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v iixiNGfON, SeptSth 1849." ; ii. gDifoYiU regard tu the election OMhe Major Gl of the 4th Plf wWUW Tri in tie Lincoln papers, a few weeks since, oCtalit -CaroUnaRepuScan," the'i?liCeurieTjw--neof trans fer columns of the North Carolina Stan dard," together with a letter, written by CoL John H. Wheeler to Gov. Maaly. la these several TmbHeatioas,' attempts are made to prejudice the community against me, by the in dulgence ef assertiona,,that have n$ foundation v trutk. - xm?t& ' Before proceeding to reply, to so much thus writ ten, ,as .merits . any notice. Uwill,bere saythat were this election to be held over again, my official acts should. under similar circumstances, heprs cisely what Jhy JUns Important par- ticular: for- the plain and obvious reason, that the eeurse I have pursued, wasffir, and;, and legal, flow, to sho w that CoL Wheeler tended to cart censure on me, unless a raajorityjilthe officers or the Brigade under- my Command supported him, I m vi'e attsntion to the lettar of Gov. Manly of the 14th Of May, copied into the '- Standard," to which the letter of CoL Wheeler, now under consideration, is a reply- There it win be seen, he commenced his aftaetaon ma bv insisting: on the illegality of the elec tion in the 8Sth Regiment, as early as. the first of last February. w wi 11 "ppens, 1 was present at that election, (which is the upper Regiment of Da vidson) and f undertake to say it waa held according to the law as laid down in the 13th. Sec of the 33 Ch. of the Act of 1846 ; which merely requires the tolls to be opened not until 11 o'clock and remain open until 3, On that day tha polls wei e according ly opened between. 1 1, and 13 oclock, and remained open until after 3 'clock, 4her having : been two field officers elected on the same day. : This state of facts can be established, by certificates, or if neces sary by affidavits, of centlemen, whose attention Were called to this law on that rfoy.'and who have as much regard .for truth, and are of as high character for Integrity, as CoL Wheeler. There was a reu at tendance on trhat day, as the vote shows, and arrange as it may appear to the public, Col. Wheeler was present ;-?-having reached there when but two votes were cast, the Cot and Lt CoPaj and at his, (Whee ler's.) reouest. I asked the officers to cease voting that he miaht address them. They did so, and lis tened for a considerable time to what an officer, (in conversation, with me af .erward? ) culled a windy and egotistical speech. I knew that UoL Wheeler would be oa, in short time, and accordingly, 1 wrote tick ets for Whteler and GrairJker.'and presentel them to the Candidates, for which CoL Wheeler thanked me. And during the election we were in conversation ; and t exerted no influence either way ; and we after wards parted, as We had met, politely and courteous ly, i And he was heard to utter nascrri of complaint. Now," t( Ue election had been; held, or if any iajuatiee had been done him," (and no one knows better than himself, that such was not the ease,) why were ncTeomplainta heard on that day 7 . Why were they not heard until it was wall ascertained, that if the o1Divistin had the opportunity of votiug, he would be defeated ? EIow is inch a course to be a c eeunted for; except for the reason 1 have supposed, that he Intended to assail me, unless he got major ity of rotes in my Brigade 1 .. In his letter as to the election in this Regiment, he nses the following lan guage p" As regards the election in .the SSth RegU ument being illegally held, and . not in accordance " With the Act of 1818, this is not now germans to 4 u the issue.9 -If it eser was ( germane to the issue," why not now T This was written 1st J une,4ong be fore the Commission iseied. . And was not the same facts their existing, sad the same principle still in volved ? - So much for CoL W h Oder's first eomplaint, which I have shown was without foundation, and Which, in fact, he abandons, himself. After thus discovering that his first charge is not "gerwta&elQ the issue," and after its abandonment, he . takes new ground and prefers other charges, e quaHy untenable, and hopes, in this way, to convince the public, that the law countenances tae complaints and croakings of a defeated candidate for office, and that they are to be taken aaagooJ foundation for ordering a Court Martial on faithful officers, who have discharged their duties. Bat before, opening his battery fully on me, he commences by boasting that he beat Gun. Gaither in Davie County, where he never was, in all his lift. Hi inform! the reorld that he did not know personal' If, a single officer in that Regiment. .Now, may it not be' possible, thai this Is the very reason he got a majority in Davie ? Bat. be-4his as it may, the rote he received in Davie, certainly, " ia.not germane to the . issue P? At any rate no grumbling is heard ajwut aay irregularity in this ' Regiment where he beat his opponent. After the relief afforded from the disclosure of his wonderful success in Davie County, (the. cause of which is well known there, and elsewhere, and not very complimentary to him,) he proceeds to pay a deserving compliment to one, t had known for years as a true gentlemen, and the report of whose gallant bearing, and undaunted bravery in the hattle-fields of Mexico, produced a thrill of pride and pleasure in the heart of every true 1.1 una Vssruunias. i peg iaps. nose s pardon for thus mentioning his name, and have only alluded to it, in reply to CoL Wheeler, and to say kow much pleasure it would have afforded me to have extend ed my influence in his behalf, hid he been the candi date. Indeed, on heariag that his name was spoken ofin that connexion, I informed Gen. Gaither, that if he, (Hokej would consent to become a candidate, he would, iu my opinion, receive an almost unani mous vote, in my Brigade. And I submit it to that portion of the public who know Capt Hoke person ally, or by reputation, to say, whether, in their opin ion, had he been the candidate, he would have ac cepted , tha effice of Major General, upon receiving only a mere plmrahty of votea, when two entire Coun fT 1 1 n 1 T i . r. .'. . I ties aaa sever Atardof the election, and had never, therefore, had the opportunity of voting ? The man who would seek to obtain an office of honor in this way, in this Republican land who would aeek to take advantage of dimiiuttii of the record, to to peak, is to be pitud most surely, bat set envied. Ohl no. .... Bat CoLWheeler, after giving up his first "issue," demands of the Governor a Court Martial on" me, for delay ia making my .returns. Now. having made this demand so peremptorily, and with such a JiouruX. and having in his letters which are now going the rounds of the newspapers attempted to excite the public mind against Gov. Manly for dis regarding thia "charge and specification," 1 deem it proper to inform CoL Wheeler, (notwithstanding i f l17Jt') iU txryfc others, who do not already know it, that this " issue is stUl less ger man ihan the first, for the plain reason thai the law does hot give Governor Manly the riht or pow er to order a Court Martial oa a Brigadier GeJUraL r . umcers uomilitarv or il legal neither of which state of facta existain this case. : And if CoL Wheeler Jid - AnaxruoL waeeier did nnt vn- tvu w frbfAdiVnimif Tsr v . .. . ?. . o .---' .ww wMcrc is me law tnar authonxes the Governor to rder a Court Martial to ? QnTn, 0r weis the law that hU T.T?Wie,1Ka,Bn;8alier ?nenX shall make nerha, hZVtZJ?'ib9 fo1ao,.a-e law exd,? v.1 ' my ease, by' rhkh -official LUd.lCVed' tnd th8 representations, and prooauis unirutaa of letter writers and niMM newspaper Altll Vlt ku.... am, . more Bat IJlthatCotmealer and V:. saevaal m BixZT , MWW from lasutng M ma, i waica i m aur by the way ia froc leutat t Urn. (kicl. l' C.Ttrr,': not the easeyjnd saau prove u presently for even if U were so, I should have tkesaCafaeUoo of know. ing that this delsyyesuUedln the award or justice td the Candidate, sad U l.ht maiateaance,of RpUr. licadpfinciplu.: ' '. v T have already abwn that the electiona ware pro Tjerlr aadleeally held'lhroughoutihe Brigade un- der my 'commaad-i 'larger vote was cast than in eilher.tnat ouier Bngaaes consmwuij.ini wivis- lOTi-uiaaiimpiaais.wen j um ,rom jmjj .um . . - v-' -'o - order a Court Martial on methere bein nelaw , ft3rfttCb'Airoctdin.7rihUaoK proceed to show tkathad the delay oa toy.part la makfhz returns to the Adjutant QsneraLbeen intentional, (which t will yet fully.prove was hot the easej that fttill tnj re turns were legal, ana made to one time, nts prop esitlou might be established in;Yry,frmUd, by the aimcle statement, that nr returns Were made to'' the Adjutant Gen end sometime before the supple mental, or aemaadea rtlurnaof ua. Weal reached Raleigh and bothjawj and justice required that this amended return should be made, to make the elections throughout the. Division, eompleterand before the Adjutant Generrcoald officially make known to tu uovernor the result and before, there fore, me uovernor naa tae power to issue a Com mission. That this may be properly understood and fully shown, it bebomes necessary to for me to prove that tnertf orders issued by uen. ri eat to Montgomery and Stanly, were not such as the law requires. In establishing more fully t thia position, l-ahall not at- tnoute to uen. jxeai any improper motifes or any unfairness, whatever, or indulge in such language as others have used towards me in one or two news papers language which I eannot, but of self-reapeet, stoop to notice Bnt I will suppose it Was the result of an honest error, which, to his credit, was prompt ly corrected, under the second order of the Adjutant General, by his Neal) issuing legal orders to those Uounties, and by his subsequent amended return, without which) 1 again repeat, the Governor had no right to issue a Commission. -Well, now tothe law and the testimony. The 40th sea of the act of 1338-37,- reads thus : u If no imme wdiate opportunity offers for forwarding orders or u returns, the certainty of which insures a speedy " delivery thereof, which can be easily ascertained ''and proved, then it shall be the duty of the officer "issuing the order, or .making the returns, (as the case may be) to lodge the saute properly direct ea "in the Post Office, marked on the back "PubUo "Service," under which he shall write his name and MTufc,'aud orders forwarded, or a return thus made, "shall be deemed sufficient in lam." - Now, was this law complied with ? 1 aiy it was not.' 1 insist that the only orders issued in xht first instance, to 8tanly and Montgomery, were uewspa per notices, and that those notices never reached the Colonels of Montgomery and Stanly. And J say this upon the authority of official Communications, in the form of charges and complaints, directed to the Governor, and handed to me for perusal by Gen. Gaither, and upon the authority of those and other Spers and exhibits now oa file, in the Adjutant eneraFa Office. I further assert that not only the officers, but many of the citizens of Stanly and Montgomery Counties, were indignant at what they regarded aa an attempt to stifle the voice of two sos ereign Counties, and, thus virtually disfranchise them. And such they-had heard was Col. Wheel er'adc.Urc, and the seqmel has shown they heard the truth. , -i ' I have heard those complaints again and again, and was tpld by the members of the Legislature, from those Counties, that they were general ; and that for Commission to issue, placiog them under the command of an individual, who was unwilling they should have the privilege or opportunity of voting, would be a monstrous outrage on the rights of free men, and would not be submitted to They thought, as every man I have heard speuk of. the matter, (who knows the detaj thinks, that the Governor would have not only violated the law, but the plain est principles of Republican government, to have issued a Commission to Col. Wheeler, and thereby foisted upon the brave soldiers of this Division, a man who had only received a plurality of votes be fore full returns came in, and whom a majority of the officers had pronounced it the ballot box, with some emphasis, as not meriting their support. Then my report was in before Gen. NeaTs amended re turn, and therefore in due time. But 1 insist, further, that upon the law quoted, and the existence of these facts, the first order of Gen Neal was not only not legal, but null and void as to those Counties Montgomery and Stanly. They were not such as the Colonels of those Regi ments could have been punished for disobeying they not haring in fact been received or forwarded aocorJiog to law. It may therefore be assumed' as true, that no orders issued to those Regiments, iu the first instance, at all. Then how could my re port and return, no matter how early made to the Adjutant General, change the result ? Was Gov. Manly to blame for this, or the Adjutant General ? Surely not. The mistake originated with Gen. Neal, and by him it ought to have been corrected, and by him it was corrected as hereinbefore stated. There was no necessity in ordering the election in other parts of the Brigade, any irregularity of or ders in those parts having been cured by knowledge of the time, by a fair election, and no complaint from any quarter, and the law does not require that the elections shall be held on the same day in any Brig ade, but st such time as the General may order. In ibis case, surely, there was some remedy, and the law quoted shews there was Without such remedy Candidates for this office would be at the mercy and eutire disposal of subalterns, who could order the elect ioa in some parts of a Division or Brigade, and suppress it in others ; just ai they mihl desire to serve a friend or srosslv wronz an enemy. 1 have now made cood . . . ... i the ground taken, that my return waa in due time an J according tn I tw ; the case then stands, thus, the Governor and the A'lj'itant General have done their dutiea and jmrsued the law, and I stand fully justified, and acquitted of censure, by all honest and fair-minded men. 1 might here stop, so far aa any defence of my acts in the matter is necessary, did not Col. Wheeler hold the following language in his let. ter! M I wailed until the Legislature adjourned, "and I then learned that Geu. Leach had made no report, and had ; declared he . would make 44 none." Now, what misrepresentations inter meddlers may have made to him, 1 care not, but am able, fortunately, to-prove, tbat this state ment is .untrue, that it not only carries on its face its own refutation, but that there are other undeniable" proofs of its falsity. The very object that he alleges I was 'after the election of Mr. Gaither would have 1 been defeated, had 1 not made my returns. Now the readers of this pas sage of his letter, as well as those parts demand ins, with cool effrontery, a Court Martial on me. Would very naturally suppose, (especially after the newa of the overwhelming acalanche from Davie,) that the redoubtable Colonel had swept ray Brigade, horse, foot and Dragoons," that after having received such a vole in Davie Coun ty, as excites his own astonishment, where he has NEvsa been,' but where only the blasts of Fame's trump bad sounded his name, and proclaimed his military genius sorely, ir would he supposed that his presence, in the other Coun ties o: the lingade, together with bis naming I speeches on war aud blood, Mexico and r den.' Pillow 1 would have secured to hii I Uen. ruiew wouia nave secured to nun a in I .. y ' uujjiihi ujum. . Now, after all thia fanfaronade on CoU Whee- Iera part, what will the public think when they learu the fact, that Mr. Gaither received, in this very Brigade, Davie included,) a clear majority of 29 cotes ? And if I had not made iy returns. would ve been; defeated, evea after vuyiiuug iu iuc vine ui U ia in huuc; fciia suicu- ded returns of Gen Neal. The facts are, then, that 1 did report, and that said report resulted in the election of Gee. Gaither, and yet, after all this, it is said I declared I would make no report. I But J am able lo anew, to a still fuller demon stration, how untrue this statement is, and at the l MMisj mum; CVaWllU LU9 I4CI. IIUl BIT UC 3V 10 UOl MaMA -ma. a a.a.l:l- 1 r ... a I "?. I carried with me o Raleifb, as I lhourht. the returns of the Colonels Commandant my Brig, ade, for tbo purpose of reporting during the Se sion.. And I auppose, Uiat Col. Wheeler, how ever captions and cavilling- herer I am con cerned, will hardly hold me to a stricter account, than Gen. Neal. whom he air highly compliments. -v- iuu iihjc bis seeona unUr. lis mailn hr ugu returns to the Adjuust General, on the 22d i yccemoer. The only reason I bad for reportinc - o w ocseion, was, mat it would take but JlttlVltwie, 'tod -aaru'lhe'ubulle of transmitting by mill, awd tha( 1 would have it to do sbdietime 1 About the lastof December, or first ofJanua'-; rym 'overastlair Wn "n usywooat. ne.reiigurrerideringuie iiungwaarause corniniueaw marked,! had not bade ray returns that'lhe him?1. vlt appearsthat pf httmsm natut, there ai rest bid cooio. a Tew days before. We theti every arhere,. betrayed itself mv fa tai jealousies and sDoke of what had been heard and said, aa toheartburnizurs amoaa thepatrjai Generals The Montgomery and : Stanly Counties, sod both thought that Geor. Neal ought, at once, to amend his return.- Oo peptrating, i told htra I. would brinj up the papers, ind make my return, when ever! thought of.it a Wo J quarteri. ; Accord ioj ly, a few days afterwards, I'd id so, and went to tberAdjutain "Getierare Office he was not in.x 1 returned to the House of Commons, snd depos ited the pspersMn the drawer at my. sear, where they remained tome two weeks, eutirely forgot ten. And the best apology to Col. Wheeler for such treachery 'of memoryi i: that" hen the House was not tn session; I was aloost constant ly engaged on the Judiciary or Internal Improi ment Committee, or in electioneering might and main" by da$ ami night, for the location of the Lunatic Asylum at my Town ;vwhichv by. the aid of generous friends, we succeeded . a one time in jretUng but whish, on lrccoosideration of the Voter we were afterward defeated in. And, truth to tell, I felt a ijreat.deal more inter est in these matters, and in the" sittings "of the House than in that of the report and return. But about the 20Ut of January, ! carried the papers again -to the Adjutant, General's; Office, found him in, and eat down to;' make my, annual report, ta bleu, and also-(he, returns of;thevelec lion, and actually commeneed; iu wlietf lo my surprise, I missed the reports of the-Col- of the 87th Regiment, made to me of that election.,: I did not recollect the vote- I went to ray desk and aearched for it ; the Adjutant General aided me in locking for it in bis. office, but we could not find it. and ou reaching hme I found it, hav ing in the hurry of departure left it, and after" attending imiriudiately three "Courts, I made out my returns and transmitted them by mail. Such are the material farts of this, case, and. I can.aa i have shown, establish tbera in every material point by others, than by .myself showing that Col. Wheeler's clurgea and complaints through out are graluilvut arid withon ifoundalion. Now, 1 do not say Col. Wheeler has asserted knowingly that which was false I hope he has not I can suppose that what I may have said in Raleigh and elsewhere, may have been false ly represented to him. But this I do say, that be has endeavored to cast censure on me,. without sufficient authoritv or oroof ol the correctness of what he has written. To the Colonel's poetry, I - shall not reply I do not conceive U is "germane to the issue I and besides 1 have not, as possibly ne nad. my i Shakespear iyinir before in. One urwrd in reply , to the article in the u Lin coln Courier," for I have heard from reliable sources that the Editor of tha paper is a highly respectable geiiilemau ; and therefore, it is my duty to notice one sentence in his paper : "The Governor seeinr from Gen. Neat's report, that Stanly and Montgomery had not voted, although legal orders to vote had been duly sent out by uen. rieai. ana ieaco still withholding his re port, instead of making Leach do his duty, cVc." Now, if he is a just man and I have heard as much of him, 1 hope he will retract ih language; since 1 have fully shown that Gov. Manly haa done his duty, and that he had not the power to make me report that Gen. NeaTs order was not legal that the law does not prescribe any time when a Brigadier General shall make returns and in hue, that my delay was not intentional. On a more, atteuiive perusal of the article in the M Carolina Republican," 1 find it substantially a transenpt of. Col. Wheelers letter, except the language is coarse and abusive. I shall not. therefore, reply to it : for 1 desire to have noth ing to d't with that man, or his dirty dollar sheet. To complete this miserable Quattlebum farce, I have understood that Col. Wheeler applied to the Supreme Court for a Mandamus, to compel I Gov. Manly to issue a Commission to him ; and if he never knew it before, he there probably, learned, that the Supreme Court bad nojurisdic turn in the regulation ut our Militia system; ana that the verdict given in against him by the offi cers of ibis Division would not be disturbed by tnat hizh Tribunal. If the letters written, and the proceedings had, have been carried on for a political harvest. 1 think the crop to be gathered will be exceedingly small; for Guv. Manly a reputation for virtue. inteeruv, and intellectual superiority, is too well eeUblished, to be thus affected, or to need any de fence : and theae. with other sterling traita of character, make him an honor to the State and the good old Mother, mindful of her noblest sons, haa in return, honored him. And if, further, the object of those letters and newspaper squibs, have been intended, indirectly to injure me, politically, or aa an omrer or oth erwice. the failure will be m6t humiliating to the projectors, their aiders and abettors. For as to myself, I am unpretending, unambitious, add little known unlike CoL Wheeler, not. even, de- sirnus of appearing weekly in the public prints ! But where 1 am veil known, theae productions have been regarded with pitv and contempt I have received too manv testimonials of esteem fom my friends of both political parties, to fear that auch puisne efforts will injure me wiih et ther. JNo longer siro than last summer, 1 can inform those gentlemen, that 'notwithstanding there was more than a full whig ticket in the field, and when great exertions were made to de feat me, with enable and distinguished oppo nent, I waa supported by hundreds of my Dem ocratic friends, who voted for me from personal attachment, and whose confidence in me, -I am proud to believe, is not shaken. I love such friends without regard to parlies, and whenever unjusily attacked, f will fly to their aid, and de nounce their assailants, as thev have mine, in this case. In alluding to Gov. , Manly I bava done so without his knowledge, aud only because at tempts have been made to excite the public inind against him, on inu account. I now take leave of thia matter, by regretting that I have been compelled to write this long communication. J. M. LEACfcL P. 9. Will the -Star" Greensboro Pat riot" and - Standard oblige, Cehl L.,' by giv ing the above a place in their columns ! Beautiful Passage. Lord 'Morpeth, in one of his addresses to the electors of the West Bid ing of Yorkihire, uttered the following beautiful passage : Reference has been frequently made to the reigns of our former female sovereigns ; and in deed, every Englishman must fondly look back to the wisdom of Elizabeth and the victories of Anne. But in shaping the desired career for their fair and young successor, we doaot wish that her name should rise -above the wrecaavof armada we do not seek to emblazon her throne a V a a m m a a& k wun me iropnies ot such heids as Uleaueim; or i be yet mora transcendent Waterloo. Let her have glories, but such as are not drained from the treasury, or dimmed with the blood of her people. Let hers be the glories of peace, of fo dustry, of commerce, and of genius of justice itiade oiore ar cesaible ; of education mado more tioiveraal ; of virtue more honored i of relieion more beloved ; of holding forth the earliest gospel light to the unawakened nations ;'ihe glories that arise iro n gratitude for benehta conferred; end the blessings of a.' loyal and chivalrous, because a contented and admiring, people." THE HUNGARIAN SURRENDER. ? The ToterB omciaJ "tetters,' copied from the yia joaraals'gire GenGorgey's motives for first is addressed tothe Russian tieneral Kadiger: Alt-Ah4D Acgust 11, 184- . ay wav, v VMVit ee e, o GxsriuL i Yp axe dpubtksaj,wett?cquaited witn the' sad histbrv of my country ; I shall there fore spare yoa he repetittoa of that fatal bain Of f U.I. nmJ at a nntlMliI l.tr k 1.v still I CTCIIUI Wlllvrll Uigca iu wunauwj uaj JJ uaj, ouu deeper nto a desperate struggle, first for&or liber ties, then for our lives. i v . ; I L' j The better, and, as I. believe, the greater part of the nation, hare not sought this struggle thought lessly; but, with the help of many honorable men, who; although not belonging tortbe'nationwere, through, their relations to rt,? drawn into the coo test, valiantly, firmly, and victoriously maintained their, cause. Thepolicy of Europe ledtothe ftJ nance6f his "Majesty the Emperor of Russia with Austria in order to putjua down pr conquest, and render all further struggle for the Hungarian pon stitution Impossible. . ' This came to pass.' Many of the genuine true patriots of Hungary had foreseen this event, and proclaimed it warnragfy. .Theliistory of our days will hereafter reveal what induced the Provisional Government to close itseai to those warning voices. This Provisional Government exists no longej The height of peril has found it at the weakest. . - As for myself, a man of action, and, I may say without boasting, whose acts have not been fruit less, I see to-day that a further effusion of blood will be useless and fatal tq Hungary, aa I perceiv ed from the very first day of Russian intervention." I have called upon the provisional power to resign its functions, as its existence rendered each day the fate of Hungary more deplorable. The Pro visional Government have recognized the truth of this, have voluntarily resigned, and placed their powers in my hands. : v 1 take advantage of the circumstance, according to my conviction, to spare the efiusiou of blood, to deli ver rny peacefully -inclined fellow-citizens, whom I can no longer protect, from the horrors of war. I lay down my arms, and by this step will probably induce the other Hungarian leaders to do the same, when they shall have recognised that it ts now the best thing that they can do for Hungary. - " y.r?;. - J ' In acting thus, I place my trust in the acknowl edged generosity of his Majesty the Czar, and I natter myselt with the nope that he will not aban don to their sad fate so many of my brave com- panions in arms, who, formerly officers in the Austrian army, found themselves hurnedalonsr by circumstances into a war with Austria. I natter myself with the belief that he will not give up the people of Hungary, weighed down by misfortune, to the blind thirst for vengeance of their enemy. : . -1 a . 9 . n remaps 1 may sutnee as a solitary and expiatory vicum for all. 1 address this letter to you, General, because it was you who first gave me proofs -of your con sideration, which gained my confidence. Hasten, then, General, it you wish to prevent further bloodshed, the melancholy ceremony of unarming; out i entreat oi you to iace tne great est precaution that there should 'be no other wit nesses ot this affecting spectacle than the troops of his Majesty the Emperor of Russia; fori declare to you solemnly that 1 would sooner see my last man cut down in a desperate struggle against fear ful odds, than lay down my arms unconditional! y oetore Austrian troops. lo-morrow, the 12th August, I march to Vil lasros : the dav after, on the 13th. to Roms-Jpno? on the 14th, 1 shall be at Beel. 1 designate these places, General, that you may place your troops between my division and the Austrian army, to surround me on all sides, and separate me from it. Should this manoeuvre not succeed, should the Austrian army press me too hard, I shall endeav or to beat it back, and shall take the direction of Grosswardeid, to rejoin the Russian army, before vrhich alone my division is willing to surrender its arms. - - General, I expect a speedy answer : and I close my letter by expressing to ybu the assurance of my highest consideration. ARTHUR GORGEY, Hungarian General. The second letter was addressed to General Klapka: GaosswaJtDEur, August 16, 1819. Mr Dear Friend Klatka : Since we saw one another, events have taken place which were not, in deed, unexpected, but have been decisive. Theever- lasung jealousy ot the Government, the common jealousy ol some of its members, had fortunately Drougni mailers to ine pomi wntcn l ioretoia m April. When 1 had passed the Theiss at Tokay, alter many honorable battles with the Russians, the Diet declared "'its wish that 1 should be commander-in-chief. Kossuth secretly appointed Bern. a lie ujuuuj ucuctcu uuti Axosuui nau appouueu me, from the jesuitical answer which he gave to tne motion oi tne Diet. This knavery ( spitz-buberei) was the source of all wmcn beiell later. Dembinskt was beaten at Szoreg ; Bern was routed at Maros-Vasarheiy. Ihe latter hastened to 1 ernes var, under the walls of which Denibuiski had retired. He arrived on the held during the battle, restored the fight for, some hours, buiwas then defeated in such wise that, according to Kossuth's calculation, out of 5U,UUU men ouly 6,000 remained together.- The rest were all dispersed, as yecsey auuouoced .to me. Iu the uieau Uiue the Austrian advanced between Arad and Teuteavar. The Minister ot War had giveu orders iu Ueuibtoaki lo retreat na turally to Uie fneudly lu'rirese ol Arad, and not the hostile oua ol i.uiesar. Dciiibinakt, how ever, acted agaiusl these orders ; why, 1 am not able lo ueteruiiue. out there are iww irtativ data fo suruiuu that he diU soul ef jealousy toward me. . - 1 he consequence of all this waa that I stood alone with the force which 1 had brought' from iumoru, auer ueuucung nuuortaut louses which 1 sustaiueU al W aitzen, ItesagGorouiboly, Ipolica, Keasirely, Debreczin,) threatened on the south by tae Austriaus, anu on the north by the 'main force of tue Russia usC 1 had, it t truerslilt one retreat open iryui Arad through Kadua U Tran sylvania. But, regard for tuy.cuuatrv.itb which 1 desired, al any price, to restore peace, induced me to lay dowu arms. First 1 bad called upon the Provisional Government to reflect that thev could no longer serve Uie counlry . helpfulJy,but wuiy pmugv iv lino ucvpec uiMionune, ana there tore tney aoouic resign. J key did so, -and laid Gown in my nanus me whore civil and military power , wnereupou i, as ine moment was urgent, embraced the resolution, suddenly t manifested. but maturely deliberated;,: tq'lay 'down anna uo couutiiuuajiy . ucioru iuo army of tne btnperor ol Russia. The bravest and moat' valiant. of my army agreeu wiin me, ana consented. All the uiTtsiwus wi uwd ur.iBw unmeaiaie vicinuv-of Arua yoiuuisriiy joiaea uie. i ne tonress ol Arad, under Damjanicu has 'declared the-wish to do the. same. Up to the present hour we ire treated aa the brave soldier has a right to expect . 1 1 & . (rom wraTw auiuwrs- ronuer w nacinoo canst ao and what thou oogbtest to do." , ARTHUR GORGE Y;1 Robert Hildreth, convicted, at the March Term of Richmond Court; 6f the hiuraer of Wm Taylor, jn ,lhis county in September,. 1848, wasi on last Wednesday, sentenced to be hang on the seconu uay 01 ixovemoer next. . - : - r '? iV. C. Argus, t$, l)croarpscacT.--r Tun, fierceness 'en J raali?- nancy of the crposiuoh to the present Admis!itra t ion is na paralleledtas any "one sady see who reads the. Unioo and the , geaerality 'H the I-ocofoco- pai pers, with a test honorable exceptfons The writers for those pspers are mostly discharged office hollers, and they reinin one of nothing so . moch as a,, pack of-half famish eVl Wolves, in full pursuit of somewhat to feed upon. Their conduct is forcibly depicted in JheJMlowlng letter from. Washington vto the Balti more AmericanVyaI - discloses a fact not . before known, that even the bdies pGea Taylor'a family are liot Exempt froni idshlt ;, --.V-. , r''f " eve' means used by' the enemies of the Adminis- . ? I . S. I tt ' T !bmI1 ttm HW tration in their opposition to it- Discarding every thing like principle they bavedescended to the pet ty guerilla system of personal abuse. Onafalsebood has scarcely been nailed to ther counter before an other f the same spurious coin" if uttered from ShUr rich mint of mendacity. Impact or the r resident or of a mimberof his fJabinetfwhether .pnWio or pri vate, has any merir ici tbeir -estimation. r They atop t no falsehood however mean---no calumny howev er malignant-r-no language however vile; apd. vitup erative. PontemptLble scribblers, such as .iIeroie Age," not content with abusing-the President in the public prints,: have even invaded the sanctuary, of his family, And every day , thrust, upon him letters with fictitious t signs tores filled with the most - bil lingsgate compound of personal abuse and . insult Nor. da ,4hey , stop even ' here, i The ladies of . the Presidential mansion have had . addressed to tbera almost daily, letters couUiuing .the. most offensive and obscene language which fiend Jcan ihdite un til they can scarcely. dare terpen -av lettar which is not from a well known and familiar - bawL-Soeh a mode of warfare may possibly seem justifiable ; to those whose moral sense is blunted by the determi nation to oppose the Administration, whether right or wrong, to the bitter end f but honest and well meaning men ef all parties cannot but condemn! a course of conduct so shocking to deoency and mor ality." - .' f vv V The ifollowing.is another samplav of the. spirit which animates Xioeofoooistn towards ther Adminis tration: .,' , - . . FBOM TBK CBESAW GAZKTTE. ' ' ' ' "AnotherMbs. Eaton A r fair.- It appears by the late accounts from Washington that the asperity ot the French Minister towards our government had another foundation than the justice of the claims he was prosecuting. . It is stated that one Cabinet held a council upon the aise of the bustle worn by the French Minister's lady, and gravely' decided that it was not such an one as would admit her to the society of the ladies of the President and his Cabinet. In consequence of this wise decision,1 she waa uot iuvited with her husband to the "parties" of the exclusive, In other words, Upon Mr. Clay ton's ascertaining the fact that Mrs. Pouasin had been a governess in Paris, he raised the question ia Cabinet council of receiving her in society, and by his influence it was decided against her. After this, in the invitations to the Minister, his lady was left out, at which, we conceive, he was very "properly offended. She waa the lady of the." French Minis ter, recognized as such by the French Court, and with him came to this country, which we should con sider a sufficient passport into shy society at Wash ington, provided there was nothing In her,,conduet since her arrival jn this country to counterbalance it. Who constituted Mr. Clayton a dictator of, what castes were admissible into government -society J it is very probable if he would trace his ancestry back; that he would find his grandmother at farthest, Jo have been a chambermaid.1 ' - -''.'' t': There, what does the reader think of that! It is only necessary to add," that about the time the Gazette was published with this disgraceful ar ticle, the national intelligencer wnicn contained an emphatic contradiction of the original story about Madame Poussin, ont of which tne uazette manu factured the above, had arrived ia Cheraw. Are not decent democrats ashamed orsucn speci mens of Locofocoism. JirycreFiZ Observer. j v The "Man in the moon' of the London Sunday Times has been cudgelling his braina of late to discover the meaning of the poetry sung by mod ern African Minstrels. . Of all the specirneos- which have excited bis attention, none .has puzr- xled hirn more than that which directed Old Dan Tucker to get out. of the way." Whathe asks what was the danger to be apprehended by his remaining where he was ! and where-was be to eet to? and out of the way ef what! A Noble Sentiment; "The more I am ac quainted with agricultural affairs,' the better I am pleased with ibeiu; insomuch tnat I can nowhere find ao great satisfaction as in those innocent and useful pursuits. In indulging those feelings, am led to reflect. how much more-delightful loan undebauched mind , ts the taskof uiakm? im provements on the earth, than all the vain jjlory which can be acquired from ravaging it by the most uninterrupted career of conquests ' :i Washing ton s letters to Arthur Y oung, ; fry- A man down east has invented a sort of paste to mend broken hearts , v ; v ' , " ,r Proposals for Indian Goods. . DsVaRTMSNT'OF THK INTERIOR, ' Office Imoian Affairs, Skftkmbkr 29, it49. EALED PROPOSALS will be received at the Office of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs at ashinzton City, until 10 o'clock on Thurs-lay, the 1st day of November uext,for furnishing the follow ing goods in the quantities annexed, or thereabouts, for the use of the Indians, and deliverable in the city of New-York, vis t : " . v v, .- MSlanucts, ' 2.100. pairs 3; point wkiu Mackinac blankets to. measure ou oj a ucues, auu weiga vigui pounds . . r J 1,800 pairs 2 J point white Mackinac blankets, to measure 5by Co inchesjmd weigh six pounds 1,175 pairs 2 point white Mackinao blankets, to measure 43 by ao mcnes, aau weigh nve and a quarter pounds . ' . 030 pairs point white Mackinac blankets,' to ; . measure 38 by 50 inches, and weigh four and N ' a quarter pounds':' . : : f c r 5 ' . 900 pairs 1 point white Mackinac blankets, to mea . .v sure 32 by 46" inches, and weigh three and a f,'T, vqoarter' pounds t':f;".- ''f v ., A 400 pairs 3 point scarlet Mackinac blankets, to measure 60 by 72 inches, and weigh eight 300 paira 2 point scarlet Mackinac blankets, to measure 54 by 66 nches,and weigh aix pounds 100 paira 3 J 'point "green" Mackinac blankets, to measure 66 by 84 incheaasd weigh ten pounds 300 pairs 3 point green Mackinac blankets, to measure 60 by 72 lhches, and weigh eight pounds . ' . 1. . 250 paira 2 point green Mackinao -blanket,; 10 measure 54 by 66 inches and weigh six pounds L - . . , . 100 pairs 3f point gentinella UaalUackmae blan kets, u measure 66 by 84 Jnhea, and Weigh 400 paira 3 point eehtinelU blue Mackinac blan kets, to measure 60 by2 inches, and weigh : 300. pairs 21 point gehtiasha blua Macklnaeblaa- i keta,- to-measure 54' by 66 inches, and weigh! v .. :;M&y Goodt. . 1,000 yards scarlet atrood : 800 y ards blue alrouds ' l,S00yarda fancy list cloth, Mae 750 yards fancy list cloth.'scarlefr; , u i 350 yaidT fancy lUt clott; green" k 1 1,000 yards gray list cloth,- blue " 3,000 yards saved list cloth, blue - i,ouv yarns savea iisi cioia, 8Carie 800 .yards aaed list cloth, greea 225 pounds worsted yafa, 3 fold lOd dozen cotton flag aaudkercaiefs 20 dozen cotton Madras handkerchiefs 175 dozen black ailk handkerchiefs ' 90 dozen 8-4 cotton shawls 6ex!oVa&awls : - ; 40 Goxen -4 wonn shawls 000 : yrds doroest fa calico i i'S,000 yards English aad French calico 18,000 iyards lerriraack caUce- , 500 yards blue d rilling "8,000 yards Georgia at ripes 4,000 yards blue deoima . .1,600 yards eottonadev."-A" . . . ; :,7,000 yards domestic shirting,' bleached ' : 15,003, yards domestic shirting, unbleached 4 SjOOO -yards domestic sheetine. unbleaeK.i $$04 yswel ripesw plaiday ' wu uoseo- woouen soots -7,O0tJ jrards plaid liasejr. wT' 1,500' yards flaanehV awortedi 1,600 flannel ahirts 700 calico shirts . ,1 , poands liSeSlliiur- 550 pounds cotton thread - 400 dozen spool cotton, Nos. Oe 30 ..mvDiida:seliag:iilk -4 , 700 pieces riband, assorted 4,300 yards bed ticking - " 1,000 yards kentucky jeanf 500 yards sattineta 1 ..,-150 gross worsted gartering 5 , 200, pounds Chinese vermilion '"'' 20 dozen silk handkerchiefs, bark and Band. ISO gross fancy and clay pipea UBS l,TiO pound brass keltletf j,19Q:tin.ketiles4 wt L 76 nesta of japanned kettles, 8 in a neat ' 376 dozen nutcher knives' 28,000 gun flints iA'25 gross squaw awlar $1.fiM nsh? hooks . , . 25 dozen fish lines 25.000 needles,' assorted " ' 100 dozen combs, assorted - r , : 10 4ozen scissors, assorted v : 10 gross gon worms; 12 dozen axe?, to WeigV from 4lo 5 pounds 50 doaeu half axes, to, weisb 3 pounds 2 dozen iiatcheu, to weigVt pounds 730 axes, to weigh: from 4 1-2 to 5 1-4 pounds 400 half axe.3, to weigh 3 1-2 pounds w Aaicoeis 10 weiga pounus 1 OS. W"'I;1S:A4SS 200 drawing knivesVl?: iuches 1 lenat W 700 augers, 4n equal proportionaof 1 i, 1, , and 50 pairs hames f ' r . .750 pairs trace chains 300 pounds brass kettles' 1,500 weeding hoes im UiUiu wrwa- 40 cross-cut saws, 7 feeiln length,-" , - 40 cross-cut saws, 6 lectin length iov-toiMiWiies r'i t . "m'cross-cht aawllles- AO iog chains, to weigh 25 pounds each 600 -W hittemore cards, Nou10 M - - 700" quarter socket chisels ; ; -v-- : 90 planes, fore and jack ,ir . .2 - . , NORTHWEST GUNS. , , 65Q Northwest guns,vtwo-thirds of which must measure 36 inches in length of barrel, and one-third 42 inches, to Jbe delivered at the :v. city"gflf.ewvVrs; or Philadelphia, aa miy , : be required. ' ; V- - v . Samples or all the above articles vara deposited in the office of the. Commissioase ef .1 ndian Affairs ; and it msy be proper le fritter :Jhat those ef hard ware, agricultural implements, and northwest gum, are entirely new, and of ietter 'quality than the artielea heretofbrefurnished under iormer eoutracts. : The proposals may ba divided Into four parts, m: 1st BUuketa r . vr 2L Drygoodv . - .: 3d., Hardware, to inelada agrienltural imple 4th. Northwest guns. The lowest competent respoastble bidder will re ceive the whole or aay. paii ef the contract accord ing to the above scale, the Department reserving to itself the right to determine whether the bidder is competent and Iresponsibt'or not. The ; whole amount a 'money -ie be applied to the purchase of goods will be about $90,000, bat the D epartment eerv ea the right to increase or di miuiah the quantity of any of the articles named, or substitute others ia liea thereof or to require, at similar jprices, such goods as may be granted for pre sent or other purposes, 1n the administration of the the affairs of the Department. ' Goods of American maaofactare, all otlier things ' being equal, will bo preferred f but as ajl 4ha-aamplea of blankets atkd clotha are of foreign manufacture, it will be necessa ry when a domestic article is bid forthat 4 sample of it should accompany' the bid to enable the De partmeutto - decide .whether ft is of equal quality with the samples to be exhibited! J- -.: i v v The party proposing to supply the articles will make an invoice T all the "items embraced In .the above4ist, aad affix the prices, in dollars aud cents, at which he or they wil) furnish theuij deliverable in New York, (orif the contractor prefers it, about, one halfof the quantity may be 'delivered in St. Louis, Missouri, free of expense to the Government,) ba or before the lota of May next, assuming the quantity of each article as specified in this advertisement, and cjucuuiug U9, vuai, masiug : aa aggregate ot u whede Invoice constituting the bid. . The eoods will be inspected in New .York and la: St. Louis, if any portion of them should .be.' delivered there) by an agent 'of the TJuited States,, who wil be appointed oy tne uepartmeul lot: tne purpose, ana to ascertain the coufnuity of the articles purcaased with the samples exhibitedj when the' contract shall be made, ana with the terms of the eonlrapt itself, which shall contaia a clause .that if the articles are not furnished within tae time prescribed, or if they are of insum- eient quality 5 u the opinion if the agent aforesaid, and if within nve days after notice Tof such insum cieucy the party ' shaU not furnUh others in lieu thereof .of the required "quality, the United States shall be authorized to purchase them of others, aud h uarg . ny iucrease..oi price iuey may , oe com pelled to pay therefor, to the eoutractor: who shall pav the said difference toihe United States. . x " Bonds will betrequired, U.the amount of the'bids, with two good yuretjes, the aufficiency; of whom to be certified bv a United Stales 'J nd jtb or District Attorney for tfiye fait blul r fofmance of the con tract: Pay rtaeut will be made after the . contract is completed and the delivery of the goods aa aforesaid to an aaeht of the Department, upon a dunlicate ia- voice certified by himT r X; ; V uommunicatiuus to be marked "Proposals for In dian goods." ' ; tr'-&- Tbe.bids will be submitted with the foilowiBg heading, and nuhewill be received that are not wad in the form and terms here prescribed f ifCl tor we) propose to furnish for. the service of the lndianDepartutent the following goods, t the prices affixed te them respectively, via Y-r---' ; ere'iiisei.tbe list ef koeds.1 Deliverable in the Ctty of New Vork (or St. Louis) en or before the - day Vbf ' next; and in case of the aecepunoeflut his proposals,, the quantity be tng prescribed by the Department, ir wej win execute a contract according to this agreemeat, and give aatiafactory security to the Department; within, ten days after the acceptanoe of thia bid and in case of failure to eater into sueh contract, and give such security. 1 lor we) wUl pay te theUnited Slates "the difference between the sums bidden by me (or uaj 1 and the sums which .the United States may be obliged to pay for the taiM.aztielea.4 , j Each v and every bid must. also ba acopmpanied with a guaranty, i the foliowing formate be signed by one or more responsible persons, whose aufficien cy must be certified fay sxpae one who is known to the Depart meat, either-personally Or by his official position ?4;te5.4rtri..v- t -3.; -"'.' -v "'- tt I (or we) hereby guaranty thit "i the above bidder, win comply with the terms ef the advertise ment for proposals fo Indian goods,' dated the 29th September, 1S49, . if the xoatract : should be awarded to him, and enter into bond for the execu tion bfthe same Within the time prescribed.n ' 'r-i O' vn ' t.- ' ' . - Ilk S-J - ORLAnOO BRUYYn.: Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Septembers, 1849. 3tawlstiMov. ,
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