- From the New York News.
HTio trtts the Inventor of "Poker?"
The following is from the Albany Evening
Journal of Tuesday :
ANOTHER LOCO FOCO " BOORBACK FORGERY."
"The 'Democratic Campaign,1 one of the nu
merous' Loco Foco newspaper that hare sprung
strangely into existence since a Fund was raised
in England to print and distribute Free Trade
Tracts, contains the following paragraph:
Political Brag.
"Mr. Clay is undoubtedly a 'great hand' at
the gam of Brag (indeed, in Cowell's "Thirty
Years among the Players" hn is said to have
been its inv ntofas also of the other kindred
game known bylSfe inauspicious name of Pok
er) but it requires raider steadier nerve than his
present trembling energies for ihe great stake en
ables him to maintain.'W
"The pretended extract from Cowell's "Thirty
Years among the Players" is a Forgery There
is no stich c ha rge-n gainst or allusion to Mr. Clay,
in Cowell's Book."
The Express of this city copies and adopts the
above as its own giving it editorially as its own
assertion. Wc commend to their perusal the fol
lowing extract from "Cowell's Book," in which
they thus assert tha' there is nonsuch charge a
gainst or allusion , ro Mr. Clay." Its title is,
" Thirty Years passed among the Players of Eng
land and America: Interspersed with Anecdotes
and Reminiscences of a variety of persons, direct
ly or indirectly connected with the drama, during-
the Tbjjjcal Lifr of Joe Cowell, Comedian.
Written hvmflpllf. N. York: Harper & Broth
ers, 82 ClifFstreU. 1844. Price Twenty-five
C.nts." .
"One night, while I was getting instructed in
the mysteries of ulcer, and Sam was amusing him
self by building houses with the surplus cards at
the corner of the tahl;, close by us was a party
Claying at poker. This was then exclusively
igh-gambling Western game, founded on brag,
invented, as it is said, by H"nry Clay when a
vouth : and if so, very humanely, for either to win
or lose, you are much sooner relieved of all anxie
ty than by the older operation. Chap, xv., p. 94.
It is not quite unequivocal here which of the j
two games, Brag or Poker, is meant as invent
ed, it is said, by Henry Clay." It is probably
Poker, which, as a decided progressive improve
ment on Brag, (to say nothing of its expeditious
humanity,") is the more worthy of his genius,
highly cultivated as that is known to have been in
this valuable depaitment of science. Poker may
be said indeed to include-Brag, on the old logical
maxim that u the greater incluies the less ;" or it
may be said to bear the same relation to Brag that
a North River steamboat does to an Albany sloop,
or a locomotive to an old four-horse post coach.
On the testimony of that common report on
the Western waters, from which Cowell speaks,
among the gentry whose vocation is to deal in
Uker aud Poker, this interesting point may there
fore be considered settled. The Journal and the
Express will have the goodnpss to " hack out," as ,
RrtiK nfthoB mnon Knvft lnid ihemselve more ( towards the door. He was stopped by one of bis
fairly open to a libel suit from us, than any of treacherous Whiar friends, and asked in a toBe of
those which Ute Journal has so ridiculously sued, surprise it nc aia noi imcnu iu remain ami - vWlr
I f i I ko ntmn I In A U t -r I J 1 1 1 lri rrc - i I
The Exp ress repeats the London Times pa nigra oh
in the same sheet in which it charges us with our
Forgery We will forgive them oar Men
thousand dollars damages," and give them up all
our share ol the M British Gold" besides, if they
will either produce Ihe said paragraph, or one of
the " millions of tracts which they know to have
been printed here, and of which the Rochester
(Whig) Democrat has recorded the arrival of a
"box" at that place.
P. S. While Cowell is before us, we may as
well copy the following amusing anecdote which
we find on the same page:
" A lieutenant in the nav'. on his way to Pcn
sacola to join his ship, was one of our boat-mates,
and belonged to the flooring committee so all
were called who had to sleep on it. Two ardent
devotees at seven-up finding no better pl.ice late at
night, while he was fust asleep coiled away in his
cloak, squatted on either side of him, and made his
shoulder their table. 1 he continual lip. tap. as
the cards were pbved by each upon his back, ra
ther aided his seamanlike repose; but an energet
ic slap by one of the combatants at being " High,
by thunder !" awakened him, and looking up, one
of the players, slightly urging down his head, said,
in a confidential whisper.
" 1 Hold on a minute, stranger : the game's just
out I've only two to go have twelve for game
in my own hand, and have got the Jack!1
" He, of course, accommodated them; and when
the game was out. he. found they had been keeping
the run of it with chalk tallied on his stand-up
collar r
We wonder whether one of these nocturnal de
votees of " seren-up" may not possibly have been
the great Inventor of Poker himself! As Jeremy
Diddler says in the play, " We only ask for information."
From the Albany .Argus.
A JESUITICAL APOLOGY" FOR DUELING.
Henry Clay's recent letter to citizens of West
moreland county, Pennsylvania, on duelling, has
been termed by those who look at it closely a most
ingenious, and therefore the more dangerous pal
liation for duelling. Even at his advanced age,
bordering on seventy, be does not take that decided
stand against dueling which the public sentiment
of the age had a right to demand, He pointedly
refuses to say that he shall not fight another duel.
Here are the words of Mr. Clay, written this very
month of August; and we wish the moral-loving,
truth-abiding, and duel-hating freemen of the Uni
ted States to notice every line:
" You ask me whether, if I were challenged to
fight a duel, I would meet the invitation I Con-
an-ainst that infernal fellow Giddings." "No,
was the pointed retort of Mr. Marshall, "no Ifyou
refused to help me throttle the lion, and you may
now hunt down the polecat yourselves."
These facts afford a striking proof of the char
acter of the Whig Congress. Partisanship for
Mr. Clay exercised a stronger influence over that
body than patriotism or love of the Union.
THE STANDARD.
Mt.l,ElGM .V. C
Wednesday, October 1 0, 1 814.
FOR PRESIDENT:
JAMES KM POLK,
Of Tennessee.
FOR VICE-PRESIDENT:
GEO. IIFFLIN DALLAS,
Of Pennsylvania.
Useful facts and reflections in relation jo
the late United States Bank.
We here present to the public a table of the
rates at which checks or exchanges were sold by
the United States Branch Bank at Fayetteville, in
this State, from July, 1820, to January, 1831.
This information may be implicitly relied on. It
THE ALLEMANCE MEETING.
The Register of yesterday has a long account,
by a correspondent, of the Alletnance Meeting.
The writer puts down the number present at 4.000!
Now we happen to have heard something about
the number, and we state, upon the authority of a
: gentleman of Orange, whose veracity no Coon
was obtained some time since, and having been would dare to call in question, that there were not
mislaid, is now submitted at the earliest moment
1820, July, checks at 4 per ct. prem. on Bank U. States.
1321 .Jan.
1822, Jan.
1823,
1823,
1823, July
1824, Jan.
" July
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July,
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on B. U. S. and
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" Richmond, Va.
" Charleston.
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" Charleston.
" Bank Uuited States.
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more than six hundred persons on the ground
So much for the tales of Coonery I
The writer of this account, (and remember that
he is endorsed by the Register) speaking of the
persons assembled, says :
" Such men cannot be enslaved by the arts of
Louofocoism, headed by such a man as James
K. Polk the mere shadow of Gen. Jackson's old
hickory staff! The fruits of it will be seen in No
vember next, and old Orange will speak ia tones of
thunder to those who are endeavoring to fix upon
the country the "supple tool of a petty tyrant,"
without principles, without abilities, for the highest
office ia the world. They are too true to them
selves and to the country, to permit a miserable ca-
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" Bank U. Slates and
New York.
" Richmond.
" New York.
" Norfolk.
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" Bank U. S., N. Yoik
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For Electors.
1 Dist. THOMAS BRAGG, Jr., of Northampton Co
HENRY L TOOLE, of EdKecomb,
ABRAHAM W. VENABLE.of Granville,
GEORGE WHITFIELD, of Lenoir,
WILLIAM S. ASHE, of New Hanover,
DAVID REID, ol Cumberland
JOSEPH ALLISON, of Orange,
DANIEL W. COURTS, of Surry,
WILL. J. ALEXANDER, of Mecklenburg,
GEORGE BOWER, of Ashe,
ALEXANDER F. GASTON, of Vaney.
" Bank United States. ! an.d an W tyrant, who has done more than any
man living to break down the true principles of li
berty, to dictate who shall rule over them ! "
People of North Carolina people of Orange
county descendants of the Regulators Jackson
men mark the insulting language which is here
used towards Andrew Jackson ! " An old ty
rant f John duincy Adams calls him a luir,
and the Register echoes the cry of "old tyrant!"
Orange county has never uttered this cry. Her
true-hearted and patriotic sons honor the Old Hero
of two wars, and they stood by his principles and
voted for him for the highest office tn the world,
at a time when Henry Clay was intriguing for the
Presidency, and madly and corruptly plunging
after power, careless whether the country sunk
under or survived the baleful influences of the star
of k ederalism. "An old tyrant f You
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1829, March,
lS30,Jan. "
1831, Jan. "
This Bank opened at Fayetteville, in January,
1818, without capital, save drafts on State Banks,
by which in a short time it drew out of those
Banks in specie $100,000. AM it brought with
. '. . nsnonnt t L. 11.4 .a J Hyl TIT .11 It
u to commence upon was us own notes, rpaper; imcocto m ic mmaig, jvjt. vvuutietl is tins yo
and kegs of cents. It maintained itself by drnfts i language ? Your organ has spoken do you
or runs on the State Banks for specie, until about j speak as he does? What think you of it, Dr.
I 1830 or 1832, bringing none from abroad till . Smith? With but few if any principles in com
j 1833, when President Jackson caused the public I mon with the Coons, do you still intend to shame
depositi-s to be removed from the Bank of the j your republican blood, and to endorse tlvse de-
United States. In 1830, it received in interest i nunciations of Gen. Jackson, bv clinoino- to Henrv
- ' BP iJ CS -7
Mats Meeting at Ransom's Brid
Globus outpouring of the democracy 0f jj
fax, Nash, Franklin and Warren!
We learn from an esteemed Correspondent a
the democracy had a glorious day of it on Sat
day last at Ransom's Bridge. The Comrii
deserve great credit for their handsome arrant
ments, and every thing went ofT in such a mfl?
cannot fail to have the happiest effect.
Our correspondent says :
" A large compaay assembled at an earl v
The Whigs were greatly elated by the ,WuU?
of the previous dav from PonnaUlunn:. ' .sn
: ... r'0"'", When,.
Vilobf
. e
looked as it some dreadful palam;,.. i j l
them. ' ""u ueleii
"The Meeting being organized by the annni
meat of the proper officers-an account oFfiS
yoq will no doubt receive the sneakpr lctt
"we m.
BLE, our EIppi
speech of two hcW
tacts were clear his anecdotes appropriate and l,"
reasoning convincing. His speech wss iflU?
ucijf.
e most rantuom qi..
. "i'i4use,
PTnrPtu arrinul C. rv- 1X7-.. .
- r . - - - i.t.u 1 1 una tv di icnmn with ik -. .
changing the lace of things. This news wa f'
ceived with loud applause, and our Whi2 f
vited on the stand. Mr. Venable
opened the discussion in a tnii,
He made a very happy effort, particularly
questions of the Bank, Tariff, and Veto
'cis wereciear, uis anecc
reasoning convincing. H
ered, and received with tlx
after enjoymg an neHhn ba.bacue, ihe Du
he snared JZ Z"J& 2
was listened In lvit , ... .. . . '""r. fie
plauded. u"tm,un' and "enily ap.
The President next introduced Gen. SaonDeb,
who commenced his sno..rh uws,
i, ' " "mi sume verv h
propr.a.e allusions to ihe lings and moitoesU
which the -stage had been ornamented, and I
.urimms iu uie i,aaies who wPr.
in attendance, and hy whom the flag had been n
u"l t H pa?d rapid'y over lhe QwwilR
bank, Tariff and Veto, but spoke with , fe, lin. ,
effect on the Texas question. He held in hi, ,a
a beautiful gag, winch he said had been nresen
" WB iMI'J af (1 1 1 I' 1 r V .1 UCP5 I n .1
a ' : . J Ana
You were ! Slamper, Misses Elizabeth and Mury DavU
is this your " Waitha and Caroline Alston, iMiss Lucy ArnE
on, ana oin. rs, (liod bles lliem all!) upon ul.it
iad been iiamlsomely painted an Eagle tjj,
ingle star and the following lines:
siderin? mv aee. which is now oast sixty-seven. I
for that I should expose myself to rid"icule if I j Election on tlie 4tu day of November.
were to proclaim whi ther I would or would not
hght a duel It is certainly one- of the most un
from local Banks upwards of $100,000, and in
182. ubove $32,000. From 1826 to 1830 the
m tt profits made by the Bank per year were from
$50,000 lo $75,000.
These facts show, that during the time the
Bank of the United States was in operation in
Clay in the face of his rejection for twenty years
by the people, and in spite of the sins, political and
private, which fester on his garments? And who
is Henry Clay 1 It makes our blood run hot in
our veins to hear Andrew Jackson villifiVd and
denounced by the graceless minions of so bad a man.
Who is Henry Clay? Let the whole country
answer. Let the response come up in tones of
Davidson County. W. P. Richards, Esq. is this StatP il made ils Profils hy drawing specie
likely events that can possibly be imnirined: and 'the democratic candidate in Davidson to supply , and funds from our own Banks and citizens,
I cannot conceive a case in which I should be j the vacancy occasioned bv the death of Mr. Brum- wn'cn profits, as well as the specie continually j thunder through the long sweep of twenty years
provoked or tempted to go to the fi Id of combat :jm,.ii u:, .....;,, at. r r. rvi.ili.i drawn from our Banks, were principally sent lo lhe is ihe condemned of the veonle. nnd the snn-
but as I cannot foresee all the contingencies ichiehir.,. , , ., ' ... . ' Mik- North, to i?o into the nockcls of fnreicrn ! nle tool" of an nmhiiinn whF.h m,bl rh !n ih..
it m m -al l . i arnAa. iia ,,.,, y . .,. - I ,,. - -" ' . a a. v.. v. .a ......... O" "
ffraceiu iv as may oe. xvir. viav nas ccriainiv, "-"-y v.y JC w c ty 7 c, . . . . . . . ii u j r .t ri. .i . . i . r . ., .
thprpfnre rnnn-rred som, b, nrfit on his unaralefu ' and for the reason which I have already stated, of I Meeting and Barbecue at Lexington on the 24th , u ouuern oanKs. Aiso, mat it ; cnarioi oi a lyrani over tne prostrate necks ol
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instant.
country. He rave it Poker ! and that, too, such avoiding any exposure of mys.-If to ridicule, cau
was the precocity of his genius, when "a youth!"
Though he can never be President of the United
St ites, Mr. Clay has secured at least one title
to immortality
" Non nm moriar: multaque par moi
Vitabit Erycinam!"
as Horace exultitigly exclaims, which may be
i not reconcile it to my sense of propriety to make a
diclaration one tray or the other:
Look at that closely, and we ask all to say,
fX3 We caution the public against false repoits
made our own citizens (out of whom this enpi-jhis ruined countrymen. Let the South answer.
tnl and profit were drawn) pay higher for checks j He voted against our choice for Prcsid nt in 1824;
J and false election reiurns put afloat by the Nation- r cxchanffe on the North, and other pails, than he has heaped taxes on us ever since ; and he
' I : I. U I J a . L . -! e .1 IJ i- rra r a a
of early youth still lurk under the head whitened
by the frosts ofsixty-seveu winters.
The New York Morning News thus pertinent-
thus translated, for fear the Evening Journal may j Y fp8 lort" tne dangerous influence of this most
hi va rrnn-n rnttr in ( llifi.' I h.iil lW v m . inIUIOUS lener
to" " J - "
unity tn iuiii uuoiii, tn in c nil iu !iv, III J ,u 1 n I
they do not perceive that the follies aud passions ! tional Intelligencer and Raleigh Register. Both hT7 ,re ,,ad l pay S,UCe ,he Bank of lhe
ly die, and be buried out of memory by thai Knave
of Spades, the Sexton V
would now repulse Texas from our embraces, and
T T.. ,1 J , ;. a i . - .1. -1 L. . i.. .i ii j i.
these papers are in the service of the British party, u ou" xmaa 10 ",au Also mat our see ner siar oi giory guuer in me oiooa-wrougm
.i .u :ii i .l: ,. . turrnicy was more unscuieu ana ueranarea whilst uiauem or iniriann. inline Wist answer. Me
Uliu ilir-y aa 111 KlupiO Ol U VI II III IU HCrUWIilllSM - 1
their dMr.ratii nd .RU nnrrw. lUnln r lhat Bank was in operation than it has been ! h.-iswagi-d a tvaragninst our frontier settlors; be has
Nnrth Purolinn rwivar I 1 8,nCC i r we a" KBOW th.it the Bank broke in I banked and unbnnked until his splendid spend-
Janunry, 1841, and that since then checks on thrifts got the hetter of us; and he then gave them
FRANKLIN SUPERIOR COURT. the Noi lh hnrp rnnorr-rl fmm rn I v X in 1 nerii lnu vhirh c'leni fl lliem fi-om their fli-hls nnrl
"Mr. Clay virtually throws all the great influ
ence of his sanction and example all the weight
Beneath the hiVh n)tnr of the Cthedral at ! of his position, talents, character, and popularity.
Havana, sleeps the fflorions dust of him whose ! (popularity, at least, with the main bulk of the
tomb bears the grand inscription : " To Castile and Persons occupying those spheres in soci ty to much civil business, and several important crimi
Leon, Columbus gave a new world." A still no-1 which dueling is chiefly confined)--on the other na, M8es were inptmd of. The celebrated Har-
l.I-i- onlionl, la r..mnr.,A i t L i,..k .' ISKlB Ot I ti P. WHVPTlDfT Sr:i lii ol nun ic ( n 1 1 1 n ri . I on
VI ' a3lllLfll, IS II OTl ICU IV IJIUtC alio IUIMU III " " m . , , , ,
which Mr. Clay (many years hence, we trust,) isjln's subject. Mr. Clay can never know how ma-
ay Carroll naving at length been overtaken and ; Cy was most deranged, and exchange the highest,
destined to find his last" repose" Andtoat new nY young men, whose opinions were in the pro-; brought to justice, judgment of death was pro-!was during the administration of that Bank.
Franklin Superior Couit was in session last cent., at which they are now and have been for! set them afloat with as much capital as the honest
wcelf. Judge Oaldwell presiding. We learn that ! a long time st lling in this City.
L ''t L J i- . - a . I
These facts further show that the precise period
when we had the least specie, when the curren-
wo ) Id Hf.nrv (.Lav irat Rnvea I" Wiishinirtiyn . Kress Ol maturing lruo ine rine results or sound nouneed nrminst him hut hn lhr hnmtinitv of iho ! j :. . -
0 a t j a j j i j , ; ' " : iui never in aown me price oi exenang-e
gave it h,dependence. Jefferson gave it the im- and settled P"MPK be made deeded duel- Act of Assembly he has been allowed an appeal ! t0 xvbat it is now until after the election of Gen
mortal Declaration. Franklin save it the Liffht-1 ,s, r ',fe by the influence of this letter. The 1 . annr'r . m . . . 11 . , w 11 15 now unt)I a,ter t,ie election ol Gen.
ning-Rod. Fulton gave it the Steamboat. Clay 'o'ce and general social diffusion of right senti-t0 lne buPrcme Court. wbtcb will give him six Jackson, and when it was asking Congress for a
eave it Poker! I ment on this subject, afford the only counteract ine monlhs longer to livo. Messrs. Busbee and Lit- renewal of its charter. See prices in 1830 and
If we had properly rrfl.-cted on this ground of intluijpce against that ot the false and bad public j tljohn were assigned by the Court as his counsel. 1831. Also, that our currency was never so sentence of condemnation
chum, we probably should not have devoted the opinion by which dueling is sustained and men On Thursday of the term, Tom, a slave, was ! sound, nor so useful and convenient-composed Presidency in 1828 ; and in
Nen rand Campaign to opposition to Mr Clar. "eJ iJ19 tried for rape on a free woman of color. Verdict, aS it is now of both naner nnd snecie and of a third time that we had no
At ikn I .to I. ..ro f.,r. . i ,.i ... .. a i .. nnd a c.c fot c o ti I Jen (Tps tn t i (mi nnrl fnn ,a i r ; as ii is now oi ooiu paper ana specie, ana or i a tnira ume mai we iiata no
. . vii w i.uu 1 1 j u i , 1 1 a- lani iiiaii aac UlaJ iuu urru v w o w . . . v. .vm. u.iu iwiiiiu i; taitiaj i
poor man. Let the North and East answsr. He
fastened a National B;mk upon us a Bank which
paid him high fees as its attorney, uUt which ex
ploded, and left thousands of us to the lender mer
cies of poverty and want. Let the whole country
answer. We condemned him 1824 as unfit lobe
President, and this too when he pretended to be a
Republican, but we saw the coon-skin on him,
and we stripped him of it. We confirmed that
against his choice for the
1832, we told him
" Hail (o the lone and trembling star
That glitters in the South afar
Too lair a prize, too htighl a gem
To giace a foreign diadem !
Statesmen ! exeri your well known powers
And South and West alike are ours." '
Gen. Saunders asktd if any one with ie srrif
of a man could look upon this hrigia and beautiful
flag coming a ii did from fair hands, and wafted
to lhe free elements hy the prayers of warm and
patriotic Hearts and say he was unwillinc loac
eept of Texab and stand by her. thuiigh Mexico
should go to war, and England should back berl
If there be such o craven spirit here, continued
the eloquent speak r, let him speak out! Up,;,
which one loud and universal shout went up A '
No! Sol ft
"Gen. Saunders tlien alluded in the most in.
mated strains lo the noble ind wliich had bi
taken Ity the democracy of Maine, Pennsylvania,
Delaware, and New Jersey, for the country ant
Texas, though here in ihe South, where ihe out
'ion was one of the very highest moment, we vsert
divided. He alluded in terms of strong and burn
ing indignation lo lhe prescriptive couise of ihi
Whigs in Philadelphia and Baltimore, and saul
most emphatically lhat the democracy would Had
by the Constitution as it is, guaranteeing' freedm
of speech freedom of lhe press and above all
freedom of relijjion. This sentiment was received
with ereal applause.
" The sp-( ehes being over, 1r. HvttTEB.. rj
c.i.i: r. i i -a .i.i . .
i i mm mi. a-u:MT luruaru nu saiu, mat lie nan nc
speech to make, but lhat he desired to 5v leiwij
come there a Whig, and was a Whig no laitgfr.EA
Me intended to go lor Polk, Dallas and Tel
Uther v lugs were understood to come out Ircu J
the Coon pariv. and lake their stand under the he
of Polk and Dallas. The meeting adjourned in
the best possible feeling, and all resolved indouW
duty, flail to ihe democracy. Their banner l
again wave in triumph."
committed to retreat. Far from ever having be, n ! 0" murder.
use lor him, and that
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not guilty. Messrs baundersnnd Litlliam for the every variety too of specie as since this destrue- he was a disturber of the moral and political re
capable of inventing Poker that "very humane" j u l il not "'d in reply, that Mr. Clay in , defence. On the next day Sam I A. Thomas was tive monster expired in 1841. In other words, J pose of the republic, Look in this glass, ye coons
1 . f tt 1 11 . : Into Ltlar A... a. V. ! rti J r .1 1 . r n it trr . 1 . . .... l ...
mode of getting "sooner relieved of all anxiety; ln,s 'fllrr dots declare a strottg reprobation of the! tried for the murder of Samuel Joyuer. Verdict, tv never had a specie currency until this Bank
man oy me oiuer operation, we do not believe ; F"" . wr a mere piece or not guilty. Grn. Saunders was counsc for the Went down
.L'-I r t . I ra.a lira. r..-t n n m I t . . I . I ,Z akT" I L III UUHII.
iio ii is snamn we comess li l mat ivir. l-'ollc even ",l mm, uiiuuuwiwh un me, isnon. lMnety-1
I L . T-a a " . ... : J I I I l a i-i
Knows wnai irok'er is ana mat, too, ihoiiorh he i ,,,,,c ",r'" uuoureu rnniac similar ueciata-
mav almost be said to h;ive been named after ill I ''ons subject always to reservations which whol-
However, as well for his enlightenment, as to ! 'y nullify all their meaning or wortha"
give Mr. Clay the full credit for the brilliancy ofi.
the invention, we add from Cowell the follow-!
ing description of what Poker is
A DISCLOSURE AND A HIT.
Our readers undoubtedly remember that during
It brought none into the country
robbed us of what he had and sent it away.
The evils this Bank inflicted upon the curren-
Peoyle of North Carolina!
3- READ THIS ! Jtj
The last Nationul Inti Ilig. ncer contains an disastrous reign, were dreadful to be sure; but
Address from Join Ouincy Adams to the Whig! 'hey dwindle into insignificance when compared
who went to Allemance, and see your h?adi-r!
The Rpgister goes into agonies of ccstacy at the
"entertainment" offered at Hillsborough to the
j Raleigh Coons, on their return from the Meeting.
cy and the business ol the country, during its , Messrs .Freeman and Battle made speeches what
marvellous proper men they are to alter the Fe
deral Constitution, and impose "salutary restraints'
i . - y r n v i r l r i i . a j- . ...ai. . ,.; . - a i t . . . . .
"For the sake of the uninformed who had bet- i tne l:,st wh,S Congress, the Hon. Thomas F. Mar-1 1 ounS men.a viud oi tsoston, in which Uen. ; " "1C aisnunvi na .n.uiagcmeni onu rauure cast , on Executive power I But the Editor says nothing
ter know no more about it than I shall tell them,' 1 h" Kentacky, mtrodaced a series of resolu-1 Jackson is pronounced the author of a wilful ' "P ur national character with the corruption , aDOut the return of a prominent member of the
I must endeavor to describe the rrame when nlnvl' tions censuring John Q. Adams for his r flbrts to ! falsehood, and in which also occurs thn fnllrnvin 'it set afloat throuffh so manv sluices, the nress.-Ti.-j-i .: u..r-- u- ----ta ail.
, , . 3 "I J j- a .1 TT- ..L I. -.t J .- .--0 w j i i ' V V UKC UCirUUa uriui c lie I' wi u -r i ia,
aai aainu tiMimj-inB Call Ua Olliy, ano Dy IOUT per-, . mm Sentence '
sons. ucitiuo v,cjm v uuuii, iwr. ia-turMiiiii iiuormeu nis
mance nothing about the dissatisfaction evinced
m mmix . . . . I n iil inrif e iKnt lhf rccn lulinnc r.f oonanm ---- ,1
ne aces are the highest denomination; then d' 3 3" I The spirit of freedom and the spirit of slave
uih Kings, queens, jacks, and tens; the smaller! . . .. J ' . TT ' ; ry are drawing together
rnras are not used: these 1 have named area . . .' . . 11 "Alarms. The annexation
d-altout, and carefully concealed from oown-llr,, 'T'"? Tr rote for censur-
other; old playe,, pack them in their hands, nnd W ,d "STf Aftorf th? 'esoltitions
pep at them as if they were afraiad to trust even ' !ad fe"" Pr.rsrnled tof lh.0 Hol.,se rr ns connidera
themselves to look. The forr aces with any oth- ! l?Mr- Adl,ms.sPent a onff time in pouring forth
er card, cannot be beat. Four kinirs with nn 1 fierce invectivrs upon Mr. Marshall and oth
ace, cannot be brat, because then no one can have erh bnt h'8 COTla to f'resolutions laid on the
four aces ; and four queens, or Jacks or ttns ! he were unsuccessful. On learning that a ma
with an ace, are all inferior hands to the kinaS' J01 d,sPOSf d fto, censure him, he suddenly
when so attended. Rut holdina the Mrl. I K-fUI changed his mode of defence, and commenced a
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dealt
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need seldom occurs when they are fairlv "'.Z"1 UfK,n iy'r- ,,yi cnargmg that
; and three aces, for eromril, me ,auer. !n moving to abolish the veto power,
ings, with any two of the other cards, or four 'T8 TWd!?! fL nion. by breaking
, or Jacks, or ten is called a full, and with " 3 ;rna' 1 ne arguments or iwr.
tho,trh nnt ;;,,.;, nB.;j.j Adams were clear and cogent, showing that if
queens
an ace
, -9 'ta,n. vjiwmciru a V CI V f al " " . a
good braejrins hand. The dealer mnkes ihe v, i Mr .C,ay 8 Proposition succeeded, the Union could
or value ofthe beginning bet, and called the anti P.reM- ne a!,ack uPon Mr. Clay
in this instance it was a dollar and then every 'V6 a tIPrr,b,e fluttering- among the Whig
body stakes the same amount, and Satys, " lm up " ' mf;mbers- ? was unIdcrs'7od' sa,d Mr. Marshall.
Chap xv p. 94. to be a warning to the Whigs, that, unless they
ii i' 1IP i" uft, ... ,., choked him off, Mr. Adams would take their lend-
l IT L U ' aU UP WUh me : ' i Mr. Clay, by the throat and strangle him It
Prrc,sfer,v ,what Mr- fr,ay Tay ?y ?W in his' Produced the effect intended by Mr. Adams An
game of Polker as well as that of Poker. It is Jlher Whig cauciis wa8 hedyof fcTK nfar-
hi" hr HI m ,atc wh,c l "nnot be shall was kept in ignorance and it was agreed
beat boldly a. Mr. Clay may make play with ; lhat lhe resolution8 of censure should be btidZ
his "very good bragging Wi How much the tab,. Pursuanl to that muci)S
Mr Clay may have lost .nt Poker --n the course or Mr. Marshall was deserted by thoso who nnd
L?a t . ,T -SUCh ,nvr,DlrS.are to tek the rtpP had, and who
I Tl , H P -S hC lnventor8' J had promise to stand by him in the conflict
certain that he will never cam much at Pollrer Ll i . , "f luu,"-i.
a-1 .v . a inBcn ov i oiwer. The resolutions Ksre consequently laid on the
Anti now mat we nave envn i Uo
: . a ""'"" table.
Express chapter and verse, date and naire. will
they have the goodness to do two things? viz:
In the first place, lo be a little more cautious iu
attacking our statement? of fact, and still more so
in charging us with " Forgery."
In the second place, to give the world the date
ol the "paragraph from the London Times," an
nouncing the raising of about four hundred and
forty thousand pounds" in England for the circu
lation of free trade, tracts in the Uuited States.
A short time subsequently. iMr. Giddinrrs bepan
to agitate the dissolution of the Union, and reso
lutions were brought forward to expel him from
the House. The very Whigs who had deserted
Mr. Marshall in his conflict with Adams, were
seized with sudden indignation at the treasonable
proposition of Mr. Giddings, and gave venL to
their patriotism in eloquent speeches. Just as they
were about to vole on the Giddings' resolutions,
Mr. Marshall put his hat on his head and walked
THE BLAIR LETTERS.
The friends of Henry Clay have at li-nfii
published his celebrated Blair letters. y fter all
they agree substantially with the version of there
given from memory by Mr. Kendall, and con1-j
quently still leave Mr. Clay as deep in the mud j
us he was in the mire. We have neither time nor I
room to devote to them now. A few questions
will suffice for this week. Mr. Clay says of Air. j
Adams: " What has great weight with mr, is
the decided preference which a majority of the j
delegation from Ohio has for him over General
V 7 ay-
Jackson." But, Mr. Clay, what had you to do
with the " preferences " of the Ohio dc-lrjrationl
You vrere the representative of Kentucky;
how does it happen lhat you thought so much of
the opinions of Ohio, whi n in your own Stub
Mr. Adams did not gel a single role?
Again. Mr. Clay represents himself aspci-
fectly passive in the matter, and alludes to the
manner in which he was approached by the friends
of Messrs. Jackson, Adams, nnd Crawford? Bl
if he was indeed so if he was actuated by purc
rnntlrne nnrl l..cirwl Isa m-i ln rta K-irfT'in hilt
Bal 1 a-, U IIU UV UN i U J IIJUHI' tl V' U I i D ' " ;
Congress, "State Legislatures, elections and the
Young men of Boston, your trial is approach-; maiKcis, upon tne country with ihe thousiinds ot b Messrs. Badger and Manly at the coolness
IT thede M and disab,rd perSnS andj which marked their reception at Hillsborough on
of Texas to this Union is feBSl,iea lhat ,l broug"t to'ruin and with the dar-' u cir wa uranothintr of the gentleman whostar-
the blast of the trumpet for a foreign, civiK servile ing attempt it im-idc to put down the President of ted from Raleiah a Whig, but who came back a
and Indian war. of which lhe Government of ,,p nf,0a,!c, nn, mvolm Ir-n thr mvommrni 1 l- l
your country, fallen into faithless bands, have al-l .P p. ' . rc0,ut'onizc government dem0CTat These were party secrets, which il
cue. iwiauuua amy ub great ior goou, oui ll wa3 considcred inexpedient to tell.
must oe too great jor evil ever to be trusted in a
free country. There are more Nicholas Biddies'
iKnn Anfl I 1 . a O I i r V r . -v-a nn a aii n m a
placed for twenty years in the hands of a Pres.! I "ton-failures on all s,des-how happily j Cran,ford appeaJcd to him in one way and tho
dent and a few Directors, which the people can-
ready twice given the signal - fii t by a shameless
treaty, rejected by a virtuous Senate; ana again
hy the glove of de fiance, hurled by tlie aporve of
nullification, at the avowed policy of the British
empire peacefully lo promote tte extinction of
slavery throughout the world. Young men of
Boston : burnish your armor, prepare for the con
flict, and 1 say lo you, in the language of Galgacus
lo the ancient Britons Think of your forefathers!
Think of your posterity !"
We have no room for comments this week.
The above language, be it remembered, comes
from a Clay-leader at the North, and from a man
who was the choice of Mr. Clay for President in
1824 and 1828.
to give his own v. te as an independent menibtfij
a-t... A',, tn ..ol, iM- DI..;.. ... a....;t,a In tVlPU'P- j
lt a.iivi nv. fi.iv 1T1 I . LJIflll IU Ilia ti'
him
resentative of his dislnYt nnd "strrnstii'n
Truly, as we said last week, the coon is in his m j,js y bv-diraHo " to vote for Mr. Adorns?
I last ngonie?. Failures at Allemancefailures at Anain. -Mr. Clay says the friends of M'
PASQUOTANK COUNTY.
We are glad to hear that the democratic repub
licans of Pasquotank are aroused to the import
ance of the crisis. The table of elections shows
lhat we are gaining in that county, while the
'coons are losing. Let this encourage our friends
there to renewed efforts in the good cause. We
make the following extract from a letter dated
Eliza bet:i City, Oct. 5, 1844.
"Some time since the whigs here started a sub
scription to raise a Coon pole, and v. e immediately
went lo work to raise a Hickory pole, and on the
2Sth ultimo, we planted one, which is 105 feel in
height. Our flag is 10 by 30 feet, and has inscribed
upon it, ' Polk and Dallas the Union a Star a
democratic Rooster, and a ship.'
" Every thing i bright for us in this and the ad
joining counties. The moderate and reasonable
whigs are banning to cpen their eyes to the
truth. We shall make up our full proportion in the
increased vote necessary to ensure the State for
Polk and Dallas."
not control through the ballot-box, as they may
their government, begets the te mptation to abuse.
It may operate every where in secrecy, and none
can stay its arm before its evil works are done.
It would again prove, as it has heretofore proved,
a curse to the Banks, the citizens, and the trade
of North Carolina; and through the long period
of twenty years, (lhe time of its charter) the temp
tation would constantly be presented to Presidents
and parties to seek an alliance with it, and make
it a corrupt and dangerous political machine.
In his great speech against the,Bank in 1811,
Mr. Clay said that the two most dangerous pow:
ers in a government were the purse and the sword :
but, continued he, after all, money is the great j
the prospects ofthe coons taper off to the little end
of contempt and insignificance 1 This is strong
language, but we speak by the book, and as i free
man and they may make the most of it
Democrats of the Old North, rouse yourselves
of Grn. Jackson in another, but that the frif""
of Mr. Adams asked him to u consider seriously
whether the public good and his own future "
teresls did not point most distinctly to the choice
which he ought to make." How did he happD i
coonery from her brow ; and New York is ready
to open with her thunders upon the flying squad
rons of the enemy. Let there be a bold charge
an onset shout (rom the labor, the honesty, and the
manhood of the land. Every where you have
seen it as we have the coons are alarmed. Now
is the time to meet them, if you would vanquish
them. Let the committees be warned ! Let every
democrat be at his post, and let all remember that
power, for with that you can purchase all the rest ' should Henry C,ay be elected there wiH 06 no
What he thinks now. on this or anv other jmhiper i opportunity to picK tne mm ana try mm again.
j j ,
we cannot tell. This was his opinion in 1811,
before he became an Attorney for the Bank, but
since his Attorneyship commenced, his mind has
certainly undergone a great change in relation to
the expediency and constitutionality 0f such an
institution.
for the contest! Pennsylvania leads off for Polk j to follow in the lead of his " future interests"!
and Dallas; Georgia shakes the evil influences of, voting for one who had been his bitter enemyi s0U
then taking office under him 1
Again. He says one of his reasons for wtitf
against Gen. Jackson was, lhat he might, by
mg for him, give a stimulus " to a " mi IM
j spirit" which would " lead to the most pernicic"3
results." Why, then, did he vole for Otni
Harrison ?
We guess that about this time the Co
are beginning to find ont who James K. Pott
They asked the question some weeks since. J j
the lOih day of next month they will know b'10 1
like a book. Is there any " glory" in that m
Gales. Have you any friends (we know yet
.u i ... : l the, rountl"
yet uci f any wnere uooui m ny
ttHThe Democratic Meeting in Rockingham
shall appear next week.
Extract from a letter to the Editor dated
Halifax, Oct. 12th, 1844.
" We are alt in fine spirits, in this part of the
State ; and particularly in old Halifax. We raised
a Hickory Pole in the town of Halifax a few days
since. It is seventy-six feet clear of the ground.
We have flung our banner to the breeze, inscribed
with Polk and Dallas, and the Constitution as it it;
and come defeat or victory, we will do our duty."
to whom you would loan small sums, on
undouM-
ed paper, lo be staked upon the electron ol t
Clay ?
OCT MrTlRegister, what do you think ol&
returns from Georgia and Pennsylvania 1
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