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Whig Meeting Old Anson in the Field. the Argus, the Whigs of Anon met at the Uourt House on the 12th inst. It was tralyan old-fashioned 840Whig rally. Xlie Court House was f iled by the people, and never have we witnessed a more attentive and gratified auditory. The words of the speakers were drank in, and the thoughtful, anxious coun tenances of the vast multitude showed that they felt the truth ofj the state ments made by the speakers, and evi denced their determination jto exercise tQthc uttermost their influence,Halents party, wtiich has brought such disgrace and dishonor upon the country. On motion of Dr W Hojlifield, Al exander Little, Esq,, was tilled to the chair, W E Troy and E R Liles were appointed Secretaries. j On motion, the following gentlemen were appointed a Corarnitttile on Reso lutions'. T S Ashe, O W Fenton, Dr W Hol lifieldU Dr W G Jones, Col WG Smith, Uol vv q smith, S v Simons, Uoi J J Cox, John Grady, Ma j P Richardson, W Allen, Esq, Dr JnoS. Lendall. During the absence of the commit- .'tce, lion E DeBerry, than whom there lives not the man who possesses more , unlimiteAly the confidence of the pco- 1 i 1:11 1.1 . pie oi Vinson, lauuresseu tne meeting. " He was followed by Gen Pockery, the "old Warhorse." j i The. fallowing preamble and resolu tions were then read and imammouslv v vv UEREAs, u e can-net, a9 nun, be longer indifferent! to the wasteful extravagance and oflicial corruption which niarkb the history : of the present Federal Administration : And whereas, 4ut brethjen. the Wjhiga and con pervatiye tycTpf the Union, ate uniting for the purpose of' defeating, the falsely called Democratic nart v. nrid nf i.l-ir-i iiU at ih honA ' of the (Jovarnment a vaumal man who will administer! puUltc allairs tor thfi good of the I whole people, and by a wife and economical Jadminifitratjon of th'e-Xationat Government, 'restore fttiacp and confidence throughout our lK)rder8g a3T3. as conducive tajthis end, we, the Wings of Anson county, propose a Dis trict Convention, to be held nil Cuirtotte. on the 18th dayof May next, for the purpose of nominaiing a candidate, to represent Una, the orvviim v ijmgrvssiunju uisinci oi j.ortn uar olina, in the next Congress of the United Stated, .recommending Whigs throughout the district to ljold meetings and appoint delegates to said Convention; and as a manifesto of the principles jo which wc mean to (adhere, in the language of Washington, be it 1. Itcsohyd, That we cherish a cordial, ha bitual, and immovable attachment ,to the Union tliat we regard it as thi palladium of our political Bafety and prosperity that we wiU'watchl for its preservation With jealous anxiety that we will discountenance what ever jnay suggest, even a su-tpiciim that it can, in any event, be abandoned ahd we will in di?nantlv frown ii rinn tlm firdf itdwnm ,f any attempt to alienate any portion of, coun try from the rest, or to enfeeble the social ties which now link together the various parts. Jiesoivrrl, mat we. tlie WhiZs of old An- fion.!-unite! heart and hand wit l our brother Whlga all over the Lnion "ajumon for the sake of thfj union. 3: Jlesolvd, That we repudiateiftntl condiiiT the' policy Which is economical ion paper, H.nd in practice so outraseouslv tbei reverse, that in two years milliona of surplus have been 1 a mi- " .t-- . 1 Bquandere9 i minions ot current revenue un- accounted contracted: ffor,and millionetof ainational debt 4. Jir.oo(r,, That we are tirejd and sick of the useless! agitation of the elatery question, which we hope,-however, has ai last satisfied .v Mm . j -v. 1 1 mat Clitic 5 DU111C illilcr- ence between Pemocraticprouiises ad Demo- cranc periormance. .i 5. Resotfed, That the defeat f the Demo cratic party is, in our opinion, indispensable to. the welfare ami continuance jof the Union, and is, therefore, a great national necessity. 0, Jlrsoked, That we deem it the duty of every conservative man lii the Union, with whatever Iparty he may have acted in the past, now! to use nd exert hts influence to the Utternil09t to defeat this Perinn:il anA slavery agitating jvirtv, and to unite himself to the great national partv 4the National Whig partiv. " 7. Rcsocd, That Cuba, when that Island can be acfiuired consistently with National honor, shokild be ours, and thatl it is tlic dutv of Oovcrribent to prevent ks Wconiiug the jroperty o a foreign jxwer. K Jteot&l, That in the distribution of the -public lands, North Carolina, ajiid all the old States, ardi equally entitled with the States and Territories in which said lands lie. 9. Jkvtrttyv, That wc are opposed to direct taxation. atirt iu favor of a tariff suffict.t tr, defray theje.xjenses of gvrnnicnt, econonn- caiiy aamnistcred. . j 10. Jtanfvtd, That our naturalization laws should be Revised and amended io as to extend the time ofjprohation now prescribed ; prevent the emigration of paujrs and friminal9r and debar all froiir participating iii our elections who havehot complied with tih letter, as well tH'.tyfywd, That, as ; Whigs of North v u..in.i., c aic ueieriniiiea toiknow no "eo- graphical parties, no sectional distinctions, no North, u South, so J0at, iu Wes4 but our couutrj our whol countily. 12. Tlesdlccd. That tho chairman apjxii:t a committecjof three Whi?s for the county to a m concert with the Executive Committee of the Sta e, and have in charjre all matters pertaining to a proper organisation of the old Whig partiy upon its ancient landmarks. 13. 7?(M'v, That we hea-rtilv approve the course of lions. John A. Gilmer" and. Z. B. Vance, thfeonly Whig Hepreseatatives of our State in f.he hist National Congress, and though it Jmay be said that woaro traveling out of oui jjurisJjtion, yet they have been so slandered jand persecuted, that we cannot re lria tUsjKpr.esaion of svmpajthv and ood will towards two well tried,, approved, good and faUhiW Hvrvan. r . The Oiairman, :it the request of the meeting,, appointed the following nam ed gentlemen delegates to fche conven Von to,.Tholden t Charlotte, on the 18th of jMay next, the Chairman be ing, on motion tthat effect, added to the number : ' , J ames k Leak. Thomas C. rw.l r w v- W Holhtjeld A $ Rcdfearn. 3 T HallK D r Iluntly, JjU ILirgrave, E DGuldv. R R Liles, eraon Allen, T li.chardson. j y Davis, It BuchanaiLI Polk, JohnGr4.lv, II Stardir iS?i ' H' William Crowdet. J RoUivwb, y B Blake, James A Liles. S V Simons, a D Hooker,, Thos W Kendall. Henry W De berry, James Dunn, Rowland Crump, Walter Burns, ,S jC Jones, Thoma?( Allen, Col WC Smith, J P Richardson, W 31 Pfckett, Townly Iledfearn. (Mastin C Long, M V Jones, E D Ingrain, 4phn G Bennett. C61, Ck meron being oiled upon, came forward and delivered one of the most impressive an4 eloquent speeches )sa have listened tj for vears. The fires of patriotism were rekindled in many bosoms ware theyj had grown dim. The kindling eve and clowin? n I? 5 r?Rm' 1 s Aslie- -I WG Smith, e Tu' S ,D"alP W E Troy, Dr Wm S Kendall, h H Streater. Rnhirt U,,rno T n -cheek attested the power and fervor of the orator, as he poke of the hap py and prosperous times pur country once enjoyed tinder the guidance of the good ana great men wnose tnnu- enee and example were worthy of the high positions they were called to fill, .and drew a startling but truthful pic ture of her present condition under the management of professedly eco nomical, but glaringly false and inim itably extravagant Democratic admin istration, A. LITTLE, W. E. Troy, 1 . Oh man. E. R. Liles, j ecretane' Sectional JTonsense. The Mobile Register is in great tri bulation about the Personal Liberty bills that were pending in several of our State Legislatures. It regards the whole North as hopelessly given over to the most radical Abolitionism, and as desperately and deliberately resol ved on a war of extermination against Southern Interests and Southern rights It seems quite astonished that there should be lournals in the North suffi ciently bold to denounce these bills, 4for tmr readers must remember," it says, "that in the very dens of Aboli tionism it is not without cost and risk that a patriotic and national paper at tempts to jstem the tijle of fanaticism;" and it does not dream of the possibili ty of the defeat of even the worst, of these bills in the Legislatures where they have been introduced. Wehope theRebikerviUfe1fT nueu it nears the late of these bills. Even in Massachusetts, which the Reg ister styles the "head-quarters of ne crophilism," the bill was rejected. In New-York it met the same fate, and in Pennsylvania th;ere is no prospect of its enactment. So we are not all determined to nullify the Constitution, insult the South, steal their negroes, and bring this happy Union to an in glorious end. There are lingering rem nants of common sense and of common honesty, the Register will perceive, even in these Anti-Slavery sections of the land; and if that-journal and the Southern public which it represents would only act with a decent regard to common prudence and a respectable knowledge of human nature, they wOuld find these qualities largely de veloped in the Northern mind, and likely to produce results of theTgreat est service to our common country. The Northern people are not disposed to ultraism on the question of Slavery. Politicians use it as a stalking-horse for the accomplishment of their own ends,and Southern fanatics aid them in their work by supplying them with material and with plausible provoca tions for violent language and still more violent schemes. The Register, in the very article referred to, urges the most violent measures of resistance against the North. It urges a tax upon negroes to raise a fund for the recap ture ot runaways,- and here is the pleasant state of things which such a fund is to bring about : "With an adequate purse to foot the bills the owner, accompanied by aposse of officers and friends, would invoke the power and authority of the Gener al Government for the recovery of his property. The slave would be seized, and then would come the tug of war! A conflict between the Federal and State authorities would ensue, a mob would assemble, a rescue would be at tempted; and assuming the Government to be able and willing to execute the laws, tho next step would be to order out the military; soldiers and marines from the forts and Navy yard would be called into reriuisition. 'Ships, with their frowning batteries would take position in front of the town, and then that most desirable of all things would follow a trial of strength between the General and State Governments." This is pure balderdash but it does mischief. It gives Northern fanaticsa very plausible pretext for their dia tribes, and an excellent basis upon which to arouse Northern indignation, and stimulate Northern legislatures to retort by Personal Liberty bills, and kindred empty but annoying fulmina tions. If the South would stop its non sensesof this kind, the. North would very speedily give over the habits which offend the South. For much as our rjeople detest Slavery, their dislike of it i.s not a mere spite which takes pleasure in annoying its object, but a settled conviction, a rooted princi ple, which can make all proper allow ances for those whose policy and con duct it disapproves The Register holds up, as an intol erable grievance, the fact that fugitive slaves cannot be recaptured in -the North, except at a heavy and ruinous expense. This is perfectly true, and it will always remain true. The time will never come when the people of the North will remand fugitives into Sla very with alacrity, or even voluntari ly. If they do it at all, they will do it only under compulsion, and it will always- cost the '"Southern, claimant more to regain his sla ve than his slave is worth. The natural and inevitable consequence will be that very few fu gitives wil be returned. This is a hardship, undoubtedly. But it is one for which there is no help. It is like many other ills of our social and civil life, incurable. Northern men ar under similar disabilities at the South. JNo man can enjoy all his rights every where. Some things can be done, and some cannot ; and wise men generally uuui-ui iu lecuncue tuemselves, as speedily and thoroughly as possible, to those ills which absolutely admit of no remedy. The South must hrin itself to tnis point oi virtue in this narticu- lar, and the North will exercise the same philosophy where it is equallv necessary. Both North and South must learn that nothing is to be erained bv re proaches, recriminations, menaces or denunciations. Neither, in our opinion, desires a separation, and both would greatly prefer to endure the ills they Buffer rather than rush, through disun- i ion. to. others which they tnownot of. The public mind at the North is Jast calm, rational and moderate on tne subj'ect of Slavery -the South would fihow very great isdom by forbearing from everything etlcnlated to excite it to less wholesome mood. New Yorh Times. Wilt WnM 0x$xm. EUGENE B. DRAKE & SON, EDITORS JctfP PROPRIETORS STVTESVILLE, Friday, April 29, 1859. Pno!f8 ifJiorg to uxn ca Momrr, Can do to at oar risk, by taking the Pent Maatcr'f Re ceipt, to exhibit, in raw th money get lost. 6oll dollar, when grat, nhoiild be frturk to the inside of the (heat with Dealing-wax or a infer. - PogtiMjw Hta mpg takes aa money. W. A. Jurney, Esq., Is our duly author ised agent for Iredell county, to receive sub scriptions for the Express and sipn receipts in the nnmes of the publishers. He will al so attend to making collections for our office generally. - FOR CONGRESS. GEN. J. VL LEACH, OF DAVIDSON COUNTY. Notice to Delegates to the State Medi cal bociety whicn meets in Statesville. Delegates from the Eastern portion of the State are informed that bv taking the Tiara iram crr-me x . XT." Kailroaa at Gbldsbo ro' or Raleigh.ahey will reach Statesville by 0 oclock in the afternoon of the same day 1 Discussion at Danbury. Gen. Leach met Mr. Scales in a political discussion at Danbury, last week. A corres pondent informs us that Mr. Scales made the best defense he could for the many sins of his party, and for himself, but that Gen. Leach overwhelmed the late representative from the Sixth district, with arguments and proof of the utter untrustworthiness of the Democratic politicians in'and out of Cong ress, for the past ten years, for the un paral lelled waste of the public moneys to buy up votes at elections, squandering the public lands upon corporations in the new States west, frauds and peculations in various cus tom-nouses, in tlie Congressional printing; by which the treasury and the government were made bankrupt, in a time of profound peace. None of this Mr. Scales could deny or controvert as not true, but made .an effort to parry the charges by saying that no por tion, in so many words, was a sin of his com mission, and that he should not be held re sponsible for the acts of the Administration and of the Democratic party. This was a very lame defense set up by Mr. Scales, one that a lawyer of his legal attainments must know will be ignored before the voters of the district, who will very justly express their surprise at his presumption in so false an estimate of their intelligence. But Mr. Scales is known to have voted for all the measures of the Adminstration while he was in Con" ress, he has sustained the wild and destruc tive policy of his party generally, and abetted the demoralization which has been entailed upon the country thereby. If not a rinr leader, Mr. Scales, is a follower, an associate with political charlatans, and must be judg ed by the company he is found in. Mr. Scales will not deny that he voted for Frank. Pierce for President, and afterwards for James Buchanan, not excepting, perhaps Martin Van Buren ; three of the most imbe cile Executive officers that ever attempted to fill the Chair of the immortal Washington. He will not deny without a stretch of con science, that the .country, was plunged into great trouble by Pierce, ; which came well nigh dissolving the Union, and fomenting civil war between the North and South, and that Buchanan, besides other guilty deeds, sought to be clothed by Congress with the power to make war on foreign nations, with whom our country is'on terms of peace. Nor in all probability;.,, would the nominee of the Charleston convention, for whom Mr. Scales expects to vote, if elected improve upon the antecedents of fierce and Buchanan. The party leaders with whom Mr. Scales acts, having deceived the people so often, and betrayed their generous confidence so much, for selfish and unhallowed purposes, renders his defeat in the present canvass cer tain without a peradrenture ; and we are not a little surprised that Mr. Scales would suff er his name to go before the convention for a nomination. We can Only account for it in this way, that he is exceedingly hungry for office, and would rather sink in an effort for a re-election, than enjoy laurels alreadv won. But it will not be the 'first time that an ! inordinate and an overweening ambition hasJ blasted the aspirations of its possessqr and sent him into the shades and retirement of private life, to cultivate domestic affections. What the country now requires, is not on ly a change of rulers but a chingt of legisla tors and remodeling of the whole machinery of the got ernment, to the end that the intol erable abuses and" corruptions that have crept into the administration of public affairs might be reformed. Till this is done, judg ing of the future by the past, things will gradually grow worse, and there can be no telling when or where they will end. The Democracy have shown by their acts time and again, that they are full of treachery, consummate deceit, and untrustworthy. Since the days of President Van Buren they have made promises only to be broken ! Loud in their professions of love for the peo ple, Judas-like, they betray their constituents with a kiss for the sake of office and the spoils! View the history of Domocracy the past fifteen years, and point to a single in stance of ; fidelity to the w elfare of the coun try,! if party was to be injured by it An rain wilj ye search ! It is party first party last party ever. The public welfare cannot be subserved beneficially by sending party-men lik Mr. Sales to Congress, with but one idea in his head, and that one intensely devoted to parti. 1Ve feel it our duty to oppose Mr. .0 I'u" iu ec grounas, nowever much we may esteem him as a gentleman. Death of Mr. A. A. HalL .We regret to learn that Mr. A. A. Hall of Wilkes, who was j thrown from a horse and so seriously injured a few weeks ago, has since died of bis wounds, j lie was a high ly esteemed citizen of Wilkesboro', where his demise will be felt as a public calamity in the community of which he was a prominent and exemplary member. ; WarinEnxopa. , The latest Advices from par ministers over the water to Ihegovernmeot, represent a gen eral war among the great nations of Europe quite inevitable. There would seem scarce ly a doubt of hostilities on a stupendous mar gin in a short while. . s Independent Iredell Blues Their Kew Uniform. This fine military Company we are pleasd to notice have just received their new and splendid Uniform, which in point of appro: priate elegance is unsurpassed by any milita ry costume we have seen this many a day. Tlie Blues will be oh parade this week and afford an opportunity for publicly admiring one of the most soldierly and beat drilled mil itary Company in the State. The ranks are filling continually, and we are pleased that the young gentlemen of the county and town feel so much interest in a science both useful and graceful. Captain Simonton may well be proud of his fine Company, as each mem ber of It esteems his accomplished Comman dant. Success to the " Blues." Jfcg Subscribers who have delivered us fire-wood or any other article, are requested to call and pass receipts, if the same has not been done already, when convenient for them to give the matter attention. Want to Collect Last week, we forwarded bills to a number of our patrons who reside at a distance, for payment lor a second, soipe a nrst year s subscription tlie year being more or less ad n J- w ujre tmr friends will remit promtitly, in small bank notes cuncn they resi'de, gold dollars or post-stamps. It is very easy to stick gold-coin, if small bank notes are not obtainable, to a wafer inside a letter, which will prevent them sliding about, cost no more postage, and at the same time pass. as securely through the mails as bank bills would pass. Valuable Farm on Catawba Eiver, at Auction positive Sale. We invite attention to the advertisement of Mr. A. W. Wilson in another column, who will dispose of by auction to the highest bidder, on the '2d day of June next, his val uable farm which is-located upon tlie Cataw ba River and the W. N. C. Railroad. The premises arc said to be tlie most desirable of any in Western North Carolina, and will be sold positively. The Wheat Crop of the United States. So far as we can learn through. our exchan ges, with but here and there an exception, the present growing wheat crop in the U. S. was never more promising. In this section the wheat fields look verv fine. Odd Fellows Celebration. HXCEJSIOR LODGE NO. 41, of the 1.0. 0. F. celebrated the 40th anni versary of the Oder upon the American continent, on the 26th instant, in this, place in a most becom ing and pleasing manner. Tlie Order form ed in procession from the Lodge Room at 11 o'clok, a. m. and marched to the Presbvte- rian church, where an appropriate and im pressive discourse was delivered by Rev. W. W. Pharr. When the service was closed the Brotherhood returned in procession thro several of the principal streets and entered their quarters for a short respite till dinner. At two o'clock the Fraternity and guests were summoned to tlie. repast, which had been prepared bv Mrs. Wren of the Simon ton House, in her superb style. The spaci ous table was burthened with evervthins that an epicure might desire to gratify a fastidi ous palate, gxd cheer prevailed at the sumptuous feast, pure water supplanted wine, aivd joy plaited new wreathes for the mystic-tie. We are pleased to know that the Order in this place is in a very flour ishing condition. New Developements. There appears to le really no end to loco foco rascality, as practised by Democratic office-holders and Congressmen. Mr. Buch anan incurred a fearful responsibility when he first opened the flood-gates of corruption, and set a bad example, in appointing some of the worst characters ip tlie country to of fice men who are no better than abandoned thieves and robbers of other men's property. It would seem that to pilfer and steal the public funds of the Government by these vampyics in human shape, is as regular and systematic as the sun rises, each morning, and exposure does nothing to abate the intol erable outrage upon the revenues of the Gov ernment, lhe following we clin from an exchange as the latest development in the calendar of crime w hich stands revealed a- gainst the present Administration and their camp-followers. " More "Cokrittiox. The Washinirton correspondent of the Philadelphia Press says that exposures will be made during the. next session of Congress, which will demand the impeachment of high officials. . . It would seem in many departments, that there is a deliberate disregard of the letter of the law, and what is more shameful still, that there have been authorized violations' of the sanc tity of private correspondence. lo relieve our institutions from the infamv the present Administration has put on them, says the Lynchburg Virginian of Tuesday, and to save us from the calamity in which the ringer of scorn would point at us from every quarter of the world, it is the duty of every man, whether a representative of tlie ptople. journalist, or otherwise, to make the facts appear that they may call down crush ing denunciations on the heads of the guiltv. -The: game correspondent further states that a gentleman of one of the cities of the West holds himself responsibly with another, on oath, to prove that not only were documents ordered not to be distributed when sent by a certain Senator, but that letters were also violated. It is said that an Investigating Committee will be called on this matter, as well as on the other mal-practices of the Post Office De partment, at an early day of tlie next session." Now the people have it in their own pow er to correct these abuses or not. It can be done only at the polls, where they vote for Congressmen and other high-officers. It must be done on all occasions and at every elec tion, until the Government is purged of the iast vestige of locofoco ism. Congress must be remodeled, by turning out trading politi cians and quack-9tatesmen, such as the Demo- cratic members in the late Congress all were, and selecting new and faithful servants of the people to make laws for the country, and administer the Government upon the upright and just principles of GEORGE WASHING TON. Threshing Machines. We have been requested to direct attention to the advertisement of Mr. J. B. Troy, the agent for selling of Wheeler, Millick L Go's Threshing Machines. "Morganton Courier.' The 'Messrs. Kelly having purchased a press and materials upon which to print the 44 Morganton Courier," will issue their epecimen umber in a short time. We con gratulate tie citizens of Morganton and the county of Burke upon the certainty of hav ing an excellent newspaper published in their midst. The publishers are both practical printers, the best guaranty that the enter prize will be permanent and flourish, and one of them has already been engaged in editing a first clas3 journal in the Eastern portion of the State, and is known to possess much lit erary talent. The " Courier" will not be a political newspaper, but ' Independent in all Things," and will be devoted especially to the interests of the section in which it is lo cated. The Sickles' TViaL This trial, growing out of a tragedy which has so shocked the country, for its end no less than its beginning, is still dragging its slow length along in the criminal court in Washington city. The evidence which bas been adduced by the defence, apart from the confession of Mrs. Sickles, leaves no room to doubt her great infidelity to her husband, which so wrought upon his mind as to cause him to take the life of her seducer. The de tails, except in the first instance, we have refrained .from publishing, as being unfit for public exhibition and the perusal of pure minds, Some of our exchanges have pur sued a different course, and dealt forth each week the disgusting particulars of licentious ness that could only be expected to have transuired in brothels and the lowest sinks of infamy. This, to our thinking, is wrong, and calculated to have a pernicious influence. When the high fall, let theim be reclaimed if it be possible, otherwise suffer their weakness and shame to pass into oblivion, with as little notoriety as possible. The trial will likely consume ten or twelve more days, to gratify the prurient appetite of the public, and then will end in the discharge of Sickle.?. . Their Nature ! Several of the locofoco organs have un corked their squirt-guns and commenced the low calling of throwing filth at tlie nominees of the opposition party, in this .State and else where. This was to be expected. The dog cannot change, his instincts he is a cur, and nothing different or better can be expected from him. Vulgarity and low:llung para graphs are the aliment upon which some Journalsflourish, and decency and the amen ities of civilization banished from their col umns. Not permitted to act as chief cook in the locofoco kitchen, they are ever ready to perform the. more ignoble part of ''scullion," and receive as recompense, the crumbs that are brushed from the tables of their masters. Truth finds its entrance into such sheets by accident, and is strangled by more ponderous falsehood, and is cast aside with the rubbish into the gutter. If certain journals we might name, continue to indulge in their low-born propensities, we shall be more explicit in our meaning here after. "A word to the wise," &c: ; : r tn- lux press. To One who will understand It. Allow ru'. kiml hearted maiden, To return my ninrcn- thanks, mnto y';ii For that irecioti little prwnf, So niofly trimiii Ml with blue May the gloss on that satin rihhon llfpreaont the lirihtncas of your love, Ami the blw. lie un emblem Of true Frieii'lship from above. As oath your, rolls nrounJ, An.l my Birth-Day, jireaenti its self to my view, I'll I.Kk ion th;it little jewel And think, OI think of you . Although, all that is Etirest, And all that U rarest. Musi shortly be severed and call for a t.-ar, Then iet every emotion Be warm with di'Votion, And you will Iw remembered, never fear. FISKR Tobacco. It is well ascertained that the soil and cli mate of Iredell, Alexander, Wilkes and Yad kin counties is well adapted to the produc tion of Tobacco : also that the profits of its culture is far greater than can be realized from the culture of wheat or corn: it is also Ap parent that the demand for this article hath increased and will increase, and the tendency of the price is upward. And every person of common sense and observation knows there is no mystery and no serious difficulty en countered in preparing this article for market. We all know that no farmers so much need a profitable staple, as those of the counties named; that the profits of their farms are by no means remunerative. They are in need of a cash commodity why do they not turn their attention to the culture of Tobacco ? The profit is certain. The terms of trade are cash. In this do they not exhibit a most surprising instance ofinertness a total in sensibility to the spirit of progress? They seem to be paralyzed by a blind devotion to obsolete ide'as. Oxe of Theji. . For the Express. Messrs. Editors : It is near thirty years since I connected myself with the Temper ance cause. I commenced with a strong be lief that it was a good cause, and long expe rience has confirmed me in its utility I am one, of its oldest members now living. We were reproached time and again, .by those who said we denied ourselves, of a portion of the enjoyments of life; but I for one, have not suffered any for tlie sacrifice 1 made at that time. I have lived in the enjovment of health and strength sufficient to perform la bor aad support my family, without the use of stimulants, -'believing my common food which God provides for me is sufficient for the purposes and enjoyments of life. I have had fewer colds eipce I refrained from treating them with warm sttw. I for one. am of opinion there is no real benefit derived from the use of ardent spirits under any cir cumstances whatever. As to it being a'help to support the Gospel, the idea is prepofter ous and absurd ! I have given thrihbje since I signed the pledee. It has bh an easy thing for me to abstain from the use of evivngunuK ueueving my mma father would be pleased, and He ha conferred grace to strengthen me in the discharge of that dutv with all other duties of my life. It is one of tne inconsistencies of the times to make, sell or drink ardent spirits, with the light we hare before us, aside from the denunciation of God's word against the -drunkard.' Ab horrent as it undoubtedly is,, yet there are a great number destroying their peace' and the happiness of families, and bringing death upon the immortal soul which is worth more than ten thousand worlds. With this solemn thought before us, let us arouse to more per severing action in the cause of Temperance KOBT. BOYD. Jg The Directors of the Wilming ton & Weldon Railroad Company have declared a dividend of 4 per cent, from the profits of the last six months. 0 - ; Ami. J. IT. T.ach. i From the proceedings of theWhig Convention held at Winston on th l2th inst., already published, it will fseen that Gen. J. M. Leach, of Davidson, has been unanimously nominaiipd as the Whig candidate for Congibs" ,in the sixth district, composed f the counties of Alexander, Iredell wpayie, Davidson, Forsyth, Stokes, Rking ham, Yadkin, Surry, Ashe anil Alle ghany. That Gen. Leach will;le tri umphantly elected, none, we presume, who have noted the signs of thetimes, can doubt. The democracy evpentjy exhibit manifestations of aytnn twhilst the enthusiasm which prevails 'jmorig the Whigs of the district, giyes1assur- ance that they are united aBrf have entered upon , the campaign: fth a confidence and a determination of success. As there is ajstrong Reeling for Douglas and opposition to Buchan an among the democracy of e dis trict, it is evident that te pqrt would have been glad to have gotten jHcaf o Mr. Scales, but as he had servi only one term, they could not deeejjtly do so. The democracy of the, ustrict being several hundred in the miority, and divided among themselves, iipthing is required but a united effort n the ! part of the Whigs to elect (Jem-Leach by at least 1000 majority. Wj.ho'peJ however, that the Whigs will not be too confident of success, for tbfij&hould recollect that the partyhas oftei been defeated by trusting tob much fj their own strength and to the. weakness of their opponents. . We consider the nomination, Geri Leach as decidedly the best th3 could have been made, and as eminently due; him lor his many and great Bjryices to Western North Carolina, arid the counties comprising thci sixth district especially, during his long Legislative career. For ten successive yeans, Mr. Leach represented the county :M Da vidson in the House of Commons, and as a Legislator he occupied ?i high stand and wielded a considerable in fluence, which was always for; t)Se. ben efit of Western Caroling. As i mem ber of the Judiciary yominitffe, he was instrumental in recommoidmg. and aided in passing many solitary laws; and.asa member of thclfternal improvement committee, ho was'tl.wavs fount d laboring to extend to th West the facilities of market and itfjras on his amendment, if we arjs not mifjtaken, that the Western Extension paiffed by Statesyille. Gen. Leach's voije was always heard endcavorin'io"btain for the West a more equal distention of the school fund. It will Msp be recollected how he liborcdt Mr and urged the passage of i the bilf; for a railroad from Lexington to j tile Vir ginia line, through the county ogAshe, and that the bill failed by bnly wo or three votes, lhe people of Use new county of Alleghany will also Irecol- 1 f "XT- T 1 .i 1 ." li i iccl now xur. jjcacn worKctt atju la bored to establish. the county io Alle ghany ; and although this iwjjs.' not effected while he was a membet yet, deeply impressed with the injustice done the citizens of that ooufity by refusing to grant them this pijilege, he urged it upon the la tp members from Davidson to go for it. ; Thus it will be seen that riomfh has labored harder or done more r -the people of the sixth Congressional dis trict, than has Gen. Leach al, we feel assured, that the jreittlt -ot t '--election in next August, will show tpat the people have not forgotten thfc ser vices, and that the time hascflmc to reward them. . f5 Gen. Leach is no stranger f)4o the people of his district, ; having for a number of years practiced 'laVfn sev eral of the counties, and having dur- as elector on the Fillmore tiekp. 'lt is not our wish or intenjtionto iMispar age the ability of Mr. Scales, Jnit the Whigs of the district feel confident that their Champion will not cuine off second best in any. eneountcr(vvhich may take take "place betweeu these gentlemen. j ' l AVe Shall endeavor shortly p show up some of Mr. Scales-I poIit!icl sins but we really feel sorry-for,thje (jen tie man, -entering as he does, hon so hopeless a contest, and shall tltjrefore deal as gently with him; as Wetlbnsci cntious ly can . Green sboro' Xhtriot. An Old-tine Whig. ii The Montgomery (Ala.) laf pub- iisnes a letter trom an old-linC Whi", from which tract : the folic owing isi a' in ex- How many of us Whigs, wen our great leaders had gone to their graves and left our party distracted a5 pow erless when the great bug-bea Fre mont and Republicanism wast eld up to our view and we wpre asjfed to choose between " Buchanan, "Union and slavery," and Republicanism and a traitor '8 grave how many f us, I say, were cajoled into tfre support Df me democratic leader, and tnt jrectly into the acknowledgment; of Democrat ic honesty ? We were ihen thj "i?io- rious Old-Line Whisrs"-i"menera of the Democratic party' ' 4 'men :ho re- j -i i . . i. gnrueu nonesty oi principle abov party success or aggrandizement," n With our aid, and by that aid alanf were the Democratic leaders j succeful.-7ir Kentucky, North CaroIina,frieessee, Georgia, Florida and LohisUa, we gave to the Democracy, arid, iFemont and Republicanism were vanquished. How wc have been duped-riw the Administration, elected . by lii, has met the anticipations of its f iends, we refer you to the Democratic Jfiouth pieces. i ' We have satisfied the wishes d those Democratic cormorants-, howev. We have, as their tools, carried !o their plans, and now they have no f -arther use for us. Aye! more than t:at, we are denounced as heretics- oi$ prin ciples are "heresies noxious an fatal to Southern progress" and ware as untrustworthy as "Republicans" them selves. This is no more than could have been expected from a party that has been held together thus long, by "the cohesive power of public plunder ' whose unconstitutional and anarchi. cal acts, and extravagant expenditures have brought the country to the verge of dishonor and repudiation A Handsome Dividend. The President and Directors of the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad Com pany nave declared a dividend of four per cent, from the profits or the last six months. This will give to th Literary Fund $16,000 - for the last six montns, or ai tne rate ot $.5,000 per annum. -Standard. JTorth Carolina Steel Dr. Emmons, the State Geologist, has shown us a bar of jste'el, which was manufactured of North Carolina iron. It was made in Philadelphia, of iron manufactured' at the works of Reuben D. Golding, Esq., on the Dan river, the ore of which was obtained in that region. It is believed to be the first steel ever manufactured from North Carolina iorn. Dr. Emmons is of opinion that its quality i6 excellent. tSfandard. .Thcfe Is ti trlf?attae that 'rats leave a sinking ship.' If the aphorism is as true as it is trite, the old hulk of Democracy must be in a sinking con dition. The 'watch-dogs of the Treas ury have all bid a good-bye to Con gress. Wendell has quietly 'subsided' trom the government organ and even the Democratic clerk of the House of Representatives has begun to 'hedges' by putting opposition men in the place of Democratic deputies in the clerk's offiee. These movements of tjie individ uals who lately composed apportion of the army of Democratic treiasury-eat-ers are very significant and portend the early dissolution of the one power ful, but hopelessly helpless Democra cy. The treasury is empty. The watch dogs have stuck to it till" the money is all gone. Wendell pcrceivesvery little promise of any 'pickings' from tlie public printing of thouiextj Congress and the Clerk of the House, with ex traordinary sagacity (for a! Democra tic office holder) shrewdly- suspects organization of that body next session. He has begun to fortify hhnself in an ticipation of a change of dynasty. They are all scampering away from the falling house of Buchanan k Co. It will not be long before the panic will seize the masses a nd .produce such otanipciic .iimuiig inu AeiHOci acy as the country has never, witnessed; lliilttiiiore V Upper. ' Dead Letter Returns. During -the quarter which closed on' the olst of March last the &peujjrs of dead letters in the Genbral l'os t Office found 2,180 which container an aggre- gatecof $10,292. For the 'quarter end ing olst December the . nniujber of let ters was 2,745, with 12,4)3: qnarter ending 30th September 2,72!) letters covering 12,921 ; and quarter which closed 30th June last, 4,o41 letters, with 21,498. Total for theyear, 12,- 209 letters and $50.(378. Through the prompt and systematic arrangeinenls of the office" nine-tenths of die le.1 tor's with a still greater proportion of tin: money, have been promptly) and kfe- y restored to tlieir rightful owners. Drowned. v)i 1'im.H' uibt, a iree coiorea wom an named Mary Brooks, went down to i 6ne of our wharves it is supposed to wash some articles, and being under the influence of liriuor, bysdme means, fell overboard and was drowned. X one was present, but her bonnet 1)t'ing found floating on the riverj gave the clue to the idea that she was) drowned. Her body was found on Monday. ah om man, the slave of , Mr. Aug. Robinson, of this county, went out on Sunday morning last, to fisli his nets, ' and fell from his canoe and was drown ed, the distance being too great from shore for any one to rescue jhim. Wash. N. V.yJjutpa'rh. "Xow, then, where arc vim driviiur to?" as the nail said to the iamincr. An editor says that, when! ho was in prison ior nueiing a justice ot the peace, he was requested by the jailor "to give the prison a puff' COMMERCIAL. List of persons luiv'uig goods remaining cd live ntatesviUe JJepot vp to April ty, IHo'J. II W Richnrdson. J Johnon. Ill IJ C Smith. A A Hall. Alben & WattsJ.I J Krwin. S N Wilson, Dr J M JIappol.lt, E P Miller, donn iove. A lJeslierrer, Wm tioole, A Jlurdock, h li Clapp, Tho. Rav, Rev Jn Marsh, John A Hunt, Mrs S (iovl. Advertisement.; Annual Meeting of the Statf Medical Association oi Kortn uaro una. We are requested to annonnee that the next annual meetins of the abdve Associa tion will take place in Statesville, pn the Khh day Qf May. As tlm will be the) first meet ing held in Western North Carolina, a line opportunity will C offered members of the medical profession to attend and enrol their names members oT the Society, and they are requested to do ko f Business of Importance connected with the science of medicine, affec ting the public welfare, will coin before the Society in a corporate capacitvo be trans acted, for which reason, it is desrahle that, if possible every Physician in the State might be present. j Newspapers friendly 'to the objects of the Association, that have not already done so, will confer a favor by giving nqtice of the time, and place, for holding the tonvention. BY direction of the Court' oil Equity, I will Sell at the i '; Court House in Statesville, on WTi Monday or May Uourt,. 16th May Jitm. A Valuable Tract of JU&nd, belonging to the heirs-at-law of Jane McKay, adjoining lands of David Goodman, William King, Henry Upright and others containing 137 acres. I Term 12 months' credit with interest. IwiUSeU Three other Tracts on same day, P. CALDWELL, 0. & M. K. W April 20, 1859. 20-4t