable them to view him as he really is as one of the purist and most meritorious patriots who has ever existed in this country aiid finally, we soon expect to learn that be has threshed Mr. Van Buren "like all nature," in November next. at the polls Raleigh Star. From the Cinriunatti Daily Gazelle. GENERAL HARRISON. Mr. Editor: r f ermit me to relate a circurn stancs, . going to show the estimation in which Gen. Harrison was" held in battles. I saw an old gentleman between 60 and 70 .years of age, who now lives on Green river, Kentucky r finding he was in favor of the Harrisburg Nomination, and that he had been a supporter of General Jackson and Van Buren, I inquired why he should change; when be told me that it was becouse he had known General Harrison in the early settle ment of Cincinnatti that he was jvith him at" Tippecanoe, at Fort Meigs, and Thomas that he was one ; of the few who survived Col. Dudley's defeat, swam the Maumee amidst a shower of bullets, and got into the 'Fort, Sic. 1 would remark that the old soldier wa a stranger to me, 'and did not know roy politics. I told biro that some pejsons thought the General did not like tbe smell of gunpowder; and asked him if he
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