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TH911S J. IEI11, Edili , PETI CISOLni "Powerful It ifltlltftoal, moral mi pkytiml rrtonrm, f be laid f tor liir. u. .me ( Mr lfffiirtv" TEBXS Tito Do'lltrs In Idtnatt. VOL.XLIII. 7 . RALEIGH, -WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER G, 1852. NO. 41. ,' TERMS. If pal stristTv t st.ae, It ir sa t M if pd within ii s"ndii; u4 S3 it Ik ni sf Oisvaar. - .. . .. ' ; - ; T. ADVKftTISIJro. I 8iirITJ lines) IritlawtUw' $1, ft J ta cdu for Moh uUqii(bit inMiirtion.' : iisceiuheics; : THE CROSS ROAD. Two weary travllere were een bending (heir way along unit and narrow road Ifiat woOnd itf course tlirouvh a country bul thin- If inhabited, along the side of a rugged, bar- ' i.":-L . I l:l. ren mounia.n, wiucn Mjwcn-u awv nigu up tn the heaven, add" arotond whose top lbs threatening mist hung hcavilv, and were joining with tan ,' appalling lilark man of thunder clouds that were rising up In the west, and looked frowning, down upon all bnnealh upon the edge uf whirh the lightning already ported, Dow darling in a zig-zag direction, and then gleaming forth in an unbroken chain of light, followed hy peali of deep-toned lliuil der tha1 burst upon the hill aud rolled down Upon the yah-y, dying sudiieuiy away in the jlistan.ee. The travellers mended their pace as the darkness gathered into deeper glootn, and tin coming: night was stealing on with dreary forebodings. a. . Far along that narrow road the ' travellers had now proceedfd, .which was growing more and more imperceptible as il wouud still further into thai impetiatrsble wild; jet they continued moving on with great vigor, as objects were but laiuily .seen in- the light TfiaTwaTTatir-gTTh Bess. theelilo'r traveller; 'hut see von younderhehl that twinkles in the distance! it is liora the mountain house- ,-''. " When the sentence wits broken by a bright and vivid flash lint: burst npon them, and the irpor'tff nikvipct!vtni!t.U.Uio gluoirttuitt sonrrouiidcd, - r .;" The speaker fell, and two mm rushed from the thicket, but ' the nervous arm ol the other as he threw himelf More them, laid ihet.i prostrate.' .It was thought of a moment In ieqd.,..aMisinfelii his .companion., and, he bent to rinse him upon lit Jeet. . . 'Fly, fly ind leave me,,' said, the wounded man, tymi know mil the (Linger that surroun ds you, hut remember this' and then chisiug liis eyes, he repeiied again,' in a whisper, fly!' when iuiiiiediaic t'sejpe was rendered t .necessary, for tlm two ruffians lutd risen, and were preparing for revenge, as two others were seen approaching - , , . , At the terminally- of -the cross-road was sitns'.ed whit, in 'those unlettered days wax called the mountain hoose, sml them weak and bio!, die wounded 4ti:in was lying -upon a bed, whither be Imd--been- earriedi His wound, which were not dangerous, having been ilri!ed, and eiery aceninninil.-Hion which ih.il r ide la ,-n nffiiided had been giv en, and he "a '"-It lo xilrncu aud repose. The oilier "v. a wSihitl' the mivtrnl ol the clouds withiwu with li'mieihiiig of a r-'-ai-less neiieiyj iiil as they rolled together in a daraund e-ttkisi-d piltvxnl-the heavy monn iug wind swept Uiroush the lon-st and ttbisi led around the limis, it loo surely indicated a coining si'irnt tlul would p mr down tor rents from the mountains 40 sweep upon the lowlands hrl'iir. . The wyne at the cross cbads rose nil b fore him, and as the inei- - nnliril i'TT" ' .'" mwrJL.L"A:'!"''fullT nMrwiialwl Ivy the people of the dis- over every ecnti witii soiuatliiuir ol an TirTiiTHf, M'Snyttn deacrihahle fear, ho H'iencd lo Ihe palterinu . - 'Bnttrrrtnwr'itTrTfl .the deep breathings of the wind, ss il bent Ihe tons of the forest, trees about him, until 'his fancy was w Hind up into ' a fcelinK of fearful awe. ! Other sounds seemed to min gle with .the .wind; and as the Iravrller bent a listening car, these words were audi- cts ' --r ' '' ' ,r v , 'Murder him tu-niu'lil, and fatiher it" upon ilia wounded , traveller yoii shall be mine for ever; take ilivse, ihey vjire the. pledges 1 promised.' v.-j" ' .- "': ?" r- ., At that moment the - whole . heaven . be came lit up with a vivid brightness, and flash succeeded flash as the lightning played amond ihe mountain tops, and peal after peal of heavy-toned thunder followed in awful sub limity. . t . .... ' . . ; .,: . t .'. , ,.. At thefirt hursl of light die traveller pre- eelved him who had just uttered -ih wonU , of fearful imrfort his ears had caucht. He appcarru in earnest eonversaiiiHi with a fe male, and at the moment the feature of tiolh were impressed as villi a gleam of as- ,-aoeiatinn upon his ninnory;but by the faiih glimmering that succeeded ihe deep darkness that had followed ' the firrf gleaming flash, the place where they stood was only ' occu- pied by some bjci which lay upon the --rjiase, miiJ those the traveller erurcd , , The evening had worn away, until the liour of nine, but ih rain had now ceased, and the light, flying clouds shed hastily a cross thr horizon, and a thousand stats were twinkling in the heavens, rejoicing in their ' beauty , the moon, too, was casting her mellow light upon the salley, as" It had alow ly ascended over the distant mountain, and beamed forih in its own lovely brightness. At anywher lime the youthful traveller would ' have paused to view the beauty of the erene, but now he journeyed hastily on only turn ing his eye occasionally at the bushes that fwew hy the way-side, where we will leave iiim, and return lo -the tnountain-hoose. ' j, A o iisein the ailioiniug-rooin had aw- . l 1 . , , . . -cju ma wounuru man irom a relreshnig niier, ana the voices ot eeveiaf per , aona were heard, earnestly conversing.; ", , 4 'Here he i, said ilia la'ndladv. aa ahoitn.' d thedoor; no doobr he will feigft 1imelf , nnabl to rise, but we'll see,' antf enlenng. wasiouowcu oy several men, , f- The irsveller had risen np in ihe' bed in ..hssly manner.' and alarm ,..' i,kMu ly pictured upon Ins ' couiilenance, a he . give il. -. - ,vW'hat Want vou here?' " r i '0, '"' ,he 0J',", ; of eiurder so rtae dress yourself,, said the ; iiinnroi uiice. !. I he piior man was uinhlo i t .. i.... r or murdering' wh-m!' . n 11 " P"-"nd lo knownoibing of il! - aud ihen hem her hea, ;r : . .- ' ".' ' ,"""rvu. nrk wl-utiihJii. mA WB4agMnmrd.im t.at.ygsuiw.muuer. J , u? l""ki"S 'hut be com- Mng vengeance on hi foes, - , : ,. - ' , . r.ricit, in v dear, wore his words a he ad On on they speed, mirsuer nr.d pur Toi !", T,C, ' - sued;-FhevooVte,. Isii rhed. yeUed, and oiwi(i.r.Ringliia nund il,f iravrlrr wamcd-thr Colour! damned with inishtv . V . It. . was hurried iway lo an caamiuauon. where,! iiy the lesomony ol Hie lanuiaay, sunsiunua-icracKreu led bv the oilier speaker, he was com mi tied -f for trial.- . .- -. ,. .- . ' The dav for the sitting of the court at length arrived, and before the crowd of snx inus t pectatort, the prisoner was brought for ward; feeble and lame, he rcreiljupon the ofh cer until he arrived at the bar, where he plead not guilty' to the indirlmeiit. in a firm voice. and the trial proceeded. ,. , .. ; j l'mninal lisumony waa strong against liim a bloody knife had been found upon the bee) the morning of his ar.esl -and all the thou sand winutia : of circumstance . tlut will transpire when suspicions are east upon an individual, all tending to throw a veil of still deeper dye over such traiisaelione that will gain credit ns they spread from mouth to mouth, and the table became more doleful aa it circulates abroad, until predjudiee has pro nounced guilt upon the deed. The prisoner felt this to be .the- ease, bul relying upoa his iunoceuce, hs rose and limply related his SlOrV : , .: There was something in his tnsnner that penetrated the heurt; and pala and dejected, as lie stood before the Spectators and artless ly (old his tale, all was in favor, and many there were who believed it true. , What testimony had you to corroborate ihis!' asked the judge. '1 hare none,' the prisoner answered, in firm yet subdued voice, "which iu follow ed by a momentary and ) nxpatheltc si lence. - But I have semrthing tossy,' said s young siand as a witness, tn.iimii..lia,fluj and benilina his keen handkerchief aud letter from tin pocket, and luiq tliem i-etore him. .'Do vou know this handkerchief, madam?' he inquired of the female: -aud rou, sir,' ad- dressiiig the man of savage astit, "can you tell the sMnirtrtatif ihi lervert wlilRi h held up lo the view of all. 'Yes you murdered him," cried the female in a raving in. niier, addressing the aavage- lookinn man. 'And so I did, and you assisted me,' waa Ins reply; then clenching the aherttf, shoved sside, and rushed towards the door. " ' " It was in vain, or he was soon aaru'ml, brought back and sealed by the side of the female. Older . being restored, " the young man related every ineidcnW and the traveller was uiiamniriiisly acquitted; and loud rhaer iuirs unecerd'd liiis 'riumiili of niiiocentje. The guilty pair were punched, and two grass-grown , hillocks now mark the xjiol where the cross road lerininmed Tliu wan dering whlloy has given he only memori al to I heir memory or their crime, which is carved npofl Ihe iiohlo true that iji rreads It b"i aiiclics b rcr"flieif grayee. - " AN AMUSING STORY. Hooper, the editor of an Ala'nma journal whose name we.jus; now forgot, hut which Ka'i .'hu'itlway'Wllir1i('"1tI' it to make us laugh, tills the following capital yarn: - r,i t - n 1 ; -. i sii ill i tKii you a nu oi a atory, navmg no iTonnertion widi poliiica, this hot, dry wea therr oy permosion , - 'Old 'ol. 1) , of the Mobile dislricl. was one of the most singular characters ever known in Alabama. He was lesly andee centric, but tnanv fine qualities, which were liiijl Will Hi rtiTiW'-ftwiriir'Tlrei,r nemory of thu "old una" of .Mo ie-and all of rfF"ttB hard hi b-nt, wa rit I . la'.ea in hy a couple ol log.,1 yro. i a Geo ge Woodward, I b. lieve, tel!s the story; hui homeier mat may be, ii is in keeping with others related of the old gentleman, ... ... -e-- 'It seems thsl Col. D had I misun derstanding wild the two gentlemen alluded Iu and Was not on speaking terms with them, al ihn' all of ihree were professionally ridit'g the circuit pretty much toge her. The young one, being well swareol Colouel' irascible nature, determined, a lliey left one of die courts for another, to hate omesHrl ai his rxpense hy the way. Tin y accordingly goi ah.wit, half an 1 ur e start on die leviii. and presently they arrived at a broad dark stream, thai looked as il it might be a dozen feel deep, but which, in reality, was hardly more than as many inehes. -' Uroaing it, they I alighted, nulled od their coat and bonis; stid sal down quietly to Watch fur the old Taf tar, 'Jogging along, at length came up the old fellow, .fie looked at first at ihe youngalera. who were gravely drawing Oil their bonis and coals, as if Ihey Ind just hail swim and then he looked at the broad cteek llias rolled before him like fluent ' Iraiisluccnl sur I'lte Colonel w'-wfiilly puzzled. . 1 '! tliis ceeek swimming.'" he growled af ter a piussol some moments. ..'Ns reply waa maile in young men sim ply mourned their horses and rode off some little distance autr stopped lo watcn our ke- io. ----j, - - - The Colonel slowly divested himself of boots, coat, paiilaluous and drawers. 1 hese he tiejlly tied up in his handkerchief 'and hung them on the hoin of the aaddle; then lie iiiounted. and a he was a tat, short man, with paunch of inordinate size Mlher inade quate legs, a face like I witherdfappla, and a hrowu wig, there is no doubt he made an in teresting picture as he bcslrowed bis steed. with the breeze. holding gentle dalliance wiili the extremities uf fits only garment. ' Slowly aud cautiously did the olj gehile llemm and his horse take the .creek. Hall a length and the waier wa,uol (edock deep. Here the horse etopped In drink, A Irnrrth and a half and the stream no dee Der! Thirt feet farther, and '" dwided shoaliiiv - , Here Colonel D- reiued up. "There muai," said be, -be a h of a wifl ileep ween this at'' bank. s hnif I ill water runs! We will dash through." -.-. 'A aharp lash made the horse aprmz the I watery waste and another carried the hirst and rider JtsW lo the opposite hjnk.'The I creek . Was nowhere ' more than fool ldeen, , - , -..'.' -v.-'-..: ''. A wild yell from the young uns rv Inounred Uieir approbation of the sport as I iey eallnned away. . -" L-......I i-.'-,i it t n; emphasis, whils hi shirt fluttered ami id ui wioa, like loose nyin . jib. - On on and the pursued reached ihe larmhouse on the road side. Their pinsiuv startled a flock of geese from a fence corner, which, ss ihe Colonel dashed up, met him with outspread wing, elongated necks, and hisses dire, . II uj hoise swerved .suddenl), and the ('olonel in a moment waa upon the ground, jo mosie unroraantie "heap,"' with his gown aud wig by his side and bis bundle of clothe scattered around. - The while headtd children of the house came out first, look a disunt view of the mon- stei as il seemed lo them and then re turned lo report progress. After little the father of the family came, anil the affair be ing explained, hp assisted the Colonel In making his lilette;. the Colonel swearing, and the -codntryihan laughing all the while, - - - - - Dressed and mounted, our hero started off with a woful phiz, and was soon out of sight. ' A VILE 8LANDF.R REPELLED BRILLIANT, Sl'EEUU OF GENERAL SCOTT TO THE GERMANS. Judge Heyl waited upon general Scott, and ou behalf of some of our, German ciii Zens refered lo a paragraph fron ihe West bole, a German paper published iu this city and Containing the auiomeut that Guu'l Scott, tied to oue tree and' flexed fi lice n Gor inana, while in vieiieo. Olher charges, ol' his haviuir haoired others, cruillv and uniest- Tlv, were also relurivd tot ",. . : Never have wo wnni-Hsed a aivns more imposing iTTan w fi en tl.e ohl ""en .e (TauiT TTT quick aud indignaiil reapunve, repelldd the false aiid malignant charge. L-iliy iu stature, and standing at less: lour inches above the tallesi of ihoftB among whom he suiuJ, Ins lorin seemed gigantic; a vrfth lirohftned Colur 'Biid Miaehing eye, and a wave of his I aud that ex pressed a raliu delanee of all sueh assatiaiils, he Utteied his emphatic , protest against such assaults as that paragraph presen ted, . '.-. . " " " Ohio Jour. "'IVew"aiid'b'efore-Hnknowrt'-'tef-me age such things have now lie'eti told me. Ttiuy surprise and they pain me. They at once concern all that I value personally, and aim a blow at all that, wherein, if I know my W sell, l have the Highest pride. I hey attack my own identity f The principles 1 had be lieved, I need fiaver sea eli my own bosom in vain, are here undermined of denied me! I aiu met "Willi charge of in juaiice ami cruel tywhile leadmn au Vmericm Army through Mexico, and while participating alike in iu trials and and ils friuiiiphs! ''Gelileineu7Tf uiut "my "lot "liTleaJ in A m. riL-jn aruiy upon a foreign field. 1 went, reaul.ed lo auaiain, in the fore front. of my progrvas, the hig.i-ti.lt tutilir mark uf our own Jimt.ruan Livilizutioii, in ulj it mural atid PiviriirtUtf; The- standard oi onr oti aud not the practices of that foreign country, Uf n a lliu .ttl ir,l M.llli.ll 1 aml.rltl l..v !, nu. . I eminent ol men's passion and the control of '- . . ... t . , ..." K" I the license mil cxeeas o war. Alike to A uiericans, whether native or ol foreign birth, and lo Mexicans, I declared my purpose, aud exhibited my principles of action. . 'l promulged the martial code. Doubtless you all have read it. I deemed it necessary. I could do nothing without it. It announced lu puinshnieiil ull who Ibrgol manhood and honor lo our arm or a reproach u noil our vir lue! Without it, we had not conquered, or if we had conquered, the brightest trophy of our conquest had been wanting. It would have been a physical triumph alone. Hu manity would have disavowed us. I pro mulged that order. Ruad it, and read it again. geiuleuieo, and bear me witness, thai it was in my Ittarl ax it Was almost hourly on my lips, lor continued months, to carry with A merican arms, and under the American flag. even inh) au enemy' country, all the elements of social order, and lost regard for personal right, that belonged lo our own fro institutions in the United Stales."" ' - ' "Yes, I sought lo carry with me, and reti.lv. ed to maintain, at at hazurdt, my own com. inanil, and also that people among whom we should be. thrown, that high standard of. vir tue, and honor which we boasted nt home. rld 1 mil been less than an Aerican and Ve i i v Urreaol lo the highest intcresis of humanity. and me ag we rejoice in, il 1 had done lesP They say 1 hanged some Germans and tied up and flogged others. Gentlemen, . some persons went hanged iu Mexico, The names of all of iheiu 1 do no: now recollect. Wheth er any were Germans or not, i know not. Uu l for wlial yes, lor what war they hanir. eill 1 hanged one lor liiurden t h inged one lor rape upon an innocent young lein.ile, and for profane and wicked Church robbery. All knew the law thai wae over. them. Every man of them knew he would be helj as an swerable fir vile misdeeds, against the laws of God and man, as if thrjr were then upon American toil. . . . For sut A crimettk atjf'ertj-tot such cajmes ss Ai re, in your own O.iio laud of law w.iuid have brouriit d iwn upon them severe penalties, and ttjuitl juttice. Hjme did suflar diathl .. Uut lliau- trial was fair, impartial and u, ion ilia nns principlea of solid law upon which they would hate adjudged guilty here, among you. Do some say I hanged iiitv'eo Ger ma us. aud that oihera were arraig ted and flog- gnd without cause or trial? Gentlemen I know nothing ol il. It is false tl is a lit in in veil lion a Lit.. 1 see aged citizen belors ui. I see eminent lawytrs here. And.gentlemrlt, you see me much excited.. uut is it not lor cause? Far int who jorjljty yeat hut tcurctly rvrr walked, rote, tltpt or tatrn, m lukrn a tup el eolJ water. In thr field, the town or the camp. but that hit thougMt wtrt of hit etuntiy I her pirtuet, htt ren wnher hjnprt Jp be lliUt Ultuilfdil is HOMSTKOl'S 4 is IMTI'L tLk! Gentlemen, I did ith high hand sualam ill law, which, with iprighliieis, in my heart, f dewrmined to eutiain. I uid hang lor inurdei ! 1 did hang for rape! . 1 did hang lor treason! and I flogged thieve and pick pockets! For, gertlteinen, let tnc ag .ln ssy I only earned with me, but ( resolved, with very resource I couid command - lo sustain, fcarles'ly and effectually . in its virtue and its choicest blessing not ouly lo my own com mand hut to defenceless snd peaceable Mexi cans, that civilization yes that Chrstlah civilization of which I was, proud to belt v that army might appear a worthy representative. -But, gentlemen, I was no res part -r of persons -American or Mexican native bom or foreign born wtoievftr knew the law and obeyed it not whoever, re'kless of his own respnnsibilitira, and the rights of others, trampled under foot and set at naught ihe law' hal was over alt, I punished:' I did hang for he crime elated, and I would have huiia aa lundred seeker of innocent blood, and viols, ter ol female chastity, if so many bad been the offenders! , And for this, perVarted and imahapped, I am made answerable lo a rharre against which my every feeling revolis, and which my whole nature and my whole life re pel. No, geuderuen, it i'-Ue, (the charge as made, or that any were wrongfully punish ed.) false and groundless lie. I am linihank fuj to my good friend (.who has Udd me ol these things' It was right. But, gentlemen, i aiand here, before you, and declare as I have already declared, and again declare, that the principle thai govern d my command iu lexii, are those of my lifu. To thai life in my country's service, need uot appeal iit vain for an answer now. With equal freedom and consequence do I throw ni) sell under the hon est Verdict of every man, who wiih me, L-fy d hi couiilrjhi the fields of Mcxi."j NTl-T E M PER A N CE REMEDY. We presuino ihe most rabid teetotaller would tot object to ihe applicatioHOl the vin ous poisoi iu die manner following aa describ ed by I'aris Journal : Mr. II -., who dwells in the rounlrv on awakening in the night, heard some one attempting to force the blind of In parlor ZSSiJ&XtJlMm irai,"llirriivn J,r bwt his presence of mind did nut forsake fiim. .1 , l aTiiTTa'aojTirg'iTie rorlTWilK T5TllWMibV" "iiiX ealmly awaiting till the burglar having lorced the blind and inirodm-ed his head' into the mom when Mr. H let ihe fork fly in his face, i he report wss loud, and the burglar trtSTtW'tl b' TTarTft sii jiposmgiTie cliaiii pagne which covered his face was hi own idnod. Ml lo the ground crying fur mercy, Mr. 11 having assured himself that the robber was alone, spr.ing from ihe window hound him carried hun in the village aud de livered him to the conalahle." . A NEVV'f'UTfE: rOft-JlKaNTimt-t ANO CONSWMPI1VE COMPLAINTS. - Dr. Oariwright, -rf : New Orlnana, com municates in the Boston Medici and Sur gical Journal an article entitl. d The Sugar limine vure tor u rone I mil, Uyspcpiie. and Coiiistiinplive Complaints." It is staled that a residence irjjiugar-hnud,iringlhe rolling sea so t. far surpasses any niher known means of re si r r.gllesti.'sir -ngih and health. lost hy chronic ailments of dm cliesi, throat or stomach. The rolling scanon MHlte-htrvest,- when the cuner recoti tlie jtiice expressed and Converted in to sugar. - In L iuisiana it eommeuccs ahout the middle of October, and ends at Chiii-t-mas,but is sometiini' protracted inio Junha rv. Dr. C. says :h vapor is most agreeable "t diing to the lun;r '""J " iwu casii eillirely removed a driiTwsirrg eough. lie siivmI lur hours in Ihe sugar-house inhal- . t i . ... 1 1 1 j tliM-vrmr imn iTfinuiitT n. i.iii ..TTo . glass of ihe hot cane juice, t J hi I fact iiueresiing to invalids. YOUR BLLL GORED MY OX. ' Dr. Lovic I'ierce, an influential Clergy man of the Methodist Church in Georgia, some short time ainre, issued his clerical bull agam-t Qmiaial.ttrWe nriminsifon jh.fnl llw '"g'dy rj' l. .ml pimMisfi)r PnMtlmVf'illeiultniAwt vhjSel or'wKich wae lo east suspicion upon the view of the tTierattlirTelai him nilioua in the eve ol that numerous class, the K.irrthcro Methodist. This paper. the RuMgh Standard, published wiih great gusui, and smacked iu lips, in anticipation of largo accessions lo its ranks iu consequence thereof. " The Reverend I'xrta Doua, of 111. State, Clergyman of the same Church and just as much interested in the salvation f the country a Dr. Fierce, seeing how the garun was going, and thinking it nothing but lair that Greek should meet Ureek lifted hi quill aud uncorked- his ioklxirn snd thru' the col u in of the Raleigh Sur, demolished the rickety lahrick of the Georgian Doctor showing that the reason were altogether on die side of General Seott, and that Pier wa uut the man fir! the crisis. Whereupon the Standard wage wrnih, and regardless of JtnKeie rud gen lemon beneht of tlergy, pounce upon him and give hi in an awful nhaka; and then, becoming suddenly pious, il rolls up the while of it eyes, drawadowa the corneii of it mouth elevate It saintly, palms, quoli s such passages of scripture a it reprobate disciples about Ihe Metropolis re ulile in lurouli it, and hnally eronouuci's it unclericul. Hnher.uniMK and witnuraule for a minister of the. Uospcl lo sou his robe with the dirl of party, or in fact to hike any ilioiiifhTTrhste ter 1iut Riffpnrat aff.iirfr " ' Well that is good the; iitiiidard lecturing on the duties of the priesthood"! It waa very well, however, for a minister l meddle, with puttlic as lung as K Was eonfintd to Doctor Pierce. , A Loc ifoeo preacher may harrangite his flocks and exeiie Uioir prujuilices against the war worm veteran who bar Domed out hit blood in detente of their hearm-? jt. but if a Whig MiiiiMier attempt to disahuee their inio, Is, he soils his sarredo at rob" end it guilty of liigh erimce and high misdemean ors I vrfi'. , ...j. ; '--.. -.j i' , ,- ' ::. Of a truth we cannot see why religious men are not ss much imereated in the selee- lion uf suitable persons to sdminitter the gov ernment a other ; but w Lre not going lo meddle in litis) matter. The' Rev. Mr. Douh is a well informed gentleman, and no slouch a a paragraph and the Standard bit atrt ady found that it h it been biting a file. " We will, however, tell an anecdote iiir theamuaement of our readers without in the slighest degree msinuaiing that it litis, or ought to have, any thing to do witn Una case. It is old but will bear rejieatiug A clergym m whi was standing Jijr wjiile ajockey waaT,oui to ciicat n honc-PanJTbe elwitod to ;he Vreaiihi-y but" with the unsiispeetiiig countryman out of . h horse. ihoughl if noihing bul hi duty ts an honest man and a minister to caution the intended victim against the artifice of the jockey; The jockey of course bee sine wr'-lli, charged the minister with nnelerical Conduct, and told hunt Parson. 1 am very- fond of hear.n you prcach.hul do not t V to hear you interfer ing in a trad hetweeu mat) end mat.." Very well, replied the parson ; and if you had been where yrtit miiit to bar lieen, you mlgnnSt-ri Where wae that t" Hid the jockey. ,7 tht Stntt Priton, replied the parson. .IMoro .1'gut POUTIC-sVM - ' LOOlTlimHsTHJTljIv ..'- - ON Til A IV - -: v. The Locofoco' press are holding up Seward 4C'Vo., at the raw-hrad-and-bloody-bonet ol the Whig party, with which they attempt lo frighten the Southern people into lb support of Gen. Pierce, Now, we Would ssk South ern people to exsmine ihe following lut of the abolition supporter , of tha two candi date:. . , ' - For Sttlt. . For Pitret. .,.,., Win. II. Seward, 1 Martin Van Burcn, Ilorxre Greeley,. John Van Uuren, . ' - Gov. Johnston, " John A. Dtz, i Thsddeui Stevent, Th-imae A. Benton, Preston king, 1). F. Ilslletl, Ii. F. Buter, David Wilmnt, Tho. W. Dorr, XV. J. Brown, - . .. , 11. Hamlin, John AtwooiL . Mote Norn, 8 C. F. Cleveland, N. Y. Eve Post, Cleveland Platndcaler , Albs ly Atlas, - Sandusky (0.) Daily ; . . ; . Democrat. : In the Scott column will b observed the names men who have toted for the Whigran didale always ihey voted for Harrison ; they voted for Clay j they voted for ..Taylor and Fillmore, end now besejh.ste.MtSBAfe.g' Hf -t YWrToTSrulf. ereal hub-l.ulv ia raised , . - ' . . . aiioiit it, Ana some lew Southern W ing. ism waa briiiix Ij aiaiusl (even) the "pure and conservative Fillmore," and that he (Fill. more) was held up a an aholiiioniat of the vilest eianip Hiitil Scott was nominated f'C President, wheu Ui 1 FdJaaoeo beaoirire tW denly an exiranrdiiiarily aound man, and the questiim why didn't you .nominate Fillmore t is eoniiiiu.illy wrung in the ear of eio.illlern Whin. The charge of bring freesoiler fnd an ahiilitiomit humrd Usury Clar with the ferocity of a I'ger in his death-bed', and now, when Ins eye are closed in death, v. hen he ilwiiiiTiote7l1 Ihi sell-sivled lemocratiu parly, they do nun that Jtisite which Irom af-iniereM they would not accord to him wiile' alive.? This ha alway been Ilia- policy of the Locolors party heretofore, and how snv Whig, unless he wishes to sneak into the Locofoco parly, can place any wore confidence in these char ge against Ihe Whig Candidates now' than heretofore," we cannot perceive, . lr . In relation to tha Pierce column we shall say but liule, the names speak. fo! themselves, mine candidate of the abolition party in '48, his warmest and most tealoue advocates, and ihe eulhnrnf iht odious Wilmol priviso, sie tl.e niosl zealout upMrlers uf the man who hales end deplore! slavery a much as those Hajt-ffuld jt. olve.,tJiii, llm.Mi t wi. ... A or. Beacon. . Tna llAKtmaiL M ra..l Mi..,.rf paper, is at some lost lo know what la demo , , 1 cratic In these dayt an J what is not. There is no authorized exponent, that we know of, who can give the information required. The Mtttntgtr eayst- ?i-.-j '-y- "We have Demnerai in ihi Stale who are wnn are opposed to n ( uemoerats wno art for agiliti.in. Now w would like to know who are for aid fioin the , General Govern ment for o'ljacts of Internal Iinprjy tmenit (local r no) natiuntl) and DemiH-rat who think Congress bat no right lo make such do union i which i Democratic f What i mix lure thit great Dcmoe.atic party: in Missouri i. Ahnliiiunisls, Freesoiler, Nullifiers, Lo eoforoe, itemocrats, Bunk men, anti-Bank melt, Tarilf and anti-Tariff men,. Internal liu provement mil anli-Iuiproveinenl men, Ben Ion and anti-Benuin pien, and tha Lord knows what elae: yet when election come on, Ihey exptet to be a unit. . How can such things he except by the "cohesive attraction of public plunder!" .' ' ' -'. ' "; - ; .. -.. When the Democraey had man of capac ity at their head, inch s Gen Jackson they could uke their principle a he announced ihtun from lime to time. It wss then easy to kriow what was orllmriloz and wasnot. Bu' at present th thing i involved in confusion. Th supporters ol General Finite tre rather shy ol cummi'.inf themielve lo his political prmci, lea in so far ss ne ha anv and their plaifonn, aa adopted at their National Couientinn, admit very wide range of in coiigruitie, . ' Here, in Maryland we find bX-Gnvemor franeit I homas sdvocalinr ihe Catite of PiCRcx and Kmo, making (peeehe at puliucal nnftmgi, Ind Travelling out ol hit way to harangue Ihe Uemoeracy of tjalil more, with the new id Instructing mem in the doctrine of the tru political faiths yet this same gentleman, in IMS, and wae Ihe sup porter of Martin Van Burcn, and stood in prominence upon the Buffalo platform. Ws do not charge ihi eminent politician wiih inconsistency, ,ISn at all. lie la no doubt acting under the firm persuasion that in supporting i'lKKCt nud Kino he is advancing Ihe tame cause which enlisted Ins sy mpailuts 111 ISIS. , lie it too ihrtwed .man intake any public step, without consideration. He kuow the materials of the party wuh winch lie dr:d, and how. far they - may be made s- m'lible lor political purposes, lo Mr, llale v. ho now occupies the goaition which Mr, Van Uuren held four years g". he dors ii-ji proffer hit support because Ir. Utile has his owiispecilie tpliero ifw, operation ill the buguiea of autwining l'i.rcav anil Kinii, and our Ex-Govc'rnor h.n.liit part alto wiuuli lie can be the more i fliciemly performed by tlie curse he fiat , tdopted. ; Why do . hot the Van IlimgNt support M ile? They know their business better. By IK) possibility could Hale tianc of electing 1 Itacz, y uio am ot tue Denim-racy, they hope, lu have a nian who will answer, their purpose , as .well. , t ou are in 'good hand gemlenieii of the South who denounce Gen. Scott and .exaH Gen. PlKxtlK. yta ere in U lair way towards the realization of hoM!t. cherished ,by your sec lional'adteniaries and which they expect to consummate by Making you their dupes!, : Mr. Cliotte it druirout of making a epeeeh (probability omc night next week old Fsneiiil Hall will ring with Choate'a clarion vtitsi suppertof Sfoft-end t!ahiiin. ,, N0 WHIOENTHCSIASM." i The Union has adopted strange mode nf electioneering fur General Pierre. It is, to pursuade hi friends that the whigt are doing nothing for General Scott j and that -up to ihi hour hi t'ipxirters have hardly been galvanised into an impulse." . lie assert thai iheir is . "no whig enihusiam." If these statement be correct, it . wmiid seem to be hardly necessary for the t'ninn to -occupy some two or three columns daily In com bai ling a party rtpreacnied lo lt so hopelessly prostrate. But if the cdiior of the Union waHy believe, that ihe friends of Genera! Scott ere so destitute of enihutiat m a hard ly to be galvanized into an impulse." he will find hjs uiislske before the day "of election We can tell him, that, within the last two or three weeks, the political contest hst assumed a different aspect. - For t lime after the nom ination were made, the w higt were remarka bly quirt, and apparently took liule interest in the election some even avid they would not vol. , But there has been t great chunge of fteltngand of action, and the whig now are very sanguine of electing their candidate. They ar actively engaged in .the" political campaign, nd use every effort to insure sut eess. was at first Considered dnublful whether ihe electoral vole i f Mary lainl could be secured -for Ceueral Scott. 'Now- hie friend prak with certainly ol the irsult. AU ittkewarmnosa ha been bantthed and. wan tne exception ome three or Jour e- cedent, the party will present , a united )jdy on the 4'y of e'eeiion. 'I lie same wnfideiic wirr'Pcny so thai, il ihe edmir i4 , the Union expects that Gener.il.Piert'e wltl'walli ever the course wiiluMiaptfiMUUuii.lia atiU liujliucluauuak.u.. 'J'he ettiiiest will be ininiuted ei'cry w lmre and. if Genera Pierce be clccied, il will be after a iremenijou siructlc. . If .Gen. Scott obtain the voice of Ff nitty lvani;it Nfr yor" atfil tlhio he will certainly ; bo elw:icd rci- (lent and In friend appear n be confi dent of his carrying the three Stale n:fmed. He i very popular in them ell and may gel their electural voir. ..And yet ihe Uoiin up pear lo Consider ,lhe opposition to Gcnei Pierce a hardly worth notice. The eili'i haj-djae0jejjulihat Hii4rH!hrrrrl)rTriehds have no enthusiasm,": and ean hardly galvanized into an impulse." Frmii this fan cied sWUfltv he will be awakened one of llieae days, in ( way tlut will nut be tlie innsi pleasant to his feelings. , The whigt ere re solved to merit success by by active exertions, and we thai! not be surprised at their triuninh. as the organ, uf Iheir uppnneiiit willully close In eyi to passing events, .' II ill. Clipper. . J'niE REACTION. A torreipondeul (aay Ihe iclnnoniJl re publican) who. enjoy, exeelleul adianiagc. of oblJiiniiig accurate iul'oriiulion, give v the moil cheering areounla of the .rnepu of Scott in New York, l'i'iiin)lvnia and luttrland. ' "I lis reai'liuO Iw -...- lo be, tie.neniloua. One uf the I'hief inllo- encea in producing ihe prevent favorublo state .r .... . " :.i ..' ' 1 .: . r. . ' . " wnicn 111s cusracier as soiuier anu as 1 gen llemap has been sss tiled. Liberally towards! M..lt mm a VMirtf,r iaii.1 u- a .11 u mill. u Scott at warrior and aa a man was quite a much the policy as lli duty of the Democrat ic eadis,hul they have learned nothing from the Harrison and Taylor campaigns, and will lily discover their error when it la loo late to be eori ee tetlr"'" ; LETTER FROM JUDGE BADGER. RAiEIBUcnryiji. lSl fXXTON UXLCt, ..-Mlt I It wa lliv purpose, when I returned from WashiiigHtn, to attend and adilres the Club nf our City tin- on ihe pending 'Presidential election; Hav ing been prevented, hy a cause beyond HIV control, from doing whal had thus purpoa ed, ein It proper, . in order to. prevent or correct mistake or misstateincfltv,resoeiiiiig my position and views,7 to sulunit this com- iiiunicatinn to you, and to ak thit it may be read lo the Club, - '-'- '" ' f ' I sm a decided and very earnest supporter of the Whig National nominatiunt (or the Presidency and Vice Preaidciicy. It i known to you, sir, well st In many other "f fiy Iriends, thai -Gen. Sent was not my first choice for the' Presidency, that I pre ferred Mr. Fillmore and greatly ' desirm! hi noniination by the ConveiniO'i. I will mid, in all franknrss, that, prohal.lv, soman ill Ihe United Stales wa more distatished, than I was, when that ' gentleman wa passed over. ' a Jr' ' TV :.. , 1 - . But. what have these preteferenre, ilisan; poiuimeiita and diaaatiafaction to do with the important issue now euhmiMcd lo the Ameri ca n people and hy them soon to be decided X The question it not between Millard Fillmore and VVihfield Scott," bill i)elwceu.u W'infWd Scott and Franklin Pierce; and atiiiming the superiority, in point of qualifications, of Mr. Fillmore over Gen. Scott, it by no mean fol low that Ih Mlnr i "not iirdnessuraMy a- bv Gen. I'ierce in hie claims iim the na tion, and especially - the Whiff part)'. For Fillmore Whigs to retire in gloomy IWn. r,.uu ih a.iMia.l l..i..j)u. ilin Win-...! tent from the cnniest, because the W hig nt their choice wat not etec!cd by the Con ven lion, is to give a preference to men over pi in ciplea, 10 names over, tilings t. fur rucb W big to join our opponent ami unite war upon the nominee ol lb party, is w desert Fillnmro himself, to repudiate -ilia course he recom mend and' pursues, and .0 iiivnivn tliioimel ven in the pitiaM ahsuriiity of tunporting dcmiv crane men tnd measures, out uf au extreme and exclusive zeal for W hig measures and lor a decided Whig supporter 'of hi;; meas ures. - - .- 1 nol this to f Let us tee ; V infield Scott watnomiuaied by a jrcneral Cnuvcution uf Whigt Irom all the States. That Convention, previous to hit noniirijtioii, had adopted a eel i.f resolutions embodying the principles nf liie Whig party. General Scull hat ao.epird both lha uiuiaiiiuiiikii ami tliA railiiiiiiia. . 'I'm these w aolmiuiie i Whig-awil laasii ne yuulhefitl Whig so far as I kmw, takes any excepti.io. To abandon the nomination tho i, to far as thit contest i cimcemcd, is clearly to abandon th? priHciples llieinselve. It is w prefer demo eralio measures Ui be carried out by a demo cratie President, to Whig meawret to be car ried out by Whig Binied Seoit, wheu lliese same measures am admitted to he altogcthei excellent, and In be greatly desired, if rarheo out by a Whig bearing naipe of Fillinora. Now if anv man preli'rj tfic principle of the j port the nornin of the party ; bulTiow W. wrleli rssine of mason and patrwlitm ean a Whig tupport lor Prettdcntt one who wnl, in the dftinini-iMt!.... t U " -i ...... .1 ' ,1,all" i me viurrniinrpi, oppose what that Whig believes right and support What he believe, w rring, merely bcrsuae a different. Whig has been ehoeen be ihe rep resemativc uf his party frimi the one hi pre- lerrcd, 10 support the rijjhl and i ppose the .wrongf ; "'-'' '- . TAgain : The Smilhern Whigs were rept tented in the Convention. A platorm of principle yrai proposed and adopted which met their entire approval. Gen. Scott Waa nominated, and that noniinalioii Was then ra ii6ed snd continued by th.tse Southern Whig representatives. - 'How llteo in hon or tan we. Southern Whigs, rtifuse to support thi Bonn- ' rtatimi r II was known to all before the Con veniion Ihaf Ccii. tjcuif name would be pre sented lo that body.' N S Whig State Con venfion entered any "" raveal, interposed any ohjectiou agaihstiiis nomination, or inttrucl ed, or intimated, to their dclegites hat hi re jection thoiild be intlatvd on. All iht South eru.nuig Ueeinta indispcniubla wa that their Candidate thottld be a truo W liig and pledged to support Ihe Compromise-. ; The cmidilions lulfuU-d, tlntf everywhere pledged, the nominee their Support 'I heeo cmidilion are found, in the nominee; and how th ai ca we. will) goof faith, refuse to ;it vin hi.n, an) more ihan bis IVivtids couid have refused sup port lo Mr. Fillmore, hud he been selected by the ComentiiHi t Such a refusal on their pari we should have regarded and denounced l" " ar-1 roj'i ry and hscucs ; Hsonaclol tre.jH r.' aiidh..sl-iics; ami from ' ihi we may learn to estimate the iCVci.ar- iJ,!4 mm. ma. WjL - , a.wus ueen sai.i, mat Uttu.'SetoirPa'ijK Jietrlily ailopicJ dims not upprove tlie plat form laid down hy ihe Convention.' How it ULtt'it wTr?.iiiy-tl I'.Nut fcomjiiJiuthJiuf.lie. ha wriuen nrspoiyen, ,li hit fuller to the Presi dent of the Convenlion, he accepts the nomi. naiion and the ili-cl.irailon of nrtncinle an 111 XeJ. What lie tllVS of Ihe llniniiiali.ul h " J the he, docj iratiuii, . and no more. If, therefore,. what h tays imouiils lo an ap- : provM of one,,; why do(t it not la of the "'I""' !.,-.," ,;.'..-'', Hut, in fact, no man wa more decided lit favor o( the measures of Compromise, on and all, than Windfield Scott i sod ahm l a tdedged himself to ilisi snric ol" resoluiions one of whu h arers the final rharscier or ih Coiiiproinise, the fugitive slave law included, be only pledged hiiu-Vu lo what he had 1 w.i approved and had exerted himself to have passed. Of this, the p,f bt fi.r the public i full and ample so full null itm ile, tliai no ground M left for denial ot donlii, , ; . ... Il Inn been madu an oltjootion to Gen. Scnrtj that lit wrote nothing on Uio Compromise be fore hit iioiiiinniiiiii. I thit hs an iihjecioh due 11 hot apply Willi at least equal force lo Gen. Pierce, lie wai sneeiullv inUrroa. t.'il by Mi.,, ccott, of Iiielimoiid, and made no reply, or if he replied, that rmilv hat been r ... . 1 . ', ------ Wlthhehl from Hi, public. But Ihe qucslicn liirut it not heft tiuii. Scott wrote bul ... i. n m-i a isiiioii ne now oc cupies, and which be hat . ull nlnng occupied, itt llfU'iihxl a til l,nipl,l u r. ..C !.. - 1.-1 7, . 7 .-n . ' ---I.... .r ... i.iiiia B iiiiai vein incut. hnt more can hn renuiil ? It has Wit ol.jcetcd to' Scott, that Seward, ri..l.. .! IV I - , 1 Greeley and Weed aupport hiiuj' Well, dr rial both the Vail Uuren. Preaton King, Hal let. B. F, Builer, Duvid Vtiimot, ihe (uiher of tht odious nrovito, and tnanv others of the support ol the latter Candidate, hy Aboli tionUn it entiicly comment with his sound nuns on tlie slarery question, how, in fairness, aaiUiiial4iUetf.d Alia, ilia mtuugi..mviui.in ih. luriner, uy persons ol like opinions, argue any Unsoundness in him upon thai question t Is it supposed that Seward will influence oeoti 1 una snail i'ierce not be mllueiiced br such men as.ihe Van Uurcns, and King, and linnet, ami. Duller, Mil tVihiiOlt Bub sir, eould we have nominated anv Can diil.ila to whouooropioiieuls would not have auegeu n ime nnjection I - Had rillmnre or Webster been' ininiiituied for the injtuiire done 10 whom the loeolueii nrets have ex pressed euch inJig'tant conil.tiuts wou'd he nut -have, been charged by that press in the ootitn with ulMMitiouisin, iMvat any rale, Willi being unreliable tnr the South, while ai the N drill he would have been every where r rayed as t prn-sl.ivery m ni unlit lo be trustee by Northern freemen f . Purely he would..,.' ' hy not! Scott ha been charged ; with cowardice, end surely Ihey, who rouk this charge, would not hat beer withheld by its medaeily front charg ing Webster or Fillmore with abulilion ism. . "''"". -"v.-' V" ' . . ' ' - ' " It tppeart then, air, to me,' a Mr. Fill, more hat laid, thut Ceil. Scott i eiitilk-d to III support of every line JV big." Purely we of the South may ' Well 'conli'ie in hmi.--Burn and reared in a Southern State, 4ceue lonied to thivery from Ins inlauey, having hi relalimi and the fiK-uils nf his youth here, whsl is lliv re iu the antenedcii of his early life in jusiify di:rustl Honorable in Ins priiiripU-s, true toliiaeiti'ageniei.ts, and shewn 10 his past tile to be fir removed fnmi all that h .....r,,,-of fraud or duplicity, a . .' ' 1. ' briive solilier, c true 'patriot,-with his nam renowned throughout, ihe wnilil for what I iioide and lofty , and generous, he cannot but he Inuuil fjiL.il til in every future at he ha IwtM) in every poet emergency." lie it a Whig a well-known,' long tried Wing;, he ituldaour opinion and will uiaiiitiin our measure iu the athuiniMraiimi o "public alfair. Let ut ilii'ii cither guc hiid our support, or else ac knowledge that no re is nothing vrdvahlu in Whig priiiciplts, and -ditttilvu our pany oi anixaiion si once sud forever, I 'have' made'nn reference lo Mr. Graham not because I i!" not ' ehare nli you t!i .ioueel prhle.uf every Norin-t.'arolins Woig ..11 tho-uouiin;iiioit ol tliat jeititcurin,' anil the learty desires fur1 his ctee'.ioii; but Ihcm m .o him tin eacej.iion lut bei-n taken or can e luUt-n. ' Cniioeiitly qu.i!iiicd as he it l'r - yA'i'iJiji' cottvs of the Second :i, -o llld lu-IV t'UitJi lo ail l.-le ljeiii.ina ot '..1 XaA, should ha lie cjUciI lo rill it: eiery Norih-Carolin W hig should fi , 1 ih.it a jut ind honorable Soitu iiiiie ai!tli f.irce to the general Coni'!eration nt p.inotiin and d-jiy, which require hmi to give a Atll sir! eiiergcu support to thi, W hg . tioiiiiiuc.. This, fur -me, 1 silij'l eti .'iiin v on. ItcajHoioIy or On. .ai i ai-rvaiii, . (,i:o. e. ii vi'Ci::;. .f.. jV4f,4hj..t.'iwAK',aij..fcii4-' -is i nibiwh an accouut of the lle nd j- vices of Ge. SMl,
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