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V.." SI 0 C0MMU.N!CAT10jN$; . Svithmsu). Sept 27, 1848. v r,tn." fhm first meeting of our Electors. Messrs. Mixxsaand Bosbes, came off on yesterday Mr. Miller, representing Mr, Washington, tad Mr. Basbee in place of Mr. Stevenson. Whether Candidate was "ovehatched,, on the occasion, may safely be left to any intelligent Democrat, who Jiatened to that discussion, always Excepting the re S otter of tfie Standard. He will too doubt feel it ne to the party abroad, to keep up their spirits, by a glowing account of the convincing, arguments, chaste wit, graceful elocution. nd sweetness of tem per, which characterized the masterly effort of the fortunate man, who was to 0vermatch Henry W. "Miller; It may be a pleasant dream, which should aot.be disturbed by any good-tempered, and kind hearted man. The Whigs here, are not malicious enonghjto row over the affair. They are willing that their friends, the Locos, should have all the consola tion they con extract from this discussion. They are even so liberal as to hope that the account which somebody will prepare, of course, for the Standard, far foreign consumption, rosy not cause4 them to blush,' and be unmercifuliy jeered, by some fun pro Yoking, laughter-loving, unruly Whig, whom it may be difficult to control. If the Democrats are satisfied, let them smile on; we have not the heart to plant wrinkles on the faces of men, who are capable of such exalted heroism. But the Whigs, in a quiet iray and among themselves, when they can hurt no body's feelings, cannot conceal their heartfelt jey, at What they consider the immeasurable superiority of him, Whom the Whigs have chosen to carry their standard, for the Metropolitan District. Mr. Mil ler is well-known among us. With hiseffortsat tie Bar, we have long been familiar. We have some times listened to his political speeches; but never Lave we -heard from himself, nor from any body else, a better speech than his address of two hours, to our Tjeonle Yesterday. He tore up the Baltimore Platform, plank after plank, until Gen. Cass found himself standing where the Irish culprit found himself dancing, one day. "on nothing?' And when he rehearsed the servi ces of Gen. Taylor, his self-denial, his noble traits Of character, his manliness, his broad honesty, his incorruptible fidelity, his humanity, his heroism on the battle-field, and the still more glorious though patient heroism, with which he bore the buffetings of the enemy in his rear, the heart of the speaker swelled, until it burst out with one of the most deep- j toned, eloquent and affecting eulogies, on that glo rious old Soldier, that ever sunk into the bosoms, or waked tears in the eyes of an assemblage like that. The heart of our people is with Gen. Taylor, and that small criticism of his letters which would prove him abolitionist in principle, or politically dishonest in practice, finds no echo in the public heart. . We know be cannot be unsound on the subject of Slave ry, by whatever specious logic it may be attempted to be proved. And when he is pronounced dishon est, either personally or politically, our hearts in stinctively give it the lie, and they are seldom wrong. Prove what you please by captious logic and mi nute criticism does any body in this country jbe lieve can they be made to believe can even party drill force thorn to assert, that Gen. Taylor, liviug in the Sugjusgrowing State of Louisiana, and own ing two or three hundred slaves, cannot betrusted u slavery 1 And that the South must rather ihrow itself into the arms of Lewis Caps, who was bcrn in' New Hampshire, and living now and for many years in a State still farther North ; who boasts that " he never owned a slave and that he never will f who has always felt slavery to be a cvrse, and has often pronounced it such and who, in his last confession of faith, is in favor.of leaving the question of slave ry to the u habitants" of the Mexican territory, be cause they will never establish iM Tell this not in Oath ! Gen. Cass may profess as much love for the South ay he pleases ; he may vow and protest until he is blue. He ia no friend to the South and nev er has been, except so far as he can use it. Another 'Northern man with Southern principles" which implies treason to the land of his birth, and to the principles in which he has been educated ; and which he has only forsworn and cast off, within a few short months, like old clothes. Let a man among us talk about being a Southern man with Northern princi ples! how would it sound in our ears? He is no son of ours, we would say ; but a bastard and a renegade. But I have wandered from the debate between Messrs. Miller and Busbee and it is is well enough for you will have them next week, I suppose, when ?rou can judge for yourself. And if our friend Mil er, makes the Whigs of Wake County feel as hap py and buoyant as we do, at the result of the encoun ter, they will have glory enough for one day that's all. r ours, etc. l . FOR THE REG1STT. Ma. Editor? The recent events that have so feaY fully .agitated unhappy France, have conspired to render the name of Lamartine first among those phi lanthropists who have so boldly endeavored to dis enthrall their native land. He has long been known to the readers of French literature, as a most felici tons Poet, and his recently published "History of the Girondms 7 will doubtless entitle him to a place among the great masters of his calling. The follow ing beautiful poem was published in the "Louisville Journal," some two years since, and was prefac ed by a flattering commendation by that Editor. trust, Mr. Editor, that in this time of high politica' excitement, this selection will prove acceptable at least to the female portion of your readers. Iv. LONELINESS. A Poetic Meditation. Translated from Lamartine. Beneath the oak tree's shade, the mountain's crown At eve's mild hour, I sit, in sadness, down, . ' And gate upon the fields, a picture sweet, Unrolled, in varied beauty at my feet. There flows the river, with its foaming wave, There creeps, there hides within a rocky cave ; A brighter stream, with waves of milk-white hue, Rolls by the golden stars, which light the heavens of blue. Upon the mountain's top and wooded sides, Twilight's last ray, in tranquil beauty glides ; Night's gleaming chariot rises o'er the night, And gilds the horiton's edge with mellow light ; While from the Gothic spire, like spirits spriuging, The soft tones of the evening chimes are ringing : . The traveller listens as the village bell With day's last murmurs blends, and sounds the partine knell. Beauty is spread around ; yet my dimmed eye Sees nought to charm the soul in earth or sky For earth is but a shadow oa the wave, And suns warm not the coldness of the grave. In vain, the spirit casts wild glances forth, ' Sweeping from east to west, from south to north ; Upon her darkness breaks no beam of light, Nor flashes in the sky, angelic pinion bright. CotUge and palace mountain, vale, and sea ! The charm is gone that made yon dear to me The breathing spirit of the rock, the wood, The stream, has flown all is solitude ! With eye unkjndled, -gazing on the sun I see his burning steeds their courses run The clear blue sky the blackening cloud' I see, Wrapt in a gloomy shroud; they're both alike to me ! O ! could I mount to where thm jn Earth's plains of green and deserts far below Though caring nought for all the day-beams gild; 1 he boundless riches with which earth is filled Yet, far beyond the boundaries of his sphere, Celestial tones might strike the spirit's ear, Another sun shina bright upon her eye, , All or me left behind save that which cannot die ! Then wmld my longing spirit rUe above; wkope reviving, and rekindled love? v Twhed with joy and buretog with a flame, i Which all have felt, yet none could ever name ! ay can I not on mornings chariot rise, to?66 thrWue Tu1 &d seek my native skies ThlSF'?? chained PbJes here remain, Throbbing oUscordant in this world of paSt - When autWsleaf falls withered from the trees. Borne en the whispering zephyr. slowW Aaa I am like the leaf a ;th . ' TO THE REGISTER. "A CAtt. JJfON THE NOXTH CaROUMA pl.KGiTION IS GoNOftESS OR UPON S0M8T l OF THEM f OR SM TANCEM W'Uf MAY KRHAM BE REGARDED AS SMALL MATTER, i What is wanted beyond almost everything else ia the agriculture of North Carolina Is a good grass to cover the old fields; even the poorest of them, and fur nish food during tbesummer for any amount or stock that may be placed upon . them. The grasses that are cultivated in Europe and the Northern States of the Union, clover, timothy, herds grass and the rest require a cooler and more humid climate than ours and a moist soil Someof them are killed out and perish altogether under the burning sun of the re gion lying between ine paranoia vi especially when there is a dry summer. The result is, that the fields that are thrown out, are aoou over run with broom grass, in which even if the cattle Would eat it, there is very little nourishment. In the island of Jamaica, it is said that they have excellent beef, in consequence of the introduction of a grasafrom Africa, known by the name of Guinea frnsa. That is too tender to bear a Carolina winter, have long hoped, that by searching the whole of the two zones, North and South of the equator, which correspond in climate to North Carolina, and which of course would not be far from the parallel of 35, some one or more grasses might be found, which would be exactly suited to our wants, and an swer the same purpose that the Guinea grass does, in the West ludies. VVhether it would be New Mexico, or California, or China, or Thibet, or Per sia, or the corresponding countries in the Southern hemisphere that would furnish it, might be uncerT tain but there was good ground for hope, that the desideratum would be supplied from some quarter The Buffaloe grass of the Great Desert, lying East of the Rocky Mountains, seemed to promise well, but I could find ho good popular account of it. it is mentioned in Kendall's Santa Fe expedition, s and that is all It must evidently be a very peculiar r vegtable, flourishing as it does, on those high ster ile and dry plains, over which the Buffaloe ranges, and affording substantial nourishment to so many thousands of that noble animaL The size and strength of the buffaloe, and his fatness inthe pro per season, all attest the excellence of the food, on wl.ioh lift live. What is that Buffaloe grass? Can it be introduced into North Carolina? May it not be hoped that it will flourish here even more luxuriantly than in its native son,jusis joe puiavu was for a Jong series of years produced in greater perfectiou iu Ireland than in any part of America? 1 had the olensure of receivme some little time . , - since, from the uonoraDie ivir. maugum, a wpj vi Emory's reconnoissnnce of New Mexico and Califor nia, ana nnaing inai u naa amongst uiuer mancio, some notices of the botany of the region he travers ed, I looked it over with great interest, and was gratified to find mention made in several places, oi the Buffaloe grass, and a pretty full botanical ac count of it from the pen of Professor lorrey, to whom Col Emory sent the specimens he had collec ted for examination illustrated also by a figure. It appears that the buffaloe grass was first fallen n with, at some distance west of the western boun dary of the states of Missouri and Arkansas, and near the border of what has sometimes been called the great American Desert and that it forms an impor tant part of the vegetation of that desert. It must be a very hardy grass in as much as it is not kill ed out either by the terrible droughts that some- imes occur in that region, or by the constant pas turage of the Buffaloe, nor does any other grass prove powerful enough to over master it and take its place. What sort of fight would then be betwixt it aud the broom-crass? It was perfectly dry and apparently dead from drought when Col. Emo ry passed, but let a rain come, and the whole country would again be green with it. And what kind of country was that? Let Col. Emory tell " The soil of the plains is a granitio sand inter mixed with the exuviae of animals and vegetable matter, supporting a scanty vegetation. The eye wanders in vain over these immense wastes in search of trees not one is to be seen. The principal growth is the buffaloe grass, cacti in endless variety, though diminutive, Yucca Angustifolia," Ace. The country where this grass flourishes, is in the latitude of North Carolina, but, is higher, colder, and drier. Kendall met with the grass repeatedly in passing from Texas to Santa Fe, (I write from memory and cannot tell how often he mentions it.) Santa Fe is almost exactly in the latitude of Ralaigh. I quote Dr Torrey's description of the buffaloe grass. "Sesleria? Dactylrides, Nutt. Upper part of the Arkansas. This is the celebrated "Buffaloe grass" so called, because it constitutes the chief fod der of the wild buffaloe during the season that it flourishes I have retained this plant for the pres ent, where it was placed by Mr. Nuttall, who notic ed its anomalous characters. It differs from Sesle- GENERAL WASHINGTON AND-GENE-! - onr-TAVinU; s - ; - THE ORANGE SENATOR. It will be seen from the following Circular to the Freeholders of Orange, that Mr. Waddell has re- ri-t.. .Li.. t n MQfnnhlftncA htwn ' Freeholders or denWaSGeJTiylor; iKeW.fc Pf BlSlqS the public mindv an ft, is - canting TQte of theShenff of Orange, in August last. .Lffr!r "E " .v. M Wuhln fa A new election will of curse be ordered by theGov- . i ; ' - r- 7 man hut General Tavlor has been thought , to poS sess. in any thing, the same extraordinary eharac cer. t v; -v- The following parallel, though hastily drawn, wilt shadow forth the reasons why General Taylor 'is thouo-ht to resemhln General Washington, for it al ludes only to matters familiar with all, but pbly General Washington, odcupied, as he waol itary matters, never ab.indwned-theduueSj;;noT lo8t the character of one of the best practical planters of Virginia. , . Gen. Taylor, although he has been in active milU tarv service for more than forty years is one of the most practical and successful farmers and planters in 1 Louisiana. When Gen. Washington was called upon to sign a death w tir n he was tilled w.th sorrow md could hardly control his pen. When the deserters of onr army, taken at Buena Vista, were announced to Gen. Taylor, he remark ed that blood enough had been already idied," and ordered that the wretches should be driven from our lines. Gen. Washington was distinguished for his strict temperance. Gen. Taylor never -drinks anything but water. Every oue under the command of Washington had the fullest reliance in his justice, and confidently ap plied to him when they thought they had been wrong ed or oppressed. Every soldier in Gen. Taylor's army, however humble, and in whatever difficulty, instantly looked to hira for redress. Gen Washington made it a personal matter to see that his prisoners were well treated and cared for. Gen Taylor gave to La Veg a letter tf credit, to use, if necess iry, while a prisoner of war, and dis tributed provisions at Buena Vista, among the fam ishing Mexicans, to beat his own expense if not sanc tioned by the government. Gen. Washington was seldom betrayed into' the exhibition of great emotions. Gen. Taylor, in a conversation with some gentle men, recently remarked that be had made it a study through life to control his feelings. Gen. Washington distinguished himself before he was thirty years of age, as a successful commander, on the frontier. Gen. Taylor, at the commencement of his milita ry life, fought against the Indians, and defended Fort Harrison, when he was but twenty-eight years of age. Gen. Washington is remarkable for the clearness of his military dispatches, and for his epistolary cor respondence. k u Geu. Taylor's military exploits are not the cau ses of his popularity ; they are only the occasions for the display of his sound judgment, energy of char acter, lofty and pure sense of justice, and incorrupti ble honesty He has as much reputation for what he has written as for what he has done." Gen. Persifor F. Smith Gen. Washington was never wounded ifbatrie, although in severely contested engagements, as at Princeton, Monmouth, and Brandywine, he headed his troops, and was much exposed. Gen. Taylor was never wounded in battle, al though he always freely exposed himself to the ene my's fire, and at Buena Vista charged at the head of his troops in the last and most desperate struggle for victory. Geu. Washington inspired bis soldiers with the idea that his presence was sufficient to make them invincible. vember, the day appointed for the election of Elec tors for President of the United States. The reasons given by Mr. Waddell for the step which he has' taken, will flo doubt be satisfactory to most of his friends; though s'tne of them would have teen better pleased if be had retained his seat, think ing him justly entitled to it, even though there should lisve been aa error in the return from the precinct at John R. Holt's. 7B nt though a -few may be dis appointed, all true Whigs will be ready to applaud him for the sensitiveness which he displays At eveu the appearance of an invasion of the rights of the ma Mr. CLAY AND HIS OLD FRjiENDS. . The following Correspondence appears loathe Richmond papers, the tone of which, on both sides, and especially on the part of Mr. Clay, cannot fail to impress every candid reader tnbst favorably: Hanotxr, (Va.) August 22f, 1848. My Dear Sir: Many known and tried Whigs, somegrajf With age, a portion of your school com panions, and the descendants of those who were wont to bow in reverence before the throne of Grace, and hear the authenticity of the Christian religion pro ven by your father's word, and who knew your de vout and pioiis mother, have conferred on me the pre siding officer of the Convention, the honor of per forming the pleasing duty of transmitting to you an . - Y - - r i m account or an assemblage jrecmen, wuo orgamzeu in Convention at theSlish Church, Hanover, (Va.) m ., M It TT fl . lor tne purpose oi nommarvng yovrscij as rresiuent THE Upon THE WEEpAoT A And heaved r When new, ,;:.0'uefii jority, especially as a new election can take place I of these United States. The accompanying pream .without subjecting the people of the county to any inconvenience. - Mr. Waddell is again a candidate; and may we not hope that every Whig freeholder in Orange will be too mindful of what is due to himself, to his party and to the claims of a high-minded and tried public servant, to permit any small matter to keep him from the polls on the day of election? W e are sure that with proper exertion the Whigs of Orange can place Mr. Waddell in the Senate by a clear and undis putable majority; and we trust they will do it. HilhboTO Recorder. TO THE FREEHOLDERS OF ORANGE. Having this day snt to his Excellency, the Governor, my resignation of the seat in the -Sonare for the county of Orange, which was awarded tome by the casting vote of the Sheriff in August last, I deem it as well due to you, as proper toward myself, to state the reasons which have induced me to this course. It is known to you all that rumors are afloat of some error having beei committed at Holt's precinct, by reason or wnicn hve votes more wer.e counted for me, than were cast for me. It is certain that the list and the tallies do not corres pond with the number of votes certified by the keepers of the poll. Various statements have been in circulation by which to account for this want of correspondence, but alter every effort of myseil and my friends it is not certainly ascer lamed whether ihe error is in the return or in the list In thid state of uncertainty I could not, with a proper respect for myself or a just regard for your rights, hold a seat upon the SherifTb cer tificate. But although this certainty ha 6 not been attain ed, the probability seems to be that the error was in the return, and that the list is right ; and were there no other considerations involved in the mat ter, I should feel bound not only to surrender ray prima facie claim to the seat, but to leave my opponent at the ensuing election unembarrassed by any competition from me; but after inquiry and investigation, fully believe that if the polls were purged and no votes counted but those which were given by qualified elector?, the live voles supposed to have been erroneously counted for me at Holt's might be stricken out, and I should still be elected. In this stale of my opinions, many just and con scientions friends think I might properly take and hold the seat under the Sheriffs certificate, until a thorough investigation in the Senate should determine with certainly the true state of Uie case ; but in this I feel bound to act in such a manner as shall satisfy my own judgment and conscience. I cannot consent to take a seal ble and resolutions fully explain the object and views of the Convention. Permit me, however, on my own part, to say that the sun in his progresses performed sixty annual revolutions over my hoary head, and from early man hood I was a Whiz in principle, and for many years my votes have proved me one in practice. When life is rapidly drawing to a close, it should not, it ought net to be expected for one to give up fixed and cherished opinions aud principles to follow man, vain and inconstant man ! You have been placed, my dear sir, in many high and responsible stations, all of which you have dis charged with ability and fidelity. In every vocation your sole object seems to have been to try to do good. The rays of true liberty which glow so intensely in yourself have been di verged for the common good of your species for your country to see. her prosperous and happy at home honored and respected abroad. Consequent ly you are the embodiment of Whiggery, an exemp lar for the present and future ages. The history of your lifa gives the best definition of a Whig an " aseerter of the rights and liberties or the people." Believing, as many gravely do, that the Union is in danger, you will not be surprised that Whigs should look on you as a fit person on whom to cast their votes as President of the United States : that by so doing the republic may agniu be saved, and handed down through us to our children as unsullied as we received it from the hands of our fathers, and they to their children's children for ages of ages. With sentiments of esteem and regard, 1 urn yours, &c THOMAS G. CLARKE. Hon. Henry Clay. U11I I But he's . Wou,," And we can show n ! puny General jf What use for ustn-i.. OldZackwm, a we peacefuu-3 u; n.is ne not . f fi Or why were S So very nftfl.,u i Naherop-b;tcW To earn hi. ,...!. 8 u we can boast of no 'W Except asworu oeS? Theworinp tfbj a rt S, A 1 H OUGHT We Uko iL ful passage from an add ei, S maun L., r-v 1 cl8 ftf lv jsu- oi ue'roit hr ; 'W tie. of Ruhr's C, n her claims." . 6 ' un h0, "As in the light of coin...., abroad, you see a wi,k 0r6t of goodnese, in the works of h "1 flowers in the wilderneM ln and enamelled the insect I most universal of Hia ja t lesson. An unH,..j '.""te ...vuuvaicg constituents of the ne commn,,. . in its splendor floods the firm CXnP. Ho Mnnn, . r . i . r--"tliu ha. I rman heinl k and frmr tu 1 loveliness of the w L. F I . nidrduier oi light and fmrr tu 1 red, yellow, and blue, which i. pnsm and the experiment. b shown to be its constituents. w'nito k 'i nave oeen. i he erowimr ,.. ' Vfl. Iha Kloo,.... .....I ., fe . ""Sij . , ...w iUOc.mi di:u me iruii i, ness Of spring, and autumn's ro'b., the hues of the violet, tho i,u . riVIl HI iL. fiver, hiiu i.ie purpie of ihp been alike unknown been but a ocea vapors wou the clouds, which paier streak in the p., Id have canopied toll in dves of lA 4 UtULgl Ashland, 12th Sept. 1848. My Dear Sir : I duly reeeived your very kind of ficial letter, transmitting the proceedings of a public meeting, held at the blash Church, in Hanover County, at which they did me the honor to propose my name as a Candidate for the Presidency, in terms highly flattering and complimentary. I fvtirntaA amnnir t h rtprnn lutaemhleri on (hit - 1 g, - i . . . "-ny MnHianmuTnamHvith which, in mv vouthful curiam nts rising up and Poitiurfn.. days, I was very familiar and extremely intimate would have been nodistinctionbetJ associates at school, playmates, neighbor?, friends. The Slash Church, too, where the assemblage took place, recalls many early and agreeable recolleotrona, as being that at which 1 received a large part of my imperfect education. Regarding those proceedings as the affectionate expression of the esteem, attachment, and confidence of my old companions, or their descendants, I have never received any similar document with more grat ification, or with sentiments of more profound grati tude; and 1 presume that it was in that sense the of childhood and the flush of hH e j . j .4 . . ", iicoo ui uccav ana me hectic of jJ lividness of death.' There .,ul unvaried, unmeaning leaden hue. n see the chanm? and em.... the tinted earth, and the gorgeouii "Gen. Taylor's presence in any part of the field, un(Jer what may be deemed by many a doubtful ria, and indeed from the tribe Festucaccoe iu its bab- Bear tae. ra W.T -T""1 J. galley, of deUghCT "aiaa of eteraal green, and rivlt3 of love 1 it, which is that 'bfchondrosium. The stem throwa off suckers which root at the joints, from whence leaves aud culms of a few inches in height are thrown up The spikes nre two or three in number, on short spreading ped unci ess. They are oblong, about half an inch in length, nd obtuse, bearing from 6 to 8 spikelets which are" unilateral, nd form a double row on the rachis. The spikelets are usually two flowered, but I have occasionally found them with three flowers, and even the rudiment of a fourth. The glumes are very unequal, oblong-ovate, coriu-ceo-membranaceous,carinate. and one nerved, the up per one slightly mucronate Palea, oblong-lanceolate, and somewhat keeled glumes, membranaceous, nearly equal,but longer than the glumes, entire glabrous ex cept on the keel; the lower three nerved, the upper bi carinate. Anthers large, linear, ufulrous. In all the specimens of this collection, as well as in those in my herbarium from numtrons other localities, there are no fertile flowers, and ortfy is a few instances rudimentary styles, so that the plant seems to be diacious or polyga mous by abortion." Here is the rub. The buffaloe grass, so far as has hitherto been ascertained, produces no seeds and can be propagated therefore only by a division of the roots. It is very probable that when cultivated, or in particular pluces, it may yield seed. But though a grass for pasture only not growing high enough to be mown, it is so hardy and nutritive, and apparently so well suited to supply our wants, that it merits particular attention. How can it be had some sods of it ? There will now be a frequent transit, back and forth, between Santa Feand the Western State; especially by the agents and officers of the General Government and of course through the region of the Buffalo grass. Cannot some one of our political worthies provide, through the medium of the interest he has with the powers that bo,at Washington, that the Buf falo grass shall be introduced into North Carolina? and if sent to Chapel Hill, it shall be carefully nurs ed there, and the progress made with it reported. But the Buffalo grass is not the only good' thing that we read of in this volume. There' are notices of three different species of Chondrosium, all of which may prove valuable, and should be introduc ed into this State for truif, rorthwitn. 1 hey all bear amongst te Spaniard of New Mexico, the common name of Grama (not Gama grays, About which a good-deal of well-meant, but unnecessary noise was made some years since, and from which they are altoget her different.) and are highly valued. Igive, with" slight alterations, Torrey's account of them, omitting what is purHv scientific discription. Chondrosvum eriopodum This is one of the species of "Grama," so useful as a fodder grass in New Mexico. It is abundant along the Del Norte, and in the region between that river and the waters of the Gila. I he culm is slender, a foot or more in height. Chondrosiumfoeneum grows in uplands bordering the valley of the Del Norte, This is another of the grasses called Grama, Hi New Mexico, and is the Kina, oemg almost as eood fodder as Bats. Chondrosvtm polystacfryvm-XJ pUodg 'bordering the Gila. The smallest kind of Grama found on the journey. It is about 6 inches high, very slender.i But if these things grow so wil in that poor soil and dry climate, what may not ba expected of them when their seed shall be committed even to the old fields of North Carolina, which are now abandoned as almost worthless 1 For the seed of all these, it appear, may ba had for tha'gathering. - now ir any politioian shal provide for the intro duction of these grasses amongst us, he will deserve better of his oountry than if he shall -have changed as many ns half a dozen voteg, in the election of the electors of the President of the United States, that is soon to be held. g M was sufficient, not only to change despair into hope, but to give assurance of victory, and dispel all doubt of ultimate triumph." Col. Bragg. Gen. Washington was an early riser, methodical in his habits, and exacting of himself. Gen. Taylor is up with the sun, and accomplishes a great deal of labor by his love of order, and never relaxes from his constant duties. Gen. Washington rose with circumstances, and .was ever equal to the task imposed upon him, whether in the field or cabinet. ; M I learnt of Gen. Taylor's sound judgment and inexhaustible energy in Florida, but 1 did not then properly estimate the other and high-minded points of his character. In the campaign on the Rio Grande I saw him tried under all circumstances, and he al ways came out pure gold." Gen, Persifor F. Smith. Gen Washington impressed all who beheld him, with the sublime sense of his exalted character, and displayed it in the smallest as well as the most im portant acts of bis life. 4; Every thing Gen. Taylor says, as every thing he does, is marked by the purity and greatness of his own character." Gen. Persifor F- Smith. Gen. Washington, while in the field, frequently wrote long and particular letters to the manager of bis estate, regarding the kind of crops to be planted, and the disposition to be made of small tracts of land See his Correspondence. Gen. Taylor has ever pursued the same conrse, and just before the battle of Buena Vista, found time to write a lone letter to his business agent, in which were mentioned the most minute particulars of the manner to carry on bis plantation Washington's fame, on its first inception, xajjed forth the admiration -of the military chieftains of Prussia, Frederick the Great being loud in his ap pro hat ion line, ana represent your cnumy lor probably a large part of the session, when my right to speak and to act for you is questionable. Under these circumstances, unwilling to hold any thin? but by a clear right, and especially as an American, sincerelv and earnestly attached to the Republi can institutions of my country, I not only wish. More Reality than Romanct-t with the following paramph, wb pnic but taithtut picture of then! proceedings occurred, and were transmitted by you t,e.8,,0rfK,he tor of a dally K'W tome. I . J J ' cwpaper;i Considered as a serious snd formal presentation diversities abundance of its inform of my name to the people of the United States as a OUf departments, that jraust be candidate for the Presidential office, I am sure that the passing; records of manjlaosi you will not be surprised at my saying that it is impossible for me to accept the nomination. My name, with my consent, was submitted to the consideration of the Philadelphia Convention, which assembled in June last. That body thought proper to nominate a distinguished citizen of the . United States, and not me. In view of the relation in which I stood to the Convention, I do not think that I ought but am resolved to have no public station by any to pass any judgment upon, its proceedings. It is Stephens, the traveler tells us, that while at Berlin. Bnn Humboldt informed him lhat the pre. cent Kinjrof Prussia and his military council had, with the greatest interest, followed General Tay. lor through his whole route on the Rio Grande, and fully appreciated his difficulties at Buena Vista. General Washington was remarkable for read ing at once the character of those he came in con tact with, aud of putting a true estimate on their value, All who have intercourse with Gen. Taylor, bear witness of his astonishing knowledge of men. ami of his true estimate ot crnratter. Gen Washington would only accept of the Presidency, independent and untrammelled Gen. Tavlor ha repeatedly in writing on ihe same subject? almost used Gn. Wa.hintftnn's ex pressions, from a mere similarity of thought and leeting. Should it berome absolutely necessary for m to occupy i iii station to w hich your letter pre title which even seems like an invasion of the great popular principle which gives power to the majority. 1 have therefore determined to refer the question back to the Freeholders of Orange, by the only means now in my power, by which the county may be represented at the beginingof me ensuing session, oy oue wno snail be undent ably the choice of a majority of the qualified voters. Believing myself note, in fact, chosen by such a majority, 1 am again a candidate for vour suf frages; and while i would scorn by any accident or mistake to assume, or by any doubt or uncer tainty to appear to assume to represent you with out your consent! yet I shall tee I both pride and gratitude, it you shall choose to resolve all doubt by conferring upon me, by a certain majority the honor to represent you. To say to you, that in such an event ah my powers will be dedicated to your service and the promotion of the best interests of the btate, is not necessary, but may. 1 hope, be pardoned. HUGH WADDELL Sept. 23rd. 1848. From the Milton N. C. Chronicle of the 23d inst. SHOCKING DEATH. Wm. M. Evans, (brother of the Editor of this pa per.) met his death on the 2d instaat, in a most hor rid manner. He had been on a visit to his brother, in Georgia, and on his return to the West Indies (tiavanua, where he had resided for the last eighteen or twenty years,) he took passage at Montgomery, Ala., on board the steamer Olive, Miller, Captain, and, when about 60 miles below Montgomery, near rung's Island, and unfortunately, while promenading the second deck, in conversation with a gentleman, the Boiler bursted, and the upper or hurricane duck passed over the head of his companion, and, strik ing Mr. Evans, precipitated him in the midst of the red-hot boilers, from which horrid situation, blinded as he was by the smoke and steam, he succeeded in extricating himself by ae zing wi.h his hands the red-hot iron bars and lilting himself out. His mangled body was immediately conveyed ashore. to the house ol Mr Mathews, where every atten tion and the best medical aid was rendered him but alas ! it was all in vain. He lingered, says Dr. Woodrun, " in ihe sufficient to know that it did not deem it expedient to nominate me. Id this decision, I have entirely ac quiesced. I have quietly submitted to it, and have given no encouragement or countenance to any fur ther use or connexion of my name with the Presi dency. To this effect, I have uniformly written to all associations and -individuals who have addressed me on the subject. I hope that my good friends of Hanover will approve of my adherence to this reso lution, dictated by my honor, by a regard to my character, and by my desire of retirement Tell them under what great obligations they have placed me, and that i snail cherish the proots or their friendship and confidence, which you have sent me, among the most precious treasures of memory. Nor can I conclude without tendering to you, per sonally, my grateful acknowledgments for ihe kind and flattering terms in which you hare addressed me, and especially for your touching allusion to the venerated memories of my lamented parents 1 am, with high respect, your friend and obedient servant, H. CLAY. Thos. G. Claxxe, Esq. " in ihe most excruciating torment for twenty-four hi urs, and expired His body was supposes merthe Presidency). I have detenmn. decently interred at Shiloh mt eting-house, and ed to go into it nerlectlv free from all pn. every attention was shown him. (although far from mnts or every nature whatsoever." Washing, ton to Lafayette. " If elected to the Presidential office it must be without any agency of mine own. and to those duiies 1 must go uinrammelled by party pledges oi every cnaracier. General Taylor-to J. It Unkey Esq. "i :y however, with great sincerity, and, I believe, without offending against modest v or propriety, say to you, thai I most heartily wish the choice to which you allude, might noi fall up on me WasKinefan to Gen Lincoln "And could he b elected, (s.me ime more ex- perienced in slate affirs), 1 would not say that I wouiu yield my pretentions, for I have not the vanity io believ thi I have any for lhatdis tinguished station ; hut would acquiesce not only with pleasure in such arrangement, but would ivjuict; inai me tiepuuiic nad selected a citizen more worthy and better qualified than I am to dis charge the imptrtanfduties appertaining !ohal position, and no doubt there are thousands".'"-- j n his way to join his family at the Stone Mountain, his kindred,) that humanity and a christian peo ple could bestow. Mrf Evans was a native of Norfolk county, Va. and although extensively acquainted, we may be permitted to say ot him, without the accusation of eulogy, that if he left an enemy on earth we are not apprised of it. Of his virtues, &c., it does not become tis to speak. Opt. Miller was also badly scalded and .other wise wounded, by the explosion, and now lies dangerously ill at the house of Mr. Mathews. It is tho't that the Enuineer, Cwho is represented to be a man of low character.) designed the ex plosion, as the Captain had concluded to discharge him when they reached Mobile, and he had had a hint ot it. Be,this as it may, the Engineer is now in jail, and will, we learn, be tried for his life- , Narrow Escape from Injury of the Hon. J. M. Bebrign. The Columbus Enquirer of the 19th inst. says: After the Uanvection at Auianta, and white HONOR TO GENERAL TAYLOR. The Gold Medal ordered bv Congress to be given to Gen Taylor, for his brilliant services in Mexico, wag presented to him at Pass Christian. In receiving the Medal the General said 4I accept, sir, from your hands with emotions of gratitude which lean never adequately ex press, t nts nigh testimonial of my country a ap probation. These repeated evidencies of the kind favor with which my countrymen have been pieasea io iook upon my humble services in Mexico, have already placed me under obliga Hons to them which I tf-el lhat no services thai I have performed, nor any that I can possibly render, can ever repay. M In this medal j receive for the second time. at the hands of our national legislature, the hich est mark of their approbation. Injustice to the gallant men whom 1 had the honor to command in Mexico, I must take occasion to acknowledge. lhat through their bravery and patriotism rather than through any personal mentor service of my own, 1 have become the recipient of these die tinguished honors. ' In conclusion, sir, permit me to tender you my thanks for your kind offices on this occasion. and tor the very flattering language in which you have been pleased to discharge them. its world of paragraphs, newtMnd selections ; that they are k unless they have it, can form it ol the pains taken for their tm is a task of the nay to read m newspapers from all quarters to take adequate note, as the w anu aown tneir interminable coiia betaken, to disgestand abbreiiiiil less length to dimensions y kernal, while the chaff goes by daily journal, which shall fulfil dsn and sat ief v taste in all parties, pro ietits, hoc labor, hie opus est Tiki which it seems to be done, vii charm of a newspaper to intelligec fruit of unremitting care and lupcj journalist seats himself in fan aid to ihe desk's dull wood, and m write, read, mark, clip, condena cord, until the insatiate sheeta is ' never ending, still beginomc . . I . is your number ol to-aay ompi gathering for the morrow inmikf. tate of North Cardial J Countt. Superior Court of Ui 1848. Mary Patton vs. George N. Patton. j Upon-the return ol ine onwu- cannot be fouud, and proclamiWi V liclymado nt the door ofibew Sh.riff. under the order of the w ant to appear snd answer MMOjan poena : Therefore , ordered h .; v.- A in ft. HiphUnd M1! mt Achvl Raleigh, for three month, wqJ .nnr l the Uflt -rr -.. . im . . . L . 1 H Y1 MK U be neia at me vouu--- -Oa, th4th Mouday or ihal judemeut will b uk'HP r . i .i.. .litlnn hearu tesso, buu uiu p....- , . iir: H I '.n lmau, I y mint, j. u. . .urt . .u- MniidaV tiw- l WILICV, III" ' March, A, v., icvw -nirj .1 II. v v i -i i uun W August Term, w r-etilioo i"' - j lohnKMi Henry Johnsoa, 1 Mo.es Jouiwon. C InhnSOD. "'; 1JI11UIK w" Petition k July 15, 1848. sioas. Gen. Taylor to J. R. Ingtrsoll- The striking parallel between Gen Washing ton and Gen. Taylor could be continued, but the subsequent events of Gen. Tay lor V life will com-1 piete tbe resemblance, by placing him in the bih civil office, where he will wield a similar influ ence, not only for the good of his country but for the good of mankind. N. O- Bulletien? Most of tbe leading Clay Whigs of New York, have announced their determination henceforth to exert their infrueaceiu favor of the election of Gen. ' layior- an accident occurred to Mr. Berrien, which nearly proved of a fatal character. He had been left bv the regular train of cars, and was sent down after night by the agent, on a dirt car propelled bv hands. This was met by tbe up train, and dashed to pieces in a moment, tjeiore the collision, Mr. B. jumped irom toe car, pot bis cioaic catching, threw him with in a foot of the rail. In this position ha remained until the locomotive had passed, whea he was pioked up and taken buck to Atalanta. The same night he was sent c-y a special train to stone Mountain. Savannah Republican. This is tbe second eoopa of the kind that Judge eernru. uas maue wimia two months. GENERAL TAYLOR TEN YEARS AGO. We were a few days since carelessly looking over an old file of a somewhat noted literary paper the N. Y: Mirror when we accidentally stumbled upon an article which we think may prove of interest to many at inis time, i ms is a letter irom a corres pondent of the Mirror, written in 1 S3 8. .at the close of the Florida war, giving the talk of Gen. (then Col ) . Taylor, while in council with the celebrated vuiei Alligator, ana wnicn snows puiiniy me exis tence then, of one of the marked traits of Gen. Tay lor's character. No better proof of the nobleness and natural kindness of Gen. Taylor can be given than what is here shown. The following is CoL Taylors talk: " Red Brothers ! I am glad to meet you here, be cause the Great Spirit is pleased with those who make peace ! Your great father, the President of tbe United States, will also be pleased. Although a soldier, 1 do not wish to shed the blood of my red brothers ; and I bad rather save tbe lire of one child than kill one hundred of your warriors 1 here are 1 into the satffj two of the Defends, - . i l . nn. rewdeDtl 01 w a jonuBou i . .... .hiiPn fore ordered by ihe W" ia the RleighRe?fDe;lh.f1 lishodin the City i the said deletiaauu., " jC Johnson, to appear st o the 2d Monday .'" demur to said pet'"011' flrras tothrm.. m AMU.t Term. A. U. I8 8 V WilUe riw-- nnncsn DsviDd" i - t .muv' U:,.aa JnllD W at office, iu 1 HA& Sent. 1. (Pr Ti annesrine K ":isJS s " S- i'.. .re non none so blind as those who will not see ; none so deaf "e,f uumur,:,iM b$ T . u IkM vlin will nnt Im! Yfnr Mm irA flnen : dfTSO onr chiefs' know what I want, and thev know 1 ! .i. . wi..iu I i.owa , oeicnaanv - ..., A lhat puWicttwo w f d, mat P" .uccfW for ait week ad.nt-p.n.llyjPf ised has been performed. If say of your people come to my camp with a white flag, they will be aa safe as though they were a thousand miles distant irom me. xou kdqw wnat i nave said : u you naa my talk we are friends : if not, go back to your camp and the war will continue." Alexandria Gazette. tha said Court, at -r-rA l)B V. Ji Court Houae in ux--v.mber.then.oJ parte, ami i"" r' yvi?S'B jc nflR ia OiforJ. u. OIndastry must prosper, as the man said when holding the child while his wife, chopped wood. . at Office ia Ox I). 1848. Sept 18 (Pr. hi i
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