North Carolina Newspapers

FOR THE RALEIOH REGISTER! II This heading lins to nr, Mr. Editor , queer look and a queer aound. Littleuid I thihfra abort month ago, that I, an old Democrat the growth of nearly half a century, ahould ever he found writing for the Hai ti!. Register ! 1 1 rYpu might, on the reception of the communication accompanying my first No. on Free Suffrage, well exclaim shame, shame ! I ! ; but, had you known all the circumstances attending the transaction, you would hate emphasised your excla jmatinn, pf shame " mora strongly than you did. On the 15th May last, immediately after Col. Reid's starting the new issue of Free Suffrage, the Editor of the N C Standard addressed to me a letter, ap prising me of the fact, and requesting me to write soma essays for his paper, to sustain Col Reid n. his new position, saying he knew I could do it M i;iriM Rt&td that he fthe Editor of the Stand ard) had advised CoL Reid, as he passed through J itauign on his way to JNewDerr,flr xo si an u. x u the conduct of the Editor may be properly appreci ated, it is proper to add, that I hare frequently had communications published by the Standard, and that 1 hate been repeatedly Solicited ,publicly and -privately, by its Editor, to write for the paper. These are facts which the Editor of the Standard will not de ny. Democrats of North Carolina, is this the sort of ?iper to which you are willing to look for truth ? he system of freehold suffrage has existed from the first establishment of our independence, and v?as the work of as pure men as ever lived. Has this, all at once, become so foul a thin?, that the Democratic press is to be closed ifgainst all attempt to defend it 1 I anneal to the Democratic cress throughout t. State to publish at least the first No. of a " Demoe ic freeholder," that the people may see whether the was any thing in it, which rendered it unfit for pu lication in the Standard, In a government like ours, any attempt to stii i free discussion on important subjects, is worthy o public attention ; and I have greatly mistaken the spirit of Democracy, if the Editor of the Standard shall be sustained in the course which he has thought it proper to pursue, in this matter. The manner in whioh this mischievous project has been gotton up and forced upon the Democratic party, should in duce every one of us to set his face against it, even if we approved of the thing itself.. Col. Reid was the regular nominee of the Democratic party, cho sen to advocate, and as far as he might have the , power, to carry into execution well known and clear ly defined principles. Every Democrat knows, that the abolition of freehold suffrage was not one of these. He was not invested with any authority to get up new issues, or to manufacture new principles, lor the Democratic party. He formally accepted a regular nomination, and thus took upoa himself, du ties and obligations, which he had no right to disre gard. Suppose Gen. Cass were now to declare him self in favor of changing the Presidential term of service frornfour Jo eight years. Would not Col. Reid, and every other Democrat, at once say that he had violated the spirit of that agreement which had been entered into between him and the democratic ar ty? Or, suppose that Co!. Reid, instead of the is sue of abolition of freehold suffrage, had starttd that of the abolition of Slavery.' "What then ? (And he had as much right to get up one issue as the other.) Had he not accepted a nomination, but been a candi date on his own hook, he would then have had a right to mount any hobby, pie-balled, nicked, roach ed, or bob-tailed, he might have taken a fancy to. What would be thought of a Church, which should clothe each one of its ministers, upon being installed, with authority to after or add to the tenets of be lief? .A pretty patched and pieballed creed they would soon have of it ! I do hope that the Democracy of North Carolina have too much independence to suffer themselves to to be dragged, blindfolded, whithersoever an ambi tious political aspirant may choose to direct them. A few disappointed, soured politicians at the North, have recently cut off the State of New York from the great Democratic family, by the introduction of the new isaue of excluding slavery from the territo ries : and this new issue in North Carolina will di vide the Democracy of our State, as much as that in iioa uiuucu mem mere: i snow Hom ing of CoL Reid personally, and but little in any other way, and in my opinion of his course, may dop him injustice. But it seems that the circumstances under which this thing has been started, justi fy the belief, that it has been done as a most violent means of relieving an almost hopeless cause. The "Whig majority in the State was known to be too large to be overcome by ordinary means. A vio lent excitement must be produced, or CoL Reid could not be Governor. No more effective means could be adopted, than to array the poor against the rich, and arouse angry passions by incendiary appeals to their feelings. In the melee, the distinction between Democrat and Whig might be overlooked, and Col. Reid might be made Governor. In this condition of things, it devolves peculiarly upon the Democratic party to say, whether we will allow every political aspirant to lash into fury for his own individual pur pose the elements composing society. uas uwu qui a lew years since our State Con stitution underwent revision, and at that time, so far as the writer is informed, not even an attempt was made to alter our freehold system in the Senate. since that time, no complaints have reached my ear, of evils suffered, or even aoprehended, from it. AH at once, Col. Reid, a candidate for the Governorship, discovers that our people, poor deluded souls, have, for seventy odd years, been living under an aristo cratic fornvef government I That our ancestors, who suffered the deaths, privations and miseries of a seven years' war that they might shake off the ty ranny of British aristocracy, upon succeeding in this, very foolishly established an aristocracy at home 1 ! ! I have often heard it said that we were wiser than our ancestors, lut. really I had no idea before this, that they were so miserably benighted in compari son with ourselves. It seems very strange that Old at Macon, who was lookell upon as a very wise . man and who was President of the Convention which ?W 0"C.Onv8tUution' in 1835, should not have ff! ?W hugt aritocratic monster. He was Iv2? b6 mghty 6tronS democrat, and to hate aristocrats and. every thing aristocratic mortally Z x. eaing-Jaw and turnip salad before the faces of the proudest men in Washingtonfor gn Ministers and all. fa The preceding portions of the present No. have no proper bearing on the subiect under discussion. nit the occasion seemed to me to require them. They have been reluctantly drawn forth, and 1 will now return to the subiect kroner. One oreat ob jection to the proposed extension of the right to vote, is, that it will most certainlv lead to a creat in crease Of taxation. The nlninixjfc mmnn stoiiRft will teach, that it is a danwmia th?rt fAdriTA fa an v mill the key which unlocks money which does not belong to him. -A and B are voters having an equal voice i the making of lawsL , A is Worth ten dollars, and B ten thousand, and they oav tax in that proportion. in iv exPectel that the man who pays one cent, will be as careful of the public money as he who pays ten dollars ? The more money the government spends in making Roads, Canals, Bridges, or in fact almost any thing else, the better it is for hinrwbii Pays little or no part of it.4 Whilst tins StatjJt Virginia retained her- freehold system, she kept com paratively out of debt. Just so soon as that was abolished, a lavish expenditure of public money com menced ; and her citizens, who possess property, are now groaning under heavy and increasing taxes. 1 have myself, within a few years heard several Vir ginians say they would give thousands of dollars to toave their lands brought within the limits of North Tr? JBn tB the inhabitants of a Town about to he attacked by an enemy, assembled togeth ;J?L e.purl,8e of adopting the best means of ' ttSf-ri"8 J" . The ditchers said dirt was the best - iSayeiV1- ?lhJ the -masons, itonejJhe 'K?1m7 er8b"c the blacksmiths, swore iron was W e taannerMnsisted ""re was noth- M?1 be'' ..Whoever it shall bo proposed !!T "rliroa " "Ulbea very easy matter to Slavery ! This is tender ground to tread on, and I will m.rolr ask the freeholders of North Carolina, I who are in general the slave-ownew, what is to pre- vent Cuffee irom neing caxea, to bsuvi vuuw Si rica, : if they surrender their conservative ; check in the Senate ? Another most mischievous and dem oralizing effect growing out of free suffrage, is, that it gives a fictitious consequence and respectability to many, who, having acted like dogs, should and would be treated as such, were it not that bad laws give them vote equal to, and weighing as much as that of the best man in the land. How oftenj on election days, where free suffaage prevails, do w not see men of respectability walking arm in arm with Sheep stealers, and midnight house-burners; and assassins! . Having written as much as wM be printed before out election, and probably more than will be read, l mast draw to a conclusion. Those, who believe Col. Reid's project likely to do mischief, must resist it at once, if they wish to stop it. Let him b elected, or even lessen tne w nig majority, tuiu uco m good or for evil, becomes the law of the land.- I say to CoL Reid, that instead of making laws for poor people, he would he much better employed in ma king laws to keep people from being poor. I will take the liberty of suggesting to him a few projects in which he shall have the feeble aid of one Democratic-Freeholder: " 1st. Let him take away the power now "given to corporations to make money plentiful or scarce as they choose. 2d. Let him tax eVery-man according to his wealth, no matter what that may consist in.r 3d. Let him forbid 1 any man from accumulating more than ten thousand dollars for himself, ten thou- d for his wife, and ten thousand for each of his or his adopted children. iet an over tnis . . . . i i r i. ct.t nmownt oe taKen irom mm, nu piaueu iu w uio Treasury, for public usa , l he law to oe prospect ive, Of course, and not retrospective. If it oe asked why the mischievous consequences attributed to free suffrage havennot shown themselves' in those States in which it has been adopted ? I answer that some f them have already appeared, and thatthe injuri ng effects of a bad system of government arc always slow in developing themselves. Individuals use ar dent spirits frequently for years, without any bad effects being visible ; but, sooner or later, if used to excess, the damage to estate, body and soul will be done. Neither Col. Heid, nor any one else, so far as I have heard, complains that any wrong has been done in consequence of freehold suffrage, and I think he is very uselessly employed in patching a hew gar ment that has no hole in it. Remember, people of North Carolina, the famous epitaph on the man who, like Col. Reid, insisted on taking physic although in good health : 'I. was well, and wished to be better ; I took physic, and Here nm I." A DEMOCRATIC FREEHOLDER- DAVID S. REID KEEP IT UEFOR'E THE PEUPLE I That with all his pretended affection lor the poor, now that lie wants their votes, and with all his pretended opposiiioryo land qualifications for Sou ate voters, he nevertheless thinks that no man ouhl to be a member of the House of Vommons, unless he oicns ONE HUNDRED ACRES OF LAND That he thinks no roan ought to goto the Sen ale, unless he owns THREE HUNDRED A CUES OF LAND That he thinks no man should, be Governor, unless he owns a fredhold in lands above the value of ONE THOUSAND POUNDS. And these opinions Mr. Reid avowed in bis speech in the town of Newbernand in Washing ton. ' KEEP IT BEFORE THE rtfOPLE That Mr. Reid in Id 10 voted in the Senate against repealing the old odious law the1 4 relict of aris tocracy' for selling poor white men into bon dage.' (See Senate Journal 1840-1, page 283 ) KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE That Mr. Reid has started this question of altering the constitution, as a mere hobby and humbug, a. trick to deceive the people and catch votes. He was in the Legislature six year?, and never said any thing about it ; and should he be elected Gover nor, he could not alter the constitution that must be done by the Legislature. The Whig doctrine is, let, the people when they want a change, instruct their Representatives, and they will vote to change the constitution, and give more rights to the people than Mr. Reid thiuks they ought to have. North Slate Whig. iir,.-. . i us a tci y easy ouuer 10 5?SX .?Who are 10 8fet employment nd mon L?JJhtb.' 11 18 t0 adtanUfrt of the Stat to rarforu frJSt rt?3 tWitbal to w come ou ot io.eir pocKet. vdiV.f ,to ta -wonderful Jhat.men of tense and discretion nnU :.v i . , . '2SS'?6Jw'T; h 1Us P hen,atth ;3S3P y ?y credit him with a quart t ew year?, to thp aholition of OUR MEETING. On last Tuesday evening, the Whigs of Anson held a meeting in the Court House, for the pur pose set torth in the proceedings which will be found in anohcr column. It was hastily gotten up, in pursuance of a suggestion mad in the Ar gus of that day: still the meeting was large and enthusiastic. Speeches were delivered by Dr. W. L Terry, John W. Cameron, Sanders M. In gram and Col. V. L.Steele, in the order in which their names occur; and the hearty applause with which their remarks were received, fully evinced the deep interest of the spectators in the topics dis cussed. Henry Clay was the first choice of the Ls of Anson ; but Gen. Taylor having receiv ed the nomination of the National Convention, will receive their hearty and unanimous support. Of .his principles, as set forthin his Allison Let- ter, they alt approve : ana wun me consiuuiion for his platform and those principles inscribed on bis banner, they feel pertectly connueni mat ne Will administer the Government according to the usage of the early Presidents of the Republic. To the remarks ot Mr.. Ingram tne meeting lis tened with great interest. He was one nl the soldiers taken from Gen. Taylor and transferred to the command of Gen. Scott after the capture of Monicrev. He declared that Gen. Taylor was a good Whig, as honest a man, and as good a gen eral as ever lived. Plain in his habits, and kind in his manners all the soldiers love hitn as a fa ther : and those who were taken from him by the orders of the department, to be transferred to an other command, wept like children when they left him. Nor were the eyes of the old hero him self entirely tlry upon the occasion., He bade them an affectionate adieu; and wished that they might cover themselves with laurels and their country wiih glory, under the lead of the gallant chieftain whose banner they were to follow. In the course of bis remarks, Mr. Ingram spoke of k part of the country which we have received firoU. Mexico tits barren wastes, its 'salt marsh es, ana its sickening, nauseous water. The soldiers cursed James K- Polk, and the war, and the water, and the whole fax,' Upon the whole he declared it to be the meanest country he had ever seen. i The meeting passed off pleasantly, and all who were in attendance were hiffhlv irra'tified hv tha. proceedings iV. C. Argus. Alabama. A large and enthusiastic Whig meeting was held at Mobile on Saturday week, to ratify the Whig nominations for the offices o President and Vice President. The Hon. S. S. Prentiss, Balie Peyton, and Judge Hopkins ad dressed the meeting, and resolutions ed. pledging a cordial and zealous support to the nominees, hailing thein-as a guaranty of success and thr harbinger of incalculable" good to our country" -; -- - A Stbong Sign ! We heard it yesterday up on the street, and in a form which assured us of truth, that Mr. Ste venson, the President of the Baimore Convention, gives up that Van Buren uiU8t.be the . next President. Accbisding to his gUmpsea of the future, Cass and Taylor stand no chance. Ve entirely sgreewith him as to Cass: he rXJ Piobab,y not 6et a" electoral vote but as to Old Zache need give-himself no uneasiness, the very fact that Cass is substantially with drawn, will give Taylor every Southern State and he .w cwiain of a majority of t hi Northern and Western. Kicfonond Whi". K From the Rtttherfordton Riuataineer, July 2 . THE DISCUSSIQN; -T Oir-Saturday jast the two Csndidatea for Got nor addressed tha people of Raherford Cottiity in this place. At the hour appointed, , the Court House was filled o overflowing. Tue bone and staew" of the County turned out in large putn bers, and were honored Jdthjrreseiicr number of the iak ie Whesfparkling eyct i fmca nvr fAil'to frive discussions iof Ihia kind an additional ihfWf . epoke fortwo hours and a ;haJI laboured hard to justify his party in s they did. Ite de. ied that Air. Polk commenced war with-Mexico without the sanction of Coigress i and by special pleading3 attempted to sbft the responsibility to the shoulders of Qld Za. He spoke at length "on his favorite' hobby ffee suffrtgow and endea vored to prove, the onif two points which he ......rio k a a 1 1 m'a n a r a I r natu re ea u al. and to at ASJ (Suva iuuu wwH ' ; , v I vriunor men are leaving the State because itjiey 4 ha?e not fifty acres of ?pd to entiUe them to vote for the Senate. He itacked the actiou.of the last Legislature in re-listricting the State?-tod declared it to be thepolicy of-jthe Democratic party, if they get mjiority in Ufe next Legtsla ture, to restore the district fW ff i-. , so as t6 give to that pW a' majority oi me resentatives in Congfess from this StateWe were pleased with Ojl. Reid he is a man of tal ents courteous aQd ientlemanly in debate; and manages a bad caaseTtery adroitly. Mr. Manly repliedand for twoiioura and a half, by hts dignified appearance, burning elo quence, lucid arguments, and numerous welUold and appropriate anecdotes, delighted aud instruc ed his audience. t ' m - " . ' Heshowed that the war vrith, Mexico was both unjust 8 nd unconstitutional -ThrtthePre'sident, while Congress was in session, without consult ing the War making power, marched oui" army into territory, to which many democrats have ad mitted we had no title; and which to Bay the least, was disputed, thereby involving us in a war which might have been avoided by proper negv tiations on the part of the President.' That in the prosecution of this war, we had involved our country in a debt of One hundred and fifty mill ions of dollars ; lost in battle and by disease in the unhealthily clime of Mexico, twenty-five thousand men, and left thousands of fathers, mothers, widows and orphans, with bleeding hearts, to mourn the premature death of their sons, fathers a& husbands, whose bones have been left to whiten and enrich the plains of Mex ico. He called on Mr. Reid to tell hinThow this debt was to be paid ; but it was like " calling spir its from the vasty deep," he ueither could or did give any answer. On the qirestion of 4Free Suffrage," Mr. M. argued that Mr. Reid might as well say that peo ple were leaving the State, because they had not a sufficient quantity of land tiVeniiile them to a 6eat in either house of the Legislature, as to say they left the State because they were not allow ed to vote for benator. Those who loft the State were men of wealth, and could make more mon ey in the West. He showed, that Mr. Reid, by the change which he advocated in the Constitu tion, did not accomplish what he proposed ; and that it was a mere vote catcher, gotten up on the eve of an election to induce the public to believe that he was a great lover of the " dear people. By our Constitution we have 50 Senatorial dis tricts in the State, laid off according to taxation ; that is if one county pays, say $500 tax, she is entitled to a Senator, and if two, three or four counties pay but the same amount, they are en titled tobut one Senator jointly. This Mr. Reid does not propose to change, but simply to allow every man to vote for Senator. JNuw to show the utter absurdity of this proposition, take for instance the county of Hertford, which has about 500 voters, and the district composed of Ruther ford, Cleavland and Polk, which has about 200 voters, or the Morganton district, composed of McDowell, Burke, Caldweland Wilke -which has about 4000 voters, and give them all a vote in the Senate, without changing the districts, and you make one man in Hertford equal to five in the Rutherford district, or eight iu the Morganton district. 1 his is the way by which Mr. Reid ex pects to make every man equal! He dare not advocate a change of the districts for fear of the Gist, but he expects to throw dust in the eyes of the people of the West by false professions of love. Mr. M. thought that this qestion ought not to be agitated on the eve of an election ; that we had lived under our Constitution for a number of years, without experiencing any practical ills, and argued that it was wrong to make innovations on our Constitution for mere theory, without accom plishing some good. That we should wait untjl we experienced some evil, and the public mind bad settled upon a remedy that would effect the purpose which they desired, and then he too was for a change. But until then, he was for letting it stand as it was. He did not view it as a, party measure; the Constitution waathe property of the whole Slate aud should be, acted on with great caution by all. y ... It is impossible for us to do justice to Mr. Man ly 's effort in this place. We have listened to many speakers, both Whig and Democrat, and as a popular orator, Mr. Manly is tar ahead of any to which we have listened. He has won for him self golden opinions in this county, which, will tell in August next. The debate was conducted throughout by both candidates with the utmost courtesy and good feeling towardateach other. Col. Reid showed himself an able advocate of a bad Cause, and in the private circles, a man, that even with his no lit inn I I r nilgai uppuucuiB, cu coiomanu. respect. We are certain the Democrats have not made any votes in this part of the State on the ' Free Suffrage" question the Whigs understand w!iy it has been raised at this time, aBd know too well what little faith is to be placed on Demwrati. pledges. What, has the Governor's election to do with that question at most he can but re commend it to the Legislature. If the people really desire the change proposed by Col. Reid, they ; have but to elect members e the Letnsla' ture pledged to that measure, and if they get the esituioual .majority we cateiwst for the epin umi either of Mr: Manly or Cel. Reid-the consti tution will be amended. Let the Whigs not on ly in this County but throughout the State bf wareand not. suffer themselves to be humbua ed, but vote &r Charles Manly "4 A CHANCE FOR TEACHERS. Young men in all carts of the United Stab wk have received a, good English education, and whoarr ftrustnm pA tn teurh will lr : i - : .ww., nu (EWHIB liUVl luauUil TP SUCH they can turn to thefir. advantage, by apply ine im- Uj icktci, yost paw, to OX IS13, XNew York Post Office. Applicants mult remember, how, ever, to send respectable references, without which, no communication "will be attended to. The refer ences ought to be to persons interesteiria education. Those who wish to Avail themselves tuuity to obtain a respectable livelihced, will do fwelt . 7. c ""cutey, s many or tne best situations in different part of th Union are beint filled up, nrjr fyf'KvnmymStox New York PoS Office. Editors are requested tocopy this pararraph, and thus point out to thousands of youngmen now "vv""a vutxujuivui) wuerv to nnq it.- . New Tdrh herald. t "V .1 a Pttt FAiB.-udge Thbma of Worcester, b!? "?b,e t0 W4 b jtize del B( r ucnourg, as an invited gaeax, rent the folowtntr toast : - - The only iolerabUform fHriT, one woman boldacaptive one man-inlwhichThe : CONGRESS. rA a r ; i ihm Snate. on July 21. on motion of Mr. Athertbn, the naval appropriation oill waasgainl Uken up. and a debate ensuea on muwu uy r. Lewis to reconsider the vote by which the amend, ments of Mr. NHes was adopted. After some de bate the bill was passed, and the Senate adjourn- ed. . In the House of Representatives, the conside ration of the motion to reconsider the vote by which the House yesterday rejected the General Appropriation Bill, was resumed and Mr. Cobb of Georsia, moved to reconsider the vote.by which the bill was ordered tcr be engrossed, and deman ded tie previous question pending the conside ration of which the, House adjourned, ; ,1. In the Senate, on July 23, on motion of Mr. Clayton, the biU to establish the territorial govern. meitVof Oregbn. Califori. and New Mexico, was taken up and Mr Clayton addressed the Senate, and fter several others had participated in the debate, the Senate by yeas and nays 29 to 2L decided to adjourn. Adjourned accordingly. The House of Representatives. proceeded to the consideration of the bills and reeolutionarom the Senate upon the Speaker's' table, and several were read the first and second time, and refer- eruo iTmise then resumed the consideration of consider the vote on ordering the said bill-to ber engrossed, yesterday made by Mr. Cobb, of Georgiawhen Mr. uungman movea to lav the fliotiou to reconsider on tne lame, wnicn last, motion was decided in me amrmaiuc, vv trt ft. . The bill was then passed, (including the pro vision of $50,000 for the improvement of Savan nah river) 103 to 76, and sent to the Senate. Adjourned. The Senate on July 24, was all day dis cussing the Territory Bill of Mr. Clayton, and adjourned without concluding the debate. In the House of Representatives, a resolution was offered, and adopted by a large majority, after some debate, providing forthe terminating olthe session of Congress on the 7th of August. A message.was received from the President ot the United States, in answer to a call for infor mation respecting the boundary of the territory to be acquired from Mexico, and also in relation to the establishment of Civil governments in Cali fornia and New Mexico. Mr. Cobb moved that the message and docu ments be printed, and that 10,000 extra copies be printed for the use of members. This motion gave rise to a spirited debate, which was participated in by Messrs. Cobb, Hil liard, Birdsall, Duncan of Kentucky, and Vinton. The message -and documents were ordered to be printed, and tWte subject was made the order of the day for Thursday next. ' Ou motion the House then adjourned. Con tijmtidence of the Ntm York Express. Washington, July 19. IMPORTANT TESTIMONY LEWIS CASS AND HENRY A. WISE. Henry A. Wise who is zealously engaged in the support of Lewis Cass for the next President and who is one of the Cass Electors for the State of Virginia, was one of the most conspicuous members of the twenty-fourth Congress. Volume 3, Report, 194, page 15, contains the following testimony of Henry A. Wise, given on Friday,' January 27, 1837, 10 o'clock A. M. in an swer to the following oath : You do solemnly swear that the evidence you shall give touching the subjects of investigation of this Committee shall be the truth, tne wno:etrutn and nothing but the truth, so help you God." EXAMINATION OF MR. WISE. In the presence of Messrs. Campbell, Ilanne- mm mm i.l 1 l I J gan, juann, juumenoerg, omciair, rams, ana Pearce. Questions by Mr. Mann to Mr. Wise Do you of yoftr own knowledge know of any act by either of the beads of the LIxecutive department wnicn is either corrupt, or a violation of their official du ties 1 - To which Mr. Wise answered as follows : I believe that Lewis Cass, Secretary of War, was engaged in speculating in the public lands whilst Secretary of War ; that he made exhor. bitant allowances to favourites; paid one for ser vices never' performed ; another, after he had full knowledge that favorite had forged his official signature ; permitted commissions under him to be ante-dated, and has ordered a treasury warrant to be paid to the assignee of a' disbursing officer, whp had gambled it away after it had been pro tested by a denosite bank, and was countermand ed by, the Secretary of the Treasury ;and to have been guilty of several other acts ot violation ot duty." If Henrv A. Wise of ltkw does not answer, Henry A. Wise of 1848, and the Henry A. Wise of 1840 the Henry A. Wise of 1848, then there is no power of response. After the extract, one may say, ' out of thine own mouth I will condemn thee, thou wicked servant.' On his oath, kis sing the bible as he uttered it, and framing the oath for. himself, he pronounces Lewis Cass false as a man, false to his Government and Country. This faithless man henow pronounces fit for the Presidency. Comment is waste of breath in so plain a case. E B. A VETERAN NEGRO. We are much interested in the history of ihe adventures of a negro man, who has lately return- from Mexico, as related to us by the most accomplished officer Lieutenant Rains, of the U. S. Engineer Corps. Sandy has had the singu lar fortune for a negro, to have been at his own earnest solicitation, in nearly all' the battles in Mexico, he was at Corpus Chnsti during the en campment of ourarmy at that place, and marched with the column to the Rio Grande. In some of bis peregrinations around Fort Brown, Jie was captured by the Mexicans after a stout resistance and thus became the first prisoner in the . war with Mexico. The Mexicans took Sandy to Matamoras, and treated him " with the most dis tinguished consideration," and finally offered him a Lieutertancy in the Mexican army, which lie indignantly declined, and escaping in the skiff, joined. his master, Major Rams, and was present at the bombardment of Fort Brown. By solicits tion, Sandy was allowed to join the army at Vera Crux and was present throughout the siege. He was again at the battle of Cerro Gordo, and join ing his master's brother, Lieut. Rains, at Puebla he marched with the army into the valley of Mex ico, and was present in every battle before the capital being always near to render-assistance to his master in case he should require it. No one in the whole army appeared to enjoy tile suc cesses of our arms with more enthusiasm, and rfb one maintained a more uniformly gallant devo tion to hie duty and charge than the, negro, San dy. Having been with the awny since his thild hood, he well deserves the title of the veteran negro. New Orleans paper. ITEMS OF NE WS. O The citizens of. Warren County, have made arrangements for a suitable reception of Col. Braxton Bragg and the returned ' Volunteers of that County frorn the Mexican War, and to ten. der to them a public entertainment on the 8th day of August or on such other day as may suit their convenience. O" Ex-Governor Shunk, who recently resign, ed the Gubernatorial Chair of Pennsylvania, on account of ill health, died at Harris burg, ou the 21st iost. NORTH CAROLINA VOLUNTEERS. We learn from the Norfolk papers, that two Companies of the North Carolina Regiment, of J (with L'ts M astern and Stubblefleld) and Compa oy B,' Capt Singleton, (with L'ts Daniel and Webb) under the command of Major Stokes, arri- J Tally-Ho, from Brazos .Santiago whence she sailed on the evening of the Sdinst Capt. R. J. MitchellAsst Quartermaster, and Capt. S. P. Tipton, N.-C. Regiment, also arrived on the Tal ly ho. Two companies of the same Regiment were left at -Brazos, but it . was expected they would embark on the 5th for Smith ville, N C. Six companies Udde Col, Paine had sailed on 1st July for NewrlSafis, but with the two left Brazos, they fvouldaii for Smithville for muster and discharge from service. -The two first, nam ed companies were discHarged from service at Old Point Comfort by CoL Walbach. . The U. S. Schr. Heroine from Brazos Santia go with "A and E" Companies of the N. Caroli na Regiment. Officers L't Col. Fagg. Surgeon Cobb ; Capfii. Duggan Jri&Buck ; L'tsMcCarrol Bollock and Pitt, also arrived at Old Point on Saturday afternoon last. The troops by the Tally-Ho are re good health and fine spirits. Correspondence of the Charleston Courier. New Orleans, July 13. Five companies ot the North Carolina volun teers left here last Monday for Wilmington. They are in good health, and anxious to get home. Gen. Taylor went up to see them on Friday at their Uatup at uarroltou, six mnes aoove in is .place. He was warmly received, all crowding around him to get a word from bis lips, or a grasp from his hand. Tire re is much discontent among all the returning volunteers, .they not being able to get their discharge here as many had the in teution of settling in the West, and others could reach their homes with much more facility, from this place, "than from the point where they will be disembarked. NORTH CAROLINA REGIMENT. The line boat from Charleston announced yes terday morning, that the Barque Yarmouth was lying on the JViain Bar and would reach the Gar ison at eleven o'clock, A. M. She had on board six companies of our Regiment, (viz.) C. D. H. F. I. & K. In one hour after she touches the wharf, it is supposed that the troops wifl be dis embarked to stand once more on our peaceful shores. Wilmington Review, July 2b. Death of the Hon. Ebenezeb Pettigrew. The "Ncf folk Argus" pays the following jusi tribute to the character of this gentleman, whose death we announced last week : It is with painful regret that we announce the death of Hon. Ebenezer Pettigrew of Lake Scup pernong, North Carolina: We learn that he died suddenly at his residence in Tyrrel county ou Saturday last, in the sixty-third year of his age Mr. Pettigrew was a member of the 134th Con gress, from the Edgecombe District, having re luctantly consented to become a candidate in op position to Dr. Hall. He served his constituents with fidelity and ability during tne term tor which he had been elected, after which time, he vol untarily retired from public life to return to his favourite pursuits of agriculture. He was a grad uate of the University of North Carolina, a gen tleman of well cultivated mind, of the most acute sensibility, of the highest seuse of honor, and in all the relations of life a model for imitation. Ileyas a very efficient and useful citizen in the community in which he lived, and one of the most practical and successful planters in the South ern country." Is. Land and Negroes for Sale! BEING Tery desirous of leaving this State, 1 now offer for sale the TRACT OF LAN D on which 1 now reside, containing by estimation, 1300 acres, and sit uated in the County of Halifax, with the - Raleigh and Gaston Rail Road on one side, and the River Roanoke on the opposite combining the advantages of transportation by the River and Road, and iu a few hours run ou the Rail Road to Petersburg- or Raleigh having Gaston in 5 miles and Littleton Depot the same distance. The Dwelling House is in a mile and a half of the Rail Road. The subscriber deems it unnecessary to go into a description of the many advantages and inducements held out to per sons desirous of owning such property. He requests that any person desirous of owning such property, will call and look at it ; and he can confidently say that it eombiaea as many comforts and advantages as any place in the country j, and is kuown as one of ihe healtest places in that Section of the State. If the a bove described Land is not sohjjkgfore the 1st day of November, it will then be pu'l -publicly, and sold without reserve, at which .itns the Subscriber pro poses to sell from 15 to 18' Valuable Slaves, mostly house servants. They will be sold in families, as I am not disposed tovioU.te the laws of humanity, by selling or separating children from their parents. f 7 K. 11. MOSBY ,ihrT, i Most BrlHiant TOR Attorn. J. w. AUus tUr. . - Class CE. io ne drawn at AUl 'W of An "tO s of fii7S V-iOpriofST .mlrLotter -Orders for T;i,. QumLI Pkaffes in.Kru 'Sh, each draw a . uuoi and ported lu lderof whole ticket i pK $38,000, sold by i'urcell. IMAGERS OFM r IM I r n I llftiN I IIAUW" I lli.B U'J a. f THE BSIUJA.Vr fS SOU) IN I won,.' Dr.numbe.f, gW Office and'eule. W have Uie on our CounanoAcrS -being the Urgrrf ri the last 10 years. Weoffe, idence of the success and teries. over all other, andi Twfic pT1,'sisl Ih0 followinz list ofBW Agency in the last 60 da Whole Ticket 21 ii J Whole 3 46 57.S5.0M.. Quarter 2 2 6 65, 15,1)00:01 quarter 19 41 60.2 50ft. wuTM Half 32 50 59,5,000; (TJl Quarter 37 44 71, 5,000, -X ogt-uier wim numeroug ibhIl 1000, 500, &c,have been S Some of them n.'ro arvl,l -.l , " """ "menial agers for want of purehir.l5 prixe will amount to more mJb zea sold by any other manMZ. J n ik; r:. xr . " ... w.,o ss.ij. ? e cau parUcttk.,' lowing Brilliant Scheme, to and for large prizes and prompt Jj D.PiS Or C. W. PHifM SCHEMES, F01 III .. U. PAINE & CO.. Mu Grand Consolidated Lotien.fi.' drawn at Baltimnm MJ ..J - , M 1848. 76 .Numbers, . 13 imJ 1 of $40,000, 1 20,000,1 a? 5,000, 1 4,005,20 1000. () Tickets StO, halves 5. '! A Certificate of wholes, $li)M Halifax Couuty, 1848. 57 tf. Hard to choose The Locos haVe bow the choice between Cass and Van a re n, and it makce verylittle difference which they vote for. They are in a situation of the traveller at the cross roads: . Stranger, which is the way to -villager There' two roads,! responded .the elbw- Well which iribbejvt !' - Aint much differ ence ; both on 'em very bad. Take which you will, afore you' ve got half war you'll wwb you'd took Vother Lauds to give away, TO MEN; WOMEN AND CHILDREN. THE Undersigned baying been a citizen of Ar kansas for twenty years, with a thorough knowl edge of Ihe whole State, proposes to select, for those who may wish his services, in -taking up lands, the State is now donating to settlers, upon the following terms; Any persou iuclosiuer me fifteen dollars, wiih the names of the persons to whom the deed is to be made, 'I wW select the laud, procure the deed from the Auditor, have it Recorded in the County where the land is situated with a rough sketch plot of the land, the growth tof limber on it, &c., for each tract of one hundred and sixty acres, and forward the deed to the donee, without delay, r? v - Reft to - Gov. Tbos. S. Drew, . " Hon. Win, S, Oldham, Judge Supreme C'rt, D. B. Greer, "Secretary of State, Gen. Sam'l Adams, Treasurer of the State, Gen. E. N. Conway, AuditoPublic Ac'cts, Hon. R. W. Johnson, Rep; ia Congress. ' . ' . JOHN K. TAYLOR. IjIttle KockArkkjsas, ; June 9,1848. ; t v J 51 ta$I0 Petition for Divorce. . CAN IT BE SO ? Major Lewis Cass, Jr U. S. A-, is said to be not on good, terms with his father. It is supposed by some that he will come out for Old Rough and Read v. late of North Carolina. Boncohsb County. Superior Caurt of Lhw. Soriiff Term. - - - - Eliza White, Vfuliara White. Upcm the return of the Sheriff, that the defendant cannot be loandi and oroclamation bavins baed Dnb- I Jicly made t the door of theCpurt House for the de isuuauv to appearand answer as commanded by the subpoBhS i Therefore ordered bf Court, that publica tion be made in the Hiehlaad Mesaenffer. ouWislied at Asheyille, and the Raleigh, Register,: published at Raleigb, for three, months requiring ot the defendant u oe ana appear at tbe next 1 erm of Ibis Court to be held at the Court House in AsbevHle,n the 2d Mon day after the 4th Monday in September next, or that judgment will be taken against himjuo confsso, and, the petition heard.; -r-. -4f .. ; Witness, J. H. Coleman, Clerk of oar said Court at office, the 2d Monday after the 4th Monday in Alareb, A. D. 1848. J. H. COLEMAN, ClTt. July 13, W48. PrV fee $6 62J 57 3ai 35,000. ISia 7S Number Lottery 20 Dm: Urand Consolidated Lotlerj Qs' drawn at Baltimore, MJ.ou Siba 1818. 1 D. PAINE & CO. JUL BCHElCl 78 Numbers, SO im 1 prize $.35,000, 1 of 15,009,1 o aoA ma inn t.n inn td 1 5 of 400. Or 1st and Sod Mi 5th 6th 8, 7th 8th 6, 9th lOtUIl 14th. 15th 16th ,17th fym 3 52-100. ($3 net.) $j Tickets only $iO,iftirVM mmn nnnr f- ciii sPluU.UvU IU ilVl Grand Consolidated Lotterj,Qi drawn in the City of Ballimort, 1 Aucust 19th, 1818. D. PALNE &C0.MM KUHEML I ... tlf 75 IV o., IZUriwass. 5 nrrzes or S20.000 are 15,000, 5 of 1 ,750 are 8,780, S" t 20 of 2,000 are 20,000. Tickets 10. shares in proport a package of wholes $130, W'S eighths 16. Grand Consolidated .Lotler?,M drawn at Baltimore, Md. oaW. D. PAINE $ C0n W SCHEME J 78 Numbers, 15 dnj 1 prize of $50,000 is $5001 15,681 80-100, I of 10,000 WM 000, 5 of 2,000 10,00, 40 of W 25,000. Tickets f?l5, HlvV A Certificate of wholes lS For Grand prizes be particular Sale of Taluable fTp Y virtue of an order of yrpWranville County, I! bidOeron Monday, the on the premise, those "'.l the heirs of the late DaiiA JJ Hester Lands, situate snd IJ North Fork Creek, about J Town of O i ford. whicB Tracts or parcels, according Tract.) adjoining tbeuuwUJ Drucilla Hester, Ooe TnrtJfJ about 200 are in woods, e"J which are wettv .good impwn of 333 acres, called the Benn ing the lands oi k. w. . OOUl u acres oi " - , oao acres, ner,j " ... oj of R. N. Herndon.snd Pol Ji 2664 acres, all woodland, igg W..Hni.lAn and Henr p9.. Tract of 37 1 acres, the woods, called the Frank H"J lands of Abraham Slaoght' These Uhds are alt OJ Jf them are considered JJV A TheternosofsalefH upon BoM with good dofsaleheutle to be rets , of the purchase money. Persons wishing to purdj" pewy,arererdioKica OakHiU,foraayfurthe 'gK rwuSred. THO. B. UHI , Oxford, Jane 8 3. . and ig tra,snpernuc, -rice, Jr1 tfd Wheal, at reduced rJj or. ART .OROVb-JJaH rnesiicTemPer.Ni;R.3r Just rrceied at July U.