North Carolina Newspapers

Vi i ( I .- oo tba aabjeet of (i be Halcinlr It(itslrr.:s:te4Pprcrrbt. -Jo- boisfordoWth pruLisniDBT J O H V "V i SY5IEi irrrca rcxrcirrc, at ' uo Year, Parable ia Advaace, "I ihoVX: tl4Vue Tijf" -rr-rrrr- ..-. : O-aV r ih plans Uit deKghtfcl T' I swarptd hy party riv U ttr like brMbert KALKIGH, ,X. V, j SVTURDATMORNING. JlLY 14, 15S3. I GcbkrnatcrIaL TiCTS. We are now - j: . TL.V.I1 f.f i ka r!- : rnnuDg a . " V , ..iv.ntl enfiJte for Governcr. and will .i i. twiAi olronlito them imcne ieodi 1 lUlUS VUI tin ii o the voter. Persona ordering ticket from .v .i i will receive then promptly bj rctnrn . . . . . , r ill. It U to U heprd iVat tbo friemls of ... , . D5 mail Kstribntion ill exert thoraeIrrn and ee that every .McKae man ha a tleke. fnUATES KT AMIEVII.!.!! opinion KFiurt:i to miiium;. Tk- .n,.l rrtiCcJcorvr of a letter from Mr. N. V. WomlSn to Mf. Mellte and I MIL. and their 5Dctive answers to th- will how our reader that J udge KIlis hi, at last, agreed to the proposition made tc l h. Mr VRM. in lh ont.1 .... ,. , . t . f ..l me naTws. n oj iu iruuuiuu i uj iu- his to writing has been held baek to almost ' ... ... . . . . . tbe eve of the election teat is to settle the ; iie betweea the candidates ia best known ; i j imv , -i i r Judge hllis and those uoder whose conn- eel be baa aited. To tis, the Ex-Jodgeeon- I i . . v. k--. itiAMvn.U .ni;. dactarpe.rs to hare beea thoroughly anu - irpublicin. Wbj refuse 10 the people Cf, Icoir, at Moselt Hall, what be rouchjufes to am.wM. . 1 rirdnir the time at which thi would become the people of Buncombe at Aaherille ! Had ; proper vet left ind-nnite. and a vry impor cot the Exit as good a claim to know the ' u to x'r part oftheute, and yo both appcar- . . . , 4n to iufvm il wrnild mpire six or eisrbt years, opicioosof a candidate SCtking its vote as the, propounded t you buth the question: Whether, Wt 1 Wa leave Jodire Ellis and his friends ? 0 to answer tbe question Thu rrmr tt Mr. MaRae La been in cn- ; . ,, rti- tuble contrast with that cf Judge hllis. It - bu been p'ain, connstest, republican and J , . ii- , frank. Hating matured his opinions before tle caavaas began, be bad no near ones to '. f, i. 1 k.: TTV. i1,nkt ;n fona to wit localities. W bat be thought in f Sampson, Lenoir, &0., be has expressed in t . . . . . v - v- v. k.. ! . - , fkea. The great isnt between the candi date id, whether recommendations of for tier appropriations should be made to the ttxt Legisttturt, or daring the oSsul term, if the condition of the State remained as at prrent- - On the aSrmative nde of this issue ii in- . i . . , t uu.t r.ikia iunN. irui ai acverai riacea 90 i ii - s i u.fruiiT moxiixtMi ma poaiiioa as ia aeciare i lfeat th nm alrd v .WKmriafed vnnld finUh f a Western Er:enon, and be would not , , M, , . t r.fcaaai further appropriations to tie next Ltralcture. It was when he took this pesi- j . t n n .! .ii i ti . a. e;y Hail, that Mr. 'Me Rae proposed to d'.e their r?pe ive positions in wri'ing ' . ... , ,. I a proptmuon. as we know, which was decan- Mtj Jodge KMw. Mr. McKae, taking the Ec-tite w'iAs of ths Unp on which the car.- "t , , , ... I of tfce roretroine correponi?ne. tass began, has rrcryvAerc declared that be j p COLEMAN. would not recommend, or encourage by cfE-1 : rial inSieoce, any appropriations by the ntzt AS SLIPPERY AS AX EEL. LegL.latore, for that, while he was In favor J ude Ellia Ieading hi' two chief organs, of finishing the work, be knew that the State ,he "Sundard, and Wflmington Journal," in her present condition, nd with herprts- j daD. Thej don't seem to understand a means bad not the ability to do so. Tbnf , ! h" Mfiges,, for whn be "ekassez" they .o thc very commencement f the canvass at j ul"lancfztn and when h "crawes over," Charlotte (set Raleigh Beg-'ster, Maj lth,) ! wllich h dtM, tcry often, they are "swinging Mr. McBae said, "that for his part, if elect-J, ccrners." We have shown how the- ".Tour ed Governor, be would not recommend any j P1" took ,he wrong track in regrd to-the ther arprorriation. or anv farther State in- i Jndga c9ction,' or rather ani-section," bdifedQCM for internal improvement, no mat ter from what quarter, or bj whom he might i-e importuned. He distinctly announced that be was now, and always bad been- in fa vor of internal improretnent thit he desired the completion of oar whole system of works already begun, and would maintain, in full faith, the legislation hitherto bad on this tub jct, as a contract irrepealable,' but that he considered that this legislation would tax the people op ti the point of utmost endur ance. IMievioz this, be was opposed to anv firther State debt, this lime, for any. in a. y ternal improvement begun, or to be project- j J tDC difference between .Vcssrs. JWc d." This clear and explicit declaration of Kac and Ellis iff, that thc. former is consis- i op:nino Mr. McPwae repeated everywhere. Thus at Monroe, he iid, "Lookin; at our ! present ard awnined debtj, he had set his fce against any new enterprise except those ' tins it- r t - . 1 - F.v6.a. waa IOr unisning wou e nve aircadj cootraclcd and made appro- pnations for but no more than that be was With the candor which forms so brilliant lowiPiog to go in debt more deeply than wo ,r a trait in our character, we acknowledge we kve row already assumed." djj (experience a very strong sinking seusa- At Mosely Hall, (see Golddboro Tribune,)'! tion." And well we might, for in our aox Mr. McRae saiJ, if elected, he would not ! icntv to save Citizen Ilolden, wo look our Kcoasmend to the next Legislature to appro pna'e a single dollar, either to oompleta the Reals now in progress, or to institute new frk. He was as much of an internal im prr.Timnt man as bis competitor. Let us e time, be prudfnt see where ibe mon- -J Is to come from." The Kinstou Advocate, pcated and rapid discharges, bring tbo Cili r t g an ace mat of the aame discussion,' at-1 ten's body V the furfcee, and give it Chris r b-i to Mr. McRae almost exae'ly tbo - bneuar. Ho it will be seen that in T K- as ia tho VTest in the plain u on 't3acnnttn tor- Mr !SfeTTij ....11 u&d, -without vansblene or aba low of I u u. i, one uniform and oonsitent posuioa ' l - r . . I t on tle abjt of internal iuirorenvent, aod ioi.a and debt, and that while kn.MlA .M.I .nmrf.tA Inati'na totbe uei.ne wouu.M, as UOfernor.op - posed to it increase of State indebtedness at p'estnt. . Mr. .McRie's rY'porjse . to Mr. Woodfin'a infr.oga.orj is in perfect consistency with bis previous course. As in no event will he. ' if elected now, be again, a candidate, b can I make no recommendation, and use no Exec utive influence after the expiration of two jear. from next January, and Mr. Woodfin a question loots to aetion four years hence. With what Mr. JIcBae would do as a private ci'iieo four years htnee, we apprehend the ; rc-.ie of vorth r.rolina hire now now noih i Inn r itn If f n f-l.-PtA.l flnTPmhr. J 6 he will not either recommend, or use his I official uiflnence, for . .. . debt during the raw ' . . 1 hta what wc roo an increase of State years term of wrriee. rotrst look to now. A to 1 taking eff the .ectir.n' provisions, Mr. Mo I Bse U willing to do thY, and " U Jndge ! KM in. -., y :' We hate belierel from ihe b ginning that M," on'J roaintaii h,s consistency. nJ " njoicothat what was belief or opinion,! " abwlute certainty The following is i Mr. WodCf- letter : Aiievillk, Julj 10th, ISis, ' 7i4- :'- 'TW' - A" -V''"- (irvn rMrx lnyw di-ti.ion at thi plaeo l(, dar nnflmtooj ym tMh a ajinc, that toii wrt opj-.1 1 incrVjinc thc lAi of tne Stato, at nrerit, lvnd the ammint pll-T bv pre- LpcisUiit.n. nut that m hen the time vme, if it houtJ b fotmd thst the fur millions alrca- dv apTfopriateil t the Western N. C. 11. llond, J-elheSwUh the two million required of indU virtual, would not extend it to the Tennessee line, vou would be in fvor of the iState making fur- - . ftjmnIpt. " lh. payment, by private bcription, of one-third of 'f " "ate ana j pnvaie auwenoor iwwia sue- t rcrihe and expend, and work out, th aid um of &ix millons within for vefcr, rmi would, if in office, recommen.1 furthor appropriations at that t:m fir iu completion; and I tok occasio to Pxrr, th? opinion, that if the charter hould be o atundod as to relieve u f tho reijuirement to nnL-h it lv aivtions, a you propuJ, that we mLVJaiTuh it within Cnir years exrt. ir- ham, a part of tho tunnel. tDi interrogatory, I undartood Judo El- ,u 9 ajwwfr -n ,ermalJ. .tKj Mr. McIU, u ry, tLat In no eont rry would be be a ran didate for ve-l-?ction, that he would not thm be in o!3ce; but a far a- be could exert anv in- 11 jenee as a private ciu-n, u wonid lie Uone . clierfully. t . Will ytHi each, be to kind m to say, whether I am correct a to the repnms, Ac. t Your obedient aervant, 3f. W. WOODFIX. The foregoing i a correct ftateasent according I ' to mv undfrstandmg. i ours, tx.'1.. I JOIIX W. ELLIS. ! The f.rej,in; is in ubtance, the responses l . . .: i .-. .i :.: I have iU.n occuii--d. . I D K' McRAF" Et-tToa or the RrotTra: s,B: At the request of Mr. Woodfin, and in aovrdinc, as I ana informed, with the-ai?re-uient .if Mi'r. McRae and EUi, I send the foreeoinsr oopJif the statements and eertinrates recited. For proof of my hand-writing, Ac, I refrr you to the Editors of the Standard." KcTneeifullr D. COLEMAN. Of course I certify the conectnew of the copy notion, and we now find that the Standard is ; all wrong about its candidate's "Western Ex tension" views. Instead of Judge Kills be ing willing, like th Standard, to "increase j our State debt at once, so as to complete our system," &.C., be tells Mr. Woodfin that be is "opposed to increasing the debt of the State, at present, beyond the amount pledged by previous legislation' Did ever man keep worse time to an organ grinder than Judge Ellis keeps to the notes of bis performers on the the hurdy-gurdies of Democracy. As far as "present" appropriations are concern- tent, while thc latter "is eve-ything by turns f an4 n0'bin IoD " ' ' ! - Our neighbor of the Rejriter must have expc- rienced a very strong sinking d. - r.in and commendin? edi torially the Circular f Kiimtuvii Biter rn - B - WiU)p of iht tr. Simla rd. . v. . diviug bell and sunk down and down into the water in which Mr. Sanders had cruelly sunk bim, but alas! found, that we couldn't bold out long enough to find bim ' and bring bim np. We intend to borrow a piece of artillery from the State, and try if wc cacao', by re- tian sepulture. So if the 'go'id people of Rsleigh heir diichrgrsof cannon soon, they mJ know.Uitt. we f ' fi.ri.B for IIoldeu'" body " ' " , . ) i ' r - im viiLh. his tT If 0sepv,, n fur&Lik same we win publish bis communication "WIE rUWLIC LANDS. '.;" One of tie provisions of Mr. Gilmer's Land ' ' Hill 14 M fnllfiW j ; U4" from and after, and daring thw Congress, in all cases, whea anj portion of Ifae .Pablio Lini is crmnted or ciPn b Concr tn .Vit c C J . - J State, or to any county company, or corporate shall also, at the same time other Public Lands in qnantityso that each j K. Graham Hatwood May the "auro Stae, at the aame time, shill receive of , the j ra' of .his candidacy, be followed by the Public Lands, eqnally ia proportion, to "the ; "sunset" of his political prospects. " representation of said State ia Congress." By the way, we learn' that Messrs. Ward' -We would hare it kept - before the pnblic mind that Judge UL, and his friend? la this btato, are opposed to this hil. Also, that Mes.rs. Scales, Shaw, Boffin and IWinslow vo'ed against taking it op for consideration, and that Messrs. Branch and Craig were' missing Such conduct, nnd shch opposi-l . .. , . . . j ' i ! turn to justice, ought to t.k Judge fcllm and , an sncn snpponers in iuo esunvtcion oi o n . i . n men oj all parties, m low that the hand of political renrrecfion comd never . reach theni; - '" . - A LITTLE TOO FART. Our contemporary of tho Wilmington Jour nal will now see thnt he has mistaken Jndge Ellis opinion as to the fection reshiotion or requirement. Wo may have been mista- j day. air. Ellis spoke first, ami for the space of ken as to Judge Kills position on that point 1 twrt h(n,r entertained us with hi- views of State .t "Clinton," but he certainly avowed him- HTnakirtg a .verj reapectablei , ' , but aome,what tedious speech. Hi3 great. effort elf tn favor Of the 'flWonOTc", of ibo, .WM -0 vine the people that he was pre-emi-section featnre'at Mosely Hall, and several nently th friend of internal improvements and other places East of the -mountain?, and the that he was a far' better Railroad man than his Journal will see that in his reply to Mr opponent, Mr. McKae. "He maintained that he Woodfin, he takes the same ground. Again bad been consistent in his position ou the subject , . . , . - j of thc Western Extension in every part of the we ask, how our respected contemporary of i - . . . , , i c ' . , , . -r , tT.i. , I 8' ate that he was in favor of modifvins; the char- the Journal can tolerate m Judge Ellis what ; ter of thM and removin; a few days ago was intolerable in Mr. Mc- ; feature, so that the work might be, begun any Rae! ' where, and at any time, the stockholders might THE MOUXTALX DISTRICT. ! In is much to be desired that Mr. Vance's canvass in thc .Vonntain District should re sult in his triumph and the defeat of Avery, who is now chawing an and. spitting oat the cpinions be once . held as a Whig. On the great question of Distribution, Mr. Vance is backed by .Vr. Clbgman. who not only preaohed Distribution, but voted it, and was sustained in doing "so. by the conatitaeocy whose rotes .Vr. Yanoe seeks.'! If Clingroan was right, Vance cannot , be wrong, and if Cliogman and Yanoe are both right, Avery, who opposes Distribution, is certainly wrong. PITT COUXTV. The Democratic candidate ia Pitt, Mr.' Singeltary,is,by all accounts, having a rath- XOXS&h tlme of " He has, we learn, dis- i avowed the Charlotte platform, gone dead aganst any further sppropriations for inter nal improvements, and predicts that if the State Debt is increased, repudiation must en sue in fire years. With these views, Mr. t ingeltary, of course, doesn't attempt to de- j t tjiii- . . j fend Judge Ellis, but thinks that be and Mr McRae a?e both unsound to the East, and tells the people they can vote for him with out toting for Judge Ellis. The Whig and American ticket in Pitt is, for the Senare Dr. Elias J. Blount ; for the Commons Jacob McCotter and Thos. Cox. The Democratic tick-t is, for tho Senate L. D. Berry; for the Commons -O. E. B. S ingeltary and W. J. Blow: The full Whig and American tipket will be elected. Our friends are .'in. the highest spirits, and will roll up a vote for MoRae that any man may be proud of. '. . Thk Late CowHiDiJia Affair. Ia our account of this affair in our last paper, we stated that we had been informed that a cer tain magistrate in this city had been applied to-to issue a warrant for tho arrest of the perpetrators of the outrage upon O. Von Briesen, and that he declined having, any thing to do with the matter. The gentleman from whom we obtained our. information has siDce.bformed'u&that the gentleman spoken to on the subject ' was not a' magistrate, as our informant stated him to be. . lie formerly had beld that office, and when wc were told of his having been requested to take steps in the matter, it was still supposed at be was a -Justice of the Peace, but it ; i has since been ascertained thnt be is not at this time T . , m i 1 iotwitnstanaing urn : explanation, the facts of the caae were currently known thro -out tLe city all day Saturday, and it is not to be presumed that all the Justioea' of the Peace were ignorant of " what was in every body's modtb. ' 7 - " . i V. Fisz Chewixq ToBACCf! We are in debted to onr friend, Messrs. J Williams and ilaywood, for a sample of excellent chewing tobacco. - ' " -' ".";'.." . ' VST1 Wo re-publish, Uxlay, Mr. L. B. 3anders' IctUsr to the people of Johnston which appeared first in May, 1857-, We say now aa 4esaid then, of this letter it is an admirable production. . ' THK Ciacrs has comb. The Circus Cotnpa- ny made ita entree into this City yesierday.'pre. ceding by a good Band, playing the air of Auiiie Lauxiein Una atyle Judging from the number, of "cage?, w should 'think 'the Quantity of " Tondarful hani m'ala,. waa large.,' , 1 f . " , "AUROItA" CANDIDATE UPON i- VSm '- - -;- We tec from a report in the "Standard of in f Tf. 'i ..ij.L j "' luo ..ff'JfV "T r ?. T bas , ;,ITel Dr Prre?lti0n f1 'ua ui ,ce uu. .b ; u r 1 . J". - - . :-."r.--. . & Hughes, Drupgista, intend to bring au ac- f tim for damage -against' Mr.AHijw6d. for j ivaTr done' by hia toast to the pale of their- JCi4s-Me-Qui'ck" jperfume.;". ' " - H-r-" "' '" ' TheDatlt Pat0-Thaboveis &6 namq of n a thc number) wIl cnited pounr ipor sUrtm n Petersburg, by , x , on Pfiterflvnrf, has now four daily pf pers a goodly number. But, j wc supjKjse, "the more tho merrier.". THE GrnERNATOltlAL CANVASS; Correspondence of the Register, MXSSR3. McKAE AND ELLI3 AT, ASHE. . VILLE. - ; '; " .-Mb. Stint? Me??r3. MeTlae and Ellis addreKS- I ed a large and attentive audience in thisp' ilace to-- see proper, and if the four millions pledged by the T ciaie was noi eumcieni 10 complete me nosux io t the Tennessee line,' he would recommend the an- V - r .1.- vl T . . . : . t i. .i V propriatioa ot tuo balance. But in tne same breath he-urged that tho four millions could not be ex hausted in from six to ten years.. He accused Mr. McKae of changing hi petition as he came west, and read from various newspapers to convict him of that charge. He wound up with a lengthy re hash of tho usual argument against Distribution and a tariff for revenue, both of which he seemed to r&rard as the abomination of abominations. uVwJJl- - , . -L-l 1 1" m i - .,- 11U' hostility to onr interests; had a consider-; able effect upon tho crowd, and when Mr. McRae rose to reply, there was A painful silence through-. out all the vast assembly, and every man seemed to whisper to his neighbor, "how can he explain this?"-3. .. '-- - - : ; ' -- ' ; -'""'t' Our people bad conceived quite a high idea of Mr. McRae'a powers on the stump, so much so in fact, that many feared we were doomed to. disap pointment. . But well and nobly did he meet the general expectation ; nay, he far surpassed it Briefly explaining the embarrassing situatiou in which he was placed that he bad no organ in the West to put forta his views that his enemies had done all the painting, and had misrepresented i turn in Eucn a variety of ways, without a friend to stand forth, in his defence, that it seemed by common consent to be agreed thHt he was an enemy to weifc beyond reconciliation.' He. said that un- dr such circumstances he had dreaded to come among a, and that when be first beheld the spires " .w m the distance his heart almost sink withm him.-But he appealed to the freemen of the mountains to bear him and to judge him honestly and fairly. He then explained hij posi tion to be in substance precisely thai of his com petitor in regard to the- Western Extension, as if. lad been all along that he was in favor of main taining past legislation, but,, according to his competitors own confession,' the four millions could not be expended during the continuance of either of them in office, and therefore, a promise to recommend further appropriations was vain and nugary, and smacked of bad faith. '. He justi fied himself fully from the charge of changing his position, and hurled the r harge back at the Jude with, to say the least of it, an equal show of truth and reason. - - h .'.' He then went into a discussion of the land ques tion, and made one of the ablest arguments in fa vor or Distribution that we"have,over listened to, beyond a doubt.- - It was handled with a force, freshness and ability, that carried conviction to every heart and sank deep, into the minds of the people- To the utter astonishment of every one (perhaps himself included,) that vat crowd, which greeted his appearance with such coldness and suspicion, began to testify their approbation, and soon the most . tremendous thunders of ap plause came down from every quarter of the house t Never was i here a more complete triumph " of genius and eloquence, than we then witnessed. The crowd increased and thickened till the Inst moment, and we must belieVe that the Judge him self "was almost persuaded to be a Distributionist, did not the fear of the Charlotte Convention loom before his eyes. Hundreds were changed over to sir. McRao with, almost pentaoostal rapidity. Of the arguments he presented,. and the minutiaof the subject, Ivill say nothing, as most of your readers have heard for themselves.'. Buffiee to say, that it was never equalled in this country. It is the general opinion that Mr. McRae- will some what exceed the strength of the opposition in this county.. -',.. V-'.U- ; We omitted to .say that Mr. McRao hit , the Hon. T. Li. Clingman a severe and well-merited blow for forsaking this great doctrine at a. time when the State stands in such need of help -from this common fund, which coming from, a brother Democrat, mado Mr. Clingman mighty mad, and raodo the crowd foel mighty good. ; f e ! s .' . Short rejoinders followed ,.and aftersome wrang ling over ttwir positions, on .the railroad question, Lhev both finally agreed, to put their positions into writing, and have. them published to avoid any further difficulty, ;Ny-,:j 'K' .y-y , . , .-. w - , ..w. Yours, &c,- - ' . ," - DISTRIBUTION. ! In Clinton there are four candidates for Sheriff. Mr. Thos. I. Faison. opposes Mr. 'AjAr McKoyf the regular nominee for the Senate,. and Col. G. W. Daughtry, Jr., the regular nominee for the Commons In Sampson county. y'v''- In Davidson county Benton C, Douthit has an- L nounced himself aa a candidate for the Senate. In the Commonsj''tha candidates are Henry Wal- aer, Riram W'. BrummelJ - and J. 8. Swain all Whigs. ' ''v;'"' Kkw Daht. Mr JL, Tonnington iropoes to commence tho publication of a cnmmerciid and THE , xowusDip, bcbooi, , n .-r--v-:-- recr fceforea magistrate's Uourt, at n in said State : there : "roman s tis3 paid hi3 respects to tfce lai- asnst a client (whom I believe to be ,be dua and sraut- i g Better, As cne .d tunetteaj cnw. bu&eat papet,'i be calledJheXteVv Wwss in LPoctrnaster General has. been got up KnoxvUle, .v . , vr VT ,1 4 . e " 'V. tt. I Ttnn., ruiesti&fir hnn to ducwuwuue th sranday; the fcwttOf IfewD-m,.N, U in a few weeks. He . h Teiwnfsae. , Simile ntkiona ia man -of energy and. experience, and will pro- J ducoaeoodnaper. ' .-t'., r - l igf We ; copy the subjoined correspondence S t lt wn Hf f. 'fiwi! W. "Rroofci'-of 'this mtr. anA J Col. .John H. Clay, of Roxboro', at tie request; iof r- From th Milton Chronicle. t iii-rtjASD'?- U The eubjoin 'rori'L ficultr between Col.' John H. Clay and jmyselfl .On Saturday, thc 26 th Juno. I 'was requested to ap VVppusaalej to innocent,; ; in f the prosi ecutors objected to my appearing, p;nd character ized' it as an "under-handed proceeding,'',, J,The same evening I addressed him a note to know jiis meaning, by the term? ho had used and although I was In two miles of him, I heard nothing frem bim until Wednesday ;the 30th, when, in a few minutes aiier j. naa unisnea my -aaaress io ne I borough,1! jost unxp Union Literary Society, of the, Institute at Jtwx- L was acoofted on the street, ana to me pectedly, and violently assaulted by the saia viay,.wiui b large suck, a ?vas. lowiiiy an armed, as he nad a right to expect on such an oc casion. His pretext in his first note to me, that be had given me ah explanation. before tho as sault, and hi3 allusion to, my proroking manner, as a justification of it are rAust : ' AQd for his piciement, which he offers as a reason, there was no occasion except for that" excitement which the assasfiin feels as he quails under va condemning consciousness of the dark deed he is about to per petrate His quasi acceptance of mynote, of ihe 30tb, by saying he would meet me at. Bailey's Bridge, but a short disfaneb from his residence, as late as the 5th of 3 uy- giving eyery opportuni ty for our arrest in the mean time and the terms of the meeting, were a. miserable evasion of tay offer, and a refusal to meet me in a manner known among gentlemen, and which . he knew my, note implied. . - ' " : ' ' The apologetic explanations in his two notesj deserve my contemot and not refpect : : The ex planation he was not gentleman enough, to give in reply to my note of the 26th, he was coward ' enough to make after he had received mine of the 30th, and while its contents were not withdrawn ; ana for no other purpose than to screen himself from danger. : r,, ,; .-. .- . .. ,. : . .. , I have hut one other duty to perform in this Card : r To brand. Jno. H Clay-, a . pecmtftjx COWARD, unworthy of respect, . and a total stranger to the courtesies of good breeding, v -.: ;-' ... , Respectfully . , ' GEO, W. BROOKS. P. S. . To . the lriends and patrons ef the In stitute at Roxborougb, whose auniversary had called forth so large and respectable a portion of tho people of the County, I tender my apologies and assure them that such an occurrence, on that day, was wholly unexpected by me. : - j i -, --. '- Pkksox ComfTTj C T : " - . July 3L 1858. y f The following is the correspondence whieh i passed" between Geo, W Brooks, Esq and CoL John H. Clay, relative to their difficulty on the 30th ult. v , ' . L. C. SMITH. -. t JNo.'lHr. Brooks to CbL Clay. . ' ' ' ; . ".-,- Nkak AYooinAi.B, x t . ; ' Saturday ZJuneHi.. J858.- Veil. John' a. Uitiv. - " v-' , iJC ? Sib t I desira to call Vour attentiou to the re marks you. made first thia morning, when jyou obiected to mv aonearinEr for Mr. William Walk er, in which vou emtUoved the terms "under handed roceoding, or something equivalent- touch language admits of a construction insulting to me personally ; and 1 demand,, therclore . a satisfactory explanation of your meaning, I deem it proper to say that I was. there in the discharge of the -legitimate Dimness of my pro fession, and that I claim to beabovo any "under handed proceeding," and shall hold myself ready at all - times to repel any insinuation to the con' trary. I hope to hear from you at an early pe riod, , - V While I am,. , -. Your obd't serv't, -.-7. " s : ; - . GEO. W, BROOKS. P. S. .I shall remain at my Father's until the last of next week. - ; . ." -- , ; No 2 Mr. Brcois to CW. Clay ' - . ; - . , Roxbobo', Just 30th, 1858. Col. John H. Clay: ; . ; - . r- . T . i .1 1 . . I 1 l- &in: in -view oi uie wrut&i assault woicb you 1 nave made upon me to-day, and the insult which you offered me on Saturday last, I call upon you for that satisfaction due me as a gnntleman. This, therefore, informs you that Twill meet you when and where you may designate, f- - ' My friend. Lemuel C. Smith, Esq.,. who hands you thisr will bring any answer you may think proper to make. - , . ' ' " ' Yours, &c V - ' -GEO. W. BROOKS. ' No. 3 Col. Clay to Mrl Broo1cs? - 'Roxboro', June 30th, 1858.1V Mr. George W. Brooks : '. -' " . , ; -' Stb : ' In answer to you ' note by : Lem'l C. Smith, in which you spoke of an insult to you on last Saturday, f think that I have made all the apology that is due from a gentleman : and for the attack that you spoke of to-day; after having made," as I think a fair explanation of what passed Saturday, you seem to insinuate that I. thought that, or it appeared to me that" you wanted to make me say that you were the defend dant; which 1 did did not intend to do ; and then several times- dared me , to say " that yon. were ;' and being eseited at themoTrient was the Cause of my : striking yon. If this explanation is. not sufficient, I will accept your note and meet you on the other side of. Bailey's Bridge on Monday the 5th- of July, and we will settle it by fist and skull.. '. ---v. X-zT !- ' : " V ': While 1 remain yours, &c. . V v V ; :- '---V , J- n. CLAY., j v P. '.S.- Monday, -5th July, at 9.o'clockin the morning.. f-. '.- ,'. ' ' .No, AColJiay to Mr Brooks. . f . (xotk 2xn.) "' "; ' - ri imut 30TH1858. v, Mr. G. W. Brooks i., .-i-''tk-- i u , Sir : J n explanation tI eay I never intended what was -said. Saturday last for you, and I re gret that under the excitement I struck you the blow to-day, . 1 - -- - k- ..fv - i- . I remain yours &c - .4 - - '' ,: - i-J." II. CLAY. a J.:.No. h -Mr.. Brooks lo CbL Clay. ; i.? - ViP-.U "sd. i 'i -ilS EiX WoOMDAtl, ) ;'6 1-2 o'clock, A. M-i July 1st , 1858. J " John 'HtClayz r:- ';. C- Sje : -Tour first and ocond-notesof llast eve nine have -been handed -mar Tour -anoloeies. (.might be appreciated had they been made in re ply torany; ntto ot oaturoay last. But 'forced from you as : they were- under mine of the 30th ult.,; I can but '.construe - theui as a decline on . your part to accept my otter. - wv u.i, ' - ' ' I havB therefore, but one alternative left me, to give you over to a discriminating publicrthat , that place may ba be assigned you ia society to which your conduct in this matter entitles you.' . . GEO. W. BROOKS. v P.'S. zSo other communication frota you Will be received.' i, , ' . - "-; . G. W B,:, ; ; Death of Wr. Ti;'PoRTZR.Wm ;T. Porter, Evj., thc well known'editor Of the Spirit of the . Times," anl more' recently of,?' Porter's Spirit.?' 4 uifu i his resiueuce in new .iuik on jiunuay morning- ; : x'X'z Mails ov:the Sabbath.--Ajpeution to the are jaid to be on mot between. Eichmoad and JS"W Orleans. - - " f P&ct. ,i,t V ;Pair asd Tourwambjit. There was -a Fair and Tournament at rJackwTTrl: Northampton" Co. N. C., on tho; 12th and 13th of thl; month, gotten up by the ladies for .the benefltrof .the parsonage ; attached to tho Episcopal Church in that village, wmcu, accOTuing tpa corresponaeni or tne jreters burg Express, was' very, successful. ' . Ten Knights entered the lists.,.; The ibllowingDwere thesuccess ful 'i.nights.yiz : ; JfT James Bea-Knigfatof tJracaw.j-won; the honor; or natmng the Queen of Love . and Beauty s Mr." Robt B. ' Peebles- Knight of Mowfield-t-tho honor of naming the, First Maid of Honor; Mr. -Wm. D. Ellls--Knight ot 'lroublelleld the Second f and Mr; 1 J. W. Boone, Knighi of Mecklenburg the third. Miss Peebles was crowned .Queen of Love and Bufeaty, Miss Jacobsj Miss Burgwyn, and Miss Boone,, were chosen Maids of Honor; Scarw PabPEttER Strikiko a Wh ALE.-r-rTiie Revi B. Jenkins,, writing . from Shanghai, China' to. the Southern Christian Advocate, of . Charles. Ion, S. C.j states that-" A" remarkable occur rence took; place " when H. M.'s screw. tteahi gun-veRsel ;lS"imrod j was . proceeding, under stcam for the entrance of ,the the river Min, oa the 16th April : When about four miles out side Sharp Peak, a violent concusfion' 'was ex perienced by all on bard,as if the ship had struck the ground, but knoi "ing from the position such could hot be the case, tl e real cause was evidenced on looking astern, on the ir discovering a large whale, severed nearly in two,; blowing convulsively and bleeding so profusely as to redden the; water all aTound. ; The whale, had doubtless been struck with much violence by the screw-propeller, and indeed the engines were brought to a momentary stand still by: the shock. , Unussal and Unlikely as this may appear, it Is, nevertheless a-fact.' ;; M E.' B CCELAK AK t NKQOTIATIKG FOR TH FjOa-: chasb of Ctrna. -A dispatch ; from Washington dated the 21t says Vv j ; ' . There is good reason to believe, from recent in formation, that our Goverolnnt U now ia a fair way to acquire Cuba, unqostionable source. This' J. derived from an .Goinqto Frazxr's jtrvKE.i4A Philadelphia ex change say j ;"Quiteai number of young men in this city have determined to-try, their fortunes in the new gold regiort oh - Frazer'a River. Already several parties have been organized, and will take their departure at an: early opportunity. The enterprise is oneqf great hazard, and howev er favorable the prospectj many.bardships "and privations must be anticipated.' ; jf; : . Col. Walter L- Steele is a candidate for the f Senate in the District of Richmond and Robeson XEWBOOKiBiXDERlP AXD BLAXK BOOK HANI' FACT OK V, - . ,. ..AT THE OLD - STAR OFJ'ICE, , ' " Ojtpoeite the Pftsbjterian Cliurch,) . ' pt-.V :' sis'. RAtXtOH. N. C".- l rnHB UNDERSIGNED RES PCTFULLY . A FORMS the Citizens of Raleigh and the vicinity generally, that he will promptly and pnactnally attend to (he bioding of Newspapers, JUagaziHea and Periodicals all kinds and in any style, plain Or ornamental, oa moderate terms; - Also Blank Books manufactured to order, and ruled to any pattern for the publio offices.. "; A share of patronage respectfully soli' cited. . JOHN J. CHAPLIN. ap17 wJtswtf "" IK RANCK COMPANY. This eomp-ny has beea in operation sear three years, during which time no assessment has been made, ia oat of debt, and offers to effect Insuranceon the most favorable teruw. C' , ' MOSES W. JARVI3,.gec'ry, . : Jy 8 3m ' - j ' -' . Newbefn, N. C " S. G. BRANCH & BRO., . ; No. 2 Coehxb of Stcamorb Amd j Old Streets," ; V'-' ": Petersburg Va., EEEP CONSTANTLY Oif HAND, IN BOND, a large stock of; tl ' ."',,'; -r '.j t. :--r lmportea Xiiquors, . -among which are the following celebrated brands : .'' Brandies Otard, Dnpuy k Co., James Hennessey 4 Co. Tinta?e 42. ).. ' ? ' ' Holland Gin Weeep Anchor, Imperial Eaglo, and Bearer. c j - ..-.?4-";:i-:--:-"'"--v ?. WineSrWelsh Madeira. Bordin do., Canary Cog well's, Palo and Dark Sherry. ; .' fc" t ' . . . ' i Po.rt Wines Burmestvr'a Por Pale Joice and Eargundy Port. .. -. i. .' .. . . ; Fine old Jamaica Rum', . 6 years old- ' Old Rye Whiskies Bourbon 5 years old, Ex celsior," jloaongahela, Mountain Dew Drop. ". . . . -Nash and Southampton Apple Brandies. The very best brands of Porter aad Ale, at the vary lowest market rates; ! f ma 19 3 m MEDICAL COLLEGE OP THE STATE OF. SOUTH CAROHNA.-T-The aanual course of liectures in this institution will rommence the second Monday in November, span the following branches t - Anatomy, - V -f J. E. H0LBR0OK: M D. Surgery, ", z": ' - J. J, CHISOLM, M..D. Theory and ; Practice of ' . :t .- - Medioine, ; -i P.-C. GAILLAB.D, 3L D Physiology, - , ' ; JAS. MOULTRIE, M. D. Materia Medica, : H, R. FROST, M. D. -Obstetrics,. t T. G. PBIOLEAU, M. D. Chemistryi XL TJSHEPARD, M.T.-' Demonstrator cf Anatomy, F. T. MILES, M. D. - v Clinical Leetnres are delivered twice a wek at the Marine Hospital and the Roper Hospital, by the Phy sicians and Surgeon of thosa Institntions. - ' . . , The, Anatomical Booms will be opened in October, and dissections conducted daily by the Demonstrator. - In the Anatomical Mhsetim valuable additions hav been made in models of a very laree size, illustrative; f of the more minute and delicate structures of the human body.";-'-,' ,'. ;"''' ." " A'"vauiable . and - interesting collection in wax of the various.perts of the system, in a healthy and dis eased state has been addedV ' v - " , i jy7 w6w ---.v. v-.v HNRY R. FttOST, Dean. , ,, ,' ; "- i ', , i, -i S '; - - HILLSBORO FEMALE ACADEMY. THE next session of Five. Months Will eommenee July 15th, under the instruction of Misses NASH and HUNT, and the superintendence of the Rev, Dr. CURTIS. . ... : Tuition in English;-$12 to $18. . ,. v - ilusic, -Drawing, - Painting, Ancient and Modern Languages, at the usual extra advances. .- I Board, including washing, fuel and light, can be ; , . v. F.- 8TRATH0RN., Sec'y. f CjJ TATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, JO JI N -J kJ7 STON, Coanty. Court of Pleas and Quarter Bes- sioaaj May .Term, 1858. J-- -;. ... ...-r--. - John Hollowell r?. Thomas Boles.'" M, .tU -yy-M;- Attaohment1 : ' ' --'"-? Tt-appearing to the Satisfaction of the Court thai Thomaa Boles, the defendant in. this cause ia. a non resident of this State, it is ordered that publication be made in, the Raleigh Register, for. six weeks, notifying the defendant to appear' at the next Term of our said Court, to be held at the Court House in f mithfiold, on '4th Monday-, of August next to' answer, plead, , or replevy? otherwise judgment finalirill be entered, i Witness Thos. ' l: hnead, Clerk of said Court at office ip Smithfield, 1th Monday of May, 1 858 : . . jy 17 sw THQ3. D.' SNEAD. C. C. C. J-.- Hi GRAHAM, 'DENTIST, RESPECJ- 'FULLY begs leave to inform hu friends and tne Dublio1 generally, thit in. addition to his former knowledge and experience in' DENTAL SURGEKi', he has also recently availed -himseit of a knowledge of, and the right to practice the Cheoplastic Fro- cess of mounting Artificial Teeth, a process applica ble under all circumstances, possessing decided advan tages, over, all- others heretofore : practiced and by whieh, front a -single tooth ti a full set way be beau tifully, durably and usefully inserted and worn with remarkable ease and consort to tne patient. '"Alt -other operations pertaining to his , profession toerforined in a Seientlic manner. ; ' -v ' - ! AddBBSs-Watjoaviile Alnstanao county, N. C tab a wemaa s wax & ccs Lotteries ; - t r i u ij p it an t 1 1 ; ? -' ' -SWAN 'it..: Co".'-1 7;,. . C05TIXTE TO DHAW AS CSUAt .WItHOCT rStlBatJrTtOir. - ') - .- Authorixed T tho J '-'-, . 1 . " - : -1-; t - - State of Ceorra. The late aftttpt to' injure cw Ttrm' mure our firm' has io that over Lotteries-are drawn fairly ? that . " our Prizes are 'paid pttnetually andl it :. ?tfuu our Schemes ar4 fnort lib$i- ' ral than any other Lotte'i "' The following gchm-wiir be drawl) by S. Swaa Co., llanagirs of tlie 9patSAeademy Lottery, in Wach of their Single Number Lotteries for Angast, 1858, at AUGUSTA, Georgia, in public, andw the -SaperuiUa-desce of CoouaiaaioMrsV-- s4 ;J, ' ' ' ' r Draws on Saturday, :Aognst 7,-1848. r'.v.. i'M -f-M CtASS ;2,-Vi"'-Draws on Saturday, August 14, 183t, :-' r.. -'; I ; CLASS 29, -r- . ' 'Draws on Saturtlay, 'Aafuat 21, 18SA. ' i . .i--'CLAS9"30,,f'J-'' " -- Draws on Saturday, Auctllt 28,' 1858. . - - .. ' .. '-'V '' '- . V.-"0n (fie jplan of Single Jfombri I :; - 50,000, Tickets f t;i .if 1 'Five 'Thousand Fvur Hundrtd and . Eigktf Tiv . v "axAair o peux to zvxar anrs rtcxxTS. ', , ! JIAGXIFICEXT .. S CJ1EME I 'fi .-'V I'- sl. To,b draws. N i ' ' :' ' Each. Saturday la Auf at. I Prize of 170,000 1 "4Priteiof ' ' " .l 604 - i too " ' 700- ioo - . 4 300 . . - . j 100 i 1 1 w do : .-v s AS0,000 i 4;-Aao ' do i 10,000 4 do' " -do-;,.;? - -500 '.4"5- do ..' ; do , 4,000 60 i do io .. ooo . 50- j do - do. 100 100 j.av t do', ' ',1,000 J30 ,do ." V ; Approximatiow Prixea. 4prUcof 140OAppr'i?td $7OfO0O prlte art f 1,600 4 do 300 do 80,000 do- 1.J00 do do., do do 200 12i . . do 10,000 r de . iSOft " do 6,000 do . i 600 '4. -"I 4. . . 100, do-; 4,000 .- sd0- . 400 75. ' " do 4,000 - do i 800 ': 60; ' dou 1,500T v do " - XW 20 are - - , . .lOOjOOO, 6,495 prizes amounting to-- f r - . 3JO,0CO Whole Tickets $10 ; Halves $5; Quarter ?2 80. ? JST A Circular showing the plan of the Latteries will be sent to any one desirpul pf recelvng v Certificates of Packages will be told at lie following rates, which ii the risk . ' Certificator of; Packago of 10 Whole TkkeU, $50 . . r . 4' A- . 10 QuarUr , " V ' lit flrderinir Tii'kpl or tertiaeaiB. ; Enclose the' money to onr address for the TiexetS or I dored, on "the re'eeipr fcf which they will, be, fprwardtd ; Dy nrsi man. jroronneers pan nve ickcm eumng- in any fliure they may designattt. u. .t 4 Ltz The liat of drawn N ambers, and Prises will be sett .to purchasers immediately after tho drawing. , ' Purchaeerv will please wTit their sipnatnrea plain, and pie their Post Offloef County and Bttiei -.' - Remember that avary prise is draws aad piyable la fall without deduction-..-" -k-s,ft.J . -v r All prizes of $t,D00-nd under, -paid .ImaedtaU-ly aftor the drawing other prises at, the lunuL tuae cf thirty daya..-,- - ; -i t. .1 :-, " All communication strictly eonudaatiaL. ... , j . . Address Orders for Tickets ot Certificates t ' - . .- r . ';B. STV'AN 4 CO.. " ' FersonsTeidlnj( near Montgomery, Alik, or Atlanta, Oa., can have their orders filled, and save time, sy ad-' dressing S. Swan A Co., at el tier or tnose ciues.. A list of the numbers that are drawn from tie wheel, wiifl ice amount. 01 in pnze to at caca ope 19 enuuea to, will be published after every drawing, in the foUaw. icy papers: Augusta (Geo.) CnitJtvUonalist,h:ew 0r leans Delta,' Mobile RegMer, - Charleston BtMidard, Nashville Gazette! Atlanta' Intelligencer; Uew York f Weekly Day Cook, Savannah - Georgian; Kkhmoad Dispatch, eir York Dispatch, funding (Mus.; Clari on and Little T.otk (Ark.) True Democrat. j .;. -f - - : " .. ... ....,, - T, ftllE UNIVERSITY OF FREE MED ! - CINE and popular knowledges organizad for the purpose of arresting tho evils of worthless and spu rious nostrums, and supplying families with reliable) Domestic Remedies, have soli to Messrs. J. A C J. COWLES, of Elkville, N, C., an,a3iortiasBt.efthelr .valuable compounds, viz f ' " . '.'.. ROWAND S TONIC MIlTURlTfor the' l'ctira vf ':' " ' Syrnp -of Blackberry Boot, for the ear ef '.' t ' ' Dlarrhcea. etei:- " - Tne University Remedy lor Long Complaints, etc.f '-.. . jf't ';w.r Dyspepsia, or Indigestion, " ,!. . . - Costive Bowels, .PiUa) v - " , j ? . - Bore Eyes, m, ; v-. ; - " " . '. - - "k" Lar aohc and Deafness, " h - Tooth ache, rf ' - M Fever and Ague, (U form xr --r .. .J.tim. '.'A-; -..,;. ': 1 T Cholera, ie.y- - -: Unlike the various nostrums of the day, these) Reme dies depend upon their merits for popularity. -They are to be had of the Messrs, COWLES, at ElkviHa, and of -.their Agents, as follows? - ,. iV -A. C. Mcintosh, Taylorsrille; 'Dr. "John pink, Cec- . cord; JamM. Allen, Milton; Alexander McAlpln, Tan ceyvillo W,C. Walker, Persimmon Creek ; T. T. Oood ing, "Newbemj Jamoe N. Smith, Fayettevnief Viih. lisni M. Farabeo,- Shady Crove David H. Idol, Ah botfs Creek; Transou A Bro.. Pfafftowa.- A. T. Zere ly. Falem;,F. Sj Marshall, Halifax f W.-Lerr Lof.- naynoevuie; iU iiarrus Hon, rououvuiej At. l Helper Davidson College; W. II. Lippitt, Wilmington; Dr. A. O. Bradley,. Wilmington rllonry, Culptpprr, Elizabeth City; Satlcrflold A William, RoiU.ro; c 1 T 1 I. -1 t. . T r 1 If. 1 1 f - (Ifange; R. 8. Long, Rockingham ; IV D. Mostly A . Co.," Clinton W. A.' Lash, Walnut Care ; JokIaU Cbwles, JrM Jonesville ; i; k A. C. Cowles, Ilamptea villc ; Lucas A O.J. Moore, OolJsborongb. ' j mar. 10v-lyr$cj a f j ? ' . Ci TATE Or NORTII.CAROLINA. ASHE aj County. In Equity.. i ''. ! - . A. M. Maxwell r. Sarah Bumpass, Jlenry Bampa'i, " . and David Worth. .''It appearing tht'tho-defndantf, Farah Burapts and llenrv Bumpass. are non-residents of thia State ; fit. if, therefore, ordered that publication be made la tb Raleigh-Register, for six weeks, commanding u said defendant to be and appear before the Jadg of our -Saperior Court of KquUy, to be beld for the oounty of . Ashe, at the Court lloise, in Jefferson, vath 2d Mob dayjiftor the 4th Monday in Angust next, tbea and there, plead, answer or demur, to the said suit, other wise judgment pro confuto will ba entered against them, and the cae be heard ex jtarU.-,. Witness, George Bower, Clerk and Master la Equity -Of . said eounty, this 21st June, 1958. ' ,j2f-w6w ,. - QEO: BOWER C. M..E. r l v james ED.veyV lyM'f' C0MMSSIO &' ii E II C H A J(-T '- ' - 47, "Chambers.' Street,1" ff .: Y." - BU'S. AND FORWARDS 'EVERT KIND OF merchandise for H prr etnt.-C'fmmitrion. Refers w Uovsi Swain and MoreheadrN. W. ToodQn, J. W. . Osborne C. V, Mendeuall, A.M. Oormsn, Eqr. and Re v; C. it.'Dct-nisj llon. W. A, Utaltam, aad otflers. ifealer tnPianos, Metodeons, Organs," Harps, Unitur, Masio, Sewing Machine, Irva aft, Fumyi, tiarccn iilngince, 4c. , A printed li.t of all the diflerent maker, kindi and prices if frtt'.Y Publisher of aa ki eant lithosrai and the Cherokee Physician! or, India Guide to Health." Tbii invalo-vble at-tyerfr er should be in every houaav. l it treats of all disoesv. bas r copious glossary sea presences the remedies from uturc4iMtuteou. atois, tor al our intrtuirica tani misfortunes. ' It-ia printed on fin white psper rhandsomelv bound, fourth edition. XO0 pares, sad ll handsomely bound, fourth edition, M9 9g, aad nailed ree or on dollar, i ' -.. New Bomwrod Piaaoe, $1M.- - Jaa X3ly