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- . . , SJ- - " "W " ' v.. . J 0 ' L!i'.. lib,. -. v m m fa. ' ' m a .sf - x x S , ... . . y. '-j::mm r si .- .f,-. t . L--- v t ;v ' , .. ?LV . . V!'- l - .4-. -: - - ' I ,co; WML nncATioN. XO.TIIE EDITOR OF THE AMERICAN OR- ' - . QAN. nited States, as to obtain such an nonor. n .. v n An. ti.t 1KV1 I did not consider this conversation between Ramiob, N. C Aug 31st, 1855. me m confidentiaL or M griMi.oonfiden Yo will please publish tha foUowingletter jjj ,pokaj9iitifteixintiie coarse of conteri from oJelf HoarDilL BamngervTbaiet- .ro with'nianyprsons arid 1 spoke of it ir wm forwarded to Mr. B. at Saratoga nine- puniici n a apeech in Richmond. On my re teen days ago, with a waueat to the Postmaster Qn from Philadelphia in Jane, I saw you in at the plaoe to forward it to Mr. B. in caae he Bfjtimore at Barnam's Hotel. I then said to had left there. - IhMfJffSR lhb ypa tfeitl bid spok;eD pnbKoly of what yoo had thTIiip4ia&riBigbt WUr.fuvt Mr. ""' to me. in regaroLto.the remarks of the lattar nuLlunea at toe wneiuat wiw w to him. Bat inasnrteh as iera seems to be wplf . T.I!WIPKilMM jnawDacn as there is a lyitemtOo attempt eing made to pervert and soisrepresent this; whole matter, I Lai tht'?a-4astice-to -nYseltitnd to tb cause of trathi I bt nt tejwithhoM my Je loDzei from publication. My ettr WUI proPa- -Kt nh' fr. Karrine-er throuchtha press. soon- er jthsjthrough the mail. . It llaniiiMrvil! renlv. as ha It is to be hoped Mr. aii. . u w wm mu 1 1. and probably . . m will, throngh the publio press. Hie answer will, c be M tjixioojwy waited for by me, as it win oe 1 Jooked for bT Uiose who feel any interest in this matter. , I - I. at naa time, intended to hav' made a ub- liHafion ove mt own name, reviewing all the rant; and reasonable inferences ktowing out of this. Affsjr. may do so herearjer. r or tne pre- sent. on this Jetter 1 rest ine vinquoanou ui. mj opt'mton, Often expressed in public,' that there was an nnaerstanqing necwren me vmu HiararchtinUiiscoantryandsomeotJir.rwfo iaailinir friends, that the Roman Catholic vote .r.nlAh !n to Mr. Pieroa oa eoadition that 1 some member of that ; church should have a seat In i bis Cabins W , " -- ;-e There-has bees made an anwortny attempt 1 on the parti fcjportion t tne Mii-amencw -,.r a Aautrigan advocates to evade the foree and effect of Mr. Hamnger's statement, in hk Vtters to both Mr. Ellis and mysejf ; bv wdemdma to discover an issue of veracity be tween. Mr. Barringer and myeelf and some of I them -have been base and mendacious enongn td pretend that I had been exposed in misrepre ssntaUon. . All this designed to divert the nublic attention from the real question at issue. It is to screen from publio Indignation, the par ties to the bargain, by trying to get upae issue. No one who has read all that has been vublished ob the subject, believes that there is the slightest ground for impugning my veracity, or that there is die color of an issue oC veracity between Mr. Barringer and myself. Some will noOdoubt,. try to believe it but all soch l leave to tbeelf condemnation of their own oonsciei. ces, for denying with their lips the conviction of their hearts. Respectfully, K. RAYNER. " ' , ': , .' Raluoit, N. C Aug. 7, 18S5. Mr DtAt Sit : I have just reached Raleigh, after anf absence of more than two weks, and on my return I find your letter of July 20tb. In this letter you request me to publish your letter of the 6th July. . Had i been here when your last letter arrived, I might have published the first as requested but since the appearance of your entire letter to Mr, Ellis. I can hardly sup pose yoa desire the publication of your entire letter to me. If y ou do, however, you herein fin4aoopy of it, which you can have published if you desire.Us publication. 'ur rul must conmss I feel surprised at the him this matter baa taken. And you must pardon me, for. ray review of all the facts and incidents oonnected with it, and for trying to recall the same, to your recollection. " Tie true, there is no issue between us, in re gard to any matter of fact. Your statement to both Mr. Ellis and myself confirms my account . given of the conversation between us on the subject alluded to. Bat in regard to the in ference to be deduced from your statement, the impression made on your mind by the communi- cation of the Pope's Nuncio, at the time, as stat ed in your letter to Mr. Ellis, is entirely diffe rent from what mine is now and entirely dif ferent from what I understood jouru to be, at the time of the conversation between us. , ; Allow me to call to your recollection, thecir cajnstance ander which this conversation oc curred between yoo and me. I called to see you at Yarboro's Hotel sometime about Christ mas,' I think.' After talking on various sub jects, the subject of tbe American movement was intro4aosd.tlfforget,whether by you or my self, I stalou that I really felt alarmed tarn prugresevwv Kivap'Og poiicj oi wovm) man Catholic church in this country. You re plied that qur people here knew nothing of the Komao Catholic church, as you did, who had witnessed its action in Spain, where it bad foil power. , Yon then went on to speak of the sale of indulgences, which was still ' practiced in Spain-that on certain festivals of saints-days in the year, you had often seen large placards put up at prominent places along the streets of Madrid, containing a regular tariff of prices, at which indulgences would be granted for the cpmmission of sins among other things, I re collect you mentioned the item of release from the Obligation of an oath, to be obtained by pay ing a certain sum, &o., &o. 1 At this I recollect I expressed ray surprise and aid, that badly as I thought of the Romish church, I did not suppose this .ssle of indulgences was prac ticed by that church any where in this age. You replied, "Oh yes, it is still kept up in Spain." You' then went on to speak of the 'denial by the" Spanish Government of the right oi decent burial to any Protestant who might die in Spain -that no religious service was al lowed to be had at his burial that not. more than three persons were allowed to attend hie body to the grave that they were not allow ed to take the body to the grave in any ve hicle more respectable than a common cart that they were required to take the body out of the city along some obscure way and bury it in the fields and that most of the bodies of Protestants thus buried, were supposed to be disinterred by the anatomists. You mentioned some instances of Protestants of high social po sition, that had died in Spain, whose bodies had thus been disposed of, and whose graves could not be afterwards found by their friends. I ask ed you. how it would have been with yourself, if you had died when there. You stated that yoa had your arrangements provided, that in case of your death, your body was to be embalm ed and brought home to the United States. You spoke further, of the intolerance of the Romish church in Spain that there was not a single Protestant piaee of worship allowed in the whole Kingdom. Here I again expressed my surprise, and alked you ifit was possible that the English Government, with all its well known influence in Spain, did not exact from the, Spanish Gov ernment, the privilege of a Protestant chapel connected with the English embassy in Mad rid. You replied no, it was not allowed even to England, although the British Governmenthad long been- endeavoring to obtain the privilege. Youepok of many other enormities and op pressions of the Romish church. Io the course of the conversation, I said that I considered the Romish religion to be utterly incompatible with the existence of free government that their as sumptions of power in this country began to be alarming that as you were not in the country at the last Presidential election, you arere prob ably not well acquainted with theuiflences which prevailed in deciding it but that there was very little doubt, but the Roman Catholic vote in the North was given to ' Mr. Pierce, in pursuance of atr arrangement with Archbishop Hughes to that effect. . You replied "You have 00 idea how well posted' they are in Europe in regard to what is going on in this country." 'Why Sir," (aid you) "the Pope's Nunoio at Madrid told me-of Campbell, of Pennsylvania, being a number of the Cabinet before I had ever heard of it, and before it ! waa known to Madrid.' 1 remarked, that was proof there had bean- a bargain,, that the Roman Catholic vote should be given to Mr. Pierce, and that church should have a seat in the Cabinet, to. You then went on to state the incidents connected with the Nunoiv'e conversation with you that it was at , VP f ;Ten "J one of e members of the Cabinet in Madrid that the Nundo cam,? up to A. k i t V.l 'Jk .. ..'T. . ' - ; - fTT . . - jroiCaiatod yon tbfacpf lr.'jpmpbell, a CatboiioJ being oifmitof Mr. wreV CaV :.- - 4 ..nvaaiuwl kia orAtifSnation. that hl8 Bat was VM Btrong and influential in thdcC- pnTUI. Nnnnin. about uut .vnointmen. oi Mr. GalDveU io Mk Pierce's Cabinet as I did not -a .11 a wintint:iail. Yon You jt-mi0Jt Jj , BOt. And A then went onrto eUW temi iD whjch I had related it ; ,,4,4 to JOu I wished to be correct about it, r ,h.nM nmhthlf nkk of it aeain.. Yoa made by one to the other, must . eir01imBUnce8. under which the conver- t;A. :.v .h. Vnnmn rMnrrai-4nd what he nssiu Bmxu w v w w j 1 .J ta Tan Til : Ulli unan tvd uiu roue- i . i form.tioll jB reear4 to Mr. Pierce's or bine frfon it was known in Madrid, and WM a ma(ter 0f doubt and,conjeoture, he (the rnBBinx ,ated to von that Campbell of Penn B.ln.a. a Catholic, waa a member of it. Yt'U . , --thin- af date of this conversation , KthM it waa before the 4th of Mireh, 1853, that time. True, the imoression left on mv mind, by the conversation with you, was that it was before the 4th of March : but 1 new eo ated in any publio speech 1 have fQf aij not then, nor ao 1 now, mm m.vUi, Wt of difference. Whether k.rnu tk. 4th of March, mattered not .-.w . n. k. T.n;nthih I alwava made ja iiading to it was, that the Pope's Nuncio beine put in possession of the information, be- fw Uia United 8tatea Minister had heard of it, ftnd btf0M tne publio in Madrid had reeeivea ,h w humiliating reflection to every i." ?7.' mraed oroof thai tion. and that the bargain had been fulfilled. no uatZBtu u cava uoou aaiuovivu w vvv ... .. .. t-iAAn affMArl nn hamfa tha A1AA- In your letter to Mr. Ellis and myself, you confirm the statement as I had given it In Iour letter to me of July 9th yoa say "before had any authentic and certain news of the formation of the Cabinet, and while it was still a subject of conjecture at the court of Madrid, he (the Pope's Nuncio) told me that Judge Campbell, of Pennsylvania, was appointed, and that he was a Catholic, whioh waa the first in formation I had either of his appointment or his religion." In your letter to Mr. Ellis of July 23rd, you say "Before I had any certain news of the formation of the Cabinet, and while its consti tution was still in doubt and the subject of con ieotore in the public mind, at Madrid, he (the rope s muncio; 101 a me mat mr. uamprjen was appointed and that he was a Catholic, which waa the first information I had of either." I do not know in what exact words I was re ported in the newspapers, as having referred to this matter in my speach in Washington : to which report I presume Mr. Ellis referred, when alluding to in his 4th of July oration. Of the several publio addresses I delivered at the Norb I never saw the reporters notes of one, before going to the press and they wera 69 badly re ported (as must I suppose necessarily be the case, jn the confusion attending these mass meetings and the hurry of getting them to press) that I soon ceased giving myself any con cern about them. Inasmuch as the Anti-American press has endeavored to evade the force of this state ment of mine (fully confirmed and sustained by yoo) by a contemptible quibble, as to wheth er the Nuncio's communication to you was be fore or after the 4th of Mareh, and inasmuch T . V 3 . i If 1 1 II as you diner witn air. Jtans and myselt, in re gard to the impression you had, at the time of the Nuncio's communication, and the impression we have now, the duty I owe myself, as well as the doty I owe the American cause and to Mr. Ellis, my personal friend, requires that I should appeal to you, to your sense of justice as well as of generosity, to calmly review with me the circumstances, the history, of this mat ter to request of you, that you will refresh your memory in regard to the minute details and let ue see, if we cannot by a process of fair logical unductfou, arrive at a conclusion a lit tle different from that which in the unwilling ness of your kind nature, to judge harshly in any: quarter, you may hava arrived, at the time of your conversation with the Nuncio. Jn the first place, you say the communication was, made to you by the Pope's Nuncio, "be fore ton had any certain news of the formation of the Cabinet, and while its constitution was still in doubt, and the subject of conjec ture in the public mind at Madrid." Let it be recollected there is no telegraphic communica tion between the United States and Europe consequently, the news could not hare been transmitted in that way. It could not have been first, carried by a sailing vessel, for the steamers far surpass them in speed. There is no steamers plying across the Atlantic, but the regular Ocean, mail steamers therefore, the news must bave been carried by some one of them. I it reasonable to suppose, that after the formation of the cabinet the first steamer that left the country, should bave carried but one newspaper, containing so important a piece of news as this and this one letter or newspa per should have been sent to the Pope's Nuncio, alone? I suppose no sane man would contend for such an explanation as this. We must take it for granted then, that the news of the construction of Mr. Pierce's Cabinet wao first carried to Europe, by one of the regular Ocean mail Steamers and that the steamer that car ried out the news took the information in divers letters and newspapers, and to divers persons, yourself (the. minister representing our coun try) among others. In the nature of things then, in the name of reason I ask how could the Pope's Nunoio have stated it an a fact, when as you admit, "it was still in doubt and the abject of conjecture in the public mind?' ui -less the knowledge had been communicated to him before the Cabinet was formed? There is but one possible state of facts, by which such conclusion may be avoided. If the mails con taining the news happened to reach Madrid on the very evening the Nuncio made the commu nication to you and he happened to open his mail and read, before going to the min ister's party, and you did not why then on meeting at the said party, an hour or so afterwards, he might be before you in having the information. And it is on this point, that I request you to try and refresh your memory. Did the news reach Madrid that night and was it known there publicly the next morning? and no longer "in doubl, and the subject of con jecture ?" But again did the Nuncio mention to you the names of any other members of the Cabinet t I take it for granted, you enquired of him, supposed he was speaking from authen tic information. If hedid not, it proves that he knew nothing of the names of the other mem bers; for if his object was simply to give you a piece of information in regard to your own country, which be had the good fortune to get hold of before you, be would certainly, as an act of social courtesy, have given yon the names of all the Cabinet. If he did not know who bey were, .then it proves that be did not get his information by the channel that carried the in formation to others, but must have gotten it beforehand. But please try and recollect, wheth er you enquired of him, who were Ue other members of the Cabinet. If you did not (anx ious as yon must have been to learn this news) k only proves, that from the manner, circum stances, and incidents, yoa did not regard him at the time, as speaking from authentic infor mation transmitted after the formation of the Cabinet ; but on private data based on some ther source of information But did the Pope's Nuncio tell you that Mr, Campbell was " 8 member of the Cabinet" or did he say he was appointed Pott Master General T If he bad said he was appointed Post Master General, that even would have been no evidence that his inlormation was based on the official announce ment of the Cabinet, after its construction was made publio for if there was a bargain, it may J have been for this very place that he bargained. h!s no naminz the position; in the Cabinet Is which Campbell held, and merely stating that Vhe was' appointed' in the Cabinetry-shows that his information' was based oq codjeulore resnlting from prior knowledge. Now, my dear Sir, you will please allow me to advert to the circumstances of our first con versation on the subject in Raleigh ha con nexion of words the sequence of ideas. I was speaking of -the grasping policy of the Romish church in oar eountryr-its interference in poli it tics, and controlling influence in the last pres idential election It was w reply to this, you remarked, how well posted the church m ha-. MM wu in regard to our country ; and that the trove uboiO' naa civen yoa ns ioiuciomiou, about uampDeii Dsine in wo vnujuct, wiuio you baa heara 01 it, or it was Known in juauriu. 1 neea haraiy say 10 you, tnat id a ratiuiiai nnnvaraation between two intelligent men on anv eiven subieot, every remark, suggestion, or mast nave some potnf about it some objert in it the pur- Dort of which can be best understood by reter euue w iut wuw'i - . - word in whioh it is used tbe preceding idea to which is a response, either affirmatively or negatively. You will recollect, I was speak-. inr ot the daneer irom tne nomisn onoron in this country its interference in our politics, its having decided the Presidential election, tc Your remark in reply was by way ot affirma- tion. as 1 understood it, viz that that church was well posted as to our afiairs in this country that the Pope's JNuncio at Madrid gave you the first information you had of Mr. Campbell's oeine; a memuer ui mr. mrcc v;um , iwiuio vou bad received the news, and while the con gtruotion of the Cabinet was in doubt and aubiect of oonieoture in the Dublio mind -there You will please allow me to ask of you, what was your object in making that remark to me in immediate response to my suggestion, that the election had been carried by the. Roman Catholic vote, in pursuance of an understanding that that church should be rewarded in return if it was not, corroborating my suggestion, and confirming me in my impression ? Why bave mentioned it at all, if your view of the matter was (I mean your view at the time of our conversation) that the Nuncio had received his information through the ordinary channel of the mail? and that was the only way he could have derived at it (in the absence of pre vious knowledge) onless we resort to the still more strained supposition, that an express waa forwarded to him, after the arrival of the steam er at some European port, in advance of the mail. I assure you, my dear Sir, I am by no means disposed to criticise your letter to Mr. Ellis, as. a matter of choice. Your reply to him as well as to me, fully confirms my version of your conversation. But inasmuch as you have gone out of the record (you will please pardon me for aying bo) to controvert and destroy the force of the inference drawn by both of us that this communication to you by the Nuncio was confirmatory of the charge of previous bar gain which had been made you cannot, I hope, hod fault with my attempt, in self vindication, to show that our inference now is correct, and your inference then was incorrect. You say in your letter to Mr. Ellis, you "did not at all suppose that be (the Pope s JNuncio) tal any previous knowledge of an intention to appoint this gentleman to office, or that he knew, or had any reason to believe it was done in pur suance of any bargain or intrigue to this effect on the part of any persons whatever. . This I can well understand and this remark, I do not conceive, involves any issue between us, in regard to opinion even. You say you "did" not suppose so ; meaning, of course, at the time the Pope's Nuncio gave you the information. It is reasonable you might not bave attributed his prior knowledge, to the consummation of " any bargain or intrigue to this effect." As you had been for years out of the country, and were not thoroughly conversant with all the charges, issues, and undercurrents involved in the Presidential election it is not probable that you should have suspected foul play. In the next sentence of your letter to Mr. Ellis, you say "the inference I made, was (referring, of course, to the time the communication was first made to you by the Nuncio) that the ap pointment of a Catholic to this high offiae, be ing naturally a cause of much interest and satisfaction to the church of that faith, especial paios had been taken in some quarter to com municate thj earliest intelligence of that fact, to the leading members of the Catholic Priest- hood." It is natural that such should bave been, at the time, the inference drawn by an nnauspeoting mind. But here, you will please allow me to request of you again, to try and refresh your memory. Of course you must have been surprised having heard nothing of it yourself and will you be so good as to try and recollect, whether you enquired of him for the source of his information, and what was his re plywhether there was then any telegraphic communication to Madrid, from Havre or Paris whether the mails by the steamer had arrived at Madrid on that evening. And in case there was no telegraphic communication, and the ' 1 l . 1 . . 1 - ... ui!iii8 uau not arnveu inai evening will you suggest what other possible means there could have been by which "especial pains to commu nicate the earliest intelligence of that fact," could have secured its transmission to Madrid unless we suppose an express in advance of the mails, had been despatched to Madrid, im mediately on the arrival of the steamer. You will pardon me for requesting you to be as explicit as possible, for this reason : The presses and advocates of the Anti-American party are attempting to deduce a strained in ference from your letter. They are trying to pervert your language into testimony in their behalf. They are trying to use you, to combat and disprove the reasonable inference now to be drawn, from the communication of the Nuncio to you. They are endeavoring to re present you as saying, that you now entertain the impressions which you say you had at that time, as the only way of accounting for the Nuncio's getting the information before you or the public in Madrid received it. Some of the more malicious and slanderous of the Anti American presses and yartizans affect to rely on your letter as impugning my veracity, even. Hoping and believing that you are not willing that your name or your letter should be per verted to any such ends, I think 1 may appeal to your justice as well as to your generosity to speak out, and forbid any such unfair use to be made of what you have written. May I ask of you do you intend in your letter to say, that your opinion now is, that there was no such un derstanding as that referred to, in regard to the Roman Catholic vote being given to Mr Pierce? Do youuntend to say, your opinion now is, that the Pope's Nuncio had " no previous knowledge of an intention to appoint Mr. Campbell to office'' before the authentic account reached Madrid ? I should not ask you for your present views on these points, but for the fact, that the attempt is being made to represent you 4s en tertaining opinions now similar to the impres sions you were under, for the moment, when the communication was first made to you. Ypu will observe the cause of truth, and bd doing an act of justice to those who are attempted to be wronged by speaking out plainly and unequivo cally on these points. - - In the concluding sentence of your letter to Mr. Ellis, you say, in allusion to an "imperfect report of my Bpeech in Washington" you "wrote me a note for the- purpose of correcting the erroneous impressions which might soreadily be made, on the public mind however uninten tionally, from such a reference to a casual con versation in social intercourse, without a writ ten statement of the facta." False deductions have been drawn from this part of your letter. The impression is attempted to be made, that you requested me to publish the entire letter, and that I bad nevertheless suppressed all but one sentence of it. You will ber me witness, you made no request of me, in youx first letter to publish the same. You then goon to repeat what yoa bad said to me. You then state what were your impressions " at the time" the Nun cio made the communication, very nearly iden tical with what you said in your letter to Mr. Ellis. You conclude by saying "if this subject to. - b; rf&Mrfu at "aillaeala a public, al Ihougb'it was cot originally so intended by me. is but lust to all the parties oonoerueu, m it should be properly understood, ana tnai wi correction should be maue. 11 ao napieuo- that the re was no correction to make. I naa spoken of the matter not as inexactly reported, but as you gave the statement Io me; and after I re- ceivea your teller, wueu uuuuius j public speeches, I generally read from the let ter itselfi - As to its being " a casual conversa tion in social intercourse" you win reco 1 01 that I tolcTyoa ia-B Utimore, I had spoken ot it pablicly, not considering it at all confidential. and you said t was not so intended. You will please allow mif to call your atten tion to an editorial in'the "Semi Weekly Union" of the 28th duly in which the following lan- guage is used in reference to yourself : lie is at present at Saratoga Springs, in the Stnte of New York; and be has stated to a gentleman in this city, of unquestioned intelligence and in tegrity,-tnat t&e conversation wan tne naucio of the rope, concerning the uaoinet 01 presi dent Pierce, which has been made the founda tion-of so much falsehood and calumniation, transpired subsequently to the 4th of March, 1853, and to tha reception ot the intelligence thereof, and of the names of President Pierce's Cabinet in Madrid. Mr. Barringer also stated that be had addressed two letters to Mr. Rayner of North Carolina, stating the time of the con versation and its circumstances and purport, and asking that gentleman to do all parties the jus tice to state the facts in the case, but that Mr. K. had suppressed both letters, and had wholly refused to correct the falsehoods in the premises. This statement, on first reading it I knew to be a foul and malignant Blander. It was not only entirely unlike yon, but I knew it was impossi ble you could have said to any one, that this con versation with the, Nuncio was " subsequently to the- reception of the intelligence of the in auguration andof the namesof President Pierce's Cabinet" for at that time I had your letter, stating that the time Of the conversation was " before you had any authentic and certain news of the formation of the Cabinet, and while it was still a subject of conjecture at the Coort of Madrid." F knew it was impossible you could have told any one I " had suppressed your two letters, and had wholly refused to correct the falsehoods in the premises" for at that time I had your letter, in which you state that variance between your statement to me, and my re marks at tho meeting in Washington, as reported was "an error doubtless of the reporter." icis article in the Union is a slander on you as well as myself. It represents you as saying to some one at SaratogaJ the very opposite of what you had said to me in your letter. I confess I bave been looking for an authoritative de nial by you of the slander in the Union. To say nothiDg of what is due to your self, I think it tlue to me. I have not seen or heard of any retraction of this slander, by the Union. If any one ever gave this information to the Union, it is due to the cause of truth it is due to society that his name be given up to exposure. It is not necessary to my vindication however. He charges me with falsehood, in puolishing the extract from your letter, I have proven falsehood on htm. I hope, my deaf sir, you will pardon this long and I fear tiresome and disagreeable letter. You bave yourself m times past, been assailed, and bad your conduct and your motives as peraed You can make allowance then, for my anxiety that this matter may be properly exa mined, and the truth elicited. I ask for noth ig but justice, and am willing to leave the public to the rational interpretation every fair-minded man must place on the facts disclosed. Your unwillingness that you should be misunderstood to the jnjuryof Mr. Piorce or the Pope's Nuncio, will, I, am sure, operate to prevent your allow ing your name to be used, or your opinions per verted, to the injury of me. Please answer at your earliest convenience as l am anxious the vindication of my opinions even, shall be speedy and complete. August 12. 1855. This letter was commenced five days since, but owing to indisposition for the last four days, has not been concluded till to-day. Yours very truly and respectf ully, K. RAYNER. P. S. Are there any data in your possession, by whioh you can identify the date of the party given by the Spanish Minister, at which the con I lf P3TOUtreir versation took place, between the iNunico and K. K. Hon. Daniel M. Bakrinoer, Saratoga, N. Y. Proscription pre-eupposes. existing rights of which the proscribed party is deprived. What rights have the European, Asiatic, or African, who is new residing in his native country, in the political affairs of this ? None, most unques tionably. Should laws be passed circumscri bing his action siiould he come here, and he should come in the very face of those laws, can he complain, or his friends for him, of injustice ex deprivation of rights ? Every right and privilege he acquires, is acqui red under the law, and it is the greatest pre sumption for a pensioner on the bounties of a law to curse that, on which he is so' dependent. In depriving a foreigner of the rights of suffrage and naturalization, until he is prepared to ap- preciaxe meir exercise ana enjoyment, we do him no wr ing. We throw around him the pro tecting mnuenoesot our laws, but say, execu ting an imperative obligation of self protection, you cannot assist in me administration ot our affairs until you are fully and properly instruct ed in our political system, and thoroughly un derstand our institutions. We do not put them out of the protection of -tne law, but, on the contrary, promise it to them, and think they should be content with that much generosity for a season. We do not utterly reject them, but say, when it is prudent ana sa:e to ao so, we will admit you to rights of citizenship. We do not censure and condemn them because they are simple foreigners, but regret their childhood associations, and man hood proclivities, prevent their immediate re ception to our every confidence. Our policy towards the Catholics is condemn ed, and why ? Our enemies say, we are making re'igion a test of qualification. We deny it. We say the political power claimed by the Pope, and endorsed by bishops and laity, and practiced tor centuries past, is dangerous to Republican institutions ; and, in view ot it, we oppose the elevation to offices of great trust all who admit his claims. Their duties, under such circumstances, would be regarded as para mount to any allegiance they might owe this Republic, and because of it, we cannot possibly regard them as trusty citizens when the well being of ibis government was opposed to the arrogance of their Pontifical head. History is fruitful of their crimes and perse cations, and if their tenets in times past result eainror prompted tnem to commit deed at which .the heart shudders and revolts, the same atrocities may be enacted in future. In view of their past history and action, it behooves a fre' people to watch and guard well their liber tiesi:' n no can oDject to the American party under, these circumstances ? We confidently bel ieve that all good Americans must sooner or later subscribe heartily to our Platform," and maxe it a rule ot action. Georgia Courier. Txnnessee. Legislature. The NashvilleBan- ner publishes a complete list of members elect to the Legislature, and says the Senate stands fourteen "Americans" to eleven Antis; the House, thirty-eight "Americans" to thirtv seven Antis. r To plunge a younglady six fathoms deep in napptaesB, give ner two canary birds, half j . i . . . ... uuxuu uiuuuunuuiB, twelve yaras of silk, an ice cream, several rose buds, a squeeze of the hand, and the promise of a new bonnet If she don't melt it wilL be because she can't. "I like vou," said a girl to her suitor, "but I can't leave home ; I am a widow's only darlinic - U- 1 A . . l . . . - . O uu uuBinuu euu equai my parent in kindness.' "csbe is kind," replied the wooer, "but be wife, we will all live together, and see if I don't seat your mother l" DESTR UCTION OF THE IN2tJISliI0Sfc ATj! MADRID. Col Lemanouski, formerly an uffioejr gander i NaDoIeon. now a minister of the Lutheran Church, gives the following vivid sketch of a scene, of which he was an eye-witness: In the year 1809, being at Madrid, my atten tion was directed to a Roman. Catholic Inquisi tion in the neighborhood of that city. Napo leon had previously issued a decree tor the sup pression of this institution wherever his victo rious troops should extend their arms. 1 remin ded Marshal Sou'.t then Governor of Madrid, of his decree, who directed ma to proceed to its ex ecution on this far-lamed establishment. . With my regiment, the 9th of the Polish lancers, he bave me two others, one of which, the 117th, was under the command of Col. de Lile, who is now, like myself, a minister of the Gospel, With these troops I proceeded to tbe Inquisi tion, which was about five miles from the city! It was surrounded by a wall of great strength, and defended by about four hundred soldiers. When we arrived al the walls, I addressed one of the sentinels, and summoned tbe holy fathers to surrender to the imperial army, and open the gate of tbe Inquisition. The sentinel, who, was standing on the wall, appeared to enter into con versation for a lew moments with some one within, at the close of which be presented his musket and shot one of my men. This was a signal for attack, and I ordered my troops to fire upon those who appeared on the wall. It was soon obvions that it was an unequal warfare. Our trooos were in the open plain, and exposed to a destructive fire. We had ao cannon, nor oould we scale tbe wall?, and tbe gates successfully resisted all at temps at fore ing them. 1 saw that it was necessary t change tbe mode ot attack, and directed some trees to be cut down and trimmed aad brought on the ground to be used as battering-rams. Present lv the walls began to tremble, and, under tbe well-directed and persevering application ot the ram, a breach was made, and the imperial troops rushed into the Inquisition Here we met with an incident which nothing but Jusuitical eflrontery is equal to. lhe In quisitor General, followed by the father confes sors in their priestly robes, all came out of their rooms as we were making our way into the in terior of the Inquisition, and with long faces and their arms crossed over their breasts, as though they had been deaf to all the noise of the attack and defence, and had just learned what was going on, addressed themselves in the language of rebuke to their own soldiers, say ing, "Why do you fight our friends, the French?" Their intention, apparently was to make us think that this defence waa wholly unauthorized by them, hoping they should thus have a better opportunity in the confusion and plunder of the Inquisition to escape. Their artifice was too shallow. I caused them to be placed under guard, and all the soldiers of the Inquisition to be secured as prisoners. - We then proceeded through room after room found altars and crucifixes, and wax-candles in abundance the proportions of tbe architec ture were perfect the ceiling aud floors were secured and highly polished there was every thing to please the eye and gratify a cultivated taste ; but where were those horrid instruments of torture of which we had been told, and where those dungeons in which human beings were said to be buried alive ? We searched in vain. The holy fathers assured us that they had been belied that we had seen all : and 1 waa prepared to believe it . But Col. De Lile was not so ready to give up the search. At his instance, water was brought in and poured over the marble floor, the slabs of which were large and beautifully polished. Presently an opening was discovered, and as all bands were at work for further discovery, a soldier witn tne but of his musket struck a spring, when the marble slab flew up. Then tbe faces oi the inquisitors grew pale, and, as tfelshaczar, when tbe band writing appeared on the wall, so did these men of Belial shake and quake in every bone, joint, and sinew. We saw a stairoaise. 1 stepped to a table and took one of the candles, four feet in length, which was burning, that 1 might explore what was before us ; as l was dome this, l was arrested bv one of the Inquisitors, who laid bis hand gently on my arm, and with a very demure and holy look, said, "My son, you must not take that with your profane and bloody hand ; it is holy." "Well, well," I said, "I want something that is holy, to see if it will not shed light on iniquity : I will bear tbe responsibility." I took the cairdle, and proceeded down the staircase, when we entered a large room, called the Hall of Judgment. In the centre of it was a large block, and a chain fastened to it. On this they bad been accustomed to place tbe ac cused, chained to his seat. On one side of the room was an elevated seat, called the Throne of Judgment. This the inquisitor-general occupied, and on either side were seats less elevated, for the holy fathers when engaged in the solemn business of the Holy Inquisition. From this room we proceeded to the right, and obtained access to small cells extending the entire length of the edifice ; and here, what a sight met our eyes ? How has the benevolent religion of Jesus been abused and slandered by its professed friends 1 - :-" These cells were places of solitary confinement, where the wretched objects of inquisitorial bite were confined year after year, till death released them from their sufferings, and there their bodies were suffered to remain until they were entirely decayed, and the rooms had become fit lor others to occupy. To prevent this practice being offensive to those who occupied the Inqui sition, there were flues or tubes extending to the open air, sufficiently capacious to carry off the odor from those decaying bodies. In these cells we found the remains of some who bad paid the debt of nature ; some of them had been dead apparently but a short time, while of others nothing remained but their bones, still chained to the floor of their dungeon. In others we found the living sufferer of every age and of both Boxes, from the young man and maiden to those of three-soore and ten years, all as naked as when they were born into the world. Our soldiers immediately applied themselves to releasing these captives from their chains, stripped them selves in part of their own clothing to cover these wretched beings, and were exceedingly anxious to Dting tnem up to tbe light of day. But, aware of the danger, I insisted of theirwtkntsDOLLARS, for the apprehension and confinement being supplied, and that they should be brought gradually to tne ngnt, as they oould bear it. When we had explored these cells, and open ed the prison doors of those who yet survived, we proceeded to explore another room on the left. Here we found the instruments of torture, of every kind whioh tbe ingenuity of men or devils could invent. At tbe sight of them em . the fury of our soldiers of the establishment served to be put to tbe torture. We did not attempt any longer to restrain them. They commenced at once the work of torture with the holy fathers. I remained till I - saw four different kinds of torture applied, and then re tired irom the awful scene, which terminated not while one individual remained of the forrcer guilty inmates of this antechamber of hell, oh whom they could wreak revenge. As soon as the poor sufferers from the cells of the Inquisi tion could with safety be brought oat of their prison to the light of day, news having been spread far and near that numbers had been de prived of friends by the holy office, came to in quire if theirs were among the number. O, what a meeting waa there 1 about a hun dred who had been buried alive for many year?, were now restored to the active world, and many of them found here a eon and there a daughter, here a sister and there a brother, and ome, alas, oould recognise "no friends. The scene was such a one as no tongue can describe. When this work of recognition was over, ' to complete tbe business io whioh I bad engaged, I went to Madrid and obtained a large quanti ty of gunpowder, which I placed underneath the edifice and its vaults, and aa we applied the slow-match there was a joyful sight to thousands of admiring eyes. O, it would have done your heart good to see it; the walls and massive tur rets of that proud edifice were raised towards the heavens, and the Inquisition of Madrid waa no more. A CONTRAST. We have rarelv read(.-ava EnRlisnwetX nuvuiifiir iii(in!i iniUM s,ni in iruuL' uiciu lgVfng0 .h rusted poems. Wo eutmot WjpcVtaiiT tne name on he writer. 1 uev were cut i.om name oil he writer. T Lev were cut lorn ail old ric Witn ii. r, iu which thev were published a- - nonymously. Tlu-y will please every resuler, even Jliose wliocau no beauty in really fine poetry. And wP jrn: inn to conhui, however, fanmbliag to our sex, th.it the pictures are tree : MA.N'.j lovi:. When women's eye grows dull, And li.-r ehek p;Ueth, ' " Wiien 4adr. riic b.sautiiUl, The man's love fadeth ! Ilt'sitsnot b-?side herchair, Clapse not her fiujer, Twines not tlie dump lw.tr . 1 hat o er her brow lingers. He c'f;Uts but illllO:rteilI ill, Through h-.-r eye lightens Thoil-ti liei ln-el;, :ili- ill id thin, Feverishly lirifrlitt-n ; lie -t.ty5 Liit a inoiiieut.wur, vVii.M ill. u lliish iiid.-tli, Tiio.igli Uu.- tiiii etiuii'-" Usir tier t eV'-iid htuletli. II-- ffOi-s from hoi eluiuilier straight Irrto llle' jostle ; iiv meets :it the very gate B is ius and bu-tle : il.t think' not oi" her within, SiLnitiy sighing ; lie iorgiits in thai noisy dm, Tuiil she is dymg ! Aud when her heart i? Mill, VV ii.it tlioiijfh lie mourn. Hi. irooii lioni li ir sonow chill Weiiried hi UKlleth, t otnv o'er ln-r buried head Memory's lilit sctletli. And the li 'tie-he. li ted dead "iiius nmn lorotterll ! WOMAN'S LOVE. When irnui is wnxing IVn.il, And Ins li.uid is thin and weak, And his lips ate parched and pale, And wan and while his cheek, Oh! then doth' woman prove Her constancy and love ! She sittetli by his chair, And holds hi- leeble hand : She watcheth ever there, His wants to understand ; His yet unspoken will She hastene.ih to fulfil. ?lie leads hiin, when the moon I britfht nveV dale and hill, And all things, savrf the time Of the honey-bees are still, Into the garden's bowers, To sit 'midst herbs and flowers. And when he goes not there, To feed on breath and bloom. Sue brings the -potty rare. Into his darkened room ; Aud 'neath his weary head The pillow smooth doth spread. Until the death hour when His lamp of life doth dim, She never wearieth, ' She never leaveth him, Still near lmn night and day, She meets his eye alway. And when his trial's o'er, Aud the turf is ou his breast, Deep in her bosom's core Lie sorrows auexprest ; Her tears, her sighs, are weak, Her settled grief to speak. And though there may arise Balm for her spirit's pain ; And though her rpiiet eyes May sometimes smile again, Still, still, she must regret Sh never can forget 1 TATE OF NQBTU CAROLINA, aaAXVUL Coustt. Superior Court of Law, Sprang Term, A. 1). 18oo. John West vs Susan We9t, Petition for Divorce. It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that Susan West, the Defendant in this cause, resides beyond the limits of this State : It is therefore ordered by the Co art, that advertisement be made, for six weeks successively, at the Court House io Oxford, and also in the Raleigh Register and North Carolina Standard, notifying the said Defendant ot the filing of this petition, and that unless she appear at the next Term of this Court, to be held for the Coun'y aforesid, at the Court House in Oxford, on the first M-miay of September next,. and answer said petition, the same will be taken pro tonfetxo and heard ex parte as to her. - Witness, Eugene Grissom, Clerk of our said Court, at office in Oxford, the first Monday of March, A. v., 1866. E. GRISSOM, C. S. C. July 12, 1855. Pr. Adv. $5,62. 66 w6w. , Hopkins, Hull& Co-, WHOLESALE DEY GOODS MERCHANTS, 268 Bait. St, Baltimore, We take this method of calling the attention of the Southern trade to our Stock of FALL & WIN TER DRY GOODS. " The encouragement we have met with in our endeavors to get up a better stock than has usually been kept in this market has stimulated us to improve it both in extent and variety." Besides a full assortment ot Foreign and Domes tie Staple Dry Good, we shall offer a large and elegant stock of LADIES' pRESS GOODS. We shall sell at short profits, as we wish to secure the best class of trade that comes-, to market Orders for goods solicited, which shall have prompt at tention. B. B. HOP&INS, R.' HULL, WM. H: RYAN, THO'S W. ATKINSON. Baltimore, Aug 4, '65. 63 3m 100 Dollars Reward. R ANA WAY from the subscriber, on the 14th of May last, a negro man named TYRRELi lie is about 19 years old, weighs 160 or 170 pounds, has rather a down look, when spoken to, and is a dark mulatto. He was raised in Chatham county, oh Deep River, near the Gulf, and was purchased at the sale of Robert Parmer, deceased, by Jollee, Hanks fe po., and. from them by me. . i Also1, on the 27th of June, a negro man BltRKE, 25 years old, stout built and weighs about 180 pounds, a bright mulatto? with a very freckled face anr hnir innlinr1 to K yA T eurill rr iro TTT1?T,V !of either of them, or ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for both, in any jail in the State so that I can get them. L. H. SANDERS. ' Smithfield, July 6th, 1855. 54 t Wanted. i CJIX- THOUSAND DOLLARS, on time, secured f jj by Mortgage on a valuable Manufacturing WIU MIU LW1U WMMUI) VHi LS,WV, . MllCroSV on the loan will be paid promptly every -ix months, at either Bank in the City. Apply at this offie or toW. H.Jones. Raleigh, July 3d, 1856. 63 tf. Medical Institution of Yale' College. ... 'HUE Course of tectures for 1855-'56 will com JL menoeon Thursday, September 13th, and con tinue four mouths. ' Bkhjaxin gUMMAit, M. D , LL. D. Prof. Em eritus of Chemistry and Pharmacy.. Eli Ivbs, M. D., Prof Emeritus of Materia Me dica and Therapeutic. Jonathan Khioht, M. D.; Prof of the Principles and Practice of Surgery. Timothy P. Bkkrs, M. D., Prof, of Obstetrics. Chahles Hookkk, M. D., Prof of Anatomy "and Physiology: Hknkt Brossom, Ai. D., Prof, of Materia Medi ca and Therapeutics. Worthihtoh Hookkk, M. D., Prof, of the Theory and Practice of Physio. Bknjamui Siliuman, Ja, M. D., Prof, of Chem istry and Pharmacy. Lecture fees, $68,60. Matriculation $5. Grad uation, $15. -CHAS. HOOKER, Dean of the Faculty. ' New Haven, Aug. 9th, 1856. 64 4tpd: WHITE BRANDY. JUST received at No. 13 Fayetteville St, two casks of 4th proof White Brandy, fox preserv ing fruit. JOS. B. Q. ROULHAC. Raleigh, Aug. 6th, 1865. V: 100,000 Copies ! !S1mii1a, .;. asters on the Western Waters, and Steamboat Directory. THE undersigned have now in course of pre paration a NEW STEAMBOAT DIRECTORY which will be issued in October next; the book will contain over two hundred page, illustrate. 1 in the best syle;.-and natly bound iu a durable manner. It will oe one ot the most interesting books ever published., and will be a book thai will be interesting to all classes of people! The Steum boai Directory wiU cntaiR a.cQmplete.jLit and des cription of all the steamboats now float on the WeMeraand sputbero Waters:- Theieiieth. model speed, p wer, I and Manage , etch oat, where an by w6othi4het viAmfUhe--boat with the trade she is inrAlso,- the-rrctory will con tain a history of Steamboats aid iSteamboating on the Western watorsnce the application of stemn -. also, a sketch" efthefirst boa mrih for the Ohio river, with the name of the builder, commander, and owner. . i - ' . ' The River: Directory will; .contain a list and de scription of all the Steamboat Disasters that" hiivu occurred on the Western and Southern waters, beau tifully illustrated, with a list of all those who hare perished by their burning, sinking and exploding, on the Western and Southern waters. The Directory will contain Maps of the Ohio, Mississippi, Missouri, Illinois, Arkansas White, Red, Ouachita, Yaioo, and other rivers, with the towns and cities laid down, with correct distan ces ; also, many ofcher river and commercial items of interest to the people at large. The book will contain the cards of the various United States mail-boats, with the trade they are in, &e., &c. The Directory will also contain a complete list of all . the responsible Steamboat Licensed Officers, their pi aces of residence, &c, &c. ; the new Steam boat Law, its requirements, with comments, show ing wherein it t-enefit the Incompetent officer, and injures the competent officer, kc, &c,aadall the important. United States Supreme Court Steam boat Decisions up to date"'; tbe Rates and impor tant Commercial Privileges, Bills of Lading, im portant Decisions of the various United States courts, in regard to Freights lost and damaged, &c, &c. : with many other things of interest. The Directory will be illustrated in the best style and printed in the best manner. . The author has for six yetrs been gathering together all the facts aLd items in regard to the numerous steam boat disasters on the Western and Southern wa ters, and now intends publishing them in book form. The, price of the work will, be put at the low sum ef One Dollar. Ten thousand copies will be issued for the boatmen ; all others desirous of subscrib ing will have to do so atonoe, as none will be print ed unless ordered in advance. This work is destined to have a circulation of over eighty thousand copies," as the publishers are receiving large numbers of snberibers. per mail, from all parts of the country, daily. , Some of the oldest boatmen,, as well as most scientific men of the times, are contributors to the Steamboat Direc tory. The Directory will be. issued in October, and will be an ornament to the parlor as well as steam boat. By remitting One Dollar (post paid) you will receive a copy of the above work. tjSf All communications and letters should be addressed to. JAMES T. LLOYD &. CO , Post Office Building, ' , Cincinnati, Ohio. July 9, 186S. 65 HAVANA PLAN LOTTERY. JASPER COUNTY ACADEMY LOTTERY ! By Authority of the State of Georgia. MACON, OA. To be drawn .September 24, 1856. $31,000. CLASS E. ' J ILL be distributed according, to the fol r r lowing grand and unprecedented scheme. in public, at CONCERT HALL, Macon, Ga., un der the sworn superintendence of COL. GEO. M. LASUAJJ HllU tl Aa . XL HlOSCil. A8q. The Manager announces his determination to make this the most popular Lottery in. the world, and challenges' comparison as to the chances to draw Prizes with any other Lottery; Remember .every. Prize is drawn ,-at-each draw ing, and paid, when due, in full, without any de duction. CAPITAL, $8,000. 1 Prize of ' $8,000 1 : v- do- of ; ! 2,000 t ''Prize of'" " $5,000 2' I do of-1,000 2,000 10 do f 200 2,000 78. do,, of . 60 ,S900 18 Approx:Pries, 600 & mIo of 600 2,600 26 - do of 100 2,000 120 do of 25 3,000 ' 256 Prizes amotmfing to"$81,006. OhIiY 10,000 N0MBXRS. . Every Prize drawn at each drawing, and paid, when due, in full, without deduction. Orders strictly confidential. Drawings' sent to ordef-s. Registered letters at my risk. Bills on all solvent-Banks at par. , t-.-. Tickets. $o; Halves $2 60; Quarters $1 25. BgU Addresa JAMES P. WINTER, Manager, Macon, Ga. . .. i 60. SPLENDID LOTTERY JULY 1855. GREGORY $ MA UR F, Managers (Successors to J, W. Maury $ Co.) $35,000. Lottery for the benefit of the STATE OF DELAWARE. Class 208 roa 1855. Drawn at Wilmiiigtou, Del., Sat., Sep. 15, 1855. . .. 78 No. Lottery 13 drawn Ballots. ' BRILLIANT SCHEME! 1 1 Prize of J.........:....:..:.:;;.. ...........?35,000 do.....i. - 15,000 do t 7,600 do . 5,000 do.:,........... ....... 3,600 do..;.....'.... ...2,642 do...; 1,000 do - 250 100 180 &c. &c. &c. Tickets, $10, Halves $5 Quarters $2,50 , Certfa. of Pkg's of 26 whl. tickets, $140 00 do do .26 .half do 70 00 do do' 26" quarter do 35 00 Orders for Tickets and shares and Certificates of Packages in the above splendid Lotteries will re ceive the most prompt attention, and an account of each drawing will be 'sent immediately after it is over to all who order from me. . - Address ' P. J. BUCKET, Agent. . . . ' . . Wilmington Del. PROPOSALS FOR A LOAN TO THE COUN TY. OF CRAVEN In accordance with the provisions of the Act of Assembly incorporating the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad Company," the County of Craven has subscribed to the Cap ital Stock of said company one hundred and .fifty thousand dollars. In order to meet the instalments which may b due, and whieh may hereafter become due on said subscription the said. County , proposes to nego tiate a loan, or loans, to be secured by the bonds ef the County:1 By the order directing the issue of said bonds, they will bear interest at the rate of .six per centum per annum, payable semi-annually at the "Mer chant's Bank of Newbern," or at the". "Fulton Bank of New York," at the- option of the holder, These bonds will be redeemable on the first day of July1, one thousand eight hundred and seventy four, and not before, without the consent of the holder. The bonds will be issued with Coupons attached, which, will render the collection of the in terest simple and easy. 4 The security upon which the said bonds will be based will be the real estate and taxable polls of tha County of Craven. The present assess ed cash value of the real estate of the County, is one million oae hundred and nine thousand, eight hundred and twenty two dollars, and the number of taxable polls is three thousand five hun dred and eighty -two. ... Proposals for said loan will be received, and all other necessary information upon this "subject will be furnished by the subscribers, on application to them at Newbern. - - : ;-..-; , : - GEORGE GREEN, Agents for GEO. 8. STEVENSON, Craven County Newbern, Oct. 18, 1854. 88 ITTHITE DOCK LINEN PANTS. .00 PAIRS f f just received direct from our Manufactory, E. L. H.UtDlNG. May 28, 1866. X
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