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li -iiP . iv jagi mill 1 1 c tor the bemSt ol Administration, Aow-the-iam-smiw-aa- r. . . .. v rtrcirvbad with the war. if we con 01 'Dp a good smooth ponce right mT, and not let Scott nor Taylor have ny hand in it, who know, Mr. President, I that it might make our Administration . , so popular thai yott and I might both ; ' he elected to aerva another foor years? I I But when is th Major 10 start. ? s . . . Right off to niffht, aays the Presidetit, or rather in the morn in before daylight, before any body in Washington finds out that he has got hack from Downing .ville. I have forbid his calling at the Intelligencer office, and I don't want they should fiud ont or mistrust that he's been here. J f they should tret wiud of the movement, they would be shore to throw some constitutional dif ficulty in the way, snd try to make a bad botch of the bnsioes." Tbe President shot m into his room, and charged me not to Imve the house, while lie sent lor Mr. Buchanan and Mr. Marcr. to fix tip my private instruc ts tions. While ha was font Mr. Ritch- ie fixed roe up nice little bundle of private instructions too on his own took, moddled, he said, on the Virginia Resolutions, of98. Presently the Pres ident came back with my budget all ready and gave me my instructions, and filled my pockets with rations, snd told me how to draw when I wanted money: and before daylight 1 was off a good piece on the road to the war. To day I met a nnn going on to car- rv totters 10 . inn uovernment - uom General Scott's side of the war, and made him stop a little while to take this lettet to yon; for 1 was afraid you might begin to think I was dead. He savs Scott is quite wratliy about the TriaJ tusinesn, and wants ;to push right "T on ana" take MTK Trist is disposed towairand see if he cani m ike a bargain with Santa Anna's men. I shall push along as fust as 1 can and get into the city of Mexico, if possible, beiore Scoftdoes, and iff only once get hold pi Santa Anna, 1 nave no doubt I siwll make a trade. ' I doiiHkoov yet whether I shall take Scott's Read or Tavlors road to go to the city of Mexico; it will depend a little upon tho news 1 get on the way. Two or three times,' when I have been stop ping to rest. I, have been looking over rar r. prn ate Instruct ions. , They ore 1 remain your old friend, and the Pres idenfr private Embnsseder, ' MAJOR JACK DOWNING. I.ATKK FROM TAMPICO. By the arrival ot schooner uiinam & Elizabeth t New Orleans which left Tampico on the 30th tilt, we have later news. Uent T anneyhrll was not mortally wounded butts better, and to be exehang ed. -iJr '" ' It has !een ascertained that General Garay had ' fourteen prisoners in his hands who had been taken from Colonel DeRuisey'a party," which reduces by that fnnmber tho nunioer nrst sup posed to have been killed in the expedi tion. ; ,; .; , Gait. Garay has, it is said, 1 fores not less than three thousand men within ten miles of Tampico. lie cuts almost entirely the supplies from" tne country fsr the Tampico market and has eflec tnaNy stopped the trade with thj ihteri Of.. -"-Vy-: - On the 29th nit. an expedition con isring of the U. 8. schooner Petrel, Lieut. Om'r Mooro, whh a detach snent of Mariners and art artillery C pounder in addition to her arni.inent, was towed up the Pontics by rhe steam er Undine, The object of this'expedi tion was not publicly known, but was supposed to be to iminiiJnte the Mexi cans and prevent them, from tutting off General Taylor's despatches should he be at San 1uis Potosi and desire to send his communications by way of Tampico. The Mexican despatches for the interior have allbeen stopped, MORAL TREASON, In reflecting upon the wide scope of this newly invented offence, t which it is im possible to" apply any other definiton than that of thinking in the heart, and eayiog openly, that tho Admioistration 4s wioag io the whole affair of he , present was, it is impossible not to take iato s iw the immense asmber, not of nameless indWUuata merely bat of porsons who bsve beea disliofiiisbfd , by their patriotism, erbom it coold aeeessarily embrane. It is impossible, likewise, to resist lbs conclu oioa thit H the tarentors be b the right, very sosa ia every sje, who liss aeied ia espositiea to the governing power of any couuiry, let iu acts be whjt tkey may, was a traitor in bis heart; and that history - in presenting many of ibem as . models of excellence for the .aJrairauou sad imita tioa i'f mank'nd, has done a serious injury so the cause ofviitue, truth, and social hippie's. To go no farther back, ws will select a iew characters in England and this country wfca have Igored on the great tags or the worts siaee tbe commencement if that war, waich severed these States ,from tbs mother couoiry, smi estabbel their paeuba smoof ibe Nioim of the earth. '.X ?.. f-,' f,:,: t li. To begin with EnglaaJ; tbe great Iud Chaibsm issull ; fondly remembered by all who id with tntitrett th stining events 1 f that' e a irkable period. His nsme, at c-ne tim , was venerated ia bieeount y with in iatbusiam amounting almost iJla- FeMfyne exhausted iiseT ir his f -'. , ' . ;. i Kt;i mlnirf ictmcJ to flair when it had forT(- Untn wars writ. ten in lits praise, and .talntrs erertU to his memoiy. ' lie bed, before be stepped f.Mth as llie friraJ and pecaliar champion of this country, rawed hi own o a fitch of gloiy to which England Ltd been a stranger since the dsys of Godolnhin snd Marlborough. , lie had humbled France, destroyed her Herts, crippled her com merce, snd t rn from her an Empire. If the beet proof of patriotism my be sun. posed to lie in tervice rendere d to one s country, tlien no' man that ever esiated, had a higher claim upon the unnora attached to that g locious virtue. Yet Lord Chat bam was the most vehement, a well as a mnng tbe most able, of those illaatrious Kngliahmea, who at the dark period of our Revolutionary etraggj, raised hie voice in the cause of this country, which he regarded as synonimons' with ths citric of (ree-lom, in every quarter of the Globe He eeaaed not for a moment to point out the folly and the wickedness of ths war be inveighed with all the eloquence of an impassioned nature, againet thoae who had involved his country in it h declared that it was the only wsr ia which be could not rejoice to hear that hie countrymen wete victonoui to rrown all, he fell like a warrnr on the Geld of battle, on the very arena of hie frequent triumphe lifting his voice to (he last remnant of hit fleeting breath agtinat the authors of that which be regarded as Utile les than his country's ru inf Was Lord Chatham juiltv of' 'Mor al Treason!" Edmund. Burke, the profound scholsr, the wise auteeman, the true patriot, die tinguiahed himaelf from the very begin ning of the contest by the most unflinching opposition to the American war. The whole atore of hi inexhaustible memory, teeming with the lore of every age and every tongue, was ransacked for -images and examples to supply tho torrent of $ M?fosai! tht ..fch J!sd iikste aJood of lava from ths beginning to thecnJof the contest. He declared on the occssion that the "Briiieh Nation was an animal dead; but that the vermin which fed on her carcase" (meaning the minittry,) "were at ill alive. He expressed hie belief that a duy of reckoning waa approaching, and that when tt should have ariived, he would be found willing and ready to impeach the authors of that most calamitous war! Was Edmund Burke a "Moral Traitor? Ths name of Col. Barre is still associa ted, In s most favorable point of view, with the History of America, and with the events which sepsratod her from England. From the very oment . of jlie .deleriniiialion to (ax her without allowing arty ' iepresea -taliqn, he raised bis voice against it, and never ceased, tbrougbout the war, to de claim on all occasions, both in the House of Commons and out of it, against the folly and misrule which bad severed the Em pire in twain. Did ht come within the purview of the statute of "Moril Trcs ,on!' Henry Seymour Con way, tbe gallant sol dier, the tried patriot, the unwavering oppo nent of the extension of tbe prerogative, was tbe consistent friend of the Colonies throughout the struggle. He saw the folly which had produced the straggle, and he hesitated not to denounce it; he felt as Chatham had one deelared, tliM any pet pie who would submit like slaves to such measures as were intended foi the Colo nies, were fiunsuttmenle 10 make slaves of others, and like that great statesman he rejoiced that the Coloniee had resisted. It was ba who offered tho famous resolution in the House which put an ea l . to the A 1 t . t . . American war, anu ins purport 01 wnirn was, that the King be requested, in an humble address to bis Majesty, "to re nounce any farther attempts to reduce America bv foree.H Was this man, who had often shed his Wood m defence of his country, and who ta a just eauae, was pre pared to do it sgaia, a Moral Traitor! - Lord Cornwall is himself before he wae ordered to America, had often spoken in tbe seretesl terms, in the House of Lords, against the war, and the cruel, unjust and unconstitutional measures which led to it. Does he come under the srtnut Mural I'laiUirr ; No man reprobated the continuance of the warmme severely than Gen. Burgoyne habitually did in the House of Commons, on his Morn after his capture. Did these ; denunciations amount to "Moral Trea- son!": ' ' ' - Last of this famous throng, and in some respects, most illustrious of them all, was Charles Junes Foi, the ehsmpino of the Engliah Constttation, the defender f En glish rights, rite fn.ee' of aasa, tlo etavnch advocate of human freedom, with wftom hatred of tyranny in all shapes was a pos ion, and whose selfish and uncalculaiing philanthropy, embraced ia iu wide scope, eyr ty t created beiag that . waa fashioned a!Wr the Creator. : .This man, at the o, peniiigrthe Ravelutionary War, still in the flnwer of his youth, grew famuut in de nouncing the tyranny of that cnontry in which he first drew biath, and ene wboae brightest ornaments tie continued to be, s he was likewiae an honor to the baman race, even to the hour of his death No occasion did he .. neglect during thie long, ami, io Ea gland, nt disastrous), aad harail'taiiag utrugsle, 0 htdd up to tho public exeora tio the authors of all , ks et'a . and to testify hie anbouo'ed aalmiiation of the gtllaat people, who in spite of every ob atade which ptwerand hatred could oppose, marched steadily on to the glorious eon summation of a matchless destiny. To such a pitch did bis admiration of that great man whom; America baits with the endearing appellation of Ftbei' ascenJ, that even. in the midst of tbe deadly strug gle, in the House of Commons itself, he habitually presented himaelf arrayed in tbe coatameof Washington. the rebel ol ore, the ! immortal blue coal nnd buff waistcoat, ae'diauoctive Of; the American! Geurra', as the cocked bat aal grey rarlout, efuvwsrds became of a character far less idmirab'e. but even more, famous in ais da epniiiressionjnaJr'.opoa his arind by the rreat qualities snd luy siul of our mighty countrymen, wa developed twenty years in an euloxy de. livered by bim in we House of Commons upon his character, which taker the high est rank among all that have appeared upon this inexhaustible topic This man, the admirer of Washington, the champion of human rights, the unswerving friend of civil liberty, declared, in hia iilaee, when the surrender of Cornwalla waa announced. thai the ministers who had adrised the war deserved to loee their heads on the scsffoM. Was he a "Moral Trailer! But let us leave the . shores of England, and come to our owa country. We have been accustomed io regsrd ( snd we see nothins to alter our opinion the last war with England, as the must Just, the most holy, the most ntcmary war ever en tered into by any free nation, for purpose lese than the security of her independence. It may indeed be eaid to have had that object in view, lor un'ess it had been declared, we should to this hour,' been regarded by all the world as little leas thsn the vassel and the slave of the Bittieh Empire. But we very well know that there were others far better and wiser than we, to whom the subject presented i'self in an aspect entirely different, and chief among them all, like Mont Blanc among the Alps, tow ersjthe gigantic intellect of John Marshall. A patriot from his ciadle to his grave, a soldier and a tried one, at an age when boys are in general, more familiar witb the satchel then whh the musket, he bora teeiimony en the bloody fields of Brandy wine. Germanlon, and of Monmouth to that love of human liberty which was the ruling star of bis long and illustrioue life, to no other individual aave Washington alone, is this country more deeply jndebt. ed than to him. ' What the one wae in tha field, tbe other was oa tbe beach. He. moulded and fashioned into shape the entire judicial 'polity of the country, stamping his own impress indelibly upon the laws and the constitution. Will sny Virginian, who has at heart the honor of his State, and who takes pride in the great names she has given to history, allow himself to tkiuk, in the most secret reces ses of his heart, that John Marshall was a "Moral Traitor!" Far exceeding him in bitterness of de nuncialion, as he did in his efforts to pre vent the war, stood John Randolph. The violent hostility" of thia extraordinary man to the whole war policy is loo well known to the majority of our readers, to require John Randolph guilty of "Moral Trea aonr The preaent Secretary of State, the lion. James Buchanan himself, denounced the wsr as a miserable abortion, and stig matized Mr. Madison as the degenerate suc cessor of Washington. Does Mr. Buchan an coma nnder the definition of Moral Treasou!" But why multiply examples! If the doc trine be true, that, in time of war, the conduct of the Executive ' is not evm to be questioned, then is our Government not only s monarchy, but iu main featuree are far more absolute, than are those of France and- England An enterprising Executive, who meditates S vital infringe ment of the Constitution, has nothing to dobntto involve the country in a war, and Irom that moment he becomes not only irresponsible, but superior to all scrutiny. It is the common practice, and has been in all agea, of depots who are anxious to divert attention from their acts at home, to en gage the coumry over which they rule in fori'tgn war. It is the glory of a free con stiiution, that it allows no act to pass un challenged, no conduct to be superior to investigation, no character to be above the reach of reproof. To stigmatise as "mor al traitors' all who cannot agree with the executive, is to write a libel upon our con stitotion.'and to put to shame that glorious ilocirine "resistance to tyrants Is obedience to God." Fer how ean tyranny be ascer tained, if the acts of him who is ebarged with it be superior to invesiigaiion, or how can a person be proved s tyrant, anal his deeds are brought up in judgement against him! It was this doctrine of '"moral'trea son" which iu the hands of men who had the power as well as the will to punish, expelled Locke from the University of Cambridge, and brought Ruseel and Syd ney to die scaffold, ff the basis oaj which it is founded be true, free Government ie but a shadow; and the epitaph of the con stitution mav already be wriiten. t RicK.WKig. Thirty day t Uttertorn Puehfa end Mex ico. GENERAL SCOTT STILL AT PUE BLA. Tbe ramoar of Cen. Sceti's capture of tbeciiy of Mexico turns out to be un founded; ibe United Stales Stearer Fanh' ion. Capt Ivy, having arrived st Nsw J Hi leans on the 8th inst brinnu? the iniel j licence that the movement bad not yet been' made. The Fahion left Vera Cms on tbe 2nd tutu tier newt t important ; 0n. Scott wt .till at Puebla on the S0th .f July- the aews of the AaMwwr . not passed one nignt onoer ma root 01 a extra was Mallv unfounded. t bouse. . ' Thecourierof the Bri:isb legation arrived 1 As regards being a candidate for .the at Vera Crux on the the 31st ok, with - Presidency at the coming election, 1 have correspondence from Mexieo . to the fth ' do aspirations in thai way, and regret the of July aad from Puebla Io tbe 30th. 1 subject has been agitated at Ys early day. We quote the following items of intelli- ! a..d that it had not been deferred until the genes from tho Picayune: ,; J close of this wsr. or nntil the end of the Ia Mexico every thing was at sixes and , next s ssiun of Congress especially, if I sevens. , Congrers has refered Mr Uucha- am to be m:xed tip. with it, as it is possible nsns letter bsckto the Kxectiu've and throw it my lead to the injury of the public aer upon bim alt the responsibilities of the vice in this quarter, by my operations being war.' 'About 80.000 men are collected for embarrassed, as well as to produce much the defence of the eity butthe peace party in the town is vet atron and iheV have o faith in their Generals. ; ' f i n-' ' Gen. Pierce with bis traia and convoy, bad arrived Mj st Perots. it will m seen despatched Geo Smith's brijadn from Peebl. te . tneeij)'. Mr. Kendall believes Gen. Scott would advance U grsTWee1r1a Asgust npon Mexico, and that there would be the severest battle of the war. The Mexicans are fully pre pared to receive bim. Tbe Sun of Aaahac gives th. following account of au encounter between Geucral Pierce's train snd the Guerrillas It must be regarded as a rumor sys onr corresponded, snd so too says the Sun't- A respectable person' of the city has informed us that s letter baa been received yesterday morning by aciiiien of this place from aguerrills chief slating that the gaerrffltro, about C0O0 in number, at tacked the train commanded by Gen. Pierce near the National Bridge. The le'ter says the A marricane approached nnder the fire of the Mexicans nntil they arrived within a hundred yards of them, when .he Americana infantry opened a deadly ure on them forcing them to retreat While the Mexicans were retreating the American cavalry rushed on them, sword in bind , ki led about one hundred Mexicans, The pos'tion of the Mexican was one of the strongest that ean be found in the country. The Americans passed the' bridge after this successful engage ment." A gentleman who conversed with Santa Anna since the middle of July we are told this on fthe beat authority in Vers Cruz -found hi si in favor of negotiating, but dreading to assume the resposibillty. Gen Valencia arrived with 4.000 men from San Luis-Potosi all full of fight This embarassed Santa Anna. He felt himielf loo strong to give up without a fight. Our letters mention the death ef Lieut. Tipton, of the Rifles, snd Lieut. Sturgeon, of one of the Pennsylvania regiments. The former was the son of ex-Senator Tipton, of Indians the latter of Senator Sturgeon, of Pennsylvania. Gen Shields' health ie nearly re-esUb- I (in bed. as his mauy itiends w ill be delighted to hear From tbe N. O National, Aug. It. IMPORTANT LETTER FROM GEN TAYLOR- Below we give the most important letter we have yet seen from the clear-headed and hard-to-be-headed General Z. Taylor, It is publiabed in the Clinton Floridian. It is addressed to a democrat, and we hope he snd Ins party ate perfectly satisfied with it. The letter contains just what we have always wished General Taylor to say, and that is, thai if ht it a candblute, ht will make no pledget whatever. If the people. h not :gt enough confidence to elect him and trust to his honesty or pur pcae, he is perfectly willing to stay at home. This is talking right np to the point, just as we knew old Zacb would But to the letter: Camp kkab Montebev, Mrxico, ) June Oth, 1847. ) "Dear Sir Your letter of the 15th ult. Irom Clinton, Louisiana, has just reached me, in which you are pleased to say, 'the signs of the times in relation to the next Presidency and the prominent position of your name in connection with it, is a sufficient excuse of this letter. That 'it is a happy feature in our Government that official functionaries under it, from the lowest To the highest station. Is not beyond the reacn and partial aup rvision of the humblert citizen, an J that it is a right in every freeman to possess himself of the political principles and opinions of thoae into whose hands the sdmimstratioa of the Go vernment may be placed,' dec, to all of which I fully ennciue with yon in opinion Asking my views on several subjects. I irst. As to the justice and necessity ol this war with Mexico, on our part. Second. As to the necessity of a natioaal bank, and the power of Congress for creating such an institution. Third. As to the eff. cts of a high protective tariff, and the right of Congress under the Constitution to create suck a system f revenue. Ae regards the first interrogatory, my duties and the position I occupy, 1 do not consider it would be proper in me to give any opinion in regard to the same;. as a citizen an! pnrticulaily as a soldier, it ie sufficient forme to know that our Country is al war with a foreign oalion, to do , all in my power to bring it to a apeedy and honorable termination, by the most vigor ous and energetic operations, without inquiring about iu justice, or sny thing else connected with rtj believing, as I do, it is our wisest policy to be al peace with all the World, as long ae ' it ean be done without endangering the honor and mleteate of the country. As regards the seeond and third inquiries. I am not prepared to answer thean; t could not only do so after investigating those subjects, which I can not now do; my whole time being fully occupied in attending to my official duties, hicb must not be neglected under any circumstances; and I must say to you in substance, which Iliave said tO others in, rrgard to similar matters, that t am no politician. have beet Near tony years of my life have been passed in the public service, in the army, moet of which in the lielit, the camp, on our western frontier, or in the 1 1 mtian cnuntrvi and (or nearlv the two last ia this or Texas, during which time I have excitement in the country growing out of tae discussion of the menu, &c, ot the different aepHanta fo, that high office. wl.i h might bate been very much allayed, ferred as surrestedi -besides very msny changes may take place between now. and IS43. so much so. as To make it desirable for the Interest of the country, tbt soms other. ..a ' - - SI individual than -myself, better quauneu fur the situation, should be selected: and could he be elected. I would not only ac quiesce in such an arrangemen', but would J rejoice uui ins repuoiic nai one cnnen, anu no douhl there are thousands mo e deserving thsn I srvi, snd better qualified to discharge the duties or said office. If I have been named by others and con sidered a cand date for the Presidency, it hat been by no teney of mine in the mat terand if ih enod neonle think m v ' ser 0 f , j vices important in that station, and elect me, I will feil bound to serve them, and all pledges and explanations I . can enter into and make, as regards this or that policy. is, that I trill do so honestly and uiihluily to the beat of my abilities, strictly in com nliance with tbe eonsti'otion. Should I ever occupy the While House, it must' be by the spontaneous move or the people, and by no act of mine, so that I could go info the office untrammeled. and be . the chief magistrate of the nation and not of party. But should they, the people, change their viewa and opinions between this and the time of tbe election, and cast their votes for the Preeidency for some one else, I will not complain. With considerations of respect, I remain, Your ob'tperv't, Z. TAYLOR. Ma. Edward Deloxy. P. S. I w rite in great haste, and under constant interruption. ARRIVAL OF THE CAMBRIA. The Cambria has arrived at Boston, bringing London dates to the 4th of Au gust. Flour has declined in England. There is also a decline in Wheat. Corn has likewise submitted toa decline, from the same depressing causes which havf infiuenceq the prices orenourjmu; "Wheal.' "' "v ""' Whest. 57a58s. per quarter; V. 7E. white wheal 68 to 03s. U.S. Flour, 30s. a 31s.; Superfine 24 a 20. Corn, 38s. a 40s fer quarter. Barley, 23 a 80s ; Oats, 23 a 24; Rice, 33 a 30s Cotton firm; sales to a fair extent at full priees. Parliament has been dissolved, and the new elections sre proceeding vigorouxlv So far as Ihe returns have been made, they show s complete triumph for the free trade principle. Lord John Russell, who frill form the new cabinet, has beea re-elected -for the ttiy 01 London. , The prospects of the harvest ton tin no unexcep'ionably encouraging,- and every where promisee a mast abundant yield. It has already eommeneed in several of the southern countries. Tbe crops of whest. oats and barley, are unusually healthy, and ihe potato erop, notwithstanding all that has been said about the re-appearance of ihe rot, is affected to a very Insignificant extent. . . Reports from Ireland ars equally glow ing, and famine and disease are rapidly vanishing. Several aanguinary battles have been fought between the Russians and Circas sians. The farmer having beea defeated with considerable loss. A formidable conspiracy of the most liabolicsl character has been discovered at Rome. The object ef the conspirators, who amounted to aeveral hundred in nembera, waa 10 massscre the citizens and remove the Pope to Naples by force Five Car dinals of exalted civil and military offices, have beea discovered to have been abet tors. , Philadelphia. Aurust 17. P. M. Dreadful Shipwreck ont hundred and tevenly two Lives IjosL Our cky has been thrown into a o-loom to-day, in eonseqeence of intelligence hav. iuku. : 1 r ht v 1 1 . n vTCii icothiu iruiu t x ol Kj oy tne Mngnetie I Telegraph, of a dreadful ship wreck and loss of life. The shin Iduna. Captain Mobery, from Hamburg for New York, having on board two hundred and six passengers, foundered at sea, and one hundred and seventy-two of the passengers were Browned. The Captain of the shin was also lost. Those who escaped a wa. terey grave were taken off the wreck by - J I. : l y . -1 . . ' . . a vessel wincn roriunaieiy came to tneir rescue. When taken off they were in a most pitiable condition, clinging to pieces of the wreck. We are still without any tiding of ei their of the steamers, and the utmost anxie ty it felt by onr commercial commun'ty to have further advices from Europe, The probability now Is that the Cunard steamei Hibernia wilt arrive hrtt. and thus forestal the news by the French Royal Mail steam er Missouri. - CHARLOTTE RAILROAD. From the Jrffertonian of the Uth Inst., we gather the following interest ing pertictilars. '" y ... ; There was a meeting of the Sto.:k holders at Chesterville, S. C. on the 10th inst. The Commissioners for re ceiving subscriptions also met on the same occasion . to. compare the - Iwoks and ossctrtain the' amount subscribed, when it appeared that over Thru Hun dred Thousand" Dollars was subscribed, the Charter thereby secured. Tha Commissioners, in conformity with the Charter, have given notice that there will be a meeting of tho Stock holders at Charlotte on the 9th Septero ber next for the purpose of organizing the Uompany to elect Engineers, Sur veyors, to survey the Route or the Road. - vj-( ... ,!; Watch. - Cer The WeUh have a saving that if a woman were as quick with her feet as I her tongue, she would catch lightning e- r II r A T a s - f , r - ' n c 01 A K g 1 .... Libtrtai tt natale solum. , BILEIQH AUGUS T 231817 foi MHIBKXT Or THS CNITX STATXl, OElf. ZACIIAttT TATLOlt, 4 j. ; TUX COrSTSt S CHOICK m 1 A careful r win ante aaJ iuhimI mC .1.. -11 well timed article, in to-dav'a S. the Richmond Whig, on "Moral Treason? will well repay the time and trouble it ln require. " W What has become of the "Nakoad Whig?" We have not received a number of it ia several weeks! , , .. , LARTjeIrISH POTATO, - A friend in litis city preaented us hit week with the largoat and moat singularfv formed Irish Potato we have ever3 sees It weighs 20 ounces, and is shaped, ft. all tho world, like a frog! , We think outdoes the humanized sweet potato boast, ed of by our neighbor of the Standard ha fall. Can any body beat it? y ,. COUNTY SOLICITOR. : John II. Manlt, Esq. has been clectej by the Justices, County Solicitor for Woks, in place of Georok W. Haywood, Esq; who declined a re-election. IOWA ELECTION." M William Thompson and Shepherd Lc? lcrr both LoCofucos, are elected - to Cos gress from Iowa. v LATEST FROM VERA CRUZ. The steamship Orleans, Capt Auld, a rived at New Orleans, left Vera Crux 01 the 7th, and Tampico on the 10th. Vi have by her nothing later from the Cityef Mexico, nor from Gen. Scott' e quarters, at Puebla. - EDITOR OF THE MILTON CIIRON. . ICLE. :. -yk A writer in the Standard states the fact, that friend Evans .if the Chronicle, at. ths bte e&cftkNS, Kerr.at the same precinct, arid makes the statement in such a way as to produce the impression that it was done with a desigt to commit a fraud upon -the ballot box. In the last number of the Chronicle, met writer is skinned alive. Mr. Evans eoa, fesaes the fact of having offered the aeooas vote, and says the same thing was done bv a Democrat at another precineu bat stars that he offered his second vote under 1 mistakes belief that he had not pieviously voted; andtclls such a plain and candid tale about it, that every one must be satisfied with its truth. . He, indeed, " Teeeesths eora and says, when he first voted he was. for the second time in bis life, a Mleetle o ver six sheets in the wind," in a hwh stats' of excitement, and that when his "soirr, second thoughts" came on in the evening, he ceuld not believe his Vote had been cast, antil eonvineed by the record." He tri umphantly vindicates himself from lbs charge of fraud; and will, wc think, keeo out of au such serapes hereafter. , t .. ." CRAVEN. When" we first saw the result of the voir in Craven county giving Lane 25 majori ty over jJonnell wo conrese we felt a little afraid the Whigs ia that county wea growing Locofoeowh; but the Newbernita soon cleared ap tho matter and removed our fears.1 That highly respectable "paper assures ut that it was done by a sly sad crafty movement of the enemy, by which the Whigs were deceived, surprised and beatennot taken. Mr. Lane s circular was withheld nntil the last pinch, and then scattered broadcast over the liutnci; the Locos made the Whigs , believe then) was no effort to be made among themt a keep the Whigs quiet, they were still at mice, until the day of election, when "they came" np to the polls, snd swept away, ew strongmajoTtty m Craven) like ma'ars lanche." The Newberaian commends their skill and devotion to their principles, if as honesdy attached to them as they ars to their party But it heartily eschews their "lying" and, miserably bad choice C candidates.- ) t'y v:' SOMNAMBULISM. The Archbishop of Bordeaux gives a remarkable case of somnambulism, which, we confess, ' staggers our . belief. ' .' lie say1 he was st the same seminary with a young ecclesiastic, who used to rise ia his eleepr tale paper, rule the lines, and write musi and sermons witb perfect accuracy., What was most remarkable, he seemed not Js use bis vision at all. Yet he would, making corrections, erase words, and uV stitnte others and " make-interlines tioi placing the, words and sentences prectW' ; in the right plsce, A paper wm bW s tween his eyes and his manuscript, wrote on just as correctly as whoa , the was no obstruction. ' When hissaanwnP' was sipped sway, and. a blank. sheet of paper of different size put la its place, ba was confused; but when one of the sssts size was substituted, be wrota oa as a nothing had happened, ' making correc on the very part of the sheet the j would have occupied pn bis own! would read out hia'aermon aloud trom f blank paper as fluently or mora so than p would from the manuscript. : There H something in this as mysterious "nj "9 countable as the wonderful effects of KftT- C3ea. Scott, if not prevented, had the subject been de ' pougb 10 kindle a fire in tbe morning. . ; . y ) : . r ...... . . . . . : . ; ; . ; 1) L 1 t
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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