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i V .1 t 1 t," 1:1: . ' v'. ? v a n Ui :I 4 t 1 ' r i t II I j Hi it f 5.. "1 r- -i .V r ir t, f: lTiWiTl TOE LATB JAMES MONTOOaEBT yHJS poet. rf ;:;;:t- Of the decease ot the venerable Jaxs Moh .omrt, of Sheffield, in England, illustrious no lew by hi talents and his public works than by the christian virtues and unblemished puri ty of hia private life,, our readers were inform ed, weefc or two ago, in an article . of newt copied with some modification from a New York journal. Bj one of the late steam -packets the Editor have more recently received co piaaof 'Sheffield Timea containing some particulars of his life and Death, with copious details of bis Funeral Obsequica. Full of interests these details are and could not but be to bis friends and; relatives, and to the whole population of the great , town bj which he was universally beloved,, and even idolised, they would, in their entire extent, be comparatively without attraction to-those who knew Montgohmt only by name. It may, how urn to ve some ideaof the retard in which he was held whilst living, to state that tha fu neral procession on the occasion was composed f .11 th nnblic anthorities of the place, official .,. well maniciwl. of representatives of every public institution and association, inclu ding the Mayor and the whole body of the cor poration of the town, and (so to speak) the whole mass of its inhabitants. It will per haps sorprise those readers who have only heard of Sheffield as a manufacturing town to learn that in this funeral train, beside the hearse drawn by six horses, and four mourning coaches drawn by four horses each, there were upwards of a hundred and forty carriages. Forming a part of the procession were nearly fify Min itera of manv churches, and among them the Bishop and six Ministers of the Church of the United Brethren. (Moravians.) in which the deceased was nurtured and raised ; the whole scene being, in the, language of the Time, such a demonstration of ptiblio feeling as bad never before been witnessed in bbemeld. Th remains of our deceased frieni for such in our early years he emphatically bad been were deposited in a oeauuiui rurai ccuicicxj uu th borders of the town. There was. as we learn from the paper above referred to, a competition for the honor of Montoobxet's burial plase. We quote from the Times : "The plot of ground suggested and recom mended by the Cemetery Committee for hi grave is precisely the spot which is the most conspicuous in the line with the late Mr. Mont Soviet's residence. It may be interesting to mention that not only did Mr. Montgomery compose a hymn on the occasion of the conse cration of the new cemetery, but some time before his deathj he walked round the ground and expressed himself delighted both with the Eicturesque scenery and the anticipation of the eautiful aspect which the ground would pre sent when it assumed its ultimate form and decorations. This circumstance, trifling as it is, becomes gratifying in connexion with the fact that considerable difficulty had to be over come with reference to the alleged or implied disposition of Mr. Montgomery to be interred at the village of Eckington, the burial place ot the Gales family a desire in which the sur viving Miss Galxs very naturally concurred. Tha two Moravian establishments in this part of tha kingdom Fulneck, near Leeds, and Ockbrook, near Derby had also been mention tioqed as places where the interment was like ly to take place." In another part of the Times, the name of tha same lady occurs at the close of a very in teresting account of the life and dying hours of the Poet: We must not," says the writer, "omit to mention or to sympathise with the venerable woman who alone, with her late sisters, has been bis companion during about half a cen tury and whose' solicitude has been devoted to the promotion of the domestic comfort of him with whom the had so long walked down the vale of life- We allude, of course, to Mies Oatxs, who, having been so long to him as a sister and a friend, feels intensely a bereave ment which leaves her so far advanced in years alone in the world." The recurrence of this name, together with the mention, in all the accounts of Montoome rt's life, of his business engagement with Mr Gales, will perhaps have suggested to some of our readers the probability of a family relation between the Lady above referred to and those persons on this side of the Atlantic who bear the same name. It is even so. She was the youngest sister of Joseph Gales, of Sheffield, who, with his wife and the Children then born, . emigrated to the United States sixty years ago. Among these children the Editor of this paper who bears the same name was the oldest son, and the Wife of his Associate was the young est daughter. Miss Gales, therefore, the sole survivor of the name in England, is the Aunt of both the Editors of the National Intelligen cer, and the Great Aunt of the Editor of the "Raleigh Register." Joexra Gales, ihe Senior, with his Family, came to this country in the year 1795, having in the transition from his native countrv to the" New World spent some months at lfum burg, in Germany, or rather at the town of Al tona, immediately adjacent to it. The following letter from Mr. Gales to Joel Barlow, whose acquaintance, with that of other Americans, be had made at Hamburg, the original of which wis placed in our hands by a surviving relative of the latter gentleman, discloses the precise date of the arrival of Mr. Gales in this country, and his first impression of it : No. 272 Noxth Front Street, Philadephia, August 28, 1795. Dear Sir : As you were pleased to express a wish to bear of our safe arrival upon the shores of America, 1 take the opportunity which the sailing of the Adriana for Hamburg gives me, to inform you that I and mine reached this port safe and well on the 30th of July, after a tolerably agreeable passage of sixty days ; for, though the time was somewhat longer than is reckoned a short passage, it has passed away smoothly from a perfect good understanding subsisting betwixt us and the captain, and from his and his mate's very kind attentions to tho children. What added also to the agree ableness of the passage we had very little sea sickness amongst us. We find Philadelphia a fine flourishing city ; but, from the great influx of foreigners of late, (particularly of French West Indians ) the necessaries of life are very dear, and rents re markably high. It was with difficulty, indeed, after being twelve days at a tavern, tht I could find any place in which to put our heads. At length, however, I got very comfortable, though very dear apartments, just without the city, in an open situation near the river Delaware. We have found the beat of the weather exces sive' and scarcely supportable, but for a few days past we have had it cooler. The letter too were so good- as to favor me with to Col. 0wold I delivered at his house, but he was in the neighborhood of New York; not finding it convenient at present to ero there! I enclosed to a particular friend just arri ved there from England, (along with a work of Condorcet, which, for the want of leisure, I did not trans late I was chief nurse on board,) with a few lines from myself, requesting their advice through the medium of my friend, or by letter. I heard from my friend at New York yesterday, who says that Mr. Fellows thinks Hudson would be a good place for me to fix at, but he will write me on the subject. Mr. Flint would confer with Mr. Fellows upon the matter. Finding money go ptetty freely here, I thought it most prudent to get into a way of earning some, (my stock being pretty much reduced.) and, being introduce! to Mr. Dob son, book seller here, he recommended me to Donlap and Claypole as a person capable of undertaking an active part in the management of their paper, and with tbem I am engaged upon tolerbably good terms. This situation will not only give my family present bread, but it will habituate me to the manner of doing business here, and rive me an opportunity of Vine acquainted with many things which will be of use hereafter. learn this .title or the -printer of the principal f paper in every;' seaport -in France, that if I commence a paper, I might have the benefit of an exenange by every- am p -sailing irow. thence.:.: :i '' ':T ? The treat v latelv -"concluded between Great Britain and this Wuntry baa given great dt satisfaction . to the great body ot the people here, and addresses have been presented to the President from all parts, requesting mm w withhold hia signature from it, (though a ma jority of the Senate bad sanctioned it ;) but within thee few -days a number of mercnania. in this and other places have. addressed toe President, and expressed their approbation of the treaty. It is said the President has signed it, and that Mr. Hammond baa sailed to in gland with itrom New. York. ... . A week aeo.it waa'nonitively said here that the yellow fever raged at New York, but: it said - now to be without foundation. ,no epi demic disease is there. A few more than ordi nary deaths have' been' occasioned by the hot weather. Boston is also sickly. : - My wife joins me in expression of thanks for the many civilities shown to us at Altona and in the hope of soon seeing you on this side of the Atlantic well and nappy. Yours, sincerely, JO. GALES. After residing upwards of four years in the city of Philadelphia, during which he estab Fished and carried on a' considerable printing office. Mr. Gales was induct to transfer his es tablishment to Raleigh, the seat of Government of the State of North Carolina ! and, very soon after bis arrival there, began the publication of a newspaper, bv the title of the Kaletgh Uegis ter. which exists to this day. beinz now owned and edited by Mr. Siaton Gales, his grand son. As soon as practicable after his arrival in this country, be took thefirt step of declaring in legal form his intention to become a citizen of the United States ; whieh intention was carried out very soon after his removal to Ra leigh, by his naturalization at a United States Court held in that young city. We should not have troubled our readers with all these particulars, and perhaps not with any oPthem, had it not Leon in some de gree necessary to show the authenticity of the source of the memoir of Mr. Montoomery which we are about to lay before thtm, and the reliance that may be placed upon its general accuracv. Among the manuscripts foun3 with the pa pers of Mrs. Gales, after her decease, (in 1839.) was a collection, the general title of which was as follows: " Bernini fcences tchich relate to Per sons who have come under my otcn observation." First in order of these Reminiscences is the subjoined, copied from the original, in her own handwriting: JAMES MONTGOMERY. This estimable man and celebrated poet wa horn November 4th, 1771, at Irvine, in Ayr shire, in Scotland. His father was a Moravian Minister, and. when he was still an infant, his parents removed to Antrim county, Ireland. When only six years old this child of promise was placed at Fulneck, in Yorkshire, a nemina ry of the Vnitus Fratrum. His parents, going as missionaries to the West Indies, died there. At the seminary above mentioned he soon became familiar with the Greek, Latin. French, and German languages, and with history, geog-raphy.-and music; his early taste for poetry interfering with more beneficial studies. Even at the early age of ten years he wax a devoted worshipper at the shrine of the Muses. In 1787 he left Fulneck, and was placed by his guardians at an obscure village in Yorkshire as a shop boy. That this situation should satisfy hi ardent mind could not be expected; and, after struggling with his feelings, in abcut eighteen months he privately left his employer, and, ignorant of the world and buoyed up" by delusive hopes, he wandered about a few days, and. with a few shillings in his pocket, reach ed th village of Wath, near to Kotherham. During his term of service in the shop he had filled up the leisure hoars of his situation in the indulgence of his ruling passion. Truly might he have said, with Pope "I Hp'd In namben, for the number cunt " From Wath he went to London. High in expectation, and flashed with long-cherished hopes of never-dying fame and munificent re wards of genius, he applied to Mr. Harrison, a celebrated publisher in Paternoster Row. With this gentleman he remained a few months; but, as no one would undertake to publish what they deemed the crude effusions of an an- Ter,lJ were such ; and had all the reformers of known juvenile poet, he returned, disheartened j tn,lt e7a een Kenerou, upright, and disinteres and melancholy, to Watb, where he was kind- ,ed ,ike lhe Db!e-minded editor of the Sheffield ly received At this period of time my personal knowl edge of Mr. Montgomery commenced. Mr. Gales then, and for ouie years preceding, put lislied a newspaper entitled "The ShrjRetd Hrg iser," and in consequence of an advertisement for a clerk in that paper by one of the mer chants, Montgomery applied fur the situation. Well do I remember the circumstances attend ing my first knowledge of this interesting voung man ; for interesting he was, in spile Li his very uncouth habiliments. His inquiry was lor .ur. IimIpa. and It R har.nnnnH 11,01 I ...... services as a clerk, in consequence of the ad- vertisement, he entered into an animated de scription of his purbuits, his feelings, bis ex pectations, and his disappointments. With sarcastic bitterne&s he spoke of the Mecrxnas' of modern days and the selfishness of modern i ublishers. Lor a long time, even till lateK. preserved this letter, nor do I now recollect what became of it. And now to describe this very extraordinary young man at my first interview with him. He was in bis 19th year, of a middle size, his eyes bright, clear, and expressive, bis hair au burn, his complexion fair. These minute ob servations were not, however, made at this transient view; but his dress, exactly as it was, never again presented itself, and it is difficult to conceive that a person, a young one too, who had been in the great metropolis of the British Empire, should have appeared as he did. His coat was of the coarsest blue cloth, cut mathematically it is true, but without the least regard to taste or fashion ; bis under clothes of the coarsest materials, and his breeches (for pantaloons bad not yet made their debut in male attire) were of leather; his stock ings blue woollen, and dragged above his knees to meet nis upper clothes ; bis shoes hob-nailed, such as the farmers' servants wore; his hat broad brimmed, with a round close crown, under which, low in his neck, hung his hair in long straggling ends. But. oh ! what a noble heart beat under this rude exterior! what an enlightened mind gave energy to his expres sions : The person who advertised for a clerk had obtained one, but Mr. Gales, much pleased at a subsequent interview, engaged Montgomery iu the same capacity. And a more faithful ser yant or a truer friend we were nacer favored with. w From this period his personal improvement was rapid, and his mental powers daily develop ed themselves. Montgomery lived in our family during the "times that tried men's souls ;" and, though a true friend to liberty, be did not personally ap pear as its advocate in those stormy times, yet his pen was occasionally devoted to the great cause of political reform. I am. however, speak ing of MoNTGOMisr, .not the times in which we lived. lid was the most agreeable compan ion, as well as the muet faithful friend ; the most philanthropic of wen, even in those early untried days. , In our domestic circle, at that time small, ha would sometimes sit in complete abstraction, twhrling the corner of his handker chief, fir a loug tLue together ; at other times, - rr.. , r.,10 , iu mi- iiiiit-u .-iMies, as mey are truly and unpar- crossing the passage at the moment he present- ' tially disclosed iu the following extract from that ed himself ut the door. I received the letter, j Wetch : and when I had read it I compared it with the "Mr. Montoomery vas received into the family singular appearance of the writer, for there ! "f Mr- t;al,',' a he had Uni in every other, not was a bright beam of intelligence in his fine i "ly ltb r,'s,l"'ct' but "VL'n afection, for his hazel eve which iden'.ified him Ilia letter ,,n!,u-" man,K'rs ingenuous disposition, and pocti was replete with energy, and. in offering hi c;i' ahKa "'ak' h'mfntm.l. Mr. Gales, break pat into - such .torrents of eloquence asj were equally interesting and asausin. . Daring hia residence with us, we made a abort tour into I Derbyshire, Mr. Gales and himself on business. and myself -and two young female visiters ac companying them for pleasure. ' It was a most deligatlul tour, as we visited tnose wonoers oi Nature which' are so celebrated in typographical history. Unfortunately in this journey Mont- gomery took cold, which eventuated in a swel ling, and finally in the suppuration of bis jaw, which, as long as I knew him, was a source of pain and inconvenience to him. Never was father kinder to a child than Mr. Gales was to Montgomery ; and he repaid it with the exertion of a faithful servant, and the duty of a son. I have never known any person more affectionate ly devoted to. another than Mr. Montgomery was at that time to Air, Gales. In tne difficul ties and dangers of that, convulsed period he took his share. When we finally concluded to leave.England, in 1794, Our particular and ex cellent friend, the Kev. B. Naylor, purchased the "Sheffield Register'' and the printing office, and for some time it .was printed in his name. Some time after which a new arrangement was made, and Montgomery became proprietor, as well as editor and printer. Although the Register was now conducted w'th less teal for the popular cause than it had been by its former publisher, yet was its editor twice immured within the walls of York Cas tle first, for three months and with a fine, for publishing (and it was printed without his knowledge) a song written and published long before he entered on the business. It was a patriotic song, written in Ireland, and the ex ceptionable line was, "If France conquers, the world will be free." Those only who know the turbulence of those times can conceive bow tne merest trifle was construed into an expression of disaffection to the Government. Within a ear afterwards our unfortunate friend was im prisoned for boldly and manfully expressing his opinion of the bloody and disgraceful conduct of the Sheffield volunteers in a riot in wbicb two men were killed. Ile'wassent again to his old lodgings for six months, and paid a still heavier fine. From that period Montgomery devoted a great portion of his time to poetry, and no inconsider able portion of it to the calls of humanity, the claims of benevolenee, the duties of private friendship, and to public services. In this no riod he has published as much and as valuable matter as any poet of his age the age we live in, I mean. Besides a large mass of smaller poems on miscellaneous subjects, bis "Wander er of Switzerland." "Wet Indies," "World be fore the Flood," and " Greenland" have gone each o.f them through many editions, and have some of tbem been translated into trench and German. In this eouDtry also have been many edition. Montgomery is now 55 years old.f and has recently retired from bis professional duties, on which occasion he received a greater mark ot distinction, a greater proof of the honorable es timation in which he was held, than any other private individual in that part of England ha ever received. A dinner, called in the name of Lord Milton, son of Earl Fitzwilliam, and at which he presided, was advertised to be given to Mr. Montgomery on his retiring from public life. The tickets were a guinea each ; sod on the second day, the subscription was obliged to be closed, as the applicants were too numerous tor accommodation. " There is a tide in the affairs of men." Tiiat tide was "taken at the flood" by our friend, for it ourely may be said without egotism that the printing office and book-store were congenial soils for the germination of his powerful mind, and the kindness with which he was treated by i nis employer and mend warmed that noble j heart which a cold world had almost chilled to j despair. At the period when this is written. Montoom- ert enjoys the otium cum dignitate in Sheffield, j where he has lived for thirty six years, occasion I al excursions excepted. lie lives, too, in the house wh:ch we occupied, and Mt.Gales's Maid en Sisters, about bis own age, still live there ; j and u them he is, as he ever has been, a broth er and a friend. WiNirRtD Gales. Raleigh, (N. C.) October 18, 18l6. P. S. I had forgot to mention, but surely I may do it with laudable pride, that in our friend's Farewell Address on relinquishing the publication of the Lis (September 27, 1825) he reverted to his first residence in Sheffield, and the state of parties at that time : "With all the enthusiasm of youth I entered into the feelings of those who called themselves the tnends oi treedom, justice, and humanity. Those with whom I was immediately connected neyisicr, as mis paper was then called,) the cause which they espoused would never have been disgraced, and might have prevailed even at that time, since there could have been noth ing to fear, and all to hope, from patriotic measures supported by patriotic men." Note fy the Editors. It mny not be unin teresting to the reader to learn, upon the authority ol the Sketch of Mr. Montgomery's life referred to in the introduction to this a reticle as having been published in the Sheffield Times, the immediate cau-es which led to the emigration of Mr. Gales . .1. . t- . 1 c. .. . I 1,-1,, 1....... .1 1 j 11. .t. ..1.111 mjr nr-prtmuiy euucaitti, Was a j man not only of a strong mind, but of a most ster ling character, being at once inflexible 111 hi sen- imienis aim uncompromising in his Integrity. His Wife was a woman assessing both accom plishments and a tate lor literature. "This was in 1712, a period, it will be recollec ted, when names the most elevated in rank as well a: ln inu'lleot ail(1 " hen men, one another's equals j m honor and honesty, held the most opposite po- I 1"ical "P',n'?"s The of the French revolu- I ".' ne , - "ueratert ,roir the mangled body of an ancient desputi-m, and deeply baptized with blood, stalked over Europe, justly producing consterna tion and dismay wherever it appeared England was one of its lavoritc haunts. Sheffield, in com mon with other large manufacturing towns, was suspected and watched by Government, and Mr. Gales, as the organ of the popular sentiment, was a "marked man." Suspicion at length reach ed us acme; he learnt by mere accident, while in a neighboring town, that a mandamus had been Ts sued lor his apprehension that his house had been searched. He knew that to be suspected was to h gudry. He would, however, have remained but was compelled by his family and friends to llee : he therefore resolved instantly to pass over sea ; and presently, with his wife, arrived in p. cresy and safety at Hamburg, from which neigh borhood (Altona) they ultimately proceeded to A nierica." fThis was written in the year 1826. IIon. Edw'd Stanly. Advices from Califor nia state that this distinguished son of the ''Old North State," who recently emigrated to that State, will be elected to the U. States Snate from California, should the Whigs succeed, in carrying the Legislature, of wbicb tbere is scar cely a doubt, as the breach in the democratic ranks between the friends of Gwin and Brode rick is beyond healing. The election of this zealous and untiring advocate of the Whig priciples to succeed the part:ean Gwin, will be bailed with acclamation by the Whig party of the entire Union. Norfolk Beacon. Crisis ok no Crisis. In Bulwer'a sarcastic comedy of "Money." Mr. Graves, as be shakes hi head at a file of newspapers, says : "In my day. I have already seen eighteen crisises, six annihilations of commerce, four overthrows of the church, and three last, final, awful, and ir remediable destructions of the entire constitu tion." Thi Veit Dabt Dodge. The last species of foul play perpetrated upon the unsophisticated portion of Gotham, is that of glueing feathers upon the legs of the common fowl and selling them for. shanghais. j rntiti-Yi If muff MWttimtm. I w praetlea miilutfjo tuuamsvm V -""a- vv. n M'tJni tfAYWiYSenate,); I II til KAIlilillfllT K.KH UK. i Ifira. onwiUing to got M Our art the plans' of fair, delightful peac ; , Unwarped by party rayet to live like brothert. , R ALEIG HN.'fi WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 23, 1854. Republican Whig Ticket. FOR GOVERNOR, ALFRED DOCKERY, OF RICHMOND. ELECTION OH THTESDAT, AUGUST 3rd. Mr. HEXRY M. LEWIS, Montgomery, Alatmma, U our Gen eral Traveling AifenL for the States of Alabama and Tennea ara, aiairted by C. f. Lewis, Jemea O. Lewis, and Samuel V. Mr. C. W. JAMES, No I Harrison Street, Cincinnati, Ohio, it our General TmreUnr A(tent for the Western Statea and Texaa. asxiiited by H. J. Tbomaa, J- T- Dent, P. D. C. M. L. Wiiwmen, A. L. Cbilda, and Dr. Win. Irwin. Receipt of either will be good. Mr. ISRAEL E. JAMES, No. 182 South Tenth Street, Phil adelphia, U our General Traveling Agent, assisted by Wm. H. Weld, John Collins, Jamea Deerinn, E. A. Brans, Thomas D. Nice, Joseph Hiunmit, Joseph Button, Robert W. Morrison. Edward W. Wiley, William L. Waterman, H. J Riddick, P. W. Macken. Tbomaa A.Tobin and D. 8. Peaace. GEN. DOCKERY'S APPOINTMENTS. - Wadesboro', Monroe, Charlotte, Lin coin ton, Newton, Taylorsville, Wilkesboro', Jefferson, Boone, Lenoir, Morganton, Marion, Rutherfordton, Friday, June Saturday, July Monday, " Wednenday, " Thursday, " Friday, Saturday, " Monday Wednesday, " Friday. Saturday, Monday, " Wednesday, " 30 1 3 5 6 7 8 10 12 14 15 17 19. CORNERED ! It is indeed amusing to witness the twistings and writhings of the locofoco Press under the force of the stunning blow given their Candid ate by the Edenton Certificate, which not only sustains Gen. Dockery in his version of the dis cussion in that place, on tho 10th of April, but moet effectually exposes the Janus face of Mr. Bragg on the subject of Internal Improvement. It fell like a bomb shell into the camp of the "Raleigh Junto" and never did panic stricken men glare their eyes around in uch terror and dismay. The "Standard" comes to the relief of Mr. Bragg, and a more lame and impotent ex cuse and defence were never made for any man It is indeed a literary curiosity and is worthy of preservation ! The sixteen Edenton gentlemen, who give an account of the discussion, say that they'll tinctly recollect" that Gen. D. asked Mr. B. the following questions: 1. Are you in favor of the extension of the North Carolina Rail Road, East to Beaufort and West to the Tennessee line? To which Mr. Bragg answered, "lam not to be catechised ; you have no right to quest im me." The General remarked, "I see you are dis posed to rfoioe the question." To which Mr. Bragg replied, "lam not. Sir." Gen. D. then asked the question, "Are you in favor of the State borrowing money to build that Road f" To which Mr. Bragg answered, clearly and emphatically, "No, Sir ; but I am willing to ex tend the Road as far as the means and resources of the Statt w ilj justify." This is the proof.' It shews "clearly and era phatically," that on the 10th of April last, the locofoco Candidate was opposed to borrowing money to extend the Road in other words. that he was opposed practically to its exten sion ! How does the "Standard" propose to get around the convincing force and power of this proof? It says: "The- substance of the above is, that Mr. B. was not open to questions. as Gen. D. was, because he was not then a Can didate, that he was nevertheless not disposed to dodge the question, for he emphatically says so, that he replied, "No, Sir, but I am willing to extend the Road," in. Not quite so fast, Mr. ''Standard !" Such an attempt at deception is too glaring. Stick to the record! Such is not the testimony of the witnesses. You have taken the answer of one question, and endea vored to tack it on to another and a differ ent one ! Cunning device this, indeed 1 Read again The General remarked, " I see you are dis posed to dodge." To which Mr. B. replied, "I am not. Sir!" Gen. D. then asked the question, "Are you in farvr of the State borrowing money to build the RoadT To which Mr. B. answered, clearly and em phatically, "No, Sir, but I am willing " 4c 'No Sir" what? "No Sir," I don't dodge? Why, he had already answered that remark, and Gen. D. had passed to and propounded another and different question. The gist of the discussion was whether he was "iu favor of bor rowing money to extend the Road," and not whether Mr. B. was a dodger or not! It was only by charging him with "dodging' that Gen D. was able to drag from him a "clear and em phatic" answer to the inquiry, whether he was in favor of borrowing money to extend the Road, and to that, be answered direcHy and unequivo cally, "No Sir !" The "Standard" may tax its ingenuity for quibbling to its utmost tension, bnt it will not avail ! But, says the "Standard," bis declaration that he was willing to go "to the extent of the meant and resources of the State, is all that the most decided Improvement man could desire, for the means and resources of the State include, of course, all me property, real and personal, within our borders." Mr. Bragg, then, is willing to go to the extent of the value of all the property, real and personal, in the Slate to complete tfie extension! Is this so? If the meaning, which the "Standard" at taches to the words "means and resources," be correct, then the conclusion is inevitable, that Mr. B. is willing to see the whole real and per sonal property of the People of the State under mortgage to carry on a work of Internal Im provement I But the "Standard" knows Mr. B. did not mean this, but that he intended the words "means and resources" to refer only to the- means, money, or effects, en hand. He in tended but to repeat his meaning when he used the expression, "No, Sir," vis : that he was wil ling to go to the extent of what was on hand and could be made available from the taxes now raised, but was opposed to incurring a debt "borrowing money." Thie waa the meaning, and the "Standard" knows it, despite the effort made by quibbling and sophistry to place him in an upright position on the variegated plat form of the locofoco Convention I ' ' This, then, having been Lis meaning, on ihe mh of April last, Mr. Bragg stood in a position than fh "means and resources "justified,? then the rHoad iteelf would io go East or West "one tingle inch The "Standard" tries bard, almost to burst ing, to lift Mr. Bragg ont of the bog of inconsif tenciee and contradictions into which be bas plunged, bnt these efforts will but sink him deeper and deeper ! The weight around his neck is too heavy for even the stalwart arm of the "Standard" to carry. Sink heuvstl Lei the Whig press keep vp the fire I HAPPY FACULTY. The locofoco party have a most beatific facul ty of converting every renegade Whig, who may, peradventure, for the sake of the "spoils," or for any other patriotic motive, join their ranks, into a marvellously proper, consistent and sincere lover of his country and his whole ountry 1 They actually make the poor fellows themselves, who are thus seduced, believe, after a while, that there has been nothing selfish in their conduct, but that it has been instigated by the most noble and ennobling impulses. They feed them with flattery and "pap," ont they extract from them whatever of confiden tial intercourse they may have had with their Whig associates, induce them "to bruit it be fore the public, and, poor creatures ! when aroused from their intoxication, they find that they have done what, in days by-gone, they would have scorned, and what, as men having some little spark of honor remaining, they can not, etm nnder thir nHW association. Justify. The man who goes from one family circle to another, detailing what he had heard in the confidence of friendship, would be kicked out of decent society. The man who goes from one political party to another, and divulges the friendly intercourse of his former associates, is hugged and kissed and caressed by his new al lies ! Could any meanness surpass this ? "We have learned, on the highest authority, and now take occasion to state what we felt quite confident was so from th? first that Mr. Clingman is utterly opposed to the election of Gen. Dockery, tho Federal candidate for Governor. Ilis position is well known to the people of his District." ( Standard.) That "highest authority," we presume, is Mr. Clingman himself ! But where was the neces sity to inform the Editor of the "Standard" ? He "felt quite confident it was so, from ihe first," for it is well known that he has been one of the "keepers" of Mr. C's political conscience and secrets for a year or two past, and rumor says he has kept up a most intimate correspon dence with him. This whole affair ia no new thing. It takes no body by surprise. Whigs have been "quite confident it was so from the first." Mr. C. was a long time "being wooed." lie coquetted, quite lengthily, with the leaders of the locofoco party, before he would throw off the mask he was wearing! After all, we take it that there is but a bargain. A "quid pro quo" is the basis of the contract. It is pretty generally understood, that the high contracting parties have already agreed on the preliminaries, and that should Mr. C. hold, what they call, the "balance of power" in the Legislature, he and Dand S. Reid are to embrace and lock hands as the two United States Senators from North Carolina! "How we apples swim !" Well, it is said "that is an evil wind which blows nobody good." Mr, Clingman stands forth now an avowed locofoco, The Whigs of his District now know his politi cal latitude and longitude, and they can act ac cordingly. It is to be seen whether they will sutler themselves to be hitched to the oar of Thomas L. Clingman's ambition, and dragged hither and thither at his will and pleasure ! We do not believe they will ! " The Register repeats the falsehood that Mr. Edwards voted against the Free Suffrage bil ; and conceals the fact that fifteen Whig Senators voted against it. We shall go somewhat at length into the question in our next." Standard. What does the Editor mean ? Almost every man. woman and child in the State knows, that Mr. Edwards, when Speaker of the Senate, gave the casting vote against the Free Suffrage bill. Yet the "Standard" has the hardihood to deny this universally known fact. For we defy any one, who understands the force and meaning of words, and is at all acquainted with the con struction of the English language, to give any other signification to the foregoing extract than this : that it is a falsehood to say that Mr. Edwards voted against the Free Suffrage bill, and that the "Register," in publishing this, ' repeals ihe falsehood." Surely, the man must be mad. Will honest locofocos, after this, con tinue to give credence to the assertions of the " Standard"? With such a specimen of its capacity for false hood before the world, let the "Standard" here after never accuse any man of the same crime but rather let its turn his eyes upon its own heart, when t'will find, " Such black and grained spots As will forever leave their tinct." Hard rcn. So hard pressed are the locofoco party of the State, and so fearful are they of defeat in August, that they have actually call ed to their aid Gen. Balis Marcus Edney, of Pernambuco memory, and they have hum bugged the vain and simple-hearted General into the publication of a letter, which (whatever may have been his "antecedents,") ought to be enough, of itself, to damn him forever in the estimation of either party. It not only shows him to have been a subservient beggar for po litical office at Washington in 1852, but proves that he is capable of stabbing in the dark the reputation of those who exerted themselves to obtain for him a share of the loaves and fishes ot retailing private conversations. of nuh lishing a confidential cabinet paper to gratify personal pique, and to advance the cause of those to whom his political treason has been vouched, and of contradicting, in the public prints, a statement which he now savs h knew, at the time, to have been substantially true 1 Let locofocoWm revel in its new alliance. They aro welcome to all they can make by it. We have already heard men of tho party ex press their oontempt at the idea of attemntin., to make political capital out of such tergiversa tions and treachery ! Congress seems to be in an uncertain way as to the time of adjournment, and the time for meeting again. Mr. Bayard, in the Senate, ot tered a great truth, when he said, "it had been clearly shown that Congress could do as much business in a three months session as in nine months." (nonse). are the Wfcig candidates -iu -Every way a most eee11ent ticket, v - There is another view of this matter which ft still more striking, and that is, thereujo provision in ike Constitution requiring a V1' "iion to submit ils-doingi'to the people. .Sncb " body might assemble,' frame a new Constitn "tion of the most objectionable character, pro claim it as the organic law, jetqrn to Uwir "homes; and the people would have no remedy short of revolution. Is there any pressing ne ccssity, especially when all desirable , amend- ments can be obtained by another and a Con " stitutional mode, that the people should place " their whole Constitution in the hands of a body " thns armed with absolute power?" The above is a specimen of the logic and Con stitutional learning of the Standard.". What if there be no provision in the Constitution, to submit the amendments proposed by ft Conven tion to the people, cannot the Legislature make such a provision in the act calling the Conven tion ? There was no provision in the Constitu tion as it originally stood, requiring the Con vention of 135 to submit " its doings to the people," yet the Legislature supplied the defect, 1 W7 i 1 1 J . and u was aone. nai us ueen uuue, uuuo the approval of as able nnd patriotic men as controlled our councils at that day, can be done again, without bringing the State into disrepute, or plunging it into revolution! The "Stan dard" need not be alarmed. Our people are not a Parisian mob. They can do things qui etly, wisely, honorably, gentlemanly, without cutting each other's throats, orwptwroing'the Government ! The " ballat box" comes in be tween us and Revolution! Let the "Standard dismiss its childish fears, lest it might turn gray before its time ! No blood will be shed. Right for once. The Richmond "Enquirer" very earnestly resists a recent remarkable' pro position (for it really amounted to as much,) of the Petersburg "Intelligence-" for a fusion of the two political parties of the South. "The Whigs of the South," it says, " have no idea of renouncing" their principles. Right, Mas ter Brooke ; and we devoutly hope that the day may be far distant before any true Southern Whig shall so far " renounce" either his prin ciples or his self respect as to co-alesce with an unscrupulous party which, with loud denuncia tion of treason on its lips, hugs traitors to its bosom, and which knows no other governing motive of action than a lust for power ! Again, says the "Enquirer": "What fetling or prin ciple is there in common between a Badger and a Butler, or a .Botts and a Caskie ?" None, we thank God, and we trust there never may be. John A. Gilmer. The numerous friends and admirers of this gallant Whig and excellent gentleman will read with pleasure the following announcement from the last " Greensboro' Pa triot : " " We know that a desire is felt abroad, as well as at home, for the continued presence of .ir. uumer in the councils of the state ; and we are gratified to announce, this week, that he is again before the people of Guilford for a seat in the State Senate. We hear of no opposition, and presume he will have none. His patriotism, his ability, his sleepless industry, biis devotion to the interests of his immediate constituency and of the State, have combined to give him a position before the public, alike honorable to the one party and useful to the other. He is one of those indispensable citizens that the peo ple cannot see how they couid do without; and were he gone, nobody could be found to fill his place." EiaT" It is stated that the individual to whom President Pierce has given the Governorship of Kansas (the only portion of the Territory recently organized suited to slave population.) to an anti-slavery man, whose opinions upon the territorial bills are unsound or unknown. Can this be so ? If so, the Democratic leaders of the South will say Amen ! S-A friend writes: "The Locos are making tremendous exertions to revolutionize gallant little Brunswick, which they consider a perfect plague spot. But it won't do !" We trust that the gallant Whigs of that glo rious little county wil! stand by their colors, and rebuke the arrogant dictation of locofoco ism! They have always given to their breth ren in other sections of the State an example of devotion and manly independence worthy of imitation ! Fallen from Grace. "We learn that C. T. N. Davis, Esq., has been nominated by a Con vention, which met at Morganton, as the fede ral Whig candidate to represent Burke. Cald well and McDowell in the next State Senate. i wo years ago Mr. Davis was a good Southern riSui8 anu otates rignta man strong for Cling- man, hdu wouia not vote tor bcott. How he ?! 7 B nto 01X tede" fogyism is inexpli Now that Clingman has thoroughly exposed me cioven loot, and gone 'over, neck and heels body and soul, to the locofocos, the "Banner' Will find Whlnro in UZ.. n" . , 6" district, wno tojera ted him "two years ago." leaving him by scores. Jil8 aay is over, and bis influence en tirely gone. "Mr Bragg has occupied but one position on the subject of Internal Improvement " Standard If so. then he is opposed to Internal Improve- A t T men i a nereis not a voter in Nortbamnton county, who does not know the fact, "hat h had invariably, up to his nomination for Gov. U.i0u ui Dosuiuy to the State's aidine in nnn . - C T O ...j OJOl,rui OI improvement. Does he occu- WP Un a.!i! . A n fua,"un- nowr o eays the "Stand- ru, ana we give it all due credit for the con tension. uunei taKcs occasion v,-u, eTerj now and theB heavy, upon the Washington "Union." The Democracy" most be edified with the quarrels Rhode Island. The Supreme Court of thi. State has given an unan imous opinion that the f .U oooneuo. of Thom W. D .. son is unconstitutional. &! EXTRACT from s letter to the EditW. Ut . Gen. Dockery will polj the full HTfcfi in this county,- which will b . i 7hUtWf that of .any 2L, 2&WSS? 5 Whigs of Brunswick will 1Cf stand firmly by their & EXTRACT torn s Ufa to ,--. "I have recently passed v, ,i N lt -rrr . . X rr r arren, a pan ot Halifax. W,r arr tank, and . x ernnim,. r ,-, m. -iM"iant t rn i. ; vnowan. nn.i,. ru,,K ans, he wll gain largely on Cn P vote.. Below, he will not W n"ttl w I have heard at least forty p. . woniapir to the truth of th. ' - S tained in the certificate which hr as he, aea so you irom Edenton "Mo, EXTRACT from a letter t0 th Edit0t( Statest,,.., t..; ?H Dockery and Braes? mot k . l last The General acquitted himsrfr?t,,i mirably, and gave great sat;f, ! m" tl WhigeV old I-5d.lI. PwJ.Kte to J large vote on the 3rd of August. m,S people that he is a true Internal Im H man. mPr Believe me when I say that theodr gained a complete and ackowledeed vil 8 " "f-fi " "r"'" I'trauing iajls to nis competitor m the discupsion of , 7 We are delighted with him ."' "nisj. EXTRACT from a lettpr u. n. ,4Gen. Dockery addressed the barrus today, and made a oH : C u inp i though the Whies here stanH . "' colors anyhow , , - una h . in Truth k; has more than ever heightened hi in Uabarrus, which gave him about 400 V1? ty in 1851 a majority greater than has received si nee Gen.-llarrinn it "t just before he began his remarks'the CeK? signed by sixteen citizens of ChoWa "wan. k.Mthnul In w a .a . a n a . . 1 affair ,r,fri ,. . ..... ic iun more nni,i . i - ""J uiaiesT p i,j he came as near ery's version a l - . ' - mipFt,.i pronouncing General Q falsehood as he come. To-dav the Oenoroi .. of the certificate to the audience-andT hilt nnA rofrfot namU. .1 Ti ulti present. It would have done my L to nave seen nim wince under tbe onii f die which John C. Badham & Co ?. M signedly put on bis back. The certifi only sustains Ueneral Dockery by its nn ished recital of aeon venation, which uyJ! see really took place saying no mori thj? ought to say, without any attempt to K l ,lualc , UIU Uflnp more. It shows that Bragg is tborooehl-w internal imnrnnni Tt,.i i . Ul t jiiai empnatie"V; Sir," at Edenton and he felt safe in beia.il cided on this subject at Edenton in wi. the most heartfelt and truthful utterance! made during the whole canvass, or willm.t Mil Sio : '"rwl"IMi .... ..o wiiu wig no aistributioi uu mipiuiciucui luai IS DTHSg, 8 C&S thing has killed him stone dead hereit x kill him deader yet as he goes West In Cabarrus and Stanly, W. S. Harris is tht candidate for the Senate, without thus far. Daniel M. Burringer will problllf be tbe Commoner from Cabarrus, also vtitki opposition. In Mecklenburg, there is out a full ticket with a prospect of beating John Walker fork dk 4 k aL. A. 1.. iub moss narrow-minded locofoco North Carolina, except Bragg." The last "Edenton Whig" gives an count of the discussion at Rockabock, betwea Mr. Badham, the lococratic, and Col. R I Paine, the Whig Candidate, for the Legislate We have transferred this account to ourculuma and would call attention to the fact mi 'Mi Badham, one or Mr. Bragg's certifiers, t tuallt admitted that Mr. Bragg is ophi to the State's borrowing monet eor thi n tension of the Road, East to Beaumit, ui West to thb mountains. He stated that n occupied, on the Internal Iinpro?ement qa tion, precisely ihe same ground as Mr. fir and that, although he was in favor of theRd, still he was opposed to the Stale's going u iot to build it! Without going in debt, we well ask how in tbe name of common sense can tlx road be constructed ? Is any one ass enough to suppose that the State of North Carolin will, for years to come, if ever, have a suffi surplus in her Treasury to advance tbe reqsis- ite amount ($3 or 4.000,000) to complete tin road ? These EoMern Lococrats art indeed m favorable to Internal Improvements ; they till throw any obstacle in the way of their constm tion, PROVIDED THEY COST NOTHING! Old North SiaiL N. C. RAILROAD DIRECTORY. We learn from the Raleigh Standard of tin 21st inst., that the Governor and Council ban appointed the following gentlemen Directs! tor tne state in tbe J. U. Kauroad CompDj Charles F. Fisher, of Rowan ; Nathaniel t Kand.'of Wake : Robert P. Dick, of GoilM Robert Strange, of New Hanover; Wm. I. Dortch, of Wayne; Samuel Hargrare, otw vidson ; Joan Berry, of Orange ; and beorgt Stevenson, of Craven. The appointments appear to be the sameu those of last year, with two exceptions: Me1 rniiiips ana wasnmeton. Whios. are and Messrs. Berry and Stevenson, Zkmoavfe appointed in their place. The whole Director on the part of the State is now, by Eiecutm annointinent. made nn of Democrats aDPaum because thev are of that nolitical Darty, meff than with a view to the interest of the KoaiH tho advancement of internal improvements, '"' one ot the new appointees, we unaersiw was opposed to the charter of the Road, of least refused to vote when put upon its pass? iu the Senate. We thought beforn that a much of party been thrown into this business as could be de fended on any ground of propriety or any cedent iu North Carolina; but now, forwo' all restraint is- thrown off and party takei shameless sway in a matter of purely St concern, whore th nmln ftrp mutually i"lrr ested as North Carolinians alone, without refer ence to auy notious or doctrines of natiM" politics. Did the gentlemen of both political parfiM. who raised their united voice in favurof" ereat work in its indention, harbor for stant tbe idea that it was to become a M"" railroad, or a whig railroad ? that the pr"1 pie of DroscriDtion for nolitical opinions to enter into an enterprise belonging sivelT to their beloved State ? Would the working men along tbe line of the BoP ",T, embarked their means tn the hist COUnh made the sacrifice they have done, to pa operation a locofoo railroad or a whig r road? Rllt VP fnrtuitr Tt or better. Derbap'i watiow ana repress ieenngs oi dignation, rather than say an unguarded ii j r -:..knu i" that might retard for an instant tne 4 our people are fixed. We look with coneer i- ...,ui l.o in the r Droaohinir nnnnal mperintr and the subsequT course 01 me mrectory, wnicn, arr ..ru mnot nani). A n , M ni n t ipftt 1 it ocratio" character and that of the FP?in" r h.r in terebt inlt swims. Greensboro Patriot. MAINE POLITICS. Portland. Jnne 21. The Old Hunker Df ocratic State Convention, in session here to- . unanimously commated the non. a" Parris as the candidate for Governor. Mr. T. L. Clingman of North Carolin jg iA B nl blanket annlied tO him by ,. tional Intelligencer, as handsomely as cou desired. Jliex. Gazette. : -A VERY TIGHTLY BOUND
The Raleigh Register (Raleigh, N.C.)
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